Author's Note 1: I don't own anything except my original characters.

Opening 1: With You by Back-On feat. Me

(The Mysterious Woman watches Yggdrasil tower in the distance while the Fedora-wearing man watches from another building.)

Tokubetsu na kimochi ni nareru hito

deai wakare no naka sagashitsuzukete

(We see Kouta, Tatsuki, and their teams walking towards the tower with determined expression. Kouta and Tatsuki smile at each other before hundreds of cracks start opening up and release swarms of Inves. The two riders strap on their belts and and unlock their respective lockseeds as they run before we see the story title that has silhouettes of Gaim and Valkyrie on it.)

hibi wa mou-SUPIIDO de boku o oikoshite'ku no ni

hitori tachidomatte ita

(Kouta is out doing his part time jobs until his mind wanders to Team Gaim and the missing Yuya. He steps off his moped and tossed on his Team Gaim jacket, his orange lockseed in his hand.)

kimi wa tada waratte "minna onaji da" tte itte

mae o mite aruite ita

(Tatsuki is doing her practice Kata in an empty wearhouse before we see Sora & Team Valkyrie dancing and Haru experimenting on a Lock Vehicle.)

Kokoro no naka wa senmei na color

kako no itami ga shibaru sono karada

mazu wa koko kara, tomo ni koeru n da!

tsukuriageta kyoukaisen! sono te o hanasuna!

(We see Kaito walking as he briefly see Armored Rider Baron, Micchy looking at Mai from a distance as we briefly see Armored Rider Ryugen, Hase & Jonoichi hanging before seeing Armored Rider Kurokage & Gridon, Oren in his sweat shop before seeing Armored Rider Bravo and finally we see Takatora standing in front of a crack before becoming Armored Rider Zangetsu.)

Kimi to deaeta koto de, boku wa tsuyoku nareta

monotarinai mainichi ga michitarita hibi e

(MONOKURO ni miete'ta sekai wa KARAA! kono hitomi no naka KIMI ga iru kara!)

tomatte ita boku no sekai wa, ugokidashita

(In the Helheim Forrest, Kouta and Tatsuki transform into their rider forms and start fighting off Inves with their respective weapons. We also see brief instances of the other Armored Riders fighting as well. We then see Gaim in his Orange, Strawberry & Plum forms & Valkyrie in her Apple, Pine and Lime forms, each different form standing back to back. The Suika Arms transforms into it's Yoroi Mode before we cut to Kouta and Tatsuki sitting on a roof, overlooking Zawame city as the sun starts to set.

(The final image we see the six lockseeds on roof floor, the setting sun's rays making them shine.)

Chapter 2: Clash of the Riders!

In the apartment of the Nagasawa siblings, a brown-haired man in his late twenties was sitting on the dinner table as he worked on a laptop. He wore a green t-shirt and black shorts. Connected to the laptop was a kurumi lockseed attached to a drive that was wire-connected to the laptop. On the screen were images of codes and an elementary Inves.

'Come on, show me your secrets.' The man thought to himself as he continued to type and hit enter. The lockseed opened and a beam fired from the drive. The beam started create a rainbow-colored portal until sparks starting coming out of the lockseed until it exploded.

"Damn it! That's the sixth one this week!" The man yelled and he closed the laptop. He pulled at this hair in anger. "The secret to inter-dimensional travel and I can't get it right!" He then heard the door being unlocked and turned, seeing Tatsuki and Sora enter the apartment.

"Hey girls." Haru Nagasawa greeted his sister and her best friend. He saw that bruises on the two women and rushed to them. "Did you get into another fight?"

"Y-Ya." Tatsuki answered, still reeling from the day's earlier events. Haru went to get some bandages and saw Sora holding briefcase in her left hand.

"What's in the case, Sora?"

The bespectacled woman snapped out of her stupor and placed the case on the dinner table and unlocked it, showing the belt, the Apple & Watermelon lockseeds and a flash-drive.

"Woah!" Haru picked up the belt buckle, looking at it with wonder. "Where did you get this?"

And thus, Tatsuki and Sora told the older man about what happened a few hours ago. The mysterious portal, the real Shika Inves, Tatsuki transforming & defeating it, and finally the older man dying. At first, Haru didn't believe any of this until his younger sister transformed.

"You said this guy was Burai Katsuragi?" The older man asked.

"You've heard of him?" Tatsuki asked, getting a nod in response.

"He was one of the leading experts in other dimensional travel. But no one's heard from him in three years."

"And now he's dead." Sora said solemnly as she remembered the dead scientist.

"But that still doesn't explain why he had this belt, that weird portal is, or how that Inves was real." Tatsuki chimed in.

"Well..." Haru started, getting their attention. "There was that giant Inves that was killed by that Armored Rider guy."

"So what? Do you just go up and ask them if they've noticed a monster-spewing portal anywhere?" Sora asked. Hearing this, Tatsuki smirked and gripped the Apple Lockseed.

"Where's the fun in that?"

Two days later...

Kouta Kazuraba was sitting near the dance stage as the rest of Team Gaim danced, drawing in a crowd. Watching Mai, Micchy and the rest of the team have fun brought a smile to his face. But as it had happened earlier this week, the music stopped and everyone turned and saw Sora holding their dance pass.

"What's up?" Sora asked nonchalantly as Tatsuki stood next to her and the rest of her dance crew, each of them wearing matching red jackets with the image of an armored woman riding a winged horse on the back. "So you're the team everyone's been talking about."

"Who're you?" Mai asked, getting a bit tired of all their dancing getting interrupted by people wanting to challenge Kouta.

Sora was a bit ticked off by this. "We're the Team that's going to overthrow Team Baron! We are the mighty Valkyrie!"

"Valkyrie?" Micchy asked, titling his head in confusion.

"Look, can we fight that Armored Rider guy or not?" Tatsuki asked, pointing towards Kouta. The former delivery boy smiled as he stepped onto the stage.

"Yosh! Let's do this!" Tatsuki smiled at the black-haired man's attitude as the two teams gave Kouta & Tatsuki some space, the crowd getting excited to see another Gaim battle.

"So, are you going to show me your transformation?" Tatsuki asked as she placed her bag on the floor.

Kouta smiled at his enemy's anticipation as he slapped on his belt. "Get ready." He pulled out his orange lockseed and unlocked it. "Henshin!"

Orange!

A crack unzipped above him and an armored orange appeared. Kouta placed the lockseed on the belt and locked it in place.

Lock On!

The blue-clad beat rider started moving his head to the techno music before slicing it open with the tiny sword on his belt.

Soiya! Orange Arms! Hamaichi on Stage!

The orange fell on him, unfolded and manifested armor and two swords, revealing the familiar orange-themed samurai known as Armored Rider Gaim, making Tatsuki smile with glee.

"Okay, that is seriously cool."

Kouta blushed inside his armor. "Thank you. So, what Inves are you going to use?"

With a mischievous smirk, Tatsuki pulled her belt and Lockseed out of her bag, surprising everyone except Sora, who just smirked. The kendo enthusiast slapped on the belt and unlocked her lockseed. "Henshin!"

Ringo!

The familiar site of a crack unzipping made way for an armored apple to appear above her. Tatsuki placed the lock on her belt...

Lock On!

...and sliced it, making the apple unfold on her and transformed her into her knight-like form and manifested her Apple Reflector with the Sword Bringer holstered inside it.

Come on! Ringo Arms: Desire Forbidden Fruits!

"OHHHH!" Gaim exclaimed in astonishment. "You're an Armored Rider too?!"

"Yup." The armored woman answered as she placed her empty hand on her hip.

"Y-You got a name?" The baffled Gaim asked.

"Yup!" Sora said. "Bask in the glory of Armored Rider...Valkyrie!"

"What she said." Valkyrie stated as she drew her sword, Gaim doing the same with both his Orange-themed sword and the Musou Saber. After some silence, the two fruit-themed warriors charged, sparks flying as their swords clashed. Gaim swung his swords down, but Valkyrie blocked with her shield and kicked the samurai-themed rider back. The orange rider quickly recovered and fired some shots form his Musou Saber that the apple-themed rider evaded by jumping off the stage, the crowd clearing out of the way. Gaim attached his weapons together and placed his Orange Lockseed on the Musou Saber's drive.

Lock On! 1! 10! 100! 1000!

With a yell, Kouta swung his combined weapon twice, launching two orange waves at his opponent. However, Valkyrie quickly sliced her lockseed twice.

Come On! Ringo Au Lait!

Red energy started forming around the Apple Reflector and she blocked the orange energy waves, struggling against the opposing energy. With a powerful yell, Valkyrie pushed the shield forward, creating an apple construct that destroyed the orange energy waves and made Gaim evade as the construct hit the wall behind the stage and explode.

"Let's try this then!" Gaim exclaimed as he held out the Pine Lockseed and unlocked.

Pine!

As the armored pineapple appeared overhead, Gaim replaced the lockseeds and sliced it open.

Lock On! Soiya! Pine Arms: Pulverize & Destroy!

The giant pineapple landed and unfolded on Gaim and the Pine chain mace manifested in his hands. "This is my stage now!" The armored rider yelled and swung the chain mace, making Valkyrie dodge.

"You're not the only one who can change Lockseeds." Valkyrie said as she pulled out a Plum lockseed with the code 'L.S.-17' on it and she unlocked it. Yesterday, Tatsuki and Sora decided to test and see if any of the lockseeds could access other forms & weapons by placing them on the belt. As such, the bespectacled woman gave her best friend her lucky lockseed to use against Gaim.

Ume!

A crack unzipped, letting a giant plum lower above Valkyrie.

"Ume?" Mai asked as the red & grey rider switched her lockseeds.

Lock On!

Valkyrie then sliced the lockseed open, revealing the inside and an image of axe that appeared in a rainbow-colored hologram.

Come On! Ume Arms: Mister Slicer!

The plum landed and unfolded, plum-colored plating attaching to Valkyrie's chest and shoulders while a small cape appeared on her back and her visor became light red and the back of her helmet became plum-colored and circular. A plum-colored & themed axe then manifested in her right arm before she spun it and placed it on her shoulders. "Round Two."

Gaim snapped out of his surprised and swung the pine mace again. However, Valkyrie just swung the Ume Axe, blocking the attacks. The now plum-themed rider tossed the axe and charged forward. Gaim swung the Musou Saber up and sent the axe skyward, but Valkyrie jumped into the air and grabbed it, coming down and slicing Gaim across the chest vertically before slashing her opponent two more times, sparks flying as Gaim was knocked back.

"Kouta!/Kouta-San!" Mai & Micchy yelled.

Gaim struggled and got back up. "I'm not giving!" He exclaimed as he sliced his lockseed three times.

Soiya! Pine Sparking!

The yellow samurai jumped into the air and tossed the pine mace at Valkyrie, the mace growing to giant size. Tatsuki glared behind her helmet and sliced her lockseed three times.

Come On! Ume Sparking!

Energy gathered around her axe and Valkyrie swung upward in an arc. "Fall!" A plum-colored wave of energy shattered the massive pineapple weapon and hit the airborne Gaim, covering him in a Plum Construct that then exploded.

"AHHH!" Kouta yelled as he landed on the floor, groaning as his armor faded. Tatsuki started walking towards her downed opponent and closed her lockseed, making her armor fade as well. She reached Kouta and held her hand out.

"You okay?" She asked. Kouta looked up and took her hand, the Kendoist helping him up.

"Ya, just some minor bruising." The black-haired man said as he pulled out his orange lockseed. He held it out, but Tatsuki just shook her head.

"I don't want your lockseed." She said, making Kouta raise his eyebrow. "I just wanted to ask you some stuff about your belt. And a good fight."

"But I barely even touched you." Kouta stated.

"But you definitely got potential." Tatsuki said. A little while later, Sora & Tatsuki brought Kouta to their usual hangout (which was an abandoned wearhouse) and they traded information. Kouta told the two women about Yuya (the leader of Team Gaim) told him & Mai to meet with him and they found a portal leading into a forest crawling with Inves. It was there he found his belt and found out that by wearing it, he could pluck the fruits in the forest and turn them into lockseeds. Soon afterwards, Kouta & Mai were attacked by a Byakko Inves and he figured out how to transform and killed it. Tatsuki & Sora then told Kouta about their own encounter with the Shika Inves and Burai dying.

While the two parties did get more information, little did they know that this only a small piece of a much larger puzzle.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note 2: Yes, I am going to have my own original Lockseeds. And my apologizes if these first two chapters weren't that great, but I really want to get to the good stuff.

And as you can tell by the summary, I'm now accepting submissions for OC riders and Original Lockseeds. Here are the forms for them that you can either send via review or PM:

Rider Submission:

Real Name:

Rider Name:

Civilian & Rider description:

Driver Phrase (Soiya, Come On, or Hai!):

Bio:

And now the Lockseed Submission:

Fruit:

Type (Arms or Vehicle):

Number (L.S.-Insert number here):

Weapon/Vehicle Description:

Activation Phrase (Example: Banana Arms: Knight of Spear!):

And just for the record, I already have an original lime crossbow for L.S.-15.

Next Time: A new challenger in the form of Armored Rider Baron has appeared! But when his battle with Gaim causes the two to disappear, Tatsuki challenges the man she believes to be behind this...the Lock Dealer Sid! Come back next time as we see Beat Rider vs Lock Dealer in 'Triple Threat!'

Until next time, please remember to read & review!