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Gaim: The Final Saga
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Kamen Rider Duke
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For reference this fanfic starts near the end of Episode 36 of Kamen Rider Gaim. As with KR Gaim itself, the fanfiction will be spilt into Sagas, starting with the Rebirth Saga. Also, in the crossovers with Wizard, Kouta is shown not to know what a Kamen Rider is or doesn't recognise any of the Bujin Riders, I am taking Gaim to be set in a separate universe by itself. Other Kamen Riders, such as Wizard or Decade, may appear later on but will only be brief and will be shown to come from the main timeline universe. Enjoy!
Chapter I
Rebirth Saga - Part I
'The Beginning of the End'
(Zawame Docks, July 2014)
Takatora Kureshima, transformed as Kamen Rider Zangetsu, charged at his opponent with his Musou Saber raised. Mitsuzane Kureshima, transformed as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin, struggled and failed to get up as brother prepared to strike the fatal blow.
With a yell Takatora brought his blade down towards his brother, but in his mind a memory of Mitsuzane's childhood flicked through, causing him to freeze. Keen to capitalise on his brother's hesitation, the traitorous Mitsuzane activated his Squash Finisher and slashed his brother across the chest, dealing a fatal blow of his own.
Takatora was thrown backwards through the air in the direction of the river. Suddenly, a blue and yellow figure appeared and leapt up, catching Takatora before he could fall into the water.
Kamen Rider Duke landed on ground gracefully, placing Takatora down as he powered down, Micchi's attack having fried his Sengoku Driver. Ryoma turned to face Micchi, immediately recognising him by his body language.
"You!" spat Ryoma, standing up and raising his Sonic Arrow.
In a spilt second, Ryoma launched at Micchi and slashed. Micchi closed his eyes and braced himself for his impending death. However, when he opened his eyes he saw that Ryoma had in fact cut the strap of his stolen Genesis Driver, allowing it to fall to the ground and Micchi to power down.
Micchi sighed in relief that he had been spared, only for Ryoma to slash a second time. This time it hit Micchi's unprotected jugular and sliced it open, allow blood to spurt out violently.
"You didn't think is let you off that easily?" mocked Ryoma as Micchi collapsed to the ground, a pool of blood forming around him.
Ignoring the dying Micchi, Ryoma pulled off his helmet and knelt down beside Takatora. Tearing a strip of his suit jacket, Ryoma tried to stanch the blood flowing out of the wound on Takatora's chest.
Takatora coughed up blood and turned his head to look at Ryoma, "Y-You came back?"
"Yes, yes I did," replied Ryoma, sighing heavily, "I'm sorry for what I did, I know I can never make up for it. I was wrong, humanity is worth saving."
"Can Mitsuzane hurt anyone else?" asked Takatora, looking up at his best friend since they were six years old.
Ryoma looked over at Micchi's now dead body, "No, he's never going to hurt anyone else ever again."
"Good," gasped Takatora, falling into a coughing fit, before his body ceased to move.
Tears began to roll down Ryoma's cheeks as he held Takatora's body close, "I ONLY WANTED TO KEEP YOU SAFE!"
Behind Ryoma, Kouta rounded the corner and halted at the sight in front of him. Looking at Micchi's body it occurred to him that before he became Gaim he probably would have vomited at the sight, but now he just felt relieved. Relieved that he didn't have to be the one to kill Micchi.
Making his decision, Kouta approached Ryoma and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Duke may be his enemy, but everyone deserved to greive, even if it meant putting his hatred aside. Slowly, Ryoma calmed down and wiped his tears away. The Energy Rider placed Takatora's body down and sighed.
"Why?" questioned Kouta, "Why did you betray him?"
"How do you think he survived falling off a cliff?" replied Ryoma, "I was trying to protect him and I failed!"
"You saved him, falling off the cliff?" asked Kouta.
"Yes, a safety net," answered Ryoma, "It would had left him at an abandoned Yggdrail Research Campsite where he would be safe, away from the Overlord's inevitable invasion.
Kouta smiled weakly and awkwardly patted Ryoma on the back. Suddenly, Kouta's phone began to ring, prompting Kouta to search through his trouser and jacket pockets to no avail.
"Looking for this?" asked Ryoma, plucking Kouta's phone out his shirt breast pocket.
"Thanks," replied Kouta, taking his phone from Ryoma's hand and answering it.
"Kouta!" yelled Peco, "Where are you?"
"The docks," answered Kouta, "Why? What's wrong?"
"It's Kaito! He transformed into an Inves and gone berserk!" shouted Peco, panic audilble in his voice.
"What about the others?" asked Kouta, raising his voice.
"He's killed them all, Zack, Oren, Yoko and Jounichi!" replied Peco, the sound of feet slapping concrete coming through the phone, "He even got Chucky!"
"Mai! What about Mai?" questioned Kouta desperately.
"I'm fine," spoke Mai, her voice now coming down the phone, having taken it from Peco.
"Where are you?" asked Kouta, looking around as Ryoma focused in on a faint sound.
"Behind you!" shouted Mai as she and Peco rounded the corner onto the docks, Ryoma and Kouta in front of them.
Kouta span around to see Peco and Mai running towards him, Peco had a cut in his cheek whilst Mai had a ugly looking gash on her leg. Kouta jogged over to his two friends and hugged them, he could feel Mai's tears seeping through his shirt.
"What's he doing here?" questioned Peco, seeing Ryoma knelt down, "What's he done to Takatora?"
Ryoma remained silent, staring down at his fallen friend's body. Deciding to answer for him, Kouta spoke up, "Micchi killed him, but Ryoma here is going to help us, aren't you?"
Ryoma nodded and looked up, "I've failed the only person who meant anything to me, so now I carry on his mission, to save humanity!"
"Good," replied Kouta, however Mai suddenly caught sight of Micchi's dead body and hugged Kouta again.
"Don't worry, Micchi's never gonna hurt any of us again," assured Kouta.
Suddenly a loud crash echoed around and a red and black monkey Inves appeared from around the corner, coming to a halt as Redyue stepped through a crack in front of the Inves.
"How do you like my new attack dog?" taunted Redyue, "I believe he was once your friend!"
"Kaito," muttered Kouta sadly.
Mai growled angrily and went to run at Redyue, only for Peco and Kouta to hold her back.
"Please! Don't!" pleaded Kouta, "You'll get yourself killed!"
Redyue laughed, "You Apes truly are pathetic!"
The female Overlord went to continue when a bright yellow energy arrow struck her in the chest and knocked her to her knees. The three Beat Riders turned to see Ryoma with his Sonic Arrow raised at Redyue.
"I will fight you with every last breath I have," spoke Ryoma, walking over to Micchi's body, "Because that's what Takatora would have done."
Ryoma bent down and picked up the Zangetsu Shin Genesis Driver and Melon Energy Lockseed. Standing back up, he walked over to Mai and handed then to her.
"If you want to fight, you'll need this," instructed Ryoma.
"Are you sure?" asked Mai, biting her lip, "I mean, I'm untrained I've never done this before."
"Right now we need any help we can get," spoke Kouta.
"Fine them, I guess I must become a rider," replied Mai, nodding her head.
"Peco, you might want to get somewhere safe," warned Kouta, biting his lip as Redyue climbed back to her feet.
"Don't worry, I got this covered," replied Peco, pulling the Baron Genesis Driver and Lemon Energy Lockseed out of his jacket pocket, "I manage to snag this off Kaito just after he transformed into that Inves bastard!"
"Fine then," spoke Kouta, Let's do this!"
KACHIDOKI!
LEMON ENERGY!
MELON ENERGY!
The three clicked their respective Lockseeds open and fitted them into the Drive Bays in their respective Drivers. They each immediately closed their Lock On Arm. Kouta sliced down with his Cutting Knife, his Lockseed dropping open and a small hologram of the DJ Gun appearing. Peco and Mai followed by pushed their Compressors in, the Lemon Energy Lockseed opening in two halves whilst the Melon Energy Lockseed spilt open into three parts.
SOIYA!
SODA!
Three cracks appeared above them and the Kachidoki, Lemon Energy and Melon Energy Armour Parts appeared, dropping down onto Kouta, Peco and Mai's shoulders respectively. In a flash the arms unfolded and their suits appeared around their bodies.
MELON ENERGY ARMS!
LEMON ENERGY ARMS!
KACHIDOKI ARMS!
The three friends all finshed their transformation and were equipped with their respective weapons, the Sonic Arrow for Peco and Mai, while Kouta had the DJ Gun. Both Mai and Peco began to examine their suits, admiring the power they provided.
"Armoured Rider Gaim!" called Kouta, "Kachidoki Arms!"
"Genesis Rider Zangetsu Shin," announced Mai, "Melon Energy Arms!"
"Armoured Rider Baron," cried Peco, "Lemon Energy Arms!"
"Genesis Rider Duke," spoke Ryoma as he put his helmet back on, "Lemon Energy Arms!"
The four Riders lined up side by side before charging at the Kaito Inves and Redyue, their weapons at the ready. Ryoma aimed his Sonic Arrow at Kaito Inves's eyes and fired, blinding the Inves.
"Don't hurt him!" warned Mai angrily.
"Your friend is dead, the transformation is irreversible," replied Ryoma, slashing the Kaito Inves's flank as he charged at Redyue.
"It's fight or fall," grunted Kouta, remembering Micchi's words, "The time when difficult decisions have to be made."
"I agree," added Peco, blocking a punch from the Kaito Inves and returning one of his own.
The Kaito Inves rounded on Mai, sensing her hesitation. Mai hurriedly tried to block his attack, but he smacked her in the chest and sent her flying backwards.
"That isn't Kaito," whispered Mai, led on the floor, "Kaito would never have hurt me."
Mai climbed back to her feet and raised her Sonic Arrow at the Kaito Inves. She pulled her bow back and fired, injuring the Inves's chest. Meanwhile, Ryoma and Kouta each fired at Redyue at the same time, but the Overlord Inves dodged them both and slashed the two riders, forcing them backwards.
Taking advantage of his disorientation, Redyue sliced at Ryoma's Genesis Driver directly. Ryoma stumbled backwards as his destroyed Lemon Energy Lockseed was ejected from his fortunately undamaged Driver.
Redyue laughed and went on the offensive, hacking and slashing at the unprotected Ryoma, only for the scientist to hurriedly roll out of the way. Redyue cried out in frustration and lunged, his blade heading straight for Ryoma's heart.
Ryoma closed his eyes and prepared himself for his death, but it never came. He opened his eyes and to his shock he saw Kouta stood over him, desperately trying to block Redyue's energy blast. In a flash of green light, Kouta was thrown backwards, his armour and suit fading away.
"Damn you!" hissed Ryoma as Redyue placed her staff's blade at the scientist's throat.
Ryoma jerked his head away and saw that the Kaito Inves had managed to captured Peco with its tail, leaving Mai the only Rider still able to fight.
"Help Ryoma," shouted Peko sadly to Mai, "You'll need his help later on! Goodbye!"
"What do you mean?" yelled Mai back, "Goodbye?"
"It means I'll be taking the Inves bastard that took over Kaito to hell with me," answered Peco, flicking a switch on the side of his Genesis Belt.
SELF-DESTRUCT INITIATED!
"No!" yelled Mai, realising what her friend was doing. Ryoma swore and broke free of Redyue, diving away.
"It has to end this way," spoke Peco, "And I'm sorry about knocking that Lockseed out of your hand, I really am."
With an almighty explosion, Peco Genesis Driver self-destructed in a humongous fireball, incinerating Peco and the Kaito Inves, sending Redyue flying away and forcibly powering Mai down, landing near a Kouta.
Kouta crawled towards Mai's unconscious body, desperately trying to shield her behind him as Redyue strode towards. Ryoma clambered to his feet and yelled at Redyue, getting her attention.
"What are you going to do, ape?" mocked Redyue, "Your pathetic Lockseed is destroyed."
"You destroyed a Lockseed," replied Ryoma, producing a green Lockseed, "I was saving this for a rainy day, I guess this qualifies."
Ryoma raised the green Lockseed, ELS-05 printed on the front, and clicked the Lockseed open.
LIME ENERGY!
Ryoma grinned and slotted the Lockseed into his Genesis Driver, pushing the Compressor in and initiating his transformation, soda flowing from the Energy Lockseed to the Cup below the Drive Bay.
SODA!
A crack appeared above Ryoma and the Lime Energy Armour Part appeared, the new set of Arms dropped down onto Ryoma's shoulders, his Duke base suit appearing around his body. The Arms unfolded, the design of the Lime Energy Arms was very reminiscent of its lemon counterpart, the only difference was its green colour and modified transformation phrase.
FIGHT, SOUR! FIGHT, SOUR! F-F-FIGHT!
Ryoma quickly fired two shots off his Sonic Arrow, causing Redyue to use her staff to block them. Ryoma capitalised on this and used his Sonic Arrow to knock the staff out of her hands, leaving her defenceless. Ryoma locked his Lime Lockseed onto his Sonic Arrow and pulled it back, aimed directly at Redyue's head.
"You think you can kill me you pathetic ape?" laughed Redyue, pointing at Kouta, "I'm sure he'll stop you, he hasn't got the guts to let you kill a creature that can talk back!"
"Fuck no!" spat Kouta, struggling to his feet, "You turned Kaito into one of you, killed my friends and destroyed my city! Why the fuck wouldn't I let him kill you!"
Before Redyue could react, Ryoma fired his Sonic Arrow and killed Redyue in one shot, her head exploding in a shower of green blood. Kouta dropped to his knees at Mai's side and quickly felt for pulse, sighing with relief when he found one.
"That felt good," muttered Ryoma, lowering his bow and turning to face Kouta, "Now we have to get rid of the rest of the Inves roami-"
Kouta frowned as Ryoma cut off, turning around to look at Ryoma. Kouta gasped and crawled back, Rosyuo stood over Ryoma's dead body, his blade slick with the scientist's blood.
"What's wrong, ape?" mocked Rosyuo, kicking Ryoma's decapitated head away as he stepped forward, "Not used to real war?"
-Rebirth Saga-