サイドクエスト１：激突バイク！GATTONvsレーザー！

Side Quest 1: Gekitotsu Bike! GATTON vs Lazer

Several days had passed since the tournament and the Shepherds were on their way back to Ylisse. Despite the new additions, nothing had really changed among the group. They were currently moving southwards from the Feroxi border, it'd be another week at least before they reached their destination.

It was currently about half an hour to dinner time, so Sully, whose turn it was to cook was on her way to do just that. When she arrived at the kitchen tent however, she was met with quite a surprise.

"If you haven't washed your hands, stay out of my kitchen!" Sully was shocked to find John cooking in her stead.

Sully stood there for a couple seconds, dumbfounded. "You know I'm supposed to be cooking right?"

John shrugged, "Yeah, that's why I'm cooking. Anyway, I did my part over there, but Vaike could probably use some help with that firewood."

"Uh, okay." Sully responded, still unsure of how to respond. She left to go give Vaike a hand, wondering if John's cooking was any good.

Elsewhere James and Virion were playing something of a game.

"And I win." James declared as he moved his last piece into place.

"Bravo." Virion congratulated as he took a sip of his tea.

"Yeah, but it cost half my troops and most of my Riders." the tactician noted, while Virion's pieces were few and far between, earning a victory by their rules; James's were doing little better, the only real difference being that his were all in one place. "I mean I know you're using unrealistic tactics to help improve my skills, but there's still one scenario we haven't covered that I'm worried about." he ran his fingers through his hair.

"And what is that?" Virion asked, his tone conveying mild curiosity.

"The scenario of enemy Kamen Riders." James said bluntly.

Virion froze, his tea cup barely kept from spilling. "W-What did you say!?" his normal calm persona fractured.

"Oh come on, it far from impossible. If I understand everything right, there should still be at least four more belts out there." lifted up his own Gamer Driver.

"B-but just the other day, Yume told me that we had already found all the Riders!?" He continued to stammer at the thought of having to fight a Rider outside of Daiki's relatively friendly bouts with James.

James took a sip of his own tea, "Well, either she was being optimistic, or she was just counting the four of us who were in that room at the time, and on top of that, just because we're the only Riders that currently exist, doesn't mean that viable candidates won't appear in the future." He set his tea down and started to reset the board. "That's why we have to be ready, in case that ever happens."

"Y-Yes, I see, well for now we'll treat my rider pieces as identical to yours until such a time when we have reason to do otherwise." Virion responded nervously before helping to set up the board once again.

Daiki smirked as he looked to Frederick, who had called him to training yard, "I presume you want to test my capabilities without transforming?" he questioned as he reached for a curved practice sword.

"That is correct," Frederick responded as he readyed his stance.

"All right, let's begin." Daiki declared before dashing at Frederick.

Later that day, the riders gathered around a single table for dinner which they were all extremely excited for, John was one of the best cooks any of them had met after all. Once they were all seated, Yume, whose day had been rather boring, was the first to speak up. "So, little brother, where'd you get Gekitotsu Robots?" she asked.

Daiki let out a small sigh, "Ok, I was planning on telling this story anyway; besides I'm gonna have to tell Chrom too anyhow. It all happened about a week and a half ago, y'know right before the tournament…

Daiki, Khan Basillio, and Lon'qu trekked through the snow showing no signs of slowing despite the harsh winds, they had to find him. They had heard tell of a strange man whose skin was tougher than iron, whose fists were greater than a war hammer, and whose heart was but a black void.

Ordinarily such reports would have been dismissed as baseless rumor, had it not been for the empty, burning ruins and the resulting search parties often returning smaller then when they left. Thus, the Khan decided to take his champions and resolve the matter himself.

After hours of walking, Lon'qu stopped, signaling to the others that he had found something. He pointed out a man in a red cloak who seemed unaffected by the cold weather. Even Basilio and Lon'qu were covered in ice and snow but not the red cloaked man, in fact the snow seemed to evaporate before it even touched him. Before Basilio could even call out to him, a bolt of light shot out from behind him and struck the cloaked man. Basilio turned back to see that Daiki had fired his tire blaster without transforming. Basilio was about berate his subordinate for attacking a potential innocent until he pointed back to the cloaked man, who was uninjured.

Daiki ignored whatever Basilio and maybe Lon'qu said as he marched towards the thing in the red cloak.

Bakusou Bike

"Henshin"

Gashatto! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?!

"I'm a Kamen Rider!"

Once his transformation was complete, Lazer charged the cloaked figure. The figure attempted to sweep Lazer to the side and nearly did so, however Lazer grabbed on the figure's cloak and pulled them to the ground. He climbed on top of his opponent and tried to throw a punch; before his blow could connect however, the cloaked being grabbed Lazer's arm and held it in place. A golden light started to shine from within the cloak, which then intensified into a golden explosion, throwing Lazer back.

One the light faded, the cloaked being's true form was exposed. It was tall, red, monster made of metal with a massive claw-like arm. "The Gekitotsu Bugster, Gatton." Lazer recognized as he readied himself to attack.

Lazer started to spin like a top and glided over the snow to ram Gatton; the attack connected, though the Bugster didn't so much as flinch.

Before Lazer could try anything else, Gatton grabbed him with his claw arm; it was hard to tell in his current form but Lazer was certain that the claw was crushing his throat. Lazer's short arms flailed uselessly as he tried to get loose. "Target identified: Kamen Rider. Level: 1. Threat: negligible." Gatton surmised as it tightened its grip.

"I got your back!" A thunderous voice called out shortly before Lazer found himself lying on the ground with Gatton's now severed arm. He managed to pull himself up enough to see Khan Basilio with his killer axe looking very proud of himself.

As Lazer rose to his feet, he noted Lon'qu readying his killing edge. Lazer shot at one the trophies formed by his game area.

Ekijō-ka!

Lazer's body melted into a yellow, jello-like liquid. The fluid flew through the air and into Gatton's arm stub. Lazer then promptly expanded outward, piercing through Gatton's body in several places. "How well will you die!?" Lon'qu taunted as his cleaved Gatton down the middle, leaving Lazer unharmed.

Lazer left the Bugster's body and re-solidified; he didn't bother to turn around as electricity shot out from the many damaged areas of Gatton's body before the Bugster was destroyed by a massive explosion.

"So, after that we found the gashat in the snow where Gatton had been and went home to prepare for the tournament. That's when Lord Basilio decided to have it as an extra prize. Anyway, I've got to go tell Chrom so bye." Daiki finished before leaving, the other riders to flabbergasted and concerned about the confirmation of Bugsters to notice that Daiki had taken most of their food.

So there you have it, the first proper side quest chapter completed. I'll be honest, I don't really like how this one turned out so I'm going to keep refining how these chapters work. And yes, we have our first confirmed bugster in the story, granted it doesn't last very long but really against Basilio and Lon'qu, with help from Lazer? It never stood a chance. Either way I'm sorry that I've been quiet for so long, but I had been dedicating time to Phantom Joker before that went on hiatus, plus I'm still working on getting a new project ready to show. Either way, this Time-Space Lord Eon saying see you next game.