Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 14 – Bonds Beyond Visibility


Data File #17: Aftermath

"Junmei had managed to quell Kenshin enough to where he was able to remove the armor of his own accord. After that a week had passed, Kenshin resting while learning about the source of his powers. He didn't seem too shaken up on the surface, despite that he trained hard, and also had time for awkward family moments with Junmei. Seems there are a few things bugging him, hopefully those get sorted out soon."


It had been a day since the meeting and King Dedede had called for a special press conference. The press conference was to be broadcasted all across Smash City alongside the other Kingdoms in order to make the whole world more aware.

Meta Knight was at the front of the crowd with several Waddle Dee's to keep the rampant reporters at bay. Behind them was a desk where Dedede would sit at with Isabelle already present next to the chair. Behind the desk was a projector screen that would give visual aid when necessary. Isabelle had also given Dedede an outline on what to talk about since she knew he needed a guide but knew he didn't like being restricted in what he could say.

"Thank you all for meeting with me on such short notice," King Dedede said as he walked over to his seat and sat down to address everyone. "Now then to start off Perfect Life is being dissolved into my capable care. Due to recent incidents the company as it stands is not fit for providing security, thus I and my employees will be set with providing security as a result. This is not to say it will diminish, I'm sure it will open up even further. But it's clear that I need to keep a close eye on things now regarding everyone's safety."

It wasn't long before reporters began to try and get past Meta Knight and the Waddle Dee's only to get held back once a second set came in to stack on top of the Waddle Dee's to create a more solid wall. It wasn't long before they started asking a multitude of questions.

"President Dedede, does this mean the recent incidents such as the stadium as well as the monster attacks will die down?"

"There are also rumors that the Subspace Army is making a return and is in the city itself, can you confirm?"

"What can you tell us of the armored individuals lurking as well?"

"Is there cause to be concerned?"

"Now, now, calm down ya'll," King Dedede chuckled as he held his hands up before he gave a more serious expression. "We've been hearing rumors in the office that the Subspace Army has been trying to rebuild its ranks. I'd like to say we believe those rumors, better to have that fact out in the open than keep them operating in secrecy. We're not having any of this secrecy business, anyone who knows any details should come forward and let us know."

"Does that mean the Monster Attacks are likely their doing?"

"It is likely that with the return of the Subspace Army, they have brought in new creatures to assist their forces. We call them Malice, they are monsters that are corrupted versions of Mii's." King Dedede said, resulting in a lot of yelling at being concerned. "Do not be concerned! I said do not be concerned! The corruption only happens if the Subspace Army forces it on you with direct contact. This is not some strange viral infection, it's rather limited!"

"How will you combat these Malice creatures?"

"Do not worry about that," King Dedede reassured as he snapped his fingers, the room dimming as the projector began to be filled with images of Kamen Rider Smash and Kamen Rider Echo from various angles. "The Malice and Subspace Army issues will be dealt with by the Worlds latest heroes, Kamen Riders. These two in particular being Kamen Rider Smash and Kamen Rider Echo."

It wouldn't be long till limited footage of their previous fights could be seen; audio was cut off though the video footage remained intact. However they were cut at specific points to where Junmei and Kenshin's real identities weren't revealed in the slightest.

"They've been defending the city and other regions against the Subspace Army," King Dedede explained. "Know that if the Subspace Army threatens a land, we will deploy them there to assist. They are valuable warriors that everyone should have access to. Of course that doesn't mean we can rely on them all the time, we need to stand together as a society and stop whatever plans the Subspace Army has! We will not lie down while this world is in jeopardy!"

It wasn't long before the room began to erupt in cheering and applause at King Dedede's tactic to boost morale, it seemed as though his stream of positive news starting with Kenshin and Junmei's roles had managed to work.

"We will now be taking other questions you all would like to ask since we won't be having a general update conference this month like planned," Isabelle said as she stepped forward.


"Well now, I have to admit that penguin sure knows how to get the job done," Meijin said as he gave a few claps, currently sitting in Dr. Wily's laboratory, having taken a screen for personal use once he heard King Dedede was making a statement.

"We've been doing well at hiding in plain sight, despite revealing ourselves we aren't generally known," Sayomi mentioned. "And all they have to really say is the Subspace Army is back, no other details."

"They just want to make people aware," Dr. Wily explained as he was currently working on examining Zero's mental data, the Reploid being unconscious and strapped down after having been defeated. "It's a good tactic to boost morale and quiet down the other Leaders."

"I suppose it would be boring if we simply went through the shadows and didn't have any opposition," Meijin admitted as he took out Bowser's Token before flicking it up into the air. It wasn't long before he caught it mid-air and placed it on the back of his hand, the token landing on heads. "Though this means there's more pressure on the Kamen Riders."

"With the information we got from Tabuu this will certainly be interesting," Sayomi admitted as she fiddled around with her beam sword. "I mean to think that they'd be brother and sister, it suddenly makes sense why Hajime targeted Kenshin when he did."

"Take advantage of the messed up mental state he was in, it's a good plan," Meijin said as he looked over. "It seems we got lucky as well in that regard."

"Still I suppose this means whenever our good robotics expert enacts his plan we'll be sure to have quite the show," Sayomi said as she holstered her weapon.

"The plan has been ready to be enacted, though Zero coming to us is a perfect opportunity I couldn't pass up," Wily explained as he worked on uploading a program to add to Zero's programming. "Needless to say, later today we will begin."

"Good, because we do have another request," Meijin said as he looked over Bowser's Token. "And we're hoping once you collect this data you'll be able to do it."

"Just so long as you don't turn on us like you did with Hajime we'll be fine," Dr. Wily said casually causing the two Subspace Commanders to look over to him. "What? You should have figured I'd find out once I chose that stadium that's been heavily damaged as my target. Hacking the camera's that were still active and finding the footage was child's play for me."

"You don't need to worry," Meijin reassured, a bit caught off guard by Wily's resourcefulness. "We have no plans of turning on you all like we did Hajime. There was a good reason for that."

"The only reason we wanted him out of the way was simple… he was worthless," Sayomi admitted as she walked over to Meijin. "All of you have some kind of purpose to serve, be it minor or major. Him… he was just an idiot who wanted this power to mess around and just watch everything burn."

"He was the last one picked after all, I can only assume Tabuu had something different in mind with him, however it was clear that Sayomi and I deserve these roles more," Meijin explained as he put a hand on his partner's shoulder. "The two of us do share one thing in common with the Yukimura's that's for sure, a key fact that not even Hajime had."

"Which is why we decided he needed to be rid of, besides Ganondorf was also in on this plan," Sayomi explained. "Point is, so long as it's just the two of us at the top, we don't care about taking out anyone else."

"We don't plan on being restrictive either, which is why I've been letting you go through with this plan of yours," Meijin explained. "Despite the questionable nature of it, I have faith that you'll make it work."

"Well of course I will, just you watch!" Dr. Wily called out before getting back to work on inserting some additional coding into Zero. "Perfect… it's time to begin!"


Samus was currently walking through the hallways of CORE, remembering what Fox had mentioned about Kenshin's recent behavior. There was also the fact that Zero had yet to contact them, with any attempts at reaching him failing. "What to do…" She trailed, trying to figure out an idea to snap Kenshin out of his funk. She was lost in thought before smelling something, "Huh? When did…" She started before heading for the kitchen, surprised by how strong the smell was. When she entered she was surprised to see several empty paper bags on the main table with Junmei and Cloud prepping what looked to be some meat, vegetables and a ton of spices. "What's going on here?"

"Huh?" Junmei turned a bit surprised before relaxing a bit. "Okay good, it's just you Samus."

"Yeah, it's just me," Samus said as she walked over. "What's going on?"

"My idea," Cloud admitted as he raised a hand, having just finished blending several cooked chili's together to make a paste.

The duo had already browned about half a batch of chopped up meat in a pot, with Junmei having removed the meat and then added chopped onions with crushed garlic to give them some color via the fond remaining inside.

"A really good idea," Junmei admitted as she began adding some boxes of chicken stock to the pot to deglaze.

Cloud then went to dump the finished chili paste in on Junmei's command. "I figured that maybe an old family recipe that she knew would help out with Kenshin."

"Cloud mentioned he loved going to Chef Kawasaki's Diner for some of his famous Chili Mac, I even tried it too, it was delicious," Junmei admitted as she dumped both the cooked and uncooked beef in, thinking back to her experience. "And that's when I was reminded of an old recipe I used to do to cheer him up. A bit unorthodox, but my Chili recipe always did the trick whenever he wasn't feeling that great. It'll take a while though; it needs to simmer for a long while."

"I'm sure he'll enjoy it," Samus mentioned before noticing how big the pot and portions of ingredients were. "That looks like a lot of Chili though."

"Well I was planning on letting everyone have some," Junmei admitted with a smile as she set to heat to where the pot of juice and meat would come to a simmer. "Just because this is for Kenshin doesn't mean I'm not sharing. But yeah I'd rather surprise Kenshin with it than him stumbling across it, so I'm kind of hoping he doesn't leave his room today."

"Won't be too hard, he hasn't really been out and about today for some reason," Samus admitted.

"Odd," Cloud said as he looked at the simmering pot of beef. "Okay so what now?"

"Okay," Junmei said as she went to check on the heat. "It's time to let them simmer for an hour or two. Maybe three since we did put the rest of the non cooked beef in here." She said as she watched the simmering pot. "After a bit we'll add some spices."

"Oh wow what smells so good in here?" Captain Falcon asked as he walked in with Dr. Mario before noticing everyone there. "Huh, it sounds like something special is going on. That's a shame considering what just popped up."

"What happened?" Samus asked, wondering why Falcon had worded his sentence like that.

"We just received a message from the Subspace Army," Dr. Mario said in a more serious tone as he took out a tablet and motioned for everyone to see. Samus, Cloud and Junmei all huddled together as the tablet soon displayed Dr. Wily fairly close to the screen.

"Why hello CORE, it is I the great Albert W. Wily and I've come with a message," Wily said as he moved backwards to reveal he was currently at the worn down and damaged stadium from before. Behind and to the side Zero could be seen tied to a metal pole that was jammed into the ground. "I've captured your meddlesome agent and I have one request for his guaranteed safety. I want both Kamen Rider's Smash and Echo to come to the stadium that was recently decommissioned. They are to try and take him back from me; if you fail to comply I will flood the city with the Subspace Army from this very stadium itself. I'm a patient man, but not that patient. I expect the Riders to arrive soon."

Once the transmission was over Junmei sighed before giving a light stretch of her arms, "Alright, I suppose we should get going." She said before grabbing a pad and pen, writing down the remaining steps before looking over at Cloud. "Think you can watch the food and spice accordingly for me?"

"Yeah," Cloud gave a nod.

"Get your gear and meet me at my Gunship," Samus told Junmei. "I'll get your brother."

"Roger," Junmei said before exiting the kitchen to go to her room.

"Dr. Mario, Captain Falcon, monitor the situation. I'll be on the front lines just in case something happens," Samus said to which both gave a nod. "Good." She said before heading out of the kitchen and towards Kenshin's room. To her surprise, Kenshin was out and about already.

Kenshin was wandering around, his nose tingling at an odd smell when he noticed Samus. "Oh hey Samus, I was just about to get some training in."

"No time for that, get your gear, we need to head back to that stadium that the Piranha Plant Malice was at," Samus explained but noticed that Kenshin had turned away almost instantly. "Hey what's going on?"

"You've got Junmei right? I'm not needed," Kenshin replied as he began to walk back to his room.

"Hey now, she's not here to replace you, you should know that," Samus said as she walked over and grabbed the boys shoulder to keep him in place. "What's wrong?"

"Listen, she's in full control of her powers, she can handle this," Kenshin said before looking back at Samus. "You can't risk it with me, not yet. Not until I've tried that new power and confirmed it's safe to use. I don't want to hurt anyone."

"You know that Junmei has your back, and besides the Token was sabotaged last time," Samus replied. "You don't have to be afraid of that power."

"And if I access Tabuu's power and overwhelm her before she can help me?" Kenshin asked as he turned with a more serious expression. "You think I'd be able to live with myself if I did something like that. So the best way is to avoid it and her until I get more manageable."

Samus gave a bored look at Kenshin's answer before placing a hand on her hip. "I really thought you had matured just a bit since becoming a Rider. But you're letting one incident get you scared like a panicked child. You need to put more trust in her and yourself. I'll allow it, but if she ends up dying on this mission then it will be on you refusing to give her the help she needed." She ended in a colder tone before turning and walking off.

Kenshin stood silently in surprise since Samus was normally understanding about his situation regarding his powers.

"I swear…" Samus shook her head, not liking how Kenshin's demeanor had been changing due to Junmei entering his life alongside being caught in Meijin's trap. She shook off those thoughts though once she arrived in the hanger to see Junmei waiting for her.

"Where's Kenshin?" Junmei asked.

"He's not coming unfortunately," Samus admitted as she walked for her Gunship. "I wouldn't try talking him into coming either. His minds made up, just be extra careful alright?"

Junmei looked back towards the entrance of the hanger before looking over to Samus and looking down. "Understood…" She trailed before picking up her pace to a jog to catch up with Samus.


Palutena walked through the halls of her temple, having just seen King Dedede's press conference. Pit and Dark Pit walked behind her as they were heading for the lab area as well. It had been a week since asking for a heavy amount of research and she was hoping that they'd have made a decent amount of progress.

"So how has Rosalina's search been going?" Palutena asked.

"Decent," Dark Pit admitted. "Hard part is there are a lot of Earth's to pick and choose from aside from Kenshin and Junmei's version. The issue is finding the right candidate."

"Yeah, I mean I know we're not exactly going for flying colors here. But it's still kind of hard given we've got no clue what to go on." Pit admitted.

"It's a shame that Kamen Riders supposedly only exist in television, otherwise I would have asked Rosalina to find a Rider to help us," Palutena admitted.

"Actually…" Pit trailed. "There's evidence that Kamen Riders do exist and have their own worlds. Though Rosalina mentioned she was looking into it further."

"The Universe and by extension Multiverse is a rather large place," Palutena replied. "So it shouldn't surprise me in the slightest. If those worlds do exist then I think I have a preference."

"I still say we should try recruiting some fresh blood regardless," Dark Pit replied.

"But have we even made any progress on our new Driver?" Pit asked.

"That's just what we're here to see," Palutena said as she led the two angels into the lab, soon stopping at the doorway due to the sight before her.

To her surprise there were scientists scrambling all over the place, machinery and metal plates all scattered about. There were photos of random citizens with seemingly no correlation, and several scientists running through and gathering data for them. Alongside that there were blueprints of what looked like a simplified buckle version of the Token Driver alongside a strange gauntlet brace on a few of the screens.

"Whoa talk about hard at work," Pit said as he looked around.

"I'm not sure what all this is supposed to be," Dark Pit admitted.

"Neither am I," Palutena admitted before she brought out her staff and tapped it on the ground, clearing her throat as loudly as she could. This had managed to catch the scientist's attention as the one from a week ago quickly hurried over.

"Ah lady Palutena, I'm sorry about the mess but we're currently working hard on getting the new Rider System ready," The scientist explained.

"You've really progressed that far?" Palutena asked in surprise.

"Yes, after figuring out the hierarchy from Junmei's world, we had managed to figure out our only option when it came to creating a capable warrior," The scientist explained.

"So is that why you've got data on all these random people?" Dark Pit asked.

"In a sense… please come in, I can explain more once I show you the proper data," The scientist replied.


"Just what are you planning?" Zero questioned as he tried to break free of his confinement. "What's the aim of the Subspace Army?"

"As if I'd share that with you," Wily scoffed as he waved off Zero's struggling. "By the way you can stop, I've made sure to set your output to low in order to keep you from doing anything rash."

"Fine then… why them then? Why exactly are you asking for trouble with the Kamen Rider's?" Zero asked, genuinely curious as to why he wasn't reprogrammed and instead used as a hostage. "Wouldn't reprogramming me be enough for you?"

"True… however I am a man of science! Thus I cannot pass up the opportunity of a lifetime," Wily explained before the two could hear echoing footsteps. "Ah and it seems like they've arrived." He turned towards one of the arena entrances only to be surprised when it was just Junmei. "Huh? I was pretty sure there were two of you."

"It's just me today Wily," Junmei said as she took out Marth and Lucina's Tokens. "My brother is busy and so was I, so if we could just wrap this up now that'd be appreciated."

Wily gave a glare before giving a scoff, "Fine then, but if I can't get you both I'll just deal with you and hope the other comes before you die."

"Long way it is then," Junmei said as she slotted in both Tokens before initiating the transformation. "Henshin!"

[PARALLEL COMBINATION!]

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

Junmei gave a yell and began to run forward, the spectral copies of Marth and Lucina doing the same before they slammed into her, completing her transformation into Kamen Rider Echo.

"Very well…" Wily took out a large metal sphere with a Token Slot on it; he took out the copied Mr. Game & Watch Token before slotting it in place. "Watch and learn Kamen Rider!"

[MR. GAME & WATCH!]

[SUBSPACE EMITTER: GATEWAY COMMENCING ACTIVATION!]

"Wait what?" Junmei skidded to a stop when she heard the announcement.

"You really thought I'd be fighting you in my Wily Capsule? You think too highly of yourself!" Wily called out as he threw the Emitter towards center stage. It stopped before it could hit the ground, soon shooting up fairly high in the stadium. A Subspace Portal began forming above it, growing fairly large but only just touching the roof of the stadium.

Primids began to fall out of the gateway, all of them having various assorted weapons and some of them even being fire, metal and enlarged versions of the foes. Other types of Subspace Army foes were formed as well, Armights, Autolances, Bombed's, Shadya's and Shellpods also being a part of the army that was being called down.

A pulse then came from the Subspace Emitter, a purple domed shield forming from the top of the gateway and cutting Junmei off from getting any assistance.

"This is insane…" Junmei said as she looked around, surprised at just how many enemies there were and more seemed to be coming through by the second. "Samus!" She called as she held a hand to her helmet, opening communications.

"I know," Samus said from the other line. "That barrier is going to take some work, I'm picking up fairly strong readings and I'm not sure if my suits going to make a dent, but I'll try and break it. Meanwhile I'll get Dr. Mario and Captain Falcon to try and convince Kenshin. Just hold out, alright?"

"Roger," Junmei said, taking a deep breath as she took hold of her sword. She then gave a battle cry before rushing forward, choosing to slash against the unarmed Primids first alongside the Fire Primids. They were easily dispatched though trouble came when the Boom and Sword Primids began blocking with their weapons. Despite this she worked on cutting through them with ease.

"Yes, good, keep it up," Dr. Wily grinned as he began to back away, the Subspace Army working on converging in on Junmei. "Force her to show what she can do."

Junmei jumped and flipped backwards, landing in a clear patch of land before sliding her hand across her sword. She raised the sword forward as she gathered energy before spinning and swinging, sending an energy slash that tore through more Primids and a few Bombed's as well, creating explosions that tore through the enemy's ranks

"That should…" Junmei trailed and cut herself off as she heard loud noises behind her; she quickly turned and rolled forward as two giant fists slammed into the ground. Two Big Primids had tried to sneak up on her but failed due to their size. "Fine then, you want to play rough." She said as she gathered more energy in her swords blade before turning and slashing against the giant's legs, cutting through both of the Big Primid's legs and causing them to topple and slam into the ground.

"Junmei you need to try switching forms," Samus suggested. "You need more crowd control because I'm scanning the area, whatever you kill just comes back."

"I need to get rid of that emitter," Junmei said as she dug her swords blade into a shellpod, giving a yell as she sliced through and broke its shell as a result. She then slashed through its exposed pea-like body, destroying it.

"You're going to need to clear most of those enemies out then, otherwise you won't get anywhere," Samus suggested.

"Right, time for my new-" Junmei was ready to take out Simon and Richters Tokens only to yell out as she was struck from behind. She staggered forward before turning, her eyes widening when she saw Elec Man. "Oh no…"

"That's right, decided to bring out one of the classics!" Wily called out with a laugh as he took out a switch and pressed the button on it.

"One of the… oh crap," Junmei realized where this was going and quickly noticed a dark shadow forming on her. She quickly rolled out of the way as yellow goo-like pieces dropping down and forming the one eyed yellow golem known as the Yellow Devil. "Samus… please tell me I'm not going to do this alone." While she was confident in her abilities, Elec Man, The Yellow Devil, and a continuous supply of the Subspace Army was starting to make her realize she was out of her depth.

"Like hell you are, I've just put in the call. I don't care what kind of funk he's in, he'll come I know he will," Samus said from the other line.

"Right," Junmei gave a nod as she quickly jumped backwards to avoid several Primids that tried to rush her from behind. When she landed she immediately blocked against two Boom Primids before kicking one away and slashing through the other. She then spun to avoid electric bolts and energy fired from both Elec Man and The Yellow Devil. "I just hope he shows up soon."


Kenshin walked through the halls of the base, a bit surprised at Samus' cold response to his dilemma. He wandered around and around without care until something odd happened. "Huh?" He sniffed a bit, feeling his nose tingle again at a peculiar smell. "Is someone cooking right now?" He asked as he began to wander towards the kitchen. It wasn't long before he got inside and saw Cloud checking the pot of meat as well as all the ingredients. "Cloud, what's going on?"

"Huh? Wait you didn't go with Junmei?" Cloud asked.

"I um… I'm still trying to figure things out admittedly," Kenshin admitted as he moved closer. "What's with all the stuff?"

"Oh… well I'm just taking over for Junmei really," Cloud admitted as he stirred the mixture briefly before tasting it, having just finished putting in the spices and tomato paste, "Hmm."

"It smells good," Kenshin admitted, the smell suddenly feeling nostalgic once he placed what was going on.

"This isn't going to be ready for a while though. But she wanted to make you some good old fashioned home cooking." Cloud replied, much to Kenshin's surprise.

"Really…?" He trailed as he walked over to the simmering pot. "I don't really feel like I deserve it though."

"I don't think the point is if you deserve it or not, it's something she's willing to do because you're her brother," Cloud mentioned.

"Huh…" Kenshin looked over the pot and checked nearby for a spoon. Taking a fully cooked piece of meat along with the mixed broth he took a bite. His eyes widened when he tasted it, voices suddenly rushing to him.

"Hey I thought I told you to wait a bit!"

"I'm sorry, it just smelled so good."

"It's not even done yet silly, the meat hasn't soaked in all that delicious liquid!"

"Well the meat right now tastes really good!"

"Then you should wait for the real deal bro. It'll blow your mind!"

"Sure thing, I'm looking forward to it."

Kenshin lowered his hand as he dropped the spoon on the counter, a warm feeling coming to his chest as he gripped it. He looked down as he began to shake a bit, "I've been such an idiot…" He said as a few tears ran down his cheeks.

"Yep, you sort of ignored my advice from a while back," Cloud said as he crossed his arms. "You've been too focused on remembering to make things less awkward that you aren't letting your feelings through. Not to mention wanting to hold back and simply train due to the Calamity Hero incident alongside your origin… you've been forcing yourself in one place expecting something to change regarding your control over your powers. But nothing will if you don't take that first step."

"I need to get to her, now." Kenshin admitted as he rubbed his eyes when the door suddenly opened up.

"Oh thank goodness we found you," Captain Falcon said as he entered. "Listen Kenshin, I'm not sure what to say to get you to change your mind. But…"

"I've made up my mind," Kenshin said as he looked straight at Captain Falcon. "Where is she?"

"That… was easier than I expected," Captain Falcon admitted, nearly falling over at Kenshin's sudden resolve. "Done thinking about everything?"

"Sure sounds like it," Cloud answered.

"Cloud was right, I need to start thinking with my feelings instead of my head, otherwise I'm just going to end up over thinking everything," Kenshin admitted before quickly moving past Captain Falcon and running for the hanger. "Cap I need the location sent to the Machine Islander pronto!"

"On it, the data will be transmitted before you take off!" Captain Falcon called from the kitchen door and gave a salute before rushing for the control room.

"Kid, make sure you both come back fast! Don't want to have a cold dinner after all!" Cloud called from the door.

"You're right about that!" Kenshin called back as he continued to run through the halls, almost knocking other members over in his rush. It wasn't long before he made it to the hanger and hurried over to the control panel. Activating the automatic system for the hanger doors he rushed for his Machine Islander and mounted it. As he got on and activated the motorcycle he saw the computer light up with information.

"Wait for me…" He trailed before revving the Machine Islander and taking off once the hanger doors opened up. "Junmei!"


In the Ruins sector of the World of Smash there was currently a gathering of various villains and branches of the Subspace Army. Meijin and Sayomi had been informed to call the meeting while Wily was distracting the Riders. The two were at the center of an old meeting room, it being round with various seats carved in stone.

Among the villains present for the meeting were Bowser, Ridley, King K. Rool, Ganondorf, the Black Knight, Wolf, and Samurai Goroh. Others like Bowser Jr., Corrin, and Dark Samus were currently outside with various minions from the major leaders with some Primids in the mix as well.

"I believe now would be a good time to talk about Phase 2," Meijin mentioned as he waved a hand the room going dark with images of the various Kingdoms forming. "We've gained quite the tactical advantage by gathering in secret and only launching small scale attacks."

"As such it's time for us to look into backing the government into a corner," Sayomi explained as images of Peach, Zelda, Mewtwo, and Marth appeared. "If we're to win this battle and claim this world for our own, we need to take out the leadership."

"That's all well and good but there's plenty of heroes to stop us," Bowser countered. "We're going to need more power in terms of both quality and quantity."

"A good old fashioned plan never hurt anyone Bowser," Ganondorf gave a smirk. "If we have the right plan then we can easily deal with whatever is against us."

"Are you saying I don't plan stuff out?!" Bowser called out with a raised fist.

"More like your plans always contain plenty of holes, enough hoops for the Mario Brothers to jump through," Ridley remarked. "But we're getting off track…"

"Well luckily for you all we can provide a fairly solid plan of action," Sayomi replied.

"Of course we also have our dear friend Wily working on solutions for our issue of needing more power in both quantity and quality." Meijin explained as he soon waved his hand, the images being replaced by the footage from King Dedede's press conference. "But we all still have to be wary of Kamen Riders Smash and Echo."

"As a few of you and your personal general's here can attest, they are no joke," Sayomi said. "It's why Wario and Waluigi are currently in CORE's maximum security holding cells."

"At least they don't have any important info to give out," The Black Knight said. "So it's not too much of a loss aside from having fairly capable fighters."

"Still, we've lost two decent fighters, we need to be careful until we regain the advantage," Ridley replied.

"Now then I suppose it's time to get into the details regarding everything," Meijin clasped his hands together as the room brightened up and the footage disappeared. "It's time for us to strike back against the heroes."


Junmei slashed against the yellow blobs of matter that were the Yellow Devil, yelling out as she was struck by two of them and staggered as a result. The rest of the yellow blobs shot forward and formed the behemoth behind her, it raising its hands up high. The Rider looked up before quickly jumping to the side just as the Yellow Devil landed its attack, Junmei tumbling against the ground as a result.

"Hang in there!" Samus called out as she was outside the barrier, sending a continuous energy beam at it to try and shatter it but with no luck. "He should be on his way by now!"

"Honestly it's a damn shame," Wily said as he had been pacing around while the fight was going on. He wasn't pleased in the slightest about the results. "I was hoping I'd get both Kamen Rider Smash and Echo. But it looks like the brother is worthless, I mean after all, letting his sister go out on her own knowing it was likely a suicidal mission? Well he better not regret that decision because I doubt he'll show up if he abandoned you from the start."

"Shut up!" Junmei called out as she stabbed her sword into the ground, forcing herself to stand. "Even if it hurts that he wouldn't come at first, I know that he won't abandon me!"

"So be it, Elec Man, finish her off I'll extract the necessary data from her Driver," Wily called out.

"With pleasure," Elec Man said as he began gathering electricity.

[SMASH FUSION!]

"Like hell I'd abandon her!" A voice echoed from the stage entrance, a bright red and bright green light could be seen from the tunnel before converging into a singular white light.

[MARIO! LUIGI! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: PLATFORM BLAZER!]

Green and Red fire combusted from the light, Kenshin in his armor bursting out of the flames before speeding up. The Rider briefly let go of the handles and released a burst of hot air at the ground, the force being enough to launch him into the air while moving forward.

[YOSHI! RIDER BREAK!]

He then grabbed the handles and gave a yell, a white and green spotted egg casing appearing as an energy shield before spinning rapidly. It became a spiraling green and white drill that slammed into the barrier. Cracks slowly began to form as the barrier began to pulse, it pulsing faster and faster as more cracks formed. Suddenly the Machine Islander's finisher broke through the barrier, creating a large hole that formed more cracks along the surface, the cracks multiplying before the barrier finally shattered.

Elec Man gave a scoff before gathering his store up electricity in his fist, gripping it tightly as he began to approach his target. Junmei quickly drew her sword, smiling beneath her helmet thanks to Kenshin's appearance.

"Junmei!" Kenshin yelled out as he tilted his motorcycle to where the wheels were now facing forward in mid-air. He then kept hold of the handles while putting his boots on the seat, with one motion he let go while kicking against the seat. The resulting kick sent the Machine Islander slamming into the Yellow Devil, toppling the gigantic bio robot and sending it to the ground.

Kenshin then used another burst of hot air to launch him forward, landing and entering a roll that moved him near the Rider and Robot Master. He then stood on one knee before raising his arm to block against Elec Man's punch, wincing as sparks flew from his arm.

"Wow to think you actually came despite not remembering a single thing." Wily remarked with a light laugh. He needed to keep taunting them; he needed to get them riled up. "This is definitely a comedy, that's for sure."

"You're right I don't remember!" Kenshin called out as he suddenly wrapped his arm around Elec Man to keep him from moving back, standing up. "But that doesn't mean I can't go on what I feel! Despite it all, I realize I need to listen to my heart, not my mind! It may take a long time for things to go back to the way they were… maybe they won't be the same, but I'm still willing to try! Because Junmei's my sister, that's a fact that won't ever change, memories or not!"

"Would you look at that…" Samus remarked as she relaxed, glad to see that Kenshin had seemingly gotten his act together.

"Kenshin…" Junmei trailed, her smile growing bigger as she relaxed her posture, relief filling her as a second wind finally hit her.

"Let's do this, together," Kenshin looked back to her before kicking Elec Man away.

"Right, together!" Junmei called out as she walked over, standing side by side with Kenshin.

"Look alive you two!" Samus called out as she sent a charged shot through the crowd of enemies. "We need to destroy that Subspace Emitter before we can make actual progress!" She then aimed a charged shot for the emitter, releasing the blast only for several Spaak's to form, the cloud-like enemies being obliterated instead of the emitter.

"Well that's not good," Wily said with a frown before quickly running off, planning on getting to his Wily Capsule he had stored nearby.

It wasn't long before the Yellow Devil began to rise again, grabbing the Machine Islander and tossing it into the stands. However due to receiving new orders from Dr. Wily remotely, it began to move towards the Subspace Emitter to protect it.

"Okay, we need to get past that Yellow Devil to break that emitter. Let's not kill it yet," Kenshin said, already getting ideas on how to use the Yellow Devil to their advantage. He drew out his Smash Knuckle. "Sound like a plan?"

"Good enough for me," Junmei said as the two broke away from each other and began fighting their way through the various Subpsace Army grunts. They're plan was to split focus among their enemies and thus keep the crowd from overwhelming them together. Junmei kept running forward and slashing through enemies whenever she could, a few Shellpods came in, forcing her to jump and slide along their hard shells to get past them.

Kenshin meanwhile was punching his way through any Primid that got in his way, tanking through the Fire Primids whenever they spewed fire at him. He yelped as blades dug into the floor in front of him, forcing him to stop. A Shaydas had jumped down and began slashing at him forcing him to back away. He jumped up as the Shaydas slashed, stepping and jumping off its blade before slamming his Smash Knuckle into the core on its chest, destroying it as a result.

Several Big Primids had gotten in the way of the Yellow Devil from Junmei's side. Several Bombeds were near them as well which gave her an idea. Gathering energy in the tip of her sword she pulled her arm back before lunging forward, releasing a burst of energy towards the Bombeds. The chain reaction explosion completely tore through the bottom half of the giant enemies, causing them to topple to the sides and crush more enemies in the process.

"Alright let's… crap," Junmei now noticed that there were Nagaog's hidden within the crowd she had targeted. It wasn't long before they made noises, turning yellow and larger before making another noise and growing larger while turning red. To make matters worse, Metal Primids had begun to show up in her path.

Meanwhile Autolances and Armights began rushing in full force towards Kenshin from all sides, the Rider realizing his close range form wasn't going to get him anywhere.

[MARIO! RIDER SMASH!]

Kenshin slammed the knuckle into the ground, creating a ring of fire that shot up and damaged the approaching enemies. The Armights were forced to pull back as the Autolances losing their helmets as a result, Despite this the Autolances kept on cource to strike at Kenshin.

"Fine then," Kenshin used his forms great jumping power to jump up high into the air. Mid-Air he swapped out Tokens before initiating a form change.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: THUNDER SHINOBI!]

Kenshin held his hands back as he began to slowly drop down, forming a large electrical shuriken. He then launched it downwards, the shuriken splitting into smaller versions of it as they rained down and struck the Autolances and Armight, destroying them in the process. "Looks like I blew you all away," Kenshin said as he landed before running for the Yellow Devil.

Junmei meanwhile was having trouble as her enemies were too bulky to really cleave through easily with her sword. "Alright, bad matchup… time for Round 2." She said as she swapped Tokens while dodging out of the way of attacks.

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: FOCUS BURNER!]

Junmei raised her fist high, fire combusting out of her armor and enveloping her arm as she then slammed her fist into the ground. The Metal Primids and Nagagogs had tried to close in only for them to be engulfed by the fire that had erupted from around Junmei. Several Metal Primids jumped out of the flames to strike at her, Junmei punching and kicking them away with ease. One had jumped to grab her from behind and latched on, only for it to get pried off by its arm and slammed into the ground. Junmei slammed her foot into the Metal Primid before turning around and sending her fist into the face of another.

"Thunder Clones," Kenshin called out as he summoned several electrified copies of himself before they shot forward, slamming into various enemies to destroy them and clear a path.

"Rider Surge," Junmei cupped her hands together before gathering her energy within them; she then threw her hands forward and launched a ball of blue ki that tore through the enemies that were in her way.

The two Riders ran forward now that their paths were clear, the two jumping on the stage only to come face to face with the Yellow Devil who was blocking the Subspace Emitter.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kenshin asked.

"Yep, let's get rid of the infinite spawning." Junmei replied.

"On it," Kenshin said as he ran forward, drawing his sword in a reverse stance as the Yellow Devil slammed arm down at him. The machine just hit sparks as Kenshin appeared along the behemoth's arm running along it.

[FOR GLORY! FOCUS BURNER K.O.!]

Junmei jumped forward, fire and ki gathering in her right fist as she slammed her fist into the Yellow Devil's eye, sparks flying as it began to fall back from the force of the attack. "Kenshin now!"

"Right!" Kenshin called out as he jumped upwards, slowly reaching the Emitter as Spaaks began to form and get in the way. "Get out of the way!"

[FOR GLORY! THUNDER SHINOBI K.O.!]

Kenshin summoned a clone that cupped its hands together, landing in its hands before it pushed forward. The Rider kicked off at the same time and was launched forward, the katana crackling with electricity while he slashed, releasing an electric arc of energy that sliced through the Spaaks alongside the Subspace Emitter.

He then performed a hand sign as he disappeared into sparks, the emitter sparking heavily before exploding as a result. He then reappeared beside Junmei as he held out a fist, "How was that?"

"Not bad," Junmei admitted as she bumped fists with him.

"I'd hate to ruin the moment you two but we've still got a large amount of company," Samus called from one end as the remainder of the summoned Subspace Army began converging on the stage.

"Curses, I was sure that this was going to work!" Dr. Wily called out as he called off the cloaking on his Wily Capsule. "No matter I still have the advantage." He said as Elec Man jumped into view and landed at the front of the army surrounding the two Riders. Meanwhile the Yellow Devil began to pick itself up, having yet to be fully defeated.

"Okay, that's a lot of guys left," Kenshin admitted as he got into a defensive stance.

"You're telling me," Junmei said as she got back to back with Kenshin, raising her arms. "Luckily for us we've still got two tricks up our sleeves."

"You're right about that," Kenshin nodded as the two swapped their current Tokens out.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: PHAZON HUNTRESS!]

"Volpe! Lupo!" Kenshin quickly drew out his handguns as he began shooting at the enemies in front of him. He then dashed to the side as he continued to shoot at his enemies.

"Phazon Burst!" Junmei activated both of her arm cannons as she initiated her phazon burst armor formation. She launched a beam out before dashing to the side and launching missiles at the crowd of enemies.

Several Scope Primids had begun to open fire on Kenshin, the Rider raising his arms and activating his reflector shields to deflect them back into the crowd. He then began aiming at any Bombeds that were nearby, shooting them and causing chain explosions that engulfed the army.

Junmei jumped into the air, using her suits boosters to give her more height. She flipped and launched several missiles into the crowd before noticing a Nagagog. She took aim before sending a beam of energy that tore through the minion.

Kenshin quickly aimed Lupo and shot at Elec Man to force him back, aiming at the bound Zero with Volpe and shooting several times. The resulting shots freed the reploid as he drew his Z-Saber and slashed through a few Primids that were near him.

"Not full power," Zero admitted as he flexed his fingers before gripping his weapon tightly. "But I can still assist."

Despite the siblings tactic at trying to tear through the enemies at long range, it wasn't long before they began to get overwhelmed. A Sword Primid had managed to slash against Kenshin's back, sparks flying. The Rider turned and kicked the Primid away before shooting it down with his guns. He then held up his Reflector shields, wincing as they cracked against the blades of a Shaydas. He barely managed to push through before shooting through the core several times to destroy it.

Junmei meanwhile was starting to slow down, Phazon Burst not being as nimble as her brothers long range form. Sparks formed as bolts of energy struck her every now and again. Despite this she kept on launching missiles and sending beams of energy out. She figured that if either of them slowed down, even with no more enemy reinforcements they'd still be in trouble.

Suddenly yellow electrical orbs shot at and homed in on the two. Kenshin and Junmei yelled out as they were struck and partially paralyzed due to the attack, the two falling to their knees as a result.

"How do you like that?" Wliy laughed out, having used the electrical elemental attack from his Wily Capsule. "I figured a good shock would take you down."

"Not good, HUDs messed up," Kenshin groaned out as dropped his weapons and held his helmet.

"Phazon Burst is locking up," Junmei managed to get out as the arm cannons retracted but jammed partially as her form returned to normal.

"Now you two are finished!" Wily called out.

"Hit the deck!" Samus suddenly called as a wide and large beam of energy shot outwards through the arena. Kenshin and Junmei saw this, quickly forcing themselves to lay on the ground as the beam passed ovrt them. Zero meanwhile had quickly jumped off the stage in order to avoid the beam.

The Yellow Devil formed into its yellow blob state as Elec Man hitched a ride on one of the blobs. The yellow blobs shot into the air to avoid the attack. The two machines had managed to make it out in time while the remainder of the Subspace Army had been decimated.

"What the hell?" Kenshin asked in surprise as he managed to stand, the paralysis fading.

"I think that was Samus…" Junmei pointed out as she stood as well.

Samus began to pant as her arm cannon sparked, using all of her suits power to initiate a Zero Laser was a risky move, but she needed to make sure the Subspace Army didn't overwhelm them. She discarded her arm cannon before her armor began to disengage and fell off as well. "Alright you two, wrap things up so we can head home!"

"Can you handle it?" Junmei asked.

"I've got you here right?" Kenshin asked back, the two staring briefly at each other before facing torward towards their remaining opponents, the Yellow Devil, Elec Man and Dr. Wily. Kenshin took out his Link and Ganondorf Tokens, slotting both in before pressing down on the buttons.

"Right," Junmei said as she took out the Simon and Richter Tokens, slotting them in before pressing down on the buttons.

[LINK! GANONDORF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: CALAMITY HERO!]

[SIMON! RICHTER! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: HOLY PROTECTOR!]

The two took their last available forms, though Kenshin's was now the uncorrupted version that appeared briefly at the end of its first fight. In addition to the uncorrupted form however, he now had two long swords that were smooth and sharp from one side and jagged on the other, both having a green half-wing hilt to them.

Kenshin took a deep breath as he looked at his hands, gripping them tightly. "I'm in control." He gave a light smile before looking up, now more determined. "Let's go!" He then rushed forward, Junmei following his lead.

The Yellow Devil began shooting out energy blasts, Wily sending out fire, ice and electric elemental projectiles form his Wily Capsule while Elec Man sent out more electrical beams to strike at the two. The two Riders yelled out as they ran forward, managing to avoid the blasts as explosions happened around and behind them.

Junmei drew out her axes before throwing them towards Elec Man, the robot master jumping upwards to dodge. Junmei however shot her chains out at her axes, the chains hooking on before she threw her arms up, the axes shooting upwards towards the prone Elec Man. The robot master looked down in horror before slicing could be heard, sparks flying as he was gashed against his arm and chest, the axes digging in. "Now stay down!" She called out as she slammed Elec Man into the ground before retracting her chains and axes.

Kenshin let out a yell as he slammed his fist against the Yellow Devil's, dark energy erupting from the clash as he jumped back. "Yeah, that's a lot of power." He said, not even needing to shake his hand from that kind of punch. He gathered more energy into his first before slamming it into the ground, purple cracks shooting forward and forming underneath the Yellow Devil. Suddenly the stage cracked and began to crumble, the behemoth machine losing its footing. "Now then…" He drew out both swords as he charged forward.

"No you don't!" Wily called out as he began launching elemental blasts towards the Rider.

Kenshin however crossed his blades before sliding them against each other. The blades a bright purple light as he began to slash against the blasts. The energy coated blades easily deflected the blasts as Kenshin closed in on the Yellow Devil. The colossal machine slammed its feet into the ground to gain footing again before punching at Kenshin. The rider easily swatted away the fist with the first of his swords, doing it with the second when the Yellow Devil tried to counterattack.

"This power is insane!" Wily called out before yelping as his Wily Capsule rocked suddenly, an alarm blaring. He turned to look behind as he soon saw that Junmei had lodged one of her axes into his machine, trying to drag it down with the attached chain. "Not on my watch!" He managed to dislodge the capsule before teleporting to the ground. Touching the bottom spike tip onto the ground the capsule began to spin rapidly as he shot towards Junmei like a spinning top.

"What?" Junmei was surprised by this sudden attack as she withdrew her axe back to her. She blocked against the spin attack but was forced to step back due to the force behind it. She then jumped back to avoid it further before unhooking the chains from her axes. "Fine then, if that's how you want to play." She said as she gathered light energy in her axes. "Bro, let's finish these guys off already!"

"On it," Kenshin called back as he dismissed the energy in his swords before moving both jagged edges towards each other. Suddenly they locked in place as the grips and hilts combined, creating a long broadsword. He held it with both hands as he gathered a bright purple energy before slashing down, sending a wave of energy towards the Yellow Devil.

The machine responded by using both of its arms to brace against the energy wave. Suddenly it threw its arms to the side, splitting the energy and sending several separate blasts past it, explosions happening all behind it. However its eye began to move rapidly as Kenshin was no longer in the same area as when he started the attack.

"Up here!" Kenshin called out as he had managed to jump into the air, launching towards the Yellow Devil and managing to slam his sword straight into the machines eye.

Wily meanwhile began launching electrical pulses along the ground towards Junmei, the Rider jumping up and launching her axes towards his sides. The two axes struck and destroyed both spikes while releasing a flash of light to blind the robotics expert.

Junmei kept in the air as she launched her chains out, managing to wrap them around the Wily Capsule, getting a tight grip. It wasn't long before both her and Kenshin briefly pressed the buttons on their Driver's to initiate their finishers.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin yelled out as he gathered energy into his sword, it glowing brightly before energy began expanding from the blade. Suddenly a large energy blade formed out and pierced through the Yellow Devil.

[CALAMITY HERO K.O.!]

Junmei yelled out as she gathered energy into her boots, kicking out with both of her feet as she used her gauntlets to retract the chains, reeling her in while also pulling Wily towards her. Her boots soon lit up with white flames as she slammed straight into the Wily Capsule, creating a bright fiery burst.

[HOLY PROTECTOR K.O.!]

Multiple explosions began engulfing the Yellow Devil before it fully exploded, seemingly engulfing Kenshin in the blast. Meanwhile the Wily Capsule fully exploded, engulfing Wily and Junmei in it.

A sudden force tore through the first explosion, Kenshin standing straight without much damage to the armor. It wasn't long before Junmei shot out of the second explosion with Dr. Wily, landing before dropping him onto the ground.

"Good work you two," Samus called as she hurried over with Zero. She then looked at Dr. Wily. "Now then…"

"PLeAsE fOrGiVe mE," Wily sputtered out before suddenly his head popped off, revealing it was attached to a spring.

"Of course it's a fake…" Zero sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "The Doctor wouldn't risk a direct confrontation like that so soon."

"Who cares if it's a fake," Kenshin said as he dismissed his transformation. "The important part is we made it out alright."

"True," Junmei admitted as she dismissed her transformation. "Thanks for that."

"No problem," Kenshin gave a nod. "Hope you're not too tired though, I really want to taste your completed Chili. It was pretty good when I stumbled on it."

"Wait did you take an early taste test again?!" Junmei exclaimed when she realized that Kenshin had ruined the surprise.

"Um… yes," Kenshin gave a sheepish grin as he scratched his cheek, giving a smile as he continued. "It's not my fault though. It just smelled so delicious I just had to have a quick taste!"

"Why you little…!" Junmei huffed as she moved closer.

"Ah!" Kenshin gave a yelp as he closed his eyes but to his surprise he suddenly was held, when he opened them he saw his sister hugging him. "…"

"Welcome home," Junmei smiled.

Kenshin's expression softened as he gave a smile, hugging her back. "It's good to be home."

Samus glanced towards the broken emitter, walking over and picking up a cracked and split Mr. Game & Watch Token. "A fake…?" She muttered, knowing that any real Token could have survived a finisher. She then noticed Zero walking over to her.

"I see things have gotten better," Zero mentioned quietly as he watched the two siblings embrace each other.

"It took a bit, but they finally did," Samus admitted quietly. While there was the worry about what exactly Dr. Wily's plan was, she didn't have the energy to care at the moment. The most important thing to her was that Kenshin didn't abandon his sister despite still not fully remembering. And now that the two were opening up a lot more towards each other, she could only figure that things could only go up from here.

To Be Continued…


A Collision of Riders

The Two Rider Siblings

The Treasure Sniper

The Kings Loyal Retainer

And

The Destroyer of Worlds…

[Next Time]

[Kamen Rider Smash 14.5: Special Chapter – Rider Wars Ultimate!]


Smash Token Ownership:

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

Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu/Ken/Samus/Dark Samus/Simon/Richter

CORE – Incineroar/Terry/Lucario/Piranha Plant

Palutena – Pit/Dark Pit

Meijin –Donkey Kong/Bowser

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Subspace Army – Mr. Game & Watch


Author's Note: Well that will do it for the final normal chapter for the year, and right close to when I actually started putting this series out. To think it's already been a year huh? I'd like to thank everyone who's supported this story so far. And I'm also genuinely surprised I was able to manage juggling this with Roze from Remnant. It's honestly a nice feeling.

But speaking of, while this is the final normal chapter of the year, we've still got one chapter left. And that would be Kamen Rider Smash's Movie Wars equivalent. Given the titles listed at the end here, I'm sure you can already guess who will be appearing. My original idea was going to be Ex-Aid because well, obvious reasons. But I managed to come up with fun enough scenarios for this grouping of Riders. So I do hope you enjoy it.