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More than a Photograph || Hayato /Crack

     Traveling always had it’s risks and rewards. The rewards were usually that he didn’t have to spend a lot of time with the incompetency of the people who worked beneath him. Though it was also the reward of having time to himself or to sight see. It also let him have time to relax, do some political writings as he stopped for a coffee along the way. Or when he was in a plain he’d have plenty of time to write and read as he went.

     The risks were usually that he’d have to meet someone along the way he’d rather avoid. That person usually being a Kamen Rider. After all, they were still his enemy and still a threat. It was still someone he had to keep his distance from in case he let slip to all of them he was really, truly, still alive.

     But today it was far too late to stop that from happening. For while he was enjoying his coffee outside on a balcony of a second floor coffee shop, Geist heard the sound of a camera clicking away as photographs were taken of who knows what. Though, it didn’t take long, for him to figure out just what was taken.

     Turning his head Geist tried to follow the clicking sound to it’s short and chubby source, by then realizing that hiding was now a very useless thing to hope for. The man holding the camera happened to be taking pictures his direction, because of the flower shop that was on the first floor of the cafe. Taking pictures to show the beauty of the flora under the coffee. Pictures that would assuredly have him quite plainly in view for any person to see.

     Normally he’d instantly find a need to rip that camera away, do something to secretly destroy it so the evidence of his existence there would be known to no one but in memory alone. But instead, he did something quite different. Instead he felt himself swallow his coffee a lot more forceful. He felt nervous, he felt his hands shakey. He even made a motion to help make sure his hair was alright and that he didn’t look too intimidating.

     What was going on with him? That was a question he wasn’t even sure he knew how to answer. Just suddenly...

     He wanted to say hello to an old, “fellow employee” of G.O.D.

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“Redemption“ Beyond Death

     Now that the young man, Kousuke, was gone and he was on his own again. Jin Keisuke was finally able to give himself a chance to read this letter he found while going through the ruins of the old organization with him.

     The letter he found had a familiar insignia of a man he had, twice, helped kill and was hoping would stay dead. Obviously, a letter from him in a place he worked wouldn’t be odd, but just the bit he did read was enough to make him quickly shove it in his pocket for later instead of chancing to spill his own reaction aloud or around the kid he hid his true self from.

     Because the letter was quite obviously addressed to him. From just a look at the beginning line made him sweat as he never saw it before and it straight up stated. “Dear Jin Keisuke”. It was a letter for him from the man Apollo Geist himself.

     It couldn’t be he was alive right? Maybe it was just a letter he wrote before and never ended up giving to him? No, it just felt too perfect, with how Apollo always had been, for him to just happen to find it now to be a coincidence he came across it. He had no way of a letter from him, to him, to just happen to be around where he ends up going just by chance.

     There’s no way.

              “Dear Jin Keisuke,

            You’re still alive it seems, that’s good. After all it’s only -I- who is           allowed to kill you. I hope you remember that. I’m sure you’re           confused to why I’d send you such a letter, well, if you’re willing           to find out, let’s make a game out of it.

            It could be fun. Makes me think back to how many times I’ve           played you without your knowledge of me doing so. Many-a-time,           hasn’t it been? Would be odd to write my own laughter so I’ll           avoid it, but I’m sure you can hear every evil chuckle from my lips           as if I was speaking directly to you.

            As I said, let us make a game out of this. If you really want to           know, find the first place we met from -my- perspective. It’ll be           tricky but I’m sure you’d be able to figure out where it was.           You’ll find a metal box awaiting the location if you can.

                                                                                            I’ll be waiting.                                                                                                Apollo Geist”

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Rebirth

     Where..?

     Opening his eyes he awoken in confusion. He had no idea where he was or what was happening. Last thing he remembered was.

     “Wait.. I blew... up..”

     Continuing to look around his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness and he realized he was laying on a table, an operating table, and the blanket had fallen off of him when he awoke.

     But the doctor said he wasn’t able to be fixed..?

     Getting off the bed he did notice he was still wearing his white suit, that was good, but his body felt off. Heavier than normal. It also felt weaker, but maybe it was because he was still adjusting to it.

     “There are no doors to this room.” He noted aloud as he looked it over. Even now he still appeared calm even as he grew more and more confused.

     That was when a red light started to glow from an emblem in the edge of the room. An emblem he’d never seen before.

     This wasn’t G.O.D.’s work.