Fenikkusumaru: Hey there everyone! It's Fenikkusumaru here and boy do we have a chapter for you all! You liked last chapter? Well, you're gonna LOVE this one! Because this chapter is having the Rider War! Kamen Riders and allies on one side with Kurogasa as its leader vs. The Dark Riders and its allies with Orpheus as its leader! It's gonna be legendary! It's gonna be awesome! It's gonna be EPIC! So hold on to your hats people! Because the Rider War starts now!
TWF: Ladies and gentlemen, wear your safety helmets on and arm yourselves with a weapon in hand… or cards, in this case, because ALL of us are going to war. A Rider War to be exact. Chaos would ensue for sure and there's gonna be a lot of enemies involved, especially the enemies' grunts, and not to mention we have the classic standoff between heroes and villains from their respective series. And don't worry, we'll try our best to make sure no blood is spilled in this mess and this'll be like the Battride War. So get to it and Go Get'em!
Serpentdragon: You guys are in for the ride of your life in this chapter of Kamen Rider GX. You're about to experience quite possibly the most explosive battle ever: the new Rider War. And when I say it's gonna be the ride of your life, I mean it! The battles are more explosive! The fights are personal! And the combatants are the toughest ever. As Kurogasa and the gang bring forth their most powerful monsters, Orpheus has his Dark Riders and their minions ready and waiting. The prize: the right to decide the very fate of humanity! Grab the popcorn, grab the cold drink, get comfortable, and join us for the greatest battle ever fought in Yu–Gi–Oh! And Kamen Rider history!
TWF: MINNA, IKUZE!
The three of us: HENSHIN!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Chapter 55: Rider War Part 1
*Moments before the war*
Inside one of the classes, Professor Sartyr was teaching his class about advanced mathematics and everyone was paying attention for the time being. "Alright, class. Can any of you solve this question?"
*BOOM!*
The sound of the door exploded as the RioTroopers swarm into the room, making them confused. "Yes? Can we help you?"
"What is this, a cosplay?" one of the female students asked, confused looking at the RioTroopers.
"There're a lot of them wearing the same suit…" another female voice added.
The lead RioTrooper took out his blaster, signaling all the other RioTroopers to do the same. "Prepare to exterminate the humans!"
"HUH?!" The students asked shocked.
"What are you talking about?" A big guy said in confusion. Before he continued to speak, a shot hit at the table nearby.
"And I suggest that all of you should either start running for your lives or die sitting here…" another RioTrooper said. The students immediately realizing their lives were in danger began running out of the room as the RioTroopers began shooting at them.
At the cafeteria, a bunch of students are looking at the pile of packed lunches inside a large bucket, and one of them is Damon. "Alright, this time, I'll be sure to get the Golden Egg sandwich! I'm sure of it!" Dmitri said with confidence. Before he can pull it out, though, he was suddenly trampled by a swarm of screaming students being chased by laser blasts. "Wha–What the–?" He looked up and saw another platoon of RioTroopers begin marching his way.
"Exterminate all humans!" A RioTrooper leader ordered. "KILL THEM ALL!" the leader of the RioTrooper shouted; unleashing shots at them, a few of them ended up dropping dead onto the ground.
"W–What's going on here?" Damon asked, confused by the situation.
"You are to be exterminated! Your existence is your crime! Resistance is futile!" The RioTrooper leader said.
"Run! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Another student shouted before he was shot down as well.
"Your existence is your crime! Resistance is futile!" The RioTrooper leader said.
Damon trembled up at the RioTroopers who had their blasters pointed at him as he crab-walked until he hit the wall behind him. "N–N–No–No! Please! Don't!" He could say no more as he was suddenly hit with a storm of blaster fire. He didn't even have time to scream.
"Oh no! Somebody save us!" Miss Dorothy cried out as she immediately pulled down the shutter of her shop, assisted by Sandy.
Chancellor Sheppard noticed the whole school is under raid of the RioTroopers. "How is this possible?! I thought the Shadow Duels have been done and we've won! But why is this madness still continuing on? What's going on around here?"
Kurogasa clenched his fist as he gave a low growl. "It's simple: My uncle cheated."
"More like a low blow to the core…" Kyoshiro cringed in pain after hearing more screams at the academy.
"Nii–sama…" Yukina said worriedly as Kyoshiro stood near her. Due to the dome created by Orpheus, she also regained her physical form.
Koji looked to Kurogasa and said, "Alright, fearless leader, it's your call… What's the plan?"
Chazz looked indignant. "Excuse me!? Um, the Chazz is the leader here!"
Koji just looked at him with an exasperated look as he said, "Really? You really think you're the leader?"
"I didn't stutter, did I?" Chazz snapped.
"Do you really want to be our boss? More like a dictator to me…" Victor added.
"Yeah, he's our boss, so he would be your boss too, y'know?" Ojama Yellow said appearing.
"He's right!" Ojama Black added.
"If you got a problem with that, you doinks would have to go to us first!" Ojama Green added as the three Ojamas stood together.
"I don't need your help, losers!" Chazz snapped as he swiped away the Ojamas with his hand. "The Chazz knows he can lead you guys to our victory!"
"I disagree!" Marta intervened. "I think Kurogasa should lead all of us. He knows better regarding the Rider War than any of us…"
"I–I agree with Sempai!" Mamori stuttered.
"NO! I'm leader and whatever I say goes!"
"Um, Chazz, no offense, but you're not a Kamen Rider. Kurogasa, though, he is a Kamen Rider!" Syrus added.
Bastion nodded, saying, "I agree. His powers give him a great advantage and would make him the most logical leader."
"Couldn't agree with them more!" Jaden chirped. "And besides, he did beat you in a duel, remember? Oh, that includes me too!"
"And all of us stood firm on our decision." Alexis added as she looks at her boyfriend. "Kurogasa, we– no, I want you to lead us."
"The Kamen Rider Reject always gets to be the star! It should be me!"
Rika ignored Chazz as she said, "You know the most about Kamen Riders, even more than me and Koji. You know how to fight these guys better than anyone."
"Yeah! And you have the knowledge on every single one of them, for sure!" Koji encourages him.
"But… my dad knows more than I do." Kurogasa said as Kyoshiro looks at his son.
"This one's on you, son. True, I have tons of knowledge on them, but I guess this is the time where you can prove your worth. You got some fancy armor at your disposal and it's time to put it to good use. Your mother would help you out as well since she has her own Rider Form. As for me? Well, I'm too old for this stuff but at least I can teach them around here." Kyoshiro smiled. "Besides, where else should I teach if this place crumbles down, other than going back to Industrial Illusions?"
"Dad… A–Are you sure?" Kurogasa asked.
Kyoshiro nodded and put his hand on Kurogasa's shoulder. "We all trust you, Kurogasa. But don't worry; we'll be fighting by your side. We all can summon our monsters here now, so we'll be there to back you up." He then looked to the other kids and said, going into his teacher role briefly, "Also, if any of you have Equip Spells on you, you can use them on yourself. It might be a good idea to use them to protect yourselves, just in case the bad guys get too close."
Koji nodded as he said, "I got three for myself. Let's go Boogie Shoes! Boogie Blaster! Disco Cycle!" There was a small flash of light as Koji slapped the cards onto his Duel Disk and when it faded, Koji wielded a disco-themed white and gold laser blaster in his hands, gold platform shoes with little wings on the ankles like Hermes's winged sandals from Greek mythology, and a gold, white, and pink pimped out motorcycle. Also, his outfit changed into a white and gold motorcycle riding suit like something Evel Knievel would wear. "I'm set to go."
"Hm… flashy." Marta commented while looking at him.
"What happened to you?" Chazz remarked on Koji.
Koji shrugged as he hopped onto the Disco Cycle, sliding the Boogie Blaster into a side holster. "I geared up. These are three Boogie Knight–specific Equip Spells I haven't been able to use in a Duel here yet. These should help me out in case my Boogie Knights can't stay near me the whole time."
"We might as well gear ourselves up because here they come!" Sheppard shouted as the RioTroopers charged at them with a sword in hand, ready to slash them down.
"You guys! Let's do this!" Kyoshiro shouted as all of the Showa Riders appear from the sky, doing a front flip and landing their kicks onto each of them.
"Let's go! Ronin Warriors, to arms!" Victor shouted as slapped onto his Duel Disk the five Ronin Warriors in their armored forms while placing the Warlords and Lady Kayura into the Spell/Trap Zone to bring them out. As they appeared on the field, Kento of Hardrock charged to the front, spinning his weapon.
"IRON… ROCK… CRUSHER!" He shouted as he created a powerful earthquake, destroying a few more RioTroopers that came their way.
Just then, Ryo looked to Victor and said, "Victor, take these!" In a flash, Victor was carrying two katana similar to Ryo's and silver and black greaves on his arms and legs. "They should help."
"Thanks, Ryo."
"Beware, evil doers! As long as justice is still alive within our hearts, we shall triumph over everything!" Ichigo warns the enemy as he is able to disarm one of them, grabbing their sword and starts using it as one of his own.
"All darkness shall be perished within the power of light!" RX shouted as he swings his RevolCane at the enemy, slashing them in half while Black blocked one of their attacks with his bracer.
"Kyoshiro, minna! Get a move on! We'll handle things from here!" Rowan said as he shot them down with his bow; striking them with perfect precision.
"But the students in the academy–" Sheppard got out.
"Leave it to us." Cloud interjected as he ran forward.
"We'll be sure to kick every single one of their butts!" Yuffie assured before everyone within the Final Fantasy deck took off.
Koji then slid seven cards onto his Duel Disk. "Come on out! Boogie Knights DJ Flame, Aqua Mama, Groove Stone, Tornado Hippie, Thunder Roller, and Disco King, and Boogie Hero Funkasaurus!"
All seven theme songs for each monster could be heard as they appeared, immediately going into battle with the RioTroopers. Blasting several with his magic, Disco King shouted, "Come, my brave warriors! To battle!"
"It's time to get down on it!" Groove Stone roars at the enemy.
"I hope you boys can satisfy me; just how my turtle kid does his magic on me!" Aqua Mama said with her cheeky tone.
"Y'all better get your phones out already 'cause y'all be going back home to your mama; crying like a little baby!" Funkasaurus declared while he stomped onto one of the RioTroopers, smashing him to pixels and he swiped his tail onto the incoming enemy from behind.
"Fly, jive turkey!" Tornado Hippie warned, creating multiple tornadoes to make the RioTroopers soar high in the air… to teach them to 'fly' away.
Thunder Roller skated about, stabbing his lightning spear into several RioTroopers. As he did that, Aqua Mama danced around the field, doing the same thing with her trident as Groove Stone moved about, deflecting blasts with his shield and slamming it into several of them.
DJ Flame and Tornado Hippie stood back Flame working his turntables and Hippie strumming her guitar, mixing her wind with his flames to create burning cyclones.
"Hey! Let me get on it too! Flame Wingman! Thunder Giant! Wild Edge! Terra Firma! Gaia! Absolute Zero! Masked Hero Acid, Dian, Goka, Vapor! Help us out!" Jaden said as he summoned out his Fusion Monsters.
Multiple portals opened up, revealing the said warriors from the sky. As Terra Firma flew further forward and spotted the enemies' tank heading towards where the kids are at, he didn't hesitate for one moment; flying towards the tank, fist first, puncturing a hole on it and moments later, while he flew up high into the sky, an explosion occurred.
"Sweetness! Look at them go!" Jaden said with his big smile.
"But if we stayed here, they'll just keep coming towards us and they'll be swarming at us in any direction like bees…" Syrus feared.
Taking the leadership role he had been given, Kurogasa shouted, "Guys, summon up any monsters you have big enough for you to mount and ride!" He said, before getting into position. He leapt into the air before coming down on three RioTroopers, slicing them in half with his two beam sabers.
"A–Alright." Syrus said. "Here goes! Come out! Gyroid, Steamroid, Cycroid, Jetroid, UFORoid, Tankroid, Ambulanceroid, Rescueroid, and Patroid!"
"Let's go! Cyber End Dragon!" Zane shouted.
With multiple summonings done at the same time, more Vechiroids came out from the vortex, alongside Cyber End Dragon, which completely overwhelmed the RioTroopers in term of power and size.
"Men, call out the Shocker elites!" one of the RioTroopers shouted.
"Hey, what's that up there?" Rika pointed out as they noticed multiple projectiles flying up high and they are flying straight towards them... each said with "Eee!" in unison.
"S.H.O.C.K.E.R Grunts! Scatter!" Kurogasa shouted.
"Yukina, this way!" Kyoshiro shouted as he grabbed a hold on his wife's hand and most of them scattered around. Moments later, the Shocker grunts land onto the ground, creating a large explosion upon impact and luckily for them, it was a miss even if there are multiple of them.
Bastion pushed himself back onto his feet as he then grabbed two cards from his Deck. "Water Dragon, Fire Dragon, come on out! Aid us in our fight!" Immediately, the two dragon–like beasts appeared and charged towards the Shocker Grunts. Water Dragon blasted several with a huge stream of water, pushing them into the cracks in the ground while Fire Dragon burnt up several of them.
"Where's Hurricane Dragon and Land Dragon when you need them?" Chazz deadpanned.
"Shut it and call out your Monsters Chazz!" Kurogasa ordered.
Chazz grumbled as he said, "Fine… Come on out, Armed Dragon LV 7, VWXYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon, Ojama King, and Light and Darkness Dragon!"
As soon as he gave his command, the said monsters flew up high in the air and Ojama King fluttered up high in the sky. "Oh yeah! The king is in the house, baby!" it declared before he did a belly flop onto a group of RioTroopers and Shocker Grunts, destroying them into pixels.
After blasting a few more baddies with his Boogie Blaster, Koji looked up at Disco King during a brief lull in the battle as he said, "We both know who the real king is." Then, revving up the engine of his Disco Cycle again, he went back to the fight.
"Hey, boss! We wanna help out too!" Ojama Yellow said.
"Lemme at 'em! We'll show them who's the real boss around here!" Ojama Black said confidently.
"I'm gonna yoink them out with these muscles!" Ojama Green suggested.
"Heh. Whatever… just don't get in my way."
"Yay~!" all three Ojamas cheered happily, getting out from their confinement and moments later, they joined their butts together and started to spin around and around before eventually… Chazz kicked them like a soccer ball as the three Ojamas flew towards the enemy with a fast velocity.
"Ojama Delta Hurricane!" the Ojamas shouted, crashing through each of them in a single line.
"Will you look at that?! It's a strike!" Chazz smirked seeing the results going his way. "Alexis! Did you see the Chazz in action!? Did you see me kick those–?" But much to his disappointment, she was busy focusing on commanding her Cyber Girls as they began engaging a new group of bad guys, the Ghouls, the foot soldiers from Kamen Rider Wizard.
"Cyber Blader, Blade Skater, Cyber Tutu, take them out!" Alexis commanded.
The three Cyber Girls charged forward and began taking on the Ghouls, knocking aside their staffs as they kicked them into pixels.
"The longer we stay here without moving forward, the more of these enemies would bombard us with everything they got." Kyoshiro said.
"You guys go ahead! We will deal with these grunts!" Nigo said before he did a judo flip on one of them.
"Amazon not let evil men harm friends!" Amazon growled at his enemy, slicing them with his claws.
Kurogasa nodded to the older Kamen Riders as he said, "Thank you, guys. Alright, let's go!"
Riding by, Koji pulled Marta onto the back of the Disco Cycle, handing her the Boogie Blaster. "I'll drive, you shoot!"
Then, Funkasaurus as he ran along bent his head down and said, "Mamori, Sweet thang, you want a lift?"
"I–Is it safe?" Mamori asked before an explosion occurred nearby, scaring her for a bit. "Eeek!"
Funkasaurus didn't give her a chance to reply as he scooped her up. "Anyone else need a lift?"
"Uh… me." Chumley said. "I don't like to run…"
Funkasaurus nodded and scooped him as well. "You got it, brotha."
"Heh, you jokers ride on that dinoSORE of yours! The Chazz has a ride on his own!" Chazz boastfully said as he mounts on the VWXYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon, standing on his robot's shoulder.
"If only there are four elements of dragon, there's a probability where they can do the Final Time… and maybe a miracle of sorts would happen then?" Bastion pondered.
"Mr. and Mrs. Kururugi, you can ride inside Patroid!" Syrus offered.
"Huh? Would it be fine?" Kyoshiro asked as he raised his eyebrow.
"It's better than keeping on avoiding those missiles all day, anata…" Yukina pointed out.
"Well, it could've gone worse. We should hop in, then." Kyoshiro shrugged as the couple entered into Patroid.
Funkasaurus then said, "Alexis, Rika, Victor! Hop on, gang! I got plenty of room!"
Zane then said, "Chancellor! Kagemaru! Get on board a Cyber Dragon!"
"What about me?!" Crowler cried out.
"Oh… we almost forgot about you…" Sheppard said with a sweat drop.
"What should we do with you?" Kagemaru pondered for a bit… until an idea came to him. "Maybe we should just surrender you to the enemy lines, then? They do need a 'girl' on their side…"
"HAVE YOU GONE SENILE OLD MAN?!" Crowler shrieked.
"Whatever your plan is, Kagemaru and I would head back to the academy! I must ensure the safety of the other students!" Sheppard informed.
"And don't worry. My friends have already deployed there, so, I'm sure things are going to be alright…" Marta assured them.
"Koji, I'm sending the other five to join the Fantasy Warriors there. Funkasaurus and I will continue with you, though," Disco King. He then looked to Crowler and said, "Doctor, if you like, Groove Stone can bring you back to the Academy."
"Hah! I have my Ancient Gear at my disposal! So rest assured! I'll be sure to make sure all of my Obelisk students would be fine from harm!" Crowler told them boastfully.
Disco King nodded as he saw the Ancient Gear monsters appear. "Very well. My Knights will still boogie back with you."
"I'll go with." Atticus offered.
Flame and the others bowed as he said, "We'll keep the students safe, Your Grooviness. And may you and Koji stay safe, as well."
Disco King bowed back as he said, "Thank you, my friends."
As they were about to head off, Aqua Mama rushed over to Urataros. "Urataros! Wait!"
"Huh?" Urataros said, turning to see her. "What is it?"
Aqua Mama stepped close to him and said, "You better not die out there… Because…" Then, she grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him in for a passionate kiss, shocking everyone. When she finally let him go, she said, "I… I've never said this anyone, but… I love you, my groovy little turtle."
Blushing slightly she said, "So… So, don't make me regret saying that." Grabbing her trident, she then rushed off to join the other Boogie Knights heading for the Academy, leaving everyone amazed. "Whoa…" Kurogasa said.
"Yes… whoa, indeed." Bastion agreed.
Momotaros looked to Urataros and said, "Um… Kameko?"
"I think… I'm at the deepest part of the ocean of love…" Urataros muttered to himself, unaware of the situation.
"Ughhhh… why did I even bother asking…" Momotaros groaned in annoyance.
Haruto stepped forward and said, "Let's not worry about that right now." Then, he flipped his Hand Author to the left. Sliding a ring onto his hand, he placed it over.
HURRICANE DRAGON! BYU, BYU! BYU! BYU! BYU, BYU!
Transforming into Hurricane Dragon, Haruto then switched the Hand Author back to the right as he slid on the Special Ring.
VERY NICE! SPECIAL! FABULOUS!
Dragon quickly flew around him before giving him his wings. Looking to Kurogasa, he said, "Kurogasa, I'll fly on ahead, scout out what's ahead and try to find Orpheus."
"Yeah, and you better be careful, Haruto. He might send out his air reinforcements heading towards your way." Kurogasa warned.
"Don't worry. I'll be alright with Dragon on my side." Wizard assured
Looking down from Funkasaurus, Victor asked, "So, Kurogasa, what's our plan now? If we just keep running around beating up grunts, we might give your uncle the time he needs to enact his plan."
"Right…" Kurogasa said. "Alright, here's what we'll do. We'll head for Orpheus and as we do… as much as I'd hate saying this, we'd probably have to leave a few of you guys' behinds to take of the grunts. And then we can meet up later when I get to Orpheus."
Everyone looked to one another, everyone a little hesitant. "Kurogasa…" Bastion said, "Are you sure you want to take him on alone?"
"I'm not invincible but… I can at least try to hold off, until you guys arrive."
Alexis looked down at him with worry, afraid he had forgotten what they had just talked about that day before Dark Decade attacked. But then, as she thought about it, she realized that he was saying it because of their talk. Slowly, she began to smile confidently at him as she said, "Don't worry… We'll be there to back you up!"
"Thanks…" Kurogasa smiled.
"C'mon, son! We don't have all day to stay here and be target practice!" Kyoshiro reminded while the Shocker Grunt missiles were still launching in the air, aiming towards them.
As the Shocker Grunts went flying towards them, suddenly, they heard a voice cry out.
DEFEND! PLEASE!
Haruto had returned and created a lightning shield over the others that the Grunts flew into.
"Geez, can't these things get any worse than this? This is my first time joining this kind of war…" Haruto complained.
"You're not the only who had the same experience…" W's left side flickered.
"Okay, let's go! Charge forward!" Kurogasa commanded.
"You heard him! Ikuze, Ikuze, Ikuze!" Momotaros shouted then charged in at the enemy.
"Yay~! Bang! Bang! Bang!" Ryuutaros cheered happily, pulling the trigger of his gun towards his targets from afar, taking the grunts in the process.
"We should split up and try to secure the area! There might be other students who are not in the academy!" Kyoshiro said.
"Right!" Everyone nodded.
"Someone save us!" Dorothy cried out.
"Ha, ha, ha! You have nowhere to run now!" the RioTrooper chuckled.
"Say your prayers!" Another RioTrooper said as every single one of them were aiming at her.
There was a huge flash of light. When Dorothy opened her eyes, surprised to see herself alive, she looked up to see Thunder Roller, lightning spear extended, electricity slowly flowing around it. And on the floor, the RioTroopers were just electrocuted debris. "Phew… Looks like I got those cats just in the nick of time."
Dorothy took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes to get a better look at Thunder Roller. "Whoa… When I did I wake up back in 1976?"
"You ain't in the 70's." Thunder Roller said, looking over his shoulder. "Don't worry sista, help's on the way." Thunder Roller then skated on to try and find more people to help.
Meanwhile, Mindy and Jasmine were being surrounded and approached by a group of Fangires, all them looking hungry as the girls screamed in terror.
"AHHHHH! Get away from us!" Jasmine and Mindy screamed hugging each other for dear life.
"Red Eyes Black Dragon, take 'em out!" A voice shouted.
The girls looked up in surprise at the attack as they saw an Inferno Fire Blast overtake all the Fangires. When the blast cleared, there was Atticus, dressed in his luau shirt and sandals as usual, hands in a peace sign. "The lovely ladies are safe."
Mindy and Jasmine got hearts in their eyes as they said, "ATTICUS!"
"Hel~lo ladies!" Atticus winked. "You two okay?"
The girls rushed over and hugged Atticus tightly around the waist. "We're so much better now that you're here, Atticus!" Jasmine cooed.
Mindy nodded, nuzzling his chest as she said, "Atticus makes everything better…"
"Heh! It feels good to be appreciated!" Atticus grinned.
As the rest of the students ran down the hallway while being chased by the S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts armed with a machete, a wall tumbled down next to them as a spear pierced through one of the grunt's stomach, courtesy of Cid.
"Which one of ya buffoons wanna get skewered next, huh?! Bring it!" Cid challenged while smoking a cigarette.
Before the grunts can get close to him, a volley of shots took them down, as a large black man with a barrel in his hand walked in with a grin named Barrel. Accompanying him to the side was a gun wielder named Vincent Valentine.
"That's one way to make an entrance, don'cha think so, Vincent?!" Barrel asked.
"Agreed. Let's save the students first." Vincent said as the two gunners shoot at the S.H.O.C.K.E.R Grunts again.
"Where the heck did the rest of the gang went off to?!" Cid asked.
"They are at the gym, taking out those Yummies over there…" Vincent said.
Just then, a squad of Imagin were edging closer to the Fantasy Warriors. However, before they could even be a threat to them–
"DISCO INFERNO!"
"MELODIC WAVE!"
"SEISMIC GROOVE!"
"HURRICANE HUSTLE!"
"ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!"
Blasts of fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning combined and completely overtook the Imagin, destroying them. The Boogie Knights walked forward and DJ Flame said, "Sorry we're late. We ran into a few Greeed and Fangires on the way here. They were causing a slight traffic jam."
"Listen kids! If you wanna get out of this alive, activate your duel disks and summon your Monsters out!" Thunder Roller said.
All the kids nodded as they quickly activated their Duel Disks and summoned out their Monsters. Tornado Hippie looked to them and said, "Alright, everyone, it's time to take back your school! Let's boogie!"
At the gym, Yuna and Aerith are protecting the students with their magic while Cloud, Tifa, Tidus, Red XIII and Cait Sith are at the frontal assault, damaging the enemy front lines with their skills.
"Meteorain!" Cloud shouted as he summoned a few small meteors, showering them to their demise.
"Stay down!" Tifa growled after delivering a dolphin elbow onto the Yummies as Cait Sith clawed one of Yummies' faces and Red XIII pounced onto one of them, ripping their heads off.
"Even with our skills, we are still outnumbered…" Red XIII informed.
"C'mon! Don't give up yet!" Tidus cheered up while swinging his sword.
Just then, a mixed group of RioTroopers and Ghouls were then crushed by the fist of an Ancient Gear Golem who had Dr. Crowler sitting on one of the shoulders. "Hahaha! Behold, the true power of an Obelisk! Hahahahaha!"
"What was that?" Cloud asked calmly.
"We've got ourselves reinforcements…" Red XIII said.
"Lucky, aren't we?" Cait Sith sighed in relief.
"Yes, but to think a girl would help us… or man… or… whoever the heck s/he's supposed to be!" Yuffie added after she retrieved her large shuriken.
"I'm a man, thank you very much!" Crowler huffed.
"That doesn't explain the hair…" Yuffie added.
"Or even the make–up…" Aerith followed suit.
"Ok, I'll give you two that one, but I'm still a man!"
"In any case…" Tidus said clearing his throat. "…we better lead these kids to safety. Don't wanna get caught in the middle of the fireworks now, do we?"
They began leading the kids out of the gym and towards the main area of the campus outside. The Boogie Knights were busy keeping the bad guys from charging into the building. Looking back at Tidus, Groove Stone shouted, "Tidus get the kids out of here! We're gonna get overrun if we stay here much longer!"
"Sorry! I already got my hands full here!" Tidus replied as he parried one of the grunt's machetes with his sword.
"Alright, you whelps! Follow me!" Cid shouted as he led them outside while pointing his spear at the enemies.
"Thundara!" Lulu shouted, casting a bolt of thunder at a group of S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts.
"Raaahhhh! Kimahri Ronso will smash you!" The blue skinned, white haired tiger like creature with a broken horn on its forehead roared as he speared a Trash Yummy.
"Wohoo! This is so much fun!" A girl with blonde hair wearing red sleeveless shirt and short and goggles around her neck cheered, while slashing them with her bladed knuckledusters. This was Rikku.
"Take this!" Wakka shouted throwing his blitzball at hyper speed and knocking out some Ghouls. "Yahoo! That's how it's done, ya!" He laughed.
"Wakka! Set me up!" Tidus shouted, as he slashed a RioTrooper then stabbed his sword to the ground before jumping up to the hilt and jumping off that to gain more height.
"You got it brudda!" Wakka said as the blitz ball came up to Wakka and then threw it in the air to Tidus. "Hit it!"
"Check that out! That brother caught some air!" Thunder Roller said impressed on what he saw.
Tornado Hippie nodded as she slammed her foot into the face of one RioTrooper, smashing its face in before blowing several away with a blast of air she blew out as she played her guitar. "Yeah, man. Those boys got some groovy moves!"
Groove Stone meanwhile tossed his shield like Captain America's, it flying through the air and cutting down several more. As it came into his hand again, he said, "Yeah… And we're all gonna need to use our funkiest moves if we want to beat these guys!"
"Brute strength is all I know of…" Cloud said to himself.
"But we still need to escort them to safety." Tifa said.
"I can heal some of the injured kids with my healing magic." Aerith suggested.
"Take this!" Tidus shouted, doing a spiral shot, hitting the blitzball, before it hit the RioTrooper he slashed, making the RioTroopers within the area to fly back.
"EEE!" The S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts cringed in pain while being flew away in a distance too. Some of them decided to launch themselves up high and land on them. Two of them destroyed the ceiling to get some air before the rest followed suit.
"What are they doing?" Vincent asked.
Aqua Mama gasped in fright. "They're coming in for a rocket attack!" Quickly, she stabbed her trident into the ground, turning it into its microphone form as she sang into it, unleashing her Melodic Wave attack. The blue energy musical notes formed a barrier of water to form over them that quickly froze. The Grunts slammed into it and were destroyed.
Buffing up his flaming afro with his fro–pick after giving another Ghoul a burning punch, Flame looked to Aqua and said, smirking, "Nice job there, Sugah Mama. You surely got those cats to chill out."
"Uh… guys? We got a bigger problem than that…" Cait Sith pointed out as one of the RioTrooper was equipped with a Plasma Beam; aiming at the protective barrier made by Aqua Mama.
"These will eradicate everything in sight!" The RioTrooper declared before he pulled down the trigger, letting out a rather large beam, and it made a hit. Though the barrier stood tall, a rather large crack formed somewhere around the barrier.
"Oh snap, this doesn't jive, man," Groove Stone said with frustration. Stomping his foot into the ground, he caused the ground to cause rock to shoot up to reinforce Aqua Mama's ice barrier. "That should hold them for a while, but not for too long."
"Use that time, to get the rest of the students out." Cloud suggested.
"Right! C'mon, kids! Time to hit the joint!" Wakka said to the remaining trapped kids, as they quickly followed him to safety.
"FIRE!" the RioTrooper let out another shot and this time, it was fully charged one, shattering the barrier. As a side effect, the gun got hot easily, letting the cool time of the gun to be longer than normal.
"Now's my chance…" Cloud muttered, dashing towards the RioTrooper. "Target acquired. Omnislash."
The RioTrooper looked up in confusion as Cloud suddenly appeared before him, literally standing on the barrel of the gun before disappearing in a blink of the eye. Suddenly, several streams of light appeared, seemingly cutting through the RioTrooper and the others in its squad as Cloud suddenly appeared behind them. Then, all the RioTroopers exploded.
"That takes care of that…" Cloud muttered as he looked forward. "The path is clear from here. We should advance forward while we still have the chance..."
"Cloud, look out!" Tidus shouted as Cloud went on full alert. He raised his Buster Sword as a shield, protecting himself from a guided missile that was aiming at him. It turned out to be Psyga; hovering above them.
"There's no way we'll let you go in here easily…" Psyga mocked as he continued to shoot more missiles from his backpack.
"Grr… figures…" Cloud scoffed.
"And he's not the only one." Another voice said as Gaoh, Gai, Ohja, Dark Kabuto, Nega Den-O, and Rey stepped forward.
"They aren't making this any easier…" Red XIII commented.
"But that's just the way we like it!" Yuffie and Rikku said in unison.
"Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it." Gaoh said.
"Heh. I'm gonna enjoy this." Gai smirked under his mask.
"They are all vexing me." Ohja hissed.
"Let's give these fools, a graceful yet violent ending." Rey-Kivat said from his perch.
"Yeah…" Rey agreed.
"This will definitely please our master." Dark Kabuto added.
"Our evil organization will thrive…" Nega Den–O said.
Within the middle of the track, a strong blast shocked Patroid, causing the drivers inside of it to end up smacking their whole body on the airbag.
"Whoa! What happened just now!?" Kyoshiro said in surprise.
"Anata, look!" Yukina pointed out as both of them saw the Grongis are lurking towards them.
"Oh great… Grongis…" Kuuga muttered.
"Yukina, I want you to go ahead of me. I'll catch up." Kyoshiro told her as he and Kuuga got out of Patroid.
"Anata, no! You can't be seriously thinking of going to fight them alone!" Yukina pleaded.
"Daijobu, Yukina–san, I'll stay with him." Kuuga assured her. "Besides, I fight these guys all the time."
To assure her, Kyoshiro leaned forward, kissing his wife on her lips and when he slowly pulled back, he looks at her blushing face with his usual childish grin. "Don't worry! I'll be sure to return back in one piece."
"Dad, what are you doing?!" Kurogasa shouted, as the rest of the group stopped.
Kyoshiro looked to Kurogasa and said, "I'm going to stay back with Kuuga, help hold off the Grongis, son. You and the others keep going after Orpheus."
"A–Are you sure?" Kurogasa asked worried.
Kyoshiro nodded with a grin as he gave his son a thumbs-up. "Positive. I'll be alright, I promise. I made Prof. Banner that I would keep you kids safe, and I will do just that by keeping these guys from hurting you all!"
Kurogasa looked at his dad for a while, until he nodded. "Alright." He said before looking forward. "Let's go, everyone!"
Without waiting for her reply, Kyoshiro made a quick pat on Patroid, and the cartoon police car continued moving forward, along with the rest of the group, leaving Kyoshiro and Kuuga surrounded by the Grongis.
Kyoshiro grinned as he cracked his knuckles and said, "Oh, this is gonna be fun."
"Fun?" Kuuga said with a sweat drop.
"You mortals think all is fun and games, huh? Why don't you put your pride in your words and prove it!" a Grongi warned.
"TOOO!" A voice shouted as Ichigo made his entrance and stood next to both Kuuga and Kyoshiro. "There is no way us fighters of justice would befall upon evil!"
"TOOO!" Nigo shouted, making his entrance too, standing next to Ichigo. "Justice will always prevail, no matter how dire things go!"
"You guys came right on time!" Kyoshiro grinned.
"And you still can grin on it?" Kuuga sweat dropped.
"That 'fun' of yours would be your downfall, mortal!" another Grongi said "Enough of this talk! Let us start the game! Whoever can rip out the mortal's heart will gain the ultimate power!"
"Oh boy, here we go…" Kuuga muttered.
"I have business with you Rider." A voice said, as Kuuga turned around to see Diend Chinomanako walking towards him.
"How dare you taint the name of Kamen Rider, kaijin!" Ichigo said pointing at the fiend. "Return the powers back to the righteous of justice!"
"I'm afraid not." Diend Chinomanako said as he slotted in a card. "Now let the games begin!"
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! D–D–D–DIEND!
Meanwhile, as the rest of the group continued their advances without stopping while riding on Funkasaurus, along with the rest of the Kamen Riders, Alexis spotted something from afar, which was the mixed spa at the edge of the cliff. "Funkasaurus, stop!" Alexis told the dinosaur, immediately putting the brakes.
"Hey, what gives?!" Decade said annoyed.
"The spa… I wonder if there are students over there that don't know this whole island's being raided?" Alexis pondered worriedly.
"Who knows." Kurogasa said. "If there are though, I'm sure the rescue squad we deployed will rescue them."
Silent for a moment, Alexis then said, "…I'm gonna go check."
"But…" Kurogasa tried, but Agito noticed something from afar.
"What's the matter?" Kabuto asked.
"I saw… Unknowns and they're heading towards the spa!" Agito exclaimed.
"What?!" Everyone asked shocked.
"Then I have to go." Alexis said.
"Alexis…" Kurogasa said worriedly.
Alexis gave Kurogasa a stern look as she said, "No butts, Mister. Remember our agreement from before Dark Decade attacked?"
Kurogasa was stunned for a bit, until he nodded. "Yeah…"
"I'll be fine Kurogasa." Alexis said. "I told you before. You're not invincible. I want to protect you just as much as you want to protect me."
"And do not worry. With the seeds of Agito planted in each of us, we'll be sure to return back safely. You can trust me on this, Kurogasa." Agito convinced Kurogasa.
"C'mon! C'mon! We still got those Grunts chasing our tails here!" Syrus exclaimed.
Alexis looked to Kurogasa as she said, "I'll be back, I promise." Then, looking to Agito, she said, "Let's go!"
"Right."
"Keep her safe Shouichi!" Kurogasa said.
"Rest assured!" he said confidently with his trademark point before Funkasaurus revved up once again.
"Hold on to your tail bones cuz this dino is gonna hit the joint!" Funkasaurus warned.
"Good luck, you guys!" Marta called from the back of Koji's Disco Cycle as everyone else continued going ahead as Alexis and Agito veered off and ran towards the spa.
"I really hope those students are okay." Alexis hoped.
"I sure hope so too…" Agito nodded as the two rushed forward.
After a quick run towards their destination, halfway there, Agito spotted something from afar. "Alexis, I can see them! There are more students who are not aware of the situation!"
Alexis looked ahead and nodded as the students came into view. "I see them! And… I see Unknowns going towards them." Immediately, she grabbed cards from her Deck. "Cyber Blader! Cyber Angel Dakini! Etolie Cyber! Cyber Tutu! Blade Skater! Come forth and attack!" The said Monsters were summoned out, and they towards the Unknown, take them out like there's no tomorrow. Well… technically, that is a possibility in this case, but you get the idea.
"Agito is trying to stop us again, are we?" the Unknown said before he chuckled. "I think there's more than meets the eye…"
During this time, a few of the students walked out from the spa and noticed G4 was standing in front of them from afar. They are confused when they saw him loading up his gun. "What's his beef?"
"I thought that Duel Monsters Spirit Day has already passed." Another student said as G4 aimed at them.
"Time to say farewell, kids…" G4 smirked before he pulled down the trigger, shooting the missile at them.
The kids noticed the predicament as all of them hit the deck while the missile crushed the wall behind them. "Oh man! That one's real!"
G4 chuckled as he saw the kids scatter and run in terror. "Heh, heh… All too easy." Looking to the Unknowns behind him, he said, "Have fun. I'll handle Agito…" Then, looking into the distance, he laughed again as he said, "Hahaha! And I get to crush the skull of the wannabe Rider's girlfriend. This looks like my lucky day."
"Yes, this is the perfect time to crush away the seeds of Agito planted in her. With her dead, more seeds would disappear inside them as well…" the Unknown got out.
"I won't let you hurt her!" Agito snapped. "I vowed to protect Alexis in Kurogasa's place!"
"Oh really…" G4 said as he aimed his missile launcher at the two. "Let's see you do that."
As the Patroid maneuvered through the muddy road, it got trapped in the sand trap, unable to move for now. At this point, Ryuki spotted the Patroid from the sky as he spotted the Mirror Monster hacking on Patroid, prying to get their claws on her.
"Oh my!" Yukina startled inside Patroid. "Have I already been under attack?!"
"Kaa–san!" Kurogasa cried out, as he went over to Patroid and was hacking at the Mirror Monsters trying to destroy Patroid with his beam sabers even though he wasn't in his armor.
Ryuki joined him, fighting back against the Mirror Monsters. Looking to Kurogasa, he said, "My friend, you and the others must keep going! I will protect your mother!"
"W–What?!" Kurogasa got out.
"Go! We don't have much time!" Ryuki urged.
"B–But–!" Kurogasa said as he heard his mother cut him off.
"Son, go! I'll be alright!"
"Kaa–san…" Kurogasa got out, before he nodded. "Alright." He said, before he went off to meet with the group, leaving Ryuki and Yukina. The latter managed to get out of Patroid until the last strike on Patroid destroyed him into pixels.
"My, my… my kimono is covered in mud now…" Yukina said as she got up and safe from the sand trap. When she looked at the Mirror Monsters, she pulled her sleeves up and noticed a bracer on her left arm with a red button on it.
"Yukina–san! Please get back!" Ryuki shouted.
Yukina's curiosity got the best of her, when she pressed the button, and the bracelet opened up its slot, revealing the same glasses that she used on the last battle.
IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!
With the declaration making a familiar tune, with the golden glitter raining down on her, her transformation began. It started off from her head, making its way towards her body and eventually, reaching her lower part of her body. She is now donned in her Boogie Rider Elementalist without her glasses and wings on her back. The said glasses ejected out from the bracer and she caught it into her hands.
"Let's Morphin!" She declared and once she wore her glasses, her transformation was complete with her six wings on her back.
Most of the Mirror Monsters were looking at her with confusion... heck, even Dragredder and Ryuki share the same feeling.
"My, my… please stop looking at me like that. It's embarrassing when you look at me that way…" Yukina said with a blush.
"So… my other self has arrived…" A voice said as Yukina and Ryuki turned around to see Ryuga with Dragblacker floating behind him.
"Ryuga…" Ryuki hissed.
"Eh? Why there are two of you, Ryuki–san?" Yukina asked, confused.
"Basically, he's my dark half." Ryuki answered.
"Yes, and once I have got rid of you I shall be the only one that exists in this world!" Ryuga roared out loud.
"You need to be taught a lesson. That kimono isn't easy to wash, you know…" Yukina warned motherly, leaving Ryuki with a sweat drop.
"Uh… not to be rude, but you still have the time to worry about your kimono, Yukina–san?" Ryuki asked.
Yukina blushed slightly, pulling her newsboy cap down to try and hide her blush. "Sorry… You're right. Alright, let's do this." Pointing towards Ryuga, she said, sternly, "Do not underestimate me villain. I possess the powers of not only the Kamen Riders, but the Elemental Heroes and the Boogie Knights as well!"
"HA! Your words are nothing but wind to me." Ryuga spat. "I shall have the pleasure of killing you." Ryuga said before taking out a card from his Advent Deck placed it in his gauntlet before activating it.
FINAL VENT
"This is so not lishus!" Chumley complained.
"What's so not lishus about it, Chumley?" Victor asked.
"I mean, come on, both Kurogasa's parents are risking their lives here. His hot mom may be alive in this dome but if she got killed while the dome is still on? Man that makes my tummy rumble… I need my cheeseburger to calm me down…" Chumley said worried.
"Seriously?! Cheeseburgers is all you can think about at a time like this?!" Chazz snapped in annoyance.
"I spy something grey!" Funkasaurus got out.
"What grey?" Chazz said in annoyance.
"Orphenochs…" Faiz muttered.
Koji grunted his teeth as he rode along. "Oh, great! Probably my least favorite villains from all the Kamen Rider series!"
"That is true. It is the darkest series out of all the other ones." Rika pointed out.
"These guys would stab anything directly at people's hearts, and literally turned them into dust and leaving them dropping dead. Only those who have a strong will can become an Orphenoch…" Kurogasa explained.
"Hey, buddy… I hope you didn't tell that story to make me scared…" Chumley said nervously.
"No…" Kurogasa said deadpanning.
"He told you that as a warning of what we're up against," Zane said seriously.
While Funkasaurus continued to run, he accidentally tripped on a small boulder, making him lose his balance for a moment. As a result of that, Chumley ended up on the ground and Faiz noticed the predicament.
"Ow! I think I hit my head…" Chumley groaned in pain.
"Chumley!" the rest, other than Chazz shouted.
"Go ahead! I'll protect him!" Faiz motioned.
"Alright, keep him safe Takumi!" Kurogasa said, before the group continued on.
"H–Hey, you can't just leave me here!" Chumley shouted.
"Chumley, if you want to live, now's the time to call out your beast friends…" Faiz said as he spotted a familiar Rider not far away from him. "…and you better do it fast!"
Chumley gulped as he said, "I'd rather call for a grilled cheese… But… Come on, Master of Oz!"
"Hmph… Faiz, you will pay dearly for betraying me! You sided with the humans; it means death!" Orga growled.
"Sorry, I don't plan to die easily just yet…" Faiz said as he equipped himself with the Faiz Axel watch. Sliding off the Mission Memory from the watch and slots it onto his belt–
COMPLETE
His Full Metal Lung chest plates rose out from his chest and revealed the Faiz Core in the middle. At the same time, all of the veins on his armor turned silver.
"Let's see if you can keep up with me, Orga!" Faiz Axel said as he pressed the red button on his watch.
START UP
As the team continued on towards Orpheus, passing the gymnasium, Blade groaned as he saw a horde of monsters leaving it. "Dang… looks like it's my turn! We've got Undead heading this way!"
"Undead?" Bastion asked raising his eyebrow.
"Yeah, Undead. Why?" Kurogasa asked.
"It's truly impossible to animate the dead from its shallow grave. There are no such things as the living dead as far as science goes." Bastion analyzed before he made up his mind. "Drop me off here. Maybe I can get their samples and learn more."
Chazz deadpanned at Bastion. "Only a nerd like you would think the end of the world was a great time for a science experiment."
"All I'm saying is that it's completely illogical that these Undead can't die. Surely, things have to die at some point."
Blade gave a soft chuckle at that as he said, "Well, you're more than welcome to help me put them back in their graves, Bastion! Up for it!?"
"Let's do this." He said as he activated his duel disk. "Come forth! Fire Dragon, Water Dragon, Hydrogeddon, Oxygeddon, Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus and Magnet Warrior Omega Minus!" The six creatures appeared on the field in a flash, letting off roars and battle cries. Hopping on Oxygeddon, he said, "Good luck, my friends! Blade and I will handle these things!"
"Okay." Kurogasa nodded and with that, the group took off.
"Now then Blade, shall we?" Bastion asked.
Blade nodded as he said, "Indeed. Let's play undertaker for these monsters once and for all."
"You will have to deal with me first." A voice said, as the two turned around to Glaive walking towards them.
"Glaive…" Blade growled.
"Glaive? As in a Rider that is based on a name of a poleaxe?" Bastion asked crossing his arms. "That is the most ridiculous name I've ever heard, to be honest."
Glaive was silent as he turned his head to look at Bastion. "…Just for that, I'm going to enjoy killing you far more than I should."
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Blade shouted as he fanned out his cards, and picked out before rousing them on his Blay Rouzer.
KICK
THUNDER
The holograms of Kick Locust and Thunder Deer entered his armor.
LIGHTNING BLAST
"HA! We'll see about that!" Glaive snapped back as he fanned out HIS cards and picked one before rousing it.
MIGHTY
So, five people of their group have been left behind to deal with the monsters. Kyoshiro, Alexis, Yukina, Chumley, and Bastion. Only ten people remain. And they are Victor, Chazz, Syrus, Mamori, Rika, Zane, Jaden, Marta, Koji, and of course Kurogasa. "Man I hope they'll be okay." Kurogasa said worried.
"I actually feel much better with the load off my back…" Chazz said while crossing his arms.
Koji looked to Kurogasa as he drove along, Marta holding onto him tightly, "Don't worry, buddy. They're tough. I'm sure they'll be alright." Then, looking to Chazz after his snide remark, he grinned and said, "You out there on your own, I'd be worried about, even with a Rider to back you up."
"Oh please." Chazz scoffed waving off. "The Chazz doesn't need help."
"We'll see about that when that happens…" Zane said as he crossed his arms. Victor then noticed something at the volcano area.
"Hey, there's those monsters and is it just me, or are they trying to dig a hole on it?!" Victor exclaimed.
"Oh great…" Hibiki muttered.
"What's wrong, Hitoshi–san?" Kurogasa asked.
"Those Mamokus are trying to dig up a hole and maybe… they're trying to make the lava flow out from there and burn down the academy?" Hibiki assumed.
"WHAT?!" Syrus freaked out.
Kurogasa looked to Victor as the nine Ronin Warriors and Lady Kayura stood beside him. "You sure about this, pal?"
"Don't worry, we'll protect him." Ryo assured.
"You have our word as Ronin Warriors." Anubis added.
Kurogasa then nodded as he said, "Okay… Good luck, everyone."
Hibiki then walked to them as well and said, "And you'll have me there with you as well. These are my foes. I should be fighting them as well." Just then, a volley of green flames were heading towards Hibiki and Victor, whereas both men are able to doge it in time.
"If you want to stop them from digging up a hole, you might as well better get through me first… Hitoshi…" Kabuki said while holding his Taiko drums.
"Kabuki…" Hibiki muttered. "You really don't know when to quit, do you."
Victor twirled his swords once more as he said, "Well, allow us to educate him on that."
"Come at me, if you can!" Kabuki said as the Mamoku grunts gathered in front of him, swarming.
"Alright, Ronin Warriors! Let him have it!" Victor shouted.
"FLARE~~ UP~~ NOW!"
"THUNDER~~~ BOLT CUT!"
"ARROW SHOCKWAVE!"
"SUPER WAVE SMASHER!"
"IRON… ROCK… CRUSHER!"
"QUAKE! WITH! FEAR!"
"BLACK LIGHTNING SLASH!"
"SNAKE! FANG! STRIKE!"
"WEB OF DECEPTION!"
"Listen to the cries of the night with my Star Night swords. Star Sword Scream~~!"
The ten attacks of all different elements and powers converged and went charging towards the Mamoku, completely overtaking them all. As the blast destroyed them, Victor and Hibiki leapt over them and flew down to make an attack against Kabuki.
"Ongeki Da: Gōka Kenran!" Kabuki shouted as the insignia appears in front of him and with one big hit on it, a rather larger than normal flaming attack rushes towards them.
"Gee, I wonder what comes next." Chazz sarcastically said in annoyance.
"You don't need to guess." Kurogasa said. "Just follow the order. Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, then comes…"
*WHOSH!*
"Whoa!" Funkasaurus exclaimed stopping his tracks in surprise, noticing something blurry passing by him. "What was that just now?!"
"What? What did you see?" Marta asked.
"Dunno! Couldn't catch a good glimpse on that jive turkey!" Funkasaurus said.
"Worms…" Kabuto muttered. "Just one moment… Clock up…"
CLOCK UP!
Within activation, the whole world was put into slow motion as Kabuto noticed the Worms were itching to attack people in sight.
"Just as I thought…" Kabuto said as he draws out his Kunai Gun within and started shooting them.
Meanwhile, while Kabuto is in his Clock Up state, the rest of them were getting aware of the situation. "Of all monsters, there has to be one with the speed of light…" Koji grumbled.
"Are you kidding me?! Walking around in a VEEEERY fast motion sounds sweet!" Jaden said with his big grin.
Everyone sweat dropped at Jaden. "Seriously, dude… Now's not the time to be encouraging these guys!" Koji shouted.
"Yeah, these worms can copy you fully…" Kurogasa said, which made Jaden look at him with confusion.
"Really?" Jaden asked.
"Yes, REALLY!" Rika exclaimed.
"Sweetness! Maybe this way, one of them goes studying while I'm in a duel, hunting with my buds!"
"Jaden! You idiot! You don't want that! They'll copy your looks, your personality, your memories, and your very existence. Completely and perfectly." Kurogasa scolded.
"That's why I said it would be sweet! This way, I don't have to go to classes and sleeps at my bunk bed all day long!" Jaden said, making the rest of them facepalmed on his remark.
Koji groaned, shaking his head as he said, "You don't get it! They take over your life! They replace you!"
"On second thought, maybe that isn't such a good idea." Jaden laughed sheepishly.
CLOCK OVER!
Kabuto returned back to his normal state and a few explosions were seen nearby. "The number of these Worms is overwhelming. You may not see it, but they come in vast numbers…"
Zane sighed as he said, "We're gonna need to clear these guys out if we want to advance."
"Well, I don't see 'em!" Chazz retorted as he gets down from Funkasaurus.
"And where do you think you're going?!" Funkasaurus asked.
"Just as long as I can get away from you losers, the Chazz can handle things on his own!"
"Obaachan said this." Kabuto said.
"Shut it! I don't need to hear one of your granny's quotes!" Chazz snapped.
"Uh–oh…" Kurogasa muttered.
"This ain't gonna be pretty." Rika winced.
Before Chazz could complain more, more Worms appeared in normal speed, catching Chazz off guard. "What the–"
"As I said, there are a lot of them; you just can't see them…" Kabuto reminded as he held his Kunai in his hands.
"These suckers ain't gonna make the Chazz weep on the ground!" Chazz said firmly as he took out his Fusion Monster from his Deck and placed it onto his duel disk. "Wipe these 'worms' off, VWXYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon!" The said machine Monster appeared and fired its cannons all over the place. "You come out too, Armed Dragon LV7, Chthonian Soldiers, and Infernal Incinerator!"
"Go. I can help him from here on…" Kabuto said.
"I don't need your help!" Chazz retorted.
At that moment, a Worm snuck about Chazz and was about to assimilate him until Kabuto, in a flash of light, struck over Chazz's head, killing the Worm. "Of course you don't…"
"Grr…" Chazz growled angrily as more Worms are started to appear. At the same time, the Dragon Catapult Cannon slowly melted, due to the acidic spit from the Worms.
"Hey! No one spits acid at my machine! Infernal Incinerator! Burn them!"
The Infernal Incinerator spewed out black flames at them, only to miss by a mile due to the Worms immediately entering the Clock Up state.
"Hurry! Go now! Your nemesis is expanding this dome as we speak!" Kabuto warned.
"Right! Let's go guys!" Kurogasa urged.
When they were about to move forward, Kabuto's instincts took over as he appeared right in front of Funkasaurus, blocking one of the enemies' sword with his Kunai.
"As fast as always, Kabuto…" Caucasus praised without dropping his guard down.
"Caucasus…" Kabuto said in disdain.
"Hmph… you fools won't get to my master. Your existence is nothing compared to this blue rose I hold." He said taking a sniff of it.
Chazz, however, could not help but laugh. "A rose!? Oh, I'm so scared! You got pruning sheers in there, too!?"
"Hyper Clock Up…" Caucasus said, pressing the button on the Hyper Zecter.
HYPER CLOCK UP!
"Yabai!" Kurogasa cringed as Caucasus disappeared while the rose is dropping down to the ground.
"Clock up!" Kabuto said as he pats the side of his belt.
CLOCK UP!
As he also went in a blur, Chazz's eyes were wide open due to a punch delivered straight to his stomach. If it wasn't for Kabuto to parry Caucasus' punch with his Kunai, it would've been instant death.
HYPER/CLOCK OVER!
"Gh!" Chazz kneeled down in pain and coughed out blood as the said rose also dropped down to the ground at the same time.
"You're lucky this fool saved you…" Caucasus said. "…and never taint my rose with your low mockery, fool!"
"Funkasaurus, we should move now!" Zane told the startled dinosaur.
"Right! Let's boogie!" Funkasaurus shouted.
Kabuto pulled back his Kunai as he shouted, "Kurogasa, what are you waiting for!? Go find Orpheus! I'll deal with Caucasus!"
"R–Right!" Kurogasa said. "And Chazz don't be an idiot next time!"
As they started to move on, both Kabuto and Caucasus are in a standoff while they are surrounded by Worms. "Can you actually beat me and all of these Worms; alone?" Caucasus mocked.
"What are ya talking about?" Chazz got out, as he slowly stood up. "He's got the Chazz to help him…" He grunted.
"With this condition? Hmph, you're asking for a death wish, mortal!" Caucasus said as Kabuto did his trademark point.
"Obaachan said this: "As long as I am wanted, destiny will always be at my side." In other words, I will defeat you as I am a man who walks the path of Heaven, the man who'll rule everything." Kabuto quoted.
"HAH! Bold words! Let's see if they hold true." Caucasus said before…
HYPER CLOCK UP!
The team, now even smaller than before, continued to make their across the island, doing their best to avoid any attacks aimed at them. But there were tired and with less people to fight, it wasn't easy. As they continued, Jaden spotted running towards them through the trees some weird looking creatures. "Hey, Kurogasa, what are those things?"
"Imagins…" Kurogasa groaned.
"Yosha! Some bastards I can bash my sword with!" Momotaros exclaimed.
"Sempai, you aren't doing this alone. I also need to let out some of my steam…" Urataros said while resting his rod on his shoulders.
"Momonoji, you alone will not be enough to make these Imagins cry!" Kintaros said as he shifted his head to the side, letting out a cracking sound.
"Wa~! More guys to play along!" Ryuutaros squealed happily.
"Be glad for a prince such as I will aid your quest, peasant!" Sieg added.
Suddenly, another voice was heard. "…I'll help this time, too." It was Syrus.
"Sy?" Jaden said, confused.
"I don't want to stay behind the lines anymore! I… For once, I wanna be useful to everybody!" Syrus got out.
"You sure Sy?" Kurogasa asked. "This is the real deal after all."
Syrus nodded as he said, "I'm sick of being the one everyone needs to look after. This time, I'm returning the favor and looking after all of you!"
There was silence for a moment before Zane said, "I'm proud of you, little brother."
"Bro?" Syrus said looking at Zane.
"Took you long enough to muster up your courage and stand firm on your own two feet for once. I always thought that you would never grow up. I guess you proved me wrong..." Zane said with a small smile.
"Bro…" Syrus got out before getting serious again. "Alright, I won't let you guys down! Go guys! I'll be fine!"
"Daijobu. Should he catch himself in trouble, I'll be sure to reel him out from harm." Urataros assured them.
"Whatcha waiting for?! Go kick some ass already!" Momotaros said he got agitated. "From start to finish, I have always been on CLIMAX!"
"Alright! Let's go guys!" Kurogasa said.
"I'm all in! Hold on to your tail bones!" Funkasaurus roared out as he started running forward once again.
"Mou~! I wanna hijack that dinosaur!" Yuuki's voice said in his human form while he casually waltzed into the battle. "Oh well, I guess beating the crap out of you guys would satisfy me enough!"
Boys! Let's show this ghosty–yaro to not mess with us!" Momotaros told the rest of his crew while wearing the belt around his waist.
"Hai… let's reel him in." Urataros said.
"We're so strong! It'll make him cry!" Kintaros said, getting into his sumo stance and cracking his neck.
"Yay~! It's playtime!" Ryuutaros jumped happily.
"It's time to put you to know your place, peasant!" Sieg said as the rest of them placed their belts on their waists and the Taros pressed on their respective buttons on their belts while Sieg's belt automatically playing the tune.
"HENSHIN!/Hen~shin."
SWORD/ROD/AXE/GUN/WING FORM
"Two can play at that game!" Yuuki said as he also wrapped his belt around his waist and swiped his pass on it. "Henshin!"
SKULL FORM
With that, all of the Riders have their pieces on their armors and with their helmets forming up. After the pieces have been placed together, all of them did their signature pose.
"Ore… sanjou!"
"Omae… boku ni tsurarete miru?"
"Ore no tsuyosa ni… omae ga naita!"
"Omae taosukeba ii wo ne? Kotae wa kiitenai!"
"Kōrin! Man o jishite!"
"Let's get this battle going already!" Yuuki said as he drew out his sword and pointed at them. The Imagins ran towards them full speed ahead.
"Alright, Syrus! You can do this!" Syrus cheered himself up while keeping his poker face on facing the enemy.
"Alright Vehicroids, let's go!" He shouted, summoning out his Monsters.
"I can't wait anymore! IKUZE! IKUZE! IKUZE~!" Momotaros said eagerly as both sides rush towards the middle, starting their fight.
While they continued moving forward through the thick forest, Marta noticed Mamori's worried expression on her face. She closed in at her, asking, "Is something bothering you, love?"
"E-Eh?" Mamori said startled as she broke from her trance. "N–No, Sempai. I'm just worried about Syrus…"
"Ooooh, you like him?" Rika teased.
"U–Um…" Mamori got out as her face turned slightly turned red hearing Rika's tease as she lowered her head down. "H–He is our f–friend, right?"
"What about you? Have you sorted out your own problems yet, my groovy sista?" Koji smirked while looking at her.
"What problems does she have?" Jaden asked, blinking into confusion.
"I–It's nothing!" Rika stammered.
"Who's stammering now?" Kurogasa chuckled.
"Despite the situation we're in, it's best to keep everyone in a positive mood." Zane advised.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding now!" Funkasaurus growled angrily as he had to put on the brakes again; seeing Rat Fangires blocking their way in multiple numbers. "Do you have any idea how tiring it is to stop and go?"
"Nanda?!" Kivat groaned. "Aiyaiyai, this day keeps getting worse by the minute.
"But even so, we have to get moving forward. Who knows what'll happen if we leave Orpheus as it is?" Wataru said.
"That's not the only thing you have to worry about…" Rika added as she spotted the Dark Emperor of Kiva waltz in amongst the Rat Fangires, glaring at them. Well… make it two since Arc also joined the party.
"Tou–san!" Kivat cried out.
"Hmph, that son of mine has finally reached this far…" Kivat II scoffed.
"Kiiiiiiiiiiiivvaaaaaaa!" Arc growled.
"Whoa! That's something you don't see every day! There's actually something even nearly as big as me!" Funkasaurus noticed.
"The pathetic human world would soon perish; and I would be enjoying the taste of victory soon enough, doron, doron~." Arc–Kivat said.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Kiva said as he jumped down Funkasaurus landing safely. "You guys get going! I'll take care of Dark Kiva and Arc!"
"U–Um…" Mamori stuttered as Marta looked at her.
"What is it, love?"
"I–I want to help K–Kiva. M–My friends in my D–Deck want to aid him, Sempai." Mamori said.
"Mamori?" Marta said incredulously.
"Are you sure?" Kurogasa asked.
Mamori slowly nodded in agreement. "K–Kiva needs help, right? A–Against something big as t–that guy. D–Don't worry, my friends can h–help them, since they're built to w–withstand destruction…"
"Or could it be that Syrus isn't that far behind?" Rika teased, making the latter blushing more.
"I–In any case, I t-think I should help Kiva!" Mamori stuttered while looking at Marta. "S–Sempai, I think I s–should be on the frontline f–for once… l–like Syrus did back there…"
Marta looked at her for a while in worry. Normally, she'd want Marta to stay close to her, but now… seeing her wanting to do something by herself, made her smile with a nod. "Alright then, love, just be careful, and stay close to Kiva."
"I will!" Mamori added as both of them hugged tightly before Funkasaurus dropped her off at the checkpoint with Wataru.
"This soul train is gonna resume moving onward to the final destination!" Funkasaurus roared out before he went on, ramming through the Rat Fangires to clear the road.
"The showdown is now inevitable…" Dark Kiva said while glaring at both Kiva and Mamori.
"Son, prove to me you can defeat the King of Fangires with my powers at his disposal!" Kivat II challenged.
"My partner will make sure the shorty will crumble down into little munchkin, doron, doron~" Arc–Kivat said.
*SNAP!*
That is the sound of someone's nerve has snapped.
"What did you say?" Mamori growled.
"Have you gone deaf, shorty? We'll downgrade you further into little munchkin, doron, doron~." Arc–Kivat repeated.
"NO ONE CALLS ME SHORT!" Mamori shrieked activating her duel disks. "Sapphire, Tourmaline, Citrine, Crystal, Garnet, Iolite, Zirconia, Gem–Master Knight Dia, come on out!"
"Whoa… talk about a mood swing…" Kivat sweat dropped while her said monsters were summoned out onto the field. "She must really hate that word."
"Better keep that in check." Kiva said. "C'mon let's go!" He then took out a Fuestle and placed it in Kivat's mouth before closing it.
WAKE UP!
"I just hope everything's okay… especially when it comes to the enemy…" Marta got out.
"Why? Aren't you supposed to be worried for Mamori instead?" Rika asked.
"Well, I should, but… no matter how big and scary the enemy is, whoever calls her short, shall face a wrath that even someone as Orpheus would have a hard time dealing with. Especially when it comes to her drilling bite…" Marta grimaced. "I hope the enemy chooses his words carefully in front of her…"
"She really hates that word, doesn't she?" Zane said.
"Ever since I met her." Marta added. "I have my share of experience with her when we first met, but after knowing her better, it's only because she wanted to gain attention; wanting to prove that even someone as her could do things in her height. But during those times, most of them keep calling her names related to her height, especially 'short'. That word triggers her anger once she had enough. Around that time, that's where I stood up for her, facing them without any hesitation." Marta recalled.
"Oh…" Koji got out, understanding her story.
"Before we ended up in the Shadow Realm, I made a promise with her that no matter what happens, I will always support her in any way I can and looked up to her as my equal at the same time, to which she looked up to me and stayed by my side since then. That is why I'm quite fond of that girl." Marta finished.
"Whoa…" Rika said.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! So you finally came!" A voice said. Funkasaurus once again had to put on the brakes. In front of them, were Neo Mutants and in front of them, was a familiar person with black hair, glasses, wearing a tan fisher's hat, a dress shirt, and black pants with a tan trench coat over him.
"Narutaki?!" Decade groaned in annoyance. "You again?!"
"Man, just how many times do I have to repeat this thing!?" Funkasaurus said annoyed.
"Of course, Decade!" Narutaki roared back. "For as long as you still exist, continuing to meddle with the other Rider world, I will not stop until you are through!"
"Can you gimme a break already?!" Decade groaned angrily. "Every time we do this, you always end up having your butt kicked!"
"Ah~, but this time, it would be your butt that's going to get kicked!" Narutaki exclaimed as a familiar figure that resembled Decade walked next to him… only this Rider is darker.
"He's right. Once I get rid of you, you will never poke your nose in other people's business anymore..." Dark Decade told him.
"I guess this is my stop." Rika said as she got off of Funkasaurus.
"Rika?!" Kurogasa exclaimed.
"You guys get going! I'll deal with Mr. Blame–it–all–on–Decade here."
"Girl, I suggest you back off! You don't want to assist the Destroyer of the Worlds of Riders!" Narutaki warned. "I cannot allow an innocent bystander to get involved with this mess!"
"This is your once chance. We're giving you a ticket to your freedom…" Dark Decade threatened.
"No thanks. I'm good." Rika said activating her duel disk. "Foodons! Come on out!" Rika called. At that point, her Foodons came to help out.
"Fried Ricer! HA! HA! Fried Ricer!"
"Sir Dumpling! Jolly Good! Smashing!"
"Hot Doggone It! Let's this showdown started!"
"Shrimp Daddy!"
"Let us help too!" The meatballs said in unison.
"Omelet!"
"Dim' Sumthin Special!"
"We shall be with you to the end." Palator said.
"Time for me to fly!" Funkasaurus growled before he resumed working his way through the forest.
"Will you look at that? There's at least someone who would support me, just as any other Riders would do the same for me." Decade said nonchalantly.
"Kisama! Nani mono da?!" Dark Decade demanded.
"Tori sugari no Kamen Raidā da! Oboetoke!"
After they continue to go through the forest while, eventually, they reached a big lake in the middle of the forest as Funkasaurus decided to dip his foot in it. "Phew! This groovy dinosaur really needs to cool his feet after all of that skidding and stopping!"
"Alright, but make it quick. We don't have much time." Kurogasa said, as everyone got off of Funkasaurus.
While Funkasaurus enjoyed his moment for a bit, Zane looked at what's in front of him while crossing his arms. "We shouldn't be too far away now. After we get through this forest just a little bit more, we'll reach the end of it and all that is left is to get through a hill and Orpheus should be there..."
"We won't let you do that." A voice said. The DA students and Kamen Riders turned around to see three silhouettes walking towards them and they pulled out from their pockets… Gaia Memories?!
TABOO!
NAZCA!
CLAYDOLL!
As Funkasaurus pulled his feet out of the water and jumped back into his platforms, he said, "Aww, come on! Just because I love to boogie doesn't mean my feet don't hurt!"
Shotaro grunted as he clenched his fist. "Damn, not these guys again!"
"Museum's helping them out too?!" Kurogasa exclaimed.
"A museum?" Jaden blinked while he looks around. "You're saying there's a museum nearby?"
*BOP!*
"OW!"
"No you baka! Museum's an organization that sells Gaia Memories on the black market!" Kurogasa snarled.
"And Philip and I have been tracking these guys down for a while." Shotaro said.
Philip gave a soft murmur of agreement. "Indeed… And it seems like Orpheus managed to get his hands on a few."
"Actually, it's the other way around…" Taboo Dopant said while fixing her focus onto Philip. "We have been looking all over the place, just to find you so you can return back to your real family, Sonozaki Raito."
"Yep! And we're not going to take no for an answer!" Claydoll Dopant added.
"Indeed. We are giving you a chance to choose a side. Consequences shall be dealt if you pick the wrong one…" Nazca warned Philip.
Philip scoffed. "You don't need to be a detective to figure out my answer."
"It has been decided then…" Nazca shrugged. "Prepare to face your consequences!"
"He's not going to do this alone!" Shotaro claimed while stood next to his partner, with the Double Driver around his waist. At the same time, the Double Driver is also equipped on Phillip. "As his partner in crime, you should think twice about taking away my partner."
Philip nodded at Shotaro with a smirk as he said, "Glad to know you still have my back. Shall we?"
"Of course, Phillip." Shotaro nodded while fixing his fedora's position. "It's time to get to work."
They then pulled out their own Gaia Memories.
CYCLONE!
JOKER!
The two detectives move their arms while holding their respective Gaia Memory to the opposite side, forming a W in the middle. "Henshin!" Philip placed his Gaia Memory in his slot before it disappeared transferring over to Shotaro's belt. He pressed it down and put his own Gaia Memory before splitting the driver apart.
CYCLONE!
JOKER!
As Shotaro's face was covered in marks due to the Gaia Memory's effect, a swirling tornado accompanied with a few static shocks wrapped around his body as slowly, the fragments of his armor formed from his feet all the way to the top while still keeping his pose. With him now fully donned in his armor and the silver scarf fluttering on Cyclone's back, with his red eyes flashing, the transformation completed.
"Saa… omae no tsumi o kazoero!"
"This looks interesting…" Zane got out as he stepped forward.
"Zane?" Koji asked after Jaden mounted back on Funkasaurus, while Koji and Marta were on the disco cycle and Kurogasa hovering off.
"What are you doing?" Marta asked.
Zane looked over his shoulder at the others as he said, "I'm going to help these guys out."
"Alright, be careful, Zane." Kurogasa said.
Zane nodded back at them as he said, "Don't worry, I will… Besides, I'd be more worried about the bad guys who are gonna face us."
"Alright! Time to move this soul train to my destination!" Funkasaurus said as they departed through the woods once again, leaving W and Zane facing the Dopants.
"If only Terui Ryu were here, this would make our job easier." W's right side flickered.
"Nah, we don't have to worry about that now, aibou." W's left side flickered while he looked at Zane. "I hope you have planned something good because a fight with these Dopants won't be an easy one; especially when Museum's directly involved in this mess."
BGM: Kamen Rider Skull Battle Theme
"Step aside, kozo." A voice said. When he heard that voice, W immediately turned around and spotted Soukichi walking towards them while holding his signature white fedora and briefcase… LIKE A BOSS!
"Boss?!" W's left side flickered while having a surprised expression behind the helmet.
"Your boss?" Zane asked raising his eyebrow.
"That's correct, shounen." Narumi said. "Shotaro is only halfboiled."
"OI!"
"Kisama!" The Taboo Dopant hissed.
"Never send a boy to do a man's job…" Soukichi said as he opened up his briefcase; to pull out his LostDriver and another Gaia Memory into his hand.
"LostDriver?! Why would he still have that?!" Taboo Dopant said in surprise as Soukichi ignored her words. He takes off his Fedora with his free hand and raised his Gaia Memory to show it to them and pressed the button on it.
SKULL!
"Henshin…" Soukichi declared while he slots in his Gaia Memory and flips it to the side.
SKULL!
With the declaration made, his transformation began. Once he was completely under his black armor with silver helmet that resembled a skull and a tattered scarf around his neck, he placed his fedora onto his helmet to complete it. Zane smirked at the sight, as he said, "Heh… Not bad. But let me show you what I got. Come on, Cyber End Dragon! Cyber Laser Dragon! Cyber Barrier Dragon!" Slapping the three cards onto his Duel Disk, the cybernetic dragons came onto the field to join Kamen Riders W and Skull.
"Not bad shounen. Want to replace this halfboiled boy of mine?"
"OI!"
Zane smirked as he said, "Thanks, but I'll stick with what I'm good at. But for now," he then hopped onto Cyber End Dragon, "Let's knock these guys down to size."
"Hah! Let's see if you can do so!" Another voice said as the white Rider dubbed Kamen Rider Eternal entered the fray. "I'll be sure to make you enjoy your hell!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it, Katsumi!" W shouted. "Boss, we'll take these guys down once and for all!"
Skull nodded in agreement. He fixed his gaze on the Dopants and resumed his trademark pose. "Saa… omae no tsumi wo… kazoero."
End BGM
Funkasaurus and the Disco Cycle continued going along, getting ever closer to Orpheus's location.
"We've covered most of the island by now, there can't be many places Orpheus has left to hide," Koji said as he looked about.
Kurogasa grunted from on top of Funkasaurus. "I know… But then again, we all know how cunning he can be. He could be anywhere."
"Who said, he needs to be anywhere?" Jaden asked. "Just follow the monsters we've run into and we're sure to be led to Orpheus."
"There's something else I noticed, though, that's odd," Koji said looking to Kurogasa. "Have you noticed that we have run into the enemies of all the Heisei Riders in chronological order from Kuuga to W?"
"Yeah, I noticed." Kurogasa said. "I wonder why though."
"I don't know, bud, but judging by that, then the next bad guys we should be facing are the bad guys from OOO, the–" Koji was immediately cut off as suddenly, charging towards the group was the villains from OOO themselves. "–Greeed."
"Oh great..." Kurogasa muttered.
"Yabai! They've brought Kazari, Uva, Gamel, Mezool, and Giru too!" Eiji exclaimed.
Koji groaned as he skidded to a halt, seeing their path cut off. "Great! More good news! These are the last guys we wanna dance with!"
"Yare, yare, look who we found." The feline Greeed Kazari said slyly having aspects of a lion, tiger and cheetah on his body.
"OOO! OOO!" The dim–witted Beast Greeed Gamel cheered having the aspects of a rhinoceros, gorilla, and elephant on him.
"What a surprise to see you here." The aquatic Greeed Mezool cooed, having aspects of a Killer Whale, Eel, and Octopus on her.
"Good. This saves a lot of time of finding you." The insect Greeed Uva said grunted, having the aspects of a Stag Beetle, Praying Mantis, and Grasshopper on him.
"And now is the time to end you and the New Rider." The dinosaur Greeed known as Giru said, having the aspects of a Pteranodon, Triceratops, and T–Rex.
Funkasaurus growled down at Giru as he said, "Jive turkey wannabe dinosaur… Everyone knows I'm the disco king of the dino–scene."
Silently, though, Marta stepped off the back of the Disco Cycle, handing Koji back the Boogie Blaster. "M–Marta, what are you doing?"
"I'm fighting them with Eiji." Marta said.
"W–What?!" Koji stammered.
Kurogasa looked down in surprise at Marta as he said, "Marta, are you sure? These guys are real bad news. You sure you're feeling up to taking them on?"
"I'm sure. And while the Fantasy Warriors are helping the students, I still have my Aeons with me. They'll protect me."
Koji was hesitant to have Marta fight the Greeed, himself having often believed they were some of the strongest Kamen Rider bad guys. But he trusted Marta. Holding her hand tightly, looking right at her, he said, "Be careful. I don't wanna go back to being a solo disco act."
"No worries." Marta smiled. "It'll stay as a duet. I promise."
Hesitantly, Koji nodded at her as Eiji hopped off Funkasaurus, already fully armored, and joined her. Biting his lip, he looked to Jaden and Kurogasa as he said, "Let's go guys."
"Koji? You okay with this?" Kurogasa asked.
The Disco Prince of Dueling was silent for a moment before nodding as he said, "Yeah. I know Marta. She'll be alright."
"Alright then, let's go."
Meanwhile with Marta and Eiji…
"Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Anima, Yojimbo, Magus Sisters, come on out!" Marta said, placing the cards on her disk. Multiple summoning glyphs appeared on the ground surrounding Marta and after that, her Aeons came out of the glyphs to help her out.
"Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
Donning his armor, OOO looked to Marta and said, "Alright, Marta… Let's crush these guys!"
"Go, my Aeons! Attack!" Marta commanded, as they advanced towards their targets.
"Hey, relax, buddy! I'm sure you did the right thing!" Jaden said trying to cheer Koji up. "It's not like she's going to lose or anything! We all know she's a tough lady when it comes to dueling!"
"Yeah, I know…" Koji said.
Kurogasa looked down at him as he said, "Don't worry, pal, I know how you're feeling. I had the same thoughts going through my head when Alexis went off with Agito."
"Yeah, I know…" Koji got out.
"Hey, guys! There's something up in the sky and it's heading towards us!" Jaden pointed out as there are small meteors that conjured from out of the blue, diving down as it headed towards them.
"Please tell me that's just a big disco ball on fire…" Funkasaurus grimaced.
"I wish, man!" Koji said as he swerved out of the way of the meteors. "Kurogasa, you think these are what I think they are?"
"No doubt." Kurogasa grimaced. "Zodiarts…"
"I was afraid of that…" Funkasaurus deadpanned as all of the sudden, multiple number of Dustards scatter around them, surrounding them with an overwhelming numbers.
"Dustards!" Fourze shouted. "And they're a lot too!"
"Well, well… fancy meeting you here." A voice said coldly.
"Eh?! That voice!" Fourze exclaimed. He looked around searching for the source of the voice and spotted the Sagittarius Zodiart enter the fray with his crossbow attached at the back of his hand.
"Surprised to see me, Gentarou–kun?"
"Gamou–sensei!" Fourze exclaimed.
Sagittarius laughed at Gentarou's reaction as he walked to the front of the pack. "Hahaha! Yes indeed, it is I. And thanks to Orpheus, I now have a chance at revenge upon you."
"Not gonna happen!" Jaden said as he got off of Funkasaurus and landed on the ground.
"Jaden?!" Kurogasa said surprised.
Jaden grinned as he shot the peace sign up at Kurogasa. "I've been waiting all day for a chance to fight! And these guys look sweet! I can't wait to take 'em on!"
"Oh? This student here resembles you a lot, Gentarou–kun." Sagittarius praised. "Both of you are quite similar in more ways than one in just a glance."
Gentarou looked over to Jaden and, after tapping the spot on his chest over his heart twice, pointed at Jaden as he said, "Jaden, buddy, you wanna fight by my side!? Awesome! This'll be great!"
"I know, right?!" Jaden said with full of excitement. "This is gonna be sweet!"
"Is there any of your moments doesn't involve these sweet moments?" Funkasaurus deadpanned.
Kurogasa sighed as he just patted Funkasaurus on the head, "We've all asked ourselves that question at some point."
"Alright, Jaden, I'll leave things to you!" Koji said. "Don't go dying on us!" He added, before he sped off on his Disco Cycle.
"Okay, Funkasaurus, let's go." Kurogasa said.
After the two speed away, both Fourze and Jaden are now confronting Sagittarius Zodiart with an army of Dustards. "How are you going to handle this kind of mess, Gentarou? Meteor isn't around to aid you."
"That guy's always plays to his own beat." Fourze waved off. "We can handle it right?"
Jaden nodded excitedly as he said, "You bet! Now let's do this! Come on out, Elemental Heroes Terra Firma, Shining Flare Wingman, Tempest, Mudball Man, and Thunder Giant!" The said Monsters came out ready to do battle.
"Hmph… fools. You have no idea who you're dealing with." Sagittarius scoffed.
It was now just Kurogasa and Koji riding along on Funkasaurus and the Disco Cycle. As they went along, Koji said, "Kurogasa… We both know the bad guys we'll face next. It could only be the Phantoms. So… I'll boogie down with them alongside Haruto so you can go fight Orpheus."
"Yeah. You better head on and face your mutated uncle once and for all." Wizard said. "Everybody's hope depends on this Rider War."
"Right…" Kurogasa nodded.
Funkasaurus said as he continued to run along, "Hey, Kurogasa, you want me to boogie on with you or do you want me to stay with Koji and Wizard?"
Before Kurogasa can even answer to his question, an inferno flooded towards them from out of nowhere. This action caused the rest of them to halt their positions and Wizard couldn't believe what he's seeing right now.
"Look who's returned from my eternal punishment… mahōtsukai!" a familiar Phantom called out.
"Phoenix!"
"He's not the only one." A female voice said as she came forward.
"Medusa!"
"Hello…" A third voice said before laughing an eerie giggle.
"Gremlin!"
"Why are you here?" Phoenix scoffed looking at the two. "This battle should be mine and mine alone!"
"Wiseman sent us here to deal with Wizard…" Medusa said.
"Yep! And not to mention taking care of these potential Gates they've deployed out earlier!" Gremlin added with his big smile.
"So, you guys ain't sending any of your grunts to do your dirty work?" Koji asked.
"Who needs 'em where you can have the all the fun to yourself?" Phoenix said as he rested his broadsword on his shoulder. "It's payback time, mahōtsukai!"
"Funkasaurus, stay with Koji." Kurogasa said. "He's gonna need your help."
"Right–o, kiddo! This dinosaur is just to get down on them!" Funkasaurus said to Kurogasa.
"Kurogasa, use my bike to get to your uncle. He's nearby and I can tell he's waiting for you." Koji told him.
"Right." Kurogasa said before getting on Koji's bike. "You and the others stay alive, you hear me? I'll be waiting for you!"
Koji nodded as he hopped off, returning to his regular clothes, save the Boogie Shoes, as he held the Boogie Blaster. "Keep the engine warm!" He called out as Kurogasa rode off. Then, activating his Duel Disk, he said, "Alright, come join the fight with Funkasaurus, gang! I summon Boogie Knight Disco King and Boogie Knights' Vassals – Master of the Club, Dance Master, Necromancer, and Mixmaster Cyborg!" Disco King hopped out onto the field with his four senior vassals.
"So, these jive turkeys wanna get down with us?" Disco King scoffed. "Heh, I thought turkeys this big, were only served at Thanksgiving."
"They are. We're here to cook them up!" Koji said.
"Heh. More toys to play with, huh?" Phoenix said with interest. "You better be sure to make it entertaining for me!"
"Oh, we'll make it entertaining all right." Koji said.
"Entertaining for us to beat you!" Wizard before changing rings and placing his Hand on the Hand Author. "Saa… showtime da…"
INFINITY, PLEASE!
After Kurogasa drove along towards the empty area, eventually, he spotted Orpheus from afar, as he looked at the view of the sea with the black dome that covered the sky. "I have been waiting for you… boy!" he said without even turning his back on him.
Kurogasa mounted off the bike and walked for a bit until he stopped with enough space for a duel to take place. Only this time, it's not a duel. It's a physical duel. "This ends right now Orpheus!"
"Oh, really now?" Orpheus said as he slowly turned around and looked at him. "This war will end, alright… with my victory in hand!"
"Wrong! I'm not going to let that happen!" Kurogasa shouted.
"Hah! You may deny them all, but in the end, it will be nothing more than words with wind, boy! This isn't some kiddie game anymore! This is WAR!" Orpheus said as the two stared each other down as the gentle wind blew towards them.
Kurogasa noticed Orpheus chuckling. "What's so funny?" he asked, hinted with anger inside of him.
"Do you remember when I said during our first family battle?" Orpheus spoke. "I did tell you that I'm going to kill you by ripping your heart out from your chest, correct?"
"What about it?!"
"I'm going to fulfill that promise of mine, and oh, it gets better!" Orpheus added with his demonic smile. "I'm going to teach you about fear, losing hope as I placed you in the corner. And once I do so, I'll be sure to get rid of your chest armor, puncture my hand straight into your chest and slowly pull your beating heart out without even cutting the cord. Your scream in pain, your cry for your loved ones and you having those flashbacks inside your head; I'm going to enjoy every single one of it! And the biggest finale would be me; eating your beating heart out to your doom!" Orpheus said as he clenched his fist, as if he's crushing Kurogasa's imaginary heart in his palm. "And once I got rid of you, I'm going after your friends one by one, starting with your lovely girlfriend of yours. Ah~, thinking of her screams as she screams out to your name while I feast on her heart would satisfy me to the very core."
"I WON'T LET YOU GET NEAR ALEXIS!" Kurogasa shouted as he had his gauntlet ready and insert his Deck into the gauntlet. "Henshin!" With that being said, 14 insignias from different Riders appear before him, forming a ring and as it started spinning, it slowly descended down, making him don in his Duelist armor.
"If you say so… oh well, there're always your childhood friends, your friends, and of course… your father…" Orpheus continued, provoking and playing with his emotions.
Kurogasa growled as he stood there in his armor, hands hovering over his beam sabers. "I swear, Orpheus… If you get within 500 ft. of any one of them, I will end you… You're a disgrace to our family."
"No… it is you who are a disgrace to my family!" Orpheus pointed out. "And once this world has been cleansed, I will build a new utopia, as it shall only be me and my sister to rule this pathetic world!"
"How dare you!?" Kurogasa shouted. "You think Kaa–san would want this!? What did she tell you before she died!? She told you to watch out for me and take care of me! Instead, you went against her wishes and have tried to kill me… Heh, some uncle you are. You never even took me to see a single baseball game."
"Oh, I should take care of you, alright… by killing you, boy!" Orpheus said as his wings spread wide open and his claws and talons were revealed. "Enough empty talk, boy! It's time for our final battle!"
"And it's going to end with me winning!" Kurogasa shouted. Both Kurogasa and Orpheus flew towards the middle. With his beam sabers at the ready, he swung down, with Orpheus swinging with his claws and the two clashed.
(The scene shatters, Cue in Journey through the Decade from Gackt)
(Full instrumental with narration)
Kamen Raidā
[Kamen Rider]
(The music begins with a black background as cards are falling down and rotates, to reveal all of the Heisei Riders, each with their own iconic poses.)
Karera wa jinrui wa o mamoru hīrō ga masuku sa rete imasu.
[They are masked heroes that protect mankind.]
(After a few introductions, with a swoop of a hand, all of the cards are in Kurogasa's hand)
Dekki–nai busō shi,
[Armed within the Deck,]
(He slides it into his duel disk)
Wakai otoko ga unmei no kare no pasu o kettei suru tame ni kare no tabi o settei!
[A young man sets on his journey to determine the path of his destiny!]
Kurogasa: Henshin!
(The red orb on the duel disk shines brightly after Kurogasa declared it and it moves to the next scene and the music begins.)
(Miageru hoshi~, sorezore no rekishi ga, kagayaite~) At nighttime, a lone figure stands alone at the coastline of the beach. It is revealed to be Kurogasa looking at his Kamen Rider Deck scanning through each card. His dad walked next to him, as Yukina stood near him, both parents looking at their son concern. Jaden and others witness this as Alexis looks at him sadly and Kurogasa looks to his left.
(Seiza no you~, sen de musubu shunkan, hajimaru Legend~) Orpheus, with an evil smirk hidden behind his mask, appears with his army of Dark Riders, backed up with Gravekeepers, Dark Scorpions, the youth Kagemaru and elites of Shadow Riders with the accompaniment of the threatening Sacred Beasts. Kurogasa and his friends along with Kyoshiro are ready to face them as half of the Heisei and Neo–Heisei Riders' masks appeared on Kurogasa's determined look in a quick montage, starting from Kuuga to Wizard.
(AURORA, yurameku jikuu koete~) The supporting characters such as Chancellor Sheppard, Wheeler, Damon, Brier, Dmitri and Gerard appear to give support to Kurogasa and his friends as Professor Crowler joins in for the showdown.
(Tobikomu, meisou suru Parallel~ world!) As all of the Kamen Riders in base form both Showa and Heisei and Dark Magician Girl appear behind Kurogasa, they and the rest of the cast's ace Monsters dash to the middle, to battle with the Monsters on the other side and begin the Rider War.
(On~ the road, dare mo tabi no tochuu) Kurogasa transforms into Kamen Rider Duelist and joins in the fray. Both Kurogasa and Orpheus battle it all out with weapons in hand.
(Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame~) Overwhelmed by the power of light, Orpheus steps back and activates the Shadow Realm, blanketing the world in black mists and is then consumed by Darkness, revealing its terror form.
(Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima o, we are all traveler~s) Showing no fear, Kurogasa leaps high to deliver his Rider Kick to the Darkness, as a spark of light engulfs the whole screen.
(Bo~ku no, me no mae ni hirogaru) Kurogasa stood alone at the edge of the cliff, waiting for the sunrise as Yukina gently hugged her son gently from behind, followed by Kyoshiro who wrapped his arm around his son's shoulder.
(Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte~) Kurogasa looks to his left and right as one by one, Alexis, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Chazz, Victor, Bastion, Koji, Rika, Zane, Marta, and Mamori walk up next to him.
(Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku, michi ni kawaru no darou~!) Everyone looked at Kurogasa with a smile on their faces as Alexis stood near him while the rest looked at the sun that pierced through the dark sky, slowly rising from the sea horizon as the holograms of Kamen Riders, both Showa and Heisei look at it too.
(Mokugekise yo! Journey through the Decade~) Kurogasa smiled at his friends, Alexis, and all the Riders before looking at the sunrise with everyone else as the camera pans out from the scene to show everybody.
(Instrumental ending) The scene fades to the Final Attack Ride Background, and all of the Heisei Riders' insignia, rotating clockwise around a gold orb appeared starting with Kuuga to Wizard and the title Kamen Rider GX appears right in the middle of the orb and ends with the GX shining with a sparkle at the end.
Fenikkusumaru: And there you have it people! Part 1 of the Rider War is finished! As you have noticed we have the group separate and break off one by one, having a Kamen Rider and a character facing off against one of the Kaijin of the Heisei Era and a Dark Rider, save for Fourze and Wizard. And if you've noticed it went in chronological order until we finally ended it with Orpheus! And now with Kurogasa and Orpheus clashing, things are bound to get crazier from here on out! Stay tuned for Part 2, the next chapter, because the Rider War ends there!
TWF: All of the pieces are in place. Every single Rider with every student is facing off against their nemesis from their respective series. The only thing left to do is how each of the pieces are going to be played out on the battlefield. One false move and it's over for them. Who's going to win? One thing I can say is this: To the losing team, there's only one word to sum it up... checkmate.
SD: Was that explosive or what!? And to think, that's only the first half of the War! Sorry to leave it on a cliffhanger, but think how much better it'll be when you see the conclusion with the buildup of all this suspense! The scene is set: Each of the Heisei Riders are facing down their greatest enemy with one of Kurogasa's friends standing by their side as Kurogasa and Orpheus have their final face-off. Hang on tight everyone, because on the next episode of Kamen Rider GX, the Rider War reaches its finale! Till then… HENSHIN!
