"Hey Kazuya, sincere Shaolin fist versus SPD training?"

"One on one or all five of you?"

"Five on one, after all you never know"

"True, let's go"

What Super 1 didn't realize was that SPD intended to cheat in order to help with the training because during the fight that killed several of their friends they realized that something was up with a few of the Kamen Riders and fellow Sentai and intended to get to the bottom of the issues through training and that meant cheating to see exactly what the problem was because they knew that their fellow Sentai shouldn't be having the issues they were having and they figured that the Riders should also not be having the issues they were having as well

"The rest of you had best give us some room"

"Right"

Everyone else stayed out of the training area knowing it would get dangerous if they didn't and then slowly but surely they started noticing that the SPD Sentai were cheating big time against Super 1

"What are you guys doing? I know for a fact you guys know better"

"Sorry guys, but this has to be done, for everyone's safety"

"What good will cheating do?"

"You'll see soon enough, we hope"

Finally Jasmine managed to touch the skin of Kazuya and with that touch figured out both what had happened to almost everyone and also how to take care of the issue for everyone and quickly relayed that through hand signals they had been taught at the academy

"Tetsu, you know what to do"

"Right"

Finally both Hoji and Sen-chan managed a hit on Kazuya and when they hit Super 1 they released a lot of energy from their morphers and then Umeko hit him with a lot of water which combined actually caused him to pass out which was their goal in the first place and then they did the same to everyone else that had been affected

"What did you guys do?"

(Sighs) "I think you guys want to sit down for this, the enemy did something to everyone we just hit with a memory attack of some sort, Kazami being frozen made sense since he had just seen his partner killed but everyone else either froze as well or...lost it for lack of a better description and started attacking thin air. It turns out that the powder made them relieve their worst memories and as such made everyone affected act differently from what they should have, not to mention the fact that as an ESPer whenever I touch someone I can get a sense of their feelings and they were being controlled without knowing it"

"Okay you guys did what you had to to make sure we stayed safe, but did you have to cheat in the fighting?"

"Yes because the enemy won't play fair either"

"Good point"

Those that had been affected started waking up one by one and none of them looked happy about what the Dekaranger officers had done until they had explained what exactly had happened to all of them with Oki Kazuya being the first to thank them for helping them out with the issue that none of them were even aware of

"We're just glad we found out before another battle and you guys turned against us without us even knowing why it was happening"

"Good point, we're glad too"

"How did you guys find out?"

"Jasmine, she's an ESPer and as such with skin to skin contact she managed to figure things out before they got dangerous"

"Okay, how did the rest of you know what to do?"

"Hand signals"

"Makes sense, by the way we need to do a supply run if we're going to stay here for a bit"

"Good point, who's going and who's staying"

"Kazami is definitely staying"

"Hongo..."

"No Kazami, you'll be distracted you need time still to cope with Yuki's death"

"Fine, but if you go and don't come back healthy we're going to have words once you are better"

"And if you get yourself killed in the meantime Ichimonji and I won't be happy with either you or anyone with you and we'll most likely take it out on them"

"You do that and I'll find a way to haunt you"

"You have a death wish right now Kazami?"

"Not particularly why?"

"Because right now if you go out if we come back and you're hurt because of you doing something stupid we'll assume you have a death wish because of Yuki and act on it once healed"

"Agreed"

Most of the Riders and all of the Sentai were looking at the two like they were crazy for talking like they were not realizing that what was happening was because of tight friendships that they had formed over many years and several team ups

"Kazami, take care"

"You too, come back"

"We will, we'll be back by nightfall at the latest if we're not assume the worst and prepare to leave quickly, make preparations for a quick move now since some of the group still can't move quickly with their injuries"

"We will"

The rest of the day passed with everyone anxious for the return of Ichigo and Nigo hoping that they would come back with supplies but they still made preparations for if they didn't come back or if they did and they still had to leave the area quickly anyways

"Everything is ready and people are bored"

"Sakuta, want a spar, sincere Shaolin fist versus Seishin Darinken?"

"Works for me"

Everyone soon saw that this could take a while and so they simply did other things to entertain themselves and also prepared the first aid kit because while they knew that the two wouldn't truly hurt each other there would still be medical care that would be needed for minor injuries. The main reason why everyone knew neither would really hurt each other was because of the fact that they knew themselves that they were two of the main line of defense and as such needed to be in top shape at all times and that meant taking care not to seriously injure the other during a spar

"So has Sakuta gotten better since the last time or is it just me?"

"Just you Haruto, looks like they're pretty much at the same skill level to me"

"By the way how long have you been up?"

"Ten minutes or so"

"Fine, you get to do some chores while we're waiting for Ichigo and Nigo to return"

"Understood"

No one noticed that Kosuke Nito was looking closely at Haruto to make sure that any after affects of the concussion he had suffered from a blow to the head after his transformation was undone during battle were minimized or no longer there

"It's good that one more person is awake and well enough to travel on their own"

"Yeah, still nothing from Ichigo or Nigo?"

"None"

"They still have a couple of hours before we need to start worrying about moving"

"True, let's just hope we don't have to go any where's"

"Agreed, three of our number are still unconscious and several others can't move easily"

Fortunately the two Kamen Riders came back before nightfall with supplies and word that things for the moment were safe in their area which meant they could remain hidden where they were for the moment but they still made sure that they were ready to move at a moments notice because everyone knew that their location really was only a temporary solution to an extremely dangerous situation

"When exactly are we going to try and move to a hopefully more secure location?"

"A few more days, we're hoping those still unconscious wake up first not to mention the fact that a few are still needing to heal more before it's safe to move them from their current location, you know full well we almost lost three people just getting them here"

"Right that actually makes sense then"

Over the next several days training and healing continued when suddenly one day one of the Sentai came running in and said the code word that no one wanted to hear, the reason why they said a code word instead of what was going on was because they had taken in some civilians and while most were old enough to know what was going on and help there were a few young children that they didn't want to scare and so code words and phrases were agreed upon in order to help keep the younger ones calmer during a period of crises

"Football!"

As soon as everyone heard the word the adults started gathering the children while others started helping those still unable to move without assistance and gathering supplies and doing other things to make sure that the camp wasn't traced back to any specific group if it could be helped and while some stayed behind deliberately to give the rest of the group a chance the rest of the Riders and Sentai quickly either led or stayed in the back as protection. Eventually they had to stop to take a break because the younger kids needed a break and that's when Asuka realized what was needed and as such spoke up

"Everyone, I'll distract the enemy while the rest of you find another location"

"What are you saying Asuka-san?"

"I think you know what I'm saying Ranru"

"No we won't let you, not again Asuka-san"

"Ryoga's right, this sounds too much like when you freed Mahoro-san from the legendary armor, we almost lost you then and for a time we thought we had. We already lost Mikoto-san we're not losing you not for real this time"

Everyone else was confused about what was going on because they didn't know the story behind the Abaranger team besides the fact that Asuka grew up in a war so most of what the group was saying basically went over their heads, but they definitely got the gist of it in the fact that Asuka was providing a willing sacrifice for everyone else to get to safety

"Asuka-san think about Mahoro and your kids please"

"The Dekarangers have already agreed to provide aid to Mahoro and the kids if needed and she has a job at Dino Curry. When Mikoto said Another Earth needed our help I already discussed this possibility with Mahoro and she was the one who insisted that the entire family come to help wherever possible, me in fighting her in other ways like helping feed everyone"

"What about school? everyone will notice the horns"

"They're going to school in the deka base already for their own safety so that's not a problem"

"Asuka-san"

"I'll do my best to come back I promise"

"And I'll go with him as back up"

"Kosuke..."

"It's fine Soma, besides I'm pretty sure the enemy won't be expecting my magic and I can protect Asuka-san better than you at the moment anyways"

"You noticed..."

"Yeah I noticed, since I won't know your new location meet you at Wajima-san's shop in two days"

"Why two days?"

"Let you guys find a location and get the set up started, don't worry you know I can protect the shop if needed until you come get us for two days, magician's promise"

"Alright I trust you, two days Kosuke, magician's promise"

"Asuka-san..."

"Kazami-san do you remember our first night together after we drank to our fallen comrades?"