"How could you try and kill one of your own fans?" Yusuke asked after Tsukasa filled him in on what happened after he fainted. Tsukasa talked almost as if he was bored. This got under Natsumi's skin a little. And seeing Yusuke's reaction wasn't helping her mood.
"Another goodie goodie I see," Natsumi said, rolling her eyes and trying not to punch him through the bars.
"Wait until he gets started," Tsukasa said, looking out their one window.
"How did you let this man get to you the way he has?" she asked.
"You try ignoring that smile. He gets annoying after a few seconds. And creepier than that man swooning over your nauseating photobook after a minute," Tsukasa said.
"That wasn't what you said when you took those photos, sweetie," Natsumi said trying to be sultry. She felt that she could get under his skin that way. Tsukasa clenched his fist but didn't rise to this bait.
"This is getting weird," Yusuke said trying not to picture Tsukasa and Natsumi taking photos like those he had seen in the book left by the guy. "Thinking about you and Natsumi like that is making me a little sick. She would never want that."
"What did you just say?" Natsumi asked looking at Yusuke.
"NOTHING." Tsukasa jumped up realizing that she could realize that there was another Natsumi that was here in this world.
"There's another me here isn't there?" Natsumi said more than asked. "Is that what has made my Tsukasa-kun so weak?" she smirked at Tsukasa who just turned away from her. "I wonder what this goodie me has that I don't?" she stood up and made her way to the door.
"Where are you going?" Tsukasa asked, fearful that he knew the answer already.
"Going to be a good hostess to the out-of-towner," she said with a sinister smile. "And make this bitch pay for what she has done to MY Tsukasa-kun. See you when I get back."
As the door shut Tsukasa slammed his fist on the wall and stared daggers at Yusuke. He knew that he had messed up but thought he could get them out of this. All they had to do was henshin and they would be fine. He tried to summon his belt and nothing happened.
"There is a dampener field genius. Why do you think I wasn't thrilled you woke up?" Tsukasa said. Truly angry at Yusuke for the first time since they met. "That's why she left me with my cards and driver!" he slammed his fist again on the wall.
Higaisha-chan was getting frantic. She couldn't find Natsumi. She was getting worried that she was taken by the mob. "Can I help?" Kiva-la asked flying next to her. Higaisha-chan looked at her.
"Damn it," she groaned. "Fly up high and look around. She can't have gotten that far away."
"On it!" Kiva-la said brightly. She didn't know why she wanted Higaisha-chan's approval but ever since she joined the team she found herself wanting to be around her more. She hoped that Narutaki wouldn't get mad about that. He seemed to hate anything connected to Decade. She knew why. Just like she knew he wouldn't come to this world. The world where Decade's evil comes from.
"No luck Higaisha-chan," Kiva-la said disappointed.
"DAMN IT!" Higaisha-chan growled.
"I'm sorry, Higaisha-chan," Kiva-la said, looking disappointed that she could give Higaisha-chan what she wanted.
Higaisha-chan looked at her. "It's not your fault. I lost track of her while we were running," she sighed.
"Higaisha-chan? What is that about?" they heard a female voice say. They turned to face Natsumi...but Higaisha-chan could tell it wasn't their Natsumi.
"Who the hell are you?" Higaisha-chan asked. This Natsumi was wearing a black leather jumpsuit with matching boots. Higaisha-chan didn't like it to be honest. Nothing about this said Natsumi or Higaisha-chan. It screamed evil rich bitch.
"I am the one you took Tsukasa-kun from...bitch," Natsumi said as she strutted towards Higaisha-chan.
"What are you talking about?" Higaisha-chan asked confused by this. Then she gut-punched her and Higaisha-chan fell to the ground. She was still conscious barely but the wind was knocked out of her.
"You turned the God among men into a wuss. And that is not to be tolerated," she then snatched Kiva-la out of the air. "You even are a little copycat."
"Let me go!" Kiva-la yelled struggling to free herself from Natsumi's fingers.
"Why are you trying to break free?" they heard a tiny voice. And another Kiva-la flew in behind Natsumi. "You are being held by perfection," she said and kissed Natsumi's cheek.
"DON'T MAKE ME SICK!" both Kiva-la and Higaisha-chan said together. Higaisha-chan struggled to stand up and stand her ground against this woman and Kiva-la tried to break free of her fingers.
"What? You think you're hotter than me?" Natsumi asked her with an evil smirk that nauseated both Higaisha-chan and Kiva-la.
"Get over yourself." both Kiva-la and Higaisha-chan said together as Kiva-la managed to free herself and Higaisha-chan stood up.
"Matchy-matchy are we?" Natsumi said with a smirk looking at them. She then grabbed her Kiva-la out of the air as she giggled. "Let's see how matchy-matchy you are fighting together. Henshin." Natsumi said. A heart wave emitted from Kiva-la and a stream of shattered glass encased Natsumi transforming her into Kamen Rider Kiva-la.
"EH?!" both Kiva-la and Higaisha-chan yelled.
"What?" Natsumi asked, bringing up her Kiva-la Saber. "Do the matchy-matchy goodie goodies not have a henshin?" Natsumi asked with a chuckle. "Pitty. I was looking for a challenge when I made you pay." She swung her Kiva-la Saber and Higaisha-chan narrowly missed it by inches.
"FOLLOW ME!" Kiva-la yelled and flew off in what seemed like a random direction.
"YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!" Higaisha-chan growled as she chased after the little flying bat.
"Why did you help me and not Higaisha-chan?" Natsumi asked, breathing heavily after running for her life with the person that grabbed her hand almost seconds after Higaisha-chan let it go. And took off in a different direction.
"Well," Kaito said with a smirk. "I overheard a little conversation earlier." His smirk broadened looking at her.
"W-What conversation?" Natsumi asked, hoping it wasn't the conversation she was thinking about.
"The one where you revealed that you had the hots for little ol' me," he said, looking at her and pointing a finger gun at her and pulling the trigger.
"NO!" Natsumi moaned, covering her face as it went bright red.
"Embarrassed is a good look on you, Natsumikan," he said, pulling her into a hug.
Natsumi's heart started to beat faster, being in his arms with him knowing about her crush. "What are you doing?" she asked in a whisper.
"Taking a new treasure," he said with a smile going in for a kiss. Part of her wanted to welcome it, but then she saw something that made her push him away. She saw a news report. In it, she saw Decade getting attacked by the Rider that was by Kiva-la.
"Tsukasa-kun," she moaned.
"I-I'm sorry Tsukasa," Yusuke said after a long while of chilly silence.
"...You say something?" Tsukasa said clearly having heard what he said.
"I know I messed up. I'm just so used to Natsumi being so sweet and innocent. How can we get out of here and help our Natsumi and Higaisha-chan?" he asked.
Tsukasa sighed. Yusuke was right this hatred wasn't going to help the girls fight off a crazy version of them. "That we can agree should be our focus, I guess...but I haven't thought of anything. Whoever this Tsukasa she knew was, he was almost as clever as me," he said.
"'Whoever'?" Yusuke asked.
"Yeah...when I hit a world I have been to, I have a vague memory of seeing this sky or these people before. Like when I was in Daiki's world or when I met Daiki again after a while of being apart. I felt like I was returning there or that I knew them somehow...but I have never been here before and this Natsumi is nauseating. No memories just nauseating."
"So...there is another Decade out there?" Yusuke asked shocked by this news. That was when they heard blasts coming from outside of the bars. And in rushed Natsumi and Kaito.
"Tsukasa-kun!" she said finding him in the cell. She went rushing to the locked door.
"Out of the way CUTIE," Kaito said. This piqued Tsukasa's senses. As he saw Kaito firing at the lock.
"Thank goodness you are safe. Where is Higaisha-chan?" Yusuke said brightly.
"Why?" she asked as Kaito rested a hand on her shoulder.
"No: Thanks Kaito?" he said with a smirk.
"Never. We have to find Higaisha-chan. I'll explain on the move," Tsukasa said as he eyed Natsumi and Kaito. Natsumi blushed as he looked at her.
"HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP RUNNING FROM ME BITCH?!" Natsumi yelled as she swung her Kiva-la Saber again and came up with nothing but air.
"THIS WAY!" Kiva-la yelled again.
"YOU PICKED THE LAST THREE WAYS TO RUN!" Higaisha-chan yelled.
"HAS SHE CAUGHT US YET?!" Kiva-la yelled.
"Fair point honestly," Higaisha-chan sighed and Kiva-la's Kiva-la Saber came down for another swipe at her. But before Higaisha-chan could duck another sword came in and blocked it.
"Decade?" Higaisha-chan moaned seeing him stand above her. She fell to her knees after running all this time she needed a minute of just being motionless.
"Isn't the prince-charming character supposed to come in at the last minute and save the damsel in distress?" he asked smugly.
"Baka-charming more like," Higaisha-chan said with a chuckle as he pushed evil Natsumi back. "You're not MY prince anything. But I am so glad to see you that I won't bitch about how long it took you...yet." She started to relax some muscles that had been tense all this time as Yusuke and Kaito came to stand by Tsukasa. All as Kamen Riders. While Natsumi came up to Higaisha-chan to make sure she was alright.
"I am so confused right now," Kiva-la said looking at the collection of Riders and the second Natsumi. "Since when do you need 'friends' Tsukasa-kun? And why does he have your DiEnd Driver? AND WHY ARE THERE TWO OF ME OVER THERE?!" Natsumi demanded.
"Friends is a bit of a stretch, to be honest," Tsukasa said looking over his shoulder at both of their versions of Natsumi to make sure she was alright.
"I like to think they are his fan club," Kaito said with a chuckle.
"I thought we were friends..." Yusuke said looking at the other two.
"You were wrong Baka Rider Kuuga," Tsukasa said.
"Focus Tsukasa-kun!" Natsumi said as both she and Higaisha-chan stood up with Kiva-la flying around her head.
"Is SHE the one that turned you into this weak piece of trash?" Kiva-la asked.
"YOU'RE WRONG!" Higaisha-chan yelled. Everyone looked at her.
"And what am I 'wrong' about?" she asked her.
"Having friends or caring about someone other than yourself isn't being weak," she said. "If anything it's a strength someone like you can't possibly see or understand. Whoever this 'Tsukasa-kun' you are looking for is the weak one!"
"Higaisha-chan..." Kiva-la said looking at her as she flew nearby.
The evil Natsumi started laughing at this. "You think THAT is real 'strength'? How is it possible another version of me is so idiotically stupid?" she asked.
"ARGH!" Kiva-la yelled as she surprised everyone there and charged the evil Natsumi. Hitting her multiple times by bashing her head against the evil Rider. Which caught her off guard at first like everyone else. Even when she managed to start swatting her Kiva-la Saber around her head she was missing her tiny attacker by inches or feet as Kiva-la darted around to continue the barrage. "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT HIGAISHA-CHAN! YOU EVIL BITCH!"
"Kiva-la..." Higaisha-chan sighed, seeing this. Then she hit Kiva-la toward a bush nearby. "KIVA-LA!" Higaisha-chan yelled and dashed over to her.
"Serves the little bitch right for attacking me," evil Natsumi chuckled. Higaisha-chan turned to face her evil self with rage she had rarely felt in her life.
"H-Higaisha-chan...d-do you think it would be okay if you would use my powers like she does?" Kiva-la huffed out as she started to glow the same color that evil Natsumi's Kiva-la had.
"This doesn't mean I trust you now," Higaisha-chan said with a smile as she picked up Kiva-la who struggled to giggle. She stood up and held Kiva-la in front of her. "Henshin!" Higaisha-chan said. A heart wave emitted from Kiva-la and a stream of shattered glass encased Higaisha-chan transforming her into a second Kamen Rider Kiva-la. Even holding another Kiva-la Saber like the one that had been trying to slice through them all this time.
She walked up next to the other three with Yusuke clapping his hands seeing this like he was in awe of this henshin. "Looks like we have another Rider for the team poses," Tsukasa said nonchalantly.
"Tsukasa-kun!" Natsumi said with a smirk seeing the four of them.
"Your boy toy is right though," Higaisha-chan said with a chuckle. Natsumi went red in the face knowing that Kaito already knew her secret and she wasn't sure she wanted Tsukasa to find out.
"You want to see real strength?" evil Natsumi asked. She was getting frustrated seeing herself henshin into another Kamen Rider Kiva-la after chasing her for so long. She stabbed the ground and three monsters appeared. Claydoll Dopant, Uca Worm, and Queen Bee Deadman. "These are my little pets from Tsukasa-kun's travels. Ladies tear apart spares. Leave Tsukasa alive to watch his 'friends' die a painful death if at all possible. At this point, I don't care if you take your revenge on him and kill him. But that copycat bitch is MINE!"
The monstrous versions of several female generals seemed to enjoy the words that they could attack Tsukasa. And as one they went after Kuuga, DiEnd, and Decade. Leaving just the two Kiva-la's staring each other down. "I am going to enjoy this after you made me chase you down!" evil Natsumi yelled and went straight for Higaisha-chan.
She just blocked the attack. "YOU'RE going to enjoy this? I'VE been wanting to knock the bitch right out of you since I met you!" she sent her flying backward.
"I get the feeling these ladies don't like me," Tsukasa said as they gathered around him. Almost ignoring DiEnd and Kuuga.
"I wonder why Mister enslaver?" Kaito said firing off an attack and blocking a blast from Claydoll.
"You didn't do that right Tsukasa?" Yusuke asked grabbing a piece of metal that turned him into his sword form to swat at some bees sent at him by Queen Bee Deadman.
"My god...he is Baka Rider Kuuga..." Kaito sighed as Tsukasa sent Uca Worm backward.
"Welcome to my Tuesdays," Tsukasa said pulling his K-Touch. And Kaito followed suit.
"KUUGA! AGITO! RYUKI! FAIZ! BLADE! HIBIKI! KABUTO! DEN-O! KIVA! FINAL KAMEN RIDE! DECADE!" the K-Touch said then he placed it in the place of the Drive shifting that to his side as he changed into his power-up form.
"G4! RYUGA! ORGA! GLAIVE! KABUKI! CAUCASUS! ARC! SKULL! FINAL KAMEN RIDE! DIEND!" his K-Touch said and he placed in the same spot. But only Skull appeared beside him this time.
"Where did he come from?" Tsukasa asked seeing Skull again. Skull like last time just tipped his hat at him. "AND WHY IS HE WEARING A HAT?!"
"Focus Tsukasa-kun!" Natsumi yelled at him.
"...Fine." he sighed and brought up his K-Touch and pressed the Kiva button. Kiva in his Emperor form appeared beside him. The four Riders jumped into the air.
"FINAL ATTACK RIDE!" their K-Touches said as they delivered a four-part Rider Kick. From the summoned Kiva and Skull and from Decade and DiEnd. But the only ones that landed from the explosions of the three were Decade and DiEnd.
"Did you hear that?" evil Natsumi asked while gloating as she and Higaisha-chan fought. "Your friends' screams would have been music to my ears. I hope Tsukasa-kun is happy with his choice of going down the weak path."
"You better look again," Higaisha-chan said with a chuckle. If she knew her friends well enough she knew who just blew up. And she pushed her back in time for Decade, DiEnd, and Kuuga to come in front of Natsumi.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" evil Natsumi yelled seeing them and not her best monstrous soldiers.
"Like I said before. YOUR Tsukasa is the weak one. Ours is just an annoying egotist that would destroy anything that hurts his friends...like you," Higaisha-chan said. Her Kiva-la Saber glowed brightly as she spoke. Then, wings of light sprouted from her back. "But I am going to be the one that destroys this bitch...after all she was me." She then flew at evil Natsumi and slashed through her. She possed as evil Natsumi dropped the Kiva-la Saber and fell over and blew up.
Higaisha-chan, Tsukasa, Kaito, and Yusuke undid their henshins. Natsumi smiled at her friends and crushes that were her heroes. Kiva-la started to fly around Higaisha-chan's head. Before landing on her shoulder.
"Who said you can use me as a ride?" Higaisha-chan asked with a scuff as she walked toward everyone.
"I'm hurt and we are friends now," Kiva-la said nuzzling up to her neck.
"I don't recall becoming your friend," Higaisha-chan said but Natsumi smirked knowing that she was lying. Tsukasa took a picture of the two as they walked. With a smirk.
"Let's get back to the Photo Studio before this world's Natsumi fan club finds out we destroyed their idol," Tsukasa said looking at the spot where the evil versions of Kiva-la Saber.
"Right," Yusuke said and the five of them ran to the Photo Studio. Higaisha-chan smiled from ear to ear as she felt Kiva-la clinging to her dress while giggling.
"So you can become a Kamen Rider too, Higaisha-chan?" Ojiisan asked setting tea in front of her.
"I suppose," she said with a sigh taking a sip of the tea. Inside she was happy to have a Rider power. But she was also a little nervous about her tiny partner.
"We were so cool Ojiisan. We were like swish slash and the evil Natsumi went boom!" Kiva-la sang as she flew through the air. "...What is this?" Kiva-la asked seeing the photo on the table.
"It's the picture that Tsukasa took of both of you before," Yusuke said brightly with a smile.
"B-But it is like his other pictures?" Kiva-la said thinking about the fact that the only reason these would come out like this was that he wasn't in his home world. And this picture was like his other pictures. It showed Natsumi walking toward the camera with Kiva-la clearly on her shoulder. And then in one corner a smiling Higaisha-chan and in the other a flying Kiva-la.
"What do you mean? This wasn't my world. I'd be super glad if I never went back to that hell ever again," Tsukasa said with a flourish as he sat down and sipped his own tea.
"R-Right..." Kiva-la said thinking about what she had thought was the truth.
"Where is Natsumi? Her tea is getting cold," Ojiisan said noticing that she wasn't there.
"I saw her heading into the darkroom a minute ago, I will go get her," Yusuke said with a smile. He went over to the darkroom while everyone sat and drank tea waiting for the damn curtain to fall to let them land someplace new. "AAAAHHHH!" he yelled and went running head-first into the old curtain that caused the curtain to fall.
Everyone was looking at the backdrop that took its place. It was an image of a blue dragon, a green bear, a red lion, a yellow monkey, and a pink turtle behind a curtain being pulled open by a couple of Kuroko. Everyone but Tsukasa was looking into the darkroom and clenched his fist.
He saw Kaito and Natsumi in the darkroom kissing each other passionately. Unaware they had been caught in the act. "It looks like I am going to have to make another cup of tea," Ojiisan said with a smile seeing his daughter with Kaito when he looked at what Tsukasa was staring at.