Author's Note: This is a side story of Chapter 7 taking place after DaiTenkuu arrives...

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"Well, if it isn't...The Clerk?" the young man said to the new arrival on the building.

"What are you doing here?" The Clerk asked, slightly annoyed.

"I think the real question should be why, in the name of all that is good, did you call yourself 'The Clerk'? You're not even a clerk, Ryuzaki!" the young man now was starting to laugh.

"Haha...very funny...not everyone can have a cool nickname like 'Ace'...prick..." The Clerk was now gritting his teeth.

"So, what brings you to this side of the multi-verse? Last time I remembered, you were supposed to retrieve a document from the Curien Mans-..." Ace then saw that Ryuzaki was now sweating, so he began to snicker, "...seriously? I thought you would have gotten over your fear of the undead!"

"No, I was sent there before all hell broke loose," Ryuzaki was even more pissed off (...if that was even possible).

"Don't worry, chicks like wimps!" Ace was now rolling on the floor.

"You still never answered my question: what are you doing here?" Ryuzaki now demanded an answer.

"I'm just here having some fun..." Ace said as he threw a black honeycomb hive into the air before destroying it.

"So you're the one who sent out the Bibi soldiers when the Nanashi attacked!" Ryuzaki was shocked, but not completely surprised.

"Yeah, but the Shinkengers didn't have what I was looking for..." Ace's voice sounded disappointed.

"Wait a minute.. you're here for the orbs!" Ryuzaki came to the conclusion.

"Congratulations! Mr. Epiphany isn't late to the party anymore!" Ace cheered as he pulled the string on a confetti popper.

"Alright, that's it! If you try anything funny so a cataclysmic event happens to the multi-verse, I'm going to personally beat the stuffing out of you!" Ryuzaki then pulled out a silver quarter staff at pointed at Ace. He then took out a silver USB memory-drive that had an image of an 'M' screwed in by a bunch of bolts. He activated the memory, by pressing the button on it, which a voice screamed, "METAL!". He inserted the memory in the part of the staff he was holding and the staff extended.

"OOOHHH...you have the Metal Shaft! I'm sooo scared!" Ace was pretending to cower in fear, "You don't even have the DoubleDriver or the LostDriver, do you? Now me, on the other hand..." He took off his bag and opened it up to reveal its contents, which was a belt that had a big, clunky, orange 'X' on the side of it. He attached the belt to his waist and pulled out a cellphone, which its most notable feature was a purple circle that was crossed out by an orange 'X'.

"No..way..." Ryuzaki's eyes widened as his jaw dropped.

"Oh, but it is..." Ace smirked as he side-flipped the phone open and dialed the numbers "913" then hit the "Enter" button. The phone then had an electronic voice call out "STANDING BY". He closed the phone revealing the face of the phone before saying, "Henshin...", inserting the phone in the front of the belt. After that the electronic voice said, "COMPLETE", before yellow photon lines emerged from the belt changing Ace. After the photon lines disappeared, he was now in a black battle-suit that had the yellow lines and a chest-plate with upper-shoulder guards. His face was now covered with a helmet that had a purple visor but had a yellow-orange 'X' crossing through it (IF YOU SAY 'X' ONE MORE DAMN TIME...!). Ace then grabbed the front of the chest-plate and stretched his neck.

"Okay...HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET THE KAIXA GEAR?!" Ryuzaki shouted out of anger and disbelief (...don't forget jealousy...).

"You are asking me how I got a Kamen Rider belt in the multi-verse, where in some realities these belts were made and were never used?" Ace asked.

"I know that...I just want to know if you're going to die afterwards..." Ryuzaki worriedly said.

"Surprisingly no, this is one Kaixa Gear that was made so that humans could use it without dying; but that property now belongs to the Delta Gear of that AU world. Which sucks to be you with the pathetic 'shaft'..." Ace began to chuckle as he pulled the phone out of the belt to de-transform and placed the belt back in his bag.

"I'm not kidding...don't go anywhere near those orbs," Ryuzaki threatened.

"Fine...but one thing. Make sure that next time we meet, you can at least put up a decent fight..." Ace said before hitting a device on his wrist that caused a portal to open with him jumping through it.

As soon as Ace left, Ryuzaki pulled out a communication device which brought up the image of a hooded figure, "You want to tell me why the jerk has the Kaixa Gear and I'm stuck with the Metal Shaft?!" (...needless to say Ryuzaki was not happy...)

"Because unlike him, I have taught you that when observing the multi-verse's stories, it helps not to draw a big crowd," The hooded figure responded.

"Yeah, but...never mind..." Ryuzaki huffed.

"If it makes you feel any better, I found a Neva Claw with some Tobi and Balanced Fury throwing star cases that I found while scrummaging through some of my old belongings. A gift for keeping those ignorant eyeballs off my case..." The hooded figure said.

"Really?! Thanks, Clockwork!" Ryuzaki now had a big grin on his face.

"I will send a portal for you in a moment..." Clockwork told him before the feed ended. As he put the device in his pocket, he turned to see said portal materializing in front of him.

So as Ryuzaki, a.k.a. 'The Clerk', heads off, the sun sets on the eventful day...


Closing Note: So we get a little bit of the guy who gave Yoh the music back in Chapter 4 and we get to see an acquaintance of his who has the Kaixa Gear (w/o dying too! I know AR/AU's, am I right?) and he's in league with Clockwork (yes, the one from Danny Phantom, but he won't be appearing again until the near end of the story)!

The documents that Ryuzaki were to retrieve were pertaining to the tarot card bosses in House of the Dead 1-4 (long story short: the first arcade game when I was four to make me never sleep right ever again...*shudders*).

The Neva Claw and Tobi and Balanced Fury throwing stars are weapons from Maplestory (favorite line of classes are the Assasin line for Theives and Dual Blade).

Next Chapter is going back to the story at hand. Comment, review and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

The Clerk (Ryuzaki): Thanks for telling everyone my name... wish you hadn't...

Me: You have an awesome name! I don't see why you just don't use that.

The Clerk (Ryuzaki): I don't know, usually when I travel I want to come and go as an ambiguous figure. I figured, why not be a store clerk in the worlds whose stories I observe.

Me: Okay, whatever floats your boat...

The Clerk & I: See you guys soon!