Futari wa Pretty Cure: A New Legend

by Ashbel Longhart

Ichi Dai had a somewhat good life. Working at his uncle's orphanage, taking care of the kids, and so on. But on his birthday, he was suddenly transported to PreCure no Sekai. After a year of living in this new world, he later finds out that Grongi are here, causing chaos and death wherever they go. As the new Kamen Rider Kuuga, he must protect this world's smile. "Chou Henshin!"

4. Ride 4: A Blue Dragon Appears!

Hello fanfiction readers! Long time no see! Ashbel Longhart here to bring you the next chapter of this story! Last time, Dai obtained Kuuga's personal bike, the TryChaser 2000. And today, Dai will pull off his first Chou Henshin! Cue disclaimer!

(Disclaimer: I do not own Kamen Rider Kuuga or Futari wa Pretty Cure. They both belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's.)

How will the girls react to Dai's new form? How will Dai change the episode today? Why don't we stop talking and find out! Chou Henshin!

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Ride 4: Miracle! The Museum Comes to Life! A Blue Dragon Splashes into Battle!

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(One Year Ago)

Dai stood standing on the side walk, frozen in surprise as cars sped by past him. He couldn't move. He couldn't think properly. He just stood there wide eyed as the place where the orphanage should be at was replaced with a small department store. People he didn't know walked past him, giving him glances here and there, but minded their own business.

Dai stared at the department store in front of his before the feeling in his kegs returned and he forced himself to walk away. In his hands was a newspaper showing today's year: 2003.

"Th-This can't be right…" Dai said to himself. The last time he checked, the year was 2014. Gaim had just ended and Drive was just beginning.

"Just what is going on?"

"I can answer that for you."

Suddenly, the moment Dai blinked, he was surrounded by stars as 16 different Earths hung above him with one of them glowed faintly.

"Whoa!" Dai flailed around wildly when he lost his center of gravity and found himself floating. "Wha-What is this!? Where am I!?"

"Calm down." Dai turned and saw an old man sitting in a chair. The old man wore a beige colored trench coat, beige colored pants, brown dress shoes, faded white hair that reached his shoulder, and a wooden cane in his hands. "It's nice to finally meet you, Ichi Dai."

"Where am I? Who are you?" Dai asked.

"Me?" The old man chuckled. "I haven't been asked that in a long time."

"Huh?"

"If you're wondering who I am, well, let's just say that I used to be a passing through Kamen Rider." The old man said. "Remember that."

"Passing through Kamen Rider…Masaka!" Dai gasped. There was only one Rider that said that. "Kadoya Tsukasa!"

"Bingo! As expected from a Rider fan where Rider adventures are TV shows." The now identified Kadoya Tsukasa aka Kamen Rider Decade said.

"Wait, you know your adventure was a show?" Dai asked.

"Of course. I once visited a world similar to yours." Tsukasa said. "But I'm not here to talk about that. I don't have much time to talk since I unexpectedly brought you here. Ichi Dai, the will of Kuuga no Sekai has chosen you to be PreCure no Sekai's Kamen Rider Kuuga."

"Wait, the will of Kuuga no Sekai (The World of Kuuga)? PreCure no Sekai? What do you mean?" Dai asked, too confused.

"I'm sorry, but we're out of time." Tsukasa said as Dai began to vanish.

"What's happening to me!?"

"You're returning to PreCure no Sekai." Tsukasa said. "Until we meet again, Ichi Dai. We'll talk again once you finally transform."

"Wait, what do you mean transform!?" Dai said before he vanished completely and found himself back in the park where Nagisa and her family had found him. "I'm…back?"

He looked around and currently, the sun was setting over the horizon, basking the sky in a reddish-orange glow. He looked up at the sky before he looked down at his exposed abdomen where the burn mark had long vanished.

"Kuuga no Sekai…It can't be…" During that day, Ichi Dai realized that the reason why the year was wrong and that the orphanage wasn't where it was supposed to be is because of one thing.

He was in another world!

…

…

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"…Onore, dikedo (Curse you Decade)."

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(One Year Later)

"And so we meet again, Ichi Dai."

"It's nice to see you again, Tsukasa." Dai said as he found himself surrounded by stars with 16 different Earth floating above him as the one and only Kadoya Tsukasa still sat in the same place Dai first met him. The Heisei Rider found himself here when he went to bed and he was glad that he was back. He still had some unanswered questions that needed answers.

"By the look your face, I can tell that you have questions that you want to get out quickly." Tsukasa said. "Don't worry, unlike last time, we have all the time in the world here. So, what's your first question?"

"What did you mean when the will of Kuuga no Sekai chose me to be PreCure no Sekai's Kamen Rider Kuuga?" Dai asked.

"Exactly what I said." Tsukasa said. "You see, planets aren't just big bundles of rocks and materials gathered together. During my journey, I later found out that worlds actually have a will of their own. It's how it knew that I, Kamen Rider Decade, was not a part of, for example, Agito no Sekai or Hibiki no Sekai (The World of Agito or The World of Hibiki). PreCure no Sekai, the world I sent you to, is a world with no Kamen Riders or Super Sentai. Instead, its champion warriors are girls known as Pretty Cures. And your friends, Nagisa and Honoka, aren't the only Pretty Cures."

"You mean there are more?" Tsukasa just nodded. "Okay, but what did you mean that I was chosen by Kuuga no Sekai?"

"You see, Ichi Dai, PreCure no Sekai, or the World of Pretty Cure is in danger."

"Danger? What danger?"

"Like I said, PreCure no Sekai has no Riders or Sentais and just Pretty Cures and it should have stayed that way. But you and your friends have encountered Kuuga's enemies, the Grongi Clan." Tsukasa said.

"Yeah, I was really surprised to see one during the night I first transformed." Dai said. "Wait, are you saying that the Grongi Clan was never supposed to exist in the first place in PreCure no Sekai?"

Tsukasa nodded. "That's right."

"Then why do they exist?" Dai asked.

"It's because someone has not only mixed in the stories of Pretty Cure and Kamen Rider Kuuga, but the stories of all Kamen Riders have been mixed and thus have given birth to not only Rider enemies like the Grongi, but also technology that the world shouldn't even have. For example, your newly obtained TryChaser 2000 was never supposed to exist, but the police force actually built one before the Grongi even showed up. That's how mixed in the stories are."

"But, why would someone mix in all these stories? And why can't you and the other Riders help?" Dai asked.

"To answer your first question, I don't know. All I know is that whoever mixed in all these stories has powers like me, only much more powerful." Tsukasa said. "And to answer your second question, look at me. I'm nothing, but an old man and so are the other Rider I know. It's not like I can summon forth a younger version of myself and send him to PreCure no Sekai. This is why I turned to the will of the worlds."

"You mean…" Dai looked up at all of the Earths floating above him as his focus was mostly on the one glowing.

"Yes, all of those are Kamen Rider worlds." Tsukasa said. "After saving thousands of world in my journey, the will of these 16 different worlds have agreed to help seek out individuals from your world and make them PreCure no Sekai's new Kamen Riders where they can assist their champion warriors, the Pretty Cures. And you, Ichi Dai, have been chosen by the will of Kuuga no Sekai to be PreCure no Sekai's new Kamen Rider Kuuga and with good timing too."

Dai was stunned at this knowledge. To think, the will of his favorite Kamen Rider chose him to be the new Kamen Rider Kuuga! He didn't know if he should cheer or not. But he still had some more questions left.

"Then how do you explain how my birth got into this world? And how come I can speak and understand Grongi language every time I transform?" Dai asked. His file said that he was born in 1989, but he knew that he was born in the year 2000 which also happens to be the year where Kuuga first started.

"That would be my doing." Tsukasa said. "During my journey, let's just say I picked up a few tricks. I had to make sure that people wouldn't suspect you being from another world. As for the Grongi language, call that an extra bonus from Kuuga no Sekai. So, any more questions?"

"Just one." Dai said. "How are Oji-san and the kids from the orphanage doing?"

"They're fine." Tsukasa said. "Sure, they worried about you, but your Uncle is still taking care of the orphanage."

"That's good to hear." Dai said before another question popped up in his head. "Is there a way to return to my world?"

"There is one." Tsukasa said. "It's the thing that anchors you to PreCure no Sekai."

"Anchor?"

Tsukasa nodded. "You see, despite my amazing powers, I can't just stick someone from another world into a different one and make him a part of said world. The will of that world would do anything in its power to get rid of this foreign visitor. To make sure you stayed, I had to anchor you to the world itself and that's what's keeping you there."

"I see." Dai said in understanding. "So, what is this anchor?"

"It's your Arcle Belt." That surprised Dai. "If ever destroyed, you will be sent back to your own world with no way of returning. Not even I will have the power to bring you back here. And if you leave, you will leave your friends alone against the combined might of the Dark Zone and the Grongi Clan. So it's in your best interest that you see this until the end."

Dai didn't say anything. He didn't have to. As much as he wanted to return to his world and see his uncle, the world he was in now, PreCure no Sekai, needed his help. And as always, he was there whenever someone needed help.

"Thank you for tell me this, Tsukasa." Dai said. "Well, I better go. I still have school and all."

"Farewell, Ichi Dai. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors." Tsukasa said before Dai vanished, leaving the old Tsukasa all alone. That was alright with him. He had been here all alone for a long time. He could take it. But it was nice to talk to someone again.

"Still…" Tsukasa muttered to himself. "To think there were Riders before him. Just how mixed are these stories?"

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(Insert STRIKE BACK by BACK-ON)

(Instrumental) The song starts as the camera rises up to show the legs of Kuuga before we get a sudden screen shot of Cure Black and Cure White before go back to Kuuga. Just as the camera is at the Arcle, we get a sudden shot of Mepple and Mipple before the camera gets to his chest. We then get another sudden shot of The PreCure cards surrounding Gouram before we go back to Kuuga whose back was facing the camera. He then suddenly turns around and punches the screen, cracking it as the title appears.

(Kidou sura kaerarenai kurai no kakuritsu da to shite mo) We now see Nagisa playing lacrosse with her team, catching a ball as Mepple is seen sleeping from Nagisa's bag.

(IPAASENTO demo areba mochiron teikou desho?) We then see Honoka with the members of the science club, doing an experiment that ended in an explosion as Mipple just giggles at the scene.

(Shosen, "unmei" to nagetsukerareta tte, No I won't!) We go to the city where police are examining a dead body. Ryō looks at the body before he walks away and gets out his phone, calling Dai.

(Hikkuri kaeshite, Because datte kimi to mirai wo miretara saikou janai?) Dai, riding on the TryChaser 2000, gets the call from his radio and speeds up, passing both Nagisa and Honoka as he races to meet up with Ryō.

(Bring it on! 'Cuz I'm just gonna grow up in the battle HEY! buchinuku donten!) Suddenly, the sky turns dark before the Dark King and his subordinates appears as well as an army of Zakenna appeared. Appearing with him was a shadow figure of N-Daguva-Zeba along with an army of Grongi.

(Still burning my fire ten wo kirsaku raimei I gotta kakikesu Nightmare tada mirai ga mitakute!) Nagisa and Honoka step in fear before Dai suddenly appeared behind them and gave them his signature smile and a thumbs up.

(Kako, mirai, soshite ikiteru ima, I ain't scared of my past and now for takusareta asu) Seeing his smile seemed to steel the girl's resolve as they took out the Queen PreCure and Dai summoned the Arcle belt.

(Screaming out for my pride!) A light then suddenly appears and appearing from it was Kamen Rider Kuuga along with Cure Black and Cure White, ready for battle.

(Namida mitakunai kara, sakebi tsudzukeru yo! Zutto...) Cure Black and Cure White engage a battle with some Zakenna before taking on Pisard, IIkubo, Poisony, Kiriya, and Gekidrago.

(I'm never falling down! oi kaze wo se ni fukitobasu Destiny!) Both sides trade blows for a bit before both girls held hands and fired their signature Marble Screw.

(Kono senaka ni aru, egao mamoritai kara! Zutto...) We see Kuuga kicking way a few Grongi, bashes them with the Dragon Rod while in his Dragon form, shoots a flying Grongi with his Pegasus Bowgun in his Pegasus form, and slashes a few more Grongi with his Titan Sword in his Titan form.

(I gotta blast off your pain for you and me! kanashimi nante Rest in peace!) Dai and the girls meet regroup as they face both the Dark King and N-Daguva-Zeba. Dai charges up a Mighty Kick before he jumps.

(Nando demo...) The girl then threw another Marble Screw as Dai kicks towards the two beings of darkness with the Marble Screw following close behind him before a light overtakes everything and we see a quick look at the blue sky before the song ends.

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(Dai's Apartment Room)

We find our hero waking up after his talk with Tsukasa. I stretched his arms, yawning before he scratched his head. Blinking a few times, Dai looked around the room was he staying at. A kotatsu, a desk near his bed, a laptop connected to a charger, a small fridge, a closet with his school uniform hanged up, and a stove and oven. All in all, that was pretty much what made up his room. Dai didn't have anything on him when he first came to this world so it made sense that he didn't have a lot of stuff with him. He got the kotatsu and some clothes thanks to the Misumi family who looked after him until he decided to move into an apartment room of his own.

Getting out of bed, Dai went to the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush, toothpaste, and turned on the sink before he started brushing his teeth. Once that was done, he garbed his school uniform just in time to hear Nagisa next door.

"Dai~! Breakfast is ready!"

"Coming!" Dai responded before he opened his balcony door and turned to see Nagisa next door before he jumped over to her balcony. And as always, he was successful in getting over.

"You're like a monkey, you know that-mepo?" Mepple said from his carrier.

"I get that a lot." Dai said. "So, what's for breakfast?"

"The usual." Nagisa said before they went down to the dining room.

"Ohayō, Mr. and Mrs. Misumi, Ryota." Dai greeted the rest of Nagisa's family before he took a seat next to the gingered haired girl.

"Ohayō, Dai-kun." Takeshi greeted back as he read the morning newspaper.

"Still jumping over to Nagisa's balcony like a monkey I see." Rie said as she placed down the breakfast on the table. "Honestly, why can't you just come through the front door?"

"But my way is more fun." Dai said with his usual smile before he turned his attention back to his breakfast. "Itadakimasu!"

Truly, it was a regular morning for the Kasumi family and Dai. Dai would get dressed, jump over to Nagisa's balcony, talk with the family before he and Nagisa would run off to school. It was almost enough to make Dai and Nagisa forget that they were super powered heroes. But they were soon reminded that their lives were no longer normal.

"Things sure are getting serious." Takeshi said as he read the head article.

Curious, Dai looking up from his bowl of rice and would have gasped in surprise if it weren't for the fact that he had his mouth full. The reason for this reaction is because the head article read: Unidentified Lifeforms have appeared all over Japan! The police have formally announced their existence and warn all citizens to be cautious.

Dai swallowed his food before he and Nagisa shared a look with one another.

"Nagisa, your class has a field trip today, right?" Takeshi asked. "I'd be careful out there if I were you. These Unidentified Lifeforms have been causing a lot trouble lately."

"I will." Nagisa nodded.

Takeshi then checked his watch before folding up his newspaper and tucking it under his arm before getting up. "Well, I better get to work. Which means you two should be getting to school right now."

"Right." Dai said before he and Nagisa quickly finished their breakfast and quickly raced to the door. "Thanks for the food!"

"We're off." Nagisa said before she and Dai ran off.

'So the police have finally announced the existence of the Grongi…Things are bound to get more chaotic from here on out now that the Gegeru has begun.' Dai thought as he and Nagisa entered the elevator.

"Hey, Dai-kun?" Nagisa spoke up.

"Hm? What is it?" Dai asked.

"I don't think it's a good idea to transform again." Nagisa said. "I mean, you said you were shot at by the police and it almost happened again last week. I'm worried."

Dai smiled at Nagisa's concern for him and said, "Daijōbu(It's okay). I know that as the way things are right now, transforming will put me in danger, but as long as I have this power, I'm gonna help the people who need saving. Only I can do this."

"How can you say that?" Nagisa asked. "You're always like this, helping others while asking for nothing in return. We both only obtained these new powers just a few weeks ago and I'm still debating what I should really do. We're just regular people so how can you just accept all of this so easily?"

"Well…I have my reasons." Dai said, flashes of the past appearing in his mind. He quickly buried those memories and turned back to Nagisa. "Anyway, Nagisa.

"Hm?"

"You have a crush on my friend, Shougo, don't you?"

Nagisa instantly became red as a tomato and that was all the answer Dai needed before the elevator came to a stop, Dai being the first one to walk out.

"It's not something to be embarrassed about. Having a crush on someone is completely normal." Dai said. "Still, it is a surprise. I guess you're at that age, huh."

"Please don't tell anyone!" Nagisa said as she ran out of the elevator, her face still flushed a little. "I'm still trying to sort out these feelings."

"Oh, young love-mepo." Mepple said.

"Quiet you." With one last of the Onemu card put Mepple to sleep. For how long, no one knows.

"Want a ride?" Dai offered a helmet in hand as he stood next to his TryChaser 2000.

"Sure." Nagisa said. "Still, I can't believe you got this from the police."

"I know, right? I gotta thank Ichijo-san the next time I see him." Dai said. "But for now, let's hurry. We don't want to be late."

Nagisa nodded and she got on the bike before they took off, Nagisa letting out a surprise yelp. She was still getting used to the feeling of riding a motorbike.

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(With Ryō)

Ichijo Ryō, this world's version of Ichijo Kaoru, stood in front of Chief Hiwagawa, the both of them in his office.

"I'll get straight to the point." Hiwagawa said, taking out a photo and laid it in front of Ryō. The picture was Dai as Kuuga riding the TryChaser. "The TryChaser 2000 prototype. Why does No. 4 have it?"

"Chief Hiwagawa, No. 4 is an ally. And given last week's situation, I couldn't think of a better alternative." Ryō said.

"I received the details from Officer Rai." Hiwagawa said. "Against an enemy like that, your decision may have been correct. But as long as you refuse to give us the full details, I'm afraid the police will continue to treat him as an Unidentified Lifeform. They'll have no choice to fire on sight!"

"I'll take care of it personally if anything happens." Ryō said.

Hiwagawa stared at Ryō for a good minute before turning away. "I hope that appointing you as an important member of the Joint Operations headquarters wasn't a mistake."

"Please believe in me for now." Ryō said. If he wanted to, he could explain everything to the chief, but he knew that he wouldn't believe that No. 4 was actually a 15 year old boy so he chose to keep his mouth shut…for now.

"…Very well." Hiwagawa said. "You are dismissed."

Ryō bowed before he took his leave. Once out of the office, he let out a sigh of relief before pushing up his glasses.

"Glad that's over." Ryō said before he remembered something and checked his watch. "I better pick him up. Tsubaki doesn't like to be kept waiting."

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(Verone Academy)

'Ever since we met Mipple and Mepple who escaped from the Garden of Light with the Prism Stones, we've always had to fight that guy, Pisard.' Nagisa thought in her head. Ever since meeting Mipple on that very night and when she became a Pretty Cure, she found herself monologing the events that have happened so far and soon, it started to become a habit, like she was constantly reminding herself that her life was no longer normal, much to her displeasure.

'Our mission is to protect Mipple and Mepple from the Dark Zone. And while Yukishiro-san and I fight against the Dark Zone, Dai-kun's off fighting against these Unidentified Lifeforms, the Grongi Tribe.' Nagisa thought as she sighed and pouted. 'Even after a week, she and Honoka haven't gotten a proper explanation from Dai about his powers and how he knew those Unidentified Lifeforms. All he told us about them were that they were called the Grongi Tribe and that she and Honoka be careful when facing one. 'Mou…just let me enjoy a regular school life!'

"Misumi-san…"

"Yes, it's impossible." Nagisa said suddenly when she turned to face who was talking to her.

"What is?" Nagisa's teacher, Yoshimi, asked who was with Honoka and Dai.

"Ah, um…" Nagisa quickly regretted saying the first that came into her head.

"You're the field trip organizer so you mustn't day dream like that." Yoshimi said.

"She sometimes does that when she's got a lot on her mind." Dai said.

"That reminds me, why are you here, Ichi-san?" Yoshimi asked.

"I'm waiting for someone." Dai simply said.

"Ohayōgozaimasu(Good Morning)." The four turned to see none other than the principal carrying a backpack with the vice principal tagging along.

"Oh, Koushou-sensei(Principal), are you coming too?" Yoshimi asked.

"Sometimes I feel like 'seeing the arts' with the students." The Principal said.

"This is indeed a rare occurrence." The Vice Principal said. "Now, let us proceed, sir."

The four watched as the two adults walked to the bus that would bring them to the museum.

"Misumi-san," Yoshimi spoke up. "Please cooperate with Yukishiro-san and keep everyone close together."

"Let's do our best." Honoka said.

"I wonder how'll this turn out?" Nagisa wondered out loud.

"Ganbatte(Good Luck), Nagisa-chan, Honoka-chan." Dai said with his signature thumbs up before he saw a car roll up behind the bus. "Ah, he's here."

The girls along with their teacher looked to see who had arrived and to the girls' surprise, it was Ryō.

"Sorry I'm late." Ryō apologized as he walked over to them.

"No, it's okay." Dai said before he was brought in close to the girls.

"Um, Ichi-kun? Why is Ichijo-san here?" Honoka asked.

"He's here to pick me up for a medical checkup." Dai answered.

"Medical checkup? Are you sick or something?" Nagisa asked.

Dai shook his head. "No. Look, it's nothing to worry about, you two. Honest. Now I gotta go so have fun on your field trip." And with that, Dai separated from the girls and left with Ryō.

"Who was that man?" Yoshimi asked.

"Um…a friend of Ichi-kun's." Honoka said.

"I see." Yoshimi said. "Well, best not to keep everyone waiting. On the bus you two." Pushing them forward, the three got on the bus and soon, they were off.

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(With Dai)

"Oi, oi…" The voice of a woman said as she looked at what was on her computer. "What is this? I just got back from an annoying meeting and you show me this? You're getting me involved in something dangerous here."

"I'm dangerous?" Dai asked from the other room, dressed in a hospital gown.

The woman motioned for Dai come back in before she turned to Ryō, eating a lollipop. "My field is performing autopsies. If we're not careful when using this equipment, it wouldn't be outrageous to say that they might want to dissect him."

"I would appreciate it if you could explain what you mean by that, Tsubaki." Ryō said.

The woman in front of Ryō appeared to around his age. Besides wearing a lab coat over a light purple shirt and blue shorts that showed off her legs, the woman had extreme light, pale purple hair that reached the middle of her back. Her purple hair was so pale to the point that if one didn't look closely, they would have mistaken her hair to be pink. The same went for her eyes.

"What I'm saying is that this boy is the same as them." The woman said, taking out her lollipop from her mouth to look at it in interest. It was green apple if anyone was wondering.

"The same?" Dai, who had just finished changing, said as he stepped out of the examining room. "You mean the same as the Unidentified Lifeforms, right?"

"Yes." The woman said before putting the lollipop back into her mouth and turned back to her computer. "Comparing what we received regarding the remains of No. 1, No.2, and No.5, I found similar characteristics in your body."

"I see." Dai said as he looked at his hands. "Maybe that's why I've gotten stronger as of late." Lately, Dai had started to notice that his body had gotten faster and stronger. Not as much as when he transforms, but it was still over what his body was normally capable of. He knew the reason why to this, but he had to make sure. That's why he had asked Ryō and few days ago to see if he could get a medical checkup, but he also told him that it had to be secret.

"You're…a lot more carefree than I thought you were." The woman said.

"I've come to learn that's just the way he is." Ryō said.

"By the way," Dai spoke up. "I never got your name, Miss."

"That's right, I forgot to introduce you two." Ryō said, pushing up his glasses before speaking. "Dai, this is my old college friend, Tsubaki Mizore. Like me, she was recently assigned to the special unit formed to take on the Unidetified Lifeforms. While she won't be on the field, she helps with providing us autopsies."

"It's nice to meet you." The now named Tsubaki Mizore said.

"Likewise." Dai said as a raging storm of realization told him that this woman was this world's version of Tsubaki Shuichi! And she's a woman! He did not see that coming. "So, what characteristics did you find in my body?"

"Well, specifically, your muscles are strengthening and your nerves are developing." Mizore said as X-Ray images of Dai were seen changing as a circular object was seen in his abdomen.

'The Arcle.' Dai thought as he looked down at his body.

"Your right leg is especially pronounced." Mizore added.

"Oh, that's because I use my right leg for the Mighty Kick." Dai said.

"Mighty Kick?" Mizore and Ryō said in confusion.

"The finisher I use when I'm in Mighty Form. It's the reason why my leg is always hot when I fought." Dai explained.

"You mean where you gather flames at your foot and then kick?" Ryō asked and Dai nodded.

"There are so many characteristics between you and those things that I have to ask: What's your relation to them?" Mizore asked, getting real close to Dai's face.

"You wouldn't believe even if I told you." Dai said, not the least bit affected that a beautiful woman like Mizore was so close to him.

"Try me." Mizore said.

"Well…" Dai began, but Ryō cut him off from saying more.

"Ahem! I would appreciate it if we get back to the matter at hand." Ryō said.

"You're no fun." Mizore said. "You see, this is why you don't have a girlfriend. If you loosen up a bit, I'm sure a brave enough girl will come up to you and talk."

"I don't have time for relationships." Ryō said.

'They really are friends.' Dai thought as he smiled at the two.

"Anyway," Ryō began. "This won't endanger him, right?"

"For now." Mizore said.

"For now?" Ryō repeated in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Dai looked closely when Mizore brought up another X-Ray image of him. A faint image of the Arcle could be seen in his stomach area.

"There's something in the stomach area similar to the nerves that are spreading throughout the body." Mizore explained. "It's probably what's causing the radical changes in the boy's body. He's fine for now, but once it reaches his brain, in a worst case scenario, you'll become something not human."

"What do you mean?" Ryō asked.

"What I mean is that he's going to be the same as them. The Unidentified Lifeforms. A living weapon who lives to fight." Mizore said.

"A living weapon!?" Ryō said in surprise.

"No. It'll be fine." And just like that, the tense atmosphere was gone thanks to none other than Dai. "As long as I keep a cool and calm mind set, I should be fine."

"How can you say that?" Mizore said. "From what I see here, it won't be long until the thing inside of you reaches your brain. So how can you be so calm?"

"Because I have this." Dai said, pointing to the circular object in his stomach, the Amadam Stone.

"This?" Mizore pointed at it in confusion. "What is it then? Cause I sure as hell don't know."

"That's the Amadam Stone, the stone embedded in the Arcle, my belt. It helps make sure that I don't go berserk." Dai explained.

"You seem to know a lot about this than I do." Mizore said. "In fact, despite what I said, you're still surprisingly calm. Just what are you made of?"

"Me? Well, I'm made up of 35 Liters of water, 20 Kilograms of Carbon, 4 Liters of ammonia, 1.5 Kilogram of Lime, 800 grams of phosphorus, 250 grams of salt, 100 grams of saltpeter, 80 grams of sulfur, 7.5 grams of fluorine, 5 grams of iron, 3 grams of silicon, and-"

"Stop. Stop." Mizore held up a hand to stop Dai from going any further. "It was a rhetorical question. I didn't actually ask what you were made of."

"Oh, my bad." Dai said, rubbing his head as he laughed.

"Well, we better be going now." Ryō said, getting up from his seat. "Thanks for doing this, Tsubaki."

"No problem. And as promised, this will remain a secret between us." Mizore said. "I'm actually quite interested in this boy now. He fascinates me."

"Oh you flatter me. I'm actually not that interesting." Dai said when suddenly…

*Growl~!*

Dai's stomach growled.

"Looks like someone's hungry." Mizore said, smiling in amusement.

"Ehehehe…"Dai just laughed nervously.

"Well, I did take you way from school." Ryō said. "Come with me. I know the perfect place to get some lunch. My treat."

"Oh no, I couldn't." Dai said. "You did this for me wha I asked for a secret medical checkup. I can't ask for more."

"Like I said, I took you away from school. I insist." Ryō said.

"Well…okay." Dai said, relenting as he and Ryō left.

---

(With the girls)

Somewhere in the city, the girls were talking with the class about today's field trip.

"Today we will be going to a European Art Exhibition at the Art Museum which has works by many famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Manet, Degas, and Renoir on display." Honoka said from the pamphlet she and Nagisa made last week.

"Look, look, look! Do you see this here?" Shiho spoke up. "The text was written by Yukishiro-san, but the illustrations were drawn by Nagisa!"

"They're so cutesy!" RIna said as she and Shiho shared a laugh.

"You two be quiet!" Nagisa said, annoyed that her drawings were made fun of as the bus came to a stop at a red light.

"Other than that there are sculptures and other works, so please enjoy yourselves." Honoka said.

"Excuse me…" Nagisa and Honoka turned to the person who raised their hand. She was a girl with brown eyes and hair with freckles on her face. An interesting thing about her was that her hair was styled just like Nagisa's.

"Yes? What is it?" Honoka asked.

"If you compare him with artists like Da Vinci his name isn't well known, but there's a painting by Mario Piccarini in the exhibit which I really love." The girl said before turning to the others. "Every please take a look at it too."

"Piccarini?" Nagisa asked, not knowing who the artist the girl was talking about.

"The painting is called 'Dinner Party at Stardust' and is very wonderful." The girl said. "I hear this is the first time it has ever been exhibited in Japan.

Honoka let out a sound of interest as Nagisa said, "It's seems she's not a member of the art club for nothing."

"Piccarini was an Italian artist from about 100 years ago, and was the third son of a poor farmer." The girl explained as the bus started rolling again and everyone was listening to the girl at this point. "Unlike his brother, he was rather clumsy. "While working on the farm, he kept painting and eventually his talent was recognized. I like that kind of simplicity."

"Wow, that's like great!" Shiho commented. "The Chishiki no joō just got knocked down a peg."

"Huh?" Honoka had absolutely no idea what Shiho meant by that.

"Not really, it's just that I'm really into his art and stuff…" The girl said.

"Hm?" Rina stood up from her seat to get a closer look at the girl. "Did you change your hairstyle?"

The girl blushed a bit before saying, "Just a little…"

"Perhaps…isn't it to Nagisa's?" Shiho said once she saw how similar her hair style was to her friend.

"Now that you mention it…" Honoka began, now realizing the similarities.

"It does seem a bit similar." Nagisa said, finishing for Honoka.

"Actually, I copied your hairstyle." The girl admitted with an embarrassed blush. "I always thought you were kinda cool, but the only way I can be like you is to have the same hairstyle. I'm sorry if I made you mad…"

"No way, that hairstyle looks better on you anyways." Nagisa said.

"You look very cute, Kashiwada-san." Honoka complimented.

"Arigato." The now named Kashiwada said.

"That student…" The principal spoke up.

"Kashiwada Mayu?" Yoshimi said.

"When she entered the school, she was very introverted and gloomy if I remember correctly." The principle said.

"Yes, she was like that, but ever since she joined the art club, she became more active." Yoshimi explained.

"I see. That's good to hear." The principal said with a small smile.

---

(Dark Zone)

As usual, the Dark Zone was gloomy, dark, and thundering.

"You have failed me again, Pisard!" The Dark King's voice echoed throughout the dimension. The Dark King himself was not talking with Pisard directly, but his voice was heard everywhere so he did not have to be in front of that failure if he needed to talk with him. He was already pissed off at Pisard's last failure.

"I most humbly apologize, Dark King-sama!" Pisard said from what appeared to be a meeting room.

"I will not accept anymore failures from you! Bring me back the Prism Stones or you shall die. Remember that." And with that, the Dark King remained silent.

Pisard griped his fist in frustration. Everything was going so well for him last time, but it seems that whenever that Dai boy showed up, his plans were always ruined!

"If it's impossible for you, then you should just give up." Looking up, Pisard saw four figures covered in shadows. He knew who they were and he was not happy to see them. "Wouldn't that be for the best for a failure like you? You can try again and again, but the results will end up being the same."

"What did you say!?" Pisard said.

Laughter got Pisard's attention as he turned to the shortest and youngest looking shadow here.

"I don't know who the enemy is, but isn't your level just too low?"

"Kiriya, don't go that far." A man said. Pale skin could be seen through the shadows as well as pointy ears. "Pisard, you were given another chance, so go and put your life on the line."

"Don't tell me what to do!" Pisard said before he took his leave. He had a mission to accomplish and failure was not an option!

---

(Date's Ramen Stand)

"Well what do we have here? A new face." Date said when he saw Ryō and Dai. "What happened to your friend, Rai?"

"He got caught up with some paperwork again." Ryō as she and Dai took a seat. "Two bowls please."

"Coming right up." Date said. "So, mind introducing me to your little friend?"

"This is Ichi Dai." Ryō said. "Ichi-kun, this is an old friend of mine, Date-san. He used to be in the police force like me, but retired and is now a Ramen Stand Owner. He was renowned for his incredible information gathering and I sometimes stop by to either gain some info or just to have a quick lunch."

"It's nice to meet you, Date-san." Dai said.

"Likewise, kid." Date said before setting down two bowls in front of them. "Well, eat up."

"Wow, this looks good! Itadakimasu!" Dai said before he grabbed some chopsticks and dug in. "Oh! Umai(Delicious)!"

"Glad you like it." Date said. "So, what brings you here, Ryō? Need some info?"

"Not today. I'm just here to treat Ichi-kun here." Ryō before he handed his now empty bowl. "More please."

"Eh!?" Dai turned and to his surprise, Ryō's bowl was already empty. "Hayai(Fast)! How did you eat so fast when I just barely started?"

"Haha! That's thing about Ryō. He's a big and fast eater, even if he doesn't look like it." Date said as he began to make another bowl. "Well, even if you aren't here for some information, I got something that might interest you."

"What is it?" Ryō asked, cleaning his classes that had fogged up a bit.

"Well, there was an incident of 'jumping' this afternoon." Date said as he laid down Ryō's second bowl. "So far, there have been ten of them. Kind of unusual, don't you think?"

"Ten of them?" Ryō's interest was caught as well as Dai's.

"What's jumping?" Dai asked as he had this feeling in the back of his head that he had heard this somewhere before.

"Jumping is term used when someone commits suicide by jumping off a high building or structure." Date explained. "It's not uncommon to have people do that if their life is shit, but the fact that there were ten of them is what caught my interest."

"Jumping…masaka…!" Dai's eye widen in realization.

*BEEP!*

Suddenly, a beeping noise came from Dai's bike. Getting up, Dai and Ryō walked up to it as Dai answered, "Yes?"

-An Unidentified Lifeform has just been spotted in Asagaya, Suginamiku.-

"Suginamiku?"

-It seems a policeman was questioning a suspect when the suspect changed into an Unidentified Lifeform.-

"They can transform too!?" Ryō said.

"I was right…" Dai muttered before he quickly grabbed his helmet, put it on, and got on his bike. "Ichijo-san, I'll go on ahead!"

Ryō nodded before Dai took off.

"Wasn't that the TryChaser I've been hearing about?" Date asked before Ryō slapped some money on the table.

"Thanks for the food, Date-san." Ryō said before he got in his car and quickly followed after Dai.

Speaking of Dai, he was speeding down the road. Checking to make sure the coast was clear, he willed for the Arcle belt to appear.

"Henshin!"

In a few pulsing sounds later, Dai was donned in his Mighty form. Once he was good, he adjusted a few dials before turning the key-code until they were 0-0-0-8. Once that was done, the bike itself underwent a transformation of its own. The horns and the exhaust pipes were now gold as the side of the bike had turned red. The rest was still the same, but the white was now more silverfish in color. On the side, Kuuga's logo was seen as well as in front of the horn. Once the transformation was done, Dai held nothing back and quickly went full speed.

---

(Somewhere in Asagaya)

*BANG-BANG-BANG!*

The policeman continued to fire bullets at the monster in front of him, but they had absolutely no effect. Said monster appeared human, but had the characteristics of a grasshopper, especially the head. Two straight antennas extended from the head as the skin was brown like dirt. Cloth was wrapped around its forearms and legs as well as around its lower regain as around its neck was a scarf. This was Zu-Badzu-ba.

Badzu scoffed at the policeman's pathetic attempt at trying to kill him before another officer arrived. Deciding to act, Badzu jumped forward and landed right in front of the policeman, batting the gun out of his hands before grabbing the man by the neck, choking him a little before he jumped really high up, easily landing on top of one of the surrounding buildings. Thinking that this height was enough, he released his grip on the policeman and let him fall to his death.

The policeman screamed as he continues to fall, the pavement of the ground getting closer and closer. He didn't want his life to end like this. He was a married man with a kid soon arriving. He was gonna be a father! But now…now it was all gonna end before he could even see his future child.

But lucky for the policeman, his time was not yet here as the sound of the motorcycle echoed before the policeman felt arms holding him, stopping his from hitting the ground and to his death. Looking to see who was his savior, he let out a surprised cry when he saw Dai/Kuuga aka No.4.

"It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you." Dai said as he moved the man off of him and safely down on his feet. Getting off his bike, Dai turned to see Badzu jumping down from the building, landing safely before turning to him.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Kuuga. Come to raid on my fun?" Badzu asked, speaking his language.

"You're idea of 'fun' is something I will not allow, Zu-Badzu-ba." Dai said as he pushed the policeman back, motioning him to get to safety.

"I'm surprised you know who I am, but that saves me from having to introduce myself." Badzu said gestured to go inside the building. "Let's take this inside, shall we?"

And with that, Badzu sped off inside the building. With no other choice, Dai gave chase. The building he had entered was a hotel. A fancy one at that. Each floor could be seen and went up in a spiral. The front desk was in front of Dai as a few couches, magazines, and a coffee table were set up not too far from the desk. Currently, the hotel was abandoned as Dai had read a sign that the hotel had yet to be opened. Which meant no people were here, much to Dai's pleasure. Now, where was Badzu?

Dai slowly looked around, turning his body while moving his eye in every direction to find any sign of the Grongi. The sound of jumping alerted Dai and he quickly turned, arms crossed as he just managed to block a flying drop kick from Badzu. With some struggle, Dai pushed Badzu back and attacked. He threw a left straight punch to Badzu's stomach, but the Grongi batted the punch aside and went for a chop to Dai's head, but he blocked it with his forearm. Pushing the arm back, Dai struck with a kick to the chest, sending Badzu back a bit before Dai jumped a bit and kicked his head, sending Badzu down to the floor. Taking his chance, Dai went to go for a stomp, but Badzu acted fast and spun on the floor, kicking Dai's leg and making the Rider fall to the floor. Getting up quickly, Badzu went for an axe kick, but Dai rolled out of the way in time and got back up.

The two stared at one another, waiting for either of them to make the next move. And making the next move was Badzu who jumped up. Quickly Dai followed, but while Badzu easily made it to the tenth floor, Dai only made it to the sixth floor and had to quickly grab onto the railings or else he would fall back down.

Badzu looked down from where he was from and laughed. "Going up?"

Dai watched as in just two jumps later, Badzu was at the top floor. Gritting his teeth, Dai pulled himself over the rail only to be greeted with a palm strike from Badzu who had jumped down and knocked Dai back down to the bottom.

"What's wrong, Kuuga? Can't keep up? You look so small from here." Badzu taunted as he laughed.

"Grr…If only I could jump higher!" Dai gritted his teeth. There was only one form that could help him now. Kuuga's Dragon Form. But the problem was, he didn't know how to bring forth the form. Thinking of a new plan, Dai had no choice, but to go up the stairs. He ran three steps each time in order to catch up to the Grasshopper Grongi, but when he made it to the ninth floor, Badzu was there to greet him with a flying kick. Unprepared, Dai took the attack and was forced against the rails.

"Come on, is this the best you got?" Badzu asked as he began to stomp on Dai multiple times before picking him up by the arm. "You disappoint me."

With that, Badzu threw Dai off and down to the bottom again before quickly following him, landing safely while Dai crashed, leaving a few cracks on the ground. As if taunting him again, Badzu jumped and easily busted through the ceiling window as he looked through the crack to look down at Dai.

"You look smaller than an ant up here! Hahaha!"

"Grr…I need…to jump higher…" Dai said as he slowly got up and looked up towards Bazdu. "I need…Kuuga's Dragon Form!" Letting out a battle cry, Dai poured his energy to his feet and jumped, not noticing that the Amadam Stone had turned blue and that his form had changed.

The view of the top came to Dai faster than he expected as he made another hole through the ceiling window and landed on the roof. Badzu turned to him in surprise only to see Dai in a new form.

In Dai's new form, his shoulder pads were now gone as the chest armor had turned blue and slimmed down. The gauntlets has also turned blue, even the eye lenses were blue too.

Dai felt something different with his body. He felt weaker, but faster, way faster. Looking down at himself, he was surprised to see that his armor was no longer red, but blue.

(BGM: Kamen Rider Kuuga OST-Blue Higher)

"I'm blue…Kuuga's Dragon From!" Dai said in surprise before he smirked and turned to Badzu, his confidence returning. "The tables have turned now, Badzu!"

"Taking me on as blue, eh? Interesting!" Badzu said before he attacked with a flying kick. Quickly, Dai jumped and flipped over the attacker, landing behind him before he turned and kicked Badzu's back, making the Grongi stumble back before he turned to him. Badzu then went for a roundhouse kick, but Dai rolled under it and quickly got back up.

"So you're faster. But let's see how high you can jump!" Badzu said before he took off. Not letting him get away, Dai gave chase, the both of them speeding and jumping all over the city as they were blurs to the naked eye. They soon stopped on top of a building, Dai landing first with Badzu coming in second.

"Incredible! To think my jumping abilities were increased this much!" Dai said before he turned back to Badzu and quickly ducked under another flying kick. The Grongi turned around and threw a punch, but Dai batted the punch aside and jumped, drop kicking as he used the Grongi as a board to jump off as he flipped back and landed, looking to see Badzu unfazed.

"What was that? It felt like a baby Linto kicking me."

"But with all that speed, my physical powers were decreased." Dai said, remembering that while Dragon From was fast and agile, its strength was something to laugh at. "I need a long object…" Looking around, Dai quickly potted an antenna from a satellite dish.

"Sorry about this." Dai apologized to the people of the building before he went and kicked the antenna off the dish and caught it. While it wasn't that long, it quickly changed into a blue bow staff, both ends extending. Twirling the staff a bit, Dai turned back to Badzu and said, "What I lack in strength, my Dragon Rod compensates for it!"

"Oh really? Then show me what that stick of yours can do!" Badzu said before he jumped and came in with an axe kick.

Dai quickly got out of the way as Badzu's kick left cracks. He quickly turned around only to be met with a swinging strike to his stomach, making him stumble back. Dai didn't let up as he continued to attack. With a swing, he struck Badzu across the rib before hitting his face with the other end of the Dragon Rod. Badzu drew back, holding his face in pain before he growled at Dai and went on the offensive. He went for a punch to Dai's face, but he quickly ducked under it before turning and striking Badzu's back, making the Grongi stumble forward. Regaining his balance, Badzu turned and moved his head in time to avoid a stab to the head before kicking Dai away. With Dai stumbling back, Badzu took the chance and pushed Dai back against the railing's, hands around the Rider's neck as he choked and tried to push Dai off the building, but Dai quickly used his Dragon Rod to push Badzu's hands and arms off him before pushing him back and kicking him away. Twirling his staff to gain momentum, Dai struck Badzu across the face multiple times before striking his chest. Badzu quickly grabbed a hold of it to prevent Dai from using it, but Dai surprised the Grongi by lifting him up and throwing him off his staff, the Grongi colliding against the rails and leaving a dent.

"And now to finish you off!" Dai said as he twirled the Dragon Staff around before he held his weapon in his right, ready to initiate the Dragon Form's finishing move, the Slash Dragon.

But, before Dai could make a move, a sudden gust of wind blew, blowing Badzu's scarf. Turning, Badzu saw smoke from a nearby factory blowing their way.

(BGM End)

"Tch! Looks like we'll have to finish this later, Kuuga!" Badzu said before he jumped away.

"Hold it!" Dai said before he jumped after Badzu, but by being under him, Badzu kicked Dai under him, making Dai fall towards the ground as the Grongi continued to jump away. Whether Dai survived the fall or not didn't concern the Grongi. As much as he hated to admit it, he was thankful that the smoke blew his way.

---

(With the girls)

After an hour of driving, the girls along with their class finally arrived at the art museum and looked at the place in awe.

"Kirei…" Both Nagisa and Honoka said as they looked around the museum.

"Wow, the man in this picture is so pretty!" A trio of girls quickly left the group to go look at a nearby painting.

Nagisa quickly went over to them and pushed the three back to the group. "That's no good, there's an order to follow in an art museum. Follow the arrows, okay?"

"Hai…" The trio said.

And so, the class finally began to tour around the museum, viewing tons of works of art ranging from paintings to sculptures and so on.

"This painting right here is called 'Two Dancers at a Bar' which was made by the French impressionist, Degas." Honoka explained to a small group of students who had asked about the painting.

Once again, Nagisa was impressed by how much Honoka knew.

"Excuse me," Nagisa turned to the group of students she was looking after. "What style of painting is this?"

"Eh?"

"Who is the artist?"

"How am I supposed to know?" Nagisa said when all of a sudden…

"Oi…!" Mepple's voice was heard from Nagisa's pocket, making her freeze up.

"Whose voice was that?"

"Ooooi!" Once again, Mepple shouted from within Nagisa's pocket until Nagisa placed both her hands over it to silence the fairy.

Mepple then went silent, leaving Nagisa to deal with the students who were giving her expressions of confusion. Thinking fast, Nagisa shouted over the students, "Oi, Sensei! Just kidding…Mayu, take over for me, 'kay?"

"Eh?" Mayu said on confusion before Nagisa quickly took off to find someplace quiet where she could give Mepple a piece of her mind.

Running around for a while, Nagisa soon found a place with no people and took Mepple out. "Hey now, you shouldn't talk to me like that all of a sudden!"

"I want to be next to Mipple-mepo!" Mepple said.

"No, I let you stay awake today as long as you stay quiet. You promised, remember?" Nagisa said as she now had the urge to just put the fairy to sleep…again.

"Let me meet Mipple-mepo, or else I'll start shouting-mepo!" Mepple threatened.

Okay, forget putting the thing to sleep. She wanted to clobber the damn fairy, but held herself back.

"Misumi-san," Honoka suddenly appeared, having followed after Nagisa. "What are you doing?"

"Mipple!" Mepple beamed when he felt Mipple nearby.

"Mepple!" Jumping out of Honoka's pocket, both she and Mepple transformed into their real, fairy forms and started to snuggle.

"Please don't do that here." Honoka said, but the two fairies ignored her.

"Excuse me, there are a lot of fragile things here, so I will not allow this kind of selfish behavior." Nagisa said.

"Fragile?" The two then stopped snuggling as they looked around the place. "Where are the fragile things-mepo?"

"Everything here is fragile!" Nagisa said, gesturing to all of the sculptures in the room they were in. She then went to one to demonstrate. "For example, this sculpture may look hard, but it's actually very frag-AH!" Nagisa gasped in horror when a finger of a sculpture she had went to touch came off. Honoka and the fairies soon let out gasps of horror.

"Uh, I um, uh…" Panicking, Nagisa tried to fix what she had done, grabbing the arm of the sculpture.

"Be careful!" Honoka said as she went to help Nagisa when the arm Nagisa grabbed came off.

"AAAAAH! What should I do!? What should I do!?" Nagisa asked, still panicking.

"Sheesh, when you're with Misumi-san, you never know what's going to happen." Honoka said to herself and might have unconsciously broke the forth wall.

"If you have time to talk to yourself then you have time to help me!" Nagisa said before she heard something snap back into place. "There, fixed."

"Um…" Honoka made an expression of uncertainty and confusion.

"What's wrong?" Nagisa asked before she stepped back to see that the sculpture now looked like it was scratching its butt. "Uh…"

"I think there's something wrong with this." Honoka said.

"I-It'll be fine." Nagisa said, blushing a little in embarrassment.

"Pfft! Only you, Nagisa-chan, can make a work of art look so funny." Dai commented…wait, Dai!?

"What the!?" Turning their heads around so fast that they might have whiplashed it, both girls and fairies saw that Dai was indeed with them.

"Dai-kun!? W-Where did you come from!?" Nagisa asked.

"And what happened to you?" Honoka asked as Dai was covered in leaves as a twig was seen sticking out of his hair.

"Well, I was fighting a Grongi and was close to finishing him off when he escaped. I tried to go after him, but he kicked me and then I fell and crashed into some trees and landed on a bush." Dai explained while dusting himself off of leaves and taking the twig out of his hair. "I saw the museum you girls said you were going to and decided to drop by and say hi. So…hi."

"You were fighting a Unidentified Lifeform? Are you okay?" Honoka asked.

"I'm fine, just a bit bruised." Dai assured them.

"If you're bruised up, then shouldn't you go get yourself healed?" Nagisa asked. "And besides, you're not even supposed to be here. You'll get in trouble if Sensei or Koucho-sensei sees you."

"Daijōbu." Dai said as he took out a visitor's pass from his pocket. "I can just tell them I'm visiting this place while waiting for someone."

"Hm?" Mipple turned her head, seeing something that caught her interest.

"What is it-mepo?" Mepple asked when he noticed Mipple turning her head.

"I want to go over there-mipo." Mipple said, pointing over to a painting.

"Huh?" Dai and the girls tuned to the painting Mipple pointed at and walked over to it, both fairies back in their phone forms.

"It's this painting-mipo!" Mipple said as said painting depicted a boy sitting on the hilltops at night while up in the sky, shooting stars rained down. One particular star seemed to stand out among the rest.

"What about it?" Honoka asked.

"I'm not sure why, but it makes me feel really nostalgic-mipo." Mipple said as she gazed upon the painting.

"Ah?" Honoka then noticed something and pointed to the shooting start that stood out amongst the rest. "Is that, could it be…?"

Mepple then realized it. "It's Mipple-mepo!"

"Huh? That can't be right." Nagisa said. "I mean, it says here that this painting was made in 1904. Why would Mipple be in a painting that's 100 years old?"

"100 years ago…" Mipple muttered as she soon realized something. "I think I first arrived to the Garden of Rainbows 100 years ago."

"Really? That long?" Dai asked.

"Yes, I felt like I dropped a long distance and then for a long time I went here and there and traveled to many different places." Mipple explained as it was all coming back to her. "When I woke up, I was in the storage shed at Honoka's house-mipo."

"So wait. Wouldn't that mean that it was 100 years after you escaped that Mepple came?" Nagisa said before looking at Mepple. "Call me surprised. You wanted to see her so much that you waited 100 years."

"That's what I call devotion." Dai commented.

"I chased after her only one day after she escaped to the Garden of Rainbows-mepo." Mepple said.

"One day after? What do you mean?" Nagisa asked.

"I think I know what Mepple's trying to say." Dai said. "I think the reason why Mipple arrived here 100 years ago while Mepple only arrived the day after he and Mipple escaped is because the flow of time between worlds is different."

"He's right." Mipple said. "I heard from the Elders that when we go to a different world-mipo, the flow of time is also different-mipo."

"Then exactly how old are you?" Nagisa asked.

"Hmm, this kind of thing has been studied for a long time." Honoka said, going into scientist mode as she tried to think why the flow of time was different between worlds.

Nagisa herself tried to think, but all she got was one huge headache causing complete confusion. As for Dai, he didn't think about it.

"Misumi-san, Yukishiro-san…" The two girls stopped thinking, Mepple and Mipple quickly going back into the girls' pockets, and turned to see Mayu.

"I was wondering where you guys went." Mayu said until she saw Dai. "Who are you?"

"Nice to meet you. I'm Ichi Dai, a third year at Verone which makes me your Senpai." Dai said, sticking out a hand for a handshake.

"Ah, nice to meet you too, Ichi-senpai." Mayu said, shaking Dai's hand until she saw the painting behind the three. "Ah, it's Piccarini."

"This painting is the one you mentioned?" Honoka asked and Mayu nodded.

"Yes, and the one right next to it is a self-portrait." Mayu said, walking over to the painting next to the one the three had been looking at.

"So this is the guy, huh." Nagisa said as she and others looked at the self-portrait of Piccarini. He wore a brown suit with a green tie, black hair and a goatee, blue eyes, and wore a green newspaper boy hat.

"As a child he couldn't study, his body was weak, and he failed at everything he did." Mayu said. "He was teased in school and that night he was just looking up at the sky feeling sorry for himself again when all of sudden, shooting stars fell down from the sky. He wished upon them that he wanted a talent for himself when a shooting star came close to him. The next morning after he picked up the shooting star, he kept drawing without thinking of anything else. And before he realized it, he became well known around the world."

"You really know your stuff." Nagisa said.

"I've read various books and did some research because I like him." Mayu said. "It's important to believe in yourself. I feel courage rising up inside of me whenever I look at Piccarini's paintings."

Dai and the girls were impressed at Mayu as they looked back at the painting.

"He sounds really amazing." Dai said. "Kind of makes me want to go on an adventure again."

"An adventure?" Mayu asked.

"Yeah. You know, traveling the world and stuff. You'll never know what you might see unless you go out there and see it for yourself." Dai said. "There was one time where I traveled to America with my parents back when I was little. Their hamburgers are to die for."

"That sounds like fun." Mayu said.

"It is!" Dai said with a beaming smile. "Anyway, shouldn't you three be heading back to your class?"

"Ah! Right, we forgot about that!" Nagisa said before she and the other girls ran off. "See you later, Dai-kun!"

Dai waved back before he looked back at Piccarini's painting one more time before going to explore the museum.

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(Some Time Later)

After hours of exploring, asking questions, eating a good lunch, and exploring some more, the class field trip was coming to an end as the class was all boarding the bus to go back to the school.

"Everybody, don't forget your stuff." Nagisa told everyone.

"Oh?"

"What's wrong?"

"Mayu's not here." Shiho said as the seat in front of her was empty.

"Is she still inside?" Honoka wondered.

"Ara? The Principal and Vice-Principal aren't here either." Yoshimi said as their seats were empty too.

"We'll go look for them." Nagisa said before she and Honoka left the bus.

"Be quick you two!" Yoshimi said before she took her seat and took out a book to read to pass the time. Meanwhile, the students talked among themselves. But suddenly, an invisible wave of dark energy surged and before anyone realized it, everyone on the bus had been turned to stone.

Soon, footsteps were heard as coming onto the bus was one other than Pisard in his human disguise. Looking around, he did not see his desired targets, Nagisa and Honoka.

"Tch, those two aren't here." Psiard said to himself. "Grongi!"

"No need to shout. I'm right here."Badzu in human form stood by the door, leaning against the bus with his arms crossed.

"Grongi, take care of the boy. The girls are mine." Pisard ordered.

"I don't take orders from you." Badzu said before he transformed into his Grongi form. "I have a score to settle with Kuuga."

Meanwhile, back in the museum, Mayu was busy sketching Piccarini's painting into her notebook while somewhere else in the museum; the Principal was looking at a painting as the Vice-Principal informed him that they needed to leave soon. But then, Pisard appeared.

Meanwhile, Nagisa and Honoka were running through the halls, having an idea where Mayu would be right now.

"She's still probably at that painting." Nagisa said as they continued to run until they came upon some statues.

"There sure are a lot of sculptures around here, aren't they?" Honoka said.

"Yeah, there sure are." Nagisa said. "That sculpture right there looks a lot like the Principal."

"Those aren't sculptures-mepo!" Mepple said, poking out of Nagisa's pocket. "Looks closely, those are real people-mepo!"

"Nani?" Both girls looked at each statue one by one and to their horror, they were people. The expression on their faces, one of terror, was too realistic to be a sculpture.

"I feel the presence of the dark forces-mepo." Mepple said before she started to shiver. He wasn't the only one as Mipple from Honoka's pocket started shivering as well.

"What's wrong?" Honoka asked as Mipple stuck her head out of her pocket.

"This darkness, this killing intent, it's one of those Unidentified Lifeforms-mipo!" Mipple said.

"What!?" Hearing that an Unidentified Lifeform was here in the museum sparked uneasiness in the girls as they took off into a run in order to find Mayu.

Meanwhile, with Dai, he had been looking at masks from India when he felt it in the air. Killing intent.

"This feeling…" Dai muttered to himself when a screamed echoed throughout the museum. "That voice…!" Dai soon took off into a run, knowing that there was trouble. And when there's trouble, Dai will always be there.

"That was Mayu!" Nagisa said as she and Honoka finally got to the room that displayed Piccarini's paintings.

"Kashiwada-san!" Honoka called out, but instead of finding the girl, they were met with Pisard who was back in his original form.

"It's you again!" Nagisa said before she saw the sketch book Mayu had been carrying around on the floor. "What have you done with Mayu!?"

"Give Kashiwada-san back!" Honoka demanded.

"Be silent!" Pisard said, not wanting to let out his blunder. He thought he had Nagisa cornered with a surprise attack, but it turns out that the girl he attacked was just someone else. "Raging spirits of the heavens, Zakenna! Heart of darkness, make them understand the horror of the Dark Power!"

As always, the sky above the museum was darken as dark energy seeped into the museum itself, surprising the girls as they cried out in surprise when a night from a painting behind them jumped out, horse, sword, armor, and all.

"Uso(No way)!" Both the girls said at the same time. Then then started to freak out when to their sides, walking suits of armor walked up to them and if that wasn't enough, a wax figure of an elephant came to life.

"What's happening!?" Nagisa said.

Suddenly, both knights attack the girls at the same time. In a panic, they hugged each other and ducked.

"Abunai(Watch out)!" Suddenly, from up above, Dai appeared and came in with a spinning kick or as some would like to call it, a Spinzaku Kick. In one swift motion, both suits of armor were broken into pieces.

"Dai-kun/Ichi-kun!"

"You two alright?" Dai asked and they nodded.

"You two need to hurry up and transform-mepo!" Mepple shouted from within Nagisa's pocket.

"We can't!" Nagisa said as she and the others quickly rolled out of the way to avoid a charge from the wax elephant which crashed into the wall. It turned to face them when it collided with the night from the painting.

"Now's your chance-mepo!" Mepple said as he jumped out of the pocket and landed in Nagisa's hand while Honoka simply took Mipple out of her pocket.

"Let's do this!" Dai said and the girls nodded. Dai then summoned the Arcle as the girls swiped the Queen card.

"Duel Aurora Wave!"

"Henshin!"

A rainbow explosion of light followed by the pulsing sounds of the Arcle quickly changed the three.

"Hikari no shisha, Cure Black!"

"Hikari no shisha, Cure White!"

"Futari wa PreCure!"

"Servant of the Dark Power…"

"Return to the darkness from which you came!"

Dai then did something he didn't expect to do.

"I am the Mighty Warrior who will protect all smiles, Kamen Rider Kuuga! To those who threaten to take away the people's smiles, you'll get no mercy from me!" Dai said…until he realized what he did. "Wait, why did I say all that?"

"Why did you say all that?" Nagisa said.

"Uh, guys?" Honoka spoke up. "Is anyone else hearing the waves of the ocean?"

True to Honoka's words, the sound of waves from an ocean could be heard. Suddenly, from a nearby painting, a huge wave of water bursted from the very painting. Panicking, the three attempted to run, but were soon washed into the water, stopping only when they hit a wall.

"Ouch…" Dai shook his head before looking back and paled. "Uh, girls?"

"Hm?" Dai pointed behind them and they looked to see a sea serpent bursting from within the water.

"ZAKENNA!"

Once again, the three panicked and attempted to swim away.

"No way!"

"What's going on!?"

"The Zakenna must have possessed the entire museum! It's making everything come to life!" Dai said until he saw the sea serpent gaining on them. "Move!"

Pushing the girls forward, the three barely escaped the jaws of the sea serpent.

"Arienai! Arienai! Arienai!" Nagisa kept repeating in her panic.

"Oi! Ochitsuku(Calm down)!" Dai said, but the girls would not listen and the serpent was coming again. "No choice, Chou Henshin!" Dai then dived underwater as a flash of blue could be seen under the water before another wave appeared and drowned the girls under water.

"Hmph!" From up a higher level, Pisard looked down at the water that was filling the entire first floor. "Looks like their all washed up." At least, that's what Pisard thought. Just when he was about to drain the water…

*SPLASH!*

Something came out of the water, jumping out and landing on a floor way above Pisard.

"Nani!?" Looking, Pisard saw Dai in Dragon form carrying the girls in his arms.

"Whew! That was close." Dai said before he set down the girls who coughed up some water they swallowed. "You two alright?"

"Yeah. Thanks for the save." Nagisa said until she saw Dai's new form. "Dai-kun, you're blue!"

"Eh?" Honoka looked and like Nagisa, was surprised at Dai's new form. "You're blue! Why are you blue?"

"This, girls, is Kuuga's Dragon form." Dai explained before looking down. "For now, I think it's time we take care of our uninvited guest."

The girls nodded and were about to jump down when Dai took a spear from a suit of armor, the long object quickly turning into the Dragon Rod. Both the jaws of the girls immediately dropped.

Noticing their looks, Dai simply said, "The warrior with the spirit of water defeats his enemies using long objects."

"Huh?" The girl never got to ask as Dai jumped down, leaving the girls to quickly follow before they turned to Pisard.

"What is that…that form?" Pisard said cause the last time he remembered, the boy's armor was red, not blue!

"Give it up, Pisard! It's three against one! You can't win!" Dai said, pointing his staff at Pisard.

"That's what you think! Grongi!" Pisard shouted and before Dai knew what hit him, he was kicked from the back so hard he crashed into the wall.

"Dai-Gah!" Before either Nagisa or Honoka could go heck to see if their friend was alright, someone had kicked Nagisa before spinning around and delivering a spinning back heel kick to Honoka, sending the two girls flying and crashing next to some paintings.

"Who?" Dai got up and turned to see who had kicked him. "Zu-Badzu-Ba!"

"Yo! Sorry about last time. How about we pick up where we left off?" Badzu said before he jumped and broke through the ceiling stained glass window up above.

"The people of the museum are gonna hate us." Dai said. "Girls, take care of the rest! This one's mine!"

And with that, Dai surprised everyone when he easily jumped high enough to go through the hole Badzu left behind.

"Whoa! Since when can Dai-kun jump that high!?" Nagisa said.

"I think we have more important matters to worry about right now.' Honoka said when Pisard had jumped down from the upper floor.

"I believe it's time for the final showdown." Pisard said before he widens his eyes and before the girls knew it, they were surrounded in mist.

"What's going on?" Nagisa wondered until she saw one of the people turned statues float by. "Aren't those…!"

"The guest who were turned into stone!?" Honoka said before more and more statues of people were seen and soon, a tornado of them formed right in front of them. It then attacked, forcing the girls to quickly dodge.

"Just so you know, if you blindly attack the statues and destroy them, then that's the same as killing them." Pisard said.

"You coward!" Nagisa said.

"Say whatever you like." Pisard said.

"Beat him up-mepo!" Mepple said from his carrier as Nagisa and Honoka continued to avoid the tornado as best they can. "If you beat him, then the people he turned into stone should return to normal-mepo!"

"That is if you can do it!" Pisard said before he charged in, getting in close to Nagisa before delivering a palm strike that sent Nagisa back. Nagisa skidded back before attacking Pisard who was busy with Honoka. Seeing Nagisa, he quickly jumped out of the way of her attack before landing behind Honoka. Honoka turned only for Pisard to jump again and landed right next to her, giving her a roundhouse kick that sent her flying and crashing into the wall again. Nagisa came in with a punch, but the tornado of stoned people blocked her, making her stop, but that's what Pisard wanted as the tornado moved for Pisard who gave her a roundhouse kick where she flew and crashed into the wall.

"I can't do it." Nagisa said as she slid down. "His movements are too fast and I can't follow them. How the heck did Dai fight him the first time around?"

"Not only that, but that tornado is in our way." Honoka said.

"Give it up! Without the boy, you two are no threat to me!" Pisard said. "Give me the Prism Stones and I just might let you two live."

"Never!" Nagisa said.

"Then die!" Pisard said as the tornado advanced upon them.

"What do we do now?" Honoka asked.

"Close your eyes and feel it within your heart-mipo!" Mipple said from her carrier.

"Close our…"

"Eyes?"

The two looked uncertain, but they didn't have any other options at the moment. Closing their eyes, they grasped each other's hands and focused.

'Feel it…'

'In our hearts…'

The sounds of the tornado was all the girls heard, but then, they began to feel something. Something behind the tornado.

'I feel it…'

'A heart of darkness…'

The two then opened their eyes, know what to do now.

"Black Thunder!"

"White Thunder!"

*BOOM!*

Once again, two bolts of thunder, one black and one white, appeared from above and entered the girls' hands.

"Purikyua no utsukushiki tamashī ga…"

"... Jaaku na kokoro wo uchikudaku!"

"You fools! If you fire that, you'll hit the sculptures inside the tornado too!" Pisard said, thinking that the girls had gone crazy. Didn't they care about the people?

Like always, they tighten their hands together before they extended their free hands out and shouted.

"Pretty Cure Marble Screw!"

A blast of black and white lighting soon became a spiral and struck the tornado, obliterating it, but not harming the people somehow.

"Nani!?" Seeing the attack, Pisard jumped to avoid it.

"We won't let you escape!" Both girls said in perfect sync as they willed their attack to curve upwards towards Pisard.

"Bakana(Impossible)!" Pisard said before he heard a crash and turned to see Badzu crashing through the window towards him as up above, Dai was seen as it looked like he had just delivered a thrusting strike.

"You're finished!" Dai said, having just executed the Slash Dragon finisher before Pisard and Badzu were enveloped in the girls' Marble Screw.

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(A while ago with Dai)

Dai broke through the window and landed on the roof, quickly spotting Badzu who had been waiting for him.

"Tell me something?" Dai asked as the two began to circle around the dome. "How many people have you killed?"

"Before coming here, I killed a few Lintos so my kill count right is 20. Why do you ask?"

"Just to say that you've taken your last life." Dai said, twirling his staff before he and Badzu jumped high into the air and attack.

The two passed each other and landed before running around the dome to meet one another. Once close enough Dai attacked first, going for thrust to Badzu's face who barely avoided the attack. Quickly grabbed the staff, he moved Dai over and kicked his chest, making Dai draw back, but he did not let go of this staff. Badzu went to kick Dai again, but Dai managed to get his staff back and quickly struck the back of Badzu's leg, making Badzu bend down before Dai struck the Grongi across the face, making Badzu hit his head against the strained glass dome. Dai twirled his staff until he held it right and went for a stab to the head, but Badzu moved his head in time as the staff broke the window before he kicked Dai away and got back up. Dai recovered from Badzu's kick and twirled his staff around again as Badzu wiped away some blood from his mouth before getting into a stance.

Dai continued to twirl his staff until he held stopped and went for a thrust to Badzu's stomach, but the Grongi jumped back. Going after him, Dai jumped towards him and after twirling his staff, swung it down. Badzu crossed his arms to block the attack as the staff struck his arms. He gritted against the pain and pushed the staff off of him and tackled Dai to the ground and proceeded to choke him. Dai struggled to get the Grongi off him before he let one of his go away from his staff and punched Badzu's throat. Weak or not, it hurt to get suddenly attacked in the throat as Badzu stopped choking Dai and grabbed his neck, having a hard time breathing before Dai pushed Badzu off him before getting up. Twirling to gain momentum, Dai went for an under swing, striking Badzu's chin which made him fly up a bit before Dai swung down, hitting Badzu and bring him down to the ground so hard that the body bounced up like it was a ball. Swing the staff around, Dai swung upward, using all the physical power Dragon form had to send Badzu high up. He then knelt down before jumping up, going higher than Badzu before he turned, his staff in his right hand before he thrusted it forward, striking Badzu's chest and sending Badzu down crashing through the window dome as the Dragon Rod had left its mark on the Grongi.

"You're finished!" Dai said before he swerved at the last minute, barely avoiding the Marble screw as Pisard's scream and an explosion filled the air.

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(Present)

Dai landed on the floor safely as the darkness that had enveloped the museum disappeared, returning everything back to normal, even the strained glass done up above. Around Dai and the girls were the people, unconscious as they were no longer stone.

"Ah, we did it-mepo." Mepple said.

The three breathed a sigh of relief before the girls turned to Dai.

"Alright, you have some explaining to do!" Nagisa said, making Dai jump in surprise. "Why is your armor blue? It was just red not too long ago and how did you turn that spear into a bō staff? Answer us!"

"Okay, okay, calm down." Dai said. "This is Kuuga's Dragon form. While it's weaker than my Mighty form in terms of strength, I'm way faster now and I can jump really high. Not only that, but in this form, any long object I touch becomes the Dragon Rod."

"I see." Honoka said as she got up close to Dai, looking at his new form in interest. "This is all so very amazing, but since when can you use a bō staff?"

"Seriously, that's your question?" Nagisa said as she had expected Honoka to ask a more serious question.

"I've learned how to us a bō staff a long time ago." Dai said as he twirled around the Dragon Staff.

"Can you please not twirl that-mipo?" Mipple asked politely.

"Why?"

"Cause…you might hit somebody with that." Mipple said, but actuality, whenever Dai twirled his staff, she could have sworn that a blue dragon could be seen swirling around him which scared her. Mepple felt the same way, but chose to keep his mouth shut.

"Fair enough." Dai said as he stopped twirling his staff and tossed it aside, the staff returning to being a spear. At the same time, Dai returned to his civilian form and the girls did as well. "At least the people are safe, but what about Mayu-san? I heard her scream when I was around."

"We should go check up on her." Honoka suggested, worried about the girl as the three ran back to the room. There, they saw no sign of Mayu and had been left the way it was.

"I wonder Kashiwada-san went?" Honoka thought out loud as Nagisa picked up Mayu's sketchbook.

"Uh, girls?" Both girls turned to Dai who was looking at Piccarini's painting. Looking up, they let out surprised cries as on the painting, Mayu was there sitting next to Piccarini.

"Mayu!"

"Mayu-san!"

"Kashiwada-san!"

"W-W-What do we do!? She's trapped in the painting!" Dai freaked out.

"Don't look at us!" Nagisa said until a yawn was heard behind them. Looking, they all jumped in surprise when standing right there was Mayu herself.

"Huh!? Wha!? How!? When!?" Dai looked back and forth between Mayu and the painting which was back to normal.

"Kashiwada-san, you were just…"

"What happened to me? I don't remember anything…" Mayu asked, still a little drowsy. "But I had a dream, a very wonder dream. I was watching the stars with Piccarini! And then one of them flew towards us and hit his head like bang!" She then stopped and calmed down when she saw the three not responding. "Uh, sorry, but it was really fun…"

"I'm sure that Piccarini-san helped you." Honoka said, thinking that Piccarini might have something to do with Mayu returning to the real world…somehow.

"Eh?"

"This is what you call a miracle, right?" Nagisa said.

"Huh?"

"Yep, a true miracle!" Dai said.

"What are you three talking about?" Mayu asked, confused.

"Don't worry about." Nagisa said.

"Now, let's go back to the bus. Everyone's waiting." Honoka said. "We'll see you later, Ichi-kun."

"Yeah. Bye." Dai waved goodbye to the three before going towards a different exit. He had to make sure that he report to Ryō that he took care of the Grongi.

"4 down, 196 more to go." Dai said before he sighed. He's still got a long way to go.

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And done! HOLY! SHIT! That was longer than I had intended it to be! Why was it so long!? Well anyways, hope you all liked today's chapter and I hope I did Dai using the Dragon staff some good. Writing fight scenes with bō staff was harder than I thought. Next time readers, Pisard will make his final stand before Dai and the girls. How will he fare against our heroes? You'll just have come back later to find out. Until then, this has been Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Until the next ride. And with that, it's time for some more…

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Pretty Cure: Rider Fun Facts

"Hello minna-san and welcome back to some more Pretty Cure: Rider Fun Facts-mepo!" Mepple said loudly as he, Mipple, and their respective partners arrived in stage.

"It's been a month since we've last seen each other. We're sorry for the wait, but our author had to take care of his other stories before coming over to us-mipo." Mipple said.

"I can't believe how long this chapter was." Honoka said. "This is probably the longest chapter for this story to date."

"So much happened today that I was kind of confused." Nagisa said. "So, what are we looking at today?"

"Today, we're going to be looking at Dai's newest form, the one and only Dragon Form-mepo!" Mepple said as an image of Kuuga in Dragon Form appeared on screen.

"He looks so slim in that form." Honoka commented.

"That's because this blue azure form allows Dai to be more agile and quicker-mepo." Mepple explained. "However, the downside to this form is that it is physically weaker than Mighty form. While this form enables Dai to and jump quickly in order to pursue the enemy, it however, if you couldn't tell by the lack of armor, provides less protection, yet being better suited for quick movements and more jump power-mepo."

"According to the wiki, Dai's punching power has been reduced to 1 ton while his kicking power is reduced to 3 tons in this form-mipo." Mipple said, reading off the wiki. "However, Dai can now jump 30m or 98ft and 4in, high and run 100m in 2 seconds-mipo."

"Holy! That's really fast!" Nagisa said in surprise.

"But if Dai's physical strength has been reduced, then how does he defeat his enemies?" Honoka asked.

"Simple. As the saying goes, the warrior with the spirit of water defeats his enemies using long objects. In this form, by grabbing any pole or stick-like object, it will transfigure to the Dragon Rod, a staff which helps make up for Dragon Form's lack of strength-mepo." Mepple explained. "Dai utilizes this staff using Bōjutsu, a martial art which uses staff weapons-mepo."

"The finishing move for this form is called the Splash Dragon which is an aerial thrust attack to the torso. This can be in the form of a simple thrust or tossing the Dragon Rod at the foe-mipo." Mipple explained. "While this form made have its pros and cons, one should not underestimate Dai when he's in this form-mipo."

"Amazing." Nagisa said. "Again, why does Dai get the good stuff?"

"Because he's this story's main character-mepo." Mepple said.

"Well, it's good to know we have an ally with so many skills." Honoka said. "It makes you wonder how many more skills does he have."

"Only time will tell-mipo." Mipple said. "Well, that's all for today. Happy you readers could be here-mipo."

"Tune in next time for Pisard's last stand against Dai and the girls-mepo!" Mepple said.

"See you all next time!" Both the girls said as they and their fairy partners waved goodbye.

Next Time: Serious Trouble! The Power of a Soul! Pisard's Last Stand!