*one day, in the warzone*

TWF: REALLY!? For making this opening sequence, we're on a freakin' war?! I thought we would be on a beach or something?!

MotWC: Apparently not…

Fen: Trust me… I wish I was on the beach now…

TWF: Whose idea was it to get us here in the first place?! *looks at the popsicle stick* I knew this ice cream stick with a reward on it would cause THIS much trouble!

MotWC: Good thing I have my trusty COMP. I can just use all this software on it to save all my problems.

SD: Actually, you can't… I may or may not have taken the batteries out to power my old radio…

MotWC: Oh, don't worry. It doesn't actually run on batteries. It runs on Magnetite.

SD: That sounds expensive. Wait, Magnemites!? As in the Pokémon! :D

MotWC: Not quite, good buddy. Magnetite is a special substance that demons just love. It's practically their lifeblood.

TWF: Ooooh… is it edible? o.O

MotWC: Well… demons like myself do kinda need it to survive in this world, so… yes and no?

SD: You DO know you aren't ACTUALLY a demon, right? You just play one on the Internet…

MotWC: Ignorance sure is bliss, huh…? I'll just let you keep believing that for now.

SD: Right… *takes out pen and paper* Note to self: Wild Card is crazy...

TWF: Uh, I know it's not in my place for saying this, but… aren't we missing someone who's not in the bunch right now? One that MIGHT probably enjoying himself on a beach while we're in a war? o.o

Fen: Azure Guardian… dang it…

TWF: I bet he caused this mess! He's probably enjoying his smoothies right now! D:

MotWC: #ClassicAzure. That's my partner in crime!

AG: Hey, what exactly do you mean by #ClassicAzure, Wild Card?

MotWC: Nothing at all. You know you and I are tight. Just gotta appease these guys, you know?

TWF: Le gasp! A wild Azure Guardian has appeared! *pats my side pockets* Where's ma' PokeMon?! :O

AG: Don't worry about it, I'm only here because Wild Card mentioned me. From within the Sea of Data, I can see and hear everything… And you know what they say; "Speak of the Devil and he shall appear". Though considering the previous chapter, that's not really a bad thing. Anyway, I doubt I'll be sticking around for this chapter if Kaito is uninvolved.

TWF: *whispers to AG* Uh… he's facing Orma and his partner with Kurogasa today. o.o

AG: Yeah, I doubt that very much. We're still a few chapters away since we've got the final of the tournament between Koji and Chazz and then Aster and Jaden still need to face Sartorius.

Fen: Well, anyway~s, you guys know what time it is! It's time to go to war!

MotWC: YEAH!

TWF: Aren't we already in war? o.o;

SD: Can we reschedule? I have a tee time set up with Goku, Shotaro Hidari, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the Great Pumpkin.

Fen: Arrrrrrgh! Enough already! Get on with the chapter! No more shenanigans! We're starting in 3! 2! 1!

TWF: Potatoes! :D

SD: BLAST OFF! xD

TWF: *shoots out burning potatoes from the potato gun*

Fen: Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh! Start the damn chapter already!

MotWC: BEGIN!

Disclaimer: Same thing.


It was now late at night and after the duel between Will and Prince Ojin, Kurogasa was ready to go to bed.

"No more surprises…" Kurogasa muttered tiredly as he opened the door to his parents' room. In his parents' room, Kyoshiro and Yukina are sleeping quietly as she is within his embrace for comfort. The time on the table also shows 2:15 a.m., already late into the night.

"Sounds like someone's having a hard time becoming a hero…" Kumon spoke up, looking at Kurogasa while leaning against the wall.

"He's exhausted after everything that's happened." Takatora added.

"Though, it's surprising to know Will's true identity." Shinnosuke pondered. "To think a couple of demons and an Emissary to England's Queen would make an appearance here of all places…"

"Exactly." Mr. Belt replied in fluent English. "I guess this Academy was never supposed to be a normal one in the first place."

"After all the stuff that's been happening, I think so too." Kouta said as they see Kurogasa plop on the futon, feeling very exhausted.

"Poor child. He's been through so much." Joan sighed sadly. "I shall pray to Him to lessen my master's burden."

"I got a feeling things would plunge to the deepest parts of trouble after this." Kumon muttered, now gazing at the full moon in the sky.

Elsewhere, a dark figure walked out from its hiding spot, looking at the full moon with its hood up. With a chuckle, he added, "Ah, what a full moon. It has invited me for my revival… it is also an omen… for me to paint this world… in BLACK!"


(Cue Theme KNOCK ON YOUR GATE by Ono Masatoshi)

(Chigau! Zetsubou nado mou shinai mou nigenai~) The scene begins with the Primary Riders and Mana, bound onto the walls with chains as they are in slumber with the Sorcerer insignia on their chests.
(Donna ashita demo ii) The screen pans out, revealing Orma and Sartorius standing on the magic circle as they looked at the portal before them.
(Hitori nanka janai kara~) As the screen zoomed into the portal, it shortly revealed Kurogasa standing in front of the academy.
(Itsuka mirai de kitto aou~) With a serious glance and a wave of his arm, the Secondary Riders, Gaim, Drive, and Tamamo dash towards and Gaim delivered the slash onto the screen, revealing the title. After a brief moment, Tamamo's mirror reflected on the screen, and before moving to the next scene Drive appeared, driving his car Tridoron towards the screen before the screen whited out.

(Kizutsuita kotowa iu na) Jaden looks at the sky with his Neo–Spacians doing the same.
(Itasou na kao mo sunna) Koji does the same thing, looking up in the sky with his Lost Boogie Knights.
(Doushou mo naku natte shimau ze) Kurogasa did the same thing with his Secondary Riders, Gaim, Drive, and Tamamo as they all saw in the night sky fainted images of Sorcerer and Sartorius looking evilly at the three.

(Jikuu no yami ni ochite) Mamori and Marta walked together in the garden. Both Rika and Blair waved happily at the front, getting the two's attention as they replied with their own wave.
(Himei mo agenai de) Syrus, Hassleberry, Bastion and Will turn around and noticed Rock skate past them at the hallway and ended up bumping into the startled Masaru.
(Taikutsu wo kai naraseru no kai?) Both the Akiyama and Hoshiki twins noticed, making them sweat drop.

(Yuuki wa OOTUMACHIKKU mayou mo njanai) As Kaito and Aster close their eyes, different monsters such as X and Zero shot out their cannon busters onto the screen, Saber and Lancer swung their weapons onto the screen, Cloud and Tidus jump forward and clashing their swords onto Blaster Blade and Garmore before the two jumped back and Foodon monsters leaped towards the screen.
(Kimi ga muku hou ga mae da~!) When Kaito and Aster open their eyes, Sartorius and Orma smirked with Cubia behind them, taunting them to come to them. Kurogasa, standing between Kaito and Aster, dashed forward, donning into his sealed Rider armor, with Kaito dashed along, with the spirit of Azure accompanying him.

(Ikou! Mou modorenai michi wo ikeba ii) The scene changes to Jaden and Chazz facing each other in a duel, while Koji went against Bastion who is now part of the Society.
(Mirai ga matte iru! Tatake! Kimi no GATE) When Kurogasa faces Alexis, the latter turns and walks away and Kurogasa runs towards her, stretching his hand forward, trying to reach her.

(Chigau! Zetsubou nado mou shinai mou nigenai~) He was then intervened by more of the Society of Light members, looking at him and the rest of the group with the intent of defeating them in a duel.
(Donna ashita demo ii) Inside the Slifer Red headmaster's room, Yukina prayed quietly, hoping for her son to be alright as Kyoshiro stood by her side.
(Hitori nanka janai kara~) Back at Kurogasa, his sealed Rider form casted off, going into Justice Form and his whole new armor engulfed in light. His wings spread widely and flew towards the awaiting Sorcerer.
(Itsuka mirai de kitto aou~) As Kurogasa flipped forward, delivering the Rider kick to the screen, it shattered away, revealing the characters standing in front of the academy in a casual manner, including the Alexis, Bastion, and Chazz in their Society of Light outfit, with a faint image of the smirking evil Sartorius and Sorcerer behind them, ending the song.


Chapter 48: Ripples of War - Part 1

*Somewhere unknown*

(OST: Kamen Rider Gaim OST - Track 29 - 揺れる乙女心)

"Kurogasa Kururugi…"

The voice echoed to his name, as Kurogasa opens his eyes and realized that… he's somewhere within the forest, much to the teenager's surprise.

"We meet again…" she said, as Kurogasa noticed the woman before him.

"You're… the Priestess of Fate." Kurogasa recalled.

"Correct…" she nodded. She then slowly turned her attention to the boy next to him. Much to Kurogasa's surprise, the teen is none other than...

"Kaito?" Kurogasa gasped.

"Kaito Kagemochi. I have been expecting you." the Priestess of Fate said calmly, looking at the Digital HERO duelist before her.

"Expecting me? For what?" Kaito questioned.

"For the fateful encounter; both of you…" she explained before blurred out and appeared behind both of them, turning her back upon the two. "Grief, sorrow, despair and loss of hope…" she paused, before blurring out again and reappearing next to Kaito's side, still turning her back on them. "…Both of you have went through trials that would break a human spirit to pieces."

"But I got through mine…" Kurogasa recalled, clenching his fist tight. "I don't want it to ever happen again."

"And Geist has been dealt with after all the crap he's been pulling, taking over my body to do as he wanted," Kaito added.

"Despite what you've went through in those trials, your tasks are not over yet." she added, blurring out once again before facing the two, her face filled with worry. "As both of you have individually passed those ordeals, the world is now at stake."

"We know that…" Kurogasa replied.

It was then she looked at Kaito, saying, "Kaito Kagemochi, your triumph on Geist has now drawn Orma to the point of desperation. Though he did not show it behind his mask, his silent actions may resolve to what will become an apocalyptic end to the world."

"Hm… I can believe that," Kaito said with his arms folded. "After all, he seemed really determined to get Geist onto his side, or at least get his power. And now that Geist is gone for good, I guess Orma's run out of options."

"That is the very reason you must never let your guard down, no matter the cost." she warned calmly. "For the final encounter, I suspect you will face a power even greater than you might have imagined. Will you face it with victory in hand, or defeat in despair… those are the choices you have to make with caution."

"..." Kaito could only listen in silence, taking note of the Priestess of Fate's words.

It is then she looks upon Kamen Rider Duelist before her, saying, "Kurogasa Kururugi, I sense within you the final battle. It is one battle that you cannot avoid, no matter how many times you try to defy fate by yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"You shall understand my words as it shall present itself before you…" she continued, leaving him in doubt.

"What can we do to overcome this?" Kurogasa asked.

"Follow the thread of fate, and everything shall explain itself…" she continued before she slowly disappeared. "The fate of the world lies… in both of you."

"Us… huh?" Kurogasa muttered, looking at the Digital HERO duelist next to him.

"Well we managed to survive Geist, so Orma shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?" Kaito figured.

"Yeah…" Kurogasa muttered, doubting himself slightly. "You're right…"

Kaito narrowed his eyes at the Kamen Rider, "Am I going to have to get Kazuma to kick your ass again to make you stop doing that? Seriously, it's getting old."

"Well, I have my doubts and all… don't you?" Kurogasa pointed out.

"It matters not if you're doubting or not. It's how you have the resolve to face your troubles…" the Priestess's voice echoed in the forest. "As Kaito had his resolve, only fate will unfold itself on your resolve, Kurogasa. If you have faith in yourself and your friends, not even time can stop you from achieving the goals you had to deal…"

"If that's the case…" Kurogasa trailed off, now looking at the duelist in the eye. "You don't mind, right? Until I find the true resolve I need, you don't have to ask Kazuma to beat me up again. Even if it means facing death itself."

Kaito was silent for a moment, "If you haven't found your resolve by the time we reach our battle, I make no promises for what Kazuma does."

"I'll be sure to take that risk…" he chuckled, feeling relieved.

"Until then… Helheim shall witness the outcome of your battle…" her voice echoed one last time before the vision turned to white, returning the teens back to their world.

(End BGM)


"Dear… wake up…" a gentle voice called him out, lightly shook his side. "You're going to be late for your friend's duel if you don't wake up."

"Mmmmmmmmm… five more minutes Kaa-san…" Kurogasa groaned, rolling on his side.

"Oh my… he's not waking up…" Yukina said worried.

"Is he always like this?" Alexis' voice can be heard.

"Well… when he feels stubborn about it, dear." Yukina replied.

"Let me try something…" Alexis suggested, taking a nearby feather and started… tickling his exposed nose?

"Ahhhhh… Ahhh.. Ahh.. Ah… ACHOO!" Kurogasa sneezed as he suddenly sat up awake. "Ughhhhhh… What the- huh? Lex? Kaa-san?"

"Good morning, dear." Yukina kept her smile.

"For someone who loves to sleep, he sure doesn't pay much attention to what happened to him." Alexis said, making Kurogasa blink in confusion. "You're wearing your pajamas inside out."

"Yes, I was about to point that out, dear." Yukina added.

"Eh?" Kurogasa rubbed his eyes before looking down. "GAH!"

"Lack of sleep, aren't you?" Alexis teased. "I guess it's no brainer since the duel we saw last night."

"Ara? Is there a duel last night?" Yukina asked, blinking in confusion.

"Yeah… a lot of surprises yesterday and I didn't want anymore…" Kurogasa groaned.

"No wonder you're so tired." Yukina realized.

"Yeah…" Kurogasa sighed before laying back down on the futon. "I just want one day of normalcy around here."

"Everyday isn't normal for us, Kurogasa." Alexis said, pulling away the blanket around him. "Now, come on. We need to get ready. Koji's expecting you to be there. And Rika too."

"Fine…" Kurogasa grumbled, sitting back up begrudgingly. 'What was that dream last night? Is it some sort of premonition? Priestess of Fate's tone seemed serious about my part...'

"Kurogasa, what's wrong?" Yukina asked her son worriedly.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." Kurogasa waved off before something caught the corner of his eye. "Hm?" He looked to what he saw and it was his cards scattered around but… something was different about them.

"If you're asking if someone's trying to steal your cards, nothing happened, really." Alexis assured him. "You plowed your hands on your deck. I still don't get why you leave it there, though…"

"Did you edit your deck in the middle of the night? It's not good for your health if you keep this up, dear…" Yukina told her son.

"I'm sorry…" Kurogasa sighed sadly as he picked up a random card which was Gaim's. "I mean with this whole saving the world thing being stressful and all, I- huh? Whoa."

"What is it?" Alexis asked as he checked through his cards.

"My cards… they changed!" Kurogasa noticed. "All of them now have dice-roll effects! I can access all their forms at the roll of a die!"

"Really?" Alexis asked, looking at the same card he's looking. "It looks the same to me."

"Huh?" Kurogasa got out, baffled.

"Maybe this whole deck editing in the middle of the night made you feel weird today…" Alexis noticed.

"No I'm serious, look. Notice how I always have two cards for each Rider. One with their standard and one with their final form. The latter is missing."

"Your father said that both Gaim and Drive have those effects from the day he gave you, dear." Yukina explained. This baffled Kurogasa even more. Did something actually happen during his encounter with the Priestess of Fate, to the point where they didn't notice the changes at all? "It's a special case for the two Riders…"

"Yeah, Yukina-san is right." Kouta's spirit appeared, hovering near him.

"Did you hit your head or something, Kurogasa-kun?" Shinnosuke asked, appearing next to him. Even his Rider friends doesn't seem to notice to what Kurogasa remembered about their effects.

"I don't know…" Kurogasa sighed holding his head. "What the heck's wrong with me…?"

"For now, a little breakfast would be nice." Alexis suggested. "I've been waiting for you to wake up. Your mom, too."

"Yeah, I guess…" Kurogasa sighed again. Alexis smiled sadly before she helped Kurogasa off the futon.

"Just take it slow and you'll be back to your old self in no time." she told him.

"Yeah…" Kurogasa nodded hesitantly before looking at his Gaim card again. "Did something actually happen while I was asleep?"


At the same time…

"Kaito, wake up!" a familiar voice exclaimed, as the Digital HERO duelist was shaken rather roughly.

Kaito groaned groggily as he opened his eyes, seeing his fiancé standing next to his bed with hands on her hips and an angry scowl on her face, "Hey, Akira. What's up?"

"What's up? Your breakfast is getting cold!" she scolded him. "You have any idea how hard it is to ask for permission from Mrs. Kururugi, so I can prepare you my homemade breakfast? Especially those lemon blueberry scones you love so much!"

"Sorry, I didn't think I was asleep for so long," Kaito apologized as he sat up in his bed and smiled to his future wife. "Thanks, Akira."

"Y-Yeah, well of course I'd do something like this for you. I am your wife after all…" Akira said as she averted her gaze, blushing lightly, but then returned her attention to her future husband. "By the way, why were you sleeping for so long? Having a good dream or something?"

"I'm… not sure," Kaito said as he rubbed his head, as if trying to recall what actually happened while he was asleep. "I think it was more of a… vision."

"Vision?" Akira repeated. "What about?"

"My fight with Orma. Kurogasa was there, too," Kaito explained.

"Well if it's about that, there shouldn't be any problem," Akira shrugged her shoulders. "You destroyed Geist once and for all, even though you had help from Kazuma, Naomi and their father. This Orma bastard should be a cakewalk compared to that."

"Yeah. And we've already beat him once before back in Domino City. So beating him again shouldn't be a problem," Kaito said, but his tone of voice gave off that he wasn't entirely sure. "But since Geist is gone, Orma must be desperate… He was after Geist's power, after all. And considering how powerful Geist was at his peak, Orma's gotta be at the end of his rope."

"Well you'll definitely beat his ass again," Akira said with a smirk.

"I'll definitely try," Kaito said with a bit of a laugh. "He may know how my deck worked from our last duel, but thanks to Uncle Harald, I've got new tricks up my sleeve that no one's ever seen before."

"Like what?" Akira questioned.

"Let's just say… dueling's going to evolve even further than it ever has before," Kaito said with a smirk, deciding to be ambiguous with his answer.

"Alright, smartass, you'd better start eating. Don't want to go into the duel on an empty stomach and losing focus because you're hungry," Akira shot back as she grabbed the plate of food she had made, which she had placed on a nearby table before shaking Kaito from his slumber, and put it on his lap before the azure-haired young man dug in.


Later…

["Hello~~~~, DUEL ACADEMY! This is DJ Sagara, bringing you live in today's duel!"] DJ Sagara announced it loudly through the speakers, allowing the whole island to hear it. ["Supposedly, the championship should've ended yesterday, but due to certain circumstances, we still have ONE more duelist that still standing and within the grasp of becoming a champion of GeneX Tournament! And that duelist is none other than Chazz Princeton!"]

The crowd cheered loudly as they focused on the arena, with DJ Sagara standing at the center. "This duelist wants to challenge the supposed winner of yesterday's match and the local Kamen Rider should've worn the crown on his head! But alas, whenever a challenger appears, the duel must be done to honor the rights of conquest!"

The crowd continued to cheer as Koji and Chazz stood at their respective sides for the duel, but for some reason both of them are more aware of their surroundings than normal. Why you ask?


Flashback - 1 hour ago

"Well, love. Today's the day for the final duel." Marta said, staying by Koji's side as they headed towards the academy with the rest of the group.

"Y-Yeah…" Mamori nodded. "You're facing C-Chazz-senpai, Koji-senpai…" she added, looking at Chazz who was walking along with them, crossing his arms.

"Heh, I know I can beat him, for sure." Chazz scoffed confidently. "I'll be sure to give him a run for his disco balls!"

"Wow, someone's confident." Jaden grinned. "This'll be a match to remember!"

"If I were you, I would keep my guard up, Disco Head." Chazz warned his opponent.

Koji smirked as he said, "You oughta take your own advice, Chazzy Boy. You better watch your back, too."

"We'll see who gets burned in the end!" Chazz said as he kept his smirk.

"If only Kurogasa's the one that made it to the finals, things would have gone differently…" Blair sighed. "He'd definitely fight for my love…"

"Quite persistent of her…" Allyson commented.

"Oho~, I sense a harem on its way~!" Otoya teased, floating above Kurogasa's head.

"Wait 'til I get my hands on you, and you'll be begging for mercy, Otoya…" Kurogasa grumbled. 'But seriously, even though I'm happy to see Blair, I thought she'd get over me by now.'

"Oh~, seems like everyone's here." A cheerful tone can be heard, making the whole group pause in their tracks.

"Whoa… DJ Sagara?!" Rika gasped.

"Oh my gosh! What are the chances of bumping into him?!" Mitsuyo exclaimed dramatically, only to earn a hit on the back of the head by her twin sister.

"Try not to get too excited…" Tsukiyo warned her twin.

"What are you doing here?" Kurogasa asked.

"I came here to inform you guys about the danger to this academy." DJ Sagara explained to them. "A BIG one."

"Uh-oh…" Masaru gulped.

"Oh chip, what now…" Rock groaned.

"I can tell you this, if you don't stop them now, chaos will ensue." DJ Sagara explained. "Just like last time."

"Last time?" Aster raised his eyebrow.

"You young'uns knew very well! Don't tell me you forgot about it already?" DJ Sagara told them.

"What is he talking about?" Blair asked.

"The Rider War…" Alexis recalled.

"What?" Blair blinked.

"Gh…" Kurogasa gritted, subconsciously clenching his fist tightly.

"And I got a feeling this would not end well if we don't do something…" Victor added.

"Which is why I got a proposal for you kiddies." DJ Sagara proposed. "This one is to make sure those viewers out there won't be terrified of what's about to happen now."

"And what proposal is that?" Rika asked.

"Simple." He then pointed to Jaden, Kurogasa, Kaito, and Aster. "You four are to head over to Obelisk White Dorm now and settle your score with Orma and Sartorius while the rest of ya enjoy the last match of the GX tournament."

"Wait, right now?" Jaden asked surprised.

"Yes now."

"Sounds good," Kaito agreed with a nod. "I've got to pay Orma back for manipulating me into sealing away Kurogasa's cards and ability and trying to get Geist's power."

"Yeah, truth be told, I'd like to 'meet' the guy that's been screwing with my best friend." Kazuma added while cracking his knuckles. Naomi nodded in agreement.

"As would I," Harald joined in, a bit of a scowl on his face. "I wish to see the man responsible for putting my nephew through such affairs."

"Damn straight!" Akira said. "No one messes with my man and gets away with it!"

"That's right." Naomi spoke up. "You mess with Kaito, you mess with all four of us."

"And he has to pay for sealing the Primary Riders and Mana. It's time that he released my friends right now!" Kurogasa clenched his fists.

"Well you better get going then. It's about to start." DJ Sagara said.

"Then, if that is the case, I will follow suit." Will said, stepping forward.

"As will I." Allyson added, staying next to him.

"Will? Allyson?" Kurogasa got out.

"What do you two mean by that?" Rika asked.

"Yeah, you two are not involved in this." Sayaka recalled.

"Actually, I am, in a way." Will explained. "As I stated yesterday, I am investigating the cause of this Society of Light cult. And I must see this to the end." he paused, looking at Jaden. "Jaden, I had a feeling you'd be able to end all of the chaos Sartorius created."

"You bet I will!" Jaden grinned.

"And Orma's been trying to mess with me and Kurogasa," Allyson pointed out.

"Yeah… putting that curse on me and…" Kurogasa gritted, not wanting to remember the times he kissed Allyson.

"Which is why as a Guardian, I must fulfill my role to purify the anomaly the Cosmos has revealed to me. Only then, will my duty be released." Allyson noted. "That, and the Cosmos has shown me another fortune telling. This involves you, Kurogasa."

"Me?"

"Yes… it's vague, and I can't recall much." Allyson shook her head lightly. "But I do know it shall reveal itself when the time comes."

"I don't understand…" Kurogasa scratched his head. "Are you saying something gonna happen to me again?"

"You betcha!" DJ Sagara intervened, placing his hand on Allyson's shoulder. "Her duty as a Guardian is to keep the balance of the world in place. Those visions she received from the Cosmos? Those are either predetermined or a glimpse of what's going to happen. As much as she wants to settle the score herself, unfortunately her duty is to intercept any anomalies that would somehow distort the future she foresaw in the first place!"

"You mean-" Kurogasa trailed off.

"Yep. That Sachiko case she had to deal with. She foresaw the whole thing. Even the warning she told you on your first encounter before your defeat against Kaito. You try to defy fate, but even then you ended up following fate's path laid by the Cosmos. That's why Orma kept sending his goons to her directly, to ensure she won't be able to change course of what he planned." DJ Sagara explained. "That's why she is dubbed the Guardian, and not the Executioner, back at her place in Egypt."

"Her job is simply to protect from the incoming anomaly, trying to create a future she foresaw and that might lead to the world's destruction." Will pondered, looking at Allyson, who kept her poker face.

"…" she kept her silence for a moment.

"But enough of that! You four get going! Go on! Get! We'll take care of everything here at the tournament, while your four save the world!" DJ Sagara urged.

"Uh… right." Kurogasa said before turning to Alexis. "I'll be back soon…"

"You be careful out there." Alexis muttered before hugging him, which he returned. "Don't lose…"

"I won't." Kurogasa murmured before kissing her hand and he let go. "Alright, Jaden, Aster, Kaito. You guys ready?"

"You know it buddy! I'm ready to get my game on!" Jaden grinned.

Kaito turned towards Akira, Harald, Kazuma, and Naomi, "Will you guys come with me? I'd feel better knowing you were all with me to have my back."

"You kidding? Of course I'm going with you!" Akira said with a grin. "After all, this Orma bastard's the one who pretty much got Geist stirring this time around, right? And he hurt you to do it." A look of murderous intent then fell across Akira's eyes. "No one makes my man suffer and gets away with it…"

"Of course I will be there for you, Kaito," Harald said before holding a data chip to the azure-haired teen. "But just in case, I want you to take this."

"What is it?" Kaito asked, taking the chip.

"Just a bit of a good luck charm," Harald said with a smile. "Make sure you install it into your Duel Disk before your fight."

"Right," Kaito nodded.

"What kind of friend would I be if I didn't go to support you in your big showdown?" Kazuma spoke up.

"Thanks, Kazuma," Kaito said, smiling to his best friend. "You can be my wingman anytime."

"No Kaito, you can be mine." Kazuma answered as the two of them stared longingly into each other's eyes. Naomi and Akira watched the scene unfold before them, blushes ever-present on their faces and secretly hoping with desperation and desire that something would happen.

"Wow… such bromance…" Syrus pointed out.

"If only the logic of this world would be demolished, I don't know what would happen next…" Kurai sighed.

"Well, they gonna… y'know…" Sayaka shrugged off, pointing out what should've been the obvious conclusion she could think of.

"Make out?" Mitsuyo added, making Sayaka nod.

"Oh my gosh! I didn't know they'd go for BL!" Blair gasped, making Kurogasa facepalm.

*BONK!*

"Owie!" Mitsuyo whined in pain.

"Don't be an idiot!" Tsukiyo blushed heavily. "T-T-That's just ridiculous!"

"Seems like you had an image of it moments ago, Tsukiyo." Allyson noted.

"Actually, as a matter of fact, Kaito and I used to be in a relationship a few years back," Kazuma pointed out.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" the group, excluding Kaito, his friends, DJ Sagara, Will and Allyson, got out.

"It was really just a bit of experimenting," Kaito admitted. "After a while we decided it was best not to continue it. After all, if we had, we wouldn't have the ones we truly love."

"Hey, speak for yourself." Kazuma chuckled as he shot a glance at Naomi. "I've had the one who I truly love for the past few thousand years."

"As if things weren't strange enough…" Kurogasa facepalmed.

"Hello~~~! Earth to sissy~!" Mitsuyo waved her hand in front of her stunned twin, which she blushed heavily from what Kazuma brought up. "Huh… she's out cold."

"*Ahem* And speaking of time, we only got 30 minutes to put this in motion." Rock cut off. "And we got no time to lose now."

"Right!" the group nodded before the small group headed out from the academy entrance.

"C'mon, sissy! Let's get you to your seat!" Mitsuyo chirped, happily dragging her stunned sister towards the Duel Arena.

End Flashback


"She dragged her as if her sister's a statue…" Alexis sweat dropped.

"Hai… things have been eventful…" Yukina trailed off. "Especially for Kurogasa. I wonder if he's going to be okay. He looked very tired this morning…"

"Don't worry about our son! I'm sure he'll be just fine, Yukina!" Kyoshiro kept his grin, ensuring his wife.

Meanwhile, Tsukiyo let out a deep sigh, trying her best to calm herself down. With her hand on her chest, she got out, "Geez, that image scared the heck out of me… I can't calm myself down…"

"Wow, Onee-chan, I didn't know you're into that kind of thing." Mitsuyo added. "Maybe that's the reason why you don't have any boyfriends."

*BONK!*

"Owie…"

"Urusai!"

"Wow… she's violent…" Hassleberry blinked.

"Yeah… remind me not to mess with her." Syrus said nervously.

It was then Mitsuyo decided to do one thing she knew best. "Kaito and Kazuma in the same bed."

That alone… was enough to knock the fiercely blushing Tsukiyo out cold… and keep her body stiff.

"Yay~! It worked!" Mitsuyo chirped.

"M-Mitsuyo-san, that's not nice!" Masaru exclaimed.

"Oh, she'll be fine. She'll be kickin' before we know it!" Mitsuyo chirped, happily wrapping her arms around his.

"I don't think that's gonna happen any time soon." Rika sweat dropped.

"Ehe~ now I know what I can do when I'm bored."

"Dude, how the heck can your girlfriend get away with this?" Rock asked Masaru.

"W-Why are you asking me that?" Masaru exclaimed.

"You're her boyfriend. You're supposed to make sure that Mitsuyo doesn't get any funny ideas."

"I think I may be too late for that." Masaru sweat dropped. "E-Especially when she had her sugardose…"

"And now, are both duelists ready?" DJ Sagara exclaimed.

"Let's get on with it so I can whip Disco Head's butt back to his stone age!" Chazz exclaimed, activating his Duel Disk.

"Oooh, feisty remark!" DJ Sagara said with glee. He then focused on the local Kamen Rider. "Are you ready, kiddo?"

Adjusting his newsboy cap, Koji then adjusted the lapels of his collar in a cool manner and said with a smirk, "Naturally, my man." He activated his Duel Disk and inserted his Deck. "Let's boogie!"

"You heard the Rider! Let's get this party started~~~~!" DJ Sagara revved it up, making the crowd cheered loudly.

"Time to claim what's mine! Shove it, Disco Head! Your winning days are over!" Chazz declared.

Koji snorted at that. "Please! I'm only at the start of my funkadelic playlist! And this Disco King is gonna be the Duel King of the Academy after this match!"


"DUEL!"

Chazz: 4000

Koji: 4000

"Let the Chazz take the first dib!" Chazz said, drawing his sixth card. Prompting his Field Spell Zone open, "I play my Field Spell, Ojama Country!"

In an instant, the whole scenery changed to a field with lots of mushroom-shaped homes around their legs and pretty flowers around it. "You know darn well about this field effect right, Disco Head?"

"Swapping both the ATK and DEF of a monster as long as it's on the field and you control an Ojama, right?"

"You bet," Chazz grinned. "And now, I summon my monster onto the field!"

With a quick pat on his duel disk, a door opened up on one of the homes, revealing a small blue Ojama with a big, flat head, walking out from it while rubbing its eyes up.

"Nyuu, after this nap, I should get started on planting those flowers…" Ojama Blue mumbled. (2/ATK: 0-1000/DEF: 1000-0). It was then that he realized something. "Nyuu? Who are these humans?"

"Shut it! You're on a battlefield!" Chazz exclaimed.

"EEEEEKKK!" Ojama Blue squeaked, terrified. "A-A-A battlefield?! Nyuu~, I'm an Ojama of peace!"

"It won't matter, cause you're fighting!" Chazz added. "I'll set one card facedown and that will end my turn!"

Koji eyed Chazz and his monster as his hand went towards his Deck. "I don't know what you have in mind, Chazz, but it ain't gonna work. I draw!" Drawing his card, he examined it quickly and almost immediately formulated his move. "Far out… Okay, to begin, I summon Boogie Knights' Vassal - Fanboy (4/ATK: 1500-1200/DEF: 1200-1500) in ATK mode!" The sword wielding fanboy appeared on the field, twirling his sword. He then grabbed another card from his hand and quickly placed it onto his Duel Disk. "Next, I activate the Spell Card Double Summon! This allows me to make a second Normal Summon this turn!"

"Planning to take me out in one turn?" Chazz raised his eyebrow. "Let's see if you can try a One-Turn Kill."

Koji shook his head. "Not quite. Now, for my next move, I summon Boogie Knights' Vassal - Fangirl (4/ATK: 1500-1200/DEF: 1200-1500) in ATK mode!" Appearing on the field next was Fanboy's female counterpart, twirling her axes in both hands. "Now, both my monsters have an ability that prevents you from attacking another 'Boogie Knight' or 'Boogie Knights' Vassal' while they are on the field. Thanks to this shared effect, we have an attack lockdown, keeping you from being able to attack any of my monsters!"

"What a nice strategy pulled off by our local Kamen Rider!" DJ Sagara exclaimed. "How would Chazz face this?"

"You'll see." Chazz kept his smirk. "The Chazz always has a solution for each situation I'm in."

Smirking, Koji retorted, "Oh yeah? Tell that to all your past defeats!" With that, he pointed at Ojama Blue and commanded, "Fanboy, attack Ojama Blue! Funky Slash!"

"EEEEEEKKK!" Ojama Blue squealed. Panicking, it looked at Chazz, begging, "Nyuu~, help me, mister!"

"Not gonna happen." Chazz kept his stand. "You're going down."

"Time to boogie down!" Fanboy exclaimed.

"I don't know how to boogie~~!" It exclaimed before Fanboy slashing it down, shattering it to pixels.

Chazz: 3800

Koji: 4000

"Since Blue got destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I can add two 'Ojamas' from my deck into my hand." Chazz declared, adding Ojamas Black and Yellow into his hand.

"Wohoo~, I got picked by Boss!" Ojama Yellow cheered.

"'ey! Don't forget me, brother!" Ojama Black reminded him. "We'll avenge our fallen bro on that dude!"

"No worries, I got everything planned." Chazz kept his cool.

"We'll see about that!" Koji retorted. "Now, Fangirl, your turn! Attack Chazz's Life Points directly! Groovy Smash!"

"Bring it!" Chazz exclaimed, happily taking the blows from Fangirl's axes directly.

Chazz: 2600

Koji: 4000

When Fangirl returned to his side, Koji gave her a smile and nod as he took a card from his hand. "That seems about it, for now. So I'll set one card facedown and end my turn here."

"During your End Phase, I can activate THIS Trap Card!" Chazz declared, activating his Trap Card. This caused Koji to pale the moment Chazz activated it. "Reverse Time!"

"Oh wow! Reverse Time!" Mitsuyo chirped.

"It forces the field to revert back like it was a turn ago…" Rock recalled. "Meaning…"

"Koji's monsters will return back to his hand and Chazz's monster that was destroyed will be banished." Kyoshiro added.

"TIME WARP!" Chazz pointed up into the sky as a vortex appeared. Illusions of clocks started to turn backwards, causing both Fanboy and Fangirl to be sucked into it.

"WHOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Both Boogie Knights shouted before entering into the vortex. This causes the two monsters to reappear in Koji's hand.

The Boogie Knight Duelist grunted at that as his turn ended. "Cheap trick, Chazz. But cheap tricks won't do a thing to help you beat me!"

"Correction: 'cheap' are all that you're worth!" Chazz retorted, making the crowds go 'oohh'.

"Yeouch, hurt much?" Rika winced. "He sure knows how to make someone's blood boil…"

"My move? Good!" He exclaimed, drawing out his next card. "The Chazz plays Polymerization!"

"Wohoo~! It's showtime, folks!" Ojama Green cheered.

"Time for our super fusion!" Ojama Black added.

"Let's go, boys!" Ojama Yellow said before the three of them joined their butts together.

"Here comes the one… The only…!" Chazz paused, allowing the rather large Ojama to descend down to the ground.

"OJAMA~~~~~~ KING, BABY~~~!" (6/ATK: 0-3000/DEF:3000-0)

"And now, its effect activates! Three of your monster zones are sealed for good!" Chazz pointed to Koji, as Koji's far right, far left and the center of his Monster Zones are crossed out.

"What a comeback made by Chazz!" DJ Sagara exclaimed. "Koji is in deep trouble with that monster on the field."

"Alright, King. Take Disco Head down with your Belly Flop Drop!" Chazz declared.

"You got it, boss!" Ojama King nodded before quickly leaps up high in the sky.

Immediately, Koji's hand went to his Duel Disk. "Trap Card, open! Defense Draw!"

"Belly Flop Drop!" Ojama King declared, landing his whole body on top of Koji. A rather strong shake could be felt on the ground of the Duel Arena before it resolved back to normal. Fortunately, Koji was well protected from its attack, making Ojama King leap back to Chazz's side.

"Then, I play De-Fusion, separating it back to the three original idiots!" Chazz activates his Quick-Spell card from his hand, in which the three Ojamas are now occupying on his field. (2/ATK: 0-1000/DEF: 1000-0) x3

"Wohoo~! We're back on the field!" Ojama Yellow cheered.

"Alright, boys! Give that guy a butt-kiss attack!"Chazz commanded.

"Ready~?" Ojama Green said, as the three got into their stance.

"Steady~?" Ojama Black continued.

"GO!" Ojama Yellow declared, making the three of them leap towards Koji's side.

Koji's eyes widened as he said, "This is not the booty shaking I had in mind!" He then got knocked to the ground as all three Ojamas slammed their butts into him.

Koji: 1000

Chazz: 2600

"Hah! How do you like me now?" Chazz said proudly, as his monsters leap back to his side.

"I hope he didn't smell my fart when I landed on him…" Ojama Yellow said, embarrassed.

"I'll set two cards facedown, and end my turn." Chazz declared. "Let's see if you can get out of THIS one!"

Koji looked grossed out as he got to his feet. "I TOTALLY smelled that fart, Yellow! That was beyond disgusting! What did you eat!?"

"Uh… Banana peels?" Yellow pointed out, only to get some weird look from his brothers. "What? It's tasty!"

"I prefer to eat squid ink. Much better for my complexion!" Black commented.

"Oh, no, no! Cabbage is the best!" Green exclaimed. "It'll make gassy much MORE gassy!"

"Oh~, good point." Yellow pondered. "Maybe I'll try that?"

"What are you idiots thinking?! We got a battle to win!" Chazz snapped.

"Eeeek! Yes, boss!" The three Ojamas squeaked.

The disco loving Duelist waved his hand in front of his face to clear away the smell from Ojama Yellow with a groan. "Ugh… Just for that, I am gonna make sure you get a pounding, Chazz! Draw!" He drew his card and added it to his hand. Koji scanned through his hand and prepared his move. "Alrighty… First of all, I'm gonna go for a change of scenery! I activate the Field Spell Funkytown!"

Won't you take me to…

FUNKYTOWN!?

Won't you take me to…

FU-UNKY-Y-TOWN!?

"Uh, oh…" Yellow got out, as the ground the three stood starts to shake. In an instant, huge towers piled up on the small Ojama houses, crushing them away. The said towers started to form into a disco themed city with disco music pounding out from everyone of the buildings. "Our homes!"

The Three Ojamas: (2/ATK: 1000-0/DEF: 0-1000)

"'ey! What's the big idea, wise guy!?" Black snapped. "Yer' homewrecker!"

"Yeah, wait til' I get my hands on ya' and see how THAT feels!" Green added, while Yellow cried dramatically upon their crushed home.

Koji merely rolled his eyes at the Ojamas. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever… Now then, for my next move, I activate the Spell Card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!"

"Go ahead. Like that'll change anything." Chazz scoffed.

"I assure you, it will," Koji said as he drew his two cards. "I summon Boogie Knights' Vassal - Foxy Lady (2/ATK: 800/DEF: 500) in ATK mode!" The moment the card hit the Duel Disk, the disco themed fox-neko girl appeared, shaking her rather "groovy booty" in her sexy disco jumpsuit and platform sandals, little hearts popping out from around her. "And with her Summon, I can add one Mojo Counter onto Funkytown!" The massive lava lamp tower behind the Boogie Palace suddenly glowed as one glob of lava appeared inside it.

Giggling, she blew a kiss at the Ojamas, sending a heart to each one. "Hi, cuties!"

"Wow~, she's hot~!" Yellow drooled out, looking upon the fox-neko on the field. Its holographic drool is enough to actually flood the arena.

"I think I'm in love!" both Black and Green exclaimed. This caused Chazz to facepalm upon their remarks.

"These idiots are hopeless…" Chazz groaned.

Koji chuckled as he said, "Well, if they're bothering you that much, Chazz, allow me to help with that! Foxy Lady, attack Ojama Green! Love Bump!"

"You got it, baby!" She replied with a thumbs up. Turning towards Ojama Green, Foxy Lady leapt at Green, preparing to slam her hip into him, energy glowing around her.

"Oh, she's coming at me!" Green exclaimed, spreading his arms to welcome her. "C'mere and gimme some sugah!"

"'ey, no fair!" Black snapped.

"Yeah, why do you get to have her all to yourself!" Yellow exclaimed.

"How about none of you dweebs will get her?! I activate my trap card, Pixie Ring!"

A hologram of wall appeared, stopping Foxy Lady's advances to attack it. "Hey, what gives?!" Green snapped.

"Saving your butts, that's what!" Chazz snapped at his comrades before looking at Koji. "As long as this shield's up, you can't attack my runts, Disco Head!"

Foxy Lady's hip bounced against the shield and sent her flying backwards, landing on her butt. "Owwiee!" She looked up at Chazz with teary eyes. "Why would you do something so mean to a sweet and innocent girl like me, Sugah Daddy?" She then winked at him and sent a few hearts towards Chazz.

"Please, those cheap tricks ain't work on me, you minx!" Chazz remarked, causing the hearts sent by her to be crack in half. "You may fool these idiots, but nothing can get pass the Chazz!"

"You're totally mean, boss!" the Ojamas exclaimed, only to be oppressed by his intense glare on them.

"Well, got any moves left before I made mine?" Chazz retorted.

"Ain't that fox a snapper?" Foxy Lady said, now have returned back to Koji's side. "He ain't takin' no sugah from no one but himself…"

Koji shrugged as he said, "Don't you worry bout a thing, baby… I got a backup plan." Looking to Chazz, he said, "I set two cards face down, and end my turn."

"My turn, draw!" Chazz exclaimed, drawing out his next card. "I'll activate King of the Swamp's effect from my hand! I'll ditch this card, so I can swapped it with one Polymerization!" Chazz claimed. After he took it and shuffled the deck, he immediately played it. "Alright, you two! Time for a fusion!"

"Huh?" Black blinked.

"Me?" Green added.

"Yeah. Get to it!" Chazz snapped.

It is then the two Ojamas started to flew up high, entering the vortex. "FOXY LADY~~!" Both of them exclaimed towards her before merging as one.

"Is he gonna call out Ojama Knight?" Rock pondered.

"If it is, I don't know if that's going to change the momentum, since Chazz's Field Spell's out." Kyoshiro explained.

"No, I got something better." Chazz smirked, before-

*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!*

"W-What was that?!" Yellow squeaked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the menacing, terrifying… First of the Dragons!" Chazz declared, as a rather large and menacing blue dragon roared out from the sky, descending it to show its dominance. (9/ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000)

Koji's eyes bulged at the sight of the enormous dragon before him. "Wh-what is that thing!?"

"This legendary dragon… is the first dragon that has ever appeared in dragon realms, appearing even before the Blue Eyes White Dragon did." Chazz said. "And the only way to destroy it is if you control a Normal monster and battles with it. And here's the thing: it is immune to monster's effect!"

"Oh yeah, boss!" Yellow cheered.

"Oh, I'm not done yet!" Chazz smirked. "I activate Call of the Haunted!"

A portal appeared, in which Black rolled out from it. "Ooft!" (2/ATK: 0/DEF: 1000)

"Bro!" Yellow exclaimed.

"Now, both of you will disappear!" Chazz remarked.

"Eh?" both Ojamas got out before they turned into two orbs; slowly merging as one.

"Now, appear before me! My fellow comrade: Light and Darkness Dragon!" Chazz commanded, as the large orb starts to glow radiantly, forming into a familiar comrade of Chazz's. (8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2400)

"Holy moly! Two legendary dragons have appeared!" Victor gasped.

"KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!" DJ Sagara roared out loud. "Two of his dragons have make an appearance!"

"Hey, Disco Head!" Chazz smirked. "I'm giving you this chance to surrender before the Chazz! So, call it!"

Koji eyed up in fear at the monsters for a moment before suddenly smirking and shrugging. "Nah… I don't think so."

"Eh!?" Chazz exclaimed, confused.

Grinning, Koji said, "In fact, I don't think you have the guts to attack me and Foxy Lady."

"Oh yeah? Prepare to meet your maker, Disco Head!" Chazz snapped, as First of the Dragon charges up its breath for the attack to Foxy Lady. "Roast that chick into burnt meat!"

"Trap, activate!" Koji said as he flipped up the card. "I activate the Equip Trap Rose Colored Boogie Shoes!"

"Have you forgotten about Light and Darkness Dragon's effect? I can gush out 500 ATK and DEF to negate your Trap Card!"

"Not quite! I activate Solemn Judgment, sacrificing half my Life Points to counter Light and Darkness Dragon's effect and destroy it!" Koji retorted. "And your dragon's effect doesn't have the Spell Speed to go against it with its effect!"

Koji: 500

Chazz: 2600

"No!" Chazz exclaimed, as Light and Darkness Dragon roared in pain before it completely destroyed in pixels. He then smirked as he said, "Well, too bad that won't help you! Because First of the Dragons is going to wipe out your Life Points!"

Meanwhile, as the First of the Dragons spewed out its bluish flame onto Foxy Lady, the red platform sandals on her feet changed into pink ones with jeweled roses on top of them, generating a pink energy shield that protected her from the attack. "Now, allow me to explain my Equip Trap," Koji said as the attack faded. "This card can only be equipped to Foxy Lady. Naturally, by her own effect, she can't be destroyed by battle! However, these magic platforms of her have some pretty groovy abilities! First, they turn any Battle Damage I would get from battles with Foxy Lady to 0. Second, they then give off a psychedelic aroma that compels all of your monsters to battle her. Of course, due to his effect, First of the Dragons is immune to Foxy Lady's Crush Counter effect. But nonetheless, this prevents your monster from destroying her or dealing me damage!"

With the attack finished, Foxy Lady leapt over to Koji, wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug and kissing his cheek. "Thank you for my funkadelic new boogie shoes, Koji! They're dyn-o-mite and outta sight!"

Smiling, Koji hugged her back and said, "You're very welcome, Foxy Lady."

"Grr… I'll find a way to seek out of your loop!" Chazz claimed. "I'll set the remaining two cards facedown and that will end my turn!"

"OH MY GOSH! Somehow… Someway, our local Kamen Rider was able to work his way around from his demise! Now, it's all or nothing for Chazz to gamble in everything!" DJ Sagara heat things up, making the crowd go wild.

"Well done, love!" Marta cheered for her boyfriend. "Keep the pressure up for him!"

"Y-You can win this, K-Koji-sempai!" Mamori cheered as well.

"Wohoo, things get exciting, too!" Mitsuyo chirped.

"Big whoop. There's no way you'd beat my First of the Dragon." Chazz remained calm. "I'd like to see you try taking me out, Disco Head!"

Koji sneered at Chazz and said, "You're wrong, Chazz! I am gonna take you down! If not this turn, then I can guarantee that I'll be able to defeat you in the next three turns!"

"Oh yeah!?" Chazz retorted. "Let's see you try, Disco Head!"

"Gladly! Draw!" With a wide flourish, Koji drew his card and added it into his hand. He examined the cards and quickly put together a new strategy. "Okay, to begin, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Forbidden Chalice! And I am gonna use it on your overgrown lizard!" The dragon let out a roar as a rather large chalice hovered above it. With a quick pour on top of the dragon's head, an aura wrapped all over its body, strengthening it up.

First of the Dragon (9/ATK: 2700-3100/DEF: 2000)

"THAT'S your plan? Beefin' up my dragon?" Chazz scoffed. "Rushing for your defeat already, old timer? Or did those disco balls in your brain, block your intelligence?"

"Wow… His smash mouth talking really gets annoying sometimes…" Victor noted with a sweatdrop.

"True, but my boyfriend seems to have it under control," Marta reminded, looking at her boyfriend with confidence.

Koji did indeed seem unconcerned by Chazz's insults. In fact, he looked unusually calm. "Foxy Lady… Attack First of Dragons! Love Bump!"

"You got it, Honey!" Foxy Lady replied as she started shaking her booty, gathering energy for her attack.

"This again? You forget about my dragon's immunity?" Chazz remarked.

Suddenly, Koji smirked. "Oh, no, I recall. Except… When your dragon took that power boosting shower, it was washed away its effects for this turn!"

"Which makes it possible to destroy it in this turn!" Victor exclaimed.

"A reminder: his monster is still stronger than Foxy Lady," Hasslebarry commented.

"True, but both of you keep forgetting one thing." Marta explained. "True, Foxy Lady's ATK is lower than the dragon, but since she's indestructible from her effect and her Equip Trap makes the damage equal 0-"

"But the effect STILL goes on!" Rock exclaimed, as Foxy Lady's hip bumped onto the dragon's face.

"Why are you wasting your attack on my dragon?" Chazz added, as Foxy Lady leapt back to Koji's side.

Koji wagged his finger mockingly, just as Foxy Lady did. "I didn't waste it. Take a look at your dragon's head," Koji said as he pointed his finger at First of the Dragon's head, revealing a heart shaped disco ball marker on its head. "Thanks to your monster's lack of effect immunity this turn, Foxy Lady's ability to plant a Crush Counter on it was allowed to activate! Now, your monster can't attack and is in love with Foxy Lady! Plus, I gain 300 Life Points at the end of each of your turns for every monster on your field with a Crush Counter on it!"

"Nice! Koji just did a lockdown on him!" Kurai exclaimed.

"N-No matter what happens, F-First of the Dragon c-can't attack Foxy Lady, e-even if that dragon regains its effect!" Masaru pointed out.

"Plus," Victor added, "Thanks to Rose Colored Boogie Shoes, if Chazz summons any more monsters, they'll be forced to attack Foxy Lady and gain Crush Counters of their own!"

"I'm starting to hate you for this, Disco Head…" Chazz grumbled in annoyance.

Koji simply smirked as he said, "I love you, too, Chazz!" Chuckling, he then grabbed another card and said, "Now, I activate the Spell Card Card of Sanctity! This allows us both to draw cards until we have six cards in our hand."

"Good, because I need some refreshments…" Chazz said, as both of them draws out until they have six in their hands. "Much better."

Koji nodded as he drew his own cards and said, "Now, I set one card facedown and end my turn. Your move, Chazz. And your dragon regains its effect and loses its ATK boost now that Forbidden Chalice's effect ends (9/ATK: 3100-2700/DEF: 200)."

"I'll make you regret this!" Chazz declared, drawing out his next card in hand. "I play Graceful Charity! I'll draw three cards from my deck and drop two of them into the Graveyard." he said, drawing out three cards and putting two monsters from his hand into the Graveyard. "Then, I play Pot of Avarice! I'll return five monsters from my Graveyard to my Deck, shuffle it and draw out two new cards!"

"He seems to be recycling some of his cards for something…" Victor noticed, as holograms of three Ojamas, Light and Darkness Dragon and the Unhappy Maiden were shown to Koji, and Chazz drew out his cards after he shuffled it.

"I play Magical Mallet! By returning all eight of my cards, I can redraw cards equal to the amount of cards I returned!" Chazz claimed, placing his whole hand into his deck, reshuffling it again and once he was satisfied, he drew eight more of his cards. A smirk could be seen on his face, indicating his confidence had risen through the roof. "Hey, Disco Head! Be prepared to be knocked down from the Chazz's final blow! Looks like we don't get to see you beat me on your next turn!"

"Oh? Does that mean Chazz Princeton is calling it? HIS FINAL TURN?!" DJ Sagara exclaimed, making the crowd gasp.

"That's right! It's my FINAL TURN!" Chazz declared. Picking a card from his hand, he placed it onto his Duel Disk, saying, "I'll summon out Ojama Red!"

A small portal appeared, allowing a red Ojama with its head resembling a peach appeared onto the field. "Ore… Sanjou~!" (2/ATK: 0/DEF: 1000)

"And now, his effect activates!" Chazz explained. "When this runt is on the field, he can call for backup, and I know just the idiots for it!"

"C'mon out, boys~!" Ojama Red called out, as Chazz placed his three monsters onto his Duel Disk.

"Wohoo~!"

"Yahoo~!"

"Oh yeah!"

The familiar three Ojamas leapt out onto to his field, now making his whole field full. (2/ATK: 0/DEF: 1000)

"'bout darn time you kiddies appeared!" Ojama Red got out.

"Sorry, our boss is always a little angry…" Ojama Yellow apologized.

"Alright, boys. Let's give our Disco friend here another booty call!" Chazz smirked, knowing Koji isn't a big fan of the Ojama's triple attack. "I activate my Trap Card!"

"Oh yeah! Let's go, bros!" Ojama Green claimed.

"Let's give a good booty call on 'im!" Ojama Black declared.

"Wohoo~!" Ojama Yellow chirped happily, as the three of them leapt up high and… Joined butts together?

"OJAMA DELTA HURRICANE~!"

"Oh crap! At this rate, Koji's field would be wiped clean!" Rika exclaimed.

"Reverse card, activate!" Koji shouted, flipping his card face up. "I activate Destruction Jammer, discarding one card from my hand to negate and destroy Ojama Delta Hurricane."

Without a doubt, as soon as the Delta Hurricane was about to crash onto Koji's field, a rather large barrier appeared, negating the destruction of it. This caused the three Ojamas to split back and ended up landing on their heads, showing their butts to Koji, much to his chagrin.

"That's right! Show'em your booty!" Ojama Red joked, making Koji facepalm.

"You're seein' this, Hun?" Foxy Lady asked.

"Loud and clear…" He grumbled. "This booty call is gonna scar me for life…" He then smiled as he said, "However… Rose Colored Boogie Shoes now activates again, compelling all four Ojamas to attack Foxy Lady!"

Foxy Lady started disco dancing, causing a pink aroma mist to flow over to the Ojamas, making them want to approach her. "Come over here, boys! I wanna boogie-oogie-oogie with you!"

"Yes, ma'am!" The four Ojamas said, now having hearts in their eyes.

"Tch, if I keep this up, I'll lose!" Chazz said. "I was saving this for an emergency, but I don't have a choice! Activating my Quick-Play Spell Card from my hand, Half Shut! And for this, I target your Foxy Lady to have her ATK cut in half until End Phase (2/ATK: 800-400/DEF: 500)!"

A random thunderbolt struck Foxy Lady, wounding her slightly. "Ouch! That ain't funky!"

"Funky or not, his Ojamas are about to be destroyed…" Koji said, as the four Ojamas happily run towards her direction; hearts in their eyes. Immediately, she hit them with her Love Bump, four of them in a row, annihilating the Ojamas.

"Oh wow~!" Ojama Yellow said in awe.

"That bum of hers…" Ojama Black commented.

"...It feels…" Ojama Green added.

"...Groovy!" Ojama Red finished it before the four Ojamas having a nosebleed and shattered into pixels.

Koji: 500

Chazz: 1000

"Tch… So much for my One-Turn Kill…" Chazz grumbled. "I'll set one more card facedown and end my turn."

"Unbelievable! Our local Kamen Rider is somehow survived Chazz's final attack!" DJ Sagara exclaimed. "Now the tide has turned for him to make his move!"

"Teehee… I didn't know those four cats liked my booty," Foxy Lady giggled. "Feels good to be appreciated for my groove thang from my fans!"

"Please, if you want to be appreciated, let's see if you can take down my dragon!" Chazz reminded them as his dragon let out a roar. "C'mon, Disco Head! Let's see if you can make it for your last dance!"

The Boogie Knight Duelist said, "Don't worry, I will. And now that your turn ends, my Crush Counter activates, increasing my Life Points by 300!"

Koji: 800

Chazz: 1000

"This may be it, ladies and gentlemen," DJ Sagara exclaimed as he examined the Duel Field, "Kamen Rider Disco, aka Koji Shinamori, and Chazz Princeton are down to their last few Life Points. Can Koji carry out his boast of being able to defeat Chazz within three turns!?"

Koji stood at the ready, taking one long, deep breath before drawing his card, gathering all his focus.

Just then, Marta called out to him. "I love you, Koji! I know you can win this Duel!"

"You got this, buddy!" Victor added. "Just like against Kamen Rider Mars, you can win!"

All of his friends cheered him on and Koji smiled with closed eyes. "Thanks guys," he whispered as he went for his Deck. 'Deck, don't fail me now,' he thought as he pulled out his card. Opening his eyes, he saw the card he drew and grinned. "As always, my Deck comes through for me in the clinch. Alright, Chazz, I hope you brought your boogie shoes, because IT'S TIME FOR THE LAST DANCE!"

"KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! There's his calling!" DJ Sagara exclaimed.

"Bring it!" Chazz challenged him, knowing what was to come against him.

Taking a card from his hand, Koji placed it into his Spell/Trap Zone. "First, I activate Heavy Storm, destroying all Spell and Trap Cards on the field!"

"What?!" Chazz exclaimed, as all of his Trap Cards, including his set cards, were blown to smithereens. Even the Funkytown crumbled down and eliminated Foxy Lady's Rose Colored Boogie Shoes, bringing back her red platform sandals, returning the field to its neutral state once more. "Why would you do that?!"

"To keep you from countering this next move," Koji said as he grabbed another Spell Card. "I activate the Spell Card It's Time To Boogie, removing from play from my Hand, Deck, Graveyard, and/or Extra Deck Boogie Knights DJ Flame, Aqua Mama, Groove Stone, Tornado Hippie, Thunder Roller, and Disco King to Fusion Summon myself!" Koji removed the cards from played as he placed his Disco Driver around his waist.

IT'S TIME TO BOOGIE!

"HENSHIN!" Koji shouted as he placed his Style Record on his Driver, putting down the needle as he did his transformation dance while the holographic disco ball and lights surrounded him before exploding as he transformed. "I Fusion Summon myself, Kamen Rider Disco (10/ATK: 4000/DEF: 4000) in ATK mode!"

"Crap!" Chazz cursed himself, knowing would happen next.

"Even if your monster can't be destroyed except by a Normal Monster, my attack is more than enough to beat you!" Koji declared.

"It's over…" Chazz groaned, lowering down his Duel Disk. "This can't be happening!"

Behind his mask, Koji frowned slightly as he said, "You fought with honor, Chazz. You put up a great fight. You should be proud of that. But in the end, victory is mine this time." He then put his Party Time Record onto the Disco Driver and put the needle down.

OH YEAH! IT'S PARTY TIME! RIDER KICK! DROP THE BEAT!

Colorful musical notes began floating around Koji's platform shoes as they glowed gold. He then leapt into the air and became surrounded by a giant golden energy disco ball. "LAST DANCE!" Koji cried out as he flew downwards, musical notes trailing behind him as he slammed into First of the Dragons, knocking it away until disappeared out of sight with a roar, along with the last of Chazz's Life Points.

Koji: 800

Chazz: 0


The crowd was silent at first, due to the epic battle they had just witnessed. And then, Yukina started to clap lightly, followed by her husband. The rest of the group followed, then finally-

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The whole crowd went wild.

"What a battle! Such wonderful counters; what a masterpiece duel held between these two contenders! But in the end, only one could grasp victory; only one could be blessed by the Goddess of Duel. That one is none other than our first ever GeneX Champion: our local Kamen Rider Disco, Koji Shinamori~~~~~!"

As the crowd continued to cheer for them, Koji, detransformed approached Chazz, who seemed down from his defeat. "Hey, you did well, didn't you? You pushed me to the edge in that Duel and I had to really step up my game to win it. You gave me one of the hardest fought Duels of my life, Chazz"

"…Yeah… I guess you're right." Chazz said, regaining his composure while looking at Koji. It was then that Koji noticed that while he still had his arrogance, Chazz's aura was much more… Friendly, one would say. "But next time, I'll whoop your butt for this humiliating defeat! Remember that, Disco Head!" He smirked, offering his hand to him.

Koji stood silent for a moment before grinning and taking Chazz's hand. "You bet! Our rematch is a disco dance I can't wait to get my groove on for, buddy! And I bet our deck's will have even greater tracklists than this Duel!"

"Can't argue with that." Chazz kept his smirk before he turned around, looking at the entrance. "I hope those idiots will settle their scores with Sartorius and Orma quickly, cause I don't know if we can keep the chaos in check…"

Koji looked in that direction before waving his hand dismissively. "I'm sure they have it under control." He then grinned again as he noticed their friends coming towards them, Marta rushing towards him at the front of the pack. "Would you excuse me for a moment? I have a proud girlfriend coming."

"KOJI!" Marta shouted as she leapt into her boyfriend's arms excitedly, immediately covering his face with kisses, leaving several lipstick kiss marks all over it. "Oh, I'm so proud of you, my love! You really did it!"

"Thanks, baby," Koji said as they then shared a passionate kiss on the lips. Getting close to her face, he whispered in her ear, "I don't suppose you'd be up to give me a congratulatory victory shag later, would you?"

Grinning, she whispered back, "You bet we are…"

"Dyn-o-mite!" Koji exclaimed as the others caught up to him and Marta and began congratulating him on his win.

While the rest of the group continued to compliment Koji, minus Kurogasa's parents who were looking at Tsukiyo slowly recovering from her shock, Chazz kept looking at the entrance, thinking to himself, 'Why do I have a feeling there's more trouble for those wimps?'


While the duel at the Duel Arena was taking place, Jaden, Aster, Kaito, Akira, Harald, Kurogasa, Kazuma, Will, Allyson, Naomi, Akira, Harald, and Louis ran towards the Obelisk Blue, where they are expecting to meet Orma and Sartorius there. "This is it, everyone. It's all or nothing!" Will exclaimed.

"The Cosmos has guided us throughout the trial of our journey. Now, it is up to us to pick up where we left off!" Allyson commented.

"All that's left is to whoop their butt!" Jaden grinned happily. "This is gonna be sweet, huh, Kazuma?"

"You bet your ass on that, Jaden!" Kazuma smirked.

"Only time will tell before the battle begins…" Harald said.

Just as they were getting there halfway to their destination, Kurogasa noticed Allyson slowing down for a bit, stopping at a path. That caused the group to stop. "Allyson, what is it?"

"I… sense a presence. And it is near." she said. Turning her attention to the group, she asked, "None of you felt it?"

"A presence? Orma?" Kurogasa asked.

"No…" she shook her head. "Not as strong as his, but the presence is as if it wanted us to felt it."

"Ho~? Seems like someone knew I'd be here…" a female voice said, revealing herself before the group. The familiar woman donned in a secretary outfit looked at the group, saying, "As expected from the Guardian herself. But as I have said before Takatora-san, I shall serve only the strongest, and Orma is one person that you cannot defeat."

"Minato!" Takatora recognized as he appeared.

"Wait, Minato as in Kamen Rider Marika?" Kurogasa asked.

"Isn't it quite a surprise, Takatora-san? To see me fully materialized before all of you?" she chuckled. "As you would have expect from the strongest. They can bend fate to his will and none shall ever stop him. My proof of existence is one of them."

"Why are you here?" Will asked.

"To simply guide the destined duelists to face my master, Orma-sama, and his fellow ally." Minato explained. "To those who wish to duel Sartorius-sama, he awaits you all to face him. Only those who have the key will duel for this world's sake."

"In other words, Jaden and Aster will face Sartorius themselves…" Will took note.

"The rest of you are welcome to witness the duel, but none shall interfere once the battle takes place." Minato explained before she turned around and walk in a foreign path.

"I think she wanted us to follow her…" Allyson said. "…to those who would face Orma and his… ally."

"Ally? What are you talking about?" Kurogasa asked. "The only ally he has is Sartorius."

"No." Allyson shook her head. "There is another."

"Another?" Kurogasa repeated.

"And it felt like-" Allyson trailed off.

"-it's one battle that you can't avoid." Kaito summed up, looking at Kurogasa. "I guess that's what she meant by that."

"'She'?" Allyson asked.

"The Priestess of Fate…" Kurogasa answered. "She… kinda appeared in our dream last night."

"A dream? That's totally sweet!" Jaden perked up. "I wish I had a dream like that!"

"I don't think our friend here understands the situation…" Aster deadpanned, glaring at Jaden.

"In any case, we'll have to split up into our two groups by the time we get there." Kurogasa said.

"In that case, Kurogasa and I will go after Orma since we have unfinished business with him," Kaito figured.

"Then that means the hyperactive idiot and I will go for Sartorius," Aster said.

"And I'll stick with both of you, Aster." Will added. "I have to ensure whatever Sartorius tries to pull, I'll be sure to interfere it if possible."

"Suit yourself." Aster shrugged before taking his leave.

"Hey, wait up!" Jaden exclaimed before he and Will followed.

"And it would only leaves us." Allyson said. She then looked at the twins, asking, "What will both of you do? Both of you do not have to do this daunting task we're in right now…"

"We'll be going with Kaito. I see no reason to do otherwise." Kazuma replied with a shrug.

With a light nod, Allyson replied, "Very well. I shall not stop both of you for aiding us, but please proceed with caution. Whatever Orma planned to do, the Cosmos cannot predict his movements. Are you alright with this condition?"

"Not like we can't handle it." Naomi spoke up.

"That's right, we've been through a hell of a lot more than you guys can imagine." Kazuma added.

"Then, let's get going." Kurogasa said. "You ready to end this, Kaito?"

"Yeah," Kaito answered with a nod as he gripped his deck holder.


As the larger group continued to follow Minato, they stumbled upon a cave, far away from the academy. "Why do I feel like I've known this place before?" Kurogasa pondered to himself.

"Something the matter, Kurogasa?" Allyson asked.

"This place… it feels… familiar…" Kurogasa got out. "Like I've been here before."

"All shall be explained…" Minato assured as they entered the cave. As they entered deeper into the cave, Kurogasa's eyes were wide open, noticing the familiar figures chained at the walls of the cave.

"IT'S THE PRIMARY RIDERS!" Kurogasa exclaimed. Kurogasa gasped. "And Mana's here too!"

"Oh, what a touching reunion…" Orma's voice chuckled, appearing before them at the center of the circle he created while clapping out loud. "How touching indeed… would you like some tissue for such a romantic reunion?"

"LET THEM GO ORMA!" Kurogasa demanded.

"Let them go, you say?" Orma pondered. "Hmm… alright, if you insist."

"Huh? Just like that?" Kaito blinked, as the chains wrapped around them loosened up, as all of the Primary Riders and Mana were now on their feet.

"Something's off…" Allyson pondered, as Kurogasa approached his comrades. 'He wouldn't let them be without a catch…'

"Guys! I'm glad to see you!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"..." the rest of the Riders and Mana were silent… and not even looking at him?

"Guys?" Kurogasa asked.

"Kurogasa, something's not right! Get back!" Allyson said.

"What?" Kurogasa said confused.

ATTACK RIDE! BLAST!

"What the-?!" Kurogasa got out, but it was too late for him to dodge, as Tsukasa shot out volleys of shots at him, point blank. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Kurogasa!" the group gasped, aside from the Akasaka twins.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Surprised?" Orma asked, as the Primary Riders and Mana were now walking towards him, standing there behind him. "The curse I've implanted on them have finally taken their toll. Now, they are nothing more than mere obedient slaves for me to play."

"Ki… sama…!" Kurogasa growled as he staggered up. "Give them back!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You and Kaito have a score to settle with me, remember?"

"So is this what you're resorting to, now that Geist is forever out of your reach?" Kaito directed his question at his former manager as he prepared to activate his Duel Disk, which he wore on his right arm this time.

"Curious, shounen?" Orma chuckled. "Well, if you are interested, I might as well indulge your curiosity. You see, after the events of your liberation from Geist, I was at the brink of madness. That is… until I discovered something else."

"What's… that?" Kurogasa gritted.

"Did you know? That all of the origins of Kamen Rider came from the source of nothingness?" Orma explained. "Fifteen has told me all about it, as to how the Primary Riders would continue to evolve in order to become stronger. Oh, but there's a twist. Once they've reached their peak, the energy within them will not stop growing, thus… it is said that they are doing nothing more than wasting their energy without a cause. That's where I discovered the alternative energy for replacing Geist's power, the expandable powers of the Primary Riders!"

"Then, what does Mana got to do with it?!" Kurogasa snapped.

"Oh? This Dark Magician Girl?" Orma said, looking at the blank-state Mana. He held her chin between his fingers, making her look at him while saying, "She wields the ancient magic of Egypt and is also a guardian of a certain nameless Pharaoh. Wouldn't it pique your curiosity if she was able to use her magic to her bidding? Wouldn't it be better for me to exploit it, so I can use the magic of my own?"

"You bastard! I won't let you!" Kurogasa said before placing the gauntlet on his arm. "HENSHIN!" The energy logos of the Secondary Riders appeared and circled around him before becoming a ring of light and it expanded into a pillar of light before changing into reverse sided duel monster cards and dispersed to reveal his armor. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" He yelled before he jumped up to do his Rider Kick on Orma. "JUSTICE BREAKER!"

*CRASH!*

"Wha-?!" Kurogasa was surprised, to see a hooded figure standing in front of him, stopping his kick with ease.

"Heh… my, my… such a reckless bastard you are, aren't you…" the figure paused, slowly turning his face donned in the owl mask, added, "…boy?"

Kurogasa's eyes widened considerably. "ORPHEUS?!" The next thing that happened was that Orpheus threw him towards the cave wall, his back crashing into the rock.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YES, IT IS I, ORPHEUS! I HAVE FINALLY RETURNED FROM THE UNDERWORLD!" He laughed as Kurogasa staggered up.

"You bastard…! I killed you!" Kurogasa snarled. "You're supposed to stay dead!"

"Yes, I suppose I was… but I can be quite… elusive, can't I?" Orpheus chuckled, before he took off his cloak and revealed his true body to the group. This caused Kurogasa to relive his nightmare once more.

On the upper part of his body, he wore a tight sleeveless black shirt with multiple straps around his chest to his stomach as his exposed dark purple arms with green lines and purple blisters were shown. His veins pumped out the fluid in it as a few tentacles appeared on his shoulders and sharp dirty black claws. On the lower part of his body, he wore tight black shorts that covered his thigh and from the knee below, it was bulky, dark purple skin with green veins on it as some of the blisters were still fresh and having dark claws on his feet. As he was hunching down, his back revealed demonic wings, which spread wide open, dripping down in red blood. His face was demonic too, with sharp fangs and a snake-like tongue.

"G-Gh!" Kurogasa cringed, feeling his whole body shaking slightly. This caused Kaito to notice the predicament.

"Miss my appearance? I know you would…" Orpheus chuckled.

"B-But… I…" Kurogasa stuttered.

"And you might be wondering why the place before the cave were so familiar? That place… is our old battlefield!"

"?!" Kurogasa gasped, unable to make a comeback.

It was then Orma leered on the twins amongst the group. "Hmm… I smell demonic power within you two… A couple of half-breeds..." he mocked. "Am I correct?"

"Yeah. We're the children of Lucifer." Kazuma stated bluntly. "What of it?" He then glared at Orma. "By the way, you messed with my best friend. Care to have a chat?"

"Oh, I would love to have tea time with you, half-breed…" he replied sarcastically. "…but as you can see, I'm quite busy with manifesting the world into my palm."

"And fill this world with despair as well…" Orpheus chuckled, as he extends his hand to the front. "Come, my loyal subjects! Let us prepare the ritual of the end!"

On cue, the Primary Riders and Mana slowly formed into orbs, gathering together into one large orb. After a while, it splits into two decks and each of them went to Orma and Orpheus respectively. "We have prepared for the duel. Are the defiers of destiny prepared as well?" Orma asked, waving his halberd to prepare for a duel.

"Here's your answer! Come forth, Aura!" Kaito called out. In response, appearing behind the azure-haired young man with a radiant glow emanating from her body was the Goddess of the Twilight herself. At the same time, the Akasaka twins quickly transformed into their demonic states, preparing for the inevitable skirmish.

"Ugh, this light sickens me…" Orpheus hissed. "But no matter, this duel shall commence and not even you half-breeds can do anything about it!"

"G-Gh!" Kurogasa winced.

"Ironic, isn't it, boy? The very deck I'm after… it is now in my hands…" he chuckled, as his left arm morphed into a duel disk, placing his deck on it. "Now you will reunite with your friends… in DEATH!"

"This is it… are you ready, Kurogasa?" Kaito asked, but he noticed Kurogasa was stunned for a moment, shaken from the facts the duelist just received. "Kurogasa?"

"He's… shaken to the core…" Allyson noticed. "Kaito, his resolve is wavering from Orpheus' appearance…"

"Heh, and I thought he would bring quite a challenge…" Orma chuckled. "Quite sad, our little Kamen Rider…"

"Damn it… Kazuma! Beat his face in and knock some sense into him!" Kaito told his best friend. "But try not to kill him!"

"Will do!" Kazuma said as he narrowed his gaze at Kurogasa, as did Naomi. Both of them charged straight at the Kamen Rider, their fists primed and ready. Then, before he could react, Kurogasa suffered a sucker punch from two different angles, effectively knocking him to the ground, his helmet now cracked.

"Hey, that was pretty fun." Kazuma remarked with a smirk.

"Oh, that's gonna hurt…" Orma chuckled.

"OW, what the-!" Kurogasa got out. "What was that for?!"

"I warned you, Kurogasa! Now get your head together!" Kaito shouted at the Kamen Rider. "Remember what that priestess told you! Doubts or not, it doesn't matter! It's how you fight through it and right now, you're not helping!"

"?!" Kurogasa gasped.

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Like he will ever get back up from that!" Orpheus laughed. "Don't you see?! You've already lost! You are nothing! Your victory against me was nothing but a fluke! You will always be the weakling I knew! A mere weakling that is always shrouded with doubts!"

"Look, I may have doubts of my own, but I would never let it be an obstacle for me! All you gotta do is face it and shove it back to its face!" Kaito told him.

"Kaito…" Kurogasa muttered.

"It's now or never, we'll end this… together!" Kaito said, resolved from his determination.

"No use sugarcoating that boy. He'd always be a weakling, and he knows it!" Orpheus added.

"SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" Kurogasa shouted before an aura of energy spiked up around him, causing the cave to tremble.

"Oh? What's this now?" Orma raised his eyebrow.

"Kurogasa?" Allyson asked.


BGM: Kamen Rider Drive OST - Police Spirit

"No more…! NO MORE!" Kurogasa shouted as he stood up. "You've caused enough pain and suffering… I'm not going to let you hurt anymore people…! I won't let you hurt those precious to me…! I will protect them all! I almost lost everything and I'm not going to lose it again!"

"With what? Mere spouts of jumbled words?" Orma chuckled. "Your friend over there has stronger resolve than you. Beating you twice, no less!"

"Maybe you're right about that. He is strong and I acknowledge that strength. But the one thing you forgot to realize is that I have something you don't have: friends! Friends that support one another no matter what may come! I was so focused to protecting everyone, I rejected everyone and lost everything that was dear to me! I'm not going to make that mistake again! My burden is their burden! My struggles are theirs too! That's why… even if I end up on my bum, there'll always be a hand to get me back up on my feet! And I learned that firsthand!" Kurogasa pointed out, looking at the twins. "…even though it might be painful at times!"

"Well what do you know… he actually learned something from my beating." Kazuma remarked.

"Bravo! Bravo!" Orma sarcastically clapped his hand. "Now that's the foolish shounen I knew! Goodness gracious, Kaito-kun. This is why you shouldn't side with weaklings. They would only cripple your path of greatness…"

"Actually, I share similar sentiments to Kurogasa," Kaito said. "If it wasn't for Kazuma, Naomi, or Akira, I wouldn't be where I am today. And right now, because of their help, I'm going to kick your ass!"

"And another thing Orma. You're also right about me being a fool. I may be a fool, and I may even curse myself for walking this path as a Kamen Rider… but it is not wrong."

"Truly?" Orma raised his eyebrow. "Well now, shall we put it to the test? To see if a meager spout is nothing more than a bark?"

"Oh, yes… let the Wheels of Fate turn!" Orpheus chuckled, activating his duel disk.

"Kaito… you ready?" Kurogasa asked, looking at Kaito; full of determination.

"Ready!" Kaito answered as he activated his Duel Disk, only for the machine to emit a bright flash of light. "Huh? What the?"

End BGM


Appearing from the Duel Disk, now standing at an equal height to the azure-haired teen, was none other than AIKA.

[I'll be by your side as well, Kaito-san.] the Artificial Intelligence said.

"AIKA?" Kaito and Akira questioned in surprise.

AIKA then turned her attention towards Harald, [Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Harald.]

"My pleasure," Harald replied with a fatherly smile, then turned his attention towards Kaito. "Kaito, with AIKA also at your side, you have everyone's support."

"Thank you, uncle," Kaito said gratefully before returning his attention towards Orma and Orpheus as he pulled out his deck and pushed it into its proper slot with both AIKA and Aura behind him who glanced at each other with a smile of familiarity.

"Let this duel commence!" both Orpheus and Orma declared.

"Kurogasa, no matter what happens, we Riders will have faith in you." Makoto assured him in spirit form.

"Do what you need to do." Yuuto added, making Kurogasa nod.


"DUEL!"

Kurogasa/Kaito: 16000

Orma/Orpheus: 16000

"Here it is… our fateful encounter!" Orma declared, as he waved his halberd, drawing out his sixth card and hovered it in front of him. "Let's give it a change of scenery, shall we? I activate a Field Spell Card - Curse of Unity!"

The interior of the realm started to crack, and more cracks appeared as time went on. Eventually, it shattered away, revealing that they are on top of the black castle, with the scenery of many corpses lying around it. Old, bloody torn flags can be seen, and even the sky is bloody red, accompanied by pale moon. "You like this, fellow shounen? I feel soo much at home now…" Orma chuckled.

"What is this place?" Kurogasa asked, looking around.

"This is what you mortals call the Forbidden World. It will all be revealed soon enough. For now, I shall activate the Field Spell's effect!"

"Huh?" Kurogasa got out, as he noticed an aura seeping out from Orma's body.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 16000

Orma/Orpheus: 14000

"By paying 2000 Life Points, I can Special Summon as many level 4 or below monsters as I want from my Deck, but, they are not allowed to change their battle positions or even attack at all! But it matters not for me, since none of us are not allowed to attack at all. I Special Summon… Kamen Rider… Kuuga…"

A silhouette appeared, having his belt around his waist.

"…Agito…"

Another silhouette appeared, already getting into his stance as he summons out his belt.

"…Ryuki…"

Another one follows suit, slowly raising his deck and the belt appeared around his waist.

"…Faiz…"

The next silhouette stands still, looking at Kurogasa with blank eyes.

5-5-5

STANDING BY

"…and Blade..."

The last figure stood up, placing the Change Ace into his Buckle and placed it onto his waist. Decks of cards shot out of it, forming a belt. As this Rider gets into this stance, pulses can be heard from the buckle.

"…all of them are in ATK mode!"

"Henshin…" the five silhouettes said soullessly.

COMPLETE

TURN UP

Soon, the five figures transformed into their respective armors. Kamen Rider Kuuga (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200), Kamen Rider Agito (4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1000), Kamen Rider Ryuki (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1750), Kamen Rider Faiz (4/ATK: 1550/DEF: 1450), and Kamen Rider Blade (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400)

"And I'll end my turn here." Orma said confidently. "And oh, just so you know, this Field Spell can be used by anyone, but if I were you, Kaito-kun, I should be wary of my moves…"

"My turn then, draw!" Kaito called out as he drew his sixth card before picking one from his hand. "I'll start by playing Frontline Base! With this, I can Special Summon a Level-4 or lower Union Monster from my hand once per turn! I choose Digital HERO - Carl the PK!"

As Kaito played his cards, the first Monster to appear on his field was a young woman with long white hair that fell to her waist wearing a long dress in a blue so dark it could almost be mistaken for black, and the only ornament being some lace and a pearl-like gem at her neck. In her hands she wielded a large axe. (4/1700/600)

"And what is she supposed to do?" Orpheus scoffed. "Heal our boo-boos?"

"I guess you don't know what the term "PK" means," Kaito said with a smirk. "It's shorthand for "Player Killer", someone who specifically hunts down other players in online games just to kill them and make their experience miserable."

"Bah, that nonsense means nothing to reality, boy!" Orpheus spat out.

Kaito then grabbed another card from his hand and played it, "Next, I'll play the Quick-Play Spell, Unison Party! Since I successfully summoned a Digital HERO Monster this turn, I can Special Summon a Level-4 or lower Digital HERO from my deck!" Kaito then pulled out his deck and fanned his deck and looked through them before grabbing the card he desired. "I summon Digital HERO - Albireo!"

Appearing next on Kaito's side of the field was the tanned spear-wielder whose weapon was none other than the Divine Spear of Wotan, otherwise known as Odin's spear Gungnir, which first appeared in Kaito's duel against Emma. (4/1600/1400)

"And next I'll release both of my Monsters!" Kaito announced as his two Warriors vanished from the field. "…to summon Digital HERO - Tokio!"

Appearing next on Kaito's field in place of the previous Monsters was the red-haired schoolboy wielding a single large sword in his right hand and a dagger in his left. (8/2500/2000)

"Tokio?" Naomi repeated.

"Must be another new card." Kazuma figured. He smirked to himself.

"Truly?" Allyson asked. "This is the first time I've encountered Tokio."

"Judging by those stats, he must he an equivalent to Kite, his original ace Monster," Akira figured.

"You would be right," Harald answered with a smirk as the others present turned their attention to the card designer. "Tokio is quite possibly the most powerful card in Kaito's deck if used right. Aside from Aura, of course."

"I see… that's why I can feel the gentle light emitted from it." Allyson nodded lightly.

"What's this? A mere schoolboy wandering around is your deck?" Orpheus chuckled. "Quite 'unique', your deck is…" he mocked him.

"Then I'll activate the Spell card, Pot of Greed, to draw two more cards!" Kaito continued as he pushed the card into his Graveyard slot and drew out two new cards. "Next, I play the Spell card, Party of Three! With this, since I successfully Normal Summoned a Digital HERO this turn, I can Special Summon up to two Digital HERO Monsters from my hand! And I choose these two!" Kaito held up his remaining two cards. "Digital HERO - Mimiru! Digital HERO - Zelkova of Moon Tree!"

As Kaito played his cards, the next Monster to appear was another female Monster familiar to Orma and Kurogasa with an appearance similar to that of BlackRose but with long, braided brown hair and red armour wielding a gigantic broadsword. (4/1600/1300)

Appearing after was a young boy in white Japanese-styled clothing, with silver hair and golden eyes. He wore a blue obi, and carried an oversized fan as part of his outfit. His weapon of choice was a fairly large yet thin blue scythe with the blade curved like a crescent moon. (7/2400/2400)

"Well, well… seems like an old friend of ours appeared once again..." Orma chuckled, mocking him. "Are you planning to take her out to a dance with that boy of yours, shounen?"

"She'll be dancing with a more familiar partner," Kaito said with a grin. "I activate Tokio's Monster Effect! Once per turn, I can equip any Monster on my field to him and he'll gain 500 ATK and DEF as well as the effects of the equipped Monster! Mimiru, party up with Tokio!"

In response, the brown-haired swordswoman happily moved over to Tokio's space and the two high-fived each other. (8/2500-3000/2000-2500)

"You may raise your monster's ATK all you want, Kaito-kun, but since this is our first turn, none of us are allowed to attack." Orma reminded him.

"Doesn't matter to me," Kaito said with a shrug. "Like I said, Tokio also gains the effects of the Monster equipped to him. Normally, Mimiru can't be selected as an attack target while Tokio is on the field. But in this case, Tokio can't be selected as an attack target so long as he remains on the field."

"Heh… if that little runt stays on the field…" Orpheus chuckled.

"So it can equip any Monster to it and gain its effects?" Naomi repeated Kaito's explanation in surprise.

"That could actually be a very useful ability, especially with that buff to its ATK and DEF and access to pretty much any effect in Duel Monsters," Kazuma said with a hint of amusement. The Persona duelist smirked to himself, though no one else seemed to notice.

"My turn isn't finished yet, Orma. I activate Zelkova's Monster Effect!" Kaito continued. "Once per turn, I can add any one card from my deck to my hand!"

"A means to keep your hand in check, huh?" Kurogasa said, as Kaito takes out the deck from its slot and searching for a card. "Nice move."

After finding his desired card, Kaito shuffled his deck and put it back into its slot, but then revealed the card he had chosen, "I play the Spell card, Duel! With this, Orma, you and I will get to draw cards until we both hold six in our hand!"

"Tch…" Orma hissed, only to draw an extra card while Kaito refills his then-empty hand back to six.

Kaito looked over the cards he had drawn before grabbing four of them, "I'll set three cards face-down and activate the Continuous Spell, Net Slum - Haven of the Abandoned!" Three reversed cards appeared on Kaito's field as piles upon piles of various trash heaps and destroyed electronic devices appeared. "I'll end my turn there!"

"Ya~wn, I was waiting for so long, I could take a short nap." Orpheus chuckled.

"If it's a nap you want, I'll come right up there and knock you right the hell out!" Kazuma directed at Orpheus, holding up a clenched fist.

"My, my… such temper…" Orpheus chuckled, drawing out his sixth card. "And once again, I shall activate the Field Spell - Curse of Unity!"

Kurogasa/Kaito: 16000

Orpheus/Orma: 12000

"I shall pay 2000 Life Points once more, so I can Special Summon five of my Level 4 or lower monsters from my deck! And what better way to celebrate it than by Special Summoning Kamen Rider Hibiki!"

A silhouette appeared, wielding some sort of tune fork in hand.

"Kabuto!"

A lone silhouette stood tall, as a familiar ZECTar flew towards him. His hand was fast enough to catch it, holding it in its place.

"Den-O!"

The next silhouette placed the belt around his waist and without hesitation, he pressed on the red button on his belt, letting out a familiar electronic tune from it. He held his pass on his other hand, ready to change.

"Kiva!"

The silhouette confidently walked towards Orpheus's side from behind him, walking calmly while calling out in a monotone. "Kivat."

"Huh?" Kurogasa got out. "Kivat's not-"

"UHWOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Kivat's voice could be heard as he was making his way towards Wataru. "What happened to me?! I can't control my body!" it is then he felt a familiar grasp, catching him off-guard. "Oi! Wataru? You're here? You're alright!"

"Yeah…" Wataru nodded blankly, as Kivat didn't notice his change of tone.

"Kivat! Get away! He's being controlled!" Kurogasa shouted.

"Wha-?!" Kivat tried to speak, but only to lead him to-

GABU!

*CRUNCH!*

"And of course, your friendly neighborhood, DECADE!"

"Just remember this…" Tsukasa said blankly, appearing before Orpheus. "…no matter what you do, you can never defeat my master. Why? Because you're nothing more than just a passing-through Kamen Rider… remember that." Tsukasa warned, holding the Decade card into his hand.

"ALL IN ATTACK MODE!"

"Henshin…" all five of them got out, beginning their transformation.

HENSHIN! CAST OFF! CHANGE: BEETLE!

SWORD FORM!

KAMEN RIDE! DECADE!

The oni Rider was engulfed in fire, both Kiva and Kabuto casts of their former shells to reveal their armor, Den-O had parts of the train equipped on him, and ten grey silhouettes formed into one armor before his magenta armor came in color. Kamen Rider Hibiki (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1650), Kamen Rider Kabuto (4/ATK: 1550/DEF: 1350), Kamen Rider Den-O (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1600), Kamen Rider Kiva (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1900), and Kamen Rider Decade (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1800) were now making their entrance.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Do you see it now, boy? Your loyal friends are nothing more than mere puppets in my hand!" Orpheus laughed out loud.

"Keep telling yourself that…" Kurogasa muttered. "I will free them from your clutches."

"I would lo~ve to see you try! I'll set three cards face-down and play Rider Rejuvenation!" Orpheus exclaimed, activating his Normal Spell Card. "In turn of skipping my Battle Phase, I can gain 1000 LP for each Kamen Rider on the field. Guess how many there are right now?" he smirked.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 16000

Orpheus/Orma: 22000

"That's 10,000 Life Points…" Kurogasa muttered.

"That bastard has to be cheating!" Akira shouted angrily.

"Unfortunately he isn't," Harald pointed out. "That card is very much like the Repth Spell Card in Kaito's deck. However, since both Orma and Orpheus have Kamen Rider Monsters, it counts for both sides of the field since it designates any Monster with Kamen Rider in its name that exists on the the entire field."

"But it's too bad… my boy hasn't summon his yet, so I can reap more LPs." Orpheus faked a tear in his eye, playfully wiping it off. "But it matters not. I'll end my turn here."

"Heh… shounen." Orma said to Kurogasa.

"What?" Kurogasa snapped.

"If I were you, you should be wary of your field…" Orma chuckled. "Especially when you summoned them…"

"Oh, I'm aware alright! It's my turn!" Kurogasa said, drawing his sixth card. "I play Double Summon, allowing me to summon twice this turn! So now I summon Kamen Rider Gaim and Drive in ATK mode!"

Two silhouettes appeared on the field. The first one attached his Sengoku Driver to his waist before unlocking his Lockseed and cutting it open after placing it in the Driver and locking it in place. "Henshin!"

ORANGE!

LOCK ON!

SOIYA! ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!

The second silhouette attached Mr. Belt around his waist. "Ikuze, Belt-san!"

"Okay! Start your engine!" Mr. Belt said, before the silhouette turned the key and placed the Shift Car in his Shift Brace.

"Henshin!"

DRIVE! TYPE: SPEED!

The metallic orange descended down on the first silhouette before energy wrapped around his body to form the suit and the metal orange disassembled to form the armor. Tridoron then appeared driving next to the second silhouette and shot out a tire while the armor was forming before it attached to him. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1400), (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1100).

"What's… this?" Orpheus asked, confused. "What are those things?"

"New Kamen Riders. And they're gonna beat yours! I activate their abilities! Go dice roll!"

"Dice roll?" Orma and Orpheus asked simultaneously.

"That's right!" Kurogasa exclaimed, as a pair of die appeared above both Kamen Riders' heads. Eventually-

*BONK!*

"ITE!" both of them winced in pain, courtesy of the dice dropping on them before it rolled out to the front.

"Alright, Gaim has six and Drive has five! For Gaim, he's going into Kiwami Arms! And for Drive he's going into Type Formula!"

"Kiwami Arms?" Orpheus got out. "Type Formula? What nonsense is this?"

"You'll see! Kouta! Shinnosuke!" Kurogasa said.

"Right!" They said. Gaim's Lockseed changed into the already opened Kachidoki Lockseed and at that point, a different kind of Lockseed appeared, and his Rider Indicator disappeared to reveal a sort of joint before he pressed the button making a key of sort pops out.

FRUIT BASKET!

At that point, multiple Cracks opened up from above and the metallic orange, banana, grapes, melon, pineapple, strawberry, mango, kiwi, pinecone, walnut, acorn, durian, lemon, cherry, peach, and cantaloupe descended down. Gaim inserted the Lockseed in line with the Kachidoki Lockseed and turned it downwards to flip down and reveal hidden panels showing the cores of all the Arms on top and the Armors of Kachidoki and Kiwami on the bottom.

LOCK OPEN! KIWAMI ARMS! DAI-DAI-DAI-DAI-DAI SHOGUN!

The metallic fruits and nuts suddenly flew over to Gaim and surrounded him before they converged together, and the Kachidoki Arms casted off to reveal Gaim in his new armor.

Meanwhile, Shinnosuke took out a blue car in the form of a Formula-1 race and switched it with the Type Speed card before shifting it.

DRIVE! TYPE: FORMULA!

Dynamic music played as a red and white striped circle made of energy surrounded Drive before the armor changed parts and color before reattaching. Two small tires came out of Tridoron and attached to each of his wrist. The motif was of course, that of a Formula 1 racecar. His helmet changed into what appeared to be a yellow racing helmet with a black visor which wrapped around into a black car spoiler. The armor for his torso was that of a white and blue Formula 1 racecar with decals for each of the Shift Cars. His body suit was all black with blue arm and leg gauntlets and boots. The leg armor also had decals like those on his chest armor. Finally, unlike his past forms, where there was one wheel somewhere on his chest or shoulder, he had two smaller wheels right below his elbows.

"What is this?" Orpheus wondered.

"You'll soon see! Now here's the first part of their effects! For Gaim, since he's in Kiwami Form, his original ATK now becomes 4000!"

"What?!" Orma and Orpheus asked shocked.

"And for Drive, in Type Formula, his original ATK is now 3000!"

"WHAT?!" They shouted louder. Both Riders glowed with power as they powered up. (4/ATK: 1700-4000/DEF: 1400), (4/ATK: 1700-3000/DEF: 1100)

"And now for Gaim's second effect when he's in Kiwami Form! For this turn only, all card effects on your side of the Field are negated!"

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Orma yelled in disbelief.

"And if you think you hate that, you'll hate this! When Drive is in Type Formula form, he can attack ALL your Monsters!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Orpheus yelled… until he smirked. "NOT!"

"Huh?!" Kurogasa got out, baffled.

"I activate my Counter Trap Card, Rip!" Orpheus smirked, as a dark shadow hands went towards both Drive and Gaim, piercing through their chests. "Rip's effect is a little difficult. It would only work if I have more monsters than you AND it MUST be the same archetype before us! Here's the thing: Rip's effect comes first before your monster's effect!"

"Gwarrrrggghhhh!" Gaim and Drive yelled in pain.

"Oh, don't worry, my little men, you won't be destroyed, just lose your effects for this turn only!" Orpheus laughed out loud, weakening Gaim and Drive slightly. "So, boy, are you going to enter your Battle Phase? Oh wait, you can't! It's still the first turn! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Oh, on the contrary, I can STILL attack with Quick Rush! This lets me choose a level 4 Monster on my Field and have him bypass the first turn rule!"

"Che…" Orpheus scoffed.

"And I choose Gaim. Attack Kamen Rider Agito!" Kurogasa commanded.

"Hai!" Gaim said before turning his Lockseed.

HINAWADAIDAI DJ JU!

The futuristic Tanegashima Rifle appeared and he locked in the Orange Lockseed, aiming the gun at Agito.

LO~CK ON! 1! 10!

With the pull of a trigger-

ORANGE CHARGE!

He fired a cannon blast with small energy fruits surrounding the blast, heading for Agito.

"You are that desperate to attack him? Your old comrade?" Orpheus chuckled.

"I'll do whatever it takes to free them. Even if I have to resort to this…" Kurogasa muttered.

Before the attack could hit Agito, it froze for a moment, confusing them. "Hm?" Harald got out.

"Why did the attack stop?" Allyson asked.

"Oh, I've forgotten to tell you about the Field Spell's effect." Orma said. "You see, before you attack, its effect activates."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Allyson asked.

"You'll see…" Orma trailed off, slowly raising his left arm.

"Huh?" Kurogasa said baffled.

"What's he doing?" Kaito asked.

"Kaito!" Akira exclaimed.

"Kurogasa!" Allyson did the same.

"BEHIND YOU!"

"Huh?" both Kaito and Kurogasa got out. Before they could even turned around-

*SHANK!*

-both duelists felt sharp pain on their backs, as arrows pierced through Kurogasa's armor and were embedded in them.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They shouted in pain before they fell on one knee.

"Kaito!" Akira, Kazuma, Naomi, Harald, Louis, AIKA and Aura called out worriedly for the azure-haired duelist as he staggered a bit from the sudden pain.

"Kisama… what did… you do…?!" Kurogasa gritted in pain.

"What did I do?" Orma raised his eyebrow. It is then he remembered, saying, "Ah, I see. The Field Spell's effect activated. Shounen, since you and Kaito do not share the same archetype on the field, both of you shall receive damage equal to the level of the Monsters summoned this turn times 200."

"Because of your error, your Life Points will be decreased by 1600!" Orpheus chuckled, as their LPs starts to deplete.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 14400

Orpheus/Orma: 22000

"Don't you find it odd?" Orpheus chuckled. "The reason why both of us are using Kamen Riders?"

"It's because both of us knew that both of you would wield different archetypes during the battle." Orma said. "I've told you before, both of you should wary of your moves. Oh, and did I mention this is also a Shadow Duel?"

"Now you tell us…" Kaito growled.

"To sum it up, once you've summon out your monsters on that turn, you'd take damage before you attacked us." Orpheus chuckled. "Now, let the attack resume!"

The paused attack is now moving towards Agito, smashing it on his chest. The result was it left a big explosion, depleting their Life Points.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 14400

Orpheus/Orma: 21700

"With Agito's destruction, I'll activate one of my face-downs!" Kaito interrupted as one of his set cards rose. "Time-Traveling Data Ship - Grand Whale!" In response to the card's activation, the sound of a blue whale's cry could he heard before a gigantic ship designed like a large whale appeared above the field. "When a Monster leaves the field, I can add one Chrono Counter to the Grand Whale!" As the explosion subsided, all that remained of Agito was a blue, hexagonal crystal that flew up to the giant ship. (Grand Whale: 1CC)

"Hm?" Orma added, noticing Agito entering the ship. "What is the purpose of Agito becoming a part of your ship now? Is there going to be a grand plan you're about to pull out, Kaito-kun?"

Kaito merely smirked, "That'll be for me to know and you to find out once my Grand Whale has enough Chrono Counters."

"Hmph. Like that will make any difference. Still, it's ironic, isn't it?" Orpheus chuckled. "This very field lives up to its name: in order to work together as a team from different tribes, one must pay the cost for doing so."

"And as of right now, both of your lives are at stake. Can either of you make it out from this battle?" Orma leered at them/.

"I'll… place two facedowns… and end my turn…" Kurogasa got out, managing to place the facedowns on the field.

"Our acting… was quite convincing, isn't it?" Orma chuckled.

"The boy's face when it turned from hope to despair… oh, it's priceless!" Orpheus laughed out loud.

"This final trial… Cosmos, bear witness to the fate of this world…" Allyson got out. "All that is left for both of them is… to survive.


Fen: Okay, that's part 1 of this epic war done! As you saw, I made upgrades to Kuro's Deck and now the Riders all have a dice-roll effect. That way, I can keep any and all of the forms the Riders might transform into.

SD: Yeah, yeah, that's nice and all, but WOOHOO! Koji is the Genex Champion! Aww yeah! Aww yeah! AWW YEAH-YEAH! OOO-OOO!

TWF: And now, I shall present to you my gift, SD! *gives him the rainbow-sh*tting unicorn*

SD: *eyes the unicorn with disgust* I'll pass, thanks… *Takes unicorn to toy store and trades it in for a pet monkey*

TWF: Awww~~ D:

Fen: Seriously though? Really?

MotWC: Oh boy…

AG: Huh… I actually wasn't expecting the duel to be this soon… I thought it wouldn't be for, like, another two chapters. Kudos, guys. You actually managed to surprise me in a good way.

MotWC: Agreed. This is unusual. Must be the work of demons. *pulls out COMP*

Fen: Well anyways, stay tuned for part 2! You don't want to miss this!

AG: After all, next time, we're taking things to the next level. The Infinity Eight are coming…

MotWC: Oh yes they are… Prepare your ass cheeks.

TWF: *grabs my butt cheeks* I'M READY!

MotWC: Hey Mara! Someone's ready for you!

Fen: Um… aren't you kinda spoiling the next chapter?

AG: Not really. I'm giving a hint and unless anyone reading this knows what I'm talking about by both of my phrases, it's not a spoiler.

Fen: Hm… okay. *shrugs*

TWF: Hurry, Fen and SD! Grab your butt cheeks! :D

Fen & SD: NO!

TWF: Aww~, you two no fun! D:

SD: No, Fang, you're gross!

Fen: We'll see you next chapter! Bye!

TWF: …aren't we forgetting something? Like… we're in the middle of a war or something? o.o

AG: We've got three demons here, one of which is the Lord of Hell himself. Why are you so worried?

TWF: Because look it all of those shiny missiles that are flying at us! :D

Fen: WHAT?!

SD: *sighs* Guess it was the right choice to buy more life insurance today.

MotWC: Don't worry, I got this.

AG: Sorry Wild Card, but this one's mine. *I grin as a set of glowing red patterns appear over my body* Come on… Come on… I'm right here!


Curse of Unity
Type
: Field Spell
Effect: This card is exclusive to Tag Team Duel. You may pay 2000 LP to activate its effect. If you do, you may Special Summon as many Level 4 or lower monsters from your deck in any position you want. These Special Summoned monsters cannot attack or change their battle position. If one side of the field controls more than one archetype, when they have summoned monsters on the field, they will take damage equal to the level of the summoned monsters on the field during that turn x200 before entering Battle Phase. The players may skip the Battle Phase to negate this card's effect. This card cannot be destroyed or replaced with another Field Spell as long as one side of the field controls the same archetype on their field.

Rip
Type:
Counter Trap Card
Effect: This effect would only work if either one of your opponents control the same archetype of monsters you controlled and you have more monsters than your opponent. If you do, negate the effects of their monsters on that turn until End Phase.

(These cards was created by The Wild Fang)

Rose Colored Boogie Shoes

Type: Equip Trap Card

Effect: This card can only be equipped to "Boogie Knights' Vassal - Foxy Lady." Any Battle Damage from a battle involving "Foxy Lady" is negated. As long as this card is equipped to "Foxy Lady," all monsters on your opponent's side of the field without a Crush Counter attached to it must attack "Foxy Lady."

(This card was created by Serpentdragon)

Kamen Rider Gaim
Level:
4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 1700/1500
Effect: Once per turn: You can roll a six-sided die. Until the end of this turn, replace this card's original effect with 1 of these effects depending on the result.
● 1: (Pine) This card's original ATK becomes 2000. When this card attacks a Defense Position Monster: Inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
● 2: (Ichigo) This card's original ATK becomes 2000. This card can attack directly. Damage taken is halved.
● 3: (Suika) This card's original ATK becomes 2000. Once per turn: You can increase this card's ATK by 500, until the End Phase.
● 4: (Jimber Lemon) This card's original ATK becomes 2500. When this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step.
● 5: (Kachidoki) This card's original ATK becomes 3000. Once per turn, you can: Destroy 1 card on the field, OR: Destroy all Monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack until your next turn.
● 6: (Kiwami) This card's original ATK becomes 4000. Once per turn: You can negate the effects of all cards your opponent currently controls until the End Phase.

Kamen Rider Drive
Level:
4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 1700/1100
Effect: Once per turn: You can roll a six-sided die. Until the end of this turn, replace this card's original effect with 1 of these effects depending on the result.
● 1: (Type Speed) Up to twice per turn: You can shuffle 1 card from your Graveyard into the Deck, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent. This card cannot declare an attack this turn if you use this effect.
● 2: (Type Wild) This card's original ATK becomes 2300. Up to twice per turn: You can discard 1 card, and if you do, destroy 1 card on the field.
● 3: (Type Technic) This card's original ATK becomes 2200. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks an opponent's Level 5 or higher Monster: You can reduce that Monster's ATK and DEF by 700, until the end of that battle.
● 4: (Type Deadheat) This card's original ATK becomes 2500. During your Battle Phase, you can double this card's ATK, and if you do, this card can attack all Monsters your opponent controls. At the end of the Battle Phase, destroy this card if you activated this effect.
● 5: (Type Formula) This card's original ATK becomes 3000. This card can attack all Monsters your opponent controls, once each.
● 6: (Type Tridoron) This card's original ATK becomes 3500. Once per turn: You can banish 2 cards from your Graveyard, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. Other Monsters you control cannot declare an attack this turn.

(These top two cards were re-edited by me and Master of the Wild Card.)

Unison Party
Quick-Play Spell
Effect: If you successfully summoned a "Digital HERO" Monster this turn; Special Summon 1 Level-4 or lower "Digital HERO" Monster from your deck.

Digital HERO - Zelkova of Moontree
Level-7
LIGHT
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2400
Effect: Once per turn, if you control at least 1 other "Digital HERO" Monster, you can add 1 card from your deck. This card cannot attack the turn you use this effect. This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Time-Traveling Data Ship - Grand Whale
Continuous Trap
Effect: When a Monster is removed from the field, add 1 "Chrono Counter" to this card. During your Main Phase, you can remove any number of "Chrono Counters" from this card; Special Summon a "Digital HERO" Monster from your Deck or Graveyard with a Level equal to the number of "Chrono Counters" removed. If you control a face-up "Digital HERO" Monster, this card is unaffected by card effects your opponent controls.

(The above three cards were created by The Azure Guardian and based on the .hack/Conglomerate)