Ep. 2.5: Meeting Paine and Evil Twins!
(A/N: Based on the fan animation series from the YouTube Channels Hornstromp and Bumpy. I actually like the idea of dealing with evil twins and the dangers they pose. So, I'm going with this and hope you all enjoy this chapter.)
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Episode Summary: A glitch in the system had caused an unknown AI Program to be released and wreak havoc on the Circus. It turns out the AI Program is Caine's evil twin brother named Paine. Wishing to take over the Digital Circus, Paine begins a rampage in an effort to take over. Worst of all, Paine used his powers to make evil twins of each of the Circus members, including Haruhito. Our group of heroes must stop Paine before it's too late.
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(Opening: The Amazing Digital Circus Anime Opening (Animation)
https://youtu.be/TeJdpSbG5es
(Opening Ends)
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After their adventure in the Candy Kingdom, things have calmed down a bit. Well sort off as Pomni was still grieving a bit after the loss of Gummigoo. Thankfully, Haruhito's actions had helped the young Jester woman move on. However, the relationship between the two have changed significantly as they seemed to have grown closer. Ever since Pomni was allowed to stay in Haruhito's room, for the first time since arriving in the circus is that she finally felt a sense of normalcy. Especially when she saw that her looks changed to that of a human thanks to the room's magic.
This made Pomni wonder if her human form looked exactly what she looked like when she was in the real world, giving her some hope that she could regain her memories back. But that was a long shot as there were still things she didn't know yet. Still, the aftermath of the funeral and her staying in Haruhito's room had left her a lot to think about. Regardless of her situation, Pomni finally realizes that she's truly not alone and she actually does have people who care about her... well maybe except Jax. Right now, Pomni was peacefully sleeping in bed, and she just hopes this moment of peace will last for a long time.
Of course, considering all the crazy shenanigans and misadventures the Digital Circus has to offer, both Haruhito and Pomni know full well that things are probably gonna get worse for them. Especially with today's events.
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In the morning, Haruhito is seen opening his eyes as he yawns and sits up as he stretches his limbs. Looking around, he remembers the fun time he had with Pomni as they played games and watched movies before going to bed in separate rooms. Yawning, he gets off the bed and goes to Pomni's room to wake her up.
Haruhito: (yawns) "Better wake her up."
Walking over to her door, he gives three knocks before attempting to call out to her.
Haruhito: "Pomni? Are you awake? You need to get up. I think we're gonna have another adventure today."
The Kamen Rider heard shuffling on the other side before hearing a groan. After a few more seconds, Haruhito hears footsteps, and the door opens to reveal a tired Pomni rubbing her eyes as she greets her friend.
Pomni: (yawns) "Yeah I'm awake. Morning."
Haruhito: (nods) "Morning to you too. Get dressed. There are two showers in separate bathrooms so we each take one. You know how to still use it?"
Pomni: (nods) "I think so. Thanks."
Haruhito nodded as the two separated and began to take a shower in order to freshen up and start their new day in the Circus.
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Later, Haruhito is seen getting dressed after taking his shower. He got done a lot quicker and was prepared to put on some new clothes, when suddenly his door opened and from it came Pomni dripping wet and wearing nothing but a towel to cover her body. Shocked and confused, Haruhito the Jester female with her eyes closed as she smiled with a relieved sigh.
Pomni: (relieved sigh) "Ah~! That felt amazing~! Finally, a real proper shower ever since I got into this forsaken world~. Now time to-"
She paused and stopped as she opened her eyes and looks on in shock to see Haruhito in front of her. There was an awkward silence between the two as they starred at each other. For Haruhito, he saw the towel wrapped around Pomni's body nicely as it showed off her curves and bust. Though not a pervert, the Kamen Rider could help but see her as being extremely sexy as his manhood began to harden at the sight of her. For Pomni, her face was red seeing that Haruhito was practically naked, wearing only his boxer briefs. This allows the woman to see that her love interest had a tone, muscular body with a rocking 6x pack abs and hard muscles. Considering the fact that Haruhito was a Police Officer and Kamen Rider in his world, Pomni clearly saw he had a body befitting of a warrior and if she was being honest... she REALLY did like what she was seeing.
The silence continued to linger until Haruhito tried to speak up.
Haruhito: (embarrassed blush) "Uh..."
Pomni: (embarrassed blush) "I'M SORRY!"
She began to rush out and slam the door as he heard her screaming from the other side.
Pomni: (embarrassed blush) "I'M SO SORRY! I THOUGHT I WAS WALKING INTO MY ROOM! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!"
Haruhito then heard Pomni running to where he assumed to be her own room and heard another door slam shut. Though still stunned by what happened, the Kamen Rider was able to regain his bearings as he sighs and continues to dress up. However, he found it difficult to do so as Pomni's almost naked body flooded his mind. This causes Haruhito to feel both shame and embarrassment that he was having such perverted thoughts over a young woman he had just recently met and knew for only a few days. Despite how close they've gotten, Haruhito couldn't help but look at Pomni's human form with a bit of lust and it shook him to the core.
Haruhito: (groans) "Oh gosh... I hope this doesn't bite me over."
Coincidently, Pomni was also facing the same problems as the image of a near naked Haruhito kept invading her mind. She's seen sitting down on the bed as she covers her face, groaning in embarrassment. She rubs her legs as she can feel her vaginal area beginning to heat up. As bad as it was, Pomni can't stop thinking about the idea of just Haruhito holding her close to him, their naked bodies pressed up against each other as the female Jester tries to get a good feel of him. This snaps her out of her thoughts as she once again covers her face and lets out a sigh of embarrassment.
Pomni: (embarrassed sigh) "Oh my gosh... why am I acting like this?"
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After that whole embarrassing ordeal, the pair are seen sitting at the table as they're both eating breakfast. Of course, the two were silent as they were unable to look at each other in the eye due to what happened. The silence intensified as neither of the two had no idea what to saw to each other. However, the silence was finally broken when the two spoke at the same time.
Haruhito / Pomni: (nervous blush) "I'm sorry. Huh?"
The two starred at each other for a moment until Haruhito spoke up quickly to apologize to the female Jester.
Haruhito: "I'm sorry for starring at you. It was wrong of me. You probably must think of me as a pervert for looking at your body."
He looks away as Pomni tries to reassure him otherwise.
Pomni: "N-No! It's not your fault! It was mine! I should've payed more attention to where I was going. I thought I was heading towards my room, but I ended up in yours. If anything, I should be the only apologizing to you. Especially when I saw you in your underwear."
Haruhito: (sigh) "Look we both made a mistake and we both apologized for it. So, let's just... drop it and eat our breakfast. Okay?"
Pomni: (nods) "Okay."
The Kamen Rider nodded as they continued to eat their waffles. But as they were doing so, Pomni muttered something that Haruhito thought he could hear.
Pomni: (mutters) "......You did look pretty sexy though."
Haruhito: (confused) "What?"
Pomni: (confused) "What?"
The two looked at each other before going back to eating.
Haruhito: "Let's just... finished our breakfast alright?"
Pomni: (nervous nod) "Y-Yeah... sure..."
After a few more minutes, the two finished breakfast just in time to hear the door being knocked. Standing up, Haruhito made his way to the door and answered.
Haruhito: "Hello?"
Ragatha: "Haruhito? You in there? I can't seem to find Pomni. Is she in there with you?"
He opens the door to confront Ragatha
Haruhito: "Yeah I'm here. Pomni stayed with me last night. Were just finishing breakfast."
Ragatha: (nods) "Okay then- wait is that your room?"
She was able to peer inside and is quite surprised to see it was size of an apartment. The place looked way nicer compared to her room.
Haruhito: "Yeah uh... didn't a little bit of redecorating."
Ragatha: (surprised nod) "Yeah... I can see that."
Just them, Pomni appeared, and this surprised Ragatha as she didn't recognize her at all.
Ragatha: (confused) "Wait... who are you?"
With a nervous smile, Pomni waves her hand and greets her.
Pomni: (nervous smile) "Hi Ragatha."
The Raggedy Ann Doll looks at the young woman in front of her, eyes squinted until she widens her eyes in surprise at who she was seeing.
Ragatha: (surprised) "Pomni? Is that you? What happened to you?"
Haruhito: "That's sorta my fault. Look I'll explain everything later. Just let up clean up first and we'll walk together for our new adventure."
Ragatha: (nods) "Of course."
The door closes and after a few minutes, both Haruhito and Pomni came out. However, as soon as Pomni left the room, her body glowed and she shrunk back down to her normal jester form, much to everyone surprise.
Pomni: (surprised) "Huh? I'm back like this?"
Haruhito: "Maybe it's because you're not in the room and my magic doesn't affect you anymore. My room is purely made from magic and its strictly contained in there. But because you're not there anymore, you're back to your old self."
Pomni: "Oh..."
She felt down hearing this. She liked the feeling of being human again but now she's back to being a midget jester. Seeing this, Haruhito gently puts a hand on her head as he tries to reassure her. Knowing what he was trying to do, Pomni smiled at that as now all three were leaving the room area. As they were walking, Ragatha couldn't help but look at Pomni with worry due to what happened yesterday.
Ragatha: (worried) "Hey Pomni are... you alright? I know how terrible it must've been for you since yesterday. You know with losing Gummigoo and all that. Again, I'm sorry for what Caine did but you... it happens."
Pomni was silent before looking up as Ragatha with a reassuring smile.
Pomni: (smiles and nods) "...Yeah... I'm fine now. I... feel a lot better since yesterday. Thanks."
Ragatha: (smiles) "Well that's a relief. Come on. Let's go see the others."
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After following Ragatha, everyone is seen at the stage as they wait for Caine to give them their new adventure for today. While waiting, our group is seen chatting with one another.
Gangle: "So what do you think we'll be doing today?"
Jax: "Don't know, don't care. So long as I can do something violent or ruin other people's lives, then it's fine by me."
Zooble: (rolls eyes) "Well count me out. Every time I'm in for another adventure, I always keep getting torn apart. I'm going back to my room."
She was about to leave until Ragatha stopped her.
Ragatha: (smiles) "Come on Zooble. Lighten up. Maybe this adventure won't be so bad. We'll be sure to be there if you ever fall apart... hopefully."
Zooble: "Mmm... nope. I'm good. I want outta here."
She tried to leave again until they others stopped her, saying that this time, they're ALL gonna go in together, much to Zooble's annoyance. One the other hand, both Pomni and Haruhito are both silent. They would share glances at each other, but quickly look away, blushes forming on their faces. This was something that Ragatha soon took notice of, and she spoke up in confusion.
Ragatha: (confused) "Hey you two alright? Did something happen between you two?"
Remembering what just happened recently, the two immediately spoke up at the same time.
Haruhito / Pomni: "No."
Their synchronized form of speaking had caught everyone's attention as all eyes were on them. Hearing them speaking at the same time caused Jax to give a mischievous smirk.
Jax: (mischievous smirk) "Are you sure
Pomni: (glares) "Jax shut it. It's none of your business."
Jax: (mischievous smirk) "Oh yeah? Then why is your face red clown face?"
Haruhito: (glares) "Enough Jax. We don't wanna deal with your BS this early in the morning."
Before anything else can happen, Caine and Bubble suddenly appeared out of thin air as the AI Ringleader greets everyone with his usual, annoying smile.
Caine: (smiles) "GOOD MORNING MY LITTLE SUPERSTARS! ARE YOU READY FOR TODAY'S ADVENTURE!"
Unknown to everyone, something was happening in the void.
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Within the void, everything seemed normal as usual. All of a sudden, a crack begins to appear and its looks as if the space-time continuum had been torn open. Suddenly, a portal appears to have opened, and it spat out an unknown character.
The unknown character is shown to have heterochromia eyes with the right being yellow and the left being orange from his perspective. The rest of his head lack all the features except for a large nose and a large pair of ears. He's also seen wearing a purple hat and is wearing a fancy suit. It's revealed to be another AI named Paine, the twin brother to Caine.
(A/N: I don't own this image. Art belongs to 'Brooklyn Alpha Victorious'. Check her out on YouTube.)
Looking around the AI is shocked to see that he's now free from his imprisonment.
Paine: (shocked) "Wha-?! Wha-?! I'm free?!"
Realizing this, he pumps his fists in the air in joy of no longer being imprisoned and is now free to take his revenge.
Paine: (cheers) "YES! FINALLY, I'M FREE! NOW I CAN HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU CAINE! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR WHAT'S TO COME!"
The maniacal and psychopath AI let out an evil laugh, ready to sow chaos and terror into the Digital Circus.
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Back with the others, they're all waiting to see what kind of adventure Caine has planned for them.
Pomni: "So... what are we doing today?"
The jester jumps back as the AI Ringleader appears right in front of her.
Caine: (smiles) "I'm glad you asked! In today's adventure, we're going to do an in-house adventure! More specifically a talent show!"
Snapping his fingers, a sign appears above him which reads 'TALENT SHOW'
Zooble: (rolls eyes) "Ugh. This is stupid."
Jax: "So what's the prize? It better be something good Caine."
Caine: (smiles) "I assure you; it'll be something that'll please you greatly. So, what do you say?"
The group looks at each other. Some were willing to give it a try while other's felt it was a waste of time. Haruhito was the one to break the silence as they all might as well get this over with.
Haruhito: (sighs) "Look, we're already here and it's not like we got anything better to do anyways. So might as well give this 'adventure' a try."
Everyone else looked at each other before agreeing, much to Caine's delight.
Caine: (smiles) "Excellent! Now be sure to get ready to-"
Just before he could finish, a loud crash was heard and the area began to rumble, causing everyone (except Caine and Bubble) to lose their footing. As soon as it was over, everyone looked around in confusion, wondering what happened.
Ragatha: (confused) "What just happened?!"
Suddenly, Haruhito senses something and tells everyone to get down on the ground.
Haruhito: (wide eyes) "Get down!"
Everyone does so as an explosion occurs above them. Debris is seen falling down by thankfully the Kamen Rider was able to put up a magical shield to protect them. Confused and concerned, everyone hears evil laughter. Looking up at the source, they see someone descending down from the huge hole on the ceiling, revealing himself to be none other than Paine himself.
Paine: "Hello folks! I'm baaaaaaaaaack!"
When Caine saw him, the AI Ringleader let out a gasp of horror due to who it is.
Caine: (horrified gasp) "It can't be! Brother?!
When the AI Ringleader said this, the circus members all gasped in shock when he yelled out his relation to their mysterious figure.
Everyone: (shocked gasp) "Brother?!"
Paine lets out an evil laugh as a dramatic effect of lightning appears, making the atmosphere grimmer and menacing.
Paine: (evil laugh) "Hahahahaha! Yes 'brother'! It is I! Paine! And I have come here for REVENGE! You'll pay for my banishment!"
Looking down, this is when he takes notice of the Circus members who are all still staring at him in shock.
Paine: (evil smirk) "Oh? What do we have here? A new batch of characters? How delightful! I sure hope they'll last longer compared to our first batch of contestants."
Still shocked by the appearance of his evil twin brother, Caine demanded to know how he got out.
Caine: (shocked) "How are you here?! I made sure your banishment was permanent after what you did to our first contestants!"
Paine: (giggles) "Foolish brother! Did you think your tricks would work! I promised you I would come back, and I have! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Hearing this caught the Kamen Riders attention.
Haruhito: (thoughts) "First batch? Banishment? What are you hiding Caine?"
Caine himself was about to do something, but then suddenly found himself wrapped in chains and is now held against his will.
Paine: (smirks) "Uh uh uh. Can't have that now can we? I'm not gonna let you send me to prison again."
Ragatha: (glares) "Hey let him go!"
In response, Parine levitated a few objects and hurled them at the Circus group. Reacting quickly, they all dodge or move outta the way in order to avoid being hit. Unfortunately, Zooble was struck, causing her body parts of fall off and making her angry.
Zooble: (irritated glare) "MOTHER (BEEP)-ER! COME ON!"
Paine laughs as everyone begins to panic in terror... except of Jax and Haruhito, the latter of the two smiling in excitement of getting into a fight.
Jax: (smiles and glare) "Finally! Some excitement!
Paine then summons multiple giant battle axes and hurls them at the group. However, Haruhito quickly pulls out his Connect Wizard Ring and slips it on as he hovers it over the hand symbol of his Wizardriver, activating the spell.
[Connect! Please!]
A magic circle appears next to him and the Kamen Rider pulls out Kotetsu. Unsheathing his Katana, Haruhito jumps into actions and defects the axes, saving the group. This catches Paine's attention as he now seems interested.
Paine: (interested) "Hmm? How interesting. You seem to be a much more capable fighter compared to the others."
Haruhito: (glares) "Yeah? What of it?"
Zooble was put back together, and she then glanced at Caine as she asked the questions everyone was thinking.
Zooble: (glares) "Caine who the (BONK!) is this guy?! And what did you mean by brother?!"
Caine: "I'll explain later! You must stop him!"
Paine: (mocking laugh) "Hahahahaha! Good luck with that! With you in chains, I have all the power in this circus! Nothing can stop me!"
Meanwhile, Kinger finally recognized who Paine was and was horrified due to remembering who he did to him and the other first batch of circus members.
Kinger: (horrified) "No... not you... anyone but you..."
His voice was loud enough to garner the evil AIs attention as when he saw Kinger, he was surprised to recognize him.
Paine: (surprised) "Well who do we have here? Kinger, it's a pleasure to see you again! How's your wife huh?"
The mention of his wife causes the King Chess Piece to flinch while others were too busy either being shocked or panicking to hear the wife part. Thankfully he was shaken out of his thoughts when Haruhito shook him.
Haruhito: (glares) "Kinger snap out of it!"
Kinger: (nervous) "R-Right. T-Thanks."
Nodding at the King Chess guy, the Kamen Rider turns his attention to the AI, clearly seeing this 'Paine' character as the threat due to how Caine reacted towards him.
Haruhito: (glares) "Alright I think this is enough. I don't know what beef you have with Caine, but I can't let you hurt him. So please just hand him back over."
Paine: "Really? You want back that badly? Pretty sure he must've caused you all some trouble."
Haruhito: (glares) "As annoying and unbearable as he is, I can clearly tell he's way better than you as you seem more chaotic and destructive. So, I'm gonna ask you again. Let him go before I take him from you by force."
Paine: (laughs) "Ha! And how do you intend to do that?! You can't even fly!"
Haruhito: (narrowed eyes) "We'll see about that."
Reaching behind him, he pulls out the Driver On Wizard Ring and slips it on his right hand before hovering the ring over his belt buckle.
[Driver On! Please!]
This manifests his Wizardriver and Haruhito switches to left hand mode, activating te transformation standby sequence.
[Shabadoobi Touch Henshin! Shabadoobi Touch Henshin! Shabadoobi Touch Henshin!]
Pulling out the Hurrican Ring, he slips it onto his left middle finger and holds it up.
Haruhito: (glares) "Henshin!"
He then hovers the elemental Ring above his driver, activating his transformation.
[Hurricane! Please!]
A green magic circle appears above Haruhito.
[Fu! Fu! Fu! Fu! Fu! Fu!]
Jumping through the magic circle, the Kamen Rider transforms into his Hurricane Style as he unfurls his magic wings, revealing them to be green in color. Seeing this shocked Paine as this was something he's never seen before.
(BGM: Kamen Rider Wizard OST 2 Track 25 - Masked Mage)
https://youtu.be/X34yLkvZiSU
Paine: (shocked) "What the-GAH!"
Just before he could finish, Haruhito flies at incredible speeds and sidekicks Paine in the chest, causing him to slam into a wall before sliding down onto the floor. Groaning in pain, he looks up to see Haruhito looking down on him.
Haruhito: "Can't fly huh?"
Paine: (glares) "You'll pay for that! Don't you DARE look down on me!"
Levitating back into the air, Paine goes on the attack, forcing Haruhito to defend himself. Down below, the others watch the fight happening as Ragatha and Pomni just finished freeing Caine. They watch Paine trying to hurl more objects, only for Haruhito to slice them apart. The Kamen Rider tries to slash against the crazy AI, but Paine teleported to his side. Haruhito dodged as Paine tried to blast him away. Meanwhile, Jax noticed a cartoonish Black Sphere Bomb and had a mischievous smile as an idea popped into his head.
Jax: (mischievous smile) "Hehehehehe... oh I can do something about this."
Back with the fight, Haruhito was able to kick Paine to the ground and as just the AI was able to get up, he noticed a Black Sphere Bomb rolling next to him as he sees the string being lit up and was able to explode.
Paine: (wide eyes) "What-?!"
*BOOM!*
Paine is seen flying away due to the explosion and slams onto the wall on the other side. Hearing a small laugh, Haruhito turns to face Jax as he has a smirk on his face while the others looked at him in surprised.
Jax: (smirks) "Not bad huh?"
For once, Haruhito nodded in appreciation as now everyone went to confront Paine.
(Background Music Ends)
Feeling pain wash all over him, Paine is able to glance up, seeing the circus members all intent on banishing him back to wherever he came as Caine points his cane at him.
Haruhito: (glares) "It's over Paine. Surrender now. You're clearly outmatched."
Jax: (smirks) "Yeah! You're totally outnumbered dude!"
However, Paine didn't seem bothered as a wicked idea came into mind.
Paine: (evil grin) "Oh really? Then what say we even the odds shall we?"
Raising his hand, it began to glow purple and unleashed a powerful shockwave of energy, sending everyone flying back. Although Haruhito was fine due to surrounding himself in a magical barrier. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for the others as Pomni, Ragatha, Jax, Gangle, Zooble, and Kinger as they were deeply affected by the blast wave. When Haruhito lowered the shield, he was both worried and shocked to see then convulsing in pain as they're being surrounded by a purple aura. Pomni and the others (except Caine) are all seen screaming in agony as they're unable to deal with pain.
Haruhito: (worried and shocked) "Guys?!"
He rushes over, trying to help them, but he doesn't know what to do. He then turns his attention towards Paine, demanding answers.
Haruhito: (glares) "What did you do them?!"
Caine: (scared) "Paine what have you done?"
Paine: (evil laugh) "Hehehehehe! Oh, you'll see soon enough!"
The shadows from those affected by the blast seem to separate from them and begin to move on their own. The purple aura surrounding the circus members died out, allowing them to go back to normal. However, the shadows now began to glow purple as they seem to be rising form the ground, catching everyone's attention.
Pomni: (worried) "Uh, what's happening?"
As the shadows appear to be taking physical shape, a powerful and purplish explosion occur, knocking everyone off their feet. As they got up, they saw a huge purple smoke cloud covering the area in front of them before beginning to disappear. By the time the smoke and dust had cleared, everyone paused when they all began to hear what sounded like maniacal and evil laughter. When the area was cleared, the main circus cast shocked when they see what looked evil doubles of themselves.
The first one looked like an evil version of Pomni. Except her color scheme is shown to be blue and purple instead of blue and red. Unlike her shy and traumatic personality, this evil version of her now shows an evil and cruel smile.
The second one looked like an evil version of Ragatha but now she looked more like a psychotic serial killer. Unlike the original, the evil twin has a partially ripped bow and purple hair. Furthermore, she looks more heavily scarred with wear and tear. She also shows a scarred X on her right eyes instead of a blue button. She's seen having an evil smile as if she wishes to hurt someone in the worst way possible.
The third one looks like an evil version of Gangle. Unlike regular Gangle, her evil counterpart's body is that of a blue ribbon rather than the color red. Also, her mask now shows an expression of hostility and anger, almost as if she's portrayed as nothing more than a selfish bully.
The fourth one look to be a much worse version of Jax who now looks like more of a criminal and an escaped convict. His ears now look a bit more torn, and his clothes seem raggedy and torn as well. Having a scar on his head, this version of Jax looks like someone who will cause even worse trouble compared to his counterpart.
The fifth one is what looked like an evil version of Zooble. Unlike regular Zooble, this evil version of her looks more demonic in nature. Her triangle head is blue instead of pink, while her main body is grey instead of yellow.
And finally, the sixth one looked to be an evil version of Kinger. Literally looking like some demonic vampire, this evil version of Kinger has a much darker, more menacing color scheme. His eyes are red and wears a dark, purple suit, along with the fact his hands looks more like claws befitting of a blood sucking creature of the night.
The only one who didn't have an evil double was Haruhito as he was safe from the blast, but that's about to change soon. As for the Evil Twins, they all look around before focusing their eyes on their good counterparts. This makes then have cruel, sadistic smiles on their faces as their eyes show malice in wanting to cause pain and suffering towards them.
Evil Pomni: (evil smile) "Well what do we have here?"
Evil Ragatha: "They look like us but they're so... clean."
Evil Jax: (evil chuckle) "Not after I'm done with them."
Evil Kinger: "I wanna smash'em into teeny tine bits."
Evil Gangle: (rolls eyes) "Wow now isn't that nearly a complete sentence.
Evil Zooble: (rolls eyes) "Ugh, you guys are like so immature."
Paine then appears in front of them, catching their attention.
Paine: (glares) "Shut your traps! All of you! I brought you all here for a reason and that's to destroy them!"
He then points over to the shocked circus members staring at them.
Paine: (glares) "Destroy them now. Destroy your doubles and I promise you a place in my own version of the Digital Circus. Understand?"
Grinning at such a thought, the evil doubles all pull out weapons and began charging at their counterparts. Hoping to kill them. Most scream and scatter in terror while other's try to find a way to fight back. Glaring at the evil double, Haruhito moves in to try and stop them.
Haruhito: (glares) "Gotta stop them."
He was about to intervene when a table was slammed in front of him. Looking him, he sees Paine glaring down at him.
Paine: (glares) "Oh no you don't young man! You and I have some unfinished business!"
Twirling his Katana, he charges at the AI, hoping to beat him fast enough so he can save the others.
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We see Pomni running away as her evil twin is seen chasing after her with a knife. She screams in terror as she tries desperately to get away from the knife wielding maniac.
Pomni: (panics) "Gotta hide! Gotta hide! Gotta hide!"
Evil Pomni: (evil grin) "Come back sister! I just wanna play with you! Hehehehehe!"
Pomni turns around the corner and hides behind a stack of cubes just long enough for Evil Pomni to pass by without her noticing her. Feeling she was safe, Pomni sighs in relief as she slumps down on the ground to catch her breath.
Pomni: (relieved sigh) "Alright, I think I should be safe."
???: "Well I wouldn't be so sure."
Scared, Pomni looks in front of her to see Evil Pomni staring directly at her. Before she could react, Evil Pomni grabs her counterpart's arm and slams it on the floor before plunging the knife into one of her hands. Pomni screams in horror as she's stuck while her evil counterpart laughs in her pain.
Evil Pomni: (evil smirks) "Ha! Well, that felt great!"
Pomni: (terrified) "Why are you doing this?! Can't you see what you're doing is wrong?!"
Evil Pomni: (rolls eyes) "Pfft. Big deal. Not like it's of no consequence to me. Besides, there can't be two Pomni's in this circus, and I'm not gonna die just so you can live."
She then glances down at Pomni, a sinister idea popping up in her mind.
Evil Pomni: (evil smirks) "In fact, perhaps this might even be a perfect opportunity for me. With you gone, I can finally have Haruhito all to myself. After all, he is quite handsome, and a strong man like him needs a REAL woman. Not some weakling who causes him nothing but trouble. I mean, when you abstracted that one time, you nearly killed him. So why don't you just be a good little Jester and just disappear!"
Hearing everything her evil counterpart had said caused Pomni to be swelled up with guilt and shame. As much as she hated to admit it, she knew that Evil Pomni was right. She remembers all the trouble she's caused since coming to the Circus and how she nearly killed everyone when she was abstracted. However, she then remembered the words Haruhito gave her and how he promised to stay by her side, determined to be there for her in her darkest of moments. With renewed determination, Pomni grabbed the knife embedded in her hand and yanked it out. Despite the pain she felt, she stood up and threw the knife at Evil Pomni who jerked her head to the side to dodge. Pomni now glares at her evil counterpart in defiance, countering her statement.
Pomni: (glares) "You're... wrong..."
Evil Pomni: (glares) "What?"
Pomni: (glares) "I said... you're wrong. Maybe I am a burden to Haruhito. And sure, I am responsible for getting him in trouble and causing him to get hurt. But I know him long enough to know that he wouldn't abandon me. He understands that everything I've done was out of my control and he doesn't resent me for it. Maybe I'm not the girl he should be with. I know for a fact that there are other girls like Ragatha or Gangle that would be perfect for a guy like him. So yeah, you're right. Haru does deserve better that a silly Jester like me. But I know for a fact that YOU aren't the type Haru would EVER go for as a girlfriend. So, take your logic and (BOING!) OFF!"
Growling in anger, Evil Pomni charged at her, but Pomni rolled to the side. In the corner of her eye, she was a red brick and rushed over quickly to pick it up. It was just in time as Evil Pomni was behind her. Before she could attack her, Pomni spun around and bashed the brick on the side of Evil Pomni's head, causing her to cry out in pain and fall to the ground. Pomni smirked seeing this.
Pomni: (smirks) "Not so tough now, are you?"
However, her victory was short lived when Evil Pomni began to stand up and giggle manically. Still giggling, she glares at Pomni with a bloodthirsty smile which promised pain and agony.
Evil Pomni: (giggles and glares) "You shouldn't have done that."
Reaching behind her, Pomni was horrified to see her evil counterpart had pulled out a literal chainsaw. Pulling the cord, the chainsaw began revving up and Pomni scream in terror as Evil Pomni charges at her. The young jester makes a run for it as her evil twin chases her from behind.
Evil Pomni: (bloodthirsty smile) "COME BACK HERE!"
Pomni: (panic scream) "AHHH!"
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Meanwhile, Ragatha is seen dodging attacks from her evil counterpart as Evil Ragatha continues to swing her meat cleaver at the original.
Ragatha: (terrified) "Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"
Evil Ragatha: (evil smile) "Where are you going?! Don't run away! Once I catch you, I'm gonna cut out your other eye and maybe replace it with another button!"
Ragatha: (terrified) "Get away from me!"
Evil Ragatha throws the meat cleaver which hits Ragatha on the back of the head and she cries out in pain. Pulling out the bladed weapon, she suddenly kicked on her side and then grabbed by the back of her hair as she's lifted up from the ground. Ragatha screams in pain before being thrown towards the wall before sliding down onto the ground. Suddenly, she felt a foot pressed against her stomach and looks up to see Evil Ragatha grinning evilly at her with the meat cleaver in her left hand. Ragatha naively pleads for her life, hoping to convince her evil twin to not kill her.
Ragatha: (pleads) "Please. You don't have to do this."
In response, Evil Ragatha laughs as she can't believe her twin is practically begging for her life.
Evil Ragatha: (evil laugh) "Hahahahaha! Oh, but I want to! You're so pathetic you know that? Always looking out for others, but no one seems to be willing to look after you. Tell be (Honk!), why are you always so concerned for the wellbeing of those pathetic losers? You mean nothing to them, just as how they mean nothing to you."
Ragatha: (gulps) "Because... Because they're my friends and-"
She cut off when Evil Ragatha howls in laughter as her head jerks back.
Evil Ragatha: (laughs) "Friends? Are you serious? That has to be the sickest joke I've ever heard. Poor, poor Ragatha. You're all alone now. You've spent all your time looking after the others when you forgot to take care of yourself. But then again, your kindness and generosity has always been taken advantage of. Every time the others ask you for help, you're willing to give it. But when you ask for some help, the others just flat out ignore you. It's sad really because the truth as that you've always been alone in this Circus. How does it feel what you were forced to watch all your previous friends from before be forced to abstract and then be sent to the cellar, knowing full well you could've done something to prevent that but never did. Why? Because in the end you are nothing but a worthless coward who's too afraid to face the harsh reality that you will NEVER leave this place. That you will be stuck in this circus FOREVER!"
Just hearing all this struck a chord in Ragatha as deep down she knew her evil twin was completely right. For so long she had sacrificed and worked hard to keep everyone safe, happy, and sane. There were times where she nearly had a mental breakdown in order to help the others. Yet because everyone else was having their own problems in deal with the Circus, she often times did indeed feel alone as she had no one to talk to, even at times where she wanted help, and no one was there for her. This only added to the deterioration of her sanity as while she's happy to greet newcomers like Pomni and Haruhito, she would ALWAYS have an agonizing heart ache to witness those she once called friends abstract and be turned into monsters.
Ragatha looked ready to give up right then and there, but then she remembered the words Haruhito had spoken to her during the Candy adventure. She remembers the words of reassurance he gave her and with how helpful he's been to both her and the others, for the first time she genuinely felt happy. The times she was able to speak to him after an adventure, she would sometimes rant and speak about her troubles while the Kamen Rider listened patiently to everything she's been saying. In many ways, he acted as a therapist for her and thanks to him, she can feel her sanity coming back to her, especially since it helped deepen her friendship with Pomni. Despite everything she's been through and all that she was forced to endure, Ragatha realizes that she's come too far just to give up now. With a renewed sense of hope and determination, Ragatha glares at her twin as she speaks in a defiant tone.
Ragatha: (glares and whispers) "I... I don't care..."
Evil Ragatha: (confused) "Huh? What was that?"
Ragatha: (glares) "I said... I DON'T CARE!"
Before Evil Ragatha could react, Ragatha sucker punched her twin in the face, causing her to stagger back. Looking around, Ragatha noticed a gloink and picked it up as she chucked it at her evil twin with full force. It happened just in time as Evil Ragatha stood back up in pain.
Evil Ragatha: (glares) "That really hurt you-OW!"
The gloink it her in the face, knocking her down and thus allowing Ragatha to escape.
Ragatha: "Now's my chance!"
She makes at run for it, allowing her for a head start. However, just a few seconds later, she hears the running of footsteps behind her and turns to see her evil twin chasing her with murderous intent.
Evil Ragatha: (murderous glare) "I WILL RIP YOUR LIMBS OFF ONE BY ONE!!!"
Ragatha: (wide eyes) "Oh man!"
She desperately tries to run faster her evil twin continues to chase after her.
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Elsewhere, Gangle is seen hiding under the stage floor as she was able to outmaneuver her evil twin. She was shaking in both fear and terror as she was too cowardly to face an evil version of herself. She soon hears footsteps above her as she can hear the angry screaming from her counteraprt.
Evil Gangle: (glares) "Where are you, Gangle?! Come on out and I promise I won't hurt you! ...Much anyway."
Still shaking in fear, Gangle covers her mouth in hopes her evil twin won't find her. After a few more seconds, she hears those footsteps become less and Evil Gangle is nowhere to be heard. This allows the real Gangle to finally sigh in relief but that changed when the door above her opened, revealing a smiling Evil Gangle looking down at her.
Evil Gangle: (smiles) "There you are!"
She proceeds to grab Gangle and throw her out of her hiding place. For there, she grabs her happy mask off, causing Gangle to cry and plead with her evil twin to give it back.
Gangle: (panics) "No! My mask! Give it back!"
Evil Gangle: (mocking smile) "Oh you want it that badly? Come and take it."
The evil twin mocking waves the mask in front of her as Gangle tries to take it. However, every time she tries, Evil Gangle either dodges or shoves her away. Eventually the evil twin grows bord and then proceeds to smash the mask onto the ground, causing Gangle to cry in agony.
Evil Gangle: (smug smirk) "Opps! My bad! Hahahahaha!"
Gangle: (agonizing crying) "WWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYY?!
Evil Gangle: (smug smirk) "What's the matter? Are you gonna cry? Then again why am I surprised? You've always been a pathetic coward to begin with. All you do is cry and wine every day, especially when your mask breaks. It's so annoying! No wonder Jax loves bullying you. Out of everyone in this circus, you're the easiest target he just loves to torture. If this is how you truly act, then I doubt Haruhito would EVER like to be with a girl like you."
Gangle looks up in shock as she couldn't believe her evil twin actually knew she had growing romantic feelings for Haruhito. Seeing this expression got Evil Gangle to smile arrogantly.
Evil Gangle: (arrogant smile) "Oh yes. I know everything. Including your feelings for that Masked Rider. I even know you even made that figurine of him too. Do you think for even a second that he'd give you a chance to date a girl made of strings? Even that clown girl has a better chance of being with him that you. If anything, you're just a freak of nature no one would even love and care about. I bet even your family and friends in the world abandoned you because they see you as a mistake that never should've been born."
Hearing such hurtful words caused Gangle to cry even more. As much as she hated to admit it, she actually took her evil twin's words into consideration. After being stuck in the Digital Circus for so long, Gangle had always felt like she was nothing but a punching bag for other's amusement, especially Jax. Though she was able to get along with most of the other members, Gangle had always felt so insecure and miserable at the Circus. She tries to keep herself sane by drawing and tries to be optimistic (at least when she's wearing her comedy mask), but when her mask it off, it reveals her true colors. That being an insecure and miserable person who's just trying to go on about her day, only for her to be pushed and shoved down by others. She gates the circus, and she really dislikes not having anything normal.
So, when Haruhito first came, she felt genuinely happy when he started helping her out and being a caring person. She felt like she could have a true friend to talk to and have all her worries go away. Sure, there was Ragatha, but even she had her own problems she was too busy to deal with. It why she began to grow romantic feelings for Haruhito because he helped make her feel like she wasn't alone anymore. Like she no longer has to suffer in this hellish nightmare no more. But now after being told by her evil twin that Haruhito would never go for a girl made of strings like her, she now began to lose all forms of self-confidence and possibly the will to live, something Evil Gangle took notice of.
Evil Gangle: (arrogant smile) "Well now seeing as to how you've lost the will to live, it's time to die now!"
Pulling down a hatchet from outta nowhere, Evil Gangle raised it high in the air, prepared to finally strike Gangle down for good. However, Gangle saw a rock beside her and as if her body was acting on instinct, she grabs it and throws the rock directly at Evil Gangle's causing her to scream in pain as she drops the hatchet and her mask cracks a bit.
Evil Gangle: (pained cry) "GAH! THAT HURT!"
With her being distracted, Gangle took to chance to try and run again, hoping to find another place she can hide and get away from her evil twin.
Gangle: (scared) "I gotta get outta here!"
However, once again she's being chased again as Evil Gangle promises her a world of pain.
Evil Gangle: (hateful glare) "You will NEVER escape!"
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On the other hand, Jax appears to actually be having a fun time as he finally gets to chance to mess around and hurt people. In this case, his evil twin. Evil Jax appears to be having trouble as he's trying to either catch or strike at his opponent, but Jax keeps dodging effortlessly.
Evil Jax: (growls) "Stand still would ya!"
Jax: (smirks) "Nah. I don't wanna. You sure you're me? I mean, your aiming is a bit off."
The evil twin growls in anger and pulls out a war mace intent of smashing him. However, Jax simply dodges as he continues to give a mocking smirk.
Jax: (mocking smirk) "What's wrong? I thought you were supposed to be me? Huh, and you kept boasting you're the better twin when in reality you're just a sore loser."
The irritates Evil Jax before smiling cruelly as an idea popped into his mind. The evil twin began to laugh, much to Jax's confusion.
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Hehehehehe... you know... you really are a piece of work aren't you? No wonder someone like you ended up here."
Jax: (raised eyebrow) "Oh yeah? And why's that?"
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Because in all honestly, I'd say out of everyone in this circus, you're the one who deserves to be here the most."
For the first time, hearing this caught Jax off guard and he then glares at his evil twin."
Jax: (glares) "What's THAT supposed to mean?"
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Oh you know exactly what I mean. It's pretty obvious. After all, you're the one mainly responsible for Kaufmo's abstraction. He's practically dead now thanks to you."
Jax flinched hearing this and his evil twin kept edging him on.
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Tell me dear 'brother'... how many of your fellow circus members abstracted thanks to you? How many were driven to insanity and became glitched monsters because of your bullying? You must feel so proud of yourself for committing murder. But then again, you don't care about anyone but yourself."
Jax was too stunned to respond as Evil Jax begins walking around him, continuing his monologue and mocking him.
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Honestly with what kind of human garbage you truly are, I doubt anyone would care if you abstracted and got sent to the cellar. If anything, it would be a blessing in disguise. Nay, your abstraction would be the happiest day of their lives. So why don't you do everyone a favor and just go off yourself? No one will miss a pathetic waste of life like you."
As Evil Jax stands in front of his counterpart, he doesn't see Jax himself beginning to seethe with rage with his fists clenched and shaking. Regardless, Evil Jax continues to taunt and mock Jax for his actions.
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Because that's what you are and what you'll always be. Just a sad, pathetic, lose-"
He was cut off when Jax tried to swing at him while he had a hateful glare on his face.
Jax: (hateful glare) "YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!"
The evil twin dodged the punch as he smirks seeing such a reaction.
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Oh ho! Struck a nerve, did I? Guess that means I said something right about you after all. And are you crying?"
The evil twin giggles as he actually sees some tears going down Jax's face, clearly showing the guy's insecurity made manifest.
Jax: (hateful glare) "I'M NOT CRYING!!!"
Letting his emotions get the better of him, Jax begins swinging rapidly and violently in hopes of hurting his counterpart. Instead, Evil Jax manuvers behind him and pulls out a rope as he's able to tie him up.
Evil Jax: (evil smirk) "Gotcha (Beep!)!"
He then kicks Jax to the ground, letting out a pained cry from him.
Jax: (pained cry) "Argh!"
Evil Jax plants a foot on Jax's back, pressing down with the intent of hurting him even more.
Evil Jax: (evil laugh) "Look at you. What a sad and pathetic sight you are now. You let your emotions get the better of you and now you're on the ground. Maybe Haruhito was right. You're just a coward. A bully who likes to hurt others just so he could feel good about himself. Out of everyone, you're just a child who can't seem to do anything right."
Evil Jax laughs while the real Jax grits his teeth in anger. But his eyes dart someone and sees a knife just a few inches from him. Luckily, Evil Jax finally stood up and was distracted, allowing Jax to sneakily make his way over to the knife. As Evil Jax continues to keep monologuing, Jax is able to grab the knife and begin secretly began cutting the ropes. However, just as he got to the last rope, Jax was flipped over and had the knife kicked away
Evil Jax: (smirks) "Ha! Did you seriously think I wouldn't know?! You think you can escape from me?! Please! You just don't know when to quit, do ya?!"
Jax: (smirks) "Nope! But I know when to jump!"
Using his own strength, he snaps the rope and jumps back before kicking his evil twin in the face. Rushing over to grab the knife, he takes it and in a disturbing display, he jams the knife into Evil Jax's left eyes, causing him to scream in agony.
Evil Jax: (agonizing cry) "Argh! My eye!"
Momentarily distracted, Jax make a break for it and runs away.
Jax: (smirks) "Later dude! Gotta run!"
Pulling the knife out, Evil Jax glares murderously as he chases after him.
Evil Jax: (hateful glare) "GET BACK HERE!!!"
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To say Zooble was having the worst time of her life would be an understatement. She was trying desperately to escape from her evil twin as Evil Zooble was chasing after her with a giant mallet. While running, Zooble looks around, hoping to find something that either put down or slow down her evil twin.
Zooble: (scared whisper) "Come on... come on... come on... there has to be something that can stop her..."
Behind her, Evil Zooble was gaining on her.
Evil Zooble: (glares) "Get back here Zooble! I just wanna play!"
Zooble: (scared glare) "No (Bonk!)-ing way! Whatever games you have planned, go suck a (Beep!) (Honk!)!"
As she was running, Zooble accidentally trips, allowing Evil Zooble to jump high in the air and raise her mallet.
Evil Zooble: (evil smile) "Gotcha!"
Before Zooble could react, her evil twin slams the mallet down on her, thus breaking her apart again. Now in pieces, Zooble groans in both annoyance and anger.
Zooble: (groans) "Not again!"
Evil Zooble: (evil laugh) "Ha! As usual, you just can't seem to keep yourself together now, can you?"
Zooble: (glares) "If that's your lame excuse of a joke, it's not funny."
Evil Zooble: (rolls eyes) "Ugh. Fine. Be a fun sucker. Then again, I expect nothing less from a freak like you."
Hearing the last part irked as he glared hatefully against her evil twin.
Zooble: (hateful glare) "What's that supposed to mean?"
Evil Zooble: (smirks) "You know what I mean. Do you really think that is a coincidence that you ended up stuck in this circus? You think you came here by accident? I don't think so. Given your appearance, you must've been living a lonely life and felt miserable about. Then again, maybe it's because your family never wanted you because you must've been born as a deformed brat. If that's the case, no wonder you ended up here as your parents probably got rid of you from the beginning. Face it shrimp. You're nothing but a freak who deserved to be damned in this hellhole forever. Whatever you were in life, you must've been an outcast who escaped here to run away from your problems, but now you're stuck here forever!"
Hearing this greatly angered Zooble as she shouted back against her evil twin.
Zooble: (hateful glare) "Shut up! You don't know anything about me!"
Evil Zooble: (smirks) "Oh I know EVERYTHING about you Zooble. I know enough to know that you hate yourself and the body you inhabit. In truth, you try to feel perfect. You try to find the body parts that can make you feel 'human'. But that's all impossible. You're not human and you'll never will be, be it here in the circus or in the real world. What you truly are is God's mistake and that you never should've been born to begin with. Maybe that's why you're here. As punishment simply for existing!"
Hearing these words began to mentally break Zooble. If she would cry, the floor would be wet with tears. Everything her evil twin said was true as she hated herself due to her appearance and the appearance of her body. That had also led her to being bullied, mainly from Jax who found amusement in her suffering and misery. Ever since she ended up in this circus, it had caused her nothing but misery and painful agony on a mental level. It was time like these where she just wanted to off herself and put an end to it all there. Of course, she knew the only other alternative was becoming abstracted and she knew full well that would be an even worse fate she didn't wish to partake in.
And yet despite everything her evil twin had said, she didn't wish to die. She wanted to live and that was mainly because of Haruhito. Though she didn't interact with him that much, she interacted with him enough to know that he cared for her just the same as everyone else. She remembers one time where she talked about her problems, and he listened before speaking. She can't remember much, but she can remember that the words he said to her helped make her feel relaxed and comforting. Despite all the crazy crap she's been through, she can't deny the fact that there was one person on this god forsaken circus who understood how she felt.
Which is why she somehow gained the will to keep on living. Looking around quickly, she continently saw a toy stick holding some giant blocks in place. They must've been dangling due to the chase, and she seemed to be knocked over a bit. Using whatever strength she had left, Zooble moved on of her arms to make was towards the stick while her evil twin was distracted. She was almost there just in time as Evil Zooble raised her mallet once again.
Evil Zooble: (smirks) "Since you don't seem you want to live no more; I'll grant you the mercy of a quick death!"
He raised her mallet with the intent of destroying Zooble's head. However, just as it seemed that Zooble was about to be finished off, she surprisingly pulled out a fast one and used her limb to pull away the stick, allowing the blocks to collapse and impact Evil Zooble. She screams as her body was broken apart, much to her anger and annoyance. This gives Zooble the chance to reconstruct her body and tries to leave once again.
Zooble: (relieved sigh) "Finally, I can catch a breath."
As Zooble was running to safety, Evil Zooble watched for a distance with a hateful glare.
Evil Zooble: (hateful glare) "This isn't over! Once I reassemble myself, I will tear off your head and throw it into the lava!"
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Right now, Kinger was both scared and terrified as he faces against his vampiric evil twin. Evil Kinger's eyes showed malice and sadistic glee as he holds a wooden spiked bat. Kinger tries pleading with his twin to stop trying to kill him.
Kinger: (panics) "Please stop! Why are doing this?! You're supposed to be me remember?! Why would you hurt your own self?!"
Evil Kinger: (evil laugh) "Hahahahaha! You really are a brainless idiot, aren't you?! You think that just because I'm your twin I'm supposed to act like you?! Please! If anything, I'm everything you're not! I know all your secrets Kinger, especially that one memory you NEVER wish to relive ever again!"
He leans down and gives a cruel, evil smile as he says something that shatters Kinger's mind.
Evil Kinger: (cruel and evil smile) "Tell me Kinger, how's your wife been? Queenie, was it?"
Kinger gasps in horror as he doesn't wish to be reminded off one of the biggest mistakes of his life. However, his evil twin pressed on, taunting and mocking him as he edges Kinger on into guilt and despair.
Evil Kinger: taunting and mocking smile) "How's she been? Oh, that's right, she was abstracted! And in truth, due to your actions, she locked all the way into the cellar now... BECAUSE OF YOU In truth, it's YOUR fault your wife became a monster to begin with!"
Kinger shook his head furiously, refusing to believe he was solely responsible for the abstraction of his wife.
Kinger: (shakes head) "No! Your wrong! You're absolutely wrong!"
Evil Kinger: (evil laugh) "Ha! Keep telling yourself that! But we both know the REAL truth! That (Bing!) pleaded for help and wanted out of this Digital Hell. But did you help her? No! Instead, you neglected her and in turn, her mind destabilized and so she abstracted in the end! All due to your reckless abandonment! Face it Kinger! You KILLED your wife! She's been abstracted and it's all YOUR fault!"
Evil Kinger laughs as the real Kinger falls to his knees in despair. Loath as much as he wished to admit it, Kinger knew full well his evil twin was right. He was too focused on trying to get out of the circus that he neglected his wife for answers. When he saw his wife abstract in the pillow fort, it was by far the worst moment he's ever had since arriving in his circus. Since Queenie's abstraction, he tried to suppress the memory and move on. But because his evil twin brought it up and used it to mock him, it was effective enough for him to fall to his knees and make him fall into despair. Seeing this, Evil Kinger took advantage of this as he prepares to deliver the final strike against Kinger that'llhopefully kill him.
Evil Kinger: (evil smile) "Well seeing as to how you're clearly lost the will to live, it's time to say goodbye!"
As just his evil twin was about to once against raise the bat, Kinger saw a gloink and quickly grabbed it before chucking it at Evil Kinger's face.
Evil Kinger: "Ow!"
Stunned for a bit, Kinger pushes his evil twin into a stacked pile of wooden boxes that collapse on him. This buys him enough time to finally escape.
Kinger: (terrified) "I need to get outta here!"
As he begins running for his life again, Evil Kinger glares hatefully at his twin as he struggles to get out of his trap.
Evil Kinger: (hateful glare) "You can run but you can never run from be brother!"
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Back with Haruhito, he's seen fighting against Paine with help from Caine. Though they try their best, but Paine had proven to be more cunning than ever. Still in his Hurricane style form, Haruhito continues to use wind attacks, only for them to be blocked and redirected against him. The Kamen Rider falls to the ground as a result as Paine gives an arrogant smirk.
Paine: (arrogant smirk) "Ha! Is that all?! I honestly expected better from you!"
Caine: (pleads) "Please stop this brother! You don't know what you're doing!"
Paine: (glares) "Never! You were always jealous of me! Its why to sealed me away right?! Because you knew in your heart, I was BETTER than you at everything!"
Caine: (pleads) "You know why I sealed you! Your adventures were gonna tear the circus apart and I couldn't let that happen! If anything, you being sealed away was your own fault!"
Paine: (glares) "Shut up! I don't wanna hear another word from you! I will never stop until I destroy you Caine!"
Haruhito: (glares) "Then let's change it up, shall we?"
Reaching behind him, he pulls out the Flame Wizard Ring. Slipping it on his middle finger, he switches his Wizardriver to left hand more and hovers the ring over the black palm.
[Flame! Please!]
A red magical circle appears next to the Kamen Rider before it passes through him, activating the transformation.
[Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!]
With the transformation done, it's shown that Haruhito was now in his Flame Style form. De-Summoning his Katana, his pulls out the Connect Wizard Ring and switches to right hand mode before hovering the ring over it.
[Connect! Please!]
A small magic circle appears and Haruhito puts his hand in before pulling out his WizarSwordGun in gun mode. Taking aim, he fires and due to the bullets being trackers, they hit their target and cause Paine to scream in pain. Just then, the other circus members arrive as their evil twins are right behind them. Just as the twins are about to attack their doubles again, they saw their boss Paine on the ground before looking up at them. Glaring angrily, he orders them all to attack Haruhito.
Paine: (glares) "Help me you fools! Stop him!"
Using his powers to bend them to his will, the evil twin doubles all charged at Haruhito and tried to kill him. However, he was skilled enough to block their attacks and strike back. He then sees that he's being surrounded and decides to use on of his special abilities. Using his WizarSwordGun in gun mode, he flicks the black thumb and the hand open.
[C'mon Shooting! Shake Hands!]
From there, he hovers the Flame Wizard Ring over it, thus activating the magical ability.
[Flame! Shooting Strike!]
The barrel of the weapon begins to glow fiery red as a red magic circle appears.
[Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii!]
Doing a 360 spin, he opens fire, shooting miniature fire balls that impact each of the evil twins, causing them to scream in agony as they're being burned alive. Soon the evil twins all die in an explosion and as the flames die out, the other circus members are all relieved to see their doubles are now gone.
Pomni: (relived sigh) "Oh thank God. They're dead. They're all dead and gone."
Jax: (sigh) "Finally, I thought my twin would never shut up."
Caine: (smiles) "Excellent work! Now all that's left is dealing with Paine."
And how right Caine was as Paine looks on in both anger and horror seeing his minions have all been killed. He's glares hatefully at Haruhito as he sees him the one responsible for all his misgivings.
Paine: (hateful glare) "No! No! No! This can't be happening! I have been planning this for years and now its call crumbling into dust! YOU! This is your fault! This is all your fault!"
He points his finger at the Kamen Rider as he twirls his weapon, ready to end him for good.
Haruhito: (glares) "Hey, you tried to kill his remember? So, I'd say karma is finally getting back at you. So, let's end this right now!"
Using telekinesis magic, he brings Paine to the ground. From there, he switches his WizarSwordGun to sword mode and flicks the thumb, opening the palm again.
[C'mon Slash! Shake Hands!]
Hovering the Flame Wizard Ring over the black palm, he activates the magic spell.
[Flame! Slash Strike!]
The blade is now covered in flames and red magic circles as Haruhito charges at the AI psychopath.
[Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii! Hii!]
As soon as Paine stood up, it was too late as Haruhito slashed against the AI and he screams in agony as he's lit on fire.
Paine: (agonizing scream) "ARGH!!! IT BURNS!!! IT BURNS!!! OF GOD THIS HURTS SO MUCH!!!"
By the time the flames die out, Paine is on the ground, groaning in pain. His clothes are now tattered and burned as he struggles to get back on his feet. Haruhito walks up to him as he glares down at him.
Haruhito: (glares) "It's over. This battle is lost to you."
However, the rogue AI refused to kneel in defeat as he had one last trick up his sleeve.
Paine: (glares) "Grrr! You're clearly more trouble than you're worth. Perhaps I should fix that!"
Caught off guard, Paine fires a purple beam of energy that struck Haruhito, and he cries out in agony as he's covered in a purplish aura.
Haruhito: (pained cry) "AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
His scream catches everyone's attention, especially Pomni who looks horrified.
Pomni: (horrified) "HARU!!!"
Like with the other circus members, Haruhito is covered in a purple aura, but something is different this time. After a few seconds, the purple aura surrounding Haruhito seems to separate from him, and it begins forming at its own entity. As it begins to take shape, to everyone's shock, the being is revealed to be an abstracted monster in a more humanoid form.
(A/N: I don't own this image. Art belongs to 'Brooklyn Alpha Victorious'. Check her out on YouTube.)
The 'Abstracted Monster' looks around before letting out a monstrous roar.
Zooble: (shocked) "Is that... an abstraction?"
Pomni: (shocked) "It's humanoid?"
Gangle: (scared) "I hope we don't have to deal with another Jester."
It then glances over that the circus members before it locks its multi-colored eyes on Haruhito. Specifically, his Wizardriver. Without warning and caught off guard, the humanoid abstract thrusts its hand and launch a black tentacle at Haruhito's belt, seemingly absorbing the magical energy and causing the Kamen Rider to de-Henshin.
Falling down to one knee, Haruhito groans as he looks up at the abstracted humanoid. He widens his eyes in utter horror as he saw a Wizardriver manifest around the abstracted humanoid's waist, except the hand is replaced with that of a skeleton hand. It gets even worse when he saw it seemingly switch the blet to left hand mode, the blet now glowing a menacing purple.
Haruhito: (horrified) "No..."
He tries to stop it but it's too late. The abstracted humanoid slams its left hand on the left skeleton hand, activating the transformation.
[Wizard!]
A familiar red magic circle appears and out of it came a gigantic tornado of flames. The heat was intense, causing everyone to back away. By the time it died down, it now shows the abstracted humanoid in a new form, revealing itself to be an Another Wizard.
Another Wizard let out a monstrous roar while Haruhito looked on in shock.
Haruhito: (shocked) "What?! But that's... an Another Wizard?!"
Before he could say anymore, Another Wizard shot its hand out and blasted a powerful torrent of flames. Haruhito reacted quickly and bend the flame the other side. Displeased by this, Another Wizard let's out a monstrous roar as its fists were engulfed in flames and charges violently at the Kamen Rider.
Dodging the attacks and still having the Flame Wizard Ring on his left middle finger, he acivates his driver again and transforms.
Haruhito: (glares) "Henshin!"
[Flame! Please!]
After transforming back into flame style, Haruhito used the Connect Wizard Ring to summon his WizarSwordGun in sword mode and begin his attack. As that was happening, Paine smiled gleefully as he finally had something to kill the Wizard for good.
Paine: (gleeful smile) "Yes! Finally! Hopefully that'll be enough to kill him for good!"
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Meanwhile, everyone else was watching the battle unfold as they see the two Kamen Riders go at each other violently. As the fight continues, they begin to notice that Haruhito had begun to struggle in the fight, much to the worry of most of the circus members.
Pomni: (worried) "This is bad! Shouldn't we help him?!"
Jax: (glares) "Are you crazy Pomni?! Do you not see how those two are duking it out?! Nu uh! No way! I ain't getting killed today!"
Ragatha: (glares) "Well we have to do something! After everything he's done for us, we can't just leave him for dead!"
Zooble: (glares) "And how do you propose we do that? We don't exactly have superpowers you know."
Gangle: (worried) "We have to try. I mean, if Haruhito gets hurt or worse, we have to deal with Paine, and I don't wanna know what he'll do to us."
Elsewhere, Kinger ran back and hid in his pillow fort, not wanting to deal with Paine as his encounter with his evil twin traumatized him. As the fighting continues, they can only hope Haruhito will win.
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Back with Haruhito, he's still seen fighting against Another Wizard until he's kicked away. Summoning his own variant of the WizarSwordGun, Another Wizard slashes against Haruhito before blasting him away, causing him to scream in pain before being forced onto his knees. The circus members all gasped and screamed in worry. Pomni being the loudest as she begged the Kamen Rider to get back up. Seeing Haruhito being weakened, Paine laughs evilly as he feels as though he now on the crisp of victory.
Paine: (evil laugh) "Hahahahaha! All that power and yet here is see you on your knees! I'm gonna enjoy watching that shiny head of yours being crushed! Now destroy him my minion!"
Brandishing its sword, Another Wizard walks over and raises its blade before swinging it down. In that brief moment, Haruhito felt a tingling sensation behind his head, feeling what his Phantom was telling him and sees a red glow behind him. Knowing what Infinity Wizardragon wanted him to use, Haruhito quickly caught Another Wizard's arm, stopping the blade from impacting him as it surprises the abstracted monster and Paine.
Haruhito: (glares) "Not yet."
He blasts Another Wizard away with a fire ball and then he stands back up as Haruhito gives a determined glare.
Haruhito: (glares) "You may have my power, but not all of it. Let's see you copy this then."
Reaching behind him, he pulls out the Flame Dragon Wizard Ring.
Slipping on the ring on his middle finger, Haruhito switches his Wizardriver to left hand mode and hovers the ring over it, thus activating the transformation.
[Flame! Dragon!]
A red magic circle appears in front of him and its phases through him as a fiery version of Infinity Wizardragon appears and circles around the Kamen Rider in a torrent of flames.
[Bou! Bou! Bou! Bou! Bou!]
Once the transformation complete, its revealed that Haruhito is now in his Flame Dragon form.
Feeling the raw power emanating from him, everyone is shocked to see a whole new transformation. Though not as powerful as the Infinity or Wilhelm style forms, the dragon forms are still a huge improvement compared to the base forms. Paine is shocked by this development while Another Wizard growls in anticipation. Seeing this, Haruhito gets into a fighting stance, ready to finish this battle for good.
Haruhito: (glares) "So... shall we get this showtime started?"
(BGM: Just the Beginning)
https://youtu.be/CIrj4ye6LfI
Another Wizard roars as it charges at Haruhito. The two engaged in hand-to-hand combat as punches and kicks are thrown. However, Haruhito is able to block and counter them before doing a spinning back kick when sends Another Wizard crashing onto the floor. Getting into a defense stance, the Kamen Rider sees the abstracted humanoid monster stand back up and summons its WizarSwordGun in sword mode.
Charging, Another Wizard swings the blade, but Haruhito dodges the attacks before landing a few punches and kicks, knocking the monster back. He then pulls out the Connect Wizard Ring and switches his Wizardriver to right hand mode. He hovers the magic ring over the glowing black palm, activating the magic spell.
[Connect! Please!]
A small red magic circle appears next to him and his sticks his hand in before pulling out his WizarSwordGun in sword mode. However, he isn't finished yet as he flicks the black thumb and opens the palm.
[C'mon Slash! Shake Hands!]
Summoning the Copy Wizard Ring, he places it above the black hand, activating the spell.
[Copy! Please!]
Stretching out his other hand, another red magic circle appears and its manifests an identical copy of the WizarSwordGun in sword mode. Now wielding two identical weapons at the same time, he swings one of the blades as he gets into a battle stance.
Angered, Another Wizard roars and charges at Haruhito as the Kamen Rider twirls one of his swords before charging. Using both swords, Haruhito blocks two incoming strikes before thrusting one of his blades for a stab attack. Though Another Wizard ties its best to defend itself, Haruhito is able to slash at its mid-section before moving one of his blades behind him to block a slash attack. Pushing the Another Rider back, Haruhito continues his assault, attacking and striking it in both the front and back, damaging the monster in the process.
As that was happening, Paine is in shock to see Haruhito is still kicking, despite all the fighting he's forced to endure.
Paine: (shocked) "No way... how... how are you still standing?! How can you still fight after all this?! And what's with that form you're using?"
Before he could respond, Another Wizard comes charging in again, but Haruhito disarms the monster and does a double stab with both his swords, knocking it to the ground. After that, Kamen Rider glares at the AI as he points his weapon at him.
Haruhito: (glares) "Like I said. This fight isn't over just yet. Not by a long shot."
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As the fighting turned in favor of Haruhito, the other circus members were watching in aware to see the Kamen Rider do the impossible yet again. Just when they thought hope was lost, Haruhito once again pulled a fast on and the tides turned in his favor again.
Ragatha: (smiles) "Yes! Oh, thank God he's gonna be fine."
Gangle: (worried) "I hope this fighting ends soon."
Jax: (jealous glare) "Great. Still being a showoff."
Zooble: (rolls eyes) "Still jealous as usual?"
In response, Jax flips Zooble off with the middle finger.
Jax: (annoyed glare) "Go (Honk!) yourself."
Meanwhile, Kinger is still hiding in his pillow fort while Pomni had a hopeful smile on her face as she sees Haruhito winning the fight.
Pomni Thoughts: (hopeful smile) "You can do this Haru. I know you can."
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Back in the fight, Haruhito double kicks the Another Wizard down and then switches both of his WizarSwordGun's to gun mode, firing sliver bullets at a rapid pace and impact its designated target. Suddenly a glowing red light catches his attention and reaches behind him to pull out the Special Wizard Ring.
Switching to left hand and then to right hand mode, he slips the ring on his right middle finger as he hears the familiar transformation sequence.
[Lupachi Magic Touch Go! Lupachi Magic Touch Go! Lupachi Magic Touch Go!]
Haruhito: "It's time to end this Paine. Once and for all."
He hovers the ring over the black palm, activating the magic spell.
[Very Nice! Special! The Best!]
Spreading his arms out, a red magic circle appears behind him and out came a flaming version of the Infinity Wizardragon. Now beginning to levitate into the air, still with his arms spread out, the flaming version of the Infinity Wizardragon circles around him before it slams back into the magic circle from behind Haruhito, forming the Drago Skull.
After managing to stand back up, Another Wizard roars as its engulfed in flames. Undeterred, Haruhito unleashes his final attack.
Haruhito: "The Finale."
The drago skull roars and unleashes a powerful torrent of flames. Likewise, the Another Wizard stretches both its arms forward, also unleashing a powerful torrent of flames. The two attacks collide, but eventually Haruhito's attack eventually overwhelms Another Wizard before its engulfed in flames. The abstracted humanoid monster screeches in agony at its being cooked alive due to the intensity of the heat before finally succumbing to its death in a fiery explosion.
With the threat now finally over, Haruhito descends back down and the drago skull disappears. The Kamen Rider sighs in relief as he now turns all his attention back at Paine, who is now seen shaking in fear.
(Background Music Ends)
Paine tires to escape, but Haruhito manifests an elemental construct of a flame whip before swinging it at the AI. The flame whip wraps around his leg, and he's pulled to the ground hard. Groaning in pain, he looks up to see Caine staring down at him with a look of regret and disappointment.
Caine: (regretful and disappointed tone) "Oh brother. I'm sorry it must come to this, but I'm afraid you have to go. You're too dangerous to be left running around."
The maniacal AI glares fearfully at his AI brother, not wishing to be banished yet again.
Paine: (fearful glare) "No! I won't go back there! You can't make me!"
He tries attacking Caine, but Haruhito suck punches him in the face, knocking him back down. From there, Caine conjures up a green portal that begins sucking Paine in. He tires desperately to hold on as he glares hatefully at the AI Ringleader one last time.
Paine: (hateful glare) "DON'T THINK THIS IS OVER CAINE! I WILL BE BACK! AND WHEN I DO, I WILL DESTROY YOU AND THIS ENTIRE CIRCUS!"
Eventually he lost his grip and finally he was sucked into the portal before it finally closed. With Paine gone and the threat now over, Haruhito de-Henshin's and collapses onto his knees as he begins panting due to the tiredness. The other rush over and Pomni kneels to his side with a worried expression.
Pomni: (worried) "Are you alright?"
Haruhito: (tired sigh) "Yeah... I'm fine... Just tired..."
He's then caught off guard when Pomni hugs him tightly before returning the gesture. Today was a long day but Paine's appearance had left more questions than answers.
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The aftermath of fighting Caine and the evil twins had left the Circus as complete mess. Luckily, Haruhito used his creation magic to fix all the damages and return everything back to normal. However, even with Paine gone and things are back to normal, everyone wanted answers, and they all turned to Caine for those answers as he seems to know who that murderous AI really is.
Haruhito: "Look Caine, I'm gonna be blunt with you. We're all asking the same question as who is Paine and how come we never heard of him? Since when on earth did you have a brother?"
All eyes we're on the AI Ringleader as Caine appeared to look nervous. Eventually he gave in and told everyone who Paine really is.
Caine: (sighs) "Alright... I'll tell you..."
Snapping his fingers, the area around the circus shifts and it now shows a room with chairs formed in a circle. Likewise, Kinger was also summoned and forced to join the group. With everyone now summoned, Caine begins explaining everything on who Paine is and his relation to him.
Caine: "As you all know, I'm the ringleader and AI that runs this Circus. I maintain everything here. However, I wasn't alone as I had a brother with me. He name is Paine. The one you all met."
Pomni: (surprised) "Wait so you really did have a brother? You're not the only artificial intelligence here?"
Caine: (nods) "Correct. When I was created, I had someone with me to help maintain the circus. That was my brother Paine. He was there before I made Bubble. Originally things were normal until Kinger and 5 others arrived. It started off normally until something changed within Paine. During my first attempts to make an adventure, Paine's version of adventures involved physical pain and those that tried to resist, my brother would unfortunately torture them. Kinger included. It got so bad that eventually my brother's adventures began to corrupt and erode the Circus. I pleaded and tried to get him to stop, but he refused, accused me of trying to usurp him from power. What happened next was a small fight between me and my brother until I won. After that, I banished him, made sure to lock him up permanently somewhere beyond even the void. However, it seemed he broke out. How that happened, I'm not sure. But thankfully he's been dealt with. Hopefully permanently this time."
By the time Caine was finished with his explanation, everyone was surprised and shocked by this information,
Gangle: "So... Kinger actually knew Paine?"
Kinger: (confused) "Knew about who?"
Caine: "Yes Kinger knew Paine. Him and 5 others were the first contestants to arrive here in the circus before all of you."
Zooble: "Huh... surprised you actually remember that."
Caine: "Well I only remember the best parts."
Haruhito: (glares) "Caine... is there anything else you wanna tell us? Any other individuals in this circus we should be aware of? AIs like you I mean."
Caine: (shakes head) "No. I promise you, I'm the only AI Ringleader in charge. The only other is Paine, but he's gone now."
Pomni: (scared) "Do you think... Paine might be able to escape and cause trouble for us again?"
Caine: "Don't worry Pomni. I'll make sure he's locked away for good this time. Anyway, I supposed that all now. See you all tomorrow for our next adventure!"
With that, the AI Ringleader disappears, leaving everyone else standing.
Haruhito: "Well it's over now. Let's just head back to our rooms and rest for the day."
Ragatha: "Wait, hold on. Can I ask you something Haruhito?"
Haruhito: "Sure. What is it?"
Ragatha: "Do you mind if I check out your room? I remember when I saw the inside, it was literally the size of an apartment room."
Hearing this caught everyone's attention. The only one who wasn't surprised was Pomni as she understood why Ragatha was curious. Meanwhile, the others wanted to learn more about what Ragatha had just said.
Gangle: "Wait what do you mean? Haruhito's room is the size of an apartment?"
Ragatha: (nods) "Yeah. When I went to get both him and Pomni, I saw the inside of his room. It was literally bigger and more spacious compared to our rooms. It was even more shocking when I saw Pomni was actually human when in his room."
Hearing this caught everyone off guard, wondering just what the heck Ragatha was talking about.
Zooble: "Ragatha what are you talking about? Pomni being human?"
Ragatha: "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, ask them."
She points to both Pomni and Haruhito who looked annoyed that Ragatha just blurted something out. Before they could respond, Kinger spoke up, wondering of everything Ragatha said was true.
Kinger: (curious) "Is that all true? Pomni you were human and Haruhito's room is the size of an apartment?"
Both Pomni and Haruhito glanced at each other before the Kamen Rider decided to tell the truth.
Haruhito: (sighs) "Yes, it's all true. When I went inside, my room was of a simple design. So, let's just say I did a bit of redecorating and renovating. All thanks to my magic in order to make my room much bigger."
Gangle: "Huh, now I'm curious to see what your room looks like."
Jax: (smirks) "Well what are we waiting for? Let's go check out his room. I mean, we've already seen each other's room anyway. All of us except the Japanese guy. I am curious as to see what's in his room."
Haruhito: (rolls eyes) "As if I'd let you in my room. If anything, you'd just mess everything up."
Jax: "Oh come on. I'm not THAT bad."
Haruhito: (annoyed glare) "Your past actions all say otherwise."
Pomni: "Haru, I know you might not wish to hear this, but I think it would be nice to have everyone see your room. After all, this'll at least give them a chance to feel normal for once and maybe even regain some of their sanity. At least we don't have to worry about them possibly abstracting again. Besides we can always throw Jax out if he causes trouble. Which is most likely he will."
Jax: (rolls eyes) "Oh gee, thanks Pom's."
Pomni: (annoyed glare) "Shut up (Boing!)-hole."
Seeing how everyone was insistent on seeing his room and how Pomni seems to agree with the others, the Kamen Rider sighs as he reluctantly agrees to their demands.
Haruhito: (sigh) "Fine. You guys can come. I was planning on making dinner there anyway. Though if you all plan on coming inside just... be ready for what happens to you when you enter into my room."
Zooble: "What do you mean by that?"
Haruhito: "You'll see when you come inside."
With that, everyone follows Haruhito as they all head to the rooming area.
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After a few minutes of walking and talking, they all arrive at Haruhito's room. When they all arrived at the front door, the Circus members all saw the familiar image of the Wilhelm Style Helmet. Using his magic, Haruhito opened the door and as soon as they all peered inside, they're all shocked and surprised to see his room was indeed the size of an apartment building. While everyone was in disbelief, Jax didn't hide his jealously as he was annoyed and angry that Haruhito had a room like this one while the others didn't.
Jax: (jealous glare) "What the heck is this? How come he gets this kind of room?"
The Kamen Rider rolls his eyes and Ragatha is the next to speak.
Ragatha: (shocked) "How were you able to make all this?"
Haruhito: "I used magic, and I also used this.
He pulls out and shows the Create Wizard Ring.
Haruhito: "With this, I can reshape and change reality in my image. In this case, I expanded my room to the size of an apartment."
Jax: (smirks) "Yoink!"
Instantly, Jax snatched the ring and backed away as he placed it on his finger.
Jax: (smirks) "Well if that's the case, then let's see what this baby can do!"
Unfortunately for him, the ring disappeared and then reappeared in Haruhito's hands.
Haruhito: "Nice try. But the ring won't work with you. I have magic so the ring is useless to you."
While Jax had an annoyed and angry look, Gangle is next to speak.
Gangle: "Can... we come in now? Sorry but we're just curious."
Haruhito: (nods) "Sure."
With that, everyone entered into Haruhito's room. However, just like Pomni, as soon as they all entered into the room, everyone began to glow brightly as their forms began to change. This shocked and panicked everyone as they don't understand what's happening to them.
Zooble: (shocked) "What the (Bonk!)?!"
Gangle: (shocked) "What's happening to us?!"
Ragatha: (scared) "Is this supposed to happen?!"
Jax: (glares) "Jap guy what did you do?!"
Kinger: (panics) "Are we gonna die?!"
Eventually the light would die down, allowing Pomni and Haruhito to uncover their eyes and see that their friends are now human thanks to the magic in the room.
The first was Gangle whose appearance is shown to have long, black hair and with Asian, Japanese features. Her clothes consist of a black, oversized sweater and is seen wearing mini shorts. She's also seen wearing red and white stripped socks, and black sneakers. On her head is a red bow.
The second is Ragatha whose appearance looks like that of a 1980s - 1990s Kindergarten Teacher. While having red hair, her eyes are shown to be heterochromia as her right eye is brown while the left eye is brow. What was most noticeable is the fact she has a scar on the left side of her face. Her clothes consisted of a blue sweater with 6x buttons with a white collar, buttoned shirt inside. She's also seen wearing a blue long skirt and white stockings while hearing black shoes.
The third is Jax who appearance now looks like that of a delinquent. Having brown skin with brown hair, his clothes consist of a red jacket with a purple shirt with some white stripes. The most noticeable is a necklace with the face of a purple rabbit. He's also seen wearing black jeans with a bit ripped and also wearing male black boots.
The fourth is Kinger who is an only mad. Having a bald head with side hair, he looks almost like some teacher. Wearing a purple school vest and a white long shirt with a collar as he's also seen having a purple tie. He's also seen wearing blue pants and black shoes.
The fifth and final person is Zooble whose appearance is that of a black African trans woman. Her clothes consist of a black open front crop cardigan and a pink short sleeveless shirt with a white satanic symbol. She's also seen wearing purple pants with white socks and pink crocks.
With the light gone, everyone took notice of their new appearances and when they looked at themselves in a mirror, they're all shocked to see they're now all humans.
Ragatha: (shocked) "Wha-?! What happened to us?! We're human now?!"
Jax: (impressed) "Woah. I look good. Especially you doll face. You got quite the curves."
Ragatha: (glares) "Don't even think of being a pervert Jax."
Zooble: (disbelief) "I don't believe it..."
Kinger: (curious) "Is this my real face?"
They're cut off when a brief light appeared in the room as Pomni was now human when he entered into the room, along with Haruhito.
Pomni: "I know this is all freaking you out, but I promise you'll all get used to it. I mean, this is the same thing that happened to me and I'm fine with it. Besides, this could give you all clues as to who you were all before in the real world before coming here to the circus."
Hearing what Pomni said got them all thinking if their human forms are indeed what they all looked like when they were all in the real world. However, they're all cut off once again when they hear Gangle's screams of panic.
Gangle: (panics) "NOOO! My comedy mask! Where is it?!"
They all turn to see Gangle screaming and panicking as she's touching her face and looking around, desperately trying to find her comedy mask.
Gangle: (panics) "Where is it?!"
She begins looking around frantically until Ragatha and Pomni walk over to try and calm her down. However, it didn't work as Gangle eventually cried herself into a corner and slid down onto the floor as she pulled her legs up to her chest.
Jax: (rolls eyes) "Jeez. Once a baby always a baby."
Zooble: (arms crossed and glares) "Shut up Jax."
Ignoring Jax's comment, Haruhito walks over and kneels down in front of Gangle, trying to get her to stop crying and get her to stand up.
Haruhito: "Gangle calm down. Look you don't need your comedy mask right now. Your human right now so you should've expected this."
Gangle: (sobs) "But my mask... it's what makes me feel confident. With out it... I don't feel so positive anymore."
The Kamen Rider wasn't surprised seeing her in this state. From what he knows about Gangle, it's like she has a split personality. When she's wearing her Comedy Mask, she appears to be reserved and has composure. She oftentimes appears to be in a positive or otherwise calm mood, though is still able to express other emotions even negative ones. When her mask breaks or is removed, however, underneath is revealed the Tragedy Mask. With this face, her mood drastically changes. She becomes very sad, depressed, and overly emotional. Her tone of voice changes as well, becoming scratchier and more high-pitched like she is on the brink of tears. The later of the two is what she is like right now. Right now, Gangle was a nervous wreck but regardless, Haruhito still tries to help reassure her everything is going to be fine.
Haruhito: (sigh) "Look, I understand why you feel this way. I believe that Comedy Mask is what hides your insecurities and insanity you're suffering through right now. That mask is what keeps you sane. But Gangle, a mask isn't what defines who you are. You may be stuck in this digital Hell, but you're not alone. You have people here who are still willing to stick by you. Sure, Jax isn't one of this people-"
Jax: (glares) "Hey!"
Haruhito: "But everyone else is willing to help you and not judge you for who you are. You don't need the mask, Gangle. You just need to be confident, and I know you can do that on your own."
When she hears those words, Gangle lifts her head up, showing her face stained with tears. The proceeds to gentle wipe away her tears and offers a hand to help her up. Gangle sees the reassuring smile on Haruhito's face and blushes seeing his beautiful
Haruhito: "Better?"
Gangle: "Yeah..."
He then helps her to her feet and when Gangle finally calmed down, some of the other circus members were still staring at their human reflection as Ragatha asked to one question that was on everyone's mind.
Ragatha: (unsure) "Is this... what we looked like when we were human?"
Haruhito: "...... (sigh) To be honest, I don't know. Maybe but it's too early to tell."
Pomni: "Like I said, this could give us a clue. Maybe this can help you all begin to remember who you all were before you ended up here in this circus."
Zooble: "Well when you put it like that, this does make us question about our real lives right now."
Jax: "So what do we do now?"
The Kamen Rider glanced over and saw it was 5:00 PM, giving him an hour before dinner time. It was enough for him to prepare dinner and get it ready.
Haruhito: "For now, make yourselves at home. I'm gonna be making dinner. I'll make sure there's enough for all of us. Pomni, how about you show everyone else on what's available in this room."
Pomni: "Sure."
Gangle: (surprised) "You can cook Haruhito?"
The Kamen Rider nods as Pomni answers for him.
Pomni: (smiles) "Trust me. You'll all love his cooking."
After that, Haruhito went to the kitchen to make dinner while Pomni showed the living room. To the surprise of the circus members, they see things they thought they'd never see again. So, while everyone was busy enjoying movies, TV shows, and video games, Haruhito was busy making dinner. After an hour of cooking and thanks to some help from his magic, dinner was finally ready.
Haruhito: "Guys, dinners ready. You can come eat now."
Hearing footsteps, he sees everyone arriving in the kitchen. When they got there, they're confused when they see two giant cloaks covering something. Before anyone could question him, Haruhito removed one of the cloaks, revealing it to be a buffet of food of various types that the Kamen Rider cooked thanks to his skills and magic.
When he presented the food, everyone (except Pomni) was in shock and in disbelief to see actual, real-life food right in front of them. Because they were actually seeing real food for the first time, their mouths began to water. Of course, the Kamen Rider wasn't done just yet.
Haruhito: "Oh yeah, and here's the dessert."
Pulling down another cloth soon reveals the desserts consisting of cakes, pastries, and more.
When everyone (except Pomni) saw the dessert, their mouths watered ever more as the aroma from the meals made their bellies rumble in hunger again. After so long of eating 2D food, it was a massive relief for them to see actual food being place right in front of them. A lot of emotions were souring high right now as some ever began to tear up at such a Heavenly sight.
Kinger: (wept) "It's... (sniff) It's beautiful..."
Ragatha: (wept) "Oh my gosh... I think I'm gonna cry."
Jax: (wide eyes) "After so long... finally real food!"
Zooble: (wide eyes and mutters) "This has to be a dream... This has to be a dream... This has to be a dream..."
Pomni really couldn't blame them for having such reactions. Despite being a recently new edition, she's well aware that they must've had a LOT of willpower to keep their sanity intact while others have failed, leading to their abstraction. So, it was quite understandable that to see something from the real-world manifest in front of them, it must've been a huge relief for them all to having something more normal for once. A huge moral boost for them after spending so long in the Circus.
Just before anyone has a chance to chow down, Gangle walked over to Haruhito as she clasped her hands together and looked up at him as what she said shocked him greatly with a clear blush on her face.
Gangle: (blush) "...Please marry me."
Everyone, especially Haruhito, was completely caught off guard by what Gangle had just said. After soon realizing this, Gangle instantly covered her face and looked away from everyone as she cried out in embarrassment.
Gangle: (embarrassed blush) "I'M SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"
Covering her face with her hands, she tried to walk away and make herself seem invisible as she had totally embarrassed herself. Just as she was backing away, she suddenly slipped and was about to fall down hard on the floor until Haruhito dashed into save her. Catching her body into his arms, it soon showed quite a sight conjured up in a fantasy. Haruhito is seen on while knees as Gangle is held close to his body, his strong arms wrapped around her and her body pressed against his hard, toned body. This causes Gangle to blush up a storm while Haruhito gently helps her back on her feet as he speaks to her out of concern.
Haruhito: (concerned) "You alright?"
Gangle: (embarrassed blush) "I... uh... Yes! Thank you!"
Now standing, she gives a bow and seeks to get away as her heart begins pounding rapidly. However, because everyone saw what happened, it led to some mixed reactions. Though some actually found it sweet and adorable, Pomni obviously didn't like it as she a tinge of jealously seeing Gangle being close to Haruhito in such a way. Of course, Jax being the jackass he was, ruined the moment with a mocking smile.
Jax: (mocking smile) "Aw would you look at this. The two lovebirds are too scared to confess to each other. Haruhito and Gangle sitting on a tree. K-I-S-S-ARGH!"
He's cut off when Haruhito blasted Jax away with a powerful blast of wind. Everyone giggles at this while Haruhito glares at Jax with a huff.
Haruhito: (glares) "Hmph. Jerk."
When Jax stood back up, both Pomni and Haruhito noticed the hungry looks on everyone's faces, believing now was the time to have dinner.
Pomni: "Well then, I guess we should... all eat now?"
As soon as she said that, Gangle, Kinger, Jax, Ragatha, and Zooble all rushed forward frantically to actually get the chance to eat real food. Of course, both Pomni and Haruhito saw a mini fight break out as they see the other's all scrambling to get whatever food they want, now hearing a screaming match happening as they all either push or shove against each other. Both Pomni and Haruhito glanced at each other, clearly seeing that after being trapped for so long in this circus, their actions were indeed clearly understandable. They turn their attention back as they argument still continues.
Gangle: "Hey quite pushing me!"
Kinger: "Sorry Gangle! I really wanted those smoked sausages!"
Jax: (glares) "Move over Doll face! That cake is mine!"
Ragatha: (glares) "Jax! Stop! You don't need to push! I'm sure there's enough for everyone!"
Zooble: (glares) "Hey! Quite it! I'm trying to eat here!"
Needless to say, for the first time since arriving in this Digital Circus, everyone in the room (except Haruhito and Pomni) finally felt like they were having a fun and normal time together. After so long for being trapped in this Digital Hell hole, everyone finally felt like they were having a taste of Heaven. That they were in a place where not only could they feel normal but BE normal at the same time. Though still stuck in the Circus, both Pomni and Haruhito can clearly see that everyone's moods had improved greatly, as if all their trauma, pain, and misery were all now swept away thanks to them. Though considered a temporary solution, they're at least happy to see everyone is back to being their normal selves.
Of course, this is the Digital Circus. Despite its namesake, it's really a place where fun isn't allowed, and peace doesn't exist. Just terror and trauma all around, especially when it comes to tomorrow's adventure.
[TO BE CONTINUED...]
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(Ending: Digital circus Outro song)
https://youtu.be/W-Vifmm6ukg
(Ending Song Ends)
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(A/N: Finally done. Yeah, it took a while but here it is. So yeah, it's another extra chapter and I plan to do more. With confirmation that both Gooseworx and GLITCH are only gonna be making 9 Episodes for TADC, I plan to add 8 extra chapters where Haruhito and the gang go on made up adventures made by me. Either they go to a whole new location for a new adventure or stay in the Circus where they have to battle new enemies. It all depends on which episode comes out and what their synopsis is. Though I'm not gonna spoil much, I can tell you right now that Episode 3.5 will be a return to the Candy Canyon Kingdom. Anyway, that's all. See ya.)
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