Remnant's Climax Heroes

by Gundam-Knight-Chris

(Co-Written with KR Duelist & DragonKnightSR) (Real summary in the first chapter) (Rated T for now) In the World of Remnant, chaos reigns and light is slowly being expunged. However, by the will of Monty Oum, four heroes emerge to protect all life from darkness. They are... Kamen Riders!

45. Climax Heroes Ultima Movie

GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here!

KRD: And KR Duelist!

SR: Plus DragoKnight SR! And boy do we have a special for you readers today!

GKC: That's right because we bring you the Climax Heroes Ultima special!

SR: And the return of the Kamen Riders' most feared and dangerous enemy from the past: S.H.O.C.K.E.R! More dangerous than ever before!

KRD: That's right! How will they fare against the Kamen Riders' long time archenemy? You have to read and find out!

SR: And it's gonna be a long one right? Whoo boy this will be interesting, right guys?

GKC: Aye, so let's get this disclaimer out of the way and get this party started.

All: HENSHIN!

Disclaimer: Same thing as usual.

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Tokyo, Japan.

Japan's bustling capital, mixing the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers and anime shops to cherry trees and temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding forests. The Imperial Palace sits amid sprawling public gardens. The city is famed for its vibrant food scene, and its Shibuya and Harajuku districts are the heart of its trendy teen fashion scene.

Its people are simply going about their day. Children were playing, teenagers were laughing or shopping, couples were strolling through the park, and elderly were basking in the sunlight. Overall, it was a beautiful day for peace and quiet. However, it was quickly disturbed by the explosion of several buildings. This sent the populace into a panic as more explosions and destruction followed. As they were running, four silhouettes with glowing eyes walked amidst the flames of destruction.

"TOU!" Two voices filled with righteous conviction echoed amidst the chaos. Two figures flipped into the air before landing on their feet as they faced off against the villains.

They were covered in black bodysuits with white lines running alongside the arms and legs. Both were wearing boots and gloves, one figure being grey and the other being red. Around their necks were red scarfs as their helmets were themed after grasshoppers with red compound eyes. Around their waist were red belts that had metallic buckles with red fans in them, revealing them to be Kamen Riders. But these were no ordinary Riders, for they were the first ever Riders that battled in the Showa Era, Ichigo and Nigo!

"That's far enough!" Ichigo said, as the four silhouettes halted.

"We will not let you continue as you please!" Nigo added. The four silhouettes merely approached the two Riders, preparing to attack.

"Let's go!" Ichigo told his comrade. Nigo nodded in agreement and the two Riders charged at the quartet of villains.

But no sooner than when they did, one of them activated their belts.

BITE! CRIMSON FANG!

The first silhouette jumped into the air, with Ichigo following suit. The silhouette's right leg gathered crimson energy that took the form of a wolf's head.

"Rider Kick!" Ichigo declared as he and the silhouette struck each other with a super-powered kick that clashed. However, though Ichigo was strong, his opponent was stronger as presented when the force from the silhouette's kick broke through Ichigo's attack and sent him flying back as he collided with the wall of a building.

*BOOM!*

An explosion followed the two's powerful kicks, as the silhouette landed unscathed. Ichigo, however, fell to the ground as he struggled to stand and his armor began smoking and sparking from the damage.

"Hongo-san!" Nigo shouted.

BITE! DRACONIC FANG!

"Nani?!" Nigo turned to see the second silhouette draw a sword and unleash an energy dragon that flew towards him and exploded when it came into contact with him. He was sent flying and landed next to Ichigo as both were struggling to stand.

"Ngh… They're so strong…" Ichigo coughed out. As the two struggled to stand, the other two silhouettes approached them.

BITE! URSINE CLAW!

BITE! SHADOW TALON!

Their legs flowed with energy as they swung them around into the two Showa Riders. They screamed out in pain as another explosion engulfed them when the kicks engulfed them. As the four silhouettes began walking away, Ichigo and Nigo slowly fell into defeat.

The citizens that were watching from a safe distance couldn't believe that the two legendary Kamen Riders would be defeated easily. One little boy, who was gripping a small action figure of Ichigo, looked at the sight of his hero being defeated with horror before he stared at the backs of the four silhouettes that continued their path of destruction.

"Wonderful." A voice remarked as the scene changed until it looked like it was on a screen. "Simply wonderful."

The voice belonged to a tall man in black military garb resembling a general. Beside him was what looked like a scientist.

"Your latest experiments are a success, doctor." The man added.

"Did you have any doubts? Of course, they were a success. Otherwise, our Great Leader would have been quite displeased with the results."

"And you have assured him that these ones won't turn on us like so many in the past?" The scientist flinched at the man's harsh glare. "Remember, it was that very oversight that created the first Kamen Riders to begin with."

"Ah, but that's the difference. You see, these Riders aren't even human. That is where we made our mistake. By removing the human element, these Riders are the perfect killing machine." The scientist explained.

"I shall hold you to it, when they're deployed to the next target world." The man said, turning to the screen.

"And which world will it be this time?" The scientist questioned. "So far, our Riders have destroyed and conquered many worlds before."

"Yes. But we will not stop until all the multiverses are under our control." The man said with a malicious smile before spreading his arms, rejoicing while saying.

"For the glory of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

"For the glory of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!" The scientist declared.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

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GEKIJOUBAN!

The Silhouettes glare at the screen, menacingly.

RWBY X KAMEN RIDER CROSSOVER!

Within their shadows, Team JOKR alongside RWBY, MYYR, Koa, Miko, and JNPR look at them with determination.

KAMEN RIDER CLIMAX HEROES ULTIMA!
Ore-tachi wa… Kamen Rider!

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It was another day in the City of Vale. Reconstruction efforts due to the Schwartz Incident have been progressing smoothly for the past few days. And everyone in town was pitching in to help out in earnest. Hopefully, this won't delay the Vytal Festival any further. They have been putting it on hold for a while and it is with high hopes that reconstruction efforts will be done by the time the day of the Vytal Festival is supposed to begin.

And speaking of the Vytal Festival, we turn our attention towards Beacon Academy where our heroes are training for said festival. JNPR, MYYR, JOR and RWB were sitting in the seats of the Amphitheater as Kurogasa and Yang were about to square off. Aaron meanwhile was typing on his laptop as he was working on the specifications for the fight, showing data analysis and readings. Something that he had thought of about their Semblances and Auras they never really tried.

"You sure this is going to work, Aaron?" Ruby asked, looking over his shoulder, seeing the laptop.

"In theory, it should. But if it does work then we could be looking at new abilities for us to utilize against our fight with evil." Aaron answered before glancing at a window of his laptop where four schematics of different weapons were in the middle of being constructed from the Rider Base. "Plus, it'll also give me ideas on how to finish our new Rider weapons."

"Anything about making a driver for your buddy, Wolfie?" Koa asked cutely.

"If you must know, yes," Aaron replied.

"Wait really?"

"Yes, also don't call me Wolfie." The leader of Team JOKR said. Koa's eyes sparkled as she smiled brightly, hugging Ruby tightly.

"K-Koa… choking… not breathing!" Ruby gasped out, trying to escape Koa's hug.

"Remind me again about why I have to be covered in wires?" Orion deadpanned as to his word, a lot of wires with patches were attached all over his body and then some.

"Because we need precise data on this experiment." Aaron said, scratching his head and making a strand of hair pop up.

"But why so many? I look like a Christmas tree!"

"Because it's necessary."

"Necessary, my butt!"

"Okay, Kuro! Whenever you're ready!" Aaron called out.

"Don't ignore me!" Orion cried out.

Kurogasa nodded at Aaron before looking back at his opponent, Yang Xiao Long. "Alright, Yang. Don't come crying to me if you get your ass whooped."

"Oh please, the only one crying is gonna be you, dragon boy." Yang taunted with a wide smirk as she slammed her fists together.

"We'll see about that." Kurogasa said, before closing his eyes to concentrate. His Aura glowed around him briefly before his Aura suddenly transferred over to Orion. When it did, Orion's own Aura responded as it glowed the same brightness. Aaron looked at his laptop to check the readings.

"How does it look?" Blake asked.

"So far, it's going steady and stable. Now comes the next part. Proceed with Phase 2." Aaron told the two.

Orion nodded before his Aura pushed Kurogasa's back before the two Auras suddenly melded with the young samurai. A belt was materializing and after a few seconds, the glow died down, revealing it to be the Seiken SworDriver. But the difference with the sword was that the hilt was now a yellow thunderbolt with a green emblem of a curved thunderbolt with a sword-like symbol in the middle.

"Alright, Aura levels are still stable. Now let's see the final test." Aaron remarked as he checked his computer.

Kurogasa then pulled out what appeared to be a golden hard-covered book. On the cover was a picture of a genie lamp surrounded by a smoke of colors with three star-like sparkles and inside, a pair of blue menacing eyes peeked out as purple hands had lifted the lid up. On the cover with its title.

LAMP DO ALANGINA!

He then opened the small book, revealing a picture of a yellow genie lamp and on the left side was an unknown language no one had ever seen before. When he opened it…

"Toaru ikoku no chi ni inishie-kara tsutawaru fushigi na chikara o motsu lamp ga atta."

He then closed it and slotted it into the Left Shelf of the belt. It then produced an electric guitar riff tune as he was surrounded by electricity and a large version of the genie lamp book suddenly dropped down behind him with a loud thud sending sparks of lightning out. Then gripping the handle, he pulled the sword that was sheathed inside, which enlarged before the book opened up to the Transformation Page, the large book behind him opening as well.

IKAZUCHI! BATTO!

"Henshin!" He called out before he raised his blade before being struck by the lightning slash, as a yellow genie flew out of the book as it raced out and swirled around him, surrounded by an electric tornado.

LAMP DO ALANGINA!

The sparks soon became a suit of armor that was white with a grey center, golden lines and a full golden yellow side, complete with the genie lamp and the eyes of the jinn peeking out from the pot on the shoulder-pad. The thunder bolt soon came back as it formed not only a helmet with a blade on the forehead, but the circle of thunder wrapped around his helmet as it became its visor to let him see.

IKAZUCHI: ISSATSU! LAMP NO SEI TO RAIMEIKEN IKAZUCHI GA MAJIWARU TOKI INAZUMA NO TSURUGI GA HIKARI KAGAYAKU!

"Ooh, it's another one of the Riders we've never seen before!" Ruby and Koa say in unison.

"Kamen Rider… Espada." Kurogasa declared.

"Whoa…" Jaune said in awe.

"Ooooooh, and he's so shiny with the lightning and everything!" Nora said with sparkles in her eyes. "I think I'm in lo~ve,"

This made Ren unexpectedly flinch in shock, dropping the book he was reading.

"Careful, Nora~." Koa said with a teasing smile. "Don't want to make your lover boy jealous, do you?"

"Of course I'm careful, I just love this new Rider because it uses lightning! My specialty!" Nora exclaimed.

"Less talking and more action!" Yang declared as she punched her fists together.

Kurogasa chuckled as he readied Ikazuchi. "Don't hold anything back! Ikuzo!" Then with a war cry, he charged in at Yang.

Yang responded by using her gauntlets to send her flying at Kurogasa as the two clashed. Kurogasa would use a wide array of sword techniques that Yang blocks with Ember Celica. She would then duck under a swipe and deliver an upper to his chest to send him skidding backwards a bit.

"Mada, mada!" Kurogasa said as he pushed the cover of the book back.

LAMP DO ALANGINA!

At that point, the golden genie came out of the book and grabbed Yang with its big hands, shocking her in the process before throwing her away.

"Ooh~ that felt shocking!" Yang joked as her body tingled from the electricity. "My turn!" Kurogasa groaned at the pun as Yang activated her semblance, electrically charged by his previous attack. She then shot towards him and did several electric-charged punches causing Kurogasa to guard against them using the flat side of his blade as he skidded back.

"Otou-sama…" Yukina said worriedly.

"Don't worry, this is just training." Miko assured her. "I'm sure he's been through worse."

"C'mon Mom, kick his ass!" Yin cheered.

"Of course, Yin thinks otherwise…" Melody deadpanned.

"This is his mom after all." Rei stated.

"True." The other future kids said in unison.

"I think it's time we wrapped up this little experiment." Aaron said. "Come on, Kuro, I think it's time you also went all out!"

"All out, huh?" Kurogasa said, before swinging his sword, causing Yang to backflip in order to gain distance. "In that case, I might as well make it showy!" He said, before sheathing Raimeiken Ikazuchi into the SworDriver that shrunk, then pulling out two more Wonder Ride Books. The first one was highlighter yellow in color and it had a picture of a hedgehog with its prickly needle-like hide on its back. The other had a slightly darker yellow color and it had a picture of a yellow-colored three-headed dog with menacing red glowing eyes, bearing their teeth with chains on their collars.

NEEDLE HEDGEHOG!

TRI CERBERUS!

He then opened up both books.

"Kono jakuniku kyoushoku no daishizen de ikusenmo no hari o matoi ikinuku kemono ga iru!"

"Katsute meikai no iriguchi mittsu no atama wo motsu osoroshii banken ga ita!"

Closing them and Lamp Do Alangina he slotted the books into the Driver and pulled the sword back out, opening the three books and revealing the various golden parts of his full armor.

IKAZUCHI! BATTO!

Enlarged versions of the three books came out of thin air and opened up, forming a picture of sorts of the armor and out came a genie, several enlarged needles and a yellow three-headed dog that all surrounded him as he was transforming into his Wonder Combo.

LAM~P~ NO~ MA~JIN GA (Lamp no majin ga) SHIN NO CHIKARA WO (Shin no chikara wo) HAKKISURU (Hakkisuru)! GOLDEN ALANGI~NA~!

They then began to merge into Kurogasa as his new armor formed. Lamp Do Alangina's part of the armor remained the same. But the white armor now gained its golden color. For the middle, there was a chest piece that resembled a hedgehog with its spiky needles and the top of his helmet was spiked with golden needles as well. On his right side, it was also golden and his wrist had a gauntlet with a three-headed dog covering the top of his right hand along with a golden cape matching his left side.

IKAZUCHI: SANSATSU! INAZUMA NO TSURUGI GA HIKARI KAGAYAKI, RAIMEI GA TODOROKU!

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Ruby and Koa squealed in delight.

"Oh my…" Weiss blinked.

"Oh… mama mia…" Nora panted heavily as she was drooling from the tip of her tongue that was sticking out. However, this also had the unfortunate effect of Ren looking rather… angry.

"Ren, control Nora. I don't want any drool all over the floor and have to explain to Professor Goodwitch why there's drool in the amphitheater." Aaron said without even looking up from his screen.

Ren didn't say anything as he did as told, grabbing his friend and dragging her away.

"Is… she okay?" Pyrrha asked, perplexed.

"She'll be fine…" Jaune sweat dropped.

"Here I come!" Kurogasa shouted as he suddenly went at the speed of lightning and slashed Yang with his sword. This caught Yang off guard as she tried to counter, but Kurogasa was too fast as he kept slicing where he could, depleting her Aura gradually.

"Hm, it's going well so far." Orpheus commented as he watched the sparring session.

"But the final results are still hidden." Aaron remarked. "Kuro, stop playing around and finish this."

"I was just about to anyway!" Kurogasa said, as he pushed the cover of Tri Cerberus.

TRI CERBERUS!

The holographic three-headed dog came out of the book and charged at Yang. She swung and missed, and before she knew it, the left and right heads chomped on her arms while the middle one bit her shoulder.

"Hold still Yang! This is gonna be picture perfect!" Kurogasa said, before sheathing his sword and pressing the trigger.

HISSATSU DOKUHA!

As Kurogasa powered up for his final attack, from his kicking feet, electricity crackling dangerously, Orion's Aura started flickering on and off, catching Aaron's attention. Yang struggled to free herself from the grip of Cerberus, as Kurogasa pressed the trigger on Ikazuchi.

CERBERUS! HEDGEHOG! ALANGINA! SANSATSU GEKI: TH-TH-TH-THUNDER!

Kurogasa then jumped up and dived down for his Rider Kick, the orb of electricity crackling more dangerously and getting stronger. "ORO BOMBADERO!"

"Nononononono-!" Yang said, squirming around.

Just as the attack was about to connect, Orion's Aura shattered, causing Kurogasa's transformation to suddenly cancel out, much to his horror and the Cerberus holding Yang disappeared too. When she realized this, she grinned oh so dangerously and raised her fist with a cock of her gauntlet.

"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Kurogasa screamed before he was seen flying into her fist. If one were to go in slow motion, one would have seen Yang's fist colliding with his face that caved in before he was sent crashing against the wall.

"Oooooh!" Koa and Ruby cringed.

"That's gotta hurt…" Blake winced. Weiss and Yukina immediately rushed over to the Kurogasa shaped hole in the wall. When the smoke cleared, Kurogasa's Aura shattered as he fell on the stage with Weiss and Yukina kneeling next to him.

"Otou-sama!"

"Are you alright?!"

"Uwhaaaaaa… I taste the color gold and smell the number nine~" Kurogasa slurred dizzily.

"Ah, he's fine." Koa said simply.

"Somebody get a doctor, I think he's concussed!" Weiss panicked.

"That means we're making progress!" Aaron shouted with a mad grin. "Somebody get me my next vic- I mean, test subject!"

"Aaron, I think maybe we should take a break." Blake suggested with a sweatdrop.

"Nonsense! This could provide invaluable-"

*BONK!*

"OW!"

"Maybe it's you that's concussed…" Orpheus deadpanned, holding a cast iron pan.

"I think I've lost some brain cells."

Meanwhile, Kurogasa was slowly shaking his head as his aura was recovering alongside his aching face and slowly sat up. "Ow… it feels like a Goliath just stepped on my face." Kurogasa groaned in pain.

"No, but close enough." Yang said with a smirk.

"Not cool, Yang… not cool at all…"

"Oh, you can handle a slug to the face." Yang waved off.

"At least I'm not crying, so nyeh~" Kurogasa taunted, sticking his tongue out.

"I still beat ya though." The buxom brawler pointed out.

"Only because Orion's Aura ran out…" Kurogasa sighed as he was helped up by his family. "You got lucky. If it weren't for that, I would've hit you with that kick."

"But you didn't, so I won."

"Mom, you're being petty." Yin told his mother.

"Oh he's just mad that he got beat by a girl." Yang waved off her son nonchalantly.

"I think Kazuma Satou would like to have a little chat with you…" Kurogasa grumbled with a strained smile, a twitching eye, and a raised fist that was shaking.

"Who's that?" Ruby pondered.

"Let's just say he's a perverted sore loser." Orion told his girlfriend.

"And a follower of Gender Equality apparently." Yin said, shocking the two. "You guys told me a lot about your world."

"And they told you about that crap!?" Aaron exclaimed in comical anger. "I'm gonna kill someone!"

"You already did!" A voice said. Everyone turned to see Glynda approaching them with stomps on her heels. She did not look happy at all, with the way she was holding her crop. "In fact, your entire team started counting bodies!"

"What?!" Everyone shouted in surprise.

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Meanwhile, in Ozpin's office, the group was in complete silence as they looked at footage of multiple bodies.

"My god…" Aaron got out.

"Who would do this?" Pyrrha asked.

"That is one mystery that needs solving, Miss Nikos." Ozpin answered neutrally as he stared straight at JOKR's team leader. "There have been numerous reports of bodies such as those shown on this footage dropping like flies left and right, and eyewitnesses say that the Aura Riders are the ones responsible for wreaking havoc within the city."

"That's not us!" Orion denied.

"We've been in the Amphitheater the whole time." Kurogasa pointed out.

"Yeah! And we can vouch that!" Koa added, pointing to JNPR, RWBY, and MYYR.

"Unfortunately, this evidence… will say otherwise." Ozpin said as he pressed a button on his desk before a screen appeared and revealed a recording. Much to the group's shock, there was a video of Kamen Riders Kurenai, Shiro, Azure, and Nero attacking citizens indiscriminately, even using their powers to kill them.

"WHAT THE FU-?!"

"Hold on, that can't be right!" Jaune cried out.

"Yeah! You can obviously tell they're fakers because of their color scheme." Koa pointed out.

"Unfortunately, it's not me or Glynda you have to convince." Ozpin said solemnly.

"And who would that be?" Orpheus asked.

"Me." The group turned to see Ironwood alongside Winter and a few soldiers.

"Of course…" Aaron narrowed his eyes.

"Winter…" Kurogasa and Weiss got out.

"Obasama." Yukina gasped too, causing Winter to look at her, and boy was she surprised.

"W-What did she just call me?" Winter said, taken aback. "Weiss, who is this strange imposter that looks like you?"

"Um… actually…" Weiss mumbled.

"Winter, uh…" Kurogasa said, "Meet your… future niece?" He laughed sheepishly, with an embarrassed smile.

Winter looked at the two, then to Yukina, then back to the two, "Is this a joke? Because I fail to see the humor in it." She deadpanned.

"No joke here, Ice Queen Senior." Koa said, pointing to Team MYYR. "We got here a couple of time travelers from the future!"

…

…

…

…

"What?" Ironwood and Winter got out.

"It's a long story, but it's true." Yukina said, before approaching Winter. "And it's true that Otou- I mean Kurogasa and Weiss are my parents."

"But… aren't you two siblings?" Ironwood pondered.

"Adopted sir, remember?" Kurogasa reminded the general.

"But still getting a stern talk to…" Winter muttered, slowly gripping her sword.

"W-Winter, wait, hold on," Kurogasa panicked, waving his hands frantically. "Please, don't cut it off! If you do, Yukina will cease to exist!"

Winter gave Kurogasa a hard glare, but slowly released the sword.

"In any case, Team JOKR. I'm afraid I must ask you to come with us for questioning alongside your friends and… family." Ironwood said, shaking off the awkwardness and returning to the serious matter at hand.

"Hold on, all this evidence is nothing but circumstantial." Blake pointed out. "There's no possible way they'd-"

*KABOOM!*

An explosion shook the building, forcing everyone to hold onto something or someone.

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!" Koa said, in Orpheus's protective embrace.

"It came from outside!" Ironwood said in shock.

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The group ran outside and were shocked to see what caused the explosion. A burning Bullhead had crashed into the pavilion, and the cause of it was a group of individuals wearing all black uniforms.

"EEE!"

JOKR's ears weren't deceiving them, as they knew exactly what that sound was. "You've gotta be kidding me…" Aaron groaned. "Of all times… now it's our turn?!"

"Um, Aaron? What do you mean?" Yang asked quizzically, "And do you know these weirdos in black tights?"

"Ooh! Is the circus in town?" Nora said excitedly, causing Ruby and Koa to go bright eyed.

"No, Nora. This is way worse." Orion growled.

"What do you mean?" Ren asked.

"They're part of an evil organization that's bent on world domination." Kurogasa said. "They call themselves S.H.O.C.K.E.R."

"Evil organization?" Ruby said, tilting her head.

"Or if you wanna say their official name, they're called the Sacred Hegemony Of Cycle Kindred Evolutionary Realm." Aaron said.

"How come we haven't heard of this group?" Weiss asked, looking at three who were getting tongue tied on the acronym.

"Because they're from our world." Orpheus answered. "They're a terrorist organization with virtually all of its members modified in some way. Their scientists perform surgical alterations that give their subjects superhuman fighting abilities. Even the most basic soldier is tougher, stronger and faster than the average human. They modify humans who were combined with animal DNA and human cybernetics to create living weapons."

"My Gods…" Ironwood muttered, gripping his prosthetic arm.

"In fact… the origin of the Kamen Riders… came from S.H.O.C.K.E.R…" Kurogasa said.

"WHAT?!" Most of the Remnant group exclaimed in shock.

"It's true… Takeshi Hongo, a human, was forcefully made into the first ever Kamen Rider. He was meant to be a weapon for their army." Kurogasa continued. "But he turned on them, and used their own weapon against them, and since then has been fighting for justice and humanity. And there was always a successor to ensure that organizations such as S.H.O.C.K.E.R never prevailed."

"But if they're from your world… Why are they here?" Koa asked. "They don't look advanced for traveling like that Magenta Rider and his silvery veils." She emphasized by wiggling her fingers.

"If I had to guess, somewhere in another world…" Aaron muttered. "Kamen Rider Ichigo and Nigo were defeated…"

"By our hands." A mechanical/beastial voice called out, surprising the heroes.

"Show yourself." Ozpin demanded.

"There!" Yukina pointed towards the crash itself. The group turned and prepared for a fight as silhouettes formed in the flames. But they were not prepared for what stepped out of the burning rubble.

"Is that-" Ruby managed to say.

"No way…" Yin said, slack jawed.

Stepping out of the flames were Dark Kurenai, Dark Shiro, Dark Azure, and Dark Nero.

"It… It's us!" Orion said in complete shock.

"Seriously!? Dark versions of us?! Didn't we go through this crap with Kurogasa?!" Orpheus exclaimed.

"Yeah, we already had hell dealing with Schwartz!" Koa added.

"Looks like the universe once again craps on our day." Kurogasa said, annoyed.

Aaron glared at the evil copies, "Well, we found the problem so we might as well take care of it."

"Right."

"We'll handle the grunts." Ruby said, as her friends nodded and readied their weapons.

"Be careful, S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts may be annoying but they're still plenty tough." Aaron warned the Remnant-born citizens. As he said this, he summoned his Aura Driver while reaching into his pocket to pull out his Crimson Wolf Aura Sphere. Aaron's teammates followed suit, summoning their Aura Drivers, pulling out the White Dragon, Blue Bear, and Purple Falcon Aura Spheres.

The team equipped their Drivers onto their waists, the belt straps forming instantly. Opening the mouths of their Drivers, they slotted their Aura Spheres inside and closed them.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! WOLF/DRAGON/BEAR/FALCON!

"Henshin!" They called out in unison.

KURENAI NO HUNTER! CRIMSON WOLF!

TENGOKU NO EMPEROR! WHITE DRAGON!

TOMERARENAI WARRIOR! AZURE BEAR!

SHINOBI ONGAKU! SHADOW FALCON!

Four different colored animals composed of Aura clambered onto the members of Team JOKR before they glowed for a moment to reveal the real Kamen Riders Kurenai, Shiro, Azure, and Nero. The four Riders faced down their dark versions, as the others were left to take care of the Shocker grunts that attacked.

"Let's see how good these copies really are." Azure remarked as he pounded his fists together.

"Beginning Enemy Termination." The four Dark Riders said, before charging. Dark Shiro and Dark Nero leapt high into the air, with their counterparts following suit. Azure and Dark Azure began trading blows before locking hands in a contest of strength. Kurenai and Dark Kurenai fought each other using martial arts that varied from kung-fu, kickboxing, taekwondo, and even karate.

"Damn! It's like they know what we're going to do before we do!" Azure exclaimed as he blocked his dark version's punch.

"It's likely that they were based on us… down to the last detail!" Kurenai said, ducking under his dark copy's swipe. He retaliated with a right hook, but then Dark Kurenai suddenly stopped it with their palm. He was then pulled into a punch that sent him sliding backwards a few feet. "Ugh… Possibly made stronger than our default forms."

"Then what are we going to do?!"

"Let's switch things up then!" Nero suggested, deflecting a few projectiles. The Riders nodded to each other and were quick to switch places with their partners.

Azure ducked under Dark Kurenai's fist before delivering an uppercut to his chin. But much to his shock, the Dark version of Kurenai skidded back only a few inches. "My punch didn't even affect him." Azure exclaimed in shock.

Dark Kurenai's compound eyes flared as he lunged at Azure and delivered a right hook that the blue Rider tried to block but the force from the punch literally left a crack on Azure's helmet, sending him flying into the side of a car with a grunt.

Nero pulled out three Feather Kunai then threw them at Dark Shiro. However, the Dark version of Shiro suddenly seemed to flicker and the kunai passed right through him. "What the…?! Was that some kind of extreme speed!?"

Dark Shiro then sent a wave of darkness straight towards Nero, who was quick to duck before the dark dragon rider appeared in front of him and kicked him into the air. When Nero came back down, Dark Shiro swung his sword like a baseball bat, sending the Falcon Rider flying into the ground.

Kurenai used his FangHowler to slash at Dark Azure, but much to his surprise, the dense armor barely even made sparks as he dodged the swings. "This guy is tough. Let's try this!" He flipped a switch on his weapon.

GUN MODE

The blade lowered down, revealing the gun barrel of the weapon. With a pull of the trigger, multiple red energy bullets were shot at the Dark version of Azure but the bullets merely pinged off the armor. Dark Azure punched a nearby car and hefted it up easily before tossing it at Kurenai like a baseball.

"Shit!" The crimson Rider quickly leapt out of the way, the car landing where he previously stood as it exploded violently. "He's got double the strength and endurance. Definitely a more powerful clone."

He turned and aimed at Dark Azure, but was surprised to see that he had disappeared when the smoke cleared.

"He vanished?!" Kurenai thought aloud, looking around for him. But his thoughts were interrupted, when the ground shook, and Dark Azure's hand bursted out of the ground and gripped his leg. Dark Azure then leapt out and pulled Kurenai into his large fist that slammed into his gut with a powerful shockwave. Kurenai almost released his lunch inside of his helmet but held back. However, the pain was still excruciating as Dark Azure delivered another punch to his face. The power behind it actually shattered his left compound eye, revealing part of his face.

"I won't lie… that hurt." Kurenai remarked, before rolling out of the way of a third punch.

Shiro looked around as Dark Nero was speeding around him, dodging his slashes.

"Hold still!" Shiro yelled as he kept sending out slashes.

A brief flash from Dark Nero's eyes drew Shiro's attention mid-swing but realized too late that it was a ploy as the Dark version of Nero actually caught the blade of his sword.

"What!?" The white Rider exclaimed. In a split second, Dark Nero suddenly sprouted three feather-shaped blades on their arm that glowed a vicious purple which they used to slash down on Shiro's chest with sparks flying. "Arrrgh!"

The four Dark Riders were driving our heroes together, as they were trying to retaliate to no avail.

"Commence final attack." Dark Kurenai ordered.

"Roger that." Dark Shiro said.

"Termination imminent." Dark Azure added.

"Resistance is futile." Dark Nero finished.

BITE! CRIMSON FANG/DRACONIC FANG/AZURE CLAW/SHADOW TALON!

The four dark copies were shrouded in black auras that lifted them into the air then they aimed their feet at the struggling Aura Riders and descended towards Team JOKR. All of them hit their marks hitting their respective counterparts before a large explosion engulfed them all.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Team JOKR yelled in pain before their transformations cancelled out and their physical state was worse for wear, with their clothes torn, their skin scuffed with burns, and blood slowly seeping from their wounds.

"GUYS!" Kurai exclaimed in shock, seeing the Riders getting pummeled so easily. RWBY, MYYR, and JNPR shared Kurai's shock as they saw their friends in such a state.

"Ugh, they're just… too strong…" Orion groaned, holding his aching ribs.

"Can't… move…" Orpheus grunted.

"Eliminate inferior copies." Dark Kurenai said robotically.

"Kuso… I'm not letting it… end like this…!" Kurogasa growled as he was struggling to his feet.

"Kuro, no!" Aaron shouted.

"Shut up, Aaron! We've been through hell and back! This is no different!" Kurogasa snapped.

"This might be a fight we can't win right now! We need to retreat." Aaron stated.

"No escape." Dark Shiro said, as he swung his sword and a wave of dark energy, clashed against Kurogasa, before the latter was sent flying back, crashing over to Aaron.

"Otou-sama!" Yukina cried out.

"Okay, that's it!" Yang snarled as she slammed her gauntlets together, her Semblance burning brightly as she charged at the four dark copies. "HYAHHHHHH!" She screamed as her gauntlets shot her forward towards them, but the minute she got close, Dark Kurenai suddenly grabbed Yang by the throat.

"Mom!" Yin shouted.

"Insignificant human. You will not stop S.H.O.C.K.E.R." Dark Kurenai said before throwing the buxom blonde back to her friends.

"Yang!" Blake called out worriedly, as she rushed over to her.

"Eliminate all threats." Dark Azure said, approaching RWBY, JNPR, and MYYR. Everyone was ready to defend themselves, but then something caught their attention, as they heard the sound of… a train whistle.

"No way…!" Orpheus gasped, hearing the familiar sound, as did the rest of JOKR. A giant dimensional vortex opened up from the sky and out came… the DenLiner?!

"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHH?!" Nora exclaimed in shock, "A FLYING TRAIN?!"

"IT'S THE DENLINER!" Ruby and Kurai exclaimed happily.

The DenLiner whistled again as it flew through the sky, before the DenLiner crashed into Dark JOKR, sending them flying. The Rider train then came to a screeching halt, sparks flying along the tracks before it came to a complete stop. One of the doors to one of the cars opened up and it revealed to be… Momotaros?!

"Oi! Get your asses in here!"

"Momotaros?" Aaron got out.

"Hurry up! We don't have all day! Get on!"

"You won't escape!" Dark Kurenai said, drawing out his own Fang Howler. He opened the wolf's head and slotted in his darkened Aura Sphere.

BITE! WILD CRIMSON SLASH!

Dark Kurenai swung his sword repeatedly at the group, sending waves of crimson energy at the heroes. But Ruby used her quick thinking along with her Semblance to dash towards JOKR and pick all of them up, as the attack missed, before heading straight for the DenLiner door to which Momotaros dived out of the way before rematerializing again, with JOKR all on the floor.

"Hey, watch it!" Momotaros snapped.

"Everyone! Get on!" Ruby shouted.

"But what about the others?!" Kurai said, pointing to Ozpin, Ironwood, and Winter still fighting.

"Go! We'll handle things here!" Ironwood said as he fired another shot. "Winter, go with them!"

"But sir-!"

"We still need intel on what we're dealing with! Go with them! That's an order!"

Winter hesitated before she responded, "…Yes sir."

Winter then began to run as Ironwood fired multiple shots at the enemies. Kurai nodded as they began running alongside team MYYR, WBY, and JNPR into the DenLiner. Once the door closed, the train began to move as enemies bombarded it to stop it. But it wasn't enough to deter them as the DenLiner flew through the sky and escaped into the dimensional portal it made.

Dark Kurenai watched the diminishing portal then glanced at Dark Shiro. "Call the invasion force."

"Affirmative." The dark copy nodded then pulled out a communications device then pressed a button. In seconds, several portals opened and out came various different monsters and S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts.

"This… might be a problem." Ironwood said.

"I couldn't agree more…" Ozpin added.

---

In the Sands of Time, most of the people from Remnant were staring in awe at what they were seeing. What they saw outside was unreal. It was a desert with golden sand and high rocky mountains with a multicolored sky that looked like a permanent aurora effect. However, the heroes found themselves being patched up with despondent looks.

"We barely stood a chance against ourselves…" Orpheus finally said, as Koa was bandaging his arm.

"And they were even stronger than our defaults, no less." Orion added, as Ruby was putting a bandaid on his forehead.

"You really need to know when to stop talking, a big game, Kuro." Aaron grunted.

"Shut up- itetetete…" Kurogasa cringed in pain.

"Otou-sama, please stop moving." Yukina said worriedly.

"Same to you, pops." Yin added.

"They will need rest, but they will recuperate." RWBY, Koa, and JNPR flinched when a woman appeared with a tray with multiple drinks in mugs, "Coffee anyone?"

"Naomi-san…" Kurogasa managed to say.

"Damn that S.H.O.C.K.E.R and their new Riders." Momotaros, alongside the other Taros brothers, walked in, "You four aren't the first they managed to beat."

"What do you mean? Are the other Riders being attacked?" Aaron questioned.

"Yeah, but it's not just those versions." Urataros answered. "We could explain it but…"

"Those versions?" Koa tilted her head.

"Oh yeah, there's a whole multiverse of Riders!" Ryuutaros said, in his usual joyful way. "You think there's only one version of a Heisei Rider? There's thousands!"

"WHAT?!" Koa, RWBY, JNPR, Winter, and MYYR exclaimed comically.

"Indeed. We were of a similar mindset when we learned this from Decade." Kintaros explained.

"So far, a lot of other worlds were conquered by S.H.O.C.K.E.R and the Riders of those worlds…" Momotaros didn't even finish.

"Some were captured… or possibly killed." A new voice said. They turned to a door that slid open and an elderly gentleman came in. His black hair was neatly slicked as he wore a rather tasteful suit, while carrying a cane. This was the Owner of the DenLiner.

"Who are you?" Koa asked curiously as the man sat down. Naomi walked over and placed a plate of stir fried rice with a flag on top.

"Everyone, meet the Owner of the DenLiner." Aaron introduced.

"A pleasure to meet you, heroes of Remnant." Owner said as he pulled out a napkin and a spoon.

"Uh, why does this dude look all chill while we're having a worldwide crisis?" Yang asked.

"He's always like that, don't mind him." Aaron waved off. "While he may be a bit quirky, he's an expert when it comes to the nature of time… Often in the form of complex riddles."

"…Really?" Koa said, pointing to Owner, who was disappointed when the flag fell over.

"Yeah, he even picked the lock of an electrical cage using only a toothpick." Orion said.

"Just a toothpick?!" Jaune said, surprised.

"Again, a bit quirky, but he does have his moments." Aaron reminded them. "But anyways… back to the main topic. The multiverse being in danger, and all. What's going on?" He asked Owner. The man paused, before setting down his spoon.

"I think I can answer that." A new voice interjected as everyone present took note of two newcomers entering the room. One of them looked to be a high school student, with auburn hair, hazel eyes, and tan skin. His uniform looked to be a bit damaged, but what drew everyone's attention was a small critter on his shoulder that looked like a red crystalline T-rex.

The critter gave a cute little roar at the group, which some of them found adorable.

"Easy, Rubes." The student said to his critter, rubbing his head. "Name's Kohtaro Chūsei, and this here's my partner Ruby Rex. Together we're Kamen Rider Koryu."

"Oh! My name's Ruby! And I'm called Rubes!" Ruby said. The critter gave a cute roar then flipped into her palms, nuzzling her thumb. "Daw~~~!"

"Oi," A different voice spoke and in walked another young man with dark brown hair, brown eyes, and olive skin while dressed all in black. "Don't interrupt me."

"Ah, sorry sorry." Kohtaro apologized as he took a seat.

"And who are you?" Koa asked.

"Nogami Kotaro. I'm Kamen Rider New Den-O." The newcomer said.

"Wait, there's two Kotaros'?" Koa asked, confused.

"My name is spelled differently. If it helps you can call me Kohta for short." Kohtaro says.

"Koa, Kohta, Kotaro." Koa murmured, counting with her fingers.

"But there's a Kouta Kazuraba." Kurogasa said.

"Ahhhh~ there's too many Ko's!" Koa cried out, tugging on her hair.

"Here's a helpful one then. Just call each other by our Rider names." Aaron suggested.

"Ooooooh~~." Koa said, before giving a thumbs up.

"Wait, where's Teddy?" Orion wondered, looking around.

"Teddy?" The Remnant people tilted their heads.

"He's New Den-O's Imagin partner." Orpheus answered. "Usually, he never leaves the guy's side."

"Teddy's… out right now." Urataros answered in a grim tone.

"Anyway… allow me to explain the situation." Kotaro continued, clearing his throat. "So far, various Rider worlds throughout the multiverse are under siege from monsters under the command of S.H.O.C.K.E.R. Or more specifically, Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R."

"My world was attacked by those four. They wiped the floor with me, and my partner Kamen Rider Juraki was taken before their army invaded." Kohta added. "Kotaro saved me before I was next but… I still don't know what happened to my friends."

Ruby Rex nuzzled Kohta as he looked down solemnly.

"We're sorry for what happened." Ruby said as she comforted him.

"Still… This isn't the first time S.H.O.C.K.E.R did something like this. At least not on this scale the first time." Aaron said. "So what makes this so different?"

"I think this should explain it." Kotaro said as he brought up a video screen and played footage that showcased other worlds that the residents of Remnant have never been to.

"That's-!" Kurogasa got out, horrified by what they were seeing.

"No way!" Orion added.

"It can't be…" Orpheus said, shocked.

Everyone watching the footage can see images that showcased the dark copies battling other Kamen Riders, some that neither of the Remnant-born citizens knew, except Team JOKR. They watched as Dark Shiro slashed their katana across Super-1's chest before Dark Azure grabbed the Showa Rider by the scarf wrapped around his neck and threw him into a building. Another video showed Kuuga trying to punch Dark Kurenai but the dark copy easily caught the first Heisei Rider's fist then twisted it rather painfully before kicking Kuuga back. It then showed Zero-One getting attacked from all angles as Dark Nero delivered a kick to his face.

"What the…" Aaron got out. "They're… killing off the other Riders…"

"Yes… they're going across different universes, killing off any and all versions of the Kamen Riders. Even ones that are not supposed to exist, yet they are."

"Um… what?" Ruby rubbed her head in confusion.

"He means Riders like us." Aaron answered.

"That's why we have to go back in time to where it all began. The year 1971." Kotaro said.

"The year where the first Kamen Riders were born. The Showa Era." Kurogasa stated.

"Something in that Era changed the course of history, for both Riders and the multiverse." Kintaros said, crossing his arms.

"But it will be a while before we reach our destination." The Owner said. "Before we came to rescue all of you, S.H.O.C.K.E.R did a number on the DenLiner and it damaged some of our key components. So while we will get to our destination, it could be hours before we finally arrive."

"So in other words, the DenLiner became a normal train." Orpheus deadpanned. "Lovely…"

"What about the other Riders?" Melody questioned. "Shouldn't we help them?"

"We… could only rescue a few. And even then, we don't know where they're being locked up." Kohta answered.

"But in the meantime, use this time to recover. Because the moment you all get off this train, we'll have to leave for the KingLiner for repairs." Owner instructed.

---

Meanwhile…

"Excellent! Most excellent!" Dr. Shinigami laughed as he watched the various screens of their newest creations, destroying any and everything in their path. "Our experiments are producing much faster results than I expected!"

"But the DenLiner continues to prove to be an annoyance." General Black remarked.

"It doesn't matter. Sooner or later, we'll destroy them all the same." Apollo Geist said.

"Underestimating them is the reason we have failed countless times before."

"Ah, but this time, we have warriors that can match and defeat the Riders." Dr. Shinigami stated. Suddenly, a portal opened as the mad scientist smirked. "Ah, here comes our boys now."

"We have returned." Dark Kurenai said as he and the rest of Dark JOKR brought back their forces alongside prisoners.

"And you brought guests." Dr. Shinigami said. "Take them away."

"As you command." Dark Kurenai signaled the others as they began marching their prisoners away.

"What shall we do with the prisoners?" Ambassador Hell inquired.

"Once we've ensured every Rider in the multiverse is either captured or killed, we will turn them into an army of loyal soldiers to conquer it." Dr. Shinigami said. "I've made sure that this time, the prisoners will not rebel against us." He said, before showing them a syringe with an ominous liquid inside.

"To think that we owe all of this to our new master."

"And where is he?" Apollo Geist questioned.

"Busy, apparently. He won't even say why." General Black stated.

"It doesn't matter… We must continue to carry out his great will. We can't allow any Riders to stand in our way."

"Then we'll simply send our enforcers to deal with them just like they've dealt with the others." Dr. Shinigami said.

"For the glory of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

"EEE!" Several S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts saluted.

The four dark copies of Team JOKR stood together, their eyes glowing menacingly.

All the while, a small form was watching this display before fleeing to avoid being spotted.

---

Back on the DenLiner, everyone on the train was relaxing, or at least trying to. Their nerves were still racking as the train moved along the Sands of Time. This shouldn't be scaring them. They were Hunters and Huntresses. They've dealt with worse things… before this one. And yet… It still scared them. Then again, who wouldn't be if the fate of all the multiverses were in their hands? The added pressure certainly didn't help matters either, especially when the real Team JOKR are still trying to recover from their recent bouts.

"Young lady, may I speak with you?" Winter asked Yukina, much to the latter's surprise.

"Eh? Oh, y-yes Aunt Winter." Yukina answered as she and Winter moved off the side. "Is… there something wrong?" She asked timidly.

"No, I just wanted to talk with you."

"Oh,"

"So it's true that you are the end result between Kurogasa and Weiss."

"Yes, I am."

"I see. If I may ask, what am I like in the future?"

"Well… you were pretty strict. But here and now, not as much."

"I see. Have you been taking lessons from your mother and I?"

"Yes. In fact," Yukina said, as she showed her weapons. "These are your weapons. You gave them to me after I bested you in a duel as a sort of final exam."

"I see. It certainly sounds like something I would do."

"Yes."

"And you take after both of them."

"Yes. Mother and Father are the reason why I became a Huntress and a Kamen Rider. I've always admired their resolve and confidence. And I still do, even if they're the past versions of them." She said, looking at her parents who were talking, "I wouldn't trade them for anything else in the world."

"I see. They sound like they were good parents." Winter said with a smile.

"They are. They've chosen their paths and it worked out for the better."

"And what of you? Have you chosen yours?"

"Yes. I will follow in their footsteps." Yukina said. "And I'm certainly not following Grandfather's."

"Good, that's just what I expect from my niece." Winter smiled softly. She then held her niece's hands with her own. "If and when you decide to return to Atlas with your mother and father, if you need a place to stay, my doors are always open."

Yukina smiled back, "Thank you, Aunt Winter."

"Ugh! I can't take this anymore! How long is it gonna be?" Momotaros questioned, slapping his hand down.

"You're telling me! You chumps suck at poker!" Koa said, holding her deck alongside a bunch of winnings.

"How does she keep winning?!"

"She cheats." Orpheus answered while reading a book.

"Ack! Orphee~ why~?!" Koa bemoaned.

"You need to calm down." Yang deadpanned at Momotaros. "By the way… why am I always getting angry at you for some reason?"

"Gh!" Momotaros flinched. "I-I have no clue what you're talking about!"

"Oh boy…" Aaron muttered.

"Wait a minute… you sound very familiar."

Momotaros began sweating bullets.

"Ooh this is gonna be good." Koa said, pulling out some popcorn to munch on.

"You're delusional if you think I sound familiar to you for some reason!" Momotaros snapped.

"Wait, I knew I recognized you!" Yang pointed at Momotaros angrily. "You were the one that possessed me!"

"Shit! Gotta go!" Momotaros shouted, before running off to the next car.

"Get back here!" Yang yelled, going in hot pursuit.

"I knew this was gonna happen sooner or later…" Aaron facepalmed. "Ruby, you better stop her before she destroys the DenLiner while chasing him."

"I'll help ya out, Aunt Ruby." Yin sighed, before the two ran after them.

"So is this a common thing for all you guys?" Kohtaro asked.

"Trust me, they abuse the comedy slapstick all the time." Orion emphasized.

"It's amazing how none of them have actually killed each other this whole time." Orpheus said.

"Cool." Kohtaro said as he laid down on his seat, quickly falling asleep.

"Wow, that's one fast sleeper." Koa blinked.

"Hah! Just like me- zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!" No sooner than that, Kintaros also fell asleep.

"I'm in a nut house."

"Should've realized that when you joined us." Orpheus said to Koa.

"Ooh! That reminds me! Oh~~ Wolfie~! How is working on the new toys~?"

"Call me that again, you lose toys!" Aaron called back.

"Party pooper…" Koa said before snuggling closer to Orpheus.

"Lemme punch you, preferably more than once!" Yang shouted.

"Yadaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Momotaros wailed.

"Mom, you're gonna destroy the train!" Yin called out.

"Yang, no punching!" Ruby said as she was now holding onto Yang's jacket, getting dragged around by her.

Owner sat patiently, holding his cane. "Enough. No more fighting on this train… or you will be removed."

"Wait, what?"

"Y-Yeah, you heard right!" Momotaros laughed nervously. "You break something here, you're out! Lost to time for good!"

"Not my sister!" Ruby held Yang close.

"Then please don't break anything in this train." The Owner said.

With Aaron, he was working on some plans as well as fidgeting with some gear.

"What are you working on, Papa?" Asked Miko.

"New weapons and a Driver for Koa. Basically, anything I can think of that can give us an edge against S.H.O.C.K.E.R." Aaron answered his Faunus daughter. Miko looked at her father's face and he could tell that everything that happened had left a negative impression on him.

"Papa… we're going to win… right?"

Aaron grimaced, "I don't know, sweetheart. I just… don't know." He answered.

"But we can't just give up. Think about the Riders that you would tell us about as kids."

Aaron began to ponder about Riders who have been in many situations like this. "You're right. They didn't give up and neither will we. S.H.O.C.K.E.R may have started this war but we're going to finish it. I promise you that."

"Ah, it looks like we're about to arrive." Owner said, looking at his pocket watch. With that, the group began preparing in an epic way… with a familiar tune playing in the background thanks to Ryuutaros.

"Really?" Momotaros deadpanned.

"What? It's epic!" Ryuutaros complained.

"Well he's not wrong." Kohtaro says nonchalantly, to which Koa nodded.

"You can't be that, peach boy." Yang said, which causes a few tick marks to show on Momotaros' face.

"Say that to my face, Goldilocks! I dare ya!"

A few sparks go off between the two before…

*BAP! BONK!*

"Ite/Ow!" Momotaros and Yang were suddenly bopped on the head by Naomi and Ruby respectively.

"I'm suddenly reminded of Maria…" Kohtaro said with a sweat drop that was shared with the other Riders.

"Wait… Wouldn't we be outnumbered when we arrive?" Orion pointed out.

"Probably." Aaron answered.

"We're going to need backup then."

Aaron glanced at New Den-O, "Nogami, think you can find Decade? Or Showa?"

"It will take some time. But we'll need some extra hands, and a diversion to do so."

"That we can do." Jaune said as he along with the other Hunters and Huntresses nodded in agreement.

"You sure? These guys are nothing like those Grimm things you're used to fighting in your world." Kotaro reminded the Remnant-born residents.

"We've been through a lot thanks to these four." Weiss said, pointing to JOKR. "Now it's time to return the favor."

"Alright then." Kotaro replied.

"Alright, time to get to it!" Momotaros declared. "We're going to once again kick some S.H.O.C.K.E.R ass in a climax style!"

"Yeah! We got this!" Koa cheered, before whispering to Aaron. "We definitely got this, right?"

"Only one way to find out."

---

In the fortress of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R, sitting on a throne was none other than the organization's leader himself.

Clad from head to toe in red leather with the symbol of S.H.O.C.K.E.R printed on the cape he wore, this man's burning brown eyes glared at all around him. He is Emperor Red, the new great leader of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R. Much like his predecessors before him, he was a man of ambition, and his quest for domination will not stop until all has been covered by S.H.O.C.K.E.R. While those before him were ambitious, they were not ambitious enough. They didn't see the bigger picture. Why conquer one world when you can conquer multiple worlds?

Hence why he had his newly revived organization invade multiple worlds throughout the multiverse. Already, several worlds had fallen to their might and S.H.O.C.K.E.R now had more resources to utilize in their conquest.

But there was a bit of a slight problem with his plans. While his campaign for multiversal conquest is going smoothly, there was one key factor that could complete it with swiftness and efficiency. But that one thing had eluded him for a while. But no matter, it was only a matter of time before they were soon caught.

Just then the doors to his throne opened and a grunt came in to give his report. "Have you located them?" Emperor Red asked.

"No, Emperor Red. We're still searching. I came to report that several Kamen Riders have been causing trouble for our invasion forces."

"Hmph. Those fools are nothing but obstacles. Whether they are good or evil." Emperor Red scoffed.

"What are your orders, my lord?"

"It goes unchanged. Eliminate them by any means necessary."

"Yes my lord." The grunt saluted before quickly moving out to relay the Emperor's orders.

"Come to me, Dark JOKR."

From the shadows Dark JOKR walked out into the dim light of the throne room, standing before their Master before kneeling on one knee to show their respect.

"You summoned us, Emperor Red?" Dark Kurenai inquired.

"Indeed. I have a mission for you all. Kamen Riders throughout the multiverse are halting our invasion. Go out there and destroy them all." Emperor Red ordered.

"Your will shall be done." Dark Shiro answered.

"What of our originals?" Dark Azure asked.

"I want them alive and captured. Take whatever measures you need to incapacitate them." Emperor Red ordered.

"At once." Dark JOKR said in unison before they stood up robotically and left the throne room to carry out their orders.

And carry out their orders, they did. Marching on was Team Dark JOKR leading the army of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R that were behind them. The citizens ran for their lives as they marched on. Kamen Riders, old and new, good and evil, met their foes head on, fighting a battle that would surely be their last. And while they fought bravely to the last man, it wasn't enough. For Team Dark JOKR slayed them all.

---

A portal from the sky appeared from above and the sound of the DenLiner whistling echoed in the air. It made its eventual descent to the ground and eventually came to a full stop. With a hiss from the brakes, the doors of the DenLiner opened up and Teams JOKR, RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, Koa, Winter, Nogami, Kohta, and the Imagin all disembarked off the train. Once they were off, the DenLiner left them and went back into the Sands of Time via portal, its destination being the KingLiner.

The Remnant heroes looked around, getting their first taste of what 1971 Earth looked like.

"Man, hard to believe this used to be the time of disco." Aaron commented.

"Yeah. You got that right." Orion agreed.

"Is it weird to say that we're finally back home?" Kurogasa muttered.

"Technically, we're home in a different time period." Orpheus pointed out.

"Well, let's not waste any time. Let's find the cause of the time displacement, take it out, and kick S.H.O.C.K.E.R's butt." Aaron said, nonchalantly.

"That's good and all, but… where do we even start?" Koa asked.

"I have no idea." Aaron answered bluntly.

"Not only that…'' Weiss said, as she looked around. "This is where Dark JOKR defeated the original Kamen Riders is it not? How come they're not here yet?"

"Hm, good question." Nogami remarked. "If I had to guess, it hasn't happened yet."

"Meaning we have time before S.H.O.C.K.E.R makes their move." Aaron said. "Let's split into groups to cover more ground."

"I got straws!" Koa said, pulling said straws from out of nowhere.

"We're not doing that." Blake told the Greeed.

"Oh c'mon~ don't be such a party pooper!" Koa whined.

"Koa, just don't…" Orpheus sweat dropped.

"Besides, I already have an idea how we'll split." Aaron said. "So listen up. Team 1 will be Ruby, Melody, Orion, Kohta, and Momotaros. Team 2 will be Weiss, Kuro, Yukina, Winter, and Urataros. Team 3 will be Blake, Yang, Miko, Yin, Kintaros, and I. Team 4 will be Orpheus, Koa, Nogami, and Ryuutaros. And Team 5 is… well, Team JNPR."

"Happy to be working with you all." Kohta said to his teammates.

"Alright, now that we have that established, let's-"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

"Welp, so much for that!" Koa said, pointing to an explosion from afar.

"Okay, new plan. Find out what that is." Aaron told everyone.

Everyone ran towards the source of the explosion and upon arrival, to their surprise, they saw an army of S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts… chasing a boy?!

"Is that a kid?!" Koa and Kohta exclaimed in shock. The boy in question looked to be ten years old with medium-length black hair that was combed down and black eyes while wearing a white and red striped shirt and blue jeans and shoes.

"Uh… there's Waldo?" Orion joked.

*BONK!*

"Ow!"

"Not the time for comedy!" Kurogasa chided, holding up his fist. "We gotta help that kid!"

"Alright, leave it to me!" Kohta said, stepping up. "You guys have never seen me transform before, right? Then watch and be amazed! Rubes!"

Ruby Rex roared cutely as he folded up into a jeweled dice. Kohta grabbed it and then pulled out his driver. It looked to be a red and white T. Rex buckle, with a casino slot attached. He then strapped it onto his waist, allowing a tan belt with a holster to materialize.

D-D-DINO DRIVER!

Kohta smirked as he then pressed the lever on the side of his belt, causing the mouth of the buckle and the slot to open.

*ROAR!*

He slid his partner into the slot, causing the gem to glow a gleaming red.

FABULOUS!

A ground shaking tune with a casino beat began to play, as the light created a huge crystalline version of Ruby Rex came from the light and began to dance to the beat. The group was in awe, as some of the monsters stopped and stared at the huge dancing dinosaur.

"Woah…" Yang said in surprise.

"Henshin!" Kohta shouted, pressing the lever again to close the Driver.

GABU!

The giant Ruby Rex stopped dancing, before biting down onto Kohtaro. This shocked the group, before the two became a glowing red light.

SHINY CARNIVORE! R-R-RUBY REX! FEROCIOUS!

When the light faded, Kohtaro was replaced by his Rider self. He was now clad in a brown bodysuit that covered his body, with brown boots that had T-Rex claws on the toes with Ruby effects. He also possessed a dinosaur themed chest piece, as Ruby colored gloves covered his hands. Topping off the armor was a brown dinosaur themed helm with ruby compound eyes with brown dinosaur eyebrow like horns. He also has a jagged mouth piece that resembles dinosaur teeth.

"The Dinosaur Hero: Kamen Rider Koryu!" Koryu roared as he assumed a dinosaur styled pose.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Ruby, Nora, and Koa squealed in awe as their eyes sparkled.

"Are they… always like that?" Winter looked at her sister with concern.

"More or less." Weiss admitted with a sweat drop.

"Now then… let's make things flashy!" Koryu said as he charged forward, delivering a flying side kick to one of the grunts and delivering a smack to another. "Are you ok, kiddo?"

"Who… are you?"

"We're heroes that are here to help!" Koryu said, punching an incoming grunt in the face. "Go, we'll hold them off!"

"We?" The boy said, confused as he then saw the other heroes approached him and clashed with the grunts.

"Was hoping not to use this now but we'll have to use them. Guys, transform!" Kotaro told the other Riders as he took out his Den-O belt, wrapping it around his waist.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! WOLF/DRAGON/BEAR/FALCON/OOKAMI/WYVERN/JAGUAR/TIGER/HYDRA!

"Henshin!" They all shouted.

KURENAI NO HUNTER! CRIMSON WOLF!

TENGOKU NO EMPEROR! WHITE DRAGON!

TOMERARENAI WARRIOR! AZURE BEAR!

SHINOBI ONGAKU! SHADOW FALCON!

SHOUT IN THE MOONLIGHT! HOWLING OKAMI!

SHIRORYUU NO MUSUME! WHITE WYVERN!

LIGHT WITHIN SHADOW! VIOLET JAGUAR!

RAGING STRIPED FIGHTER! BURNING TIGER!

EMERALD PREDATOR! GREEN HYDRA!

SWORD/ROD/AXE/GUN/STRIKE FORM!

The Remnant Riders' Aura Animals flew around before flying into their respective owners and transforming them. Meanwhile, Kotaro and the other Taros were transformed into their respective Den-O Forms. The Riders then charged towards the S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts and backed up Koryu, whilst RWBY, Koa, Winter and JNPR helped the kid.

"We'll keep them busy. You guys get him to safety!" Kurenai said to Ruby's team.

"We're on it!" Ruby replied as they took the boy to cover.

"Alrighty let's show this punks a real climax!" Den-O Sword Form declared. "Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!"

"Yeah, we'll see which of us has the deadliest fangs!" Kurenai added while punching a fist into his palm.

"Let's go!" Koryu roared as they charged at the grunts. He ducked as Den-O Gun jumped over him to shoot a couple of the bad guys.

"Azure!" Den-O Axe shouted to the Ursine Rider as the two delivered strong blows to one of the stronger Grunts.

"And for the final touch…" Azure said as he and Den-O Axe reared their fists back and punched the ground with enough force to send shockwaves of earth, knocking several S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts on their backs.

"Hey Shiro, mind helping me string them along?" Den-O Rod asked the white dragon Rider.

"One bunch of S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts coming right up!" Shiro said.

FU!

Activating the Wind Element, he swung his blade and a controlled tornado emerged as it swept up a group of grunts and directed it towards Urataros. "They're all yours!"

Den-O Rod smirked as he threw his staff like a javelin into the tornado. This causes the tornado alongside the baddies inside to be frozen by a giant icy glyph in the form of a snowflake. The blue Den-O took this chance to leap at the glyph then kicked it with his right foot, shattering the icy prison and all the villains inside.

"Hey Momo, let's do a super awesome combo!" Ruby said.

Den-O Sword smirked beneath his helmet, "Alright, let's see if you can keep up." He said, shouldering his sword. "Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" He charged into the fray with wild abandon.

"Yahhhhhhhhh!" Ruby yelled as she spun around, firing her scythe to boost her speed and slashing any grunts that were in her way.

Den-O Sword slashed his sword, knocking away any grunts that got in his way. He raised his weapon to hit a grunt on the head, who instinctively covered their head but Den-O Sword Form instead flicked the grunt on the head. "Boo." He said. The grunt promptly faints.

Yang came down from the air in a roar as she delivered a punch to the ground, causing a huge shockwave that sent other grunts flying. She then delivered wild blows at multiple foes, as Koa kicked one that was behind the blonde brawler.

"Better be careful." Koa grinned.

Yang threw a punch over the Greeed's shoulder, nailing a grunt in the face. "Better follow your own advice." She reminded her.

Kurenai swung his left leg, kicking a monster in the ribs and sending it crashing into a group of grunts. "C'mon, is that all you got?!" He taunted. That's when a group of grunts surrounded him in a circle pointing their short swords at him. "Give me a challenge at least."

"Dad!" Tora said as he jumped down and landed back-to-back with his father. "We'll take them together."

"With us? They won't last a minute." Kurenai said with a grin beneath his helmet. "Though I gotta ask. Think you can handle this many?"

"Well, it'd be trouble if one more showed up." Tora said.

"Heh. Then that'll be the one I'll take care of."

"What, you're fighting too?" Tora joked.

"Your old man still has some skills." Kurenai smirked.

"Heh, I'll see it when I believe it."

"Destroy them!" A S.H.O.C.K.E.R monster ordered the grunts.

"Let's go, son!" Kurenai said as he bashed his way through.

"Right behind ya!" Tora added, following him.

"Haiii-ya!" Kurenai roared, striking with a flying kick that struck a grunt in the face.

"Hahahahahahaha!" Den-O Gun laughed as he was dodging with his dance moves while going trigger happy with his gun. "Ne, ne, Orphee-chan, you play the music I'll dance to it!"

"Orphee janai, Orpheus da!" Nero shouted comically. He pulled out several Feather Kunai and threw them at a group of grunts, sending sparks flying from their bodies as they collapsed on the ground. "Why am I always getting the Decade treatment?!"

"I see nothing wrong with the nickname!" Koryu said as he punched another grunt.

"I do! It's childish! I'm a grown man!" Nero shouted as he grabbed a grunt in a hold and started punching their face in.

"I'm surprised you're mad when your girlfriend calls you that."

"That's different!"

Meanwhile, a scientist of S.H.O.C.K.E.R watched the battle from a distance. In his hands, he carried a scanning device that he used to analyze the fighting styles and statistics of the four Aura Riders. To say that he was quite pleased with the results was an understatement.

"Fascinating!" The scientist at the readings. "Our leader will be most pleased."

"It's time to end this!" Kurenai told the other Riders.

"Coming right up! Watch this!" Koryu said, activating his finisher by pushing the lever open and closed again.

GABU! ROARLETTE!

Koryu stepped forward, as his lead leg began to sparkle and crystallize with energy. He then leapt high into the air before aiming at one of the grunts.

RUBY DINO-MITE!

"Shiny Kick!" Koryu roared as he came down and delivered a Rider kick to the grunt. He landed on the other side as the kaijin and grunts around him exploded. "Monster… …Extinct!"

"Our turn!" Den-O Sword Form declared as he ran his pass over his belt.

FULL CHARGE!

"Hissatsu! O-re no hissatsu waza!" Den-O Sword declared as red electricity crackled from his belt into the DenGasher as the blade detached itself, the red electricity keeping it in place while in the air. "Part 2! Oryahhhhh!" He shouted, before swinging the blade. The flying blade slashed through a group of kaijin that stood in front of him, destroying the monsters in a fiery blaze.

Den-O Rod smirked as he casually brought up his own pass and placed it over his belt.

FULL CHARGE!

The blue Rider brought up his staff and threw it at a collection of grunts with the staff suddenly turning into a shell-like shield. Den-O Rod ran ahead and leapt into the air before delivering a high-flying Rider Kick that struck the shield, destroying the grunts.

FULL CHARGE!

Den-O Axe tossed his axe high into the air. After jumping after it and catching the axe, he came down as yellow energy gathered at the head as he slashed down with his weapon, cutting down kaijin and grunts alike as they exploded.

"Dynamic Chop…"

FULL CHARGE!

Den-O Gun giggled to himself as he aimed his blaster. His shoulder armor began to deliver energy to the muzzle, creating a large orb of power. "Bye-bye!" The purple dragon Rider giggled before pulling the trigger unleashing his Wild Shot and sending the orb of energy into a group of grunts, vaporizing them. He then turned around and gave a peace sign.

BITE! CRIMSON FANG/DRACONIC FANG/AZURE CLAW/SHADOW TALON/FLAMING TIGER/LIGHT END WYVERN/LUNAR FANG/HYDRA INJECTION/JAGUAR SLASH!

The Aura Riders all jumped up and their kicking feet were enveloped in their own Auras, taking the shape of their respective animals and with a loud cry, they all dived down for their Rider Kicks, destroying the remaining grunts, and when they landed, they turned their backs on them and a dramatic explosion occurred.

"Amazing…" Kai muttered under his breath, amazed by these individuals.

"You did it!" Ruby cheered as the Remnant Hunters and Huntresses met up.

"It was nothing. We had this." Momotaros boasted.

"Except evil JOKR was a no show!" Nora said.

"You're really going to complain about that?" Weiss raised an eyebrow.

"But the fighting was fun!" Koa said with a smile.

"TOOOOOOOOH!"

Before everybody knew it, two figures had flipped in the air, surprising the heroes before Kurenai brought up his FangHowler to block two flying kicks that were aimed at him.

"What the?!" Koryu and the others exclaimed in shock.

"Kamen Riders… Ichigo and Nigo!" Shiro got out.

Kurenai gritted his teeth behind his helmet before he pushed back against the attack, forcing the Showa Riders to flip back and land on their feet. "What's the big idea? Why did you attack me?" He questioned.

"Rather ironic, considering that you attacked us!" Nigo hissed.

"Excuse me?!" Nero got out.

"You won't have your way, forces of S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

"Teme~! They're not working for those assholes! They're on our side!" Momotaros snapped.

"C-Chotto matte kudasai, Hongo-senpai, Ichimonji-senpai!" Kurogasa said, before going to civilian form and approaching them. "This is all a misunderstanding. We just took care of S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts just now before you arrived! And we saved this boy from them." He said, before gesturing to said boy. "He was being chased and we intervened."

Ichigo and Nigo looked at each other for a few moments, unaware that the scientist from earlier used the confusion to escape. "Even if what you say is true, why did you attack us?" Ichigo questioned the teens.

"Those were impostors." Aaron answered, stepping up. "And that made everyone else point their fingers at us. Even those from our own world. And we would never attack civilians indiscriminately."

"Yeah, they're our friends! And the coolest heroes ever!" Ruby vouched. Ichigo stared at Ruby, before slowly approaching her. "U-Um… hi?"

"Your eyes…"

"Uh… what about them?"

"They're silver."

"Um… yes? Professor Ozpin said that too."

"It's a rather rare trait. I've met many sincere people over the years, but they don't have unique eyes such as yours."

"Where is he going with this?" Yang whispered to Aaron.

Aaron narrowed his eyes, wondering if Ichigo might know about Ruby's true power. "I'm still wondering about that." He replied.

"Nigo, stand down… the girl speaks the truth." Ichigo said, before canceling his transformation revealing the older man that was Takeshi Hongo. "Her eyes do not show any hint of deception or manipulation."

Nigo, realizing his partner was accepting their answer, followed his example by canceling his own transformation. This got everyone to relax too as they lowered their weapons, and for the remaining Riders to cancel their transformations.

"So now that that's settled… Why did the baddies try to kidnap this kiddo?" Koa asked, gesturing to Kai.

"Maybe, we should ask him instead." Hongo said, before approaching the boy and knelt on one knee to his level. "Daijoubu ka, shounen?"

"Yes…" Kai nodded.

"Do you know why S.H.O.C.K.E.R was chasing you?" Hongo asked.

Kai looked down, a look of confusion on his face. "N-No… I don't know why."

"Are you sure?"

"Y-Yes. I don't know why." Kai shook his head.

Hongo stared at the boy longer. Something told him that there was more to the story, but he'll let it slide for now. "Very well." he said, before standing up and patting his head. "Don't worry. You're safe with all of us. As long as we're here, no harm shall befall on you."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because a Kamen Rider always protects the innocent." Hongo stated.

"A… Kamen Rider?"

"That's right! They're heroes that kick the bad guy's butt!" Yang grinned widely. "I mean the rest of us are Huntsman and Huntresses, but we're just as awesome as them!"

"Not really." Ryuutaros added in. "You guys are still pretty much squishy meat shields."

*BONK!*

"ITA~I!" Ryuutaros whined after Yang bopped him on the head with her Ember Celica.

"Anyway… we're here to do the right thing!"

"She's right." Kotaro said, approaching. "We need to find the source of the anomaly and correct the multiverses back to where they should be."

"And right now, unless we stop them, it's going to make things worse." Blake said, before her cat ears perked. "Watch out!" Blake shouted, confusing everyone. Before anyone could figure out what was happening, a huge sphere of energy collided near the group, causing all of them to fly from the explosion. JOKR, RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, Koa, Miko, Winter all had their Auras shattered while the Imagin, Kotaro, Koryu, Ichigo, and Nigo were sent flying as well. Everyone sustained moderate injuries and as everyone tried to figure out what was happening, S.H.O.C.K.E.R reinforcements arrived.

"Damn… not now…" Aaron grunted as he tried standing up.

"Everyone, you have to… get out of here…!" Orion grunted. "Momotaros, you and the others get everyone and the boy out of here! The rest of JOKR and I will hold them off!"

"And leave you?! No way… ergh!" Ruby whimpered as she held her side in pain while holding onto Crescent Rose for support.

"There's no time to argue!" Orion said, slowly getting up. "Koa!"

"But…"

"Now!"

"…Leave it to me!" Koa hesitated, before saluting. "Sorry Red."

She carefully picked up Ruby, who struggled to get out of her grip. "Let me go, Koa! ORION!" The others were helped by the Taros, Koryu, Kotaro, Ichigo, and Nigo as they got into the Den-Liner. Ruby was still struggling, screaming the names of team JOKR.

"Guess this is it…" Orpheus said, slowly standing up as the S.H.O.C.K.E.R slowly approached.

"No, not yet. We haven't lived through the rest of the volumes… best case scenario, they want us alive." Kurogasa said, as he got to his feet. "And I'll take that chance."

"Yeah, besides…" Orion grunted as he got up, cracking his knuckles. "We've yet to enjoy that happy ending where we get to see our kids grow up too!"

"That's right… let's show these punks the strength of team JOKR!" Aaron declared, pointing at the grunts.

"RIGHT!" His teammates agree with a nod before brandishing their Remnant weapons and charging towards them.

"Put me down, Koa! Put me down now!" Ruby shouted, as she tried to free herself from Koa's grip as the group kept running, but the latter's traits as a Greeed made that very difficult.

"Sorry, it's not gonna happen." Koa told the reaper girl.

"Koa, c'mon!"

"I said no, Red!" Koa snapped. "They gave us this chance to escape! You're not the only one that wants to go back there!"

Ruby stopped trying to free herself and looked at her teammates as well as the others. They too looked conflicted as Koa was. As much as they wanted to stay behind and help JOKR, getting the boy to safety was their first priority.

"We just need to have faith… in them." Koa said, forcing a small smirk. "That's what made them special… right?"

"There they are! Seize them!" A voice called out. The group began running away from the voice as they heard more coming and some opening fire on them. "Don't let them escape! Their abilities will be instrumental to Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

"Dang it! These guys are annoying!" Yang said as she turned around to fire off a few rounds of her Ember Celica. Weiss joined in, summoning a few glyphs to add a few Dust blasts.

"They don't know when to quit!" Koa said as she handed Ruby to Koryu before ripping up a large chunk of ground before tossing it like a bowling ball. A few were knocked out, but there were still plenty that pursued.

"At this rate they'll catch us!" Kai said, getting a bit exhausted from running. "It's hopeless!"

"Don't give up!" Ruby said to him whilst shooting. "Our friends wouldn't give up on us. We need to have faith in them!"

"Yin! Black and White Combo!" Yukina called out.

"Coming right up!" Yin said, before they flipped backwards. Yukina produced glyphs before they turned black and once their feet planted, the glyphs spun in midair before shooting them off the glyphs, the two of them surrounded by a black and white Aura as they corkscrewed towards a group of S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts, slashing or punching them along the way.

"That was so cool!" Nora exclaimed as she fired a few volleys from her grenade launcher.

"Double! Rider Kick!" Ichigo and Nigo shouted as they jumped up, doing a double somersault before diving down for their Rider Kicks on several more grunts.

"How many are left?" Koryu asked, not being able to turn his head around.

"There's too many!" Ren shouted.

"We have to find a way out!" Pyrrha said.

"But how?! At this rate, they're gonna surround us!" Jaune pointed out.

"Oh I can think of something." Koa said before she pulled out what appeared to be some kind of weapon. It looked to be some kind of knuckleduster in the shape of a claw, with two slots for Aura Spheres.

AURA KNUCKLER!

"What are you doing?!" Winter asked.

"Anything at this point! It's no Driver, but I'm sure it will help! Melody, lemme borrow your Sphere!"

"Eh? O-Ok!" Melody said, tossing her sphere over to Koa who grabs it and proceeds to slot it in.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! OOKAMI! CHARGING~!

Koa's new weapon was engulfed in Melody's aura before she skidded to a halt and used her thumb to aim.

"Locked on!" Koa said as she pulled the trigger and delivered a punch that created a wolf head that gave a loud howl that sent the enemies flying in a couple explosions.

OOKAMI BREAKTHROUGH!

"Yeah! That'll show them!" Koa cheered, before a shock from her weapon caused her to drop it. She fell down in pain as she gripped her sparking wrist.

"Koa/Mom!" Rei and Ruby exclaimed and rushed over to her. They examined her hand and wrist, which was sparking and bleeding Cell Medals.

"Heh… Guess this is what I get for a rush order." Koa said, wincing in pain.

"Easy Ma, save your strength." Rei said, pulling out a small pouch and began pouring a few Cell Medals into Koa's hand to recuperate.

"We better get back to- look out!" Yin shouted as they saw a lone grunt ready to go for the kill. But then all of a sudden, a blue blur that resembled a sword suddenly boomeranged towards the grunt, knocking them away.

"Kotaro, I have returned." The weapon said in a robotic male voice. The sword is actually revealed to be a blue-silver machete with a gun barrel near the tip of the blade with the handguard resembling the comedic face of a demon.

"Teddy/Tendon!" The Imagin and Kotaro cried out.

"A talking sword!" Ruby gushed out with sparkles in her eyes.

"Teddy, I thought…" Kotaro grasped the hilt of his sword-turned Imagin partner. "I thought you were gone when-"

"Fret not, Kotaro. Before the invaders could destroy me, I was saved by a certain passing through Kamen Rider." Teddy explained to the future Den-O.

"Oh, the pink-armored guy!" Nora realized.

"Decade." Ren corrected. "But… how come you're here?" He asked.

"Yes, I was about to get to that." Teddy said, before the sword glowed and he turned into his Imagin Form. "To start off, Decade has found Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R's Grand Fortress."

"For real?! Where?" Yang asked.

"It is located on the outskirts. In layman's terms, it is literally a big scary castle."

"How cliché…" Yin deadpanned.

"One other thing. While I was on my way here, S.H.O.C.K.E.R captured four people, alive." Teddy informed, causing the group to gasp. "They're being taken to the Grand Fortress as we speak."

"No… it can't be…" Ruby muttered. She then fell to her knees, almost in despair.

"Ruby, snap out of it!" Yang said, kneeling next to her sister and shaking her gently. "Aaron and the others are gonna be okay. We'll just rescue them and-"

"It's not going to work…"

"What?"

Yang looked towards Momotaros who spoke the words. "It ain't gonna work. You charge in there and they're gonna experiment on you alive. Guaranteed."

"I'm sorry, but in case you didn't realize this." Yang said, walking up to the Imagin. "Our friends are in that fortress and we're getting them out, Peach boy."

"That's why we're going in there to get them." Momotaros stated. The other Taros as well as Kotaro all nodded in agreement.

"And besides, we can't bring all of you. That would just bring too much attention. Stealth is of the utmost importance." Urataros said.

"But don't worry, our strength will make them cry!" Kintaros added.

"That's right. They won't know what hit them!" Ryuutaros finished.

"You guys…"

"Why?"

They heard Kai's voice and turned to him. "Why are you doing all of this? Why fight them at all? You've seen what they've done. So what's the point?"

The Remnant-born group all looked at one another, unsure of how to answer such a question since they, save for the future kids, weren't Riders.

"Because we have a duty to the people." Yukina spoke up as she knelt to the boy's level. "We're supposed to protect those who can't fight for themselves."

"But those Riders were captured. And now they're gonna die. So it's all for nothing." Kai said.

"Shounen." Hongo said as he approached the boy and knelt to his level as well. "It's one thing to give up, but it's another when you don't have enough faith in others."

"What do you mean?" Kai asked the Rider.

"As the shoujo has said. We have a duty to the people. Wherever evil may be, we will be there to fight against it. Even if everything seems bleak, you have to hold onto hope that someone will be there to protect. You simply just have to believe. Even if there is no God or Buddha… There is us, Kamen Rider."

"Kamen… Rider." Kai looked down and thought about this.

---

Within the castle fortress, Aaron slowly regained consciousness. He looked like he got the crap beaten out of him as he found himself in a prison cell. He noticed countless other people in a similar predicament, some moaning and screaming in pain whilst others looked to be unconscious or dead. Another thing he noticed was that he was cuffed to the wall, wrists and ankles locked in a spread eagle position. He looked to his left and saw that his teammates were in the same position.

"Well… at least Kuro was right…" Aaron muttered. "Hey… you guys, wake up."

Orion groaned, "My head feels like it was hit by a freight train."

"Ugh…" Kurogasa groaned too, before lifting his head and opening his eyes. "Where… are we?"

"My guess? The enemy's prison." Orpheus grunted, trying to adjust his limbs.

"Can anyone summon their Drivers?" Orion asked. The group tried concentrating their Aura, but to no avail.

"No good. They must have some kind of mechanism inhibiting our Aura." Aaron hypothesized.

"Meaning we're stuck here." Orpheus added.

"Indeed you are." A voice said, surprising the four as the prison door to their cell opened up. The person that came in was an old man with long white hair that fell to his mid back wearing a white suit and a black cape.

"Shinigami Hakase…" Kurogasa said with wide eyes, but then narrowed in anger as he clenched his teeth.

"In the flesh." Hakase said with a smirk. "I'd like to personally thank you four for allowing us to take over the multiverse."

"I was wondering about that…" Aaron growled. "How the hell did you gain access to our Rider technology?"

"Why from you four." Hakase said, shocking them. "I bore witness to the capabilities of team JOKR, thanks to recordings of your abilities, and it allowed us to create the greatest enforcers of our organization's will."

"You bastard…" Orpheus glared at the enemies.

"Unfortunately, you four have proven to be obstructions to our ambitions, hence you shall remain here until we decide upon a suitable method of termination."

"TERMINATION?!" Aaron looked to see his teammates exclaiming in shock.

"That sort of thing usually involves torture before experimentation." Aaron said, glaring at Hakase. "I get the feeling those are going to be the same thing."

"You'll see for yourself." Another voice said, as someone else came into the prison. This sent a freezing chill down all of JOKR's spines. Standing in front of them was a man wearing red robes and a cone shaped red mask that covered his whole head.

"Great… Leader…" Orion muttered in horror.

"It would seem my reputation precedes me." The Great Leader remarks coldly.

Aaron narrowed his eyes, "Sure, if you call being a deranged sociopathic lunatic a reputation."

"Hmhmhm, oh, I'm not as bad as you think I am." The Great Leader chuckled in amusement.

"That's total BS and you know it!" Orpheus snarled.

"Au contraire. While you see me as a tyrant and a conqueror, I see it from a different point of view. Being a liberator." Great Leader said, before removing his entire cloak and hood. It now showed a middle-aged man with shoulder-length black hair that fell to his neck and had a goatee and mustache. His attire almost looked regal as he had on a red pirate's coat with a white neck scarf, and white pants along with black boots.

"So… Great Leader's newest reincarnation is a middle-aged Captain Marvelous reject, huh?" Kurogasa spat.

"I prefer to call myself… Emperor Red."

"Jesus, you asshats in S.H.O.C.K.E.R keep coming up with the dumbest names." Aaron said.

"What you think of me doesn't matter." Emperor Red scoffed. "Now then, before I send you four to be terminated, I will allow you to answer a simple question. I'm in search of a boy. He looks to be ten, yay high, black hair and eyes, with a white and red striped shirt." The four of them seemed to know who he was talking about. It was the boy that S.H.O.C.K.E.R was chasing. "Do you happen to know where he is?"

"And why should we answer that?" Aaron asked.

"Because he is special. And we need him. Tell me where he is." Emperor Red commanded, but the four of them remained silent. "I see. So that's how it is. Well, no matter. My son will be found eventually. After all, all of this is happening because of you four." This shocked JOKR. Not from the last statement, but from the statement that the boy was Emperor Red's son. "Thanks to you arriving in 1971, you gave S.H.O.C.K.E.R the means to create artificial Aura Spheres and Drivers, and Team Dark JOKR was the result. So we personally thank you for your contribution."

"You son of a bitch! We won't let you get away with this!" Aaron shouted as he struggled to free himself, but to no avail. "Why would you even do this?!"

"I am the leader of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R. And as such, conquering worlds are what I live for." Emperor Red said. "Hakase, take them away. They've outlived their usefulness. Well… their usefulness as humans anyway." He smirked, before finally leaving.

Hakase smirked sinisterly, "I'll begin the process immediately." He said as he glanced at the four bound Riders. The four of them could only be prepared for the worst.

---

Within Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R's Grand Fortress, a few grunts were patrolling the halls, making sure no intruders would enter their headquarters. One particular grunt released a yawn as he stood in what was undoubtedly the most boring post in the Fortress. Before he could make a complaint to himself, three pairs of arms grabbed him, making sure to cover his mouth to prevent him from screaming before he was dragged into the darkness. What followed after were several sounds of flesh being punched.

Popping out of the shadows were Kotaro, Teddy, the Taros, and Kohta.

"That should do it." Urataros said, dusting off his hands.

"These idiots should have better security." Momotaros scoffed.

"So where to now?" Ryuutaros asked.

"We go to prison cells and free those guys." Kintaros stated matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, but where exactly are the prison cells?" Kohta questioned.

"We will have to find them ourselves." Kintaros stated.

"We must go quickly before they spot us." Teddy said.

"He's right, no use standing around." Kotaro nodded in agreement. "Let's find them and get out of here."

"Right!" Kohta agreed, as they began sneaking around. They halted when they saw a few more guards.

"What now?" Momotaros muttered. Kohta looked around and spotted a few empty cardboard boxes.

"I think I have an idea." Kohta smiled. Whilst the guards were playing cards, the heroes snuck past them wearing the cardboard boxes over their bodies much like a certain game character.

"Ha! I won again!" A guard cheered, presenting a full house.

"Damn! You're definitely cheating!" The other guard said with a scowl.

"Nope, I'm being legit!" The first guard grinned widely.

"Dammit, one more round!"

"Alright, but it's your loss."

The heroes continued sneakily making their way past the distracting guards as they slowly but surely, moved past them with their cardboard box disguise in tow. That is until, Momotaros suddenly stubbed his toe. "Ite!" The guards were on alert and the boxes suddenly rearranged themselves to be clustered together and the bottoms of said boxes closed as well, before the guards finally turned their heads to the source.

"Did you put those there?" The second guard asked.

"No. Did you?" the first guard asked.

"No."

"Dammit, must've been Gary again. Always finishing things half-assed." The first guard said. "I'm surprised he ain't dead yet."

"What do we do with them?" The second guard asked.

"Let's put 'em all in the trophy room. Everything's kept over there anyway." The first guard shrugged.

The second guard sighed, "I just know these things are gonna be heavy."

Calling a few of their co-workers, a group of grunts managed to pick up the boxes with great difficulty. Whatever was in them, gave them a bit of a workout. After what seemed like forever, the group of grunts arrived in a room and they placed all the boxes there on the ground before leaving, some with a few back aches in the process.

"Ugh, I'm gonna kill Gary when I see him. What the hell was in those crates, bricks?" The second guard groaned, rubbing his aching back.

"Hell if I know, but goddamn." The first guard said, as they left and the doors closed. After a few seconds, the boxes opened up and the Imagin, Kotaro, and Kohta popped out.

"Ugh… my butt hurts…" Kohta groaned.

"Nice work, senpai. You stubbing your toe got us past those guards." Urataros praised.

"That wasn't intentional, Kameko!" Momotaros snapped. "Even though it did work…" He muttered.

"Well, we managed to escape any patrols. Now we need to get out of whatever this trophy room is." Kotaro stated. But no sooner that he said that, the lights automatically turned on, and they were met with a very horrible sight. Inside this very room were shelves upon shelves of various damaged or broken Kamen Rider belts. There were even several helmets that were cracked or stained with blood.

"T-This is…!" Kotaro gasped.

"What… is this?" Kintaros gruffed out in shock.

Urataros narrowed his eyes when he spotted several helmets resembling their allies of the Heisei Riders. "The trophies that S.H.O.C.K.E.R collected from fallen Riders."

"Now I wanna kick these guys' asses even more." Momotaros growled.

"Wahhhh!" Ryuutaros cried out, when he pointed at one particular helmet. "Tori-chaaaaaaan!"

The other Taros looked to where he was pointing, and hanging from a shelf was a somewhat cracked Den-O Driver that was golden and resembled a bird. Above it was a white helmet with blue eyes that resembled wings, and was cracked as well.

"A friend of yours?" Kohta asked the others.

"Che… he was an annoying tebayaro…" Momotaros growled, as he clenched his fist. "Kuso, why am I even feeling sad for him?! He was so annoying! Always lording himself all over us! He was… He was…!"

"Our brother." Kintaros finished, holding out a tissue. Momotaros's fists clenched tightly before he punched a wall in frustration and sorrow.

"I promise that we will properly bury you all when this is over." Kohta said, putting his hands together in a prayer to offer their spirits some peace. "We're going to set things right!" The others nodded to him as he returned the gesture with a smile. Suddenly, alarms began going off as the group turned to see Ryutaros touching the belt.

"…Momo did it."

"Are you kidding me right now, you snot-nosed brat?!" Momotaros angrily shouted.

"Now's not the time! We need to henshin now!"

"Don't need to remind me!" Momotaros shouted as he wrapped the Den-O belt around his waist followed by the rest of the Taros.

"Henshin!"

SWORD/ROD/AXE/GUN/STRIKE FORM!

FABULOUS! GABU! SHINY CARNIVORE! R-R-RUBY REX! FEROCIOUS!

After all of them transformed into their respective forms, a group of S.H.O.C.K.E.R Grunts and Kaijin commanders entered the trophy room.

"Teddy!" Nogami said, snapping his fingers twice. Teddy nodded before changing into his sword form. "The real battle starts at zero."

"Get them!" A Kaijin ordered the grunts.

"Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" Momotaros shouted, before they all charged at Den-O Riders and Koryu.

---

Meanwhile, back on the DenLiner, which managed to pick up the other heroes after the Taros, Kotaro, and Kohta left, everyone was waiting anxiously for their return. Team MYYR and Miko were certainly antsy especially since it's their fathers that they were all worried about. Then again, Team RWBY was in the same position as well.

"Ugh! I can't sit still! I need to go out there!" Yang growled, bumping her fists and her Aura spiked briefly.

"Mom, I don't doubt your strength, but charging in a fortress with thousands of monsters and soldiers who give even Riders trouble is a really bad idea." Yin pointed out.

"He's right, Yang." Blake said sadly, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I'm not thrilled waiting this out either, but what else can we do? Please, just… we just have to hope that they'll be back soon."

"Why?" Everyone in the car looked at Kai, the boy looking anxious, "Why do all of you have faith in them?"

Ruby, ever the optimist, decides to answer for him. "Well, it's because they're super strong and… well heroes always win against the bad guys, right? Besides, heroes are symbols of justice, so I'm sure they'll win against S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

Kai looked at her in surprise before he glanced at the rest of the teens, who all had looks of affirmed belief in their friends and the other Riders. "You… really believe that?"

"Of course we do! They're our friends after all!" Ruby smiled widely.

Again, Kai looked surprised. How could someone like her have such optimism? He just couldn't fathom it, let alone understand. But… for some reason, something was swelling up inside of him. This feeling he was having… he didn't know what it was or how to feel about it, but it urged him to do something. Thanks to this feeling, he suddenly darted towards the door of the DenLiner.

"Kai, where are you going?!" Pyrrha called out.

Then to everyone's surprise, Kai stretched out his arm and a space-time rift opened up in front of them, before he jumped in and it closed right after.

"Wait, what just happened?!" Jaune panicked while looking shocked at the same time.

"That looked like something that Aaron did once." Blake said in surprise. "But it was different."

"You mean the silver veil thing?" Nora asked.

"Yeah, that." The cat Faunus replied.

"That's not important right now! He's gone! What are we supposed to do now?!" Weiss demanded.

"Better question is… what can we do?" Ren inquired, reminding his friends that they weren't exactly in the right direction for retaliating.

And right now, none of them had the answer.

---

"Kono~ jamma da!" Momotaros shouted as he slashed some grunts relentlessly with his sword. "You bastards are gonna pay!"

"Senpai, calm down!" Urataros scolded, as he swiped some of them with his staff. "Your emotions are getting in the way!"

"Urusei, Kameko!" Momotaros snapped. "From start to finish, I've been annoyed until the climax and it's a pain in the ass! ORYAH!" He shouted, swinging more again.

"Momonoji, I understand your anger. Dosukoi!" Kintaros exclaimed as he slapped a kaijin, propelling it with his strength. "Even though I'm frustrated by what happened to our fellow Riders, we must not use rage as our motivation."

"He's right! You have to fight properly with the right mind set!" Kotaro said, as he swung Teddy to strike another Kaijin down. "Jii-chan wouldn't want you to be like this!"

"Shut up! I fight how I wanna fight! And right now, I wanna kick the crap out of these assholes!" Momotaros shouted as he blocked a dagger from hitting him then kicked his opponent literally in the ass.

"Mou~ he's not listening!" Ryuutaros whined as he shot a few grunts. "Mendokusai~!" He then aimed his gun at Momotaros and shot him a few times.

*BANG! BANG! BANG!*

"Chotto, Ryuu-chan!" Urataros exclaimed.

"ITEEEE!" Momotaros cried out, before turning to Ryuutaros. "What the hell was that for, snot-nosed brat!?"

"You need to calm down!" Ryuutaros said. "I know we're here to kick S.H.O.C.K.E.R's butt, but you're gonna get us all killed!"

"…Hell must be freezing over because I know the brat isn't telling me of all people to calm down."

*BONK! BONK! BONK!*

"Momotaros no baka, baka, BAAAAAAKA!"

"Hey! We should not be fighting amongst ourselves!" Koryu said as he got between the two, getting hit in the process. "If we don't stop them here, countless other worlds will suffer the same fate!"

"Morattaaaaaaaa!" One Kaijin shouted, as he got the jump on them, ready to strike.

"URUSEI!" Momotaros, Ryuutaros, and Koryu shouted, punching said kaijin at the same time, sending him flying.

"Fight now, talk later, ok?!" Koryu said to the two.

"Alright/Ok!" Momo and Ryu said with a nod, as they continued their fighting with the other Kaijin.

"It seems we might be reeling in an overhaul!" Urataros mentioned, noticing the waves of enemies.

"Might have to get a little drastic here then." Momotaros remarked.

"Ooh, are we gonna do that?!" Ryutaros said ecstatically.

"Eh?" Koryu turned his head to them confused.

"Hell yeah we're going to do that!" Momotaros sheathed his Den-Gasher, before taking out a crimson flip phone.

"You're going to call for backup or something?" Koryu asked, confused.

"Backup? Not even close!" Momotaros smirked behind his helmet as he flipped open the phone and pressed four buttons on the device.

MOMO! URA! KIN! RYU!

"Eh?" Koryu tilted his head as the phone's buttons lit up with the tune of the Den-Liner. Momotaros smirked as he twirled the phone until it was slotted horizontally onto his Driver, two horns popping out.

CLIMAX FORM!

"Let's do it!" Urataros said.

"Yosha!" Kintaros said, cracking his neck.

"Pile on!" Ryuutaros said, before he and the other two turned into their respective masks. Den-O's armor slightly changed before Urataros's mask attached to the left shoulder, KIntaro's mask to the right, and Ryuutaros's mask on the center. Momotaro's mask then peeled open to reveal another mask inside, peeling away the red mask aside.

"Yosh!" Den-O said flexing his body.

"…EEEEHHHH?!" Koryu exclaimed in shock. "You four can Gattai?!"

"Trust me it's very gross!" Ryuutaros said.

"Shut up, we're finishing this!" Momotaros snapped.

"Yosha!" Kintaros cheered.

"Ready at any time!" Urataros said.

"I don't get it, but let's get down to business!" Koryu said as he readied his own sword, the Dino Blade. Den-O readied his own blade and the two started hacking and slashing Kaijin left and right.

"Looks like I should get changed as well! Citricera you're up!" Koryu declared as a yellow Core-Ryu hopped into his hand. He removed Ruby Rex, before inserting the new Core-Ryu into the Driver. As the standby tune played, a Citrine Triceratops appeared and began to dance. Koryu smirked as he snapped his fingers, pushing upon the Driver once more.

FABULOUS!

GABU!

UNBREAKABLE C-C-CITRICERA! FEROCIOUS!

The Triceratops leaps into the air and flies towards Koryu, causing his arm and helmet to shine in a yellow gemstone light. When the light faded, new armor took its place. The right arm was now sporting a Triceratops themed gauntlet with Citrine horns acting as the gauntlet's 'claws'. The face plate changes as horns grow out near the now green compound eyes.

"Yosh! This'll do!" Koryu looked at his new weapon and smiled under the helmet as he got into a boxing stance. He delivered a punch that sent his gauntlet firing at a few Kaijin as he blocked a few attacks with his sword before the gauntlet returned.

"Alright, next!" Koryu said, before changing Cores again, "Paradot, it's your turn!"

FABULOUS!

GABU!

S-S-SHOOTING PARADOT! FEROCIOUS!

A western tune began to play as Paradot danced until jumping into Koryu engulfing him in a peridot light. The light fades, revealing his helmet now covered in a green peridot crystal crest with his right arm also covered but his fingers took the form of long barrel pistols. Adding to the shooter style was the armor on the forearm shaped like a revolver barrel.

"It's high noon, partners!" Koryu said, raising his gun arm before pointing at the enemies and opening fire with blasts of green crystalline bullets. "Yeehaw!" Some of the grunts were involuntarily dancing when the bullets ricocheted off the floors while others were caught in the bullet storm and were taken down.

"Oi, watch where you're aiming, Dino bastard!" Den-O snapped.

"Ah! Sorry, sorry!" Koryu quickly apologized. "Alright, let's do something more traditional." he said, before taking out another core. "Tupaz, let's do this!"

He slid the Core-Ryu into a slot, this time a topaz colored Pterosaur came out and created electricity with its flying dance.

FABULOUS!

GABU!

FLYING T-T-TUPAZ~! FEROCIOUS!

This time, however, Koryu was picked up into the air by the Core-Ryu as he was shrouded in a topaz light. When the light faded, Koryu sported a pair of yellow triangular shades and a chest plate that resembled the pterosaurs as he floated in the air.

"Let's go!" Koryu slammed his hands together before soaring around like a flying bullet. He sent multiple enemies flying with multiple slashes and electrified hits.

"Dammit, are you trying to one-up me?!" Den-O snapped comically.

"This isn't a competition, senpai." Urataros muttered.

"The hell it isn't! I won't be out-staged by a junior!" Den-O angrily proclaimed as he pushed the center of the phone, causing an epic tune to play. He then took the Den-O Pass and comically ran it over his Driver not once nor twice but three times.

CH-CH-CHARGE AND UP!

"Chotto matte, Momonoji!"

"HISSATSU! O-RE NO HISSATSU WAZA!"

"What about us?!" The other Taros shouted.

"ULTIMATE CLIMAX VERSION!" Momotaros ignored them as he raised his Den-Gasher dramatically. "Oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora!" He shouted as the blade popped out and he swung in all directions not caring who got in the way of his attack. Fortunately for our heroes, all of the grunts and Kaijin were destroyed in dramatic explosions that rang throughout the entire trophy room.

"WOW! Nice one, Den-O!" Koryu praised with a thumbs-up. "We might actually survive this!"

BITE! CRIMSON FANG/DRACONIC ROAR/URSINE CLAW/SHADOW TALON!

Suddenly, four colorful waves of energy hit the Riders, sending them flying. Koryu was knocked back into his default form as the Taros brothers were reverted to their four rider forms. They staggered to get up, noticing the four Dark versions of team JOKR.

"Me and my big mouth…" Koryu groaned in pain.

"Intruders located." Dark Kurenai said robotically. "Proceeding with elimination."

"Roger." The other Dark Riders agreed robotically, drawing their main weapons.

"I think this might be it for us." Momotaros said as he gripped his arm.

"No… don't give up!" Kotaro said, as he struggled to his feet.

"It's not… over yet…!" Teddy said.

"He's right… We still have our friends… that are waiting!" Koryu struggled to stand as well.

"Resistance is futile." Dark Shiro said.

"Your elimination is inevitable." Dark Azure added.

"Prepare for extermination." Dark Nero included as well.

"Sorry, but they can't die just yet."

"!" The Taros, Kotaro, Teddy, and Koryu were shocked to hear someone else's voice, but who could it be? This alerted the Dark Riders as they looked around for where the voice was coming from.

"Identify yourself." Dark Kurenai demanded.

"Now where's the fun in that?"

The four readied themselves, scanning the entire area for this mysterious voice. Suddenly, bullets hit the four riders which caused multiple sparks to fly off them. The heroes were in shock as a silvery veil enveloped them before taking them to a new location.

"What the-?!" Koryu looked around in shock, being in a disclosed area of the base. "Did… did someone help us?"

"You're still alive, aren't you?"

The group turned around to a mysterious figure. The only thing that could be made out… was a black and blue gun that the figure held in his hand.

"Y-You're-!" Momotaros exclaimed in recognition.

"Yo." A man waved at them. He was a young man with bright brown hair that was dyed and somewhat puffed out. His attire consists of a black shirt with a white jacket over him, as well as black pants and shoes.

"Thank you for saving us, mister…" Koryu thanked the man.

"Kaito. Daiki Kaito." The man said, "Also known as Kamen Rider DiEnd."

"I knew it, you're that bastard that tried to steal the DenLiner!" Momotaros snapped.

"Eh?! A thief Rider?!" Koryu exclaimed in shock.

"Guilty as charged… but don't worry, I'm not here for the DenLiner or even your gemstone dinosaurs." Kaito remarked, noticing Koryu trying to hide his friends.

"We all know that's bullshit!" Momotaros snapped as he got up. "You're always up to no good. Taking whatever you think you deserve as payments for your so-called services!"

"Yeah! Baka thief!" Ryuutaros added.

"I can assure you that the payment for my services this time is what our enemies seem to be desperate for." Kaito said simply.

"Eh? You mean they're after something?" Koryu said, as some of the group began wondering if it has something to do with Kai.

"Please tell us." Kotaro said.

Kaito nodded at this, and began his explanation. "You already know that Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R has been doing this campaign of multiverse conquest for some time already. But it's all for one treasure they're after. Before you started causing a ruckus, I was doing some sneaking around in their base, gathering some info as to what their plans might be, and I found something pretty interesting. Their goal is to find something called Ultima."

"Ultima?" The group said in confusion. They didn't know why, but the name itself felt like it held great power and significance.

"Yeah, but unfortunately, I don't even know what that is." Kaito shrugged. "But if it's that valuable-"

"Hey! We don't have time for you to be stealing treasure!" Momotaros reminds him. "We need to save Team JOKR from those goons!"

"Yeah, I heard about them and I get it." Kaito waved off nonchalantly. "I know where they are, but it's not gonna be easy getting to them. Right now, they're going through torture and experimination. That's also another piece of information I found. They're gonna use their data to fashion more of their Drivers in order to create an army of Dark Aura Kamen Riders."

"Then we gotta help them!" Koryu said desperately, "We can't just leave them to die!"

"You go in there and try to rescue them, the only thing that will happen is that they and you all get killed." Kaito said. "It's all about timing. So here's what we'll do."

---

Meanwhile… Team JOKR was experiencing the most hellish forms of torture imaginable at the hands of Shinigami Hakase. Their shouts of pain and anguish echoed through the halls of the prison cells.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Aaron yelled in pain as volts of electricity were sent coursing through his entire body. His wrists and ankles were cuffed to an operating table, the chains ensuring that he wouldn't escape as well serving as a conductor for the electricity. His shirt, jacket, alongside his weapons were left with the others in a separate room

"Keep increasing the power…" the mad scientist commanded one of the grunts.

"EEE!" The grunt saluted, turning a dial on the control device.

Aaron, through gritted teeth, glared at the grunts, "Is that all you bitches got? I've had worse shocks from Nora!"

"Then let's see you handle this!" Shinigami Hakase said as he nodded to the grunt who turned up the voltage more, making Aaron yell out in pain.

In another cell, Kurogasa was handcuffed by the wrists and ankles, but was spread eagle on the wall. His tortural procedure was being overseen by Ambassador Hell as the grunt was turning up the dial. "It's only a matter of time… soon, you and your friends will become mindless soldiers." Ambassador Hell chuckled darkly.

"No…" Kurogasa muttered softly as he slowly lifted his head up. "I… won't… let you… I can't… die here…"

"We shall see… increase the voltage." Ambassador Hell frowned, commanding the grunt who turned up the dial.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

Orion's torment was overseen by Apollo Geist and a Kaijin that resembled an electric eel. Orion himself found himself cuffed to a chair with voltage emitters attached to his upper body.

"How pathetic. To think you'd be considered the tank of your team, and yet you can't withstand electrical shocks like these." Apollo Geist scoffed. "I'm disappointed."

"Maybe you can see… me as a tank… without the damn cuffs." Orion grunted as he pulled and tugged at his bonds.

"Perhaps there's some merit to you after all… but maybe not. Increase the voltage again." Apollo Geist commanded as the Kaijin charged up a larger electric current and sent it directly into Orion.

"YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGH!" Orion roared in pain.

Orpheus was not doing any better, as he gritted his teeth in pain as the voltage coursed through his body. "Heh… You're so dead… once we get free, General Black…" Orpheus warned.

"Laughing in the face of death? How amusing." General Black said. "What makes you think you will even leave this place alive?"

"You'd be surprised what our friends can do." Orpheus said.

"I'm sure that they'll make perfect test subjects as well." General Black retorted coldly, before amping up the voltage.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!" Orpheus roared in pain, tugging at his bindings.

---

Meanwhile, in another room, Emperor Red was watching their tortures from four different video screens, and off to the side were more technology that were used to scan their Drivers and Aura Spheres. "It's impressive how even though the highest voltage of electricity courses through their veins, they still resist us." Emperor Red remarked.

The four Dark Riders walked in and knelt in front of the emperor as he paid them no mind. "Has he been located yet?"

"Negative, my lord." Dark Kurenai said. "Unfortunately, we have run into the Den-O Riders and Koryu. They've escaped, but we're tracking them down. They have not gone far."

"No… pay them no mind. The real goal is Ultima." Emperor Red said, waving them off. "Continue your search, find that boy, and bring him to me. And inform the scientists to terminate the four prisoners, for they have outlived their usefulness. I need the generals to make one last push on the remaining worlds."

"Affirmative, my lord." Dark Kurenai bowed before he and the others stood up and left. Emperor Red turned towards the screen once more, lost in his own thoughts.

"The great leader wants these four terminated and requests the presence of his generals, EEE!" The grunt reported to the generals as they tortured Team JOKR.

"Tch…" Shinigami Hakase clicked his tongue in annoyance as he saw General Black, Apollo Geist, and Ambassador Hall walking down the hallway, as they too had received the message. "Very well." He said, before turning to the grunt torturing Aaron, "As soon as you terminate them, give me their data."

"EEE!" The grunt saluted before Shinigami Hakase left with his fellow generals. The grunt then turned his attention back to Aaron and was about to turn the dial to the maximum voltage. Before he could do that, he felt a tap on his shoulder. The grunt turned around and-

*POW!*

The grunt was knocked out by Momotaros.

"Nice work." Kohta grinned. "Alright, let's get him out. C'mon, you guys." He said, as Ruby Rex, Citricera, Paradot, and Tupaz all worked to get each cuff free.

"Hey, get your ass up." Momotaros smacked Aaron's cheek.

"Ughhhhh…" Aaron groaned, before opening his eyes. "Momotaros… Kohta? You guys…"

"Don't talk man, we're getting you out of here." Kohta said.

"We better hurry, others might be coming." Momotaros said. The four crystal dinosaurs managed to break the cuffs, then the Imagin and Kohta helped him up, one arm on each of their shoulders.

"What about…"

"The others are getting help."

In the second cell, Kaito shot the cuff links clean, freeing Kurogasa. The samurai fell but not before Urataros and Kaito caught him in their arms.

"Easy, we got you." Urataros said as he and the thief Rider placed Kurogasa's arms over their shoulders and the Secondary Aura Rider was beginning to awaken.

"Urataros…" Kurogasa muttered, before looking at his right in slight surprise. "Kaito Daiki… doushite koko ni…"

"No need to worry about that, kid." Kaito told the samurai.

In the third cell, Orion slowly staggered up as his bonds were freed by Kotaro and Teddy. "Don't strain yourself, Orion-san." Teddy said, "I can only imagine what they've done to you."

"Gave me the extreme version of electroshock therapy, that's what."

"I'm surprised that you're still alive." Kotaro said.

"Ne, ne, can you walk?" Ryuutaros asked Orpheus as he and Kintaros were helping the musician out in the last cell.

"No… body's too numb. Tasting so much copper…" Orpheus groaned.

"I'm not surprised." Kintaros gruffed before helping him up.

"Wait… our Aura Drivers and Spheres…" Aaron got out. "We need… to get them back."

"Don't worry." Momotaros said, "That bastard Kaito will get 'em with his Silver Veil."

"DiEnd…?" Aaron got out as they and the others got out of their respective cells.

"Alright, let's get out of here." Kaito said, before he summoned his Silver Veil to take them and JOKR's equipment.

---

Meanwhile, back on the DenLiner, the Remnant group as well as Ichigo and Nigo were trying to figure out where Kai went, but they couldn't think of where he went. And the Den-O crew and Kohta were still in the fortress looking for Team JOKR. "What should we do? Kai could be anywhere!" Ruby asked the others.

"Not like we could go out there." Jaune pointed out. "We still have a lot of bad guys and monsters after us."

"But we gotta do something!" Nora exclaimed.

"As much as we want to, we are not in any position to do so." Winter said. "At least until the others return from their mission. Until then, you children are not allowed to do anything rash."

"But…" Ruby looked down.

"Oh please, who would be dumb enough to do that?" Koa said, causing everyone to stare at her with a deadpan. "…What?"

Before anyone else could answer, in their midst, a Silver Veil appeared, surprising them.

"A-re wa…" Hongo muttered.

"Machigainai." Ichimonji said, and much to everyone's surprise, the Den-O group came back with JOKR.

"Guys!" Ruby exclaimed, seeing the state they were in. RWBY and MYYR ran up to them and helped them to some seats to patch them up.

"My gods… what have they done to you?" Winter gasped disturbed.

"Ah, it's not so bad…" Aaron chuckled despite wincing a bit in pain.

"Not so bad? You look like you went through Hell!" Yang snapped.

"Oh… then I guess that's bad. But it was just an extreme case of shock therapy. Nora level, at best."

Blake and Miko then suddenly hugged Aaron, much to his surprise and pain. "We were so worried about you…" Blake said.

"Don't ever scare us like that again!" Miko sobbed a bit.

"Okay girls, you're kinda hurting me." Aaron winced. "Seriously, I'm not fully healed. This hurts… a lot."

"Sorry…" They said, letting go of him.

"When this is all over, I'm kicking your ass, Pops." Yin sniffled, wiping his eyes with his arm.

"Save room for Mama Bear in that ass whooping, son." Yang said, brushing a tear from her eye.

"Why am I suddenly getting threatened like I'm the bad guy?" Aaron pondered.

Weiss walked up to Kurogasa, examining his wounds. Yukina watched this, as tears welled up in her eyes. "Kuro…" Weiss said softly before sitting next to him.

"I worried you, didn't I…" Kurogasa whispered softly. Weiss's hands trembled, giving him an answer. Kurogasa then slowly sat up from the seat he laid on, reached out towards her face, holding her cheek gently, and pressed his forehead against her. "Sumanai…" He apologized.

"Otou-sama…" Yukina sniffled.

Kurogasa looked at his daughter before gesturing to her to come, to which she gladly did, and hugged him. "I'm sorry I worried you all. You, Weiss, and Winter were all I ever thought about while I was back there…"

Winter said nothing as she placed a hand on his shoulder, closing her eyes.

"Baka, baka, baka, baka, baka…" Ruby sobbed as she buried her face in Orion's chest, softly pounding her fists on him. Orion patted the back of her head, whilst Melody was sniffling.

"Glad to have you back, bro." Jaune smiled a bit.

"Ah, I hardly even felt it." Orion said with a grin. "Though seriously, I can't feel half of my body. I think those shocks fried my nervous system."

"Wait… Lemme check." Ruby said before planting a smooch on his lips. "Did you feel that?"

"Yeah, I did." Orion smiled sheepishly. Melody then clung onto him as tears streamed down her cheeks like an actual river.

"I thought you were dead~!"

"I would say psych, but… that's a terrible joke right now." Orion chuckled.

"I'm so glad you're ok… Orpheus." Koa said, eyes watering.

"Hey, you didn't call me Orphee," He noticed.

"Heh heh, you always hated that nickname." Koa weakly smiled, wiping her tear stained cheeks.

"Orphee…" Pyrrha said, as she approached her cousin, smiling sadly as tears fell from her eyes before hugging him.

"This is the one and only time I'll let you get away with it, Pyrrha. I'm too hurt to even argue." Orpheus smiled tiredly before hugging his cousin back. Koa planted a kiss on his cheek whilst Rei smiled even though they're crying.

"Hey, where's Kai?" Kotaro asked, looking around.

"Who?" Kaito said, tilting his head.

"Kai was this boy we saved." Nora explained. "And well…"

"He ran off." Naomi finished. "For some reason, he opened this portal and went in without a second thought."

Kaito raised a brow at the mention of a portal. "What kind of portal?"

"It's not yours, but it's one of those vortex portals that rip into the fabric of time and space." Ren said.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's find the kid!" Momotaros shouted.

"You're really gonna go back there after all that?" Kohta asked incredulously. "And besides, JOKR needs medical attention, like right now!"

"But we can't just leave Kai behind!" Ruby protested.

"Hongo-senpai… what do we do?" Kurogasa asked the first Rider. The first Rider looked down, lost in his own thoughts. He was about to answer when-

*BOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOM!*

The Den-Liner shook violently, after explosions rang out and some of them lost their balance.

"What was that?!" Jaune panicked.

"Trouble." Kintaros said, peering out a window. And sure enough, there were flying Kaijin that were shooting at them. "What I don't get is how they found us so quickly."

"No time to worry about the how. I suggest we get out of here." Urataros suggested.

"I'm on it!" Kotaro exclaimed as he took off towards the lead car.

"How is that going to help us?!" Winter said as she tried to steady herself from the explosions shaking the Den-Liner.

"We're activating the DenLiner's defense system." The Owner suddenly said, as he sat in the corner, all calm and collected.

"The train has a defense system?" Winter asked incredulously.

"Oh no…" All of Team JOKR go pale in horror. They slowly turned to look at Ruby, who was shaking in her seat.

"What evil have we unleashed?" Aaron slowly inquired.

"Is… she always like that?" Winter said, confused and unnerved by Ruby's expression.

"You… get used to it, sister." Weiss said with a sweatdrop.

["Everyone! Hold on tight!"] Kotaro said over the intercom, before the DenLiner suddenly jerked forward and away they went. The flying Kaijin monsters weren't far behind, as they kept attacking the train, explosions going off that impacted near. But with Kotaro activating the defense systems of the DenLiner activated.

The first car being the GouCannon started firing lasers. The second car, the Doggy Launcher fired the Doggy Bark rocket launchers. The third car, being Monkey Bomber, started launching the Monkey Bombs and the final car being the Birdie Missile started swiping away with blade-like wings.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH!" Ruby squealed at a high pitch as she dashed around, trying to get a view of the weapons. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, the train can fly, shoot lasers, throw bombs, and fire rockets?! This is awesoooooooooooooooome!"

"Okay, it's official, your sister is crazy!" Weiss said to Yang.

"Welcome to my life." The buxom blonde said.

"After her worrying about us for a while, I think she kinda deserves a bit of happiness." Orion groaned, before his cheeks bulged a bit, feeling the need to vomit since the train was moving around so much but held it in. "Speaking of… Aaron, how about letting Castle-"

"Absolutely not!" Aaron denied vehemently. "Not in a thousand years!"

"You didn't even let me finish!"

"Don't care! I said, no!"

"Castle what?" Yang pondered.

"It's nothing!" Aaron exclaimed.

"We don't have time! The DenLiner can only hold them off for so long!" Kurogasa grunted as he slowly struggled to his feet. "If you won't summon Castle Doran, then I will!" He said, before closing his eyes to concentrate. Even though it was weak, his Aura managed to shoot towards Aaron, which hit right on target, their Aura barely managing to meld before the Kivat Belt appeared on Kurogasa's waist.

"Dude, what the hell?!" Aaron snapped.

"Oi, Kivat! Summon Castle Doran! And make it quick!"

"Hey!"

"Eh?! I don't know what's happening, but ok!" Kivat said as the golden mechanical bat flew off the perch of the belt. Kurogasa managed to grab the Fuestle for Doran and threw it before Kivat caught it in his mouth to blow on it.

CASTLE DORAN!

A war horn began to echo, as more explosions rocked the DenLiner. Things were looking grim when suddenly, the kaijin were forced to disperse to avoid fireballs.

"What was that?!" Weiss exclaimed in surprise. Ruby rushed to the windows and her eyes sparkled with shock and awe as something was flying right next to the DenLiner.

The thing was a huge purple and grey dragon whose body was in the shape of a castle that was at least three or four stories tall. Its neck and head were connected in the middle of one side of the wide castle with its tail on the opposite end which had a small tower on its tip. Each of the dragon's short legs were at the out corners of the castle with golden manacle around each of its ankles and a length of chain connecting long enough to allow the great beast to walk on land without restraint. Huge purple bat-like wings protruded out the sides allowing it to stay airborne in its nightly flight. The castle was very impressive itself, with four windows on each side that were as tall as the castle was. There was a guard tower at each corner and between the ones in the front, just above the head, was a clock tower.

"Castle Doran!" Orpheus got out.

"A dragon… castle?" Koa said, tilting her head.

"IT'S A DRAGON CASTLE!" Ruby squealed in excitement, bouncing around.

"Oh god she's going even further beyond hyper." Momotaros moaned.

"Oh my Oum!" Jaune and Nora gawked at the sight.

"What… is that?" Pyrrha managed to utter out.

"Castle Doran. Consider him a mobile base that belongs to Kamen Rider Kiva." Kurogasa explained in a nutshell. "Alright Doran, let 'em have it!"

With a roar from the dragon, four orbs of light appeared inside its castle structure and travelled through and into Castle Doran's throat, before firing said orbs. The guard towers went horizontal and shot off as missiles with mini missiles coming out of the guard towers, all shooting towards the flying Kaijin that either tried to escape or fight it off.

*THUMP!*

Everyone turned around to see Ruby has stopped working. She had a goofy smile on her face, as if she found a heaven filled with weapons and cookies.

"Uhhhh… is the shojo alright?" Kivat asked, as he flew over her head.

"She'll be fine… watch." Melody said, leaning down and whispering into her ear, "Dad wants a passionate smooch from you~~~…"

With that, her eyes sprung open as she jumped up and turned to Orion, who sweatdropped.

"Uh-oh… Ruby slow down, Ruby! RUBY!" Orion waved frantically until…

*POW!*

Ruby had tackled Orion and began showering his face in smooches.

"See? She's totally fine." Melody smiled in satisfaction.

"Look," Ren said, pointing out the window and saw that the flying Kaijin were retreating after Castle Doran laid waste to their aerial forces. "They're backing off."

"That's a relief…" Koa sighed, slumping down.

"Good…" Kurogasa said, before the Kivat belt disappeared on his waist. Kivat and Castle Doran both disappeared as well and both Aaron's and Kurogasa's Auras broke. "Ughhhhhhh…" The samurai groaned, before falling over, but Weiss caught him in time.

"You shouldn't exhaust your Aura! Especially in your condition!"

"Sorry… I had to do something…" Kurogasa chuckled tiredly. Weiss sighed as she hefted him over to a seat, before flicking him in the forehead. "Ite…"

"Don't do that again."

"Hai…"

["Alright everyone. Let's return back to 1971."] Kotaro said over the intercom before the DenLiner finally moved along without any incident.

---

Within the Grand Fortress, guards were continuing their patrols, unaware of a portal opening up nearby. Kai dropped down and hid behind a corner. He checked if the coast was clear before sneaking away. Kai continues to sneak around the Grand Fortress, making sure to keep out of sight from the guards as he searches the area for what he was looking for.

He passed the trophy room and even several halls that went deeper into the fortress.

Eventually, he found what he was looking for; his father's private study. For a Grand Fortress used for evil, this part of the room was the only room that didn't scream evil at all. The walls were lined with shelves of books and one side of the room had a fireplace along with the floor made of wood. The center of the room had a carpet and two fancy recliners made of the finest of Corinthian leather. There was also a desk made of pure, hand crafted, mahogany wood with a desk lamp at the corner, a picture frame that stood on the other corner and several papers and documents that cluttered the tabletop.

He looked around the room, hoping to find something when he noticed the picture on his desk. It was Emperor Red, not as the villain we have seen, but a simple decent man smiling. He was ruffling the hair of a young boy who looked happy… the young boy was none other than Kai.

"Dad…" Kai said, saddened and despondent at the picture.

He then noticed plans left on the desk and began looking over them with growing concern. There were plans to create a new dimensional gateway; one that would expand to all worlds but it needed a very special power source: one that included him and something called Ultima.

"What is Ultima…?" he wondered aloud, until he heard someone coming and saw fit to quickly leave before he could be spotted, opening up the portal and closing it as soon as he entered.

The person who entered the room turned out to be Emperor Red. His eyes narrowed as he felt as if someone had disturbed his study and noticed that the picture of him and his son was disturbed. This left a frown on his face, walking towards the picture and putting it back before sitting in his chair.

---

Coming out of the portal in the sky, The DenLiner finally returned to the year 1971. The train settled itself to a reclusive and open area where it is just nothing but forest and trees. Everyone aboard the time train slowly got off as Team JOKR were still injured.

"Here." Aaron said, before fishing something out from his pocket and pulled out a Capsule. He pressed the button and threw it forward before it exploded in a puff of smoke revealing… The Rider Base?

"When did you-" Ruby got out as the others looked surprised too.

"He's got a genius in his noggin, remember?" Koa reminded her. "So let's not question it."

"Right…" Ruby sweat dropped.

Once they were in the Rider Base, Team JOKR were treated right away by their friends and family. And once they felt that they were patched up, Team JOKR were left to rest in their personal quarters while the others convened at the large conference table with the giant supercomputer in front of them for their strategy meeting. With RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, Koa, Miko, Winter, Ichigo, Nigo, Kotaro, The Imagin, Teddy, and Kohta sitting at the table, Kaito started the meeting.

"Alright everyone. Let's start this meeting." Kaito began. "I managed to dig up a bit of information while the Imagin, Kotaro, and Kohta were infiltrating the Grand Fortress to rescue JOKR." He then took out a flash drive and inserted it into the supercomputer console and on screen, it showed blueprints of a large machine with various parts. "This… is their grand scheme."

"What is that thing?" Yang questioned.

"A trans-dimensional gateway. Think of it as a portal that can take you anywhere in the multiverse."

"Something that Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R has been using frequently if their invasions of other worlds are any indication." Kotaro mentioned.

"That being said, their ultimate goal is finding something called Ultima." Kaito added.

"Ultima?" The Remnant group asked, save for those who were already filled in.

"Yeah. Judging by what Kaito-san said, it sounds pretty powerful. And we don't even know what it is." Kohta remarked.

"Not only that, the trans-dimensional gateway is only 1/3 of the equation. Ultima is the second 1/3 and the last one… is Kai."

"What does he have to do with it?" Blake asked.

"I talked with Aaron for a bit before the meeting and he confirmed my suspicions and theory. To start off, Kai is Emperor Red's son." Kaito said, shocking the others.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I heard that quite right. You said the kid is the son of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R's leader?" Yin asked in disbelief.

"Did I stutter?" The treasure hunter inclines a brow. "The kid is Emperor Red's son."

"I mean… that would explain why Kai did what he did when he bailed out of the DenLiner." Yang said.

"Exactly. So long story short, Emperor Red is going to use his son and whatever Ultima is, as a battery to power up his trans-dimensional gate in order to conquer the entire multiverse." Kaito said.

"Then it's all the more reason that we find and rescue Kai!" Ruby said, standing up from her seat. "We have to find him and Ultima before S.H.O.C.K.E.R has the chance to find them."

"But where do we even look?" Weiss retorted.

"Are you okay, Mr. Ichigo?" Pyrrha asked the First Rider. "You've been quiet this whole time."

The Showa Rider took note of all the teens and his fellow Riders looking at him. Kotaro narrowed his eyes, "Hongo-san, do you know something about it?"

"Not much," Hongo replied as he rubbed his chin. "However, there is a legend about Ultima. It isn't an object but a person. A Kamen Rider, to be exact. One that embodies the very essence of what a Kamen Rider should be."

"A Kamen Rider?" Everyone asked.

"How come we've never heard of something like this?" Ren inquired.

"Only very few people know about his existence." Ichimonji said. "Myself, Hongo-san, and Tachibana-sensei are the only ones who knew about it, and now all of you. Ultima's power is so strong, it surpasses that of Ohma Zi-O."

"You mean that golden clock Rider?" Ruby asked, as Ichigo nodded in response to her answer.

"While that sounds impressive, the question we should be asking ourselves is this. Where do we find Ultima?" Kaito inquired.

"It's not as easy as you might think." Hongo said. "Ultima will reveal himself when the time is right." He said, before standing up. "Until then, shounen-tachi, shoujo-tachi, all of you need to rest. The final battle is upon us. So use this time to recuperate."

"Minna! Something is happening outside!" Naomi exclaimed with panic as she gestured outside. Everyone ran outside and saw that the surrounding area was slowly starting to decay. The trees were losing their leaves, the wood was rotting, and whatever fauna were in the surrounding area started dropping dead.

"W-What's happening?" Miko asked, looking around frantically.

"It would seem that Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R's actions have caused terrible damage to the timeline." Owner explained as he walked out of the DenLiner, his expression still stoic. "If this continues, time and space will degrade until nothing will remain of the multiverse. In order to correct this, we must destroy Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R and their enforcers."

"But… JOKR's still in no condition to fight!"

"Even so, we can't let S.H.O.C.K.E.R continue this string of chaos." Kotaro stated. "We have to stop them, no matter what the cost."

Kaito smirked, "Then it's time to call in some reinforcements."

---

This was it.

This was their final battle.

The Aura Riders, Nogami, Kohta, the Future Aura Riders, the Taros, Ichigo and Nigou all stand several miles from the Grand Fortress of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R. Ahead of them were hundreds upon thousands of Kaijin and foot soldiers, all of them ready and eager to rip the Riders to shreds and leading them were the Dark Aura Kamen Riders. Thanks to Kaito calling in reinforcements, Kaito called in a Rider named Kamen Rider Saikou, a Swordsman of Light, and a literal sword itself. He used his light powers to heal JOKR instantaneously, as if they hadn't been tortured in the first place. Thanks to him, JOKR was able to join them for the last stand.

"Well, this is it." Aaron said. "Our final battle."

"You make it sound like we might die here." Orion popped his knuckles.

"Oh don't worry, we won't. We'll make it out alive, for sure."

"Besides, we still need to give them payback for what they did to us." Kurogasa added.

"And we're gonna be with you guys." Kohta said with a thumbs up. "Every step of the way."

"That's right! Because heroes always win!" Ruby cheered.

"You tell 'em sis/mom!" Yang and Melody backed her up.

"Kaito-san, it's time." Hongo said to the thief Rider.

"One army of Riders, coming right up." Kaito said, before a large Dimension Wall appeared behind them.

The first two to step out of the wall were Kamen Riders Kuuga and Agito, the first two Heisei Riders. Next came Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Kiva, W, OOO, Fourze, Wizard, Gaim, Drive, Ghost, Ex-Aid, and Zi-O. Next came Kamen Rider Decade, who had been the one to help gather the original Heisei Riders. Following them were the Secondary Riders G3, Kaixa, Garren, Ibuki, Gatack, Zeronos, IXA, Accel, Birth, Meteor, Beast, Baron, Mach, Specter, Brave, Cross-Z, and Geiz. Then came the Extra and Dark Riders of the Heisei Era, and finally the Reiwa Era Riders, Zero-One, Vulcan, Valkyrie, Thouser, Jin, Horobi, Ikazuchi, Naki, Ark-Zero, Eden, Saber, Blades, Espada, Buster, Kenzan, Slash, Calibur, Saikou, Falchion, Sabela, Durandal, and even Solomon.

"That's a lot of Riders." Ruby commented.

"It's not over yet." DiEnd said as he gestured to the portal. Stepping out of the veil was a familiar Rider that Team JOKR met once before.

"I heard you guys need a hand?" Kamen Rider Showa, the inheritor of the legacy of the Showa Riders, said. Following the Rider were even more Kamen Riders, each of them having various different aesthetics or motifs; some even looked like different versions of the Heisei, Showa, or Reiwa Riders.

"Shinichi-san, you made it!" Orpheus said.

"Of course I did. Wouldn't wanna miss kicking S.H.O.C.K.E.R's ass again." Showa smirked.

"Woah…" Koa said in awe. Ruby turned her head, seeing Koryu with two other Dinosaur themed Riders. One had a magenta bodysuit that covered his body as knightly armor donned him. The armor has the body of a garnet stegosaurus' body as the upper chest armor and with the four legs as the armor for the lower part of his body. The gauntlets and boots are white with garnet cuffs; the fingers having garnet effect tips resembling the stubby toes of the dinosaur and the tip of the boots are also garnet effectively toed. His helmet is mostly silver except for the white mouthguard and garnet compound eyes. It also has a stegosaurus tail acting as the horn of the helmet, alongside a garnet shield with the dinosaur's famous plate design upon his left arm.

The other looked exactly like Koryu, save for some key differences. Sapphire coloring made up his armor pieces, with red compound eyes. An indigo bodysuit covered his body as his gloves had Sapphire claws. Topping off his look was the fact his fanged mouthpiece looked much more jagged.

"This is a temporary alliance at best." The Koryu look-alike said coldly.

"Just stay out of our way, and we'll be fine." The stegosaurus themed Rider growled towards the Sapphire Koryu.

"Just like old times… 'Partner'."

"Don't test me…" The two said, butting heads.

"Oh, so the sapphire clone of you must be your villain and Stego is your partner. Can totally see some history between you two." Aaron said.

"You don't know the half of it…" The three dinosaur-themed Riders said dryly at him.

"Wait… Two Koryu's?!" Nora exclaimed in confusion as she and Ruby were staring at the two.

"I'm confused."

"Think of them like dark versions of him. Just like we have our dark counterparts, so does every Rider of the Heisei Era." Orpheus explained. Nora and Ruby gave a nod of understanding now.

"Hmph. Kamen Rider Andai." The look-alike introduced himself. "That's all you need to know."

"Not to mention a jerk. I'm Kohtaro's partner and his senpai, Rex Daniels." The Stegosaurus Rider introduced himself as well. "Also known as Kamen Rider Juraki."

"I held onto your friend, Rex." Koryu said as he handed him Paradot who was happy to see him.

"Thanks buddy." Juraki nodded and the two bumped fists.

"So many Riders… my noggin is gonna burst!" Koa exclaimed, wildly ruffling her hair. "There's so many!"

"Well, we can't let everyone else have their fun. Let's join in on the party, boys." Aaron told his teammates.

"Right!" The three agreed.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! WOLF/DRAGON/BEAR/FALCON/OOKAMI/WYVERN/JAGUAR/TIGER/HYDRA!

"Henshin!" They all shouted.

KURENAI NO HUNTER! CRIMSON WOLF!

TENGOKU NO EMPEROR! WHITE DRAGON!

TOMERARENAI WARRIOR! AZURE BEAR!

SHINOBI ONGAKU! SHADOW FALCON!

SHOUT IN THE MOONLIGHT! HOWLING OKAMI!

SHIRORYUU NO MUSUME! WHITE WYVERN!

LIGHT WITHIN SHADOW! VIOLET JAGUAR!

RAGING STRIPED FIGHTER! BURNING TIGER!

EMERALD PREDATOR! GREEN HYDRA!

The Aura Riders unleashed their animals that flew around before merging and transforming them into their Rider forms. The others from Remnant drew their weapons as Koa transformed into her Greeed form.

"This is it…" Jaune said nervously. "If we lose here…"

Pyrrha placed a hand on the Arc's shoulder before smiling, "We're not going to lose… because we are a team."

"And we always stick together!" Nora grinned widely.

"We can do this." Ren finished.

"Yeah… yeah, you're right." Jaune nodded.

"Weiss, remember to pick your targets and remember your training." Winter said, drawing her sabre.

"Yes, Winter." Weiss nodded, drawing her Myrtenaster.

"You ready Blake?" Yang grinned, cocking her Ember Celica.

"Ready when you are."

Kurenai stepped forward, before turning around to address the entire army of Riders. "Riders from the multiverse! You've gathered here to wage war with our greatest enemy, S.H.O.C.K.E.R! In the past, we were separate from one another by idealisms, morals, and even from distant worlds. However, that matters little here because we all share a common goal. Whether good or evil, we are still Kamen Riders! So let me ask you this now, my friends… Will you stand with me?" He announced.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"I SAID WILL YOU STAND WITH ME!?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So you foolish Riders have come!" A voice bellowed in the air. A huge hologram of Emperor Red suddenly appeared, towering over the Rider Army. "I'm afraid to inform you that you're too little, too late. Your resistance is futile. Soon, everything will bow down before S.H.O.C.K.E.R's rule!"

"Wrong! Just as S.H.O.C.K.E.R fell in the past, so too will you fall here!" Kurenai declared.

"The only thing that shall fall are you miserable Kamen Riders. Gaze upon the countless faces of your demise." Emperor Red emphasizes by raising his arms. The Riders saw a grand army of Kaijins that the Riders faced before, evil soldiers, and other more dangerous foes. "RISE UP, OH BEINGS OF THE DARKNESS! WE RISE TO BRING FORTH THAT DARKNESS INTO COUNTLESS WORLDS! DESTROY THESE CURSED FOOLS WHO DEFY US! FOR THE GLORIOUS FUTURE THAT IS Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" the grunts saluted.

"Even so, your reign of tyranny will end here!" Ichigo said, stepping forward. "So long as we Riders stand in your way, you will never succeed in conquering!"

"Oh, but I beg to differ." Emperor Red as the hologram now focused on an unconscious Kai that's inside a large glass tube, sealed by a steel door.

"Kai!" Ruby cried out. "You let him go, right now!"

"Foolish girl. With this boy's power and the power of Ultima, I shall power this dimensional gateway and my organization shall conquer every world in the multiverse! Then once fully powered, I shall expand my reign to all multiverses!"

"Not while we're here!" Kurenai said. "We'll never let you win! It all ends here! RIDERS?! CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!"

The Kamen Rider army released their individual war cries as they ran (or flew for some Riders) at the monster army. The other side did the same as they neared the middle ground, before eventually crashing into each other.

The war has begun.

---

Chaos; that was the word that aptly described the battlefield. Riders battled monsters as waves of energy, elements, and blasts filled the air and landscape. Some Riders fought alongside monster companions, even taking to the sky on them. Team RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, Winter, Miko, and Kurai were sticking together the best they could, delivering as many blows as they could before taking cover.

"Checkmate!" Ruby shouted to Weiss and Blake. The two nodded to each other, as two monsters snarled at them. They then use their speed with the help of Weiss's glyphs as they outmaneuvered and eventually overwhelmed the two monsters as they slashed and stabbed them both before falling dead.

"Nora! Ren!" Jaune shouted to them, as they nodded and knew what to do. With a rather large enemy, Ren charged forth with agile speed whilst Nora sailed through the air on her hammer.

"Yahooooooooo!" Nora cheered before she grabbed Magnihild in hammer mode and twirled around before slamming the face of the hammer against the enemy's face.

*BOOOOOOOOONG!*

The large monster was sent staggering back, allowing Ren to speed past its legs. With a few quick shots and some well placed slashes, the monster toppled over in an explosion.

Nora cheered happily, hugging Ren closely with one arm.

"Pyrrha! Give me a boost!" Yang said as she backflipped before landing on the face of Pyrrha's shield. Then using her Semblance, Pyrrha pushed Yang off with great force. "HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The blonde shrieked as she punched through a whole line of grunts that were knocked away.

Kurai jumped into the air and slammed her fist into the ground, creating a shockwave that sent a good amount of monsters into the air. Ruby took that opportunity and began sniping them one by one. A few more came charging at Kurai, only to be stopped by Jaune's shield and a flock of Winter's summons.

"WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Mudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamuda!" Tora roared as he went ham on the grunts with his flurries of punches and kicks.

"There he goes again." Orochi said with a sweat drop.

"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" Shadow shouted as she delivered a storm of slashes with her claws and dodging with great agility.

"And there she goes again…"

"Rei, a little help here would be nice!" Luna shouted as she was fending off against a group of grunts. Even with her Aura-manifested wolf pack, it did little to lower their numbers.

The hydra-based Rider rolled their eyes behind their mask, "I'm always saving your butt, Mel." They jumped in the air then their legs suddenly became a multitude of snakes that started biting down and hitting the grunts surrounding Luna. "There. All done."

"Ahh~ thanks Rei." Luna sighed in relief, but then all of a sudden, multiple short swords were pointed at them. "Uh… spoke too soon?"

"Yep, spoke too soon." Orochi nodded.

DAI KAIGAN! O-RE: OMEGA DRIVE!

"Haaaa!" Came the war cry of the phantom-like Rider, Ghost. The Heisei Rider came down from the sky using his Rider Kick as he took out the grunts in a variety of explosions.

"Whoa… Tenkuji Takeru." Luna said in awe. "I heard stories about him from Dad. He's so~ dreamy~"

"Are you two alright?" Ghost asked, approaching them.

"Yes, thank you for the assist." Orochi nodded at the orange-black Rider.

"Can I have your autograph?! Or your phone number?!" Luna started to fangirl.

"Uh… what?" Ghost sweat dropped.

"Oi, no time to fangirl!" Den-O shouted, as he hacked another grunt. "Get back to the fight- jamma da!" He shouted again, slashing another grunt who got in his way. "Get back to fighting!"

"Come on, Mel. You can talk to your childhood crush later." Orochi took Luna by the arm and started dragging her away.

"No~ waaaaaait!" Luna cried out.

"He already has a kid and you're already dating Miko!"

"Ha! Hyah! Ei!" Hikari said as she did several attacks on a few grunts with poise and grace using her weapons. Several try to surround her, but Hikari used her Glyph semblance which turned black and spun around slashing them away with elegance.

*SHING!*

Hikari gasped as she turned around, noticing that a grunt almost killed her, if not for Shiro that slashed him before that happened.

"Always watch your surroundings." Shiro said.

"H-Hai, Otou-sama." Hikari replied sheepishly.

*SHING!*

Shiro was surprised when he turned around and noticed a grunt almost getting to him, if not for Weiss saving him thanks to stabbing said grunt with her Myrtenaster before the grunt fell forward. "Someone needs to follow their own advice."

"Uh… thanks?" Shiro sweat dropped with a nervous laugh.

Weiss rolled her eyes, "Men." Then she took off to continue the battle.

"Great… it's the doghouse for me when we get back home…" Shiro slumped.

Hikari patted her father's shoulder, "It'll be okay, Otou-sama."

"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Nero shouted as multiple shadow clones appeared in front of them.

Nero and his Shadow Clones went on the assault, pulling out feather-shaped kunai and attacked the grunts at blinding speed. He and his clones then performed different hand signs, each of the notes on their scarfs lighting up with separate colors like red, blue, green, yellow, and purple.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Flame!"

"Water Style: Aqua Dragon!"

"Wind Style: Razor Hurricane!"

"Earth Style: Gaia Impact!"

"Dark Style: Shadow Shuriken!"

A burst of flame, a dragon composed of water, a powerful twister, a wave of jagged rocks, and a barrage of shadowy ninja stars all struck a battalion of grunts.

"Man, I have got to use this more often." Nero said to himself.

"Whatever you say, Mister Copycat Ninja!" Den-O called out. What Den-O didn't notice was a grunt coming towards him from behind.

"Look out!" Nero shouted, but by the time he did, a familiar boomerang and hatchet like weapon was suddenly flying in the air, before striking the grunt.

"What the-" Den-O looked at the source… and dropped his DenGasher, looking in front of them… Den-O Wing Form.

"It seems these disgusting S.H.O.C.K.E.R fellows are even worse than before. They dared put their filthy mitts on my retainer." The golden-white Rider said in his usual condescending way.

"T-Tebayaro?!" Den-O gawked. "B-But how?! Your belt… your helmet!"

"Ah, yes, that. Little difficult to explain but I was most cross with those black-garbed barbarians." Wing Form explained. "But I'm quite surprised. Despite your foul mouth and your brash attitude, you still care about me."

"S-Shut up, tebayaro! I-It's your fault that you kinda died when you really didn't!" Den-O snapped, looking away. Even backhanding a grunt to the face without even looking.

"Alright you two, save the reunion for later, we got an army bent on multiverse domination to deal with." Nero said.

Showa delivered a punch, knocking a S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunt onto his back. He proceeded to deliver punches and kicks, taking the footsoldiers down with ease. He clotheslined a couple of troopers before he kneed one in the face. As he landed, he delivered a reverse roundhouse that knocked a trooper onto his back.

Several troopers who were armed with guns fired at him but the bullets just froze in midair. He flicked his wrist and sent the bullets flying back at the troopers, knocking them down.

"C'mon, give me a real challenge!" Showa demanded as he backhanded a trooper trying to take him from behind. "Alright, let's finish this up! Sing, Yabuki!" In a flash, Showa transformed into green armor modeled after a samurai with cicada wings on his back. He drew his sword, the Higurashi no Yaiba, and charged it up.

"Singing Crane Slash!"

He swung the shining blade, unleashing a swarm of paper cranes which morphed into a flurry of energy swords that struck down the enemy forces.

"Gokuaku!" Showa invoked, as he changed into armor that resembled a red Oni with a skull-like horned helmet. He slammed his palms on the ground and pillars of flames burst out of the ground, incinerating any unfortunate troopers standing over them.

"Now, Zennin!" Showa changed again into dark armor that resembled a ninja. He drew the huge shuriken off his back and hurled it. Using ninja magic, the huge shuriken multiplied and struck down many S.H.O.C.K.E.R Troopers.

*WHAM! THUD!*

Another was about to strike Showa from behind, when a shield bounced against its head, knocking it out cold. The shield returned to Juraki who gave a thumbs up to Showa.

Koryu and Juraki tagged teamed a few monsters as they were back to back. Koryu ducked to allow Juraki to toss his shield out whilst punching two monsters. The shield bounced off a few monsters, before Koryu stepped on the shield and vaulted himself to deliver a powerful slash on a larger monster.

"Koryu!" Juraki shouted to him.

"On it!" Koryu nodded and jumped back.

UNBREAKABLE C-C-CITRICERA! FEROCIOUS!/S-S-SHOOTING PARADOT! FEROCIOUS!

The two Riders landed together, engulfed in colorful light. Koryu now sported his Citricera form whilst Juraki was in Paradot form, grabbing his shield midair. They nodded to each other before Koryu launched his fist and Juraki fired rapid shots.

"Talk about nostalgia…" Andai mused, holding a monster up by its collarbone. "You lot would have made decent allies had your intentions not interfered with my own!"

He tossed it into a bunch of monsters before drawing his Dino Blade and delivering a few slashes. He jumped back and took out his Core-Ryu before inserting it directly into a slot on his Dino Blade.

GLAMOROUS!

Sapphire energy covered the blade and charged up. "Feel my wrath!" He declared, pointing the Dino Blade at his enemies before pulling a trigger.

SAPPHIRE REX DINO-MIC!

"Ancient… Rex Roar!" Andai roared as he delivered three slash waves of energy, causing a group of monsters to explode on impact. "Tch, I take it back… you guys would make terrible allies."

"Uh, I hate to be a Lil Miss Negative here…" Kurai said, holding her Aura Knuckler. "But has anyone noticed that we're seeing more baddies rather than less?"

"Don't care. At least there's more of these annoying punks I can rip to shreds." Andai said, before rushing off to more enemies.

"Geez, lighten up a little…" Kurai muttered.

"Something's not right, Aaron." Azure said as he and Kurenai were back-to-back. "Their numbers aren't going down."

"I noticed. No doubt these guys managed to recruit more monsters before we arrived." Kurenai said with a scowl.

"This is bad… at this rate, we'll run out of energy and our Aura!" Jaune hypothesized.

"In that case, we need to stop Emperor Red's plans at the source!" Ruby responded, firing a few more rounds from her Crescent Rose before reloading.

"We'll cover you!" Koryu suggested.

"It'll be up to you to save that kid!" Juraki added.

"You won't be going anywhere." A familiar voice said. Coming towards them were Team Dark JOKR. Kurenai growled as he readied his weapons.

"Time for the final round." Kurenai said.

"It all ends here." Shiro as he and Hikari arrived.

"And this time…" Azure began.

"We're putting you down once and for all." Nero said.

"Yukina, you and the rest of Team MYYR and Miko go save Kai. Have Team RWBY, JNPR, Koa and Winter, along with Koryu cover you while you make your way." Shiro told Hikari. "And when you do rescue him, destroy that gate for good."

"What about you?"

"We've got some unfinished business with our evil twins." Nero stated.

"Jaune, Ruby. Go with Yukina. We got this." Orion said.

"Okay… but you better win." Ruby said.

"Guys, relax. This is us we're talking about here." Kurenai remarked. "Now get going."

Ruby, Jaune, and Hikari looked at them for a moment longer, then looked at each other, before nodding and heading out to save Kai.

"Prepare for your termination." Dark Shiro muttered coldly.

"Your deaths will contribute to Emperor Red's conquest." Dark Azure added.

"And all shall bow before Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R." Dark Nero finished.

"Ugh, will you please just shut the hell up?!" Kurenai groaned irritably. "Termination this, multiverse conquest that. Do you even listen to yourselves?! You're all broken records that need to be broken! And I'm gonna do that for ya!" He then equipped himself with the Exceed Mask and Burst Brace.

Then he pressed the buttons on both devices.

EXCEED THE LIMIT! BRACE YOURSELF!

He placed the Mask over the 'face' of his Driver then after slotting his Aura Sphere into the gullet of the wolf, he placed the Burst Bracer in afterward with the ring of the bracelet covering the lower jaw, almost like a frisbee.

PREPARE FOR POWER! PREPARE FOR POWER!

The electronic tune with a synthetic voice began to play as Aaron got into his stance then leveled a glare at Dark JOKR before crying out, "Soul Burst Henshin!" Then slammed down on the wolf's head as it 'bites' down on the Bracer, which suddenly clicked open and flipped up a black pair of 'sunglasses' that locked over the Exceed Mask and covered the eyes until they shone a brilliant yellow.

EXCEE~D BURST!

THE CRIMSON HUNTER EVOLVES UNDER THE FULL MOON!

Two Aura wolves flew around, biting and clawing at a few enemies before merging with Aaron in a brilliant light. The light fades, and Aaron has once again changed into his Exceed Burst Form.

"Time to make this showy." Kurenai punched his fist into an empty palm.

"Upgrade to your current form is obsolete." Dark Kurenai said. "The conclusion will result in the same way: termination."

"You say that, yet I don't feel the least bit threatened. So bring it on, Metroid Prime."

"Don't forget about us." Shiro said as he, Azure, and Nero stood by his side, their weapons drawn and brandished. The two teams slowly walked towards each other then gradually went faster by power walking, then jogging, and finally running before the two sides clashed, their weapons sparking the middle as they did and the battle ensued.

---

Emperor Red observed the battle from afar. He couldn't help but frown at how long the battle was going as the two armies were currently at a stalemate. The Riders had skill and experience on their side but Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R had the numbers. It was only a matter of time before his trans-dimensional gateway was completed. They could keep up with this stalemate, and they'll eventually win but at the same time, he was an impatient man and their plans for multiverse conquest need to be executed. So, there's only one thing he could do. And that's enter the battle himself.

"Tch, if you want something done right, do it yourself…" Emperor Red muttered before turning to a group of monsters. "Ensure that no Rider or hero gets to him."

As he left, he turned to his son, his emotions hidden underneath his mask. No words were shared between them, as Emperor Red soon left. He soon made his way towards the battle. Several RioToopers and Kurokage Troopers all charged at Emperor Red. One tried to stab him with the Kagematsu, but Emperor Red merely swatted it away before grabbing it with the other hand, pulling it away and using it as his own to strike that Kurokage Trooper down.

He then twirled it around and then struck two RioTroopers down and a second Kurokage Trooper, and eventually a third, fourth, and fifth of both types of Riders. He then looked to see Ichigo and Nigo doing battle with the group of monsters and decided to approach them.

"DOUBLE! RIDER KICK~!" Ichigo and Nigo shouted as they jumped up and flipped forward, before dive-kicking towards a group of monsters, destroying them in the process. However, the moment they finished their attack, they were suddenly blindsided by another attack that sent them flying. By the time the Double Riders registered what had just happened, they were face-to-face with Emperor Red.

"Destroying you two will no doubt cause a large enough chain reaction to destroy this timeline." Emperor Red said coldly, approaching the two Riders. "It's time I brought an end to you miserable Kamen Riders."

"Madman! Destroying this timeline will destroy you and your allies as well!" Ichigo said.

"You forget that I aim to conquer the multiverse, meaning there are multiple timelines that I can conquer!"

"Then we must stop you… here and now!" Nigo said as he and Ichigo got into a fighting stance. Emperor Red got ready as well. The three charged at each other and the two Riders delivered a few punches that were blocked or deflected by his hands. Emperor Red jumped over them to deliver a kick to Nigo in the back. Nigo was sent flying, as Red and Ichigo began fighting. Ichigo would deliver a few punches and kicks that would be countered by Emperor Red's own. It wasn't long before Red deflected a punch and grabbed the first Rider by his throat and proceeded to choke him off the ground.

"TOH!" Nigo kicked off a nearby monster and front flipped towards Emperor Red. "RIDER PUNCH!"

Nigo delivered the punch to Emperor Red's solar plexus, making him drop Ichigo and slide backwards a bit. The two Riders looked like they were giving it their all, as the Emperor brushed off some dust on his shoulder.

"It's almost amusing that you can barely keep up with me." Emperor Red mocked, slowly approaching them. "Then again, I'm no stranger to combat. You are just delaying the inevitable."

Ichigo staggered up, gritting his teeth under his helmet. Nigo was also trying his best not to fall over from exhaustion. "All this chaos and destruction… is this what your son really wants?!" Ichigo shouted, making Emperor Red halt in his tracks.

"Choose your next words carefully, for they will be your last." Emperor Red growled, clenching his fist.

"If you truly care for your son, then why go to such lengths to use him like a tool?!" Nigo added.

"I am doing what is right for all of the multiverse! Where everyone and everything shall be unified under one nation! And that is none other than Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R.! Under my rule, there will be true peace!"

"At the cost of your own son?!"

"I will achieve my goals through any means necessary! Even if it means sacrificing my own flesh and blood to make it happen!"

"We won't allow you to destroy everything!"

"Then do your worst." Emperor Red said, standing in a position with one arm behind his back and his legs together as he gestured with his other hand to come at him. Ichigo and Nigo accepted the challenge, charging towards him.

---

Back with team JOKR and their vile doppelgängers, the Riders were neck and neck against each other. Kurenai and his Dark self were flying across the battlefield at high speeds, leaving red and gold streaks that clashed against each other. The two were delivering powerful blows to each other, neither one wanting to give in. Azure ducked, as Dark Azure punched the ground, causing large boulders to soar into the air. He then jumped into the air to grab two of them before throwing them at his dark self with a roar. Dark Azure broke the boulders with his fists and head, only to be met by Azure's kick pushing him back.

"Now you're starting to piss me off!" Azure said, before taking out his Exceed Mask.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

Putting the mask over the bear's face, He then declared "Soul Charge!" as he had the bear's mouth chomp on the Aura Sphere and the hollowed eyes flashed into a deep emerald green.

URSINE! EXCEED CHARGED!

His Bear Aura flew off him, swiping at Dark Azure in the process. The animal gave a powerful roar as golden markings formed along its body. It then leapt into the air before spiraling around and into Azure, covering his body with golden light, donning in his upgraded armor.

TOMERARENAI WARRIOR! OVER SOUL! EXCEE~D URSINE!

He slammed his fists together as electricity crackled throughout his body. "Come on, you cheap knockoff! Time for Round 2!"

Dark Azure cracked his knuckles and got ready to fight, the two charging towards each other.

Nero and his doppelgänger were complete blurs, clashing with their Kunai and throwing them at each other. Dark Nero summoned shadow clones to attack, only to be met by Nero's own shadow clones. "Looks like I have no choice but to use it again." Nero said, drawing out his own Exceed Mask.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

"Soul Charge!" Nero shouted after he put the mask over the falcon's face, then placed his Aura Sphere into the falcon's beak, closing it as the hollowed eyes flashed yellow.

FALCON! EXCEED CHARGED!

The sound of a screeching falcon echoed as a neon purple falcon made out of Aura came out of the Driver and screeched again, causing the Dark Nero to stop in his tracks. The falcon soared in the air for a few seconds before it came down and overlapped Nero's form, shrouding him in a bright light. Once the glow receded, Nero's armor had been altered once more.

SHINOBI ONGAKU! OVER SOUL! EXCEE~D FALCON!

"By my hands, your life shall end!" Nero declared, before charging towards his doppelgänger.

Dark Nero readied two Kunai and both took to the sky, clashing with sparks flying.

Shiro and Dark Shiro circled each other, their blades poised yet neither dared to make the first move. Shiro glared at his second doppelgänger underneath his helmet, sweat dripping from his brow. Both tightened their grips on their weapons before both began to dash towards each other in a storm of sparks and elements. Their sword fighting made it difficult for enemies to even get close, as the two were deadlocked with each other.

"Your death will not be a painless one." Dark Shiro said coldly.

"Do you ever shut up?!" Shiro exclaimed as he slashed Dark Shiro across the face. Sparks and electricity crackled before there was a small explosion, causing Dark Shiro to stagger from the impact. However, upon closer examination, Shiro was shocked to see underneath the helmet. "You're… a machine!"

"Correct, those flaws have been removed from us." Dark Shiro said unfazed, despite the slash marks of his mechanized face underneath his broken helmet as well as leaking oil. "It will be those flaws that bring about your end."

"I'd like to see you try!"

The two continue their clashing, both in a deadlock.

"You'll never defeat us!" Dark Shiro said, some of his oil squirting into Shiro's visor. "We will terminate! Exterminate! Destroy all humans!"

"Oh… give it a rest!" Shiro delivered a kick to the doppelgänger's sternum. "I've had just about enough from you trash cans!"

"Damn right!" Azure said as he slid back. "I haven't done a finisher in this form, so let's rectify that!" He said, before opening up the bear's maw and having it bite on the Aura Sphere.

EXCEED BITE! AZURE BEAR!

Azure smirked as he punched his fists together, letting the energy build up around them. Dark Azure began violently tossing all sorts of debris at the bear themed Rider. Azure merely chuckled as he began punching the debris at an incredibly fast rate. He then charged towards Dark Azure, ducking under a punch and delivering an array of lightning fast punches.

EXCEED URSINE CLAW!

"DORARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARA!" Azure roared, as he delivered an uppercut that sent his doppelgänger spiraling into the air. He then turned his attention to Dark Shiro, charging at him. The dark Aura Secondary Rider tried to slash him, but Azure ducked under and Dark Shiro was sent flying with an uppercut as well. "DORAAAAAA!"

"I suppose I'll finish things as well." Nero added, opening and closing his Driver's maw.

EXCEED BITE! SHADOW FALCON!

Nero's body crackled with energy as it began to shimmer into three clones of himself. In a flash, he proceeded to run around Dark Nero who drew a few more Kunai. He tried to throw a few at Nero, only to miss and get hit by one of the fast moving clones. The three proceeded to attack and strike from every angle, creating a lot of sparks from Dark Nero's body.

EXCEED SHADOW TALON!

Nero then proceeded to stab his doppelgänger from behind, whilst his clones kicked him high into the air, causing Dark Nero's body to explode on several places in small bursts.

As the three collided with each other, Dark Kurenai was slammed into them as well. Kurenai wiped his hands before preparing his own finisher.

GA-CHOMP! BRACE FOR IMPACT!

The crimson Rider took a stance as yellow-red electricity began to pulse around his body then it traveled down to his feet. There was a brief flash of his compound eyes before he ignited the boosters on his hips and back, sending him to the air. With a small corkscrew in the air, Kurenai shot down, towards Team Dark JOKR, with a blast from his boosters while his kicking feet were outstretched into a dropkick.

"HYAAAAAAAA!" The wolf-themed Kamen Rider roared as his charged up Rider Kick struck the Dark Riders and pushed his way right through.

BURSTING EXCEED FANG!

The supercharged Rider landed with a flourish as his boots kicked up dirt and sparks before coming to a stop as the Dark Riders behind him began to spark until they were engulfed in a large explosion.

"Yatta ka?" Shiro got out as Team JOKR looked on. However, their fears were founded as four silhouettes slowly rose up from the flames. Coming out from the smoke was Team Dark JOKR, albeit damaged, but still walking.

"Oh c'mon!" Nero complained. "What's it gonna take to beat these guys?!"

"That was our strongest attack too." Azure groaned. "How did-"

"They must've gotten a little bit more data at the last second for them to withstand that." Kurenai frowned.

"Terminating us… is futile…" Dark Kurenai said.

"Our mission… will not fail." Dark Shiro added.

"You are imposters." Dark Azure stated.

"Eliminating you all… will bring glory to Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R." Dark Nero finished, as they all brandished their weapons, still willing to fight.

"All of you are just broken records!" Shiro growled. "I really didn't want to use this until the Vytal Festival, but dammit, you forced my hand!" He then took out his Exceed Mask as well as another item. It looked to be some sort of disc that was vaguely similar to the Origami Discs the Shinkengers possess. It was white in color and it had Shiro's symbol on all segments on the disk.

"Wait, what's that?" Azure questioned.

"My upgrade. The Burst Guard." Shiro answered, slowly stepping forward.

"When did you get that?" Nero asked.

"I built it." Kurenai answered. "I mean I was working on something on the Den-Liner before all the shenanigans happened."

"So no more talking!" Shiro said, as he inserted the Exceed Mask on the Aura Driver and flipped his katana, the RyuuKoutei downward before slipping the disc through the handle of the blade stopping at the hilt.

EXCEED THE LIMIT! STEEL YOURSELF!

A fast paced Japanese tune played as Shiro flipped the katana right-side up and spun the Burst Guard rapidly, just like how the Shinkengers spun their Origami Discs. As it spun, streams and wisps of Aura began pouring out of the disk surrounding the white aura Rider. "Exceed Soul Charge!" He shouted before bringing the disc to the dragon's mouth that he opened and letting it bite down on the disc to stop the spinning.

EXCEE~D BREAK!

Emerging from Shiro's Driver was the silver White Dragon followed by a navy blue mechanical dragon with diamond spikes and red eyes. The two dragons spiraled upward towards the sky before coming back down towards Shiro, which then the mechanical diamond spiked dragon enveloped him while the silver White Dragon encased them in a diamond-like crust. Moments later, the diamond crust shattered revealing Shiro's new armor upgrade. Standing in a navy blue bodysuit, his armor gained a silvery and diamond coloring. His chest plate is replaced by a dragon themed armor encrusted with diamonds that a Daimyo would wear, with a flowing scarf around his shoulders. His longer tailcoats were reminiscent of that to a draconic tail, as his leg armor gained a few diamonds as well. His arm guards also had a bit of extra armor. As for his helmet, the golden crest was transformed into a mix of a gold, silver, and diamond helm of a Daimyo, with the mouthpiece resembling a Dragon's diamond colored beard. A clear diamond visor covered the eyes which glowed red. His dragon wings were also longer with three kinds of pinions that were white, blue, and navy in order as a light blue glow emerged in between the pinions like membranes.

THE WHITE DRAGON DAIMYO AUTHORIZED BY RESOLVE!

"Ho-"

"Ly…"

"Crap." Kurenai finished the surprised duo's sentences.

"Kamen Rider Shiro… Exceed Daimyo, mairu." Shiro said as he raised his sword. Dark JOKR readied their weapons, transferring a lot of energy towards them. They all swung their weapons to create a large wave of their energy towards Team JOKR. Shiro however wasn't fazed, as he spun the disc on his sword, which created a small typhoon of mixed elements. With a roar, he slashed the enemy's attack in two, causing both halves to veer and explode in two separate mountains.

"What the fu…" Azure was lost in his words as Shiro charged towards the four evil Riders.

Dark Kurenai clashed his blade against Shiro's, only for the dragon Rider to slash him across the chest in a shower of sparks. "I-Impossible!" He said in shock.

"Not probable, trash can!" Shiro said, delivering a kick to his head. The rest of Team Dark JOKR joined the fray, clashing with Shiro as he moved fluidly whilst his movements seemed to sparkle off the diamonds of his armor. Dark Nero attempted to harm Shiro by throwing multiple kunais in all directions, but Shiro stayed still as multiple lines were seen slashing across the area, deflecting or cutting all the kunai that were thrown.

"What?!"

"It won't work on me!" Shiro said, before spinning the Burst Guard and having the dragon head on his Driver bite on it once.

GABU! BURST BRILLIANCE!

"I'll be borrowing a move out of InuYasha's set! Adamant Barrage!" He shouted, swinging his sword and multiple shards of diamonds sprayed out towards Dark Nero. The dark counterpart of Orpheus tried to dodge and fly out of the way, but it was no use as the shards of diamond impaled him all over.

"System error… target exceeding parameters…" Dark Nero glitched out, sparking from parts of their body before-

*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

"One down, three to go." Shiro said, before his attention to Dark Azure.

"Destroy." Dark Azure said as he charged at Shiro with his fists shrouded by a dark purple aura. He threw several punches, but Shiro blocked them all with the flat side of RyuuKoutei. He then slashed Dark Azure multiple times each time that he did, diamonds grew out of the cuts impaling it from inside causing it to stagger. He spun it once more then brought the Burst Guard to the Driver's mouth and had it chomp on it twice.

GABU! GABU! BURST RADIANCE!

"Dance of the White Moon!" He shouted before waving his blade in a circle and a white light appeared before Dark Azure. Shiro jumped out of the way before it turned into a pillar of light, enveloping Dark Azure before it crystallized and shattered into pieces taking the Dark Rider with it.

With two of their number destroyed, the last of Dark JOKR attacked Shiro simultaneously together. However, it was futile as Shiro brought out Kage Ryuujin as well and blocked both attacks with his katanas, attacking them relentlessly. Slash for slash, punch for punch, and kick for kick, he did everything in his power to cripple Dark Kurenai and Dark Shiro, not allowing them to recover or use their weapons against him.

"You will not stop…" Dark Shiro began.

"The glory of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R!" Dark Kurenai finished.

"And that's where you're wrong." Shiro said as he raised his RyuuKoutei, spinning the disc faster and faster.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

He then brought the disc to his driver and allowed it to bite down on it three times. "Because this is how your evil ends!"

GABU! GABU! GABU! BURST HISSATSU WAZA!

A blade of white energy sprung from the base of the blade, and the White Dragon took shape from the energy, coiling around the blade before it shot up into the sky. Shiro then stabbed the katana into the ground before jumping up and using the katana as a platform boosted himself upwards into the sky before flipping forward and diving down for his Rider Kick. The White Dragon soon followed behind him as it enveloped him, the dragon's head made of energy being one with Shiro's body as it opened up its mouth.

"O-re no shinnen… misete yaru! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Shiro shouted.

BURSTING BRILLIANT RADIANCE!

Shiro's kick connected with the two Dark Riders hitting Dark Shiro in the chest with Dark Kurenai trying to assist Dark Shiro in pushing back, but it was no use as Shiro's kicked past, their bodies splitting in half as he did, before skidding to a halt. When he came to a stop, Dark Kurenai and Dark Shiro's halves crackled with electricity before exploding and amongst the spectacular display, shards of diamonds rained down from the sky.

The rest of Team JOKR watched in silence before Kurenai said, "Well, that worked better than I thought."

Shiro turned around to his friends and gave them the Kuuga thumbs-up.

"Show off!" Azure and Nero shouted to him.

"Oh you're just jealous that I outdid Wizard Infinity spectacularly." Shiro waved off nonchalantly.

"Actually, since I made it, the credit goes to me." Kurenai pointed out. "Was not expecting you to look like a walking jewelry store."

"Hmph… at least Weiss will appreciate it." Shiro huffed.

"You are such a baby."

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

JOKR's attention focused on the source of the yell as Ichigo and Nigo were sent flying before landing in front of them, groaning in pain.

"Ichigo-senpai! Nigo-senpai!" Shiro shouted as he rushed over to them as did the rest of the team. "Daijoubu desu ka?! Shikari shiro!"

"Heads up! We've got incoming!" Azure gestured to the sky.

Looking upwards, they saw Emperor Red floating towards them before slowly making his descent in front of them. He scanned the area, before looking to see the remains of Team Dark JOKR. He frowned at this, before looking at Team JOKR. "So… it seems you destroyed your alter egos…"

"I did." Shiro said, as he stood up and stepped forward while the rest of the team helped Ichigo and Nigo up. "And you're next. Because we're putting an end to your ambitions right here and now!"

"We're probably gonna die, aren't we?" Nero asked dryly.

"Most likely." Kurenai answered.

"No, we can't. We have to stay alive… for our kids' sake." Azure pointed out.

"He's got a point." Kurenai agreed. "Besides, it's not everyday that you get a chance to fight alongside Ichigo and Nigo in an epic face-off against a big bad."

"And just what can the six of you truly do?" Emperor Red asked. "Look around you! Your forces are insignificant to the strength of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R! Soon, they will perish and the rest of you with them! And it's only a matter of time before my dimensional gateway is fully operational. And when it is… my conquest for multiverse domination will begin!"

"As long as we live, those ambitions will be left in shambles!"

"Very well, I shall kill you, then allow my minions to kill your friends." Emperor Red then glowed an ominous energy as his whole being was transforming. The grunts and Kaijin that were defeated all glowed the same energy before turning into said energy and being absorbed into Emperor Red. Ichigo, Nigo, and Team JOKR braced themselves as this was happening. Moments later, the dark energy dispersed and Emperor Red had gained a monstrous form.

Standing before them was a large monstrous chimera of a Kaijin. His legs were sharp raptorial talons, with belt straps acting as shin and thigh guards. A serpentine/centipede belt covered both his waist and over a muscular and deep crimson body. Red eagle themed armor covered his chest and shoulders, with multiple serpents acting as a cape. Topping it off was a crimson helm with sharp fangs and multiple horns in the shape of a twisted crown.

"To think you riders would force my hand into this form." The newly formed Emperor Red mused, flexing his hands. "But it won't matter in the end."

"Good lord, why is it that every iteration of S.H.O.C.K.E.R's Leader keeps getting uglier?" Kurenai groaned in annoyance.

"I'm seeing a bit of an obvious trend with the leaders too." Nero remarked, to which Azure nodded in agreement.

"Shounen-tachi, it is time we end this!" Ichigo informed the younger Riders.

"Hai!" Shiro nodded.

"Do your worst!"

"With pleasure!" Kurenai said, before all six of them charged at Emperor Red.

---

Meanwhile, Team MYYR kept fighting their way through the plethora of grunts and Kaijin. It was a long and arduous battle. And their Auras were running low, but they have to keep going. They have to save Kai and get him out of the tube that served as that conduit for the dimensional gateway. If they could at least get him out of there and destroy it, then the gate will be useless.

"C'mon, it's just a bit further!" Shadow said.

"Easy for you to say, Miko!" Luna whined. "My legs feel like jelly with all this running!"

"We just need to get enough distance so we can save Kai!" Orochi remarked. "Or we're all in trouble!"

"Less talking! More butt whooping!" Tora said as he delivered a few more punches to a grunt.

"There's too many!" Hikari said, blocking another blow. Just as a few kaijin surrounded team MYYR, a few blasts as well as some ice summons dealt with them quickly. They looked to see that Winter and Weiss were responsible. "Okaa-sama! Aunt Winter!"

"Don't stop, Yukina!" Winter ordered. "Keep moving!"

"We'll hold them off!" Weiss said.

"Behind you!" Hikari shouted, seeing a grunt lunging at her family, when Koa drop kicked him in the face. Yang was also alongside Nora delivering a volley of their ammunition.

"Don't worry about us! We can handle things here!"

Tora placed a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder, "Come on, Yuki! We have to trust our parents to take care of this! We have another job to handle!"

"Alright, but be careful!"

Team MYYR dashed towards the tube, whilst their family protected them from the incoming hordes of enemies. As they arrived at the platform holding the dimensional gateway, they saw Kai groaning in pain as his body's energy was powering the large machine.

"Kai!" Luna exclaimed in shock.

"They've gone and turned him into a battery!" Orochi added.

"Grr…" Tora growled before his aura flared angrily. "Unforgivable!" He launched himself at the dimensional gate.

"Yin!" Hikari shouted, trying to stop him. Tora was then hit with sparks exploding from his chest as he was flung back towards the others.

"We can't allow you brats to ruin our plans." The team looks up to see Apollo Geist alongside the other generals.

"Take one last look at the world you have seen, for none of you shall be leaving alive." Shinigami Hakase said, before his body changed into the squid Kaijin that was called Ikadevil.

"You will know the true power of S.H.O.C.K.E.R!" Ambassador Hell said as he transformed into the rattlesnake-like Kaijin named Garagaranda.

"Know your own uselessness!" General Black shouted as he transformed into Leechameleon.

"We won't lose! Everyone is fighting for the good of everyone!" Luna said determinedly.

"Because it is our duty as Kamen Riders!" Hikari added.

"To beat the living shit out of you!" Tora added, punching his fists together.

"And protect the people!" Orochi included, pointing to the generals.

"That is our power!" Shadow said, her teammates getting ready as the generals slowly approach them. The two sides slowly approached, gradually moving faster, and eventually they made a sprint towards the middle. When they met, the battle began as they clashed their weapons/fists/legs with each other before they started throwing punches and kicks at each other.

Luna swung her claws at Ikadevil, "I'm in the mood for calamari! Hope you taste as good as you look, ugly!"

"Insolent child!" Ikadevil snarled as he blocked the claws then swung his tentacle arm at her. She was smacked upside the head before Ikadevil unleashed black ink from his mouth, splattering on her mask and torso as it suddenly made a hissing noise corroding the chest armor and helmet.

"Arrrgh!"

"Melody!" Shadow cried out, before her attention to Ikadevil. "You leave her alone!" She shouted, as she darted towards the squid kaijin and swung her weapon at him. "Hyaaah!"

"Not so fast!" Garagaranda declared as he slithered towards the panther Rider and caught her in a crushing hold.

"Get! Off!" Shadow growled as she used her claws to scratch the rattlesnake Kaijin but to no avail.

"You will not stop us!" Garagaranda hissed, before he was suddenly slugged to the face thanks to Tora, who involuntarily let go of Shadow.

"Hands off my sis!" Tora snapped. "You okay, Miko?"

"I'm good. Just worry about yourself, Nii-san." Shadow told Tora.

"No problem, sis!"

"Hah! Hiya! Ei!" Hikari shouted as she stabbed and slashed several times with her sabers against Apollo Geist, but the latter kept blocking with his saw shield as sparks flew off from the contact.

"You lack refinement and elegance, shoujo." Apollo Geist said. "Join us and I shall re-educate you on how to properly fight."

"Never!" Hikari spat.

"You are making a huge mistake."

"It's not a mistake, because what I do is right!" Hikari as she kept up her attacks, as Apollo Geist kept blocking. "It's you making a huge mistake! Conquering worlds and taking away everyone's livelihood! That is something that cannot be forgiven so easily!"

"I'll be sure to place that on your tombstone!" Apollo Geist smacked Hikari with his shield before hacking at her armor with both weapons. Hikari screamed in pain as sparks bled off her armor.

"Keep your dirty hands off my woman!" Tora roared with all the ferocity of his Aura Animal as he tackled Apollo Geist and then started to pummel the villain. "I! WILL! BEAT! THE! LIVING! CRAP! OUT! OF! YOU!" He shouted each word with a punch to Apollo Geist's helmet, denting and caving the helmet in. "DON'T! YOU! EVER! TOUCH! HER! AGAIN!"

"Yeesh, Yin needs to take a chill pill." Orochi said dryly. Their instincts went wild, causing them to dodge a blast from Leechameleon. "Nice try, ya overgrown gecko!"

"Then let's see you try to find me!" Leechameleon said, as he cloaked himself to disappear.

"Oh please…" Orochi rolled their eyes as they concentrated. After what seemed like forever, a blast was fired from thin air and Hydra dodged it before turning to the direction of the blast, and threw their weapons at it, causing the Leechameleon to reappear and stagger back.

"Impossible! How-!"

"I'm half reptile-Greeed." Orochi said, before rushing to punch and kick Leechameleon away.

"Foolish!" Apollo said as he drove his blade into Tora's shoulder before shield bashing him away.

"Gah!"

"Yin!" Hikari cried out, but then was bashed by Apollo with his shield. "Kyah!"

"All of you will die here!" Leechameleon shouted before firing several blasts at Team MYYR and Miko. Several of the blasts impacted on the platform near them, sending explosions everywhere and causing them to be sent flying before their transformations were cancelled. The monsters laughed as they approached them, watching them struggle to stand back up.

"Now to finish you all off, once and for all." Apollo said, chuckling darkly.

"We can't… let it end here…" Yin gasped in pain.

"Gotta… keep… fighting…" Rei groaned.

"We can't… give up." Melody winced.

"Too much… is at stake…" Yukina got out.

"We'll never… lose to you." Miko said, but then a tentacle from Ikadevil suddenly wrapped around her neck and was slowly raised up by the squid kaijin.

"Such spirit, even at the face of death. How utterly pitiful." Ikadevil taunted the weakened Riders. Before anyone could register what happened, the tentacle that held Miko up was suddenly cut, causing the squid kaijin to scream in pain, while dropping Miko to the ground, as she coughed several times to get air back into her lungs. Standing in front of Miko was Blake who looked absolutely livid.

"YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!"

"Mama?" Miko managed to say.

"HYAHHHHHHHHHH!" A spiraling red blur of rose petals torpedoed towards Apollo Geist's shield crashing into and breaking it, before the rose petals dispersed to reveal Ruby with her Crescent Rose in tow. "You leave my baby girl alone!"

"Mom?!" Melody cried out in shock.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" A burning yellow blur slammed into Garagaranda, sending the rattlesnake-like Kaijin crashing and tumbling to the ground. His assailant is revealed to be the angry form of Yang. "Mama Bear is angry…" She growled, before punching her fists together, with her Aura spiking up dangerously. "Very… VERY… angry!"

"M-Ma?" Yin squeaked.

Several glyphs appeared below the kaijin's feet before they blackened and it held them in place. Stepping up was none other than Weiss.

"Someone needs to teach all of you some manners." Weiss said curtly.

"Okaa… sama…" Yukina got out.

Soon after, JNPR, Koa, and Winter arrived at the scene.

"More fools seeking to die?" Apollo Geist spat as he tried to free himself.

"Not in your life!" Nora said. "We're here to smash ya!"

"And stop you." Ren added.

"You guys okay?" Jaune asked MYYR and Miko.

"Yeah… we're fine… somehow…" Rei groaned, as they all got up.

"We'll handle things here." Kurai said, having turned into her Greeed form. "Go rescue Kai!"

"Got it." Rei nodded to their mother.

"You guys be careful!" Yin told the others.

"Don't worry, we got this." Jaune gave a thumbs-up.

"Go, hurry!" Pyrrha urged.

With a nod from Team MYYR and Miko, they all went ahead towards the pod that kept Kai. Weiss soon released the grip from the Kaijin.

"No! They're going to free the boy!" Ikadevil shouted as he and his fellow kaijin tried to go after them, but Ruby used her Semblance to transport all of their friends to stand in front of said kaijin.

"And just where do you think you're going?" Winter asked, pointing her saber at them.

"You don't get away from this." Ruby said as she and her team got ready.

"It's ass whooping time!" Kurai said as she stretched her shoulders as Weiss and Winter's glyphs formed around it.

Meanwhile, Team MYYR and Miko finally arrived at the tube that was keeping Kai inside. Using their weapons, they knocked out any and all scientists out cold, while very few of them managed to flee the scene. Inside, Kai was unconscious, but the readings on the machine tell that he was still alive.

"Alright, let's break him out!" Yin said, punching his fists.

"No wait, if you do, you might hurt him inside!" Melody pointed out.

"Well then what are we going to do?!"

"Stop them!" Apollo shouted, seeing the heroes trying to break Kai out.

"Oh no, ya don't!" Kurai said, slugging him in the face. She then took out her Aura Knuckler and charged.

"We're not letting you anywhere near our kids!" Yang declared as she and Blake charged at Ikadevil.

"Yeah, you guys are just a bunch of creeps!" Ruby said, as she petal burst towards Garagaranda before headbutting him in the chest and then slashing him several times with Crescent Rose. While they were dealing with the S.H.O.C.K.E.R Generals, Yukina was at the controls, typing furiously on the keyboard while looking at a holographic screen.

"If I can somehow deactivate the tube…" Yukina said to herself.

"Who would've thought that you'd be dating a computer geek?" Rei quipped to Yin.

"A hot and sexy computer geek." Yin pointed out with a grin.

"Yin, shut up, I'm concentrating!" Yukina snapped, making Yin squeak.

"Someone's whipped…" Miko muttered dryly.

"You better not be talking, Ms. Skimpy Lingerie." Yin shot back.

"…Nii-san no baka…" Miko muttered cutely.

"Got it!" Yukina said, after pressing the last key. Moments later, the electricity inside the tube stopped crackling and the glass door of the tube opened up, allowing steam to hiss out. Kai fell forward but not before Rei caught him. When that happened, they heard a loud powering down sound, signaling that the Dimensional Gateway was deactivated.

"You cretins will die for that!" Apollo Geist growled.

"Not today, we aren't!" Ruby shot back as she shifted Crescent Rose into its sniper rifle form and fired three high impact Dust bullets at the villain. Apollo Geist flinched from the impact, before Jaune moved in as he jumped up and came down hard swinging his sword down.

Meanwhile, Winter used her glyphs that appeared to surround Garagranda and Weiss electric Dust to initiate time dilation on herself. She bounced from one glyph to another, striking the rattlesnake Kaijin at all of its weak points until stabbing him at the final one. Nora then rushed in and whacked him hard with the Magnihild.

Kurai head butted Leechameleon, before delivering a punch with her Aura Knuckler and then a slash with her sword. She ducked under a punch, as she delivered a kick to his side that sent him towards Yang. Yang smirked as she drew back her arm and sent her strongest punch to the Kaijin's face.

Blake and Pyrrha rushed towards Ikadevil then slashed and stabbed with their katana and lance respectively. With a boost from Pyrrha's shield, Blake jumped up before diving down, as she tucked one leg in, doing a flying kick. "Hyahhhhh!" She cries out as her kick strikes Ikadevil.

All of them staggered backwards as electricity crackled from their bodies. They couldn't fathom it. They were not Kamen Riders and yet… they were beaten?

"Impossible… inconceivable!" Apollo Geist got out.

"To think we would be killed this way…!" Leechameleon growled.

"Even so… even if you kill us all, S.H.O.C.K.E.R will be back!" Garagaranda snarled.

"Such is the fate of all Kamen Riders to fall by our hands!" Ikadevil said, before they all raised their arms in the air.

"Glory to S.H.O.C.K.E.R! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!" They all shouted, before falling to the ground and-

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

They all exploded in a dramatic fashion, as the heroes shielded themselves.

"Good riddance to bad rubbish." Winter said, sheathing her blade.

"Unnnnnnngh…" Kai groaned, as he slowly opened his eyes. "What… happened? Where am I?" He asked, looking around.

"Easy, you're a bit groggy." Yukina said, before Rei held up some fingers.

"How many fingers am I holding up, kiddo?" Rei asked.

"Uh… two?"

"Seems like he's ok."

"Come on, we need to get you out of here and away from the battlefield." Melody said, as her teammates helped the boy up to his feet.

"Wait… there's something… I need to do…" Kai muttered, before running towards the battlefield.

---

Emperor Red was punching Kurenai when he noticed the dimensional gateway powering down.

"NOOOOO!" He roared, before kicking Ichigo away. "Years of research… my ambitions… you Riders shall pay with your lives!"

"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Kurenai said, before pulling out the JOKR Soul Drive. "Guys, are you ready?!"

"Heck yeah!" Azure fist pumped the air.

"It's time we put an end to this!" Shiro said, sheathing his sword.

"Right with ya, man!" Nero added.

"Let's go!" Kurenai declared as he pressed the button on the device.

JOKR TIME!

Shiro, Azure, and Nero nodded to each other, before they began to glow their respective armor colors, turning into little balls of light that flew straight into the Soul Drive. Kurenai removes the wolf head of his Driver and replaces it with the stopwatch. A crimson wolf, a white dragon, a blue bear, and a purple falcon emerge from behind the Rider, who crosses his arms in front of him then shouts out, "Gattai Henshin!" He slams his palm onto the button of the JOKR Soul Drive.

GATTAI!

The Kamen Rider holds out his arms to the side as the four ethereal animals clambered onto his body, replacing his armor with a new set. An electronic rock song began to play from the stopwatch.

KURENAI, SHIRO, AZURE, NERO! COURAGE, RESOLVE, WISDOM, COMPASSION! UNITE~! UNITE~! TEAM JOKR UNITE!

The Rider stood in place as his armor finished completing. He still wore his black bodysuit but he now had a white chest plate that had Shiro's mask on it as a decoration complete with blue eyes. On his left shoulder was Azure's mask and running down his left arm was blue armor that formed a bear claw. On his right shoulder was Nero's mask and running down his right arm was purple armor that resembled falcon wings. He also had golden bracelets with four gemstones that were red, blue, white, and purple. He had the same golden bracelets on his ankles. On his feet were black boots that resembled the claws of a beast. He wore a black helmet with Kurenai's mask but it was split in half to reveal a new mask that looked more humanoid with a pair of red eyes and a golden mouthpiece.

"Oi! That's totally a ripoff of our Climax form!" Den-O Sword exclaimed comically, noticing Kurenai's JOKR form, before getting dragged back into the fight.

"Hmph, amusing. I'll accept your challenge." Emperor Red scoffed, before walking towards them.

"Are you ready for this?" Kurenai asked Ichigo and Nigo.

"We're happy to fight by your side." Ichigo remarked.

"Always." Nigo added, as the three charged towards the Kaijin. Emperor Red charged as well and the trio jumped into the air.

"Hiyaa!" Kurenai roared as he attacked with a flying kick.

"TOH! TRIPLE RIDER KICK!" Ichigo and Nigo declared as they both jumped as well, delivering their own flying kicks.

"Hmph." Emperor Red scoffed, before holding out his hand and dark energy spewed out, which suddenly stopped the trio mid-kick, surprising them. "Fools, did you think I did not come prepared? I barely even used 10% of my power."

He flexed his hand, and the dark energy repelled the trio of Riders backwards. They skidded along the ground before slowly getting back up.

"Face reality; you can't defeat me. Nor can you run from the truth of Kamen Riders."

"Bastard… you were holding back the whole time…" Kurenai said.

"Of course I was, you fool. You don't reveal your ace in the hole until the last minute."

"That won't stop us, Emperor Red!" Kurenai declared before pressing on the JOKR Soul Drive twice.

SHIRO TIME!

Kurenai drew both his Fang Howler in gun mode as well as Ryuu Kotei, before charging at Emperor Red. He began shooting at him before slashing at him with his katana. But Emperor Red scoffed at this as the leader waved his arm and darkness spread out. It hit the weapons before it disappeared.

"What?" Kurenai gasped.

"This is mere child's play at this point."

"Grrrrrrrrr…!" He growled as he pressed the Soul Drive again.

AZURE TIME!

The mask of Azure flashed on the Rider's left shoulder as a blue aura surrounded his fist. He tried to deliver powerful punches coated in Aura, but Emperor Red merely caught it and sent him flying back before skidding to a halt. Kurenai hit the button on the Soul Drive once more.

NERO TIME!

The mask of Nero shined as purple energy feathers erupted from the Rider's right arm before swiping it to send the feathers at Emperor Red as arrows, but Emperor Red merely swiped them away.

"Is that all you can do?" Emperor Red scoffed.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Kurenai said, before pressing it once more.

KURENAI TIME!

Red energy flowed around the Kamen Rider's body as the mask of Kurenai flashed. He jumped in the air and performed a spinning reverse roundhouse kick, but once again, Emperor Red countered as he caught his ankle before swinging him around and sending him flying before Kurenai was sent tumbling to the ground.

"I grow weary of this charade for long enough!" Emperor Red said, before taking to the sky. His body then glowed an ominous red and with a loud roar, dark energy spewed out of his being. Whatever was left of his army, all turned into the same energy and was absorbed, causing the Rider Army to stop what they're doing.

"Dammit, what now?!" Kurenai demanded.

"Everyone, move! He's gonna-" Ichigo tried to warn his comrades but it was too late.

"DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Emperor Red shouted as he sent a colossal wave of dark energy that spread across the entire battlefield. The entire Rider Army was hit causing multiple explosions throughout. Due to this, the entire army was left injured and crippled as they struggled to stand up. Kurenai's transformation was cancelled out, separating all of Team JOKR and leaving them in a bloodied and bruised state.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! All of you fools never stood a chance against me." Emperor Red laughed as he floated downward. "You were merely toys to play with. I could've finished the lot of you anytime that I wanted to, but I was more than happy enough to play the long game, watching you continue to amuse me of how futile it is. But now the game has ended. And it's time that I finished you off." He then produced a ball of dark energy and was ready to throw it.

"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

Emperor Red halted his attack as he looked to the source of who yelled. It was none other than Kai and he was standing alongside RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, Miko, Koa, and Winter.

"Kai…"

"Stop it now, father! What's the point in all this chaos? What do you hope to gain from hurting so many people?!" Kai demanded.

Emperor Red stared at his son for what seemed like forever before answering, "My son, I am doing this for the greater good. You may not understand it now, for you are still young, but in time you will. In order to achieve true peace, conquest and force are necessary. It is a necessary evil."

"Necessary!? You hurt and killed innocent people!" Blake shouted.

"As if you have any right to speak, Faunus." Emperor Red said, making Blake flinch. "If you want someone to blame, then look no further than humanity itself. Since the birth of mankind, they have abused their natural gifts and used it to bring chaos and hatred. They are the true monsters! And Kamen Riders are no better! They are inherently evil because they were born from the evil that is S.H.O.C.K.E.R! The Riders should be grateful that we gave them life! And yet these unappreciative humans that claim to be Riders are hiding behind their masks of idealisms, which are nothing but lies! Their masks hide the true monster that lies underneath! But I stand for everything that is real! I don't need to hide myself! I've always stayed true to what I am! While indeed I am a monster, this monster will become the reaper that will bring an end to this era of lies! Only then will true happiness be achieved! And once Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R has conquered everything! The Age of Monsters shall dawn in the multiverse! And I will reign supreme as its God!"

Everyone stared at Emperor Red in silence. How could he ever say such things?

"Maybe you're right…"

Emperor Red turned his head to Kurogasa as the others looked on in surprise. The young samurai struggled to his feet, his body was trembling in pain, telling him to stay down, but he remained defiant and eventually stood up.

"We humans are nothing but sinful. We wage war and spill blood, and even cause pain and misery towards each other. But… It's because of our nature as humans, that we are equally capable of being compassionate and kind, to understand one another despite our differences, and especially fighting for what's right when we have the power to do so! We humans shoulder a great burden, but we carry it gladly because we can support each other no matter how far we have fallen! And we have the potential to become something better so we can make a difference in the world no matter how big or small it may be! A man once said that, 'There's a S.H.O.C.K.E.R in all of us. It's a hero who notices it for themselves, fights it, and overcomes it!'"

Ichigo uttered a noise of surprise and bewilderment. He didn't know why, but hearing those words had his heart swelling up with so much pride and his spirit never felt so reinvigorated.

"Shonen… omae…!"

"We heroes grow from our mistakes and downfalls! Whatever monster we have within does not make us monsters! We use what we have, to do something worthwhile! Because at the end of the day, it's always about protecting people and becoming something more than the monsters that we share our powers with! No matter what you throw at us, we'll still come out finding a way to make the world better in light of that! And we don't just fight for justice! We fight for human freedom! That is our happiness! That is our resolve!"

"THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A KAMEN RIDER!"

Kai and the others looked on in surprise, hearing what Kurogasa had said. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Pyrrha, Ren, and Winter were stunned in silence while Ruby, Jaune, Nora, and Koa were in complete awe. Melody, Yin, Rei, and Miko couldn't help but smile proudly as they too were part of that legacy. And as for Yukina, she never thought her eyes would sparkle any brighter than it was now.

A certain magenta Rider also heard the speech as sure as the rest of the Rider Army as he scoffed, "Well damn, kid… that's actually not bad of a monologue."

"He's right…! We've never given up before…!" Kohtaro said as he struggled to stand back up.

"And we never will!" Orion said as he too struggled to stand.

"No matter how much pain you dish out," Orpheus spat as he pushed himself up.

"We'll just keep getting back up! Because a Kamen Rider never stays down!" Aaron shouted as he managed to stand up despite the pain he was in.

"That is our legacy!" Ichigo said as he stood up as well.

Kai seemed to be the most moved by Kurogasa's words. He looked down at his own hands before looking out at the many Kamen Riders. He slowly recounted how each of the Riders fought for the justice that they believed in and even the memories of those that believed in the Riders as well. This made his fingers clench as he looked up with determination in his eyes.

"I can't let you do this, dad!" Kai said as he stepped forward. "I too… I too believe in what the Kamen Riders stand for! I believe in their hopes! Be they good or evil, they embody the very ideal of the justice they believe in! And I will follow that to the end!"

As he kept stepping forward, a golden light began to shine from his chest and eyes. That same light began to gleam from the Riders, taking Emperor Red by surprise. It was then that the light began to swirl around his waist, forming a new Driver. The buckle itself resembled the Milky Way Galaxy with the center a black hole. The belt strap was blue-gold in color with silver dots that resembled stars.

"What?!" Emperor Red exclaimed in shock.

"A new driver!" Koa said, pointing out the obvious.

"So that's what it truly was…" Kaito remarked.

"Kai…?" Ruby got out.

The boy didn't say anything, except the one word that every Kamen Rider says, "Henshin…"

ULTIMA!

With the uttering of that word, his entire body glowed brightly, causing the bystanders to shield their eyes briefly. What followed next was that simultaneously, all of the Riders began to turn into motes of light before flying directly into the Ultima Driver, making Kai grow until he stood as a full-grown adult. This left the bystanders bug eyed and slack jawed. Moments later, after all the Riders were absorbed into the Ultima Driver, the light dispersed from his body, letting motes of light rain down and there stood the new Kamen Rider.

He had a black bodysuit that clung to perfect muscles with a blue chest plate fashioned to resemble a human torso clasped to his chest, gold shoulder pads with a U-shaped emblem present on them both, a pair of dark red gloves with silver accents, black elbow pads, a pair of blue-gold boots with silver knee guards, and a long bright red neck scarf. The helmet resembled Kamen Rider Ichigo's helmet if it was more aerodynamic and futuristic with the helmet itself being blue with gold accents, a silver mouthpiece, a pair of bright red bug eyes, and a black U-shaped marking present on the forehead. The black hole of the Ultima Driver began to glow with a white light with a red U marking present in the center.

At last, the ultimate Rider had been born.

"I… am Kamen Rider Ultima. The collective being of all Riders and those who believe in them. I exist to protect others across the multiverse from the hands of evil."

"Kamen Rider… Ultima." Emperor Red scowled as his fists clenched in anger. "This changes nothing, for you will not stop me."

"Emperor Red," Ultima spoke, his voice a culmination of all the gathered Kamen Riders. "Your actions have thrown the balance into chaos. By my hand, you will fall."

Red seemed to hesitate, before he angrily roared and fired blasts at Ultima. Ultima deflected the blasts, before charging towards Red. The two began fighting and clashing, flying across the land.

"Holy cats, I can't keep track of them!" Ruby exclaimed in shock as the bystanders tried to locate them.

"I think we have other problems, Red!" Koa said as she pulled her out of the way of an explosion.

"This is bad. At this rate, we'll get caught in their crossfire!" Winter said as she used a few glyphs to shield them.

"I've sacrificed too much for my ambitions to fall here!" Emperor Red roared as he slugged Ultima in the face. He then grabs him and proceeds to drag him across the ground. "I didn't want to do this to you, son! Surrender, and I shall spare you in the new world."

"I will not!" Ultima said before delivering a kick to get Emperor Red off him. "I will protect the multiverse!"

"Then you shall die, my son…"

"I already said it before. I am the collective being of all Riders and those who believe in them. I exist to protect others across the multiverse from the hands of evil." Ultima said, before flying towards Emperor Red and punched him multiple times, as he flew past and U-turned several times. Emperor Red roared as he allowed the dark energy to create multiple beams that targeted Ultima. The Rider ducked down, as he began flying to dodge the beams that followed him. He fired a few beams of light that hit the ones following him and caused multiple explosions. Emperor Red then came swooping in and tackling him to the ground. The two continue their fight, as fists and kicks meet each other. Neither of them wanted to give up, as they both punched each other.

"Why must you do this?! I am doing this for the greater good!"

"This isn't what is good for anyone but yourself! All you're doing is taking out your hatred!" Ultima said as he delivered a punch to Emperor Red's face. "Killing the multiverse won't bring peace, it will bring ruin! Open your eyes! No one would want this!"

"Don't you dare lecture me! You are a brat who doesn't know anything!" Emperor Red roared as he punched his face repeatedly. Ultima grabbed his fists and slowly got back up.

"Perhaps you are right… Perhaps I don't know anything." Ultima said as he gathered energy into his fist. "But in order to protect the multiverse… I have to stop you!" He delivered a punch that sent Emperor Red skidding backwards. He then took a signature pose of Ichigo, as more energy gathered around him.

"RIDER JUMP!" Ultima shouted as he flew high into the air. The clouds began to disperse as the sky began to change into a starry night. The stars and galaxies began to swirl around him, his Driver shining brightly. The energy began to take the form of all the Kamen Riders that embody him, as they all prepared their flying kick.

"As if I'd let you!" Emperor Red roared as he gathered all the dark energy of his fallen comrades.

"ULLLLLTIMATE… RIDERRRRR…!"

Emperor Red roared as he fired a blast that took the form of a monster as it flew towards Ultima.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOO!" All the Riders' friends shouted out.

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!" Ultima shouted as he came down with every other Rider. They all slammed into the large beam, creating a huge shockwave. Suddenly, the Riders were forcing back the beam, the Riders becoming a swirling galaxy that kept pushing back the darkness.

"Impossible! This is impossible! I'm the leader of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R! I AM EMPEROR RED!" Emperor Red shouted, as he was being pushed back more and more. Eventually, Ultima's Ultimate Rider Kick went past Emperor Red as he landed safely on the gateway platform, on one knee. Electricity crackled all over Emperor Red's body. "GAH! GAHHHHHH! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

"YEAH!" The Remnant group cheered.

Ultima slowly got back up, as his entire body began to glow in a golden light. His body dispersed as multiple lights flew out like shooting stars, returning the Kamen Riders to normal. JOKR, Ichigo, Nigo, and Kohta all stood beside Kai as Emperor Red plummeted towards the platform as well and then tumbled towards the inactive gateway.

"Guess that means we won, right?" Orion pondered.

"Well, we're still alive and the bad guy just exploded. So yeah, we won." Aaron stated.

"Uh… guys?" Kurogasa asked, noticing something missing.

A bloodied hand placed itself against the wall of the fortress, as Emperor Red weakly limped towards the remains of the Dimensional Gateway. "The gateway… it still has a small amount of reserve energy." He chuckled as he staggered over to a control panel and began typing coordinates in. "I can still try again… I can still achieve it!"

"DAD!" Kai shouted as the Rider and Remnant group all approached the gateway. "Please stop!"

"It's all over, Emperor Red." Aaron said. "Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R is no more."

"That's where you are wrong!" Emperor Red countered, slamming his fist onto the big red activation button. The gateway sparked and began to power on.

"What? But I deactivated it!" Yukina gasped. "How?!"

"The master override dealt with that. And it saved enough energy for me to go to another time and start anew." Emperor Red said weakly as he staggered to the portal's entrance, turning around to face them. "You may have defeated me now, but this war is far from over. Once I escape through this portal, I will rebuild S.H.O.C.K.E.R from the ground up, and when I have amassed enough followers, I shall-"

*SLASH!*

Blood and parts of Emperor Red's coat were suddenly sent flying into the air as he gave out a gasp of pain. Blood fell from his lips as he lost his footing, tumbling down the steps.

"DAAAAD!" Kai screamed, eyes widening with tears and sorrow. He ran past the Remnant group, towards his father as the others ran to help. Aaron and the Riders went to follow but stopped, looking up with wide eyes. Standing before them was the silhouette of a Rider they have never seen before. The only things they could make out was a Ravager Grimm styled helm with crimson eyes. A short cape flickered in the wind as he flicked his clawed hand to remove blood from it.

Team JOKR was left frozen, out of shock and intimidation at this Rider. The Rider said nothing as he turned around, walking back into the portal as the last of its power burned out. The four were snapped out of their trance as they saw Kai trying to wake his father up.

"Dad! Wake up! Please, you have to wake up!" Kai said desperately, tears streaming down his face.

But there was no response.

"Kai…" Ruby got out, as she knelt next to him. Kohta knelt next to Emperor Red and placed two fingers on his neck. After a moment, he looked up and shook his head. The group could see the heartbreak in Kai's eyes as he began wailing to the sky, letting it echo. All of a sudden Emperor Red's body glowed, causing them to back off. The corpse flew up in the sky before it turned into energy and dispersed. Up in the sky, they could see a montage of images of various worlds, and the energy from Emperor Red was suddenly restoring those said worlds to their former state.

"His soul must've…" Orpheus got out.

"Restored the world to normal." Orion finished.

"Dad…" Kai muttered as he kept looking at the sky as the motes of light continued raining down whilst the worlds continued to repair themselves.

"In the end, your father did the right thing." Aaron said, placing his hand on the boy's shoulder.

"And hopefully, this won't happen ever again." Kurogasa finished.

"Why do I get the feeling you jinxed it again?"

*BONK!*

"OW!"

"Shut up…"

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In the aftermath of Chou-Dai-S.H.O.C.K.E.R's defeat, the timeline of the multiverse was restored alongside reviving those that were lost in the chaos. As for the Rider Army, thanks to Decade and DiEnd, they used their Silver Veils to send them back to their own timelines and worlds. Once they pass through the other side however, they'll have no memory of what happened, at least for them, but the Remnant and Riders that majorly contributed to the fight will retain those memories.

"Welp, it's been real." Shinichi said. "Call me if you need me again." He said, with a two-finger salute before turning around to go through the Silver Portal.

"Well, guess that means we better get home as well." Orion said with his arms lazily behind his head.

"Yeah. I hope to one day fight alongside you guys again. Right, Rubes?" Kohta asked his T-Rex friend, who roared cutely as he walked through the portal. "Hey wait, I almost forgo-" Before he could finish his sentence, he disappeared into the veil.

"What are you going to do now, Kai?" Ruby asked. This caused Kai to look down in thought before looking up to her with a smile.

"I'm gonna keep protecting the multiverse." Kai said with a smile. "There's bound to be others who would want to do what my dad tried. That's what a Rider does best, right?"

Ruby smiled and gave him a hug. "Be sure to give us a call when you're in Remnant, okay?"

"I will." Kai nodded and hugged back.

"Shonen." Hongo said, as he approached Kurogasa, Weiss, and Yukina and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hongo-senpai?" Kurogasa got out.

"The Will of the True Kamen Rider is strong within you. Your words in the face of evil symbolized the very essence of who we are." Hongo said with a closed yet proud smile.

"Always stand as a beacon for others. It was truly an honor to fight alongside you and your friends. May you continue to honor the Will of our legacy, and pass it on to others." Hayato added.

Kurogasa was left speechless by Hongo's and Hayato's words while Weiss smiled and Yukina practically gushed. To be praised by the first Kamen Rider wasn't something to shirk. With a proud smile, Kurogasa nodded enthusiastically. "HAI!"

"Kyah~ Otou-sama, you're the best!" Yukina gushed, before pouncing on Kurogasa to the ground.

"O-Oi, Yukina!"

"Well I'll be. A huge endorsement for Kuro from Hongo-san himself." Orion scoffed good-naturedly.

"It's not everyday that you get praised by the original Kamen Rider." Blake said.

"Yeah, but I'm proud of Kuro, either way." Weiss smiled.

"I'd say that this adventure ended with a Yang! Eh? Eh?" Yang joked, looking around. Koa was laughing at her pun, whilst the others groaned.

"No, ma. Just no…" Yin groaned.

"Aw c'mon, that was gold!"

"Sorry, but puns aren't your forte." Yin deadpanned. "Even in the future, your puns are terrible."

"Ack!" Yang clutched her chest like she had been shot, falling to her knees as anime tears rolled down her cheeks. "Betrayed… by my own cub."

"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go home." Miko smiled, wrapping her arm around Melody's waist.

"Yeah, same here. I'm pooped after all that fighting… and running…" Melody said, before she was suddenly carried bridal style by Miko. "Eeek! M-Miko, what are you-"

"What? You said you're tired from all that fighting and running."

"Yeah, but do you really have to carry me?" Melody blushed, while looking away.

"You're not saying no." Miko teased with a smirk.

"Get a room, you two." Rei rolled their eyes.

"Who wants muffins, because I'm starvin'!" Koa said, patting her belly.

"Pancakes for me!" Nora said with glee. She leaned against Ren whilst wiggling her eyebrows.

"I will cook you all something when we get back to the Den-Liner." Ren said in his usual calm demeanor.

"That sounds lovely." Pyrrha smiled.

"Yeah, I'm just about ready to go home." Jaune added.

"And on that note, I guess I'll be going. I'll be taking this as payment though." Kaito said, as he held up the JOKR Soul Drive with a sly grin before going back through the Silver Veil.

Aaron was shocked before he checked his pockets frantically, realizing that he was pickpocketed when he least expected it. "Oi! Give that back you damn thief!"

"Let him go man." Orpheus placed a hand on his shoulder.

"But-"

"He saved our butts. This is the least we can do for his services."

"Fine…"

Orion noticed Aaron looking at the sky, a troubled face plastered on his face. "What's wrong, partner?" Orion asked, concerned. "You hardly ever look this troubled."

"That Rider…"

"The one that killed Emperor Red right?"

"You felt it too when you saw them… that… coldness."

"Yeah, it felt so… unnatural." Orion shivered, before looking at Aaron, "Think we'll see them again?"

"For some reason… Yes, I really do."

The two turned their attention to their friends, who were laughing and enjoying everyone's company. This brought a smile to Aaron's face.

"But for now, I think we can worry about that problem in the future."

No matter how many trials they go through, as long as they face it together, they can overcome anything. That's why they are Kamen Riders.

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GKC: And cue the ending theme, folks! We are finally done! Over 100 pages worth and we're done!

KRD: *plops to the ground face-first* Finally! After five months! FIVE WHOLE MONTHS! We finished this movie fic! Oh god, what an ordeal!

SR: *Laying in bed* But at last, we've made it!

GKC: Yep, and we can finally get to work on the rest!

KRD: But wait! There's still one more special chapter! Something for Team JOKR after everything they did in this movie!

SR: So buckle up, Remnant fans! Because our heroes are about to enjoy a little homecoming!

GKC: In the meantime, listen to Pretenders by Sawano Hiroyuki for that is the movie fic's ending theme. And we have a little after credits special as well. Enjoy!

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Winter scanned the battlefield left and right as she was searching for something, before her eyes trailed to something in the rubble. She moved the debris and saw it was broken pieces of Dark JOKR's Drivers. Making sure no one was watching, she began collecting the pieces, stuffing them into a bag.

"Ooooooooi! Winter, we have to go!" Kurogasa called out.

Winter, with a sigh, began walking back towards the others. Watching from afar, the familiar cloak of Azrael watched all of this from afar and smirked, before disappearing.