Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 6 – Furious Fighting Spirit


Data File #09: Ninja's and Grudges

"To our surprise Kenshin was targeted by a Mii Ninja known as Fuma, the ninja wanting to show Kenshin his skill to surpass him. However it was interrupted when the CEO of Perfect Life crashed through as a Malice, Inferno Grappler. Despite having it rough at first, Kenshin managed to unlock a new form, Thunder Shinobi and easily dispatched of the Malice. Needless to say the CEO's actions make it easier to lock him up, however the rumors of a Kamen Rider in Altea still worry me."


It was a pleasant day in Altea, the sky was clear, the sun was shining down. Not to mention there wasn't much movement from the Black Knight so that meant people could go about their days in peace. Though for Robin he was a bit more annoyed that most would be.

"So why have you dragged me along again?" Robin asked as he was currently staring at his tome but glancing up every now and again to keep from crashing into anything. He had been following Junmei on her request and wondering why he needed to be stuck with her at the moment.

"Because Chrom was going to see if I could meet with Marth and the others on Palutena's behalf," Junmei replied. "And I wanted to see if you saw any possible Smash Tokens, If Ryu's was here then Ken's has to be here. Ken's considered Ryu's echo so I assume that those two will help me unlock my next form."

"While you are making sound guesses maybe yoou should slow down," Robin suggested as he glanced over to her. "You've only just started using your sword based form. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I've explained this several times already," Junmei sighed. "Have you really been forgetting my motivation?"

"I get that you want to find your brother but you need to pace yourself," Robin suggested. "Rushing forward without a real plan will get you hurt. Instinct can only get you so far."

"The little tactician is right," A voice said from behind before Sayomi suddenly launched herself over them, landing in their path. "So you're Kamen Rider Echo?"

"Excuse me?" Junmei asked before noticing that Sayomi wasn't a Mii and she certainly didn't recognize Sayomi from any of the games she used to play. "Who are you?"

"What's another human doing here?" Robin questioned, immediately tipping Junmei off that this woman wasn't a part of this world.

"Another human…" Junmei trailed before looking over at Sayomi, needless to say she now had a new lead to pursue. "Alright mind answering a few questions?"

"I'm not here for questions girl, I want to see how you tick. Thus I've come all this way to do so," Sayomi quickly drew the beam sword on her hip before activating it. She then held it pointing forward above her head while holding her other arm out. "Now be a dear and transform already."

"Junmei wait-" Robin called but was interrupted as Junmei stepped forward.

"She definitely has the answers I need so I'll beat them out of her," Junmei said, readying her Token Driver before taking out Marth and Lucina's Tokens. She slotted both in before activating her transformation. "Henshin!"

[PARALLEL COMBINATION]

[MARTH! LUCINA! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: LODESTAR PRINCESS!]

"Let's go!" Junmei immediately drew her sword before jumping at Sayomi, slashing down at her. The Subspace Commander held her beam sword up and blocked against the slash. Junmei gritted her teeth as she held her sword with both hands, trying to break through and win the clash.

"Honey, we're not even in the same league," Sayomi held her hand out and released a blast of energy, striking Junmei in the gut and sending her flying backwards. "Not done yet!" She called out as she launched after Junmei and slashed at her.

Junmei gasped out as she blocked with her sword, bracing with both hands. Despite this the force of the slash sent her crashing downwards into a nearby marketplace. Junmei quickly got to her feet, breathing heavily as she tried to get her bearings straight.

Sayomi had landed before running off after her, soon jumping and landing in the marketplace. Her appearance alongside Junmei's managing to scare most Mii's off. "You may be a Kamen Rider but you're definitely not as seasoned as the boy. To be fair to you though, I could probably kick his ass too."

"Shut it," Junmei hissed out as she gripped her sword with both hands.

"I've managed to gauge you pretty well, you should at least be able to handle this," Sayomi said as she looked around, seeing a Mii that was watching from behind one of the stalls. She sent an energy blast to destroy the stall and force the Mii into the open. "Congratulations, you've been chosen to fight a Kamen Rider." She said as she flicked the Terry Bogard Token forward, her flick propelling it and slamming it into the Mii.

"What the-" The Mii gasped out as everything went dark, his body glowed a bright purple before dark energy began wrapping around him. His body shape began to shift as he turned into a more human shape just like Sayomi and Junmei, soon enough with a yell the dark energy was blasted off.

To Junmei's surprise the Mii was an entirely different being, he wore blue armored pants and a white armored chest and back, having a blue star on the chest. Over it he wore a short length long sleeved red armored jacket. On his forearms and shins/feet were gauntlets and grieves stylized after a wolves. He had a helmet-like design to his head, having a round red helmet that mimicked a cap at the top. It held a silver mouthpiece and a black visor with two sharp blue eyes being seen. To top it off he had what seemed to be a golden hair coming out from underneath the back of his helmet, it flowing out and reaching towards the middle of his back.

"Crimson Lobo is free at last!" The Malice called out as he gave a laugh, stretching his arms out.

"Well now, this should be amusing, you have an opponent Lobo," Sayomi said as she pointed at Junmei. "She's a great warrior known as a Kamen Rider. Take her out and you'll be famous in no time."

"Wait you're not getting away!" Junmei called out as she readied her sword before rushing for Sayomi. She sent for a quick slash but was surprised when Crimson Lobo got in the way. The Malice held up both arms and blocked against the slash only to wrap his arms around Junmei's blade. "H-Hey what's the big idea?!"

"Sorry Miss, you're fighting me now," Lobo called out before kicking at her stomach and letting go of her sword, forcing her back.

"Have fun you two," Sayomi gave a wave before heading into a Subspace Portal and disappearing.

"I don't have time for this," Junmei tapped Lucina's button before swiping her hand across her sword, filling it with energy. She then spun and sent an energy slash towards Lobo who jumped upwards.

"Too slow Miss Rider!" Lobo called out as he landed behind her, he then sweep kicked her off her legs. Lobo then kept his crouch and moved in to tackle her. Junmei however spun as she fell, managing to slash and hit Lobo in his shoulder. The Malice hissed out as he was forced back while Junmei landed on her side.

"Terry's not exactly an echo but I'm taking you down right now," Junmei called out as she began to get up.

"Sorry to say but I'm taking you down," Lobo called out as his fists caught on fire, he then clasped them together before he slammed them down. Suddenly pillars of fire erupted from the ground, hitting Junmei before she could fully recover and juggling her as a result.

Junmei yelled out as sparks flew, slamming against the ground stunned as her armor was now smoking. She wasn't forced out of her transformation but she was currently too stunned to even think of moving.

"Not done yet huh? I'll give you this, your sturdy." Lobo said as he walked over only to suddenly get hit by a punch to the face. He let a light gasp slip as he staggered to the side. "What?"

"Wow, talk about a copycat, you some kind of Terry Cosplayer I've never heard of?" A voice asked, Lobo turning to see that he was face to face with Terry Bogard.

"No way," Lobo said as he took a step back, clearly it was time to leave.

"Come on now, fighting a rookie and then running when I show up? Kind of cowardly don't you think?" Terry remarked. "Granted, you're not normal are you? I sensed two strange things nearby and you're definitely a lot more malicious than she is."

"We're ending this conversation!" Lobo called out as he slammed the ground with a fist, geysers of explosive flames shooting out at Terry who easily dodged back and to the side.

"Come on now, if you're using my techniques then you've got to know that-" Terry stopped himself when he saw that Lobo had vanished. "Okay, you're at least smart when copying me." He gave a light smirk.

"W-What hit me?" Junmei muttered as she finally felt able to move again, giving a groan as she slowly forced herself to sit, dismissing her transformation.

"That would be a copycat of me that did that to you, I assume," Terry said as he walked over and knelt down to greet Junmei.

"Huh?" Junmei looked over before giving a light yelp. "You're Terry Bogard!"

"The one and only," Terry gave a smirk and pointed towards himself. He then clasped his hands together before bowing his head. "I am terribly sorry for the copycat giving you trouble. I promise to defeat it as soon as possible."

"Actually if possible I'd like to defeat it… but I don't think I'm strong enough for that yet," Junmei admitted, though she appreciated Terry's offer.

"Well then, if your opponent is strong then you there's only one thing to do, train!" Terry called out, clearly not put off by his offer being rejected.

"There you are," Robin called out in a worried voice as he ran over but soon stopped when he saw Terry with her. "Okay, what happened?"


The streets of Smash City were full of life at the moment, but for the wrong kind of reasons. Hajime needed more cover to search for Smash Tokens as he had exhausted one of the ones given to him already. As such he chose to borrow a Shadow Grenade, using it to create a legion of Roaders to terrorize the streets.

Kenshin was deployed in Lylat Outlaw alongside Cloud, the two with their motorcycles making a good match in trying to chase and destroy the Roaders. Falco meanwhile was chosen to survey the situation from above, planning on directing the two if the Roaders managed to get off their tail.

"How's the new Comm. System working? Can you all hear me loud and clear?" Kenshin asked as he was currently using Lylat Outlaw due to its long ranged capabilities.

"Yep, just follow Falco's directions and you'll make it to the disturbance in no time flat," Samus spoke from the other end.

"Keep following the path straight and make a turn at the intersection ahead," Falco instructed.

"You heard him," Cloud told Kenshin as he took the lead on his Fenrir, opening up the front panels and drawing out his Fusion Sword.

"On it," Kenshin said as he drew out Volpe and rode with one arm, luckily during his downtime he had the chance to practice; otherwise this would be a lot more dangerous. The two quickly made their turn on the street that Falco instructed, soon seeing the Roaders up ahead.

The Roaders tilted their heads back at noise and quickly skidded to a stop before hopping around and revving up.

"They want a fight, we'll give them a fight," Cloud called out as he began to pick up speed. "Kenshin, cover me."

"On it, cover fire coming up!" Kenshin aimed Volpe and began firing, aiming for either the head or tire of each Roader in order to slow them down. Cloud picked up his speed and slashed against a few on his right side, cutting through them and destroying them. The remaining Roaders on the left saw this but kept rushing for Kenshin who began picking up his speed while shooting at them, managing to take down a few in his way before passing the remaining few.

The Roaders turned around once again, quickly speeding off after both Kenshin and Cloud who kept up their speed.

"They're on your tails, don't get blindsided!" Falco warned.

"Got it, we'll be careful," Kenshin spoke out as he holstered his pistol, planning on going for full control in order to avoid the Roaders this next time around.


Junmei was back in the training hall that she had been using; instead of her usual training she was currently doing close quarters combat routines against the Sandbag. Terry was currently watching her while sitting, crossing his arms as he said nothing. After getting Junmei healed up, Robin had left to figure out where Ken's Token was.

"You know you could say something," Junmei said as she performed a kick against the sandbag. "Am I doing well? Is my stance terrible? What am I supposed to be doing better?"

"What, you think I care about if your good or not?" Terry asked. "As if, I just want to see if you're actually determined to see this fight through."

"Of course I am, I have to be," Junmei said as she continued the training routine against the Sandbag. "It's why Robin's out looking for what I need to beat that copycat. That's why I asked for some combat pointers."

"You can say that all you want but you really have to mean it," Terry mentioned. "You've got to put your heart into it; no matter the beating you take you have to keep getting back up. Use that fighting spirit to keep fighting until you claim victory."

"How is that even possible though?" Junmei asked as she finished her session against the Sandbag, ending with a punch that sent it to the ground. "After being bruised, hit, and slammed constantly, how can anyone get up and recover from that? I can barely even recover from that."

"It's simple," Terry said as he went to lift Sandbag up again before dusting it off, the sentient punching bag giving an appreciative face. Terry gave a thumb up and a smile before turning to Junmei. "What are you fighting for? Why become what you call a Kamen Rider?"

"Well," Junmei said and sat down on the floor. "I'm doing this so I can find my brother."

"There we go," Terry said as he sat down to face Junmei. "Tell me about your brother, how important is he to you?"

"He means the world to me," Junmei admitted almost immediately before looking down. "Our parents ended up caught in an accident while we were teenagers. We just barely were able to end up in a relatives care until we were fit to find a place to stay with our parent's money acting as a buffer."

"It must have been a tough time, but it sounds to me like your brother supported you greatly," Terry replied as he leaned forward a bit.

"We supported each other through all the tough times, even getting jobs we still helped each other out," Junmei explained as she raised her head to speak. "I just love him a lot for how much he's gone out of his way to help me. So I want to help him now, I'm worried he might be in trouble so I want to find him and save him."

"Those feelings, that familial love, saving your brother," Terry said as he held out a hand before grasping at air. "Whenever you're on the cusp of defeat I want you to remember those feelings. No matter the damage, no matter the pain, those feelings will allow you to tap into your fighting spirit. And using that fighting spirit will allow you to stand no matter what's thrown at you."

"Will that really work?" Junmei asked, wondering if her feelings for her brother were that strong.

"In fighting, a lot of people think its only strength that counts," Terry explained as he pointed towards Junmei. "And while that is true, the second most important unseen part is the mind. Your mind and heart are both key in how you perform."

"My mind and heart…" Junmei trailed as she put a hand on her chest, she had to admit that Terry was good at encouragement. Any doubt she had due to Sayomi's strength and Crimson Lobo catching her off guard was dwindling. Even then she was wondering if she'd be able to pull it off.

Her thoughts however were interrupted by Robin suddenly rushing into the room. "Junmei!"

"Were you able to find it?" Junmei asked as she stood up, hoping that Robin was able to pull through.

"I'm afraid not," Robin shook his head. "In the middle of my search I was informed that the one you encountered, Crimson Lobo, is making a dash towards the castle. There are guards trying to stop him but I'm afraid they won't be much."

"Dang, I guess I'll have to make do with Lodestar Princess then," Junmei figured as she readied her Token Driver. "Lead me to the castle; give me any shortcut you can. That thing isn't like an ordinary fighter, and while I think that Marth can handle himself I doubt it'll be a cakewalk for him."

"Are you sure about this?" Robin asked.

"I've got you and Terry for backup," Junmei said before giving a smile. "I think the three of us can handle this before he reaches the castle."

"Facing down that copycat again huh? Alright, let's see what you can do then," Terry encouraged as he walked over.

"Very well, and I've got just the path for us to take," Robin said before heading out, Terry and Junmei following after him.


Hajime was walking along the streets on the quieter end of Smash City, hoping that he'd finally find what he was looking for. In order to search for Smash Tokens he had taken to leaping across buildings while peaking into alleyways. Luckily for him he managed to sense the presence of one in a nearby empty lot. The empty lot was at the end of a maze of alleyways, and in it was a Mii who was wearing a martial arts uniform.

"Does he have…?" Hajime trailed as he kept his presence as minimal as possible while staying far enough away to where he couldn't be spotted on the edge of a rooftop. He needed to confirm that the presence he was feeling was the real deal.

"There we go," The Mii breathed in and out before doing a few mock punches. Nearby was a radio that was currently playing a station that helped the Mii concentrate. That was until a news report broke out interrupting the music.

"This just in, be careful if you're driving today on the west section of town, a dangerous high speed chase between two heroes and a legion of motor monsters is in progress. Repeat, be careful and try not to engage."

"Looks like that is definitely that Kamen Rider Smash guy," The Mii said, remembering the rumors he heard before thinking back to the conversation he recently had. He gripped his uniform in a certain spot as he took a deep breath. "Well if he's on the west side I should get going, I need to catch him before he gets away." He was then ready to head out before perking up before turning towards Hajime's direction and glaring. "Come out now I can sense your presence no matter how hard you try to hide it!"

"What?" Hajime mouthed out as he made no sudden movements, he was surprised by the Mii somehow guessing he was here.

"I can sense your malicious nature, now come out already!" The Mii called out.

"Maybe he does…" Hajime whispered to himself before jumping up and flipping forward. He spun a bit in the air before landing on one knee in front of the Mii. "I must say you are good." He said as he began to rise.

"Why are you here?" The Mii questioned. "What exactly do you want?"

"Already asking those questions, I suppose I should get to work then," Hajime called out as he rushed forward before sending a stomp at the Mii. The Mii dodged to the side before getting around the subspace commander.

"Let's see how you like this!" The Mii called out as he jumped up, a bright blue aura surrounding his body. Hajime turned just in time to raise his arms against a spinning roundhouse kick that the Mii pulled off.

"Well now!" Hajime called out as he skidded backwards, surprised by the strength of his opponent. He gave a yelp before dodging out of the way of an aura sphere. "Yes, you definitely have one."

"Take this!" The Mii rushed towards Hajime, his fists lighting up as a bright blue aura surrounded them.

"Sorry to say but we won't be playing this your way," Hajime held up Piranha Plants Smash Token, it glowing slightly. Suddenly thorn filled vines erupted from the ground and wrapped around the martial artist, lifting him into the air.

"Ah!" The martial artist yelled out as some of the thorns broke his skin and dug into him. "Cheap… trick! Crap!" He yelled out as the pain was too much for him to handle.

"I'm using the power of a Smash Token, just like you," Hajime said as he released the vines, the martial artist falling to the ground. Before the martial artist could hit the ground Hajime slammed his palm into the Mii. The force struck the Mii so hard he was slammed into the wall of the empty lot. "So I'd say its fair game." He said before prying the Mii out of the wall and smacking him to the ground. The smack was hard enough to force the Lucario Smash Token out of the Mii's clothes. "I've won and I'll be taking this."

"No wait!" The Mii tried to get up only to collapse from the pain that was flooding his body. "I need to face him!"

Hajime glanced over before giving a scoff as he walked towards a more shadowed spot of the lot, "The one who will inevitably be destroying Smash won't be you worthless Mii's. I can assure you all that." He said as once he stepped into the shadows he disappeared from sight.


Kenshin and Cloud continued to race through the streets, managing to attract more of the Roaders from other areas into following them to the bridge.

"Well this is nostalgic," Kenshin said as they kept on course.

"Alright buddy, watch your actual lane and not memory lane," Falco remarked. "Slow down and let them get near you two, you should know what to do."

"If you say so," Kenshin replied as he and Cloud began to slow down but kept distance from each other.

Two Roaders sped past Kenshin and got on both sides of Cloud, moving to ram into him. Cloud however opened up his motorcycles sword slots, the panels opening up and slamming into the two Roaders, causing them to crash and explode.

Kenshin saw two Roaders come from his sides and quickly drew out his guns, aiming and firing at their heads. The two Roaders were struck and sent spiraling out of control into a few that were right behind him. Kenshin holstered his guns before revving up and shooting forward. "Falco how many are left?"

"About a group of six more, their all huddled behind you," Falco confirmed.

"That's my cue," Kenshin quickly skidded and performed a u-turn, taking off towards the Roaders. He pressed down on both buttons to activate his finisher.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin gave a yell as the energy from the tokens began wrapping around the Machine Islander, soon forming a smaller energy Arwing around it.

[LYLAT OUTLAW K.O.!]

The Machine Islander rushed forward, the energy armament over it being wide and powerful enough to tear through and destroy the remaining Roaders. Kenshin began to slow down before skidding to a stop, kicking his foot out to help him stop.

"Alright boy's mission accomplished!" Falco called out to the two.

"Good work you two, head back to base," Samus called over the line.

Cloud rode over before slowing down and stopping, "Your getting better at handling that bike."

"Well I do have you all helping me along," Kenshin admitted as he relaxed his posture, glad that the motorcycle chase wasn't extended for much longer. While riding a motorcycle was fun and exciting he wasn't sure he could do it for long stretches of time, or at least fighting while on one. "Just glad we finished that up quick."

"Yeah, what worries me though is the fact that they've been sending out the grunts more often," Cloud admitted. "We're sure that Mr. Game & Watch is safe and secure. So where are they coming from?"

"Maybe the Subspace Army has his Smash Token?" Kenshin gave a shrug. "I mean the Tokens access your guys' abilities right? And Mr. Game & Watch has the ability to make Shadow Bugs right?"

"That's concerning then if they do have one and can access its power… they'd have a limitless supply without the hassle of having Mr. Game & Watch with them." Cloud admitted.

"It's the only guess I've got unfortunately, and I'd rather not suggest that Mr. Game & Watch being safe was a ruse," Kenshin explained. "Though I guess we can talk more at base right?"

"Yeah we should get out of here before we start getting hounded for questions," Cloud suggested, and it wasn't long before the two warriors started up their vehicles and took off.


"Come on, come on!" Crimson Lobo called out as he ran forward, leaving a path of Swordfighter Mii's in armor sprawled across the ground. "Out of the way, I heard the King was pretty tough so I want to meet him!"

"Sorry but you've got another appointment," Junmei quickly slid into view, already transformed into Lodestar Princess. Terry and Robin stepped out, the trio creating a blockade to keep Crimson Lobo from going any further. "You'll be facing me again."

"After the first time, I'll pass," Lobo waved Junmei's request off, while he wasn't concerned about her he was a bit concerned about Terry. He drew on a corrupted version of Terry's power, so Terry Bogard himself would likely be a strong counter against him. "So if you'll kindly just let me pass I'll be on my way."

"You'll find me much harder to face this time around," Junmei said as she raised her left arm forward, before holding her blade and pointing it towards the Malice, holding it against her raised arm. She began to slide her right arm back, the blade scraping across her armor and creating a few sparks. "I won't be moving either. You'll need to beat the three of us to even make it to Marth."

"Very well," Lobo called out as his hands began to glow, he rushed forward already planning on catching Junmei in one of his explosive blasts.

Junmei rushed forward as soon as Lobo did; however once she got near his striking range she jumped upwards. Lobo released an explosive blast right after she did, allowing her to flip over and behind him. Junmei landed back to back before quickly turning and slashing, striking the Malice against the back.

Lobo gasped out before turning and sending a kick at Junmei, the rider raising her arm to block against it before jabbing at him. The Malice quickly threw himself to the ground to avoid it before suddenly performing a break dance to keep Junmei from getting any closer.

Junmei accessed Lucina's power and gathered energy on her sword's blade before swiping forward and sending the energy at Lobo. The Malice had gotten up only to be slammed by the energy, a small explosion occurring.

"Take this!" Lobo called out as he suddenly shot out of the explosion, kneeing Junmei in the stomach, the force being enough to launch her airborne. "Stay down!" He jumped up and punched her in the gut, letting himself fall with Junmei as he slammed her into the ground, a sudden explosive burst of energy sending her flying back.

Junmei cried out as she slammed against the ground, her sword being tossed to the side as a result of her losing her grip.

"Jesus this dude's like a perfect copy of me, well aside from the personality," Terry said, nearly in shock at seeing Crimson Lobo easily do one of his special moves.

"You were definitely better than before, but I'm still better," Crimson Lobo gave a laugh though true to his words his body was filled with scratches and burn marks now. Junmei had managed to hit him good with that energy slash.

"He's so strong…" Junmei muttered as she was still in shock from the attack, she wondered if she should just give up here and now since despite her improvements she still lost.

"Giving up so soon?"

"It's just so tough! How can you breeze through stuff like this?"

"It's not easy for me either; you just have to keep working at it. You can't give up."

"Can't give up…" Junmei trailed as she managed to pick herself up slowly, getting on one knee. She began to rise and staggered forward before stopping herself. "I can't give up now… not when you need me." She said, taking Terry's words to heart and focusing on her brother. She soon stood and straightened up with all her might. "I can't afford to lose!"

"She can keep going but she needs a tactical edge," Robin grimaced. "If only we had the Ken Smash Token, then she could access a fighting based form."

"Wait, Ken Token?" Terry asked as he looked over.

"Yes, those Tokens that Junmei has on her belt, the ones of Marth and Lucina, she has Ryu's but she needs Ken's Token to pull off a new transformation," Robin explained before shaking his head. "I've tried looking but I couldn't locate it before this monster made his move again."

"Wait, you mean something like this?" Terry asked as he suddenly pulled out Ken's Smash Token. "I was wondering what this little thing was! I found it in a pawn shop but it had a strange energy to it so I came all the way here to get it checked out."

"You had it this whole time and you didn't tell us?!" Robin called out, annoyance being heard in his voice.

"How was I supposed to know you needed it? You all never mentioned it by name!" Terry countered causing Robin to quiet down in realization. "Exactly, score one for Terry."

"The hell are you two blabbering about?" Crimson Lobo glanced back at all the noise, turning his attention away from Junmei.

"You get that damn Token to her this instant," Robin hissed out before taking out his fire tome before drawing his sword and throwing his arm forward. "Arcfire!" He launched a fireball at the Malice which soon caught it in a pillar of flames.

"On it boss!" Terry gave a salute before running towards the Malice, soon jumping up and past him before landing near Junmei. "You okay?"

"Tagging me out already? I can still fight," Junmei gave a chuckle as she raised her arms.

"You've definitely got that fighting spirit," Terry grinned before flashing the Ken Smash Token. "But I think a change in attire is necessary."

Junmei dropped her stance when she saw the Token before taking it, "You-How did you?"

"No time for that," Terry waved it off, glad that Junmei didn't even hear about how he had found it. "You've got a match to win, champ."

"Then let's get started," Junmei said as she took out Ryu's Smash Token, she noticed that both of them resonated with each other. She grinned underneath her helmet as she swapped out the Smash Tokens before pressing down on both buttons. "It's time for Round Three."

[PARALLEL COMBINATION]

Transparent versions of Ryu and Ken formed beside Junmei from her Token Driver. The two shot towards her and overlapped with her body, turning a bright white and wrapping around her body.

[RYU! KEN! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: FOCUS BURNER!]

The bright white dissipated revealing Echo's new form, a stark change from her armored knight attire. She had a full black bodysuit on with yellow lines running through it like cracks. The only armoring was white armoring on her forearms and shins. Around her biceps and thighs were red wrappings, her boots and hands having brown padding on the outsides of them.

She held a white lightly armored gi with a long twin coattail that held a red inside, it being tucked underneath her Driver. On the gi's back the kanji for focus and burn was diagonally placed. Her helmet was white and now had a falcon motif to it, having bright yellow compound eyes and a silver mouthpiece. A red headband in place of her head crest topped off the helmet.

"Stop that!" Crimson Lobo yelled out as he broke through the fire, ready to move towards Robin when he noticed the tacticians stare. "Huh?" He turned before seeing Junmei's new form. "What?"

"Kamen Rider Echo, Focus Burner!" Junmei announced as she held her fists up, hopping back and forth as blue flames gathered around her arms. She landed forward while sending a punch forward, the blue flames forming a fireball that launched out towards Crimson Lobo.

"Too slow kid," Crimson Lobo smacked the fireball away before suddenly wincing and holding his hand. "Gah!" He audibly called out before holding his hand up, it having been burned by the fireball. "What…?"

"Are you going to gawk all day or are you going to fight?" Junmei questioned as she took one of the stances that Terry mentioned to her.

"What are you trying to pull?!" Lobo called out as he rushed forward, his opponent doing the same.

The two met and slammed their fists against each other, only for Junmei to follow up with her free fist to uppercut Lobo. Lobo though struck her at the same time with his free fist, but Junmei's uppercut won through. Junmei punched again, Lobo blocking and punching her in the face. He then went for a swiping uppercut but missed due to Junmei correcting her position. She then jumped up and slammed her fist down on Lobo's head. The two however changed up tactics after this, grabbing at each other and locking hands, the two trying to push each other way as they grappled.

"What was that about being better?" Junmei questioned as she kept the grapple going.

"Shut it! You won't beat me! I'm the best!" Lobo yelled out as he pushed forward, managing to force Junmei back. He then dug his foot along the ground as he tried to sweep kick her onto her back.

The Rider responded by jumping up and spinning, punching down against Lobo's face as she fell forward. Lobo crumpled to the ground at this, Junmei landing on his back as she grabbed him with both arms before finding her footing. Using all the physical strength she had in her new form she gave a yell before lifting and throwing Lobo forward, slamming the Malice against the ground.

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Terry cheered out as he pumped his fist into the air.

"Amazing, her power has completely skyrocketed as a result," Robin called out in shock as he saw Junmei's strength.

"Impossible… I was beating you so easily… how can you even win against my power?" Lobo questioned as he began to stand up.

"You may have Terry's power, but there's one thing you lack that I have plenty of," Junmei said as she slammed down both buttons of her Driver. "And that's the fighting spirit to keep on going!"

[FOR GLORY!]

She clasped her hands together as blue fire began gathering between them. She slowly cupped them together as she formed a sphere of blue fire between her hands. She moved her hands back as she began to charge further and further before throwing her cupped hands forward, releasing a large stream of flames that shot out towards Lobo.

"Like hell I don't!" Lobo called out as he clasped his hands together before slamming them into the ground, sending a series of explosive blasts to disrupt the fire. To his surprise however the stream of flames tore through the blasts and slammed into him. An explosion occurred, the Malice yelling out as his body was burned by the attack.

[FOCUS BURNER K.O.!]

From the light of the explosion Junmei shot out towards Crimson Lobo who was now in a prone position. Reeling her right arm back she sent a punch with it once she got close enough. Her fist slammed into the Malice's chest, cracks forming against his chest before another explosion occurred.

Junmei panted heavily as the smoke and light cleared, revealing Crimson Lobo sprawled against the ground. His body turned black before crumbling away to reveal the Mii as the Smash Token was sent into Junmei's hand. Junmei then raised her arm before flashing a peace sign, proud that she was able to pull off a victory despite the situation looking bleak.

"Excellent work, it's as I thought, a copy is never as good as the original!" Terry called out with a thumb up.

"Suppose I can give this back to you," Junmei said as she went to hand Terry his Token back but was surprised when he raised a hand to stop her.

"Keep it, its proof of your fighting spirit," Terry explained. "It could come in handy in the future."

"Thank you," Junmei dismissed her transformation before giving a smile. "So how did you manage to find it?"

"I uh…" Terry started as Robin walked over with an annoyed look. The fighter twiddled his thumbs a bit as he tried to stammer out an excuse to make him not look bad before quickly noticing something. "Hey look, we've got guests!"

"Huh?" Junmei and Robin turned, the two surprised to see Marth and Chrom approaching. "Oh wow, wasn't expecting this kind of company."

"Phew…" Terry wiped the sweat from his forehead before seeing a death glare from Robin causing him to stiffen up a bit.

Robin then gave a smile and turned towards his approaching allies, "To what do we owe the pleasure your Majesty?"

"Chrom was speaking to me when we heard the commotion," Marth explained. "Just as we arrived we witnessed that fiery finale to the battle that just occurred."

"Wait you saw all that?" Junmei asked.

"From the moment you accessed your new form, we had stopped short to see what you could do," Chrom replied. "Needless to say you've definitely got the heart of a warrior."

"Indeed, Chrom has also told me of what you've done previously. I believe Palutena picked herself a fine warrior," Marth explained with a soft smile. "With the spirit you showed, you should easily be able to become a beacon of light in times of darkness."

"That means a lot," Junmei admitted with a smile.

From far away on a rooftop Sayomi kept watch, giving a chuckle as she tossed two Smash Tokens up and down. "Well now darling, looks like you aren't a fake Kamen Rider after all." She mused before holding both Tokens between her fingers, revealing she had claimed Meta Knight's and Ganondorf's Smash Token's. "But I'll have to thank Crimson Lobo for that lovely distraction. Everything went according to plan."


"Looks like Kenshin was right for us to do backgrounds on guys like Blaze and Fuma," Fox said as he and Captain Falcon hovered over a computer in the weapons laboratory. Since Samus was using the main computer for the Roader Incident they had to make do with the secondary computer. "They do have one thing in common."

"They were on the front lines and survivors of Origin Impact," Captain Falcon finished for his ally.

"King Dedede made sure to keep an extensive list of these guys just in case they needed to be called on, some of them even turned out to be working for him and us," Fox said as he looked over the data. "Meaning we can predict the next likely Mii's if a Token falls into their hands."

"We've cut out two of them… and this list goes pretty far," Captain Falcon trailed as he stared at the screen. "It'll be a lot harder than a simple prediction search. But considering we'd know if one of the employee's would have a Token, we can cut them out to make the list smaller."

"True, but we at least have some progress to show," Fox replied. "The question is why can they access the Smash Token's power?"

"It might have to do with the explosion that was reported," Captain Falcon pointed out. "Maybe the explosion not only released the Smash Tokens but a wave of energy as well. That energy altered the Mii's bodies to where they can use the Smash Tokens."

"A bit farfetched don't you think?" Fox asked.

"Come now, it's the only thing that makes sense. I'm no scientist but I'm pretty sure that has to be the cause," Captain Falcon countered.

"Sounds like you two are making progress," Samus mentioned as she entered. "Kenshin and Cloud are taking a break since the Roader incident is taken care of."

"Good to hear," Fox gave a nod. "But yeah, Kenshin wanting us to look into Blaze and Fuma gave us some interesting results."

"Nice to know, I'll leave you two to keep working on that," Samus said before heading over to a workbench with various materials on it. "I need to keep working on a project."

"I was about to ask, it looked like you were developing a new weapon of sorts," Captain Falcon mentioned.

"Sort of, it's still in the testing and development phases," Samus mentioned. "But seeing how both Lylat Outlaw and Thunder Shinobi functioned gave me an idea."

"You also want him to be ready just in case that Altea Kamen Rider ends up being bad news, right?" Fox asked.

Samus stayed silent as she looked down at the mess of wires and metal, before speaking up. "You hit the nail exactly on the head."

To Be Continued...


Samus: Outward appearances are deceiving, even those with the greatest intentions have a side they don't want anyone to see. What's important is not losing the real you in the facade.

[Next Time – Mask of Justice]


Smash Token Ownership:

Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf/Pikachu/Greninja

Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu/Ken/Terry Bogard

CORE – Incineroar

Meijin – Donkey Kong

Sayomi – Meta Knight/Ganondorf

Hajime – Piranha Plant/Lucario