Neo-Heisei Riders Tail

by So-Pro Warrior

The Kamen Riders discover Dai-Shocker's next plan to take over the world involves traveling across the Multiverse to gather an army of evil and destroy all the good in their wake. The decision is made to send the five latest Riders to stop them from succeeding. The Five Riders soon find themselves in a magical world and to combat their enemy join the Mage guild known as Fairy Tail.

26. The Tower of Heaven

Insert Opening Theme: Ft.

(Scene starts off with Natsu and Gaim standing atop two pillars of rock overlooking a canyon as off in the distance the sun is slowly beginning to rise. Sweeping past a pillar the scene zooms in closer to them as they continue overlooking the canyon, passing another pillar the scene switches to the front of them as Gaim looks at Natsu who's eyes are closed before he raises his right hand and lights it up at there same moment he opens his eyes with a serious look)

Whoa Whoa Whoa… (x4)

(Suddenly the fire snaked out from his hand zig-zagging around in the air above him and Gaim. The title appeared zoomed in on and was slowly scanned across while fire was burning in the background behind it. The title fully appears over the canyon with the fire still burning behind it as the sun continue to rise up, brightening up the once night sky as the fire dispersed just as the sun came over the canyon cliffs and Happy appeared below it with his wings and a happy expression on his face)

Daijoubu ore ga nanman kai mo sakende yaru

(In the middle of a ruins, Lucy is on the ground scratched and bruised up with her eyes closed holding her left arm in pain with her right hand, Happy is beside her with his paws on her right left trying to comfort her, Gray is a few feet behind them on his right hand and knee looking down at the ground also beaten up, the Riders are also a few feet behind him as Double in Heat/Metal supports himself up using his Metal Shaft, Wizard is kneeling down beside him in Water Style with his hand on his shoulder making sure he's okay, Fourze is leaning against a pillar holding his right arm with his left hand, and OOO is on the ground lying against a rock with his head down, the Riders also heavily beaten up. Just then they all look up and forward as their heads up perk up at the sight before them, Lucy and Happy's hurt expressions turn to joy while Gray still has a serious look on his face. Natsu and Gaim stand atop a reptilian creature with yellow spikes sticking out its back, both of them yelling up into the air with Natsu having his fists out by his hips and Gaim raising his Daidaimaru into the air with his Musou saber by his side while pillars of smoke rise behind them with Natsu's scarf and clothes blowing in the wind)

Kimi no ashita ga subete kagayaite iru to shinjiteru

(Erza is also seen standing in the same ruins in her normal armor looking up at the cloud breaks in the sky as rays of sunlight shine through them, a sword in her right hand as it is held backhanded and pointed at the ground and the wind blow through her hair. Erza then turns around as the scene switches to show the others as Natsu jumps up and raises his right arm into the air cheering, Lucy giving a wink and points her thumb at herself, Gray looks towards her with a smirk, Happy in the middle of the ground with his wings raising his right paw up, the Riders behind them as Double strikes his normal pose and points at her back in Cyclone/Joker, OOO has his arms crossed, Fourze throws his arms up into the air, Wizard holds his left hand up striking his pose, and Gaim shoulders Daidaimaru. Erza seeing them smiles)

Yume o kanaeta subete no hito ni kasanariau kyoutsuuten

(Scene shows a young Erza in her torn up white prison clothing with her broken handcuffs still on her wrists looking up at the night sky with a full moon, alone on a beach. Scene then switches to Juvia walking down the street of a town away from her teru teru bozu as the sun shines brightly in the sky above her)

Akirame nakattatte koto soredake sa maken nayo

(Scene then shows all of the younger versions of Cana, Elfman, Mirajane, Erza, Gray, Lisanna, Natsu, Happy and Master Makarov standing/sitting, for Cana and Gray, on a beach looking up at the sunset. Scene then shows Laxus with an evil toothy-grin back to back with Gajeel with a dark background behind them looking forward/back when Natsu appears with a serious look on his face before he raises his right fire-engulfed fist up and throws it forward in an arc)

Mukaikaze ni nagasare kujike sou na toki wa

(Scene shows the henshined Riders from left to right Gaim, Wizard, Double, OOO and Fourze with their heads tilted up slightly as they looked off in their respective directions, above behind them was Kamen Rider Ichigo looking up to his right and Doktor G grinning with evil as he looked up and to his left with a blue background behind them. Scene then showed Lucy with her back turned towards her father who stared at her out of the corner his eyes angrily at her, a memory of her younger-self with her rice ball present to him destroyed behind her as she sat on the ground with her back to it crying)

Kono te nigire TRY TO TAKE A CHANCE mou. Kimi wa hitori nanka ja naize?

(Scene switches to showing Erza in a white dress in what looks like the ocean, a saddened look on her face as she is looking down and begins to cry, tears only coming out of her left eye before she finally looks up. Scene goes behind her as she is floating aimlessly in the water and looking up at the sun shining down through the dark water)

(Scene then switches to the top of the Tower of Heaven with dark clouds rolling over it before the camera pans down it to the very bottom and shows Team Natsu and the Riders with Juvia alongside them. From right to left is Happy, Natsu, Gaim, Erza, Wizard, Gray, Fourze, Lucy, OOO, Juvia, and Double. Scene then switches to in front of them going from the left side to the right of the team before they, except Happy, then charge forward and the scene freezes)

Motto motto mae e mae e kimi no ikashita yume akiramenaide (Whoa Whoa Whoa (x2))

(Scene then switches to show Erza's friends Sho who is smirking, Wally Buchanan who is smirking and has his right hand on his fedora, Millianna with a happy look and her left arm raised up, and Simon with a serious look on his face. The camera pans up next showing the members of Trinity Raven Ikaruga who is pointing forward with her right finger and has her left hand on her sheathed sword, Vidaldus making a rock sign gesture with his left hand and sticking his tongue out, and Fukuro who has his arms crossed. Goes up more to show Jellal with his dark cloak on covering his face and above behind his left shoulder is General Shadow holding his Shadow Sword up with the blade in front of his face)

Sou naite nai de susume MY WAY ima (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

(Scene shows Team Natsu and Rider jumping up and appearing one by one in this order as each member appears and the other flies back after the other, Double extends his feet out as they are covered in green wind for a Cyclone powered Kick, Gray has his hands together to use his Ice Make Magic, OOO has his Tora Claws extended out as he has his right claw forward and his left claw held back, Juvia has her hands raised above her head with water circling around it, Fourze flies forward and pulls back his Rocket module, Erza swings back her one sword in both hands, Wizard extends his right foot outwards with it enveloped in flames, Lucy swings one of her Celestial Keys up beside her head, Gaim swings forward both Daidaimaru and Musou saber and Natsu appears throwing both of his fists up as fire flies out from both of them and he uses them to propel him forward through the air)

Kimi o terashiten da hikari (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

(Scene then shows Ultear standing beside/behind Siegrain behind his right shoulder both spinning around/away with a green background as Jellal appears beside/behind Siegrain with an evil grin before the background and the other two disappear back to Jellal floating in front of the tower of heaven as he summons a ball of dark magic and sends blasts flying from it with evil, monstrous glowing faces on them)

Akirame nanka zenbu sutete tsuyosa to hikikae ni mata kizutsuite (Whoa Whoa Whoa (x2))

(Gray puts up an Ice Shield while Fourze puts up his Shield Module but find both of their defenses broken through and blasted back as they fall out of the air. Erza flies past the two in her Heaven's Wheel Armor and requips into her Clear Heart Clothing as she begins to engage Jellal, swinging both of her swords at him as he blocks the first three attacks causing red sparks to fly out from her swords as she swings again and Jellal flies past to her side and blasts her away)

Demo kimi no massugu na hitomi ni wa. Ima mieru daro hikari

(Jellal then turns his head and sees Natsu with fire coming out from both of his fists and Gaim in Kiwami Arms with his two sabers as they both fly up from the ground and then launch themselves towards him, Natsu trying to catch him while Gaim tries to cut him with his Daidaimaru but both miss as Jellal flies upwards and they look up. Zooming out to see the entire top of the Tower of Heaven, Jellal as a purple streak, Natsu as a fire streak, and Gaim as a white streak, the three streaks fly around in the air occasionally coming into contact with each other. Scene switches to Jellal covered in purple light flying forward as the scene then shows Natsu covered in fire and Gaim covered in white light as they fly forward, Natsu pulls back his right fist and Gaim flips forward and throws his right leg out into a Rider Kick as Natsu and Gaim slam their attacks into Jellal as the scene switches to a view of the entire Tower and the island it's on as an explosion erupts at the top before it expands out and a light shoots out which sends up waves in the sea)

Whoa Whoa Whoa…(x3)

(A frozen in time scene is shown, Gray holds Juvia up with her right arm over his shoulders as he holds it and the two of them look up at the battle, behind them Double and the other Riders also look up at the battle between Natsu and Gaim against Jellal. Camera pans over and up to show Happy being held by Lucy in her arms as they also watch the battle with awed looks on their faces. Scene then switches to a frozen scene of Erza yelling out with her swords held out by her hips. Scene then shows Natsu with fire emitting from his body looking angrily up with Gaim beside him also looking up. Final scene shows Team Natsu and Rider, both with white auras around them looking up but not directly at Erza's friends, Trinity Rave, and Jellal and General Shadow. Natsu seems to be yelling out in anger as his left fist is on fire, Happy above him also yelling out, Lucy with her right hand around her waist and a worried look, Erza with a serious look as she wields a sword in her right hand, and Gray and Juvia with serious looks as well. Double is pointing at them in his pose, OOO is in his pose as well, Fourze has his fists by his hips, Wizard has both of his hands down, and Gaim has both of his sabers held down towards the ground. Above them Erza's friends and Trinity Raven look down, Jellal and General Shadow above them with dark aura surrounding the both of them)

End Theme

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The sun shines brightly in the sky as a flock of strange looking birds with what appear to be six wings and smoking tails fly overhead. Just then two giant looking fish-like creatures jump out from the water, high into the air, behind them are lines connected to handles in which a single person holds onto them while on surfboards, behind the two people are two others, one per surfboard as the passenger on the left surfboard seems to be standing up just fine while the one on the right is lying down and hugging the surfboard as if for dear life. As the two fish descend back down into the water, the one holding onto the handle on the right surfboard turns out to be Lucy who cries out in joy due to the amount of fun she is having, on the left surfboard Kouta is seen being the one holding the handle as he also cries out from the amount of fun he is having, Gentaro behind him at the other end of the surfboard as he raises both of his arms into the air and cries out in joy as well.

"Ouch! Ouchy, ouch!" Happy continues saying while hopping up and down on one foot, switching back and forth due to how hot the sand is for his feet. Behind him Gray, Erza, Eiji, and Haruto can be seen hitting a beach ball around in the air, Erza hitting it back up towards Gray "Gray!" she calls out as Gray jumps to his left to adjust for the ball being knocked off course a bit "Got it!" he yells as he jumps up.

"Here! Eiji!" Gray yells hitting the ball towards Eiji, Eiji dives to his right to hit the ball towards Haruto who hits it back up into the air towards Erza. All the while Shotaro and Philip were seen relaxing nearby on beach chairs under an umbrella, Shotaro just lying back with his hands behind his head watching the others and Philip reading a book. It was Team Natsu and Riders first day at the popular Akane Beach, a town very popular amongst tourists as it consisted of a beautiful beach, an amusement park, hotel which lied in the very center of the park with the roller coaster even going through it for one part, and the popular casino in the basement of the hotel. Needless to say, this break was very much needed. Sure the spa was a nice place to relax, but a place to have fun and relax, this was going to be the place, especially with everything that had been transpiring recently. The next time they saw Loke, they were definitely going to be thanking him a lot more.

The only one who wasn't having fun was Natsu...who for some reason decided to join Lucy on her surfboard for the wake surfing-like thing they, along with Kouta and Gentaro were doing as at the moment he was at the other end of the surfboard holding onto it for dear life with his cheeks puffed up due to his motion sickness. "Please let me off!" Natsu cried out as his body bobbed up and down, Lucy closing her eyes due to being confused as to why Natsu said he wanted to ride with her "You're the one who said he wanted to ride…" she said.

Sometime later the four are done with their event and join the others in playing around with the beach ball. Natsu jumps up and hits the ball down as Erza dives to hit it, Lucy jumping up in the air and screaming out in a cheer for Natsu while Happy, Gentaro, and Kouta also jump up in the air cheering for Natsu, Gray, Eiji, and Haruto are looking back at Erza with worried looks that she might not hit it. Later on the members of Team Natsu are seen running down the beach laughing aloud while the Riders watch this with happy looks on their faces, Eiji and Kouta chuckling. Sometime later Gray could be seen now covered in sand up to his neck, Natsu, Lucy, and Gentaro having of buried him under it to make a female body on top of him with a rather large set of "racks" as the three laughed at him while he didn't like it, Happy sat nearby eating a fish. The group was back out in the water then as OOO in his Shauta Combo and Fourze using his Screw Astroswitch push a large blow-up water bed with the others, Shotaro and Philip included, across the water, once again Natsu's motion sickness getting the better of him.

"Give me back my boxers!" Gray angrily yells, the group back on shore as Gray holds Happy up in front of him to cover his private area due to Natsu having of taken his swim trunk which he was now waving in the air while gloating about it hopping up and down on one foot back and forth.

"Not on your life!" Natsu replied, Erza just watched the scene with her arms crossed and didn't seem affected by it, Lucy was bending forward with her fists down angrily saying "I said. "Don't use Happy to cover yourself up!"" as Happy groaned in disgust.

The Riders were too in shock and quickly formed around behind Gray to hide his rear while Shotaro stared angrily at Natsu "Natsu! This isn't the place to be taking people's trunks there are families here you moron!"

All the while, from behind a tree nearby was the ever still following them...or more specifically Gray...Juvia "Gray-sama...So bold!" she says.

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Later in the Day…

The sun was beginning to set, what light remained reflected off the ocean and shined upon the Akane resort. "Man, having so much fun can sure be tiring." Kouta says as he fixes his orange-colored tie to his white collared button upped shirt. The group was now about to hit the casino before they called it a night which did require them to get dressed up, well except for Natsu who went down in his normal attire. The Riders were now all in suits and ties, well Shotaro looked the same anyways with his black fedora on his head to complete his suit and tie look.

"No kidding, they have some really cool things here that we'd never get back home!" Gentaro says all dressed up and ready to go.

"An amusement park with a hotel and casino in the center of it, not to mention the roller coaster going through it, and to top it all off a beach resort as well. Couldn't ask for a better place in my opinion." Eiji says as he straightens his tie.

"Hey, Philip, you sure you don't want to go down to the casino with us tonight?" Shotaro asks his partner who lays on his bed reading a book.

"It's alright Shotaro, besides, if I know you you'd try to use my ability to try and win us money. Got to play fair now Shotaro." Philip replies with a smirk.

"Tch, who said I needed you for those anyways. I can win these games with my own skills." Shotaro says turning away from him.

"But didn't you almost lose us our Gaia Memories that one time?" Philip asks with a mischievous smirk.

"That was entirely different from what's going on here! And I'm pretty sure none of these people here have the Money Gaia Memory, so no need to bring that up." Shotaro says turning around and pointing at him with an annoyed look on his face.

"Eh?" Kouta says.

"Let's just say these two have a history when it comes to casinos." Gentaro explains to Kouta.

"We should probably get going while the night's still young." Haruto says to the group.

Down in the Casino…

The casino of the resort was definitely flashy, transparent stars floated around in the air, a massive snow globe-like thing was in the center of the massive room with giant balls of various colors inside. Two rings went around the globe tilted upwards a bit, a giant duck-looking face on top of it with the words Akane Resort in its mouth and a tube coming out from the front and going downwards around it in a spiral and ending in what made it look like possibly a slide. All around people, all of them dressed quite formally, walked about and played the kinds of casino games that were in this world, above the entire main area was the track of the roller coaster, as just on cue it came through with screaming riders who were enjoying it. The Riders saw some games that looked familiar, some that were a bit odd looking, but luckily they learned what they needed to from Philip while they were getting ready. True enough, Natsu was in his normal clothing, Gray dressed up in a white shirt and tie, and Lucy and Erza came down in some stunning-looking dresses, Erza looked a bit too over the top but she was who she was.

Everyone had splitted up to do what they wanted to, Shotaro joined Natsu and Happy to play at a smaller globe ball that had a bunch of colorful balls inside with various numbers on it, there was a console in front of it with a few numbers and the goal was to try and get the same number hit on the console, three times in a row from five of the glowing magic circles in the globe. Natsu hit the number 17 three times "17! Come on, 17!" Natsu yells with a determined look on his face and his arms raised in fists.

"You can do it 17!" Happy cheers out as well.

"Aren't you guys overacting just a bit?" Shotaro questions himself looking at them before looking back at the globe. The 17 appeared once in the bottom left corner, then in the upper right, and finally in the center of the five circles "There's 17!" Happy cheered, only for the 17 to switch to 16 at the last second. The two cried out in shock "What was that?!" Natsu yelled in anger.

Shotaro couldn't help but chuckle at the way the two were acting now since they lost "Let me give this a try. Perhaps it just needs a certain, hard...boiled...touch to it." Shotaro says to Natsu and Happy as the two look at him, the two then step aside as Shotaro steps up to the console and hits the 17. The numbers began randomizing again, various numbers flashing on the magic circles until they started to stop, 150, 2, 17, 17, and...17! And 17 it stayed causing Natsu and Happy to cheer out in joy "Way to go Shotaro!" Natsu yells.

"You showed that machine a lesson when it messes with your hardboiled skills!" Happy yells out. Shotaro tips his fedora upwards "And that's how it's done." he says as he looks at the five numbers. Just then the middle 17 switches to a 16 once again. "EHHHHHHH!" the three cried out in anger. Natsu was now back in front of the console slamming his fists down on it with a vein popping out above the back of his head "You've got to be kidding me!" he yells.

Happy was on his left floating in the air with spit flying out around him in anger as he yelled out "17!" while Shotaro stared angrily at the globe with his fists held up a bit in front of him. One of the workers noticed Natsu's actions and walked over with sweat going down the back of his head as he tried to stop him from hitting the console "Sir, please refrain from…"

But Natsu turned around as his eyes and mouth grew, his eyes going blank as streams of water flew out from them and his teeth sharpened, pointing back at the globe as he complained to the worker "But it stopped on 17 twice and then changed! It's so cruel!"

"It's so cruel!" Happy yelled out as he also turned around with blank narrowed eyes and sharpened teeth.

The worker lowered his arms to his side as dark shading and lines appeared behind him as he was unsure of how to deal with the situation "Crying isn't going to…"

"Hey, hey! Your damn machine here is rigged and you know it! It was on 17 for so long and then it just changed! That's some bullshit right there it shouldn't of changed at all considering how long it was there for!" Shotaro yelled in anger also turning around with blank narrowed eyes and sharpened teeth.

From nearby was Gray and Haruto, Gray was playing a game involving cards as well as some strange items like stars, floating small balls and cubes, and other things while Haruto was watching him play, though both of them now had sweatdrops on the sides of their heads and eyes closed due to overhearing the commotion going on behind them as they heard Natsu and Happy cry out again "Go back to 17!"

"I'm calling this damn thing rigged!" Shotaro yelled out, a crowd was now watching them as the worker had dark shading and lines behind him and was pale white.

"Sheesh, they're so immature." Gray says.

"It's times where he feels like he got cheated out on something like that, that Shotaro's half-boiled side comes out. It's actually quite a funny sight to see." Haruto says.

"Gray-sama..." a female voice said, causing the two to open their eyes and look at the person that had approached them. Before them was a very familiar Water Mage, the ends of her hair curled upwards into a spiral, a dark blue, rather revealing dress, and a necklace with a massive gold-colored Fairy Tail symbol hanging off it "Juvia is here." Juvia Lockser, the Water Mage of the now disbanded Phantom Lord guild says, looking specifically at Gray with a slight tint of blush on her cheeks.

"Huh?" Haruto says as he and Gray were both literally confused by her appearance before them.

"You-You're that Phantom woman!" Gray says.

"17! Come back now!" Natsu continues to cry as he gets back to pounding the console, Shotaro still up in the worker's face about the machine being rigged "Pl-Please sir if you want-"

"Hold it, boys." a voice says aloud, catching the four's attentions as they turn to see a shadowy figure sitting on a stool. "Casinos are places for grownups...For dandies! Get it?" the man says, upon getting a closer look at the man, Shotaro, Natsu, and Happy took notice of his rather...odd looking body and face. It was almost block-like!

"Gah!" Happy says.

"Blocky!" Natsu says in shock.

"How does that even work?" Shotaro questions.

The "blocky" man before them, had a body which consists of geometrical shapes and resembles that of blocks. He had black hair, an oddly-shaped chin, and thick lips. The man wore a royal blue suit with a white collared shirt and red necktie, oval-shaped sunglasses, a boater hat, and a white scarf hanging loosely around his neck. "Boys, let me tell you something. There's only two paths that men can travel." the man says raising his left arm up and holding his middle and index fingers up.

"Huh?" Natsu asks confused.

"First off, I'm not a kid, and second off, what in the world are you talking about?" Shotaro asks. Suddenly the man's lower body begins glowing, Shotaro gets a really bad feeling in his gut, and suddenly two giant cubes comprised of smaller ones appear and slam into Natsu's arms and legs, sending him flying back and pinning him against the globe "Natsu!" Shotaro and Happy yell out as Shotaro looks back at Natsu and Happy jumps up, Natsu angrily looks back at the blocky man whose entire lower body is gone, meaning those blocks are his body "Who are you?!" he questions.

"Live on as dandies." the man says raising his right arm forward and pointing towards Natsu, his arm glows again with what looks like digital pixels appearing around his arm as it then transforms into a massive gun!

"What the hell?!" Shotaro yells.

"Ee?" Natsu groans out in shock as his eyes widen, a red dot appears on his head from a laser pointer coming from the telescope of the gun "Or stop and meet your end. Get it?" the man says.

Meanwhile…

Unbeknownst to what is going on, Haruto, Gray, now joined by Juvia, go to the bar and sit at the chairs there to talk to Juvia "I heard that Phantom was disbanded." Gray says.

"Yes. Juvia is now a free wizard." Juvia says.

"I'm guessing that means you're back to looking for a guild to join? And I would say based on that necklace you already have your eyes set on one?" Haruto asks, though he and Gray knew the answer already.

"Yeah, I'm take it you want to join Fairy Tail?" Gray asks.

"Yes, Juvia does!" Juvia replies with her eyes closed in an embarrassed manner.

"But after all that...Well, I don't mind, but I'm not sure what the master would say." Gray says.

"I guess we won't know until we get back and you ask him yourself." Haruto says.

"Juvia will do anything!" Juvia says, opening her eyes with hope in her eyes as stars and hearts twinkled around her head and she raised her arms and clasped her hands together. "I wouldn't say that so lightly if I were you." Gray says. As Haruto looked at the two of them, a smile on his face having a good feeling as to why Juvia wanted to join Fairy Tail, when suddenly his smiled disappeared and was replaced with a serious one, one that came from a strange feeling that he was getting. "Gray Fullbuster, Haruto Soma?" a voice from behind the three said as they turned around.

A very massive, tall and muscular young man with a dark eyepatch over his left eye, his jaw obscured by an armored metal plate, bearing lines of studs on its upper edges and two side protrusions jutting upwards, plus a set of teeth-like ornaments, overall resembling a skeletal jaw. Wearing on the top of his head a light cloth wrapped around his mildly long, dark hair and tied on the back, where a pair of long wrappings were left hanging over his neck, with another one hanging on the right of his face, light cloth passing over his left shoulder and going down below his waist leaving much of his upper body exposed. Where it was tied by a light sash, plus a single, dark sleeve on the left arm, bearing two light stripes vertically going down it, from the shoulder to the cuff, the cloth crossing his chest diagonally had its edges adorned by a series of dark pyramids, and bore in its middle several dark, larger motifs, highly reminiscent of double-edged axes, a pair of extremely loose dark pants, almost reaching down to his ankles, and a simple pair of light, ankle boots was all they saw before a small, dark purple magic circle appeared in front of his right eye which caused an explosion in front of him, engulfing the three in it and causing everyone around to scream out in a panic.

At the same time, outside fireworks went off in the air. Back inside, Lucy, Erza, Kouta, Gentaro, and Eiji who were in a group all turned around hearing what sounded like an explosion "What's all the noise?" Erza asks.

"Was that an explosion?" Kouta wonders.

"I guess the parade has started outside." a man who was a mascot for the resort says.

"There are supposed to be fireworks going off outside tonight right?" Gentaro says.

"Yeah...but that sounded like it came from inside." Eiji says.

The group was at a table playing a game of cards, the three Riders watching Erza and Lucy play to see what the game was like "Ah, excuse me sir, where's your nearest bathroom at?" Kouta asks the man working the station.

Back in the main room…

The bar was now in ruins as Gray, Haruto, and Juvia were among it, Gray noticed Juvia "Juvia!" he says worried that she was hurt.

"Gray, you alright?" Haruto asks gaining his attention.

"Yeah." Gray replies as the two look back at the man who caused the explosion in the first place "Why, you…Who the hell are you?" Gray says in anger.

"Where is Erza?" both strange men ask at the same time to Natsu/Gray, and Shotaro/Haruto.

"Get it?" the blocky man says to Natsu and Shotaro.

"Huh?" Both Natsu and Shotaro say.

"What?" Both Gray and Haruto say.

Back with the others…

Erza gets a Royal Flush in the card game "A straight! Awesome Erza." Lucy says in joy.

"Sheesh that's like your tenth one!" Gentaro says in awe.

"Talk about really good luck." Eiji says.

"I'm really on a roll today." Erza says.

Erza's lucky roll was drawing a crowd as everyone was in awe of the luck she was having in the game, having not lost once so far, even the card dealer was shocked by this, suddenly what appeared to be another card dealer with blond hair, arranged in a wavy look walks in behind him "Dealer change." the man says as the other card dealer turns around "R-Right…" the man whimpers as he bows forward and walks away.

"I have a feeling that I won't lose no matter who I'm up against." Erza says with confidence.

"Yup!" Lucy agrees winking at her.

"I don't know, I heard Philip's really good at Casino Games. I'd like to see you try to beat him, Erza." Gentaro says.

The card dealer shuffles the cards, holding them up as he bends them backwards a bit and flicks them into his other hand "Then...why don't we play a special game?" the man says throwing a few cards only towards Erza, catching her, Lucy, Eiji, and Gentaro's attentions as they look at him wondering what he is talking about. Erza looks down at the cards, and gasps lightly to see that there are letters on the five cards, and together they spell...death. "Let's play a game where your life's on the line, Erza-neesan…" the man says, his skin very tan, a small 5-shaped tattoo located below his lower lip and an earring with diamond ornaments attached on his left ear, a crazed look in his dark, beady eyes.

"You're...Sho? Sho, right?" Erza says, her voice becoming saddened for some odd reason as Lucy and the others just stare at him, the Riders getting a really bad vibe off of this guy especially with the cards he threw down in front of Erza.

"It's been quite a while, Sister." the man known as Sho says.

"Sister?" Lucy asks.

"Philip didn't mention anything about Erza having a sibling." Gentaro says.

"Not a lot of resemblance if you ask me. They seem to know each other so there's something going on here." Eiji says.

"You were...safe?" Erza says.

"Safe?" Sho eerily says leaning forward a bit towards her. Erza was now starting to sweat a little, fear in her eyes for some reason as she was also shaking a bit "Uh, well…"

"Erza…" Lucy says.

Back at the Bar…

"Where is Erza?" the man with the metal jaw asks Gray and Haruto again as the two stand up and stand ready for a fight.

"You think I'll tell you? Huh!" Gray states.

"Why don't you tell us who you are, and why you're looking for her and maybe we can talk?" Haruto says.

Just then water appears swirling in between Gray, Haruto and the man and forms together into Juvia who stands protectively between them with her arms out "I will not allow you to lay a finger on Gray-sama. Juvia will be your opponent." Juvia says in a serious tone with a serious look on her face.

"Juvia…" Gray says.

"Danger is closing in around Erza-san." Juvia says to the two.

"Sure looks like it." Gray says.

"Lucy, Eiji, Gentaro, and Kouta are with her, I'm sure she'll be alright." Haruto says.

Suddenly the man hums and puts his left hand up to his head touching the side of it with his index and middle finger and looks away from them "What? You found her already? Oh, I see...So I can clean up here? Understood." the man says.

"What the?" Gray says.

"Was he...telepathically communicating with someone?" Haruto questions. The man then looks back at them and suddenly the entire room goes dark as his right eye begins glowing red. "Whoa, it went dark!" Gray says in shock as he, Juvia, and Haruto find themselves blinded and unable to see anything in the darkness.

"It's Dark Lineage Magic. Dark Moment." the man says, suddenly appearing behind the three with his arms raised as a blue magic circle appears above his hands.

"What's going on? I can't see a thing!" Natsu says.

"Someone forget to pay the damn electric bill this month or what?" Shotaro questions.

"Natsu! Shotaro! Where are you?!" Happy yells out through the darkness.

"I'm here! But...where's here?" Natsu calls out.

"You've been stuck on the damn globe this whole time what do you mean where's here?!" Shotaro questions.

"Good night, boys…" the man says.

"Don't give me that, you…!" however before he can finish the man shoots his gun at Natsu causing Happy and Shotaro to hear Natsu cry out in pain. "Natsu!" Happy cries out.

"Bastard!" Shotaro yells, luckily he always kept his Memories and Drivers in the same place so he knew where to go for his Lost Driver and Joker Memory. "Joker!"

"Henshin!"

"Joker! (Orchestral Hit)"

Transforming into Joker, Shotaro charged towards where the shot came from, unfortunately the man seemed to know where to shoot as he turned his gun towards Joker "Too bad I have to take you out, I liked your choice of clothing and style." the man says before firing his gun, hitting Joker as sparks fly from his armor and he is sent flying back "Shotaro!" Happy yells out.

Back with the others…

"Was that…" Gentaro says.

"A gunshot?" Lucy questions as the four stand together, Lucy with her ears covered as everyone looks at where they heard the gunshot come from.

"What's happened?" Erza questions.

"Are the others alright?" Eiji says.

Finally the lights return, blinding the four for a second before their eyes readjust to the lighting in the room. As they look around however, they notice not just Sho, but all of the people that were in the room missing.

"Sho!" Erza says.

"Huh?" Lucy says.

"Where'd everyone go?" Gentaro questions.

"Over here, Sister." Sho says, the four turn around to see him standing a few feet away from him with a lot of cards in his hands, he then begins letting them slip out onto the ground as they hear what sounds like panicked people calling out from them. Upon a closer look the four notice that indeed all of the people that were in the room were now trapped individually in cards that were now scattered on the ground, all of them in a state of panic as they were wondering what was going on and were crying to be let out.

"That's…" Erza says as she and the others are all shocked by this.

"The people are in the cards!" Lucy says.

"Card Magic?" Eiji questions.

"Like Cana?" Gentaro questions.

"Help me!" the mascot cries out from his card which is held in Sho's right hand.

"Intrigued?" Sho asks Erza.

"Magic…" Erza says, sounding surprised as if she didn't know he could do it.

"Yes. I can use it now too, Sister." Sho says.

"You...What have you…?" Erza says, but is then cut off when Gentaro and Eiji step in front of her. "Release those people now pal, or you're going to be in a world of hurt!" Gentaro states as he and Eiji take their respective Drivers out.

"Meow." a female voice says aloud.

Suddenly pink magic circles appear beneath Lucy, Eiji, and Gentaro, and before either of them can react orange elastic tubes come out from them and wrap themselves around the three, binding them and making them unable to move "Lucy! Eiji! Gentaro!" Erza yells.

Behind Lucy sits a young woman with a strange cat-like appearance, possessing cat-like eyes, nose and mouth, her brown hair is stylized into cat ears at her crown and tied into two ponytails at the base. Her face has four red whisker-like tattoos and wears a yellow jacket with white stripes and black trimmings, a pink dress with a white bow tie on it and light-pinkish ruffles on the lower portion, a choker with a bell on it, and white leggings. "Feelin' chip an' dipper?" she says as Lucy and the two Riders struggle to break free from the tubes but to no avail.

"Milliana...You can use magic too?" Erza asks in shock, seeming to recognize this person as well.

"How's it been Er-chan?" Millianna says.

"Let Lucy, Eiji, and Gentaro go! They're my friends!" Erza pleads.

"Meow, friends?" Millianna says.

"We were your friends too once...Isn't that right, Sister?" Sho says.

"You were friends?" Lucy questions through gritted teeth.

"In that case don't you think you're taking your friend jealousy thing here too far?" Gentaro sarcastically questions.

"Odd way of greeting an old friend don't you think, hurting her other ones?" Eiji questions.

"We were, remember?" Sho questions ignoring their remarks. "That is...until you betrayed us, Sister." Sho says with a dark look in his eyes, this for some reason makes Erza shudder in fear as if she knew what he was talking about.

"What?" Gentaro says in shock.

"Betrayed?" Eiji questions wondering what he was talking about, they've known Erza for a while now and she was definitely the last person they'd believe to betray someone who was a friend.

"Don't abuse Erza so much, Sho." a voice says from out of nowhere, just as then digital pixels materialize behind Sho and then a man appears from them, the blocky man that shot Natsu and Shotaro as he has his left arm around Sho's neck over his shoulder. "A man who's a dandy should keep his emotions in check." the man says.

"What the hell?!" Gentaro questions with blank eyes as he, Eiji, and Lucy are all shocked and surprised by seeing the man's strange appearance before them.

"What a blockhead!" Lucy says, her eyes widening, going blank and turning into squares and black lines go appear on the left side of her head and under her right eye.

"How does that even work?" Eiji questions.

"Long time no see! You grew a pretty hot body there." the man says looking at Erza.

"Are you...Wally?" Erza asks.

"I suppose it's not surprising you wouldn't recognize me. Back then, when I was called "Mad Dog Wally," I was a lot more...rough around the edges." the man says with a twinkle by the side of his head.

Lucy's mouth was opened and black shaded lines appeared on the left side of her body due to how bad that pun was to her, as well as to the others as Gentaro just had his eyes narrowed at the man known as Wally while Eiji had his eyes closed and a sweatdrop "Dude...that was just...no…" Gentaro says.

"You also use magic?" Erza says.

"You shouldn't be surprised." another voice calls out, suddenly the massive man from before appears behind Erza as once again there is terror in her eyes as she recognizes the voice "Once you get the hang of it, anyone can use magic. Isn't that right, Erza?"

Erza steps forward and turns around to face the man "Simon." Erza says, just then Millianna pushes Lucy to the ground sideways causing her to cry out as her arms and legs are bent backwards behind her "Erza, who are these people? And why are they calling you their sister?" Lucy asks. All Erza does is look away from her and the others "Erza, what's going on?" Eiji asks.

"I'm not actually their sister. We were all together in the past." Erza says as the four gather together in front of her.

"Together? But haven't you been in Fairy Tail since you were really young?" Lucy asks.

"Unless...it was before you even joined Fairy Tail, when you were a lot younger." Gentaro says.

"You're right, Gentaro. It was before that." Erza says, then turning her attention back to her old friends "Why are you here?" Erza asks.

"Why?" Millianna says.

"To take you back." Wally says.

"Release Lucy and the others!" Erza pleads once again.

"How about we go home, Sister?" Sho questions.

"Unless you do what we say…" Wally then extends his right arm out and transforms it into a gun again, pointing it right at Lucy as the red dot appears on her forehead, causing her to whimper out in fear.

"Lucy!" Both Gentaro and Eiji call out.

"Stop it, please!" Erza pleads as then Wally's arm gun disappears. "Don't!" Erza yells, when suddenly she is shot from behind causing her to gasp out in pain. The gun is now behind her as well as a yellow magic circle which it shot through as then Erza collapses forward "Erza!" Lucy, Eiji, and Gentaro cry out. All the meanwhile the others remain knocked out, at the bar Gray's eyes are blank as he lays against a part of the bar, Juvia on the floor and Haruto is nowhere in sight, Natsu lies in the remains of the globe with the color balls all around him as Joker lies beside it.

---

Simon picks up the unconscious Erza in his arms "We've recovered our objective. Let us return home." Simon says.

"You did it the right way?" Sho asks Wally.

"I used a tranquilizer shot." Wally replies holding his gun arm up.

"Hey, where are you taking Erza?! Give her back! If you guys were up against Natsu or Gray or the others, even Gentaro and Eiji if they were free, they'd blow you away real quick!" Lucy says.

"Sorry, but they're the ones that got blown away." Wally says.

"Huh?" Lucy says in shock hearing this.

"What?!" Gentaro says at the same time as he and Eiji are also shocked hearing this.

"They were overrated." Simon says.

"N-No. Then they're…" Lucy says.

"As you imagine." Wally says.

"Bullshit...wait a minute...the explosion, the gunshot. That was you! You must've attacked them when they weren't expecting it! You cowards!" Eiji yells out in anger.

"No way in hell they'd lose to the likes of you punks! Not unless you used your damn magic to take them out before they could even fight back! Let us go and we'll show you what we're really made off!" Gentaro yells in anger. Sho smirks as he walks forward towards the two binded Riders, leaning towards them "I'm good." he says before pushing them onto their backs to the ground like Lucy. "You punks don't look so tough either. I'm sure we could've beaten you even in a real fight." Sho says.

"Then why don't we test that out!" a familiar voice yells out shocking Sho and the other three as suddenly Kouta as Gaim in his Orange Arms jumps over the card table towards Sho with both his Daidaimaru and Musou saber brought back.

(Insert Kamen Rider Gaim OST Track 1 - Start at 1:10 Mark)

Gaim brings them down on Sho sending sparks flying from him as he cries out and is sent flying back to the ground landing in front of the other three "Sho!" Millianna and Wally cry out. Simon looks back at Gaim as he stands back up "Kouta!" Lucy cries out happy to see him.

"It appears we missed one of them. Take care of him." Simon says as Sho pushes himself back up in pain. Wally and Millianna look at Gaim and rush forward a few feet as they both raise their arm gun/arms forward, Millianna summons a pink magic circle from which a bunch of her elastic orange tubes come out from and fly towards Gaim as Wally fires his gun towards him. Gaim quickly puts the two swords together into Naginata mode and spins them around, destroying the incoming tubes and blocking the shots "Give Erza back!" Gaim yells out as he charges forward. Jumping forward in the air as he kicks Millianna in her chest sending her flying back and then swings the Daidaimaru side of his Naginata across Wally, sending sparks flying as he cries out and is also sent flying away, hitting the ground and rolling back a few times.

"Why you…" Sho says in anger as he holds five cards in his hands and throws them towards Gaim, the cards glowing during the flight towards Gaim who then jumps up in the air to avoid them as they impact and explode on the ground "Orange Squash!" Gaim extends his right foot out and descends towards Sho as Simon jumps back to avoid the impacting attack that explodes upon contact, engulfing Sho who cries out in pain and is once again sent flying back from it landing past Simon. Simon stands back up only to find Daidaimaru held at the right side of his neck, Gaim now before him as he remains calm however "Not so easy now when your opponent actually fights back." Gaim says.

(End Kamen Rider Gaim OST Track 1)

Sho, Wally, and Millianna are on the ground groaning in pain as they attempt to get back up "Nice going Kouta!" Lucy yells out.

"That'll teach them to mess with us!" Gentaro yells out.

"Now then, why don't you people explain to us what's going on. How do you know Erza, why are you taking her, and why are you saying she betrayed you. I've known her for a while now and I know that Erza would never betray any of her friends!" Gaim says.

Simon just stares down at Gaim, narrowing his eyes. Suddenly sparks fly from Gaim as he is hit multiple times by an unseen enemy, crying out in pain as he is sent flying back and rolls across the ground. "Kouta!" Lucy and Gentaro yell out.

"What the, what was that?" Eiji questions.

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, someone begins chuckling, the sound echoed throughout the room and definitely sounded bad "It seems it was a good idea to keep our eyes on you after all." the voice calls out. Behind Simon, a dimensional portal appears, shocking the Riders who all gasp out in shock "A dimensional portal!" Gentaro says.

"It can't be…" Eiji says.

"Huh? What is that?" Lucy asks.

"A dimensional portal. To put it simple, it's a portal that can be created as a means of traveling, mostly used to travel between Rider Worlds, but also to get from place to place as well in just one world. And there's only three people who have the ability to make such a thing. Two Kamen Riders that are back in our world...and then…" Eiji says.

From the dimensional portal, three figures step out from it "Dai-Shocker?!" Gaim says in shock. Before them and behind Simon who seemed to not be fazed by what was going on, was one of the Commanders of Dai-Shocker, General Shadow! On either side of him was two monsters, both of which were part of his own army back in the day known as the Delza Army, the two monsters were Staff Officer Steel, and Commanding Officer Brank.

"Hello there, Kamen Riders." General Shadow says.

"General Shadow?" Eiji says in shock.

"What in the world is one of the Commanders of Dai-Shocker here?" Gentaro questions.

"We could've handled the mission ourselves. We just ran into a single problem." Simon calmly says to General Shadow as he and his monsters step to his right side.

"And just one Rider would've been enough to defeat you fools easily. As you can see." General Shadow points out as Sho, Wally, and Millianna get up and regroup with Simon. Seeing that the four seemed to be working WITH Dai-Shocker shocked Lucy and the three Riders "Are you four with them? Listen, you don't know who you're dealing with. These guys are not to be trusted!" Gaim says trying to warn them.

"Silence." General Shadow says as he brings up three cards and throws them at Gaim, the three cards impacting into him and sending sparks flying from his armor as he grunts out in pain. "Take him down." General Shadow says to his monsters as the two charge forward. Gaim quickly recovers, swinging both of his swords down at Brank, only for the monster to catch his weapons as then Steel rams into his stomach with his horns sending him twisting around to the ground as Gaim loses the grip on his weapons. Gaim quickly pushes himself back up, only for the two monsters to group together in front of him as Brank takes aim at him with a M16 assault rifle and opens fire, hitting Gaim multiple times as sparks fly from the Kamen Rider who cries out in pain, finally Steel steps in front of Brank with a chain in his hands which has a wrecking ball at the end. The monster begins swinging it around above his head for a bit before throwing it forward, the wrecking ball slamming into Gaim's chest as he cries out in pain again and is sent flying back, forced in a de-henshin as he hits the ground, groaning in pain as he writhes on the ground.

"Kouta!" Lucy, Eiji, and Gentaro cry out.

"Hmph. Pathetic." General Shadow says as the two monsters back up to his sides.

Before Kouta can do anything, the familiar pink magic circle appears beneath him and the orange tubes of Millianna's magic wrap themselves around him making him unable to move. "Meow." Millianna says as she points down at the four and a magic circle appears in front of her index finger, suddenly the tubes seem to constrict harder together, making Lucy and the three Riders arms and legs to begin bending backwards which causes them great pain since their bodies aren't meant to be that flexible. "In another five minutes your bodies will be completely bent backwards." Millianna says. Just then Wally approaches her "Speaking of which Millianna, I have a present for you." he says catching her attention.

He holds his hands up as then suddenly Happy appears in his hands, fast asleep meaning he was also shot with a tranquilizer shot, this seems to cause Millianna great happiness as her eyes and pupils widen and blush appears on her cheeks "Meow! It's a kitty-cat! I'm so glad!" Millianna says as she grabs Happy and begins tossing him up and down in the air with two hearts flying above her head.

"Happy!" Lucy says shocked to see him captured as well.

"Millianna, bind Erza." Simon says as Millianna continues playing around with Happy, hugging him, tossing him up and down in the air, and repeating it a few more times "A kitty-cat!"

"Millianna, we're counting on you." Simon says.

"Hurry up and bind her already you fool. Or else I'll make sure that stupid cat of yours won't live to see his new home." General Shadow threatens, making Millianna stop as she stares at him and hugs Happy tighter in fear.

"Hey, don't go threatening Millianna like that! We did what we came here for." Sho says in anger.

"And you nearly failed the mission had I not arrived, and don't you dare talk back to me, you foolish child. Or else I will make you regret it." General Shadow says in anger as he leans forward and gets in Sho's face as Sho grits his teeth in anger.

"Enough! Sho, let's just go." Simon says as the four along with General Shadow and his two monsters turn around and start walking away.

"Sister...You're coming back...to the Tower of Heaven!" Sho says as the group stops in their tracks, Sho turns towards Erza as his voice actually sounds happy and a tear comes down his left eye. "I just know that Jellal will be pleased!" he finishes saying.

"The Tower of Heaven?" Eiji questions.

"Erza!" Lucy cries out.

"Damnit." Kouta says in anger as he continues to try and break free from his binds "Dai-Shocker! Whatever it is you're doing you won't get away with it! And if you hurt Erza you're going to be making a big mistake when we get free and find the rest of our friends!" Kouta yells out in anger.

General Shadow turns back towards the four and chuckles "You have no idea what you're about to face. Kamen Riders. Come if you want with your pathetic mage friends, but you will not survive." General Shadow says as he begins chuckling maniacally as a multi-colored magic circle appears above them, engulfing them in the lights of it as they disappear, making Lucy cries out again "Erza!" before the magic circle then disappears.

"Erza." Lucy says in shock.

Lucy begins groaning in pain and rolling around on the floor "Argh! We gotta bust out of these things!" Lucy yells.

"Don't need to tell me twice!" Gentaro yells back as he and the others also attempt to break free.

"Damnit, if only we could henshin. But like this it's going to be impossible." Eiji says.

As Lucy lifts her body into the air, she luckily manages to drop her holder for her Celestial Keys "Alright!" she says.

"Ah, of course. We can't henshin but you can call one of your spirits out!" Eiji says.

"Nice thinking, Lucy!" Gentaro says.

Lucy drops onto her side and reaches for her keys, eventually managing to grab ahold of them "Gate of the Giant Crab, I open thee! Cancer!" Lucy calls out. A few seconds go by and nothing happens. "Huh?" Lucy says.

"Uh, where's Cancer?" Kouta asks.

"Cancer? What?! Then Taurus! Loke! Come out!" Lucy yells out.

"Lucy, what's wrong? Where are the spirits?" Eiji asks.

"I...I can't use magic. Is it because of this rope?" Lucy says.

"Oh man if this rope is really restricting you from using your magic we're really screwed!" Gentaro says.

"There's gotta be a way out of these things!" Kouta says as he tries once again to break free but to no avail.

Just then Lucy feels something pinch the back of her neck "Ow! What is it now?!" Lucy yells out drawing the Riders' attentions.

"Lucy? What's wrong?" Gentaro asks.

"Something just pricked the back of my neck." Lucy says, turning her head around to see the card holding the mascot in it as he has his right hand paw off and a knife in his hand "Oh, I'm sorry." the man says.

"Wait, was that you?" Lucy asks.

"Yeah, see, since I can't get out, I was trying to prick it with this paper knife. Looks like I hit you." the man says holding up the knife.

"Wait, the knife from inside the card hit you?" Kouta questioned.

"Yeah...I guess it did." Lucy says, suddenly getting really close to the mascot man's card as he cries out "Close-up!"

"Hey, I don't know why, but that means that stuff from inside the card can affect the outside!" Lucy says.

"I'm not sure. Then does my knife look like it's sticking out?" the man asks holding the knife outwards.

"No, it's still flat. But if I felt pain, then its force can be felt outside!" Lucy says.

"Don't know how that works, but either way, if it really does." Eiji says.

"Then we just got our ticket out of here!" Gentaro says.

Lucy quickly turns back around "Please! Try cutting my rope with that knife!" Lucy asks the man. "Okay, I'll try." he replies.

The mascot man immediately begins cutting at the rope through the card, all of the captured people cheering him on as he does so, though it isn't fast enough as the ropes begin tightening on Lucy and the Riders as they groan out in pain "Hurry!" Lucy pleads.

"Please don't rush me." The man says.

"Whatever, just get on with it!" Lucy yells. And just like that the tube ropes are cut through, freeing Lucy who straightens herself as the ropes disintegrate into pink dust "Alright, they're cut!" Lucy yells out in joy.

"Good for you now how about us!" Gentaro cries out as the ropes tighten on the three Riders causing them excruciating pain.

"I knew I should've taken those Yoga classes when Hina-san asked me to!" Eiji cries out.

"Lucy! My driver! My driver, quickly!" Kouta yells out.

Lucy quickly gets up and rushes over to Kouta, grabbing the cutting knife and pulling up on it "Soiya!"

"Orange Arms: Hanamichi on Stage!"

His Daidaimaru and Musou Sabre materializing in his hands, Gaim is easily able to cut through the ropes binding him as they disintegrate as well before than turning around and swinging both of his swords down to cut free Eiji and Gentaro, allowing the two of them to finally breathe a sigh of relief as their bodies go back to normal. "Ah~ I don't know how much more my body could've handled of that." Gentaro says with tears streaming down his face and his eyes closed.

"Hey pal, thanks for the save!" Gaim says as he and Lucy turn back to the mascot man's card on the ground.

"It was my pleasure. Next, it's your turn to help us now." the man says.

Gaim and Lucy freeze upon realizing something however as they look at each other, they don't know how to do that! The only thing they can think of is defeating or forcing the person who did this to them to undo it, which was the man Sho, who was no longer here now. "Uh~, yeah now that's kind of a problem when we don't know exactly how to save you guys." Gaim says.

"Huh?" the mascot man says.

Suddenly Lucy and the three Riders rush off "Sorry! We'll come back and save you we promise!" Lucy yells back.

"Huh! Wait!" the man yells out.

"Natsu, Gray, Shotaro, Haruto...They've got to be fine, right?" Lucy questions.

"Of course they are. No way in hell could those guys be taken down so easily by punks like them." Kouta who de-henshined says.

The four run back into the main area of the casino and stop in their tracks upon seeing the remains of the bar, and one of their friends there "Gray...No!" Lucy says as she and the Riders rush over to him.

"Where's Haruto at? Wasn't he with Gray?" Eiji questions as he looks around while Gentaro, Kouta, and Lucy rush up to Gray. "Hey, get a hold of yourself!" Lucy says as she puts her left hand on his right shoulder "H-He's cold…" Lucy says.

"He's an ice wizard he's supposed to be cold…" Kouta points out.

"Yeah well that doesn't help us much really." Gentaro says.

As Lucy tries shaking him awake, suddenly in a flash of light Gray turns into an ice sculpture, shocking Lucy and the Riders as then suddenly he cracks and breaks into pieces, causing them all to cry out in horror and their eyes to bulge out.

"Yah~!" Lucy cries out with widened eyes and pupils and her mouth dropped open.

"Lucy! What did you do?!" Gentaro cries out with sweat flying from his head and his hands to the sides of his head as his eyes enlarge.

"You just broke Gray!" Kouta yells out with sweat also flying from his face.

Lucy with haste attempts putting Gray back together, only for the ice pieces to repeatedly fall back to the ground "I-I-It'll be okay! I'll fix him up no problem!" Lucy cries out in a panic. Somehow managing to do so though with his face now on the ground, arms outstretched forward a bit, and legs hanging oddly above him as Lucy screams out in terror that she might've just killed Gray.

"You just killed Gray!" Gentaro and Kouta yell with wide blank, angry eyes at Lucy.

"Seriously where's Haruto at shouldn't we be worrying about him as well?!" Eiji yells out.

As the ice breaks apart again a voice speaks out "Please stay calm." catching Lucy and the Riders' attentions as they turn to notice water come up from the ground, suddenly changing into a person to reveal Juvia, a bunch of water still on the ground below her body "What the?" Kouta questions.

"It's you, one of the Element 4!" Lucy says reaching for her keys.

"As if we didn't have enough problems!" Gentaro says as he and the others reach for their Drivers.

"Guys wait!" suddenly the water below Juvia drops to the ground revealing a still alive and well-looking Gray shocking them.

"She's not our enemy anymore." Gray says.

"That is correct. Gray-sama was inside of Juvia." Juvia says.

"I-Inside?" Lucy questions with circular blank eyes.

"That...that just sounds really weird, you know that right?" Kouta with his eyes closed and a sweatdrop.

"Not inside of you! Inside of Juvia!" Juvia seems to have to point out, specifically at Lucy for some reason with a dark look on her face, a twinkling star by her head as Lucy has a sweatdrop and blue lines going down the back of her head a bit taken back by this. "Yes, that is true…" she says a bit frightened and confused.

"And that just made it even weirder…" Eiji says as he and the other two Riders have their eyes closed and sweatdrops. Suddenly Eiji opens his eyes and remembers "Wait, Gray, where's Haruto?" he asks.

"Right here." Haruto's voice calls out "Fall, Please!" a hole suddenly appears beside Gray and Juvia as they stand up, Haruto jumping out from it and landing on the ground beside them, also looking unscathed.

"After it got dark all of a sudden, I figured I'd leave a double and see how things turned out, but…" Gray says as he takes off his tie and begins to unbutton his shirt.

"In order for him not to be discovered by the enemy, Juvia protected Gray-sama in her Water Lock." Juvia says.

"And with that I was luckily able to find my Fall Ring and used that to escape and hide out as well. Me and Gray were originally going to attack him, but then that happened and I didn't know what to do so I just waited." Haruto says.

"And thanks to your meddling, he got away!" Gray says angrily to Juvia, shocking her as her eyes went blank and she cried out.

"Do you guys know where Natsu and the others are?" Gray asks.

"We don't know about Natsu and Shotaro, but Happy and Erza have been…" however before she can finish explaining a familiar angry yell and shooting of fire into the air catches everyone's attention. "Natsu!" Lucy, Gray, and the Riders yell out.

"Gah! What a creep!" Natsu says with a horrified look on his face, his eyes widened and pupils shrunk as he has smoke coming out from his mouth.

"Natsu!" Natsu turns around to see the others running at him.

"Did something happen?" Gray asks.

"Is it normal to go shooting people in the mouth?!" Natsu angrily questions with blank eyes and popping veins on either side of his head "That hurt! A guy could get hurt really badly!" Natsu says putting his hands close to his mouth.

A ding sound goes off as shades and black lines appear on the sides of the others "Um, normal people would be totally KOed." Lucy points out.

"Seriously, how is he still alive? A shot to the mouth should kill just about anyone." Eiji questions.

"Some really good luck, that's what." Kouta says.

"Such is the Salamander." Juvia says.

"Bastard got lucky is all." the group turned as they see Joker picking himself off the ground "Shotaro!" they say, except for Juvia. "Man, what the hell did that guy hit me with? Some kind of tranquilizer shot? Knocked me right out." Joker says as he de-henshins.

"That damn blockhead!" Natsu yells out with blank narrowed eyes of anger and four popping veins on his face. "I won't let him escape!" Natsu yells as he takes off running leaving behind a trail of dust.

"After him!" Gray says.

"Sure, but where did they go?" Lucy asks.

"They teleported out of here." Eiji mentions.

"Doesn't matter. He's got a nose on him that'd put animals to shame." Gray says with a grin.

"I'll call Philip and have him meet us outside." Shotaro says taking out his Stag Phone.

Meanwhile outside…

"Blockhead!" Natsu yells out in anger as he breaks through the resorts doors and begins running along the beach.

---

Out at Sea…

A ship floats through the open waters of the ocean, onboard it in the cargo hold, Erza is tied by Millianna's ropes to a wooden pool as she finally awakens "Where am I?" she questions wearily.

"Inside a ship, Sister." Sho says appearing in a long red robe with a collar along with a pink pinstripe suit underneath it as he walks towards her.

"A ship?" Erza asks.

"Yes. Inside a ship heading towards the Tower of Heaven." Sho says, meanwhile up above the deck are Simon, Millianna who still holds an unconscious Happy in her arms hugging him tightly against her while rubbing her cheek against his, Wally watching this with a tint of blush on his cheeks, as well as a few Dai-Shocker combatmen who go about the ship doing stuff with Brank and Steel watching them.

Erza looks up at him before lowering her head with an ashamed look on her face "Oh...So that's it. Will you untie me? I don't plan to resist." Erza says.

"I can't do that. Because you're a traitor, Sister. It's pointless, Millianna's tubes have the power of sealing magic. You can't do anything about them on your own. No matter how powerful you are, Sister." Sho says.

"I-I know…" Erza says lowering her head down "Then would you at least allow me to requip into armor? I'm afraid...to return to that tower...Unless I'm wearing armor...the fear…" Erza stutters, sweat of fear appearing on her face as she also has a terrified look.

"But you look good in that dress, Sister." Sho says.

There is a long silence between the two, before suddenly Sho drops onto his knees and hugs Erza, a saddened look appearing on his face while Erza seems to be surprised by this. "I didn't want to do this…" Sho says.

"Sho…" Erza says as her face changes into a saddened state again. Sho then begins to cry as tears stream down his face "I missed you! Really!" Sho says, silence comes between the two again for a few seconds before Sho speaks up again. "Sister! Why...did you…" Sho brings his head back, and is now looking at Erza with complete anger "betray Jellal!?" he yells shocking her as her pupils started to twitch before she looked down with a saddened face.

"Well now, what do we have here." the two turn their heads to see General Shadow walk down the stairs, his hands behind his back as he stops after the last step. Erza's face immediately turned into one of anger "You…" she says with a sour tone "You're one of the generals of Dai-Shocker." Erza says.

"Hm~, so, the Riders did tell you about us. Interesting." General Shadow says.

"Sho...I don't care about anything else...but please listen to me. You can't trust these monsters. Whatever they said, whatever it is they're helping you with, is for their own gain. As soon as you've done everything for them they'll turn on you and kill you all!" Erza says.

"Why, that's quite a rude thing to say. Erza Scarlett. How could you think so lowly of us?" General Shadow sarcastically questions as he walked over to Erza and Sho, Sho standing back up and taking a few steps back as Shadow stopped in front of her and knelt down.

"Maybe it's because of who you are...Dai-Shocker. Shotaro and the others have told me and my friends all about you. As well as what you have planned for our world. Even if something happens to me, I know that my friends, as well as the Kamen Riders will at least be there to stop you. You won't succeed, you'll be defeated like you always have been in the past. You can't, and you never will be able to defeat the Kamen Ri-" however before she can say anymore General Shadow backhands her across the face "Silence you insolent worm!" he says in anger.

"Hey!" Sho yells.

"What's wrong? Didn't you just call her a traitor? And as a traitor, doesn't she deserve punishment?" General Shadow questions Sho, before standing up and then throwing his right foot into a kick across the other side of her face. "Stop it! She's still my sister! Besides, she'll get what's coming to her soon. And I'm pretty sure Jellal didn't want her hurt either." Sho says.

"Tch. Very well." General Shadow says as he crouches down in front of her, before than backhand slapping her again "But this is for the base you and your friends helped the Kamen Riders destroy." General Shadow says as he stands up and heads back to the stairs, stopping before them "Come now. We should be arriving soon, let us leave our "guest" here. It's not like she's going anywhere." General Shadow says as he starts walking up the steps. Sho begins to follow "Sho...please...you can't trust Dai-Shocker!" Erza yells, Sho stops for a second at the stairs before proceeding up them. Leaving Erza alone in the cargo hold as she lowers her head in sadness "Jellal...what are you thinking?" Erza questions.

A Few Hours Later…

The sun was beginning to rise, far behind the ship was a small rowboat that contained the Riders and the others "Hey, do you think the people trapped in the cards were saved?" Lucy asks.

"We alerted the army, so they're probably fine by now." Gray says.

"I hope so…" Lucy says.

"If not then we're their only chance of getting out of them. Ten bucks says if the army hasn't gotten them out, then the only way to do that is either force that Sho guy to do it, or beat him up." Shotaro says.

"But anyways, where are we?" Gray questions.

"Perhaps Juvia's group has gotten lost…" Juvia says.

Lucy turns her head around to look back at Natsu "Natsu, are you sure they're in this direction?" Lucy asks. Only for Natsu's bloated face to be hanging over the back of the boat with his eyes blank, sweat on his face, and drool coming out from his mouth as Lucy closes her eyes and purple lines appear on the side of her body as her mouth hangs opened with an awkward look that she once again forgot his weakness to transportation. Gray, the Riders, except Philip, and Juvia all stare angrily back at him with blank eyes, Gray and Shotaro with yellow veins popping out on their heads "We're relying on your nose here! Get it together man!" Gray yells.

"I will not allow you to betray Gray-sama's trust!" Juvia says.

"This motion sickness crap is getting really annoying when we need your damn nose the most!" Shotaro yells.

"Damn...I can't believe that Erza and Happy were kidnapped while we were knocked out. How pathetic is that?!" Gray says in anger.

"Not as pathetic as me. Having the chance to save her only to fail in the end." Kouta says with an ashamed look on his face.

"It's not your fault, Kouta. None of us could've expected Dai-Shocker being apart of...whatever's going on here." Eiji says.

"Still can't believe that these morons are working with Dai-Shocker. If they're here, then there's a big reason behind it, and whatever it is, those "friends" of hers are in danger too. Whatever they took Erza for, when they're done with them, they're going to be toast along with Erza." Shotaro says.

"I do not know who this, Dai-Shocker is, and you can explain that to me later. But how did a wizard as powerful as Erza-san get defeated?" Juvia asks.

"Huh?" Gray says as he turns his head towards her, then raising his left eye and squinting his right one into a crazed, anger look "She wasn't defeated! You don't know a damn thing about Erza!" Gray states.

"I-I'm sorry!" Juvia apologizes.

"Gray, calm down!" Lucy says.

"No need to overreact. She was just wondering what happened that got Erza captured, but I do agree. If these were any other group of people Erza would've mopped the floor with them in a second, but to them, she didn't attack, and she didn't have time to defend herself. In fact she literally gave herself up, though reckon they got a drop on her with that tranquilizer shot." Shotaro says.

"They said they were Erza's old friends. Even we don't know anything about Erza really…" Lucy says with a worried look on her face.

"I could do a lookup on her in the Gaia Library, find out what happened to her before she came to Fairy Tail." Philip says.

"I don't know...I don't want to be nosy into someone else's life. No matter what. Erza kept her past before Fairy Tail a secret for a reason, just like you guys, and Lucy. I'd rather find out about it from her own mouth, when and if she's ready to explain it." Gray says.

"Considering what's happening, I have a feeling she's going to tell us as soon as we rescue her." Haruto says.

As Natsu continues hanging over the back of the boat, his face returns to normal as he grunts lightly and stands back up looking to his right with a raised fist "Something feels really dangerous…" he says catching everyone's attention. Kouta stands up himself suddenly and looks off in the direction Natsu is "He's right...I can feel something too. Something very wrong." Kouta says.

There are dark clouds with a few breaks in them allowing the sun to shine through off in the direction Natsu and Kouta are looking in, yellow birds fly overhead cawing loudly, when all of a sudden one by one they caw one last time before they start dropping from out of the sky. "The birds..." Lucy says with a worried look on her face, her right hand to her mouth as everyone stands up and looks up at the birds.

"They're literally just dropping dead in the air." Gentaro says.

"What in the world is this?" Gray questions.

"Is there something in the air? Poison?" Eiji questions.

"No, otherwise we'd be getting affected to by whatever's hitting them." Shotaro says.

"It's not just them, look at the water." Philip says as everyone does so. "The fish too?" Gray says as sure enough there are green scaled fish floating in the water, dead like the birds, but also floating among them is wooden debris...as if from a ship.

"This is not normal…" Juvia says.

"What's with the debris?" Haruto questions. As they float by one piece, they notice the insignia of the Fiore Military on a yellow banner "This wreckage...It's from Fiore military ships!" Gray says.

"I don't like this…" Lucy says.

"What in the world were Fiore Military ships doing all the way out here?" Shotaro wonders.

"Here's a better question. Who took them out?" Kouta says.

"Hey, look." Natsu says looking off in the distance at something. Not that far away from them, was a small, barren and rocky island, and on it, stood a very tall tower. Its body twisted with sporadically jutting sides, it looked very chaotic and asymmetrical, it was comprised of overlapping and intertwining lengths of metal tubes which wound together from the ground and straight up into the sky.

"That's the Tower of Heaven?" Lucy questions in shock and awe.

"That place just has bad stuff written all over it." Gentaro says.

"Water Dome!" Juvia says raising her right hand into the air and summoning a blue magic circle as then water shoots out into streams from all directions into the center of the magic circle, the water then shooting out and forming a dome of water around the boat. "Let us camouflage ourselves this way and approach." Juvia says.

"W-Whoa…" Lucy says in awe at seeing this.

"Good call, that military ship was blasted out of the waters cause they were most likely either here at the wrong time, or spying on whoever was here and they didn't like it." Shotaro says.

"Mmph, I just can't…" Natsu groans as the sickness begins overtaking him again.

"We're almost there, sheesh!" Lucy says annoyed.

"Don't you have any sense of dramatic tension?!" Gray questions.

"You're able to overcome it when you sense danger, you can't overcome it just for a few more minutes?" Shotaro questions.

Inside…

What looked like endless circular floors of prison cells are seen, one of them high in the tower contained Erza as she was hung up on a bar with Sho in front of her, Simon and two Dai-Shocker combatmen outside as Simon waited for Sho to speak to Erza and the combatmen were there to act as guards for her. "The ceremony will take place tonight. Until then, stay right here, Sister." Sho says.

"Ceremony? You're going to activate the R-System?" Erza questions in her head.

"Too bad, you know? It's your fault for betraying us. Jellal is angry. But it's an honor for you." Sho says as then suddenly without either of them knowing Simon walks off, the Dai-Shocker combatmen look at each other confused but choose to ignore it as they head off to walk around the floor instead of staying in one place. "You've been chosen as the living sacrifice for the ceremony!" Sho says with a crazed grin on his face.

Erza stares angrily at him as Sho continues talking "I guess I won't get to see you again, Sister. But we do it all for paradise...You're shaking? Scared of becoming a living sacrifice? Or is it because this is the very place…" Sho then lowers his head towards the ground, a saddened face appearing "Sorry about back then, Sister. I was the one who planned it, but I was scared and didn't say anything. It's not fair, you know?" Sho says.

"It's long in the past...Do you understand the danger of trying to resurrect someone using the R-system?" Erza asks.

"Heh? You know what the R-System is for? I'm impressed." Sho says returning to his normal grin.

"Revive system...to resurrect a single person using a large number of human sacrifices. It's forbidden, inhumane magic." Erza says.

"Sister...Magic has always been at odds with humanity. All magic erodes one's humanity." Sho says hiding part of his face with his right hand as his teeth sharpen into a crazed look.

"That's black-magic sophism. You're no different from them!" Erza says.

"They thought this was just a way to reunite body with soul." Sho then turns around and puts his hands to his hips as he looks at the ground "They didn't realize it was more than just magic to bring someone back from the dead. But Jellal is different! He'll be leading us to heaven shortly!" Sho says, unknown to him Erza lifts her left leg onto the wall and begins pushing up it "Heaven?" she asks trying to keep him distracted.

Sho takes a few steps forward "When Jellal resurrects that certain individual, the world will be reborn. With us as its rulers. The last remnants of the cult who took away our freedom. You, my traitor sister and your friends...The pitiful citizens living their lives in ignorance! Those incompetent fools on the Council! They will all cower in fear, be drenched in grief! Then we'll take away everyone's freedom! We will become the rulers of the world!" Sho yells out at the top of his lungs, now looking up at the ceiling as a dark shadow covers the top of his head and his look has become even crazier looking as he begins to laugh.

"And Dai-Shocker? What do they have to do with this? Why are they here helping you?" Erza questions.

"Oh, those fools. Oh trust me, we all know the minute this thing's completed they'll betray us. But Jellal as well as he will deal with them once everything's over. They were only here to help us because of your new friends from another world. But even they won't be able to stop us!" Sho yells. Just as Erza gets off the bar and lands on the ground, catching Sho's attention as he turns around too late as she charges him and kicks him across the chin, sending him flying back into the bars and knocking him out as he mutters out "Sister…" before losing consciousness and falling to the ground.

Erza bites the tubes and manages to rip them off "Sho…" she says as she looks down at him, the image of when he was much younger and so innocent coming to her mind as she begins shaking with anger. "To think people can change so much…" Erza says as she is engulfed in bright golden light and requips into her Heart Kreuz armor, an angered look on her face as the light dies down "Jellal…Is this your doing, you fiend?!" she says in anger. She walks out the prison cell as then the two Dai-Shocker combatmen from before, having of heard the commotion and see her exiting the cell, charge towards her with their kukri's raised. However in one swinging kick Erza sends the two flying over the railings, crying out as they fall all the way down to the floor far below, their cries echoing out as they fall.

Sometime Later…

The group finds a hidden dock which they are able to tie their boat to as they disembark and head towards the tower, the Riders transforming before they head off since there was going to be a lot of trouble up ahead most likely. They spotted a hidden staircase, but then noticed it was being guarded by a few Dai-Shocker combatmen, along with some men dressed in black uniforms with strange masks and hats on their faces/heads that covered all but the lower part of their mouth wielding massive spears, and a few of them had strange flying pink creatures with rows of sharp teeth but no eyes on them. "There are a lot of lookouts…" Gray says.

"Should we bust in?" Natsu questions.

"No! Erza and Happy are captured! If we don't do this right, we could put the two of them in danger." Lucy explains.

"That would put us at a disadvantage." Gray says.

"Especially knowing Dai-Shocker. They wouldn't be afraid to use them as a means of capturing all of us by luring us into a trap, or holding them at sword point or something. We need stealth on our side." Double/Shotaro says.

Just then Juvia pops out from the water "I've found a way in underwater." Juvia says.

"Really? That's great!" Gray says.

"I've been praised! Not you, but I, Juvia!" Juvia says proudly, getting up in Lucy's face with a dark shadow on her face, purple lines going down the middle of her face and ending at her nose, pink blush marks on her cheeks as Lucy turns away with her eyes closed and sweat going down her face with an embarrassed look on her face. "Right…" Lucy mutters.

"It's about ten minutes underwater." Juvia informs returning to normal.

"That ain't a problem." Natsu says.

"Nope." Gray agrees.

"No way! Impossible!" Lucy cries out in shock as she turns pale blue, her eyes widen into blank circles with black circles around them and sweat flies from her head.

"For us, it will be no problem thanks to our armor. Juvia because she's a girl made of water, you guys on the other hand wouldn't be able to last that long without air." Double/Shotaro says.

"Then put this on your head." Juvia says holding up a large bubble of water above the palm of her right hand as it hovers "Its oxygen trapped in a water shell, so you can breathe underwater." Juvia says.

"Oh~." Gray says impressed.

"You're awesome! So...who are you?" Natsu asks causing Juvia to gasp in shock as she turns white with white lines appearing on the left side of her body.

"You're just asking that now?" Gaim asks with a sweatdrop.

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Underwater…

The group swims through the water, Fourze using his Screw Astroswitch, Wizard in his Water Style, and OOO in his Shauta Combo as Juvia turns the lower half of her body into a tornado of water to propel her through it, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy have the air bubbles on their heads and have stripped down, Natsu and Gray in their swim trunks with Natsu having his scarf around his head while Lucy is in her swimsuit as they along with Double and Gaim just swim through the water. Eventually they come out inside the base of the tower, a massive cavern with tall pillars holding the place up and connected by walkways, and a massive mask statue hanging high on the wall.

"So this is the base of the tower." Gray says.

"Where's Erza and Happy?" Natsu questions.

"You seriously didn't think they'd be right here did you?" Wizard questions.

"These things are pretty convenient, if a bit tacky." Lucy says holding her bubble above the palm of her right hand. Juvia then turns as her eyes begin shining "I made yours a bit smaller, Lucy-san, so I'm impressed you made it." Juvia says.

"Hey, wait a sec there…" Lucy says as her eyes narrow and go blank, her body turns pale blue at the realization of what Juvia just said. "What in the world did you do to piss her off?" Gaim asks sliding next to her and leaning towards her ear sideways.

"I have no idea…" Lucy replies.

Suddenly there is a loud roar that echoes in the air, the group looks up to see one of the strange flying creatures and one of the guards of the tower riding it as he yells out "Intruders!"

"Crap!" Lucy says in shock.

"Damnit, guess we should've taken into consideration they know this place more than us and would have all the places guarded period." Double/Shotaro says. On the walkways more guards armed with spears as well as magic guns appear along with dog-like creatures that almost resemble the flying ones, but with massive heads and as such massive teeth as more of the flying ones appear with riders on them. "Who are these infidels!?"

"Who else are they you fools!" A voice yells out, suddenly Dai-Shocker combatmen appear on a few other walkways that had no guards on them along with a few monsters, Marshal Machine, Commander Jishaku, and Armored Knight "They're the Kamen Riders, and the prisoner's friends! Destroy them!" Marshal Machine yells out.

"Well then...guess there's only one thing to do!" Gray says.

"Right!" Juvia agrees.

"Oh, some Dai-Shocker monsters huh? Good, we were hoping for a bit of a challenge." Double/Shotaro says.

"Leave those guys to us!" Gaim says to the others.

"You asked who we are, your allies attacked us, and you didn't even know?!" Natsu yells as he raises his right fist into the air as hot air begins blowing up from beneath him, his magic circle appearing above his fist and then expanding outwards as his fist is engulfed in a massive flame which he then slams into the ground causing a massive explosion. Seeing this shocks the guards and even the Dai-Shocker monsters and combatmen "We're Fairy Tail you idiots!" Natsu yells out as he, the others, and the Kamen Riders all come out from the smoke in the air.

Natsu sends a roar blast down at one of the walkways, blasting many Tower Guards, creatures, and Dai-Shocker combatmen with it as the guards all cry out "That's hot!"

"Ice Make Lance!" Gray yells sending a blast of ice spears outwards taking out many tower guards and combatmen "That's cold!" they all cry out.

Lucy lands knelt down on one of the walkways while the guards and combatmen on it are drawn towards her due to her swimsuit as hearts appear around them and one of the guards say "A swimsuit!"

"Thank you very much!"

Lucy in unfazed by their pervertness as she takes out Virgo's key "Gate of the Maiden, I open thee! Virgo!" Lucy yells out as a teal magic circle appears in front of her, a bell chiming as an explosion of dust erupts from it and from it Virgo appears as she stands up.

"You called for me, Princess?" Virgo asks.

"It's a maid!"

"Who needs bikini-girl now?" All the guards and combatmen begin to cheer out with hearts above their heads at seeing Virgo now instead of Lucy, annoying her a bit as she turns away, a red vein popping on the left side of her head as she points towards them "Proceed with the punishment, please…" Lucy says in an annoyed tone.

"As you wish." Virgo says, the outline of her pupils shining red as then in blinding speed she makes her way through the enemy soldiers sending them all off the walkways crying out.

Down below Juvia is surrounded by a group of soldiers but appears unfazed as the left part of her body as well as her left arm are water as if someone tried cutting through her which they failed at "Damn, what is she?"

"Watch out, blades don't affect her!"

"Take this!" A guard yells out as he along with a group of other guards all begin firing their magic guns at Juvia, a few Dai-Shocker combatmen armed with M16A1s firing their guns to at Juvia as all of the shots travel through her, changing her body into water as she remains unfazed by the attacks. This shocks them as they all cry out in a panic "What the heck is with her?!" one of them yells.

"Drip, drip, drop…" Juvia says as she swings her right arm across her chest, turning a bit as she throws it out in an arc "Water Slicer!" Juvia yells summoning up a blast of water which sends all of the guards and combatmen flying.

"What the hell are you fools doing? Can you seriously not take out a few Kamen Riders and Mages?!" Armored Knight yells out in anger.

Double throws his right foot forward in an arc, producing a blast of green wind that sends a group of enemy soldiers in front of him flying back "Come on!" Double/Shotaro says as he takes out his Luna Memory.

"Luna!"

"Luna! Joker! (Ominous glowing sound to orchestral hit)"

"Joker! Maximum Drive!"

Splitting down the middle, the Luna half of Double slides out a bit to the right as four more copies of itself are created to his right "Joker Strange!" Double yells out as the five Luna halves stretch their arms out and begin striking all of the enemy soldiers in front of them, sending many of them flying back into the air. The halves come back into the original one as it slides back into the other half of Double which then breaks off as the Joker half holds his arm outwards and the fist is engulfed in yellow energy as he slides forward towards the remaining enemy soldiers in front of him, and delivers two vertical chops to them causing them to explode as they cry out in pain and the guards are sent flying out from the explosion.

"Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta: (Buzz) Ga~ta-Gata-Gata-Kiri, Ba! Gatakiriba!"

OOO creates a few shades on the walkway he is on, four on either side of him and five behind him as they take out their scanners and scan their driver's "Scanning Charge!" OOO and the Shades then jump up into the air and fly down towards the enemy soldiers on the respective side of their walkway as they impact into them with their kicks.

Fourze jumps forward and throws a punch across a guard's face and then kicks back a combatman coming from his left, Fourze then takes out his Super-1 Switch and places it into his Driver "Rocket On! (Rocket launching sound, followed by bombastic brass music)"

"Let's go!" Fourze yells as he transforms into his Rocket States and launches himself feet first into the air "Rider Tailspin Crusher!" Fourze yells out as he spins around to perform a corkscrew kick as he travels into all of the remaining flying creatures, flying through each one as they roar out and explode one by one before none of them remain in the sky as their charring remains fall to the ground.

On another walkway Wizard places his Copy Ring on his right hand's ring finger, switching the Hand Author's position on his driver as he scans the ring "Copy, Please!" creating a Wizard copy on his right as then both of them scan their Copy Rings over their Drivers "Copy, Please!" both of them creating another Flame Wizard Copy, the original on his left and the other copy creating a copy on his right. The four Wizards take out their WizarSwordGuns in sword mode "Come on Slash, Shake Hands! Come on Slash, Shake Hands! Flame Slash Strike! Hi-Hi, Hi-Hi-Hi!"

The four Wizards' swords are engulfed in flame as they twirl them around before swinging them upwards forward, sending four fire slashes at the enemy troops in front of them as the slashes impact into and explode upon contact, sending all of the enemy forces flying off the walkway.

Gaim swings his Daidaimaru upwards knocking away a guard's spear as he attempts to stab him, following up with a downward strike from his Musou saber as he then turns to his left and brings both swords down on a Dai-Shocker combatman, sending sparks flying from the footsoldier as it cries out in pain. "Fire!" A Tower Guard yells as he along with other guards and combatmen fire their guns at Gaim.

Gaim turns around quickly putting his two swords together into Naginata mode as he spins it around to block the oncoming barrage of shots. The enemy soldiers fire for a few more seconds until they eventually stop seeing their efforts not getting anywhere "Damn you!" one of the guards yell in anger. Gaim puts his Orange Lockseed on the Musou Saber "Lock On! 1-0-0-0! Orange Charge!" Gaim's Musou Saber becomes enveloped in Orange Energy as he swings it and sends two energy slashes towards the group of enemy soldiers, hitting them and trapping them in an orange-shaped energy sphere. Gaim then switches around to the Daidaimaru as it becomes covered in orange energy, Gaim charges forward and swings around performing a 360 degree slash through the enemy soldiers as they all cry out before an explosion erupts sending the guards flying and taking out the Dai-Shocker combatmen.

Natsu engulfs both fists in fire and launches himself forward taking out more Tower Guards and Combatmen, Gray creates a massive block of ice which he slams down onto another group of enemy soldiers sending them flying, Lucy has Virgo take out a few more enemy soldiers as she grabs two tower guards and sends them flying, and Juvia traps a few enemy soldiers in Water Lock bubbles making it hard for them to breathe. In his Luna/Metal form Double swings his Metal Shaft whip around taking out more enemy soldiers, OOO transforms into his Tajadol Combo and sends a barrage of energy peacock feathers into the enemy forces around him, Fourze goes into his Fire States and with his Hee-Hackgun, Launcher Module, and Gatling Module, sends a barrage of fireballs, missiles, and bullets flying into the enemy forces in front of him, Wizard goes into Hurricane Style and uses his Thunder Ring to blast the enemy soldiers around him, and finally Gaim goes into his Jimber Cherry Arms and uses his speed to slash through the enemy soldiers in front of him.

Seeing this angers the three Dai-Shocker monsters as they growl in anger "If you want something done right. You have to do it yourself." Jishaku says in anger as the three monsters jump down from the walkway they are on to the ground and split off to deal with the Riders and Mages.

Armored Knight charges forward with his Rapier and Shortsword at the ready, Gaim sees this and charges forward as the two engage with their swords as they swing them both forward only to block out each other's attack. Both of them pull back as Gaim swings his Daidaimaru while Armored Knight swings his Rapier, Gaim however manages to knock his sword back as he then throws his Musou Saber forward and strikes him in the chest sending him stumbling back as sparks fly from him. "Damn you!" Armored Knight yells out in anger as he crosses his two swords and sends a blast of streaming fire forward towards Gaim.

However Natsu lands in front of him and sucks the fire into his mouth as he lets out a sigh of relief "Thanks for the meal." Natsu says with a toothy-grin.

"What the?!" Armored Knight says shocked by this. "Let's finish this, Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu yells out as he streams of fire from his arms and charges towards Armored Knight, swinging both of his arms around as he strikes Armored Knight with his flames which sends him flying into the air.

"Lock On! Soiya! Orange Squash!" Gaim pulls back on his Sonic Arrow, gathering energy at the arrowhead as he then releases the massive bolt of energy through an alternating row of orange slices and cherries as the bolt then impacts into Armored Knight as he is coming back down to the ground, hitting him and causing him to explode in the air as he cries out one last time.

"Claw, On!"

"Heat! Metal! (Rock & roll guitar music to metallic synth)"

Double and Fourze charge towards Jishaku and throw their weapons down towards him, the monster brings up a strange looking staff that has one curvy blue end, and a zig-zag red end as he blocks the Riders weapons. Jishaku tilts his head up a bit as his eyes then glow red, suddenly the two Riders find themselves blasted back by an unseen force and sent flying into one of the pillars as they then find themselves pinned against it unable to move.

"What the? Can't move!" Double/Shotaro says.

"Magnetism?" Fourze questions.

"You fools cannot hope to beat me, the master of all magnetism!" Jishaku proclaims. Just then however the ground behind him explodes upwards, catching his attention as he turns to see Virgo jumping out from the hole as she then performs a spinning kick across his face sending him flying to her right "But you can't magnetize what you can't see!" Lucy says with a smirk on her face. This attack seems to free Double and Fourze as they land back on the ground "Quickly Gentaro!" Double/Shotaro says.

"Right!" Fourze agrees.

"N. Magnet!"

"S. Magnet!"

"Trigger!"

"Heat! Trigger! (Rock & roll guitar music to rock guitar riffs)"

"N/S Magnet On! (Low-Toned Dynamic Music)"

The two transform into their forms and turn their attention towards the monster as he begins to recover "Trigger! Maximum Drive!"

"(3 klaxon-like alarms) Limit Break!"

"Trigger Explosion!"

"Rider Super Electromagnetic Bomber!" The two yell out as they release their attacks onto Jishaku as they impact into him causing him to cry out before he explodes.

"Take this!" Marshal Machine yells as his ruby begins to glow, suddenly OOO, Wizard, and Gray find themselves trapped in red pyramid-like barrier, Marshal Machine then fires energy blasts from his ruby as the shots impact into the Riders and Gray sending sparks flying from them.

"Gray-sama! Why you~!"Juvia yells out in anger towards Marshal Machine as she suddenly summons water up from behind him, Marshal Machine turns around shocked by this as he is swept up in the water and carried into the air where Juvia then traps him in one of her Water Lock bubbles. This frees Gray and the others "Thanks Juvia." Wizard says.

"Yeah, now let's finish this guy off already." Gray says.

"Yeah!" OOO says in agreement.

"Ice Make…" Gray says as he prepares to cast one of his attacks.

"Scanning Charge!"

"Choine, Kick Strike! Saiko~!"

"Ice Geyser!" Gray yells as he slams his hands into the ground, summoning a tower of sharp ice from underneath Marshal Machine as it slams into his back through the Water Lock, breaking it and pushing him up into the air as he cries out in pain, both OOO and Wizard then launch themselves upwards towards him as the Talons of his Condor Legs split apart and Wizard's right leg becomes enveloped in green wind, both of them letting out a battle cry as they impact into him and cause Marshal Machine to explode as he cries out.

"Well, that wasn't so hard." Fourze says.

"It appears we're mostly finished here." Juvia says as everyone regroups, the Riders going back to their default forms.

"Seems like it." Gray agrees.

"After making all this noise, do you think we'll be...Oh who am I kidding…" Lucy says covering her face with her hands.

"Do I need punishment?" Virgo asks.

"It would've been impossible for us not to be heard after all that commotion." Double/Philip says.

"No kidding. So much for stealth." Double/Shotaro says.

"Where's the blockhead?" Natsu questions an unconscious Tower Guard holding him by the collar of his coat.

"That's who you're asking for?" Wizard questions with a sweatdrop.

Just then the eye slit of the right closed eye, and the three pupils on the left eye of the statue head begin glowing read, the "mouth" of it opens up as a long ramp begins to descend down to the ground in front of the Riders and Mages catching their attention.

"And…" Natsu says.

"Well now, this is interesting." Gaim says.

"They're telling us "Come on up?"" Gray questions.

"Looks like it." OOO says.

"Were they expecting us?" Wizard says.

Meanwhile…

Up in the Throne Room of the Tower…

"As expected, they came for their friend." General Shadow says as he watches the live-footage of a surveillance lacrima on a gray magic circle before turning around. The room he was in was big and circular, in the middle of the room were sharp crystals protruding through an opening in the ground as it touched the ceiling, there were drawings on the walls, and around the throne chair were writings on the walls. Standing next to him was a mildly muscular man of average height distinguished by his extremely long black hair, which reaches down far below his feet, is parted in the middle and has two bangs reaching down below his waist framing his face. He has a large hooked nose and hairy eyebrows pointing upwards in spikes and wears a sleeved shirt paired with plain armbands, pants, gloves and shoes.

"Lord Jellal, why are you inviting the intruders inside?" the man asks the person sitting on the throne chair.

The man known as Jellal's face was covered by the hood of a dark blue coat he was wearing, his other clothing consisted of a white shirt with a blue tint under the opened coat, two strings with shield-shaped pendants hanging down from the hood and a prominent golden symbol on the left part of the chest, reminiscent of Fairy Tail's mark, plus simple, loose, dark pants tucked inside laced boots. "I told you, remember? This is a game. They have cleared a stage. That is all. This makes things more interesting." Jellal says.

"But if we don't hurry with the ceremony...The ships we sunk the other day mean that the Council has already…"

"Vidaldus, are you still worried about that? They can't stop me. Not those fools on the Council, that's for sure." Jellal says, lifting his head up as his face is finally revealed...looking just like that of the Council member Siegrain!

"Let me warn you now, Jellal. Do not underestimate the Kamen Riders. Many Generals and monsters, even I, have been where you are. Feeling that nothing can stop us. And in the end, all of us fail and fall to the Riders. Do not be so hasty and underestimate them. That will lead to your downfall." General Shadow warns pointing at him.

"Isn't that why you are here, General Shadow. To prevent that and destroy them? Do that, and I will keep my end of the bargain and when he is revived, he will help you change your world as well." Jellal says to the Dai-Shocker general.

"You better." General Shadow says, narrowing his eyes towards him behind his mask.

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"Blockhead!" Natsu yells out.

"Don't yell like that!" Lucy complains.

"It's not like it matters. They already know we're here." Double/Shotaro says.

"We already made such a big mess downstairs...There's no reason for us to be sneaking around anymore." Gray says, his mouth sounding full for some reason like he was eating.

"Okay...hold on a second…" Gaim says.

Inside…

Natsu, Gray, and Juvia are seen eating at a long table covered with an assortment of foods as Natsu chows down on whatever he can get his hands on while Gray and Juvia eat calmly, Natsu and Gray back in their normal clothes, or Gray back in at least his pants. "Why the hell are you guys eating?!" Gaim angrily yells narrowing his eyes at them.

"What are you eating?!" Lucy yells with her eyes bulging out.

"It looks like a meal has been prepared." Virgo says gesturing to it "Shall you partake, Princess?"

"Um, look here…" Lucy says with a sweatdrop.

As for the room they were in, the ceiling was very high up, and the room very long as the table sat directly between the two ends, only two very tall doorways into the room at either end "That door from before was operated by remote control through magic. Our presence is completely known." Virgo explains as Lucy and the Riders are the only ones not eating the food.

"Then why in the world…" Lucy wonders.

"Maybe they're challenging us?" Gray says.

"That's the only thing I can think of as well. Whoever the leader of these guys are probably thinks himself all high and powerful and can beat us with whatever else he has. Otherwise anyone else would've had us going through a longer way filled with traps most likely and a whole bunch of guards." Double/Shotaro says.

"Not even any of the Generals or the Great Leader of Dai-Shocker would let us just waltz into their base so easily without challenging us." Double/Philip says.

"A challenge?" Lucy says putting her right hand to her chin to think about it.

"Oh yes, Princess...Do you think it is appropriate to eat in such attire?" Virgo asks.

"Appropriate?" Lucy questions with a worried face as she looks back at Virgo and turns her body away covering herself. Suddenly a shadow comes across Virgo's face as her eyes turn red and she holds her hands up wiggling her fingers as she begins walking towards Lucy "Let us change those clothes…" Virgo says.

"Right here?!" Lucy questions in shock as Gray, Juvia, and the Riders accidentally turn to see what's going on, Natsu stuffing his face with a whole basket of bread and completely unaware of what's going on. Gray's cheeks brighten up red and his eyes turn beady-like "Hey, wait…" he says in shock as the Riders cry out in shock as their eyes widen and blush also appears on their cheeks "Gray-sama! Don't look!" Juvia cries out with her eyes closed and pink blush across her face.

In the blink of an eye Lucy is now in a formal dress gown that goes down to her knees, with zig-zagging white lines going around the bottom separating the two light greens from the dark green on the rest of her dress, a design going down the middle of the upper part of the dress with purple marks going around two yellow circles with yellow and blue lines coming out from them, white ribbons around the upper part of her arms, a string around her neck connecting to her dress to hold it up as a white bow tie is connected to the collar, and finally a green sash tied around her head. "These are clothes from the Spirit World." Virgo says as Lucy giggles a bit before striking a pose in her new outfit, turning her head slightly upwards to her right as she puts her left hand to her hip and right hand to the back of her head.

"What do you think? I know, I know, I look good." Lucy says.

Gray and Juvia are now standing up as Natsu joins back up with them from the other side of the table walking to Lucy's side as everyone looks at her "That's pretty cute!" Gray compliments.

"Juvia is so frustrated!' Juvia complains turning away with her eyes closed and hands to her cheeks.

"But is that seriously something you should be wearing when we have fighting up ahead?" Fourze questions.

"Not at all, that just looks bad for a fight." Gaim says.

"He l~ikes her!" Virgo says...rolling her tongue just like Happy would for saying that, causing everyone but Natsu to turn pale white and lower their heads with white lines appearing beside or behind them "Please don't roll your tongue…" Lucy asks.

"I'm sick and tired of that line already it hurts…" Double/Shotaro says.

"Where did you learn to mimic Happy?" Natsu questions eyeing Virgo with a questionable look.

"Princess, I wish you the best of luck." Virgo says closing her eyes and putting her right hand to her chest as she begins to disappear back to the Spirit World.

"Thank you Virgo." Lucy says as Virgo completely disappears. "Speaking of which, are you sure you want to stay in those wet clothes?" Lucy asks the others.

"We'll dry them off in a jiff." Gray says holding the left leg of his pants up next to Natsu who is emitting fire from his body to dry his and Gray's clothes off.

"Human drying machine!" Lucy cries out in shock with bulging eyes.

"Talk about some handy way of using your magic." Wizard says popping up behind Lucy holding his left hand index finger up and right hand to his hip.

"There they are!"

"The intruders!"

Everyone turns around to see a group of Tower Guards and Dai-Shocker Combatmen appear from the doorway to the rest of the tower, another Dai-Shocker monster in front of them Doctor Kate as she held her staff with a red rose at the top of it at the ready "There you are, Kamen Riders. This is as far as you and your pathetic mage friends will go. Destroy them!" Doctor Kate orders.

Suddenly however all of the enemy soldiers are sent flying, Erza having of appeared from behind and slashing through all of them in one circular swing of the two swords in her hands "What?!" Doctor Kate yells in shock turning around to see this as the others are also shocked to see her but also relieved "Erza!" Natsu, Gray, and the Riders yell with smiles on their faces.

"You're safe!" Lucy says happy as well.

"C-Cool…" Juvia says in awe with blush on her face.

Erza seems completely shocked to see them here however as she gasps "Why are you here?" Erza questions.

"Forget them, you won't live long enough to see them anyways!" Doctor Kate yells in anger as she throws her staff forward and sends an energy blast at Erza, Erza quickly remembering about her as she jumps up in the air to avoid the attack as she comes back down towards the Dai-Shocker monster and brings both of her swords down on her. Sending sparks flying from Doctor Kate as she cries out in pain and stumbles back a bit, Doctor Kate drops her staff "I-Impossible! Dai-Shocker, banzai~!" Doctor Kate cries out as she falls forward to the ground and explodes.

With the room now clear of enemies, the group rushes up to her as what she before comes to their mind "Why?" Lucy asks.

"Um...Juvia is…"

"Go back!" Erza suddenly blurts out.

Shocking everyone as they look at her wondering why she just said that "This is not a place you should have come!" Erza says.

"What?" Gaim says.

"What are you talking about?" Wizard asks.

Natsu slams his right fist into his palm "Don't go saying that, Erza! If we retreat with our tails between our legs, that'll shame the name of Fairy Tail! I'm not going to let that blockhead off easy!" Natsu says with an angered look.

"I said go back." Erza says once again.

"But…" Lucy says.

"Happy's been kidnapped! You expect me to leave him?" Natsu states.

"And Dai-Shocker's here as well. And if they're here then that means big trouble that we have to deal with!" Fourze says.

"Happy?" Erza says surprised to hear this "Millianna couldn't have…"

"Where is he?!" Natsu asks.

"I don't know." Erza replies.

"Okay, got it!" Natsu says swiping his nose with his right thumb.

"What do you get?" Gray and Fourze ask with confused looks on their faces and blue lines going down their right/left eye.

"Happy is waiting for me!" Natsu yells out before taking off leaving a trail of kicked up smoke behind him as Erza turns around "Hey! Natsu..." she says.

"I'll go after him!" OOO says as he quickly takes off after him, Erza trying to stop him but is late to react as he is already out the door.

"Hey, Eiji!" Double/Shotaro calls out.

"That idiot…" Gray says with an annoyed look as his right eye is closed.

"Natsu-san…" Juvia says.

"We're going too!" Lucy says in determination.

"Those guys are going to get lost in this tower unless we regroup together." Gaim says.

"No!" Erza yells out, turning around and holding one of her swords up sideways to prevent any of the others from going, frightening them as Gray and the Riders gasp in shock while Lucy and Juvia yelp in fear.

"Millianna loves cats above all else. I cannot believe that she would do harm to Happy. I will take responsibility for bringing all three of them back. And don't worry about Dai-Shocker, I'll deal with them too. All of you get away from here as quickly as you can." Erza says lowering her sword and turning back around to the door.

"No! Not without you, Erza!" Lucy says.

"This is my problem! I do not want to get you involved." Erza states.

"The hell you're using that damn crap on us! We said the same thing about Dai-Shocker and you guys got involved in it so now it's our turn to get involved with what's going on here with you!" Double/Shotaro retorts.

"Besides, it's already plenty of our problem as well. You saw Natsu, right?" Gray says as Erza begins to walk away but stops after taking a few steps.

"Erza, what is this tower? Who is Jellal?" Lucy asks.

"I couldn't do a lookup of this place, it was protected by Dark Magic in the Gaia Library, and since it looks like you know this place, that means you have information on what this place is used for and why Dai-Shocker and your old friends are here." Double/Philip says.

"I understand if you don't want to tell us...You said that they used to be your companions, right? But now we're your companions. We're on your side, no matter what Erza!" Lucy says with a triumphant smile on her face and fist raised in front of her.

"You heard the lady." Gray says.

"We're going to be here no matter what you say. We're not just going to abandon you." Wizard says.

"Even if Dai-Shocker wasn't here. We're all in this till the end with you!" Gaim says.

"As Lucy said, we're all friends now and nothing's going to break us apart!" Fourze says.

"Go back!" Erza says, her voice sounding more pleading now.

"Erza…" Lucy says shocked to hear this.

"Erza, what the hell is going on here. Why do you want us to go?" Double/Shotaro questions.

"This isn't like you, Ms. Erza. You'd usually say, "Follow me and no complaining!" We'll lend you a hand. Even you get scared sometimes, right?" Gray says.

Erza then turns around, with tears in her right eye as a few fly out from it into the air, a saddened look on her face to accompany the tears ready to come out. Seeing this shocks everyone but also worries them as to why she's crying "I'm sorry." Erza says before wiping the tears away.

"Whether I win or lose this battle, I will vanish from this world…" Erza says turning away from them to her left as she holds her right arm up and places her left hand on her wrist. Hearing this makes Lucy gasp "What the hell?" Gaim questions with a bit of anger in his voice hearing this.

"What do you mean?" Gray asks.

"This is a future I cannot oppose. Therefore…" Erza then looks at them as her eyes are saddened with a forced smile on her face "Therefore while I still exist, I'll tell you everything." the others grunt, worried looks on their faces as they prepare for what she is about to tell them.

"The name of this tower is the Tower of Heaven. Also known as the R-System. More than ten years ago...A black magic religious cult constructed it in order to cast a forbidden spell to resurrect someone from the dead. It requires a large number of living sacrifices. Also, through the slave-labor of the sacrificial humans, they amplified the magical power they needed. I was also one of those living sacrifices when I was little." Erza begins, hearing this part makes the others gasp in shock.

"Those who tried to escape, or rebelled...One by one they disappeared. There was no peace of mind. We lived in constant fear. Even so, I made friends who I could open up to. Even if it was for only a brief moment...and one of the people I knew then was Jellal." Erza continues. Going on to talk about the day everything changed, when she and her friends attempted to escape due to a plan her friend Sho came up with, only to be discovered by the guards. Sho was too frightened and Erza saw the fear in his eyes to say he was the one who came up with the plan as the leaders of the cult promised everyone else would not be hurt, only deprived from food for three days, as long as the one who came up with it came forward, as Erza was about to Jellal spoke first so that he would be taken to be disciplined for trying to lead them to escape. However they took her instead reasoning that she must've of been the one and Jellal was just standing up for her. She was taken to the disciplinary chambers where she was tortured to near death and lost her right eye, only to then be saved by Jellal who fought through the guards protecting her to get to her, unfortunately he was discovered and captured as she was returned to the prison cells where the others were. That was where it all began, finally fed up with their torment, Erza started a revolt.

"For our freedom...To save Jellal...We rose up and fought. Jellal was our leader...He had a strong sense of justice and I looked up to him. But...But it was at that moment that Jellal turned into a completely different person. If it is possible to call a person "evil," then that is what I shall call Jellal.

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HOLY CRAP THE NEXT CHAPTER IS FINALLY DONE! PHEW! I wanted to get this out early today, even trying to stay up all night yesterday till 4 in the morning to do so. Unfortunately tiredness took me over and I wasn't anywhere close to being done so I had to call it, and then I unfortunately woke up late today because of that which is why this chapter is so late and I apologize for it. But now, here it is, the beginning chapter for the Tower of Heaven Arc and boy is it full of surprises for yah! Well, today begins my three weeks working on this story until moving on to my next one if you guys saw my new schedule so...prepare for some more chapters in the coming weeks! Until then…

Q&A…

To Ghost: Most likely.

To Gerard: Anyone asking if previous Riders before Double will be in this. Yes, but as cameos. Not staying for that long. But I do plan to have some other surprise appearances besides just Riders...who are they? Well, you'll have to wait and see.

To Mike 19: Thank you. And soon, I can promise you that. Not this Arc, but an upcoming one.

To Destonous: I mean, it's been a few years since the end of Fourze, I would think they found a way to get back to the moon to fix it and with some help perhaps.

To EclipsePheniox: I don't see why Dai-Shocker would do that, but if they were I'm sure Makarov and the Riders would let everyone else know what's going on since they'd have no other choice at this point. But don't expect Dai-Shocker to do such a thing at all.

To hcharper131: So Neo-Heisei Riders Piece? That'd be a cool thing, but I don't know if the World Government would really side with Dai-Shocker. Maybe, maybe not. I would need to think of that. I've seen the Seven Deadly Sins, but highly doubt the Holy Knights would side with them, maybe the corrupt ones, yes. And I have yet to see Akame ga Kill but do want to so I don't know.

To New Universe Returns: Actually they already did in the form of Garai aka Cobra Man, I literally just realized that there is another Cobra Man of the normal Shocker. But the one encountered in the previous chapter where they fought Doctor Shinigami was the Cobra Man from J. So there you go.