Mega Kamen Rider Gaim

by KKD Silver

In the community of Zawame City, Rock "Megaman" Light must learn to become an adult while helping his fellow Robot Masters in the dance team of Beat Riders known as Team Gaim. Here, he also becomes a new type of hero with the aid of the Sengoku Driver and Lockseeds, becoming the newest Kamen Rider... Gaim!

7. Lock 7

KKD: And here we are with Mega Gaim. Ohaiyo, Konichiwa, Konbanwa, or whatever time of day it is for ya, hello to you minna-san, and you'd better strap yourselves in for a long read 'cause we've got a HECK of a lot ground to cover today. Trust me, it's a lot.

Pikatwig: We go the battle to continue from last time, Gaim's cameo in Wizard, and then… the arrival of someone… very dangerous.

KKD: We also hinted someone else, but we'll get to him when we meet this other… Mister.

Pikatwig: Anyway, we'll be having some characters from other franchises appearing due to the Gaim cameo occurring, to name a few… Sora and Philip from WBXKH, Ryotaro from SCJ, Eiji from CtM, Takeshi from the Decade story, and my main OC. Alrighty aibou, we've got a long ride to get through, so let's not waste anymore time! Disclaimers!

DISCLAIMERS: We only own DJ Man, Tune, and some other references to other characters we created, Fraise belongs to Pikatwig, some new ideas belong to Pega-Rider when they appear, and everything else here, especially Megaman and Kamen Rider, are owned by Capcom, Archie, Toei, and Bandai. Also, for the cameos, KKD owns Ryotaro from SCJ along with Takeshi from JttD, Sora belongs to Disney & Square, Philip belongs to Toei and Bandai, Eiji from CtM belongs to Gammatron, SEGA, Toei, and Bandai, and Pika owns the OC who has not been named as of yet.

KKD: That was longer than usual due to the cameos, but regardless, let's get this started aibou.

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After seeing Zero fight as Ryugen, Rock resolves to continue the fight, to keep the innocent safe. Just when things seem to calm down, the fifth and sixth Kamen Riders appear before him, Zero and Roll.

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Gaim, Fraise, and Ryugen were simply staring down the two new riders as Baron looked rather intrigued by this sudden move. There was a long silence before the Rider who was Slash Man stepped forward.

"I am, Kamen Rider Kurokage!" he announced, as Jewel Man got a little bit in a nervous mode.

"Oh… we're naming ourselves already… alright, what's a good name…" he muttered.

"Oi… he's Gridon! Kamen Rider Gridon!" Kurokage announced.

"Eh? Wait… NO!" the newly dubbed Rider gawked, feeling that was a rather stupid name choice.

"Huh?" Gaim gawked, feeling it was a silly name, especially for someone as strong as Jewel Man.

"Oh, come on…" Ryugen groaned.

Fraise was snickering a bit, and then looked at him. "Gridon? How silly! Or… Ornac?" she joked.

"Seriously? Gridon? Ornac?" Ice Man laughed along with the rest of Team Gaim.

"Like 'Acorn' or Donguri?" Time Man added.

"That's pretty terrible," Hornet Man agreed.

"It's really sad. Considering Kurokage means black shadow." Tune admitted.

"Someone's really learning their Japanese," Ice Man smiled.

"Why do I have to be Gridon?" Gridon demanded to know from Kurokage.

"Dude, just go with it," he tried to shush the acorn Rider.

"No way!"

However, this feud would have to wait, though, as Baron walked between them and stood before the Gaim Riders.

"Hmph! Time for a fresh start," Baron informed with a twirl of his Banaspear before pointing it at his siblings and Ryugen, the three in question, posing to prepare to counterstrike.

"Alright… break them off, fight only one of them. Kurokage, you attack Ryugen. Gridon, you go for Gaim. I'll handle Fraise, sound good?" Baron told the two, pointing at them, and then who he assigned them to fight.

"Yea… but better yet…" Kurokage started as he and Gridon approached Baron before… Kurokage slashed Baron in the back with his lance, bringing the banana Rider to his knees?!

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(Cue Opening: Just Live More by Gaim no Kaze)

*The current scene suddenly zips open to reveal the start of the opening where all six fruit riders pose in their own ways, focusing on Gaim, the orange rider.*

Got it, Move… WOW! *All of the Riders weapons hit the title forming it, and then a sky background appears behind it.*

Mega Kamen Rider Gaim!

Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *Focus on Gaim, before shifting down, to show Megaman/Rock wielding Gaim's weapon, ready for action.*

Sabaibaru you gotta move (It's survival, you gotta move!) *Rock sees a fence, and then it traps him on one end, he sees himself in the Megaman armor. Megaman looks at the Orange Lockseed, before walking away from a crumbling fence.*

Gendai wa sanagara sengoku (When life's a sengoku) *The scene then shifts to Team Baron dancing, the members being Megaman's older brother Blues/Protoman, Quick Man and Shadow Man.*

Dare ga kachinukeru (Who's got the strength to win?) *The three Robots do some complicated dance moves, with ease.*

Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta (Now that all the locks are open?!) *Megaman and Protoman glare at each-other, with their reflections showing Kamen Rider Gaim in Megaman's place, and the banana Rider, Kamen Rider Baron in Protoman's place.*

[Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE!] *The two charge at one-another, both holding a closed Lockseed, Megaman holding the Orange one, while Protoman holds the Banana Lockseed. Roll watches from a short distance, with a look of worry, holding a Strawberry Lockseed, and her reflection shows Kamen Rider Fraise in her place, much to her surprise.*

Doko ni aru? Do tsukau? (Where will you find… And how will you use?) *Someone else picks up the Budo Lockseed, it's Zero. Zero sees Bass, who's also holding a Lockseed, and walks over to him, but a fence stops Zero, but in their reflections are Kamen Rider Zangetsu, and Kamen Rider Ryugen, who's stopped by a sword.*

Kindan no kajitsu (The forbidden fruit!) *All six Riders stand ready for action, when Gaim zooms by on his bike.*

"Ima" to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame Dare mo (The wind of the moment has its own message to share) *All six Riders activate their Sengoku Drivers, starting with Zangetsu, and ending with Gaim.*

[Omae no moto ni fuku? Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blowin' up!] (It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you) *Gaim is seen turning into Orange Arms, ready for combat.*

Ashita ga yume ga mada mienakute mo (Your dreams and future may seem so far away...) *Next shows Team Gaim dancing, but mostly focused on Meagaman, Roll and Tune/Sugar Woman.*

[Soko genkai? Seiippai ikite iru to ierunara] (When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop) *Gaim looks at the other Riders, almost as if trying to choose who to trust and who not to trust.*

Utsumuku na yo [kao agero] doko madede mo [Mageru koto naku] (But don't let life get you down [Keep your head held high] Wherever you may go [Never compromise yourself]) *Team Gaim finishes dancing, and then the scene shifts to the mystery girl, who looks a lot like Tune for some reason…*

Shinjita michi o ike JUST LIVE MORE! (Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!) *Near the ground are the core six Rider's main fruit armor damaged, with a closed Lockseed by each.*

Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *The scene changes to Gaim riding his horse, but then above that is Megaman on the Rush Jet…*

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Lock 7: The Durian and Magosteen Riders Enter the Fray!

"Eh?!" Ryugen gasped as the three Gaim Riders straightened themselves out upon seeing this.

"What's the meaning of this, you cur?" Baron roared, shooting up and trying to attack Kurokage, who easily dodged and blocked Baron.

"Like you said, it's a fresh start for us!" Kurokage answered.

"YEA!" Gridon agreed as he charged in and attempted to smash Baron's head in with his Acorn Mallet, but completely missed as Baron dodged out of the way, with Team Gaim and the Gaim Riders watching in shock and confusion.

"What's going on?" Tune gawked.

"Hey, why are you beating up our brother like that?!" Gaim demanded to know.

"Yea why?!" Fraise added.

"Also, I thought you guys were on the same team!" Ryugen threw in as Gridon and Kurokage continued his assault.

"Well, looking at it in the long-run, the best course of action would be to focus on the strongest and most dangerous guy here!" Gridon answered as he tried to attack Baron, quickly tagging Kurokage in to finish explaining. "We could probably have beaten you fair and square with three on three, but it'd be much more efficient to clean him up five on one. Don't you agree, Gaimers?"

Baron was hardly able to keep up with the strikes from Kurokage, before he was able to unarm him, and strike a bit, only for Gridon to run in and strike him in the back, sending Baron to the ground.

"Here," Gridon replied, handing Kurokage his lance back.

"Oh! Thank you!" Kurokage replied in English, which Gridon understood, before they charged at Baron once more, easily knocking the Banana Rider down.

=MATSUBOKURI/DONGURI SQUASH!=

With that, Gridon spun in a tornado with his hammer, making him look like an acorn spinning towards Baron, while charged in with his lance, looking like an aura pinecone before both attacks hit Baron, and reverted him back into Protoman when he hit the ground.

"Blues-nii/Protoman!" Fraise/Gaim shouted, seeing their brother was badly hurt, some electricity was sparking off of him, his helmet was cracked and off his head for that matter, and he held his right leg in a bit of pain.

"Now we'll crush your Sengoku Driver and make sure you never henshin again!" Kurokage shouted.

Protoman just stared at his Driver and struggled to get back, and just when Kurokage would've slashed the Driver to bits… a Musou Saber came in, blocking the attack and saving Protoman.

"Sorry Rock had to borrow this!" Fraise shouted, defending her brother, and standing in the way of the two nut Riders.

"Are you two stupid? This is your chance to take Baron down once and for all!" Gridon pointed out.

"Look, whatever's going on in your group, leave us out of your backstabbing schemes!" Gaim retorted.

"Actually, Rock, Roll, it's a perfectly sound strategy," Ryugen pointed out.

"So, what's your plan, Zero?" Fraise asked.

"Obviously, take advantage of an opening in the enemy's guard!" Ryugen answered, firing rapidly at both Gridon and Kurokage, the former flopping to the ground while crawling to get away.

"You okay?!" Kurokage gasped.

"PAY ATTENTION!" Gaim and Fraise roared, charging in and attacking Kurokage two on one, while Gridon sprawled to hide behind the rails of a nearby set of stairs.

"Hey! Bringing a ranged weapon like that is cheating!" Gridon shouted at Ryugen, and then he glanced at Kurokage. "And that's is also cheating!"

"Shaddup! You're one to talk!" Ryugen replied as he dashed forward to handle Gridon on his own, Protoman watching this battle, a bit surprised by what he's seeing, with Team Gaim cheering their riders on.

"GAH!" Kurokage gasped, getting hit. "Why can't there be more than one of me… then I'd show you both! I show you all-"

"Shut it!" Gaim shouted, taking the Musou Saber back.

=MATSUBOKURI SQUASH!=

With that, Kurokage attempted the finisher he used on Baron a second ago while Gaim set his Ichigou Lockseed onto the Musou Saber.

"Ready sis?" Gaim asked.

=LOCK ON!=

=ICHI, JYU, HYAKU!=

"Hai!" she replied.

=STRAWBERRY~ SPARKING!=

=ICHIGOU CHARGE!=

With that, Gaim slashed the air, sending a wave of throwing knives, or shuriken, at Kurokage from an aura strawberry, while the three arrows then loaded into a position, and spun from the armor on Fraise's suit, striking three times.

"Ow… OW!" Gridon panicked, rolling to avoid Ryugen's fire. "Fine! I give, I give-! Fooled you!"

With that, Gridon jumped to try and bonk Ryugen on the head, but Ryugen just dodged the attacks, kicked Gridon down, and was able to fire at him, making the acorn Rider roll down the stairs.

"Tch! If that's the case, we'll have to try these!" Gridon responded, pulling out a new Lockseed, this one having the image of an almond on it with the code FB-06 on it, before unlocking it.

=ALMOND!=

"Eh?" Ryugen said confused when Gridon removed the Donguri Lock and set in the Almond one.

=LOCK ON!=

"Maybe I should've started with this one. Ah well, you live and you learn," he shrugged as his acorn armor vanished, with a new almond over his head, looking upside-down compared to a normal almond.

=COME ON!=

With that, it fell, the stemmed part being where Gridon's head enters, with the stemmed piece forming the left shoulder armor.

=ALMOND ARMS!=

When this one unfolded, the front opened to form the chest, the right opened to form the right shoulder armor, and back opening to form the back plate, his helmet now looking more like the stereotypical viking helmet with the appropriate horns, and the visor being white while the helmet had an almond back plate and forming the pieces of the horns.

=BREAK IT UP~!=

"Behold my Almond Arms! Hey Kurokage! You might want to bust out your other Lock," Gridon suggested, now wielding a pretty mean axe with an almond theme to it.

"Huh? Oh right!" Kurokage nodded, pulling out a lock with a hazelnut theme and the code FB-07.

=HASHIBAMI!=

"Oh crud," Gaim groaned as Kurokage set up this new lock.

=LOCK ON!=

And this caused the pinecone armor to vanish while a new Hazelnut hung above Kurokage.

"Heh, you Lightbots don't stand a chance now!" Kurokage smirked before slicing the lock.

=SEIYA!=

With the drop of the hazelnut, the new headpiece set in, having a samurai kabuto motif with a now brown visor.

=HASHIBAMI ARMS!=

When this nut unfolded, the sides formed double-plated shoulder armor, the back simply opened up, the front twisted down, and the upper part folded into the lower part of the hazelnut's front to form chest armor as Kurokage now wielded a pair of katana that looked similar to two halves of a set of large scissors, the hilts retaining the hazelnut theme.

=SOUTOU CUTTER!=

"Oh yea! Nothing can stop the almighty Kurokage now! I know all your tricks Team Gaim!" Kurokage scoffed.

"That gives me an idea," Fraise gawked, she quickly whispered it to Gaim as he quickly removed his Ichigou lock, closing it up, and throwing it to Ryugen. "Use this!"

"Right," Ryugen nodded, taking the lock and removing his Budou lock to throw to Gaim while Fraise rushed over to Protoman.

"Sorry about this, but we need to switch it up!" she said, taking the Banana Lockseed from his Driver.

"Fine," he grunted in pain as the three activated the locks, making their previous armors vanish.

=BUDOU/BANANA/ICHIGOU!=

And so, the three Gaim Riders set up their locks one at a time, making Kurokage and Gridon actually a bit confused by this move.

=SEIYA!/HERE WE GO!/HAI~!=

And so, the Budou bunch landed on Gaim's head, the Baron banana landed on Fraise, and the Gaim Ichigou onto Ryugen, each unfolding the way it did for their original users.

=BUDOU/BANANA/ICHIGOU ARMS!=

=RYU! HOU! HA HA HA!=

=KNIGHT OF SPEAR~!=

=SHUSHUTTO SPARK!=

Ryugen gave a small smirk, as he walked over to Gridon, with the throwing knifes in hand.

"Let's… not do anything rash here dude," Gridon panicked.

And now, with a bit more of a range, Gaim was easily able to hold Kurokage at bay, and allow Fraise to move in using the spear.

"C'mon, no one said you could use each other's Lockseeds! How'd you know this?!" Kurokage snapped.

"We didn't. We just guessed," Gaim admitted.

"It was my brilliant idea," Fraise added. "Who's not 'a goody-goody house cleaner' now ya jerk?!" she added, striking with quick blows, and then quickly slicing the Lockseed.

=BANANA AU LAIT!=

With that, Fraise held up the spear, forming an aura banana around it before slashing down on Kurokage with it as Gaim followed suit with slicing his Lockseed.

=BUDOU~ SQUASH!=

Like Ryugen, Gaim cocked the pistol, let the grapes form, and then fired at Kurokage with full force, knocking him out of the transformation. This caused his Lock to go flying over to Gaim.

"Thanks," Gaim smirked as Ryugen sliced the Ichigou Lock.

=ICHIGOU SQUASH!=

With that, Ryugen brought out six kunai, and fired them at Gridon, knocking him out of his henshin as well, and bringing the almond Lockseed to Ryugen.

"You got lucky!" Jewel Mam responded.

"We will be back!" Slash Man yelled.

With that, both Robot Masters ran off as the Gaim Riders reverted to normal with Team Gaim cheering with joy. Zero gave Rock back his Lock, and then vice-versa, as Roll ran over to Protoman.

"Arigatou, Blues-nii," she smiled, handing him his Lock back. "Daijoubou?"

"You really oughta pick your friends better, you know," Rock added, walking over.

"They were mere pawns, nothing more. I never expected anything from them," Protoman scoffed, taking back his lock and struggling to stand.

"Easy Blues-nii, you got hurt really bad…" Roll responded.

"You also need to loosen up, you know?" Rock added.

"SHUT UP!" Protoman snapped, as he simply glared at Rock, before limping away from the area.

"He's so stubborn…" Roll sighed.

"He's not gonna give up it seems," Rock added.

"Hey Rock… thanks. Even though Roll was here, I don't think I could've won, no offense," Zero said.

"None taken," Roll replied.

"Hey, I should be thanking you. You helped me see a lot of things more clearly," Rock insisted to Zero. "Thank you."

The two then shook hands, as Roll let out a yawn.

"You and Tune take good care of the team, I gotta get Roll home," Rock replied, as he let go of Zero's hand and began to escort Roll back to their place.

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Sunset then turned into dusk, and then into night, and things were quiet for the Light siblings…

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"Man… this thing is strong…" Gaim groaned in pain, as he, Fraise, Baron, Ryugen and Zangetsu were getting their butts kicked by some sort of monster.

"We have new Lockseeds don't we?!" Zangetsu yelled.

"Yea…" Gaim replied, as he got up, along with the others.

"Let's use them!" Zangetsu said, taking out a rather different looking Lockseed, which was mostly white and had the face of some sort of rider with orange eyes and a rocket head, with the words "Kamen Rider Fourze" on the side.

"Good plan!" Ryugen replied also taking out an odd Lockseed, which was green and had another rider's helmet on it, half being green, half being black, both parted by a double silver line, a silver W shaped antennae, and red lenses. This Lockseed had the words "Kamen Rider W" on it.

Baron followed suit, taking out another odd Lockseed. This one was actually black, but the rider helmet on it was also black, the only color being red designs in the form of a hawk, and large green lenses for eyes, and this Lockseed had the words "Kamen Rider OOO" on it.

Fraise was able to get up, and then found her Lockseed, this one being a silver color with the helmet of a rider that from most angles was white, silver, yellow, and black, but from the front had gold, a green forehead gem, and red peach-half-themed lenses, and a large silver mouthpiece, the lock having the words "Kamen Rider Den-O" on it.

Finally Gaim did the same, and he simply saw his Lockseed, and muttered the words "Legendary Riders… give us strength!" This Lockseed being red, having a rider helmet which was mostly silver except for one black spot on the back, making it similar to a ring, while the front had silver lines to part and show the lenses, antennae, and a yellow point on the forehead, but it also made the face look like it was made out of a ruby; the Lock had the words "Kamen Rider Wizard" on it, too.

"Ikuze!" Gaim said, they removed their normal Lockseeds, as they all unlocked the Legendary Rider Locks.

=WIZARD/DEN-O/W/OOO/FOURZE!=

With that, zipper portals appeared above the five riders, but instead of fruit, giant version of rider helmets like those on the locks formed over each rider.

=LOCK ON!=

All of their standby tunes began to play, and the monster looked up confused at the heads.

"Legendary Riders?!" it exclaimed.

With that, they all sliced the Lockseeds, revealing a different type of Driver, and an item on the Locks. On Gaim's Lock the top part had the image of a silver belt with a black and gold-edged hand and then on the lower part was some sort of a red ruby Ring with a google like shape.

On Fraise's the top part of her Lockseed had a silver and black belt with a black T/clock design in the buckle with four buttons on the right and then one the lower part was a black pass of sorts.

Then on Ryugen's Lock was a driver that a red W with a green USB flash drive in one side, and a black/purple flash drive in the other, and then on the bottom part was the same black/purple USB flash drive like device.

Fourth up was Baron's Lockseed, the top part having a black and blue designed driver with three circles in it, the farthest left red, the middle yellow, and the farthest right green, and the lower part having a red hawk-themed medal with a golden edge around it. On the borrom part was the same three medals.

Finally on Zangetsu's was a driver that was very complex, colored in an interesting shade of blue, with four red switches built-in, and four switches inserted one being black and orange, another being black and blue, the third being yellow and black, the last (while not too visible) was almost all black while the middle showed a screen with image of a figure. The bottom part showed the black and orange switch, but now more visible was the label on it showing the number 1 in front of a rocket in front of an orange background.

Thus, all of the Rider heads fell onto the Riders.

=WIZARD ARMS!/DEN-O ARMS!/W ARMS!/OOO ARMS!/FOURZE ARMS!=

Thus all of the heads began to ready and move into position.

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And Rock suddenly snapped awake, he looked around and saw he was still in his room, cuddling the stuffed elephant, but he bumped his head on the ceiling.

"Just had to switch spots, didn't we?" he muttered, rubbing the spot on his head that he bumped.

He saw the time was 5:12am. Rock groaned a bit, as he hopped down out of bed, and found his clothes and got dressed, taking his Sengoku Driver with him.

"Rock… something wrong?" Roll asked.

"Yea… I… I just had a weird dream. And I figured since I'm up, I might as well clear my head and hopefully find a new job," Rock informed Roll. "Go back to sleep Roll, I won't bug you."

"Alright, but just know… when you go on your job hunt, you won't be alone," Roll replied.

"Wait… you wanting to join me on my job hunt later?" Rock checked. Roll gave a nod, and then fell back asleep, as Rock walked out and climbed up onto the roof via the fire escape, and began to look out at the sky, the thoughts of the Riders filling his mind, as he held his Sengoku Driver in thought…

(Cue Flashback)

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Then he stared at the Orange Lockseed in his hand and then the buckle around him. Megaman then figured there was only one thing to try... activate the Lockseed.

=ORANGE=

To Megaman's surprise, a Zipper Portal appeared above him. However, instead of an Inves, some type of Orange appeared above his head. The Inves looked up in confusion before Megaman placed the Lockseed into a position on the buckle before locking it into place.

LOCK ON!=

It then began to play a type of Japanese music as Megaman tried to figure out what to do next.

"What the? This?" he asked himself, holding the knife part, and then slicing the orange.

=SEIYA!=

Megaman then looked up, only for the Orange to drop on his head, coating his own armor with new dark blue & gold armor.

"Eh?"

=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=

"Wait! I'm an orange now?!" Megaman gawked, his normal head still being inside before it was covered with a samurai/shogun kabuto as the orange suddenly formed armor for his new form by unfolding from his head and folding into place.

"Eh? EH?!" he exclaimed.

(Change Flashback)

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"I'm tired of standing on the sidelines, Tune-chan. I'm tired of being a maintenance bot while you and Rock have all the action!" Roll snapped. "Well… this time… I'm joining in the action, and no one will stop me!"

With that, Roll slapped the Driver onto her waist, then a profile picture of an archer-styled helmet, it was pink and violet, with bug-eyes similar to Kamen Riders of the past. Then, she held up her Strawberry Lockseed, ready to unlock it and join the battle.

"...Henshin!" Roll spoke, unlocking the Lockseed.

STRAWBERRY!=

Unlike Gaim's Lockseeds, this one had a more feminine voice as a Zipper Portal appeared above her with a strawberry ready to drop down on her head. And so, she inserted her Lockseed into the driver and locked it in.

=LOCK ON!=

The tune that this Driver played was different from Rock's, sounding a little bit more techno-like, but still retaining that old Japanese beat. She then used the knife and sliced the Lockseed.

HERE WE GO!=

And so, the Strawberry dropped onto her head, coating her body in a pink bodysuit with violet accents on her wrists, ankles, knees, legs, arms, and even some outlining something on her chest resembling a bra.

=STRAWBERRY ARMS!=

"What the?" everyone gasped.

"What's happening to Roll?!" Kalinka gawked.

"She… henshined," Megaman said.

"Roll turned into a Kamen Rider! It's a strawberry so… Fraise?" Tune added.

"Exactly. Here I come minna!" Roll shout inside the fruit as the helmet moved into place, it looked like a hood over Roll's head, with Rider bug-eyes and a silver mouthpiece, as a slice of strawberry slid into place, forming a red and white colored visor, along with the green part on top of a strawberry over her helmet.

=BERRY HEROIN=

Then, the Strawberry armor on the outside slid into position over her chest, shoulders, and back. The shoulder parts looked like a vine that a strawberry would grow on, her chest area was shaped like a heart, another part then formed onto her back, and a violet part unrolled into a skirt just below her Driver.

(Change Flashback)

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"Now feel free to send out as many Inves as you like. You won't beat us," Rock told Protoman.

"I believe we are beyond such… trivial things," Protoman replied as all of a sudden… he pulled out his own Sengoku Driver!

"NANI?!" Roll gasped.

"That's…" Megaman realized as the crowd looked on in confusion and awe.

"Is that another belt?!" Quick Man gawked from above.

"Now all three of them have those things?!" Tune said in shock, then Protoman put his Sengoku Driver on, summoning the belt, and a knight-themed rider helmet colored red and silverish white appeared on his faceplate before he pulled out his new Banana Lockseed.

"Henshin," he announced, unlocking the lock.

=BANANA!=

Everyone around Protoman gawked as another Zipper Portal opened, and out of it a banana began to lower itself as Protoman placed the lock into his driver and locked it in.

=LOCK ON!=

Unlike Gaim's and Fraise's belts, Protoman's had a more European style of standby music with trumpets and trotting of horses in the background of the music as the crowds above realized what Protoman was about to do and lit up like a Christmas tree.

"So wait! Does this mean Protoman, Team Baron's leader, is gonna henshin too?" one crowd member gawked.

"Then that would make him Kamen Rider… Baron!" another shouted, making more of the crowd cheer as Megaman and Roll stared at their older brother, who was just waiting for the right moment, and then… he cut the lock with the belt's knife.

=COME ON!=

The fruit then dropped down onto his head, and Megaman looked on as his brother kicking things up a notch, but Roll looked on in nervousness, never having fought her own brother before. When the fruit covered his head…

=BANANA ARMS!=

The crowd gawked as Protoman's suit was now covered in a new red and silver-white armor, he then walked over to them, and the crowd gawked at what exactly was over his head.

"EH?! BANANA?! BANA-BANANA?!" Quick Man gawked, the repeating being inserted for a shock moment in DJ Man's show.

Then Protoman yelled out "I AM BARON!"

With that, his head and helmet was covered by the silver and red helmet seen on his belt's faceplace before a piece of the banana slide down into place, creating banana horns on the side of his helmet and a blue gem in his forehead, and making the visor between the silver grill plates yellow, and then finally one could see his trademarked yellow scarf as the Banana opened up and folded into place on the new Kamen Rider's armor.

=KNIGHT OF SPEAR!=

With the complete transformation, Baron now wielded a silver-white lance with yellow ornaments near the hilt, and the crowd gawked at seeing the eldest of the Light siblings, and the leader of Team Baron, become a Rider.

(Change Flashback)

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"Hmph, it's go time!" Zero said, putting it on, causing the Driver to send out a Chinese jingle of sorts before a green and gold faceplate appeared on the side of the driver.

"Seriously?!" people in the crowd gawked as Jewel Man stared at Zero with a serious face, activating his Ichigou Lockseed as Zero pulled out his new grape-themed Lockseed.

"Henshin!"

=BUDOU!=

The crowd gawked as a zipper portal appeared above Zero before a bunch of grapes lowered towards his head. At the same time, another zipper portal opened as a red and black bat-themed Inves flew in, screeching like a Shocker grunt as the crowd cleared some space for the Inves Game to begin. Zero then posed with the Budou lock and set it in place.

=LOCK ON!=

A Chinese jingle played from his Driver, the crowd waiting for him to transform, and then activating the knife, slicing the Lockseed open.

=HAI!=

And with that, the grapes fell over his head, forming a green, gold, and black bodysuit with a Chinese Warrior and Chinese Dragon motif, the helmet forming under the grapes without Zero saying anything.

=BUDOU ARMS! RYU, HOU, HA HA HA!=

Zero's helmet's visor turned grape purple as the helmet gained more of the Chinese warrior motif before the grape around him folding into place, keeping the Chinese motif with a grape pattern with silver and gold trim stayed on his chest. With the transformation complete, a magnum appeared in the new Rider's hand, being black, silver, gold, purple, and green with a grape pattern on either side of the gun and a grape patterned chamber.

(Change Flashback)

---

"We prefer you didn't underestimate us. We're not exactly slouches ourselves," Jewel Man smirked as he and Slash Man pulled out… their own Sengoku Drivers?!

"What?!" Gaim said in shock.

"Whoa! They've got belts?!" Ryugen gawked.

"That makes… seven of us," Fraise added.

"You may have noticed, but we've been busy!" Jewel Man concluded as he and Slash Man placed the drivers on their own waists, Jewel Man's forming a brown suited face on his while Slash Man's almost the same, but more of a darker brown.

Then, they each pulled out a Lockseed of their own, Jewel Man had the Donguri Lock while Slash Man had the Matsubokuri Lockseed.

"Henshin!" they announced, activating the locks.

=DONGURI!/MATSUBOKURI!=

With that, from zipper portals above the two, an acorn and pinecone lowered over Jewel Man and Slash Man, respectively, as they set their locks into position.

=LOCK ON!=

Baron had a small chuckle as the sounds began to play from the two Drivers, while the three Riders from Team Gaim remained at the ready.

Then…

=COME ON!/SEIYA!=

With that, the acorn fell on top of Jewel Man's head, forming a brown and silver version of Baron's suit while Slash Man had the pinecone fall on his, forming black and silver version of Gaim's suit.

=DONGURI ARMS!/MATSUBOKURI ARMS!=

Under the nuts, Jewel Man gained a helmet that resembled a viking helmet without the horns, the visor resembling the inside of an acorn, while Slash Man obtained a helmet resembling an Ashigaru, a Japanese spearman, with his visor being a yellow piece resembling the inside of a pinecone.

=NEVER GIVE UP!/ISHIGEKI IN THE SHADOW!=

With that, the nuts formed over the bodies of the new riders, giving them new armor and their weapons, Jewel Man having an acorn mallet while Slash Man had a pinecone spear of sorts. And Jewel Man, resembled the Rider who was helping Baron's faction back in the Sengoku Rider War…

(End Flashback)

---

"Be bea?" Beat asked, perching by Rock, simply looking at him.

"I don't know Beat… things are getting so… out of hand. I needed to think, anyway, I gotta head back in now," Rock replied as he got up and then he heard something.

"TASUKETE!" he heard two young voices cry out repeatedly, making him turn to see a strange golden vortex that didn't exist before.

"Is someone calling for help?!" he gasped, turning into Megaman, and then Beat gave him a lift into the portal, and then Megaman pulled out his Driver and Lockseed. "HENSHIN!"

---

He then landed, fully henshined, and with Beat by his side. He looked around, and saw two kids, one was a male that looked like a hedgehog fox hybrid, with brown-orange fur, blue eyes, and green shoes, a girl fox was standing next to him, she had black fur, was wearing an all white outfit, and both were holding some sort of chest with some rings in it.

"Is he a Kamen Rider too?" he heard someone ask.

The smoke made the first voice tricky to see, while someone else stood, and he said "I've never seen him before…"

After that, the smoke finally cleared, and he could see who it was a human male about 6'4" wearing a black bodysuit that had silver trimmed red bands on his wrists and ankles. He had noticeable shoulder pads that were black, but had a big silver spot with the design of a dragon trying to bite it's tail etched into them; his collared suit made itself a kind of trenchcoat look with a red interior, and on his chest, red rounded ruby designs adorned it while his waist held the hand from his normal belt on top of a larger silver buckle with a grey strap, and the hand was a left… er… handed one, still being black with the gold trim. Finally, his helmet was black, but mostly silver with and oval ruby red faceplate that had silver lines to show the eyes as well as silver antennae with a yellow "pointer" on his forehead. On his fingers were two rings, his right having the design of the black and gold hand from his buckle and on his left was a ruby red ring with a design similar to his helmet. He looked rather familiar to Rock, thanks to a certain dream...

The guy next to him looked like he was also in a black bodysuit, but he had white gloves, gold armor on the legs, knees, wrists, a bit on the chest, some resembling fur on his right shoulder, a gold lion head on his left, and his helmet having a ring-theme similar to the other rider, with the exception of the silver mouth, green eyes, and lion mane-esque helmet.

"Heh, want a piece of me, too?!" one guy scoffed, as Gaim turned to see three more riders, the voice coming from the closest of the three; under the red armor was black jumpsuit that covered his entire body. His arms and legs up to the elbows and knees were silver with the fingers black. The silver on his knees extended upwards a bit. The sides of his belt sported four pieces that resembled parts to a train. The shoulders and torso all had train track designs with silver plating on the sides of the 'tracks.' His helmet was a solid white with a train track going down the back and up and over to his chin. His mouth was covered in a silver face guard resembling the grill on the front of trains. the eyes were a solid black. The sides of his head had gold bars. As for the red itself, it consisted of a helmet with a red peach visor, red and silver armor on the front with gold and black on the back, and currently in his hands was a large sword.

The second Rider looked a little demonic as the entire armor was purple with a red border around the face, silver horns, and a small gold oni face on the forehead. The body had purple armor all over, the faceplate actually looking a little silverish, some silver ornamentation all around his body such as across his chest, and he had red gauntlets while holding some red taiko drumsticks with a demon vibe to them.

The third of these Riders, and the one closest to the kids was also in a black bodysuit, but he had more chained up leg armor on his right foot than his left, a red chest surrounded by some sort of silver collared vest and chained shoulders, a golden bat on a red belt, and his helmet had red designs over large yellow lenses and a silver mouthpiece.

Also nearby were an assortment of kaijin Gaim didn't recognize, but he didn't care for the moment as he held his Musou Saber at the ready, the kaijin charging towards him while he also held the Daidaimaru in his right hand. Acting rather calm, Gaim took a step forward before using just the Daidaimaru to slash through many of these kaijin before pulling out the Musou Saber and then with a cock, fired it at some of the rest.

Beat, also flew around and managed to hit some enemies, priming them for Gaim's attacks, as he easily finished off the kaijin without breaking a sweat!

"Heh, not bad daidai-yaro," the red rider with the sword scoffed.

"Suge…" the golden beast-themed rider gawked.

"Who…" the ring-themed rider started in confusion as Gaim stood up.

"Ore wa… Gaim!" he introduced himself.

"Gaim?" the ring-themed rider asked.

"Thanks pal," the beast-themed rider added.

"Sure. Where is the place anyway? I kinda doubt you two were the ones calling for help..." Gaim asked the two before realizing something. "Hey wait a second… you're… Wizard. Kamen Rider Wizard, right?"

"Yeah," the ring-themed rider confirmed as Gaim gasped, recalling something.

"Oh, gomen! I was in the middle of something!" Gaim gasped. "Wait a minute, Kamen Rider… Den-O right? The first fruit themed Rider?" he asked Den-O.

"Tch! What's it to ya?" Den-O scoffed.

'Momotaros, take it easy on the guy,' a second voice spoke from Den-O.

Gaim nodded, and then looked around. "Well… nice meeting you both, hey Beat, gimme a lift outta here."

Beat nodded as he grabbed Gaim, and they were suddenly enveloped by an energy orange before they took off through the same portal they came in through.

---

Back in the Blue Bomber's world, Gaim managed to return with Beat and land back on the ground level as opposed to the rooftop he started on.

"Phew! That was weird," he panted, reverting back into Rock.

---

"Hello, Zawame City!" DJ Man announced on his show. "Have we got a flood of news for you today! Looks like someone slipped a knife into Baron's back, and a wedge into their big alliance! The new Kamen Riders called themselves Kurokage and Gridon and started up an open war against Baron. But suddenly, Gaim, Fraise, and Ryugen turned around to back him up… And whoa! Talk about your crazy brawls! And then even heartwarming sibling moments... With all these alliances forming and breaking all over the place, it's like we're having our own little Sengoku right here in Zawame!"

Back at Deal Juicer's, Cut Man sighed as he turned off the mPad he used to watch the show on, but chuckled as he placed it back down on the table.

"This did get interesting," he noted, reaching to his case and opening a compartment that had two more Sengoku Drivers, and a few Lockseeds, one noticeable durian themed and the other barely seen was a Mangosteen. "And I still have two last ones… Who do I give them to?" he wondered as he held one of the Sengoku Drivers in his hands.

---

Back at the Gaim Garage, Zero was going over with the team exactly what happened recently.

"That counted as a win for us against both Raid Wild and Invitto," Zero started, using the magnets of the teams against a graph to measure their stats in the rankings. "And since Baron lost to them, they're bleeding points. So, that sends us up the ranking… Meaning Team Gaim is finally tied with Baron for first place!"

Tune smiled and then turned around ready to high-five with Rock and/or Roll, only to remember they're not there. "So… how are Rock and Roll doing with that little job hunt anyway?" she asked.

"AA-CHOO!" Rock sneezed randomly, as if in response to this comment, while walking down a street with Roll by his side.

"You okay? Not catching cold, are you?" Roll asked.

"Nope… hey Roll… did you dream odd at all last night?" Rock asked.

"Nope. I dreamt fine last night," Roll answered. "You?"

"Uh… well… it's not important," Rock responded as they checked the location. "Charmant. This must be it. Ready sis?"

"...as ready as I'll ever be," Roll nodded as they entered this rather fancy bakery.

"Welcome!" one of the employees greeted Rock and Roll.

"Uh… hello, we're here about the part time job interview," Rock said.

"Ah, yes. One second please," the employee replied, walking back towards the kitchen as Rock and Roll looked around.

"Hey Rock… I heard some negative things about this place from Tune…" Roll whispered to her brother.

"What kind of negative things?" Rock whispered back.

"Boss! Those kids're here about the part-time job!" the employee called out to the boss when… out came a Robot Master with a black body, white and purple boots with golden bells for the feet and red orb tips, white, purple, and red rattle orbs for the shoulders, yellow and blue rings around his long arms reaching hands of similar color to the shoulders, his neck wrapped in some yellow rings while his helmet looked like a jester's hat in cyan, yellow, red, white, purple, and blue with red clown make-up and blue eyes on his face… unfortunately, Rock knew this face too well.

"I ask you, refer to me as patissier," the Robot Master replied with much authority in his voice.

"My apologies!" the employee replied before the Robot Master turned to look at Rock and Roll, the former more surprised by who it was than the latter.

"Clown Man?!" Rock exclaimed.

"You know this guy?" Roll asked.

"Yea… he was from Wily's… 8th attempt to take over the world I think. I battled him back in Australia." Rock replied.

"Likewise… it's good to see you too," Clown Man replied with much sarcasm in his voice.

"Um… pardon my brother, sir. I'm Roll Light, Rock's sister, and we're here about the job?" she started as Clown Man looked at her.

"What's your birthday?" he asked her, seemingly out of the blue.

"Huh? ...It's, uhh… December 28th, and Rock's is January 17th," Roll replied, making Clown Man look rather disgusted.

"Ugh, Aquarius and Sagittarius," the Robot Master scoffed. "I simply cannot abide Aquarians and I hate Sagittariuses. Both of you, out of my sight!"

Roll gave a confused look at this, and then she walked out, and Rock followed.

---

"Well… Tune was right, the boss of that place is nuts," Roll sighed as they walked around for a moment.

"That was an understatement… I just hope this next place doesn't have a crazier guy for a boss," Rock added as they soon arrived outside another curry restaurant, not the same as the one Rock quit before, but it seemed to be it's own stand alone place.

"I don't recognize this place," Rock said.

"'Kamen Curry'? Odd name," Roll admitted.

"Can't be any crazier than that ridiculous Charmant," Rock sighed as they entered, finding it to really have the Indian vibe to it.

"Wow! This place is beautiful!" Roll said.

"You haven't seen anything yet, wait until it's finished, up and running," a voice replied as Rock and Roll turned to see another Robot Master, this one having a vibe that feels both Arabian and Indian, as he had pointed black shoes connected to red and gold ankle boots, baggy black pants for a bodysuit, yellow armor with some green designs, such as a triangle on the chest, while it looked like he had a red vest on; his wrists were also covered with red armor, a tube connecting from some tank on his back to his left arm, and then there was his helmet which covered most of his face minus his blue eyes, the helmet being red with a green forehead gem, a brown and yellow mouthpiece, and even a turban.

"Flame Man! Long time no see," Rock said with joy.

"Rocky! What surprise to see you here, you're the first friendly face I've seen since returning to Japan," the Robot Master smiled, shaking Rock's hand. "And this must be your sister… I don't believe we properly met ma'am. I am Flame Man,"

"I'm Roll. And I remember you from the Robot Master Tourney from all those years ago. Rock's said you're really neat and a nice person. Glad to meet you," Roll smiled.

"Pleasure meeting you as well. So, just to make sure, how old are you two now?" he inquired to be sure.

"I'm 14, and Roll is 13," Rock replied.

"Please tell me this won't do anything to ruin our chances," Rock added.

"You're looking for jobs? Well actually, I need some young faces to help me make this restaurant the best in Japan, and I can't think of anyone better than two of the Light siblings. I'd be honored to have you two as my first employees," Flame Man replied, Rock was rather joyful, while Roll was a tiny bit unsure, then she noticed a rack of clothing in a corner and was amazed. "Wow… where did you get these?" she asked.

"I made those myself." he admitted. "Have to make sure the employees are in the correct mood; it helps make the food taste better if the atmosphere is set correctly."

"I'm in!" Roll smiled. "What about you, Rock?"

"Totally," Rock replied.

"Excellent, I need all the help I can get, but Rock, before we make this official, have you had any experience with curry places before?" Flame Man checked to be sure. "It's just so I can better assign you two your roles as my new employees."

"Yep, one of my last jobs was at a curry shop. While Roll here is applying here for her first job," Rock replied, as Flame Man saw Roll was carrying a few plates over to the sink, and put them down gently.

"Alrighty, Rock, you'll make a great cook since you've had more experience. I'll teach you everything I know, seeing as I went to India to learn how to make the best curry, and who knows, you may become my Sous Chef someday," Flame Man smiled at Rock.

"Sugoi… this is some of the best news I've heard in some time. Though one question what does 'Sous Chef' mean?" Rock inquired sheepishly.

"You'd be my second-in-command in the kitchen; if I'm not here, you'll be in charge," Flame Man explained. "And trust me, a Sous Chef is a very high position to get to."

"Gotcha!" Rock responded.

"And me?" Roll asked.

"I don't mean to sound sexist by giving you this role, but you'd make a great waitress," Flame Man answered.

"Oh, I don't mind. If it means I can walk around in such amazing outfits, and be in such a beautiful place, I really don't mind," Roll giggled.

"Splendid, splendid! I'm glad to have you two aboard! Also… weren't you two part of one of those teams I heard of lately… um… what were they called…?" Flame Man replied, still not used to the whole thing with the Inves Game in town.

"Beat Riders? Yea, we're in a team, and also… we're both Kamen Riders," Rock said, as both he and Roll took out their Sengoku Drivers.

"Impressive. You'll have to tell me more about your lives as Beat Riders and Kamen Riders later on, but I also heard Team Gaim, if that's your team, doesn't have the best base of sorts. So, if you'd like, your team is more than welcome to hang out here, and use the back as a means to practice your team's dances," Flame Man offered.

"You're amazing Flame Man!" Rock smiled.

"Anything to help a friend," Flame Man replied. "Now if you'll follow me to the back, I'll give you two your application forms to make it official, and I'll see you when this place is ready to open up."

They followed Flame Man to the back, and unknown to them, Cut Man was listening in on part of their conversation, and then thought for a moment.

---

"Taidaima!" Rock called out as he was the first to walk back into the Light House.

"Welcome back. So how'd things go with your interviews?" Auto asked.

"Which one?" Rock asked.

"...The one at Charmant?"

"It sucked. He said we're 'not needed'!" Rock answered.

"Hey, I don't know if you're cut out for a cake shop, Ro-" Auto started when…

"He didn't even say a single THING about cakes!" Rock interrupted. "All he asked us about was our birthdays, said he didn't need us, and shooed us away."

"Oh… um… then…" Auto started when Roll walked in, as giddy as a little schoolgirl. "Well, you seem happy? What's got you so excited? Eaten a few too many berries?"

"Nope, I got my first job!" Roll said with joy.

"That's great. What's the job and where's it at?" Auto asked.

"She's a waitress at a new Indian Restaurant called Kamen Curry, and I'm one of the new chefs there, too," Rock added.

"'Kamen Curry'? Never heard of it," Auto admitted.

"It's new, and you won't believe who it's runned by!" Rock said.

"Who?"

"Flame Man. And even better, he's saying that Team Gaim can use the place as a new base!" Roll said, as the doorbell rang.

"Wonder who that is," Rock wondered as he walked to the door to answer it and find Tune standing there… with a bit of frosting on her face. "Tune-chan. You okay, you got a… a little something on your face."

"Don't worry about it, you're the best friends I could ask for… so I made you this cake," she replied.

"...You mean you didn't go where we went to get jobs today?" Rock asked, checking to be sure.

"I made it, and the proof is on my face, literally," Tune replied.

"Oh good, I thought you went to ...ugh… Charmant," Rock muttered, but unfortunately it was loud enough for Tune to hear… and she got mad… very fast… just from hearing the name.

"Don't you dare mention that dumb name!" Tune growled. "Just because that place earned so many awards, it's practically an INSULT to my country of origin!"

"...Um… okay…" Rock nodded, gotten really nervous when she snapped.

"On a different note, we did end up getting a job at a different place," Roll smiled, getting Tune to calm down.

"Cool! So, what do you say we eat this cake already," Tune smiled, as she walked over to the table, and then was joined by Rock and Roll, as she removed the top, showing the top of the cake had teal frosting on it, and then on it was a design of both an orange and a strawberry. "I worked hard, and I hope you both like it," Tune said.

"Thanks," they smiled as Tune sliced the cake and then gave a slice to both. "My mom once tried to force me to get a job at that dumb place!" Tune growled.

"Why do you hate that place anyway?" Roll asked.

"Because, while the origins of the owner are of being Dr. Wily's Robot Master, he's had experience in France in order to become a patissier. Ugh! Seeing that poor excuse for a robot makes me sick…"

Tune then calmed down, and then she ate a slice and smiled.

"It's good… right?" Tune asked.

"Delicious!" they nodded.

Tune smiled, as Roll simply walked away for a moment, leaving Rock and Tune alone.

"Rock… you really like my cakes?" Tune asked.

"You bet I do!" Rock smiled as he moved closer to Tune, and then he took her hands. "Tune… you're the most amazing person I know… your cakes are amazing, your dance skills are also amazing, and well…" Rock started, and then Tune shushed him.

"You don't have to say any more about me, Rock," she smiled. "If anyone's amazing, it's you."

The two just smiled at each other before they got closer, until…

"Oh Tune, I forgot to tell you something!" Roll called out walking back, nearly making Tune and Rock jump. "Uh… am I… interrupting?"

Both Rock and Tune blushed, and Roll noticed their position. "Were you two about to kiss?" Roll asked, making the two blush a deeper red.

"...maybe," they answered.

"Do you want me to…" Roll asked.

"No… the spark's gone already," Tune sighed.

"Oh… sorry."

"It's fine. You were going to tell me something?" Tune asked.

"Oh yea, we got a job at this new place called Kamen Curry; I'm a waitress, Rock's a chef, and the owner, Flame Man, was kind enough to let us hang out there and practice in the back," Roll answered.

Tune was amazed by this news and smiled widely. "You two are the best!"

Tune gave Roll a hug, and Tune pulled Rock into the hug when… she leaned in and kissed him! Roll gasped at this, and it wasn't long until the two of them split, and were both blushing.

"I'm gonna… leave you two alone for a bit…" Roll said as she walked into the living room.

"That was… rather sudden," Rock admitted.

"Sorry… I was just so joyful about what Roll told me, I kinda… acted before I thought," Tune replied.

"...It's okay, but… could you… kinda warn me next time?"

"Next time? You mean…" Tune said.

'Well… here goes nothing.' Rock thought. "Yes… Tune Blair, I love you."

"...You do?" Tune gasped with a giddy smile.

"You're so kind, beautiful, you dance so well, you're personality is amazing, you always cheer me up when I'm down… what reason do I not have for loving you," Rock replied.

"...Then… I confess, Rock Light… I love you, too," Tune smiled as they kissed once more.

"Awww…" Roll smiled, as she took a picture of this, without either noticing. "Blues would love to see this…" she muttered.

---

Back at Team Baron's base, a trio of humans slammed some of the Baron scarves (blue, gray, and violet) onto the table before Shadow Man; these guys were all wearing red in some way; these guys were the Beat Rider Team Red Hot.

"Sorry, bro, but Red Hot's quitting your little club," the leader of Team Red Hot scoffed. "It's over. We ain't gonna be your backup dancers any more."

"You'll regret this," Quick Man retorted.

"We're already regrettin' going along with you and Jewel Man to begin with! Jaa na" the leader of Red Hot said as the trio left.

"First Invitto and Raid Wild, then Pop Up, and there goes the last member of our alliance!" Shadow Man groaned.

"So what now, Protoman?" Quick Man asked Protoman. "The alliance has proven useless."

"I was growing bored with that foolishness anyway," Protoman answered, messing with his cards again. "I suppose… this was all the excitement it was going to provide."

"How you even seen the rankings?" Shadow Man responded. "Gaim's leveled with us in the rankings now. Those dumb… idiotic brats!"

"There's a bigger game at stake here than Gaim," Protoman replied, grabbing Shadow Man's somewhat injured arm again. "Want me to tear this off again?"

"...No boss," Shadow Man responded as Protoman let go.

"Good. Invitto and Raid Wild aren't that many points behind, though. Every other team would love to benefit while we war with Gaim," Protoman pointed out to Shadow Man, doing 52-pick up again. "Our first goal should be to clear a gap between us and third place. If Gaim managed to keep pace with us, good for them."

Then a ring sound came, and Protoman sighed, and walked over to where his phone is.

"You sound like you want them to," Quick Man scoffed as Protoman picked up his cell phone.

"Maybe I do," Protoman shrugged as he checked his phone and gasped.

"What's up?" Quick Man asked.

Protoman is in shock at this, and then he showed the phone to Shadow Man & Quick Man and they saw it was a text picture of Rock actually having kissed Tune.

"You've gotta be kidding me," Quick Man gawked.

"The weak have just gotten pathetic!" Shadow Man added, as an angry Protoman walked over, and tore an arm off of both of them!

"C'MON! I JUST FINISHED REPAIRING THAT ARM!" Shadow Man snapped. Protoman then fiddled with the phone for a bit, and then turned on Beat Rider Hotline.

---

"Hello again, Zawame City! This just in, minna! We've got a surprising image leaked in, and let's just say it may or may not lead to some controversy!" DJ Man replied on his show, quickly pulling up an image of Rock and Tune kissing. "Looks like Rock and Tune of Team Gaim have finally become a couple! It's about time too! The two of them are almost like an armored warrior there to protect his princess."

At that time, Rock and Roll were at Deal Juicer's, and were a bit surprised by the news. "Roll, did you send that picture in?!"

"No, I didn't! Honest!" Roll defended.

"This image just happened to be sent in by Baron's own leader and Kamen Rider: Protoman. What's big bro doing leaking his lil' bro's affairs though? No idea." DJ Man continued.

"Blues-nii?!" Roll gawked.

"How'd he even get that picture anyway?" Rock wondered.

"Um… well…" Roll responded, a bit nervously.

"Well well well, things are getting sharp with the Light siblings," Cut Man joked as he walked in.

"Oh boy, not now Cutty," Rock groaned.

"Seems like you're kinda filling in for Elec Man, he loved to call me that." Cut Man added, as he sat down.

"So… what's the deal with you and Tune, huh?" Cut Man asked Rock.

"Look, that's between us; we weren't set to make it public yet," Rock answered.

"It's cool, so, what are you two doin' here anyway?"

"Oh that. Well… we were just thinking of getting a friend a gift for helping us out," Rock answered.

"We were both able to get jobs at last!" Roll almost squealed.

Cut Man gave a light chuckle at this. "Let me guess, you wanna get your boss something nice as a thank you?"

"Yea, you could say that," Rock nodded.

Cut Man gave a small shrug as he took out his mPad and fiddled with it. "So, where are you two working at?"

"A new place called Kamen Curry run by Flame Man," Roll answered. "It won't open for a while, but still, he got us both great jobs there."

"I've heard good things about Flame Man from Rock in the past. So… what kind of Lockseed would you like to give him?" Cut Man asked.

"Well… I was thinking of one that none of the other Beat Riders have," Rock answered.

"That narrows things down a bit," Cut Man replied, looking at a few specific locks, and then he looked at one Lockseed. "How about this one: the Mangosteen Lockseed."

He showed the picture to the two and it showed the lock with the image of a crimson, almost purple, colored fruit, and on it was the code FB-09.

"That's an interesting looking lock," Rock admitted. "How much does it cost?"

"Hmm… well, this Lockseed is part of a pair of things… like with some of your friends, and their Lockseeds," Cut Man explained.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Roll asked, a bit confused.

"I think he means… another Sengoku Driver?" Rock answered.

"Yep, you hit the nail on the head, Rocky," Cut Man nodded. "So, you willing to pay for this? It'll be an easy 240 Zenny,"

They both nodded, pooled together some money and then Cut Man handed them the Sengoku Driver and Lockseed.

"Be sure to tell your new boss I said hi," Cut Man replied.

They smiled, as they walked off and back to their base. "One final Sengoku Driver… guess I'll have to raise my price."

Just as he was considering that, the leader of Team Red Hot stormed in.

"I just saw you sell that, and why did you?! They could have FOUR riders on their side now; that's bloody UNFAIR!" the Team Red Hot leader snapped. "But I digress, I'm here to purchase a new Lockseed for my team."

Cut Man gave an annoyed look as he leaned back, and accidentally caused his case to fall over, and while he began to pick up the Lockseeds, Slash Man walked over and saw the mess.

"Oh dear, here let me help you," he replied, helping Cut Man pick up some of the Lockseeds, but was about to sneak a Hashibami Lockseed into his inventory when…

"You'll need to pay for that," Cut Man replied, holding out his hand, making Slash Man sigh as he handed enough Zenny to pay for that lock, as well as a little more for an Almond Lockseed for Jewel Man, who was watching from nearby.

At the same time, the Team Red Hot leader was genuinely helping Cut Man out, and then held up a durian themed Lockseed with the code LS-12 on it.

"I'll take this, and a Sengoku Driver with it!" he shouted, as he pointed at the Sengoku Driver that also fell out of Cut Man's case. "I'll let you have it for 840 Zenny," Cut Man replied.

"What?! We got ours for 240 Zenny!" Jewel Man responded.

"It's the last in stock, so I had to quadruple the price," Cut Man explained.

"I'll take it!" Team Red Hot's leader shouted, taking out roughly 1,000 Zenny!

"Sold," Cut Man nodded, taking the Zenny, and then giving the leader his change, the Durian Lockseed, and the last Sengoku Driver. "Consider this a celebration gift for you getting out of the alliance's shadow."

"Arigatou gozaimasu!" the Team Red Hot Leader smiled as Slash Man and Jewel Man groaned, returning to their table to have their fruit drinks.

"Despite how much it cost us, Cut Man sure knows how to bleed us dry," Slash Man sighed, revealing a wallet devoid of cash.

"He knows our belts aren't any good without Lockseed to use them in," Jewel Man added as he and Slash Man then heard some giggle after Jewel Man said that, and they saw Tomomi walk in.

"You again?" Slash Man groaned.

"Just passing by, gonna see the Beat Rider Hotline, see if there's anything worth looking into," Tomomi replied, as she sat down.

"The town's still surprised after the situation of Protoman sending in the image of Rock & Tune… but I wonder… what would a good pairing name be for them?" DJ Man replied, still talking about what happened earlier.

"So Rock finally had the nerve to tell Tune how he feels huh? Pay up Slash Man, I win our bet," Tomomi smirked. "And don't give me the empty wallet gag, I know you still have some cash on you."

Groaning, Slash Man indeed pulled some extra Zenny from his inventory, and handing Tomomi 400 Zenny.

"Mou…" Slash Man groaned.

"It really is cute isn't it?" Tomomi asked.

"Tch… like I care," he sighed.

"What do you think Jewel Man?"

Jewel Man could only shrug in response to the comment as Tomomi took her leave.

"Still, with Gaim having four riders, and yet another team gaining a belt… Great," Jewel Man sighed, feeling ridiculous as Slash Man slammed his fist on the table.

"It's not meant to be like this, man!" he roared. "Isn't the whole point of having Sengoku Drivers so that we can beat these guys?!"

"Hey, Slashy-chan, I was thinking," Jewel Man started, getting Slash Man's attention. "I think what we really need to to step up our game is improve our teamwork."

"...I getcha… Yosh. We'd better start training!" Slash Man agreed.

---

That night, at the Wily mansion, Zero had returned in his school attire and was walking around when snuck a peek at his brother Bass, and he saw the older Robot placing a Sengoku Driver and a couple Lockseeds into a briefcase. A better inspection from the distance confirmed to him that Bass was indeed Zangetsu. There was a part of Zero that wanted to think otherwise, but it was getting harder and harder with the evidence being revealed. Then, trying to act like nothing happened, Zero was about to walk away when Bass closed the briefcase and turned to see Zero walk off.

"Is that you, Zero?" Bass asked, making the younger robot stop while Bass walked out of the room. "Did you just get back?"

"Uh yeah," Zero nodded.

"Come in," Bass replied, leading Zero into his room. "We need to talk about your higher education, sit," Bass said, as Zero walked in and saw a small pictured on a table, which was of Bass and Megaman…?

"Hey… what's your connection with Megaman anyway?" Zero asked, as he took a sip of a water that was on the table.

"We're rivals in a sense, created by scientists who had a similar rivalry," Bass answered. "He's honestly so annoying, I've avoided the guy for years now, and then he pops up in the media again, just because he gets a girlfriend!"

"Really? Well… I wouldn't know, but heard rumors of him appearing sooner," Zero pointed out. "You know… those rumors of him being a rider?"

"Eh… whatever, anyway-" Bass began, as his com-link began to ring. "Excuse me."

With that, Bass answered his comlink and walked out the room in order to have the call, telling the guy on the other line to collect data or something like that. But with Bass out of the room, it gave him a chance to check the briefcase. He opened it, and sure enough, the Sengoku Driver of Zangetsu's was there, along with the melon Lockseed used defaultly by him, and a watermelon themed Lockseed with the code LS-10 on it, that Bass picked in the forest during his battle with Megaman (not that Zero knew that at the time).

However, Zero's hands hovered over the Sengoku Driver, still trying to wrap his head around the fact that his brother is indeed Zangetsu. But it didn't take him long to see the watermelon Lockseed as his hand was right over that next. He picked it up and examined it while still wondering why Bass would have this sort of equipment for anything.

"Alright… I'm on my way," Bass sighed, as Zero quickly closed the case, and hid the watermelon in his jacket and walked back towards where he was sitting when Bass walked in.

"Excuse me. We'll sit down and talk about your schooling later," Bass informed Zero.

"Okay," Zero nodded as Bass picked up the suitcase. "You're going to work?"

"Yes. I may be out all night," Bass nodded as Zero followed Bass to bid him luck.

"Be careful," Zero bid his older brother.

"Indeed," Bass nodded as he walked out.

When Bass was out of the house entirely, Zero sighed and pulled out the watermelon Lockseed and took a closer examination of it.

"...man, and Rock got a girlfriend… it can't be…" Zero said.

---

That night, Flame Man was on the upper floor of his restaurant, which was actually his residence, watching old videos about the Kamen Riders on the Beat Rider teams to learn more about them. Then, he heard a knock on his door.

"Come in!" he called out as Rock and Roll entered. "Well, if it isn't my new employees. What brings you two to my humble abode so late at night?"

"We got you something," Rock informed.

"For me? Well, that's surprising. What'd you get?" Flame Man inquired before Rock and Roll handed him the Sengoku Driver and Mangosteen Lockseed they purchased earlier that day, which was in a wrapped up box of sorts.

"It's our way of saying thank you for letting us work here," Roll smiled as Flame Man took the box into his hands.

"Wow… arigatou," he smiled, and then he opened it up to reveal the items. "A Lockseed… and one of the drivers you use?!"

"Yep, we thought if there'd be anyone who could use it, it would be you," Rock smiled.

"Really? ...Well… that's… like I said before, surprising," Flame Man admitted. "But why me? A thank you gift, I can understand, but I'm confused as to why you would give a powerful item like these to me instead of giving them to your teammates."

"You're powerful, kind, smart, I think you're a good person to use one of those things," Rock replied.

"...I see… thanks," Flame Man smiled. "Quick thing though, is it true you have a girlfriend, Rock?"

Rock blushed a bit, and then nodded.

"Well congrats to you. If you need any help, just feel free to call me," Flame Man replied with a cheerful tone.

---

Meanwhile on another part of Zawame City, sitting in a luxurious room filled with trophies and awards galore, along with honors from some previous war, was Clown Man observing footage of the Kamen Riders of Zawame City. He could only sigh as he sipped some french wine.

"So, so dull," he muttered to himself. "These rank amateurs can't put up a good fight."

With that, he turned the TV off and pondered on what happened in the city.

"Do children, both robots and human, really enjoy watching these pathetic games? They're all fakers, the lot of them!" he almost growled enraged, sipping his wine again before placing down the glass. "And that yaro Megaman… he's treating this like a little game. All of this seems to be simply of amateurs play-fighting! Those imposters can never match the brilliance of a true warrior! If they go on, society may forget the true passion required to fight! Oh, this simply will not do!"

He simply smirked walking over to what looked like a mini shrine of candles around… the last Sengoku Driver and the Durian Lockseed?

"They need to be taught the true meaning of war. Of battle!" Clown Man continued.

---

Rock was simply trying to get a bit of shut-eye underneath the shade of a tree, and then he woke up hearing something. It was like the day before when he heard the kids calling for help, but this time, he heard the sounds of battle, and the male kid wishing him to help defeat some monster named Amadam. Rock then turned into Megaman and saw the portal, he smirked and then jumped into it, and he landed, seeing a few kaijin, around with some drained of energy Riders… 14 Riders.

"Eh?! Who are you?!"

"I am Megaman!" Megaman replied, as he took out his Orange Lockseed with a small smile, surprising some of the riders that were there, and the it made the boy from before smile. "Henshin!"

=ORANGE!=

Like always, the Orange appeared above him as Megaman set the Lockseed in place.

=LOCK ON!=

The tune began to play, a few Riders were able to stand, and look at him.

"A 15th… Kamen Rider?" one of them gasped as Megaman sliced the Lockseed.

=SEIYA!=

=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=

And with that, Megaman had completely transformed into Gaim, greatly shocking one kaijin in particular.

"What? Was there a Kamen Rider like this?!" he gasped.

"So… you all are Riders too?" Gaim asked.

"Hai." one Rider replied.

"Please… you have to tell me… what does it mean to be a Kamen Rider? I have to know what it means!" Gaim pleaded for one of them to tell him.

"It's what warriors who fight to protect the freedom of all people, no matter what species they are, are called," the Rider Gaim recalled as Wizard spoke. "And they always appear when someone is calling for help."

"Oh… well, I did hear someone calling for help, that's how I got here," Gaim admitted, looking at the kid from before.

"So did I. I said I would help… that's how I got here," Wizard added. "So, that makes you a Kamen Rider too."

"Well… I guess that truly makes me Kamen Rider Gaim, right?" he replied, holding both his Daidaimaru and his Musou Saber, ready for battle.

The kid from earlier just smiled before he passed out.

"What're you all babbling about?!" the kaijin from earlier hissed before charging. "Begone!"

The kaijin tried to attack Gaim, with the other Kamen Riders watching from nearby, but Gaim proved super effective against the kaijin, easily blocking the attacks with his swords.

"You first!" Gaim shouted at the monster as he was able still block and attack at the same time, shocking the monster in surprise.

"This can't be! Your powers… you share the same source as mine! You're nothing but incomplete failures!" the monster shouted, charging some sort of purple fireball.

"Heh, you're so wrong. Kamen Riders may have similar sources, but there's something we have that kaijin don't!" Gaim smirked.

"Perhaps you can explain it to the kaijin in HELL!" the monster roared launching the blasts, but Gaim somehow easily slashed through the blasts with his two swords.

"Aw, I'll explain later, but just put a sock in it already!" Gaim shouted slashing at the kaijin as all 14 Kamen Riders behind him stood up, regaining some of their fighting spirit.

"Oi Sora, that kid's pretty good," one rider replied, the lense on his green half flashing when this was spoken.

"Yea, I can see that, Philip. We all used our powers to take Amadam down and failed, and yet this guy, in his assumed default form, is standing a better chance against him than us," the same rider added in a different voice.

"Wonder how I've never heard of this Rider before, he seems… familiar when out of his suit," the rider who was mostly black, but had a traffic light coloration noted.

"He's certainly tough, but he'd better back off when it's time for the climax," the peach rider from earlier nodded.

'Oi vey, that's just like you Momotaros,' the voice from within the same Rider added.

"The 15th Rider… guess my journey isn't truly over," the magenta colored rider nodded as Gaim slashed the monster, Amadam, so hard, it launched him to the ground, bursting with electricity.

He was able to recover quickly, but some some sort of light began flashing from his abs, much to his surprise. Then, grunting in pain, multiple glowing items burst from Amadam and over to the 14 other Kamen Riders, colliding with them as they seemed to power up, and enter their most powerful stages.

"Yosha! As Momotaros would say, this is where the true climax begins!" the rider who was formerly peach-themed, now having a more train-centric them, replied in a very different voice, similar sounding to the traffic light colored Rider, who swapped most of the black for said color scheme and more pronounced animalistic features.

"Now, we'll show you the power of the Kamen Riders!" the magenta Rider added.

"Saa… omae no tsumi o kazaero!" the formerly dual colored rider (who now had an X theme with a white portion down the center of his body) replied in both of his voices.

"...man, why don't I have a cool catchphrase," traffic light colored Rider sighed as Wizard appeared, now having a regal silver and diamond motif, and a more draconic appearance.

"Finale da!" he proclaimed as all 14 Riders posed ready to fight, and Gaim looked at them all, very impressed.

"Ikuze Kamen Riders!" Gaim shouted, ready to fight as well.

"Bring it on, then!" Amadam smirked, blasting them, but each rider actually jumped into the air.

First off, there was a black and gold beetle rider with red eyes along with a similarly beetle/dragon themed rider with silver, red, and purple armor with yellow eyes, both of which entered a flying drop kick position and aimed their kicks at Amadam, colliding very quickly starting with the black and gold rider, then the red and silver one.

"Kuso Kuuga, Agito!" he roared, quickly trying to blast three more riders, one having a red dragon theme, one vaguely having a shark theme but had technology integrated into his red, silver, and black form with yellow eyes, and the last having a very golden knight-like form with gold and black armor and red eyes.

All three of these riders jumped and did the same move as Kuuga and Agito, and colliding with Amadam in the order as they were described.

"Grrr… that was nothing Ryuki, Faiz, Blade!" Amadam scoffed as he turned to see the demonic looking rider, now clad in red, silver, and gold, a kabuto beetle theme rider in wine red and silver with green-blue eyes, and the train themed rider, all do the same drop kick move onto him, each having their own aura powering up the kicks. "Onore Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O!"

Next came the vampiric-themed rider, now looking even more regal with the golden armor, red eyes, and flowing red cape, alongside the magenta rider from earlier and the dual-voiced Kamen Rider. All three executed the same drop kick move, the vampire's having a bat theme aura, the magenta one having gone flying through golden aura cards, and the dual-voiced rider used a rainbow colored aura. Not to mention the traffic light rider flying through rings and some cyan colored, rocket-themed rider came flying in as well shortly after the other three, all five kicks hitting Amadam dead-on target.

"I-Impossible! Curse you Kiva, Decade, W, OOO, and Fourze!" Amadam roared in anger before he turned and finally saw Wizard and Gaim finally come in and use their own flying drop kicks, but for good measure after they landed, they both slashed him once more with their swords.

"You… will pay for… this… Wizard… and Gaim!" he roared before sparking with energy and he struggled to stay up. "Wh-what was the difference?! Myself and you were all born from the same power…! How were you able to beat me?!"

"It's justice and friendship, two things I doubt you'll ever understand," Gaim answered.

"Onore… Wizard… onore… GAIM~!" Amadam screamed again as he fell to the ground and was destroyed in a huge explosion before the other 14 Riders around Gaim reverted to their default forms.

"Nice job daidai-yaro," Den-O smiled.

"What's the idea calling me that?" Gaim asked, as he walked over to the kid.

"It's out of habit," Den-O shrugged as Kuuga was also next to the kid, while on his own knees, as the young boy began to awaken.

"We… We saved the world," the young boy uttered as Kuuga gave him a thumbs-up.

"Farewell/later," Kabuto and Fourze bid as Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Kiva, and Fourze all were teleported out of this strange world, leaving Gaim, Wizard, OOO, W, Decade, and Den-O in the same vicinity as the kid.

"Hey… I saw you, along with… W, Fourze, OOO and Den-O in a dream I had," Gaim said to Wizard, as he closed his Lockseed and turned back to normal.

"Interesting," Wizard nodded as the five other riders nodded, and moved their hands to their belts, except for Wizard.

Den-O simply unclipped the belt and he reverted to normal, having shrunk to a 3 ft tall cobalt blue humanoid hedgehog with red and white sneakers, eyes as red as Den-O's armor, and his quills being spiked wildly with some red streaks.

Next was Decade, who grabbed the silver handles on is buckle before his armor vanished, also revealing himself to be a 3 ft tall humanoid hedgehog, and like the other one, his quills were cobalt blue, although spiked upwards in a different manner with red highlights and having a white mane around his neck, and was wearing mostly black, black jeans and black jacket, the only things that stood out were his white gloves that most Mobians wore and a magenta shirt he had that covered up a neck mane that was white.

W pushed the red W-shaped buckle up, making it look like an upside-down M, and removing two flash drive-like devices, one being green with a wind-themed C and the other being black and purple with a wild J. His armor dissolved, revealing the first human in this bunch of riders with large black and yellow shoes, baggy black shorts with red bags/pockets, yellow belts all over, a navy blue shirt under a black and white silver hoodie, the entire outfit having excess zippers in places, too. The face of this kid looked like he was just going through puberty (minus the acne) and still had the innocent child face with blue eyes and a mess of brown spiky hair. Nearby came another face with a driver identical to the kid wearing W's armor. Having black hair and brown eyes, his outfit consisted of a long-sleeved white and yellow striped casual shirt underneath a green sleeveless overcoat of sorts, black shorts, and black casual slip-on shoes.

OOO simply flipped his tilted buckle so it was parallel to the ground, and he transformed into a hedgehog exactly like Den-O, except his eyes were emerald green, no streaks of added color were in his sleeked back quills, and he had some baggy clothes on.

"Hello," the guy next to the human from W's armor smiled, as a Magical Portal traveled across Wizard as he reverted back into a brown-orange hedgehog/fox hybrid with green shoes, a blue shirt, a black jacket of sorts, brown and green goggles with blue eyes.

"Animals? And… two people in one rider… neat. Anyway, I'm Megaman." Megaman introduced himself.

"Name's Ian. Nice to meet ya," the hedgehog/fox hybrid bid.

"Name's Eiji… Hino Eiji… although most people from where I'm from call me Sonic," the hedgehog from OOO's armor replied.

"Ore wa Sora. This is my aibou, Philip," the black-clad teen waved, trying to sound hard-boilded.

"Nice to meet you," Philip waved.

"Ore wa Narumi Takeshi," the hedgehog who was Decade waved holding up a twin-lense reflex camera that was a shade of pink/magenta describe as "Decade Low Pink."

"Ore wa Momota-" the hedgehog who was under Den-O's armor started before.

'Get out and let's do this proper!' the voice that sounded like Eiji's snapped as this hedgehog's body erupted with sand, turning into a complete carbon copy of Eiji, only for the sand to merge and rise up to form a solid body in the form of some red demon-looking character.

"Sorry about him. I'm Nogami Ryoutaro, the Imagin there is Momotaros, my partner. And funny thing, I'm also sometimes called Sonic," the Eiji lookalike answered, surprising Eiji himself.

"EH?! Momotaros works with… me?!" Eiji gawked. While Takeshi tried not to laugh at this.

"No. Must be your first time dealing with alternate realities. Uh… can I borrow some of your henshin items for just a moment?" Takeshi asked the other Riders.

"Sure. Not the first time I had to deal with this sort of thing," Ryotaro replied handing his black pass over.

"Same here," Sora agreed as he tossed Takeshi his black and purple flash drive called a GaiaMemory.

"I guess," Eiji shrugged, handing Takeshi a yellow tiger-themed medal with a gold rim.

"Here," Rock shrugged, holding out his Ichigou Lockseed to Takeshi.

"...I better get this back," Ian sighed, handing Takeshi his Flame Style Ring.

Takeshi then took a stick from near by, and then took out a card. "Okay, now watch closely."

He then drew multiple lines, each parallel to each other while placing each of the items Takeshi was given near each line.

"There are infinite variations of our worlds. Some can be almost mirror images, others are as different as day and night," Takeshi began.

"I'm getting that so far," Sora nodded.

"Say the area around this Core Medal is OOO no Sekai," Takeshi continued.

"Okay…" Eiji replied, still not sure where Takeshi was going with this.

"And this Rider Pass is Den-O no Sekai, you two are parallel versions of the same guy," Takeshi explained.

"Yea, that makes sense. I have been to another parallel sekai before, but… it kinda slipped my mind," Eiji sighed.

"Yea, glad you get it," Takeshi nodded.

"Cool! Anyway, I'm Megaman, nice to meet ya Momotaros," Rock replied.

"So what're you supposed to be? Some sorta knight?" Momotaros asked Rock.

"...Actually, I'm a robot," Megaman answered.

"Tch, yea right, you look too organic to be a robot. Let me see," Momotaros scoffed, turning into a light version of himself before fusing with Rock, turning the light blue area on the Blue Bomber's armor red as his eyes flashed the same color, he tossed his helmet aside, revealing red highlights in his brown hair.

"ORE SANJOU!" M-Rock shouted, posing in an epic way.

"Momotaros…" Ryotaro sighed.

'What the hey?! What's going on here?!' Rock's voice gawked in his own head, shocked by what happened while Takeshi was explaining to Ian about what he was doing.

Then Momotaros simply left Rock, and made the hero a little bit dizzy for a moment as he put his helmet back on.

"You'll have to forgive him, he's sometimes a bit… thick-headed," Ryoutaro whispered.

Eiji then looked at Megaman a little bit in ponderment.

"What?" Megaman asked Eiji.

"Sorry… just had this odd feeling we've met somewhere before," Eiji replied, as Megaman looked around his person for a bit, and then pulled out a notepad.

"What's that for?" Sora asked.

"You guys are my Senor Kamen Riders… autographs?" Megaman asked sheepishly.

"Sure… why not?" they all shrugged, each of them taking turns to sign the notepad. Takeshi then handed each Rider the item that he borrowed, and then smiled at all of them.

"Hope we can see each-other again one day," Takeshi said, ready to depart.

"Wait, are you going to continue your journey?" Ian asked Takeshi.

"Everybody's on a journey somewhere. If any of us meet again… I'll fight along with each of you again," Takeshi assured, taking a picture of the six he fought with before some strange silver mist appeared before him.

"Hey… who are you?" Megaman asked.

"Torisugari no Kamen Rider da. Oboetoke," Takeshi told Megaman before walking through the mist before it vanished.

"I guess that means it's time for us to go, too," Sora figured as he and Philip also began to walk off in a different direction.

"Well, nice meeting all of ya… I guess it's… Comin' Up OOO!" Eiji said, finally getting a catchphrase before pulling out a Zone Ring and hopping through it.

"We'd better go too, Momotaros," Ryoutaro figured as a white and red bullet train zoomed up.

"Yea… later," Momotaros waved at Megaman and Ian as the two boarded the train and left.

"Well… hope I get to see you again in the future… Megaman," Ian replied.

"Yea… later," Megaman waved as he was engulfed by the orange once more before being teleported out of the area.

---

Back in Megaman's world, the Blue Bomber arrived only a few seconds after he originally left, and he smiled, as he saw Roll and Zero walk over.

"Hey Rock… remember we gotta get a few of our things to our new base," Roll said.

"Oh yea, right. Sorry about that, I had to deal with something a second ago," Megaman chuckled, reverting to Rock. "Let's get moving then."

They walked over to the area, and they had a few things of their base in the area, and Flame Man was simply watching Rock and Roll as they walked in, but then…

"Hey, are they really playing an Inves Game?" the group heard some kids ask each other as they passed by Kamen Curry.

"That's what that crazy-looking guy said," another added.

"Let's go see it," the third replied, confusing those in Kamen Curry.

"Inves Game?" Flame Man asked, curiously.

Rock and Roll then gave him a small look and said "We'll explain on the way."

"Just follow us, this is something we have to check out," Rock added as they all grabbed their Sengoku Drivers and Lockseeds just to be safe.

---

Meanwhile, Kurokage and Gridon were under some bridges with a practice dummy set up so they could train on their teamwork.

"I don't think anyone will bother us here," Gridon figured. "So, what's our attack plan?"

"Well, I was thinking a move a little like this," Kurokage started as he pressed a button on a remote, suddenly making the dummy fire BB pellets at Gridon, which somehow impacted at Gridon as if getting hit by Ryugen's basic blasts… and Gridon freaked out, dropping to the ground.

"Hey! Watch it!" he screamed. "That's not cool…"

Suddenly, he was pulled to his feet by Kurokage and forced forward.

"Step one is you taking point to psych out the enemy," Kurokage instructed Gridon, who was still not liking being the scapegoat.

Kurokage kept pushing Gridon forward until…

"And once we're in range… You make a feint, and..." Kurokage started, giving Gridoin one last shove before the target dummy changed up its ammo from BB pellets to water.

"WHOA! Water?! REALLY?!" Gridon shouted, trying to stay dry when suddenly, Kurokage made a jump, and used Gridon's shoulder as an extra springboard.

"I strike with my lance!" Kurokage shouted as he finished off the dummy by striking the chest with said weapon. "How's that?"

"I've said it once… I'll say it again, I hate combat without my Jewel Satellite," Gridon sighed.

"Dude, you need to think outside the box and not focus on using one weapon at a time. 'sides, in the Inves Game you're bound to have to henshin sooner or later," Kurokage pointed out until they heard… applause?

"Did you invite people here?" Kurokage asked Gridon.

"No, you?"

"No."

"What're you doing here?! This isn't a show!" Kurokage snapped.

"Eh? But we heard there's an Inves Game happening here," Roll pointed out.

"What?" Gridon gawked.

"So… what's up?" Flame Man whispered to Rock.

"I think we've been duped," Rock whispered back.

"Well who told you there'd be such an event happening here?!"Kurokage demanded to know as the crowd looked at each other for a bit.

"Pst, Rock." Rock heard someone whisper to him, as he turned around and saw Tune. "You won't believe who's on his way," Tune said, almost in a growl.

"Who?" Rock whispered when…

"I invited this splendid audience here today," another voice spoke as the crowd parted revealing… Clown Man?! "So that my debut may be properly appreciated."

"HIM?!" Rock and Roll gasped.

"Who're you?" Kurokage asked Clown Man, thinking this to be some form of joke.

"I am here to bring a breath of fresh air to your pathetic little game," Clown Man informed as he stopped before Kurokage and Gridon. "I am DWN. 060, Clown Man! And as of now, I am also…" he said, pausing to take out the final Sengoku Driver.

"Whoa!" many people there gasped seeing this guy of all people holding a Sengoku Driver before actually kissing the back of it before placing it against his waist and then, when the belt forms, a lime green helmeted profile appeared, the visible side having some form of battle scar over the eye, with a sparking background, the belt finishing off with a sort of guitar riff.

"A Sengoku Driver!" Rock gasped.

"You must be kidding me!" Tune groaned.

"Oh no…" Roll added, and Flame Man could only see the looks of worry on their faces.

"Why do you have it?!" Kurokage gawked.

"I thought that Sonomura from Red Hot got that…" Gridon started as Clown Man simply scoffed at this.

(Cue Flashback)

---

The previous day at Charmant, Team Red Hot were having some cakes to celebrate this chance to get up in the rankings, the guy who purchased the driver, Sonomura, smiling like crazy.

"All right! With this thing, we're gonna own the streets and prove humans can be just as good Kamen Riders as those robots can!" Sonomura smirked with the driver in his hand as he and his team cheered, repeatedly chanting their team name… that is… until Clown Man approached them, making them go silent.

"Pardon!" Clown Man responded, saying "Excuse me!" in French.

It didn't take much to send all three Beat Riders right outside the cake shop and onto the ground in pain, Clown Man still following them outside.

"What utter amateurs," the clown-themed Robot Master scoffed. "You can't even comprehend the basics of fighting."

"Get away! He's a freak!" Sonomura's second-in-command panicked as he and the other Red Hot member headed for the hills, leaving Sonomura to face Clown Man alone.

"Fine then!" Sonomura growled, about to use the driver when Clown Man grabbed him by the arm and twisted it behind his back in a manner that made it clear to the human the robot had intent of breaking the arm.

"I shall not ask payment for the dolce platter. Provided you hand over this belt of yours," Clown Man replied as he released Sonomura, and the dude, in his panic, handed both Sengoku Driver and Durian Lockseed to the Robot Master turned Patissier.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Sonomura screamed after handing the items to Clown Man before running for his life. "Please, please forgive me!"

"Merci beaucoup," Clown Man smiled in French, essentially saying "Thank you very much!"

(End Flashback)

---

"You kidding me?!" Kurokage gasped as Clown Man held up the Durian Lockseed.

"Hen~shin!" he replied, unlocking the Lockseed.

=DURIAN!=

At that, a zipper portal appeared above Clown Man's head, revealing the dark-green spiked durian above him as he set the lock into place.

=LOCK ON!=

"Rock… if those fools don't win, you'll have to fight him," Tune said.

"Yea… he's got… spikes," Rock said scaredly as Flame Man looked at his Lockseed, everyone else having been focused on the guitar riff and Clown Man's posing before he finally sliced the Lockseed open, the activation jingle being another guitar riff as the durian fell on top of his head, forming a lime green, silver, and lavender colored bodysuit.

=DURIAN ARMS!=

At that, the spiked helmet seen on the belt, scar and all, covered Clown Man's head inside the durian, with a roman gladiator style back covering and mohawk top appear, giving him orange-yellow eyes.

=MISTER~ DANGEROUS!=

With that, the Durian opened up, forming spiky shoulder pad, and a dark-green chest with silver ornamentation for the torso, and two broadswords with serrated edges on the blades, well representing the durian spiked motif, appeared in each of the new rider's hands. Most of the crowd was quite impressed with the transformation and the armor that Clown Man now wore.

But for several robots in the crowd they were in fear, due to Clown Man's Rider form being covered in spikes!

"I am now, Kamen Rider Bravo! So Behold, my pageant of death and destruction begins!" Clown Man proclaimed.

"Mister dangerous is an UNDERSTATMENT!" Rock whimpered, and this made Flame Man growl.

"You're not even a Beat Rider! Why are you trying to join the Inves Game?!" Roll shouted on behalf of her brother, getting Bravo's attention, at first though, he just looked curious and confused about her, but then he sooner remembered.

"My, my. If it isn't the little rejects from yesterday. Is there a problem?" Bravo inquired of Roll, who was suddenly getting nervous again due to the spikes. "Combat has always been a form of entertainment! The great Caesars of Rome pit gladiators against each other in the Colosseum, so that the gripping stimulus of it all appease their citizens! And now, I shall put on a show to surpass even that!"

Then the crowd began to cheer in excitement, anxiously waiting for the battle to begin.

"What the heck's he talking about?" Gridon asked Kurokage.

"All I got was he wants a fight," Kurokage replied, placing his hand on Gridon's shoulder.

"O-okay…"

"So let's give him one!"

"OI!" Gridon panicked as Kurokage pushed him forward again.

"Go get 'em, Gridon!" Kurokage smirked as Gridon was forced up behind Bravo when the new rider just dodged and proved incredibly skillful with his fighting style, avoiding every strike Gridon threw, and then some whilst easily knocking him back.

Despite this, Kurokage continued with his plan, using Gridon's back as the springboard this time before using his lance to try and hit Bravo, but with little to no success as Bravo got Kurokage to his knees very very quickly. The two nut riders, not wanting to give up just yet, quickly stood back up and began to fight back, hoping attacking at the same time would overwhelm Bravo. However, no such luck was on their side as Bravo blocked every attack or dodged it while easily attacking them.

"He's… relentless," Flame Man muttered, gripping tighter to his Mangosteen Lockseed.

Bravo soon kicked Gridon to the ground again, forcing the acorn rider to hide behind the remains of the target dummy from earlier.

"Come on!" Kurokage roared, still trying to get a blow in, but to his surprise, Bravo jumped and easily balanced on Kurokage's lance. "Nani?!"

"Un, deux…" Bravo started counting in French as he spun while on the lance, kicking Kurokage down on 2, before doing a leaping jump to behind him and kicking him in the back on… "Trois!"

The crowd was still cheering at the battle being provided by Bravo.

"Man, that clown sure is tough!" one kid commented.

"He's definitely no ordinary baker…" Roll muttered to herself.

Bravo repeated the French counted while pummeling Kurokage and dodging his attacks.

"Oi, Gridon! Come on, Gridon! What happened to teamwork?!" Kurokage snapped as he was literally getting hit in the butt and all over the place while Gridon stayed hidden.

"Really getting tired of that name…" Gridon sighed to himself.

"COME ON YOU IDIOTS TAKE THIS IDIOT DOWN!" Tune shouted, using the latter use of "idiot" with a french accent.

"Spanking time!" Bravo replied, whacking Kurokage in the butt with his blades, making the pinecone rider scream.

"I guess it's time for…" he started, but before Kurokage could reach for his Hashibami lock, Bravo grabbed him by the collar and launched him into the air, going up so hard as to hit the underside of the bridge.

Then, Bravo just looked casually as Kurokage fell, and somehow got caught on the tip of the red mohawk on Bravo's head before being forced off, forcing Kurokage to drop his driver when he reverted to normal, his Matsubokuri Lockseed landing in Bravo's hand.

"Oh, how cute! These are my spoils, are they?" Bravo smiled under his helmet showing off the Lockseed to the crowd and constantly said "Merci" before placing his foot on Slash Man's chest. "What a weakling! If this were a real war, you'd be in a body bag by now!"

However, Bravo didn't notice Gridon coming up from behind until…

"EAT THIS!" the acorn Rider roared before a few punches and kicks sent Gridon flying into a pillar, the Donguri Lockseed sent flying to Bravo while Gridon reverted to normal and fell into the nearby water with his Sengoku Driver.

"Oh my, merci!" Bravo smiled as Jewel Man rushed to shore and the crowds continued to cheer for Bravo.

"That clown's awesome!" one kid responded. "Bravo!"

However, Rock, while nervous of the spikes, just stared at Bravo in annoyance, and Roll was equally annoyed when…

"I've had enough of this!" the entire crowd heard as they parted letting Flame Man step up towards Bravo, not a shred of fear visible.

"Oh… and who are you?" Bravo asked.

"If you consider harming innocent people, no matter what they're wearing, entertainment, then consider yourself insane, and I'm here to put you down!" Flame Man responded, pulling out his Sengoku Driver, surprising those who haven't known this information.

"Where on Earth did you get that?" Tune asked.

"Me and Roll got it," Rock whispered.

"And I won't let you scare my friends!" Flame Man added as he slapped the driver on, the faceplate showing a profile resembling an eagle's beak with a golden crown on top, and then he pulled out his Mangosteen Lockseed. "HENSHIN!"

=MANGOSTEEN!=

Like with the others and their fruits, a Mangosteen formed above Flame Man's head before he slapped his lock in place.

=LOCK ON!=

With this, there was a standby sound similar to Ryugen mixed with Gaim's hip hop leitmotif. Everyone just watched with great interest before he sliced the Lockseed.

=OHM!=

Then, when the Mangosteen's bottom opened up and formed the right shoulder pad (which was rounded), Flame Man was covered in a black bodysuit like Kurokage, but unlike him, his suit was lined with golden trim and gauntlets with Batik-like markings. His helmet formed before the headpiece of Mangosteen formed some sort of hat that curled from the back and onto the head again, the curls being made up of the Mangosteen vines, while his visor became white.

=MANGOSTEEN ARMS!=

=MAHABHARATA IN THE HOUSE!=

Thus, the Mangosteen unfolded, with the left shoulder armor being the stem of the Mangosteen, and the rest unfolding similarly to how the Ichigou Arms did, and with the transformation complete, he was quickly formed clawed gauntlets, similar to Gaim's Masukurumelon Arms' claws, only these gauntlets were sharper and looked more deadly.

The crowd erupted in shock, while Roll was simply amazed by the suit, Rock and Tune high-fived.

"This sure is interesting. You think you can stand a chance against moi?" Bravo scoffed, making the transformed Flame Man growl.

"BRING IT ON!" he yelled in response…

(As the scene ended, Gaim's current Lockseeds, Orange, Pine, Ichigo and Masukemeron, along with the Sakura Hurricane came across the screen, and they closed along with a zipper with the Gaim Symbol on it)

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Jikai, Mega Kamen Rider Gaim!

DJ Man: There's two new Riders in town having a great feud, one working with Gaim and the other going solo, and their names are Bima and Bravo~!

Clown Man: I've trained harder than you could even imagine.

Flame Man: Man… it's almost like the city has become a warfield.

Protoman: I'll shut that Bravo's mouth for him!

ODAMA BIG BANG!/KUWA RENSHA HOU!

SUIKA?!

Ryugen: Those thing're huge!

Fraise: Here we go Rock-nii!

Gaim: WHOA! TOO BIG! I can't do this Zero!

Lock 8: Wrecking Ball Suika + Train Blaster Kuwa = Big Bang!

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Go-On Red: Two more Kamen Riders?! Neat! So, it looks like Zawame City is truly becoming a Sengoku field.

Kamen Rider Gaim: Maybe, but it looks like you guys are gonna get some help from someone new...

Go-On Blue and Go-On Yellow: Jikai Lock 8!

Kamen Rider Baron and Kamen Rider Fraise: Jikai GP. 08!

*Go-On Red, Go-On Blue, Go-On Yellow, Kamen Rider Gaim, Kamen Rider Fraise and Kamen Rider Baron stand on Engine-O with a Gaim flag in the background. Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim shake hands.*

Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim: Super Hero Time! See you later!

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KKD: And there you have it, this week's Super Hero Time, and perhaps my longest chapter for Mega Gaim, and perhaps the longest chapter we've ever worked on… EVER!

Pikatwig: Even surpassing Lock 3, and even then we DID end up re-writing part of it. But, regardless, yea from what we've read, Gaim's cameo takes place sometime during the events of this episode, cameo in Wizard 52 is after the battle with Gridon and Kurokage, and then cameo in Wizard 53 is before Bravo shows.

KKD: And HOO BOY, did we write a HECK of a LOT just with that information. Yea, we could've gone the safe route and split it into multiple parts, but hey, where's the fun of that, right?!

Pikatwig: I know! And now, we have Clown Man and Flame Man.

KKD: Clown Man's insane, as insane as the real Bravo, but I'm glad we got Flame Man here. It brings on a slightly happier note knowing Rock has a job again and won't have to worry about looking for one throughout the story. Hope you guys like that idea.

Pikatwig: And Roll also has a job.

KKD: Yea, let's not forget that. So aibou, what's your favorite part or parts of this chapter?

Pikatwig: Rock and Roll getting their jobs, and then the interactions between the Kamen Riders in the Sekai in the Magic Stone.

KKD: Yea, I'd have to say that's pretty cool too. My favorite parts included Rock & Roll getting jobs, Gaim interacting with and helping the Kamen Riders in the Sekai in the Magic Stone, and even the debut of Kamen Rider Bima, and yes, that is his name, thanks again to Pega-Rider for all the help with coming up with these things.

Pikatwig: I also loved the part where Rock and Tune kissed! It was SO KAWAII!

KKD: As you can see, with this being the longest chapter we wrote, it's very tough to pinpoint just one favorite part of this entire chapter. And I just remembered that we also have all those cameos from other stories; I really liked those.

Pikatwig: What did you think of the kiss moment?

KKD: Very cute.

Pikatwig: And then Protoman went and sent it onto Beat Rider Hotlines.

KKD: Hoo boy.

Pikatwig: So anyway, I have an idea, recall when DJ Man was thinking of what a combined name for Rock and Tune would be, well, I want you, our readers to submit some ideas.

KKD: In any case, we've got so much going on here that I think it's time we call it a day. Anything else you wanna say before we end this one off, aibou?

Pikatwig: No, well Just Live More.

KKD: Until next time, Jaa ne!