Hello, there! This fic is going to be a Naruto/Kamen Rider/mass anime xover/harem fic. Our favorite knuckle-headed ninja is thrust into his destiny as Kamen Rider Decade.
There's also a poll on my profile regarding to the first member of Naruto's harem, so after this chapter, feel free to hit it up!
This fic may also become rated M in the future because hey. Harem fic.
Let's get the ball rolling, shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Kamen Rider, but I do own some of the Riders that show up in this series as some series don't have canonical Dark Riders. Enjoy!
Prologue: The Assault of the Dark Riders
One moment, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Kakashi Hatake were fighting Madara Uchiha. The next moment, Madara suddenly disappeared.
Naruto turned to Sasuke and asked, "He disappeared again! Do you see anything, Sasuke?!"
Sasuke, the new inheritor of the Rinnegan, focused his energy and looked around the surrounding area, "I... don't know. I can't find him anywhere."
"Damn it!" Naruto cursed, frowning, "Get back here, you coward!"
"We have bigger problems than that," Kakashi spoke, as he jumped to Naruto and Sasuke's sides, Sakura coming behind him.
"Huh?" Naruto asked, widening his eyes, "Whadd'ya mean?"
"Look behind us, Naruto!" Sakura replied, pointing back to the Allied Shinobi Forces that was backing the four up.
All of Obito and Madara's revived soldiers were gone. The remaining Zetsu clones were gone. A majority of the Allied Shinobi Forces was gone. The only ones left were the surviving members of the Konoha Twelve, Kakashi, and the three Sand Siblings.
In their place stood fifteen new warriors clad in armor, gathered around a cloaked man.
"Who the hell's that guy?!" Kiba asked loudly, "What the hell's going on here?!"
"Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be good," Shikamaru added, craning his neck as the group ran to stand beside the reunited Team Seven, "Everyone keep on your guard."
"Or keep on your offensive," Temari corrected, "We might need to kick some ass if necessary."
Naruto nodded, more to himself than anyone before shouting out to the sixteen newcomers, "Just who are you guys anyway?!"
"Just passing through Kamen Riders," one of the warriors, black and gold in coloring with a card-like theme to him, replied in a distorted voice.
"Kamen Riders?" Sasuke asked, narrowing his combination of Sharingan and Rinnegan eyes, "What do you mean by that?"
"Who cares?!" Ino asked, interrupting the last remaining member of the Uchiha Clan, "What really matters here is what have you done with everyone?!"
"They're safe," the cloaked man replied, "They're just in... limbo for a while now."
"Limbo?" Rock Lee asked, eyes widening, "What kind of genjutsu is this?"
The cloaked figure gave a dark laugh, "No genjutsu. It's part of a completely different power than the ninjutsu and genjutsu you foolish mortals use."
"A power that is different from jutsu," Gaara mused aloud, "How can that possibly exist?"
"Anything can exist in the multiverse," the cloaked figure continued, "Your world is just one of the many worlds we have conquered over the past while."
"The multiverse?" Sakura asked, "What the heck's a multiverse?"
"It's a flawed theory, or so I thought," Kakashi replied, closing his one visible eye, "I believe it had something to do with there being alternate universes all connected by one string of fate."
"Something like that can't exist!" Tenten widened her eyes, before turning to the nearest person, who happened to be Shino, "Can it?"
The usually quiet Shino just shrugged in response.
"We don't care where you came from or who you conquered!" Naruto exclaimed, "We'll just kick your asses and bring everyone back!"
"Even Madara?" Kankuro asked, surprised by Naruto's wide claim.
Naruto nodded, "I don't believe in shit like limbo, but not even Madara deserves that kinda fate!"
"He's right, for the most part," Tenten agreed, drawing a pair of kunai, "Let's give it what we've got!"
"Oh?" the cloaked figure chuckled, "You're not giving in? What a shame. My Dark Riders will have to pick you all apart one by one then."
"You'll be the one picked apart!" Naruto exclaimed. Chakra surrounded the teenager, as he transformed into his new chakra cloak known as the Six Paths Sage Technique. The Rinnegan and magatama patterns appeared on his back, while the Truth-Seeking Balls formed around him like a halo.
The cloaked being disappeared into nothing but shadow, its voice echoing over the battlefield, "Go, my Dark Riders! Send them into our limbo so we can take over this pathetic world!"
"Bujin Gaim, you should be able to handle this girl with no problem!"
Bujin Gaim chuckled lowly, "Yes, master. I concur."
His opponent, Temari, clutched her fan and shouted at the fruit-themed warrior, "I won't lose, you know! I've fought a lot of people stronger looking than you!"
"Heh," the blood-orange Rider scoffed, "If that's what you believe, then let's have at it."
Bujin Gaim drew his two blades and dashed towards the oldest Sand Sibling. A smirk crossed Temari's lips as she swung her fan in an arc, sending a swirling twister towards Bujin Gaim. However, to her surprise, Bujin Gaim leapt to the left, bounding off of the rocks of a cliff nearby, completely dodging the tornado.
Before she knew how to react, the blood-orange swordsman was now up close and personal with her. Temari folded her fan up and used it to block Bujin Gaim's first slash, but his second slash was aimed for her legs, causing her to cry out in pain.
"Damn it-"
She was cut off by a well-aimed kick being slammed into her stomach, sending her reeling backwards. Half-way through her trip backwards, she caught her balance and skidded to a halt, gripping onto her stomach. It felt like she had just been hit by thirteen tons of kicking power, and because of that, she could barely stand.
"Heh," Bujin Gaim chuckled lowly, "It seems like it's my stage now."
Moving his hand down to the belt around his waist, he striked the knife section of it once, as a voice from the belt called out, "Blood Orange Squash!"
Bujin Gaim leapt into the air as red energy began to surround his right foot. He then lunged towards Temari, kicking her square in the face and causing a flurry of red explosions to surround her body.
As she shrieked in pain, she fell to the ground, exploding once more, being transformed into a Lockseed which Bujin Gaim picked up.
"I've done my part," he spoke with a stern but smug tone.
"Wiseman, show this puppet master some tricks."
Kamen Rider Wiseman, otherwise known as the White Wizard, stared off with the middle child of the Sand Siblings.
"I do not wish to fight you," he spoke calmly, "Surrender now and I will not have to defeat you."
"Like hell I'll do that," Kankuro scoffed, unraveling his puppets. To his side came Crow, Black Ant, Salamander, and the puppet in Sasori's likeness, Scorpion.
The warrior replied, "As an acquaintance of mine used to say... It's showtime."
Wiseman put a beautiful ring on his finger and lowered his hand down to his belt. The driver rang out, "Connect, now." A magical glyph appeared to the right of the Kamen Rider, which he used to grab a spear-like cane out of.
"Heh," Kankuro snickered, "Nice magic trick. But try this on for size!"
Scorpion's left arm extended towards Wiseman, who just stood there calmly. He took off one ring and put on another, scanning it in his driver.
"Barrier, now!"
A force field surrounded Wiseman, defending him from the attack. When Scorpion's arm drew back, Wiseman was already scanning another ring.
"Explode, now!"
A gigantic ball of energy came crashing down from the heavens towards Kankuro. It was then that his puppets Mechanical Light Shield Blocks came into effect, becoming an effective barrier, blocking the attack without a scratch.
"We both can play that game, old man!" Kankuro bragged.
"That may be so," Wiseman replied, "But there is one maneuver I am sure you do not have."
The White Wizard flicked his wrist, sending an almost invisible wave of energy at Kankuro, piercing through his shield and knocking him onto his back. Surprisingly, Kankuro stood back up without a scratch.
"That all you got?!" Kankuro asked before trying to infuse more chakra into his strings.
To his misfortune and shock, his puppets wouldn't move no matter hard he tried.
"Wh-what did you do to my puppets?!"
"Simple," Wiseman replied, "I've drained all of the energy in your body. A power that I've mastered from my time of being the Carbuncle Phantom."
Kankuro cursed under his breath. Even the energy to move was gone from his body and to make matters worse, Wiseman had scanned another ring.
"Yes, Kick Strike! Understand?"
Kamen Rider Wiseman leapt into the air, as a golden glyph appeared around his feet. He swooped down onto Kankuro, causing the puppet-master and his puppets to explode, being replaced by five magic rings.
"Dark Nebula Fourze, show him the power of the cosmos!"
A black and purple warrior that resembled an astronaut nodded, before bending down and then standing back up, extending his arms out and screaming in a distorted voice, "It's space time! Let's settle this man to man!"
"I plan to," was Gaara's cold reply, "Prepare to feel the power of a Kazekage."
Sand erupted out of Gaara's gourd, flying towards the evil astronaut Rider. It was then that the opponent flipped a switch on his belt and a robotic voice called out, "Rocket On."
An orange rocket appeared on one of his arms, as he soared into the air, swerving past every stream of sand. He then flipped another switch.
"Drill On."
A drill enveloped one of Nebula Fourze's feet, as the Rider soared down towards Gaara. His sand retreated back into his gourd temporarily before enveloping Gaara and becoming a shield. The drill slammed into the Sand Shield, sending Nebula Fourze jumping back slightly
"Fine then!" the opponent exclaimed, before unfastening one of the switches on its belt and replacing it with a new one.
"Cosmic On."
Nebula Fourze became enveloped with a dark blue light, as horrifying music played from the belt. A gigantic sword appeared in his hands shaped like a rocket ship.
"No matter how big the weapon is, it won't penetrate my defenses," Gaara warned.
Nebula Fourze pulled on a lever, revealing a slick dark-blue blade within the rocket. He then dashed towards Gaara's Sand Shield, tackling both of the fighters into a rip into space that had opened behind Gaara.
The next thing Gaara saw was nothing but black around him, "What... is this?"
"Your finale!" Nebula Fourze called, inserting a switch into the sword. It began to glow an ominous blue, as Gaara couldn't find himself able to do anything about it as he was now in space.
"Super Galactic Finish!"
A barrage of slashes blasted from the blade, slamming into Gaara's Sand Shield with unbelievable force. To Gaara's surprise, it cracked into it and ultimately smashed into him, causing him to explode and be turned into one of Nebula Fourze's switches.
"King OOO, give her a taste of your force!"
The Kamen Rider, otherwise known as the first user of the OOO Driver, nodded, "It'll be my pleasure."
Tenten was already a little shaken up by Neji's death earlier in the war. She shook her head and gave a determined glare at her opponent. If she was to lose here, Neji's death would have been in vain. She was going to take this guy down.
She tossed two scroll into the air, jumping up between them, rapidly summoning and throwing her gigantic arsenal of weapons at her opponent, as explosive tags were attached to the weapons. An explosion hit around OOO, causing Tenten to land back on her feet with a triumphant smirk.
That was short lived, however.
"Up here."
Tenten's eyes widened as she looked up in the air to see that King OOO had used his grasshopper like legs to leap into the air and dodge her attack with ease. Even worse, he was scanning a combo chargem not wanting to waste any time with his victory.
"How... How is that possible?!"
King OOO didn't answer her, instead letting his driver do the talking, "Scanning Charge!"
Three rings colored red, yellow, and green appeared below King OOO. He extended his leg and soared into them, landing a the kick on Tenten and causing her to explode and transform into a pink Core Medal.
"Shadow Double, strike him down!"
The normally green and black Rider had a purple aura to it. It didn't speak but just quietly nodded as it stood across from Rock Lee.
"It shall be I who does the striking!" Lee exclaimed, "The Gate of Opening! The Gate of Healing! The Gate of Life! Open!"
The first three of the Eight Gates was opened, turning Lee's face blood-red and powering him up immensely. He disappeared in a flurry of jumps, heading right towards Shadow Double.
The two-in-one Kamen Rider instead responded by taking out the two Gaia Memories in its belt and replacing them with a yellow and blue memory.
"Luna! Trigger!"
The colors of the Rider changed to blue and yellow, as a mysterious blue gun appeared in the Rider's hand. Pulling the trigger, a barrage of yellow blasts met Lee, knocking him out of the air and onto the ground. However, this didn't keep Lee down long as he jumped back onto his feet.
"I won't give in! Not yet!"
He dashed off towards Shadow Double once more, as the Rider set up its Maximum Drive finisher. Its gun began to glow, before shooting off another barrage of blasts, now powered up beyond their original shot. This time, the blasts knocked Lee back, causing him to explode and be turned into a Gaia Memory.
"Dark Kiva, become this girl's worst nightmare!"
Dark Kiva, otherwise known as the Bat Fangire, looked over to the explosion from the battle between Shadow Double and Rock Lee before turning back towards Ino Yamanaka.
"Five of you are down," Dark Kiva reminded, chuckling lowly, "How embarrassing. I thought you could do better than this."
Ino scowled. Just moments before, Dark Kiva alongside Nega Den-O and Dark Kabuto had separated her from Chouji and Shikamaru. The Ino-Shika-Cho Formation couldn't work here.
"Mind Body Switch Technique!"
She held her hands out, trying to take over the body of her vampire enemy, but he moved out of the way in a blinding display of speed. With another dash, he lunged towards the daughter of the Yamanaka Clan, delivering a swift blow to her gut.
She grunted, before lifting her leg in an attempt to kick Dark Kiva in the face. To her shock and horror, the evil Rider grabbed her foot with his free hand.
"Embarrassing. Begone."
Dark Kiva wound back his leg, covering it in dark energy before landing a harsh blow into Ino's stomach, sending her barreling backwards and transforming into a fuestle.
"Is this all the humans of this realm can muster?" Dark Kiva lamented aloud before going to pick up the fuestle.
"Nega Den-O, clear the path!"
Chouji Akimichi had used his size ability and was now using his Human Bullet Tank attack, rolling towards the negative Imagin Rider.
"What does it look like I'm doing?!" the Imagin called out, "Your little power up can't stop tubby here from rolling me over!"
"TUBBY?!"
Nega Den-O changed his weapon, the Nega DenGasher into Gun Mode, and leapt over Chouji, before spinning on its heels and aiming the gun towards the shinobi.
Chouji transformed back to normal, before focusing his chakra and creating butterfly wings on his back, replicating the effects of the Red Pill. He then concentrated all of his chakra into his fist, before leaping into the sky and putting all of his body weight into the punch he was aiming at Nega Den-O.
"Butterfly Bullet Bombing!"
Suddenly, a red energy ball began to charge from the Nega DenGasher, before being released and hitting Chouji head on, causing him to transform into a Rider Pass.
"I don't really like butterflies, kid," was all Nega Den-O had to say on the subject.
"Dark Kabuto, get rid of this pest!"
Dark Kabuto, also known as Souji Kusakabe, stood before Shikamaru Nara, before saying, "This will all be for Hiyori."
Shikamaru looked bewildered for a moment before asking, "Who's Hiyori?"
"And the way to have Master bring Hiyori back to me," Dark Kabuto continued, "is to defeat you."
"How troublesome," Shikamaru muttered, as he pulled out Asuma's trench knives and infused them with chakra, "I can't have that, now can I? Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique!"
"Clock up."
Shikamaru threw the trench knives towards Dark Kabuto's shadow, but was surprised when the black beetle warrior disappeared and reappeared behind him.
"1. 2. 3. Rider Kick."
Before Shikamaru could even think about retaliating, Dark Kabuto struck him down with a roundhouse kick, transforming him into a small beetle-like Zecter.
"Hiyori..." Dark Kabuto mused, "We'll finally meet again."
"Hellfire Hibiki, defeat him!"
A magma-themed version of Hibiki stood off against Shino Aburame. Neither of the fighters spoke, just staring each other down. Hellfire Hibiki held its drumstricks as Shino summoned the bugs within his body to battle.
"Secret Technique: Insect Sphere!"
A torrent of insects swarmed from Shino's hands towards the Oni.
"Demon Club Technique: Raging Fire Bullet!" Hibiki called out in response. Flames covered both of the Oni's drumsticks, before he pointed one towards the bugs, sending a torrent of flames towards them. Shino watched in horror as they were burned alive and another flame became spiraling towards him.
Barely dodging the flames, Shino wondered aloud, "Could that be... Jutsu?!"
Before he could say anything else, Hellfire Hibiki had jumped into the air, forming violet flames around its feet. It soared down towards Shino, striking him with its Rider Kick and transforming him into a small drum.
"Close enough," Hellfire Hibiki answered Shino's question as it picked the drum off of the ground.
"Undead Blade, show your species's ruthlessness!"
The Undead Blade, who was actually the original Kamen Rider Blade named Kenzaki tainted by his Joker Undead form, stood across from the giant three-headed creature formed from Kiba Inuzuka, his Shadow Clone, and Akamaru.
"I don't... wish to fight," Undead Blade grunted out, showing signs of pain from even speaking.
"Well, we do!" Kiba's voice exclaimed as the beast ran towards Undead Blade. The Rider in the suit groaned in pain once more, before scanning its Time Scarab card into the Blade Rouzer, causing Kiba, and everyone around them to stop temporarily.
"Why do I have to be forced into this?" Undead Blade spoke, as he ran the Kick Locust card into the Blade Rouzer, "Hajime... Tachibana... Forgive me."
The next thing Kiba knew when time began again was that he had been transformed into the Roaring Dog card.
"Clockwork Faiz, end her quickly!"
Clockwork Faiz, a steampunk clock-themed version of Kamen Rider Faiz, transformed into its Blaster Form to finally end the long fight between it and Hinata Hyuga.
"Foolish mortal," the evil Rider muttered as it watched the tired out kunoichi pant and heave, about to pass out on the ground, "You almost had defeated me. How... disappointing."
"W-what are you?" Hinata asked through heaving breaths.
"The legacy of the Orphnochs," was its quiet and troubling response to the girl as it powered up its Rider Kick, "Now... goodbye."
"N-Naruto," Hinata spoke as she closed her eyes, "I've... failed you-"
She was cut off by the Rider Kick causing her to explode and be turned into a small purple device.
"Ryuga, send this man to limbo!"
"Lightning Blade!"
To Kakashi's misfortune, a black Eastern dragon known as Dragblacker got between him and Kamen Rider Ryuga. Until then, Kakashi had Ryuga on the ropes and was ready to finish him off. A dark laugh escaped Ryuga's lips.
"What's so funny?" Kakashi asked, leaping back and narrowing both his normal eye and Sharingan eye at the Kamen Rider.
"I just assumed that this world would be more of a challenge than the other worlds we've destroyed," Ryuga replied, "Yet, you all are as weak as our past enemies."
"Just what are you?" Kakashi asked, "Interplanetary conquerors?"
"You could call us that," Ryuga gave a tap with his feet, "But that'll be the last thing you'll call us."
When Ryuga tapped the ground, Kakashi felt his legs suddenly become paralyzed. The next thing he knew, Ryuga had jumped into the air, delivering a flying side kick at Kakashi with Dragblaccker flying behind him with a burst of dark flames.
"Sakura... Sasuke... Naruto... It's up to you."
"Another Agito, have fun tearing her apart!"
Another Agito, known as Kaoru Kino, blocked another one of Sakura Haruno's punches. Her chakra was already worn out from healing others in the battle against Madara, so there wasn't much left she could do.
"I won't go down without... ngh... a fight!" she exclaimed, trying to hide the exhaustion hanging over her.
"That's what I once said too," Another Agito replied solemnly, "But that wasn't something I could do. But now... The Master is giving me a second chance at life. I'm... sorry."
Sakura gave a weak chuckle in response, "An Edo Tensei? Second life seems to be a normal procedure around here."
Another Agito did not reply, instead building up energy in one of his feet, "Assault... Kick."
The last thing Sakura remembered saying before she blacked out was, "Sasuke... Naruto..."
"Ancient Kuuga, do not hold back!"
Sasuke grunted as the original Kuuga, Riku, in Ultimate Form slammed him into the cliff-side, holding onto his neck. The warrior that fought the Grongis didn't say a word, just choking the Uchiha.
It was then that the hooded man appeared beside the Kamen Rider, "Riku, we need his life force. We can't have that if you kill him here."
Ancient Kuuga turned to face the hooded man, before letting go of Sasuke and aiming a punch at his so-called master. To the Rider's and Sasuke's surprise, the hooded man caught the punch before it landed.
"Tsk tsk, that isn't a way to gain my favor," the hooded man replied, before giving a chuckle.
Ancient Kuuga gave a roar, before turning on his heels and striking Sasuke hard in the gut, sending him flying through the mountain and transforming the Uchiha into a ball of light. The ball of light flew forward, landing in the hooded man's palms.
"One to go."
"Dark Decade, end this battle once and for all!"
"Tailed Beast Ball!"
"Attack Ride: Blast!"
Naruto and Dark Decade's attacks collided for the fifth time in the fight. When the smoke cleared, Dark Decade seemed to be barely even scratched while the son of Minato Namikaze seemed tired out.
"I can't... why is my chakra running out?" Naruto asked, as he fought to keep standing.
"That's obvious," Dark Decade replied, calmly, "We've been draining your chakra for a while."
Naruto's eyes widened, "Draining our chakra?! You dirty bastards-"
"Keep your fury for later," Dark Decade aimed his gun towards Naruto, "Or rather... Never. This is the end."
The Rider's gun fired. Naruto clenched his eyes shut.
When Naruto re-opened his eyes, he was standing in a dark room. The area around him seemed ethereal. Almost unreal.
"Am... Am I dead?" he asked, looking around the room.
"You barely survived, chosen one."
An aging Japanese man stepped out of the shadows, giving a respectful bow to Naruto. The Konoha shinobi tilted his head as he stared at the odd man.
"Who the hell're you?"
"My name is Takeshi Hongo," the man introduced himself, "I am also known as Kamen Rider Ichigo. The first Kamen Rider."
Naruto's mouth downturned into a scowl as his eyes began to burn with fury. He struck a physical fighting pose, but eased up when Hongo didn't move an inch.
"I mean no harm to you," the older man replied, "In fact, I'm here to help you."
"Yeah, right," Naruto scoffed, "I don't know what the hell Kamen Riders are but they just killed my friends!"
Hongo shook his head, "They didn't kill them. They sent them to a purgatory-like state much like the one we're in right now."
Naruto glared the man down before nodding and relaxing his features.
"Alright, old man. What's a Kamen Rider?"
"Superheroes," Hongo replied before being cut off by Naruto.
"What?" the blonde ninja asked, tilting his head, "Those exist?"
Hongo laughed, "Of course they do. Or, we do. We are defenders of right and justice, defeating evil whenever it may rise."
"Bullshit," the always smart-alecky knucklehead spat, "Defenders of right and justice wouldn't try to conquer planets, would they?!"
Hongo sighed, "A man called upon Evil Riders from the past, the future, and even some of his own creation to find a mystical talisman called the Jewel of Eternity."
"Jewel of Eternity?" Naruto asked, "What's that?"
"Legends say that it will give the holders the power to become the rulers of the multiverse," Hongo replied, "It also gives the holders the ability to absorb energy and banish people to a limbo-like state. Just like what happened to your world."
"Wait, how do you know that?" Naruto arched an eyebrow, "Hasn't a bunch of worlds been taken over by these bozos?"
Hongo stepped forward, "My comrades and I have been watching you, Naruto. You are the one who shall become the next Kamen Rider Decade, for you are the only one who can turn the tides of fate."
"Huh, me?" Naruto asked, pointing at himself, "Hold up, I barely even know what a Kamen Rider even is! Can't one of you 'heroes of justice' do it?"
Hongo shook his head, "They over-powered us and banished us to limbo. However, since we are also Kamen Riders, the energy draining ability didn't drain our powers completely. We bound our powers together to save you from being defeated by Dark Decade and to give you these."
Naruto watched as a silver belt floated down from above, alongside sixteen cards and a fragment of a jewel.
"That belt is the DecaDriver," Hongo replied, "Using the cards in the belt, you can transform into Kamen Rider Decade and can further transform into any of the sixteen Showa Riders, the old generation. However, these cards are only temporary and will vanish after you use them; but we believe defeating a Dark Rider will grant you new, permanent cards."
"I don't even know how to work a Deca-whatever!" Naruto exclaimed, "Besides, we're stuck in limbo, right?"
"Once you put on the belt, it will proceed to use a memory dump, giving you an inkling of what to do," Hongo replied, "And this isn't necessarily limbo. This is a different pocket-space opened by the combined power of my comrades. Once our conversation is over, you will be transported to my world, the World of Kamen Riders, where you will meet up with one of the surviving allies of justice."
Naruto deadpanned, "So I really don't gotta choice, do I?"
"Do you not want to save your friends?" the Kamen Rider asked, frowning.
Naruto scowled. That was a good point. If this was a way to reverse the Dark Riders' onslaught, then he knew what he had to do.
"What's that shard for?" Naruto asked, pointing up at the jewel shard.
Hongo gave an amused chuckle, "Can I take that as a yes?"
"Just tell me!" Naruto exclaimed, impatiently.
"It is a fragment of the Jewel of Infinity, the Jewel of Eternity's counterpart," Hongo replied, "Fifteen fragments have been scattered across fifteen worlds, each one governed by a Dark Rider. This one we found from a doomed world called Mirinoi, or the World of the Power Rangers. Once all fifteen are gathered, the scales will be evened in the battle against the Master of the Dark Riders."
"So basically it's just a scavenger hunt?" Naruto asked, before grinning, "Then this'll be a piece of cake!"
"But," the first Kamen Rider interrupted.
"Shit," Naruto cursed under his breath. Of course there was a catch.
"The fragments can only be activated by the Fifteen Maidens of the Multiverse," he continued, "Furthermore, even then, you can't activate them unless the corresponding maiden has fallen in love with the warrior wanting to use the jewel."
Naruto tilted his head and thought for a second before turning a bit red, "You mean-"
"You must make sure all fifteen maidens fall in love with you," Hongo nodded curtly, "This is your job as the next Decade, alongside defeating the Dark Riders."
"But isn't the first shard's world already gone?" Naruto asked, "Sounds like we're already screwed."
Hongo shook his head, "If someone from your world falls in love with you, this shard, the Shard of Hope, will correspond to them instead. That is the ability of the Shard of Hope."
"Earth to Kamen Rider Strawberry!" Naruto snapped, crossing his arms, "My world's already destroyed!"
"We have enough energy to bring back one person from your world," the older gentleman replied, "They will then travel you in your journey through the multiverse. However, whoever is picked is fate's decision."
Naruto stood there for a second, mulling everything over. After a few seconds of deep thought, Naruto gave a determined thumbs up to Takeshi Hongo, "I'll save my world, your world... I'll save all of the worlds! I'm already sure Granny Tsunade will name Sasuke, Kakashi or Shikamaru Hokage anyway, so I might as well take this stupid mantle!"
It hurt admitting it, but Naruto knew it was true. But at the very least, this would give the host of the Nine Tails a new reason to push on.
"I am overjoyed to hear that," Hongo replied, bowing again, "Now, Naruto... Wake up... Wake up..."
The darkness surrounding the two burst into light, as the Kamen Rider's voice turned into a familiar female's voice.
"Wake up!"
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