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Crap, just when I thought that last night would be the only time a Rift like this would happen, we now have to deal with another one opening up.
This time, it's from the year 2040 where a battle attorney named Quiz, or Mondo Douan, appeared on the hopes of finding his father Tamotsu. Meanwhile, Grant's been acting weird lately especially after what happened last night. Even still, Mondo's dad was gathering various researchers for some unknown reason, with Saaya seemingly on his list.
I'm wondering why her specifically since she's just a normal student. Could it be something related to her future?
As the battle between Quiz and Geiz began battling in the school courtyard, Rex tried to get up.
"Grant, Mondo, stop fighting!" he called out, only to wince in pain before falling to his knees.
"Tsk, typical…" Woz grumbled, "Even if your body is broken, you still try to help others. I'll admit, I would find this kind of fascinating if it didn't infuriate me…" He then smirked as the Riders continued to fight.
As the two clashed, Geiz could not help but recall what Mondo said about the Quiz Metaluna being his father, opening him up for a free hit before he was forced to continue fighting the lawyer Rider. It wasn't that long before the police arrived to the scene, much to the others' relief.
"Ichijo-san!" Sora sighed with relief as a group of officers pointed their weapons at Woz and Guerre.
"Tamotsu Douan, you're under arrest for kidnapping, assault, and acts of terrorism!" the officer shouted as the man.
As that happened, Conquete clicked his tongue as he threw down a smoke ball and leaving a large puff of grey smoke to cover their tracks while he, Guerre, and Tamotsu escaped, leaving the rest to look on with confusion as the whole school was starting to recover from the attack.
Once the Horsemen and Tatsuro were far enough away, Guerre sighed, "Crap, this wasn't how this should have gone…"
"What is it?" the researcher asked her.
She sighed, "Well, change of plans for now. I'll just restart your power for now and then we'll likely try to fix up the details later…" The horsewoman said as she removed the Another Ridewatch from him and restarted it.
QUIZ…
Once she re-inserted it into Tatsurou, the researcher transformed into the Quiz Metaluna and left while she quickly looked over her list.
"Kakashi Shimoyama, Nagisa Mouri, Takuya Inoue, Kenta Sakamoto, Zenjirou Okuno…" she read before she hissed with anger as she realized who was the last on the list, "Saaya Yakushiji…" The Horsewoman shook her head, "Why did I think that last one was a good idea… I forgot this isn't 2040… Things are different in this era…" She sighed, "No matter, she's still needed after all…"
Song: GIRIGIRI – Sonar Pocket
/CHANGE THE NEW WORLD x3/
The opening starts with a showcase of the various Heisei Riders from the past, spanning all the way from Kuuga until Zi-O, before all of a sudden several Ridewatches appear and create both the Future Riders and Forgotten Riders before the title appears
/Bokura ni sono mirai ga tatoeba chikadzuita nara
Hikari wo atsumete terashi kokoro no GEETO wo hiraiteku/
It soon transitions to Rex walking through a museum exhibit about the Heisei Riders, the shadows of their civilian identities appearing as he walks past their armor. Afterwards, when he looks at Zi-O's armor, he gets a headache as flashes of both his memories and Lord Vortigern's memories clash within his mind
/Kitto dareka no tame datte kanji nagara itsudatte tatakatteru
Kizu no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo/
A quick shot of Grant firing an arrow from his Zikan Zaxe then transitions into one of Sora performing Ars Arcanum. It then showcases Weiss, Henrietta, Donald, and Goofy preparing themselves for battle before showing Isaiah staring at a mysterious Ridewatch
/Yatto ikite imi wo motte sono hibi ni sorezore no iro motte
Mata niji wo egakou/
It then jumps to Kamen Rider Dark Decade trudging forward with an army of Heartless before showing the shadow of Kamen Rider Calamity and a mysterious Rider in the distance. Once Conquete comes into the picture, he soon takes out the Woz MiRidewatch while Rex takes out the Zi-O Ridewatch.
/INTERLUDE/
Rex/Conquete: "Henshin!"
/Girigiri ni STAY shite sakebe tsugi no mirai kitai shitai/
Once their drivers activated, we soon cut to a revolving scene where Kamen Rider Zi-O DecadeArmor is battling against Kamen Rider Woz, whose steadily dodging some of the former's attacks. Meanwhile, Grant is fighting against Kamen Rider Calamity alongside Weiss, who takes out a new Ridewatch before combining her energy with Grant to perform a dual attack
/Girigiri ni FLY AGAIN iku zo tsukame SMILE! SMILE! SMILE!/
Next was a shot of Sora, Donald, and Goofy fighitng against many of the Heartless. Donald was using his Wizard Staff while Goofy unleashed a Watermelon Sparking version of his Goofy Tornado. When they are surrounded, Sora transforms into the Mystic Link Drive, with the Siege and Bandit Link Drives appearing alongside him as projections before unleashing a powerful burst of magic to create two new Link Drives.
/Bokura ni wa mamoru mono ga aru kara
Sono tame ni wa nani wo sutete mo ii sa/
As the battle is happening, we see some of Rex and Henrietta's classmates watching the battle unfold alongside some of the legendary Riders and Future Riders, who are fighting against several of the Heartless
/Higashi kara nishi e noboru taiyou ga kyou mo kimi wo terasu kara/
It soon changes to show Zero on his own as he looks at the Dark Decade Rider Card as it glitches to become four Rider Cards based on the Forgotten Riders.
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
It soon cuts to Henrietta and Weiss readying themselves for battle alongside Isaiah, Donald, and Goofy, a strange aura starting to glow from them
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
Then it jumps to show Sora, Grant, and finally Rex as they raise their weapons into the air, creating a triple helix that lights up the sky before showing Oma Zi-O's empty throne, now with Sora's Keyblade resting on it
CHAPTER 25: QUESTION 2040
As things began to calm down, classes were soon cancelled on order to ensure the safety of the students. This was a small blessing as now they had the rest of the day to try and solve this strange mystery involving the Quiz Metaluna.
"You know, I'm surprised you haven't had that watched checked…" he commented as the young king saw that Mondo was looking at.
"It's fine, it had already stopped when I got it…" the lawyer explained.
"Even still, you and Grant didn't have to fight…" Rex grumbled as he looked towards Saaya, who was looking on with confusion as he breathed a sigh of relief and regret. "Listen, I'm sorry that you had to get involved in this Saaya-san…" he apologized.
"No, it's fine…" she reassured him, "So, Rex-sempai… do Junichi-sempai and Aguri-sempai know about you or Grant-san being Riders?"
"They don't and if all of this blows over, I hope they never know…" the young king sighed as he got up, "I mean Etta is already neck-deep into this with me so there's no way I can tell her to stay back, but I don't want to bring more of my friends into something that could possibly cost them their lives…"
Henrietta nodded as she turned towards the blue-haired girl, "Don't worry, we'll keep you safe. I promise…" she reassured her.
"Thank you…" Saaya said as Rex looked towards Mondo, who was now wearing the same watch his father had.
"I want to know something, Quiz" he said to the lawyer, "You want to know what your father's true feelings are for your mother's sake, don't you?"
"Yeah… I got no interest in improving relations with him…" Mondo reaffirmed, "He left our family so why should I bother with connecting to him…"
"Then why do you still hold on to that watch of his?" the young king pointed out, "If that were really the case, you would have thrown that out years ago. But here you are, wearing it…"
Mondo grew silent as she went upto Grant's room, where the soldier was sitting on his bed in deep thought. Grant's room was mostly red with a few things such as a poster of karate on it, along with a shelf for some of his weapons. He also has the same Ridewatch Dazine that Rex had on his bedside.
"Grant, you feeling alright?" she asked him.
The soldier remained silent for a while as he looked out the window, thinking about something,
"We need to defeat that Another Rider…" he said, "To do that, we need to obtain Quiz's Ridewatch… but the thing is, I'm not sure if we can create a Rider Link like before…" He soon looked at the Shinobi shuriken that Rex and Sora had been able to obtain, "I'm not sure what I can do in order to gain his trust…"
"Well you did just fight him earlier" the resistance fighter noted, "But despite that, I'm wondering if Mondo will ever find out his father's true feelings…"
"Yeah…" Grant agreed, "What do you think Zi-O would do in this situation?"
Weiss was surprised to hear this, but she soon gave her answer, "I think Rex would do what's best for Mondo, find out the truth about his father's research…."
"I guess that has to be the case…" he noted as he got up, "I'm going to do some investigating…" the soldier told her before leaving on his own.
"Ms. Yakushiji, would you please come with us?" Ichijo asked Saaya, "We'll try and place you into police protection."
Saaya was heistent for a moment, but then turned towards Henrietta, Weiss, and Isaiah who gave her the nod. With that, she reluctantly accepted Ichijo's offer and heads to the station with the officer.
"Here, dad!" a little boy said as he and his father were building sand castles.
"Thank you" the father thanked him, accepting the bucket full of wet sand as the two continued to build.
Grant noticed this and began to reminisce on the time he spent with his father, namely training...
FLASHBACK…
It was a sun-kissed day in the resistance base as a little Grant, or Geiz as he was used to be known as, playing with his father Geschichte.
"Ha, you'll never catch me alive!" the old man declared as the two chased each other
"Oh yeah? Well I got you now, dad!" he declared as he fired off a finger gun.
His father soon playfully dodged his 'shot' before the two played around in the dirt until night. Afterwards, the young boy looked towards his father with a smile.
"Hey, dad?" he asked him.
"What is it?" the aged commander answered.
"We're best friends forever?" the boy innocently asked him.
"I thought you said that Weiss was your best friend" Geschichte reminded him.
"Well, besides Weiss" Geiz said, "Anyways, we'll always be together, right?"
The old man soon chuckled, "Geiz, let me tell you a small tale I heard when I was a boy." He soon pointed towards the stars in the sky, "You know, every star in the sky is a wholly different world."
"You're kidding me, right?" the boy asked him.
"It's true" the boy's father' told him, "That's why if you're ever alone, just know that the lights of those worlds will always be watching over you… and so will I…"
Grant soon sighed as he looked towards his Watch Holder, wondering if what his father would say now that he had met Sora, Donald, and Goofy, people who came from those same stars.
"Ahh, there you are~!" the soldier heard as he hardened his expression.
Walking towards him was none other than Conquete, with Future Note in hand.
"It's kind of funny to find you around here" the conqueror chuckled, "But I guess you simply needed some time to yourself after our last encounter"
"What do you want with me?" Geiz growled at him as Conquete opened up his book.
Meanwhile…
"The Oct-Sox enhancer that binds with a Sox gene in vitro then becomes what we have named Sox2" a man was teaching before he noticed Tatsurou walking towards him. "Who are you?" he asked.
"Zenjirou Okuno, give me your intelligence, and your loyalty…" the researcher demanded from him as he transformed into the Quiz Metaluna.
The students fled in terror as he sucked away his intelligence while the man, Kyosuke, got up and began walking with him to somewhere.
Sure enough, this got the attention of Mondo, Rex, Henrietta, Sora, Donald, and Goofy as they rushed to the scene only to be stopped by Grant.
"I've been waiting for you…" he said.
"So, did you find anything on Mondo's dad, Grant?" Rex asked him.
"No, but for now, I feel like it's been too long since we've last fought…" the soldier noted as he prepared to transform.
GEIZ!
"What the?" Sora pondered, "What are you doing?"
"Ahh well, guess we have to fight again…" Mondo noted as he prepared to summon his Driver.
"Mondo, you go ahead and stop the Another Rider, we'll stay behind and fight Grant…" the young king told him as Sora, Donald and Goofy were apprehensive of the idea.
"I'll back you up" Sora noted before turning towards Donald and Goofy, who agreed and Mondo and Sora soon ran off, leaving Rex, Donald, Goofy alone to fight Grant.
"Henshin!"
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RI~DER! GEIZ!
Not wanting to fight empty-handed, Rex quickly transformed into his base form while Donald and Goofy equipped their respective weapons, with Goofy using his Pine Shield instead of the Watermelon Gatling shield.
"Henshin!"
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER~! ZI-O!
HELPING HAND~! PLEASE~!
SOIYA! PINE SHIELD! DEFEND THE FIELD!
The trio soon charged in as the two clock Riders battled it out with Donald and Goofy providing support. As the dog knight and silver clock Rider delivered several blows to the red clock Rider, Donald was firing off several firework spells at him.
"Zi-O, just drop it!" Geiz shouted as the two clashed weapons.
"Grah! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Zi-O growled before he was knocked away by Geiz's kick.
In response, the red clock Rider shook his head and activated the Build Ridewatch.
"Fine, guess I'll just have to defeat you instead…" he said before slotting in the Ridewatch, prompting Rex to do the same with the Ex-Aid Ridewatch.
"Set Up!"
"Dai-Henshin!"
ARMOR TIME! BEST MATCH! BUIL~D!
ARMOR TIME! LEVEL UP! EX-AI~D!
Once the pair transformed into the BuildArmor and Ex-AidArmor, the pair quickly began using their strongest attacks before readied their finishers.
FINISH TIME! BUILD!/EX-AID!
Once they spun their Drivers, Build created a graph for him to slide on while Ex-Aid began lining up the katakana and began firing off his punches.
VOLTECH TIME BURST!
CRITICAL TIME BREAK!
This caused their attacks to clash as they began trying their best to strengthen their attacks enough to break through the other's finisher. However while the boys tried to overpower the other, something had to give. Luckily, Donald and Goofy soon joined Zi-O as they poured their magic and power into Zi-O's punches, allowing him to finally overpower Geiz's finisher, knocking him back. However Rex fell to his knees and out of his transformation as the force of the red clock Rider's finisher was too much for him.
"Rex!" an arriving Henrietta and Weiss, along with Ichijo and Yusuke, called out as Donald and Goofy helped the young king back to his feet.
"What happened here?" the resistance fighter questioned the trio as they saw how injured the young king was.
"I'm fine…" he reassured them before looking up to see that the soldier had disappeared, "Man, guess Grant's also getting stronger too…"
"Yeah, I guess so…" Donald agreed.
"There's also a possibility that this could be connected to a possible timeline involving the revival of the Reiwa era and the demolition of the Yami era" Zero noted as he walked towards them, "After all, Quiz was also a Rider whose story was erased from the timeline very much like Shinobi was... and yet it was the bond you and Sora made that revived him."
"So it's something Geiz Revive-related then" Rex noted as he crossed his arms, "So then, likely Grant would have been the one to bring Shinobi back…"
The officer then raised his gun at the herald, but the young king quickly got in between the two of them.
"Wait, don't shoot!" he gasped, "He's a friend! Kind of…"
Ichijo glared at Zero as the herald was mildly surprised by the young king's declaration. He soon turned towards the others who all shared the same feeling towards him.
"Hmm… I'll believe you for now…" he noted as he briefly lowered his gun.
This allowed the young king to breathe a sigh of relief. Afterwards, Henrietta remembered something as she turned towards the young king.
"Anyways, there's a big problem!" she realized, "Saaya's been kidnapped!"
"What?!" the trio gasped.
Henrietta nodded, "We saw Guerre at the police station alongside the Quiz Metaluna. We tried to stop them but... she used her time stop to prevent us to intervene…"
From afar, Conquete was happy to see this as he looked towards Famine.
"You know, using that fancy book of yours to force that red guy to fight Zi-O was a cool move" the young Horseman commented, "So now what?"
The conqueror soon smiled, "I'm going to bring Quiz and the Quiz Metaluna into the same spot and force the father to kill the son, replacing him in history before I take the Another Rider's power for myself and fully erase Quiz from the game board" He then opened up the Future Note and readied his final move.
Kamen Rider Quiz and the Quiz Metaluna encounter each other in the hospital…
As the soldier approached a nearby hospital, he began to feel pretty bad about the fight. While it was true that he wanted to fight Zi-O again, he didn't want to be forced into the fight by Conquete's reality altering book. However, he didn't want to let Quiz be erased from history once again. He soon thought back to earlier in the day before the Quiz Metaluna attacked the school, and the moment he shared with Goofy…
FLASHBACK…
(General POV)
"You know, I'm surprised that you chose to become a gym teacher in this school" the soldier said as he was helping Goofy with carrying some stuff to his office.
"Well it reminds me of when I was training rookies in the academy" the dog knight recalled.
"You were a teacher?" Grant questioned him, he didn't really hear about this before.
Goofy nodded, "Yep, I was an instructor for most of King Mickey's future knights. That was my duty as Captain of the Guard!"
The soldier soon nodded, "I guess you've trained a ton of recruits before" Grant asked him, "How were they?"
The dog knight soon recalled Max's first day in the academy, a smile popping up on his face, "Well, while most of them were able to get through some of the training, but for recruits like my son or that Bradely Uppercrust fellow, they seemed to struggle with the basics"
Grant shook his head, "I can see what you mean. You have no idea how much dad has groaned over training some of the Resistance fighters"
The two soon shared a brief laugh before he fell silent.
"You know, this case involving Mondo and his father makes me miss my father…" the soldier admitted, "I just… there are days that I wish that my father was still around. There is so much that I wanted to learn from him, so much I wanted to tell him… and now… the only chance I'll get is by jumping through time, and yet…" he soon used his free hand to take out the hourglass Ridewatch from his pocket, "And yet there are some days where I wonder if I should carry on his legacy…"
Goofy placed a reassuring hand on Grant's shoulders, giving the soldier a smile, "Trust me, I know how you feel. There are days where I wish I could tell my wife Sylvia about our boy graduating as a knight and how much he's grown up as a man. But in the end, we just have to keep moving forward, because the dead don't want us to slow down, they want us to take a chance to recollect and charge forward even stronger…"
"Semper fi…" Grant said as he recalled the words every Resistance fighter would say before going into battle.
"Semper fi…" Goofy repeated, knowing those same words that were taught to him in the knight's academy.
Once he walked into the hospital, he was soon met with the five captured scientists working on something, along with a very young Saaya walking into the room, her eyes glazed over as she continued to work.
"Saaya-san!" he gasped.
However that was enough to alert the Quiz Metaluna as he turned to face someone. However much to his surprise, the Another Rider was staring down his son, who had already transformed into his Rider form.
"You again…" he growled.
"You're Tamotsu Douan, right?" Quiz questioned him.
"What do you want from me?" the Another Rider asked him.
"I just want to learn something from you" the lawyer Rider stated.
"It can wait, I still need to complete my research…" the Quiz Metaluna dismissed him before he turned is back on him.
That was when Quiz noticed Saaya in the crowd, 'Wait a minute, that's one of the kid's classmates! Did… did my father really?' he thought to himself. "I see…" he growled, "Well then, I'm here to free these people and stop you, Another Rider!"
He soon began to fight as the Quiz Metaluna summoned his Heartless to aide him in battle. As the two clashed, Grant quickly tried to free the scientists while the Another Rider was busy.
Back with Rex's group…
Rex was aside himself as he gripped the guard rails, how could he have let this happen? 'I didn't want to see one of my close friends kidnapped, and yet…' he thought to himself, 'It was because I rushed in without thinking that I let Saaya get captured.' He soon looked down at his reflection, 'What would happen if more of my friends were hurt because of me? What if the Horsemen target Junichi, Aguri… Henrietta…'
Sora could see the look of regret in the boy's eyes, regret that he couldn't protect his friends. He soon walked towards the boy.
"You know, you don't have to be hard on yourself" he told the young king, "I'm sure that you couldn't have seen your friend get captured."
"But I could have prevented it…" Rex growled, "I wonder what Grant would have done differently?"
Weiss giggled for a bit, "Déjà vu huh?"
"What do you mean?" the young king asked her.
"Grant asked me the same thing" she said.
"Come on kid, you're not Grant-san, you're you…" the officer told them, "You gotta do things your own way. What works for your friend might now necessarily work for you." He soon looked towards him, "Trust me, I'm sure you'll know what to do…"
Rex soon smirked as Henrietta places a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"You know, the old Grant would have never asked what you would have done, and yet it was surprising to hear that he was thinking of what you would do" the purple-haired girl commented.
"I bet he would have just blindly rushed at Mondo" Weiss agreed, "He can be overly straightforward at times"
As the girls laughed it off, Rex recalled the conversation between Goofy and Grant that he walked into, "Well… maybe he's found a sort-of kindred spirit in him" he theorized before the lawyer Rider's recalled his reason to go back to the past, "Wait a minute…"
"What is it?" Sora asked him.
"Something tells I know where the Another Rider is hiding out!" he said as he ran off.
"Hey, wait for us!" the Keyblade wielder called out as he, Donald, and Goofy tried to follow him, with Weiss and Henrietta not too far behind.
Back at the hospital, the two Douans were still clashing while Grant had gathered the six captured individuals away from the battlefield. However before he could join the battle, the soldier was confronted by Guerre, her hands brimming with Cosmic energy.
"We need those six for something big" she warned him, "Until the job's done, I can't let you interfere"
She then created several chains to bind the soldier, only for him to create a burst of fiery red magic to break the chains as he adjusted his Watch Holder, which had an active Wizard Ridewatch on it.
"Eh? But how?" she gasped.
"Zi-O isn't the only one to use the Ridewatch aura" he chuckled, "But that's besides the point. I'm not letting you get in my way"
He then unleashed a burst of fire magic to knock her back, forcing her to use her magic to allow her to avoid falling to the ground. The two soon fired a blast of magic as the pair poured more power into their beam. However, with Grant's newfound power, he fired out a stronger burst of magic to knock Guerre back.
The soldier smirked before gripping his chest as the strange growls echoed through the hospital.
'Huh, so his Phantom is starting to get agitated again…' she thought to herself.
However he soon shrugged off the growl as he prepared to transform.
GEIZ!
"Henshin!"
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RI~DER! GEIZ!
Now transformed, he began to battle against the Quiz Metaluna, landing a lucky blow as the Another Rider tried his best to block.
"Huh? So you're not after me?" he asked the red clock Rider.
"My mission is to change history" he explained, "We maybe after different things, but I have no intention of stopping you… nor do my friends intend on doing the same for that matter."
This made the lawyer Rider smile as Geiz turned towards the door, "Isn't that right, Weiss, Zi-O, Sora, Donald, Goofy?"
Quiz was briefly confused until he saw several of the Quizmaster Heartless get easily taken down by the arriving heroes.
"You got it, bud!" the silver clock Rider agreed as he briefly let his sword bounce on his shoulder, "Donald, think you got a spell that can help free the others?"
"You bet!" the duck mage said as he pointed his staff towards the six, "Esuna!"
Suddenly, several multicolored spheres of energy rose around the captured individuals and wrapped them in yellow light, immediately descending after wards as they were freed from the Another Rider's control.
"Wha? What happened?" Saaya asked as the six slowly came to their senses.
"There's not much time, you need to get the others out of here and alert Ichijo and the others!" Henrietta noted, "We'll cover your escape!"
She soon nodded as she helped the five scientists and doctors escape the hospital, with Weiss and Henrietta taking down any Heartless that tried to attack them.
"GRAAAHHH! ! YOU BRATS RUINED EVERYTHING!" the Another Rider roared, "Fine, if I can't save her, I'll just have to use your power instead!" he roared before rushing at Zi-O, only to be stopped by Donald and Goofy blocking him from reaching the young king.
"I see that things have gone south for you, Guerre!" Conquete chided the Horsewoman as she got back to her feet.
"Where have you been?" she questioned him.
"I've been waiting in the wings for our overlord's arrival" he said, "Now Zi-O, it is not wise to ally yourself with Geiz Revive. After all, once he evolves into his true form, your kingdom will fall alongside you…"
"I suggest you bug out, or else Conquete!" Zi-O warned him as he removed the Gaim Ridewatch from it's holster, "This is between you and me, leave them out of this!" The young king soon smirked underneath his helmet, "You think you guys can handle this?"
Grant nodded as Conquete chuckled at the young king's determination.
"Well then, you seem to want another lesson from me, my Overlord" the conquerer chuckled as he took out the Saber MiRidewatch, "But, if this is how you want to play… then I'm the one who will decide the story's end…"
The pair activated their watches as Sora leaving to help Geiz and Quiz.
GAIM!
SABER!
As the Riders equipped their respective watches, a red metal dragon with yellow eyes and a silver underbelly flew right towards the young king, only for its assault to be stopped by the massive metal orange that fell onto the silver clock Rider's shoulders. The two Riders continued to battle it out until they initiated the change as the green clock Rider summoned a shortsword with a flaming hilt that bore an 'X' slash mark symbol.
TOUEI!
"Rider Battou!"
"Lock On!"
Woz soon unleashed a fiery X at Zi-O, knocking him back as the metal dragon flew around him, spinning rapidly while the orange unfolded itself. While the silver clock Rider now sported his GaimArmor, Woz now had a red dragonscale watchstrap that included a dragon tail-like pauldron that had a small black sheath with a silver book emblem, as well as fireball-shaped shoulderpads that housed the same symbol as the blade. His helmet also had it's watch hands were replaced with a flaming X while a blade protruded out of the middle of the helmet and watchstrap. Finally, the red katakana for Saber's name landed right on Woz's helmet at the same time as Gaim's katakana reached Zi-O.
FUTURE TIME! IZUKO! SAI~KOU! REKKA BATTOU! FUTURING SABER! SA~BER~!
ARMOR TIME! SOIYA! GA~I~M~!
"Now! This is my stage now, Conquete!" the silver clock Rider declared as he and Woz entered a bladelock before transitioning into a swordfight, their blades clashing at every strike.
"I see! So you've gotten better at handling a sword, my Overlord!" Woz chuckled as he parried and deflected several of Zi-O's quick slashes, "However, that won't be enough to save you or your friends!"
The green clock Rider then sheathed his blade and took a stance, signaling to Zi-O to block the incoming attack.
REKKA IAI!
"Take this!" Woz declared before unsheathing his sword, causing a great flame to emerge from the blade.
DOKUGO ISSEN!
He soon leaped into the air and went for a leaping slash, however Zi-O was able to block it via folding up the GaimArmor into it's Armor Parts, at least until several small meteorites were summoned and fell on the ground, the flames hitting Zi-O's base armor enough to force him to jump away and re-engage the GaimArmor.
However the silver clock Rider wasn't done as he quickly placed the blades together, causing them to fuse and become a double-bladed naginata. Afterwards, he performed a quick series of slashes before landing three orange-charged strikes.
ARS SOLUM!
This knocked the green clock Rider back as Zi-O separated the naginata back into his swords. Afterwards, the pair quickly faced off as Zi-O took out his gun and loaded it with Beast's Ridewatch, prompting Woz to re-sheath his blade.
FINISH TIME!
REKKA IAI!
Once he was done, the green clock Rider unsheathed his blade and dashed forward, ready to drill the silver clock Rider in while he was shrouded in a burst of flames.
DOKUGOU ISSEN!
Meanwhile, Zi-O pulled the trigger and caused a golden magic to appear before firing out the Beast Chimera, a black and golden lion that had an eagle-like right wing, a dolphin-like left wing, a bull at the bottom, and a chameleon-like tail, at Woz, causing the two attacks to clash.
BEAST! SURE SURE SHOOTING!
The two soon began to try and overpower the other as the attacks converged at the center, the use of Chrono energy mixed with both Riders' respective powers causing the room to shake.
Back with Geiz's group, the battle soon spilled out into the outside hallway, causing some of the people to run in fear. Quiz and Geiz were teaming up to fight the Another Rider.
"People will acknowledge the results of your experiments: True or False!" Quiz declared.
"False!" he declared as Quiz felt a minor shock that he was forced to fight through as they entered a cross counter.
'Let's hope that this time Quiz's attacks work…' Geiz thought, 'I don't want what happened with the Drive Roidmude to happen here…'
"Fine then, what the heck are you working on!?" the lawyer Rider roared, "Let me guess, you're planning on operating on someone: True or False!"
"False!"
This resulted in a shock for the Another Rider, but this was the only progress they were able to get as they tried to figure out the Quiz Metaluna's motive.
"Go, grab him!" an annoyed Another Rider ordered the Heartless he controlled.
Thinking fast, Goofy ran to block the incoming attacks from the Quizkeepers with his shield. Angered, the Quizkeepers began firing off Fire and Blizzard spells, forcing Goofy to quickly switch from his Watermelon Gatling to his Pine Shield, afterwards slashing the fruit twice.
PINE SPLIT!
This allowed him to create a large pineapple-shaped barrier around himself, Sora, Donald, and Quiz as the Keyblade wielder leaped into the air, allowing his Flowmotion magic to form around him before a powerful overhead slash on the Another Rider.
Seeing an opportunity, Geiz turned towards Quiz to tell him something while the Quiz Metaluna was down.
"Mondo, I think I might know why he's doing this…" he told him.
"What would that be?" the lawyer Rider questioned him.
"Think Mondo, think!" the red clock Rider said, "Why would your father kidnap a pair of forensic scientists, a biologist, a surgeon?"
Quiz thought on this for a moment before the answer dawned on him, "Yeah, you're right… this would also explain why your friend was captured. Likely her future self is connected to the medical field!" He then walked towards the Quiz Metaluna, "I got one final question for you, Tamotsu Douan!"
"Fine, ask away…" the Another Rider noted.
The lawyer then thought of a plan, "So does this mean you're trying to cure your wife, district attorney Miki Douan? True or False!"
The Another Rider soon flinched, almost as if his plan was found out.
"I see…" Geiz noted as they alongside Sora, Donald, and Goofy rushed in and performed a powerful five-man punch, "Alright, let's go!" he declared as the pair activated their finishers.
FINAL QUIZ FLASH!
FINISH TIME!
The pair soon prepared themselves as Sora and Donald got behind Goofy.
"My shield's ready!" the dog knight declared as he pressed down on the knife three times.
PINE BURSTING!
They then performed a fast charge attack that destroyed the last of the Quizmaker Heartless, while leaving the Quiz Metaluna dazed and unable to see where Geiz and Quiz were in the giant board. As he tried to look for where the pair were, the two Riders flew out…
TIME BURST!
Of the circle…
QUESTION KICK!
GEIZ REBELLION KICK!
The pair soon flew through the man as he fell out of his transformation.
"Case closed… The answer is… true…" Quiz sighed, as if a large burden was finally lifted off of him.
Back with Zi-O and Woz, the clash soon ended in Zi-O's favor as he overpowered the green clock Rider's attack. Not missing a beat, he quickly activated his finisher to finish the Rider off.
FINISH TIME! GAIM!
Once he spun the driver, the silver clock Rider took out his blades and readied himself for it's finishing move.
"Grah! Don't think you've won!" Woz growled as he initiated his own finisher.
BEYOND THE TIME!
Once he snapped the MiRidewatch back in place, Zi-O quickly dashed forward.
HISSATSU: MANDARIN SLASH!
Seeing the orange slash coming, he quickly performed a powerful fiery downwards slash.
TOKI NO ISSEN!
KAEN SETSUDAN!
They soon clashed once more before the extra power brought by the MiRidewatch was enough to win him the clash as he saw Rex fly back and into one of the tables.
"A noble effort, but please don't overestimate your ability, my Overlord…" he laughed as the green clock Rider stood over Zi-O.
As Tamotsu got back to his feet, he glared at the quintet.
"Why?! Why get in my way?!" the defeated Another Rider growled, "Just who the hell are you?!"
Mondo sighed, "I've come from the future, from the year 2040…"
The pair then dismissed their transformations before the lawyer stared his father down.
"I'm your son" he said, "I'm Mondo Douan, battle attorney at law…"
"Mondo?" Tamotsu gasped before chuckling, "It can't be…"
Mondo then showed him his watch, the very same watch that the researcher has had with him.
"Are you really Mondo?" Tamotsu asked him, wondering if he was seeing things.
"I'm going to ask you a question…" the lawyer demanded him, "Answer me just one thing…" He soon walked towards the man with a glare, "Let's say your research amounts to nothing, that you weren't able to save my mother… Would you really abandon your family to die an early death?"
Tamotsu soon looked down in shame, "Yes…" Mondo scoffed and was about to walk away, until he heard his father continue, "It's because I could not live with the idea of seeing Miki suffer, knowing that I failed everything to save her. That was why your Tamotsu chose to leave… because similar to him, I would die in shame, a regret that likely I want to rectify now…"
He soon got to his feet and quickly hugged Mondo. The lawyer was shocked by this show of affection.
"Mondo… I'm sorry…" he apologized, "I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you and your mother, that I could not find a cure to her illness... If it will make your future a bit brighter, then I swear that even if my research would fail, I will never leave my family again!"
Tamotsu soon broke down in tears as the laywer was touched by this declaration. Slowly but surely, Mondo returned the hug and for the first time in his life, embraced his father for who he is, and no longer for who he knew him as. Goofy began to smile as he thought back to his son Max's graduation from the knight's academy…
FLASHBACK…
"Well, thank you for the training dad" Max, a young dog that seemed like a younger version of Goofy said as he looked at his new knight's uniform.
He soon took out something wrapped in gift wrap.
"Gawrsh son, what's this?" Goofy asked.
"Well you gotta open it to find out" Max said with a smile on his face.
Confused, he removed the gift wrap and saw his shield, the very same shield he had carried with him throughout his adventures with King Mickey, Sora, Donald, and now the Riders. Goofy was shocked to see this in his hands.
"But… but this is yours…" he said as he tried to give the shield back, "You were the one who made this"
"No dad, this is for you. Turn it around" the young dog reassured him.
Goofy soon turned the shield over and found something inscribed on the back of the shield.
"I might not be your little boy anymore, but I'll always be your son…" the dog knight read aloud.
The two soon shared a large hug as Goofy noticed something familiar on the young dog's side. It was a red shortsword with a tassel at the pommel., along with a large blue shield with the Disney Castle coat of arms on it.
"Son, you have Sylvia's sword with you…" he gasped, "And that's my old shield!"
"Yeah…" Max noted as he brandished the two items, "I wanted you and mom's legacy to still be with me, and so I went to Chip and Dale to see if this and your old shield could be restored" He then performed a few practice swings with his new gear, "I think they came out well…"
Goofy nodded as he saw that his boy was now all grown up…
"Well come on son!" he beckoned him, "The graduation ceremony awaits!"
With a smile, father and son headed to the castle to see Max obtain his coat of arms.
The dog knight smiled as he looked at the now mending bond between Mondo and Tamotsu. As Guerre walked out alongside Zero, they soon shared a look as they turned towards the two.
"Hey, thanks for trying to help Tamotsu…" the herald said to her, "Even though you tried to kidnap one of my friends, I guess it was a for a better cause..."
"It's fine… this was something I wanted to do myself. The Another Rider was just an excuse to help speed things up" the Horsewoman admitted to him, "Honestly; I didn't want his story to end in pain. It's just… he reminds me of someone I know…"
Curious, Zero was going to ask the Horsewoman who that was, but before he could, the father and son were interrupted by the arrival of an apathetic Conquete.
"Spare me the melodrama…" he grumbled as he ripped the Quiz Metaluna Another Ridewatch from Tamotsu's heart and restarted it, transforming him into the Another Rider once again.
"Dad!" Mondo cried out.
The pair prepared to transform, but Conquete rectified that by dashing in, knocking back Grant, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, and readying a blank MiRidewatch.
"What are you doing?" Guerre gasped.
"Adding something to my collection" the conqueror chuckled as he placed the MiRidewatch onto Mondo's chest where his heart would be, "After all, Quiz was never meant to exist in this current game. So I'm taking him off the board myself…"
This caused Mondo's powers to disappear as an orange MiRidewatch bearing Quiz's helmet was created.
"Now that I have gotten what I needed, you are no longer needed" Conquete said as the Quiz Metaluna glared at him with anger.
The conqueror in turn activated the MiRidewatch and prepared to transform using his newly stolen power.
QU~IZ!
AC~TION!
"True or False…"
This caused three orange rings to form around him as the Another Rider tried to attack him to take revenge against the conqueror, only to be knocked back as the conqueror transformed. He was now donned with a watchstrap that had question marks on it, along with a pair of red and blue sholderpads that bore Quiz's symbols. Finally, the clock hands were replaced by an orange question mark as the katakana for Quiz's name attached itself to Woz's helmet.
FUTURE TIME! FASHION! PASSION! QU~ESTION~! FUTURING QU~IZ! QUIZ!
Now in this new form, Woz began to beat the Another Rider down while he tried to attack him in a blind rage.
"Behold! Let me introduce to you the power held by the Attorney Rider! Kamen Rider Woz Futuring Quiz!" Woz declared before he asked him, "Now answer me this! Your theories will be acknowledged: True or False?"
However before the Quiz Metaluna could answer, the green clock Rider had answered his own question as his blue shoulderpad opened up to reveal an X.
"The answer is false…" he said before shocking the Another Rider.
"That's enough, Conquete!" Guerre shouted as she tried to get to him, only to stumble as Zero ran to her aide, "You already have Quiz's power and his era's cut down! You can just collect the Another Ridewatch so that we can go already!"
"Next question! You leave your family, true or false?" Woz asked again, ignoring his fellow Horseman's call.
"False!" the Another Rider declared.
That caused the red shoulderpad to open up and briefly shock the green clock Rider.
"I see, so the timeline has briefly changed…" he growled before he took out his spear and transformed it into his staff.
TSUE-SUGI!
"No matter, I still have the advantage" the green clock Rider sighed.
Afterwards, Woz performed several strikes with his staff before initiating his finisher.
FINISH TIME!
"I call this little attack…" he said as he created several question marks around the Another Rider.
Seeing that Tamotsu was in danger, Goofy rushed in and pushed the Quiz Metaluna out of the way before getting trapped by the question marks.
FUKASHIGI MAGIC!
He then slammed the staff downwards, causing the question marks to spin rapidly before exploding in a burst of green fire.
"GOOFY!" Sora and Donald cried out.
"Tsk, I missed…" Woz grumbled to himself.
Tamotsu was shocked to see this as the green clock Rider shook his head while Zero, after letting Guerre sit down, stormed in towards Woz.
"What the hell was that?!" he roared.
"This?" Why, I was merely performing my duties as a Horseman" the green clock Rider sighed, "That's something that you seem to forget, Zero."
Zero was seemingly unconvinced but Conquete continued his point as he soon motioned his arm towards Grant, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, along with an arriving Rex, Weiss, and Henrietta.
"Given how your methods of teaching the young king and his queen has ended with them falling in with the rebels, I believe that you've gotten a bit soft on the boy…" he noted, "Clearly, halfhearted emotions have no place when training our future rulers…"
The herald looked on with contempt in his eyes at what he done, while the conqueror smiled as he began to walk away. However, as Tamotsu got back to his feet, Mondo began to mutter something.
"I promised I will make things right…" he said, "Even if my research amounts to nothing, I will never forgive you for turning me against my father!"
This caused his heart to glow as Mondo's pendant began to glow alongside Tamotsu's heart, the Quiz Metaluna Another Ridewatch flying out and fusing with the pendant and the exclamation mark piece after both items left the lawyer's person. Instantly fear began to grip Conquete as he turned back to see the same phenomenon that revived Shinobi was happening to Quiz.
"This is…" Sora realized before he quickly snapped out of it and quickly fired a beam at the keyhole formed by the fusion.
As the sound of an unlocked door was heard, a burst of red and blue light came out as Mondo saw that in his hands was a brand new driver that resembled a pair of scales, one of which had a circle and the other had an X, and a new badge that resembled his pendant.
GYAKUTEN DRIVER!
Tamotsu soon nodded towards his son as his watch connected to Grant's heart and his Ridewatch, creating a new pendant and a black Ridewatch, with a silver button and a rather unique dial that was red and blue along with bearing Quiz's helmet.
SUKEYO SEKAI! KOTAEYO SEIKAI! THE TRUE OR FALSE RIDER FROM 2040 IS…
Grant smiled as the Ridewatch announced itself.
QUIZ!
"This can't be, you revived Quiz as well…" the herald chuckled as he could tell that underneath Woz's helmet, the conqueror was seething that the heroes were able to pull off another miracle.
With a smirk, he quickly placed the badge into the center of the device, causing the familiar jingle to play as he prepared to transform, pressing the buttons
"Henshin!"
FASHION! PASSION! QU~ESTION~! QUIZ!
Now transformed once more, Quiz looked towards Woz with contempt.
"Now then, I'm sure that you've heard this before…" the lawyer Rider declared with a smirk, "Sukeyo sekai! Kotaeyo… seiikai! Kamen Rider Quiz!"
With a revived purpose, Quiz quickly charged into battle and began trading blows against Woz, with Goofy and Geiz joining him as the trio began wailing on Woz. As the dog knight charged forward, he quickly performed a jumping upwards shield bash, knocking the green clock Rider in the air as Quiz took out a silver version of the Zikan Despear with it's staff form as the default. The winch now was in the same colors as the original piece Quiz used to transform, along with a red spearpoint and blue scythe part hidden within.
R/B ROD!
"Now then, take this!" he declared as he quickly performed a fast series of strikes on the green clock Rider, landing either a red circle or a blue X on him.
"Damn you…" Woz growled.
Left without a choice, the green clock Rider quickly activated his finisher.
BEYOND THE TIME!
"Two can play at that game!" Quiz declared before pressing both buttons on his driver.
FINAL QUIZ FLASH!
Afterwards, the two symbols appeared and lined themselves in front of Woz while the green clock Rider activated his finisher.
QUIZ SHOCK BREAK!
He then powered-up his fist with red and blue energy before leaping forward to meet a flying Quiz with a Rider Punch.
QUESTION KICK!
GENIUS TIME SHOCKER PUNCH!
The resulting force of the attack blew Woz away but both Riders soon landed safely on the ground, glaring at each other before the green clock Rider fled via a time portal. Zero and Guerre, not wanting to be caught by the other Riders, decided to leave as well, but not without the Horsewoman noticing the look of guilt on her partner's face.
"Zero, are you alright?" she asked him.
Zero said nothing at first before sighing, "It's nothing…"
Meanwhile, Mondo soon smirked as he saw the man who hurt his father slink away as he turned towards Grant and Goofy while the rest approached them.
The others soon smiled as they noticed the cops arrive and help collect the
"Is everyone alright?" Ichijo asked them all.
"Yeah, we're fine" Mondo reassured them as he turned towards Grant, who was examining the new Quiz Ridewatch. "Hey, you should probably keep that in handy if you need it" the lawyer told the soldier, "You need that to change the future, right?"
Grant nodded as Rex walked towards him.
"So, I guess this means that you're heading home to your time?" the young king asked him.
"Pretty much…" Mondo confirmed to the group, "I guess things are gonna be different when I get back, likely after everything that happened here. But at least when I do get back, I know that my family's time can now move forward… Might not be the same, but I'll figure my way through it…"
Ichijo gave the lawyer a pat on the back, seeing that things have been solved, "It was a pleasure working with you for these past two days"
"You're welcome officer" he thanked him.
They soon noticed Tamotsu being led away with handcuffs while a few other cops picked up the pieces of the Quiz Metaluna Another Ridewatch. Noticing that his wristwatch was working once again and so, he decided to turn to his father with a smile.
"Hey dad!" he called out, catching the researcher's attention, "Take care of the mom and me of this time after you get out of jail, okay?"
The researcher smirked, "I will…" he reassured his son.
Mondo soon saw the portal appear and thusly, he left with a smile on his face.
Rex soon turned towards Grant, "Looks like we just revived two of the seven Forgotten Riders. Now all we need to do is free the rest, and then head back in time to save the rest of the Heisei Riders once the Time Mazines are fixed"
The soldier soon nodded before the pair noticed the Quiz Ridewatch and the Shinobi Ridewatch inside Rex's pocket were glowing. As the two brought them together, they received a massive headache before they received two visions, one of a version of Geiz, and the other a mysterious moon-themed female Rider.
The pair fell to their knees in pain as they dropped the watch. This caused everyone to worry as they quickly went to the boys to see if they could help.
"What was that?!" Grant gasped.
"I don't know…" Rex told him, "That felt almost like my Future Vision…"
Isaiah looked towards the pair with a worried glance, not sure of whatever they saw was a good sign or a bad one...
In the distant future, a young woman with lilac purple hair and a wing hairclip was walking through an abandoned laboratory. She wore an orange jacket over a long yellow shirt, combat vest, and white tee combo, a pair of black hiking shorts, a small sock on one leg and a longer thighsock connected to a pistol holster, and green and white sneakers.
"Seriously? Why did Commander Barrent ask me to explore this place?" she grumbled to herself while holding onto her rifle, "This place could be crawling with Humanoise…"
As she walked towards a mysterious containment tube, she blew off the dust to reveal a mechanical Rider with a golden chestplate, shoulderpads, and armguards, black thighguards and boots with white circuitry imprinted on them, and a Mirai Driver that had a screwdriver and wrench crossed together.
What interested the girl was the helmet with red eyes and two wrenches crossed together.
"What… is this?" she pondered before touching the glass lid, causing the containment to spring to life and open up.
The girl quickly lost her balance and fell sitting down, scrambling to point her rifle at the Rider as they emerged from the tube. As she got up, the machine Rider approached her before leaping into the air and readying a punch, causing the girl to scream.
CURRENT RIFT: ? 20XX
(SONG: BRAND NEW DAY - Triplane)
/PRELUDE/
A ticking clock appears as the symbols of Zi-O, Geiz, Woz, Tsukuyomi, Dark Decade, as well as the Future and Forgotten Riders appear to replace some of the numbers. Once theclock hits Sora's crown symbol, the clock breaks apart as it briefly reveals the Lanes Between
/Sawagashi kurai mune o kakinarasu shodo no yo ni/
The ending starts off with a scene of Rentaro teaching Rex and co how to be ninjas, with Grant, Weiss, and Goofy succeding while the others were failing to do so.
/Kono mune no oku de butsukari au yoitowarui no jibun sa/
The scene transitioning into a game of chess between Mondo and Isaiah while Team Zi-O split up between cheering either the former or latter
/Ikidomari no kabe soreha
Jibunrashisa o appudeto suru tame ni ataerareta/
It then cuts to Rento finding a Kikaider manga while the others are scouting out the area.
/Kimagure katsu saiko no shichueshon/
The next scene has Maleficent and Pete planning something under a starry sky
/Jiku o tobi koete kanaetai negai ga arukara/
Afterwards, the scene shows Rex alongside Chihiro standing off against several Amazon Shadelings.
/Imasara genkaida toka son'na kage ni obie tari wa shinai/
It soon jumps to a concert being done by Lenne while the rest are watching and cheering her on
/Machi ni matteita atarashi jibun o hakujintsu ni/
Afterwards, it jumps to show the team flying across the sky in the Time Mazine and the Gummi Ship
/Shinjite kita mono chikai no mama ni ikou
Sore de ikou/
Next it jumps to a fossil dig that Rex's class are attending as Yusuke and Tsukasa show them around
/Mamoritai subetewo
Happina egao o kimi no shiawase o/
Afterwards, it showcases a casino with the rest of Team Zi-O working as either dealers or serving drinks
/Furikakaru nandai o ke chirashite
Ashita o kake nukeyou/
Finally, it shows Team Zi-O taking a nap on the roof of L'Aviner Academy before the camera pans upto the sky as the glare causes the scene to fade to white
/Wow wow... Brand New Day(x3)/
As the glare dies down, it soon showcases the same clock from before only this time it has Rex, Grant, Weiss, and Henrietta as the four corners of the clock while Sora is standing on top of it.
RIDER OMAKE
TIMELINE: Kingdom Hearts 2002
"Alright rookies!" an blue bald eagle instructor wearing a navy blue suit of armor called out, "Ateeeeeeeeeention!"
It was the first day of the knights academy's training period, and Max was excited to finally begin training to become a knight.
"Today marks the day your journey to knighthood will begin!" the instructor declared, "For the next twelve months, you will be put to the test in strength, agility, defense, and honor! So that by the end of the day, you will earn the right to be called a member of the Royal Guard!"
He soon felt a spitball hit him in the back as a burly dog with ginger hair and a much leaner dog with brown hair and a rougish look snickering at him. As the burly man was about to fire off another spitball, he got hit with a spitball by the literal eagle-eyed instructor.
"Ahem! Shall I continue without you two goofing off?" he asked the two rookies as they lowered sighed and quickly fixed themselves up.
Smiling, the eagle inspector lowered his own straw and turned his attention back to the recruits, "Now, as I was saying? As this first class will deal with basic introductions, I'ld like to introduce to you all your teacher for this session!"
"I wonder who it's going to be?" a fat cat recruit asked Max.
"I don't know, maybe we'll be lucky and get Sir Gallent or something" the young dog dismissively said.
However they were proven wrong as some of the recruits and the other veterans turned their attention towards the door while Max felt his skin crawl after hearing a familiar laugh.
"A-HYUK! Hiya everybody!" A very excited Goofy, wearing a traditional knight armor.
Max soon screamed his head off while most of the veterans were laughing at the dog knight.
"I'm just a yearnin' for some learnin'" he declared while performing a few disco moves.
The veteran knights were surprisingly okay with this as they began commenting on the dog knight's arrival.
"Who is this goof?" the lean recruit asked his friend.
"Hell yeah! We got the Goof as their teacher this year!" one of the veteran knights laughed, catching the pair's attention.
"Let's see how they'll fare under him!" another chimed in.
Goofy soon made his way to the eagle instructor and gave a confident smile, "Hey there, Sam!"
"I see that you've arrived on time, captian Goofy!" Instructor Sam greeted him as the pair shared a surprisingly manly handshake, much to the shock of the recruits.
"Hey Max, is my vision blurred or does that look like your dad?" a surfer dog recruit with shaved orange hair and shades asked Max, who was having an existential crisis.
"Maxy!" they heard Goofy call out.
"Kill me, just kill me now!" Max pleaded with the recruit.
"Hey there Maxie!" the dog knight chuckled, "Looks like you're gonna be learning a lot under me this year!"
As the veterans and some of the recruits had their laugh, Goofy cleared his through
"Now know what you kids are thinking, and let me tell you that what you've read from all those fairy tales about knights in shining armor are all wrong!" the instructor snapped at them while overlooking the new rookies, "Believe me when I say that a knight in shining armor is a man who has never had his metal truly tested. As the Royal Guard, it's your duty to protect the citizens of this world with your lives!"
"Wow, your dad really has a way with words..." the fat cat recruit noted.
"Yeah, PJ, guess he learned it from my mom..." Max noted.
He soon turned towards the veterans in the area, "Now, what do we say when it comes to our loyalty to the crown!"
"Semper fidelis!" they all called out, much to the shock of the recruits.
"That's the spirit!" Goofy cheered as the class prepared for their first day of training.
At first, Max was shocked and horrified to see that his father was going to be their teacher, thinking that he would only get to talk with him while he was training to become a knight. However after hearing this speech, maybe his training could be different?
THE NEXT CHAPTER OPENS!
"My name is Rento Makina, Kikaider 02!"
"So 2018-A has two Kikai Another Riders running around…"
"Sougo, are your dreams also affected by your Future Vision?"
"Let's see if you can save this Yami-era Rider, Rex Wells!"
NEXT TIME ON EDGE OF TIME! A.I AM HUMAN 2121
"Let's see if you can survive this one, princess?"
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey guys, HackerEX here! Happy Father's Day to you guys and to celebrate that, time for some minor spotlight on Goofy both here AND in this arc's snippet, where I kind of recontextuallized An Extremely Goofy Movie in the world of KH, and even threw in Sam the Eagle from The Muppets for a cameo.
Back on the topic for the Quiz arc, honestly I was kind of struggling with how to visually edit Quiz's transformation and what new Driver he could use and thought, might as well do the latter since I think Quiz's transformation worked as is without any additions.
Meanwhile, we get two new flashbacks for both Grant and Goofy showcasing their relationship with their own dad/son, since I did plan on this chapter specifically to be themed around Father's Day, which the original arc helped with given that the fractured bond between Mondo and his dad was at the crux of Zi-O's original Quiz arc.
Speaking of the original Zi-O, next time we get a much bigger rift than before as Rex and friends end up both getting thrown into Sougo's dreams of 2121 and returning to 2018-A to solve a double Another Kikai problem
Until next time, this is HackerEX logging out! See ya, and happy Father's Day!