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Chapter 9: The Myna Bird's Owner

In the Streets of Jump City, a lonely Japanese Man was walking. He had an empty Birdcage in his hands, a red jacket, khakis, a black hat, a black backpack, and glasses.

"There's nothing… but despair," The man uttered to himself as he walked around. "Nothing… but despair, nothing but despair, nothing but despair…"

From a distance away, Amber and Dionne both watched the man walk around.

"Hey, Dionne," Amber said as she leaned against a lamppost. "Didn't Misa's ever mention something about a man who owned a Phantom Bird?" Amber asked.

Dionne chuckled and looked to her iPad. "Seems like his owner fell into Despair after learning that horrible truth," Dionne said sadistically. "It's surprising that he's been able to maintain his Human Self and not become a Phantom, Amber."

At that moment, Slade came by. "What is our new target?" he asked.

"Where have you been?" Amber asked Slade. "You seem to be disappearing more often after Phoenix turned you down on creating an Army for him."

"I have been recruiting more Phantoms," Slade replied before looking towards the man. "What's his name? Is he our next victim?"

Dionne showed her iPad to Slade. "His name is Kazuyoshi Nemoto," Dionne explained. "He was the owner of one of our Phantoms, Raum."

"Raum weaseled his way into Nemoto's hands, and used his fear of being arrested to get him to become a Phantom, but Haruto Souma and his friends stopped him," Amber went on. "For reasons unknown, he… fell into Despair, but didn't become a Phantom yet," Amber added on before kicking an empty soda can. "It pisses me off."

Slade scoffed. "So, what are we supposed to do?" Slade asked. "Was this Raum Phantom around when Master Phoenix still reigned supreme?"

"Nemoto knows something about himself that we don't," Dionne went on. "We go in blind, we could kill him before turning him into a Phantom."

Slade started to think. "If Raum attempted to put Nemoto into Despair by having him arrested, and since he's no longer a suspect, how about we fix that?" Slade suggested.

"Good thinking, Drake Shin," Amber said as she became the Phantom Euryale. "They say that crime doesn't pay…"

"But we can make an exception for our good friend, Nemoto." Dionne finished up as she transformed into the Phantom Stheno.

Meanwhile, at the Titans' Tower, every one of the Teen Titans were doing their own thing. Beast Boy and Terra were talking with one another, Starfire was with her Pet, Silkie, Cyborg was having his workout in the Gym, Robin was looking over some of the past battles he and the Titans, with Haruto, had had with the Phantoms, and Raven was with Haruto, training with each other on the Training Course.

Haruto rode on his Bike, the Machine Winger. He rode past several mines place in the Training Course while Raven drove on her new Bike, the Machine Talon, which looked similar to Haruto's Bike, only with blue instead of red on it.

Staying with the Teen Titans for the while were the Titans East, consisting of Speedy, Bumblebee, Aqualad and Más y Menos. They all watched over both Kamen Rider Wizard and Kamen Rider Raven ride on the new Training Course, which now had more obstacles and had an extra difficulty setting on it. This didn't both Haruto or Raven one bit, as they rode through every obstacle thrown at them, and could take on anything that was thrown their way.

Haruto and Raven both made the final turn to the finish line. Upon seeing several turrets raise up, both Kamen Riders took out their weapons, the WizardSwordGun and the RavenRifleScepter, placing them in Gun Mode and shooting at the turrets before they could fire. With the turrets out of the way, Haruto and Raven dashed straight across the finish line easily.

"I have to admit, you two Kamen Riders aren't bad." Speedy said as he and the rest of the Titans East came down.

"Your Magic is something else, you know?" Bumblebee asked with a chuckle.

"Yeah," Haruto replied as he looked to his Magic Ring. Both he and Raven reverted back to Human while sending each other smiles before turning back to the Titans East. "Never before have we met anyone who could counter our Magic."

"We know what Raven can do, but we've never known about you, Haruto," Aqualad said. "How many of you Kamen Rider Guys are out there?"

"A lot, thirty of us, to be exact," Haruto explained. "I just haven't come in contact with the fifteenth for a while now."

"Still, there are Phantoms out there, like Phoenix and Slade," Raven added on. "More criminals may be returning, but the Phantoms are now our top priority."

Más y Menos both nodded before Haruto and Raven led them inside of the Titans' Tower.

Once inside, the lights started to spark. Everyone looked around, seeing the light bulbs go on and off repeatedly. Haruto and Raven turned around, seeing that the sliding door was stuck. It moved to close for a moment, but immediately stopped again. After a few seconds, it stopped, only moving a millimeter before it moved three inches more. Luckily for the two Ring-Bearing Kamen Riders, Haruto and Raven's bikes were already inside, so there was no need for them to worry about their bikes getting crushed in the doorway.

"Um, what's going on?" Beast Boy asked as he and Terra got up.

Cyborg managed to get out of the Gym and made his way to the Power Generator. He started to check its systems through his scanners before letting out a sigh. After completing his scan, he activated his T-Com and contacted Robin.

"Hey, Rob, it looks like our Power Generator is out," Cyborg reported as Robin came out from his room. "I can fix it, but I'll need some time, so there will be a lack of power around the Tower for the time being."

"I'll send Bumblebee down to help you," Robin said as he came across Haruto, Raven and the Titans East. He looked to Bumblebee and nodded. "You think you can help out Cyborg with the Power Generator?"

"You've got it," Bumblebee said as she shrunk down to size and flew towards the Main Power Generator. "I'll see what I can do to help."

Haruto and Raven looked around. It was so dark for them that they could only see their eyes, considering there were no windows in the halls. Quietly, the two placed on Magic Rings and placed them over their Belts.

LIGHT, PLEASE!

Light started to shine from both Haruto and Raven's Belts, giving the rest of the Titans East and Robin a way for them to see.

"Thanks," Robin said. "That's much better."

"No problem," Haruto replied back. "Until we can get the Power back, we're on our own."

Haruto let Robin, Raven and the rest of the Titans East into the Living Room, where the rest of the Titans had gathered. Starfire was using her powers to make some light while Beast Boy had gotten some flashlights for everyone to use.

"We seem to be lacking our light," Starfire said. "What if there is a villain running around in the City of Jump, and we can not do anything to stop them?"

"Don't worry, we'll stop them," Raven said. "We always do."

Just then, one of Haruto's Familiars flew in. It was Red Garuda. He flew in and made his way towards Haruto, but bumped first into Aqualad before hitting Terra and then into Más y Menos before finally reaching Haruto by following the light.

"What is it?" Haruto asked. After hearing Garuda chirp for a while, Haruto's eyes widened. "A Phantom?!" he exclaimed.

"Where?" Terra asked.

"Garuda says downtown," Haruto explained as he made his way towards the window. "Come on! Let's go!" Haruto called out before jumping out of the window and landing on his Machine Winger.

"I just had that fixed!" Robin exclaimed.

"I'm with you!" Raven called out as she flew out.

"Wait for me, please!" Starfire called out, flying out as well.

"Okay, let's go!" Terra exclaimed as she flew out.

"Dudes, let's go!" Beast Boy called out as he turned into a pterodactyl and flew out with Terra.

"Well, if you can't beat them, join them!" Speedy exclaimed as he shot a cable arrow towards Haruto's Machine Winger. He was soon pulled away, and Aqualad followed afterwards. Más y Menos sped after them by first running out of the window before landing on the ground and running after the rest of the Titans.

"Okay, here we go." Robin said. He ran out of the window and landed on his R-Cycle, now speeding off towards the City.

Downtown, there was a Phantom, one resembling a Blue Crow and armed with a Sword, leading some Ghouls after the same man with the empty Birdcage, Kazuyoshi Nemoto.

"There's nothing but despair, there's nothing but despair…" Nemoto continued to repeat to himself out loud.

"You've escaped us once before, but now, you will fall into Despair!" the Blue Crow Phantom called out.

"Stop, Phantom!" Haruto ordered as he rode right at the Blue Crow Phantom.

Raven flew onto the ground next to Haruto and spread her arms out.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven incanted, blasting away all of the Ghouls.

"The Ring Magicians?!" the Blue Crow Phantom exclaimed. "Out of my way!"

"You're going to have to get through us first!" Robin exclaimed as he leapt in the way, holding out his Bō Staff. Soon, Más y Menos, Speedy, Aqualad, Beast Boy, Starfire and Terra joined Haruto, Raven and Robin, all standing together.

Nemoto gasped. "You! The Ring-Bearing Wizard!" Nemoto exclaimed.

Haruto turned to Nemoto, and immediately, his jaw dropped. "Nemoto-San?!" Haruto exclaimed in disbelief. "Now this all makes sense!" Haruto mused as he placed his hand over his waist.

DRIVER ON, PLEASE!

"You know him?" Raven asked as she placed her hand over her waist as well.

DRIVER ON! COME ON, LET'S GO! DRIVER ON! COME ON, LET'S GO!

"He was the targeted victim of a Past Phantom," Haruto explained while placing on a Magic Ring. Raven did the same, and together, they flicked the visors on their Rings before placing them over the WizarDriver and the RavenDriver at the same time. "I didn't think he'd be here!" Haruto exclaimed before looking back to the Blue Crow Phantom. "Henshin!" he called out.

"Looks like he found his way to America, for some reason," Raven mused as she turned to the Blue Crow Phantom as well. "Henshin!" she called out.

FLAME, PLEASE! HII, HII, HII-HII, HII!

AZARATH METRION RIDER, PLEASE!

Haruto and Raven both held their hands out, letting their Magic Circles pass through them. Soon, Haruto was Kamen Rider Wizard, and Raven was now Kamen Rider Raven.

"Saa, Showtime!" Haruto called out as he held his ringed finger in the air.

"Now, I take the stage!" Raven called out, flinging her cape to the side.

"Titans, go!" Robin called out. "Defend Nemoto!"

"There's nothing but despair, there's nothing but despair…" Nemoto said to himself as he cringed in fear.

"Uh-oh," Terra said as she turned around. "Looks like we're too late."

"We must put an end to this Phantom!" Starfire exclaimed.

Haruto armed himself with the WizardSwordGun while Raven twirled around the RavenRifleScepter. Both Kamen Riders charged towards the Blue Crow Phantom while the rest of the Titans took on the Ghouls.

Robin stabbed his Bō Staff into the ground and twirled around, kicking at the Ghouls as they ran in to attack. He took his Bō Staff out and blocked an attack from an incoming Ghoul before tossing some of his Birdarangs towards more of the Ghouls.

Starfire shot at several more Ghouls, each getting destroyed with each starbolt she fired. Starfire landed back on the ground and slammed two Ghouls together before picking up a piece of the ground and throwing it into three more Ghouls.

Beast Boy transformed into a Gorilla and slammed down onto several more Ghouls before turning into a Kangaroo and kicking away several more. To ensure that they wouldn't get back up again, Beast Boy transformed into a Whale and trampled the Ghouls.

Terra raised up some rocks to stab at the Ghouls around her before forming rock Gauntlets to punch at them. She sent rapid jabs at each of the Ghouls before she spun around and kicked at them.

Speedy fired arrows at the Blue Crow Phantom in an attempt to take him out quickly, but the Blue Crow Phantom just sliced apart every arrow before sending a sonic blast towards Speedy. Speedy was thrown off of his feet, but luckily, Más y Menos ran to his rescue to catch him before he fell. As soon as Speedy was caught, the Spanish Speedsters raced off and knocked several more Ghouls off of their feet.

Aqualad looked around at the Ghouls surrounding him. He used the water from some of the fire hydrants nearby to slam water onto the Ghouls and knock them back. As he knocked them back, he used some more water to send some Ghouls into the air, where Speedy fired arrows at them.

The Blue Crow Phantom growled at the sight of his forces being taken down before Haruto and Raven ran in, slashing at the Blue Crow Phantom immediately. The Blue Crow Phantom looked to them before revealing a secondary sword from his normal one. He was now armed with two swords to fight with, and battles against Haruto and Raven at the same time.

Raven put her RavenRifleScepter into Scythe Mode and slashed wildly at the Blue Crow Phantom. Haruto slashed down with his WizardSwordGun in Sword Mode and locked blades with the Blue Crow Phantom before the Blue Crow Phantom clashed both of his blades with the two Kamen Riders. Raven slid the RavenRifleScepter down the Blue Crow Phantom's Sword before reverting it back into her naginata, making swift movements at the Blue Crow Phantom.

Haruto twirled around as Raven struck at the Blue Crow Phantom. He used her attack as a distraction so he could use another Magic Ring to change into another Form.

HURRICANE, PLEASE! FUU, FUU, FUU-FUU, FUU-FUU!

Haruto was now Kamen Rider Wizard Hurricane Style. He held his WizardSwordGun in a reverse-grip and started to slash at the Blue Crow Phantom with elegance just like Kamen Rider Raven was doing.

The Blue Crow Phantom swung wildly at Haruto and Raven, wanting to do everything he could do to win. However, his wild style was no match for the elegance that both Haruto and Raven were pulling off. At first, he was able to make contact with his opponents, but now, they were getting the better of him as they slashed at him repeatedly with grace. The Blue Crow Phantom growled and started to blast at Haruto and Raven, where he successfully managed to knock them away from him.

Raven got up and placed on another Magic Ring. Now armed with a better Ring, Raven placed it over her RavenDriver to be scanned.

BIRD PACK, PLEASE!

The Blue Crow Phantom was just about to strike at Raven until several of her own Familiars, all in the form of a raven, flew down at him. The Blue Crow Phantom yelled in pain as he was knocked back, where he was met by Haruto, who slashed at him as he fell down.

The Blue Crow Phantom rolled onto the ground, now feeling a bit weakened by the attacks, and was also feeling low on Mana. As he got up, he saw that every one of the Teen Titans were regrouping to take him on together.

"Onore!" the Blue Crow Phantom called out. "Don't think you've seen the last of me!" the Blue Crow Phantom exclaimed before transforming into a Swarm of Crows. He started to fly away from the scene, laughing.

"Do these guys run all the time?" Speedy asked disappointedly as he lowered his bow and arrow.

"Parece bastante cobarde." Más mused.

"¡Sí, y los otros chicos casi no ponen una Buena pelea!" Menos complained.

"A good fight or not, we still have to make sure Nemoto-San is okay," Haruto replied, much to the surprise of the rest of the Titans, as he and Raven cancelled out their transformations. With the two now back to their normal forms, Haruto took a deep breath before he walked over towards Nemoto. "He just disappeared after I defeated Raum. It's a big shock for me to see him in Jump City." Haruto explained to everyone while he made his way towards a trembling Kazuyoshi Nemoto.

"There is nothing but despair, there is nothing but despair…" Nemoto said nervously as he continued to hide away from the Ghouls and the Blue Crow Phantom. He didn't even notice that the battle was now over before Haruto walked towards him.

"¿Qué le pasa a este tipo?" Menos asked.

"I don't know." Beast Boy replied back, causing the Titans to once again look on with surprise.

"¿Es él así Todo el tiempo?" Más asked this time.

"Well, we just met him," Raven replied, with the Titans being surprised once again. "I honestly am not sure what to think of him at this point."

Haruto approached Nemoto and held his hand out. Nemoto looked up to see Haruto looking down to him with a smile.

"Kazuyoshi Nemoto, right?" Haruto asked with a smile. "It's odd to see you all the way here in Jump City."

Nemoto shook nervously as he accepted Haruto's hand and got up. "W-w-well, I came to Jump City to get a tour around America, to try and get away from what was happening in Japan ever since I nearly fell into Despair and lost Kyuuta," Nemoto explained nervously as the rest of the Titans came over. "B-but I would have never thought that those Monsters would still be coming after me."

"Who would this Kyuuta you speak of?" Starfire asked with curiosity. "Is Kyuuta a he or a she?"

Haruto seemed to squirm a bit before he grabbed Starfire and pulled her towards the rest of the Teen Titans.

"This is something that I should probably tell you out of Nemoto-San's earshot." Haruto said as he made sure to not let Nemoto hear what he was about to tell the rest of the Teen Titans.

"What don't you want him to hear?" Aqualad asked as he raised an eyebrow.

Haruto sighed and started to explain. "Kyuuta was Nemoto-San's Pet Hill Myna," Haruto explained while remembering the event. "His Hill Myna turned out to be the Phantom known as Raum, who attempted to drive Nemoto-San into Despair by getting him arrested for arson, but Nitou and I managed to destroy him," Haruto went on, getting everyone surprised. "Even when Raum was destroyed, Nemoto-San fell into Despair by the fact that his best friend, his pet, turned out to be a Phantom, but we managed to calm him down a bit and slow down his Desperation, and he left. I just didn't expect him to come here."

Robin sighed. "Is this going to be like the Chizuru incident?" The Boy Wonder asked.

Haruto shook his head in disagreement. "No, Nemoto-San is already aware of what happened to Kyuuta," Haruto explained. "I can just tell that if Nemoto-San can't keep holding onto Hope for much longer, then Raum's goal of driving him into Despair will have worked, and there will be yet another Phantom for us to worry about."

Beast Boy was left in shock. "Dude!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "You killed a Hill Myna?! I turned into one of those!"

"Beast Boy, we have to focus on Nemoto for the time being," Terra said as she placed her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder. "I mean, look at him!" Terra exclaimed as she looked to Nemoto not too far away from them. "It looks like he could break at any moment."

"May I suggest that we let the Police take care of our worrisome friend?" Starfire asked. "They may be able to help him recover from his worried state."

"But if the Phantoms already know about another Gate that got away, they could be trying to drive Nemoto into Despair the same way that Raum tried to use," Speedy pointed out. "Maybe we could try to keep him at the Titans' Tower."

"¿Con el Poder a cabo?" Más asked. "No es una muy Buena Idea."

"Also, many of the Phantoms have been finding their way into the Tower quite easily," Raven added on. "We're gonna have to be smarter if we are going to protect another one of Haruto's old friends."

Robin nodded and turned to Haruto. "You're the expert on all Phantoms, Haruto," Robin said. "How do you recommend we keep Nemoto safe?"

Haruto shrugged. "I honestly don't know," Haruto replied back. "We needed to try and keep Chizuru from finding out about the truth about Satoshi, but Nemoto-San seems to still be suffering from losing Kyuuta," Haruto stated. "Maybe if we just… showed him around Jump City while keeping him away from Phantoms, he can get the chance to calm down, and we can prevent him from falling into Despair."

Robin grinned. "Sounds like a good idea," the Boy Wonder said. "With the Power out at the Tower, I think we could all use some time out."

The rest of the Teen Titans nodded in agreement.

"Starfire-Chan, please watch over in the air for any signs of Phantoms and Ghouls," Haruto requested. "They might be trying to attack us while we have our guard down."

"I shall do that immediately," Starfire said with a nod. "No Phantom shall make their way past my eyes!" Starfire said with enthusiasm before she flew up into the air, much to the surprise of Nemoto.

"Doko… Doko ne ikemasu?" Nemoto asked as he looked up.

"She's just… going out for some fresh air," Haruto replied back. "But how would you like to have some time around Jump City?"

"Consider it the Treat of the Teen Titans," Robin said. "We want to make sure you have the best time ever here."

Nemoto nodded. "I-I guess so," he stuttered. "This is all a big surprise for me, you know."

"That's why we decided to announce it just now," Terra said. "We want all of our tours to be a surprise to newcomers."

"So just hang back and relax," Beast Boy said as he placed his hand around Nemoto's shoulder. "Let go of your worries and focus on the greatness that Jump City has to offer you!"

Aqualad and Speedy went to the roofs and the lake to help keep an eye out for any Phantoms. Nemoto didn't notice this, but none of the Teen Titans wanted him to find out about what they were trying to do.

"Let's show you the first good place to have a snack," Beast Boy said as he, Terra and Robin walked with Haruto, Raven and Nemoto. "You ever had Pizza before in Japan?"

Nemoto suddenly smiled. "I like Pizza a lot!" he exclaimed.

"Good," Terra said as she patted Nemoto on the shoulder. "What's your favorite topping?"

"Spinach and Alfredo!" Nemoto exclaimed. "And cucumbers!"

Beast Boy and Terra both shivered at the thought of this kind of pizza. However, the rest of the Titans just hid it, and Robin took out his T-Com.

"Uh, one… green Pizza, coming up," Robin said as he called for the order. "Um, hi, this is Robin from the Teen Titans," Robin said. "How soon can you make a Pizza with Spinach, Alfredo and Cucumbers on it?" the Boy Wonder asked.

Amber and Dionne both watched the Titans take away Nemoto from the stone walls. They soon emerged out from them and looked to each other.

"I guess that Blue Crow wasn't much of a help." Amber mused.

"With the Titans trying to get Phantoms and the Past off of Nemoto's mind, this is going to be much harder," Dionne stated. "We need to put him in danger, get his stress to rise up."

"When Kaga was with that Human, it was easy for Wizard's friends to find out Nemoto was never an arsonist," Amber said. "But now that there's only him, we can frame Nemoto easily."

Meanwhile, at the Titans' Tower, Cyborg and Bumblebee were hard at work at fixing the Power Generator for the Tower's Systems.

"I think I can spark enough electricity to get this Generator running," Bumblebee said as she sparked up her Stingers. "What do you think, Cy?"

"I think we've got to move faster," Cyborg said while coming out from under the Generator. "If we can't get the Generator up and running soon, we won't be able to monitor the activity going on downtown."

Bumblebee chuckled. "One surge of electricity coming up!" Bumblebee exclaimed, using her Stingers to power up the Generator.

Soon, the Systems were starting to come back online. Cyborg smiled at this and placed a Data Drive into the Systems to give it more power. As expected, the Generators started to work again.

"You think we should contact the others now?" Bumblebee asked.

"Yeah," Cyborg said while reaching for his T-Com. "Hmm, that's strange," Cyborg said after trying to reach the others. "Not picking up."

"Same with the Titans East," Bumblebee noted. "You think something happened to them?"

"I'm thinking that a Phantom happened," Cyborg stated. "Could be the reason they're not picking up."

"We should go check it out." Bumblebee said.

"Agreed," Cyborg replied back. "I'll lead the way," he said as he walked towards the door. "We've been fighting the Phantoms longer than any Titan has."

Bumblebee nodded and flew after Cyborg as they raced into the downtown of Jump City.

Meanwhile, in Jump City, Nemoto was being treated to his special pizza. He gasped at how big his Pizza was made, and the sight of it was enough to make Beast Boy sick.

"Itadakimasu!" Nemoto exclaimed before digging into his Pizza.

Beast Boy looked to Terra, who shrugged and looked to Raven. Raven just rolled her eyes and shifted her attention to Haruto, who shrugged as well. Everyone soon turned their attention to Robin, trying to find out what to do with Nemoto.

"Um, how do you like it?" Robin asked as he cleared his throat. "We had to commission this kind of Pizza, because, well, there was never a kind of Pizza like this before."

"Oh, it's so good!" Nemoto exclaimed while his mouth was full. "I miss this taste so much!"

"He's… eaten… Pizza with Cucumbers, Alfredo and Spinach?" Terra asked Haruto.

"I've never seen him eat this kind of Pizza," Haruto said before looking to Beast Boy. "Are there any Donuts around?"

"Yep, there sure are!" Beast Boy exclaimed happily, now starting to get the weird pizza off of his mind. "I'll get the sprinkles and glaze!"

"No, just Plain Sugar." Haruto replied back.

"Man, you have a dull choice of Donuts," Beast Boy mused before walking inside. "Are there any Plain Sugar Donuts we have for Mr. 'I don't like glazed or sprinkles' out here?" Beast Boy's voice asked.

From a distance away, Amber and Dionne both watched everything happen.

"How can Humans eat that junk?" Dionne asked.

"I don't know," Amber said as she blew onto her hand. "And to be honest, I really don't care." She spat before setting a building on fire.

"Okay, Blue Crow, it's time!" Dionne called out.

The Blue Crow Phantom chuckled and walked over towards the Fire, turning into his Human Form.

"Help! Help!" a voice called out as Beast Boy came back with several Plain Sugar Donuts.

Everyone turned to see a man stuck in a flaming building.

"Titans, go!" Robin called out.

Nemoto gasped and leapt out of his seat. As he did, his empty Birdcage flew out of his hands, hitting the top of one Fire Hydrant before hitting another. Haruto and Beast Boy both watched as it bounced off of a third Fire Hydrant before it hit a fourth, all of which were surrounding the flaming building.

Speedy saw this happening and fired an Arrow down. It released water, and it gave Aqualad a sign to leapt out from the lake nearby. He used the water from the lake and from the arrow Speedy sent to try and put out the fire, but Nemoto's Birdcage put the fire out instead, leaving the Human Form of the Blue Crow Phantom soaked.

"Hey, are you okay?" Terra asked as she cleared away some of the rubble.

"Do you need an ambulance?" Robin asked.

The Blue Crow Phantom, in its Human Form known as Takeshi, looked on in disbelief. Before he could say anything, the Birdcage that Nemoto threw hit him on the head before it landed back in Nemoto's hands.

"I'm fine," Takeshi said as he let out some fake coughs. "Don't worry."

Raven started to inspect the place. "Um, Robin," Raven said as she flew up from the ground. "This building was scheduled to be demolished today."

"Then why was that guy in it?" Robin asked. He was about to dig into his thoughts before he, Terra and Raven heard some cheering at the Restaurant. They all turned around to see people take pictures of Nemoto, and reporters asking him questions due to him being the one to stop the fire.

"What is your name, Sir?" a news reporter asked.

"Kazuyoshi Nemoto," Nemoto replied back. "Now… can someone let me know if there are any performances going on?"

"You are a hero, Mr. Nemoto!" the news reporter exclaimed. "You put out that fire and had the Teen Titans as backup!"

"'Backup'?" Robin, Raven, Terra, Beast Boy, Haruto, Speedy and Aqualad asked, all feeling quite offended.

"I was just scared," Nemoto said. "I've been like that ever since my Hill Myna, Kyuuta, died."

The crowd all awed with sympathy upon hearing this.

"Well, I am sorry to hear that," the news reporter said. "But, if it will make you feel any better, I bet that the Teen Titans can try to find a new Hill Myna for you to have."

Nemoto nodded. "Arigatou, thank you," he said. "Can I go now please?"

Immediately and respectfully, everyone got out of the way. Haruto started to eat some of the Plain Sugar Donuts that Beast Boy had gotten while they both watched Nemoto thank everyone and shake hands with the people who had praised him at the same time.

"So… what do you think caused that Birdcage to fly like that?" Beast Boy asked as he started to eat some of the Plain Sugar Donuts as well.

"Dunno," Haruto replied while eating another Plain Sugar Donut. "But something about that must have cheered him up to be praised like this."

"I still can't believe that happened," Beast Boy said. He looked at what he was doing and stopped. "What am I doing?" he asked himself.

"I can't believe that happened!" Amber exclaimed while Dionne planted her face into her palm.

"I think we need a new approach." Dionne said.

"Agreed," Slade's voice spoke out as he came behind the two Phantoms. "If Nemoto is getting praise, imagine how he would feel if something were to hinder his newfound glory."

From above, Starfire started to take notice of what was happening. She gasped silently upon seeing Slade, as well as seeing Amber and Dionne with him. After hearing what she needed to hear, and avoiding getting spotted as well, Starfire dashed off to get to the rest of her friends.

At this time, Takeshi was walking towards Slade, Amber and Dionne. He instantly let the water dry off of him before glaring angrily at his three Phantom Generals.

"This Gate has much more to him than I had imagined," Takeshi said. "It will be hard to drive him into Despair."

"That's… somewhat taken care of," Amber said. "If his paranoia is causing him to perform these acts out of anxiety, you must use it to your advantage."

"If that doesn't work, you must do everything you can to break him," Slade commanded. "We must bring together more Phantoms if we are to gain an advantage over Souma Haruto and the Teen Titans."

"Consider it done," Takeshi said as he reverted back into the Blue Crow Phantom. "I'll be sure to take care of the Rene-Gate." He added on before flying off.

Meanwhile, Haruto, Raven, Robin, Terra and Beast Boy had now taken Nemoto to an Arcade downtown. Nemoto watched as Haruto and Raven danced at the Dance-Dance Revolution Game.

Haruto was breaking out some moves by break dancing. He got onto one hand and kicked his legs to the side before cannon-balling into the air. He landed back down and doing a moon-slide. He had gotten a score of 578.

Raven, being the first to play the game, did her best. She started to keep up with the beat of her song, "Double-Action Gun Form", and moved her feet around to the beat as much as she could. She flipped into the air in her place with a kick, and threw her cloak into the air. Everyone looked to the cape fly up before Raven moon-slid and backflipped on her hands before landing back and backflipping in the opposite direction. She started to walk in place, snapping the fingers on her right hand before she twirled around. She started to make devil horns with her fingers while spinning them around before she moved her feet from left to right before placing them together and crossing them. She jumped up and held her hands out, letting her robe fall back onto her. Everyone cheered, and she had gotten a score of 597.

Haruto and Raven both looked to each other and smiled. They gave each other a high-five before walking off.

"Nemoto-San, why don't you give it a try?" Haruto asked.

Nemoto looked nervously. "We-well, I'll see what I can do." Nemoto said, getting on.

The scores were reset, and immediately, the song "Chosen Soldier" started to play.

Immediately, Nemoto threw his arms out and kicked his leg up in a circle before sliding off to the side. He spun his feet around as he stepped forward and strutted his upper body. He kicked his front foot forward and his back foot to the side and placed his hand against his hat. He spun around like before and placed his hands in front of him while widening his legs apart. Making a circle with his hands, Nemoto moved to one side and kicked his leg up before moving to the other side in the same motion and lifted his other leg up as well. He wiggled forward and spun around his arms before landing his feet on the two panels next to him, then the one in front and behind him, and finally, together while placing his hand to his hat.

There was a moment of silence before everyone cheered. Nemoto's score appeared, and he had gotten a score of 1000.

"Wow, Nemoto seems to be getting out of his funk." Beast Boy said.

"It must be because of the sights we're treating him to," Terra stated. "It's the only way."

At that moment, Cyborg and Bumblebee came into the Arcade. No one took much notice to them, as they were focusing on Nemoto instead.

"Wow, who's that?" Bumblebee asked.

"Dude's got style." Cyborg noted.

"That's Kazuyoshi Nemoto, an old friend who was a Gate," Haruto explained. "We're trying to keep him safe and get his Past off of his mind at the same time."

"Sounds like a good plan," Cyborg mused. "The Phantoms are always getting into the Titans' Tower no matter what kinds of new security defenses we put in."

"Speaking of the Tower," Robin said as he looked to Cyborg. "Did you and Bumblebee repair the Generator yet?"

Bumblebee nodded. "Sure did," she said. "The Tower's functioning once again, so we should be able to pick up on any criminal activity."

All of a sudden, Starfire flew into the Arcade. The Titans all looked to their Tamaranean Friend as she took a deep breath.

"Starfire, what's going on?" Robin asked.

"I felt it best that I come to you as fast as I could," Starfire said as she finished easing herself up. "I have found Slade near the building that was formerly on fire, and he was with two Phantoms that appeared to be female. It appears that they had started the fire, and have hired a Phantom we have faced before to try and drive Friend Nemoto down into Despair."

Haruto and Raven looked to one another with concern as Aqualad and Speedy came in with Más y Menos.

"That would explain why that man left as soon as I got there," Raven stated. "Phoenix probably told the Blue Crow Phantom, and maybe every other Phantom under his command, that I could sense who could be a Phantom, and was trying not to be around me so we could get the chance to finish him off."

"You also forget that if we had attacked them out in the open, the Phantoms could use our attack to turn the Public against us," Haruto added on. "It's a good way for them to maintain their cover."

All of a sudden, Raven felt a strange disturbance. There was a brief moment of everything being distorted around her before she turned and saw a man in a tuxedo head towards them.

"I don't think they're doing a good job anymore." Raven said as she taking Haruto on the shoulder.

Haruto turned to Raven and immediately saw who she was looking at.

"Aitsu wa… Phantom?" Haruto asked in Japanese.

"Yeah," Raven replied. "It seems this one chose his disguise well," Raven added on. "He looks professional, which will make it damn hard for us to catch him if we just attack him right now."

"So, how would we get him to expose himself?" Bumblebee asked.

Haruto grinned and let out one of his Familiars. Unicorn ran on the ground, getting the Titans to look down at him.

"Nice toy," Beast Boy chuckled. "How is that going to help?"

"Unicorn will be one of my Familiars helping to expose the Phantom," Haruto explained before letting out another one of his Familiars. "Garuda, help him out." Haruto told his red Familiar.

Both Unicorn and Garuda made their way towards Takeshi as he started to get closer towards Nemoto while he was getting a drink and talking to some people who gathered to talk to him.

Bumblebee noticed this and shrunk down to her bee size, flying alongside Garuda.

"Be careful out there, Bee," Cyborg whispered. "You don't know what these Phantoms can do."

"I think I'll handle," Bumblebee said with reassurance. "Don't worry."

All of a sudden, Garuda stopped flying.

"Garuda?" Bumblebee asked. "What's wrong?"

Garuda just came apart and landed its parts on Bumblebee. Bumblebee looked to herself with surprise before she suddenly found herself in red armor with extra gauntlets and more powerful wings.

"Now this is more like it!" Bumblebee exclaimed, dashing right towards the disguised Phantom with Unicorn running down below.

"They can combine?" Speedy asked.

"Not the first time two Familiars combined together," Haruto said as he placed his hand to his chin. "My Garuda and Nitou's Griffin once combined together to take on Raum very briefly," Haruto explained. "They didn't last long, but it was still impressive."

Bumblebee, now armored with Garuda, flew and attacked Takeshi from the air.

Takeshi was just about to approach Nemoto until he felt Bumblebee attack him. Takeshi growled and tried to swat Bumblebee aside, but Bumblebee avoided this and used her Stingers to shock the disguised Phantom.

Takeshi started to fall back, but fell onto his back when Unicorn tripped him.

Everyone looked to Takeshi as he fell down. Much to his anger, they all started to laugh at him. He growled at their laughter, and growled even more when he noticed that Nemoto had joined in with everyone.

Takeshi got up and roared. "Onore!" Takeshi called out, now transforming into the Blue Crow Phantom.

Immediately, everyone stopped laughing and gasped. Without hesitation, they all ran out, with Nemoto not even so much as getting onto his knees and trembling.

"Give in, Nemoto!" The Blue Crow Phantom demanded. "Nothing can save you now!"

"Except for us!" Haruto exclaimed as he and Raven placed their hands over their waists.

DRIVER ON, PLEASE!

DRIVER ON! COME ON, LET'S GO! DRIVER ON! COME ON, LET'S GO!

SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!

AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS! AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!

"Henshin!" Haruto and raven both called out.

FLAME, PLEASE! HII, HII, HII-HII, HII!

AZARATH METRION RIDER, PLEASE!

Haruto held his hand out to the side while Raven thrust her arms out at her sides and threw her Cloak into the air. Both Magic Circles passed right through them, and soon, Haruto was now Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Style while Raven let her Cloak fall onto her. Once she had her Cloak back on, Raven was now Kamen Rider Raven Balance Style.

"Saa, Showtime!" Haruto exclaimed, placing his ringed finger up next to his head.

"It's time for me to take the stage!" Raven exclaimed as she swing her cape to the side.

Bumblebee grew back to normal size and joined the rest of the Titans. As she did, her new armor came off and formed back into Garuda. Now, the Teen Titans, the Titans East, Kamen Rider Wizard and Kamen Rider Raven stood ready to fight on against the Blue Crow Phantom.

The Blue Crow Phantom growled and shot at the Titans in anger.

Haruto and Raven both placed Magic Rings over their fingers and placed their hands over their Drivers.

DEFEND, PLEASE!

Shields appeared in front of everyone, causing the Blue Crow Phantom's Attack to be sent back at him.

"Nemoto-San, get to safety!" Haruto called out.

"Hai! Hai!" Nemoto exclaimed, running out. As Nemoto made his way out of the Arcade, he tripped on the sidewalk. As he was getting back up, he looked into the window of a nearby pet store and gasped.

FUSION, PLEASE!

HURRICANE… PLUS… WATER, PLEASE!

As soon as Haruto was done using the Fusion Ring, he was now in a new turquoise form, armed with two WizardSwordGuns.

The Blue Crow Phantom ran towards the Titans and started his attack, but Robin stepped up next to Haruto and Raven as they all unsheathed their weapons.

"Titans, go!" Robin called out.

All of the Teen Titans and the Titans East charged towards the Blue Crow Phantom, with Haruto and Raven jumping into the air to attack first. The Blue Crow Phantom looked up in surprise as Raven first leapt in and stabbed her RavenRifleScepter at the Blue Crow Phantom before Haruto made a wide slash with his WizardSwordGun in his right hand.

The Blue Crow Phantom managed to parry off both attacks, but didn't expect a series of twin kicks from the two Kamen Riders. Both Haruto and Raven sent Takeshi back before Cyborg and Bumblebee leapt into the air and shot down at him. The Blue Crow Phantom sent the blasts to the side before Robin and Speedy sent forth Birdarangs and Arrows. The Blue Crow Phantom seemed to falter once these attacks hit him, but when he recovered, it didn't even look like they made a scratch.

Beast Boy turned into a Cheetah and sped alongside Más y Menos. The three dashed right through the Blue Crow Phantom as he attacked right before Aqualad sent forth a torrent of water, followed by a barrage of starbolts. However, the Blue Crow Phantom was able to deflect these attacks before Haruto spun around in a typhoon towards Takeshi, knocking him off-balance, followed by Raven slashing at him with her Scythe and with Terra sending rapid bullet-like rocks towards him. However, the Blue Crow Phantom dodged to the side, allowing some tables to get destroyed.

"He seems to be growing stronger when he knows when we attack." Terra stated.

"Then let's shut off the power!" Cyborg said as he and Bumblebee aimed to the lights. "He can't see in the dark!"

The Blue Crow Phantom laughed and prepared to attack again, but the lights went out. He growled and looked around for an attack, but was suddenly hit by some rocks. He turned around to attack, but starbolts landed on him. Takeshi turned around, using some of the light to see, only to get slammed by some water. Takeshi growled and attempted to strike with his blasts, but was met by two blades, which knocked him into the streets.

"Finale!" Raven called out as she and Haruto emerged from the Arcade.

RAVEN KICK STRIKE! GO FOR IT, GIRL!

CHOU II NE, KICK STRIKE! SAIKYO!

The Blue Crow Phantom growled and got up. However, he saw Haruto land down a spinning typhoon kick while Raven landed her Raven-Rider Ender. The Blue Crow Phantom yelled as he was hit by both attacks, getting killed in the process.

Haruto and Raven both landed and grinned. They reverted back to Human Form, just as Nemoto came out from a Pet Store. The rest of the Titans came out to see Nemoto now with a new Myna Bird.

"How is he?" Robin asked.

Haruto placed up his Hope Ring and smiled. He put it down and looked to everyone. "Nemoto-San is fine now," he reported. "He seems to be rid of the Despair, and has found a new Hope."

"Well, that's a relief," Terra said before she walked to Nemoto. "Will you be okay on your own now?"

Nemoto smiled and nodded. "Hai, Arigatou," he said. "I think I can manage now that I have Kyuuta again."

Everyone smiled before Nemoto walked off. "Come on, Kyuuta," Nemoto said to his new Myna Bird. "Time to come to your new home!"

"Time for us to go home too." Haruto said.

The Teen Titans and Titans East nodded and headed back to the Titans' Tower.

Slade and the Medusa Sisters watched from afar.

"That didn't go as planned, now did it?" Slade asked.

"It seems like our Phantoms have failed enough." Euryale stated.

"I agree," Stheno said as she looked to Slade. "Time to take matters into our own hands."

All three Phantoms nodded in agreement. Officially put up with the failures, it was time for them to get their hands dirty.

Author's Notes: Well, I hope that this was a good new Chapter for you all to come back to. I'm sorry this took so long, but I had a brief Writers' Block. It's over now. I'll try to have a new Chapter out soon. Please be sure to review, rate, and as always, if you are able to, please Private Message me for anything you want to know or want to say about the Story. After all, I'm always keen to hear from you, just be sure to say positive comments. I will not tolerate for anything negative. For now, this is SuperHeroTimeFan signing off, and soon, graduating from my Senior Year. Have a great Fourth of July, everyone! See you all soon!