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WARNING: Blood, a bit of it. But since this is Amazons, I'm guessing you saw it coming...
As the Heartless attacked once more, Zi-O and his allies were there to fight them off as the group was already pushing the hoard back with the help of the police.
"Yeesh, there's a lot of them…" the silver clock Rider noted as he took down a Neoshadow.
"And here I thought the attacks would calm down after a while…" Sora complained.
Then, during the madness, he spotted a little boy stuck in a tree, surrounded by several Knight Heartless.
"Help! I'm stuck!" the boy cried out.
Realizing he was in danger, Zi-O rushed in, switching to his GhostArmor and used the Parka Ghosts to distract the Heartless.
"It's alright, I'm here to help you get down" he reassured the boy, floating up towards him.
However, something was off about the boy as he hid his face. Suddenly, the young king noticed the boy's eyes flashed. However, what he saw was startling, it was the familiar black glow of the demon king's power.
"I don't want to get down… I WANT TO GET OUT!" the boy shouted in a monstrous voice, revealing his demented eyes had been taken over by the darkness.
"What the?! What's going on?!" Zi-O cried out.
Suddenly, the world began to warp around him, the boy and tree suddenly morphing into a silver monster very similar to Chimera, with the left and right shoulderguards having a black bat, a white scorpion, and finally at the chest plate was a pink porcupine. This was Rex's own Inner Phantom, the Manticore Phantom.
"You've been stewing in your own despair for too long, such a waste of your abilities! It's time I take control and become who you were meant to be!" the creature snarled as he rammed into Rex, causing his transformation to disappear.
When he saw that his armor was gone, the young king made a run for it as the Manticore Phantom chased after him. Thinking fast, Zi-O summoned the Ride Cyclone and began riding through the city.
'Why am I being put through this cat-and-mouse chase all over again?' he thought as he fired his blaster back at the Phantom in an attempt to slow the monster down.
"Embrace your despair, embrace your anger! Seize your destiny as the Demon King of Time!" the Phantom called out once more as the boy drove through the streets.
The beast then fired out a powerful blast of dark magic at the silver clock Rider, destroying his bike and knocking him out of his transformation. As he got back to his feet, several black ant-like monsters appeared to aid the Manticore Phantom alongside some of the Arbiters.
"This isn't my day, is it?" the young king grumbled before summoning his sword to try and fend them off.
After fighting a few of them, the young king realized that he was outnumbered and fled into a nearby house to wait out the Phantom and his soldiers hunting him down. Once he saw that they walked past the house, Rex thought he was safe. Unfortunately for him, the boy was wrong as he turned to the mirror and saw his reflection smile back at him, his clothes being the same attire he once wore while possessed by King Infini.
"You can't escape your fate, Rex. You were always meant to be the demon king…" the reflection goaded him as his form slowly changed to that of Lord Vortigern, "Why run from destiny, when you can seize it? It's the only way to change the world after all. It's the only way… to be a hero…"
Rex didn't get to answer as the reflection walked out of the mirror, causing it to shatter and alert the Phantom and his army to his location, arriving soon after to the boy's absolute horror. Tired and in pain, the young king swiped at the monsters with his sword, only to see it get knocked out of his hands. Without any means of defense, and too tired to even try and summon another weapon, Rex felt the fear and despair grip his heart, causing the cracks on his body to grow more and more.
"No, please… stay away…" he whimpered as all of them inching closer and closer to the boy as many more cracks appeared.
Then, at last, he shattered in a burst of purple light.
"NOO!" Rex cried out, jolting up from his bed in a cold sweat.
He looked around his surroundings; he was safe in his room in no danger from any monsters trying to kill him. The boy soon looked at his body, not displaying the same cracks that apparently killed him. The boy then breathed a large sigh of relief, he was safe.
"Ugh, what the heck was that? Are you sneaking in some gaming? It's 3 AM!" Rex heard Grant complain from the other side of the room. His scream must have woken him up, a fair point given that he and Grant's rooms were literally across from each other.
"Uhh, it was just a nightmare. You can head back to sleep. Sorry about that…" the young king apologized, realizing the nature of that dream.
As he could hear the soldier shuffle back to sleep from the other side of the wall, Rex was still pondering on what he had just seen.
'But still, what the heck was that?' he thought as he tried to rationalize what had just happened.
The young king then turned towards his journal as he saw that he forgot to close it.
After nearly getting my ass kicked by Rento, I realized that Sougo and I had somehow been mentally projecting ourselves into 2121-B via our Future Vision-enhanced dreams. This allowed us to essentially play relay between eras as we tried our best to free Uhr and Famine from the Another Rider possession. Now, I know that I would have still fought them even if they weren't Another Riders, I know the feeling of having your free will taken from you.
On the side note, Weiss finally became a Rider, and we even beat Conquete for once. But that victory came at the cost of Zero being abandoned by his comrades, the once leader of the Chrono Horsemen now cast out on his own. He hadn't even shown his face to us when we came back to 2019-B. I worry about him sometimes…
"Yeah, Future Vision…" the young king realized, "But… what exactly did that dream… mean?" he pondered aloud, this wasn't the last time his powers affected his dreams, but what exactly did it mean?
The young king decided to shelve the thought for now as he closed the journal and go back to sleep. However, if he had just checked the window for one second, he would have seen that Zero was observing him.
'I see that my Overlord is being wracked with another premonition…' the former herald thought, 'This cannot be good…'
He then recalled the prediction he felt that would set the stage for the upcoming battle he knew was coming…
Kill or be killed? Only when one stare into the darkness will they find the light of hope…
Meanwhile, on the streets of Hagakumi, a man was walking through the place when he heard a noise coming from the alleyway. When he peaked into the alley, he saw a green monitor lizard-like kaijin with red eyes, gold bone-like markings around its body, a yellow underbelly, with a black red-headed snake around it's waist… and it was devouring a human body.
The kajin soon stopped it's feeding as it turned to the man as he screamed in terror before the kaijin attacked…
Song: GIRIGIRI – Sonar Pocket
/CHANGE THE NEW WORLD x3/
The opening starts with a showcase of the various Heisei Riders from the past, spanning all the way from Kuuga until Zi-O, before all of a sudden several Ridewatches appear and create both the Future Riders and Forgotten Riders before the title appears
/Bokura ni sono mirai ga tatoeba chikadzuita nara
Hikari wo atsumete terashi kokoro no GEETO wo hiraiteku/
It soon transitions to Rex walking through a museum exhibit about the Heisei Riders, the shadows of their civilian identities appearing as he walks past their armor. Afterwards, when he looks at Zi-O's armor, he gets a headache as flashes of both his memories and Lord Vortigern's memories clash within his mind
/Kitto dareka no tame datte kanji nagara itsudatte tatakatteru
Kizu no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo/
A quick shot of Grant firing an arrow from his Zikan Zaxe then transitions into one of Sora performing Ars Arcanum. It then showcases Weiss, Henrietta, Donald, and Goofy preparing themselves for battle before showing Isaiah staring at a mysterious Ridewatch
/Yatto ikite imi wo motte sono hibi ni sorezore no iro motte
Mata niji wo egakou/
It then jumps to Kamen Rider Dark Decade trudging forward with an army of Heartless before showing the shadow of Kamen Rider Calamity and a mysterious Rider in the distance. Once Conquete comes into the picture, he soon takes out the Woz MiRidewatch while Rex takes out the Zi-O Ridewatch.
/INTERLUDE/
Rex/Conquete: "Henshin!"
/Girigiri ni STAY shite sakebe tsugi no mirai kitai shitai/
Once their drivers activated, we soon cut to a revolving scene where Kamen Rider Zi-O DecadeArmor is battling against Kamen Rider Woz, whose steadily dodging some of the former's attacks. Meanwhile, Grant is fighting against Kamen Rider Calamity alongside Weiss, who takes out the Tsukuyomi Ridewatch and transforms before combining her energy with Grant to perform a dual attack
/Girigiri ni FLY AGAIN iku zo tsukame SMILE! SMILE! SMILE!/
Next was a shot of Sora, Donald, and Goofy fighitng against many of the Heartless. Donald was using his Wizard Staff while Goofy unleashed a Watermelon Sparking version of his Goofy Tornado. When they are surrounded, Sora transforms into the Mystic Link Drive, with the Siege and Bandit Link Drives appearing alongside him as projections before unleashing a powerful burst of magic to create two new Link Drives.
/Bokura ni wa mamoru mono ga aru kara
Sono tame ni wa nani wo sutete mo ii sa/
As the battle is happening, we see some of Rex and Henrietta's classmates watching the battle unfold alongside some of the legendary Riders and Future Riders, who are fighting against several of the Heartless
/Higashi kara nishi e noboru taiyou ga kyou mo kimi wo terasu kara/
It soon changes to show Zero on his own as he looks at the Dark Decade Rider Card as it glitches to become four Rider Cards based on the Forgotten Riders.
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
It soon cuts to Henrietta and Weiss readying themselves for battle alongside Isaiah, Donald, and Goofy, a strange aura starting to glow from them
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
Then it jumps to show Sora, Grant, and finally Rex as they raise their weapons into the air, creating a triple helix that lights up the sky before showing Oma Zi-O's empty throne, now with Sora's Keyblade resting on it
CHAPTER 28: ARMOR ZONE 2016
THE NEXT DAY…
"Alright, keep it up!" Isaiah encouraged Weiss as she and Grant sparred with each other.
With her Ridewatch in it's active position in the Watch Holder, she was using the solidified light it granted her to help keep Grant at a distance. As she fired out another blast, the soldier batted the solidified light back at the girl as she dodged it and soon transformed the light into an orb for her to use as a weapon.
Donald was helping Isaiah in training Weiss's use of what she called the Luminous Fractor since it had some strange form of magic he'd never seen before. Goofy and Sora were also there cheering Grant on as the two continued to spar.
Sora soon heard the backdoor open as he could tell that Rex was up.
"Oh, hey Rex! Good… morning…" he said as his greeting was deflated by a very sleepy Rex with bags under his eyes.
"Hey there…" the young king greeted before yawning loudly, "Sorry, really couldn't sleep last night…"
"We can see that" Goofy noted as Rex sat next to them.
"So, how's Weiss and Grant?" the young king asked.
"Their training has been moving quite well, my prince" the commander said as he commended the pair's training, "I can see that Weiss is more adept as a magic user thanks to that new Ridewatch of hers."
Rex nodded as Henrietta soon arrived, "Hey guys! Just wanted to drop by-" she greeted everyone happily.
As the young king turned to greet her, the purple-haired girl winced at the boy's face as she could tell that he was ragged. The purple-haired girl sighed as she shook her head.
"Not again…" she muttered, "Rex, I think you might need to go back to bed for a bit. You look terrible…" she told the young king in an almost motherly tone.
"You sure? I mean-" The young king yawned loudly, "We still have that group study session with Junichi and Aguri to go to."
"Not with you in that state!" she stated, "You look like you haven't slept all day!"
This intrigued Sora as the young king rolled his eyes as he got up and went to the couch, "What do you mean by again?"
"Well, it happened a month before Etta and I got whisked into this adventure. I found the blank Ridewatch on my bike and ever since then, I've been having nightmares of the same events. Those dreams only stopped after I became Zi-O. Or at least, I thought they did…" he said with an unsure tone to his voice, "Anyways, wake me up in case an Another Rider attacks the city. G'night!"
He then flopped face-first into the cushions before lying on his side as the others could hear him snore loudly shortly after. The group soon turn their attention back towards the two fighters as Grant activates his weapon's attack.
TIME CHARGE!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1! ZERO TIME!
As the axe counted down, Weiss transformed the Luminous Fractor orb into several glowing gems, afterwards, she sent them right at the soldier as he charged forward, slashing through each gem.
ZAKKURI WARI!
However after destroying several gems, the resistance fighter fired out her main light orb directly as Grant, causing him to stumble back a bit winded.
"You should really keep track of what I was doing" she chuckled as she gave a curtsey.
She soon turned to the others who were clapping at her victory. Afterwards, the group waited for Rex to wake up as the purple-haired girl told them something.
"So, another attack today?" Isaiah noted as she nodded.
Henrietta continued, "It's been happening for the past week. Recently there have been attacks across the city related to what people are calling the 'lizardman'. In the late hours of the night, people have been disappearing with only a scream heard. When the day comes, all that's left is a mutilated corpse. When someone does survive these encounters, they describe the creature as a green lizard-like kaijin."
"And Ichijo-san said Xu·Jamol·Re, the Gecko Grongi, had already been killed by Kuuga, so there's no way that it's him…" Grant added in as he placed his knowledge of the current timeline to good use.
"Regardless, this is most strange to see…" Isaiah noted.
"No, stay away… don't come any closer…" they heard Rex mutter as they saw him slowly tossing and turning, a look of discomfort on his face as he looked like he was experiencing another nightmare.
Henrietta on the other hand sighed as she walked towards him and placed the young king's head on her lap, stroking the boy's hair as he began to calm down. Grant rolled his eyes at the sight while Weiss smiled.
"Don't worry, we'll always be by your side" Henrietta reassured the boy as was almost lulled to sleep.
During this, Grant could tell that whatever was keeping Rex up at night was not anything good, especially when it came to his powers. The past two times his dreams came into play was when, with the exception of Quiz, a forgotten era was being reborn into their current timeline.
He soon wondered to himself, what if the lizardman was connected to Rex's recent nightmares?
Grant didn't get to finish this thought as suddenly, the young king began to wake up. The pair catching each other staring as the former got up from the bed and away from the latter while she turned away with a light blush on her face.
"Get a room, you two!" the soldier chided the pair.
This caused their blush to deepen, but the group was caught off-guard by the sounds of people screaming in fear.
"Maybe later!" Rex said as the group got out and rushed to the source of the disturbance.
They soon reached an open street as the people ran in fear from something.
"Looks like there's an Another Rider attack already…" Grant noted, "Ready to go guys?"
While Weiss said yes, Rex was strangely silent. When the soldier turned to his fellow Rider, his face was pale.
"Rex, what's wrong?" Henrietta asked him.
They then turned their attention to the ant monsters that were fighting the Heartless, the same ones that Rex saw in his recent nightmares.
"Zi-O, focus!" Grant called out.
"Oh, right!" the young king gasped as he scrambled to activate his watch alongside the two resistance fighters.
ZI-O!
GEIZ!
TSUKUYOMI!
"Henshin!"
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER~! ZI-O!
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RI~DER! GEIZ~
RIDER TIME! KAMEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI~! TSU~KU~YO~MI!
As they transformed into their Rider forms, the seven soon turned towards each other as they split into two groups, starting with Sora transforming into his Valor form to slash through several of the ant monsters, their bodies falling to pieces before being left as pools of green blood.
"Yikes… this is not good…" he noted as several Neoshadows appeared, "Alright, come at me!" he declared as he charged into the fray once more.
Back with Donald and Goofy, the two were back-to-back as they fought against the ant monster, firing off either Firaga spells or seed bullets.
"These guys are much tougher than I thought!" the duck mage growled as he fired off several fireworks to destroy the ant monsters.
Donald and Goofy then teamed up as they performed a combination of the Fire spell and a spinning attack, allowing the dog knight's original shield to help fan the flames.
With the girls, Henrietta and Tsukuyomi were just in sync as they fought against both the ant monsters and the increasing hoard of Heartless in the area. Henrietta began flashily swinging around her spear as she dodged and countered many of the monsters' attacks before the moon Rider fired out her Luminous Fractor to blast them away.
"These things… I don't think the ants are Heartless" the purple-haired girl observed as she saw the creatures melt into pools of green blood.
"Is that why Rex froze up earlier?" the moon Rider theorized, recalling their comrade's earlier hold up.
Henrietta answered rather uneasily, "To be honest, I think it might be."
Finally, Zi-O and Geiz charged in to battle against several of the monsters on their own. As the battle continued, the silver clock Rider couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu.
'This is playing out exactly like in my dream!' he noted.
He soon turned towards a tree, but saw no boy clinging for dear life, only more Heartless and ant monsters. Just then, his Future Vision kicked in as he saw a lizard monster slash him in the back as Geiz called out to him. Once his mind returned to the real world…
"Zi-O, look out!"
The silver clock Rider quickly acted and dialed in two Riders.
HEY DRIVE! HEY KABUTO!
As he turned around, sure enough the lizard monster was there and soon, he delivered a quick flurry of slashes before knocking the monster away with an upwards slash.
DRIVE-KABUTO DUAL TIME BREAK!
"Impressive, you actually saw my attack coming." the monster stated as Zi-O shrugged off the attack.
"You okay?" Geiz asked before the red clock Rider soon noticed something odd.
Painted on the creature's chest was the word Amazon along with an omega symbol below it, and on the left leg it had the year 2016 painted in blood red.
"So, the 'lizardman' is actually an Another Rider…" he noted.
"Seems like it" Zi-O agreed before looking confused, 'But, where have I seen this Rider before?' he pondered.
He didn't get a chance to think further on it as he quickly found himself guarding against the Omega Amazon's wild claw swings. He then kicked the monster away before delivering a powerful slash attack as the monster was sent flying.
"Alright, animal for animal!" he declared as he reached for the OOO Ridewatch.
But before he could use it, the wild Another Rider soon struck him in the arm, causing the watch to fly off his Watch Holder.
"Pathetic, to think you would rely on another man's power. You cannot survive on the strength of others…" he snarled.
"What does that even mean?" Zi-O pondered, only to quickly notice that the Omega Amazon was targeting him much more than Geiz, striking him as he lost Ridewatch after Ridewatch until his Watch Holders were empty.
"Now you're next!" he growled.
Luckily, Geiz was soon able to knock him back with his axe, allowing the silver clock Rider to recover. The two then started double-teaming the Another Rider as he slashed at Zi-O and knocked the red clock Rider back.
As the three continued to fight, Zi-O and Geiz re-grouped with Henrietta and Tsukuyomi as the silver clock Rider and the purple-haired girl quickly prepared a double attack.
FINISH TIME!/TSUE-SUGEI!
"Eat this!" they declared before firing off an Aero-boosted blast at the Another Rider.
W SURE SURE SHOOTING!
However after the attack, the Omega Amazon adapted and unleashed a black version of the attack right back at the pair, leading to the two resistance fighters teaming up.
"How about these?" Geiz declared as he and Tsukuyomi activated the Showa and Geast Ridewatches.
SHOWA!
GEAST!
"Set Up!"
"Come, GeastArmor!"
ARMOR TIME! LET'S RIDE! SHO~WA~!
ARMOR TIME! RE: EVOLUTION! GEAS~T!
After the pair transformed, Geiz soon readied himself.
"Change: Amazon!"
This caused the shoulderpads to change to show a strange almost dragonfly-like symbol on the left and the roman numeral for VI on the right, causing a silver armlet that had a strange creature on it to appear.
"I see, so you decide to use an Amazon Register…" the Omega Amazon noted with a smile.
"Amazon Register, I'm sure that's just the GiGi Armlet." Tsukuyomi commented.
However regardless, the two began to attack the Omega Amazon with wild claw swipes and swift kicks, knocking the Another Rider back ever so slightly.
FINISH TIME! SHOWA/GEAST!
"You're finished!" Geiz declared before activating his finisher and leaping into the air with the moon Rider by his side.
HIGURASHI TIME BURST!
EXTINCTION TIME JACK!
Afterwards, the pair delivered a flying chop and a flying side kick respectively, but while the Another Rider was wounded by the former's attack, he delivered a dark version of the latter's kick to send them back.
"Impressive. Perhaps the warriors of this era actually could survive my revelation?" he noted before preparing to leave with the remaining ant monsters.
"Wait!" Zi-O cried out as the six chased after the monsters, only for the Omega Amazon to fire out a powerful energy slash right at Henrietta before he and the others leaped off.
Instincts soon kicked in as the silver clock Rider blocked the incoming attack, causing him to hiss in pain but still remain standing.
"Rex!" she cried out as the boy fell to his knees.
"It's fine, I'm a lot tougher than I was back then…" he chuckled in an attempt to forget the pain.
"Come on, we should get you back home to rest!" she said as they returned to Rex's house after picking up the Ridewatches that flew off his Watch Holder.
"Just don't move so much!" Donald growled as he and Henrietta finished applying some Cure magic into his back.
"Man, it's just one powerful Another Rider after another. We are really behind power-wise…" Grant complained while leaning on a nearby wall.
"It's even worse because of his adaptation ability. The only thing that remotely damages that Amazon thing is Amazon's power." Weiss noted, having recalled that Grant's usage of the wild man Rider's power was enough to scar the monster.
Rex then thought aloud as he fished for something from his pocket, "But if that's the case… how exactly are we going to hurt him if he tries to attack us before we armor up?" He didn't get an answer, as the commander didn't know what to say.
That was when he took out the broken Zi-O II Ridewatch he still had with him since the Crisis' end.
"I'm kind of wondering… Sougo was able to somehow obtain the Zi-O II Ridewatch via a different method, while mine is just born from the leftover power of a dead Zi-O variant." Rex recalled, "If Sougo was able to obtain that form on his own, maybe I can do the same too?"
This gave the soldier an epiphany as he took out the hourglass watch he had obtained from the Shadeling created from his father's corpse.
"There's probably a correlation between the watch you obtained from Shelton, with the one I obtained with my father?" he theorized, "If we are to defeat him, perhaps it's time for us to forge a link with ourselves?"
Sora nodded, "You're right. I was able to gain my limit form after the Oathkeeper keychain re-awakened. When I learned about Kairi being taken by Organization XIII, I felt like I needed to face this and this ended up regaining the power I thought I lost after that little nap I had. So in this case, maybe we can find a way to awaken both of those watches' power?" he suggested.
"What power?" a familiar voice asked, causing the others to flinch.
Rex turned around to find a confused Junichi, Aguri, and Saaya standing there with their school bags still on them.
"Uhh… nothing!" the young king panicked as he and Grant hid their Ridewatches.
This caught Aguri's eye as she raised her eyebrow, "Hey, everything alright there?"
"Y-Yeah, we're all good here." he explained as Isaiah went up to research on the Omega Amazon alongside Donald and Goofy while Sora, Rex, Grant, Weiss, and Henrietta joined up with Junichi and Aguri in the group study session.
"Yikes, another monster attack already? Those have really have been vamping up ever since last December…" Junichi grumbled as he heard about the monster attack from the young king, "It's like we can't go a couple of days without some kaijin tearing through the city or trying to kill us. "The playboy then slumped onto the table, "What is up with strange monsters attacking our home?" he lamented.
"No kidding, and there have been more sightings of Kamen Riders than ever, especially those watch-looking ones." Rex noted.
"Yeah, it's kind of weird that three new Riders showed up when these new monsters also arrive." Aguri observed, "Especially when the first two showed up right when that quiz monster showed up…"
"I'm kind of surprised on that too. How exactly did those silver and red Riders know that thing was there? Did someone tip them off on it?" the playboy pondered.
Rex flinched for a bit, but he shook it off as the group continued studying. However, Saaya soon recalled the words that the young king once said about letting his two other childhood friends on their secret.
"I don't want to bring more of my friends into something that could possibly cost them their lives…"
'You know, one day or another, you're gonna have to tell them before it comes out the way you want it to be…' she thought as the study session continued.
During the session, Henrietta noticed that Rex was quiet. Now, it was normal since they had to finish their homework before the week ended, but the young king was more trying to focus on his studies. In his head however, the Another Rider's words during their encounter still lingered.
'What kind of revelation is he planning? Does it have to do with those ant monsters or the Heartless?' he pondered.
Henrietta, naturally, was concerned about the young king as he tried to process those words.
"Hey, Rex? Think you could help me with something?" she asked him politely.
She got no answer as the boy continued to calculate an equation for a physics equation he had. She called out to him again, and again he ignored her.
"Wow, I've never seen Rex this studious since the entrance exam to L'Aviner." Aguri observed.
"You think that he's trying to keep his mind off of something?" Junichi asked the two.
Henrietta sighed, "Knowing him, most likely…"
"I'm fine. I'm just trying to concentrate on this problem." He finally answered, keeping his eyes on the page as Sora sighed.
"You know, if there's something bothering you. You could just ask…" Henrietta said as she knew that he was trying to distract himself.
Rex, after putting the pencil down, sighed. "I'm fine guys, really. I just want to make sure that I move up to the third year this time. I had a close call with the exams last year after that and I do NOT want a repeat of that." the young king explained in a surprisingly calm, yet stern manner before returning to his studies.
The trio looked saddened as Grant, Weiss, and Sora were confused.
"So what? You slept all day and missed a lesson?" the Keyblade wielder asked.
Rex soon fell silent, "I don't exactly want to talk about it…" he said before once more returning to his studies.
This surprised the visiting trio. Rex has something to hide?
Junichi and Aguri looked towards each other and shook their heads. "It's fine guys, it's just… something happened last year and well, we don't exactly want to talk about it…" he told them.
Sora understood as he nodded and returned to his studies, while Grant was more curious.
'I guess it wouldn't be a surprise that Zi-O has things he doesn't want to talk about. I didn't want to tell him about my father before he unintentionally pushed the subject out into the open.' He thought before looking towards the young king's troubled face, 'I just hope that whatever he's hiding isn't too serious. I mean, this is Zi-O for fuck's sake. He can't be holding something dark back, right? Right?'
Within Isaiah's room, which was filled with various books of different subjects, he was studying his Rider History book with Donald and Goofy. Jiminy also wanted to pitch in as they studied the book.
"So, I assume you know why we're all here gentlemen?" he asked the trio from Disney Castle.
They nodded as Jiminy went towards the pictures of the Forgotten Riders they had encountered so far, "So far, all of the Forgotten Riders we have met come from beyond 2018, ranging from around the beginning and middle of the Reiwa Era, and even well beyond into the Yami era. But this Another Rider… It seems the next Forgotten Rider was once a Heisei Rider like the others we have met before arriving to 2019-B."
"And around the same year as when Ex-Aid was active too." Donald added in.
Goofy added in, "I remember Rex was once researching on any Kamen Rider named Omega after seeing Cody wield his Rider Eyecon. Do you think this Another Rider could be this mysterious Omega?"
The name soon gave Isaiah an idea, "Let me check Ex-Aid's entry…"
He then flipped the pages right to Ex-Aid's section and he and the cricket began combing through the pages. Then, Jiminy saw something off the corner of his eye.
"Wait, Isaiah! I saw something!" he called out.
Stopping for a moment, the quartet then saw the pages depicting a tournament filled with various Riders and masked individuals.
"These look like Power Rangers." Donald observed.
"That's because the Power Rangers are an alternate counterpart to another group of heroes, the heroes of Super Sentai. I believe we met one when the Crisis happened" Isaiah explained, "The Riders have met these warriors before on multiple occasions, and according to this book, we may have just found our mystery Omega."
He then pointed at the picture of Ex-Aid, who was in a different version of his chibi-fied Level 1 form with green and orange hair fighting against two wild Riders. The first was a green monitor Rider with red stripes across his suit, yellow bellyplates on his chest, black gloves with spikes and boots and red eyes, meanwhile the second was a red piranha-like Rider with battle scars, green scar-like strikes and a more fish-like underbelly with green eyes.
Both of them had the same belt with a black belt, a sawblade-like centerpiece, and at the bottom was two red handles with silver outlining, with the only differences being the green Rider's belt being red, while the red rider had green eyes on his belt.
"According to this book, one of Emu Hojo's opponents were known as Amazon Omega and Amazon Alpha. While there is a confirmed third Amazon, it seems that our little trip to 2016 has muddled the information on the third Amazon Rider." The commander confirmed as he read the book.
"So this Amazon Omega is the one who Cody's Omega Eyecon was based on?" the dog knight realized.
"It seems like it. So for now, while the Omega Amazon is about, we need to find any sign of Amazon Omega in the city." Isaiah noted before taking out the Taka Watchroid and activated it.
Soon, Redwing came to life as the other Ride Gadgets joined him.
"Do you two think you two can give a sweep through the city for any sign of Amazon Omega?" he asked the two Ride Gadgets.
He smiled as the various bleeps and chirps from the Ride Gadgets before they flew out of the house in search of the person behind the mask of Amazon Omega.
As the study session winded down, the group just began hanging out after their homework was done.
"Alright, good duel Sora, you're surprisingly good at Duel Monsters." Junichi said as he had just finished playing the card game with the Keyblade wielder.
"Hey, I've been practicing since I saw Rex and Grant play it a few days ago." Sora said with a smile.
Weiss on the other hand was trying to get some extra work done on her schoolwork, something Saaya noticed as the two went began studying.
"I think you got the calculation wrong" she pointed out.
"Oh, thanks for pointing that out." The resistance fighter noted as she changed her answer.
Finally, Aguri and Henrietta were watching Rex and Grant sparring with each other.
"Good call on us working on our hand-to-hand combat." The soldier complimented him after catching his punch.
Rex soon pulled away before performing a roundhouse kick that the soldier was able to block before the young king smirked and quickly entered an armbar.
"Might as well prepare for a scenario where we might not be able to call on our weapons, am I right?" the young king noted while locking in the position.
"You got a point, and at least you're not as much of a greenhorn as when you started!" the soldier said before slamming his head against Rex's shin, causing him to wince and let go long enough for Grant to grab one of Rex's arms and pull him in for a judo throw.
"Wow, these two are really going back-to-back." Aguri noted, "I didn't think that Grant would be this good in judo."
Henrietta, on the other hand, couldn't help but think back to their previous talk before the Kikai incident.
FLASHBACK…
"So, what exactly IS Oma Day anyways?" Rex asked as the group were taking the weekend off to recover after the journey to Sougo's era a couple of days prior.
He wanted to at least know about the day where the future was lost, and how exactly to stop it.
"As we mentioned before, it's the day that started the Edge of Time." Isaiah explained to the group, "On this day, the star in the constellation Leo, the King's Star Regulus, you obtain Oma Zi-O's power and become Lord Vortigern. Later on, you would corrupt Ms. Tristain into Lady Camilla as you two ravage the world and usher in the Yami era from the ruins of the Reiwa era. That is Oma Day."
"And yet in a different outcome, I am supposedly going to defeat Zi-O and become Geiz Revive" Grant note, "Making me a savior in a supposedly utopian timeline."
"We don't even know what that timeline looks like, and if I had to guess from Zero's warning, likely Grant would be the one to become a fallen savior as he would supposedly make up the darkness that Rex is now abandoning in favor of the light." Weiss added in.
Sora, was understandably conflicted by these, "So, we have two possible scenarios. There's the point where Rex becomes the demon king, and one where Grant becomes a savior but might fall to darkness. Either way Oma Day happens, the future is going to change and it's going to be for the worst."
"And that's despite Zero no longer being a part of their group, the Chrono Horsemen are still here to make sure the former happens." Rex pointed out, "Not to mention we have the Time Jackers from Sougo's timeline to worry about. They were able to connect our timeline to theirs, and thus are likely able to see the differences in stories that happen across our eras."
They nodded, "That's likely the reason why they're trying to seek out any of the Forgotten Riders that have now resurfaced, alongside 'disciplining' Zi-O and Henrietta into who they think they are meant to be." Grant observed.
"So, Oma Day is pretty much going to be our deadline in terms of reviving all of the Forgotten Riders." Henrietta hypothesized, "That day… will decide this world's future."
"Yeah, and once we do, we just have to make sure that neither of us end up becoming who the enemy wants us to become on Oma Day, and thereby deal a large blow to Oma Zi-O's future." Rex said with a smile.
After recalling that memory, Henrietta sighed as she grabbed a nearby pole, "Aguri, think you and I could spar for a moment after them?" she asked her.
"Oh, you want to try again?" the blonde tomboy chuckled, "It's been a while since we've sparred."
"Definitely, but this time I'm ready for you." She stated as she took on her battle stance.
Aguri smirked as she grabbed a nearby pole and started sparring with the purple-haired girl, the pair clashing with a similar ferocity as the boys were.
"Man, you weren't kidding when you said that you were ready for me." The other blonde noted as she was put on the defensive.
Henrietta soon spun her staff and gave a smirk, "Like I said, I'm ready for you this time."
The two then continued to spar before, after several minutes, all four were resting up after the sparring was done.
"Man, what a workout…" Rex groaned.
"Yeah, I'm at least glad your fighting form is decent." Grant noted.
"I think my arms are going to fall off!" Henrietta whined.
"Walk it off…" Aguri tiredly said.
Isaiah soon arrived as the various teens turned to him, Donald, and Goofy.
"I think you might like what we just found." He told the group as they looked towards each other in confusion.
The commander then motioned towards him as Rex, Grant, and Henrietta joined Weiss and Sora, who were both already near the stairs, as the group went up to Isaiah's room. Junichi was understandably confused.
"You know, it's been a while since he's hanged out with the boys." he commented, "No matter what, he's always got Grant or Sora by his side, or even just Henrietta."
Aguri agreed, "Yeah, plus I saw how Henrietta's been fighting. It didn't feel like simple training, it's like she actually knew how to fight."
Saaya was surprised to hear this as she gave her observation, "Well, maybe they've been sparring together with those three. They all seem familiar with each other." Her thoughts soon finished that sentence, 'Which makes sense as they've spent so much time moving through the different parts of the Heisei era…'
The tomboy couldn't help but agree before Junichi had an idea, "Well, we do have a school paper after the exam so… maybe you and I could research on the 'lizardman'?"
Aguri responded to this by bonking him on the head, "Are you crazy? You know what happens when people encounter that thing, right?"
"We are not splitting up again! You do realize that when you ran off on your own, you became an Another Rider, right?" Grant reminded Rex as he brought up a similar idea to the others.
He noticed the young king's hand shake momentarily, as if some form of fear gripped him.
"I know, but… That Another Rider has been legit killing other people. Not even just turning them into Heartless like most of the previous Another Riders we've fought." Rex said, "The faster we find this thing, the less people die because of him."
The others looked conflicted as Henrietta spoke up for him, "I'll keep an eye on him, just in case."
This surprised Rex as he was about to speak up, but the purple-haired girl stopped him, "Likely having groups of two can help cover more ground, as well as protect each other." She then held the young king's hand, "And besides, I don't want what happened in OOO's era to happen either. I'm coming with you, Rex. That's final."
After some thought into it, Rex sighed as he nodded.
"Alright, I'll at least go with a partner in this investigation." the young king relented.
"Alright then. Now with that settled, Corporal, you take Weiss and search Nobinobi Tower. This was where the Another Rider was last spotted after our encounter." Isaiah said as he pointed at a place on the map, "Donald, Goofy, you two try and get some information from Ichijo. Finally, my prince, you and Henrietta search the nearby fishing pond. This was where the Ride Gadgets said the rift first appeared."
The group soon nodded as they got ready to investigate. However as Rex and Henrietta headed down, they heard Aguri groan.
"Alright fine, we'll search for the lizardman…"
Immediately the two froze as the trio turned to them, "Oh, hey there! Where are you guys going?" the blonde asked them.
"Uhh, just going to the pier to fish?" Rex hesitantly said, only to realize that he screwed up and shut his mouth.
"Huh, strange…" Aguri noted as Henrietta turned to the young king who had a 'I'll explain later…' look.
"Oh, cool. How about we all go together?" the blonde playboy offered, "It's been a long while since the four of us hung out."
As the young king tried to scramble for an excuse, the purple-haired girl tried to defuse the situation.
"Well, I was thinking that it would just be us…" Henrietta noted.
"So like a date?" Saaya asked.
"WE'RE NOT DATING!" both Rex and Henrietta shouted in unison, earning a laugh from the trio.
"I know, we were just messing with you." Junichi chuckled, "But still, I know that helping your tenets is fine but come on, why not an old-school walk around the pier?"
Rex couldn't help but say, "Sure" as Henrietta nodded.
Soon the four were walking towards said pier after some time, simply making small conversation while they took in the sights.
"So, any luck on the 'permanent girlfriend' department, Romeo?" the young king asked the playboy.
"Honestly, not really." The playboy grumbled, "While there are some cute girls, I'm not entirely sure on who I would actually date. There's a couple of girls from 2-B that I could see myself settling down with, but honestly I don't know."
"Ahh, I'm sure you'll find someone." Rex reassured him.
"Well what about you? Finally got a chance to ask Henrietta out?" Junichi asked.
Rex quickly stopped in his tracks, the girls not noticing that either boy had stopped walking. The playboy sighed as he could tell what the young king's answer was.
"Listen, I am not ready for dating…" he told him, "I mean, I'm a guy who's got an impossible dream and a small bit of a mean streak. Who the heck wanted to date me seriously?"
Junichi rolled his eyes, "Dude, I know why you're acting like this. But, you can't keep closing yourself to love Rex." He told him, "What she did to you was terrible, and I know you feel bad about getting suckered in by her, but you seriously can't stay single forever."
"It just…" Rex was stopped by Junichi again.
"Dude, I know that you are looking out for us, and that's great. But you can't keep putting others over yourself constantly, there's only so much you can do." he said, "Maybe it's time that you help the one person who you haven't helped?"
"And that would be?" the young king asked.
The playboy then pointed at the young king, "That's yourself. You do deserve as much happiness as the rest of us."
The young king began to think on it before Aguri called out to the pair, "Hey!"
This caught the pair off-guard as the girls ran back to them.
"What's wrong?" Henrietta asked the pair.
"Nothing, it's just something I wanted to remind old red eyes." Junichi chuckled before ruffling the young king's hair.
"Red eyes? I haven't heard you use that nickname since middle school!" Rex grumbled.
"Well at least it wasn't as endearing as Rex, now was it?" the playboy asked.
"Yeah yeah…" the young king said dismissively.
"Well, do you remember when Henrietta once called Rex Rexy, only for most of the school to switch the R for an S?" Junichi asked.
The girls giggled as Rex popped a couple of veins. The playboy soon smirked as he saw his words had the intended effect of flustering the young king.
"THAT'S IT! COME HERE!" he roared.
"Try and catch me first, red eyes!" he laughed before running away, with the angry young king not too far behind.
The girls couldn't help but laugh, "So, I guess we're racing to the pier then?" Aguri asked.
"I guess so. Last one there has to pay for the food!" Henrietta noted before running off.
"Oh, it is so on now!" the tomboy chuckled before running.
Soon, the four were racing through the streets, Junichi chuckling at the steam coming out of Rex's ears while Aguri and Henrietta were doing their best to outpace the other. From the distance however, an observant Zero couldn't help but watch this sight and sigh. It almost reminded him of his time with the Horsemen and the friendship he had lost.
"So, how's my little brother doing?" a familiar voice asked as Zero turned to find Tsukasa Kadoya smirking.
"What are you doing here, Kadoya?" the herald asked, "And what makes you my brother?"
"Well for one, you're seventeen just like the four, and you were born from my death and my Heartless fusing with you, so naturally you're as much a Kadoya as I am." Tsukasa pointed out.
Zero was, understandably, annoyed at this prospect, "Alright, what are you playing at?" Zero soon asked him.
"Well for one, the appearance of the Omega Amazon." the photographer noted, "I'm pretty sure that you're not the only one who realizes that this can't happen."
"You know your Rider history well…" Zero noted, "According to this book, the Era of Amazons is one of the few timelines outside of the Build, Kabuto, and this current timeline and our current location to run parallel to Sougo's main timeline."
"And because of it, he's an opponent that's almost impossible to beat without the needed Ridewatch, which is a problem since Haruka hasn't made himself known to the Riders." Tsukasa noted, "Mostly because the rift did not bring him to this era."
Zero looked a bit offended, "Really? And who exactly did it bring?"
"Here's a hint, who was the reason why the Era of Amazons ended up the way it did?" Tsukasa questioned the herald.
That was what made the herald's blood run cold, "Oh no… I can't be…"
Tsukasa nodded as he took out his belt, "And right now, that same person is gunning for Rex. So come on, let's ride."
Zero nodded before they quickly rushed out to try and warn Rex and Henrietta about the danger they were currently in.
In another area, Grant and Weiss were looking around the base of the large tower, conflicted on the next move.
"Grant, did you find anything?" the resistance fighter asked.
He sighed, "I really don't know, but I do have an idea on how we can beat it. There's a small chance of it working, but I think it can work." the soldier answered.
Weiss quickly caught on to what he was suggesting, "Excuse me what?! I'm sorry, are you suggesting a suicide attack?!"
Grant nodded before glaring, "I suppose that's something that you'd like a lot, right Conquete?"
The two soon turned to find Isaiah reading from his Future Note, "I'm pleased. So you were waiting for me?"
"Cut the chase, I want to know something." the soldier exposited, "Who is Geiz Revive, and why do you and White Woz keep calling me that?"
"Inquisitive." the conqueror noted, "Given that you were able to pull off three miracles with reviving the two Reiwa Riders, somehow hijack my little plan, and swayed both my Overlords and our leader to your cause? What makes you think I would tell you?"
"Because if you don't I'm going to kick your ass." Grant threatened him.
Conquete merely smirked, "You've seen how I was able to overpower my Overlord. What makes you think you can do any better?"
"I can definitely say that I have the power to beat your new Another Rider." The soldier declared.
The two merely glared at each other as Conquete merely sighed and left, "Regardless, I am going to see how you handle this current dilemma."
However, after leaving the pair, Conquete's confident face gave way to his true confusion.
'Strange, Famine nor Guerre have reported having created a new Another Rider…' he thought.
As the four arrived at the pier, Rex finally pounced on Junichi and created a large dust cloud as he beat the playboy down.
"SUBMIT! SUBMIT!" he roared amidst the sounds of punches and kicks.
"NEVER!" Junichi called out.
The girls soon arrived as the pair chuckled, "They never really change, do they?" Henrietta quipped.
"Pretty much." The tomboy agreed.
However, Rex and Junichi continued to fight, the quartet soon heard someone walking towards them. When the young king turned his attention towards it, his rage gave way to fear.
It was the Omega Amazon.
"I see that you still continue to put your faith in useless bonds, boy…" he growled, "Allow me to relieve you of them.
He then raised his claw to swipe at the playboy, only for Rex to quickly block it with his sword, shocking him.
"Wait what?!" he gasped.
"I'll explain later! Just take the girls and run!" Rex shouted before pushing the Another Rider away.
Rex then delivered several sword strikes to the monster while the playboy went towards the pair.
"Hold on, since when did Rex carry a sword with him?!" Aguri questioned the pair.
"I don't know, this is the first time I've seen this." Junichi admitted, "What about you, Henrietta?"
He soon saw Henrietta's frozen expression, confusing him further, "Henrietta?"
Suddenly, several of the ant monsters arose and started to lurch towards the trio, but were quickly stopped when they saw Geiz leaping into the air alongside Tsukuyomi.
DAI-SETZUZAN!
After delivering a chop to one of the monsters, the creature began to screech and let out a jet of green blood before melting into a pool of the same substance, letting out a heart in response. The two Riders soon began fighting their way through the monster hoard as Geiz saw that some of them had the Heartless emblem on there.
"I knew it… these things aren't regular Heartless, they're Shadelings…" he noted.
"I guess we didn't see the last of them after all." Tsukuyomi noted before turning towards the trio, "Go, we'll handle this." She told them.
Henrietta nodded before grabbing the two and running off.
"W-Wait, what about Rex?! We can't just leave him there!" Junichi asked as they ran.
"He's trying to keep that monster's attention on him and not on us!" the purple-haired girl guessed.
"But why? Why would that monster want to kill us if it wanted to get at Rex?" the tomboy pondered.
That was when Junichi noticed something.
As Rex took up his battle stance against the Omega Amazon, he recognized it as the same stance as Zi-O. It was then that the playboy soon thought back to that earlier instance, and then to the injuries he saw the boy had alongside Henrietta. Finally, he recalled what the Omega Amazon said before Rex blocked his attack. It all clicked…
"He's one of them…" he said.
"What?" Henrietta asked, "Who?"
The playboy then turned to the purple-haired girl with a serious expression, "Rex… he's Kamen Rider Zi-O, isn't he Henrietta?"
The trio stopped, the purple-haired girl shocked that he put two-and-two together so quickly.
"Wait, Rex? A Kamen Rider?" Aguri asked, "Junichi, Rex is-"
"Listen, I know that you and Rex have a lot to tell us, but for now, we won't say anything." The playboy answered, interrupting the tomboy, "Just please. At least answer me this, is Rex going to be okay fighting that monster?"
Henrietta didn't know what to say, she didn't want them to get involved in it like she was dragged into this, but at the same time, they were just as much her best friends as Rex was. They soon heard an explosion as the trio turned towards where the sounds of battle were heard.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Sora noted as he flew in and cut through three Ant Shadelings like butter.
"Better late than never!" Rex noted as he and the Omega Amazon continued to fight.
Donald and Goofy soon joined the fight with their yellow-based forms as the dog knight delivered a spiny shield bash while the duck mage lifted his staff into the air.
"Stonega!" he declared as several stones appeared below the Shadeling's feet and tossed them into the air for Tsukuyomi to kill them with her Luminous Fractor's orb attack.
Rex, seeing that he got backup, was emboldened by this as he continued to use his sword to keep the pressure up.
"Alright, you want me to fight you with my own power? You got it!" he declared as he transformed into Zi-O, quickly wielding both swords at once as he slashed at the Another Rider.
Sora soon joined in, transforming into his Master Form as the Omega Amazon kept his distance. When the pair tried to use a double Blitz attack, the Another Rider adapted to it and delivered a powerful upwards claw swipe to send the pair back.
"It's hopeless to face me. Soon, your ilk will go extinct, and this world will truly become a utopia." The Another Rider declared.
As Sora got back to his feet, he soon heard Rex growl and turned to see the silver clock Rider tightly gripping his blades.
"Rex? What's wrong?"
"Oh, you're one of those people then. Survival of the fittest, am I correct?" he asked, "What makes you think that a kill or be killed world counts as a 'utopia'? That's a literal hell on Earth!"
"It's the only law of life that matters. Despite everything, conflict is what helped bridge humanity to the next step of evolution. It was conflict that made humanity as powerful as it is, and it will be conflict that ensures humanity's survival." The Omega Amazon declared, "Concepts such as bonds and union stifle evolution, and it is through survival where one's true self is revealed."
"You're a monster!" Rex roared, "There are innocent people who are getting caught up in your so-called goal!"
"Oh really? What basis do you have for that, boy." He asked him, "Are you saying that because you care about them, or is this part of your delusion of becoming this world's ruler? I could even say the same of your friends. You put so much stock into your so-called friends, but take them away and you crumples like paper."
"If you think you know anything about me, then you're sorely wrong." Zi-O said.
"Oh? Then maybe we should test that theory then? Perhaps I should take them away-"
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM THEM!" the silver clock Rider roared as he quickly began delivering slash after slash attack at the Omega Amazon.
"Rex, wait!" Sora called out.
However Zi-O did not listen as he continued to try and cut down the Another Rider in a blind rage. He then activated the Kuuga Ridewatch and slotted it into his sword.
FINISH TIME!
With a roar, he unleashed a powerful sword slash coated with purple lightning in order to cut the Omega Amazon into two.
KUUGA GIRI GIRI SLASH!
Just like the last times, the Omega Amazon adapted and unleashed a cross slash attack with his claws, knocking the silver clock Rider into Sora. As the two recovered, Zi-O realized that he didn't have any options to damage the Another Rider like Grant did.
It was then that he took out the piece of the Zi-O II Ridewatch and looked at it for a moment. With the Another Rider approaching the pair, the silver clock Rider knew that desperate times called for desperate measures.
'I have to end this now! Before he goes after my friends!' he thought as he quickly slotted in the Ridewatch.
This caused purple and gold lightning to course through his body as he screamed in agony. Zi-O soon saw Henrietta arrive with Aguri and Junichi as they gasped at the state he was in. Trying his best to fight the pain, Zi-O pressed the button to initiate his finisher.
FInIsh TiMe!
He then leaped into the air as the same electricity began to focus itself into his left leg while the same katakana circled the Another Rider.
"Take this!" he roared.
ZI-O CHRONO KICK!
TiMe BrEAk!
Once the Another Rider turned around, he held his hand towards the flying Zi-O as the attack collided and caused a large burst of power to send everyone on the battlefield into the air. When the group got back to their feet, they soon saw the Omega Amazon had somehow survived the near-suicide attack Zi-O tried to pull.
"What?!" the silver clock Rider gasped.
"Pathetic." The Omega Amazon said before tossing the boy to the ground, causing his transformation to drop as he soon felt the feedback of the attack leave him in pain.
"REX!" Henrietta cried out as the trio tried to go towards him.
"No, stay away!" he tried to warn them.
With a smirk, the Omega Amazon soon walked towards the boy and kicked him in the stomach, slashed at his arms and legs, revealing some of the cracks have spread, and lifted him by his collar.
"You know, I thought that you of all people would understand my plight. You would have created a fantastic world in your own right, but instead? You choose to follow such a childish dream." He chided him, "Despite all that power, you still choose to never fight alone. I can see now that the ones who look to you as a future king have had their faith misplaced in false hope."
Zero and Tsukasa arrived shortly after, shocked to see the Omega Amazon having defeated Zi-O so easily.
"Now, it's time that I wipe your name from the face of this world… forever…" he said before everyone saw him do something heinous, something that had everyone's eyes widen with horror.
He stabbed the boy in the chest… before knocking him out with a headbutt and tossing his unconscious body into the ocean.
"REX!" Henrietta cried out as she tried to save her friend, but saw several Shadelings get in her way.
Scared at the thought of losing her best friend, Henreitta took out her spear and stabbed it into the ground, creating a burst of wind around the trio.
"NO!" Sora cried out as he leaped into the water to save the boy.
"DAMN YOU!" Zero roared as in a rage, he transformed into Dark Decade and began fighting the Omega Amazon on his own.
When Henrietta was able to keep the Shadelings away from her, Junichi, and Aguri, the trio reached the pier as they watched the bubbles in hopes of seeing Sora come back with Rex in tow. However in the water, the Keyblade wielder tried his best to reach the young king.
'Come on, almost there!' he thought.
The Omega Amazon on the other hand, was satisfied with his work as he got onto Dark Decade's head and started leaping away with his army, the dark photography Rider in hot pursuit. The rest of the heroes were left in shock as they turned to the nearby pier where Henrietta and Junichi saw Sora pop out of the water, alone.
They quickly helped him back onto shore as the Keyblade wielder took a second to catch his breath.
"Where's Rex?" Henrietta asked him.
The Keyblade wielder said nothing for a while, causing everyone to fear the worst before he spoke.
"I think the rift took him." He confessed.
This surprised the group, as he continued, "I had Rex at my fingertips then, just before I got him, a rift appeared and teleported him away. I don't even know if he had already drowned before the rift took him."
As everyone let what Sora said sink in, the group began to wonder.
Where did Rex go, and if so, is he still alive?
Meanwhile…
"Please, wake up! Don't die on me!" a voice said as Rex began to regain consciousness.
His breath soon began to quicken as the boy got up, coughing out water from his lungs. The young king saw that he was not at the pier anymore, but in an ambulance. He soon noticed that he was not wearing his jacket or shirt anymore and had some blood soaked bandages across his chest.
"Whew, you're awake." The voice said as he turned towards a young woman with long brown hair in casual wear standing over him.
"What? What happened?" he asked as he held his head.
"This young girl found you on the street and did what she could to save you." one of the paramedics explained, "You were a strange case, having signs of both drowning and an apparent stab wound."
"Don't worry, everything is going to be alright." She reassured him.
"Yeah, I guess…" the young king noted, "Wait, Umm miss?" he asked the girl, "I guess I owe you one for saving me."
The young girl soon answered…
"Don't mention it. I'm Iyu by the way, Iyu Hoshino."
CURRENT RIFT: AMAZONS 2016
(SONG: BRAND NEW DAY - Triplane)
/PRELUDE/
A ticking clock appears as the symbols of Zi-O, Geiz, Woz, Tsukuyomi, Dark Decade, as well as the Future and Forgotten Riders appear to replace some of the numbers. Once theclock hits Sora's crown symbol, the clock breaks apart as it briefly reveals the Lanes Between
/Sawagashi kurai mune o kakinarasu shodo no yo ni/
The ending starts off with a scene of Rentaro teaching Rex and co how to be ninjas, with Grant, Weiss, and Goofy succeding while the others were failing to do so.
/Kono mune no oku de butsukari au yoitowarui no jibun sa/
The scene transitioning into a game of chess between Mondo and Isaiah while Team Zi-O split up between cheering either the former or latter
/Ikidomari no kabe soreha
Jibunrashisa o appudeto suru tame ni ataerareta/
It then cuts to Rento finding a Kikaider manga while the others are scouting out the area.
/Kimagure katsu saiko no shichueshon/
The next scene has Maleficent and Pete planning something under a starry sky
/Jiku o tobi koete kanaetai negai ga arukara/
Afterwards, the scene shows Rex alongside Chihiro standing off against several Amazon Shadelings.
/Imasara genkaida toka son'na kage ni obie tari wa shinai/
It soon jumps to a concert being done by Lenne while the rest are watching and cheering her on
/Machi ni matteita atarashi jibun o hakujintsu ni/
Afterwards, it jumps to show the team flying across the sky in the Time Mazine and the Gummi Ship
/Shinjite kita mono chikai no mama ni ikou
Sore de ikou/
Next it jumps to a fossil dig that Rex's class are attending as Yusuke and Tsukasa show them around
/Mamoritai subetewo
Happina egao o kimi no shiawase o/
Afterwards, it showcases a casino with the rest of Team Zi-O working as either dealers or serving drinks
/Furikakaru nandai o ke chirashite
Ashita o kake nukeyou/
Finally, it shows Team Zi-O taking a nap on the roof of L'Aviner Academy before the camera pans upto the sky as the glare causes the scene to fade to white
/Wow wow... Brand New Day(x3)/
As the glare dies down, it soon showcases the same clock from before only this time it has Rex, Grant, Weiss, and Henrietta as the four corners of the clock while Sora is standing on top of it.
THE NEXT CHAPTER OPENS!
"One day you'll have to decide where you stand, boy…"
"Hey, aniki? Can I live with you once we find a way to your world?"
"With this power, I'll open a way to the future!"
NEXT TIME ON EDGE OF TIME: KING OF TIME 2019
"Just… shut up, dunderhead…"
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey guys, HackerEX here!
Well then... this arc really started off dark.
Yeah, given the nature of Amazons, I had to go into a bit of the darker elements of Amazons. It's also the reason why I mostly held off on introducing any characters from the series until the very end of this chapter as well as added in that NXT x EoT Hyper Battle chapter, as to build up Rex's kind of happy life before the Omega Amazon sends it all crashing down. And if you're wondering why Amazons is subbing in for Ryuki for this arc, well its because of Rider Time Ryuki since that is where Sougo officially got the Ryuki Ridewatch, and I wanted to slot that in as an actual two-part tribute arc.
On that note, looks like Rex is now in the Era of Amazons and when we come back, we are going to see what has become of the young king in the next two years living in that world as he tries to return to his era. Also, be sure to check out Rider Time Chronicles as I uploaded part 1 of the three-part Heisei!Ichigo/Kamen Rider 50th tribute special.
Until next time, this is HackerEX logging out. See ya!