Chaotic Bar Fight, First Henshin

Once the Hero Holodex was activated, the golden-hued hologram being projected from it appeared to intensify in brightness momentarily before it receded back into the device. It then surged in the opposite direction, coursing through the now very real device, traveling up Norvin's arm, weaving through his torso and legs, and culminating in a radiant, two-meter-wide circle of rippling golden energy on the floor, encircling his feet at an incredible velocity. Simultaneously, his eyes ignited, shining intensely with the same golden energy!

This whole process only took half a second. The energy traveled so fast through his body that it all appeared to glow at once.

Within the next half-second, that bright golden energy surged up behind Norvin, forming an outline that quickly turned into a translucent, intricately detailed figure of the 'Hero' Norvin had chosen.

One second later yet, the semi-transparent hero made out of the golden energy shrunk down to match Norvin's size, it copied his pose, overlapping with him, copying his current posture, down to the thumb on the Holodex's face.

The golden phantom rapidly changed from a perfect energy copy into the real article, golden glow changing into a tangible, beautiful set of armor! Both of the red compound visor lenses on the helmet lit up!

In the two seconds that Lady Gath had hesitated out of a mix of curiosity and caution, a warrior clad in thin, yet impossibly impenetrable garb and light armor stood in front of her. Giving off high Grade C battle aura no less!

The figure struck a swift pose and shouted a catchphrase that Gath couldn't comprehend.

"Ore, Sanjo!" 

Lady Gath tilted her head in confusion. She wasn't sure what to make of the odd looking warrior now that he had become as strong, or stronger than the Silver Knight she had been fighting with earlier. A wave of regret washed over her for not taking immediate action to crush him. She had been thrown off when she looked at the young, small man she had tossed away…somehow not injured anymore after she clearly had felt his fragile bones break herself!

The fact that he was still alive, let alone standing, was nothing short of miraculous! By all accounts, he should have been at death's door, yet there he was, standing before her, clad in a combat suit far stranger than the one the silvery swordsman with the peculiar energy sword had worn earlier.

It didn't look like much more than a body suit in Lady Gath's eyes.

This suit looked closer to the one that was on the big man she had played with earlier. It was black with two white stripes and looked much more rigid than the one on the big E grade super she had planned to take back with her.

"That must be an upgraded or…maybe an activated version of the suit worn by your big, handsome friend down there…He must have been wearing just the under suit. It doesn't seem like much of an improvement…you bug."

She had noted the strange looking, glowing red lenses and the antenna on his helmet.

Norvin moved his hand from his wrist to his chest and thumped it powerfully several times.

THUD THUD THUD.

The resulting noise from the collision of Norvin's now silvery gloved hand, which was also armored, and the chest plate it was hitting, was much more dense and 'heavy' sounding than the thin looking layer of green colored armor should have been!

"Not even close...well, maybe you're right about the bug part."

'What are you waiting for? Stop making jokes.' Asked the sub body inside of Norvin.

Norvin took his hand back and looked at it. Then he looked over at the other prop items that had been set over in the back left corner of the loft earlier and thought about one of the most interesting skills he had been gifted, one he hadn't thought up himself.

'Well, you know what I'm thinking now don't you?' Norvin answered the voice with a question of his own.

'Backup is a good idea...but that will lock out those particular forms from the holodex, are you sure?'

'Hell yeah! One for Huey, one for Ed and one for that old man down there, he really gets my style...'

'…Huey and Edward are fine, especially Edward but Makoto has already been touched by another, a predecessor of mine….His blade is what's known to some as a 'totem'...it's a manifested bond and connects natural oracles with the Akashic record of their universe. I was merely stacked on top of that, hiding and slipping messages into his dreams to prepare him for tonight. It's what happens when a non-sentient sub body manifests and connects with a candidate. They are also know as 'Scribes', vastly different than a oracle created by a curator…you were just reborn Norvin… are you sure that you want to create two oracles? You will be drained of everything except your own natural abilities, they aren't even fully awake or ready to use either. Are you sure?'

'Say less…Kamen Rider Buster is perfect for Ed and at least Hue knows what to do with the other buckle over there.'

'As you wish Vin, distract her first to buy us some time.'

The whole conversation between Norvin and the voice of the sub body that had freshly bonded with him happened in the blink of an eye.

In another blink of an eye, Lady Gath's eyes to be precise, Norvin started moving!

He tried using a technique literally called 'Blink' that he remembered from a certain battle manga he enjoyed reading. Essentially the user must move into the opponent's blind spots as they close their eyes for a moment while blinking, giving the user the illusion of vanishing!

He was able to see the woman underneath the armor of her own helmet via his 'Curators Catalogue' ability. He timed it perfectly and was over by the bag of cosplay items before she realized it!

The sub body praised Norvin for his prowess.

'Impressive Kid! Now, get past her and touch your buddies with the items and I'll do the rest for you!'

"You are fast...but lets see if you can deal with this!" Lady Gath growled; she was a little surprised that she hadn't been able to keep up with his movement speed. Or what she thought was movement speed. She had no idea he was employing a technique he had learned from a manga and it had given her the false impression that he was moving at Grade B speeds.

Lady Gath's legs bulged and when they did, her armor seemed to copy her body, growing with her. A surge of power and vitality rippled from her midsection, down her armored butt, thighs, calves and feet. She ripped up the floor underneath her as she blasted off towards Norvin!

She was in his face almost faster than he could react! In fact, if her explosive move hadn't shattered the floor of the loft when she accelerated, her blow would have landed on Norvin's head!

A combination of the floor slightly shifting under him, caused by Lady Gath's pugilist power and his quick reflexes saved him by a hair!

Lady Gath unleashed a storm of blows with her weapon that Norvin was barely able to deal with, seeing as he was now holding the ripped backpack and the prop sword. He definitely would not be able to use his hands to deal with any of her moves.

Norvin evaded most of her attacks, blocking those he couldn't dodge with his shoulders. He deflected her fiercest strikes with swift kicks from his armored boots as well, all while trying to safeguard the cosplay items. Whenever her blade struck him, it generated a flurry of sparks against his body, yet it failed to pierce his suit. When she hit a shoulder, he leaned into the blow, diminishing the strike's force.

Remaining as composed as possible, Norvin employed the same tactic over and over again, biding his time until he saw her blink, then swiftly ducking under her as she retracted her sword from a failed strike.

Lady Gath had not clued in yet that he was accomplishing these dodges using her blinking as timing. She was a martial master in her own right but never would have guessed that he could see her face underneath her helm!!

She blinked again, Norvin rolled between her legs at a near impossible angle, with the sword and bag held against his chest, he got a passing blow in against her left ankle as he went by. When he was watching for a moment in her movements and blinks to move, the Cosmic Catalogue had revealed a bunch of other information to him as well, the longer he was in proximity to her the more was revealed!

Not only had he observed that she was an 'Oracle' herself, but her abilities and physical attributes were also exposed, including her gear. Norvin noticed that she had previously sustained damage to her leg during her fight with Makoto. Consequently, he targeted her already injured leg.

"AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!"

Lady Gath dropped to the ground after Norvin's powerful kick connected! It had dented the armor on her ankle and must have hurt like hell!

Norvin sprang up with a flip after rolling past Lady Gath and propelled himself forward, vaulting over the edge of the loft. He began to survey the scene below as if everything was unfolding in slow motion.

The little Imp was directly below him behind the bar, a bottle held to its face, sitting on top of Courtney's corpse. Huey was hiding behind Edward who was positioned between the remaining men belonging to Lady Gath and the crumped, bloodied figure of Makoto was still leaning against the wall.

The sword cane that had been deflected away earlier was still stuck deeply into the wall nearby Makoto.

The rest of the room was strewn with the bodies of patrons that had gotten cleaved down in the mayhem earlier by Lady Gath, the saddest one being the body of Cassie off in the corner.

'I'm so sorry Ed' Norvin thought as he gritted his teeth under his mask. He touched down on the floor and immediately flashed forward towards his friends. Norvin crossed the distance extremely fast, He wasn't sure if that kick would keep Gath down for more than a few moments!

Huey's eyes grew almost twice as large as they had been when he had seen what looked like Gavan fighting that massive, armored, amazon-like woman before, he couldn't help but point at Norvin and shout out:

"Kamen Rider Ichigo!?"