Direct Attack was hard at work, preventing any threats of terrorism from even getting the chance to start. Commander Kusunoki was sitting with an almost bored drawl in her voice, although she was dedicated to the mission.

"They really believe that eyesore of a radio tower is the guardian of peace."

"Then we're doing our duty here are DA well." Her assistant said. "Hm? Commander Kusunoki?"

"Alpha's Arms Deal site is still in a deadlock." One of the agents reported.

Kusunoki sat forward and spoke into a mic. "Mika, Chisato isn't there yet?"

Said man was on top of a roof nearby Alpha's location. He had a sniper out and aimed through the window. "She should be here soon. But a Lycoris is in danger. What's your call, open fire?"

"No. I'd like to capture the dealer alive. We'll wait for Chisato."

"Headquarters! This is Alpha one!" One of the Lycoris spoke. "We can handle this ourselves, please give us permission to eng~aaf~kssssssssh."

Mika narrowed his eyes as the communications were interrupted.

Back down at the Arms deal deadlock, Fuki, the lead Lycoris widened her eyes as the communications went down. "Headquarters? Headquarters!"

Takina Inoue, one of the squadron members, looked forward and listened to the yells of the arms dealer.

"Are you listening to me?! My buddies are all dead because of you! Come on out, in ten seconds! Or I blow her head off!"

Takina frowned, before opening her bag and pulling out a red and black device.

Chisato had arrived at the scene and found the stairwell.

"Hey Teach, what floor was it again?" Chisato asked through her phone, running up the stairs.

"Sixth. Hurry."

"Sixth floor?!" Chisato groaned out, whining in despair at how much she'd have to climb.

"Nine…! Eight…! Seven…!"

"Forget about me, shoot!" The captured Lycoris called.

"Fuki?" One of the Lycoris, Hibana asked.

"We were ordered to stand by." Fuki said, closing her eyes.

"But Erika, she'll-!"

[Demons Driver!]

The two looked up to see Takina walking forward, an odd belt-like device strapped to her waist, and a stamp in her hand. She held it up and clicked it.

[Spider!]

"Takina, wait!"

The arms dealer paled in realization. "Shit, she's a Kamen Rider! Boys, fire!"

They all aimed their weapons as Takina pressed the stamp onto the top of the belt.

[Deal.]

A small spider-like creature dropped from the sky, swooping around and blocking the bullets. Takina held the stamp forward, as lights appeared below her feet.

"Henshin!"

She pressed the stamp onto the front of the belt.

[Decide Up!]

The spider spun around her rapidly, weaving webs and enveloping her. They split away to finish the transformation.

[Deep. (Fukaku) Drop. (Ochiru) Danger. (Kiki) Kamen Rider Demons!]

Takina was now garbed in a red suit, with gray and blue armor pieces stuck all around it. Two blue eyes were glowing, along with six extra on the side of her head. The spider perched onto her right shoulder, creating a webbing pattern on her chest and head.

Mika widened his eyes as he saw all the action go on down below.

The bullets came faster, but they all bounced off harmlessly. Unfettered, Takina stamped the front of the Demons Driver.

[Charge.]

She put her hands to the sides and squeezed once. She ran forward with a shout, jumping into the air as eight red spider legs composed of energy emerged from her leg.

[Demons Finish!]

Her foot smashed right into the arms dealer, causing a massive explosion that shattered all the nearby windows. Chisato, who had just reached the floor, was surprised at seeing all the glass break.

The dust faded to show that the arms dealer was dead, his chest caved in from the kick. All of his other men had died from the shockwave of the attack. Erika was spared from it, as Takina's kick had pushed the arms dealer straight against the wall.

Seeing that it was over, Takina detransformed, now back in her regular Lycoris appearance.

"You!"

She turned to see Fuki talking to her, as Hibana tended to Erika.

"You could've killed Erika!"

Takina tilted her head to the side, confused. "She's still alive, isn't she?"

Fuki grit her teeth, as she ran up and punched Takina in the face.

"It's over. Mizuki is on the way. Get out of there immediately."

"Roger that, Teach!" Chisato said into her phone, before putting it down.

A few horns honked. "Hey, Chisato! Yoohoo!"

Chisato turned to see a woman with light brown hair and red glasses waving at her from a 7 seater. She wasn't alone though.

"Goddamn!"

George Karizaki leaned out of the shotgun seat's window, looking at the destruction on the building above and lowering his glasses.

"I haven't seen this much destruction since the old days." He said, putting his glasses back on. "Did you do this Gunslinger Girl?"

"Nope. It happened before I could make it." Chisato said, walking over.

"Really? I'd love to see the Lycoris that's using my system like this." George said, leaning back in his seat.

"Can I have the shotgun seat, by the way?" Chisato asked.

"No."

Takina walked down the street with a roller bag, now with a bandage on her face. She had just received new orders that, thanks to botching the mission, she was now transferred to a different department. She looked up in confusion, since the "department" was a café.

Opening the door, she peeked inside. There was a woman complaining at the bar as the TV blared, while a man was up the stairs, seemingly tinkering away.

"And here I am with the talent for being a mother, thwarted only by this tiny obstacle called "getting married!""

Mizuki threw her head back in frustration, slamming a fist on the magazine. George frowned, looking down from the second floor.

"It's not enough at all!" She whined. "I'm sick of just waiting around; where's my Mr. Right?!"

"Oi." George said from above. "Stop moping. We have a visitor."

"Um…" Takina said.

"Hey, who are you?" Mizuki asked, still clearly moping.

"I'm Takina Inoue. I was transferred here." She said.

The TV turned off, as a tall, older black man stepped up behind the countertop. "Takina, you're here."

"Takina?" Mizuki repeated, looking from Mika to the girl.

"Ooh, you're the Lyrcoris that made the warzone this morning." George noted. "I suppose with all that bang bang and pow pow you got fire-"

"I wasn't fired." Takina said, firmly. "I was ordered to learn. From you. That's all."

Mika and Mizuki shared a look as George walked down from the steps, frowning.

"While this transfer wasn't ideal, it's an honor to learn from one of the best Lycoris in Tokyo, Miss Chisato." Takina continued, as the three looked at her. "I plan to take this time to better myself and regain my position at HQ."

"This one? Chisato?" George said, pointing at Mizuki before laughing. "Not on your life."

"I have a name!" Mizuki hit George's arm.

Takina turned to Mika.

"And it isn't that old man either!" Mizuki added. "And definitely not this four-eyed bastard next to me!"

"You have glasses too, you know." George reminded her.

As the two started to bicker, Mika held out a hand to Takina. "I'm your supervisor, Mika."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Takina shook his hand.

"This is Mizuki, she was also in DA. Intelligence division." Mika said, gesturing to the woman.

"You were?" Takina asked.

"I got sick of it." Mizuki said, taking a sip from her drink. "I mean, a creepy syndicate gathering orphans and making you Lycoris hitmen? Yeah, no thanks, eugh."

"And this is George Karizaki." Mika said, gesturing to the man. "Also formerly from DA. Science division."

"Hey." George said, holding up a hand.

"Wait, George Karizaki?" Takina repeated. "The one that created the Rider System for DA, as well as being Kamen Rider Juuga?"

"Well, I didn't create it for DA, since I had developed it long before that since my days back when FENIX was still a thing." George said, nonchalantly. "Though, I do appreciate that you know I am a Kamen Rider."

Takina reached into her bag, before pulling something out. "You created this, right?"

George clicked his tongue, seeing the Demons Driver. "That's the mass-produced one DA made, so it's not my handiwork."

"Would it be possible if you could grant me the ability to be stronger in some way?" Takina asked.

George took the Driver from her, sliding out the Spider Vistamp on the side.

"It's the same as the original, so there's nothing much to improve." George said. "Though, perhaps I can ask some friends if they have any spare Vistamps."

"Thank you." Takina bowed, as George handed back her Driver to put back into her bag.

Mizuki watched the two, before hearing a certain someone arrive outside. "There you go, the walking headache is back."

"But you're already here." George said, confused.

"Zip it."

The door opened, and in walked Chisato, holding two plastic bags with her. "Hey Teach, guess what? Everyone on Tabe-Mog's commenting that there's a super cute server in our shop! They're talking about me, right?!"

"They're talking about me!" Mizuki said.

George snorted as Chisato's tone changed. "Funny. Guess your face isn't the only joke you've got."

It was then that she noticed the new face in the café.

"Oh, a Lycoris!" Chisato said.

Takina just stared at her.

"...why are you looking at me like that?"

"She's the Lycoris I mentioned." Mika said. "We've been over this, Chisato. You'll be partners starting from today, so be nice."

A huge grin appeared on Chisato's face, as she looked back at Takina. "You mean she~!?"

"So this is-?" Takina started, before Chisato ran up to her and grasped her hands.

"Nice to meet you, Partner!" Chisato said. "I'm Chisato!"

"I'm Takina Inoue. It's nice to-"

"Aah, Takina!" Chisato drew her face closer. "Wait, have we met?"

"N-No, I was transferred from Kyoto last year-"

George sat down next to Mizuki, watching it unfold as Chisato's cheerfulness was cutting through all of Takina's formality.

"Chisato's gonna eat her alive." George said, taking a sip of coffee.

"You think?" Mizuki said.

The bell on the door rang, as a brown-haired woman in her 20s walked in. She saw Chisato chattering to Takina, before turning her eyes to the bar.

"Did I come at a bad time?" She asked.

"Actually, you came at the perfect time." Mika said. "We can introduce you to a new Lycoris working with us."

Chisato went behind the counter to the phone, calling a certain someone after Takina explained why she had a bandage on her face. This let Takina see the new girl arrive.

"Isn't she a civilian?" Takina asked.

George laughed. "No no. She's way more than that. She's a real queen."

"Never change, Mister Karizaki." The woman laughed. "My name is Hana Igarashi, though I suppose you'd know me more as Kamen Rider Aguilera."

As Chisato was yelling through the phone at someone, Takina got more introductions overall as Hana sat at the front counter with her.

"I frequent this café quite often." Hana explained. "It's a short walk away from my apartment."

"I see."

"Café LycoReco has a very nice feel to it." Hana said, taking a sip of coffee that Mika prepared. "Delicious as always, Mika."

Mika chuckled, as he slid another cup to Takina. "You are one of our best customers. It would be insulting for me to give you anything less than stellar quality."

"So, what are you hoping to accomplish here?" Hana asked Takina.

"Learn from the best Lycoris, and then transfer back to HQ with the new knowledge to better myself." Takina said, looking into her cup.

"...is that all?" Hana asked, raising a brow.

Takina looked confused. "Is there something else I should be aware of?"

"That's enough, moron!" Chisato hung up the phone, switching from annoyed to her usual chipper self. "Alright, time to get to work, Takina!"

"Right!" Takina stood up, ready to go.

"Oh, you can enjoy Teach's coffee before we head out. It's a total must have!" Chisato said. "I'm gonna have a wardrobe change. Take your time!"

Chisato went behind a wall as Takina sat back down… before popping back out again.

"And Takina?"

Takina stood up again. "Yes?"

"Welcome to LycoReco~!" Chisato giggled as she went back behind the wall.

Takina was still standing, slightly nodding.

"Drink up." Mika suggested.

"Right." Takina took it more of an order as she drank it.

Once Chisato changed into her Lycoris uniform, she hopped out from behind the counter. "We got plenty of stops to make. You ready to go?"

"Of course." Takina stood up again. George was counting on his fingers at how many times she had done this.

"Alright, come with me!" Chisato grinned, leading Takina out of the café.

As the two left the café, the adults all looked at one another. Mika looked at the half-empty cup of coffee he gave Takina.

"She's another victim of DA and their BS." Mizuki sighed.

"Doesn't that seem familiar?" George asked, as Hana ran a finger along the edge of her cup.

"She kind of reminds me of how Tamaki used to be." Hana said, sitting up in her chair. "And myself as well."

"It seems we're all already in silent agreement." Mika said. "Hana, because George has already taken up residence here-"

"Say no more." Hana said. "Consider it done."

Daiji Igarashi was shuffling through his papers. It's been a decade since he established the Blue Bird organization, but getting used to paperwork was something that would probably never happen.

"Daiji?" Go Tamaki poked his head in. "Chisato's here to see you."

"Oh, she is?" Daiji looked up. "Let her in."

Tamaki nodded, and left. A few seconds later, Chisato waltzed in, with Takina right behind her.

"Heyo, Daiji!" Chisato smiled, sitting down in front of his desk.

"Chisato, good to see you." Daiji said. "What brings you here?"

"Well, I came to introduce you to our newest member at LycoReco!" Chisato said. "Say hello!"

Takina was in the process of sitting down, before shooting back up and bowing. "It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Takina Inoue."

"Takina… Takina… oh I know you." Daiji said. "I received the report."

"Report?"

"Oh, don't you know?" Chisato said. "Mister Daiji here is the head and founder of the Blue Bird Organization."

"Blue Bird?!" Takina said in shock. "But that would mean-"

"Yup! Daiji is-"

"I'm Kamen Rider Live." Daiji stood up and held out a hand to Takina. "Don't steal my intros, Chisato. It feels like something my siblings would do."

Chisato gave a cheeky pout as Takina shook Daiji's hand.

"I've seen you in action a few times during training exercises." Daiji said. "You're quite skilled as Kamen Rider Demons. Reminds me of a friend of mine."

"A friend?" Takina asked.

"You'll meet him later." Daiji said as he sat back down. "Karizaki called earlier for him, but he's out of town at the moment."

"Oh, he is?" Chisato sounded disappointed.

"Oh don't worry, he should be back by tomorrow." Daiji reassured her.

"Excuse me, but is there another reason we're here, Chisato?" Takina asked.

"How much do you know about the Blue Bird organization, Takina?" Chisato asked.

"I know they were formed to repair all the damage that happened with the demons over 10 years ago, but that's it." Takina said.

Daiji walked over to the large window wall in his office. "After we finished restoring everything, we found ourselves with a large leftover sum of funding. We decided to use it to turn Blue Bird into a philanthropy organization, helping those in need within Japan."

"But what does that have to do with-?"

"Takina, you are aware of the deal made between Direct Attack and Kamen Riders, correct?" Daiji asked.

"How Kamen Riders are ordered to only fight monsters, while Direct Attack handles human terrorists, correct?" Takina asked.

Daiji nodded. "Us Kamen Riders continue our missions to protect those that cannot protect themselves, remain public heroes, while Direct Attack stays in the shadows. A perfect working deal."

"And because certain Lycoris use Rider weapons and Drivers, they fall under both, correct?" Takina finished.

"...yeah. Exactly that." Daiji said, though his voice seemed a little unsure.

"This is all information that we know." Takina said. "So why-"

"Tell me, Takina. Are you a Lycoris, or a Kamen Rider?" Daiji asked her.

"A Lycoris." Takina immediately answered.

"...I see." Daiji said.

"Daiji asked me the same question too." Chisato said. "I answered "Kamen Rider.""

"But aren't you-?"

"Yeah, I am a Lycoris, but being able to just help people in need without someone always looking at my back… it's a nice feeling." Chisato said.

"She does a far better job as a Kamen Rider than as a Lycoris, I can tell you that." Daiji smiled.

"I should be offended by that, but we need to meet a contact soon." Chisato remembered. "And Detective Abe promised me an extra payment for this job!"

"Oi, remember that you're not doing this for the money." Daiji reminded her, poking her in the forehead.

"Just joking, joking!" Chisato laughed. "Come on, Takina. Let's go!"

"Right." Takina followed her out immediately. "Wait, would activities like this be properly assessed?"

"Assessed?"

Daiji sat back in his chair, taking a deep breath.

"Takina reminds me a lot of myself and Hiromi when we were back in Fenix." He said to himself. "Don't you think so, Kagero?"

Daiji looked at the mirror in the room, but there was no response.

Chisato and Takina were now sitting at a café where they were to meet their contact, having each ordered some coffee while they waited.

"You want to be active to get positive assessments and hurry back to the DA, huh?" Chisato said, stirring her own cup. "You want to go back, I see, I see…"

"I don't think how personnel affairs handled me was fair." Takina said.

"Then why did you transform?" Chisato asked.

Takina's expression didn't change, but Chisato could tell that she had slightly offended the girl.

"Oh, I'm not blaming you for anything." Chisato reassured. "I'm just wondering why you ignored orders if you didn't want to get in a dispute."

"I felt that what I did was the most sensible course of action under those conditions." Takina said, looking down at her own cup.

"Sensible…" Chisato repeated. Like a Kamen Rider would think…

"And it turned into such a commotion." Takina frowned.

"I see. But well, it didn't cause a commotion. Probably not." Chisato lifted her cup. "Normally, the organization always covers up stuff like that."

Takina looked up in surprise.

"Incidents become accidents, tragedies become inspiring stories, and kaijin attacks become daily work for Kamen Riders. I'm sure this case has turned into something else, at least superficially." Chisato took a sip from her cup, before looking out the window at a certain tower. "The last great incident is now the symbol of peace."

"If that's the case, what exactly did I do?" Takina asked, more to herself than Chisato.

"What are you talking about?" Chisato snapped her fingers and smiled. "You saved one of your teammates. That's awesome!"

Almost as if getting a brilliant idea, Chisato clapped her hands.

"I know! I'll help out with getting you back in there, Takina!"

Takina widened her eyes in surprise, before the door of the café rung.

"Oh, Miss Saori!" Chisato called to the contact.

As Chisato and Takina talked to Saori Shinohara, the contact, there was a reunion elsewhere.

"Welcome to Happy Spa!"

Ikki Igarashi looked up from the counter to greet the new guest, only to see it was a familiar face.

"Oh, Hana!" He smiled. "Good to see you."

"You as well, Ikki." Hana said, sitting down. "Your recent game was incredible. The entire family was watching."

"Ah, that? It was nothing." Ikki bashfully rubbed the back of his head.

"You scored with five seconds to spare." Hana reminded him. "That's quite an achievement, even though I don't play soccer myself."

"Anyways, enough about me. What brings you here?" Ikki asked.

"Well, I've come to ask for advice." Hana said.

"Advice?"

"You were always the most level-headed one so… what can you tell me about taking care of people?" Hana asked.

"...eh?"

"Well, you see, a girl much younger than me will be living with me for the time being." Hana said. "But I'm not sure exactly what to do. I'm sure you've looked after both Daiji and Sakura before, so…"

"Oh, that's what you mean?" Ikki asked. "Erm, Daiji and Sakura were both quite independent, even from a young age."

"And how successful has that been?" Hana asked.

"Uh…" Ikki briefly flashbacked to his conflicts with Daiji back when Giff was an issue. "W-Well, Daiji took a while, but Sakura was always good at being independent."

"I see…"

"But if you just keep being yourself, I'm sure you'll be able to handle it." Ikki reassured. "You were always there for Sakura, weren't you?"

Hana softly smiled. "You're right. Thank you, Ikki."

"You know, you could try calling me-"

"That is Sakura's nickname for you, not mine, thank you very much." Hana almost immediately said.

"Worth a shot." Ikki shrugged. "Is that all you wanted to talk about?"

"...there is another thing." Hana said, face growing grim. "Ikki, have you talked to Vice at all, recently?"

"Vice…?" Ikki frowned. "...no."

"How long?"

"I think… oh wow, I think it's been nine years now?"

"That long-?" Hana stood up. "Why didn't you say anything!?"

"I… actually don't know, now that I think about it." Ikki said. "Nothing felt off even though I haven't talked to him in ages… Wait, why are you asking me?"

Hana crossed her arms, looking at the floor. "Lovekov's disappeared."

"Eh? Sakura's demon too?!" Ikki asked. "Since when?"

"I think last year." Hana said. "And during the time I've been working at Blue Bird, Daiji hasn't once made a snarky remark at me for the past five years."

"Kagero's gone too…?" Ikki put a hand under his chin.

"I think it means something, but I can't be sure of what…" Hana admitted. "I have a bad feeling-"

The two were brought out of their thoughts as they heard something in the distance.

"Are those gunshots?" Hana realized.

"Let's go!" Ikki shouted, running out of the spa with Hana, while leaving a note that told visitors they would be back soon.

Takina was firing silenced shots from her Gundephone50 at a car. Inside, were a bunch of thugs that had grabbed Saori for the photos she had accidentally taken. She had almost shattered the windshield, before someone pulled her behind the street corner. To her surprise, it was Chisato.

"What are you doing?!" Chisato chided.

"Since they were following us, I lured them out." Takina said, sitting back up. "They should know where the guns are."

"Wait wait wait wait, where's Miss Saori?" Chisato asked.

"Inside the car."

"You used your escort as a decoy?!" Chisato nearly yelled.

"They are after the image data on her smartphone." Takina said. "I believe they have no intent on killing Miss Saori."

"But that makes her a hostage!" Chisato pointed out. "Man, I leave you alone for a few minutes and this happens…"

"If you didn't stop me, everything would've been settled by now." Takina argued, hearing the men get out of the car now that the shots stopped. They were yelling something about making a deal.

"But you would hit Miss Saori." Chisato said.

"I wouldn't make such a mistake." Takina said firmly. "I can shoot and kill from this distance."

"I said you have to value people's lives." Chisato said. "If you're that confident with your shooting skills, can you shoot the drone at 7 o'clock that's watching us? Oh, and without a silencer."

Takina noticed the hovering drone from the corner of her eye. In one swift movement, Takina shot it out of the air. Using the gunshot to make the men take cover, Chisato was over to them in an instant.

"Hey, you wanted to make a deal, right?" She asked them.

Takina watched in awe as, one by one, Chisato easily took down all of them with little to no issue. She was dodging the bullets left and right as she unloaded her own Gundephone50 into them. But when Takina approached, she looked down to see that the men, while they were downed, there weren't any puncture wounds on their body.

"What the…? There aren't any punctures…? Did George Karizaki reprogram Chisato's weapon to be non-lethal…?"

"Takina! Get Miss Saori!" Chisato called, as she was wrapping up on her end.

"When you say "value people's lives," that includes the enemies?!" Takina asked her, as she got a bagged Miss Saori out of the car.

"Yup! Enemies too!" Chisato said, making sure that the blunt wounds weren't too bad.

"You…"

Chisato looked up to see one of the thugs had gotten back up, and was holding something in his hand.

"You brats get in our way too much!" He held up his hand.

In his palm was a stamp.

"That's a-?!"

Takina had gotten Saori out of the bag and looked over (as the woman clinged to her). "What is-?"

[Junior!]

Chisato shot the Vistamp out of his hand, but it still landed on the ground, activating. The stamp mark expanded, and several dark creatures with bone-like armor arose from the ground.

"Oh no…" Chisato grit her teeth.

"Giff Juniors?!" Takina said in shock, remembering what she had read about them. The footsoldiers of Giff. But how were they here?

"Takina, transform!" Chisato called, running to her side in front of Saori. "We need to protect Miss Saori and these guys!"

"Right." Takina pulled out her Driver and strapped it to her waist.

[Demons Driver!]

She got her Vistamp ready and was about to transform, but her eyes fell on Chisato's Driver. It was nearly identical in shape to the Demons Driver, except it seemed older in design. Color wise, it was a reddish-orange with brown and silver on the front.

[Bail!]

"Alright." Chisato pulled out a black and red Vistamp. "Let's do this!"

[Kabuto!]

She slammed it down onto her Driver.

[Deal.]

Chisato crossed her arms in front of her, before grasping her Vistamp with two hands.

"Henshin!"

She slammed it onto the front of the Driver.

[Bane Up!]

Takina swore she heard a loud heartbeat from Chisato, as a large kabuto beetle flew around her, before enveloping her in a dark fog as a sinister tune played.

[Hakai! (Break) Sekai! (Broke) Kikikaikai! (Broken) Kamen (Rider) Bail!]

When the smoke faded, it revealed a sinister-looking Rider. She was dressed in green-silver armor and pants that looked like the clothing of a human experiment. The right side of her suit had a giant red kabuto beetle, with the horn clasping into place on the left side of her face. The wings of the beetle made an odd cape over her right arm. Her eyes were glowing a sickly orange, and there was an unpleasant aura emanating from her.

"Uh, why haven't you transformed yet, Takina?" Chisato asked.

Despite the terrifying appearance, that was still Chisato inside. Takina shook her head to get rid of her shock. "Sorry. I'll make this quick."

[Spider! Deal. Decide Up! Deep. (Fukaku) Drop. (Ochiru) Danger. (Kiki) Kamen Rider Demons!]

Now that both of them were transformed, they got ready to fight the Giff Juniors.

"Looking good, Takina." Chisato said. "Can you protect Miss Saori for now? I'll take care of the guys in the car."

"Understood. They won't get past me."

"Thank you~!" Chisato ran over to the thugs in the car, punching and kicking away any of monsters that got too close. She grabbed the thugs and put them all into the car. "Alright, hang on tight!"

With a small grunt of effort, she lifted up the car, before throwing it over the fence and into the shallow river nearby.

"There." Chisato dusted her hands. "That oughta keep them safe for now! Back to helping… Takina…!"

She looked over to see that Takina had strung Miss Saori up in a tree with webbing, while she took the time to fight the Giff Juniors. A bunch of other Giff Juniors were trying to jump at a screaming and panicking Miss Saori.

"You can't just do that, Takina…" Chisato sighed to herself. She quickly ran over and punched away all the Giff Juniors. She was about to help Miss Saori down, but Takina was pushed back by the Giff Juniors into her.

"Damn it…" Takina muttered.

"Something wrong?" Chisato asked.

"I've trained all my life to fight terrorists. Never have I ever prepared to fight kaijin like Giff Juniors." Takina admitted.

"Well uh, no time like the present to learn, right?" Chisato laughed, before smashing another Giff Junior's head in and knocking him into a cluster.

"There's so many of them…" Takina muttered, kicking another one away.

Chisato didn't want to admit it, but she was right. They were in trouble with how many there were, as multiple of them gathered into one large group to try and overwhelm them directly. Chisato was sure she could win, but that would require pushing herself too hard, and she couldn't afford to do that.

She was pondering their options, before a certain announcement did it for her.

[Rex! Stamping Finish!]

[Queen Bee! Stamping Break!]

There was a huge explosion that obliterated the huge group of Giff Juniors. When it faded, two Riders were standing in the center.

The first one was a tall Rider that had a t-rex-like design. His armor was a mixed splash of pink and blue, with a purple undersuit and a unique Driver with the same colors as his suit. His eyes were glowing red, with a jaw design for a mouthguard. The second was shorter, but had a white and black undersuit with a few orange highlights. The top had silver, red and yellow armor, with a circular red visor, the front tipped with a point resembling a bee stinger.

"Seems we got here in time." The pink one said.

"And we're not out of practice." The shorter Rider said, flexing her wrist.

"Kamen Riders Revi and Aguilera…" Takina recognized in awe.

"Glad you two hopped in, Ikki! Hana!" Chisato smiled. "We were almost done for!"

The Riders all turned back into their civilian forms, as Chisato pulled out a phone and called someone.

"Can you get me a Cleaner at LC two eight o eight?" She spoke. "A minivan. Four guys. Yeah. …No, there's one, but he seems to be doing fine. Yup. …You might want to bring some rubber boots …Thanks, counting on you!"

"So you're the new LycoReco resident, huh?" Ikki asked, walking up to Takina.

"Y-Yes." Takina bowed. "I'm Takina Inoue, sir. It's an honor to meet a hero like yourself."

"H-Hey, you don't need to be that formal." Ikki said, holding up his hands.

"Always the humble one, aren't you?" Hana teased.

The next day had arrived upon Café LycoReco. Now that the issue had been solved, the mood in the café was a lot lighter. Takina was in the room behind the countertop with Hana.

"These things happen because you show off a photo where you're all lovey-dovey." Mizuki said, looking at the photo that had caused all the problems.

"Don't be jealous." Chisato snorted, taking her phone back and handed it to Mika.

"I'm not jealous!" Mizuki defended herself "I'm just saying ignorant posts on social media can cause trouble!"

"You're jealous." George repeated, matter of factly before Mizuki grabbed him by the collar.

Mika was taking a closer look. "Where, you say?"

Chisato leaned up and zoomed in the picture. "Here. Over here."

"It was that day?" Mika asked, recognizing this was the building Takina had opened fire upon the terrorists.

"She said it was three hours beforehand." Chisato said. "Maybe Ms. Kusunoki was given a fake time for the deal?"

"I'm more concerned about why they had Vistamps." Ikki said. "I'll have to talk to Daiji about this, see if he can try investigating."

George nodded (while still being held up). "It's one thing for armed weapons to be sold, but the scum using Vistamps to cause havoc, after all we did to stop it over ten years ago…"

George held up a hand and made a neck snapping motion.

"Please don't do that, George." Chisato asked.

"Sorry, force of habit." George laughed.

"That's not a force of habit, you just wanted to look cool, Karizaki…" Ikki sighed.

"What happened to those guys who assaulted that woman?" Mizuki asked, dropping George.

"A Cleaner took them away." Chisato explained.

"Hey! You used a Cleaner again?" Mizuki shouted. "They're expensive, you know?"

"They might get killed if we handed them over to the DA." Chisato said, as George nodded in agreement.

"Jeez…" Mizuki put her head down on the table as George rubbed her back in pity.

"The DA is after these guys too, right? If we find them before they can, wouldn't Takina get that reinstatement she wants?" Chisato asked, before calling to the room behind the counter. "Don't you think so, Takina?"

"I'll do it!" Takina pushed open the door with a loud slam.

"Whoa! So cute!" Chisato glomped Takina, who let out a small annoyed sigh. "Wait, hold up, that looks totally good on you! And you look totally refreshed!"

"I did help stylize her hair a bit." Hana walked in behind Takina.

"And I let her borrow our family bath." Ikki added. "She might as well get used to it, since she'll be staying with Hana."

"It was a nice bath." Takina admitted.

"Come on!" Chisato pulled out her phone to take a group selfie. "Teach, Mizuki, get in a lot closer! You three too, George, Hana, Ikki!"

With all of them together, Chisato took a picture, before quickly tapping away.

""Together with our new girl, yeah! We await your patronage!"" Chisato typed away before sending. "I went ahead and posted it on the café social media!"

"Weren't you listening to what I was just talking about?" Mizuki groaned. "How ignorant posts can cause trouble."

"As long as it's not an illegal upload, it's fine." George dismissed. "And besides, people are going to focus more on the eye candy."

"You mean me?" Mizuki asked.

George laughed. "No, I meant Ikki. It's the Odagiri effect in action."

"Eh?" Ikki asked, confused.

"I will strangle you again." Mizuki grumbled.

"And besides, we're fine. There's no building across the street from us, anyway." Chisato added.

"Coffee for two." Hana said, as she sat down at the counter. "Something for Ikki and I before we head off to work."

"Heh, coming right up." Mika said.

The door's hanging bell rung as a customer arrived.

"Come on, a customer!" Chisato said to Takina. "Just like we practiced!"

The man that walked in had blonde hair and was dressed in a suit. "Hey there, Mika."

The others didn't seem to notice Mika's reaction, as Chisato and Takina welcomed him. "Welcome!"

A/N: Everything up to the Café LycoReco introduction was Dub, because of how funny it was to me. Everything afterwards'll be sub. Wanted to include part of the Dub since it was actually really good. Another thing is that I used honorifics in the prologue, but I'll be dropping them for this one.

I'll be skipping over certain scenes that don't change much from canon. I'll make references back to it, obviously, but I highly recommend actually watching Lycoris Recoil before reading this fic, since this one isn't as much of a canon retread like the original (and watch Kamen Rider Revice, since this acts as a sequel).

Note that Ikki remembering Vice is hopefully based on an assumption for what'll happen in either the Geats crossover, or Revice Forward. If not, just ignore it.

Feel free to leave a review. See you all next time.