Senran Kagura: The Multi-King

by Shunya Toshiki

800 years had passed since the Greeed were sealed but now they are release upon the world. A young man has been chosen to became the new OOO to stop them, helping him in this battle are Shinobi or ninja, people who dedicate themselves to protect the world in the shadows, but not just any ninja they are beautiful and sexy young girls. (OC x harem)

19. Chapter 19: The Castle Showdown

Sorry for the long wait you guys. I just hadn't felt the good old motivation for a while.

But boy was this a long chapter. But I'm still proud of myself that I managed to get it done. Anyhow, cue disclaimer.

I don't own Kamen Rider OOO or Senran Kagura, those belong to their creators. This is for fun, not profit.

Chapter 19: The Info, the Attack, and the Castle Showdown

After Rin had disappeared Kiriya sighed before he said. "Stop hiding; come on out."

Asuka and Yuuma gasped as they flinched that Kiriya noticed that they were hiding behind a pillar. They soon come out of hiding as Yuuma rubs the back of his head and Asuka scratches her finger on her cheek as they both have a nervous smile on their faces.

"You knew we were here?" Asuka asked.

"I guess that's a ninja master for you." Yuuma said.

"I told you guys that he'll notice us." Alex said as he came out of his hiding spot, and it wasn't just them Katsuragi came out hiding too as she landed on the ground.

"Th-That's our sensei for you, huh?" Katsuragi said.

"I thought I ordered you to wait in the room." Kiriya said as he turned to Ikaruga and Yagyu as they came out of hiding as well.

"We're terribly sorry, but you were acting out of sorts, Sensei, so...we couldn't help it." Ikaruga told him.

"Not to mention we heard quite the interesting conversation between you and that woman." Kiriya turned and saw Ankh lying on the roof of the wall as he was looking at him. "Especially the part where she was a former student of yours."

Kiriya sighed as he rubbed the side of his head.

"Kiriya-sensei…" Yagyu calls out and Kiriya turns to the first year student. "You've learned where Hebijo is, haven't you?"

"Probably." Kiriya said as he showed her and the others the map Rin gave him.

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(Cue Anything Goes by Maki Ohguro)

(You count the Medals: 1, 2 and 3 Life goes on, Anything Goes, Coming up OOO!) We start seeing the screen replaced with a rocky surface and the Taka Medal is on it followed by the Tora and Batta Medals. We then move to see OOO with a magnifying glass on him. As it goes on OOO, we see OOO with different parts. Finally, we see OOO in his default form posing behind the Tatoba symbol.

(Instrumental) A Cell Medal is flipped through the air by Yuuma as he soon catches it. He inserts the Medal in the Ride Vendor before allowing it to transform into a bike. Yuuma, as OOO, drives the bike down the street as the title appears.

(Inranai motanai yume mo minai FUREE na joutai sore me ii kedo {Kokkara hajimaru The show we're waiting for Count the Medals: 1, 2 and 3}) We then see Yuuma wandering a desert carrying his underwear tied to a stick, then changes to Asuka walking through a forest, and changes to Ankh was walking on a roof in the city. Yuuma placed his stick on the ground and relaxed while on the ground as Ankh (As an arm) flew around the screen before showing the Taka, Tora, and Batta Medals.

(Unmei wa kimi hottokanai kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai {Michi naru tenkai Give me energy Count the Medals: 1, 2 and 3}) Yuuma relaxes but gets up as he notices the Taka Medal and picks it up. Asuka notices the Tora Medal and picks it up while Ankh picks up the Batta Medal. The three stand back to back with their Medals as Ankh's arm flies around the screen again before showing the three Core Medals again.

(Daijobu! Ashita wa itsudatte Blank!) The Greeed are shown placing their colored sheets on the beach as they appear relaxed. Asuka runs after Ankh but a red curtain gets in between them. Asuka tears it down to find Ankh gone.

(Jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono saa!) Ankh grabs a bunch of Cell Medals and looks at them while Yuuma stares at him. Yuuma looks at the Medals in his hand as Asuka looks at him. Yuuma soon uses the O-Scanner to scan the Taka, Tora, and Batta in his Driver.

"Henshin!" Yuuma says before transforming.

(OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! COME ON!) We see OOO posing, then appearing in this chapter, then appearing on his Ride Vendor, and then him attacking. We then see him in the desert where he raises his arm out and several Medals burst out of the ground.

(Anything goes! Sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono!) OOO drives his bike and the next thing we see are the Tatoba Medals appearing on Yuuma's hand with a smile. We then see him transforming into OOO. We then get a close up on his helmet.

(Mitasareru mono wo sagashite!) We see the Hanzo students on one side of a Taka Cell Medal, and the Serpent Academy students on the other side of the Cell Medal, between them are Hanzo, Kiriya, and Suzune.

(Life goes on! Honki dashite Tataku no Nara!) OOO gets his Tora claws out before charging. We then see OOO driving his bike being followed by several Taka and Tako Candroids, the Tako Candroids then form a ramp that OOO drives on which makes him fly to the air with the Taka Candroids. Asuka hugs the red curtain; hugging Ankh from behind, Ankh then makes a somewhat sad face.

(Maker ki shinai hazu!) We see the rest of the Greeed, including Poseidon, in front of their respective curtains. OOO gets the Medajalibur, charges it with three Cell Medals, and slashes the ground. As he slashed the ground, Medals burst from the ground and the song ended with the Tatoba Medals appearing from the ground to the screen.

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Yuuma, Alex, and the others went back to the ninja room of the Academy as they were seated on the floor looking at the map that Rin has given Kiriya as it showed the location of Hebijo Academy that is marked by a red 'x'.

"This is Hebijo's home base?" Ikaruga asked.

"It's pretty far into the mountains, huh?" Katsuragi said.

"It's an area that is off-limits, because nominally, it's a cultural heritage conservation site. Probably the work of some company with evil ninja connections." Kiriya said.

"Makes sense. It would make the perfect hiding spot to hide from one's enemies." Ankh said.

"Well in any case, why don't we use this to head to Hebijo right now?" Yuuma asked.

"Yuuma-kun's right. Kiriya-sensei, please let us go to Hebijo Girl's Academy!" Asuka requested.

"Yeah! We have to help Hibari!" Katsuragi said in agreement.

"Hold up you guys." Alex said, getting their attention. "I don't think it's gonna be that simple."

"Alex-kun is right. I can't allow that." Kiriya told them.

"Why not?" Yagyu asked.

"Sensei!" Katsuragi said.

"It's like what Alex-san had said. Things are not that simple. If we good ninjas charge into an evil ninja secret facility…" Ikaruga said.

"Ikaruga is right. It's possible that an all-out war would break out between good ninjas and evil ninjas. Shinobi are shadows that exist within the larger society. If the shadows were to start their own private war, it could shake up the very nation." Kiriya told them.

"Then what about me and Alex?" Yuuma asked. "I mean we're not ninjas, so if we head to Hebijo instead…"

"I'm sorry, but that's also out of the question." Kiriya told them, and Yuuma was confused to hear that. "Well it's true that you know about the shinobi world, it doesn't change the fact you're affiliated with us. Not to mention, if you do head to Hebijo by yourselves, and if you were to engage in battle then you'll be marked as an enemy to evil ninjas and they hunt you down without rest. And the same applies to the other Kamen Riders even if they're in hiding."

"He's right, Yuuma. Either way, war will break out no matter who attacks who." Alex told him.

"No way…" Yuuma mutters.

"Then why are we the only ones who have to keep in check?" Katsuragi asked as she stood up. "The evil ninjas came and attacked us, didn't they?"

'Indeed.' Kiriya thought as he lowered his head. 'I doubt the evil ninjas would violate our tacit agreement.'

Kiriya then remembers the times when the Hebijo students attacked and battled his students.

'Assuming it was an arbitrary action taken by Hebijo…' Kiriya thought before he remembered his reunion with Rin. 'Rin, what is your objective?'

"We can't just leave Hibari-chan with them like this!" Asuka said.

"That's right. I know this is risky, but Kiriya-san, please, we need to do this." Yuuma said.

Kiriya saw his students, and Yuuma and Alex gave them a determined look on their faces.

"Yin and Yang…Such is the why of the world." Everyone looked and saw that Hanzo was in the room.

"Hanzo-san?/Ji-chan!/Hanzo-sama…" Yuuma, Asuka, and Kiriya said a little surprised that he's here.

"Without Yang, there would be no Yin. The opposite likewise." Hanzo told them.

'Almost like Dark Decade and myself…' Alex thought.

"Are you saying that fighting the evil ninjas is pointless?" Ikaruga asked.

"Seems like it to me." Ankh shrugged.

"No," Hanzo said as he sat down with them. "Their conduct has been lawless, and evil. The presence of good ninjas as a shield to resist their evil is absolutely imperative."

"None of that complicated stuff makes any difference! We have to…" Katsuragi said as she was about to raise her arm but stopped as Yagyu stood up.

"We know the location. I'm going." Yagyu said as she turned around to show them her back.

"Yagyu-chan!" Asuka said.

"Go ahead." Hanzo told her, which surprised the others as they turned to the legendary shinobi. "This is ultimately a conflict between fellow students."

"Fellow students?" Ikaruga repeated.

"Then, we will not be participating?" Kiriya asked.

"Of course not. Adults should not become involved in playground spats." Hanzo answered.

"But, in that case…" Kiriya said.

"I, Hanzo, will bear full responsibility. I won't let anyone come down on you." Hanzo told them before he nodded.

"Hanzo-sama…" Kiriya mutters.

"Ji-chan!" Asuka said in awe and gratitude.

"Alright!" Katsuragi said as she punched her hand and popped her knuckles. "We've gotta the go-ahead from the legendary shinobi, Hazno-sama!"

Ikaruga sighed before she asked. "How can you be so happy-go-lucky?"

Katsuragi chuckles as she patted Ikaruga on the back. Hanzo laughs as he walks to Yagyu who turns to the legendary shinobi.

"How can you call yourselves shinobi if you can't save a friend? Right, Yagyu?" Hanzo asked as he gently rubs Yagyu on the head.

"Right." Yagyu said.

"If those are your orders, Master Hanzo...I understand." Kiriya said as he bowed his head.

"Sensei!" Asuka, Ikaruga, and Katsuragi said as they turned to their teacher.

"That's more like it!" Katsuragi said.

"Hey…" Yuuma calls out to get their attention. "Will it be alright if I go with you girls?"

Hearing that surprised everyone in the room.

"I know I'm not a ninja, but I want to help Hibari-chan too. And...I want to confront Homura-chan and the others, I'm not sure if I'm able to fight them but I want to see and face them one more time." Yuuma said and his friends smiled before Asuka grabs hold of his hand.

"Of course. We'll be glad that you'll come with us." Asuka told him, and Yuuma smiles to hear that before he saw Ikaruga, Katsuragi, and Yagyu nodded in agreement.

"Girls...thank you." Yuuma bowed his head. "I'm glad to hear that. Also Alex…"

Yuuma and the others turned to the dimension traveling Rider.

"Do you want to come with us too? I mean, we could use all the help we can get." Yuuma told him, and Alex hummed in thought before he nodded.

"Alright, I'm in. I can't exactly sit this out, especially since Dark Decade might pull something during the attack." Alex said.

"Thanks, I'm glad to have you with us." Yuuma said.

"Mind if I tag along too?" Everyone looked and saw Seth had entered the room as he opened and closed the door, and this left everyone a little surprised that he's here.

"You…!" Ankh growled as he glared at Seth.

"Seth? How did you…?" Alex asked before Seth raised his hand in front of his face before he pointed his thumb at Yuuma.

"To answer that, I place a tracker on him." Seth told them.

"Eh?" Yuuma gawked as he looked around his body and soon found the track that was attached on his sleeve before he removed it with his finger as he looked at it. "How did you do that?"

"Trade secret." Seth answered before he placed his hands behind his head. "When I got here, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. By the sound of it, you might need all the help you can get at this."

"Yes, but why do you want to?" Alex asked and Seth shrugged.

"Well, mostly because it sounds like a lot of fun, and who knows maybe I'll score a treasure or two in an ninja academy." Seth answered.

"Figures…" Alex sighed while shinobi students gave Seth a look of suspicion before Ikaruga whispers to Alex.

"Are you really sure that this man is trustworthy?" Ikaruga asked.

"Well I do admit he does have his own reasons for helping, but he's proven to be helpful and someone we trust-ish." Alex said.

"Alright, we'll trust your judgement then." Ikaruga said and the others nodded in agreement.

"Well, it doesn't mean I'm going to like it." Ankh said.

"Oi, Ankh…" Yuuma mutters.

"Well, pleasure working with you guys for now." Seth told them.

"Alright," Hanzo said, getting everyone's attention as they saw the legendary shinobi holding a wooden basket in his hands. "Now that's all settled, here are some goodies from me."

Hanzo showed there were futomaki rolls in the basket, and the girls cheered to hear that while Yuuma smiled as they looked so good.

The shinobi students and the Riders each got their own roll and were about to eat…

"Hold up!" Kiriya called out, making everyone stop eating as they turned to the shinobi teacher. "Before you kids can eat, I think an extra lesson is in order…"

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With that the shinobi students were seen hanging upside from the ceiling and were holding a bucket of water in their hands.

"Aww…" Katsuragi groaned. "Just because we left the classroom without permission, he doesn't have to punish us at a time like this."

"This is all part of our training." Ikaruga told her.

"Oh, there it is…" Katsuragi mutters in annoyance as she faces away from her fellow third year.

"What was that?" Ikaruga asked as she turned to the blond hair girl.

"Nothing." Katsuragi answered.

"But still you girls are amazing." Yuuma said as he walked in front of Katsuragi and her face slightly turned red. "Don't you get tired of hanging upside down like this?"

"O-Of course!" Katsuragi said with a grin on her face. "This sort of thing is nothing for me!"

"I guess that's true." Alex said as he took a picture of them.

"You know, you didn't have to be here with us. You could've waited in the classroom and enjoyed the futomaki rolls without us." Ikaruga told the Riders, as Ankh was eating a roll himself as he was waiting in the classroom and he really liked it as he hummed and shrugged.

"Not bad…" Ankh mutters as he looks at the futomaki roll before he takes another bite out of it.

"It's fine. I mostly prefer to eat with you girls. Besides, food tastes even better if you eat and share it with your friends." Yuuma said.

"Oh Yuuma…" Ikaruga mutters with a smile, and Alex saw that which made him a little curious in more ways than one.

"Katsuragi-san…" Ikaruga calls out.

"Hmm…?" Katsuragi blinked in wonder.

"Once we set foot in enemy territory, anything could happen. I'm going to be counting on you, okay?" Ikaruga told her.

"Wow...Those words, coming out of you, Ikaruga…" Katsuragi said, a little surprised to hear her say that.

"We both have our responsibilities as the upperclassmen, right?" Ikaruga said.

"I've been counting on you, right from the start." Katsuragi said.

"Yeah, same with me too." Yuuma said in agreement.

"Huh?" Ikaruga said as she was surprised to hear that.

"Let's get ourselves fired up and go, Incho." Katsuragi told her.

"And just now that you can count me, Alex, and Seth to watch your back as well." Yuuma told her.

"You two..." Ikaruga mutters before she smiles and nods. "Right."

Both Ikaruga and Katsuragi then did a fist bump and they did the same with Yuuma while Alex smiled as he took a picture of this moment.

Asuka and Yagyu smile as they watch them before Asuka turns to the first year student.

"Say, Yagyu-chan…" Asuka said as Yagyu blinked. "We'll rescue Hibari-chan, no matter what, okay?"

"We're sure to save her. Hibari has not just me, but all of these friends here to turn to, as well." Yagyu said as she turned away from Asuka.

"Yeah, you're right! With all of us together, it'll be fine for sure!" Asuka told her.

"Yeah." Yagyu said in agreement.

Seth was watching them as he was leaning on the wall with his arms folded and had a smile on his face.

"Look at you, acting all smug like that." Alex said as he walks to his side as Seth turns to him. "I figure this sort of thing isn't your interest."

"Well what can I say, I'm always a sucker of friendship and stuff like that." Seth said, and Alex smiles to hear that.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that. Also there's something I've been meaning to ask. Where are those girls you usually travel with?" Alex asked.

"Don't worry about them. Before I got here I told them to wait for me at that photo studio of yours." Seth answered.

"I see." Alex nodded in understanding.

Yuuma was watching the two Riders with a smile on his face before he turned to the ceiling in determination.

'Hibari-chan, just hold on a little longer. We'll be there to help you soon.' Yuuma thought.

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(Meanwhile)

Hibari is seen crawling on the ceiling of a hallway as she quietly sneaks over the guards down below her. Hibari took a moment to stop as she had a determined look on her face.

'It's just as I thought. Inside the castle, security is lax.' Hibari thought as she continued to move forward as she crawled on the ceiling.

Hibari soon sits on the wooden support beams on the ceiling, and she could sense a powerful presence close by.

'I'm sensing a powerful presence on the top floor. If the super-secret ninja art scroll is anywhere, it must be…' Hibari thought.

Hibari was now in Dogen's room as she was hiding beside his private chambers before she heard two people talking.

"You mean to betray me?" Dogen asked and Hibari's flinches to hear that voice of his.

"I do not understand what you mean." Said Rin as Hibari recognizes her voice.

Rin wears casual clothes which consists of a tight black skirt with black stockings rimmed with black paisley. She also wears a long-sleeved, classy, white dress shirt which reveals much of her bust; while wearing black camisole underneath.

She is seen kneeling down to Dogen as the latter had a glass of wine in his hand as he moved it around.

"Telling the teacher of Hanzo Academy Hebijo's location...If that isn't a betrayal, then what is it?" Dogen asked in a demanding tone, but Rin kept her calm as she explained.

"Simply obtaining the super-secret ninja art scroll is meaningless. As I told you before, it is by having the chosen one that its meaning becomes accomplished. All I did was facilitate that." Rin stated.

"You intentionally called the students of Hanzo here, in order to fight my own students, is that it?" Dogen asked.

"Affirmative. The shinobi students are unaccomplished, and as a result, owing to their strength being unknown as well, it is possible that one could become the vessel through which the super-secret ninja art scroll is succeeded. As long as not just the Yin, but the Yang scrolls are with us, it was inevitable that the Yang scroll's successor, which is to say, the good ninja shinobi students would be summoned." Rin told him and Hibari was shocked to hear that.

Dogen then threw his cup of wine to the floor as it shattered into pieces and spilled the wine that was inside. Dogen soon stood up and glared at Rin.

"Are you insane?! If it reaches our superious' ears that the good ninjas have found out about this place…!" Dogen said before Rin stood up and faced him.

"You are the one who was so eager to succeed that you acted on your own authority." Rin stated.

"Nani?" Dogen gasped.

"Whether you poke your head out, or run away, do whatever you please. I will not try to stop you." Rin said as she turned around and left.

Dogen growls as he glares at her. "Why, you little…you've got some nerve! Seize the traitor Suzune!"

Rin stops as several guards appeared around her as they surrounded her and pointed their staffs at their former teacher. But despite this set back, Rin calmly smiled.

'Everyone is coming here?' Hibari thought in worry.

Unknown to everyone in the room, is that the Dark Rider, Poseidon had overheard their conversation as he had a smirk on his face.

"Now then, OOO, Decade...What's your move going to be?" Poseidon said in wonder as he was looking forward to the upcoming battle that will begin soon.

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After finishing their discipline training, and after eating the futomaki rolls, Yuuma, Alex, Seth and their friends had arrived in a Hanzo Academy training camp building.

Inside the building, the Riders and the shinobi students brought a round cup of water in their hands close to each other. They soon drank the water from their cups and once they were empty they threw the cups to the floor but didn't shattered into pieces due to them being made out of plastic.

They managed to gather the cups and set them on top of each other by the jug of water as Katsuragi wasn't pleased that they didn't break.

"We're not breaking them? That seems a little disappointing." Katsuragi said.

"Well what did you expect? They're made out of plastic." Alex said.

"And cleaning up afterward would be a hassle." Ikaruga told her.

"Not to mention a waste of time." Seth said as he set his cup on top of the others.

The shinobi students and the Kamen Riders were standing side by side with each other as Kiriya was doing a roll call.

"Ikaruga!"

"Hai!"

"Katsuragi!"

"Yeah!"

"Asuka!"

"Hai!"

"Yagyu!"

"Hai."

"Yuuma!"

"Hai!"

"Alex!"

"Hai!"

"Seth!"

"Yeah, I'm here." Sethe said as he does a two finger salute.

"Go infiltrate Hebijo Clandestine Girls' to rescue Hibari, and to recover the super-secret ninja art scroll!" Kiriya told them before he set his eyes on the Kamen Riders. "And you three are to help and support them in any way you can!"

"Right!" They said while Seth just nodded.

"But your most important mission…" Kiriya said before he took a moment to close his eyes. "...Is for all of you to come back alive, together with Hibari." He said with a smile.

The shinobi students and the Riders smile. "Right!"

"I think I'll come along too." Everyone looked and saw Ankh as an arm flying to them, which was much to their surprise.

"Jeez, it's still creepy to see him as a flying, talking arm." Katsuragi said.

"Agreed." Ikaruga and Yagyu nodded in agreement.

"Ankh? What are you doing out of the detective's body?" OOO asked.

"I thought I would come along with the ride. Someone has to make sure you don't lose the Medals." Ankh told them.

"But without you, Shingo will…" Asuka mutters in worry, and Ankh scoffs as he turns away from her.

"Don't worry, he should have plenty of energy to last longer without me." Ankh told her.

"Also I'll watch over him for you, and I'll make sure he's well taken care of." Hanzo told them.

"Ji-chan...Thank you." Asuka said in gratitude. Hanzo coughs a few times before he said.

"Ultimately, this is a squabble among children, after all."

"Team, transform!" Kirya told them.

"Right! Shinobi Tenshin!" The shinobi students said as they changed into their shinobi battle uniforms.

Yuuma, Alex, and Seth brought out their Drivers. Yuuma inserted the Taka, Tora, and Batta Medals into it and scanned the Medals, and Alex and Seth brought out their Cards.

"Henshin!" The three Riders said as Alex and Seth inserted their Cards into their Drivers respectively.

KAMEN RIDE: DECADE/DIEND

TAKA

TORA

BATTA

TATOBA, TA-TO-BA, TATOBA

Yuuma changes into OOO while Alex and Seth change into Decade and Diend.

"Move out!" Kiriya ordered before the alarms were sounding off.

The team of ninjas and Kamen Riders soon jump into a hole that appeared on the floor one at a time as Ankh followed them.

Then behind a waterfall, a launch deck appeared as it split the waterfall apart as it opened the room that was behind it.

The ninja students were seen being held by jetbacks that resembled a Japanese kite as they were ready to launch with them, while the Riders were left to figure out how to fly on their own.

"Yuuma-kun, are you three doing? You need to use these too." Asuka told the Riders.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if I'm confident I can fly on that thing." OOO said.

"Don't worry, I can handle that problem." Decade said as he brought out his Wizard Card and inserted it into his Driver.

KAMEN RIDE: WIZARD, HI HI HI HI HI

Decade changes into Wizard and soon brought out the Form Ride Card of his Hurricane Style and inserts it into his Driver.

FORM RIDE: HURRICANE STYLE, FU FU FU FU FU FU

D-Wizard changes into his Hurricane Style as a green magic circle appeared out of his Driver and passed through his body.

"Okay, you ready?" D-Wizard asked and OOO nodded. "Alright, here we go."

D-Wizard grabs onto OOO with his arm on his shoulders, D-Wizard then turns to Diend.

"If you want I can give you a ride too." D-Wizard told him.

"Thanks, but I'm good." Diend said as he brought out his Agito Card and inserted it into his Driver and pulled the trigger.

KAMEN RIDE: AGITO

Diend summons Kamen Rider Agito before he brings out Agito's Final Form Ride Card and inserts into his Driver and shoots at Agito's back.

FINAL FORM RIDE: A-A-AGITO

Agito soon transforms into the Agito Tornado, and everyone, minus Decade, winces to see that because it must have been painful. Diend soon jumps onto the Tornado and turns to the others.

"What are we waiting for? Are we going or not?" Diend asked.

"R-Right!" Ikaruga said before Kiriya gave the call as he was outside.

"Charge!" Kiriya shouted.

"Launching!" Ikaruga said as she took off first and soon flew in the night sky.

"Here goes! Yahoo!" Katsuragi said as she took off next, and Yagyu took off after her.

The last was Asuka as she, the Riders, and Ankh were ready to go as well, but Asuka took a moment as she was in deep thought.

'Enemy territory, huh?' Asuka thought to herself as she remembered her battle with Homura and how easily she defeated her. 'Even though we have yet to beat them squarely…'

"Asuka-chan…" OOO mutters as he notices the look in her eyes.

'I guess she must be thinking about Homura-chan. I can't blame her though.' OOO thought as he remembered his battle against Homura and the other students of Hebijo that he met and befriended.

"Asuka!" A familiar voice calls out, and Asuka looks and sees it was her grandfather Hanzo as he was standing behind her.

"Ji-chan!" Asuka said.

"Hanzo-san." OOO said as he saw him as well.

"Do not forget what true strength is." Hanzo told his granddaughter..

"True strength…" Asuka repeated before she realized what he meant before she brought out the scroll she got from Daidoji from her shirt. "You mean this?"

Asuka opened the scroll and saw the message inside which made Hanzo chuckle in a proud tone in his voice.

"When I heard that you had won that, I was so pleased." Hanzo said as he stroked his bread.

"I've been keeping it as a good luck charm. Listen, Ji-chan…" Asuka said and Hanzo blinks before she hands him the scroll. "Hold on to it. When I come back, I'll need to put the scroll we retrieve in here, after all." She said as she winks at Hanzo.

"Asuka-chan…" OOO mutters in awe before he smirks under his helmet.

Hanzo then accepted the scroll as he took it out of her hand and said. "Hm-hmm. Off you go."

"Right." Asuka said before she turned to OOO. "You ready, Yuuma-kun?"

"Of course!" OOO nodded.

"That's what I wanted to hear." D-Wizard said as OOO turned at him. "If you were about to wine and complain I would've beaten that out of you. I know you have your doubts about fighting Homura and the others, but you need to focus on the task at hand."

"I know. But thanks for that." OOO said and D-Wizard smirks on his helmet.

"Hey!" Ankh shouted as the others turned to the arm Greeed. "If you're done wasting time, then how about we get going already?!"

"I know, you don't have to say it like that." Asuka said before she turns forward. "Asuka...taking flight!"

Asuka soon launches and flies in the sky, and D-Wizard followed her as he flies using green wind around as he carries OOO by his side with his arm on his shoulders, and Ankh followed as he flies beside them and Diend followed following as the Agito Tornado flies in the sky.

'I'm not afraid! I'm...Ji-chan's granddaughter!' Asuka thought in strong resolve with a smile on her face. 'And also…'

Asuka then saw her friends flying beside her as they gave her a nod.

'I'm a Hanzo Academy student!' Asuka thought.

OOO saw the smile on Asuka's face and saw she still held her resolved even though they might fight against Homura and the others.

'Asuka-chan, thank you. I'm not going to felter either. We will save Hibari-chan and come back alive. And if Homura-chan and the others do get in our way, then I'll fight them because if I hesitate that will be an insult to them and to their pride as ninja.' OOO swore to himself.

D-Wizard saw that OOO was in deep thought before he smirked under his helmet.

'That's the spirit, Yuuma. Don't lose sight of what matters to you and to your friends.' D-Wizard thought as he turned his head forward. 'Just you wait Poseidon, Dark Decade, whatever you have planned here, we'll stop you.'

"Come back safely, now." Kiriya said as he watched his students leave as Hanzo walked to him.

"But then...this will not be so simple." Both men looked and saw Daidoji's cat standing on top of a tree branch.

"Daidoji…" Kiriya said.

Then Daidoji soon appeared in front of both Hanzo and Kiriya.

"You're talking about Rin, right?" Hanzo asked.

"Mm-hmm." Daidoji nodded and Kiriya turned to the legendary shinobi.

"Rin was probably acting on her own when she gave us Hebijo's location. Once that comes out, punishment is inevitable." Hanzo told the shinobi teacher. "Which is why you are planning to go after them, and head to Hebijo, aren't you?"

Kiriya grunted before he said. "Was it that obvious?"

Hanzo then turns around and walks forward.

"With the two of you together, plus Rin being tangled up in this, it was unavoidable. It's not as though you could leave it alone." Hanzo said.

"You are most perceptive." Daidoji said. "Another disquieting fact has just come to me.

"Disquieting?" Kiriya repeated before the legendary senpai explained what she meant.

"Each of the evil ninja shinobi students seemed to be under an outlawed technique." Daidoji told them as she made a fist and pointed it forward up in the sky. Which surprised both Hanzo and Kiriya when they heard that.

"Outlawed, you say?!" Hanzo said.

"But...if that's true then…" Kiriya said as he slowly realized what his students and the Kamen Riders were heading into.

"The kids are in danger." Hanzo said in a dread tone in his voice.

---

(Meanwhile)

After she manages to sneak back into the room she was given, Hibari is seen walking to Haruka as she guides her outside and on the school's ground.

"Today, I'll show you to the training grounds." Haruka told her.

As they were walking together, Hibari was still in deep thought on what she learned from Dogen and Rin.

'Everyone is coming here. I can't very well tell Haruka-san. What do I do?' Hibari thought in worry.

"What's wrong, Hibari?" Haruka asked as she stopped walking.

"Huh?" Hibari said as she stopped walking. "Oh it's nothing."

Hibari then saw the training field but saw there was no one on it besides her and Haruka.

"It's such a large area, but nobody is here." Hibari said which made Haruka chuckle as both girls turned at each other.

"Oh, they're here, alright." Haruka tells her and Hibari blinks before she turns back to the field and realizes something.

"Then, this is for earth camouflage techniques?" Hibari asked.

"Yes. This place is for drills to merge with the ground's surface." Haruka told her as one of the students emerged beneath the dirt on the field to catch her breath before she buried herself once again. "It's been just about...30 hours since they started, I'd say."

"Th-They do it that long?" Hibari asked in shock.

"'That long'? They're not even halfway done." Haruka told her before she turned around and left and Hibari soon followed her.

Haruka then brought Hibari on top of a bridge as they looked down and saw several instructors standing above the river using wooden panels on their feet and Hibari could several open hole bamboo sticks sticking out from the river.

"And over here, water camouflage techniques?" Hibari asked as she remembers Yagyu teaching her that very technique.

---

(Flashback)

Hibari and Yagyu were training by the river as Hibari was watching Yagyu as she was under the water while using a bamboo stick to breath as it was sticking out from the river.

Yagyu emerges from the river as Hibari is looking at her.

"Hibari…" Yagyu said before she removes the bamboo stick from her mouth and hands it to Hibari. "It's your turn."

Hibari took the bamboo but wasn't too confident about this as she said. "I'm not sure I can do this."

"It's alright. Knowing you, you can." Yagyu assured her with a smile, and Hibari smiled in gratitude as she nodded.

"Mm-hmm!"

(End of flashback)

---

"Yagyu-chan…" Hibari said as she smiled in reminisce as she saw three students were swimming forward as their bamboo sticks were forward as well.

"Something wrong?" Haruka asked.

"No, it's nothing." Hibari shook her head.

"There! You're exposed!" Both Hibari and Haruka looked as they saw one of the instructors throwing a kunai at one of the students hiding in the water.

Then blood started to appear around the bamboo stick before the wounded student emerged from the water as the kunai was stuck on her shoulder before she groaned and placed a hand on her shoulder.

But despite that, that very student stood up and bowed her head at the instructor that wounded her as she apologized and thanked him for his guidance.

"They don't have to go that far." Hibari said.

"Those students who are allowed to fail must learn the hard way. That way benefits the student, after all." Haruka told her as the wounded student walked out of the river.

Hearing that saddens Hibari which Haruka notices as she turns to her.

"What's wrong?" Haruka asked and Hibari turned to her.

"A-As badly as she got hurt, her friends...nobody even attempted to look after her." Hibari said as she looked back and forth from Haruka and the river.

"What are you talking about?" Said a familiar voice behind her.

Hibari turned around and saw Homura and Yomi were on the bridge as well as Homura was looking at her while Yomi showed her back.

"Her friends are there to make sure the mission is carried out, right? Those who become injured are no help at all, are they?" Homura said in a cold tone.

"But…" Hibari said before Yomi chuckles as she turns at the pink haired girl.

"This is why young ladies who receive a coddled upbringing are not any good." Yomi said.

Hibari looked down as she could hear a teacher and student talking to each other from the river.

Then Hibari witnesses different students undergoing different training classes that were both difficult and harsh as Haruka talks to her.

"The training is strict. That's the whole reason why we desperately strive to aim higher so that we can become first-rate shinobi." Haruka told her as Hibari was looking at the students in sympathy.

"This afternoon, there's a lecture in the schoolhouse." Haruka said as she opened a hidden panel from a tree which revealed a valve that was inside.

Haruka then spins on that valve which opens a hidden door that was disguised as a stone wall.

'I see...Their way of thinking may be different, but these people are trying purely to reach their goal.' Hibari thought in understanding as Haruka closed the panel on the tree and turned to Hibar.

"Hibari?" Haruka calls out.

"Hai?" Hibari said as she turned around and headed to Haruka's side, but as she did she accidently tripped on one of the tree's roots and landed her head on it.

She was about to fall to the ground but Haruka catches her in time while placing a hand on her chest. Hibari blinks before she looks up at Haruka as she is smiling at her.

"My, you're such a clumsy little girl." Haruka said before Hibari stood on her feet and bowed her head a few times.

"I-I'm sorry." Hibari said.

"That's the part of what makes you so cute." Haruka said as she gently petted Hibari on the head which made her smile before both girls chuckled.

Then both Hibari and Haruka walk inside of the building as the hidden door closes behind them.

---

The shinobi students of Hanzo and the Kamen Riders had arrived in a forest that was close to Hebijo Academy as they landed on the ground.

The girls removed their jetpacks while Decade changed back into his base form before OOO removed his arm from his shoulders, and Diend jumped off the Agito Tornado.

"Man...that certain took a while." OOO said as he did a few stretches.

"I say." Ankh said in agreement as he was flying by his side.

"Is everyone ready?" Ikaruga asked and the others answered by nodding.

They soon moved to the cliffside and saw Hebijo Academy in front of them as it was standing a good distance away from them.

"So that's Hebijo Girls' Academy…" OOO said as he looked at the Academy and the buildings around it.

"It certainly looks like it." Decade said as he brought out his camera and took a few pictures of the Academy.

"Hibari is in there." Yagyu said in worry before OOO placed a hand on her shoulder for comfort as she turned to him.

"Don't worry, we'll find her no matter." OOO assured her and Yagyu smiled in gratitude.

"Let's wait here for the sun to go down." Ikaruga advised.

---

Hibari is seen taking a bath with Homura and the others, while she was bathing Hibari was in deep thought as the others were enjoying themselves.

'I have to get the secret scroll back before everyone gets here.' Hibari thought as Hikage moves in front of her.

"What's with the gloomy face?" Hikage asked, and Hibari flinched before she shook her head.

"Mm-mm, it's nothing." She told her and the others. "U-Um, can I ask you all something?"

"If it has to do with sprouts, ask whatever you like." Yomi said.

"I-It's not about sprouts." Hibari told her, and Yomi shrugged as she turned away from the pink haired girl.

"Well, what is it?" Yomi asked.

"I was wondering, what is Suzune-sensei like?" Hibari asked.

"Well, she's a good teacher." Hikage said as she sat up.

"She's very strict, but she places faith in our strengths." Mirai said.

"It sometimes hurts me that she isn't interested in sprouts, but she's the one who brought me up to be as fine as I am." Yomi said with a proud smile and with a hand on her chest.

Hibari was saddened to hear that as she remembers Rin being branded as a traitor by Dogen.

"What's the matter?" Homura asked as she stood up and Hibari turned to her. "Are you starting to miss your Hanzo Academy teacher?"

"You are free to go back to them." Yomi told her.

"I-It's not that!" Hibari stated.

"Everyone, stop picking on my Hibari." Haruka told them as she lay down behind Hibari and placed her arms around her. "She's still a newbie here, after all. Right?"

She then started to rub her hands around Hibari which caused Hibari to moan as Haruka started to lick on her neck. Seeing that causes Mirai to blush as she covers her mouth, while Homura sighed and rubs the side of her head and Yomi just smiled, and Hikage didn't seem to care that much.

"Oh, my...Whatever is the matter?" Haruka asked as she continued to play with Hibari.

Homura sighed once again before she smiled and said.

"Haruka, it looks to me like you're the one who's picking on her."

"Oh? That's not true at all." Haruka said as Homura sits down in the bath.

"H-Haruka-sama, you're being a bit indecent." Mirai stated as she lowered her head.

"Why are you turning red, Mirai-san?" Yomi asked and Mirai turned to her.

"I-I am not turning red! Yomi-oneechan, you dummy!" Mirai tells her, and Yomi chuckles in amusement as Mirai turns around and sinks into the bath water.

Homura laughs as Hikage leans her back against the edge of the bath as her head is now hanging upside down.

"This is boneheaded." Hikage said.

As Mirai was arguing with Yomi, Haruka chuckled in amusement and Hibari noticed as she was eyeing on her.

'I don't think Haruka-san is a bad person, either, deep down...Neither are the others.' Hibari thought as she remembered how the others had no choice but to become evil ninjas.

Hibari continues to watch Homura and the others as they enjoy playing with each other as they tease Mirai.

---

(Later)

Shortly after taking a bath with Homura and the others, Hibari is seen in Dogen's office as they were summoned by him as they were kneeling in front of the headmaster of Hebijo while Hibari was hiding beside his private room.

'The secret scroll is in this room, all right. I have to get it back somehow.' Hibari said as she quietly moved and hid behind the stairs that lead to Dogen's room.

"I, Homura, and the other four, are here, as per your summons." Said Homura as Hibari heard her.

Hibari then brought out a small red ball and opened it to reveal a seclusion drape.

"A seclusion drape: Crafted using a special process to refract light, it allows one to visually blend in with one's background."

"I'll stay here until everyone leaves." Hibari said as she covered herself with the drape.

"Suzune-sensei betrayed us?" Homura asked in shock as the others, minus Hikage, were surprised as well.

"What do you mean by that?" Yomi asked.

"Suzune leaked the location of this place to Hanzo Academy." Dogen told them.

"Why would Sensei do such a thing?" Mirai asked, while Haruka smiled.

'Oh, my, is she following in my footsteps?' Haruka thought.

"She blindsided me. I had not forgotten that Suzune came from Hanzo Academy, but still…" Dogen said.

"I knew it." Mirai said.

"The rumors were true." Yomi said.

"Sensei was…" Homura said before she finished in her mind. 'A good ninja?'

"Now those Hanzo folks know about this place, they will probably launch a sneak attack on us. It will be up to you to intercept them, and wipe out every last one of them!" Dogen told them.

"Affirmative!" The five Hebijo elite said in acknowledgement.

"Consider this a battle not just for our academy, but for the fate of all evil ninjas! Defeat will not be tolerated!" Dogen told them.

"Of course!" Homura nodded, and Dogen smirked to hear that.

"That's the spirit. Such is the earnest desire of a shinobi. But just in case you are beaten, I will invoke the yoke technique at once." Dogen said.

"The yoke technique, an outlawed technique that freely allows the caster control over the life and death of the one the technique is cast upon."

"My shinobi, who represent our proud Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy, I trust you are all content with that?" Dogen asked.

"In other words, our backs are to the wall." Mirai said with a smile.

"Hmph, surely you jest. It is not possible for us to lose." Homura said as she made a strong fist.

"That's right." Hikage said with a smile.

"On the contrary, it makes it more thrilling this way." Yomi said with a smile and a hand on her cheek.

"Naturally," Haruka said as she flicks her hair. "Since there is no escape from the yoke technique."

Hibari was stunned to hear that Homura and the others were that easy to accept this. She soon removes her drape.

'I have to tell the others!' Hibari thought as she ran to meet with her friends, but stopped as she accidentally bumps into someone who was standing in front of her waiting.

Hibari looked up and saw it was Haruka.

"Oh, my. What are you doing here?" The puppet master asked.

"Ah, well...I was going back to the room, when I lost my way…" Hibari told her as she had an innocent smile.

"Oh, yeah? And you wandered all the way to the top floor? Hibari, is your sense of direction really that poor?" Haruka asked with a smile and Hibari nervously chuckled as she waved and rubbed the back of her head.

"Y-Yes, it is." Hibari told her and Haruka chuckled.

"I see. Well then...that means you heard everything." Haruka said with a dark tone and smile.

Before Hibari could respond, Haruka threw a rope at her as it tied around her body as Haruka lifted her up a few feet above the floor.

"W-What are you doing, Haruka-san?" Hibari asked.

"I'm sorry, but if you interfere, it will mess things up for us." Haruka told her.

"Sure enough, it's you."

Hibari turned around and saw Mirai, Yomi, and Hikage standing on the stairs looking at her.

"You were sent here as a spy by the enemy, weren't you?" Mirai concluded.

"Oh my, this might call for torture." Yomi said as Homura walked out of her hiding place from Haruka's back.

"Like I said at the outset...everything is at your own risk." Homura said as Hibari was saddened that she was now caught.

---

(Meanwhile)

Outside of the gate of Hebijo Academy an explosion appeared a few feet away from the gate as the guards turned to the explosion.

"Let's go!" Some of the guards run to the explosion to search for the cause of it.

"What happened?" A guard asked as she opened the door before she was knocked out by Ikaruga as she was now by the opened gate.

The other Hanzo students appeared around her as the Kamen Riders and Ankh headed to them as they sneaked through the open gate as the guards didn't notice them.

They continue to rush to the main building of Hebijo Academy before they split up into teams of three, Ikaruga and Katsuragi was team 1, Asuka and Yagyu was team 2, the Kamen Riders and Ankh was team 3.

"Getting inside is one thing...but we can't find the entrance to the castle!" Katsuragi said as she continued to run with Ikaruga beside her.

"Splitting into teams was the right call." Ikaruga said.

"Intruders!"

Both Ikaruga and Katsuragi looked and saw several guards standing in front of them as they continued to run forward.

Asuka and Yagyu had arrived on a bridge as they looked at the castle.

"This way appears to swing around to the rear of the castle." Yagyu said.

"You're right." Asuka said before their battle sense kicked in as they saw several guards jumping out of the water below them as they headed towards them.

OOO, Decade, Diend, and Ankh had arrived at the foot of the castle as they looked for the entrance that leads inside.

"Man just where is the entrance?" OOO asked. "I know this is an academy for ninjas, but they could've at least left a sign."

"Then it wouldn't be hidden, you idiot." Ankh told him.

"Hey!" OOO said.

As they were looking, Diend stops as he notices something.

"Hey," Diend calls out which made the others stop as they turned to him. "If you're not too busy, you might have to get ready...because we have some company."

They soon saw several guards appearing out of hiding as they faced the Riders and Ankh.

OOO assumes his combat stance and Diend pointed his gun at them as they were ready to fight them, before Decade placed his arm in front of them.

"Please, allow me." Decade said as he opened his Ride Booker. Decade soon brings out Kabuto's Card and inserts it into his Driver.

KAMEN RIDE: KABUTO

Decade changes into Kabuto and soon brings out the Clock Up Card and inserts it into his Driver.

ATTACK RIDE: CLOCK UP

D-Kabuto soon charges and attacks the evil shinobis in front of him using his enhanced speed and defeats them easily as he knocks them out as they fall to the ground.

OOO was amazed to see that as he dodged an enemy's attack and kicked her to the ground.

"Wow...That was cool…" OOO mutters in awe.

"Hmph...show off." Diend said while slightly impressed.

---

(Meanwhile)

Haruka wearing her shinobi uniform had brought Hibari to the holding cells as she put Hibar into one of the cells.

"Now, you behave yourself in there, okay?" Haruka told her.

"Haruka-san, are you all going to die if you lose?" Hibari asked in worry.

"Yes, that's right." Haruka calmly told her with a smile.

"That's messed up! It's wrong!" Hibari said.

"Everyone is placed under the yoke technique by him upon their entrance to Hebijo Girls' Academy." Haruka told her.

"Everyone?" Hibari asked in shock.

"Originally, it was a technique that was invoked when the students who dropped out or ran away attempted to tell outsiders about the existence of the school." Haruka explains. "But he is freely able to alter the conditions of the technique."

"Aren't you afraid to have such a terrible technique cast on you?" Hibari asked, and Haruka chuckled before she answered.

"'One who fears death is one who fears not failing one's mission.' Isn't that right, Sensei?" Haruka asked as she turned to Rin who was locked up in a cell beside Hibari's as Rin was looking at her.

"Sensei?!" Hibari gasped as she turned to Rin.

---

The Kamen Riders, and the Shinobi students of Hanzo continue to easily defeat the guards as they continue to make their way to the castle, as Dogen was informed about this.

"We've got intruders! They could be students of Hanzo Academy! And there are three armored and masked men with them as well." She told him.

Dogen clicks his tongue in annoyance.

"Hmph, they've come, all right. And with their Rider allies no less." Dogen said as he looked at the Yin and Yang Scrolls.

'The amount of time and expense it took to build this academy were both enormous. If my superious find out about this fiasco, it won't be my position I worked so hard to reach, it will be my life I lose. Now that it's come to this, I will have to piece out Yin and Yang, both of the super-secret ninja art scrolls, and with their power, I'll put the organization itself in the palm of my hand.' Dogen swore to himself.

Unknown to them is that Poseidon was spying him as he was hiding in the shadows as he had a smile on his face.

"So OOO and his allies are here. Good, now it will only be a matter of time when I use these." Poseidon said as he looked at the Yin and Yang Core Medals in his hand.

---

Katsuragi and Ikaruga had defeated the last of the guards around them as Katsuragi kicked one so hard she crashed into a stone lamp post.

"The entrance is nowhere to be found." Ikaruga said as she and Katsuragi turned at each other.

"Well, I wonder how the others are doing?" Katsuragi said.

"Ikaruga-san! Katsu-nee!" Both third years looked and saw Asuka, Yagyu, Ankh, and the Kamen Riders heading towards them.

"Oh, it's you guys!" Katsuragi said in relief as they stopped.

"We didn't find the entrance, either…" Yagyu told them.

"Same with us too. This place is even tighter than fortnocks." Decade said as he looked at the castle.

"There must be a hidden passageway somewhere." Ikaruga said.

"They know we're here. We have to hurry!" Asuka told them.

"You don't have to tell us. We all know!" Katsuragi said in frustration as she rubs her hand on her head.

OOO wonders what to do before he notices that Yagyu was staring at the castle.

"Yagyu-chan, is something wrong?" OOO asked.

"Hibari…" Yagyu said as the others turned to her.

"What about her?" Ankh asked.

Yagyu turns and walks to the tree that was close to them.

"What are you doing?" Diend asked.

"It's Hibari." Yagyu told them as she rubs her hand on the tree. "I'm picking up Hibari's scent."

"You're what?" Katsuragi said.

Yagyu soon finds and opens the hidden panel with the valve.

"Could that be…?" Asuka said as she and the others walked to the tree.

Yagyu then spins on the valve as it soon opens the hidden entrance that leads inside of the castle.

"Sure enough, it's a hidden door." Ikaruga said.

"Nicely done, Yagyu!" Katsuragi said as she placed her hands on Yagyu's shoulder.

"It was only because of Hibari." Yagyu said and OOO understood what she meant by that.

"I see! Way to go, Hibari-chan! She must have left a mark on this tree knowing that we might find it." OOO said.

"Hmph...I guess she's not a complete moron afterall." Ankh said.

"Well anyway, now that we found this, let's move!" Decade said and the others nodded as they headed inside as the hidden door closed behind them.

The shinobi students of Hanzo, the Kamen Riders, and Ankh were racing down the hallway for a while before several bombs were thrown in front of them as they exploded which forced them to stopped as they saw Yomi and several guards waiting for them as Yomi was wearing her shinobi uniform.

"It's you!" Ikaruga said.

"Yomi-chan…" OOO muters as Yomi chuckles.

"Welcome." Yomi greeted them as she stabbed her sword to the floor with her hands on top of the hilt. "We are ready to offer you a warm reception…"

Yomi then wields her sword as she removes it from the ground as she is ready to fight against them.

"Ladies of Hanzo Academy, and the gentlemen known as Kamen Riders." Yomi said as she chuckled once again. "I wonder if you might make this a bit entertaining for me."

"An ambush?" Asuka said.

"I guess that means they must have been prepared and were waiting for us." Decade concluded.

"I will give you credit for making it this far." Yomi said as she pointed at them.

"Yomi-chan, please," OOO calls and Yomi narrows her eyes at him. "I know how this looks, but we're not here to settle any scores with you."

"That's right." Ikaruga said as she grabbed onto her sword's hilt. "We are here to take back our friend, and the super-secret ninja art scroll. But if you get in our way…You will get no mercy!" She said as she pulled her sword out of its sheath.

The other assumed a combat stance as they were ready to fight Yomi and the guards with her.

"How dare you traipse into our home and take such a high-handed tone! I should have expected this from a rich girl!" Yomi said as she glared at Ikaruga. "Will you slap me across the face with a wad of bills next?"

With a flick of her finger, Yomi ordered the guards to attack the Hanzo team and the Kamen Riders as they charged at them, and they did the same as they charged at the guards as well to battle them.

---

(Meanwhile)

Haruka looks at the ceiling and even though it was from afar she could hear the sounds of a battle.

"It sounds like your friends have safely made their way inside." Haruka told Hibari, and she was surprised to hear that.

"The others are…?" Hibari said.

Haruka chuckles as she turns to Rin.

"Is this going according to your plan, Sensei?" Haruka asked and Rin chuckled as she smirked while Hibari had a worried look on her face as Haruka turned back to her. "No matter. You're going to be more entertaining, after all."

"No!" Hibari said as she placed her hands on the wooden bars.

"Hmm…?" Haruka hummed as she raised an eyebrow.

"If you fight and lose, Haruka-san, you're all going to die, right?" Hibari said, and Haruka just smiles at her.

"It's alright. There's no possibility of us losing." Haruka assured her.

"I'm not so sure." Rin said with a frown and Haruka turns back to her teacher.

"Oh my, Sensei, you're able to speak after all." Haruka said.

"You'd do well not to underestimate Hanzo Academy, Kiriya, or those Kamen Rider friends of theirs." Rin told her with a smile, and Hibari blinks that she knows Kiriya.

---

The Hanzo team was able to defeat several of the guards, as Asuka, Ikaruga, and Yagyu attacked them with their swords, and Katsuragi kicked them to the floor.

The Kamen Rider did the same as OOO attacks several of the guards using his Tora Claws and using his Batta Legs to kick them, Decade lands a few punches and kicks on some guards as well, while Diend fires at them using his gun.

---

"Every time they lose, they examine the reason why…" Rin explained with a smile.

---

As the Hanzo Team and Kamen Riders were defeating the guards, Yomi fires at them using her crossbow, they manage to avoid her arrows while Diend shoots down the ones that were heading towards them, and Ikaruga charges at her as she cuts down several of her arrows.

---

"...remedy those shortcomings, and improve on whatever merits they have. They do it without fail." Rin said as Ikaruga is seen cutting the last of the remaining guards.

"Then, you're saying that we fought against Hanzo Academy in order to develop their girls?" Haruka asked and Rin chuckled.

"You were my best shinobi students. I had to have opponents who would measure up to you, as well." Rin told her.

"What is your objective, here?" Haruka asked.

Rin didn't answer as she simply closed her eyes as Hibari was staring at her.

Haruka chuckles before she walks in front of Hibari's cell as the two girls face each other.

"Whatever your purpose is, Sensei, I am in your debt for rescuing me from hell." Haruka told her teacher, and Hibari blinked to hear as Haruka was staring at her as she chuckled.

"Haruka-san?" Hibari said.

"Relax. The next time we meet, Hibari, I will make you my puppet for real. And once I'm done with you, Yuuma-kun will be next." Haruka said with a dark tone in her voice.

---

As Ikaruga charges at her, Yomi dismisses her crossbow and soon brings out her sword and slashes at her Ikaruga who blocks it with her own sword.

The two were on even ground as Ikaruga managed to push her back as Yomi took a few steps back.

"I will deal with this! The rest of you, please go on ahead!" Ikaruga told her friends as they had beaten the last of the guards, which surprised some of them.

"No way!" Asuka said.

"We're not going to leave you here by yourself!" Katsuragi said.

"That's right! You know we can't do that!" OOO said.

"You wouldn't be holding me in contempt, would you?" Yomi asked.

"No. All the more reason for this. Shinobi Kekkai!" Ikaruga shouted.

"Wha…" Yomi mutters before she and Ikaruga enter the kekkai.

The others saw this as they defeated the last of the guards.

"Ikaruga!" OOO, Asuka, and Katsuragi said in worry before both Yomi and Ikaruga were now gone and were no in the kekkai.

"Let's hurry on ahead." Yagyu said as she walked up the stairs.

"Hey, Yagyu!" Katsuragi calls out before the first year stops and turns to her friends.

"Ikaruga will not be beaten." Yagyu told them, and they blink to hear that.

"You're right." Katsuragi said with a smile as she rubs the back of her head. "What good will it do if I don't believe in her?"

"But still…" OOO said before he noticed Decade placing a hand on his shoulder.

"She's right, Yuuma. I know you're worried about your friend, but all you can do now is to have faith in her and focus on the task in hand." Decade told him, and OOO pondered about it before he nodded.

"Right." OOO said and Decade smirks under his helmet.

"Okay, let's go, you guys!" Katsuragi told them.

"R-Right!" Asuka nodded, and Yagyu smiled before they moved on as they ran up the stairs and headed inside the next hallway.

After they left the hallway they were in the group of ninjas and Kamen Riders along with Ankh had soon found themselves in another hallway.

Katsuragi was leading them as she looked out for any guards and traps before she signaled her friends that it's clear and they soon moved forward to another hallway.

Katsuragi knelt down on the floor to look out for any guards and traps, and after seeing it was clear she signaled her friends to move forward as they began to move into the hallway.

"It's like a maze in here. It's even worse than our schoolhouse, for how huge this place is! Anyhow, right now, all we can do is keep moving forward!" Katsuragi said.

"Okay, so how much do you want to bet that we'll run into another ambush?" Diend asked quietly.

"A few hundred yen." Decade answered quietly.

"Hey, I can still hear you!" Katsuragi said as she turned to the two Riders as they flinched.

"Sorry, didn't mean it like that." Decade and Diend told her and Katsuragi huffed as she turned away from them.

---

(Meanwhile)

Inside of her cell, Hibari was staring at Rin as she asked her a question.

"U-Um...Is it true that you came from Hanzo Academy?" Hibari asked but Rin didn't answer as she had her eyes closed. "Why did you become an evil ninja? You've been to Shinobi Island, right? 'Hang in there. Super-ninja or bust!' You're the one who wrote that on the ceiling beam, right?"

Rin opens her eyes as she turns to Hibari.

"How did you know?" She asked.

"I don't know. But when I saw you, I suddenly saw that writing." Hibari said as she remembers seeing that writing during that trip on the Island and from cleaning the house.

Rin smiles as she quietly chuckles, and Hibari blinks as she is staring at her as Rin lowered her head.

"Hazy though it may be, I'm impressed that you were trained enough to acquire the second sight technique." Rin said before she raised her head. "That's my master for you."

"I-I never had that technique taught to me." Hibari told her.

"Ninjutsu is a skill of the mind. As the mind grows, techniques develop, and the strength of those techniques becomes the strength of the mind." Rin explained.

"Eh?" Hibari said in confusion as she didn't understand what she meant by that.

Rin then stood up before a powerful purple aura surrounded her body, and Hibari was surprised by how powerful her aura was, before Rin used it to cut down the wooden bars in front of her.

"Suzune-dono, what are you-!" One of the guards said as they head towards Rin's cell before she attacks them, easily knocking them out.

Rin was now wearing a shinobi battle uniform which consists of a tight sleeveless shirt that starts exposing her stomach that is connected to a piece that covers her nose and mouth. Around her neck is a red triangular shaped scarf with white triangle marks and white dots inside of the triangles. She also wears baggy red pants with knee-length black high-top sandals, with a gray cloth wrapped around her waist. Black panties are exposed underneath the cloth and pants. In her hands were a kunai and a katana.

"Suzune-sensei?" Hibari said as she was looking at her.

"If there is something you want, stake your life to go get it. That's what it is to be a shinobi." Rin told her before she suddenly vanished the moment she jumped.

"Something I want?" Hibari repeated before she saw the guard's keys laying in front of her.

---

(With Ikaruga)

Both Ikaruga and Yomi were facing each other as they were in the former's kekkat, as it was a red mountain landscape with a red sky and black clouds.

"Drawing me inside kekkai space for a one-on-one fight...You seem pretty sure of yourself." Yomi said before she jumps and swings her sword at Ikaruga and Ikaruga blocks her attack with her own sword but is pushed back as Yomi lightly wounds her arm.

Ikaruga placed a hand on her wound as it was bleeding out as she grits her teeth as she faced Yomi.

"You, and Hino Yuuma, truly are disagreeable in every way! You've always, always been that way!" Yomi stated with anger in her voice.

"Always?" Ikaruga repeated in confusion.

"That mansion up on the high hill…" Yomi told her, and Ikaruga blinked as she now understood what she meant as Yomi remembered her past from childhood.

---

(Flashback)

A child Yomi wearing a dirty and ragged dress while having dirt and mud around her body and hair and was barefoot, is seen standing in the slums of a small ghost town as she was holding a bag of little food and a pair of tongs in her hands.

Yomi was staring at the large mansion standing on top of a hill that was beside her town, like it was looking down on her and the people who live in her town.

"Those of us who were poor grew up with that mansion looking down at us." Yomi explained and Ikaruga realized whose mansion that was.

Yomi then aimlessly walks forward before she hears a voice.

"A great deal has been donated via NPO contributions…"

Yomi turned the side and saw the voice come from a TV inside of a glass window, showing Ikaruga's adoptive father speaking to a reporter and with Ikaruga herself standing behind him as she was wearing a fancy and expensive dress and a hat.

Yomi was more focused on Ikaruga as she knows who she is.

"That's the girl...from up there…" Yomi said as she turned to the mansion that was up on the hill.

"It is the duty of big business to save the less fortunate children of the world." Said Ikaruga's father.

Yomi grits her teeth as she glares at the mansion before she notices a tall man wearing a black suit and sunglasses was standing beside her as she was staring at her.

Yomi blinks as she wonders why he was staring at her.

(End of flashback)

---

Yomi smiled as she pointed her sword at Ikaruga.

"My parents' lives were shortened as they raised me, without receiving help from anyone, until they died!" Yomi said as a green aura surrounded her body as she swung her sword at Ikaruga who blocked it with her own sword.

"Good ninjas? Please, do not make me laugh!" Yomi said as she and Ikaruga were in a bladed lock. "The 'good' in good ninja is the 'good' in 'good and hypocritical.' You and your family are an example of that! And Hino Yuuma is no different!" Yomi said as she managed to cut through Ikaruga's sword, breaking a small part of it as a wound appeared on her forehead as it began to bleed out.

"Why?" Ikaruga said and Yomi blinked. "I understand why you hate me, but why do you hate Yuuma as well?"

Yomi gritted her teeth before she chuckled and placed a hand on her face.

"Because, like you he's nothing more than a hypocrite." Yomi answered and Ikaruga blinked to hear that. Yomi then remembers the words Yuuma told her the day they first met.

"Well I've traveled most of the world, and I eaten all sorts of foods, and they were quite good as well. And in most of those places I ate with a bunch of different people and for some reason the food tasted even better when we're together. And there were a few places where I often share the food with some strangers and with that food will become even better. That's when I learn the importance of sharing food, because it will be even better if we all eat together."

Yomi then remembers finding that one article in the internet on how Yuuma was rescued in Africa, and discovered that his father was a wealthy and influential politician.

"Honestly...he had the gall to say to my face, even though he didn't know what it's like to suffer or lose people you love! And just because he has some special power he thinks that he can go around and play hero for everyone! Honestly...the mere thought of it disgusts me!" Yomi said as she dismissed her sword and brought out a wrist mounted cannon. "Hidden Ninpou! Nifhelm!"

Yomi fired at Ikaruga with her cannon which created explosions around her. Yomi smiles as she keeps on firing while the shells of her ammo fall next to her feet before her cannon finally now out of ammo.

As the smoke cloud clears up, Ikaruga is still standing despite her wound state and her damaged uniform as she stares at Yomi who was taken aback by the fact that she was still standing.

"Those were direct hits!" Yomi gasps before Ikaruga slowly walks to her.

"The love of your family, who loved you so much, they gave up their lives for you…" Ikaruga said and Yomi blinked before she saw Ikaruga smiling at her while holding her sword with both hands as she channels energy around it. "I wouldn't have had to suffer like I did if I'd even had a fraction of that…"

"H-Hold on, what are you saying?" Yomi asked.

"Also you're wrong about Yuuma. He also knows the hardships of suffering and losing someone he cares about." Ikaruga said as she remembered being told about his incident in Africa and failing to save a girl he befriended. "And if he was here right now, he would say something like…'What I need is a job, money, and underwear for tomorrow.' Or something like that."

"Huh?" Yomi blinks in confusion.

"However…" Ikaruga said as her sword was now covered in energy and pulled on her shirt's collar. "I cannot afford to be beaten!"

Ikaruga removes her shinobi uniform and is now wearing her swimsuit as she enters Mortal Combat mode as her wounds had healed up and her sword repaired itself back to its original state.

---

The Hanzo Team, the Kamen Riders, and Ankh continue to run forward in another hallway before Katsuragi steps on something which causes the floor to collapse beneath and Katuragi and Yagyu fall to the floor beneath them.

Decade was about to fall backwards as well as OOO, Asuka, Diend, and Ankh noticed.

"Alex!" OOO said as he reached out and grabbed onto Decade's hand as he managed to pull him back on the floor they were on.

"Thanks for that." Decade told him.

"No problem, but what about Katsu and Yagyu-chan?" OOO said as he and the others looked down at Katsuragi and Yagyu.

"W-What is this?" Katsuragi said as she attempted to climb back up but failed as she fell back to the floor she and Yagyu were trapped in. "It's no use!"

"A trap?" Yagyu said as she looked around.

"Katsu-nee! Yagyu!" Asuka said in worry.

"Just hang, we'll be right there!" OOO said as he and Asuka were about to climb down to them…

"Stay there, you two!" Katsuragi told them as they stopped and turned to her and Yagyu.

Everyone then saw the walls expanding as Katsuragi and Yagyu were on guard.

"Asuka, I hate to say this, but it's up to you, Yuuma, and the others now!" Katsuragi said before Hebijo's guards began to appear as they jumped down and moved to Katsuragi and Yagyu.

"But…!" Asuka said.

"It looks like if they let us go up any higher, it will spell pretty bad news for them." Katsuragi told them.

"But Katsu…" OOO said in worry.

"Go!" Yagyu told them.

"Yagyu-chan!" Asuka said in worry.

"You dummy, what are you doing?! Hurry!" Katsuragi told them.

OOO was still worried to leave them behind before Decade placed a hand on his shoulder and OOO turns to him, and even without saying OOO understood Decade's message before he lowered his head and soon nodded as he stood up and placed a hand on Asuka's shoulder as she turns to him.

"Asuka-chan, they're right we need to keep moving and take the scroll back." OOO told her.

"Yuuma-kun…" Asuka mutters before she turns back to Katsuragi and Yagyu before she hardons her resolve as she nodded to him as she stood up, and she, OOO, Decade, Diend, and Ankh moves forward leaving Yagyu and Katsuragi behind.

The guards soon charge at Yagyu and Katsuragi, Yagyu thrusts her umbrella forward which created a shockwave that sends some of them flying, Katsuragi is spinning on her hands which sends another group of guards flying before she thrust her hand forward which created a shockwave that sends another group of guards flying.

Katsuragi was smiling before she frowned as she and Yagyu saw Mirai and Hikage were now in the room as they were walking to them.

"Shucks, we let five of them get upstairs, didn't we?" Mirai asked.

"The trap didn't trigger in time. That shinobi Asuka, and those Riders have quicker feet than I thought." Hikage said with a smirk on her face.

"Huh, like it doesn't concern you." Mirai said as they stopped in front of Katsuragi and Yagyu.

Katsuragi smirks and says. "So, you are lurking around here!"

"That's okay. I wanted to take my revenge against her anyway!" Mirai told them as she pointed at Yagyu.

"I guess we'll take care of them right away, at least." Hikage said as she readies her knife.

"How nice of you to say!" Katsuragi said as she assumed her combat stance.

"I never liked you from the moment I first saw you!" Mirai said as she closed her umbrella and pointed it at Yagyu.

"Where is Hibari?" Yagyu asked Hikage.

Hikage shrugged while Mirai gritted her teeth that she was ignoring her.

"Don't you ignore me!" Mirai exclaimed.

"Katsuragi…" Yagyu turns to the blond hair girl.

"Yeah." Katsuragi nodded in understanding.

Both Katsuragi and Yagyu jump towards Hikage and Mirai. Yagyu landed on top of Mirai's umbrella which surprised her, and Katsuragi charged at Hikage and tackled her to the floor.

"Shinobi kekkai!" Katsuragi and Yagyu said one at a time and soon both good ninjas trapped Hikage and Mirai into their respective kekkais as they disappeared.

---

Hikage landed on the floor of a wrestling ring in a stadium match, as Katsuragi landed in front of her.

"Heh, it bugs me that I'm copying Ikaruga, but still…" Katsuragi said as she and Hikage stood up and faced each other.

"Doesn't matter to me. I'm just gonna defeat you, after all." Hikage said as a green aura surrounds her body.

---

Yagyu and Mirai were facing each other as they were in a mountain landscape with a large tree, standing next to a river.

"Hmph! At last, you can no longer ignore me, can you?" Mirai asked.

"I protect what I want to protect. That's all." Yagyu told her.

---

"Why is it that you want to fight me?" Hikage asked.

"Until I defeat you, I won't be happy with myself! I can't allow myself to be beaten by anyone!" Katsuragi answered.

"I'll give you one word of warning." Hikage said with a wicked smile.

"Warning?" Katsuragi repeated as Hikage was playing catch her knife as she threw it between her hands.

"If you talk while fighting, you'll bite your tongue." Hikage told her.

Katsuragi gritted her teeth as the ring ball rang as she glared at Hikage.

"Who asked you?!" Katsuragi exclaimed as she jumped in front of Hikage and grabbed onto her wrist and shoulder.

As Katsuragi was holding her, Hikage saw the look in her eyes as she frowned.

'Those eyes…' Hikage mutters in thought as she remembers her past.

---

(Flashback)

A younger Hikage is seen standing in an alleyway as it was running on top of her. She was wearing a yellow sports bra with green shorts and was carrying a knife in her hand.

Hikage was staring at a target on the wall and she threw her knife at it and hit the bullseye. Standing behind her were two men and a woman who were her instructors who taught her how to survive, hunt, and kill, and also told her these words.

"Fear...pity...anger...These things can prove fatal. Divorce yourself of emotion. If you go after your target with a cool head, you'll survive."

(End of flashback)

---

Even after she joined Hebijo to become an evil ninja, she always kept those words close to her mind and heart, but yet looking at Katsuragi's eyes…

'Why is this? When I look into those eyes, it's like I'm touching something I forgot somewhere before…' Hikage thought before Katsuragi kicked her on the stomach which sends Hikage to skid backwards before she manages to stop herself.

"What are you standing there for?!" Katsuragi asked as Hikage raised her head with a smile on her face.

"What is this upsetting sensation?" Hikage asked before she blinks. "Upsetting? I didn't think I had feelings like that. It almost reminds me of that time I tasted Hino Yuuma's blood." She remembers the day she and Yuuma had met, and cleaned his wound with her tongue, and for some strange reason his blooded tasted so sweet and warm.

"What are you babbling to yourself about?! Come fight me!" Katsuragi demanded.

"I don't need you to tell me! I'll fight you!" Hikage said with a grin as she readies her knife. "And once I'm done with you, I'm going to taste Hino Yuuma's blood again! Hidden Ninpo! Thrust!"

Hikage charges at Katsuragi, thrusting her knife at her.

"Come on!" Katsuragi said as she charged at Hikage, and when both girls clashed against each other their shinobi uniforms were completely destroyed leaving only their swimsuits before they were sent flying backwards.

Katsuragi landed on the ring's ropes before she fell to the floor, and Hikage crashed onto the ring's rope post as she fell on her rear.

Despite their lightly wounded state both Katsuragi and Hikage slowly started to stand back up.

"I won't lose…" Hikage mutters as she pants.

Katsuragi chuckles with a smile as she says. "I'm not gonna be beaten, either!"

---

(Meanwhile)

Standing on a tree far from Hebijo Academy was Daidoji and Kiriya as they looked at the evil ninja academy.

---

Mirai is seen firing bullets at Yagyu with her umbrella, as Yagyu was protecting herself using her own umbrella as a shield as Mirai's bullets manage to damage the tree behind Yagyu to the point it falls to the ground.

Mirai ceases her attack as she glares at Yagyu.

"What, do you think that I don't have anything to protect?" Mirai asked, and Yagyu blinks to hear that. "I do, too…"

Mirai then remembers her past a few years ago.

---

(Flashback)

During her times in school a young Mirai was often bullied, she was staring at her desk as her bullies had written things on her desk, calling her an 'idiot', 'dummy', 'ignore her', and 'ignore this bug'.

Mirai cries seeing those hurtful words as her tears fall on her desk as her bullies are laughing at her back.

Then years later, she joined Hebijo Academy and Mirai was bowing her head along with her fellow first years before she raised her head and saw Homura, Hikage, Yomi, and Haruka standing in front of her with three of them having a welcoming smile on their faces.

During her shuriken training, and when she missed her targets, Homura would often give her advice on how to throw a shuriken. She demonstrates by throwing a shuriken and landed a bullseye, and Mirai was left in awe.

Homura handed Mirai another shuriken and she had a grateful smile on her face as she looked up at her upperclassmen.

"I do, too…"

(End of flashback)

---

"...Have something!" Mirai shouted as she jumped and kicked at Yagyu, and she managed to dodge her kick.

Mirai throws a back kick at Yagyu and she manages to dodge that kick as well. Yagyu then took a few steps back.

"I know." Yagyu said before a crimson aura surrounded her body.

"W-What? What do you think you know?" Mirai asked as Yagyu roared and pointed her umbrella at her.

Yagyu then jumps and jabs her umbrella on Mirai's stomach which sends her flying as her uniform is badly damaged as she falls to the ground, and Yagyu landed beside her.

"I don't know what it is you want to protect. Nor do I want to know. But if that is what you are fighting for…" Yagyu said before Mirai slowly began to sit up.

"You mean, people not ignoring me?" Mirai asked before she managed to stand back on her feet and faced Yagyu.

"Otherwise, I would just end up denying myself." Yagyu told her.

"That's more like it! Wait, why am I acting so pleased?" Mirai said in confusion. She soon lifts up her skirt and a large cannon appears between her legs. "Hidden ninpo: Valkyrie!"

Mirai soon fires her cannon at Yagyu, and Yagyu attempts to protect herself using her umbrella but Mirai's bullets break through and damage her shinobi uniform in the process before Mirai's last shot knocks Yagyu's umbrella out of her hand.

Mirai then jumps into the air and dismisses her cannon, and soon brings out a knife and attaches it onto her umbrella and soon charges at Yagyu to attack her with it.

Yagyu jumps to her umbrella and catches it and soon pulls out her hidden sword as she charges at Mirai as both girls roared as they charged at each other before their blades clashed which made a shockwave between them as the two were in even ground.

"Not bad." Yagyu said with a smirk on her face.

"You, either." Mirai said with a smirk as well.

---

(Meanwhile)

The Kamen Riders, Asuka, and Ankh continue to race down in the hallway.

"Alright, the first floor is right above here." Asuka told them.

"Then let's keep moving!" OOO said before they stopped in an opened space room, and saw that Homura was waiting for them as she was seated on the stairs in the hallway.

"So it's you guys." Homura said as her sights were mostly on OOO and Asuka.

"Homura-chan.../Homura-chan!" OOO and Asuka said as Homura stood up and faced them.

"I thought more of you would still be left." Homura said.

"Homura-chan, where is Hibari-chan?" OOO asked.

"And is she alright?" Asuka asked.

"She's in a cell. We caught her eavesdropping." Homura told them.

"I knew Hibari-chan was trying to get the scroll back by herself." Asuka said in worry before OOO placed a hand on her shoulder.

"At least we know that she's alright." OOO told her.

"That's right." Decade nodded. "It doesn't sound like they hurt her after they found out about her little ploy."

"Though I must admit, I found it impressive she was able to fool them for so long." Ankh said. "But now our next step is getting past her."

"Right!" Asuka nodded as she faced Homura.

"Homura-chan, you don't have any intention of letting us pass?" OOO asked.

"Of course." Homura said as her six swords appeared on her back. "If you want to go any further, you'll have to defeat me first."

"Sounds easy enough for me." Diend said as he pointed his gun at her. "Especially since we outnumber you."

"Don't be so sure about that." A familiar voice said which surprised everyone in the room, then an Aurora Curtain appeared behind Homura which surprised her.

"What the...What is this?" Homura said.

Walking out of the Curtain was Poseidon in his Kamen Rider Form as he stopped beside Homura.

"You…" Homura said as she glared at Poseidon.

"Poseidon, you and Dark Decade did form an alliance with Hebijo." Decade said.

"It's more of a temporary partnership, but yes. Afterall, I can't let you interfere with my mission." Poseidon said before he turned to Homura. "If that's alright with you."

Homura clicks her tongue and grits her teeth before she turns away from the Dark Rider.

"Normally I would...But if it's an order from the headmaster then I can't refuse." Homura said as she was clearly reluctant about working with him.

"Good." Poseidon said.

"Homura-chan…" OOO said.

Asuka was looking at Poseidon, she then turned to her Kamen Rider friends and then to Homura, and she soon nodded as she made her decision.

"Yuuma-kun," Asuka calls out and OOO turns to her. "I'll handle Homura-chan, while you and the others deal with Poseidon."

OOO was surprised to hear that. "What? But Asuka-chan there's no reason for you to fight her alone."

"I'll be fine." Asuka assured him with a smile. "Don't forget I'm not quite the same person I was before. Besides…" Asuka soon turns to Homura. "She and I still have a score to settle."

"Asuka-chan…" OOO mutters before he nodded. "Alright, but be careful."

"I will." Asuka said as she took a few steps forward. "Homura-chan! It's time that we settled things once and for all!"

"So you want to do this one-on-one huh? Fine by me…!" Homura said as she pulled out her six swords. "Let's settle this...granddaughter of Hanzo!"

Asuka soon pulled out her swords and shouted. "Shinobi kekkai!"

---

With that Asuka had brought both herself and Homura into her kekkai, which was a city that was colored green as two shinobis were facing each other standing on the streets of the city.

"I, Asuka, will not abide by you!" Asuka said and Homura chuckles to hear that.

"Hmph, this will be good." Homura said as she was ready for battle.

---

The Kamen Riders and Ankh watch as Asuka and Homura enter into the kekkai.

"Asuka-chan...Homura-chan…" OOO said in worry for his friends.

"Yuuma," Decade calls out and OOO turns to him. "I know you're worried about them, but right now you need to focus on what's in front of you."

"R-Right!" OOO nodded as he turned to Poseidon as the Dark Rider was facing them.

"I guess that leaves me with you four. No matter, this will be a simple task for me." Poseidon stated.

"You're sure about that? Because, it's three on one buddy." Diend said as he pointed his gun at Poseidon.

"Oh but is it?" Poseidon said before two more Dark Riders came out of the Curtain as they entered the room.

Joining Poseidon was Shadow Moon, and Kamen Rider Dark Drive as they walked to his side as they faced OOO, Decade, and Diend.

Decade then gave Diend a judgemental look, and Diend sighed as he looked at his head.

"I know, I spoke too soon. I should've known better by now." Diend mutters.

"You two handle Decade and Diend, leave OOO to me." Poseidon requested as he readies his spear.

"Fine. Then I'll handle Decade." Shadow Moon said as he brought out his sword.

"Mission accepted." Dark Drive said as he brought out his Blade Gunner.

OOO brings out his sword, Decade draws out his Ride Booker as he changes it to its sword mode, and Diend pointed his gun at the Dark Riders.

Soon both the Kamen Riders and the Dark Riders charge at each other.

Poseidon thrust his spear at OOO and he dodges his attack before he slashes at Poseidon with his sword and the Dark Rider dodges his attack as well before he slashed at OOO with his spear and OOO dodges his attack by jumping over Poseidon and landed behind him before he slashed his sword to his back and he blocks his slashed with his spear before he pushed OOO away and Poseidon turns back to him and thrust his spear at OOO a few times and OOO manage to dodge and parry his attacks before he used his sword to block Poseidon's next attack and pushed it to the ground as both he and Poseidon stood on even ground against each other.

Decade and Shadow Moon clashed their swords as they ran past each other, before both of them turned around and clashed their swords several times before their next slashed brought their swords in a bladed lock.

"Don't think you're able to defeat me, Decade. You're nothing compared to my master." Shadow Moon told him.

"Don't be so sure about that." Decade said as he brought out Gaim's Rider Card and inserted it into his Driver.

KAMEN RIDE:

Decade pushed Shadow Moon's sword away and kicked the Dark Rider on the chest forcing him to stumble back as Decade closed his Driver.

GAIM

ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICH ON STAGE

Decade changes into Kamen Rider Gaim as the Daidaimaru appears from his Driver as D-Gaim wields it in his other hand as he wields it with his Ride Booker.

Shadow Moon huffed before he charges forward and slashed his sword at D-Gaim, and he blocks it with his Ride Booker and slashed Shadow Moon on the chest with his other sword which forced the Dark Rider to stumble back before D-Gaim lands a double slashed with both swords on Moon's chest that forced him to stumble back some more before he stops as he glares at D-Gaim as he charges at him.

Dark Drive charges at Diend as the cyan Rider was firing at him and the Dark Rider withstood his gunfire as he slashes his sword at Diend several times and he manages to dodge his attacks before he kicks at Dark Drive but he easily blocks it and pushed his leg back and lands a slashed on Diend's chest forcing him to stumble back.

Dark Drive then flips his Blade Gunner and wields it upside down before he punches Diend with it. Diend dodges a few of his punches before he manages to parry his next punch, and fired point black in Dark Drive's face but the Dark Rider manages to dodge it by spinning around and lands a kick on Diend's head followed with an uppercut under his chin, which sends Diend flying before he falls to the floor.

Diend managed to stand back on his knee, hand, and foot as he faced Dark Drive as he was standing in front of him.

"Should've known that you won't be easy to take down." Diend said as he stood on his feet and pointed his gun at Dark Drive before the Dark Rider charged at him to attack with his Blade.

---

(With Hibari)

In her cell, Hibari reached out to the guards' keys to use them to free herself but when she was inches away, a familiar someone had arrived to pick them before Hibari could touch the keys.

Hibari looked up and saw it was Haruka as she was chuckling at her before she swung the keys around her finger.

"What a shame." Haruka said as she winks at Hibari. "I turned back when I heard something, and just as I expected…"

"Haruka-san, please, let me out of here." Hibari pleaded.

"What will you do if I do?" Haruka asked with her hands on her hips.

"I have to tell everyone that if the Hebijo girls lose a fight, that spell is going to kill them." Hibari told her.

"So what?" Haruka asked with a dark look.

"Eh?" Hibari said.

"Unless you beat us, you'll be unable to attain your goal, right?" Haruka said.

"But this doesn't have anything to do with a shinobi's mission." Hibari told her but Haruka chuckles.

"It has nothing to do with it, all right." Haruka told her.

"Eh?" Hibari blinks to hear that.

"This is the only place we have, after all. I told you before, remember? Everyone came here for different reasons." Haruka told her.

"That hell that you mentioned earlier Haruka-san, you, too?" Hibari asked.

Haruka smiles before she looks up at the ceiling and says. "My father is the director of a large hospital."

"Your father?" Hibari repeated.

"Public reputation aside, he was an awful man, who hushed up many cases of malpractice with the money he had left over from cheating on taxes." Haruka explained with a hint of disgust in her voice as she remembers her past.

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(Flashback)

A child Haruka wearing a pink dress and holding a stuffed rabbit in her hand, is seen watching her father leave home in his fancy car along with several maids and butlers.

"My father was someone who only came home once in a while. The reason...was the same old story. Instead of taking out her frustrations, my mother doted on me. Doted? No, it wasn't that…"

The young Haruka is sitting on the floor of a dressing room with her mother, as she was forcing her to wear several different expensive and fancy clothes like Haruka was nothing more than a doll to her mother.

"I was simply my mother's dress-up doll."

"Adorable. Very pretty." Haruka's mother said in an obsessed tone in her voice as she gently rubs her daughter's head before she brushed her hair.

As she remembers her past, Haruka had a frown on her face before she continued on.

"Even after I was in middle school, my mother's abnormal smothering continued. I just kept quiet and put up with it. But little by little, I think something inside me broke, too."

She then remembers that time years ago on how she was going to burn down her house using gasoline tanks and a lighter in her hand as it was producing a small flame.

Haruka had poured the gas around her house and was going to use the lighter to ignite it.

"I'll burn everything down, and that will be the end of it." The young Haruka said in a broken tone in her voice. "Once it's over, I'll be free."

Haruka then throws the lit lighter to the gas but to her shock the lighter was missing and without a trace of its flame. Haruka looks at her hand in confusion as she wonders what happened to the lighter.

"I take a dim view of children playing with fire." Haruka looked and saw her future teacher, Rin, standing beside her with the lighter now in her hand as it was no longer producing its flame.

Haruka was left amazed by the fact that she took the lighter without her noticing.

(End of flashback)

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"Suzune-sensei had her eye on me, meaning to scout me out. She has a keen eye." Haruka said before she chuckles. "I guess in a way, we're no different than Yuuma-kun."

"Eh?" Hibari blinks in confusion.

"I heard about that little incident in Africa. On how his own father used him in order to increase his own political position. But despite surviving that hell, Yuuma-kun had died on that day." Haruka said as she slowly brought the key to Hibari's cell to the lock. "And like him, we're not afraid of dying. After all, we've all but died once already."

Haruka then inserted the key into the cell's lock and it soon opened for her.

"Why?" Hibari said as Haruka was looking as she was on her hands and knees.

"Why don't you try me out first, to see if you can really beat us?" Haruka said as she crawled into Hibari's cell and then stood on her knees as she looked at Hibari, and Hibari was a little hesitant about fighting her.

"What's wrong? Come on, take a shot at me!" Haruka said as she slowly moved to Hibari, and Hibari soon stood and took a step back.

"Shinobi Tenshin!" Hibari shouted as she changed into her shinobi uniform as she was ready to battle Haruka.

'Yagyu-chan, I'll do my best, all by myself. I won't make you worry about me anymore.' Hibari thought before she made a hand sign with both of her hands.

"Shinobi kekkai!" Hibari shouted as she and Haruka were dragged into her kekkai.

---

Hibari and Haruka were inside the kekkai as it was a pink space filled with flowers, candy, stuffed animals, sweets, and balloons floating in the space.

"Oh, my." Haruka said as she looked at the kekkai.

"Haruka-san, will the spell that was cast on you take effect right after you lose a fight?" Hibari asked and Haruka turned back to her.

"Mm-mm, there's a bit of a different nuance to it." Haruka told her.

"Huh?" Hibari said in confusion.

"It activates when the person who cast the spell acknowledges it. You see, there can be a surprisingly fine line between winning and losing, can't there?" Haruka said as she winks at Hibari.

"Then, we just need to keep that person from activating the spell!" Hibari said with a smile.

"How? Like I said earlier…" Haruka said before she dashed to Hibari, and before she could react Haruka had landed a few powerful attacks on her body, which damages her uniform. "The notion of you being able to beat us…"

Haruka then lands a double kick on Hibari's stomach which sends her flying before she crashes and rolls on the ground.

"...Is overthinking things, isn't it?" Haruka asked.

"Mm-mm." Hibari said as she slowly raised her head. "But winning isn't important. It's not being beaten, whether by an opponent...or...by yourself!" Hibari said with a strong resolve in her eyes, which shocked Haruka.

"Yuuma-chan once told me…" Hibari said as she sat up. "'If there is a hand reaching for help, and I don't reach out my hand when I can, the regret would make me wish I were dead... I reach out my hand, because I don't want that.' So that's why...I want to do the same for you!"

"Will you now?" Haruka said.

Hibari then brought her hands together.

"Hidden ninpo…! Come to me…" Hibari calls out, and by answering her voice the sound of raging footsteps were approaching behind Haruka.

Haruka turns around and sees Hibari's rabbit charging at her and kicks her but Haruka dodges it by jumping into the air.

"I won't fall for the same trick twice!" Haruka said as she brought out a spike bomb and threw it at the rabbit, but Hibari's spirit guardian managed to kick the bomb back at Haruka almost like a soccer ball.

"Wha-" Haruka let out before the bomb exploded in front of her as Hibari was watching as she was seated on her rabbit's shoulder.

Hibari covered her eyes when the bomb exploded and when it died down, Hibari looked up at Haruka as her uniform was badly damaged and smoke had appeared on small parts of her body.

"Th-That was careless…" Haruka mutters before she falls to the ground.

"Everyone...listen up, everyone!" Hibari calls out to her friends, and her voices throughout not only her kekkai but her friends' as well as they heard it.

---

Even the Kamen Riders and Ankh could hear her voice from outside of the kekkai, which surprised them.

OOO heard Hibari's voice as well as he clashed his sword against Poseidon's spear.

"Hibari-chan?" OOO said as he was surprised to hear her voice.

Poseidon then used that chance to push OOO's sword away and slashed it out of his hand and slashed OOO on the chest sending him rolling on the floor.

Shadow Moon slashed on D-Gaim's chest forcing him to stumble back, and Dark Drive landed a strong punch with her Blade Gunner on Diend forcing to stumble to D-Gaim's side.

"Please tell me you've heard that too." Diend said.

"Yeah, I did." Decade nodded as he changed back into his Base Form.

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(With Yagyu)

"Hibari!" Yagyu said as she and Mirai were in a bladed lock as they both heard her voice.

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(With Ikaruga)

"Don't fight them!" Hibari told them.

"Don't fight them, why?" Ikaruga asked.

---

(With Hibari)

"When a Hebijo student loses in battle, they lose their life!" Hibari told them.

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(With the Riders)

"What?!" OOO gasped in shock as he stood back up and dodged another attack from Poseidon as he flipped backwards.

"Seriously?" Diend said in shock before he and Decade dodged an attack from the charging Dark Drive and Shadow Moon.

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(With Katsuragi)

"They lose…" Katsuragi said…

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(With Yagyu)

"...Their life?" Yagyu said in shock.

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(With Hibari)

"That's the spell they've been placed under. So you mustn't fight them!" Hibari told them.

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(With Asuka)

"Oh, no." Asuka said.

"What powerful telepathy. Was that really from Hibari?" Homura asked as she was impressed that her voice had reached them.

"Homura-chan…" Asuka said as she turned back to her. "If you lose, do you lose your life?"

"To be exact, it's called the yoke technique." Homura answered with a smirk, which further shocked Asuka.

"Homura-chan, you're conscious of that when you're fighting?" Asuka asked.

"Of course I am. If I fail, I die. That is the way it ought to be for a shinobi." Homura told her.

"Oh no...What you're saying…" Asuka said before she channels energy around her swords. "...Is wrong!" Asuka exclaimed loudly as a green aura surrounded her body.

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(With Ikaruga)

"How inhumane!" Ikaruga said as her aura got stronger as Yomi was smiling at her.

"It's all right. There's no chance of us losing." Yomi told her.

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(With Katsuragi)

"Are you serious?" Katsuragi asked.

"Don't worry about it." Hikage told her.

"How can you go about things that way? You've gotta be kidding!" Katsuragi exclaimed as a blue aura surrounded her body.

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(With Yagyu)

"Good grief, who asked her to go and do that?" Mirai asked with a smirk as she jumped away from Yagyu, but noticed that Yagyu wasn't paying attention to her as she was staring at the sky.

"Hibari! Hibari is safe." Yagyu said with a relief smile, but that only angered Mirai.

"Hey, what about your reaction towards me?" Mirai asked before she pointed her bladed umbrella towards her. "You just told me that you wouldn't ignore me, didn't you?"

Yagyu then glares at Mirai.

"W-What?" Mirai asked.

"I can no longer afford to fight against you." Yagyu said as an aura surrounded her body.

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(With Hibari)

Hibari is seen riding on her rabbit as they head towards Dogen's private floor and room.

"Catch the man who is up on the top level! He's the only one who can release the spell! The scroll is up there, too!" Hibari told her spirit guardian before she noticed that Haruka had recovered as she managed to catch up to the rabbit as she ran beside it before Haruka ran past her rabbit and stopped in front of it.

"You are such a blabbermouth." Haruka said as she channels energy in her hand.

"Hidden ninpo!" Haruka said as the energy in her hand changed into hearts. "Death Kiss!"

Haruka throws the hearts to both Hibari and her rabbit which exploded in front of them, Hibari cries out as she was thrown off of her rabbit and was flying in the air before she falls to the ground.

With that Hibari's kekkai had disappeared as they were now back in the holding cells.

"This time, for real, I'll turn you into my puppet." Haruka said as she walked to Hibari. "And after that Yuuma-kun will have to give me that fierce anger in his eyes. Only with that will I break his spirit and make him my puppet as well." Haruka said with a sinister smile on her face.

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"Hidden ninpo!" Ikaruga, Katsuragi, and Yagyu shouted.

"Phoenix Flame Flash, One!" Ikaruga shouted as she sent a double energy slashed form as an 'X' at Yomi, which destroyed her shinobi uniform as Ikaruga appeared behind her before she landed on the ground as the kekkai vanished around them.

"Tornado Spindel!" Katsuragi shouted as she spun on her hands which created a tornado around her.

Katsuragi moved to Hikage who stood her ground against it, but Katsuragi dismissed her tornado as she kicked on Hikage's head sending her falling to the ground as the ring's bell rang as the kekkai vanished around them.

Yagyu's squid guardian had appeared as it spun around and strikes on Mirai which sends her flying.

Now out of their respective kekkais, Yagyu and Katsuragi landed beside each other.

"We have to head up there, one way or another." Katsuragi said as she looked at the exit above them.

Mirai had appeared as she fell to the ground and Hikage appeared beside her as she fell on her hands and one knee.

"Hey," Katsuragi said as she grabs Hikage by the collar. "What do I do to climb up to the top level?"

"What good will it do you to go there?" Hikage asked.

"We are shinobi. We are ready to take lives if we have to. But, it's not right to allow our life or death to be controlled by others, is it?" Katsuragi asked and Hikage's eyes twitched to hear that.

"It's impossible!" Mirai said as she sat up. "This way is completely closed off."

Then to their surprise the wooden panels to the exit form into stairs as Katsuragi let's go of Hikage.

"Who moved those?" Hikage asked.

"Alright! Let's go, Yagyu!" Katsuragi said with a smirk.

"I'm heading to the basement." Yagyu told her.

"The basement?" Katsuragi repeated.

"Hibari's voice was coming from below us. I can tell." Yagyu explained.

"Okay. You go take care of Hibari." Katsuragi told her with a smile.

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Yomi was seated on the floor as she and Ikaruga were staring at each other.

"H-How did you get that kind of power?" Yomi asked.

"Ninjutsu is a skill of the mind. What we should really be fighting is something most wicked, which would go so far as to cast outlawed methods on you and make you fight." Ikaruga explained as she dismissed her sword.

"Wicked?" Yomi repeated.

"When I felt that, all the power I have took up for the pride I have as a good ninja." Ikaruga tells her, and Yomi chuckles to hear that.

"In other words, you good ninjas are a soft touch, huh?" Yomi said.

"That TV show that you said you watched, the purpose of it was to let the world know that he was taking an adopted child." Ikaruga told her which surprised Yomi as her eyes widened and mouth dropped.

"Adopted? You don't mean, you're…" Yomi starts before Ikaruga tells her.

"He was announcing as a philanthropist that he was taking in a less fortunate girl who had lost all of her relatives. In fact, it was to have a successor to the shinobi family line, in place of his less-than-suitable son." Ikaruga said as she walked away before giving Yomi one last look. "All I have to my name is my mission to live as a shinobi. There isn't a drop's worth of familial affection to be found."

"And Yuuma is similar to me in a way. He was also used as a tool by his own father." Ikaruga told her, and Yomi was left speechless before Ikaruga ran forward to join up with her friends.

"Why...Why are you telling me this?" Yomi asked as she began to cry as tears began to appear from her eyes as drops of it fell to the floor. "You're going to make it so I don't hate you anymore, you know!"

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(With the Riders)

Decade and Diend continue to fight against Shadow Moon and Dark Drive as they dodge and parry their attacks, and as they throw in a counter attack as the Dark Riders dodge and parry their attacks as well.

While OOO is dodging Poseidon's attacks several times before he jumps away from the Dark Rider.

"What's wrong, OOO? Are you that worried for your friends?" Poseidon asked in a mocking tone.

OOO gritted his teeth before he turned to the exit that was behind Poseidon.

'If the person who cast that spell on Homura-chan and the others is really on the top floor, then I need to get to him in order to break it but…' OOO thought as he faced Poseidon who stood in his way.

"Let me guess, you're probably thinking of going after Dogen in order to free the Hebijo from the Yoke technique to save them, right?" Poseidon asked which surprised OOO. "Sorry to say, but I can't let you do that. Because I want to make you suffer before I destroy you. To suffer over the pain of losing those you hold dear."

"I won't let that happen!" OOO told him as he brought out his Tora Claws. "I'll find a way to stop all this! And I'll save Homura-chan and the others, no matter what!"

"Hmph...Then let's see you try." Poseidon said before he and OOO charged at each other, and soon clashed their weapons against each other before everything froze around them including themselves.

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To Be Continued…Yin, Yang, and the Final Form Ride

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