*Pikatwig walked into a meeting room in his studio and made sure the snacks and everything were all set up.*
Pikatwig: Alright… looks good, looks good… Motomet, we have tea for KKD, right?
Motomet: All set.
Pikatwig: Awesome! Now then, we play the waiting game. *sits down at chair, with Motomet taking his seat.*
*KKD soon walks in*
KKD: Hey, Pika.
Pikatwig: Hey man. Go on and sit, have a tea, have a snack.
KKD: Thanks. *takes a seat and drinks some Tea*
Pikatwig: Now, we need to wait. *continues waiting as Motomet slide over some sliced carrots*
KKD: Thanks. *takes a nibble as Muk854 enters the room*
Muk854: Sup.
Pikatwig: Finally! *Muk854 sits down* Okay, introductions! *motions to Muk* KKD, this is Muk854. He's helped me with various Yo-Kai Watch stories. *motions to KKD* Muk, this is KKD. He's my best friend and helped me with various other stories.
KKD: Pleased to make your acquaintance, Muk.
Muk854: Nice to meet you as well, KKD. *the two shake hands*
Pikatwig: Alright, I've call you both here, beyond finally introducing you two, for the sake of helping me with a story. *takes out a file and shows it off, the file containing pictures of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and Kirito from Sword Art Online* I recently marathoned SAO and an idea just clicked in my mind to do a crossover between Ex-Aid and SAO… which has yet to be done. And I called you two in as KKD is the Kamen Rider guy, one of the Ks standing for 'Kamen' if memory serves correctly, and Muk854 is the SAO guy.
KKD: ...Yea, my full name is Kamen Keyblade Duelist; you can see why I shortened it to KKD. And I am interested in Kamen Rider, so that makes sense.
Muk854: Yeah, I am interested in SAO so it would make sense.
Pikatwig: And I consulted you about some very short opinions of events in that anime… like a certain death that made me cry… the first time I think hearing a Christmas song has ever made me cry… and what a certain villain did to Asuna.
KKD: ...Huh? *pulls up a picture of Asuna from Ex-Aid* You mean this Asuna?
Pikatwig: No. *takes out a picture of the SAO character* Her. *sets pictures down* ...I am convinced the name is an SAO reference.
KKD: Wouldn't be surprised considering Ex-Aid's entire motif is video games, and from what I know SAO takes place in an MMORPG.
Muk854: Yeah it does, so Ex-Aid making a reference to it makes sense.
KKD: Anything else you want to make note of, Pika?
Pikatwig: Hmm… *looks at phone* Well, the other guy can't make it. So it's just us three. You two in?
Muk854: Yeah I'm game.
KKD: Yea, of course… wait, what other guy?
Pikatwig: Sean.
KKD: Oh, right.
Pikatwig: Alright. Continuity for the two franchises. For Sword Art Online, it takes place after the second story arc… but if it's after the GGO Arc, heck if I know. That's up to Muk. As for Ex-Aid, it's after Episode 6, A Hollow Beating in the Heart! and before Episode 7, The Reason for Some Lies!
KKD: Good to know for a reference point.
Muk854: Same.
Pikatwig: Alright, let's get started. Motomet, the disclaimers please.
Motomet: I do not have them at this moment.
Off-Screen Guy: You didn't print it, boss.
Pikatwig: ...oh right. Uh… I'll go take care of that. You two mingle. *heads off as Off-Screen Guy, Camera Guy and Motorcycle Gal walked in and sat down at the table*
Off-Screen Guy: So… Sean ain't here?
Camera Guy: Aww… I liked him.
KKD: You're lucky I got something to help with that. *pulls up laptop, types furiously before a black page printed out* Here you go.
Pikatwig: OK.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig, KKD Silver, nor Muk854 own anything here except for original concepts within. The rest such as Kamen Rider, Sword Art Online, etc belong to Toei, Bandai, Reki Kawahara, A-1 Pictures, and their respective owners.
A dark figure, one night, was looking around the city before coming across a series of mists that looked like a sort of silver viel, vaguely showing the worlds beyond. He stared into it for a big as he was joined by another figure. This person was human, with dark brown hair, wearing an all black outfit including a leather jacket on top of a v-neck shirt, black jeans, and black shoes.
"Why do you think these portals have appeared?" the human inquired of the dark figure.
"I wouldn't even know, Graphite. But perhaps we could use them to our advantage. There are other places I see through this that lack Riders like Ex-Aid and Brave, I believe we can spread the virus around with no interference if we use these portals…" the dark figure commented.
The two exchanged a nod and proceeded through the portal.
Nearby, however, was somebody watching. There was a man with brown hair in a magenta shirt with a gray jacket, black pants and shoes watching them as he took a picture with his twin-lens reflex camera; there was a girl with him also had brown hair, but wore an orange cap atop her head, a white jacket with a lavender t-shirt, green skirt, and white and lavender Converse Sneakers.
"Honestly… when will I ever get a break from this dimensional nonsense…" the male muttered to himself.
"A Rider's work is never done, Tsukasa-kun," the girl noted to him, the man, Tsukasa, sighing as they proceeded through the portal as well.
In said other dimension the sun slowly rose up. An old Japanese-style home with white walls and a black roof. After a bit, an alarm began to buzz in the room of one of the people in the house. A boy with slightly long black hair was awoken from the noise and groggily got up from his bed, opening his black eyes.
"Dumb alarm…" he groaned, slamming his hand onto the clock and saw that it was 7:00, "Oh come on!"
He began to rush out of his room and into his school uniform, "Suguha! Why didn't you try and wake me up?!"
There came no response and the male saw that his sister was off at kendo practice, leaving him on his own. "This cannot be happening," he complained as he entered the kitchen. He then noticed the clock there read '6:01'.
"Huh?" he blinked, proceeding to head back up to his room to see that the time was indeed 6:01. "I can't believe I panicked for nothing," he sighed, "Well I'm already up, so might as well get breakfast."
Not long after that, the male proceeded onto his bike and was ready to get off to school. Thus, he began to pedal his way forward.
(I gotta believe…)
He had exited his neighborhood and continued on through the city.
I don't wanna know heta na shinjitsu nara… (I don't wanna know if I landed a hit)
I don't wanna know shirinai kurai ga ii noni.. (I don't wanna know if I am unmatched)
Memories of the two years he spent in a VRMMORPG flashed through his mind as he went forward. He stopped at a light and waited for it to turn green.
Why? Why why why? Kizukeba I came too far… (Because I came to far…)
He stopped again as he turned his head towards a video game store and saw a poster for the game, Sword Art Online, still hanging up in a wall of posters for video games.
Tomaranai kanjiru kono yokan wa… (I can't stop this feeling, this premonition)
The new beginning
He stopped and headed into the store, buying the poster for little less than 200 yen, and getting back on his way to school.
Michi no ryouiki ima wo kirihirakun da (I am cutting through the road of righteousness)
I gotta believe!
Turn it on!
Soutou… (Slowly)
He stopped pedaling as he waited at another crosswalk before noticing a few friends of his from the time he spent in the virtual world were walking to the school as well.
"Hi Kazuto," one of them waved. The teen, Kazuto, waved back as he saw the light turn green and he proceeded onwards.
EXCITE! EXCITE! Takanaru! (My heart's beating fast!)
EXCITE! EXCITE! Kokoro ga! (My heart)
Michibiku ano basho e kakenukete ikudake (Is guiding me to where I'm needed. I'm dashing through until I arrive!)
Memories of his time in another VRMMORPG, ALfhiem Online, flashed through his mind again. He quickly shook out some memories he wished to forget as they were nothing but torment to him. Kazuto couldn't help but smirk a little as he remembered how he kicked the butt of the final boss of the game, 'He deserved what I did to him.'
(Hey!) I'm on a mission right now!
(Hey!) I'm on a mission right now!
He then slightly shuddered at the memories of the final boss, who was a player himself, attacking him in the real world. He recalled the fear he felt before he got over it and defeated him a second time.
EXCITE! EXCITE! Kotae wa (I've multiplied)
EXCITE! EXCITE! Kotae wa… (Chase my shadow…)
Kazuto pushed up his bike to a bike stand and headed up towards his class, but not before giving a wave to an orange haired girl. He briefly recalled the time they met in the hospital after she had finally reawakened from being trapped in the virtual world.
(One!) Kono te no naka (Unless I'm confined)
(Two!) Susumu beki life (I'll keep saving the life)
(Three!) Ikite iku dake! (I've filled up to the max)
Kazuto sat down in his class and took out a book to occupy himself as he waited for class to begin.
Pikatwig Entertainment Presents
In association with KKD Studios and Muk Productions
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Bonus Level: Kamen Rider Kirito
Back outside, somebody watched the orange haired girl as she walked into the building. His glasses glinted off the sunlight, but not before it showed his right eye with veins bulging around it. He growled a bit before he recalled the tacking device that was placed on him and quickly booked it away from the school.
It was close to noon as Kazuto had headed outside and to the orange haired girl, who was sitting below a shady area and waiting for him.
"Hey," Kazuto waved with a smile. She smiled as he sat down next to her.
"Hey," she smiled.
Kazuto walked over and sat down next to her as she slightly looked over her shoulder, "You okay Asuna?"
"...I just have a strange feeling I'm being watched…" the orange haired girl, Asuna, admitted.
"Well… we are sitting where everybody in the cafeteria can see us," he reminded her.
"No. Not that… it feels sinister… and wicked," she informed.
Kazuto looked at Asuna with a concerned look, "Well whatever it is it won't hurt you, I'll make sure of that."
"Thanks Kirito," she smiled, before she quickly covered her mouth, "Uh… I meant Kazuto. Sorry I'm just used to calling you that."
"It's fine," he assured.
Up in the cafeteria were two girls, who were watching the two talking to each other. One of them ended up getting an envious look on her face after a bit, but the other girl simply rolled her eyes. The girl with the envious look had short brown hair with dark pink eyes.
"Lisabeth, please stop…" the other girl with her pleaded.
"It's Rika," she reminded the other girl, who had light brown hair and pigtails wrapped with red ribbon bows.
"My bad," the other girl apologized, "But seriously stop, this is getting ridiculous."
"Silica, er… Keiko, just look at those two, can you really blame me," Rika stated.
Keiko simply sighed and nodded in response, "Asuna's lucky…"
"Indeed she is," Rika nodded, "But do you mind my asking a stupid question?"
Keiko gave a nod in response.
"...how many girls have actually fallen for him, including you, me and Asuna?"
"...six, maybe seven?"
Rika let out a groan and sat back in her chair, "That many girls and Asuna is the one who get him."
Kazuto and Asuna ate their lunch together, but Asuna couldn't shake the feeling somebody was watching them while they did so.
"You good to meet up in ALO today?" Asuna asked, trying to keep her mind off of her nervous feeling.
"I should be. Not 100% sure yet, but I think I will,"
"Alright," she said.
Meanwhile, back in the other dimension, a doctor was presently trying to finish a task.
"Come on… come on… come on!" he yelled as he rapidly did something, "Don't die on me now!"
Turned out, though, with his audience, he was just playing a video game. One about two robots punching each-other rapidly, the doctor mashing the buttons as fast and nearly finishing the battle… only for somebody to grab his coat.
"N-Nani?!" the male, who had black hair, a pink t-shirt, a white doctor's coat, brown pants and a few bits of doctor's gear around him. He turned to see a nurse in the usual white outfit with brown hair, as she dragged him away from his game, "NOOOOOO!"
-Game Over!-
The male began to sob as he was dragged off from the game, but the nurse just brought him over to another room.
"Emu, listen," she told him, getting the man's attention, "We have info. Both the kuro Ex-Aid and a Bugstar have… vanished."
"Nani? Wait… does that mean… my mission's done? ...yosha!" Emu cheered.
"No," another voiced informed in pure English, turning to see another doctor, dressed more formally "If the kuro Ex-Aid was dead, his Gashat would've given out a signal to be found. He's gone missing, Intern,"
Emu groaned a bit as he sat down, "Asuna-san, why pull me away from my game when you could've waited until I won?"
"This is serious. If he's missing, who knows what the kuro Ex-Aid could be up to?"
Back in the other dimension, the man who had been staring at Asuna was sitting and to pull the tracker off of his leg.
"This thing is getting in my way," he said.
"Yo," Graphite waved as he walked over, "Are you…" he paused and took out a newspaper clipping showing the man being placed under arrest, "'Sugou Nobuyuki."
"What's it to you?" he demanded to know.
"I require your skills in something," Graphite informed, "...what's that on your leg?"
"It is a tracking device, Graphite," the figure informed as he walked over, revealing himself to be in an all black bodysuit with dark purple accents, spiky armored hair with red eyes under white lense rims, a chest plate that had four buttons (red, green, blue, and yellow) on one side with an HP meter and two icons on the other, and a belt that stood out with its bright lime green and pink appearance, a purple device sticking out one side, "Humans use it to keep an eye on criminals. I'll offer you a deal Sugou,"
The black colored Rider took out a purple device that slightly looked like an old Nintendo portable device, "Give us the technology to manipulate minds and you will get this to infect humanity in this world with a virus that only you will be able to remove. If it isn't removed… well… Graphite, show him what you actually look like…"
Graphite groaned as he took out another copy of the device the black Rider had, put it on his arm, and pressed the A Button "Baiyou…"
=INFECTION!=
A green glow enveloped Graphite as the device began to shine a little.
=LET'S GAME! BAD GAME! DEAD GAME! WHATCHA NAME?! THE BUGSTAR…=
Graphite had turned into a green monster of sorts, having the appearance of a dragon with a sort of thorned crown, leave patterns on his armor, and a red right hand.
"What are you?!" Sugou demanded to know.
"A Bugstar. We are… both a malware virus and an illness virus at the same time…" Graphite informed.
Sugou just growled a bit before he saw the black colored Rider change the mode of the device he had, causing a blade to extend out from it.
=GYU IN!=
It whirled for a moment and Sugou backed away in fear… only for the Rider to slice off the tracking device.
"Do we have a deal, Sugou?" the black Rider asked as he offered the man the device.
Sugou smirked as thoughts of revenge on Kazuto quickly flowed into his mind, "Deal."
"Kazuto!" a young girl's voice yelled, belonging to a girl with short black hair and grey eyes, wearing a red t-shirt and white skirt, "There's a package for you."
Kazuto gave a nod and headed downstairs, "Wait… I didn't order anything."
"Maybe it's a present from Asuna," the girl shrugged.
Kazuto nodded as he walked over, seeing a man with brown hair, wearing a blue delivery man's uniform.
"Konichiiwa. Kirigaya, Kazuto-kun?" he asked.
"Uh yea," Kazuto nodded, being handed the package.
"This is for you."
Kazuto nodded as the man walked off and out of sight. Kazuto stared at the package as he and his sister sat it down at the kitchen table.
"So what is it?" she inquired.
"Don't know Suguha," Kazuto admitted as he got out a knife and opened it up to reveal a briefcase. Kazuto managed to pry it open with the knife and saw a strange device of sorts on it.
The device looked like some sort of oversized belt buckle in lime green with a pink handle and front, two slots on one side for what appeared to be game cartridges. Along with it were two cartridges with one being a dark blue color with the background of two swords wedged into the ground to form an 'X' shape and the title of 'Sword Art Online' emblazoned on it. The other was a dark-green that had a fairy flying with a flock of birds and the title of 'ALfhiem Online' on it.
"Wait… what are these?" Suguha asked as she took out the cartridge for ALfheim Online.
"I have… no idea," Kazuto admitted as there was no package sheet to say what the contents were. He took out the buckle and stared at it, "...think this is some sort of video game console or something?"
"If I had to guess," Suguha admitted.
"Huh… look at this. The Elucidator the the Lambent Light," Kazuto noted, holding the SAO cartridge, "Well… guess I know what I'm doing this evening. Figuring out just what the heck these are,"
"Alright…" Suguha shrugged, "Have fun with that…"
Kazuto walked over to the TV and looked for a way to connect the belt with it, but found no cords to connect to the back. He began to fool around the lever, opening it to show a colorful sticker on the inside of it labeled "Gamer Driver". He then closed it and opened it up again, trying to figure out what to do with it.
"You didn't leave him with that instruction book?" the girl asked the delivery guy, stunned by this fact.
"Didn't come with them… even if they did, I'm sure he's smart enough to figure it out," the delivery man shrugged off, only to get a thumb jabbed in his neck, making him laugh uncontrollably.
Kazuto spent the rest of the evening trying to figure out what the device was or to put the cartridges into the device, but nothing happened. "Argh I can't figure this out, what the heck are these things!" he said in frustration.
He soon took a look at the SAO poster he got and put it up on a wall, before letting out a soft sigh.
'...how many lives did that death game take again? 3,853 all those people… dead,' Kazuto thought before he recalled one death that he wished he could undo. He tried to push out the thought away, but it already started to cloud his mind, 'If I had saved Sachi… what would've happened to Asuna? Would we have been friends… or nothing at all.'
He shrugged the thoughts away and chose to turn in for the evening and turned his lights off before going to bed.
At the same time, we see someone else in a doctor's coat, but with some bleached hair, brown eyes, a black shirt, beige pants, and black shoes walked over towards a forest, and somebody else was there as well.
"Kujo Kiriya what are you doing here?" the man growled.
Kiriya, a man with black hair, wearing a black t-shirt under a red collared jacket, blue jeans, and white converse, turned to the other man, "Same as you I suppose, Hanaya Taiga-san."
"I will not allow you to get in my way…" he growled as he took out a cartridge similar to the ones Kazuto was gifted.
"Same to you," Kiriya responded as he took out his own.
The black colored Rider walked over and flung over two black dots at the heads of the two before they could activate their cartridges. He pressed a button and caused the dots to spark and knock the two out, "Now to find Ex-Aid and Brave…"
The next day came along and Kazuto parked his bike and was heading to his class. He saw Asuna walking along and he hurried over to her.
"Oh, hi Kazuto,"
"Hey Asuna, did you send me anything recently?" Kazuto asked her.
Asuna blinked a bit, "No I didn't, why?"
"I got some weird package and I thought you sent it to me," he informed, taking out the cartridge of ALO, when suddenly Asuna fell to the ground, "Asuna!"
Blasts that sounded like gunfire began to echo throughout the area and sent most everyone into a state of panic. Kazuto turned to see Sugou walking into the school ground.
"You…" Kazuto growled.
"If you all want to keep your lives, hand over Kirigaya Kazuto and Yuuki Asuna!" he yelled.
Some people quickly ran over and shoved Kazuto in front of him.
"Nice to see you again, Kazuto," Sugou hissed.
"What did you do to Asuna?" Kazuto demanded.
Sugou laughed and proceeded to put the Gashacon Bugvisor onto his arm and pressed the A Button on it, causing his body to begin to glow.
=INFECTION! LET'S GAME! BAD GAME! DEAD GAME! WHATCHA NAME?! THE BUGSTAR…=
Sugou then became his avatar from ALO, donning a crown, long dark green robe and a green cloak with an emerald-like jewel. His hair grew down to his shoulders and his hair turned blonde.
"What the hell?" Kazuto gasped as Sugou grabbed him by his neck, and was lifted off the ground. Unknown to them, this caused the ALfihem Online cartidge to fall out of Kazuto's bag and onto the ground.
"Know the one who finally rid the world of you, Kazuto. And die…"
Asuna struggled to get up as she was feeling a strong pain from where she got shot, before she was shot again from an unknown source. Her eyes glowed a dark red and she began to grow, turning into a sort of orange monster in the shape of a sword.
Nearby, watched the man who gave Kazuto the buckle and the cartridges.
"Why don't you go over and help him?!" his female friend demanded to know.
He wordlessly responded by showing off a card of sorts and then putting it away, "I don't have the ability to help him."
"Then go and get help you baka!"
The man sighed as he snapped his fingers and vanished for a moment.
Emu, Hiiro and Asuna were all looking for anybody infected by the Bugstar or any sign of the kuro Ex-Aid.
"They've gotta be around here somewhere!" Emu groaned a bit.
"We just need to keep searching," Asuna added.
"Intern, Nurse, no thank you to you two helping," Hiiro told them with an annoyed look.
Suddenly a misty void appeared before them, surprising them as somebody emerged from the portal.
"Dare?" Emu demanded as the man simply pointed to the portal.
"Rider… Gashat," he told them before going back through the portal.
"Did he say 'Gashat'?" Asuna gawked.
"What do you know about them? GET BACK HERE!" Emu yelled as he ran to the portal, with Hiiro and Asuna going through as well.
The three emerged on Kazuto's world, seeing the Bugstar Sugou attacking Kazuto while a giant Bugstar Union flew around and was causing damage.
"Bugstars!" Emu yelled, "Hiiro, ikuzo!"
"Right," Hiiro nodded as the two walked forward, put on the same buckle that Kazuto was gifted and took out two cartridges.
Emu's was pink with a picture of a small pink chibi figure with spiky hair, orange eyes, leaping under the comic-book-style text "Mighty Action X" while Hiiro's was a pale blue with a more grandiose font for the text "Taddle Quest" showing a knight and various swords. They pressed the buttons on the side and caused the white areas on the cartridges to glow.
=MIGHTY ACTION X!/TADDLE QUEST!=
Data particles surrounded the area, making it look slightly more digitized as brick platforms appeared all over the area along with treasure chests. People who weren't running in fear looked and saw the two posing a bit.
"Henshin!" the two announced as they inserted the cartridges into the belts.
=GASHAT!=
Images of various characters began to circle around the two, spinning around them before they tapped images of characters. Emu tapping a pick one with his right arm in a forward direction while Hiiro tapped his with his left as it was at his left side.
=LET'S GAME! MECCHA GAME! MUCHA GAME! WHAT'S YA NAME?! ...I'M A KAMEN RIDER!=
After being coated in bright lights, the two reappeared in new suits of armor, both having the belts still, black bodysuits with white armor that had silver accents, chests with a similar design to the black Rider's, especially in Emu's case as the two buttons with the HP meter had a hammer and a sword on them on a blue background, while Hiiro's had a flame and a snowflake against a yellow background. What was mostly different were the faces as Emu's form had the same spiky hair as the black Rider's, but with pink hair instead of black, and orange eyes instead of red, while Hiiro's resembled a knight's helmet vaguely with a light blue crest on top, yellow eyes, and was even holding a shield. What really made them stand out, though, was that they were super deformed, having bulky torsos and oversized heads, looking like they could barely move their arms, and their legs were nearly immobile..
Some people began to stifle laughter at the forms, the two looking a bit silly to them.
"I'll make sure the people get to safety and then join you," Emu informed as he dashed off, leaving Hiiro to simply sigh and nod.
"Commencing surgery to eliminate the Bugstar. Proceeding with Level 1. Separate the Bugstar from the patient," Hiiro announced as Hiiro moved his arms outwards, causing a data ring with a sword icon to appear and he pulled out said sword of sorts with a blue ice blade with an orange A button and a blue B button.
=GASHACON SWORD!=
"What the heck…" Kazuto managed to mutter, barely able to breath by this point.
"Oh… right…" Emu muttered as he quickly did the same motions as Hiiro did, only summoning a hammer with a pink A button, a green B button, a green hammer head, and some pink spikes.
=GASHACON BREAKER!=
"I'll clear this with no continues!" he smirked as he charged forward and bonked the Bugstar Sugou on the head, causing little 'Hit' images to appear as he did so, freeing Kazuto from Sugou's grasp. As Kazuto watched he had a mix of fear and excitement, Emu leaped around as if he was in a platformer, hopping onto the brick platforms to find a vantage point before spotting one brick in particular and smashing it, revealing a blue coin with the image of somebody leaping up, "Item, Get daa ze! High-Jump!"
"Get out of my way you… you… you walking pink bubble gum!" the Bugstar Sugou yelled.
"It's not pink," Emu stated as he jumped higher up and bonked the Bugstar with a powerful blow to the head, "It's magenta!"
Kazuto stared for a moment as Asuna, the nurse from the other dimension to be clear, rushing over towards the battlefield, ready to aid people in getting away.
"Hey, hurry up and get out of here," she told Kazuto.
"Not yet… I gotta help Asuna," he told her.
Asuna stared in confusion at him, "...how do you know my name already?
"...not you…" Kazuto groaned as he gestured to the giant sword shaped monster, "My girlfriend who turned into… that."
"Don't worry," she told him, "Kamen Riders Ex-Aid and Brave will heal her,"
"...Kamen… Rider?" he blinked.
"The two fighting off the Bugstar," Asuna informed as she pointed to the Rider that Emu became, "Ex-Aid…" she then pointed to the Rider that Hiiro became, "and Brave."
"Hey, Intern!" Brave yelled, "Mind helping me out a little here?"
"Wakkatta!" Ex-Aid nodded as he dashed on over, landing next to Brave before they tag-teamed the giant sword and smashed it into two blobs of orange.
One of the blobs collided with the ALO Gashat that Kazuto dropped and began to take a humanoid shape that was mostly black and silver with a circle over a spot on the helmet that would be the eyes, as a green set of armor formed over its torso and fairy wings had sprouted from it's back, matching the Gashat sticking out of its forehead.
The other blob shifted forms as well, this one being more muscular and wearing red armor along with a white shield with a red cross and a sword.
"Heathcliff? He's alive… how?" Kazuto gasped.
"The Bugstars, unless it's that type," Ex-Aid began to explain, pointing over to the Bugstar with the ALO Gashat sticking out of its head, "Take on the form of bosses from video games. Unfortunately… I don't recognize either of them… and I'm a gaming expert,"
Kazuto was about to speak when he got a better look at the belts the two Riders were wearing and realized they were the same as the belt he got. He quickly made a mad dash for his bag and got out the buckle, the nurse Asuna gasping at the sight.
"Masaka!" she gasped, shocked by the fact that Kazuto had a Gamer Driver, even more surprised when he pulled out the Sword Art Online Gashat, "Mattae!"
"Here goes nothing…" Kazuto muttered as he put the belt on and it quickly attached around his waist and he pressed the button on the Gashat.
=SWORD ART ONLINE!=
A black wave of data quickly formed over the area and small crystals of sorts formed around the area as well, the standby music that played resembling a guitar riff. He motioned as if he was unsheathing a sword and posed with the Gashat.
"Henshin!" Kazuto yelled as he put the Gashat into the Driver.
=GASHAT!=
Time seemed to slow down to him as he watched data form into the same character selection screen of sorts that surrounded Emu and Hiiro. He watched as the profiles moved around him, before one image that was black and had a question mark formed and the text 'New Rider Unlocked' appeared before him. He then raised his right arm and moved it downwards as if he was slashing the image with a sword.
=LET'S GAME! MECCHA GAME! MUCHA GAME! WHAT'S YA NAME?! ...I'M A KAMEN RIDER!=
"It worked…" Kazuto gawked, feeling a strange power boost as he cheered a bit, however, Rika and Keiko took a good look at his armor and began to laugh, seeing it looked similar to the others, the background on his chest being dark blue with the two buttons having the symbols of a mouse of sorts, and his head looking like it was stream-lined with a gray design and similar to his normal hairstyle, with his large eyes now being pink-orange, "Rika, Keiko, what's so funny?"
"You… you… you uh… you look…" Keiko attempted to speak, at least attempting to stifle her laughter.
"You look ridiculous," Rika stated in between laughter.
Sugou also began to laugh, Kazuto looking at his reflection in the nearby window and gasped a bit.
"Oh… whatever!" Kazuto yelled as he turned to face the three Bugstars and then turned to Asuna's near unconscious body, "As long as I can keep Asuna safe, I don't care what I look like!"
"...how does he already know her name?" Ex-Aid blinked.
"I'm guessing that's her name…" Brave sighed, motioning to the orange haired girl.
"Oh."
"Here I go!" Kazuto shouted, rushing in at the three Bugstars…
Pikatwig: And we have cleared Stage 1 my friends!
KKD: That was pretty cool, honestly.
Muk854: Yeah it was.
Pikatwig: I was considering ending just as Kazuto transformed into Level 1 or when he transformed into Level 2, but I think him charging into battle works. You two?
KKD: Yea, pretty good start to this little venture.
Muk854: Yep, this is definitely a good way to start.
KKD: I honestly can't wait to see Kazuto transform into his Level 2 form.
Pikatwig: Now then… since this is our first Ex-Aid story, you may all be wondering why KKD changed his mind about Ex-Aid. He hated it when it was first announced, thought the Rider looked stupid, and was planning on making him a parody, claiming to be the 'Best video game Rider', in a Kamen Rider Sega story. Would you mind explaining why you changed your mind?
Off-Screen Guy: Wait, wait, wait! *runs off and then puts out a soap box* Get on and proceed.
Muk854: … I really hate that guy.
KKD: Shut up, you! *tosses a rock at the Off-Screen Guy*
Pikatwig: Now you two have another thing in common… you both hate him!
Off-Screen Guy: Yay… *passes out*
Pikatwig: Anyway… KKD, proceed.
KKD: Well, more news about him kept getting released, showing it wasn't gonna be a complete rip-off of so many fan-created Video game Riders like I thought (including my own), but the biggest breaker for me was a video put up by Marzgurl, a close friend to the late JewWario, who kinda helped get me into Kamen Rider in full. In it, she admits that JewWario would've loved the season for the idea of it being based off video games, combining two of his greatest interests… and I admit, it made me feel like a jerk to just pass it off as a joke when I saw the video. So I changed the idea so that SEGA and the gang might think that he's a jerk at first, but they grow to understand each other, and it may be one of the final farewells to my iteration of JewWario in the SEGA story. *camera pulls back and reveals he's on the soap box* ...okay, how did I get up here? *everybody else shrugs as he gets off, kicking the soapbox into Off-Screen Guy.*
Off-Screen Guy: Okay, I didn't force you onto it!
KKD: Don't care!
Muk854: Seriously, Pika, how do you put up with him?
Pikatwig: I know he's a nice guy underneath all of that… literal shadow he's always in.
Muk854: If you say so.
Pikatwig: Anyway… KKD, with the little knowledge of SAO you have, what did you think?
KKD: Overall, it was pretty cool to see. Almost makes me want to look it up more when I get the chance.
Pikatwig: I say… exercise caution with Arc 2, especially near the end… I've told him about what Sugou… does to Asuna… trust me, you don't wanna know, audience…
Muk854: Yeah that scene… just… don't even know what to say about. Anyways now knowing a bit about Ex-Aid, it seems pretty interesting and I might see it whenever I have the chance.
KKD: Good to know. Trust me, from what I've seen, you won't be disappointed.
Pikatwig: Now… before anybody asks about why we made Sugou the villain… well…. Heathcliff is dead and I don't know anything beyond Arc 2… plus, he's the villain in the video games, so… why not? And small thing, I'll admit, for the SAO Bugstar, I was stuck between either Heathcliff or Gleam Eyes. Think I made the better choice with the former.
Muk854: I would say so. Heathcliff really brought a lot of pain to Kazuto during their fight, so I say that was a good choice.
Pikatwig: Both literal pain and pain in a personal level. And before anybody asks, no, the others won't get Rider forms, they'll be here, but not become Kamen Riders… there's just not enough games in SAO to do so. Anyway… favorite parts?
KKD: Definitely the part at the end where we see the Riders jump in to help out, as well as when Kazuto finally transforms.
Muk854: That's the same for me, especially the transformation part.
Pikatwig: I third that.
KKD: Makes it unanimous between us.
*Before anybody else could say another word, in walked a few Neptunia characters.*
Plutia: Oh, hi guys.
Nepgear: Heya.
Compa: How are you all?
Pikatwig: Pretty good.
KKD: Same here.
Muk854: Same as well. But… why are you here?
Neptune: Elementary, my dear newbie. *walks in* Plutia and Asuna, Nepgear and Silica, and Compa and that Cat Sith leader, all share the same voice actresses. Cherami Leigh, Christine Marie Cabanos and Christina Vee respectively.
Muk854: So who voices you?
Neptune: Melissa Fahn, who also voiced Rika in Digimon Tamers and Nene in the dub of Digimon Xros Wars.
Pikatwig: And I happen to know Stephanie Sheh voiced Yui. *takes out tape recorder* Ahem. Note to self: Compile a list of all the voice actors and actresses in Arcs 1 and 2 and see who I recognize.
KKD: RIght… anything else worth noting?
*IF and Vert walked in as Leafa walked over to a snack table.*
Muk854: Call me crazy, but doesn't Leafa look like a child of IF and Vert?
KKD: That's what I thought when I looked at a picture of her before.
Pikatwig: Indeed.
*Neptune then quickly walked over to Vert and grabbed her arm, mouthing out 'mine'.*
KKD: Easy there.
Pikatwig: Yea… it's just an observation, cool your jets Neptune.
*Neptune gave a nod in response*
Pikatwig: Alright… end off time. Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne.
Muk854: And stay alert for the next chapter!
Pikatwig: ...we really need to get you a better ending catchphrase man, no offense… but your's is kinda… generic.
KKD: Yea, he has a good point, you could mix it up, use another language like me, or use your favorite catchphrase from another show… just saying.
Muk854: Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.
*Suddenly, the doors burst open and Sean arrived*
Sean: Hey guys. Long time no see.
Pikatwig: Hi Sean. *turns to Muk* Muk, this is Sean. Another one of my collabers and great buddies. *turns to Sean* Sean, this is Muk854. He's a buddy who's helped me with some Yo-Kai Watch stories and he's a great guy.
Muk854: Pleased to meet you, Sean.
SZ: Nice to meet ya. Also I want to apologize for being so silent with you guys. Just been busy with stuff, mainly the latest Blazblue game, Central Fiction.
Pikatwig: It's fine. Do need to get back to the Blazblue anime, but since I put my energy into Smash Trailers and watching SAO, need to wait a bit. Still can watch it, just got busy.
KKD: Yea, same here with so many other things, I need to catch up with Ex-Aid. ...BTW, what brings you here?
Sean: Oh not much. Just dropping by to say hi.
Pikatwig: I invited him to met Muk and maybe help out in this story, since he's actually seen Sword Art Online… but we already finished Chapter 1.
SZ: I've only seen a few of the episodes...no offense to anyone who likes it, but I found it kinda boring at times...but I will admit, the openings are good.
Pikatwig: Alright, it's cool. Good to see you again, though.
SZ: Same. Also...mind if I make a little self-promoting while I'm here?
Pikatwig: Go ahead.
SZ: Cool. *looks at the readers* Be sure to check out some of my stories when ya can, mainly Friendship is Timeless. It's a story me and Z0 created involving both Kamen Rider Den-O and the Mauroz MLP manga.
Pikatwig: Cool. Thanks for showing up and meeting Muk.
SZ: No prob. Always good to meet new people.
Muk854: Same.
KKD: And with that, I think it's time to split.
*thus, the thing ended with a shot of the four in a small hug*