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Title: Mirror
Series: Kamen Rider Decade, Kamen Rider Zi-O
Characters: Kadoya Tsukasa, mentions of Tokiwa Sougo, Woz, Ora, Myokouin Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Hikari Natsumi, Onodera Yusuke
Summary: He was summoned to be someone's obstacle. But he ended up meeting someone whose fate mirrors his own.
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So the one who suggested his involvement was called Woz... and Ora, who was the one that approached him, was part of a group that called themselves the Time Jackers. And while the Time Jackers' objectives were to find a different candidate to replace Tokiwa Sougo as the future overlord, Woz's objective was to make sure that Tokiwa Sougo would fulfil his fate to become Oma Zi-O, the future overlord.
Fancy how the two different types of people with different motivations ended up allying with each other.
But it turned out that it was because of Sougo, as the current Kamen Rider Zi-O has allied himself with two unlikely people from the future. Whose intentions were to change the future where Oma Zi-O existed as a tyrannical overlord. In other words, people who want to stop Kamen Rider Zi-O from becoming Oma Zi-O, even if it meant killing Sougo to make it happen.
No wonder Woz would go as far as allying with an enemy in order to oppose another potential enemy.
Tsukasa let out a sigh. From what he managed to gather all around him, Sougo had allowed the two people, Tsukuyomi and Geiz, be by his side despite knowing that those two could kill him at any moment. Because the kid believed that he would not become the evil overlord that the others told him he'd become in the future. Because the kid believed that the future could change if he wills it. And the kid did somehow get along with his two supposed enemies, even as far as one could consider their relationship being one of close friends. A relationship, that reminded Tsukasa a lot of his own friendship with Hikari Natsumi, as well as a certain Onodera Yusuke.
Tsukasa thought back about his own past, and how he used to have a similar line of thinking. Being told that he was the destroyer of worlds and that he needed to destroy the AR Rider worlds to prevent the collapse of the multi-verse. How back then he refused to kill the related AR Kamen Riders after taking their powers and instead, befriending them; thinking that by doing something different he could change his own fate. That instead of being hated by the other Kamen Riders, he could be liked by the others.
He thought that he was doing something right at that time, even rebelling at the constant taunts Narutaki kept throwing at him for wanting him dead. But then it turned out that he was wrong. He should have done what Kurenai Wataru told him to do from the beginning so that the worlds would not face destruction. But he was being foolish. There's no avoiding or running away from a destiny that has been already decided for you and you alone. All you can do is to face them head-on.
It was an unexpected miracle that he ended up being revived afterwards, after fulfilling the fate that was expected of him. Since then he learned that everything and everyone had a purpose in this life. And it's not something that you could easily defy on your own.
He could still remember the heartbreak he felt after finding out that he could not change or run from his own fate as a destroyer of worlds. The injustice he felt at the beginning wondering what he'd done wrong for so many people wanting to take his life! And lastly, having to accept the fate that he had to die by the hand of the person he loved most and having to make her believe that he'd become too evil to be allowed to continue living in order to make her kill him.
He wouldn't want the kid to have to suffer the very same thing.
"I would never want to get rid of Geiz and Tsukuyomi, or ruin the world!"
How familiar. How much like his old self, this kid who was destined to be Oma Zi-O. And to be fair, he really did like the kid. Anyone who doesn't curse him out the moment they encounter him deserved to be in his good book, and having Sougo recognize him as 'the guy who ate his dinner' was actually quite flattering.
That's why he decided to send the kid to see his own future as an evil overlord. Because if the kid was to be killed for something that would only happen in his far future, he might as well see for himself as to why so many people wanted him dead. And maybe, allow the kid to be prepared to face the worst.
Series: Kamen Rider Decade, Kamen Rider Zi-O
Characters: Kadoya Tsukasa, mentions of Tokiwa Sougo, Woz, Ora, Myokouin Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Hikari Natsumi, Onodera Yusuke
Summary: He was summoned to be someone's obstacle. But he ended up meeting someone whose fate mirrors his own.
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So the one who suggested his involvement was called Woz... and Ora, who was the one that approached him, was part of a group that called themselves the Time Jackers. And while the Time Jackers' objectives were to find a different candidate to replace Tokiwa Sougo as the future overlord, Woz's objective was to make sure that Tokiwa Sougo would fulfil his fate to become Oma Zi-O, the future overlord.
Fancy how the two different types of people with different motivations ended up allying with each other.
But it turned out that it was because of Sougo, as the current Kamen Rider Zi-O has allied himself with two unlikely people from the future. Whose intentions were to change the future where Oma Zi-O existed as a tyrannical overlord. In other words, people who want to stop Kamen Rider Zi-O from becoming Oma Zi-O, even if it meant killing Sougo to make it happen.
No wonder Woz would go as far as allying with an enemy in order to oppose another potential enemy.
Tsukasa let out a sigh. From what he managed to gather all around him, Sougo had allowed the two people, Tsukuyomi and Geiz, be by his side despite knowing that those two could kill him at any moment. Because the kid believed that he would not become the evil overlord that the others told him he'd become in the future. Because the kid believed that the future could change if he wills it. And the kid did somehow get along with his two supposed enemies, even as far as one could consider their relationship being one of close friends. A relationship, that reminded Tsukasa a lot of his own friendship with Hikari Natsumi, as well as a certain Onodera Yusuke.
Tsukasa thought back about his own past, and how he used to have a similar line of thinking. Being told that he was the destroyer of worlds and that he needed to destroy the AR Rider worlds to prevent the collapse of the multi-verse. How back then he refused to kill the related AR Kamen Riders after taking their powers and instead, befriending them; thinking that by doing something different he could change his own fate. That instead of being hated by the other Kamen Riders, he could be liked by the others.
He thought that he was doing something right at that time, even rebelling at the constant taunts Narutaki kept throwing at him for wanting him dead. But then it turned out that he was wrong. He should have done what Kurenai Wataru told him to do from the beginning so that the worlds would not face destruction. But he was being foolish. There's no avoiding or running away from a destiny that has been already decided for you and you alone. All you can do is to face them head-on.
It was an unexpected miracle that he ended up being revived afterwards, after fulfilling the fate that was expected of him. Since then he learned that everything and everyone had a purpose in this life. And it's not something that you could easily defy on your own.
He could still remember the heartbreak he felt after finding out that he could not change or run from his own fate as a destroyer of worlds. The injustice he felt at the beginning wondering what he'd done wrong for so many people wanting to take his life! And lastly, having to accept the fate that he had to die by the hand of the person he loved most and having to make her believe that he'd become too evil to be allowed to continue living in order to make her kill him.
He wouldn't want the kid to have to suffer the very same thing.
"I would never want to get rid of Geiz and Tsukuyomi, or ruin the world!"
How familiar. How much like his old self, this kid who was destined to be Oma Zi-O. And to be fair, he really did like the kid. Anyone who doesn't curse him out the moment they encounter him deserved to be in his good book, and having Sougo recognize him as 'the guy who ate his dinner' was actually quite flattering.
That's why he decided to send the kid to see his own future as an evil overlord. Because if the kid was to be killed for something that would only happen in his far future, he might as well see for himself as to why so many people wanted him dead. And maybe, allow the kid to be prepared to face the worst.
