Yay for Den-O bashing (sort of)! I love Den-O, it's the first Kamen Rider series I've watched since Ryuki 5 years ago. I'm just doing fan service and acknowledging Den-O's horrible luck the only way I know.

After each chapter, the Riders' Headquarters is upgraded and improved a little, so you might read about something which may not have been in the previous chapter. For unclear reasons, the kitchen was the first to be completed. It might have something to do with the fact that it was set up by Kabuto, though...

Oh yeah, thanks to Guardian07 for much-appreciated help and advise! ^^

Eclipse

Form #2: Dawn

-Able to move at the speed of light, but it drains his energy significantly

-Fighting style is like that of an Wushu warrior

-Specialises in short-range attacks

-Weapon: Long pole

-Colour scheme: white, gold, orange

-Personality: Impulsive

Disclaimer: If I owned Kamen Rider, I'd own something Kamen Rider-ish by now.


Chapter 3

It was yet another regular day for the Riders. Eclipse was investigating another case with the police, Kuuga was doing charity work, Agito was preparing dinner (he and Kabuto took turns cooking for their comrades), Ryuki was preparing news articles, Faiz and Blade were just lazing around the headquarters, Hibiki was out fishing, Kabuto went shopping for tofu and Kiva was making strange concoctions for his violins. Strangely, Den-O was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey Blade, where do you think Lucky Charm went?" Faiz asked as he munched on a fish sausage. Blade shrugged and resumed his channel surfing on the large plasma television. Lucky Charm was the nickname of Den-O, due to the fact that whenever he was with any of them, anything unlucky would occur on poor Den-O instead.

Suddenly, a loud train whistle sounded right outside the warehouse-turned-Headquarters. "Hey Faiz, could you get the door? I think I've finally found something to watch." Faiz reluctantly stood up from his position on the couch and walked over to the cut-out door of the Headquarters. What greeted him was a sight which surprised him, but did not shock him. "Den-Liner? What is it doing here?" Faiz wondered.

The door in front of Faiz opened with a soft 'hiss' and 4 coloured figures tumbled out of the time-travelling train. "Get off me, Kuma!" Momotaros, the red Imagin pushed the other 3 Imagins off him as he stretched and rotated his shoulders. Faiz raised an eyebrow as the Imagins began to fight one another. "What are you jokers doing here? Shouldn't you still be in your own world?"

Kintaros stood up and crossed his arms. "We're here to deliver something." He tossed a small parcel to Faiz. "Pass this to Ryoutarou when you see him. Tell him it's from the Den-Liner." Urataros instructed. As Kintaros herded his 'brothers' back onto the Den-Liner, Ryuutaros cried out "Hey chotto... I didn't even get to say anything yet!" Faiz continued to watch the scene as the Den-Liner's door closed and with a brief blow of the train whistle, the train of time took off and disappeared into the bridge connecting the Riders' worlds.

Later in the Headquarters...

"What do you think could be in there?" Blade passed the small package from his left hand to the other, flipping it around to figure out what the parcel contained. It was wrapped it brown parcel paper and had an oversized sticker on it which simply said "IMPORTANT" in bold, red letters.

Faiz snatched the parcel from Blade and held it up to the light, which did absolutely nothing since whatever it contained was kept in a box. "Must be Lucky Charm's own lucky charm or something. Anyway, should we ask Agito to search for Den-O?"

Blade turned back to the plasma television. "You go ahead, I'm going to enjoy the wonderful luxuries this place has to offer." He grinned as he watched another kaijin-of-the-day destroyed by the Shinkenger.

Faiz shrugged. "Whatever, leave me out of it."

Meanwhile...

At the other end of the town, Den-O was stuck head-first in a garbage truck As he tried to dislodge himself from the pool of rubbish, he reflected on what had caused this unfortunate and embarrassing situation...

~Flashback~

When Den-O was returning back to Headquarters from his last delivery job of the day, his usual red muffler got snagged on a tree branch. In desperately trying to untangle it, his bicycle (the Riders can't ride their motorbikes everywhere, can they?) fell and tumbled down a grass hill. When he went to retrieve it, he too rolled down the hill before groggily climbing back up the hill, only to step on a skateboard owned by a passing boy who had stopped by to help Den-O. He skidded all the way around the small town, dodging parked cars and lampposts, until the skateboard hit the pavement, causing Den-O to be flung a good 3 metres into a green dumpster, which was later picked up by the very garbage truck he was currently in at the moment this flashback was taking place.

~End Flashback~

Den-O sighed internally as he wriggled around in his position, trying to loosen the rubbish surrounding him. This could take a while, he thought.

When the garbage truck stopped next to a Chinese restaurant, Kabuto happened to pass by with a bowl of tofu in his hands. He saw 2 legs pathetically flailing about at the back of the garbage truck and sighed. He expertly tossed his precious bowl of tofu into the air and swiftly yanked the 2 legs out of the dumpster, revealing a foul-smelling Den-O. He then left Den-O on the ground before gracefully holding out a hand to catch the falling tofu bowl and continuing his stroll back to Headquarters, leaving a certain unlucky young man to lay on the pavement.

A while later, an unkempt Den-O stumbled unsteadily into the Headquarters. Immediately, the air was filled with the unmistakable smell of garbage. Faiz and Blade repulsively held their noses at the same time.

"I'm home..." Den-O grinned nervously.

Blade fainted while Faiz fanned his nose. "What happened to you? You stink!" Den-O scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "The usual, I guess..."

Faiz shook his head. Suddenly, he perked up. "Oh yeah, this came in for you earlier. It's from the Den-Liner." Den-O caught the small package and slowly peeled away the brown parcel paper. When he opened the white box within the parcel paper, he groaned. Inside the box was a small stack of name cards and a note:

"Ryou-chan:

You left this behind after you left. Remember to give it to the kind people who offer to bring you back home whenever something bad happens again! Don't worry about your luck, your star of luck will come soon!

Love, Airi"


Yes, this is not supposed to make sense.

To clarify: The name cards are supposed to be given to passer-bys when they find Den-O after something unlucky happens to him again. Airi and the Den-O crew are still around because the 9 worlds aren't replaced by the AR worlds yet. That'll probably come soon, I hope... At this moment, Decade is still in Natsumi's own world, happily taking warped photos.

In case you're wondering why they suddenly have a plasma TV, that's because it was installed after the second chapter, as explained earlier. It's like that Grow game, where things advance a level after each step. Except the kitchen is already at its Max since the first step. Wow.