Gaim: United We Stand

by JellyBean Productions

After his Sengoku Driver is destroyed during the Christmas Games, Hase tracks down Lock Dealer Sid, who provides him with a new prototype Driver and Lockseeds. Learning the truth about Helheim from Takatora, Hase joins forces with Bravo to stamp out the Inves Games. Meanwhile, Micchy decides to confront his brother, but he is unable to compete with his Genesis Driver.

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Gaim: United We Stand

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JellyBean Productions

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Chapter IV

Zangetsu vs. Zangetsu-Shin! Jinba Arrival!

(Cell-09, Yggdrasil Tower, 12 Hours Earlier)

"Screw this!" shouted Micchy, flopping down onto the bed in his cell, holding his damaged Sengoku Driver, "Without this, I'm trapped!"

"Not as much as you think, Micchy," spoke Sagara, stopping outside the cell.

"DJ Sagara?" questioned Micchy, sitting up, "You work for Yggdrasil?"

"Correct, Armoured Rider Ryugen," replied Sagara, "You and your buddies have brought a tidal wave of hits to my site!"

"I'm not really an Armoured Rider anymore with a bust belt," returned Micchy, standing and walking over to the door.

"Well then, good thing I've got a care package for you!" grinned Sagara, handing Micchy a box.

Pulling off the lid, Micchy barely suppressed a smile at what was inside, a replacement Cutting Knife, a tool-kit, a Melon Energy Lockseed and a Genesis Core.

"I wouldn't try using that Genesis Core until you get a replacement Driver," advised Sagara, "You might want to head to the Professor's Lab, he's upgrading your brother's old Driver, your DNA is a close enough match to operate it."

"Thank you," spoke Micchy, looking up to find Sagara had vanished, "Weird."

Sitting down on the sofa, Micchy tipped the box out onto the table, adding his damaged Driver and two remaining Lockseeds to the mix. Using a screwdriver to remove the back of his Driver, Micchy quickly replaced his broken Cutting Knife with the replacement.

Turning his attention to the circuit boards, Micchy soon identified the points where the connections had been broken, repairing them with the wire and portable soldering iron from the tool-kit. Closing the up the Driver, Micchy grinned when the Rider Indicator lit up, showing his helmet.

"Time to get out of here," muttered Micchy, placing the tool-kit, Genesis Core, Suika and Melon Energy Lockseeds into his backpack alongside his destroyed Budoh Lockseed and strapped his repaired Sengoku Driver to his waist, "HENSHIN!"

[KIWI!]

Carefully slotting his Lockseed into the damaged bay of the Driver, Micchy pushed the Lock Arm down and sliced his new Cutting Knife down.

[HAI – KIWI ARMS! GEKI! RIN! SEIYA! HA!]

Transforming into Ryugen, Micchy took a few seconds to relish in the power his armour provided him, a feeling he'd feared he'd never experience again. Carefully slicing with one of his Gekirin, Micchy grinned as his cell doors fell outwards, the hinges cut.

Charging into the corridor, Micchy looked around, seeing a security camera on the roof. Throwing a Gekirin, Micchy watched it slice through the device. Grabbing the weapon out of the air, Micchy began to sprint towards Ryoma's Lab, having learnt the layout of the Tower the last time Takatora had showed him around.

"Stop!" cried a Kurokage Trooper, stopping in the middle of the corridor with his Kagematsu raised, directly in Micchy's path, "Return to your cell!"

As Micchy launched a Gekirin, Ryoma Sengoku stepped out a boardroom in time to see the weapon send the Trooper flying, Micchy jumping over his prone form.

"Kenji, why is it always you?" asked Ryoma with a grin, offering the younger man a hand up, his suit vanishing.

"That kid's sure something," spoke Kenji, dusting himself off.

"If Takatora had told him the truth from the start, none of this would be happening," replied Ryoma, twirling his Matsubokkuri Energy Lockseed around his finger, "Perhaps he would have been the fifth member of Project Genesis."

-United We Stand-

(Ryoma's Lab)

Coming to halt at the Professor's desk, Micchy had to cling onto the edge as his Sengoku Driver failed, his suit fading as it did. Sighing, Micchy dumped it in his backpack and zipped it back up.

Rifling through the contents of the desk, Micchy quickly found his brother's Sengoku Driver and Melon Lockseed. Strapping the Driver to his waist, Micchy continued to search, taking two Mass Driver and a large yellow Lockseed.

"What's this?" muttered Micchy, unlocking it and tossing it into the air as it turned into a Dandeliner, hovering a foot above the ground, "Neat."

[MELON!]

Slamming the Lockseed into the Driver, Micchy pushed the Lock Arm down and activated the Cutting Knife. Jumping onto the Dandeliner, Micchy braced himself as he transformed into Zangetsu, shield appearing in his left hand.

[SOIYA – MELON ARMS! TENKA GOMEN!]

"Stop this madness now," shouted Takatora, rushing into the lab, "If you leave you will no longer be a Kureshima, Mitsuzane!"

"I am not Mitsuzane, I'm Micchy!" returned the teenager, accelerating forwards, throwing his shield into the window over-looking Zawame City, smashing it and forcing Takatora to cover his eyes.

Looking up, Takatora saw the Dandeliner disappearing into the distance, "I'm sorry, Brother."

-United We Stand-

(Abandoned Warehouse, Present Time)

"After I escaped I went to Charmant to get help from Hase, Oren and Jonouchi," finished Micchy.

"Which is where we come in," added Oren as he, Hase and Jonouchi joined Micchy, "We contacted you with a plan to trap Kaito Kumon and Kouta Kazuraba, removing them from their belts."

"It was our idea to release the Inves here, close to the bases of both Team Gaim and Team Baron," continued Jonouchi, "We fought Gaim and Baron, I have to say Mai was a welcome addition, in order to get them to work together."

"Whilst I disguised myself as a gardener at Kureshima Mansion and planted the stolen Mass Drivers and broken Budoh Lockseed," spoke Hase, stepping forward, revealing his new outfit, consisting of dark jeans, a navy shirt and a grey overcoat, his dyed hair returned its natural brown colour, lacking its usual gel as well.

"We knew Kouta would come looking as soon as he figured out Micchy's true identity," finished Jonouchi, "Face it, you got played."

"Why? Why did you betray Yggdrasil?" questioned Takatora.

"It was always my intention, revenge for destroying my Sengoku Driver, I guess Jonouchi's starting to rub off on me," replied Hase with a grin, "As for Oren, he's not overly fond of commanders withholding information, Project Ark for example."

"I've lost a lot of good men because of things like that, I won't let it take anymore lives!" yelled Oren, drawing his Durian Lockseed, "But my role in this battle isn't to fight you."

"Here, take this," spoke Hase, handing Jonouchi the Mango Lockseed he won from Kaito.

"Thank you," nodded Jonouchi, raising his new Lockseed, "HENSHIN!"

[DURIAN!] [MANGO!]

Slamming their Lockseeds into their Drivers, both Oren and Jonouchi sliced them open as they launched themselves from the scaffolding, transforming into Durian and Mango Arms respectively.

[C'MON - DURIAN ARMS! MISTER DANGEROUS!]

[C'MON - MANGO ARMS! FIGHT OF THE HAMMER!]

"We're your opponents," stated Micchy, raising his Melon and Melon Energy Lockseeds, Hase doing the same with his Silver and Lemon Energy Lockseeds.

[MELON! / MELON ENERGY!] [SILVER! / LEMON ENERGY!]

Slotting their Lockseeds into place, Micchy replacing his Rider Indicator with his Genesis Core, the two pushed their Lock Arms down and activated the Cutting Knife.

[MIX - MELON ARMS! JINBA MELON! HA-HA!]

[MIX - SILVER ARMS! JINBA LEMON! HA-HA!]

Above Micchy and Hase, four folded armours appeared, the two melon-based armours fusing into a black set, the other two doing the same. Suddenly, the two armours started to spin as they dropped onto Micchy and Hase's shoulders.

Immediately, their base-suits, known as RideWear, materialised below as normal but as the armour unfolded their helmets appeared, the back of their helmets had been recoloured black while the on Micchy's helmet had been changed to silver.

As their new sets of Arms finished unfolding, both of them receiving a Sonic Arrow, their visors changed to the colour of their Energy Lockseed, Micchy's orange and Hase's yellow.

"This is our stage now!" called Micchy as he and Hase charged at Takatora, attacking with their bows.

"Hey! That's my line!" cried Kouta indignantly, everyone ignoring him bar Kaito, who paused to roll his eyes before joining the battle against Zangetsu-Shin.

Down below, Mai, Oren and Jonouchi launched their weapons at the Inves, destroying it completely. Sighing, Mai hopped down from the hood of the truck, landing next to Bravo and Gridon, only for another crack to open, releasing a squad of Kurokage Troopers.

"This is gonna be fun!" grunted Mai, catching her Gekirin as the Troopers surrounded them, the other two doing the same.

"Stand down and this doesn't have to get ugly," instructed Akira Kazuraba as she stepped out the crack, Peach Energy Lockseed in hand, Genesis Driver around her waist.

"Akira!" exclaimed Mai, nearly dropping her Gekirin.

"Sis!" shouted Kouta, jumping down next to Mai, "What are you doing here?"

"I work for Yggdrasil, you both know that," returned Akira, raising her Lockseed, "Surely this can't come as that great of a surprise."

[PEACH ENERGY!]

Placing her Lockseed into her Genesis Driver, Akira grabbed the handle and pushed it in, popping her Lockseed open, the cup below filling with pink juice.

[SODA - PEACH ENERGY ARMS!]

Transforming into Marika, Akira launched herself at Kouta, using her Sonic Arrow to slash him across the chest, powering him down and sending his Orange Lockseed flying. Back up of the scaffolding, Micchy and Hase continued to fight the former's brother.

"You fight Akira," instructed Micchy, blocking an orange arrow from Takatora, "Kaito and I can manage up here."

"Got it," replied Hase, launching himself off the platform and at Akira, ending her assault of the Sengoku Riders, "Armoured Rider Kamuro is in the house!"

[ICHIGO!]

Swearing, Kouta clambered back to his feet and slammed his Lockseed into his Driver. Tackling his his sister, Kouta sliced his Lockseed open, transforming into Ichigo Arms, his throwing knifes appearing in his hands.

[SOIYA - ICHIGO ARMS! SHUSHUTTO SPARK!]

Ducking an attack from Akira's Sonic Arrow, Hase returned a shot of his own, Kouta adding a barrage of his Ichigo Kunai. Charging at his sister, Kouta grabbed her arm with her bow in.

"Don't do this, sis!" urged Kouta, gripping his sister tightly.

"This has to be done, Kouta!" replied Akira, kicking him away, firing an arrow after him, only for Mai to block it with her Gekirin. Back up on the scaffolding Micchy kicked his brother in the chest, forcing him onto one knee.

"How are you so strong?" gasped Takatora, holding his shoulder.

"You gave Ryoma your Sengoku Driver to upgrade it for you to use," responded Micchy, pointing to the silver belt around his waist, "He did his job, with the Genesis Core this Sengoku Driver outputs the same amount of power as the Genesis Driver, I did the maths!"

Pulling back the bow, Micchy began to charge up his Sonic Arrow, a whirlwind of green and orange gathering around the tip. Yelling, Micchy fired, the blast sending Takatora flying off the platform and onto the truck below.

"Let's finish this!" hissed Kaito, jumping down after Takatora, only for the other Rider to launch a shot at him, powering him down and grabbing him by his coat, his Banana Lockseed soaring into the distance.

"You wouldn't hurt one of your own," stated Takatora, holding Kaito in front of him.

"You think you have be trapped!" grinned Kaito, slipping out of his coat and diving after his Banana Lockseed.

"Fine, we'll do this the hard way," grunted Takatora, tossing Kaito's jacket aside.

[C'MON – BANANA ARMS! KNIGHT OF THE SPEAR!]

Transforming back into Baron, Kaito launched himself at Takatora, slashing him across the back, sending him tumbling off the truck. Coming to her boss's aid, Akira leapt over the truck, blocking a shot from Micchy.

"Overseer, I recommend we retreat, we are vastly outnumbered," advised Akira, helping Takatora up as Hase, Jonouchi, Micchy, Kaito and Kouta lined up, weapons raised.

[MELON CHARGE!] [LEMON CHARGE] [ICHIGO CHARGE!]

[BANANA AU LAIT!] [MANGO AU LAIT!]

Launching their weapons at the two Genesis Riders, the Mango Punisher struck Akira while the Banaspear was sent at Takatora. Following up, Micchy and Hase launched a supercharged arrow at the two, one striking each. Slashing his Musoh Saber down diagonally, the red wave of red energy sent the opposing Riders flying, their suits fading as they hit the ground.

"This isn't over," spoke Takatora as the Kurokage Troopers engaged Kouta, Kaito, Micchy Hase and Jonouchi, allowing him and Akira to retreat. Running at the Troopers attacking the five Riders, Oren slashed them with his blades.

"Quick go after him!" urged Oren, pointing at the retreating figure of Takatora.

"Thanks!" returned Kouta, racing off with Micchy behind him.

"Monsieur Cyan! Boy!" shouted Oren, "Go with them!"

"On it!" replied Hase, he and Jonouchi running after the other two.

"We'll make sure they don't interfere," instructed Oren, Kaito and Mai lining up at either side of him.

"Here, try this," spoke Mai, handing Kaito her Pine Lockseed.

"Sure," nodded Kaito, activating the Lockseed.

[PINE!]

-United We Stand-

(Zawame City Amphitheatre)

Coming to a halt, Kouta and Micchy looked all around, Hase and Jonouchi joining them. Suddenly, Hase activated his Au Lait Function and threw his staff like a javelin. Stepping out from the shadows, Takatora caught the weapon before it could hit him, tossing it aside.

"I told you this wasn't over," spoke Takatora the other three Genesis Riders stepped out of the shadows, Marika, Duke and Kurokage-Shin.

[SODA – MELON ENERGY ARMS!]

[SODA – PEACH ENERGY ARMS!]

[SODA – LEMON ENERGY ARMS!]

[LIQUID – MATSUBOKKURI ENERGY ARMS! SEI, YOISHO, WASSHOI!]

Raising their Sonic Arrows, the four Genesis Riders pulled back their bows, charging up the tip of their weapons with their respective coloured energy. Releasing the bow, four arrows shot at the Armoured Riders, striking them in the chest.

Hitting the ground, the four Armoured Riders powered down as they rolled to a halt. Before they could even begin to recover, Kurokage Troopers appeared, hauling them to their feet.

"You're coming home, Micchy," spoke Takatora, closing his Lockseed as he walked over to his brother, "I only want the best for you."

"That's easy for you to say," spat Micchy as he escorted away into an armoured truck by two Troopers, followed by Kouta.

"Overseer, we captured Test Subject 02, but the other two escaped," informed Kenji as he came to halt in front of Takatora, Ryoma joining them.

"Not a bad haul, I'd say," grinned Ryoma, nodding at Kenji, "Wouldn't you agree, Takatora."

"Now we have them in protective custody we can remove them from their Drivers and test for any negative effects of prolonged use," replied Takatora, watching as the truck containing Micchy and Kouta drove away, a second waiting to take Hase and Jonouchi. However, the two continued to put up a fight nearby, back-to-back the two were ready to kick or punch any Troopers.

"How much longer can we last at this?" gasped Jonouchi as he pulled a Kagematsu out of a Trooper's hands and used it to fend off the others, as had Hase.

"Not much more, we have to get outta here!" replied Hase, blocking a kick with the blunt end of his weapon.

"Magnifique!" shoutd Oren, as the rusting truck from the warehouse squealed around the corner, stood on the roof, waving his spiked weapons, "Hold this!"

Charging up his blades, Oren sent them flying at the Troopers, releasing a hail of energy spikes. Watching their opponents collapse to the ground, Hase and Jonouchi looked down to see a perfect circular area around and including them had been left untouched.

"Alright!" sighed Hase, brushing his hair out of his eyes, "Okay, I haven't missed that."

"If Oren's on the roof, then who's driving?" asked Jonouchi as he and Hase ran over to the truck, which had screeched to a halt. As if in reply, the passenger-side door opened, revealing Mai behind the wheel.

"Don't just stand there! Get in!" ordered Mai, snapping Jonouchi and Hase out of their shock, the two attempting to get in a the same time, collapsing in a pile on the seat, "Good enough!"

Putting her foot down Mai accelerated the truck to top speed, carrying them away from the Genesis Riders and Kurokage Troopers.

-United We Stand-