This was supposed to be a normal day for the new college underclassman. Kengo Utahoshi, now 19, was on his way to his new school with his friends, Gentaro and Tomoko. He felt proud to have made it this far, especially since he made his behind closed doors with his monogamous girlfriend, Miu Kazashiro, the Amanogawa High School Queen just turning 21. As they walked across the campus, he thought back on the promise;
The Rabbit Hutch was empty, save for Kengo and Miu. She watched as he put the final modifications on the Core Switch he had been testing. He equipped the belt and had Miu record the results. He turned on the switches and waited for the countdown. 3… 2… 1… As the final number was recited, he sounded off with the Kamen Rider calling card, "Henshin." He pulled the lever, and donned the space-themed suit of Kamen Rider Fourze. He nodded at his girlfriend as she nodded back. He removed the Rocket Switch and replaced it with his test product. There was a weird air about inserting the switch, but he went through with it anyway. The belt responded to the switch's activation, "SHADE! Shade on!" The Driver, however, malfunctioned and a minor explosion occurred around his waist. Miu ran in on an impulse to help her boyfriend. He sat up against the wall with sadness painted on his face. Miu smiled and kissed him on his forehead. "Don't beat yourself up over it, hun. Your father's product didn't have any blueprints for modification." Kengo smirked and looked at her, "That doesn't mean I'm giving up." She couldn't help but grin from how determined her boyfriend was to reach his goal. They exchanged a few kisses before Kengo realized that Miu had taken the switch from the belt around his waist. He reached for it, but she hopped back in a joking manor as she responded, "OOPS!" She placed the switch in the testing case and said, "That's enough for today. I'd rather have one less switch than no boyfriend." He slowly got back to his feet and wrapped his arms around her as he spoke, "I love you, Miu." Her face glowed a bright red as she melted to his sudden action. She leaned her head against his and said, "Promise me we'll stay together forever." Kengo took a second and replied, "As long as I have something to do with it, we'll last forever."
Kengo was snapped back to reality with a hard slap on the back. "WHAT'S UP, KENGO-KUN?!" He quickly spun around to see his childhood friend, Yuki Jojima. She was wearing her usual cute grin. Gentaro looked at her and yelled, "Yuki! I haven't seen you all summer!" Ryuusei, who had trailed with Yuki, replied, "We haven't seen each other at all this entire summer." Tomoko looked at Ryuusei with a smile, "Ryuusei-kun!" In that instance, JK piped up, "I'M HERE TOO!" Gentaro spoke, "JK! What's going on?!" Everyone was enjoying the festivities, but Kengo scouted the area for Miu. Yuki noticed he wasn't paying attention to the group as he looked around and said, "Kengo-kun, what's wrong?" He replied, "I'm just trying to spot Miu. She said she'd meet up with us on the campus grounds." Just then, a familiar voice spoke, "Well, she's certainly not in that direction." Everyone turned around to see Shun and Miu just arriving to the party. Miu walked up to Kengo and planted one on him. "Thanks for waiting for me." Everyone's jaws dropped at the kiss. Ryuusei spoke first, "What did I just witness?" JK sounded off next, "How long has THIS been going on?" The couple looked at the group and Kengo spoke, "Well, it's out of the bag now." Miu followed up, "We've been secretly dating since shortly after Shun and I graduated." Gentaro spoke, "Wow. I did NOT see that coming." Shun thought out loud, "So THAT'S why you've been turning me down all the time. Your eyes were on Kengo!" Yuki was next, "Ohhhhhh, I'm happy for you guys! You're a cute couple. Like Ryuusei and Tomoko." A pink aura became apparent around Tomoko as she heard her name and Ryuusei's in the form of a couple. Kengo said, "We made a pact to keep our involvement under wraps until I entered college. I'm glad this burden is finally off of my chest." Miu nodded in agreement. Shun spoke up, "Why Kengo out of all of us? I was sort of expecting it to be Gentaro", who immediately said, "M-ME?!" Miu stopped the antics, "We're all weird in our own way. Kengo just had the weird that interested me the most." She smiled at him and he sheepishly looked away. JK stepped over to Kengo and grinned, "So what have you two been doing for the past two years? Don't be afraid to give us all of your juicy secrets!" Gentaro yelled, "SECRETS ARE ALSO PART OF OUR YOUTH! SECRETS KITAAAAA!" Yuki joined him in his Kita pose. Ryuusei shook his head in disappointment at his club members' action.
Meanwhile, in the international cuisine restaurant Cous Coussier, Chiyoko Shiraishi and Hina Izumi, with assistance from Shingo Izumi, Shintaro Goto and Date Akira, were readying the restaurant for their town savior's return. He had a long journey, but his efforts to restore the Taka medal were fruitless. He had not given up on his goal, but merely taken a break. Eiji Hino gripped the broken medal tightly as he looked up at the restaurant. "We're back, Ankh." As he went to knock on the door, he heard a car pull up. Out of the car stepped the slender legs of none other than Erika Satonaka, and with a box in hand. Eiji smirked and said, "Kougami never misses a beat, does he?" She simply smiled and handed the box to Eiji. They stood there for a second before she motioned him to the door. He opened it slowly to try and surprise everyone, but Erika shoved the door the rest of the way and said, "Look who I found."
Everyone turned to the dumbfounded Eiji as he stood in the doorway like a deer in headlights. Hina's face immediately brightened as she placed eyes on him. "EIJI-KUN!" She dropped what she was doing to hug her friend. Date and Goto walked over to greet him while Chiyoko and Shingo said their salutations from their work areas. Eiji spoke, "It feels like it's been a long time, guys. How's everything?" Goto grabbed the box from Eiji and sat it on the table as he explained how nothing new had happened over the few months that Eiji had been gone. They hadn't been a group since the future Kamen Rider's appearance. Eiji thought back to Kamen Rider Poseidon and how they teamed up to defeat SOLU. However, their final attempts were to no avail as Kannagi obtained Poseidon's medals and made off with them. Kannagi's final gambit was thwarted when OOO and Fourze teamed up, though, saving the day once again.
Eiji was brought back to reality when Hina slapped him on the back. He spun a full 360, as Hina often forgets about her inhuman strength. She quickly grabbed Eiji and sat him down in front of the box as Goto unraveled the ribbon. Hina sat next to Eiji and Shingo sat next to her. Everyone else, including Erika, sat at the booth with Eiji, Hina, and Shingo. Date looked at Erika and spoke, "Sweets? Out of your own free will? How rare." Goto responded, "I told her that she can have five percent of my next two payments if she sat with us." Date followed up, "YOU got her to eat cake with us? Goto-chan, nice!" Chiyoko said, "It doesn't matter, everyone's here to enjoy these festivities!" Eiji took the broken medal out of his pocket and sat it on the table in front of him. "NOW everyone's here." Hina's eyes watered as she smiled at Eiji. Shingo smiled with her, and everyone else followed in a domino effect. Hina spoke, "Welcome home, Eiji-kun and Ankh."
Outside a mobile shop called Donut Shop Hungry, a young, sleekly-dressed man leaned against the countertop as the donut shop manager told him about a new donut he produced. "This one is called 'Spider Eyes' in commemoration of the upcoming Halloween. It's a chocolate donut with glazed blueberries for eyes and candy corn for fangs!" The assistant manager chimed in, "Pretty cute, eh?" The man gave them a straightforward response, "Plain sugar." The two workers stumbled at the response they heard coming a mile away. The manager pouted as he put four plain sugar donuts in a bag and handed them to the man, "One of these days, I'm not gonna have plain sugar and you're gonna have to get a different flavor." The man smiled and said, "That'll be the day I don't eat a donut." The assistant manager spoke up, "That's dedication." The manager squealed, "I love a man with convictions!"
Haruto Soma, an enigma to the world personality-wise, but to everyone in Toriizaka area, he's the magically-armed guardian, Kamen Rider Wizard. He sat at a table with his partner, Koyomi, and ring appraiser, Shigeru Wajima and began to take a bite out of the first donut when he was interrupted with a beaming smile. He looked up to find Rinko Daimon, the rookie detective of the Toriizaka Police Department. He greeted her with a smile back, "Hey." Shigeru spoke, "Good day, Daimon-chan!" Koyomi simply nodded. As Haruto went to bite the donut, she immediately spoke up, "GUESS WHAT?" The three jumped a little from the sudden startle and Haruto nervously responded, "W-what?" She placed a leather wallet on the table and said, "Take a look." He took a brief second to look at the wallet, then placed his donut back in the bag and opened the wallet. After close examination, he spoke, "It looks like an ID. I saw this when we first met." She playfully pouted and said, "No, silly, I got promoted! The chief promoted me personally!" Shigeru smiled and spoke, "My word! You're a fast-tracker, aren't you? Congratulations!" Koyomi looked off to some trees and gave no reply as if she hadn't heard Rinko. Haruto grinned, "That's great! It's good to see that things are going well for you. He reached into the bag, but Rinko quickly snatched it and took a donut from it. She sat down to enjoy the donut as Haruto scowled for a quick second and grabbed the bag. He pulled out his original donut and began to bite into it when he was interrupted yet again, this time by a grinning boy. He looked up and said, "Oh, Shunpei. What's up?" He spoke up, "I, Shunpei Nara, have discovered the trick to casting spells!"
The group stared at him and decided to indulge in his antics. Haruto put the donut back in the bag and said, "Okay, let's see." Shigeru took this opportunity to snag a donut. Haruto scowled at Shigeru, but he allowed it. Shunpei closed his eyes and chanted his spellcasting phrase, "Chinchin Pui Pui!" As he spoke the words and threw his finger up in the air, bubbles flew from his fingertip. Rinko marveled while Shigeru and Koyomi dropped their jaws with the action. Haruto, however, was not easily fooled. He stood up and pulled Shunpei's sleeve up, revealing a small bubble machine attached to his arm. Haruto smiled and shook his head as he sat back down. Before he could grab his donuts, Shunpei picked one out of the bag and sat down with them. Haruto, of course, scowled again. Shunpei whined, "I don't get it. How did you see through that so easily?" Haruto replied, "Here's that cheesy one-liner you always hear, 'A magician never reveals his tricks.'" He took the final donut and began to bite it. For some odd reason, he stopped and placed the donut back in the bag. He sighed and cast a spell to put the donut in a safe spot for him to enjoy later.
Kengo, out of nowhere, decided to walk away from the club members. Miu looked at him and said, "Baby, where are you going?" Kengo shrugged and kept walking. Ryuusei spoke up, "Dude, we have orientation in less than a half-hour. What's up with you?" As Miu called out to Kengo, he took the incentive to run in his set path. Gentaro said, "We gotta follow him!" and the group took off after him. Eiji put the broken medal back in his pocket and spoke, "Can you excuse me for a second? I got this odd urge to do something." As half of the group moved out of the booth to let him out, Date spoke, "If you have to use the bathroom, you don't have to say it in an embarrassed manner like that." Hina smiled and chimed in, "Yeah, Eiji-kun." He took this cue to open the door and charge out. Goto yelled, "Let's go, guys!" Everyone got up and chased after him. Haruto stood up and started walking away from the group. Shunpei made a joke, "Are you gonna show me a spell?!" Haruto spoke, "Pfft, no. I gotta go this way." Rinko tilted her head to the side while Koyomi caught a shiver and yelled, "Haruto!" He took this as a note to begin running. Everyone got up and chased after him. Shigeru stood up and said, "You guys know I'm old, so I won't move as fast as you!"
Kengo stopped in the middle of a grassy field and held the Fourze Driver in his hand. Haruto showed up a short moment after and walked up to Kengo. "Hey. You're Fourze's friend, correct?" Kengo nodded and said, "However, I took over the role of Fourze. I was unable to previously because of my chronic headaches, but that's over so I can transform now." Haruto nodded as the Kamen Rider Club showed up. Gentaro waved to Haruto and yelled, "Wizard! What's up, bud?!" Haruto spoke, "Hey, Gentaro." Rinko, Koyomi, and Shunpei showed up briefly after the club. Koyomi spoke, "Are these friends of yours, Haruto?" He nodded and said, "This is the Kamen Rider Club." Shunpei spoke, "You have a fanclub? That's so cool! I wanna be in it! Do we learn spells?!" Haruto scratched his head and said, "You're still on that?" JK spoke, "So you were coming here to meet with Wizard-kun?" Kengo shook his head and said, "This was all just chance." In that instance, Eiji ran up to them with his group behind him. He stopped and said, "Oh. Fourze, hi." Gentaro spoke up, "Hey, Eiji! Wizard's here also!" Eiji looked at Haruto and said, "Hey!" Haruto smiled and nodded. Hina caught wind back and said, "Eiji-kun, why'd you run all the way out here?" He shrugged and responded, "I don't even know myself." Kengo spoke, "So it wasn't just me." Haruto replied, "It's like something called us out here."
As Shigeru caught up, the ground began to shake. The sky blackened with abnormally dark clouds. A giant orb began to form around the twenty people as lightning struck all around. Twisters began to touch down all around and the lightning caused fires on the ground as the orb lifted them all up into the air. Suddenly, a huge voice boomed into their ears, "FOR THIS ONE SITUATION, I'LL RESTORE WHAT IS A CURRENT GOAL." With that, the broken medal floated from out of Eiji's pocket as it reformed and revived the feathered Greeed, Ankh, in his own separate body. Eiji's eyes widened at the sight of his partner. A switch phased through the orb and stopped in front of Kengo as he marveled at the device. Miu looked at him and spoke, "Is it…?" Haruto looked at Koyomi as she glowed a warm aura. When the light faded, she spoke, "I can feel it. My heart is beating." Haruto was stunned. He touched her face and felt warmth in her skin. The voice bellowed again, "LOOK AT THE LAND BEFORE YOU. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE END EARTH IS CRUMBLING UNDER YOUR FEET." Eiji yelled, "LET US OUT! WE HAVE TO STOP IT!" Gentaro spoke, "OUR WORLD!" Rinko chimed in, "THE PEOPLE!" She pointed at the people as they ran and screamed to no avail as they were struck by lightning, crushed with debris, burned by a nearby explosion, impaled by poles and branches, you name it. Disasters were happening around them and they were powerless to it. Even Ankh was surprised. Goto spotted Kosei Kougami in the distance baking a cake. He could hear him barely utter the words, "HAPP-" before the building collapsed in on him. Goto screamed, "KOUGAMI-SAAAAN!" He dropped to his knees and Erika knelt next to him. Tears rolled down Gentaro's face as he watched the horrid sight. Tomoko closed her eyes tight as she shed tears as well. Ryuusei hugged her so she could not open her eyes and see the terror. Shunpei silently said, "I can't protect anyone like this…" Rinko looked at him with despair. The voice thundered again, "THIS IS THE RESULTS OF THE WORLD FALLING PREY TO THE COMBINED FORCES OF DOPANT, GREEED, ZODIARTS, AND PHANTOMS. THEY ARE BEING LED BY NONE OTHER THAN DAISHOCKER." Broken Cell Medals flew out of the sky and hit people, creating Junk Yummy. Numerous switches fell as well as they activated on impact with other people, creating Zodiarts. More people were so distraught with the terror that despair filled their hearts, creating Phantoms. The Familiars began wreaking more havoc across the planet. Eiji and Ankh watched with terror, Kengo and Gentaro's blood boiled with anger, Haruto's skin began to crack. Koyomi noticed and quickly aided him. She forced him to stare at her in attempts to save his sanity. She kept stating, "Haruto, look at me! Feel my body heat! I'm alive again. This is a good thing!" The voice sounded off once more, "YOU ARE OUR FINAL BEACON OF HOPE. OUR LAST GAMBIT OF HUMANITY. WITHOUT YOU, THIS IS WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE PLANET. GO FOURTH AND VANQUISH YOUR ADVERSARY, AND DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS WAVER."
The orb floated back down to the ground and disappeared. As it dissipated, the world returned to its state before the terror. Kengo dropped to his knees as Miu comforted him. Eiji looked at Ankh and spoke, "You're still here…" Ankh looked off to the distance and scoffed. Koyomi touched her face and noted that she was still alive. She looked up at Haruto, who had a stern look on his face. JK lightened the mood, "Well, at least we know why we're here." Kengo looked at Miu and said, "You guys should go back." Eiji followed, "He's right, Hina-chan. This thing called us." Haruto inhaled and regained his composure, "I'm gonna agree with them. Go back to the antique shop, Koyomi." Miu closed her eyes, then reopened them with a fire in them and said, "No." Kengo looked at her surprised. Hina spoke up, "Eiji, you need to learn to lean on us for support. We can hold the world up together." Eiji looked at her with understanding. Koyomi smiled, "Besides, Haruto, you almost lost yourself there. What would you do without us?" Shun finally spoke, "The rest of us may be backup, but that doesn't mean we're gonna leave this to just you three." Just then, another voice came in. "Of course you can't do it alone. You need me." They looked over at the group of four people walking over.
Tsukasa Kadoya, Natsumi Hikari, Kaido Daiki, and Yuusuke Onodera. Gentaro spoke, "Decade-san!" Another smoother voice followed from the opposite direction, "In situations like these, you need a hard-boiled voice of reason." They all turned to witness the approaching detective agency. Shotaro Hidari, Phillip, Akiko Narumi, and Terui Ryu. Ryuusei spoke, "W!" Miu piped up, "OOPS! You guys saw it as well?" Shotaro removed his hat to dust it off, "Some weird orb picked us up and hell on Earth happened." Natsumi spoke, "It was like watching the Rider Wars all over again…" Daiki followed up, "Since we all saw it, there's no need to explain anything." Tsukasa nodded, "We gotta stop this from happening." Akiko spoke, "For once, I was told about the situation." Yuki spoke next, "We all know what we need to do, but how do we do it?" Haruto immediately said, "We form a sentai." Shun looked at him with a twisted face, "Whaaaaat?" Kengo nodded, "I agree." Tsukasa spoke again, "Fine, but I'm the red one." Shotaro followed, "You are whatever color your suit is." Gentaro snickered and said, "You're the pink one." Most of the group joined in with Gentaro's laughter as Tsukasa continued, "This time, the pink one is the leader." Eiji spoke, "So it's decided. We're Heisei Sentai Kamen Rider." Yuki squealed at how cool they had become in this instance and yelled, "SENTAI KITAAAAA!" Gentaro joined in, followed by JK and Shun. Kengo simply shrugged and said, "I guess that's that, then."
