KKD: And here we are, finally back on Mega Gaim. Again… to be honest, I thought we'd be farther by Gaim's end, but then again we have other projects, differing schedules, it's all complicated.
Pikatwig: Yep. Truth be told I wanted to be done with the Beat Riders Arc by the time Gaim ended, but no dice. Ah well. Also, I'm going to say, I'll say… we'll save our final thoughts on Gaim for another day. Also, for those of you who saw our Movie War with SSESG, you'll see that this is a Valentine's Day themed episode, not a Christmas themed episode. Due to how the timeline is set up in the Mega Gaim story, it's not December.
KKD: Which is kinda odd since it's closer to December now and it would be more appropriate to have a Christmas chapter, but… y'know. Plot convenience.
Pikatwig: Let me explain. It was said in an earlier episode that Roll's birthday is December 28th, and an earlier chapter was her birthday (Lock 3), so that given how we've gone forward, it's actually more around February in this universe. Truth be told… I had this silly idea to remake this chapter to be Rock's birthday, since in the Archie Comics it was celebrated by the entire city due to his heroics, but… I chose against that plan.
KKD: All the better since the Robot Masters act like ordinary citizens.
Pikatwig: Okay, so where's Rock with the new disclaimer screen? *looks around, before seeing a folder with the label 'Disclaimer' on it.* There it is, Aibou you open it up.
KKD: This better not be covered in rust again. *Takes the folder, and opens it to see moths flying away before pulling out a hole-ridden Disclaimer screen.* Jeez… deja vu.
Gaim: Gomen. The printer's jammed.
KKD: It better be fixed by the next chapters, Rock. *Sets up Disclaimers anyway*
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"Gaim, Ryugen, Baron, Fraise, Siren and Rancher battle an Inves that was attacking the city. In their pursuit, they find mysterious plants from the forest growing underground. A mysterious group also arrives, alongside Kamen Rider Zangetsu, Bass, to burn the plants and erase the evidence, as they did the Inves. What is their aim?"
A view of a mall in Zawame City showed it was close to Valentine's Day with hearts of various shades of red and pink decorating the area. Unknown to the innocent locals, though, there was a small zipper open in a seemingly unimportant spot on the wall, with an Inves looking through the portal, curiously.
"So Rock… you gonna ask Tune to be your Valentine?" Roll asked, looking at her brother work with a piece of pink construction paper.
"Huh? Oh well… none of your concern at the moment," Rock shrugged, staring at the paper before him, which he was trying to cut into a heart, but his mind kept going back to the men who burnt the plants from before, "But… remember those people in the hazard suits? Well… something in me is saying they may know something…"
"Possibly… they could know where Elec Man is," Roll added, as she simply looked out the window, seeing snow melt.
"...Ah! There's no way we can figure that out with Bass around like he is!" Rock groaned, almost slamming his fist on the table, "What do we do?!"
"...you actually seem worried you'd lose to Bass. I mean sure… he's managed to smear you, but I've managed to kick his butt, remember?" Roll responded, with a sort of teasing tone.
"Not helping, Nee-chan!" Rock groaned, throwing a pillow at her face, "...Sorry… I'm just really stressed about this matter right now…"
Roll gave a small shrug as she sat down and looked out the window again. "...Rock… do you wonder if there's more to all this than meets the eye?"
"What do you mean?" Rock asked confused.
"I don't know… I mean… I guess I feel it's not as simple as just Bass and Wily preparing another one of their half-baked schemes to stop you and take over the world," Roll shrugged in response.
Rock shrugged, as he sighed and started to think over what Roll said, before his eyes landed on the clock. "Oh shoot!"
"What?" Roll asked.
"I've gotta work!" Rock shouted, grabbing a jacket with a small bag, before grabbing his Sengoku Driver.
"What do you mean? We don't have to work today, Flame Man's curry shop is closed for the day," Roll responded.
"Part time job for the Valentine's Day season," Rock quickly explained, stumbling as he rushed for the door.
Down at the mall, Rock was standing by a video game store, handing out flyers for the video game store he was standing by, dressed in pink and red, with various hearts on him. "GameGo is having a big Valentine's Day sale! Everything in stock now 25% off!"
He continued to wave ads around, before sighing. "Boring part time job… but at least I'm not wearing something stupid like poor Jewel Man and Slash Man," he chuckled, before looking over to another area of the mall at the two Robot Masters, who were currently stuck wearing Cupid costumes.
"Roll would so love to see Slash Man like that," Rock chuckled, when he heard someone scream. "Ara? What was that?"
With that, Rock began to jog a bit so as to not bump into anyone, but make sure to see where the screaming was coming from. Eventually, he found himself in the parking garage before hearing a scream again, and turned to his left to see some Inves about to attack some random person. "Inves!"
He rushed over, doing some fairly impressive parkour moves, jumping over a barricade and a few boxes, and diving through a car before rolling over to the Inves and sent them sprawling away from the person with a couple well-placed punches and kicks. "Hurry and get outta here!"
The person rushed off, as Rock brought out his Mega Buster to at least knock the Inves a bit away from the person, before attacking the Inves outside of the parking lot, kicking them in the face and tripping them with his large boots before pulling out his Sengoku Driver and Orange Lockseed.
"Henshin!"
=ORANGE!=
Rock continued to knock the Inves out of his way, before loading in the Lockseed.
=LOCK ON!=
=SEIYA!=
Rock did a quick slide, knocking the Inves away before getting back up to his feet and preparing to attack as the Orange fell on his head and formed Gaim's suit.
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
(Cue Opening: Just Live More by Gaim no Kaze)
*The current scene suddenly zips open to reveal the start of the opening where all six fruit riders pose in their own ways, focusing on Gaim, the orange rider.*
Got it, Move… WOW! *All of the Riders weapons hit the title forming it, and then a sky background appears behind it.*
Mega Kamen Rider Gaim!
Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *Focus on Gaim, before shifting down, to show Megaman/Rock wielding Gaim's weapon, ready for action.*
Sabaibaru you gotta move (It's survival, you gotta move!) *Rock sees a fence, and then it traps him on one end, he sees himself in the Megaman armor. Megaman looks at the Orange Lockseed, before walking away from a crumbling fence.*
Gendai wa sanagara sengoku (When life's a sengoku) *The scene then shifts to Team Baron dancing, the members being Megaman's older brother Blues/Protoman, Quick Man and Shadow Man.*
Dare ga kachinukeru (Who's got the strength to win?) *The three Robots do some complicated dance moves, with ease.*
Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta (Now that all the locks are open?!) *Megaman and Protoman glare at each-other, with their reflections showing Kamen Rider Gaim in Megaman's place, and the banana Rider, Kamen Rider Baron in Protoman's place.*
[Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE!] *The two charge at one-another, both holding a closed Lockseed, Megaman holding the Orange one, while Protoman holds the Banana Lockseed. Roll watches from a short distance, with a look of worry, holding a Strawberry Lockseed, and her reflection shows Kamen Rider Fraise in her place, much to her surprise.*
Doko ni aru? Do tsukau? (Where will you find… And how will you use?) *Someone else picks up the Budou Lockseed, it's Zero. Zero sees Bass, who's also holding a Lockseed, and walks over to him, but a fence stops Zero, but in their reflections are Kamen Rider Zangetsu, and Kamen Rider Ryugen, who's stopped by a sword.*
Kindan no kajitsu (The forbidden fruit!) *All six Riders stand ready for action, when Gaim zooms by on his bike.*
"Ima" to iu kaze wa nani o tsutaeru tame Dare mo (The wind of the moment has its own message to share) *All six Riders activate their Sengoku Drivers, starting with Zangetsu, and ending with Gaim.*
[Omae no moto ni fuku? Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blowin' up!] (It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you) *In Helheim, Gaim transformed into Orange Arms.*
Ashita ga yume ga mada mienakute mo (Your dreams and future may seem so far away...) *Next shows Team Gaim dancing, but mostly focused on Megaman, Roll and Tune/Sugar Woman.*
[Soko genkai? Seiippai ikite iru to ierunara] (When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop) *Gaim looks at the other Riders, almost as if trying to choose who to trust and who not to trust.*
Utsumuku na yo [kao agero] doko madede mo [Mageru koto naku] (But don't let life get you down [Keep your head held high] Wherever you may go [Never compromise yourself]) *Team Gaim finishes dancing, and then the scene shifts to the mystery girl, who looks a lot like Tune for some reason…*
Shinjita michi o ike JUST LIVE MORE! (Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!) *Near the ground are the core six Rider's main fruit armor damaged, with a closed Lockseed by each.*
Don't say no! JUST LIVE MORE! *The scene changes to Gaim riding his horse, but then above that is Megaman on the Rush Jet…*
Lock 12: Rider Great Assemble! Revealing the Forest of Mystery!
Gaim began to attack the Inves with the Daidaimaru and Musou Saber, slashing them a couple times with both blades before cocking the gun part of the Musou Saber and firing it at the Inves before connecting his blades, setting them into the naginata mode. He quickly reached for the Orange Lockseed.
=LOCK OFF!=
=LOCK ON!=
=ICHI, JYU, HAKYU, SEN, MAN! ORANGE CHARGE!=
Thus, Gaim slashed at both Inves three times before they fell and exploded, he dusted himself off before he loaded his Lockseed back into the Sengoku Driver, and closed it, returning to normal.
"If the Inves are showing up in such a crowded place…" Megaman muttered, sighing as he reverted his transformation into Rock, "We've gotta do something. And… maybe Roll has a point, maybe this isn't another of Wily's hairbrained schemes… or should I say 'mustache-cooked' schemes, since he doesn't have much hair..."
Rock and Zero met up at the Gaim Garage to think over recent events, while Rock tried to explain the idea he had.
"Well… yea, if we could talk to those hazmat guys from the forest… we could get some answers, I mean… it's not like the Inves have commanders, otherwise, we'd probably have seen them by now," Zero admitted.
"True, but the only problem now is Bass as Zangetsu. There's no way I can take him on alone when he uses that armor," Rock sighed.
"...Bass…" Zero muttered, thinking back to his recent encounters with his older brother, and just got a look of uncertainness of his face.
"Well, how about this," Kaori's voice started, as she, Roll, AJ and Flame Man all walked over to the two of them. "We can draw out Bass and give you an opening,"
"No! Look, I trust in you guys, but I'm worried he may overpower you all," Rock responded.
"Hello, you're looking at the one who managed to beat him once already," Roll giggled, before Rock just scoffed. "But… what about everyone else in?"
"Protoman kept saying he's not going to keep on helping us… there's no way he'd help us battle Bass, and even if we do manage to convince him, how do we get punks like Slash Man to help?" Roll responded.
"Don't worry, I've got a plan," Zero added, as the metaphorical gears were turning in his head, when suddenly, the rest of Teams Gaim, Magical Fever and Pop Up all walked in.
"We're back!" Tune shouted with joy, as she noticed Rock, before rushing over to hug him, and she gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Perfect! We're going to decorate for our Valentine's party!"
"Uh…" Rock started nervously, knowing fully well that Tune might get angry at him if he just left.
"Nii-san. Is something wrong?" Roll asked, as she knew what Rock was thinking, but was just pretending she didn't.
"Sorry Tune… something just came up, and I need to take Rock and Roll with me. But we'll be back as soon as we can," Zero informed, grabbing the two siblings and heading out.
This sorta confused the others as they almost saw it as the others ditching the party they were about to set up.
"A new sort of game?" Protoman asked confused, as Zero, Rock and Roll were by him.
"Yep," Rock nodded.
"Rules are simple: Everyone works in pairs and sends a Kamen Rider of their team into the Lockseed Forest, and whoever gets the most wins," Zero explained.
"How's that fair? You guys got four, compared to everyone else, plus there's also Siren and Rancher due to your little alliance," Protoman responded, clearly annoyed.
"Don't worry. I'm sitting this one out," Rock informed, as Roll walked over to her eldest brother.
"And I'm on your team for this contest. We did say pairs, right? Whoever is the 'team captain' will get the points for their team. You're our pair's captain, and then for Team Gaim, there's Zero and Flame Man," Roll explained, as she showed she was wearing the same yellow scarf that Protoman was wearing.
"...Not sure what you're planning with this, but this contest does sound interesting," Protoman admitted, "...Fine. We'll play your little game."
"Happy Valentine's Day…" Jewel Man and Slash Man said, holding up signs for two different stores, both still wearing the outfits Rock had seen them in earlier.
"I feel so undignified…" Jewel Man complained.
"You're complaining? I look stupid in this outfit. Imagine what would happen if somebody we know saw us," Slash Man growled, annoyed, "We need to increase our ranking so we don't have to stoop so low. Not to mention our teamwork's severely lacking."
"...maybe someone special will give us some Lockseeds," Jewel Man shrugged, as he heard someone's camera click, the two turning around to see it was Roll, still wearing a yellow scarf like Protoman.
"Rock was right… this is so funny!" Roll giggled.
"Hey Roll," Jewel Man waved, as Slash Man noticed the scarf.
"You were stupid enough to quit Team Gaim and join Team Baron? Figures a girl would do something dumb like that!" Slash Man chuckled, as Roll scowled at that.
"Well if you two keep talking like that, I guess I won't invite you Riders to our new game we're setting up," she replied, getting their attention.
"Huh? A new game?" Jewel Man asked, confused, causing Roll to smile as she got their attention before pulling out her Strawberry Lockseed.
"See this?" she replied showing it to them, "Now imagine… an entire forest… filled with these."
"Eh?! A forest filled with Lockseeds?!" Slash Man gawked.
"Yep, of all kinds. Common and rare. Best part is, our game can have you hunt them, and you can keep any rare Lockseed you find," Roll added with a sort of sly smile.
"We're in!" they shouted.
Soon, the Kamen Riders of the Beat Rider teams had arrived at Deal Juicer's, with Cut Man simply sipping a soda can.
"Looks like everyone's here," he shrugged. "What's up?"
"We're holding this event, and it turns out, Jewel Man and Mr. Sexist over there don't have Lockvehicles," Roll informed.
"...I've said this once before, I can't give them out willy-nilly," he responded, as he messed around with his cutter.
"Quit screwing with us, Cut Man. You know the Lockvehicles can take us into that forest," Rock responded, surprising Cut Man and making him drop his cutter in shock.
"...Uh… is that so…" Cut Man responded nervously.
"Guys, we need to give him something to make him give Lockvehicles to them," Flame Man informed, walking in.
"...I think I got it," Zero whispered before sitting in front of Cut Man, "Cut Man. Us members of Team Gaim will give you all the Locks we collect. So, if you got the Lockvehicles to who needs them, we at Team Gaim would basically be paying for them in advance."
"Well… how do I know if the Lockseeds you'd gather are worth the number of Lockvehicles I'd need to provide?" Cut Man added.
"You're just going to have to trust us," Zero responded.
"...Very well then," Cut Man sighed after some seconds of thought, "But… I'll need some time to get them… I'll call you when I can give them to you, alright?"
"Seriously? You guys are practically giving the other teams a chance to beat us," Tune sighed annoyed, "Why don't you ask the whole team before coming up with these silly ideas?!"
"...Zero's idea!" Rock informed, hiding behind Flame Man.
"Was it?" Tune asked Roll.
"Uh… well… yea," Zero sighed.
"Whatever… wait… Rock-kun… does that mean… you won't be here for the party? I've been working hard on a dance routine just for it…" Tune said, walking over to her boyfriend, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Uh… well… don't worry. I'll make sure we can be here in time! I promise!" Rock responded.
"Really?" Tune asked, as Rock nodded, before Tune just pulled him into a hug. "But… please, can you promise you'll all be careful?"
They all nodded, with Kaori going over to her team, as she simply smiled, "Don't worry. I'll be here, I won't leave like our old leader did."
"Okay," her team nodded.
"What about you AJ?" Twilight asked her sister.
"Ah promise," she informed.
"Cut Man… are you trying to mess with Bass?" X asked, as he had Cut Man down in his lab, helping him repair something.
"Look, your brother and sister are my friends," Cut Man replied.
"Doesn't matter. I understand you have good intentions doing favors for them, but if outsiders were passing in and out of Helheim, it'd compromise the secrecy of the survey team," X said in a reminding tone.
"Dude, I don't like how you, Wily and Bass get to call all the shots. Plus… I don't like whatever it is your doing with these remains from Wily's first castle… it looks creepily familiar…" Cut Man informed, handing him a robotic hand, which he attached onto a machine.
"That's my business to know, and you not to find out."
"Idaro, idaro," Cut Man groaned, as he messed with his cutter, noticing a black hat that X was messing around with. "And after all… we still don't know who Helheim will choose… whatever that means. I've heard some higher ups mention that… I've never known what it meant."
"Indeed," X nodded, placing the hat on his head before continuing with his work.
Back with X's older siblings Rock & Roll, they had finished helping preparations and decorations for the Valentine's Day Party.
"Phew! Finally!" Rock smiled as they finished a special banner of sorts.
"How's it going with the plan, Zero?" Roll asked the red robot.
"All figured out," Zero assured as Rock and Roll approached him, seeing he had a whiteboard.
"Okay, here's the plan. Us, and the other teams will head in, and make sure we're visible, but our starting location won't be known. I would figure that the base is in that forest,"
He circled a location of a few tents, while moving chibi versions of himself as Ryugen, Fraise, Bima, Baron, Kurokage, Gridon, Siren and Rancher. "We'll lure Bass out as we're gathering Lockseeds, and you look for that base Rock."
"Just remember, Zero, in order for Bass to find us, we gotta make ourselves as visible as possible so the security won't see Rock finding the base," Roll reminded Zero.
"Yea, yea, yea," Zero responded, as he looked over certain notes again.
"Just… be careful… with that armor, Bass is really powerful." Rock informed.
"Hey, c'mon Rock. There's gonna be at least eight Kamen Riders out there, and Roll even kicked Bass's butt. We can handle things from here," Zero assured.
"Alright…" Rock nodded.
Meanwhile, in said forest, Protoman was looking around, simply looking around at the premature Lockseeds.
"Oi. What are you doing here?" Flame Man's voice asked, as he walked over.
"I'm just looking around." Protoman informed, sketching out some notes, as he plucked a random fruit, and it changed into a Lockseed with a jalapeno design with the code "SJ-05".
"Eh? I didn't know a jalapeno was a fruit," Protoman admitted, as Flame Man also reached for a premature Lockseed, and it turned into a Lockseed with a snakefruit design, with the code "SJ-02".
"Let's get outta here before we get accused of cheating," Flame Man added before Protoman nodded and they dashed back towards the nearest zipper portal.
The next day, Bass yawned as he walked out of the mansion, ready for another day.
"Hey Nii-san," Zero waved, as he walked along by.
"What's up Alto?" Bass asked.
"I've… heard rumors that people have been attacked by monsters. Do you know anything about that?" Zero inquired, playing dumb.
"Monsters?" Bass responded, also feigning ignorance.
"Like those Inves thingies the Beat Riders call for, except they're really more violent than the the ones the Riders summon when they lose control."
"...I haven't heard much about it… but I'll be careful," Bass responded, as he headed out.
"Tch… how does he know of the Inves…" Bass wondered, as he walked off. He just continued to walk, as he looked into his briefcase for a moment, seeing the Lockseeds he had in it, apart from his Melon Lockseed, there was the Papaya Lockseed he was given by Cut Man to replace the Suika Lockseed that he was told Roll had stolen, along with another Lockseed, the Fourze Lockseed from the Bujin Sekai.
Bass simply gave a small sigh, as he closed the case and walked off, unaware Zero had headed out, and was off to meet up with the Kamen Riders, now wearing a blue scarf.
The Riders had gathered in an abandoned lot, with Zero and Flame Man wearing blue scarfs, AJ and Kaori wearing purple scarves, Slash Man and Jewel Man wearing brown scarfs, while Roll was still wearing the yellow scarf that looked like Protoman's. No one noticed Rock was hiding in the shadows to make sure no one saw him.
"Alrighty guys… you ready?" Zero asked, taking out his Sengoku Driver.
"Attends! A moment if I may?" a certain voice asked, making all of the Riders groan annoyed, as they all turned to see Clown Man.
"Oh no, it's that clown-yaro again," Rock whispered in his hiding spot.
Clown Man jumped down, grabbing onto a nearby lamppost, and landing with a perfect ten score. "Mind me asking why you chose not to invite moi to this event?"
"A. There's not enough Riders for you to have a partner and B. None of us like you." Roll informed, "Now go away!"
"What I want to know is how you know about our game," Zero added, when Clown Man smirked before pulling out his phone, showing Beat Rider Hotlines.
-Yea! Yea! Yea! Yea! YEA~! The Kamen Riders of the Beat Rider teams are now holding on a secret game, which I was informed of by one of my sisters, however, the rules are shrouded in mystery! So, which team do you think's gonna win this secretive special game?!- DJ Man asked.
Everyone gave a glare at AJ, who gave a sigh. "Pinkie can't keep a secret to save her life."
"Makes sense," Zero sighed, "And one more thing, Clown Man, you have no Lockvehicle."
Clown Man scoffed, as he showed a Lockvehcile Lockseed for the Sakura Hurricane.
"Obtaining this trinket was nothing for one such as I." Clown Man chuckled, making everyone groan.
"Don't worry. The rules say we need partners, and he has no partner," Roll informed, as Clown Man picked up a pipe, and tossed it her way, but it flew right above Roll and smacked an Elementary Inves that was approaching the nine Riders.
"Inves! When'd they get here?!" Kaori wondered aloud, as Clown Man took out his Sengoku Driver and quickly loaded his Lockseed in.
"Henshin"
=*Guitar Riff*!=
=DURIAN ARMS! MISTER~ DANGEROUS!=
Bravo dashed forward, slashing at the Inves with his blades, the Durinoko, bashing them around like nobody's business. All of the unhenshined Riders quickly went on the defensive, Slash Man and Jewel Man using their own methods to practice their teamwork, with Slash Man restraining one of the Inves.
"Now, Jewel Man!" he shouted as Jewel Man quickly sent his weapon, the Jewel Satellite, flying forward, destroying the Inves. Protoman quickly blasted the Inves with the Proto Buster, seeing what happened.
"Well… nothing is harder than diamond… at least that's known anyhow," Protoman shrugged, as he rushed over to Zero. "Hey Zero, is this some part of the game?"
"Uh… yea! It adds to the challenge," Zero bluffed.
"Actually, it isn't, Blues-Nii-san," Roll informed, "Sorry Zero."
Zero groaned annoyed, as Protoman took out his Sengoku Driver and the Banana Lockseed.
"Henshin,"
=BANANA!=
=LOCK ON!=
=COME ON!=
=BANANA ARMS! KNIGHT OF SPEAR~!=
"Come on Roll, we're going to get going!" Baron informed, as Roll gave a look at the battlefield, before giving a shrug.
"Sorry Zero-kun. Blues-Nii is the boss in this game," Roll responded, putting on her Sengoku Driver. "Henshin!"
=STRAWBERRY!=
=LOCK ON!=
=HERE WE GO!=
=STRAWBERRY ARMS! BERRI HEROIN!=
Fraise and Baron quickly knocked the Inves away, before they both got onto their Rider Machines and headed off for the forest, with Bravo soon following suit.
"...unbelievable…" Zero groaned annoyed, as he managed to get his Sengoku Driver on.
"Hey, you said we were starting," AJ pointed out to Zero, "The game's already underway."
"...tch. Henshin!"
=BUDOU!=
=LOCK ON!=
=HAI~!=
=BUDOU ARMS! RYU! HOU! HA HA HA!=
Zero turned into Ryugen and began to blast at the Elementary Inves, trying to keep his distance from them, while also making sure they didn't find Rock where he was hiding.
"Let's back him up," Flame Man told AJ and Kaori, as Flame Man put his Sengoku Driver on. The two girls nodded before doing the same.
"Henshin!"
=MANGOSTEEN!/APPLE/PASSIONFRUIT!=
=LOCK ON!=
=OHM~!/YEE-HAW!/*Harp Chord*!=
=MANGOSTEEN/APPLE/PASSIONFRUIT ARMS!=
=MAHABHARATA IN THE HOUSE!/APPLE AX~!/SAIREN TRUE PASSION!=
Bima rushed forward, using his claws to knock the Inves away from Ryugen, as Siren and Rancher both attacked with their weapons. Slash Man saw a chanced, before giving a small chuckle, seeing that Ryugen, Bima, Siren and Rancher were all fighting off the Inves, which would leave room for them to get going.
"Heh. Kamen Rider Kurokage in da house! I'm gonna take the top ranking no problem!" Slash Man smirked as he set up his Driver and showed his Lockseed.
=MATSUBOKKURI!=
=LOCK ON!=
=SEIYA!=
=MATSUBOKKURI ARMS! ISHIGEKI IN THE SHADOWS!=
Kurokage rushed forward, as Jewel Man saw what he was thinking, before taking out a Lockseed that he got from Cut Man earlier, an idea forming in his mind. "Better get moving. Henshin!"
=DONGURI!=
=LOCK ON!=
=COME ON!=
=DONGURI ARMS! NEVER GIVE UP~!=
Gridon quickly hid behind a car, waiting for the right moment to set his plan into motion.
"Hey! Me and Siren are gonna git goin'. Think ya'll can handle these creatures on your own?" Rancher checked with Ryugen.
"We'll try. We'll catch up in the forest as soon as we can," Ryugen informed, as Siren and Rancher quickly got out their Lockvehicles and zoomed on out. Ryugen was soon getting kicked in the gut by a few of the Inves, before he took out the Kiwi Lockseed.
=KI~WI!=
=LOCK OFF!=
=LOCK ON!=
=HAI~!=
=KIWI ARMS! GEKI, RIN, SEIYA, HA!=
As Ryugen gained the Kiwi Arms, Kurokage finally noticed Gridon hiding.
"Hey, Gridon? Whatcha got cookin' up in that mind of yours?" Kurokage gawked, rushing over to Gridon's hiding spot.
"I just thought I'd give a surprise Valentine's Day gift for the Gaimers," Gridon smirked and chuckled, showing a Himawari Lockseed and then finally walked out when the the other Riders were busy, "Oi! Inves, I've got a Lockseed for ya!"
He tossed the Lockseed at the Inves, hitting the Kaijin in the back before turning around and then looking down to see the Lockseed. Then, it happily ate the Lockseed as Gridon smirked, seeing it's skin molt just as Ryugen saw this and tried to attack.
"Dang, you're smart, Gridon," Kurokage admitted as the Inves evolved into a Kamikiri Inves, who charged forward at Ryugen, who was using his Kiwi Geki Rins to hold it off.
"Oi! What're you doing?!" Ryugen demanded of Gridon as Rock just gawked at what happened, still hiding.
"Sorry! There's no rule!" Gridon responded, as he took out a Rose Attacker Lockseed, and Kurokage took out a Sakura Hurricane Lockvehicle Lockseed, and they rushed off for the forest.
"What do you mean the Kamen Riders are arriving in Helheim?!" Bass demanded, as Axl had arrived to tell him.
"The Riders are just pouring in, and more are coming!" Axl informed, making Bass groan angrily, "Overseer?"
"Cut Man, that imbecile. What is he thinking?" Bass muttered, as he rushed over to a communicator to X's office. "X, is my new model Lockseed ready yet?"
-Negative. I'm still working on it. Use your Sengoku Driver.-
"KUSO!" Bass growled, snatching up his Sengoku Driver and both his Melon and Papaya Lockseeds before storming out of his office.
Bima and Ryugen continued to try and fight off the Kamikiri Inves, but were clearly getting drained by fighting it.
"Flame Man… we need to get a plan. Now!" Ryugen responded, as Bima took out the Lockseed he got from the forest last night.
"...I was hoping not to use this so soon… but we got no choice," Bima groaned before activating the snakefruit-themed Lockseed.
=SALAK!=
=LOCK OFF!=
=LOCK ON!=
=OHM!=
The zipper appeared above Bima as the Mangosteen Armor Part disappeared and the Salak Armor Part floated above him before plopping over his head. When it unfolded, the top split into two and folded together with the sides to form shoulder pad, while the front and back simply folded onto chest and back respectively, with the front forming the chest piece with snakefruit skin and flesh at its center. The back of helmet retained the curled hat just like Mangosteen Arms helmet had, except it sported scaled texture like a snakefruit. The earpiece was golden in color, resembling elven ears. The visor became creme in color, with brown circle resembling Salak seed at its center.
=SALAK ARMS! BHARATAYUDHA ON THE ROLL!=
(Insert Song: Point of No Return by Mahiro Takasugi)
"Where'd you get that?" Ryugen inquired.
"Not important!" Bima responded, as he held out the his Arms Weapons a pair of zig-zag shaped swords, keris themed in snakefruits with their spiky blades, and the hilt similar to Gaim's Daidaimaru and Bravo's Duri Noko, called the Salakeris.
The two Riders charged forward, using their weapons to their best effect, slashing rapidly at the Inves with their blades, with Rock looking very impressed from his hiding spot. Bima using the Salakeris to knock around any Elementary Inves, while Ryugen slashed the Kamikiri Inves with the Kiwi Geki Rins, easily knocking it to the ground.
"Honestly… imagining a kamikiri, I'd imagine it being green, and having bladed arms for weapons…" Bima admitted, as he slashed at the Inves a bit more.
"...I think there's a Rider like that…" Ryugen responded, as they managed to beat the last of the Elementary Inves, leaving only the Kamikiri Inves.
=ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!=
Gaim charged in, seeing the other Riders had left, and rushed in with his blade to assist Ryugen and Bima.
"Koko kare wa ore no stage daa!" he shouted, as he readied the Daidaimaru for action, slashing the Kamikiri Inves a bit, before he, Ryugen and Bima all did so, knocking it back, when a few Elementary Inves helped it back up.
"Leave this to me you two. Get going and be careful!" Gaim told them, as he slashed the Inves with both his weapons.
"B-But Rock!" Ryugen started, but Bima just gave him a wordless look that said to trust him. "Alright… here! It's finished re-charging, and give this to Roll when you get a chance!"
(End Insert Song)
With that, Ryugen tossed Gaim the Suika and Kuwa Lockseeds, the orange Rider managing to catch them both as Bima and Ryugen pulled out their Lockvehicles before boarding them and dashing off, while Gaim unlocked the Suika Lockseed.
=SUIKA!=
=LOCK ON!=
=SEIYA!=
=SUIKA ARMS! ODAMA BIG BANG!=
Gaim moved forward a bit, as the Suika Armor Part dropped down behind him, with the blue Rider jumping into it, as Bima and Ryugen sped off to the forest.
=YOROI MODE!=
With Gaim in the Armor Part, the watermelon converted into it's armor mode and held its naginata weapon before slashing at the Inves, destroying the Elementary Inves with little to no effort, before charging an energy watermelon at the Kamikiri Inves, destroying it as he slashed it with the Suika Sojinto. He dusted himself off, before tossing out his Sakura Hurricane, jumping out and getting onto it, turning back into Orange Arms, seeing the Lockseed had again lost color.
"Man… this thing sure is a pain to have on all the time, always needing recharging…," Gaim shrugged, as he rushed into the forest.
Meanwhile, at Yggdrasil Tower, several scientists were working on some computers, with an uprooted tree being in the center of the area, with a zipper leading to the forest wide open. An elevator arrived, as Bass walked out, clearly not in a good mood. He then pulled out the small orange bird in the shape of a Lockseed, had the code LA-01, and was a bit larger than most, but not as big as the Lockvehicles; he looked at it confused. Pressing the switch on the side like most Lockseeds, this one opened up to reveal a smaller orange. Bass pulled the Lock on the small orange, suddenly causing the entire Lock and the orange to transform by unfolding and folding parts to form itself into a small bird.
He then took out his Melon Lockseed. "Henshin,"
=MELON!=
He tossed it into the air, as the zipper opened up, and the Melon Armor Part floated above him. Bass caught the Lockseed and set it into place.
=LOCK ON!=
=SEIYA!=
=MELON ARMS! TENKA GOMEN!=
Bass let the Armor Part drop onto him, which unfolded into his form of Kamen Rider Zangetsu, as the little orange bird chirped beside him, his shield, the Melon Defender appearing in his arm as he appeared ready for anything.
(As the scene ended, Ryugen's current Lockseeds, Budou and Kiwi, the W Legendary Rider Lockseed and his Rose Attacker came across the screen, and they closed along with a zipper with the Ryugen Symbol on it.)
Jikai, Mega Kamen Rider Gaim
X: All of the Sengoku Driver users in the forest at one time…
Zangetsu: This forest isn't a place for your games!
Rock: There he is… Bass…
The forest's secrets are revealed…! Along with more new Arms!
=JALAPENO ARMS! SPEED OF SPI~CINESS!=
=KUMQUAT ARMS! MISTER~ LANCEMAN!=
=PAPAYA ARMS! TENKAI MAHO!=
=COCONUT ARMS! MIGHT~ OF GIANT!=
Rock: Don't they care what happens to all of us Riders?!
LOCK 13: The Truth Behind the Valentine's Games!
Go-On Red: All of the Kamen Riders are gathering in the forest of mystery… and a certain Rider doesn't seem to be so happy about that.
Kamen Rider Gaim: Hmm? What was the Lens Banki doing taking pictures of you all as the fight ended…?
Go-On Blue and Go-On Yellow: Jikai Lock 13!
Kamen Rider Baron and Kamen Rider Fraise: Jikai GP. 13!
*Go-On Red, Go-On Blue, Go-On Yellow, Go-On Green, Go-On Black, Go-On Orange, Kamen Rider Gaim, Kamen Rider Fraise, Kamen Rider Baron, Kamen Rider Ryugen, Kamen Rider Bima, Kamen Rider Rancher, and Kamen Rider Siren stand on Engine-Oh or Ganbaru-Oh with a Gaim flag in the background. Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim shake hands.*
Go-On Red and Kamen Rider Gaim: Super Hero Time! See you later!
Pikatwig: And we're done… the semi-final part of the Beat Rider's Arc is here...
KKD: Yep. The child's play is gonna end soon. While it was fun… sooner or later… we all have to truly grow up… just as our heroes will discover in the next Arc...
Pikatwig: But that doesn't mean you can't hold onto your childhood a tiny bit, everyone has an inner kid in them. Regardless, we have a load of new Lockseeds next time, two of which appeared in Movie War Sengoku, one of which exists thanks to Pega-Rider, and the last is a new one I thought up while we were typing this.
KKD: Yep, kudos again to Pega-Rider for letting us use these Lockseeds, even if we made some slight tweaks here and there.
Pikatwig: Speaking of Pega created Locks, in place of Kiwi, we have Salak, the snakefruit Lockseed, along with the debut of the theme for Ryugen Budou Arms and Kiwi Arms "Point of No Return" which is catchy, and the name really suits Micchy's character arc.
KKD: Yea… it's all good. Still can't believe when we finally got back to this, Gaim's over and we're close to the Beat Riders Arc's end. ...Okay, enough being down in the dumps. Favorite moments, aibou?
Pikatwig: I'm not sure… closest I can think of is when Bima and Ryugen tagged team the Inves. Also, a little thing I noticed as I was watching episode two of Gaim, the song that Team Baron was dancing to was an instrumental 'Never Surrender', Kaito's theme.
KKD: Hmm? *listens to the theme* ...Hey, you're right. Anyway, I guess my favorite part was what you mentioned, along with the appearance of the little Lock Assistant.
Pikatwig: Gaim didn't have any little helper's like W, OOO, Fourze and Wizard did, and it's lookin' like Drive doesn't either. Anyway… if I can say something… I'll admit, the reason I paired Gaim with Go-Onger for this Super Hero Time thing was because of the silly lighthearted way it started off… it kinda reminded me of Go-Onger. Make sense?
KKD: Yea, kinda. But the show sure matured overnight, didn't it?
Pikatwig: If you think about it… without the light moments, we probably would've ended up with a season darker than Faiz or Ryuki… *shrugs* anyway… aibou, do you think we should have a certain someone come out of hiding and tell us why he's here?
KKD: ...Silver?
Pikatwig: Yep. *walks forward, banging on the vents a couple times, before Silver falls down from the roof.*
Silver: WAGH! *falls on his butt* Oof! ITE… Oi! What's the big idea, Pika?! Can't a guy just listen in on a recording in peace here?!
Pikatwig: I just wanted to know why you were here s'all.
Silver: Well, don't do that again! -_-
Pikatwig: Alrighty… *sees GoseiRed and Den-O walk in.* Oh, hey guys.
GoseiRed: Can we please start soon… the games are getting a little bit boring… not to mention someone busted the TV.
Den-O: Not my fault.
Silver: You guys really need to keep your work schedule in check. See, this is why TB and I pressure you on working on and finishing Triple Super Hero Time every week. *suddenly, VirtualRed walks in as well as a purple gem-themed rider*
VirtualRed: Uh… why are we just sitting around?
Purple-Gem Rider: And why am I the only person waiting at my studio?
Pikatwig: Okay… VirtualRed, the script is being re-written. Give us time… Dreamer, you're not supposed to be here yet, you join the Virtualrangers in a Super Hero Time line-up soon.
Silver: Looks like someone can't keep their original projects in line. Maybe if you had a little help with them, like me with the Triple Super Hero Time line-up. Then you wouldn't be scrambling around as much. *folds his arms in a gangster pose before SEGA, MataRed, and Mitsuko from Guardians of Eclipsia join him*
Pikatwig: Who left the studio door open…? And don't you bring the Virtualrangers into this, it's because of you bringing up VirtualPink's debut we're having to re-write the script.
Silver: Oi! You're the one who wanted to delay her! Seriously, dude, your fanfics rarely get written and there are so many mistakes in trope continuity. I'm more trope-savvy, and you know it.
KKD: GUYS! Let's stop talking about tropes and schedules and all this stuff. We're all busy with so many things lately, we don't have time to argue about these things. *looks at clock* Oh shoot! Speaking of, I'm late! I gotta finish editing my latest fanfic review, or else it'll count as October's review instead of September's! Sorry I'm rushing guys, but I gotta go. Jaa ne! *rushes out*
Pikatwig: And leaves me to clean-up the chaos...
Silver: Hey, don't worry. I'll help you clean up, Pika. We may have our differences, and you drive me nuts at times, but you're still my friend. *grabs a mop* Also, you think I might be able to help out with Dreamer so that you can get it out soon? I'm sure with my help, we can release the series by Level 6 of Virtualranger.
Pikatwig: *shrugs* Okay… I need to get GoseiRed and Den-O back to the waiting room, VirtualRed back to his set and Dreamer to her's. Just Live More. *walks off*
Silver: MATTE! You're gonna leave me to clean up this studio alone?! Mou, there's Helheim fruit all over this place...
Pikatwig: No! I'm just getting these guys back to their set, and I'll help you!
Silver: Oh. Okay, then. Well, better get the flamethrower for all these fruits. Stand up the Vanguard!
