Okay guys, now that you've reviewed the first part of this Triple Feature, we're now in the second part of it, altogether, it's Part 3 of this mini Gravekeeper saga! Also, now that Koji has saved Rika and got half of a talisman, it's now Kurogasa's turn to come to the rescue and save Alexis! And trust me you're gonna like this one! A lot! Trust me; I had a lot of fun writing this one! So let's go! And again, thanks to The Wild Fang for this chapter!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Last time, on Kamen Rider GX…
"I am the Gravekeeper Chief and you have traversed on the sacred tomb that I protect…"
"Hey, I got a proposal for ya! How about we just go and grab our pals downstairs and we'll say our goodbyes to you, and then zip back to our dimension that we came from?" Jaden proposed to the Chief while trying to keep his big grin, despite there are multiple spears pointing at him.
"That is not possible…" the Chief denied his wish. "You fools have trespassed upon my domain, and you would be punished along with your friends."
"There must be another way to redeem it…" Shouichi asked the Chief.
"Anything will do, just as long as our sins will be pardoned!" Hitoshi continued to beg for it.
The Chief took a while to think until a smile appears on his face. "Very well, strangers… I shall pardon all of you for trespassing, only if you could survive my challenge. What is your answer?"
"And the challenge would be…?" Ryuki tried to ask, as the Chief raised his hand to reveal one thing on his hand that says it all.
"A Dueling Deck?" Kurogasa blinked.
"Now you're speaking my language!" Jaden grinned. "Here's another condition! If we win, you would pardon all of my friends, along with me! Deal?" Jaden said with excitement. The guards' pulls back their weapons away from the gang as the Chief continue to speak.
"So be it, if you win." he said with a smirk on his face.
"Heh, for my friends? There's no if about it, pal! I will win!"
"Should you lose, you will be punished as well!"
And now the continuation…
Kurogasa, Mana and the rest of the Kamen Riders were being led by the guards. After a while, they've reached upon a room. After the guards left, Kurogasa, Mana, and the Riders went through the door and inside. Inside was a room with dim lighting of torches lining up both sides of the room. "What is this place?" Kurogasa wondered. "I can't see anything."
"Kurogasa!" A voice called.
"Huh?! Alexis?! Alexis, is that you?!" Kurogasa called out. As if on cue, the torches burned bright enough for everyone to see. The room was lined with ancient hieroglyphics. And it was very spacious too. At the end of the room, was an opened coffin on the wall; and in that coffin was Alexis wrapped in bandages up to her neck. "Alexis!" Kurogasa cried out.
"Kurogasa!" Alexis cried out. Kurogasa then ran to get her, but was stopped by a figure who tried to hit him with his staff. Kurogasa reacted quickly and jumped back from the figure's attack as the Riders and Mana came up to Kurogasa. The figure was revealed to be a man in black trench coat with a blue scarf around his neck, tan pants and sandals, wearing a jackal styled helmet on him carrying a staff.
"Who are you?!" Kurogasa demanded.
"I am the Gravekeeper Chief's second–in–command, the Gravekeeper Commandant. You can call me Karheim."
"Karheim?" Mana asked in confusion.
"While my master took care of your friends up there, you and I shall have a little duel of our own. The same condition applies in here as well. Do you agree with the terms…? Rider?" Karheim said to Kurogasa as he has his Deck at his hand as well.
"I accept your challenge." Kurogasa said. "I'm going to win and free Alexis!"
"We shall see. Normally, you would be punished on the spot, but luckily for you today, thanks to your armored friends' persuasiveness, the Chief is merciful and said he would pardon you and your concubine if you pass my challenge." Both Kurogasa and Alexis stopped, listening at the word 'concubine,' and blushed at the meaning.
"Hey!" Both of them shouted. "We're not like that!"
"And yet you still fight for her?" Karheim asked. "If you have no affiliation with her?"
"Hey, we're just friends alright?!" Kurogasa snarled.
"Kurogasa, why can't you just admit that you really like her?" Now it's the Riders' turn to tease him and the first to take the first blood was Urataros.
"Yeah, besides, you two are made for each other!" Mana supported.
"Even your comrades tell the truth. It is proven that you have an affiliation with her. No matter how much you tried to lie your heart said otherwise, hence, the reason why your judgment has been clouded by doubts…" Karheim further explained.
"Urgh… this is clearly not the time to be talking about stuff like this! Let's just duel!" Kurogasa snapped.
"So be it. Let us commence the duel." Karheim said calmly as he placed his deck onto a tomb that resembles a duel table.
"Minna! Ikuzo!" Kurogasa called.
"Hai!" All of the Riders and Mana said in unison as they glowed and went into the Deck.
"Henshin!" Kurogasa placed his deck into his Duel Disk and it went from standby to active. Both players drew their starting Hands.
"DUEL!"
(The scene shatters, Cue in Journey through the Decade from Gackt)
(Full instrumental with narration)
Kamen Raidā
[Kamen Rider]
(The music begins with a black background as cards are falling down and rotates, to reveal all of the Heisei Riders, each with their own iconic poses.)
Karera wa jinrui wa o mamoru hīrō ga masuku sa rete imasu.
[They are masked heroes that protect mankind.]
(After a few introductions, with a swoop of a hand, all of the cards are in Kurogasa's hand)
Dekki–nai busō shi,
[Armed within the Deck,]
(He slides it into his duel disk)
Wakai otoko ga unmei no kare no pasu o kettei suru tame ni kare no tabi o settei!
[A young man sets on his journey to determine the path of his destiny!]
Kurogasa: Henshin!
(The red orb on the duel disk shines brightly after Kurogasa declared it and it moves to the next scene and the music begins.)
(Miageru hoshi~, sorezore no rekishi ga, kagayaite~) At nighttime, a lone figure stands alone at the coastline of the beach. It is revealed to be Kurogasa looking at his Kamen Rider Deck scanning through each card. He looks at the sky that's full of stars with a painful longing of wanting to find his father. A faint image of him, smiling, appears and he clenches tightly onto his Deck. Jaden and others witness this as Alexis looks at him sadly and Kurogasa looks to his left.
(Seiza no you~, sen de musubu shunkan, hajimaru Legend~) Orpheus, with an evil smirk hidden behind his mask, appears with his army of Dark Riders, backed up with Gravekeepers, Dark Scorpions, the youth Kagemaru and elites of Shadow Riders with the accompaniment of the threatening Sacred Beasts. Kurogasa and his friends are ready to face them as half of the Heisei and Neo–Heisei Riders' masks appeared on Kurogasa's determined look in a quick montage, starting from Kuuga to Wizard.
(AURORA, yurameku jikuu koete~) The supporting characters such as Chancellor Sheppard, Wheeler, Damon, Brier, Dmitri and Gerard appear to give support to Kurogasa and his friends as Professor Crowler joins in for the showdown.
(Tobikomu, meisou suru Parallel~ world!) As all of the Kamen Riders in base forms and Dark Magician Girl appear behind Kurogasa, they and the rest of the cast's ace Monsters dash to the middle, to battle with the Monsters on the other side and begin the Rider War.
(On~ the road, dare mo tabi no tochuu) Kurogasa transforms into Kamen Rider Duelist and joins in the fray. Both Kurogasa and Orpheus battle it all out with weapons in hand.
(Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame~) Overwhelmed by the power of light, Orpheus steps back and activates the Shadow Realm, blanketing the world in black mists and is then consumed by Darkness, revealing its terror form.
(Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima o, we are all traveler~s) Showing no fear, Kurogasa leaps high to deliver his Rider Kick to the Darkness, as a spark of light engulfs the whole screen.
(Bo~ku no, me no mae ni hirogaru) Kurogasa wakes up from his slumber, to find out that it was all just a dream and felt a tear was running through his left cheek.
(Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte~) Kurogasa looks to his friends and saw Rika waving at him happily. He smiles as he wipes off the tear and went towards them.
(Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku, michi ni kawaru no darou~!) He joins the gang and they notice the sunrise on the horizon of the sea and Kurogasa looks at it with a smile, knowing that his dad is still out there, alive.
(Mokugekise yo! Journey through the Decade~) A Spirit key dangles around Kurogasa's neck as the sun rises and shines on it. The scene then changes to Kurogasa and Alexis holding hands as they, along with Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Victor, Bastion, Koji, Rika, Chazz and Zane look at the sunrise, some with smiles and some with determined looks on their faces, which the camera pans out from the scene.
(Full instrumental ending) The scene fades to the Final Attack Ride Background, and all of the Heisei Riders' insignia, rotating clockwise around the red orb appeared starting with Kuuga to Wizard and the title Kamen Rider GX appears right in the middle of the orb and ends with the GX shining with a sparkle at the end.
Chapter 26: Entering the Grave Part 3
"DUEL!"
Karheim: 4000
Kurogasa: 4000
"I shall start this battle…" Karheim said as he draws out his sixth card. "I shall activate a Field Spell Card, Necrovalley." he declared it with a calm tone as the torches' flare began to rise, which turns the whole surrounding into a desert, covered with canyons on one side and a pyramid on the other. "Then I shall set a Monster face down and set one card face down. This will conclude my turn." Karheim said while setting the cards on his duel table.
"It's my turn! Draw!" Kurogasa declared drawing his sixth card. "I summon Kamen Rider Kuuga in ATK mode!"
A silhouetted man had his belt appear. His belt is silver with red, blue, green, and purple squares along the sides and round buttons on each of his sides. He pressed the red button and then made various movements before saying "Henshin!" Armor grew on him and now was enclosed in it becoming Kuuga (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200). "And I'm not done yet, I'll Tribute Kuuga to have him go to his Final Form! I Special Summon Kamen Rider Kuuga–Ultimate Form!" Yuusuke pressed all four buttons on his belt and did his various movements before his armor turned all black (8/ATK: 2300/DEF: 2000). "And when he attacks a Monster in DEF mode, I can destroy that Monster before Battle Damage can take place.
"What?!" Karheim roared.
"Go Yuusuke, destroy his face down Monster!" Kurogasa commanded. Yuusuke delivered a Rider Kick and destroyed the card in an instant, making Karheim's eyes twitches for a bit.
"It seems like you are determined to save your loved one…" Karheim made a remark about that matter.
"I told you we're just friends!" Kurogasa snapped. "I place one card face down and end my turn." A reversed card appeared on the Field.
"He's right! We're just friends!" Alexis shouted at him, which Karheim didn't seem fazed one bit.
"It is my move." Karheim draws out his next card. "I summon Sangan in ATK mode." With a swift move, a portal appears as a round fluffy monster, armed with sharp claws and have three eyes appears onto the field and it gives out a threatening roar at the enemy. (3/ATK: 1000 /DEF: 600)
"Okay, what's the point of that?" Kurogasa asked.
"With this Monster, you will enjoy the torture for the next three turns…" Karheim said in a stern tone, leaving Alexis confused for a bit.
"But Kuuga Ultimate is still stronger than his Monster." Alexis pointed out.
"But for the next three turns of his, he will suffer. I reveal my facedown…" he said as he flips up the trap card of his and the view of the card shocked Kurogasa. "Crush Card Virus!"
"Oh no!" Alexis gasped.
"It is time to seal your fate, Rider. I will sacrifice my Sangan in order spread its virus onto your Monster!" Karheim said as his monster began to feel pain and exploded, to reveal viruses spreading towards Kurogasa's side, Hand and Field. Yuusuke was having a hard time trying to get rid of it but it suddenly gets weaker as time passes by. "As of right now, any Monster which has more than 1500 ATK points will be destroyed immediately! Not only that, any cards in your Hand that has Monsters more than 1500 ATK will also be eliminated!" Karheim declared as Kuuga Ultimate explodes into pixels. Kurogasa gritted as he looked at his Hand and he had Kamen Rider Blade and Kiva. He discarded them to the Graveyard.
"Under Sangan's effect, I am allowed to add one Monster that has 1500 ATK or less from my Deck to my Hand." Karheim said as he searches for a card in his Deck and shows Gravekeeper's Priestess to Kurogasa before adding it to his Hand. "I set two cards face down and end my turn." Karheim said as he placed the two cards face down and looks at Kurogasa with a stern look on his eyes. "Now, Kurogasa, I want to witness how your judgment will be submitted under these conditions…"
'Kurogasa, stay strong…' Alexis thought worried for him.
"Grr… Draw!" Kurogasa drew his next card. It turned out to be Kamen Rider Agito. "Yes! I summon Kamen Rider Agito in ATK mode!" A silhouette of man appeared and did various movements and his belt materialized out of nowhere from a clear vortex. "Henshin!" He pressed the two large buttons and a light shined brightly from him before it faded to reveal Agito (4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1000). "And I'm not gonna fall for those traps of yours so I'll end my turn there."
"Very well." Karheim said as he drew out his next card. "From my Hand, I activate Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two new cards." he added as he demonstrates on what he said and took out one of the cards from his Hand. "And now, I shall summon my Gravekeeper Priestess in ATK mode!" When he summoned that card, a priestess of the Gravekeeper, having a black hair and wears an ancient white Egyptian dress and a headdress appeared. Her eyes are covered in a visor and she wields a staff on her hand. (3/ATK: 1000–1500/DEF: 1500–2000)
"And with her effect, all face–up Gravekeepers gains an additional 200 ATK and DEF, as long as she is on the Field."
Gravekeeper Priestess (3/ATK: 1500–1700/DEF: 2000–2200)
"Priestess shall destroy your Agito!" Karheim declared as the Priestess dashes forward, thrusting her staff onto Agito's chest.
"Activate trap, Negate Attack!" Kurogasa declared. "This stops your attack and ends the Battle Phase immediately!" A barrier appears right in front of Agito and manages to reflect the attack of the Priestess, forcing her to return back to square one.
"This may be the beginning, but no matter what, you cannot let your guard down for one moment… with the execution of the Monster has been done, you have ended the first trial of judgment." Karheim said as he stood tall, looking onto the worried Alexis. "If he cannot defend himself for the remaining two turns, you will never see the sunlight again."
"No! I believe in Kurogasa! He can turn the whole thing around with his cards in his Hand and his belief in his Deck!" Alexis shouted back at him.
"I see… you may proceed with your turn, Rider." Karheim told him.
"My turn! Draw!" Kurogasa drew his next card. It was a Spell card. "I also Play Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Kurogasa drew two more. Thankfully, they weren't Monster cards. "Now I play the Quick–Play Spell, Rush Recklessly! For one turn, Agito's ATK is increased by 700!" Shouichi glowed a golden aura as he felt power surge within him.
Kamen Rider Agito (4/ATK: 1400–2100/DEF: 1000).
"Next I activate Mystical Space Typhoon destroying one of your facedowns!" A cyclone came out of the cards and destroyed one of them which was Judgment of Anubis. "And I destroyed a good one too. Agito will attack Gravekeeper's Priestess!"
"Ah, but yet, it was all a futile move. I activate my other trap card, Reinforcements." Karheim flips up the next trap card, which increases the Priestess's aura. "With this trap card, she will gain an additional 500 ATK, which is enough to counter your Monster's attack. Retaliate, my servant!"
Gravekeeper Priestess: (3/ATK: 1700–2200/DEF: 2200)
As Shouichi finished preparing his stance for the kick, he leaps up high and tries to deliver the kick, only to have the staff thrust through its chest, destroying him in pixels.
Karheim: 4000
Kurogasa: 3900
At this point, the tomb's cover slowly dragged itself and only covers a very small portion of it, surprising Alexis. "W–What's the meaning of this?!" Alexis said.
"As I have told him before, for every time he loses Life Points, your fate will be sealed and once he has reached 0, you will no longer being able to see the world again!" Karheim reminded her before shifting back his attention to Kurogasa. "Will you able to save your lover before time runs out, Rider?"
"I told you we're not like that! I'll place my last card face down and end my turn!"
"Humans can be weird at times…" Karheim said as he drew out his next card. "First, I will set out a Monster card, and without further hesitation, I declare a direct attack!" Karheim lunges his hand forward and the priestess once again wield her staff tightly and rush towards Kurogasa.
"Activate Defense Draw!" Kurogasa countered revealing his trap. "Now the Damage is reduced to zero and it allows me to draw one card." A barrier appeared and protected Kurogasa from the attack and drew one card, which thankfully wasn't a Monster card either.
"It seems like the goddesses are on your side." he said while taking a look at his remaining two cards. "With the execution of the attack, you have survived the second trial of your judgment. But tell me, Rider… will you survive the last one? And I'll be sure to give you something that will definitely cost you your life…" Karheim said as a small smirk appears on his face, setting his glare onto his opponent.
"I won't fall here!" Kurogasa drew his next card. "I summon Kamen Rider Fourze in ATK mode!" A silhouetted man with the Fourze Driver appeared. He placed on his waist and revealed four switches. First, he places the Rocket switch in the circle slot.
ROCKET
Next, the X switch, in the X slot.
LAUNCHER
The triangle switch, in the triangle slot.
DRILL
And finally, the square switch was in the square slot.
RADAR
The silhouetted man then flipped the toggles switch down. And as each toggle switch was flipped down, there was a small screen showing the switches being activated, the belt powered up, increasing the pitch of the noise, and when the fourth toggle switch was hit; a countdown began.
3!
2!
1!
"Henshin!" the second silhouetted man shouted, as he pulled the lever to the side and raised his hand in the air, a space like tune played as a metallic circle appeared overhead, light shining down on him, and smoke coming out. When the transformation was complete, Fourze appeared (4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200). "Yosha! Uchu kitaaaaaaaa!" He yelled with his legs spread out and spreading his arms into the air.
"And now I'll have him attack Gravekeeper's Priestess!"
"But he's weaker than my Priestess!" Karheim pointed out.
"True, but his effect changes everything. When he battles a Monster, his ATK is increased by 500 until the end of the turn!"
"What?!" Karheim gasped as Gentarou powered up.
Kamen Rider Fourze (4/ATK: 1400-1900/DEF: 1200)
"Take it to her Gentarou! Rider Rocket Drill Kick!"
"Ikuze!" Gentarou shouted as he activates his Rocket Switch.
ROCKET ON
With that, a rocket module appears on his arm and he took off to the sky before activating his next switch.
DRILL ON
A drill module appears on his kicking leg as he was ready to finish it off. He pulls the lever on his side to activate the finisher.
ROCKET DRILL LIMIT BREAK!
"Rider Rocket Drill Kick!" As Gentarou dashes down with his finisher, the Priestess tries to hold onto the attack but the drill was strong enough to snap her staff into two and the attack went through her, which causes her to be destroyed in pixels.
Karheim: 3800
Kurogasa: 3900
"It seems like you still have this, what they call 'fighting spirit' within you…" Karheim said as Gentarou lands onto Kurogasa's side once again.
"That takes care of that, Kurogasa!" Gentarou said as he rubs the right side of his helmet, giving out a squeaky sound from it.
"I place my last card face down and my turn!" Kurogasa declared as Gentarou's stats returned to normal. "And since my third turn is over, Crush Card Virus's effect no longer applies."
"In this very turn, I shall crush all of your hopes of saving her…" Karheim said with a smirk as draws out his third card. "Now, Rider… prepare for your final trial!" Karheim declared as he flips his set monster. "I Flip Summon Gravekeeper Spy!" He shouted as the card flips up and it reveals a teen with the formal Gravekeeper uniform with half of his body was see–through. (4/ATK: 1200–1700/DEF: 2000–2500)
"And when this card has been flipped up, I can Special Summon one Gravekeeper from my Deck which consists of 1500 or less! With this, I Special Summon Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier!" As soon as he declares it, the spy whistles to call out a soldier in Gravekeeper uniform, wielding a golden spear as he was prepared for the assault. (4/ATK: 1500–2000/DEF: 1000–1500)
'Oh no, this is serious!' Alexis thought in horror as Karheim takes out his next card.
"In order to not let you interfere my attacks once again, I shall destroy your last hope with my Spell Card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" he declared it as a huge tornado comes over to Kurogasa's side of the Field.
"Then I better activate it now, reveal facedown!" Kurogasa said revealing it. "Quick–Play Spell, Half Shut! I'll cut your Spear Soldier's ATK in half for this turn!"
Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier (4/ATK: 2000–1000/DEF: 1500)
"Maybe this way, I won't take much damage from that assault!" Kurogasa said with a confirmed tone, which makes Karheim shakes his head in disagreement.
"This is where I will do my bidding…" he said it with a smirk on his face as Spear Soldier began to change its shape. "I will sacrifice my soldier, in order to call forth my ultimate card! Come forth! Gravekeeper… Visionary!" With a quick shape shifting, the soldier is now being replaced with a man in his royal suit and with an Anubis helmet to complete it, he points at Kurogasa with a determination to finish him off. (8/ATK: 2000–2500/DEF: 1800–2300). "Ah, but it isn't over just yet. Its effect gains an additional 200 ATK points for each Gravekeeper in the Graveyard and since I have three of them…"
Gravekeeper Visionary: (8/ATK: 2500–3100/DEF: 2300)
"Oh crap!" Kurogasa cursed as Karheim stretches his arm forward.
"And now, my Visionary shall vaporize your Fourze!" Karheim said as the Visionary pointed his staff and conjures white fireball, aiming towards Fourze.
"Uh–oh…" Gentarou said as the Visionary took out Fourze in a single strike of his fireball.
Karheim: 3800
Kurogasa: 2200
When Kurogasa took the Damage, the tomb's cover began to move once again and nearly half of it was covered. "Kurogasa!" Alexis shouted his name, which Karheim's smirk continues to appear on his face.
"And now, I shall let my spy take out a chunk of your Life Points! And of course, the damage he produce in this duel… is real!" Karheim said.
"What?!" Kurogasa said shocked as the spy suddenly disappeared for him to appear behind and stabbed him on his side making Kurogasa yell out in pain!
Karheim: 3800
Kurogasa: 500
"Kurogasa!" Alexis shouted once again as the tomb's cover has leaving only 1/8 of the cover, which made it harder to see what Kurogasa, was doing.
"And with the final trial, I end my turn…" Karheim said as he looks at the tomb that was covering Alexis. "Seems like I just need one more attack and both of your fates will be seal. If I declared any of my Monsters to attack, they will definitely going for your heart, Rider!" Karheim shouted at him as he sensed that he was going to win after seeing Kurogasa in pain.
Kurogasa held on to his side as blood trickled down. "This is real…"
"Correct. You are in a Shadow Game. That is why you feel real pain."
"No wonder…" Kurogasa muttered as he slowly took his stance. "This duel isn't over… I will save Alexis! My turn! Draw!" Kurogasa took his bloody hand and drew his card. "I play Card of Sanctity! This lets us both until we have six cards." Both players drew until he had six. "Then… I play three facedowns, and activate Emergency Provisions. For each Spell or Trap I send to grave, I gain 1000 Life Points. I send two of them to the Graveyard." Two of his facedowns shattered and glowed a green aura taking away some of the pain.
Karheim: 3800
Kurogasa: 2500
At this point, the tomb opened to little more than halfway so that Alexis could see. "Kurogasa! Thank yo–" she stopped talking the moment after seeing the red spot at his side.
"You still manage to avoid it, yes? I guess I should try harder to get them…" Karheim said to Kurogasa as slowly, his true nature came to life.
"Kurogasa!" Alexis gasped.
"Don't worry Alexis; it's just a scratch…" Kurogasa assured. "I'll get you out of there in no time. Now I play Pot of Avarice! I send Kuuga, Agito, Blade, Kiva, and Fourze back to the Deck and draw two more." Kurogasa did just that. "Next I play Magical Stone Excavation, by sending my last two cards to the Graveyard; I can retrieve a Spell Card from my Graveyard. I choose my Card of Sanctity and play it again; and since you already have six, you don't get to draw." Kurogasa drew his six cards. "I summon Kamen Rider Decade!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the DecaDriver on his waist. He then opened it up making the white part of the Driver go vertical. He showed a card to his opponent and flipped it over showing the Decade logo. "Henshin!" He said then placed it in the slot with the Decade logo showing.
KAMEN RIDE
He then closes it, making the white part of the Driver go horizontal again.
DECADE
Ten grey pillars of energy appeared and merged into one, into Decade (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1800). "Now I play the Equip Spell, Final Form Ride! This let me select a Kamen Rider from Kuuga to Kiva and equip the selected Rider onto Decade. Then Decade gains an effect depending on the Kamen Rider I've chosen. So I choose Kamen Rider Blade from my Deck. And when Decade is equipped with Blade, he gains 1000! ATK!" He took Blade out from the Deck in the Spell/Trap Zone and the said Kamen Rider appeared. Then Tsukasa took a gold card with Blade's logo and puts it in the DecaDriver.
FINAL FORM RIDE! B–B–B–BLADE!
"Kazuma, chotto sugukku ittai zo." Tsukasa warned.
"Eh?" Kenzaki said while looking at Tsukasa before Decade forces him to look at the front. When Decade opens up his back, he began to take his form as he was floating in the air and shifting into Blade Blade, an oversize version of Blade's Blay Rouzer and Decade is holding at his hand.
Kamen Rider Decade (4/ATK: 2000–3000/DEF: 1800)
"What's this?! A Monster changes into a weapon?" Karheim said in a shock as Decade look at his back.
"Oi, Kurogasa. You better tell me to attack now! This Blade here is heavy!" Decade retorted.
"You got it! Attack the spy!" Kurogasa ordered, raising Karheim's eyebrow in confusion on how will Decade attack his monster.
"Good, it's about time to swing this thing!" Decade said as he slots in the golden card onto his DecaDriver.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! B–B–B–BLADE!
The oversize Blay Rouzer's blade began to glow radiantly as he slashes the sword downward and a beam of light travels fast towards the spy. Despite his attempt to make an escape, the attack hits him dead on and an explosion occurs, destroying it into pieces.
Karheim: 2500
Kurogasa: 2500
"Alright! Now, they're equal!" Alexis cheered for him.
"It seems like your lover is quite ecstatic about this matter…"
"I TOLD YOU MANY TIMES! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" Kurogasa said in an annoyed tone.
"But! Because of my Spy destroyed in the process, my Visionary will gain an additional 200 ATK."
Gravekeeper Visionary: (8/ATK: 3100–3300/DEF: 2300)
"I know that. I'll place a facedown and end my turn." Kurogasa concluded placing a reverse card on the Field.
"And now, I shall deliver my own punishment, since you have avoided three trials of judgment…" Karheim said as he draws out his seventh card. "From my hand, I summon out Gravekeeper Cannonholder in ATK mode!" As soon as he placed it down, a portal opens up to allow a man in the Gravekeeper robe, wielding a large cannon on his shoulder, as he made his way towards his spot. (4/ATK: 1400–1900/ DEF: 1200–1700)
"And now, by sacrificing my Visionary, I can deliver you 700 points of Damage! Feel my pain, Rider!" Karheim shouted at the Visionary sacrifices itself to become a missile and it enters onto the Cannonholder's bazooka. Taking aim at Kurogasa, it launches its attack and Decade manages to avoid it and the attack hits the target, making the explosion occurs at his place.
Karheim: 2500
Kurogasa: 1800
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogasa yelled as the cannonball exploded into shrapnel, some of it sticking onto Kurogasa.
"No! Kurogasa!" Alexis was starting to get panic as some of the shrapnel on his body began to ooze out some blood. At the same time, her tomb has already covered more than half at this time.
"Oi, stay strong! I knew you can hold on!" Decade shouted at Kurogasa.
"How does it feel to be shot at, hmm? And now, I shall activate my next card, Book of Moon. With this card, I shall close the tomb onto your pink warrior…"
"Pinkku janai, magenta da!" Decade shouted at him as he was suddenly flipped to set card, causing him to drop away Blade Blade off from his hands.
"With this, I shall declare my attack on your Monster set card! Shoot that thing out of the way!" Karheim declared as the Cannonholder took aim before launches its next attack onto the defenseless Decade.
"I activate Final Form Ride's other effect!" Kurogasa gritted in pain. "If Decade's about to be destroyed. This card can take its place instead!" Blade Blade turned back into Kamen Rider Blade and Kenzaki took the hit for Tsukasa.
"Impressive… despite being set down, the comrade will take the damage for him…" Karheim said as he took out his next card. "And now, I shall play my Spell Card, Royal Tribute!"
"That doesn't sound good…" Alexis felt concern about it.
"Since I have Necrovalley on the field, both of us must discard all of our Monsters from our Hand and send it to the Graveyard!" Karheim told him as he sends away his Gravekeeper Commandant and Gravekeeper Guard, leaving him just two more cards on his hands. Kurogasa sent Kamen Rider Den–O Axe Form to the Graveyard. "I shall now set my last two cards facedown and this will conclude my turn…" Karheim said as after he places it down, he looks upon the wounded Kurogasa. "Do you wish to continue this battle, for the sake of your love one, Rider? Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the sake of others?"
"Shut up…" Kurogasa growled as he drew his next card. "I sacrifice Kamen Rider Decade in order to summon Dark Magician Girl!" The set card disappeared and what took his place was one of Yugi's famous Monsters (6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1700).
"Oh? Dark Magician Girl… it has been quite a while…" Karheim said as Mana look behind her and was surprise to see his condition at this time.
"My goodness, what happened to you, Kurogasa?! Did that guy do this to you?" Mana asked him in a worried tone.
"I'm fine…" Kurogasa said. "Don't worry, I've been through worse. Now I activate Magic Formula raising her ATK by 700!" A book appeared in Mana's hand and opened it, reading the contents of the book.
Dark Magician Girl (6/ATK: 2000–2700/DEF: 1700)
"Now attack Cannonholder with Dark Burning Attack!"
"You got it!" Mana said as she aims her wand directly at the Cannonholder. "This is for what you did to my friend!" With one large beam heading towards the Cannonholder, it explodes into pieces as Karheim took some of the damage and he also experience the pain as Kurogasa had as well.
Karheim: 1700
Kurogasa: 1800
"Grr… why are you siding with that human?" Karheim asked her as he was also began to have cuts all over his body.
"It's because I chose to protect him!" Mana claimed before she continued, "And besides, somebody needs to make sure those Imagins behave." she giggles for a bit, leaving Karheim confused for a moment.
"I end my turn." Kurogasa said.
Karheim felt anger in him, "You're willing to side with that human… just to protect him? Fine…" Karheim said as he glared at Kurogasa with glowing red eyes. "I shall defeat him!" he said as he draws out his next card before flipping the set card up. "I activate my trap card, Reckless Greed! For the next two turns, I cannot draw cards; for the sake of drawing two cards at this time!" he said it as he draws out the additional two more cards.
"Uh… Kurogasa, I got a bad feeling about this…" Mana told him.
"And now, I activate my trap card, Rite of Spirit! With this card, I'm allowed to Special Summon one Gravekeeper Monster from my Graveyard, and summon it onto the Field!"
"Wait a minute! I thought that Necrovalley already negates it from summoning it out of the graveyard!" Alexis shouted at him.
"Correct, but the priority of this trap card comes first and with it, I will special summon Gravekeeper Visionary once again!" With a few people began worshiping onto the tomb, they sacrifice themselves to allow the tomb to be open and the Visionary steps out from it, giving a threatening war cry at Kurogasa. (8/ ATK: 2000–2500/ DEF: 1800–2300) "And for every one of its fallen comrades in the Graveyard, he gains an additional 200 ATK and since there are now 6 of them inside, he will gain an additional 1200 ATK!"
Gravekeeper's Visionary: (8/ ATK: 2500–3700/ DEF: 2300)
"Activate trap, Soul Anchor!" Kurogasa said revealing his facedown. "Now Dark Magician Girl won't be destroyed in battle!"
"But, you will still take damage, Rider!" Karheim said as he stretches his arm forward. "Gravekeeper Visionary! Show him the true meaning of pain!" With that declaration, Visionary began to take aim at Dark Magician Girl. She casts a defense barrier around her and Kurogasa, but the attack was overwhelming, it shatters away and both of them are taking damage from the attack. Because of Soul Anchor, Dark Magician Girl landed on her back, covered in wounds as Kurogasa took most of the Damage.
Karheim: 1700
Kurogasa: 800
"KUROGASA!" Alexis shouted his name out loud as the tomb's cover began to make a move, only leaving a small gap to let her see what's happening.
"With this… I conclude my turn…" Karheim said as he started to laugh loudly, echoing the whole room. "Now, Rider! I want to see you rise from that attack!" Kurogasa slowly got to his feet. His body was battered and bleeding, his clothes are ripped, some if it burned, but still manages to get up. "Oh, you can still stand I see. But no matter, next turn, you are finished." And when Karheim looked at the tomb Alexis was in, he smirked. "And just for my amusement, I'll let her see you die when you lose as I will claim your soul as well!" With a wave of his hand, the tomb fully opened. The tomb opens widely once again as Alexis was shocked to see his current condition.
"Ow… that hurt…" Mana said as she slowly stood up and held her right shoulder tightly.
"Hah… it seems like the goddesses has abandoned you! Now, make your move, Rider! It shall be your last card you will draw!" Karheim challenges him. "Face it… you cannot win…"
"I will win… I can't afford to lose this duel… I can't afford to lose someone I care about…" Kurogasa panted. Alexis gasped at this.
"Oh, so you do care for her." Karheim said.
Kurogasa was silent for a while as he panted, his head bowed and his hair covered his eyes. "You're right… I do… All my life, I lost people I cared about… my mother's dead, my father has disappeared… and now…" Kurogasa body was trembling and had a tear roll down his face. "I'm about to lose a close friend. I can't lose! I won't lose!" He then held his head back up. "You hear me?! I'll never lose to the likes of you! I will save Alexis, even if it means giving up my life!" At that point, the same light orb that Kurogasa saw came into the room and shined in front of him, making everyone present blind.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Karheim demanded as he shielded his eyes with his arm.
Kurogasa shielded his eyes for a minute until the light dimmed enough for him to see. When he opened his eyes, a silhouette of a woman appeared. Slowly, coming into view was a beautiful young woman with long flowing pink hair and grey eyes. Just looking at her at first glance, would make you think it was Lacus Clyne. Kurogasa's eye widened and quivered as he gasped. He had seen her before; in a picture that his dad carried with him. A tear rolled down his face.
"K… Kaa–san?" Kurogasa's voice trembled.
"It's been far too long, my son." she said while slowly placing her hand on his cheek. "My, you have grown well too." she added it with a warm smile on her face. "I remember when you were just a baby when I gave birth to you before I passed on. Now look at you. You've grown into a fine, handsome, young man."
"You're…" Kurogasa then looked down in sadness.
She only shook her head smiling sadly. "I am only a spirit. But that does not matter right now. I'm here to help you. To give you the power to protect those precious to you."
"Power?" Kurogasa asked as he looked up. His mother then grabbed hold of his wrist.
"Kurogasa… this might hurt a bit…" she added with a smile as Kurogasa felt burn on his wrist. He felt the pain at first, when the pain faded, he saw that his duel disk has changed; his wrist had a silver gauntlet with the insignia of a Duel Card equipped onto it. It might look nothing more than just plain gauntlet, but Kurogasa noticed something on it, a slot that looks something like a Deck holder. Which his Deck was already in. And with the Monster zones, each looked like a mechanical angel wing.
"This is…" Kurogasa was impressed on seeing his new duel disk as his mother let go of his arm.
"This is your new power to protect your precious ones. One word is all it takes for you to start it…" his mother told him. Kurogasa knew what she meant.
"Sokka (I see)…" he muttered as his mother now went up to him. Placing her hands on her son's face, she closed her eyes and kissed his forehead, before pulling back and opening up her eyes again. She then began to fade in the light.
"Then you know what you must do… Now go and win…" She smiled. "Aishiteru (I Love You), Kurogasa. I'll always be with you…" Those were her last words before she turned into an orb of light and went inside him, having him glow for a bit, before it faded, and the light finally dimmed down as well.
Kurogasa was standing there with his new Duel Disk and his Deck was there. He had his eyes closed with his Hand that held his lone card over his heart. "Arigatou…" He said as his opened his eyes. "Arigatou… Kaa–san…" Kurogasa smiled gently before looking at Karheim with a determined look on his face.
"Grr… what was that light just now?!" Karheim demanded as he lowered his arm down.
"I'll tell you what that was. A new power bestowed upon me. And I'll put it to good use! Henshin!"
As soon as he said that, fourteen spheres of light came out of his duel disk and circled above Kurogasa. The fourteen spheres then turned into the insignias of Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den–O, Kiva, Decade, W, OOO, Fourze, and Wizard. Next, the floating logos spun around slowly, but then spun faster and faster until it made a golden ring of light. The golden ring of light then descended down to Kurogasa's chest and the insignias went in Kurogasa, making him shine and a pillar of light was created with Kurogasa in the center of it. The pillar of light then turned into a pillar of Duel Monster cards showing the reverse side and a second later, they all blew away. Karheim's eyes widened at witnessing this. Not only that; even Alexis and Mana were surprised to see the new him.
"Kuro… gasa?" Alexis said in confusion.
"Hey… is that you?" Mana asked as she looks at him.
Kurogasa wasn't in his civilian form anymore. Instead, something was different about him.
BGM: NO.1 Heroes – Kamen Rider Decade Live Musical
On the white helmet design, it resembles a shogun helmet, complete with four golden pointers that spikes up, which rests upon the red core on top of it. It has white mouthpiece and the black visor on his helmet has yellow lights to indicate the location of his eyes. The armor on his upper part of his body consists of black sturdy armor over his white bodysuit, as the red Millennium Eye resting at the middle of the chest plate, surrounded by all of the Heisei insignias around it in gold. It has white shoulder pads, which is similar to Kiva and his arm is completed with a sturdy pad, with a red core each resting at the back of his hand. He also wears white gloves with brown on the fingers. At his back; a pair of wings is attached behind him, which is similar to Sieg's insignia of Cho Climax Form. Around his waist, was a belt that had a gold Millennium Eye symbol on it and there are two weapons on the sides, which he can use it for dual wielding like a gun, a saber or even both at the same time on each hand. At the lower parts of his body, he has black knee pads that resembles an upward spike over his white armor and has blue boots that is completed with the hovering ability for a limited time.
"W–What's going on?! What are you?!" Karheim exclaims at the new appearance in front of him.
"I am the soul of all Kamen Riders! Kamen Rider Duelist!" Kurogasa declared.
"That's preposterous! I've never seen this before!" Karheim felt overwhelmed by the sudden change of situation as Kurogasa's hand began to tighten and pointed at Karheim.
"Karheim! Be prepared… because I'm calling it…"
"FINAL TURN!"
"What?!" he was shocked by the claim as Kurogasa placed his hand onto his Deck.
"Draw!" Kurogasa drew his next card. "I play Graceful Charity allowing me to draw three cards and discard two!" Kurogasa said as he did as the card instructed. "Next I summon Kamen Rider Wizard in ATK mode!" A silhouetted man rose up his right hand and placed it in front of a buckle that looked like a hand.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
Around the person's waist a metallic buckle appeared. Said person then hit the side of the buckle causing the hand to switch sides.
SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
The figure then put a red ring on his left middle finger and slid down a plastic addition on the ring. "Henshin." The person then put his hand in front of the driver, before pointing his hand to the side where red runes appeared in midair.
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI HI HI!
Soon the runes covered the person's body and out appeared Kamen Rider Wizard (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1550). "Saa… Showtime da," Wizard stated.
"And now I'll sacrifice Wizard to summon him in his Final Form! Kamen Rider Wizard – Drago Form!" He replaced the Wizard card with the Wizard – Drago Form card and Haruto switched his ruby ring with a more elaborate ruby ring. He switched the Hand Author two times before placing the ring on the Driver.
FLAME! DRAGON!
At that point, a dragon made out of pure fire came out of Haruto and went around him several times before it enveloped him in flames.
BURN! BURN! BURN BURN BURN!
When the fire dispersed, Haruto looked the same, only this time, his trench coat was now bright red, his shoulders now have shoulder guards with rubies embedded in them and his ruby helmet was more elaborate too (8/ATK: 2750/DEF: 2450). "Now I activate his FIRE ability which allows Wizard to absorb the ATK of all Monsters on my side of the Field! And by my calculations, Wizard's ATK will be 5450 total and minus the 3700 from your Gravekeeper's Visionary is 1750. And you only have 1700 left!"
"No! This can't be!" Karheim was shocked while taking a few steps back as fiery glow surrounded Mana and then it went over to Haruto powering him up.
Kamen Rider Wizard – Drago Form (8/ATK: 2750–5450/DEF: 2450)
"Now finish it off Haruto!" Kurogasa ordered.
"Hai!" Haruto placed a new ring before turning the Hand Author to the right side to activate it. "Saa… the finale." Haruto said as he placed the ring over the Hand Author.
VERY NICE! SPECIAL! FABULOUS!
Above him, a mechanical dragon dives down and circles around before entering him at his back. After its whole body enters in, the dragon's head appears at Wizard's chest and he slowly levitate high to the sky before delivering the scorching flames towards Visionary, engulfing Karheim in flames before depleting the remaining Life Points and he ended up collapsing on the floor.
Karheim: 0
Kurogasa: 800
End BGM
"Kurogasa! We did it!" Mana shouted as the duel has ended and he returns back to his civilian form by deactivating his duel disk having the Monster Zones compact tightly back into a gauntlet.
"Yeah… we… did it…" Kurogasa said before he collapsed to the floor and the darkness embraced him.
"Kurogasa… Kurogasa! Wake up!"
Kurogasa groaned for a bit, only to see Alexis trying her best to wake him up along with the Riders Mana standing around Kurogasa "Alexis?" he got out.
He looked around and noticed that they were still in the room. When he slowly got up to sit–up right, Alexis suddenly hugged him much to Kurogasa's surprise. "Thank goodness you're alright… I was so worried about you…" she said, her voice trembling as a couple of tears appeared in her eyes, but they didn't fall off her face.
"Sorry…" Kurogasa said slowly hugging her back before she let go. "I'm just glad you're okay."
"Well that's a relief!" Mana said relieved.
"Yeah, you manage to save Alexis…" Takumi told him.
"And as an added bonus, you're now a Kamen Rider, just like us!" Kenzaki pointed out.
"Yeah, I am…" Kurogasa smiled a bit, but then… "Ergh!" He cringed.
"Hey, hey easy, don't want ya hurting yourself." Tsukasa said.
"Here, my magic will heal you up." Mana said as she grabbed her wand and chanted, sending some healing energy over to him. While Kurogasa was being healed up, Karheim slowly stood up from where he fell and all of the Riders stood guard for anything that might happen.
"You have done well, Rider…" he said while holding his chest in pain. "But, this is just the beginning…"
"Aw c'mon already! We already beat your ass!" Momotaros said annoyed.
"Then we'll just have to beat him again, sempai." Urataros said.
"Hold, there is no need to be hostile. You have already passed your trial." Karheim said raising a hand as he now walked over to them slowly, but the Riders were still on their guards. "For you…" He said to Kurogasa, as he pulled from his cloak, half of a gauntlet.
"A gauntlet? Half of it?" Kurogasa said while he slowly stood up with Alexis helping him up and took it.
"One other has come here and passed this trial. You will have to defeat that person to gain the other half. When those halves come together, it shall serve you well."
"Okay," Kurogasa said as he slid the half gauntlet on his right arm. It was a little bigger than his arm until, it was able to cling to the side of his arm. "Whoa…" And the next thing that happened, two cards glowed and appeared at the top of Kurogasa's Deck. Kurogasa curiously drew those two cards and looked at it, making him raise both his eyebrows.
"What is it?" Mana asked as she looked at the two new cards.
"Something I can use later on." He said before putting the two cards back into his Deck.
"Also, I have foreseen your future, Rider." Karheim continued, gaining everyone's attention. "You are searching for someone, but there are obstacles that you have to face… I see a dark future ahead of you, even up to the point of fighting against one of your friends. But at the end of that dark future, a spark of light is waiting for you…" he said while looking at Kurogasa with a serious glare.
"I… see…" Kurogasa got out. By this time, Mana has healed up all of his wounds, save for his messed up clothes that were still filled with holes. "Well, I guess we're free to go."
"You two are, but I am not sure about your other friends. If they have lost, then they will be buried." Karheim stated. Alexis and Kurogasa looked at each other with worry.
"Then we better get going." Kurogasa said.
"Very well, I shall send word to the Chief that you have passed your trial. Take care."
With that the Kurogasa, Alexis, Mana, and the Riders all the left the room and were on their way to where they first were. As they continued to walk though, Alexis stopped, making Kurogasa, Mana, and the others to stop too and look at her. "Kurogasa?" Alexis said.
"Yeah, what's up?" Kurogasa asked. Alexis was a bit hesitant for a while until she got the nerve to come up to him and kiss him on the cheek making Kurogasa blush.
"Thanks for saving me…" She smiled gently.
"Uh… sure. No problem…" Kurogasa got out.
A click was heard from behind as Kurogasa turned around to see–
"I'm calling it… Kodak Moment." Tsukasa smirked.
"Yare, yare… it seems like my apprentice is one step closer to finally becoming a man…" Urataros said it to him as the riders and Mana began to laugh a little about it about Kurogasa's awkwardness.
"Grrr… Tsukasa, give me that camera right now!" Kurogasa growled as he went after him, only for Tsukasa to run away from him.
"You'll have to catch me first." Tsukasa teased. Alexis could only giggle seeing the usual antics between Kurogasa and his Rider friends. "I'm keeping it as proof!"
"Besides, you did confess about it earlier." Mana teased along.
"It was the heat of the moment okay!" Kurogasa yelled.
"Doesn't matter. You still confessed about it." Tsukasa said.
"ONORE, DIKEIDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !"
Okay, the second part of this triple feature! And yeah, you weren't expecting that did ya! Huh?! Huh?! HUH?! Kurogasa officially became a Kamen Rider! Kamen Rider Duelist! And just for a little trivia, his armor is based off of the ZGMF–X 20A Strike Freedom Gundam from Gundam Seed Destiny since I based Kurogasa off of Kira Yamato. But anyways, yeah, go ahead and review this chapter first and after that, click on the Next button to begin reading the last part of this triple feature! Let me repeat that in bold: Review this chapter first and after that, click on the Next button to begin reading the last part of this triple feature!