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.

4. Faiz 1

O.N: and we're back*wheels in the medical tools* new world new arc, new rider, Z0 get the corpse.

Z0: *wheels in an empty cart* Oh right… *pulls out sledgehammer* ON, look that way *evil glint forms in eyes*

O.N: bitch i ain't falling for…*gets injected with something* suu-chan…*falls down*

GT: Injection successful. *disposes of the needle before putting ON on the cart* Doctor, the patient is ready.

SZ:...*steps away from the others slowly*

Z0: *pulls out Faiz sword* And begin *O.N. still somewhat awake flops away* We got a runner!

O.N: i wanna make you proud mister LEE!*jumps out the window*

GT: …*FNaF Foxy enters, carrying ON's body impaled on his hook* Doctor Z0, the security team has returned the cadaver.

Deadpool: get to work already he has a schedule to keep!

O.N: Disclaimer…..

Disclaimer: We do not own any series used in this. Only the OCs are owned by us.

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"Tokyo!" Tsukasa called out again happily as he looked out the window at the night sky.

"Ggrrrr..." Spyro growled, chewing on a bone in a doghouse Tsukasa had made for him, "I swear I don't know why...but this feels comfortable...and right…" he grumbled.

"Didn't that use to be a full ham?" Tsukasa blinked.

"Yes sir!" Spyro cheered.

"Well then...I guess...you're happy…"

"Do we have another ham?" he asked finishing with the bone.

"Grocery list." Tsukasa mused, clearly really wanting to go outside.

"Boss we better hurry this up, cause I am not doing anything for Christmas." he said looking outside, "I wait for reindeers." he drooled, "Mmm... reindeer."

"What did you train him to be?"

"I think...a dog." Tsukasa nodded, "Yep younger me made him a dog."

"What's a dog?" Spyro blinked. "Wait boss did you mean a wolf like you know who?"

"Right...well into my home world I go!" Tsukasa cheered opening the door as the veil fell down over him. Everyone blinked before snickering as he was now dressed in a highschool uniform.

"Eh? What's with that? You look like Yusuke when he…" Kiina noted as she stepped out before the veil went by her and replaced her clothes with the female equivalent of Tsukasa's, "Ah! Wh-What is this!?" she tugged on the skirt, blushing, "What's with this skirt?! It's so short!"

"Oh Boss, you're going to Ryusei Gakuen!" Spyro recalled.

"Ryusei Gakuen…" Tsukasa blinked going into his pocket and pulling out his wallet and reading his ID, "That's right...and according to this I'm...18...HOW OLD AM I!?"

"Huh? Eighteen?" Kiina pondered before patting her jacket and found a wallet, "Hm?" she checked it, "Eh?! I'm not eighteen!"

"Wait. Spyro, why do you know about this school?" Stealth Elf asked.

"Of course I know about Ryusei Gakuen. That's where boss's number one Rider is."

"What?" Tsukasa blinked, "Questions for later...Spyro...stay!" he ordered, "I'm gonna enjoy the nightlife."

"Wanna hit the Clover Bar?" Spyro asked.

"Stealth Elf, Cynder," Kiina spoke up as the two were quickly at her sides, "Reconnaissance."

"Got it," Stealth Elf replied before vanishing in a puff of green smoke while Cynder nodded and turned into a shadow that went off.

"Kiina, you stay here." Tsukasa spoke, "I think I can find more info in my own city on my own. Nothing personal."

"He wants to have fun!" Spyro smiled. "And so do I!"

"Play dead!" Tsukasa snapped.

"Boss, you're not the one I amuse. I'm your watch dog; I keep you safe." he said, "So let me follow or I fly. your choice."

"Does you personality change in each world…" Tsukasa realized.

"What world? I just recall one thing: your favorite is here, and if this is Ryusei High….we probably should be getting ready for blood." he muttered, sniffing the air, "Yeah. I don't like the smell..."

"Smell?" Hugo repeated.

---

"If you don't stop this man, the entire country will be destroyed," Narutaki explained, placing a photo of Tsukasa before someone. "The police are too corrupt, the government more so. Only you can rid the world of this plague...you and you alone, Masamune-san, and your children."

"Hmm…" an elderly man with long white hair dressed in white robes nodded, looking at the photo. "Fiona, gather everyone...the label is...Black."

---

"In the end, you tagged along…" Tsukasa groaned, walking alongside Kiina and Spyro.

"Woof! Woof!" Spyro acted as several random girls were looking at Spyro and taking pictures, giggling about how cute he was.

"Why do people buy that…?" Tsukasa groaned.

"Woof woof woof, *because their stupid* woof!"

"Oh stop being so upset, Kadoya," Kiina noted, rolling her eyes.

"I swear I would snap at you...but after Yusuke, I'll accept my error and will dedicate the aftermath of this adventure to educating you," he told her, "So get ready to do a lot of learning, Kiina. First and foremost: How names work in Japan."

"Where'd Spyro go?" she asked while looking around, before they saw him in the arms of several girls taking photos and somehow he wore sunglasses, "...Okay, I'm starting to think that this isn't the Spyro I know."

"What was your first clue…?" Tsukasa sighed. "He said he got shot in the head. If the bullet is still in there, though…" he muttered, unaware of something in the distance.

"C'mon, Inui! Come to the cafe for today..." a young-looking girl with shoulder-length orange/brown hair pleaded.

"I gotta meet Kiba-senpai," a man with long brown hair reaching to his shoulders complained, he was also wearing the same black school uniform as Tsukasa, "Trust me. If I could, I would...she's been crabby since I messed up at work last week."

"Eh? ...Did you drink or eat something hot again without blowing on it?"

"Something like that…" he looked away in embarrassment, "No one knows how to make food the way I like it…"

"...I do…" Hinako pouted.

"Well...if I didn't get so much work, I'd come around." he reasoned, "Sides...for some reason, your place's food is always perfect temperature." He then pulled out a flip phone, "Inui desu….Ah!" he grunted as someone screamed in his ear, "Okay, okay! I'm on my way...yeesh. Yes, I'm complaining! Your voice blew out my eardrum!" he groaned, "Hai, hai... I'll be there…."

"Work?" Hinako asked as he hung up.

"Hai…" he groaned, "Kikuchi is going to have to do the laundry alone tonight." he sighed, referring to his roommate.

"Soka…" Hinako noted.

"Sorry, Hinako, I'll come by tomorrow." he said, clapping his hands together, "Promise."

"I'll hold you to it," Hinako replied.

"Worse comes to worse, I'll drag along Senpai and our work friends," he added, she smiled and parted ways with him as he pulled his phone out again and typed a few buttons. A silver dirt bike then drove up to him by itself, "Time to get to work…" he sighed, putting a helmet on and tapping the case strapped to the back of the bike.

"Spyro!" Takumi looked for a second to see Tsukasa tugging at Spyro to pull him away from the women who were crowding him as Kiina facepalmed nearby.

"That's one ugly dog…" Takumi spoke before driving off.

---

"Thank god I found a muzzle..." Tsukasa sighed as he and Kiina made their way to a cafe after all that nonsense. Spyro who was being carried under Tsukasa's arm grumbled, unable to take the item off his face.

"You only have yourself to blame, Spyro Jr," Kiina noted...causing both to look at her, "...What? I can't call him Spry. That's Spyro's kid's name."

"But you have nothing to go on that name. He could be a past incarnation or future for all we know," Tsukasa said, "And I think he might change personalities every world."

"Okay. Pyro then!" Kiina beamed happily, not noticing the deadpanned looks the two aimed at her.

"I'm still calling him Spyro," Tsukasa replied, "Let's just get something to drink so we can get back on our way." he looked at Spyro, "No. None for you."

"Sure! But...um...c-could mine be non-alcoholic? I'm a hyper-lightweight," Kiina admitted, "And a drunk me is, well...I'm banned from every single bar that ever was or ever will be in Skylands."

"Luckily we made it to the wrong place…" Tsukasa groaned, "Turns out no one knows how to find that secret bar. So welcome to a regular family cafe." he sighed, finding a booth, "These are kinda normal in Japan. Going out to eat with your family is more norm here then other countries." he explained while shoving Spyro under the table, "Here...the menu." he offered it to Kiina.

"Thank you," Kiina spoke before looking at it, "..." she lowered it, "I can't read it."

"There's English with the Japanese," Tsukasa noted.

"Huh?"

"...Do you have anything with words from your home on it on you?" Tsukasa asked.

"Yep!" Kiina replied as she reached into her sleeve and pulled out a book, "The Beginner's Guide to Magic by Master Eon, autographed by the author himself."

"..." Tsukasa took a look, "...Ah. No wonder that chubby guy asked for an alphabet for Japanese." he realized, "Well...how about I read some of these off to you and then you pick what you like?"

"Sure. Though do you think you could give me a copy of the alphabets for here later?" Kiina replied.

"Sure," Tsukasa replied as he began to read her the options off in order from top to bottom, "Does anything sound good…I read through the entire lunch and dinner menu…"

"It all sounds interesting," Kiina replied, "Mmm...I'll take that third one you read off the dinner menu, please?"

"Hamburger steak? Sounds like a good pick," Tsukasa nodded before he waved over a waitress with his hand as he grabbed the menus.

[Seriously, you don't know how to read English or Japanese?] Spyro tapped out with his claws [Do you know Morse code at least?]

"Of course I know Morse code. It was vital for communications during the Sky Eater Incident," Kiina huffed.

"Well at least we have a means of conversation in secret." Tsukasa spoke up, getting her attention, "I don't think we should freely talk about our 'Homes' in public anymore," he said with air quotes around homes.

"Fair enough. Loose lips crash ships, after all," Kiina agreed.

[So can I take off this muzzle or…]

[No] Kiina and Tsukasa knocked.

"Here are your orders." Hinako spoke, bringing them two plates. She then paused noticing their uniforms for a moment.

"Ah finally! Normal food." Tsukasa sighed happily, as he clapped his hands, "Itadakimasu."

"Thank you for the food," Kiina thanked before noticing the looking Hinako was giving, "You're familiar with these uniforms?"

"Yes...those are from my school. Are you both transfer students?" she asked.

"We are. I'm Kiina and this is Kadoya," Kiina introduced.

"Kadoya Tsukasa," he introduced, "She's fluent in Japanese, but doesn't grasp how we introduce ourselves." he quickly explained, "And you are?"

"Hinako…" she bowed after a moment, "Dozo…" she bowed again.

"It's nice to meet you, Hinako," Kiina greeted.

"Yo," Tsukasa nodded, stuffing a bite of food into his mouth.

"Wait...you're a foreigner?" Hinako looked at Kiina in realization.

"I am," Kiina replied, "Kiina Boomer's my name."

"This is the first time I've met a foreigner!" Hinako smiled happily.

"Kiina's one of a kind. Trust me..." Tsukasa sighed, earning an annoyed but cute glare from said girl, "What? You can't read Japanese…" he pointed out.

"Eh? You can't?" Hinako asked in surprise.

"No. While I learned how to speak the language...reading? I didn't have any books on the written language," Kiina replied.

"Languages. And don't even get me started on how you use a different kind of Japanese when you speak in offices," Tsukasa corrected, "This is why I talk to everyone the same way. I bet my teachers hated me."

"Oh! Well, I hope you can learn how to read it quick for tomorrow," Hinako warned, "It's kinda hard here compared to schools in other countries."

"Kadoya…" Kiina began, gulping nervously.

"Right," he sighed, "Study time. I'll find the books...and then maybe after that fails...find a way to magic knowledge into your head." He seemingly joked...but was actually being serious.

"..."

[There's a way to do that, isn't there?] Tsukasa lightly tapped with his fork, earning a subtle nod from Kiina.

"I hope you have good luck then," Hinako noted before going off, "Just call me if you need anything else."

"Thanks," Kiina thanked before looking at her food, "Huh...Doesn't look all that different to what's back home."

"Yeah, but it's the atmosphere," Tsukasa spoke, "This feels like home almost. As close to home as an amnesiac can get." he shrugged.

"...Hey now, don't worry. I'm sure you'll get your memories back," Kiina assured.

"Maybe one day." he smiled, "But for now, we should focus on what we need to do in this world." he went on while taking a drink of his water, "Since we're wearing these, it means there might be a reason why. Like you being an assistant teacher let you figure out those two brats weren't really kids and me being an officer let me figure out those Gurongi."

"True...But why does it say we're, well, eighteen?" Kiina pondered, "I'm not eighteen, I'm twenty-six."

"And I'm god knows how old…" Tsukasa added, "Point is. We are forced to fit the role we are given. Besides...you don't look much older then a teenager."

"Oh? Well thank you, Kadoya," Kiina giggled, "So who do you think we'll meet here? I'm kinda hoping for Mr. Bat and his partner Mr. Wataru."

"I don't think so…" he mumbled, "The picture…" he remembered, "The pictured showed a robot...I remember that robot. I summoned it the time I first became Decade."

"Wait...That was the catfish mask's robot with the nice horse knight," Kiina recalled, "Come to think of it, I need to figure out where he is so I can thank him properly with a big thank you and a basket of baked goods." Tsukasa raised a brow, "What? It's what my Ma used to do and taught me to do. It's only polite."

"Fair enough…" Tsukasa chuckled, "Still I think we're in his world...the world of Faiz."

[I tried to tell you] Spyro spoke.

"No you didn't…" Tsukasa hissed.

---

Takumi drove down a street, avoiding the heavier traffic-filled sections of the road. He then made a turn and drove into the underground parking lot of a hospital. He passed by a sign reading: 'Mochizuki General Hospital.' Once inside, he drove to a wall which, after a moment, opened, letting him drive his bike all the way inside of an elevator for vehicles. As it began dropping down, he removed his helmet and school jacket. He grabbed a red leather jacket off a wall and slipped it on as the elevator came to a stop. He rolled his shoulders, walking out as the bike transformed into its humanoid robot form and walked behind him, holding the case that was once strapped to its bike form.

The two walked out into a large underground greenhouse that took the form of a park with powerful lights simulating daylight. The bike walked ahead of Takumi before stopping at a building and seeming to peek inside.

"Oi, Auto Vajin...you don't need to do recon for me in here," Takumi sighed at the robots actions.

Auto Vajin nodded as it stopped and let Takumi pass before following inside after him. Auto Vajin paused as he bumped his head on the top of the door. He turned around and pointed at it as though it were sentient like him. Takumi rolled his eyes as he continued on. The two eventually made their way into a secret office where several people awaited them.

"He's late…" a man in the corner growled, his face hidden behind a hood attached to his trenchcoat.

"Ah...sorry for trying to live a social life...it's called 'being nice,'" he replied to the man making him shoot up, Auto Vajin cut off the man's path to Takumi, his optical visor flashing.

"Tsk...you're lucky the Director has a liking for you." the man growled moving his hand to fix the collar of his shirt as he moved back to his spot in the corner.

"Good to see you too, Kusaka…" Takumi sighed.

"Ah, Taku-chan's here!" a woman in a nurse's uniform beamed, her blue hair pulled up into her nurse's hat aside from two long bangs on the sides her her face, while her purple eyes held a bit of mirth, "Welcome back!"

"Yo, Sayo," he smiled as Auto Vajin...hid behind him this time, "Seriously…" he sighed, "My cool transforming bike is still afraid of one thing…"

"Hey, not my fault," the bluenette giggled.

"Yes it is...you keep trying to mess with him. And one time, you broke off his hand!" Takumi exclaimed as Auto Vajin nodded in agreement with his partner/master.

"Aw come on. It was just a friendly arm wrestle," Sayo whined.

"Auto-chan and Neko-chan are here~!" a well-endowed blonde/pinkette cheered as she skipped over, wearing a purple short-skirted dress under a tan jacket before hugging Auto Vajin, "Mou...Auto-chan's okay, right?"

"He's fine...he's just still scared of Sayo." Takumi replied as Auto Vajin walked over and bowed to the girl.

"I would be too if my hand got torn off and embedded in the ground," the younger girl noted, patting Vajin's side, "Don't worry, Neko-chan and I are here to protect you from the Ao Oni-chan."

"Oi oi…" Sayo complained at the nickname.

"Sayo...leave them be...It's better if they entertain each other by being themselves then them annoy us," Takumi groaned as both the girl and robot put their hands on their hips and stared at him in annoyed manners, "What...It's what you guys do. More so since you installed an emoticon system in Vajin's visor, Oriha!" he complained as Auto Vajin made a frowning face.

"Aw~ but Auto-chan's happy with it. Ne?" the girl asked Vajin, who made a happy face at her.

"Yeah, but it's distracting while driving cause his face is also my speedometer…" Takumi complained, crossing his arms.

"Aw, but he's just having fun is all," Oriha noted.

"If we could get on with this. The Chairman wants us to see him at once," the man grunted.

"Mission?" Takumi asked, getting a nod from Sayo and Oriha, "I'll be back."

Takumi walked in before stopping before the same elderly man from before.

"Welcome back, Takumi," Masamune greeted.

"Sensei." he nodded, walking forward, "You have a mission for me?" he asked simply.

"I do. Two to be precise," Masamune explained, "One for all of you and the other is a personal mission for you."

"Just me?" he asked confused.

"Yes. It will require Faiz for it, more so than the group mission will," Masamune informed as he handed Takumi the picture of Tsukasa, "This is the target. Fiona has learned that he has transferred to your school and will begin tomorrow."

"An Orphnoch?" he asked curiously, "I understand as he goes to my school, but Kusaka could…"

"This requires more than just combat." he explained, "I've trusted you to judge people's character...It was you who brought me Yuji and he has proven great help. So...I want you to go in and see how this one feels. If you feel he is a threat...then you know what must be done."

"This complicated?"

"I believe the words of my informant...but at the same time I can't fully trust him. So...I shall trust the final choice to you." he revealed, "In the end, that is how unsure I am of this."

"Sounds like a lot of work…" he sighed after processing all that, "But...I suppose I can't let you down if you're putting this much faith in me, Sensei." he smirked.

Masamune nodded before continuing, "Good. Now then, it's time for the group mission. While everyone else has been briefed, you still need it." he handed Takumi an envelope, "The target is Inukai Ookami. Despite the outer appearance of being a fatherly man who owns a large pharmaceutical company, beneath is actually a drug lord who uses his company to develop dangerous addictive drugs with the most recent one being called Slumber."

"Slumber?"

"It will either make one feel as if they have entered a miraculous dreamland of their wildest dreams or it sends them to a permanent slumber...with the latter happening far more than the former."

"Sounds right up our alley," Takumi spoke, "Anything important to note? Potential dealings with Orphnoch?"

"There could be," Masamune replied as Takumi looked through the folder and paused, seeing a photo that had been secretly taken from a rooftop into the office of the target, showing the target, a young girl around seven years of age...standing beside a large muscular humanoid wolf-like being in black leather pants, spiked bracelets on his wrists, and a harp made of bones on his back with a blade at one end of the instrument, "We are unsure if it is one that's managed to learn how to dye itself, but be wary of it."

"So I can tell…" he muttered, "Wolf Orphnoch…" he grimaced, gripping his hand tightly.

Masamune nodded, "Good luck out there."

"We'll be back in no time, Sensei," Takumi spoke, walking off as he grabbed a helmet off a chair before sliding it on, a large visor hiding his face save for his eyes that were visible as orbs of light, "Begin operation: Label...Black!"

---

"This world has a lot of dangerous things…" Tsukasa spoke as he and Kiina returned home, Spyro now trapped in a large Baby Bjorn on Tsukasa's back.

"Seriously, why?" Spyro groaned.

"Because you chewed the muzzle off," Kiina replied.

"Hey, at least Sis can sympathize with you on that," Flynn chuckled.

"B-Big Bro!" Kiina exclaimed, blushing.

"Aw come on. You were adorable in it when you were seven," Flynn continued.

"Tell me more," Tsukasa stated, amusement in his voice.

"ACK!" Kiina panicked, her entire face a bright red as steam came off the top.

"Boss...violent world?" Spyro reminded.

"Oh right...well apparently in this world, dangerous people in masks and costumes run around taking down criminals…" Tsukasa explained.

"Like Superheroes?"

"No….no…" Tsukasa shook his head.

"...I take it when you say 'taking down,' you mean ending them," Jet-Vak noted, earning a nod, "I see. Well, you don't have to beat around the bush when it comes to that. At the moment, none of the awake Skylanders have had to do it before in the line of duty."

"Heh-heh-heh...He said 'duty,'" Spyro chuckled.

"This is why he's in the baby bjorn." Tsukasa pointed at him, "Also...they blew a man's head off with a rocket launcher!" he let out finally, "And that's the least horrible one I read about. I like to think I'm a man who can handle some R rated horror movies...but jamming an active mini-gun into a man's….cavity...is too much!"

"A cavity? Oh I hate getting those!" Pop Fizz noted before Eruptor whispered in his ear, "Ohhh...That cavity…" he cringed, "Yeesh. I don't think even Fryno would do that at his angriest."

"So...in a guy's mouth or…" Spyro muttered not sure what Tsukasa meant.

"Okay, so he flops between serious and immature…" Tsukasa groaned dropping him, "But still this is a dangerous world...best we keep a low profile here. Last thing I want is a lunatic in a mask with a gun appearing around here."

"Hello!"

"BWAH!" Tsukasa and Spyro freaked as they jumped and spun around to see a short orange and cream creature with large ears, long arms, big yellow eyes, and carrying two large guns made of solid gold.

"Happy Trigger!" Kiina beamed, hugging the short creature.

"Ahahahahaha! They jumped-jumped-jumped!" the creature laughed before jumping out of Kiina's hug and shook Tsukasa's hand, "Nice to meet ya! Name's Happy Trigger! No gold, no glory I always say! Ahahahaha!"

"Does he even breathe?" Spyro asked, trying to figure out what Happy Trigger just said due to how fast he talked.

"We're pretty sure he does," Eruptor replied, "Just takes some time to get used to his fast talk." he grabbed Happy Trigger as the creature shot by him and walked off, "Come on, you. We need all the help we can get."

"Huh? What's up?" Kiina asked.

"Oh, we hope you don't mind, Kiina, but we've been digging out the basement for everyone to have a place to sleep in that isn't going to catch fire," Eruptor explained.

"Ah. That's perfectly fine. Just remember to not let Happy Trigger make a carving of a sheep in all the walls...again," Kiina deadpanned.

Happy Trigger laughed hard as Hugo fell over, his face pale as he shivered.

"Come on, man. It's just a sheep," Tsukasa sighed, picking Hugo up.

"Just a sheep? Just a sheep? Just a Sheep?!" Hugo panicked, "They're horrific demons! They may act all innocent, but oh~ I just know their maliciousness hidden beneath all that cotton and wool!" he shivered, "And they know it, too."

"What's the big deal? I use to burn sheep all the time with boss," Spyro spoke, "Hehehe...It was funny."

"And that is one very big reason why I was glad Spyro became a Skylander," Hugo continued, "Fire keeps them at bay."

"Okay!" Tessa exclaimed, "I think Hugo's been up too late again, so I'm gonna go make sure he gets to bed."

"Make sure he counts sheep," Tsukasa got one last bit in.

"Oh stop that," Kiina scolded, lightly slapping Tsukasa's shoulder.

"I can't help it…" Tsukasa chuckled, "Besides, it's not like he's gonna run into a sheep in the middle of the city. I don't even think they keep them in Japan...outside of zoos."

"Right...Well, I need to go find one of the spell books that has that written language spell in it since I, apparently, have to go back to school even though I graduated already…" Kiina spoke, grumbling the last bit out as she went off to her room.

"It's just until we save this world and move on to the next one. Who knows maybe in the next one you'll have a respectable adult job!" Tsukasa called after her.

"Like what?" Spyro asked.

"I don't know." Tsukasa shrugged, "But I know what I want to be in the next world...World's Sexiest Man!" he declared, striking a pose.

"Boss...that seems like a pipe dream…" Spyro muttered.

"Oi! Just for that…" Tsukasa took off the baby bjorn and hung it on the coat rack, "You can sleep there tonight."

"Aw come on!"

"Good night, Spyro. Take care of the house." Tsukasa called out.

"Boss...guys...guys, come on, really. Let me down…" Spyro pleaded as the lights were turned off, "Aw man~"

---

"Alright, how does it feel?"

The wolf creature hummed as he twisted his wrist about. After several times doing it, he chuckled.

"Feels right as rain," the wolf replied, giving a thumbs up at the older man, "Honestly, I really do have to thank you for, well, everything, Inukai. Lettin' me be here in your abode, helpin' with fixin' me broken wrist from th' bloke's cheap shot."

"After saving my daughter and I from that man's attack when we first met? Perish the thought," the older man assured, "Besides my daughter has loved having you around, Wolfgang." he added, moving away towards a desk.

"The doll's been a real boon to me spirits, too," the wolfman chuckled, "A good kid ya got there."

"Thank you. She's my pride and joy," he added before pausing at a blinking light on the desk going off, revealing a silent alarm was tripped, "Excuse me for a moment."

"Can do. Need to tune my bone harp after all," Wolfgang assured as he took the bone-made instrument and began to tune the strings while he walked out.

-line break-

"God damn it…" Takumi groaned, seeing Auto Vajin stepping on a laser light, "I knew we shouldn't have taken this route. Guys come in. We tripped a silent alarm. Target is moving."

=Seriously?! Dammit, Fang, you had one job! One job!=

=No use in crying over it now. Get going!=

"Busting in the back. We'll drive him towards the big gun." Takumi said as he rushed out of his cover and pulled out a gun as he began shooting at the armed guards. He grabbed the arm of one before twisting him around to Auto Vajin who punched him and sent him flying through the wall, "Auto...bring the noise." he ordered as Auto Vajin held up his rear wheel as holes formed along it and began spinning.

Bullets began flying and tearing through the walls before him. After several seconds of nonstop shooting, the walls crumbled apart as several thugs hit the ground. Takumi walked through them, listening carefully before shooting at those who were faking. He looked up as he heard the shuffling of footsteps. He looked over at the door before him as he pulled out a secondary firearm.

The first to kick open the door blinked as a shotgun blast went off, sending him flying back. Auto Vajin walked forward, letting counter fire bounce off his metallic body. Several men tried to throw grenades at them only for the wall behind them to explode. They turned just in time for their last moments of sight being a demonic mask of a woman in a nurse's uniform with her arms and legs covered in metal demonic armor. Auto Vajin managed to barely stop itself from going behind Takumi upon spotting the figure tearing apart the grunts with heavy punches.

---

"Shit, shit, shit…" Inukai growled, watching what was happening on several monitors. He turned to one as the dark glass visor of the man who came in the back looked at the camera. He raised a hand and the feed went dead, "No..no no!" he panicked as the cameras began dying one by one, "Dammit!" he gulped as he managed to make himself look presentable before turning on one last monitor, "Wolfgang."

=Hey there. What's up?= Wolfgang asked.

"There's...there's a problem," Inukai explained, "Listen. Just...just take my daughter and get out through the emergency exit in her room. It's behind the bookshelf and will open by pulling out the dictionary on the top shelf."

=What? What's going on, mate?= Wolfgang asked.

"Please, Wolfgang! I...I don't know how much longer I'll be, but please take my daughter and go!" Inukai pleaded.

=...Alright. I'll make sure the doll's going to be fine and dandy. Keep yourself safe= Wolfgang replied.

"Thank you," Inukai thanked before turning off the monitor. He turned around as the door began glowing red hot until it began melting down. Standing there was Takumi, holding his...phone like a gun.

"Found you…" he whispered, stepping into the room as he folded his phone down and slid it into a holster built into his pants. A large bulky silver belt strapped around his waist, "Where's the beast?" he asked simply.

"You won't find her. She's been taken away by someone I trust to protect her," Inukai replied.

"Her?" he spoke, "I meant the monster with a harp." he explained, earning Inukai's eyes widening, "What is she?" he demanded, stepping closer, "Masaka...your daughter…" he realized given how he reacted to 'beast.'

"..." Inukai trembled before Takumi's phone rang.

"What?" Takumi questioned.

=We just ran into that wolf guy! And ow...everything hurts…= Oriha explained.

"Nani?"

=He...he just played a tune and...and suddenly...everything started hurting…He got away from us...=

"Tsk...Where is Kaixa?" he demanded.

=He chased after but we lost contact=

"Damn...stay on mission. Finish cleaning up his men...I'll finish the mission." he sighed, reaching and pulling out his pistol.

"Mi-mission…"

"How many…?" Takumi asked, "How many dreams have died because of your drugs and experiments…" he went on, "How many times have people sought hope only to lose it due to your creations...do you know?"

"...Considering everything? No, I don't," Inukai replied, "I hope I never do learn it either. It will be better for when I see her again that I don't. Know this, though; a Skylander protects my daughter. You won't lay a finger on her so long as he protects her."

"That's okay…" Takumi spoke, "I never intended to…" he revealed, "She is innocent...you are guilty. Ignorance does not equal innocence, so I will punish you...I will tell you how many have died." he revealed, his eyes flashing through the visor, "I'll tell you how many daughters you took away from loving fathers...how many children, how many parents...how many innocent lives." he went on, walking forward and making him stumble and fall back, trembling in fear, "I will let the weight of your sins crush your soul."

"W-why…"

"Because...you are Labeled Black...that is all I need to act as the blade that will excise you for the sake of peoples dreams." he explained "You've killed….thousands…" he whispered as he got close enough, "Exactly...in the last count…" he finished as Inukai began trembling, "If you do have a soul left…" he put the gun down next to him, "Atone."

---

"..." Takumi walked out with a tired sigh as he rejoined the others.

"Well…"

"Mission complete." he explained, "I'm gonna need a new gun. I lost it." he said without pause as he walked forward.

"Not complete," Sayo replied, leaning on the wall with a bit of blood leaking from her ears, "The wolf guy got away."

"It's like he knows a note that causes pain…" Oriha groaned.

"The wolf wasn't the main mission," Takumi replied. "We can only hope Kaixa tracked him down. If not, we'll reconvene and plan for that later."

"You're putting hope...in Kaixa?"

"...Ugh...why must you remind me…" he groaned dropping his calmness, "You're right...he's gonna lose him. Kiba-senpai, a potential Orphnoch escaped. See if it will turn up in any known Orphnoch hiding holes."

=Wait, seriously? How did you…=

"Kaixa."

=...Alright. I'll keep an eye out=

"Thanks," he sighed out before an explosion went off and a figure crashed down near them, "Okay, what happened?"

"Ugh…That guy was insane! He played that bone harp of his and suddenly my head's hurting like mad! Then he turns it into a bow and starts shooting arrows made of actual musical notes at me!" a black Rider with yellow neon marks across his body, purple eyes, and an X symbol across said eyes exclaimed, "Then he slams it down on the ground and speakers pop up playing more of that music that made my head hurt! And to top it all off? Giant skeletal hands erupted from the ground and he did one of those moments in a concert where a guy on stage jumps to them and gets carried off! But they ran right over me and the ones that didn't carry him off had grabbed me and I had to do an Exceed Charge to get myself out!"

"He's finally snapped," Sayo muttered, just staring at him.

"Then tell me what this is!" Kaixa barked, holding his leg up to show an actual skeleton's hand tightly gripping it.

"A creepy accessory to your armor?" Sayo shrugged, "I mean, you've always been creepy…"

"Screw you, muscle woman…" he growled at that, "Seriously, what the hell was with that wolf guy?! Why did no one tell me he knew how to make music that hurts your head or summon skeleton hands that grab you?!"

"Cause we only knew about the music, Kai-chan," Oriha replied, "Also, you ran off before we could tell you...also you're stupid."

"Oi!" Kaixa snapped as he managed to rip the hand off his leg.

"So...it's magic," Takumi spoke as Kaixa used the skeletal hand to point at him.

"Magic is not a thing…" he growled.

"You sure about that?" Takumi asked, shaking hands with said skeletal hand before fist bumping it.

"Okay...That's creepier, Neko-chan," Oriha admitted.

"Let's just get back to base…" Sayo muttered as she picked up Kaixa and threw him onto her shoulder before walking off.

"Hey, hey, hey! Put me down!" he shouted before gagging as the skeletal hand began trying to choke him.

"Dude, stop playing with that thing," Takumi groaned.

"We're not keeping it, are we?" Oriha asked as she and Auto Vajin walked around the others to stay away from the skeletal hand.

"We'll have it studied," Sayo replied before a smack went off and she paused in her walking, "...Kaixa…"

"It was the hand, I swear!"

---

'Okay, and that marks the hospital. It's nice that it's not far from key points in this city. Emergency response will be quicker that way,' Stealth Elf mentally noted, finishing up a small map at the top of the hospital before pausing, "...I've been caught, it seems."

"Hoh? You sensed me?"

Stealth Elf didn't turn around as the door to the roof opened. Stepping out was a shapely woman with long brown hair and a very ample bust wearing a doctor's coat over a green sweater and a white skirt. Despite the woman's calm stance, the green ninja of the Life Element could still make out the faint scents of blood...mixed with steel and gunpowder.

"I wondered what Takkun meant when he said he smelled something that was neither human...nor Orphnoch," the woman spoke, "I'd assumed his senses were acting up again, so I owe him an apology."

*shink!*

"Hmm...you're not blind," she continued as Stealth Elf's blades parried with the katana held in the woman's hand, "Despite how they look, your eyes are just pale enough that anyone could think you're blind from a distance. The skin isn't painted nor dyed and those ears..."

'This is bad...she's not even trying,' Stealth Elf analyzed, 'If she had wanted, she'd have already been just inches behind me before I could sense her...She wanted to be caught by me.'

"It seems you might also know this strange wolf that hurt some of my little companions with his harp of bones," she continued.

'Wolfgang? What's a Doom Raider doing here?!' Stealth Elf thought.

"Ah. You flinched at that. So you do know the wolf," she noted, "Well, I can't just let you leave now, can I?"

At that, the two separated and distanced themselves. The woman resheathed her sword as she took a stance to draw it again. As she did, she paused for a moment, noticing the map which had fallen in the chaos of their initial clash.

'A hand made map...could it be these creatures don't even know where they are?' she quickly theorized, 'Then...what are they?'

'The map!' Stealth Elf thought before putting her blades away, 'I can't lose it after all that work.' as she thought of it, she pulled out a new pair of double-bladed knives with a golden blade acting as a guard out, 'With how he is at the moment, I do not want to be scolded or teased by Spyro from the Academy days. Come...' four curved blades appeared around her, 'Shadowsbane Blade Dance.'

'So she wishes to do this. I have to admit, I like the spirit,' the woman admitted, adjusting her stance, 'Though...it's clearly not evil or malicious...so I'd feel bad taking this that far. Plus I imagine it comes off as a bad move if a new race of creatures were to find out we drew first blood. Just a tap should do…'

For a moment, both were still. A small breeze picked up the map once more. As it fluttered, neither let their eyes off the other. Upon the map touching the ground, they moved. However as of that moment, both figures had now taken the others spot on the side of the roof. Weapons held post swing. All seemed tense for a moment as both stood there for a moment. After several moments, the right sleeve of the woman's coat sported several slices as Stealth Elf collapsed. The woman turned around and raised a brow, seeing a straw-made version of the elven ninja in place of Stealth Elf and the map gone.

"Ara, ara...she made a double of herself. Then again, she did look the part of a ninja of the forest," the woman noted as she glanced at her katana to see a small bit of blood on the tip.

---

Takumi sat on Auto Vajin near the front of the hospital before his nose scrunched up. He looked up before looking forward. He grabbed and put on his helmet before riding off.

"Not my proudest moment...but I knew Sensei couldn't hold back from at least nicking whatever or whoever it was." he spoke to Auto Vajin, "Also, I hate having to use that other side of myself to this extent…" he sighed while moving his hand to his nose, "Last thing I need are dog puns from them." He looked up as he followed the scene into the city before stopping across the street from a certain building, "Well alrighty then...time to start the mission." he spoke, taking out a camera.

---

"Rise and shine!" Tsukasa shouted from the kitchen as he pulled out an airhorn and aimed it at a Megaphone.

"Uh-oh!" Spyro cringed, covering his head where his ears should be.

A deafening ungodly sound filled the house, waking everyone within and jumping out of bed. The sound went on for a few seconds before stopping as many of them still had ringing in their ears. And some swore the house was even vibrating some...that or the loudness left them dizzy.

"WHOO! Again-again-again!" Trigger Happy laughed.

Tsukasa blinked as he understood his gestures enough, despite his noise cancelling headphones. He aimed the two and blasted sound, sending Trigger Happy rolling away and down the hall and crashing into the bathroom.

"Good heavens! A double fire?" Jet-Vak questioned as he entered the room, tightening his armor, "Just how early are classes in this world that requires Protocol M-11?"

"Well, you have to be inside the school ground before a certain bell or be locked out of the campus by a typically cliche cranky Gym coach," Tsukasa explained, "Then there are morning activities, morning clubs, early morning study sessions, sometimes assemblies...also we need to get our class schedule," he listed, "And that's all before homeroom."

"Morning activities? Clubs? Study sessions? That seems marvelous!" Jet-Vak noted, quickly taking out a paper and a pen, "When we managed to get back to Skylands, those seem like some interesting ideas to implement into the curriculum at the Academy…"

"Also, in Japanese Schools, the teachers commute from class to class," Tsukasa added, "This means more individual classes for more students, allowing for a better balance of teacher to student and only specific classrooms for specific classes." he added, "Also, students clean the rooms and campus. After school clubs are required, and you go to school six days a week instead of five. Also, we have Cram schools...which is school….After school."

"...I'm going to need more papers," Jet-Vak admitted, showing both sides of the paper he had had already been filled out, as Kiina entered, yawning while wearing a pink nightgown under a green night robe, "Ah! Kiina, Tsukasa was just telling me about how schools in Japan work. It's quite interesting and you're not listening since you haven't had your morning hot chocolate, are you?"

"Mrgrlg…" Kiina mumbled as she slunked to the kitchen before stepping out quickly, fully dressed with a cup of hot chocolate in hand, "Good morning, everyone!"

"Was that some form of magic?" Tsukasa asked, blinking in shock.

"Tsukasa, I'm not sure if you were told this by now, but everything in Skylands is made of magic," Eruptor explained, taking off the blue nightcap on his head, "But for what Kiina did? We tend to try to not figure it out for our sanity. Kinda like trying to figure out how some Skylanders think. Case in point…" he pointed at Trigger Happy brushing his teeth with a toilet scrubber and Pop Fizz mixing a potion with his feet as he walked on his hands, "...Them."

"Fair point," Tsukasa nodded as he pulled a book bag out of a closet and handed it to Kiina, "Here. In Japan, backpacks aren't allowed past Elementary school."

"Oh...That explains why Yusuke and Ran had these then," Kiina noted, looking it over.

"To prepare yourself for the working world...It's almost like a briefcase," Tsukasa explained, Hugo and Jet-Vak scribbling notes nearby, "And for some reason, I hate that thought of being stuck in an office all day…" he admitted, "I bet my dream as a kid was always to be a photographer." he held up his camera, "Ah, right...some schools don't allow customization of uniforms...Will this get me in trouble?"

"No clue," Kiina replied before pulling her staff out and tapping the backpack, letting it glow for a moment before opening it and putting the entire staff into it, "Well, this will be an interesting experience." she noticed Tsukasa's raised a brow, "Oh. Expansion spell."

"...Can you do that for my pockets…?" he asked, "I get tired of having to make a makeshift clip to hide my DecaDriver behind my back."

"No sweat," Kiina replied, pulling her staff back out and quickly tapping every pocket she could see and let it glow, "There we go. Now let's...ugh…" she stumbled a little before Flynn caught her, "Forgot that magic isn't as free as in Skylands here…"

"It looks like you had more than last time…" Tsukasa muttered, "Maybe each time we world jump, your magic supply refills."

"Seems like a good theory," Hugo agreed, "Good luck at school, Kiina."

"Remember, if someone tries anything, you show 'em what our family's good at," Flynn added.

"Can do, Big Bro," Kiina replied, shaking off the exhaustion, "Cynder?"

"Already moving," the dragoness replied as she turned into a shadow once more to hide in Kiina's shadow.

"Now we just need to find where we need to go," Kiina noted before Stealth Elf appeared in a puff of green smoke and gave her the map, "Oh, wonderful timing as always!"

"Be careful of the hospital. Apparently, they have someone that can smell us," the ninja advised the two humans.

"Smell you?" Tsukasa asked, "What, like a Dog?"

"Possibly. Also, Kiina...Wolfgang is here," Stealth Elf informed.

"Mozart?" Tsukasa joked before seeing the way the Skylanders were tensing as how Flynn moved closer to Kiina, "Not Mozart then."

"Guys, seriously. He isn't that bad a werewolf," Kiina sighed.

"He kidnapped you, took you to the future, and conquered it until Snap Shot and Wildfire could get there to rescue you," Eruptor reminded.

"Sounds like this guy knows my kind of party…" Tsukasa muttered.

"Don't let him play. He knows the Note of Pain," Tessa warned, "If he plays that, anything he plays after it can and will hurt you."

"And hypnotize you with another note," Pop Fizz added, "Gotta make some more of that potion for you, Tsukasa. Won't have to worry about the amnesia side-effect since, well, you have it already."

"Wait, what? Side-effects?" Spyro asked.

"Let's not worry about it right now," Tsukasa replied, "First things first...school, potion, save the world, maybe get pizza...no...shawarma...I've always wanted to try that."

"Shawarma? What's that?" Hugo asked.

"Ah, I think I've heard that. It's made from sheep and…" Jet-Vak recalled.

"SHEEP?!" Hugo screamed before jumping behind the couch with a frightened scream.

"Well they have many flavors… mostly lamb and mutton, but the simple is tasty meat cooked 'till nice and tender to be easily eaten, served in a flat bread for consumption as hand food; with some dipping sauce." Tsukasa explained.

"Sounds good," Kiina noted, "We'll have to grab some for everyone to try."

"Hear that, Hugo? Not sheep...Mutton."

"Why's he freaking out at the mention of sheep anyway?" Spyro asked.

"Sheep?!" Hugo panicked before running off down the hallway and into a closet.

"Hmm...nah. I'm not gonna ask; just enjoy his reaction." he chuckled, "Maybe today I can get some more girls to take pics with me," he grinned before freezing at Cynder's glare.

"...We'll discuss this later," Cynder informed before going back into Kiina's shadow as the two humans left.

"..." Spyro gulped before Trigger Happy pulled out a whip and cracked it, "Shut it!" he cried, going after the humans.

---

Takumi aimed his camera as he took another picture of the building just as Tsukasa and Kiina walked out. He raised a brow when an unusual scent caught his nose just moments before Spyro scurried out after them, his tail catching the door and closing it as he scurried out as Takumi managed to pick up a loud laughter with whip cracks mixed in at times.

"Roommates?" he theorized, lowering his camera, "What was the whip-...Oh!" he realized. He turned to Auto Vajin, who vocalized something via beeps and tones, "You know that would not surprise me...wait a minute. When did you learn to R2-D2?" he then frowned, "Oriha."

Auto Vajin turned away and made a whistling noise via his engine.

Takumi rolled his eyes as he put the camera away in his briefcase, "Alright, since they are wearing our school uniform, we can...wait…" he looked down at his biker jacket and jeans, "Crap…" beeps and tones went off, "Stop laughing, dammit." 'Oriha, I swear you will get it when I see you next!'

---

"Just in time," Tsukasa smiled as he and Kiina made it through the gate.

"Thank goodness we had the map Stealth Elf made," Kiina noted as she put it into her bag.

"So...this is our school." Tsukasa blinked, seeing the large school campus, "It's big…" He began taking pictures right after saying that, "Well...let's find the threat to humanity. Ten bucks it's a group of elite students with insane power."

"Come on, live a little girl." Spyro whispered to Kiina and Tsukasa's shadows, "I'm sure they wanna take pictures with you. You're super cute, like a poodle."

"..." Cynder poked her head out of Kiina's shadow, "I know you're amnesic, so I'll let this go, but don't call me a poodle."

"You're still cute like one."

"At least he didn't call you a toy dog…" Tsukasa chuckled, taking a picture of some girls, "Dang the girls in this world are...well fed…" he smirked before he was smacked by his three companions, "GAH! I don't know how old I am...let me have this…"

"Boss, you're young on the inside," Spyro assured. "But I gotta agree; the girls here are busty as hell."

"...Okay. What and why?"

"I've been with you since you were a kid. Use your imagination."

"You have memories of his puberty years...no wonder you're so messed up." Cynder noted.

"Huh…" Kiina looked between the girls and herself, 'Well, I guess I won't have to pay extra for custom sizes here.'

"Let's get in there…" Tsukasa sighed turning to Spyro, "Dog mode for you."

"Bow wow…" Spyro deadpanned.

'If I wasn't worried about passing out, I'd put an illusion on him,' Kiina thought before mentally sighing, 'I hope the next world we go to has magic in it…'

Tsukasa and Kiina finally made it to the front office. They had to let Spyro run around due to the -as Tsukasa called it- Cranky Gym teacher chasing him. The two actually wanted to watch the shenanigans, but after realizing the Gym Teacher was a little on the dim side as he somehow was trapped running in a circle as Spyro laughed at him. This was the first flag indicating they'd be at this all day. Best to give Spyro something to do so he doesn't end up burning something down.

Once in said office, Tsukasa and Kiina were given the same year and same class. Which upon arrival, were given the pick of the back row of desks. Naturally, Tsukasa, being the contrarian he is, chose the desk second to the window and let Kiina have that seat.

"Hey, Kadoya," Kiina whispered, "Is there anything I should know before the teacher arrives?"

"When they arrive, they give the prompt, rise, Bow, then sit." he explained, flipping through a book, "Try not to act out or you get punished by time out to the hall...and yes, it is meant to be embarrassing." he explained quickly, "And just take notes as they are spoken."

"Ah. Okay," Kiina nodded.

"Oh also if at the end of the day your name is written on the board...you have to stay after class and clean the room."

"Wait, what?" Kiina asked in surprise before the teacher arrived and they quickly did the steps.

"Also...we have to find clubs to join, no exceptions." he added, making her blink twice, "Also we have class on Saturday."

"...I hope we only have to be here for today…" Kiina admitted.

"Seems normal to me...If anything, schools in the west are lazy." Tsukasa joked, "Not like I can talk," he chuckled, building fort-like walls with his textbooks. Kiina blinked before peeking over and developing an annoyed deadpan look as Tsukasa was laying his head down and sleeping.

"I think this is a 'do as I say, not as I do moment,' Kiina," Cynder whispered.

"First thing next world or when my magic recharges, I'm turning him into a poodle," Kiina muttered under her breath.

"I'll hit you…" Tsukasa snored, making her jump in her seat a bit.

'Another lizard, but it's living in her shadow?' Takumi pondered, sharing the same classroom.

---

"So you two are our new students," a female teacher smiled at Tsukasa and Kiina, "Well, I'll have one of your senpai show you around for the rest of the day."

"..." Kiina looked at Tsukasa.

"A student that's been here longer than us," Tsukasa sighed before noticing the teacher's look, "Another country."

"Soka…" the teacher noted.

"Oh, so a senior student will be our guide!" Kiina smiled

"Exactly." Tsukasa smiled.

"Hmm...lets see who is available…" their teacher muttered, she then smiled finding a name, "Mikoto Kiba, perfect. One of our most model students!"

"Mikoto? Oh, that sounds like a nice name," Kiina noted.

"Kiina, that's his last name. We've been over this."

"Oh. Right. Sorry, Kadoya."

"That's my...ugh…" Tsukasa groaned, "Know what? It's actually polite the way you do it…" he sighed out, "But if you want to be close to someone use their given name...and remember, in this country, the polite norm is family name first and Given name last."

"Right," Kiina nodded, "So...where do we meet our 'sen-pie?'"

"I'll call her over and you two can meet with her. She'll show you around and give you both the lay of the land. Please try not to cause trouble for her." The teacher smiled.

"..." Kiina stared at Tsukasa.

"Kiina-san, we have a way to do that here in Japan." the teacher whispered to her before whispering what to do, earning a nod from the purplette.

"Jiii…." they both stared at him.

"NANDE!?" Tsukasa snapped at the joint stare of contempt and teasing.

'Well...I'm keeping that for intimidation tactics,' Cynder thought, an eye peeking out of Kiina's shadow for a brief moment.

"Stop...stop...stop it now!" Tsukasa complained to Kiina as she kept at it.

"Oh, she's good," the teacher noted before spotting someone, "Ah. There she is now. Mikoto-san, please come over here!"

The two stopped and turned to see a girl with long white hair tied back into a ponytail with bright yellow eyes making her way towards them. From a very blunt point of view, she was beautiful in many senses of the word. Her figure, face, even this aura around her. However there was something else about her. Cynder sniffed from Kiina's shadow and nearly blew her cover from panic. Blood, gunpowder, blood, metal, blood, ashes, blood, medicinal supplies, death! It was taking everything she could to not jump out and immediately go on the offense against this 'student' that was coming close to her Portal Mistress.

"Perfect. Mikoto-san, these are our new students, Boomer Kiina-chan and Kadoya Tsukasa-kun." the teacher introduced.

"Domo," Tsukasa bowed...his hand shooting up and pushing Kiina's head down to mimic his action.

"Um...what he said," Kiina added.

"Kiina-chan is a foreigner, and Tsukasa is her homestay roommate." the Teacher explained their fabricated cover story, "I hope you can show them around."

"Of course, sensei," Mikoto replied.

"Well I'll leave you two in capable hands. Try not to cause any trouble, Tsukasa-kun." the teacher smiled.

"Why am I already being singled out…?" Tsukasa complained.

"...Do you want the long or the short?" Kiina asked.

"Greetings, you two. My name is Mikoto Kiba," Mikoto introduced herself with a bow.

"Hi...ah...you already know our names…" Kiina awkwardly chuckled, returning the gesture.

"Yo senpai." Tsukasa saluted.

"Shall we get started with the tour then?" Mikoto offered.

"Of course," Kiina replied with a smile.

'She tries anything, I'll blast her with lightning,' Cynder thought, keeping an eye on Mikoto.

"This is bad…" Takumi groaned, peeking out around the corner, "Now I need to spy on them and Kiba-senpai...Oh boy I'm gonna get yelled and shot at...and Tsundere'd at for this…"

"Oi, Takumi. You coming!?" a boy with short black hair waved him over towards the cafeteria.

"...What's for food today?"

"A Gaijin food called Chili."

"..." 'Spying it is.'

---

"Ugh...I think I still can't hear anything out of one ear…" Sayo muttered, rubbing her left ear as she looked over at the busty doctor looking at something in a compound microscope, "Huh? Oi, Yuuko, whatcha lookin' at?"

"Highly advanced regenerative abilities…"

"Huh?" Sayo pondered.

"This blood is from my blade from an encounter I had," Yuuko explained as she let Sayo look at it, "Despite being several hours old now, it's still as fresh as when it was shed."

"Why's it glowing?"

"From what I can hypothesize, it seems to be drawing from life around it," Yuuko explained, "For all I know, the small cut I got in had to have healed as the blade left where I hit."

"...Wait, was it that damn wolfman with the bone harp?" Sayo demanded.

"No. It was a green ninja elf...or possibly goblin. Those ears are always so tricky," Yuuko replied.

"Elf...Goblin...and here I thought the dead coming back as animal monsters was the weirdest thing I heard about." Sayo sighed.

"But now there's a bigger question: what do we do with this?"

"How should I know? You're the smart one." Sayo countered.

"True…" Yuuko noted, "And I did look at that hand…"

"And?"

"While it is a bone, the density was several hundred times greater than normal, durability was also far beyond expectations, and it took me using my full strength just to cut through the bones," Yuuko explained as she pointed over at a rat cage where the skeleton hand was running on the treadwheel and missing its thumb, "Examinations on the interior revealed no marrow, but a strange grey energy that dissipated the moment it was exposed to the air. And once that was gone, the bone dissolved instantly."

"..." Sayo opened her mouth.

"Don't say it…"

"Magic…it's freakin' magic!" Sayo snapped.

"And you said it," Yuuko sighed.

"We have a werewolf necromancer and you encountered a goblin/elf ninja! ...Did we get snuck some LSD or some shit in our food?"

"Pretty sure Takumi would have been able to tell," Yuuko countered.

"Fine, fine. ...Still, holy shit. We're screwed if we're going against them alone, aren't we?"

"I'm not sure. From what I learned last night, my little green acquaintance was actually making a map of the area. It could be that they're lost and trying to figure out a way to get home."

"And the werewolf that plays music that caused me to feel like when ya first found me but with all my nerves going nuts at the same time?"

"Regardless…" Yuuko cut her off, "I think these creatures are, for the most part, not here to harm us. But...with all due respect, if I didn't know you and saw you and Kusaka coming towards me in your work outfits...I'd lop both your arms off."

"Ulp…" Sayo gulped.

"Oh relax. I'm not going to do that… Speaking of...where is our Secondary Kamen Rider?" she realized.

"Not locked in a supply closet…." Sayo whistled.

"...Pull him out. He'll contaminate the cleaning supplies."

"MUSCLE WOMAN!" Kaixa shouted, kicking the door down.

"Ara, ara. Kaikai-kun, what did I tell you about using your armor in the hospital?" Yuuko questioned with a motherly smile...and a dark aura coming off her.

"Gomenasai…" he replied bowing down and tapping his mask to the floor.

'I feel like I'd rather be hunting the werewolf down instead of dealing with this stuff…' Sayo thought with a sweatdrop before the hand grabbed Kaixa's masked face, causing the Rider to panic and run around, 'When'd it pick the lock of its cage?!'

---

"Alright, doll. Coast is clear," Wolfgang whispered, looking out around a corner in an alley.

"Mm-hmm," Inukai's daughter nodded, still in a pair of white and red PJs.

"Sorry I forgot to grab your escape clothes bag. Was expectin' someone to show up and bugger everything," Wolfgang apologized, gently picking the girl up as she yawned, "Yeah...been up all night, haven't ya?" he pulled his bone harp out, "Listen and rest now, doll." he began to play a soft melody, making sure not to hit a certain note on his instrument, until the little girl fell asleep, holding onto him like an overgrown teddy bear, "Attadoll." his eyes narrowed as he pulled out a strand of pink/blond hair, 'Inukai, hope you're keepin' an eye on yer daughter. I'm gonna be settling a bit of a payback symphony on those wankers for ya.' he sniffed it before sniffing the air, 'Gotcha.' shifting the little girl in his arms to let her be better supported in them, he went off, following the scent, unaware of a dark aura coming off him briefly along with his eyes turning a solid glowing white at the same time.

---

Takumi continued his little game of spy. Which, to be fair, was easy as Mikoto was forced to deal with Tsukasa...who was both multi-talented...and exceptionally talented at pissing people off. It seemed he was not content until he showed up the members of every after school club and beat them at their own talent. Such as when he somehow served flaming Tennis balls, or KO'ed half the Karate team. Oh that poor team captain, he's gonna be feeling that last below-the-belt strike for a week. Also disturbing question for later where did he find that grenade even if it was fake.

"Kadoya! That was cheating!" Kiina complained.

"The grenade was fake…." Tsukasa replied, ignoring being shaken by the collar of his uniform.

"Jiiiii…"

"Gah! Stop that!" Tsukasa cringed.

"I think I'm going to like this new trick," Kiina noted before continuing, "Jiiii…"

'Apparently can't handle the stare from a girl,' Takumi noted before noticing Cynder peeking out of Kiina's shadow and once more observing Mikoto who was busy looking at the two new students, 'She's suspicious of her. Can she pick up something about Mikoto?' Cynder's nose twitched before her head snapped to look directly at where Takumi was observing them from, making the Rider hide, 'Strong sense of smell!'

'Blood, steel, and ashes...lots of ashes…' Cynder thought, narrowing her eyes at where she was smelling it before spotting Spyro snoozing on a branch of the tree nearby, "..." She would have done something about him, but before she could the Gym Teacher came running at him with a broom and began that old song and dance once more.

"Is that normal for Gym teachers in Japan?" Kiina asked.

"I want to say 'no,' but…." Tsukasa muttered.

"Same here…" Mikoto agreed.

"And here I assumed Japanese schools were all no-nonsense from how Kadoya explained them," Kiina admitted.

"What gave you that idea?" Tsukasa blinked, "Crazy stuff happens at school."

"Well, you never brought up things like this…" Kiina paused to motion towards the Gym Teacher chasing Spyro until Spyro jumped over a rake while the teacher stepped on it, causing it to whack him in the face and knock him flat on his back, "...happens."

"Well if you're gonna lock up teenagers in school for most of their lives...some crazy things are bound to happen," he smiled, "We have to cope somehow. I mean, come on. Summer break is just a week off."

Kiina quickly covered Tsukasa's mouth as she looked around frantically before whispering in his ear, "Don't let Jet-Vak and Hugo hear you about that! I'm scared they'll add that when we fix Skylands and then I will have to deal with angry parents and/or guardians for the students!"

"Say what?"

"I double as the headmistress of Skylanders Academy," Kiina explained, "Master Eon was the previous one and when he died and I turned out to be a Portal Mistress, I got stuck with the job."

"Oh poor Babu…" Tsukasa chuckled, patting her head, "Well, they heard all the other stuff I told you about before we came here...so...you're gonna have to talk them down off that High of theirs."

"Oh no. I quite liked those and would agree to those changes," Kiina noted.

"Um...is everything okay there?" their senpai asked.

"It's fine," both replied.

"Okay…" Mikoto replied.

"Let's continue on...my...dog can take care of itself…" Tsukasa muttered as Spyro left the Gym teacher buried up to his shoulders in the dirt, "I didn't see anything if you two didn't." he turned to the two females.

'I wish I had a pet like that…' Takumi muttered.

'Idiot…' Cynder mentally deadpanned.

---

Wolfgang gave another mental thanks to every being he could think of that his ward was a heavy sleeper. After making sure she was well-hidden, he sniffed the air and looked out at a more-barren part of a park.

"Ah~A day off is nice and fun~!" Oriha beamed, relaxing on a bench dressed in a blue top, a blue mini-skirt, and her hair let loose with a pair of red glasses on her face.

Wolfgang blinked in confusion, seeing her walk around in public like this. He shrugged it off as he inched closer, he wasn't going to just blindly attack. Who knows if this girl somehow had a weapon on her person. Or a friend on the way to meet her.

"Mou...everyone couldn't come for fun. Stupid unfun jobs and school…" Oriha complained, pouting in annoyance, "And Neko-chan had to take Auto-chan with him, too."

'Possibly alone…' Wolfgang thought before sniffing the air, 'No one's coming this way at the moment…' his eyes narrowed before smirking.

"Mou...phooey! I can have fun all by myself!" Oriha declared, "Now to…"

"Shed some secrets."

"?!" Oriha spun around, "Ah! The Meanie with horrible music!"

"Oh that? 'Twas a simple use of the Note of Pain is all," Wolfgang chuckled, pawing his bone harp, "But this next note?" he played a heavy note, releasing a purple pulse that washed over Oriha before her eyes shadowed over as her posture relaxed, "This is a note I made when my ego got control when I played with an old bloke named Pop Fizz. Now then, until I leave your sight you are going to answer all my questions. Now who are you?"

"Oriha...Nashida Oriha…" Oriha replied, her voice monotone as she spoke calmly.

"Who do you work for?"

"Black Label. I am the demolitions expert."

"Demolition…" he blinked, "A wee lass?"

"I'm fourteen."

"...Kid soldiers…" Wolfgang growled, "Tell me everything about Black Label. Its primary base, its members, their specialities, weaknesses, everything you have on them." as Oriha began to tell him everything, the dark aura and white eyes appeared on him once more, 'This Black Label...they killed a good honest bloke like Inukai, orphaned his adorable lass of a daughter, possibly killed so many more...and used children to do so! You wankers at Black Label better watch it...because Wolfgang is coming your way with a concert of pain!'

---

=They have what now?=

"Dragons," Takumi replied, a book on mythology in his hands, "Two dragons. A purple one that is pretending to be a dog disguised as a dragon and one that is melded with the shadow of the target's companion."

=...Sayo no!=

=MAGIC!=

"Hate to say it...but...Magic…" Takumi sighed, "Mikoto is currently with them, giving them a tour of the school during breaks. The dragon in the shadow becomes tense when Mikoto comes near the target's companion. More than likely, it knows about what she does at 'work' from scent alone."

=What about the purple one?= Sayo asked.

"...It likes pranking the gym teacher. I've managed to learn that it can breath fire and ice, the former when he set the teacher's shoe on fire when he wasn't looking and the ice from making a sheet of it for the teacher to slip on."

=And the target?=

"No hostilities yet and seems to try to help his companion understand the Japanese education system."

=So he's seems harmless=

"Well his dragon dog is driving my gym teacher insane…" he muttered, "I think it pooped on his shoes."

=Well that's not evil...but it is messed up=

"So far I think he's just an asshole...a fun asshole...but an asshole." Takumi shrugged.

=Stop saying asshole.=

"What he is...dude threw a fake grenade at the Karate club captain, kicked him across the face...and then hammered at his gonads till he passed out."

=Takumi have you been watching full metal panic=

"...Noo…." he muttered, "Okay yes...But I swear he did that! Ask Kiba-senpai."

=Anything else?=

"I'll keep you posted but so far they seem harmless...I haven't seen him do any feats or anything on his person that would imply he's stronger than a regular person."

=Flaming Tennis ball…=

"Well I mean...have you seen Sayo throw a baseball?" he countered.

=One time!=

"Six…"

=In the same day…=

=Ah screw you both!= Sayo snapped before a smash was heard.

=Ara ara? Oh, Sayo-chan seems to have fallen asleep. Takkun, could you also be on the lookout for a woman with blue hair, brown clothing, pointed ears, and green skin? She may be with the two dragons=

"I spotted her a while ago. I've been pretending I haven't."

=Oh?=

"She has a strong smell like she's a forest packed into one being," he explained, "But regardless, I'll keep watching them 'till something important comes up. I'll get Kiba-Senpai out of the way if it does."

=Alright. Good luck= Yuuko replied before ending the call.

'Magic...it actually exists…' Takumi thought as he looked out at where Mikoto was talking to Kiina while Tsukasa was taking pictures, 'I only hope it's used for good…'

"Seriously? A food fight because someone put sliced mushrooms on the pizza?" Mikoto asked.

"To be fair, the tosser hates having mushrooms in anything," Kiina noted, 'Considering that he's a literal sentient mushroom, that's very true.' "It took nearly an entire day of cleaning to get the cafeteria spotless. But it did help us add some new items to the menu like the peanut butter and bacon pizza."

"I'm both disgusted...and intrested," Tsukasa spoke up, hearing that.

"Well, you have to be really careful with the balance of bacon to peanut butter," Kiina noted, "Otherwise you get too much creamy or too much crunch."

"I take it food fights happened often?" Mikoto asked.

"Oh, just about once a week," Kiina replied as the two started talking.

Tsukasa rolled his eyes before he noticed a small flash of light nearby. Looking to see the two were distracted, he walked over to see Stealth Elf phase into view, putting away the knife she was using to reflect the sunlight.

"We have an issue," Stealth Elf informed, "A student's one of those ash beasts that surprised me back in Skylands."

"Orphnoch," Tsukasa supplied.

"Thanks," the ninja replied before pointing at a building, "The Orphnoch went in there. The only reason I know why it was one of them is that she changed forms while entering."

"So a secret club of teenager murderous monsters...this sounds like the plot of a B Horror Manga," Tsukasa muttered.

"Or a comic series turned cartoon that spans multiple generations," Stealth Elf added.

"I like you...you get good dry wit." Tsukasa smirked, "Alright. I'll handle the monsters...keep Kiina from getting lost in Tokyo...this place, like any big city, has some unsavory characters."

"Got it," Stealth Elf replied, vanishing once more as she went to keep watch over Kiina.

Tsukasa turned to the girls before waving to get their attention, "Uh...I'm gonna check out this club...Kiina, you can find your way home right?"

"Huh? Oh, sure!" Kiina replied before pulling out the map, "I still have the map!" she turned to Mikoto, "Thank you again for helping us today, Ms. Kiba...and for better explaining things at times when Kadoya explained something."

"No problem," Mikoto assured.

"Oi! I'm right here."

"We know," the two replied.

"Women…" he grumbled as he went off to the building Stealth Elf pointed at.

"Target and companion have separated. ...Pursuing target," Takumi noted.

"Aw…" Spyro whined, poking the downed gym teacher, "Well, that's one fun thing today that's done with…" he looked over to see Tsukasa enter a building with Takumi following moments later, "...And another has been found!"

"Ughh...stupid dog…" the teacher groaned before Spyro exhaled snow on him, covering him in the shape of a snowman.

"Don't eat the yellow snow." Spyro snickered before following after the two.

---

Tsukasa made his way to the room he was pointed to before putting his ear to the door. He heard the talk of the people inside.

"Inukai's dead."

"Seriously? Damn...What about his daughter?"

"Missing. We managed to find footage that he had someone take her. At best, it was someone in a wolf costume. However…"

"However?"

"Footage revealed that he could be on-par with Kaixa and even defeated the Rider."

"Something stronger then the Smart Brain's Rider System!?"

"Rider System?" Tsukasa repeated as silently as he could, "This could be important…" he mentally noted as he flicked the door knob, letting the door gently slide open so more noise could be heard.

"Damn it. We should have taken the brat sooner."

"If we had, then we wouldn't have what's needed and just something that will burn out sooner than later."

"But now we have nothing but a ticking time bomb that's been taken by some wolfman and the research done by the guy via test subjects now gone!"

"So...a ploy to endanger the world...being led by high school students." Tsukasa muttered, "Well...bump this up to A Grade Manga plot."

"We've got our fellow Orphnochs looking for the wolfman and her. Hopefully, she'll be discovered before tomorrow afternoon if we want to keep her from going off."

"Tomorrow afternoon...something bad happens but what...come on. Stop being coy...give me something good." Tsukasa sighed.

A phone rang, "Yes? ...The park? Alright." a beep went off, "He was spotted at the park. No sign of the girl, but he did do something to a girl with pink and blonde hair. By the time they got near, she was out of whatever it was he did and he was gone."

"Tsk...Spyro…" Tsukasa whispered, knowing he was there.

"Yeah boss?"

"Go tell Kiina that I have a lead on that wolf dude…" he ordered, "I'm going to insert myself into a potentially dangerous situation."

"Like always?"

"Yes."

"Cool," Spyro chuckled, "Oh? Should I literally ice the guy that's been following you on my way out?"

"What guy?"

"The wolfy guy…" he pointed at an empty hall, "He was right there, I swear."

"..." Tsukasa blinked before looking around in thought. "Alright...add someone else to this party…" he blinked, "Spyro...I need a flamethrower."

"Can you not yank my tail…"

"Turn into a flamethrower!"

"I can't shapeshift!"

"..." Tsukasa pulled out a bag, "Glad I didn't eat the burrito Flynn made for us."

"Why?"

"The sauce is made from ghost peppers," Tsukasa replied before shoving the burrito into Spyro's mouth and made him swallow it. He then picked him up under his arm and grabbed his front legs like a handle as he used his horns to aim his mouth, "Fire in the whole!"

"What was that!?" a voice from inside freaked out.

"Fire!"

"Holy cow...he legit turned his pet into a flamethrower...wait...why is it white...and snow?"

"Snow!?"

"I needed something cold to counter the spice!" Spyro argued.

"Try your wife's shoulder." Tsukasa petted his head.

"What the hell?! The door is blocked by snow!"

"Go to Kiina." Tsukasa ordered pulling out his DecaDriver.

"Got it," Spyro replied, flying out a window before Tsukasa could change his mind.

"Seems we're going to have to blast our way out."

"Great. Just great. First we lose the girl, now this."

"Just push the snow...what? Are you idiots afraid of the cold now?" one of them complained, "Wait...forgot...ones cold blooded the others are invertebrates...cold is bad for you..."

"Yeah, no shit it's bad for us!"

"Well, I guess that's the benefits of being warm blooded." he mocked.

"We can bearly stand you as is. Stop gloating, dammit!"

"Stop it with giving me bear jokes, ya damn bastard!"

"JUST MELT THE SNOW!" the other two barked.

"Huh? Oh right…"

"Is this the best of the monsters of this world...I'm sorely disappointed." Tsukasa sighed in annoyance.

After several moments, the snow exploded from a blast of blue flames. Tsukasa moved out of the way as a bear-themed monster stepped out, its body seemingly made from ashes.

"There. It's gone," the bear huffed as a feminine rattlesnake-themed Orphnoch and a frog-themed Orphnoch followed him out.

"And I think I see who put it there," the frog noted, pointing at Tsukasa.

"Hi~" he waved, leaning against the wall, "I thought I heard a cute girl...but instead I find nightmare fuel."

"...Okay, just for that, you die slowly and painfully," the lone female of the trio stated in anger.

'Orphnochs!' Takumi thought.

"Ooh...I'm shaking in my designer shoes." Tsukasa replied, dusting his loafers, "By the way...watch the shoes...I had to 'borrow' the money to buy them...cost me 200,000 Yen."

"Why you…!" the Rattlesnake Orphnoch hissed before lunging at him, fangs bared.

Tsukasa moved out of the way and he pulled out his card, "Henshin!"

=KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

"Gah! A...A Rider System not made by Smart Brain!?" the frog exclaimed.

"...Hmph." Decade scoffed.

"Nani?" Takumi spoke out loud, finally seeing this new Rider.

"Ha!" Decade roared, kicking the Frog Orphnoch before grabbing the bear and swinging him around and into the frog. He then pulled out his Ride Booker and unfolded it into sword form as he slashed the Rattlesnake.

"Guh! Onore!" the bear roared as blue flames flickered in his jaws before spewing a gout of flames at Decade.

"Whoa!" Decade jumped to the side to avoid it before pulling out Kuuga's card, "Might as well test this out on these guys."

=KAMEN RIDE: KUUGA!=

'His armor changes?' Takumi pondered as Decade changed into a perfect copy of Kuuga with the belt replaced with his own.

"I've got two thousand and eighteen ways to kick your butts." he joked dusting his hands as he charged and began using Kuuga's fighting style. He punched the Bear across the face before spinning around and kicking the frog while still in the middle of his punch. The force of both attacks spun his body around as he flipped through the air and swung a kick down on the Rattlesnake's' shoulder, making her stumble down, "How about some archery?"

=FORM RIDE: KUUGA PEGASUS=

D-Kuuga shone as he turned into his green form. He held his hand up a shimmer of air formed into the Pegasus Bowgun. He pulled back on the handle as he swung aroun and ducked around all three Orphnochs. He swung and kicked the Bear in the back, sending him stumbling into his two companions. As the three stood up they turned to see D-Kuuga resting on one knee as he aimed.

"Now, now, children. Teacher has time to discipline all of you," he laughed, pulling the trigger.

He fired a bolt which pierced the Bear Orphoch's shoulder. He then aimed and fired two more, hitting the legs of the other two. They all groaned and held the spot they were shot as Decade's symbol formed on their bodies. They looked in confusion as cracks began spreading along their bodies. They began crying in pain as the cracks spread further across their bodies. D-Kuuga blinked as blue flames formed along the cracks before receding and the damage was gone.

"Nani?" he asked, confused, "Cellular regeneration...no...their cells don't degrade so conventional damage doesn't work...that's not science…"

"Get him before he shoots us again!" Bear snapped.

"Okay...you want a muscle fight? ...I can do that," D-Kuuga replied, taking out another card before slotting it.

=FORM RIDE: KUUGA TITAN!=

The silver and purple armor formed as the D-Kuuga grabbed the bowgun by the pull handle and transformed it into a sword. He swiped his hand along the blade as he slowly marched forward. He let the Bear strike his chest...to no effect. D-Kuuga shouted, slamming his fist and handle of his sword into the Orphnoch's stomach, making him stumble back. D-Kuuga swung his blade and slashed the Bear monster across his chest, sending him stumbling back and into his friends. As the Bear roared and tried charging again, he grunted and looked down to see D-Kuuga's Titan sword rammed through his chest.

"Fair warning Big guy...I fight dirty." D-Kuuga said, twisting the sword before yanking it out.

"That's...real dirty…" he grunted, holding the hole in his chest as he stumbled back towards his friends.

"I really don't like letting others feel left out," D-Kuuga said, slotting another card.

=FORM RIDE: KUUGA DRAGON!=

Blue armor formed over this time as he swung his sword as it turned into a staff. He stepped over the Bear Orphnoch and jumped at the other two. The staf extended to full length as he slammed it into their stomachs and began pushing them down the hall. He stopped and sent them both sliding down the hall and through the glass of a window and outside. D-Kuuga flipped out after them as he swung his staff around. He landed and slammed the top down on the Frog Orphnoch, making sparks fly off the impact. The Rider spun it around and slammed the bottom end into the Rattlesnake, making her skid back and slam into a wall. D-Kuuga spun his weapon around again as he swung and struck the Frog across the face before twisting his body around and, with another swing, struck the Rattlesnake Orphnoch. As they both stumbled around, D-Kuuga swung his staff around, kicking up gusts of wing before he swung low while spinning and knocked both off their feet.

Both Orphnochs groaned as D-Kuuga swung his staff around once more before slamming it down onto the ground. As he did, his copied form faded away in blurs of pink data as Decade stood there, holding the Dragon staff. Which he spun around before throwing like a spear as the Bear Orphnoch knocking him out of the window and down to the ground with the rest.

"Had enough?" Decade asked.

"What the hell Rider System is this…" the Frog asked.

"It's bad enough Faiz and Kaixa are out kicking our asses...now we got some kind of...what...Alpha...beta?" The Rattlesnake complained, listing Greek letters which were used for Rider names in their world.

"Decade...Kamen Rider Decade," he spoke, opening his Ride Booker and pulling out his Final Attack Ride Card, "Come on. My belt practically spells it out for you." He then stopped as a fourth student stared from the window, "Friend of yours?" he asked, spotting him.

"Momose…" The bear blinked seeing him.

"You idiots really are a pain," he sighed before jumping out and landing on the ground with no visible injury. He raised his hand before transforming into a Tiger Orphnoch. Only, unlike the others, he had far more ornate armor.

"Oh finally. Someone interesting," Decade noted.

"To think that a Rider System this incredible existed...and here I thought this was the Orga gear...but this might be something even better." The Tiger Orphnoch spoke walking up towards Decade.

"So...I got a big fish Rider to look out for," Decade spoke, walking towards him as he put his card away.

The two then charged and punched one another, making them both stumble back. Decade kicked his leg as the Tiger Orphnoch blocked before backhanding Decade across the chest, scratching his chest plate with the claws growing from the back of his hand. Decade grunted as he blocked a swing from Tiger's right arm. The Rider spun around and slammed his elbow into his chest, making him back away. Decade spun around again as he swung his right leg for a kick which Tiger blocked with his left arm.

The two jumped back. A they focused on one another, the trio of Orphnochs discreetly ran off.

"Gotta call Smart Brain! Gotta call Smart Brain!" the Rattlesnake chanted as they turned a corner before skidding to a halt at seeing Takumi standing there, "Aw great...And we're transformed still…"

"Sorry, but I can't have you calling some dangerous people," he spoke, holding his hand as he held up a large silver belt making them all dramatically gasp.

"Audible Gasp!" the Bear Orphnoch declared, pointing at the belt, "Rider Gear!"

"How badly did you get hurt!?" Frog panicked.

"I didn't want to flush you guys out yet...but looks like I need to move up that plan." he spoke strapping the belt on. He pulled his phone out as he began tapping '5' a total of three times and finally Enter.

=STANDING BY=

"Don't think I don't know what you did to the teachers and students who pissed you off...I know. And the reason I didn't stop you...I had bigger prey to hunt." he explained, walking forward as he closed the phone and held it up to show it to them a red symbol along the front in the shape of the Greek letter Phi, "Henshin!" he declared, shooting his arm up before slotting the phone into the belt.

=COMPLETE!=

Red lines formed along his body before flooding the hall with blinding red light. The Orphnochs all grunted, shielding their eyes as the flash died down. Standing there was Takumi, clad in black and silver armor with bright red neon lines all along his suit, ending in a rather shark-like helmet with large yellow circula optics. He marched forward as he swung his arm and flicked his hand.

"Ah! Kamen Rider Faiz!" The Bear Orphnoch gasped.

"I think your friend used up some brain cells to fix the hole in his chest." Faiz spoke.

"Ghhh...G-Get him!" the Frog snapped as the trio rushed Faiz.

"Three on one...sounds about fair," he sighed as he punched his hand, striking the Frog.

He raised his leg up and used his shin to block a kick from Rattlesnake before pushing her away. He then swung around and kicked Bear upside the head sending him into Rattlesnake toppling them both over. He pulled his phone out, opened it, then tilted it forward into a gun form. He swung around and aimed it into Frog's chest.

=BURST MODE=

With that, he unloaded a barrage of red energy shots that sent him stumbling back as sparks of plasma flew off the impact zone. Faiz turned around and fired another burst at Bear, sending him stumbling back and landing on Rattlesnake. He twirled his weapon around like a regular pistol before he typed in a number combination of 1-0-3-Enter.

=SINGLE MODE=

He swung his arm around and fired a beam of red energy at, Frog pinning him against the wall. He reset his weapon to phone more before typing in another number key of 2-7-9-Enter. He slotted his phone back onto his belt.

=CHARGE=

Faiz rushed as he began punching Frog repeatedly. He grabbed his head and spun him around before tossing him over to his friends. As the trio tried to get back up, he pulled out a black and silver flashlight. He then pulled the faceplate off the front of his Faiz Phone, revealing it was a Memory chip. He slid it onto the flashlight, making it extend in length somewhat, before attaching it to his leg, having the top of it facing down to his foot. Faiz leaned forward on the leg he attached the flashlight to before opening his Faiz Phone while still in the belt and tapped Enter.

=EXCEED CHARGE!=

Red light shone from his belt before going down to his leg. The Flashlight lit up with the red energy as it began charging energy. He stood up and swung his leg out. As he did, the flashlight shot a beam of energy which shot right at the Orphnochs. Frog and Rattlesnake panicked as they pushed Bear forward. The lumbering monster grunted as the beam hit his chest...before transforming into a giant red cone of hard light. Faiz roared as he jumped into the air and aimed his leg with the flashlight out. He shot forward and kicked into the cone causing it to spin around like a drill. The Bear Orphnoch groaned as the drill tore through his torso. Blue flames began sparking and igniting all over him. Faiz became bright red as he vanished seemingly into the Orphnoch. After a second, a large Red Phi symbol formed behind Bear as Faiz appeared behind him.

Faiz stood up as Bear grunted and fell apart into a pile of ash, an explosion of blue flames igniting behind him. The explosion darkened Faiz as the red of his suit and yellow of his eyes shone ominously. He flicked his hand once more as he looked at the remaining two.

"Ghhh...Book it!" Frog panicked.

"Oh no you don't," Faiz noted, "Auto Vaijin."

"Auto what?" Frog began before the transforming bike smashed its 'fist' into its face, sending it crashing into Rattlesnake.

"He...has...a robot…" Rattlesnake groaned.

Faiz walked up to Auto Vaijin before grabbing the handlebar on him and pulled it out...revealing it to be a sword. Both Orphnoch gawked before Faiz slid the memory card into the blade, flicked open his phone once more, and hit Enter.

=EXCEED CHARGE=

Faiz held his sword up as it began glowing like a lightsaber.

"OH COME ON!" Frog panicked, seeing that as the sword made all the same sounds as the iconic film weapon.

Faiz swung his sword upwards, sending a stream of energy across the ground. The energy struck Frog before forming a circle around him and Rattlesnake, lifting them up. Their bodies were then frozen in mid-air. Faiz rushed them before jumping and slashing his sword through Frog and then Rattlesnake. The two froze up as the same red Phi symbols formed over them. They both exploded into blue flames as ashes fell to the ground.

"That's three," Faiz noted, "Now...how is the target faring?"

---

Decade and the Tiger Orphnoch roared as they tossed each other through a window into the empty gym. Decade got up and quickly put a card into his belt as Tiger rose up. He pulled out his RiderBooker and put it into sword mode before closing his belt.

=ATTACK RIDE: SLASH!=

Decade rushed and slashed the Orphnoch across the chest as the sword projections widened his area of attack. The Orphnoch grunted in surprise as sparks flew off the multiple impact spots. He grunted and swung at Decade; only for the Rider to block with his sword. Tiger grunted as multiple swords struck his arm making him stumble back, his damaged arm shaking in pain.

Decade charged as he slashed the Orphnoch's shoulder, but the Rider grunted as the monster slashed his side with his claws. The two rushed past one another in their attacks. Both turned around and slashed one another across the chest, making them stumble back and back away from one another.

"You...you are a tough kitty," Decade chuckled, holding his side; while there were no actual cuts, he could feel the bruises, this guy was strong enough he could feel his blows through his armor.

"This much strength...you can't be another human user...what are you...an Orphnoch?"

"Just someone passing through," Decade replied.

"You think you're cute, huh…"

"Tony, I'm adorable."

"Tony the Tiger?"

"Yeah that joke seemed a little bit of a stretch." Decade grunted, "So...let's just end this with my blowing you up."

"I might be only bottom of the Four, but I'm not gonna go out like my underlings."

"Wait, they died already…?" Decade blinked, "Huh...I must have kicked their asses harder then I thought." he grunted, ducking away from a kick.

"You talk a lot…"

"Distracts you from the Tron guy coming at you." Decade pointed as Tiger turned around to be slashed By Faiz's sword, sending him stumbling back towards the Magenta Rider who slashed his own sword.

"Faiz!"

"So...you're the Rider around these parts," Decade spoke, standing side by side with Faiz.

"And you're some new guy everyone's worried about," Faiz countered.

"If a dude in a fishing hat came to you saying I'm the devil...He's probably crazy...but honestly? I have no clue what I am."

"Well...at least you're honest, pinkie."

"PINK JANAI!-!" he snapped, making him cringe, "MAGENTA DA!-!-!"

"Okay, okay…" he grunted, mimicking cleaning his ear.

"Two Riders…" the Tiger groaned.

"I'll talk this out after he's dust," Faiz spoke.

"Sounds fair...We can punch this misunderstanding after," Decade agreed as they both aimed their swords at him.

"Even my pride isn't that vast," Tiger spoke as he formed a wave of blue fire. Both Riders raised their swords to block it. By the time the wave died down, they saw the monster had run off.

"Damn it…" Decade groaned stepping forward.

"Smart ones...always gotta look out for them." Faiz spoke.

The two stood there in silence before turning around and aiming their firearms at one another. Faiz held his Faiz Phone in gun mode as Decade transformed his RideBooker to gun form. Both aimed at one another for a tense moment.

"I can stand here all day," Decade noted.

"I'm not much of an eater...we can see who starves first." Faiz countered.

The two kept aiming at one another for a long moment. After a few more moments, both stepped back and held their firearms up.

"I'm not here to hurt people," Decade stated.

"And I just wanted to get a read on you, Pinkie."

"Pink janai…" he growled.

"You're a dick...but you're no monster…" Faiz spoke, "I can't say I hate your annoying type."

"Gee...thanks…" Decade wagged around his finger.

"Try not to get on my group's radar...and I won't turn you to dust," Faiz spoke before shooting the ground, making Decade jump back before looking up at Faiz to see he was gone.

"How do people do that?" Decade groaned, looking around, "It's like everyone in this world is freakin' Batman."

"Told you he'd be your favorite boss," Spyro spoke up.

"...How long were you there?"

"The whole time." he replied before Decade grabbed him by his face and pulling his cheeks, "Ow...ow...owie~!"

"I TOLD YOU TO GO FIND KIINA!" Decade barked.

"I had to use the toilet."

"...I think I'm going to tell Cynder you forgot your anniversary on purpose."

"I don't even know why, but I'm afraid!"

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"I feel like Tsukasa's going to tell me something and I'm going to go with it as an excuse to hurt Spyro," Cynder noted.

"I'm really relieved they had my size," Kiina noted, carrying several large bags, "And a place to exchange our gold for this 'yen' stuff."

"Pretty sure we made some store rich…" Cynder muttered.

"And now back to the house," Kiina noted happily, "I'm thinking...chili tonight."

"Hey pretty lady." a man spoke in English, getting Kiina attention.

"Hm? Pretty lady? M-Me?" Kiina asked, blushing, "W-Well shucks...I don't really think I'm really that pretty…"

"No shame. You got a great ass," he smirked.

"Wh-What?!"

"Kiina, run from him! He smells like the wolf looking guy!" Cynder warned, fully coming out of Kiina's shadow to stand between her and the man.

"Too late, shadow dragon," the english speaking man spoke. "My name is Leo." he introduced, "And...bringing you to my boss...has become part of my mission."

"Boss? Mission?" Kiina repeated before groaning, "Oh, I'm getting kidnapped again?!"

"So you're use to this bit," he smirked before stopping suddenly as he felt a presence behind him, making him turn to see a man with brown hair dressed in a black jacket.

"Step away…" he spoke in Japanese, markings forming on his face.

"I know you...Yuji Kiba…" Leo smirked still talking in english, "My boss also wants you too!"

"Kiina, right? Run. They want your friend Tsukasa." Yuji spoke as he slowly walked around Leo and stood in front of her, "Run and whatever you hear...don't stop." he advised.

"...Mister Horsey?" she blinked, recalling his voice and presence from the day this mess started for her.

Yuji growled as he flashed into a Horse Orphnoch as a sword formed in his hand, "I won't let Smart Brain involve humans in their insanity." he spoke, standing defensively.

"You're working with the wrong people, Kiba...but...then again, you always where prone to that, weren't you?" Leo sighed as he pulled out a white phone.

"Run now!" The Horse Orphnoch roared to Kiina.

"R-Right!" Kiina replied as she started to run off.

"The king of jungle…" he smirked, speaking in Japanese now while typing in his numbers, 3-1-5-Enter.

=STANDING BY!=

"...Always gets his prey…" he then slotted his phone into his belt, "Henshin."

=COMPLETE!=

Blue lines formed around him as a blinding blue light filled the street. Kiina turned around and her eyes widened, seeing...a Kamen Rider. His suit was all white with neon blue lines all over. A purple sphere formed in his chest and his optics were a matching purple. The blue greek letter Psy formed three horns protruding from his helmet; the same letter forming on his chest and angled to the left.

"Let the games begin." he said, snapping his fingers as Kiina was cut off by six armored figures. They looked like Kamen Riders almost like Faiz and this white one...but they had no Neon, just black suits and orange armor with silver cyclops-like optics. Two grabbed her by her arms as the other four ran around the white Rider. Cynder tried to attack them, but she froze when one held up a blaster to Kiina's head.

"Captured as commanded, Captain Psyga." one bowed to him.

"Good work boys...the Not so little pony...is mine." he pointed at the Horse Orphnoch.

"Americans and their references…"

"Jokes on you...I'm Chinese!" Psyga chuckled as he charged at him.

"If you care for her safety, dragon, don't follow." the trooper warned Cynder as the two began carrying her off a the rest stuck around.

"Grrr. This is Wolfgang in Clock Town all over again..."

"Ha!" the Evil Rider and Good Kaijin roared, punching at one another. The two grabbed one another and ran through a wall into a building the four supporting troopers following.

Cynder growled before hearing sounds of a fight. She turned to see one of the Troopers fall over...the other standing over him.

"Ah...thank god…" he sighed, turning to Kiina, "Don't worry...I'm undercover!" he gave a thumbs up.

"Oh! Thank you," Kiina thanked.

"Go...I'll make it look like we got surprised," he ordered before Cynder tackled him, "SURPRISED!" he panicked, "Don't eat me! Snakes don't really taste like chicken!"

"I don't eat snakes. I know a Skylander that's a literal snake," Cynder replied.

"It talks…" he blinked under his helmet, "AH!" he panicked.

"The others seem to have a good idea…"

"I don't listen to briefing o…" he started before he was blasted by a lightning bolt.

"There you are, wife and boss's not girlfriend," Spyro panted.

"Mommy~!" the trooper cried as Cynder hopped off him.

"C-Could we stop attacking the nice man? Please?" Kiina asked.

"Thank you…" he bowed to Kiina, "I'm Naoya...I'm undercover in the bad guys for my friend...the Horse guy…" he pointed as they saw the Horse Orphnoch tossing around the Troopers like ragdolls, "I told him they were after you...Now you need to go...that Psyga guy is a scary pro human hunter...By the way, he's not human...so...right. Not important." he rambled.

"Thanks, Naoya," Kiina thanked before pulling her staff out, "Oh, I'm going to be knocked after this, but emergency so...I'll take my Big Bro and Hugo's scolding."

"Yeah, boss is gonna scold me... Hey, Wife, I'm gonna help the horse guy. You take care of the portal girl," he said, flying over to Yuji and firing a thunderbolt to supercharge his sword.

"Portal Girl?" Naoya repeated.

"With the knowledge of Tech…" Kiina whispered as the gem on her staff turned orange, "...Double Dare Trigger Happy!"

She slammed the butt of her staff on the ground. An orange gear emblem appeared before her before it transformed into Trigger Happy, donned in a white and orange stunt suit.

"No gold, no glory!" Trigger Happy cackled before Kiina collapsed, "Ah! She's down, down, down!"

"We need to get out of here now," Cynder informed as Naoya caught Kiina, "This is Naoya, by the way."

"I'm an undercover spy!" he greeted with a salute.

"Hey English/Chinese guy, remember the rule about dragons? We're your gods!" Spyro said, adding support fire for Yuji.

"Jokes on you, I'm an atheist!" Psyga countered as he let the fire bounce off his armor.

"What is with today…" the Horse Orphnoch groaned in confusion.

"Don't worry i'm spyro the dragon and i fight for humans like you." Spyro smirked at Yuji.

"Right...let's run...I'm good at that!" Naoya gave a thumbs up to the Skylanders.

"No running! We drive-drive-drive-drive-drive~! Gahahahahaha!" Trigger Happy cackled, "Gold Rusher!"

A loud engine roared before a gold blur slammed into Psyga from behind, using him as a ramp. It spun around before landing perfectly behind the giddy Gremlin of the Tech element, revealing it to be a large three-wheeled, heavily armored stunt bike with solid gold wheels made of gears.

"No one uses me as a ramp." he frowned as he grabbed his levers and locked on to the car before firing missiles.

"Shit!" Spyro panicked as he took all the shots, "GRAHHHHH!" he screamed in pain, landing on the ground.

"Get us out of here!" Cynder barked as she punted Trigger Happy into the seat of the bike as Naoya placed Kiina into it.

"Right-right-right-righty-right! Let's SuperCharge!" Happy Trigger declared...before a few moments passed, "...Right. Not enough magic for the Rift Engine."

"I don't know what you are...but we have to move," the Horse Orphnoch ordered as he turned into a Centaur form with Spyro on his back; he began pushing the car as Psyga watched.

"Oh, that's cute," he said as his jetpack lit up, lifting him up.

"HE FLIES!" Naoya panicked.

"Naoya!"

"But he flies!"

"So does Yuka…"

"Yeah and she freaks me out a little, too…" he said, "She always stares at me with these sparkly eyes...and it freaks me out!" he said as the present (awake) female blinked at him, "What?"

"Driving!" Happy Trigger slammed his foot on the pedal before flames erupted from the pipes as he drove off.

"No normal car can escape the flying lion. Come, my sweet Kiina. I'll treat you like a queen," he smirked, flying after them.

"Oh this isn't a normal car, nononononono~!" Happy Trigger snickered before pushing a button that released a barrage of multicolored missiles at Psyga, "It's battle-ready! Ahahahahaha~!"

"So am I…" he chuckled as the back of his Jetpack folded down and unfolded twin blasters as he began unleashing a barrage of blue energy bullets. He shot down every single missiles while whistling a tune, causing them to explode in fireworks.

"AH!" Naoya screamed.

As the chase went down the road, a hand peeked out from a darkened alley way with a gun held in hand. The moment Psyga flew by, they pulled the trigger hitting his right thruster. Psyga grunted as he lost control and slammed into a wall...and then the ground...and then another wall. Trigger Happy took a look before cackling as he pulled out a phone and started recording it while driving with his tongue.

"No time to question!" Yuji snapped, picking up speed. Psyga cursed in English as they ran off, but boy could those who understood him cringe at the words he used before it ended with a lion's roar.

"He's pissed," Naoya chuckled as Cynder hopped on to Yuji's back and nuzzled Spyro to check him.

"..Ugh…" he groaned in pain.

"Just rest," Cynder advised gently, "At worst, Kiina and Flynn know where medical supplies are. At best, Whirlwind's recovered and moving about."

"Don't...tell boss...He'll...say…'I told you so,'" he groaned in a dazed slurred tone.

"...Actually, I think I'll just dunk you in the tub after it's been filled with rubbing alcohol," Cynder deadpanned.

"No need...for...ah…" he passed out with his tongue sticking out.

"Please tell me he's not drooling…" Yuji asked.

"No comment," Cynder replied, "Just keep following Trigger Happy…"

"Help~!" Naoya screamed as Trigger Happy cackled happily as he jumped off a ramp and did several spins before landing on the back wheels, "Kaa-chan~!"

"...Why didn't she summon Jet-Vak or Stealth Elf…?" Cynder sighed, facepalming as she laid with Spyro.

"Who saved us…?" Yuji pondered as he kept running.

The owner of the hand smirked as he fixed his baseball cap while twirling his firearm around. "I leave you alone for a month and you get yourself a girlfriend, Tsukasa…" he smiled looking back, "Thanks for flushing out some nice treasure though...They've kept that belt on lock up for months...so you're forgiven, best buddy."

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"...Spyro," Tsukasa muttered, feeling something happened to the dragon, "What has happened this time…?"

Tsukasa kept walking towards his home. As he did, he paused upon feeling a cold presence behind him. Deciding to play with his stalker he took a wrong turn and began walking towards the stadium he saw in the distance.

Once inside, the hooded figure walked in, expecting to easily spot Tsukasa. But, to his annoyance, he was quick to hide. He didn't expect him to know he was there, but apparently he was more skilled than expected. He looked around before hearing a whistle from behind him. He turned to see Tsukasa sitting in the bleachers with his foot on the railing and a bottle of water in hand.

"Can I help you, Slender man?" Tsukasa asked.

The man removed his hood, revealing Kusaka, "Takumi claims you're no threat…" he spoke, "But...I want that belt."

"My belt?"

"A new Rider System...like I'm gonna let some nobody keep that."

"So...you want my Driver."

"Your compliance is not necessary," Kusaka replied smiling.

"Well alright then...let's do this thing." Tsukasa replied, standing up as he tossed his bottle into the air.

The two pulled out their important gadget which doubled as a side arm and began shooting at one another. Tsukasa rolled across the ground as the ground as he put his DecaDriver on. Kusaaka ducked behind a row of seats as he pulled out a belt like Takumi's. He held up his phone and typed in 9-1-3-Enter.

=STANDING BY=

Tsukasa pulled out his Decade card as he slid along his cover before reaching the edge near the entrance to the locker rooms. He stood up as Kusaaka rolled out from his cover as they held their main henshin item out.

"Henshin!" they both shouted.

=COMPLETE/KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

Pink and yellow lights flooded the room as Decade jumped at Kaixa. The two roared punching at each other. Their fists struck one, another making sparks fly. As the two began to battle, neither was aware of Narutaki watching from the stadium's Owner box. He smiled, watching the two clash RideBooker Sword mode and Kaixa Blaygun.

"Soon...you shall meet your end...DECADE!"

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O.N: and that's a fantastic hanger to throw over that cliff!

GT: Hoo boy...So much happened. Death, explosions, musical notes of pain and hypnosis, and stunt bikes with someone screaming for their mommy riding it.

O.N: and we got some 555 and 913 action. With a dash of X, now I have something important to ask.

Z0: What's that?

O.N:*on a table with my organs exposed* why am i on a table AHHHH! AHHHH! AHHHHHHHH!

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Jikai Next Journey

Kaixa: By crossing dimensions, I'll obtain all my wishes!

Mikoto: You called a label Black a non threat!? And look what happen? He nearly puts one of us in the hospital!

Takumi: A human who still has their heart is human and i'll protect them and their dreams nothing will stop me from doing that!

Tsukasa: Even if small, all people want to protect something. I shall protect that ideal. That is what I put this belt on for.

Sayo: Takumi, it's bad! We're under attack in our base! He's nuts and he's got Oriha under some sorta spell!

Psyga: Let's bring this game to an end, Black Label.

Yuji: No matter what...I will protect humans.

Decade & Faiz: Let's excise you from this world!

Wolfgang: Let me give you...a sonata as you fall asleep.

Next Time: Photo 5: Medicine of the Wolves

?: As I thought, Tsukasa, I'm always gonna clean up after you.

Hugo: This has happened before...when The Darkness infects someone.

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O.N: *gagged as Z0 took out a buzzsaw* freedom freedom! You two aren't doctors!

GT: No, we're authors.

Z0: I'm also an undertaker *grabs O.N. and piledrives him into the ground* Ha! I made a joke!

O.N: we'll see you guys next time i'm OverNerd V in excruciating pain right now…

GT: Hope you all liked this. Please Read and Review!