Chapter 11: The Battle of the Masked

*10 mins later…*

*All of the residents, save for Alma, were ready to fight. Either by the weapons in their hands or the Kamen Rider forms they took.*

*M3 had torn open the box he was carrying, revealing the item he made sure to get...was a custom 'Boombox' with a few odd looking tapes.*

M3: *Holding the boombox over his shoulder.* "Okay...Let's go get that Platinum Mask destroyed and take back the studio!"

*Everyone else (but Alma): *Gets pumped and excited.*

M3: *Turns to the Studio, saying, "Charge!" out loud as he runs off.*

*The other residents join in the charge as Magma Bot and Ice Bot don't join in.*


Magma Bot: *After watching the charging crowd head for the studio, says to Ice Bot, "I get the feeling we should just leave...Not much we can do to help."*

Ice Bot: *shrugs* "I dunno...we might find SOMETHING useful we can use to help…"

Magma Bot: "True… … ...You know what, we could search the Residential area for stuff we can use, provided the battle isn't going on in there."

Ice Bot: *nods* "Alright…"

Magma Bot: "Then we should probably go catch up."

*Magma Bot and Ice Bot run to catch up, making Alma be the only one left.*


Alma: *quivering in her corner, upset and despairing over what happened to IceBite; begins thinking about everything that happened since they met, and then remembered how they parted. Begins thinking about what the mask is probably making him do… … ...and gets increasingly angry...* "... … ...I...I can't let this continue…" *slowly and shakily stands up...before slowly making her way back towards the studio…*


*At the studio…*

*The charging crowd reaches the front door, noting that the door was placed to the side, leaving the entrance open.*

*After everyone got through, they bolted through the studio looking for the Masked and Platinum Mask...only to find they weren't there. However, their search found that a wall had been destroyed.*

*The wall led out to the studio grounds behind the building, allowing the group to see the decaying clocktower...and the Masked.*

*The Platinum Mask was channeling energy in the air as the Masked stood around guarding it, equipped with weapons and Kamen Rider forms as well…*


M3: *Inserts a tape with, "Rap" written on it into his boombox device and hits the play button.*

*The device opens up and M3 grabs a heavy microphone with a long bundle of wire attached as the music plays.*

M3: "Everyone ready?"

Everyone else: *Nods*

M3: "ATTACK!"

*The battle started as the residents charged to the Masked. Magma Bot and Ice Bot stick near the broken wall...waiting for their moment to join in…*


*The Mask stops what it was doing and takes its position on Masked IceBite...as the other Masked takes its order to attack.*


The first to trade attacks was GotM Connor and Masked Emperor Mitchell. GotM Connor was armed with only his fists and the device that summoned the explosive barrels. He got a barrel and chunked it at Masked Emperor Mitchell.

The barrel ended up missing as Masked Emperor Mitchell dodged out of the way. He was currently Kamen Rider Birth...except not exactly. The red stripes were over some parts of the silver-ish parts...

Thus making him Kamen Rider Birth Prototype.

GotM Connor summoned another barrel and chunked it at his opponent. It connected and exploded, stopping Kamen Rider Birth Prototype as the blast knocked him to the ground. GotM Connor followed up by closing the distance and picked up his opponent before headbutting him back to the ground.

Kamen Rider Birth Prototype got up off the ground, before pulling out some kind of rifle, inserting Cell Medals into the back… … ...before firing them out like bullets.

A few of the bullets end up missing GotM Connor, but he still ends up getting hit. Taking the pain, he continues forward as more bullets keep getting fired out. GotM Connor eventually grabs the rifle-like weapon and slams it into the iron mask on Kamen Rider Birth Prototype.

This rifle eventually gets thrown to the side as GotM Connor continues attacking with hooks and jabs to the iron mask. He finally ends it with roundhouse kicking Kamen Rider Birth Prototype's head, knocking the iron mask off.

Kamen Rider Birth Prototype ends up reaching the ground first, but as soon as the iron mask catches up, it breaks into many pieces as it hits the ground due to the impact made by GotM Connor's kick.

GotM Connor looks around to see others fighting as well...before his arm suddenly gets grabbed by Kamen Rider Birth Prototype. GotM Connor braced for a attack…

But it never occurred...instead Kamen Rider Birth Prototype used his arm to get back on his own two feet...before saying something.

"...I...I'm free...heh...thanks for that… … …"

"Are you alright? I may have gone a bit overboard in attacking the iron mask and hit you instead…" GotM Connor said back.

"I-I'm fine… … ...I think the masks must absorb the damage taken and take it instead…" Kamen Rider Birth Prototype replied, "Because that didn't hurt NEARLY as much as it probably should have…"

"Well...You up for helping us out? Plenty of opponents left..." GotM Connor said as he saw Masked Amaris a bit away from the two of them.

"...Yeah...I think so… … …" Kamen Rider Birth Prototype replied.

"Good...And you better have something else up your sleeve…" GotM Connor noted, before getting Kamen Rider Birth Prototype's attention towards Masked Amaris.

Kamen Rider Birth Prototype shook his head, before shifting back to Emperor Mitchell. "Don't have much...this will have to do…" He then put another Cell Medal into the Birth Driver and transformed again, this time into Kamen Rider Birth.

"Don't worry, I'm-" GotM Connor cuts his words short as he sees Zeldane getting attacked by the Masked Wastelanders. "-Good luck, I'm going to help Zeldane." And leaves Emperor Mitchell to be by himself.


Kamen Rider Birth turned toward Masked Amaris...who had a familiar belt on her waist, three medals already inserted. "... … ...Oh son of a bi-"

"PTERA! TRICERA! TYRANNO! PU~TO~TYRANNOSAURUS!"

And like that, Masked Amaris became Kamen Rider OOO, Putotyra Combo… … ...and became a hundred times more dangerous. Immediately, Kamen Rider Birth pulled out the Birth Buster (the rifle-like weapon from earlier) and opened fire… … ...only for Kamen Rider OOO to roar, sparks flying from her armor but not leaving a scratch, and her charging. Kamen Rider Birth had little time to react, as Kamen Rider OOO began to violently beat into him.

Kamen Rider Birth didn't have much time to react before he was on the ground. Fortunately, his defeat meant OOO was now leaving him alone...but that meant she was also looking for someone else to thrash. Emperor Mitchell dehenshined, not sure what to do… … …until the Birth Driver slips off his wait, and before he could catch it, another belt takes its place: a Ghost Driver. A Specter Eyecon appears from a tiny portal akin to those that Lindsey makes. Emperor Mitchell looked at the Eyecon and activated it… ... ...the Specter Eyecon…Emperor Mitchell then inserted the Eyecon into the Ghost Driver.

"EYE! BATCHIRIMIRO! BATCHIRIMIRO!"

The sound got OOO's attention, as Emperor Mitchell pulled the lever on the driver.

"KAIGAN: SPECTER! READY, GO! KAKUGO! DOKI DOKI GHOST!"

Seeing the new contender, OOO charges, while Specter dodges and counterattacks. With superhuman speed, Specter avoids OOO's strikes, and tries striking back. However, OOO was still stronger...until another portal opened, dropping out…the Sin Specter Eyecon…

Behind Specter's mask, Emperor Mitchell's eyes widened. THAT much power was being given? Well...only one thing to do...disengaging, he swapped out the Eyecons.

"SEVEN SHINKA! EYE! BATCHIRIMIRO↓! BATCHIRIMIRO↓!"

Then, he pulled the lever…

"SHIN KAIGAN: SIN SPECTER! PRIDE, GREED, LUST, WRATH, ENVY, GLUTTONY, SLOTH! BREAK DEADLY SIN!"

"...Let's see you handle this...you damned Mask!" Kamen Rider Specter rejoined the fight, this time overpowering his opponent. Soon...he activated his finisher.

"SHIN DAI KAIGAN! SIN SPECTER! DEADLY OMEGA DRIVE!"

Six wings sprouted from Specter's back as he rose into the air...then flew at OOO in a flying kick. The kick struck home on the mask and knocked OOO backward, out of her transformation...and blasting the mask clean off her face.

Amaris, now freed of the mask, just laid there, until she finally began to stir. Dismissing his armor, Emperor Mitchell went to her side. "Amaris, are you alright?"

"... … ...D-Daniel?" With that, Emperor Mitchell just hugged her, glad they were both now free of that accursed mask's influence…

Emperor Mitchell noticed something drop to the ground next to Amaris: three medals, red in color. He quietly and quickly scooped them up in one hand, holding onto them...at least until when he KNEW Amaris would need them...


While that went on, across the battlefield…

Kyle as Kamen Rider Kiva, was fighting Masked Frederick. Using his 'Metal Slugs' gear, Kiva uses his dual machine guns as more of an evasion tool. This was done to avoid Masked Frederick's attacks, who was under the armor of Kamen Rider Faiz.

The armor of Faiz was a bit odd looking. Almost entirely in the color of red with metal parts on the arms, legs, and torso to break it up. The helmet of the armor was hard to make out due to the iron mask being a part of it.

Speaking of appearances, his weapon was the Faiz Blaster...except it was in the 'Photon Breaker' mode or sword mode in simpler terms…

...Oh, and it was more like a light blade or something. Either way, Kiva made sure to dodge it.

Eventually, after Faiz was tired out, Kiva ended up using the machine guns to smack the Faiz Blaster away...before following up with slamming both guns together into Faiz.

The impact stunned Faiz, allowing Kiva to grab the mask and force it to the ground. Once it was on the ground, Kiva filled the mask with bullets till it broke into pieces.

With the iron mask gone, Faiz end up regaining control of himself...turning back into Frederick as he adjusted to being in control of his own person.

"I recommend getting out of here...Chrom and Maribelle are still under the Mask's control." Kiva said as he kept an eye out.

Frederick then asked, eyes widening, "What of Lissa?"

"Lissa's fine...The Mask never got her. But...She's currently fighting Chrom at the moment…"

Kiva said as he spotted the two off in the distance.

Frederick's eyes widened...and he charged off, to try to intervene…after Kiva pointed them out.

Soon after that, Kiva ended up moving through the battlefield,...


Back with Amaris and Emperor Mitchell...

The action of the battle goes on as Zeldane and GotM end up bringing their battle to Amaris and Emperor Mitchell by retreating from the Masked Wastelanders to lure them into a more fair fight.

It works slightly because Masked Cait ended up focusing on Amaris and Emperor Mitchell, but GotM Connor and Zeldane still had to deal with the three other Masked Wastelanders.

Unfortunately...that also came with its own consequence.

Masked Cait ended up throwing her Supersledge with its engine on full blast. It spinned as it flew and collided with Emperor Mitchell, doing a lot of damage. Suffice to say, that did not go well with his companion near him…

"Daniel!" Amaris called, before turning towards Masked Cait...and forced to evade two strikes.

"Amaris…" Emperor Mitchell wheezed. Amaris turned towards him...as he held out three red Core Medals...Amaris took the Core Medals and turned back towards Masked Cait...before inserting the Medals and scanning them…

"TAKA! KUJAKU! CONDOR! TA~JA~DOOOOOL!"

*Music Track: "Time Judged All" by Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) & Ankh (Ryosuke Miura); Start at 0:13*

With a gesture, a peacock's tail made of energy appeared behind Kamen Rider OOO...and with another, the feathers turned into missiles that blasted the ground around Masked Cait, as well as the other Masked Wastelanders.

GotM Connor and Zeldane had to quickly evade, but were glad to see the results...until they saw that the Masked Wasteladners were still up...and three of them had shields reforming around them.

The only one who didn't have a shield reform was Masked Cait...but she tanked the damage from the missiles...and responded with her rifle and fired back with a big laser.

However, with another gesture, six things that resembled large, thick feathers appeared on OOO's back, and...she launched into the air just before the laser fired. Then, the breastplate showing the Tajadol symbol glowed, before a small shield/spinner thing appeared on OOO's left arm...which she proceeded to fire fireballs out of at the Masked Wastelanders, all while swooping and dodging in the air.

The Masked Wastelanders either dodged or tanked the fireballs...and returned attacks. The lasers, bullets, and rockets ended up missing due to the target dodging.

A solution was found as the Masked channeled some of the Platinum Mask's magic into their weapons. Suddenly, the projectiles they were firing were stronger and had a sort of homing property to them.

*Track: 3:29*

This time, they hit OOO, but she was able to tank it. "...Enough of this…" she hissed, before she scanned the Core Medals in the driver.

"SCANNING CHARGE!"

Doing a mid-air somersault, OOO's legs changed into taloned bird feet, which she then struck Cait with, swooping at her.

The attacked was tanked, but ended up doing up damage to Masked Cait...Just not enough however.

Then, at the peak of the arc she swooped at, she stopped….then readied to finish things.

*Track: 3:54*

She began removing the Core Medals from the OOO Driver...and after opening the Taja Spinner, inserting the Medals into it and closing it. Then, she scanned the Taja Spinner.

"TAKA! KUJAKU! CONDOR! GI GI GI! GIGA SCAN!"

With that, the flaming visage of a Phoenix appeared in the air, around OOO.

GotM Connor and Zeldane were stunned by what they saw, before they wondered what was going to happen.

Then, OOO dived at the Masked Wastelanders...before striking all 4 at once with her powerful attack.

The Masks end up crumbling into pieces as the Wastelanders collapse to the ground...still alive as they turn themselves upside...slowly breathing as they recovered from the sudden change.

OOO landed on the other side of them...before dehenshining, before beginning to fall over, where Emperor Mitchell, who'd gotten up during the course of the fight, caught her.

*End Track*

"...Did...that work?" Amaris asked weakly.

Emperor Mitchell smiled. "Aye...that'll do…"

Amaris gave a small smile, before closing her eyes. Emperor Mitchell summoned an orb of energy, which began to flow into Amaris. He then looked at the others. "I...think we'll be out of the fight for a time…"

The Wastelanders didn't say anything, but GotM Connor did as he made his way over to Amaris and Emperor Mitchell.

"Is she alright? That...attack was...I don't know what to say, really."

"She's just exhausted…" Emperor Mitchell replied, "I'm gonna hang back and make sure nothing tries to get at her while the battle's going on…"

"Okay. I'm going to check on the Wastelanders...Probably get them back to fighting once everything settles for them… … ...Oh, and tell Amaris that me and Zeldane were amazed at what she pulled off." GotM Connor said before leaving to check on the Wastelanders.


Elsewhere on the battlefield…

With 4 Masked ended up defeated at once, and a significant number of Masked already lost...The Platinum Mask summoned various monsters.

The creatures it summoned were man-sized mutant crabs, giant mutant crabs, big hairy sasquatches, mutant chomping plants, bandaged mummies and dogs, and walking corpses of people. They were all in the color of platinum...and they were numerous.

And they were just the beginning. Other creatures spawned (not made of platinum this time), belonging to the name of Kaijin. The Kamen Rider Kaijin joined the ranks of the other summoned creatures and fought for the Mask.

Frederick rushed through the battlefield, fighting his way towards where Lissa and Chrom were. Frederick wasn't so worried about Chrom: from what he overheard, and figured out, the masks took any damage the wearer took into themselves instead, meaning if Chrom would be injured, it'd just damage the mask, potentially destroying it and freeing Chrom from its control.

No, what he was worried about was Lissa: she trained as a magic user back home, and that meant she had little in the way of strength, meaning it was possible Chrom was pummeling her right now. He had to hurry before-

He arrived and was shocked at what he saw.

*Music Track: "Existence ~ KAIXA nized dice" by Tanimoto Takayoshi; at 0:14, skip to 0:49*

Falchion and the Ixacalibur clashed with the Kaixa Blaygun's blade. What shocked Frederick more was that Lissa didn't seem all that winded...while Chrom's mask had taken a beating.

*Music Track: at 1:27, skip to 3:30*

Then, Kaixa took and turned the face of the Kaixa Phone and pressed a button on the phone.

"Exceed Charge!"

She then raised the Blaygun and, after pulling the back out a bit, fired a shot, resulting in a diagonal criss-crossing pattern to appear over Ixa. Then, Kaixa dropped into a pose… … …and zoomed forward, phasing through Ixa...and causing a small explosion where Chrom's Mask was destroyed, and he immediately fell out of his transformation.

*End Track*

"Milady! Milord!" Frederick shouted as Lissa dehenshined behind her brother. Lissa's face darted in his direction and she smiled widely. "Frederick! Your mask is gone!"

"Indeed, Kyle's the one that defeated it…" He then turned to Chrom. "Milord, are you alright?"

"Gah...fine...Damn, Lissa, you sure pack a punch…and with that fighting style, I'm gonna suggest that you train as an Assassin…"

"Hmmm...nah, I'm good," Lissa replied, resulting in a laugh from the siblings...only for footsteps to grab the trio's attention. Approaching them was… … ...this infestation's 'patient Zero', Masked Cordelia, who approached them...Yuuki Belt at the waist.

"Hijack Form!"

A belt whose armor formed around her. Said armor had the appearance of an armored robe, with a somewhat flower-shaped helmet and rusted jaw-shaped pauldrons. The main weapon was a sword with an axe-like crossguard. And she was heading right towards them.

As Frederick came to a defensive posture in front of the group, however… … …

"NYAHAHAHAHAH! Now, come on, dear, let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's just talk about it…" Henry stepped from the shadows.

"... ...It has no need for talking...It...wants...you to be...gone." Masked Cordelia said in response.

"OOOOOOOOO! Our first fight! Let's see…"

"DRIVER ON! NOW!"

"... ...You will...not win...It will."

"HENSHIN!" Henry called, before scanning the Change Ring.

"CHANGE, NOW!"

And with that, he became armored in a suit of armor with a mask that looked like obsidian with a wizard's hat on top, and he was garbed in gold and black wizard robes. "Let's go!"

"CONNECT, NOW!"

From the resulting magic circle, Kamen Rider Sorcerer grabbed the Dis Halberd, and readied to fight Kamen Rider Yuuki. The fight was rather quick, as Sorcerer not only outpaced Yuuki in terms of strength and speed, but he also could use his magic.

His finisher brought an end to the fight.

"YES, KICK STRIKE! UNDERSTAND?"

With that kick strike, Cordelia's mask was destroyed. Being as she was one of the longest ones under the control of a Mask, Cordelia immediately fell unconscious from the experience.

"...Looks like I'll be staying here a while till she gets up…" Henry stated.

Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick nodded, before, after Lissa re-henshined, moving to rejoin the fight.


Yet on another part of the field of battle...

Leon and Travis teamed up as those mutant crabs and giant versions of said crabs went towards them. Both Wastelanders believed that the creatures must have had a bias towards them.

In the case of Leon, this made sense as he yelled out calling the crabs 'Mirelurks' as he shot many of them with his guns. Travis, though not having the same level of hatred for Mirelurks, was attacked because he was next to Leon.

That went on as Masked Maribelle, who was armored up as Kamen Rider Blade, searched for opponents in the sea of monsters.

However…

"FINAL FORM RIDE: B-B-B-BLADE!"

And suddenly, Blade rose into the air, before forming into what was essentially an enlarged Blay Rouser, which then, Masked IceBite, as Kamen Rider Decade, came up from behind and grabbed. The noticeable thing about Decade, however, was that there was no mask visible on his face… … ...rather…

"...Oh shit…" Dark Prelate Mitchell commented.

"What is it? I'm busying deal with the undead here…" M3 commented as he swung that heavy microphone around as a weapon.

"I think I found IceBite...and we're in trouble...BIG trouble…" Dark Prelate Mitchell replied, "He's Kamen Rider Decade...Violent Emotion Form!"

"How bad could it be… ...OH…" M3 said as he saw what made Dark Prelate Mitchell say that...though he was looking more at the big sword.

M3 then spoke up again saying, "Uh...We should probably get backup...right?"

Dark Prelate Mitchell nodded. "Yeah… … ...this is a form to not take lightly…"

With that, M3 sped off, getting backup. He ends up bringing back Kiva, Faiz, Owain (as Kamen Rider Den-O), and Lucina (as Kamen Rider Ryuki).


Meanwhile, Severa just finished off another enemy, dehenshining. "Gawds, this is pointless! They just keep coming! GAH! If only I had a better way of fighting back!"

"What? Another me is just giving up?! GAWDS, grow a backbone, would ya?!"

"Wait, WHAT?!" Severa asked...as then, a silvery wall appeared, and out stepped...two Kamen Riders, one resembling a palette swap of Kamen Rider Decade, the other with a slightly different design, a box-like helmet with fins on it resembling a barcode, with no lenses. The second one also looked more feminine.

"I mean, really, here we come, coming to help, and you're just gonna give up?"

"Come now, Severa…" said the Decade Look-alike, who spoke in a VERY familiar voice, "You see all the crap going on here, and I KNOW for a FACT you broke down early in our journey…"

The other Severa just 'hmphed', before tossing something to the FFNA Severa. "Here...make good use of it, ok?" she asked, in a softer tone, "Just put the card into the slot at the barrel, then pull the barrel out, and then pull the trigger…Try summoning some more Riders, then using those Final Form Ride cards on your summons and some of the others..."

Severa just nodded. "Alright… … …"

The other Severa turned to Dark Decade. "So...are we going yet?"

"Not yet...I got something I need to give to MY doppelganger...but the others need to stop him first...so...we might as well get to watching this, and making sure it doesn't spill out of Studio Grounds..."

"GAH! Fine!" And the two ran off.

Severa looked down at the device in her hands...before turning to the Drive Driver. "So...Mr Belt...will you be alright?"

"Just set me down here, I'll keep watch…"

Severa nodded, and placed him on top of a crate, so Mr Belt had a good field of vision. Then she looked up...and running to the battle.

"Hey! Don't forget about me!"


M3 ended up seeing Severa run towards the little group he got. He also spots the strange object in her hands.

He can infer that it was Kamen Rider Gear, but not actually what it was supposed to be.

"Volunteering to help us, Severa? And where did you get that gear you're carrying?" M3 asked once she was within hearing range.

"Kinda strange, if you ask me…" Severa stated, before inserting a card into the device.

"KAMEN RIDE!"

Dark Prelate Mitchell's eyes widened. "That's the-"

"Henshin!"

*Music Track: "Fight in the Man"*

"DIEND!"

With that, a series of three images, one green, one red, and one blue, appeared, as well as a symbol over Severa's head, which then separated into a series of bars. The images darted around until finally meeting on Severa, which turned into a suit of armor.

Then, the bars came down and became a series of fins, also turning most of the armor blue. Severa had become Kamen Rider Diend.

"Nice to see another Kamen Rider joining us…" Kiva noted as a response in a slightly dry tone.

Then, Severa, remembering her counterpart's advice, inserted two cards into the DienDriver.

"KAMEN RIDE: KUUGA!"

"KAMEN RIDE: AGITO!"

Then, a pair of images flew out, summoning… … ...a copy of Kamen Rider Kuuga and Kamen Rider Agito.

*End Track*

"Okay...DP Mitchell, you mind telling me what I'm seeing? Cause I'm not getting what is going on…" M3 said to Dark Prelate Mitchell rather flatly.

Kiva joined in with, "Same here...What's going on?"

"This is Kamen Rider Diend's gimmick," Dark Prelate Mitchell replied, "He can SUMMON Kamen Riders...not an unlimited amount, but when one Kamen Rider can punch or kick with literal tons of force… … ...yeah..."

"So..We got at least what...7 Kamen Riders here? If so, that sounds like it's more than enough to take on Ice…" M3 retorted.

Dark Prelate Mitchell held up 9 fingers.

"Either way...We got hopefully enough people...I think. I have no idea what may happen next." M3 said back.

Dark Prelate Mitchell immediately began counting down. "Kuuga. Agito. Ryuki. Faiz. Blade. Hibiki. Kabuto. Den-O. Kiva. The original Kamen Rider Decade, when he went Violent Emotion, took down all 9 one after another… … ...and attacking him all at once will just make friendly fire easier… … ...I just wonder what Diend has planned…"

Then, Diend went behind the rest of the Riders, before…

"FINAL FORM RIDE: KUUGA!"

"FINAL FORM RIDE: AGITO!"

"FINAL FORM RIDE: RYUKI!"

"FINAL FORM RIDE: FAIZ!"

"FINAL FORM RIDE: DEN-O!"

"FINAL FORM RIDE: KIVA!"

Kuuga turned into the Kuuga Gouram, a flying robotic beetle; while Agito turned into the Agito Tornador, some kind of hoverbike. Ryuki, as in Lucina, turned into the Ryuki Dragreder, a robotic Eastern-style Dragon; while Faiz, as in Frederick, turned into the Faiz Blaster, a massive blaster. Owain popped out of Den-O's armor, before the armor turned into a body for Momotaros; while Kiva, as in Kyle, turned into the Kiva Arrow, a giant bow.

"... … … … …What?" M3 just bluntly said.

"What the-" Ryuki Dragreder asked.

"This is...our power…" Diend said, Severa, under the mask of the armor, giving a confident smirk.

"...Alright, then let's do this!" Owain stated, pulling out his sword, alongside Momotaros.

Diend tossed Momotaros the Kiva Arrow, while she grabbed the Faiz Blaster, and took to the air on the Agito Tornador.

Decade tried fighting back by unleashing energy ribbons from the Blade Blade, but Diend kept dodging. Then...she unleashed the first of her Final Attack Rides.

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: K-K-K-KIVA!"

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: F-F-F-FAIZ!"

Momotaros pulled back on the Kiva Arrow, while Diend aimed with the Faiz Blaster at Decade and Maribelle...and fired into the duo...After the attack, Faiz and Kiva turned back into their normal forms.

Aria, who was currently Kiva-la, ran over. "Are you alright?" she asked Kiva.

"I think I am…" Kiva takes a moment to move, notching his legs hurts. "Yeah, besides the increasing pain in my legs, I'm fine."

Due to the attack, the Blade Blade reverted back to being Kamen Rider Blade. Then came the second set of Final Attack Rides.

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: A-A-A-AGITO!"

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DEN-O!"

Momotaros's sword's blade flew off the hilt, but remained connected by a beam of electricity. "Final! My Final Attack! DIEND VERSION!" These strikes were aimed directly at Decade. Meanwhile, Diend and the Agito Tornador charged at Decade, before, at point-blank range, Diend fired energy blasts from the Diendriver RIGHT into Decade's face.

With that, the Agito Tornador transformed back into Agito and promptly disappeared, while… ... ...Momotaros remained, before joining Owain in his fight.

"Now then...Lucina, let's go!" Diend called, before Diend prepared a final set of Final Attack Rides.

"Right!" the Ryuki Dragreder called.

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: K-K-K-KUUGA!"

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: R-R-R-RYUKI!"

The Kuuga Gouram flew in and grabbed Blade in its jaws, while Diend leapt into the air, the Ryuki Dragreder looping around it...before the Ryuki Dragreder fired a fireball at Diend, propelling her forward in a flying kick, while the Kuuga Gouram rushed at Diend, Blade trapped in its jaws.

The impact caused a small explosion, as Diend and Maribelle fell to the ground...and the mask on Maribelle's face promptly shattered on impact.

"Well...At least Maribelle is not controlled anymore...-" M3 cuts his words as he notices Masked Gene moving through the crowds of monsters.

M3 ends up leaving the group and tries to get to Masked Gene. While that goes on, Kiva's legs stop hurting, allowing him and Kiva-la to team up as they tried finding another Masked to fight.

Meanwhile, Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick arrived, while Lucina hobbled over, recovering from being turned into a Dragon, and Brady closed, knocking down a summoned Fangire as Kamen Rider Caucasus.

"Maribelle, are you alright?" Chrom asked.

"... … ...I...I'm fine…" Maribelle replied.

A red blur, followed by a blue blur, approached from the sky. "Good to see you're yourself again," the Kabuto Zecter commented.

"It's...good to be myself again…" Maribelle replied.

"Then I guess it's time to team up again…" Kabuto replied.

Maribelle nodded. "Just give me a moment to rest, and I'll be ready…"

"And what's this?" Frederick asked, pointing to the Stag Beetle like robot thing.

"This is my counterpart, Gatack Zecter...he has expressed an interest in working with my current partner's husband," Kabuto Zecter replied.

Gatack Zecter approached Chrom. "I am ready when you are…" Gatack's voice was slightly higher than Kabuto's.

Chrom looked at the Zecter...then nodded, grabbing it as a belt appeared around his waist, pushing off the Ixa Belt. He attached the Zecter to the belt. "Henshin!"

"HENSHIN!"

The armor that appeared over Chrom vaguely resembled Kabuto's in Masked Form, but with 2 exceptions: the helmet was different, and his shoulders sported two Cannons.

Chrom then walked through the steps to Cast Off…

"CAST OFF! CHANGE: STAG BEETLE!"

The result was a suit of armor slightly heavier than Kabuto's, with a set of Stag Beetle jaws on the helmet. The armor was blue, with red lenses for eyes.

Lissa, Frederick, and Lucina re-henshined into their Rider forms. Gatack said, "You all head out and attack the monsters. Brady and I will protect Maribelle as she recovers."

"Father, are you sure-" Ryuki began, before Caucasus interrupted her.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" he stated.

Ryuki hesitated, before nodding, and joining her Aunt and Uncle in the fight, while Gatack and Caucasus attacked anything that got close to Maribelle.


Some moderate distance away, a minute or two later...

Kiva and Kiva-la fought through several monsters before they ended up seeing Masked ZS Connor. He was armed with the Norfleet...looking straight at them.

A trio of rockets end up getting fired, giving Kiva and Kiva-la a few moments to evade the explosions. They do and try to close the distance to their opponent.

Then came the big problem...One of the giant crabs ended up finding its way into the battle. It assisted Masked ZS Connor by focusing on one target. The target being Kiva-la.

Kiva-la had to dodge the rockets and the giant claws of the crab. Admirably she was doing a great job, but a small mistake end up turning disastrous.

The trio of rockets ended up exploding near Kiva-la...who dodged the explosion, but not the slag that end up coating her. The smell distracted her, allowing the giant crab to land an attack that sent Kiva-la into the air and back several feet before hitting the ground.

Kiva witnessed that and ended up shooting the crab to scare it off before he ran over to Kiva-la's side.

"Aria...Talk to me...say something…" Kiva said, getting emotional.

Kiva-la dehenshined, and Aria groaned, looking up at Kyle, unable to formulate a sentence.

Then Aria fainted...As that giant crab ended up returning to attack the two. It probably shouldn't have done that…

The crab got more bullets sent its way, damaging it a bit while also caring it off again. This gave a moment for Kiva to do something else.

"Pyun Pyun!" Or rather someone to come help. "Tension Fortissimo!" Then...Tatsulot flew by and cut the chains on Kiva's shoulders, which opened up like bat wings, causing a flurry of gold bats to fly out.

Tatsulot then latched onto Kiva's left forearm, before saying, "Hen-SHIN!" as the gold bats returned, transforming his armor into something more regal looking, as a plume of flame came from the back, turning into a knee-length cape. The armor was now gold, with red trim and a red chestplate, with a red visor.

Kyle ended up becoming Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form...And he set out to test this out on two particular targets.

The first target being that giant crab who harmed Aria…

Kiva brought up his arm, pulling on Tatsulot's horn.

"Wake Up FE~VER!"

Kiva dropped into a pose...before jumping into the air.

Once in the air, Kiva shot straight and fast with his legs out as red energy surrounded them. The kick ended up slamming into the crab as two energy wings attacked viciously. This continued as the attack pushed the crab back further and further…

Kiva stopped as the crab kept sliding across the ground, breaking apart once it stopped.

With that out of the way, Kiva turned his attention to Masked ZS Connor, who swapped over to the Digistruct Katana...and charged at Kiva.

Kiva felt something was off...which is why he let his opponent attack him. It was a wise decision because it was just a decoy and Kiva dodged in time to avoid the real attack.

Continuing to dodge, Kiva ended up pulling out the Ballistic Fist and equipped it to let him get back to a more familiar fighting style.

More attacks came and went, getting dodged or blocked by Kiva. This tired out Masked ZS Connor, allowing Kiva to punch the sword out of his opponent's hand. And then also punch him with the Ballistic Fist.

With that, his opponent was stunned...Allowing Kiva to try off something he just made up of the top of his head.

Jumping into the air again, Kiva repeated the steps for Emperor Moon Break...Except made sure to use his Ballistic fist-covered arm instead. Then he shot fast towards Masked ZS Connor, landing the hit as the barrels on the gauntlet fired off.

The blasts were red and shaped like sharp wings as they striked Masked ZS Connor as well. Kiva bounced off, landing as he saw the mask on ZS Connor fall to the ground shatter on impact.

ZS Connor fell as well, ending up landing on his side as he regained control of himself.

"Thank you…" was all that ZS Connor said before he focused on breathing.

With that, Kiva returned to Aria's side…

"Aria...Wake up… ...Please wake up…" Kiva said, getting emotional again.

For a moment, nothing...then Aria groaned again, finally waking back up.

Beneath the armor, Kyle felt like tearing up...but kept it in as he talked again.

"You have no idea how worried I was about you...Aria. But I made sure to make that crab pay..."

"...Wh-what happened...you look...different…" Aria replied.

"This...This is a different form of Kiva...I think...I don't know its name right now...But it allowed me to destroy that mask on ZS Connor as well." Kiva responded, showing he wasn't as knowledgeable as the experts.

"...How?"

"I...just used a move I made up on the spot...and that's how it happened." Kiva rather suspiciously said as he came up with a anwser.

Of course, he followed with saying that it had to take a few steps from an existing one...But either way, he ended up calling it 'Ballistic Crash'.

ZS Connor eventually recovered and made his way over to the two, allowing Kiva to get keep an eye out for any enemies or monsters as ZS Connor kept an eye on Aria as she recovered.


Meanwhile, on another chunk of the large field…

*Start Music Track: NMT World: "Metal" Theme: Plants Vs Zombies 2:

M3 had to whip his way through several monsters before being able to spot Masked Gene again. The Masked assistant saw M3...and just ran off he ordered more monsters to attack.

The undead, mummies, and plant creatures of platinum took the order and tried to swarm M3. He countered by replacing the tape with another tape called "Metal". This changed the microphone into a custom guitar.

Which then got used as a blunt weapon, smacking into an undead man before taking out the others nearby with a powerful wave of sound. This went on till the swarm was dealt with.

A chase then ensued between Masked Gene and M3.

*Switch Music Track: NMT World: "Rap" Theme*

Swapping tapes over, M3 whips down several monsters as he runs. Some mummies and sasquatches end up blocking the path as they spit out curse bombs and icy breath respectfully.

Dodging the projectiles, the whipping microphone ends up taking out the mummies, but just doesn't stop the sasquatches. M3 made another swing and that took care of the job.

On the move again, he spots Masked Gene behind a small ground of undead people. The undead see M3 and just start sending bile in his direction.

Using the microphone, M3 spinned it in front of himself as the bile got reflected onto the undead. This caused the undead to fall from their own attacks, allowing M3 to catch up to Masked Gene.

Once M3 was close enough, he aimed his weapon for the mask, landing a solid hit. But the damage only made a crack form. The Masked assistant then ran off again.

*Switch Music Track: NMT World: "Punk" Theme*

Mummy dogs and hostile plants emerged towards M3. They stayed low to the ground to make the microphone whip less effective.

Taking longer to aim low, M3 swapped tapes once more. The boombox started playing the "Punk" tape, replacing the whip with dark fingerless gloves and steel toe boots.

The monsters didn't take it seriously and continued to converge. What they ended up learning that is M3 ends up being able to punt any monsters into the air with his kicks.

The mummy dogs and walking plants end up going flying as they crash into other monsters hard. This continues until M3 ends up punting a mummy dog towards Masked Gene and the two collide.

This stunned the runner, allowing M3 to land a heavy hook on the mask, making another crack form before Masked Gene bolted off again.

*Switch Music Track: NMT World "Arcade/8-Bit" Theme*

As Masked Gene ran off once again, a wide assortment of monsters swarmed M3. They all charged hoping they could take him out once and for all.

M3 switched tapes, replacing the current one with a new one called "8-Bit".

The monsters were just reaching the point where they could attack him...when a large group of arcade machines suddenly appeared around M3.

The machines had been arranged to be a sort of circular shield, protecting M3 for the moment. The monsters continued their attack, but had to break through the machines first.

This gave enough time for M3 to escape by climbing on top of one of the machines and jumping past the swarm of monsters. He landed a bit awkwardly before recovering and breaking into running.

*Switch Music Track: NMT World "Pop/Glam" Theme*

The swarm of monsters followed M3 as he kept running towards Masked Gene. However, the distance between the two was long enough that M3 had to run faster.

After changing the tapes, the boombox started playing the music of "Pop". The effect of this music end up making M3 run faster...way faster.

He was able to catch up to Masked Gene and trip the runner before M3 ended up grabbing the mask and forced it off Gene's face.

Once it was separated, M3 threw it on the ground and started pounding the mask with the boombox.

The iron mask ended up getting more cracks until it finally broke, freeing Gene from the control of the Platinum Mask.


M3 quickly turned back to Gene, who was still on the ground.

"Thank you…" Gene said before continuing with, "...But I think you got something else to worry about…"

As Gene pointed that out, the swarm of monsters was just about to reach the two.

M3 quickly swapped the last tape he had not used...The "Ballad" tape.

*Switch Music Track: NMT World: "Ballad" Theme*

The boombox started playing the music...as the monsters suddenly stopped.

M3 and Gene looked towards them, noticing that the music had put the creatures in some kind of peaceful stupor.

"Please tell me that you got something else you can do before this wears off…" Gene said in a worryingly tone as he slowly got on his two feet.

"Uh...Actually, I don't...The moment this music stops...They'll go back to attacking." M3 said back half-heartedly.

"Great...Now we need help." Gene retorted.

The music continued to play as Gene and M3 tried to come up with a escape plan for their current predicament…

Until two factors came to their aid…

A part of the swarm of monsters got defeated due to be set on fire. Once the ashes of the monsters blew away along with the smoke, M3 and Gene saw Magma Bot was the one behind it.

The rifle he was carrying set out another plume of fire to take another part of the swarm. Magma Bot ended up advancing as M3 and Gene could see Ice Bot was following along.

The two bots make their way over to M3 and Gene as Magma Bot end up talking first.

"Seems like you two needed help...So, here we are. Is there anything we can do for you?"

"...Well...Uhmm...I'm sure that Gene here needs help getting off the battlefield. Unless you-" M3 tried to say back…

Before Gene immediately interrupted with, "There's no way I'm staying out here and fighting."

M3 continued after that with, "So...I'm going to need one of you guys to escort him...Who wants to do it?"

"I'll do it." Magma Bot quickly said back. "Actually, Ice Bot...you probably should come back with us and go get that Power Armor we found...I'll be too busy keeping Gene safe to fight."

Ice Bot nodded. "Right…"

The bots and Gene ended up leaving M3 as the music from the boombox kept playing…

A few minutes passed as M3 was wondering when the tape was going to end...Thought he didn't want the tape to end. There was still a sizeable amount of monsters ready to attack and overwhelm him.

*Pause Track*


Meanwhile, Ice Bot opened a closet, revealing the power armor suit the bots found. "...Now, you sure about this? This isn't just any suit of armor, ya know..."

"Then what the heck is then?" Magma Bot retorted.

Ice Bot's answer was, "... … …Kamen Rider...G4…"

Magma Bot's optics widen before he angrily said, "And why do you know that?"

"I've...been researching Kamen Rider stuff ever since we got our asses kicked that first time…"

"Well...That would have been good to know...BEFORE we found this thing the first time."

"Well, now it's here, and we can use it…" Ice Bot replied, walking up to the suit.

"Correction, you're going to be the one to use it… ...Actually, you know what...I'm going to destroy it." Magma Bot said as his anger took over.

"WHAT?!" Ice Bot exclaimed.

"Oh, come on...YOU of all people should know how much I hate Kamen Riders...If I got a chance to destroy a piece of armor or equipment, I'll GLADLY take the chance. Now, move out the way…" Magma Bot said as he got the rifle he was carrying ready.

"Hey Magma Bot! Think for a moment...The REASON you two went here was to get the armor and you plan on destroying it, Magma Bot?" Gene said out loud as he intervened.

"This doesn't matter to you, Gene. Please move-"

"No, what you're going to do is stop thinking about destroying that armor and back off. Ice Bot is going to use that armor and go fight for you and me." Gene said to Magma Bot before turning to Ice Bot.

"As for you, get in that armor and get out there. There's a lot of people out there that can use your help...Especially Ophelia."

"Wait, what?! Where is she?!" Ice Bot asked.

"Last I saw her…She was fighting off some monsters a bit west of M3 is...Though I'm not sure if she is fine at the moment…" Gene said in response.

Ice Bot turned back to the G4 Suit. "...From what I recall, gonna have to upload my AI to the suit…"

"Then do it, Ice Bot...and don't worry about what you leave behind...I'll make sure Magma Bot keeps it safe."

"My job was-" Magma Bot tried to say…

"Shut up! Your new job is to keep me and the robotic shell Ice Bot has to leave safe...Got it!?" Gene yelled back to Magma Bot.

"You can continue...Ice Bot." Gene added before going quiet.

Ice Bot nodded, and began to ready himself for the transfer…His A.I. getting transported across to the armor via a coded signal that the G4 Suit received.

His original body just became empty as it deactivated and just stood there. But as that happens, the opposite happened to the G4 Suit.

It powered up as Ice Bot got used to the control and feel of the new body.

"This feels...weird…" G4 commented, testing his limbs.

"Of course, it would feel weird...You just jumped to a new body that you have no experience in." Gene pointed out.

"True…" Ice Bot replied.

"As for you, Magma Bot...Better get started on the guarding job." Gene said as he started moving furniture to barricade the walls.

"Will do, Gene. And...Ice Bot….Uh...Good luck to you...I guess." Magma Bot awkwardly said due to his friend being in a new body.

Ice Bot nodded. "You too…" Ice Bot then turned, and began running off, to find Ophelia…

...Which he eventually did: Ophelia had possessed a copy of Banno Driver, and was using it to become Gold Drive...and she was being overwhelmed, specifically by copies of the Polar Bear Fangire, Arms Dopant, Perseus Zodiart, Ogre Phantom, and Ganma Superior Knife.

*Music Track: "Supernova" by Tetra Fang*

The lights in G4's optics narrowed, as he watched this. "Not on my watch," he replied, as he deployed the Gigant, a massive shoulder-mounted missile launcher with 4 missiles mounted on it. G4 mounted the launcher on his shoulder, aiming for the Kaijin Knockoffs...

*0:37 - skip to 3:20*

...And fired. The rockets slammed into either the monsters or the ground next to them, blasting apart Arms Dopant, Perseus Zodiart, and Ganma Superior Knife. G4 charged in and tore apart the Ogre Phantom, who was still recovering from the blast. He rushed forward, then, and grabbed Polar Bear Fangire by an unusual extension protruding from the back of the creature's neck as the creature still faced Gold Drive, lifting the Fake Fangire up, before tossing it to the side. The Fangire readied to fight, but was hit by fire from G4's GM-01 R4.

G4 reloaded the Gigant then, before this time specifically targeting Polar Bear Fangire...and firing. The missiles slammed into Polar Bear Fangire, causing it to shatter into stained glass-like fragments, akin to a real Fangire, before those fragments turned into tiny shreds of platinum.

*End Track*

G4 turned to Gold Drive, before asking, "Are you alright?"

"Ice Bot?" Gold Drive questioned.

"Yup… … ...come on...let's clean these guys up…" G4 replied.

Gold Drive stared at him...before nodding. "Right!" And so, the two AI Kamen Riders entered the fray once more...


*Unpause Ballad Theme*

The boombox had its speakers starting to overheat due to extensive overuse of playing the same song over and over again. M3 had to fan the device with one of his available hands in an vain attempt to cool off the device.

The monsters surrounding him were still in that stupor, but another large chunk found its way towards him. If that music went out…

*Music track malfunctions*

The boombox makes a skipped record sound before the speakers make a whole bunch of static. The moment that happens, the monsters come out of their stupor and rush straight towards M3.

M3 manages to take 2 undead monsters out by using his boombox as a blunt weapon before an undead monster dislodged his improv weapon. He had to move till he realized he was running of out space to stay safe.

The distance between the surrounding army of dead and M3 shrunk as they shambled forward.

"I NEED HELP!" M3 had to yell out in desperation.

The undead monsters kept going...As M3's plea for help goes unanswered...

...At least for a short time, before two Kamen Riders entered the fray, one decked in gold-ish armor with a bit of red across the torso. The other one had black armor with the end of each part surrounded by white. The one in black was also lugging around some missile launcher on their shoulder.

"Whoever is...Ah, forget it, just-" M3 was trying to say before an undead creature pinned him to him to the ground as it called for its brethren to attack.

The creature was, not long after, blasted off by the gold Kamen Rider, using some kind of silver and purple bastard offspring of a knuckle duster and a pistol.

M3 quickly got up to see the other creatures focusing on the Kamen Riders, giving him a chance to retrieve his boombox equipment as the two fought out the swarm of undead.

The black and white Kamen Rider fired on the creatures with a pistol, keeping the launcher on standby. Meanwhile, the gold Kamen Rider called out to Triple-M, "You got anything that could help us over here?!"

"Yeah, I got something I've been meaning to use for a long time. And it is nice hearing your friendly voice, Ophelia." M3 quickly said before digging around in his pockets to find and pull out an unused weapon.

He pulled out a duct taped covered flashlight and pushed the button to activate the light. The light shot out a few feet before stopping suddenly in the air to form a blade of light. It looked like one of those laser sword things from that old sci-fi movie series about galactic wars.

The 'Laser Blade' was ready and M3 rushed to several clumped together undead before performing a massive swing. The blade came in contact with each undead and split them in half, causing them to collapse to the ground and turn into chunks of white precious metal.

"How's that for help?" M3 said after clearing out another clump of undead.

Ophelia looked at the work done. "...Aye, that'll do…"

The undead kept coming, but they all ended up turning into platinum as M3, Ophelia and the black and white Kamen Rider fought them off. Once the last one collapse, M3 had to look over his Laser Blade Weapon.

The black and white Kamen Rider then approached. "If...you had that the whole time...why didn't you use it before now?" he asked.

Just before M3 could respond, his Laser Blade suddenly broke apart as the flashlight and gems crumbled into unusable scrap.

"That's why I didn't use it right away...It's not very durable, especially after I used it to cut down a lot of those creatures in a row." M3 pointed out.

"By the way, is that you, Ice Bot? You don't look like your normal self…" M3 immediately followed up with as he looked at the black and white Kamen Rider.

"Uploaded my AI into this Kamen Rider Power Armor Suit we found…" Ice Bot replied.

"...Well...That's good. I didn't know Kamen Rider stuff could also count as Power Armor. But wait, what happened to your old body?" M3 asked.

"Magma Bot and Gene are keeping an eye on it." Ice Bot replied.

"Oh yeah...Do you two happen to know which Kamen Riders you guys are right now? I'm trying to keep track of the names and I know for sure I don't recognize these two…"

Ice Bot replied, "I'm Kamen Rider G4."

Ophelia added, "I'm Kamen Rider Gold Drive."

"Huh...I thought their names were going to be more complex sounding. Either way, thanks for helping me out...But I think it's time we deal with the force behind this once and for all."

"You mean the mask? The one possessing IceBite?" Gold Drive asked.

Yeah, that one. Though if we plan to attack it now with just the three of us, our chances aren't probably good, especially if he's still in that Kamen Rider form. We would need as much assistance as possible...So, I'm going to run around and get everyone I can organized. I suggest you two do the same." M3 said, before running out of breath.


A small bit of time later…

The battlefield got less chaotic as M3 and others managed to band together every fighter on their side, even the ones who had to recover from the breaking of the Mask's mind control.

They were just ready to advance towards where Masked IceBite was when someone spotted a familiar face that just caught up to the massive group.

M3 had to move through the crowd to see that it was…

Alma...

...And she was PISSED...

"Alma...If you're looking to destroy that mask, it's just up ahead…" M3 tried to say before stopping.

Alma just continued forward, until she was finally standing in front of Decade Violent Emotion.

"It's you...The one that depends on this puppet...You should...have just joined my cause." Masked IceBite said in response.

*Music Track: "Rising Your Power to Gold" by Norio Sakai*

Alma just grew angrier...as she summoned the Arcle. "...I know my place. And...if you're going to control...him...I'LL BE THE ONE TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS JAM BY TEARING YOU OFF HIM! ULTIMATE! HENSHIN!" And, she brought her fist down on the activator of the Arcle.

She spread her arms out...as energy pulsed over her, before said energy turned to a web of yellow lines appeared over her, before forming into a suit of armor...said suit of armor was black, with pointed pauldrons, with the appearance of a monstrous humanoid beetle. She turned her head, revealing two large red eyes (prompting sighs of relief from those present who knew Kamen Rider).

"No matter...what form you take...This puppet will...still be mine. You'll...regret not listening...to me." Masked IceBite warned before the Mask focused its power into making him fight.

Decade charged forward… … ...only to be slammed hard by Kuuga's fist. Alma spoke, her voice, no longer robotic or rageful, but one of a more tranquil fury. "...What you don't know is that, second to Cronus, Kuuga is one of the most over-powered Kamen Riders there is...Ultimate Form alone, can PUNCH-" she punched Decade Violent Emotion. "-with a force of 80 tons...and KICK-" She roundhouse kicked Decade Violent Emotion. "-with a force of 100 tons...more than 10 times any other Kamen Rider's power."

A few of the onlookers connected the information behind the facts and were either surprised or horrified about what they heard. Others who knew that the damage was only being done to the Mask made sure to remind those few who were worried.

Thought it was safe to say everyone in attendance had a inkling of an idea how massively angry Alma was...

"And one more thing," Alma said...before jamming her arm into a nearby set of power cables.

"Wait...What is she doing?" Some onlookers said, who weren't familiar with what was going on.

Dark Prelate Mitchell's eyes widened. "...She isn't…"

Emperor Mitchell commented, "She is…"

M3 just said, "Should we be running away right now?" without looking away.

Both duplicates of IceBite just breathed, "Rising Ultimate…"

As they said this, electricity arced all over Kuuga's armor, causing gold growths to appear over it. The result was a golden cuirass, gold plating on the pauldrons, gold bracers, gold greaves, and bigger, spikier horns on her head.

"Kuuga: Rising Ultimate Form…" She charged. "ONE HUNDRED ton punching power!" she said, punching Decade Violent Emotion. "ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ton KICKING power!" she continued, roundhouse kicking Decade Violent Emotion into a wall.

A few onlookers were about to cheer when they saw Masked IceBite dig itself out of the wall...At which point that stopped.

Despite whatever damage was done, Masked IceBite made sure to keep attacking.

Kuuga continued dueling Decade, Kuuga's raw power vs Decade's versatility...versatility the mask began to show, by taking out a card and scanning it in the Decadriver.

"ATTACK RIDE: CLOCK UP!"

Decade began moving at near-light speed, rapidly punching Kuuga, knocking her all over the place. However, her durability in Rising Ultimate just added to her already-supernatural endurance and allowed her to continue fighting.

The duo continued their duel, Decade occasionally pulling something out of his arsenal to even the playing field.

Soon, he took out the Ridebooker and shifted it into Sword Form. In response, Alma looks around, and seeing a Spider Imagin. She then knocked down the Fake Imagin and stole its sword, which promptly turned into Rising Titan Sword. The two began dueling with their blades, a field that soon saw Alma take the advantage in...soon, she tossed the sword aside...and initiated the Rising Ultimate Kick, leaping into the air and landing a falling kick on Decade.

*End Track*

An explosion enshrouded the battlefield… … ...as the Platinum Mask shot out of the explosion, fleeing. When the explosion cleared...Masked IceBite was knocked out of his transformation, but now possessing an Iron Mask over his face. He looked around...before charging at the still-recovering Maribelle.

M3 tried to block Masked IceBite and managed to stop him for a moment before the Masked pulled off a dirty trick to stun him. ZS Connor tried to stop him as well, but the same trick was used...except this allowed Masked IceBite to close the distance.

Masked IceBite continued, readying to strike Maribelle...

Only to be met by Gatack's fist, who then activated his Rider Kick.

"ONE! TWO! THREE! RIDER KICK!"

And the Rider Kick connected with the mask on IceBite's face...throwing the young man backwards, as the mask shattered. Kuuga rushed towards IceBite, as he began pulling himself off the ground. When Kuuga tried to talk to IceBite, however...he didn't say anything...

M3 did a headcount of the people in the crowd, while also accounting for Magma Bot and Gene. But he got distracted when ZS Connor brought up something.

"I saw the Mask flee when the explosion went off...Except I didn't see where it went. What if it's coming back with another person it mind controlled?"

"That shouldn't be a problem...We have more than enough people here to stop it." M3 said, albeit in a slightly skeptical tone as a thought nagged the back of his mind.


"Hey Ice, you feel weird having control of your own body again?" M3 asked.

IceBite...didn't respond. He just sat there, with tears in his eyes.

M3 was just about to talk to Alma, but he stopped and just remain quiet. It was one of those moments where being silent was probably for the best.

The silence remained in the air until a scream could be heard coming from the direction of the hole in the wall leading into the studio. Then another scream was heard.

What followed was Magma Bot fleeing out of the studio, carrying Ice Bot's deactivated original body over one of his shoulders in terror. He manages to make it halfway towards the group before his legs malfunction.

It took a second for him to fall to the ground. He quickly got up and kept running towards the group speaking so fast no one could understand what he was saying.

And then the other scream was accounted for when the person it belonging to sprinted out of the studio like a madman.

The studio assistant kept running very fast till he made it to the group. Unlike the metallic impersonator, he was just so out of breath he couldn't say anything right away.

Once he could talk, the first thing to come out from his lips was, "We...just had...to flee...The Mask...is heading back here right...now."

"Was it by itself or…" M3 said, realizing that suspicion in his mind may have been true.

"No...It has the one person...We completely forgot about…" Gene had to say in between breaths.

Just as he said that, said missing individual entered: Venat, with the mask on his face and a teal device clenched in his hand.

"Can someone please tell me that the device in his hands is not what I think it is? Cause if it is...I have a feeling things are just going to get worse…" Gene fearfully said as he stared at Masked Venat.

"That's increasingly becoming true...Does anyone here actually know what he's carrying?" M3 said aloud.

"Ah hell! That's a Gashacon Bugvisor II...a rare device that's both a Kamen Rider Driver AND weapon at the same time!" Dark Prelate Mitchell commented, "But the only Kamen Riders we know that uses it are Kamen Rider Poppy, who's a female rider, and-... … ...No… … ...Oh GOD no…When did Venat get HIM?!"

"Who is he trying to turn into?" M3 said in the calmest tone possible to keep down the fear that was building up.

Venat put the Gashacon Bugvisor II on, turning it into the Buggle Driver II, and pulled out a Gashat.

"GACHOON!"

"Oh SHIT!" Emperor Mitchell cursed.

"KAMEN RIDER CHRONICLE!"

Venat inserted the Gashat into the Buggle Driver II.

"This is NOT good!" Ophelia exclaimed.

"GASHAT GO!"

Venat then prepared to push the switch on the Driver.

"We're ALL dead!" Ice Bot, still as G4, added.

"BUGGLE UP! TEN WO TSUKAME RIDER! (WOW!) KIZAME CHRONICLE! IMA KOSO TOKI WA KIWAMARERI! (WOW!)"

A clock-like symbol appeared around Venat, and images of roman numerals appeared in mid-air, slowing rearranged clockwise into the numbers of a clock, and a screen-like image appeared above him. The image soon immediately fell upon him, the armor appearing over him, as another clock-like image appeared behind him before disappearing moments later.

The armor in question has large, elaborate pauldrons, and a helmet with hair-like structures on it. It also had goggles and 3 horns above those goggles, as well as two horns on the side. It appeared to include a trenchcoat that was black and lime green, while the inside was red. On the chest was a gamepad-like symbol.

Venat became…

"Kamen Rider Cronus!" Dark Prelate Mitchell, Emperor Mitchell, Ophelia, and Ice Bot all exclaimed.

"... … … … ...I'm tired of this stupid mask, all of this stupid mind control, all of this stupid fighting...I'm done with doing nothing at this moment. ZS Connor, hand me your Norfleet right now." M3 just said in a very annoyed tone after he suppressed his fear.

"But...Don't you remember what Alma said? THAT'S the most powerful Kamen Rider!" ZS Connor tried to emphasize based on spoken fact.

"So what? As far as I can see right now, with the very little information I know about Kamen Riders...Every Kamen Rider we have here on our side should be able to beat him. And if they can't, then everyone else who isn't one is going to make sure they win somehow. Now, stop talking and hand me that Norfleet." M3 boldly said, making sure everyone can hear it.

ZS Connor handed over the Norfleet and M3 pointed it straight at Cronus.

However, before he fired, Cronus pushed both buttons on the Buggle Driver II.

"PAUSE!"

And time froze.

Cronus walked forward, equipping the Gashacon Bugvisor as its Beam Gun mode.

"GACHOON!"

He then aimed it at ZS Connor and Triple M...before firing.

He walked away after that, switching the device into Chainsaw mode.

"GACHOON!"

And in that mode, he swiped at each and every Kamen Rider present.

After that, he pressed the buttons on the Driver again...and…

"RESTART!"

And time resumed.

M3 aimed the Norfleet at noticing the target was gone...before getting sidelined by a beam of energy that also got ZS Connor in the resulting explosion.

The Kamen Riders were also spontaneously knocked down by the attack. "Gah! What was that?!" Gatack questioned.

"Kamen Rider Cronus...he has the ability to pause and restart time at will…" Dark Prelate Mitchell replied.

"Oh great...Just what we need at this moment, an enemy we can't even hit before he gets a free pass to do whatever he wants." Gene retorted, both annoyed and fearful, but mostly fearful.

"What the hell are we gonna do now?!" Emperor Mitchell exclaimed.


Meanwhile...

IceBite was sitting alone, as Alma had to help deal with Cronus. He was ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE, mostly by what the mask made him do, especially being forced to fight Alma, even if she was ready for it. Currently, he was depressed over it, barely able to function...until…

"Hey, you're not giving up on us, are you?" IceBite turned...and saw Kamen Rider Dark Decade. "I mean, really?"

"...Back there...I...I…"

"What you did THERE doesn't matter...not your doing. They know that-ALMA knows that...She came here ready to save you from that accursed mask...but now they need your help...they're facing Kamen Rider Cronus, a Rider that can warp time…"

"...So...what? Even if I DO use the Decadriver again, I can only attain Main Form now…"

"Not exactly…" Dark Decade replied, before passing IceBite something. IceBite's eyes widened. "Go now...aid them...They're facing a Rider that can warp Time...give that bastard a taste of a Rider that can warp Space…" Dark Decade stood back up, and departed, he and Dark Diend entering a dimensional wall.

IceBite looked up, and watched the failing battle...as Cronus knocked Kuuga down. IceBite's gaze turned determined: it was time to end this…Once...and for ALL!

*Music Track: "Ride the Wind" by Masahiro Inoue*

Others fell to the ground, whether they be Kamen Rider, Wastelander, Arch Demon, or A.I. Any attack they tried to make would be dodged and countered with time manipulation.

"There's only one way we can fight this guy...we need-" Emperor Mitchell began...only…

"KUUGA!"

"No, not Kuuga...I meant to say-"

"AGITO!"

"No, not Agito either...I mean-"

"RYUKI! FAIZ!"

The group slowly turned to face behind them...as they saw IceBite, an enraged, determined look in his eyes, running his finger across-

"The K-Touch…" Dark Prelate Mitchell gasped.

"...Why didn't I think of it before?!" Emperor Mitchell gasped, "Decade can travel through dimensional walls...A Kamen Rider that can manipulate Space…"

"BLADE! HIBIKI! KABUTO! DEN-O! KIVA! FINAL KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!"

Images appeared around IceBite, converging onto him, turning into a suit of armor, as plates of energy connected with his face, turning into fins in the form of a barcode. The result was a form similar to Violent Emotion, except for the light on his forehead was yellow instead of purple, and his eyes looked less sinister.

Then, attachments appeared on the armor, upon which parts flipped, turning into cards with the images of the first 9 Heisei Kamen Riders on them. Then, one appeared on his forehead, depicting himself in this new form.

He became…

"Kamen Rider Decade…" Dark Prelate Mitchell began.

Emperor Mitchell finished, "Complete Form!"

"It's about time we finally get to have our chance to actually attack back for once." M3 just plainly said at this point.

*Hikari yugamu sono tabi ni

Atarashii sora

(Once the light bends,

A new sky)

The two Kamen Riders began to clash, Cronus with the Gashacon Bugvisor II in chainsaw mode and Decade with the Ridebooker.

*Boku wo mezame sasu you ni

Temaneki wo suru

(Beckons to me

As if to awaken me)*

Both riders began pushing towards each other, trying to make the other falter.

*Yosougai no genzaichi

Chizu wa iranai

(I don't need maps to get by

In these places I suddenly find myself in)*

M3 braces the Norfleet for firing, while ZS Connor makes sure the launcher has a full clip of ammo.

Meanwhile, Cronus pushed the physically-weaker Decade away from him, and readied to engage again…

*Toriaezu migi tsugi, hidari

Michi wa sagasu sa

(I find my way around

By trying to go one way, then the other)*

The trigger on the Norfleet gets pulled so fast and so many times, the entire clip of rockets empty, heading straight towards Cronus. The trio of rockets fly and exploded after reaching their range limit, coating Cronus from head to toe in slag.

And it wasn't just a simple coating, he was utterly drenched in the purple goop.

*Sorezore no sekai ga -How many cards in the world- (And each of these worlds -How many cards in the world-)*

Cronus paused at that, but was forced to continue fighting, as Decade charged in again.

*Boku ni motomete kuru -No hesitation in my mind- (Demand that I not pass through it -No hesitation in my mind-)*

The two continue trading blows, with Decade becoming more aggressive when Cronus moved to press the buttons on his driver.

*Toorisugizu ni tatakau koto (Without a fight)*

The two separate and skid to a halt feet from each other.

*Ride the wind kakenukero -Get pass the world!- kono kuronikuru (Ride the wind Dash through this chronicle -Get pass the world!-)*

As Cronus moved to push the buttons on his Driver again, a silvery ripple appeared behind Decade, similar to the one Dark Decade and Dark Diend appeared through earlier.

*Te ni irete yuku tsuyosa no Card (Get hold of the power Card)*

Decade leapt backwards into it. Cronus paused and looked around wildly.

*Your eyes will tabi no naka -I got the cause!- kitto mieru (Your eyes will surely come to see as you go on your journey -I got the cause!-)*

"How's it feel to not know what your opponent is doing, you dumb mask?!" Gene yelled out.

Cronus looked wildly...before turning...as Decade emerged, sword raised...and struck the Time-Bending Rider.

*Mezasu subeki gooru no basho ga... Just keep on walking (Your final destination... Just keep on walking)*

"It's the beginning of the end...If Cronus keeps getting hit, he'll lose." M3 noted.

As he said that, Decade leapt backwards, to avoid another hit by Cronus.

Meanwhile, nearby, Alma was recovering from the hit she took...and she was shocked by what she saw: a new Kamen Rider, which she could only assume was IceBite, since it looked similar to the identity he took when she fought him, disappeared into some kind of veil...only to appear somewhere else, and slash Cronus.

She knew it in her heart: IceBite was back, and was turning the tide. She looked around...and found the Titan Sword. Picking it up, she moved and charged at Cronus.

*Kyuu ni maku ga aku you ni

Tabi wa hajimaru

(The journey begins without warning

Just like when the curtains rise)*

Meanwhile, Decade continued his assault, disappearing one moment and appearing the next.

*Kaze wo tsukamu hane mitai

Boku wa nagareru

(I am swept off my feet, I drift along

Just like wings lifted by the wind)*

As he fought, Decade saw something coming… … …

*Unmei ga yobu nara -How many cards in the world- (Should I hear the call of destiny -How many cards in the world-)*

...As Alma, still as Kuuga Rising Ultimate, came in, slashing Cronus on the back, sending sparks flying.

*Boku nara chuucho shinai -No hesitation in my mind- (I won't think twice -No hesitation in my mind-)*

"And that's another hit." ZS Connor noted.

*Subete no shiin kokoro ni utsushite (All the scenes flash in my mind)*

Decade's and Kuuga's eyes (lenses? whatever) met...and both nodded…

*Ride the wind kono saki ni -Get pass the world!- nani ga matte 'ru? -Ride the wind What lies ahead? What awaits me? (Get pass the world!-)*

Both Kamen Riders resumed their assault on Cronus, their attacks seemingly in sync: as Decade struck with a sideways swipe from the front, Kuuga did the same from behind. They'd then rotate, and again perform the same attack from a different angle, at the same time.

*Tegakari wa sou tatakau Card (The clues are to be found in battle Card)*

Both riders continued their assault, keeping Cronus on the defensive, unable to activate his time powers.

*Your eyes will tabi no naka -I got the cause!- mitsukaru hazu (Your eyes will come to see, you will discover as you go on your journey -I got the cause!-)*

"... … ...I lost count on how many hits they landed on Cronus, what number are we at?" Gene asked someone else without taking his eyes off the fight.

The duo continued their assault, rotating and striking, preventing Cronus from acting.

*Jibun ga nani wo suru beki ka... Just keep on walking (What you ought to do... Just keep on walking)*

The duo continued...until finally, Cronus was able to shove at both of them, staggering Kuuga and knocking Decade back.

Before he could freeze time, however, Decade grabbed Kuuga, and pulled her into a Dimensional Wall.

*Kono kaze wo -Get ride!- (Keep the wind coming -Get ride!-)*

Both Kamen Riders appeared again, striking Cronus, before disappearing again.

*Tomenaide -Get ride!- (Don't make it stop blowing -Get ride!-)*

Once more, they struck and disappeared...as Cronus readied his Gashacon Bugvisor II, in Chainsaw mode.

*Ugokitsuzuke motto mae e -The form is changing to the strong!- (Keep on moving forward -The form is changing to the strong!-)*

They appeared again… … ...and Kuuga's strike struck the Gashacon Bugvisor II, knocking it from Cronus' hand.

G4 and Gold Drive charged forward, retrieving the device before Cronus could retrieve it.

*Mada mienu asu e to fumidase (Charge into a tomorrow never seen before)*

"They got the Bugvisor! Cronus is exposed!" Dark Prelate Mitchell exclaimed.

"I'm not getting in the middle of that! Too many chances for friendly fire…" Emperor Mitchell replied.

"But this may be the best moment to have more people help out...Provided they can." ZS Connor retorted.

The two Kamen Riders stopped some distance in front of Cronus.

*Ride the wind kakenukero -Get pass the world!- kono kuronikuru (Ride the wind Dash through this chronicle -Get pass the world!-)*

The two stood there, challenging Cronus...

*Te ni irete yuku tsuyosa no Card (Get hold of the power Card)*

Cronus accepted the challenge...and charged.

*Your eyes will tabi no naka -I got the cause!- mitsukaru hazu -Your eyes will come to see, you will discover as you go on your journey (I got the cause!-)*

When he reached them, the duo struck with their swords, knocking Cronus back.

*Jibun ga nani wo suru beki ka… (What you ought to do...)*

The duo looked at each other, and nodded.

*Ride the wind kokonotsu no -Get pass the world!- sekai no hate (Ride the wind Your final destination -Get pass the world!-)*

Cronus staggered to his feet, looking at the two, as Decade searched his RideBooker for a card, and Kuuga dropped into a pose.

*Mezasu subeki gooru no basho ga... Just keep on walking (Will be revealed upon reaching the end of the ninth world... Just keep on walking)*

Decade found the card, and inserted it, as he set the RideBooker to Sword Mode.

"FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DECADE!"

Symbols made of energy, depicting the symbols of the 9 Heisei Riders, appeared in front of Decade, and both Kamen Riders began charging.

As Cronus staggered to his feet, both Riders closed...and swung their swords.

An explosion occurred, and Cronus was thrown high into the air...into the decrepit Clock Tower.

*End Track*

With that, the Kamen Riders got up, and regrouped with the two that just defeated Cronus. Each and every one of them upgrade to their final form, before Decade and Diend used their special attacks to summon the Riders they could summon: Decade summoned the final forms of the 9 Heisei Riders, while Diend, who switched to Complete Form, summoned 8 of the Heisei Dark Riders (including Skull).

"Time to finish this…" Decade muttered, before announcing, "Everyone… … ...LET'S GO!" And the Riders charged...before raising into the air. They somersaulted in the air, before getting into a kicking position, whether it be a one-footed flying kick or a two-footed forward kick. All of them flew through the air, shooting in one direction…

...Right towards Cronus…

Finally speaking up and saying what was on her mind, Cait just loudly said, "If this doesn't finish that mask once and for all…"

Soon, the Riders impacted where Cronus was.

"This puppet has failed me…" The Mask said itself, instead of using someone else to do so.

Soon, anything else it could say was halted...by an explosion, and the Clock Tower crumbling to the ground…

The Kamen Riders soon appeared back in the studio, looking back over at their handiwork. Then, they all de-Henshined.

"...Is it over?" Alma asked.

The group looked...as a very familiar item shot out.

*Music Track: "Plagam Extremam Infligere" by Jeff Williams; start at 1:29*

"WHAT!? IT SURVIVED THAT?!" Cait yelled out as soon as she saw the item in question.

It was: the Platinum Mask survived...but it was heavily damaged, with cracks all across it. It shot out, until it hit its target: Aria, the ONLY individual from the Studio the Mask never had a chance to possess.

"Listen to me… ...I...Will...Win." The Mask said aloud in between moments of pain.

However, the mask was suddenly covered in what looked like purple lightning...and it left Aria without possessing her...but the damage was done. It made a bloodcurdling scream, one Alma remembered, the same one it sounded when it tried to control her.

Then...the mask began to crumple...before it exploded.

*End Track*

Shrapnel flew everywhere...and a piece struck Aria, cleaving a scar into her face, not unlike the one her story counterpart was afflicted with. This did not sit well with Kyle, who pushed anyone out of his way as he bolted over to Aria.

It also soured the current attitudes of Mark and Morgan Sevon, who were feeling glad till this happened. They joined Kyle in making sure Aria was alright, but when they saw the scarring wound...they lost any attempt to form words.

"Aria, don't worry...We'll make sure...you'll be fine. Someone help her get to the Infirmary now!" Kyle said in a panic after trying to reassure the one he loved dearly.

The residents that were skilled in healing either by magic or medicine practices quickly help carry Aria away as fast and carefully as possible. The Sevon siblings followed along, finally finding their voices as they told their mother to be strong just in case.

"And here I thought...that scar would never be inflicted out here...I thought it was never...going to happen…" Kyle just said in disbelief...Just as he calmed down enough to make sure to be with Aria.


The vibe in the air felt off...It was victory for one second...a very sweet victory. But in one fell swoop, it turned to being very bittersweet…

A lot of the remaining people just didn't know how to respond to what happened. In this dead air, the clocktower debris started moving, until Venat emerged from the rubble...already de-Henshined.

"Nice to see you back with us, Venat...Do you need medical services for any injuries?" M3 made sure to say just in case.

"...I had a building drop on me...what do you think?" Venat strained.

"Then that's a yes...Thought you may have to wait...You're not the only one who got hurt today...Especially with that wound on Aria. You never realize...how bad those...can be when you see them live in real life." M3 elaborated in response.


But before anyone could move, the studio assistant made sure to address one last possible issue.

"Boss, the clocktower is ruined...Meaning we can't return it for a refund at all. Doesn't that bug you at all?"

"To be honest, I could care less about that piece of junk tower right now. What I am going to care about is making sure everyone in the studio is fine first." M3 said in a flat tone.

"But boss, what about the money we wasted on buying it?"

"Gene...I don't care that we wasted $500 dollars on that thing. That's just a drop in the bucket compared to how much money this studio has left. Now, if you're done worrying about that, we need to move on and focus on more important concerns." M3 said in the same tone before he let people go head back to the studio.

The remaining numbers of residents decreased till only M3, Ice, Alma, and Gene were the only ones left.


After telling his assistant to go look through the entire studio for any damages, M3 looked towards Ice and Alma.

"I'm going to be leaving...Do you two want to head back with me...Or is it better if I just leave to give you guys here...a moment to talk about whatever happened out here?" M3 asked.

"...Give us a bit, ok, Triple-M?" IceBite asked.

"Will do...Just glad this 'fudging' mess is over with." M3 said as his last words before leaving the two alone.

Once Triple-M was gone, IceBite and Alma looked at each other. Neither seemed able to formulate a sentence, or even word to say...so they just kissed instead, glad that the other is ok.

Once both decided to breath again, they decided to head back, hands held.


Back inside the studio, many hours later...

GotM Connor was asleep in his room, having a dream that was rather best described as a recap of what happened earlier that day.

His dream went on till the point the Platinum Mask exploded. However, things started to change as the dream shifted to outside his room. A ball of chaotic energy floating out in the hall was what he could see before he woke up.

Confused at what he saw, he opened the door leading out of his room...to see nothing on the other side. He closed the door and went back to his bed, thinking it was just a dream.

That dream was actually real. He saw it as a result of him being able to vaguely see what fate had in store. That same orb of energy appeared in front of his door, before phasing through it. The magic energy then went straight towards GotM Connor and incorporated itself back with the other Arch Demon energy inside the man.

This woke him up…Causing him to realize the chaotic energy that made the Mask live went back to him. But he did what he was felt was best.

To keep it within himself...To make sure this never happened again.

He finally returned to sleep...Getting another dream that was completely different. Something more pleasant like watching a movie with friends and making jokes about whatever was going on the screen.