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The road to victory is sometimes laid out in bodies of your enemies, for a Kamen rider this especially true as it is the norm for them to battle enemies that want to destroy them. While this is a fact of all riders some riders also tend more to enjoy the thrill of the combat. While not unusual in of itself one such rider with this nature is the current user of the Bio-Shocker produced Kaiser System. While normally such violent riders are localized to there home reality Kaiser has the ability to transverse worlds freely. I am of the opinion that he and the system should be monitored for the time being - Excerpt from the files of Ryuki Leonard Hasuma Ph. D

The sky was clear of cloud cover the sun burned high in the sky as the roar of the crowds cheered for there favored Duelist. The Kaiba Corp Rome Stadium was alive as pair of bikes raced across the track driven in part remotely as the duel continued.

Jack Atlas: 3600 LP, 6 SC

Meister Calico: 1000 LP 2 SC

Red dragon arch fiend loomed over the much smaller Getsu Fuhma. If Duel monsters could feel fear Getsu would have butt, lucky for Getsu Fuhma the duelist that controlled it could.

Getsu Fuhma ATK1700/DEF1200

Red Dragon Archfiend ATK3000/DEF2000

Jack knew from the moment he summoned his signature Ace card the duel was already over. Norhing this so called European emperor could throw at him in Gladiator beast deck could touch Jack at that point. "Red Dragon! End this!"

Neither duelist noticed a vaguely ovoid object crashing down from the sky. Not even the crowd or MC noticed to enthused with duel in front of them to spot as the rear tire of a black red motor cycle touched down. None noticed as the rider of the bike pushed his weight foreward threw sear force of will bringing the front tire down.

Only when the wheel touched a solid surface did the rider look up his eyes widening in horror. Jerking hard the rider twisting the bike gears ground against each other as the rider rode the bike up the semi transparent glass that separated the track with the stadium. Only then did the crowds notice only then did the MC take notice. Both Jack and his opponent where forced to twist there bikes. Like the skiled riders they where they narrowly managed to crash into each other.

The rider of the of the new bike pulled himself away from te barrier back onto the track proper. Taking in his surroundings the rider spotted his exit peeling out he dropped into the exit ramp passing through the tight space between steps. Twisting his bike he found himself inside the inner halls of the stadium forcing people out of the way. Building speed he crashed his front tire into the window once again finding himself in free fall. This fall much shorter than the first he landed with a thud weaving in and out of traffic.

Curling into a back alleyway the rider finally took a deep calming breathe peeling off the helmet that had seen fit to fuse to his head. Anthony rubbed the back of his head messing with his hair. "jeeze that almost ended badly."

Putting his helmet down he began to check his person using his reflection in a pane of glass. "Okay this is new." He was dressed in what he normally wore a black t-shirt with a hoodie. "Nothing changed." Looking back over at his bike he noticed one thing. "My custom Duel disk." picking up the vaguely circular device he strapped it on his right arm. With a mechanical hiss the blades on the disk unfurled like a wing with ten slots two on each feather. The upper zone of each feather was the monster card while the slot under it was for Spells and Traps. Where each of the feathers joined was a small slot for field cards to be inserted. The color of the wing of the disk was silvery green while it's mounting was a deep red. Scrolled just under the Life point counter was in Bold capital letters the word E Hero.

Anthony smiled as he felt the familiar weight of the device on his arm Reaching into the pocket of his hoodie he brought out a small case, unlatching it he drew out a stack of cards. Fanning the cards out in one hand he began to take cards out placing them back into the case. Trimming the excess he slid the deck into the slot.

"hehehe nice bike it's not a D-wheel." Turning toward the source of the voice he found a man in a black jacket with a more basic Duel disk on his arm. It was standard battle city model duel disk. While it didn't have all the bells and whistles of newer models it was still a solid push of hardware. Aside from the flaming fringes on his jacket the man was largely unottcable with a bowl hair cut.

"Ello?"

"Tell you what." the man activated his duel disk sliding a deck of cards into the slot. "We'll duel for pinks my bike for yours.'

Anthony raised an eyebrow before it hit him. "what oh wait!" raising his arm Anthony activated the auto-shuffle on his disk. "Is one those underground duels? This aught to be fun!"

"For me." The man raised his arm the disk activating the auto-shuffle function. "Your gonna burn."

"with talk like that." Anthony quickly drew his five cards looking them over before closing the fan of cards. "I expect a lot smuck."

The man growled. "My name is Smulkey Pharoes." he drew his five cards.

"Smulky?" Anthony laughed holding his gut trying to hold it in. "Just for that let's forego the coin toss and you go first."

Smulkey LP 4000

Anthony LP 4000

"Shut up! My momma named me that!" Smulky drew out his first card before smirking. "I draw first blood. I activate the spell Sparks!" Sliding the card into his spell trap zone face up it automatically activated.

Anthony watched as the card appeared on the field the image on it glowing before a pair of small flaming sparks leaped across the field hitting Anthony's LP counter.

Smulkey 4000 LP

Anthony 3800

Raising eyebrow Anthony found himself slightly disappointed. "Sparks? Seriously? I really hope your running a burn deck."

"I play two cards face down and Summon Command Knight to the field in Defense mode!" Smulkey lays out his three cards down. "I end my turn."

"Let's get this started." Drawing card from his Deck Anthony smiles. "I activate the field Spell Skyscraper 2- Hero city!"

"Not so fast! I activate my trap Spell Shield Type-8" Pressing a button one of his face down card rose up revealing itself. "By discarding a spell card from my hand I can negate your Skyscraper." Anthony chuckled placing his card in graveyard. "why are laughing."

"Skyscraper 2 was a trap."

"what!"

"If you had actually read the card before I played it you would have realized that because I have no Elemental Hero's in the graveyard I wouldn't need to activate it's effect. Once per turn while it was in play I could select one elemental hero from my graveyard destroyed in battle and special summoning it to the field."

"next I play the Spell card Dark fusion to Send my Elemental Hero's Sparkman and Clayman to the graveyard in order to summon Evil HERO Lightning Golem."

Evil HERO Lightning Golem ATK2400/DEF1500

"I'm not done. Next I play the spell card, Card Destruction sending my last card to the graveyard allowing me to draw another to replace it." Closing his eyes Anthony drew a card from his deck opening his eyes he grinned. "From beyond the grave I activated the effect of Elemental Hero Necroshade to summon from my hand Elemental Hero Bladedge!"

Elemental Hero Bladedge ATK2600/DEF1800

Smulkey looked at his newly drawn hand and came to one realization he couldn't activate his other face down because it would leave him wide open for a direct attack.

"There that's the look you've lost haven't you." Anthony raised his hand. "I activate Lightning Golem's special effect Destroy his Command Knight!"

"What!"

"you say what a lot." Anthony smirked as Lightning Golem raised his massive fist and brought them down on Command Knight destroying her. "Once per turn I can activate Lightning Golem special effect that allows me to target a monster on the field and Destroy it. If I don't miss my guess your using a burn deck so that face down needed a Fire monster to activate. Now just so I don't have drag this out. Lightning Golem, Blededge end it!"

E. Hero Bladedge ascended into the air extending one of golden blades on his arm before dropping down slashing down across Smulkey's body. Evil Hero Lightning Golem smashed it's fist together massive bolts of lightning passing between it's fist before drawing one back back and hammering it down on Smulkey's head.

Anthony: 3800 LP

Smulkey: 0 LP

"Game over."

"I lost." Smulkey began to shudder. "I lost in the first turn."

Anthony nervously rubbed the back his head collecting his cards together. "luck of the draw. Had you not been so eager to smash the first spell card I played the duel might have gone Differently."

"Shut up."

Anthony walked over to his fellow Duelist and began to pat him on the back. "Look, you could have easily asked what the effect of Skyscraper 2 was that way you could have decieded to activated your trap or not."

"No fair," The man looked up with a crazed look in his eyes. "No fair!" Launching himself past Anthony he grabbed a lead pipe and brought it down on the Kaiser Racer. The result was unpleasant as soon as the metal pipe touched the bike a surge of electricity erupted out and threw the pipe. Then end result hurled Smulky into the crowded side walk.

Anthony shook his head putting his deck away as he walked out of the alleyway. "Wonder if my mitsuki was dragged along for the ride."

"Yeah he's throwing a temper tantrum." Crow laughed as he spoke into the video phone. "Worst winner I've ever seen."

"That damn bike out of nowhere!" Jack Atlas was pissed as he began to throw tools across the room. "Ruined my victory!"

At the other end of the video Phone Yusei Fudo laughed. "Sounds like it's been an interesting trip."

Crow leaned back his chair bringing it onto two legs. "Actually it's been pretty uneventful till a bike dived out of nowhere onto the track."

Jack still seething came into the office being Borrowed by Team 5Ds. "Is that Yusei, Tell him my duel was ruined!"

Crow rolled his eyes. "If I remember right you still won during that turn."

"Doesn't matter! My moment was ruined by that, that!" not being able to find the word Jack forced Crow's chair back on four legs.

"Hey!"

"I'm going out!" Jack stomped out of the room back into the Garage.

Yusei shook his head. "sorry I missed it, So hows Yuji doing?"

Crow shrugged his shoulders. "About as well as can be expected he's still grieving. Though his mood has improved while we're traveling. Personally I think something has to galvanize him out his depression." Yusei crossed his arms thinking about his son's plight. Crow drummed his fingers on the desk. "I set him out into town for some fresh air and to bring back dinner."

"what about Jack?"

Crow grinned evilly. "Oh I'm pretty sure Jack can take care of himself."

"what ever it is your Planning Crow."

"what me scheme? Yusei I feel insulted." Crow put on the innocent act.

Yusei shook his head trying to suppress a laugh. "Take care of yourself Crow."

"Don't I always."

Yuji sipped on his slushy as he made his way down the streets hiding in plan sight so to speak. He had allowed his hair down foregoing the massive amounts of hair gel for his impossible hair style. While on the surface he appeared to largely fine below surface he was a mass of nerves and boiling anger coated in a fine coat of depression. This entire trip contrary to what he was told was to help him get over what that monster did. Part of him wanted to go back to New Domino and hunt down that Dragon Orphanoc and burn him in hellfire. Another part one that closer to surface just wanted to curl up die. His heart ached and he didn't want to deal with it.

As he slurped away he noticed someone walking out of card shop. While that wasn't anything he should pay attention to it was the fact that said person was wearing a sword on his belt. A sword that nobody seemed to notice except Himself. It was the grin on the young man's face that drew his attention, like the cat that ate the canary. The way he fanned out the three booster packs like some kid with a new toy. Following him noticed the Duel Disk hooked on the other side of the young man's belt, It reminded Yuji of the various fusions of E. Hero Avian and E. Hero Burstinatrix.

Yuji watched as the young man closed up the fan of boosters before placing them inside the pocket of his hoodie. The young man looked back him still grinning waving at him. "Hey, you know it's not nice to stare."

The young man walked up to Yuji offering a hand for him to shake. Smiling with his free hand Yuji took hold and began to shake the hand. "Sorry for staring Name's Fudo, Yuji Fudo."

"Anthony, just Anthony or Haru either or." Removing his hand Anthony turned and began to walk away.

Yuji took a moment to catch up to him tossing the rest of his slushy into a bin. "You aren't really normal are you?"

Anthony placed his hands behind his head. "Now isn't that rude." Glancing over he let the smile melt just a little. "You're the walking furnace."

Yuji stuffed his hands into his pockets trying to blend in. "yeah it's rude."

As the two walked the building around them began to change gown where the high end technology slowing ebbing away to reveal older sections of the city. "So what are you anyway?"

"now who's being rude?" Yuji couldn't help buut, smile. "Besides shouldn't I be asking you the same thing? When I touched you hand it felt like a was touched a," Yuji slumped his shoulders . "Like, the wind."

Anthony shrugged his shoulders. "what can I say I'm a blow hard."

"you do realize what you said right."

"ayep."

"So you blow hard?"

Anthony grinned. "So you going to answer my question."

As the pair continued to walked through the now cobble stone streets people began to ensnare them slowly tighting a nose. Yuji looked out of the corner of his eye noticing the gathering crowd most o which looked like thugs. "You where looking for a fight."

Anthony watched as one of thugs deployed a duel disk with blades on it each blade gleaming in the afternoon sun. Pulling up his hood his face became concealed within shadow. "you could say that." one of the thugs allowed a chain drag along the ground. "You looked like you could use some stress relieve and I'm pretty sure they aren't looking to duel."

Behind Yuji he could hear the clicking of a butterfly knife being flipped out and spun around in fact he thought he heard three of them. "You know you just might be right."

One of the thugs a olive skin man wearing a red jersey with a waxed head leaned foreword looking under Anthony's hood. "D'aww pretty face." The thug taking his baseball bat he swung it around smashing it into Anthony's back driving him to the ground. Yuji almost reacted only to see Anthony holding out a single finger. "Give me your disk we can end this all peaceful like?" Anthony mumbled something under his breathe. "wah, what was that?"

"I said." Anthony looked up . "Strike one."

The olive skinned thug laughed as he stood up. "fun making baseball jokes." Another thug walked up behind Yuji and kicked his legs out forcing him to his hands and knees. Anthony made a two sign with his fingers. The the thug with Baseball bat leaned down again. "I'd be willing to bet that was strike two?"

"Ayep." Anthony managed to groan out as the largest of the group kicked him in the gut

"STRIKE THREE!" Yuji roared his cap flying off his head as his burst up punching the thug in the face knocking him out on the ground. Anthony placed his hands together on the ground swinging his legs out catching the chain wrapping it around as he spun around before smashing it into the face of the burly thug crushing his nose.

One of the thugs with a butterfly knife lunged at Yuji only to get back handed as he brought himself around. One of thugs with one of the bladed duel disks took a swing narrowly edging past Yuji's nose to which he responded in kind driving his knee into the thugs chest easily cracking a few ribs.

Running from a duo of the thugs Anthony climbed up a fence before kicking off spinning around wrapping his legs around a thugs head flipping them end over end before dimounting into the other thug who grabbed his head as the collided with the fence only to find Anthony driving his fist into his gut forcing him to let go. Taking his chance Anthony performed a standing round house shattering the thug's jaw.

Yuji charged foreword holding the head of thug slamming it into a near by vending machine hard enough to brake the hardened plastic. Seeing himself now free from attention Yui looked at Anthony who held out a hand as the last thug was recovering. Understanding what Anthony wanted Yuji grabbed Anthony's wrist who then swung yuji around kicking the last thug in the face sending him reeling.

Releasing his grip Anthony allowed Yuji to dust himself off while he did the same. "So feeling better?"

Yuji laughed. "as you where saying Ayep." sitting down on one of the falling thugs he smiled. "You brought us into gang land just to fight?"

Anthony leaned back against a building looking into the bright blue sky. "Sometimes when your feeling out of sorts, at least with me, you need to knock a few heads around just to get your own straight." Looking back down at Yuji his smile had yet to disappear. 'So tell me Fiaz what's eating you?"

Yuji blinked back in surprise. "How did you,"

"I'm drawn to riders."

The lights of a jeep roll through a tunnel over ahead hanging lamps glow with a soft yellow glow. Lance glanced around the tunnel noticing the logos for Smart Brain "Okay this is creep."

Kitty nodded her head "It's like this place has abandoned."

Finally finding an exit Lance pulled into driving for a couple more minutes they arrive inside a parking garage. A portion of garage had collapsed in on itself a few of the cars crushed in it's wake. Half buried inside the rubble was a familiar sight to both of the mutants. Setting the parking break Lance slowly climbed out the jeep closing his fist. "Kitty is that?"

Standing up Kitty pulled herself over the window. "That's that's a sentinel!"

The giant Mutant killing robot chest cavity was jammed with a piece of a support column, it's legs where crushed under the weight of the now clearly underground parking garage, one of it's optical sensors had been caved in as though it had be punched in with tremendous force. Walking around the machine Lance noticed that around it's waist where latches where the upper and lower halfs of the mutant killer could separate.

"Lance."

Noting the distress in his girlfriends voice Lance walks toward her and notices what she had seen, two more sentinels each more intact than the first. A spark of energy pulses through the damaged eye of the first sentinel.

Inside the sentinel's mainframe it's central processor became active, running through it's coding it began to run a system check it's single working optical senor clicking to life scanning both mutants as the examined the damaged other to sentinels.

Lance walked up to the nearest sentinel noticing that a hole had burned clean through the other side. "Yeah this one isn't getting up any time soon."

"You sure."

"Oh yeah," Lance turned back to Kitty. "What ever took this one knew right where to take it down." Climbing down he made his way over to the third sentinel and quickly realized how it had been taken down. "Looks like someone took a page out of Spike's book."

Kitty nervously made her way around the fallen robot's legs before walking to wear lance's side. "No kidding." gawking wide eyed she noticed that several bone spikes had rather violently lodged themselves into the machine's face.

The first sentinel's interface flashed continuously as it brought up a readout on Kitty and Lance.

Aberrant DNA signatures detected

Initiate cleansing protocols

Primary Weapon systems damaged

Primary power damaged beginning reroute

Replacement components detected

Beginning Transmode protocols

The sound of explosive bolts detonating rung into Lance's ears causing him to turn his head toward the first sentinel using it's one good arm to drag itself from it's lower torso. "Kitty." Like some mechanical horror show cables burst from it's torso and back impacting metal of the other two machines linking into them. "Kitty Run!"

Kitty watched in horror as the other two sentinels sparked to life energy surging through them as they slowly began to drag themselves together. "Run where!"

"Anywhere!" Lance pushed Kitty against a wall watching as the three sentinels shifted plates cable wrapped around each other.

The sentinel's optical sensor aimed upward as it detected a third aberrant signature matching one that it already had on file. Three levels above it's optical senor witnessed as a red haze formed around a humanoid body.

Lance watched as a stream of crimson heat ripped through the sentinel's bodies like a hot knife through butter. He watched as Bishop leaped down from and upper level using a blast of energy to slow his fall. "I hate it when they go all transmode makes them a pain to deal with."

"You know what that thing is!" Lance yelled as the sentinel began to repair the damage inflicted on it by Bishop.

"A sentinel your point?" Bishop raised his fist letting it glow with energy. "I've been dealing with those things for over two years now before going back to your time." The sentinel swept one of it's cables at Bishop only for him to lash out with an energy tearing it off. "As long as I keep tearing at it before it can fully form it should be what five minutes of trouble? Look if you're worried if I remember right on the second there should be an exit."

The sentinel raised it's fist and tried to bring it down on him only to have him glide out of the way using his energy to blow a hole through it's fist. Lance closed his fist began to focus causing the entire complex to shake. "Kitty I'm gonna give you a lift."

"No, way Lance you're coming with!" Kitty wrapped her arms around his arm as the shaking became more forceful cracks appearing below his feet.

A energy turret rose from the sentinel's shoulder taking aim at Lance a sickly yellow glow emitting from it's barrel. As the wake of energy arced outward Bishop placed himself between the two as it struck him the Kaos belt formed the sphere at it's center absorbed the energy some of it flowing into Bishop himself the belt taking the rest. Crimson energy emitted from Bishop's eyes and fists drawing them back the energy coalescing. Slamming his fists together a crimson arc of energy ripped into turret and a portion of the still forming Transmode Sentinel. "Stay standing there and you'll get killed!"

Lance groaned as he forced the earth and concrete to push him and Kitty up as she used her powers phase them threw the first level then the second. Below the now three faced sentinel rose up it's four arms sprouting blades that where a mix of energy and solid state. Supporting it's massive body where a tangle of cable that dug into the ground search for power to sustain it's needs. Bishop grinned his body veiled into crimson energy surges of golden lightning trailing from the gem at the center of the belt. "Let's dance Cho Henshin!"

The transmode sentinel slammed two of it's solid state/energy blades down intent on cleaving Bishop in two. Only after the strike made contact did the sentinel process Bishop's transformation into the armor of Kaos. "Remember me now, guess you do considering the weapon you used on me." Kaos uncrossed his arms the shear force of the blow snapping the solid matter of the two blades absorbing the energy of the blades.

"Target Identified: Lucas Bishop: Mutant ID: Bishop: Known Aliases: Kamen Rider Kaos Threat Level: Red." The Trandmode Sentinel rose up on it's cables "Activating Ablative armoring: Switching to Hard state weapon systems"

"Lance over here!" Kitty located the door, phasing her head through the door she pulled it out again. "There's a tunnel leading down a hall, Lance!"

Lance looked over the edge of the level they where on almost eye level with one of the transmode sentinel's faces. "I don't think he can handle that thing alone."

Kitty placed her hand on his shoulder. "He said he could can take it on. Looks like he's had experience deal with that!" They watched as the Sentinel tore one of it's cables out the ground and rammed it toward Kaos only for the rider to grab two of the smaller of the cables as he was driven into the ground. With a mighty roar Kaso tore the to cable out tearing into the transmode sentinel's armor plating.

"Like wow he really does have it handled."

"No, he doesn't." Lance watched as Kaos placed his hand on a pillar to support himself before standing up himself. "Kitty go I'm rock'n the house!" Lance pushed his girlfriend into the thick steel door and on instinct she phased through the door. With her temporarily out of the way Lance jump onto one of the faces of the sentinel using the bone spokes to hang on for dear life.

Kaos charged through a wall of minigun fire tearing the two weapons away he slammed his fist through the armor and began to tear out cables and wires. In response to two intrusions the sentinel slammed Kaos back with a robotic claw and above it tried to open it's maul and swallow lance whole as he climbed the bone spikes to the top of it's head. Grappling with the mechanical claw Kaos with a mighty heave tore the claw away looking at Lance who had his arms out spread. "I have one word for you Sentinel Sigma look it up." Kaos passed his hand in front of the gem at the center of his belt golden arc's of energy passed into his fist.

"I'm rocking your world!" Lance reached out with the full might of his power causing chunks of concrete to quake and break down. "Finish it!"

Kaos slammed his fist into the sentinel monstrosity energy erupted from his fist overloading the sentinel's body causing a series of explosions. Even as the building began to fall down around them caused by Lance's powers. Kaos using the sentinel's body like a stepping stone grabbing Lance as he lost his footing. "Shadowcat get us threw that door."

Grabbing Kaos' arm Kitty pulled the three of them threw even as the parking garage crashed down on top of the Sentinel. Bishop's armor dissolved away and in the soft glow of red emergency lights Lance and Kitty could see a small trickle blood running down Bishop's chin. "Pushed to hard, I'll be fine."

"someone's here." A older man easily in his forties stood his pony his white pony tail falling back off his broad shoulder his dark skin pock marked with cuts and bruises.

Sitting on the ledge of the building the old man was in was a young man of asian descent in his early twenties in a white high school uniform adjusted his glasses. "we so rarely get visitors."

Adjacent to the old man was a young girl polishing her nails her dyed red hair reaching the swell of her back. "He better be here about a contract or he's dead."

"Even if he does." Standing in the shadows was the forth member of the group holding a gleaming blade stood. "We just might kill him anyway."

Stepping out of the shadows into full view of the four of them was two men one of which was in a lab coat.. "Oh yes we have a contract for you. Lucky Clover." The man in lab coat eyes glowed against the dim light. "We want you to kill Fiaz."

The man with the sword snorted. "To challenge Fiaz is to court death."

"we are aware," The second man in bowler hat dropped to bodies on the floor "These two will serve as fuel to the fire."

The woman looked the two bodies over. "Fiaz doesn't have a clue who these two are."

"Why of course!" The man in the lab coat grinned. "These two are of special attachment to one who will kill Fiaz for you."

"why not do it yourselves?" the old man commented calmly. "You seem to have all the leverage you need if what you are saying is true."

"I am but, a humble researcher and my friend is merely an observer neither of us is able to challenge either of them."

"So your hoping that they will destroy each other bar that you would like us to kill the winner?" the one with the sword slid the weapon into his belt.

"If it could be arranged I would truly thankful." The man in the lab coat grinned showing a row of metallic teeth a flash of light crossing his coke bottle glasses. "Consider the battle I could collect when a creature of wind and rebirth versus a dragon of fire!"

The one on the ledge stood up adjusting his own glasses with his palm. "So if I understand correctly you want us to use the hostages as blackmail material in order to get someone whose supposedly equal to Fiaz in terms of power to kill him and either of them one win we're to kill the one who wins?"

The man in the bowler hat growled in annoyance. "Will you do the job or not yes or no otherwise we're leave to find someone far better suited for the task at hand."

The old man crossed his ripped arms closing his eyes. "Lucky Clover will do this." He opened his eyes. "On the condition if it fails we get to kill you."

"Agreed." The man in the lab coat produced a metallic case with a Smart Brain logo on it. Unlatching the case it opened to reveal at it's bottom stakes of case at the top was a rider system identical to Fiaz system only reversed. "The MK II Fiaz gear and enough cash to cover any fees you may need too apply."

"Intriguing"