KKD: And here we are, the second half of this Team Up Super Hero Time, and I'm surprised, you readers favorited this more quickly than the Go-Onger story. Maybe it has something to do with Gaim having been released recently. I'm glad he's made a big enough hit with you guys.
Pikatwig: Anyway, now it's time for us to unlock a new chapter.
DISCLAIMERS: As usual, we don't own anything… except KKD owns DJ Man and Pikatwigs owns Tune, aka Sugar Woman, and Kamen Rider Fraise. Everything else mentioned or used here is owned by Toei, Bandai, Capcom, Archie, and their respective owners.
Team Gaim dance gang's leader, Elec Man, vanishes without a trace. Looking for him, Rock/Megaman, Roll, and Tune stumble upon a forest filled with otherworldly creatures. Using the power of a mysterious belt and locks, Rock Light, after becoming Megaman, transforms into the Kamen Rider, that will also known as an Armored Rider, Gaim!
Back in the mysterious forest, are many Sniper Joes along with Mets holding clipboards… somehow. The Sniper Joes were taking the fruit, and some of the fruit became Lockseeds, one is seen to become one of the Pinecone Lockseeds. However, they were soon attacked by a couple Inves Warriors that are actually the same height as normal humans. However, a new Kamen Rider appeared and attacked the Inves. A close look reveals this rider to have a samurai styled armor with a melon theme, with his bodysuit being white and the armor being gold, golden yellow, and a lime green, with the visor being the golden yellow; he was also holding a sword and a large shield of sorts. A couple slashes later from this rider, and the Inves exploded in defeat. The Sniper Joes thanked him, but he couldn't care less.
(Cue Opening: Just Live More by Gaim no Kaze)
*The current scene suddenly zips open to reveal the start of the opening where all six fruit riders pose in their own ways, focusing on Gaim, the orange rider.*
Got it, Move… WOW! *All of the Riders weapons hit the title forming it, and then a sky background appears behind it.*
Mega Kamen Rider Gaim!
Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *Focus on Gaim, before shifting down, to show Megaman/Rock wielding Gaim's weapon, ready for action.*
Sabaibaru you gotta move (It's survival, you gotta move!) *Rock sees a fence, and then it traps him on one end, he sees himself in the Megaman armor. Megaman looks at the Orange Lockseed, before walking away from a crumbling fence.*
Gendai wa sanagara sengoku (When life's a sengoku) *The scene then shifts to Team Baron dancing, the members being Megaman's older brother Blues/Protoman, Quick Man and Shadow Man.*
Dare ga kachinukeru (Who's got the strength to win?) *The three Robots do some complicated dance moves, with ease.*
Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta (Now that all the locks are open?!) *Megaman and Protoman glare at each-other, with their reflections showing Kamen Rider Gaim in Megaman's place, and the banana Rider, Kamen Rider Baron in Protoman's place.*
[Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE!] *The two charge at one-another, both holding a closed Lockseed, Megaman holding the Orange one, while Protoman holds the Banana Lockseed. Roll watches from a short distance, with a look of worry, holding a Strawberry Lockseed, and her reflection shows Kamen Rider Fraise in her place, much to her surprise.*
Doko ni aru? Do tsukau? (Where will you find… And how will you use?) *Someone else picks up the Budo Lockseed, it's Zero. Zero sees Bass, who's also holding a Lockseed, and walks over to him, but a fence stops Zero, but in their reflections are Kamen Rider Zangetsu, and Kamen Rider Ryugen, who's stopped by a sword.*
Kindan no kajitsu (The forbidden fruit!) *All six Riders stand ready for action, when Gaim zooms by on his bike.*
"Ima" to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame Dare mo (The wind of the moment has its own message to share) *All six Riders activate their Sengoku Drivers, starting with Zangetsu, and ending with Gaim.*
[Omae no moto ni fuku? Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blowin' up!] (It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you) *The scene then shifts to Gaim, in the mystery forest, activating the Orange Arms, while Fraise activates her main form*
Ashita ga yume ga mada mienakute mo (Your dreams and future may seem so far away...) *Next shows Team Gaim dancing, but mostly focused on Meagaman, Roll and Tune/Sugar Woman.*
[Soko genkai? Seiippai ikite iru to ierunara] (When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop) *Gaim looks at the other Riders, almost as if trying to choose who to trust and who not to trust.*
Utsumuku na yo [kao agero] doko madede mo [Mageru koto naku] (But don't let life get you down [Keep your head held high] Wherever you may go [Never compromise yourself]) *Team Gaim finishes dancing, and then the scene shifts to the mystery girl, who looks a lot like Tune for some reason…*
Shinjita michi o ike JUST LIVE MORE! (Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!) *Near the ground are the core six Rider's main fruit armor damaged, with a closed Lockseed by each.*
Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *The scene changes to Gaim riding his horse, but then above that is Megaman on the Rush Jet…*
Lock 02: Hissatsu! Pineapple Kick!
"TADAIMA!" Rock shouted as he and Roll rushed back into their home late the night when Rock first became Gaim.
"Welcome back," Auto greeted, stirring up a pot of some stew as the two walked in. "Where were you two? You got back late."
"Believe me when I say, you wouldn't believe us even if we did try to tell you!" Roll replied.
"But I do want to get this cleared up right now," Rock started, showing off the buckle. "I actually henshined today!"
However, Auto just gave Rock a confused glance.
"I really did!" Rock yelled back, as he and Roll walked over to their room, leaving Auto to shrug as he returned to his task of cooking, but then...
=ORANGE!=
"Eh?"
=SEIYA!=
"Guys? What's going on?" Auto asked as he walked to their room door.
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
After waiting a few seconds, Auto opened the door to see Roll and Gaim instead of Rock, both of whom were checking out the new rider's armor, before it registered to the two that Auto was looking at them.
"Well now do you believe me?" Gaim asked.
Auto said nothing and left.
"I'll take that as a yes," Roll said.
"Just so you two know, we're having pot roast tonight," Auto informed before closing their door.
"Okay!" Gaim nodded.
"Ano… Rock-Nii?" Roll asked, getting Gaim's attention.
"You know, from what Tune told me, all Kamen Riders have their own unique henshin pose before transforming. So… maybe you should… uh…" Roll said imitating one she remembered, acting like she was scanning something.
"Oh! I should make my own pose?!" Gaim figured, reverting to Megaman.
"Yea."
Thus, he spent most of the night practicing poses. While Roll was simply reading, while Rock practiced. "Henshin!"
"Henshin!"
"Hen…" he paused and then "SHIN!"
All the while, he was holding the Orange Lockseed in various ways while posing in order for him to nail the perfect pose.
"This isn't working," he sighed after so many attempts before trying on on the bed. "Henshin… with a graceful bend!"
Roll watched him try that pose, and simply said "Looks stupid."
Eventually, he thought he found an okay pose to work with and...
=SEIYA!=
Roll simply rolled her eyes as Rock turned into Gaim… for the 28th time that night!
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
"PIPE DOWN, ROCK!" Auto shouted through the door as Gaim finally stopped and laid on his bed.
"So… what am I gonna do with this?" Gaim pondered aloud.
"Defend the innocent from the Inves?" Roll said casually.
"Maybe… but I meant besides that," Gaim answered.
Roll then looked at the armor.
"Um… Rock-nii, I think that's the only thing the armor is meant for…"
"You wanna bet?"
Roll gave a small smirk, and nodded.
"I'll follow you to both your jobs tomorrow, and we'll see how useful the armor is for things aside from fighting Inves!" Roll told him.
"Okay. Let's settle the terms. If I win by finding out if this is useful for anything other than fighting Inves after both of my jobs, you gotta treat us to Deal Juicers for a week," Rock wagered.
"Fair enough, but what if I win when you don't find such uses for it?" Roll asked.
Gaim began to think as he turned back to normal.
"OH! If I win, you have to be my servant for a week!" Roll said, much to her older brother's shock.
"... Deal!" Rock said, extending a hand so they could shake on it, which Roll was too happy to oblige.
"Oh wait, what happens if it results in a tie?" Rock asked before he forgot.
Roll thought about it and said "We'll talk about that if it comes to that."
Next day, Rock and Roll walked over to Rock's first job at the Curry Restaurant.
"Morning," Rock waved to his boss.
"Ah, Rock!" the manager replied before seeing Roll. "Who's this? Your sister?"
"Hai. I'm Roll," she said, doing a small bow in respect.
"Pleased to meet you. Sorry, but I'm too busy to take applications for new employees," the chief replied, nearly making Roll stumble onto her face. "And I hate to say this Rock, but you've got a delivery first thing today."
"I'm not here for a job!" Roll began.
"Hai!" Rock responded to his chief with confidence. "Chief, today, I'm a new man!"
With multiple eyebrow raises, Rock walked to get the shipment of curry that had to be delivered, but what he said confused the chief.
"Huh?" he gawked.
"So, if I win this part of the bet, how will you follow me Roll?" Rock asked, seeing as how on his moped there's only room for one person.
"Hoverboard. Duh," Roll replied.
"Right," Rock chuckled, locking his shipment in the trunk of the moped before putting his buckle on with a goofy grin and posing with the Orange Lockseed. "Hen… SHIN!"
=ORANGE!=
Rock then put the Lockseed in place, not knowing he was attracting other attention.
=LOCK ON!=
He moved his hand up and down in beat with the of the song while the orange from before hovered above his head, waiting to drop down.
"Catchy tune." Roll said.
"I know right?" Rock replied before he decided to slice the Lock.
=SEIYA!=
Thus, much to the surprise of the people watching, the orange dropped down as Rock transformed into Gaim.
=ORANGE ARMS!=
"Okay Rock-nii. Let's see if you can do this," Roll smirked.
"I will! Here we go," he said trying to get in his moped only to discover… the pointy part of his helmet doesn't fit!
Roll simply began to laugh at this, seeing Gaim struggle to get in, but once he did his best, he was just trying to fix his head into position. But this caused the moped to wobble more than it should've. Then… the moped fell with a loud thud, with Gaim trapped in it.
"Wait, what? Rock is there something going on out there Rock?" the chief asked walking outside, only to see Roll next to the downed moped and not recognizing Gaim.
"... Rock is testing a new armor," Roll gave a pathetic excuse to the chief.
"…Okay, what happened?" the chief asked.
Gaim tried to get out, and then the chief simply said, "Good luck with this… just make sure you can deliver this on time."
"Right… but… could you give me a hand, Chief?" Gaim asked, reaching his right hand out. "I'm so sorry about this."
The chief walked away as Roll helped her brother out.
"I believe the scorecard now reads Roll: 1. Rock: 0!" Roll said.
Later, after this first job, and talking to his boss at his second about his sister being there, they were both in the uniforms for this job, much to Roll's chagrin, as she watch Rock sort the paints on the ground while others worked on the scaffolding above.
"Are both your jobs usually this boring?" Roll asked.
"Not every job is a dream job, Roll," Rock answered. "What job would you want anyway Roll? I mean, when you entered the Battle & Chase tournament, you said you were gonna use the money to open a hospital and help people."
Roll began to think about it.
"To be truthful, I haven't thought about it," she replied simply.
"Oi, Rock!" his boss yelled out from above. "Bring those cans up here, will ya?"
"Hai, Boss!" Rock responded standing up. "You know… today, I'm a new man!"
"Huh?!" the Boss gawked, thinking Rock was getting nuts before Rock slipped on the buckle like before, and grinned (goofily again) as he unlocked the Lockseed, surprising his co-workers.
=ORANGE=
"Henshin!" Rock yelled.
=LOCK ON!=
=ORANGE ARMS!=
"Alrighty, if this works, we'll go to a tiebreaker, but if it doesn't I win." Roll reminded her brother.
"Hai, hai. Yosha," Gaim responded, picking up the cans of paint his boss want, and then… used his new strength to jump up to the top of the scaffolding.
He made the jump this time, but… the shockwave from the landing caused the entire scaffolding to vibrate, a few people fell down, and Gaim accidentally knocked a can of paint off, making the yellow paint splatter all over another employee's and for the can to bonk him on the head before making him fall back onto the ground.
"Dang it!" he yelled.
"Hey Rock-nii! I have two words for you: I win!" Roll smirked.
"Mou…" Gaim groaned.
As the two walked away from the job later that day, Roll was giggling at something.
"I lost the bet, I get it, it's funny, you can stop now Roll," Rock groaned.
"It's not just that, it's this too!" Roll replied, showing him her phone which was playing Gaim's earlier failure with the moped on MegaTube.
"The Orange Rider Fool," Rock said reading the title. "...by, Rollwithit18! You posted my failure online?!"
"I couldn't resist," Roll giggled.
"Take a look how many views it has." she said, showing the video already had more than four billion views… in less than one hour!
"NANI?!" Rock gasped. "Mou! That's just embarrassing!"
"Good thing, nobody knows it's you, I only started recording after you henshined." Roll replied.
"I guess that's good…" Rock sighed until they heard a kid crying for help.
"Man, deja vu," Rock said simply as he and Roll looked up to see a young boy in a tree.
"Oi! What's the matter?!" Roll called out to the child.
"I climbed this tree and now I can't get down!" the boy cried.
"Don't worry, I can help you!" Rock yelled, pulling out the buckle, and about to pull out the Lockseed when he sees it's not where he put it! "Ara? EH?!"
"I have it Rock, you've made yourself a fool enough for one day," Roll told her brother.
"Give it back Roll!" Rock snapped as Roll was now playing keep-away with her bro, yanking the Lockseed from his reach every time he tried to grab it, and this went on until…
"You're not gonna get anywhere by crying," a new voice said.
"Eh?! That voice…" Rock and Roll gawked in unison, turning their attention to the new person.
"Blues…" Roll said seeing her other older brother.
"Protoman…" Rock added.
"You have a choice to make," the older Robot Master told the young boy in the tree. "Jump down now… or remain trapped in that tree all day."
'Is he nuts? That boy can get hurt!' Rock thought.
The boy nodded, and then jumped, as Protoman caught him! Much to the surprise of his younger siblings.
"Good choice. You're definitely strong," Protoman smiled at the young boy, helping him to his feet.
"Remember, boy, in the end, you must always rely on your strength. No matter what." Protoman told the boy, as he left.
"Protoman!" Rock yelled, catching his older brother's attention.
"...Oh. Rock… Roll… what're you two doing out here?" Protoman replied. "I thought you went and got a job, little brother. And weren't you supposed to be with Team Gaim right now?"
"Well…" Roll began, but she got interrupted by Rock.
"Don't you dare tell him!" Rock responded.
"Tell me what?"
"Simple, Rock-nii and I had a bet, and he failed. He failed at trying to do his jobs using some of his powers, and because of that… he's my servant for a week," Roll answered with a smirk, making Rock facepalm himself that Roll said that, but he was also glad she didn't say anything about Kamen Rider Gaim.
However, Protoman ended up chuckling at what Roll did tell him.
"I see," Protoman responded before turning to Rock. "You sure changed little brother. ...So how're things with you and that Tune-girl?"
Rock remains silent, as Roll simply said "It's complicated, but I think they're back on the road to romance."
"I see. Try not to break her heart again. I hear that Dr. Blair who created her loves to tear apart Robots who treated her creations badly, you'll probably be lucky because little Tuney loves you." Protoman replied, making Rock freeze.
"But Tune told me Dr. Blair doesn't really like him… or you… or me for that matter," Roll answered as Protoman leaned over to his sister.
"I know. I just made that up," Protoman whispered. "Jaa ne."
With that, the elder of the three Robot Master siblings walked away.
Later, Roll decided to head back to the Team Gaim garage while Rock decided to rest back at home. He put the buckle down and began to think.
"Man, this isn't working," Rock sighed. "I thought this was gonna be totally awesome."
As he thought, Rock was brought out of his thoughts by the ringing of his phone.
"Hello?" he asked whoever was calling him.
"Rock? Did you ever hear anything back from Elec Man?" Tune's voice asked over the phone.
Rock then realized something, he hasn't heard from Elec Man since the other day.
"No actually," Rock answered.
"He never got back last night either," Tune added as Roll was currently instructing the team in their current routine. "He never came back to the garage either…"
Rock sighed sorta worried.
"Let's head back to the area with that portal, think your Buster's ready to go?" Rock asked
"Yep. Buster ready go!" she said. "Oh and, is it true?"
"Is what true?" Rock asked.
"You're Roll's little servant?"
"... yes," he replied.
Later that day, Rock, Roll, and Tune walked back towards where they found the portal before.
"Hey Tune? Is it true that Dr. Blair tears apart robots who… mess with her creations… like you?" Rock asked, a bit nervous.
Tune then tried to stifle her laughter, but began to laugh.
"NO! Who told you that load of baloney?!" she laughed.
"...My… brother," Rock answered before clenching his fist. "He's SO getting a knuckle sandwich the next time I see him!"
"Uh… minna?" Roll responded as they arrived… with both Rock and Tune ready to fight (Rock even becoming Megaman), only to find the portal was gone, and so were all the plants there.
"Wow, it's like a different place from yesterday," Rock noticed, reverting back to normal.
"Was it all a dream?" Tune gawked.
"Nope," Rock replied, showing the buckle and the two Lockseeds he got.
"Then… does that mean… Elec Man's still in there?!" Roll said shocked. "Could it be… one of those monsters got him?!"
"Hey don't think like that," Tune told her.
"Yeah, Elec's always been in his own kind of world," Rock added. "And it wasn't the first that he got lost in it without telling anyone, right?"
"But you both know he'd never leave with the Team as it is right now!" Roll reminded.
But then Tune remembered something serious regarding Team Gaim.
"Wait… Elec Man said that the buckle would give us an edge. Then… Rock! Give it!" Tune said.
"Give you what?" Rock asked.
"The buckle! You're not part of the team, and we need it." Tune continued.
Rock then simply gave her the buckle. With that, Tune sighed, ready for anything as she slapped the buckle onto her waist and…
"Ara?" she gawked, seeing that nothing happened. "Is it broken?"
"Let me try." Roll said, taking the buckle and trying it herself, but nothing happened!
"Weird. It works for me," Rock noted as he took the buckle back, only then did it finally bring up the belt around his waist!
"Eh?" both girls gasped shock.
"Hmm, let's ask Cut Man, after all Elec Man told me Cutty gave it to him," Rock suggested. "He's probably at Deal Juicer's right now."
And so, the three walked off, unaware of someone from the Yggdrasil company watching them.
"Ah yes, the Sengoku Driver," Cut Man began.
"Sen-what?" Roll asked confused.
"Sen-go-ku Driver. Got it memorized?" Cut Man asked.
"Yea, I get how you say it, but what's it mean?!" Roll asked.
"It means 'Warring States,'" Rock answered, before mentally recalling something. 'That girl told me that.'
"Indeed. And the Sengoku Driver locks itself to the first person who puts it on," Cut Man added.
"EH?!" the girls gasped.
"Yeah, looks like Elec's a few cards short… or rather a few trees short of a forest… I give him an unbeatable deal, and he lets someone else wear it first… why'd he let you have it anyway Rock?" Cut Man asked.
"...Well that's the thing… we don't know. He just ended up lost and we found this on the ground," Rock answered.
"So you girls are both Team Gaim dancers?" Cut Man asked.
"Hai," they answered.
"Hmm… how about I give you guys another mighty Lockseed to fight ProtoJerk's team?" he said, browsing his inventory with his mPad.
"Really?!" the girls gawked.
"Yea… his right-hand bot, Quick Man… he doesn't open any locks under C Class," Cut Man recalled.
"So you'll need a C+ or a B Class Lock, like the Blackberry and Blueberry are C+ or…" he said, showing off another Lockseed, bearing the image of a pineapple and having the code "LS - 05." "...Even this Lock."
"Pineabble?" Tune asked.
"It's Pineapple," Rock corrected. "Pine apple."
"I always slip that one up," she chuckled nervously.
"Out of curiosity, how much does it cost?" Rock asked Cut Man.
"Let's see…" he said, and he showed them it was 4,300 Zenny! "It comes to this."
"Yikes," Rock gasped.
"And no discounts this time you guys," Cut Man added.
"No way!" Roll gawked.
"We can't pay that!" Tune nearly whined. "Even if we pool all of our money together.
"...Sorry… but if you can't pay it this time, I'm not handing it over," Cut Man replied. "It's a rare Lockseed, that's why the price is so high."
"...I guess we'll come back some other time," Rock sighed.
"Hope you find Elec soon," Cut Man replied as the trio began to leave.
"Stupid scissor bot! Stupid pinabble Lockseed!" Tune growled to herself.
"It's pineapple," Rock corrected again as he and Roll managed to drag Tune out of the juice bar.
Back at the stage Team Baron cheated to get, which the stealing part is unknown to their leader Protoman, the scarved dance gang were performing their routine to a crowd, who also wore a variety of scarves to support them.
Protoman wouldn't admit this to his team, but sometimes he wished that his brother and sister were there to watch him.
Suddenly, interrupting Baron's routine, five new Robot Masters came up on stage, each one having some added armor based off of some kind of wild animal.
The one leading this group had the appearance of some kind of big cat with the spikes that forms a mane, and claws coming out of his wrists and toes. Colorwise, his armor was mostly golden yellow and green on top of a black bodysuit. This was this team's leader, Slash Man.
The second of these guys, who looked the bulkiest, had a large black pot belly of sorts while his gauntlets, boots, and were yellow-orange, he had orange torso armor and an orange mohawk, and his body was covered in added white tiger armor, stripes and all. This is Bomb Man, an original Light Number along with Protoman, Megaman, Roll, Ice Man, Elec Man, Cut Man and Time Man.
The third one, while mostly purple and yellow, looked an awful lot like a grenade, even having the pull-trigger on his head while having a yellow and black caution stripe bar around his entire torso, and the animal theme on his armor was that of a bald eagle with the white head and yellow beak over his own head and brown feathers over most of his own armor. This is Grenade Man.
The fourth of these guys almost looked like a nuclear accident waiting to happen. He had treads for feet, missiles for hands, on his shoulders, even a missile launcher on the top of his head! While his main colors were lavender on top of a black bodysuit with yellow accents and red and blue missiles, his animal armor was that of an elephant, the ears covering most of his missiles, the trunk covering where most of his non-existant face is leaving only the eyes visible, and the tusks jutting out from the shoulders. This Robot Master is known as Napalm Man.
And finally, the last Robot Master there had no face like Napalm Man, Grenade Man, and even Air Man, and his eyes were even on his chest! The rest of his normal armor was blue on top of black, with two busters for arms, a red jewel under his eyes, and needles jutting out where his head should be. The added armor on top resembled that of a bee, making most assume he'd be Hornet Man if it weren't for the blue under the yellow and black of the bee armor that covered this Robot Master known as Needle Man.
"That's really stupid…" Top Man said looking at the design of Team Raid Wild.
"What?! It's our M.O. Just like with you guys and those rainbow of scarves," Grenade Man pointed out.
"How about you guys quit your lame dancing, and let us have this stage, huh, Baron?" Slash Man replied.
"Raid Wild," Quick Man growled, about to step forward if Proto Man didn't stop him first.
"If you want to, we can make you lose the stage like those Mega Babies!" Slash Man said pulling out a sunflower Lockseed.
"You guys talk big," Protoman smirked, successfully hiding his inner rage towards the insult to his siblings. "You'd best have the strength to back it up. Do you truly believe yourselves capable of matching us?"
"Wanna find out?" Slash Man asked as the crowd parted to make way for the Inves Battle about to begin as Raid Wild and Baron took their places.
"You sure about this, Boss-bot?" Quick Man whispered.
"I am."
Slash Man summoned in his Inves, while Protoman pulled out FOUR Lockseeds! Two Sunflower ones, one based on a Walnut that had the code "LS - 02", and the last is the Pineapple Lockseed.
"FOUR Locks?! It's gonna be 4-on-1?!" Slash Man gawked as Protoman examined his options.
"This would be too easy… I'll try and even this out for you, but the most you'll get is 3-on-1" Protoman replied, pocketing his pineapple Lockseed and activating the three he had, summoning three Inves warriors.
With the stage formed, the Inves warriors waited for the signal as the leaders of the teams locked their locks to announce they were ready.
=BATTLE START!=
With this, Baron's Inves surrounded Raid Wild's. The little green Inves Raid Wild commanded was doing great at first, able to attack the three around it, but eventually, it turned out to be a game of numbers for this battle as the three Inves of Baron's quickly overwhelmed Raid Wild's. And so, with one last swift kick, the Inves of Raid Wild's was knocked down.
"YOSHA!" Protoman's boys cheered as the siren rang.
=YOU WIN!=
With that, the teams recalled their Inves, making the stadium they battled in vanish.
"And that's why you don't talk tough when you can't back it up," Protoman said walking over, and then he fires a shot right at Slash Man.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" he yelled.
Protoman walked back over to his team and simply said
"I have my reasons. Now get out of my sight, you make me sick, weaklings," Protoman answered, making Slash Man growl in annoyance before he and his team ran off, leaving Team Baron to smirk in victory.
"Man, is there anyone who can stand up to Baron?" a man wearing blue to support Team Gaim asked, only loud enough for him and the woman with him, also in Team Gaim Blue, to hear.
"Isn't this stage supposed to belong to Megaman's team? Not ProtoJerk's?" the girl said. "I came to see them, they're just a bunch of cheaters!"
"Oi!" the dude with her hushed her, trying to not get them in trouble, but the girl ignored this as Protoman approached.
"But it's not fair! Team Gaim would have won at a dance-off! And they'd win in this Inves thing if Baron just played fair!" the girl continued.
"I said keep it down, dang it!" the boy with her responded before they turned to see Protoman staring at them.
"I used three Lockseeds here, and in every battle. That's not cheating," Protoman told them, making the two gasp, a little worried he might fire at them, before they ran off.
"Man, those guys are lame," Quick Man scoffed.
"Goin' on about Gaim like they matter anymore! What a joke!" Shadow Man added.
Protoman then looked at them, and then said "Do you want me to fire this thing at both of you at point-blank range?!"
"No! Sorry boss-bot!" Quick Man apologized quickly.
"Yea. Didn't mean to insult your siblings. We know how much you hate that," Shadow Man added.
Protoman simply glared at them, and then said "Come on! We've got something to do."
As Protoman started to lead his team off, Quick Man and Shadow Man shook hands and smirked before following their leader.
Meanwhile with Rock, he was sitting on the side of the road and sighed.
"Elec… Where'd you go?" he wondered, lying on his back before his phone rang and he answered. "Moshi-moshi? Oh Zero? What's up?"
-Rock! We need you right now, Baron's showed up at the garage!- Zero's voice told him, making Rock shoot up.
"EH! I'll be right there!" Rock responded, dashing off with his stuff.
-You'd better hurry! They want us to hand over our Player Pass!- Zero added.
"What's with you Blues?!" Roll yelled. "Do you know what you're gonna do!?"
"Look, little sister… I'm not demanding you and your team to hand it over. I'm merely proposing a wager over it," Protoman replied as it was only him, Shadow Man and Quick Man in the garage with most of Team Gaim.
"If you win, you can have your western stage back. And..." Protoman replied before pulling out the Pineapple Lockseed, surprising Roll and Tune that he had it. "I'll even throw in this A Class Lockseed too."
"The Pineabble Lockseed?" Tune gawked.
"PINEAPPLE!" most of Team Gaim responded.
"How'd you manage to afford that?" Roll asked.
"...I earned the money fair and square. Unlike my little brother… I manage to earn a higher pay even as a Beat Rider," Protoman answered. "But this is hardly a bad deal. Team Gaim is plummeting down the ratings. I'm offering you one last chance to claw back up."
"Yeah, what will happen to us if we lose?" Roll yelled.
"Well, you'll disband, and I could care less about Time Man, Ice Man, Hornet Man, Zero and… Rock's little girlfriend, but as for you and him… you'll join my team," Protoman said, as someone punched him!
"We've already talked about this Blues-nii," Roll answered, revealing she was the one to punch Protoman. "...After ditching us… we're not joining your crew."
"Heh, well this is your little team's last chance, so, what do you say?" Protoman asked. "You still have what it takes to protect your place on these streets?"
"Hold up!" Shadow Man responded. "Do you even have any more Lockseeds?"
At that a door opened up as Zero and Rock dashed in.
Rock said nothing, rushed down and gave Protoman a really hard punch!
"That is for lying to me earlier, and by the way, we accept your dumb little challenge!" Rock said, pulling out the Ichigou (Strawberry) Lockseed.
"An A Class Lock?! Seems you still have the streak of defending those who can't defend themselves… but how'd you get a hold of a lock like that?!" Protoman demanded.
"Is there any problems with me accepting?" Rock asked.
"Nope!" the others said, as Tune takes Rock's hand.
"...Then I'll set up the location for our battle," Protoman replied.
Later, at another part of town, crowds were beginning to gather as Team Gaim and Team Baron took their places.
"Rock… good luck, and I mean it, everything is on the line!" Tune said, holding his hand tighter.
"I can handle this." Rock assured.
Tune said "I know, but here's a good luck thing."
She then kisses his cheek and walks away.
"Okay then, Blues. Let's clear up the terms," Rock replied. "If we win, you'll give us back the Western stage, as well as that Pineapple Lockseed of yours to Team Gaim. Am I right so far?"
"Yea. And if you lose, Team Gaim forfeits their Player Pass and disbands, with you and our little sister joining Team Baron, Rock," Protoman confirmed.
"NO! I won't accept that unless if we lose Tune will stay with us, I won't join a team without her!" Rock yelled, causing Tune to blush due to this.
"Rock-kun…" she whispered.
"...Suit yourself. You ready for this?" Protoman responded, not seeing Quick Man give Shadow Man a signal, letting Shadow Man walk off as Protoman showed the same three Lockseeds from his previous bout with Raid Wild.
Rock pulled out the Ichigou Lockseed. Then, the two activated all 4 Lockseeds, Protoman summoning the three Inves warriors. However, Rock ended up summoning a human-sized Inves based off a deer, with designs that are colored blue & orange on the brown body, even the large antlers were the two colors.
"Sugoi…" Tune said.
"We've got this in the bag!" Roll added.
"Kick his butt with this guy, Rock!" Zero smirked.
"Impressive. Show me what you got," Protoman replied, setting up his Locks.
"Let's do this!" Rock agreed, setting up his.
=BATTLE START!=
The fight began, and Protoman's Inves didn't do much of anything, not even harming the Deer Inves. But then again, the Deer, or Shika, Inves only kicked the air above the warriors before the three tried to pile on top of the deer, who simply tossed them all off and murdered them with it's antlers, giving Team Gaim the win!
"Rock that was amazing!" Tune yelled, as the team cheered for their victory.
"Impossible!" Protoman gasped.
Shadow Man moved into position, and then fired a Shadow Blade right at Rock's hand, causing him to drop the Lockseed, allowing the Shika Inves to get free! It began to roar and try and attack the nearby area, with everyone moving to avoid it, some kicking around the Ichigou Lockseed.
"Tch, Ice Man, Time Man, Zero, Hornet Man, you guys try and get the innocent outta here." Rock told them turning into Megaman.
They nodded and hurried off. Megaman fired his Mega Buster right at the Shika Inves, but it grabbed Tune and used her like a shield.
"Grr!"
Shadow Man began to laugh, as he saw the Inves attack Roll with a lightning like attack! Then, Protoman approached Shadow Man, grabbing the arm that launched his Shadow Blade.
"What?" he asked.
"What were you doing you gutless worm?!" Protoman demanded, starting to crush Shadow Man's hand, while also copying the Shadow Blade.
"I've told you all, DO NOT PUT MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS IN DANGER!" he yelled at Shadow Man as the arm in his grasp was ripped off!
Megaman tried to get a clear shot at the Inves, but couldn't either due to it moving, or Tune being in the way.
"Rock, HELP!" Tune screamed, as the Inves was crushing her arms.
'Maybe Roll was right...' Megaman thought, pulling out the Sengoku Driver. 'This is meant for fighting... but I have to... to save everyone... to save Tune! And not just her. I have to use this power to protect those I care about!'
"Hang on Tune!" he yelled, putting the Sengoku Driver on. "Henshin!"
=ORANGE=
The Zipper Portal appeared again, much to the shock of Team Baron.
"What is he doing?" Protoman asked.
Megaman then put the Lockseed into position while doing some proper Rider posing.
=LOCK ON!=
"Rock-kun…"
=SEIYA!=
And so the orange dropped again, forming Gaim's armor.
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
Once the henshin was complete, he readied his Daidaimaru and Muso Saber.
"You can come into the real world, you can harm the innocent, heck, you can even destroy the city! ...but nobody, and I MEAN NOBODY HARMS Tune and GETS AWAY WITH IT!" Gaim screamed at the top of his lungs with a charge at the Inves.
He fired right at the Inves, and made him toss Tune right into the air.
"Hey Protoman, heads up!" Gaim yelled tossing him one of the weapons, while Gaim went over and caught Tune.
"Tune… are you okay?" Gaim asked.
Tune did have some injuries, but nothing life threatening.
"I'll be fine Rock… I'm sorry." she assured.
"For what?"
"Doubting you. I doubted you'd help us, and I was wrong." she said.
"... I'll always be there to help, especially if you're involved."
"Thanks. Rock… go get him! For me…" she said, finally losing consciousness.
Roll hurried over.
"I'll handle her, you go and help Blues!" Roll said, and then as Gaim was about to move she added "and that's an order!"
"Hai," Gaim nodded, turning to the Inves, but in the time the other talked, the Shika Inves reached the Ichigou Lockseed used to summon it.
"Wait… what's it gonna do?" Protoman asked.
"Well… where they're from the Lockseeds are food… so-" Gaim began, before realizing what it was going to do, but by then, it was too late, and the Inves managed to eat the Lockseed. "Uh oh."
Suddenly, the Invess looked like it had a seizure before growing rapidly and entered a gorilla-like stance before roaring.
"Is that even an Inves anymore?!" Protoman exclaimed as it slashed the two,
Protoman was just barely able to dodge it, but Gaim wasn't as lucky.
"ROCK-NII!" Roll yelled worried.
"I'm fine…" he grunted, standing up, but saw the Inves charging at him and Gaim, for some reason, used the knife on his driver three times.
=SEIYA!=
=ORANGE SPARKING!=
The orange armor folded up around his head and Gaim used it for defense as the Inves struck and the with a spin, Gaim managed to shake it off before the Orange armor was put back into place.
"Protoman, I need that Lockseed you bet right now!" Gaim demanded.
"What?"
"Don't 'what?' me! I won that Lockseed fair and square, remember? Plus, if you don't give it to me…" Gaim began, hoping to play his cards right with Blues. "Roll might get hurt. So hurry up!"
Protoman realized he was right, and reluctantly looked at the Pineapple Lockseed. "You'll protect Roll and Tune. Use this well brother."
"Thanks. I will," Gaim replied, taking his new Lockseed before removing the Orange one on his Driver.
=LOCK OFF=
Then, the orange armor vanished, showing a blank form of Gaim with a blue visor, as he opened the Pineapple Lock.
=PINE!=
=LOCK ON=
Then the pineapple appeared in the Zipper Portal, and then he activated the Lockseed's power, doing the knife motion.
=SEIYA!=
Thus, the pineapple dropped on top of his head like the orange before and formed new armor, and a chain-array weapon with a pineapple for the spiked end.
=PINE ARMS! FUNSAI DESTROY!=
"Oh yeah!" Gaim said.
Protoman sighed and walked a short distance away, looking at his waist, picturing his own version of the Sengoku Driver.
"Well… this could take a little bit of getting used to," Gaim noted before the Inves got up and roared from behind, getting the rider's attention as the Inves jumped up to try and pounce the rider, but failed.
The Inves then faced Teams Gaim and Baron, choosing to harm them, Roll and Tune being it's main focus.
"NO YOU DON'T!" Gaim yelled, throwing the chain array at it to distract the Inves before the pineapple got caught, making the Inves pull Gaim up in the air towards it. "Fine then…"
Gaim then connected the tips of the array and the Muso Saber before using the blade to slice at the Inves' neck on the way over it, but it wasn't enough to destroy the Shika as the pineapple unlodged itself from the Inves.
Tune, who was starting to regain consciousness yelled "Rider Kick him!"
"Eh? H-How do I do that?" Gaim questioned, trying to figure that out.
"The knife you idiot!" Protoman yelled.
"Oh! Right!" Gaim nodded, using the knife on his driver once more (and only one swipe this time).
=SEIYA!=
=PINE SQUASH!=
Then, Gaim jumped into the air before kicking the pineapple of his chain array at the Invess, making it grow in size until the fruit covered up the creature's head.
"HA~ SEH-HA~!" Gaim roared as he executed a fast and strong dropkick THROUGH the Inves, creating a hole in its chest as he landed, somehow creating a slice of pineapple through the Inves' body.
Then, the Inves collapsed, exploding in defeat while launching energy pineapple slices into the air, making Gaim look back and smirk at his victory.
"GOTCHA!" he smirked before standing up as the two teams of Beat Riders gawked, looking at the one Kamen Rider.
"We won…" Zero realized.
The members of Team Gaim cheered and hurried over to Gaim.
"Megaman that was amazing!" Time Man exclaimed.
"It's not Megaman when I'm in this suit, it's Kamen Rider Gaim!" he said, as Roll and Tune walked over, Tune being carried over by Roll. "Tune-chan! You okay?"
"... Rock-kun…"
Roll and Gaim both exchanged a look and hurried off.
"Wait, what about the Pineapple Lockseed?" Gaim asked as he passed Protoman.
"Keep it. You did say you won it fair and square," Protoman reminded. "And also… you have your Western stage back, too."
"HAI!" he yelled back as he hurried back to catch up with Roll, turning back to normal Rock on the way.
"We've got some unbelievable footage coming in!" DJ Man informed the crowds from his studio as they watched on all their digital devices, soon witnessing footage of Gaim's fight. "Right in the middle of a throwdown between Teams Gaim and Baron, former Beat Rider, and my personal pal, Rock Light, aka Megaman, charged in with this new armored get-up, crashed in, and even stomped the Inves himself! That's Megaman for ya, back in action after so long, and now he's made a new name for himself. Well, since he's back on the team he started up, Team Gaim, he started calling this form by a new name. And to honor his wishes, let's call him by the name in honor of the great Toku legends and his Team, Kamen Rider Gaim!"
Meanwhile in a limo going, who knows where, someone was holding a Melon Lockseed with the code "LS - 04" on it. He was partially in a business suit, but his black, grey, blue, and yellow-orange armor was visible from within it. His head was most interesting seeing as had some wild ornamentation on it along with a sort of blue gem on his forehead, his eyes being red along with some scars underneath them.
"'Kamen Rider', huh?" this character, the Robot Master, and current Yggdrasil corporation administrator, Bass, shrugged, seemingly both happy and angry at this revelation. "And that dumb old Megaman… hmm! Quaint Still, that's the first. Things are progressing well; I'll have to fight him again soon."
Speaking of which, the Blue Bomber, alongside Roll, were back home, seeing Auto make sure that Tune's okay.
"Is she okay?" Rock asked.
"Rock, that's the eighth time you asked me. It's not helping!" Auto told him.
Roll looked over at Rock, knowing he's worried. Then an idea hit her.
"Rock… stop bothering Auto and sit," Roll told him.
"No!" Rock replied, then he figured out what Roll was up to… "Oh, you mean…?"
"Remember? You lost the bet, thus making you my servant. Now again, stop bothering Auto and sit!" Roll ordered.
"Hai," Rock nodded, doing as he was ordered.
"I don't even wanna know…" Auto told the two as Tune was finally okay.
"Tune-chan!" Rock yelled giving her a big hug.
"Itai!" Tune winced a little, she may have been fixed, but she still had some marks akin to bruises.
"Sorry!" he said, letting go.
"It's okay Rock-kun. I know you were worried." she simply told him, smiling.
"So… will you… rejoin Team Gaim?" she asked.
"Duh," Rock said. "It'll give me time to spend with my best friend and my sister."
Tune then extended a hand for Rock to shake. Rock was more than happy to shake it, but he then took her hand and kissed it, causing Tune to blush heavily, and giggle. "Rock…"
"I've heard that's a type of greeting from France." Rock said.
"True, true. Well, I'd better get going, I'll see you guys later." Tune said leaving. "And I'll leave you two to… whatever, just, don't use that knifeboard and fruit thing." Auto told the two.
"The Sengoku Driver," the other three corrected.
Auto simply went back to his room to rest for a little bit.
"So what now?" Rock asked before seeing Roll remove her boots.
"I think you have some idea," Roll giggled.
"Not really." Rock replied.
"You're going to massage my feet," Roll answered.
"... Now I'm caught up." Rock told her, he simply gave her a smile before beginning the massage.
"I think I'll enjoy you being my servant," Roll smiled as she enjoyed the massage, making Tune giggle at seeing this.
"See you guys tomorrow." Tune told them leaving.
Roll simply waved.
"Bye Tune." Rock told Tune.
"Hey, don't stop! Keep going with the massage!" Roll ordered as Rock continued to do so, glad that Tune was already out.
"Rock, what do you think of being my servant so far?" she asked.
"...Not sure… but I think I'm gonna like it," Rock admitted.
"Good." Roll said. "Well, what are you waiting for? Keep it up!"
Rock then decided he would get into the idea of being Roll's servant.
"... I hear and I obey Mistress," he said simply continuing.
Roll simply giggled at this. It was going to be a fun week for her.
(As the scene ended, Gaim's current Lockseeds, Orange and Pine, came across the screen, and they closed along with a zipper with the Gaim Symbol on it)
Jikai! Mega Kamen Rider Gaim!
Rock: Being her servant was actually… really fun.
Protoman: You're so unusual Rock…
?: My own… Driver?
Tune: Rock-kun! Good luck.
Megaman and ?: Henshin!
=STRAWBERRY=
=STRAWBERRY ARMS! BERRY HIROIN!=
Lock 3: Mistress Fraise! Berry Barrage!
Go-On Red: The Pine Arms were amazing! It's true, they pulverize and destroy!
Kamen Rider Gaim: It was amazing, Cream being Green and Tails being Black.
Go-On Blue and Go-On Yellow: Jikai Lock 3!
Kamen Rider Baron: Jikai GP. 03!
*Go-On Red, Go-On Blue, Go-On Yellow, Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Baron stand on Engine-O with a Gaim flag in the background. Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim shake hands.*
Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim: Super Hero Time! See you later
KKD: And that's a wrap for this week. Mind informing the readers of why we gave the next chapter such a title and ending, aibou?
Pikatwig: Okay, similar to how Rock was Roll's servant at the end of this chapter, he'll still be in that position at the next chapter, since in the world's story, the next chapter is two days later.
KKD: I see. And I'm sure rider fans out there are wondering "but Gaim's got his own Strawberry form, the Ichigou Arms! What's going on with this 'Strawberry Arm?'" Well fans, I was surprised too, but guess what, these arms are for a new rider altogether! Right?
Pikatwig: Correct! The Lockseeds are different, and Kamen Rider Fraise is a fruit themed Rider. Strawberry, Blueberry and Blackberry Lockseeds.
KKD: That explains the Lockseeds revealed and purchased by Rock last Lock.
Pikatwig: What do you think of Tune and Protoman's roles in the chapter?
KKD: Very cool. Much deeper than Kaito & Mai in the show right now.
Pikatwig: Speaking of the second banana Rider, he's being pushed back one Lock. Because, I wanted Fraise to appear first, and my aibou is okay with that.
KKD: Indeed, but… *snickers* You called Baron the "second banana." *Snickers*
Pikatwig: Yeah, he's the secondary Rider, and he's banana themed.
KKD: Right. Anyway, now it's time for my Rider Req-!
Pikatwig: So, what'd you think of the end of the chapter?
KKD: Eh? Oh that, right! That was fun. Cute how Rock literally is at his sister's mercy.
Pikatwig: It was funny because I dreamed up the bet between Rock and Roll, and yeah. It was cute.
KKD: I thought I helped start that bet.
Pikatwig: I was awake, and the thought just came to me, and you helped. Sometimes I called that "dreamed up."
KKD: Oh. So... now what?
Pikatwig: The idea of Tune kinda being confused whether or not she should be mad at Rock or still hold her crush on him, what do you think of that?
KKD: Works very well, matches up well with Mai in the show with her unsure if Kouta should return or not.
Pikatwig: And now sorry about interrupting you, you can now continue.
KKD: Okay, and thanks. That concludes this installment. Tune in next to for more Update Sunday after reviewing, facing, following, and keeping up with me on Twitter. Until next time unlock your potential and Go On Fast & Go On Free! Ready aibou?
Pikatwig: Yeah!
KKD & Pikatwig: Jaa ne!