Welcome back to Prophecy of Masks. Last time, Malefor and Oma Zi-O returned to the Dragon Realms and began their final plan, reinitiating the Great Cleansing, but the Kamen Riders that Spyro and Cynder met step up to defend this world. Meanwhile, Kuuga and Decade continue to try and find their way back to the Dragon Realms. But instead, Decade uses his abilities to summon the Seven Legendary Riders for help. So how is this going to go? Read on to discover...
(Our story resumes in darkness, but ultimately things do slowly fade back into existence, as Spyro and Cynder finally regain consciousness from Oma Zi-O and Malefor's attack, catching the attention of Kuuga, who is at the moment off to the side discussing something with Decade and the Seven Legendary Riders)
Kuuga: (Seeing the two have awakened, then to the rest) They're alive!
Decade: (Seeing what Kuuga is yelling about) Thank goodness.
Spyro: What... happened out there? (Seeing the Seven Legendary Riders) And who're these guys?
Decade: Old friends.
Cynder: (Trying to get back up) Well, let's hope they can help us out of here. We've got to find Malefor and stop him.
Spyro: Where did he end up going?
Kuuga: He went back to your world. Chances are the others are already working on stopping him.
Cynder: And something tells me it's not going well. Malefor is stronger than probably any threat they've ever faced.
Decade: And with Oma Zi-O by his side, the threat may be greater than we can contain.
Ichigo: I didn't expect that much cynicism out of you, Tsukasa.
Spyro: No offense intended, my friend, but given the circumstances, being a bit down is fair. Cynder and I nearly died taking out Malefor last time. Who knows how much stronger he is this time?
Ichigo: We may not know each other that well, but I can tell you this. No matter how strong the threat, he will fall just the same. But only if we view the situation with the one thing Kamen Riders of all generations have fought for. Hope.
Cynder: You sound like you've been doing this a while.
Ichigo: I was the first. I have seen all those you've allied with in their time, and recently I've been focused on you two. You've brought more hope than all of us put together. If anyone can lead the forces of good through this, their toughest battle yet, it's you two.
Kuuga: And given Malefor is the threat we're facing, you two really have to end up leading if we're going to stand any chance of beating him. Since you two know how to beat him and all.
Spyro: Then we haven't a moment to lose.
Ichigo: Tsukasa. Do we have a way to their world?
Decade: (Summons an Aurora Curtain) Looks like I'm back to prime. Let's do this!
(With renewed determination, our heroes charge through the Aurora Curtain, and as we follow them through, we return to the Dragon Realms only to see the situation has worsened. The skies have now erupted into a storm unlike any seen before. Malefor and Oma Zi-O continue to command the energy of the battlefield, condensing power into their golem columns while the Kamen Riders fight on against the hordes of Grublins the two villains summoned. As the Kamen Riders charge, we focus in specifically on Woz, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi, who appear to be leading the charge, and things aren't going well, since the three are being overwhelmed by Grublins. But just as the battle appears to have gone bad, an Aurora Curtain emerges into the battlefield, letting Spyro, Cynder, Kuuga, Decade, and the Seven Legendary Riders enter the battle, and suddenly it starts turning around)
Woz: (Caught off guard as Spyro and Cynder return) Rejoice! Lord Spyro and Lady Cynder have returned to us!
Geiz: And they brought allies!
(As the tide of battle starts to turn, Malefor and Oma Zi-O look upon the battlefield, seeing their enemies have returned)
Oma Zi-O: I thought they were dead!
Malefor: It doesn't matter. They're already too late to stop us. (Looking back to the columns surrounding them) Soon everything will be as we require. And this time, they will not stop us.
(As Malefor makes his confident proclamation, we transition back to the battlefield where after being hit, Spyro drops the Kuuga Ridewatch. At the moment Geiz sees it, he immediately thinks back to what Spyro said about the knowledge he possessed.)
Spyro: (In flashback) As far as I can tell, your heart will tell you when the moment is right. And at that moment, you'll know just what to do.
(With that, Geiz runs back into the Temple, leaving everyone confused for a few seconds, before he returns with the rest of the Ridewatch collection, dropping a few along the way)
Cynder: Geiz, what the heck are you doing?
Geiz: Doing what I need to do. (Once he sees the Ridewatches he dropped) Throw me the Ridewatches!
(Still unsure of what's going on, Spyro, Woz, and Tsukuyomi pick up the Ridewatches that Geiz dropped and throw them to him, while Cynder adds the Decade Ridewatch to the collection. And with that fateful addition, the Ridewatches start to glow before merging into a giant golden Ridewatch with what looks like clockwork surrounding a face similar to Oma Zi-O's, but silver with a pink text like visor rather than black and gold with a red one)
Geiz: Let's hope this works!
(With that, Geiz picks up the Ridewatch and chucks it into the sky, at which point it starts glowing)
Geiz: Sougo! We could really use some help here!
(As Geiz's words echo out, the other Kamen Riders seem to remember something and each starts trying to appeal to the person Geiz called out to, and before long a light emerges from the glowing Ridewatch taking the form of a person in a red and black striped shirt with a light pink jacket, who catches the Ridewatch as it falls)
Zi-O: (To Geiz) I was wondering when you guys would remember me.
Geiz: Never forgot about you, Zi-O.
Woz: (With fervor) Rejoice! The true King of Time has at last returned! The world finally remembers Sougo Tokiwa!
Zi-O: (Sighs contentedly) You have no idea how much I've missed that, Woz. (To Spyro and Cynder) Good to finally meet you guys. (Pulls out a second Ridewatch and a Ziku Driver, the latter of which he places on his waist) Now what do you say we finish this?
Spyro and Cynder: Agreed.
Zi-O: I had a feeling this would work out.
(His existence renewed, Zi-O twists the second Ridewatch, revealing the same face from the golden one, and presses the activator button)
Zi-O Ridewatch: Zi-O!
Zi-O: Henshin!
(The famous battle cry known, Zi-O inserts the left track of the Ziku Driver, presses the button on the top of the unit, and spins the front around, all the while an intricate clock face forms behind him)
Ziku Driver (Zi-O): Rider Time! Kamen Rider! Zi-O!
(As the Ziku Driver makes it's announcement, the clock face formed behind Zi-O forms into a silver and black armor with pink accents, followed by the famous pink text visor settling into place)
Spyro: Now then, one last time.
Spyro, Cynder, and Zi-O: To battle!
(As the massive army of Kamen Riders charges forward again, our tale ends for today)
And that is where we will conclude for today. Next time, the grand finale of Prophecy of Masks. For some reason this chapter was ridiculously hard to type up. Maybe because this project became a tad tedious due to something I did by necessity at the beginning. I am never doing trilogies again if I do something like this. Anyways, it looks like the real Zi-O has finally entered the fray. And don't worry about Ichigo and company being kind of relegated to side characters here. They'll be a much bigger role in the next update. So be sure to tune in for that! Same time... same channel!