Futari wa Pretty Cure: A New Legend Chapter 10: Ride 10: The Armor Machine Gouram!, a Kamen Rider + Pretty Cure Crossover fanfic

Hello Fanfiction Readers! Ashbel Longhart here and welcome back to another chapter of A New Legend! Been quite a while since my last update and I was planning on working on another Fanfic, but I got the urge to do this so here it is! But before I continue, 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.)

Now then, it's time for something everyone has been waiting for! It's time for Gouram to make its debut! How will the girls and their fairy partners react to this thing? Let's go find out! Chou Henshin!

Ride 10: Honoka Explodes! The Armor Machine Appears! A Wonderful Birthday!

(One Year Ago)

"Ahhh~! That hit the spot!" Dai said with a smile, patting his stomach. It had been a long day at school for him and boy was he mentally exhausted! Nothing like a juicy steak to bring him back to full energy.

"Hayai(So fast)…!" Nagisa said, looking at Dai in surprise.

"You sure do love steak, don't you?" Rie asked as the rest of the family was seated at the table for dinner.

"You bet! It's my favorite!" Dai said with his usual go-lucky smile and a thumbs up. "Good job, by the way. It was delicious!"

"I'm glad you liked it." Rie said with a smile.

"Hey, why do you always do that?" Ryota spoke up.

"Do what?" Dai asked.

"That thumbs up. Why do you keep doing it?" Ryota asked.

"I'm kind of curious too." Takeshi asked.

"Well, you see…" Dai began as he explained to the family about the thumbs up meaning.

(Investigation HQ)

It was another new day at the Investigation HQ. Ryō was just one of many going about his business as many were running about.

"Good work today." One worker said to a passing by Ryō who simply nodded back to him as the two walked together, their destination the same. "Even though I just said that, an urgent meeting is coming up."

"It's about that flying object, right?" Ryō asked as they made it to their destination, one of the many offices of the building.

"Yes. Even though we just got done with the crisis of No. 23, we can never catch a break, can we?"

"It's just another part of the job." Ryō said.

"Ryō!" Hearing his named called, Ryō turned and saw Rai. Rai picked up a packet and handed it to Ryō. "We'll be needing this for the meeting later."

"Thank you." Ryō said as he took the packet. It's only been a day since Biran had been defeated and then this happens. He'll have to contact Dai when he has more information. If this flying object was what he thought it was, he didn't want to worry Dai. From how he talked about it, it seemed really important.

"Mind if I have a look too?" A voice said.

Ryō turned around to see Sayuru entering the room. "Ah, Enokida-san."

"It must be a pretty big problem if you guys called me for help." Sayuru said.

"You're just the guy we need for this." Rai said as he grabbed another packet.

"So, what are we dealing with?" Sayuru asked as Rai showed him the packet.

He opened up the packet to show a picture of the pieces of Gouram along with some information.

"Pieces of this thing were found in Nagano. This is a picture of the relics taken at 12:04 PM." Rai said before turning to Ryō. "You were there with the kid at Nagano two days ago, right?"

"Yes, I couldn't make heads or tails about it." Ryō said as he too looked through the packet. "Although, according to Ichi-kun, he said these pieces, when assembled, should look like something resembling a stag beetle."

"A stag beetle?" Sayuru repeated in confusion.

"The kid's right." Rai said as he flipped to the next page to show a different picture of the pieces assembled to something resembling a stag beetle just like Dai said. "At 1:55 PM before they were about to ship it out, they assembled the pieces together and got this."

"It does look like a stag beetle." Sayuru said, his interest peaked.

"It was planned that the relics be transferred over here to Investigation HQ for further research. A truck was rented from the Kobayasha Transport Company to ship the relics as a patrol car from the Nagano Prefecture would act as guide. Along the way, they took a break at a gas station when the contents of the truck busted out and flew away…" Rai then flipped to the next page to show a picture of the truck with a big portion of the cargo holder ripped apart. "…as you can see in this third picture."

"Are you kidding me?" Sayuru said in disbelief as he took the packet from Rai and looked at the picture real closely to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"As you can guess, the mysterious flying object escaped the two vehicles. Earlier reports tell us that it's heading to this city." Rai said.

"But why?" Sayuru asked.

"Hell if I know." Rai said with a shrug. "I swear, this city is becoming a playground for chaos. Looks like we'll be busy again tomorrow."

"It seems so." Ryō said when another worker came into the room to inform everyone that the conference hall was ready. "I better contact Ichi-kun about this after the meeting."

"Seeing as he seems to know more about this than we do, that's a good idea." Rai said as he got up and the three of them headed towards the meeting.

(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, slash 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.

(Honoka's House)

"Mipple!"

"Mepple!"

"This form is fun, but it makes me tired-mepo."

"It makes me feel tired too, but I'm happy-mipo."

"I'm tired, but..."

"I'm happy-mipo."

Dai and the girls smiled in amusement as they watched the two fairies snuggle with each other. They had just gotten out of school for today with tomorrow being the weekends.

'The other day, I didn't take proper care of Mepple and he got very sick with a high fever.' Nagisa began in her mind as she thought back to yesterday's events. 'Since we're always together, I treat him like a nuisance, but I guess that's just bad manners.' Still feeling bad about yesterday's events, Nagisa decided to make it up to Mepple and do something he liked which of course is hanging out with his lover, Mipple which is why they were at Honoka's house.

"Come closer to me-mepo."

"I'm embarrassed-mipo. See, Nagisa is watching us-mipo."

"I don't care-mepo. That Nagisa is a just a pumpkin head-mepo." Dai held himself back from laughing as Nagisa gained an annoyed look.

"Nonsense, I think Nagisa is cute-mipo." Mipple said as Honoka had a look of disbelief, looking between Mepple and Nagisa. How did flirting just go to insulting? Or was Mepple doing the two things at the same time?

"She's just a bumpy pumpkin head-mepo."

Finally, Nagisa had enough. "Mepple, don't be calling me a pumpkin head and flirting at the same time!"

"It's only natural to flirt between lovers-mepo." Meppl said as he ended the snuggling. "If you feel so upset about it, try and find a boyfriend-mepo."

"That's it! Now I'm pissed off!" Nagisa exclaimed angrily as she slammed her fist down towards Mepple who quickly reverted back to his phone form as Nagisa's fist just barely missed him. Still mad, Nagisa grabbed Mepple and tried to forcibly pry him open. "Get out here! I'm not finished with you yet!"

"They get along so well." Dai commented with a smile.

"I'm not so sure about that." Honoka said with a sweat drop when she heard the house phone ring. "I'll get that. Excuse me." And with that, she left the room.

Once Honoka left the room, Dai turned to the only action happening which was Nagisa still trying to pry Mepple open.

"I don't think that's gonna work." Dai said.

"Oh, it will! Don't underestimate me!" Nagisa gritted through her teeth as she was not about to give up.

"Well, instead of trying to kill Mepple, how about we talk about Shougo."

"You mean Senpai?" Nagisa said, dropping Mepple.

"Who else? I did say I was gonna help you with your feelings for him." Dai said.

"Can we talk about this some other time?" Nagisa said with a bit of red on her face.

"Nope. You said that last week. I said I was gonna help you and you can't stop me." Dai said wit stubborn determination.

"Oh…fine." Nagisa said, giving up. She knew this was bound to happen. Doesn't mean she didn't have to like it. "So, any ideas?"

"Well, first of, we gotta make sure you stop stuttering around him." Dai said.

"I d-don't stutter!" Nagisa said when she realized she just proved Dai's point.

"See what I mean? You gotta have confidence, Nagisa-chan." Dai said. "If the time when you have to confess your feelings for him comes along, you have to tell him straight to his face with as much confidence as possible!"

"Why are we at the confessing part already!?" Nagisa exclaimed. She thought they were gonna start out slow, not start all the way at the top!

Before Dai could say anymore, Honoka came back smiling.

"You seem happy about something." Dai said.

"Yes. My otou-san(dad) and okaa-san(mom) are coming home tomorrow." Honoka said in happy tone.

"You're otou-san and okaa-san?" Nagisa repeated.

"Yes. I plan on meeting them at Narita Airport tomorrow with obāchama(grandma)." Honoka said as she sat down on her bed.

"You said that your parents are working abroad, right?" Nagisa asked.

"Yes. I haven't seen them for almost a year." Honoka said.

"A year!?" Nagisa said in surprise.

"Oh. That explains why I haven't seen them." Dai said. He had met Honoka's parents once, they were really great people, but hasn't seen them since.

"What do your parents do that makes them work abroad for almost a year?" Nagisa asked.

"They're art dealers." Honoka said.

"Art dealers? What's that?" Nagisa asked.

"It's a business that deals with jewelry and works of art." Honoka explained. "They buy and sell works of art by traveling to countries from around the world."

"Wow, it's business that that covers the world." Nagisa said.

"I envy your parents for being able to travel the world." Dai said. "It sounds really cool, but tough at the same time."

"Indeed it is. They always seem so busy." Honoka said. "But even still, they take the trouble to come here on vacation once a year for my birthday."

"Wait, tomorrow's your birthday?" Dai asked, having not knowing that.

Honoka nodded. "Yes."

"But then, when I met your parents, it was also your birthday then?"

Again, Honoka nodded. "Yes."

Dai blinked at Honoka for a while before he slapped his cheeks and gasped. "Oh my god! That means I never got you a present that day! I am so sorry!"

"It's okay. We only started becoming friends then since you called me by my last name instead of first." Honoka said.

"It's not okay! Giving someone a present on their birthday shows how much one cares for that person!" Dai said before he grabbed Nagisa. "Come on, Nagisa-chan! We've got to get a present for Honoka-chan!"

"O-Oi! Wait a sec!" Nagisa said as she managed to grab Mepple before she was dragged out of the room.

"See you later, Honoka-chan!" Dai said before he dragged Nagisa away.

"See you tomorrow." Honoka said as she knew she would see them tomorrow. Knowing Dai, she was expecting to get a present handmade since Dai wasn't exactly made out of money.

"I never got to say goodbye to Mepple-mipo." Mipple said sadly.

(Meanwhile, Conference Room)

The likes were off in the room as everyone was currently looking over the pictures taken on the screen as they viewed them one by one.

"This was taken at the gas station. The small figure in the picture is the mysterious flying object."

"It's so small we can't see it clearly." Hiwagawa said. "Please enlarge the image."

"Hai." Doing as told, the one in charge of the photos enlarged the image to show the small figure taking shape.

"It's taken shape, but its' still blurry."

"Can you enhance the image?"

"Already on it." In a matter of seconds, the figure was now seen to all. It resembled a stag beetle as one officer noticed something on it.

"Kobayashi? Hey, that's…!"

"That was written on the rented truck that carried the relics."

"Did they somehow merge?" Sayuru asked.

"Is something like that even possible?" Hiroshi asked.

"After this incident, multiple police stations have witnessed similar sightings. This was taken at 2:41 PM." The photo was then changed for a different photo showing the same thing, but from a different angle. "And this one was taken at 5:12 PM at the town of Yamana."

"Looks similar to what we saw just now, but the colors are different." Rai commented.

"Are those car doors?" Hiroshi pointed out.

"A waste recycling plant at Kobuchi made a report that they've lost a car that has doors like the one in the picture. We're still investigating if this is linked to the case. Now to our most recent picture." The image was changed to a new image of the stag beetle-like being.

"The colors have changed again." Hiroshi pointed out.

"It appeared in the water tower of a mansion. About thirty terrified families saw it and took pictures of it. We have checked all of them and the colors are the same as the one of the water tower."

"Enokida-kun, what do you think?" Hiwagawa asked the scientist.

"Whether it is a physical reaction or a biological reaction is still unknown, what I can say is that it appears to have the ability to assimilate different kinds of metal into its own body." Sayuru said.

"But why would it do that?" Ryō asked.

"If I had to guess, I'd say that its current form is incomplete." Sayuru said.

"And what happens if it completes itself?" Rai asked.

"If it's like the Unidentified Lifeform, won't it attack us?" Hiroshi asked.

"It has not shown any signs of hostility towards us, but we can't say for sure that it won't." Hiwagawa said. "It may even join up with the Unidentified Lifeforms and create an entire new breed of Unidentified Lifeforms. I know we are all still tired from the crisis with No. 23, but let's keep doing our best to investigate this."

"Understood!" All the officers in the room said except for Ryō who gathered his stuff and exited the room to make a call.

(With Dai)

"Hmm…" Both Dai and Nagisa hummed in sync as they looked at the jewels out on display.

"Any of these would look good on Honoka." Nagisa said.

"But the price…" Dai said as both he and Nagisa winced at the outrageous price. "Have you tried begging your family for more money?"

"Did that. Didn't work." Nagisa said before sighing. "It's hopeless. With the amount of money we have, we can barely buy a candy bar."

"You mean you can barely buy a candy bar. I'm responsible with my money." Dai said as he held up his wallet before putting it away. "But I guess jewelry is out of the question."

"So what should we do now?" Nagisa asked.

Dai hummed to himself as he thought about it when his phone suddenly rang. Picking it up, he answered, "Hello?"

-Ichi-kun this is Ryō. I'm calling to inform you about something.-

"And what is it?" Dai asked.

-For a while now, a mysterious flying object has been flying around. This flying object is in fact the relics Natsume-san and the other scientists had found and assembled.-

"Nani?"

-Like you requested, they were to be shipped over here to Headquarters when they suddenly flew off and have been absorbing different kinds of metal along the way. As if right now, we do not know its current whereabouts.-

'The Gouram relics flew off? That could only mean…' Excitement filled Dai's body as he smiled and said, "Don't you worry about a thing, Ichijo-san. That thing won't hurt anybody."

-Coming from you, that's a bit reassuring, but I can't take chances. If it's not too much trouble, do you have any info that might help?-

"The only info I can give is that it'll eventually come to me."

-To you?-

Dai nodded. "Hai."

-I see. Then I'll contact you again if anything comes up.-

"Hai." Dai nodded before he ended the call.

"Was that Ichijo-kun?" Nagisa asked as Dai has been keeping a lot of calls from the detective lately.

"Yeah." Dai nodded as he put his phone away.

"Why are you smiling?" Nagisa asked, noticing the smile on Dai.

"Oh, let's just say I'm about to get a new friend soon." Dai said with a smile while Nagisa was still confused.

(The Next Day, Early Morning)

It was close to 4 o'clock in the morning and officers, detectives, and workers alike struggled to stay awake after a long night of trying to figure out the mysterious flying object. Yawns were here and there, papers were scattered about, some places smelled of smoke from cigarettes, and cans of coffee were all over the tables.

"Ugh, hate all-nighters." Rai complained, popping his neck before turning to Ryō who was at the board with a map of the city displayed. "How you holding up, Ryō?"

"I'm fine, no need to worry." Ryō, not looking away from the map, said as he marked the places where the mysterious flying object has been sighed so far. After marking them down, he began to connect all the marks before predicting where it might fly next. To his surprise, he predicted its next destination might be around Dai's neighborhood.

'Ichi-kun wasn't lying when he said it'll come for him.' Ryō thought.

The room phone then rang and being the closest to it, Rai picked it up and answered. "Hello?" After a few seconds, Rai's face grew serious and he nodded before ending the call and turning to everyone in the room. "Down those coffees and wake yourselves up, men! We've got another Unidentified Lifeform!"

To those half awake, when they heard that did they all get up quickly, chugged whatever was left of their canned coffee and shook themselves awake before they all ran out of the room.

"We'll go on ahead. Call the kid, Ryō." Rai said as he put on his blazer and rushed out the door.

Ryō placed all of his stuff down and quickly got his phone out. The flying object could wait. This right now needed his full attention.

(With Dai)

*RING-RING-RING!*

"Mmm…" Eyes fluttering, Dai grumbled as he slowly lifted his head up and looked around to see that he was in Nagisa's room, resting on the table while Nagisa and Mepple were knocked out at the desk. The Rider blinked a few times before he realized the sound was coming from his phone and quickly searched for it, soon finding it in his blazer.

"Hello?" Dai answered the phone without looking at the Caller ID.

-Ichi-kun, it's Ryō. Sorry to wake up at this hour, but No.24 has just been sighted.-

That woke Dai up as he responded, "I'm on my way!" Ending the call, Dai shook himself awake before smelling himself. He quickly decided that he would take a shower later and ran out the door after telling Nagisa, "No. 24's been spotted! Gotta go!"

"Huh?" Nagisa barely lifted her head up off her desk before Dai ran out of the room.

When Dai got outside and got on his Trychaser, there were still stars in the sky as Dai revved the engines and took off. Minutes later, his radio beeped and Ryō's voice came through.

-Ichi-kun, can you hear me?-

"Loud and clear." Dai said as he kept his eyes on the road with the head lights of his bike guiding him through the night.

-We suspect the presence of No. 24. It was seen moving towards Mitaka. Please head over there immediately.-

"Got it." Dai said as he made a mental note to get a present for Honoka later. It was her birthday today after all.

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ~!*

"Huh?" Suddenly, Dai heard something that sounded akin to a buzzing bug, but it sounded mechanical in a way. The noise got louder and louder until it was…right over his head?

Quickly looking up, Dai gasped when a black and golden mechanical stag beetle was flying right above him. He knew this this thing was. How could he not? He had seen it in action enough times to remember the being above him. The thing that was flying right above him was…

"Gouram!" Dai said in surprise as the living horse armor known as the Armor Machine Gouram was flying right above him. Dai watched it in awe, hardly believing that Gouram, the real thing, was right above him.

The sentient horse armor continued to buzz and fly above Dai before it flew off ahead of him, leaving him in the dust.

"Ah! Matte(Wait)!" Dai cried out, but the mechanical stag beetle was already gone. "Aw man." While depressed, that didn't stop Dai from doing what he had to do. As much as he wanted to chase the Armor Machine, he other matters to attend to. One which involved stopping another Grongi.

(Narita Airport)

Having gotten up early, both Honoka and her grandmother, Sanae, have arrived at the airport around 6:30 AM by taxi and were now looking around, seeing if Honoka's parents have arrived yet. They waited around for about 30 minutes when Honoka smiled, spotting her parents with a cart full of presents.

Her father, Yukishiro Taro, is a man with the same colored hair and eyes as Honoka and was combed in a neat hairstyle. He wore a light blue business suit with black dress shoes as under the blazer was a pink shirt with light purple stripes and a red tie.

Her mother, Yukishiro Aya, was a young woman with chocolate brown hair and eyes and wore earrings. She wore a light tan business suit with a white shirt underneath. She wore white heeled shoes with the toe portion being a caramel color as she also carried a brown purse around her arm.

Smiling, Honoka waved and called out to her parents. "Otou-san! Okaa-san!"

"Hm?" Hearing a familiar voice, both adults turned to see Honoka waving at them. In an instant, their stern look vanished and replacing them were looks of gushing affection. "Honoka/Honoka-chan!"

Faster than she could blink, Honoka was hugged by both her parents and was losing air fast.

"I wanted to see you…"

"You've grown…"

As the two parents gushed over Honoka, Sanae came in to tell them, "You two, if you hug Honoka that strongly, you're going to crush her."

"Ah!" Immediately, both adults separated from their daughter to allow her to finally breathe right.

'Oh thank goodness for Ichi-kun's training! I would have passed out from that!' Honoka thought.

"Gomen, gomen(I'm sorry)." Taro apologized.

"Daijōbu(Are you alright)?" Aya asked.

"I'm okay." Honoka said.

"That's a relief." Aya said before she kissed her daughter's cheek.

"Ah! Me too!" Taro said before he kissed his daughter's other cheek.

Sanae chuckled as she commented, "Well, well, even the great and powerful world travelers can't resist Honoka's charms."

Not even going to deny it, both Taro and his wife gestured over to the cart full of presents.

"Honoka, look."

"It's a birthday present from us."

"Eh!?" Honoka said in surprise as the number of presents before her was, to put it simply, a lot! "All these are for me?"

"Of course!" Taro said.

"We wanted to see Honoka-chan's smile so we kind of…" Aya trailed on, but she didn't regret getting all these presents for her daughter.

Again, Sanae chuckled as she said, "Oh you two. You're so hard nosed at business, but when it comes to Honoka you really indulge."

Taro laughs as he and his wife both blush in embarrassment. "That's because it's such a delight every year."

"Okaa-sama, I really appreciate you taking care of Honoka-chan all the time." Aya said, bowing in appreciation.

"My pleasure. I am very happy to be with Honoka." Sanae said.

Honoka smiles at her grandmother before she realizes something. "How are we gonna take all these presents home? They all can't fit in a taxi."

"Ah!" It was then that her parents realized their little blunder.

"Don't' worry. I'll ask for a delivery service." Sanae said as Taro and Aya sighed in relief. "I'm going to prepare a sumptuous dinner at home, so I suggest that you guys go out and have some fun."

"Obāchama." Honoka said happily as she hugged the older woman. It's been so long since she's hanged out with her parents so she couldn't be any happier!

"That is, of course, after you pay your respects to Kengo." Sanae added.

"Of course." Aya said as the mood around them got a bit sad. It lasted for a second before Honoka and her parents took their leave.

(Mitaka City, Crime Scene)

'Do Not Enter' tapes were displayed around the area as sirens blared all around, warning and telling people to stay back as police officers and detectives alike examined the crime scene. Amongst the men was Rai as he examined the scene before Ryō arrived, getting out of his car and entering the crime scene.

"Rai!" Ryō called out to the older man as he moved the tape to enter.

"How'd your search go?" Rai asked as Ryō had been sent earlier to scan the surrounding area.

"Nothing unusual around the area." Ryō said as he put on gloves.

"I see. Even so, I don't like this place. Take a look at this shit." Rai said as he looked at the crime scene before him. Broken motorbikes were scattered all over the place as on the ground were trails of blood.

"Are these tire tracks?" Ryō asked, looking down at the blood trails.

"Seems so. And judging from them, it looks like some car or truck drove back and forth several times." Rai said. "Seems like the 'driver' really enjoys driving."

"But why would they do this?" Ryō said, getting up. "Hasn't their method up till now been different?"

"The friends of the escaping victim saw the culprit drive off in truck while shouting weird things." Rai said before pointing over to a nearby store. "Also the clerk who works in that store over there said they saw a weird tattoo on the culprit's arm."

"So they can even drive vehicles." Ryō said, not liking the idea of Grongi being able to drive.

Suddenly, the sound of a bike engine drew their attention to see Dai finally arriving. Ryō left Rai and went over to Dai who got off his bike.

"Sorry I'm late." Dai apologized before looking past the man to see the crime scene. "Was this done by a Grongi?"

"Based on some reports, seems so." Ryō said. "Apparently, whatever Unidentified Lifeform did this can drive a vehicle as a truck was the cause of this."

"A Grongi that can drive…" Dai mutters to himself as he quickly realizes which Grongi is behind this.

"From that face of yours, you must already know what kind of Grongi did this." Ryō said.

"I do." Dai said before remembering about Gouram. "Oh yeah, on the way here, I ran into Gouram."

"Gouram?" Ryō repeated in confusion.

"The mysterious flying object." Dai said, forgetting that the man didn't know the name of the mechanical being. "When on my way here, it flew right above me before flying off to who knows where."

"So it was the relics from Nagano." Ryō said. "Natsume-san told me to apologize to you for losing the relics since you requested them to be sent to HQ."

"Tell her to don't worry about it. She couldn't have known." Dai said.

"I'll be sure to tell her that then later." Ryō said.

*BEEP!*

Suddenly, the radio of the TryChaser beeped before a voice came through.

-Calling all units. An Unidentified Lifeform in a truck is moving towards Makuhari.-

'Makuhari!?' Dai thought in shock.

-It has already killed six technicians and is threatening more lives as we speak.-

The second the transmission ended, Dai quickly got on his bike and put on his helmet at a rushed pace.

"Whoa! What's the rush?" Ryō asked. He's never seen Dai this worried before.

"Some friends of mine talked about going to Makuhari this week!" Dai said before he revved the engines and took off.

"Ichi-kun!" Ryō called out to the Rider, but he was already gone. Quickly, he along with other men got into their cars and sped towards Makuhari.

(With Honoka)

Honoka and her parents were all silent as they entered the cemetery. It was always like this during Honoka's birthday and it was this part that was always her least favorite, but it had to be done for they felt that if they didn't pay their respects, that'll be the same thing as saying that they didn't love him.

Kneeling down, Honoka and her parents gazed down at one of many tombstones here in the area. It read:

Yukishiro Kengo

1909-1994

A Brave Man and a Brave Hero

"Why don't you go first, Honoka-chan?" Aya said to her daughter.

Honoka just nodded and looked back at the tombstone. Few words were spoken as the three gave their respects to the late man. As said before, this was their least favorite part to do on Honoka's birthday and for good reasons. After all, Yukishiro Kengo died on Honoka's birthday so they didn't like to be reminded. But that didn't stop both adults from giving their daughter the time of her life whenever they could as they later left the cemetery and were now walking together, hand in hand.

"Shall we go to an amusement park?" Taro suggested as he and his wife held their daughter's hands. "Or maybe an aquarium?"

"Honoka-chan, where do you want to go?" Aya asked.

Honoka laughed a little, smiling as the sad mood from earlier was gone. Her grandfather would want her to be happy during her birthday and that's what she was gonna do. "Let me see. Well…"

Before Honoka could say anymore, the sound of Taro's phone ringing made them all stop as Taro picked up his phone and an expression of sadness appeared.

"Anata(Darling), didn't I say not today?" Aya said.

"Business?" Honoka asked.

"Yeah. There's this jeweler who wants to see me no matter what." Taro explained.

"We've rejected him so many times, but he keeps insisting." Aya explained.

A flash of sadness appeared on Honoka before she forced herself to smile and said, "I guess it's something important. You had better go, shouldn't you?"

"No, no, no! No business on Honoka-chan's birthday!" Aya said.

"Yes, yes, yes! Today we are going to spend some enjoyable time with our daughter!" Taro said.

"But it's important business, right? I'll be fine." Honoka insisted when her parents suddenly got a bit too close to her.

"Are you sure?" Taro asked, wanting to know if that's how Honoka really felt.

"Yes, it's fine."

"Are you really sure?" Aya asked. Both her and her husband wanted nothing more than to make their daughter happy for all the time they were away due to work. The last thing they wanted was to make her sad. Especially not on her birthday!

"I'll be fine, okaa-san, otou-san." Honoka insisted.

Both Taro and Aya look at one another before back to Honoka. "Well, if you're so sure."

"We'll try and finished this as quickly as possible." Aya said.

"Okay." Honoka said with a smile when something sped past them at high speed.

"Whoa!" Taro exclaimed in surprise. "That surprised me. Who the heck is driving so fast?"

Honoka looked towards the speeding rider only to see…

'Ichi-kun!?' Honoka thought in surprise as Dai, donned in his Mighty Kuuga armor, sped past the people on his TryChaser as he was no doubt on his way to fight another Grongi.

Then, all around Honoka, people started to talk.

"Hey! Wasn't that just…!?"

"That was No. 4!"

"Mommy! Mommy! That was No. 4!"

'There must be another Unidentified Lifeform.' Honoka thought.

"What's that!?" A random person said, pointing to the sky as everyone turned to see Gouram flying after the Rider.

"Was that some sort of beetle!?"

"No way! It was way too huge!"

Instantly, the people started making wild assumptions as to what they just saw. Not wanting to get caught in the chaos, Taro and Aya led Honoka out of the crowd, planning in going to the designated place to meet with the jeweler.

As Honoka and her parents left the area, Honoka glanced towards the direction Dai drove off to and thought, 'Please be careful.'

(A Few Minutes Ago)

Dai drove like a man against time which, to him, wasn't too far off as his radio beeped and a voice spoke through.

-Calling all units. We've got the stolen truck's plate number: Shinagawa 1230019.-

After that did Ryō's voice, whose car was not too far behind from him, came in.

-Ichi Dai.-

"I heard." Dai said before he summoned the Arcle belt. He adjusted the TryChaser a bit before he transformed. "Henshin!"

With the pulsing of the Arcle, Dai was donned in his Mighty armor as his TryChaser changed color to match his armor. Now ready, he sped off towards his destination, passing by people along the way as he sped down the road.

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!*

Suddenly, after about an hour of driving, a familiar sound reached his ear and he turned his head around to see the Armor Machine Gouram flying towards him.

"Gouram!" Dai said in surprise, having not expected to see the mechanical being so soon as if had flown away earlier.

Dai watched the Gouram finally reach him and just flew right above him. Not knowing what to do, Dai focused his attention back on the road and after a while, he saw a truck up ahead clearly down a different lane. But because it was driving down the other lane did Dai see its plate Number: Shinagawa 1230019.

"It's him!" Dai said before he sped up, intending to reach the truck and take down the Grongi driving it while also wishing his friends were as far away as possible. Although, it seems his prayers were not answered as up head at a crossing were his friends. "Shit!" With no hesitation, he revved the bike to drive at its top speed.

(Up ahead)

"I can't believe you dragged us all the way to Makuhari." Shougo said as he, Kimata, and some of the members from the soccer club were walking along the side walk with bags in hand.

"Oh don't be like that Captain." One of the members of the Soccer Club, a boy named Kotaro, said as they all stopped at the crossing. "With the tournament coming up, I thought it be nice to set a party for us. But since that didn't work out, we can always set up a party for ourselves."

"You're acting as if we've already won the tournament." Shougo said.

"Well, with you and Dai on the team, you can't blame him for being a bit cocky." Kimata said. "I mean, ever since Dai joined the team, we've barely lost any matches."

"And ever since he showed up, you've been working your butt off to try and catch up to him." Another member of the soccer club, a guy named Yuji, said, talking about Shougo's and Dai's rivalry.

"You guys do know we can't reply on Dai forever you know?" Shougo said as the signal changed and it was now alright to cross. Or so they thought…

*HONK-HONK-HONK!*

"Eh?" The boys as well as other people who were crossing saw behind waiting cars was a speeding truck. To their horror, the truck did not stop as it as it rammed and practically forced all the cars to move aside, pushing cars into one another before it sped down towards them.

"Shit!" Shougo cursed as his body moved by itself and he grabbed Kimata in front of him, using all of his strength to swing around his friend and throw him towards the others.

Kimata practically crashed into the others as all three of them were thrown out of the trucks path. Shougo, however, was not so lucky.

*HOOOOOOOOOONK~!*

Kimata and the boys watched in horror as the truck rammed into not just Shougo, but other people too who were in the truck's path, haven frozen from fear. In that moment, two voices spoke with the second one being the loudest.

"Fujipi!" Kimata shouted in horror.

"SHOUGO!" The second voice belong to none other than Dai as he jumped off his bike and jumped towards the truck, kicking feet out as the driver/Grongi in disguise watch in disbelief as Dai came toward him and…

*CRASH!*

Crashed right through the front window and into the truck!

"You son of a bitch!" Dai shouted in complete anger before he spun in the cramped space of the truck, elbowing the Grongi in disguise right in the face before Dai quickly grabbed the Gear Shift and placed it in reverse.

-Reverse. Reverse. Reverse. Reverse-

Parts of the truck told the two that the truck was now back up and with the Grongi's foot still on the accelerator, they were back up pretty fast.

"Kuuga!" The Grongi said before it dropped its disguise and assumed its true form. Its form was a bit bulky in appearance as its skin was dirt brown. Chains were wrapped around its chest as clothes covered his lower region, his forearms, and the top part of his head as the end dangled down. Two antennae poked out from above the eyes as on each arm were hook-like blades. This is the Crab Grongi, Me-Gyarido-Gi.

"Gyarido!" Dai spoke in Grongi as he punched the Crab Grongu across the face. "You're gonna pay for what you did! I'll take you down with my own hands!"

"Go ahead and try! My fun's only just begun!" Gyarido said as he caught Dai's fist and threw one of his own, hitting Dai across the face/helmet.

Dai shook off the blow and glared at Gyarido from behind his helmet before he attacked. He threw a quick jab to Gyarido's face, making the Grongi's head snap back before said Grongi growled in anger and attacked with one of his blades, but Dai blocked the arm and punched his gut before he pressed his hand to the side of him, lifted his body up and kicked the Crab Grongi back where the window behind him cracked. Dai sat back down and went to throw another punch, but Gyarido was fast enough to move his head out of the way before punching Dai away before he grabbed his head and pushed him back where he was rammed into the other door, the window behind him cracking as well. Gyarido brought Dai back before pushing him again, shoving his head back to where it broke through the window, leaving only sharp remains left. Obviously, Gyarido planned to use these sharp remains as he brought Dai's head back and pushed to down towards the longest and sharpest looking broken window glass, attempting to stab the back of Dai's neck, but the Rider acted quickly, grabbing the edges of the window and gritted his teeth, struggling to push back against Gyarido's strength as the Grongi in question pushed with all of its strength in order to kill the Rider. Fortunately for Dai, the truck swerved and struck something, probably a car if the honking said anything, making Gyarido lose balance as his grip on Dai slipped which gave the Rider a chance to push himself back up and headbutt the Crab Grongi right in the face. Now out of harms away, Dai decided to return the favor, punching Gyarido in the face again, throwing it back against his side where he crashed into the door on his side before Dai grabbed his head and rammed it against the door window, breaking it before pushing the Grongi down. Gyarido cried in pain as his upper back was stabbed by broken glass, a bit too close to his neck as Dai then proceeded to punch him across the face multiple times. After about twenty punches, Dai saw in the review mirror that the truck was heading towards a bridge. Quickly, he gave Gyarido one last punch to the face before he grabbed the seat belt and used it to tie the Crab Grongi up before he jumped back, smashing through the door on his side as the entire door came off and he landed and rolled on the road before he saw the truck crash and broke through the railings before it fell into the water.

Slowly, Dai got back up to his feet and ran towards the edge, looking down to see the truck slowly sink down in the waters before it completely sank was lost. Now Dai knew something like this won't keep Gyarido down. After all he was a Crab Grongi, a bit of water wouldn't stop him. And as much as he wanted to dive into the waters and finish off the Grongi, he had other matters to attend to.

"Shougo…" Dai didn't know how far the truck drove off, but he didn't care as he took off into a run.

(With Honoka)

After a bit of walking, Honoka and her parents arrived at their destination, a jewelry shop. Inside, many fine gems and jewels upon bracelets, necklaces, and rings were all on display as the place was completely empty for they were the only ones here besides a few workers.

"Well, we're going to a room in the back to talk." Taro said.

"You can wait here, or you can go wonder around, it's your choice." Aya said. "But don't wonder too far, okay?"

"Okay." Honoka said before her parents went to the back room to talk to the jeweler.

"Honoka, I'm hungry-mipo." Mipple spoke up once Honoka's parents left.

Honoka jumped in surprise a little, looking around to make sure no one was around before she spoke. "I'll get Omupu, so just wait a moment."

"I understand-mipo." Mipple said as Honoka got up to go to the bathroom so she could go feed Mipple with no one looking.

Meanwhile, outside, Nagisa was walking alone, looking around the ground to see if she could spot any dropped money. It was easier said than done of course.

"I wonder if anyone dropped some money?" Nagisa muttered as she looked all over the ground before sighing. "Oh what the heck am I doing? No one's dumb enough to drop huge amounts of money on the ground…Hm?" Turning to her right, Nagisa went to one of the display windows of the jewelry store to see the many accessories on display. "Wow, kirei(beautiful)!" She then looked at the price and couldn't believe it. "3,800,000 yen? The world sure revolves around money."

"The world revolves around love-mepo." Mepple argued from his pouch. "A present wouldn't have any meaning if it's not heartfelt."

"Heart, huh?" Nagisa muttered before she had an idea. "That's it!"

"What is it-mepo?" Mepple asked when Nagisa suddenly took off running.

"I know what to do now, but I'm gonna need a little help." Nagisa said as she raced back home, not noticing a trio of masked men passing by and entering the shop.

"Irasshaimase(Welcome)." The worker at the stand said, but immediately froze when she saw the three men with ski masks over their heads.

"Nobody move. If anyone tries anything funny, they'll get shot." The leader of the trio said in a threatening tone as he pulled out from his pocket…a gun! It took a moment for the fear to set into the worker as she realized that standing before her were robbers and they were armed. "If you want to stay safe then be quiet!"

The worker now wished she had taken that day off when she had.

(With Dai)

"So, he's alright?" Dai asked Ryō who just got done talking with the doctors.

"His right arm and left leg are broken, and some of his ribs are broken as well, but yes, he's alright and alive." Ryō said. "His injuries aren't that serious so there's need to worry about any permanent damage. Once his broken arms and legs are healed up, he'll be back up on his feet in no time."

"Thank goodness." Dai said, sighing in relief.

"He got off lucky." Ryō said as he remembered the scene when he arrived. The only reason that Shougo seemed to be alive was because he wasn't the only one that got hit by the truck. A couple of other people died and, in a morbid way, their corpses protected most of the kid's body from the truck. As far as he could tell, he was the only one who survived.

"I got to tell Kimata and the others." Dai said as he went to leave.

"Ichi-kun," Before the Rider could leave, Ryō stopped him. "What happened to No. 24?"

"He and the truck fell off a bridge and into the water." Dai said. "I doubt that was enough to finish him off so I suggest you keep an eye out."

"Will do. I'll contact you if anything comes up." Ryō said. "And one more thing."

"What is it?"

"It's about the mysterious flying object, Gouram as you called it. What happened to it? You said it approached you when you were chasing No. 24."

"I don't know." Dai answered honestly. "I was too busy fighting Gyarido that I didn't see where it flew off to."

"I see." Ryō said. Looks like it's back to square one.

"But don't worry." Dai assured the man. "Gouram is a good guy. He won't hurt anybody. Well, anybody bedsides the Grongi of course."

"And I believe you, but it's normal for man to be suspicious." Ryō said, not talking about himself, but about the Investigation team. "Until they see proof, this Gouram will still be considered a threat."

"Then I guess I better show them some proof the next time Gyarido shows up." Dai said before he walked away to find Kimata and the others.

It didn't take long to find them as they were all waiting in the lobby, all with concerned expressions on their faces. When they saw Dai walking towards them, they all got up and waited until Dai made it over to them.

"How is he?" Yuji asked. "Is he…?"

"Shougo's alive." Once Dai said that did Kimata and the boys breathe sighs of relief. "They said his right arm and left leg are broken, but besides that, he's fine."

"Oh thank god." Kimata said, running a hand down his face. "When he grabbed and threw me out of the way, I thought…"

"He's still alive, Kimata. Don't worry." Dai said, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.

Kimata didn't say anything as the incident kept playing in his mind. He probably won't get any sleep tonight.

"By the way…" Kotaro spoke up and turned to Dai. "What are you doing here in Makuhari? I thought you said you couldn't make it?"

"Let's just say circumstances led me here." Dai said, keeping the fact that he was Kuuga aka No. 4 a secret. "Anyway, I better get going. Look after Shougo for me guys."

"Wait, where are you going?" Yuji asked as the Rider walked towards the exit.

"I'm heading home. It's Honoka-chan's birthday and I still need to get her a present." Dai said before he left. Once outside, he headed towards the parking lot and made it to his bike. He grabbed his helmet and looked at the visor, seeing his reflection being briefly replaced with Kuuga's helmet before it changed back.

"…Damn!" Dai cursed as he banged his head against the helmet. "I should have been faster! I should have…" A thousand thoughts raced through his mind, thinking of what he could have done differently. The fight against the Grongi was his and the police's fight. No one else should have to get involved.

"…He's gonna pay for this." Rage filled Dai's eyes as he thought back to the one responsible for putting his friend in the hospital. Dai put on his helmet and got on his bike, driving off to go home, not knowing that his eyes had flashed black before changing back to their normal, chocolate brown color.

(With Honoka)

The doors and windows of the jewelry store were locked and closed behind fences and an iron wall over the main entrance, making it almost impossible for anyone to get in. And that's what the robbers wanted as they had everyone in the store tired up in the back room, including Honoka's parents.

"Now then, if none of you stay quiet, this pistol here will start filling you all with lead!" The leader of the robbers threatened as he held up his gun. "So if you all want to live, not a word!" And with that, they closed the door and locked it, preventing anybody from escaping.

Once the door was closed and locked, the robbers took off their ski masks and then they sighed in relief before they smiled like a couple of goofballs.

"We did it, aniki(boss)!" One of the robbers said as they all rubbed their faces against the display cases.

"I never imagined that would go so well." The second robber, a fat chubby man said.

The leader of the robbers laughed as he held up his gun, or rather, his plastic BB gun. "Those idiots were stupid enough to think this was a real gun. That just goes to show you that you can do a robbery even without a real weapon."

The three men laughed as their plan had worked flawlessly…or so they thought.

"Ano(Excuse me), who are you people?" The three men stopped laughing and slowly turned to see none other than Honoka who had just finished feeding Mipple. They all cried out in surprise and fright before they instinctively covered their faces. Confused, Honoka said, "Inai inai baa(Peek-a-boo)?"

Quickly, they leader grabbed his BB gun and pointed it at Honoka. "Don't move, we're robbers!"

"Gōtō-san(Mr. Robbers)?" Honoka said in confusion. Suddenly, the back door banged as if something had struck it before she heard her mother and father's voice from behind.

"Honoka-chan!"

"Don't you dare touch my daughter!"

It took a moment for Honoka to realize what the situation really was as she turned to the trio. "Real robbers?"

"Yes, real robbers, ojou-chan(little girl)." The leader said as he and his men sweated nervously. "If you don't want to die, then I suggest you don't do anything and stay quiet."

"That's right! If you stay quiet, then aniki here won't have to fire his gun at you!"

"Just be a good girl and don't so anything until we've taken all of the jewels."

"Why are you doing this?" Honoka asked as she instinctively took a step back.

"It's it obvious? We want money!" The leader said as his confidence was back and he and his men advanced closer to the girl.

"That's right, we need money, no matter what, so we steal jewels and sell them for money."

"It's easier to rob the place where the money is at, right?"

The three began to laugh, thinking they've scared the girl. They couldn't be more wrong.

Taking a moment to calm herself, Honoka swung the leg that stepped back and kicked the BB gun out of the leader's hand and soon caught it in her own hand, pointing it at the three men who all jumped back in surprise.

Then, in a loud tone, Honoka shouted, "Sit down!"

"H-Hai(Yes)!" The trio said as they all jumped and sat down on their knees before they realized what they did. "We sat down on instinct."

Honoka sighed a little before she realized the gun in her hands. "Eh? This isn't a real gun." Having been with Dai who works with Ryō and the police, both Nagsa and her got to know what a real gun felt like out of curiosity so she knew that the thing in her hands was a fake. It was heavy in her hands and when she checked the clip, it was nothing, but plastic pellets. "A BB gun? Are you three that desperate for money? Can you just think of nothing of robbing other people?"

The three men didn't speak as they couldn't believe they got caught by a little girl. Seeing as the men weren't talking, Honoka sat down with them and spoke. "My okaa-san and otou-san can only see me once a year, but they make the effort. And just like them, many people out there are trying just as hard, if not more, out there in the world, but it doesn't mean they're all going to be rich. Even so, people are doing their best everyday no matter what. You three should those people's feelings into account and follow their example! Stop this foolishness!"

"Yeah, well, we also…"

"Yeah, that's right…"

The leader of the three got up and placed his hands in his pockets. "We've also been working hard all these years, ojou-chan."

"If that's so, then why-!" Honoka never got to finish when a noise outside drew all of their attention. Getting up, they all saw the iron door being lifted up as the glass doors broke into pieces as the one responsible for this was none other than Gekidrago!

"Anata wa(You are)…!" Honoka couldn't believe the timing of this guy. Why do her and Nagisa's enemies always have to show up at the worst possible time!?

(With Nagisa)

"Yosh(All right)! I'm going to start!" Nagisa declared as she got to work on Honoka's present.

"What are you doing-mepo?" Mepple asked.

"Shiho likes to make silver accessories so I went and asked if she could lend me these kits." Nagisa said as she focused on her work while to her side was an extra kit for Dai if he wanted to do the same. "I'm going to make a unique accessory, one of a kind, and give it to Honoka as a present."

"That's not a bad idea." Nagisa stopped working and turned to see Dai at the door.

"Oh, Dai-kun, I didn't hear you get back." Nagisa said as she paused in her work. "Did you get the Unidentified Lifeform?"

Dai shook his head as he walked over to Nagisa. "No, it got away. I'm just here to figure out what to do for Honoka-chan's present until I have to go out again, but it looks like you've already figured out what to do without me."

"Yep. Mepple here said that our present should be something from the heart and what better present from the heart than a man-made present." Nagisa said.

"You're welcome, by the way-mepo." Mepple said.

"Yeah, yeah." Nagisa said before asking Dai, "You want to try?"

"Sure. I've already got an idea on what to make." Dai said as he grabbed the extra kit and began working over at the table.

…

'…It's too quiet.' Nagisa noted. While this would have been normal to most people, Dai always had something to talk about, especially if it's after dealing with a Grongi attack, so there was always something to talk about. The fact that it was so quiet meant one thing. 'Dai-kun's trying to hide something.'

"Dai-kun." Nagisa spoke up, getting the Rider in question's attention.

"What is it?"

"You're hiding something from me, aren't you?"

Immediately, Dai started to sweat nervously. "W-What? W-Why would I hide something from you?"

"Because not only have you been quiet for the past minute, but you're also stuttering and your voice is dropping." Nagisa said, pointing out the facts that told her Dai was hiding something. He was way too obvious.

Knowing that Dai had been caught, he said, "I don't want to talk about it."

"Why not? Did something happen?" Nagisa asked as Dai rarely ever kept secrets from her.

"It's…better if you don't know." Dai said, trying to keep the situation about Shougo a secret.

"What's better if I don't know?" Nagisa said, but Dai didn't answer. "Dai!"

Dai flinched a little when Nagisa said his name without honorifics, but he still spoke no words. Nagisa was now starting to get annoyed and began to think of what Dai must be hiding from her if he thought it was better for her to not know.

'Dai-kun's never been like this before. No matter how bad the news, he would always tell me if anything bad has happened. So what could be so important that he would keep secrets from me?' Nagisa thought as the only other thing Dai's been stubborn about was making sure she somehow got together with…

Nagisa's eyes widen, finally having a clue as dread filled her stomach before she spoke up and asked, "Did something…to Fujimura?" A wince from Dai was all she needed to know as dread filled her stomach. "What…what happened?"

Seeing that he had been caught, Dai couldn't hold it in anymore and slammed a fist down on the table, making Nagisa jump in surprise as Dai spoke. "I…I screwed up today."

"What do you mean?" Nagisa asked, having never seen Dai this angry before except for the time when he fought Gooma. The image of Dai ripping the Grongi's wings off still scared her today.

"A Grongi by the name of Gyarido stole a truck and has been committing mass vehicular homicide with it." Dai explained. "There was a report that the Grongi was spotted somewhere in Makuhari and I raced down to the city in order to find him. However…"

"However…?" Nagisa repeated, prompting Dai to continue.

"However…I remembered that some of the guys from the soccer club had been planning to go to Makuhari today. Shougo…was one of those guys."

"Wait, you don't mean…" More dread filled Nagisa as she figured out what Dai was saying.

"I had hoped the guys were somewhere else in the city as far away from the trouble, but apparently, my luck was especially bad today as there they were, crossing the road. Right before my eyes, I saw Shougo as well as some other people got hit and I acted without thinking, crashing into the truck and fought Gyarido until the truck drove off a bridge and into the water. After that, I went to see how Shougo was doing. He survived, but that's only because the bodies of the other victims acted like shields as he escaped with a broken arm and leg and a few broken ribs."

"Oh my god…" Nagisa covered her mouth in horror and disgust as she imaged the image Dai had described to her.

"Dammit!" Again, Dai slammed his fist down on the table in frustration. "Shougo and the others have nothing to do with the Grongi, they shouldn't be caught up in any of this! If I was a second late then…!"

"Dai!" Quickly getting up, Nagisa went over to Dai's side and placed a hand over his fist which was shaking in anger. "It's not your fault that he got hurt, it's the Unidentified Lifeform's, the Grongi's fault."

"But-!"

"Dai," Nagisa stopped Dai from speaking as she looked at Dai eye to eye. "You said to me that the reason you fight the Grongi was because they enjoy hurting people. You can't bear to see people getting hurt by them which is why you fight every day, risking your life to stop them despite the odds against you. It's not your fault that Fujimura-senpai got hurt, it was just bad luck he was there. Like you said, if you had been a second late, then he could have…died, but he didn't. He's still alive because you acted quickly and saved him. So please, don't beat yourself over it."

"Nagisa-chan…"

"If anyone's to blame, it's the Grongi who hurt him. So the next time you see him, you make sure he gets his just desserts." Nagisa said. "And make sure you throw some punches for me too."

"Nagisa-chan…" Slowly, a smile made its way to Dai's face as he nodded. "Right. For the both of us, I'll make sure that guy pays for hurting Shougo."

"That's the spirit." Nagisa said, smiling as she was glad to have cheered Dai up. She liked him better when he was happy and smiling. "Now come on, we've got to finish out presents for Honoka."

"Right." Dai nodded before they both got back to work, but not before saying, "Maybe you can use this opportunity to get closer to Shougo now once he gets better?"

"Dai-kun!" Nagisa blushed as Dai simply laughed.

(Back with Honoka)

The robbers and Honoka watched as Gekidrago was still lifting up the iron gate up which was making the men scared as hell.

"He lifted the door with his b-bare hands! W-Who is this guy!?" The leader said.

Gekidrago gritted his teeth before he went and closed the iron gate back down before turning around. "After open, close!" After saying that did the Dark Zone general walked right up to Honoka.

"Oh no-mipo!" Mipple whispered from her pouch. "Honoka, what are you going to do-mipo?"

"It's all right. Leave this to me." Honoka assured the fairy before she looked up at Gekidrago with no fear anywhere on her face.

"Give me the Prism Stones! All of them!" Gekidrago demanded.

Honoka smiled as she already had an idea. "You want the Prism Stones? All right, you can have them, if you can find them that is."

"Huh?"

"The Prism Stones are here." Honoka said as she gestured all over to the gems and jewels of the store. Since the Prism Stones were gems themselves, she was planning on using the gems around her to fool Gekidrago. "Do you think you can find them?" Now to see if her plan works.

"That's it? Easy!" Gekidrago said as he went and smashed the display cases before grabbing all of the jeweled accessories and placed them down in a pile before looking through them one by one. "No…no…no…"

"That's my Honoka-mipo." Mipple whispered.

Honoka silently breathed a sigh of relief as she thought, 'While I know this is rude to think but thank gods our enemies are so dumb.'

"Now, to find a way to contact Nagisa." Honoka whispered as she crept on over to the phone of the shop with the robbers following close behind. Good thing she asked Nagisa for her house phone number, but to her unfortunate luck, the phone wasn't working. She turned to the robbers to inform them. "It isn't working."

"It isn't working because we cut the line."

"We also broke the shutter and the switch of the auto-lock door too. With that big guy over there, we can't get out."

"Looks like in the end, things not working out in the end is our fate." The leader said. "We've gotten through a lot of tough times, haven't we boys? It's thanks to you guys I made it this far. I really appreciate it."

"What are you saying?" The leader's companions placed their hands on their leader's shoulders. "We're just helping each other out."

"Yeah, that's right. Three of a kind, that's out role."

"But nothing's ever gone out way ever since the company went bankrupt and we had to carry the debt of the run-away president. I guess in the end, nothing matters no matter how much effort we make."

"I guess you're right…"

"We never accomplished anything in the end…"

"Don't give up!" Honoka suddenly spoke up, making the three men turn to her. "Everyone has a hard time, but nothing will change if you stay depressed. You've got to stand up using your own strength. If you give up then it's all over!"

"Ojou-chan…"

"My parents once told me: Life has both good times and bad, two halves of the same whole. It's a saying they got from my Ojī-chan(Grandfather). If you've been having bad times so far, then you're sure to have good times soon, right? Everything will be okay. As long as we work together, I'm sure we'll find a way out of this."

"But how?" The leader asked when all of sudden, the sound of sirens was heard just outside the store. "The police!" They went to the iron gate as the other two robbers looked through the dent Gekidrago made when he lifted it up earlier. There were about five police cars outside along with a TV van arriving. "It's like a TV show! There's even a News Crew!"

"A News Crew…That's it!" A light bulb lit up inside of her head as she turned to the leader. "You guys try and find a way to escape."

"Got it." The man said as he and his two men went to find any way to escape as Honoka looked down at Mipple.

"Mipple, I've got an idea and I need your help."

"What do you need-mipo?"

(Back with Dai and Honoka)

"It's done!" Nagisa declared as she finally finished her silver accessory for Honoka, having had to redo it a few times before finally getting it to look good. The silver accessory was that of Mepple and Mipple together, hand in hand with their eyes and mark on their head color with blue for Mepple and pink for Mipple.

"Oh! That looks really good." Dai commented, seeing Nagisa's finished product.

"You don't have any complaints with this, do you?' Nagisa asked the male fairy.

"For someone like you, it's very well made-mepo." Mepple said.

Nagisa smiled as she guessed that was as much of a compliment she'll get from the fairy as she turned to Dai for his opinion. "What do you think? Does this look any good?"

"It looks great!" Dai said before he grabbed his silver accessory. "Now let me show you mine!"

"Wow!" Nagisa said as she looked down at a cute, chibi head of Kuuga with its eyes color red to indicate Might Form. "That looks really good! All right, let's give these to Honoka right away…" Nagisa trailed from there as she remembered that Honoka was currently spending her time with her parents. "But we shouldn't bother her during this time she has with her family."

Dai nodded in agreement, but Mepple had other ideas.

"Don't worry about it-mepo. Let's go right now and see Mipple-me-Ow!" Mepple cried out in pain when Dai went and flicked his head. "What was that for-mepo!?"

"You shouldn't be so selfish, Mepple. Think a little bit about inconveniencing others." Dai said to the fairy." He then turned to Nagisa sad, "How about we give these to her tomorrow?"

Nagisa nodded in agreement. "Sure, sounds good to me."

Suddenly, Dai's phone rang and he quickly took it out and answered it. "Hello?"

-This is Ryō. No. 24 has reappeared and has stolen another truck. He's already killed five men and is currently in the Sumida area.-

"Got it. I'm on my way." Dai said before he ended the call and put away his phone before looking at Nagisa. "I've got to go. Duty calls."

"Is it the guy who hurt Fujimura-senpai?" Nagisa asked and Dai simply nodded. "Then give him hell for the both of us."

Dai smiled, nodded, and gave Nagisa his signature thumbs up before he ran out of the room. Nagisa quickly went to her balcony and looked down below to see Dai emerge down below a few minutes later, getting on his TryChaser. "Dai-kun!" Dai heard her and looked up. "Stay safe!"

Dai simply nodded before he summoned the Arcle Belt. "Henshin!"

The engines roared and Dai was off, donned in his Mighty form armor as Nagsia watched him go.

"And there he goes." Nagisa said.

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!*

Suddenly, Nagisa heard something and she turned in time to see Gouram fly right past her and flew towards the direction Dai drove off too. Nagisa stood there, blinking in confusion before she turned to Mepple and asked, "Mepple, did a giant stag beetle just fly by?"

"I saw it too-mepo." Mepple said, also frozen in surprise.

…

"WHAT THE HE-!?"

Interrupting Nagisa, we go back to Dai who continues to drive down the road before he got another call from Ryō through his radio.

-Ichi Dai. No. 24 is currently moving towards the fourteenth train line. If he keeps going, he'll pass under the bridge soon.-

"Got it! I'll ambush him along the way!" Dai said when he heard the sound of loud buzzing and he looked up to see Gouram. "So you've arrived. Please, for the sake of others, lend me your power!"

Nonsensical sounds came from the mechanical being before the gem on is back glowed before it's body split in two and hovered above Dai before they descended down to the TryChaser. The back part attached itself to the back of the bike while the front part attached itself to the front part of the bike, transforming the TryChaser 2000 into the machine known as the TryGouram!

"Now we're talking!" Dai said, smiling widely under his helmet as he increased his speed and drives down the road faster than ever.

Back with Nagisa, after calming down from her earlier outburst, with nothing left to do, she deiced that she might grab a bite to eat as she had been so focused on making the silver accessory that she forgot to eat.

"Is everyone out?" Nagisa thought out loud as no one was around the place. She shrugged and said, "Oh well." She goes to the kitchen to see what there is in the fridge while turning on the TV along the way as it was on the News Channel.

-Right now a gang of robbers has broken into the jewelry store in Wakabadai, and it seems they've taken hostages and shut themselves in.-

-This is a remote hookup. According to the police's report, a little while ago, three men in ski masks, six hostages…-

"Huh? Isn't that the jewelry store I was at a while ago?" Nagisa said, thinking to herself that she narrowly escaped said robbers. "Gees, talk about a close call. But I hope those people are alright…Hm?" From the corner of her eye, Nagisa spotted something at the display window. It looked like a moving doll of sorts and it resembled Mipple. Bring out Mepple, Nagisa asked, "Hey, doesn't that moving doll at the display window kind of look like Mipple?"

"What are you talking about-mepo." Mepple said as he looked at the TV. "Mipple is more cute…Mepo!?" With his full attention, Mepple identified the 'moving doll' to it actually being Mipple herself! "Mipple!"

"If Mipple's there, then that means Honoka's there too!" Nagisa said in surprise before she turned to TV off and hurried to the door, put her shoes on, and raced out the door. "Mou(Geez), and just when Dai-kun left too! Guess I'll have to handle this myself! Don't worry Honoka, I'm coming!"

(With Honoka)

Tired, Mipple from the window she was at. Luckily, Honoka was there to catch her in her arms.

"Daijōbu(Are you alright)?" Honoka asked.

"Daijōbu(I'm fine)-mipo." Mipple assured the girl. "I wonder if Nagisa noticed-mipo." And with that, she went back to her phone form.

Honoka smiled at Mipple for trying so hard before looking up, hoping that Nagisa or maybe Dai noticed Mipple.

"This isn't it either!" The voice of Gekidrago made Honoka turn to see that Gekidrago had just finished looking through all of the merchandise of the store and crushed the ring in his hand before turning to Honoka. "You cheated me!"

'Uh oh.' Honoka thought.

Meanwhile, outside, 'Do Not Enter' tapes had been set up to keep civilians away as among the crowd did Nagisa appear.

"Honoka!" Nagisa cried out as she attempted to cross the tape, but she was stopped by two officers.

"You, stay back. This is a restricted area."

"But my friend's in there!" Nagisa argued only to be pushed back.

"We will defiantly help them, so stay back." One of the officers said as he pushed Nagisa way.

"Dang it! Now what?" Nagisa said as she looked around when she overheard some men talking.

"How about getting in through a ventilator?"

"No good. It's too small for an adult to get through."

"If it's too small for an adult then…" Nagisa smirked as she found her way in.

Back inside, Gekidrago stomped in anger as he glared down at Honoka. "Give it to me! The Prism Stones!"

Honoka back up a little as she wasn't confidence against her chances with Gekidrago without her powers. Suddenly, the three men got in front of her.

"D-Don't touch this kid!" The leader said as he and his men sweated nervously, but stood their ground.

"Gōtō-san…"

"I'm glad we met you, ojou-chan." The leader of the three said. "We'll keep him busy here so you make a run for it." And with that, they charged at Gekidrago.

"Wait!" Honoka cried out, but it was too late as with simple flicks from Gekidrago was enough to knock out the three men.

"And now for you!" Gekidrago said as he raised his arm and threw a punch towards Honoka. But she quickly jumped out of the way. She rolled on the ground a few times before she got up and went to the nearest exit, but found that the door was locked.

"Just how thorough were those robbers?" Honoka commented before turning around to see Gekidrago standing over her.

"You're mine!" Gekidrago declared as he threw another punch. Honoka was prepared to jump away when a voice came from the vent above her.

"Honoka!" Suddenly, the vent came off and struck Gekidrago across the face before a figure came out and dropped kicked Gekidrago right in the face, throwing him back as the figure landed right in front of Honoka as it was none other than Nagisa.

"Nagisa!" Honoka smiled, happy that her friend had gotten her signal and came here.

"Mipple!" Mepple called out to his lover.

"Mepple!" Mipple responded back, happy that her lover was here.

"Where's Ichi-kun?" Honoka asked, having thought that Dai might have been with Nagisa.

"He went to fight another Grongi." Nagisa said as Gekidrago let our his usual 'Oga!' roar. "Let's transform!"

Honoka nodded and two quickly brought out their Queen cards and swiped them across their fairy partners.

"Dual Aurora Wave!"

As usual, the pillar of light and color erupted from the girls, surrounding them in light as they soon transformed, garbing their respective outfits, and soon, the lights and color dispersed as the girls stood ready to take on Gekidrago. But first, their usual speech.

"Hikari no shisha, Cure Black!"

"Hikari no shisha, Cure White!"

"Futari wa PreCure!"

"Yami no chikara no shimobetachi yo(Servant of the Dark Power)…"

"…Tottoto ouchi ni kaerinasai(Return to the darkness from which you came)!"

Gekidrago roared again before he attacked to two by throwing a punch, but the girls simply jumped up to dodge, landing right behind him. The Dark Zone General turned around and quickly raised his arms as the girls jumped towards him and started throwing kicks in complete sync, but his arms blocked all the kicks. It was only at the last second did they stop kicking in the same pattern which was kicking sideways and kicked upward, hitting Gekidrago right under the chin as he stumbled back while the girls flipped back. Gekidrago growled at them before he went and punched the walls, grabbing a chunk of it before he turned and threw it at the girls. Seeing the thrown projectile coming at them, the girls jumped towards different directions in order to dodge as the chunk struck the spot they were at seconds ago. Rolling to a stop, Honoka looked up to Gekidrago attacking her and she barely ducked in time to avoid the big fist as some strands of her hair came off. As the fist struck the ground behind her, she rolled to the side and quickly jumped up to Gekidrago in order to deliver a spinning back heel kick to his head, but the big man ducked under the kick in time and went to grab Honoka in the air, but suddenly, Nagisa came in with a flying kick and kicked the arm that was attempting to grab Honoka. Nagisa flipped back while Honoka landed back down before she rolled out of the way of Gekidrago attempting to stomp on her. Not wanting to let Honoka be the main focus of Gekidrago, Nagisa jumped in, throwing a punch aimed for the Dark Zone General's, but Gekidrago easily stopped her attack and grabbed her arm, surprising her before she found herself being spun around like a ragdoll before she was thrown towards Honoka.

"Black!" Seeing her friend heading her way, Honoka quickly thought of what to do before she remembered a trick Dai had taught them in case of situations like these and she ran towards her incoming friend before she jumped, leaning back and pulled her knees back up to her chest.

While spinning towards her friend, Nagisa saw what Honoka was doing and knew what Honoka was trying to do as she trusted Honoka to time this right. To both their luck, she did as Nagisa found herself feet to feet against Honoka before Honoka went and pushed Nagisa off of her, using her legs to send Nagisa flying back towards Gekidrago who looked surprised to see Nagisa flying back towards him which gave Nagisa the chance to throw her left fist, punching Gekidrago right in the face before she quickly threw her right arm our and grabbed Gekidrago's hair before grabbing his head with her other hand and then and pulled herself in to knee Gekidrago right in the face, hitting his nose.

'Where did Dai-kun learn such a brutal way of fighting?' Nagisa thought as she realized that she just broke Gekidrago's nose if the blood and the way it bent the wrong way told her anything.

Nagisa then quickly jumped back and flipped back on over to Honoka who, once by her side, said, "Don't you think that was a bit much?"

"Don't look at me. Dai-kun taught me that." Nagisa said as she and Honoka looked to see Gekidrago was too busy holding his nose. "Now's our chance!"

Honoka nodded and the two quickly grasped hands before raising their free hands to the sky.

"Black Thunder!"

"White Thunder!"

*BOOM!*

"Purikyua no utsukushiki tamashī ga…"

"... Jaaku na kokoro wo uchikudaku!"

"Pretty Cure Marble Screw!"

Wasting no time at all, the girls thrusts their hands out and sent out their signature, finishing attacking towards Gekidrago who saw the attack coming and quickly raised his arms to guard against the attack.

"Gekidrago will not lose!" Gekidrago declared as, despite the broken nose, held his own as he struggled to push back.

Both girls gritted their teeth at the stubbornness of their enemy and tightened their grip with each other. That's when something happened. From the scatter gems all across the floor, light appeared from them and went into the Marble Screw, adding power to the attack as Gekidrago soon found himself overpowered and soon was sent flying through the roof and soon disappeared, leaving the people outside in confusion as to what had just happened.

"What just happened?" Nagisa asked, both she and Honoka back in their civilian forms as the robbers were slowly regaining consciousness.

"All the stones in the store reacted to the Power of Light and lent us their power-mipo." Mipple explained.

"It has been said since long ago that jewels have a miraculous power." Honoka said, remembering that info from one of many books she's read.

"Is that so? Lucky us." Nagisa commented.

"Anyway, I'm glad you noticed Mipple." Honoka said.

"Well, I normally wouldn't have noticed." Nagisa said as she winked at Honoka. "I guess they call this friendship."

Honoka smiled at that before the two of them shared a laugh with each other until the sound of something hitting the iron gate interrupted them. Outside, the police had brought a bulldozer in order to lift up the iron gate.

"Well, guess that's my cue to leave." Nagisa said as she took out her and Dai's silver accessory and handed them to Honoka, placing them in her hands. "These are from both me and Dai-kun. Gotta go!"

"Wait a minute, Nagisa!" Honoka said as she watched Nagisa climb back up the vent.

"Happy Birthday!" Nagisa said to Honoka with a smile before she made her way back through the vent.

Honoka simply smiled as her friend left before the robbers finally regain conscious.

"What happened?" They said before the iron gate was finally pushed ypward and the police came in, saying, "Nobody move! We're the police!"

"Ah!" Instantly, the three men knew they were fucked.

"Aniki!"

"Heh. I guess this is the end." The leader said. There was no way they were getting out of here.

"Please, wait! These men-!" Honoka went to speak on behalf of the trio, but the leader stopped her.

"It's okay, ojou-chan." The leader said. "I have completely resigned myself to my fate.

"A robber is a robber, whatever the reason happens to be."

"We have to accept responsibility."

"Demo(But)…"

"When I'm with you, my courage grows for some reason, the courage to try again." The leader commented as he and his men made their way to the police. "After we're released, we'll try hard and start over. Arigato(Thank you)."

Honoka could do nothing, but watch as the three resigned themselves to their fate and were cuffed. As they were taken away, the leader turned back to her and said, "You have nice parents. Take good care of them."

"I will." Honoka said before the three were pushed into one of the police cars and drove away.

"Honoka/Honoka-chan!" Suddenly, Honoka turned to see her parents along with the rest of the hostages released as the two adults ran up to her and embraced her in a hug.

"I'm so relieved that you're safe…" Aya said as tears of relief threatened to fall down.

"I'm glad that you two are alright." Honoka said, returning the hugs before her father spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Honoka." Taro said as red, bruised markings on his face were present has he had pushed his head out a vent in order to call for help earlier. "Not only can we not be together much, I couldn't even do anything when you were in danger. We're so ashamed."

"We don't deserve to be parents. I bet otou-san is even looking down at us in disappointment. I'm so sorry." Aya said in shame as she imagined her father-in-law looking down at them in shame.

"Don't feel ashamed, you two." Honoka said. "If anything, I'm glad that I can see that my okaa-san and otou-san love me. Even if we are separated, our hearts will always be in touch."

"Honoka/Honoka-chan…"

Honoka then looked to see what Nagisa had given her and smiled. "For me, I have beloved parents and beloved friends. SO many things have happened today, but this was the best birthday ever."

Honoka's parents smiled at their daughter before Aya spoke up.

"Speaking of friends, how is that friend of yours been? Dai I think his name was."

"Ichi-kun? Oh, he's fine. We don't hang out as often, but that's only because he's got a lot on his hand." Honoka said as she thought, 'I wonder how Ichi-kun's doing? I hope he's alright.'

(With Dai)

Gyarido was having the time of his life! With his new truck, he's already killed 15 people! Actually, make that 18 as he had just killed three more people.

"Hahahaha! Oh the faces of these Linto are pricesless!" Gyarido said as he looked at his hand work before looking back at the truck he had stolen. "I guess give them a few years and the Linto can make something useful."

*VROOM!*

(BGM: Kamen Rider Kuuga OST-Soukouki Gouram)

"Huh?" Gyarido turned to see turning a corner was Dai still driving the TryGouram and he was heading his way. "Well look who final decided to show up! This time I'll kill you for sure!"

Gyarido went to get back in the truck, but to his surprise, Dai droved right up to him and struck hims across the face faster than Gyarido could climb up the truck as the enhanced speeds of Dai's bike had caught the Crab Grongi by surprise.

Coming to a stop, Dai got off the TryGouram and pointed towards Gyarido who was getting back up. "Me-Gyarido-Gi! It's time to pay for what you've done! You've taken your last life!"

"We'll see about that, Kuuga!" Gyarido practically spat out Kuuga's name as he charged towards Dai to finish him off with his own hands.

Dai too charged towards the Grongi, intending to make the Grongi pay for hurting his friend! Just as the two were at punching distance, Dai jumped up at the last second, avoiding a strike from Gyarido's places as Dai landed right behind the Grongi and swept his legs, making the Crab Grongi fall down on its back. Dai then quickly acted again and struck Gyarido down with an elbow strike to the gut, knocking some air out of the Grongi. Dai was far from finish as he got up and grabbed Gyarido by the leg and began to spin him around and around and around and around until he finally released the Grongi, throwing him over to a pile of cans and barrels. Gyarido got back up, shaking his head and looked up only to be met with a knee strike to his face which sent him back down to the ground, holding his face before Dai went and picked him up, threw him u a little before bear hugging him. The Grongi was not being crushed but that was Dai's intention in the first place as he bent back and suplexed the Grongi before he carried his momentum over to flip back over back to his feet before he grabbed Gyarido by the legs again and swung him around a few more times before throwing him away where he rolled around on the ground a few times before coming to a stop.

"I'm glad the girls aren't here…" Dai spoke to himself as he ran towards Gyarido who was in the middle of getting back up. Once up, he saw Dai running towards him and quickly grabbed its chain around him and threw it at Dai, attempting to bind him, but Dai was fast enough to dodge the chain and ran up to Gyarido before he jumped and struck Gyarido's chin with his knee, making his head snap back Dai spun in midair, grabbed Gyarido by his head, and in one fluid motion as he was falling back down, kneed Gyarido's back so hard that a loud crack was audible, signaling a broken back.

"I'm glad the girls aren't here to see me do this." Dai said as he let go of Gyarido who simply fell down and could not move as his body was completely paralyzed. "That was for Shougo, but don't think I'm done with you yet." Dai then went and grabbed Gyarido by his antennae and dragged the paralyzed Grongi back to the stolen truck. He opened it up and threw the Grongi into it before closing the door and walking right back to his TryGouram.

Meanwhile, not too far away, Ryō had finally arrived, ready to assist in any way he can when he saw Dai get back on the TryGouram.

"What the heck? Is that the mysterious flying object? Why is it combined with the TRCS?" Ryō said as he got out of his car and saw, to his surprise, Dai driving right towards the truck at top speed. "What is he thinking!? He's going to crash into it!"

Unknown to Ryō, that was actually Dai's plan as he drove at the greatest speeds the TryGouram can offer as the horns up in the front were tipped with flames, ready to execute the TryGouram Attack.

"This is for all the people you've killed!" Dai shouted at the top of his lungs before the horns of the TryGouram slammed right into the side of the truck and to the disbelieving eyes of Ryō, the truck was thrown back and sent flying a few feet before it landed on the ground and rolled around a couple of times before it came to a stop, allowing those to see a mark on the side of the truck, sending out static electricity all over the truck before it along with Gyarido inside who he too was being affected by the electricity, exploded.

(BGM End)

"Sugei(Amazing)…" Ryō said as he was once again surprised by Dai. Shaking out of his stupor, Ryō jogged over to Dai who returned to his civilian form.

"Ah, Ichijo-san." Dai said, turning around to see the man when he heard footsteps. "What took you so long? I already beat Gyarido."

"I can see that." Ryō said as he looked at the flaming remains of both the truck and the Grongi before he looked at the TryGouram. "Is this…?"

"This is Gouram, your mysterious flying object." Dai said.

"I see." Ryō said as he looked at the TryGouram with mild interest. "You said this thing was horse armor?"

"Yep." Dai said, popping the 'p'.

"Well, I guess our search for it is finally over." Ryō said. "Now how to get if off your bike?"

Ryō's answer came quicker than he thought when the color of the Gouram barding went back to acient, stone brown before the barding all fell into pieces.

"Well, I guess that answers your question." Dai said with a laugh.

"If you have time to laugh, then you have time to help me pick these up." Ryō said as he bent down to pick up as many as he could carry before bringing them over to his car.

"Hai, hai…" Dai said as he helped pick some of the relics up. He looked down at the pieces of Gouram before smiling down at Gouram's Amadam Stone. "Thanks for your help, Gouram. I look forward to working with you again."

Dai's smile widen when the Amadam Stone glowed for a while before dying down. Dai continued to smile as he brought the pieces over to Ryō's car, happy to have gained a new friend.

And…done! Whew! That was long! Took me a while, but here it is! The debut of Gouram and the TryGouram as well! I hoped that you all enjoyed today's chapter as much as I have as it just goes to show that a pissed off Dai is not someone you do not want to mess with. Anyway, with this, Dai now has Gouram to help him in his battles against the Grongi! Sorry I couldn't get the girls and their fairies to properly react to it, but next time, they will when Dai shows it off next time. Until then, this has been Ashbel Longhart, signing out. And like always, here's…

Pretty Cure: Rider Fun Facts

"Hello, minna-san! Welcome back for another chapter of Pretty Cure: Rider Fun Facts-mepo!" Mepple said as he, his lover, and their respective partners appeared on stage.

"It feels good to be back. It's been about a month since our last update." Nagisa commented.

"With so many stories, the author has been very busy-mipo." Mipple said.

"So, what are we talking about today?" Honoka asked.

"Today, we're going to talking about the mysterious flying being, the one and only Armor Machine Gouram-mepo!" Mepple said as a picture of Gouram appeared in screen.

"What exactly is this…thing?" Nagisa asked.

"Well, according to the wiki, the Armor Machine Gouram, or simply Gouram for short, is a mysterious stag-beetle-like entity formed from fragments found in the ruins of Nagano-mepo." Mepple said. "As said in the chapter, Gouram assimulated other types of metals as it was searching for Dai, the current bearer of Kuuga-mepo."

"The Gouram assists Kuuga in various capacities such as aerial transportation and becoming Barding for Dai's bike, however, after being used for a certain amount of time, it returns back to its shattered fragments until Dai can revive it by touching its Amadam Stone-mipo." Mipple explained. "It is very maneuverable and capable of a top air speed of 500km/h or 310.69mph-mipo."

"That's so fast!" Honoka said in surprise.

"Sigh, once again, Dai-kun gets all the cool stuff." Nagisa said. "What else can you tell us about this thing?"

"According to the Linto scriptures, Gouram was known as a Horse Armor, which means that the previous Kuuga aka Riku used a horse in combat. Sakurako Sawatari in the TV series also found out from the scriptures that it has a fail-safe program that if the Kuuga it serves lost control of his powers in Ultimate Form, Gouram will self-destruct into ashes-mipo." Mippel explained.

"Wait, what's this about an Ultimate Form?" Nagisa asked.

"Can say, the author won't tell us-mepo." Mepple said. "But, what we can tell is what it's capable of when it combines with the TryChaser 2000 in order to become the TryGouram-mepo!"

"TryGouram?" Both girls repeated in confusion before a picture of the TryGouram appeared on screen.

"The TryGouram is the result of Gouram attaching or combine with Dai's TryChaser as armor-mepo.' Mepple explained. "Also, while in this form, the bike is faster and capable of ramming opponents via the Try Gouram Attack in a similar manner to Kuuga's Mighty Kick-mepo."

"Just how fast can it go?" Honoka asked out of curiosity.

"According to the wiki, the TryGouram has a top speed of Top Speed 400km/h or 248.55mph-mipo." Mipple said.

"Dang that's fast!" Nagisa said in surprise. "Ugh, how come Dai-kun gets something as cool as this while I'm stuck with you?"

"Hey! I much better than that old relic-mepo!"

"And there they go again." Honoka said before turning to the readers. "Well, that's all we have for today. We hope to see you all next chapter." And with that, Honoka and Mipple waved goodbye whie Nagisa and Mepple were too bust arguing.

Next Time: Save Ryouta! Gekidrago Panic! An Illness called Homesickness…