The Journey Begins

**The Journey Begins** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider DX*. It foreshadows the series' climax event and introduces several main characters and the setting. It also leads into the series' first two-part arc.

## Synopsis

Photographer Austin Hunt gets hold of the mysterious DX Driver and transforms into Kamen Rider DX. He must now travel through the nine rider worlds to find out why the world is ending.

## Plot

Kamen Riders from different universes all stand together to fight against one being. A young woman stand in the middle and sees what the riders are fighting against. All the riders are soon defeated by one single rider, DX. This turns out to be the dream of the young woman, Miranda Smith, who is woken up by her boss at a library. She rushes to there on her bike as she is being stalked by someone. She makes it to the library and after work, she goes to the park where she tries to think about what to write. She then notices a young man taking pictures of her. She goes to talk to him and asks him if he saw something interesting. The young man, Austin Hunt, says that he’s a professional photographer. He then says that her picture wasn’t all that interesting and says that she’s a boring person to take pictures of. He then says that he’ll just charge her $30 a picture. Miranda says that she never said that she wants to buy the pictures and she also didn’t ask him to take her picture. He continues to ask her if she’s going to buy the photos. Miranda takes the pictures and throws them in a pond to the irritation of Austin who tries to get them out of the pond, but he accidentally falls into the pond. Miranda laughs and leaves.

Elsewhere, Miranda’s boss walks to her car but is then confronted by someone who looks just like her. The person then attacks her. Meanwhile, Miranda goes to her house on a bike where she’s greeted by her grandmother. Her grandmother tells her to go to the store to get some more milk and sugar. Miranda does so but then stumble upon a belt and a book laying on the bench that she recognizes. She sees that it’s the same belt DX was wearing in her dream. She then gets a call from her boss telling her that she wants to meet about some business. Miranda goes to the library as an irritated Austin sees her leaving and then notices a man following her. He decides to go warn her, thinking that he’ll get a reward out of it. Miranda meets with her boss who is acting strange. Her boss tells her to give her the belt, but Miranda asks her what she wants with it. Her boss then gets irritated and tells Miranda to hand it over. Miranda tries to leave, but the man from earlier blocks her path. The man turns out to be a Flasher and Miranda’s boss turns out to be a Shifter. Then a young child appears and turns out to be a Slash. Austin arrives and is frightened by the monsters he sees. He tries to leave, but an invisible wall forms around the area. Miranda backs up and trips, causing her to drop the belt and Austin picks it up and has visions of its power and how to use it. He also has visions of other riders. He then opens the book that came with it and it reveals a blank card. Austin puts the belt on by accident and the blank card turns into the DX Rider Card. He then transforms into Kamen Rider DX and fights the three monsters. He defeats them as Miranda sits in shock. Miranda asks Austin how he knew how to use the belt and Austin says that he just knew, pretending that he is the owner of the belt. He then tells Miranda that he wants his $30 for saving her. The two argue but their argument is cut short when various holes in reality open, allowing Slashes, Flashers, Shifters, Hypers, Vine Beasts, and Phantoms to start terrorizing their world.

Miranda and Austin accidentally fall through one of these holes and the monsters seemingly disappear. However, Miranda notices that a group of soldiers point guns at them. However, they are actually pointing at two Hypers. Austin prepares to transform, but Kamen Rider Fusion stands in front of him preparing to fight the Hypers. Austin recognizes him from his vision and Miranda recognizes him from her dream.

## Rider Cards

* **Card Used:**
	+ Kamen Ride - DX
	+ Attack Ride -
* **Forms:**
	+ DX

## Cast

* Austin Hunt: Mark Boone
* Miranda Smith: Brittany Perkins

## Appearing monsters

#### **End of the world**

* Shifters
* Slashes
* Vine Beasts
* Phantoms
* Flashers

## Errors

* During the Rider War scene, riders such as Faiz, Kuuga, and other riders who aren't apart of the iNTV rider universe appear fighting DX in some scenes.

## Notes

* This is the first Kamen Rider season to not air alongside a Power Ranger season.

## See Also

* Rider War - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Decade.*