KKD: Sorry about the wait folks, but we're finally back in action.
Pikatwig: Yea, sorry about the wait.
KKD: Hopefully we can keep the updates coming faster with this this time.
Pikatwig: Disclaimers.
DISCLAIMERS: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD own the franchises used within this fanfiction. MLP belongs to The Hub, Hasbro, Lauren Faust, etc, and Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider in general belongs to Toei, Bandai, Shotaro Ishinomori, and their respective owners. Same can be said for all other materials and references used, except for original content within, which are owned by KKD Silver & Pikatwig. Credit for the original merging of these two as well as the opening legend go to FlamedramonX20.
"Baron…" Zangetsu-Shin growled, gripping the Sonic Arrow.
"Get ready, Rarity. This could get crazy," Baron told her friend as she gripped onto a sort of lance-like weapon with a banana motif.
"I will be!" the strawberry Rider responded.
Zangetsu-Shin fired the Sonic Arrow, and both ponies quickly avoided the blasts and charged forward. Baron charged in galloping at Zangetsu-Shin, stabbing him in the side with her lance, the Banaspear.
"I don't have time to deal with you pests…" Zangetsu-Shin growled annoyed, loading the Melon Energy Lockseed into his Sonic Arrow.
=LOCK ON!=
As the melon Rider was about to fire his Sonic Arrow, Rarity pulled a strawberry-themed arrow from a quiver of them on her back, loaded it up into her own bow, and with a quick pull, fired the arrow right at Zangetsu-Shin, which caused his shot to fly off in a different direction, creating dust around the two. When it cleared up, the Rider was gone.
"Shoot! He got away!" Rarity groaned as Baron trotted over to her.
"We need to find Dash and get home," Baron figured, as they trotted off.
(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.*
My Little Pony: Gaim Sengoku
Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *Focus on Gaim, before shifting down, to show Rainbow Dash, glaring at something off camera.*
Sabaibaru you gotta move (It's survival, you gotta move!) *Dash charges forward to a ruins of sorts, before being blinded by a strange light*
Gendai wa sanagara sengoku (When life's a sengoku) *The scene then shifts Twilight, holding one of her books with her magic, and looking at a mysterious fruit.*
Dare ga kachinukeru (Who's got the strength to win?) *The Tree of Harmony is shown, but something begins to form in the back of it.*
Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta (Now that all the locks are open?!) *Out of the backside of the tree, walks in Zangetsu-Shin. The scene changes to Twilight holding the Banana Lockseed, and Dash holding the Orange Lockseed*
[Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE!] *Gaim and Baron can be seen, trying to fight something, before being joined by Rarity, who is holding a Strawberry Lockseed.*
Doko ni aru? Do tsukau? (Where will you find… And how will you use?) *Meanwhile, by two ponies who couldn't be seen, are two badly damaged items, but only the shadows can be seen, as they hold out Lockseeds as well*
Kindan no kajitsu (The forbidden fruit!) *All six Riders stand ready for action, when various ponies activate the powers of their belts.*
"Ima" to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame Dare mo (The wind of the moment has its own message to share) *All the Riders pose with their various weapons and armors, the scene swapping between that and the average day in Ponyville*
[Omae no moto ni fuku? Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blowin' up!] (It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you) *The Mane 6 hang out, Dash and Twilight holding their Orange and Banana Lockseeds while the others hold a Lockseed of their own, currently blackened out. This is swapped with images of the Earth Pony legends related to Gaim and the more current battle with Gaim and the other Riders and monsters they fought.*
Ashita ga yume ga mada mienakute mo (Your dreams and future may seem so far away...) *Gaim arrives at a mysterious forest, and sees all sorts of creatures roaming around.*
[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]) *Rainbow Dash looks to see a mare who looked almost just like Twilight 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! *Dash walks into the sunset, with Twilight following her.*
Lock 4: Budou's Arrival, And the Past of the Orange
"But you've been twisted by the lies you call 'hope'!" Mitzuane snapped, slugging his former friend in the face, sending him to the ground.
"This… again?" Dash asked, actually witnessing what was going on, but was rather confused.
"Your sweet optimism blinds you to reality, and forces you to make stupid mistakes over and over," he added, pulling out his Genesis Driver before placing it on his waist, the belt forming in a glowing light.
Witnessing this, Dash could feel like her heart was beating quicker, but was still confused, as Mitzuane took out the Melon Energy Lockseed, and continued.
"Hope is an insidious disease."
=MELON ENERGY!=
"And a contagious one at that," he continued, placing the Lockseed in the Driver, "And you Kota…"
=LOCK ON!=
"...Have been spreading it like a plague!" he snapped in conclusion as he activated the Driver, causing the Melon Energy armor to plop on top of him, forming the Zangetsu-Shin armor.
=MELON ENERGY ARMS!=
"...Micchy… it was you? Then… what happened to the real Takatora?!" Kota screamed.
"HE'S DEAD! Another casualty of your disease!" Zangetsu-Shin shouted, slashing at Kota with his Sonic Arrow.
However, to Dash, the images began to distort, making her look on confused. "Takatora? Who's… Takatora?"
"Your hope is slowly robbing me of everyone I love!" Dash heard Zangetsu-Shin shout, with the images still distorted, as it finally cleared up, she saw Kota lying on the ground, and Zangetsu-Shin taking aim with the Sonic Arrow.
"Kota-san… the only way to save Mai… is for you to die!"
There was a pause, and everything was seemingly silent, aside from the Sonic Arrow charging, with Kota shouting something, before he unlocked the Orange Lockseed.
"He's… the legendary hero?!" Dash gawked, as the person turned into Gaim.
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
After the explosion left by Zangetsu-Shin's blast, Gaim rushed at the Melon Rider with his Daidaimaru and Musou Saber at the ready.
"I'm… sorry you have to see this," another voice spoke, almost just like Kota's, but Dash couldn't see the source, since the image of the two Riders about to fight froze.
"What?!" Dash gasped, looking around to see who was talking, "Who said that? ...Who are you?!"
"...Kazuraba Kota," the voice responded. "And right now… I'm showing you some of my memories…"
"Your memories? ...So ...you really are the Legendary Hero the Earth Ponies spoke of… and… all this… with Zangetsu-Shin…?" Dash started, trying to wrap her head around what was going on.
"This happened before I discovered Equestria for the first time," Kota told her, as Dash was suddenly able to make out some sort of figure nearby a pillar.
"How are you doing this?"
"The Sengoku Driver. While I may not be around to use it, my spirit is still inside of it. We're connected, you and I," Kota informed, the figure walking up to Dash, revealing him to be an orange aura version of the man Dash saw Zangetsu-Shin beating up before, "...Don't you dare believe a word that Mitzuane says. There's a world you need to defend… and without my greatest powers…"
"Greatest… powers?"
Kota walked forward, and then motioned the scene before them away, and then the scene changed to Zangetsu-Shin fighting Gaim in the form Dash saw some time ago, Kiwami Arms.
(Insert Song: Ranbu Escalation)
=BUDOU RYUHOU!=
=DONKACHI!=
Gaim then charged up energy from the blaster which was mostly black, but it had gold and silver accents and trim, purple designs in the barrel and the side forming the shape of a bunch of grapes, and bottom of the grip were both green. And the hammer was like a mallet with the head looking like an acorn with a gold top and bronze handle. He charged up some energy, before using the hammer to send it flying forward. Zangetsu-Shin just slashed away at all the energy shots, and began to growl annoyed.
"Wait… I saw that form before…" Dash noticed, "What is that? And how're you able to use all those weapons?"
"It's the power of the Kiwami Lock," Kota informed, as the him in the memory saw Zangetsu-Shin pull back on the Sonic Arrow, and then Gaim twisted the key shaped item on the side of his Sengoku Driver.
=MELON DEFENDER!=
This time, a muskmelon themed shield with gold decorations making a moon theme of sorts landed in his hand before Gaim used this to defend the blasts.
"Wow… it's so powerful… wait… what happened to that lock? It wasn't with the Driver or the Orange Lockseed at the shrine," Dash noticed.
"For one, Kiwami Arms requires the Kachidoki Lockseed too. Second… well… keep watching," Kota told her.
Kota sped up the fight, and showed past him had the Banaspear in his hands.
=SEIYA!=
=KIWAMI SQUASH!=
He struck the ground, causing holographic bananas to surround Zangetsu-Shin, who growled, and took out a Lockseed. This lock had the image of a Kiwi on it with the code "LS-13", and he inserted it into his Sonic Arrow.
=LOCK ON!=
With this, he pulled back on the arrow and quickly fired.
=KIWI CHARGE!=
(End Insert Song)
This allowed him to break free from the energy bananas, and then he growled angrily at Gaim.
=HINAWA DAI DAI DJ JYU!=
"Energy for energy, take this Micchy!" Gaim shouted, ready to take out a Lockseed, when Zangetsu-Shin quickly pulled on the lever.
=MELON ENERGY SQUASH!=
Zangetsu-Shin charged forward, and slashed with the Sonic Arrow at a close range, causing Gaim's armor to spark, with the DJ Gun, which was a sort of sawed-off shotgun weapon that was black, gold, and silver with an orange motif, the side having a turntable disc in an orange along with a small switch, it began to spark with energy, before exploding, Gaim gasped at this, before looking at the Driver, seeing while the Driver itself was undamaged, the two Lockseeds took heavy damage from the attack, both with parts cracked off and broken, causing Gaim to revert back to Kota, he looked at the remains of the two items, taking them in his hands, seeing what remained of them.
"He destroyed them?!" Dash gawked.
"Unfortunately, yea. I don't recall how these were made, but these were the most powerful Lockseeds I had… and they could've been the most you can have, too. But… because I let my guard down for just a small moment, Micchy took it as a window to take me down," Kota told her.
Dash gasped at this, before Kota kneeled down to her. "You're the hope for your world… you can't let Micchy ruin it… I promise I'll be there to help you when you need it. But right now, you need to get back to your world."
"...You're right. I'm ready Kota," Dash nodded as the area surrounding her and Kota began to blur and fade away before she felt like she was waking up from a dream…
"Huh? Did I… fall asleep?" Dash wondered, seeing she was still in the forest, before rubbing her head as if she had a headache. "Guess I'd better find my way back to Ponyville…"
"Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!" she heard someone call out.
"...Wh-Who's there?!"
"Dash? Where are you?!" she heard Twilight's voice shout.
"Twilight?!" she gasped with a smile, frantically looking around to find her alicorn friend.
"Rainbow!" Twilight's voice smiled, as she saw her friend from nearby, and thus the two rushed up to Dash, and the blue pegasus saw their Rider forms and was simply amazed.
"WOW! You girls found Sengoku Drivers, too?!" Dash gawked.
"What's that?" they both asked.
"The buckle," Dash answered, pointing to the buckles around their waists.
"Is that what these are called?" Rarity gawked.
"And how exactly do you know what they were called?" Baron added in Twilight's voice.
"It's a long story…" Dash sighed, when suddenly, Sonic Arrow shots came from behind them, which Dash heard and… "DUCK!"
She was able to save her friends from getting blasted, but the blasts ended up hitting a nearby tree, causing Dash to turn and see Zangetsu-Shin. "You…"
"Hand over the Driver, and you can leave with your lives…" Zangetsu-Shin informed.
"...Like I'll let you destroy the hope that our world has!" Dash shouted, about to activate the Orange Lockseed when she looked at the ones she had, and switched for the acorn one.
=DON~GURI!=
"Like I'll let you get away!" Zangetsu-Shin shouted, trying to blast her again, but again, he was stopped by Baron and Rarity.
"We'll cover you! Let's move Rarity!" Baron responded.
"...Fraise," Rarity responded.
"Eh?"
"A name for this armor, since it's a strawberry…"
"Fair enough," Baron shrugged before the two charged at Zangetsu-Shin, distracting him enough for Dash to use the Donguri Lockseed in her driver.
=SEIYA!=
=DONGURI ARMS! NEVER GI~VE UP~!=
Thus, an acorn dropped onto Dash and it unfolded, revealing a new bronze armor with the chest having an acorn top on it, the visor being yellow with the acorn nut inside, and she was currently wielding a small acorn mallet of sorts.
"Here we go!" Gaim announced, rushing forward, and smacking Zangetsu-Shin down with the mallet.
"Grr… you little pests!" Zangetsu-Shin growled before he tried to blast them, when suddenly, another set of shots from a Sonic Arrow came flying forward, and in came the Zangetsu-Shin look-a-like, and the Lemon Genesis Rider, "Oh great, you two!"
"Huh?" the three ponies-turned Riders gawked, turning to see these two figures. The Zangetsu-Shin look-a-like rushed forward, and slashed at Zangetsu-Shin with a Musou Saber, while the Lemon Genesis Rider approached the trio.
"Daijoubu?" the Lemon Genesis Rider asked.
"We're fine," Gaim responded.
"Who're you?" Baron asked.
"Kamen Rider Duke, and that's Zangetsu," the Lemon Rider answered.
"Zangetsu? ...There's two of them?!" Gaim gawked.
"Long story. But… listen, we'll hold him off, I found a portal back to your world, it's not far from here, just run to the northwest waterfall, and it'll be there," Duke informed, as he rushed forward and slashed at Zangetsu-Shin.
"Thanks," Gaim nodded, ushering Baron and Fraise alongside her as Baron and Gaim flew off while Fraise galloped to keep up with them.
"Why… how did you two get those Drivers?!" Zangetsu-Shin growled.
"It doesn't matter, ikuze, Duke!" Zangetsu responded, as the two Riders continued to slash at Zangetsu-Shin using their respective weapons.
"You won't ever disrespect hope, ever again!" Duke shouted, slashing quickly at Zangetsu-Shin.
"URUSEI!" Zangetsu-Shin snapped back, slashing away at the two. "Why is it you sided with that sinner, when you could've sided with me and gone on to survive?!"
"He was no sinner!" Zangetsu shouted, slashing away, fairly wildly, and holding back Zangetsu-Shin's Sonic Arrow.
"Your mind has been corrupted by your twisted desires for far too long!" Duke added, trying to slash at the villain as well.
"And you call the new Gaim out on carrying on 'a sinner's will' when you yourself have ties to 'that sinner'!" Zangetsu shouted.
=LOCK ON!=
"Get… away from me!" Zangetsu-Shin roared, pulling back on the Sonic Arrow.
=MELON ENERGY!=
Zangetsu-Shin just fired his Sonic Arrow at the ground, creating a huge dust cloud, blinding the Riders. When it died down, Zangetsu-Shin was gone.
"Tch… he got away," Zangetsu sighed.
"But at least the new Gaim and her friends can get back home…" Duke responded.
From a distance, Zangetsu-Shin looked at something, revealing it to be a Sengoku Driver that had a green background on the faceplate with a Chinese Warrior helmet on the side.
"...those two are annoying… but they're right about one thing," he groaned before throwing it far away, hoping to never see it again.
However, he didn't see it went right through one of the zipper portals, or Cracks, and it landed back in Equestria, and it flew through the air before landing on a pale yellow pegasus mare with a light pink mane, light blue eyes, and a Cutie Mark that was made up of three pink butterflies. The pegasus was just waking up when the Sengoku Driver landed on her waist, forming the belt and making the faceplate change so it had a pony profile instead of the human variety.
"Huh…?" she wondered, when she saw Zangetsu-Shin approach from the crack, with her shattered window about to fall inward.
"EEK!" she screamed in shock, quickly dashing out of her home. Zangetsu-Shin didn't even think she would be worth the effort of fighting, and ignored the now-frightened animals as he walked out of the house in unicorn form.
"This should be enough," he shrugged, unlocking a Lockseed, and in came a red humanoid lion with an orange mane, and it was clearly vicious.
"Uh… hi, I won't hurt you mister lion…" the pegasus waved.
However, the lion ignored what she said, growled, and then she looked to see a Lockseed that had the image of a bunch of grapes on it as well as the code "LS-09".
"Give up that Sengoku Driver, and I'll let you and your little animal friends live," Zangetsu-Shin threatened, making the Lion Inves approach several of the animals in the area, making the pegasus growl angrily, as she looked at the Lockseed, and then unlocked it.
=BUDOU!=
"I'll only ask you nicely once more. If you do anything foolish, my lion friend will do unpleasant things to your animal friends," Zangetsu-Shin told her.
The pegasus gave a nervous look, and was unsure of what to do. 'What do I do? If I listen to him, he could still hurt me. But if I don't do it, I could be hurt, and so can all of my animal friends… what to do Fluttershy… what to do?'
She was so scared, she didn't notice the bunch of grapes above her appear while Zangetsu-Shin stared at her.
"Close the Lockseed nice and slowly, take off that buckle, and I'll leave peacefully," Zangetsu-Shin told her, trying to seem kind, just to get rid of his own last tie to Kota.
Still nervous, Fluttershy thought he'd be telling the truth, so she was about to close the Lockseed when…
"Don't do it Fluttershy!" she heard Dash's voice shout.
"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy gasped as Zangetsu-Shin turned to see Gaim, Baron, and Fraise jump from the crack, Baron tackling the Melon Rider while Fraise decided to tango with the Inves, and Gaim rushed over to her fellow Pegasus.
"You okay?" Gaim checked.
"Yea…" she nodded, accidentally letting the Lockseed fall into the Drive Bay of the Sengoku Driver without noticing it, "...Is that really you, Rainbow?"
"Yep. Long story, but don't believe anything that guy says, he's a bad guy!" Gaim informed.
"...Well… what do I do?"
"Help us fight him!" Gaim informed, setting the Budou Lockseed into Lock On position on Fluttershy's new Sengoku Driver.
=LOCK ON!=
"Eh?! F-F-Fight?!" Fluttershy gasped as a Chinese jingle played from her buckle and she finally looked up to see the bunch of grapes above her.
"You'd better not!" Zangetsu-Shin shouted at her, getting knocked down by the Banaspear.
"Go for it Fluttershy!" Fraise shouted, knocking the Lion Inves away from the animals.
The yellow pegasus just saw the Cutting Board, and gave it a nervous look.
"Come on, let's do this thing!" Gaim announced, helping Fluttershy up onto her hooves.
"This is your last warning!" Zangetsu-Shin shouted.
But it fell on deaf ears as Fluttershy (albeit rather scaredly) sliced the Lockseed open.
=HAI~!=
Looking up for a moment, Fluttershy screeched in fear as the grapes fell down on top of her head, forming a green and gold bodysuit.
=BUDOU ARMS!=
"I'm a grape… maybe this was a bad idea…" she whimpered, as a helmet formed around her head, most of the face being gold, as a slice fell through her face forming a purple visor, and the back of her helmet was now more like a Chinese warrior's helmet as the grapes unfolded and folded into place on her back, chest, and shoulders.
=RYU! HOU! HA HA HA!=
"What happened to me?!" she screamed nervously.
(As the scene ended, Ryugen's current Lockseeds, Budou, came across the screen, and they closed along with a zipper with the Ryugen Symbol on it)
Pikatwig: And here we have the next Lock.
KKD: Yea, and again, to all you guys on Fanfiction and Fimfiction, I apologize for us not getting this finished by now… or rather, until now anyways.
Pikatwig: Sorry… anyway, now we have the new Ryugen, Fluttershy. What do you think of her being a Rider?
KKD: This will be very interesting, that's for sure. Although, this may freak her out more seeing she's using Zangetsu-Shin's old driver.
Pikatwig: Yea… I remember when I used to respect Micchy. Having gone as far into the show as we have… it makes looking back at where it started kinda… tricky. Like Kota's first fight as Gaim… after a certain episode… you can never look at it the same way again...
KKD: I know, right? Let's just hope Fluttershy will be okay with what's going on here after that. Anyway, I should also point out that I finally finished editing my first Fanfiction video review, and will try and post it up on YouTube as soon as I can.
Pikatwig: Nice. Anyway, my favorite part is when Zangetsu-Shin tries to convince Flutters to not use his old Driver.
KKD: Mine was when Kota's Spirit talked things out with Dash.
Pikatwig: Yea, and something else kinda cool, the flashback where Micchy was able to destroy the Kachidoki and Kiwami Lockseeds. Guess someone's plan would go down the drain there…
KKD: Hoo boy. Makes me wonder how that'll work in the official story. Anyway, anything else to point out before we close out?
Pikatwig: Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne!