TB: Super Hero Landing KITAA~!
*KKD started by flipping in midair while TB fell straight down. Both of them landed down, KKD forming a Kyoryuger symbol-shaped crater while TB made a skull & crossbones shaped crater*
TB: And there we go. Super Hero Landing.
KKD: And the judges give that a score of… 10s all around!
TB: Excellent! *air guitar*
KKD: You seem excited.
TB: I'm in a really good mood for two reasons. One, at the time we start this I got out from seeing Captain America Civil War and it was awesome.
KKD: Nice. Who's side were you on? I'm #TeamCap all the way.
TB: Same here. #TeamCap FTW! Two is that we are picking up where we left off on our special Taisen!
KKD: Of course. Though I would like to later work on other potential Marvel stories and maybe do our own spin on Civil War. Just saying. Oh, and maybe something like Spider-Verse. Reason, I got the trades recently.
TB: I have been getting away from my OC Marvel-verse recently. We'll get back to it when we get the chance. So, we left off with our heroes meeting each other and now have to work together.
KKD: Right. And with that, let's get the disclaimers.
DISCLAIMERS: Neither KKD nor TB own the rights to anything within this story except for the original concepts within. Copyrighted material belongs to their respective owners including Toei, Bandai, and their respective users.
We see our heroes now hanging out at Subarashii Records, though the pirates were relegated to a corner of the store.
"And that's how we fight," Mako informed as she talked with Mikoto and her friends.
"So let me get this straight. You six are powered by ancient spirits who have been trapped in your uniforms to channel their power safely and fight off the kind of demons that take the form of everyday objects?" Kazu inquired.
"Pretty much sums it up, yea," Torrie confirmed.
"I don't know whether to find that awesome or just plain weird," Saburo admitted, confused about the ideas.
"We fight music demons," Jess informed the others.
"Fight music with music? Pfft, talk about irony," Hyouno scoffed.
"I'm surprised you know what that word means, Koneko-chan," Yukikami replied casually.
"Yeah, well, there's a lot of things you don't know about me, she wolf."
"Yeah, both of those things sound cool. You wanna know what we fight?" Yoshi offered to throw in.
"Police?" Mikoto asked bluntly.
"That's some N.W.A. crap, right there," Saburo noted.
"No no no no. ...Although never forget N.W.A., but we fight something worse than police and marines…" Yoshi responded leaving tension in the air before answering, "Fish people."
"Fish people? Pfft. *giggles* That's ridiculous, man!" Jess laughed.
"It's true. We fight fish people. Hell, these two are fish people!"
"But they look very human to us," Mikoto pointed out.
"That's because we have disguises," Hairko answered.
"We don't want to transform right now because if we did, people would either get suspicious or run the other way," Mizuki explained.
"That would also somewhat explain the lack of footwear," Lisa noted.
"Fish people. Whatcha gonna do?" Yoshi shrugged.
"So, was there any overall reason for you to steal the golden violin?" Mikoto inquired, "It can't be because of money."
"Yeah, earlier you said you were achieving your own goal. What do you mean by that?" Mako asked for clarification.
"Well… thing is… I've been going around taking valuable items to get some literal gold coins in my ship's vault. Tou-chan told me that somewhere out there lies the most valuable and priceless treasure in the world. Though I can only get to it by going to other valuable treasures being shown in museums," Yoshi explained.
"Your father was a pirate too?" Torrie gawked.
"Like father, like son, I guess," Mikoto sighed.
"...You don't like me very much, do you?" Yoshi noticed.
"Is it that obvious? Just because we're working together doesn't mean I gotta be all buddy buddy with you."
"Guys, guys, can you please not fight now?" Mako groaned.
"I understand what you mean, but you're gonna have to look past me robbing the store if we are to succeed. I'm not the dirty, rotten scoundrel you think I am," Yoshi replied honestly.
"You could've fooled me," Mikoto added unconvinced.
"Then how about this? I will personally deliver the golden violin back to you and your friends," Yoshi offered.
"Are you sure you'll stay true to your word? ...Because I know pirates aren't very trustworthy."
"Well this one is, sister," Yoshi answered, holding out his hand, "I'll probably be the only pirate you can trust if that's good enough. Deal?"
"...We already shook hands, so I'll try to trust you."
"Fair enough."
"This is really great," Mako smiled, "Now we have greater trust in each other."
"Now then, with this, my master will be more than pleased to return," Daikuu smiled as he put the bow at the ready.
He then started to play the violin as the three dark copies of Mikoto, Mako, and Yoshi stood by and watched. Daikuu played the violin, waiting for the result he's yearning for… but nothing happened.
"I… I don't get it. Why isn't anything happening?"
"Perhaps it's because it needs something else. Maybe an offering to bring Chiyomi-sama to life," the fake Mikoto figured.
"What, a blood offering?" the fake Yoshi gawked, "Where is Daikuu-sama gonna find anything worthy enough to offer up to Chiyomi-sama?"
"Wait a second… a blood offering. That's it! If I fight those heroes I cloned you from and get their blood, I'll use their blood to bring back Chiyomi-sama!" Daikuu smirked.
"If I may be so bold… may we do the honors of finishing them off?" the fake Mako offered.
"Hmm… okay then. I'll let you three do it. Defeat them emotionally and physically to get every last drop of blood, but leave the last blows to me and Chiyomi-sama. Am I clear?"
"Crystal," the three nodded in response before they disappeared and left Daikuu on his own.
Back with the heroes, Mikoto was set to walk back to her house after working with Yoshi catching up.
"...You can stop following me, now," Mikoto responded, "I don't need you following me everywhere."
"Well, my crew wants to hang out other places to see the town, so I thought you and I could get to know each other more," Yoshi noted.
"W-Wait for me! Hold on a moment!" they heard another voice shout before turning to see Mako try to catch up to the two.
"Don't leave us out. This is gonna be interesting, meeting other heroes," Hyouno added, Mako panting as she caught up.
"Sure, join us," Yoshi smiled, "She is one of the main characters, so we really don't want to leave her out."
They eventually made it to Mikoto's house as she opened the door.
"Obaa-chan, tadaimasu (I'm back)," she called out as an older woman with wavy grey hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a white shirt, light pink skirt, and brown shoes.
"Okaeri nasai (Welcome back), Mikoto," the elderly woman replied as she gave Mikoto a hello hug and kiss, "Hmm? New friends?"
"Yea… sorta."
"Konnichiwa. Kazuyoshi Mako desu," Mako greeted, waving to Mikoto's grandma.
"Imamura Yoshi da," Yoshi introduced himself, "Yoroshiku."
"Hello. I'm Takimoto Yukiko. Pleased to meet you all," Yukiko bowed, the two newcomers smiling as they stepped in, all three of them taking off their footwear in the process.
"Nice place you got here."
"Oh, thank you, dear."
"So, what brought you two here to this town?" Mako asked out of curiosity.
"We moved here a few months ago. When we got here, I was actually more antisocial than you were," Mikoto responded to the schoolgirl.
"Oh, wow… I… I didn't know that."
"This oughta be interesting," Yoshi smiled, sitting down nearby as he pulled out a bag of popcorn from his jacket.
"What was your reason for not making any friends? Mine was over studies and good grades. Usual bookworm stuff," Mako inquired and informed.
"Oh, my reason was a little more serious," Mikoto admitted, rubbing the back of her head nervously, "See… before coming here to Utau Tani… my parents died in a plane crash when I was only six years old."
"Oh my..." Mako gawked, Yoshi stunned to the point of dropping his popcorn.
"What… in the actual hell?" he replied, too shocked to say anything else.
"Yeah… *nervous laugh* it's not exactly the best conversation piece. I wasn't alone though, I was raised by Obaa-chan and always kept the flute that my mom and dad gave me before their death close to my heart and soul," Mikoto informed, pulling out said flute and showing it.
"I'm… I'm very sorry for your loss. I didn't mean to pry," Mako apologized quickly as Mikoto just shook her head in response.
"It's okay, since I met my friends I've learned to get out of my shell and open up more."
"...You're not the only one who lost a parent, well parents in your case," Yoshi confessed, the girls turning to the pirate captain, "Remember when I said I fought fish people? Well… I fight them like my father did."
"You're father was killed in action?" Hyouno gasped in response.
"Yea… he was Buccaneer before me… and he died taking on the Gyojin leader, Kuroken. I've lived alone for the next six years until I found a ship and gathered a crew. I haven't forgotten that moment and I swore to defeat the Gyojin and their leader while looking for treasure. I don't want anyone else to lose anybody, and I'm especially not losing my crew the same way I lost Tou-chan."
This left the others stunned in silence.
"What? I'm not comparing and competing emotional losses," Yoshi responded, in an attempt at humor, but it didn't seem to work, "...Too soon for a joke?"
"I'm sorry but… you ruined the moment," Mikoto pointed out, Mako nodding as Yoshi sighed.
"Sorry. I like cracking jokes to make dark moments and dangerous situations easier to deal with," Yoshi explained as the girls rolled their eyes, but also chuckle a little.
Meanwhile, Neiji was walking out with Satoshi, Robin, and Karin. The four were simply enjoying the view as Neiji showed the three around Utau Tani.
"Now over here, we have a cool arcade with as many classics as there are new additions," Neiji pointed out.
"Very nice," Robin admitted as Satoshi held her arm.
"I don't mean to interrupt our great time, but… what are we going to do when that Daikuu demon appears?" Karin inquired, making the others stop and look at each other, "I'm just asking. We need a clear plan of strategy."
"You are right, but I don't think it's a good idea to bring it up right after a harsh defeat. We need to be in the right mindset to think of something and fight back," Robin pointed out.
"I'm just saying that there's a high chance of them probably coming back again, and we should be prepared."
The others just sighed and nodded.
"...Are you all scared?" Kazeru asked out of nowhere, getting their attention.
"...Of course we are, but we're not giving up," Robin informed, her fist clenching up, "But what can we do against evil clones and a demon messenger wanting to bring back his master?"
"Well perhaps we could measure their weaknesses the next time they come around," Karin figured.
"Even when we do, the clones seem faster, and can reflect anything we throw at them right back at us, tenfold," Neiji pointed out.
"Hmm… perhaps we can use that to our advantage somehow…" Robin figured.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's talk about it back at the shop," Robin replied as they were about to walk back to Subarashii Records.
However, before they could, they saw the black smoke from before that indicated Daikuu's presence, but instead of the demon, they saw what appeared to be a dark-skinned bruiser with oversized muscles, with super bulky torsos, severe lack of a visible neck, and was roaring like a pumped up body builder.
"Geez… looks like this demon has been juicin'," Neiji gawked.
"Isn't that one of the demons that held Daikuu's throne?" Robin noticed.
"Yes, it is. Looks like we got no other choice but to fight it," Satoshi figured as Neiji and Karin stepped forward.
"I'm ready, Karin-chan!" Kazeru smiled excitedly before she possessed Karin and Neiji plugged in the tuner in his Changer.
"Melody Change/Tamashii Henge!" Neiji and K-Karin shouted as they transformed, Satoshi and Robin pulling out their respective weapons.
The big demon bruiser roared again before running like a madman trying to swipe at the four, but they all rolled out of the way.
Over with Lisa, she was walking with Kazu, Mizuki, and Hariko over downtown.
"You know, for 'fish people', you two aren't really that bad," Lisa admitted, Hariko smirking as they stopped in the center of town.
"We're still learning the customs of the surface," Hariko admitted as Mizuki.
"Excuse me, Mizuki-san. Would you be so kind as to show me your panties?" Takanari asked seemingly randomly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Show some decency, girl… uniform… thing…" Kazu responded.
"I'm so sorry about that, she can be a bit rude and… rather outlandish at times," Lisa apologized.
"Don't worry, don't worry. *chuckle* I'm not at all surprised by that. You shouldn't be too hard on her. You have a very interesting friend, Lisa," Mizuki smiled.
"Yes… uh… interesting… *giggles nervously*. She does get a little weird and crazy at times, but she does have her heart in the right place."
"Forgive me for prying," Takanari apologized.
"It's alright. I'm all for moments of levity," Mizuki admitted with a smile.
"Ok… so, you doin anything later?" Kazu inquired.
"If you're going to ask me out, I'm sorry to say that I won't be here for too long. The bus will be taking me and my friends home later tonight," Lisa pointed out.
"D'oh! I was this close."
"*chuckle* Missed the bullseye," Hariko smirked, the four laughing at their unusual, yet humorous discussion until the former Gyojin general turned and noticed the dark smoke from before, "Hold on… something's coming."
At that moment, a new demon appeared with a slim and muscular physique while wearing what looked like a coattail, and it wielded some kind of giant spinning laser tonfa.
"...That's a cool weapon he's got," Kazu admitted.
"Lisa-san, please let me possess you. It will help us against this demon," Takanari requested.
"Of course. Let's handle this," Lisa nodded as Takanari did possess her.
"Time for a change," Kazu smirked as he plugged in his Tuner, T-Lisa posed in preparation and the siblings let out some calming breaths.
"Melody Change/Tamashii Henge!" Kazu and T-Lisa declared, the transformations occurring as they transformed into their hero forms.
The two Gyojin then transformed into their kaijin forms. Hariko's was essentially the form of a humanoid porcupine fish with spikes on his back and arms, claws, and red armor. Mizuki's was a wolf fish Gyojin which actually looks like a female werewolf with gills and fins, wearing white armor.
"...Those are your real forms?" Blue inquired.
"Yeah/Hai," the two siblings answered.
"My real name is Harisento," Hariko introduced.
"My real name is Okamizu," Mizuki added, the Gyojin preparing to fight along with the two heroes.
"I hope that you three can keep up with me," T-Lisa smirked, cracking her neck as the demon twirled its laser tonfa as it got closer.
Meanwhile, over with Saburo and Jess, they were showing Holly and Jack around the town himself, pointing out the ice cream shop that Saki and Holly were at earlier.
"This looks like a nice shop," Jack noted.
"Saki-chan and I went here a little earlier before meeting two of your crew," Holly noted.
"So, how are we going to get back that golden violin?" Jess asked as Saburo turned to look at her.
"I'm not entirely sure, Jess. With the Daikuu, the demons, and the doppelgangers, everything's just gone nutso and I'm not sure if we can do this," Saburo admitted.
"We should have more faith in our leaders, guys. I'm positive they'll come up with something," Jack assured, "...Provided that Yoshi has his head on it as we speak."
"Are you saying that your captain isn't smart?" Holly inquired.
"No. He's just a little… well… uh… he's a bit of uh…"
"You mean he's a bit eccentric?" Jess checked.
"I mean he's a kook, that's what I mean," Jack corrected.
"Some brilliant people can be the kookiest of individuals," Holly pointed out, as the others laughed a bit.
However, it wasn't long before they turned to see another demon rising. This demon looked very sleek and also had four claws protruding from its fists.
"Looks like Daikuu wasn't satisfied with just taking the violin," Jack scowled as the heroes prepared themselves, Donsai possessing Holly as she, Saburo and Jess stepped forward.
"Ikuzo!" Saburo shouted as he and Jess plugged in their changers.
"Melody Change/Tamashii Henge!" Saburo, Jess, and D-Holly shouted as the three transformed, Jack pulling out his two katanas.
Over with Saki, she, Ai, and Mitsuru were busy walking before they noticed a huge crowd in an empty skate park.
"Wonder what's going on here," Mitsuru asked as they took a closer look.
"Ooh, it's either a rap or dance circle," Saki figured, "Let's check it out."
The three walked over down inside the ramps down to the park and walked among the people in the circle. They saw breakdancing going on as one girl was being an epic of a DJ record scratching, making beats and everything. Said girl was wearing a golden leather jacket that somehow had a hood to cover her face, but it allowed the twin-tails of her wild black hair to be seen compared to her blue sweatpants and navy blue sneakers that contrasted her jacket.
"Is everyone having a good time today!?" the DJ asked, getting a cheer from the dancers, "That's great! Very good to hear!"
The three visitors smiled as Saki stepped into the middle of the circle.
"Care for an extra dancer?" Saki smirked as the dancers nodded, the girl getting up from her DJ table and jumping down as the music continued playing and walked in the center, "What, you gonna dance with me too?"
"I'm down," the girl smirked as Mitsuru started pushing Ai down too.
"C'mon, Ai, you can dance too," she urged, pushing her forward.
"But I don't want to, Onee-chan," Ai whined, pushing back but ending up in the circle anyway.
"You can dance too?" Saki asked in a bit of surprise.
"I don't mind an extra," the girl smiled, pulling her hood off to reveal her face paint that looked mostly white with a lot of black making her look like a white-faced Darth Maul or a missing member of KISS, "Boo."
The dancers cheered at the display while Ai hid behind Mitsuru out of fear at the sight of the girl's face paint.
"Hey, girl, don't worry. This is all for show. C'mon, you and… uh…"
"Saki's the name. I'm pro at this," she smirked as she cracked her knuckles with Ai shyly walking in the center of the circle.
"Alright then. Let's kick it!" the DJ shouted as she snapped her fingers.
(Insert Song: Fire Burning by Sean Kingston)
As the song started the DJ started moving fluently like a robot or water, managing to dance around the trio as Saki made some moves of her own. Saki smirked as she danced around, Ai smiling at the moves she was seeing.
Over with Green Melody's group, he, K-Karin, Robin and Satoshi were avoiding all the huge swings of the musclebound demon before K-Karin tried to pelt him with gusts of wind, but that seemed to make him skid across the ground. Robin then ran up and smashed the demon with her gauntlets, which started to work before Green slammed his Beat Sticks in the air, creating shockwaves. The shockwaves hit the demon, making him trip back a bit before roaring in frustration.
Meanwhile, Harisento launched a barrage of knives at the tonfa wielding demon, but he spun it so fast that the knives bounced off, flying right back at the group. But T-Lisa managed to move really fast and catch all the knives before gently placing them back down on the ground. Okamizu rushed in, charging up her fist before managing to punch the demon's tonfa, but the lasers on it were hurting her knuckles. Blue Melody fired his Saxozooka at the demon, managing to hit him and knock him away.
"You okay?" Blue asked.
"I'm okay," Okamizu assured as she twisted her wrist around.
"Taking this guy down will be tougher than we thought," Harisento admitted.
"Let's try to outsmart it," T-Lisa suggested as she zipped around and tried laying multiple punches and kicks on the demon, but he kept blocking with his laser tonfa, "Little help?"
Blue pulled out his Blues Spear before he and Okamizu jumped in, laying a double attack on the demon to catch him off guard. In response, he spinned the tonfa before trying to swing at Okamizu.
"Gyojin Karate…" Okamizu started, charging her power until the demon launched the tonfa her way, making her thrust it forward with a powerful blow to block it, "Samehada Shoutei (Sharkskin Palm Block)!"
The result of this caused the demon to be pushed back before Blue thrusted the spear at his chest to damage him further.
Back with Yellow and Pink's group, the demon they were fighting was rushing around almost like a black blur, slashing anything in its way, Yellow Melody doing his best to block with his Rocker Axe. Pink attempted to rush in with her cleaver, but the demon managed to slash at her before rushing over to Jack, who blocked his claws with his two katanas. Then, the demon was snagged, tripped up by some roots sent at it by D-Holly before she closed her hands, damaging the demon's legs a little further.
"Maguma (Demon Bear)!" Jack shouted, as he put both his swords in a reverse grip, jumped up and slashed rapidly midair in an attempt to catch the demon off guard.
This knocked the monster back before he got right back up, D-Holly bursting out of the ground and punching the demon in the face.
At that moment, Saki was in the midst of breakdancing, showing off her moves against the DJ, who was more than amused before she spun around on her head and did a split.
"Not bad, not bad. Why don't you get a turn, girl?" the DJ asked Ai, said girl trying to hide behind Mitsuru only for her to push Ai back out into the spotlight.
"...Okay. I'll try," she gulped before she took a deep breath and started to move slowly to the music.
After a few seconds or so, Ai managed to get into it, the groove being a little easier to dance to and Ai was soon moving like a pro. Soon, Saki and the DJ were dancing along with her as the song was nearing its end, the groups finishing with spins on their heads, making the crowds cheer.
(End Insert Song)
"Not bad, you two," the DJ shrugged before fist bumping Saki, "You weren't too bad either, Ms…"
"Ai. Fujimoto Ai desu," she introduced, shyly fist bumping the DJ, who smiled back.
"Ai-san, Saki-san, thank you both for coming. Did everyone enjoy that!?" the DJ smiled to the crowds, who cheered in response as Saki and the sisters walked off.
"So… that's quite the tale," Mako commented.
"Your boss at that store is the God of Music?" Hyouno asked.
"Pretty much, yes," Mikoto answered.
"It's kinda cool you follow a god," Yoshi admitted.
"Try having to figure out his advice when he often speaks in music metaphors that might as well be riddles at times. My Obaa-chan has the habit of doing that as well."
The three were laughing their butts off before relaxing, Yoshi suddenly noticing something as he looked outside. He saw someone who looked really familiar standing across the street from Mikoto's house, watching.
"...It's my fake," Yoshi gasped in shock, making the others turn to see the fake Yoshi standing, "...It's like he's taunting us."
"You kidding me?! How did he find us here?!" Mikoto gawked as she, Mako, and Yoshi ran out the house to glare at the fake Yoshi.
"...I was wondering when you three would take notice of me here," the fake scoffed, the dark versions of Mikoto and Mako walking out to join him.
"What do you three want now? More psychoanalyzing of our psyches, making us trip up and reject you?" Yoshi snarled.
"Oh, nothing like that. We're just here to beat the shit out of you," the fake Mikoto laughed as Hyouno possessed Mako.
"Enough of this! Tamashii Henge!" H-Mako shouted as she transformed immediately before jumping at her fake, flying away from the house as the fake kicked her away.
"I'll call the others," Mikoto responded quickly.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," the fake Mikoto warned, "Your friends and the others are all preoccupied with other matters at the moment. If you want what's best for them, you'll come with us."
"Teme ra. You think we would listen to fakes?" Yoshi snapped, pulling out his driver before putting it around his waist and pulling out his Key, "Henshin!"
"Hmph, your resistance makes me sick," the fake Yoshi growled in annoyance as he ran towards the transforming Buccaneer and the fight began.
"That just leaves you and me," Mikoto pointed out as she plugged her Tuner in.
"...Why?" the fake Mikoto suddenly asked.
"...Excuse me?"
"Why do you insist on fighting for your friends? You never needed them, I never needed them. They drag us down, so why have them?" the fake asked.
"...You're me. You should know the answer to that question," Mikoto pointed out to the fake before turning the Changer on, "Melody Change!"
Now having transformed into Red Melody, she pulled out her Flute Slasher while her fake summoned her own sword out of black smoke. The two clashed blades with each other before exchanging a few blows via fist and foot and sword.
Over with H-Mako, she struggled to take on her doppelganger as she kept shooting fire, but the fake kept avoiding them with surprising ease. She then attempted a flame enhanced kick, but the mirror countered with her own fire kick, both flames extinguishing each other.
"I'm not losing to you, you damn fake!" H-Mako snapped, increasing her power with her fire.
"I'm not fake, I've never been fake! I represent everything that Mako was," the mirror retorted.
'You're everything that I was, but amplified to an absurd level! I was never as antisocial as you claimed I was!' Mako snapped through their minds as H-Mako pushed her back.
To Buccaneer, he was trying to stab his doppelganger multiple times, but he kept dodging all of them.
"Stay! Still! Damn! It!" the Rider snapped, missing every shot he made, but managed to get one slash in due to his frustration.
"You really are annoying, aren't you? How does your crew ever put up with you?" the fake growled, pulling out a gun and firing at Buccaneer so rapidly that the Rider didn't even see them coming and was knocked down, "A crew just drags you down and restricts you. Never allowing you true freedom!"
"Hehe… you fakes are like a broken record," Buccaneer chuckled, preparing his Mizu Key, "Always spouting on about friendships being a burden and all that crap. Well, I'm not breaking!"
=KAITEN! MIZU FORM!=
With that, Buccaneer was surrounded by a pillar of water before changing into his Mizu Form. He swung his Mizu Whip around before running towards the fake, cracking the whip towards him, which he narrowly avoided.
The three fights seemed even, with the three leaders holding their own against their darker selves, each of them faring pretty well against their respective double. Suddenly, the fake Yoshi roared in rage as he reeled his fist back, coated in fire, and punched Buccaneer down, the sheer force being enough to knock him out of his Rider form. The fake Mako smirked in response before grabbing the real H-Mako by the neck with her legs and bending back, giving her a hurricanrana before engulfing her leg in fire to kick her with it, knocking her out of her heroine form.
"K… Kuso…" H-Mako grunted in pain as she tried to stay up.
'Wh… What'll we do…?' Mako panted as she tried to recover.
Red Melody, meanwhile, was now blade to blade with her fake before she got pushed off guard and kicked in the helmet.
"You… You… Your friendships mean nothing to me. They only bog me down," the fake declared as she rushed over, slashing at Red Melody over and over again.
Over with Yoshi, he was struggling to get up, only for his fake to kick him straight in the gut.
"You're nothing but a shallow version of what you could be," the fake Yoshi snapped before kicking the original again, "You could've had all the power and treasures in the world, yet you're going nowhere! *kick* Your father must be ashamed of you by now! *kick* Your mother can't stand to be in the same area as you! *kick, kick*"
The mirror kept kicking Yoshi while he was down, and soon began laughing maniacally.
'Yo… Yoshi-kun…' Mako grunted as H-Mako tried crawling over to help the pirate, but the fake Mako got in front of her and stomped on her back.
"Egh! Kuso!" H-Mako grunted, coughing a bit before her mirror picked her back up.
"How are you supposed to be the savior of the world when you failed to save your own people?" the fake Mako snapped, kicking H-Mako some more.
Red got up and tried to punch the fake Mikoto, but she dodged it and slashed at her, knocking the Melodyger down.
"You think your good will and your friendships will help you? No, no they won't," the fake Mikoto scoffed, Red Melody struggling to stand up.
"You keep going on… about how I used to be you… well… why don't you make a friend for a change?" Red asked, "You're me, so how do you really feel right now?"
"...I feel nothing."
"...Really? You feel no emotion at all?"
The fake Mikoto only screamed out in frustration as the two clashed swords again.
The fake Yoshi kept cackling and kicking Yoshi, the captain starting to spit out some blood as his mirror stopped for a moment.
"Now my weaker half… you will die," the fake Yoshi smirked, preparing to smash in Yoshi's head when suddenly, he felt some bullets being pelted at him.
"Wha…?" Yoshi grunted, turning over to see a young man wearing a camouflage military uniform with a long white jacket over it that stretched to his ankles, marine blue pants, and black shoes.
"Yare yare. What's with you, Yoshida? What did you do to cause this to happen?" the man sighed.
"Ge… Gekka…"
"Haruka is assisting the others as we speak."
"Who the hell are you!?" the fake Yoshi demanded to know as Gekka sighed again while setting up a belt buckle with a military medal of honor built into the front, and a key slot on top, and he quickly pulled out a key of his own, which had a golden highlighting on top of it being a navy blue.
"Who am I…? I'm the bane of all piracy. I'm captain of Tokyo's marines, (last name) Gekka," he said as he pulled out his own Key, "Henshin."
With that, he raised the key up above him, turning his arms again until he slammed the key on top of his Driver. Then the badge seemed to open up before a beam of light from behind it materialized a suit out of pixels before they collided with Gekka, forming a navy blue bodysuit with white armor over it, representing a military uniform with a sash over the right shoulder, some medals over his chest, a trenchcoat-like piece of clothing stretching from his waist down to the back of his legs, and his helmet having the appearance of a navy soldier with orange eye pieces and a beret on top of the helmet.
"Kamen Rider… Corsair," Gekka proclaimed, standing defiantly with his hands in his pockets.
"Another Rider!? How many of you punks are there?!" the fake Yoshi snapped in annoyance.
"Yoshida, can you stand?" Corsair checked, holding his hand out to the pirate.
"*coughs out blood* Sorry, but… gonna need some time to recover," Yoshi grunted, Corsair patting him on the shoulder as the pirate sat up straight.
"Very well. I'll handle your fake. *touches the side of his helmet* Haruka, I'm gonna need you to send a couple friends of the other two here, understood?"
-Yes, sir,- a female voice answered as Corsair turned his gaze back to the fake Yoshi.
"I'm not scared of some two bit marine bastard!" the fake Yoshi snarled, pulling out his cutlass and flintlock from the darkness while Corsair pulled out his jutte.
Meanwhile, H-Mako was getting pummeled left and right by her dark double, not giving her a chance to let up. That is, until H-Mako grabbed her fist, growling in exhausted frustration as she glared at her fake.
"I've had enough… of your lying bull. Mako is nothing like you… and she never will be…" H-Mako snarled, ready to take down the fake.
'And Hyouno has done the best she could for her fellow Tamashii…' Mako added in, H-Mako slowly standing up.
"You will not insult us any further!"
Both of them roared in rage as they kicked the fake back and powered back up to the heroine form. They engulfed themselves in flames as the fake tried to attack again, but she was quickly pelted away with blast after blast.
"Turn to ash you fake bitch!" H-Mako screamed, increasing the heat and continuing to blast the fake Mako.
"Ho-How are you getting this strong!? This doesn't make sense!" she grunted in pain as the fire began to make part of the darkness that's made her slip away.
"That's right. I haven't been fighting at full power until now. Now, though, I'm about to give you everything!"
The fake Mako growled, trying to fight back, but the flames kept getting hotter and hotter as H-Mako kept firing everything she got. This was enough, the fake Mako insulted them long enough, and so Hyouno and Mako combined their energies and gave her an epic fire induced punch to the fake, causing it to explode into ash and dust.
"Finally… that fake was getting annoying," H-Mako sighed with relief, hunched over with her arms on her knees in exhaustion.
'That's one down,' Mako panted as they look to see the two other fights going on, 'We need to help the others now.'
"Can't… running out of power… sorry."
With that, H-Mako turned back to her civilian form and let Mako regain control. However, Mako herself was drained to the point of dropping to her knees on the ground, panting.
Back over with Red Melody, she was back on even ground with her fake as they kept trading blows, but the fake Mikoto soon got the advantage as she kept slicing and slashing at the Melodyger leader, her frustration starting to grow. The fake soon began to roar with rage as she kept slashing at Red before finally kicking her down.
"Why… why are you so insistent on following these friendships? What do you have to gain from them?" the fake Mikoto demanded to know as Red Melody struggled to her knees.
"You're not me… you're what I used to be…" Red informed the fake, soon getting up to her feet, "But I've made friends now, and I moved on. I don't need you anymore, there's no reason to distance myself from anybody! You say strength comes from being alone, but deep down… you know that's not true."
The fake Mikoto looked on with wide eyes, confused about this revelation.
"I don't know why I'm even doing this, trying to convince an enemy to follow what I'm saying… but because you are everything that I was… I feel compelled to help you," Red sighed in admittance, the fake Mikoto becoming increasingly confused and agitated.
"...Don't throw me into the same boat as you!" the mirror shouted in anger, throwing a very hard slash at Red Melody, knocking her out of form and back to Mikoto, sending her rolling on the ground.
"Mi… Miko-to…" Yoshi grunted, trying to crawl over to Mikoto before the fake stomped on his back.
"...You're already broken…"
With that said, the fake walked over to Mikoto, preparing the final blow.
"You won't stop me. It took me 12 years to smile again after the death of my parents… but I know now that there are worse things out there, even worse than what happened to me, that need to be stopped… but I can't do it alone. ...My friends are my power, and you will understand!" Mikoto declared, standing up straight as she stared down her mirror.
The mirror was confused as she clenched her fist before she and Mikoto charged at each other. The mirror roared as she tried to punch first, but Mikoto ducked out of the way and gave her a mean uppercut, knocking her down on her back before collapsing in frustration.
"There…"
"How… How… How are you able to overpower me like that? I've never known this power at all!" the fake Mikoto demanded to know, confused about the sudden shift in power as the real Mikoto slowly walked towards her.
"Like I said, my friends helped me win; no one in the world can be truly alone. ...It feels weird saying this to myself, but… I'm sorry for what happened to you. I really am. I think it's time to let go now," Mikoto informed, offering to help her mirror up.
The fake Mikoto was confused as to why her enemy, the person she saw as her weaker half, would help her up after she knocked her down. After everything in their fight, the mirror did not know what to believe in now. Sure, she was a darker version of Mikoto, but at the same time she was similar to what Mikoto was like for 12 years. As she looked confused, she looked behind Mikoto to see the fake Yoshi, who had already knocked down both the real Yoshi and Gekka out of his Corsair form, running for Mikoto with his sword.
"ABUNAI!" the mirror Mikoto shouted, pushing Mikoto out of the way before taking all of the slash from the fake Yoshi's sword, knocking her down with her gripping her chest.
The heroes were exhausted from battling the fakes as they witnessed the miscommunication between the two Shadows.
"Why? Why did you push her out of the way!? I was going to get her blood!" the fake Yoshi snapped in rage, the fake Mikoto struggling to get up as she gripped her chest.
"I… I don't know why I did… so many things are running through me in my head… so many sensations I'm feeling… beyond what I had originally believed…" the fake Mikoto panted, "I'm not sure what to do."
"Oh, fer cryin' out loud, quit growing a conscience!"
After he shouted that, he fired his gun at the fake Mikoto, the dark copy of Red Melody's human form screaming as she fell back down. He kept firing at her, doing more damage to the copy.
"Th… That's your own comrade…! Stop it…!" Mako grunted in pain as she tried to get up.
"If she falls off her path, she don't deserve to live… that is the demon way. Dissenters will perish," the fake Yoshi answered as he stood over his former comrade's body, "I'm going to enjoy ending you."
As the fake Yoshi smirked evilly, raising his sword, Mikoto managed enough strength to leap in the way, taking his sword into her shoulder, which made her gasp in pain.
"Mikoto-san/Mikoto!" Mako and Yoshi screamed in shock as the fake Yoshi was confused, but laughed maniacally as he twisted the sword around to increase the pain.
"Now this is quite the epic turn of events! You're defending your doppelganger!? I never thought I'd see this!" the fake Yoshi laughed, twisting the sword more and more, making Mikoto scream louder and louder in pain.
"Why… Why are you defending me…? I… I don't deserve to live… I don't deserve your friendship or sympathy!" the fake Mikoto responded in admittance.
"...You say you're me… without friends… but to me… you're the me that isolated herself for 12 years… you can be saved… and you can see the light… you deserve the help us..." Mikoto grunted in pain, struggling against the blade as the fake Yoshi kept pushing further and further into her body through her shoulder, "Aaagh!"
"AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~! All talk and no action, that's what you are!" the fake Yoshi cackled in malicious joy as he tried to make Mikoto bleed out, the fake Mikoto actually shedding a couple tears.
"We gotta help her before she gets killed!" Yoshi shouted, trying to get up and run, but the moment he tried to tackle his clone was the moment Daikuu appeared out of nowhere, and stabbed the golden violin bow right through his chest, making Yoshi cough up some blood.
"Uh uh uh~, I will get what we came for," Daikuu replied, the bow suddenly turning into a dagger, twisting in Yoshi to make more blood drip down.
"Te… Teme-, aggh!"
"Yoshi-kun!" Mako gasped, trying to get Daikuu off him, but he pushed her aside, "Hyouno, help me out!"
'I-I can't! Any more now and I don't know what'll happen to you and your body,' Hyouno confessed, exhausted as Mako was looking really scared.
Suddenly, Daikuu was pelted with gunfire and the fake Yoshi was slashed, knocking them away before the two main leaders fell down, covering their wounds to prevent the bleeding.
"What!?" the fake Mikoto gasped, seeing Gekka with his gun and a woman with curly amber hair, bright blue eyes, and in a similar attire, consisting of a long marine blue jacket over a white shirt, green tie, blue pants, and brown shoes by his side with a thin double edged sword and a wooden cylinder for the hilt.
"Timely as always, Haruka," Gekka stated as she lowered her sword.
"Thank you, sir," Haruka bowed, "The others are on their way right now."
At that moment, Yoshi's crew, the other Melodygers, and school girls arriving.
"*gasp* Mikoto-san/Yoshi-san!" Neiji and Ai gasped in horror as they ran over to their respective lovers.
"Mikoto-san, daijoubu desu ka?" Neiji asked in panic as he rushed to her side and covered up her shoulder wound.
"Neiji… I… I don't know… I think this wound is serious…" Mikoto grunted in pain before she sat up.
"Yoshi-san… please… don't go," Ai whimpered, tears streaming down her face as she holds Yoshi close to her.
"I'll be fine…" Yoshi assured, holding his wound tight, "It isn't that serious, but… *cough* that did hurt like hell."
"Hahahaha~, we've already got the blood we need!" the fake Yoshi cackled in victory, "And now, we will conquer the world!"
"Now, I'll use the blood of the two leaders to play the violin and bring back Chiyomi-sama!" Daikuu cackled, bringing the dagger now turned violin bow back to the golden violin, said bow covered in blood before started playing.
The tune he played was a rather dark tune, ominous, and large in scale. As he played, a large dark cloud appeared above both sides as red lightning began to flash with thunder crackling. A whirlpool like substance appeared on the concrete before a claw rose up from said whirlpool and grabbed onto the street. Then, the claw pulled up what was connected to it, which looked like a red-skinned demon with ram horns, black legs resembling goat feet.
"Oh no," Mako gulped.
"This is bad… really, really bad," Robin agreed.
"Chiyomi-sama," Daikuu smiled before kneeling down on one knee with the fake Yoshi, "We have long awaited your return from the deepest regions of our underworld."
"...Well done, my servant. You have done very well to bring me back. And I see you brought a dark version of one of the accursed heroes that inhabit this world," the figure, Chiyomi, responded with a glare as he lifted Daikuu's head up to look at him.
"We're in trouble, aren't we?" Torrie gulped as the others nodded, Mikoto, Mako, and Yoshi looking on in terror.
"What are we going to do?" Ai asked before Yoshi slowly stood back up, a bit wobbly but still mobile enough, "Yoshi-san, please don't!"
"You're hurt! You need medical attention, STAT!" Mitsuru added, Mikoto managing to slowly stand up as well.
"Mi-Mikoto-san, please… if you fight anymore with your wound, you could die," Neiji added, trying to keep her from fighting.
"If I don't do anything… all of you will die too… I won't let that happen… because you're all my friends… and I love you all," Mikoto grunted as she struggled to get back up .
"Same goes for me. All of you in my crew… you're like my family… I can't risk losing any of you…" Yoshi added, also standing.
"I'm the same as well," Mako panted, trying to get up and stand alongside Yoshi and Mikoto, "We're all heroes… and we'll stop at nothing to defend the ones we care about."
"Yoshi-san," Ai gawked, tears falling from her eyes.
"Mikoto-san…" Neiji added into the surprise.
"Mako-chan," Torrie smiled.
"Ain't that annoyin'?" the fake Yoshi growled.
"I'll put an end to them promptly," Chiyomi assured, suddenly appearing right before the leaders of the group as if in an instant with his right hand reeled back in a claw formation towards Mikoto, "Mazu wa kisama da, onna (You're first, woman)!"
Mikoto stood tall, eyes closed, ready to take the attack… but then heard a scream right in front of her before being knocked down anyway. She opened her eyes, shocked to see her doppelganger on top of her, having taken the hit for her before the fake Mikoto rolled off on her back, beginning to fade.
"You okay?" the mirror asked, clearly losing consciousness, Mikoto surprised but still nodded, unable to move, "*sigh* Good."
"Yo-... You saved me… why?" Mikoto asked, confused.
"Well… I'm not sure… but maybe you rubbed off on me… in a way… I am what you used to be… and now… I'm taking the final steps of my existence… to become you…"
"Yo… You didn't have to do that…"
"And you didn't have to spare me… either… *chuckle* What is this I'm feeling right now? It seems that I've made… my first and last friend… Ehehehe, maybe that's why… I'm smiling right now…" the fake Mikoto smiled, losing energy as she chuckled, "Sa… Sayonara…"
With that, the doppelganger faded away, smiling the whole way through, Mikoto unable to move but still shedding tears as she slipped into unconsciousness.
"Mikoto/Mikoto-san/Miko-chan!" the Melodygers shouted, clearly concerned for her as they ran over to her, tears still down her cheeks as she was still unconscious.
"Pathetic. This is what happens to dissenters of my will. She got what she deserved," Chiyomi scoffed, Mako and Yoshi looking at their frightened teammates, and the Melodygers in their current state before turning to look at Chiyomi in disgust.
"You have no right to say that!" Mako snapped, Hyouno waking up before possessing Mako.
"*breath, breath* Don't you dare laugh at a heroic sacrifice!" H-Mako snapped, about to roar as she charged her fire power, not only surrounding some of her body, but also a huge ring appearing around her and the rest of the heroes.
With a shout, H-Mako surrounded herself and the others in a large fire dome, surprising all of them.
"Wh-What's going on!?" Satoshi gawked, unsure of what's happening as the others looked around, the Tamashii realizing what's going on.
"It can't be. Hyouno-dono, are you trying to destroy them with all your power!?" Donsai gawked.
"Your host body won't be able to handle so much power! Stop it now before you and your host dies!" Yukikami insisted.
"Mako-chan!" Torrie gasped.
"Mako can't die now!" Holly panicked.
"Neither can our leader!" Takanari shouted in fear, H-Mako still roaring as the fire dome around them got stronger, the demons simply staring at the dome, confused.
Before long however, the fire dome suddenly disappeared, leaving the demons to find nothing but scorched ground and smoke.
"Where did they go!?" Daikuu gawked.
"It doesn't matter now. They're already weak in numbers," Chiyomi pointed out as he looked over the city, "And soon nothing will be able to stop the coming of demons."
Daikuu nodded in response before he, Chiyomi and the fake Yoshi walked off.
At about that moment, the heroes appeared at the docks in a puff of smoke and fire, H-Mako panting in exhaustion.
"Oh… we're right by where my ship is parked… that's great…" Yoshi smiled, grunting as he put his hand on his wound.
"Easy, Yoshida-kun," Mitsuru replied, putting her hands on his shoulders to lead him.
"...Mako-chan?" Torrie asked, concerned for her friend as H-Mako turned around to see her comrades.
H-Mako panted, giving a thumbs up before falling unconscious, Mako gaining back control as she fell out cold as well.
"Mako/Mako-chan/Mako-san!" the others gasped as they ran over to their unconscious leader, the pirate crew and marines looking on in concern.
"Two leaders out cold, and I'm injured," Yoshi panted, "Well… that's just peachy."
KKD: Sheesh… what a mess that turned out to be.
TB: Things aren't looking too good for our heroes.
KKD: Clearly.
TB: But man did this turn out awesome.
KKD: It sure did. That battle was just intense to see.
TB: The dark Mikoto made a heroic sacrifice, even though she didn't feel like she deserved a chance.
KKD: Yea… that's quite the noble deed.
TB: Favorite part of this part?
KKD: I gotta say it was the end there when the dark Mikoto made that sacrifice to save her true self.
TB: That was cool, as well as the whole battle between the leaders and their dark selves. That escalated rather quickly.
KKD: Sure did.
TB: Things can only get more awesome in the finale to this epic story.
KKD: Well then, we should get it ready then.
TB: Until that comes, this has been the Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: And the Crossover King, KKD Silver… *Salutes* Jaa ne.
TB: SEIYAA!