Reviews:
Hellifrit: Cause it's an awesome song and it was fitting for it.
JGResidentEvil: Hell no.
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: *laughs* Oh, SSD.
MKDemiGodzilla-Warrior: Yeah, we thought it was a good twist.
Magic Detective: Glad you've enjoyed it.
Spidey Viewer: Yeah, it was a dig at Naruto. Rentaro still likes ninjas, but he's grown to appreciate the history, lifestyle and what it means to be a ninja; rather the media depictions of ninja.
sonicflash78: Trust us, it'll be good.
Bahamut0: Trust me, when we get to Ex-Aid Revised...OH! I'm gonna rip into the fucking psychos that make up the cast. ...Sorry. Ex-Aid is still a little sore for me. As for the whole 'Is Woz the clone?' confusion. Woz is the real person, Never-Woz was playing mind-games.
Here are some reviews answered by our own GreyKing46:
mikel97: No plans for it right now.
Guest 1 from Mar 15: Not really. From Zi-O onwards? Yes. Zero One Revised is the same timeline. And when we one day do Saber Revised, or any other Reiwa shows as Revised, those will all be in the same timeline. Pre-Zi-O stories? Not really. Our Ryuki Revised will be of the timeline which appears in the finale, and our Decade Revised will have easter eggs here and there. But that is it.
Guest 2 Mar 15: That is because the clone thing was basically a lie.
Amanny: You mean Rider Time Ryuki? Crap and shows why Innoue shouldn't be writing anymore.
Bahamut0: Actually, Woz WAS the original. We must have failed at portraying that with how many people seem confused. Never Woz was the clone and was lying to throw Woz off his game.
Spidey Viewer: There is a lot I need to say here. Don't worry I am not ranting at you, just trying to put SOME stuff into context.
We jumped RIGHT into the Geiz Paradox V-Cinema after we finished the main Zi-O Revised story... and we were BURNT OUT! It took us a MONTH to write that one special.
And so we took a break, writing Zero One Hiden Bodyguards for my profile during said break. And then when we came back to the Revised franchise, we did Woz Quartzette.
So it is better written because we had the 'energy' to do it properly. But it feels shallower because we where 'rusty' with the universe.
Following on with what I said earlier, it appears we failed in our storytelling. Never Woz was the clone, and he was lying to Woz to mess with him. We thought we made that clear, with Woz deciding it didn't matter either way, in the end.
And yes we did include Wol and Aura JUST to give them another cool scene. That was it.
Dragon Rider 66: The weapon is a remould of Geiz Revive's weapon.
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: HAI! SHOOTING STAR JA NAITO!
JGResidentEvil: No. Literally *&%&^* that special.
Hellifrit: Because the lyrics of the song fit the themes of the special and the fight.
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Tsukuyomi V Cinema
Zi-O X-Time: Alpina Moirai
Co-Writer GreyKing46
We do not own these characters. All rights belong to Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishimori Productions and Toei Company
We arrive in Japan, an island nation that has great mythology, technological means and has just come into a new year of their latest era. The Reiwa Era.
We soar through the skies of Japan, going through the cities and saw various people enjoying themselves; on their normal day, people buying and walking around, but alongside people wearing white headphones with blue rings around their ears.
But now, we go to a large home/clock-shop with the name '9 5 Do' at the front.
We zoom into the building, the 9 5 Do, where a family was getting ready for the day.
The first was a young man in his mid-twenties, short auburn hair, brown eyes; wearing a tan shirt with thin white lines making a square overlap on his chest and sleeves, a pair of blue jeans and black shoes. On his left wrist were a fancy gem embedded Rolex-like watch and a gold wedding band.
Next was a beautiful young woman with shoulder-length straight black hair, wearing a white thin blouse over a black shirt and black skirt, long black stockings that went up to her thighs and flat shoes.
And finally, a young baby with short black hair, wearing a pink shirt and a diaper with little booties on.
"There you go Finnis, all beautiful." The woman giggled, as she finished putting the baby's booties on.
"I've got the bag and..." The man spoke before he yawned. "The formula."
"Couldn't sleep again, Sougo?" The woman chuckled.
"I was the one who had to look after her, Alpina." The man now named 'Sougo' responded. "Besides, I've got two of the most beautiful women here with me."
"You tease." Alipna smiled, kissing his cheek while showing off the gold ring on her finger.
"I try." he smiled softly.
"Ah-ah." Finnis reached out for her father, wanting either cuddles or just wanted to be held.
"Okay, okay. Come here, Finnis." Sougo responded, picking her up.
"Here, I've got the bag." Alpina commented, picking up said bag. "Are you two going to be okay?"
"Yeah, I think so." Sougo nodded.
"Is Aura here soon?" Alpina added, kissing him quickly.
"Yeah, she should be. It'll be fun; hey?" Sougo bounced Finnis gently. "Seeing mummy-Aura."
"Bwabahaha!" the baby giggled.
"Did someone say my name?" A new woman walked through the front door, it was a young woman with long black hair and brown eyes, wearing a blue shirt and jean skirt with long black stockings and heeled shoes.
"Oh... damn." Sougo blinked in shock. "You're even more beautiful than I remember."
"I only saw you yesterday." She rolled her eyes.
"I know." Sougo grinned.
"You two are so sweet together." Alpina teased.
"You know I love you both." Aura laughed.
"We better get going." Sougo answered, before kissing Alpina on the lips. "We'll be back before you know it."
"Don't wish your holiday away, Mr Tokiwa. I'll be here." Alpina booped his nose.
"Have fun." she added, turning to Aura "Look after those two over the weekend, okay?"
"I promise." Aura answered and nodded. "Maybe we can have a little time to ourselves after?"
"That'd be nice." Alpina smiled.
"Okay, Finnis. Say 'bye-bye' to mummy for this weekend." Sougo baby-talked to his daughter. "Buh-bye, mummy."
"Pfffbaaba!" the baby girl giggled and gurgled.
"Love you, Finnis." Alpina kissed her daughter's head gently as Sougo and Aura left.
Her husband and her lover were going on a small weekend trip with Geiz and Rise, to give her a weekend off.
Alpina sighed to herself as she now had this time to herself. Being a mum was a full-time job, especially this was the 'easy part'. Being pregnant wasn't... the most fun. But now, having Finnis in her arms...it felt wonderful. "Right, now...for my own 'pampered day'." She rubbed her hands and smiled. She hoped she could enjoy today at least.
She grabbed her bag and locked up their home; going out and swapped the sign to 'closed'.
Life had changed so much in the past few years.
From living in the cold of an unforgiving wasteland; to a warm and friendly home filled with love. From struggling to survive a tyrannical despot who could end them with a thought, to being with the people she wanted to be with.
From being a princess into being a housewife and a mother.
Not that it was a downgrade in the slightest.
Alpina called out a taxi to get where she needed to go. She was going to go to a spa she had heard about, for some R&R.
She had an appointment at a nice spa.
"Aoyama Spa, please." She asked politely as she got into the taxi.
The driver nodded and took her to where she needed to go.
However, what Alpina didn't notice was a person standing just outside of the 9 5 Do, just outside of her view. Dressed in black and gold.
Time slipped away as she soon arrived at the facility.
It was a bit secluded, but it was much needed. A forest and hot-spring facility. Just an hour out of the city. "Thank you." Alpina paid for the taxi with cash and smiled before she aimed for the doors. As she walked inside, the location was very 'zen'. It looked like everyone here was part of a feng shui masterpiece.
It was really beautiful.
"Hello, there. Do you have a reservation?" A receptionist asked
"Yes, Alpina Tokiwa. I'm here for the three day weekend." Alpina answered.
"Hmm...Ah! Yes, Mrs Tokiwa." The receptionist smiled as they saw the name and reservation. "Please, this way." And put on their best courteous behaviour.
Alpina smiled and sighed a little as she walked through the facility; seeing the room she was going to stay at with some fresh towels and facility issue dressing gowns.
As she walked, she remembered her past.
She was originally Alpina Selene, the Princess of a different Timeline and heir to the throne. She was also to be the 'Zi-O' of her world, finding her soulmate and unify both timelines.
The Queen of Time and Space.
Her father and mother were amazing and loving, they did all they could to raise her right.
However, that changed when her brother raised a coup and stole her throne and power, all in an attempt to take what he self-righteously believed was his.
And in doing so cause a time loop of pain and destruction that lasted who knows how long.
Over a near-endless cycle of destruction brought upon by two monsters, that was stopped and fixed by her husband and her friends.
It had been... Hell. But they had won.
"Here you are, we'll give you some time to change." The receptionist spoke.
"Thank you." She answered.
Alpina closed the door and took a relaxing breath with a smile. She was going to enjoy these next three days to the fullest.
"Now, let's see what I can do first." She smiled as she began to change into the dressing gown and spare clothing.
Time skipped on as Alpina was now in a relaxing room, soft lights and white noise in the background as a masseuse was massaging her. "How is this, Mrs Tokiwa?"
"Hmm~, this is great." She sighed happily, her head resting on the ring pillow where she felt her knots being kneaded away. She felt her worries melt away.
"You must've been worked up for quite a while." The masseuse commented as they worked between Alpina's shoulders.
"Hmm, yeah. Raising a baby is tough." She admitted as she felt the attractive foreigner work, but she wasn't even close to tempted.
"Do you have any family?" They asked.
"My parents, my husband and our daughter." Alpina answered as she began to drift to sleep a little.
"No brother?" A voice overlapped the masseuse's voice.
"Huh? I beg your pardon?" She asked, wondering about the voice.
"I said 'You can relax a little more'." The masseuse responded.
"Oh, okay."
Alpina soon put her head back on the cushion and was worried about that voice. One she had never heard before. No. That was a lie. The voice did sound similar.
It sounded like his voice. But distorted in a way.
She shook her head, throwing those thoughts away.
'No. He's gone.' She thought as she began to relax and push the thoughts out of her head.
Time ticked on as Alpina was relaxing...but that voice. It sent a shiver up her spine. But she was now relaxing in the hot springs, up to her neck in water as she felt like she was floating peacefully with other women.
"Oh~" she sighed happily.
"This is wonderful." A woman sighed in relief.
As the relaxing cool air mixed with the warmth of the hot springs, Alpina looked up at the sky, smiling gently and hoped that Sougo and Aura were alright.
'They're fine. They're fine. It's going to be okay.' She thought as she heard the ring of a gong. "Oh, time's up." She spoke up.
"It is; isn't it?" A voice resonated in her mind.
"Huh? Who's?" She turned around in worry, thinking someone was there. But no. No-one was there, aside from the women in the spring with her. "I...I need to relax." She held her head, while a shadow flitted away from the treeline.
*Time Skip*
Alpina was getting ready for the morning sessions, however...she was called to the reception as someone had asked for her.
"Who's calling for me?" She wondered as she walked to the reception area and was confused as she saw a person waiting for her.
It was a tall man with slicked-back black hair, dark brown eyes, wearing a black butler's coat with gold and white trim and detailing on his clothing; black trousers with golden stitching and hidden black boots with silver soles.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Ah, Mrs Tokiwa. This gentleman asked for you." The receptionist answered. "He said that he was a friend of your family."
"Really?" Alpina asked
"May we speak privately, Mrs Tokiwa?" The man asked. "I imagine this is a surprise."
Alpina felt nervous, this person spoke calmly and with such a smooth tone. 'Friend of the family'? Her parents had mentioned friends before...but none that matched this person's description. "Sure. Um, is there a place we can talk?" She asked the receptionist.
"There's the common room for visitors." The receptionist answered, pointing to a large set of doors.
"Thank you, you're very kind." The man smiled, giving a courteous bow and then left with Alpina, leading the way.
Alpina saw this and felt unsure about this person. But she followed him into the common room, where they were on their own. "So, who are you?" She asked.
"Ah, yes. I should explain myself." The man spoke respectfully and plainly. "I am one of the King's servants, one that slipped through the merging of the two timelines."
"What?" She gasped.
"I know what your husband did. And how much things have...changed." The man spoke. "And how the Oma was erased from history."
"Y-Yes, that's true," Alpina answered, a little on edge. "But, I didn't catch your name."
"Ah, my name is 'Talgia'." The person answered calmly and respectfully. "It was much simpler times with him on the throne."
"With whom on the throne?" Alpina frowned suspiciously at those words.
"Why, the true King," Talgia answered, before tugging gently at his cuff. "Your father." The man further clarified.
"My father? I...I suppose that makes sense. He hasn't abdicated or stepped down." Alpina muttered. "And we didn't have to deal with this timeline battle and merging. It... makes sense his rule was more peaceful."
"Yes. And I wanted to know when you will fix this." The man continued.
"I? I'm sorry? 'Fix this'?" Alpina questioned with a raised tone.
"Yes! Give us our home back!" the man called.
"You mean split the two timelines?" Alpina snapped. "That's-! I don't know how!" as she took a step back "Besides, why should I split them?!"
"This timeline is a perversion of what the King stands for!" Talgia answered.
"Who are you to say that!" she snapped back "My father NEVER wanted the worlds to be separated!"
"Then you don't know what the king truly wants!" Talgia snapped.
"I SEE HIM EVERY WEEKEND!" she snaps "He lives just across the road!"
Talgia halted his speech and slowly turned his sour expression at Alpina. "You have forsaken your people."
"'Forsaken'-? You dare say that?" She glared, feeling her stress rise. "Get out!"
Talgia frowned and composed himself. "Very well. I see that you've made your decision...Princess." And walked out of the common room.
SLAM!
Alpina remained in the room, her fists shaking as she was getting more stressed out. ...Who was that guy?
Who did he think he was?!
"Hnn! GAH!" She gritted her teeth and yelled. She didn't have to put up with someone like that!
Alpina was angrily breathing before she was slowly composing herself. This 'Talgia', he wasn't going to ruin her fun. All the while the words he said echoed in her head
*Time Skip*
Alpina was preparing to go home, cancelling the last two days of her stay at the spa.
After all, with that 'Talgia' man coming and interrupting her respite...how could she relax now? 'Damnit all.' She thought angrily as she packed her bag.
"We're sorry you're leaving, Mrs Tokiwa." The receptionist apologised.
"No, I'm sorry." She shook her head "You guys were amazing."
"Please take this. 30% off your next visit." The receptionist spoke, passing a coupon for her. "As a form of reimbursement."
"Thank you, I'll make sure to use it." Alpina answered as she left, getting into the taxi she called earlier.
She waited outside the building, her hand instinctively checking her bag.
It was something she did on instinct and on occasion as she pulled out a strange white watch-like device. It had a white faceplate and base with a black circle on the inside depicting yellow Katakana markings on a mask.
It was her RideWatch.
It was a device she used to become a hero, a Kamen Rider.
Suddenly her taxi arrived, being driven by a familiar person.
In the car was a young woman, she had tied back black hair, brown eyes, wearing a spiffy blue uniform and a smile to her face. "Hi!"
"Oh, Yuri. I didn't think you'd pick me up this time." Alpina spoke as she walked to the taxi.
"I was closer." Yuri answered.
Yuri, a fellow Kamen Rider. But one that was different from the normal group. She was originally from Timeline B; Alpina's timeline. She was 'Kamen Rider Kabura' one of the 'older generation'.
"Thanks for picking me up." Alpina thanked her and got in.
"No problem." Yuri answered, beginning to drive off.
"How is this job going?" Alpina asked in worry.
"Well, you know. It's better than a desert. But I'll admit, it was hard at first." Yuri answered. "Took me ages to get my licence, but I'm just glad that I'm alive."
"Yeah." Alpina smiled
"So, how's life being married with kids?" Yuri asked. "I bet it's busy."
"Just one kid for now Yuri, but yeah it's tiring." She nodded
Yuri nodded out of respect and drove Alpina back home. "Anything happen at the resort?"
"Ever heard about a guy called Talgia?" Alpina asked.
Yuri double took at that name. "'Talgia'?"
"Yes, have you heard of him?" Alpina repeated.
"It...no. I don't think so." Yuri answered, rubbing her head. "Sounds familiar though."
"So it's the same with you, too." Alpina muttered.
"Yeah." Yuri began to question, "Wait...did you meet the guy? Who was he? What did he say?"
"He said a lot of things that got under my skin." She answered. "I just...I got angry."
"Oh." Yuri nodded.
"I...I tried to relax, but he ruined it for me." Alpina admitted.
"Are you going to tell Sougo?" Yuri asked.
"What? No! I-I'm not gonna ruin their time together." she responded "Sougo... Aura... I love them both. I want them to enjoy this time. Besides, I don't want to worry them."
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Yuri nodded. "I'm sorry you didn't have the day off you deserved."
"Thanks." she nodded as the came to a stop outside the 9 5 DO. "Here's the fee." Alpina passed over some money.
"Thanks. It feels a little bad taking this." Yuri admitted.
"But then you wouldn't get paid." Alpina answered. "This is your job, after all."
"True. Hey, here's my number. I'll be your 'personal valet'." Yuri passed a card.
"You don't-"
"Hey, anything for the Queen." Yuri winked playfully
Alpina blinked and smiled at her, taking the card and waved. "Thank you, bye."
"Later!"
As Yuri left, Alpina sighed heavily and went inside, carrying her bag with her where she was in a quiet house. She put the card in her purse and sat down in the comfy chair in the living room.
'So long three-day weekend.' She thought sadly as she dropped her bag and looked at the picture of her family. A four-person picture of herself, Aura, Sougo and between them, Finnis. "My beautiful family." She sighed with a gentle smile before she turned the TV on to a random channel.
*Time Skip*
Alpina was asleep in the chair, having gotten up early made her feel a little sluggish.
It wasn't the most comfortable, but she couldn't stay awa-
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Alpina immediately jerked upwards and felt a rush of adrenaline as she heard the banging door. "Who is it?" She asked, almost wobbling towards the door, before getting her footing.
She opened the door... Someone falling to the floor before her.
"Oh my god!" Alpina panicked as she saw the person.
It was a man with neck-long smart hair, wearing a black suit, a white shirt and a red ascot-tie, black trousers and black shoes. However, his smart suit was tattered and slashed, burned in places and he was bruised. "Al. Pina."
"Kirihiko! Oh god, what happened?" She asked, helping him up and carried him to the couch. "What happened?!"
"Argh! Hnn! It. It was...a beast. Never seen it before." Kirihiko painfully responded. "It looked...I don't know. Like a mutated Dopant. Six-legged, fangs. It almost killed me." He admitted. "Some... some sort of monster."
"What?" she gasped, setting him down carefully.
"Alpina." He grabbed her arm out of worry. "Be careful. That thing...It targeted me. Just me."
"But...but why?" She asked.
"I don't know. It didn't attack any other person I was with." He answered, his grip loosening.
"Try and get some sleep. I'll call the hospital." Alpina reassured him.
"Be careful, my Queen." he groaned.
"I will. And thank you." She held his hand gently as she called the hospital.
Time ticked on as Kirihiko was admitted into the hospital...and she was nervous.
Nervous... Because she could not ignore this.
She gripped her watch tightly.
Someone was attacking her people... It was HER job to save them!
"Alright, monster...You won't harm anyone else." She spoke with determination, grabbing a black belt-like device from the house.
The device seemed to a strange belt buckle, it had a grey-silver centre like a clock faceplate, two black protrusions on both sides and a LED screen in the centre of the belt.
She took off into the night, pulling out her WatchGadgets.
These were small droids that took the shape of watches that, when active, became small animals that acted as drones for the owner.
A dragon, a hawk, a spider and others rushed out into the city.
"Find that Beast, go." She asked them, going out herself.
Alpina's hand shook gently from fear, worried for everyone because of this creature. And honestly? Talgia being a thing still fresh in her mind, was worrisome.
Was he somehow involved?
She rubbed her face briefly before running it through her hair, worried about it all. All this stuff was too coincidental.
Suddenly her phone began to ring.
She almost jumped because of it, her nerves on end. "Hello?" She answered, wondering who it was.
"Ma!" A child voice giggled and laughed
Alpina's eyes welled up in relief as she heard her daughter's voice. "Oh, Finnis. Yes, it's mummy. Are you okay? Is daddy and Mummy Aura okay?"
"Ma! Ma! Hihahaha!" The baby laughed happily.
"Here, can you take her? Hi, Alpina. How's the spa?" Sougo's voice spoke through the phone.
"Hi honey, it was great."
"'Was'? Did something happen?" Sougo asked in concern.
Alpina didn't know what to say. Should she lie? Tell him about this Talgia person; or should she keep it hidden to protect her family?
...No. No, she had to tell them.
"I just ran into an asshole at the spa." she explained with a smile "It's no big deal, don't worry."
"Well, okay." Sougo answered. "We're still on for talking before bed?"
"Of course." She smiled. "How was your day?"
"Well, Finnis has learned the wonders of the beach. And the sea." Sougo chuckled.
"And I've learned not to deny the importance of spare clothing." Aura's voice called out as well.
"Aura? What happened?" Alpina blinked.
"We got caught in the tide. There was a big crash and soaked me." Aura answered. "Nothing too major, but I had to wait for them to dry."
"So, you had to stay in your room in your underwear?" she giggled.
"Basically." Aura sighed with a deadpanned tone. "Though our shared husband didn't seem to mind."
"Hey! Can you blame me?!"
"I love you both." Alpina chuckled "So, what did Finnis do at the beach?"
"Well, she built her first sandcastle, we had sandwiches and dipped her feet on the shoreline." Sougo answered.
"She squealed so loud at first." Aura giggled "So cute."
"Don't worry, we recorded it all." Sougo added, knowing what Alpina would say next
"You know me so well." Alpina smiled as she felt happy right now. "...Sougo."
"Yeah?" He asked.
"I love you. And I love Aura too."
"I love you to." Sougo blinked and smiled.
"Yeah babe, love you to." Aura nodded.
"Bwammmgmmm..."
"I love you too, Finnis!" Alpina giggled.
"Looks like someone is hungry." Sougo commented.
"I've got the formula." Aura added.
"Talk to you later." Alpina smiled and hung up. Her heart felt lighter, but also gave her hope. She hugged her phone, smiling.
Suddenly the dragon watch droid gave a small roar above her, letting her know the beast had been found.
"Thank you, Dragon." Alpina spoke as she put her phone away and attached her belt around her waist, she wasn't wasting time.
ZIKUDRIVER!
She rushed off, ready to face the beast!
*time skip*
In the city, a large beast was whipping its head around and snarling scaring people away as it was fighting a girl wearing a ladybug motif body-armour, silver and black boots, ladybug styled shoulder-guards and chest plate, a ladybug-styled helmet with a silver mouthguard and yellow eyes and finally silver and black gloves with a silver hexagonal belt around her waist.
"HA!" The woman called out, leaping around to dodge the creature.
It was a six-legged beast, the front two feet were clawed like a lizard's, the middle two were like mammal paws with its claws extended and its back feet were cloven hooves like a deer's. Its body was long and snake-like with black fur covering it, which was almost prismatic; it had two split tails with diamond-like tips at the end. Its head was crocodilian, a long-snouted creature with rows of sharp protruding teeth, a horn where its nose was and six eyes on each side of the snout.
"What is this thing?!" The woman hissed, reaching for a small button on her hip "Clock Up!"
CLOCK UP!
Within seconds, the Ladybug woman began to run around at faster than human speeds. But not even that seemed to halt the strikes or gaze of the creature that was attacking her as it lunged at her with its reptilian claws.
She jumped up high, hitting the button on the ladybug device on her wrist "Rider Kick!" She called as blue lightning sparked across her body only to be focused on her foot, tachyon particles charging up her attack.
RIDER KICK!
She zoomed down and kicked the creature square in two of its eyes, slamming it to the side...only for it to use the momentum and slam her into a building.
"GAH!" Her body was sparking, this thing...whatever it was. It was tougher than her to face alone. "S-Sojiro. I'm sorry." She whispered, getting back to her feet in pain, she couldn't just die here.
The creature hissed loudly as it raised its jaws open, ready to devour the woman.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Laser fire shot out and hit the creature in its wounded eyes, hissing in pain as it was distracted by an oncoming rider on a motorbike. "Who..." The woman blinked, looking up to see Alpina rushing into battle holding her phone... Which had become a gun?!
"Get away from Hana, monster!" Alpina called out, acting as a parent.
"Queen Alpina!" The Rider, Hana, called out.
The creature turned around and hissed, shooting something from its mouth, which Alpina dodged out of the way.
TSUKUYOMI!
Alpina pulled out her Watch-like device and slotted it into the right-hand side of her belt, summoning a large astrolabe-styled clock behind her. It was a golden framed clock with a constellation sky in the centre that had a yellow moon going over them, the frame also had six sparkling white gems on opposite ends with curved gold detailing and two golden clock-hands circling around the clock.
All of this was going on as Alpina pressed the top of her belt, tilting it downwards on the right side.
"HENSHIN!" She proclaimed and spun the Driver, making the whole world spin with the rotation of the belt.
The clock behind her spun around her while the clock-hands returned to 12 before the hour hand rested on 2 and the minute hand on 12.
RIDER TIME!
Golden Katakana shot out of the clock as golden watchstraps glowed and surrounded Alpina as she had transformed, now wearing armour.
KAMEN RI~DER~!
TSUKUYOMI~!
TSU~KU~YO~MI~!
Alpina was now wearing a black bodysuit under a white-robed form; her shoes were back with white toes, around her ankles were brass-gold guards, her kneecaps were protected by clock-crowns, her thighs were protected by white thigh-guards with golden tops, her chest was covered by a white and gold chest-plate with a silver watchstrap going down the middle to end at the top of her stomach, flowing down to her ankles was a long white cloth with golden edges, strapped to her shoulders was a similarly made cloak with the same gold edge. Her arms were covered in the same black bodysuit with golden bracer-bindings and gloves. And finally, was her head, a white helmet with a gold outline with silver elongated diamonds on her face to represent a clock, her visor was curved in such a way that it looked like a crescent moon with silver clock-hands acting as antennae and pointing at twelve and two; and in the empty black visor, the Katakana lettering appeared and slammed into her head which read 'Rider'.
The creature glared all twelve of its eyes at Alpina, hissing and lunged at her after she grabbed its attention.
She jumped high, performing a kick to its face.
SLAM!
The creature's snout seemed to bend by Alpina's kick before its tails whipped around, striking her in the side.
She caught the tail, her high heels digging into the creature's flesh as she caught it in a lock of sorts.
"Gah! Hnn! Hana, run! I'll hold it off!" She called out as she summoned a weapon into her hand.
JIKANSNIPPIER!
It was a rapier-like weapon, white-silver blade, a golden guard for the grip and a clock-motif on the hilt.
She brought the weapon down, stabbing into the beast's flesh.
It hissed and screamed, lashing out as its 'blood' began to trickle out, a shimmering night-sky blue colour as Alpina continued to hang on, before the beast slammed its head against a building to shake her off.
Alpina leapt up and off before she was slammed into the building, pulling out a second Watch device off of her arm, turning it and pressed the crown button. It was cream coloured with a pink button and faceplate with a different Rider mask on it.
MARIKA!
Alpina slotted it into her empty left slot and pressed her Belt's button again. *"Ha!"* She spun her Driver and activated something new.
RIDER TIME!
KAMEN RI~DER~! TSUKUYOMI
TSU~KU~YO~MI~!
ARMOUR TIME!
PEACHY ENERGY!
MARIKA~!
A large peach-like device appeared over her head as it landed on top of her. Her armour was added upon; there was a pink peach on her shoulder with a pink peach over her mask with new Katakana lettering that read 'Marika' now; silver bracers for her arms and knees appeared to give her more defences, while her cloak changed to show pink peaches and flowers on it instead of it being white.
Alpina ran in leaping overhead and landed on the snout, tearing out her JikanSnippier out of the beasts' wounded area. "Ha!"
The creature backed up and hissed, its eyes staring daggers at Alpina...but it saw Hana, lunging at her and crushed the building's sides just to get her. "GAH!"
Alpina panted as she saw the creature before she pulled out another Watch and inserted it into her JikanSnippier. It was a teal-blue based RideWatch with a purple faceplate with a purple mask on the inside.
ROGUE!
As she inserted it into the JikanSnippier and aimed it with her left-hand acting as a guide.
She lunged forwards and struck into its side.
FINISH TIME! ROGUE! ROYAL ROYAL SLASH!
As Alpina struck true, the image of a purple crocodile's head came forth and bit into the creature.
A horror movie style scream could almost be heard as the attack rushed through the air.
The creature wailed as it was bitten into, being pinned down by Rogue's crocodile, before it fell through and vanished. Bleeding out as it disappeared.
Tsukuyomi landed calmly, spinning her weapon.
"Long live The Queen." Hana whispered in shock and awe.
Alpina walked and helped Hana up. "Are you okay, Hana?"
"Yeah, I am now. Thank you." as her armour faded away. "What was that?"
"A monster." Alpina frowned. "I don't know where it came from though."
"Oh." 'Hana' nodded.
"We should be okay now. I don't think it'll be back." Alpina answered.
"If not, you can croc-chomp it again." Hana joked.
"Yeah."
"Are you gonna be okay?" Alpina asked
"Yeah, I think so." She nodded. "I'm gonna find Souji, just in case."
"I'm surprised I didn't see him kicking this things ass." Alpina smiled.
"My brother's busy working at the restaurant." She admitted, but chuckled. "And helped people escape."
"Yeah, that sounds like him." Alpina nodded. "I'll see you later."
"Okay, thank you again." Hana responded, before leaving.
Alpina looked to the sky, feeling like this had all been too easy. 'What the hell is going on?' She thought. 'First Talgia...and now this creature.'
Suddenly there was rumbling, which made her heart go cold.
She turned around, feeling her body shudder in fear.
She looked around, behind her... where the beast was reforming?!
"What? The actual. Hell?!" She panicked as the beast's body as it twisted and contorted.
Its reptilian body shifted and morphed around; its legs returned into its body. The body looked to be the shape of a bull's, its head turned into a warthog-tusked tiger-headed creature with insectoid legs with mantis arms; finally, its tails had shifted into a scorpion's stinger and hissed out with an ungodly noise.
"What the hell?!"
The now tiger headed creature hissed and roared, shaking its body and leapt up and over buildings, running out and away from Alpina.
"Hey!" Alpina yelled as she took a RideWatch off her wrist. The watch had the kanji for bike on it, the Queen activating it quickly.
As it activated, a silvery-white bike appeared with a golden moon on the front, a black seat with black handles.
RIDESTRIKER!
"You're not getting away from me!" Alpina quickly boarded the bike and took off with a roar of its engine. The creature skittered away, rushing as Alpina chased it; her Ridestriker putting out as much speed as it could. 'Where is it going?' She thought angrily, having to dodge people and cars as it began to go deeper into the city.
*time skip*
Alpina had driven out of the city, her chase had lead her to a desolate location...where the Beast stopped where Talgia was waiting there.
"Talgia?!" She gasped.
"Hello, Princess." Talgia spoke with his slick-talk sounding voice. "I see you've met my Beast. Amazing creature; isn't it?"
"Your beast?!"
"Well, I tamed it." he shrugged.
"What the hell is this all about? You come threatening me! Your beast attacks my fellow Riders! What exactly do you want?" She shouted.
"To get my home back!" He snapped.
"Your home?! What are you talking about?!"
"Our home! The timeline destroyed by Oma Zi-O in his plan! The place you dismissively call Timeline B!" He ranted "I waited years for you to return! For our world to be fixed! But what do you do instead?! You destroy most of it and move us here! To this... Pale imitation!"
"That...that's only part of it." She frowned. "That world was rendered unsalvageable by Oma Zi-O."
"It's our home! And you threw it away!"
Alpina looked at him. "Would you honestly want to live in that world? One where Oma was still around?"
"You could have fixed our world!"
"I could-!" Alpina shouted before she stopped. "...C-Could I?" She shook her head. No, their world was literally falling apart. Besides their home, their culture and most of their people were gone. Their world was all but destroyed.
"I couldn't. That world, it was too damaged. If you think that world is worth living in... You're living in the past." She frowned.
"BE QUIET, YOU CHILD!" He snapped angrily.
Alpina took a step back as she saw how angry he was.
"You did not do everything within your power to fix our world! It was a glorious place that YOU abandoned!" Talgia proclaimed. "It would have been so much better if our world was used as the base of the fusion! But no, we are but scraps! Second-hand citizens! Relics of the past!"
"If you truly believe that...then you're a fool, Talgia." Alpina answered as her Rider form suddenly began to fade away. "What the? What's going on?" She asked in shock, seeing her form disappear.
"This beast is the leftover remnants of our timeline! This Time Beast is the paradox created by its empty space! And it shall restore it by devouring it all!" Talgia laughed.
Alpina gasped as she looked at her hands and then the Time Beast, feeling exposed that she had now lost her main line of defence. "Oh no."
She quickly pulled out her FaizPhoneX and opened fire, rushing for cover.
Talgia just looked down as he saw Alpina running for her life, the Time Beast beginning to chase her while it as being peppered with shots. "Eat her... And save our world!"
The creature hissed and skittered around, ready to eat Alpina with its gaping maw.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Alpina's mind was filling with memories, the thoughts of when she and Geiz were together in the future...when Oma Zi-O still reigned. 'No!' she thought. The memories flooded back, the provocation and the fear of the past coming down to kill her...to undo all that they had done over the years. It couldn't end like this.
Suddenly someone grabbed her and dragged her into their house, avoiding the time beast.
"Gah!" Alpina gasped as she was saved at the last second.
"I'm sorry, your highness." An older man apologised as he brought her to safety.
"Professor Ishinomori?" She asked in shock.
The 'Professor' was an old man with white hair, a pair of half-circle glasses and wearing a blue shirt with black trousers. "I'm sorry, but I had to get you out of there. That creature...it's too unstable."
"Unstable? What's going on?" Alpina blinked.
"That creature, it was created by the breaking of the time-loop made by Oma." He explained. "When the first loop, whenever that was, happened; it began the start of a chain reaction which lead to its ever-changing form."
"How do you know this?" Alpina asked
"When your husband allowed the denizens of Timeline B to remember, I've dedicated the remaining years of my life to learn as much as I could about the Quartz Realm. And that creature is formed out of Toxic Nostalgia."
"Toxic nostalgia?"
"Yes. Let me try and explain." Professor Ishinomori spoke. "Nostalgia can be toxic, I'm not saying that it is, but that it can be. The assumption that 'everything was all good all the time' is a fallacy; when someone thinks of the pleasant memories of the past ignores the good of the present and the tangible good that comes from the future. Even going so far too ignore or downright reject all the hurt and pain that came with their past. It's how in recent years, some people say 'the past was better, look at how we all were, we were happier.' It's a lie that people tell themselves that project their viewpoints, it makes them susceptible to deceptions, even their own and their own greed for an unobtainable past that's never going to come back instead of moving forwards."
"Like how Talgia is...how he says that our past was better than our current future." Alpina realised.
"Exactly. And that creature is a representation of that toxic viewpoint. Always shifting and changing, never fitting the correct views that they want. As much as you try and remember that past, you'll be stuck in your own delusions. So, the ones projecting onto others to force them to see their views, they're just spewing venom. Because they want something that may not have been real to begin with and the further the goals." Professor Ishinomori nodded.
"It...it just gets worse and worse; doesn't it? And Talgia has deluded himself into this spiral; hasn't he?" Alpina asked. "His past, his reality...That's all that matters to him."
"Yes." The professor nodded "When he found it, he... Merged with it. It is feeding off him and he is powering it."
"Then how do we stop it? How do we stop him?" Alpina asked.
"You need to show him. You need to defeat him with the future." Professor Ishinomori answered. "Or more precisely, a being made of Time."
"Made... Of time?"
"I believe King Sougo called it the 'OhTori'." He answered.
"You think that-? No. You're right. It's saved the world before." She answered. "But why is it called such?"
"Well, its name translates to 'God Bird'; but I'm certain there is more to it. But we have to find it or at least summon-" He tried to explain, before the Time Beast crashed through the hidden area and was about to bury them.
"No!" Alpina yelled.
CRASH!
Alpina had to use her Time Powers, freezing the falling rubble around them so she had to try and get Professor Ishinomori and herself out. But it didn't affect the Time Beast.
Her eyes widened in horror at that fact, her throat going dry.
'Please. Please! Someone help! I can't-I can't do this!' She thought in fear, trying to save him. 'Someone... Help!'
Soon, the sounds of firing shots came from outside, attacking the Time Beast.
The beast roared, stumbling backwards.
"H-Huh?" She gasped in shock, looking at the Beast being assaulted.
"Reinforcements." Professor Ishinomori gasped.
IKAROS LIMIT BREAK!
A blast of intense flames struck down at the creature, making it scream out in pain as a rocketing foot struck its side.
A figure landed before them, encased in flames.
Meanwhile, two more attacks rushed through the air.
Dai Tengan! Phantasm! Omega Uload!
Cell Burst!
A golden blast of energy, as well as a green Gatling barrage, shot through the air, hitting the Time Beast.
"Professor! Queen Alpina!" The figure called out, trying to look for them.
"Ikaros! Over here!" Alpina called out.
A flaming red Rider rushed to her side.
Ikaros was wearing a red space-suit style bodysuit with a rocket-shaped helmet, blue visor eyes, round bracers on his wrists and legs with flame patterns; golden accents on his body with red wings on his back with a golden curved belt around his waist with the marking of a sun and a strange device in the centre that seemed to power the belt.
"Your Highness, Professor! You're alright." Ikaros spoke as he helped them out. "Hana told us what's going on. We've spread the word."
Landing next to them where Kamen Rider Phantasm and Kamen Rider Birth, the later aiming his weapon at their foe.
"Your Highness, sorry we took too long." Kamen Rider Birth apologised. It was a black body-suited person, golden ankle bracers, silver round kneecaps, black shin-guards, silver and black bracers with green balls in the silver parts. His chest guard was sectioned with a green left breast-piece and a silver right breast-piece with a sphere half see-through white and half green, silver rounded shoulder-guards with green balls and a knight-like silver helmet with a black curved visor and a silver mouthguard with a gold chin.
"I... who..."
"Erika Satonaka." Birth said as the helmet disappeared, revealing a woman with a beautiful face a long brown hair.
"Oh, err. Nice to meet you." Alpina responded. "Wait. Are you-?"
"I was brought back to life because of you and your husband." Erika explained quickly. "Sort of. My memories merged with the body and mind of my counterpart in this timeline."
"Oh my god, I didn't know." Alpina apologised.
"Don't worry about it, in fact, I'm glad." She answered.
"Same with me." Phantasm commented. "And everyone else."
"Kanon!" Alpina gasped.
"ARGH! Damn you! Can't you see I'm trying to go back to a better life?" Talgia roared as the Beast was being attacked.
"It wasn't better!" Kanon snapped.
"It was a hellscape!" Kabura called out, launching their fist into the monster's body.
Her powers sparked and glowed as she landed.
Her body began to shift and change, turning into a purple-edged silver armoured form with purple eyes and the crest grey slightly.
"Ha!" She called, posing.
"Your Highness," Makira spoke respectfully as she approached, giving covering fire for the group.
"Yoko. I-" Alpina spoke in shock. "But... Didn't you die? In both timelines?"
"You will find that does not stop Riders much."
Marika explained, "So don't sweat the small things."
"Why aren't you transformed?" Hana asked as she appeared by her side.
"The creature ate them. Literally." She frowned.
"Well then... It is our job to protect you then." Poppy commented as she and Kamen Rider Rogue emerged from the smoke
"Gentoku." Alpina whispered as she saw him.
Rogue tapped his head gently as he looked at her. "Two sets of memories from two worlds. Not many people can say that." He joked. "And I beat all of them, with three sets of memories."
"Our lives are weird." Hana chuckled jokingly.
"Look out!" A Rider called out, having dodged an attack from the Time Beast.
NAZCA! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"HA!" Kirihiko roared as he flew down in a swirl of blue wind, striking the Beast in the head as revenge for the first attack.
"The cavalry's here." Marika commented.
"Kirihiko?! But you're hurt!" Alpina yelled.
"That doesn't stop any of us from fighting." Gentoku answered as he grabbed his NebulaSteam Gun and shot.
The Riders of her world rushed forwards and began to fight.
Alpina looked upon this and was in awe, her fellow Riders fighting against this creature and Talgia while she couldn't do anything...How could she help?
...
She frowned as she grabbed her FaizPhoneX and opened fire.
Talgia turned as he saw through the chaos that Alpina was still fighting. 'Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why doesn't anyone see the bigger picture?' Talgia backed out of the way, keeping himself safe as the Time Beast continued to shift and change. "Why doesn't anyone see that our world was better? Am I the only sane one here?!"
"You talk too much!" Ikaros called out, shooting flames down at him making him back up.
"All this talk of a 'better world'? I can show you three people who've made the world better by ending the old ones." Rogue spoke out.
CRACK UP FINISH!
Gentoku leapt into the air and rocketed down, large crocodile jaws open and clamped down onto the beast, chomping down hard on its legs.
CRITICAL CREWS AID!
RIDER KICK!
One by one the Riders of Tsukuyomi's side began to throw their finishers.
The Time Beast roared in pain, falling to the ground, Talgia looking in anger and fear as he saw the Time Beast being taken down by not only a defeated enemy, but all the Riders from their timeline.
The Time Beast began to fade away once more.
"Damn it. Damn you all!" Talgia glared angrily as he was cornered but had to get a way out.
"Everyone... Thank you." Alpina smiled
"It's fine." Hana smiled "Some wanted to make it but couldn't. Like Ibuki and Ryo."
"And then you have Shinnouske and the situation with his powers." Goto commented.
"Yeah, that's something in of itself." Alpina understood.
Talgia saw all these people...all these blind and ignorant people. How could they prefer this reality to the glorious one that was their home? He roared in rage
"Give up, Talgia. You've lost." Alpina responded. "You can't bring a past back that wasn't yours." Only for the beast's forms to rush at Talgia.
The former member of the Royal Court screamed in pain, being devoured by the beast that he 'tamed'. While the beast's energy began to surround Talgia and merge with him.
"Everyone get back! Now!" Professor Ishinomori called out as Talgia began to spark, grow and break their mortal body.
Talgia's body began to shift and change as he was now clad in armour, he was wearing bronze armour with black edges that looked like veins. His chest had a 'rusted' watchstrap going doing his chest, a pair of stopwatches on his shoulders, black watch-crown kneecaps and bronze boots with black veins. Around his waist was a blank black ZikuDriver that had a 'fractured' domed clock in the centre with two empty slots. His gloves were clad in bronze metal with razor-sharp claws for fingers.
AmAtErAsU!
"'Amaterasu'?" Alpina whispered in fear. The name of the Sun God who was opposite to her old alias.
SHINE!
"yOu AlL wIlL fAlL!" Amaterasu roared as he shot out flames from his hands.
BOOM!
The Riders were flung back and rolled on the ground, Alpina taking more damage as she didn't have her Rider form present.
"Where did this come from?" Ikaros asked
"So strong." Hana whispered.
"H-hnn..." Alpina grunted.
"It doesn't matter. We can't falter here!" Gentoku grunted, getting to his feet.
"My Queen, are you okay?" Professor Ishinomori urged.
"I'm...fine." She struggled as she pushed upwards, trying to brush off the debris. 'I wish...I had my powers again.'
Amaterasu stepped forward, his feet burning the ground underneath as he aimed for the Riders. "bUrN. yOu WiLl BuRn! i'M tHe OnLy OnE wHo WiLl BrInG bAcK oUr HoMe!"
SHINK!
Everyone froze... as a flaming sword was now pierced through the professor's chest.
Professor Ishinomori looked down at the sword, going limp as the flames cauterised the wound.
"PROFESSOR!" Everyone yelled.
"yOu FaIlEd EvErYoNe!" Amaterasu roared, wielding his burning sword.
The large blazing sword was extended out of his hand, Amatarasu slashing his arm dramatically.
"You monster!" Yuri called, her armour sparking as she rushed forwards.
"He was innocent!" Hana Tendo called, reaching for her hip button "Clock U-" Before she could hit the button, Amaterasu was right in front of her. The Dark Monster grabbed her wrist, keeping it from the device, while slashing at Kamen Rider Lady's armour "GAH!"
"He was an old fool!"
"You bastard!" Marika glared, releasing her Lockseed from her belt, inserted it into her bow and pulled the bow back.
LOCK ON!
"HA!" She called out, shooting it at Amaterasu.
PEACHY ENERGY!
Alpina tuned out the battle, holding the professor against her as she cried. She... She had failed!
'Professor. I-I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry.' She cried as the sounds of battle rang hollow.
She didn't notice the world would warp around her, as her soul was calling out to something.
It was like the world ignored her as she was locked in her self-doubt and self-loathing.
"I failed... I was supposed to protect you all... and I failed." she whispered.
She was shaking a bit, not noticing that the world was literally changing around her while the professor began to fade away.
From Earth to a star-filled world, dirt underneath her feet as she was so out of it. She didn't realise where she had disappeared to.
She was thinking of everything once again. About her battle with her brother.
How her powers were stolen.
"I'm so pathetic. Even after all this time...I haven't grown." She whispered.
Why was she so weak?!
As Alpina cried, holding herself as she was in this strange world.
Before the sound of majestic bird-song resonated through the air.
A noise that snapped her to attention.
Without realising it, Alpina had teleported herself to the Quartz Realm. The place where RideWatch Quartzes were made and home to the Ohtori.
The Ohtori was flying overhead, a circular-bodied golden bird with golden wings and silver eyes. It chirped out loud as it came down and landed on a stone in front of Alpina, blinking inquisitively like it was expecting her.
"You're... Beautiful." She commented.
The Ohtori looked on at Alpina and 'ruffled' its feathers, before flapping its wings. It chirped a little as it looked at Alpina, looking into her eyes.
They kept looking at one another until Alpina turned her head.
The Ohtori took a step forward, chirping at her like it wanted to know what was wrong.
"I...I can't fight. I can't save anyone." Alpina whispered. "Professor Ishinomori...He's dead because of me."
"Oh? Says who, my dear?" An ethereal voice echoed
"Professor?" Alpina looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. "Who? Who said that?"
"Over here."
Alpina strained herself to get to her feet, the Ohtori following her as support as she walked towards the sound of the voice. "Professor! I-I saw you. How is this possible?"
Standing before her was the professor... only his form was faded and made of blue light.
"I told you before, I have been working with the Quartz Realm." The Professor spoke with a smile. "I'm sorry, Queen Alpina."
"Professor..." She muttered.
"It's not your fault. You've done all you could at the time." Professor Ishinomori reassured her.
"But I let-" Alpina frowned, on the verge of crying.
"Don't think that. Is that what you really think? Or is it because of what Talgia thinks?" Professor Ishinomori asked making her go silent. "Tell me, your highness. Who are you? Are you simply 'Alpina'?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" Alpina asked
"Ask yourself; who are you?" Professor Ishinomori asked
"Who... I am?"
The Ohtori hopped onto the stone where Professor Ishinomori was, sitting under the glowing blue phantom and waiting for the answer.
"Are you simply a Princess? A Queen? A Kamen Rider? Or is there more?" He asked
Alpina looked inwards as she was asked that, thinking about who she was and what defined her.
She looked at her past.
A survivor of a broken timeline.
A protector of the world; a Kamen Rider.
The Princess of a destroyed kingdom.
Deeper and deeper she looked inward until she came upon the answer...Zi-O.
She was the 'Zi-O' of her world.
Like how her husband was the Zi-O of his.
...
Grand Zi-O!
...
Why wasn't she as strong as he was then?
Alpina frowned as she thought about her history, her power.
As a Zi-O she had power over time itself, the Queen of Time. That power was stolen by Another Grand Zi-O, Hiryu, and used to coat himself in the shell known as Oma Zi-O. Eventually she had gained her power again.
...
Or had she?
Did she?
She was never as strong as Sougo. Grand Zi-O was evident of that, even though they should have been equal... why? ... Unless...
"Ah, I see you have noticed." The Professor smiled "Yes, the power you have as Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi is not the same power you had as Zi-O, but power you summoned for yourself. It is like how if you cut off the branch of a tree off, it can grow new branches. Your true power was trapped in the timeline, as you did not join the final assault against Oma within the timestream when it happened."
"No, I kept the door open with the other Riders." she confirmed.
"So, what are you going to do?" He smiled as she knew what she had and what she needed to do.
Alpina slowly got to her feet and closed her eyes, focusing on the air around her.
Soon, the Quartz around Alpina's feet began to glow lifting up into the air.
For a moment you could see him... You could see Oma Zi-O standing there.
He stood there, almost like a judge as he saw Alpina gathering power.
"I've grown past... The scared girl that ran from you!" She yelled, punching Oma Zi-O with all her might
Shatter
The form of Oma shattered from Alpina's punch, leaving only a glowing light of silver and gold.
The silver and gold rushed around the Quartz realm, making the place shift and quake. It was like the world itself was being reformed.
The Ohtori chirped as it saw the realm shift and change. The Quartz seemed to coalesce as many Quartz began to form to a round shape.
A large blade of gold Quartz emerged from the ground and shifted, becoming a handheld size, while a dozen lights shooting out of Alpina's jacket.
Alpina's eyes widened as, in her hand, a beautiful Quartz formed, and its shimmer cooled down as the sight of a mask rested on the front.
A new RideWatch formed before her enveloped in a large bright light
She held it tight in her hand as she focussed to get back to Earth, she had to go protect her people.
*Back on Earth*
"GAH!" Kamen Rider Phantasm yelled as she was sent flying back.
Marika and Rogue rained fire upon Amaterasu, trying to beat him back...but this ugly Dark Rider was repelling them, or at least just tanking them with effortless steps.
"This guy is... Tough." Poppy panted.
"We can't...We can't let up." Yuri panted, getting up as she felt her body evolve into a black armoured form.
Nearing her final form... but fell to her knees, exhausted.
"Yuri...I can't...This guy. It's like fighting Oma." Hana panted.
"bUrN. lEt It AlL, bUrN!" Amaterasu proclaimed, summoning fire from his hands...before a light erupted from behind him and caught him off guard.
The light seemed to absorb his flames and turned it into harmless steam.
"nAnI?" He turned slowly and glared behind him as Alpina was there.
"Alpina?" Gentoku gasped as he saw her.
"Your Highness, run!" Yuri called out as the flames and light faded.
...
And suddenly nothing was moving.
It was like time itself had bent the knee to the Queen that rose back from the world beyond...as she showed off the RideWatch in her hand.
It was a beautiful silver RideWatch, a 'cluster' of tiny clocks surrounding a silver faceplate that had Alpina's Rider mask.
TSUKUYOMI MOIRAI!
An angelic tune filled the air.
Alpina raised the RideWatch in front of her face and pulled it apart, like her husband's own Grand RideWatch it gave out the ringing of bells that echoed through the area.
TSUKUYOMI!
MOIRAI!
The ZikuDriver around her waist glowed as The Queen of Time slotted both sides into the empty slots.
CLICK!
The open sides of the Moirai projected outwards and revealed smaller masks framed in silver as the centre of the RideWatch flip inwards and revealed Tsukuyomi's mask and covered the middle of the Driver.
Swirling around Alpina were silvery feathers and golden threads that looked like watchstraps as lights in the shape of RideWatches circled around her.
"HENSHIN!" She called out as she spun her Driver, the threads and feathers formed an Astrolabe behind her as clock hands formed within it.
MOIRAI TIME!
Alpina's body was wrapped in her base Rider form, at first, before a pair of silvery wings were formed from her cape as the RideWatches shot into it and then wrapped around her body like a cacoon. The silvery feathers and golden thread wove together perfectly making truly regal attire worthy of a Queen.
As this was happening, music played in the air as the names of Kamen Riders were being said.
KABURA, GILLS, FEMME, DELTA~
CHALICE, IB~U~KI~!
LADY~, ZER~O~NOS~, HUNTER~!
KIVA~LA~, NAZCA~!
BIRTH, IKAROS~!
WHITE~ WIZARD~, MARIKA~!
RACER, PHAN~TA~SM~!
POPPY~, ROUGE~!
The wings erupted outwards as Queen Alpina took the stage...and she was a radiant Rider. Her now golden cloak bore the symbol of a silvery crescent moon on her back with the edges of the silver wings holding it together. Her black undersuit was still there with a watchstrap going down her chest to her waist. Her shoes were armoured with gold and silver edged plating, silver watch-crowns covering her kneecaps, gold thigh-guards with a silver edge; over her chest was a golden and silver edged plate that connected to her shoulder-pads, which gave the impression of swans' wings. Her hands and bracers had golden thread wrapping around them held beautifully polished blue coloured Quartz crystals embedded within, it looked like gem-bracelets adorning her wrists. And finally, was her helmet, a silver helmet with a golden frame; it had small wings coming from the side as the moon visor was cradled within and the clock-hand antennae were at twelve and two.
KAMEN~
RIDER~
ARISE~!
TSU~KU~YO~MI~
MOI~RAI~~!
Tsukuyomi's golden cloak fluttered in the wind as time suddenly restarted.
The Riders all looked at Alpina as she stood there, as a Queen among her people. "Oh my god." Yuri whispered in shock as she saw her.
One by one their rider forms faded from them.
Amaterasu turned around as Alpina stood there, seeing his opportunity to take on the Riders and kill them...but the feeling of Alpina was keeping him frozen. "wH-WhAt ArE yOu?"
"I... Am the Queen of Time!" She called proudly as time restarted. "And I won't let you destroy what we have, what could be, because you cling to the past."
Suddenly there was a shimmer of light next to Alpina... And Woz landed beside her "IWAEI!" the chronicler called.
"Woz?" She blinked.
"My Queen." He bowed "Your power called me, and I knew it was a monumental moment so I came as soon as I could! Now... Where was I? Oh, right." The green rider coughed before holding his hand high "IWAEI! The Queen of the Past and the Future, clad in the wings of elegance! She descends to the Present, creating her own fate! With her powers fully restored, the mighty Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi Moirai goes into battle! This is truly the start of a new Legacy, as she honours her world's warriors info the light of tomorrow!"
"Thank you Woz. Now can you make sure the others are safe?" She smiled.
"Of course, My Queen." Woz bowed before rushing off.
"yOu ArE nOt My QuEeN!" Amaterasu called out, turning to her and shot a blast of hellish flame in her direction.
Alpina flicked her wrist. Time crawled to a stop... Before it then went backwards, but not all of time. The only time that rewound was the fireball, which rushed back and slammed into Amaterasu's chest.
Amaterasu screamed as he was flung back and away from Alpina's friends, letting them get some much-needed distance.
"Go, I'll handle him." Alpina spoke as she reversed time on them, healing their injuries from the fight.
Alpina then turned forwards and rushed towards her opponent.
"You think she's got it?" Yoko asked in shock.
"I know it." Kirihiko nodded as Alpina left like a shooting star.
Amaterasu grunted as he pulled himself out of the crater caused by that throw. How strong had she become?
Alpina landed before him, the two surrounded by trees. "Talgia. Stop this. You're going to kill yourself." Alpina spoke softly and clearly.
"I DON'T CARE!" He launched himself up and out of the crater, shooting his fist right at her face, but she blocked it with ease; holding him back without moving an inch. "I HAVE NOTHING LEFT! SHES GONE! THEY ARE GONE!"
"'She'?" Alpina asked, lifting him up into the sky. "Who is 'she'?"
He responded with a fireball, Alpina raising her cape to block it.
"Is that what this is all about? You lost people close to you, so you lash out at everyone from your grief?"
"My Wife... My children... Killed before Oma even invaded." He hissed "Were they restored when the world's where merged?! No! It was so much better back then! So, if I have to die to bring back those days... So be it!"
Alpina frowned as she heard that...She didn't know. Sougo didn't even know. How could they?
And even then, they weren't gods. Sure, they did their best to make everyone happy, to do their best as King and Queen, but some perfect paradise? Making everyone... Immortal or something?
That would be a true nightmare.
It wouldn't make ANYONE happy, not really.
"I'm sorry you were robbed of your family. I'm sorry for the loss of your family. But this spiral of toxic nostalgia needs to end." Alpina answered.
There was a flash of light as she raised her arm, summoning a weapon
MARIKA! SONIC ARROW!
She fired the weapon, shooting right at his shoulder, halting his fireball attack.
Talgia screamed as his shoulder had an energy arrow shot at it, this poisonous drive he had was forcing him to ignore the pain, just blind to all that there was except for this fight.
One thing that I'm sure of is that; you gotta fit in to survive this madness, oh boy
Talgia leapt at her, summoning a blade of fire in his hands as he struck at her bow.
You don't even know who you're messing with, sinner from birth spelled in curse hated by thousands
CLASH!
Sparks came from both of their weapons as they pushed against each other.
(Oh my boy)
My hands filled with dirt, skirts can go back home, jerks.
Alpina spun around, using the repelling momentum to slam her fist into Talgia's body and into a tree.
Like all the songs count in any good song, supposing drums weak? Then the band plays sour tone
Talgia rose again, cracking the ground with flames as he drew out a gun made of molten metal and fired.
All round player no sub needed, y'all little brats please stay seated
Alpina's cloak rose and took the burning bullets, shooting at her, falling on impact.
Real life kittens can't believe it, do or die I fight back and kill it.
Talgi used this momentum to get in close, slicing the air with his burning sword to catch Alpina in her blind spot and caught her in the air.
Way you fake yourself, get played on and I've been there done that same predicament.
Alpina grunted as she was flying through the air, seeing Talgia burn his way up to her, but her wings that held her cape spread outwards and shone down, having what looked like eyes at the joint, but were RideWatches.
HUNTER!
She summoned a crossbow to her hands and fired down upon him.
But it's time you give up maverick. Break out of the dome, it's time to take a step up, no more cruising alone.
Talgia used the molten gun in his hand and shot the arrows coming down at him, using his rage to keep the momentum and sword burning and slashed upwards to her.
Trust is no more than a word, yo act before you slur those words
(For better good)
I move alone man free as a bird, overcame every time the curse
Alpina saw the flames and dodged out of the way, rocketing downwards to Talgia's level as this was getting more destructive.
Break out of the shell, deep down inside you there lies love in your heart
CRASH!
Alpina landed a heavy blow on Talgia, almost shattering his dark armour and the two were in a fierce grip that was cracking the earth.
Only got love for myself, stop your lies.
No need to fear it's time for you to burn that dread
PUNCH!
SLAM!
Alpina had a burning hand right on her mask as Talgia broke the push-back and slammed back herself.
This ain't a joke man,
Y'all can't hoax me to believe these fainted ideas are greatness,
Dreaming wide awake, good god gracious
Talgia roared in anger, shooting and exuding flames as his armour was cracking and changing from black to a dark blue.
Alpina landed, her boot digging into the ground.
She felt sorry for him. All this pain, all this anguish and anger. For a family who passed away from before Oma. She couldn't reclaim the past, but she would make way for the future!
Judge me I don't care so, so dangerous,
my idea's contagious, hey just leave me alone,
no more patience no more patience waitress
Talgia dug his feet into the ground, bursting with a sonic boom as the sword in his hand, carved the earth.
make the most out of the time we share, cuz when the end comes we're probably gonna go alone
FEMME!
CLASH!
Alpina summoned a rapier-fencer sword with a swan motif on the hilt as she blocked the burning blade.
Make my own path, make momentum,
take what is mine I go get'em
(so alone)
The pair struck hard and swift against each other with their blades, causing sparks of fire and light to spread around them.
faint hearts stayed so repellent,
my enemy yes my impellent
'Die, die, die! Just DIE!' Talgia thought angrily, slashing at her with wild strikes against Alpina's precise defensive blows.
today might be any other day but
I don't want to waste another day, drone
'I can't waste any more sympathy for you.' She thought to herself.
One in million actually seeing eye to eye, carpe diem
it's ironic that you don't see'em completely different spectrum
She pushed him back, performing a fancy flurry of slashes.
Way it is it's never certain,
such strong will and faith can turn around the fate,
I'm never going to give up
Amaterasu was getting nicks and slashes in his armour, he dismissed his gun and raised up a burning circular shield trying to hold back.
Break out of your head, it's time to take a step up,
no more cruising alone
THUNK!
Amaterasu slammed his shield in her stomach, pushing her forwards.
trust is no more than a word,
(for better good)
yo act before you slur those words
IBUKI!
Alpina lifted Amaterasu and threw him behind her, crashing on upturned earth.
Break out of your fate,
deep down inside you there lies love in your heart
Amaterasu clawed at the ground as he had just been thrown about like a rag doll...and the vision of his wife and children burned into his eyes.
only got love for myself, stop your lies
The two looked at each other as they were getting exhausted by each other's attacks and retaliations.
No need to fear, it's time you burn that dread
Amaterasu's body continued to crack and break. All that he's suffered...Why couldn't he get his family back?
Y'all don't get it, I'm already broken, some screws loose.
No turning back for a man of sin no medicine no
opted for power no chit chat required, cuz
I kept on rolling, rolling, rolling
down and down and down and now I'm UP!
"I...hate you, Princess." Amaterasu spoke, the sound of blood in his mouth came through.
You see me walking solo, travel life like Marco Polo
You wanna live such a slow mo, I wanna throw down things in DOJO!
"Why couldn't you...?" He asked, getting to his feet.
Ha, it's maybe more about stupid pride I don't care though,
I know what I'm doing so
"Leave me alone." He asked
Alpina shook her head, she couldn't allow Talgia to continue his tirade...nor could she allow him to suffer. She readied her blade to strike at him.
Way you fake yourself, get played on
and I've been there done that same predicament.
But it's time to give up, maverick
The two stood there as their blades were stationary, glaring into each other's visors.
Way it is it's never certain.
Such strong will and faith can turn round the fate,
I'm never going to give up
Amaterasu raised his hand and clasped something into the sword, a dark piece of Quartz that imbued it with a purple flame.
Break out of the ease
reasons that you put up ain't going to last for much long.
Alpina raised her hand once again summoning another power from herself, but no weapon this time.
Ain't no-one can stop me, my hate my love ain't gonna change up
(for better or worse)
switch up your way of thoughts ain't a spot for any of y'all
Amaterasu roared as he ran at her, ready to cleave Alpina's head off.
FINISH TIME!
TSUKUYOMI MOIRAI!
She pressed the buttons of the belt and spun them to activate her latent power.
Break out of the doom.
Deep down inside you there is love in your heart.
FATE BE CHANGED!
TIME JACK!
Alpina leapt into the air, using the wings on her back as a circle of holograms depicting all the Riders from her timeline appear and form around her as she made an impression of a full moon.
Only got love for myself, stop your lies
Amaterasu saw the oncoming strike from Tsukuyomi and raised his sword up to block the attack, his hatred and desire to live to change this 'broken' future was going to happen.
No need to fear it's time you burn that dread
As Alpina's foot connected onto the sword, a burst of light enveloped the area, causing the world to freeze while Alpina continued her attack splintering and shattering Amaterasu's sword as he was now defenceless.
'Sophia...' Talgia thought.
KABOOM!
The light disappeared as Alpina landed as Amaterasu fell to his knees, his Dark Rider form disappearing into small lights like fireflies and Talgia panted as he lay on the floor. Defeated, exhausted and broken...all while his body was disappearing into the lights.
He was reaching out, his fingers twitching. Looking at nothing.
Alpina walked over to Talgia, her base RideWatch returned to her from the destroyed Time Beast, as she removed her new 'Moirai' RideWatch...and sat next to him, holding his hand in silence. "I wish this didn't have to happen."
As Talgia's body began to disappear, he turned to Alpina with tears in his eyes. "Will I...see them?" He whispered. "I'm scared."
"I don't know." She admitted.
Talgia's gaze turned back to the sky, struggling to keep his eyes open as he was fading away. "I'm. Sorry." He whispered...as his visions saw his wife and children.
And he was gone.
Alpina looked to the sky as she saw the lights vanish...she was alone in the woods.
"Alpina!" The Riders called out, finding her on her own.
"Huh?" She blinked quietly and looked behind her.
"Are you alright?" Yuri asked as they approached, seeing her.
"Yeah. I've never been better." She smiled.
"Come on, let's go home." Hana extended her hand.
"Yeah." She smiled, taking her hand.
*Time skip*
"We're home!" A cheery voice spoke as they entered the 9 5 Do.
Entering the house were Sougo and Aura, Aura carrying the little Finis while Sougo was carrying the bags.
"Welcome back." Alpina spoke as she was sitting in the living room.
She was wearing a new outfit, as she watched TV.
"Where the heck did you get that from?" Aura asked.
Alpina was wearing a regal pair of black stockings, a long-sleeved white dress with silver and gold embroidery and a silver astrolabe broach with a pair of clock-hands that pointed at twelve and two.
"Something I splurged some personal money on." She smiled as she stood up from the couch, walking towards her lovers.
"You look...Wow." Sougo admitted as he saw her.
"Mama, mama." Finis raised up her hands.
"Finis! There is my little princess!" Alpina smiled, taking her child from Aura's hands.
"How was the spa?" Aura asked.
"It was lovely." She smiled.
"Mama~." Finis smiled, hugging her mother gently. "Did you have a good weekend?"
"Uh-huh." Finis nodded.
"She's been a good girl all weekend." Sougo kissed his wife, before kissing their daughter.
"Hehe." Finis giggled.
"Hey, can someone help me with the bags?" Aura asked.
"We're right there." Sougo answered.
"You know I've been looking online." Alpina commented as they got to work "I think I found some... Interesting ideas for tonight."
"Oh? Is that so?" He smiled, pulling her close with Finis between them. "I can't wait."
Finis giggled as she nuzzled between her parents
Alpina smiled proudly, her past helped make today possible... and the future was looking perfect!
The End
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