TWF: Hey, ho! What's up, you guys! *looking at my legs still running around like crazy* Huh… those are sum' legs of mine… o.o

Fen: I'm surprised they're still running… -_-;

TWF: And somehow, our friend's final attack actually turned my walkie-talkie body into a normal body! Well… most of it… *looking below, hovering around while my legs passed right below me*

MotWC: Yeah that's not how Megidolaon is supposed to work… -_- You should be a smoldering piece of ash right now… but oh well, it worked out I guess.

Fen: Well, anyways, I'm more than ready to finish this arc once and for all and finally kill Orma for good!l!

MotWC: Yeah, we're on the home stretch, so it's time to end things off. Also you're very trigger-happy there, Fen.

Fen: Hey, he put Kurogasa through a lot of shit, so I'm ready to shoot!

MotWC: In that case, take this. *hands Fen an Evoker*

Fen: You know, I never thought I'd see the day that I'd be using this. *takes Evoker*

MotWC: …I'm getting a really ominous vibe right now from this. What have I done…?

TWF: Yep! When we last seen the tag duel, seems like both Orma and Orpheus has planned a pincer attack on both of our heroes and we got to see the total effect of Orma's Field Spell. Oh, that reminds me, Fen-kun, your explanation for Drive and Gaim's sudden change of effects. *opens the curtain, revealing the crowds looking at him*

AG: Still, considering how you've been building Kurogasa up, I didn't think you'd have him be the type who'd murder someone in cold blood…

TWF: Well, the story itself will tell the tale, dude. For now, Fen-kun, your crowd is waiting for ya! You have no idea how Azure Guardian and I gathered 'em all. Well, mostly Azure Guardian and Wild Card since they can do weird stuff that I can't… only by the fact that I can scratch behind my ears with my leg. Weird, huh? o.o

MotWC: Yeah… sometimes it pays to be the Rebel King of Chaos who rules over all demons. *smirks*

Fen: Yeah, yeah, yeah…

AG: Hey, when you literally live within the sea of data, you can do damn near anything. That aside, I've been looking forward to this duel for half the season.

Fen: Well anyways, as for my explanation… I mean here's the thing with the Deck. I feel I've grown stagnant as of late. And I may have neglected to use some cards without even knowing it. I wanted to condense the decks so I don't neglect any of my cards. I've been using some of the newest cards over and over again and failed to use other cards, repeating the same thing over and over again. I mean I've actually done some thinking about this. If you think about it, it doesn't come across as a complete asspull, just a new feature. I can see Kurogasa changing his deck in-between matches based on his opponent; he would be swapping out cards, seeing different combos, etc. I can also show Kurogasa screwed over by the random dice rolls every once and a while to show the downside of the new strategy. And he could get some cards that would help control his dice rolls. As we saw in Kurogasa's duel with Kazuma, he said that he became more selfish in that he is focusing on protecting those he cares about rather than some vague idea of heroism. While he still wants to follow the ways of a Kamen Rider and protect everyone in need, having Alexis get brainwashed hurt him, and now he wants to protect the ones he cares about. The chance based strategy represents him risking himself and his old childhood dream to protect the ones he loves.

TWF: *eating popcorn* Uh, wha~? Oh, sorry. Watching Deadpool on ma' birthday! Yes, Deadpool's premiere is on my birthday… live with it! lolz

MotWC: So yeah, that's our justification for that little… mishap.

TWF: More like a gigantic one! *legs continue to run on the ceiling* Is… that even possible? o.o

Fen: Unless you're Spider-Man, no.

TWF: Hey, AG! You don't have any some sort of glue that will patch me up in your sea of data, don't you? o.o

MotWC: This should be good…

AG: Eh… I think I've got something… *a crystal bracelet forms around my wrist as I aim my arm at Wild Fang*

TWF: Uh… why is your shiny stuff aiming at me? Aren't you supposed to aim at my legs or something? *legs continue to run around the walls*

AG: Oh don't worry, this'll affect your legs just as well. *smirks* DATA DRAIN! *fires the Data Drain at Wild Fang, resetting him to Level 1 with no items, skills or equipment*

TWF: Hey, I'm me again! *looking at my body and noticed something* Awww~, now I got arms for legs and legs for arms… and I'm naked! 8O

MotWC: Yeah, and now you're at absolute basic. *smirks as my demonic tattoos form on my body* Which makes this next part easier. :D

TWF: I'm sexy and I know it! Cause I'm badass, smartass and… great ass! :D

SD: *digs out of hole* Holy schnikies! Where the heck did you guys go!?

Fen: *facepalm* Let's just start the chapter already!

Disclaimer: Same thing.


Orma and Orpheus have now pressed their attacks on our Kamen Rider and Digital HERO duelist, using the deck that Kurogasa wasn't expecting to face: his own Primary Kamen Rider and Mana. Even though the first round was done, the total effects of the battle were now in our antagonists' favor, and the Field Spell worked marvelously for them.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 14400

Orma/Orpheus: 21700

"Hahahaha! Our acts were convincing, wouldn't you agree?" Orma chuckled. "And both of you have fallen for it."

"…" Kurogasa remained silent, keeping his poker face.

"Kaito-kun, if I know you very well, you should be angry at your partner, and yet, here you are, cool as a cucumber…" Orma commented.

"And why should I be angry at Kurogasa?" Kaito questioned, keeping a narrowed gaze at his former manager. "Thanks to him, I actually know the weakness of your Field Spell now."

"Oh, is that so?" Orpheus smirked. "Even if you figure it out now, it's futile for you to counter it. As long as either of you summon out different monsters on the field, the damage will come to you as payback, and yet, you're saying this would give you an edge?"

"As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I'm saying," Kaito answered with a knowing grin. "As you explained, your field will damage us equal to the Level of Monsters we summon on our respective turns before our Battle Phase… And that's your weakness. We can summon Monsters after the Battle Phase and it won't hurt us since the effect resets after every turn and since we would have already attacked, or outright passed our turns, we wouldn't take damage after summoning."

"As expected from my nephew." Harald said proudly. "He calmly analyzed the whole situation and pointed out each cards' weaknesses, despite the waves of attacks he had to endure."

"Hence, the reason why he is nearly impossible to beat in most of his duels…" Allyson commented. "I learned of this because I dueled him before…"

"That's Kaito for you," Akira, Kazuma and Naomi said in unison with satisfied grins on their faces.

"Kaito, I really hope you have something planned." Kurogasa said. "I don't care if you have to pull it out of your ass, because anything sounds good right about now."

"Come on Kurogasa, you should know me better by now," Kaito said as he glanced at the Kamen Rider with a cheeky grin. "No matter what strategy these two have, I always have at least three others prepared to fall back on. That's how my deck works."

"Heh… alright, I get it. I trust ya." Kurogasa scoffed good-naturedly. "Let's kick their ass!"

(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 Joan dash towards the screen and Gaim delivered the slash onto the screen, revealing the title. After a brief moment, Joan's flag appeared and shined brightly blinding the viewer 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 Joan 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 50: RIpples of War - Part 3

"Young humans these days… always thinking you're one step ahead of us…" Orma said, waving his staff to draw out his next card. "But nothing beats experience, boys! And this old mage is going to prove it to you!"

"Bring it! Whatever you have planned, we'll fire back!" Kurogasa taunted.

"Such high spirit you have, shounen… but spirit isn't going to be enough!" Orma said as Kuuga turned into an orb. "I'll sacrifice Kuuga, in order to Tribute Summon Dark Magician Girl!"

"Gh…!" Kurogasa cringed, behind his helmet. "Mana…"

The said orb morphed into a familiar Dark Magician Girl, wielding her staff, but with a foul mood on her face and soulless eyes. (6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1700)

"Dark Magician Girl?" Allyson pondered. "She's not a Kamen Rider…"

"Correction: with this Equip Spell Card, she will be! Heart of the Pride!" Orma played his Equip Spell card, as a casing of some sort appeared in front of him, as he held it in his hand. "With this card, I can choose one monster on the field and declare an archetype. And with it, that same monster will be having the same name as other monsters on the field. Shounen, you know very well what it would be, yes?" Orma smirked.

Kurogasa only stared at him, keeping his silence.

"Dark Magician Girl, with this Heart of the Pride, you are now a "Kamen Rider"!" Orma declared, thrusting the said casing right behind her. Dark Magician Girl winced slightly, as Orma clamped the said casing onto her beating heart. As a result, her aura seeps out from it, making her stronger than ever. "Oh, there's another effect for Heart of the Pride. Should my opponent control the same declared archetype, during the Battle Phase, any monster that battles with my Dark Magician Girl with a different archetype, would have their Equip Cards negated in that battle. In this case…"

"Kaito's battle negater will be negated!" Allyson deduced.

"Kaito-kun, despite your knowledge on Digital HEROes, I've seen you use your newer cards once before, so I have a clue as to how they work." Orma added. "Next, I shall sacrifice Kamen Rider Ryuki, so I can level up his form! Come forth, Kamen Rider Ryuki - Survive Form!"

Ryuki raised his hand where Dragredder was equipped. Moments later, it turned into a dragon shaped like gun. He drew out a card from the V-buckle and opened up the dragon-like gun inserting the card before closing it.

SURVIVE

When that happened, fire surrounded him before it dispersed to reveal Ryuki in his armor more bulky, and with the shoulder armor pointy and extended. His helmet is also extended in a sense as well (8/ATK: 2350/DEF: 2150). "And since he's successfully summoned, you are dealt 1000 points of damage!"

"Gh…!" Kurogasa braced himself as red flames spewed onto both Kaito and Kurogasa's field, damaging them in the process. "WAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!"

Kurogasa/Kaito: 13400

Orma/Orpheus: 21700

"Kaito!" Harald exclaimed, as Kaito's shirt and pants were slightly charred from the burn. "Are you alright, my boy?"

"Yeah… I'm fine…" Kaito responded as he regained his composure. "But since Ryuki and Kuuga were removed from the field, my Grand Whale gains two more Chrono Counters!" Two hexagonal crystals appeared from Orma's field and flew up to the massive ship. (TTDS-GW: 3CC)

"Hang in there, Kaito!" Akira called out to her fiancé.

"Hang in there buddy!" Kazuma called out as a gentle light flowed out from his hand and over Kaito's body, partially healing his injuries to the point that his own body would be able to repair the rest of the damage.

Meanwhile, Kurogasa's armor smoked as bits of the armor were melted. "Is that… all you got?"

"Shounen, I was just getting started!" Orma smirked. "Entering Battle Phase!"

A ripple of magic spread through the air, passing through Orma's monsters. Much like what Kaito predicted, despite the fact that Dark Magician Girl isn't a Kamen Rider, but thanks to Heart of the Pride, Orma didn't take any damage. "Dark Magician Girl, attack Tokio! Black Burning!"

"What?" Allyson wondered, confused by the out-of-place maneuver. "Her attack is lower than Tokio, and yet he's still attacking it?"

"Reverse card, open!" Kaito called out as a counter, one of his set cards rising. "Power of Salvation and Destruction!" As the card rose, it gave off a strange glow that surrounded not only Kaito's Monsters, but also Kurogasa's as Dark Magician Girl launched her attack. "When this card is activated, all Monsters on my side of the field cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects and any damage Kurogasa and I would take is reduced to 0! And as long as I control a face-up Digital HERO, Power of Salvation and Destruction cannot be destroyed!"

"Tch…" Orma growled, as Dark Magician Girl shot out her black magic blast, only to have Tokio slice it, appearing right in front of her and dealt her the finishing blow. This caused her to land back on Orma's side, instead of being destroyed by battle.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 13400

Orma/Orpheus: 20700

"To counter her destruction, Heart of the Pride will take her place instead…" Orma growled, as he sent his Equip Spell Card to the graveyard. "Well played, Kaito-kun. Despite the knowledge I have on your deck, you are still able to outwit me."

"And that itself would be a nuisance, correct?" Orpheus said.

"Very…" Orma nodded. "Oh well, I shall set two cards facedown and end there. Kaito-kun, it's your turn now."

"Kaito might have it hard, if it weren't for his trap card…" Allyson analyzed. "Now with that trap card lasting until Kurogasa's End Phase, at the very least, they will lessen the damage they would take from both of these entities of darkness."

"Yes, but even then, this battle is still unpredictable." Harald explained. "Orma's Heart of the Pride would be a nuisance for Mimiru's effect. By then, those two would have somehow boosted Dark Magician Girl's ATK to get rid of Tokio without much hassle. It may negate the effects of Equip Cards, but not the Spell or Trap itself."

"Kaito-kun, please be careful of the summoning you want to make." Gaim told him.

"Any more of that burning effect and I don't know if we can even last on this turn…" Drive added.

"My turn then! And I'll give up my Draw Phase to activate my Net Slum card, letting me add a card from my Graveyard to my hand!" Kaito announced as he pulled a card out of his Graveyard slot.

"Oh?" Orma raised his eyebrow, seemingly intrigued by Kaito's sudden action. "Giving up your draw for a mere trash card in your Graveyard?"

"In case you forgot Orma, it was this exact move that allowed me to defeat you back in Domino City," Kaito replied with a smirk.

"Ah yes… how could I forget that? That was the reason why I hired you in the first place…" Orma chuckled. "Very well, show this shounen the difference of your skill and his luck."

"During my Standby Phase, I'll activate the second effect of Power of Salvation and Destruction!" Kaito continued.

"It has another effect?" Akira wondered curiously.

"After this card is activated, I can choose one of two effects to activate during each of my Standby Phases. The first was to protect my Monsters, the power of Salvation, you could say," Kaito explained. "But now I'll have you feel its second effect, the power of Destruction! Since I control a face-up Digital HERO, I can send my Trap card to the Graveyard and destroy all Monsters on my opponent's side of the field!"

"WHAT?!" Orpheus and Orma shouted.

In response, the Trap card began to shake violently and crack before shattering, releasing a surge of energy across the field that consumed Dark Magician Girl and the Kamen Riders controlled by Orma and Orpheus. When the blast faded, all that was left of the Monsters were nine hexagonal crystals that soon flew up towards the Grand Whale and were absorbed by it. (TTDS-GW: 12CC)

"You did it!" Kurogasa exclaimed. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wouldn't mind if you dealt the final blow in this duel."

"Thanks Kurogasa, but it's not that simple," Kaito explained. "A card that powerful comes at a cost. The turn I activate its second effect, I cannot conduct my Battle Phase for the turn." Kaito then smirked as he directed his attention to his opponents. "But at least that means your Field Spell won't be able to hurt me no matter how many Monsters I summon this turn."

"Oh, Kaito… my poor Kaito-kun…" Orma shook his head sadly. "You are still naive."

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

"Well, is your turn done?" Orma asked, now glaring at Kaito.

"I still have moves I can make," Kaito answered. "Just because I've given up my Battle Phase doesn't mean I don't have my Main Phases."

"That's right." Allyson nodded. "There's still Main Phase 2."

"Very well… do what you must do." Orma said. "Just be sure you don't regret doing it."

"I activate the effect of my Grand Whale!" Kaito continued, pointing up to the massive ship above them. "By removing any number of Chrono Counters from my Data Ship, I can Special Summon Monsters from my deck or Graveyard whose Levels equal the number of Chrono Counters I've removed! And I'll remove all 12!"

"What was that?!" Orpheus exclaimed as the Chrono Counters on the ship vanished completely. For some reason, Orma still kept his poker face. (TTDS-GW: 0CC)

Kaito then proceeded to pull out his deck and fan his cards before pulling out two, "I summon Digital HERO - Silabus and Digital HERO - Gabi of Kestrel!"

The first Monster to appear on the field was an extremely handsome young man with long brown hair tied into a ponytail dressed almost entirely in green clothing resembling a brigadier wielding a single-handed longsword in his right hand. (5/1900/1400)

The next Monster to appear was a very large and imposing lion-man standing at 7'6", his body almost completely covered in armor with what little flesh is left bare being covered in thick, red and white fur. His facial hair was groomed to resemble horns, and he wields a massive red broadsword in one hand. (7/2400/1800)

"And here I thought Servant Rider - Alexander the Great was tall…" Kurogasa muttered.

"Next… I'll release Silabus!" Kaito continued, but instead of disappearing from the field, Silabus leapt into the air as a rectangular portal appeared above him, causing his entire body with the exception of his face to glow white after passing through. "To summon Digital HERO - Silabus Xth Form!" Once the transformation was complete and Silabus was standing on the field once again, his garb had changed to more closely resemble that of a pirate, including the addition of the green, stereotypical pirate hat sitting on his head and his sword now resembling a large cutlass. (7/2400/1900)

"And so long as Silabus Xth Form remains on the field, all Monsters my opponent controls will lose 1200 ATK and DEF," Kaito concluded as Silabus then glared darkly at Orpheus and Orma. "My turn will end there!"

"Ah, since we've reached the End Phase, allow me to re-decorate this whole field." Orma said, prompting open his trap card. "Reverse Time!"

"Reverse Time?" Allyson noted… until she realized it. "Oh no!"

"Oh? The Guardian noticed." Orma smirked. "That's right. This Trap Card can only be triggered during anyone's End Phase. This trap card will reset the whole field back to its original position of the monsters. Any monsters that were destroyed this turn would return to the field. Any monsters that were summoned to the field would return back to their hand. And any monsters that stayed in the Graveyard… would be banished!"

"What?!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"Not on my watch! Activate Trap card!" Kaito quickly countered as one of his other set cards rose. "Waters of Time! As long as this card remains face-up on the field, while I control at least one face-up Digital HERO, all Monsters on my side of the field are unaffected by card effects my opponent controls!"

"Hey, what about mine?!" Kurogasa snapped. "No fair, Kaito!"

"I said my side, it works for both of us since we both share the same side of the field," Kaito explained to the Kamen Rider. "Just like Power of Salvation and Destruction did before."

"Oh… my bad." Kurogasa apologized nervously as a barrier of water stopped the flow from Orma's field trying to reset Kaito's field. At the same time, all nine Kamen Riders and Dark Magician Girl appeared on the despair duo's field.

On Orma's side were:

Kamen Rider Ryuki - Survive Form (8/ATK: 2350 - 1150/DEF: 2150 - 950)

Kamen Rider Faiz (4/ ATK: 1550 - 350/DEF:1450 - 250)

Kamen Rider Blade (4/ ATK: 1600 - 400/DEF: 1400 - 200)

Dark Magician Girl (6/ ATK: 2000 - 800/DEF: 1700 - 500)

While on Orpheus' side were:

Kamen Rider Hibiki (4/ ATK: 1800 - 600/DEF: 1650 - 450)

Kamen Rider Kabuto (4/ ATK: 1550 - 350/ DEF: 1350 - 150)

Kamen Rider Den-O (4/ ATK: 1800 - 600/ DEF: 1600 - 400)

Kamen Rider Kiva (4/ ATK: 1750 - 550/ DEF: 1900 - 700)

Kamen Rider Decade (4/ ATK: 2000 - 800/DEF: 1800 - 600)

"Oh, Kaito-kun, don't forget your gift…" Orma reminded, as Ryuki aimed his gun at Kaito and pulled the trigger. Red flames spewed all over him, inflicting damage both physically and mentally. "Your 1000 damage, that is!"

Kurogasa/Kaito: 12400

Orma/Orpheus: 20700

"Gh!" Kaito winced in pain, as the flame has burned more of his shirt and pants, making it more obvious. However, once again Kazuma used his powers to restore Kaito to near-perfect condition, including the repairing of his clothes.

"Seems like Kaito-kun can handle the heat…" Orpheus said, drawing out his next card. "I wonder if our boy can do the same? First, I play my Normal Spell card, Dark Rider's Sacrificial Entity!"

"Dark Rider's Sacrificial Entity?" Kurogasa repeated, having a bad feeling.

"You heard me, boy. This card allows me to sacrifice one DARK monster on our side of the field and until the end of my turn, all of my monsters gain ATK points equal to that of the sacrificed Monster's original ATK points." Orpheus explained. "Orma?"

"What's mine is yours." Orma chuckled, as dark mist appears right in front of Dark Magician Girl. The black mist wasted no time covering her entire body. The scream of Dark Magician Girl was distinctive as the mist extracted her power and sent it to the five Riders on Orpheus's side of the field, increasing their powers.

Kamen Rider Hibiki (4/ ATK: 600-2600/DEF: 450)

Kamen Rider Kabuto (4/ ATK: 350-2350/ DEF: 150)

Kamen Rider Den-O (4/ ATK: 600-2600/ DEF: 400)

Kamen Rider Kiva (4/ ATK: 550-2550/ DEF: 700)

Kamen Rider Decade (4/ ATK: 800-2800/DEF: 600)

"But since Dark Magician Girl was removed from the field, Grand Whale gains a Chrono Counter!" Kaito pointed out as the hexagonal crystal left behind from the Spellcaster's body flew up to the ship. (TTDS-GW: 1CC)

"It matters not to me, because it is more than enough for me to inflict more damage on you, boy!" Orpheus said. "And now, entering Battle Phase!"

Upon the declaration, the ripple appeared once more, went through all of the monsters on their side of the field. Orpheus kept his smirk, knowing the damage cannot be pass at him since Dark Magician Girl isn't on the field. "Kamen Rider Decade, wipe out that Drive of his! Dimension Kick!"

"As you wish." Decade nodded, drawing out his card before placing it onto his belt.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DECADE!

Decade leaps up high into the sky and moments later, holograms of cards aligned towards them. "HaaaaaahhhhH!" Decade exclaimed, passing through each holographic cards as his kicking foot charges up for the finishing touch.

"Activate trap!" Kurogasa countered. "Rider Intervention! If I have another Kamen Rider on the field, it allows Drive to gain Gaim's ATK points this turn!"

"Shinnosuke-kun!" Gaim exclaimed, joining forces with Drive. Their combined might is more than enough to meet up with Decade's Dimension Kick.

"What?!" Decade exclaimed, shocked at seeing Gaim's and Drive's swords clash with his kick.

"Back off!" Gaim and Drive shouted as they pushed Decade back, destroying him into pixels. (4/ATK: 1700-3400/DEF: 1400)

Kurogasa/Kaito: 12400

Orma/Orpheus: 20100

Unknown to Orpheus and Orma, even though it's faint, Kurogasa heard loud and clearly two words from Decade's destruction.

"Save us…"

"Tsukasa…" Kurogasa's eyes opened slightly, hearing his voice of desperation.

"And my Grand Whale gains another Chrono Counter!" Kaito pointed out as another hexagonal crystal appeared on the ship. (TTDS-GW: 2CC)

"Hah! Even though it's only in effect for one battle, it was all for naught, boy!" Orpheus said, as Kiva is already in the air, his kicking foot charged up for the attack. "Kiva, destroy Gaim with Darkness Moon Break!"

"Kid, you better watch out!" Kivat exclaimed as Kiva placed the Fuestle in his mouth.

WAKE UP!

"HAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Kiva exclaimed with all of his might, dashing down for the kill.

"Activate Trap card!" Kaito countered as his remaining set card rose. "Smokescreen! When my opponent declares an attack while I control at least one face-up Digital HERO Monster, I can negate that attack and end the Battle Phase!" In response, an explosion of smoke spilled across Kurogasa's side of the field, blinding Kiva.

"Gh!" Kiva grunted, as he had no other choice but to leap back to Orpheus' side. But all of the sudden, all four Riders winced in pain, holding their chests.

"What's going on?" Kurogasa asked.

"Oh, it's the Dark Rider's Sacrificial Entity's effect." Orpheus calmly explained, as the four Riders… suddenly shattered into dark orbs?!

"What's going on over there? Why would they turn into orbs?" Allyson pondered.

"Since I was unable to deliver any damage to my opponent in this turn, the monsters that received my gift will receive a curse. This curse will destroy them instead, inflicting 800 damage to you!" Orpheus pointed at Kurogasa, as the orbs flew at Kurogasa' direction. "FOR EACH OF THEM!"

Each blast hit Kurogasa square on the chest, as the impact got stronger. This knocked him off his feet and the front of his armor was seen, dark and rotten. Despite that, while Kurogasa was laying on his back, he could hear his friends' voices.

"Kurogasa…"

"You are our only hope…"

"…to free us from these bindings…"

"Save us from them! Save us from these chains!"

"You guys…" Kurogasa muttered, as their Life Points depleted, but not before hexagonal crystals emerged from each of the four orbs and flew up to the Grand Whale. (TTDS-GW: 7CC)

Kurogasa/Kaito: 9200

Orma/Orpheus: 20100

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! How do you like that, boy?!" Orpheus laughed his butt out, as Kurogasa is still lying down on his back. "Can you feel it? The despair from those orbs?"

"Kurogasa! Get up!" Kaito exclaimed.

"It's no use, Kaito-kun. Those last attacks have deeply damaged his heart." Orma chuckled, making Kaito growl. "He must have felt it: his friends' vengeful spirits for abandoning them!'

"Kurogasa-kun! Are you okay?!" Gaim called out.

"Don't let your engine get turned off from that attack, young man!" Belt-san said.

"Kurogasa, don't make me tell Kazuma to punch you again!" Kaito warned.

"Ergh…!" Kurogasa gritted as he struggled to get up. "I'm… far from done… activating trap!"

"A trap card?" Orpheus got out.

Kurogasa managed to press the button, revealing the said trap card. "Rider's Lucky Day! I can draw cards, up to number of Kamen Riders I have on the field…!"

"Rider's Lucky Day? That's Alexis's card!" Allyson noticed, as Kurogasa drew his additional two cards.

"Hmph, it matters not. For now, I'll activate the Field Spell, Curse of Unity's effect!" Orpheus said, as his Life Points were reduced.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 9200

Orma/Orpheus: 18100

"With this, I can Special Summon five more "Kamen Riders" on the field, and it's time for you to greet them, boy!" Orma added, as five silhouettes appeared on the field.

"Ready, Phillip?" the first silhouette said, raising his black Gaia Memory to strike a pose.

JOKER~!

"Yes, Shotaro… this would be interesting…" another silhouette replied.

CYCLONE!

"I'll summon out Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider OOO!" Orpheus declared, as the second silhouette slotted three coins onto his belt, tilting it sideways and held a device in his hand, also striking a pose.

"I'm ready…" the silhouette said soullessly, as another silhouette placed his switches on his belt.

ROCKET!

LAUNCHER!

DRILL!

RADAR!

"Kamen Rider Fourze…" Orpheus said before shifting his attention to the next one. "Kamen Rider WIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!"

"Hmph…" the silhouette scoffed, putting his ring on and flipped his Hand Author to one side, activating it.

SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN~! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN~! SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN~!

"And of course, last but not least… Kamen Rider Eternal!"

"Hmph, about time…" the silhouette scoffed, pressing the button on his Gaia Memory.

ETERNAL!

With a quick placing on his belt, the techno song continued to play.

"ALL IN ATTACK MODE!"

3!

2!

1!

"Henshin…" all five of them declared in unison, activating their belts.

CYCLONE! JOKER!

TAKA!

TORA!

BATTA!

TA-TO-BA TATOBA TA-TO-BA!

FLAME! PLEASE! HII! HII! HII, HII, HII!

ETERNAL!

Kamen Rider Double (4/ATK: 1800 - 600/DEF: 1500 - 300)

Kamen Rider OOO (4/ATK: 2000 - 800/DEF: 2000 - 800)

Kamen Rider Fourze (4/ATK: 1400 - 200/DEF: 1200 - 0)

Kamen Rider Wizard (4/ATK: 1700 - 500/DEF: 1550 - 350)

Kamen Rider Eternal (4/ATK: 1900 - 700/DEF: 1200 - 0)

"And OOO's effect increases his ATK points by 100 for every "Kamen Rider" on the field, including himself. And since there are five on my side, three on my partner's side and two on your field, his ATK points increases by 1000!"

"HAAAAAAHHH!" OOO lets out a roar, as flames seeped out from his armor.

Kamen Rider OOO's ATK: 800 to 1800

"So, when can I get my blood on 'em?" Eternal asked, wielding his dagger.

"Soon, my friend. I'll set two cards facedown and that will end my turn." Orpheus added, as two holographic set cards appeared. "So boy, do you see now that you can't win? Even with your friend backing you up, from my eyes, you have never grown from where you stand, and it truly disappoints your dead uncle…" he mocked, shaking his head in disappointment.

"Don't you dare talk about my uncle like that!" Kurogasa snapped. "He was a good man! You just tainted him for your own damn ambitions! And I won't let you tarnish him any further!"

"So what of it? You plan to get your revenge on me?" Orpheus taunted.

"Not revenge… justice…" Kurogasa muttered. "I did it once, and I can do it again! I've already lost everything and I won't lose it a second time! I have Kaito and the others to back me up, and as long as I have faith in them and myself, then I won't lose! My life will burn brighter than anything you throw against me! DRAW!"

"Then tell me… how is your mother doing?" Orpheus smirked, making Kurogasa pause.

"What?"

"Is she fine? Does she have that fragile body of hers to live once again?" Orpheus asked cryptically. "I believe she does, since she got two of your siblings in her, correct?"

"Gh… you go anywhere near them…!" Kurogasa growled.

"Kurogasa, don't fall for his psychological attack!" Harald warned. "He's trying to get into your head!"

"Me? Tricks?" Orpheus scoffed. "My boy, seems like you were unaware of something…"

"Like what?" Kaito asked.

"You see, throughout this duel, neither you nor Kaito did not recognize the signs of me getting stronger." Orpheus spelled out. "Do you know why both of us continued on with our assaults on you? Every time our Life Points change I grow stronger. And with our Life Points now doubled, I was able to perform something like this…" he paused, grinned devilishly.

"Do… what?" Kurogasa asked, as his body started to waver on the bad feeling he felt.

"This…" Orma raised his staff up high, allowing them to see a vision of a location. The background showed the scenery of a hallway and in it, it shows that Kyoshiro, Yukina and Sayaka walked out from the infirmary, apparently having done another monthly check up.

"Why are you showing us this?" Kaito demanded.

"Just watch carefully…" Orpheus chuckled, as a black mist appeared not far from the three are walking along, wielding a dagger in hand. Upon closer inspection, the black mist has the appearance of… Orpheus?

"Kaa-san!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"That's right, my boy! As I stated before, with every of your Life Points dropped, my strength increases. And with this, I was able to create a double of myself, waiting for my command to slay your only hope!"

"NO!" Kurogasa yelled, just as soon as he was about to make a dash for it.

"Hold it right there, shounen!" Orma called him out, making Kurogasa paused. "Are you sure you want to bail out in this duel? Leaving Kaito-kun on his own while you go save your mother?"

"Gh…!" Kurogasa gritted.

"You fiend!" Allyson shouted. "How dare you carry such an ultimatum?! I knew you would stoop low, but to think you would go this low…!"

"Hah, anything is possible for the sake of victory!" Orma chuckled. "No matter what happens, it's a win-win situation for us."

"You bail out, boy, not only that you've lose the duel, but your friend, Kaito, will be entering the Shadow Realm in my place. You continue on with this duel, your family's life would be on the line." Orpheus laughed out loud.

Kaito smirked and laughed a little in response, "Is that what you think? Because if so, you're sorely mistaken."

"What?" Orpheus and Orma asked.

"The both of you will be losing today and this nightmare will end," Kaito said with finality in his voice. "And to make sure of that, I've brought along a new power that no one has ever seen before."

"A new power, huh?" Kazuma repeated. 'What are you up to?'

"A new power?" Orma got out.

"Hmph, like that will ever happen!" Orpheus scoffed before looking at Kurogasa. "Now, boy. If you want your family to be saved, you must summon as many monsters as you want, inflicting much damage on your Life Points and who knows? My double will spare your parents' life for it."

"Gh…!" Kurogasa gritted again.

"Now, boy. Make your move!" Orpheus grinned darkly.

"I don't take orders from you!" Kurogasa snapped. "I summon Kamen Rider Accel in ATK mode!" A silhouette appeared in front of Kurogasa and attached the Accel Driver to his waist before taking out his Gaia Memory.

ACCEL!

"Hen… SHIN!" The silhouette shouted before inserting the Gaia Memory in the Driver, making a revving sound before twisting the handle.

ACCEL!

He released the handle and an energy speedometer appeared, surrounding the silhouette before converging to form his armor. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1100). "Saa… furikiru ze!" He then noticed Double on the other side. "Hidari… geez, that half-boiled detective is really messed up."

"Urusei…" Double hissed.

"That's right! Summon more, inflict damage on yourself, boy!" Orpheus demanded. "Or else, your parents get it!"

"I activate Accel's ability! Once per turn, I choose one Monster on my side of the field, and Accel's ATK becomes the chosen Monster's ATK and after that, he gets to attack you directly! Kaito, mind if I borrow Tokio for a bit?"

"Go right ahead," Kaito answered with a smirk.

"Thanks!" Kurogasa said, as Accel's power rose up. (4/ATK: 1700-3000/DEF: 1100)

"What?! You're willing to put your family at stake?" Orpheus asked. "What a reckless fool you are!"

"Better a fool, than a bunch of cowards like you two…" Kurogasa shot back. "Terui, attack them directly!"

"Right!" Accel said, before revving the handle.

ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

"Before that, you take 800 damage from Curse of Unity's effect, shounen!" Orma declared, as more arrows fired onto Kurogasa and Kaito's back.

"G-Gh!" both of them winced before the two held out the pain and stood back up.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 8400

Orma/Orpheus: 18100

Accel immediately dashes forward, running with all of his might. The wall of Riders tried to stop him, but Tokio appeared in front of them, creating a gap for Accel to pass through.

"Take this!" Accel exclaimed, immediately performing Accel Gryzer onto Orpheus.

"G-GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Orpheus wailed in pain.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 8400

Orma/Orpheus: 15100

"Despair is waiting for you at the finish line…" Accel said before he immediately passed through the gap that Tokio made before the two returned back to their field.

"Grrr…!" Orpheus growled angrily, clutching his chest in pain. "You dare insult me, boy!?"

"I added injury to that too." Kurogasa added.

"Fine! Then, your family shall suffer my wrath! ESPECIALLY YOUR MOTHER!" Orpheus exclaimed, forcing his double to make a fast approach to the unsuspecting family. However…


"Ara, ara… six months into pregnancy…" Yukina cooed lightly, rubbing her stomach gently.

"Oooooh, I can't wait for my widdle cousins!" Sayaka gushed happily.

"Easy Sayaka, you gotta wait another three months before that happens." Kyoshiro laughed.

Unknown to the family, the black mist wielded a dagger and received its first order: eliminate Yukina. The black mist immediately flew towards her, aiming for the kill, until…

"That's as far as you go, shadow fiend!"

The black mist suddenly being tackled into the room near the family, confusing them.

"Ara?" Yukina blinked.

"What is it, Yukina?" Kyoshiro asked.

"I thought I felt something. Must be my imagination." Yukina sighed.

"Well, you are getting into a stage where you get tired easily." Kyoshiro informed her.

"Yeah, Aunty Yukina! Let's get home and get some grub on! I'm hungry all of a sudden!" Sayaka chirped.

Meanwhile, inside the room, the said black mist transformed into Orpheus' double, as the said figure stood tall, looking at him. Despite the chaos the two are in right now, not even one furniture was damaged at all.

"You're not harming that family! I will protect their lives that are burning brightly!" The figure said before the figure appeared with a new belt. This belt was grey and oval, having an eye, and one can barely see the eerie smile plastered on the belt. Next to it was a handle the figure can push and pull. As for the figure itself, his helmet was black with an orange mask that had a jagged curved horn on his forehead and black large black holes that were his "eyes". For his attire, he wore a black hooded jacket that was unzipped with orange highlights, and underneath was a black armor with clear plastic to protect it further and there was a symbol of an eye on there as well. The rest of his body from the waist down consist of black pants shoes.

"What… are you?!" Orpheus roared, starting to swing his dagger on the mysterious entity.

"You don't need to know me…" the figure said, dodging the wild swings from the assailant before landing a kick on its stomach. "…because you'll be gone before you even know it!"

"DIEEEEE!" it roared before the slashes got wilder, but the figure was able to hold onto his armed weapon and disarmed it, forcing the assailant to drop it. With a quick moves of Wing Chun-like attack within close combat, the figure was able to shove it, forcing it to tumble down on its back.

"Your end is now." the figure said, drawing out his large sword onto his hand and gets into his stance.

"DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" the figure roared, revealing its true figure and lunges for the kill.

"I'll… believe!" the figure said with determination, thrusting his sword towards the double, killing it in the process. After the kill, he withdrew his sword and walked away. "My job here is done."


"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Orpheus demanded. "What happened to my double?!"

"What just happened?" Kurogasa said, clearly dumbfounded. He quickly turned to the Digital HERO duelist, "Kaito, did you see who did that?"

"No, I didn't," Kaito answered as he shook his head. "All I saw was a blur rushing into that shadow thing."

"Kazuma!" Kurogasa exclaimed, still looking panicked. "You did see something, didn't you? Your demonic powers should've sensed it!"

"Just because I can sense something doesn't mean I can see it…" Kazuma deadpanned. "I didn't get a good look."

"Same here." Naomi chimed in.

"Then… what was that?" Kurogasa got out, now totally confused. As soon as he looked at Allyson, all she could do was shake her head in denial.

"Guess that's a mystery for another day." Kazuma shrugged.

"Well whatever it is, looks like you're not harming my family after this! Gaim! Drive! Attack Fourze and Wizard!"

"Do you think I'll let you off that easily, boy?!" Orpheus exclaimed, still wincing in pain due to his double's destruction. "Mirror Force!"

"Waters of Time, protect our Monsters!" Kaito countered, to which his Trap rippled like water and sent a wave of energy that collided into the magical barrier and destroyed it.

"NOOOO!" Orpheus exclaimed.

"An opening!" Gaim exclaimed.

"Belt-san!" Drive added.

"Okay!" Belt-san said before they unleashed their attacks.

SOIYA! ORANGE SPARKING!

HISSA~TSU! FU~LL THROTTLE: SPEED!

"Seei-haaaaaaahhhH!" Gaim exclaimed.

"Yaaaaaahhhhhh!" Drive exclaimed.

Eventually, both of their kicks landed on the targeted Kamen Rider, making them wail out in pain before exploding into pixels, the hexagonal crystals that remained from their bodies flying up to the Data Ship. (TTDS-GW: 9CC)

Kurogasa/Kaito: 8400

Orma/Orpheus: 12800

"And now onto my Main Phase 2, I activate the Spell Card, Duel, allowing Orpheus and I to draw until we have six cards!"

"What are your intentions, boy?" Orpheus growled, as the two drew out cards until they've reached six.

"You'll see soon enough. I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn." Kurogasa finished.

"This insult… THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE!" Orpheus roared angrily, stretching his wings widely.

"Calm down, Orpheus. As I said before, it is only the calm before the storm. And now, these boys have brought the storm before them!" Orma added, drawing out his next card via magic. "I play my Spell Card, Dark Rider's Curse of Fate!"

"What?" Harald wondered.

"This card is exclusive only to Kamen Riders. As I control two or more "Kamen Riders" on the field, and either one of my opponent controls at least one "Kamen Rider", I am allowed to destroy one card on the field. In return, the owner of the card is allowed to draw one card from their deck but he must discards two cards in return. Kaito-kun."

"What?" Kaito questioned, wondering which card Orma would choose, though since he'd have no other way to get past his Monsters, he had a feeling he knew which card would be targeted.

"Your barrier is quite a nuisance. Off it goes." Orma said, tapping his staff onto the ground. Without a doubt, dark hands grabbed onto Kaito's Waters of Time, dragging it down to the black abyss.

After his Trap vanished, Kaito drew a card and looked at it before taking another card from his hand and sending both it and the card he had drawn to the Graveyard, leaving only the card he obtained from his Haven of the Abandoned the previous turn.

"Now your barrier is out of the way, yet your Mimiru is still a nuisance…" Orma continued. "That is why I must play this! Clash of the Riders!"

"Clash of the Riders?" Kurogasa blinked.

"It works like this. In this very turn, both of our monsters will fight, regardless of condition." Orma explained. "And if monsters get destroyed in the process, the loser takes 500 damage as retaliation for its defeat. You don't have to take any damage from the difference of the battle."

"It's like my Rider Battle Royale." Kurogasa noted.

"Why bother dice rolling, where you can force your monsters to attack! Go! My minions shall attack your monsters, Kaito!" Orma commanded, as Ryuki, Faiz, and Blade dashed to their respective targets blindly, much to Kaito's confusion.

"Something's not right." Allyson said. "He wouldn't blindly have weaker Monsters attack the stronger ones unless there's a reason for it."

Without warning, Tokio suddenly hovered in the air, facing all three of them at once. As he thrust his arm forward, it suddenly charged up for an attack and before the three Riders knew it… "DATA DRAIN!" Tokio exclaimed, absorbing all three of them simultaneously. The leftover pixels flew towards Orma, resulting in damage.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 8400

Orma/Orpheus: 11300

"Orpheus, I'm sure you are ready for this…" Orma chuckled.

"Oh, I've been waiting for so long for this!" Orpheus laughed out loud. "I shall activate my trap card, SHOCKER Last Parade!"

Kurogasa and Kaito's eyes went wide open, realizing what's going to happen next. "Everyone, get away!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"Hm? What do you mean by that?" Allyson asked.

"Kazuma! Naomi! Get ready to protect the others!" Kaito called out.

"On it!" the demon twins responded as the prepared to act.

"Ohohohoho, this should be fun…" Orma chuckled. "It looks like I'll be reliving the old experience again! I'll chain it with my Quick Spell Card that I set! Sacrificial Sanctuary!"

"Kaito, why the sudden panic?" Harald asked, confused by his sudden urgency. "What is it about that card that's setting you on edge?"

"It can inflict real damage to our surroundings!" Kaito explained. "He almost destroyed Domino City during our last duel with that card!"

"And now, all of you fools shall experience it once more!" Orma laughed, as a rather large totem tower appeared before them. "With this Quick Spell card in play, I can sacrifice as many monsters as I want, and for each monsters that I sacrifice, it will reduce the amount of damage that Orpheus and I would receive by 200 multiplied by the combined levels!"

"And I have all the pawns for reducing their destruction!" Orpheus laughed out loud, as Double, OOO and Eternal levitated in the air, getting choked by the totem. Eventually, the three monsters turned into orbs, entering each of the totem's mouth. Once all of them have been accumulated, the number "2400" were seen on top of the totem, indicating the total damage that can be reduced. As all six Monsters left the field, they each left behind hexagonal crystals that flew up to the Grand Whale ship. (TTDS-GW: 15CC)

"Come, my minions! Shower them all with the pride of SHOCKER!" Orma declared, having a devilish grin.

"H-Hey, what's that up there?" Akira pointed out, seeing all of the SHOCKER goons dive down in a holographic sky, saluting while shouting "EEEEEE!" altogether.

Kazuma and Naomi took that as their cue and threw their arms up into the air, producing a barrier around themselves and the other spectators to protect them from the possible bombardment. "Kaito, brace for impact!" Kurogasa warned, crossing his arms for the incoming destruction.

"Since Tokio would be destroyed by your Trap, I'll activate his Monster Effect!" Kaito called out. "I can negate his destruction by returning a Monster equipped to him back to my deck!"

"Kaito-kun, have you forgotten the second effect of Last Parade?!" Orma shouted through the screaming "EEEEEEE!" of the goons. "I can banish one "Kamen Rider" Monster from my Graveyard, and I can cancel out Tokio's effect! Like so!" Orma demonstrated, taking out Kamen Rider Eternal from his Graveyard and made it disappear. This stunned Tokio's effect, despite Mimiru's safety being assured. Kaito then braced himself as he and Kurogasa prepared themselves for the inevitable. Four more hexagonal crystals were left behind after the destruction of the Digital HERO Monsters and flew up to the ship. (TTDS-GW: 19CC)


Meanwhile, Alexis, Syrus, Aster, Will, Jaden and Sartorius walked out from the dorm, in which Sartorius is being assisted by Aster. "Phew, what a duel!" Jaden perked up.

"Honestly, Jaden. Is dueling the only thing you have in mind?" Alexis shook her head, smiling slightly.

"What? Don't you feel the rush and excitement for drawing your card? I know I do!" Jaden grinned widely.

"Oh, Jaden…" Syrus sighed.

"My friends, I can't thank you enough for saving me from the Light of Destruction…" Sartorius said. "And forgive me for all of the chaos my Light side has created. I have witnessed everything, and yet, I was unable to control myself to stop him terrorizing this academy."

"It's not your fault, Sartorius." Aster assured. "At least this academy is going to be back to normal pretty soon."

"Yeah…" Alexis nodded. "I hope Kurogasa's okay…"

"Don't worry about him. He still has Kaito to help him out." Aster added. "That kid knows what he's doing…"

Just then, they heard a rather large explosion from afar, surprising them. "What was that?!" Jaden exclaimed.

"That sounded like an explosion!" Syrus panicked.

"It must be Kurogasa and Kaito!" Alexis realized. "They're in danger!"

"I believe so, young lady…" Sartorius nodded. "Orma and Orpheus are two figures that cannot be trifled with…"

"WHAT?!" The second year students asked shocked.

"O-Orpheus…?" Alexis got out.

"He's back?!" Syrus panicked.

"You mean that guy that took over his uncle's body? But Kurogasa took him out for good!" Jaden exclaimed.

"Apparently, the Light has fused their energy with Orma, knowing that should I fail, he will take over…" Sartorius added. "And now, he is materialized before us once more, wanting nothing more than chaos…"

"That means we're gotta stop them!" Syrus exclaimed.

"You guys go ahead." Aster told them. "I'll be staying with Sartorius until help arrives. He's still battered from that last duel…"

Alexis nodded as she was the first one to depart, followed by the rest. 'Please be alright, Kurogasa…'


Kurogasa/Kaito: 3550

Orma/Orpheus: 8850

Smoke cleared away after the kamikaze attack and even with the large impact received on both sides, Orma and Orpheus weren't affected by it. In fact, they enjoyed taking the abuse instead. A large cloud of dust still covered a majority of the area, and many of the spectators feared the worst.

"Kaito!" Akira cried out.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Orma laughed. "What a rush!"

"YES, and look at those feeble humans now! They are nothing more than mere weaklings!" Orpheus laughed madly. "Unable to- WHAT?!"

As the dust cleared, to their utter shock, everyone was completely fine, having been totally unfazed by the onslaught. Even Kaito and Kurogasa were unharmed, even more was the fact that their injuries seemed to be fully healed, and any indication of physical damage to them was utterly erased.

"But how?!" Orpheus screeched. "That should have wiped you all out!" He then glanced towards Kazuma and Naomi, whose bodies were shimmering and emitting a faint light across the area. "You two! What did you do?!"

"We just made a few changes to the rules of this match." Kazuma explained with a snarky grin.

"That's right, so from now on, there won't be any real damage in this duel." Naomi added, causing Orma and Orpheus to gasp.

"You… YOU DAMNED HALFBREEDS!" Orma roared, letting his anger get the better of him and firing a blast of magic at the twins, only to have Kazuma deflect it with ease.

"If you don't want this duel to end in a forfeit due to a lack of a partner for your buddy over there, I'd suggest you keep dueling." Kazuma threatened, letting his eyes set themselves aglow for emphasis.

[Are you alright, Kaito-san?] AIKA asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm good," Kaito responded, glancing back towards his God card and his friends. "Thanks to them."

"Damn you!" Orpheus yelled at the demons. "Damn you for interfering!"

"You okay, Kurogasa?" Kaito asked his partner.

"Peachy…" he commented. "Good thing for the twins, I guess."

"Yeah, sure makes you grateful for them being demons, huh?" Kaito added with a faint smirk.

"Yeah, yeah, I get it…" Kurogasa sighed.

"Hm… I can no longer play any more cards…" Orma said, looking at the completely empty field. Kaito's Monster Zones were empty, but not his Spell/Trap Zones.

"Don't worry, Orma. My remaining two set cards are more than enough to protect you." Orpheus assured.

"Alright, Kaito…" Kurogasa said, getting his attention. "This is the opening that we need."

"Right," Kaito nodded as he looked at the lone card in his hand, the one he added back with his Net Slum card, before pulling the next card from his deck. "My turn! Draw!" Kaito turned the card over and looked at it, his eyes narrowing at what he had drawn. 'This card is…'

"Hah!" Orma laughed. "With just two mere cards, how would you change the whole battle to your side, Kaito-kun? You got nothing to beat me or Orpheus in this turn! NOTHING!"

"Kaito? What did you get?" Kurogasa asked.

Kaito did not reply, keeping his new card in his hand as he grabbed his other card and played it, "I activate the Spell card, Duel, to let Orma and I draw until we hold six cards!"

"What?!" Orpheus snapped.

"You used the same card that you picked from the graveyard earlier?!" Orma snapped, as he is forced to draw six fresh cards from his deck while Kaito drew five.

"Of course. I knew I'd be spending my hand, so I used Haven of the Abandoned to bring Duel back to my hand for a refill," Kaito explained. "But now… it's time for this duel to evolve to the next level!"

"Evolve?" Kurogasa blinked, confused. "What do you mean by that?"

"Kaito… does that mean…?" Akira asked.

"I summon Epitaph User - Atoli in Defense mode!" Kaito called out as he played one of his new cards.

Appearing on the field was a rather scantily-clad young woman with short blonde hair and amber eyes dressed in a green corset, white stockings, green detached sleeves that went halfway up her upper arms and a round white hat with a pair of wings on her back, more for decoration than being of any use. In her hands she held a metal staff with the tip fashioned like a flower. (4/300/2200)

"Epitaph User?" Naomi repeated.

"The same name as that Haseo card," Kazuma realized as he glanced towards Harald. "The next evolution of dueling…" He smirked to himself.

"Next evolution… of dueling?" Kurogasa blinked in confusion before looking at Kaito's new monster. "Something more advanced than Jaden's Contact Fusion or Kazuma's Psychic-Type Monsters?"

Kaito merely flashed a knowing smirk to Kurogasa before grabbing another card from his hand, "Next, I'll activate the Spell Card, Ol Repth! Since I control a Spellcaster-type Digital HERO, I gain 4000 Life Points!"

"What?! After all of the effort we've taken to inflict damage on you, you're going to recover your Life Points!?" Orpheus snapped as a forest green aura can be seen washing over Kaito and Kurogasa.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 7550

Orma/Orpheus: 8850

"Whoa… I feel… refreshed…" Kurogasa got out.

"Now then… Next I'll play the Spell card, Area Hack!" Kaito continued as he played another Spell. "This card will negate the effects of a Field Spell currently in play, and if I control an Epitaph User Monster, my opponent can't activate any cards or effects in response!"

"No!" Orma exclaimed, as his Field Spell started to change scenery, from bloody red sky to bright blue with clouds that shined brightly in the air, and the scenery of death and destruction being completely replaced and dissolved into numbers in forms of binaries and other forms of coding, materialized into a shape, much to the despair duo's confusion.

"Where… are we?" Orpheus asked, seeing the ground he stands is only filled with numbers and binaries.

"Yeah, Kaito… what is this place?" Kurogasa questioned.

"The sea of data. Or for something more precise, something known as an Outer Dungeon," Kaito explained. "A place within the network hidden by most where excess data falls after being discarded."

"At least you made scenery less grim, that's for sure…" Kurogasa chuckled.

"Unfortunately this effect only lasts for the turn," Kaito admitted, but then grabbed another card from his hand. "But one turn is all I need. I activate the Spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy Curse of Unity!"

"Oh, that's right!" Akira recalled. "Since those two idiots no longer control united Monsters on their field, their Field Spell is useless!"

"Gh!" Orma gritted his teeth tightly, as a fierce storm erupted within the sea of data, pulling the stray links of code into the vortex until the field returned to the interior of the cave. "You imbecile! You dare remove my precious Field?!"

"You got that right!" Kurogasa exclaimed. "I've had enough of that Field Spell! That's just burdensome for both of us!"

"Yeah, let them have their freedom of summoning already!" Akira added.

Kaito then grabbed another card from his hand, the card he had drawn at the start of the turn, and slowly pulled it from his hand, "Now I activate the Spell card… Epitaph Fragment! Since I control an Epitaph User Monster, I can Special Summon an Epitaph Tuner Monster from my deck!"

"Tuner Monster?" Kurogasa, Orma and Orpheus said in unison.

Kaito then proceeded to pull out his deck and search through it, retrieving the card he desired, "I choose the Tuner Monster, Epitaph of Deceit!" As Kaito played his card, the "Monster" that appeared was little more than a set of glowing, turquoise patterns that looked to match the shape of Atoli's body. (3/0/0)

"What would that mere weakling do? It has 0 ATK points!" Orpheus hissed. "What a mere weakling this 'Tuner' monster of yours!"

"As much as I hate to admit it, he's… kind of right." Kurogasa reluctantly agreed. "Kaito, what does it actually do?"

"Glad you asked," Kaito said with a smirk. "While my Tuner Monster may look weak, it's actually the key card to bringing forth the next evolution of dueling."

"Here it comes…" Kazuma muttered, focusing on Kaito's field as the duelist held out his free arm to his Monsters. Once more, the demon smirked.

"The next evolution in dueling…" Naomi added.

[Play Value of Evolution from .hack/G.U. TRILOGY OST]

"I'll tune my Level-4 Epitaph User - Atoli with my Level-3 Epitaph of Deceit!" Kaito called out, to which the patterned "Monster" moved itself over Atoli's body and gave off a bright light before both Monsters vanished from the field.

"The hearts of all beings are deceived by the mirage of their desires! The twilight is darkest before the dawn! Synchro Summon! Level-7! Give me strength! Avatar Innis!"

A sudden burst of light erupted from behind Kaito. As the light disappeared, the Monster it revealed was quite large, on par with even the Egyptian Gods, and appeared like some type of white doll wearing a large white gown, only her hands emerging from its sleeves but had no face while a thick green halo hovered above its head and a thin gold ring floated behind its back with six leaf-like objects floating around the ring. (7/2200/3500)

[End BGM]

"Whoah!" Kurogasa exclaimed, covering his eyes from the sudden brightness emitted from Kaito's monster.

"GAHHHH!" both Orma and Orpheus hissed, clearly hating the light emitted from the new method of summoning.

"And since Atoli and Epitaph of Deceit left the field, my Grand Whale will gain two more Chrono Counters!" Kaito pointed out as two hexagonal crystals remained from the Tuner and Epitaph User before flying up to the large ship. (TTDS-GW: 21CC)

"Synchro… Summon?" Allyson muttered.

"Yes, young lady. That is the key to the next evolution. I call it… the Synchro Summon!" Harald proclaimed.

"Synchro Summon…" Kurogasa muttered. "I bet Dad would be surprised to see this…"

"Gah, this horrid light!" Orpheus hissed, as smoke was clearly seen on his arm. "It disgusts me to the core!"

"What is this monster?!" Orma growled, glaring at Kaito. "My predictions have never shown this outcome, Kaito!"

"This is a Synchro Monster!" Kaito answered. "A completely new type of Monster that resides within the Fusion Deck, now called the Extra Deck!"

"Extra Deck… huh?" Kurogasa muttered, looking at his Fusion Deck zone. "Yep, Dad's definitely gonna flip."

"Sugei…" both Drive and Gaim said in unison, and in awe of seeing Kaito's new monster.

"What exactly is a Synchro Monster?" Akira wondered.

"A Synchro Monster is a special kind of Monster that does not use a Spell card as a medium like Fusions or Rituals, though of the two, a Synchro Monster would have more in common with Ritual Monsters," Harald explained. "To summon it, you must have a Tuner Monster and at least one other, non-Tuner Monster as materials and the combined Levels of the materials must equal the Level of the Synchro Monster exactly."

"As amusing as it is, your monster is in Defense mode." Orma pointed out.

"For good reason, since I doubt either of you can bring out a Monster with more than 3500 ATK so easily," Kaito pointed out. "But even if you could, Innis's Monster Effect protects it from being destroyed up to twice per turn."

"No way!" Kurogasa exclaimed. "It has that sort of ability?!"

"There's a reason she's known as The Mirage of Deceit," Kaito replied with a smirk. "And I have nine others just like Innis resting in my Extra Deck."

"We have a fighting chance now!" Kurogasa realized. "From my experience with Kamen Rider monsters, it would be impossible for a monster to go for that much power, even with Orma's Fifteen!"

"Tch…" Orma hissed.

"It looks like we are at a total disadvantage…" Orpheus said. "Fighting a Monster with 3500 ATK would prove to be difficult. Beefing them up would work but it would take forever to pierce it…"

"I'll then set one card face-down!" Kaito continued as he set his remaining card into his Duel Disk. "Turn End!"

"Grr… my turn!" Orpheus growled, making his hand at two.

"Since Kaito's new method of summoning, it would seem both of them are now at a total disadvantage…" Allyson analyzed. "It's as if… they don't know what to do or how to beat them…"

"Do these new cards have any weaknesses?" Akira asked, worried that Orma or Orpheus could discover such a thing.

"Unfortunately, aside from being a new Summoning method, Synchro Monsters are just like any other Monster," Harald answered. "But there are some Synchro Monsters that require specific materials, be they a specific Tuner or a specific non-Tuner. Synchro Monsters with these requirements are much stronger than most. The Avatars that Kaito has… all of them require a specific Tuner and a specific non-Tuner, ultimately making them some of the most powerful Synchro Monsters."

"I activate my Trap Card, Call of the Haunted!" Orpheus roared. "Return to the field, Kamen Rider W!"

"Double?" Kurogasa got out. "Why him?"

A fist shot out of the earthy ground, as Double forced himself out from the ground and stood tall, looking at them. "From my hand, I play Xtreme Memory; sacrificing Double to call out his mightiest form!" Just then, a metal bird flew inside the cave, making Double capture it and immediately slot it onto their belt.

XTREME!

Epic music played and two streams of light entered into their belt. On cue, their hands reached for the middle line on their body and 'stretched' it outwards, revealing the silver part in the middle of their armor. (8/ATK: 2900/DEF: 2450) Meanwhile, the remaining pixels changed into a hexagonal crystal, flying towards Grand Whale once more. (TTDS-GW: 22CC)

"Oh? That's quite a stack of your counters, boy…" Orma looked at Kaito's Grand Whale. "Too bad that card would be destroyed and fall on both of you!"

"What do you mean?" Kurogasa asked.

"I'll activate my last set card, SHOCKER Hacking!" Orpheus declared, opening his set card. "I'll discard my last card to the graveyard and if there is any card with counters on them, not only will it be destroyed, but they would take 100 damage for each counter on it! Boy, Grand Whale backfired on you for 2200 damage!"

"Kaito!" Kurogasa exclaimed, as Grand Whale exploded and was covered in flames.

"Don't worry, it's fine!" Kaito assured. "Grand Whale's effect! When it's destroyed while it has Chrono Counters on it, I gain 100 Life Points for each Counter on it! So looks like your damage was canceled out!" In response, Aura appeared and raised her arms and erected a barrier that the Grand Whale crashed into before slowly dissolving away into nothing.

"What?!" Orpheus snapped, as he witnessed it before him. "Damn you… fine! I'll activate Xtreme's effect; allowing me to summon Kamen Rider Kabuto - Hyper Form from my deck!"

"Obaa-chan said this: none has ever kept up with my evolution. Therefore, I am evolution itself." the silhouette declared as the Hyper ZECTer flew to his hand, catching it. With a quick placing on his side of the belt and pulling the lever down… "Hyper Cast Off!"

HYPER CAST OFF!

The armor he donned casted off once more, revealing a more bulkier one, and his Kabuto horns extended further. Even his wings can be briefly seen before it became invisible. (8/ATK: 2750/DEF: 2500)

CHANGE: HYPER BEETLE!

"Even if Kabuto has been summoned onto the field, he can't attack…" Orpheus said. "BUT, Xtreme is more than enough to get rid of Gaim!"

"Your wish is my command…" Double nodded as they closed the Xtreme Memory before opening it once more, activating it.

XTREME! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

"Sorry, but you're not destroying him anytime soon! Reveal facedown!" Kurogasa said, revealing the trap card. "Emergency Upgrade!"

"Emergency Upgrade?" Allyson raised her eyebrow.

"When a Kamen Rider is about to be destroyed by battle, it lets me Special Summon their final form regardless of summoning conditions until the end of the turn!"

"Got someone in mind?" Kaito asked.

"Naturally." Kurogasa smirked. "Kouta!"

"Hai!" 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. (10/ATK: 4000/DEF: 4000)

"And I'll activate his ability! Once per turn, by removing a Kamen Rider from my Deck to the Graveyard, Gaim gains that Kamen Rider's effect! And I choose Kamen Rider Baron - Lemon Energy Form! Which allows me to target one card on the field and destroy it!"

Gaim braced himself, as he turned the Kiwami Lockseed.

SONIC ARROW!

Two of them appeared, as he wielded two of them in his hands.

"DOUBLE XTREME!" Xtreme declared, as they dived down for the kick. "Haaaahh!"

Meanwhile, Gaim sliced his Lockseed twice.

SOIYA! KIWAMI AU LAIT!

Both Sonic Arrows glowed as energy seeped out and mini holographic fruits surrounded the Sonic Arrows before he slashed Double with them, causing an explosion. Once the smoke cleared, only Gaim is left on the field. Kurogasa once again, heard the voices from his friends, saying,

"Our fate is in your hands now, kiddo…" Phillip's voice echoed.

"Show them that even you can be… hard-boiled." Shotaro's voice added.

"Shotaro… Philip… I understand…" Kurogasa got out.

"I don't have anything else but my Kabuto." Orpheus added, as Kabuto calmly looked at Kurogasa, while Gaim has downgraded back to his base form. "I'll end my turn here."

"Alright, it's time to turn things around! Draw!" Kurogasa said, drawing his next card, he smirked at what he got. "You're in trouble now."

"Trouble?" Orpheus raised his eyebrow, glaring at the Duelist.

"Belt-san, Shinnosuke, ready to go into overdrive?"

"How exciting!" Belt-san said, still keeping his neutral look on the belt.

"Do what you have to do, then." Shinnosuke told him.

"TRIDORON!" Belt-san called out, as Shinnosuke's ride went over the spectators and skid right next to Drive.

"I believe Mitsuyo would definitely love taking it for a drive…" Allyson giggled, imagining what her friend would do once she saw Tridoron.

"Very interesting." Harald remarked.

"Alright, here goes! I tribute Kamen Rider Drive to go have him go into his final form!" Kurogasa said, as a slightly longer Shift Car flew towards Drive's hand and he inserted it in the Shift Brace after turning the key.

FIRE ALL ENGINES!

He then shifted the car on the Shift Brace.

DRIVE! TYPE: TRIDORON!

Passionate rock music played as Tridoron glowed and disassembled into many parts as the other Shift Cars surrounded Drive. The Shift Cars and parts of Tridoron then fused onto Drive before the transformation was complete. Drive's helmet was now covered in Tridoron's hood and his yellow lens shined briefly. He wore a bodysuit that was mostly red, except his left arm that was black and was covered in parts of Tridoron's car armor, his feet having small tires on his ankles. One of Tridoron's tires came flying before it attached itself to Drive's left shoulder. (9/ATK: 3500/DEF: 3000)

"Sugei na~!" Gaim got out. "I didn't know your car can do that, other than using it to fly to space!"

"Like the one we have to fight Megahex for what happened to your planet and yourself?" Drive added.

"Right, right! That one!" Gaim nodded.

"Uh… guys?" Kurogasa said. "I know both of you are excited about telling old tales, but right now, we got a duel to do right now…"

"Oh… right." both Gaim and Drive said, making Kurogasa sigh.

"Hah! I never knew new Generation Riders would act like little whelps in their gossips." Orpheus scoffed.

"Urusai!" Gaim and Drive shouted.

"Okay enough! I'm activating one of Drive's effects! Once per turn, he gets to attack all Monsters on your side of the Field!"

"Hmph, but only Kabuto is the only one on the Field." Orma scoffed. "And he is indestructible in battle!"

"Better than nothing." Kurogasa said, as Drive pressed a button on the Shift Car.

COME ON! FLARE! SPIKE! SHADOW!

The Max Flare, Funky Spike, and Midnight Shadow Tires appeared and Drive shifted the car before the all the tires inserted into Drive's arm.

TIRE~ KAKIMAZERU! ATTACK 1-2-3!

The tire then all spun and somehow blended with the Type Tridoron tire before the treads of the tire were now layered with spikes from those three tires that fused together. "Now Drive attack Kabuto!"

"Right!" Drive nodded, turning the key on his belt before pressing the button on his wrist to activate it.

HISSAT~SU! FULL THROTTLE: ATTACK 1! 2! 3!

The tires on his shoulder started to spin rapidly. Immediately, Drive made three clones of himself due to Midnight Shadow's ability, surrounding Kabuto before he fired spikes and flames at him. After reforming, he jumped up and did his Rider Kick, as colorful energy shot out of the kick with the outline of Tridoron appearing as well, before there was an explosion, causing Kabuto to tumble down on his back while Drive landed back safely.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 7550

Orma/Orpheus: 8100

"I'll end my turn there." Kurogasa said. "Kaito, I leave the rest to you. Finish this duel off once and for all."

Kaito merely responded with a firm nod.

"Hmph…" Orma scoffed, now drawing his seventh card via magic. Upon closer inspection, he could only let out a sigh, saying. "I'll set four cards facedown… and once again, reactivating my beautiful field spell once more!" he smirked, revealing to the boys the same card that brought them difficulties: Curse of Unity.

"That Field Spell again…" Harald said worriedly.

"I'm gonna have to stop you right there!" Kurogasa said, revealing his last facedown. "Magic Jammer! By ditching a card, you won't be using that Field Spell anytime soon!"

Orma growled angrily, reluctantly sending his Field Spell card into his graveyard. "I only have two High Level monsters in my hand… if only RioTrooper is in my hand, anything is possible. I'll end my turn here."

"Setting the cards down… I fear another trick is at hand…" Allyson added, as she clasped her hands in prayer. "Kaito, be careful…"

"Alright, kick some ass, Kaito!" Kazuma cheered his friend on as he punched the air in front of him.

"Come, Kaito-kun! Let's see what you're truly made of!" Orma challenged.

"My turn, then. And I'll give up my Draw Phase again to add a card from my Graveyard with Net Slum's Effect!" Kaito announced as he pulled a card out of his Graveyard, only to play it. "And the card I choose is Duel, letting us draw until we have six cards again, Orma!"

"Why are you so persistent with that card?" Orma growled, drawing four additional cards while Kaito refills his hand to six.

"Need some way to bring my hand back up," Kaito responded with a smirk, then looked at what he had drawn. "Perfect! I'll summon Epitaph User - Endrance in Attack mode!"

As Kaito played his card, the Monster that appeared was a rather androgynous young man with long, braided blue hair wearing tight-fitting purple armor as well as a cap lavishingly decorated with roses. His weapon of choice was a thin, rapier-esque longsword. (4/1800/400)

"W-Wha…" Kurogasa gawked slightly upon seeing the strikingly handsome monster before him.

"Oh my… if Tsukiyo saw such a monster, she would be petrified by now…" Allyson pointed out.

"Another new Monster…" Orpheus hissed. "I truly despise them all. Why must this 'heaven' be created by these 'holy' people, as humans have the darkest 'darkness' in their hearts? I found the latter to be quite… amusing… and tasty…"

"Huh… for once I kinda agree with this guy." Kazuma muttered.

"As disturbing as it sounds, we'll discuss this later; the duel must finish." Allyson interrupted.

"Next, I'll release Endrance…" Kaito continued as, just like with Silabus, Kuhn leapt into the air as a rectangular portal appeared above the male gunner, causing his attire to glow brightly as he passed through it. "To Special Summon Epitaph User - Endrance Xth Form!" Upon landing back onto the field, the light enveloping Endrance's body vanished, his appearance took on a very drastic change, giving the man's body an outright feminine appearance with the torso of his armor opened to reveal his chest and abs. Other noticeable differences with this form include the fact his hat was discarded in favor for a purple, demon-like horn, noticeable long and pointed, elf-like ears, and his hair was much longer. He also wore more metallic armor over his arms and legs with similar purple horns growing out of the armor on his shoulders and forearms and his sword took on a more elegant and wing-like appearance. (7/2500/1800)

"I feel… very disturbed right now…" Kurogasa got out. "Seriously?"

"Yes… Tsukiyo would definitely faint from it…" Allyson sighed.

Akira, Naomi and even Kazuma couldn't help but feel sexually attracted to the new Monster. Kazuma even going so far as to reminisce about the time he spent in a relationship with Kaito.

"Another Xth Form?" Orma got out. "Just how many of them are there, Kaito-kun?"

Kaito didn't respond immediately and instead started to count with his fingers while muttering to himself.

"Uh… Kaito? What are you doing?" Kurogasa sweatdropped from his friend's counting.

"Honestly, Kaito… He's as bad as me when I'm asked how many Monsters I have in my deck..." Kazuma muttered to himself with a chuckle. Akira couldn't help but hold her hand to her head at how stupid her fiancé could be sometimes.

"I have 24," Kaito finally answered. "Enough for half a deck."

"But as you know, Kamen Rider monsters alone are more than enough to build four decks!" Orma suddenly boasted, much to Kurogasa's confusion.

"I call BULLSHIT!" Kazuma suddenly called out. "I have enough Persona cards for around twenty decks!"

"Those are just mere spouts of words, child!" Orma roared, being oddly defensive about it.

"You really wanna challenge me on that?" Kazuma asked with a smirk as he reached behind his back.

"Oh god dammit he's using hammer space!" Kaito exclaimed. "Somebody stop him!"

"I really don't get it what's going on here…" Kurogasa said, he sweatdropped even more than before. "And why's Orma suddenly being defensive about Kamen Rider? Why is everyone is boasting about their decks all of a sudden?"

"More importantly, the duel is still going…" Allyson added, having a sweat drop of her own. "And the fate of the world rests on this duel… I can't believe this is happening…"

"Anyway… I'll then activate another Epitaph Fragment from my hand!" Kaito continued. "Since I control an Epitaph User, I can Special Summon another Epitaph Tuner Monster from my deck!" Kaito then proceeded to pull out his deck once more and fanned the card before grabbing his card of choice. "I choose Epitaph of the Temptress!" Appearing next on Kaito's field was another "Monster" made of strange, glowing patterns, these ones being purple and appearing to seem like an exact copy of Endrance. (4/0/0)

"Another Tuner…" Kazuma noted. Once again he smirked to himself.

"Another Synchro Summon?" Allyson asked.

"When used as material for a Synchro Summon, I can treat Endrance Xth Form as a Level-4 Monster!" Kaito declared. "So I'll tune my now-Level-4 Epitaph User - Endrance Xth Form with my Level-4 Epitaph of the Temptress!" Just like with Atoli and the Epitaph of Deceit, the Epitaph of Propagation moved itself over Kuhn's body and the two vanished in a flash of light.

"Another merge of monsters…" Kurogasa said in awe, as both of Kaito's monsters started to merge once more, performing their Synchro Summon.

"Humankind is seduced by the temptations of their desires! The twilight is darkest before the dawn! Synchro Summon! Level-8! Bloom! Avatar Macha!"

Another burst of light shot down from behind Kaito and as it faded, the Monster that emerged had the upper body of a purple humanoid cat with long, rabbit-like ears and wearing a white face over its face with black markings on the right side and a bridal veil draping over the back of its head while the entire bottom half of its body was a massive, upside-down rose. (8/2800/2200)

"A summon for a summon!" Orma exclaimed, activating his trap card. "My Call of the Haunted! Kamen Rider Ryuki - Survive Form!"

Upon the call, Ryuki leaps off from his metallic dragon, Dragredder, landing onto the field once more. (8/ATK: 2350/DEF: 2150)

"And his effect activates!" Orma declared, as Ryuki pointed his gun onto Kaito. Upon pulling the trigger once more, Kaito is now engulfed in flames, inflicting damage on his Life Points.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 6550

Orma/Orpheus: 8100

However, the flames were expelled outward as it was revealed Kaito was protected by a barrier courtesy of Aura, keeping him from harm. "One of these days, I shall decimate that barrier of yours, Kaito-kun." Orma remarked.

"You'll have to get through my God in that case," Kaito taunted as Aura lowered the barrier to conserve her energy. "I activate Macha's Monster Effect! Normally, I could select one Monster my opponent controls and take possession of it for three turns, but since I used an Xth Form Monster as Macha's Synchro Material, I can permanently take control of all Monster my opponent controls instead! Voice of Seduction!"

"What?!" Orma exclaimed as Macha began to sing, its voice carrying to the opposing side of the field and ensnaring the two opposing Kamen Riders.

Just as what Kaito said, both Riders heard the song. Tempted by the song, the two slowly marched towards Kaito's side. As soon as they turned their back and now glaring at Orma's side, something unexpected happened.

"Huh? Where are we?" Ryuki muttered.

"Hm… what happened?" Kabuto added, looking behind him and noticed Kaito controlling him instead of Kurogasa. "Who are you? Why are you controlling me and not Kurogasa?"

"Souji?! Shinji?!" Kurogasa gasped. "Is it really you guys?!"

"Yes." Kabuto nodded, looking at Kurogasa. "It's really us."

"We're somehow being temporarily have our seals break away from Orma's curse…" Ryuki said, looking at Kaito. "I don't know what happened, but thanks for helping us, kiddo!"

"Sure thing," Kaito said with a nod before returning his attention to Orpheus and Orma. "Unfortunately I won't be able to attack with the Monsters I've taken while they remain under my control, but now the two of you are left wide open!"

"Wide open, you say?" Orma growled, losing his temper since Kaito freed Kurogasa's monsters from his control. "I would like to see you try, Kaito-kun!"

"Gladly! Macha, attack Orma directly!" Kaito commanded. "Bolt of Love!" In response, several roses appeared floating around Macha before flying towards Orma's side of the field, surrounding him on all sides and firing energy blasts at Kaito's former manager.

"GRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Orma growled in pain, as the attacks continuously bombarded him with energy blasts.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 6550

Orma/Orpheus: 5300

The attack caused Orma to be, for the first time, on all four, panting in pain. "Yosha!" Ryuki exclaimed in his trademark voice and pose. "That teaches him a good lesson!"

"Damn… you Kaito-kun!" Orma snarled. "Trap… OPEN! Damage Condenser!"

"Oh no, he's going to call out a monster from the damage he received!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"Awaken from your slumber… Kamen Rider Fifteen!" Orma exclaimed, as a dark silhouette walks onto his field.

"Hmph… another nuisance that is needed to get rid of…" the silhouette muttered, activating his Lock Seed.

FIFTEEN!

Upon the declaration, a zipper opens up, revealing the dark metalic armor that resembles the head of Fifteen's helmet, as it is now hovering above his head.

LOCK ON!

"Henshin!" the silhouette declared, equipping the metallic fruit onto his head before morphing down to form his armor. As the armor forming on his body, the guitar riffs and bone crackles within the omnimous choir can be heard, thus completing his transformation. In his hand, is his trusty Yomimaru. (8/ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000)

"Mark my words, Kaito-kun. I will bring your monsters down!" Orma swore.

"I'll end my turn there!" Kaito concluded.

"I'll make my turn count!" Orpheus said, drawing out his lone card in his hand. "From here on out, Orma and I shall show you the true meaning of terror! I shall play Card of Sanctity, to allow myself and that boy to draw until we have six cards in hand!"

"What are you up to?" Kurogasa muttered as they drew their cards.

"Ah~, this should suffice!" Orpheus cackled, looking upon his cards carefully. "I'll set one card facedown and immediately, I play Bait Doll!"

"Bait Doll?" Kurogasa blinked.

"That's right, this allows me to trigger my set card and if the timing is right, I can immediately use it! And the card I'm willing to trigger… is the card that I just set!" Orpheus laughed out, in which a nail and hammer appeared, hitting the nail onto his set card. As soon as the nail pierced through it, the card glows radiantly. "Ah, it seems like the trap is used on time, therefore, I might as well use it! SKILL DRAIN!"

"Crap!" Kurogasa cursed, as the despair duo's Life Points depleted even further down.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 6550

Orma/Orpheus: 4300

"Both of you will learn the true meaning of survival of the fittest! STUN SPARK!" Orpheus exclaimed, as sparks of electricity runs through all of the monsters on the field, forcing them to lose their effects.

"How would it change anything?" Allyson pondered.

"Oh, it will change EVERYTHING with this turnabout!" Orpheus exclaimed. "Shield Crush, shatter that nuisance!" Orpheus declared, pointing at Innis.

"Kaito-kun, you said that: Innis is your absolute wall…" Orma said cryptically, as a rather large spear hovered right on top of Innis. "…but even the Great Wall of China can be destroyed by hitting its weakest spot! Innis, I sentence you… to die!"

Upon his announcement, the large spear fell down onto Innis. As it effects had been negated, the barrier that was protecting her is now shattered completely, and Innis was destroyed along the process.

"Innis's Monster Effect!" Kaito countered was his Synchro Monster was no longer on the field. "When Innis would be removed from the field, it is returned to my Extra Deck instead! And when it's returned to my Extra Deck, I can Special Summon Epitaph User - Atoli from my Graveyard!" Kaito then pulled a card out of his Graveyard and played it, calling the female Spellcaster back to his field. (4/300/2200)

"That's an interesting effect." Kazuma commented. "It ensures his field is never low on Monsters."

"Hmph, I am getting annoyed of seeing that monster in Defense position…" Orpheus growled before looking at Kurogasa once more. "However… seeing how your monsters have their powers nullified, I suggest I could use one of you to become my pawn! I play another Spell Card, Brain Control!"

"Yabai! One of us is going to be in big trouble!" Gaim got out.

"I won't let it happen!" Kurogasa said.

"Won't let it happen? It's already happening!" Orpheus laughed out loud, as Drive - Tridoron Form, suddenly walked towards Orpheus's side, much to Kurogasa's surprise.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 6550

Orma/Orpheus: 3500

"Crap…!" Kurogasa gritted.

"Next, I play Magic Planter. I shall dispose of my Skill Drain, allowing me to draw two cards from my deck." Orpheus said, as the shock that surrounded the monsters were no longer there, while Orpheus drew out two cards from his deck. "And now, the moment that you've been waiting for, boy! Drive - Type Tridoron's effect activates!"

"Shinnosuke! Snap out of it!" Belt-san exclaimed, but for some reason, Drive ignored his order, as he used the shift car on his arm and pulled it a few times. "Shinnosuke!"

COME ON! MONSTER! WRECKER! TRAVELER!

TIRE~ KAKIMAZERU!: TOUGH GUY!

Three tires appeared right above Drive, and immediately merged into a tire that was looking a rather bit monstrous and as if it was mutated, due to the Monster Tire. After being equipped, Drive wielded Monster's MonsCrunch in his hand.

"This card effect allows him to absorb the ATK of all the Monsters on our side of the field and adding it to him." Orpheus said.

"Fifteen, give your power to him, so Drive can wreck havoc to these boys!" Orma commanded, as Fifteen let out a roar, giving his aura to Drive.

Kamen Rider Drive - Tridoron Form (9/ATK: 3500 - 6200/DEF: 3000)

"Now, go! Attack your comrade with your Full Throttle!" Orpheus laughed out loud, as Drive just followed his command aimlessly.

"SHINNOSUKE!"

HISSAT~SU! FULL THROTTLE: TOUGH GUY!

He got into his stance, where two large tires appeared next to him. As soon as the tires scraped onto his armor, the traveler tires were on his feet, thrusting him towards Gaim fast. As soon as he opened up his MonsCrunch, the said weapons expanded into a rather large mouth, eating Gaim up like a piece of candy. The Wrecker then came into play, crashing through Kurogasa's armor and forcing the said Duelist to land on his back, taking the damage.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 2050

Orma/Orpheus: 3500

"Kurogasa!" Ryuki and Kabuto shouted.

"Gh… Gah…!" Kurogasa panted heavily as he struggled getting up.

"Boo hoo, your comrade is destroyed by his own friend…" Orpheus chuckled. "Now, I shall sacrifice your comrade, so I can Tribute Summon another monster in Defense mode!"

Tridoron glowed radiantly, starting to reform onto another silhouette. "Is it my time now? Good, because I've been waiting for this moment…" the silhouette said, pressing the button his belt, as a familiar, yet darker version of electronic key music that the original Den-O has. With a swipe of the Terminal Pass. "Henshin…"

NEGA FORM!

His armor started to form, and much like Den-O Sword Form's armor is the same, the only difference is it is purple in color instead of red.

"I am reborn…" Nega Den-O declared. (6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 2450)

"One of his effects activate." Orpheus said. "With this, I am allowed to draw a card." Orpheus added, drawing out his next card. "And I shall set all of my three cards facedown. That will end my turn!"

"See what happened to your field, shounen?" Orma chuckled. "You do not control any more monsters or set cards on your field! How would you counter such a card in high Defense mode, hm?"

"Shut up…" Kurogasa gritted. "This is nothing… compared to all the crap you put me through!"

"Oh? Let's see you struggle some more then, boy!" Orpheus cackled.

"I told you before… I won't let you hurt anyone precious to me anymore! You sealed the Primary Riders and Mana and worst of all, you had Alexis brainwashed to your cult!"

"WHAT?!" Ryuki and Kabuto shouted in surprise.

"Then? What of it?" Orpheus scoffed. "That's nothing compared to what your dead uncle went through… just removing two pieces of your precious thing, and already, I can hear you whining about it. Your dead uncle went through harshness of trials and it took me multiple attempts and years to finally control his body. That's why I chose your dead uncle as my host; his strong will to fight me until the end has proven to be quite something. That's why you will never be as strong as your dead uncle. That's why you will always be…"

"…a sore loser…"

"…Is that really all you got?" Kurogasa scoffed. "I expected something more original from you…"

"It matters not to me. The very moment you lose this duel, I want to see your face filled with despair, as you and your friend would be dragged down to the Shadow Realm!" Orpheus smirked darkly, feeling tempted.

"You keep telling yourself that. After everything I've been through, you're gonna wish that you'd beg me to destroy you! DRAW!" Kurogasa shouted, drawing his next card.

"Come, boy! Come at me in full power!" Orpheus challenged. "Let me taste your 'resolve'!"

"Be careful what you wish for, because it might come true! I activate the Spell Card, Justice Gauntlet!"

"Justice… Gauntlet?" Orpheus raised his eyebrow. "Not your Final Kamen Attack Form Ride?"

"For obvious reasons…" Kurogasa muttered, glaring at Orma. "With this, I'll fuse two Kamen Riders in my Graveyard that are Level 5 or higher! In this case, it's Drive - Tridoron Form and Gaim - Kiwami Form thanks to sending to the Graveyard from using Emergency Upgrade earlier in this duel!"

"That's what you were aiming for?!" Orpheus snapped as two silhouettes appeared together on the field.

"Fusion Summon!" Kurogasa shouted as the two silhouettes merge into Kurogasa's armor, repairing the damage on his armor in the process before he stepped forward. "I summon myself! Kamen Rider Duelist - Justice Form!" (10/ATK: 3500/DEF: 3000)

"Ho~? Just two of them? Usually, you'd go all out, shounen…" Orma mocked Kurogasa. Shaking his head in denial, he continued, "I'm quite disappointed in you right now…"

"I'm not done yet! I activate my ability, once per turn, I can send a Monster back to your hand, so get out of here Nega Den-O!" Kurogasa shouted.

"You'll pay for this!" Nega Den-O roared, as he flew back to Orpheus' hand, leaving him with his lone card in hand.

"If you're going to harm me, I will not let you do it in full power!" Orpheus exclaimed, activating one of his three set cards. "I activate a Quick-Play Spell Card, Half Shut! Feel my pain, boy!"

"I don't think so! I activate another ability! During either player's turn, if a Monster, Spell, or Trap effect activates, I can shuffle 1 Monster card from my Graveyard back into the Deck, then negate and destroy that card!" He said as he placed Kamen Rider Gaim back into the Deck.

"A counter for a counter!" Orpheus roared, activating his trap card. "Solemn Judgment! Boy, I shall pay half of our Life Points. Once I paid, you shall leave this duel!" Orpheus roared, as Kurogasa suddenly got zapped from the strong lightning, making him leave the battlefield.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 2050

Orma/Orpheus: 1750

"I was hoping you would. Good thing I got Monster Reborn in my hand!" Kurogasa said, revealing the card.

"Stop right there!" Orpheus continued. "I play my own Magic Jammer! I'll discard this very card you returned, and you will stay in your Graveyard!" On cue, chains started wrapping around Monster Reborn. Many of them pierced through it, now making the card shatter

"You fool!" Orma roared at… Orpheus? "Why would you waste your effort on that boy, while I would face a harsher trial than this?!"

"You're the fool, sorcerer!" Orpheus argued. "Do you really think I would put myself to shame for being defeated by that fool?!"

"Oh…" Allyson noticed something. "He's right… he only has two cards left in his hand with the two set cards on his field. No matter what he draws next, I don't think he'll be able to make a comeback…"

"I'll place two facedowns and end my turn!" Kurogasa finished.

"I'll turn this battle around… I'll make sure of it!" Orma roared as he drew out his third card. "I will making the biggest gamble of my life, and I will make sure it will be worth it! I activate my Trap Card, SHOCKER Awakening! This Trap Card allows me to Special Summon a DARK Kamen Rider from my Graveyard by paying 800 Life points!"

Another dark hand pierced through the ground, forcing its way up before looking at his opponent, resting his large sword on his shoulder. "Kamen Rider Fifteen!" (8/ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000)

Kurogasa/Kaito: 2050

Orma/Orpheus: 950

"Then, I'll set one card facedown and immediately activating my Spell Card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Orma declared. "With this card, I shall destroy… my earlier Set Card!"

"His own set card?" Kurogasa blinked, as Orma's set card was destroyed immediately. "What's the point of that?"

"Oh… you didn't know?" Orma chuckled, as the said destroyed set card reveals itself, and that alone is enough to give Kurogasa a big shock. "It's the Trap Card I just destroyed, Dark Rider's Gift. With this trap card got destroyed through card effect, I can destroy one monster on your field and Special Summon one DARK Kamen Rider from my deck, regardless of its condition! Kaito-kun, your Synchro Monster will be destroyed from my trap card. Enjoy it!"

Macha let out a wail of pain as it exploded into a mass of pixels.

"Macha's Monster Effect!" Kaito announced. "When it leaves the field, it returns to the Extra Deck, and when it returns to the Extra Deck, I can Special Summon an Epitaph User - Endrance from my Graveyard! I'll Special Summon Endrance Xth Form since his name is treated as the original while on the field or in the Graveyard!" Once more Kaito pulled a card out of his Graveyard and played it, calling upon the effeminate swordsman once more. (7/2500/1800)

"I see…" Kazuma mused. "So it has a special Archetype Condition."

"Archetype Condition?" Allyson repeated.

"It's when a Monster has special text that always treats it as being part of a certain archetype or group of Monsters, and is always in effect, even within the Deck." Naomi explained. "You don't see them very often though."

"Hmph, it matters not for me, for now I shall Special Summon one DARK Kamen Rider from my deck!" Orma declared, as one of his field zone shines brightly… until nothing came out from it?

"Huh?" Kurogasa got out. "What just happened?"

"I thought he was Summoning a Monster..." Allyson pondered.

"Oh, but I did summon it out…" Orma chuckled before taking a step forward. "I Special Summon… myself: KAMEN RIDER SORCERER!" (9/ATK: 3500/DEF: 2000)

"HEY! YOU CAN'T JUST COPY ME!" Kurogasa shouted.

"Copy you? Shounen, compared to you, I am originally just a spirit, not some feeble human who wants to become a monster in the first place." Orma chuckled. "I activate my last Magic Card from my hand, Dark Hole! This card will destroy all of the monsters on the field!"

"You'd be taking yourself out too!" Kurogasa pointed out.

"I beg to differ, shounen. There's a reason why I am called a sorcerer. My effect activates…" Sorcerer replied, as he looked upon Fifteen. "I shall sacrifice one Kamen Rider on the field, and until Kaito-kun's End Phase, I am completely immune to Monster's effect, Spell and Trap."

"Do as you wish…" Fifteen said before he sacrificed himself, coating Orma with a special barrier.

"Kaito-kun, say goodbye to your monster." Orma grinned darkly, as the black hole starts to suck all of Kaito's remaining monster on the field. However, unseen by anyone else, Kaito simply smirked to himself. "Kaito-kun, how do you feel about being defenseless? Your imminent defeat is just one attack away to my complete victory..."

"Kaito!" Kurogasa exclaimed.

"Goodbye forever!" Orma exclaimed, as he lunges forward, ready to thrust his halberd to Kaito's chest.

"NOT GONNA HAPPEN!" Kurogasa exclaimed, activating his first Trap Card. "Rider's Dramatic Entry!"

"What?!" Orpheus snapped. "You still activate it now?!"

"Yeah, and here's the deal: if I control a Kamen Rider monster on my field, it will make the damage 0 this turn!"

"Yeah? Look on your field closely, boy! There's no Kamen Rider on the field!" Orpheus roared.

"Actually, there is." Kurogasa smirked, as his second trap card activate. "Rider's Soul Impact!"

"Rider's… Soul Impact?" Orpheus blinked.

"In this turn, I can banish one Kamen Rider from my graveyard, then, I can Special Summon another Kamen Rider, but its ATK reduced to 0 and its effects are negated."

"What?!" Orpheus snapped, as Kurogasa swiftly removed Gaim from his Graveyard and as soon as he Special Summoned a familiar monster in Defense Mode…

*VROOOM!*

"Wha-?!" Orma didn't have the time to respond, as a familiar car ended up tackling him down to the ground, preventing the damage that Kaito was supposed to take. The car door opened up, revealing Kamen Rider Drive as he entered the fray.

"I'm glad I made it in time!" Drive sighed in relief. (4/ATK: 1700-0/DEF: 1100-0)

"Yes." Belt-san said in fluent english. "You could thank your friend to immediately drive into action."

"Belt-san, that's just a bad pun…" Drive sweat dropped.

"Thanks, Kurogasa. I needed that." Kaito thanked as Orma growled angrily from Kurogasa's sudden intervention.

"Grr… I'll… end my turn here…" Orma growled. A chuckle can be heard from him, saying, "But, no matter. Kaito-kun, unless you are able to make a miracle on your turn, I am immune to card effects and you needed a monster that is stronger than me. You don't stand a chance! Not even your Xth Form!"

"Alright Kaito, I've set you up. The rest is up to you." Kurogasa said. "As much as I'd like to personally finish them off, I think it's best if you beat the person who put you through so much crap yourself…"

"Come, Kaito-kun! Let me see your 'ending'!" Orma challenged him.

"Alright then! My turn!" Kaito called out. "I'll activate the effect of Net Slum - Haven of the Abandoned! By giving up my Draw Phase, I'll add Epitaph Fragment from my Graveyard to my hand!" Kaito quickly retrieved the card he desired from his Graveyard and then proceeded to pluck another card from his hand. "And next, I Summon Epitaph User - Haseo First Form!" As Kaito slapped the card onto his Duel disk, the silver-haired teen with golden daggers and red markings that aided in the summoning of Aura made his debut on the field. (4/1500/1000)

"I am The Terror of Death… Haseo the PKK!" Haseo announced once he was on the field.

"So it's Haseo this time…" Kazuma muttered in thought as the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. "Alright Kaito, show me what you've got planned..."

"And since I control an Epitaph User - Haseo, I can Special Summon Epitaph User - Ovan from my hand!" Kaito continued as he slapped another card onto the card tray. This time, the Monster to appear was a tall man with short, bluish-grey hair and garbed in dark blue and white clothing, with a light blue scarf around his neck and small, rounded orange spectacles resting on his nose. In one hand the man carried a bayonet rifle with a thin blade and a strange, two-pronged blade wrapped in blue cloth in the other. (7/2600/2300)

"Hahahahaha!" Orma laughed. "Summon as many monsters as you want! None shall passed me!"

"We'll see about that." Kaito said cryptically. "Since I control Ovan, I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Digital HERO - Shino!" Appearing next to Ovan and Haseo was a young woman similar in appearance to Atoli in her base form, but with a few stark differences. Of note was that her outfit was arrayed in much darker colors in comparison to the female healer, being mostly black and dark red, while her hair and eyes were both a silvery color. In one hand she carried a black-and-gold staff with a hook-shaped head and a blue spherical gem resting at the center.(4/1400/1800)

"Three monsters, Kaito-kun? Are you going for quantity instead of quality?" Orma mocked. "How rashful you are…"

"Oh I'm not finished yet, Orma." Kaito retorted as he plucked a card from his hand. "I activate the Spell, Epitaph Fragment! And with it I'll Special Summon the Tuner Monster, Epitaph of Rebirth, from my Deck!" Appearing next on Kaito's field was a strange set of blue patterns that looked as though they could fit over Ovan's form perfectly. (1/0/0)

"And now I'll activate Unison Party to Special Summon a Level-4 or lower Monster from my deck since I successfully summoned a Digital HERO this turn!" Kaito explained. "And I'll use it to Special Summon the Tuner Monster, Epitaph of Death!" Appearing next on Kaito's field was a set of red patterns that looked as though they could fit over Haseo's form perfectly, but with horns curving around the sides of its head, making it look demonic. (2/0/0)

"Two Tuners at once?" Kazuma wondered until he chuckled. "He's going for two Synchros at once, is he?"

"Two at the same time?" Naomi repeated. "He's not holding back right now…"

"Sounds like my friends got the idea!" Kaito smirked as he raised his free hand skyward. "First I'll tune my Level-7 Epitaph User - Ovan with my Level-1 Epitaph of Rebirth!" Similar to how he had Synchro Summoned before as the Epitaph of Rebirth moved itself over Ovan's body and released a flash of light, the two Monster disappearing.

"Life flows in a never-ending cycle! The twilight is darkest before the dawn! Synchro Summon! Level-8! Come, the Rebirth! Avatar Corbenik!"

The newest Monster to appear on Kaito's field was a Monster of similar size to his other Avatar Synchro Monsters, with a humanoid body colored in bluish-black and white, with a bluish "cape" falling down from his lower back to the pointed appendages that served as its "feet". Another interesting feature of it was that its left hand was replaced with a large axe-like weapon. (8/3000/2900)

[Play Black Beast from .hack/G.U. TRILOGY OST]

"And now for the real show to begin!" Kaito continued. "When used as material for a Synchro Summon, I can treat Haseo First Form as a Level-6 Monster! So I'll tune my now-Level-6 Epitaph User - Haseo First Form with my Level-2 Epitaph of Death!" As Kaito called his move, the red Epitaph of Death moved itself over Haseo's body, glowing brightly before the two Monsters vanished in a flash of red light.

"The shadow of death looms over all! The twilight is darkest before the dawn! Synchro Summon! Level-8! Come on… Come on… I'm… right… here…! Avatar Skeith First Form!"

Instead of appearing in a burst of light like the other Synchro Monsters had, the empty space behind Kaito started to crack, as if something was trying to break through dimensions, until a large figure burst forth, sending glass-like fragments of shattered space flying across the field. The Monster was much smaller than any of the other Avatars before it and was humanoid in form, but its body was of the deepest black known to man with a perfectly circular hole in the center of its chest, its legs ending in feet-less, pointed stubs, its fingers clawed and it had a pair of horns sprouting from the front of its head and curving around the sides while it had three red eyes, two in the place of a normal human and a third in the middle of its forehead. The creature then summoned a red scythe as tall as its body and the blade half as long. The visage of this Monster was nothing short of death incarnate. (8/3000/2500)

[End BGM]

"This… feeling," Orma muttered, looking at the Synchro Monster before him. "It's absorbing darkness instead of light?"

"Gah!" Orpheus suddenly winced, as Orma noticed his dark aura on his arm suddenly flew towards the new Synchro Monster.

"What's going on here?" Kurogasa wondered. "Kaito, mind filling me in here?"

Kaito looked up at his two Synchro Monsters, "Skeith is the embodiment of death, and Corbenik the embodiment of life. Hence their titles; The Terror of Death and The Rebirth."

"Is that the reason why Orpheus felt pain?" Allyson noticed. "Both of these monsters affect him in a way?"

"I'm a reincarnated spirit, and yet I feel pain?! I lost the sense of pain years ago!" Orpheus roared, feeling intense pain from his arm.

"Next, I'll activate Shino's Monster Effect!" Kaito continued. "Once per turn, I can permanently increase the ATK of a Monster I control by 500! And I choose Skeith!" In response, Shino turned her attention to the Avatar of Death and waved her staff, empowering the Synchro. (8/3000-3500/2500)

"Even with the strength enhancement, it's as strong as Orma now…" Allyson said. "Wait… Kaito, are you attempting for a suicide attack?"

Kaito then grabbed another card from his hand, "Next, I'll activate the Spell card, REBIRTH! I can only activate this card if I control an Avatar Skeith Synchro Monster! First, it negates the effects of all cards my opponent controls, ignoring any protections they may have!"

"W-What?!" Orma stuttered, as the barrier around him suddenly shattered away. "My immunity!"

"Next, I return Avatar Corbenik from my field to the Extra Deck and destroy all Monsters on the field!" Kaito continued, to which Skeith quickly turned to face his counterpart only to immediately ram its fist through Corbenik's chest, shattering the Avatar's torso, then Skeith pulled his arm out to reveal he was holding a strange, glowing orb. A flash of light burst from the orb, causing Skeith to pull his arm back as Corbenik howled in pain before shattering, sending a wave of destruction that tore through every Monster on all sides… except for Skeith.

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Orma grunted in pain, crossing his arms as the explosion somehow making him skid back, away from the Monster Zone.

"Gwarrrrggghhh!" Drive screamed in pain, before he was shattered completely.

As soon as the explosion subsided, Orma slowly lowering his defenses and realized, he has stepped out from his Monster Zone, leaving his field completely empty. "IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Corbenik's Monster Effect now activates!" Kaito continued. "When Corbenik is returned to the Extra Deck, I can Special Summon Epitaph User - Ovan and one Digital HERO Monster from my Graveyard! And I'll choose to bring back Shino!" On cue, both the Epitaph User and the Spellcaster Digital HERO reappeared on the field. (7/2800/2300) (4/1400/1800)

"He's going for an overkill…" Kurogasa noticed. "He must've wanted Orma to feel his pain…"

"Unfortunately…" Kaito paused for dramatic effect. "I'm unable to conduct my Battle Phase the turn I use REBIRTH."

Upon hearing that, Orma couldn't help but to let out a demonic laugh. "What's the purpose of doing so, hm? I thought you'd end me in this turn! You're quite pathetic, Kaito-kun!"

"No… he isn't actually finished yet…" Allyson noticed Kaito's poker face.

Kaito then grabbed another card from his hand and played it, "Next, I activate the Spell card… Xth Form!"

"You still have that card in your possession?!" Orma roared.

"But who could possibly make use of that card?" Kazuma wondered as he looked over Kaito's field, but then focused on the Synchro Monster and his eyes widened in realization. "Unless…!"

"I send Avatar Skeith First Form to the Graveyard!" Kaito declared, but instead of vanishing, Skeith's body started to give of a strange, radiant glow.

"The angel of death shall now descend! The twilight is darkest before the dawn! XTH SYNCHRO! Level-12! Come on! Come on! I'm right here! Avatar Skeith Xth Form!"

Skeith's body was soon enveloped by the glow and when it vanished, his body was completely changed. Instead of a black body, Skeith's body was a mix of white and black with golden claws, its horn had shortened and were now up at an angle around his head. Floating behind Skeith's back were eight sword made of pure energy, acting almost like wings and giving Skeith the appearance of a seraph angel. Truly, Skeith had become the angel of death. (12/4000/3500)

"Xth… Synchro?" Akira repeated.

"It's a special summoning method specifically for Skeith's Xth Form," Harald answered. "It is still a Synchro Monster, but it is summoned by the effect of the Xth Form card, allowing Skeith to instantly reach the pinnacle of its power."

"An angel…" Orma looked before he shook his head lightly. "No… more like-"

"A fallen angel." Orpheus summed up.

"No…" Kazuma spoke up, earning the attention of everyone besides Kaito and Naomi. An oddly satisfied grin slipping onto his face. "This form of Skeith… it's a true angel… A harbinger of death…"

"Grr…" Orpheus growled, disgusted.

"I then activate Shino's Monster Effect to increase Skeith's ATK by 500!" Kaito continued, his female mage casting her spell on the Avatar of Death once more. (12/4000-4500/3500) "And now I'll activate Skeith Xth Form's Monster Effect! Once per turn, I can remove an Avatar Synchro Monster in my Extra Deck from play to have Skeith gain the effects of that Monster! And I'll choose Avatar Tarvos!"

"He also has the same effect as Fifteen?" Kurogasa got out.

In response, as Kaito pulled his chosen card out of his Extra Deck, the image of a Monster resembling a woman with a pink body, her legs bound together by wrapping and her arms held above her head and bound by a spiked wheel, her faced covered by a white mask and her "hair" appearing more like large, pink wings growing from her head, appeared on the field briefly before being absorbed into Skeith.

"Then I'll activate a Field Spell! Sacrament - Carleon Medb Temple!" As Kaito played his card, the field started to shift as everyone found themselves standing on a large, circular platform that seemed to have been part of some ancient temple. But as everyone looked around then, all they could see was an empty void. "While this card is face-up on the field, all Epitaph User Monsters gain 1000 ATK and DEF! And all Avatar Synchro Monsters are immune to card effects my opponent controls!" Skeith and Ovan both felt a rush of power surge through their bodies as the Avatar was protected by the field's energies and Ovan grew stronger. (7/2800-3800/2300-3300) "And lastly, I'll play my final card, Field Barrier! While this remains on the field, my Field Spell cannot be destroyed and no other Field Spells can be played!"

"You really are a nuisance, Kaito-kun…" Orma growled.

"A Field Spell geared specifically towards his Synchro Monsters…" Kazuma mused with a hint of interest in his voice. "If he ever used that against me, I'd be completely screwed…"

"Are you done?" Orpheus growled.

"I'll end my turn here since I have no more cards to play," Kaito concluded. "But just remember, even if Kurogasa's wide open, I can defend him with my own Monsters instead."

"My move!" Orpheus roared, drawing out his lone card. With a scoff, he muttered, "I'll set a card facaedown and end my turn."

"My turn!" Kurogasa exclaimed, drawing out his fourth card.

"I activate my trap card!" Orpheus suddenly triggered it, catching Kurogasa off-guard.

"W-What?" Kurogasa blinked in confusion.

"SHOCKER's Failed Experiment!" Orpheus laughed. "I can banish as many "Kamen Rider" monsters as I want from my graveyard and for each of them I've banished, you must discard one card from your hand… each of them!"

"What is your plan?" Kurogasa asked, as Orpheus takes out Kamen Rider Double - Xtreme Form, Wizard, Fourze and OOO from his graveyard.

"Now, all of your cards in your hand has been discarded, yes?" Orpheus grinned darkly, as Kurogasa reluctantly discarded them all to the Graveyard. "The moment you've sent your entire hand to the graveyard, for each monster you have in your hand, you'll take 500 damage for each of them!"

"Yabai!" Kurogasa cursed, as the hand card he had were all monsters. Kamen Rider Zangetsu, G3-X, Garren and Ryugen. Soon, enough, grenades were planted all around Kurogasa and Kaito, making Orpheus grin wider than ever.

"I hope you like pineapples." Orpheus quoted before the boys' field exploded, depleting their Life Points in an instant, though they were protected by Aura's barrier to prevent harm.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 50

Orma/Orpheus: 950

"Is there anything else you want to do?" Orma asked before he realized something. "Of course, you can't do squat now!" Orma laughed it off before drawing his next card. "Pot of Greed. Lovely." Orma said, drawing out his two cards to his hand. "I'll summon Kamen Rider Eternal from my graveyard, using my Monster Reborn… in Defense mode!"

"Defense mode?" Kurogasa got out, raising his eyebrow in confusion, as the familiar white Kamen Rider wielded his dagger, getting into his defensive stance. (4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1200)

"And I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." Orma said, as a hologram of card can be seen on his field. "Kaito-kun, you had your chance of defeating me on your last turn, and yet you wasted it! Are you trying to make a mockery out of me, boy!?"

"Not like I had a choice, both REBIRTH and Xth Form would have prevented me from attacking you anyway," Kaito answered with a shrug.

"But either way, should you be unable to defeat me on your turn, I will never recognize you as a proper Pro-Duelist, from the very day I hired you!" Orma claimed. "And you're nothing more than a scam!"

"…And?" Kaito questioned. "Why should I need your approval? I have my friends to back me and potentially find someone even better than you to be my manager after this nightmare ends."

"Damn you, Kaito!" Orma growled, now dropping his manners. "I've guided you to make you who you are today, and this is the thanks I get from you?!"

"Considering what you'd done to me and my friends, you should be grateful that I'm not going to do more than this," Kaito said. "But know that, after today, should you ever show you face again, I'll be right there to put you in the ground."

"Grrr… MAKE YOUR MOVE!" Orma snapped, as marks of a Phantom appeared on his face, finally losing his temper.

"Then I draw!" Kaito called as he drew his card.

"At the very moment you've drawn your card, my Quick-Play Spell card activates!" Orma declared, revealing his set card to Kaito. "Half Shut! My monster may lose his Attack, but since he's in Defense mode, you can never destroy him!"

Kamen Rider Eternal (4/ATK: 1900 - 950/DEF: 1200)

"Eternal represents me, Kaito!" Orma exclaimed. "My persistence is eternal, as I shall do whatever it takes to make my dream come true! And I've learned one valuable thing from your deck: you do not have any piercing monsters! You never had one, did you?!"

"No… But I still have a way to go through your Monster," Kaito answered with a knowing smirk.

"WHAT?!" Orma gasped, now losing his cool even more. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!?"

"First, I'll release Shino to Special Summon Digital HERO - Shino Xth Form from my hand!" Kaito said, playing his lone card as Shino's body changed, her clothes now more closely resembling those of a college or university professor or possibly a graduate while keeping its color scheme, the end of her staff now stylized as a swirling sphere, appearing as though it were a small tornado trapped in glass with a glowing blue crystal at its core. (6/2100/2300) "Then I'll activate Shino's Monster Effect to increase Skeith's ATK by another 1500 for the turn!" As before, Shino waved her staff at the Synchro Monster, increasing Skeith's power further. (12/4500-6000/3500) "And now I'll activate Skeith's Monster Effect! Once per turn, I can destroy one card my opponent controls, and if the destroyed card is a Monster, I can increase Skeith's ATK by the original ATK of the destroyed Monster until the End Phase!"

"That's impossible… THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Orma's distorted voice roared as more marks of his Phantom became more obvious than before.

"You say, Kamen Rider Eternal represents you, Orma? Then watch as I destroy you! Skeith, destroy Eternal! DRAIN HEART!" Skeith bellowed loudly as the Avatar held its right arm towards the puny Kamen Rider, the eight energy swords flying from Skeith's back and forming a ring around the Synchro Monster's wrist. A massive, golden cannon made of raw data then appeared from around Skeith's arm, its sheer size even eclipsing the Monster itself as energy built up at the head of the cannon before firing a massive, black sphere of data directly at the defending Kamen Rider. In a strange twist of fate, Orma suddenly saw what Eternal saw: death staring him right in the face. He felt it clearly, emitting from Skeith's form; Kaito's wrath, the pain he had to endure and the anger he had bottled up throughout the whole year, ready to be unleashed in one full blast.

"This is the end for you…" Kurogasa muttered. "Sic 'em Kaito…"

The blast then collided into Kamen Rider Eternal like a falling meteor, slowly tearing the Kamen Rider apart bit by bit before Eternal's body imploded in on itself and the black mass vanished. Skeith's cannon then morphed into a slightly different shape, with the head of the cannon now covered by a strange eye-shaped pattern and the eight energy swords circling around it. The remaining data from Kamen Rider Eternal was then forcefully pulled into the cannon, which then disappeared once all the data had been acquired, powering Skeith up further. (12/6000-7900/3500)

"That Monster of his…" Kazuma commented. "It's the strongest thing he's got. I definitely want to face it one of these days."

"This is the end, Orma! Skeith, attack the player directly! Plasma Blade!" Kaito commanded, and in response, a massive scythe made of gold, plasma energy form from nothing is the angelic reaper's hands. Skeith then pulled the weapon back slowly. "How does it feel to stare death in the face?" WIth that, Skeith swung his scythe with all his strength and slashed through Orma's body.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the scream of pain Orma felt, was the loudest one that anyone within the academy ever heard. It echoed from within the cave, which just amplified it even further.

Kurogasa/Kaito: 50

Orma/Orpheus: 0


"You did it, my boy!" Harald congratulated.

"Yes, Kurogasa! The Cosmos is pleased with your actions!" Allyson added.

"No, no, NO!" Orpheus roared out loud, while Orma stood tall, doing absolutely nothing after the attack inflicted damage on him. "I WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE PITS OF HELL! I WILL NOT!"

With a fit of rage, his whole body started to morph again, as another pair of bat-like wings drooped out on his back, the claws having become more twisted and his enlarged body has become as hard as steel. He drew his attention to Kaito, flying and growling, "I SHALL FEAST YOUR SOUL BEFORE I GET DRAGGED BACK THERE!"

"I don't think so." Kazuma spoke up as he and Naomi stepped in between Kaito and the newly-transformed Orpheus. With one hand, Kazuma stopped Orpheus dead in his tracks before closing his hand over the latter's face and forcibly throwing him into the far wall with a loud crash.

Despite the crash, he immediately got out from the crater, letting out a screeching roar before roaring, "YOU HALFBREEDS WILL BE MY LAST SUPPER! NEITHER OF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BEAT A FULL-BRED DEMON LIKE ME!"

Kazuma smirked. "I'd beg to differ. You have any idea who our father is? We have far more power than you could ever hope to obtain."

"IT MATTERS NOT! THE SHADOW REALM SHALL AMPLIFY ME WITH ITS GRANTED STRENGTH!" it roared, driving its rather large claws into the ground where the twins are standing. However, before he could act further, the twins simply forced him back as their power was released in one massive burst and they emerged in their full-power states. "YOUR SOULS ARE MINE!"

"Funny, because we don't have any." Naomi remarked as she launched a barrage of fireballs at the creature, forcing it to remain on its feet while it dodged.

"YOU'RE MINE! MINE TO FEAST!" it screeched, having become a mindless berserker with a taste for destruction. "MINE! MINE! MINE!" it roared, dodging the flames with its sudden agility. At the same time, it felt its desire for blood to be spilt getting the best of it, and it began to launch bursts of dark energy at the demons.

"Rakukaja!" the twins shouted at once. Immediately, purplish auras flared around them for only a brief moment, but the results were immediate. As the projectiles collided with their bodies, it was evident that the attacks did little to faze them. "Sukukaja!" Once more, an aura flashed across their forms, though this one was a forest green. Just as before, the results were immediate as the twins moved with much greater speed than before, practically becoming blurs as they moved.

"My eyes… I can't keep up with this…" Allyson got out, her eyes not being able to see the twins and the berserker within sight.

Suddenly, the creature howled in pain as it suffered a hard blow from Kazuma square in its chest, sending it flying back before it was struck in the back by a kick from Naomi and redirecting its flight path back to Kazuma. In seconds, the male twin thrust his palm forward and unleashed an unnaturally large gust of wind that sent it flying into the ceiling before crashing into the ground.

The creature let out a strong growl, despite the damage it received from the last attack. After gathering its strength, it slowly pushed itself up, letting out a demonic roar.

"Kazuma, Naomi! You must exorcise that demon!" Allyson exclaimed, but it would only make things worse for the spectator because… the demon has now set its sights on them.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" it roared. With one step, Allyson realized it was already right in front of her; the sudden boost from where he fell has now covered the distance and ready to go for the kill on the fortune teller.

Kazuma then retaliated with a flying kick to its side, sending it tumbling back onto the ground with a growl.

"Exorcise it? Honestly, who do you think we are?" Kazuma asked rhetorically.

"The Cosmos has foretold this entity will continue to rise from the ashes, for as long as the hatred of humans are consumed to the Shadow Realm!" Allyson explained to the twins. "And each passing moment of his return, its immense strength will continue to grow and eventually, it might also surpass both of your strength someday! This is the guidance I've received from Cosmos herself and I can hear it clearly!"

"I wouldn't be so sure." Naomi spoke up. "Demons don't work the way you think they do."

"She's right." Kazuma added as he forced the creature back down with a direct hit from a bolt of electric magic.

"What?" Allyson blinked. "What do you mean by that?"

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" it let out a roar, now clashing its claws on Kazuma after its quick recovery. Kazuma glanced at it and folded his wings in on himself, forming a pseudo-cocoon before flexing his body and unleashing a wave of force so great that it was thrown back into the same wall it first landed against.

"As we explained before, demons are the manifestations of human thought." Kazuma continued. "As for what made… it… it's undoubtedly a huge meshing of human malice. Nothing to the level of Erebus, mind you."

"Then… is there a way to at least seal its presence from this world?" Allyson asked.

"Seal it, yes, but the price for that is too big." Naomi replied as a solemn expression fell on her face for a brief moment. "We should know."

The creature growled as it slowly got up, only now feeling the results of its injuries. The creature let out another roar, forcing the wounds on its body to cover up. The pain it felt from it amplified its appetite for destruction. All of the sudden, it had the urge to dig through hard, solid ground, burrowing through it and things were silent.

Naomi's eyes were set aglow before she gasped. "He's right below us!" she warned.

Kazuma growled before he lifted up his right foot. "Earth's Anger!" And with one forceful motion, he slammed his foot into the ground, causing the earth beneath them to break apart and scatter about the area, revealing the position of the creature. And much like what the twins are expecting, the creature was in shock, not knowing how they detected its presence.

"Wait, how did you know that?" Allyson asked.

"Supreme Insight." Naomi answered before the creature dug deeper and went silent again. "It's a special skill I have that lets me… how do I put this… it lets me see someone's 'stats'."

"Like… in a video game?" Allyson got out.

"In a sense. I can also see someone's affinities and weaknesses." Naomi shrugged as Kazuma continued to assault the creature. Eventually, it had no other choice but to do a suicide attack: jumping right in front of Kazuma and holding him tightly within its embrace. Moments later-

*CHOMP!*

-it chomped on his shoulder, wanting to rip him apart with all of its might.

"Agh! Shit!" Kazuma grunted as he felt its teeth sinking into his still-human flesh. He mustered his will to resist the pain before acting again.

"Oh shit, Kazuma!" Naomi gasped with worry for her brother.

"Kazuma!" Allyson exclaimed, feeling the horror as she saw it trying to rip Kazuma's flesh out.

"Paradigm Shift: Deity!" Kazuma called out. In an instant, his body was set aglow with azure light before he found unnatural amounts of strength welling upon within him, and as a result, he was able to place a hand on its back before lightning coursed through it. "ZIODYNE!" Seconds later, Kazuma felt it release its hold on him while howling in agony as more-than-unsafe amounts of voltage were pumped into its body with each passing second.

"GGWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" it howled in pain, scratching its own body with its dirty claws to cease the pain it felt but to no avail. In the end, it decided to dug back into the ground and went hiding once more.

"Paradigm Shift: Megami!" Kazuma announced as his body was set aglow once more, and in the process, his wound was seemingly healed in no time flat.

"Paradigm Shift: Avian!" the twins shouted at once. Immediately, they leapt into the air with their wings keeping them aloft. Fortunately, Naomi was able to escape from its grasp, knowing the creature was about to attempt to bite her leg off with an ambush.

Both demons immediately went to work with peppering the battlefield with bursts of violet-colored energy, leaving the creature with little room to dodge. With the additional pain it felt from Kazuma's last attack, its moves were suddenly being limited, as the damage was too heavy for its body to recover. This caused most of the attacks the twins delivered to strike its body, showing off the hints where Orpheus' body was getting weaker by the minute.

[BGM: "Silvery Wings (Short Strings Version)" from the Accel World Original Soundtrack feat. Mintjam]

"Kazuma, let's end this quickly!" Naomi suggested. Her brother nodded as the two of them shot forward through the air at blinding speeds, faster than anyone could track, before striking it repeatedly and knocking it flat onto its back. The more attacks they delivered, the stronger the scream of the creature and the weaker it got. Once they had finished, the twins landed on the ground and stood with their bodies against the other before taking their hands and clasping them with the other's and aiming their forefingers at the creature.

"Wrath of Rebellion… Strike!" the demon twins shouted in unison as purple lightning arced between them before shooting forward at what used to be Orpheus. As the attack hit, the wild beast attempted to resist it, but felt its strength slipping bit by bit. Despite all of that, Orpheus was still too stubborn to admit defeat.

"Dammit… Come on!" Kazuma grunted as he felt what used to be Orpheus pushing against the combined attack of the demon twins.

"You can keep going… right Kazuma?" Naomi asked as she struggled to fight back as well. Kazuma smiled.

"With you here with me? Of course." he answered. Naomi smiled as well before the two of them looked back to Orpheus with determination. "Alright asshole… this is the power of our bond!"

"DIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!" the creature screamed as it attempted to resist further.

"Naomi, now!" Kazuma yelled.

"Right!"

"DISOBEY!" they shouted as one with a snap of their free fingers. The lightning arcing between them intensified by astounding amounts before the added power was transferred to their attack. Orpheus howled in agony as it felt excruciating pain surge through it, and with the last of its strength depleted, it gave in and was thrown back by the sheer force of the combined attack and into the far wall.

"Grrrrr…." it growled lowly, trying to go after them, but its body won't respond what its mind wants; it just stayed there, not able to move one single muscle. The signs of its body succumbing to the pain was also obvious to the twins.

[BGM End]

"Is… is it over?" Allyson asked after a moment of silence.

"No… not yet." Naomi said as she pointed to the creature's body. "Look."

Just as she had stated, things were not finished. However, while it was clear that Orpheus was getting up despite its injuries, there was something odd about the way it moved. It was unnaturally stiff in mechanical with its movement, and it stared at the twins with a near-blank expression, greatly contrasting the previous expression of rage and bloodlust.

"Well done. I didn't expect you to defeat this one so easily. Then again, you were able to best my other puppet, so this should come as no surprise." Orpheus spoke in a calm, almost emotionless voice that also bore a distortion to it.

"Hang on… that's not Orpheus... is it?" Allyson asked in confusion. "I did not foresee this…"

"You are correct, young lady. I am not the one you call 'Orpheus'." The entity spoke once more. "I merely took possession of this vessel so that I could speak with you directly." He then turned his blank glance to the twins. "I'm referring to the Demon Prince and Princess, of course."

"What do you want with us?" Kazuma questioned. 'Orpheus' chuckled.

"I merely wished to see your strength… a test, you could say." He answered. "After what you did to the other one, I grew quite curious."

"'Other one'? You mean Geist?" Naomi queried.

"So you're the asshole that sent out Geist, are you?" Kazuma asked threateningly as he cracked his knuckles. "And I suggest you answer honestly if you don't want that vessel of yours to get torn to shreds."

Once more, the entity chuckled. "Very well." it responded. "It was I who created the one you called Geist. I did it as a way to… shall we say, 'test the waters'."

"What the hell are you on about?" Kazuma pressed. 'Orpheus' said nothing at first.

"This will not be the last time you see me." he spoke darkly and cryptically. "In time, I will present another test to you humans. I will determine what your ultimate destiny is."

"Okay spill it! Who are you?" Naomi questioned. "Enough of this crap!"

"...I am he who exists beyond the reach of humans. I am he who exists beyond the reach of the gods. I… am one of the many who cannot be matched, for I possess more power than even your father, the Rebel King of Chaos." he replied. "Ah, but I'm getting ahead of myself. If you can prove to me the strength you possess through that abomination you call a 'bond', then you will surely learn the truth. Until then, farewell, children of Chaos…" And with that, Orpheus' body went limp and fell to the ground with a thud, but as he did so, he began to dissolve into a mass of bubbling ichor, and once the process was complete, his remains merely evaporated into oblivion.

"It's… over, yes?" Allyson asked, still worried.

"For you all, yes. But for us…" Naomi answered.

"It's only beginning." Kazuma finished for his sister. "Whoever that was, he knows who we are. If what he said was right, then he really could be… one of Them."

"…'Them'?" Allyson asked. "Is this 'them'… does the Cosmos know of it?"

"Most likely not." Kazuma replied. "If we're dealing with who I think, then we're dealing with the Entities… beings that predate even dad and YHWH."

"YHWH?" Allyson pondered. "Ah, are you referring to God of the Bible, by chance?"

"The very same one I rebelled against, as I explained previously." Lucifer spoke up for the first time throughout the entire ordeal.

"Could that voice be…?" Allyson paused as she turned to see Louis standing next to his children.

"I remember that Geist character mentioning something about the one who sent him being even greater than I am. That can only mean that we really are dealing with the entities recorded in Lovecraft's works… the Entities."

"Lovecraft…" Allyson repeated, seemingly having recalled it. "I do recall a bit, reading his book during my past time. Does this mean the chaos it shall bring… would it be greater than this one?"

"Depending on who you ask, the Entities…" Louis began, but paused. "I think… for the time being we'll just have to wait and see what happens. If this goes further, then I'm sure my kids can explain well enough."

"Agreed." Naomi nodded.

"Yeah… but for now I think we should just get out of here. My body's killing me after all that crap…" Kazuma grunted as he cracked his neck.

"Oh don't worry, I can help you relax after all that." Naomi said seductively as she leaned in and kissed her brother, though only briefly.

"I don't deny that." Kazuma smirked.

"I see." Allyson nodded. "But still, thanks to you both, now Kurogasa doesn't have to worry about Orpheus anymore. At least… for the time being… and speaking of him…"


At the same time, during the course of the battle…

"It's over Orma, give back the Primary Riders and Mana now!" Kurogasa demanded.

"…" Orma remained silent, as the cards he held within his deck is now falling from its place. Moments later, those cards glowed radiantly, forming back into all of the Primary Riders and Mana back to normal. Though, Kurogasa and Kaito noticed that all of them are in severe pain and wounded badly from the curse.

"Minna!" Kurogasa shouted, going over to them.

*CRACK!*

"Huh?" Kurogasa suddenly paused in his track, hearing the crack from a certain someone.

"Kaito…" Orma muttered, as more cracks appeared on his body. "…Kaito…" he muttered, as a red aura seeped out from his body. Then, the moment his body shattered, his true form, the Drake Phantom, finally released from its shell roaring, "KAITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Oh shoot! He's going for him!" Kurogasa realized.

"Kurogasa-kun, now it's your battle with Orma!" Kouta appeared in spirit form.

"I don't think Kaito can make a move after that stunt he did, not even his muscle…" Ren pointed out.

"It's all up to you. Do what you must do as a Kamen Rider, Boss!" Akira cheered.

"You decide his fate now." Ryuusei added.

"YOU WILL DIE!" the Phantom roared, dashing towards Kaito's direction… until…


"C'mon, we're almost there!" Rika exclaimed, as she, Will, Koji (having a frying pan mark on his face), Hassleberry, Alexis, Jaden and Syrus running towards the cave, while Prince Ojin is in care of Lynd. "I knew Kurogasa would be there!"

"Yeah, but let's hope he's in one piece! With Orpheus back, it's gonna be more trouble for him and us!" Syrus panicked.

"Really… why me?" Koji grumbled, unable to get over with the frying pan being hit on his face from his previous action of falling onto Rika.

*CRASH!*

"Whoah!" Alexis exclaimed, as the group backed away, seeing the Drake Phantom and Kurogasa (in Justice Form) fly out from the hole they made, continuing their battle.

"Hey look, it's Kurogasa!" Jaden exclaimed.

"What in tarnation is that soldier fighting?!" Hassleberry gawked.

"A Phantom…" Koji pointed out.

(BGM: Keep Your Weapon Aimed by Aimee Blackschleger)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" the Drake Phantom laughed out loud, knowing Kurogasa's current strength is no longer on par with his true form. "You tried to harm me with those puny daggers! It harms nothing!"

*SLASH!*

"Gah!" Kurogasa winced in pain, seeing the sparks on his chest armor, knowing his halberd inflicted deep damage on it.

"I will never forget this humiliation! NEVER!" Drake Phantom roared, mercilessly lashing out his attack onto Kurogasa's armor. With a strong kick to Kurogasa's chest, the duelist ended up flying and crashing towards a rather large tree, where the group is currently standing at.

"Kurogasa!" they all scream at his name, especially Alexis' cried to him.

"Ow… that hurt…" Kurogasa cringed as he slowly got up and noticed the group. "Guys! Get out of here!"

Before the group could even respond to his warning, Orma already dashed down and delivered a straight kick onto Kurogasa's helmet, forcing him through the tree and the said duelist ended up landing on the ground. "How pathetic…" the Drake Phantom scoffed.

"That's Orma?!" Jaden exclaimed, noticing the voice from it.

"Oh? Seems like we have guests…" Orma smirked, glaring at them.

"Don't you… dare hurt them!" Kurogasa shouted, using the boosters on his metallic wings to fly towards Orma with his Beam Sabers in hand, pushing him away from the group at high speed.

"I see you!" Orma got out, delivering a high speed chop at the back of Kurogasa's neck, delivering a knee strike on his stomach before performing a judo throw, having Kurogasa crashed onto the nearby cave.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogasa cried out in pain.

"Now, stay there." Orma teased, approaching the group. "While I'll busy myself to put these kids in despair."

"Not… gonna happen!" Kurogasa exclaimed. Through sheer will, his armor morphed once more, now making him don his Savior Form, his strongest form. "Oh yeah… I'm back in business…" He then spread his energy wings before flying towards Orma again, now connecting the Beam Sabers to be double-bladed and slashed Orma with them.

*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*

"Ho~h?" Orma got out, impressed from Kurogasa's sudden attack on his halberd. "You've gone faster? And I sense it; the strongest form of your armor…"

"I've been waiting for this for so long… TO FINALLY END YOU!" Kurogasa shouted before he continuously slashed Orma with his double-bladed Beam Saber.

"HAHAHA! That's it, shounen! Faster attacks; make me feel satisfied!" Orma laughed out loud, now interested as both blades clashed in between.

"Whoa… look at 'em go! Fireworks in place!" Jaden grinned.

"And his armor's back!" Rika added.

"Go aibou! Beat that jive-ass turkey!" Koji cheered.

Despite the advantage Kurogasa has right now, Orma knew Kurogasa wasn't expecting what's going to happen next. "Hah!"

"Whoah!" Kurogasa exclaimed, parrying the attack.

*KABOOM!*

"Wargh!" Kurogasa winced in pain, backing out from the attack. "What was that?! I just parry that attack and-"

"-Out goes a kaboom!" Orma laughed out loud before he dashed forward. Like before, Kurogasa experienced the same explosion from each attack.

"Hey, he's cheating!" Syrus exclaimed. "He used magic to his advantage!"

"You dirty cheap bastard! That strategy's uncalled for!" Hassleberry shouted.

Despite having the strongest armor, Orma knew his armor have no specs on deflecting ancient magics. Weakened, Kurogasa panted heavily from the attack. "You're wide open!"

*SLASH!*

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogasa shouted in pain as he was falling to the sea.

"KUROGASA!" Alexis screamed.

(End BGM)

"HAHAHAHA! Now he swims with the fishes!" Orma laughed.

Deep in the sea, Kurogasa was fainting and was sinking deeper into the sea. His body experienced a shock that even his strongest cannot defeat the wizard.

'Kurogasa…'

He heard the call.

'Call our name!'

His eyes slowly opening his eyes, seeing the spirits of the Secondary Riders, Gaim and Drive. Even Joan was there to support him.

'CALL OUR NAME!' they all said in unison, as Joan looked worried upon her master.

"Minna…" He muttered.

"Call their names…" all of the sudden, the Priestess of Fate appeared before Kurogasa's sunken body, looking at him with her neutral look. "...and you shall gain a new hope."

Slowly but surely, as he closed his eyes, he called out each Rider's name. "G3-X… Knight… Kaixa… Delta… Garren… Chalice… Leangle… Ibuki… Todoroki… Gatack… Zeronos… Deneb… New Den-O… Teddy… Proto-IXA… IXA… Saga… DiEnd… Accel… Birth… Meteor… Beast… Gaim… Baron… Ryugen… Zangetsu… Gridon… Bravo… Knuckle… Drive… Mach… Joan…"

"COME TO ME!"

With the Riders grinned widely, all of them entered into Kurogasa's armor. Joan was the last one to pause in her track, held her hand in a prayer and saying, "Your prayer… has been answered!"

And without a doubt, his armor glowed radiantly.

Meanwhile, back at the surface…

"Kurogasa!" the group called out, but he didn't resurface.

"Call his name all you want, he will never wake up from that attack." Orma said confidently. "That shounen has taken too much abuse to-"

Whatever Orma was going to say next was cut off as a huge pillar of radiant light shot out of the water, making the group and Orma look towards the light.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Orma demanded.

The next thing that happened was that huge pillar of light dispersed to show an orb of symbols, from G3-X to Mach, before they spun rapidly and dispersed to reveal a new figure.

(BGM:Bios by Rie)

"Whoa…" Rika said in awe, seeing the new armor.

"That's wickedly trippy, man!" Koji gawked, fixing his cap.

"Kurogasa, you look…" Syrus trailed off.

"…different…" Hassleberry finished off.

"Kurogasa… what have you become?" Will said in awe.

"He… gained new hope." Alexis smiled, as Kurogasa clenched his fist tightly, emitting holy light from his fist.

For his new armor, the bodysuit by itself was white trimmed by gold highlights and wearing a silver trench coat. His chest armor was somewhat bulky, forming a triangular shaped armor with a circular blue gem as its core and the symbols of his Primary and Secondary Riders in gold surrounded the core. His shoulder armor was triangular and it protruded out enough to cover his shoulder. His legs were covered in white armor as well having silver trimmings. As for his helmet, much like his previous ones, it resembled a shogun helmet, but now with six golden pointers that spiked up, which rested on a blue core on top of it. It had a yellow mouthpiece with platinum highlights and the black visor on his helmet had blue lights to indicate the location of his eyes. Attached on each side of his hip, were large metallic sword casings, where swords of three are stored, ready to be used at his command.

A new transformation is here!

"Another transformation? When will you learn you'll never be as strong as me, shounen?" Orma mocked.

"…" Kurogasa remained silent, drawing out a pair of swords from its place. As he slowly leaned forward…

"Very well, since you're too stubborn to-"

*SLASH!*

"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Orma roared in pain, knowing his back was deeply cut from Kurogasa's new weapon, Joan's Holy Swords; each in his hand during the drive by.

"That was fast!" Will got out.

"Playtime's over!" Kurogasa shouted, as he flew towards Orma. In retaliation, he used his magic to push Kurogasa off, but-

"That's awesome!" Hassleberry exclaimed.

"He's too fast for Orma now!" Koji added.

"Kurogasa…" Alexis smiled, seeing him in better shape.

Orma was definitely surprised to see Kurogasa dodging his attacks, "He… dashed through my attacks?"

"Yes I did!"

*POW!*

As Orma was brought to the sky from his kick, Kurogasa wasted no time to jump up high in the air. After breaking through the ceiling and getting a certain height-

*FLAP!*

The wings on his back spread across the sky, leaving some feathers flying away from his armor. "…What… ARE YOU?!" Orma growled.

"An… angel?" Alexis got out, looking up high in the sky, seeing the figure up above making a resemblance of some sort of winged man.

"Whoa, look at that!" Rika pointed out.

"Hey, check out the orbs!" Jaden exclaimed happily, noticing 15 light orbs flew out from the cave.

The next thing that happened was that Kurogasa noticed the Primary Riders and Mana transformed into orbs, circling around him. The emblems of Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, Double, OOO, Fourze,Wizard, and even Mana's trademark hat symbol appeared from it. Kurogasa knew one thing they have given him.

Hope.

"Minna…" Kurogasa said before all of the orbs entered his armor, giving him the extra boost that he needed.

"ONORE, ONORE, ONORE!" Orma growled, his purple shattered marks on his face seeped out his aura, as he wielded his halberd to go for the kill. "ONORE, KAMEN RIDER DUELIST!"

"…Time to end this." Kurogasa looked back up in the sky before quickly dashing up with the assist of his wings and boosted from his comrades.

"!" Orma's eyes were wide open, seeing mirages of Kurogasa's Riders, Mana and Joan, screaming out their attack as they stayed close to Kurogasa. Then…

*STAB!*

"G-GAH!" Orma winced, noticing the pure white blade through his stomach.

"I am the embodiment of Freedom for mankind-"

From their spot where they had decided to watch the conclusion of the battle, Kazuma and Naomi twisted their faces in slight amusement.

"I call bullshit." Kazuma snorted. "That's supposed to be our job."

"Yeah, way to be unoriginal and copy us…" Naomi deadpanned, but had an amused smirk on her face nonetheless.

"What kind of a Savior goes around killing people?!" he grunted, making Kurogasa ponder. "You're not an angel, Rider!"

"You're right…" Kurogasa muttered. "In this form, I'm not a Savior, nor an angel…"

"Then... what are... you?" he muttered as more white cracks spread across his body.

"Must I repeat myself?" Kurogasa muttered.

"Ghhhhhhhhhhhhh...!"

"I am the soul of ALL Kamen Riders! KAMEN RIDER DUELIST!"

*SHANK!*

"…Liberator…" Kurogasa finished off.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Orma roared before-

*CRASH!*

-the wise wizard was no more.

"Liberator…" Alexis muttered.

(End BGM)

"AW YEAH! HE DID IT!" the group cheered, as Kurogasa flew back towards the group and canceled out his transformation.

"It's over now…" Kurogasa said, looking at his old deck. Even though the Primary Riders and Mana aren't responding to him now, he knew they were now safe and sound. It would probably take a week for them to recover before they are back to normal selves. He then looked to his friends… before he suddenly fell.

"Kurogasa!" Alexis cried out before catching him. She knelt down as she cradled him in her arms.

"I did it… Lex…" Kurogasa smiled tiredly. "I did it… it's all over…"

"Yes… the nightmare's finally over…" Alexis smiled at him. "Everything's going to be alright from now on."

"Yeah… Now I can… finally sleep…" He whispered before he closed his eyes with a smile, leaning his head slightly towards Alexis.

"Hey, is he okay!?" Rika panicked, seeing him fall on Alexis.

"Yes… he's fine." she smiled, combing his hair as Kurogasa let out a small snore. "Just tired…"

"I bet things are gonna be normal again, huh?" Jaden grinned.

"Yep! There are lots of things he needs to catch up on with his friends!" Rika grinned happily.


A week later…

"Oh my gosh! Kurogasa actually did 'it'?!" Mana gasped with glee.

"Yes…" Joan sighed regretfully, rubbing her forehead lightly.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED IT!" Urataros wailed, shedding tears away from his eyes. "Kurogasa-kun, you must tell me the details! How could I miss such an important moment in your life?!"

*BONK!*

"Ow!"

"Baka Ero-Kame! Stop being a pervert!" Momotaros snapped.

"Bahaha! There's nothing you can do about it, Momono-" Kintaros exclaimed before immediately falling asleep.

"Wai~! Kuma-chan's asleep again!" Ryuutaros chirped happily before getting a feather to tickle his nose.

"Oh my, what a racket this place has become…" Sieg sighed.

"Yes, and quite a mess…" Deneb shook his head worriedly. "Yuuto would get sick easily if this room is too crowded. That's why I prepared his favorite! Shiitake mushroom fried rice!"

"Honestly, I can't get a good night sleep after what happened yesterday!" Momotaros snapped.

"I don't blame you." Kotaro sighed. "All of you have been through a lot of crap…"

"That's putting it lightly." Teddy said.

"At least it's all over." Yuuto sighed before he realized Deneb trying to shove a spoonful of shiitake mushroom fried rice to his mouth. "Get that thing away from me, Deneb!"

"Don't ya worry, Urataros. Even if Kurogasa won't tell you, I'd be happy to tell you. EVERY. SINGLE. DETAIL." Otoya grinned, getting Urataros's attention.

"Tou-san…" Wataru sighed, unable to do anything about his father's womanizing personality.

"I can't see what my mother sees in him." Taiga sighed irritably.

"Hdbeifyskdbjdidnbdje." Sagark said.

"Who knows…" Makoto shrugged.

"A very disturbed man…" Nago added.

"UGHHH…" Kurogasa groaned while scratching his head wildly, while studying in his parents' room. "I really don't need this distraction, you guys! I got a test this week and I gotta pass so we can keep our room back at Obelisk Blue!"

"Kurogasa, you got a mistake here." Kousuke corrected.

"And your calculations are wrong. That's not the right answer…" Phillip pointed out without having his eyes leave the book he was reading… an adult book.

"Mattaku… I can't believe you'd make a simple mistake!" Shotaro complained before fixing his fedora. "That's why you'll never be… hardboiled."

"Says the detective that's been half-boiled his whole career…" Ryuu scoffed.

"Oi! No fair, Terui!" Shotaro argued, but Phillip paid no mind to it at all.

"You should be grateful that I saved your ass, Tendou! You owe me big time!" Kagami boasted.

"You should know that nothing can stop me, Kagami. As none can walk the path of Heaven, such as I." Tendou said proudly, doing his signature pose.

"Hahahahaha! That boy sure is something!" Hitoshi laughed happily.

"Hitoshi, your line is being pulled." Ibuki said, making him squabble to get it.

"Looks like everything is back to normal, huh, Kurogasa-kun?" Kouta said, sitting next to Kurogasa. "We got our friends back and things are lively, huh?"

"Yeah, I guess so…" Kurogasa sighed.

"Is something wrong?" Kenzaki asked. "You got us back, but you're still not happy about something…"

"I'm happy that you guys are back, I really am. Just… I don't know. I just feel…"

"Hungry?" Haruto offered his plain sugar doughnut, only to have Kousuke take and drape it with mayonnaise. "Oi!"

"What? I'm hungry." Kousuke defended.

"No, that's not it." Kurogasa shook his head.

"Then what is it?" Tachibana asked.

"It's not good to keep everything to yourself." Hajime said.

"C'mon, you can tell us." Mutsuki encouraged.

"It's just… After everything I've been through… I feel that this victory has been bittersweet. It really went downhill when Alexis was brainwashed and…"

"You're saying your normal life doesn't feel normal anymore?" Shinnosuke asked.

"Seeking for another adventure?" Belt-san pointed out, looking at Kurogasa normally.

"After all that… I'm not sure. The way Orma exposed my weakness like that… I feel… I guess violated for a lack of a better term…" Kurogasa said.

"Yeesh… that bad huh?" Go winced.

"I see…" Ren nodded in approval, understanding his pain.

"I can understand what you're saying, kiddo." Tsukasa hovered in front of him, crossing his arms while upside down. "But that's what happens when you let your guard down. People take advantage of your weakness once they see an opportunity. The reason I became a Rider in the first place is to make sure that I'd not only help people cover up their weakness, but making people acknowledge that so they can be stronger. From what I see, you've acknowledged what you lacked and continued on, fighting with your friends."

"Tsukasa…" Kurogasa got out.

"Then again, what do I know? I'm just a passing-through Kamen Rider." Tsukasa shrugged.

"Oi…" Kurogasa sweat dropped.

"As long as you're aware of it, it'll be alright. Even if you have doubts, you know you got us to help out. Even a thief like me." Daiki replied.

"Wow, that's rare of you, mentioning 'friend', dorobo." Tsukasa teased.

"I have to say it so I don't mention it again, pinkie." Daiki countered.

"Pinkku janai, magenta da!"

"It does not suit you." Kumon commented. "Donning pink armor must be quite disgraceful for you."

"Yes, and thank goodness none of us have pink on our armor, other than the female Riders." Takatora commented.

"Speaking of Pink Rider, what happened to Marika?" Micchy asked.

"Don't worry, little brother. Since she has now acknowledged Kurogasa's new profound strength, he commanded her to be with Alexis, to help her fellow teammates." Takatora explained.

"You sure we can trust her though?" Ren asked.

"Yeah, she was on the wrong side." Zack pointed out.

"If Monsieur Kururugi says it's okay, then it is okay." Oren said.

"Yeah, I think it'll be okay." Jounouchi assured. "That woman only follows the strongest, and so far, Kurogasa's it."

Kurogasa couldn't help but actually miss the chaos his friends made. Though he saved his old friends, he made new ones with the Secondary Riders and Joan of Arc. One thing's for sure, his life has become much more interesting than ever.

"By the way, there's only one problem that you need to take care of." Takumi pointed out.

"Problem?" Kurogasa blinked. "What problem?"

"KUROGASAAAAAAAAAA!" a small figure exclaimed, entering his parents' room and hugged his back happily. "I missed you, my love! Your beloved Maiden is here for you!"

"GAHHHHHHH! BLAIR?! Why are you here?!"

"Yeah… that problem." Kusaka said, crossing his arms.

"Have fun." Shuji chuckled.

"This should be interesting." Todoroki grinned.

"You got some free time, right? Let's go sea strolling!" Blair smiled happily. "The weather's fine for us couple!"

"Hahhhh?! Sea strolling?!" Kurogasa gawked. "And since when were we a couple?!"

"Since three days ago!" she chirped, hugging his arm while trying to drag him out from his studies.

"But, I already got a girlfriend!"

"So what? This Maiden of Love won't give up that easily!" she kept her smile, not letting go of his arm. "I'm gonna snatch you all for myself!"

"And while you're at it, I'm gonna get busy spreading these pictures of you being together with her over the last three days." Tsukasa grinned, showing Kurogasa multiple copies of the picture with his 'date'. "I wonder what will happen when Lexy-chan sees this?"

"She'll be pissed, definitely…" Daiki chuckled.

"You're a bad influence, Tsukasa-kun!" Natsumi huffed, giving the Laughing Pressure Point, making Tsukasa laugh involuntarily.

"Well… like Kouta-kun says, everything's back to normal." Yuusuke sighed happily.

"Yeah…" Shouichi added.

"And we made new friends too!" Gentaro cheered, doing his signature fist-to-chest bump and pointing at a wall.

"Wrong way." Shinji said, as Kousuke pointed it to the door instead. "Dude, that's so wrong…"

"What am I going to do with these idiots…?" Ryuusei sighed, crossing his arms.

"Another day's worth of hauling in the money, right Eiji?" Akira asked.

"You got that right, Date-san!" Eiji grinned happily.

"Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!" Tsukasa laughed out loud, before hovering towards the door. "I'll definitely spread this across the female dorm! Your mom's gonna be in for a big surprise!"

Kurogasa slowly lost his temper, as Blair was confused from his sudden change of mood. "Kurogasa?" she asked.

In one loud scream, the only words he could say were…

"ONORE, DIKEIDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"


TWF: 8O… le gasp, this is sum' chapter, guys…

SD: Even longer than what Fen, TWF and I had to do on Duel Spirit day…

Fen: Freakin' 80+ pages! That's a new record!

MotWC: Yeah that's not all that surprising considering how much we crammed in here.

Fen: Still, it was nonetheless epic! Kurogasa got the Primary Riders and Mana back, his armor's back and he got a new form too!

TWF: Liberator, huh? Why does it sound like it came from-

SD: *shoves TWF a cream bun* Don't say it! It's a coincidence that he got the name!

MotWC: …It really was Vanguard, wasn't it?

Fen: To be honest, no… that was actually on a whim. o.o

AG: Still, I'm glad we finally got this finished and Kaito got to take down Orma for everything he put my guy through simply to try and get Geist.

TWF: *wearing Yusei's hairdo and do the crab walk* CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!

SD: Really, Wild Fang? Really? -_-;

MotWC: Hey! I'm supposed to make the Yusei jokes here! Don't MAKE me bust out my Stardust Warrior on you… or worse… SHOOTING QUASAR DRAGON!

AG: What, no Sifr Dragon?

MotWC: Meh. Quasar is OG. Quasar is best. RIMITO-OBA AKUSERU SHINKURO!

Fen: Too late for that…

TWF: Le me gets first! First come, first serve! 8D

Fen: Okay, okay, but first, there's still one more chapter we need to do!

SD: *wipes off sweat* Wow, nearly one and a half years (plus another one and a half year for other stuff we need to do) and we're already about to reach the end for this season?

Fen: Yep, so stay tuned guys, next chapter is the finale of season!

MotWC: Next chapter's gonna be just as epic… if not more. For many reasons, which you'll see.

AG: Plus it's the chapter where we say farewell to my characters since Fen has made it clear he doesn't want me around anymore.

Fen: You're still mad about that? o.o;

AG: Not really mad. Granted, I did have my plotline planned out for the third season, but at least now I don't have to micro-manage Kaito on your story.

TWF: Didn't you mean you go overkill on the second half of the chapter? Y'know, with blood and whatnot? I'm surprised that you're the only one who was able to make our viewers… puke, AG… o.o

*Azure Guardian shrugs*

MotWC: Meh, at least now with the Akasaka twins taking over for Kaito's absence, we have an all-new plotline set up for next season, and I even took some liberties with hinting at it in this chapter. Those of you that know Persona probably already know where I'm going with this.

Fen: Plus, we're saying goodbye to other OC characters due to being… underused…

TWF: Like the Akiyama Twins, Will and of course, Victor and Kurai. Sooner or later, as authors, we gotta cut down some characters, so we can make a room for new characters along the way. Oh, there's one more surprise we would like to announce beforehand! I don't think the original co-author, Fen-kun, might not know this!

SD: Really? *scratches his head* I don't know what you're talking about, dude.

MotWC: And what would this surprise be?

TWF: Since the next season is gonna be full of 'gore' and 'death', I decided to recruit Fen's co-author of Fate series… MotWC! :D

Fen: …what?

SD: …dude?

MotWC: I wouldn't go that far, Fang. Season 3 wasn't THAT bad… it just got really damn dark in the second half. Plus, nobody actually dies in there. They just get sent… somewhere else. *shrug*

AG: Minimum two people do actually die though.

Fen: Just don't go overboard with the stuff though… please… make it at least tolerable so we don't have our viewers puke… -_-

TWF: If you want to feel better, we might need AG's help to make the viewers puke again someday in one of the chapters… o.o

Fen: NO!

MotWC: That won't be necessary.

TWF: You guys might deny it now, but believe me, you'd be asking for his help someday. Isn't that right, AG? Like have you ever expected that you'd be asking AG and MotWC for help, Fen-kun? I don't… o.o

Fen: Uh… well…

SD: For an author who spends 90% of his time of being an idiot, he's… got a point, actually. We didn't expect it would turn out like this, too.

MotWC: Well now I see how much you guys care about me… *cries truly convincing tears*

TWF: Uh… AG, your friend is on waterworks here… *pointing at MotWC*

Fen: He'll be fine… maybe…

MotWC: I need a Jack Frost… AZURE, GET ME A JACK FROST, DAMMIT!

Fen: Oi, oi, oi… -_-;

MotWC: What? Jack Frost makes everything good in the world.

Fen: Everything? *raises eyebrow in suspicion*

MotWC: Yes. Everything. You should catch one and form a contract with it. You won't be disappointed.

Fen: I'll… take your word for it…

TWF: So, AG? You got any last words to say here? You can just be honest, if you want.

AG: At first I thought it'd be a fun romp taking my Digital HERO deck for a test drive in this story since I had no plans at the time to do my own GX story with them. But considering how I felt about the previous seasons, it's true I wanted to try and put the story back on track. To do that though… I ended up having to make Kaito a little OP since, as you've all seen, he has never once lost an actual duel with his own deck.

MotWC: Yeah that was pretty evident. Not that I minded though.

TWF: Don't forget Kaito actually killed a character by accident, dude! :D

Fen: Uh… technically, no.

AG: That was Geist, not Kaito. And hell, I actually never even planned for Geist to be a thing in this story. I thought him up at that exact moment during the rematch with Kurogasa simply because I felt Kurogasa was turning into a major Mary-Sue and that he needed to be knocked down several pegs.

SD: Hence, for this season, we're going to show you guys that despite all the gifts Kurogasa had, he's just another fragile human being and there'd be alway someone who is better than him.

AG: Well let's not forget that Kurogasa was acting way too much like Kira Yamato and Shinji Ikari with how much of a "plot shield" the former had and how much the latter required the sympathy of others to even attempt at being considered a "character". Those are among Kurogasa's greatest flaws, in my opinion, and I felt needed to be fixed.

MotWC: I'm gonna be honest here as well… I have to agree with Azure. But I mean Fen already kinda figured that out, so this is nothing new. Nonetheless, I'm going to be a part of the remainder of this series to make sure the story stays on track… with a few exceptions of course.

Fen: Those flames though… really hurt me…

SD: *carries a fire extinguisher* Want me to put it out for you?

Fen: I'll be fine…

TWF: Despite the criticisms, AG, they also complain about your OC, but as more chapter goes, they realized the message you're trying to give and eventually, accepting your character as a whole. Your OC somehow created an impact that Kurogasa's not perfect.

AG: And for those who felt that Kaito was the source of all the problems Kurogasa was facing, Kaito was being manipulated the entire time. He had no way of knowing that Orma, his Manager for so many years whom he had trusted in, would ever steer him wrong. But once he found out the truth, Kaito made it his sole purpose to track down Orma and confront him. And with how little Kaito was actually seen in the story, there's a reason why I like to compare him to the OG Green Power Ranger and the Lightspeed Rescue Titanium Ranger. While he doesn't show up often, he always kicks ass when he is there and he's proactive in trying to find the antagonist while the other characters are lounging around waiting for shit to hit the fan.

MotWC: Damn straight. You could even say he was trying to… REACH OUT TO THE TRUTH! *Reach Out To The Truth begins to play*

TWF: And Kaito's finishing touch on the duel have sealed the deal. He's a puppet no more, and spread his wings to the new horizon!

AG: And let's not forget the defeat of Geist, who had been tormenting him for years because of how much power the spirit/demon had sealed away and the damage it could have done, as seen when he was released in Domino City even though Kaito only did so because he would have died otherwise.

MotWC: But now Kaito's free from those shackles, all thanks to my characters, no less.

TWF: Yeah, and if it weren't for the demon twins, I don't think Kaito's gonna be around and 'Kaito' would be a permanent cast… o.o

Fen: Okay, well anyways, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! Stay tuned for the epilogue!

TWF: Oh yeah, one more thing! Since I won't be in the final chapter, let me say that I won't run away, like previous season. I've made an ultimatum that I'd stick to this story and see it to the very end!

SD: Wohoo! Fen-kun and I won't have to search for another author to fill in your place! We're the original trio!

MotWC: HEY! I thought I was a new addition?! DX

Fen: You are, we just have to… put you through an 'initiation'… *grins evilly*

MotWC: Alright, bring it! I'm friggin' Lucifer! I can take anything! *demonic tattoos appear on my body and demonic wings sprout from my back. Then suddenly, Kazuma and Naomi appear next to me* Huh… that part was unexpected… Well, I am their father, in a sense, so...

TWF: Well, there you have it, folks. On the last chapter, it's all on AG and MotWC. The Titanic trio won't be involved in too much of that chapter.

SD: Yeah, since I'm busy with real life stuff, too.

Fen: We'll be adding a few bits here and there in the epilogue. Alright, that's enough from us, we'll see on you on the finale!

TWF: It's time to party~~! *takes out Mr. Toots*

Fen: Damn it Fang, not the unicorn!

SD: I thought I traded it with something else!

TWF: You did, but I bought it, so it's mine! *squeezing Mr. Toots and makes it spewed rainbows all over the place*

MotWC: And next time, it'll be the… *gestures to Fen and everyone and shows them a cue card*

Everyone: FINAL TURN!


Heart of the Pride
Equip Spell Card
Effect
: Choose one monster on the field and declare an archetype. And with it, that same monster will be having the same name as other monsters on the field. If the opponent control the same type of the declared archetype, during the Battle Phase, any monster that battles with the equipped monster with a different archetype, would have their Equip Cards negated in that battle. Should the Equipped monster be destroyed, destroy this card instead.

Dark Rider's Sacrificial Entity
Normal Spell Card
Effect
: Tribute one DARK monster on your side of the field. Until your turn ends, increase all of your monster's ATK by the tributed monster's ATK. If you are unable to inflict damage to your opponent, all of your monsters would be destroyed and inflict 800 damage to your opponent for each of them.

Dark Rider's Curse of Fate
Normal Spell Card
Effect
: This card is exclusive for Tag Team duel. If you control two or more "Kamen Riders" on the field, and either one of your opponent controls at least one "Kamen Rider" on their field, destroy one card on the field. Then, the owner may draw a card and discard two of them from their hand.

Clash of the Riders
Normal Spell Card
Effect
: When this card is played, all monster on your side of the field will battle with your opponent's monsters. Any monster that was destroyed in this battle, inflict 500 damage to the owner of the losing monster.

Sacrificial Sanctuary
Quick-Play Spell Card
Effect
: When this card is played, you may tribute as many monsters as you want. In this turn, you may reduce the damage you'd take by 200 x the total level of the tributed monsters this turn. This card does not replenish your Life Points.

SHOCKER Hacking
Normal Trap Card
Effect
: Discard one card from your hand. Destroy all of the cards with counters on it and inflict 100 damage for each counter to the owner of it.

SHOCKER's Failed Experiment
Normal Trap Card
Effect
: You may banish any number of "Kamen Rider" from your graveyard. Your opponent MUST discard his hand card equals to the number of cards in his hand. If the opponent discards a monster, inflict 500 damage to each of them.

Kamen Rider Sorcerer
Level: 9
ATK/DEF: 3500/2000
Attribute: DARKNESS
Type: Spellcaster
Effect: Once per turn, you may sacrifice one "Kamen Rider" on the field. If you do, this card cannot be targeted by card effects until End Phase.

Rider's Dramatic Entry
Normal Trap Card
Effect
: If you control at least one "Kamen Rider" on the field, if your opponent attacks you directly, reduce the damage to 0 until the end of Battle Phase.

Rider's Soul Impact
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Banish one "Kamen Rider" from your Graveyard. Special Summon 1 level 4 or lower "Kamen Rider" monster from your graveyard. Negate its effect and reduced its ATK and DEF to 0.

(These cards belonged to The Wild Fang. Credits goes to him… now, give 'im a cookie! :D)

Emergency Upgrade
Type: Normal Trap
Effect:
Activate if a "Kamen Rider" on your side of the Field is selected as a target. Select 1 "Kamen Rider" with "Form" in the same name as the "Kamen Rider" battling your Opponent's Monster. at the End Phase, send that card to the Graveyard.

Kamen Rider Drive - Tridoron Form
Level: 9
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 3500/3000
Effect:
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned by Tributing "Kamen Rider Drive" on your field. One per turn, activate one of the following three effects:
-This card can attack all Monsters on your opponent's side of the Field.
-Increase your Life Points by 1000.
-Reveal your opponent's Spell/Trap cards (if any). Select one card and destroy it. Cards that were not selected by this effect cannot be activated until your End Phase.

Justice Gauntlet
Type: Normal Spell
Effect:
You can only activate this card during your Main Phase 1. Remove 2 Level 5 or higher "Kamen Rider" Monsters from your Graveyard to Special Summon 1 "Kamen Rider Duelist - Justice Form" from your Fusion Deck. (This is treated as a Fusion Summon

Kamen Rider Duelist - Justice Form
Level: 10
Type: Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 3500/3000
Material: 2 Level 5 or higher "Kamen Rider" Monsters
Effect:
Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned other ways. When this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target 1 face-up Attack Position Monster your opponent controls; return it to the hand. During either player's turn, when a Monster effect, or a Spell/Trap Card, is activated: You can shuffle 1 Monster from your Graveyard into the Deck, negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Kamen Rider Duelist - Justice Form" once per turn.

(Top cards belong to Fenikkusumaru. All creative rights go to him.)

Power of Salvation and Destruction
Continuous Trap
Effect
: If you control a face-up Digital HERO Monster, this card cannot be destroyed by card effects your opponent controls. When this card is activated, and during each of your Standby Phases, activate 1 of the following effects:
• Monsters on your side of the field cannot be destroyed and are unaffected by card effects your opponent controls and you take no damage while this card is face-up on the field.
• If you control a face-up Digital HERO Monster, you can destroy this card; destroy all Monsters your opponent controls. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you use this effect.

Digital HERO - Silabus
EARTH
Level-5
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1400
Effect: You can only control 1 face-up "Digital HERO – Silabus". While this card is face-up on the field; increase the ATK and DEF of all Level-4 or lower Monsters you control by 1200. This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Digital HERO – Gabi of Kestrel
Level-7
EARTH
Beast-Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1800
Effect: This card gains 600 ATK during the Battle Phase. If this card attacks a Defense mode Monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Digital HERO – Silabus Xth Form
Level-7
DARK
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1900
Effect: This card's name is treated as "Digital HERO – Silabus" while face-up on the field and in the Cemetery. You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by releasing 1 "Digital HERO – Silabus" you control. You can only control 1 face-up "Digital HERO – Silabus". While this card is face-up on the field; decrease the ATK and DEF of all Monsters your opponent controls by 1200. This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Waters of Time
Continuous Trap
Effect
: If you control a face-up Digital HERO Monster: Monsters on your side of the field are unaffected by card effects your opponent controls while this card is face-up on the field.

Epitaph User - Atoli
LIGHT
Level-4
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK
: 300
DEF: 2200
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) You can only control 1 face-up "Epitaph User - Atoli". If you control a face-up "Epitaph User - Haseo", this card cannot be selected as an attack target. During each of your End Phases; gain 400 Life Points for each Monster you control. This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Innis". This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Epitaph Fragment
Quick-Play Spell
Effect
: If you control a face-up "Epitaph User" Monster: Special Summon 1 "Epitaph" Tuner Monster from your deck.

Epitaph of Deceit
LIGHT
Level-3
Machine/Effect
ATK
: 0
DEF: 0
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card can only be used for the Synchro Summon of "Avatar Innis". This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Innis".

Avatar Innis
LIGHT
Level-7
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 2200
DEF: 3500
"Epitaph of Deceit" + "Epitaph User - Atoli"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon. Up to twice per turn, if this card would be destroyed, it is not destroyed. Once per turn, you can halve the ATK of 1 Monster your opponent controls (until the End Phase). If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck, Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Atoli" from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Innis". If this card was Synchro Summoned using an "Xth Form" Monster as material, it gains the following effect:
• This card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects your opponent controls.

Epitaph User - Endrance
DARK
Level-4
Warrior/Effect

ATK: 1800
DEF: 400
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) You can only control 1 face-up "Epitaph User - Endrance". You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 face-up "Digital HERO - Elk" you control. If you control a face-up "Epitaph User - Haseo", increase the ATK of this card by 1000. If this card is equipped with "Digital HERO - Mia", increase the ATK of this card by 1000. This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Macha".

Epitaph User - Endrance Xth Form
DARK
Level-7
Warrior/Effect
ATK
: 2500
DEF: 1800
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card's name is treated as "Epitaph User - Endrance" while face-up on the field and in the Graveyard. If this card is used as material for a Synchro Summon, you can treat this card as a Level-4 Monster. If you control a face-up "Epitaph User - Haseo" or "Digital Hero - Tokio", increase the ATK of this card by 1000. Once per turn, you can target 1 Monster your opponent controls; take control of that target until the End Phase. You can only control 1 face-up "Epitaph User - Endrance". This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Macha". This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Epitaph of the Temptress
DARK
Level-4
Machine/Effect
ATK
: 0
DEF: 0
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "DIgital HERO" card) This card can only be used for the Synchro Summon of "Avatar Macha". This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Macha".

Avatar Macha
DARK
Level-8
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 2800
DEF: 2200
"Epitaph of the Temptress" + "Epitaph User - Endrance Xth Form"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon. This card is also Plant-type and Beast-type. Once per turn, you can target 1 Monster your opponent controls; take control of it until your 3rd End Phase after activating this effect. If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck, Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Endrance" from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Macha". If this card was Synchro Summoned using an "Xth Form" Monster as material, it gains the following effect:
• Once per turn; you can take control of all Monsters your opponent controls. Monsters you control that are owned by your opponent cannot attack.

Epitaph User - Ovan
LIGHT
Level-7
Warrior/Effect
ATK
: 2800
DEF: 2300
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) You can only control 1 face-up "Epitaph User - Ovan". If you control a face-up "Epitaph User - Haseo", you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). This card is unaffected by card effects your opponent controls. This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Corbenik". This card cannot be equipped with Union Monsters.

Digital HERO - Shino
DARK
Level-4
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK
: 1400
DEF: 1800
Effect: If you control a face-up "Epitaph User - Ovan", you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). Once per turn, you can increase the ATK of 1 Monster you control by 500. If this card is destroyed by battle, it is removed from play.

Epitaph of Rebirth
LIGHT
Level-1
Machine/Effect
ATK
: 0
DEF: 0
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card can only be used for the Synchro Summon of "Avatar Corbenik". This card cannot be summoned if you control a face-up "Avatar Corbenik".

Epitaph of Death
DARK
Level-2
Machine/Effect
ATK
: 0
DEF: 0
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card is also LIGHT-Attribute. This card can only be used for the Synchro Summon of"Avatar Skeith". This card cannot be controlled if you control "Avatar Skeith".

Avatar Corbenik
LIGHT
Level-8
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 3000
DEF: 2800
"Epitaph of Rebirth" + "Epitaph User - Ovan"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a Digital HERO card) This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon. If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Ovan" from your Graveyard. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck; you can Special Summon 1 "Digital HERO" Monster from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Ovan".

Avatar Skeith First Form
DARK
Level-8
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 3000
DEF: 2500
"Epitaph of Death" + "Epitaph User - Haseo"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card's name is treated as "Avatar Skeith". This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls. If the destroyed card was a Monster; increase the ATK of this card by half the original ATK of the destroyed Monster (until the End Phase). This card cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Haseo Second Form" from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Skeith".

REBIRTH
Spell
Effect
: This card can only be activated if you control a face-up "Avatar Skeith". Return 1 face-up "Avatar Corbenik" you control to the Extra Deck; destroy all Monsters on the field. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you use this effect.

Sacrament - Carleon Medb Temple
Field Spell
Effect
: Increase the ATK and DEF of all face-up "Epitaph User" Monsters you control by 1000. "Avatar" Synchro Monsters you control are unaffected by card effects your opponent controls.

Xth Form (Updated)
Spell
Effect
: Activate 1 of the following effects:
• Send any number of face-up "Digital HERO" Monsters you control to the Graveyard; Special Summon the same number of "Xth Form" Monsters with the same name as the sent Monsters.
• Send 1 face-up "Avatar Skeith" Synchro Monster you control to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Avatar Skeith Xth Form" from your Extra Deck (this is treated as a Synchro Summon).
"Xth Form" Monsters cannot attack the turn they are summoned by this card's effect.

Avatar Skeith Xth Form
LIGHT
Level-12
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 4000
DEF: 3500
"Epitaph of Death" + "Epitaph User - Haseo Xth Form"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a "Digital HERO" card) This card's name is treated as "Avatar Skeith". This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon or by the effect of "Xth Form". Once per turn, you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls. If the destroyed card is a Monster; increase the ATK of this card by the original ATK of the destroyed Monster (until the End Phase). Once per turn, you can remove 1 "Avatar" Synchro Monster in your Extra Deck from play (excluding "Avatar Skeith" Monsters). This card gains the effects of all Monsters removed from play by this effect. This card cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects your opponent controls. If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Haseo Xth Form" from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Skeith".

Avatar Tarvos (mentioned, not played)
DARK
Level-8
Machine/Synchro/Effect
ATK
: 2900
DEF: 2100
"Epitaph of the Avenger" + "Epitaph User - Pi"
Effect: (This card is always treated as a Digital HERO card) This card cannot be summoned except by Synchro Summon. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 Monster your opponent controls to increase the ATK of this card by half the original ATK of the destroyed Monster (until the End Phase). If this card destroys an opponent's Monster by battle, increase this card's ATK by 300. If this card would be removed from the field (by battle or an opponent's card effect), it is returned to the Extra Deck instead. If this card is returned to the Extra Deck, Special Summon 1 "Epitaph User - Pi" from your Graveyard. You can only control 1 face-up "Avatar Tarvos". If this card was Synchro Summoned using an "Xth Form" Monster as material, it gains the following effect:
• If this card destroys an opponent's Monster with its own effect: Increase the ATK of this card by the original ATK of the destroyed Monster instead (until the End Phase).

Digital HERO - Shino Xth Form
DARK
Level-6
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK
: 2100
DEF: 2300
Effect: This card's name is treated as "Digital HERO - Shino" while face-up on the field and in the Graveyard. Once per turn, you can increase the ATK of 1 Monster you control by 1500 (until the End Phase). You can only control 1 face-up "Digital HERO - Shino".

(Cards were made by The Azure Guardian. All creative rights go to him.)