Chapter 8-2: Combined Resolution Act 2

Disclaimer: The Kamen Rider Franchise and Symphogear belong to their respective owners. OCs belong to their creators.

The group of four stopped their motorcycles at the front gate and Hibiki got off of Akakishi's bike. She prepared to leave the group while the remaining members prepared to leave for the hidden parking lot.

"All right, Hibiki. We'll see you tomorrow." Akakishi said as he readied to move his motorcycle.

"Gotcha, I better get some sleep…" Hibiki then remembered that she promised Miku she would explain her strange behavior. "Oh right…"

"Hm? What's the matter, Hibiki?" asked Akakishi as he stopped his bike to face the troubled girl.

"Well…" Hibiki nervously answered her reason for being worried. "I'm supposed to give a reason to Miku about why I was out today, Aka."

"Miku, huh? I wouldn't doubt if she was worried about you…" Akakishi muttered. "And since telling her anything violates the secrecy we are sworn to… Yeah, this sounds problematic."

"Hey Aka! Come on! We need to leave otherwise we'll get in trouble!" shouted Fen as he prepared to move, along with Kanade.

"I know, Big Bro! But Hibiki and I have to sort some things out. So can you and Kanade-sempai go on ahead?" asked the helmet wearing redhead.

"All right. But don't take too long." Fen said as he drove off.

"Take your time, you two. But be quick." Kanade advised before she also drove off.

"So do you have an idea to calm her worries?" asked Akakishi.

"Nope." Hibiki said as she tried to think of something for their dilemma.

"Hm…" Akakishi thought with his eyes closed and placed his arms on the head of his motorcycle. "There's got to be something…"

Then Side Basshar Kai beeped before a slot on the motor tank opened to reveal a container which Akakishi recognized.

"Ah! That's right! Hibiki!"

"Huh? What is it, Aka?"

"I still have something that might help you out." Then Akakishi took out the small container and handed it to Hibiki. "Tell Miku that you 'found' this and give it to her."

"What's this?" asked the amber haired girl as she looked at the container before pulling off the lid to reveal a USB memory stick. "A memory stick?"

"Yes, it contains a message that I wanted to give you two when I came back." Akakishi said with a calm tone.

"Really? But why didn't you just email this to us or send through mail?" asked the girl.

"Too risky, either way could get the message intercepted that's why I wanted to give this to you two personally. That, and how was I supposed to know where you and Miku were after what happened two years ago?" responded the redhead.

"Huh. Good point."

"Yeah, I thought it be best that I leave it at your home. When I learned that you two were accepted to Lydian, I knew my chance had come." Akakishi said with a happy tone.

"Okay… Um, Aka, how long have you been planning to give this to us?"

"To tell you the truth," Akakishi looked away with a nervous sweat. "I was planning to leave this message in front of your doorstep when I arrived back here on the night you activated your Gungnir. But better late than never."

"I see…" Hibiki responded as she stared at the memory stick. "If I hadn't activated Gungnir… then Aka would still had left this for us… But… it wouldn't be the same as knowing he is still fine."

"Hey Hibiki, just don't tell anyone at the Second Division you got this from me, all right?" requested the redhead as he scratched the back of his head. "I don't want them to be suspicious that I would hand off a message to you two without telling them."

"Yeah, it would be pretty bad if we got caught. So let's keep it between us."

Meanwhile near the gate around the corner,

"Should we be eavesdropping?" asked Fen as he and Kanade were hiding behind a pillar.

"Well yeah, I want to hear their little heart-to-heart conversation." Kanade said with a mischievous smile.

"Good point." Fen responded with a smile. "Though this is a bit intrusive that we listen in on such a moment."

"Just watch…" Kanade whispered.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Hibiki." Akakishi as he readied to leave.

"Hai... Ano, Aka! One day, we three will reunite and fulfill that promise! So… I will see you tomorrow." Hibiki said with a smile.

The redhead nodded back with a smile of his own. "Thanks. Have a good sleep, Hibiki." Akakishi responded back before he drove off to the Second Division's hidden parking lot.

As she watched him leave, Hibiki stared to the memory stick that held the redhead's message meant for her and Miku.

(Sanctuary- Tamaki Nami)

/Bokutachi wa mina kitto Te wo nobashiterun da/ - /Surely we're all Reaching out our hands/

From a cloud of black ash, a young man with red hair walks out. Then his face is shown to be Akakishi as both of his eyes glowed blue and green though there is a momentary red glint. He walks forward with the Reverse IXA Knuckle on his left hand. Then he stops as the floor gives way, causing him to fall from the starry night sky.

/Tooku tooi basho e to/ - /To that place far, far away/

The scene shifts to Hibiki who stood on top of a tower of rock looking toward the sky. Then the scene turns to her back as wings sprout out of it. She flies off the pillar of rock and into the sky.

Akakishi reaches out to her, while Hibiki flies toward him in the opposite direction. When the two collided a flash of light occurs. Then the title appears with the two turning into silhouettes.

Kamen Rider Ixa R: Symphony of Hearts

Like a meteoroid… Falling, burning, and disappearing…

/Kaze ni fukare aruite yuku/- /I walk, blown by the wind/

Akakishi is shown on his motorcycle looking towards the blue sky as the wind blew. Then a silhouette of a man with red compound eyes came to his mind. The wind picks up and he turns around.

/Umare kita imi wo shiritakute/ - /Wanting to know the meaning of being born/

In front of him now is a woman with blond hair in a white cloak with her hood on. She smiles deviously towards him as her left bright yellow topaz eye reflected an image of a golden sword.

The scene changes to Hibiki who is staring to the sky at the Lydian Academy. Then an image of Kanade and Tsubasa fighting in the Zwei Concert incident appears in her mind.

/Tatoeba ushinau toki ga kitemo/ - /Even if, for example, a time comes when I lose something/

The scene changes to Miku who watches a meteor shower then reaching out to the same shower.

A shift to Kanade and Fen where they are shown watching a concert performed by Tsubasa. Eiji also watched Tsubasa except he was in the stands. Meanwhile in the situation/observation room, Genjuro and the other members of the Second Division also observed the concert. Then Gentarou is shown walking the streets with his friends with Tridoron passing the group. Then Chris passes the group with Gentarou noticing her.

/Dakishimeru koto ima, erabou/ - /I'll choose now, what to hang onto/

The mask of Ixa R shatters to reveal Akakishi's bleeding face, and then several colored chains wrap around his body as he falls into an unconscious state. As ash gathered and dissipated, Hibiki is shown sitting in a fetal position with a sad look with chains of orange binding her. Tsubasa also is restrained in blue chains as she closes her eyes. Yoku is also seen with yellow chains covering her and her chained hand reaches out. Then Amelia hugs her legs as purple chains wrap her, burying her face in her knees. Liam, Lian, and Leah sit together with lonely looks as chains of icy blue restrain them together. Finally, Natsuko and Fuyuko are binded together in white and black chains respectively with their eyes showing no light.

Instrumental

The scene shifts back to an awakened Akakishi as he tears off the chains with each colored chain breaking in succession with the music and in the order of orange, blue, and majenta. He reaches out to the chained Hibiki who smiles at his appearance and she reaches out with her chains shattering. Tsubasa sees Eiji who reaches out to her and she reaches out to his hand with her chains shattering. Yoku's outstretched hand is grabbed by Shinnosuke who embraced her in a protective hug, causing her chains to break apart. Carter is then seen placing his hand on Amelia's shoulder, causing her to turn to him as her chains shatter and he pulls her up to stand. Takumi arrives and hugs the three siblings, shattering their chains. Shotaro and Phillip hold Natsuko and Fuyuko's hands, pulling the girls out of their shared lifelessness and looking to their male partners, causing their chains to shatter.

Then the scene transitions to the armored form of Ixa R with several shadowed Kamen Riders at his side. Four are revealed to be Kamen Riders Kabuto and Kamen Rider Eternal at his left and Kamen Rider Super 1 and Kamen Rider Stronger at his right.

/Bokutachi wa mina kitto/ - /Surely we're all/

Hibiki charges into the fray of battle swinging her fists into each Noise in her way with practiced ease. Then Ixa R kicks down a large Noise before punching a Noise in sync with Hibiki. Then his armor transformed into its Gungnir Sync Burst form with a glowing orange aura.

/Te wo nobashiterun da/ - /Reaching out our hands/

Tsubasa jumps in by cutting down several Noise with the blades on her legs. Next, Kamen Rider OOO lands and supports the singer by cutting down foes with his sword. The two transform into their Bond Score forms, Tsubasa gaining new armor while OOO gains a blue glowing aura and blue circuitry. The pair swing their respective swords, slicing the very dimensions and Noise apart. The dimensions return to normal while the Noise exploded.

/Nakusenai mono ni mukatte/ - /Turning to something we can't lose/

The next scene shows off Kamen Rider Kabuto in his unmasked form clashing blades with Kenzaki in her armored form.

Then Kamen Rider Fourze is shown with his Rocket Module active as he flies into battle. Underneath him is Kamen Rider Drive and Yoku charging in.

Next came Kamen Rider Eternal standing with a feminine figure at his back with a blue visor while Amelia and Kuuga II also jump in to help out.

/Kagayaita yume dake wo/ - /Just pulling in/

Ixa R takes out a fuestle and equips his Reverse Knuckle while Hibiki pulls out the piston on her gauntlet. Tsubasa, OOO, Yoku, Drive, Amelia, Kuuga II, and Fourze follow their charge, clearing the way for the pair.

/Taguriyosenagara/ - /A glittering dream/

The two run through the long range attacks of the Noise and punch forward, ending the scene with a view of their knuckles.

/Tooku tooi basho e to/ - /To that place far, far away/

The camera shows the armored hand of Ixa R reaching out and the armored hand of Hibiki grabbing it. The hands lace their fingers as the armors transition off. The scene flashes and dies down to reveal Akakishi standing with Hibiki with their eyes staring off into the blue horizon. Behind them is Eiji with Tsubasa, Shinnosuke with Yoku, Carter with Amelia, Shotaro and Phillip with Natsuko and Fuyuko, and Takumi with the Cryo siblings.

The next morning…

Akakishi opened his eyes to the sight of the ceiling in his room. Then he sit up as he felt some plugs release from the cover on his chest. He removed the cover to show a metal plate on the center of his chest, and he shifted his legs over to the side of his bed. The redhead got off the bed and made a few tentative steps onto the cold floor which he could not feel due to his legs being augmented as well.

"My shoulders don't feel as heavy as before…" Akakishi thought as he rolled his left arm. "And I don't feel as tired as before… Could this be a placebo effect from Hibiki's Song?" The redhead raised his hands before readying fists to punch. Then he proceeded to jab at the air while shifting his feet before backhanding and then throwing a full force punch at the door.

At that moment, the door opened to reveal Ryoko who looked a bit surprised at the fist in front of her.

"My? Quite energetic today, aren't we?" asked Ryoko with a teasing smile as she walked around his fist.

Akakishi widened his eyes and quickly retracted his fist. "Oh! Miss Sakurai! S-Sorry! I was just moving my body a bit for today's mission."

"*Giggles* Good to see you're in high spirits so early in the morning! Now remember to save that strength. You have to make a lot of Bond Scores this morning." Ryoko said as she held a set of Akakishi's clothes out. "Here, your clothes."

"Oh! Right, I almost forgot about that." Akakishi said as he accepted the clothing and turned around. "Thank you, Miss Sakurai. Let me get ready."

"Okay! Just don't take too long, we need to make it by the noon~" The brunette responded as she watched the teen change though she did not react out of her cheery mood.

"Got it. Who's first?" asked the redhead as he dressed himself in his usual wardrobe.

"Whoever arrives first~"

Then the sound of a buzzer was heard to the notice of Ryoko and Akakishi.

"Ryoko, the Cryo siblings and Takumi are here." Genjuro said over the intercom. "Report to the observation deck."

"Gotcha! I'll be right there!" announced Ryoko before she turned to the redhead. "Now get ready, Aka-chan! Today is a big day!"

As he watched her leave, Akakishi took out the new Bond Score that Hibiki's Gungnir Score transformed into. "Yeah… Today is a big day."

At the room where the Aufwachen Synthesizer was located, the Cryo Siblings and Takumi stood or sat waiting for the redhead who would create the Bond Score Plate.

"So where is the redhead?"

"Just wait, he probably just got up." Takumi stated as he leaned on a wall with crossed arms.

"Well he better hurry up, I'm about to fall back to sleep." Liam said as he rubbed his eye with his fist.

"Good morning. Sorry if I was a bit tardy, I was dressing up. So all of you are the first ones?" asked Akakishi as he approached the group.

"Yep! Let's get this show on the road, Akakishi." Liam said with a smile.

"Of course, Liam-san." Akakishi responded with a smile as he equipped his Ixa R Driver before readying his knuckle.

Meanwhile at Hibiki and Miku's room,

Miku slowly woke up from the sounds of shuffling and opened her eyes to the sight of an absent Hibiki in their shared bed.

"*Yawn* Hibiki?" Then she sat up and looked around before noticing that the amber haired girl was dressing up. "Hibiki, what are you doing?"

"Ah!" Hibiki turned around to Miku and said, "Sorry if I woke you up, Miku. *Nervous Chuckle*"

"Never mind that, are you going to whatever you got yourself involved in?" asked the brunette girl as she rubbed her sleepiness away.

"…Yes, but don't worry. I'll be back before you know it!" Hibiki said with a smile before she grabbed her bag and quickly left. "I will see you later, Miku!"

"Ah wait-" shouted the girl before Hibiki already left through the door. "At least let me worry about you and Aka…" Miku muttered with a sigh.

Meanwhile back at the Second Division base,

"All right, the Kusanagi Score…" Ixa R held an ice blue crystal with a sword with seven branches and he held a light blue metallic colored Score with a hexagon snowflake, "and the Cryo Score."

"Get on with it, Red!" shouted Liam with eagerness in his voice.

"Gotcha!" Ixa R stacked the two Scores together as the Ixa R system announced.

=SYNCHRONIZATION 5%=

=ERROR: SYNCHRONIZATION BELOW 10%=

"That's doesn't sound good." Liam said as his eager smile drooped into a worried frown.

Then a massive mic feedback could be heard with the groups falling over from the sudden loud noise.

"What in the world?!" Kanade said as she held her ears.

"GAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" screamed Liam as he covered his ears along with others in the room.

"SHUT IT OFF! SHUT IT OFF! AKA!" shouted Fen over feedback.

"I GOT IT!" shouted Ixa R as he managed to pry off the Cryo Score off the Kusanagi Score, causing the feedback to cease.

"What in the nine hells was that?!" shouted Fen over the ringing despite being behind a soundproof window. "That sounded worse than the time I fought that Banshee!"

"I theorized there would be a bit of a feedback when two Scores connect, but that was quite the first-hand experience." Ryoko said through the microphone while she wore ear muffs to drown out the sound.

"At least you didn't have to hear that, Ryoko-san!" shouted Kanade as her ears rang from the feedback.

"But still… What was up with that desynchronization?" wondered Ixa R as he looked at the Cryo Score and the Kusanagi Score. "The Scores belong to two people who are close to each other. It worked with Tomari-sempai and Yoku-san, so why did it not work with Liam-san and Leah-san? Is there something I'm not getting?" wondered the onyx Rider as he sat cross-legged.

"I rather not go through the same thing with Lian's if it's going to do the same thing." Liam joked as he picked his ear at the ringing.

Lian gave a disapproving look to his twin before smacking him on the head.

"Hey!" shouted Liam as he turned to face his twin who looked away with his deadpan stare in place.

"Not funny, nii-sama." Leah said with a shake of her head.

The teen turned to his younger sister with a pout. "Aw come on, you know that we don't want to go through that again!"

Then Takumi came in and smacked Liam on the head.

"And we don't need your blunt remarks, brat. Hey Akakishi, use my Score with hers for now. Seems like I might be the only one compatible compared to her idiot brothers."

"Hey! I don't resemble that remark!" shouted the brunette with a gray-blue jacket.

Lian just sighed and shook his head at his twin brother's response.

"Well… I could try your Score, Inui-sempai." The youngest Rider placed the Cryo Score into his box of Scores before taking out the Faiz Score.

Then Ixa R placed the Faiz Score, which had a metallic red bordered black sheen with the red Phi symbol on it, on top of the Kusanagi Score.

=80%=

=BOND REQUIREMENT FULFILLED=

Then the energy gathered and fused before the Bond Score of Kusanagi and Faiz formed out a Score which had a sword with seven points and the Phi symbol in a dark blue crystal bordered with a red metal.

"There." Takumi then turned to his charges to them what to do. "Now you brats get ready for the big mission."

"But Boss, shouldn't we test if this thing works?" Liam pointed out.

"*Sigh* Fine. Akakishi, throw it to me."

"Gotcha! Here!" Ixa R threw the Score at Takumi who caught it with ease.

Then he took out his phone before it sparked with the Score as the lower half opened a slot big enough to reveal the Score.

Takumi inserted the Score, causing the phone to light up with a darker shade of blue energy with circuits forming next to the present ones on the Phone's cover. "All right, that should do the trick." He pressed a button before hearing a-

*BZZT*

"Hm?" wondered the man before he pressed again.

*BZZT*

Then he pressed again, much to his annoyance.

*BZZT*

Then he pressed the button again, this time letting his anger get the best of him.

*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*-*BZZT*

"Aw what the hell?! This phone may be a bit ancient compared to those touch phones but it still works!" shouted the veteran Kamen Rider as he kept pressing on the keypad.

The phone screen flashed to show:

INSTALLATION IN PROGRESS. DO NOT TURN OFF POWER.

ESTIMATED TIME: 5 HOURS

"Installation? Are you kidding me? It needs to install the damn thing?! Why I oughta-" Takumi lifted the phone above his head which the siblings quickly restrained him.

"Hold it, Boss! No need to break your phone!" Liam shouted while holding the man's arm which held the phone.

"Yeah! We still need it for the big fight! And Sakurai-san just got it fixed!" shouted Leah as she held the man by his waist.

"…" Lian could only shake his head with a sigh while holding their mentor back from doing something reckless.

"Mr Inui's temper is as fierce as usual…" muttered Ixa R with a shake of his head.

"Hey Aka! Some help here?!" shouted Liam as he felt his grip wasn't enough.

"Ah, right!" shouted Ixa R as he joined in restraining the older Kamen Rider.

Within the Second Division Hallway,

Hibiki sat on a lime green lounge sofa in the hallway with a small table while hugging her legs. She was waiting for anyone to guide her to where Akakishi was creating the Bond Scores. As she waited, she felt a bit guilty about her recent interaction with Miku.

"Haaaa… Miku is probably grumpy at me now. Aka… that message didn't exactly explain everything." Hibiki sighed with slump in her shoulders.

"Oh! Hibiki!" said a female voice, catching the amber-haired girl's attention before she looked up to see Amelia and Carter approach her.

"Ah! Amelia-san! Carter-san!" Hibiki quickly stood up and bowed a bit to the pair. "Ohaiyou (Good Morning)!"

"Ah yes. O-Ohaiyou (Good Morning)." Amelia said while hesitantly bowing along with Carter. "Am I doing this right?" asked the blond girl nervously.

"Yep. You did the greeting right, Amelia. So, what's eating you, Hibiki?" asked Carter as he placed a hand on his hip.

"Huh?"

"You seem a bit troubled so talking about it might lift some weight off your shoulders." Carter pointed out.

"Well… You see, I have this friend…" Hibiki said while Amelia noticed a newspaper on the table and let her curiosity get the best of her. "I have been breaking a couple of promises to her ever since I became a Symphogear User and helped Aka fight the Noise."

"I see…" Carter responded with cupping his chin. "And that would cause a bit of rift between you two. Knowing the Second Division's secrecy, you can't reveal your involvement unless she was exposed to you transforming or a Kamen Rider's battle. Man, this is tough…" While Carter said his thoughts, Amelia was going through the paper before she saw the gravure image of a young woman on a couch while in her underwear. "Hey Amelia."

Then the blond girl squeaked and dropped the newspaper back on the table. She quickly waved her hands while blushing. "I-I didn't see the woman in her underwear! N-Nope! I didn't!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Carter in confusion while Hibiki picked the same newspaper and opened it on the page Amelia was on.

"*Surprised Gasp*" Hibiki quickly moved her eyes away from the image of the somewhat naked woman before saying. "I guess only men are into this stuff…"

"What do you mean, Hibiki?" asked Carter as he grabbed the newspaper and looked at the page they were on before reacting with a blush, "Ah, what the!? How the heck did this article get past the censors?!" Then the tanned brunette slammed the newspaper onto the table.

The newspaper settled onto a different page which showed Tsubasa on stage.

"Oh, a page about Tsubasa-san!" shouted Hibiki at the article.

"Really? Huh, so that's her, the first Attuned…" muttered Carter as he gave a look over the bluenette.

"The first?" asked Amelia as she turned to Carter.

"Yeah, from what I heard from Mister Godai, she was the first one to become able to synchronize with a Relic fragment." The tanned brunette recalled.

"I see… Now that I think about it, how is it that the media have not known about the Symphogear or the Kamen Riders' identities?" wondered Amelia.

"Well, that's what my job is about. Information control about the many media outlets is how I managed to keep Tsubasa and Eiji-san's battles a secret." A voice said as Shinji walked onto the scene.

"Ah! Ogawa-san!" Hibiki greeted with a smile.

"Ohaiyo, Tachibana-san. I came here to lead Graves-san and Fields-san to the Score creation room." Shinji said as he turned to the two. "I'm Shinji Ogawa. You may address me as Shinji or Ogawa-san."

"Gotcha. I'm Carter Graves and this is Amelia." The tanned young man introduced himself and the blond.

Amelia gave a short bow to the suited brunette. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Ogawa."

"Likewise." The man responded with a friendly smile.

"Ano… Is Aka all right?" asked Hibiki who was a bit worried despite the recovery of the redhead.

"He's in good condition to perform his duties and join in the operation. It's all thanks to you, Tachibana-san."

"Thank goodness…" Hibiki sighed with a relieved smile.

"Seems like that's a story you might explain to us later, Hibiki." Carter stated with a smile at the girl's brightened mood. "Ah right, speaking of friends. Hey Mister Ogawa, do you have some advice for her?"

"What do you mean?"

"Hibiki here has a friend who has become suspicious of her activities."

Shinji gave the statement some thought before realizing what he meant. "Ah. You mean her roommate?"

"Yeah. I need some… help. My friend has been suspicious for the last few weeks, doesn't help that I go out training with Shisou during school hours." Hibiki said with a downed tone.

"Hm… That's quite the tough situation. The best I can offer is that if you two can come to a compromise then you won't have to put your friendship in jeopardy." Shinji advised to the best of his ability.

"Whoa, spoken like a true professional, Mister Ogawa."

Shinji scratched his head with a humble smile on his face. "Well, I still got a lot to learn, Graves-san. I'm actually quite indecisive so I sometimes ask the opinions of other people."

"But you managed to cover Miss Tsubasa's activities so you are someone worth praising." Amelia pointed out with a soft but supportive tone.

"Thank you for those words, Fields-san. As much as I want to continue this conversation…" Shinji rolled up his sleeve to check his watch. "We're on a tight schedule, so let's go meet with Akakishi-kun for your Bond Score's creation."

"Gotcha." Carter nodded before he and the girls follow the man.

Meanwhile in another hallway near the hidden parking lot…

Liam, Leah, and Lian walked through the halls of the Second Division with tired faces after calming an irate Takumi down.

"Sometimes I forget how short tempered Boss is." Liam said with a tired sigh.

"No kidding nii-sama…" Leah agreed as she tried to fix her disheveled hair.

"Luckily Ryoko sedated him." Lian stated with closed eyes.

"Huh, you actually said something today, Lian. Breaking your silent act early?" asked Liam as he turned to his suddenly talking brother.

Lian gave his brother a deadpan look before looking away.

"Hey!" shouted the talkative twin before another shout caught the attention of the trio.

"Hey you three! How did making the Bond Score work out?" asked Tsukasa as he arrived to meet with the siblings.

"Boss #2!" Liam said as he greeted their second proclaimed boss with a smile. "Just fine, though we had to stop Boss from taking his anger out on his phone when it was installing the Score thingamajig."

"*Chuckle* Sounds like Takumi." Tsukasa chuckled with a mischievous smile.

"So what do you want, Boss #2?" asked Leah as she approached the older male.

"Right, Tendou sent me to get you guys so we can get our vehicles ready for the mission." Tsukasa said with a knowing smile.

"Really? Nice! Let's get going! I want to check how my Cryo Formula looks after the fixing the guys here have done!"

"Good. Luckily the parking lot is right around the corner."

Tsukasa then led the three siblings to the parking lot where several different vehicles parked along with the several Kamen Rider Vehicles.

"Nice!" Liam quickly ran to a car with a blue-lined hexagon pattern. "It looks completely brand new!" The browned haired with a white streak teen placed his hands on the hood and looked at the car.

"And you better keep it in that state, Liam. You gave all of us quite the scare when you and your brother and sister returned with your Rider Machine in such a wrecked state." Tsukasa warned with a half-hearted tone.

"Yeah. I'll be sure to take care of my baby better this time, Boss #2." Liam said as he looked in the interior.

Meanwhile, Lian approached a motorcycle with a silver color scheme and he sat on it before testing the handles.

Tsukasa approached the silent twin who looked a bit pleased with the motorcycle. "Seems like you found yourself a bike you like, huh?"

Lian simply nodded as he gave an analytical eye over the features of the motorcycle.

"At least say something!" half-shouted Tsukasa.

Leah chuckled at her older brothers' antics before she noticed a certain motorcycle with a sidecar. "Huh? Isn't that motorcycle the Side Basshar?"

"Hm?" Tsukasa turned to the youngest sibling and walked to her side to see what she saw. "Huh it is. Seems like they modified the one in this world and I heard from Tendou that Akakishi rides it as his Rider Machine."

"WHAT?!" shouted Leah with a surprisingly loud voice which caught the attention of her brothers.

"Leah, what's wrong!?" shouted Liam as he quickly ran to her side along with Lian.

"What's with that reaction, Leah? I only said that Akakishi rides this thing." Tsukasa said as he placed his hand on the head of the bike.

"But that motorcycle… isn't it cursed?" asked Leah as she stared at the Side Basshar Kai with a bit of worry.

"What do you mean?" asked Tsukasa with a confused tone.

"That's right. Every one of its riders have ended up dead." Lian stated bluntly at the realization about the motorcycle's previous owners.

"Lian! No need to say that! You know how touchy Boss gets about Kaixa!" Liam chided his twin as he returned to their side.

"So that's what you mean, Leah-chan. Nah, this bike hasn't lost all of its Riders yet-"

"What about that time Natsumi-nee killed you after you used the motorcycle?" asked Leah.

Tsukasa was about to retort before realizing that she was right. "…I stand corrected." He responded finally. "But I have full confidence that Akakishi won't die next."

The trio of siblings looked at each other before staring at Tsukasa with deadpan stares.

"…Why do I have a feeling you just jinxed him, Boss #2?" asked Liam.

Meanwhile in the Aufwachen synthesizer room…

=75%=

=BOND REQUIREMENT FULFILLED=

"Yes! A new Bond Score- Ah-Haa-Atchoo!" sneezed Ixa R as he finished creating the next Bond Score Plate, causing it to slip out of his hands along with the other two Scores which were a red metal plate with gold accents and a gold mark representing Kuuga and a dark purple crystal plate with a red javelin in the middle.

"Ah! Watch out, Aka!" shouted Hibiki as she reached out to the Scores that the onyx armored Kamen Rider dropped.

"Whoa!" shouted Carter before he dove and caught the Bond Score Plate while Hibiki caught the Kuuga Score and Gae Bolg Score. "Watch how you handle this, Akakishi!"

"*Sniff* Sorry Carter-sempai, my nose felt itchy all of a sudden." Ixa R apologized while rubbing his head.

Then Hibiki stood up and held out the Kuuga Rider Score and the Gae Bolg Relic Score to her friend and partner. "Here Aka."

"Thanks for catching them, Hibiki." Ixa R said as he accepted the Scores from her.

"We're lucky that the Scores are at least durable if we didn't catch them." Carter stood up and looked at the Bond Score which was now a purple crystal with a gold mark of Kuuga on the spear head with a red and gold border.

"Though I rather not think what would happen if they broke…" Amelia stated with closed eyes and a worried frown.

"Yeah… And luckily my helmet can get rid of mucus." Ixa R said as he unhooked the container on his left side. "Now put that into your Arcle, sempai."

"Gotcha." Carter channeled his Arcle belt into existence and then placed the Bond Score near its gem which caused a slot to slide open in the center. He placed the score inside and the Arcle closed and gained dark purple circuits on the buckle which also encircle the gem. "Whoa, my Arcle changed!"

"That means it accepted the Score, sempai." Ixa R said as he carefully placed the Scores into the container.

"Um, Akakishi… Why do you still keep the Scores?" asked Amelia with a curious tone as her armor disappeared and she now wore her normal clothing.

"Huh? What do you mean, Amelia-san?" asked Ixa R as he turned to the blond.

"W-Well, since you already made our Score, there's no need for them in battle, right?" asked Amelia.

"Now that she mentioned it. Aka, why do you still hold onto the Scores instead of leaving them with Ryoko-san?" asked Hibiki.

"…This is going to sound a bit selfish, Hibiki, Amelia-san, but the Scores also give me power. Rather, having the Score of either a Relic or Rider allows me to use the power of any of them." Ixa R said truthfully.

"No need to fret about it, Akakishi. Our strength can also be your strength." Carter said as he patted the younger Rider's shoulder.

"I see… But is there more to it?" asked Amelia since she felt that the teen only gave a small fraction of the Scores' importance to him.

"Well… The Score helps me understand why people sing this song, as if they are telling me their current story. Songs aren't meant to be weapons after all, they are meant to bring happiness or comfort, lessons or reasons. Even the Relics want to sing their songs." Ixa R said as he held the container in his hands with care.

"Sokka… I agree with that, Aka. Songs are supposed to make people happy!" Hibiki shouted with a smile. Ixa R turned to his partner with a smile under his mask.

"So you've recorded those songs… You plan to make a soundtrack out of them?" asked Carter with a knowing smile.

"Probably. Actually, that might be something I can at least do in the future if I still have the time." Ixa R said with a melancholic voice as he looked at the Scores in the container.

Carter noticed the tone in his voice before asking, "Wait, what do you-"

Ixa R quickly looked up and shouted, "Ah crap, the time! It's supposed to be Double-sempai and the twins' turn!" Then he quickly pushed Carter and Amelia to the door. "Sorry about this, Carter-sempai, but can we save the conversation for another time? I need to make the new Bond Score before the mission!"

"Ah! Aka! No need to push them!" shouted Hibiki as she watched him forcefully pushed the two out of the room.

"Hey! Wait! Akakishi!" shouted Carter as he and Amelia were pushed out of the room while the detective duo and their charges stared at the forceful ejection of the blond and brunette pair.

"W-Wah!" Amelia shouted as she and Carter fell in a heap.

"What was that about?" Shotaro asked the younger Kamen Rider.

"Ending a conversation, sempai." Ixa R said quickly before gesturing for the four to move inside. "Now let's get inside before Carter-sempai puts me in a headlock."

"All righty then." Shotaro said as he, Phillip, Natsuko, and Fuyuko entered the room before the mechanical door closed.

"Gh… Honestly, his recklessness while he is panicking hasn't changed one bit!" Carter said as he pushed himself up.

"Um… C-Carter…" nervously said Amelia.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"C-Close…" He saw how she had her eyes closed and flushed at their close contact.

Then the tanned brunette realized that he was in a compromising position with his partner.

"Ah! Sorry!" shouted Carter as he quickly got off the girl. "Well um…" Then he offered a hand to Amelia. "Need help getting up?"

"Yes. Thank you." Amelia said as she took Carter's hand and stood up. "Is Akakishi always this-"

"Reckless? No, he was much worse back then when he traveled around with me and Mister Godai. He has a good heart, but he lets his own emotions get the best of him. Though he has gotten better in controlling them under the Vice commander's tutelage." Carter gave a huff at the armored redhead's habits.

"I see… Though why did he sound so melancholic when he mentioned the future?" wondered Amelia who looked worried for the younger teen.

"Dunno. That's something new even to me. Maybe Fenrir knows something about that." Carter shrugged though he internally wondered about the change in Akakishi. "Oh well, we can't put too much pressure on him before the mission so let's leave it for tomorrow."

"All right. What sort of vehicle will we be riding for the mission?"

"Probably my motorcycle. Do you think you can handle the ride?" asked Carter.

"Maybe, but I trust your skill as a driver, Carter." Amelia stated with a confident smile.

In the room, Ixa R was readying himself as Ryoko readied the monitor and precautions in case something went wrong again.

"All right. This won't hurt right?" asked Natsuko with a nervous tone.

"No. Unless you don't mind the feedback from the incompatibility." Ixa R shrugged.

"Feedback?" wondered Natsuko.

"So possible hearing damage, gotcha." Shotaro concluded with crossed arms.

"It quite obvious, even a dull headed delinquent can make sense of that." Fuyuko pointed out with her usual sarcastic tone.

"At-choo!" sneezed Gentarou in another room where the Kamen Rider Club was preparing for reconnaissance.

"Bless you, Gen-chan." Yuki responded as she handed him a tissue to wipe his loose mucus.

"Thanks." Gentarou sniffed before he stared in space with some thoughts before saying aloud. "Do you think we will fight that girl with nehu-something armor?"

"The Nehustan girl? Possibly. She will most likely target the convoy considering her behavior in the battle with Tachibana and Akakishi." Kengo theorized.

"That is why we will provide support to them." Ryusei added as he meditated.

"Yeah…" Gentarou trailed off while staring in space again.

"Sempai, is there something about that girl that's been bothering you?" asked Haru who worried about the Kamen Rider since he normally was eager to help with the plan.

"Well…" Gentarou gave the picture of the girl in the armor some thought before saying, "That girl… it's almost as if I know her from somewhere."

"Eh? You mean you met her before?" asked Miu.

"Gen-chan did claim to have befriended over 100 people before he came to Amanogawa High, Miu-sempai." Yuki added in.

"Yes, well… Probably, but I can't remember and that's been bugging me!" Gentarou said with a pout and scratched his head in frustration.

"Don't try to think too much on it, Gentarou. Let's just focus on helping the convoy for now." Shun said.

"He's right, Gentarou." Tomoko said. "And besides, if she enters the fight, maybe it will jog your memory."

"You're right, Tomoko! Yosh! Minna! Let's get to preparing!" shouted Gentarou as he got on his feet and raised his arm.

"Un!" agreed everyone.

"All right, now then. Let's begin. Natsuko-san. Fuyuko-san." Ixa R said to the twin sisters who smiled in eagerness.

"Hai!" Natsuko responded excitedly.

"Hai." Fuyuko responded calmly.

~Omniosus Chang~

~Gan Jiang…~ sang Fuyuko as she held a relic crystal out.

~Mo Ye…~ sang Natsuko as she held a similar relic crystal out in a mirrored stance from her sister.

~Tron~

Soon the sisters stood before the pair in their respective Symphogear armors.

"Sugoi… So this is the twin Symphogear." Hibiki said in awe at the matching armors the two sisters share.

"Yep! Our Symphogear comes from the twin blades of a Chinese blacksmith! I wield the armor of Mo Ye, the white sword." Natsuko said as the redhead summoned her white curved sword in her left hand.

"And I wield Gan Jiang, the black sword. Are you perhaps amazed at our armor?" asked Fuyuko as she summoned her black sword and held it in her right hand.

"Yeah! You both look almost similar to the Precure Black and White with that color scheme!" Hibiki pointed out.

"Eh? Precure? Please, we're cooler than a pair of Mahou shoujo (magical girls)." Natsuko huffed with a bit of pride.

Fuyuko made a devious smile along with Phillip. "Though we are wearing magical armor powered by songs, so we technically are Mahou shoujo."

"Geh. Don't point that out, sis!" Natsuko said in mock cringe.

"Oh? Strange, I remember how you would fondly want to be like Precure Black and claim in elementary class that you would fight monsters like her." Fuyuko said with a knowing smile.

Natsuko, in turn, blushed profusely.

"Huh, that's surprising thing about Natsu-chan." Shotaro noted.

"I already knew." Phillip said with a knowing smile.

"EH?!" shouted Shotaro as he turned to his partner in surprise.

"Don't mention my embarrassing past, Fuyu!" shouted Natsuko who flushed in embarrassment and waved her hands in front of her.

"Why should I not? I am merely remembering fond memories of our childhood, Natsu. And you did complain that you got the girly white instead of awesome black." Fuyuko smirked mischievously as she placed her hand on her cheek.

"Well stop it! We're strapped on time, so let's focus on making the Score!" shouted a blushing Natsuko who was trying to redirect the conversation elsewhere.

"True. True." Fuyuko turned to Ixa R who was listening to the conversation with Hibiki. "Aka-kun, shall we begin?"

"Oh, right! Okay, first I need to hear your songs, so you two will take turns."

"Very well, Natsuko you go first."

"Gotcha, sis." Natsuko answered with a confident smile as she walked forward.

(Insert OST: Hitohira No Hanabira (Single Singer)- Stereopony)

As she sung, Ixa R's armor gained a white glow with the cracks in the armor giving off a white light.

Hibiki listened in awe at the song, but Fuyuko frowned at the song that her sister sung as she reached the climaxing notes. Phillip and Shotaro shared a feeling that something was off about the song. Phillip then noticed that Ixa R's chains were a clear glass color along with part of his inner frame not giving off a bright enough glow. Then Ixa R held his hand out as sparks started to form. Suddenly the armor frame stopped glowing and the energy cut out.

=ERROR=

=INCOMPLETE SYNCHRONIZATION=

"Huh? That's strange… the synchronization isn't working?" wondered Ixa R as his armor reset back to its default state.

"Why though? Natsuko-san was definitely singing her song, I could feel it!" Hibiki stated with a similar confused tone.

"Hm… Her Song sounds right… yet wrong at the same time." Phillip noted as he cupped his chin in deep.

"Yeah, almost like it's missing something…" Shotaro added with crossed arms.

"You two are right. Perhaps it's incomplete." Fuyuko said as she walked towards Natsuko.

"Eh? What do you mean, sis?" asked the female redhead as she turned to her twin.

"Our symphogear is a pair, remember? So in other words," Then Fuyuko held her sister's hand and smiled. "we must sing together."

"That makes sense!" Hibiki agreed. "Cure Black can't fight well without Cure White!"

"Jeez, you knew along, didn't you, sis?" asked the redhead with a pout.

"I was merely experimenting, Natsuko. Besides, I would still let you take first pick for something you were looking for since last night." Fuyuko said with a smile.

"Hai, hai. Let's show them our duet then!" Natsuko said with a confident smile.

"All right, ready?" asked Ixa R as he held his left ear while placing a hand on the Aufwachen synthesizer.

"Yep!" Natsuko said with an eager tone.

"Of course." Fuyuko said with a cool tone.

"Ok! 3! 2! 1! Rock!" shouted the Kamen Rider as he counted off.

(Insert OST: Hitohira No Hanabira- Stereopony)

The sisters begin to sing out their song in sync with their bodies giving a white glow and black glow. For Ixa R, his armor gained glows which his left side had a white glow while his right side had a dark light glow.

=REQUIREMENT FULFILLED=

Then he held out his left hand and the energy created a black and white crystal Score Plate with two swords in the middle which were white and black.

Ixa R stopped glowing and looked at the new Relic Score. "The Score of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye has been forged! Now for the Double Score."

The onyx Rider then took out a Score with a dark purple and green metal color and a W symbol. Then stacked the two Scores and fusing energies burst from them.

=79%=

=BOND REQUIREMENT FULFILLED=

Ixa R held the fusing energies before they formed into a Score that had a black and white crystal bordered with green and purple metal with a green and purple W crossed by a black sword and a white sword.

"Bond Score created!" Ixa R announced as he held out the new Bond Score.

"Oooh, cool!" Natsuko said as she appeared looking over Ixa R's left shoulder.

"Eh?" The onyx Rider turned to the redhead who somehow snuck up from behind.

"Huh, I was expecting it to be flashier…" Fuyuko said after she appeared looking over Ixa R's other shoulder.

"Eh? Wait, you two are a bit-"

"So how does this thing work?" wondered Natsuko as she quickly grabbed the Bond Score out of Ixa R's hand.

"Hey!" shouted the onyx armored Rider.

"Natsuko, for once, think about it before grabbing it." Fuyuko said with a roll of her eyes. "Besides, we just have to put it into the Detective's driver."

"I have a name, you know!" shouted Shotaro in protest.

"Driver? Oh! The belt!" Natsuko said as she turned to her sister with a raised index finger.

"Um, what are they doing?" asked Hibiki who watched how the twins talked at their own pace with Ixa R in the middle.

"Doing things at their own tempo, Tachibana-chan." Phillip said with an amused smile.

"*Sigh* Yep. Hey Natsu-chan! Can you pass the Bond Score over here?" asked Shotaro as he raised a hand.

The redhead broke out of her small discussion with Fuyuko and turned to the detective. "Oh! Sure Shotaro! Catch!" Then she threw the bond Score to Shotaro who caught it with ease.

"All right…" Shotaro took out a belt buckle with two slots and held the Bond Score on the lower bottom where there appeared to be a colorless screen. The energy from the Score caused a slot to open on the colorless screen and he slid it in. Shotaro stared at his Driver as the screen closed, but nothing seemed to change. "…So how do we know if it worked?

"Simple. We transform." Phillip pointed out.

"Sure." The private detective prepared to equip his Driver and then the loudspeaker to the room was activated.

*MIC FUZZ*

"Sorry to cut the testing, but we all need to get to the parking lot to prepare for the transport." Ryoko called out from the observation room.

"Shame, I was looking forward to our new forms." Phillip said with a disappointed tone.

"Oh well, let's get going to the garage then." Shotaro said and put away his Driver.

"Yep. Luckily we managed to create all of the Bond Scores." Ixa R said as he pulled out his Reverse Knuckle from the Driver and turned back to his civilian form.

"You sure you don't want to drop out of the mission, Akakishi? You did do a lot of work making the Scores." Shotaro asked with a worried tone for the redhead's condition.

"Don't worry about me, sempai, I still have enough energy to crack some skulls." The redhead said with a confident tone and smile.

Shotaro gave the redhead a concerned look before patting his head and saying, "Yare yare, you better promise to be fine after this mission."

"I promise, sempai." Akakishi waved off the hand. "I'm not a kid anymore."

"Could 'ave fooled me." The detective chuckled before walking away.

"Well, we're going to check the fittings for the RevolGarry's disguise, Akakishi-kun. If you need us just go to the garage." Phillip said as he walked out of the room with Fuyuko following close behind.

"Well, that was not as boring as I expected." Fuyuko commented.

Natsuko quickly walked to the private detective's side with an expecting look and said, "Hey Shotaro, can I-"

"No, you are not riding a motorcycle in the convoy, Natsu-chan. RX-sempai will kill me if he found out." Shotaro stated with a firm tone.

"Then can I at least ride with you?" asked the redhead.

"Hm…" Shotaro thought aloud before stating, "Sure. Sempai might not mind it."

"Yes!" the redhead said with a pumped fist in victory.

"They sure are different…" Hibiki said at how the group worked on a different scale from the other pairs.

"Well, all four of them are partners." Akakishi commented with crossed arms. "Since we're all done here, Hibiki, want to grab a before we gather at the parking lot?"

"Sure." The amber-haired girl said with a smile.

"Be sure to be quick you two. We'll be leaving soon." Ryoko said after hearing their plan.

"Gotcha, Ryoko-san." Hibiki responded.

"Understood, Miss Sakurai." Akakishi added.

After the pair of childhood friends left the room, they stood near a vending machine in the hallway.

Hibiki drank from a red cola can while Akakishi drank from an apple soda can.

"Ah~ That hit the spot!" The girl smiled from the cold and sweet relief from her drink.

"Heh, heh, yep!" Akakishi said with a smile. Then he turned to Hibiki after remembering something. "Ah that's right, I forgot to ask… Hibiki."

"Hai, Aka?" Hibiki responded with a questioning tone and a tilt of her head.

"So how did Miku take the message?" asked Akakishi with a curious tone.

"Ah, well…" Hibiki trailed off while recalling what happened last night.

Last night,

Hibiki carefully sneaked back to her room's dorm and knocked.

Then the door cracked open a bit to reveal Miku who peeked a bit to see who it was.

"There you are, Hibiki. You're lucky that the dorm manager hasn't come by." Miku exhaled a breath in relief before she quickly opened their shared room's door to let her friend in.

"Oh thank goodness." Hibiki quickly ran into their room and Miku closed and locked it behind her.

Miku turned to face her friend with a stern expression and she crossed her arms to show she was serious. "I'm waiting for an explanation now…"

Hibiki looked a bit hesitant before closing her eyes and then opening them with a bit of a determined look. "Well um… I have this!" Then she took out the memory stick that Akakishi handed to her.

"A memory stick? What is on it?"

"A message that was given to me by someone close, Miku. Just listen to this, all right?" asked Hibiki as she inserted the memory stick into her computer.

Then a message automatically opened and started playing.

"Hey Miku, Hibiki, it's me, Akakishi."

"Aka?!" Miku shouted in surprised upon hearing the redhead speak.

"This message is just something I've whipped up during my time separated from you two. To be honest, there's so much I wanted to tell you both, but I can't since I've sworn to secrecy. *Chuckle*"

"Hibiki," Miku turned to her friend with a stunned look. "is this really Aka who is talking?"

"...Yes." The amber-haired girl said with a nod.

"Look, I'm letting you two know with this message that I'm alive somewhere and in someplace. The reason I can't come back to you two is because I am in a very big thing. As in super, secret, spy big. But knowing that I'm alive should set some fears that I'm gone for good to rest. I… miss you both, Hibiki, Miku… You two have been in my life as long as I could remember. Thank you both for being my friends. When this message deletes itself, don't go asking for me. Don't go looking for me. It's safer that way. If either of you find me back in the city, swear that you'll look the other way. I don't want to drag either of you into the danger I am in."

"Aka… what do you mean?" muttered Miku while Hibiki made a guilty face when she heard those words.

"Well, that's all I have to say. Tomorrow is going to be full of havoc and I might lose this recording, but if this message does reach the both of you… Then know that someday… when the Noise are completely destroyed, we'll see each other again." Akakishi said with a hopeful tone.

"Akakishi…" muttered Miku who looked a bit sad at his words along with Hibiki.

Then the sound of a door slam was heard, surprising the girls.

*BAM!*

"Aka! What are you doing making recordings when we've got a kaijin assault to take care of?" shouted a male voice as another slam took place.

"Eh? Big bro?! What are you doing here?!" shouted Akakishi.

"Coming to pick you up! Now let's go! These guys are feisty!" shouted the male as the sounds of more banging on the door was heard before sound of gunshots took place.

"W-Wait! At least let me turn off the recording!" shouted Akakishi over the sounds of fighting.

"Too late, we need to go now!" shouted the male.

"Hold on a minute, Big Bro!" Akakishi could be heard getting into a scuffle with the male who was with him. "Hibiki! Miku! I'll be heading out now! I promise I'll come back home one day!"

*BAM*

*SMASH*

*BANG*

"THEY'RE HERE!" shouted the male as the recording stopped.

*CLICK*

Then the memory stick in the computer started to smoke a bit before its activation light dimmed to show that it was no longer working.

"What… sort of things was Aka involved in?" asked Miku with a worried tone.

"I'm… not sure…" Hibiki responded with similar tone with a bit more confusion. "Aka… that may have created more questions than answers!"

Back in the present:

"That message may have made more questions than answers…" Hibiki stated.

"Hm, well I did make that tape during our time in Egypt… And it was the only decent one I could save during the two year period." Akakishi said in thought.

"Well you could have recorded a clearer message!" Hibiki protested.

"Hey! I tried! But traveling around the world fighting monsters and learning from my teachers takes up time!" Akakishi countered.

"Even so, you had something to record on you!" Hibiki pointed out.

"That was a computer I had gotten from big bro, and it was wrecked after that attack…" The redhead sighed at how he did not have many opportunities to make a new message. "So how suspicious was Miku?"

"Well…" Hibiki trailed off before returning back to last night's events.

Back to last Night:

"Hibiki… is what Aka was involved in somehow related to your behavior in the last few weeks?" asked Miku with a suspicious tone and crossed her arms.

"Well um… it's complicated." Hibiki said with her eyes looking away from Miku's eyes.

"So you do know something! Where has Aka been and why hasn't he come back until now?" Miku pressed her friend on any answers about the missing redhead.

"I-I don't know! He doesn't tell me and I can't tell you that because I swore to keep everything a secret!" The amber haired girl responded with hands raised.

Back to the present:

Akakishi smacked his face at how Hibiki did not come up with a better excuse than literally stating out loud that there was a secret. "Hibiki… that's the worst response to give. You do remember that Miku hates it when you or I keep secrets, right? Also... you are a terrible liar."

"Hey! I keep secrets!"

"How about the time you tried to keep a secret about when we accidentally broke one of your Mother's plants? We got a scolding of a lifetime!" shouted Akakishi.

"Hey! I couldn't keep secrets from Kaa-san! She's super scary when she found out I lied!"

"*Sigh* True. Besides that, what happened next?" asked the redhead as the conversation won't go anywhere if they argued now.

"Well…" Hibiki returned to talking about her conversation with Miku.

Back to last night:

"A secret? Why?" asked Miku who looked concerned about why her friend had to be tight-lipped.

"Aka wasn't lying when he said that he was in something big… And… I can't say anything otherwise you will be in danger…" Hibiki said with a reluctant tone.

"That big, huh? Government?" guessed the brunette based on what Akakishi said earlier.

Hibiki did not answer but she nodded, "Un."

"Aka… How involved is he?"

"Very." Hibiki answered.

"Has he… changed?"

Hibiki widened her eyes before trying to make a proper answer. "A bit… But Aka is still the Aka we knew 2 years ago."

"…I hope so." Miku muttered aloud with a worried tone.

"Miku, listen. I have to go to something tomorrow. But I'll be back as quickly as I can."

"…All right. In exchange, can you get a picture of Aka?"

"…! But-"

"It's obvious you can't talk to me about what you two are involved in. But you should at least have some picture of him. And supposedly I would look through your phone without you knowing, then you can't say that your broke your sworn secrecy." Miku said with closed eyes and a smile.

"O-Oh… That sounds a bit sneaky… *Nervous Chuckle*" Hibiki laughed a bit nervously and wondered if her childhood friend and roommate actually broke into her phone once.

"Consider this payback for keeping secrets from me." Miku teased her close friend.

The Present:

Akakishi stared at the amber-haired girl before he chuckled a bit. "Sounds like Miku, always perceptive about the smallest things and devious when she needs to be."

"So… Should I take your picture?"

"Hm…" Akakishi crossed his arms in thought before stating, "It would be better you take my picture while I wasn't looking. Y'know, to make it seem like you secretly took my picture."

"Sounds like it. Heh he… Man, it feels like one of those dramas where we are a couple of agents with our own agendas or something." Hibiki giggled at the thought.

"Except we would probably fail as secret agents if we're literally talking in the hall about this plan…" Akakishi deadpanned with a sweatdrop.

"Indeed they would." Ryoko said as she eavesdropped on the pair's conversation along with those present in the situation room.

"No doubt about it." Aoi agreed.

"Yep." Sakuya added as he continued to type up the remaining data in preparation for the transport mission.

"So we're just going to ignore this?" asked Aoi as she turned to Ryoko who held the higher authority currently.

"Don't worry, Aka-chan's identity in public is already known at a small scale so Hibiki-chan's friend would have found him anyway." The brunette researcher stated with a carefree shrug.

"True. But it's best to keep an eye on Tachibana-san's friend for a few days after she received that picture."

"Okay, but enough fooling around~ I better get ready for the transport~" Ryoko said as she walked out of the room.

"Wait, Ryoko-san. Are you really going along with the transport without some form of protection?" asked Aoi.

"Oh don't worry, I have a fallback for an attack on my car." Ryoko responded with a confident wink and smile.

Afternoon at the outskirts parking lot of Lydian,

Every Kamen Rider and Symphogear user stood in front of their respective vehicles along with several suited men. Genjuro, Tendou, and Ryoko stood before the transport group ready to give the mission details.

Akakishi and Hibiki stood near his motorcycle which was the Side Basshar Kai that now had its sidecar attached.

Shotaro and Natsuko stood near his motorcycle which had a black head with a W headcrest with a green engine and rear end. Fuyuko and Phillip sat on the wheels of the RevolGarrier which was fitted with a military truck disguise.

Liam and Leah stood near a car which had a metallic blue with a black hood. The car appeared to be modeled after a Nissan Skyline R34 V Spec II. While Lian stood near a motorcycle with grey-blue circuit lines and an armored head with a y symbol on the headlight.

Shinnosuke and Yoku stood near the Tridoron while Go sat on his white motorcycle with red stripes.

Fen and Kanade stood near Fen's motorcycle which was a white armored motorcycle similar in design to Shotaro's motorcycle but the headcrest was styled as an E instead of a W.

Carter and Amelia stood near Carter's blue and white armored Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE with a six pack mini nitro booster of sorts on the back and the front also had a pair of two tusks similar to a stag beetle's.

Behind their motorcycles were a group of black government cars with Ryoko's personal pink car.

"All right. Listen up!" shouted Genjuro which shook several of the members into awareness. "You are all being deployed under the guise of investigating the assassination of Defense Minister Hiroki. This operation must go smoothly, so make haste for the Parliament building! Is that understood?"

"Yes Sir!" shouted the group.

"While we're at it, let's give this transport a good code name: The Plan to Make Everything All Right for All of Us!" Ryoko added in.

"That's… a bit of a mouthful, Miss Sakurai…" Akakishi commented with a sweatdrop.

"Is this really the time for jokes?" muttered Fen who voiced what everyone was thinking.

"All right! To your vehicles, everyone!" Tendou commanded as he made his way to his motorcycle.

"Hai!" shouted the group before they ran to their respective vehicles.

"Hold on, Hibiki-chan. You're going to be riding with me." Ryoko called out.

Hibiki stopped herself before she could reach Akakishi's motorcycle and turned to the brunette. "Eh? Me?"

"Since I am going to be carrying the package, I need a guard to protect me. And I decided on you~" Ryoko said as she placed her hands on Hibiki's shoulders.

"Eh?"

"Aka-chan, you don't mind if I take your partner?" requested the brunette.

Akakishi sat at his motorcycle and thought for a bit. "Well… All right, but no funny business. Hibiki, keep Miss Sakurai safe."

Hibiki looked a bit hesitant before nodding. "Hai! I'll do my best!"

"Good~ Good~ Aka-chan, you'll be the one closest in case of an attack, all right?"

"Roger." The redhead nodded before he put his helmet.

"All right let's get going!" Ryoko cheered before she walked to her car with Hibiki be her side.

The transport was a go as the group of cars and motorcycles drove through the vacant streets.

"So far so good." Akakishi said as he drove near Ryoko's car.

"Yeah, no sign of anything out of the ordinary." Hibiki said as she looked through a pair of binoculars. Then she gave a glance to the backseat where the case that contained the sword Relic sat. "How about you guys?" She asked through the headset she wore on her left ear.

"Nothing so far." Natsuko answered from her seat on Shotaro's motorcycle which was driving behind the VIP car.

"Quite the problem if we can't see where the enemy is." Fuyuko stated as she sat in a disguised RevolGarrier which drove at end of the transport.

"Or where they are waiting to ambush us ahead." Phillip guessed before he radioed with the other genius tech of the group. "Kengo-san, what do you and your team see?"

Up on a hill which oversaw the transport was a heavily modified surveillance van which was guarded by a couple of moon rover mechs known a Robodizers.

"Nothing so far, Phillip-san." Kengo said as he rapidly tapped into the computer with all access to the cameras of the route the convoy was taking.

While the rest of the Kamen Rider club did their best to look for anything off.

"You got any of those feelings, Tomoko?" asked Miu.

"No, don't hear anything yet." The goth girl answered as she wore a set of headphones to listen on the situation.

The transport was followed by a helicopter above with Genjuro having a bird's eye view of the situation.

"Nothing here from my end, but keep your guard, everyone." Genjuro reported as the helicopter flew ahead.

Then Tomoko heard a sound similar to sword scrape. "…! A Sound! Something's coming!"

"Everyone. You all have a tail!" announced Yuki from the observation room.

"Already? Who would be chasing us in broad daylight?" wondered Shotaro before he turned to look behind him.

"HEY! TENDOU!" shouted Kenzaki with a happy-go-lucky tone as she drove her motorcycle at the convoy and waved with a big smile on her face.

"Who is that?" asked Amelia.

"From what I read, that's Kazuma Kenzaki, a rival of the Vice Commander's." Carter answered with a sweat drop on his head as he drove next to Fen and both were ahead of the VIP. "She's not being very discreet…"

"I'll handle her." Tendou said as he braked and turned around his motorcycle to jump onto the other lane and drive at the female pursuer. Then the Kabuto Zecter landed in Tendou's right hand and he shouted, "Henshin!"

=HENSHIN=

After his armor formed, Kabuto increased the speed of motorcycle.

"The usual greeting, eh?" Kenzaki said aloud before taking out her Spade gem card and singing into it.

Herba Caliburn Tron~

(Insert OST: Round Zero-Blade Brave)

Kamen Rider Kabuto quickly jumped off his motorcycle with his Perfect Zecter sword in hand along with Kenzaki who jumped her motorcycle with her sword in hand. The two clashed their swords in midair, creating a shockwave that shook apart the street.

As the convoy moved away, an explosion took place behind them, destroying the cliff side and road.

"W-Whoa! Not two seconds in and they already went crazy!" Liam shouted in surprise as more explosions took place and he tried to keep his car steady from the shockwaves.

"Get used to it! When it comes to those two, they will enjoy their fights to the extreme!" Takumi shouted over the explosions.

"I heard about their fights from Teach, but to see it firsthand is something else." Carter thought as he drove alongside the group while the destruction took place behind them.

"S-Scary…" Amelia stuttered as she tightened her grip on Carter's waist.

"No forgiveness…" Natsuko said in accented English with a stunned look.

"That's not how you use that phrase, Nastuko." Shotaro commented as their vehicle drove with the convoy. Then another explosion took place in which he added, "But it does fit."

"They'll be more likely to demolish the entire cliff side if we don't hurry!" Fuyuko pointed out.

"Just focus on moving!" shouted Fen. "Tendou-sempai knows what he is doing!"

Then the group reached a bridge which spanned a long way. As the group thought they were safe, a part of the bridge gave way and fell apart.

Hibiki slid down the window of Ryoko's car to get a better look outside before noticing the growing cracks in the road. "*Gasp* Ryoko-san!"

Ryoko also saw the major gap in the bridge and quickly drove to the safe side.

"Akakishi-kun, habanai (watch out)!" warned Shinnosuke who also saw the gap.

"Whoa!" Akakishi saw it but he could not slow down fast enough. So he quickly typed a number code into the keypad in his motorcycle and pressed enter. "Side Basshar Kai! Battle Mode!"

=BATTLE MODE!=

The motorcycle transformed into a walker mech with its two wheels turning into a pair of arms and the sidecar turned into its legs. Using its legs, the mech jumped high above the gap and landed safely on the other side. Then the machine transformed back into a motorcycle to catch up with Ryoko's car.

=VEHICLE MODE=

"Aka!" shouted Hibiki as she looked out of the window to her partner.

"I'm fine, Hibiki!" Akakishi responded with a thumbs up. "Now get your head back in the car!"

*CRASH* *BOOM*

"Damn it, we lost a car!" Liam shouted over the radio after witnessing one of the government cars run into the gap and crash into the side of the hole, exploding.

"Tch." Takumi grunted at the first loss of lives.

"Hibiki-chan. Find something to hold onto." Ryoko advised as she gripped the steering.

"Eh?"

"This ride's going to get a bit bumpy. Fortunately, I'm a pretty good driver." The brunette scientist stated with a confident tone as she stepped down hard on the gas pedal.

"We're under attack! No confirmation, but presumably the Sympho-Riders and Noise!" reported an agent as the black government cars drove ahead and dodged the holes in the bridge.

"They got to us sooner than anticipated!" Ryoko said.

"Yeah, Kenzaki-sempai arriving was no coincidence…" Akakishi added.

As the group entered an industrial district, Leah felt as though something was wrong before she saw a vision of a manhole exploding.

"*Gasp* Nii-sama! Slow down!" warned the youngest sister as she turned to her brother.

"Wait what?!"

"Just do it! That manhole cover we moving towards is dangerous!" The blue haired girl shouted to. The moment a black car drove over the manhole, water exploded out and sent the vehicle flying.

"HOLY CRAP!" Liam saw the pillar of water and quickly slammed the brakes of his car, stopping it from making contact with the geyser.

"Where did that water come from?!" shouted the teen.

"The canals! The enemy is using the canals to attack!" reported Kengo as his computer detected a sudden shift in water movement in the canal under the road the transport was moving on. In the canals were Noise that were moving at extreme speeds to flood the canals.

Soon manhole covers exploded near the Kamen Rider vehicles, which the motorcycle Riders quickly swerved to dodge the sudden attacks. At the same time, the car Kamen Riders quickly dodged or stopped before the sudden towers of water.

"Whoa! That was close!" shouted Shotaro.

"An explosive force of 30 G's… quite easy to send an average car flying through the air." Belt-san stated with an analytical tone. "And very fatal to motorcycle drivers!"

"So be careful and try to steer clear of the covers. You get hit by that, and you're done for." Kengo stated.

"What does it look like we're doing?!" shouted Shinnosuke as he swerved and dodged the water attacks.

"Wh-Whoa! Slow down, Shin-nii san!" shouted Yoku as the car swerved side-to-side.

"This isn't good, these attacks are also slowing some of us down." Phillip noted at the disguised Revolgarry had to stop and take another route due to the water geyser springing up in front.

Then another manhole exploded, causing the black car in front of Ryoko's car to be sent flying.

"WAAH! We're going to die!" screamed Hibiki as the car came flying right at their car.

Ryoko quickly swerved the car to the left to dodge the falling vehicle. Then she tried to steady the car as it slid a bit and smashed into some trash.

=BATTLE MODE!=

At the same time, Akakishi transformed his motorcycle into its mech form to catch the vehicle before throwing it to the side.

=VEHICLE MODE=

"Oi! No throwing the car! Bad girl!" shouted Akakishi as Side Basshar Kai transformed back into it motorcycle form and drove off. "Gomenasai (Sorry)!"

"Ugh… Don't… worry about me… Just keep going!" shouted the concussed agent as he fell unconscious.

"Tch, damn Noise…" muttered Fen with a hateful tone.

"We'll get our chance, Fen. Just focus on the job!" Kanade reassured.

"I know!"

"Genjuro-kun, shouldn't we pull out?" asked Ryoko as she steadied her car. She gave a glance at the incoming building that the transport was nearing. "That chemicals factory is basically one huge pile of dynamite. If it explodes while we're still here, then even a Relic such as Durandal will…"

"I know! But the Noise have only attacked your escorts and not you which means that they are under sentient control!"

"Tch!" Ryoko gritted her teeth in frustration on the continuation of ther plan.

Genjuro looked up from his map on their current destination. "If they want to capture Durandal, then our best bet is to get it someplace really dangerous and settle it.

"D-D-Did he just say 'someplace really dangerous'?!" shouted Amelia in shock that the location the group was heading was likely going to get them all killed.

"Sounds like a good idea… Our enemy can't use any big attacks without blasting Durandal into atoms." Carter reasoned.

"It's still a reckless strategy…" Shinnosuke pointed out.

"No kidding." Yoku agreed with her guardian.

"Somehow, I think it was a good thing that the battle-happy veterans were back at the cliffs…" Shotaro added.

"That doesn't mean our situation is any favorable, Shotaro." Phillip noted.

"This still sounds like a risky play here!" shouted Liam.

"What are our chances?" asked Ryoko after the transport group voiced their concerns.

"None too good! We're improvising!" announced the Commander.

"They say that plans do not survive first contact with the enemy but this is just ridiculous!" Kanade noted with a bit of sweat down her cheek.

Then two buildings were cut apart and sent tumbling towards the group.

"Whoa!" shouted Shinnosuke as he slammed the brakes along with those behind him. The Tridoron stopped as the building halves crashed onto the ground, cutting the back end of the transport group which consisted of Drive, Double, and Faiz.

"Everyone!" shouted Akakishi as he turned to the fallen buildings that split off the transport from the members in the back.

"Eyes on the front, Akakishi! And don't worry about them! They'll be fine!" shouted Carter.

"Just focus on keeping Ryoko's car safe, Aka!" shouted Fen as he drove at the redhead's side.

"…! Understood, Big Bro!" responded the redhead as he continued to drive alongside Ryoko's car.

"Keep close to Ryoko's car while Carter and I take point!" ordered Fen since he was currently the senior member of the remaining members of the transport team.

"S**T! We're cut off from the others in the front!" shouted Takumi in frustration.

"Commander! Requesting another way around this road block!" Shinnosuke requested in his headset.

"Utahoshi! Tomosato! Tell me you two got something for us!" shouted Genjuro.

"Let me see… Take the road to your right and make a left! The road over there runs parallel to the one that the main transport group is taking." Kengo announced while transferring data to Tridoron.

Then a map of the area took form in the Tridoron's dashboard screen. Then a red line crossed through the identified road with the main transport group marked.

"Route located! Let's go, Shinnosuke!" Mr. Belt announced with a determined tone.

"Wakata (Understood)! Everyone! Follow me!" shouted Shinnosuke as he quickly backed up from the wrecked building and led the other, surviving half of the transport's escorts on the rendezvous route.

"Shin-nii, did you see the cuts on those buildings?" Yoku pointed out at the clean cuts of the building pieces. "They were sliced like those buildings back in the abandoned district."

"And that means Chase is here… Everyone! Be on guard! The enemy is here!"

"Yes, as if the cut down buildings wasn't a big enough sign." Fuyuko sarcastically said as she held tightly to a handlebar while the RevolGarry drove closely behind the cutoff escorts.

"Just shut up and look for the enemy!" shouted Takumi.

Upon saying those words, a familiar black metal heel boot stomped on top of a building near the Kamen Riders and then a debris cloud cleared to reveal Chase in her armor.

"Enemy obstructed…" muttered the young woman as she leveled her sword to the ground.

"Good work, Chase." Goto commended the younger Kamen Rider as she readied to fight. "Now to phase 2."

"Un." Chase and Goto quickly jumped off the building remains to set off the next phase.

As the escorts push their pedals to the mettle in order to reach the main group who were still heading towards the chemical factory, they did not notice the several cuts through the buildings near them.

"Leah, got any more of those bad feelings?" asked Liam as he pushed the throttle on his car.

"No… I don't-"Leah suddenly felt a very cold shiver down her spine and held herself.

"Huh, Leah?! Talk to me, what's wrong?!"

"Is something wrong over there, Liam-kun?" asked Shinnosuke.

"Yeah! My sis has this sixth sense when it comes to danger and stuff! And she's got a nasty one!"

"A sixth sense… that doesn't sound scientifically possible."

"You shouldn't count off human instinct, Belt-san. That kid's got a good sixth sense, saved her idiot brothers out of several scraps. But the problem is that she's got a shiver… And that usually means something bad is about to happen." Takumi stated with a grim tone while looking around for the possible danger.

"How bad are we talking about?" asked Natsuko.

"Life-threateningly bad." Liam answered the redhead with a bit of sweat on his face.

"That… doesn't really help." Natsuko let out with a doubtful tone.

Yoku thought for a bit while Shinnosuke led the group before she saw the tall buildings. "Shin-nii… I think we're in the middle of a trap!"

"What?!" shouted Shinnosuke as he turned to Yoku.

*BOOM*

In front of the vehicles, a large wall of water formed and blocked their way, forcing the vehicles to hit their breaks.

"Tch! Forgot about those damn sewer attackers!" shouted Takumi in frustration at the dangerous roadblock.

*RRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLEEEE*

"Uh guys, I think we got bigger problems!" shouted Natsuko as she pointed up.

The group looked up to the sight of building pieces collapsing towards them.

"HOLY CRAP! Buildings incoming!" shouted Liam while Lian quickly took out a belt and equipped it before taking out his phone.

"EVERYONE! TRANSFORM! NOW!" ordered Shotaro as he quickly took out his Joker memory as the Cyclone memory transitioned into the right slot of his belt.

=JOKER!=

The detective quickly inserted the Memories into his belt as Fuyuko and Natsuko sang.

~Omniosus Chang~

~Gan Jiang… Cyclone…~ sang Fuyuko as she held her relic crystal out in the RevolGarry which shined with a green light.

*CLICK*

=CYCLONE GAN JIANG!=

~Mo Ye… Joker…~ sang Natsuko as she held her relic crystal out which shined with a dark purple light.

*CLICK*

=JOKER MO YE!=

~Tron~

Upon activation, a large amount of wind exploded out and slowed the falling buildings to a snail's pace. Natsuko quickly transformed into her white armor which the shoulder shield and the hip plate gained a dark purple hue with a lighter purple W. She quickly summoned two white swords and combined them at the pommel. Then she threw them into the air.

At the same time, Double's armor took form over Shotaro, creating the same right green and left black armor with the gold V and purple V forming a W. Then a white light formed on his left side, creating a white forearm plate along with a white shin guard. Next a black light formed on his right side, creating a black forearm plate along with a black shin guard. The green and black rider swung his right arm up to summon out a cyclone that caught the double blade weapon that soon spun quickly and enlarged into a massive spinning blade.

"JOKER AEROBLADE!"

The spinning blade slashed apart the falling buildings that closed in on the group into fist-sized, smaller pieces that missed them.

"Nice work, Shotaro!" shouted Natsuko.

"Save the thanks later! We still have incoming!" shouted the green and black Kamen Rider as several more building pieces still fell towards them.

"Yoku!" shouted the police detective as he prepared to load his Speed Shift car into the brace.

"Hai!"

~Levisa Ukonvasara Tron~

Equipped with her yellow armor, the girl quickly pulled on the eject switch on the car and launched herself at the nearest building with her hammer ready.

"IKEEEEEE!" shouted the girl as she spun into a lightning top and smashed right through the building and the one behind it.

ELECTRO WHEEL

Yoku landed in front of the Tridoron as the remains of the buildings she smashed fell around them. "Yosh! A couple more down!" cheered Shinnosuke.

"Yes, but there are still several more remaining!" Mr. Belt noted with a serious face as the debris cloud revealed four more building pieces.

"Don't worry, Leah's got it!" shouted Liam.

~Kusanagi debltria tron~

Leah sang as her body was engulfed in light. Her clothing changed into a black and white bodysuit with ice-blue accents. Then square shaped armor plates formed and attached to her body and arms along with a headset that tied around her ponytail. Then circuit lines shaped similar to snakes traveled on the armor plates until the snake heads were shown on her arm plates, shoulder plates, greaves, and headphones.

From the armor plate on her back a hilt slid out, Leah quickly took out a large two-handed sword and pointed it to the sky as it sprouted seven branch-like blades. Then she swung the blade and eight beams flew out and quickly struck four of the building pieces falling on top of the escort group.

EIGHT FANGS

The eight lasers snaked, tore, and pulverized the falling buildings into nothing, saving the escorts from being crushed to death.

"Sugei…" said Yoku in awe at the blunette's power.

"How was that, Liam-nii sama?" asked Leah as she turned to her brother.

"Nice sword work as usual, sis!" Liam complimented with a thumbs up.

"*Giggle* Thanks!" The ice-blue haired girl said with a small blush and smile.

"Oi! Focus on the situation, brats!" shouted Takumi as he tried to get his phone to work by rapidly pressing the five button only to get error noises. "Damn it! Piece of junk is still installing?! Come on, move faster you damn bar!"

*BOOM*

The group turned to see that though they destroyed the buildings that were about to smash them, there were still more buildings that crashed in front and back of them.

"Dang it! We still have a bunch more to get through!" shouted Yoku as she wielded her hammer at the ready.

"Even so, we managed to beat those guys' plan!" shouted Natsuko with a smile.

"Good, then you all wouldn't mind a few more skirmishes." A female voice said before something crashed on a fallen building.

*BAM*

~Hata brjóta Orga Tyrfing Tron~

Light burst from the smoke cloud to reveal a person from within it.

"…!" The group turned to a woman with brown hair and ruby red eyes. She wore black armor pieces with gold linings on her forearms and legs. On her waist was a gold and black line belt with a closed phone in the side buckle with a red gem on the cover. She wore a white piece with black clothes and a translucent yellow skirt. On her chest was a large red gem with a gold-lining around the gem. On the back of her head were two black fins and a similar gem that had a gold lining shaped in the Omega symbol.

"…! One of the Sympho-Riders?" wondered Liam.

"Must be! But the problem is that she isn't part of the group we fought in the Abandoned District!" shouted Shinnosuke in an alarmed tone.

"Be on your guards, everyone!" advised Mr. Belt.

"Well I say bring it on! Leah! You take the lead!" shouted Liam as he quickly took out a phone and pressed in the keys along with Lian who followed his actions.

"You got it, Nii-sama!" shouted Leah before she prepared to charge.

Then a hand stretched out in front of her.

"?!" The siblings turned to Takumi who stood in front of the youngest sister. "Boss, what's wrong?"

"I just want to talk to her. You three don't interfere until I'm done." Takumi stated.

The man dropped his arm and stared at the woman's red eyes. "Kiba… it's been a while." Takumi greeted the woman on instinct.

"Yes it has…" The woman identified as Kiba said with a small smile. "Takumi…"

"Hmph. Figures, we both can't have our ends just yet." The man muttered with a shake of his head. "You three!"

"Yeah, Boss?" asked Liam who look ready to rumble along with his siblings.

"Get ready to fight!" warned Takumi as he equipped his belt and took a look at the phone's screen.

=INSTALLATION COMPLETE!=

=HENSHIN MODULE REACTIVATED!=

"Hmph, about damn time! Leah! Keep her busy!" shouted Takumi.

"On it, Boss!" shouted Leah as she charged forward to fight Kiba who stood at the ready.

Then the two clashed blades, but Leah realized in confusion that Kiba did not budge from her attack.

"Huh?!"

"Hmph!" grunted Kiba and she shoved the younger female off before charging at her with her golden blade ready to cleave.

"Ugh!" The brunette girl blocked the attack after she shifted her sword into a broadsword form.

*CLANG*

But the force of the blow sent her skidding back a bit with Kiba following up with a stab.

"Leah! Just hold on!" shouted Liam as he readied to activate his phone. "Boss! We'll follow your lead! Right Lian?"

"Hn." Lian grunted as he mirrored his twin brother's pose and stood at his back.

"Fine, but don't hold me back!" Takumi quickly pressed the five button three times (5-5-5) before pressing the Enter button.

=STANDING BY!=

Liam and Lian quickly followed his lead and took out their phones before entering their respective codes into their phones. Liam typed in 3-5-3 and Lian typed 5-1-3 into their respective phones.

=STANDING BY!=

=STANDING BY!=

Takumi raised his phone upwards while Liam and Lian held their phones in a mirrored pose which Liam held his phone his right hand while Lian held his phone in his left hand. "Henshin!" shouted the three then they placed their phones into their belts.

=COMPLETE!=

=COMPLETE!=

=COMPLETE!=

Then photon lines drew over their bodies before flashing to form armor and helmets covering them.

Takumi's armor had a black suit with silver steel armor plates on his chest, shoulders, knees, and shins. The red photon lines were embedded in his bodysuit and in middle of the armors plates they crossed through. His helmet had a yellow lenses split by a red fin with a green hexagon gem in the middle and had a silver mouth guard.

Liam's armor had a white suit with the light blue circuit lines creating a weave pattern shaped in hexagon snowflakes and white steel armor plates with a hexagon on the chestplate. A white robe cloth formed below his belt with a hexagon snowflake on the left hip of the robe. The helmet lenses shaped in a hexagon with an ice-blue glass and six blue branches spread out on the points of the hexagon.

Lian's armor had a black suit with gray-blue circuit lines patterned similar to Faiz's circuit lines. His torso armor was black metal with a three circuit lines crossed into a Y through the chest plate. The armor plates on his arms and legs had a blue-gray metallic color with the circuit lines crossing over them. A cloth that was split at the center of his backside formed from the belt, similar to a lower robe with an upside down Y mark on his left thigh side. His helmet lenses were circular with a red glass and the circuit lines crossing to make an upside-down Y over the helmet.

"Kamen Rider Cryo!" announced Liam.

"Kamen Rider Crisis." Lian said while following his brother's lead.

"Engaging and removing the threat!" the twin Kamen Riders announced before pulling out their phones and activating their gun modes by entering 2-1-0.

=RAPID FIRE MODE=

The brothers quickly fired lasers at Kiba who looked up and shoved Leah away. Then she quickly deflected the lasers with her sword and sent some of the shots flying back at them.

"Whoa!" shouted Cryo froze up before Crisis shoved him aside and jumped out of the way of their deflected shots which blew apart the pavement behind them. "She can deflect our photon lasers?! Hacks! I call hacks!"

"Save the complaints for later!" shouted Faiz as he loaded his cell phone's memory chip into the left bike handle of his motorcycle.

=READY=

Then a red photon sword formed and he swung his sword out to block an attack from the black and gold armored Sympho-Rider to help Leah.

"Boss!" shouted the youngest member of their group.

"Save thanks for later, brat! Ugh! She's open!" urged Faiz as he struggled against Kiba's surprising strength.

"We got this!" shouted Cryo as he and Crisis charged at Kiba with their own photon sabers which were an ice-blue for Cryo and a gray-blue for Crisis. They both make a coordinated strike which Kiba was force to jump away from, breaking contact from Faiz.

Crisis continued to put pressure on her by attacking with precise and aimed strikes. Kiba quickly parried and block each attack with ease though she kept caution since she had a second opponent.

"Leah! You and the Boss transform into the Sync form! We'll keep Kiba busy!" shouted Cryo before he joined his twin in fending off the black and gold trimmed Sympho-Rider.

"Right!" Leah as she turned to Faiz. "Boss!"

"Humph, gotcha." Faiz said as he pulled out his phone from his belt, reloaded the memory chip, and opened it to find a new option covering the digital cheat sheet.

It read: Synchronization 80%. Sync Form viable. Activate now?

Y/N?

Then Faiz selected Y and re-slotted the phone back into his belt, causing the phone to sound off.

=STANDING BY FOR SYNC=

Next, a second set of light-blue photon lines formed over his body and coiled around his arms and legs. Two photon snake heads formed on his shoulder guards, a head formed on his left thigh with the line coiling around his left shin, a head formed on his right shin with the line coiling around his right thigh, a snake head formed on his chestplate with its body coiling in one section, and pair of fang-like photon lines appears on his mouth plate. Then the helmet lenses flashed blue before a section of the outer lenses transitioned into a blue shade.

=COMPLETE=

~Five~

~Five~

~Five~

~Faiz~

After singing the hymn, Leah's armor gained several red photon lines which traced onto her skin and formed a Phi symbol on her back. At the same time, some photon lines traced under her eyes and connected to her headphones which also gained Phi symbols. On her hands, the photon lines traced over her fingers and metal caps formed over her fingertips. Then a set of yellow shades formed over her eyes and attached to her headphones, also receiving a mix of blue and red photon lines.

"Come on!" shouted Faiz as he took out and slotted the memory back into the bike handle again, causing the photon energy to form into an energy katana blade.

"Yes sir!" shouted Leah as she joined his charge with her sword gaining a red photon edge.

Meanwhile, Crisis tried to stand up with his sword as a cane after taking a hit while Cryo could no longer hold the momentum.

"Gah!" Cryo grunted as he took a kick to the stomach and was sent tumbling back. "Ugh! Damn it! You're just toying with us, aren't you?!" grunted the ice-blue Kamen Rider as he quickly got back on his feet.

But he looked up to see Kiba's sword tip close in towards his helmet. This was due to Kiba throwing the sword at Cryo to strike him down.

"Crap." Cryo thought at his inevitable fate.

*BZZZT*

Then a laser katana struck the golden sword, deflecting the enemy's sword away from the ice-blue Kamen Rider.

"…!" Cryo watched the thrown sword be caught by its wielder who landed in front of him. "Boss!"

"Thank me later, brat!" shouted Faiz before he turned to Kiba who charged at him.

"Inui!" roared Kiba as she quickly grabbed her sword from the ground and dragged it for an upwards slash.

*CLANG*

Luckily, Leah quickly stepped in and block the strike with her enhanced sword.

"Forget about me?" asked the female brunette with a confident smile and shoved the black Sympho-Rider away.

"Kid! With me!" shouted Faiz as he opened his sword and quickly pressed the Enter button.

=EXCEED CHARGE=

*WHIRRRR*

*CLICK*

The whir of energy being transmitted from the Faiz Gear's energy to his sword took place.

"Yes sir!" shouted Leah as her armor's circuits glowed before she charged forward with Faiz.

The pair charged forward with their swords creating energy trails that soon morphed into an illusion of a snake. In response, Kiba swung her sword several times, creating golden wave blades that flew at the pair.

KLEAVING Ω TIDE

But both Faiz and Leah continued to run forward and dodge the projectiles with precise movements. Then they jumped forward with both shining swords poised to stab up. But Kiba quickly noticed that the twin brothers were also joining in on the attack by jumping high with their swords pointing to stab down. Then the image of a blue snake with four glowing fangs could be seen.

SPARKLE FANG

"Hmph! How annoying…" grunted Kiba with an annoyed tone as she raised her sword and it glowed brightly.

Then the five clashed together, creating a collision of blue, red, and gold energies.

Near the battle, Yoku and Shinnosuke along with Double and Natsuko watched the five fight it out.

"We need to help them!" shouted Yoku as she ran forward to assist the Cryo siblings and Faiz.

"Yeah!" Natsuko agreed before charging into the fight from her side with Double following her close behind.

*SCHWING*

"…! Yoku-chan, abunai (look out)!" shouted Shinnosuke before he pulled the girl back as something sharp sliced apart the area in front of the pair.

"Ugh!" Double also noticed and quickly pulled Natsuko from a red laser wave that nearly hit her.

"You will not interfere with Orga's battle…" stated a familiar voice as someone landed in front of them.

Shinnosuke looked up in alert on who arrived. "Chase!"

Then something landed in front of Double and Natsuko as they got up.

"Instead, we will be your opponents." Goto said as she readied her drill arm along with her tank tread legs deployed for combat. But there was something new, on her shoulders were a pair of bulky box-like shoulder guards.

"Aw crap, we just had to get the living armory…" groaned Double (left side).

"Don't worry, Shotaro! We got this!" shouted the redhead with an eager tone.

Then the shoulder guards opened up to reveal several missiles inside them and on the lids.

Natsuko gawked at the amount of solid ammo that the Sympho-Rider prepared. "Okay… maybe not."

"Save the talk and dodge!" shouted Double (right side).

The pair quickly jumped out of the way of thousands of missiles flying right at them and creating a large amount of explosions.

"…" The armored Chase stared at the pair who readied themselves for battle. She turned to Yoku who did not seemed to be afraid of her. "You are different now…"

"Because I've been training for this rematch, Chase!" shouted Yoku with a brave tone though she was a bit afraid of fighting her again.

The raven-black haired Sympho-Rider raised her sword in response to Yoku's challenge. "…Very well, let me test your resolve once more."

"…" Yoku gritted her teeth and gripped her hammer for battle.

Then Shinnosuke placed his hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn to him. "Yoku, remember you're not alone."

The blunette smiled and gave a nod to her guardian who readied himself to transform.

"Belt-san! Ikuze!" announced the detective as he took out the red Speed Shift Car.

"Understood! Start your engines!"

Shinnosuke twisted and slotted the car into the brace.

At the same time, Chase charged at the pair, but Yoku stood in front of her and quickly deflected her sword swing by hitting the flat side of the sword. The deflected blade launched a blade wave that sliced apart an unfortunate building that was in the way. Chase widened her eyes in surprise that the bluenette actually parried her attack before taking initiative and clashed weapons with the younger fighter. Yoku quickly transformed her hammer's head into a smaller size to quickly and consecutively strike the attacks in order to keep Chase busy while Shinnosuke transformed.

Meanwhile, said detective shouted, "Henshin!" Then he pushed the lever forward with yellow lightning sparking from the activation.

=DRIVE! TYPE: SPEED!=

During the announcement, the Drive armor formed from its circular construction system and attached onto Shinnosuke.

=SYNC-TUNING! UKONVASARA!=

From the Tridoron, a symbol of an anchor-shaped hammer formed on its hood along with yellow stripes on the lower edges.

The left front wheel slid in and spun to gather energy to form a Shift Tire with the label of Type Speed. But then the tire glowed yellow and the black gained a yellow center. The tire was then sent flying at Drive, attaching itself to him and energizing his armor with a yellow light. The yellow died down to reveal Drive who now had yellow lightning decals on his red armor plates.

At Yoku's side, she swung hard and fast which struck and sent Chase stumbling back. Then the girl charged at the Sympho-Rider and gathered energy into her feet, zigzagging and creating a trail of lightning footsteps.

Chase could not keep up with the zigzagging Symphogear user before taking a hammer to the stomach and sent flying into a fallen building.

BLITZ SMASH

~Drive On~

~Type: Speed~

As Yoku sung, the same construction system formed around her. The system created colorless armor parts, which were a pair of shoulder guards, a pair of shin guards, and a chest plate with a tireless axle on the back, all ready to be attached to her. The armor parts sparked with electricity upon nearing her cover skin, then the energy glued the parts on, causing them to change into a pure, glossy yellow color. Yoku lifted her hammer and stabbed the hammerless end on the ground. Then the hammerhead gained an axle part on one end.

From Tridoron, it generated two tires that fired out and flew to Yoku. The first tire was small and attached onto the axle on her back, and the second tire was normal sized and attached onto the axle of her hammer's head.

Chase walked out of the building she crashed into and saw the new forms that Yoku and Drive now took on.

"So this is the Bond Score's power?"

"Whoa! This sure feels different!" Drive said as he looked at his hands which sparked with yellow lightning before gripping them.

"Indeed, I analyzed that our fighting capability has increased by 150%!" Belt-san said with a smile.

"Yosh! Yoku-chan, are you ready?"

"Hai! Let's fight at high gear!"

"Good! Now then Chase…"

"Let us take you along for a ride!" announced the two before they charged at the purple armored woman.

"…" Chase did not say anything and charged forward with her sword ready to strike.

The three collided and created a bright flash of yellow, red, and purple.

"I hope everyone is all right…" Amelia worried about the group left behind.

"Don't worry about them, Amelia. The Kamen Riders with them are veterans, they can keep their partners out of trouble." Carter reassured.

"Yeah, but…"

"Hey! There's no helping them if we worry now, Amelia-chan!" shouted Kanade over the noise of the road. "Just have faith in their bonds and focus on getting-"

"Noise!" shouted Fen as he took out his gun and fired upon the monsters that appeared ahead of the group.

Then a rumbling took place that shook the vehicles and their riders, forcing them to steady their rides.

"What was that?!" shouted Hibiki who was now panicking from the rumble.

"An earthquake?" wondered Akakishi as he looked around.

Then a shadow fell over the group and they looked up to the sight of two massive Noises that would tower an average skyscraper.

"Oh… f**k." Fen said in awe and somewhat shock.

"Those are some very big Noise." Kanade said in a similar tone.

"How are we supposed to fight those?!" shouted Amelia in fear.

"We don't know until we try!" shouted Carter with a bit of determination.

Fenrir quickly shook out of his shock and quickly tapped his communicator. "Commander! You got a plan for this? Because that Noise Blockade is going to be trouble for us unless we slow down!"

"There is a plan, but it will require you, Carter, Kanade, and Amelia to stay behind."

"We're willing to take anything at this point, sir!" responded Carter.

"Good, you, Carter, and Amelia must break through the blockade for the convoy and stay behind to fight off potential pursuers."

"I get what you mean… But what about Kanade?"

"Don't worry about that, Fen-kun. I prepared an anti-Noise barrier in your bike." Ryoko said her piece to the situation.

"Good to know! Would have liked this tech two years ago…" muttered the spiky haired young man.

"Which would have been impossible without the data I received from Aka-chan's Ixa R system." Ryoko pointed out.

"Can we discuss tech later?! We have a blockade to bust through!" Kanade interrupted to bring the current situation back on topic.

"Right! Aka! Carter, Amelia, And I will bust a hole through that blockade! But we'll have to stay behind to take care of those tower Noises!" announced Fen.

"Heard you loud and clear, Big Bro! You and sempai must survive, all right?" asked Akakishi

"Hah! Who the hell do you think I am?!" shouted Fen as he drove his motorcycle at the front and quickly took out his Eternal Memory.

=ETERNAL!=

"HENSHIN!" shouted Fen before he slotted it the white crystal memory stick and pulled the buckle to make an L-shape.

=ETERNAL!=

"Kamen Rider Eternal has arrived! And Noise! Allow me to show you the highway to Hell!" Eternal shouted as he revved his motorcycle and blue fire encompassed its wheels. "Kanade! Cover yourself with my cape and hang on!"

"HAI!" shouted Kanade as she used the Rider's cape to cover herself before holding tight on his waist.

Kamen Rider Eternal accelerated at an extremely high speed and he turned into a blue flaming fireball that smashed into the Noise blockade, searing the ones that were unlucky enough to get in his way. The flaming attack tore a massive hole in the blockade while also leaving a trail of blue flames.

HELL RIDER BREAK

The flames dispersed from Eternal's form and he quickly braked, his motorcycle screeching to a stop. "CARTER! AMELIA! YOU TWO ARE UP!" roared Eternal.

"Henshin!" shouted Carter after he summoned his belt. Then he smashed his left fist onto the left hip button, transforming himself into Kuuga II.

At the same time, Amelia sung her hymn,

~Excitaresonada Gae Bolg Tron~

The now armored Amelia let out a breath and she sung a second hymn.

~No Fear~

~No Pain~

~Kuuga~

Gold electricity formed from Kuuga II's belt which traveled to Amelia's body as she gained gold accents on her armor and a hairpin shaped in Kuuga's crest clipped onto her left bang. She stood up on the back of Kuuga II's motorcycle and summoned a spear that split in two.

"Dance my spears…" muttered Amelia as she jumped high and threw the two spears that soon broke into a dozen more that formed into a bar-like cage that pulled open the opening and allowed the convoy vehicles to go through. After she landed on the other side, Amelia grasped her hands together to lengthen the spears the soon created a makeshift prison the held the multiple large Noise in place.

CAGE NA CAILLEACH (Witch's Cage)

"GO! GO!" shouted Eternal as Kuuga II parked to the side and the convoy moved through the entrance that the black-cloaked Kamen Rider made with the cage preventing them from touching the vehicle.

After the convoy got through, the Noise soon desperately struggled against the cage to break free, causing Amelia to put more of her concentration on keeping the cage together.

"Ugh! Carter!" shouted Amelia as she struggled to hold down the large amount of rampaging Noise contained in the cage.

"GOT IT!" shouted Kuuga II as he held his right arm and then purple-and-gold electricity flowed from his belt's gem and over his fist. Then the Kamen Rider's armor gained purple crystal lining over the parts that the original Kuuga's armor would have gold. He quickly sprinted forward and jumped high, straight at the Noise.

"HAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Then he swung his purple-energy-charged fist into one of the spears, creating an explosive chain reaction of red and dark purple energy that wrapped around the Noise before they exploded.

MIGHTY PUNISHMENT

"Phew… W-We got them!" announced Amelia as she put her hands on her knees after somewhat feeling exhausted from caging the large Noise.

"Check again, Amelia-chan." Kanade said as she walked to the younger teen's side.

"Huh?"

"Look." The redhead pointed in the direction of the smoke and more Noise popped out.

"EEEEEEEEHHHHH?!" screamed the blond in surprise that the Noise already bolstered their forces. "Wh-Where did they come from?!"

"Tch. Must have been hiding in the water. Seems like that girl who can summon the Noise was smart." Eternal said with a disgruntled tone at seeing the large amount of his sworn enemies gather.

"Yeah… But we can take them." Kuuga II said.

"AKA! HIBIKI! RYOKO! We'll rendezvous with you three after we take care of these Noise! Just keep the package secured!" shouted Eternal as he gave a glance to the disappearing convoy.

"Roger, Big Bro!" radioed Akakishi as the convoy disappeared in the distance.

"Hey Fen! Get ready for the party!" shouted Kuuga II as he readied to fight the large number of Noise before them.

"Hmph, then we're going to have to finish this up quick!" Eternal cracked his neck before readying himself to fight. "Kanade! Stand back! Carter, you and Amelia take the 100 on the left! I'll take the 100 on the right!"

"Heck no! It wouldn't be a fair fight! We'll take 101!" shouted Kuuga II as he cracked his knuckles in anticipation.

"Heh! That's the spirit!" Eternal responded with an arrogant tone.

"Is this really the time to be comparing scores?!" shouted Amelia in an incredulous tone with wide eyes.

"*Sigh* Boys…" Kanade rolled her eyes at the antics of her two male friends.

"Enough shouting! Let's fight!" shouted Eternal before he bellowed out a battlecry and charged at the army of Noise with the pair.

Meanwhile with the convoy, Hibiki smiled upon the sight of the chemical plant. "We made it!"

"Yeah, now we just have to-" Then the motorcyclist noticed Noise appearing and landing on the last remaining government car, covering its windshield. "Noise!"

The car swerved a bit before the agents quickly bailed out of their vehicle and quickly retreated. The driverless car then crashed into a nearby building, exploding afterwards.

"Damn it! Are you two all right?"

"Don't worry about us, sir! Just focus on transporting the package!" responded one of the agents. "We'll meet you all back at base!"

"Got it." responded Akakishi before he noticed that Ryoko's car was driving at bit too close to the chemical plant's ground piping. "Wait, Miss Sakurai, watch out for that piping!"

"Eh?" The brunette responded in surprise before one side of her car tires struck against some elevated piping.

*BAM*

"W-WAAHH!" screamed Hibiki as Ryoko's car flipped upside-down and skidded on its roof before slowing to a stop.

"Ryoko!" shouted Genjuro as he also saw the car flip over from his helicopter.

"Hibiki! Miss Ryoko!" shouted the redhead as he drove after the flipped car.

The two females quickly got out of the turtled car as the redhead drove near them.

"Are you two all right?" asked Akakishi as he parked his motorcycle near the two and the crashed car. Then a large amount of Noise gathered near the remaining members of the transport team.

"Yeah, we're fine, Aka!" Hibiki said as she pulled out the case containing Durandal. "This is so heavy, Ryoko-san."

"Let me help." Akakishi said as he tried to help the girl hold up the case.

"No, it's fine Aka. You should focus on protecting us" Hibiki said as she held the heavy case up.

"Let's just leave it here and escape if it's that heavy." Ryoko suggested with a joking tone.

"We can't do that!" shouted the amber-haired girl in an incredulous tone.

"Yeah! We're supposed to protect this with our lives!" added the redhead.

"I suppose you're right." Ryoko relented with a nonchalant smile, much to the pair's dismay and exasperation.

Suddenly the Noise transformed into their projectile forms and tried to hit the three.

Akakishi noticed and quickly pushed the two. "Run!"

The group of three quickly ran for it before the damage car exploded due to taking several hits from the projectile Noise.

"Gah!"

"Ugh!" Hibiki grunted as she and Akakishi landed roughly on the ground.

"Tsk! Can't see a thing!" Genjuro grunted as he squinted his eyes to try and find the three through the smoke cloud that formed.

"Aka-chan~ Your helmet, please!" Ryoko requested and the redhead realized what she meant.

"Ah, right!" shouted the redhead before a clack on the ground was heard from the smoke. Noise quickly turned into spears and flew into the smoke but slammed into a hardlight barrier which protected the group.

=CHAIN BARRIER: MEDIUM!=

"Phew… that was a close one!" Akakishi said after he had thrown his helmet to create the barrier that surrounded them. He stood up and patted off some dust on his shirt.

"But it won't last long under this punishment." Ryoko pointed out in the middle of the wind of blows that took place, causing her hair to be undone and her glasses to fall off. "I guess the time for alternatives is over, so do whatever you two want."

"Hai! Aka! Let's fight!" announced Hibiki.

"Ryoukai (Got it), Hibiki!" shouted the redhead teen as he took out his knuckle and equipped his Ixa R Driver.

~Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron~

Hibiki transformed into her Gungnir armor and she and Akakishi quickly left the barrier. The redhead entered a calm stance alongside Hibiki, waiting for her to make the first move.

(Ost: Gekisou Gungnir)

A Noise flew forward and Hibiki attempted to intercept it only to trip from her greave's heel coming in contact with a floor pipe. Akakishi quickly stepped in front of her and punched the incoming Noise back.

=READY!=

"Are you all right, Hibiki?" Akakishi shouted over the alarm of his knuckle sounding its activation.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" Hibiki stood up and looked at the cause of her trip. "The heels are in the way!" With a swift heel kick on the ground, Hibiki smashed off the heels of her greaves.

Surprised by her action before waving it off with a smile, the redhead prepared to transform. "Good. Now let's take down these bastards! Henshin!" Akakishi slotted the Knuckle, causing the helm crest of Ixa R to form.

=HENSHIN=

The crest created a silhouette of Ixa R before it slammed into Akakishi's body to form his Kamen Rider armor. Then he took out the Gungnir Score and inserted it to transform further.

=RESYNC BURST: GUNGNIR!=

Ixa R's armor opened and summoned orange-amber energy chains over him but his mask noticeably had not changed. "Noise! Allow us…" shouted Ixa R as he struck a Noise that came at him with a back fist before snapping his fingers and pointing at the monsters in front of him.

Then Hibiki smashed her foot down next to him swung her open palm forward to intercept a Noise, causing its back to explode before disintegrating into ash.

"To silence you!" shouted the girl as she mirrored her partner's stance by also pointing at the monsters.

The Noise quickly charged forward at the pair which Hibiki responded in kind by lifting her arm and smashing an orange Noise that charged at her and Ixa R with a palm strike. From behind, a pink Noise with the sickle arms tried to attack but she elbowed it into oblivion. Ixa R roundhouse kicked a Noise with his right leg, and then placed his foot down before elbowing straight into a nearby Noise with his left arm.

Then the two quickly charged through the enemy with Hibiki performing a powerful strike as she jumped forward and annihilated a Noise. Meanwhile, Ixa R tackled a Noise before cartwheeling forward and tossing it into a group of Noise. He quickly slotted in the Knuckle fuestle into the Ixa R driver, charging the knuckle with energy.

Then he pulled out his knuckle and swung down into the ground with a loud shout. "Hah!"

A trail of flames moved forward and slammed into the pile of Noise, blasting them into ash piles.

BAKUNETSU REKKAKEN

At the same time, Hibiki glowed with an orange aura before she kneed a Noise at mid height before double-punching it into ashes. She then swung a hard straight that smashed straight through three Noises. Finally, she performed a final combo of shoulder-slamming a Noise into a group, causing a chain reaction of annihilation of her enemies.

"That girl… she learned how to fight?" The girl in the Nehustan armor said in surprise at the battle coordination between the pair.

Ryoko smiled at the teamwork of the two before hearing a beeping noise. She turned to the case which flashed red before opening. "That signal… you've got to be kidding me!" The brunette scientist turned to Hibiki and Ixa R who continued to fight with through the Noise with ease.

"HEII!" Hibiki kneed a dark pink Noise into oblivion while her partner did a flying dropkick at some orange Noises.

"HAH!" shouted Ixa R as he slammed an outstretched arm on a Noise before tossing it into the ground.

"TORYAAH!" shouted Hibiki as her right fist gathered energy before she punched through a group of Noise with a light blast.

"HAAATAAAH!" roared Ixa R as he roundhouse kicked through a Noise without mercy.

A group of Noise used tentacles to try and strike the pair but Hibiki nimbly dodged the attacks and Ixa R caught a bundle so they can be held down before he tore them off. Then the orange armored Symphogear User quickly pounded the Noise into ash before rushing to kick another into pieces.

"Aka! How do you feel?" asked Hibiki as she struck down another Noise with a punch.

The onyx Kamen Rider quickly blocked a blade swipe from a majenta noise before smashing his fist through it. "I feel great, Hibiki! Your song… I can feel its power!" shouted Ixa R as the glow within his armor grew and he punched through another Noise.

"Un! That's good!" shouted Hibiki as they got ready to continue their fight.

Then Hibiki heard a sound before a familiar pink crystal whip flew through the air and toward Hibiki and Ixa R.

The pair quickly dodged the attack and turned to the girl wearing a familiar set of armor.

"Tch! It's you!" shouted Ixa R as he landed due to jumping a short distance.

"Today you're not getting away!" proclaimed the girl in the Nehustan armor while she kicked Hibiki in the face.

"Hibiki!" shouted Ixa R as someone walked towards his back.

"Oi."

"Huh?"

Then a punch slammed into his chest and sent the Rider sliding back before looking up to see the brown armored Kageyama who smirked mischievously.

"You! Kageyama!"

"Yes… Now Ixa R, show me your growth under Tendou."

"Tsk. Fine!" shouted Ixa R before he charged at the brunette and clashed fists with her, creating an explosive shockwave.

Back at Hibiki's side, she dodged and weaved through the armored girl's attacks.

"I'm still not in perfect control of my Symphogear." Hibiki thought as she dodged another whip strike."How… How can I use my Armed Gear?"

"Come on! Hold still!" shouted Chris.

"OI! Get off her!" shouted Ixa R before a flying Reverse Knuckle hit the Nehustan girl's side, knocking her away from Hibiki.

"Ugh… He threw his knuckle?!" muttered Chris as she landed roughly from the sudden attack.

"Hibiki!" Ixa R called out before he ducked under a fist swing and pulled Kageyama into a headlock. "My knuckle is yours to wield!" Then the black Kamen Rider took an elbow to the chin before being kicked away.

"Aka…" Hibiki stared at the Reverse Knuckle in midair. "Arigato!" Then she caught the knuckle and landed on the ground, ready to fight. She held it to her mouth and hummed, causing the knuckle duster to glow orange.

"Ugh… Don't think that trick will work twice!" shouted the Nehustan girl as she readied her whip.

"It doesn't have to!" Hibiki shouted as the knuckle gained a sheen of orange energy. "Because Aka entrusted me his fist!"

Then Hibiki charged forward as the Nehustan girl attacked her with her whips, but Hibiki deftly dodged each strike and even deflected an attack with her left gauntlet. As she ran forward, her thoughts of wanting to move faster caused the pistons in her greaves to automatically open out before slamming down and giving her increased distance with each step. Hibiki soon stopped within one inch from the armored girl's position as she froze at the sudden speed of the formerly rookie fighter.

"…! Fast!" though Chris as she could not react in time to dodge or intercept Hibiki's punch.

"IKEEEEEEE!" roared Hibiki as she punched the Nehustan girl's chest, creating the sound of a triangle.

共鳴拳

KYŌMEI KEN (RESONANCE FIST)

Then the strike created a blast of energy that threw the girl off her feet and sent her crashing through a nearby building.

"Hah… Hah… Ah!" Hibiki soon widened her eyes that she might have hurt the girl with that attack. "Y-Yabei (Oh no)! I just wanted to stop her! I didn't realize that Aka's knuckle would do that! Oh… She's definitely going to not like me…"

Meanwhile with Ixa R, he was having a slug-out session with Kageyama and they exchanged one final, simultaneous strike that left them stumbling back.

"Ugh…"

"Hah… Hah… I won't… back down!" yelled Ixa R as he charged at the brown armored Sympho-Rider for another round of fisticuffs.

Kageyama responded by swing her fist against his, creating a shockwave that damaged a couple of the buildings. The brunette felt her fist being pushed back despite the seemingly equal amount of strength on collision. As Ixa R pushed back, his armor's chains were taking on a lighter orange color.

"What's going on here? How is he getting stronger? The data said that he shouldn't have been this strong even with a Bond Score. I need to take him down before he gets stronger!"

"Raaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!" roared the black Kamen Rider as the light caused his left gauntlet to explode before reforming into a smaller version of Hibiki's gauntlet. Then the gauntlet opened with an inner turbine turning rapidly with energy, charging the punch with said energy.

=PHONIC RESYNCHRONIZATION: 100%=

"UOOOOOHHHHHH!" shouted Ixa R as the separated gauntlet slammed closed and empowered his fist with an audio waveform effect, overpowering Kageyama.

REVERB STRIKE

Then he struck Kageyama with an orange soundwave that sent her flying back and annihilated the nearby Noise. His armor glowed an even brighter orange along with the Gungnir Score in his Driver's buckle.

=CHAINED BURST: GUNGNIR=

The armor pulled itself apart to reveal an orange glowing frame underneath. The armored legs opened to show the glowing frame and caused the user to stand taller. The pack pulled apart to show a larger pack and a silver rod on the left side. The chest plate split itself open to show the orange frame and the arms followed. The helmet visor crest reassembled itself into a horn sprouting from around the forehead, but this time an orange-metal blade sprouted on the edge of it. The different colored eyes flashed with their respective colors of blue and green. Then with a shout of pain, thousands of chains burst from Ixa R's armor frame and flew in different directions. The chains stabbed into the walls and ground he stood.

Hibiki turned to Ixa R who was not covered in chains. "Aka!"

"I'm fine! This power… It feels different…" Then Ixa R pulled on the chains, causing them to strain and almost give way. "Hibiki! My Knuckle!"

"Oh! Here!" responded the amber-haired girl as she tossed the still glowing Reverse Knuckle to the young Rider.

Ixa R quickly re-slotted the knuckle, causing his hands to glow. "THIS POWER..." Then he pulled on the chains as hard as he could, shattering the crystal chains. "NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE RESTRAINED!"

=UNCHAINED! GUNGNIR!=

Then light burst from the inner frame and forearm plating expanded. First, his gauntlets disassembled and the inner frame transformed into a pair of turbines which spun at his wrists. Ixa R clashed the two spinning motors together to create a large amount of sparks. Then he separated them before smashing his fists together as a pair of woofers formed at the sides of his elbows, expanding his forearm armor into a cylindrical shape. The armor over his hands restructured to gain a circular shape with a woofer formed in the center of the back of his hands. His pack gained its boosters along with a blue-lined woofer in the center.

"This Bond is… our power!"

Hibiki felt her body glow as the Ixa R helm crest formed and became a small mask that attached to the side of her head. On her left gauntlet, a knuckle duster formed in the front, holstered for later use. Then several blue gemstones formed on her knuckle guards, elbow guards, knee guards, foot plates, and headphones. The booster on Hibiki's lower back soon reassembled to have a more boosters while making the design appear a bit more practical. Her boots' soles gain a set of woofers that could enhance her kicks.

"Sugei!" Hibiki looked at the new additions to her armor.

Then the rubble where the Nehustan girl was sent into exploded and she walked out with a scowl on her face.

"Tch! You're going to have to do better than that to-*Gasp*" Chris gasped at the changed forms of Hibiki and Ixa R. "Damn it… They also transformed…"

Ixa R took notice of the Nehustan girl and readied for a fight. "…! Hibiki! Look!"

"Oh! Thank goodness! She's all right!"

"That's what you're focused on?!" shouted the onyx Kamen Rider with an incredulous tone.

"Seems like the Rider idiot took out Kageyama. Damn it, I can't take them without help… Tch, what a pain! How do I defeat about their so-called bond?" Chris gritted her teeth in anger and frustration. "…! Wait… There is one way…" The girl muttered as she gave a glance towards the direction where she believed the Durandal was placed.

"Oi!" shouted Ixa R before he charged at the Nehustan Girl and shoulder-tackled her but the girl blocked his attack with her crystal chain. "We're not letting you get Durandal!"

"Tch! Shut it! Do you think you have the right to keep a Relic?" questioned the girl as she shoved Ixa R back who quickly flipped back and entered a battle stance.

"It's better than leaving it in the hands of a Noise summoner!" Ixa R yelled back as he deflected an attack from a whip swing with his right arm.

"Aka! Don't hurt her too much!" shouted Hibiki with worry.

"Damn it, Hibiki! You're still on about that?!" shouted Ixa R before he grabbed a whip and then pulled on it, forcing his opponent to stand her ground and resist his pull. "But fine, I'll try not to beat her up too badly. Just get Miss Ryoko and Durandal out of danger!"

"H-Hai!"

Suddenly, Durandal burst out of the case, glowing with energy.

"It's activating! Durandal's reacting to Hibiki-chan? Or is it reacting to Aka-chan?" Ryoko asked in wonder as the rusted sword flew into the sky.

*CLANG*

At the moment the sword flew, the fighters stopped upon sensing the energy of the sword and turned to see it float in the sky.

"Aka! Look!" shouted Hibiki as she pointed at the glowing sword.

"The Durandal?! Why is it glowing?" wondered Ixa R as he was distracted.

"So that's Durandal, huh?" The girl smiled before she took advantage of the Rider's distracted state and swung a whip at him.

Ixa R took notice and quickly blocked the attack but he was sent skidding back. "Ugh!"

"Aka!"

"Ugh... I'm fine! Focus on the Sword, Hibiki!" shouted the onyx Kamen Rider.

Then Chris leapt for the floating Relic so she could retake the advantage.

"No!" shouted Ixa R as he jumped forward but he leapt too late.

The girl smiled at her certain victory until Hibiki grappled the Nehustan girl in the air. The amber-haired girl's sudden appearance was due to her jumping onto Ixa R's shoulder and then she jumped further with a piston-powered kick.

"Ugh! Nani?!" as she and Hibiki fell short of the sword.

"I WON'T LET YOU! AKA!" called Hibiki as she glowed and Ixa R felt the energy.

"HAI!" Ixa R shouted as the thrusters in his pack lit up from the charge of energy and he jet forward to grab the hilt of the sword first, much to the relief of Hibiki.

Then the amber-haired girl quickly let go and used her back boosters to boost away from the female in the Nehustan armor and landed alongside Ixa R.

"Yatta (Yeah)! We got the sword! But why did it fly out like that?" wondered Hibiki who looked at the sword.

"Yeah, an artifact like this shouldn't be reacting without reason." Ixa R held the sword to give it a look over, then a negative light formed from the sword, engulfing the two for a moment.

"Huh?!" shouted the pair.

Suddenly the blade shined in a golden light before regaining color and its undamaged form which the sword head was restored along with a blue circuit weave. "W-Whoa! I think the sword's activated!" The young Rider raised the golden blade in amazement.

"Sugei!" shouted Hibiki in awe.

But the two friends do not noticed that the Gungnir Bond Score was reacting oddly with dark energy sparking out.

Chris stared at the pair in stunned silence due to their power activating the sword. "What... How? That's impossible!"

"Tch! Almost forgot about her!" Ixa R said as he readied for a fight. "Hibiki, grab Miss Sakurai and prepare to get out of-"

*BA-BUMP*

"Ugh?!" grunted Ixa R as he widened his eyes in confusion from his core beating harder than usual.

"Aka? What's wrong-"

Then a stinging pain could be felt in Ixa R as the darkness flowed through the Rider's inner circuitry and then his body. He screamed in agony from the sudden malicious energy seeping from his body.

"AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

"Aka?!" Hibiki shouted in shock before she was thrown off her feet by a massive shockwave created from the screaming Ixa R. "Aaah!"

The amber-haired girl landed a ways away from her partner as her armor's additions were quickly deconstructed back into her default form.

"Ugh… Wh-What's going on?!"

"Ugh?! What the hell?!" grunted Chris as she also tried to weather against the shockwave.

Suddenly, Ixa R's body turned entirely pitch-black and only a set of red eyes could be seen from the silhouette.

=ERrOrSYNCHRONIZATION: -1000%=

=ReQuIrEmenT FulFILled=

The influenced rider held out his hand and created a score plate from the aura. But instead of a crystal color, the plate was a pitch black with shades of crimson red, and a crystal sword outline imprinted on it.

(God Eater Ost: God and Man)

Instrumental

Akakishi was seen laying on a tree in a ruined field covered in flames as his eyes reflected the night sky. He held his Reverse Knuckle but he appeared to be on his last legs since the light in his left eye was dimming.

/Memories keep flooding in showing the paths I should've taken, but

now that time has run away from me I cannot change a thing./

The scene shifts to Eiji who lied on the ground of a hill staring at the same starry sky while gripping two halves of a Red Medal. Next to him, Tsubasa sat on her motorcycle and looked up to the night sky while holding her relic necklace.

/I remember how you'd counsel me with wisdom of the ages true:

"Live your best life" you told me and "You walk the earth but once"/

Kanade was seen standing on top of a roof while looking at the sky with longing eyes. At her side sat Fenrir who stared at the stars as he held his Eternal Memory in his right hand.

/and now you've come, to see me once again,

I feel safe at last; Although I feel the end is coming closer unto me./

Tendou was seen looking at the sky on a cliff while the Kabuto Zecter sat on his shoulder. In the shadows behind him was Kenzaki who also stared at the starry skies.

/If I could only travel back in time, to peaceful days gone by./

Chris gazed at the sky from a mansion window with a look of melancholy. The camera changed views to Gentarou in the streets who was looking at the starry sky with a smile.

/But this is my price to pay: to not survive beyond this very day./

Carter sat on his motorcycle leaning forward with his elbows on the handlebars. Amelia sat behind him with her back leaning on his. The two partners also stare at the sky full of stars.

/Oh, the pain is lessened when you're near, there is no fear.

I'm whole again as in days gone by, if only for a while./

Shotaro rested his arms on a guard rail while staring at the sky with Natsuko at his side also staring at the stars. Behind them was Phillip who peered into a telescope while Fuyuko stared at the drawings of the constellations he drew.

/But it hurts to have to leave you so, I don't want to go./

Yoku was seen sitting on a bench stargazing with Shinnosuke who was laying on the meadow with smiles on their faces.

/Could this sacrifice cost me my life?/

Leah stood on a terrace while staring at the sky with her brother Liam and Lian at her sides. Behind them sat Takumi who also stared at the sky.

/Oh, just to live my life again, to treasure every little moment then,

satisfied, I'd leave you all behind, accepting of my fate./

Akakishi smiled a bit before slowly closing his eyes in peace as the light of his cybernetics slowly dim to black.

/But I am full of grief, to leave this life so incomplete.

My dream is coming to the end./

Then a hand held his hand and he opened his eyes while feeling the energy it granted. He opened his eyes to see Hibiki with a relieved look before pulling him to his feet. Akakishi was taken by surprise but stood up with a smile. They turn to see their friends and allies approach with smiles on their faces as the dawn of morning came. The scene then fades to a white.

At that moment it transitions to Akakishi sleeping in a pod showing that he smiled from the dream as a tear fell down.

One verse ends and the Shattered Chained Symphony sings to the next:

When the retrieval goes awry

"Aka! Stop!" shouted Hibiki as the shadowed Ixa R raised Durandal against their opponents and allies.

When enemies turn allies

"We need to stop him before he blows up that Plant!" shouted Kenzaki as she and her fellow Sympho-Riders try to stop the rampaging Ixa R who was being restrained by the Kamen Riders.

Leads to a sacrifice worth singing

"Didn't I say it before, Chris? I promised that I will protect you, and that's a promise worth keeping!" shouted Kenzaki as the world around was now a pinkish hue.

"KENZAKI-NII!" shouted Chris.

Next time on Kamen Rider Ixa R: Catastrophic Score

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLL!" screamed the shadowed Ixa R as he swung the golden sword down.

"AKAKISHI!" shouted Kenzaki in defiance as she swung her golden sword and blood flowed out from her mouth.

Author's Note:

DAMN IT! I TOOK TOO LONG! AND I'M PISSED ABOUT THE GLOBAL SYMPHOGEAR GAME CLOSING AFTER 5 MONTHS OF RELEASE! SCREW YOU POKELABO!

Sorry, but I am frustrated that I am taking too long to update my stories. I read through my own chapters and I realize how flawed I am. Then I have to re-edit everything before rebuilding what I want to put into the story. And don't get me started on my priorities! Some games take too much of my time! But I hope that this chapter would satisfy you all as I continue to write up the finishing parts of my Fate Grand Order story.

And would it kill a game studio to make a Symphogear console game?!