Spider 25: Blood


Regular text: Orange Arms

Talking: "Orange Arms"

Different language: "Orange Arms"

Belt, Lockseeds, and Emphasis: Orange Arms

Thoughts: Orange Arms

Thought Communication: "Orange Arms"


Intro:

As Z and Aqune are escaping, Z managed to get Liz to admit her plan before escaping. Afterwards, Portia perishes in front of a tearful Aqune and a regretful Z. However, she is somehow put into stasis by the mysterious Spider Lockseed.

Meanwhile, Hunter and the others in the Outer World are dealing with the death of Steven in their own way, Sparkle being horrified and affected in her own way while Hunter is traumatized and breaks down in Corona's arms.


Sometime in the Future:

Hunter glared at the Lion Invess before him. His blue eyes briefly flashed red before he took out the Genesis Core and placed it on his Sengoku Driver.

He pulled out two Lockseeds, one being the Orange Energy while the other was a blood red version of his Orange Lockseed.

"Oh? What exactly do you plan to do Gaim?" Sigurd teased, holding Corona captive.

"Henshin" Hunter snarled.

Blood Orange! Orange Energy!

Hunter placed the two Lockseeds onto his belt before he locked them in and sliced both Lockseeds open.

Lock On! *Guitar Riff* Mix! Blood Orange Arms: Janomichi, On Stage! Jinba Orange! SEI-HA!


Begin Theme: Point of No Return By: Mahiro Takasugi (Sung By Akarui and Aorui)

(Music) Several vines cover the screen before they are cut and fall to the ground slowly to reveal the title: "Spider Rider Gaim and Dreigon". Several Rider's armor are shown.

(Dare mo boku no koto nante) Embassy, and Z are seen facing each other, a Sengoku Driver on Z's waist and a Genesis Driver on Embassy's.

(Ridai nante shite kurenai darou) They get their Lockseeds out as silhouettes of their Rider forms and another form appear above them.

(Kanatan ni rikai sareru) Hunter is laying on the ground, covered in injuries and his destroyed Manacle in his right hand.

(Hodo boku date asahaka ja nai) A single tear falls from his eye and he tightens his grip on his Manacle as he is replaced by Gaim Orange Arms.

(Shikareta rail wo hazure) Corona is on her knees on the ground, her tears freely slipping out with her Manacle on the ground in front of her.

(Jama na target tsugi tsugi keshite) Igneous looks down at the Manacle in his hand and prepares to throw it into the ocean, but hesitates.

(Kampeki na jiyuu dake wo motometa) Sparkle and Lumen stand by themselves at a garden, digging a hole before they drop an item respectively in, their Manacles.

(Ubau no mo atareu no mo) Akarui Fennikusu runs forward towards an apparition of two people, presumably Dreigon and Kage Dreigon, but he stops and grips the space above heart in pain as red feathers start to fall around him.

(Boku ga kimeru) His skin starts to change and he transforms into his Invess form before spontaneously combusting.

(Sore koso ga tsuyosa nandarou?) Aqune walks forward, a distant look in her eyes but stops when she sees the Girl In White in front of her.

(Naraba mayowazu ni tsukisusumu dake sa) The Girl In White sighs and points behind her, seeing Spider Rider Unmei behind her.

(I Miss You) Aqune reaches for Unmei when flower petals start to swirl around her, stopping her.

(Modoranai, Past the Point Of No Return) Hunter and Z stand side-by-side, facing Embassy, who holds up his Energy Lockseed while they hold up their own respective Lockseeds.

(Mou dare mo hitsuyou to shinai) They start running when all of a sudden, they change into their Rider forms in a flash of light.

(Sekai no mannaka ni tatsu) Corona, Aqune, and Igneous look between the two, not sure what to do when they change into Arrow, Baron, and Unmei.

(Chikara wo te ni ireru tame nara) The three meet in the middle, clashing blades before a zipper comes the scene changes in a flash of light.

(Zen to aku no kyoukasen sae mo koete) A girl is seen with Akarui before she held up her arm, revealing a device on her wrist with a button, which she pressed.

(Modorenai, Past the Point Of No Return) Sparkle looks forward and sees her brother and Leon fighting, conflicted on who to save when the fight escalates into a Rider Battle with Lumen changing into an upgraded Zangetsu suit.

(Mou ato ni hike wa shinai to) Several silhouettes are seen, looking upon the fighting when one of them stands up, revealing himself to be Bujin Gaim.

(Wakatteita tsumori demo) Gaim, Dreigon, Arrow, Ryugen, Baron, and Zangetsu stand in a circle with their weapons before activating their Secondary Form Devices.

(Torimodoshitai mono bakkari de) Hunter and Z are back to back with a different reaction, Hunter in sadness and Z in disbelief.

(Kako to ima no kyoukaisen) In Hunter's eyes are the memories he shared with the other Spider Riders.

(Samayoi tsuzuketeiru) In Z's eyes are Helheim and the Inner and Outer World, symbolizing a choice.

(Hitori bocchi de…) Both of them scream out in anguish and pain at what they've lost.

(Music) A zipper covers the screen when all of a sudden, several vines with Helheim fruits on them grow over it, and the song finishes as the fruit transforms into the Orange, Dragonfruit, Banana, Kage Dragonfruit, Budou, Marionberry, and Melon Energy Lockseeds.


Present Day:

Hunter and Corona walked together back to the abandoned building. When they entered, Igneous was in an argument with someone else. The other person was Lumen.

"-just do this? You are unfit to be my Prince!" Igneous shouted.

"Is that treason I here coming from you Igneous? Does that mean you will allow me to execute you?!"

"Wow, we missed some argument" Corona said.

Erin noticed them and began to explain. "Igneous is getting upset over how Lumen has been keeping his identity as Zangetsu for so long without any explanation for why"

Hunter ignored her and walked over to Lumen and he lifted him up by his collar.

"Tell me how you managed to get the technology to make the Sengoku and Genesis Drivers!"

Lumen shoved Hunter off of him.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play stupid, the technology in the Drivers is CENTURIES above the technology of our Manacles. How is it you're able to create Drivers and keep track of all of them?!"

"We can only create Genesis Drivers" Buguese spoke up.

Hunter looked at him. "What?"

"The first person to use a Sengoku Driver was Lumen. And we had to make it from scratch. But because we lack the necessary resources, only a few Drivers can be created. In fact, I was the person who made the Sengoku Driver and some of the Genesis Drivers." Buguese said.

"Y-you did?" Corona said.

"Yes, that is correct, I also managed to make the Lockseeds as well by syncing up the Drivers to change them into the forms you use to transform"

"So… Hanamichi On Stage…" Hunter started.

"And Arrow Of Light…" Corona managed to get out.

"Sorry, you could just say those were guilty pleasures of mine" Buguese shrugged. "But you have to admit that they are kind of catchy"

Will nodded but quickly stopped.

Igneous was silent the entire time but opened his mouth to speak. "How exactly did you get the data necessary to create the Sengoku Drivers?"

"Oh, that's simple, we got everything we needed from Embassy"

"E-Embassy?!" Hunter shouted.

"Yes. A while before we met you, Hunter Steele, we were approached by Embassy, who we convinced to give us the information necessary. By the time Mantid was defeated, we were almost finished with the preparations of the Lockseeds. I gave the finished data back to Embassy after the final battle, and I presume he used it to further improve the Sengoku Drivers he himself created."

"I did"

Embassy walked into the room, his Sengoku Driver equipped.

"Embassy!" Erin said.

"To be completely honest, I hold a great power within me, something you mere humans cannot understand. I will say this once, I can store anything with this power and it was what I used to create the Sengoku Drivers. Now if your curiosity is sated, we have a battle to tend to"

"A battle?" Igneous said, getting his Sengoku Driver out.

"Yes, it appears we have garnered the attention of our enemies once again. I suspect there is another Rider within their ranks, but I cannot tell who it is"

"Another Rider?" Lumen asked.

"Could it be Kurokage-Shin or Marika?"

Will looked at Buguese in surprise. "How many Genesis Drivers did you make?"

"Were you listening when I spoke? I said we have limited resources, so we are unable to make too many of them."

"I've met this Rider" Hunter said.

The people in the room looked to Hunter.

"Really? Who is it?" Lumen urged.

"He called himself… Sigurd" Hunter got out.

Embassy looked to Hunter in surprise. "What? Sigurd? How is that possible?"

"You know of him?" Buguese said. "What do you know of this Rider?"

"That he should not exist without my knowledge" Embassy shouted.

"Embassy, calm down" Erin moved to Embassy's side and placed her hand on his shoulder. He shook her hand off and left. She followed immediately.

"Okay. Hunter, what do you know about Sigurd?"

Hunter looked at Lumen, causing Lumen to finally notice his eyes.

"Hunter… your eyes…"

"What, what about them?" Hunter asked.

Corona took notice as well. "Weren't they green before?"

"They are green" Hunter said.

Igneous raised his arm, showing his Manacle and moved to Hunter.

"Look at your reflection"

Sure enough, he could barely see, but there was still a reflection in the gem. "I don't see it" Hunter said.

"Here" Corona pulled out a mirror and gave it to Hunter.

"Don't question why I have that" she said.

Hunter looked into the mirror and saw his now blue eyes. "What the heck! How did this happen?!"

"Could this be because of overuse of the Sengoku Driver?"

"I doubt it, no one else has had this kind of physical altering before" Buguese grabbed Hunter by his chin and looked at his eyes from different angles.

"…Could you please let go because this is kind of awkward feeling" Hunter said.

Buguese let go, backing up and taking out his Genesis Driver.

"Perhaps a use of the Sengoku Driver once more may enlighten us" he equipped his Driver and pulled out his Lemon Energy Lockseed.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Igneous and Corona managed to stop Buguese from clicking his Lockseed open.

"Wasn't there something we were supposed to be doing?" Will asked.


Meanwhile, on the roof, Sparkle continued to watch over the city when Embassy and Erin walked onto the roof with her, not noticing she was still sitting there.

"Come on Embassy, talk to me" Erin said.

"Why do you care? Someone like you should not care for me" Embassy said.

"That's my point Embassy, I do and I want to help"

"Don't make me laugh. When I was Helheim I've caused so many horrible things that I'm sure your feeble human heart would burst at hearing them."

"What is it with you and calling us humans? What ever happened to our names?"

"Let's face it Erin-chan, I honestly don't care"

"…but you just called me Erin-chan" Erin was confused.

"You are by far one of the least annoying humans I've ever met. Be proud" Embassy shrugged.

"I don't know if I should feel proud about that" Erin said.

The two stood in silence for a moment. Then Embassy spoke up again. "Why are you still here?"

"To be honest, I actually like spending time in your company. I admit, I shouldn't really like you, but something about you just attracts me to you"

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were admitting you have a crush on me"

"Well, I'm just about as awkward as you are… but… yeah, you don't know any better" and with that, Erin kissed Embassy on the cheek before she went downstairs.

Embassy put his hand to his cheek and pulled it away slowly. Then he noticed Sparkle. "How long have you been sitting there?"

"About the entire time" Sparkle said.

"If you weren't a little girl I would have hurt you already."

"And for that, I'm glad" Sparkle said.

Embassy sighed and prepared to walk back into the building, but stopped.

"Something's here" he looked around.

"What do you mean?" Sparkle asked.

He walked back onto the roof and cautiously looked in Sparkle's direction.

"Was there anyone else up here besides me and Erin-chan?"

"Well, there was one guy but-"

"So you managed to sense me, how impressive, Embassy-sempai"

Embassy's eyes widened. "That voice, it can't be"

A small shape appeared at the edge of the rooftop before it changed into a humanoid shape. The shape waved to the two before it.

Embassy looked on in complete shock. "Sagara" he hissed.


Z and Aqune walked through the forest.

"So where we headed to now?" Z said.

"Didn't you hear Liz back there? We have to stop her no matter what. Then we can worry about saving Portia"

"Aqune, I think you should work on your priorities"

"If we can take care of our Liz problem first then we can actually have a world to save Portia in" Aqune said.

"Fair point" Z admitted.

The two finally exited the forest, finding themselves in a small town.

"So, shall we stay in an inn for the night or should we keep going?"

Aqune turned around, looking directly at the pillar of light. "That pillar could possible spell the end of the Inner World, there's no telling how much more energy it will drain from the sun before something happens"

"Come on Aqune, lighten up, I doubt anyone can get out of the Inner World without this key" Z held up the Key to get to the Outer World. "Besides, we should probably just head to bed for the night, if we end up passing out in a fight due to exhaustion it won't be my fault" Z said to her.

Aqune glared at Z. "Fine" she began to walk forward. "Is it Portia?" Z's voice caused her to pause.

"What?" she turned back around to him. "You seem very upset but at the same time, you wish to move on from what's happening. Even though Portia is in stasis you seem to want to fight instead of protecting her. Why is that?"

Aqune looked down at the ground and looked back up at Z.

"Because, Portia would have preferred to have us concerned with defeating the enemy rather then worrying over her." Aqune admitted.

"Aqune, Portia was your best friend and as of lately you and the other Spider Riders can never seem to find time for your partners. It's all about having to fight with Helheim and other Riders."

"I know, but I can still at least try to fight to save everyone, right? I would prefer to have Portia be revived in a world that's not taken over by Helheim."

Z walked over and hugged Aqune for a moment before he backed off. "Don't worry, we'll defeat Helheim. But… just tell me why you guys haven't been as concerned with your partner Spiders as of lately"

Aqune took a moment before she responded. "You said it yourself, because of the Helheim problem. But to be honest, there's also the fact that Portia was unable to talk for a while, and we don't know why. And that's just the reason I haven't been communicating with Portia as much. I don't know about the others." She admitted.

Z looked at the ground. "This makes no sense to me. As of lately, the Spiders and the Riders have all been separate from each other. But there's no definite reason why but it keeps happening. Do you have any idea what's going on?"

"No, I honestly don't"

"Great" Z's shoulders sagged.

There was a rustling noise in the distance.

"Huh?" the couple turned towards the source.

What could be interpreted as shouting was heard from the woods.

"They may have found us" Z said.

The two of them began running away. From the woods, the guards appeared and spotted Z and Aqune, quickly chasing after them.

"Stop!" one of the guards shouted.

The two ran into the town, trying to lose the guards with every turn.

"Come on!" Z grabbed Aqune's hand with one hand while the other quickly pulled out his Dragonfruit Lockseed and LilyRunner LockVehicle. "Hey! Hold on!" Aqune pulled out her Sakura Lockseed.

"Henshin!"

"H-Henshin!"

Dragonfruit! / Sakura!

Lock On! / On.

Rise Up! / Go!

Dragonfruit Arms: / Sakura Arms:

Awaken! Dragonic Hero! / Blossom, The Queen!

Dreigon and Unmei boarded the LilyRunner; however, Dreigon paused before he started up the bike.

"What's the matter?" Unmei asked.

"Why aren't you riding your own bike?"

"Because my bikes change so they can become my armor, what's your excuse for not driving away?"

Dreigon sighed and started his bike, beginning to drive away. When the guards appeared behind them, Unmei pulled out her Petal Breaker and began shooting at ground in front of the guards, disorienting them.

The two Riders drove off into the forest once again.


About a mile from the abandoned building, there was about a large crowd of complaining people surrounding a police barricade. At the head of the crowd, there was Sid, who was wearing a police vest. Next to him was Akira, who was looking at a tablet.

"The perimeter's surrounded and we've got the place surrounded, and there's no way that these guys can escape us." Akira reported, not looking up from his tablet.

"Good. Game Start" Sid smiled. He turned to the crowd.

"Everyone, please stay back, there is a group of terrorists hiding out here. You can return to your stores when the situation has been taken care of. Please remain calm." One of the officers began to talk to the crowd.

Sid and a couple of officers began walking down the street towards the abandoned building.

When they finally got out of view of the civilians, the group all pulled out Lockseeds. The majority of the crowd opened them; however, Sid pulled out his Cherry Energy Lockseed and Genesis Driver before he tilted his hat downward. "Henshin…"

Cherry Energy!

Lock, On!

Sid passed his hat to a person next to him before he pushed in the Seaboll Compressor.

Soda! Cherry Energy Arms!

Sid was replaced by Sigurd. Sigurd put his hand to his helmet as if he was adjusting his hat. He brandished his Sonic Arrow as the others around him clicked open their Lockseeds, Cracks opening and summoning several Invess.

"Now… let's see what we can do about our little "spider" infestation" Sigurd said.


"How are you here, Sagara?!" Embassy demanded.

Sagara laughed heartily. "That's a question for the ages!" he declared.

"Who is he?" Sparkle asked.

"Oh? Is she the new Ryugen? How interesting! A little girl like her is in on the contest for the Ogon no Kaijitsu? (The Golden Fruit)" Sagara asked.

"Don't get it wrong!"

"Why not, Embassy-sempai? Of the people that your main chosen has accepted, both she and the new Gaim seem to have the highest chance. Or have you forgotten?"

"Embassy, what is he talking about?" Sparkle asked.

"Don't worry about it. What do you want Sagara?"

"To see how my predecessor is… and also to tell you that because of you choosing your side of who you want to help, I have chosen my own group who I think have a chance to win"

Embassy glared at Sagara before realization hit him. "You can't mean…"

"Yes. I was the one to give that man the Cherry Energy Lockseed. He just happened to find a Driver to go with it."

"You chose someone as weak as Sid?!"

"Of course not. As humanly weak as you are, Embassy-sempai, you know yourself that you would never hold onto the Ogon No Kaijitsu forever. Because of that, I simply chose an… obstacle, to see who of the group you've chosen truly have potential to wield that power" Sagara admitted.

"Omae-"

"Don't worry, after this, it'll become easier to choose who truly has the strength to win this war."

The trio was silent for a bit after this.

However, Sparkle spoke up. "After what?"

Sagara looked at Sparkle. "Oh, sorry, I forgot you were here for a minute here. That man with the Cherry Energy Lockseed is coming here. In fact, didn't you mention this, Embassy-sempai?"

"Nani?! He's on his way here?!" Embassy said.

"What did you think would happen?" Sagara said. "Did you think that they would simply send Invess that you would defeat? No, he's simply coming here to take you out, you should have warned your Riders better"

Embassy looked angrily at Sagara.

Sparkle on the other hand, asked: "But why are you telling us this?"

"To see who will be the strongest in the upcoming battle. Good luck, Embassy-sempai" Sagara vanished.

"Sagara!" Embassy growled.

Sparkle on the other hand reached into her pocket and pulled out her Lockseeds. She looked over all of them before she pocketed the Kiwi and Double Lockseeds, leaving the Budou and Blood Orange.


The sound of Invess caused Hunter, Igneous, and Corona to run outside. In the distance, with the lit up abandoned stores giving them some light, they spotted Sid walking with a crowd of Invess.

"Igneous, get the others" Corona said.

Igneous nodded and ran inside. "Come on, Hunter" Corona put on her Sengoku Driver and pulled out her Lockseed.

However, she noticed that Hunter was paralyzed. "Hunter, what's wrong?" she asked.

"T-that Rider… i-it's Sigurd" Hunter got out.

"That's Sigurd?" Corona realized.

Igneous ran back out with the other Riders behind him. "Okay, let's do this!"

The others put on their Drivers. Hunter realized the situation and managed to get his Sengoku Driver out, but didn't put it on.

"Henshin!"

Banana! Lock On! Come On! Banana Arms: Knight Of Spear!

Marionberry! Lock On! Come On! Marionberry Arms: Arrow Of Light!

Donguri! Lock On! Come On! Donguri Arms: Never Give Up!

Budou! Lock On! Hai! Budou Arms: Ryu, Hou, Ha-Ha-Ha!

Lion! Lock On! Hai! Lion Arms: Run, The Charging Beast!

Coconut! Lock On! Soiya! Coconut Arms: Iko! Ninja Assassin!

Durian! Lock On! *Guitar Riff* Durian Arms: Mister Dangerous!

Kurumi! Lock On! *Guitar Riff* Kurumi Arms: Mister Knuckleman!

Melon Energy! Lock, On! Soda! Melon Energy Arms!

Lemon Energy! Lock, On! Soda! Lemon Energy Arms! FIGHT POWER, FIGHT POWER, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FI-FI-FI-FI-FIGHT!

Kage Dragonfruit Energy! Lock, On! Soda! Kage Energy Arms!

Within moments, the entire group (minus Hunter) had transformed into their Rider forms.

However, Baron and Arrow took notice of Hunter still staring at his Driver.

"Hunter, are you alright?" Arrow asked, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"Y-yeah" Hunter put his Sengoku Driver away and pulled out his Genesis Driver before putting it on and activating his Orange Energy Lockseed.

Orange Energy! Lock, On! Soda! Orange Energy Arms!

Gaim-Shin held up his DaiDaiArrow as the group got ready. Gaim-Shin shot an arrow at Sigurd, who slashed it away, knocking it into an Invess.

The Riders charged at the Invess and Sigurd.


Akarui and Aorui sat on a park bench in the middle of nowhere. "What now Aniki?" Aorui asked.

"I don't know. We managed to run away from Kurorui and the others but they may be able to follow us here"

Aorui looked at Akarui. "Do you know why they were after you?" she asked.

"No. That's the problem, I overheard someone tell Kurorui to come after me but I don't know what for" Akarui said.

"You're our target" The two immediately looked in the direction of the voice. Walking towards them was Kurorui, who was wielding the Sengoku Driver.

"Kurorui!" Akarui and Aorui stood up, looking at their former comrade.

"You're coming with me" Kurorui said to the two of them.

Aorui held up her Lockseed while Akarui showed his clawed arm. "Henshin!"

Aurora! Lock On! Go! Aurora Arms: Imagination! Rainbow! Start Up!

Within seconds, Aurora and Firebird got their Feather Edges out and charged Kurorui. Kurorui dodged several attacks from both Riders before countering with a punch and a kick to each of them. Firebird formed his Feather Shot and attempted to blast at Kurorui. Kurorui dodged each of the attacks and retaliated with several feather shots of his own. Aurora fired at Kurorui, getting several shots near but missing him as well.

"You guys are as weak as I figured" Kurorui held his clawed out to both of them.

Firebird began roaring as he charged at Kurorui. He slashed again and again at him, missing before he kicked outwards, striking him in the chest. In the moment that happened, Firebird grabbed Aurora and began running, sending flaming feathers backwards towards Kurorui, disorienting him.

The two Riders returned to human form and vanished into the night.


Dreigon and Unmei drove through the forest, heading back to the area with the pillar.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Unmei asked.

"They won't believe we'd return to the castle or the surrounding area just like that. We have to go somewhere they will never suspect. Besides, we need to rest as well." Dreigon said.

"But where would we go?" Unmei asked.

"I have an idea"


"No, you can't stay here" Daisuke attempted to close the door on Z and Aqune. The only thing stopping him was Z's foot in the doorway.

"Come on, we have nowhere else to go and we need a place to rest for the night" e attempted to convince Daisuke.

"Here are a few reasons why. One, you guys are outlaws and I don't want Liz coming and arresting me too. Two, there may not be enough room. And three you and Hunter haven't been to work in weeks. I don't care that all day there's been a rebellion outside my door, the people who came in here had lackluster service!"

"…Daisuke, we've been running from the rebellion all day, and THAT'S what you're worried about?"

"What can I say? It was like an all day lunch rush. I'm tired. GOODBYE"

Daisuke attempted to slam the door but Aqune stopped him.

"Listen, give us a place to sleep and we'll get out of your hair. We'll do anything"

"Anything?" Daisuke's eyes lit up.

Aqune paused for a moment. "Almost anything"

"When you're done with rebelling against the government, report here so you can make up for your lost hours"

The two teenagers looked at each other in confusion.

"Now get inside, you'll attract the guards." He led the two inside.

"Now you can sleep anywhere just as long as you clean up after yourselves in the morning. There are blankets in the storage closet. Goodnight."

As Daisuke made to leave, Z stopped him.

"Wait, you live here as well?"

"Why else would I be here this late? You're a genius Z, act like it"

Daisuke patted Z on the shoulder before he pulled open a door and revealed there was stairs before he went up them.

Z looked curiously after Daisuke when Aqune appeared behind him, carrying several blankets. "Well he was right, there were blankets in the closet." She set the blankets down on the ground and made a makeshift bed for the both of them.

The two of them laid down in the makeshift bed, wrapping their arms around each other.

"Good night, Aqune" Z whispered, kissing her forehead. Aqune smiled and buried her head into his shoulder. The two drifted off to sleep.


Back with the Riders in the Outer World, most of them were facing off against the Invess while Gaim-Shin and Arrow faced off against Sigurd.

Ryugen, Baron, and Arrow had changed into Kiwi, Mango, and Lime Arms respectively.

Baron smashed his Mango Punisher into an Invess once before smacking it into another.

Ryugen slashed with her Kiwi Gekirin, taking down several Invess surrounding her.

Gaim-Shin slashed with is DaiDaiArrow at Sigurd, missing while Arrow sped around him and stabbed at him.

Sigurd fell backwards and attempted to shoot an arrow at the two of them. Quickly, they dodged and retaliated with attacks of their own.

"This isn't possible!" Sigurd shouted.

"You've had your Driver for so little time, what did you expect when going against people who've had their Drivers for months!" Gaim-Shin shouted.

Sigurd began growling when the two Riders began to approach him.

Ryugen threw her Kiwi Gekirin, the discs flying around and striking more of the Invess around her. As she reached to pull out another Lockseed, the eyes on her helmet briefly flashed a blood red color and she froze.

Zangetsu-Shin noticed this. "Sparkle, are you okay?" he called out.

Ryugen pulled out a Lockseed and clicked it open.

Blood Orange!

Immediately, Gaim-Shin, Arrow, Baron and Zangetsu-Shin all froze upon hearing that phrase.

"It can't be!" Gaim-Shin shouted.

While they were distracted, Sigurd slashed Gaim-Shin away and grabbed Arrow by her neck.

"You're strong, I'll admit, but I've never really gotten a good look at you under that mask" Sigurd reached for her Driver when she stabbed him back and kicked him further away.

Ryugen switched her Kiwi Lockseed for the one she just opened before she activated the Cutting Blade.

Lock On! Hai!

Above Ryugen's head, another Crack formed. From this Crack, there was a blood red version of the Orange Armor Parts that descended.

Blood Orange Arms:

Ryugen's Kiwi Arms dissolved as the new Armor Parts landed on her head. However, just as it began to unfold, the Blood Orange Lockseed started sparking before it shot off of her Driver, Ryugen falling backwards due to the force of it. Ryugen changed back into Sparkle.

By now, the other Riders had defeated almost all of the Invess and had taken notice of the situation.

Cherry Energy Sparking!

Sigurd slashed at Arrow, hitting her across her chest before he pulled fired an arrow at her. Arrow attempted to use her LimeSlicer to block it but the energy exploded, launching her backwards and causing her suit to dissolve.

Corona landed on the ground. Gaim-Shin turned to her in shock.

"Corona!"

Cherry Energy!

Sigurd fired the attack at Gaim-Shin, the energy arrow hitting him while the parts that resembled the cherry exploded.

Gaim-Shin's Genesis Driver fell off of his waist, leaving Hunter to fall to the ground. While there, he spotted a Lockseed and grabbed it.

Sigurd grabbed Corona and picked her up, holding her from behind with his arm around her neck.

"You know, you're not too bad looking. I can only hope that you're of legal age"

Corona reached into her pocket, attempting to bring out one of her Lockseeds.

"Let her go!"

Hunter stood up.

Sigurd laughed before he pulled out a Lockseed and opened it, a Red Invess based off of a lion appearing from the Crack.

Hunter glared at the Lion Invess before him. He pulled out his Sengoku Driver and placed it onto his waist. His blue eyes briefly flashed red before he took out the spare Genesis Core and placed it on his Sengoku Driver.

"Hunter, where did you get that?" Baron demanded, looking at Hunter's Genesis Driver, which was on the ground next to him.

He pulled the Orange Energy Lockseed out of his Genesis Driver and held up the Blood Orange Lockseed he found from the ground.

"Oh? What exactly do you plan to do, Gaim?" Sigurd teased, holding Corona captive.

"Henshin" Hunter snarled.

Blood Orange! Orange Energy!

Above Hunter's head, two Cracks formed. From one Crack, his Orange Energy Armor Parts descended while on the other, there was a blood red colored Orange Armor Parts. Hunter placed the two Lockseeds onto his belt before he locked them in. Hunter used the Cutting Blade to cut the Blood Orange Lockseed open, subsequently activating the Orange Energy Lockseed.

Lock On! *Guitar Riff* Mix!

Above Hunter, the two Armor Parts mixed to create a black and silver object.

Blood Orange Arms: Janomichi, On Stage!

The Armor Parts landed on Hunter's shoulders, forming his Gaim suit. However, his suit had several blood red highlights on it.

Jinba Orange! SEI-HA!

The Armor Parts unfolded, all sides unfolding the same way. On the front, there were two pieces that unfolded, the insides revealed to be decorated with the design of the inside of a blood orange. His helmet now had a blood red coloration on the mouthpiece. The horn on his head was now silver with a blood red coloration decorated along it as well. In his right hand, there was a DaiDaiArrow.

"Nani!?" Sigurd was shocked.

"Hunter…" Corona said.

"Orewa Neo Bujin Gaim (I am Neo Bujin Gaim)" the voice that came out of Neo Bujin Gaim was not Hunter's.

"Hm. Alright then. Get him" Sigurd motioned to the Lion Invess.

The Invess roared before it ran at Neo Bujin Gaim. Neo Bujin Gaim slashed with his DaiDaiArrow, striking the Lion Invess before he stabbed it into its shoulder and dragged downwards harshly.

As the Lion Invess stumbled backwards, Neo Bujin Gaim drew his Musou Saber. He slashed with both weapons repeatedly at the Lion Invess. The Lion Invess flew backwards one last time before Neo Bujin Gaim sliced the Blood Orange Lockseed three times.

*Guitar Riff* Blood Orange Sparking! Jinba Orange Sparking!

Neo Bujin Gaim stabbed his Musou Saber into the ground and pulled both Lockseeds off his belt before placing them on the slots of the Musou Saber and DaiDaiArrow.

Lock Off.

Lock On!

Lock, On!

"Yari-sugi no yona nani mo taosu koto wa arimasen, Tadashidesu?(There's no kill like overkill, Correct? (A/N To be completely honest I don't even know if this is correct))"

Neo Bujin Gaim grabbed both weapons and threw the DaiDaiArrow into the air before he used the Musou Saber to slash at the Lion Invess.

Blood Orange Charge!

Blood red energy covered the Lion Invess after the slash, causing it to explode. Neo Bujin Gaim threw the Musou Saber aside and caught the falling DaiDaiArrow before pulling the handle back and releasing it.

Orange Energy!

The orange energy arrow that shot out of the DaiDaiArrow burst open, separating into dozens more arrows that flew in separate directions before curving in midair. The attack missed Corona and hit Sigurd, causing him to let go of Corona as he flew backwards. Corona on the other hand flew forward.

Neo Bujin Gaim caught her after he threw his DaiDaiArrow aside.

Sigurd spotted that the Riders had defeated his miniature army and were now just watching the confrontation before them.

"This- this isn't over!" Sigurd ran off into the night.

Neo Bujin Gaim turned to Corona.

"Daijobudesuka? (Are you okay?)" Corona, unsure of what he was asking, just nodded.

"Yoidesu (Good)" Corona separated from Neo Bujin Gaim, who grabbed his weapons and took the Lockseeds off before placing them back onto his belt.

However, the instant the Blood Orange Lockseed was locked back onto the belt; blood red electricity covered Neo Bujin Gaim before it caused an explosion.

"Hunter!" Corona shouted.

When the explosion dissipated, Hunter stood in Neo Bujin Gaim's place. He fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Hunter!"


A Crack appeared over the screen, showing off Arrow's Lockseed, which featured the Marionberry, Lime and Den-O Legend Rider Lockseed with the IrisShot LockVehicle.