Another World - Chapter 1

[honou_no_izumi]

Title: Another World
Chapter: 1 - Encore♬ Meeting again
Fandom: Kamen Rider Decade/Kiva
Character: Kadoya Tsukasa, Kurenai Wataru, many other people
Summary: Post series. Finally Tsukasa started on another journey.
A/N: It's assumed that Kiva world and Den-O are set in different universe. Climax Deka only happened because the alignment of stars just had to suddenly connected the two worlds temporarily. Life was less complicated if it is set like that. 
[EDIT 2011] Screw that. Fixing this slightly to combine both worlds again. Because Cho Den-O reaffirms the fact the worlds are the same. Not changing anything on RD, we'll assume that the events seen by Ryoutaro and Wataru was from different locations so they didn't bump to each other. And that should tie as to how the Taros found out about the Destroyer of the Worlds.

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Everyone in the living room turned around as Natsumi appeared, out of breath. Yuusuke frowned as Natsumi looked a bit too out of sorts.

"What is it, Natsumelon?" asked Kaito almost casually.

"Tsukasa! He's gone!"

Yuusuke rose. "Eh? You don't suppose..."

Natsumi looked so worried. "And these few days he had been so "

Kaito hastily pulled her away. "Don't think so far! You must be over-thinking this. You're making me nervous!" he said as Natsumi's grandfather came over to calm them.

"Now, now... let's not all panic. Tsukasa-kun might not be in danger at all. Perhaps the three of you should go look for him."

Natsumi glanced between Kaito and Yuusuke before nodding. Within moments, the three of them scrambled out of the studio in search for their friend...

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Nago Megumi glanced around the café as she saw the young man come in. The young man looked at her in surprise.

"Welcome to the café, do you want to order anything?"

"Ah, no. Umm... I'm not here to eat or drink anything. I'm looking for someone. Miss... do you know of anyone named Kurenai Wataru here?"

Megumi's eyes widened before she started to exclaim in surprise. Tsukasa thought that perhaps he had done something wrong, to warrant that kind of reaction. That perhaps, he had missed something when he had wished to open a path into Kurenai Wataru's Kiva world. People normally do not come to a café to look for people. He hastily apologized before Megumi stopped him.

"Don't go, I was a bit startled earlier. Yes, we do know Wataru-kun. Is there anything wrong with him?"

Tsukasa waved his arm towards her. "No, it's nothing like that. It's just… this place was a bit new to me, and I just had a feeling that I should go look for him here. I was a bit unsure actually…"

Megumi smiled. "Well, Wataru-kun haven't come to the shop today but I might as well show you to his house." Megumi turned her attention towards the bar counter. "Dear, I'll be out for a moment, I'm taking this kid to see Wataru."

Nago Keisuke jumped in the middle of using the coffee maker. "Ah, y-yes. Send my regards to Wataru as well."

Megumi giggled. "Oh, Dear… we've been married for almost a year already. Get used to me calling you fondly now!"

Nago's face turned beet red at the statement. But before he could raise an argument, Megumi quickly dragged Tsukasa out of the café.

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Tsukasa stared at her worriedly as she waved his concerns away. "Don't worry about my husband. I just felt like teasing him once a while. He's still a bit too stiff as a person. That might work well when he was being Ixa, but honestly… he needed to act more casual around people."

Tsukasa gaped at her in surprise. "Eh? Your husband was Kamen Rider Ixa?"

Megumi just shrugged. "Well, most of the time anyway. In the past, there have been a number of people who have used it. There was my mother's friend, Jiro, Wataru's dad… Nago and during one of those rare times, me. Then again nowadays, things have been calm enough around here ever since recently. A weird thing actually, strange creatures appearing that was not like Fangires… and some other Fangires going wild. It was troublesome too, I heard... elsewhere. How did those people we've met last time fared, I wonder? Those Taros... I hope they were well..."

Tsukasa suddenly turned towards her in alarm. "Eh? What did you just say?"

Megumi just gasped as if she suddenly remembered something. "Oops! I've just started talking nonsense! Don't mind me!" said Megumi hastily as Tsukasa looked at her warily.

"Ah... okay."

Megumi heaved a sigh of relief. "Good. It's a bit troublesome, the things happening recently... I guess I needed to talk that out with someone."

Tsukasa just shrugged at her nervously as he followed her into a small housing area. He frowned as he realized the place was slightly too familiar to him, he almost had to bite his lips to stop himself from crying out the moment they reached the Kurenai household.

"This… was?"

Megumi turned around as she nodded to him. "Yeah, kinda spooky… isn't it? You'll get used to it, don't worry…" she said before taking out a key to open the door.

"Eh? We just go in like that?" Tsukasa asked in alarm as Megumi grinned at him.

"Don't worry… Wataru's definitely inside. And he gave me a key some time ago anyway. It's all right…"

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Wataru just laughed as Megumi explained to him what happened. It baffled Tsukasa to see this side of Wataru. Before this, the young man had looked to him as a bit cold and mysterious. But now, he just seemed… normal.

"Don't worry," Wataru said again to Tsukasa. "Some time ago I told her that if someone should ask to look for me, she should take them here. I was expecting you."

"You did?" Tsukasa asked as he watched Wataru place a plate of omurice on the table for a much older lady sitting before the small table nearby.

Wataru smiled as he saw him looking at her. "This is my mother," he said casually.

Megumi returned from the kitchen and sat beside Maya before staring at Wataru. "Where's Shizuka?"

He just shrugged. "Still at school, she said she would come here much later,"

Tsukasa kept his silence as he looked around the house. It was definitely similar, yet different as well. When he had been in little Wataru's house, the place had been so ill-cared. Very different from this one, this one had felt very homely... like how the Hikari studio felt to him nowadays. He walked upstairs again as he took a closer look towards a display case nearby. He gasped aloud.

Wataru leaned over him as he smiled. "That's my father. This violin was his, made by him with my mother. His name was—"

"Kurenai Otoya." Tsukasa slowly said. "I've met him before... in the Nega World..."

Wataru gave a soft sigh. "Oh, you mean that other him. Is he well?"

Tsukasa stared at him in surprise. "Ah, I-I don't know—"

"Hmm... then never mind."

"Wataru? Since you happened to be up there, could you play your father's song for me?" A woman's voice came from downstairs as Tsukasa was told later; belonged to Wataru's mother, Maya. Tsukasa turned to look in amusement at Wataru, who started to blush slightly.

"Eh? That song? But I didn't even manage to do his first composition well enough! Playing that song now..."

Megumi's voice echoed soon after that towards them. "Ah, we won't mind. It was still nice to hear you play it."

Wataru glanced towards Tsukasa helplessly before shrugging. "Very well..."

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"Amazing."

Wataru glanced back towards him. "Huh? Me? No... my father would have played it even better. He's a—"

"—genius, I get it. It sounded like the Nega person and your father were very similar to each other."

Wataru shrugged. "Maybe, but my father was only a normal human compared to the one in that Nega world. And my father was not that evil. A bit silly maybe... but I don't think you came to see me to hear about my father."

Tsukasa snorted. "Indeed. Wataru-san... you seemed a lot more different from what I used to remember you by, it's just... a bit awkward to me. And for quite some time, I've had some question. Not just about you and your other comrades—that I always felt to be different from the ones I've met during my journeys—but about my own existence. Am I... supposed to live after fulfilling my destiny?"

Wataru chuckled. "Of course. But the rest of us were not meant to interfere, though it turned out your comrades found a way to revive you... didn't they?"

He smiled weakly. “Truth be told, I don't truly hate you. You have your own music inside of you. That's why... I'm glad that your friends managed to bring you back.”

Tsukasa was quiet for a moment before nodding. Wataru sighed. "And for now, I would like to ask for your forgiveness in return, Tsukasa. If there was anything that we did or have said in the past; that have been a bit too hurtful to you to hear or bear."

"Eh?"

Wataru rolled his eyes at him. "We needed to have to provoke you to that extent, you know? It was the only way that we could have done it. If you have not been fighting with all your heart against all of us, there wouldn't have been any creation after all that destruction."

"Really? Everything that you've said and done was all so that—"

"Ne, Tsukasa. Have you heard it? My father used to say that in everyone's heart, there are beautiful music in them. Even among Fangires if you cared enough to hear. It was what had drawn him to my mother, even though she was a Fangire. A Queen, even. His last words had been to remind me to protect that music."

Wataru turned towards him before smiling. "I think you can save those other questions, until another time when you meet my other comrades. You wanted to meet them as well, didn't you? So for now, it should be okay that I answered one of those questions."

Tsukasa blinked. "Err... I think so, I guess."

Wataru smiled again. "Hnn, then I guess we should be heading back to your place soon. Your friends must have been worried."

"Eh... no, they won't actually be that worried, really..."

Wataru stared at him amused. "Really, are you sure about that?" he said before suddenly they were greeted by a very high pitched voice.

"Waaaaaaaaaaataaaaaaaaaaaru-saaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaa!" came the cry as Wataru felt something hit his head from behind. He laughed as Kivaara flew down properly towards his open palm.

"Oh, hello there... Kivaara. I thought you've forgotten us," he said casually as his words were repeated by two other voices that had suddenly came out of nowhere. Wataru snorted.

"Kivat... Tatsulot! Took you guys long enough to pop out!" he exclaimed before turning towards Kivat the third. "I suppose your father not coming over?"

The small bat chuckled. "Papa felt it necessary to be beside Taiga at all times. He did send his regard though..." said the bat again before flying towards his sister. "Oi, are you forgetting your own family now, Kivaara?"

"I didn't," said the smaller white bat silkily before flying towards Tsukasa. "I just got attached towards Tsukasa-tachi. It's hard to say goodbye after being together for so long..."

Kivaara started circling Tsukasa's head before bopping his nose hard enough. "Idiot Tsukasa, don't you know how worried Natsumi-chan have been? You should have told me where you went, I could have just show you where Wataru-sama lives!"

Tsukasa grinned nervously. "Ah, that part never crossed my mind. Err, what did you mean... Natsumi—"

Tsukasa didn't even manage to finish his sentence as Wataru saw a shadow sneaked from behind Tsukasa and delivered her final blow. He looked down in amusement as Tsukasa rolled around in pained laughter.

Natsumi smiled in satisfaction before noticing Wataru. "Eh, you are—!"

Wataru bowed to her as Yuusuke and Kaito finally reached them. He glanced towards all of them. "I guess that makes it everyone here, I'll take my leave then." He turned towards Natsumi again. "I guess I should say, please continue to take care of Kivaara for us."

Kivat immediately made a pirouette and a mid-air salute towards her. "I would like to say the exact courtesy as well, from us... the family of Kivats. Please take care of my dear sister."

Natsumi nodded slowly towards Kivat. "Yes, I will."

Wataru continued taking his leave before patting lightly on Tsukasa's shoulder. The four of them kept their silence as they watched the young man leave.

"Tsukasa..." Yuusuke started to say as Tsukasa picked himself up from the pavement.

"Wasn't that—"

"Kurenai Wataru? Yeah, he's was that other Kiva. We're in his world right now, didn't you realize it?"

Kaito frowned. "He seems... nice?" he said as Tsukasa laughed.

"Of course! Since everything is fine now."

Natsumi struck him on the head. "Silly! Don't act as if this was just another normal trip. We've been worrying."

"Haha, sorry about that. Well, we might as well do a bit of sightseeing considering we're already here..." said Tsukasa as he dragged his three friends back towards home.

While everyone started chatting happily again, Tsukasa glanced around slightly. Well, perhaps this would be a new purpose for him in life. Aside from learning a bit more of those other Kamen Riders, he would be looking for those answers that he still kept on searching... one at a time. It should be a journey worth looking forward for. Tsukasa thought of the last word Wataru had spoken to him before leaving.

"I'll be looking forward to your next visit. Feel free to come anytime."

Tsukasa snorted.

I'll come again to visit here, that's for certain. See you again, Kurenai Wataru.