Decade: The Next Journey

by GammaTron

A world in the skies is collapsing. Warriors lost to different worlds. The only way to save it is with the aide of a warrior who has no home an no memories of his past.

3. Kuuga 2

GammaTron: Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Season 3 of Skylanders Academy came out and it was epic and heartwarming and hilarious as I expected!

KamenRiderZER0: GT's excited by a lot. Can't blame him, the show is actually amazingly entertaining and worth watching. And seems season 3 is best by far.

GT: You bet it is! So much new lore for Skylands...and Eon's obsession with his beard never stops getting awkward and hilarious at the same time.

Z0: Some Things just work.

GT: Yep! So anyways, we own no series used here. They are owned by their respective owners. I, however, do own Kiina. So let's get going! *pulls down the curtains* ...Wow. I am so excited that I didn't do anything to the stage this time.

Z0: Never say never~

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Miageru hoshi(Looking up upon the stars,)

sorezore no rekishi ga kagayaite(where various sagas are shining)

Seiza no you(Just like the constellations,)

sen de musubu shunkan(only by connecting them with lines,)

hajimaru Legend(does a Legend begin)

OORORA yurameku jikuu koete(Go through the dimensions flickering like auroras)

Tobikomu meisou suru Parallel world(And dive into that straying Parallel world)

On the road dare mo tabi no tochuu(On the road, everyone is in the midst of a journey)

Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame(In order to encounter their true selves)

Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima o We're all travelers(Let's keep on walking for now, for We're all travelers)

Boku no me no mae ni hirogaru(Everything's spreading out right in front of my eyes)

Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte(Just when will the 9 paths ever overlap)

Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku(The road will probably change)

michi ni kawaru no darou(to continue into a new dawn)

Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade(Bear witness to it, Journey through the Decade)

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"Ha!" two voices shouted as armored chest met armor covered chests.

Decade and Kuuga shouted as they continued blocking and trading blows. Kuuga blocked a punch from Decade before punching him across his mask, making him stumble back. Decade then quickly kicked his leg out and struck Kuuga in his unarmored abdomen. The two charged and tackled into one another before pushing and then punching the other away. Both were sent tumbling down to the ground as a result.

"Ugh…" Decade groaned. "This is really not my kind of day." he grumbled, reaching for his book.

"Cho Henshin!" Kuuga shouted, becoming his Titan Form as he grabbed a branch, turning it into a sword.

The two charged and clashed swords, only for Kuuga to begin pushing Decade back. Decade grunted before he leaned back and let Kuuga literally walk over him. Kuuga blinked at how that even was possible, but in that moment, Decade swapped his weapon to gun form and shot Kuuga in the back, sending him stumbling forward.

"I'm gonna have to kick your ass to show you some respect." Decade sighed, "Get ready."

"You…" Kuuga growled as he reverted to Mighty.

Decade put his gun back on his hip and cracked his knuckles. The two roared at they charged at one another, preparing to punch the lights out of the other. Kiina yelped as a blur shot by her. Their fists swung and...

"Cease this at once!"

...were blocked by flippers covered by armor. Kuuga squeaked as he started to cringe when King Pen leveled an annoyed look at him.

"I thought it was merely another Gurongi, but I arrive to find my student in an unneeded battle," King Pen noted.

"But, S-Sensei.../Oi, you can't just…" both began before King Pen slapped them both across the cheeks.

"Kiina! I found one!" Decade shouted before he and Kuuga were tossed around, "And it's mahandling me!" he screamed.

"A clouded mind leads to clouded judgement, a clouded judgement only creates a storm in one's harmony," King Pen informed, still tossing the two around until finally ending it with them both in seiza before him, "Now explain your actions."

"Gomen, sensei…" Kuuga cried.

"Kiina...ge...get...a bucket…" Decade grunted.

"Um...o-okay…?" Kiina replied.

"Hrrk...hurry...or I'm about to drown in my helmet…" Decade gagged.

---

King Pen entered the living room where Yusuke was sitting on the couch with Kiina between him and Tuskasa, the passing through Kamen Rider holding a trash can near him. Spyro sniffed at it before giving a noise of disgust. Hugo hopped out of his chair and ran over to King Pen.

"Will they be okay?" Hugo asked.

"Yes. Fortunately, I still had some muenster cheese to counteract the bourbon from Drinker's Rocks in them," King Pen replied, "At the moment, their bodies are in their adult stages. For how long, I am unsure, but let them rest for now."

"This is insane...what caused the drug making them regress suddenly fade?" Tsukasa grumbled before leaning to the side with the bucket while everyone chose to ignore the following noises.

"Alcohol from Drinker's Rocks has purification qualities," King Pen explained, "It is more than likely that the drug could not counteract it due to the alcohol comes not from Earth, but Skylands. Speaking of..." he looked at Kiina and bowed, "It is an honor to meet a new Portal Mistress."

"So...their magic stuff...cured them?" Yusuke asked, "My friends can have their lives back?"

"More than likely, but you also forgot who would target them now," King Pen reminded, making Yusuke flinch.

"Huh? What do you mean, sir?" Kiina asked.

"The people who thought the drug instead killed them will come back for them. Both of them know too much…." Yusuke began as he leaned forward and put his hands on his head, "They'll be put into worse danger now…"

"Hmm…"

"What's wrong with you?" Tsukasa asked Spyro.

"His name is King Pen, but he's not wearing the white suit...Hey, is two percent of your body fat and the rest muscle?"

"Hmm...Actually, I'm unsure," King Pen replied, "It has been a long time since I last had an examination."

"I feel like that is my influence..." Tsukasa muttered, "But hell if I remember...also...hrrk!" he groaned, "Good god, I must have hated roller coasters…"

"Well, Boss, not as bad as Vegas...oh man...vegas."

"Maybe not all my memories are worth reclaiming…" Tsukasa muttered at that.

"Now if only we had Pop Fizz active," Tessa sighed, "He could whip up some memory restorative for you and Spyro or something to help hide your friends, Yusuke."

"You could do that?!" Yusuke asked happily.

"Why am I on a journey of self discovery then?" Tsukasa grumbled, "Know what...might be better not to..."

"Boss, don't take a magic potion! We'll end up in a Denny's with a organ removed!"

"Please tell me that never happened?"

"No, it's just what you always told me to tell you if anyone offered," he smiled.

"Good god... Was I some kind of internet troll?" Tsukasa asked honestly.

"Well, you were like...10...8…"

"What kind of 10 year old goes to Vegas?!" Yusuke panicked…before he remembered his own childhood, "Besides me…."

"Is it odd that the only other humans besides Kiina are majorly odd even by our standards?" Flynn asked.

"Ohohohoh, you haven't met….Kai…...ka….ka….." Spyro muttered, going on a ramble, his eyes widened as a memory played in his head, another human male stood before him, most of his face shaded from view, but...he had a sad smile on his face as he held his hand out, he pointed two fingers before everything stopped as Spyro returned to reality. ":...Oh, hey boss! When did you get back?"

"Spyro?" Tsukasa blinked as everyone watched him, "What just happened?"

"What do you mean?" he blinked.

"You just...tuned out for like...Three minutes staring into space while drooling...it was unsettling," Tsukasa explained, "Also, dragon drool doesn't agree with the carpet it seems."

"Aw come on! I just bought that last month!" Flynn exclaimed.

"Hey, this is boss's place now, so you clean up." he pouted.

"Hey, Kiina, maybe you should summon Cynder. She'll knock his memory back," Tessa noted before mumbling, "Or rip him a new one for forgetting everything..."

"I don't think we should force it…" Tsukasa offered, "It looked like he was suffering some kinda traumatic flashback. If we try and force it...who knows what could happen to him. We might lose all of him for good." he offered, putting a hand on Spyro's head, for a moment it felt...familiar, natural almost, "So I did know you…" he realized, mostly to himself.

"A wise decision," King Pen agreed.

"Um, Mr. King Pen?" Kiina asked, "How...How did you and Yusuke meet?"

"Ah, now that is a tale," King Pen recalled, "It started several months ago, back in Skylands. My fellow Sensei and some new recruits we were training felt a disturbance in the harmony of Skylands. What we stumbled upon was Kaos and a horrific machine known as the Sky Eater."

"The Sky Eater?!" the natives of Skylands gasped.

"Is that...bad?" Yusuke and Tsukasa asked innocently.

"Sound bad, boss can take it though."

"It destroyed all but ten percent of Skylands by the time we destroyed it!" Kiina replied, "Ten percent!"

"..." Tsukasa smacked his hand on Spyro's head, "Don't speak for me again…"

"Please continue, Sensei King Pen," Hugo offered.

"Yes. We attempted to prevent him from activating it, but as is obvious by all, we failed. Our Sky Chi mixed with the energy from the Darkness, creating a tear that sucked we Sensei into it. I blacked out and when I awoke, I was in the forests outside of this city," King Pen explained, "I was injured, my left leg broken and my strength weak from the battle." he motioned to Yusuke, "But who should come to my rescue but a certain young man who was going camping."

"And like that, a wonderful friendship was born?" Spyro asked.

"Spyro, go to the corner."

"Aw…" Spyro whined but complied, "How long?"

"Until another you comes to let you out," Tsukasa replied simply.

"There's only one of me, so I'm gonna go for walkies, bye." he pouted, going out the window and flying off.

"Hey, it's quiet," Tsukasa shrugged.

"Well, more like he thought I was an actor that got injured until he tried to take my 'mask' off," King Pen noted as Yusuke chuckled sheepishly, "Then a Gurongi appeared and he transformed into Kuuga." he sighed, "Such an unrefined fighting style, but a powerful heart. He's a remarkable student and I am, at times, proud of his growth."

"Thanks to him, I can control my power and even turn Rising on and off." he smiled, "It's the all black one…"

"Planet buster?" Tsukasa interrupted.

"Planet buster...That he's helping me with...but he says I still have more untapped power...and it's growing."

"Really?" Kiina asked.

"It is," King Pen replied, "Now then, it has become late. You still have your courses tomorrow, Yusuke."

"Yeah, I…I...I…AHHH! Ai! Ai! Conan!" he panicked, running.

"Oh right. In the middle of being manhandled by the King Pen, I forgot why he wanted to beat me up." Tsukasa replied.

"And other times, the pride is gone and replaced with disappointment in forgetting things already solved," King Pen sighed, slapping his armored fin over his face.

"I'm coming, guys!" Yusuke shouted driving off on his bike.

"I'm sure he'll be fine…" Tsukasa replied.

---

"Conan...are we dead?"

"I feel like it...wait...my voice.."

"It seems as though something in our bodies is fighting the drug…" she sighed, "However, how long or effective is the issue. As it stands, our bodies can't handle the rapid changing...we'll tear ourselves apart. My guess Yusuke's blood transfusion is what is keeping us together. But even that will burn out eventually."

"Speaking of which where is…" he started 'till the door was busted down. "Huh faster then normal." he said as Yusuke checked Ai first.

"Guys, I know how to fix you!" he shouted, "Oh, and maybe Conan." he joked.

"Do I need to get out so you guys can have a third base chance before she's back to being a kid?"

"..."

"No!"

"I wasn't gonna say… Can't a man dream…?" Yusuke cried.

"We're not even like that. You're my specimen. Until I unlock the secrets in your body, I can't destroy those bastards."

"That's Tsundere for 'I love you. Please marry me after we save the world.'"

"If it didn't hurt to move, I'd put you out of your pain and misery...but then I'd be doing your woman a service…"

"Hey...one dysfunctional couple at a time," Conan replied.

"We are not a couple!"

"We could be…" Yusuke chuckled.

"Yeah. Yusuke's more committed on his end. How committed are you?"

"Back to business. Yusuke, what happened, what was that white...grey...viel thing how did we end up here...and what was that noise outside?"

"Oh. Um...we might've destroyed the street and several trees are uprooted?"

"...Was one of them my orange trees?" Conan asked.

"Um...no?"

"Goddamn it, Yusuke! That was for a school project."

A yawn made them freeze. A red leafy/scaled paw poked out from under the bed Conan was on before another followed. The paws pulled out a green leafy dragon's head with bright red eyes before a body followed, revealing it to be littered in yellow spikes. The plant dragon yawned, scratching his back with his leaf-like tail.

"...You know, I am so used to our lives that this is fine." Conan said.

"Yusuke, bring me my scalpel. I gotta cut something open."

The dragon noticed the three, "Oh. Well, howdy. Y'all know y'all done look like th' same species Kiina does, right?"

"It's talking! It's a talking plant-dragon hybrid and I am still ok with this," he said as Yusuke chuckled before seeing Spyro at the window.

"Spyro?"

"I smelled a dragon. Is he bothering you?" he asked before they gave him an ok scene, "Ok, don't tell boss I'm here...I'm on a walk. I'm walking...walking."

"Alright pardner," the dragon replied before looking past Spyro, "What in tarnation?! Oh, those poor foliage! Hold on y'all, Camo's a-comin'!" he jumped out the window, "Fruit Punch!"

"Umm...Spyro's gonna relax...till Boss calls or I meet a cute girl," Spyro shrugged before flying off.

"Two dragons! Two of them! And no scalpel!"

---

"Oi, King Pen, did you see that Narutaki guy?" Tsukasa asked.

"Narutaki?" King Pen repeated, "I know none by that name."

"Huh, he did vanished before King Pen showed up…" Kiina recalled. "Kadoya, did seeing him jog your memory?"

"...Nope...but seems he wants me dead," Tsukasa sighed, "This is getting more and more complicated, but a journey is a journey never easy. Besides if it's what it takes to save your world..." he paused as everyone stared at him, "Okay, good night." he said, standing up and leaving breaking the tension as everyone face faulted, "Also I ain't reining in Spyro; so if he gets on your nerves, call someone who can handle him!"

"Wowzers," Flynn noted, "And to think this morning I was waking up all set to go on a trip around the Islands on the Dread Yacht. Now we're in another world with Spyro acting like what I heard he acted when he was training to be a Skylander and a weird photo-taking guy who can't make a good picture if he life depended on it."

"Flynn, sleep with one eye open!" Tsukasa shouted.

"And you should be careful of that door you're passing! Step too hard near it and it pops open," Flynn added before a smack was heard followed by Tsukasa cursing in pain, "Warned ya."

"Boss, why did you use me as a shield?!" Spyro complained.

"Why did you bite me?!" Tsukasa demanded.

"I was in pain!"

"They...almost work as a duo…" most of them blinked, realizing how used to this they sounded.

"Also, someone dropped a green guy. He's planting trees!" Spyro shouted.

"Green? Another Life Element must have woken up!" Hugo noted as Kiina looked out the window to see Camo stab his tail into the ground by a broken orange tree, causing vines to ensnare the broken half and reattach them two halves.

"Oh, it's Camo! …" Kiina opened the window, "Don't make the orange fruits grow and explode! I don't think humans like that!"

"Well this has been…"

"Flynn, heads up!" Tsukasa shouted, tossing Spyro at him and sending both to the ground, "Warned him." he smirked, going back to his room.

"Boss says I can eat you," he grinned.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I do not swing that way! It's cool others do, but not me!" Flynn replied.

"Wow...you ruin all fun, don't you? ...You must have not been popular in school." Spyro sarcastically rolled his eyes at his response, "Well, you better not make me dumber."

"Wait by 'eat,' you mean...Oh boom no! Kiina, save me!"

"Wow, slow, too...no wonder Boss enjoys picking on you."

"Spyro, don't make me exhaust myself in getting your hatchling on you and your mate," Kiina warned, making Spyro freeze.

"I have a kid and a mate?!" he muttered, "Oh, right. Huh…I'm half curious and half meh about it...Also, I don't take orders from you...I take orders from three people...and you're not them…"

"Spyro, do what she says!" Tsukasa shouted from upstairs.

"Make it four…" he blinked, "Uh-oh…" he chuckled awkwardly, looking up at her, "Parlay?"

"Bed mister," Kiina ordered, "Follow Kadoya since there's a spare bed in the photo room with the first bed."

"Yeah...no one sleeps in the same room as Boss."

"Why?"

"If you knew the Boss...you'd know why...I'll sleep on the roof. I like the outdoors."

"Alright, alright. Just make sure you come inside for breakfast," Kiina replied, "And keep an eye on Camo, please? I'm worried about the news saying things about exploding fruit."

"Oh come on! Who-who slams their bug-eyed face into a perfectly fine spruce?!" Camo demanded outside, "I swear if I meet the bug-eyed guy who matches this dent, I'm blowing him up with a watermelon-No! An entire acre of watermelons! There was a nest in this one!"

"...Okay, I see your point." Spyro muttered. "Still don't respect you more than real boss lady through." he said, heading outside.

"Real boss lady?" Kiina blinked, unaware Spyro fell over once outside due to another flashback.

---

Tsukasa sat at the kitchen table, early in the morning. Having gone to bed when he did, he was luckily one of the first to awaken and luckily the coffee maker was easy enough to work. Which was thankful as he needed a nice warm cup this early in the cool morning. He also needed something to help him get over the massive bit of landscaping that happened to the backyard...That and it seemed the heat had no negative effect on Spyro. In fact, he complained it was cold when it was splashed on him.

"Here, Boss," said dragon offered the newspaper like a trained dog even wagging his tail.

"I feel I need to take the blame for that...but...problem for later." he sighed, putting his mug of coffee down as he took the paper.

Nearby, Kiina hummed a tune as she opened the oven. Spyro sniffed the air, giving a happy hum, as Kiina pulled out two trays filled with cinnamon buns. She laid them on heating pads and turned back to the stovetop of the oven while closing the front with a foot. Spyro put a paw on the counter and slowly reached for a tray before a wooden spoon smacked it, making him pull it away. Stealth Elf chuckled as she put it away before vanishing again.

"How rude...Should've stomped his tail," Tsukasa chuckled.

"Boss, you know I hate that."

"Eeyup." Tsukasa smirked.

"Well, Spyro, you're eating with someone else."

"I am?" he asked Kiina.

"Cynder woke up last night."

"..." he took a moment to let that process,"I'm...gonna...NOPE!" he panicked before Tsukasa grabbed his tail, "Aw…"

"We need to settle whether or not you're their Spyro or...you're entirely my burden." he explained while sipping his coffee.

"Boss, I promise you. Even in my reincarnations, I will be with you," he said.

"You're still going or you don't get a cinnamon bun," Kiina informed.

"...Five."

"Three."

"Four if I don't make her cry!"

"Sold for Four!" Tsukasa banged a gavel he...got...somehow.

"Alright, alright, four it is," Kiina rolled her eyes as she placed a plate on Spyro's horns before adding four of the cinnamon buns to it along with a large amount of bacon and cooked ham.

"Wish me luck, Boss."

"...Dead dragon walking…" Tsukasa said as he held a plate out for a bun.

---

"Pardon me!" Spyro called out, jumping over Hugo.

"Huh?" Hugo pondered, looking up from his book and looked around, seeing no one since Spyro had gone around a corner, "...Eh." he shrugged as he went back to his book while walking.

"Ahh, dang it! I never asked what Cynder looks like!"

"Black dragon with a red underbelly and lots of silver on her," Tessa replied, putting her hair up into its normal shape as she walked by.

"Thank you...Okay plan...she gets half the cinnamon buns. That's why I settled for four. For extra insurance, she gets the ham and bacon…" Spyro planned to himself, "If she gets feral, I'll rip out Boss' secret bling and she'll be distracted and I'll escape. It's the perfect plan."

"Seems legit," Flynn replied, poking his head out, "Just one question?"

"What?"

"Where is she?" Flynn asked.

"...Oh...I forgot to ask," Spyro gulped.

"Don't worry. She'll find you," Flynn replied before going off towards the kitchen, "Alright! Cinnamon buns! BOOM!"

"Find me? How? Does she have my scent engraved into her no…" he started before feeling a pressure; it felt weird, it felt like a mix of happiness, concern, anger...and more anger, "Why do I fee…"

---

*BOOM*

"Sounds like it's going well…" Tsukasa spoke, taking another sip of his second mug of coffee, this time decaf so as to just enjoy the drink.

"Um...should we stop it?" Yusuke asked.

"Nah…" Tsukasa replied before eating a cinnamon bun, "Umai~"

"Oh no. It's not as bad as the time he lost a day...said day being their anniversary," Hugo recalled before Kiina plucked his book out of his hands and put a tray of food before him.

"No books at the table, Hugo," Kiina reminded.

---

"Well...that was a hell of a punch." Spyro coughed out smoke as he put a tray down and offered her his food, "The last two cinnamon buns are mine." he chuckled, "Also...please don't kill me? I blame Boss."

"Spyro, leave me out of it!"

"Guh!" Spyro cringed.

Before Spyro, giving him a scolding look, was another Dragon. She was a pitch-black dragon with a bright red underbelly. On her neck and wrists were silver jewelry as white spikes grew out of the sides of her head.

"Don't tell me my mate's a mute...Hmm...I was told once by a crazy old man mouths on women are for kissing and not talking, but he sounded like a jerk and Boss said ignore him."

"...Why is it that you tend to have these things happen to you?" she deadpanned in exasperation.

"Because I'm the hero?" he replied simply, "Is that a thing I say…? I don't even know anymore!" he panicked, "I'm having some kinda mental freak out here, honestly!"

"So you really do have amnesia of sorts," Cynder noted, putting the plate to the side, "What can you remember then?"

"A bullet to the head was the last thing," he admitted, "Not even Boss knows that…" he revealed, "If I am your Spyro...then my mind has regressed upon meeting him and now I'm the Spyro he knew. That's all I have at the moment...Any other memories are gone. Just like the Boss...I'm just trying to reclaim who I use to be." he honestly spoke, "It's kinda lame...and melodramatic, but I feel because he too doesn't remember who he was...I have a reason to walk this path with him." he chuckled, "Plus...it feels right most of the time."

For a few moments, Cynder just looked at him. Finally, she sighed and rolled her eyes. That day had been really hectic. It wouldn't surprise her if one of those monsters did shoot her Spyro.

"But listen...I know a few things like a generation I'm reincarnated, so maybe I'm just a past reincarnation of Spyro taking control of the body...and maybe I'm acting immature, but I don't want you and the hatchling to suffer, I can try my best to be a good mate and dad I guess." he admitted, "Honestly...I don't know how he handles it...not knowing who you are…"

"...Well...Even if you're not my Spyro, at least you're willing to try to make things right like he does," Cynder noted, "And if you are, then I'm glad something instinctual remains. As for how you're acting? You sound just like you did when we met."

"...so...we gonna eat or do you want some priv…"

---

*BOOM*

"What was that?"

"Him being too eager," Tsukasa sighed as Cynder came in with Spyro's plate and started to eat it all, "Should have gone for six, I say…" he grunted out, getting up and putting his plates away, "At least then maybe one would survive...these things are too good to stop at less than three."

"Is...is he okay?" Yusuke asked in concern.

"Focus on your own supporting characters," Tsukasa replied, "You need deal with how to hide their condition. The doctors are willing to stay quiet, but that's only cause the police...and a certain guy I'm not sure I like or not, asked them to." he mumbled, "This mean you need to hide it from...her." he pointed to a figure visible through the door's window approaching.

"Ah!" Hugo yelped, "Everyone but Kiina, Tsukasa, and Yusuke! Hide!" he ran off before coming back to snag one more cinnamon bun and scurried off with it in his mouth.

A mad scramble went off as everyone was quick to stacking their plates into Flynn's hands as he ran into the kitchen while scurrying off with a few cinnamon buns or bacon or ham slices in their mouths. Stealth Elf vanished in a puff of green smoke while Cynder smirked and simply hopped off her seat before turning into literal shadows that went out of the living/dining room. By the time Ran rang the doorbell, not a single Skylander was in the room with no trace of them.

"Wow…" Tsukasa blinked, "Color me impressed." he admitted.

"When it comes to performing good deeds, speed is a key factor in getting to and from places," Kiina noted as she walked to the door, "That and Buzz would do surprise attacks on everyone for training so reflexes are good as well." she took off her apron and hung it on the coat rack before opening the door, "Good morning!"

"Oh good morning…" she blinked, "Is Yusuke here?"

"Here…" Tsukasa spoke, pulling him out by his jacket, Yusuke still dressed in his casual clothing due to events of last night, he looked up sheepishly with a piece of bacon hanging from his mouth.

"There you are! Ah! What are you doing in those? We have school today!" Ran exclaimed.

"Oh! Uh, well…"

"Something weird happened last night and he was out all night," Tsukasa spoke as Yusuke gawked at him, "He had good intentions, but he let his brash nature get the best of him. But I, from here on, hand him over to you."

"..." Ran gave Yusuke a flat look before looking at Kiina, "Are you worried about work?"

"No. They told me take a few days off after what happened," Kiina replied, "Which is good since Yusuke was asking me to keep an eye on Conan and Ai. They both have the flu right now."

"Kiina is reliable," Tsukasa gave a simple thumbs up, "In the meanwhile, I have work to do...and a promotion to steal." he smirked to himself, grabbing his various necessities for the day, he then backtracked and grabbed his camera. Before moving for the door, he aimed it and took a picture of Ran and Yusuke, "Ja ne."

"Kadoya is a strange guy," Kiina admitted before looking at the two students, "Any words you want me to give the two when they wake up?"

"Just tell them I hope they get better soon," Ran smiled before she grabbed Yusuke by his ear, "Come on. You need to get your uniform."

"Mercy! Mercy!" he cried while being lead away.

"What a nice girl," Kiina noted as she closed the door.

"And a good practitioner of martial arts."

"Gh!" Kiina jumped and looked to see King Pen who had been standing behind the open door.

"My apologies for any fright," King Pen apologized before bowing.

"Were you standing here the entire time?" Kiina asked after a moment.

"Of course," King Pen replied.

"How did you…?" Kiina began.

"It's simple; Mind Magic," King Pen replied before walking over to the table.

"Mind...Magic?"

"I am not surprised you're unaware of it. Outside of Master Eon and the Ancients, we Sensei are the last ones who know of it," King Pen replied as they sat down at it, "Skylands is in danger."

"Yes. It's why I'm with Kadoya to find all of you," Kiina explained before shuddering, "And it wasn't even Kaos since he lost his power with the defeat of The Darkness...it was monsters. All kinds of them...from monsters that came from sand for granting wishes to even ones made of glass...and even big giant ones as big as the Giants!"

"And yet, there is hope in your voice."

"It was Mr. Batguy," Kiina noted, "Somehow, he froze Skylands before it could be fully destroyed and then Master Eon's message came about finding all the 'Send-say' to help restore Skylands."

"Sensei," King Pen corrected, "It seems some lessons on ancient languages is in order for you." he hopped out of his chair, "Come. Allow me to help you get started while we check on the two."

"Oh...okay." Kiina nodded before following.

---

Tsukasa stared blankly as he made it to the precinct he worked at in this world. He was lead to his task force which led him into an out of place lab as people worked around the clock. On what, you wonder? Well right before him was a suit of armor built from the ground up with the most advanced technology available to them from the Government. The suit looked...exactly like Kuuga; only instead of looking like ancient armor with a hint of magic, this looked like advanced futuristic technology emulating his appearance in his Red Mighty form.

"G1…." Tsukasa spoke, staring at the suit before him, "Humanity's weapon against the monsters…" despite being an amnesiac, whenever he heard a name that was prefrenced with Kamen Rider typically, it was as if wells of information suddenly came to him. He instantly knew everything about Kuuga when he saw him, but yet when it came to this...it was blank. An unknown element even to Decade.

"Astounding, isn't it?" the man from before spoke.

"Akai Shuichi?" Tsukasa blinked, looking at him.

"Generation 1. The first weapon made by the government to combat the Gurongi threat." Akai spoke, "A great step for us to stand on our own without relying on Kuuga."

"You know about Kuuga?" Tsukasa asked.

"More than others."

"So then you know wh-what he is?" Tsukasa corrected himself.

"In a manner of speaking yes." he replied.

'He knows Yusuke is Kuuga...this guy must be another partner that supports him.' Tsukasa realized, 'That means he's protecting him from his place in the FBI.'

'He almost asked who...He must have already figured out Kuuga's true name. Yusuke's ability to hide it is getting worse and worse with each new case. But he's not making a move to out him...so Kadoya Tsukasa...what are you looking for here?' Akai mentally noted as he and Tsukasa stared at one another.

'My mission is clear now: stop whatever monster is coming out next.'

'If he becomes a danger to Yusuke and the people of this city...I will strike at you.'

'One way or another this man won't get in my way,' both men thought in unison as their eyes never left one another.

"Alright, everyone! Gather around!" the chief called out as he walked in, breaking the tension, "Come on! Gather around!"

"Oh joy…" Tsukasa sighed.

Regardless, everyone gathered around. It was rare the chief came to the G1 lab. He claimed he found the suit freaky, like it was staring at him. People just assumed it was a dislike for Kuuga, as it was well known many a top brass didn't like him. Partly for doing a majority of their jobs with the Gurongi, but also some just didn't like how Kuuga often left fights with some...notable property damage and that often fell on the police when people found out. So some kinda understood why the G1 freaked him out; even if it was just an empty suit of armor at the moment.

"Okay, G1 team, we've been given the green light to send...well it…" he pointed at the suit, "...out into the field. So you are hereby allowed to begin testing officers to use the thing…"

"So soon?" a woman asked, "You said it take months for us to get the clearance?"

"Yes, well...the sudden flux of more monsters...after we thought Kuuga killed their boss...has left the brass worried," he muttered, "I mean, if Kuuga did kill their boss, they'd be stopping, right? Anyway...they want us to deploy the...the...it..." he muttered, pointing at the suit, "Okay, who keeps moving the helmet to stare at me?!"

Tsukasa whistled an innocent tune to himself.

"Anyway, they want us to deploy the thing as soon as possible in the hopes no more officers die," he sighed, moving around, "So...get it ready and try and impress the speriors. Otherwise, it's my ass on the line this time…" he stopped as he noticed the helmet pointed at him again, "Seriously, whoever it is….STOP IT!"

'Never,' Tsukasa thought in amusement.

"Just...just get the thing ready!" the chief spoke as he quickly power walked out of the room.

"Well you heard him, knuckleheads, get to work!" the woman shouted, "Let's get him ready for action!" she clapped her hands as many of the technicians and workers got to work on tuning up the suit for deployment.

"...What if he did beat the first boss, but there's a new one?"

"It's possible," Akai spoke, "The Gurongi have some...type of culture. Their sudden rise in activity must be in preparation for some kind of choosing ceremony." he theorized.

"That or it's to wake up a backup…" Tsukasa spoke, "I mean these, things are more or less mummies with how they were dead and then woke up. Maybe they have a back up boss to take the old one's place?"

"...Yesterday at the meeting, you mentioned that it seemed like a ritual," Akai recalled, "These killings of female officers...could it be a ritual to awaken their 'back-up' boss?"

"My only guess is it has some insanely specific condition." Tsukasa spoke, "Something relating them all. The Killing game theory." he went on, "All the killed officers were women and not single one involved a bloody death..." he looked up, "Do we have a map of where the deaths have happened?"

"Hai!" one officer spoke as they moved over to an evidence board before grabbing a map that was tacked on and bringing it to Tsukasa.

"Thank you!" he cheered, putting it down on the table closest to him, "Now let's see...four deaths so far here...here...here...and then here just yesterday…" he muttered as he looked at them, "...A pentagram."

"Pentagram?" Akai repeated as he looked at it.

"Or a star," Tsukasa continued with a shrug, "Look, if you do the pattern…" he spoke drawing a star before pointing at the top most point where no murder has happened, "This is the final spot for the ritual. Probably..."

"Probably?"

"Well it's not like I'm doing advanced math and we can't perfectly calculate where and when." he explained, "Meaning this is the area all female officers must avoid." he explained, "It's safer that way."

"Using their supersticion to our advantage." Akai realized.

"Despite being monsters even they have beliefs which means they can be tricked." Tsukasa spoke, "But at the same time, this means we could bait them into a trap here…" he pointed at the spot again.

"That seems risky," Akai spoke, "What would be the plan if we are overwhelmed?"

"The person who has protected us diligently since these monsters first arrived. Surely he will come to our aid." Tsukasa smirked as he then tapped G1, "Besides, we'll have this thing for back up. I'm sure we can make up the difference."

"A confident one, aren't you?" Akai smirked.

"I only fight battles I know I'll win." Tsukasa smiled.

---

Yusuke sighed, sitting in his desk as class dragged on like normal. His combination of concern for his friends and the Gurongi showing as he looked out the window with a melancholic look to his face. The truth of the matter was he thought he was done with Gurongi after his last battle with their leader. N-Daguva-Zeba...a nightmare of a being whose 'human' form looked no older than Yusuke himself. The nightmares of that battle still came to him at times. The feeling as their fists clashed and their blood spilled...even with his healing, he was left hospitalized for weeks. He embraced terrifying darkness that day to stop this...and yet it continued long after the demise of Daguva. It honestly made Yusuke question his options at times.

"Godai-kun...GODAI-KUN!"

"Hai?!" Yusuke panicked, breaking out of his stupor as he accidentally knocked his books off his desk while getting to his feet.

"Mataku...can't you ever not be carefree?" the teacher complained as several of his classmates laughed.

"Gomen…" he bowed his head as he then grabbed his cellphone and blinked at who it was, "Akai-san…" he whispered, "Ah! Gomen, sensei, but this is...uh….w-work! I'm needed by the police, excuse me!"

'What's going on now?' Ran pondered as Yusuke ran out.

-linebreak-

"And how does that feel?" King Pen asked as he moved back from Ai, the girl wearing a spare set of Kiina's Portal Master robes.

"Not as painful as earlier," Ai replied after a moment, slowly moving her wrists.

"I can't look...am I short...or not?" Conan asked.

"..." Ai wanted to mess with him but she was sure he was just being melodramatic for the fun.

"No, you're quite average for your age," King Pen replied as he moved over to him.

"I still don't get it. How can you make the pain lessen with just that?" Conan asked.

"It is Sky Chi," King Pen replied, "Combined with pressing a few pressure points, it helps in healing eternally."

"Sadly, it seems it has no effect on the drug keeping us in this form," Ai sighed, "We're still chibis."

"Yes. It seems that the drug you both consumed is something quite powerful if it affects you to this level," King Pen noted, gently pressing a few points on Conan as the tips of his flippers glowed with a soft white energy.

"I feel like I should be proud as the one who worked on it…" Ai sighed, "But I almost wish it did its intended job at times."

"You're just stressed 'cause you so small and have to rely on Yusuke to save you like a damsel in distress cliche." Conan laughed.

"...Shut up…" Ai grumbled.

"They're in here, Pop Fizz," Kiina noted as she opened the door.

"Pop Fizz? What is that? Some sorta...soda?" Conan trailed off as a blue furry creature the size of him and Ai with his face and body a single thing and rabbit ears came in, a pack on his back with various potions in it.

"That's...that's not anatomically possible…" Ai pointed at his head.

"I've learned to stop questioning after Yusuke literally absorbed lighting to power up once…" Conan countered.

"Hey there! So nice to be here!" Pop Fizz beamed before digging out a magnifying glass tapped to a stethoscope, "Now let's see here…" he hopped onto the bed Ai was sitting on and put the end meant to go over the heart in his ear while looking at Ai with it, "Hmm…"

"Uh…" Ai moved back a little.

"Hoo boy, what did you use to cause you to regenerate your cells to the point you actually reversed in aging?" Pop Fizz asked, "Well, if you were going for an insta-kill, you added too much potassium and not enough sulfate."

"?!" Ai's eyes widened at that.

"And you can revert for a random period of time depending on the type of alcohol consumed, correct?" Pop Fizz questioned further as he replaced his taped items with a wooden hand-crank blender with a rubber chicken on the end that he began to spin around while moving it around her, "Yeah...that's the alcohol counteracting the Actinium and Californium that, surprisingly, act as the catalysts for the current results."

"W-Wait, how did you…?" Ai began to ask.

"I may be mostly crazy, but you can't be a licensed Alchemist in Skylands without memorizing the Periodic Table of Elements and all the reactions that could be caused by them with and without magic being added into the mix," Pop Fizz replied.

"And the items?" Conan asked as Pop Fizz put the tool away.

"Huh? Oh, that's stuff I like to play with when I work," Pop Fizz replied before performing a backflip off the bed and landed on the floor, "Well that explains why not even the alcohol that naturally pours from Drinker's Rocks worked for barely twelve hours. You're using a single thing that's countering just one piece of the formula while the other elements you used for it are breaking down that one counter at varying rates." he tilted his face with a grin before looking at Kiina, "Well, I'm gonna go start brewing up potential soda-licious cures! If you hear any explosions, that means I'm on a breakthrough!"

"Okay, take care," Kiina replied as Pop Fizz cartwheeled out, "Skylands' best good Alchemist, everyone."

"Um…" Conan began as he raised a hand with, surprisingly, far less pain than before.

"That is merely Pop Fizz being himself," King Pen assured, "When we first met when I introduced the Skylanders to my Imaginite to make an Imaginator to help improve their teamwork he was the one who thought of the head...which was a banana."

"I…I don't want to talk about this anymore," Conan spoke simply, "My head hurts...and I thought listening to Ai list all the things impossible about Yusuke's body was a pain…"

"He doesn't develop scar tissue. It's odd even for his healing." Ai replied.

"Yeah, you can tell me about your obsession with his body later."

"It's so weird remembering how old you both really are…" Kiina muttered, "But the way you talk proves your actual mentalities."

"Speaking of mentalities...How is it none of this freaks you out?" Ai asked.

"I've lived in Skylands since I was four," Kiina explained, "No other humans until I first met Master Eon when I was six, so I grew up around Mabu, elves, the occasional dragon or skeleton that visited the town, and a load upon loads of other beings."

"So you and Tsukasa are from another world?" Conan asked, "A real actual other world separate from ours?"

"Yep," Kiina replied with a smile before pulling out a photo album from a shelf and opened it, showing a little purple-haired girl in a plaid shirt and blue jeans sitting on the shoulder of a strong-looking Mabu wearing a blue pilot's outfit with black and white gloves, "See?"

"How...did you get here?" Conan asked, "Can you all travel between worlds where you're from?"

"We used to in ancient times with the use of the Rift Engines. Though they depended on the amount of Magic in Skylands to break through for travel and considering the situation back home…" Kiina noted before recalling an object that hadn't been in her house, "Oh! That background thing for photos!"

"Huh?" the two pondered.

"When it opened, it showed this city and then mine and my brother's house ended up not back home but here," Kiina explained.

"You mean the photo background in the living room...that is what brought you here?" Conan asked.

"You make it seem like some sort of magic is telling you where you need to go…" Ai noted.

"Yep! Business as usual!" Kiina beamed.

"Kiina, this world does not have magic like Skylands does," King Pen noted, seeing the looks they were giving Kiina, "It is not as integral as it is back there."

"If anything the only magical thing in our lives is Yusuke." Conan explained, "The belt he has gives him amazing powers, so he's like some kind of superhero." he chuckled, "And with how weird it is...all we can call it is Magic."

"Ah...No wonder I've been easily exhausted from practicing my spells if I'm not in the house," Kiina noted with a cringe.

"Yes. But it has been quite a nice training to use my inner magic sparingly if such a situation occurs," King Pen noted.

"Wait…" Conan noted, "I notice you don't mention Tsukasa a lot in your stories of where you come from." he stated, "Why is that?"

"Oh...We met just yesterday," Kiina replied, "Flynn accidentally hooked Kadoya's boat on the Dread Yatch's anchor and ended up bringing him to Skylanders Academy."

"Wait...you've only known this man for a full day?!" Ai asked shocked.

"Yep! But I trust him," Kiina noted.

"Why?" Conan asked.

"Because he feels like the Skylanders; someone who repels the darkness with his light," Kiina replied.

"Repels the darkness with his light…" Conan spoke as a memory flashed in his mind; an All Black and gold armored Kuuga looked back at him before giving him a thumbs up as his red eyes clashed with his dark armor. He shook the memory away as he somehow understood now, "So that's how it is…" he chuckled.

"Nani?" Ai blinked.

"He's like Yusuke…" he smiled faintly.

---

"Achoo!" Yusuke sneezed, "Ah mou! I got spit and snot in my helmet!" he complained having just arrived at the police station, "Ugh...do I have time to clean it….?" he asked, taking it off quickly.

"So you made it?" Tsukasa asked, standing near the door, having changed into his civilian clothing to be more comfortable, "You realize this is my plan, right? You'll have to trust in something the devil thought of…" he spoke in a teasing tone as if talking down to a child.

"...Ah…" Yusuke nodded, "I made a mistake out of concern last time...and I feel bad for it." he admitted, "My friends mean a lot to me...through all my pains and through all the darkness...they reminded me there is still a light inside me. And I see that same light in you, Tsukasa-san."

"Light?" Tsukasa blinked.

"For a moment, I lost sight of what I fight for…" he sighed sadly, "But...not now. Right now I'm Godai Yusuke the man of two thousand and...eighteen talents. And one of those talents is fighting for everyone's smiles."

Tsukasa raised a brow, 'Fighting for everyone's smiles?'

"Sa Tsukasa-san...iko!"

"Oi, I'm not your partner…" Tsukasa complained.

With that, the two got on their bikes before driving off to catch up to the task force that already deployed to the area of the final attack. Both Riders rode side by side as they made their way through the streets at amazing speeds.

---

"This still doesn't feel right," Akai admitted as the G1 troop watched as a female officer patrolled.

"No matter what, the point is to stop them…" Yusuke spoke, "The Gurongi will keep trying to hurt people and if we can stop this game, then they will have no reason to find a new leader." he went on, "Maybe they'll finally just stop this…."

"It's sweet thinking, Yusuke…" Akai sighed, "But sadly...we thought that before."

"So when do you think they'll strike?" Yusuke asked before a scream went off and they looked to see a Gurongi approaching the startled officer.

"Now. Right now," Tsukasa deadpanned as he rushed out of his hiding spot.

"Tsukasa?!" Yusuke panicked.

The Gurongi growled as it moved to attack only to stop as Tsukasa kicked it away.

[So you finally came out] Tsukasa spoke….in the Gurongi language.

[What...a linto who can still speak our language?] the Gurongi gasped.

[It took me a few moments to grasp it, but I think I'm a natural] Tsukasa smirked, [So you thought this Gegeru would be that easy? Sorry to say, but I don't like easy games. They bore me.]

"Is...is he talking to it?" Akai asked in shock.

"He can speak their language...but...how? No one's been able to decipher their alphabet," Yusuke blinked in shock.

[It doesn't matter if you know our tongue] the Gurongi growled [It will end now]

[My thoughts exactly] Tsukasa chuckled before spinning around poked the female officer in her hand with a pin.

"Ah!" she yelped, moving back and looking at her hand...to see blood coming from where Tsukasa poked.

[Ah!]

At the moment a small drop of blood hit the ground, the Gurongi fell to his knees in defeat.

"As I thought...if blood is spilt during the ritual...it's voided," Tsukasa revealed, reverting back to regular Japanese.

"That explains why they were killed like that," Akai realized.

[Damn you Linto! You shall not get away with this!] the Gurongi roared, ready to attack before it was shot.

"Yusuke!" Akai ordered, lowering his rifle.

"Henshin!" at that, Kuuga jumped down and tackled the Gurongi before pinning it and proceeding to begin beating it.

"Fall back." Tsukasa ordered to the others. He then ducked as a second Gurongi tried to attack him, "More then one...tsk!" he complained, kicking it and making it stagger back. He quickly pulled out his Ride Booker and used it in gun mode to shoot the Gurongi who attacked him, making it stagger into a tree, "Well guess if I want to live I have to bust out my secret." he sighed, putting the DecaDriver over his waist. He pulled out the Decade card before flicking it and, like a shuriken, it flew out and struck the Gurongi, making it back away as he opened the belt, "Henshin!" he shouted, catching the card and inserting it.

=KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

"Nani?" Akai blinked, staring at the nine images that overlapped with Tsukasa and replaced him with Decade, "The other Rider?"

"Sa...iko-ka," Decade sighed as he punched the Gurongi, making it back away. He then unfolded his Ride Booker into sword mode as he slashed it across the chest several times.

"You're transforming in public now?!" Kuuga gawked as his Gurongi pushed him away.

"Your world is safe, so I probably won't be here much longer." Decade replied as he slashed his sword through the Gurongi's abdomen. He left the blade there as he slotted a new card.

=ATTACK RIDE: SLASH!=

Decade slashed his sword out of the monster as multiple energy projections formed around it. He swung down as the blades lined up for a claw like slash that tore through the Gurongi's torso, making it explode. Kuuga grunted as he rolled away from a strike from his enemy. He then growled as his leg began glowing with fire. He then rushed before jumping into the air and swinging a wide arcing roundhouse that struck the Gurongi across the face. Flames sparked off the impact as Kuuga's mark began to glow along its face. It roared in pain before its head exploded followed by the rest of its body.

"That's it? I had expected there to…"

"Shut up." Decade sighed as he turned to see about five or so more Gurongi come out of the forest.

[Linto...disrupted the Gegeru…]

[We waited so long for this moment…]

[They ruined the Gegeru...last time...for the last time we shall let this shame befall us.]

[Kill them all] a tall Kabuto beetle themed Gurongi ordered.

"You had say it…" Decade groaned, swiping his sword.

"I'll apologize after we get out of this," Kuuga spoke as he and Decade began walking forward. As they did, Kuuga's belt turned gold as a golden anklet formed on his right leg with gold trim decorating his armor.

"...Ugh...you and your optimism…" Decade sighed as he began jogging, the Gurongi doing the same.

"We can't let them get past us to the police officers!" Kuuga soke as a second anklet formed as the red of his armor became black.

"I know!" Decade snapped as he and Kuuga began running towards the Gurongi.

"Ha!" the Riders roared as they charged and began fighting with the Gurongi.

[Bring me their heads!] the Beetle themed leader demanded.

---

"Now, Kiina, in Skylands in its current state, we introduce ourselves when we use our full names as first name, last name," King Pen explained, earning a nod from Kiina, "But in Japanese culture, you introduce yourself with your last name first and your first name last. For example, you are Kiina Boomer in Skylands but Boomer Kiina in Japan."

"Hmm…" Kiina nodded listening to him talk.

"Di…Did she understand it?" Ai asked.

"So I have to call myself Boomer, got it. ...Oh wait...Big Brother's last name is Boomer, too," Kiina noted, "Does that mean we're both 'Boomer' then? How is anyone going to tell us apart here?"

"Nope," Conan noted with a sweatdrop.

"Kiina, easy now," King Pen assured, "You can continue to call yourself by your first name. It's when you introduce yourself is when you have to use your last name before your first."

"So you see, Tsukasa was greeting you like is custom here in Japan," Conan added, "So his first name is Tsukasa, and his family/last name is Kadoya."

"Oh...But wait, we were in Skylands so that means he introduces himself like anyone there...but he did it like Japan…" Kiina mumbled.

"...This may take longer to get her to figure out Tsukasa's name," King Pen admitted before tensing and looking out a window towards the nearby mountain.

"What's wrong?" Kiina asked.

"Kiina, how many Skylanders are able to fight at this time?" King Pen asked.

"Um...Six including you," Kiina replied after a moment to think, "No, wait. Eight. I felt Eruptor and Jet-Vak activate just now."

"What's wrong?" Conan asked.

"A grave imbalance has occurred," King Pen replied, "Darkness comes."

Ai, having long since tuned out, turned on the TV before gasping at the story she found on the news. On the screen were shots of Kuuga in his blackened Amazing Mighty Form and Decade fighting a horde of Gurongi all by themselves. Kiina took only a few moments before her eyes narrowed and she pulled out her staff.

"Skylanders, UNITE!" Kiina shouted.

Stealth Elf appeared in a plume of green smoke by Ai as Cynder emerged from Conan's shadow, pulling along Spyro by his left horn. Pop Fizz cartwheeled in through the open window as a humanoid eagle wearing a suit of blue armor with an air-powered blaster attached to a jetpack on his back and a humanoid made of magma ran in through the door. Camo jumped in through the window to complete them.

"Kiina, what's wrong?" the eagle asked.

"That," Kiina replied, pointing at the TV.

"Ah! Those are the guys who bopped me back to a statue!" Pop Fizz exclaimed.

"Gurongi…" Conan spoke, "This must be all of them that are left…" he realized, "They have no more options left…" he realized, seeing how desperately they tried to attack Kuuga.

"...Uh, Kiina. Where are we and why are there two midget adults in here?" the magma being asked.

"Another world, Eruptor," Kiina replied, "But even if we're not in Skylands, we still do what we trained to do: defending the innocent."

"Wait, you can't rush in while the police are still there. It'll cause a lot of confusion." Conan spoke up.

"Look…" Ai spoke as the two armored warriors led the Gurongi deeper into the woods, "The police must be backing off in case Yusuke tries to use a finisher."

"And since they're going into the woods, it's the perfect cover to not interfere with local law enforcement," the eagle noted.

"Oh nice! Finally something to fight!" Spyro beamed.

"...Why does Spyro sound like his days during the academy and his first few years as a Skylander?" Eruptor asked.

"We're trying to figure it out," Kiina replied, "Now get going!"

"Right!" the Skylanders replied as they quickly exited.

"It is most fortunate they are going this way," King Pen noted.

"Why?" Spyro asked.

"The Darkness I sense is there."

---

Kuuga roared as he landed punch to a Gurongi sending it flying away before exploding. Decade slashed his way past several of them as his energy phantom blades shredded them until they exploded. The two stood back to back as they began deflecting attacks from all angles. Decade grunted as he was struck as was Kuuga. Both leaned against one another before pushing off and charging at them. Decade roared as he slashed more of them down, while Kuuga charged up fire with his legs before he jumped and landed a scissor kick to two of the Gurongi, sending them flying back and then exploding like grenades, taking out several of their comrades.

"It's like they've called everyone together for one last attack," Kuuga admitted.

"More than likely? They have," Decade agreed, "With this Gegeru ruined...they have no means of making a new N...so...they can't bolster their numbers. This is the last of the Gurongi!"

"I'm starting to remember stories Sensei told me of battles he took in," Kuuga admitted, "...Is it wrong that I feel more giddy that it's almost like living them than worried at the moment?"

"That's the adrenaline making up for the internal bleeding." Decade explained.

"Oh…" Kuuga realized.

"Ha!" Decade shouted, switching to gun mode as he began shooting.

=ATTACK RIDE: SHOOT!=

"Duck!"

"Where?!" Kuuga asked as Decade kicked him over as he spun around while shooting his barrage of pink energy bullets decimating a large chunk of the Gurongi, "Oh...that duck...man, I took a lot of blows to the head…"

"Big one incoming!" Decade shouted rolling away as the Kabuto beetle Gurongi charged and tackled Kuuga through many large trees, "Goddamn it, Yusuke…" he groaned as he began shooting wildly letting his currently wider firing range keep the Gurongi from getting too close, "Come on!" one jumped at him only for a blast of purple lightning slammed into it, sending it crashing into several others, "Eh?"

"Time for a little Hawk and Awe!" Jet-Vak shouted, flying over Decade with Eruptor in his free hand, "Eruptor are you ready?"

"Oh, you bet!" Eruptor replied as Jet-Vak threw him into the Gurongi that dog-piled him...before exploding from the eruption that Eruptor became, "I was Born to Burn!"

"Oh goodie...more of them…" Decade sighed as he wiped a bit of magma off his shoulder, "Kiina, I'd say I love you...but even I am not that fast…"

"Eh, true," Spyro agreed as he and Cynder swooped past, firing flames and purple lightning respectively at the Gurongi.

[What are these things?] a Gurongi pondered.

"Excuse me," the Gurongi turned around and looked down to see Pop Fizz shaking a potion bottle, "But do you know what happens when I drink this?"

The Gurongi, not even sure what he said, just looked at him...more stupefied than anything. Even they had never seen such creatures, let alone heard of any like them.

"Oh, you get the Motion of the Potion!" Pop Fizz replied before drinking the contents.

He spasmed before the Gurongi jumped back at Pop Fizz swelled up to be as tall at the one he asked as bulging muscles appeared in his arms and legs as pink markings covered his now manic feral face. Pop Fizz let out a roar before tackling the Gurongi and proceeded to pummel it and slashing into it with his large claws, the last thing the Gurongi ever seeing being his wild red and yellow eyes of immense uncontrolled fury. Nearby, Stealth Elf appeared behind a Gurongi and delivered a punch to the back of its head before vanishing when it turned around to see another Gurongi looking away.

[Oi, why'd you attack me?!]

[Eh? I didn't attack you] the other argued before they looked away, letting Stealth Elf appear and slash the other across the back with one of her blades before vanishing [Gah!] he snarled as he turned and tackled the other [YOU SLASHED ME, YOU ASS!]

[I did not, you low level insect tribe!]

[Useless lower level mammal tribe!]

[Oh you did not just go there!]

"Different world…" Stealth Elf noted from a nearby tree as the two stabbed one another and simultaneously exploded, "...Same old idiocy."

Kuuga grunted as he and the Kabuto beetle Gurongi began punching each other repeatedly. Both struck the other's chest, causing sparks to fly before kicking the other away. Kuuga grunted getting up before rearing his fist back as it began glowing with golden fire. He roared as he ducked down and punched the Gurongi's buckle, making him grunt and back away as cracks formed along it.

=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: DE-DE-DE-DECADE!=

"Haa!" Decade grunted as he jumped into the air as the cards aligned and shot him forward to slam his kick into the Kabuto beetle Gurongi's face, shattering his horn and sending him flying away to explode brightly.

"Yeehaw!" Camo roared as he stabbed his front claws into the ground before a row of watermelons grew before the five insect Gurongi around him.

[It grows fruit…] one noted.

Another poked one before screaming when the watermelon exploded, creating a chain reaction with the others that sent them up into the air into the path of King Pen spinning like a drill, exploding as he tore through them. He landed beside Kuuga as the last one exploded.

"Sensei!" Kuuga gasped.

"It's growing stronger," King Pen noted as he looked around, "Why is the Darkness I sense growing stronger despite the losses on its side?"

"Darkness? You mean The Darkness you told me about?" Kuuga asked, gulping nervously.

"No. It feels more like the Gurongi's darkness," King Pen replied, "But why is it getting stronger despite them perishing like such?"

"Because their leader is awaking!" a voice shouted as Kuuga and King Pen saw Narutaki.

"Eh? A-Awakening?! But we stopped their ritutal!" Kuuga argued.

"Unless...There's another method," King Pen realized as he looked over to see Spyro destroy one of the remaining seven.

"There isn't," Narutaki informed, "This was all the doing of Decade's existence in your world."

"Me?" Decade asked.

"Because of your own darkness….the great darkness of the N's shall awaken regardless," Narutaki informed, "When a great beast senses another invade its territory, it shall strike. That is what is happening, the evil of this world is reacting to you, Destroyer!"

"Then I'll go destroy this world's darkness," Decade responded simply.

"A wise response," King Pen agreed.

"It's not wise; he's just being a smart mouthed punk!" Narutaki complained.

"Later, Ossan!" Decade spoke, pushing his belt together.

=ATTACK RIDE: INVISIBLE!=

With that, Decade faded from sight. Everyone blinked and began feeling around for him as his belt clear as day shouted Invisible. Yet no one could feel, smell, hear, or-for some-taste his presence. For invisibility it sure felt more like he teleported away!

"And that's the last of them!" Spyro beamed as the last Gurongi collapsed, exploding, "Whoo! That was awesome! Man, I feel all fired up! What next? What next? What-what-what?"

"Now...comes the harder battle," King Pen replied as he looked at the mountain's top to see black smoke form on a side.

"Okay, I know volcanoes and I know that one is not a volcano, active nor dormant," Eruptor noted.

"That must be where it's been sealed," Kuuga realized before tensing as he had flashbacks to that snowy day, "This...it's the same…"

"That's what I've been saying!" Narutaki shouted.

"An N…" Kuuga spoke.

"N?" Jet-Vak repeated.

"The Leader of the Gurongi….able to bend the very world to their whims," Kuuga spoke, "The worse of the worse monsters...and they have the power to make more Gurongi…" he breathed as he began to panic as more and more memories flashed before his eyes. He then stumbled back, holding his head as the face of the man he battled flashed before his eyes.

"Yusuke…"

"He's having a flashback," King Pen informed, "The last N he encountered left a mental scar. Just as those who battle in wars gain them."

"Ah…" Kuuga breathed as he reverted to his red form, "I...I don't think I can do it again…" he spoke, "Last time...Last time...I...I gave in, but...if I do it again...I might not come back!" he spoke, "If I give into the same darkness…"

"Then you will control it," King Pen informed, earning Kuuga's attention, "You will not be alone this battle. You have a team now that will fight alongside you and friends to go home to."

"Friends…" Kuuga repeated as visions of Conan, Ai, Ran...everyone flashed in place of his battle with Daguva. "...Friends….no...I have family…" he spoke, gripping his hand tightly, "Gh…" he grunted, running off towards the cloud with the Skylanders right behind him.

---

Decade blinked, finding himself in a large dark cave where the black miasma came from. Lumbering out was a Gurongi. His body was a pure red as robes hung around his waist. Golden decorations covered his shoulders as he had long dark hair hanging from his head. The Gurongi howled, causing the very ground to shake.

[Why was I awakened?!] he demanded.

[You weren't supposed to wake up?] Decade asked him in his language, "Ugh….drop it. I know you're smart enough to comprehend modern tongues."

"You...why was I awakened?!"

"Hell if I know...I'm just here to send you back to sleep." Decade replied "Only...a much more permanent one." he spoke.

Decade charged and began punching at the Gurongi, who blocked each and every swing before landing one of his own to Decade's chest, sending him skidding back. Decade grunted as he rushed again as both punched one another across the face. Tsukasa grunted as blood escaped his mouth behind his mask.

"Where is my blood brother?" it growled.

"Brother...if you're talking about an Albino Kuuga...then he's long dead. Police even dug up his remains from the blizzard a week later." Decade off handedly spoke.

"Impossible...the only one who could…KUUGA!" he roared.

"Yeesh, you're loud, Wolfy…" Decade grunted as "So...you and the other N...Daguva were brothers...That means the two of you slaughtered all of the Linto all those ages ago. Real piece of work you are."

"Be silent Linto!"

"We prefer to go by humans now-adays." Decade replied.

"Linto are still Linto and Gurongi are Gurongi. The only difference...we Gurongi freely act on the violent drive inside of us...while Linto fool themselves into believing they are not like us."

"Well I'd love to talk semantics, but I'm still gonna kill you…"

"I will parade your body to your fellow Linto as punishment for your actions against my brother's burial grounds."

"Your brother was a bloodthirsty psychopath with a creepy kid face," Decade argued, "Don't worry its my job to send you back to him."

At that, the two charged at one another and began trading blows back and forth. Decade blocked a kick before punching the Wolf Gurongi back. He then pulled out his gun and began shooting his chest only for all his shots to bounce off. The Gurongi roared as he raised his hands and unleashed a blast of fire that tore off the entire section of mountain above them.

---

"Tsukasa-san!" Kuuga called out, seeing the explosion. He then stopped as the new Gurongi walked out.

"Kuuga!" he howled upon seeing him.

"The second N…" Kuuga grunted, shifting into Amazing Mighty.

"Burn in Linto hell for your crimes!"

"You know it's just hell to us, right?" Kuuga muttered as he braced himself for a blast that knocked him down, "GAH!" he cried, reverting to growing form.

"For killing my brother, you have my respect as a warrior. But...as a man of loyalty and dedication...you also have my hate!" he howled, blasting Kuuga again and making him cry in pain.

"Brother?" he muttered before recalling something, 'Ai said the N can only have one leader. The loser either dies or is sealed...so he was sealed because…'

"Your punishment shall come soon enough, Kuuga! You shall watch as I turn your beloved Linto...into my new brothers and sisters! You will once again be helpless to stop us as we destroy all that you love and care for!" he growled picking Kuuga up, "The world shall become one of Gurongi!-!"

"Chotto matte...we're not finish here!"

"Are we? This isn't the Kuuga that destroyed my brother. You're too weak."

"Hey Wolfie!" the N looked up and batted away a fireball and raised a brow at Spyro, "Wow. Not even burns. What? You take dips in lava?"

"A purple dragon?" the N pondered before a blast of lava slammed into him, engulfing him in its heat.

"Got him!" Eruptor cheered before the N walked out of it like it was nothing, "Or not."

"Interesting...they are not becoming Gurongi...These creatures are not of this world," he realized before letting out a loud howl, "Begone!"

Stealth Elf appeared behind him, swinging a blade, only for the N to catch her wrist and throw her into the pumpkin Camo had grown, setting it off and knocking the two away. Eruptor fired blasts of magma at the N as Jet-Vak fired pressurized blasts of air, only for the N to simply brush them off as he charged and punched two through a tree.

Spyro was about to make his move before noticing the misama. He groaned as he summoned a power gust of wind and kept it at bay.

"What?" the Wolf Gurongi growled.

"What are you doing?" Eruptor asked.

"If the miasma leaves past this area, it'll infect the city and then the country! We can't evacuate all of Tokyo, so I gotta keep it contained! Any one who knows wind magic or ice, help me."

"Well, that's a relief. Was worried he was fully like his old self," Jet-Vak noted as he got up and took flight, "I've got the air power to help."

"Thanks," Spyro nodded before the two dodged the jump the N tried to grab at them, 'If I let Kiina or those humans Boss like turn into monsters and he has to kill them, he'll have me for dragon steak!'

"Get out of my way!" the N snarled before purple lightning slammed into his back, making him turn to see Cynder snarling, "Another dragon…"

Cynder lunged at him and was grabbed by the neck by the N...only to collapse into shadows and leaving behind a giggling purple ghost. Cynder reformed and fired purple lightning at the ghost, causing it to explode violently. After a moment, the N erupted from the smoke and slammed a fist into Cynder, sending her crashing through several trees and into a large rock.

"Grr...no, no...don't get distracted. Save the humans first," Spyro muttered.

"Now if there's anything else…" the N growled as he prepared to continue before seeing King Pen in his way, "And now a penguin…"

"You Gurongi...you follow the decree of Survival of the Fittest, correct?" King Pen asked.

"If this is another speech, we heard the first Kuuga preach it to the point of boredom...In fact, some of us died of boredom, so either fight or move. I have a brother to avenge."

King Pen nodded before entering into an opening stance. The N growled as he slid into one as well.

---

"Oi...Yusuke...don't be dead...wake up!"

*SMACK*

"Bwah!" he panicked, shooting up, his hair all messed up, "Ah...did I die? Oh...it felt like I died again…"

"Well if you're dead, then we all are, too," Yusuke turned to see Flynn leaning by a car littered in scratches and dents.

"How'd I get all the way to the bottom? ...no, wait...I answered it myself…" he grunted, pushing himself up.

"Easy there," Conan advised.

"What happened?" Ai asked.

"Conan? Ai?"

"They convinced us to get here," Kiina explained, "We owe the neighbor a new car, though…"

"More like either come with us, or we drive a car ourselves," Conan explained, "Never getting in a car with them again."

"Hey, I do way better with a boat thank you very much," Flynn defended.

"What happened to Tsukasa?" Yusuke panicked.

"He fished himself out of a river and began huffing it back up the mountain," Conan explained, "It looked like he got a worse blast then you."

"..." Yusuke grunted as he turned towards the mountain, "I really can't do it unless I use that form…" he spoke.

"...Yusuke," Ai called to as he turned to her, "Go into it...and go as deep as possible."

"But...every time I've ever used it…" he spoke before stopping, "It's….it's tried to swallow me...and if I lose control...I'll be the one who hurts people."

"You know we all die sometime...and I think it's important to choose how...When you put those bullets in my hand...just in case...I hated the evil you put on me."

"Shin…"

"But you were my friend and I hate that I'm useless in this fight. I want to support you any and all ways I could," he said, "And that's why I can tell you this….go as deep into that darkness as you want. It means nothing!"

"Eh?" he spoke.

"You really think that suit will take you away?!" Ai spoke, "You've fought so hard...and so many times...and every time, you did it so no one else would get hurt. That's what makes you strong."

"You really are dumb sometimes…" Conan spoke up again, "All that time you following me around, the truth was I admired that silly smile you always had. No matter what happened...what crazy thing we got involved in...You focused on helping others first…"

"Even criminals who didn't deserve it like me...You apologized to me for not saving my sister when you should've turn me over to your police friends...but you listened to my story and helped me...You're nothing but a subject, but at some point you fell for me."

"And that's a mystery I'm still trying to solve," Conan smirked, "So, Yusuke Godai - Kamen Rider Kuuga and man of 2018 talents…"

"Are you just gonna sit here or do what you do best?" Ai asked.

"Minna…" Yusuke spoke tears, forming in his eyes, "...One more time…" he spoke, "Please...watch…" he began as he formed his belt, "Ore no...HENSHIN!" he called out as gold lightning raced along his body. His armor formed before bulking up and becoming spiked. His horns transformed to look more like a crown as his eyes shone red. Kuuga growled as a dark aura formed around him for a moment, 'I won't be lost...I won't...I can't...everyone...EVERYONE IS COUNTING ON ME!' at that, the dark aura was dispersed away in golden fire, "Kamen Rider Kuuga…Ultimate Form!"

"Yusuke," Conan smiled as Ai approached him and held his hand.

"Yeah...This warmth only belongs to you...and if you ever want out...Remember, we're right here, shining the light."

"...Arigatou," Kuuga thanked.

"Aw, now ain't that special, sis?" Flynn sniffed.

"Uh-huh," Kiina agreed, wiping some tears with her robe's sleeve before yelping as several blurs slammed into the car and knocked it over.

"Ow…" Pop Fizz groaned from where he was embedded into it.

"Guys!" Kiina gasped, "What happened? Where are Spyro, Jet-Vak, and King Pen?"

"Still up there," Stealth Elf replied as she tried to pull herself out.

"King Pen...he's fighting it...while Spyro and Jet-Vak are tryin' t' keep that there miasma...away from th' city…" Camo explained as some approached them, "And failin'..."

"Right…" Kuuga nodded as he raised his hands up and began to concentrate, clouds began forming in the air before forming a tornado that sucked away all of the miasma, "Woo...that is stressful…" he grunted, shaking his hand, "How the hell did he make it rain all over the Earth?" he wondered as he began running before jumping high enough to almost reach the battle field with that one leap.

"Hmm? Kuuga!" the Gurongi blinked as Kuuga came down with a meteoric punch, Spyro freaked as he dove and rescued Cynder as the two clash fist causing a massive explosion.

"Ja-jan!" Kuuga declared as he pushed the N back, "Round 2…" he spoke, his fists lighting up with fire, "This time...no more holding back," he rolled his fist around like a boxer before landing a solid punch to the Wolf Gurongi's face, knocking him back.

"That's my student," King Pen chuckled as he pulled himself up from the crater he had been slammed into, his armor cracked all over, his right arm bent at several angles, and a gaping hole in the left side of his chest, before he fell over glowing before transforming into a small statue of him in an opening stance on a blue platform, "Fight on...Yusuke…"

"What happened to him?!" Spyro asked as Cynder picked it up.

"A failsafe all Skylanders have for near-fatal wounds thanks to Kaos throwing us from Skylands when he destroyed the Core of Light. We revert to these when we take a fatal blow to heal," Cynder explained, "The magic was soaked up by the Book of Skylanders, so even if they weren't there at the time, they also can do it along with any new Skylanders written into it."

"Oh that is handy…" Spyro admitted.

"Ha!" Kuuga roared as he punched the N across the fact again he spun in place before landing a follow up punch to his torso sending him sliding away, "I can see it…"

"See...see what?" The N blinked confused.

"The light shining within this darkness…" he spoke, his eyes flashing as he opened his palm as it was covered in fire, "I won't let anyone get hurt anymore...Everyone's smiles...they will light my way as I protect them!" he roared, forming a large mass of fire in his hand as he pulled it back before pushing it forward.

"AH!" the N growled as he fired a blast of dark black and red energy.

"Ha!" Kuuga roared, pushing his hand forward and blasting a stream of golden fire.

"Okay, we should fall back now," Jet-Vak advised, sucking up more miasma into his gun.

Both blasts hit with a large shockwave,. Both blasts pushed against one another as everyone was able to escape to a safe distance. Kuuga grunted as the gold flames spread across his arm while the N was being pushed back.

"Real good thing those didn't just explode on impact…" Spyro muttered.

"I haven't seen a power struggle like this since you and Malefore did a final attack on one another with Aether," Jet-Vak gasped.

"Gh…" Kuuga grunted as his entire body was now covered in golden flames, "Ore wa...ore wa...hikari da!" he shouted as the flames dispersed for a moment to reveal his armor had become pure gold as his blast overwhelmed the N and sent him flying back and off the mountain. Kuuga gasped for air, reverting to his original Ultimate Form as he fell to his knees, "Ooh….that must be what running some kinda Spartan Marathon must feel like…"

"That was awesome!" Spyro laughed as he flew over, "Oh man, look at you! You are so awesome!"

"Excellent work," Jet-Vak complimented, offering a hand to help Kuuga up.

"I wouldn't at the moment…" he chuckled as he grabbed a rock and let a molten handprint, "I'm kinda...toasty…"

"Ooh...Right," Jet-Vak agreed, quickly pulling his hand away.

"You did good," Cynder noted with a nod.

"Trust me, that's the best you'll get from her," Jet-Vak noted, earning a small chuckle from Kuuga.

"Wait...Where did Sensei go?" Kuuga asked.

"He fought him blow for blow to give you time to get here," Cynder explained as she showed Kuuga the statue, "He'll need to spend a few days as this before he can recover."

"Oh...thank god…" Kuuga sighed before he held his hand out and sent a gust of wind to push them all away just as a blast of red and black energy struck him, causing an explosion, "Okay...Ultimate can take more pain then I thought…" he grumbled, stuck in the ground. Everyone looked at the N as he limped forward, his body badly hurt.

"Aw come on! You got blasted by a golden hero's strongest attack! Anime, you lied to me!" Spyro shouted at the sky.

"How...How are you stopping me like this? You are Linto...Linto with the help of pathetic creatures from worlds beyond...How?!"

"Because he is fighting with an amazing power!" a voice spoke as everyone turned to see a badly injured Tsukasa walking towards them with a confident geit to his walk.

"Boss!" Spyro cheered.

"That man braves the darkness for one reason…" Tsukasa spoke, "Smiles. He fights for the smiles of everyone in this world. For the happiness of others, he embraces this amazing power which scares him. No matter the pain, he still fights so no one else needs to be hurt. That is the man Godai Yusuke." he spoke smirking as he wiped blood away from his mouth, "And in order to match his great power...I will fight…" he pointed at Kuuga, "To protect his smile!" he declared proudly, "It's not a half bad smile…"

"Onore...Just who do you think you are, Linto?!" The N demanded.

"Who me?" Tsukasa asked, giving a small smirk as he pulled his Belt and card out, "I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider…Remember that. Henshin!" he smirked holding his card up and slotting it.

=KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

With the formation of his armor, Decade chuckled. His Ride Booker flipped open on his waist, earning his attention before three cards shot out of it. Decade caught them and looked at the blank images on them before they filled out. They were Kuuga's Kamen Ride, Final Attack Ride, and Final Form Ride Cards.

"Final Form Ride?" Decade pondered, looking at the card depicting Kuuga and a mechanical stag beetle before putting it into his DecaDriver.

=FINAL FORM RIDE: K-K-KUUGA!=

"This will tickle a bit," Decade warned as he moved to behind Kuuga.

"Eh? Tickle?" Kuuga repeated.

He then flinched as his body was forcibly lifted into the air. Suddenly. a strange backpack formed as his arms where now forming armor of some king. His legs curved in and formed sharp bladed armor, finally Kuuga's head...awkwardly leaned back until folding into his own shoulders.

"Oh….my…." Spyro cringed as they watched Kuuga flip around and transform into a large mechanical stag beetle.

"Oh, that had to be painful," Jet-Vak noted as he cringed.

"So glad the others weren't here to watch," Cynder added.

"This feels like very awkward Yoga!" Kuuga spoke, through his new form.

"Nani? What is this?" the N demanded.

"This is our power!" Decade declared.

"Yeah!" Kuuga agreed.

With that, Kuuga flew right at the N. The Gurongi roared as he fired another blast at Kuuga, only for the transformed Rider to fly around it to slam into the monster, knocking him over. He got up only to cry out as Decade got several slashes in on the Gurongi's back before Kuuga did a diving strike to knock the Gurongi over once more.

Decade grunted as he jumped and slashed the Gurongi across the back as soon as he got up. The N growled turning around before Kuuga tackled into him again, knocking him back. Decade jumped over Kuuga and landed a kick to the N's face. Kuuga quickly tackled into their enemy once more before locking him in his pincers and carrying him up into the air.

"Oi! You three want in on this?" Decade asked as he pulled out Kuuga's Final Attack Ride card.

"Yes!" Spyro agreed.

=FINAL ATTACK RIDE:=

"Good," Decade chuckled as he closed the DecaDriver.

=K-K-KUUGA!=

Kuuga's insect eyes flashed once before purple energy erupted from his back and he boosted in speed. Kuuga flipped around before heading right down towards Decade as he jumped up into the air t them, leg extended for a kick. Below him, Spyro released a blast of flames, Cynder fired a blast of purple lightning, and Jet-Vak released a large bullet of pressurized air combining into a swirling sphere of flames, lightning, and wind that engulfed Decade's foot.

"Bakana...BAKANA!" the N screamed before Decade slammed into him and then right through him as Kuuga released the monster, letting it explode violently as the two landed with Kuuga transforming back just inches above the ground.

---

"Pop, what are you doing?" Eruptor deadpanned.

"I don't know, my mind's a little foggy," Pop Fizz replied as he spun a potion bottle into the air before catching it and covering the top before shaking it up, "But this smoothie I'm making will clear it right up!"

"You know that the neighbors are going to be mad at whoever broke their car," Conan noted.

"Oh don't you worry about that," Flynn assured, "We left some gold to pay for the damages in the backseat."

"Don't use that as an excuse to all these events…" Tsukasa complained as he was heavily bandaged.

"I'm just glad things are working out," Eruptor noted, "..." he looked at Ai as she was poking him with a thermometer, "Why does everyone who has never seen me before poke me with thermometers?"

"You're living magma! Sentient magma at that!" Ai replied, "How are you able to…"

"Magic," Eruptor replied before Ai opened her mouth again, "A-bah-bah-bah. Any question you have, the answer is 'magic.'"

"I love magic…" Yusuke smiled, his wounds already healed.

"And I finished it!" Pop Fizz beamed.

"Finished what?" Spyro asked.

"Oh, my smoothie. It was smoothie-licious!" Pop Fizz beamed before tossing Ai another potion bottle with the top plugged, "Oh, I also finished the serum for your midget issues. And before you complain about yucky medicine, I made it root beer flavor! Was gonna go with cream soda flavor, but you two look more like root beer drinkers."

"You mean...we can go back to normal?" Conan asked.

"Yep!" Pop Fizz beamed, "But, uh...just be careful when you drink it. Side-effects may include hangovers, intense burning feeling during the transformation, and hiccups."

"Only thing is that you may want to wait until you can take down the people that will target you two before drinking it," Kiina advised.

"Oh, so that's why you threw it to Ai," Yusuke noted, "Conan would've drank it immediately."

"Huh? Oh no. She just seems like she catches things better," Pop Fizz replied, "That and I don't throw things to kids in glasses because I'm scared they'll break the vials."

"They're fake…" Conan muttered.

"So it seems our mission in this world is complete," Tsukasa noted.

"Eh?" Yusuke pondered.

"Helping this world was our mission?" Jet-Vak asked.

"Bit more complicated than that, JV," Camo replied.

"I don't know," Tsukasa noted, "But...I feel I know a bit more."

"Really? About what, Kadoya?" Kiina asked.

"About myself…" he explained, "About what I need to do...and how to regain my memories." he spoke, "I think even if just a little...I've grown as a person...be it I'm human...or something else."

"That's great, Tsukasa!" Tessa beamed as Hugo came into the room, "Oh, Hugo. Where have you been?"

"Developing the film Tsukasa's used up in this world," Hugo replied before giving Tsukasa a magenta book with his emblem on it, "I put them into this journal I made. That way, if you lose your memories again, you'll have something to help you remember the ones you've made since you met us." he opened it several pages in to show a photo, "This one's my favorite."

Tsukasa looked down at the picture. It was the one he had taken of when he had left the house that morning. However, Ran wasn't in the photo. Instead, it depicted a layered image of Yusuke with his Kuuga forms.

"Not bad…" Tsukasa smirked.

"So how do you plan to leave?" Ai asked.

"Well considering it all started with this," Flynn noted as he walked over to the backdrop, "I'd say a good kick might work."

"Hold on, hold on, hold on!" Hugo yelped as he stopped Flynn, "Before we do that, maybe it'd be best to let the natives of this world step out of the house so that they don't get dragged along? Hm?"

"Well it's been fun, Yusuke, Canon, and Ai." Tsukasa spoke to them, "But your world is safe now...so...get out of my house." he jerked his thumb to the door.

"Our house," Flynn and Kiina corrected while pointing at the several dozen pictures showing that it was their house and not Tsukasa's.

"Woman and others!" he spoke loudly, "Don't test me right now." he sighed.

"Thank you for everything," Ai thanked, "Though I still expect a new gun from you."

"Would the money for a new one be okay?" Kiina sheepishly asked before seeing Ai had a teasing smirk, "Oh…! Right!"

"Um...Could you give Sensei a message when he wakes up?" Yusuke asked.

"Of course," Kiina replied.

"Tell him thank you for helping me so much," Yusuke sighed, "I'll always remember his lessons. And I'll try and pass them on in my own way, too."

"I'll make sure he gets it," Kiina promised.

"Oi, pipsqueak," Conan looked at Tsukasa with an annoyed look, "Hope things go well between you and that Ran girl."

"Gh! H-how did…?"

"It was kinda obvious," Tsukasa chuckled.

"Ai told me," Tessa noted.

"I figured it out when we met," Kiina added.

"Okay! So thanks for helping save our world! Bye!" Conan quickly informed as he ran out, his face bright red from his blush.

"I hope we can meet again." Yusuke smiled at Tsukasa, "Riders should help each other, right?!" he smiled even wider.

"Hehehe...not a half bad smile indeed," Tsukasa smirked, "Oi, Ai, take care of this dunderhead. He's liable to kill himself next time a super powered monster shows up."

"Can do."

"Oi…" Yusuke mock-whined as the two followed after Conan.

Hugo looked out the window, "Okay, Flynn, now you can kick it."

"And...BOOM!" Flynn shouted before punting the backdrop.

The backdrop shook before a new image was displayed on a new sheet. This new sheet was divided into two images, a red line separated one half which displayed blue butterflies in flight while the other half displayed a robot that they've seen before, it was the robot Tsukasa's bike transformed into once. A light shone from the sheet as everyone flinched as it felt like the house moved ever so gently. Everyone ran to the window and awed as the house seemed to now be plugged into a busy street in the heart of a bustling city. It was the dead of night but yet still so many people flooded the streets

"Tokyo…" Tsukasa spoke, gazing out the window, "I'm in Tokyo…" he realized as a feeling of familiarity washed over him.

---

Walking down a darkened ally was a Rider dressed in black with red lines illuminating across his armor. A large circular eye shone yellow as he stepped through the darkened section of the city. He flicked his wrist as several figures ran from him. They looked back just in time as he lunged at them, his hands outstretched like claws.

"Label Blacks...eliminated." The Rider declared coldly walking out of the alley way; each step giving the sound of splashing liquid.

---

Z0: Well to those who can read context clues...you know what fusion of worlds is next.

GT: It's going to be rather interesting.

Z0: Oh defiety interesting. If maybe a little more violent and...fanservicey.

GT: I swear that this place is gonna be a bad influence on Kiina and Tessa…

Z0: Well I mean what possibly could happen...it's not like they'll assume...no...wait they totally will….oh boy time for the Talk.

GT: Not it! *flees to the Preview*

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Jikai Decade the Next Journey!

Tsukasa: In this world...we're in...high school? Seriously how old am I?!

Kiina: This skirt is so short...and why is the blouse so tight, is this normal for Earth?

Tsukasa: No comment…

?: Please...I beg of you...my daughter's in danger…

Tessa: So the Kamen Rider here...wants to kill us?

Tsukasa: This is a world where no one trusts things that aren't human...where the monsters use to be humans.

?-?-?: I don't have dreams of my own...but I have a mission, cure this world of the disease that plagues it.

Tsukasa: Disease…

?-?-?: Whoever you are...don't get in my way...on second thought...I think I'll take your belt to be safe.

Photograph 4: A world of disease

?: Heh. From weddin' royalty alongside a good music career to schemin' with my jams to all the way to protectin' a little doll in another world entirely...I have a weird life.

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GT: Oh, this is going to be an interesting time next time…

Z0: Maily cause with who the next Rider is...we have to include that creepy guy as well.

GT: Very creepy.

Z0: I mean...we all know who we're talking about here. But anyway if you have figured out what the next word is good! We hope you enjoy this fused world.

GT: Eeyup! So until next time, please Read and Review!