The shark roared as it got closer to the streets to chase Ryuki. On his part he didn't seem to frightened by this wild advent contractor, even messing with it slightly as he serpentined around the streets. Although that was also because the shark began taking the offensive by firing high speed water balls at him. When he saw the turn the shark was pushing him down, Ryuki hit the breaks hard to grind into his turn. Quickly he raised up his still dragon head covered arm and fired another blast at the shark making it hit the ground and catch some sparks on the pavement as Ryuki bolted. It quickly recovered and took chase again, clearly more furious with its shots now. Ryuki knew that this thing was just pushing him to its rider, he'd seen several of them use this tactic before. Gladly he knew he could handle this, the tricks he held his sleeve no other rider could do. The dragon head on his arm vanished with a simple thought as he pulled out another trick from his belt. Sliding it in the gauntlet the elegant voice then chanted

"Guard vent" On his same arm did a big long silver shield, that oddly looked like it had taloned feet on the sides of it. Whatever happened, he would be ready.

Meanwhile…

It was awkward for Yuki to be in this house, after the fight between Ryuki and his Yuki she didn't know how to spark a conversation with Sam. Her doppelganger was content in just staying upstairs for whatever reason. Sam didn't want to get up still because of his foot but he was trying to keep a eye on Yuki as she looked through the house. But really there was not much to look at it, just a living room, kitchen, and front room that only had furniture and no pictures around. Weirdly this house seemed to lack personality, nothing really jumping out that made a statement of the people who lived here. Which was weird to her because her mother was very into interior design, one of big things that people loved about was the homely feel of the place on the inside. So unless their mom was radically different here this was weird.

"If your thirsty help yourself to anything in the fridge" Sam said from the living room, shuffling in his chair a bit.

"No I think I'm good really" she said beginning back for the living room and sitting on the couch again. "not exactly home" Yuki said, begging Sam to ask.

"Why's that?"

"Oh well me and my Zach live above a Café mom runs. So seeing us in a house is a bit weird" she said, Sam not really looking at her. Yes he was looking in her general direction yet it seemed like he was avoiding eye contact.

"Hm weird, I've known these guys since I was little and they've always lived here"

"Have Zach and Yuki always acted like that though?" Yuki asked getting brave. Sam was caught a little off guard by the question but was ready for it some way from what happened earlier. Clear from his expression he was uncomfortable with the subject, but before Yuki could tell him it's okay if he didn't want to, he already started speaking.

"No… I wouldn't say they were always like that" he said, no finally looking her in the eye, his expression somehow softening slightly even though it had already seemed relaxed. "They were classic kind of siblings when they were little. They fight sometimes, they play together, the cry together yadda yadda" he said chuckling at the end before he before he broke eye contact again and she swore she a glisten on edge of his eye. "We were always together doin stuff and being kids" Yuki felt a tinge in her chest, in their world they weren't that close. She always saw him as just Zach's friend that sometimes they'd play together. But he didn't visit their house that often in their world, the café had sporadic busy hours throughout the day and their mother always needed a hand from one of her kids to run the place. More than likely it was Zach since he was bigger so whenever Sam asked if they could hang out a lot of the time Zach had to say no he was working but probably later. Sam shuffled in his seat as he started up again "But then something happened and… they changed"

"What happened?" Yuki asked concerned. Sam truly looking like he didn't want to say, perhaps because it was Yuki. But as with the last he said anyway before Yuki could protest.

"Their mother was diagnosed…" he said, Yuki's mouth going agap when he said it and losing her breath. Her lip quivered and she felt the sting of a tear coming on yet they didn't by some messed up logic of this not being her mother but someone else's. Her head told her that but her heart told her otherwise. Sam took in a breath before starting again "Zach was 12, and when his dad told him and her they changed. I…" Sam almost breaking down in the middle "Remember you for the longest time crying about her. Zach didn't even talk for a month, I couldn't even get him out for his birthday that year." He said as he looked over to Yuki, wiping her eyes on her shirt. "Hey" he said getting her attention "I can stop if you don't want to hear this"

"No" Yuki said pulling herself back together "I want to hear the rest". With slight hesitation continued the story

"Zach explained the next part, after that he fell in the mirror and all this began. Me and him both want the same wish, to wish that their mom is cured. Yuki doesn't believe it though, she thinks the wish is a lie and that we shouldn't go in there anymore"

"Not hard to see why" Yuki said

"Yeah but… I don't know it's just. I'm on the fence about this, I want to help Zach but I don't want Yuki to be so depressed either. Their both my friends and… Yuki never leaves because she wants to keep her mom comfy because we don't know how much time she has left."

"Oh my god…" Yuki said in shock before she asked "Are you guys even close to getting your wish?" She asked. Sam nodding before he took out his phone and scrolled through it before handing it to Yuki. What she was a bunch of picture of riders, they all looked really similar to Ryuki and Sam. Each of them was themed differently, a snake, a stingray, a rhino, a bull.

"Ouja, Raia, gae, zolda and those are only the ones that talked to us besides odin. There was also scissors, tiger, femme, verde, abyss, and… ryuga" he said a touch of pain in his voice. "there's only 5 left, me, zach, odin, abyss, and then ryuga" he said again with odd pain to his voice.

"Why do you say his name like that?" Yuki asked,

"Because he's almost killed me and Zach"

Back with Zach and Kuuga…

No luck with the monster men on their part, Kuuga had gotten better at aiming on the back of a bike but the dragon men were just to tough and taking all the blows for the sharks.

"Dude were not going to get rid of them this way" Kuuga said as Zach thought quick. Unfortunately if they couldn't take them down from a distance then that meant an alternative.

"Hold tight" Zach said revving his bike before squeezing the bike hard making do a 180 and bolting to the monsters. They didn't even slow when they saw them rushing to them. "On the count of three jump then kick" he said Kuuga nodding in response. "1…" he said as he loosened his grip "2…" the monster leaping to them as they just barely could touch his bike "3" both bounded off the motorcycle as it phased away. They struck out their legs and charged down to the dragon men and stomped them to the ground before jumping off them and taking a stance. Clearly that hurt the dragons since they stubled getting up but the sharkmen were still geared to go.

"You got a part 2 to this?" Kuuga asked, Zach looking over at him and gesturing for his bow gun. Kuuga handing it over, it hazing back into Zach's normal gun and Kuuga turning back into his usual red form. Zach opened his book quick and drew out two cards, one of which he used right away.

"ATTACK RIDE…SLASH" it chanted as his book turned into a sword and he handed it to Kuuga, who looked at it gladly.

"Got something for a sword?" Zach asked

"My favorite form man"

"Good then suit up" he said he turned his last card in his hand and pulled his belt as Kuuga pressed the side of his belt again, the gem going purple and his armor going silver with big broad shoulder guard outlined in purple. Then his sword, no longer the oddly shaped hilt of Zach's, it transformed into a broad sword with a gold hilt and opening in the top center of the blade that still joined at the top to a point. Zach slid his card in as the monsters began to charge once again

"KAMEN RIDE…KIVA" the belt chanted as it echoed a whistle and Zach changed to match his vampire counterpart. Razor sharp, the feeling he felt wearing this. Just a sense of razor sharpness, like he could just cut someone with a look. The dragon men jumped violently to them as the sharks charged. Zach jumped in the air and round house kicked the dragons while Kuuga made a wide slash and hit all three sharkmen, making them fall back as he swung forward to another. Zach had gotten the dragons back down to earth but they were pissed and began flinging claws at him. But he didn't worry, along with the razor sharp feeling came this sense of quickness. He swore they must have thrown a hundred punches in 3 minutes yet he dodged them with ease like they were simply branches in the middle of a walk. After the hundredth punch Zach got low and swiped his foot to make them lose they're footing. On the ground now, Zach was about to stomp on them before his belt opened on its own and spit out the Kiva card from its slot. Before he questioned this the card spilt, into 3 others. These were new but he recognized them, they were those different forms Kiva took. As the dragon jumped back on their feet to attack again, Zached decided he needed finesse to finish these guys off.

"FORM RIDE… KIVA GAURURU" his belt chanted when he slid in the card. His armor tinted purple as one of his arms took a more wolfly appearance. Then out of a haze did the sword Kiva used with this formed, the wolf head hilted blade. Slashing the one that got back up he preceded to give him a high kick before watching it vanish away. Seeing it go so easy, Zach simply stabbed his sword to the last dragon on the ground and watched it fade before running over to Kuuga. Punch after punch with snarls all between Kuuga was keeping his guard up well. With flail from the sharkmen, he was able to dish a response with a slash back. He was pushing them back when Zach came running in and whacked the three with blunt end of his sword. The three fell to their knees before Zach gripped his blade with both hands and Kuuga took a wide stance with his sword struck out to his side. In a moment did Zach rush them and slashed two of the sharkmen while they were down as Kuuga took the last and stabbed his broad sword straight through it chest. They gurgled as they fell lifeless with their bodies fading like the dragons as Zach let himself go back to his decade form and Kuuga powering down to his red form. The moment he did the sword he was using turned back into Zach's book, that he then handed back.

"Nice job man" Kuuga said, Zach nodding

"Yeah we did good… but enough we got to get back to Ryuki" Zach said as he ran over to where the kids bike he used was and mounted it again for it to turn back into his motorcycle. Kuuga quickly ran over and hopped on the back as he Zach back tracked the city.

And then…

The shark had pushed Ryuki to the docks before it rose back to the skies. Obviously, at least to Ryuki, this meant its rider was here and it was seeking whoever it was out. But it wasn't long, only a minute before Zach hit the edge of the docks and in the open was it's rider. The Azure armored Abyss. Zach stopped his bike and stepped off it as he saw the shark hover above Abyss.

"You must be feeling pretty ballsy if you thought those sharks weren't going to lead me to you" Ryuki said as Abyss chuckled.

"Stupider than Ouja made you out to be, this should be easy" Abyss said, Ryuki drawing a card from his belt and loading it into his gauntlet.

"Sword vent" it chanted as in flames did a scimitar form in his hands.

"Underestimate me like he did and that deck will be as broken as his" he threatened as a laugh echoed through the docks, making him jump. Abyss crossed his arms and slunk into his pose as out of the shadows Ryuga made himself. Ryuki quivered as he saw him stand there next to Abyss and stare right at him.

"Make it known we won't… Zach"