Chapter 16: Shocker's Great Leader! A Choice is Made!
Witch led the charge as the fourteen Riders headed towards Blight Industries. As they made their way, Heka flew close to Witch and asked, "You're thinking about something, aren't you?"
"What?" Witch replied.
"I could tell when we were given those rings, it felt like you had a thought. Please tell me, Luz," said Heka.
Witch chuckled a little and replied, "Guess you can read me even with a helmet on. Riderman said that these rings can cast any spell we want one time. I could use it to create a whole new portal door."
"I figured that was the case."
"But at the same time…we might need it to destroy whatever that thing is. I know I shouldn't be thinking like this, but…"
Heka furrowed her brow under her helmet. "Hey, don't worry. We have three of these rings. We just have to make sure at least one of us still has it when this is over. I can't speak for Hunter, but at the very least, I'll make sure to hang onto mine unless absolutely necessary."
Witch smiled at her girlfriend as she said, "Thanks, Amity. Guess we gotta kick this guy's but twice as hard to make sure it doesn't come to that!"
"Right!"
The Riders finally arrived at Blight Industries and crashed through the gate. They suddenly stopped their bikes as they saw the purple cloud hovering over the building.
"YOU'RE TOO LATE KAMEN RIDERS!" the cloud bellowed as it swirled into a twister. Suddenly, Abomination goo flew out of the factory and into the purple cyclone. But that wasn't all, several boulders and trees also flew into the twister. Eda, King, Willow, and Gus flew down on a nearby hillside as they watched the twister subsided, revealing a horrendous monster.
Long roots grew from the creature's back, becoming bat-like with Abomination goo acting as the membrane between them. Jagged rocks made up its claws and talons, with more of the rocks acting as exoskeletal armor. The monster had a semi-long neck, with two long trees molded into curved horns, with broken off tips. Under that exoskeletal armor was a conglomeration Abomination goo that made up its main body, with some tree roots acting as connective muscle to some of the joints. It had a short snout, with jagged rock teeth, and glowing yellow eyes. Its tail slowly wagged back and forth, a creation of Abomination goo with rock rings to give it shape, and an arrowhead tip for the tail. At the center of this creature's chest was a black crystal that gave off the faintest sound of a heartbeat. It was about fifty feet tall in height, with its tail about twenty, and had an overall muscular physique. Darkness radiated off this monster's body like a thick miasma, oppressive and destructive. Needless to say, everyone was speechless upon gazing at the great beast before them.
"WITNESS…" the monster bellowed, "THE SHOCKER COVEN'S GREAT LEADER HAS RISEN!"
Despite the monster's appearance and foreboding presence, the fourteen Riders stood their ground.
"Great Leader!" Witch yelled, "We will not lose to you!"
"FOOLS!" the Great Leader laughed mockingly, "DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME?! I AM THE AMALGAMATION OF ALL OF SHOCKER'S GRUDGES, HATE, AND POWER! AND NOW WITH THE POWER OF THIS MAGICAL REALM, I WILL SPREAD OUR DARKNESS ACROSS THIS UNIVERSE AND ALL OTHERS! BUT BEFORE THAT, I WILL ENSURE THAT ALL RIDERS WILL DIE! THE OLD GENERATION, THE NEW GENERATION, AND ALL OTHERS AFTER! THERE WILL BE NO MORE RIDERS!"
The Great Leader then began to slowly walk towards the Riders.
"LET'S GO!" Ichigo yelled.
The Great Leader swung his tail, making the Riders maneuver out of the way as the huge appendage slammed down on the ground, causing a small quake as a result. Amazon was closest after moving out of the way of the Great Leader's initial attack, and jumped straight into the air. His right arm glowed bright yellow as he dropped down on top of the Great Leader's large foot.
"Wild Slash!" Amazon cried.
Amazon struck the ankle area of the Great Leader's foot. A sharp beam of yellow light sliced right through it, and for a moment, it seemed as if Amazon managed to deal the mighty beast a damaging blow. However, before the foot and leg could completely separate, the Abomination goo and roots inside of it quickly shot out and latched themselves back to the severed limb. Within seconds, the damage was healed as if nothing had happened. The Great Leader chuckled as he quickly lifted his foot, using the inertia and speed of the ascent to make Amazon fall flat on his stomach. And just as quickly, the Great Leader brought down his foot into a stomp, moving it away from Amazon as he dangled in the air for a moment. The Great Leader bent down and swiped at Amazon with his left claw, batting him away as he crashed into three trees before slamming against a fourth.
Ichigo and Nigo quickly rushed to their ally's side, prompting the First Rider to ask, "Are you all right?!"
"Y-Yeah…" Amazon replied.
The Great Leader then slapped his chest in a mocking manner. "IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DO?"
V3 and Riderman jumped into the air, landing on the Great Leader's shoulders. Once there, both Riders tapped into their weapons and abilities to try and deliver a powerful enough blow.
"Time to introduce you to another one of my twenty-four secrets! Behold the twelfth secret! Red Bone Power!" The central red armor plates on his chest started to shift to a yellow color as V3's body released a yellow aura around his body.
"Machine Gun Arm!" Riderman cried out as the Machine Gun Arm weapon attached to his right forearm.
V3 ran along the giant Kaijin's shoulder, leaped into the air once again, and slammed his fist into the side of the Great Leader's face. Riderman jumped just as the blow was struck, appearing right in the Great Leader's face as he began barraging the monster with several beam bullets. Each one exploded against the monster's face, kicking up smoke as a result. V3 jumped straight at Riderman, reaching out with his left arm as Riderman did the same. Once they grabbed ahold of each other, V3 twirled around and launched Riderman straight at the Great Leader's face.
"Power Arm!"
"The twenty-third secret! Red Bone Ring!"
The Machine Gun arm switched out into the Power Arm, channeling Riderman's energy as it started to glow red. At the same time, V3 sprawled out his arms and legs until he formed an "X" with his body. Upon doing so, he began to spin. He spun faster, and faster, and faster until he became a spinning wheel of yellow energy. The wheel of energy launched itself, now traveling alongside Riderman as they dove to deliver a powerful blow to the Great Leader. However, the giant monster merely smirked as it whipped its head forward and opened its great maw. From deep in its throat, a powerful stream of black and violet light shot forth, engulfing V3 and Riderman at the same time. Their attacks still fought against the Great Leaders from within the stream, but it was no use. The Great Leader's energy was too strong and eventually overwhelmed the two legends, creating two explosions from within the stream that hurled V3 and Riderman out of the stream and down to the ground below, crashing into the earth and forming two body sized craters.
"Here I come!" Skyrider yelled.
A green streak flew by the Great Leader, striking him in the side, before flying away and coming back around for another strike to his body. The green streak kept his up, zooming around the beast and causing a small amount of sparks to fly off from the Great Leader's body. The Great Leader roared out, "ANNOYING LITTLE GNAT!" as he swiped his claws at the speedy flying Rider. Thankfully, Skyrider was too nimble in the air. Skyrider maneuvered around one of the swipes and flew straight up and out of range of the monster. The flying Rider let gravity take him for a moment as he went into freefall, but then used his power to double his speed of descent. At the same time, his right glowed as he held it in a knife hand gesture.
"Sky Drill!"
Skyrider thrust his right hand forward like a spear just as he hit the top of the Great Leader's head. An explosion of green energy went off as the Great Leader braced himself, digging his talons into the ground to prevent his hulking form from falling forward. Skyrider grunted as he pushed his hand forward, using his energy to drill down straight through the monster's head. With another loud battle cry, Skyrider managed to pierce all the way through, bursting through the lower jaw of the Great Leader. Skyrider almost went into a full tailspin, but managed to correct himself before hitting the ground and flew up to see if it worked. The Great Leader's eyes had gone black as Abomination goo dripped out of the hole he had made, and the rest of his body had gone completely still. However, the feeling of victory was short lived as the Great Leader's arms quickly snapped forward and slammed on either side of Skyrider. The Great Leader's eyes suddenly glowed bright yellow once again as the hole Skyrider made closed up within seconds.
"I GOT YOU, LITTLE GNAT!" the Great Leader mocked. Dark energy flowed down his arms and right to the Great Leader's claws. Skyrider suddenly found himself assaulted by surging dark energy, making him cry out in pain.
[Crow Scythe, Now.]
[Eagle Lightning Wing, Now.]
[Falcon Shield Wing, Now.]
Crusader flew straight up into the air for a few seconds before turning sharply towards the Great Leader's arms. With the Crow Scythe in hand, the young Rider twirled it around as he built up energy and slashed through both arms as he passed by. But he wasn't done yet, Crusader sped down the arms and slashed them, appearing as a streak of purple light as he cut up the rock and Abomination goo claws. Within a few seconds, Skyrider was released from the claws, and using the Falcon Shield Wing, Crusader created a bubble shield around him, and used it to get him clear of what was about to happen next. On the ground, Stronger and ZX had widened their stances, electricity raged around Stronger as ZX's body glowed scarlet red.
"Now! ZX!" Stronger and ZX ran towards the monster and jumped as they thrust their right legs forward, coating them in their built up energies. "Stronger Electro Kick!"
"ZX Kick!"
A streak of scarlet light and a bolt of lightning struck the Great Leader's midsection at the same time. The giant Kaijin anchored its talons into the earth, cutting grooves into it as the two Riders' attacks drove it back more and more. The Great Leader roared as the severed parts of his arms suddenly sprouted several Abomination goo tentacles. The tentacles whipped towards Stronger and ZX, wrapping themselves around their bodies as they tore them away from the Great Leader's midsection, ending their attacks. In a fit of anger, the Great Leader tossed the two Riders like a couple of ragdolls, letting them strike the earth below him. ZX and Stronger grunted and groaned from the impact and tried to get back up, but before they could, the Great Leader looked down in their direction and opened his maw again. Instead of a beam, this time the draconic monster released a jetstream of black fire down upon them.
Super-1 swiftly ran to his comrades and put himself between the flames and his fellow Riders. Once there, he made a circular motion with his hands and cried out, "Change! Thermal Hands!" His gloves changed to green. "Freezing Gas!" he yelled as he thrust his left hand out and shot out a cryogenic spray. A huge plume of white smoke surged towards the flames, and immediately upon meeting them, created a huge steam explosion that managed to nullify the Great Leader's flame attack. For a moment, nothing could be seen except for a thick cloud of steam. However, that was dealt with swiftly as the Great Leader started shooting out violet lightning bolts from his eyes. Stronger, Super-1, and ZX quickly ran as the lightning struck close to them, setting off multiple explosions that carved up the landscape with every pass made.
"HEY!" Heka yelled. The Great Leader looked behind him, and that's when he saw Heka in the middle of a huge puddle Abomination goo. "Don't go using my family's property to make your body!"
With a wave of Heka's MaguScepter, the Abomination goo rose higher and higher with her still standing upon it. Within seconds the goo transformed into a huge Abomination golem. The golem had golden flame armor around its chest, legs, arms, and head, with Heka standing in the middle of those flames at the top of its head. "ABOMINATION! DESTROY!"
The giant golem roared loudly as it stomped towards the Great Leader. The giant Kaijin weaved the tentacles together and reformed its arms just in time to turn around and grapple with the golem. Their collision caused a shockwave that rumbled throughout the area, shattering glass and fissuring the ground below. The Abomination Golem roared again as it pushed forward, making the Great Leader cut grooves into the earth as its heels dragged. After about five giant steps, the Abomination Golem broke off the grapple, cocked back its right flaming fist, and punched the monster across its face. The Great Leader caught himself before the blow could throw him to the ground and retaliated with a swipe of his claws against the flame armor of the golem. The Great Leader's dark energy infused claws managed to cut four long gashes into the flame armor, but despite that, the Abomination Golem charged forward again, this time leading with a left hook, and then a right. And then for good measure, the Golem grabbed the Great Leader's head and drove his face into its knee.
"GGRRRRRRAAAAAH! ENOUGH OF THIS!" the Great Leader roared.
The enraged monster opened his mouth and fired his dark beam attack, blasting the Golem's head clean off. But he wasn't done, the Great Leader's eyes glowed and fired off more violet lightning bolts at the Abomination Golem's body, causing multiple explosions all over until the entire creation broke down before it. The great beast smirked at his handy work, but then paused as he noticed two lights glowing in the smoke that was kicked up.
}} WONDER GLYPH SHINING BLAST! {{
} ROARING BLAST! {
Two huge beams of pink and gold blasted a hole through the smoke cloud, showing Witch and Heka suspended in the air as they fired their energy beam attacks from their staffs. The Great Leader inhaled and fired his dark energy ray again. The three attacks clashed in the airspace between them. Sparks of electricity arced off the center, striking at random places. Crusader flew around and quickly used his Falcon Shield Wing to place everyone in a barrier to ensure that the bolts would not hit them. Witch and Heka grunted as they poured their magical power into this attack, with Witch using her power of belief to make herself stronger in order to overcome this monster. But for some reason, even with Wonder Style's effect, the Great Leader's beam seemed to be gaining momentum. The nexus of power where the beams met started to grow bigger and bigger, releasing more and more lightning. The nexus continued to grow until it could not take anymore as a massive explosion broke out, concealing everything in a thick cloud of smoke as Witch and Heka were tossed in different directions. Everyone hit the deck was the shockwave hit, causing cracks in the shields that Crusader made. Thankfully, the shockwave died down just as the barriers shattered. The Riders, Gus, Willow, Eda, and King all coughed as they tried to see what happened, but the smoke was thick and visibility was poor.
That soon changed as the powerful wing beats of the Great Leader blew the smoke away, revealing his mighty form for all to see. Down below, Witch was on the ground, she got up, and looked to be in a bit of a daze from the explosion earlier. Her armor was knicked, had some burn marks on it, and even some of her coat was torn off. The Great Leader growled when he saw her, despite his efforts, these Riders refused to die easily. So, perhaps he should first break their spirits.
"YOUR MAGIC AND THE OTHERS ARE WHAT AIDED IN MY REVIVAL. YOU PROCLAIM YOURSELF TO BE A BRINGER OF HOPE, BUT HOPE IS FLEETING! DARKNESS AND POWER WILL ALWAYS RISE AGAIN, JUST AS SHOCKER WILL ALWAYS RISE AGAIN! I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR HOPE!" the Great Leader exclaimed, "BY KILLING YOU!" Witch looked up just in time to watch the Great Leader open his mouth and fire his dark beam right at her.
"LUZ!"
"WITCH!"
"LUZ!"
What everyone didn't know was that Witch had entered her mindscape, causing the world around her to slow down as the color dimmed to black and white. Luz's mind made a projection of herself that stood up to look at the scene she was in. At that moment, a flickering flame burst into existence next to her, and in a matter of seconds, that flame revealed the form of Kamen Rider Wizard.
"Ah, Noceda-chan, been awhile. Woah," Wizard exclaimed, "what is that?!"
"The Great Leader of the Shocker Coven." Luz replied bluntly.
"Shocker…" Wizard sneered. He then saw Luz sitting cross legged a few feet away from her real body. "What's wrong? You know the mindscape only slows down time. It doesn't stop it. You've got about, hmm, sixteen minutes before you have to exit."
"I know," Luz replied as her mind-self pulled out her blank ring, "it's long enough to figure out what I'm gonna do." She stared at the ring.
"The ring that Ichigo gave you, the one that the real me forged to aid you."
"If I use this to aid in the battle, I'll lose my shot at creating a portal."
Wizard looked up at the monster nearly about to kill Luz. He crossed his arms and sighed as he said, "It is quite the dilemma. Either you use that ring to destroy this monster, or don't and lose your chance of creating a portal back to your Earth. What do you think you should do, Noceda-chan?"
Luz looked to the hill where Eda and her friends were watching, their faces frozen in states of panic in horror. Her gaze drifted to the Legendary Riders, who were all trying to rush to her side to help her. She saw Crusader trying to fly towards her, and then there was Heka, Amity, who was reaching out in desperation, no doubt her visage matched the ones of her friends, but with more pain as Amity was about to watch her girlfriend about to get obliterated.
"Alright," she said, "I know what I have to do."
"You sure?" asked Wizard.
"Yeah, I am. Riders have to make tough decisions, and this is mine. I won't let the Great Leader plunge this world or any world into darkness." Luz replied. She then got up and approached her real body.
The Great Leader's beam struck the spot where Witch was, causing the Legendary Showa Riders to stop in their tracks. Crusader came to a stop in the air as he balled up his fists in anger that he was not able to reach her in time. Heka, well, Heka was on the verge of breaking down into sobs, with a boiling fury coming up right behind it. However, something happened, a gold light shined within that beam, followed by a sound
[Special Rush, Please!]
[Light]
[Ice]
[Plant]
[Fire]
A bust of gold and pink light erupted from the beam, blasting it away as a pillar of those two lights rose into the air and made the great beast away as if the light itself was hurting him. Everyone looked and saw Witch in a brand new form with her right arm pointing up. Witch was still in her Wonder Style form, but silver parts of her armor had shifted to a golden color. At the same time, the Owl Parts had been equipped, the Wings, Talons, Tail, and Head, all were there, except instead of the normal silver coloring, they were now golden to match Witch. This was Kamen Rider Witch, Special Rush.
Witch looked up at the Great Leader and spoke, "You're right. Darkness will always be around, but so will light! And so long as there is light, there will always be hope! And where there is hope, there are KAMEN RIDERS!" Witch flared the Owl Wings as her aura burst forth, releasing particles of pink and gold all over the area. The particles washed over the Showa Riders, Crusader, and Heka, and suddenly, all of them felt a boost of power as their injuries healed. "NOW IT'S SHOWTIME!"
Witch flew up into the air with greater speed than before. The rider of hope cocked back her right arm and drove the right Owl Talon into the monster's chest, striking the black crystal. Upon hitting it, the Great Leader released a loud and painful cry as he was sent skidding backwards on his backheels. Witch raised a curious eyebrow when she heard that, until now, the Great Leader hadn't so much as grunted or cried out in pain throughout the whole battle, but just then, he did. Witch decided to test out her theory as she flew at him, but this time, the Great Leader fired off his lightning bolts from his eyes, trying to hit Witch. But the Rider of hope was nimble as she dodged each of the bolts. Both of the lightning bolts were about to hit her, but Witch dropped towards the ground and slammed her left Owl Talon into the earth and caused it to rumble. Within a matter of seconds, a huge stone glaive burst forth from the ground and slammed itself into the chest of the Great Leader, causing the monster to once again roar in pain.
"THAT'S IT! THAT CRYSTAL IN HIS CHEST IS HIS WEAK SPOT!" Witch yelled.
"Alright!" RX exclaimed as he turned into Robo Rider. "Vortech Shooter!"
Robo Rider's empowered blaster shot multiple times at the black crystal from his position. Each hit exploded powerfully against the crystal, causing the monster to cry out in pain once more.
Suddenly, the Great Leader's body began to shift as the Abomination goo and rock began to form around the crystal in order to form a protective shell around it.
"NOT SO FAST!" X yelled. Both he and Amazon jumped straight towards the Great Leader as X's Ridol Whip glowed red, and Amazon's right hand glowed yellow. "X SLASH!"
"WILD SLASH!"
X slashed at the protective shell, forming a red "X" gash over it as Amazon came in and slashed down vertically. Their combined attacks shattered the protective shell, leaving the crystal exposed again.
"CURSE YOU!" the Great Leader bellowed with fury.
Witch flapped her Owl Wings and propelled herself into the air. She flew rapidly around the midsection of the Great Leader as her Owl Tail released freezing magical energy. Within seconds deep blue ice formed around the monster's legs, anchoring him into place. Witch flew out and ignited her Owl Wings. The two wings released two flaming tornados that bellowed forth and struck both of the Great Leader's arms, burning them away and setting his wings aflame. The OwlHead's eyes glowed bright and then released a twin beam of gold and pink energy that blasted the Great Leader's head away. Now the only thing that was left was the upper body and the crystal. Witch flew down to where the rest of the Riders were, she then nodded to them and turned around to face their foe one last time.
"The Finale!" Witch declared as she slipped on her Kick Strike Ring, along with Heka, and Crusader.
[VERY NICE! KICK STRICK! GO RIDER!]
[ LET'S GO, KICK STRIKE! ]
[ KICK STRIKE, RIGHT NOW! ]
"Let's Go!" she yelled to the others as she jumped into the air.
"RIGHT!" the others replied as they followed suit.
The fourteen Riders, aided by Witch's empowered magic, ascended higher and higher into the air until they practically touching the sky and the Great Leader appeared as a tiny figure below. Each of the Riders glowed in their respective auras as Witch led the charge, thrusting out with her right leg as all fourteen Riders descended like shooting stars.
"ALL RIDER KICK!"
The Great Leader's head managed to sprout out from the destroyed portion. He gathered up what power he had left and fired off a huge beam of dark energy towards the fourteen shooting stars. The beam slammed against the combined Rider kicks, causing a shockwave that pushed the clouds away. Down below, Eda, King, Willow, and Gus watched on with renewed hope and confidence, but not just them, everyone around Bonesborough and a bit further could see how the fourteen shooting stars were battling against a giant dragon-like monster. Even Belos was watching from far away, hovering in the air as he waited to see the outcome of this battle and deciding whether or not he needed to step in. However, even he was forced to admit that these Riders would manage to find a way to win, miracles seem to follow them wherever they went, and he had no doubts about this being one of those miraculous moments.
All together the fourteen Riders released a battle cry as their kicks drove through the Great Leader's beam, parting it down the middle as if they were a hot knife through butter. The Great Leader's eyes widened with fear as he tried to think of a way to stop what was coming. He couldn't. All fourteen Riders slammed into the black crystal in his chest, causing yet another powerful shockwave to erupt. But that wasn't the end, the crystal began to crack. With each passing nanosecond, the cracks spider webbed all over the surface until all the Riders blasted through it, shattering the crystal and shooting out the Great Leader's back as they appeared twenty feet away from his main body. The moment they came to a skidding halt, the Great Leader's body went up in flames, exploding mightily behind the Riders as their visors and eyes glowed.
Witch and the others turned to look upon their handy work and breathed a sigh of relief. "We got 'em."
Heka walked up to Witch, noticing the new additions to her Final Form and asked, "Did…Did you use the ring?"
Witch glanced at Heka and nodded.
Heka lowered her head as she said, "I'm sorry…"
"Hey, it's alright. We still have yours and we beat the bad guy! Everything's gonna be o-!"
Suddenly, thunder roared above them. The Riders looked up above the flames and watched as purple smoke began to gather above the explosion site. Lightning crashed from the cloud of purple smoke as it swirled about, and after a moment, a pair of glowing eyes looked down upon them.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Crusader exclaimed. "We just destroyed him!"
"AS I SAID! DARKNESS AND POWER ARE ETERNAL! AS! AM! I!"
Ichigo balled up his fists and exclaimed, "Damn you Great Leader! Will your grudges know no end?!" The First Rider looked to Crusader and said, "Crusader! Use your ring to seal him away! We may not be able to destroy him now, but we can at least make sure he doesn't harm anyone for a long time!"
"YES SIR!" Crusader replied as he took out the ring and scanned it. The blank Ring transformed the moment he scanned it, showing the image of a gateway with a lock upon it.
[Seal, Now!]
High above the Heehasheasedeflepurple cloud, a magic circle appeared. In a matter of seconds that circle opened and revealed an infinite void. A powerful vacuum effect began to occur as the Great Leader's cloud form began to get sucked into the circle. The Great Leader roared as he tried to regain a physical form, pulling himself away from the circle as much as he could.
"IT'S NOT ENOUGH!" Crusader yelled.
Heka bit her bottom lip as she gazed upon the Great Leader trying to regain his physical form and steadily pulling himself away from the circle. She pulled out the blank ring she was given, her gaze shifting between what was happening in the sky and the ring in her hand. If I use this now…Luz won't be able to get back home! Her best shot of getting back to her mother, to her world, is right in the palm of my hands! But if don't…
Witch gently placed her hand on Heka's left shoulder, causing the golden Rider to now look at her lover. "It's okay, Amity. Use it."
"But…"
"We can't let that thing reform. It's a threat to this world and mine. So, please, do it," Witch urged.
Tears formed in Heka's eyes from behind her helmet as she slipped the ring over her right middle finger. "I'm sorry…"
[Sealing!]
The magic circle above suddenly shot out chains made of light that wrapped around the semi formed limbs of the Great Leader. More and more chains wrapped around the Great Leader's cloud body, and started dragging him towards the opening. The monster kept struggling more and more, but it was becoming increasingly futile as now more than half of the Great Leader's body was inside the circle.
"YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF ME, KAMEN RIDERS! I WILL RETURN!"
With his last words spoken, the Great Leader was completely pulled into the circle, drifting further and further into the endless void within the circle. The center of the circle formed two door-like images, followed by crisscrossing chains that formed an "X", and completed with an ornate padlock. Once the lock was on, the entire circle broke down into particles of white light before disappearing completely. All was quiet now, the Great Leader was sealed away, hopefully, forever.
"Is it over, for real this time?" Heka asked.
"I think so," said Witch.
Crusader sighed heavily as he said, "It better be, because I'm beat."
"Young Riders." Ichigo interjected, making all three magic wielding Riders turn towards him. "Thanks to you, the entire Demon Realm was saved from a great and terrible evil."
"I'd say you have certainly earned your titles as heroes," Nigo added, "as Kamen Riders."
"Congratulations! Rider Witch!" Stronger announced.
"Rider Heka!" added Skyrider.
"And Rider Crusader!" RX finished.
"Thank you." Witch replied, "It was a great honor to have legends like you fight alongside us to protect his world." She then turned to Ichigo. "Let us continue to fight for what's right." Ichigo nodded and the two shook hands. The other Riders piled their hands on top, then they all looked at Crusader. The single Rider hesitated before placing his own hand on top.
Eda, Gus, Willow, flew down from their hill, with King riding with Eda. The three witches and little demon headed towards the group, with Willow and Gus tackle hugging Witch, being mindful of the additions to her armor.
"You guys did it! You saved the Demon Realm!" Willow exclaimed.
Eda smirked at her young ward and said, "Dang kid, I'm starting to think you're out to get my title as the most powerful witch. I'll have to step up my game."
Witch chuckled as she replied, "You'll always still be the most powerful witch to me, Eda."
King scurried up Gus and Willow and found himself perched atop Witch's head as he said, "Don't EVER do something scary like that! The first time was one thing, but this was something else!"
Heka and Witch both chuckled, but now that it was over, Heka asked, "So, what happens now aside from cleaning up this mess?"
"Hey!" The Riders looked over to Gus. "Tomorrow, the Boiling Isles are holding a festival in the Kamen Riders honor! And as head of the Hexside Kamen Rider Club, I would like to invite you all to join in the fun." The Eleven Legendary Riders looked at each other. Ichigo looked at Witch who slightly nodded.
"Very well," Ichigo replied, "but we can only stay for one more day."