The Boy in the Iceberg and the Kamen Rider of another World.

GammaTron: I've always loved watching the series 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and am really loving the sequel involving our new Avatar, Korra. I own only Saito/Kamen Rider Soul and Netto/SentaiSoul.


Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four Nations lived in harmony. That all ended when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him the most, he vanished. 100 years later, my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an Airbender named Aang. And although he's just a kid, he has a lot of potential. But I believe that Aang can save the world.


The Wizard Rings contain power. A modern-day user of Magic uses their power on both his hands, turning despair into hope...


Book 1: Water

Chapter 6: Winter Solstice Part 2 - Avatar Roku


Aang tried to get Appa to fly while the moon was still out, but Appa continually refused. Aang grunted as he pulled without success on Appa's reins. Saito mumbled in his sleep on Appa's saddle, the rocking making him go into a deeper sleep.

"Let's go, Appa! Come on boy!" Aang grunted, Appa roaring in protest, "Look I'm sorry but Katara, Sokka, Maya, and Alex aren't coming to the Fire Nation with us. If they got hurt, I'd never forgive myself." He proceeded to jerk on the reins, but fell on his rear, "So get your big butt off the ground and let's go!"

"I think his big butt is trying to tell ya something," Sokka joked, causing Aang to look up at four of his friends/traveling companions.

"Please don't go Aang. The world can't afford to lose you to the Fire Nation. Neither can I," Katara pleaded.

"He said he had t' talk ta that there Roku feller," Alex snorted, "If'n it's that important t' th' kid, Ah say we let 'im go…wit' us, o' course."

"That's right! I need to get to the Fire Temple before the sun sets on the solstice," he used Airbending to get onto Appa's head, "That's today!"

"We're not letting you go into the Fire Nation, Aang," Katara frowned.

"At least, not without your friends. We got your back," Sokka informed as he turned into Agito before Momo soared up and perched atop Aang's shoulder, and Appa licked Agito, "Ew!"

"Huh? Wh-I…I'm up!" Saito snorted as the Senlin Village leader approached with a small bundle, handing it to Aang.

"It's a long journey to the Crescent Island," the leader informed, "You'll have to fly fast to have any chance of making it before sundown. Good luck."

"Thanks," Saito nodded, "Let's go, Aang! Appa, yip-yip!"

Appa took off with the GAang. Later that morning, the Senlin Village leader was seen exiting a building, his spirits uplifted from the panda spirit being calmed and his people returned. Zuko suddenly stood directly in front of him with Netto beside him, aiming a pistol at his face.

"Having trouble sleeping?" Zuko struck the man, knocking him back through the door, before approaching him, "Seen the Avatar lately?"


Appa soared over the ocean, munching on some hay Maya lowered to him with a fishing pole Saito pulled out of his backpack. Aang, Katara, and Maya all watched the ocean fearfully. Agito polished his club and bladed-boomerang, smirking under his mask at how they changed when he turned into Agito. The club had reshaped into a black Chinese dragon designed after Agito with a ruby jewel in its claws, the head resting on it. The bladed-boomerang had elongated and turned into Agito's colors.

"Come on boy, we've got a long way to go. Faster!" Aang whipped the reins.


"Sailing into Fire Nation waters...of all the foolish things you've done in your sixteen years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish!" Iroh scolded as Netto sipped a cup of hot chocolate nearby.

"I have no choice, Uncle."

"Have you completely forgotten that the Fire Lord banished you?" Iroh demanded before fearfully asking, "What if you're caught?!"

"I'm chasing the Avatar! My father will understand why I am returning home!"

"You give him too much credit," Netto pointed out.

"It's true. My brother is not the understanding type!"

Zuko looked back into his telescope, "There they are. Helmsman! Full steam ahead!"


Katara looked back to see Zuko's ship, "Aang. We've got trouble!"

"Yeah! And it's gaining, fast!" Agito pointed out as Momotaros appeared, Shirokuro having been hidden in Maya's lap since she had her back turned to the Imagin.

"Oi…That guy doesn't give up, does he?" Momotaros pondered.


A Fire Nation catapult rose to the deck of Zuko's ship. It was loaded with a steaming projectile. Iroh waved a fan at his face as Netto used a clothespin on his nose.

"Uh, really Prince Zuko, couldn't you shoot them down with something more fragrant?" Iroh asked as Zuko lit the stinking ball with a fire punch.

"On my mark! Fire!" Zuko ordered.

A guard beside him sliced the rope holding back the catapult. The flaming projectile raced toward Appa.


"Fireball!" Katara screamed.

"I'm on it!" Agito declared as he swung his weapon at it, slicing it apart before returning to his owner.

"We have to get out of his range, before he shoots another hot stinker at us!" Alex shouted.

"Can't you make Appa go any faster?" Agito asked.

"Yeah. But there's just one little problem," Aang admitted.

"A blockade!" Katara gasped.


Ahead of them was a two-row line of Fire Nation ships stretching the ocean as far as the eye can see. Numerous Fire Nation catapults were awaiting to fire on each of them. Iroh gulped nervously.

"Technically you are still in Earth Kingdom waters. Turn back now and they cannot arrest you!" Iroh informed as he and Netto hugged each other in fear.


"If we fly north, we can go around the Fire Nation ships and avoid the blockade! It's the only way," Aang noted.

"There's no time!" Katara argued.

"This is exactly why I didn't want you to come! It's too dangerous!"

"And that's exactly why we're here," Alex noted.

"Let's run this blockade!" Agito declared.

"I have a better idea," Saito smirked, "Momotaros, you ready to call on a Time Trippin' Ride?"

"You bet!" Momotaros declared before going into Alex, turning bits of her hair scarlet with her eyes, "Ore…Sanjou! Henshin!"

=SWORD FORM=

Saito pulled out his SoulDriver and quickly entered a familiar set of button commands into it.

=FINAL FORM RIDE: A-A-A-AGITΩ TORNADOR=

"You may feel a tingly sensation," Saito advised as he slapped Agito's back, turning him into his Final Form Ride.

Nearby, Den-O whipped out his Rider Pass and a card depicting his image. He slid it into the device and his belt's music went off, yet his Terminal Buckle didn't light up. A portal appeared beside Appa as Agito shot off at the vessels. A set of train tracks erupted from the portal before a sleek Japanese bullet-train-themed vehicle erupted from it. It was primarily white with black and silver detailing. The main part of the train resembled the peach-mask of Den-O. It rode alongside Appa, a door opening up. Den-O jumped off the Flying Bison and into the vehicle, running up to the control cabin where a motorcycle on a track was set up. He sat in it and pushed a green button. A set of lasers emerged from the top of the engine part of the train, followed by a dog-like head emerging from the part behind it, then a monkey with two red 'barrels,' and then a tower where a red 'pheasant' rested.

"I don't care how you do it, just waste them!" Den-O barked.

"Ain't that goin' a bit overboard?" Alex asked.

"What in the world is that?" Zuko gawked.

"The Train of Time, DenLiner!" Iroh gasped, "I've heard legends of a machine that travels through time itself, appearing for the Kamen Rider when it was needed most."

"Seems that it's happening right now, then," Netto noted.

DenLiner blew its whistle and shot off at the blockade. Zhao scowled as he looked at the train and flying vehicle raced towards the blockade. DenLiner turned so that its right side faced the vessels. Missiles erupted from the 'dog's mouth' as the barrels from the 'monkey' were flung at them-exploding upon contact-and the bird shot off and began to slice through the vehicles like warm butter. The AgitΩ Tornador flipped on a vessel, shifting back into Agito. He began to strike down the men on the vessel with his weapons before jumping into the control room and throwing them men all out, letting him stop the vessel and cause a pileup behind it.


"Please Prince Zuko! If the Fire Nation captures you, there's nothing I can do! Do not follow the Avatar," Iroh pleaded.

"I'm sorry Uncle," Zuko frowned before thrusting his hand forward commandingly, "Run the blockade!"

"Idiot," Netto snorted before an explosive sent by one of the vessels before it was destroyed hit the aft side of it.

"Prince Zuko! The engines are damaged! We need to stop and make repairs!"

"Do not stop this ship," Zuko commanded.

"Again, you're an idiot today," Netto informed as he began to help the men, "I'll help with working repairs!"


Appa landed on DenLiner as the AgitΩ Tornador landed on his saddle, changing back into Agito and then Sokka. DenLiner shot away from the area, continuing on to the island.

"Not too shabby, eh?" Saito grinned.

"Why didn't you tell us about this before?" Katara awed.

"…You never asked," Saito replied with a shrug, causing Katara to facepalm.

The top rumbled before Appa was lowered into it as the train reset itself. Windows opened up to let the area be seen.

"I did not know this train had that feature," Saito noted, "Come on. We can rest a bit while DenLiner heads for the island."

"We made it!" Aang cheered.

"We got into the Fire Nation! Wait…We got into the Fire Nation," Sokka paled, "Great."


"Where do you think the Avatar is headed, sir?"

"I'm not sure," Zhao replied to the last captain as he turned aside, gazing at Zuko's smoking ship, "But I bet a certain banished prince will know."

Zuko's ship glided by, untouched by the wreckage of the failed blockade. Zhao stood high, sharing an interlocked gaze with the banished prince below. Zuko, Netto, and Iroh looked behind them in silence as they sailed safely through. Iroh stroked his gray beard curiously as Netto scowled.

"He's going to trail us, isn't he, Dad?" Netto asked.

"What do you mean?" Iroh asked.

"Out of all the vessels here, his was the only that avoided the assault by DenLiner," Netto pointed out, "You want to capture the Avatar, right Zuko?"

"Of course I do," Zuko scowled.

"Then go get him," Saito pointed at a lifeboat, "We'll go far enough away they won't see you get off while the rest of us will lead them on a wild mongoose-goose chase."


=Attention. Ahem. I said 'attention.' …Oi! You Yarō-Tachi, shut up and look out the window!= Momotaros snapped over the intercom.

"Wh-Where did that come from?" Maya gulped as she looked around.

"The intercom. It's a part of DenLiner that lets you inform everyone on the vehicle from just a single room," Saito replied as Aang looked out a window with Momo bouncing about in eager surprise.

"There it is! The island where Roku's dragon took me," Aang exclaimed, looking out at the crescent-shaped volcanic island.

Soon, Appa was laying at the base of a stone bridge leading up to the island's mountain. The bridge ended at an elegant, multi-story Fire Temple. Lava was flowing beneath the bridge. The air was thick with steam. Aang stood by Appa's head, and Katara stood to Appa's side with Maya. Sokka and Alex were stretching further away. Aang rubbed against Appa's head.

"You did it buddy. Nice flying until we got to the halfway point," Aang thanked, Appa bellowing in satisfaction, rolling to his side to wave his three legs into the air lazily with his tongue lolling out to let Katara and Maya rub his belly, "And thanks for taking us the rest of the way, Momotaros."

"No problem," Momotaros replied.

"Aww, you must still be tired from the flight," Maya cooed.

"No! I'm good. Refreshed and ready to fight some Firebenders!" Sokka replied as he continued to work out and flex his body.

"She was talkin' t' Appa," Alex snickered.

Well…I was talking to Momo," Sokka paused his work as he pointed to the lemur, clinging to a dead tree's branch.

"Sure ya were," Saito snickered before handing Maya the Rider Pass and a watch, "When the smaller hand and the red hand overlap at a time like '1:01:01,' open a door while holding this. Go through it with the others once Aang and I are with Roku and close the door, okay?"

"Um…O-Okay?" Maya nodded.

"You'll do great, Maya-chan," Saito whispered, earning a small blush from her.


Katara, Saito, Maya, Alex, Sokka, Aang, and Momo walked along the stone bridge to approach a multi-story Fire Temple.

"I don't see any guards," Sokka glanced about.

"The Fire Nation must have abandoned the temple when Avatar Roku died," Katara noted.

"If they had, it wouldn't look like this," Saito noted, "The temple isn't dilapidated and cleaned up."

"I don't care. It's almost sundown. We better hurry!" Aang ordered before the group leapt over the wall and charged for the front door.

The group tip-toed through an enormous chamber with fire-decor columns until Sokka halted them, "Wait. I think I heard something."

Turning around, the group saw five men standing in the hallway dressed in red with tall hats. A violin playing went off in Saito's head, making him hold it a bit. Saito's eyes widened. Violin music in his head equaled only one thing…Fangire. The leader of them all approached.

"We are the Fire Sages. I am their leader, the Great Fire Sage. We are the Guardians of the Temple of the Avatar."

"Great! I am the Avatar!"

=VOLCANO=

"We know," the Great Fire Sage sneered before stabbing his neck with a GaiaMemory.

"Dammit!" Saito cursed.

Magma and obsidian engulfed the man before transforming him into a Dopant. His body was comprised in the form of the Magma Dopant, yet on the shoulders were two large volcanoes billowing out soot and ash. Lining its back was more smaller volcanoes. Beside him, the closest left Fire Sage pulled out a black handheld device with a white top. He pressed the top and he was engulfed in darkness and stars in the shape of the Furnace constellation. It reshaped to reveal what appeared to be a Kaijin shaped like an old lady and a witch with wild fire-colored hair. She wore a black robe that seemed fused to her withered old body and jewels in it in the shape of the Furnace Constellation.

"Altar Zodiarts," Saito noted before grabbing Maya and Alex and pulling them out of the way of crystallized fangs floating above them moments before, "And there's the Fangire."

The one at the far right had gained stained glass markings on his face. His entire body shifted into a Kaijin blue and black horse, its fangs visible in its lipless mouth. All over its body were various stained glass designs. The one directly to the Volcano Dopant's right gained ash-colored markings before turning into a pile of ash and blue flames. He then reformed into an ash-colored Kaijin. Its body was covered in scale designs and chains. Its head was shaped like a cobra's head with the lower half of the head resembling a human's face. Its seven tails moved about, the snake heads on the ends hissing and snapping.

"And an Orphenoc. Wonderful," Saito sighed in exasperation, "Damn you, whoever made these freaks."

"Run!" Aang screamed before Alex stomped the ground and brought her hands up, causing a wall to earth to shoot up and block them from the Kaijin.

"If the Avatar contacts Roku, there's no telling how powerful the boy will become! Split up and find him!" the Volcano Dopant demanded.


Aang skid in front of Katara, Saito, Maya, Alex, and Sokka and continued running, "Follow me!"

"Do you know where you're going?!" Sokka asked.

Aang rounded a corner and disappeared from sight, "Nope!" A moment passed before Katara, Saito, Maya, Alex, and Sokka stopped when Aang skid into view again, fearfully screaming out the words, "Wrong way!"

"Come back!" the only Fire Sage to not change called out as Saito didn't run.

"You're on our side, aren't you?" Saito asked bluntly, keeping a hand on Maya and Alex's shoulders.

"Yes. I don't want to fight you…any of you. My name is Shyu and I am a friend," the man informed.

"Firebenders aren't our friends!" Alex snapped, "Y'all done went and…"

"Alex, stop," Saito ordered.

Shyu stepped towards the Avatar and Saito before dropping to his knees and pressing his palms to the floor in submission, startling all but Saito, "I know why you're here, Avatar, Kamen Rider Soul."

"You do?" Aang asked.

"Yes," Shyu replied as he rose from the floor to stand again, "You wish to speak to Avatar Roku. I can take you to him."

"How?" Aang pondered.

Shyu slid back a lamplight on the wall. He placed his palm on the wall, focusing Firebending into the location to open a secret passage.

"This way," Shyu motioned.

"Find him."

Shyu briefly glanced down the hall, "Time is running out! Quickly!"

Aang, Alex, and Katara exchanged a look with one another, asserting each others' belief to trust this Firebender. The group entered the passage and descended the steps into the cave. Shyu entered behind them, and closed the passageway. Shyu lead the group through caverns, a river of lava nearby. Maya kept herself between Alex and Saito, glancing at the lava in a bit of fear.

"Avatar Roku once called this temple his home. He formed these secret passages out of the magma," Shyu informed.

"Did you know Avatar Roku?" Aang asked.

"No. But my grandfather knew him. Many generations of Fire Sages guarded this Fire Temple long before me. We all have a strong spiritual connection to this place," Shyu explained.

"Is that how you knew we were coming?" Saito asked.

"A few weeks ago, an amazing thing occurred. The statue of Avatar Roku; it's eyes began to glow!" Shyu explained.

"That's when we were at the Air Temple. Avatar Roku's eyes were glowing there, too!" Katara realized.

"At that moment, we knew you had returned to the world, Avatar," Shyu nodded.

"If this is the Avatar's temple, why did the sages attack me?"

"Things have changed. In the past, the sages were loyal only to the Avatar. When Roku died, the sages eagerly awaited for the next Avatar to return. But he never came." "They were waiting for me," Aang slumped.

"Hey don't feel bad. You're only a hundred years late!" Sokka attempted to joke until Aang and Maya gave him glares, making him freeze up more at Maya's glare than the one Aang sent him.

"They lost hope the Avatar would ever return. When Fire Lord Sozin began the war, my grandfather and the other sages were forced to follow him. My father tried to argue and…he was executed for it," Shyu informed, "I never wanted to serve the Fire Lord. When I learned you were coming, I knew I would have to betray the other sages."

"Thank you for helping me," Aang smiled, earning a smile from Shyu in return.

"So…Uh…Why were those other Sages Kaijin?" Saito asked.

"The Great Fire Sage was the first of us to undergo surgery by this group allying themselves with the Fire Lord. They call themselves SHOCKER GX," Shyu informed.

"SHOCKER?!" Saito exclaimed in shock, "Of all the worst things to happen, this is the worst thing possible!"

"What do you mean?" Alex asked.

"SHOCKER is the worst terrorist organization you'll ever see. They take innocent humans and convert them into cyborgs or Kaijin on any kind. Their so-called Great Leader's head is always covered by a red hat to hide it being a massive eye surrounded by eight snakes," Saito explained.

"You know their Great Leader's face?" Shyu asked.

"Of course I do! Every Kamen Rider knows that!" Saito snorted.

"I'm still new at being a Rider, Saito," Sokka informed.

"I know. We were going to cover SHOCKER during our next spar," Saito sighed as Shyu began to lead them up a set of spiraling stairs, "At least this clears up my questions on how the Kaijin are here. SHOCKER GX is providing the Fire Nation with them, meaning they're dispensing GaiaMemories and Zodiarts Switches."

"Zodiarts?" Maya repeated.

"You saw the one that turned into an old hag? That's a Zodiarts, the Altar Zodiarts," Saito explained, "It's got telepathy and pyrokinesis."

"Is it just me, or have all the Kaijin we've run into all been fire-based?" Sokka asked.

"Well, the Horse Fangire can shoot fireballs from his mouth," Saito pointed out, "And the Orphenocs use blue flames and ashes to transform into their Kaijin Forms, so…yeah. Seems Ozai wants only Fire Nation-related Kaijin."

"Well, doesn't that there Fire States o' Fourze's got th' trick t' suck 'em flames up?" Alex asked.

"Actually, it's the heat of the flames, not the flames themselves," Saito pointed out as they made it to the top of the stairs.

"Once you're inside, wait for the light to hit Avatar Roku's statue. Only then will you be able to speak with him," Shyu informed.

Shyu slid back a secret tile and climbed into the outer sanctuary. Massive columns with dragon statues atop them lined the room. An immense door was before them with a device holding five open-mouthed dragons. Shyu gasped in shock.

"No!"

"Shyu, what's wrong?" Aang asked as he moved to the door.

"The sanctuary doors, they're closed!" Shyu replied.

"Oh, this is bad," Saito frowned.

"Can't you jest open them wit' yer Firebendin'? Like how y'all opened that other door?"

"No. Only a fully realized Avatar is powerful enough to open this door alone. Otherwise, the sages must open this door together, with five simultaneous fire blasts," Shyu explained as Sokka tapped his chin in thought.

"Five fire blasts, huh?" A lamplight above him lit up, "I think I can help you out."


A small vessel holding Zuko slid into the waters. He looked up at Iroh and Netto.

"Uncle; keep heading north. Zhao will follow the smoke trail, while I use it as a cover."

Iroh grunted in doubt, stroking his beard in deep thought. Zuko's boat settled on the ocean's surface and disappeared in the smoke. Zhao lowered his telescope, staring with determination.


"And just why am I transformed?" Soul asked as he looked over at Agito Flame.

"We need two more fire users to open this door," Agito Flame noted as he pointed at the door.

"Dammit!" Soul growled, 'I don't want Zuko to grab Aang like he did in the series…But I can't summon…Kamen…Riders…' "Guys, I'm a fuckin' idiot."

"Finally, he admits it," Agito Flame joked as Soul whipped out his SoulDriver and quickly pressed down on '0-9-6' and then the mask button.

=KAMEN RAIDĀ: DIEND=

"The End?" Katara pondered as a gun appeared in his right hand, the weapon cyan, black, and silver in color.

Soul held up a card that depicted the head of a Kamen Rider. It was a black helmet/mask with ten cyan bars on the front. He slid it into the gun and cocked it.

=KAMEN RIDE=

"Henshin!" Soul declared as he pointed at the sky, pulling the trigger.

=DIEND=

Three images, one red, one green, and one blue, zipped around the area as ten cyan 'cards' shot out of the barrel. The images collided with Soul, turning his armor into a more blank design and solid black with coils on the wrists and ankles. The ten 'cards' collided with the top of his mask, forming the image on the card. Data went down the outside of his body, turning what it went by into cyan, silver, and gold.

"It's 'Diend,' Katara-chan," Diend chuckled before holding up four cards and slid them into the device.

=KAMEN RIDE=

"You want heat? I'll give you it," Diend informed as he pulled the trigger.

=DOUBLE: HEATTRIGGER=

=GARREN=

=FOURZE: FIRE STATES=

In nine multicolored images, three Riders were formed beside the two before the gates. The first was Fourze in his Fire States, the second was Double with his right half being red and orange and the left half being blue and cyan, and the last was a red Kamen Rider with a card-based motif. His armor seemed to be based upon a beetle and had green 'bug eyes' and a large gun in the right hand.

"Okay, you three. I need a Limit Break, Maximum Drive, and the FIRE Rouze Card," Diend ordered the three before pointing at three of the holes in the door, "Make sure they enter these holes, one each, and at the same time as Agito Flame and Mr. Shyu here."

"Y'all really outdone yerself this time, Saito," Alex noted with a smirk.

"This might actually work," Shyu smiled in joy.

"Get ready then for us to get going, Aang," Diend informed.

"Right," Aang nodded.

"The sages will hear the doors opening, so as soon as they go off, you rush in!" Shyu informed.

Katara, hiding behind a column with Alex and Maya, looked over at Aang and Diend, "It's almost sundown. Are you two ready?"

"Definitely," Aang replied as Diend nodded.

"Now you three," Diend ordered as Garren slashed two cards through his gun.

=FIRE=

=LIMIT BREAK=

=TRIGGER – MAXIMUM DRIVE=

"Fire in th' hole!" Alex shouted.

Shyu thrusted his fist forward, sending a powerful blast of flames racing across the door to go into the middle tube. Double, Fourze, and Garren unleashed a powerful barrage of powerful fireballs. Agito Flame swung his blade and unleashed a concentrated blast of flames from the tip of his sword and went into the last pipe. The pipe began to turn clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively for the right and left sides. The center pipe rose up and into the ceiling. The door and room rumbled as the door before them swung wide open.

"Let's go, Aang!" Diend ordered, "Hopefully, my buddies here will stay when I drop Henshin. …Aang?" he turned to see Zuko had Aang's arms pinned behind him, "Son of a bitch."

"The Avatar comes with me!" Zuko ordered.

"Zuko, you do realize you're related to Aang, right?" Diend asked.

"Wh-wh-what?" Aang gawked.

"Don't try and trick me," Zuko growled.

"But it's true. Avatar Roku is your ancestor," Diend informed, 'Well, thank Kami for Plan M: Mind fuck the guy that has the last hope of this world in his hands with facts.'

"That is a lie!" Zuko snapped.

"No it ain't," Diend cackled, "You are related to Roku, whether you believe it or not!"

"What is he doing?" Katara whispered in annoyance.

"Ah think he's messin' wit' th' boy's mind," Alex guessed.

"I think he told me about this act of his," Maya whispered, earning the other two girls' attention, "He calls it his 'Hazama Act' when he needs to improvise with someone in order to help someone else."

"Silence or he will die!" Zuko growled.

"We both know you won't do that! You want dear ol' daddy's love back, don't you? You want it because Azula has it!" Diend declared, "That's right! I know all about your sister, Zuzu. Oh, and how your father banished your mother!"

"Shut up!" Zuko snapped, "You don't know me!"

"Your father gave you that scar and banished you, all because you wouldn't be quiet at a war meeting in his chambers!" Diend continued, his helmet removing itself to reveal a maniacal look upon his face, "This whole world is filled with nothing but lies! Lies! Lies! Lies! Lies! Lies! I am just revealing the truth; the Truth of Despair!"

Fourze looked at his fellow Riders and gave the co-co hand sign. The two other summoned Riders nodded as Agito Flame gawked under his mask.

"Shut up!" Zuko snapped.

"Oh, I don't think I will. Your father will never accept who you are, Zuko! Not until his deathbed! I know all about your little love, Mai, and how she's friends with Azula ever since childhood along with an acrobatic girl named Ty-Lee. I know how Azula despised your mother, Zuzu. In truth, she had a part to play within the banishment and that she bends blue flames and Lightning, always beating you up good in your spars," Diend chuckled deviously, "Oh she's a bad, bad, bad little girl, isn't she? She likes to manipulate others. Like how if she kills the Avatar, she'll give the credit to you so that in the case he does survive, dear old daddy Ozai will punish you yet again!"

"Shut up!" Zuko screamed out before the helmet reformed and Diend was suddenly before him, slamming a fist into his face and knocking him out.

"Man, I just hate doing that," Diend chuckled, "Thank you, CycloneJokerXtreme."

"Is…Was what you said true?" Aang gawked.

"Every word of it," Diend replied as he dragged Aang through the door, dropping his Henshin, "I'm quite smart like that. I've spent a few times as the Xtreme Change for Double, remember?"

"So you decided to look up on Zuko?" Aang asked as the other Riders minus Agito dissipated into pixels.

"Yep. Kid's got a ton of skeletons in his closet," Saito replied, causing Aang to flinch, "Whoops. Sorry, buddy."

"It…It's fine," Aang sighed as the doors closed shut behind them.

"At least the Fire Nation can't get in," Saito noted, "And I'm sure with our buddy Agito out there, they'll be okay."

"But, Saito, those other guys were Kaijin," Aang reminded, "And one of them was a Volcano Dopant. I don't think Sokka can beat a Dopant."

"…Oh yeah…" Saito sweatdropped, "Well, we'd best get ready to meet Roku, then."

Aang nodded before looking up to a tall statue of Avatar Roku. A beam of red sunlight entered the room and struck a glistening red jewel held by the statue.

"The light hits the statue and I talk to Roku. So why isn't anything happening?" Aang pondered.

"Simply put? It's not lined up, yet," Saito replied.

"So we're just leavin' them?!" Alex demanded as the group sat in DenLiner's cozy dining cart.

"Saito ordered me to do this," Sokka replied as Momotaros slurped a cup of coffee beside him, red and blue foam in it.

"Heh. The kid will be fine," Momotaros waved them off, "He's got the gaki with him."

"That just raises more questions," Katara sighed as Shyu looked around in awe.

"This is truly amazing. We are actually in time itself?" Shyu asked.

"Um…well…Yes," Maya nodded, "Saito told my sister and I that DenLiner is a train that travels through time itself."

"And we brought Zuko, why?" Sokka demanded as he pointed at a bound, gagged, and tied up Zuko, the teen unconscious.

"Ah wanted ta leave 'im t' th' wolves, but Sis here done gave me a look," Alex snorted.

"We'll dump him on his boat," Momotaros snorted.

"…I don't trust him," Sokka stated.

"Of course we don't. He's Fire Nation."

"Not Zuko, Alex. I'm talking about Saito. How did he know all that about Zuko? And who the heck are Mai and Azula?" Sokka pondered, "He's not telling us everything."

"Well, he did say Double can connect to the planet's memories," Maya noted gently, "He's been looking up Zuko, I guess."

"He had that same explanation for Senlin Village, but I've been learning how to tell he's been lying," Sokka pointed out, "His left eye twitches when it's a tiny lie, but his ears turn red at a bold-faced one."

"And he's been lying about using Xtreme to look up things?" Katara asked in disbelief.


"Why isn't anything happening?! I don't know what I'm doing! All I know is Airbending!" Aang groaned.

"And a bit of Waterbending from practicing with Katara," Saito pointed out, pleased with himself at making Aang learn Waterbending early from Katara.

"Please Avatar Roku, talk to us!" Aang begged.

Roku's statue turned red as sunlight engulfed it. Its eyes glowed white as smoke filled the room. When the white smoke dissipates, Avatar Roku was standing before them. Saito looked around and was actually amazed. They really were on a mountaintop with only the clouds visible below. Just like the cartoon.

"It's good to see you, Aang. What took you so long?" Roku asked with a slight chuckle.

Aang respectfully placed a fist into his palm, bowing his head to the Avatar before him. Roku then turned to Saito and frowned at him for a moment.

"I believe you are Saito, are you not?"

"Yes, yes I am," Saito nodded.

"You've made quite a new life for yourself," Roku continued.

"I have. …I take it you know about me, don't you?"

"Yes," Roku nodded.

"What are you guys talking about?" Aang asked.

"…My birth name's not 'Saito Ryder,' Aang," Saito sighed, "It's something I've been using since I can't even say my real name for some reason."

"That is because your body is Saito Ryder," Roku informed.

"And that just reminds me. Why is it like this? I don't look like I came from an anime or manga," Saito frowned.

"I'm still confused here," Aang noted.

"Then let us explain it," a voice spoke.

=CONNECT – PLEASE=

A red portal appeared near them. A lone figure stepped out, revealing a young man in his early twenties. He wore a black jacket with silver chains, a pair of red pants, and a white shirt. In his left hand was a bag of donuts, pulling one out.

"You have gained Magical potential," the man noted, glancing at Saito, 'You have gained the right to become a Mage."

"…Who are you?"

"Number 112, Kamen Rider…Wizard," the man replied before taking a bite of a donut, "But you may call me 'Haruto.'"


"I'm amazed," Iroh admitted as Netto fell over, laughing.

"Get me down from here!" Zuko demanded, stripped down to a pair of fire-print boxers and hung from the top of the ship.

"You're cruel," Sokka pointed out to Katara as DenLiner drove away in the sky.

"Oh…shut up, Sokka," Katara looked away with a blush.

"So what do we do wit' ya, Shyu?" Alex pondered.

"I think I have a place," Sokka noted, "Set DenLiner for Kiyoshi Island."


"Damn! Even with five of us here, it won't open!" the Volcano Dopant snarled.

"It must be the will of Avatar Roku that prevents us from entering," the Horse Fangire growled.

"Don't worry. Sooner or later, they have to come out," Zhao chuckled.

In truth, he was rather livid and impressed. Zuko had actually outwitted him. They had managed to catch up to the vessel when it stopped for repairs and found out Zuko was not on it. He began to think about why the Avatar would come to the Fire Nation before it hit him. The Avatar's Temple on Crescent Island. He met up with the Fire Sages there and they directed him here. They had spent five minutes trying to get the doors to open, but to no avail.


"I have something very important to tell you, Aang. That is why, when you were in the Spirit World, I sent my dragon to find you," Roku informed as he and Aang stood away from Haruto and Saito.

"Is it about that vision? The one of the comet?"

"Yes."

"What does it mean?"

"One hundred years ago…" Roku waved his hand and the area around them changed to a visual of a comet in the dark sky, "…Fire Lord Sozin used that comet to begin the war. He and his Firebending army harnessed its incredible power, and dealt a deadly first strike against the other nations."

"So the comet made them stronger?"

"Yes. Stronger than you could even imagine."

"But that happened a hundred years ago. What does the comet have to do with the war now?"

"Listen carefully. Sozin's Comet will return by the end of the summer, and Fire Lord Ozai will use its power to finish the war, once and for all. If he succeeds, even the Avatar won't be able to restore balance to the world. Aang. You must defeat the Fire Lord, before the comet arrives.

"But I haven't even started learning Waterbending! Not to mention Earth and Fire!"

"Mastering the elements takes years of discipline and practice. But if the world is to survive, you must do it by summer's end."

Aang just stood there in shock. He had to learn and master what takes years in just one year? Even less than a year, at that! He shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Roku…Why is Saito…?"

"He is a crucial part of it all, Aang. Some things he knows he knows to help you all," Roku informed, "He has special knowledge on the war, knowledge that would prove to be your downfall if he ever let you, Sokka, and Katara hear. Trust in him that he will reveal them all in due time."

"But…"

"He has done so here. Had you not had Saito and Sokka were not Agito, you would have tried, and failed, in opening the gates and we would not have as much time to talk," Roku informed, "However, because of his presence, this world has altered in various areas, filling out with his knowledge. Kiyoshi Island was not as advanced as you witness. It was much like the rest of the world."

"So…because of his presence, the world is changing?"

"Yes. Seers here in the Spirit World foretold that you would fail here, yet it could be changed if a variable appeared," Roku informed, "Various influences managed to snake their way in thanks to a man known as the Great Leader of SHOCKER."

"SHOCKER?" Aang repeated, his eyes widening, "Saito…"

"He told you about SHOCKER, has he?" Roku chuckled, "Good, then. Aang, it is true that the Rider is weaker than the Avatar, but that is because the Rider is merely the Avatar's shield."


"So you're the newest Rider? The one for 2012 and 2013?" Saito pondered.

"Yep," Haruto replied as he bit into a donut.

"…You've got a donut problem," Saito pointed out, "Cool."

"This isn't what you want to know, is it?"

"…" Saito sighed as he looked up at the sky of the Spirit World, "People in my world dream of things like this happening. Being able to go to another world and become friends with the main characters of a series they like."

"Even getting something like their heroes," Haruto pointed out, "Well, to admit to you; there was no 2012-2013 Kamen Rider series." Saito turned to him, "In fact, there was no 2012."

"…You mean that…"

"It happened. Just like those damn nuts thought so," Haruto chuckled.

"…Son of a bitch…Wait. If this happened, does that mean the Doctor is real?" Saito asked.

"…" Haruto sighed in annoyance, feeling a migraine start to form, "Yes. The fruitcake is real, too."

"…" Haruto was then subjected to cheers and whoops from the newest Kamen Rider for two minutes before he slapped a hand over Saito's mouth, "Just shut up and ask me more important questions, dammit."

"…" Saito nodded and Haruto removed his hand, "Haruto-sempai, why am I like this?"

"It's because all of us-all the Kamen Riders Japan revealed-made this body for your soul," Haruto informed, "You are deeply ingrained into the history of this world now thanks to all 114 of us."

"I…I see. So all those Souls before me are just fakes?"

"No, they're real," Haruto informed, "We've been implanting those images into your head."

"Images? Wait, so those funny dreams about being with another Avatar were all fake memories of interactions Soul has had with the Avatar Cycle?"

"Now, now, all will be revealed in due time," Haruto chuckled, "But I will tell you this; Wizard is the Avatar of the Kamen Riders in a way."


The Kaijin and the Firebenders, including Zhao and his crew, circled around the door's perimeter, assuming a Firebending form. They waited patiently for the door to open.

"When those doors open, unleash all your firepower!" Zhao ordered.


"What if I can't master all the elements in time? What if I fail?!" Aang freaked.

"I know you can do it, Aang," Roku smiled gently at the twelve-year-old before him, "For you have done it before."

Aang smiled at him. That was right; the Avatar has saved the world before. Roku looked up at the sky.

"The solstice is ending. We must go our separate ways, for now."

"But I won't be able to come back to the temple. What if I have questions? How will I talk to you?" Aang asked.

"I am a part of you. When you need to talk to me again, you will find a way," Roku replied as he closed, providing Aang a vision of Fire Navy ships surrounding the island, "A great danger awaits you at the temple." He provided a vision of the awaiting Firebenders on the other side of the door, "We can help you face the threat. But only if you are ready."

"I'm ready," Aang informed as his eyes and tattoos glowed a bright white while Saito flipped open his SoulDriver and pressed down on '1-1-4' and the mask button.

=KAMEN RAIDĀ: WIZARD=

A belt buckle resembling a right hand held out for a handshake appeared on his waist. He adjusted a ring on his left index finger with the same symbol and held it over the buckle.

=DRIVER ON – PLEASE=

It flashed before an oversized silver buckle appeared, the black and gold 'hand' still on it. He put on a ruby ring with silver designs over it on his left index finger. He pushed down on the right side of the buckle, causing the hand to flip to a left hand held out.

=SHABADOOBEY TOUCH HENSHIN~ SHABADOOBEY TOUCH HENSHIN~ SHABADOOBEY TOUCH HENSHIN~=

"Henshin!" Saito declared as he swiped his hand over the hand.

=FLAME – PLEASE=

Saito held out his left hand away from his body to the left. A red symbol appeared just inches ahead of the hand, its size equal to his body. It appeared to resemble a red dragon of sorts.

=HI-HI-HI-HI-HI=


The guard surrounded the door. The door glowed bright white for the second time that day. Smoke streams came through into the room. The door unlocked itself, beginning to open. As it opened, a blinding white light forced all present to look away.

"Ready…" Zhao began as the light faded, revealing a pair of glowing white eyes and a glowing red 'face' in the darkness, "Fire!"

He, the Volcano Dopant, Horse Fangire, Orochi Orphenoc, Altar Zodiarts, and his guards cooperated in blasting fire onto the unseen target. The wall of fire amassed, circling its new host as Avatar Roku, eyes aglow, was revealed behind the flames, untouched.

Standing before Roku with his left arm outstretched, the same red symbol the floated beside Saito and sucking up all the lava and flames that had been sent towards them, was a figure. His outfit was almost completely black, the trimming done in silver. His chest had ruby armor on it while his mask was also a ruby on the front with silver 'eyes' on it. In his right hand was a strange silver gun, a closed hand-version of his belt on a side.

"Saa…Showtime," the Kamen Rider informed.

CUE: KAMEN RIDER WIZARD OPENING SONG – LIFE IS SHOWTIME

The sages transformed into Kaijin rushed at him. The Altar Zodiarts sent a barrage of fireballs at Wizard with a wave of lava being sent from the Volcano Dopant, only for the seal to appear once more from Wizard's left hand and absorbed the attacks. He jumped over the swing of the Horse Fangire's blade before striking the Snake Orphenoc in the face with a barrage of shots from his gun. The gun tilted up ninety degrees before a blade flipped out, turning the gun into a sword. He proceeded to cut the Fangire's blade in two before spinning and slashing all four, sending sparks. He switched rings on his right hand with one depicting a flaming dragon and a foot before pushing a Shift Lever on the left side of it to switch the Hand Auror.

=LUPACHI MAGIC~TOUCH GO! LUPACHI MAGIC~TOUCH GO!=

"The finale!" Wizard declared.

=VERY NICE! KICK STRIKE! THE BEST~!=

The seal appeared below his right leg as he spun a bit to leave just that foot in the center of it, causing flames to engulf it. He jumped high into the air and slammed it into the Fangire's gut, sending him into the Orphenoc and causing both to explode in an explosion of flames. He reverted the WizarSwordGun back to its Gun Mode and pulled on the 'thumb,' flipping out the hand.

=C'MON SHOOT! SHAKE HANDS! C'MON SHOOT! SHAKES HANDS!=

He put his left hand over the outstretched hand in a 'handshake.'

=FLAME SHOOTING STRIKE – HI-HI-HI! HI-HI-HI!=

The barrel of the gun erupted in flames. He pulled the trigger in a quick-fire assault motion. The Volcano Dopant and Altar Zodiarts screamed as they were struck, going up in explosions. Wizard caught a black device with a red button on the top. He pressed the button and a black vortex engulfed the switch, causing it to be engulfed in it. He then caught a GaiaMemory with the 'V' depicted as a volcano erupting.

Avatar Roku summoned more fire in one motion. He then sent it forward in one powerful wave that seared the room, blasting the remaining offenders off their feet and destroying the outer wall. Wizard glanced at Roku, his eyes glowing stronger than before. "Avatar Roku is going to destroy the temple! Time to get out of here!" Wizard advised.

Roku knelt into a forward strike, melting the floor with a molten Firebending trail. He then steadily lifted his hand, causing the stream of lava below to erupt into maddened explosions. The lava soared through the temple, tearing it apart. Zhao and his Firebenders fled for the temple's exit.

The destruction ceased momentarily as Roku lowered his hands, exhaling soundly. The solstice's beam of sunlight was shown leaving his statue; its eyes no longer glowing. As that happened, all smoke in the room drew in upon Avatar Roku, his form disappearing to leave behind a weary Aang.

"I've got your back, Aang," Wizard whispered as he caught the collapsing twelve-year-old.

"You…lied…"

"Somewhat. I did look up Zuko with the Xtreme Memory," Wizard informed, "We'll talk once you've recovered, just me and you, okay?"

"Okay…Where are the others?"

"DenLiner, most likely. C'mon, Appa may still be outside," Wizard noted before glancing outside, "Correction; Appa is right outside the hole Roku made."

The Rider ran out of the temple, leaping into Appa's saddle. He placed Aang in the back of the saddle and took the reins. Appa flew away, Aang gazing back at the destruction. Momo popped up wearing the Great Fire Sage's hat and causing Wizard to start chuckling…his chuckles turning into laughter once he saw Shirokuro and Appa also had ones on their noggins.


"No Prince, no Avatar! Apparently, the only thing I do have is two traitors!

"But Commander! Only Shyu helped the Avatar," the Great Fire Sage argued.

"Save your stories for the Fire Lord. As far as I'm concerned, you're all guilty!" Zhao snapped before turning to a guard, "Take them to the prison hold!"


A red portal appeared above Kiyoshi Island around midnight. Appa soared through it, giving a roar. He landed in the middle of the village, just before Kiyoshi's statue. Sokka, Katara, Alex, and Maya got onto the saddle with a few provisions obtained from the island. Later, a mourning Aang hung his head with a sigh. Katara and Sokka stood and approached their friend, kneeling behind him to support him. Saito gave the boy a small smile as he drove Appa while Alex and Maya hugged the Avatar for a few moments to comfort him.


Next time on The Boy in the Iceberg and the first Kamen Rider

Saito: Why did you do that? You should've asked me and I would've gotten the stuff.

Katara: If you want, I can try to teach you some of the stuff I know.

Sokka: You know what's going to happen?!

Iroh: We all have skeletons in our closet. It's just a matter of how to reveal them to everyone.

?-?-?: The price is two hundred gold pieces, I don't haggle on items this rare.

Zuko: Try to understand. I need to capture him to restore something I've lost, my honor.

Maya: How adorable!

Alex: No more lies, okay? Ah'll tell y'all th' truth if'n y'all tell me and mah sister th' truth.

Weiku appu! Sadame no kusari o tokihanate (Wake Up! Break the Chains of Destiny)!-!

Book 1: Water Chapter 8: Melody: The Waterbending Scroll


KAMEN RIDER CORNER: Done as Imagin Anime-style

Saito, Maya, Alex, Sokka, and Momotaros: *enter the projector room as it began to play scenes involving the DenLiner*

Alex: So what was that fancy thing we were ridin' in?

Momotaros: That's DenLiner, my home! *pats his chest in pride* It's perfect for me!

Saito: And the other Imagin.

Maya: You mean like Ryutaros? *watches the projector start playing scenes of the Imagin in the Dining cart*

Saito: Yep. Den-O's five Imagin Partners, Momotaros, Urataros, Kintaros, Ryutaros, and Sieg, all live in DenLiner. Though it's on-again/off-again for Sieg.

Momotaros: *shakes a fist at the projector as it showed Sieg* Damn you, Tori-Yaro.

Saito: *rolls his eyes as Sieg floated down from the sky*

Sieg: Korin...

Momotaros: *jumps and screams* You, Tori-Yaro!

Saito and Alex: *roll their eyes*

Maya: Um...excuse me, but what about DenLiner?

Saito: Oh, right. Anyways, the majority of the scenes involving DenLiner focus upon the Dining Cart part of the train. The main part of DenLiner can combine with other Trains of Time to increase its power to battle Gigandeaths. *shows all the trains of DenLiner combine along with KingLiner to take down a Gigandeath that took over the rails in the Sands of Time* DenLiner is a special train where you can travel through time. With the God Pass, a gold Rider Pass, you can travel on God's Tracks. *shows ZeroLiner getting onto God's Tracks when DenLiner got taken* God's Tracks lets one travel to any time without a Time Ticket. *shows how a Train Ticket is made* That ticket is how Den-O would chase Imagin back to the past in order to stop them from interfering with time.

Alex: Ah see...*sees the projector start displaying clips of Kamen Rider Wizard's first episode* Whoo! Who's that partner?

Sokka: *looking at a book* It says here that this guy is the 114th Kamen Rider that was shown on TV: Kamen Rider Wizard AKA Haruto.

Saito: That's right. His enemy are the Phantoms, humans that were turned into Kaijin by a ritual done in the Solar Eclipse. They use the strongest memory of a person and destroy it, turning their victims into Phantoms as well.

Maya: That's terrible! *hand over her mouth in shock*

Saito: I know. Haruto has love for donuts and has been show abusing magic to get a bag of donuts he left on top of a light pole while he was in a jail cell. *shows Haruto change into Wizard* When he uses the Rings on his left hand on his WizarDriver, he transforms into Wizard. He is the Avatar of the Kamen Riders.

Sokka: Huh?

Saito: Wizard has four different Forms currently; Flame Form, Water Form, Hurricane Form, and Land Form.

Alex: Water, Earth, Fire, an' Air.

Saito: You got it. He can even summon his own Phantom for combat.

Maya: W-What? *screams when the projector shows WizarDragon* Dragon! *zips behind Alex and Saito, shaking in fear*

Saito: ...Well, this is awkward.

Alex: *pats Maya*

Saito: Well, anyways...WizarDragon is what Haruto would have ended up if the White Wizard didn't save him and give him the WizarDriver. His Phantom is kinda tricky to deal with, so Haruto has to use his bike, the Machine Winger, to control WizarDragon.

Maya: *whimpers*

Saito: *looks at her* There, there, Maya-chan. Sieg!

Sieg: But of course. *picks up Maya and walks off to put her in a comfortable area*

Momotaros: Get back here, you Tori-Yaro! *chases him*