I do not own Kamen Rider, just Shade, Tenkishi, and Prokishi, and I was just kidding about Kumori dying, he isn't dying for a while, but I want to know whether I need to improve his character or not.

Again, should Gigakishi be considered a rider?

Kamen Rider Shade

Chapter 20: Unveil, Rescue Hikari!

Ark woke up inside the café, sitting next to Kumori. "Kumori-san?" Ark said as he woke up. He noticed that the known Tenshi No Yaiba members were gathered up inside the café. Kumori had his hands to his chin. Ark then remembered what happened. "Hikari! Where is she!?" Ark shouted.

"We don't know." Yumi replied sadly.

"She could be anywhere now." Sakura continued.

"After all, that Mikoto has military connections." Lloyd sighed.

Koji didn't want to make a funny comment during this serious time. "Ne, Ark. What are you going to do?" Koji asked.

Then Kumori got up, and helped Ark up. "Ikuzo." Kumori said.

"Eh?" Ark had to ask.

"Where are you taking Ark-kun!?" Yumi snapped at Kumori.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Kumori said to Yumi. "I'm going to help Ark here rescue a damsel in distress." Kumori and Ark went out the door.

Sakura watched at Kumori with awe. "He's growing up to be just as chivalrous as his brother." Sakura said with a loving tone.

- -

Hibiki walked up to Mark one day when Mark was working on a violin. Today Mark wore a black suit. Hibiki walked up to Mark slowly. "Um, Shade-sempai." Hibiki hesitantly said. "Can I ask you something?"

"Fire away." Mark replied.

"Will you . . . um . . . how should I say this . . . GO OUT ON A DATE WITH ME!?" Hibiki shouted, surprising Mark, Inu, Taka, and Tora, who were all in the room.

Inu, Taka, and Tora stared at Hibiki with surprised animal eyes, while Mark's eyes were widened with surprise. "O . . . k." Mark said. "But I'll need to find a dress that fits me."

"Eh?"

"I mean you don't want to go out with a man dress like this now do you." Mark went to the coat rack and put on his trench coat. Mark whistled. "Time to buy a dress."

"THE HELL YOU DOING!" Hibiki shouted. "I didn't mean that!? I mean a double date!"

Mark blinked in confusion. "You mean you want us to hang out with two other men?"

Hibiki blinked in confusion. "Sempai, what are you into?"

"Pure light." Mark replied with a smile. Then Hibiki shook his head.

"I mean I want you to ask Mari-san out on a date, then I'll ask Sakura-san out!" Hibiki shouted pointing at Mark.

Mark kept staring at Hibiki. "Hai!" Mark shouted. "Your country salutes you!" Mark saluted for no real apparent reason.

Hibiki just stared at Mark, Hibiki's eye twitching. "No wonder Kumori calls you Strange Man-san." Then Hibiki thought about why Mark said what he did about saluting. "OH! I thought we were done with the Mana prank discussions!"

- -

Kumori and Ark hid behind a bush, spying on a large blue building, which was being guarded by men in black suits. "How did you find this place?" Ark asked.

"I did some research on Mikoto so I could figure out a way to defeat him." Kumori said. "I also found out Kami No Tsurugi's hideout, which is right here." Kumori looked at Ark.

"I sure hope Hikari is okay." Ark said.

"Don't worry, you have me to help you." Kumori told Ark. Ark was still worried. "Do you, love that girl?"

Ark then sharply stared at Kumori. Sure Ark did, but Ark didn't exactly want to tell Kumori. "Um . . ."

"It's all right, you don't have to tell me." Kumori said with a smile. The two kept spying.

"Um, Kumori-san, do you have someone like that?" Ark asked, referring to someone that Kumori might love. Kumori didn't answer for a while, and then . . .

"No." Kumori said blatantly. Kumori never got that chance, what with hating Shade for what Shade did. What did Shade do to Kumori?

- -

Well, Mark asked Mari and she accepted. Then Hibiki asked Sakura, with some awkwardness. Mark had to kick Hibiki to get the words out. Sakura kept staring at Hibiki for a while, then she accepted. This was her reaction after Hibiki and Mark left. "EE!" She shrieked happily. "Hibiki-san asked me out on a date!" She shouted, running up to her room. "Of course it's a double date, but whatever, I get to spend time with Hibiki-san." She chirped. Seems she had a crush on Hibiki on a while. Wonder why the two weren't together?

Everyone dressed up, except for Hibiki. Sakura wore a pink formal dress, and Mari wore a red flowery formal dress. Mark wore a black suit, that was even more formal than his normal black suit! Hibiki just wore what he usually wore. "Am I supposed to dress up?" Hibiki asked.

"It's common knowledge." Mark said laying an elbow on Hibiki's shoulder. "By the way, why do you always wear that?"

"This?" Hibiki asked. "I have different versions of this outfit."

"Why?"

"Because this outfit will catch on with the young people eventually." Hibiki replied. Though now Hibiki feels weird being the only one wearing an informal suit.

"I think it's cute." Sakura remarked. This made Hibiki smile. Then Hibiki noticed that Sakura didn't have her glasses on.

Hibiki blushed. "You look real good without your glasses on." Hibiki complimented Sakura.

Sakura blushed herself. "Thanks, I'm wearing contacts."

"Looks good on you, though I kind of like the way you look when you do have your glasses on." Hibiki and Sakura kept staring at each other, both blushing, then both of them laughed.

Mari smiled. "Don't they make a cute couple Shade-san?" Mari asked Mark.

"Yes, they do." Mark said smiling. He was glad that Hibiki was finally able to get a date with Sakura, even though it was a double date. Hibiki was smiling the whole way.

Then his smile turned upside down when he found that the high class restaurant that Mark booked was really, REALLY, high class. Everyone was wearing formal wear, and Hibiki was the only one who was informal. Hibiki's mouth dropped open. He whispered to Mark. "I can't pay for this!"

"Don't worry, I'm paying for it all." Mark said.

"That's not the agreement!"

"What, you want to split it 50-50?"

"YES!"

"Too bad." Mark said with a smile. The four of them got to their table, which was near a window.

A few feet from the group, Lloyd was there eating his dinner. Lloyd caught sight of Hibiki. "Hm?" Lloyd made sure that it was Hibiki. "Ooh, that kid sure knows how to get around." Then Lloyd looked at the two girls. "Scored two fine girls, I'm jealous." But then he saw Mark. "What the heck is Hibiki doing with some guy?"

- -

"IKUZO!" Kumori shouted, and the two jumped out from the bush. Ark stayed behind Kumori while Kumori started knocking out the guards with karate chops. Then the two came up to a guard that was quivering.

"EE!" That guard shouted, and took off his black clothing and sunglasses. "Here, use these as a disguise, just don't hurt me!" He bowed to Kumori.

Kumori and Ark both sweat dropped. "You do know disguises never really work, right?" Kumori asked.

"Please just spare me! I never wanted to join, but my father has connections with Mikoto-sama so he told me to join Kami No Tsurugi!" Then the guard threw Kumori a card key. "Use that! EE!" He ran away.

Kumori and Ark both blinked in confusion. "That was weird." Kumori remarked, and Ark nodded. "I sure hope he realizes that he's running in his underwear." The two ran into the building.

- -

Hikari was tied up on a chair, and inside a dark room. Mikoto spoke with a woman who wore a female version of the black suit, only with a skirt. "So what are we going to do with this girl?"

"We need to kill her, but not by regular means. We must kill her the way a Shadow would." Mikoto answered. "We need to shatter her body in order to release what is sealed inside her."

"And how do you suggest we do that?"

"Simple, we'll use that project." Mikoto said, and the woman nodded, and walked out. Mikoto walked up to Hikari. "You're half vampire, aren't you?" Mikoto asked. Hikari didn't talk to Mikoto. "Since you are, why don't I give you some blood, you must be parched."

"You taste bad." Hikari said blatantly, even though she didn't bite Mikoto's exposed neck.

"YOU!" Mikoto shouted. He slapped Hikari, hard. "Don't you ever say that about a superior human! All of you useless races, you'll all die!" Mikoto walked out the dark room.

Tears started dripping from Hikari's eyes. "Shade-kun, please save me."

- -

Queen walked up to King. "King, we have a problem." Queen said.

"What?"

"Well, it seems that some humans have the girl with them, and they're trying to harness her power."

King however smiled. "If I know Shade, he'll go barging in trying to save the girl. We have nothing to worry about."

- -

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" The alarms sounded, and sirens started flashing. Many black suits were preparing for battle by preparing pistols, which looked similar to Gigakishi's own pistol. They stood at ready. But Kumori and Ark were in the vents, crawling.

"I'm not really fit for this." Ark remarked.

"Don't worry, when we say Hikari, it will be worth it." Kumori replied to Ark.

"Yeah, anything to save Hikari." Ark said. (I miss Kari-chan! (The Name) Flutter away)

The two kept crawling. Eventually, they finally reached a room that was past the black suits. Kumori used the Henshin Blade to cut up an opening, and the two were out. "So, it's you two that are the intruders." Mikoto was waiting for them. Kumori and Ark stopped. "So you want to save the girl who holds Ragnarok in her? I WON'T LET YOU!" Mikoto snapped on the Gigakishi belt. "Henshin!" Mikoto snapped on the buckle. "GIGA MODE!" A distorted computerized digital voice announced from the belt. A digital red grid created the Gigakishi suit around Mikoto. Mikoto drew the pistol.

"Ark, get back." Kumori commanded, and Ark obeyed. Kumori too snapped on his Tenkishi belt. "STANDBY!" The belt announced, then Kumori spread his arms out, and held the Henshin Blade. "Henshin!" Kumori announced, and inserted the blade into the buckle. "SHINE!" The belt announced. Mikoto fired a shot, and that shot went against the front projection of the Tenkishi suit. The projections flew onto Kumori. Kumori ran and grappled Mikoto. "Ark, you'll have to go on your own! I'll handle this guy." Kumori threw Mikoto on the ground, and attempted to fist Mikoto's helmet, but Mikoto kicked Kumori back.

Ark kept turning his head, should he continue, or find some way to help Kumori. Of course, Kumori kept shouting at Ark to get going, so Ark obeyed and ran. Kumori fired Shoulder Vulcan shots at Mikoto, and Mikoto used an arm to block.

- -

Outside the sun was starting to set. The weird undergarment guy was running all over town. "WHOO!" He shouted. "I'm free!" He shouted to everyone. He finally came across Yumi, Sakura, and Koji. "I'm FREE!"

"EEK!" Yumi and Sakura shrieked, and they both threw the man to the ground. The two attempted to trample kick the guy to oblivion!

Koji just watched the two. "Yosh, now's a perfect time for everyone to drop to their knees because of my rock!" Koji then connected his electric guitar to his portable amplifier and started playing, while the two girls were beating the undergarment guy up.

- -

Ark dropped unconscious while standing, and they he brought his head up, now Night Ark. Seems Night Ark appears at random times when the sun starts to set, or after. There isn't a set time when Night Ark awakens. Ark looked around, and noticed that there were some black suits lounging around, waiting for the intruders to appear. Of course, Kumori was handling Mikoto, and Ark was now of course his night self, who is much better at this rescuing business than Day Ark. "All right, here goes." Ark whispered to himself, and the Crush Crest flew to his hands. Ark drew the Shade Blaster from his jacket, and opened the mouth of the blaster, and closed it, then opened it again. A sonic sound sounded, and flames engulfed his waist to create the Shade Belt. Ark's eyes turned red, and he inserted the crest into the mouth of the blaster. He held the blaster at front. "Henshin." Ark said, and swiped the crest over the belt buckle's eyes. "CRUSH FORM!" The belt announced. Flames started to engulfed Ark.

- -

Tora was playing chess with Inu, and Tora heard the call. "My turn." Tora said, and captured Inu's queen. Tora then smashed the queen piece to pieces. "Here I go." Tora got up and walked out the door.

Inu sighed. Taka came running and noticed the dusty remains of the queen piece. "AHH!" Taka shouted. "Not another queen piece gone! Why do they keep getting these horrible fates!?"

"Deal with it." Inu said coldly.

Tora kept walking until he started to glow gold. He then transformed into the Crush Gauntlets and flew to Ark.

- -

The flame engulfed Ark walked out to the black suits. "SHADOW!" The black suits shouted, and started open firing at Ark. Of course the bullets only came across the flames, and of course, yellow rocks started flying around, engulfing Ark. They scattered away, the force blowing some of the black suits away. Ark was now in Crush Form, and the Crush Gauntlets flew around, and flew onto Ark's hands. Ark walked slowly towards the humans. "FIRE!" The leader commanded, and everyone started firing. Ark used a gauntlet to block the bullets. Ark kept walking towards the black suits. Then Ark came across the leader. The leader whimpered, then Ark poked the leader's neck softly with a gauntlet finger. The leader gasped, in a really weird way, and fell unconscious.

"He's killed the captain!" One of the other black suits shouted. "FIRE!" More firing. Of course, they were shooting against Ark's most defensive form. Ark kept walking, and tapped every black suits' necks. They all gasped, again their strange way, and fell unconscious.

Ark looked around. "Perfect." He said, then the Crush Gauntlets flew off and Ark grabbed hold of the Shade Blaster, and opened the mouth, took out the Crush Crest, reverted back to Blaze Form, throwing the Crush Crest causing it to fly away, the Wind Crest flying to Ark's hand, and Ark inserting the Wind Crest into the mouth of the blaster. Ark swiped the crest over the eyes of the belt buckle. "WIND FORM!"

- -

Tora walked back into the room, seeing Taka sweeping up the remains of the queen piece. Then Taka heard the Wind Form call. He snapped his finger. "Master Ark is calling, Master Ark is calling!" Taka shouted excitedly. Taka dropped the brush that he was holding and ran out the door.

Inu looked at Tora, then pointed at the remains of the queen piece. "You going to clean that?" Inu asked.

"You going to eat it?" Tora mocked. Then Inu clawed Tora's face.

Taka ran along the hallway, and jumped up and transformed into the Wind Vulcan, and flew to Ark.

- -

Ark grabbed hold of the Wind Vulcan, and Ark's suit became windy, and turned green. He was now in Wind Form. Ark used his heightened sense to see if any black suits were coming towards him. There were. Ark aimed. "Hm. This is going to be easy." Ark remarked, and started firing small wind shots. Don't want to hurt the humans now do we? The shots disarmed the black suits, and stung their hands as well. "And for the final touch . . ." Ark said and opened the mouth of the Shade Blaster. Ark threw the Wind Crest into the air, and the Wind Vulcan and the crest both flew away. Ark reverted back to Blaze Form, and the Frost Crest flew to Ark's hand. Ark inserted the crest into the mouth of the blaster, and quickly swiped the crest over the eyes of his belt buckle. "FROST FORM!"

- -

Taka was skipping and entering the room, then all of a sudden Inu ran past Inu, like a ninja! Inu whizzed past Taka, the wind ironically blowing on Taka's hair. Taka whistled, then skipped to Tora, who had scratch marks all over his face. Taka started giggling. "You look silly!"

Tora tilted his head in pain. "Ite, te, te, te."

Inu kept running, and jumped up, disappearing in a blue light and transformed into the Frost Spear.

- -

Ark grabbed hold of the Frost Spear, and his suit became cold and blue. Ark then ran at super sonic speed, right past the black suits, who were holding their hands in pain. They felt something whizzed by them, and they were stupefied, then went back to shouting in pain, and jumping around.

- -

Kumori entered open mode and drew the Tenki Calibur sword mode. Kumori started slashing at Mikoto. Mikoto was a long range fighter, so a sword wielding Kumori was a bit of a problem. Nonetheless, Mikoto kept firing at Kumori. Of course Kumori had to jump back to dodge some bullets, and Kumori switched the Tenki Calibur to gun mode. The two then kept firing at each other. They ran as they fired. Then Kumori found an opening. He ran to the left, still firing. Mikoto aimed at Kumori, taking the hits, and fired, but Kumori quickly faked right, and switched the Calibur to sword mode. Kumori was able to get a slash in, and Mikoto went flying after sparks flew off the Gigakishi suit. Mikoto went flying into a room, smashing the door open. Kumori ran after Mikoto, then had to dodge Mikoto's motorcycling skills! THE GIGA MACHINE WAS INSIDE THE ROOM! Kumori rolled away as Mikoto was in the air, and Mikoto skidded on the ground. Mikoto had the Gigakishi Gatling gun in his hand.

"Now, prepare for Kami's punishment!" Mikoto shouted.

"Sinners." Kumori started to say as he got up. "They are the reason why this world is so corrupt. They are the reason why human hearts are evil. You kidnaped a girl, and are now attempting to murder the same girl. This is what we call a sin. When I defeat you, you must repent for your sins."

"Cut your useless babble you stupid boy!" Mikoto shouted. "Kami is on my side as he entrusted the superiority of humans with me, now die!" Mikoto kept firing at Kumori.

Kumori jumped as the shots were easy to dodge. Kumori then tried to use an overhead slash, but Mikoto detached the pistol from the Gatling gun and fired at Kumori at close range, striking Kumori. A large spark flew off of Kumori's chest. Then Mikoto reattached the pistol into the Gatling gun, and fired at Kumori, juggling Kumori in the air.

- -

The four of them finished their dinner, and decided to take a walk. They were being followed by Lloyd, just to note. "Wow that was good!" Mark exclaimed.

Hibiki seemed to be, well, crying. He's never gone on a date once in his life, so, he didn't know what to do on a date. SO, he called out Mark and decided to have a double date to see how Mark acted around Mari. IT DIDN'T HELP! Hibiki was still a clueless child. Mark was usually a romantic, but probably decided not to be romantic as, well, Hibiki was with him.

Of course, Sakura was nice about it. "It was fun Hibiki-san." Sakura said.

This gave Hibiki a moment of triumph. YES! He thought, and pumped his hands up and down when no one was watching.

"Well, we'll be splitting from each other when we reach the next fork." Mark said. "You two can finally be alone."

"Eh?" Hibiki asked.

"Well, I need to walk Mari home, and I bet you want to walk Sakura home as well." Mark answered.

Hibiki and Mark kept staring at each other. Then sparkles seemed to be flying around Hibiki's eyes, as he went into a prayer stance. Thank you, you're a saint. I knew you were a cool Sempai. (Yeah, Hibiki has this weird face that appears in manga when the guys are like extremely happy, that they take on this really weird face. I don't really know how to describe it.) Hibiki thought. Mark had his eyes squinted and stars seemed to appear on Mark's eyes. Mark gave a thumbs up to Hibiki.

Then Taka, parrot form, flew over frantically and perched himself on Mark's shoulder. "Hm, what is it?" Mark asked. Taka chirped, and Mark all of a sudden seemed shock. Then he straightened up. Mark bowed to everyone. "Everyone, I'm sorry but I have some urgent business I must tend to." Mark ran off.

"Be careful!" Mari shouted to Mark. Hibiki and Sakura decided to stay with Mari because they didn't want to have her walk home alone. Mari should stay with Mark.

- -

Mark kept running as fast as he could as Taka was flying along with Mark. Mark got to the area of disturbance. Tora and Inu, in their true forms, were fighting against a Blue female Sawfish Shadow. She was blue in color, an aqua blue. She had a blue head, not a fish head, but a blue faceless head with red eyes, and a fish tail as a head ornament. She had a pink Sawfish shape on her chest. She had scales on her arms and legs, and she had an opened dress garment on her legs. She held a blue sawfish head shaped rapier, and she was stabbing at both Inu and Taka. The two tried to fend them off.

"Ikuzo, Taka!" Mark shouted, drawing the Shade Blaster.

"Yosha." Taka said, and started to spin around.

Mark closed the mouth of the Shade Blaster, and a sonic sound sounded. Flames engulfed his waist and created the Shade Belt. Mark's eyes turned red. He then swiped the blaster over his belt, gem against eyes. Flames then engulfed Mark, and scattered to create the Shade suit.

A tornado seemed to form near Taka, and then Taka transformed into his Wind Hawk form. Taka snapped his finger. The two ran at the Sawfish Shadow, and started fighting the Shadow. The Shadow had floored both Inu and Tora. Mark threw a fist, and Taka stayed back to fire feathers at the Shadow. The Sawfish Shadow however parried with her hand, and growled violently at Mark, and parried the feather with her sword. She then slashed Mark, and threw her sword at Taka, hitting his chest. Taka was okay though. Mark flipped back up and had the Shade Blaster sword form in his hand. Mark slashed at the Sawfish Shadow, and the Shadow had to take the hit. However, Mark had slashed her into a shadow of a tree and the Sawfish Shadow moved around in a shadowy blob and shifted to her sword. She reemerged and held her sword in hand. She then attempted to stab Mark, and Mark kept parrying. This gave way for Taka to fire a feather at the Sawfish Shadow, but she slashed Mark and slashed the feather in half, however she did not notice that on top, was a feather floating down towards her. She noticed too late and the green feather exploded right in front of her face, blowing her backwards. She flew past Mark.

"Taka, you have a weapon form right?" Mark asked. Taka nodded. "Will you change for me?"

"YES!" Taka shouted happily and he transformed into the Wind Vulcan, and Mark took hold of the Wind Vulcan as it flew to his hand.

Mark also held the Shade Blaster blaster form. Mark crossed his arms, and breathed in. Inu and Tora reverted to animal form, and started cheering for Mark, well in their own way. Mark then aimed at the Sawfish Shadow and started firing windy projectiles and his own fiery projectiles as well. The Sawfish Shadow was still holding her head in pain and got shot as well. She reverted back to human form, which was a pretty woman. Mark swiped the Shade Blaster over his belt buckle. "BLAZE!" Mark then swiped the green crystal of the handle over his belt buckle, "WIND!" The belt announced, and Mark cross his arms, wind surrounding him, and his right shin guard revealing itself. Mark then jumped up, but noticed this.

"LORD SHADE! PLEASE HELP ME! I DON'T WANT TO SUFFER ANYMORE!" The Sawfish Shadow human form shouted. "Please, HELP ME!" What's going on, she was grunting in pain, holding her head which seemed to be in pain, but it wasn't from Taka's explosive feather. She reverted back to Shadow form.

"What the heck is going on?" Mark asked himself as he was in the air. Mark fired multiple windy projectiles from the Wind Vulcan, each of the shots hitting the Shadow. Mark then spun in the air, his legs together, the left leg behind a wing of the right leg. Mark was ablaze. Mark then unleashed a corkscrew kick on the Shadow. She went flying into a pole, and she started to glow multiple colors. "Did it." Mark said, but then the Shadow human form started staggering towards Mark. Mark got into battle stance, but then the Shadow hugged him. The Shadow was crying tears of joy.

"Thank you, Lord Shade." She said, and shattered right on Mark. The white soul flew off.

Mark was stupefied. "What just happened?" He asked himself. Mark also noticed that a woman's voice was singing the whole time during the battle, and now the voice stopped.

- -

Ark continued his rescue project. "Inu, can you sniff out Hikari for me?" Ark asked the Frost Spear.

"Sure, anything for Lady Hikari." Inu said from the Frost Spear, and the Frost Spear started floating in air and started spinning like a roulette, or compass.

Ark chuckled. "Come on, you don't have to call her Lady Hikari you know."

"Why not, she'll make a great wife for you." Inu said to Ark.

"Stop teasing." Ark said chuckling. Then the Frost Spear stopped.

"There Master Ark!" Inu announced.

"Yosh." Ark said and took hold of the Frost Spear, but then Tenkishi came flying over and smashed Ark to the ground, Tenkishi on top of Frost Form Shade. Kumori got off Ark, then turned to see Shade.

"ZERO!" Kumori shouted in surprise, but then Mikoto came riding over. Strange that Mikoto could ride so well inside. Mikoto aimed, and fired at Shade and Tenkishi. The rapid firing hits shot at both Ark and Kumori because the range was quite wide.

Kumori shouted in pain, but Ark was in most pain as he himself was taking more damage as he was in Frost Form. Inu knew Ark couldn't take such damage, so the Frost Spear flew off, and the Frost Crest forcibly flew out the Shade Blaster. Ark reverted back to Blaze Form, and less damage was taken, but of course, damage was still taken. Both Ark and Kumori fell to the floor.

Mikoto started laughing insanely. "YES! Both Shade and the damn Tenkishi, TOGETHER! I can now destroy you two together!" Mikoto aimed, and attempted to fire, but not before announcing to his pistol, "Giga Burst." Gold energy started to pile onto the barrel of the Gatling gun. "GIGA BURST!" The pistol announced. "DIE!" Mikoto then started rapid firing golden bullets, ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Ark got up, carried Kumori, and jumped over the bullets. However, Ark had to block a few bullets from hitting Kumori, so Ark was still hit. Ark landed behind Mikoto.

However, a scene started playing in Kumori's head. A child Kumori was being carried away from a fire, and the savior, looked so much like Shade. But Kumori ignored the image, and got up. Kumori looked at Shade, but decided to spare Shade for the moment. Kumori drew the Tenki Calibur sword mode, while Ark drew the Shade Blaster sword form. The two ran at Mikoto, while Mikoto was still using Giga Burst.

Mikoto turned to shoot at Ark and Kumori, but the two decided to just take the hits, and even got pushed back by the last hits. "DIE!" Mikoto shouted, still firing even though Giga Burst was over.

Ark growled, and Kumori roared as the two got up. The two kept charging, and they slashed at the shots that were heading for them. They finally got close to Mikoto, and slashed at Mikoto, Kumori from the right, and Ark from the left. Sparks flew off the Gigakishi suit, and Mikoto was thrown off his bike. Ark and Kumori then proceeded to slash Mikoto and Mikoto was a bad close range fighter. Ark and Kumori ferociously slashed at Mikoto. Kumori from the right, Ark from up high. Kumori upwards slash, Ark kicking off, flipping in the air, and slashing Mikoto. Then the both Ark and Kumori swiped their respective weapons over their belts.

"BLAZE!" Shade's belt announced.

"JUDGEMENT!" Tenkishi's belt announced.

Ark's sword was ablaze, while Kumori's was shining. The diamond shape on Kumori's head flashed a light, blinding Mikoto, and Kumori slashed Mikoto. Mikoto staggered back, then Ark slashed a blazing slash at Mikoto, burning Mikoto. Ark, after slashing, had his back turned on Mikoto. A small explosion occurred on Mikoto, and Mikoto shouted in pain, and flew from his spot, and smashed into a wall. Ark then ran, and Kumori followed. Why? Kumori didn't really know, but Kumori wanted to see what the heck Shade was going to do.

Hikari was unconscious, and she was tied up. Somehow, a machine in the room was controlling her shadow, much like a Shadow would, and they were creeping up to her neck, but Ark bursted the door open, and destroyed the machine with a rider kick. Ark landed, and Kumori entered, to see Shade untie Hikari. Shade held Hikari bridal style. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Kumori shouted, aiming his Tenki Calibur gun mode at Shade.

However, Shade walked past Kumori, but not before tapping where Kumori's nose was supposed to be. Kumori was so surprised, he didn't even think about firing at Shade. Kumori was too surprised to even think about Ark being inside the building. Ark then used his Shade blaster to blast a window apart, and Ark started building jumping away (he does have a pretty high jump height). Kumori decided to escape the building.

The moon was now bright, and Mikoto walked up to the shattered window, staring at the moon. "RAH!" Mikoto roared, red electricity emitting from the Gigakishi belt. "I shouldn't lose! My system is the ultimate system!" Mikoto shouted.

The woman sighed. "If you're so mad, then stop shouting." She said. "You were too busy with Tenkishi and Shade, you didn't even notice that they took that girl." Mikoto roared even louder. "But just so you know, we have data on Shade's new forms and weapons, and data on that weapon that Tenkishi has." Mikoto stopped roaring, and smiled.

"Good."

- -

Late at night, King and Queen entered a church, and a black mist was waiting for them. Queen held a man by the collar, and dragged the man inside. The man struggled to get free, but Queen threw the man onto the floor. King had a large white orb in his hand. King walked up to the mist. "This is the light that we gathered, Aku . . . I mean Ace-sama." King said, and gave the large white orb to the mist, and the sphere sank into the mist. Hm, it seems that Ace is just a codename for this mist, as King almost seemed to call the mist, Aku.

"YES!" The mist hissed, and then took physical form as . . . SHADE!? No, this suit was black with red flame designs. The green crystal that was between Shade's eyes, were red instead on this Shade look alike. The silver bands on the legs were gold instead, and the eyes, they were a crimson color, so dark, so red, so evil. These eyes, these eyes, they were the eyes of evil. Shade seemed like something that can be trusted, however, this Shade look alike appeared as the pinnacle of evil.

The man that Queen had brought in, watched Ace in fear. "No, I won't die here!" He shouted, and his face turned red and yellow. This guy was a Shadow.

"Ace-sama, this Shadow has betrayed our kind, and even attempted to marry a lowly human." Queen said to Ace.

Ace laughed maniacally. "Oh, we can't have that." He said, and drew his black blaster, which was identical to the Shade Blaster, but black and with the eyes the same colors as the blood stained colored eyes of Ace. Ace swiped the blaster, gem, which was the same red as the crystal on Ace's head, over eyes of the belt buckle, which was also the same red as the eyes of Ace. "DARKNESS!" The belt announced in a distorted voice. Ace laughed maniacally, and threw the blaster away. He stood still, darkness surrounding him. He had his legs together, and his right leg revealed itself in a similar way as Shade's revealing. The wings were gold as well, and identical to Shade's.

"I will survive!" The man shouted, his body melting trying to transform into his Shadow form.

"Traitors of the Shadows, will die!" Ace shouted, and started floating, the darkness turning into black flames, engulfing Ace. Ace then started spinning around, and was heading towards the man. Ace unleashed a dark fire corkscrew kick on the man, kicking through. Ace landed on the ground, and his leg reverted back to normal. The man started glowing multiple colors, and exploded screaming, his soul shattering. Ace started laughing insanely, but then grunted in pain, and a black mist separated from the Rider like body. Ace's body laid limp, while the black mist floated around. "DAMN IT!" Ace's mist hissed. "No, light is not enough."

"What is it Aku . . . I mean Ace-sama?" King asked.

"I can't sustain my physical form. Damn brother of mine, sealing me and all! Light is not enough, I need darkness, I need darkness!"

"Now where are you going to find the right amount of darkness?" Queen asked.

"Simple, there's someone I know who's already filling his heart with darkness as we speak." Ace hissed. "By the way, how is Operation Joker going?"

"Not good, Shade continues to be a nuisance." King replied.

"Oh, is he really that hard?"

"You don't understand." Queen continued. "He's not the same Shade as a long time ago. He's someone else, a demon."

"Oh." Ace hissed inquisitively. "Seems like I have an interesting Nephew."

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Hibiki, Sakura, and Mari were waiting for Mark to come back. However, the three of them were being spied on by a trench coat man, who wore a black hat. He smiled an insane smile. "Those three know Shade, guess I'm going to have some fun tonight."

Chapter 20 end! And Hikari is rescued, and this new character Aku . . . I mean Ace seems dangerous. Those horrid eyes! Those blood red eyes! Even bloodier than blood! Shade, Tenkishi, you must save us all! But for now, nothing seems too serious. Please review.

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The reign of the Shadows is over, but a new evil appears! KAMEN RIDER SHADE! RULER OF THE DARK MOON! Tenkishi is shown, with a new mode! It's too bright, but a pair of white metal angel wings with a golden frame can be seen. Yellow blades can be seen extending out of the arms. Tenkishi seems to be holding a giant buster gun weapon (ZERONOS!) Shade is shown in his new form, and he turns, the wings flapping as he turns. "The ruler of the dark moon has returned, but who is it?"

"This battle is so big, that even Inu, Taka, and Tora will have to help!" Ark shouts, and a scene where Shade, Inu, Taka, and Tora are shown together facing against a devilish black rider with sinister green yellow eyes, and horns.

"And I have hero status." Hibiki says.

"Everyone, see you then!" The two shout, pointing their respective instrumental items.