16th August 2060, Monday

In Amanohara, there were news of a trio robbers using Gaia Memories responsible for robbing jewelleries from a lot of shops, spreading around. Those robbers wore black mask and they had yellow eyes. The nicknames of the wearing black, dark green, and grey uniforms are Bob (A), Bobby (B) and Bobo (C) respectively. The name of their gang was Bob Robbers, with Bob himself as the leader. All of them had Gaia Memories of the same type, which is Cockroach.

Currently, that gang was at an abandoned warehouse, in their Dopant form celebrating over the stolen goods and bragging how awesome they were at committing this crime repeatedly without getting caught. On top of that, those criminals even acclaimed themselves that no one will ever find their hiding place.

Except, that someone or two from Asaka Detective Agency does caught up to find the hideout. It was none other than Kirito and Asuna. Those two are presently lying low behind the steel drums nearby the back entrance. Though, from that position, they can still see the robbers.

"They're there. It's like Day and Night said" Kirito muttered. "Day and Night? Those high-school informants? How come they know about this? There's no high-school students involved at all" asked Asuna curiously. "From what I heard, there is a rumour about some strange voices around this area at night. Apparently, a female student passed by and heard them when returning home from club activities. She was scared and warn her friends not to pass by here. Plus, people rarely come here. It is indeed an ideal hideout for robbers to lie low" explained Kirito in a low tone. "I see…" Asuna reply.

Suddenly, wind started blowing near the couple, causing it to carry dust from the ground into the air. By chance, some of them ended up entering Kirito's nose, causing him to sneeze out loud by accident from the clogging. Asuna was surprised from this. Of course, this action just gave away their position, attracting the robbers' attention. "Who's there?!" Bob barked. "Oh no!" gasped Asuna. "They've heard us" said Kirito. "Show yourselves!" Bobby demanded.

Then, Kirito came out from hiding and revealed himself to them. Of course, he had Asuna stay hidden and let him handle this. "That's quite a strategy. Bob Robbers. Using this place as your hideout. No wonder the police couldn't find you. Plus, Cockroach Memories gave you guys the agility to escape from the police in a flash" Kirito told the gang. "Who're you?!" questioned Bobo.

"Kirito, a detective" Kirito introduced himself, which made Cockroach C surprised. "D-Detective?! What should we do, Boss?! Our hideout was found!" gasped Bobo panicky. "Don't panic! He's alone! We'll just silence him right here, right now!" proclaimed Bob.

"Hold it right there!" a familiar female voice suddenly yelled, which got the robbers' attention. Of course, even Kirito was surprised because the one who yelled that was none other than Asuna herself. She came out from hiding and stood next to Kirito even though he told her to stay put. "I won't let you hurt Kirito-kun! I'll be your opponent!" Asuna declared.

There was a short pause after the Flash said that. The Dopants glanced at each other before looking back to where Kirito and Asuna was. Then, the silence was broken by the leader, Cockroach A himself. "I'm scared! Run! Run for your lives… because it's a high-school girl" Bob said sarcastically by pretending to scream for help before he and the other robbers started laughing. Obviously, they are mocking Asuna and underestimate her just because they think she looks like a high-school girl.

Asuna and Kirito can see that as well. "Asuna. Stay back. I'll…" Kirito said as he took out the Double Driver and Joker Memory. However, his girlfriend snatched those items from his hands, to his surprise. "Hey, Asuna!" Kirito called out, but his girlfriend ignores him. On top of that, she even equipped the Double Driver to her waist, which becomes a belt and another identical one appeared on Hiro's waist, who was on standby at the Agency's secret garage.

Of course, the bluenette did not know who was wearing the Driver currently because he had presumed it was always Kirito. "Oh, here it comes" Hiro muttered as he readied himself to transform ignorantly.

"Let's bring these robbers down, Hiro-kun" declared Asuna, whose voice echoed in Hiro's mind. The bluenette becomes surprised upon hearing this and realised the one who wore the Driver was not Kirito, but his girlfriend, Asuna. "Eh? Asuna-san?!" gasped Hiro. "What's the meaning of this?"

"Questions later. We got to transform" Asuna said. "Wait, I don't get any say in this?" asked Hiro again, sceptical to do what he was just told. "Just do it!" Asuna screamed in his mind as they contacted through telepathy. "What a scary Koinyoubou. Sorry, but I must refuse" Hiro muttered and apologised politely through the same method. Asuna, who is losing her patience with the bluenette's antics, started mashing the button on the Joker Memory. "Joker. Joker. Joker. Joker. Joker. Joker"

This in turn causes Hiro to feel pain in his ears, mainly because whenever Kirito equipped the Double Driver and uses the left-side Memories of W, the former heard it from afar. Since Asuna was button mashing the Memory, the bluenette could feel someone keep yelling at his ears non-stop. "Okay! Okay! I'll do it! So please stop!" Hiro pleaded desperately, which Asuna then stops and responded with a snort. The bluenette took out his green Gaia Memory, readying to transform with the Flash.

"Cyclone" "Joker" "Henshin!" both Hiro and Asuna yelled as they pointed their Memories to the left and right respectively. The bluenette insert the Cyclone Memory, which digitally transferred to the Double Driver on the Flash's side before collapsing. Asuna pushed the Cyclone Memory inside and then puts the Joker Memory onto the remaining slot before spreading the driver apart into a W shape. "Cyclone Joker"

Asuna transformed into Kamen Rider W this time and not Kirito. Even the black swordsman was surprised from this. He was not expecting his girlfriend to pull off something like this. Regardless, her transformation caught the attention of those robbers and they become surprised as well. "Ka-Kamen Rider!?" those trio gasped. "Now, count up your sins!" Asuna declared as she pointed her left hand towards the Dopants and Hiro also follow suit after she said it without telling him.

Then, Cyclone Joker started charging towards the Cockroaches and vice versa to fight. Even though it is Asuna's first time fighting as W and there are three enemies, she was able to keep up with it in hand-to-hand combat. To be specific, she was the one who did all the moving and fighting.

Hiro did plan to take control since the situation was unexpected and it was a female who transformed with him. However, Asuna was able to keep the three Dopants at bay and on top of that, predicted their moves when they started moving in a flash. Furthermore, she even did a Memory Change on the right-side, shifting from Cyclone Joker to Luna Joker. With Luna's phantasmagorical ability, the yellow-black Kamen Rider uses her right arm and leg to stretch out to the Dopants and smacked them. The robbers were unable to avoid the attacked and got paralysed from the rapid spanking and kicking. This opening allowed Luna Joker to use a finisher for Memory Break. "Now!" cried Asuna as she took out the Joker Memory and inserts it into the Maximum Slot before pressing the activation button. "Joker. Maximum Drive"

Luna Joker's body splits up, with the right side multiplied into five and the produced offshoots started stretching their arms and spanked the Cockroaches repeatedly from various angles. Afterwards, the Luna side stopped attacking and merged back with the Joker side. Then, the left-side splits and rushed towards the Dopants while charging up the hand. "Joker Strange!" yelled Hiro and Asuna as the Joker side chopped every of the Dopants with the charged hand, triggering explosions on them before merging back with Luna side.

When the explosions subsided, the robbers felt to the floor and became unconscious. In addition, their Gaia Memories were ejected from their bodies and shattered into pieces from the Memory Break finisher. "Never underestimate your opponent even if it is a girl" Asuna declared. "Wow…" Kirito muttered in awe, could not believe that his girlfriend just did all that.

Later, at the Asaka Detective Agency…

Kirito, Hiro, Suguha and Asuna are having a discussion regarding what happened today at the corner where they usually deal with their clients. The bluenette's little sister, Ayumu was absent because she was preparing for her exam that will take place in the upcoming fortnight, from 18th to 27th of August. Hence, she appointed Suguha and Asuna as the sub-chiefs of the agency for times like this.

The induction aside, the black swordsman seemed frowned while staring at his girlfriend. "Hey, Asuna. What are you trying to pull off here, taking the Driver from me? Plus, you even transformed" interrogated Kirito. Hearing that makes his little sister became surprised. "Eh?! Asuna-san transformed into W, with Hiro-san?!" gasped Suguha before she glanced at the Asuna and then the bluenette, who nodded in confirmation. "No way…" she muttered in disbelief.

"There's something more enthralling to me than this. That's your first time fighting as W but how did you pull off such dexterity? As far as I am concerned, your style is using rapier and fencing is what you did as sports" Hiro asked curiously. "Training! I've been taking karate classes since last month" Asuna answered. "Karate? I see. So that explains why you can fight like that even though that's your first time transforming" Hiro replied understandably.

(Author's Note: The fencing part was something I made up. There is nothing mentioned about Asuna do fencing as a sport before she plays SAO. It could be implied but just kept hidden. However, since she comes from a wealthy family and her style to use rapier in the game and anime, fencing is the first thing that comes to mind)

"With that being said, from now on, I'll be the Kamen Rider" Asuna declared, which got a surprising reaction from her boyfriend and his little sister. "What?!" gasped Kirito and Suguha. "Oh-la-la…" Hiro muttered a flat tone.

"Hey, Asuna. What's gotten into you? You're not acting like yourself" asked Kirito worriedly and stated. "Kirito-kun, you shut up!" Asuna shouted angrily, which made the black swordsman surprised even more and he keep quiet as per told. "Is that fine with you, Hiro-kun?" she asked.

"Oh, sure. If that's what you want" Hiro answered, who does not seem to mind about this. "Then it's decided" Asuna concluded, which made Kirito became dumbstruck on how the bluenette easily approved this. Then, the black swordsman gets up and pulled Hiro's shirt, grabbing him to where the work table was. "Hey, partner! You… are you trying to pull off something weird from going into a woman's body!? Stop it!" whispered Kirito angrily, which made the bluenette gets the former's hands off him.

"Hell no, blithering idiot!" groaned Hiro. "I had rather avoid this because girls would think weird things from fusing with a guy and on top of that, she's your girlfriend. That's why I ask you to be the W's body in the first place. Trust me, I'm not going to do anything stupid like you think. For the time being, I'll just let her handle the moving and fighting. If things go exigent, I'll take over" he explained. The black swordsman sighed before he glanced to where his girlfriend was. "Asuna…" Kirito muttered in his mind worriedly.

As for the bluenette, he was looking at the window and then his expression changed a bit. There was a small silhouette outside and its shape looks like a dinosaur. To be specific, a Dromaeosaurid. The said silhouette then vanished a moment afterwards. "It can't be… Fang?" thought Hiro.

13th August 2060, Friday

At the Elisabeth Mansion…

Hermione had called her father to inform him about something at the gathering room. Those two are sitting at the table to discuss about it. "What? You found out where Carlos was? Carlos Frank Elisabeth?" Shane replied, somehow looking surprised to hear this. "Yes. At the very least I think it is someone who had gained his abilities. I'm going to confirm it soon" Hermione explained. "What do you mean, Hermione?" asked Shane.

"Kamen Rider W appeared within our territory during last incident. I happened to see the identity of the user who become the body of W transformation system. I did some further investigation and here is the result" Hermione started before she brings out some documents on clipped to a paper holder pad and puts it on the table. On the front page had the title, 'Asaka Detective Agency' and below them are a list of pictures of its members, from Hiro and Ayumu, and then Kirito and his friends (minus Yui and Strea). The total of the members shown was nine starting from Hiro, Ayumu, Kirito, Asuna, Suguha, Lisbeth, Sinon, Silica and Recon.

"What's this?" asked Shane. "This is the list of members that worked with the Asaka Detective Agency" answered Hermione. "That's quite a lot of them. I thought a detective agency are smaller in general. It might make sense if the members three to five at most, but nine members are definitely too much" Shane commented.

"Indeed. That would be too much" Hermione agreed. "In any case, the person who becomes the body was this young man called Kirito. If my hunch is right, the right half of W was this man" she explained further, pointing her hands to Kirito's picture before Hiro's picture. Her father glanced at the black swordsman before looking at the bluenette.

"Oozora Hiro… that rings a bell but where did I hear that from?" muttered Shane before he asked himself curiously. "A former terrorist member from World Reformer. Two years ago, he was put under probation and now works as the successor of that agency with his adopted sister, Ayumu. Perhaps for Otou-sama, Asaka Ayumu is more familiar because that is her previous family name and she was the noisy new maid from that incident" explained Hermione.

"Oh, that infamous war maniac. How ironic. For a terrorist member to be working as a detective now. Plus, the new maid from that time was his little sister. This must have been fate for me to meet these two" Shane said amusingly as he walks away from the table, which made his eldest daughter surprised. "Eh? Otou-sama already met this man?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah. I saw him at Amanohara Museum the other day" Shane confirmed. "Still, to think he got access to the Planetary Bookshelves… I don't know how he obtain it when my son, Carlos Frank Elisabeth was the true Child of Fate. But, I got a hunch of that he had this familiarity that only Carlos had when I met him" he explained. "Then, it is possible that Carlos takes over that detective's body?" deduced Hermione. "Hermione. Bring him in. Regardless of what the truth of that, he is needed to execute our important mission" ordered Shane. "As you command" Hermione stood and replied together with a bow.

17th August 2060, Tuesday

It was another normal day at Asaka Detective Agency. However, for some reason, when Kirito and Asuna arrived, they found steams coming out from the garage. The duo rushed worriedly there and then saw Hiro collapsed inside RevolGarry.

When they went to check on him and asked what he did, the bluenette said he ended in Complete Obsession Mode by accident again. This time, he did a research about boxing because he heard how much Sara really admired such people that managed to lose weight on the radio. Hence, that is the reason why there are punching bags along with other things used to train boxing. That also includes a heater to make himself sweat. However, since the bluenette did all of them so intensively without holding back, his body could not bear with the strains and he ended up collapsing from exhaustion.

Asuna and Kirito sighed worriedly from hearing this. After all, whenever Hiro get excited onto something, he never stops. That makes him no different than a runaway train, specifically on knowledge. The couple even warned the bluenette to be more careful because he could lose his own life from doing this excessively and wrongly. Kirito then asked Asuna to get water for Hiro to drink while he carried the bluenette to rest on the bed at the office.

After the two managed to get him to rest while putting a wet cloth on his forehead, a guest came, and they decide to do their job of greeting. Now, they are currently seated on the chairs at the corner nearby the entrance.

The client was a lady in her 30s. She had long brown hair and hazel eyes. The client wore grey long-sleeved shirt inside a brown vest, grey skirt and black, closed toe shoes with conservative heels. Her name was Kudo Tokoha and she told Kirito and Asuna that she works as a bank teller at Amanohara Town Bank.

While Asuna is jotting down the details, Tokoha noticed the bedridden bluenette and was curious of concern. "Is that person okay?" asked the brunette. "Oh, don't worry about it. He was playing around too much" answered Kirito, which the client responded with an understandable nod. "Kudo Tokoha-san. A bank teller at Amanohara Town Bank" Asuna reads up the detail, which Tokoha replied with a nod of confirmation. "So, how can we help you?" asked Kirito and there was a short silence from the client. Afterwards, Tokoha answered, "I want you to find Kamen Rider"

Upon hearing that, the couple became speechless. "Eh? Kamen Rider?" Kirito and Asuna echoed in unison. Of course, even the bluenette could not help but overheard this as well, causing him to look at where Kirito and the others were. The black swordsman and the Flash glanced to each other and then backs off a bit, trying to whisper privately. "Hey, hey. What kind of request is this? It's unexpectedly easy" asked Kirito sceptically. "I guess that's how much Kamen Rider becomes well known in this city" Asuna deduced. Of course, the client did hear that but not on the same page as them.

"Kamen Rider is this city's enemy! A wanted criminal!" exclaimed Tokoha, which made the others surprised. "Eh?!" cried Asuna and Kirito. Even the bluenette could not rest upon hearing that and gets up to sit on the bed. "What do you mean?" asked Kirito.

"Yesterday, I saw a masked kaijin riding a bike. He attacked our bank and robbed the money" explained Tokoha. Of course, Kirito, Asuna and Hiro were speechless upon hearing that. Kamen Rider robbed a bank. That is impossible because obviously they do no such thing. The only plausible explanation for this was that the robber was using the name as his/her own identity. From the client's story, the culprit was probably male. While they were distracted from the story, the client turned away and grumble, "That scum…"

Coincidentally, Asuna heard that and glanced to the client before the latter looked back to where the couple was. "Please find him! I want him prosecuted. The source of evil, Kamen Rider!" Tokoha requested. "An impostor of us?" thought Kirito. "Why would someone do that?" pondered Hiro. Regardless, they cannot turn a blind eye on this matter.

Later…

Asuna heard that there is another bank robbery caused by the fake Kamen Rider and she rushed to the scene. When she arrived, they saw a lot of patrol cars around and the forensics are analysing the scene, where the said area was restricted under yellow tape for other people.

Even if Asuna cannot enter the area, she can see how horrible the mess was because the armoured car carrying the money was smashed terribly and it got turned over. She was speechless from seeing this. Officer Kagami was there as well and explained to her the mess was caused by Kamen Rider.

"You say the Kamen Rider did this? No way… It can't be!" muttered Asuna before she denied the statement told by the officer. "But it is a fact. According to the witness, he had a habit of cracking his neck and asked randomly to guess who he was. When the witnesses answered Kamen Rider, he said it was correct and attack them" "No way…" murmured Asuna in disbelief. "He pretended to be an ally of justice, but he finally shown his true colours. I've always thought he smelled fishy" Kagami pointed out, which irritates the Flash and she intervene. "Kagami-san! The culprit isn't Kamen Rider!" Asuna argued.

"Listen, Asuna. Don't hide him just because you know him. The next time we meet, he's not getting away! I'll tear him apart and arrest him!" Kagami declared, resolute to arrest Kamen Rider no matter what. "No. I'll prove that Kamen Rider is innocent, and the bank robber is an imposter" proclaimed Asuna.

Afterwards…

Asuna is seen riding on Hard-Boilder, with a helmet on of course, across the city. At first, Kirito was against her going out for investigation because he was worried that she did not have any license. However, the Flash had already taken her license to ride the bike legally and she even showed to her boyfriend the said card as proof. For the black swordsman, he could not believe that Asuna go as far as getting one to ride Hard-Boilder.

"My heart is boiling with fury. Whoever this culprit was, I can't forgive him. I'll definitely find that fake Kamen Rider and tear off his disguise!" Asuna thought in her mind as she drives. Later, she went to the pier and then had launched Bat Shot to search for suspicious figures in the city.

After half an hour of waiting while monitoring Bat Shot's recording through Stag Phone that she had, technically exchanged with Kirito, something appeared on the footage. She saw what it may seemed to be a Dopant riding on a cruiser superbike. The monster had red body, wearing armoured boots, bullet-resistant vest that has fearsome design with spikes and dragon-faced shoulder pads while armed with various guns on the waist along with its ammos. That Dopant also had a translucent mask shaped like a skull and had a big irregular looking sword with a skull as its pommel. The said monster was Arms Dopant.

the Flash herself was surprised when she sees this figure. It is obviously a Dopant and had a mask on, so it is not surprising that people would call this criminal Kamen Rider by accident. In any case, she cannot let this weapon Dopant gets away do as he please. At that time, the Flash had the Double Driver equipped on her waist while she was on standby, riding the Hard-Boilder.

"We're up, Hiro-kun. Is your body okay?" Asuna said and asked the bluenette. Hiro, on the other hand, was lying on the sofa inside the garage. It looks like he is still in bad condition to move around. "I'm still not okay but no worries. It's not liked my body is the one doing the fighting anyway so let's just get this over with quick" Hiro explained. "Oh, I totally forgot about that. Okay" Asuna replied. The bluenette then took out the Cyclone Memory and activated it. Likewise, even Asuna does the same. "Cyclone" "Joker" "Henshin!" Hiro and Asuna yelled. "Cyclone Joker" Those two initiated the transformation mechanism as they changed, with Asuna's body becoming W while she started driving Hard-Boilder at full throttle to pursue the fake Kamen Rider.

Then…

Arms, riding on his motorbike went to attack a bank's armoured van before he was pursued by the real Kamen Rider. Apparently, only a male driver was there because he was driving the van alone. He immediately backs off and gets close to the vehicle, mainly because he was afraid. That weapon Dopant changed his left arm into a machine gun as he approached the driver. "So… guess my name!" Arms ordered before pointing the gun at the man, who shook his head panicky in fear. "I don't know!" the driver cried. "Boo Boo! The correct answer was Kamen Rider. Remember that" Arms proclaimed in disappointment before he pointed out the gun again at that man, readying to open fire.

Luckily, Cyclone Joker managed to arrive just in time before the weapon Dopant can attack. "Hey! Enough with the nonsense, you impostor! What did you think you're doing?!" barked Asuna.

"Oh, the real one. You're much faster than I anticipated" Arms commented. As he spoke, the driver uses the chance to evacuate. "What?!" growled Asuna. "Later!" proclaimed Arms as he pointed at Cyclone Joker and shoots at her. The green-black Kamen Rider was unprepared and got hit by the attack. During this opening, the weapon Dopant rushed to his bike and started revving it before leaving at full throttle.

"You're not getting away!" declared Asuna as she realised what happens and gave chase. While pursuing and managed to catch up with Arms, the criminal turn and shoots at W, forcing her to avoid the shots while still going forward. The weapon Dopant laughed wickedly, confident that he was able to shake off the green-black Kamen Rider as she slowed down.

Then, RevolGarry arrived from behind W and opened the hatch, which Arms noticed. Cyclone Joker had Hard-Boilder leaped onto the giant vehicle and added the booster parts to the bike. Upon realising that W is going to speed up, the weapon Dopant revved his bike at full throttle, getting away from the Kamen Rider as far as possible.

Cyclone Joker then had Hard-Boilder launched like a cannon from activating the boosters. "Trigger" While speeding up, Asuna took the chance to take out the Trigger Memory to change the left side of W. "Cyclone Trigger"

After a minute, Arms make a turn at the corner and it gave Cyclone Trigger a chance to catch up. However, instead of speeding up on the riding, Asuna slowed down even after she makes a turn on at the corner, which her buddy noticed. On top of that, she even had the bike on autopilot mode. "Hey, what's wrong, Asuna-san?" asked Hiro.

Instead of answering, Asuna takes the Trigger Magnum on the left chest and Trigger Memory out from the left slot. She then inserts the memory into the gun. "Trigger. Maximum Drive" Cyclone Trigger then shift the magnum into Maximum Mode.

The bluenette then realised that his buddy is trying to unleash a Memory Break. "Wait! Don't be hasty, Asuna-san! We need to catch up with the criminal first. More importantly, unleashing Memory Break like this is a bad idea" Hiro warned her. "Just do it! We'll finish this guy right here!" Asuna argued.

"Okay…" Hiro replied reluctantly and decides to let his buddy do as she please. Cyclone Trigger then made the Hard-Boilder accelerate suddenly to catch up with the fleeing weapon Dopant while the rider herself is aiming at the chased target with the charged magnum. Arms then noticed the green-blue Kamen Rider catching up and was aiming to shoot him. "Trigger Aero Buster!" yelled Hiro and Asuna as Cyclone Trigger launched multiple shots of pressurized air from Trigger Magnum.

"Oh! This is bad!" cried Arms before he shoots out bullets, where the shots are larger in size towards the Maximum Shots and the ground. Most of the shots neutralised each other while the shots hitting the ground created smokes that temporarily disables the vision from Kamen Rider's point of view.

Cyclone Trigger halted the bike's movement immediately when this happens and waited for the smokes to subside. A few seconds later, the said smog vanished but to their surprise, neither the Gaia Memory nor the user himself was spotted. The same could be said about the motorcycle used by the Dopant.

"Eh?! There's no Memory!" gasped Asuna. "Looks like he's escape" deduced Hiro. The bluenette himself had already predicted this or at least can tell this will happen. Asuna was a bit rushing in doing things just now, dealing a finishing blow when they have not saw the full potential of their enemies beforehand.

Then, Cyclone Trigger looks around and soon noticed something odd on the road. She gets up from the bike and approached to where the thing was on before picking it up. The item that was on the floor was a broken metal piece with an irregular looking shape. "This is… He dropped this?" muttered Hiro, wondering if the left piece of metal was an evidence related to the culprit. "Looks like it can be a clue. Please analysis it" Asuna requested. "All right" Hiro agreed.

Later, inside a Climbing Gym in Amanohara City…

Tokoha is seen in a proper gym wear, climbing on the walls while tied on a rope with anchor on her waist as a safety measure. Then, Asuna came and climb up to where her client was as fast as she could. Tokoha noticed the presence of the woman she requested help from and stopped climbing. "Hello" Asuna greeted with a smile. "We found the culprit, but he got away" she reported. "You came all this way to report that? You can just call me you know by phone" Tokoha replied.

"Unfortunately, I can't do that" Asuna told her. "Why?" asked Tokoha. "I'll be blunt. You're not a bank teller, right?" said Asuna and the client was silent from this for a while. "Why are you doubting me for?" asked Tokoha. "Your phrasing sounds suspicious, so I asked my friends to investigate your background. There's no worker at a bank that goes by your name. In other words, you were lying" explained Asuna.

Tokoha was silent again for a few seconds before she breaks it by laughing a bit. The way she laughed sounds wicked and then muttered, "It cannot be helped now. It's all out in the open, huh?"

"You suddenly seem very villainous! So, you've shown your true colours?!" Asuna snarled as she attempts to grab onto Tokoha, but the latter quickly climbed down without any trouble and reached the ground and unequipped the safety gears. "What?!" she gasped upon realising how fast the brunette was in climbing down.

Tokoha was about to leave but halted when she saw Kirito had intercepted her. "Tokoha-san. I know you have a reason for wanting us to catch the fake Kamen Rider. Stop working in secret and cooperate with us" he suggested before approaching the brunette.

There was a short silence for a moment before the said client decided to admit the truth. "You… Have you ever heard about Two Musk?" asked Tokoha, breaking the quietness. "I think that was…" trailed Kirito, before MHCP01 hologram appeared on his left-side shoulder. "It is the name of a Phantom Thief group, Papa. They'd rob convenience stores and disappear into thin air. That group even become famous in a Wide Show (Talk and Variety Show) before" explained Yui. "One of its members was me" Tokoha confessed, declaring that she was a member of that Phantom Thief group.

Upon hearing this, everyone else was surprised from the revelation. "What?!" gasped Kirito. "Eh?! Then… You're a wanted criminal!" Asuna claimed before she decides to climb down.

"My partner's name is Kusaka Kenta. We deliver a calling card, then get what we want without spilling a drop of blood. That was our style. But, yesterday I accidentally saw it while we're robbing from our targeted bank. That was Kenta! It's not like him to do such cruel things!" explained Tokoha as she reminisced her past in committing the crimes as Phantom Thieves.

At that time, Asuna had finished climb down the wall and takes off the safety gear from her waist. "That's why you lied to us when you made your request?" deduced Kirito. "I want to find and stop Kenta more than anything!" said Tokoha worriedly. "That was your true request?" guessed Asuna based on what she heard from the client herself.

There was a short silent and then the black swordsman sighed in disappointment. "Looks like our job ends here I guess. We can't accept requests from wanted criminals" said Kirito.

"No. We're taking this request" declared Asuna. "Asuna?!" "Mama?!" Kirito and Yui gasped in unison upon hearing this. Even Tokoha herself was surprised. She deceived them, yet the Flash still decides to continue with the request.

"But I only want one thing for payment. When we catch him, you two will turn yourselves in" Asuna told the brunette the condition for them to accept her request. "You…" muttered Tokoha. "Clients… No… everyone in this world had their own circumstances and reasons in doing things. It's not just Tokoha-san. If I came from a poverty-stricken family and my mother's sick for example, I might just resort to do something like her as long as I can help my mother" explained Asuna. "If we never try to figure out the truth and consider that aspect from their side, forget about being detectives, I am ashamed to call myself a human being who cared for each other"

There was a short silence on the atmosphere before the black swordsman decides to shatter that quietness by sighing. "It cannot be helped. I guess I'm on board as well. I would regret more doubting my client than trusting them" concurred Kirito. Upon realising how thoughtful these detectives are, Tokoha replied with a bow while saying, "Thank you…"

Soon, in the garage at the agency…

Asuna and Kirito returned to ask the bluenette to enter the Planetary Bookshelves. The title of the lookup was 'The location of their enemy'. Currently, Hiro was about to input the keywords he heard from the Flash and Black Swordsman. "Keyword: Kusaka Kenta, Two Musk" the bluenette insert those two keywords and the shelves started to reduce. "Please hurry up, Hiro-kun!" Asuna urged him to find the solution quick. However, despite using such unique terms like name of person and group, there are still hundreds of shelves. "I wasn't able to reduce it very much" muttered Hiro.

Upon hearing that, Asuna becomes frustrated and started wondering around aimlessly. "Calm down, Asuna. You're too acting way too stressed" Kirito pointed out, trying to prevent his girlfriend from being too anxious. "I am stressed!" Asuna snapped before she heads to the large wheel on RevolGarry left side. "We got to find and stop him quick. I can't stand it if he started rampaging with the name 'Kamen Rider' again!" she barked before hammering the wheel out of anger.

The bluenette was dumbstruck from hearing the nagging. Even Kirito himself was surprised as well. It was not like Asuna to lose her cool so easily. Usually, she is more collected and directly strict on her actions. That is the reason she was appointed as the Vice-Commander for her guild, The Knights of the Blood. For someone as great and honourable as Asuna to be hot-blooded for no reason, it is only natural for Kirito himself to be worried about his girlfriend. After all, as far as he knows, while his girlfriend acts strong from outside, she is a maiden with a fragile heart. He can still remember those moments when Asuna acted like that. One of them was when she hesitated to kill Kuradeel because he pleaded that he did not want to die. The feeling of pity swayed her action to finish him off and the maniac homicide used that chance to strike back. Luckily, Kirito saved her and when Asuna realised her naivete causes trouble to him, she started crying. On other occasions, she acted like everything is fine when the truth was otherwise opposite, and he can tell right now, the Flash is facing that situation again.

"Listen Kirito-kun, the name Kamen Rider is a name that this city's people gave us. No… it was perhaps for Hiro-kun initially" Asuna explained before she realised that her terms were misplaced and corrected them. "Regardless, I am pretty attached to it by now. It doesn't matter if we're not involved as much as him, I can't stand anyone who tried to sully the name of this city's hope! I never will!" she said determinedly.

"Just one more… a decisive keyword…" Hiro told them. Then, Strea's hologram suddenly appeared on Kirito's shoulder. "What about that piece of evidence?" she suggested as the black swordsman showed the piece of metal that was obtained from the scene. "We still don't know what that piece was all about" Hiro answered, unsure about what the evidence referring to. Then, Strea started observing the metal piece before Kirito turned the evidence in different position. Then, the beauty AI had her brows raise and she realised something. "Ah! It's an apple!" Strea exclaimed, noticing that while the metal was only a small piece, she can see that it has the shape like an apple. "Hey, Strea. That thing is obviously a metal. Not an apple" Asuna corrected annoyingly. "Are you sick?" asked Kirito.

"Keyword: Apple" Hiro inputted the random keyword that Strea said, trying to see if it works. Then, to his surprise, that nonsensical sound 'keyword' eliminates most of the book, leaving only one left. "Bingo…" he muttered in disbelief. The bluenette soon went to pick up the resulted book for PLACE as the title and read it. "That piece of metal is part of a locker key plate. Considering Kusaka's area of activity, there is only one place with an apple symbol mark" explained Hiro before he left the Planetary Bookshelves. "East Suzugamori District, Southwest, Sheppard Building" the bluenette informed his friends.

For once, Kirito and Asuna were speechless. The happy-go-lucky Strea with monstrous strength was being helpful even though she spouted nonsense. At the very least, they could never laugh her for it because Hiro was telling the truth that Earth witnessed. "No way… For real?" Asuna and Kirito muttered in unison and disbelief. "Aha! See? See? See? Be impressed! I was quite helpful! After all, I'm the Queen of Inspirations!" Strea started bragging about herself before laughing out loud. "I should had been Kirito's wife instead of Asuna, but I think I like being their daughter! Oh well! Papa!" she squealed.

Kirito, annoyed with the beauty AI's antics, decides to slam Strea's hologram using his right hand, forcing her to return to the Linkage Terminal while Hiro went to the whiteboard and started to ponder. As for Asuna, she usually calls out the girls when they tried to romantically and intimately involved with Kirito. However, since Strea was being helpful, she decides to overlook her behaviour this time and act like it never happened. Hence, she went to take the Stag Phone and decides to contact her client. "Oh, Tokoha-san. We know his location. Yes. Then, see you later" Asuna told Tokoha while fetching the map of the city to find the location mentioned by Hiro before ending the call. "Wait, where are you going?" asked Kirito when he realised his girlfriend was leaving.

"I called her. We're going to settle things" Asuna answered before she leaves. However, the black swordsman rushed to where his girlfriend was and grabbed her hand, stopping her from leaving. "Asuna. You're acting weird. What's going on?" asked Kirito worriedly, which made the Flash frowned. "What are you talking about, Kirito-kun?! Are you saying that we should just do nothing about this matter?!" Asuna reprimanded. "No. I didn't mean that" Kirito replied. "It's just you're not acting like yourself. Yesterday was the same. Just what got into you?" he asked. Asuna remained silent when asked about this. She was about to say something but the bluenette intervene when he decides to speak.

"Um… I'm sorry to interrupt in your private conversion but there's one thing bugging me for a while" Hiro told them. "What? Get straight to the point" Asuna said, urging the bluenette to be blunt as she was rushing. "Why Kusaka rampages using the name Kamen Rider? We should investigate a bit more and form a plan" Hiro suggested. The Flash then gets away from her boyfriend and approached the bluenette.

"We got no time to waste! The two in one Kamen Rider's pride is on the line!" Asuna exclaimed. "What'll we do if we don't restore our reputation?" she questioned and the bluenette was silent for a while. "But, Asuna. This is different from when we're inside SAO" Kirito pointed out.

"It's no different!" cried Asuna. "If a member of the Clearing Group, especially the Knights of The Blood was known to the other players for Player Killings or committed crimes, the other guilds and those who can't fight will lose trust in us. This city believed that their hero is Kamen Rider. Then, we should make sure that honour is preserved" explained Asuna. "Asuna-san…" muttered Hiro, which made the Flash glanced at him. "We can just form a plan as we go!" Asuna proclaimed before she decides to leave the garage. "Wait! I'm coming too!" Kirito said, following her.

Meanwhile, at the Elisabeth Mansion…

Hermione is on her way out and simultaneously, she encountered her husband coming from the opposite direction. Though she hardly makes any eye contact nor smile when she sees him. "Yesterday, I saw a slovenly man seeking a meeting with you. Is that true?" asked Junnosuke.

"Yes" said Hermione confirmedly before the two stopped when approaching each other. "Who was that? For the last few days, you've been acting strange" asked Junnosuke worriedly.

"That's my line. What were you doing for the last two weeks? You're nowhere to be found when I noticed" Hermione retorted. "Are you slacking off or trying to betray us?" she questioned.

Upon hearing that, the husband was silence in speechlessness from what his wife accused her. Regardless, Hermione decides to leave the topic there and excuse herself. "It's about to start, the showtime" she muttered and leave the house.

(A/N: Japanese terms sometimes uses 'Sabotage' when referring to someone who was lazy in doing work. While in English, Sabotage refers to people trying to disrupt other's action or anything)

Soon, within the city…

Arms is seen riding his bike and heading towards the basement of Sheppard Building through the tunnel. When he arrived at the bottom, he was intercepted by a trio, which consisted of Asuna, Kirito and Tokoha. The female member of Two Musk now let her long hair loose, touching her shoulder and wore a black jacket and shorts, with black hosiery and black sneakers. Arms halted his bike upon realising them and gets off. "Tokoha?" muttered the weapon Dopant before he puts his hands on his face, where the memory comes out. Arms reverted to his human form.

It was a muscular man with long black hair and violet eyes. He wore green sweater inside swamp-green jacket, grey pants and black shoes. This person is the other member of Two Musk, Kusaka Kenta. On his right temple, he had the Living Connector Port, which some of it even enters his right eye's sclera. "Kenta…" muttered Tokoha as her partner cracked his neck out of stiffness.

"As we thought, he really was the culprit" deduced Kirito. Tokoha then worriedly approached her partner and worriedly pulled him back and forth but he does not seem perturbed from this. "Please, Kenta! Stop it! Return to your old self!" she pleaded. "The old me, huh?" muttered Kenta before he started laughing wickedly for a while. "I can't!" he barked while pushing the brunette away from him and she fell to the floor. Kirito and Asuna was surprised from this and the former approached the brunette to check on her well-being.

"I… can't no longer stop myself! Because I have eaten… the forbidden fruit called Gaia Memory!" claimed Kenta before he laughed wickedly again, and this made Tokoha shed tears upon realising that her partner had gone insane. "Those are not Kenta's eyes…" she whimpered. "Kusaka! Give up the Memory!" Asuna ordered, demanding the male Phantom Thief to surrender. However, the criminal laughed wickedly and amusingly from hearing that before glancing to the Flash. "If I gave up my Memory, I'd be giving up my humanity!" Kenta scowled before activating his memory. "Arms" he inserts the Memory on the right temple and transformed again into that weapon Dopant.

"Hiro-kun!" cried Asuna as she takes the Double Driver and equipped it to her waist, which becomes a belt. At the garage, to be specific, on the platform where Hard-Boilder was currently parked inside RevolGarry, Hiro was there and on standby. The belt also appears on his waist as well. Instead of the usual Cyclone Joker formation, Asuna informed through telepathy that they are going Luna Trigger from the beginning. Hence, the bluenette took out the yellow Gaia Memory while the Flash takes out the blue Gaia Memory. "Luna" "Trigger" "Henshin!" Asuna and Hiro yelled before they initiate the transformation procedure. "Luna Trigger" the Flash's body becomes Kamen Rider while the bluenette collapses as his mind transferred to the former. When they transformed, Kirito took Tokoha into hiding.

"Oh, you're the Kamen Rider. I wasn't expecting a lady to be one" commented Kenta with sarcasm. "Don't underestimate me just because I'm a lady!" barked Asuna before she takes out the Trigger Magnum and aimed at Arms. However, before the yellow-blue Kamen Rider could fire, something came and strike her hard from behind. Luna Trigger fall and roll over the floor. Asuna quickly rebounded and try to look what is going on. She saw a silhouette rushing like lightning around the area.

"What was that? An ambush?" Hiro muttered, wondering what is the thing that attacked them. Asuna then proceeds to shoot out a few homing shots, which the bullets started moving around trying to hit the target. However, regardless of how many bullets she shot, all the bullets did not hit the target. To make things worse, the target passed by her and before she even noticed, the homing shots hit her instead, knocking her to the floor again. "No way! It's too fast!" gasped Asuna.

"Leave it to me" Hiro said as Luna Trigger stood. Then yellow-blue Kamen Rider takes out the Heat and Metal Memories before swapping Luna and Trigger Memories respectively. However, instead of initiating the Memory Change, Luna Trigger remained stationary for a while, waiting for a chance as she was bashed by the unseen opponent and fell again.

With Hiro taking control, he was aiming for the moment when the swift enemy passed in front of him while observing the target carefully. Then, he had the yellow-blue Kamen Rider gets up and predicted the enemy approaching from the front.

"Now!" the bluenette cried before he had the Luna Trigger bends her back and initiated the Memory Change. "Heat Metal" the yellow-blue Kamen Rider now changes to red-grey formation and the Metal Shaft appears on the back, hitting the approaching enemy, stopping its track. Then Heat Metal gets up and spanked the said enemy pushing it away before looking at what their opponent was properly.

They saw that it was another Dopant that looks like a furry sabre-tooth tiger with bloody fangs and grey body. In addition, the opponent also had a silver buckle with golden sphere on its waist. This enemy is Smilodon Dopant.

Upon seeing this, Heat Metal was surprised. The bluenette particularly becomes quite anxious when he saw this scene from Asuna's point of view. On top of that, the enemy gives out a blood thirst aura. "C-Commander?!" gasped Hiro nervously in telepathy, which made Asuna curious as to why he felt like that. "What's wrong?" asked Asuna through the same method. "Asuna-san, this enemy is dangerous. We should retreat" Hiro explained. "Running away? Aren't you being a coward here?" Asuna questioned sceptically about his panicky behaviour. "I'm serious! This guy is much more dangerous than you think!" warned Hiro. "Whatever! I'm taking this tiger down!" declared Asuna as she started charging towards the sabre-tooth tiger Dopant while taking out the Metal Shaft. "Stop! Asuna-san!" cried Hiro as he tried to prevent his buddy from fighting the enemy's Commander. However, Asuna was forceful with the control that the bluenette was unable to stop her.

Heat Metal approached and started battering Smilodon with the fiery staff repeatedly, making it yelped in pain. Then, she jabbed the sabre-tooth tiger Dopant on the stomach before lifting and threw it to the other side. Afterwards, she swapped Heat Memory with Luna and initiated Memory Change again. "Luna Metal"

Upon changing form, the yellow-grey Kamen Rider uses Luna's power to extend the staff's length and whacked the Smilodon repeatedly like a whip. She continued doing that for a while until the sabre-tooth tiger Dopant was paralysed. "Now!" exclaimed Asuna as she takes out the Metal Memory and insert it into the Metal Shaft. "Metal. Maximum Drive"

Luna Metal started swinging the whip-mode staff around continuously and each swing makes a golden ring that floats. It was done until six rings were produced. "Metal Illusion!" cried Asuna and Hiro before unleashing those rings towards the enemy, which started heading towards Smilodon. Each hoop hit the Dopant one at a time before all of them the opponent simultaneously, triggering an explosion. "Did we do it?" muttered Asuna as she waited for the smog to subside. When it does, there is nothing remain, neither the Memory nor its user. "No. It fled. As expected, Commanders aren't that easy to let themselves defeated" Hiro explained. "Oh well. The next time it happens, we'll defeat them for sure" Asuna said carefreely and the bluenette sighed over this.

While the two in one Kamen Rider were preoccupied with their conversion, Arms took this chance and blasted at full strength towards Luna Metal using his left machine gun. The yellow-grey Kamen Rider realised this quite late, got hit and blown away from the attack. Furthermore, the transformation was forcibly undone and Asuna suffer some injuries before falling onto the floor. The Double Driver was still equipped on her waist as this happens.

Of course, Kirito and Tokoha noticed this and immediately rushed to her aid. "Asuna!" the black swordsman yelled as he sprinted towards his girlfriend and lifts her. "Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly but apparently Asuna tried to bear with the pain instead of yelping.

Of course, the brunette could not except this cowardly action and glanced at Arms with disheartened eyes. "Kenta! Why did you do that?!" cried Tokoha. "Why? I rather not fight ladies head on. It's not in my taste. Plus, she let her guard down so I used the chance to strike." answered Kenta before he cackled in a wicked way. "No…" muttered Tokoha sadly and she was about to shed tears.

As for Kirito, hearing this sneer makes his heart boiled in anger. How dare he did this to my girlfriend, is what anyone can think he would respond. Indeed, that was it. Hence, he takes off the Double Driver and the W's left-side Gaia Memories from Asuna before leaving her in Tokoha's care. Then, the black swordsman gets up and glared at Arms while the female member of Two Musk took the Flash into hiding. "Kusaka! I can't forgive you!" barked Kirito as he equipped the Double Driver onto his waist and becomes a belt. "Let's go, Hiro!"

"Wait! We need to fall back! Asuna-san's wellbeing takes priority!" Hiro argued. "Just do it!" Kirito ordered angrily. "I can't let this guy get away for doing that to Asuna!" he declared. There was a short hush and the bluenette thought about it for a while. Indeed, if the people important to him got hurt, he would do anything to avenge them. In this case, Kirito's important person was registered as Asuna in his mind. "Okay…" Hiro reluctantly agreed and takes out the Cyclone Memory while Kirito takes out Joker. "Cyclone" "Joker" "Henshin!" the two boys yelled and initiated the transformation, with Kirito's body becoming Double and Hiro collapses again. "Cyclone Joker"

"I take it you're the real one. Let's play as much as we can!" declared Kenta as he rubs his palms for a bit before charging after Cyclone Joker. The green-black Kamen Rider prepared himself as Arms approaches. The weapon Dopant comes with smacks from his hands, which Cyclone Joker blocked from using his hands as well. Arms then gave a left kick, but the green-black Kamen Rider pushed it down with his right hand before countering with a wheel kick. The weapon Dopant avoided that before delivering a few punches that forces Cyclone Joker to back off. The green-black Kamen Rider block and avoid some of them before delivering a right-hand punch on Arms' chest. Afterwards, the weapon Dopant countered using the same method, forcing Cyclone Joker to back off. Arms, while laughing insanely, then continued attacking with a left kick, double and upper kick before using a left kick again on the green-black Kamen Rider. Cyclone Joker then counters with a left kick on the weapon Dopant. "Not bad" Kenta complimented before delivering a few more punches that hit and forces Cyclone Joker to back off.

When one of the punches, especially from the left hand missed, Arms transformed his arm into a giant blade and then strikes the green-black Kamen Rider with five consecutive slashes, in which the fifth one sends Cyclone Joker flying and rolling on the floor. Double quickly gets up and prepared for the incoming attacks. "Punk!" growled Kirito because Kenta used a cowardly way of fighting, that is from hand-to-hand combat to weapon combat without warning. Arms then takes out the big sword on his back using his right hand and now he had a mix of dual wielding of an arm sword and a hand sword. "How about this?" he questioned with sarcasm before charging towards the green-black Kamen Rider. The weapon Dopant strikes Cyclone Joker with the big hand sword before slashing with both the weapons at once, sending him to the floor again.

Kirito, realising that he cannot fight unarmed quickly gets up and decide to do Memory Change. As this happen, Arms charged towards Cyclone Joker. "Heat Metal" the green-black Kamen Rider changes to red-grey form.

Arms strike with his hand sword, which Heat Metal blocks it with his left arm. Then, the red-grey Kamen Rider takes out the Metal Shaft and pushed the hand sword away before jabbing Arms on the stomach. Afterwards, Heat Metal started counterattack with a few strokes, which the weapon Dopant interchangeably blocked them with his swords. The red-grey Kamen Rider then delivers a strong blow, which forces Arms to crouch when blocking with the hand sword and locked him into place.

The weapon Dopant soon uses his free left arm and transforms it into a machine gun before shooting at Heat Metal, forcing him to back off. Afterwards, Arms stood and fired again at the red-grey Kamen Rider, which sends him flying.

Heat Metal managed to regain balance as the weapon Dopant, who already store his hand sword at his back, approaches the Kamen Rider and before he crouches. "I can't follow him at all" Kirito commented as Arms taunted him with his machine gun. "He can accoutre both his arms. This guy's powerful" Hiro stated. Then, Arms decide to deal the finishing blow by firing a strong shot at W. However, RevolGarry suddenly appeared in front of Heat Metal and block the attack, to Arms surprise and he was forced to turn away his face because the big vehicle intruding sent some debris at him.

"Heat Trigger" The weapon Dopant then noticed Kamen Rider W changes form as he leaped from behind the big vehicle and shoots a few fiery bullets that send the former flying. "Kusaka!" growled Kirito after landing and rushed towards his opponent who was recovering, while bringing out the Joker Memory. "Joker" "Heat Joker" While rushing, Kamen Rider W initiated another Memory Change before leaping and delivered a flying right punch on the now stood Arms. "How dare you sully the name of Kamen Rider and did that to Asuna!" Kirito barked in rage while punching the weapon Dopant a few more times before delivering a strong fiery thump that send the latter flying. It seems the black swordsman is avenging his injured girlfriend and try to deliver her anger of befouling the title of Kamen Rider.

Then Arms, while laughing out of amusement gets up again. "I can't get enough of this! The real thing truly is strong!" Kenta complimented. Suddenly, he got an incoming transmission, which apparently came out from his communication device. "Oh, excuse me" the weapon Dopant said before taking out his walkie talkie and listen to it. Apparently, the person who contacted him was Hermione Jeanne Elisabeth and her using this method of communication indicates that she was somewhere in a 10 km radius from where Arms vicinity. "Kusaka, stop playing around and get serious" she ordered, which Kenta responded with an amusing chuckle. "Roger" he agreed before putting away his walkie talkie and glanced to where Heat Joker was. "My client's driven in the final nail. Now is the real show" Kenta declared before doing a finger snap.

Afterwards, a bunch of Masquerade Dopants suddenly came out of nowhere and surrounded Heat Joker, to his surprise. Then, the red-black Kamen Rider heard Asuna's scream and glanced to its origin. Apparently, she and Tokoha were grabbed by a few of the Masquerades who restrained the Flash when she tries to struggle. "Who are you guys?!" Asuna cried.

"Asuna!" Kirito gasped in worry as he tries to rush at his girlfriend's aid but one of the black suit Dopants intercepted his path, preventing him from doing helping. "It can't be… a trap set by the organisation?!" gulped Hiro. "That's right, you two" Kenta said confirmedly. "You followed my hint just as I expected. It looks like you're as good as sniffing things out as they say"

"You dropped that plate on purpose?!" Hiro questioned as Arms laughed amusingly and approached the captured Asuna, who was struggling to free herself before aiming his machine gun at her and glanced at Heat Joker. "You piece of trash!" scowled Kirito.

Of course, even Kenta's partner could not accept this way of doing this. "Stop it…" Tokoha muttered. "Kenta! I beg you! Please stop it!" she pleaded but Arms had no intention of stopping.

"I bet you can guess what this trash wants next?" Kenta questioned. "Undo your transformation" he ordered. There was a short silence and afterwards, Heat Joker raised his left hand towards the driver and pushed it slowly, attempting to release the transformation. Though, while all this happens, the black swordsman communicates with the bluenette through telepathy. "Hiro. We'll pretend to undo the transformation but put in Luna. We'll turn the tide as Luna Joker" explained Kirito. "Got it" Hiro agreed.

Afterwards, Heat Joker takes out the Heat Memory and was about to initiate the Memory Change. However, it seems that Arms predicted this would happen. "That won't work!" Kenta barked and quickly fired a solder shot while the red-black Kamen Rider was about to put in Luna Memory. The shot was faster than Kirito's response as it hits and sealed the right slot of Double Driver. When Heat Joker tries to insert it, he realised that he was unable to do so because of what Arms did. "What?!" gasped Kirito. Then, Arms started shooting rapidly at Heat Joker, sends him flying and forcibly undone the transformation. Kirito fell to the floor, with his Double Driver still equipped and the right slot still sealed by the solder. He did not come unscathed either as the black swordsman had an injury yet not life-threatening on his left arm. "Kirito-kun!" cried Asuna worriedly. Simultaneously, Hiro, inside the RevolGarry woke up from unconsciousness of transforming and was worried about his partner so he gets out to check. As this happens, Arms laughed wickedly and amusingly from how pointless the black swordsman tried to struggle in this situation.

"I can't let my guard down for a second!" Arms claimed as he approaches Kirito from the crowd of Masquerades before glancing to where RevolGarry was. "So… Our target is in the vehicle, I suppose?" he deduced.

Upon hearing that, Kirito and Asuna had an idea who Kenta was referring to. It was Oozora Hiro and they realised the whole ruckus of Kamen Rider being a wanted criminal was to camouflage the enemy's objective of seizing the bluenette. "Don't tell me… from the very beginning, you guys are after Hiro-kun?!" gasped Asuna in horror, which Arms turned to the Flash with a chortle.

"Exactly! Correct!" Kenta proclaimed in confirmation before glancing back to where the giant vehicle was. Kirito was still struggling with his pain and turned his face on the floor before looking to where RevolGarry was and became dumbstruck. To his dismay, Hiro came out from the vehicle and doing that just makes the enemy's work easier.

At that time, the bluenette saw the situation that happened on his partner's side and was horrified. "Hiro! Run!" yelled Kirito and the enemies realised that the person the black swordsman called out was their target. "There he is! Catch him!" Kenta ordered. Upon hearing that, the Masquerades take out their guns and charged towards the bluenette. Hiro was in a trance of what happened and cannot move immediately to the situation. "Hurry up and run!" Kirito yelled again. At that time, the black suit Dopants started firing their guns at Hiro and it was then he realised that he must flee. The bluenette avoided the gunshots and immediately ran away from the scene, as far as he can.

Hiro does not know where to go but he knows one thing, if those Masquerades captured him, it would not be good. After 10 minutes of running, the bluenette arrived at a park and approaches a fountain while panting. Luckily, he was able to shake off his pursuers but that does not mean he is safe. "What to do?! What should I do?!" Hiro yelled worriedly.

Then, the bluenette noticed a presence approaching from his right. He glanced to that direction and saw a woman wearing black suit, skirt and fuzzy coat was coming towards him. That woman was none other than Hermione Jeanne Elisabeth but unfortunately the bluenette had no idea who she was. "You should come with me" she suggested.

"Who are you?" asked Hiro, which the woman responded with a smirk. The bluenette then realised the meaning of that. "It can't be… all of this was your doings?" he guessed in horror. "That's right. I set this all up so that you would be in my hands once more" explained Hermione as she confirmed the bluenette's suspicions. Then, she lifts her hands and try to welcome him with open arms. "Now… come… Carlos"

The bluenette was surprised upon hearing that name and apparently, she was referring to him. "Carlos?!" Hiro gulped, still could not understand the situation. "That's your name" said Hermione as she started approaching the bluenette slowly in the same stance. "Let's come home together"

"Wait! Carlos is my name?! What are you trying to pull off here?" Hiro questioned suspiciously, which made the maroon hair woman retract her welcoming arms. "I'll be frank. Your name is Carlos Frank. You are a human who has obtained a transcript of the Earth. In other words, you are the Child of Fate" explained Hermione before she gave a welcoming hand towards the bluenette, who slowly backs off from doubt against her. "I'm… not an object!" Hiro barked, which made the maroon hair woman irritated that she withdraws her welcoming hand again. "Who do you think I am? I am…" Hermione tries to explain but the bluenette cut in line.

"I don't know who you are, but I think you got the wrong person. Carlos Frank isn't my name!" Hiro barked as he denied the name addressed to him. "I don't know what matters you are trying to involve me with, but I had no intention of going with you! Definitely!"

"Looks like you've grown into a cheeky child or are you forgotten who I am?" Hermione commented with a cold look on her eyes. "No matter. I'll just erase your unnecessary memories and brainwashed you again" she declared while taking out the Taboo Memory and equipped the Memory Driver on her waist. "Taboo" Hermione equipped the Memory into the Driver and becomes the rag doll Dopant that floats into the air.

The bluenette was stunned upon seeing what that woman did. She just transformed into a Dopant. Furthermore, it is Taboo, the Commander that he had encountered way before Kirito and his friends. "The Commander from Begins Night! It was you?!" gasped Hiro. Upon realising who he was dealing with, the bluenette immediately makes a run for it, knowing that she is dangerous. "I'll take you back by force!" Hermione declared and flew towards the fleeing bluenette.

Hiro tries to escape into the forest where most of the leaves fallen and turned brownish but unfortunately for him, he tripped onto the ground because it was slippery and muddy. The bluenette was stained with dirt. However, that does not matter to the enemy as she unleashes a few energy bombs towards him. Though Taboo purposely missed her aim and those attack hits his surrounding instead because she cannot kill him and the only she could do is scaring her target.

Hiro crawled on the ground, trying to avoid the other attacks and escaping. However, Taboo unleashes another energy blast to frighten the bluenette and he was forced to cower. Then, Hiro gets up, trying to run but when the rag doll Dopant uses that attack again, he falls onto the ground again. Then, the bluenette crawled as much as he can, trying to flee from his enemy. Suddenly, Hiro stopped when he saw something odd standing out that is not too far from him.

It was some sort of gadget with light blue tinted body and had grey arms along with black-silver legs. It also has a head of dinosaur with a black windscreen and little silver tail. Based on its body shape, it looks like a Dromaeosaurid species. However, this gadget was not a normal gadget. It is a Gaia Memory that can move on its own will. The name of this Memory was Fang.

"Fang!" Hiro exclaimed in his mind when he saw this dinosaur moving Memory. Fang howled and try to approach the bluenette. However, the bluenette then was in a trance and remembered something unpleasant. From what Hiro saw, it was a sea of flames and amidst of that fire was a Kamen Rider with Lost Driver as the transformation belt. That Kamen Rider looks identical like Cyclone, Luna and Heat from its body shape, except that it is white in colour and the body was more animal-like trait. It was Kamen Rider Fang and the said warrior had gone berserk, attacking anyone around itself, be it friend or foe.

Upon recalling that terrifying recollection, the bluenette immediately grabbed a stick that he happened to find nearby and threw it at Fang, forcing the dinosaur moving Memory to back off and leave. "Go away! Don't come near me!" barked Hiro. "I don't need your power!" he proclaimed before crawling to another direction.

Taboo was still on pursuit at the bluenette and continue to frighten him by lobbing energy bombs near the target. "Come with me, Carlos!" ordered Hermione as she floats towards the slowpoke Hiro. The bluenette took out his Stag Phone and inputted some codes.

Meanwhile at the basement of Sheppard Building…

Kirito, Asuna and Tokoha are held hostages, with Masquerades hanging onto them. When Hiro inputted the code, the parked RevolGarry had its windscreen glow before the giant vehicle started moving suddenly and forcibly left the premise, to everyone's surprise. RevolGarry even send a few of the Masquerades on its path flying when they were unable to avoid the vehicle rushing at them. the Flash could not accept what is going on and she realised that the bluenette was abandoning them. "Hold it! You're leaving?! You're cruel, Hiro-kun!" cried Asuna. "Fool!" shouted Kirito. "What he did was fine. That's right. Run, Hiro" he muttered. However, the black swordsman did not realise that Arms was approaching with a sneer before the latter gave a pat on his shoulder. When Kirito look at who did that, the weapon Dopant punched his stomach, forcing the former to fall into unconsciousness. "Not yet! The fun is just starting!" Kenta announced.

His partner, on the other hand could not bear with the sight of him being out of character and already beyond control. "Kenta, please open your eyes! We're thieves but we don't do horrible things like this!" Tokoha cried pleadingly. Arms just kept quiet and then approached his partner while untransformed to human form. Kenta just laughed insanely for a while when he looks at Tokoha. "You should try rampaging too. You'll learn that you cannot stop" he explained before chucking insanely again.

"Kenta!" Tokoha cried pleadingly as she struggles to break free, but the Masquerades restrained her. However, it looks like her persistent begging had caused Kenta to be fed up and lose interest in taking her as a hostage. The said man approaches and grabbed Tokoha's chin. "Go disappear somewhere" he glowered before pushing her to fall onto the floor. Then, Kenta along with the other Masquerades take their leave with the abducted Kirito and Asuna. Tokoha dejectedly watch her partner left.

Back to where Hiro was…

The bluenette was still running away from Taboo. When the rag doll Dopant unleashed a few energy bombs towards Hiro, RevolGarry arrived and blocked the attack, to her surprise. During that chance, the bluenette quickly entered the giant vehicle. Taboo continue unleashing more energy bombs at RevolGarry, but the vehicle did not flinch and remain intact before it forces it way at her.

The rag doll Dopant quickly flew to the side and managed to avoid getting crashed. However, this means that her target had escaped when she saw the vehicle was already far away from her reach. Taboo just frowned in frustration that she failed to capture the bluenette and the rag doll Dopant descends to the ground before undoing her transformation.

Though, Hermione realised that she has not fail yet because they got hostages. "Whatever, we got hostages" she muttered before looking at hands and clothing. It seems she had sweat a lot from all trying to get the bluenette into her possession. "Guess I'll shower and wait" Hermione said before leaving the vicinity.

As for the bluenette, he was inside RevolGarry as the giant vehicle is on its way returning to the garage. Hiro was trembling in fear because of the incident that just happened and Fang's appearance. "I can't afford to be caught. But… I'm completely against… using that" he muttered before collapsing due to exhaustion.

An hour later, at Asaka Detective Agency…

RevolGarry had already arrived at the garage, all parked with the hatch opened, and Hiro was still unconscious at the same place. A minute afterward, the bluenette regain his consciousness and glanced around him. Hiro saw that he was back at the Agency but sadly, he was the only person there since Asuna and Kirito was captured.

Then, his Stag Phone rang, and he quickly picked it up to see who was calling. The display showed that it was from Asuna's number (from her normal phone, not the Stag Phone she borrowed from Kirito), so he quickly answered it. "Hiro-kun?!" Asuna started when the bluenette puts the phone on his ear. "Asuna-san! Are you okay?!" Hiro asked worriedly but then he heard some whimpering. "We're not okay at all!" Asuna cried.

On the other side, where Kirito and Asuna were, each was tied up thoroughly on a barrel. When the call takes place, it was Kenta who hold Asuna's phone and he placed it near her ear. Currently, the male member of Two Musk had brought them to an abandoned factory.

After Asuna cried they are not all right, Kenta immediately pull the phone away from her and takes the call. "Come back, boy" he ordered. The bluenette, upon recognising that voice realises it was Kusaka Kenta. "Kusaka Kenta!" muttered Hiro. "The place is Tsubame-Cho abandoned factory" said Kenta as he gets away from Asuna. "You better hurry. Very soon your friends will participate in a very cruel game" he warned the bluenette. "Don't come! You better not come, Hiro!" Kirito yelled suddenly, which made the bluenette was surprise as well. "Kirito!" cried Hiro worriedly. "Forget about me!" Kirito ordered. "This is my punishment for ignoring my partner's opinion. If you come… then that's the end of our relationship!" he warned. Then, Kenta approached the black swordsman and kicked on his left arm's injury before pressing it as hard as possible, making him screamed. "Kirito!" Hiro called out worriedly. "You won't be able to break off your relationship if you're dead" Kenta pointed out with sarcasm. "So-see-you-later" he said before pressing the injury on Kirito further, making him screamed louder. "Kirito! Kirito!" Hiro called out in concern. When the bluenette does this, Kenta purposely pointed the phone towards the yelping Kirito to make sure the recipient can hear his scream before ending the call.

Hiro, on the other side was completely devastated. Things had become quite complicated for him to handle. What should he do? Abandon them or save them? If he abandons them, they will be killed. If he saves them, they will break his relationship. For the second option, it might had been a desperate solution that Kirito had thought of last minute, but he was serious about it. Either way, it is not easy.

Elsewhere, inside Elisabeth Mansion…

Sara is sitting at the table within the gathering room, playing with a toy. That toy is a fire engine and she was rolling it around on the table, but it has an unusual design. It has a red body with black on the bottom part, some silver on the front, cyan windscreen and grey ladder where its end seems like a hose head. Its' four wheels each had red rim with hexagonal hole. Apart from that, in the middle of its body, there is a fire extinguisher attached to the ladder because there is a small gap between the ladder and its body. It also has orange line across its black body for each side with the number 06 and a siren on its back. The unusual part of this toy design was that behind the red alarm had a gun trigger, which is already obvious on its own or if the vehicle was turned upside down. The name of this fire engine was Trigger Machine Splash and it is a part of Lupin Collection.

While she was playing around with that toy, her sister Hermione passed by, wearing a red bathrobe. It looks like she had just finished taking her bath and noticed Sara rolling Splash on the table.

"As usual, playing around with that fire engine toy" Hermione commented with a cheerful expression. "Splash is my good luck charm after all. It's my precious treasure" Sara replied and then realised there is something off about her sister's remark. Usually, Hermione was very sarcastic towards her own little sister and sometimes got mad to the point of physical violence.

"Oh, you're unusually in a good mood, Onee-sama. Did something happen?" asked Sara. "Yes. I feel like the treasure I lost will be mine again" Hermione answered, which made her little sister raise a brow of curiosity. "Oh, what that might be?" asked Sara. "It is a secret. After all, treasures are secrets to every individual" Hermione explained before she left. Junnosuke, who was coincidentally there passed by his wife, but they did not exchange glance at all. Instead, after Hermione left, he just stared at her silently with curious and worried eyes.

That evening, at Asaka Detective Agency…

Hiro was inside the office all alone, but he had already taken a shower and changed his clothing. The bluenette make himself some hot chocolate from the pantry and takes a seat at the small, tall round table. He seems to be gloomy and confused about what he should do. "I can't abandon them… but…" Hiro muttered.

Then, he heard a familiar howling came from inside the office and glanced towards the table where they hear inquiries from their clients. There, Fang Memory was on it, staring at the bluenette. Upon seeing this, the bluenette, out of impulse grabbed the cloth that happens to be on the table and lobbed it towards the dinosaur moving Memory, all the while yelling, "Stay away!"

Fang avoided that by leaping as high as it can. Though, the bluenette out of anger takes the pillow at the bed and lobbed at where he thought the Memory was again. Though, something unexpected happened because at the time when he was lobbing the pillow, Lisbeth and the other girls came in from the door. Lisbeth was unfortunate that being the first person that appear, got hit by the pillow that Hiro had aimed for Fang and she ended up falling to the floor. "Ow!" she yelped, and the others went to check on her if she is okay.

The bluenette then realised the girls had come to visit, which is something he did not expect to happen. "What? It was Lis-san and the others" Hiro said with disappointment. At that time, Lisbeth who just gets up, grabbed that same pillow and lobbed it back at the bluenette, hitting him. "Ow!" Hiro yelped but his body did not flinch from it. "Not 'What?'! What did you do that for?!" barked Lisbeth, which the bluenette realised he did hit her with the pillow after all. "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to throw that at you" Hiro apologised as the girls come in.

"Then, to whom?" asked Suguha. "Oh, some bees, I guess?" Hiro answered nervously. He cannot say it was Fang Memory anyway because of the awkwardness the situation turns out. "They don't appear often but if one gets in. It's really annoying" he explained. "Is that so?" asked Sinon with a sceptical look. The bluenette then realised that the beauty Sniper seems to notice he was hiding something but decides to change the topic by fake coughing a little. "More importantly, why is it that you guys are here?" asked Hiro.

"Asuna-san and Kirito-san. They haven't return to the dorm, so we were worried" Silica explained. "Hiro-san, do you have any idea where they were?" asked Suguha. "Oh, that… I don't know. Maybe somewhere they can be alone, I think" Hiro lied. The bluenette knew that they were kidnapped but was too depressed to tell them. At least, he was not lying that they were somewhere, alone. "Somewhere alone?" Sinon echoed, which somehow raise angry brows on Silica and Lisbeth.

"Those two! It can't be they're having a date in the middle of the work?" Lisbeth guessed with accusation. "It's unacceptable!" proclaimed Silica. "Well, we're taking about Onii-chan and Asuna-san after all" said Suguha with an awkward smile. To the girls, whenever and wherever Kirito and Asuna were, the couple will always flirt around.

Then, everyone heard someone knocking the door, which was left opened and turned towards it. They saw that it was Officer Nobu Kouji. "Officer Nobu. What are you doing here?" asked Silica. "I came to ask some questions" Nobu answered. "About what?" asked Sinon. "I received info that one of the wanted phantom thieves from Two Musk was seen around this area from the last few hours" explained Nobu. "P-Phantom Thieves?!" exclaimed Suguha. The bluenette upon realising that thought to himself. "Kudo Tokoha? She was released?"

That night, at the abandoned factory…

Kirito and Asuna are still there, tied thoroughly at the barrel. Since Hiro did not come right away, Kenta decides to postpone the game for tomorrow morning. Of course, part of it was also an order from Hermione. Though, instead of leaving the hostages in the cold, the criminal left a fire lit up in a can to keep them warm. After all, Kirito and Asuna needs to be alive or otherwise they cannot participate in the game that Kenta had thought of.

There was no one watching them, so Kirito decide to try and free himself However, he had trouble doing so because they got tied them thoroughly. After a while, Kirito stopped due to exhaustion. "They were pretty thorough with wrapping us up" he commented.

"Sorry… Kirito-kun" Asuna suddenly muttered an apology, which got her boyfriend's attention. Her tone sounds quite sobbing. "What are you apologising for? It's not your fault" Kirito pointed out. "It is!" cried Asuna. "I ignored Hiro-kun's warning and let it go to my head! That person knew something was off yet…" she continued further while shedding tears of regret. The black swordsman was speechless for a while and keep quiet for a bit. "Hey, Asuna. Can you tell me, why did you go so far as training and trying to take over as Kamen Rider?" asked Kirito a moment afterwards. His girlfriend looks at him for a while before looking towards the floor again.

"For you, Kirito-kun" Asuna answered, which made her boyfriend raise his brows. "For me?" echoed Kirito. "I know. Lately, Kirito-kun didn't get enough rest. Every day, when you come back from work, you look terrible. Training aside, you never get yourself a day off. I was wondering if it was Hiro-kun's fault?" explained Asuna. "Asuna…" muttered Kirito.

"I… can't accept it myself. Why am I being side-lined in this matter? Up until now, we've been handling this together… No. It was even before that things had been distancing between us" Asuna continued before she turned to her boyfriend with a worried expression. "Kirito-kun, why didn't you keep quiet about what you did during Death Gun's incident?! Why?!" she cried, which made him jumped from this.

"T-That…" Kirito muttered stutteringly but was not able to bring out the words he wanted to say. "Because you didn't want me to get involved?! To protect me?! Didn't we promise back in SAO?! To face whatever obstacle in the future together? Yet, why did you keep quiet and bear it all by yourself?!" Asuna chided at him before tears started flowing from her eyes again. "If anything happens to Kirito-kun, I…" she trailed. The black swordsman was at a loss of words but now realised how worried his girlfriend was whenever he tried to bear all the dangerous issues alone. Of course, he always had a noble reason to do so but never thought that the pain of worrying could be up to this extent when he kept quiet about the truth.

"Sorry… I was scared" Kirito apologised. "Just back in SAO, I've committed some unforgivable sins that I could never forget. I already told you about this back when I joined your guild. It is the sin for lying about yourself to others and the consequences. One more is the sin for taking the lives of people with my own hands" he explained further, where the last line makes his girlfriend surprise. "Taking the lives of people?" echoed Asuna.

"You know what happened when we're trying to capture Laughing Coffin? Our plans got leaked and we were ambushed. Of course, we've gained victory, but we couldn't avoid bloodshed at all. I ended up killing two people in that fight even though I have the option to stop them without doing so. It was the same for Kuradeel. For a long time, I regretted it and thought, they deserved and wanted to live more" Kirito explained his opinion. "But, didn't you tried to protect me, at the situation with Kuradeel?" asked Asuna in confusion. Somehow, she could not understand why her boyfriend would questions the rights of his past actions when there are extenuating circumstances and the cause was justified.

"Indeed. But, when I think about it again, I really wonder if that was the right action for me to do? When I told Hiro about this, he replied, 'If killing someone to protect the people you care is a sin, is killing someone to free them from their suffering and to prevent them from committing more evils would be counted as a sin?', is what he said" explained Kirito with a quote from the bluenette. Asuna was surprised from hearing this. "I don't understand…" she said.

"Hypothetically speaking, if someone had gone mad from sadness and pain, started slaughtering people randomly, will taking away his/her lives would save him from that state and free his soul? Do you think you can do that?" asked Kirito. His girlfriend was silenced from hearing this question. She turns to where her feet were and said, "I… don't know"

"Me too. Even if that was the case, I don't know if I can do it. But, 'No matter how corrupted people are, we humans have a duty to protect their lives and save them from their sufferings. There's no right or wrong answer to our actions. We only do what we believed is the true path than regretting for not doing it. If you truly regret what you did in the past, do your best to take the right action in the future. However, do not let the traumatic past overwhelms your decision and life'" explained Kirito. "Kirito-kun…" muttered Asuna.

"Well, in any case, it's not wholly your fault. I was responsible too that this happened. Back then, Hiro said that treating your injury takes priority, but I decided to avenge you and the pride of Kamen Rider. I'm so lame…" Kirito admitted with a disappointed look, which his girlfriend responded by shaking her head before looking at him. "No… I was happy, Kirito-kun. Thank you" thanked Asuna with a cheerful smile. Kirito was surprised and then smile back.

"That aside. What will happen to us?" asked Asuna. "I don't know. But what was clear is that the organisation is after Hiro. That guy said this bound to happen sooner or later, even if we did not get involved to begin with" Kirito explained. "Hiro isn't going to save us?" asked Asuna. "That might be the case but knowing him, I don't think leaving us dying is an option" Kirito explained. "But, what I'm worried was that if he comes, how is he going to save us?"

"You're right. The right slot was sealed by that solder. There's a bunch of those black cloth Dopants guarding around. Not to mention, Kusaka was quite strong" Asuna suggested. "The only thing I thought of he would use Lost Driver and transform by himself. But, if he used Fang, I guess it's all over" Kirito said before trailing. His girlfriend was surprised from hearing the last sentence.

"Fang? What's that?" asked Asuna curiously. "Oh. Hiro told me about the Memory of tusks, Fang. That Gaia Memory gives the advantage for the user to fight fiercely like an animal. Furthermore, even if it's used with W and paired with Joker, there's no need to worry about changing memories. Just this form can adapt to all kinds of situation" explained Kirito. "For real? Then, why haven't you use that formation before?" said Asuna. "It's impossible" Kirito stated, which made his girlfriend confused even more. "Why?" asked Asuna.

"Fang is different from any usual Gaia Memories. It has its own will and likes to move around" explained Kirito, which made his girlfriend's mind blown. "No way… A Memory that can move around?" repeated Asuna before she imagines a lame image of a USB memory, with a face and legs, moving around in her thought. Somehow, she could not grab the proper image of it and chuckled awkwardly.

"Even if we have it, we can't use it because of the right slot was sealed. Provided that this slot wasn't shut off, Hiro refused to use that. After all, he did use that once but since that Memory got a will of its own, Hiro can't control himself and will attack anyone whether they are enemies or allies" described Kirito. "He'll go berserk…" guessed Asuna. "Just lookup made him crazily addicted enough already. Fang makes Hiro loses a part of himself. If that's the case, it's no longer W. Just a killer machine" Kirito continued and Asuna remained silent about this.

Elsewhere, in Amanohara City…

There are police everywhere and they are looking for one of the wanted members of Two Musk. A few of the policemen spotted Kudo Tokoha and chased her in the park. When the brunette turned at a corner, she stopped at a tree due to exhaustion. Then, a hand grabbed Tokoha's hand from behind the tree and forcibly pulled her to hide. She was surprised and about to yell but the owner of the hand hushed her to be quiet. The brunette saw who pulled her and it was Oozora Hiro, one of the people from Asaka Detective Agency. Then, she heard police officers approaching and the bluenette pulled her to lean against the tree for hiding. They waited for a while quietly for those policemen to pass. Luckily, those officers did not notice anything odd and continue running as if their target was still fleeing.

Afterwards, stealthily and quietly, Hiro takes Tokoha to leave the park and went to somewhere more secluded, which is Amanohara Pier. The brunette was surprised about what happened. Why did the bluenette saved her from the police pursuers?

"Why did you save me?" asked Tokoha before the bluenette turned to her. "If you get caught now, it would be inconvenient. More importantly, I need information about Kusaka Kenta. Anything would do. I need to find his weak spot" explained Hiro as the brunette walked while facing to the sea. "That… is no longer the Kenta I knew" said Tokoha. "So, there's nothing, huh?" Hiro thought in disappointment. "But… I got to see him again" Tokoha declared. "And then…"

"Please stop with the recklessness. He's already been swallowed by the Gaia Memory's power" Hiro advised. "I know that! But, I can't just do nothing!" cried Tokoha exasperatedly. "Why put yourself through meaningless danger?" asked Hiro. "I don't have a reason. It's just that he is my partner. We are two in one" explained Tokoha. Upon hearing that, Hiro remembers what he said to everyone when explaining about W. The bluenette did say that Kamen Rider are two in one, referring to himself and Kirito. On top of that, even Asuna said something like that as well and they need to restore the reputation of two in one Kamen Rider. Putting the piece of the puzzles into its places, the bluenette now realised what he must do. "Thank you" Hiro muttered for gratitude, which made the brunette turned to him. "Eh?" Tokoha said puzzlingly from what she heard. "Thanks to you, I know what my decision should be" Hiro said before leaving. After a minute he departed from the brunette, the bluenette saw a familiar small figure upon hearing a familiar howling, which made him halted his steps. It was none other than Fang Memory, which had come for Hiro. The bluenette just stared at the dinosaur moving Memory nervously.

18th August 2060, Wednesday

Next morning, at Tsubame-Cho abandoned factory…

Kusaka Kenta, now transformed as Arms was sitting on a box, watching the hostages do an amusing performance for him. To be specific, the performance he wanted them to do was very unsettling because it involves the untied Asuna, holding the rope that tied Kirito, hanging him over the upper platform from falling onto his death. What can cause the black swordsman to die if he falls is that beneath him was a board of spikes using pipes and square metal poles. Arms had cut those pipe and poles diagonally to a certain angle which made them pointy as a spike and glued them with solders.

As stated to Hiro yesterday, Kenta did not lie that the hostages are participating in a very cruel game. If Asuna lets go of Kirito, accident or not, the latter will die. Arms was so amused that he cannot stopped laughing when watching the Flash struggle not to make the black swordsman fall.

Knowing how awful this game was, Kirito glared at the weapon Dopant with furious eyes. "Kusaka! You fiend!" he growled. As this happens, Arms was still laughing amusingly and at that time, the rope had red stains around the position Asuna's hands were holding. "He's pretty heavy, isn't it? But… I suppose you're at your limit?" guessed Kenta, knowing that he would not stopped the game even if they asked to.

Simultaneously, Hermione was watching this event from inside a red sport car that is not to far and not noticeable by them. "What a nice taste he has" she commented.

Back to where the hostages were, Asuna was crying as she struggled to keep Kirito from falling. Not to mention, the Flash was getting tired, but she cannot afford to let her boyfriend die because of it. If she lets go, the black swordsman will die for real.

As for Kirito, he realised how painful it was for his girlfriend to hold the rope and prevent him from falling. He can see well she was suffering yet she does not want to let go. If Asuna let go by accident, she might end up regretting it for the rest of her lives or even resort to commit suicide. Knowing that he cannot let the Flash suffering any longer, the black swordsman believed he must do something. A few seconds later, Kirito said, "That's enough, Asuna. Let go"

Upon hearing that, his girlfriend becomes terrified. "Eh?!" Asuna gasped. Even though, Kirito ordered her to release the rope, she can see he was suffering as well. It cannot be help. Not anyone can suddenly accept the fate that they must die there and now. Though, the black swordsman was resolved to do this regardless with his fear of death.

"Thanks… I… I'm glad that I met you" Kirito said with some pauses. Upon hearing that, the Flash knew he was trying to leave into the other world. "Don't say that!" Asuna cried with tears. "Didn't you promise that we would be together for the rest of our lives!?" she yelled agonisingly. Even though the Flash said that, she was not able to hold onto the rope any longer.

Suddenly, Asuna tripped onto the floor while inadvertently releasing the rope and Kirito falls with his eyes close, accepting his fate to die. Upon seeing this, Arms closed his eyes like he could not bear to look despite yelling wickedly.

Hence, Kirito fall onto the spikes and die instantly… except that never happened. A minute has passed, and nothing happened. Kirito slowly opened his eyes and looked at the ground. He was still floating onto the air as if someone pulled him. However, it cannot be Asuna since she lets go of the rope. Realising that no one was holding the rope from the other end, he then looked above him.

On the platform, there is a small dinosaur-like gadget holding the rope. Despite its small size, it was able to hold Kirito hanging with no effort. "This is…!" trailed Kirito gasped, which got Arms attention and saw that the supposedly fall hostage did not die. "What's this gadget?" the black swordsman asked himself. Even Asuna who fell onto the floor saw that her boyfriend was still alive and felt relief. However, she was also entranced by that dinosaur-looking gadget as well for saving Kirito.

Then, everyone's attention was diverted when they heard a motorcycle sound approaching from another direction. It was a male rider and he rode Hard-Boilder there. "He's here?" muttered Kenta while Hermione smirked in triumph that her target had arrived. The rider takes off his helmet and revealed himself as Oozora Hiro. The hostages were surprised to see him coming. "Hiro!" cried Kirito. "Hiro-kun…" muttered Asuna.

When the bluenette arrived, a group of Masquerades appeared out of nowhere to greet him. "Go ahead and break our relationship all you want. I won't allow it though as long as I'm alive" declared Hiro, replying to the warning that the black swordsman said yesterday. Then, the bluenette's eyes glared sharp towards Arms. "You're going to regret this. Kusaka Kenta" Hiro proclaimed.

"Huh?" Kenta responded before chuckling a bit. "Hey, hey. At times like this, you still can crack a joke? What do you think you can do?" he questioned sceptically. "I won't be responsible for what happen" Hiro said with determination. "Hiro! What are you planning to do?!" asked Kirito worriedly. However, the bluenette remained silent even though his partner asked a question.

"Hey! You have some plan, right?!" Kirito asked again. "I can just make a plan as we move" answered Hiro. Then, Asuna remembered that she said the same thing yesterday when Hiro suggest devising a plan. Even Kirito recalls that as well.

"I'm going to imitate what you, Asuna-san and Tokoha-san did. I'm going to act without logic" Hiro declared. "Hiro-kun…" Asuna muttered. "Please ride with me to Hell itself, Kirito!" Hiro announced, which made the black swordsman surprised. "Come…" The bluenette started as he reached his right hand forward with open palms. "Fang!" he yelled.

Upon hearing that order, the dinosaur-like gadget or else Fang use all its might to lob Kirito away from the spikes and crashed towards Asuna, who managed to catch him while falling together on the floor.

Then, Fang started running around the platform before leaping swiftly towards the bluenette, landing on his palm. Afterwards, Hiro pressed the dinosaur-like gadget with his left hand before proceeding to smack its butt, shifting the tail to have a Memory appear with his right hand. It becomes a Gaia Memory because there is a silver button and a label of 'F' in the form of claw strikes on it. "Fang" after pressing the silver button with his right hand, Hiro lobs the now transformed Fang so that he will hold it with the Memory pointing downwards with his left hand while pushing Fang's head inside. Then, he pointed the Memory to the right like he always does when transforming into W.

Meanwhile, from a far, Hermione was perplexed to see what just happened and the presence of a new Gaia Memory. "That gadget… It can't be…" she trailed. After Hermione said this, the Double Driver, which was not on Hiro's waist reappeared once more.

Then, the bluenette remained just like that and does nothing. He was panting out of anxiety. Arms noticed this and wondered what the bluenette was trying to pull off. Even Kirito and Asuna had no idea what is going to happen. "Hey, hey. Are you stupid? Even if you got a new Memory, this guy can't be the body to transform! Don't you realised your slot was sealed?!" Kenta pointed out.

"Don't underestimate me!" barked Hiro, which made everyone surprise by this. Afterwards, the Joker Memory that never left Kirito's Double Driver digitally transferred to Hiro's instead, on the left side, which he and Asuna realised. The bluenette then pressed the appeared Memory properly. Then, Kirito realised where the flow is going and had a bad feeling about this. Hence, he must prevent the bluenette from transforming. "Stop! Hiro!" shouted Kirito, which Asuna was confused what is going on. However, the bluenette had no intention of stopping.

"Henshin!" yelled Hiro as he puts the Fang Memory, use it as a handle to spread the Driver apart and then fold the head to the space between the buckle, which becomes the dinosaur head with red eyes and a horn. That horn itself is the tail when Fang Memory was in its Live Mode and a part of the leg move down to become the jaw to complete the dinosaur mouth. "Fang Joker" Afterwards, the living connectors appeared on Hiro's face as his body transformed into Kamen Rider W. When the transformation was completed, Kirito fell into unconsciousness because it was his mind that was transferred to Hiro instead.

"What?!" gasped Arms. It is not just him but everyone else at the scene was also surprised as well because Hiro's body became Kamen Rider W instead of Kirito. However, there was a slight difference on this W design compared to the usual ones. First, the right side of W was mostly white with some black pattern on the chest, shoulders, wrists and ankle to the opposite of Joker's minor purple. Second, the scales on the body seems spikier regardless on which side from top to bottom, except for the feet. Finally, the W antenna on the forehead seems like two pieces of lightning shape on the bottom part.

The design aside, after Hiro transformed, he howled for a while longer before charging towards his enemies. "Hiro-kun's body become W?!" gasped Asuna. As this happens, the black suits Dopant rushed towards the white-black Kamen Rider as well, engaging him in battle. "What's that W?!" gulped Kenta. He totally did not expect this to happen. Even, Hermione was speechless about this as well when the battle had commenced.

Like Hiro explained to Kirito, who passed it to Asuna, Fang Joker fought his enemies ferociously like a wild animal. Even though the Masquerades try to restrain the white-black Kamen Rider, he was too strong to retaliate them instantly, pushing the one holding him aside before punching the one in front of him, all while howling like a beast. During the battle, Asuna took this chance to take Kirito's body into hiding.

Fang Joker pushed one of the black suit Dopants to the pillar before elbowing it with his right, crushing it along with the pillar into half. Then, he grabbed another Masquerade and lobbed it near to where Arms was. Afterwards, he went to the thrown black suit Dopant and punched him before tapping the horn on Fang Memory once. "Arm Fang"

A scythe blade appears from Fang Joker's right wrist. Then, the white-black Kamen Rider turned around and slashed the incoming Masquerades with it, turning them into dust instantly. Afterwards, he started to do the same to the others before doing a spin strike, obliterating the ones close to him immediately.

Next, Fang Joker's attention was pointed towards Arms and charged towards the latter. "Get him!" ordered Kenta as he pointed his left machine gun and shoots at the incoming white-black Kamen Rider. However, his shots did not make Fang Joker flinch a bit. The white Kamen Rider then tried to cut Arms with the arm fang, making the latter backs off a bit. The weapon Dopant turned around, arming his left hand into an arm sabre to intercept the next attack from Fang Joker. However, instead of stopping there, the white-black Kamen Rider pulled back and relentlessly strikes Arms like a madman, forcing the latter to be at total disadvantage.

While watching the weapon Dopant getting beaten brutally and relentlessly, Hermione realised what is going on. "I see! That Fang Memory exist to protect Carlos. To protect Carlos, it will use any means. A warrior that eliminates both enemies or allies. A being that can change W" she deduced.

Back to the battlefield, Hiro, as Fang Joker was still beating Arms senselessly like a brutal berserk beast. By then, Kirito, whose mind was with Hiro now managed to realise what was going on. It took a while for the black swordsman to sync up because the role reversal was too sudden out of nowhere. "Hey! Calm down, Hiro! Hey!" yelled Kirito, with Fang Joker's left eye blinking instead of the right eye. However, his order was ignored, and the white-black Kamen Rider continues to beat Arms repeatedly. "It's excluding Hiro!" Kirito yelled, realising that Hiro's mind was not there. Since Fang Joker did not see where he was striking, he ended up sending the weapon Dopant flying to where Asuna was.

Arms, realising the hostage nearby quickly rushed and grabbed her. "Hey, stand up!" he ordered while his left arm becomes an arm sabre, attempting to threaten Fang Joker. "What do you think of this?!" barked Kenta as he pointed the blade to cut Asuna's neck.

However, this threat does not scare Fang Joker at all as he howled for a while again before charging towards where the weapon Dopant was. "Asuna!" Kirito cried as the white-black Kamen Rider attempted to slash not only Arms but also Asuna as well. "Stop! Stop at once!" Arms demanded. "Stop, Hiro!" shouted Kirito. "Hiro-kun, stop!" cried Asuna pleadingly.

However, Fang Joker did not stop at all and move forward, attempting to eliminate both Asuna and Arms with one strike from the arm fang. "Why you! Stop! Stop, I said, partner!" Kirito ordered as Fang Joker still rushed forward, attempting to attack. Things seems like it was about to end when the blade from arm fang was about to strike Asuna in just one second left. However, that one second was extremely slower in another dimension.

Simultaneously, something occurred in that dimension. It is the mind of someone, which to be specific, Hiro's mind. Kirito, using all the strength he had as a consciousness, reached out his hand to stop his partner from killing Asuna. In his attempt, he ended up into a dark subspace. That place seems vast and had no ends. However, there are shelves and books all around the black swordsman, in a sea of flames.

Kirito looks around him and was shocked to see what he saw himself. "This is… the Planetary Bookshelves?" he muttered to himself. Then, the black swordsman remembered that Hiro explained the said place was mostly white and the books are properly arranged at their respective shelves. He realised that it is not the Planetary Bookshelves but his partner's mind world.

"No, it isn't. This is inside Hiro's consciousness" Kirito stated. "Right now, he's frozen from the fears of all his intelligence and reason burning" he deduced. The black swordsman then realised he heard the endless screaming of a familiar voice echoing throughout the subspace when he was inside this. Worried, he started wondering around looking for Hiro. "Where are you?! Where are you, Hiro?! Hiro!" Kirito shouted as he started searching around.

Shelf by shelf, the black swordsman looked for the bluenette but to no luck. However, he did not stop and continue searching, all the while calling out to Hiro. After some time of wondering though the flames, Kirito stumbled upon something odd. He saw a body under a pile of books. The black swordsman then quickly went to check it and put away all the books to see what it was. Fortunately, that body under the books was Hiro and he was unconscious. "Hiro! Hiro!" Kirito called out as he pulled the bluenette out from the books and held him in his arms.

Then, the bluenette started to regain consciousness and he saw Kirito had finally arrived to rescue the former. Hiro smiled when he realised that Kirito was able to find him. "I believe in you, Kirito. That you'll be able to find me" he said. "Of course! What are we (Ore-tachi)?" Kirito said before asking back. "That's right… We (Boku-tachi) are…" Hiro trailed. "The two in one Kamen Rider!" the duo said in unison before grabbing each other's hand. Kirito then lift the bluenette up to stood. Suddenly, as if a miracle, sparks came out from their unison and the subspace suddenly turned back to what it formally seems to be, which is the true image of the Planetary Bookshelves. Hiro and Kirito smile to each other as this happen.

Back to the real time…

Asuna was about to be slashed by Fang Joker and she closes her eyes to accept her demise, except it did not happened. The blade stopped barely just before it could touch her. She nervously opens her eyes and saw that she was still alive before looking to where Fang Joker was.

"Asuna-san. It's all right now" said Hiro. "Hiro-kun!" cried Asuna delightedly and in relief. Then, Fang Joker quickly grabbed Asuna with the left hand, get her away from Arms before punching the weapon Dopant, causing him to fell onto the floor near the board of spikes. The white-black Kamen Rider had disengaged the arm fang as well. "Now, count up your sins!" Hiro and Kirito proclaimed simultaneously as Fang Joker pointed his right hand towards Arms.

The weapon Dopant realised that he would be defeated and chose to flee. Fang Joker turns to the direction Arms was leaving before tapping on Fang's horn twice. "Shoulder Fang" A blade appeared on W's right-side shoulder.

Fang Joker pulled out that blade and get himself ready to throw it. As this happens, Arms was trying to leave while the remaining Masquerades charged towards the white-black Kamen Rider. Fang Joker then lobbed the blade forward, which then moves like a boomerang, hitting all the black suit Dopants and instantly eliminate them before hitting Arms a few times. The weapon Dopant was fell onto the floor from the shock before the boomerang return to its owner and vanished.

Afterwards, on Fang Joker's right side, he saw Kudo Tokoha had just arrived at this factory. The white-black Kamen Rider glanced at her for a while when noticing her arrival. "Let's fulfil Kudo Tokoha's request now" Hiro proclaimed.

"For the Memory Break, we need the left and right sides be in sync. Um… It's Fang's finishing move so… How about Fang Strizer?" Kirito suggested. "Fine. Just choose whatever name you like" Hiro said before Arms get up. Then, the white-black Kamen Rider tapped on the horn three times. "Fang. Maximum Drive" the dinosaur mouth opens a bit before closing as the said Memory charged up. Fang Joker then put his right feet forward before a blade came out from the ankle.

The white-black Kamen Rider gets himself ready before leaping into the air. Arms noticed this and had armed his right hand into a machine gun before shooting at Fang Joker. "Fang Strizer!" Hiro and Kirito yelled as Fang Joker spun around while diving towards the weapon Dopant, whose shots was ineffective to stop him. While they were spinning, it forms a light blue silhouette of a dinosaur head that was about to gobble its target. Fang Joker lands a spinning blade kick on Arms, which made the dinosaur silhouette chomp and send the weapon Dopant flying before triggering an explosion. The white-black Kamen Rider lands safely on the floor before he stood.

Because the attack was a Maximum, Arms Memory was ejected, and the Dopant reverted to Kusaka Kenta as he fell onto the floor. The memory itself shattered into pieces, rendering him impossible to change back into a Dopant. Tokoha immediately rushed to her collapsed partner and put him into her arms. "Kenta!" she called out. "Tokoha…" Kenta muttered before he fell unconscious. "Kenta!" Tokoha cried worryingly before embracing him. Fang Joker just remained silent while watching this.

However, on the other hand, Hermione realised that her plan was completely foiled because her subordinates had failed. "This guy is dangerous!" she gasped before shifting her car into gear and left at full throttle. Fang Joker could hear the revving engine and saw the red car. Upon closer look from Fang Joker's sharp sight at long distances, he saw Hermione was panicky trying to escape from the scene. "Wait!" Hiro yelled as he tried to chase after the enemy but immediately fell to the floor. "What's wrong, Hiro?" asked Kirito. "Sorry, I suddenly don't have any energy" Hiro apologised. "It can't be helped. You were rampaging too much like that, so it used up most of your strength" Kirito deduced before Fang Joker turned to where Asuna was. "Asuna! My body! Bring it here!" he ordered.

"Okay!" Asuna said and dragged Kirito's body on the floor instead of lifting it. The way she did it looks like she was sweeping the floor with him since she was pulling his legs across the ground, which left the black swordsman irritated. "Hey! Treat it carefully! That's me!" Kirito scolded as Fang Joker approaches, which now makes Asuna annoyed as her brows raise inconsistently. "I'm totally beat after all that and here you're complaining at me?!" she berated before letting go of it with a pout. Then, Fang Joker gave a hand gesture to move aside, which Asuna sulk before she really does that. The white-black Kamen Rider crouches and instantly cut the ropes while removing the solders on Kirito's body. Afterwards, Fang Joker takes out both Memories out from the driver and reverted to Hiro. The bluenette was breathing heavily due to exhaustion while Kirito regained his consciousness.

As for Asuna, she was still sulking from how her boyfriend scolded her for the petty stuff. "Asuna" Kirito called out. "What?" Asuna said without looking at her boyfriend. "Here" Kirito said as he hands over something to the Flash.

Then, Asuna turned to look what her boyfriend was trying to give her. To her surprise, Kirito is handing her the Double Driver and the three left-side Memories. She glanced to her boyfriend worriedly. "Are you sure?" asked Asuna. "Yeah. This case starts with you. Hence, it's only right that you end it" Kirito explained. The Flash glanced towards the bluenette, who reply with a nod of agreement. Then, Asuna takes the items from Kirito and equipped the Double Driver onto her waist. Hiro's waist had another Double Driver appeared on him as well. Hiro and Asuna stood and Kirito was prepared himself to catch the former's body. "Cyclone" "Joker" "Henshin!" Asuna and Hiro yelled before they initiated the transformation mechanism. "Cyclone Joker" Asuna's body becomes W while Hiro's body collapsed, which Kirito grabbed when it fell.

Cyclone Joker then rode on the Hard-Boilder and chased after the red car. Luckily, even though it was far, the green-black Kamen Rider was able to catch up with the vehicle. Upon managing to catch up, Cyclone Joker unleash the front wheel launchers, which it destroyed the car, forcing Hermione to assume her Dopant form as she flew away. The green-black continued to follow Taboo until they reached under the tunnel of a building.

"You're not escaping!" declared Asuna as she had Hard-Boilder on auto-pilot before switching the formation of W. "Luna Trigger" The green-black Kamen Rider changed into yellow-blue form. When Taboo turns around, she realised the Kamen Rider was about to launch a finisher on her. "Trigger. Maximum Drive" Luna Trigger inserted the Trigger Memory into Trigger Magnum and shift it to Maximum Mode before aiming at the rag doll Dopant. Taboo immediately unleashed a few energy bombs at Luna Trigger when she noticed the latter is aiming at her.

"Trigger Full Burst!" yelled Asuna and Hiro before they unleashed multiple charged homing shots, which some of them destroyed the incoming energy bombs and one of it hit Taboo, paralysing her in the air. However, before the remaining shots could hit her, Nasca suddenly came flying in out of nowhere, grabbing the rag doll Dopant away, swiftly from the scene. Because of that, Taboo was saved, and the remaining shots hit the ceilings instead. On the other hand, the energy bombs that was not neutralised hit the ground and forced Luna Trigger to pull off emergency breaks.

Nasca and Taboo went hiding at the stairs that in not noticeable by anyone. The rag doll Dopant realised that her husband came to save her. Not only that, she also realises that he is way different from last time. "Junnosuke-san! Since when you developed Nasca's light speed movement?" asked Hermione worriedly. "I even got my own stubborn side too. I've been training, for your sake" Junnosuke explained.

Back to where Kamen Rider was…

The polices that happened to be nearby immediately rushed to the scene where the explosions happen. Officer Kagami was among the officers that came. At that time, Luna Trigger is searching for Taboo, but she was nowhere to be seen. "Where did she go?" Asuna asked herself before sighing. Then, she heard something started to crack and turned behind. Luna Trigger noticed that the tunnel was collapsing and under one of the pillars, there was a young boy who cowered in fear that he could not flee. "Look out!" cried Asuna as she rushed to the rescue. The tunnel collapse and some of the debris were about to fall onto the boy. Kagami along with the other people nearby was frightened but none of the nearby civilians are brave enough to plunge in. On the other hand, the police are too far away and panicked that they could not move.

"Heat Metal" Asuna changed the formation from yellow-blue to red-grey formation and used Metal Branding to crush the falling debris before it could hit the boy. Then, Heat Metal crouched and went to check on the child. "Are you okay, Boku (boy)?" asked Asuna. The boy, who was cowering in fear then look around and saw Heat Metal.

Everyone around there was glad that the child was all right and sigh in relief. Luckily, Kamen Rider W was able to rescue the boy. "Kamen Rider-san!" Kagami started before he rushed to where Heat Metal was. "Amazing! What tremendous power that power just now!" he complimented while imitating the metal branding move. As the officer approaches the Kamen Rider, the mother of that boy quickly rushed to fetch her child. The rescue boy immediately went to his mother and hugged her.

"Amazing" Kagami complimented, which made Asuna felt proud and nodded accordingly. "You're an ally of justice, right? I always known that from the start. Oh, it's not a lie!" the officer complimented further before chuckling. However, Asuna immediately and irritatingly turned her back for the later comments because what the officer said earlier was totally opposite than what he said now. Somehow, for the Flash, she cannot help but remember Tsuboi Ryoutarou AKA Klein. Why? Because Klein can be an idiot with flip-flopping opinion and the same can be said about Kagami Tetsuo.

"Kagami-san! You sure are full of yourself!" Asuna growled whisperingly, raising her left fist in anger. From this stance, it looks like she wanted to clock Kagami for his flip-flopping opinion. However, Hiro, who was already aware of Kagami's antics longer than the Flash, takes control of W and pushed down Kirito's fist before turning to the officer.

"Officer Kagami. You'll find the impostor Kamen Rider…" Hiro tried to explain but he noticed Asuna tried to show her fist of anger, but the former pushed and held it down again to keep things diplomatic with the officer. "At Tsubame-Cho abandoned factory. Arrest him" he reported. Kagami was speechless at first but then decides to give a salute to the Kamen Rider before replying, "Yes!"

Afterwards, Heat Metal rode onto the Hard-Boilder and left the scene, with Officer Kagami waving at her. While riding away, Asuna had this conversation with Hiro as W. "Why did you stop me?!" Asuna scolded. "I want to give Kagami-san a piece of my mind!" she declared. "Now, now. Kagami-san is skilled at being fooled. That's why he can be like that. Don't worry about it" explained Hiro. "Oh, fine" Asuna grumbled. "At least Kamen Rider's pride is protected"

That evening, at Asaka Detective Agency…

"Kusaka Kenta was arrested. Simultaneously, Tokoha kept her promised and turned herself to the police. Well, I guess it's finally a happy ending for this case, is what I wanted to say. Lis and the others never stopped nagging at me, Asuna and Kirito for hiding the truth that they were kidnapped. At the very least, everyone is all right. That's what matters" Hiro thought as he typed the report on the type-writer.

At that time, it was not only Hiro, but Lisbeth and the others were there as well, having an evening tea. While typing the report, the bluenette explained about Fang Memory. "Fang? What kind of Memory is that?" asked Sinon. "It's this guy" said Hiro before Fang appeared on his left-side shoulder and then leaped to where the girls were. "Oh, this guy is Fang?" Lisbeth said curiously. "It looks like a dinosaur" Suguha said before she tried to touch Fang. However, the Memory thought that it was a threat and immediately leaped away before leaving the window, to the girls' surprise.

"Oh, it ran away!" Silica exclaimed. "Sorry, should I go search for it?" volunteered Suguha as she apologised. "It's fine. That guy had always been uncontrollable, so I can't tell when it's going to come for me" explained Hiro.

"Heh? Is that so?" replied Lisbeth. "Speaking of which, where's Kirito and Asuna?" asked Sinon, noticing that the Flash and Black Swordsman were absent. "Oh, those two. They probably go somewhere to talk in private" deduced Hiro. "You sure you're not lying, right?" asked Silica sceptically. "I didn't lie. I did say they were somewhere alone. That's the proof that I'm telling the truth" explained Hiro. "Well, I guess that is true" concurred Lisbeth.

Simultaneously, at the rooftop of Stream Dormitory…

Asuna and Kirito was gazing at the sun setting as they put their folded arms on the railing. "It's beautiful…" Asuna muttered. "Yeah. This scene isn't too bad after all" commented Kirito. "When I looked at this, I couldn't help but feel at ease. Even though our real homes are far away by time, I felt like it was closer than what I thought" explained Asuna. "Yeah, I agree" concurred Kirito.

"Hey, Kirito-kun" Asuna called out, which made her boyfriend turns to her. "What is it?" asked Kirito. "Do you think… we will return?" asked Asuna worriedly. "Of course. If we could come all the way here, there must be a way for to return" said Kirito confidently, which made his girlfriend smiled.

"That's right. If we can't return, that would be sad but… if Kirito-kun is with me, I guess, no matter where we are. I'm not scared" Asuna admitted. Then, the black swordsman then grabbed his girlfriend's hand and pulled her closer to him, which surprises her. "Kirito-kun?" muttered Asuna. "Me too. Asuna. I want to be with you, forever" Kirito agreed before he leaned his face closer to the Flash and pressed his lips onto hers. The two closed their eyes and Asuna returns the favour by wrapping her arms around his neck. As for Kirito, he placed his arms around her waist to embrace and pull her closer to himself. Those two enjoy a fervent kiss under a sunset.

That's it for this chapter. Next one is Begins Night and I tell you, it might be very long, so I might split them into parts if necessary. Also, I am quite busy because I need to finish up my report by 28th March and not to mention there is test on 26th March. By 2nd April, there is presentation. To be blunt, I won't be updating for a while until further notice. That's all.

If you noticed the cover image changes, there are Super Sentai in the background, which are PatRangers and LupinRangers, with PatKaiser Splash being the big robot in the background. They are PART of the story but ONLY and exclusively appeared in one chapter, which is in the mid of the overall plot. I want to point out earlier in case someone think I'm starting to be nonsensical when adding Sentai and Kamen Rider together in some stupid imagination of mine or something. For your information, they are appearing only once in this story in one of the chapters later and NONE of them were portrayed by any of Kirito's friends nor Hiro's. One more thing, the chapter later related to the Sentai cameo and a one-shot (literally speaking) will take a major focus on Pats only with mix of the existing characters. Lupins will not play any important role. They just going to appear, do some things and then bye-bye.

Why? That's what I am deciding, and I love Pats more than Lupins. If you don't get why I am doing this, then please watch Lupin VS Pat from the beginning till the end (Try TV Nihon subs for better understanding, their translation is 90% accurate). By halfway (from episode 30 onwards), you WILL understand why I am doing this. It is a good story but LACK BALANCINGS and very slow pacing (Too many fillers). Do more research if you think you don't get it. In any case, I'm NOT pulling back the fact that I'm going to include this for one-time chapter and as part of this story, regardless of everyone's opinion.