GammaTron: Hello! Welcome to another chapter!

KamenRiderZER0: You know who we are and you know our amazing tale which we have been telling. And now to continue! As you know last time, Tsukasa and Shouichi where battled to the point of exhaustion but saved by an old face.

GT: Kuuga! So without further ado...we own no one but OCs like Kiina Boomer. So let's st-*steps on something and a hissing noise goes off*...Did I step on a hidden pressure plate?

Z0: Yes...part of my anti-ninja home improvement project! I also installed them in the upper corners of the walls. And here comes the Boom *both of us are blown away in large explosion*

"You know this guy?" Shouichi asked.

"He's...someone I know." Tsukasa sighed.

"Cruel!" Kuuga lost his balance for a second, "We're friends...we saved the world together."

"I remember saving the world…" Tsukasa spoke, "I am fairly sure it was all by myself though…"

"Oh come on…" Kuuga complained.

"If you're gonna do a rescue...do this bit after we're safe," he said, grabbing Kuuga by his horns and making him look back at the monster he kicked and left a glowing mark on his chest, "He's not blowing up."

"Guh...You accursed being!" Taurus Ballista snapped.

"Huh...Tougher than the normal guys who keep coming after me," Kuuga noted before grabbing a nearby branch, "Cho Henshin!" Kuuga Titan Form gave his sword a few test swings before assuming a fighting stance, "Come on, ya big bull! Toro! Toro!"

"I think he's a buffalo…" Shouichi whispered.

"Let him be," Tsukasa sighed, "Yusuke...we leave him to you while we get out of here to recharge…" he sighed, again patting Kuuga's shoulder, "Make sure you get all of them."

"Leave it to me. Taking down monsters is one of my two thousand and nineteen talents!" he gave a thumbs up before charging at the monsters.

"Ah...Did he just say he knows how to do two thousand and nineteen things?" Shouichi asked.

"It's a thing with him. Now come on...the sooner we leave, the faster he can stop holding back on them." Tsukasa sighed, grabbing his arm and dragging Shouichi to an escape.

"Ha!" Kuuga roared while slashing down the ant Lords before stabbing several of them, making them explode.

"Wait...holding back?" Shouichi repeated before a rather strong explosion went off behind where they had been, making him look over his shoulder at the crater, "...Okay."

"Keep moving!" Tsukasa complained, "Kiina, I know you're not having as crazy a day...but I hope you're having some annoying nonsense happening at worst…"

"...Okay...once more. Butter?" Kiina asked.

"Check," Flynn replied, rubbing it around where Spyro was stuck in the door, the purple dragon sporting several bumps on his noggin.

"Anesthesia?"

*THWACK!*

"Birdies~" Spyro deliriously noted.

"Check," Cynder replied, lowering her tail.

"Muscles?"

"Ya. Check," Ka-Boom replied as Pop Fizz drank a potion and went into his bigger beast mode with a roar.

"Alright. Pop Fizz, his tail. Ka-Boom, the door," Kiina ordered as the two assumed their positions, "And...Pull."

"Wowzers. It's last year's Game Night all over again," Flynn noted, "Except instead of Bash and a gate, it's Spyro and the closet door."

"And...Pull."

"We really need another Game Night with all the zany stuff going on," Tessa agreed.

"That is a stubborn door. Wait a second...Flynn, this is a stick of yellow glue, not a stick of butter!"

"...Keep pulling?" Ka-Boom asked.

"Yes," Cynder replied for Kiina.

"Oh whom I kidding...she's probably lost on some quest to free Spyro from a door..." Tsukasa sighed.

"I think we lost them." Shouichi sighed as they leaned against their motorcycles, "Was he another Agito?"

"No, that's another guy."

"Wait, what?"

"That was Yusuke, also known as Kamen Rider Kuuga."

"Huh...I think I know a student with that name. He's quite good at chefing."

"My life can not be that ironic…" Tsukasa sighed, "He's a good idiot...but what's he doing here?"

"What do you mean?" Shouichi asked.

"Long story," Tsukasa replied, "And yes, longer than the other things i've explained and delving into theoretical physics...and maybe even philosophy…."

"Oh...one of those stories…" Shouichi spoke.

"...You've had someone explain something like that enough times to have that kind of reaction?" Tsukasa asked before the ground rumbled as an explosion went off, "Well...I think he's done."

"Was that his worse?" he asked.

"No...the city's still intact…" Tsukasa shrugged.

"Tsukasa!" Kuuga shouted while rushing to them, "I killed the bull!"

"Buffalo…" Tsukasa whispered before turning around to walk away. Kuuga canceled his transformation and rushed to glomp his friend only for Tsukasa to swing his hand back with one finger extended...and aimed at his face, more accurately his eye.

"GAH!"

"Okay...we've tried everything...and somehow have made it worse...several times over...and possibly brain damaged Spyro even more...frankly, I think half of you are using this as an outlet as payback for his past misdeeds." Jet-Vac pointed out, "Now how about a real idea?"

"Guys, I'm home...and I have a guest...This is gonna get weird and probably make the multiverse more confusing." Tsukasa stated, walking in suddenly.

"How confusing?" Pop Fizz asked, "Like your body gets pulled inside out because of a burp confusing or how do you eat soup with a fork confusing?"

"Yusuke," he sighed as Yusuke walked in with a backpack over his shoulder.

"Sugoi...it's exactly the same as last time!" he cheered, "Just inside of a new building...I figured you guys would have like redecorated after a year…"

"Anybody else have a nosebleed from confusion?" Tsukasa asked.

"Yusuke?!" Kiina gawked.

"Did he just say a year? It's barely been a week since we last saw you," Jet-Vak noted.

"Really?" Yusuke tilted his head, "Weird...I've had a year of long and fun adventures! I think little over a year...don't know. I had to fight a creepy enemy Frankenstein's monster of Gurongi parts...Yeah, that was not fun...then I discovered a lost city...saved a kingdom...oh! And I went...on vacation!" he held up a camera and showed pictures, "The beaches were amazing~!"

"So...It looks like we not only move through space and dimensions...but time as well…" Tsukasa muttered.

"Really? Oh, Deja Vu is going to be mad when she recovers," Kiina cringed before looking at the pictures, "...Huh...Um, Yusuke? Did things not go well between you and Ai?"

"...AH! They must still think I died!" Yusuke panicked.

"They think you what?" Stealth Elf asked incredulously.

"Well you see, there was a rocket...I jumped on it...steered it away from Earth...then, I woke up on a tropical island...with amnesia...remembered who I was...and then made my way across the ocean. I ended up in France somehow...then I took a plane to come learn more cooking here...and...here I is…"

"Huh?" Tessa raised a brow.

"He jumped on a rocket, it more than likely exploded and the explosion sent him into reentry and crashed on an island or in the ocean which put him on the island, the impact caused him amnesia that eventually wore off, and then he went to a place called 'France' where he flew to here," Eruptor translated, "What? You try to be roommates with Pop Fizz for years and not learn how to translate weird talk."

"Short of it is...we assumed he'd retire after killing all the monsters left...but it's just been the same nonsense...with more wacky and insane weirdos," Tsukasa added.

"Yep!" Yusuke beamed before seeing Trigger Happy and Wolfgang, "Oh, new guys, too! Yo! Boku wa Yusuke!"

"Wolfgang, Undead Sensei of the Bowslinger Class," the werewolf nodded, tuning his bone harp...before catching Trigger Happy's tongue when he tried to lick the strings, "This bloke's Trigger Happy, Skylander of the Tech Element and just as kooky a bloke as Fizz. Speaking of, Fizz! Ya done makin' that potion to deal with the door?"

"Huh? The door? I thought you wanted one for a doormat," Pop Fizz noted.

"...Door?" Tsukasa repeated.

"Spyro got his head stuck in a door and we can't get it off," Kiina explained as she pointed at Spyro, who was being rotated around by the door stuck in the ceiling fan.

"I got it," Yusuke said before tapping the door in several places. Everyone blinked at him, confused, before a final tap...made the door fall apart and let Spyro fall down flat on his face.

"...Which of your talents was that one?" Cynder asked.

"1340," he smiled, "Learned that one from this carpenter in Spain."

"I have no idea where that is, but neat!" Pop FIzz beamed.

"Thank you so much, Yusuke," Kiina sighed in relief, "Though now I need a new door for the basement."

"I can fix that, too...same skill but other half of it." he smiled, "Gonna need a bit of extra wood."

"So...are we just...like keeping him?" Tsukasa asked Kiina, making her slap his arm, "What? He found his way back somehow."

"I wouldn't mind, though now we need more room…" Kiina replied.

"Ah, not to worry, love," Wolfgang chuckled, "Once our new pal here fixes the basement door, I think it's time for a little introductory lesson to a little tune known as...Mind Magic."

"Sadly, I think that's what your magic will be used for here." Tsukasa sighed, patting Kiina's shoulder, "You can't risk overusing it again in worlds with so little magic. This world is especially bad to stick out in with those Lords running around."

"Don't worry, Shouichi-san can handle them. He's a strong Rider." Yusuke smiled.

"And reliable…" Tsukasa added, "Seems he doesn't get lost on adventures and forget to tell his friends."

"AH!" Yusuke panicked as he scrambled for a phone, "Phone! Phone, where's a phone?!"

Wolfgang dug into his fur before tossing him a cell phone, "Here." everyone looked at him, "What? Me good pal gave me a phone so I could make sure the doll could have someone near her to let her call him when he was out at a meeting."

"Ano...Uh, where are the buttons?" Yusuke asked.

"It's a touch screen," Wolfgang explained, "Emphasis on the touch. No nails."

"Oh…" he nodded as he began tapping away.

"Yeesh, what year is this that he doesn't know that?" Wolfgang pondered under his breath.

"So these are the subjects to investigate and bring in as viable candidates for the G4 system phase 2." a woman spoke, handing out lists of names to agents dressed in uniforms, "Verify any latent Esper abilities, then bring them in. Unharmed...if one hair is out of place, you'll find yourself on the waitlist for the G4 user program." she smiled as many of them began to fidget and gulp nervously given...what happened to past users, "Also, don't be that one creep...Murasaka, HR wants to see you again." she groaned.

"Damn it!"

"I swear I get dumped with the losers…" the woman sighed, "Anyway you know your targets. Trail and proceed as directed."

"Oi, boss?" a man dressed in camo-pants, a black muscle shirt sighed from the back, "When's my next Sortie?"

"Not 'till we finish phase 2." she replied.

"Oh...yeah like that's fun…" he sighed, "I signed up to wear your super suit...not sit on my ass and be bored to death. If it involves me and the G4 armor, call me. I'll be at the firing range."

"Ah, very well, Mizuki-san," she rolled her eyes as he left.

"Um...Fukami-san?" an agent asked.

"What is it?"

"There's, well, an issue with my target," the agent explained as he held up the folder he had been given, "There's...nothing on her aside from her name, age, residence, and occupation."

"Yes, it's quite unusual," Fukami admitted, "It was as if she just appeared from thin air."

"She does seem to be a foreigner...It could be, she's here under a false identity," he spoke, "I can't explain that otherwise."

"Maybe's she an agent from a foreign country and the guy with her is her super powered bodyguard," one of them sarcastically laughed at the target his fellow agent was stuck with.

"Get going," Fukami ordered, giving them all a glare.

Down the hall away from them, Mizuki soon approached a pair of double doors. Opening them, he walked across the walls filled with weaponry and grasped a simple pistol and a pair of headphones. Donning the headphones, he opened the door on the other end and his eye twitched. On the other end of the shooting gallery's walking half was a familiar humanoid crow in red shinobi garb. Tae Kwon Crow currently had his eyes closed, breathing in deeply and exhaling slowly. After a moment, his yellow eyes snapped open and he tossed a shuriken into the air. He jumped up and his left foot ignited with flames.

"KYAH!" Tae Kwon Crow roared as he slammed the shuriken with his flaming foot, sending the fire-engulfed tool right into the center of the target on the other side, incinerating it upon contact, "Hmm...A bit better, but still too hot. Keep catching the paper aflame. Grah! Who dares to make paper so flammable?!"

"..." Mizuki looked at him from his spot with a shake of his head, he then proceeded to aim and begin shooting earning perfect shots on his target as he tried to ignore the chaos currently happening beside him, "Don't get involved...don't...ah…" he sighed putting his gun down and grabbing a fire extinguisher as he aimed and doused the flames...and Tae Kwon Crow, "This is a shooting range...no incendiary weapons…" he stressed blasting Tae Kwon Crow with foam again.

"That is why I am here," Tae Kwon Crow replied, "To truly achieve the title of the Fire Element Sensei of the Ninja Class, I need to hit a piece of paper with fire and not set the paper on fire. I was doing it earlier in my housing here, but then I was kicked out of it because I kept setting off the fire alarm and ruined all the paper I had in there."

"Ah sou…." he muttered in a bored tone, "Have you thought of just making it fly faster before the fire can catch the paper aflame?"

"..." Tae Kwon Crow blinked several times before bringing his hands together and bowed, "Again, I have to give you thanks for aiding me in a time of need."

"Seems more like you looked too much into the magic part of your tricks and not the practical," he explained, "A Sniper rifle and a regular pistol have big difference in power...but get the same job done. So all you gotta do is get closer with one, and farther with the other," he went on, "This range is longer than the target that was set up in your room, right? The speed diminishes over time...so...by the time it hit the paper...it was too slow to pass without burning it." he pointed out, "Just throw it with more speed...like...try that ninja thing…" he muttered as he held his hand palm up slapped it and then slid it out, he then noted the look he got, "What...that's how they did it in manga I read as a kid…"

"Hmmm….Very interesting," Tae Kwon Crow nodded, "I may have indeed been spending too much time on the mystic side over the practical. Thank you once more, Mizuki-san. I shall head to the library in the base at once to see if they have more on the practical aspects." he spun around, releasing a spiral of flames around him that dispersed to reveal he was gone.

"..." Mizuki sighed as he went to resume his practice, 'Why did I even save him that night? Oh right, she wanted to study the stupid crow.' he put his headphones on again as he continued his practice, 'Ah...I feel bad since he doesn't seem so bad for a freaky talking crow man…who makes fire...freakin' magic.'

Tsukasa and Kiina blinked as the sun waned, they sipped their mugs full of their respective comfort drinks as they watched Yusuke finish fixing the door. Plus, for added, effect he seemed to add a flapping door like the type for dogs which let those of a shorter stature or lower to the ground enter without having to open the entire thing. Degrading… for the more prideful maybe, but surprisingly practical.

"Yosha. Kansei!" Yusuke declared.

"Amazing!" Kiina awed.

"I like the doggy door," Tsukasa smirked.

"Oh stop..." Kiina sighed.

"I thrive on conflict…" Tsukasa smirked while taking a sip of his drink, "The comical kind...I'd rather not fight all day…"

"Glad you approve," Yusuke chuckled as Wolfgang walked over and looked over the newly installed door.

"Not too bad, mate," Wolfgang complimented before turning to Kiina, "Alright, ready for this?"

"A bit, yes," Kiina agreed.

"Alright. To begin, let's start with the most important question: What is Mind Magic?" Wolfgang noted, "It's ancient, really ancient at that. It was said that the Ancients themselves were the first know users recorded in history to use it, creating every single thing in Skylands from it. With how dire the situation is for Skylands, you mastering this magic will be a big key to helpin' it recover."

"Reality bending magic got it." Tsukasa summed up.

"Yes, and to start it all off…" Wolfgang rapped the door with the back of his hand, "Love here will be makin' this much bigger than any progress made by the Skylanders awake at the moment."

"Huh? Me?" Kiina asked in surprise.

"Yes, you," Wolfgang replied, "The biggest key to this power? Imagination. You have to have a strong one to be capable of really using this stuff to its full potential. Come over here, love."

"Okay…" Kiina replied as she got up and walked over to Wolfgang.

"Now to start, let's go with somethin' simple," Wolfgang noted, "Close your eyes." he nodded once Kiina did, "Good. Now then, I want you to remember something big. Big enough to house all the Skylanders; even the Giants if'n they wake up. As you do, I want you to breath in deeply slowly and then slowly exhale. ...Alright, you're gettin' it, you're gettin' it."

"..." Yusuke moved to say something only for Tsukasa to jam a pillow in his face and silenced him.

"Shh…" he hushed as Yusuke flopped around, trying to remove it like a doofus.

"Do you have the image in your head, love?" Wolfgang asked, earning a small nod as she continued the breathing, "Great. Keep it in there. Hold it in your mind's proverbial 'eyes.' Now while you have it...call on your magic. Call upon it to go to that thought. Let it intertwined with the image, let it know that it will create what you 'see' behind that door." as Kiina kept it going, her body started to glow a faint multicolored energy as an unknown wind started to swirl around her, causing her hair to flow and spread out, "You're doing good so far. Now...take the handle of the door and put that thought...that wonderfully magically-charged thought...and bring it into the other side of that door and open it."

Kiina took hold of the handle and the glow raced from her into the knob in an instant. The glow faded from the knob as she turned it and opened the door. Water flowing, cascading into a massive waterfall was the first thing Kiina heard. Opening her eyes, she looked in and awed. As Kiina began stepping through, Wolfgang motioned for Tsukasa and Yusuke to follow. The four entered and instead of a large tunnel they now stood upon a large island decorated in lush greens that covered even the tops of crafted bronze and steel structures. Within the center of it all was a massive green core, unleashing a pillar of pur light into the 'skies' above. Looking out, Yusuke and Tsukasa saw a sea that gave way to waterfalls going into the abyss beneath.

"Well...slap my fez away…" Tsukasa spoke, "You made it bigger on the inside…"

"Magic is awesome…" Yusuke awed, looking up until he fell over.

"Quite a swanky abode," Wolfgang noted, "Mind filling in the missing notes for the blokes who don't know the place?"

"This was once known as Eon's Citadel," Kiina explained, "When the Core of Light was destroyed by Kaos and his Hydra, it became nothing but ruins." she looked around with a small smile, "But...we rebuilt the Core of Light...we rebuilt it and Kaos was forced to flee back to his original lair until we banished him to another world for a time. It took months to turn what had once been ruins into an island that would become a beacon of hope to all of Skylands once more."

"Well...here it is again." Tsukasa spoke, "Until we can fix your home...you got this."

"Yes…" Kiina nodded before groaning as she held her head and nearly collapsed had Tsukasa not caught her, "My head hurts…"

"I told you so...come on...time for bed...and the princess carry," he laughed, picking her up, "Yusuke! What are...ah nevermind I don't care…" he sighed walking off with Kiina.

"No' a princ'ss…" Kiina mumbled as exhaustion hit her.

"Here's to a good night's rest fer ya, love," Wolfgang chuckled as Tsukasa left the way they came in, leaving a werewolf and a man of numerous talents alone on a floating island, "Well...better get to work."

"Eh? Work?" Yusuke pondered as Wolfgang sniffed the air and walked over to a cluster of rocks before kneeling down and pulled out several small shards of different colored gems, "Eh? What are those?"

"Leftovers from her imagination," Wolfgang explained, "With the magic that coursed through her thoughts to make this place, any leftovers got clustered together and solidified into these gems. We Sensei call them 'Imaginite.' Let me tell ya, the first time I ever saw Imaginite was when my teach, King Pen, showed me one and told me 'bout them."

"You know sensei?" Yusuke asked.

"Of course I know King Pen. Done taught me all I know 'bout bein' a Sensei Skylander," Wolfgang replied, "Well...outside of my Bowslinger skills."

"Since time moved differently for you guys...I guess he's not awake yet, huh?" Yusuke sighed, "I hoped to meet him again, so I can say thanks for all his help. It's thanks to him and my friends I could master my power."

"I'm sure he'll be up and runnin' sooner or later," Wolfgang assured, "Bloke's a strong fellow, after all. …" he rubbed his jaw, "Trust me, me jaw and me dentist know that." he chuckled, "Care to help a bloke with finding all these Imaginite? With how big th' place is, it'll take a bit. Plus, we can swap tales 'bout the ol' bloke."

"Should be fun." Yusuke smiled, "Yosh let's get to it!"

"Mmm…" Kiina muttered, walking into the kitchen early in the morning. She figured she was the first to wake up as she saw Tsukasa kicking Yusuke in his sleep with Spyro hanging upside down from a ceiling fan, she did not want to know what happened in their room, that's for sure. But...what did fully wake her up was she walked into the kitchen to find a fully prepared breakfast for all of them. She rubbed her eyes a few times to make sure this wasn't a dream only for the food to not vanish...but multiply with each blink of her eyes.

"Oh finally. Someone's awake," a new voice spoke as she turned to see a man about her and Tsukasa's age, he wore a blue shirt with white long sleeve underneath, jeans, and a baseball cap on his head keeping his long black hair down. He turned to face Kiina, revealing his handsome facial features and a borrowed apron over his clothing, "Ohayo!" he greeted, sliding eggs onto a plate, "I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your kitchen." he mused as he began preparing pancakes.

"Mrgl…" Kiina mumbled as she walked over to a pot and laid her hand on it as he blinked...before she was gulping down a cup of hot chocolate, "Ahh~ Go~od morning~!"

"Now that was just down right adorable." the mystery man smiled.

"Hm? Ah! A guest," Kiina gasped.

"If that's how you wish to see it," he smiled, putting down a plate of pancakes, "Though if I'm being honest, I did technically by all accounts break in…" he muttered playfully.

"Ahh...I see, I see…" Kiina nodded, "Yet, you made breakfast instead of assaulting anyone."

"Of course. I'm not a savage monster." he replied, "Oh how rude of me...you don't know me...well then again neither does he anymore." he rambled, "That must be such a pain for Tsukasa...but I wonder...do you know if he's fulfilled his dream to eat a Sea Cucumber?"

"A Sea Cucumber? Hmm...No, I don't think I've prepared that yet for a meal. Might be good for a dinner meal," Kiina noted.

"Ah…" he sighed, "And here I figured his new misadventures would make that so much easier for him." he chuckled, "You know it use to be all he talked about at times when he was bored. Oh right...lost myself there...how rude, I'm Kaitoh." he introduced, "That's the name I prefer to go by, so that's all you really need!"

"A pleasure. Kiina Boomer...or is it Boomer Kiina? Wait, is it considered Japan in a house from Skylands?" Kiina pondered as Kaitoh swore that her head was starting to smoke a little.

"Not used to Japanese customs it seems," Kaitoh noted, "Ah, you'll get it eventually." he smiled, "Anyway enjoy, I made all this for you and your friends. Ah...but this spot is for Tsukasa." he pointed to a certain plate.

"Of course, of course. Thank you so much," Kiina thanked.

"You are welcome. Ah, I'm sorry I'd love to stay more, but I have to get back to work." he replied, taking his apron off as he put on a tan jacket, "I will see you guys later." he pointed with his finger as if a gun and pretended to shoot as he walked to the door.

"Well, that was nice," Kiina noted with a smile as Flynn walked in with a yawn.

"Mornin', lil' sis," Flynn greeted, "Anything new this morning?"

"Oh, we had a person named Kaitoh who knows Kadoya make breakfast before leaving and seems to be as skilled if not more so than Nightshade in lockpicking magic-reinforced locks, stealth tactics in being able to not awaken lightly sleeping dragons and ninja elves despite a large amount of cooking, and seems to possibly use a gun for combat if his last gesture meant anything," Kiina replied casually.

"Ah...So an average Thursday?" Flynn asked.

"Yep."

"I smell food." Tsukasa already dressed spoke appearing besides them making them all jump.

"Hi, Kadoya!" Kiina greeted, "Do you know someone named Kaitoh?"

"Nope," he shook his head, "I was awoken by food that smelled good and came to steal it for myself."

"Ahh...So he's from before you lost your memories then," Kiina nodded to herself, "Well, this might be your world then considering he knew where to find you and make everyone breakfast."

"Hey...My favorite coffee mug's missing," Flynn noted.

"Hmm?" Tsukasa blinked, sitting at his chair before noticing that there was a card hidden under his cup of juice, "What's this…? 'Long time no see, Tsukasa. I hope your new life is a good one. I've been meaning to meet you again, but I have been busy with work as of late'..." he paused as Kiina and Flynn looked over his shoulder, "Uh…'The work of a Phantom Thief is never done. Tons of treasures to steal for my collection and tons of worlds to plunder of said treasure. I already stole Flynn's mug which I have appraised as the greatest treasure in this home for its sheer emotional value and thus making it worth more than any gold or gem within this humble abode.'" he finished, "You...you let a Master Thief into the house…"

"To be fair...Having a master thief at the house is typical since rehabilitating Nightshade," Kiina replied, "Now he steals from other thieves for amusement."

"And joke's on him. I won that mug at a carnival," Flynn chuckled, "...Then again, I won that mug at a carnival. Oh, that just gets on my nerves! I spent five thousand gold on that game of popping the balloons with darts for that mug!"

"Sheer emotional value...he's good," Tsukasa muttered, eating his food, "Now I'm worried what other friends I had...Next thing you know, a crazy Yandere ex of mine will chop the door down with a chainsaw…" he paused and looked at the door with them for a long while, "Oh thank god who may or may-not exist, it didn't happen."

"Agreed," foster brother and sister agreed with their friend from another world.

"Also...this food is good," Tsukasa spoke as he jammed a fork-full of pancakes into each of their mouths.

"Hmm…" Flynn swallowed first, "Wowzers! Not too shabby! Nice amount of fluffiness and the right touch of chew levels."

"I mean if this guy steals from us and leaves this food behind I might not care," Tsukasa added, "Can we give him the next most important item we have to make him stay?"

"Oi vey…" Kiina sighed.

"Oof...I ate too much…" Tsukasa groaned, patting his stomach as he and Kiina walked into the school to get back to their temporary jobs as teachers, "I shouldn't have stolen Yusuke's food."

"And this is why I let you do that," Kiina shook her head, "Otherwise you would have learned nothing."

"I've still learned nothing…" he replied, "Urg…" he groaned, "Regret...regret...I take it back...you are the wise one in our dynamic...I'm the punch people in the face one…"

"And don't you forget it," Kiina teased, "Now then, I'm off to my students to tell them who the sous chef is. As for you?" she reached into her pocket and pulled out a bottle of antacid, "Chew two of these and drink a cup of water."

"Thank you...ooh...I'm sorry, stomach...I love you...why won't you love me?" he groaned, walking into his class, "All of you teach yourselves while I die in the corner!"

"It's hard to believe the fate of the multiverse relies on that guy," Kiina giggled before opening the door to her class, her face sharp, "Alright! Time to get to cookin'!"

Everyone stood at attention to await their new assignment. They knew that today was the next step in Kiina's lesson plan. They were prepared for her to give them all their position in the kitchen and watch and see if they could perform their duties to perfection. But what they all worried about was what role everyone would get at the end of the class. Of course most had expectations for one role: the Sous Chef. None more so than Nakiri Erina.

"Very nice, all stations are prepared and ready to go," Kiina noted, "Good, good." she quickly handed out recipes to each table, "Finish 'em all before the timer goes off! Go on now! Get to cookin'!"

"We have confirmation on both targets," a man dressed in a black suit spoke using a hidden camera to spy on the class, "Awaiting optimal moment to collect."

=Good, I'm willing to bet it shouldn't be too hard. Two strong willed girls like that? I'm sure they'll clash eventually=

"Roger," the man replied, "...Though...I would like to ask one thing."

=Granted=

"Why does the God's Tongue need to be in the system?"

=The sense of taste she has can become so powerful, she'll eventually be unable to devour anything and require medicinal bags to inject vitamins into her body much like her mother does now. However, we can use that to make an analyzer for G4 that would break down everything in any opponent to maximize all attacks to be capable of taking them down=

"Right. Understood." he nodded turning off his communicator.

"Did you understand that logic?" his partner asked after a moment.

"Nnnope," he quickly replied.

"Good. Me neither. Then again, I never understand even a tenth of what they say," he chuckled.

"I don't even get how putting kids with...I guess Esper abilities makes a super suit stronger, but...I mean, I also don't get how the sun which gives us life...can also give us cancer...so...I just stay in my lane."

"Know what I don't get? How does that crow guy move his beak like he does? Shouldn't it just act more like a puppet mouth?"

"Hey, hey, hey. Guy's good at giving morale to everyone. Sure, the shouting at times is grating, but when was the last time anyone that got hurt in the base didn't get medical treatment in time thanks to him?"

"No like I'm not knocking the guy...but I mean...he has a beak...how does he slurp ramen the way he does...like...beaks can't slurp…" he argued, with an awkward shrug of his shoulders.

"...Okay, fair point. I've just been believing he's a real live Karasutengu, myself, to explain the stuff he does."

"You know...that would explain it...I mean, maybe a little bit of a dumber kind...but he's still a good...person...ninja...bird...Wow, this whole species thing makes it awkward."

"Yep. Oh, looks like they're finishing up." he turned back to the screen, "God this mission makes me hungry…"

"Better...much better," Kiina noted, looking over the dishes, "You managed to get all but one dish done. A vast improvement over yesterday. So...C Minus."

"Huh?!"

"It's the main dish you didn't finish. You think your customers will be all 'oh, it's just the main dish. It's not that important'? Heck no!" she informed the shocked class, "Each dish is a vital component, so your grade will reflect the necessity of each dish."

"Eh…" a good couple of the more vocally annoyed students complained. They clearly wanted to be graded on their individual work.

"Now hold your kitchen knives and turn down your stovetops, that's merely your cooperative grade. Each of you still have individual ones, but I ain't gonna be sayin' a thing 'bout them since they're meant to be between myself and the one gettin' graded," Kiina assured, "Now then, with all that cookin' done and observations bein' made? I think you all deserve to know who's gonna be the Sous Chef in this here class for the rest of time I'm here." the students tensed as she paced behind her desk, "Now I must say that pickin' it was both easy and difficult. However, a certain event held yesterday helped tip the scales."

Erina smirked at hearing that, 'The Shokugeki…'

"So congratulations are in order to…" Kiina seemed to approach Erina...before giving a bow to Hisako, "Ms. Arato for earning that position."

'...Eh?' Erina and Hisako thought in surprise and shock before the bell rang.

"All right. Dismissed and don't forget that chili recipe you all have to make still," Kiina informed as everyone began to leave until Erina and Hisako remained, "Hm? Free period, I suppose, you two?"

"Uhm…." Hisako mumbled, unsure of how to begin as she turned to Erina.

"I thought the Shokugeki was the turning point," Erina noted.

"Oh, it was. You see, prior to it you and Ms. Arato here were tied and I was going to be debating it with myself the entire time today," Kiina explained, "However, it was your performance during it that made me choose Ms. Arato over you, Ms. Nakiri."

"My performance? There was…"

"Several things wrong with it. For one, no respect for your opponent," Kiina interrupted Erina, "Instead of trying to encourage, you only chose callous remarks and listed the things that were wrong with your opponent's dish in a way that only enraged him. Not only that, but you needed to have something pointed out to you involving your agreement in that event. In a kitchen that you run, you have to be both tough but kind as well. You have to make them want to bring out everything they've got. Yet your attitude in that? It was nothing more than evidence to me that you don't have what it takes to be a sous chef, let alone a head chef or even a diner chef for that matter."

"Wh-what?" Erina stuttered in shock.

"I am not an expert on women...but uh-oh…" the agent muttered.

"This is some stuff that you need popcorn to watch," his partner muttered intently staring at the video feed.

"I feel a disturbance…" Tsukasa spoke, raising his head before pointing at the doors to Kiina's class, "Everyone avoid that classroom if you care for your lives."

"Hm?" the redhead pondered.

"That means you, genius," Tsukasa pulled him back by his headband.

"The way you act in a kitchen having people under you? I wouldn't even give it a half a day before someone quits from your attitude and barely a week before they all leave for someone with a better attitude," Kiina continued.

"Why you…" Erina growled before slamming her hands on the desk, "Who do you think you are?!"

"The teacher, of course," Kiina casually replied, "What I say goes, is it not?"

"You…" Erina continued to seeth in anger.

'Ah...she's got a very stubborn pride...not even Kadoya is this bad,' Kiina mentally complained, having a few guesses where this could lead next, "So it'll stay Ms. Arato as the Sous Chef for the remainder of my time here...well...unless there happens to be a competition of sorts that don't matter if a student's fightin' a teacher." she mentally smirked on seeing Erina's look, 'Got her.'

"I demanded a Shokugeki!" Erina declared, "My victory? You make me the Sous Chef in your 'kitchen' here."

"Very well. But should I win, you fail the entire course and repeat the year," Kiina informed, "Also, I do thank you for challenging me instead of the other way around."

"Huh? Wh…" Erina began before Hisako gasped.

"Ah, Ms. Arato gets it. Your challenge, but I decide the dish. It'll be two parts: a cake and...a bowl of chili," Kiina informed.

"What...such conflicting types of dishes?" Erina blinked for a moment.

"Two conflicting forces; spicy and sweet. But if you can make them work together, form a harmony between the two? Why, there's no stoppin' the possibilities," Kiina smirked, "Shall we say tonight at seven?"

"Very well!" Erina responded.

"Oh dear…" Hisako muttered.

"Report it! Report it! Report it!" the goofier agent snapped at his partner as they fumbled with their gear.

"I'm reporting! I'm reporting! Hoo boy...Of course the one who decided the way this will work chose something so unusual; she's the one with magic," he muttered as he quickly contacted his superior, "Urgent update. Both will be performing a Shokugeki tonight at seven. I repeat, Shokugeki at seven tonight."

=Received. Roger that=

"Ah…" they sighed, leaning back.

"Hmm...that sounds important," Kaitoh spoke, appearing behind them. The two turned to see him only to pale at realizing how easily he surprised them.

"Are you gonna hurt us now?" the goofy one asked.

"Oh...it must hurt being so right all the time," Kaitoh pouted as he grabbed them both by the scruff of their suits and dragged them away. After a few moments, Kaitoh walked out dressed in one of their suits as he fixed the jacket, "Thank you, boys." he smiled, twirling around their car keys and ID cards.

"You...are really clever when you need to be," Tsukasa spoke as he sat down with Kiina, "Why do you just let bad guys kidnap you again?"

"After you've been kidnapped so many times, you just tend to roll with it. Plus, each time does let you learn a bit more about those who kidnap you and you eventually start seeing patterns in the kidnappers," Kiina noted, "Plus, they tend to be thrown off when they learn I have my own bag and that there's a book in it that I read during said kidnapping. Though I do make sure to change it whenever I finish the book."

"That...is a clever way to get some reading done," Tsukasa muttered, "I just use my freaky body's abilities to speed read all your books."

"I still don't buy it...he just flips the pages over super fast," Flynn spoke up.

"I shall spoil that book you are reading," Tsukasa threatened.

"Now that is just cruel."

"Okay...I fixed the plumbing...and the electrical wiring!" Yusuke shouted as he walked in, his clothing dirty and covered in dirt and grease stains.

"Really? Oh finally! I thought it was impossible to fully fix it after Great Uncle Fergus used it ten years ago," Flynn noted.

"Oh, it was a trial, that's for sure...For some reason, someone tried to fix everything using nothing but duct tape," Yusuke sighed, "Man...was that a sticky mess…"

"..." Tsukasa looked over at Flynn, who proceeded to point at a blushing Kiina, "...Really?"

"Ma always said 'The best way to fix anything that ain't a relationship or friendship is duct tape,'" Kiina sheepishly replied.

"Well, I mean...some things...but you tried to hold water pipes together with it…" Yusuke laughed, "Ah...I had to replace a lot of piping...I needed to make some out of those stronger than steel crystals I found in the magic room we made."

"Stronger th...You forged Traptanium?!" Hugo gawked.

"Ah...uh, I guess so…" Yusuke muttered, "I just turned into Kuuga and superheated my hands...then after a while, it became easy."

"Strongest Kamen Rider that could destroy planets," Tsukasa reminded, "Well, in terms of raw power and sheer strength. It's not like he can snap his fingers and make things go poof...He still needs to hit stuff."

"Well, consider that a new talent you've added," Hugo noted, "Because normally you can only carve and forge Traptanium with Traptanium."

"Whoo!" Yusuke cheered.

"So wait...he fixed the house with the stuff?" Flynn asked.

"Yep...lots of things." Yusuke smiled, "I also reinforced the windows and doors with it."

"OW!" Spyro shouted, "The door hit me back…blarg..."

"You do anything else?" Tsukasa asked.

"Yes...I installed new towel racks," he smiled, "Three tiers for taller, normal height, and lower to the ground folks who live here…"

"Kablam, is there anything you can't do?" Tessa asked.

"Confess my feelings to the girl I like." he spoke with a face of looking off into the distance of regret.

"A man who has faced rosen from the dead mutants with god-like powers over nature with similar powers as he himself evolves from human to an altogether new species." Tsukasa spoke, "And his one wkeness is...girls...He's an idiot."

"Oh, I don't know. We are quite the mystery to you boys," Tessa noted.

"Yep," Kiina agreed as the two shared a low five.

"I would like to argue that I am a snarky jerk with a pension for saying everything in sarcasm," Tsukasa argued, "That argument is invalid to me. And a second point: have everything for tonight, Kiina?"

"Yep!" Kiina replied.

"For what?" Yusuke asked.

"She got challenged to a cooking battle by a student who doesn't like her," Tsukasa explained.

"Well it's...huh...actually, it's not that much more complicated," Kiina muttered, "Ah, I might need to show up early. Dinner's in the fridge so just pop it into the oven to reheat it."

"Good luck, sis," Flynn smirked as the two shared a high five.

"Can do, big bro," Kiina assured, "Cynder, Stealth Elf."

"If things get to crazy call us or Shouichi!" Tsukasa called out as the ninja elf vanished while Cynder hid in Kiina's shadow.

"I wonder what he's up to," Kiina muttered.

"Hmm…" Shouichi and Soma intently stared at one another from across the table. The two held up spatulas and ladles as they seemed to strike silly martial arts poses.

"Your mistake, young one, was entering my domain…" Shouichi spoke as the two began cooking.

"You'll see, I shall prove my worth," Soma replied as they continued to act out this odd...Old Kung Fu movie parody scene.

"Should we be concerned?"

"For who?"

"Good point."

"I only come here to eat food," Ryo replied, sitting in the living room reading someone's Jump magazine.

"I must say, two days in a row for Ms. Nakiri?" the elder that had been on the judging panel with Kiina in the previous Shokugeki noted as he sat by two other judges, "And against someone she had been judged on in the last one at that?"

"This is such a bout of confidence I must say. This may be interesting," the other judge spoke, "But also rather prideful."

"Unique as well, considering they're making two contrasting dishes with only a few hours of preparation time," the third judge added.

"A pro chef who I hear is an expert on the latter dish. She even chose the dishes, so she clearly chose her specialties," the second Judge spoke, "She must be coming prepared."

"Cook well, Ms. Nakiri," Kiina spoke, tipping her hat to the teen.

"Oh, I'll do more than that," Erina replied.

"Ah…" Kiina sighed, "This is going to be a long afternoon…" she smiled a little, "Though, it has been a while since I last did a cooking competition. The last one was against the chef that taught me how to make that chili."

Kiina paused in her preparation as she saw Kaitoh waving to her before he pointed to a bunch of guys in black suits with sunglasses. He then gave a thumbs up for good luck as he dashed off to join them. Now normally, one would wonder why a thief warned her of them...but she was starting to think he was a lot more complex than expected. Still, at least she knew that she was being watched. Why was he pretending to be a secret agent then became the main topic in her mind. Best she could come up with...they had something he really wanted.

'Is she spacing out over there!? D...Does she not take me seriously?!' Erina thought in anger, 'It's that Sohma all over again!'

'Ah she's upset and not focusing...Wait, I'm not focusing...Oh that explains it...oopsies,' Kiina realized as she got back to work. Luckily, Kaitoh's little distraction wasn't anything bad; if anything, it helped time fly for her ingredient pre-prep.

"Seems everything's in place," the elder judge noted.

"The Elder chef seems to be utterly relaxed...she even spaced out a little during the preparation of her ingredients," the second judge spoke, "I feel the gap in professionalism is far too wide here."

"But between whom is not what one would expect," the third nodded.

As the clock ticked down and the two worked their way to adapting their challenge as best they could, everyone watched with anticipation and concern. They found some of the techniques Kiina used to be rather interesting, possibly due to how she learned her tricks seemed eccentric (such as asking someone to take a tray of freshly-cut ingredients and hold them outside for a few minutes). But the smells that began filling the air could not deny it was working. The secret agents who sat in the back began to get sucked into the event as well...not noticing Kaitoh passing the time by swapping all their ID badges and picking their pockets.

"Really...only 200 yen...you are one cheap man, Yamada…" Kaitoh mumbled to himself.

"Huh? You say something?"

"Anyone want drinks? I'm making a drink run," Kaitoh smiled as he held up their own money without them even knowing it was such.

'To work on two dishes that are completely different at the same time is a difficult task for beginners,' Kiina thought as she removed eggs from the fridge behind her and quickly separated the yolks and whites before whisking both in separate bowls, 'But to those with experience…' she tossed the two bowls straight up into the air, startling those watching as she quickly stirred the chili while adding another ingredient before catching the bowls and poured them both into a mixed as it ran, 'It's nothing much.'

'How can she handle two things at once like that...is this what it means to be a pro?' Erina thought as she struggled to handle both to the same extent as Kiina, if she could focus on one at a time she was sure she'd have a chance to win...but with the limited time which was quickly winding down...that was impossible.

'The ingredients she's been using for the chili...seems she was able to figure out most of the ingredients,' Kiina thought, 'But this recipe…is forever incomplete.'

"Gah, I just don't get it…" one of the men in suits groaned, "How will cake taste good after all that spicy stuff in the chili?"

"We'll just have to wait and see," Kaitoh replied as cooking soon finished, "Oya...lets see how skilled you are, Tsukasa's new traveling friend…"

"Hmm?" the judges blinked as the two finished their presentation work for their plates.

'With all those tricks she pulled, I was expecting something far more grand,' the second judge thought, 'And yet…' he looked at the three bowls of chili before Kiina with a plate sporting a small cake in several colors beside each bowl, 'They seem quite plain.'

'So simple...I know presentation isn't meant to be such a deciding factor...but still...could she have some plan for this?' the third Judge pondered, 'But yet the smell from both of them are...so enticing…'

"Please enjoy," Kiina spoke with a gentle smile.

"..." the Elderly judge started to eat first as he tasted the chili, 'Nanto...What an amazingly strong flavor! It's savory and spicy...but there is a texture that makes it easier to stand the two extremes...soka...cheese! Its creamy texture makes it easier to eat the strong flavors by adding its own subtle flavor!'

'The vegetables she used in this along with the cheese…You can barely even notice them, yet they only further bring out the taste of this!' the second thought before speaking aloud, "Tell me, why did ask for your diced and cut ingredients to be taken outside for five minutes?"

"Ah, it's because there's a nice breeze today after the light rain this morning," Kiina replied, "Letting nature aide in cooking is something I was taught by my mother and letting the air blow through the ingredients open up parts within them to bring out more flavor than merely being indoors the entire time."

"Sugoi...It doesn't sound like it makes sense...but the results are clear as day…" the third Judge muttered.

"I've been told that quite a bit, even by the chef who taught me this chili I made today," Kiina noted.

"Amazing...He taught you so well...What about the cake? Did he also teach you how to make it?" the Elder Judge asked as he picked up the fork to eat it with.

"No. This was the desert that I made that left him speechless," Kiina replied as the elder took a bite only for his eyes to widen.

'Spice? No...there's more to it. Sweetness, a hint of bitterness...it's as if all of my taste buds are working in unison!' he thought, 'She whisked the two parts of the eggs separately to bring out a greater fluffiness within and then further whisked them together to further it, giving more room within for these explosions of...of harmonic flavoring!'

'Nani kore...This amount of harmony between two dishes that should not work together in unison,' The second judge thought as he ate, 'This girl...truly is a pro. If this is truly some of her best...then she should be better known. Why is it we are just meeting her as a simple substitute teacher here?'

'Masaka…Could she be...noir?' the third thought as she paused in her eating, "Boomer-san, are you…?"

"Hm? I'm just a simple substitute teacher who enjoys cooking for others," Kiina replied.

'No...she's too open and honest to be a noir,' the third thought, 'Still...this cool feeling of the cake...it feels as if my stomach is being soothed and readied for another round of the chili.'

"Uwah! I...I understand now...There's frozen fruits, spices, and herbs within this cake," the second realized, "Already cold, as they thaw, they spread it throughout the cake."

"I'm really glad we were provided blast freezers," Kiina noted, "While half went to the chili, the other I placed in there to let it be mixed into the cream between layers. The ginseng and mint were mixed into the cake to help calm the stomach from the chili with the melons and bananas inside of the cream helps soothe anyone getting heartburn from the chili. The banana also does extra work by aiding in digestion so you can enjoy more of either food."

"I see…" the elder noted, "The fire, wind, and earth within the chili...they're aided by the water and life of the cake. It feels as if magic itself is within these two dishes."

"A truly harmonious delight!" the trio decreed.

"Hmm...not bad…" Kaitoh smirked upon hearing that, "You can handle yourself well in the kitchen, Kiina-chan...I'm almost jealous...as if!" he laughed, "Demo...I'm glad Tsukasa found someone who offsets him...maybe this time he won't go off the wrong end this time." he looked over at Erina, "I'm sure she's skilled...but I bet even a girl as skilled as her can't perform as many tasks at once."

'The way the judges are...How could she do this to them so easily?' Erina pondered before being startled a little when Kiina held up another small bowl and small cake to her.

"Would you care to try?" Kiina offered.

"Eh?" Erina blinked, "Are you trying to say it's pointless to try?"

"Nope," Kiina smiled, "Just offering you a taste." she replied, her smile never leaving, "I just thought it'd be nice to try each others work and be civil. My mother always told me that cooking is just another way to help others connect."

'Nanda...that sounds like something Yukihira would say…' Erina mentally complained as she looked at the food presented to her.

Despite her strong front and pride, the truth was a part of her really wanted to try Kiina's cooking again. The first time she tasted it, it left a powerful impression. If this was her cooking more seriously...how much better could it be? Her mind asked such things again and again. In the audience, the men tasked with kidnapping the two were startled by a crackle of their radios.

=What is taking so long?!= the superior demanded into their earpieces =Get them here already!=

"Ya know there is...kind of a bigger crowd of people then we expected…" one of them replied, "Like uh...sporting event huge…"

"I have an idea...let's cut the power and take them in sacks!" Kaitoh replied.

=Fine. Do that. Just get them= their superior groaned.

"Leave it to me!" Kaitoh smirked before running off. As the others just questioned what happened, Kaitoh was able to wave and get Kiina's attention, he struggled for a moment before, using charades to try and tell her that First: The lights were about to go out, and Second: They were going to take her and Erina as soon as they did.

'...Ah. Maybe I should've made a lot more so everyone here could enjoy a slice of cake and a bowl,' Kiina thought.

Kaitoh, sure she misunderstood, slumped his head before he motioned to her pocket. He then made the motion of throwing something over someone's head...and lifting them over his shoulder.

'Oh, I think I'm about to be kidnapped again. ...Has it been a week already?' Kiina pondered before lightly tapping the floor twice by the shadow of her cooking area when no one was paying attention to her.

Kaitoh was sure she got it that time and moved away from turn out the lights. As soon as they went out, everyone began to panic from the shock. Many began to mutter as they reached for their pockets to take out their phones to try and bring some light. Unaware, the agents moved in the darkness and quickly completed their task of grabbing both girls and carrying them out before anyone could fully regain their senses.

"Unhand me this instant!" Erina snapped.

"Shoot! We forgot to get bags!" one of them panicked.

"Um...I have my own," Kiina noted...causing the kidnappers, Erina, and even Kaitoh to pause and slowly turn their heads to her.

"What?" one asked before Kiina reached into her hat and pulled her kidnapping bag out, "...What?"

"Do you have any idea how often I get kidnapped?" Kiina questioned as she got into it and handed the rope to the top of her bag to one of the men.

"A gift horse as the saying goes…" one muttered.

"Hai, hai. In the truck," Kaitoh waved them in while scooping Erina into another bag, 'She has her own kidnapping bag...Tsukasa continues to surprise me. Did not know he was into that.'

"I get the feeling someone just took something wrong about something Kiina does...and aimed it at me," Tsukasa muttered, an eye twitching.

"Oh...his sixth sense is getting stronger," the others all awed.

"I'm not a roadside attraction…" Tsukasa spoke, "Demo...I think Kiina got kidnapped again."

"And you would be correct," Stealth Elf replied, popping in behind Tsukasa in a puff of green smoke, "Cynder's still in her shadow, so she has someone with her in case she needs someone until we get there."

"Wow. It's been a week already?" Pop Fizz asked.

"You time how long it takes her to get kidnapped?" Yusuke asked.

"Well time to get to the rescue her part…" Tsukasa sighed, "Let's go."

"Should we get Shouichi-san and the others?" Yusuke asked.

"Why not…" Tsukasa sighed once again, "Part of me should get used to calling on others to help save her…"

"A wise choice," a voice noted, making Yusuke turn with wide eyes.

"Sensei!" Yusuke beamed.

"How can you be so calm ab-are you reading a book?!" Erina demanded, her head the only thing out of her bag while Kiina's entire upper half was.

"It's getting to a good part," Kiina replied, glancing at her behind a pair of reading glasses.

"This feels odd...what kind of play are you and Tsukasa into…?" Kaitoh sighed as he sat across from them, "Masaka...is this your thing?"

"Eh…?" Erina blinked, "Are you trying to have a conversation with your captive?"

"Well, at face value it looks like that…" Kaitoh pouted as he leaned back, "But really I'm a pretty nice guy who'd never hurt a woman...unless...you know she stood in the way of something I really wanted...but that's pretty rare."

"Play?" Kiina pondered, "I don't think he could stay still long enough to enjoy going to one...unless maybe it had a lot of action scenes with good performers."

"How pure and innocent…" Kaitoh snorted, turning his head to the side, "Have you even realized the amount of dirty jokes Tsukasa has made around you?"

"Several times," Kiina replied, "It's why his, ugh, coffee sometimes has pepper extract snuck into it."

"Not a fan of the drink?"

"I get sick when I drink coffee," Kiina replied.

"Hm...I can relate. Not much of a caffeine man myself…" Kaitoh muttered, "Doesn't agree with you when your thing is you're really fast…"

'Is she really making friends with our kidnappers?!' Erina thought in shock.

"By the way, Kiina...what's your phone number? I should probably tell Tsukasa where to find you…" Kaitoh rambled as he raised his arm up and elbowed the other agent right in the face, knocking him out for this part.

"Oh no need. After the fifth time, I had a chip put in my back for the Skylanders to track me," Kiina replied.

"Skylanders?" Erina repeated.

"Ah right…" Kaitoh blinked in remembrance as he turned to Erina, "We kidnapped the kid, too...Might as well fill her in on that part. Don't want her screaming when your friends save you." he explained to Kiina, "Though how well she'll believe the truth...is up for debate…"

"Truth? What?"

"Well, since you were kind enough to knock out your co-workers, though I'm not really sure you're really working for the one they work for or not, I might as well," Kiina noted as she took off her reading glasses while closing her book, "What I am going to tell you is something only a few people on Earth know of..."

"Alright, I have her signal," Trigger Happy noted from his bike, decked out in his stunt performer outfit, "Let's go! Let's go! Go-go-go-go~! Ahahahahahaha~!"

"We should be careful," Tsukasa spoke from his bike, "These are some paramilitary group afterall. They might have underpaid guards we need to knock out...before getting to any real threats."

"Is anyone else weirded out that the gremlin summoned a bike out of nowhere and has a flashy stunt outfit?" Gills demanded.

"Our bikes change with us…" Agito argued, "I just kinda went off that it's a similar concept."

"Oi, Tsukasa, why aren't you transformed?" Kuuga asked.

"Someone has to sneak in dressed as a guard to save the girls, don't they?" he argued, "You three and the crazy ones are my distraction to get in."

"He means you…" Trigger Happy whispered loudly to Gills, the Rider turning to him in annoyance.

"Why you…" Gills began.

"Ooh! Ramp!" Trigger Happy squeed as he turned quickly and shot off a collapsed sign, resulting in spinning around in the air with a wild cackle, "WHEEEEEEEEE~!"

"...And we're stuck with him because…?" Gills questioned.

"Because Eruptor's bike is made of magma and would've melted the roads, Stealth Elf's helicopter is made of greenery and would've been obvious, Pop Fizz has a boat and wouldn't be able to use it on land if Kiina's kidnappers are taking her to a base on land, and Jet-Vak's jet is too wild looking to be inconspicuous. Also no one wanted to drive Trigger Happy's bike because the last time someone not as crazy as him drove, they set a forest on fire from pressing the wrong button," Tsukasa replied, "...Man, they have a lot of vehicles."

"I would be more concerned about how you are so used to that nonsense that it's like talking about years of history…" Gills argued.

"Eh, I spent a night in a magic journal that talked about the day they got the vehicles and some crazy moments about said vehicles," Tsukasa replied with a shrug.

"Let's just trust nothing will surprise us!" Kuuga cheered.

"Baka!" Tsukasa and Gills snapped.

"Why are you two mad? This seems easy enough," Agito noted.

"Another baka!" both snapped while Trigger Happy was doing a wheelie on the back right wheel of his bike.

"Let's just go…" Tsukasa sighed, taking off down the road.

"And that brings us to this world where we met Shouichi and Kaitoh," Kiina sighed, finishing her story as Kaitoh messed with the other agent by drawing on his face.

"I...that all sounds like made up nonsense," Erina replied.

"Told ya so~" Kaitoh sang.

"True…" Kiina noted before smiling while taking one of Erina's hands and gently placed her hand on Erina's open palm while her sleeves were rolled up, "Then perhaps a demonstration of one thing will help prove it."

"Excuse me?" Erina asked before her eyes widened on seeing Kiina's hand glow for a few moments before she removed it, revealing a stone sculpture of a purple starburst was now in it that was too big to have hidden in Kiina's hand, "?!"

"Small things like this won't exhaust me, but summoning a Skylander or trying to repeat what I did in mine and Big Bro's house would easily knock me out for a bit," Kiina noted before muttering, "I really should've done those inner magic strengthening lessons…"

"Ah...we've arrived, back in the sacks," Kaitoh spoke as the vehicle came to a stop.

"Very well," Kiina replied before pulling her bag back up over her head, "Hopefully I can finish this chapter before we arrive to whoever wants us."

"No promises…" Kaitoh muttered as he put the other agent against his seat as if he'd passed out asleep.

Everyone then turned to the doors as they were opened.

"Did you get both of them like ordered?" a woman asked.

"Why yes we did...man would they not shut up," Kaitoh sighed while jumping out, "Also the other guy passed out." he pointed to the other agent who fell over with a snort of surprise.

"Let's take them down to see if we can use their abilities for the G4 system," she spoke, "I want the tests done as soon as possible…"

"Hai, hai," Kaitoh replied before hefting both sacks over his shoulders.

"Watch it!" Erina barked from her sack while the other faintly had the sound of a page turning.

"Was that a book…?" the woman asked.

"What'd I miss?" the agent asked as he had a large handlebar mustache drawn on his face.

"This is why we don't fall asleep in the car…" the woman sighed while walking off.

"This is it…" Kaitoh grunted while putting the sacks down, "Okay, you can get out now, or rather you could have at the stairs...carrying people down stairs is not as easy as romantic comedies make it look."

"You could have said so…" Kiina argued, "Though I do admit it was mostly my fault. That last chapter was just so interesting."

"Are you not going to question who he really is?" Erina asked.

"He's Kaitoh…" Kiina replied.

"I'm Kaitoh…" he smirked.

"See?" Kiina smiled as she motioned to him, causing her handcuffs to jingle, "Oh, right. These on our wrists."

"...I knew there was something I forgot," Kaitoh mumbled.

"Are you kidding me?!" Erina gawked.

"No worries. Acid can melt these easily," Kiina noted, "Cynder, if you'd please?"

"Cinder?" Erina repeated before Cynder emerged from Kiina's shadow and bit down on the chain of Erina's handcuffs, "?!"

Steam hissed from the gaps in her jaws before she pulled back, revealing the chains of the handcuffs had melted away.

"You're welcome," Cynder noted before doing the same for Kiina's.

"You...I...Wha...Y-You're a dragon!" Erina gawked.

"And you're a teenager with good cooking skills," Cynder replied.

"If it helps...just pretend this was all a dream after," Kaitoh replied, "I mean I say that but...I bet you're gonna see a LOT of stuff around here. Some of it pretty creepy." he wiggled his fingers for comical emphasis, "Well good luck...I got a very expensive computer chip to rip out of someone's helmet."

"Well he was a nice guy," Kiina noted once he left, "Cynder, did you make a note of where we went getting here?"

"Not really," Cynder replied.

"...Huh?"

"I was in your shadow. The moment your shadow was in the bag, I got stuck in the bag," Cynder explained.

"...Ohh…" Kiina cringed.

'I was going to lose...to her,' Erina thought with a sweatdrop.

"If you wait long enough, Tsukasa will randomly misadventure himself into your path," Kaitoh called out as he kept walking, taking off the suit and revealing the set of normal street clothing he had on underneath.

"Okay. Thanks!" Kiina thanked.

"You can't believe that…" Erina muttered.

"I don't know, Kadoya gets into a lot of misadventures," Kiina muttered.

"Where the hell am I?" Tsukasa blinked lost in a room of cryogenically frozen people, "Man, I am lost as heck…" he walked out, "Oh...This is the freezing pods for super soldiers...Man, I am just in the wrong place." he fixed his fake glasses meant for his disguise, he then blinked a few times seeing some people walk down the hall, one clearly non-human figure in particular getting his attention, "Oh, it can not be that easy…"

"What a dangerous plague," Tae Kwon Krow noted, looking at the pods, "And you are sure that we currently have no cure?"

"Unfortunately," the young woman walking ahead of him replied, wearing a military uniform with her black hair reaching down past her shoulders, "It's why we keep them in cryostasis to prevent it from spreading until we can make a cure."

"Infected?" Tsukasa spoke in interest, "Shady…" he mused walking after them, before walking back the other way, "Right...Kiina...then mystery." as he walked, he pondered, 'How are those guys doing up there anyway?'

"Gyahahahahaha~!" Trigger Happy cackled as he jumped about, shooting coins that were caught on fire at soldiers, "Dance, dance, dance-dance-dance!-!"

"Ah! Why is he shooting us with money?!" a soldier panicked.

"Yokai are real! And they like stunt performances from America!" another freaked.

"Pull yourselves together! It's just one little orange thing!" another barked before a metal-covered flipper tapped his shoulder, "Huh?" he spun around, "?!"

"Oh, don't get excited over seeing me so close," King Pen chuckled, "Just relax and…" he exhaled, freezing the soldier up to his neck in a block of ice, "...chill."

"...That penguin taught you?" Agito asked, having two soldiers in a headlock nearby.

"Yep!" Kuuga replied happily as he changed to Kuuga Pegasus and picked up a gun, "Had issues blowing up entire streets and then I met Sensei one day and he helped big time."

"Well thank god that's fixed," Gill spoke, tripping and stepping over a soldier, burying his face in the dirt for a second, "Also I feel bad fighting normal humans while empowered."

"True...but one benefit is..." Agito began as bullets bounced off all of them, "Bullet proof armor."

"True," Kuuga and Gills spoke.

"Just thump them and make sure they aren't badly hurt," Agito spoke taking the helmet off a soldier and thumping his head making him fall over like a sack of bricks.

"Should we tell them that?" Gills asked before a trail of skeleton arms came out of the ground that grabbed soldiers and pulled them to King Pen, who froze them, and then past a nude Trigger Happy...who would lick them in the face until his tongue touched the ice of one and pulled him off with the soldier, "...Nevermind. ...And did that wolf guy summon skeletons?!"

"I know, right?! So cool!" Kuuga exclaimed.

"...How did that Trigger Happy hide them in his bike?" Agito pondered.

"Magic?" Kuuga asked, raising his hand and smacking the back of his fist into a soldier's face, knocking him over.

"Best excuse I can believe," Gills spoke, growing his claw blade and slashing a rifle to pieces before headbutting the soldier.

"I feel like we are overdue for a curveball," Agito sighed.

"Buth we'we not playthin bathbaww!" Trigger Happy noted, tongue still stuck to a chunk of ice as he slid over on said chunk.

"There is is…" Agito spoke as he heard footsteps; he turned to see G4 walking towards them.

G4 put his missile battery weapon down as he popped his neck.

"Oh, now this bloke sure seems like he means business," Wolfgang noted, adjusting his bone harp's strings.

"So...we doing this?" he moved his hand to his hip grabbing at his gun.

"Blinth it on!" Trigger Happy cheered before firing several gold coins at G4, which simply bounced off his armor, "...Uh-oh."

"My turn," he quickly pulled the gun off and began shooting as Agito and Kuuga jumped forward to take the bullets.

"Crikey!" Wolfgang yelped as he began to sprint to dodge the shots while King Pen blocked with his armored flippers while coating them in thick ice.

"It's quite interesting," King Pen noted, "Despite several differences, it does remind me of your armor, Kuuga."

"Military grade material," G4 explained, "Built to last."

"He's so fast with that gun…" Kuuga grunted.

"Why don't I have a gun form…?" Agito grunted.

"Your armor's fine!" Kuuga complained as his was healing itself, unlike Agito's who had no damage besides maybe a few scuff marks.

"Hey, Gillth! Gillth!" Trigger Happy called.

"What?" Gills asked.

"Th'w me in th' air!" Trigger Happy spoke.

"...Eh?"

"Eer!" Trigger Happy grunted as he pulled his tongue off, "Throw me in the air! The air! Airairair-hahahaha!"

"Whatever you say," Gills said before swinging his leg and punting him straight up into the air.

"What now?" G4 pondered as he looked up at the orange gremlin...who pulled out a solid gold rocket, '...Oh, don't tell me he's from that Skylands place, too…'

"Rocket Ride!" Trigger Happy cackled in absolute glee while he waved a cowboy hat as the rocket ignited and shot down towards G4.

'Yep! He's from that stupid crow's world!' G4 thought, barely jumping out of the way as it collided and went up in a gold-tinted explosion while Trigger Happy shot out of the smoke, still laughing madly as he fell and landed on his face before the Riders.

"..." he jumped up, still laughing and jumped around them, "Again-again-again!"

"Well...that was something..." Gills muttered.

"I am starting to hate these things…" G4 muttered as he grabbed his Gigant and plugged it into his belt, "Okay...I normally don't like this game...but mine's bigger." he spoke, twisting the dial on his left hip as all four rockets activated.

"The bloke just had to invoke Murphy's Law…" Wolfgang groaned.

Cynder poked her head around a corner. Looking down it, she nodded before looking the other way and nodded again.

"The coast is clear," Cynder informed.

"This place is huge...How will we find a way out?" Erina asked as they walked out.

"Cynder, didn't you stay in my shadow and keep an eye out?" Kiina asked.

"I did, but I hid in your shadow, not the bag's shadow," Cynder replied, "So I have nothing on where to go."

"Of course," Kiina sighed.

"So we either keep looking until we find an exit or we stumble upon a soldier who...I assume won't be able to beat your dragon...friend?" Erina said slowly, still unsure of how any of this worked and was getting tired of denying it was happening, for which she got a nod from both anyway as to her guess, "Is there a third option?"

"There always is," Kiina replied as they continued down the hallway, "Hopefully, we can find the…" they turned the corner in time to run into Tae Kwon Crow, "Hawkmongous?"

"The Portal Mistress? Here?" Tae Kwon Crow asked in surprise.

"A Karasu Tengu… Why am I not even surprised…?" Erina sighed.

"Who dares to not be surprised by Tae Kwon Crow, Ninja Sensei of the Fire Element?!" Tae Kwon Crow demanded.

"A Sensei?!" Kiina gasped.

"Of course he'd be one…" Cynder facepalmed, "How did you get here?"

"A good man by the name of Shiro saved me," he replied, "He brought me here and his superior, Fukawa, explained to me what they do here; creating a suit of armor to be worn to help protect the innocent! I couldn't just refuse, so I've been helping as much as I can!" he raised a brow, "Though, why you are here and not in Skylands is another question entirely. In the company of the Nakiri heiress to boot."

"Should I or will she?" Erina asked Cynder as she motioned to Kiina.

"We were kidnapped in the middle of a competition and brought here," Kiina explained, "A new friend named Kaitoh saved us by disguising himself as a worker here."

"What?! Who dares to kidnap innocents in the middle of an honorable competition?!" Tae Kwon Crow growled as he whipped out a pair of saw-like shuriken that ignited in his hands, startling Erina.

"Well...for lack of a simpler term...you guys," Cynder sighed.

"Who?"

"The people you're helping…" she sighed.

"WHAT?!" the crow gawked before rapid footsteps echoed in the halls before both sides were filled with troops, guns aimed at them, "What is going on here?"

"How did they escape?" one asked more annoyed than anything.

"I don't care! Get them back in their cells," another ordered.

"I bet it was the crow that helped them out," Another spoke.

"Wait, what?"

"That makes sense…"

Before more could be said, a pipe suddenly exploded, blasting them with steam. As they all cried in pain, the sounds of something bashing against helmets was heard. After a few moments the steam began to subside as Tsukasa walked forward, holding a giant monkey wrench. He tossed it over his shoulder, letting it land and bonk the last soldier, knocking him out.

"So...did you miss me?" Tsukasa smiled at Kiina.

"Kadoya!" Kiina beamed as she ran over, "We found a Sensei! Kadoya, this is Hawkmongous, better known as Tae Kwon Crow," Kiina introduced, "Tae Kwon Crow, this is Kadoya!"

"Tsukasa."

"...You said your last name first when you introduced yourself, didn't you?" the Ninja Sensei asked.

"I'm starting to regret ever introducing myself at all..." Tsukasa sighed, "But enough about my problems that keep me up at night, let's get out of here before they send that freaky G4 after our butts. And in my case, my butt is too fine to get captured."

"Do not insult my friend like that," Tae Kwon Crow scowled, narrowing his eyes.

"...Eh?" Tsukasa raised a brow.

"Shiro saved my life and we've been on many a mission together," Tae Kwon Crow replied, "He even helped me with figuring out how to not ignite paper on fire with my shuriken while they are lit while I've helped him with exercises to help him get used to that armor."

"Used to?" Kiina asked.

"G4 is like a walking coffin…" Tsukasa explained, "The suit puts too much stress on the human muscular system, and its AI is too strong that it causes painful strain to the user. Really...the Armor just needs a human inside the suit...It'll do the rest by itself...even if the wearer can't keep up…"

"...What?" the crow asked in shock.

"That's barbaric!" Erina gasped.

"It's a weapon...and at this moment inperfected," Tsukasa sighed, "But it's this group's shot at success and the users are...just that patriotic."

"But...it's killing them…" Kiina added.

"A soldier vowed to give their lives for their nation," Tsukasa added, "This to them...is also part of that vow. They believe honestly by giving their lives they can make a difference. They don't speak out against the horrible things their superiors do...because they have to believe it's for the greater good. Or else...what was the point of their actions?"

"If this armor really does kill its user...Then Shiro…" Tae Kwon Crow's eyes widened, "This way!"

"Huh?" Erina asked.

"The main exit is this way," Tae Kwon Crow replied, "Shiro went up to deal with attackers while I was supposed to go see Fukami, but if it really will kill him...Then it's more important to get him out of that armor!"

"Should we trust him?" Erina asked.

"I mean...he knows the way out at least." Tsukasa argued in logic she couldn't dispute.

"Of course we do," Kiina replied, following the crow with Cynder, "He's going to help his friend. That's more than good enough for me."

"I'm just gonna stick to my logic," Tsukasa smiled as Erina sighed in agreement before the two ran after them.

"Okay, I am getting really annoyed!" Gills barked behind a thick wall of ice and bones with the others.

"Hoo boy! Those tools of the bloke's ain't messin' about!" Wolfgang exclaimed as another explosion made several bones shatter into wisps of darkness.

"He's right...his are bigger!" Kuuga groaned, holding his head.

"You okay?" Agito asked.

"Super hearing...oh, the ringing!"

"Wait you can't turn that off?" Agito asked.

"...You can turn it off!?" Kuuga snapped.

"Next time, put ear plugs in before you put your armor on," King Pen scolded before part of the ice broke off, showing G4 aiming his rocket launcher at them from the other side.

"Let's see if you can take the other two," G4 spoke, reaching for his hip dial again.

"He's gonna shoot again," Agito spoke as he slapped both sides of his belt, changing his left arm blue and his right arm red.

"Think you guys could make another wall?" Gills asked.

"Or would running be better?" Kuuga asked powering up his Titan form to Rising Titan.

"We can," both replied.

"Whoo-hoo! Yeahyeahyeah! Let's go! Gogogogo!" Trigger Happy whooped, doing a backflip, "Make a hole! Holeholehole!"

"A hole?" King Pen asked.

"...Oh, yeah. I know what the bloke's thinkin'," Wolfgang noted, playing a few notes and causing a curled up spine in the wall to vanish, "There ya go."

"Yeahyeahyeah!" Trigger Happy cackled as he aimed both guns through the hole at G4.

"...What's he doing?" Agito asked before they saw a golden light shining through the ice parts of the wall.

"Golden Yamato Blast!" Trigger Happy cheered before pulling the triggers, firing a large gold beam at G4.

"Nani?!" G4 asked as he quickly rolled out of the way in time for the blast to go past him and hit the metal doors behind him, blasting them to small piles of scrap metal, "...I wonder if I can take those guns to do that with mine."

"AHH! OOH! HOTHOTHOT!" Trigger Happy yelped, letting his guns go to put his hands on the ice, making it hiss and steam, "Ahhh~"

"Bazooka taken care of!" Gills growled, rushing forward as he grew his claws. He began swinging at G4, who ducked back from each swing.

G4 grabbed Gills's arm and swung him over and down to the ground. G4 kicked his leg and spun himself around Gills locking him in an arm bar hold. G4 grunted as steam ejected from his shoulders as he applied more force to Gills's elbow, making him groan in pain. G4 looked up and crossed his arms as Agito kicked him away from Gills. G4 pushed himself up with one arm as he flipped to his feet. He charged as he began punching Agito, making him back up. He raised his arm and blocked Gills's next swing by smacking the crux of his elbow. He kicked Gills in the knee making him grunt in pain before punching him across his mask. Agito swung with his red arm only for G4 to duck under it and land a hammer fist strike to Agito's side. Agito grunted as G4 leaned and combat rolled away, in the process picking up his gun from before. G4 tilted back on it to reload its chamber as he aimed and began shooting at the two.

"How is he fighting us so well?" Kuuga asked, "It's...it's like he can see into the future…"

=Ha!= Agito's grunts could be heard as a video feed showed his punches and kicks blocked by G4's arms. =Gah!= he cried as G4 unloaded bullets right into his abdomen.

"The synchronisation is working well!" a technician shouted.

"Perfect." Fukawa smiled, "How's the subject holding out?" she asked as a scientist walked over to a circular machine with a young girl dressed in white hooked into the chair.

"So far so good, Ma'am. Her precognition ability is helping G4 in combat at 98 percent capacity."

"Only 98?" she mused, "Room for improvement."

"But Ma'am, any more and we risk life threatening harm on the subject," One scientist explained.

"We have replacements." she mused, "Come on. Turn it up." she ordered in a growling tone.

"Yes Ma'am." they said slowly as they complied.

"Mm…" G4 held his head as he stumbled a step.

Agito rushed to take advantage only to blink as he was suddenly flipped over by G4. Gills grunted as G4 spun around and shot him by curving his right arm across his chest and under his left arm. G4 ducked down as Kuuga swung his sword. Kuuga kept swinging only to miss each time as G4 evaded by leaning slightly to the side each time. Kuuga grunted as his arm was caught. G4's armor ejected steam from the shoulders as he pushed the sword back and dug it into Kuuga's collar armor. G4 grunted as he grabbed Kuuga's own sword and slashed it down cutting through his armor making him stumble back.

"Oh…" Gills groaned as he was getting up. He then grunted as Kuuga's sword was thrown into him, knocking him back over.

"Ah!" Agito grunted as he looked up in time for G4 to stomp on his chest.

"Hhh...ahh…" he breathed heavily as he aimed and began shooting into Agito's mask, making sparks fly.

"Shou…" Gills grunted, getting up as he yanked Kuuga's sword which was embedded in his side out, he then stumbled for a moment, "Damn...haven't...healed…"

G4 quickly spun and shot at King Pen, who blocked with the ice covering his armored flippers and halting his punch before he rolled out of the way of skeletal hands shooting out of the ground to try to grab him along with several musical note-made arrows that tried to hit him.

"I think the bloke's a bloomin' seer or somethin'!" Wolfgang noted as he helped up Agito.

"You're right...He has some form of precognition…" Agito grunted, "But...how can he still fight so well while reacting to the visions?"

"He's a military bloke," Wolfgang replied, "Considerin' his fightin' and all he's been doin' in this, that's obvious. For all we know, the bloke's got some decent mental trainin' t' deal with this."

"What we need is something unpredictable. Something that even if he sees it, they'll do something that they didn't expect," King Pen noted.

"...One of these warehouses has to have some sugar or energy drinks," Wolfgang noted.

"That way…" the Riders all pointed to a close by building.

"Right," Wolfgang nodded before punting Trigger Happy into the building, "And don't come out 'till ya drink it all!"

"How did you three know?" King Pen asked.

"Super smell…" they all grunted before the five scurried out of the way of several missiles.

"Right, still gotta deal with this bloke. All of ya cover yer ears!" Wolfgang warned, "I'm playin' a little ditty I call the Note of Pain!"

"Note of what now?" a scientist asked before Wolfgang began to play, "?! ARGH!"

"MUTE IT!" Fukawa snapped, covering her ears as another barely slammed a button on the console, muting the audio in G4's helmet and making them all collapse in their seats, "What was that?! And how can we duplicate it for G4?!"

"I...I don't know...oh…" a lab tech groaned, falling over and hitting the same button.

"CRAP!" many of them cried.

"Come on…" Agito grunted, helping Gills stand.

"I'm good...just...oh, there's my new kidney...or spleen...I never paid attention to that class…"

"Hey, watch th' strings, ya wanker!" Wolfgang snapped as he stopped playing when G4 shot at his bone harp.

"How is he not on the ground in pain?" Kuuga asked.

"His...armor…" Agito grunted, "It has an AI that lets it move autonomously…"

"Aw great...This is some Tech Element crud," Wolfgang muttered before the doors to the nearby building blew up from the inside, "Speakin' of Tech Elements…"

"Yeayeayeayeayeyaayeyayeyeyayeyaea!-!-!" an orange blur cackled madly, zipping out and all over the place before stopping atop G4's helmet, revealing a twitching and jittery Trigger Happy dressed in his stunt outfit with his pistols ignited with fire, "SUUUUGAAAAARRRR~! YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH!" he fired ahead, letting a ring of fire come out of the gun, before he jumped through it.

*KABOOM!*

G4 stumbled back as embers fell off his armor. He spun to the right only for a cannon to go off behind him and let Trigger Happy slam into him from behind, knocking him over. He got up only for another cannon to go off and made him move to the left before three more went off together and he was hit once more by Trigger Happy.

"...What the hell did you do?" Gills asked, slowly looking at Wolfgang as G4 ran around, trying to get Trigger Happy off his arm that he was gnawing on as fast as he could.

"There's a reason why he ain't allowed near Painyatta or any candy islands in Skylands," Wolfgang chuckled.

"It...it worked…" Agito grunted, "With any luck, some superiors of them noticed the kaboom."

"And make them halt their project when they learn how messed up it is!" Kuuga grunted.

"Well...it's almost as good as beating them all up," Gills groaned.

"What is going on?!" Fukawa snapped, "Why isn't it working?!"

"We have no clue!" a tech replied, "It's like it's a chaotic force of nature that can't be predicted!"

"...Does anyone else hear La Cucaracha?" another asked before the screens showed G4 get in a hit and run with Trigger Happy's bike driven by the cackling Skylander, "How did that not get predicted?!" the screen became soaked, "...Did...Did that thing just lick G4?!"

"Uh, Ma'am...It's General Aoyama…" one soldier spoke, "He wants to know why the Military is getting reports of...a war being fought on his secret base…"

"...Get that percentage up to 100! We are not losing to a tiny orange gremlin in a stunt costume, a giant penguin in Chinese armor, a British werewolf, and three Unknowns! ...And goddamn whoever made me say that in all complete seriousness!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" they shouted.

"Found 'em…" Tsukasa pointed to the explosions, "Either Yusuke lost control of his energy while tap dancing...or…"

"Someone let Trigger Happy get a ton of sugar," Cynder sighed, "There better not have been a Soda Pop Festival here."

"I think I overheard this base has an unhealthy abundance of super sugary caffeinated energy drinks…" Tsukasa muttered.

"That'd do it," Kiina sighed, "He'll crash in another hour."

"Another friend of yours?" Erina asked.

"Yep. Tech Element Skylander," Kiina replied, "Orange gremlin that shoots gold coins."

"...A gremlin...that shoots actual money?"

"And he's orange. Don't forget the orange."

"...What terrible thing did I eat to cause this kind of level of hallucination?" Erina groaned, facepalming with both hands.

"Was it that Soma kid's weird gross dish involving the octopus and peanut butter?" Tsukasa asked with a small smile.

"Okay, we'll be at the doors after turning this corner!" Tae Kwon Crow informed as he pointed ahead.

"Kiina, you take Erina to safety," Tsukasa stated, "I'm going to go help our idiots."

"Got it," Kiina nodded.

"I'll stay with you since the crow is already going around the corner," Cynder informed.

"Wait. How can he help?" Erina argued.

"Henshin!"

=KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

"Any other stupid questions?" Decade asked.

"Ah…" Erina squeaked before falling over into Kiina's arms.

"I think she fainted," Kiina noted before checking her, "...Yeah. She fainted. Information overload."

"Good...will help sell this whole day as a crazy fever dream," Decade argued, holding his hands out in a dramatic manner to accent his point.

"...Just get going, Kadoya," Kiina sighed.

"Well you're just no fun," Decade said as he ran off, "I'll bring back our dummies!"

Cynder rolled her eyes as Kiina picked up Erina and put her on her back.

"Let's get going, Cynder," Kiina ordered, "Anyone comes at us, do what you do best."

"You got it," Cynder smirked.

"I found them," Kuuga Pegasus spoke, "Kiina is moving and Tsukasa is heading this way."

"Good...Maybe he can help us dismantle Evil Robocop," Gills spoke.

"You know he doesn't like that joke!" Agito complained.

"Yeah, but this ain't him…"

"Oh right…" Agito realized his point.

"YEAHYEAHYEAHYE-URK!" everyone looked to see Trigger Happy caught by his tongue by G4, his visor glowing.

"...Oh this ain't good," Wolfgang gulped before G4 threw Trigger Happy at him and fired a missile at them both, getting them at the same time, "GAH!"

"Crap!" Gills grunted as G4 ran at them.

G4 then skidded to a halt as energy bullets hit the ground in front of him. He grunted and looked up at Decade as he held up his Ride Booker. G4 aimed his gun as the two squared off.

"A fourth one...really!?" Fukawa snapped as some computers sparked.

"This is a new one, Ma'am…"

"Great…"

"He's already using his precognition system…" Decade spoke as he and G4 walked around one another in a circle.

"Be careful, Decade," King Pen advised, "It's been giving us trouble the entire time we've been battling him."

"That's kinda evident since you guys needed to bust out a sugar fueled nuclear option," Decade spoke as Wolfgang and Trigger Happy stumbled over, covered in soot and smoldering with the gremlin missing his suit.

"Someone get the name of that bloke who ran us over?" Wolfgang groaned before collapsing flat on his face before his and Trigger Happy's bodies glowed and turned into their tiny statue states.

"I got 'em," Kuuga spoke, rolling forward and scooping them up.

"Kiina's gonna be a little upset we let that happen…" Decade groaned before he shot at G4 who shot back.

The two began shooting as their bullets flew past each other. G4 kept pulling the trigger until his next shot fired nothing. G4 flinched as he reached for a reload cartridge only to be blindsided by Decade tackling into him. Decade unfolded his Ride Booker into sword mode as he swung and slashed G4's gun out of his hand. Decade swung his sword as he aimed it at G4's neck were the suit was the thinnest.

"That is enough of that…" Decade spoke, "Shut it off…"

"I...c-can't…" G4 spoke with difficulty.

"You're hurting a kid by using that system!" Decade growled.

"It's...not...in my...control…" he grunted.

"Then tell Her...to shut it off…" Decade argued.

"Shiro!" Tae Kwon Crow shouted as he ran out of the base, "You have to get out of that armor! You're going to die if you keep using it!"

"I know…" he replied.

"What?"

"I chose to be the user for a reason." G4 explained, "A soldier is meant to fight 'till he can't anymore. I am doing this because I need to atone."

"Atone?" Agito asked.

"Not too long ago...the government set up a school that protected and raised Agito seed holders," G4 went on, "I was assigned to protect them...from what? Well when I got the job I figured it was from enemy nations wanting them for experimentation. Only later did I learn that it was from...those things. My friends...the staff...those kids...all gone!" he growled, "They just appeared...and started killing everyone. Then...he showed up…"

"He?" Decade asked.

"G3…" G4 explained, "There he was...a weapon...an amazing weapon that could fight those monsters...and win. A weapon for humans to protect themselves from those things...it was...amazing...for the first time since I was a kid, I looked up to something like a hero. So...when I learned of this project, I had to be the one who put on this suit...and take down the most of those freaks...even if it meant becoming like all those brothers in arms of mine frozen in time."

"Shiro…" Tae Kwon Crow gasped.

"Those monsters claim we humans have no right to power…" G4 spoke, "Yet here are men...like me, with more power than I ever had as a trained soldier. Hell...most of you sound more like dumbass kids."

"Hey…" Kuuga complained, "I'm 18!"

"Uhhh…." Agito trailed off, not even knowing his actual age.

"No comment," Gills spoke.

"But...I was able to get it for a moment…" G4 spoke, "I still have to follow orders...even if I despise them...That is what a soldier loyal to his nation does. But...you idiots...you don't have that chain holding you down."

"..." Decade lowered his sword before he thrust it forward and glanced G4's helmet, making him fall over, "Now she can't see or hear…" he spoke as G4 touched his helmet in shock.

"?!"

"Loyalty...That is something noble to follow," King Pen noted, "Your loyalty to your nation in commendable and is something many a Skylander can relate to in defending our home. However...what happens when that loyalty is manipulated, twisted by another?"

"...There are still...subjects," G4 spoke, "Get them out."

"What about you?" Decade asked.

"...I can't leave...but if you guys escaped, then nothing to be done. Not after the storm you brought down on us," he explained, "I'll take my lumps...be they what they will…"

"You mean we will," Tae Kwon Crow noted, "I'm as much a part of this as you are and even helped catch some of those involved, believing Fukami that they were 'criminals' that we were detaining to send to the countries they were wanted in or were 'prisoners' that we 'rescued' and were keeping safe until we could contact the leaders of their nations."

"Either way…" G4 sighed, "You lot get 'em out of here. I got one thing to handle…"

"What's that?" Kuuga asked.

"An alarm was tripped or rather it will be tripped...one meant to detect Lords…" G4 explained.

"?!" the Riders all tensed as they suddenly felt the presence of the Lords.

"Hmm...He's truly adapted to this precognition system," King Pen noted, given how he beat the Riders to detecting them.

"Okay, I think this is another exit," Kiina noted as she opened a door, revealing an Ant Lord.

"The magic user?!" the Ant Lord asked in surprise.

"..." Kiina slammed the door shut, "Okay, we need another exit." she yelped when an arm broke through the door, "Kill it with lightning!"

"With pleasure," Cynder replied before firing a blast of purple-tinted lightning at the arm, zapping the Ant Lord on the other side.

"Well...This is unexpected..." Kiina muttered, "Oh, who am I kidding? This was bound to happen."

"Mmmnn…" Erina mumbled as she began to wake up, "Wh...What's going on?"

"Not it…" Cynder replied.

"Magic user!" The Ant Lord shouted.

"What was that?!" Erina panicked before looking at Cynder, "Ah! It wasn't a dream!"

"Okay, okay. Let's all just calm down and think," Kiina replied as Erina got off her back.

"You're panicking again," Cynder pointed out.

"I'm not panicking! You're panicking!"

"Magic user!"

"Ah! I know! I know!" Kiina exclaimed as she pulled out her staff.

"Kiina, wai…" Cynder began before Kiina slammed the bottom of her staff on the floor, causing her aura to appear.

"As the Master of the Portals, I call upon aide from those sworn to help," Kiina intoned before her aura turned red, "Please, Skylander of the Fire Element! I call on you for aide! WILDFIRE!"

The Ant Lord slammed the door down just as a flash of light went off. In the light, something red glinted before the Ant Lord was slammed in the chest and knocked several dozens meters away. The red object spun around before a golden clawed hand grabbed it, revealing it to be a pristine crystalline shield with a lion's face carved into it. The owner of the hand was a humanoid lion seemingly made of gold.

"Heh. Bringing the Heat!" the lion declared.

"I...I am losing my mind, aren't I?" Erina asked slowly.

"N-no...Just ex...panding it…" Kiina groaned before she collapsed.

"Ugh! She forgot there isn't much magic in this world!" Cynder groaned as she got the passed out purplette onto her back, "Wildfire, Erina. Erina, Wildfire. That thing you bashed, Wildfire, is out to kill Kiina and, possibly, Erina because she has a powerful sense of taste."

"Oh? Well then, anyone up for some roasted ant?" Wildfire asked before producing a ball of flames in his free hand.

"That's our cue to go," Cynder said, pushing Erina along.

"Wha-but…"

"Trust me when I say that things are going to get heated," Cynder advised as Wildfire clenched the ball of flames and swung his hand out, turning the ball into a chain of flames that stabbed the Ant Lord and pulled it in close for him to bash in with his shield, now engulfed in flames, "And before you ask, yes he is made of actual gold and not wearing armor made of gold."

"First men who transform into things that look like bugs...now Good and bad mythical creatures and monsters...I am not prepared for any of this!" Erina ranted.

"No one ever is," Cynder replied before flipping Erina onto her back and started to run, "Now hold on tight!"

'What has my life become?!' Erina thought while holding onto Cynder.

"Crap...They are just swarming...like...well, like ants." Decade muttered as he and Kuuga ran off to search for Kiina and Erina.

They saw Ant Lords rummaging around, searching out anyone 'special.' They, for the most part, ignored the soldiers they incpacitated on the way in. But how long could that last was their primary concern. The two Riders rushed forward as the Lords finally detected them.

"It is the one who keeps evolving!"

"Get him!"

"It's days like this I keep wondering if I should stop learning new talents," Kuuga noted, "...Nah."

"Shut up and fight!" Decade spoke, slashing several Ant Lords and making them explode.

"Right!" Kuuga shouted, jumping as he punched one across the face as he took its spear, "Chou Henshin!" he shouted, turning into Dragon Form as he began swinging his stolen weapon as it transmuted to his staff, he rushed past a group of Ant Lords while swinging, each strike to a Lord branding them with his mark that caused them to explode.

"They're kept this way!" Tae Kwon Crow called as he lead King Pen and the Agito Riders down a hallway.

"Really glad we have a guide who knows this place," Agito noted.

"I just wish it wasn't something I'd mistake for a Lord that loves wearing too much red and got into ninjas…" Gills muttered.

"Often our answers are provided in ways unforeseen," King Pen noted.

"That's true," Agito agreed.

"You guys can be spiritual...I just like having something to hit!" Gills argued.

"Agreed!" Tae Kwon Crow agreed before jumping and delivering a fire-engulfed kick to a door, breaking it down, revealing several capsules with people inside of them, "These are the people that Fukawa said I 'rescued.' But why are they in these capsules?"

"...Crap," Gills spoke, "Welp, time to let them out."

"How do we-?" Agito began before they all cringed as Gills ran over and began stabbing a console repeatedly, "Ah...Of course…"

"That…" the Skylanders began before the capsules began opening, "Worked?"

"Holy crap on a stick...that worked…" Gills awed, using his jaws to chomp some wires.

"...This feels so much like a normal day in Skylands," Tae Kwon Crow muttered, "Minus the ant things trying to kill everyone."

"Cloudbreak Isle," King Pen reminded.

"Oh yeah...At least these ones don't breathe icy winds that freeze you and aren't as big as a tour boat," Tae Kwon Crow recalled.

"You guys can take these people out of here, right?" Agito asked.

"Don't argue with us on this," Gills cut them off, "The Lords are our problem first and foremost. We're freaks because they started attacking humanity. This much is our burden. But we can't protect all these people and fight the Lords at the same time."

"We can fight them off if they chase...but we can't use our stronger forms and protect at the same time." Agito added.

"You can rely on us to evacuate these innocents," King Pen assured.

"Tae Kwon Crow shall not let these people down!" Tae Kwon Crow declared as King Pen began to make sleds of ice.

"We'll make sure your friends get out of here, too," Gills added.

"Thank you," King Pen thanked.

"How are you going to get them all out if you're making so many sleds?" Agito pondered.

"Because of a trick my companion here can do," King Pen replied.

Tae Kwon Crow nodded before inhaling and let out a loud caw to the sky. Flashes of flames burst around him before dispersing, revealing child-sized purple birds wearing red propeller hats. They all chattered before the crow whistled sharply and pointed at the people King Pen was loading into the sleds. The birds squawked before jumping over to them and landed on the backs of the sleds before aiming their propellers away from the boats and spun them, causing the sleds to slide away.

"You could say he's a crow-mmando," King Pen chuckled as Agito and Gills rubbed their eyes to make sure they had seen that right.

"My Buzzer Battalion will keep those sleds going until they're out of here!" Tae Kwon Crow declared as he jumped onto the last one with King Pen before the last bird blew them off via its propeller hat.

"...Okay, I thought the fluffy pilot guy who likes chimichangas was the weirdest one of the bunch, but that takes the cake," Gills stated.

"Ahaha...magic…!" Agito laughed.

"Okay...That has to be a hundred ants...This is sticking to theme to stupid degrees," Decade spoke while slashing a final Ant Lord.

"A hundred? I got two hundred on my count," Kuuga replied.

"That's because you stick out like a sore thumb to them," Decade replied.

"It's 'cause I'm handsome, isn't it?" Kuuga laughed.

"Your handsome to bug monsters?" Decade asked.

"I...I didn't think that through…." Kuuga realized.

"Shh stupid…" Decade held his hand up, "I hear cries of confusion, and the weird battle cries of what I can only assume are more of Kiina's friends…" he pointed towards a building as an explosion occurred behind it, "Bingo!"

Emerging from the explosion was a large golden lion with glowing white eyes, its jaws blazing with flames as its claws were glistening with the blood of several Ant Lords. It landed before them before glowing softly and shifting into Wildfire, his shield appearing in a burst of flames.

"Huh...You smell like the one Snap Shot met in the cafeteria. Tsukasa, I believe?" Wildfire asked, pointing at Decade.

"That's me. Oh, and this is my sidekick," Decade motioned with his head to Kuuga.

"Hey…" Kuuga complained.

"Fine...my doofus," Decade corrected.

"Better then sidekick!" Kuuga laughed, making Wildfire roll his eyes.

"Let me guess danger, Kiina summoned you even though she passed out?" Decade returned his attention to Wildfire.

"Indeed," Wildfire replied, "Cynder left with her and a young human girl named Erina away from my battle with this Ant creature. Hmph. Barely lasted ten seconds."

"Mooks serve a purpose...distraction," Decade spoke, "Their boss must be after something if they called this many."

"True," Wildfire agreed with a scowl, "We'll need to move quickly then."

"You think you know where they're going?" Kuuga asked.

"Think? Only a guess that they're after Kiina because she can use magic," Wildfire replied, "Either that or anyone with some power that isn't considered 'normal' to them."

"Yeah, that's their modus operandi," Decade replied, "Kill anyone who goes beyond what they consider 'normal.'"

"Right. Then we'll need to get on it," Wildfire noted before holding his shield before him.

The shield seemed to stretch out as he pressed his face to it. It erupted into flames and seemed to 'shatter,' revealing Wildfire in his full lion state. Giving a roar, he sniffed the air before looking down a hallway, giving out another growl. Decade tilted his head when Wildfire began to tap a claw repeatedly on the floor.

"He has Kiina's scent and there's several Lords near her," Kuuga noted, making Decade look at him, "...What? He's using Morse Code. Another talent of mine is reading Morse Code."

"I guess you are useful," Decade spoke, earning more tapping from Wildfire.

"He says that even the most seemingly useless of things can hide amazing things. ...Wait, what?" Kuuga asked.

"Onwards, doofus," Decade ordered as Wildfire ran off with Decade running after him.

"Oi chotto matte! Tsukasa-san!?"

"I woke up today expecting a normal day...I was not expecting to nearly lose in a Shokugeki, get kidnapped, and now being chased by monsters while riding on the back of a dragon and carrying an actual spellcaster," Erina noted.

"Yeah...That's a usual Friday for us Skylanders," Cynder replied before firing a blast of purple lightning behind her, hitting the ceiling above the chasing Ant Lords and caused it to collapse on them.

"I just...don't understand why I would be dragged into all of this…" Erina sighed.

"My guess? It's your tongue," Cynder replied, "Kiina's told us about your tongue and how strong it is, gushing a bit about how it could be able to let you recreate the recipes of lost recipes. Honestly, any stronger and you'd probably start 'seeing' the 'memories' of what you eat. Either that, or you'll lose the ability to eat normally and have to stick to IV bags…" she felt Erina tense at the second, "...Anyway, the only ones at fault for all this are those Lords because they can't accept that things will change and that it's not always a bad thing."

"So this is the reason why such horrible things happen to me still…" she sighed.

The dragon emerged into a large rectangular area and skidded to a halt. On the other side, several Ant Lords stood. At the front of them was a female Lord. She was clad in black leather like armor which formed a corset around her abdomen, and formed into shoulder pads and a collar with a golden trim, the armor forming into a coat at her sides covering a white skirt. Unlike the other Lords that looked like horrific humanoid ants, this one looked more like she was wearing an ant-themed helmet over her face. Of what could be seen of said face, her skin was a shade of white that just seemed unnatural like a ghost or spirit. She held a scepter like weapon, it had a long spear head and surrounded by a crescent shape resembling the mandibles of an ant forming a trident-like shape almost. Standing beside her was another Ant Lord only he was covered in red armor holding a red scythe over his shoulder.

"I had a feeling you would come this way," the female Lord noted, a hint of amusement in her tone, "Thank you, tainted Purple Dragon, for bringing us the Spellcaster and the one with the evolved tongue."

'Tainted?' Erina mentally repeated, glancing down at Cynder.

"Let us resume. Thank you for bringing to us the Unwanted," the Red Ant Lord held his weapon up as he walked forward, "The world shall be better off without them."

"Why go after them? How are they unwanted?" Cynder questioned, "Erina just has a tongue stronger than normal while Kiina isn't even from this world. Do you not know of the Portal Users or of Skylands?"

"The Magic User is a Portal User? Hmph. All the more to the cleansing of her from life," the female Lord noted, a hint of disgust in her tone as she pointed her weapon at Kiina.

"Why...what has she done wrong?" Erina couldn't help but ask.

"Humans do not need special powers. You live according to the will of he who creates. You were made to be simple...you don't need power or to evolve beyond your limitation," The Red Ant Lord spoke.

"Humans are nothing but beings who must live within their pens. We are the shepherds who drive out the dangers. Those dangers can also come from within," the Female Lord added, "To try and be anything more than what you were made to be is a sin…" she held up her spear and aimed it at them, "Kill them."

The Red Ant Lord roared as he ran at them and swung, only to blink as his weapon struck something it could not cut. Everyone who flinched, slowly opened their eyes to see Decade blocking the weapon with his body.

"Humans are not allowed to grow outside of their pen? Like Sheep?" he asked as sparks came off his armor, "What are you, stupid?" he punched the Red Ant Lord making him stumble back.

"Nani?"

Decade grunted as his armor vanished, his shirt torn at the shoulder where he was slashed.

"Why would you dare oppose us?" the Female lord asked.

"'Cause I felt like it…" Tsukasa smirked, "My free will demanded I protect these people. My pride as a rebel told me to do it to screw with you. But mostly...I guess I like protecting those like me. Those who are different, don't belong or just don't fit in. Be it for whatever reason."

"Tsukasa!" Cynder gasped before a loud roar echoed as a red gem-like shield shot past Tsukasa and slammed into several Ant Lords, causing them to ignite in flames before exploding as the shield returned to Wildfire as he stood beside Kuuga, the latter cracking his knuckles.

"So you've read Captain America comics?" Kuuga asked.

"Who?" Wildfire asked.

"I'll explain it later..." Tsukasa sighed.

"One after another...you who don't belong get in our way." The Female Lord groaned as she aimed her spear and launched it.

Kuuga and Wildfire moved to stop it...only for it to teleport past them. Everyone gasped, turning to see it aiming at Erina. But before it could hit her, another figure jumped in and took the blow. Everyone looked as Agito grunted...barely catching the spear before it pierced his neck. He grunted as he pushed it back, his hands glowing before he tossed it aside, letting it return to its owner's hands.

"That's...enough," he spoke before falling to his knees and returning to his normal state of Shouichi, "I don't care why you do what you do...I won't let you hurt them…"

'Tsugami-sensei?' Erina thought with wide eyes.

"One after another...unwanted beings get in my way...Why can't you just stand down and die? The World does not need you!" she snapped.

"You don't get to decide that…" Shouichi spoke, "Everyone in this world is needed. Everyone in this world has the potential to change and become someone amazing. Better then the person they used to be yesterday."

"Humans make a lot of mistakes…" Tsukasa spoke, "We are immature and stupid...and alone...we can't do much. But...that's why we have each other. Together, each of us brings out the best of one another, we become something more than we used to be alone."

"Like ingredients in a dish almost…" Shouichi smiled, "Anything can shine and become amazing when worked on with care and paired with something that brings out its true potential."

"This girl might be a little arrogant...but she still has the potential to grow," Tsukasa added, "That's enough for me to stand here and protect her."

"Just who do you think you are, human?" the female Lord demanded.

"Tōrisugari no Kamen Raidā da," Tsukasa replied, pulling out his Henshin card, "Oboeteoke!"

"Henshin!" Tsukasa and Shouichi declared at the same time as they went through the motions of transformation.

=KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!=

A flash of light changed Shouichi into Agito as Tsukasa let the Decade armor form around him via dimensional energy. Decade moved to step forward, only for his Ride Booker to open and eject more cards for him. Sure enough, they had regained their original form as they were Agito's Kamen Ride, Final Form Ride, and Final Attack Ride. The Final Form Ride had Agito on one side while the other showed what seemed to be a board of sorts.

"I take it, that's a good thing your device just did," Wildfire noted.

"Yep," Decade replied, sliding in the Final Form Ride into his belt and closing it.

=FINAL FORM RIDE: A-A-A-AGITΩ=

"This might Tickle for a bit," Decade spoke as he walked up behind Agito.

"Huh...tickle...what…?" Agito asked as Decade put his hand on his back, making him tense up, "Ah...that's weird...Really weird!" he spoke as a rippling light formed on his back before a...Motorcycle seat formed from his back.

Agito's arms then twisted and formed rectangular thrusters before he leaped into the air and twisted. More red metal formed from his legs and connected together while a metal body formed out of his torso and connected with the rest in a streamlined manner.

"Oh! He's a flying bike!" Kuuga exclaimed.

=FINAL FORM RIDE:=

"Oh no," Kuuga squeaked when Decade put his hands on Kuuga's back.

=K-K-K-KUUGA!=

"Two for one," Decade stated as he copied what he did with Agito, once more turning him into the Kuuga Gouram.

"GAH! THAT IS STILL WEIRD!" Kuuga Gouram barked.

"HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL?!" Agito Tornader exclaimed.

"...Ahh…" Erina squeaked before Wildfire put a hand over hers and warmed it up a little, making her flinch from the heat and paused her fainting.

"No fainting," Wildfire advised, "You're the one who can hold onto Kiina while we're on the move and you need to stay awake so you don't think this was just a dream and learn from this."

"Get going." Decade spoke, kicking Kuuga Gouram and sending him flying at max speed, ramming through the horde of Ant Lords.

"AH! THE TOP OF MY HEAD...Or is it my butt? Ahh...This form is so weird!" Kuuga Gouram whined.

"That means you as well," Decade ordered, pointing at the four others, "Exit's two doors down and up a flight of stairs. The kung fu ninja crow should be fighting off more of the Lords up there to give you a way to get them to the gremlin's fireworks bike."

"Right," Wildfire gave a thumbs up.

"We'll take care of things here," Decade spoke, jumping on the Agito Tornader. He turned his Ride Booker to sword mode as he tapped the back of Agito Tornader making him take off. They crashed into several Ant Lords as Decade cut them down with his sword.

"Let's go," Wildfire ordered, transforming into his full lion mode.

"...I…" Erina began.

"We can schedule you to talk with the best therapist we know once we get you out of here," Cynder replied as she and Wildfire ran off.

"Come on!" Decade called, slashing another Ant Lord as Agito Tornado zipped by, "I feel like a cheap ass fighting character doing this...and I love it!"

"This isn't permanent, is it?" Agito Tornader asked.

"Thank the gods it isn't!" Kuuga Gouram replied as he shot past with two Ant Lords being crushed in his mandibles.

"Come at me, beasts!" Tae Kwon Crow cawed, slashing with his shuriken and kicking with flame-engulfed talons, "Tae KWon Crow will hold the line no matter what comes for him! So long as there are those alive within, I shall not falter! For the humans! For Skylands! For my fallen friend Shiro!" his body erupted in golden flames, "Sky Chi...FINAL FIRE FLURRY!"

He held his hands out and jagged saw-like shuriken seemingly made of magma formed just inches above his palms. He began to throw them and more appeared above his hands that he quickly followed in throwing. More and more formed and were thrown, tearing into Ant Lords. With a final cry, he swung out two final shuriken and the flames dispersed, leaving him surrounded by impaled Ant Lords that exploded in bursts of magma just as WIldfire and Cynder arrived.

"A...A shinobi Karasutengu?" Erina asked, "...That...That's honestly not the weirdest thing today and that worries me."

"Why does everyone call Tae Kwon Crow a Karasutengu?!" Tae Kwon Crow demanded, shaking a fist at the sky as Gills ran over.

"I saw explosions of magma, what happened?" Gills demanded before looking around, "Aw man...I missed the fighting over here, didn't I?"

"...Not yet," Tae Kwon Crow replied as Wildfire's shield began to glow strongly with a red aura, tinted with hints of brown.

"A powerful Earth Element is approaching," Wildfire growled, looking at the brown in his Traptanium Shield's aura.

"Such power...I would be concerned if you were a human," a voice noted as they looked to see a familiar-looking Lord approach with three more weaker Ant Lords.

"You again? I thought you were blown up," Cynder noted.

"That was my predecessor. It seems the queen was unable to stop you from escaping her inside," he noted, looking at Erina and the still unconscious Kiina on Cynder.

"Rah!" Gills roared as he pounced from above, pinning the red armored Lord, "Go I got this!" he ordered as his mouth plate opened as he began biting.

"Truly?! Must you bite?!" the Lord snapped as the Skylanders fled except for Wildfire, "Ah! Get them!"

"Oi! Why aren't you going?" Gills snapped as three Ant Lords gave chase.

"I don't leave a fighting ally behind if I can assist," Wildfire replied before spinning around and bashing his shield into an Ant Lord that tried to jump Gills.

"Then let's clear them out...I hate bugs." Gills growled, rolling away from the Red Ant Lord. He held his arms up as his wrist claws extended out.

"To borrow the phrase from a fellow Fire Element...I was born to burn," Wildfire smirked as his open hand erupted in flames.

"Oh come on!" Erina snapped as they ran around a corner, "Why must they be so infuriating and persistent?!"

"Considering they're ants, I'm not surprised," Cynder replied.

"And they must think you and young Kiina are a good picnic goody," Tae Kwon Qrow added before they skidded to a halt, seeing three Ant Lords breaking Trigger Happy's bike, "Oh now that's just rude!"

"Would now be a good time to...faint?" Erina asked as the three that had followed them came around the corner as the three that had finished breaking the bike began to approach.

"Not yet," Tae Kwon Crow replied, inhaling and making...a very wheezy squeaky cry, "Oh...I think I need a drink of water…"

"It's important to stay hydrated," Kaitoh's voice spoke as a water bottle dropped on Tae Kwon Crow's head.

"Who dares to bonk my head with a water bottle?! Ooh! Fuji spring water! Nevermind!" Tae Kwon Crow spoke.

"Another strange man?" Erina blinked, "Ah! You're the one from the kidnapping vehicle!"

"Yahoo…" Kaitoh smirked happily, sitting on a light post, his attire changed to a pair of faded jeans, a black shirt, and white leather jacket, "Hello again...ano...angry girl? Sorry...I had to raid this place...not a lot of treasure...but I got something good." He held up a card, "G2 is mine." he jumped down, "Since I'm in a good mood...today, I shall play The Hero." he bowed to them.

"Hero?" Erina repeated as Kiina started to awake.

"Mmm…" Kiina mumbled as she fully awoke to see him, "Mr. Kaitoh...?"

"Yo," Kaitoh mock saluted.

He turned around as an Ant Lord grabbed his shoulder. He spun around and kicked it, sending it flying back with the strength of his leg. He spun around and kicked another before pulling out a black gun with blue lines along it. He swung it and pistol whipped the third before he swung his body around and pulled the trigger three times, the twin barrels shooting and striking the other Ant Lords behind them. He spun his gun around as he slid to a halt from his spin. He then held his gun up before pulling out a card...one just like Tsukasa's.

"Don't forget this, Ms. Kiina...Tsukasa isn't the only Kamen Rider traveling the worlds of Riders," he held up the card as he slid it into his gun before grabbing the handle cylinder on the bottom and sliding it out like pumping a shotgun, causing the same holographic red circle and bar with 'KAMENRIDE' on the bar to appear over the inner side with the small white words 'KAMEN RIDER DIEND' below it, "Henshin." he spoke, aiming his gun up and shooting.

Three images of an armor began spinning around, each colored in red, blue and green. The images floated around before overlapping with Kaitoh.

=KAMEN RIDE: DIEND!=

With that, his armor finished forming much like Tsukasa's. It had the same structure to his arms and legs. Until cards floated from the black buckle on his belt. The same cards slammed into his helmet. His mouthplate was silver with a black line down the center separating it into two. His eyes were much larger than Decade's and bright blue while hidden behind a much larger grilled visor. Two bars formed a line of silver down the center of his mask and ending in two red lights. His chest armor mimicked this black bar pattern across his chest and shoulders with two yellow lines going down his shoulder each one framed by silver bars. The sides of his suit and legs as well as the inside of his arm faded to a Cyan color. Yellow lines formed along his legs and on each of his wrists.

"Boku wa...Kamen Rider...DiEnd," he introduced himself as the Lords all got back up, "Oh how I hate ants...always ruining a good picnic." the two Skylanders prepared to fight when DiEnd held a hand up to halt them, "Relax. You two keep guard of the little ladies. Just think of me as a Pseudo Portal Master."

"Pseudo Portal Master?" Kiina repeated, the words fully waking her up.

DiEnd pumped his gun down as he pulled out a pair of cards out of a holder on his left hip, depicting two different Riders. He slid the two into his gun and pumped it.

=KAMEN RIDE:=

He aimed ahead and pulled the trigger. Red, Blue, and Green images appeared before him before colliding, transforming into two new Kamen Riders. The first was a green Rider donned in silver armament with a blocky helmet that made Kiina think of old robot cartoons on TV with a green and silver gun in his hand; a silver belt with a green buckle sporting a gold bull emblem. The other was a purple and silver Kamen Rider that resembled a scorpion wielding a katana of sorts with a tiny purple scorpion on the back of the guard.

=ZOLDA/SASWORD!=

"What…?" Erina asked slowly as she looked around confused.

"Unlike Tsukasa who does all the fighting himself...I prefer to...call for help," DiEnd spoke, "Exterminate the ants."

"Hmph. It is a gentleman's role to protect those in need," Sasword spoke, "Noblesse oblige."

"I'll charge you my cover fee later," Zolda spoke, "My time is money."

The two charged as they took on two Ant Lords each. Sasword swung his sword, cutting one, before swinging and slashing the other. He swung his body around, slashing both at once and making them both stumble back. Zolda swung his gun and struck one Lord across the face before aiming and shooting at the other. He swung and kicked the second away before punching the first, making it double over. Zolda put his gun to the first Lord's head and fired, sending him falling down. Sasword slashed a Lord across the chest before swinging down and cutting from the shoulder to the hip. He swung a final time as he slashed it across the abdomen, letting it fall over. As two of the Lords exploded, the last two stumbled back. The two messed with their weapons as Zolda slotted a card he drew from his green buckle and Sasword opened the tail of the scorpion on his sword. Both then returned their weapons to normal.

=SHOOT VENT/RIDER SLASH!=

Zolda held his arms out as a large artillery cannon landed in his arms. He aimed and fired, sending out a large bullet that tore through his final Ant Lord. Sasword swung his sword down as it began dripping in purple liquid and charged in electrical sparks of tachyon energy. Sasword swung once, sending out a purple slash of energy as it cut into his Lord, bisecting it. Two large explosions went off as the two Riders turned around.

DiEnd side stepped each swing from his two Ant Lords. He swung and kicked both across the face, as they stumbled back...DiEnd ran at amazing speeds and appeared behind them as he swung his gun and pistol whipped both across the back of the head. He dashed between them as he swung his right leg kicking one Lord away before swinging around with his right leg to land a roundhouse to the one on his left. As they stumbled back he swung his arm to his right and began shooting unleashing a machine gun like barrage of bullets into the Ant Lord. He swung around as he twisted his gun and pumped it...and unleashed a shotgun like blast into the Ant Lord to his right. As the two stumbled back he pulled out another card and slotted it.

=ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!=

DiEnd swung as his arm blurred and made it seem like he had five guns at once as he unleashed a barrage of blue energy bullets into the first Ant Lord. After it exploded, the blue energy bullets curved around and shot in arcs to shoot behind DiEnd to strike the second Ant Lord. It cried as it fell and burst into a large explosion.

"Hmph," Zolda spoke as he tapped his large gun on the ground.

"Anything else you need?" Sasword asked.

"I mostly needed you guys to show off," DiEnd replied.

"Seriously?" Sasword asked.

"...I'm doubling the bill," Zolda stated.

"Oi, oi...I didn't even call you for legal representation…" DiEnd spoke.

"A lawyer's pride is vast," Zolda replied as he held his hand up with two fingers out, "Double."

"Wah...I'm gonna have to sell something to cover that..." DiEnd muttered, "Oi, Kiina, you better appreciate my favor."

"Petty…" Sasword muttered.

"Wow! He is like a Portal User!" Kiina awed.

"Told ya," DiEnd chuckled, "Unlike Tsukasa, I don't like fighting myself unless I can't help it. Luckily...I always have help."

"I see…It's always nice to know you can work with others to bring out miracles," Kiina smiled softly, "And your friends are really strong in their own ways. Mr. Sasword's skills with his sword were as amazing as some of the best swordsmen and swordswomen of the Skylanders and Mr. Zolda's gun skills would impress many of the Skylanders I know who rely on guns for their battles."

"Oi, oi, oi. What's with this lady?" Sasword pondered, looking away from her, "Even if you flatter me...I'm still blindly in love with someone…" he huffed.

"I'll give you a fair discount if you ever need legal counsel," Zolda spoke, holstering his gun.

"Hmph...She didn't even summon them and they are falling for her charms…" DiEnd chuckled before the two Riders vanished the way they appeared, 'Very interesting…'

Everyone then turned to the sound of the ground cracking...before the Kuuga Gouram flew out while spinning like a drill. It flipped around before reverting to a normal Kuuga as he landed on the ground. He flashed back to Yusuke...who ran off for a bush as he got down and his knees behind it.

"Well...that's gross..." DiEnd spoke.

"Oh, he's not used to spinning like a drill," Kiina realized with a cringe.

"Spry does that still when he tries to do a spinning headbutt to the ground," Cynder noted.

"Oh never again…"! Yusuke groaned, "What the?! I don't remember having c-oh no..it's coming back up! Blarg!"

"Okay now it's just getting disgusting." DiEnd spoke as he aimed and fired.

"AH!" Yusuke cried, jumping up as he put his hands to his rear, "You shot at my butt!"

"It made you stop barfing your stomach…" he argued.

"...AH! You look like Tsukasa, but you're blue and not pink!" Yusuke exclaimed before jumping when DiEnd shot at his feet.

"He's magenta, not pink." DiEnd corrected, about to walk away...before turning once more, "And another thing. It's not blue. It's more of a...cyan color."

"Hai!" Yusuke replied, "Just stop shooting! I don't wanna know if another of my talents is gunshot dodging!"

"Don't be a baby...you heal from worse," DiEnd said as he snapped his fingers forming the dimensional veil as he walked into it.

"?! He...He just summoned one of those veils," Cynder gasped.

"He must have more control over his powers then Tsukasa…" Yusuke spoke, "...Oh shoot! Tsukasa! He's still down there! ...But if I go back down there, he'll turn me back into the big bug...Ah mou..."

"I think Kadoya can take care of himself," Kiina noted, "It's more important to get Erina home after all. And one more thing..." she bopped Yusuke on the head with her staff.

"Gah! What did I do?!"

"Those," Kiina replied as she pointed at the tiny figures of Wolfgang and Trigger Happy poking out of his pocket.

"..." he looked up and down a few times, "I didn't do it…" he was struck again, "Ah brain damage!"

"I bet he did that on purpose just to get away from me," Decade noted, looking up at the hole Kuuga Gouram had made, "...I hope he threw up after he did all that drilling."

"Why are we drifting!?" Agito Tornader asked as they spun around and tackled through the Ant Lords.

"Crowd control," Decade spoke, swinging his sword as they spun around and tore through them.

"Onore!" the female Lord shouted, jumping up and over Agito Tornader, managing to land on the back and swung at Decade, who blocked with his sword.

"Ah! Oi, oi! Feet off me!" Agito Tornader shouted.

"Busy!" Decade cut him off as he continued clashing with the Lord.

They rode around erratically as Agito Tornader didn't have a target and there was currently a fight going on upon his literal back. Decade blocked a swing from his left as they drifted around. Decade swung up, parrying a downward swing. Decade used this opening as he swung his leg and kicked the Lord off and fell back to the ground. Decade stomped his leg and spun Agito Tornader around before looking down.

"Did...Did...did that steer you?"

"Maybe…"

"Well how 'bout that…" Decade realized, "Alright, just her left." he pulled out a gold card with Agito's symbol in the center before inserting it into his DecaDriver and closed it, "Finishing this."

=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: A-A-A-AGITΩ=

They spun around before shooting forward at top speed. The Ant Queen Lord got up, only to look up as Agito's symbol formed on the nose of the Agito Tornader as its speed picked up. Decade took a deep breath as he spread his legs back and forth...the glow of the Agito symbol absorbing into both of his boots. Without warning, the Agito Tornader stopped on a dime as it launched Decade off like a cannonball shot from a cannon. Decade roared as he extended his glowing boot sole out before slamming into the Ant Queen Lord who tried to block with her spear. But the force still pushed her back along the ground.

The Agito Tornader flipped around as it reverted to Agito. He held up and crossed his arms as a silver buckle with three red claws formed over his belt. He slapped the dials on his hip as he was enveloped in flames until his armor changed into something new within the flames. With a final flash of white light, the bulky armor forming within the fire cracked and exploded off. Agito stood there in a now silver armored form with a red crest on his mask and orange eyes. He roared before jumping forward as two versions of his symbol formed in front of him made of blue fire. Agito kicked his leg through the first symbol as his speed suddenly increased, shooting him through the second. His boot flashed with light as he landed his own kick.

The two Riders roared as they pushed on...and broke through the spear and struck the Ant Queen Lord. With a final push, they kicked her away while they both flipped back. The Ant Queen Lord cried in pain as a halo formed on her head before exploding violently in a large plume of fire as the two landed from their backflip.

"Alright, I think we're done here," Decade noted, earning a nod from Agito.

The Formica Eques panted as he stood across from a panting Gills and Wildfire, "What kind of material is that shield made of? How can it withstand the strikes I deliver?"

"A special crystal that can only be damaged by the same kind of crystal," Wildfire replied.

"Magic diamond…" Gills replied simply as he picked the Formica Eques up by his shoulder, he then flicked his fingers out before stabbing them into his abdomen.

"Gah! O-Onore…" the Lord growled out despite the pain.

"Didn't even need to use that form…" Gills spoke. pushing him over, "I consider this a good day."

"I...I can still…" the Lord growled before something stabbed into his chest, "?!" he looked down to see a small brown crystal had stabbed into his chest, the side outside of his body resembling an orb surrounded by a ring, "Nani?"

"Let me show you the other thing Traptanium can perform," Wildfire spoke, lowering his hand from its post-throw position.

The gem pulled out of the wound before shooting into the sky. It flashed before transforming into a massive vortex in the air, tinted brown with a light shining from the core. A wind began to pick up, yet neither Wildfire nor Gills were affected by the winds.

"Wh...What is…?" the Lord asked before he started to float up due to the winds, going towards the vortex, "Ah! Wh-What is this?!" he scrambled before grabbing a side of the warehouse he had been beside, "No, no, no, no! I don't accept this!" the part he grabbed was broken off from the pull of the wind and the suction of the vortex, "I will not accept thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssss!-!-!"

He was fully sucked up into the vortex. The moment he was, the vortex collapsed immediately, turning back into the small crystal. Wildfire held his paw out and it landed in his hand.

=AH! WHAT IS THIS?! WHERE AM I?! ...And why does it smell like mustard?= the Lord's voice came from the Traptanium, the gem flashing in time with his words.

"...What was that?" Gills asked, looking at Wildfire with a bewildered expression.

"A Trap," Wildfire replied, "We Skylanders of the Trap Team utilize Traps made from Traptanium to capture villains that match the right Element of the Trap. It lets us transport them easily, but can also be used as rehabilitation. By doing good deeds while outside of it, they won't be forced back into the Trap. But the moment they do, the Trap immediately sucks them back in."

"Well, I stand by the idea that the only good Lord...is a Dead Lord," Gills spoke, "But...what do I know? Maybe he can be useful for...something."

=I will be free from this!= the Lord snapped as they heard him struggling and hitting things before hearing him wheeze and pant =Maybe after I rest…=

"This way," Agito, reverted to his base form, spoke as he led Decade to an exit that they didn't blow up.

The two found their way into a garage full of Military vehicles. As they walked for the exit, they stopped as they noticed the damage to the area. Decade himself stopped to see a container was blown open. The side read: Project G2.

"G2...That's different," Decade spoke before they ran for the exit.

"G4, G2...Now all we need is G3 to make a trinity," Agito noted.

"A lot can change in such a span of time." Decade spoke, "Still...with that, this place should shut down. They can't hide the illegal things they did anymore." he turned his head and grabbed Agito, "They're this way." he spoke, dragging him in a different direction.

"Ah…" Agito gawked as he was dragged outside, 'Why do I always get dragged by others?'

"Eh?! Even the vehicles become these tiny things?" they heard Yusuke exclaim as they went around the corner to see the others minus Gills, Tae Kwon Crow, King Pen, and Wildfire.

"They're connected to Skylanders due to the Superchargers, so yeah," Kiina shrugged, holding Trigger Happy's bike-now the size of a toy-in her free hand.

"I swear it wasn't my fault," Yusuke argued, "It was the other guy who used rocket launchers."

"For once, he's not wrong," Decade spoke, making them jump.

"Kadoya!" Kiina beamed before he pulled her into a headlock, "Ah! Uncle, uncle, uncle!"

"Stop using my name when I'm armored up. It's 'Decade' when I'm in armor," Decade scolded, "I don't want to announce to the world I'm under this thing in case I end up in a world that does hate one of my personas…"

"Where are the others?" Agito asked.

"Over here," Gills replied as he walked up, followed by the two Sensei and Trap Master with Tae Kwon Crow holding G4's helmet under his arm, "The birds wanted to put the crow's dead buddy in an ice casket for when the cops show up."

"He was my friend. I wanted to make sure his body was treated right," Tae Kwon Crow replied.

"And you have that helmet why…?" Decade asked.

"It is all that remains of the armor after I destroyed it after removing it from the man's body," King Pen informed.

"May I?" Agito asked, holding his hands out, "I know a cranky lady in the police force who would love to have her property back."

"...Alright," Tae Kwon Crow nodded as he handed it over, patting it on the top once Agito fully had it, "It's not a bad AI. It wants to help others, but it can't without hurting its partner. I hope this 'cranky lady' can make it a body of its own so it doesn't hurt another partner."

"He put the helmet on before me and the gold lion here got to them and talked with the AI," Gills stated.

"...How did he…?" Agito asked, slowly looking at the Skylanders with Decade.

"We just call it part of the Magic," Kiina shrugged, "I actually try to not ask that just in case it will fail the next time someone puts on something they shouldn't be able to put over their head." she then waved them off, "But right now, we need to go take Ms. Erina back to the school. Her grandfather must be panicking."

"Please," Erina pleaded, "I just really...really am done with today…"

"Just be glad you didn't meet Trigger Happy or Pop Fizz," Cynder assured, patting her with a wing, "Then you'd have fainted from trying to figure them out on top of everything else today."

"I'm cool with going home," Decade whistled as his bike drove up to them.

"We got a lot of folks…" Gills noted.

"Allow me to even things," King Pen noted as he picked up the shrunken vehicle from Kiina's hand and focused some energy into it before flicking it away from them, letting it return to its original size while he stumbled just slightly, "Hopefully, the next world has more Magic in it than this one…"

"Shotgun!" Tae Kwon Crow declared.

"I only allow one person to ride with me at a time," Decade spoke as he lifted Kiina and sat her on his bike, "There. I am protecting the most important cargo...so you guys carry everyone else."

"...Is he always like this?" Gills asked.

"In the week or two I've known the guy? ...Yep," Cynder replied as she helped Erina onto Agito's bike before going into Kiina's shadow once more.

"I don't know...I think there is a good guy in there," Agito spoke.

Tsukasa sighed as he and Kiina stood outside their dimensionally traversing home. Shouichi and Yusuke stood before them to see them off. Having been told the basics of how this works for them, they knew this would probably be the last they'd see of their new friends. For now, that is. They had this odd feeling they'd all meet again. And that it would be Tsukasa's fault somehow...even Tsukasa agreed with this sentiment.

"This has been...an odd adventure to say the least," Shouichi spoke before he held up a bag to Kiina, "Here...bread I baked for you and your friends."

"Oh, thank you!" Kiina beamed before reaching into her sleeve and pulled out a pair of large baskets filled with baked goods, "And these are for you both for helping save Erina and I."

"Friends help no matter what," Yusuke smiled, taking his, "I'll come again whenever you need me."

"Riders should help each other, right?" Shouichi smiled at Tsukasa.

"Hmph...I won't say it outloud," Tsukasa turned away with a smirk on his face.

"...Oh, um...Could you give this letter to Erina?" Kiina asked, offering a letter to Shouichi.

"Ah," he nodded as he accepted the letter.

"Maybe next time, I'll figure out that chili of yours," Yusuke noted, earning a small giggle from her.

"Oh, that's impossible. The recipe isn't able to be completed," Kiina replied.

"...Eh?" the two blinked twice.

"All those students that I was teaching this week? Each one will go on to improve on the recipe and pass it down, where their pupils will improve on it and so on," Kiina explained, "The Skyland Chili is a recipe that eternally evolves, forever remaining incomplete so that it can always be improved with each generation."

"She makes it sound like a martial art…" Tsukasa spoke, earning an elbow to the rib, "Ow…" he spoke in a deadpan tone.

"Hopefully, you can restore your home," Shouichi noted, "If there's ever a chance I'd get to see it, I'll be sure to come look at the restaurants there."

"Splendid! Though...Best be careful. Skylands is called Skylands for a reason," Kiina advised.

"Seems things have gone well for everyone," Hugo noted, sitting in the living room as he put the latest picture from Tsukasa's camera into the photobook, showing an image of Shouichi and Ryo in the house that first time they all met, with Agito and Gills relaxing nearby with Agito sitting upon a throne of magma and light with a sword and staff leaning on the sides and Gills on a wild looking organic throne littered in spikes.

"You can't help but admit that his pics sure are cool at times," Flynn noted as Kiina and Tsukasa walked inside.

"But how they happen...I'll never know," Tsukasa spoke.

"I hope things go well for everyone," Kiina noted.

"Eh, they'll be fine," Tsukasa shrugged, "...Though did he ever call his woman?"

"I don't think he did," Kiina noted with a sweatdrop going down the back of her head.

"Well, he's gonna be dead when he does," Tessa noted.

"Well this world has been fun," Tsukasa spoke as he walked over to the backdrop, "But...I'm interested to see what's next. Maybe the next world really can have something for me."

"Here's to another trip!" Flynn cheered before kicking it, "A-BOOM!"

The backdrop fell down, covering the previous. The new one depicted a city with the tallest skyscraper sporting a dragon emerging from near the highest floors. The background depicted the full moon in a clear night sky, an emblem of a bat-like symbol embedded in the moon's surface. The Book of Skylanders opened, flipping through until arriving at the next blank pages, filling out to reveal a muscular mummy on one page and the other a strong-looking Kamen Rider that seemed to have a bat motif to them.

A violin could be heard playing in the dead of night. Yellow eyes flashed to life as an armored figure walked out of the darkness. Blood red armor glowing in the moonlight. Chains rattling as they decorated his armor. He took a deep breath as he stopped to listen to the music...as if it guided him.

"Wataru...Another one," a deep voice spoke as a golden bat flew around him, it was cartoonish in appearance looking like a rounded face with two wings and stubby little feet under his chin.

"Ah…" he spoke simply.

"Let's begin the hunt then. The night has only just begun!" he cheered flapping around the Kamen Rider.

"I'll eliminate anything the Bloody Rose's melody tells me to." he spoke, stepping onto the ledge of a skyscraper, "Ikuze Kivat!" he spoke, jumping off the side.

"Yosha! Kivatte ikuze!"

Z0: Whoo...finally finished.

SZ: Yup...and it took..so many months

GT: Eeyup. And our next Sekai seems to be Kamen Rider Kiva.

Z0: A personal favorite season of mine.

GT: Same. Hopefully things turn out we...oh who am I kidding? It's Tsukasa. Of course things will go bad. Cue preview while I drown myself in Easter Eggnog!

JIKAI!

Tsukasa: Kamen Rider Kiva...the King of Vampires…

Kiina: Mr. Kiva! It's so good to see you again!

Tsukasa: Eh?

?-?-?: He talks like you do, Riki. What a silly Mummy!

?-?-?: Mmm…

?-?-?: Oi...brat don't involve us in other people's problems. Especially when they reek of trouble...

Kiina: A family of vampires? Eh, not that surprising to me. Night Shift is a vampire, so I don't mind being around them.

Photo 8: Hymn: The World of Vampires

?-?-?: Time to Roll with the Punches!

Subete o hakaishi, subete o tsunage

GT: Ooh...This will be interesting.

Z0: Get ready for a gothic world of drama and...pfft...couldn't say it with a straight face...nah it's something fun.

GT: Very fun, especially to those who know the series.

Z0: And no...its NOT Rosario Vampire.

GT: Used too often with Kiva.

Z0: Also one guy did it way better so...yeah.

GT: So 'till next time, please Read and Review!