DISCLAIMER: Hey all, this is a pretty packed Chapter and essentially a "movie" all things considered. This is pretty much two and a half chapters from Roze in length. As a result here's a small disclaimer since like the title suggests, it is a Rider Wars of sorts. This story features around 50+ Riders and Forms, which includes my own new original ones alongside canon ones. As a result descriptions on most canon Riders will be brief/very miniscule. The reason being that it would likely double the document and bloat the story up if I gave each a decently detailed description for all of them. I'll be pretty clear on names, so if you're curious about a Rider, well Google exists.

Normally I wouldn't be so blunt, but cameo Rider appearances aren't too detailed for most since they aren't the main focus of the story. Regardless I wrote up this warning just to let people know ahead of time. I wrote this crossover in the name of some good fun and there are some priorities in terms of character descriptions of those with new custom forms compared to others with official appearances.

Despite being a crossover I wanted to make for fun, this does contain a few things that will end up in the main story itself. Mostly stuff towards the end, but the general idea of this story is to set up a larger universe of sorts that I may tinker with eventually. With that out of the way I hope you enjoy the show.


Kamen Rider Smash

Special Chapter – Rider Wars Ultimate


Special Data File: Kamen Rider Smash

"Kenshin Yukimura was a young man without much memory. He appeared at the end of the Origin Impact incident that nearly wiped this world out. In order to find answers and to use his power for good, he joined CORE and became Kamen Rider Smash. Along the way he discovered he had a sister, Junmei Yukimura. On Palutena's behest she had become Kamen Rider Echo. Despite a rough first meeting and subsequent awkwardness the two had managed to start reconnecting. However what neither expected was the appearance of a special entity. The appearance of a passing through Kamen Rider…"


It was a calm and windy night in Smash City; things had slowed down after the introduction of Kamen Rider Smash and Echo to the public. Oddly enough there were no Malice attacks to speak of, Meijin and Sayomi going silent. However there were still patches of Subspace Army activity popping up. For the most part it was just soldiers being brought into the city left unattended. Whenever they showed up however, Kenshin and Junmei were fast on the scene in order to dispatch them.

Of course the lack of activity during the past couple of weeks after the Vile Smash Omega incident was only good on the surface. Without the Subspace Army and CORE making any headway in collecting Smash Tokens, other Mii's who had found out about their special properties took up that job. A grouping of Mii's had used the peace to secretly rise in power, creating a gang named Royale Flush.

Tonight was Royale Flush's big break; they had managed to make a deal with a few Mii's that had found some Smash Tokens. This was especially good since the news had come to the leader after they acquired the manpower and equipment to run a lab.

Four members had chosen to meet with the dealers specifically. They all wore white suits with red striped undershirts alongside checkered bands on their arms. The bands had a white stylized RF over a black poker chip as an emblem. The leader was a man with pale skin, green eyes, and short orange hair. "I hope this isn't a waste of time, your sure about this Carmine?" He turned towards the female with long golden blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Rolando, honey, you need to trust my intuition a bit more," Carmine gave a grin as she crossed her arms. "This is going to be a good deal, just watch."

A dark skinned male with grey eyes alongside short black and blue highlighted hair approached the two. He held an annoyed expression. "You keep saying deal but we all know what's going to go down. It's always more work than what we say it is."

"Calm down Angelo," A tan skinned female walked over, having medium sized brown hair alongside brown colored eyes. "We'll just deal with this as fast as possible."

"Easy for you to say Layne, your specialty is long range after all," Angelo sneered.

"Now now my trigger happy friends," Rolando walked over. "Let's just make sure we're all set to go." He then looked himself as well as the others over before giving a nod. All of them were wearing Franklin Badges like they were broaches. Rolando himself was holding onto a briefcase and a steel diver. Carmine held a star rod; Angelo had a killing edge holstered on his back while Layne had a boomerang holstered on hers.

"Seems like we are," Carmine said as she looked everyone over. "Shall we?"

"Of course, can't keep our business partners waiting," Rolando said as he lead the way. It wasn't long before they arrived at and entered an abandoned warehouse for the deal.

Waiting for the four were several Mii's in street clothes, all of them waiting and sitting while paying no mind to their surroundings. They had a black box that likely held the Smash Tokens between all of them. It wasn't long however before a few of them noticed Royale Flush approaching.

Rolando cleared his throat, "I take it you all are the ones who contacted my men about this deal?"

"Yes we are," The lead Mii said as he got up alongside the others, grabbing the box before stepping forward a bit. "We heard you were willing to pay up for some Smash Tokens."

"That depends on what you've got my friend," Rolando said before aiming his steel diver at the grouping, causing a few to raise their arms and back up. "But if you could please open the box now and show those to me from where you are that would be appreciated."

"Very well," The lead dealer said as he opened up the box, revealing there to be four Smash Tokens inside. "No bomb, no nothing. We just want money; we're not stupid enough to throw that all away for shit we can't use."

"Good answer," Rolando said as he began to approach, stopping at the center of both groups. Carmine, Angelo and Layne all stayed on guard.

"Now then," The dealer said as he walked over, showcasing the Tokens further. "How do these Tokens look?"

"I think their perfect, I don't really have a particular set I'm looking for but you definitely found us some good ones," Rolando remarked as he holstered his steel diver before opening up the briefcase, revealing a ton of money inside. "I'm willing to pay this much, do we have a deal?"

"You're damn right we do," The dealer said as he set the box down before backing away.

"Good," Rolando said as he closed his briefcase before going over to the box and grabbing the Smash Tokens to pocket them. He then looked up before grabbing the briefcase with both hands and tossing it into the air towards the dealers.

"What are you-?" The dealer questioned before suddenly a boomerang passed by him, suddenly striking all of his men behind him before returning to Layne.

"I'm sorry to say but I don't feel the need to act like a charity," Rolando said as he drew his steel diver before sending several missiles at the grouping of Mii's. They all stared in shock as explosions occurred sending them rolling backwards.

Carmine walked over and caught the briefcase before looking over at Meijin. "A job well done I'd say honey."

"Well of course," Rolando said before raising an eyebrow. "Hold it."

"How dare you!" The dealer called out as he and his group managed to get up, activating their arm cannons as they aimed them at the four. "You'll be giving us those damn Tokens back!"

"Wow these guys tougher than normal," Angelo said in surprise as he drew his killing edge while walking over. "This might actually be fun."

"You really need to make up your mind, you groan over fighting yet get excited anyway," Layne scoffed as she walked forward, staying at the back of her group as she readied her boomerang again.

"Alright, boys, let's show them why they don't mess with us!" The dealer called out as the others cheered out.

"Let's teach these idiots what happens when you mess with Royale Flush," Rolando remarked as he readied his steel diver.


The two groups had a watcher however, above them and outside near window panels of the warehouse was Joker who was surveying the situation. "Alright…" He trailed as he looked at the fight breaking out inside. "I should be able to take them and get those Tokens." He was figuring out how to go about taking the Tokens from Rolando.

"I'd leave the treasure to me if I were you," A voice said as a distinct clicking of a gun was heard behind Joker.

"Sorry to say but this is too important to leave to you, Arsene!" Joker said as Arsene suddenly appeared back to back with him, the Persona swinging his arm and smacking the assailant away. Joker then turned and to his surprise he was staring at what looked like a normal man. "Huh?"

"This world is definitely strange," The stranger replied as he stepped out of the shadows, revealing a man with dirty blonde bushy hair. It could now be seen that he wore black, shoes, pants and a long sleeved turtleneck, a white coat being placed over the turtleneck. The most peculiar part about him was a fairly bulky bright blue colored gun with an odd gap on the side of it. "I think I've got the jackpot though."

"Just who are you?" Joker asked as he drew out his knife and gun.

"A passing through Kamen Rider… or at least that's what he'd say," The man gave a grin, spinning his gun as he raised his arm while he took out a card. The card held a strange armored head on it though the details could barely be made out. He slid the card in before grabbing the bottom of the gun and pulling, revealing the gun could be extended as well as showing the card now inside. He then raised his gun, pointing it high.

[KAMEN RIDE]

"Henshin!" The man called out as he pulled the trigger, launching out card-like projectiles into the air. Three symbols appeared before turning into red, green and blue armored silhouettes that slid around all around him.

[DIEND!]

The cards formed a symbol while the silhouettes formed together onto the man's body. It being fully grey before the cards landed and latched onto the man's helmet, giving a predominantly blue coloration with a black middle alongside silver and gold highlights.

"Kamen Rider… Diend?" Joker questioned as he got on guard, now he was worried. Not only did this guy seem to have a completely separate transformation method, he was after the Smash Tokens for some reason.

"Yes, and I'm here for this worlds treasure," Diend replied before aiming and shooting at Joker, to his surprise the phantom thief was quick to dodge. "Not bad."

"I am the great Phantom Thief Joker, after all," Joker replied as he began shooting at Diend, causing a few sparks to fly from the rider trying to brace against the shots. Joker moved in before bringing out Arsene behind him. "Eiagon!" Arsene launched out a projectile to hit and damage the Rider multiple times.

[ATTACK RIDE: BARRIER!]

Diend had taken out another card and slid it in while Joker was rushing towards him, shooting out and forming a barrier to block against the attack.

"Sorry to say but we need to cut this short," Diend said as he took out another card, this one being of, black and bronze armored soldier-like riders with circular grey visors. There was a name on the card as well, Riotrooper. To Diends surprise however his hand was shot, sparks flying as he was forced to let go of the card.

"I'll be taking this," Joker said as he withdrew his knife and took out his grappling hook, grabbing the card with it and reeling it in. To his surprise the hook and wire were shot, being torn up and setting the card free into the air. The wind however had picked up and began to blow the card away.

"Not on my watch," Diend began to run for the card only to get shot at, sparks flying as his side was struck forcing him to reel back as a result. He turned to see Joker who had Arsene out, the thief having his persona enhance his gun shots. He then looked to where the card was only to see that it had begun floating to the ground. "Damn it." He said before raising his arm in defense, more sparks flying as he was forced to run in order to avoid the gunfire.

The Riotrooper Card began to drop and gently fall before landing at the entrance of the warehouse. It wasn't long before Rolando and his crew had exited from said entrance.

"Good work today kids," Carmine mentioned as she was carrying the briefcase of money now.

"I have to admit that was a bit of fun," Angelo admitted. "They usually don't put up a good fight like that."

"Considering how much damage Rolando and I did before they got back up it's surprising," Layne admitted.

"Yeah, now let's get back to the la-" Rolando stopped when he saw something on the ground; he bent down and picked up the Riotrooper card. "Huh? Riotrooper…?" He trailed as he looked it over.

Carmine walked over. "Looks like a basic version of those Kamen Riders that the news has been talking about."

"Wonder if this card is special though, doesn't look like an average trading card," Angelo said as he looked it over.

"Well let's head back to the lab an find out," Rolando gave a devious grin, first the four Smash Tokens and now this Rider Card. It seemed as though things were finally going in the direction that the mob boss wanted.


1 Week Later

At Royale Flush's secret laboratory Rolando was currently pacing around the room. His crack team of scientists had been hard at work analyzing the Rider Card. About two days in they had managed to figure out more about it and create their own Rider Cards. They were also working on a matter creation machine, planning on accessing the power of the card to make their own personal army.

"So is it completed?" Rolando asked the scientists, Angelo and Layne entering not long after the question.

"Yes we've completed the Combo Drivers just as you asked," The first scientist said as he moved aside and unveiled two drivers, they were fairly simple in design, being boxy buckles that had a horizontal card slot on the user's right side while there was a Token Slot on the users left. Both buckles were white with black outlining and red accents on them.

"Excellent," Rolando grinned as he walked over and took the two Drivers before holding them out. "Angelo, Layne, time for a promotion. You are going to be Royale Flush's personal Rider Enforcers."

"Oh hell yeah," Angelo said as he immediately took the Combo Driver and placed it on his waist.

"Not the kind of promotion I expected but I'll take it," Layne said as she took the second Combo Driver and placed it on her waist.

"Now to warn you this will transform you more than you think it would, think of it like those Malice creatures but more in control," The lead scientist said before going over and grabbing two playing cards and holding them out towards the two high ranking members. The backs were black with a red rimming with the front having a dimmed red and white checkered pattern with a dimmed Royale Flush Logo over it. Over the logo was the word Ante on one and Check on the other.

"Sounds fine by me," Angelo said as he took the Ante card while Layne took the Check card.

"Just slot them in and you'll be able to transform," The scientist explained.

"Alright, you ready then?" Angelo asked.

"Of course I am," Layne scoffed before the two held out their cards.

"Henshin!" They called out before sliding the cards into the Combo Drivers.

[KAMEN RIDER]

[ANTE!]

[CHECK!]

A bright light covered their bodies as they grew to the proportions of a standard human male and female. It wasn't long before the light shattered, revealing their new forms.

Angelo had a black bodysuit with a red checker pattern going vertically down the center of his body alongside the sides of his body, arms, and legs. He had white armoring on his shoulders, chest, forearms, thighs, shins, backs of his hands, and boots. His helmet was white and resembled the shape of a knight's helmet though he had a flat red mouthpiece alongside bright yellow eyes.

Layne had a white bodysuit with a blue checker pattern going vertically down the center of her body alongside the sides of her body, arms and legs. She had black armoring on her shoulders, chest, forearms, thighs, shins, backs of her hands, and boots. Her helmet was black and resembled the shape of a bishop's hat; she had a flat blue mouthpiece alongside bright red eyes.

The two Riders stood still for a moment before suddenly looking themselves over in awe. The two then turned towards each other and also began looking each other over.

"Whoa, we're actually Riders!" Angelo called out.

"Incredible, I feel so different too, so strong," Layne said as she looked herself over.

"Very nice," Rolando gave an approving nod, there didn't seem to be any immediate side effects. "Now for the second part, it's time to give you the-" He stopped when he heard clapping. "What?"

"Wow you all certainly made it hard to track you down, not only that but you've been getting a lot of work done off my property," An annoyed voice called as Diend soon walked in, already transformed. He then held out his hand. "I'd like my card back alongside those belts. I'll let you keep the other treasures of course."

"Huh, property…" Rolando said before noticing the card holder as well as the card in the gun the Rider had. He then looked back at the Riotrooper card that was currently being scanned. "Well now, seems as though Christmas came early this year."

"What are you talking about?" Diend asked as he lowered his arm, a bit annoyed by how he wasn't given his card back immediately.

"Ante, Check, I want you to relieve our guest of his possessions," Rolando ordered. "He's bound to have more useful cards."

"Perfect, a test run," Angelo said as he hopped back and forth before running for Diend.

"Idiot, wait for me," Layne called out as she followed after him.

"Well now," Diend said as he aimed his gun and fired at Angelo, managing to strike him and force him to stagger. Layne however used Angelo as a shield and a spring board, jumping off of him before kicking out and forcing Diend backwards.

"Let's keep it going boy," Layne said as she rushed in only to get shot backwards by Diend.

"Okay this guy is getting on my nerves," Angelo growled out.

"Two on one isn't very fair," Diend said as he took out two cards before slotting them in and activating them.

[KAMEN RIDE: KNIGHT!]

[KAMEN RIDE: BIRTH!]

Diend then held out his gun before pulling the trigger, multiple holograms shooting out before forming into two Riders. One was a predominantly silver and dark blue suited rider with a knight and bat motif, Knight. While the second was a black and silver suited rider with green and gold highlights alongside a capsule motif, Birth. Diend fired at both Angelo and Layne to distract them while Knight and Birth both closed in to fight against the two.

Knight drew a lance-like sword while Birth drew out a bulky gun, the two closing in on Angelo and Layne respectively. Angelo was repeatedly slashed against before being kicked back while Layne was kicked before being shot backwards.

"Not bad but your copied systems can't match the real deal," Diend taunted as he began to walk over.

"Say's you," Rolando sneered before going over to where the Smash Tokens were, grabbing two before throwing them at his two elite soldiers. "You two catch!"

Angelo and Layne managed to get in kneeling positions before catching the Tokens. Angelo had caught Chrom's Token while Layne had caught Dr. Mario's. The two looked at each other before slotting the Tokens in.

[TOKEN ARMOR: CHROM!]

[TOKEN ARMOR: DR. MARIO!]

Transparent images of Chrom and Dr. Mario both appeared in front of the Riders before forming into light and shooting onto both of their upper bodies. Their upper body armor shattered alongside their forearm armor.

Angelo gained dull blue knight styled armor with silver lining on his forearms, biceps, shoulders and chest, having a white high collared cape with a blue inside that flowed down to the back of his knees. He gained blue plating that gave his knight-like helmet a more completed look, a knight's visor covering his compound eyes.

Layne meanwhile gained a white lab coat with thin silver armor plating on her forearms, shoulders and chest. She gained white plating on her helmet, gaining a doctor's mirror as a head crest.

"What?" Diend questioned as he was caught off guard by the sudden upgrade.

Angelo held a hand out, gaining a replica of Chrom's Falchion while Layne held up her hands, forming energy versions of Dr. Mario's Megavitamins. Layne quickly threw the projectiles forward, explosions occurring against Knight and Birth. Angelo quickly rushed in, running his blade against Birth before slashing through him. He then turned before stabbing straight through Knight's stomach, he slashed through to remove his blade, both riders falling to their knees and exploding.

"Well this isn't good," Diend admitted as he went to draw out another card when an energy star suddenly hit his feet from behind, sending him to the ground. "Oh come on!"

"Sorry honey, can't have you doing that," Carmine said as she walked over, holding her Star Rod. "It seems like you're outmatched."

"Don't worry though," Rolando gave a chuckle. "Your gear is going to be put to great use."


"Run!" A voice yelled out as dozens of Mii's and Inklings began running away from a large grouping of Primid's. Normally this wouldn't be an issue but there were several Metal and Fire Primids alongside Big Primids in the mix of ones with different weapons. Not to mention the size of the grouping was larger than most were comfortable handling. While a few Inklings and Mii's stuck around to make sure others could escape, they fled once evacuations were under way.

The Primid's were starting to spread out when they saw no one else was around. It wasn't long before a rock suddenly smacked one in the head, catching all of their attention. What they saw were both Kenshin and Junmei walking over, the two already having their Token Drivers on.

"Well they certainly know how to get our attention," Junmei said as she stopped a good ways away from the Primids.

"You can say that again, not sure what these random attacks accomplish but they do get us going," Kenshin said as he moved his arms around. He then reached in his pockets before taking out Mario and Luigi's Tokens. "How about we get this show on the road?"

"Sounds good to me," Junmei said as she took out her Marth and Lucina Tokens. The pair then slotted their Tokens in before initiating their transformations.

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

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

The two transformed into their base forms, Junmei drawing her sword while Kenshin drew out the Smash Knuckle.

"Here we go!" Kenshin called out as he ran forward, Junmei following alongside him as the two slowly began to split off while running towards the Primid Army. Kenshin worked on punching through the Fire and Metal Primids, starting strikes with his fist before using the smash knuckle to deal the real damage.

Junmei meanwhile was deflecting energy blasts with her sword, clashing blades whenever necessary and cutting through her batch of Primids. It wasn't long before the two had finished up dealing with the smaller enemies, leaving only the Big Primids.

Junmei moved towards one of the Big Primid's, slicing against its legs to force it to kneel. She then jumped up before stabbing it in the back, gathering energy in her sword before releasing a burst to destroy it from the center.

Kenshin meanwhile dodged out of the way of a Big Primid slamming its fist into the ground. The Rider jumped onto its fist before gathering fire in the knuckle, leaping forward he slammed the fire filled weapon into the Big Primids head. The resulting burst of fire blew the Primid's head off as a result and destroyed it.

The remaining Big Primids suddenly slammed into each other, destabilizing back into Shadow Bugs before the large pile began to grow larger. Suddenly an even larger Big Primid stood before the two.

"Okay this guy has to be easy to topple right?" Kenshin asked.

"We both strike at the same time," Junmei suggested.

The two rushed for the legs, attacking with their weapons but barely dealing any damage as a result. The two then yelped as they were forced away by the giant Primid jumping up and down. The two tried to recover only to suddenly get grabbed.

"How fast is this guy?!" Kenshin asked as he struggled to free himself.

"This isn't good," Junmei said as the giant Primid suddenly slammed its fists together, opening them at the last second to slam Junmei and Kenshin against each other. The two yelled out as sparks flew before the Primid let them drop to the ground.

"Okay… we need something to cut it down to size…" Kenshin said as he managed to pick himself up.

"How about we trade then," Junmei suggested as she took out her Ryu Token. "You're knuckle and my sword should be able to open it up for a Finisher."

"Sounds good to me," Kenshin said as he took out Pikachu's Token before tossing it at Junmei. His sister threw her Token at him, which he caught. The two then slotted each other's Tokens into their weapons.

[PIKACHU: RIDER SLASH STRIKE!]

[RYU: RIDER SMASH!]

Junmei gathered electricity in her blade before swinging it horizontally, sending an arcing wave of electric energy out. Kenshin had gathered a ball of fiery aura in front of him before punching forward with his Smash Knuckle. The aura fireball launched out and slammed into the arcing electric wave. The giant Primid raised its arms in defense, the energy clashing against it briefly before overtaking the Primid. An explosion occurred which engulfed the enemy only for the giant Primid to stagger through the flames and smoke, though it was now smaller than it was before.

"Now," Kenshin called out as he activated his finisher.

"Right," Junmei called back as she activated her finisher.

[FOR GLORY!]

[PLATFORM BLAZER!]

[LODESTARY PRINCESS!]

The two looked at each other before jumping high into the air before kicking outwards with one foot. Energy gathered at the soles of their boots as they closed in, the two giving a yell. The two then slammed into the giant Primid's chest, energy slowly but surely overtaking the horde of shadow bugs.

[K.O.!]

The two Riders pierced through its chest and landed on the ground behind it. The giant Primid began to turn, a large gaping hole in its chest now. Before it could fully turn however, it suddenly exploded.

"Not bad you two, considering we only get one disturbance a day we should be in the clear," Samus called from both suits radios as the two Riders stood. "So you're free to relax unless something comes up."

"Sounds good to me," Kenshin said before he cut communications. He then looked over to Junmei and held out his fist. "Nice idea with the swapping."

"Well we hadn't really done it before, so I figured might as well," Junmei shrugged as she bumped fists with her brother. As the two bumped fists, they failed to notice a camera shutter being used as they were being watched from afar by a man in a black suit; he wore a magenta undershirt and was holding a Blackbird Fly 135 Twin-lens Reflex Camera that held a pink coloration.

"Well now… this should be interesting," The man remarked before taking off.

"So… it's almost lunchtime, want to grab a bite to eat from Kawasaki's Diner?" Kenshin asked.

"Sounds good to me," Junmei agreed as the two dismissed their transformations.

"Sweet, nothing says a job well done like some of Kawasaki's chili-mac," Kenshin gave a grin before taking off, his sister following after him.


"I'm impressed that you're able to keep up with everything in that suit of yours," Ren mentioned as he was meeting up with Samus in an alleyway.

"Trust me, when you have to lead a secret organization you learn to multi-task," Samus explained as she tapped her helmet a few times. "Now then, where to begin…"

"I suppose I should ask first if you've found my treasure hunting 'friend' yet," Ren replied as he pushed up his glasses.

"I'm afraid I haven't," Samus admitted. "Having everyone I could ask search for him is still turning up no leads. Even giving the description you had didn't ring any bells."

"That's a shame considering he seems to be a Kamen Rider," Ren replied. "Having one running around like that isn't exactly a good thing."

"Well considering he went after you I'm less inclined to believe that Palutena's finally taking action," Samus replied. "Not to mention you said he uses cards. I doubt Palutena has the resources and men to drastically divert from the Token Driver."

"So what, do we have another outsider?" Ren asked, remembering Diends talks about other worlds.

"Possibly… though I am a tad confused," Samus admitted as she put a hand to her helmets chin. "From what Junmei mentioned, Kamen Riders are relegated to television programming where she and Kenshin are from."

"Did you ask her if she knew anything about the name Diend then?" Ren questioned.

"I haven't told either of them about it, I just know about that because Junmei was explaining some stuff about her world to me a while ago," Samus said as she paced around. "I'd rather not worry and freak them out."

"You know that might backfire right?" Ren said as he pushed up his glasses and pinched his nose. "I understand not worrying them but you really should let them know so they can be prepared."

"I figured you'd say something like that," Samus sighed. "Either way I'm sorry to say but I've got no information on our mystery rider. All we know is that he exists, and he fought you over Smash Tokens for some reason."

"Well then if we're finished…" Ren was ready to walk out when a sudden burst of blue light slammed into the opposite end of the alleyway. "Huh?"

As the light faded a black and white speckled Kamen Rider rose from the ground, his suit looking as if he was made out of the stars in the sky. He had various blue portions on him that resembled shooting stars and meteors, with bright purple eyes piercing through a blue casing on his forehead.

"That's a new one," Samus said as she turned and readied her arm cannon.

"It doesn't even look like he uses cards, what the heck is going on?" Ren questioned as he got in a defensive stance. Clanking was heard however as Birth stepped into view from the other side of the alleyway, Ren quickly getting back to back with Samus. "What's the plan?"

"Take them out, take them in, we'll contact the others when necessary." Samus explained as she took aim at the meteor themed rider.


"Hey have you heard of that new café in town?"

"Is it a café? It has such a weird name."

"Well you know how people like to be; maybe they want it to sound all avant-garde."

"Okay but a friend of mine was already inside, it looks more like a hospital than anything."

Kenshin and Junmei were both hearing some pretty interesting rumors, a new place that was apparently a café had popped in overnight. It was currently the talk of the town due to how peculiar it was and how people swore the building wasn't there before.

"Huh… I know we said the diner, but want to check out this café?" Kenshin suggested.

"You're really curious huh?" Junmei asked.

"Hey you never know, it could be really good," Kenshin countered as they followed the rumors directions before managing to find it. It was a fairly strange building in that it seemed entirely normal yet at the same time it didn't feel like it belonged. It had a sign above the door that labeled it as Hikari Studio. "This… doesn't seem to be a café."

"Well either it has a weird name or we've got ourselves a photo studio… I think," Junmei said as she scratched her cheek. Something was eerily familiar about this building but she wasn't quite sure what.

"Well nothing ventured, nothing gained." Kenshin said as he headed over to the door and opened it up; they entered a front desk that wouldn't look too out of place in a clinic. Of course there seemed to be no one around. "Wait was that hospital rumor true? Is this a clinic?"

Down the hallway was a double door to the side with the words Photo Studio on the glass. It wasn't long before a young woman with long brown hair poked her head out of the door upon hearing noise at the front. "Customers…? And they look normal too…"

Junmei noticed the woman before giving a wave, "Hello, we were wondering if you could help us with something."

"Yeah what is this place supposed to be?" Kenshin asked. "I keep hearing clinic, and café rumors. From the entrance it looks like a clinic."

"Photo studio actually, hence the studio in the name," The woman gave a light huff as she exited the room she was peeking out of. She had interesting attire to say the least; or rather the two were distracted by her choice of yellow leggings under blue jean shorts and a one buttoned teal plaid jacket. So much so that the two Riders didn't question that she wasn't the usual Mii or Inkling running the establishment. "We do offer coffee sometimes though since my Grandpa likes to make it for the guests."

"I'll pass on the coffee," Kenshin scrunched his face up slightly, still not willing to give it a try.

"Ah are you sure?" An older man with white hair and glasses peaked out. "It's the best coffee you'll ever have!"

"I'll take a cup then, didn't get too much sleep last night so I could use an extra kick," Junmei admitted.

"Right away," The older man smiled and headed off.

"Well since we're here, might as well have a photo right?" Kenshin asked much to his sister's and the woman's surprise. "I mean, there was that group one Captain Falcon made us take but that was more of a team photo. I figure we could use a family photo of just the two of us."

"You know that does sound nice," Junmei admitted before realizing something. "Oh right, what's Hikari stand for?"

"It's my family's name; I'm Natsmui Hikari, pleasure to meet you." The woman gave a smile before gesturing to the door where the older man once was. "And you just met my Grandfather Eijiro Hikari."

"Oh a family studio, that's cool," Kenshin said before heading into the photo studio with his sister despite Natsumi's sudden protests about getting things ready first. It was a fairly home-like photo shoot room; it looked as though the building was mostly a home that was converted into a makeshift photo studio of sorts.

"Whoa…" Kenshin noticed the backdrop that was already set up in the room. It was a rainbow colored background with white edges, two black figures standing in the center, one kneeling and holding out his fist while the other stood and raised her sword.

Junmei saw that around the two were various Fighters from the world in fighting poses, to her surprise most of them matched the Tokens they used to transform. Though she did notice that there were a few odd ones, Pit, Dark Pit, Chrom, and Dr. Mario were present as well. Despite this she chalked this up to coincidence but could only stare at how nice the backdrop looked.

"This is really, really cool," Kenshin admitted as he got closer to observe it. "Do you think we could have this as the background?"

"Eh? You're really fine with it?" Natsumi asked, she was worried about how bright and off putting it could be, among other reasons. But was surprised by how willing Kenshin was to having it as a background.

"Well now Natsumikan, you've made quite the catch." A voice called from the doorway as the man that was spying on the two Riders earlier appeared. He was currently thumbing through various photos in his hands. "You know you picked an amazing vacation spot."

"Tsukasa, just where have you been?!" Natsumi called out with a groan, suddenly holding up her thumb before jabbing at the male's neck. However he easily dodged out of the way while still looking at his photos. She gave a huff. "And it's not like I choose where we go!"

Junmei tilted her head slightly, the man seemed familiar too but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Kenshin however figured something out once they spoke about vacations. "Oh I get the gist of it."

"You do?" Tsukasa asked in surprise.

"Wait you do?" Natsumi also asked.

"You guys are a bunch of traveling photographers that set up in random buildings for a certain amount of time," Kenshin called out with a grin. "You use it as an excuse to see new exciting places so that's why this place looks so out of sync with a normal studio. So where have you all been anyway? I've only ever been in the Mushroom Kingdom and Smash City. But you all must have been to places like Altea and Hyrule already right?"

"That's… not completely incorrect…" Natsumi trailed; a bit surprised by how on the nose Kenshin was while still missing a few key details.

"Well if you must know…" Tsukasa trailed as he put his photos away before reaching to take something out. Right at that moment however a sudden explosion was heard outside as screaming could be heard.

"Can we put that photo session on hold?" Junmei asked before nudging her brother.

"Y-Yeah actually, we just realized there's something urgent we have to do," Kenshin said as he bolted out of the room before heading for the exit, Junmei running off after him.

"What a lively pair," A small female voice called as a small round white bat with ruby eyes came down from the ceiling.

"Livelier than you think," Tsukasa pointed towards the bat before looking towards where the two ran off. "Let's see what they can do."


Kenshin and Junmei both ran out of the Hikari Studio before stopping in surprise. The street in front of them had Mii's and Inklings running away from various attacks. To their surprise the assailants of the attacks were different types of Kamen Riders alongside a large number of Riotroopers from Diend's card. Specifically Kamen Rider Knight was there alongside other Riders wearing black versions of his bodysuit but with different animal motifs like crab, rhino, stingray, cobra and swan.

Junmei's eyes widened as she began to count off the Riders verbally, "Knight, Scissors, Raia, Gai, Ouja, Femme, Riotroopers?!" She called out as the various Riders were striking and shooting at anyone that was in their way.

"Uh Junmei, you know these guys?" Kenshin asked.

"Um, remember how I mentioned that Kamen Rider's were technically part of a show we watched when we were growing up?" Junmei asked.

"Yeah, I think you mentioned it after you brought up a random Rider the other day," Kenshin mentioned.

"Well these are all guys related to one named Ryuki, except I don't think they're actually the same people," Junmei said as she saw them causing the destruction before them. "I think they're copies."

"Wait you can copy Kamen Riders?" Kenshin asked, a bit surprised by this revelation.

"I mean it explains why this grouping of Riders is helping each other instead of trying to kill each other," Junmei pointed out, recalling a few of the rivalries from Ryuki. She drew out her Driver and activated it. "Point is we need to stop them."

"Sounds good to me," Kenshin nodded as he took out his Driver and activated it. The two then drew their Tokens before slotting them in.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: THUNDER SHINOBI!]

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: PHAZON HUNTRESS!]

The two transformed into their alternate forms before leaping forward into battle. Junmei shot missiles at the Riotroopers to force them down while sending beams towards Scissors and Femme to grab their attention.

Kenshin rushed in to slash at Ouja, surprised when the venomous rider blocked with his own sword. He then suddenly felt something yank at his free arm as Raia had brought out a whip to try and pull him to the ground. Gai drew out a Rhino gauntlet and charged straight at Kenshin. To the copied Riders surprise Kenshin dispersed into small electric sparks, but it was too late to stop and he suddenly slammed into Ouja at full force.

Raia was ready to turn when he was suddenly stabbed through the gut, sparks flying as electricity coursed through the sword. The blade was removed and he was turned around before being sliced directly in the chest by Kenshin. The rider staggered back before exploding.

Scissors brought out a large claw and lunged at Junmei who brought up her beam cannon to block against it. The claw was unable to get through the cannon despite all of Scissor's might being put into crushing it. Junmei chuckled before slamming her missile cannon into Scissors gut, sending missile after missile point blank against the rider. The rider gasped as he staggered back, falling to his knees and exploding.

"Yeah…" Junmei trailed as her disposition changed seeing this. "These are nothing but cheap imitations." She said before suddenly ducking and dodging out of the way of a golden spear. She raised both her cannons and blocked against the spear's next attack, being forced back as she saw it was Femme who had struck at her.

Gai meanwhile was trying to help Ouja up though Ouja quickly grabbed onto Gai's arm to drag him down.

"So much for teamwork," Kenshin said gathering electricity in his sword and holding it in a reverse grip before slamming it into the ground. Thunder shot through the ground as Ouja managed to stand and forced Gai into the front of him. The copied Riders plan was to force Gai to take the brunt of the attack. To his surprise however the thunder didn't explode in front of them but underneath them, creating a pillar of electricity that shocked both of them, sparks flying from their bodies before they exploded.

[TRICK VENT]

Kenshin was ready to celebrate when multiple Kamen Rider Knights appeared around him. "Neat trick, but…" Kenshin moved to the center before performing a hand sign, in a burst of electricity there was suddenly Smash Clones equal to the number of Knight Clones. Both Riders charged with their clones as an all out sword fight began to occur between the two.

Femme meanwhile was giving Junmei a bit more difficulty due to her utilizing the Riotroopers as shields and distractions. It didn't take long for Junmei to easily blow through the Riotrooper army however and she was left face to face with the female Rider. "Now then," She said ready to step forward when Femme had initiated a new ability.

[GUARD VENT]

Suddenly feathers began picking up, obscuring Junmei's vision and disorienting her before she was suddenly slammed in the chest by a large swan-like shield.

"If that's how you want to play…" Junmei soon initiated Phazon Burst, her armor glowing as she released a burst of phazon from her body, sending Femme backwards despite her shield and clearing the feathers. Junmei then activated her boosters and launched forward, shoulder tackling Femme and forcing her shield away. Junmei aimed her beam cannon and sent a bright blue beam of energy out, engulfing the Rider and causing an explosion.

Kenshin and his clones were getting spread thin by the Knight's, though despite this they still had a plan, slamming their swords into the ground. "Special Technique: Electro Web!" Kenshin called out as suddenly electricity began launching from sword to sword, each sword being connected to every other as it formed a giant web of electricity. Suddenly electric bolts began lashing out at Knight and his clones, striking and destroying one by one before Knight himself was destroyed.

"Okay, that was weird," Kenshin admitted as he looked over to Junmei. "These seemed like smarter than normal grunts. Not Riders."

"It's clear they aren't more than copies," Junmei replied as she walked over, dismissing her phazon burst in the process. "They have their abilities but the most they are is just an empty shell with some knowledge."

"Wow to think this stunt actually brought you two out!" A voice called out causing the two Riders to turn their attention to what was making the noise. The voice was revealed to be Angelo, still transformed into Kamen Rider Ante alongside Layne as Kamen Rider Check, the two having their armor's on from Chrom and Dr. Mario respectively.

Behind them were six riders that Junmei somewhat recognized, but she was also shocked by the constant supply of standard Kamen Riders at their disposal.

"Kamen Rider's Smash and Echo, it would do well for you to just surrender," Layne said as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah we've got some cream of the crop Riders here for our army, Kaixa, Delta, Psyga, Ixa, Saga, Rey!" Angelo called out with a laugh, gesturing to the tech and medieval/vampire-like Riders. "I've got no clue who any of these guys are but they sure seem powerful. I mean the others clearly gave you two a bit of trouble."

"What kind of threat is listing off names to people you have no idea about…" Junmei gave a light deadpan stare from underneath her helmet. She was definitely recognizing the Riders before them even more but she realized they might not even be the ones they'd be fighting next.

"Listen I don't care what Riders you have in your army," Kenshin said as he waved off Angelo's remark. "I want to know what the deal with your armor is. Cause that's clearly Smash Token Technology and that stuff isn't exactly easy to engineer."

"Boss's secret," Layne said as she gathered energy, creating Megavitamin's in each of her hands before launching them towards the two. The Megavitamin's landed and created an explosion right in front of them.

The sibling Riders both gave a grunt as they braced against the explosion, skidding backwards. Angelo and Layne both rushed forward, Angelo moving for Kenshin while Layne went to fight against Junmei.

Kenshin went to clash blades with Angelo, the two getting into a lock though Kenshin was surprised when the rival Rider began pushing down and forcing him to one knee. "What?"

"Wow these Combo Drivers really work wonders," Angelo grinned as more sparks flew, the enemy rider pushing down further before suddenly lifting his sword up. Before Kenshin could brace, Angelo's foot was slammed into his face, sending him tumbling to the ground. "Rolando really knows how to work these things."

"Rolando…?" Kenshin coughed out as he held his visor, the force from the kick had damaged his helmets HUD.

Junmei meanwhile was trying to shoot down Layne, the enemy Rider dodging and throwing out energy megavitamins in order to counter the blasts. Layne then summoned a large grouping of megavitamins before throwing them forward. Junmei activated her beam cannon and sent a straight beam of energy to destroy them causing an explosion mid-air.

Layne however jumped into the smoke from the explosion and launched out, kicking out at Junmei. The female riders clashed, Junmei bracing with her arm cannon while Layne pushed forward with her kick. Layne gave a yell as she managed to break through and strike Junmei in the chest before slamming her other foot onto her opponent's chest as well. She then kicked off of Junmei to send her tumbling backwards.

"Just how are these guys so strong?" Junmei questioned, something wasn't adding up. They were only using one Token to give them an armament. Meanwhile her and her brother combined the powers of two Tokens to access their many forms. How were Angelo and Layne accessing power greater than either of their alternate forms?

"Let's end this," Angelo said as he brandished his sword and began to approach Kenshin.

"Agreed," Layne replied as she held her hands up, ready to summon more Megavitamin's.

To everyone's surprise a small white blur suddenly zipped past the two Enemy Riders, striking against them. Sparks flew as Angelo and Layne spun and staggered back, regrouping next to their Rider Army. The blur soon stopped to reveal itself as the bat that was talking to Tsukasa and Natsumi earlier.

"Sorry kids but I think this has gone on far enough," The bat gave a wink as she flapped her small wings to stay in the air.

"Indeed it has, I assumed Daiki was behind this to steal some treasure but it sounds like the root of the problem runs deeper," Tsukasa spoke as he exited the photo studio with Natsumi. Tsukasa then drew out a pink colored Driver with a clear circular center, 18 different symbols all around it with the edges of the Driver being black with three pink buttons on each side. When he placed it on his waist a strap formed as a large card holder formed on his left side. "Your opponents will be us."

"I don't exactly take kindly to you harassing our customers like this," Natsumi crossed her arms as the bat began to zip around before flapping beside her.

"And just who are you supposed to be?" Layne questioned.

"We're just two passing through Kamen Riders… Remember that!" Tsukasa said as he took out a Rider Card, though this one had a black background instead of Diends white one. This one held a Rider similar to Diend with the label Decade. As he did so he pulled on the black edges of the Driver, flipping the center pink portion into a vertical position and revealing the card slot fully. The two enemy Riders stepped back in shock at this, thinking that they had taken all of the cards but now realized there were more.

"Kiva-la," Natsumi called out as she took the small bat in her fingers.

"Henshin!" The three called out, Natsumi held out Kiva-La forward while Tsukasa slid his card in and pushed in on the sides of his Driver to close it.

[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!]

Various symbols appeared as grey armored silhouettes appeared forming around Tsukasa and Natsumi before sliding in, creating a black and magenta themed rider with a large black and white rimmed X over his chest and left shoulder. Out of the Driver came red cards that slotted into the front of the helmet. Decade's helmet was primarily magenta with black cards jutting out of it, two bright green eyes breaking up the cards.

Natsumi meanwhile held Kiva-La forward, pulsing outlines of hearts shooting outwards before shattering into purple heart-shaped petals that began covering her body. They formed an armored state before breaking off and revealing a white female rider with purple and silver accents, her design holding a similar bat-like aesthetic just like Saga and Rey before her.

"Whoa…" Kenshin trailed in surprise as he saw Tsukasa and Natsumi transform.

"Well that explains a few things…" Junmei was starting to figure out why exactly the photo studio seemed familiar as well as the backdrop.

"Now then let's wrap this up quickly," Tsukasa said as he began to strut forward, clearly not impressed by Angelo and Layne.

Angelo gave a growl but Layne was quick to grab him by the shoulder and pull him back, "What's the big deal?"

"We retreat, there are four against us and they aren't copies like the last time," Layne replied. "We need to figure out a new strategy. The only reason we fought was because we were invaded, remember?"

"Fine," Angelo growled out before holding his sword forward. "Riders go!"

Kaixa, Delta and Psyga all threw themselves forward, Psyga using his jetpack to try and attack Tsukasa from above. Tsukasa waited for Kaixa and Delta to get close, raising his arms and taking both of their punches before wrapping his arms around their own. He then slammed them together and ducked slightly as Psyga began firing, striking the two Riders as a result. Tsukasa then let go of the Riders arms before punching them in the faces to force them away.

Natsumi meanwhile drew out a white saber before charging forward, deciding to fight against Ixa, Rey, and Saga. She clashed blades against Ixa, watching as Rey charged in with his claws. She quickly ducked, Rey striking Ixa and sending him to the ground. Natsumi then shot up, raising her sword upwards and striking Rey on his chest and chin, sending him staggering back. Natsumi gave a yelp as she ducked underneath a red glowing whip that came from Saga. She raised her sword as he lashed out again, getting the whip caught on it.

Saga had tried to pull only for Natsumi to pull harder, managing to yank his weapon out of his hands. Natsumi tossed it to the side before rushing in stabbing Saga through before turning her blade and slashing, the enemy sparking before exploding. Ixa and Rey began to regroup, getting in a defensive stance.

"Let's finish this up, Natsumikan," Tsukasa snapped his fingers before taking out another Rider Card, this time of a shark-like yellow round eyed Rider named Faiz. He then swapped out his Decade card with Faiz's before closing up his Driver again.

[KAMEN RIDE: FAIZ!]

[COMPLETE]

Red lines formed over Tsukasa's body before he took a black and silver armored warrior known as Faiz, having the red lines running through the various parts on his body. Tsukasa held up his left arm as a stopwatch appeared on his arm, his body turning black and silver and eyes turning red as his chest plate pushed its self forward before shifting to become shoulder pads, revealing various circuitry within the chest of the suit. Tsukasa then pressed down on the button before drawing out a card.

[START UP]

Tsukasa shot forward at blinding speeds, striking and sending both Kaixa and Delta into the air before jumping up and striking at Psyga to force him into a more prone position. It was then he opened up his Driver before slotting in his card. To Kenshin and Junmei they had seen Tsukasa fade into a blur before said blur attacked all three Riders in less than 3 seconds.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: F-F-F-FAIZ!]

Suddenly three red energy cones formed right in front of the three Rider's stomachs, drilling in one after another in rapid succession. Each Rider yelled out as they exploded before Tsukasa landed, the armor change to Faiz shifted back to normal, the Faiz form itself fading away and bringing Tsukasa back to his base form.

[WAKE UP!]

Natsumi slid her hand across her blade as purple energy gathered, her back sprouting large energy wings as she kicked off the ground. She shot forward in a blinding fashion as she shot through Ixa and Rey, the two Riders groaning as they had glowing purple slashes horizontally along their chests. The two soon fell over before exploding.

"Now then…" Tsukasa looked over to see that Angelo and Layne had indeed run off after they had begun fighting. He then looked back to Kenshin and Junmei before walking over, Natsumi walking over as well.

"You guys alright?" Natsumi asked as she helped the two up.

"Uh yeah, just surprised," Kenshin admitted as he was helped up with Junmei, the four Riders soon dismissing their transformations. "Just what the hell was that?"

"I was hoping you'd tell me," Tsukasa admitted as he took his camera and snapped a quick shot of Kenshin and Junmei while they were together. "Considering those guys seemed to be using your Rider Technology."

"Yeah but they're using Riders that already exist as higher level grunts," Junmei countered. "Knight, Kaixa, Ixa. They don't exist in this world and alongside you should only exist as media in the world we come from."

"Huh?" Natsumi asked. "What do you mean we only exist as media?"

"It is exactly as she says," A voice called out a man wearing a strange closed green-grey coat and black pants walked over, having a loose grey scarf around his shoulders. He held black fluffy hair pushed to the right and back sides of his head. In his hand he held a brown book with gears that he held close to him, so close that the title was unable to be read.

"Oh here we go again," Tsukasa rolled his eyes when he saw the newcomer.

"Woz, where were you all this time?" Natsumi asked, familiar with the newcomer.

"Trying to have some peace while we were in this world. I had hoped traveling with you all would be a relaxing experience… I was sorely mistaken." Woz admitted, with a click he opened up his book and began looking through it. "This is a unique case but nothing too out of the ordinary. Indeed these two come from a World where Riders exist merely as Televised Media. However, all of us being here clearly show we are more than that. Despite this, that Earth's connection with this World has allowed Kamen Riders to flourish as a result."

"Ah, I get the gist of it," Tsukasa said before giving a grin. "I'm probably pretty popular as a character over there anyway. So it works out well for me."

"It's been a while but I'm sad to say that you're probably right…" Junmei sighed as she slumped forward, just now remembering how full of himself Tsukasa was.

"Okay yes that's good and all but what is going on?!" Kenshin called out a bit annoyed that someone new came only to clear up some information that wasn't relevant to what was going on. "Those Riders were too powerful and they were only drawing on the power of one Smash Token."

"If you'd let me finish…" Woz sighed as he closed his book. "The issue in this case is a Kamen Rider Diend, Daiki Kaito." Tsukasa and Natsumi both let out audible groans at this though Woz continued. "After failing to steal rare items of your world he ended getting captured with his cards now being used to create an army."

"Wait you knew and you didn't tell us?" Natsumi huffed.

"No I'm just making educated guesses based on the clues present," Woz mentioned. "The Riders that were leading the copies not only had these Smash Tokens as you call them, but reverse engineered Rider Cards."

"That explains the insane strength," Kenshin realized as he rubbed the back of his head. "I think I know who did this too."

"Yet you were just as clueless as we were a minute ago, what changed?" Tsukasa asked.

"Hey I'm still trying to wrap my head around the situation but I've got important info related to this now that it's cleared up," Kenshin called out as he walked over to Tsukasa, staring him down. "What's the big idea?"

"I've got no idea what you're talking about." Tsukasa crossed his arms.

Kenshin stared at Tsukasa before looking over at Junmei. "Okay I really don't like this guy, his smug aura mocks me."

"Well perhaps it's time you grow a spine," Tsukasa mentioned. "If you really are the Primary Rider of this world then that was a pretty poor performance. I was expecting… more."

"Really now, says the guy who's friend likely is responsible for this whole mess!" Kenshin called out.

"He's not a friend; he's more an annoyance than anything."

"Still doesn't change the fact you're responsible for him."

"It also doesn't change you deflecting how you severely lack in skill."

"I swear to goodness Kenshin…" Junmei pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed.

"Tsukasa…" Natsumi's eye twitched before looking over to Woz. "So do you know who did this or are we going to have to wait for those two to stop arguing?"

"I'm afraid I don't have much information." Woz admitted. "Thus stopping their argument would be good."

"Yeah, except Kenshin's looking really into it," Junmei said as she looked over to see Kenshin and Tsukasa still pettily arguing.

"Leave it to me," Natsumi pushed up her sleeves before using the argument as a distraction, getting between both Riders and balling her hand into a fist. "Hikari Family Secret Technique… Laughing Pressure Point!" She suddenly jabbed her thumb into a spot between Tsukasa's neck and jaw while also doing the same for Kenshin.

Both Tsukasa and Kenshin jolted slightly before suddenly laughing out, though it was clear they were in some kind of pain as they were also tearing up, their smile being forced.

Junmei blinked a few times, "Not what I had in mind but also…"

"…What a scary woman," Woz finished as he held his neck gently with his free hand, Junmei only looking over and giving a nod.

Once the laughing pressure point had finally worn off, the two Riders were quick to behave due to not wanting to experience that kind of feeling again.

"Okay, now then Kenshin was it? Could you explain what you meant by knowing who was behind this?" Woz asked.

"Well the guy using Chrom's Token mentioned something about a Rolando, I figure it must be a top class Mii or someone like that if they have the technology to make Riders," Kenshin replied.

"Mii, so that's what those human looking guys are," Natsumi said, remembering seeing a few outside of the photo studio but being confused as to what they were.

"Okay and how do we find out more about this Rolando?" Tsukasa asked.

"Lucky for you we're part of a team," Junmei said as she took out her phone before it began to ring. "Huh, beat us right to the punch." She said as she took the call and put it on speaker phone. "Samus what's up?"

"Hey are you two alright? I noticed you guys activated your suits right around the same time I ran into trouble," Samus called from the other line.

"What kind of trouble?" Kenshin asked.

"Don't freak out but I think there's some weird Rider Conspiracy going on, we just got attacked by what I can only assume is a star based rider. There was also another one that looked like a walking capsule machine." Samus replied.

"Kamen Riders Meteor and Birth," Woz commented as he walked over upon hearing this.

"Are you alright?" Kenshin asked.

"Yeah we're fine but who was that just now?" Samus asked.

"Don't worry about it immediately, listen we need to regroup at CORE HQ," Junmei replied. "I think we've got a lead on the guy causing trouble."

"Sounds good to me, I'll meet you there," Samus said before hanging up.


"Sounds like you all are in a pickle," Diend, or rather Daiki called out as he was currently chained down to a chair in the laboratory. He had been captured and his armor was removed, they were currently studying his Diendriver while plugging in the Rider Cards he had to try and create their own Rider Army. All the while he was watching their attempted attack against the city. Of course seeing the Riders get destroyed put a light smile on his face, glad to see that they weren't getting too far despite using his powers. "Perhaps you should let me go and give me my stuff back before you get burned by my colleagues and this world's hero duo."

"Just shut up," Carmine said as she was standing guard next to him. "It doesn't matter if the copies lose we can still make more."

"Just as soon as this next batch is finished," Rolando said as he was currently at a control console that held the cards being scanned. They had already scanned and copied G3, Garren, Ibuki, Todoroki, Kabuki, Gattack, Drake, Sasword and Zeronos. He gave a grin as he looked at the Riders being created. "Once Accel, Beast, Baron, Mach, Specter, Brave, Cross-Z and Geiz are finished we can start on recreating the ones we lost."

"You'll be in a world of hurt for ignoring my warnings, but sure go ahead," Daiki said, relaxing slightly as he realized that Rolando and Carmine were underestimating the other Riders.

"Sir we've returned," Angelo said as he and Layne entered, the two keeping their transformations still. "We're sorry for retreating like that but we realized we may be out of our depth."

"It's fine, we showed them what we're capable of," Rolando said with a smirk as he gripped his fist tightly. "It doesn't matter what they do, we can destroy them whenever we want. Let them lick their wounds, it just means we'll have more time to recover our army."

"I suggest we try and capture this Decade the next chance we get," Layne spoke up. "He has Rider Cards just like our friend over here and they seem to be stronger as well."

"Then we know our next target," Rolando replied as he began to head off from the lab. "For now we wait." He said as he looked at his hand, giving a chuckle. "Soon I will be the one in charge."


It wasn't long before the grouping of Riders alongside Samus, Joker and Captain Falcon had met up at CORE's underground base. They had all gone to what Falcon referred to as the War Room, it being a fairly sized dimly lit room with twelve seats all around a thick table, four small computers being built at each end. Everyone took their seats after brief introductions were done and Samus proceeded to start the meeting.

"Alright, so it appears as though we have an issue, who was the guy behind this?" Samus asked.

"Some guy named Rolando," Kenshin said as Samus and Captain Falcon began typing down the information in order to look into him. "The guy fighting me mentioned something about him and a Combo Driver."

"It's likely this Combo Driver is using both Rider Cards and Smash Tokens as a power source." Woz mentioned. "And it's all because Diend likely fell into the enemies hands."

"Wait you all know him?" Joker asked.

"I should be asking you that," Tsukasa said as he looked over. "What exactly did he do to you?"

"A week back he tried to get the drop on me when I was going after Smash Tokens," Joker replied. "I nearly got one of his cards for myself but it ended up flying off after he stopped me."

"So is it possible this Rolando found the card?" Natsumi asked.

"Then Diend foolishly went to reclaim it and was defeated, thus causing the rest of his cards to fall into enemy hands," Woz added.

"Do you guys always cause trouble wherever you end up?" Kenshin deadpanned as he stared at the three.

"Listen I'm just a meddler and like to have good fun, if anyone escalates the situation beyond what's needed its Daiki," Tsukasa argued.

"Getting back to business at hand," Samus cleared her throat. "We've got a hit on Rolando, and things are starting to line up on how he'd even get the resources to begin with."

"Turns out he's in charge of a Mafia Organization named Royale Flush, they've been using the chaos as of late to rise up quickly without anyone noticing," Captain Falcon mentioned as he continued to search for information. "There's not much else aside from that, Royale Flush likes to keep a low profile but even then they haven't been causing enough trouble for us to do anything about it."

"At least until today," Samus replied. "Attacking our Riders alongside me means they just got CORE involved in this. This means we can bypass Dedede's jurisdiction and go straight for a counter attack."

"I'll keep looking into his background but what we should do is try and locate any labs he might own," Captain Falcon suggested.

"Right, luckily we're privy to tightly locked information like purchases, and I doubt he had the money to discreetly build something so he had to have gotten something already built," Samus said as she began to search through Royale Flush's latest purchases.

"So what should be our plan of attack then?" Woz asked.

"Simple, break into the lab, fight our way through, destroy the clones, wreck those new Riders and their Drivers while helping this Daiki guy out," Kenshin managed to get out.

"You're really going to be helping him out?" Joker asked.

"He may have caused trouble but karma's hit him good," Natsumi replied. "I think he's learned his lesson."

"Excellent plan but we'll be outnumbered in no time if they can just keep pumping out Riders," Tsukasa countered.

"Then we switch priorities," Junmei suggested. "Break in, get to your friend first, free him and his equipment, then we have one more Rider to help us out."

"I should be able to assist in damaging the equipment they have," Woz offered. "I just need to get to their main lab and the damage can be done."

"Wait, you're a rider too? I thought you were just some odd fellow who followed these two around," Kenshin said as he pointed over to Natsumi and Tsukasa.

"He's not actually with us; he's just sticking around with us for the moment. He helps cook and he annoys Tsukasa a bit so I don't usually mind his company," Natsumi explained.

"I don't get how you of all people could get bored," Tsukasa said, slight annoyance in his voice towards Woz.

"I must be patient while things get back on track," Woz admitted. "My Overlord made his decision, thus I wait… and until then I choose to expand my horizons."

"Okay bringing us back on track since I did veer the conversation off, we've got our plan." Kenshin said. "We'll break in, Woz will destroy the equipment in the main lab, we'll get Daiki's gear back for him, he helps us out, and we destroy all the riders before arresting Rolando."

"Sounds like a solid plan," Captain Falcon said as he noticed something but didn't say anything just yet. He sent a message to Samus however discreetly. "Samus, how's your end looking?"

"I've located the likely spot for the lab, it's on the outskirts of the city which explains how they were able to mobilize quickly," Samus replied as she saw the message, giving a light nod as she began typing in some coordinates. "I'm sending the location information to the Machine Islander."

"Then let's get going," Kenshin said as he stood up, the other Riders doing the same. Kenshin then lead the way out of War Room and headed through the hallways. To his surprise however Tsukasa had walked ahead before stopping and blocking the way forward.

"Before we go I need to ask one thing, why exactly are you two Kamen Riders?" Tsukasa asked as he crossed his arms. "What's your reason for fighting? Why work together?"

"Of all times to ask this question…" Woz gave a groan.

"Tsukasa leave them alone, we just met them so why should they share their life's story?" Natsumi asked.

"It's technically just our fight, Daiki's our ally," Tsukasa replied. "So why should they tag along?"

"Well at first it was to try and figure out who I was," Kenshin admitted causing Tsukasa's and Natsumi's expressions to soften. "A lot of stuff happened and well I woke up without my memories, still don't have a lot of them. But that's fine. I fought to try and get some semblance of self back but also because I was the only one who could use Smash Tokens."

"You're just like me…" Tsukasa said softly as he heard this.

"The reason we work together is simple," Junmei said as she put her arm around Kenshin. "We're family, brother and sister. My reason for fighting was to find him and I found him, just because he doesn't remember a lot is fine though. I'm here to help and support him through it."

"We're fighting now because well… it's partially our fault for the current state the world is in," Kenshin replied. "So by helping out and fighting against those that threaten the peace of this world, we can help make amends."

"I see…" Tsukasa said looking towards the side with a smile.

"Tsukasa…" Natsumi trailed when she saw this side of him.

"Very well then, it seems you all have a good enough reason," Tsukasa said as stepped aside, gesturing for everyone to pass him. "Let us be on our way."

"That ended up being easier than I thought," Junmei remarked, remembering a bit about how much of a pain Tsukasa could be from what she remembered of Decade. She didn't question it though and lead the way to the hanger bay with Kenshin.

Captain Falcon and Samus had gone out of the War Room at this point, seeing the tail end of the conversation. "So should we tell them?" Captain Falcon muttered.

"No, we'll need the element of surprise against Rolando, get a team ready and mobilize after they leave," Samus muttered back.


Two Mii Gunners wearing High-Tech Armor were standing in front of a graffiti filled wall. They were hired by Rolando to help protect the entrance of the secret lab, and were currently bored out of their minds since they were at the outskirts of the city where no one usually went.

"Hey," The first called out. "You ever wonder why we're here."

"It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it, why are we here?" The second remarked. "I mean are we the product of some cosmic coincidence or is there really like someone higher than Palutena, watching everything. You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night."

"What? I meant why are we stuck guarding some stupid entrance no one's going to find?" The first said, visibly confused by his partners sudden ranting about the cosmos.

"Oh um… yeah…"

"What was all that stuff about some great cosmic being?"

"Oh uh… I, well it's nothing."

"You want to talk about it?"

"No."

"Are you two quite done?" A voice rung out in front of them as they both turned, the two giving a yelp as Woz was suddenly in front of them. He took out a strange black and green highlighted belt that looked almost like a smart watch. He placed it near his waist as a belt strap formed and locked it in place.

He then took out what looked to be a sleek stopwatch with a Rider's face on it, pressing down on the button. He then placed it on a slot that was sticking out of the Driver, opening the watch up as the front of it was revealed to be a casing that split in half.

[WOZ! ACTION!]

Suddenly strange techno music began to play as a smart watch appeared behind him, however the screen of the watch resembled the book he held.

"Henshin!" Woz called out as he pushed the slot inwards, completing the transformation.

[TOUEI! FUTURE TIME!]

Suddenly a silver suit with black, blue and green highlights appeared over his body as shoulder, chest and helmet armor began to form from green energy around him.

[SUGOI! JIDAI! MIRAI! KAMEN RIDER WOZ! WOZ!]

Suddenly the armor slammed onto Woz's body, revealing that he held a heavy watch motif as going down the front of his body was a watchstrap; he held two screen-like shoulder pads alongside katakana on the front of his visor that read out 'Rider'. His head crest were two clock hands in the form of antenna with the center holding the katakana for 'Kamen'.

"Whoa he's a Kamen Rider?" The first gunner asked.

"Kamen Rider Woz at your service," Woz said as he summoned a long black staff, a green point coming out at the end creating a spear. He rushed in while the two Mii's were in shock, striking against both of their high-tech suits with the sharp end before slamming both in the back of their heads with the staff portion. The two groaned out as they fell to the ground, unable to continue fighting. "Just because you have armor doesn't mean you can win. You also need the skill to use it." He then turned back towards the city streets.

Kenshin and Tsukasa were both riding into view. The former had used his Machine Islander to take him and Junmei, while the latter used the Machine Decader to transport himself and Natsumi.

"You are fast," Kenshin remarked as he arrived, having transformed into his base form alongside Junmei, Tsukasa and Natsumi.

"Time is of the essence," Woz replied as he walked over before gesturing towards the wall with his weapon. "This is the entrance of the enemy base no doubt."

"Then let's get going," Kenshin said as he loaded Ganondorf's Token into his Smash Knuckle.

[GANONDORF: RIDER SMASH!]

Kenshin rushed forward and let out a yell, slamming the knuckle into the wall as cracks began to form. Soon enough dark energy began to pour out of the knuckle before overwhelming the wall and shattering it. As the wall crumbled a hallway was revealed that lead further in and downwards.

"Let's greet the homeowners like good neighbors," Tsukasa said as he rushed with Kenshin inside, Junmei, Natsumi, and Woz following after them. It wasn't long before the hallways turned red, alarms going off as several Royale Flush members in high tech armor began working their way towards the group.

"I'll deal with these guys," Natsumi said as she charged forward, clashing blades with one before kicking them back, spinning and slash, sparks flying off the armor as the Mii's were forced to step and scatter. "You guys keep going!"

"Thank you Natsumikan!" Tsukasa called out much to his friend's annoyance as he moved past the Mii's with Woz, Kenshin and Junmei.

It wouldn't take long before they managed to reach the door to the main lab. Junmei went and stabbed through the control panel, managing to disengage the lock and forcefully open the door. The four Riders rushed through much to the surprise of Rolando and Carmine who were overseeing the cloned Riders that were already created, seemingly unable to start on the second batch as well as the batch to recreate what was lost.

"Already here," Rolando remarked as he turned towards the four Riders. "To think you managed to find my hideout so easily."

"When you piss off CORE you'll find us scarily effective," Kenshin pointed out as he went to step forward only for Angelo and Layne to jump from the ceiling into view. "There you two are."

"I guess you need more of an ass kicking," Angelo said as he brandished his sword. "We can happily oblige. It just means more Tokens and Cards for us to claim."

"Says the guy who ran when I entered the fray," Tsukasa replied.

"Tactical retreat, we needed to see what you could do, since our clones do give us the data," Layne replied.

"We'll give you one chance to surrender, you can even join your friend," Carmine said as she gestured towards the corner of the room, a Royale Flush Mii pulling away a tarp to reveal Daiki. He had a blindfold and earmuffs on now alongside a cloth wrapped around his mouth like a gag.

"Sorry to say but that won't be happening," Junmei said before giving a chuckle. "Alright, Woz you're up."

"Very well," Woz said as he removed one of the watches from his wrist holsters, a yellow backed one with a yellow mechanical red eyed rider, having two wrenches crossed on his face. He then pressed the button before swapping out his personal watch with it. He opened up the watch before closing his Driver once more.

[KIKAI! ACTION!]

[TOUEI! FUTURE TIME!]

Several yellow rings cycled around Woz as armor replacements for his shoulders, faceplate and watch straps front and back formed before latching on, creating a more mechanical accent along his armor. His visor turned yellow and spelling out Kikai in Katakana now, a drum roll sounding off.

[DEKAI! HAKAI! GOUKAI! FUTERERING KIKAI! KIKAI!]

Woz slid a finger in front of his visor as the lettering and antenna glowed, releasing a burst of holographic tools. The tools suddenly entered any machinery in the area before everything began violently sparking and shutting down.

"What did you do?!" Carmine called out as she shielded herself from the sparks, Rolando backing up with a sneer.

"You won't be using the powers of Kamen Riders anymore as that attack should have shorted out all of your lab equipment" Woz explained. "You should show appreciation in that I did not harm the lights."

"Like hell we will, let's go!" Angelo yelled out as he rushed forward.

"Wait you idiot!" Layne called out as she followed after him.

"Riders destroy them all!" Rolando called out as the copy Riders began to move forward.

"We'll deal with the inferior copies," Tsukasa said as he rushed past Angelo and Layne, Woz doing the same. "You two deal with those Riders!"

"On it," Kenshin moved in using his knuckle to block against Angelo's slash before slipping in and punching the evil rider in the gut. He then went for a knee against Angelo and went for a punch before it was grabbed, being kicked back as Angelo needed the space.

"You can count on us!" Junmei gave a salute before dodging to the side, avoiding a few megavitamins before rushing in, performing a feint with her sword before moving in and elbowing Layne in the chin. She then spun and struck female dark rider in the chest with a spinning slash.

Layne threw out several megavitamins to put some distance between the two, Junmei raising her sword in defense to brace against the assault.

Kenshin grunted as Angelo struck him on his left shoulder, gritting his teeth as the sword drew sparks he swapped the smash knuckle between his hands. Before Angelo could drag the sword down he wrapped his arm around the dark riders arm. He then gave a yell as he sent a fiery punch with his knuckle against Angelo's helmet.

Junmei began swatting away megavitamins while closing in on her opponent. She slashed and to her surprise Layne had sidestepped, kicking her hand and forcing her to throw her sword upwards. Junmei quickly held her arm up to block against a punch before she began batting away any punches and strikes that her dark rider opponent threw at her. The two soon grabbed onto each other's wrists, Layne trying to keep Junmei from reclaiming her sword. Junmei however moved in close before slamming her boot into Layne's stomach, pushing off and forcing her back. Junmei quickly grabbed her sword as it fell and rushed forward again.

Woz meanwhile drew his spear out again before rushing for G3, Garren and Zeronos, using his weapons long reach to strike the three at once. He then moved in to strike at Zeronos, ignoring any shots from G3 and Garren as his Kikai Form increased his durability heavily. "Let us end this my adversaries." He opened up and closed his Driver once more.

[BEYOND THE TIME! FULLMETAL BREAK!]

Woz held his hands forward, mechanical spider-like appendages forming from his back and piercing through the three copy riders he was fighting. All the Riders groaned out before exploding as a result. Woz was ready to go and help Daiki when he was shot from behind, turning and barely blocking slashes from Todoroki and Kabuki as he was shot further by Ibuki.

Tsukasa meanwhile was fighting against Drake, Gattack and Sasword, managing to keep up fairly well until the three activated their special ability.

[CLOCK UP]

The three Riders disappeared in a blur and began striking him several times in rapid succession, forcing him to one knee as he was unable to keep up with their speed.

"Fine then, trump card time," Tsukasa said as he took out a card for Kabuto, a ruby colored beetle themed Rider. He then slid the card in before activating the transformation.

[KAMEN RIDE: KABUTO!]

[CHANGE BEETLE!]

He was turned into a black suited Rider with silver armoring on his arms and legs, ruby colored armor on his chest and shoulders, his helmet resembling a Hercules beetle's head.

"Clock up," Tsukasa called out as he soon entered the Clock Up state, the world blurring and blooming brightly as he began fighting against the Riders at normal speed again. Of course to everyone else he and the other three were just blurs zipping around and clashing into each other. It wasn't long before he managed to land a heavy swing against them all, forcing them out of Clock Up and lining them up.

"Time to finish this," Tsukasa said as he slid in another finisher card, turning his back to the three Riders.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: K-K-K-KABUTO!]

Energy charged in his suits horn before traveling to his foot as he spun around, delivering a spinning roundhouse kick against the three. All three were struck in the chest, energy building up before they exploded simultaneously.

"This isn't good," Rolando yelped as he began to run for the Diendriver and Rider Cards they had in their possession only for Natsumi to suddenly jump between him and the equipment. "Crap."

"Sorry but these don't belong to you," Natsumi said as she slashed at Rolando, forcing the mob boss to stumble back and avoid it. She then took both the weapon and cards before running over to Daiki. The Royale Flush Mii guarding him having run off when he realized he was outclassed by the intruders just from seeing their fights. Natsumi quickly broke through his bindings before taking off the earmuffs, blindfold and gag. "I hope you learned your lesson."

"So long as you don't rub it in my face," Daiki groaned out before holding out his hands and giving a smile. To his great joy he was given his equipment back. "Now then, payback time." He said initiating his transformation.

[KAMEN RIDE: DIEND!]

Daiki transformed back into Kamen Rider Diend, fixing his collar before rushing forward and shooting at Ibuki to distract him. Natsumi meanwhile moved in and blocked Kabuki's slash before kicking him back.

"Much appreciated," Woz said as he drew out his spear, blocking Todoroki's guitar axe with it. He then got in close enough to wrap his arm around the Oni rider's weapon, using his forms enhanced strength to force it out of the cloned riders grip. He then slammed his spear into the riders gut, releasing an electrical burst that forced it back.

Natsumi meanwhile grabbed Kabuki's arm when he swung his sword again, kicking him to knock the wind out of him before slashing against his chest. Sparks flew from the cloned rider as it staggered into Todoroki. It wasn't long before Ibuki was thrown into them, being kicked and shot backwards from Diend who was fighting fairly aggressively against the long ranged rider.

"Let's finish this," Daiki said as he took out a card and slotted it in.

[ATTACK RIDE: CROSS ATTACK!]

Suddenly both Woz and Natsumi's weapons were charged up with power, the two looking at each other before nodding. The two rushed in, slashing through the Riders with their weapons before Daiki shot enhanced energy blasts at the trio. The copy Riders stumbled away from each other before exploding.

Kenshin and Junmei coughed out as they were thrown near each other, despite starting off strong they were still decently outmatched in raw power by their opponents.

"Okay, we seriously need to stop getting our asses kicked," Kenshin admitted.

"We switch our forms and hit them with a double finisher, but we keep with the same opponent to trip them up" Junmei suggested, slowly getting up. "They probably think we'll switch to even our odds."

"Sounds good to me," Kenshin said as he fully got up, switching Tokens alongside Junmei. "I'll pin them down, you just bring the firepower."

[FOX! WOLF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]

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

Kenshin and Junmei entered their alternate forms before rushing back towards their respective opponents.

"Guns huh? I won't let you shoot!" Angelo called out as he slashed, to his surprise Kenshin only brought up one arm, a reflector forming and shielding against the attack. "What?!"

"There's more to Fox and Wolf than just guns," Kenshin remarked as he quickly drew Lupo before aiming and shooting at Angelo's gut, forcing him back in surprise. "It doesn't matter if you get in close, I can counter it."

"Let's try this again!" Angelo exclaimed as he rushed in, slashing at Kenshin's other side. The same result occurred, Kenshin blocking with a reflector shield on his arm. This time though Angelo tripped Kenshin to force him to the ground. Kenshin however spun, grabbing Volpe and landing on his back. Angelo had gone for an overhead swing downwards which left his stomach and chest open. Kenshin took advantage and immediately aimed and fired with both weapons, sparks flying as the dark rider was forced to stagger back.

Junmei meanwhile was raising her arms, coating them in a flame-like aura as she blocked against the megavitamin projectiles. Once she was close she grabbed onto Layne's wrists, gripping them tightly before she slammed her head into her opponents.

Layne gasped out as she tried to break free only to cough out as she was kneed in the stomach by Junmei.

"Now then, take this!" Junmei let go of her enemy before performing a rapid series of punches. She struck Layne several times and ended with one final punch, forcing the dark rider to stagger backwards. Junmei then activated her finisher as she began to gather a fiery aura around the palms of her hands, "Kenshin now!"

"On it," Kenshin called out as he holstered Volpe and activated his finisher, aiming Lupo with both hands.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin let out a yell as he released a red energy wolf head, it splitting into four, the four wolves opening their mouths and slamming into Angelo's arms and legs. Angelo was close enough to Layne that he ended up slamming into her, their positions lining up enough to where the wolf heads bit down and clamped both Riders together. Angelo and Layne both yelled out as sparks flew from their suits.

[LYLAT OUTLAW!]

[FOCUS BURNER!]

Kenshin drew out Volpe and aimed while Junmei cupped her hands while steadying her stance. Junmei let out a yell as she released a stream of fiery energy from her palms, Kenshin releasing a beam of blue energy from his weapon. The two attacks slammed into the dark riders, clashing against the suits and each other before causing a massive explosion.

[K.O.!]

"And that's a wrap," Kenshin called out as he walked over, the fire and smoke clearing to reveal Angelo and Layne unconscious, their Combo Drivers dismantled and the cards mostly burnt away. Kenshin grabbed the Chrom Token while Junmei grabbed the Dr. Mario Token.

"Not bad, I think this was one of our first well timed combo's that isn't a kick," Junmei admitted as she held up her fist.

"Practice makes perfect right?" Kenshin raised his fist, the two performing a fist bump.

"It's not over yet kids, we need to figure out how to deal with them," Tsukasa said as he had reverted to his base form. He was pointing over to Rolando and Carmine who were both backed into a corner surprisingly.

Rolando however gave a laugh, "I must admit that Kamen Riders are probably the most amazing thing that's ever happened to this world."

"What are you getting at?" Woz questioned.

"They are the most amazing thing to ever happen, that's why we can't have you ending my fun right now," Rolando admitted as he and Carmine both took out Combo Drivers, placing them on their waists as they drew out Rider Cards.

"You had more?" Tsukasa questioned.

"I thought you only made the two for your lackeys, you didn't even have time to create Accel alongside Beast through Geiz from what I can see," Daiki pointed out, remembering the clones that were made before he lost his sight and hearing.

"My darling, if you end up showing your entire hand at the start, you'll never last in the mob business. Which is why we'll be winning this by a landslide shortly" Carmine gave a hearty laugh before turning serious. "You all won't be alive for much longer after this so I hope you lived fulfilling lives."

"Ah now I remember why we got together," Rolando said with a grin as he got chills from his partners act. "Now then… Henshin!" He called out alongside Carmine, the two slotting the cards in.

[KING RIDER: ROYALE]

[QUEEN RIDER: FLUSH]

Checkered patterning wrapped around the two before glowing brightly, transforming them before fading to reveal their rider forms as they were now fully humanoid just like their henchmen were. Rolando had a black bodysuit with a gold checker pattern going down the center of his body alongside the sides of his body, arms and legs. He had gold armoring on his shoulders, chest, forearms and shins. His helmet was gold and rounded; it held two bright blue compound eyes with a crown on top.

Carmine had a black bodysuit with a silver checker pattern going down the center of her body alongside the sides of her body, arms and legs. She had silver armoring on her stomach, biceps and thighs. Her helmet was silver and sharp, holding two bright red compound eyes with a crown on top.

"How threatening," Daiki mocked. "But reminder you need those Token Trinkets to actually put up a challenge."

"You say that like we haven't got two in our possession," Rolando said as he flashed the King Dedede Token, Carmine flashing the Princess Peach Token. "Now then, let's shut you up."

"Oh crap," Kenshin realized that things might have just gotten a lot more complicated.

"I don't think we've gone against a Token based on a ruler before," Junmei realized, she had gotten lucky that Marth was already claimed.

[TOKEN ARMOR: KING DEDEDE!]

[TOKEN ARMOR: PEACH!]

The two rulers appeared as transparent images before sliding back into their respective riders, covering them in blue and pink light respectively before forming armor onto their bodies.

Rolando gained azure colored armoring on his bicep, thighs and stomach; he gained golden boot and hand armor with his already existing gold armor gaining red markings all over. He wore a bright red cape with white fur edges and a golden chain keeping it in place. Over his face he gained an azure colored steel mask with a v-shaped visor that covered most of his face, the only thing peering through being parts of his eyes.

Carmine gained pink armor on her chest and back, rounded pink armored shoulders alongside armored shins. She gained armored white gauntlets alongside a pink coattail with a white inside that held a split down the center, the coattail going to her ankles. All over her armor was adorned with blue oval shaped gems. She gained metal stiff blonde hair on her helmet, matching Peach's hair, her crown being placed on top.

"And not good," Kenshin said as he took out Link and Ganondorf's Tokens, Junmei quickly taking out Simon and Richter's Tokens in response to that double transformation.

"You won't get the chance!" Rolando summoned a large hammer into his hands, it being a fairly mechanical hammer with stars emblazoned on the flat parts. The back of the hammer converted into a rocket as Rolando raised it up before slamming it into the ground. Cracks spread all over the room from the attack before explosions occurred. The entire room shook and began to fall apart, beginning to collapse on itself as a result.

"Idiot, you're going to kill yourselves too!" Tsukasa called out as debris began to fall from the ceiling.

"Not likely Hun," Carmine brought out a pink parasol opening it up and raising it above her and Rolando. From the tip energy began to form before creating a green bubble around the two. "It was fun meeting you all, we'll be back to retrieve your gear from your corpses once we take over." She said before flicking her free hand up, the energy bubble launching up and tearing through the ceiling.

"We need to get out of here!" Natsumi called out.

"Look out!" Junmei called as she saw large chunks of debris falling straight for them.


After the two had shot out of the building, Rolando and Carmine went to regroup with the copied Accel, Beast, Baron, Mach, Specter, Brave, Cross-Z and Geiz Riders. The two had created the Riders but had them sent out in order to make it seem like they hadn't been created yet. Once they were all gathered the duo marched with their miniature army towards King Dedede's main office. The two mob bosses were so busy gloating over having killed the Riders that they had failed to notice most Mii's or Inklings weren't out and about at the moment.

It wasn't long before they made it to the entrance of the building; a few guards in Dedede's employ saw the small army approaching and went to engage them. The guards were quickly slammed away by Rolando though who gave a chuckle. "Too easy, try again next time punks."

"To victory," Carmine called out as she lead the way forward, forming energy from the tip of her parasol and unleashing it against the second wave of guards.

"Not bad my dear," Rolando said as he caught up with the other Riders, the two ready to break through the entrance when suddenly they saw someone approaching from inside. "Huh?"

To their surprise it was King Dedede and Meta Knight who had exited the building and stopped at the distance. The King turned President and his loyal guard glared strongly towards the two enemy Riders, clearly not liking their presence.

"Well now, I suppose she was right," Dedede remarked as he had his hammer at the ready.

"It would appear so," Meta Knight replied.

"Wait what?" Rolando asked as he noticed that neither of them was caught off guard. "How are you so calm and composed? We just took out two waves of guards. We should have caught you completely by surprise."

"There's no way you could have known we were coming, we made sure to silence those Rider brats too!" Carmine called out.

"On the contrary, you see Smash and Echo are officially registered as CORE Members." King Dedede chuckled. "And they are only two members of a fairly large squad too."

"I have to admit you all were pretty slick in trying to keep this under wraps," Samus said as she approached from a hiding place, Captain Falcon and Joker joining her as they stood beside King Dedede. "But the minute you decided to mess with myself alongside my teammates was when your plan failed."

"You see we weren't just researching where you were, we wanted your profile so we could get a motive," Captain Falcon explained. "And when we found out about your strong distaste for Dedede, well we figured you had a target in mind that you'd get to no matter what."

"We also suspected personal Rider armor would be involved," Samus explained. "We checked and ran through our listings and were right. The two of you were involved in Origin Impact's final clash alongside several others that included your two henchmen you left behind. So your synchronicity with the Tokens makes sense, especially as to why you'd go out of your way to acquire them."

"So they put together a small little team which included me, to intercept and catch you off guard right now," Joker added.

Rolando stared at everyone before looking down, chuckling before laughing as he shook his head. "Oh man… was I really that predictable? Fine then since the cats out of the bag… you're right that I hate King Dedede! This city should belong to the Mii's, not some crazy self-proclaimed ruler who was only placed here because he was favored by the other Leaders!"

"We created Royale Flush for one purpose, to topple all you big shots and show you all that Mii's are just as formidable," Carmine explained. "And we're so close as well."

"Exactly, we are oh so close; with this armor we are invincible!" Rolando called out. "A new age of Smash City alongside Kamen Riders will come to fruition today! A new legend will be born!"

"I'm sorry to say but that won't be happening." Samus replied dryly.

"If you were putting together a team you should have brought more big names, because right now you don't have a chance of winning," Carmine remarked.

"And that's our cue," A voice called as a grey aurora curtain-like wall appeared behind the dark and copied Riders, all of them turned as the wall slid backwards. Much to the shock of both Rolando and Carmine, the Riders that they had for sure thought were gone were standing before them.

Kenshin, Junmei, Tsukasa, Natsumi, Daiki and Woz all stood next to each other without their transformations. Despite this all of them had their gear ready to transform once it was time. Near them however was Shadow the Hedgehog.

"Wait a second you weren't…" Rolando noticed Shadow immediately out of the group.

"I had realized that you were going to have a trick up your sleeve to catch everyone off guard," Samus replied. "You're target was always Dedede, meaning that you were always going to bail once you got the advantage. That is why I sent Shadow to help them."

"This Chaos Control is very handy for escapes," Woz admitted.

"Shadow slowing down the debris let Tsukasa work his magic and get us away," Kenshin replied.

"And of course I am a man of theatrics, thus I wanted to make sure the stage was set for our return," Tsukasa explained.

"How dare you all get in my way, this is my story, this is my victory!" Rolando growled out as he stepped towards the Riders, clearly angered. "I earned this today; I will not let you take it away."

"Sure you put in some work but you only took advantage of others in order to achieve your goals," Kenshin countered. "You couldn't even come up with your own Driver, you had to use Daiki's Cards to even think of making something. The only thing you earned is a one way ticket to the maximum security prison we have."

"It doesn't matter, I have an army, we have power, you can't beat us," Rolando countered, still desperate in wanting to hold that he had the advantage.

"You have a great power I'll give you that," Tsukasa admitted as he stepped forward. "However, your army is made up of copied Riders. They aren't the real deal, they may have their moves and fighting style, but at the end of the day the Riders you have are just suits. In the end, even a new Rider could win against any of them. What makes a Rider isn't the power, it's the aspirations and goals they have. When those align towards a bright future, then that's when you know they can't be beat."

"Shut up you hack!" Rolando called out. "Just who do you think you are?!"

"A passing through Kamen Rider… remember that!" Tsukasa called out as he readied his Driver. "Let's go!"

"On it, time to bust out the big guns," Junmei called out as her brother nodded, the two taking out the last set of Tokens they had yet to use. Natsumi, Daiki and Woz did the same, prepping their transformations with Woz taking out a large and rounder watch. All of the Riders prepped their transformations before calling out in unison…

"Henshin!"

[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE]

[KAMEN RIDE: DIEND]

[TOUEI! FINALY TIME! WOZGINGAFINALY! FINALY!]

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

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

While Daiki, Natsumi and Tsukasa entered their base forms, Woz had brought out his strongest form, Ginga Finaly. It gave him two large shoulder pads with UFO's alongside the pattern on his strap, chest and shoulders being various planets, earth being his head crest. To top it off he wore a long draping cape that looked like a galaxy itself.

Kenshin and Junmei meanwhile had assumed the strongest forms they had at this point, figuring that they'd need to go all out from the start.

"Alright everyone, pick a target and let loose," Kenshin called out as he held a finger towards Rolando before rushing for him.

"Don't take all the fun!" Tsukasa called out as he rushed forward to fight Rolando as well. Kenshin had drawn his swords and clashed against Rolando's hammer. Tsukasa then decided to take advantage, curving towards Rolando's exposed side and kicking him in the gut with a roundhouse kick. The strength based Rider gasped out and staggered back at the kick. Despite this Rolando slammed his hammer in the ground to keep the two Riders from approaching further.

"That leaves me and the wife," Junmei said as she drew her axes before rushing forward.

"Sorry to say but I want some payback," Daiki called as he ran after Junmei, shooting at Carmine to force her to bring up her parasol in defense. Junmei quickly threw her Axe's to force Carmine to keep her defensive stance. Junmei then jumped up and released blast of light managing to land a hit on Carmine's shoulder before landing.

"You'll pay for that," Carmine hissed as she closed her parasol, energy gathering at the tip before she shot it out at Junmei. The female Rider was forced to dodge out of the way of the blast, throwing out her forms chains to hook onto her grounded axes before reeling them back to her.

"Shall we deal with the riffraff?" Woz asked Natsumi as he gestured forward.

"Might as well pick one out," Natsumi said as she drew her sword before moving in and slashing at Kamen Rider Brave. She managed to land a hit on his back before slashing again but failing as the copy rider managed to block.

Brave charged his sword with flames before pushing forward to force Natsumi backwards. He then switched his weapon to its ice formation before jabbing the ground. Spikes of ice began to shoot out of the ground towards Natsumi. Natsumi began to run forward before jumping and flipping over Brave. She then struck at his back several times before kicking him forward.

[WAKE UP!]

"I'll end this now!" Natsumi called out as wings of energy spread out from her back, gathering energy in her boot this time. She jumped forward while kicking out, the copy rider turned only to get struck in the chest by her attack. Natsumi let out a yell as her energy wings wrapped around Brave, engulfing the Rider and causing a large explosion as she shot through him.

"I must say this is fate," Woz called out as he walked casually towards Geiz who ran for him. Geiz threw a punch only for Woz to hold up his hand, a gravity field forming and holding the fist in place. Woz then threw Geiz's hand away before slamming his palm into the copy rider's chest, releasing a burst of gravity to force him backwards. "My, my, even though you aren't him, you still rush headlong first into battle Geiz. Allow me to save you some honor by finishing this farce of a clone quickly." He opened and closed his Driver to initiate the finisher.

[FINALY BEYOND THE TIME! CHOU GINGA EXPLOSION!]

Woz's cape suddenly opened up and swallowed Geiz, transporting the two into the middle of space, a nearby galaxy in the background along with various planets. Geiz looked around in confusion before looking up when he heard a yell. Woz had used Geiz's distraction to jump and kick forward, managing to land a rider kick against Geiz and engulf him in an explosion. Woz soon landed as the scenery returned to normal and dusted his hands off.

"How are they doing?" Natsumi hurried over to Woz.

"Well everyone managed to find a match and are fairing decently," Woz noted as he looked at the various battles occurring, noting that Dedede and the others had managed to match their opponents. He then looked over towards Rolando and Carmine who were each managing to keep up with the Riders they were fighting. "Them however…"

"We should help," Natsumi said as she went to move forward only for Woz to raise a hand and block her.

"If those two are to grow then they'll need this challenge, for now we'll see if the others need our help in their battles. Tsukasa and Daiki are enough." Woz said, not wanting to baby Kenshin and Junmei but especially since the two had Tsukasa and Daiki helping them.

[KAMEN RIDE: DOUBLE!]

A whirlwind kicked up as Tsukasa soon transitioned into the half green, half black two in one Rider. He drew a long pole weapon known as the Metal Shaft before spinning around and striking at Rolando, a whirlwind kicking up as he continued to spin and strike. Rolando was forced to hold up his hammer in defense but had to step back due to the force of the winds. Rolando raised his hammer and slammed it down, Tsukasa however managed to slip past and land on the other flat end of the hammer. Tsukasa then lunged forward with the metal shaft, a torrent of flames being released.

"How dare you!" Rolando called out as he was forced back, the fire burning his armor as he had to let go of his weapon. Suddenly Kenshin's combined sword was thrown at him, the sword slamming in and digging its way into the armor. Rolando grabbed onto the weapon to rip it out only for Kenshin to come in and grasp the hilt, Kenshin then yelled out as he slashed downwards, sparks flying as Rolando was sent stumbling back.

Daiki and Junmei were having a fair bit of trouble trying to get past Carmine's defenses. The enemy rider was using barriers to block before sending the barriers out as energy attacks. Despite Junmei's range with her axes and Daiki's shooting the two were unable to keep up.

[ATTACK RIDE: ILLUSION!]

That was until Daiki figured out a way to deal with Carmine, sliding in his illusion card four copies split off of him. All of them rushed forward and used their speed to outpace her. Daiki used this chance to slip in and snag the parasol from Carmine before throwing it away. Daiki had his clones dismiss themselves as Junmei closed in.

Junmei swung her axes with their chains in order to land several strikes against Carmine while closing in. Junmei then retracted the chains and grabbed her axes before they glowed brightly. She slashed downwards before spinning and slashing high horizontally, creating a glowing cross-like slash on Carmine. "Bright Cross," She called as the glow became brighter before exploding against Carmine.

"Let's finish this," Daiki said as he drew out his finisher card before slotting it in, he held it up as dozens of rings of rider cards formed a funnel that aimed towards Carmine.

"Right," Junmei called out as she sheathed her axes before initiating her finisher and wrapping her chains around her arms as makeshift gauntlets.

Carmine gasped out as she tried to pick herself up, "I can't lose now… we were so close!"

"Like hell we're going out like this!" Rolando yelled out as he began to pick himself up. No one seemed to notice that Dedede and Peach's Tokens were glowing brightly as they declared this.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DIEND!]

[FOR GLORY! HOLY PROTECTOR K.O.!]

"Kenshin we finish this now, I go from above you come from below!" Tsukasa called out as he took out a finisher card while throwing the metal shaft away.

"On it," Kenshin called out as he gathered energy in his sword, initiating his finisher.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DOUBLE!]

[FOR GLORY! CALAMITY HERO K.O.!]

Daiki shot a beam of energy out from the funnel while Junmei rushed forward alongside it. She then jumped up and aimed a downward punch towards Carmine.

Kenshin aimed forward and shot himself forward as he stabbed forward with his sword. Tsukasa meanwhile had floated high in the air thanks to a whirlwind, his body splitting in the center as both halves launched towards Rolando.

Rolando and Carmine both yelled out as they fully stood up, bright glows coming off their bodies as the attacks closed in. Two massive explosions occurred as smoke covered the area, though it wasn't long before a powerful aura tore through the smoke. What happened next was surprising to the four Riders.

Junmei was currently clashing against a barrier that was formed out of pink peach shaped funnel-like devices. Another set of funnels having formed a barrier that soaked up the blast from Daiki's attack. The funnels soon separated causing Junmei to yelp as she was forced out of the clash. Before she could land or correct herself the funnels formed energy barriers around themselves and slammed into her, spheres of energy slamming into and clashing against her armor constantly before unleashing dozens of beams outwards.

Junmei yelled out as she was slammed into the ground, losing her transformation as her Smash Tokens were thrown out of her pockets and near her.

"What?" Daiki asked before quickly turning towards Tsukasa and Kenshin.

Tsukasa was shocked as both he and Kenshin's attack were stopped by Rolando holding both of them off with only one arm each. Rolando had gained thick gauntlet weapons that had oversized fists, the gauntlets being emblazoned with yellow stars.

"Now the real battle begins!" Rolando called out as he pushed forward and slammed Tsukasa away, the veteran Rider reverting to his base form. He then pushed forward with his other fist and forced Kenshin's sword out of his hand. He then reeled his free fist back before throwing it forward. "Here comes the pain train!"

"Not on my watch!" Kenshin called out as he threw his fist forward, dark energy coming off of it as he clashed against the punch that Rolando threw. The two Riders yelled out as they tried to overtake each other only for Kenshin to yelp as Rolando's punch slipped past his fist and slammed straight into his chest. Rolando lifted his arm up before spinning and throwing his fist forward, carrying Kenshin and throwing him away.

Kenshin yelled out as he was thrown towards Junmei, landing nearby as he lost his transformation, the Smash Tokens he had scattering near Junmei's as a result.

"Guess it's time we ended this," Rolando said as he looked his fists over. "What do you say darling?"

"I agree, let's take out the trash then deal with the rest of these riders," Carmine said as her funnels flew back towards her and floated around her.

"This is bad we need to…" Natsumi was ready to move forward when she realized Woz was still keeping her from moving forward. "Woz!"

"Patience, all will be made clear soon," Woz said, though he wasn't staring at the battle, he was staring at the ground near Kenshin and Junmei.

"Okay these guys are a lot tougher than we thought," Kenshin admitted as he managed to pick himself up and get in a kneeling position. "Sis, are you alright?"

"I feel like I got ran over by a truck but other than that…" Junmei said as she managed to get to her knees. "Switch targets and go for direct counters?"

"Sounds like a plan to me," Kenshin agreed.

"Are you two really still standing?" Rolando questioned as he stared at Kenshin and Junmei in shock. "We beat you; it's over, just lie down and accept your defeat."

"Otherwise it'll continue to be painful for you both, we have the advantage once more," Carmine continued.

"Sorry to say but we wouldn't be Kamen Riders if we gave up!" Kenshin called out.

"We'll keep fighting and fighting if we have to, until our bodies give out!" Junmei added. "Our work here isn't done and we sure as hell aren't letting you stop us!" She then gave a light wince when she noticed the ground suddenly shining. "Huh?"

"What?" Kenshin looked down as he saw the shines, to his surprise the Tokens they had were resonating with each other. Mario and Dr. Mario, alongside Chrom and Lucina's Tokens were shining brightly with each other.

"Two new forms," Junmei figured they were both for Kenshin since she wasn't connecting the dots just yet on what the two resonations meant.

"Yeah, one for me and one for you," Kenshin said as he took Lucina and Chrom's Tokens. "Lucina and Chrom aren't echoes. But Mario and Dr. Mario technically are."

"That's right," Junmei said as she quickly took Mario and Dr. Mario's Tokens. "They were considered the first echo fighters."

"New plan, we keep our old opponents and beat their asses with our new forms," Kenshin said as he fully stood up.

"Sounds fine by me," Junmei agreed as she fully stood, standing back to back with her brother. The two slotted in their new Tokens before pressing down on their Drivers.

"Henshin!"

[SMASH FUSION!]

[PARALLEL COMBINATION!]

Chrom and Lucina formed beside Kenshin while Mario and Dr. Mario formed beside Junmei. The two's bodies glowed brightly as the transparent fighters soon acted.

Mario and Dr. Mario jumped before sliding into Junmei, red flames covering her body before they turned yellow, blue, and suddenly white. The flames began dimming and fading before suddenly bursting off.

Lucina and Chrom held out their swords to their sides, drawing circles of light beside them. The two warriors turned into bright light that filled in the circles before they slid inwards and slammed into Kenshin. Armor pieces suddenly erupted from Kenshin's body before they shot back towards him, clamping into place as the light faded.

[CHROM! LUCINA! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: FAMILIAL SWORDMASTER!]

[MARIO! DR. MARIO! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: MEDICAL INFERNO!]

Kenshin now wore a white bodysuit with gold lines running through it, holding blue thick sharp knight armoring on his shoulders, chest, forearms, and shins. He had blue thin plated armoring on his biceps, thighs and stomach, both armor sets holding silver detailing. He held a blue rounded helmet with a butterfly motif, two yellow eyes peering out from a slit visor in front of them. Instead of a crown his forehead crest was the mark of exalt. To finish it off he had two scarf's that connected to points between his shoulders and neck, the scarves being blue on the outside while one was red and the other was white on the inside. In his hands he held two weapons; one was a standard falchion blade while the other was Junmei's version from Lodestar Princess.

Junmei wore a black bodysuit with blue, red and yellow piping running along the sides of it. Over the bodysuit she wore a sleeveless white doctor's coat that was open from the waist downwards. Her chest, and shoulders held thin white armoring that held keep the coat in place while she had a thick back plate with seven rounded indentions, the slots holding fairly sizeable Megavitamins. Her forearms and shins meanwhile had white rounded armoring. She held a bright blue eyed round white helmet that had a cap-like protrusion coming from her forehead, a silver doctor's mirror in the center to act as her crest. In this form she was granted access to Kenshin's Smash Knuckle, it already being in her hand.

"No way," Samus called out as she saw what was going on before ducking out of the way of a few energy blasts. "I didn't think they could do that." She said before moving back to the fight she had gotten caught up in.

"Are you quite done?" Rolando asked, despite being caught off guard by the new transformation he figured he and his partner still had their advantage. "It doesn't matter if you have a new form, you'll lose all the same!" He called out as he gathered energy in his arms before releasing giant energy fists from them.

"We'll blow you away," Carmine snapped her fingers as seven of her peach funnels formed barriers around themselves before launching out at Junmei.

Kenshin gained spectral butterfly-like wings behind his back as he jumped forward, crossing his arms before slashing forward and dismissing the energy fists with just his slashes.

Junmei meanwhile held her free hand up, the Megavitamins suddenly launching out of her back armor plate before launching forward. The Megavitamins lit themselves on fire before ramming into and destroying the peach funnels, barrier and all.

"Let's go, Junmei!" Kenshin called out as he used the butterfly wings to launch himself towards Rolando. Rolando gathered energy in his arms again before punching forward, releasing a giant fist straight at Kenshin. Kenshin however slashed forward, giving a yell as he cut straight through it before moving straight for Rolando, slashing against the enemy rider and landing two clean hits.

Sparks flew as Rolando gasped out, turning and launching more energy fists at Kenshin. The Rider jumped upwards, sending out slashes whenever the energy fists got too close but otherwise dodged them before landing near Tsukasa.

"I see you got your second wind," Tsukasa remarked.

"Yep, let's finish things off this time," Kenshin said as he brandished both of his swords and got in a fighting stance.

"It's time for the final round!" Junmei called out as she began moving forward, the Megavitamin's opening up to reveal a mechanical inside with gun barrels pointing out. The Megavitamin's then began firing bursts of fire towards Carmine while Junmei closed in on foot.

Carmine was forced to use her peach funnels to block against the fire before forming a barrier with the rest. To her surprise Junmei's Megavitamin's had completely decimated her peach funnels before slamming into the ones forming her barrier and breaking it. Junmei then gave a yell as she slammed the Smash Knuckle into Carmine's chest, sparks flying as the enemy rider staggered back.

"The tides have turned," Daiki remarked as he walked over. "I think I can work with this."

"Then let's get going," Junmei suggested as she recalled her Megavitamin's to her, the floating weapons spiraling around her. The four Riders then charged towards their opponents, ready to finish this confrontation.

"Woz did you know this was going to happen?" Natsumi asked.

"To be honest, I didn't, though I had a feeling I couldn't shake off," Woz admitted before looking around. "It seems as though this battle will be wrapping up soon."


Black and white blurs sped all around everyone, just barely missing but impacting near each of the fights still occurring. Shadow and Mach could be seen, the two punching against each other's chests before speeding away. The two continued as blurs that clashed and bounced off various objects, the two grappling each other in mid-air before speeding away.

Shadow landed with Mach appearing behind him, launching towards him with a punch. Shadow however spun and performed a roundhouse kick to slam Mach backwards. "You can't keep up with me." Shadow declared before jumping up and boosting straight into Mach, slamming through and engulfing the copy rider in an explosion.

Meta Knight yelled out as he clashed blades with Beast, the lion themed rider managing to give him a decent challenge. He had wanted to go after Brave but was too slow and Natsumi had finished him, the others had already chosen their Riders to fight as well, forcing him to choose him.

To his surprise, Beast took out a ring and slotted it in, forming an orange falcon themed mantle on his bare shoulder. Beast took to the skies and dive bombed several times to try and strike Meta Knight. The star warrior was forced to warp out of the way most of the time, blocking a few attacks.

"Enough!" Meta Knight called out as he warped to where he was in mid-air, he unfurled his cape into wings before launching forward, engaging Beast in an aerial battle. The two clashed and shot past each other several times before Meta Knight switched his wings to a cape once more, covering himself and warping away. He warped behind Beast, unfurling his wings before spinning rapidly, performing his Drill Rush. He managed to land a clean hit and tore through the copy rider, an explosion occurring as a result. "Know my power!"

Joker gave a chuckle as he effortlessly dodged out of the way of Accel's attacks. Despite the riders motorcycle motif, he was still able to keep pace and get some quick hits in. "Come on is that all you've got?" He asked.

Accel responded by removing his Driver, soon transforming himself into a bike-like shape before revving up and launching out at Joker. Joker quickly brought out Arsene before launching upward with Arsene's wings, landing before guarding against Accel who had managed to turn quickly and attack as he landed. Joker gave a scowl as he staggered backwards. Accel soon began to circle around Joker, trying to catch him from a blind spot.

"Not likely," Joker said as he used Arsene to power up his bullets, firing at where Accel would be and managing to hit the Rider's tires and send him spiraling out of control. Accel soon reverted to his Rider Form to land before suddenly getting roundhouse kicked by Joker, the phantom thief following up with a spinning side kick. At the same time Arsene had performed a football kick, doubling their power and forcing the rider backwards. Accel staggered before managing to straighten up, only to be face to face with Joker's pistol. "Bang." Joker said as he poured all of Arsene's power into a shot that tore through Accel's head, the rider staggering back before exploding.

Baron was busy clashing his spear against King Dedede's hammer, managing to keep the clashes neutral despite the hammers heavier weight. Dedede however used his hammers rocket function just as Brave lunged forward, managing to stagger him. "Gotcha!" Dedede then slammed his hammer into Baron's chest before spinning it rapidly, sparks flying as Baron staggered back.

Baron however gathered energy in his spear before slamming it into the ground, energy banana's forming out of the ground and towards King Dedede. The president quickly held his hammer vertically in a defensive manner, bracing against the energy attack before pushing forward and breaking through it.

"Not bad, but you'll find me a bit too hard to beat!" King Dedede called out as he threw a Gordo at Baron, managing to hit the rider's hand. Sparks flew as Baron let go of his weapon, he went to grab it only to get slammed into the ground by King Dedede's hammer. The hammers booster rocket was activated and more sparks flew before an explosion occurred once the pressure against Baron reached its peak.

Specter had brought out a rifle with a hand motif and was firing at Samus while closing in. Samus braced against the shots while moving towards Specter before suddenly vanishing in front of the Rider. The Rider stopped in surprise and turned trying to find Samus before being blown off of his feet by a small explosion.

Samus had entered her morph ball form in order to slip underneath Specter and surprise him. Samus then used her grapple beam to grab onto Specter's weapon, yanking it out of his hand and throwing it to the side. "I can't let you keep that weapon on you." She said, despite her suit still holding up the damage from Specter's weapon had done more than she anticipated.

Specter quickly got to his feet, rushing towards Samus and sending a swing at her. Samus ducked as she began charging up energy in her cannon. Samus then backed away when Specter spun around to perform a swinging kick at her. Specter moved in again only for Samus to slip behind him, performing a legsweep and sending the Rider to the ground. Samus then aimed her fully charged cannon before releasing a charge shot at the copy rider, the blast engulfing him and causing an explosion.

Captain Falcon meanwhile was busy dodging against slashes from Cross-Z, the Rider having taken out a sword in order to strike at him. Falcon quickly threw his leg forward, engulfing it in fire as he Cross-Z blocked with his sword. The two warriors clashed and gave a yell only for Captain Falcon to win out, forcing Cross-Z to stagger back.

Cross-Z surprisingly threw away his weapon before activating his finisher, a blue energy Chinese dragon forming behind him as he ran forward. Reeling his arm back as the dragon breathed fire on Cross-Z engulfing him in flames.

"Very well," Captain Falcon gave a smirk as he charged forward, reeling back his arm as it combusted into flames. "Falcon Punch!" He yelled out as he ran forward before skidding to a stop, Cross-Z doing the same. Captain Falcon continued to yell as he sent a falcon shaped flaming punch forward. Both punches clashed against each other, trying to overtake the other. It wasn't long before the buildup was too much and an explosion occurred. Out of the explosion, Captain Falcon walked out while dusting his shoulder off. "Not bad."


"MegaBits!" Junmei called out as she rushed forward, her Megavitamins clashing against the remaining peach funnels to keep them distracted.

"That's what you think," Carmine said as she planned on having her peach funnels home in on Junmei. The funnels broke away from the megabits before launching for Junmei.

[ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!]

Arcing and curving blasts of energy shot into view, striking and destroying the remaining peach funnels as a result.

"What?!" Carmine questioned before raising her arms and bracing against the Smash Knuckle being slammed against her.

"Sorry to say but you won't be slipping your way out of this," Daiki remarked.

[RYU! RIDER SMASH!]

Junmei yelled out as she enhanced her Knuckles power through Ryu's Token, releasing a burst of energy, forcing Carmine to stagger backwards.

Carmine growled out before noticing she was pushed back near her parasol, grabbing her weapon she opened it up. "I'll send you brats to hell here and now!" She called out as she formed a barrier and began charging energy.

"Let's finish her for real this time," Daiki suggested. "I'll take care of the barrier and open her up. We've got one shot so go for it."

"Roger," Junmei said as she tossed the Smash Knuckle away before activating her finisher, Daiki doing the same.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DIEND!]

[FOR GLORY! MEDICAL INFERNO!]

Daiki aimed forward before running and pressing the trigger of his Diend Driver. The funnel formed as he closed in and released the beam of energy from it. Carmine had just begun to release a burst of energy from her barrier that the beam managed to counter. Since the burst couldn't fully form it was dispersed as the beam clashed against the barrier. The barrier broke and the beam tore through the parasol, hitting carmine straight in the chest.

Junmei had rushed forward after Daiki before jumping up and kicking downwards, blue, yellow and red fire all spiraled around her foot before creating a spiraling casing of fire around it. She gave a yell as she slammed her foot into Carmine's chest, flames engulfing the enemy rider before a massive explosion occurred.

[K.O.!]

[KAMEN RIDE: EX-AID!]

Tsukasa had switched forms into the pink game themed rider, Ex-Aid. Drawing out a short white and pink highlighted hammer known as the Gashacon Breaker he charged forward. Kenshin took the lead as he held both of his blades forward. Tsukasa took advantage and jumped over Kenshin and Rolando in one hefty leap.

Kenshin gave a yell as he slashed with both of his weapons, forcing Rolando to block with his enlarged fists. Kenshin's intention wasn't to try and break through however; he just needed Rolando to stay still. Tsukasa had enough time to land after his leap and turned, slamming the Breaker into Rolando's back.

Rolando yelled out and managed to force Kenshin to step back by pushing forward. He then turned and slammed his fist straight at Tsukasa, an energy fist engulfing his gauntlet and making it larger.

An explosion occurred and Rolando gave a grin when he saw how explosive his attack was. He was sure that he had completely decimated Tsukasa in that strike. To his surprise however Tsukasa was fine, holding his fist back. "What?"

"Ex-Aid holds some tricks I've wanted to try," Tsukasa admitted as he could be seen with a golden glow and aura around him, it sparkling brilliantly. He then held up the Breaker and converted it into its sword mode, jabbing forward and striking Rolando in the gut. His golden glow faded after that, only lasting for seemingly ten seconds.

Kenshin took advantage and slashed at the dark riders back with both of his weapons, sparks flying as he landed another clean hit. To his surprise however, Rolando turned immediately, the two fists slamming into his swords and forcing his falchion replica away and into the ground on the side. Kenshin quickly backed away, using his wings to glide back further. That was when he noticed that the falchion replica was jutting out of the ground. Looking over he realized he still had Junmei's version and soon got an idea. Without another word he launched towards the other side of Rolando.

"I get the gist of it," Tsukasa realized what Kenshin was trying to do, remembering his trick from earlier in the day. He gathered energy in his Breaker's sword mode before sending an energy slash towards Rolando. The dark rider turned and raised his fists to block.

"I don't know what you're trying to do but it's futile, I can still keep going!" Rolando called out.

"That's what you think," Tsukasa said as he ran forward before leaping over Rolando and getting further away. "Let it rip kid!"

[PIKACHU: RIDER SLASH STRIKE!]

Kenshin had loaded Pikachu's Smash Token into his remaining sword before jabbing it into the ground. Both it and the replica sword were aligned perfectly with each other, Rolando right in the center. Suddenly yellow lines shot towards Rolando as a small spell circle formed, electricity coursing through it. Rolando gave a yell as the electricity struck him, forcing him into a paralyzed state as he could barely move at all.

"Nice plan," Tsukasa said as he reverted to his base form, taking out a finisher card. "Let's wrap things up."

"Right," Kenshin gave a nod as he pressed down on his Driver. The activation of the finisher ended up resonating with his weapons, resulting in the electrical field growing stronger.

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DECADE!]

[FOR GLORY! FAMILIAL SWORDMASTER!]

Tsukasa and Kenshin stood side by side before jumping up and forward, a series of holographic cards forming on Tsukasa's end that lined up with him as he kicked forward. Kenshin kicked forward as his foot glowed a bright blue, miniature energy swords spiraling around before forming one giant energy blade that jutted out. The two gave a yell as they closed in on Rolando, the result ending in a double rider kick against the mob boss.

Rolando yelled out as he tried to brace and hold on against the attacks, wanting to overpower or wear the two out. Despite his best efforts however, Tsukasa and Kenshin kept pouring all their power into their kicks. The two Riders gave one last yell as they pierced through Rolando, causing a massive explosion.

[K.O.!]

Out of the explosion the two skidded to a halt in a kneeling position, the two turning and seeing that they indeed had ended it. Both Rolando and Carmine were sprawled on the ground, their Drivers busted and cards completely charred, the only things left intact were the Smash Tokens.

"That takes care of that," Kenshin sighed in relief as he slumped forward, giving a yelp at a sudden slap on the back from Tsukasa.

"Good job, you're definitely on your way to becoming a decent Rider," Tsukasa mentioned.

"Only decent you say?" Kenshin asked with a chuckle as he took King Dedede's Token.

"Just take the compliment," Tsukasa called out as he put a hand on Kenshin's shoulder.

"That was tough…" Junmei said as she straightened up before walking over to where Daiki was. Before he could even think of snagging Peach's Smash Token, Junmei had taken it instead. "Now then, no more causing trouble."

"Fine, fine…" Daiki relented, he had wanted to try for one last piece of treasure on his way out but it seemed he wouldn't get to.

"Good job everyone it was tough but we made it out relatively unscathed," King Dedede called out as the others began to join up with them.

"CORE will get to work on cleaning up this mess right away," Samus replied before looking over to Kenshin and Junmei. "How about you two get some rest for real this time. You both have definitely earned it."

"Rest sounds really good," Kenshin admitted as he dismissed his transformation, handing Junmei back her Lucina Token.

"Definitely," Junmei gave a stretch before dismissing her transformation. She took her Token back before giving her brother his Mario Token.

Of course their fight wasn't without witnesses. On the building nearby was Dark Pit who had caught everything and planned to report back to Palutena. There was a second though that even Dark Pit was unaware of. Several Auroros had been spying on all of the fights in the city once they had popped up, their bird-like nature allowing them to easily watch without much trouble in being discovered.


"Should we be concerned?" Sayomi asked her partner as she looked over the footage of the fights that had taken place during the day.

"I doubt it, it seemed as though this was a special case," Meijin admitted as he looked through the fights. "I doubt those Riders have plans to actually stick around."

"So you're saying they just came here on a whim and are leaving just like that?" Sayomi asked.

"Just like that," Meijin replied with a wave. "They have no stake in this world, thus they won't stick around to help out."

"True," Sayomi said as she paced around. "What about those new forms?"

"Troublesome but I doubt we'll need to worry about them. They both use each other's Tokens and as a result they can't access their base forms without them." Meijin replied. "Thus they won't be using them constantly. Especially if we make sure the two are separated."

"Will you two stop rambling I'm nearly done!" Dr. Wily called out as he was at his work bench; the two Subspace generals had been bumming around his lab ever since his fight against the two siblings.

"Oh finally," Sayomi called out as she began to walk over. "I was worried you'd take forever."

"Now, now, a couple of weeks is plenty of time," Meijin said as he walked over.

"I was a bit surprised when you two didn't want Driver's made first and foremost. But these weapons should work nicely," Wily said as on his work bench were a pair of gauntlets and a katana, the weapons being high tech and sleek in design. Of course the most notable feature was that both had a Smash Token slot on them. "The data for these were easy to come up with thankfully after my fight against Smash and Echo."

"Good, I can only hope gathering direct data from these will be better for you in constructing that Driver," Meijin said as he looked over the weapons.

"Oh don't worry, once I start getting the data from you two, creating that new Driver will be child's play," Wily gave a sinister chuckle.


"I suppose our job is done here, though I'm surprised you weren't quick to let us troublemakers go bother someone else." Tsukasa mused as things had winded down.

Despite the four Riders wanting to go on their way, Kenshin and Junmei had invited the four over to CORE for dinner. When all was said and done even Daiki was impressed by Junmei's cooking skills. Of course with dinner taken care of the four had returned to the photo studio with Kenshin and Junmei there to see them off.

"Hey, I just wanted to treat you all to my sisters delicious cooking," Kenshin replied. "You know as thanks for helping us out."

"Well I'm certainly thankful for it," Daiki remarked. "And here I thought my cooking was to die for."

"It was certainly exquisite," Woz admitted.

"Definitely," Natsumi gave a smile.

"Oh stop it you're going to make me blush," Junmei waved off their compliments and looked to the side, though she soon looked back at the group. "So where will you all go now?"

"No clue, but that's the fun part of this job," Tsukasa admitted as he looked around. "Never knowing where you might end up next."

"Sounds like fun," Junmei mentioned.

"With these guys it's anything but fun most of the time," Natsumi admitted with a groan.

"It's a shame though, considering your method of travel we may never see each other again," Kenshin admitted, despite Tsukasa's quirks he had some respect for the elder rider.

"Don't worry, the worlds have a mysterious way of working," Tsukasa admitted. "We'll meet again, somewhere; somehow, my presence is fairly infections like that so don't expect this to be the last you see of me."

"Someone thinks highly of himself," Kenshin gave a chuckle. "We'll be seeing you."

"Right, now then, onwards to the next world," Tsukasa said as he turned and entered the Hikari Photo Studio.

Daiki followed straight after him alongside Woz while Natsumi gave a wave before heading off.

"I suppose we can head off now," Kenshin said as he and Junmei both began to walk off before Kenshin realized something. "Ah!"

"What?" Junmei asked, startled by her brothers sudden realization.

"We never got our photo!" Kenshin called out as he turned around, but to his surprise the Hikari Photo Studio was gone. "Wow they're fast…"

"It's like it never existed…" Junmei trailed before noticing something in Kenshin's jacket. "Hey what's that in your pocket?"

"What about my pocket?" Kenshin asked as he took out a photo, to his surprise it was of the two earlier in the day when they had their victory fist bump. But the photo was oddly messed up, the two were in their Rider forms fist bumping as the entire background blurred around them. In the background were their faces, both gave a smile as they looked at each other. "What the heck?"

"I'm not sure what's going on with the photo but I think it looks nice," Junmei admitted as she looked it over.

Kenshin stared at the photo before giving a smile. "Not the picture I had in mind, but it works."


Palutena was currently in the lab at her temple, looking over various footage of the fight at Dedede's office, behind here was a whiteboard with pictures of several random individuals. Dillon, Magnus, Midna, Gray Fox, and Guile were some of the pictures on the whiteboard.

"So this confirms it right?" Palutena asked as Dark Pit walked over to her.

"It does, those four Riders were from a world that isn't Kenshin and Junmei's," Dark Pit replied. "The footage and data is being sent to Rosalina as we speak."

"Good, if she gets her hands on that then locating a Rider World will be all we need to do," Palutena gave a nod. "That'll narrow down the candidate process and we'll be able to get a good read on whom to pick after that."

"What about the new Driver, is that ready?" Dark Pit asked.

"Almost, they're finishing up the final touches on it. But gathering the data of so many is what's making it take so long," Palutena replied. "Normally it would be easy but since we're not using normal Smash Tokens for this, the data extraction and implementation is harder than anticipated."

"Good, what worries me is the Subspace Army, aside from the attacks there's been no sign of any of the high ranking members," Dark Pit admitted. "They are planning something."

"Well it's a good thing our Rider is going to be ready before they do so," Palutena said confidently. "He'll give us the assistance we desire."

"Whatever you say…" Dark Pit said before heading off, leaving Palutena to her thoughts.

To Be Continued…


Palutena: The time has come as the curtains pull back to reveal the next stage. A new hero arrives to assist in the coming battles. Despite his lack of power, his tenacity will be what allows him to soar far.

[Next Time – An Unlikely Assist]


Smash Token Ownership:

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

Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu/Ken/Samus/Dark Samus/Simon/Richter/Dr. Mario

CORE – Incineroar/Terry/Lucario/Piranha Plant/King Dedede/Peach

Palutena – Pit/Dark Pit

Meijin –Donkey Kong/Bowser

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Subspace Army – Mr. Game & Watch