TB: TALLY-HOOOOOOO! *dives down towards the studio ship before sticking the landing*
KKD: GERONIMOOOO! *leaps down towards the ship, also sticking the landing*
TB: WOO! That was awesome!
KKD: Yea! A-, wait… I actually stuck the landing in your studio and nothing freaky happened to make me slip or hurt myself?
TB: Looks like Lady Luck is on your side this time.
KKD: Let's try not to jinx it, ok?
TB: Okay. *knocks on wood* So, we've made it a quarter of the way through the Seven Swordsmen of the Abyss arc.
KKD: Man, this is gonna get crazy.
TB: This time, Yoshi and his crew have to deal with two at a time now.
KKD: Yea, we're getting crazy, here.
TB: Set Disclaimers up, ya maties! Yargh.
DISCLAIMERS: Neither TokuBrony nor KKD Silver own Kamen Rider or anything else in this story except for original concepts and characters within. Kamen Rider is owned by Toei, Namco Bandai, and it's respective owners.
"Two down… five to go," Yoshi sighed with some relief, taking a notepad and crossing off the names from the list of Gyojin Swordsmen.
"I like the progress we're making so far with eliminating these forces," Robin smiled.
"Of course. But there's still the matter of the police and the marines," Mitsuru pointed out.
"...I have not seen Takeo and his cops for four chapters. It's as if they're waiting for that opportunity to try and get some answers out of me… or have they finally figured out that I'm not the criminal they think I am," Yoshi figured, "And I'm willing to place my bets on either one of them."
"With everything that we've told him so far, he should be trying to figure out ways to get at us again. Why haven't we heard from him?" Ai wondered in confusion.
"Shouldn't that be a good sign?" Jack asked, also confused.
"You do have a point, but I'd like to be on the safe side right now," Yoshi noted as he grabbed the wheel.
"*chuckle* That sounds so unlike you," Mizuki admitted with a laugh.
"I know, I know… but still, it doesn't hurt."
He spun the wheel a little bit, moving the ship up to the surface.
(Insert Theme: This Life by CFO$)
*As the instrumental begins a galleon, is seen sailing across the ocean with Kamen Rider Buccaneer standing atop near his Jolly Roger flag as the title appeared.*
Kamen Rider Buccaneer
Gotta keep my head up, never get that low
*Yoshida then jumped through the title, shattering it like glass as the camera panned over to him as Buccaneer fighting Gyojin*
Cause I'm living this life, now it's all I know
*He managed to slice through all of the Puffers*
Like oh~
It's the life I chose (This life, this life)
*He then looked to see police arriving on the scene, aiming at him*
So I keep a step up everywhere I go
*Buccaneer then ran away, avoiding every shot the police threw at him*
Now they screaming my name after every show
*A rope was lowered to him, which he grabbed and used to swing up and onto the deck of his vessel*
Like oh~
It's the life I chose (This life, this life)
One life, one choice, gotta do it right
*We see Yoshi walking into his cabin before waving to the camera with his alter ego, Buccaneer, in the background*
One chance of proving to the world that you was right
*Satoshi was currently examining a map with a compass before looking up to wave at the camera*
Like a match waiting for a spark to ignite
*We then see Robin tinker with some little trinket she had before realizing that the camera was on her, causing her to be like 'Oh' before smiling*
Sitting and mimicking, thinking if you'll make it through the night
*At the same time, Jack was examining the weapons aboard the ship, making sure they were in top condition before looking at the camera and giving a little salute*
And rise up like a phoenix, flying through the night
*Now we see Ai in the kitchen of the ship, cooking up some noodles for everyone onboard the ship before jumping a bit when noticing the camera. Mitsuru went over to calm her down before they both waved*
I shine once like a shooting star losing sight
*Now we see Hariko and Mizuki nodding at the camera before their Gyojin forms reflected in the mirror*
You see, man, the difference between you and I
*We then see the police arguing over something as one sets up his wanted poster before we cut to a marine headquarters, with Haruka standing at attention and Gekka walking past her, his reflection showing Kamen Rider Corsair*
Is Imma keep doing what I do, cause it's do or die
*We then cut to a shot of the Gyojin no Kaizoku, starting with Kuroken before it shows his generals as well*
Ain't got no time for that not getting big game
*The generals began to pose to look intimidating before we cut back to the galleon*
Got one life, living mine in the quick lane
*The crew stood on the galleon as they saw the Gyojin initiate a battle onshore*
I'm too hungry not to get that win, but I just gotta remember one thing
*Yoshi took a step forward before taking out a Kaizoku Key and putting it on his driver*
Gotta keep my head my head up, never get that low
*With that, he transformed into Buccaneer as he jumped into battle swinging his sword around attacking all of the Puffers*
Cause I'm living this life, now it's all I know
*The clip then shows him in his Kaen Form shooting his flames around and at the screen, then cuts to another of him in his Mizu Form twirling the Mizu Whip, and then a clip of him in his Dengeki Form using his Dengeki Escrima shocking everyone, and one more clip of him in his Geo Form using his Geo Hammer to pound the ground*
Like oh~
It's the life I chose (This life, this life)
*It then showed Corsair fighting with his jutte against Puffers*
So I keep a step up everywhere I go
*When the cops arrived, they found Yoshi was gone, leaving behind only his sygnia, which was a skull and crossbones with a pirate hat atop its skull*
Now they screaming my name after every show
*They then look up on a rooftop to see Yoshi with a smirk and holding his wanted poster*
Like oh~
It's the life I chose (This life, this life)
*As the theme ended, he let the wanted poster get picked up by the wind before it hit the camera, the titles for the show coming back on as everything else faded around it.*
Sail 21: Double Trouble
Yoshi was walking outside in the city with Ai, wanting to get some fresh air to clear his head.
"Thanks for keeping me company, Ai-chan. I needed to get out of my ship for a moment," he smiled as they made a stop by a pizza place.
"You're welcome. I wanted to come with you anyway. You've been getting a little more… um, on edge, recently," Ai noted as they went up to the counter.
"Please, I'm not the 'dark and brooding' superhero type. I'm not turning into freakin' Batman. Two slices of pizza, extra pepperoni."
"*giggle* Yoshi-san, there's nothing wrong with being alert, but I don't want you being too scared either."
"I know, it's just… I'm worried about the five-o being a little too quiet since they brought your sister in for questions. At this point in the story, I'm pretty much asking for them to show up," Yoshi joked as the waiter brought the two plates to prepare for the pizza along with some sodas.
"Don't worry, Yoshi-san. I'm sure everything will resolve itself eventually," Ai reassured as she took a bit of her slice.
"...You're right. Enough of that for now, snack time!"
The two smiled as they ate their slices. Then, someone came in and sat right next to Yoshi, this someone being a young woman with neck length red hair, black eyeliner and eyeshadow, green eyes, and wearing a purple tank-top, a plaid skirt, long black socks, and pink sneakers. She also looked like she was wearing light green fingerless arm sleeves with holes in them, showing another pair of them in black underneath and had black nail color on her fingers.
"Get me the strongest sake you got," she requested of the staff, the nearby waitress nodding as she walked back into the kitchen.
"...Off to an early start, aren't you?" Yoshi chuckled as the girl looked at him.
"Just something to clear my mind. I needed to get away from my father."
"...Father/daughter trouble?" Ai asked, the girl nodding as she was given the bottle of sake before chugging some of it.
"Pwah! That's some good stuff," the girl smiled after having a good chug, "You have no idea how overbearing and controlling my dad is."
"That bad, huh? He must be a real treat then," Yoshi noted sarcastically, the girl taking another swig of alcohol.
"I swear, it's like he's got me on a frickin leash. No matter where I go or what I do, he's always gotta keep an eye on me. It's really embarrassing!"
"Maybe he's just trying to protect you from all those recent monster attacks happening," Ai figured, the girl gulping down more sake.
"Those fish freaks that run around the streets? Puh-lease! I'm smart enough to stay away from those goofballs," the girl scoffed, hiccuping a tiny bit as she took another sip of sake.
"I know I drink a lot of rum, but don't push it," Yoshi pointed out.
"Rum? *hic* That's for babies… rum isn't any different from beer or even piss. It'll never get you drunk. This sake is the best," the girl giggled, clearly starting to get drunk as her face was flushed red, "But… if you don't even have the balls to handle this, I guess you just ain't up to my level. Though, I would like to tie some pretty ribbons in your hair and take you out on a fancy night of dancing."
"...Are you challenging me?"
"Whaddya think?"
"...Yoshi-san, don't do anything too rash," Ai warned as Yoshi thought about it before slamming his fist on the counter.
"Challenge accepted!" Yoshi smirked, taking taking another bottle of sake before guzzling some of it, and while his face was red, he seemed totally fine, "I can handle my liquor better than you."
"Show off…" the girl groaned, taking another swig.
"BTDubs, I didn't even get your name."
"...Yuma… Kageyoshi Yuma."
"Okay, Yuma-chan… drink up. Ai-chan, you're my moral support."
"O-Ok… careful now…" Ai warned, both of them chugging their bottles very rapidly.
Suddenly, the windows were shattered as a group of Puffers leapt through them, causing the people to panic and run away. In response, Yoshi and Ai looked up and saw them causing a ruckus, Yoshi taking another bite of his slice before grabbing his plate.
"Hey, bass!" he called over to one Puffer, getting its attention, "Here's pizza in your eye!"
With a chuckle, he threw the pizza right into the Puffer's face, breaking the plate as well.
"Take it easy, Yuma-chan," Yoshi chuckled, dusting his hand while he and Ai ran out to take care of the problem, Yuma just hiccuping in response before paying for her drink and getting out.
In her drunken state, she stumbled outside and saw Yoshi and Ai standing their ground against a group of Puffers.
"Ready, Ai-chan?" Yoshi asked, Ai nodding as Yoshi slapped on his Driver and pulled his Key out, "Henshin!"
With the insertion of the Key and opening of his Driver, Yoshi transformed into Buccaneer, Yuma silently gasping at the sight as she dropped to her knees by a street lamp.
"I can't believe it… th-th-the-the-the coat, the hat," Yuma gawked, Buccaneer twirling his sword as he and Ai ran towards the Puffers and started fighting them.
Buccaneer rushed in and began to punch and kick rapidly at the Puffers while also slashing at it. He also pulled out his pistol before firing it at some more Puffers. Ai jumped around, kicking Puffers as well before stumbling a bit and throwing punches at the grunts as well, bringing them down with her. She then proceeded to elbow some of the fallen Puffers in the gut before kicking herself back up.
However, they were soon interrupted by sudden screaming before turning to see AoEbi jumping down towards them, slashing his cutlass at the Rider, who blocked it in response.
"I had a feeling one of you would come out sooner or later," Buccaneer groaned as he managed to hold him off until he slashed at the Rider, knocking him back.
"Yoshi-san!" Ai gasped, about to run towards him until she heard another roar coming towards her, Murasaki falling towards her, flipping forward to hit her with his tail blade, "Eep!"
Luckily, Ai rolled out of the way, avoiding the attack by the monster, who kept swinging his tail at her, making sure not to get hit by any of them. Buccaneer noticed this and kicked AoEbi away before running over and trying to knock Murasaki down, but he blocked his sword with his tail. He then managed to hold both monsters off until one of them felt a pierce hit his back, revealing Harisento and Okamizu.
"Nice timing!" Buccaneer smirked with a thumbs up.
"H-He got two of those fish freaks to fight for him…? *hic*" Yuma gawked, "...Awesome."
Buccaneer chuckled as he now had three of his crewmates on his side and they managed to turn the odds back in their favor. However, before the fight can continue they suddenly hear sirens approaching very fast.
"Oh no…" Ai gulped in a bit of worry.
"Huh, I never thought I'd be relieved for the cops to show up. Don't you think we forgot about them," Buccaneer noted.
...Maybe… but I'm not the one who wrote the script. *clears throat* Before either side could escape, however, the squad was fast this time around, surrounding them in a circle and aiming their guns at them.
"Any ideas, Yoshida?" Harisento asked to make sure, the pirate looking around at the cops.
"We have you this time, Yoshida! You aren't getting away this time," Takeo shouted as he stepped out of his car.
"Really? I was beginning to wonder where you guys were," Buccaneer noted as he looked amongst the police.
"I'm a very patient man who bides his time. I am willing to wait until the time is right to bring you in."
'Oh shit, Tou-san's here. I-I'm drunk, but I gotta get outta here so he doesn't notice me,' Yuma thought in a panic before getting up and trying to slowly sneak past them despite her wobbly walking.
"The cops do not frighten me! I'll kill you with my poison tail!" Murasaki roared loudly as a purple liquid dripped from his tail before he jumped up and turned around, preparing to thrust it at Takeo.
"Yabai!" Buccaneer gasped, trying to run towards Takeo, but was blocked by AoEbi and traded blows with him.
'Oh no… Tou-san!' Yuma gawked in thought.
Murasaki roared in rage, leaping at Takeo, who was ready to shoot. Suddenly, Murasaki stopped and a pierce was heard, Takeo's eyes widening in shock as he saw Yuma standing in front of her, Murasaki's tail in shoulder making her flinch and wince in pain.
"...Yuma…?" Takeo gawked.
"...Hey… Tou-san…" Yuma muttered, nervously smiling before Murasaki pulled his tail out and she fell to the ground.
"Yuma! Yuma!"
Takeo bent over to her daughter, the pirates surprised at the display.
"...Takeo is her dad!?" Ai gasped.
"What a coincidence!" Buccaneer noted, throwing his arms up in response to this twist.
"Good luck having to deal with this, Buccaneer. We'll see you soon," AoEbi scoffed as the two jumped in a nearby manhole.
"Great."
With that, he turned out of his Rider form, his gaze turning to Takeo cradling the unconscious Yuma. He had a sympathetic gaze as he walked towards Takeo, the officers still holding their guns at him.
"I… I met her at that pizza place not too long ago… she seems really fun," Yoshi explained in an attempt at levity.
"...What do you even want? My daughter's life is in jeopardy. Why didn't you save her?" Takeo snapped.
"Uh, you saw I had my hands full, right? That other asshole blocked me from getting to you. And I didn't even know she would take the hit for you… nor did I know that she was your daughter."
"Orders, sir?" one cop asked as Takeo looked conflicted.
"...Let me take her to my ship," Yoshi requested, Takeo's eyes widening with tears down his cheeks, "I have a medic on my ship who can solve this problem and take care of Yuma-chan. In return… I'll let you take in my Gyojin comrades for questioning."
"Nandatto?" Takeo gawked.
"Yoshida…" Okamizu muttered, her brother in equal shock.
"Please… for once in your life, trust me," Yoshi practically begged, leaving Takeo to look up at him.
"...Take the two monsters in," Takeo ordered.
"Yes, sir!" another cop saluted as they rushed over to Harisento and Okamizu, who let themselves be cuffed without resistance.
"But allow Yoshida and the girl to go… for now."
As he said that, he held Yuma in his arms and gave her to Yoshi, who also carried her in that bridal fashion.
"...Please be good to her… My daughter means a lot to me," Takeo requested of Yoshi.
"Ore ni makasero (Leave it to me)," Yoshi assured before he turned around and left with Ai, the two Gyojin siblings looking at him.
"...I hope Yoshida made the right decision," Harisento whispered to his sister.
"Don't worry… I believe in him…" Okamizu assured as they got into the police car.
Later, Yoshi and Ai returned back to the cabin of the S.S. Anne Bonnie, the crew looking very surprised about Yuma being held in her arms.
"You brought someone else on the ship!?" Satoshi gawked at the sight of the girl as Yoshi quickly placed her on the medical bed.
"No time, Mitsuru, can you treat this girl? I was fighting TWO of those Swordsmen bastards, one of them poisoned her," Yoshi quickly explained.
"Right on it," Mitsuru answered, heading over to the medbay with Yuma wincing in pain.
"Can someone explain what the hell's going on?" Jack demanded as Yoshi and Ai sat over on the couch.
"I met that girl over at a pizza place. Turns out… that's Takeo's daughter," Yoshi informed.
"Nandesutte!?" Saburo gasped.
"Masaka," Robin gawked in disbelief.
"It's true. The police showed up as Yoshi-san was trying to hold off the two Swordsmen of the Abyss. She was poisoned by one of them trying to protect Takeo-san," Ai confirmed.
"I-It seems to be spreading," Mitsuru informed as she tried to scan with an x-ray, "If we can't get an antidote for her, she'll die in about in about 9 hours."
"That's not good," Yoshi noted.
"Well what can we do?"
"Maybe Mizuki and Hariko have an answer," Jack figured before noticing something, "...Where are they?"
Yoshi and Ai just stood nearly frozen and looked at each other for a moment.
"Well, I actually negotiated with Takeo, and… um, I traded those two to bring Yuma-chan over to my ship," Yoshi confessed, nervously rubbing the back of his head.
"What!?" the four gawked in shock at this news.
"W-We don't have any doubts they'll probably be set free after they're being questioned, but I'm still concerned about them," Ai nervously defended.
"But Hariko-kun and Mizuki-san? Former Gyojin generals?" Satoshi responded, "I don't think Takeo-san will be so kind to them like with us."
"All too possible. We're human, it made sense he'd let us go, but I don't know how he'll deal with two former generals of the very enemy we're facing," Robin pointed out.
"If it comes down to that, there's always our contacts in the marines," Yoshi countered, holding up his cell phone as he speed dialed Gekka and put the phone to his ear, "Yeah, Gekka, I'm going to have to ask you and Harushi-chan a favor."
Over in the interrogation room, Hariko and Mizuki were sitting handcuffed as Takeo walked in.
"You don't have to worry about me. Wait outside," Takeo ordered two cops behind him, the two saluting, albeit hesitantly, before doing as ordered.
"...Why leave your boys outside?" Hariko asked curiously, though with a bit of snark.
"I always prefer alone time with my suspects… I also see your not monsters anymore."
"We assume that a human visage would make you more comfortable," Mizuki informed, "It makes blending in with the civilians easier, especially considering our current company."
"Makes sense… so what are two Gyojin like you doing in Yoshida's crew?" Takeo inquired.
"...Yoshida changed our lives."
"...Care to clarify?"
"He reformed us…" Hariko answered, "He helped us see things differently."
"...Ok, but things are going to be rather difficult for you. Your crimes are still held accountable, considering you did a large amount of them, even more so than Yoshida," Takeo pointed out.
"...We feared that people would not forgive us for our past actions, but we've accepted our current position as part of Yoshi's crew," Mizuki stated.
Takeo just looked at the two and put his hands on the table.
"...It doesn't matter. You two are still on the wrong side of the law," Takeo countered.
"Then why did you agree to let Yoshida take care of your spawn?" Hariko inquired, Takeo's voice being caught in his throat, "Why should we be any different when you questioned the other crew members, only to let them go?"
"I heard you are very conflicted about Buccaneer because of what he does. We have heard from the others several times that you don't see Yoshida as a criminal, but you don't trust him either," Mizuki noted, Takeo sighing in response before getting up and pushing a button on the wall.
"Get me some coffee," he requested of someone on the other end.
Back on the S.S. Anne Bonnie, Yuma groaned as she started to wake up, looking left and right to find herself in a setting unfamiliar to her.
"Yuma-chan," she heard someone call, turning to see Yoshi sitting beside her smiling.
"Anata wa… Kamen Rider ne…?" Yuma asked, trying to sit up but she was urged to lay back down by Mitsuru.
"Hmph, my fame precedes me."
"I don't know how to break it to you, but… you've been poisoned," Mitsuru sighed.
"H… How…?" Yuma gawked, confused, not remembering it.
"You took the hit for your old man," Yoshi pointed out, "Seems that despite the issues you have with Takeo… you still love him, don't you?"
"W-Well I… um… still got a soft spot for the old goat, ya know. You… You saved my life before."
"...Did I?"
"When I was little…"
"Oh… that was my dad then," Yoshi figured, surprising Yuma, "That's how you know Kamen Rider Buccaneer, right?"
"...Yeah… *grunt*"
"Yoshida no chuchio ka (Yoshida's father)?" Hariko gawked upon hearing this from Takeo.
"Yes… I was on my way over to arrest him," Takeo began to explain.
15 Years Ago…
Buccaneer was seen fighting against Takarakuji as the squad arrived, a much younger looking Takeo stepping out of his car.
"I started preparing to fire as he was taking out the Gyojin… but then my eyes came across a pretty terrible sight," Takeo explained as held his hand up, telling his officers to wait as he saw a nine-year old girl with red hair tied up in pigtails wearing a purple dress and pink shoes.
"Yuma…" he gasped in shock as they kept watch of Buccaneer and Takarakuji fighting.
"You wanted to see my pops in action?" Yoshi asked, a bit surprised by this.
"...The Kamen Rider is my hero… my old man wouldn't admit it to me, but he did a lot of good things. The newspapers and channels are split on the whole thing," Yuma confessed as she explained her side of the story, still grunting in pain a bit, "...He was so cool, and when I saw he was in town I just had to see him in action."
As the young Yuma looked on, she had a bright smile on her face as she was anxious to see Buccaneer as he kept trading blows with Takarakuji, the Gyojin general actually managing to knock him down and send him tumbling towards Yuma. Quickly recovering, Buccaneer got to his knees and ran back towards Takarakuji.
"The police are here, Imamura. You have two options; either continue to fight me, or flee and risk the lives of the police and that little girl over there," Takarakuji retorted to the Rider.
"Don't you dare touch any of these people… especially a child!" Buccaneer snapped as the Gyojin smirked and grabbed the Rider, tossing him into a police car.
"Imamura Sado, you are under arrest!" Takeo shouted, his pistol fixed on the Rider while the other cops aimed at Takarakuji.
The Gyojin smirked as he held up a little device in one of his hands and clicked it, beeping sounds being heard, making the Rider look around for the source.
"What is that noise?"
"Oh no…" Buccaneer gulped, realizing he must've planted a bomb nearby.
"See you soon, Kamen Rider!" Takarakuji chuckled before laughing, jumping into the harbor, Buccaneer wanting to go after him.
"Yuma! Get out of there!" Takeo shouted, the girl stunned to find one of the bombs right next to her on one of the squad cars that surrounded the fight.
Yuma panicked, crawling back in fear as Buccaneer looked between chasing after Takarakuji or saving the little girl. He looked back and forth as he thought before…
"Everybody move!" Takeo screamed, the officers jumping out of the way as the bomb blew up, the smoke blocking their view of Yuma as the main officer looked on, "Yuma…?"
From the smoke, Buccaneer slid out and and stopped away from the other cops, laying on the ground with Yuma in his arms, coughing a bit.
"YUMA!" Takeo gasped as he ran closer to the Rider and his daughter.
Buccaneer slowly let go of her, allowing Yuma to stand as Takeo hugged her closely.
"Daijoubu ka?" he asked, Yuma nodding in response.
They then turned to Buccaneer as he slowly stood back up, gripping his hip in a little bit of pain.
"...You saved my daughter… why?" Takeo asked out of confusion as the Rider looked at him.
"...That's a stupid question to ask. As an officer of the law, you should know why I saved her," Buccaneer pointed out, as if to help Takeo see the real answer, "You may get me behind bars, but not today."
Takeo just stared at the Rider before he walked away, holding Yuma close to him.
"And since then, I've been questioning Buccaneer's motives and actions," Takeo finished, the former generals of the Gyojin listening intently.
"All because he saved your spawn," Hariko noted.
"Ever since then, Tou-san has always been such a pain… He's so overprotective of me now," Yuma sighed, Yoshi nodding a bit in response.
"So ka, so ka. Please go on," Yoshi insisted, getting a dirty glance from Yuma.
"What are you, my therapist? *groan*"
"No, I'm just curious. I feel like I can get closer to getting the cops off my back."
"Is that all I am to you?"
"No, no, no, no, absolutely not. You say that Kamen Rider is your hero, that the Rider rescued you and you've been fascinated and inspired by him ever since. But your father doesn't see it that way yet. Is that why you two have some issues?" Yoshi asked, leaving Yuma to sigh in response.
"He… well… yea. He sees the Rider as a criminal, nothing more… that's what he told me…"
"That's just what he wants you to believe for your own protection, I think."
"He just doesn't trust Yoshi-san is all," Robin pointed out, "If he doesn't remember his father rescuing you, then he wouldn't have let him take you in for care."
"I… oh…" Yuma gawked, rubbing her forehead, finding this to be embarrassing.
"What more is there to Imamura? He goes after valuable artifacts and yet still saves civilians from the Gyojin threat," Takeo retorted to the Gyojin.
"Is that why you haven't popped up until fairly recently?" Hariko inquired.
"It does seem like a valid point," Mizuki noted.
"...Damare (Shut up)! I'm the one asking the questions here!" Takeo responded, slamming his hands on the table.
"Takeo," he heard a voice call before turning to see Gekka and Haruka.
"Oh! Gekka-senjou! Haruka-chui! I wasn't expecting you."
"We are here for the Gyojin under your custody," Haruka informed as Takeo saluted.
"Transfer? O-Of course. Go ahead."
With that, the two marines helped the two Gyojin stand up and escorted them out of the police headquarters.
"Yoshida?" Mizuki whispered to the marines, Gekka nodding in response and Hariko spreading his wrists apart to break the chain on the handcuffs.
"Yah~, finally. I don't know how long we would feign this, na, sister," Hariko smirked and sighed with relief, Mizuki easily doing the same despite moving her wrists slowly.
"That was rather discomforting," she admitted, rubbing her wrists.
"Good news, Hariko and Mizuki-chan are out," Yoshi confirmed to the crew, on the phone with Gekka now.
"That's a relief," Jack sighed as he laid back.
"Now I have some bad news. We only have 5 hours left before the poison completely affects Yuma," Mitsuru pointed out as Yuma was laying down in the bed again, grunting in more pain and sweating.
"Wait, we seriously just spent four hours talking and waiting for any progress from Gekka? What's up with the time in our universe?! Does time just fly by faster when you're doing nothing?" Yoshi gawked in surprise.
"Look, the good thing is that our Gyojin experts are out of the clinker, they can help us with the antidote," Jack pointed out as suddenly, the alarms rang on again.
"Well now. The timing couldn't be any better. Ai-chan, Satoshi, Jack, you're with me. Robin-chan, stay with Mitsuru and look after Yuma-chan," Yoshi ordered.
"Hai/Ryokai!" everyone nodded as Yoshi grabbed the wheel.
Later, Yoshi, Jack, Satoshi, and Ai met up with Hariko, Mizuki, Gekka, and Haruka at a nearby playground.
"Perfect timing. Those two swordsmen could be anywhere. Hariko, Mizuki-chan, do you two know of an antidote to counter the poison in Yuma-chan?" Yoshi asked to make sure.
"Closest thing I can do is give her is take a small sample of Murasaki's poison, and combine it with the poison in my needles," Hariko answered.
"Wouldn't that speed up the process?" Satoshi inquired.
"Not necessarily. Murasaki's poison is only designed to kill. My brother's can adapt to anything and be used in a variety of ways; if his poison can adapt to the Swordsman's, he could very well make a sort of poison vaccine to not only cure Yuma of her condition but also prevent future cases of such," Mizuki explained.
"That's good to hear," Jack sighed with relief.
"Now where could they be?" Haruka pondered when, as if on cue, they turned to see AoEbi and Murasaki walking towards the group.
"...Did you have to ask?" Yoshi groaned.
"Focus. Get ready," Gekka called out as he and Yoshi got their Drivers ready.
"Henshin!" they both shouted in unison before inserting their Keys, becoming Buccaneer and Corsair as Hariko and Mizuki turned into their Gyojin forms as well.
"I'm set to keelhaul the lot of ya," Buccaneer smirked as he pulled out his sword.
"Mission start," Corsair shouted, revealing his jutte as the group then ran towards the Gyojin.
"Ike, Puffers!" AoEbi shouted as the grunts ran and attacked our heroes first.
The two sides rushed in, Haruka aiding Satoshi and Jack with some of the grunts. She sliced some of them up with her blade, Sentou, Jack firing on some with his pistol as Satoshi quickly swatted them with his staff. Over with Corsair and Okamizu, they were fighting AoEbi at such speeds that seemed blinding to him he couldn't block them in time.
"I actually thought you were good. Guess I was wrong," Corsair noted coldly, hitting him in the air before Okamizu followed and jumped up while reeling her fist back.
"Samegawara Seiken!" Okamizu shouted, throwing her fist forward and punching with such a force, a shockwave went out behind him and sent him crashing to the floor.
Over with Buccaneer and Harisento, the two were duking it out with Murasaki as blocking his bladed tail. The swordsman scoffed as he tried thrusting his tail at them, trying to infect them with the poison, but Harisento grabbed it and began to tug on it, preventing Murasaki from trying anything.
"Rather naive of you, thinking you could poison me. My own poison makes me immune to anything," he smirked, taking a needle and injecting it into Murasaki's tail, making him yell in pain, "That's more than I could say for you."
"Good job, Harisento!" Buccaneer smirked with a thumbs up before Harisento pulled out his needle and watched as Murasaki writhed in pain.
Buccaneer took the needle and put the liquid into a small vial before popping a cork on it and placing it in a satchel attached to his waist.
"Alright, time to heat things up."
As he said this, he pulled out his Kaen Key and quickly inserted it into his Driver.
=KAITEN! KAEN FORM!=
With the sudden burst of flames, Buccaneer turned into his Kaen Form, hitting his Kaen Gauntlets together, creating a tiny spark before he rushed in at Murasaki and threw some flame induced punches, the weakened swordsman finding it hard to fight back before the Rider gave a hard uppercut, knocking Murasaki back and sending him tumbling on the floor. Soon enough, AoEbi was sent flying next to him as well, Corsair joining up with Buccaneer.
"I think it's about time we finish this," Corsair smirked.
"Yea… light 'em up," Buccaneer replied, the pirate Rider turning his Key.
=HISSATSU! KAEN STYLE!=
Corsair then tapped the button twice on his Driver.
=ICHI! NI!=
He then turned the Key as he reeled his jutte back.
=HISSATSU! CORSAIR STYLE!=
With that, the two knelt down, charging their attacks before Buccaneer jumped in the air while Corsair swung his jutte for an energy slash. Murasaki, while starting to get paralyzed by Harisento's poison, grabbed AoEbi and used him to block the slash followed by Buccaneer's Rider Kick covered in flames, actually throwing his own comrade right in the path of the attack.
"Mu… Murasaki… teme…" AoEbi growled in rage by the betrayal before falling to the ground and exploding in defeat.
"I can't believe you would do that to your own comrade," Okamizu gawked in shock.
"We do whatever it takes to survive…" Murasaki grunted, starting to limp away, "...You damn pirates haven't seen the last of me yet."
He then managed to jump with whatever strength he had left, leaping into the water in order to get away.
"At least we got our potion," Buccaneer smiled, picking up the vial, "Now let's get moving."
Over on the S.S. Anne Bonnie, Yuma was still laying down as Mitsuru began to put a needle with a tube into her arm, the potion inside beginning to pump into her veins.
"Proceeding as normal. She'll be up in no time," Mitsuru assured, allowing Yoshi to sigh with relief.
"Good. In the meantime, I'm just going to give someone a call," Yoshi replied, dialing on his phone before putting it to his ear, "Hello, Takeo? ...Hey, li-listen to me for a moment. Yuma-chan? She's alright now. Recovering. I told you I'd take care of her. You want her back? Meet me over at the docks."
At the docks later, Yoshi walked out with Yuma by his side as a police car stopped in front of him.
"I… I wanted to thank you for taking care of me," Yuma pointed out to Yoshi, who smiled at her in response.
"It's what I do," Yoshi assured, Takeo getting out of his car.
"Yuma! Thank God you're alright," Takeo gasped with relief, rushing over to her and gripping her in a tight embrace.
"I-I'm fine, Tou-san. I'm fine," Yuma assured, hugging back with a much more comforted expression.
"I'm off now. Oh and… take it easy on Yuma-chan, will ya?" Yoshi checked, waving his hand as he stepped back towards his ship, "See ya."
With that, he returned to his ship while it descended back into the sea.
Back over at the Gyojin base, Kuroken stood above the half paralyzed Gyojin, glaring at him.
"You used your own comrade as a shield," Kuroken snapped, Murasaki wincing as he tried to stand back up, "You used him to save your own pathetic hide, sacrificing him without any hesitation."
Murasaki looked up at his captain and master, ShiroSaki glaring at one of his own swordsman before Kuroken actually chuckled before it turned into outright laughter.
"Oh bravo, bravo, Murasaki," Kuroken applauded, "I never thought that you would ever have it in you. But you know the mantra of doing whatever it takes to survive. And for that… that calls for a reward."
With that, Kuroken threw some goop on his tail, making Murasaki scream and flinch before standing right back up, paralysis gone. He sickly grinned as he turned to see his tail mutate, actually growing a little thicker.
Kamen Rider Buccaneer!
Buccaneer: You're back for more, eh?
Murasaki: Oh you fool!
Kizuki: Well now, think we should get involved?
Haruka: This is looking bad.
Yoshi: Oh boy…
Jikai, Sail 22: A Deadly Encounter
Tales of the sea spread throughout the world…
Yoshi: Our next treasure lies beneath the waves… and under the sea.
Mysteries which are only known by seldom sailors…
Robin: No one knows the cause of these tsunamis or hurricanes.
Jack: I guess we should find out.
Some secrets aren't meant to be explored…
Yoshi: But there are secrets… that deserve to be discovered.
Gekijouban: Kamen Rider Buccaneer The Movie: Treasure of the Tides
Coming soon…
*The Melodygers appear, as if preparing for a concert before music notes appear and they surround the five, and then scenes from the Melodyger chapter is shown*
Buccaneer: And with that, Kami's saved and the Akuma got their asses handed to them. Great work, guys.
*The Sailor Spirits however around a bit before they all posed around the footage of the Sailor Spirits chapter.*
Red Melody: I can't help but like Torrie's optimism a lot. It helped her learn to swim and Mizuka unlocked the Water Seal.
*Buccaneer is seen standing in the Crow's Nest of the S.S. Anne Bonnie before several keys surround him and clips from the Buccaneer chapter is shown*
Torrie: That was a close call. Two swordsmen and only one was defeated. Will you see him again?
*The Melodygers, Sailor Spirits, and Buccaneer's crew then stand in front of Subarashii Records with the S.S. Anne Bonnie sailing right next to it*
Red Melody, Torrie, and Buccaneer: Super Hero Time! See ya next time!
TB: And all three Gekijouban stories are announced.
KKD: This is gonna get wild.
TB: It involves our crew of the S.S. Anne Bonnie trying to find a treasure hidden out there beneath the surface.
KKD: We're not gonna spoil anything as much as we can.
TB: That is what other future previews are for. So, thoughts on the chapter?
KKD: Rather crazy, but it was enjoyable to write, too.
TB: I didn't want our readers to think we forgot about the whole cop conflict with Takeo. Yeah, I think I made it very clear in this chapter.
KKD: Speaking of, what about the reporter from Melodyger? I don't think we saw him in a while.
TB: Wow… I can get so focused on the main story that other minor notes slip my mind.
KKD: Don't worry, same thing happens with me, too.
TB: Thank God I'm not alone. So, favorite part?
KKD: Hmm… gotta be that battle at the end, especially when Harisento gives Murasaki a taste of his own medicine. If it wasn't for Kuroken later, Harisento's poison would've done the swordsman in by complete paralysis alone.
TB: I liked the fight too, but what really got me was Murasaki using AoEbi as a shield to save his own skin. It shows how treacherous the Gyojin can be and that they will literally do anything to survive, regardless of their own comrades' life.
KKD: Good thing we got Okamizu and Harisento away from their kind in that regard, huh?
TB: You got that right. So, tune in next time for what I think will be another excellent set of chapters. This has been the Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: And the Crossover King, KKD Silver… *salutes* Jaa ne.
TB: SEIYAA!