Episode 10 - Be Careful What You Wish For

"Swing low, sweet chariot... Coming for to take me home... Swing low..." Bellwether sang, rocking her cage back and forth. "I wish I had a harmonica."

She spun around to face the exit of the cave, moonlight barely shining through. Then, something else shone through it. Bright, yellow. Growing.

The thing causing the light flew in. It was a star, or at least something that looked like a star. Bellwether rubbed her eyes, and then fixed her glasses. "I must have gone crazy." She assumed, turning back around. "Bound to have happened soon or later."

She felt something hit her back, and a burst of sand flooded out from her orange jumpsuit. It poured out and onto the ground as she tried to shake it out, only to see sand pouring out from her wool as well.

The sand began to move on its own, swirling into the vague shape of a figure, half stuck in the ground, with its legs floating above it.

It looked kind of like a fox, but much taller. It had several markings crawling up and down its body, and a very mask-like face. It had a furry collar going around its neck, and its strange hands and feet ended in claws.

"Make a wish." It said, in a smooth voice. "I can grant you anything you may desire. I only ask for one thing as payment..." It paused.

"Your time."

"Anything?" Bellwether asked, peering out of the cage and down at the creature. "Is there a catch? Can it really be anything?"

"Absolutely anything." It said. "If you wish it, I will grant it."

"I wish..." She started, thinking about it. "I wish I could get revenge!"

"Revenge on who?" It asked, placing a claw to its chin.

"Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps." She continued. "They're the ones who got me into this situation! I want you to get rid of them completely!"

"I see." It laughed to itself, before turning into more sand, which swirled into a monster the size of the ones who had captured her. Its colors became visible, browns and blacks. It walked over to the cage, and grabbed the sheep by her head. "You know, I like you. You're a truly vicious soul."

It dashed out the entrance, unaware of a third figure watching from the shadows.

"Interesting." he said to himself, stepping back into the shadows and disappearing.

It had only been a few hours from the previous discussion, and neither of the couple could fall asleep.

Judy had been kept up by the thoughts of Savage. She hadn't been aware of what she was doing, but she could feel something wrong during the entire possession. She was terrified that something like that might end up happening again. There was also that Bogo had suspended them, but they had called earlier to clear things up, so it should be fine when they got back.

She tossed and turned in bed for a bit, and then sat up, opening the window and looking out into the sky. She noticed a star, shining a bit more brightly, a bit more yellow.

"I wish we had someone to help us."

Nick, however, was terrified of a much more personal problem: Intimacy. He hadn't had a girlfriend in almost twenty years, he had no idea how to do this kind of stuff, especially on someone of a different species.

That in itself was a problem. Interspecies relationships themselves weren't considered taboos for years, but a pred-prey relation could still cause a bit of a stir, especially when they were sort of mini-celebrities, and it would get even worse if everyone figured out they were the Zoorangers.

So, should he hide, or make it an obvious thing? He had gone out for a walk a bit after the thoughts started to storm his mind. He had been out for a while, and looked up to see a brightly glowing star.

"I wish we had someone to help us."

The next day they had shown up to work bright an early, hoping to leave a good impression on Bogo.

"So, do you think Bogo's actually going to let us back in there after what happened yesterday?" Nick asked, stopping in front of the rotating doors.

"As long as we don't do anything stupid, we should be fine." Judy assured.

"Yeah, might have a bit of trouble with that one." Nick joked, before feeling something knock him forward. "Ugh, didn't think you'd get that mad at me."

"What?"

"You just hit me in the back, didn't you?" He asked. She shook her head in response.

The bunny stepped forward, and felt something hit her in the back. She turned to the fox and gave him an angry look. "Hey, just because you think I hit you doesn't mean you can hit me."

"What?" He said, sounding confused. "I didn't hit you at all."

"Weird." She said, as they both walked through the rotating door to see Clawhauser's smiling face sitting at the welcome desk, gnashing on a few donuts.

"Hey Spots, how's it going today?" Nick asked as they walked in.

"Not bad," He said, not looking up from his phone. "I got some extra coffee for you guys if you want any."

"Nah, we'll pass." Judy said as they started for the bullpen.

Clawhauser looked up from his phone. "Whoa, you two just get back from the beach?"

"What?" They said in unison, looking at the cheetah.

"You two are tracking crazy amounts of sand!" He told them. The two looked to the front door, and there was indeed a crazy amount of sand leading up to them.

Nick tugged at his sleeve, and more sand fell out of it. "That's, uh, different." He muttered, turning to an equally confused Judy. They both looked back down at the sand. "We'll clean it up later."

As they continued walking, they noticed the sand stop, but Judy looked at Nick's face and noticed something odd.

"Did you get some ketchup on your forehead?" She said, pointing out a rather large red blotch across Nick's hair.

Nick stopped, and tried to find it, feeling all around. "Uh, no, I don't think I did?" He said, shrugging to her. "And besides, my fur's already red, a lot more conspicuous than your make up mistake."

"I don't wear make-up." She stated, a bit confused.

"Then what's..." He started, dragging a claw down from the top of his head and around his eye. "Then what's that?"

Judy felt where he had motioned to, not finding anything. "We're making a quick bathroom break."

In the bathroom, they used the close to the ground sinks to look at their faces.

"How in the world did we get these?" Nick asked, feeling the rather large blot of dark red fur covering his forehead to just above his cranium.

"I have no idea." Judy replied, looking at the long purple line that travelled from the top of her head down to her cheek. "These weren't here a few minutes ago, right?"

"I'm ninety percent sure they weren't." Nick assured. "We probably shouldn't worry about it right now, it's just a bad fur day."

Judy nodded. "If we keep looking at ourselves, we'll be late for roll call."

"There is five minutes to roll call."

Judy's eyes widened, as she ran out of the bathroom screaming.

Nick chuckled to himself. "There's ten minutes to roll call." He stepped forward proudly, and slipped on a patch of water.

After that, they had both made it to roll call, just in time for Bogo to show up.

Bogo eyed the two up and down for a solid minute before he started the roll call. He was obviously trying to make sure a fight wouldn't break out between them, but was also a bit weirded out by their new hair coloring.

The stare sent fear directly into them, as they tried to sit there perfectly still, only keeping eye contact with the buffalo. 'Don't mess this up, don't mess this up.' The two repeated in their minds over and over again.

"I suggest, Wilde and Hopps," He started as soon as he broke eye contact with them. "Not trying to make a statement the next time you come in."

Instantly the two relaxed, sighing in relief that the chief's absolutely terrifying stare had been broken.

"Think he'd believe me if I told him they appeared over night?" Nick whispered to Judy, who gave him a glare. "Thought not."

"First order of business." Bogo started. "We have gotten even MORE assault cases happening. They all seem to be from a single source, but it doesn't seem to have any clear pattern, as we've gotten calls from everything from mice to elephants. It might sound like a simple case, but each report describes the assaulter as some kind of monster, so be wary. I'm not assigning any teams yet, due to too little leads."

As Bogo talked, Nick began to feel his chest burning. He pounded at it as softly as he could.

"You okay?" Judy whispered.

"Yeah, Just..." He took a deep swallow. "Just have a bit of heartburn."

He quickly jolted up, his eyes briefly glowing and changing from green to red. The red part of his fur suddenly grew quickly, forming a large patch of red spiky hair. He grinned.

He climbed up on the table, and stood proudly.

"Nick, what are you doing!?" Judy whisper yelled.

"I..." He placed his thumb to his chest, and then splayed his arms out. "...HAVE ARRIVED!" His voice had suddenly gotten a lot deeper.

Everyone looked at him, either with confusion, or, in Bogo's case, complete apathy. "You've been here for ten minutes, Wilde, sit back down."

"Shut it, bullhorn."

Bogo looked at the fox, who was currently crouching down on the table.

"Man, is this what normal police do?" He asked, hopping down from the table. "Sit around all day and take orders from someone? Lame."

Judy hopped down from her chair and came face to face with the out of it Nick. "Nick, what are you doing!?" She scolded. "I said not to do anything stupid!"

"'Nick', huh?" He said. "Looks like I got the right guys. Told that turtle I was good for this."

"What are you talking about!?" She yelled, nearly ready to break down.

"You can come out now, half-pint."

Judy suddenly bolted up straight, the purple streak suddenly extending into a long, thin piece of fur that hang down in front of her face. Her eyes also turned from lavender to a deep purple.

She leaped up onto Bogo's podium, and spun around before stopping and throwing one of her arms out. "Mind if I break it down for you?" She yelled, her voice suddenly sounding more boyish. She placed her paw up to her ear. "I can't hear you!"

"Nobody said anything." Sounding Rhinowitz from the back.

"That's even better!" She leaped back to the ground, and started breakdancing for a solid minute. She ended with an unnaturally high flip, even for a bunny.

"That's enough showing off, brat." Nick said, grabbing the rabbit by the ear and pulling her away.

"And where do you two think you're going?" Bogo said, walking up to them, fuming.

"Sorry, bullhorn, but we got some important work to do." The fox said, not even turning to face the buffalo. "If you let us go peacefully, I'll let you keep your teeth."

"Are you challenging me, Wilde?"

He let go of the rabbit, who fell to the ground. The fox turned around, revealing his blood red eyes. "Yeah, I guess I am." He said, sounding a bit too happy. He cracked his knuckles loudly jumped up into the air, right in front of Bogo's face, and swiftly smacked him.

A few teeth and some blood flew out.

"I can take you all on!" He yelled, putting up his fists. "Who wants some!?"

"Big bro, we have to go now!" The rabbit said, tugging at his tail.

"Tch. Alright, you all get your skin saved today." He said, a bit angry. "If you ever want to see a real climax, you gotta fight me."

The two left the room, Bogo still reel in shock and pain at what had just happened.

The two strolled through the entrance hall, the fox picking up something with his sniffer. "Is that... coffee?" He said, rushing over to the welcome desk.

"Hey Nick, hey Judy!" Clawhauser said. "You guys got picked first for duty today, huh?"

"Quiet, spots." The fox said, leaping up onto the counter. He spotted the coffee, and strolled over to it, picking it up and gulping it down.

"I thought you said you didn't want any coffee today?" Clawhauser asked, a bit confused.

The fo turned to the cheetah, and spat the coffee in his face. "Blah, not enough wasabi."

"Hey bro, can you get me a donut while you're up there?" The rabbit yelled up.

The fox spotted a box of donuts, and grabbed a pink, sprinkled one. He twirled it on his claw, and threw it down to the rabbit.

"Ooh, sprinkles." She said, admiring the donut, before gulping it down whole. "Whatever this body eats, it doesn't have enough sugar."

The fox hopped down from the desk, and the two headed out the door. "Alright, see you two later!" Clawhauser cheerfully yelled to them, wiping the coffee of his face.

"Alright." The fox said as they exited the station. "We can either head back to base and get this over with, or explore a bit and head back later."

"I say we head back now." The rabbit suggested. "I really don't want to be yelled at again."

The fox wrapped its arm around the rabbit. "Well, we haven't actually figured out if there's one here yet, so I say..." He let go, and walked away, looking into the city. "I say we explore a bit, we can head back any time! It's not like we get to explore alternate timelines every day, y'know."

"I guess you're right, big bro!" The rabbit said cheerfully. "Let's go explore Zootopia!"

"Yeah, now you're on the right track." The fox said cheerfully, pumping his fist. "And besides, this uniform is killing me."

"So, how will you be paying for this, sir?"

The fox felt around, trying to find a wallet. He finally found one, and pulled out the credit card, handing it to the gazelle. After a few seconds, the clerk handed it back, and they two left the clothing shop.

"Now this," The fox started, brushing off his new clothes, "Is much better." He now wore a red jacket with a chain hanging from it, and black jeans. He also had cloth straps with spikes on them on his wrist, and had a pair of pointed sunglasses. Around his neck hung a red scarf, which hung around, being slightly too big for the fox's body.

"Yeah, its nice to be in something more loose." The rabbit said, tipping her new baseball cap, which caused her ears to bend backwards. She also now wore a long, beige coat that reached down to her knees, and baggy pants her heels stepped on. Her undershirt was a white t-shirt with the logo of a record producer on it.

"You really need to pick out some different clothes." The fox stated. "It's always the beige, you need to pick a new style."

"Hey, I only wear what works, bro."

The fox shrugged, and looked around the rather plain mall, ignoring the many odd looks they were getting. "Think there's any pudding shops around here?" He asked.

"I don't think pudding shops are a thing over here." The rabbit noted.

"NO PUDDING!?" The fox fell to his knees, before instantly getting back up. "Well, there might be a good coffee shop somewhere around here! LET'S GO, GO, GO!" he yelled running off, the rabbit quickly following after him.

A while later, they found themselves waiting in line for a coffee at a place called Top Tail Coffee. The fox had smelled it from farther in the mall, and the rabbit had no choice but to follow.

After about five minutes of waiting in line, they finally got to order. "Do you have anything with octopus in it?" The fox asked the giraffe barista.

"What?" She said. "Why would you put octopus in coffee?"

"Uh, why would you not?" The rabbit said, acting like the giraffe was an idiot.

"Alright, what's the weirdest coffee you've got?" The fox asked.

"Um, we have a fruit cocktail flavored coffee, but it's not very-"

"We'll take two."

The two soon left the shop, coffees in hand. The fox took a sip, and yelled out in joy. "YEAH! Now THIS is a real coffee!" he took another sip. "I THINK I'M HITTING THE CLIMAX!"

Nearly everyone within a fifty foot radius heard this, and the ones closer all turned to give the fox odd looks, which he was oblivious to.

The rabbit took a sip. "I think Naomi could improve it." She said. "I'll have to recommend it to her when we get back."

"Speaking of," The fox said, crushing his empty coffee cup and throwing it over his shoulder. "I hear there's a big train scene in this city. Wanna go check it out?"

"Uh, sure, but-"

The fox quickly rushed off, the rabbit trailing behind him once again.

A half hour later, the two were riding one of the skyway trains.

"Man, this is boring." The fox said, sat down on one of the seats next to the rabbit.

"It's just a normal train, bro." The rabbit explained. "I don't know what you were expecting."

He sat up and looked out the window, getting a wonderful look at the city. "I was expecting it to go faster, at least." The fox said, a bit nonplussed. "They don't even go as fast as the skyways back home."

He leaped down from the seat, and headed towards one of the entrances. "I say we split from this boring ass place and go somewhere more interesting."

"But we're on a skyway, how can we-"

The fox grabbed onto the door with his claws, and tore it open. He then leaped out.

"That's one way of doing it!" The rabbit said cheerfully, running out the door as well. "Weeee!"

Another half hour later, the two were walking through central park.

"So, if the bear was born here, do you think he'd be an actual bear?" The fox asked, laying down and looking up into the sky.

"Probably." The rabbit responded, watching as a family of bears coincidentally walked by.

"What about turtle?" The fox asked. "You think he'd be an actual turtle?"

"It looks like there's only mammals here, so probably not."

"What do you think he'd be then?" The fox continued to ask.

"Oh, I'd probably say a panther or some kind of big cat." The rabbit answered, watching as a family of panthers walked by.

"Really? I was thinking more like a sloth."

"Don't be rude, big bro."

"He's not here, I can be as rude as I want!" The fox yelled, sitting up.

The rabbit stood up. "I know where we can go next!" He announced, running off.

The fox quickly got to his feet and chanced after her.

A while later, they were in a different mall, outside of a record store.

"You and your music." The fox groaned.

"C'mon, they might have something good." The rabbit said, walking into the store. "It's always fun to explore other culture's music."

"They probably don't even have our album!"

The rabbit walked past a wall of CDs, and went through a bunch of them. "Bearno Mars, Iggy Koalia, Weird Al Yakovic..." She sighed. "Man, there's nothing here that I'd like." She walked into the middle of the store and looked around. "Maybe I need to broaden their horizons."

"If you start singing, I'll show you my killer technique personally."

She frowned, and blew a raspberry at the fox while he wasn't looking.

An hour later, the two were walking down a rather shady looking street.

"So I've been keeping track of guys we've run into before." The rabbit said, pulling out her phone. "Lion, armadillo, rabbit, you know, those old guys."

"How could I forget any of those bastards?" The fox muttered.

"Why are we walking down a shady looking street anyway?" The rabbit asked cheerfully. "Are you looking for trouble again?"

"Am I getting that obvious?" The fox questioned, briefly stopping to rub his head. His ears perked up, and he ran to a corner, peeking around it.

A gang of three rhinos, each sitting around playing cards in the middle of an alleyway. "This is perfect!" The fox muttered.

"What's perfect?" The rabbit said loudly, tackling the fox and knocking themselves into the alley.

"HEY!" One of the rhinos yelled, causing all three to stomp over to the fox and rabbit. "Were yous spyin' on us!?" He asked angrily. "That's an invasion of personal privacy!"

The fox got up and dusted off his jacket, before pushing the rabbit away. "So, what if I was?" He asked.

"Well, then I'd have to teach you and your... girlfriend... boyfriend..." The rhino stared at the rabbit in confusion. "What are you, exactly?"

"Does it matter?"

The rhino snorted. "I'd have to teach you and your friend here a lesson in respect." The rhino cracked its knuckles. "And by that, I mean I'll have to finish yous off, poimanently."

"I'll have you know," The fox started, a grin growing on his face. "From start to finish, I'm always at a climax!"

The fox quickly leaped up and socked his fist right into lead rhino's chin, launching him up into the air, and over a few buildings. An audible crash could be heard.

The other rhinos stared at the fox, who cracked his knuckles. They let out yells of fear, and stampeded off.

"That was fun." The fox said. "We should probably head back to the DenLiner now."

The rabbit nodded, and they rushed off.

The two stood outside of what appeared to be some sort of abandoned factory. Grey, dark, generally not the kind of place you'd want to be around.

But it had what they needed, a door.

"You got the pass?" The rabbit asked. The fox pulled out a blocky, black object from his pocket, and gave the rabbit a smirk.

The fox put it back into the jacket pocket, and placed a foot on the door. "Just let me know when its time." He said.

The rabbit pulled out her phone, and watched as time ticked by. 2:20. 2:21.

2:22.

"NOW!" The rabbit yelled, the fox kicking the door open.

Instead of opening to a factory interior, it revealed a sprawling desert of golden sand. The sky swirled with multiple colors, and sitting there in the middle of it all was a silver and red train.

"Nice to be back home." The fox said, stepping into the desert, the rabbit following him.

They walked up to the train, and the fox knocked at the door. It slid open, revealing a tall, blue figure covered in shell patterned armor.

"Where were you two?" He said, calmly, but sternly. "I told you to be back in an hour, it's been five."

"Relax, turtle." The fox said, hopping up into the train. "We got them like The Owner asked us to, and nothing happened."

"Aside from you changing their sense of style, it seems."

"You woulda done the same thing too, y'know." The rabbit said as they entered the main car of the train.

It was mostly a dull silver, with the only color coming from the repeating yellow and red chairs and tables. The two moved to the middle of the cart, and took seats.

"I knew me and Kin should have done this." The blue creature said, going to the counter at the end of the cart.

"We still got it done, dude." The fox said, standing up on the table. "And we still haven't gotten an Imagin reading, so who knows if we'll even need these two!"

"We should probably stop possessing them, though." The rabbit said, trying to reach a piece of paper on the table, with no success.

"Oh, wait, I have a great idea!" The fox yelled, the turtle creature shaking his head as he sipped from a cup of coffee.

He hopped down to the seat, and fell onto his back, closing his eyes.

The fox tried to open his eyes. It was too bright, so he covered them with his arm. "Ugh, I had the worst dream, Carrots." He moaned. "There was sand everywhere, and I had an awful hairdo."

Silence struck through the room.

"Carrots?"

He sat up, finally seeing his surroundings. Some kind of train car. "Great, another train." He groaned, hopping off of the seat. He looked up and down the aisle, no one was there, it was completely silent.

"Hello?" He cried out. "Is there maybe, a weird rabbit guy with an even weirder puppet here, by chance?"

The lights went out, and he heard a door begin to slowly slide open. Smoke poured through the opening it as it continued to crawl. A figure stepped through once it fully opened, dressed in a long, flowing black robe.

"GREETINGS NICHOLAS WILDE!" It yelled dramatically.

Nick just kinda stared at the figure as it spoke.

"YOU HAVE DIED, AND THIS TRAIN WILL BE YOUR RIDE TO HELL! YOU WILL FACE-" A large, silver staff hit the cloaked figure over the head, causing him to yell in pain. "Yeesh, can't take a joke, can you turtle?"

"He wasn't even scared, Momo." A blue figure said, stepping around the figure and pointing towards the fox.

"Yeah, I've seen way scarier stuff than that." Nick said as the lights turned back on.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop." The figure pulled off the cloak, revealing a red, demon like creature with two large horns, pure black eyes, and a fixed silver grimace.

"AHHH!" Nick yelled, stepping back and crossing his index digits. "DEMON!"

"Great, he's scared NOW!" The demon lamented, sitting down at a table.

The blue creature moved to the counter, and two more stepped in. One was yellow and had a rather muscular build, and some kind of blade sticking out of its eyeless head. "Watching a prank go bad is enough to make me cry!" It lamented.

The other creature that followed behind the yellow one had a very pointed face and a pony tail. Its body seemed to have its own built in jacket. "You say that about everything, big guy!"

"I'm sorry we had to meet like that." The blue one apologized. "It was his idea." He motioned towards the demon like creature, who scoffed in return. "Your partner should be in the next cart over."

"Uh, thanks." The fox responded, running over to the other side of the cart.

The door instantly slid open, and revealed the bunny, who was currently screaming her lungs out.

"-AND IF NO ONE TELLS ME WHERE I AM SOON, I'M GONNA-" She heard the door slide open, and turned to the fox. "Nick!" She ran up and gave him a surprise hug, she had obviously been worried. She got an odd look on her face and stepped back. "What are you wearing?" She asked, trying not to laugh at the fox's odd clothes.

"I could ask you the same thing." He said back, motioning towards her also odd clothes.

The two looked at themselves, and started tugging at their new, strange clothes. They also noticed the strange markings on their fur had disappeared.

Nick walked back into the other cart. "I think you guys need to explain some things to us." He demanded.

"Well, for starters-" The blue creature tried to say, only for the red one to shush him.

"Lemme handle this, turtle." It interrupted. The creature stood up, and swung its leg onto the table, stepping on it. "My name is Momotaros." He pointed towards the blue creature, who was drinking a cup of coffee. "That's Urataros."

"A pleasure."

"That's Kintaros," He pointed over to the yellow creature, whose face was planted on a nearby table, dead asleep. "And that's Ryutaros." He motioned towards the purple creature, who was doodling at something at another table.

Ryutaros looked up, and waved at both of the mammals with both hands. "Hiya!"

"And you two," Momotaros said, pointing towards the two. "Are gonna help us out with somethin'." He quickly got out of his seat, and stretched, before bringing his thumb to his chest. "We've been told there's an Imagin roaming around this timeline, and The Owner recommended that we get your help."

"I have a few questions." Judy sounded. "Where are we, exactly?"

"The DenLiner." Urataros started, taking a sip of his coffee. "The train of time. It can move through time freely, from the past to the far future."

"We came here from an alternate timeline." Momotaros continued. "It's a pretty rare event, you probably don't get it."

"I'm pretty sure they get it." Ura said. "You're the one who doesn't understand."

"Hey, rude!"

"Second question." Judy said, holding up two digits. "What's an Imagin, and why do you need our help to fight one?"

"I'm pretty sure we don't actually need your help to fight one." Momotaros said, rather smugly. He didn't notice as Urataros came up and smack him on the head.

"Imagin are destructive monsters from the future." Urataros began. "They're powered by people's wishes, and can mess with the time stream."

"Ah, so..." Nick said. "Probably not very good having one run around."

"But, how would we know if we found one?" Judy asked, crossing her arms. "You do want our help, right?"

"Well, you're looking at four of them right now!" Ryutaros said, spinning around to face them.

The two stepped back.

"Don't worry." Urataros tried to assure. "We hunt Imagin, we gave up on destroying things a long time ago." He turned to the sleeping Kintaros. "Some of us never even started, actually."

"So, they all look as weird as you?" Nick joked.

"Weird!?" Momo pushed the turtle out of the way, causing him to spill his coffee on the slumbering Kin, and rushed towards the fox, falling down to his stomach to look Nick right in the eye. "Who you callin' weird!?"

Urataros stepped on the demon creature, causing his face to hit the steel ground. "Imagin can look like whatever the person it's made a contract with comes up with." He explained, Momo struggling to get up. "Hence the name."

"Alright, third question." Judy said cheerfully, holding up a third digit. "How did we get here!?" She yelled.

"Oh, that's easy, we possessed you!" Ryutaros cheerfully said, not looking back from his drawing. "We had to get you here indiscreetly, y'know? Having two monster guys showing up in your city would've been bad!"

Momotaros finally got up, knocking Urataros to the ground. "Yeah, it was fun. I took over you, fox, and the brat took over your partner." He continued, going back over to his seat. "We rode trains, looked around the city, got stuff to eat, I punched a buffalo in the face..."

"YOU WHAT!?" Both of the mammals yelled in terror.

"Yeah, had to do it to get out of the police station." Momo continued, completely unaware of their reaction. "Bet that surprised him!"

Judy passed out, and Nick fell to the ground, clutching his head.

"Yeesh, you two are almost as bad as Ryotarou." Momo said, looking at them. "Wasn't a big deal, guy was asking for it."

"MY LIFE IS OVER!" Judy yelled, reaching for the sky.

"What did I do!?" Momo yelled, looking at the other Imagin for answers.

"You punched our police chief in the face!" Nick yelled, trying to get it through his skull.

"What?" Momo looked around, and then rubbed his head in embarrassment. "Oh. Sorry 'bout that."

Urataros sighed. "I don't think you get just what, exactly, you did, Momo." He said, slapping him on the back of the head. "Imagine if you punched The Owner on purpose, how mad do you think he'd be?"

Momo thought for a second. He brought a hand up to his mouth. "Shit, I really messed up there!" He yelled.

"You really did."

The rabbit sat up again, taking deep breaths. "It's okay, he'll understand, we can get through this."

"Do you really think Bogo will believe us if we told him we were possessed by time demons?"

She fell back down again, groaning.

Kintaros suddenly woke up, letting out a loud yawn, and spotted the nearly sobbing rabbit. "A lady? Crying!?" He yelled, turning back to the other Imagin. "Which one of you did this!?"

"Momo just probably ruined her life forever!" Ryutaros plainly and cheerfully said.

Kin stomped over to the red Imagin, who moved back in his seat. "Hey now, it was just a mistake, bear!" Kintaros pulled his fist back, and socked Momotaros in the side of his jaw, causing him to give out a horrifyingly loud shout of pain.

"Hope you learned your lesson."

Urataros knelt down in front of Judy, and helped her up. "Don't worry, Miss Hopps, we'll help you get everything back to normal." He said, looking directly into her eyes, causing her to blush a bit. "Promise."

"Heeey, I have another question." Nick chimed in, pushing the turtle away. "What happened to our clothes?"

"Well, I don't know what happened to them, but we bought you new clothes!" Ryutaros said cheerfully, still drawing.

"Yeah." Momotaros continued, rubbing his cheek. "Those are a lot more comfortable than those ugly uniforms you were in before."

"How much were they." Nick said flatly.

"Five hundred."

Both of the mammal's eyes widened, and they both audibly gulped.

"Yeah I know, super cheap!" Momo said cheerfully. "I thought they'd be way more expensive than that."

Urataros looked at him. "How much of an idiot are you?"

"What did I do!?"

Suddenly, the lights began to flash red and a rather loud siren aired.

"Shit!" Momotaros yelled, getting up from his seat. "Imagin alert! I"ll get the train started!" He quickly ran into the next cart over, and the train started to move, nearly knocking the two mammals over.

"We'll be at the Imagin's location in a few minutes, so you two better prepare yourselves." Urataros told them, heading back to the counter.

"To be honest, I didn't really miss having to fight monsters multiple days in a row." Judy lamented as the two hopped up to a seat.

Nick turned back to the turtle creature. "Hey, do you know a weird guy in a fake bunny hat, carries around an annoying puppet everywhere he goes?"

Urataros took a sip from his coffee. "No, can't say I do."

"Wow," Ryutaros said aloud. "Sounds like you guys've seen even weirder stuff than us!"

"Eh, you guys are probably the weirdest."

After a minute of silence, a calm chime sounded.

"HOLD ON TO YOUR ASSES!"

Followed my Momotaros yelling.

The two mammals desperately clung to their seats as they felt the train take off into the air, the other passengers seeming completely unphased by it. It went better than their last train ride, at least, no looping.

There was a flash of light through the window, and the train slowed down. Judy hopped up to the window and peered out, revealing them hovering above the city.

The door slammed open, and Momo ran back it, smacking the blue Imagin on the shoulder, causing him to spill coffee. "You better take the controls, turtle."

"What!?" Ura yelled. "Why do I have to do it now?"

Momotaros chuckled a bit as he walked towards the mammals, placing his hand on Nick's shoulder. "I gotta get ready to show these newbies what I can do!"

"Ugh, fine, whatever." Urataros let out, frustrated, before rushing to the cockpit.

"'Newbies'?" Judy said, a bit insulted. "We've been doing this for almost a month now, I wouldn't consider us newbies."

"I've been doing this for ten years, rabbit." Momotaros started, staring her directly in the eyes. "You two haven't even seen half of the shit I've seen."

She promptly shut her mouth.

They felt the train begin to lower down, and begin to enter a spiral motion. The turbulence was starting to get to the fox as he clutched his stomach.

"Ugh, remind me to never go on a flying train again." He groaned, stomach audibly grumbling.

"I can help with that!" Momotaros said, stepping back and rubbing his hands together. He then dashed towards the fox, turning into a glowing red sphere.

The fox ducked in surprise, causing the ball to fly over his head and swerve into the bunny on the table. He looked up and saw the rabbit, standing there dramatically, now with red eyes.

"I..." She pressed her thumb to her chest, and then splayed her arms out. "HAVE ARRIVED! Again!" Momotaros' voice was now coming from the rabbit. She looked down at her paws, and groaned. "Damn it, not again!"

The rabbit threw off her hat, which landed on the backside of Kintaros' head, revealing a mohawk of dark red fur running down her head. "Wow, is that what I looked like when you possessed me?" Nick asked, placing his hand on his chin. "I looked like a real tool."

"Shut it, fox." Momotaros said, before looking at her clothes. "Ugh, can we trade clothes?"

"What? No!" Nick yelled. "You're like, two sizes smaller than me anyway."

"Just let me have the scarf."

Nick handed the scarf to the rabbit, which covered the bottom half of her face and still hung around loosely.

"I'd like if you got out of her, actually." Nick said, a bit agitated.

"Sorry, I have to stay in a body for some arbitrary amount of time before I can leave again." Momotaros explained, pulling the scarf down a bit so her mouth was visible.

Nick looked at the rabbit, skeptically.

"What? I'm not lying!"

They felt the train stop, and both of them looked out onto an intersection. The chime run again, followed by Urataros' calm voice. "We have reached the area where the monster will attack."

"'Will attack'?" Nick wondered.

"Time travel is something else, huh?" The rabbit said, hopping down from the table and to the exit. She turned back to the fox, and motioned him to come over. "C'mon, let's GO, GO, GO!"

The door slid open, and the rabbit hopped out onto the street, Nick quickly following behind her.

He hopped out into the middle of the intersection, realizing that everyone there, which was a lot of mammals, were staring directly at him, the rabbit, and the train. He looked down at the rabbit. "They can see the train, can't they?"

"Why wouldn't they?" The rabbit replied back. "It's pretty hard to miss."

The fox let out a loud sigh.

"So, the Imagin should be somewhere around here..." The rabbit looked around, before quickly glancing over to a nearby alley. "Over there."

The fox turned to the alley, seeing an antelope walk by, only for it to turn and begin talking to something shrouded in the darkness. The antelope backed away a bit, fearfully, before being pulled back by the unknown creature. A brief glint shone through the dark, raised above the mammal.

Without hesitation, Momotaros ran towards the alley, leaping into the shrouded figure and kicking them back. "Get the hell out of here!" The rabbit yelled to the antelope, who nodded and ran away.

Nick ran up next to Momotaros as the figure got up. "Oh, that's definitely a monster."

It looked like some kind of fox, but was far too tall. It growled, and pointed towards the two, a gleam of malice in its eyes. "Are you two Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde?" it asked.

"What?" Momotaros sounded.

"I mean, yeah technically we are." Nick said. "Judy's a bit... out of it right now, though."

"FINALLY!" It yelled, approaching them. "I've been searching through this city all day and night to find you two!" It clenched its claws together in triumph. "So many I harmed, and yet none of them were you."

"Wait," Nick said, backing away. "You were the one assaulting all of the mammals recently?"

The monster chuckled to itself, and leaped out into the open. It splayed its arms out, claws glowing with a golden energy. It then slashed forwards, unleashing powerful energy blasts that cleaved two nearby buildings in half.

Nick gulped. "I'll take that as a yes." Then a thought hit him. The monster was looking for them.

"ALRIGHT!" The rabbit yelled, running into the middle of the street. "Haven't gotten to do this in a while!"

She pulled out a belt, and strapped around her waist, where it clipped in automatically. She pulled out a large, blocky, grey thing and held it up.

"TRANSFORM!"

She slid it across the belt, and in a flash of light, her body was now covered in a suit, black and white, and with what appeared to be a train track going down the middle of it. Of note were her ears, which were also covered.

She cracked her neck a few times, and then pressed a red button on the belt, which caused the belt to play a chime. She swiped the object across it for a second time.

"SWORD FORM" An electronic voice from the belt yelled out.

A rainbow of colors began swirling around the armored rabbit as a red object travelled down the tracks and onto her face, where it split into two bug-like eyes. Red armor pieces flew in from nowhere, and attached to her chest. A few more armor pieces flew in, almost haphazardly, and attached to the ears, forming an arrow-shape.

"I..." She began again, performing the same pose as before. "HAVE ARRIVED! Part three!"

Nick stared on from the alley, a bit confused at what had just happened.

"Hmm." The Imagin let out. "So you're the famous Imagin Hunter, huh? Thought you'd be taller."

"Just because I'm short right now, doesn't mean I can't kick your ass!" She yelled, pulling out an odd looking sword and rushing towards the monster. She leaped up and striked it, knocking the fox thing backwards a bit.

It slashed at her, energy blasts flying from its claws. Momotaros effortlessly blocked each shot, twisting and spinning the sword around at incredible speeds. "That the best you got?" She mocked, planting the sword into the ground.

The monster swiped its claw across the air, causing many small balls of fire to materialize in front of it. "Fox fire!" It yelled, pointing towards the armored rabbit. All of the fireballs immediately zoomed towards her.

The rabbit once again tried to block the fireballs, but some crashed next to her, knocking Momotaros off balance and letting her get hit by a few remaining ones. The explosions completely covered her.

The smoke from the explosions cleared, revealing the rabbit, head cocked to the side, still standing. "Still not good enough."

She rushed towards the monster, and swiped at it with her sword multiple times, sparks flying. On the last strike, the fox grabbed the sword with both claws, lifting her up.

"I've got you now, Hopps." It growled.

"Sorry, wrong rabbit."

The blade of the sword detached from the hilt, letting the rabbit drop down to the ground, and sparked with electricity, causing the monster to recoil in pain and drop it. The blade fell to the ground, and Momotaros swiped the hilt back, causing the blade to fly through the air, slicing the fox in the process, and reattaching to the hilt.

"You just saw my killer technique, surprise edition!" She said.

"Grah!" The monster growled, its eyes suddenly lighting up and a pulse of energy shaking the surrounding area. "Enough playing around!"

The fox monster dashed towards the armored rabbit, and kicked her into the air, slashing her a few times, and then kicking her away.

In a flash, where there was one figure flying through the air, there were now two, Judy and Momotaros. Judy rolled across the ground and into the alley, next to the stunned Nick, while Momotaros smashed face first into the building next to them.

Judy got up, groaning, and then looked around, surprised. "What? How did I get here?"

"Blame horn head, come on, we have a monster to fight." He ran out of the alley, the rabbit following behind him confused.

"Yikes, is that an Imagin?" Judy asked, staring at the now roaring monster.

"Yeah, handsome guy, ain't he?"

Momotaros walked up next to them, rubbing his face in pain. "Aggghhh, you're gonna pay for this, you fox bastard!" He glanced down to Nick. "No offense to you."

"None... taken?"

"And now I gotta transform again, thanks!" He continued complaining. He performed the entire thing again, all three other parties watching on awkwardly as he rushed through it to get back to the armored state.

"I have arrived, you know the deal." He finished, pulling the sword out again.

Judy hopped in front of him before he could rush to fight, spreading her arms out. "Okay, I think you need to explain to me just what you are!" She yelled, walking towards the monster and pushing him back.

"What? What do you mean!?"

"Well, you did that transformation thing like us!" She continued.

"Yeah, I just thought you were a weird monster guy, not a Sentai Ranger." Nick continued.

"Sentai Ranger!?" Momotaros said, still confused. "I'm not a Sentai guy!"

"I..." He placed his thumb to his chest, and splayed his arms out again.

"...AM A KAMEN RIDER!"

There was a brief moment of awkward silence.

"Is..." Judy started. "Is there a difference, or...?"

The Rider stumbled forward a bit, and then rubbed his helmeted head. "Well, Kamen Riders mostly work alone, and-"

There was an explosion, which knocked all of them backwards.

"QUIT WITH THE CHATTER!" The fox monster yelled.

"Ugh, alright, all you need to know is that my name is Den-O in this form, kay?" The rider finished. "Now get to the transforming!"

The two complied, and transformed into their ranger forms.

"CHAMPION OF THE SUN!" ZooRed yelled, spinning around and scraping his claws against the ground. "ZOORED!"

"DEFENDER OF THE MOON!" ZooBlue yelled out, leaping into the air and spinning around, landing in a pose. "ZOOBLUE!"

"ZYUMEN SENTAI, ZOORANGER!" The two yelled, a sudden massive explosion appearing behind them as they posed, which startled all three of them.

"Yikes, where'd that come from!?" Den-O yelled.

"Doesn't matter, we've got a fox to hunt!" Blue yelled, before turning back to her partner. "No offense."

"None taken."

All three rushed at the fox, weapons drawn, and attempted to strike at him, who seemed to be able to block every strike they made effortlessly.

"You'll have to do better than that if you want to finish me off!" It mocked, spinning around to launch them all away.

Den-O slid to a halt, and let out a laugh. "I'll have you know, from start to finish, I'm always at a climax!"

"Speaking of a climax, let's do this!" Red said, pulling out his weapons and throwing them into the air, Blue following up by tossing hers up.

The weapons combined into the Zookaizer, which landed in their hands. It was aimed at the fox, and Den-O gave a quick nod.

"Alright, starting at the climax already, I like you guys." Den-O pulled his sword back, which began crackling with electricity. "I'm gonna show you my killer technique, part two!"

"ANIMAL KINGDOM BLAST!" The Zoorangers yelled, firing the blast at the fox. Den-O followed up, swinging his sword, it disconnecting from the hilt, connected by a beam of electricity.

The two combined blows caused a massive explosion, larger than any they had caused before. However, when the smoke cleared, the fox was still standing... along with something else.

Surrounded in a large dark sphere were the fox and Kyuemon, holding a small mallet. "You sure are an interesting one." He said. "I want to see how interesting you can be."

"What?" The monster replied, a bit confused. "Who are you!?"

"Jukkarage!" Kyuemon yelled, causing a burst of dark energy to surround the sphere, an army of Jukkarage appearing in front of the Rangers and Rider. "Distract them."

The sphere vanished in a burst of dark energy, leaving the three in front of the massive group of stone warriors.

"What are those things?" Den-O asked, gripping his blade.

"StarNinger called them Jukkarage." Red explained. "They're not that bad."

"Ah, just a bunch of shrimps, huh?" Den-O said, stretching his arms. "I guess I could use a bit of a break..." He pushed a button on his belt, and swiped the object over it, causing the belt to glow blue.

"ROD FORM"

His armor flew off, shifting into a different form, blue, and with large shoulder pads. His visor vanished, a small turtle like object sliding onto the tracks and shifting into a much more bug like face, with two antenna.

"Mind if I reel you in?" Den-O said, Urataros' voice now coming from him. He looked around, seeing the dozens of soldiers. "Of course Momo gives this job to me."

"What just happened?" Blue asked, looking the new blue Rider up and down.

"I'll explain it after we clear these guys out."

He pulled the sword out, throwing it into the air where it split into four different pieces, which recombined into a long pole weapon.

Den-O rushed into the fray, striking at the monsters with his pole, spinning it around to destroy an entire circle of them.

"Can't let this guy hog all the action!" Red stated, pulling out the Vickscannon. He fired a few shots, clearing out a large number of them quickly.

"You're not gonna take the spotlight from me either!" Blue replied back, twirling her daggers and dashing into the fray. She leaped through the air, somehow gliding as she sliced through the Jukkrage in a line.

After a few more swipes, Den-O paused for a minute, surrounded by Jukkarage. "Y'know, this kind of job really isn't for me."

He pressed the red button on the belt, causing him to transform into Sword Form, which Momotaros reacted to with surprise.

"C'mon, seriously turtle?" He yelled. "Maybe bear will appreciate the screen time more." He pressed the yellow button on the belt.

"AXE FORM"

His armor flew off again, forming a more armored look, this time yellow. This time, an axe like object rolled down the tracks, unfolding into a mask with a blade like protrusion. He immediately fell limp, loud snores resounding through the area.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." Red let out, pulling out the Foxfire Blade and dashing towards Den-O, slicing up a few more Jukkarage as he went by.

He smacked the Rider on the back with the dull side of his sword, causing him to wake up.

"MY STRENGTH HAS MADE YOU CRY!" He yelled, throwing the rod up into the air, turning it into an axe weapon. With barely a pause between catching the axe, he slammed it into the ground, creating a massive crack in the ground, the force destroying nearby Jukkarage, and launching the fox upwards.

"Well, at least I have a vantage point!" He yelled, trying not to sound terrified, and pulling out the Vickscannon again. He pointed it downwards, and fired several blasts directly into the crowd of monsters, which seemed to be endless.

"I was having a wonderful dream!" Den-O cried, and then looked over at the two Rangers fighting. "But seeing those two fight is wonderful, it brings a tear to my eye... i need to go." He pressed the purple button on the belt.

"GUN FORM"

The armor flipped around again, this time forming into a purple colored armor with large shoulder pads. What looked like a dragon head slid down, and formed into a pointed purple visor.

He spun around, and pointed towards a group of Jukkarage, who stared at him confused. "Mind if I defeat you?" He asked. "I can't hear you!"

He threw the axe into the air, where it reformed into a gun. Den-O spun around, stopping facing away from the soldiers, and caught it in his hand, pointed towards them. He shot a flurry f blasts without looking, wiping them all out.

"Yeah, now that's an awesome beat!" He yelled out.

After all that, the Jukkarage had been completely cleared out. The three grouped together, the two mammals untransforming and falling down, catching their breath.

"Why do you two look so down?" Asked Den-O, still having Ryutaros' voice, and almost compulsively dancing. "You got to see us all in action!"

"Well for one, the Imagin got away." Judy started, out of breath. "And two, we don't exactly know what's going on with you four."

"We all use the same powers, basically." Ryutaros explained, still dancing. "Our weapon and abilities change, though."

"So, you're all this Den-O guy?" Nick asked. "But you're alls till different?"

"Yeah, basically." Ryutaros said, having stopped dancing. "Also, don't you two have a boss to apologize to?"

The two gritted their teeth, stared each other in the eye, and dashed off towards the police station.

"I dunno why they're in such a hurry, it probably won't be that bad." Ryutaros said to himself.

He strolled up to the train, and got on, seeing the other three Imagin waiting around the cart. He untransformed, and sat down back at his doodle, starting to draw again.

"So, remember how I said we were going to help them out with their job?" Urataros said, taking a sip of coffee.

"Uh, not really." Momotaros said.

"Well, we're going to go do that now."

The monster stumbled onto the roof, and turned to glare at the strange monster that had saved it. "Who are you!?" It asked. "Why did you take me away, I almost had them!"

"No you didn't." Kyuemon plainly stated, not breaking eye contact.

"What does that mean!?" The monster angrily yelled. "Are you calling me weak!?"

"As a matter of fact, yes."

The fox rushed at the yokai, who pulled out his sword and effortlessly blocked every swipe it tried to strike with. With a single strike, Kyuemon launched the Imagin away.

"If you can't even touch me, you have absolutely no hope of defeating the Zoorangers, especially with that Kamen Rider on their side." Kyuemon explained.

"Then what am I supposed to do!?" It yelled, almost a full cry. "I need to complete the contract in order to reach my full potential!"

"Actually, I don't think you do." Kyuemon stated, walking towards the fox monster. "In fact, with my help..."

He held up a small red object, glittering in the sunlight. "...I feel you can surpass your power in that form."

He tossed the object directly into the Imagin's chest, causing it to writhe around in pain as red bolts of electricity covered it. The monster turned sheet white, and quickly disintegrated into a pile of sand.

"Hm, disappointing." Kyuemon said to himself. "But there was a chance he wouldn't survive."

Just as Kyuemon turned to leave, he heard a rumbling, and turned back to the pile of sand. Before his eyes, the sand shifted and swirled, forming into a new body for the monster, still resembling its previous self, fox like and brown, but with a bulkier frame, a hunched over stature, much larger claws, and a red marking of the Chaos Badge on its chest.

It stretched its arms out, and let out a mighty roar. "This is amazing!" It yelled. "What in the world did you do!?"

"I've granted your wish." Kyuemon said slyly. "Now go and kill them."

"Oh, I have a much better idea in mind!" It said, looking into the city. Kyuemon cocked his head, less confused and more intrigued.

"I won't just kill them, I'll erase them completely!"

It started laughing, and Kyuemon disappeared in a burst of dark energy.

After running off, the two officers had headed back to their apartment to pick up their spare uniforms. They'd bother finding the other ones after this whole ordeal was done with.

"This is it, Nick." Judy said dramatically, staring down the revolving doors of the station. "This conversation is something our lives depend on."

"You mean 'your life depends on'." He sarcastically replied.

She glared at him. "Can you please take those off?" She rudely asked.

The fox lifted his pointed sunglasses up. "Why? They look good on me, and that's all that matters." He gave her a wink, and the glasses fell back down his face.

She rolled her eyes in response, and the two walked in. And instead of being met just by Clawhauser, there was another mammal there, sitting on Clawhauser's desk and talking to him. It looked like Fangmeyer, but something was off.

"Yeah it goes like, 'doot dah doot doot dah doo', it's by 175R, pretty good song."

"I'll have to check it out!" Clawhauser said cheerfully. "I didn't know you had that kind of taste in music, Fangmeyer, you struck me more as a classic rock guy!"

"You learn more about people every day!" The huskie said, his voice sounding off, but familiar to the two as they walked closer. He turned to them, and they noticed the purple strand of fur hanging in front of his face.

"Oh no." Nick whispered.

"There you two are!" The huskie said, hopping down from the desk. "I've been waiting for you two for hours!"

"But we saw you like, an hour ago." Judy pointed out.

"Time travel!" He quietly shouted. "I've been here talking to Clawhauser for three hours!"

"Seriously?" Nick shook his head. "I hate time travel."

"Talking about popular music isn't the reason I'm here though." Ryutaros explained. "I'm here to let you know that Ura and Kin are coming to help you guys out of this mess."

"What about Momo?" Judy asked.

"He's caused enough trouble." Ryutaros continued. "He's been put on possession ban for a month."

"So, Ura and Kin are going to come by?" Judy asked. "I don't really see how they can help us."

"You never know, maybe sleeping on the job will make Bogo understand."

"Don't worry, Urataros can get out of anything." Ryu cheerfully explained. "There was the time he pretended to betray us, hah! What a guy."

"Sounds like he'd make a good lawyer." Nick joked.

"Or a great conman." Judy followed. "No offense."

"None taken."

"He mostly uses it to woo ladies though." Ryu continued. "Real ladies' man, everyone swoons over him."

"Ugh, that sounds awful, right Nick?" She turned to nick, whose paw was placed on his chin. "Nick?"

"Whu? Oh yeah, what she said."

"Anyway, Ura also wanted me to give you this." He held out the blocky object Den-O had used to transform, and placed it in Judy's paws.

"What is this, exactly?"

"It's a DenLiner Pass, it lets you get to the DenLiner through any door, as long as the numbers on the clock completely match up." Ryu explained. "You're gonna need it when you get out of here."

"What?"

"Nothing!" He yelled, stepping forward awkwardly. "I have to go now, ciao!" With another step, Fangmeyer fell to the ground, knocked out cold.

The two looked at the knocked out huskie, wide-eyed, and then turned back to Clawhauser, who was also looking at it wide-eyed. "We don't mention this to anyone." Nick said, motioning his hand over his mouth like a zipper. The other two followed suit.

The two quickly ran away from the scene, and Clawhauser buried his face in his desktop. Nick and Judy ran to the upper floor.

"So, we just wait for the shell head and the napster to show up now, huh?" Nick said, putting his sunglasses away.

"That's an extraordinarily rude thing to call people who want to help us, but yes."

"Hey if they can come up with rude, uncreative nicknames for themselves, I can come up with rude, creative nicknames for them."

The rabbit suddenly jolted up straight, a sudden blue bang of fur appearing down her face, and her lavender eyes turning blue. She relaxed, and brought both arms behind her back, and glared at the fox, who slapped his face in response.

"I heard you call me shell head." She said, Urataros' voice now coming from her.

"Great." The fox sighed. "So, how are you and Kin going to help us?"

"I'm going to lie you guys out of there." She explained.

"But, what about Kin?"

"Oh, he just wanted to come along."

The fox felt a sudden jolt as well, as a long ponytail of red and yellow fur formed, while his eyes turned yellow. He cracked his neck a few times, and then stomped on the ground, causing the entire building to shake a bit.

"I am ready to help!" He yelled, crossing his arms.

"Great, the best way you can help is to keep quiet." Ura said. "But no napping."

"I will try my best!"

They looked across the hall as the door opened, Bogo stepping out, an ice pack placed next to his jaw. He spotted them, and gave a glare. "You two." He said, calmly, but with obvious frustration in his voice. "In here. Now."

Urataros gritted her rabbit teeth. This might be more difficult than she had thought. Kin, on the other hand, seemed excited.

"I like that guy!" He yelled. "Strong, menacing, a real man!"

In a few moments the two were seated in uncomfortable plastic chair, locked in a staring match with the infuriated buffalo. Finally, he sighed, breaking the terrifying silence.

"I know you two have been having a rough last month." He said. "But even with all the bizarre occurrences, that doesn't mean you can just punch me in the face and leave!" He slammed his fist on the table, and then quickly clutched his jaw again. "Maybe I should have kept you suspended, obviously neither of you is mentally well right now."

Ura coughed a bit. "Well, sir, there's obviously been some kind of mistake." Her voice sounded exactly like Judy's again. "We never actually showed up for work today."

"What?" Bogo said, confused. "Clawhauser said he talked to you this morning."

"Sure, he claims he did, but how do you know he really did?" She asked. "Were you there?"

"Uh, no-"

"Exactly! They were impostors who snuck in." She continued to lie. "Did you see their fur? It had completely different markings from us."

The buffalo sighed, and rubbed his jaw. "I didn't know you were so good at making up excuses, Hopps." He said, a bit angry. Ura gritted her teeth so hard, they felt like they were going to break. "Obviously you've learned from Wilde."

"Hah!" Kin laughed, his voice still sounding like his normal, gruff voice. "The mighty Urataros, master of lying, defeated!"

"What?" Bogo let out.

"Shut it, Kin!" Ura yelled, her voice going back to normal. "You blew our cover!"

"Are you two okay?" He asked, leaning across the desk.

"There is only one way to settle this!" Kin yelled, standing up and rubbing his paws. "A situation unable to be solved with lying must be solved with honesty!"

"Kin, don't do it!"

The fox suddenly fell limp, his ponytail vanishing. In a flash, Kintaros had appeared in the middle of the room, staring directly at the surprised buffalo.

"Honesty... is the virtue of a man!" He yelled, cracking his neck. "We apologize profusely for the trouble we've caused, but we required these two for important business." He explained, bowing down.

Ura sighed. The rabbit fell limp as well, her blue bangs disappearing. Urataros also appeared in the room in a flash. "We're, uh, monster hunters." He explained. "We required their help for hunting one down. They were acting weird because two of our... colleagues were possessing them."

"Ah." Bogo let out. "I suppose that makes sense."

"Wait, really?" Ura said in surprise.

The buffalo nodded. "I've known those two were those super heroes running around for a while now, I could've guessed their odd behavior was relating to something involving it."

The two looked at each other in shock.

"I do want to know what you two are, though. Ghosts? Demons?" He asked. "I'll have to put it in the file."

"The best thing to describe us as is demons, I suppose." Ura said.

"Demons!?" Kin yelled, smacking Ura on the shoulder. "Demons do not have the bravery and integrity of us!"

"Alright, demons." Bogo said, pretending to write it down on a piece of blank paper. "Listen, don't tell them I know they're super heroes, alright? I don't want them taking advantage of my kindness."

"We won't tell them a thing." Ura nudged Kin in the shoulder. "Right, Kin?"

"Uh, yes!"

The two vanished, and the unconscious bodies of the mammal cops got up, their odd furstyles returning. "Now, if you excuse us, we have a train to catch!" Ura said, the two hopping down form their seats and rushing out the door.

As they opened the door, Bogo heard the sound of a train, and a brief glow from behind the door. He got up and opened it, looking out into the police station hall. He opened it up all the way, and turned to a passing by Grizzoli.

"Did Hopps and Wilde run down this way?" He asked.

"Uh, no." The bear responded, continuing to walk past.

He closed the door behind him. He let out a loud sigh, and clutched his jaw. "What in the world is going on in this city?"

Nick opened his eyes. He was back on the DenLiner, Judy sat next to him, fast sleep. "Great, more trains." He mumbled. He nudged the bunny in the side, trying to wake her up.

"Sorry, no more turtle soup..." She muttered in her sleep. The fox rolled his eyes and nudged her again. "No, I don't want to go fishing..." She mumbled again.

The fox pulled back her ear, and blew into it, startling her and making her wake up. "Augh, don't do that!" She yelled at him.

"Sorry, thought you were in a coma again." He joked, standing up to look around. All the other Imagin were there, doing their usual business as the train continued to move along. He turned to Urataros, who was nervously drinking a cup of coffee.

"So, how'd the conning go?" He asked, paw to chin.

"Oh, it went well!" Urataros said, sounding a bit nervous. "Do you think it went well, Kin?" He turned to the sleeping kintaros, who replied with a loud snore. Ura turned back to the fox. "He thinks it went well."

The fox rolled his eyes, but before he could say anything else, Judy hopped up and asked another question. "Why are we back on the DenLiner, did you guys find the Imagin again?"

"Hell yeah we did!" Momotaros yelled from his seat. "We're gonna go kick that bastard's ass, and send him packing!"

"So, we're on the way there right now?" Nick asked.

"Yes, about thirty seconds until we're back in the city." Urataros said.

There was a bright flash, which nearly blinded the two unprepared mammals. "Whoops." Urataros said flatly. "Must've been three seconds."

The two huddled to the nearest window, and looked out. The train was hovering directly over the streets, hundreds of different mammals seeing it fly by. "Well, this is just peachy." Nick said aloud, causing Momotaros to give him a glare.

They felt the train head upward, and then dip down suddenly. The two were flung into the air, and then crashed back into the table as they felt the train skid to a halt.

"Alright!" Momotaros yelled, getting up from his seat and rubbing his hands. "Let's go do this!" He ran out the door, shortly followed by the two officers as they tried to get their bearings back.

The two hopped out of the train, and found themselves in the middle of central park. Only it looked much worse for wear than it had the previous day. Most of the trees were cut down, large, claw mark shaped chunks of grass were missing, but there didn't appear to be any actual injured mammals nearby.

"Wow, this place is a real dump." Momo said, looking around.

"What happened to the park!?" Judy yelled, horrified.

"That monster probably wrecked it." Nick rationalized. "But it isn't like the other monsters, right? It's just supposed to be hunting for us and not destroying things, so..."

"Wait, is this a trap?" Momotaros quickly realized, pulling out the belt.

The ground began to shake, and then burst open, the Fox Imagin leaping from beneath the ground. It swung its claws towards them, firing dozens of small, sharp energy blasts. The Zoorangers leaped out of the way, transforming into their armored forms. Momotaros quickly transformed into Den-O, and slashed away the blasts aimed at him.

It landed on the ground with a loud thud, leaving visible cracks in the ground. Den-O looked at it for a second, piecing together its new form. "Did you get uglier?" He asked, pointing his sword towards the creature.

"No." The Imagin started. "I got stronger."

"Stronger, huh?" ZooRed said, spinning his sword around as he stepped towards the monster. "I'll say this to start, we're fairly strong ourselves."

"That does not matter." The monster said. "In a few seconds, you won't be anything!" The creature sliced at them, causing a wave of energy to fly towards the three, who blocked it with their weapons.

With some struggling, the three cut through the blast, and dashed towards the monster. All three attempted to strike with their blades a few times, only for the monster to deftly block them all. With a swing of its claw, the heroes were knocked backwards.

Blue looked at the monster as she got up. She saw the emblem on its chest. "Oh cheese and crackers." She said, frustrated.

"Do you know why it got so strong, rabbit?" Den-O asked, motioning towards her.

"I didn't realize those red things worked on other monsters." She said, shaking her head.

"Wait." Red let out. "It got to Chaos form!? How!?"

"Kyuemon must have given it to him!" Blue guessed.

"So, hold on," Den-O started, holding up his hands. "Imagin are already pretty strong as it is, but they aren't at their strongest until a contract is completed." He clenched one hand. "And this Chaos form thing makes them even stronger than before, so that must mean..." He clenched his other hand. "He's really, really strong!"

"I'm stronger than you even know, Imagin Hunter!" The fox yelled, before it started to laugh. "That Kyuemon helped me realize a fatal flaw in my contract." The monster began to explain. "I had made a contract to erase you two from existence, not simply kill you."

"So, you can't actually complete the contract?" Red said, a bit hopeful.

The monster laughed again. "I wasn't able to in my original form, but in this form... Well..." The monster paused for a few seconds, the three bracing themselves.

It quickly dashed towards ZooBlue, clutching her head and lifting her up into the air. A bright light emitted as this happened, which quickly faded. He dropped the rabbit to the ground, who sat there stunned.

It held up a small card in its claws, waving it around to taunt the Rider. "A Rider Card!?" Den-O yelled. "How did you...?"

"Now, Kamen Rider Den-O, watch as I transcend even your precious DenLiner!" It dropped the card to the ground, and its claws began to glow green. With a quick slash, the monster had appeared to cut a hole in the air itself. The hole also glowed green, and the fox monster approached it, turning back to Den-O to give a brief smirk before jumping in. The hole quickly shut afterwards.

"This is bad." Den-O said flatly. "This is really bad."

"What is?" Blue asked, getting up.

"Well, Imagin, when they complete a contract, can go back in time to cause trouble and mess with the time stream." He started to explain. "But this bastard just cut a hole in time by himself! And worse, he's gonna use it to kill you two!"

"WHAT!?" Red yelled, feeling panicked. "That's crazy!"

"Crazy like a fox." Judy said, untransforming. "No offense."

Nick also untransformed. "Now's not the time for puns, Carrots."

"Oh come on, you know if it was a rabbit monster, you'd be making puns about it."

"That is very true, but-"

"JUST SHADDUP!" Momotaros yelled, instantly silencing the two. He ran over to pick up the card. "We don't have a whole lotta time before you two get erased forever." He stared at the giant number plastered on the card, directly underneath a picture of Judy. "2016, huh? Well, let's get going!"

All three of them ran back to the train, which quickly flew into the air and vanished.

"So, what's the plan?" Judy asked, sitting down in the booth next to Momotaros.

"The best I got is that we find this asshole in the past, and kick his ass."

"Not much of a plan, but what do you expect?" Nick joked, taking a seat next to Judy.

"It's the best we have right now." Urataros said, taking a sip of coffee from the booth next to them. "Momo might not be the best at plans, but he knows what to do most of the time."

"Momo might act all tough most of the time," Ryutaros started, seated at a booth near the back, still coloring. "But he's a real big softy once you get to know him."

"Shut up, you brat!" Momo yelled, standing up on the table. Ryutaros responded by pulling at his eyelid, and sticking his tongue out. Momo shook his fist at him, and sat down. "I don't have the energy to waste killing you right now." He awkwardly excused.

"See, just a big, peachy softy!"

"That doesn't mean I won't kill you later!"

As the two continued to argue with each other, Nick looked at Urataros, who was still calmly drinking his coffee. "I have something I need to do." He said to the rabbit next to him "I'll be back in a few."

He hopped down from the seat, and walked over to Urataros, tapping him on the leg to get his attention. "Hey, do you think we can talk in private for a minute?" He asked, rubbing his arm.

"Uh, sure." The turtle Imagin said, standing up. "We can go to the next car over, if you like."

"Perfect."

The two headed to the cart behind the main one, and took a seat, Urataros still holding his cup of coffee. "What is it you want to talk about, Nick?" He asked. "Is it about the Imagin? The philosophical implications of time?"

"Actually, I really need your help with... romance." He explained, cringing a bit.

"Love advice, hmm?" He wondered. "That's a rare one. First, who is it you're in love with?"

The fox stared at him for a second. "Who do you think?"

"Judy, alright." He realized. "How long have you two been... together?"

"Officially, not even twenty four hours, but technically, around three years."

"How did you two first meet?"

"At an ice cream place."

"Romantic."

"I managed to hustle her into buying me a massive Popsicle, which I made into more popsicles, which I then sold for even more money."

The Imagin nearly choked on his coffee. "That's... quite a first date." The imagin wondered if the fox might have been an even better liar than himself.

"Wouldn't really call that the first date." Nick said. "I'd call us saving the city from a massive conspiracy our first date."

"Incredible." Urataros said, a bit sarcastic. "So, what exactly do you need my help with?"

"Well, I've been incredibly nervous about this entire thing for the past day." He admitted. "It's terrifying. I considered us friends before, but now, I feel that if I mess up, we won't even be that."

"Love is a powerful emotion." Urataros began to explain. "It can make people do crazy things."

"But what should I do?" Nick asked. "You're supposed to be a romantic guy, right?"

"I feel there's been some miscommunication." Urataros said plainly. "I am a romantic, but I am far less good with long term relationships, which is what you want."

"So, this has just been a waste of time?" Nick said, throwing his arms up. "Great."

"Not entirely." Urataros said. "I feel I can still give you some advice about your situation."

"And it is...?"

"As a friend once told me, 'Don't be afraid, just go'."

"And that means...?"

"It means," Ura started. "Do what you feel is necessary. If you want to take this relationship farther, you'll have to do it yourself. If you don't do anything, it will stagnate, and you two will remain 'just friends'."

The fox slumped back and thought about it for a second. "Don't be afraid, just go." He said to himself.

"Some more advice." Urataros started again. "Don't be afraid of change. If you are, you'll lose sight of what you want."

The fox hopped down from his seat, a bit solemn. "Thanks for the advice." He said, walking out to the next cart.

"You're welcome."

She stared at the computer monitor, and sighed. Savage mammal report, Emmet Otterton. What a disaster this case had been, her first case. She had alienated herself from a friend, and the entire situation seemed to only be getting worse.

Her ears perked up as she heard a knock at her cubicle. She spun around to see Bogo. "Come on, Hopps." He said. "The new mayor wants to see you."

"The mayor? Why?"

"It seems you've arrived."

Meanwhile, a few miles away, under a bridge.

Nick's life had turned to shit after the incident. Not only had an awful, terrible void been created in his heart, but he could barely live anymore. Distrust levels of him had gone from "normal fox distrust" to "unreasonably high", which mad hustling a very, very difficult prospect.

He popped open his soda can, and took a sip. It was sunset, and he was wearing sunglasses, but he didn't care. They helped protect his rather sensitive sight, and they looked cool.

Then, he heard a car park nearby. He ignored it, but the sound of clopping hooves nearing him certainly brought some intrigue. He twisted around in his lawn chair, and spotted two large rams in black suits heading towards him.

"Walter, Jesse?" He said, lifting up his glasses. "That you?" He hopped out of his chair, and ran over to them. "How's the illegal drug trafficking business been treating you?"

"The mayor wants to see you." One of them said, he wasn't entirely sure which one.

"You guys know the mayor?" He wondered aloud. "Explains the suits. You know, my dad always wanted to-"

"Nobody cares, Wilde."

"I'd say my dad cared about it a lot." Quickly, ond of the rams grabbed the fox's arm. It wasn't a light grip, it was very uncomfortable. "Yeesh, can you lighten the grip a bit?"

He got no response, or any lightening, but he was dragged forcibly to a nearby dingy, black car. One of the rams opened the back door, and the other flung the fox into it. Before the fox could get out, the door was slammed in his face.

"So, why does Bellwether want to see me?" He asked a bit confused.

"How should we know?" One of the rams said, the car starting up. "We just do what she tells us."

The fox gulped. Something bad was going to happen.

The rabbit and the buffalo walked through the foyer. "Are you coming in with me?" She asked, a bit nervous.

"No, the Mayor said she wanted it to be private." Bogo explained as they walked. He stopped when he noticed someone else pacing outside fo the office's large doors. "But it looks like you may have some company either way.

She spotted the fox, who was just kind of standing nervously outside the door. She ran up to him. "Nick?"

"Oh, if it isn't the friend formerly known as Hopps." He said, trying not to make eye contact with her.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"You probably think I'm here to attack someone." He growled. "But you should ask the Mayor's hired goons that instead."

"Wait, you're here to see the mayor too?"

"Not by my own free will, Carrots."

The doors creaked open, and the small sheep walked out and spotted the two, who in turn turned towards her. "Oh, I'm so glad you two are here!" She said cheerfully, walking up to them. "Come in, I have a lot I want to talk to you both about!"

"I still don't get why I'm here." The fox said as they followed her into the office. "And I really wish this traitor wasn't here."

Judy's ears drooped, she felt like a pile of walking rabbit dung.

The sheep waddled over to her desk, and climbed up onto the chair, struggling a bit. She opened a drawer, and began to rummage through it. "I wanted to talk to you both about becoming the faces of the ZPD!"

"What?" They both said.

"If you haven't noticed," Nick said, tugging at his clothes. "I'm not a police officer." He crossed his arms and turned to the rabbit next to him. "And never will be."

She tried to ignore her awful feelings for the moment. "This is really sudden, Mayor Bellwether, but I-"

"You two didn't let me finish!" She said, still rummaging through the drawer. "Ah, there it is." She pulled something out, neither able to make it out. "I want to make you the faces of the ZPD..."

In a swift motion, she pulled out a pistol. "On their missing person's board."

The two put their hands up in complete shock. "A gun!?" Nick yelled, slowly backing away alongside the rabbit. "Where'd you get a gun!?"

"I thought firearms were outlawed years ago!" Judy said.

"Oh, you know, I always have one laying around in case of emergencies." She excused. "But that's not important now. Now it's time for you two to be erased."

Judy spotted something out of the corner of her eye. Outside the window, and large, red and silver… thing, was flying towards them.

It looked like a train.

With a mighty crash, the train smashed through the window, and dug itself through part of the wall of the tower. The slowly slid to a halt after crashing through part of the entrance as well, a rather out of place "ding dong" playing as it stopped.

The door slid open, and a strange, red, black, and white creature in a suit stepped out. "I…" It placed its thumb to its chest, before quickly splaying its arms out. "HAVE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME!"

"Den-O." Bellwether growled, her voice suddenly growing lower, and her eyes turning pure yellow. She aimed the pistol directly at Den-O's chest, and quickly unloaded the entire barrel into his chest. The bullets bounced off the Rider's armor, and fell to the ground with a clink.

"Bullets, really?" He said, shrugging. "What a lame climax."

Quickly, two other figures ran out of the train, one dressed in a blue armored suit, the other in a matching red one. They looked like a bunny and a fox, respectively.

"Carrots, what's going on?" Nick asked, lowering his arms and turning to the rabbit.

"How should I know?"

"We'll fill you in in a second." ZooBlue said, turning to her past counterpart. "This is weird, even for us." She whispered to herself.

"I was hoping to get rid of you indiscreetly." The sheep said. "But I suppose I'll have to do this more… directly." A green glow appeared on the sheep, splitting her in half. Then it literally split her in half, her two halves separated by the glow opening up to reveal a green portal. Two massive claws reached through, and out climbed the Fox Imagin.

"What the HELL is that thing!?" Past Nick yelled, stepping back. Him and the rabbit rushed to the door, and tried to pull it open. It was locked. They turned back as the monster let out a massive roar.

"Just, stay in the back, alright!?" ZooRed yelled.

"We aren't going to let this thing hurt you!" ZooBlue assured.

"It's time to show you my killer technique!" Den-O yelled, stepping in front of the other two. "Part Two, part two!"

He splayed his arms out, his sword beginning to crack with red electricity. He swung it, the blade detaching, connected by an electrical beam. It swung towards the monster, who nearly instantly caught it in its claws.

"I guess what they say is true." It mocked. "Den-O does climax too quickly." It pulled the blade off of the beam, and threw it into Den-O's face, knocking him backwards.

"Momo, we need to actually weaken the monster before we use a finisher." Blue explained.

"Don't treat me like a kid!" He yelled, rubbing his helmeted face. "I just got too excited."

The two pulled out their weapons and aimed them at the monster, who hadn't moved from the desk.

"VICKSACANNON!"

"RABBLASTERS!"

They fired rapidly at the monster, a mass of explosions wracking it. The sheer force of the combined blasts was strong enough to shatter the window behind it.

The smoke cleared, and the monster just stood there, letting out a small chuckle. "That didn't even tickle."

"OH COME ON!" Red yelled, pulling out his sword. He hopped onto the desk, and attempted to strike the monster repeatedly with his blade, only for it to block each swing.

Blue eyed the monster. While it was attacking Red, there was no protection at the back. She twirled her daggers, and dashed around the desk. She leaped up, and jabbed the monster in the back, causing it to let out a howling screech as sand rushed from its wounds.

In its pain, it knocked a disoriented ZooRed of the desk, and quickly swished around the face the small rabbit standing behind it. It crouched down, claws gripped to the edge of the desk. It blew hot air in her face, causing her ears to bend back slightly.

"Did you know," It started, trying not to have its voice turn to a growl. "That where I come from, foxes eat rabbits?"

"Yes, actually, I did." She smugly said. "But did you know that fox monsters here, have to EAT THIS!" She quickly hopped onto her hands, and kicked the Fox Imagin directly in the face with both of her feet. There was a sickening crack, as it rose back up, and fell to the floor.

It twisted around, obviously in pain from the surprise attack. The fox monster tried to get to his feet, but only looked up to see Den-O. He had, at some point, switched to Axe Form. "The only thing I hate nearly as much as making a lady cry," He started. "Is someone hurting my friends!"

He held the axe above the monster's head, and slammed it down on the monster's skull. The monster let out another howl, and swiped at the Rider, who was knocked back a bit. "I've had enough of this!" It yelled. "See you in another timeline, suckers!" It ran and leaped over the desk, barely missing the rabbit, and right through the broken window.

"Oh, great." Nick said, untransforming. "He got away again!"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Blue yelled at the fox.

"What?" He asked, before quickly realizing. He slowly turned to his past double, and awkwardly waved. "Oh, hey, me."

"I say this again." Declared past Nick. "What the hell is going on here?"

Judy hopped down from the table, untransforming as well. "We're you." She sighed.

"From the future!" Nick yelled in an overdramatic way, performing over exaggerated hand movements as did.

"The future?" Past Judy questioned. "Do you really expect us to believe that?"

"Yeah, how can you even prove that?" Past Nick said, getting up into his future self's face. "And if you are me, why are you wearing a police uniform?"

"Well, uh…" Future Nick said, backing away a bit. His ears perked up, and he pulled out his wallet, flipping it open to reveal his police badge. "Officer Nicholas Piberius Wilde, ZPD."

"Hah, nice fake." The past fox said, grabbing the badge from him. He felt it. It felt real. "Wait, this is real."

"So, in the future, you become an officer?" Past Judy asked, walking grabbing the badge from the fox.

"Yep." Future Nick continued. "Got the face for it, don't I? Yeah, in about a year, you become an officer, and get the best partner a fox could ask for." He turned to Judy, and gave a smile.

"But, she…" The past fox turned to the rabbit next to him, and grabbed the badge back from her. "She broke my trust, why would I ever partner with her?"

"I'm pretty sure you know why."

The past fox gulped and blushed a bit, handing the badge back to his future self.

"I just want to say…" Future Judy said, walking up to her counterpart. "You're a horrible, awful idiot." The counterpart's ears drooped a bit from hearing this from herself. "But that changes. Everything changes."

"And remember!" Den-O yelled, hands on hips. "Being afraid of change is no good! You're just losing sight of who you want to be!"

"That's pretty good advice." Past Judy said. "Thanks, weird super hero man."

Suddenly, Den-O shifted to Rod Form. "Excuse me, but we have a monster to catch." He ran towards the window, and dived out of it.

The four mammals watched as this happened, before future Nick turned back and gave a quick salute. "Alright then, be seeing you guys later!" He said, transforming and jumping out of the window.

Before future Judy could run out, she stopped and turned back to them. "Oh, and spoilers, but Bellwether is the one causing the Predscare, she's using a drug that makes animals go savage." She transformed and started running. "Alright see you BYE!" She cried as she leaped out of the window as well, before either could reply.

She crashed onto the ground, creating a small crack. "Which way'd he go!?" She asked the two other heroes.

"Maybe, I'm not the best to judge, but…" Red pointed towards a completely ruined street. The pavement was cut up, and trees down it were destroyed, and, of course, a nearby fire hydrant was gushing water.

"Alright then." Den-O said, placing his rod on his shoulder. "Just follow the trail of destruction."

"Wait, I have a question." Blue said, stopping the Rider before he could run off. "Did we just horribly mess up the timeline back there?"

"Most likely not." He assured. "At worst, you created an alternate timeline. Things usually go back to normal once we return to the present."

"Oh, that's good." Red sighed in relief. "I was worried we might have to face consequences for our actions one of these days."

"Oh, you probably will, but right now, we just have to make sure neither of you is erased from history completely."

"We have just the thing for these kinds of situations." The two pulled out the bike ZooTags, and summoned their bikes.

"I thought you guys were a Sentai, not Kamen Riders?" Den-O said, seeming genuinely confused.

"I'm pretty sure we're a Sentai." Blue said, hopping on her bike. "IS that why they call you a Kamen Rider, because you ride a bike?"

"Uh, yes." Den-O said, rubbing the back of his head. "And it seems like I left mine up… in the train."

Red rolled his eyes under his helmet. "Alright, hop on."

The three rode through the streets for a bit trying to find the Fox Imagin Den-O riding uncomfortably on the back of the Kitsunaider. After a bit, they spotted him in a different destroyed street. He was unaware they were coming, and they were heading towards him at incredible speeds.

"Alright," Said Den-O from the back of Red's bike. "Once we get a bit closer, I'm going to use my Solid Attack on him."

"You're what?"

"Just stop the bike now!"

He complied, and Den-O used the momentum to leap high into the air. He threw his rod like a spear, which pierced the monster's back. He then dive kicked towards the spear. The kick lodged the spear further into the monster, as Den-O used the momentum from that to leap off and backwards.

The monster thrashed and wailed in pain, but eventually managed to pull the spear out, and toss it to the ground. "You'll have to do better than that!"

"Even my Solid Attack didn't defeat him…" Den-O sighed as the other two heroes drove up. "How strong is this guy?"

The fox monster dashed towards the ranger, before he could even get off the bike, and lifted him off the ground. Another light emitted, and ZooRed fell to the ground, a small card following him. "Ah, that's a much better time to kill you." The monster snarled smugly, cutting another hole in the air and leaping through it.

"FOLLOW HIM!" Blue shouted, rushing towards the portal.

"We should take the DenLi-"

"NO TIME!" She yelled as she leaped through the portal. The Imagin sighed, and quickly followed her through it.

Red spotted the card as he got up, and grabbed it. He rushed towards the portal, barely making it before it closed.

A flash of green covered his eyes, as he tumbled back onto pavement. He got up and looked around. It was the concert hall parking lot, late at night. "Where are we?" He asked the other two.

"The real question is WHEN are we?" Den-O said. "Sorry, couldn't resist."

Red pulled out the card and looked at it. It had a picture of him, and underneath it was a large number. 2016. "Wait, I know where we are. When we are. Whatever."

"Where is it, Red?" Blue asked.

"We're at that Gazelle concert we went to after I became an officer." He explained.

"How do you know that?"

He held out the card. "It has a date on it, and it showed up before the thing got away."

"What is this card anyway?" Blue asked.

"It's a Rider Card." Den-O explained. "The DenLiner uses them to pinpoint exact times and dates when travelling through time. They're created from especially strong memories, and somehow this Imagin is using them to travel through time himself."

"Wait, so the concert was a strong memory for you?" She asked with a smirk, turning back to the fox.

He got a bit of a blush underneath his mask. "It wasn't for you?"

"I mean, it was the first concert I ever went to, but, it was still just a concert." She said. "I've been to tons of them now."

"Oh."

"The Imagin is definitely in there, he's probably planning on taking you both out during the craze of the concert." Den-O explained, "Quick, we need to-"

He paused mid run. His armor shifted around in to Gun Form, and he began dancing. "I heard somebody say concert!" Ryutaros said, still dancing. "I finally get to hear some of this place's music!"

He quickly rushed into the concert hall, the two exasperated rangers rushing in after him. As the entered, the memories of the night came flooding back to them. It was exactly like it was before. It was completely packed, and as they peeked in, Judy even managed to spot her parents.

The walls played a variety of patterns, coloring the area in greens, oranges and blues. It was beautiful, and kind of nostalgic to the two.

Den-O stood by the end of the entrance hall, arms crossed, and foot tapping rapidly. "This music's fine, but…"

"Don't do anything!" Blue yelled at him. "If you make us obvious, the Imagin's probably going to kill more than just us!"

"Aah, fine!" He shouted in frustration. "You two are no fun."

"We need to find him" Red said. "Everyone split up, he's probably slinking somewhere around here."

The three ran into the crowd, searching for the fox monster. After a few minutes of unsuccessful searching, Blue rang up her partner. "Find anything?" She asked.

"No, just a lot of people we know dancing." He replied back. "You know, if this was a movie, this would make a great credits sequence."

"Well this isn't a movie, this is a matter of existence and non-existence!"

"Oh no."

"Did you find him?" She yelled. "Tell me where that monster is!"

"No, it's not the monster…" He groaned, sounding embarrassed. "Look up on the stage."

She turned to face the stage. Sifting around one of the lower rungs was Den-O, still in Gun Form. He turned to her, and gave a thumbs up, before leaping to the center platform. The music suddenly stopped as he obviously surprised the singer and dancers on the stage.

He grabbed the headset Gazelle was wearing, an audible "Hey!" being heard before her voice vanished. He placed the headset on his helmet, it somehow managing to fit.

"Testing, one, two," He said, testing out the mike. "Alright, perfect! Hello, Zootopia, this is MC Ryuuta coming at you!" He yelled towards a very confused crowd. Blue facepawed in response.

"I know you came here expecting to hear Gazelle sing," He said as one of the tiger dancers attempted to hit him. He spun out of the way and continued. "But I figured you all could use some variety, especially when there's a horrible monster running around in the crowd! Lessee…" He placed his hand above his eye line, and looked around, pointing over to a crowded area. "There he is! Go get him, guys!"

The crowd parted, and blue hopped up on a nearby rhino's head to look over. She could clearly make out parts of the monster's bulky, furry frame, which quickly started to scurry through the crowd. She leaped from mammal to mammal, attempting to catch up with the running monster, who became much clearer due to the crowd continuing to move away.

As she followed the monster, who seemed to be unaware of her, she figured out where it was heading. She spotted her and Nick in the distance, the monster was running directly towards them.

The monster reached them quickly, and bared its claws and teeth at the past counterparts, who seemed to be unaware due to the noise. Before it could attack them, Blue leaped onto its head, jabbing one of her Crescent Cutters into it.

It let out a beastly howl, bringing attention from the entire crowd to the monster. The rabbit leaped from the monster's head, and landed in front of her and Nick's counterparts. "You need to get out of here!"

"What?"

"RUN!"

The two complied with the weird rabbit yelling at them, and quickly ran away from the giant fox thing.

"RED!" She shouted into her communicator. "GET OVER HERE!"

"Gimme a sec!"

"I need you here NOW!"

"I said..." She looked up, hearing the fox's voice from above her. His sword was drawn, and he quickly smacked it into the side of the monster's face, knocking it backwards. "...Give me a second!"

"Alright, that's showing him the beat!" Den-O yelled, still probably accidentally dodging attacks from around him. "Now, who minds if I lay down my own beats for you!?" He continued, the crowd replying with a resounding "Boo!", but that didn't appear to bother the rider. "I can't hear you! Hit it!"

He snapped his finger, and suddenly the lights in the arena shifted from the bright colors, to various shades of purple. The screens switched to displaying a purple, train track-esque pattern. Everyone, including the rangers and the monster, looked around, confused, as electronic dance music began to play.

"BEAT THE BEAT SO THE PARTY HAS COME"

"It's great, it's great, it's awesome!
It's great, it's great, it's awesome!"

As Den-O sang, he danced, continuing to accidentally avoid the dancers trying to attack him. The Imagin realized his opponents were distracted, and attempted to slash into them. The two realized immediately, leaping out of the way as the monster's claws dug into the ground.

"If you have a dream, just trust your rhythm and grab it
always unbalanced, adult and child, half and half, yeah!"

The rangers spun their weapons around, and dashed towards the monster slicing it with their blades. The Imagin managed to block the fox's sword with his free arm, but received multiple slashes to his stuck arm courtesy of the rabbit.

"If I don't like what I'm forced to do, then I'm going to clear everything away!
This tune is super surround, it's always exciting, hands up, hands up!"

The monster knocked the fox back, and pulled his arm out, swiping at the two, who blocked with their blades. They pushed the monster backwards, causing it to stumble.

"These climax vibes cause a clamor, feelin' it, party party!
A well know song is coming up, so everybody say,"

The two pulled out their blasters, and fired at the fox creature. The first few blasts managed to hit, but it managed to deflect the last few blasts away, where they flew into one of the screens. It exploded, and started to fall.

"It's always sudden at first
Taking fate time cruising! Surpass the impossible, grab it!"

The fox monster leaped up into the air, and descended into the angry crowd. The Zoorangers also jumped up, and began chasing after it.

"Don't be afraid of change
You're just losing sight of your future self!"

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Red yelled, pointing the Vickscannon towards the monster. He fired it, the crowd scattering quickly as he did. The blast hit the fox directly in the back, causing it to slam into the ground. At this point, they were directly in front of the stage.

"Jump higher than everyone else!
CLI-MAX JUMP!"

With the last line, Den-O Leaped into the air. "Wild Shot!" He yelled, aiming his gun at the stunned monster. Two bolts of energy shot from his shoulder armor, gathering in front of his gun, which quickly formed into a large, purple sphere.

He fired the ball directly into the monster, causing a massive explosion. He landed, and spun his gun around. "Feel the rhythm yet?" He joked.

The explosion cleared, and the monster stepped out, letting out a roar. "Oh, are you kidding me!?" Red yelled in disbelief.

"I've had enough of this ridiculous, noisy timeline." It scoffed. "Time to move to the next, maybe something a bit more public..."

He rushed towards ZooBlue, and grabbed her by the head, a light shining. He then slashed open a hole in the sky, and leaped through it.

"Quick!" Blue motioned towards the portal, leaping through it, followed by her partners.

"You're gonna have to wait your turn like everyone else, meter maid." The elephant said.

"Actually," She lifted her neon bright orange vest, revealing her police badge. "I'm an officer. Just had a quick quest-"

"Oh come on!" The elephant yelled, turning his attention to the window. "What is there, a 'fox convention' sign outside my store!?" He pointed his trunk at the fox. "Is that guy with you!?" He asked, pointing back to the window.

"What?" Nick said aloud, genuinely confused for the first time in a while. He peeked around the elephant woman that was standing behind him. Out the window was some kind of awful creature that vaguely resembled a fox, but definitely not a fox itself. It just stood there, not moving. "No, I have no idea who that is." He said, turning back to the manager.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a window shattering, and a yell. The fox, his cohort, and the bunny cop turned around to see the thing stride into the building, his massive claws pointed towards them.

"No more interruptions!" It yelled. "I will finally erase you!"

"Do we know each other?" Nick asked. "Because if we do, I can make up for whatever I conned you out of."

"WHAT!?" The rabbit officer yelled. "You're a conman!?"

"Yeah, and I can't believe you fell for it!"

"I was standing up for you!"

"QUIET!" The monster yelled, jabbing its claw directly into the ground, leaning down to stare the three in their faces.

"Excuse me, but those floors were very expensive!" The elephant manager said, tapping on the fox monster's back with his trunk.

The monster slowly rose, its eyes glowing yellow as it raised a claw, preparing to strike the elephant behind the counter. Before it could, however, a rain of firepower showered its back. It turned around to see the Zoorangers and Den-O standing outside the building.

"Great, more distractions." It growled as they leaped into the parlor.

"You gotta be god damn kidding me!" A deep voice yelled from behind the toddler's outfit. The fennec pulled the hood back, and started walking away. "I've had enough of this shit, Nick, I'm out!"

"Finnick, come on!" He yelled as the fennec left the building through the broken window. He tried to follow, only for the monster's claw to slam back down in front of him.

"The only place you two are going," The monster growled at them. "Is the void."

The fox gulped, and backed up into the counter, alongside the equally terrified bunny.

"Alright, let's get this party..." Den-O tried to say, before his armor forcibly shifted to Rod Mode.

"Mind if I reel you in?" Urataros asked the monster, before noticing the surroundings. "An ice cream shop, a strong memory..." He turned to the monster, and pointed his rod weapon towards him. "Love is blooming here, and you're not going to stop it!"

"You mean a friendship is blooming." Red tried to correct. "We were starting to become friends here."

"That's not really how I remember it." Blue chipped in, the fox shushing her.

"Either way, we won't allow you to break this up!" Den-O stated, before rushing forward to strike the fox monster, who blocked his strikes.

"Hey, hey!" The elephant yelled. "No fighting in the store!"

"Oh shut up!" The fox monster yelled, pushing Den-O away. It leaped into the air, and delivered a swift kick to the pachyderm, launching him into the wall. Another elephant walked in from the back room, looked at the unconscious body of his boss, and then walked right back out.

The two Zoorangers ran to their doubles, not being noticed by the monster due to it fighting with Den-O, and started escorting them away. "You two need to get out of here!" Red said, pushing his double forward.

"But that thing's going to kill us if we go anywhere!" He yelled back to himself.

"Yeah, and he's gonna kill you if you stay here." He explained flatly. "NOW GET OUT OF HERE!" The two of them pushed their counterparts, who both quickly ran out of the door.

"Alright, Red, let's help out!" Blue said, pulling out her Rabblasters. She fired a few shots into the monster's stomach, causing it to stumble backwards. Den-O jabbed it in the stomach, causing the monster to fly into the counter in a shower of sparks. The force of this caused the nearby glass display to shatter.

Red spotted the large Jumbo Pops start to slide out of the refrigerated display. "Blue, I think a delicious idea just hit me."

She turned to ask him what he meant by that, but he had already ran to the display. The fox picked up a familiar, large, red Popsicle, nearly tipping over in the process. He toddled over to the stunned fox monster, who had just gotten up.

He tapped the Popsicle on its shoulder, getting its attention. The monster turned and stared, confused at what the normal fox was trying to do. "Hey, bet you didn't know..." He held the Popsicle up, and swung it in the monster's face, knocking it side to side. "... That revenge..." He then pulled the Popsicle back, and jabbed it hard into the monster's chest area, launching it back a bit. He dropped the Popsicle down. "...Is a dish best served cold!"

Blue ran up to her partner. "Did you just do that for the pun?"

"Eh, maybe."

"Wait," She said, rushing over to the Popsicle and doing her best to lift it up. "Think you can shoot this?" She asked, out of breath.

"Why?"

"Just do it!"

He pulled out the Vickscannon, and fired it. The heat of the blast instantly melted the Popsicle, reducing it to sticky juice, which splattered all over the monster.

"Fun plan." Den-O said. "Fight fire with ice cream." He leaped over the counter as the monster struggled to escape the sticky liquid. The Rider jabbed his rod into a large, pink ball of ice cream, lifting it up. He then jabbed it into a green ball of ice cream. "Funny, this reminds me of something."

He leaped over the counter, and ran over to a table, where two elephants were seated in silence, a large ball of ice cream sitting in front of them. They had mostly been watching the events unfold. "Mind if I borrow this?" Den-O asked, not getting a response. "You can get another later."

He jabbed it onto the rod, the other two sliding down. He ran back over to the the stuck monster. "Hope you're ready for my Frozen Solid Attack." He calmly said. He threw the rod directly into the monster's chest, the three balls of ice cream sliding down even more so that it looked like they were sticking out of its chest. He jumped upwards, and kicked into it, a massive explosion of ice cream showering the entire parlor.

The two wiped ice cream from their visors, and looked over at Den-O, who was completely clean. "Of course." Red muttered.

The fox monster tried to scrub the ice cream out of his fur, but had no success. "Ugh, this is just embarrassing!" It growled. "I need to get out of here! Maybe somewhere... farther back."

He rushed towards the rabbit once again, and lifted her up, reading her memories once again. Another card fell to the ice cream covered ground, and the monster sliced open another portal, which it hopped through.

The rabbit and the Rider leaped through the portal, but Red stopped to pick the card up first, trying to shake the ice cream off of it. He then quickly jumped through before it closed.

When she landed, she skid across a wooden floor. The place was completely dark, aside from a massive hole in the side of one of the wall, letting sun flow through. She turned to the wall behind them, a mural of a jungle. She turned to the other side, to a lowered floor, full of empty chairs.

"Oh no."

"I'm guessing you know where we are, then." Den-O said.

"We're back when I was a kid." She explained, as the fox crashed into the ground. "The 1995 Farmer's Market Festival."

"You guys have a farmer's market festival?" Nick asked, amused. "What, do you celebrate farmers or something?"

"How do you not know this?" She replied, bemused. "I come here every year!"

"Is that what your weekend-long visit to your parents every summer is about?"

"YES!"

"I don't feel like you ever mentioned this festival thing, I thought you were just visiting your parents."

Den-O watched over from the hole in the wall as they continued to argue. "Those two were made for each other." He sighed. "Hey, if you guys don't want to be erased completely, you should hurry up!"

The two quickly snapped out of their argument and followed him out into the front of the school auditorium. "Okay, let's see, after I was done in the play, I headed to the farmers market…" Blue said to herself.

"You were in a play?" Red asked. "I'd pay to see that."

"Shut it." She snapped. "So that's when I… Follow me!" She quickly zoomed off, the other two heroes hastily following her.

They dashed through the farmer's market, until the rabbit skid to a stop, and peeked between two of the stands. There she was, in the middle of her "fight" with a young Gideon Grey.

"What are you looking at?" Red asked, the rabbit pushing him away. "Hey, I just wanted to look."

"You probably don't want to see this." She admitted, watching as her young counterpart kicked the fox in the face. "I don't see the Imagin though, he should be here."

"Maybe he ran home crying when he realized we couldn't beat him." Nick smugly suggested.

"'Crying'?" Den-O said. "Oh no." Quickly, his armor shifted into Axe Form.

"Did someone say crying!?" Kintaros yelled, pushing the rabbit out of the way. He saw the rabbit on the ground, being approached by a fox. "Gasp! That guy is making a lady cry!"

He leaped into the air, and crashed on the other side. Blue rushed off in a panic, Red trailing behind her as they ran through an entrance to the field they were in. They stopped at watched what was happening.

"Stop it right there, you punk!" Den-O yelled, approaching the young fox.

"Ah!" Gideon yelled, falling to the ground at the sight of the creature. "What the heck're you!?"

"I'm a guy who hates jerks who make ladies cry!" He replied, helping the rabbit up. "You look familiar, weird." He told her, before she ran back to her friends. "Anyway, a real man doesn't bully a girl, so to prove your own worth, I challenge you!"

"Whut!?" Gideon let out, shuffling back as the Rider approached him. "Challenge me to whut!?"

Den-O slammed his foot on the ground, causing the ground to shake. "The real man's sport, the ancient art of sumo wrestling!" He slammed his other foot on the ground. "Show me your power, young fox!"

"Okay, we have to stop this before someone actually gets hurt." Judy said, untransforming. She quickly ran over to the Rider, and grabbed the Rider's leg. "Alright, Kin, we need to head back to the games."

"What?"

"We're really sorry, kids." She excused. "Our… mascot, here, decided to wander around."

"I'm not a mascot!" He yelled.

"And he's also obviously… far too in-character." She continued to lie. "We'll be taking him back to game center now." She walked the fussing Den-O away, and slapped him hard on the calf. She then turned back to the young Gideon Grey. Oddly enough, the two were nearly the same size.

"And what's your name, mister?" She asked the fox.

"Guh-Gideon Grey?"

"Gideon Grey, huh?" She said, arms crossed. "Well, I'll be telling your parents about what you did here."

"NO!" he yelled, his voice nearly cracking. "Please don't tell paw!"

"Oh, I'm gonna." She said, walking off to the now untransformed Nick and the upset Den-O. "I'm not actually going to tell him. I just wanted to scare him."

"So, that guy was your childhood bully, huh?" Nick said rather plainly as they walked into the main path of the market.

"Yeah." She admitted.

"No wonder you were afraid of foxes." He said

"Yeah he was a real, just… jerk." She said. "No offense."

"None taken."

"He's a nice guy now, he works with my parents, makes really good pies." She continued, trying to spin a positive on this.

"Never would have guessed." Nick said as they walked through a crowd of animals, mostly bunnies. "Wonder how good his blueberry pies are."

"He's a great chef, so probably pretty good." She answered. "But right now we have to find that Imagin, and defeat it before it gets to young me!"

"This place seems pretty big, where do we even start?"

"The best place to start when you're looking for an Imagin," Den-O declared. "Is near wherever it's looking for is!"

"So, back with young Judy?" She said, the Rider nodding in response. She facepawed. "I guess that is the most obvious place. We should-"

"I found him." Nick said plainly, looking behind the rabbit.

She turned around slowly, and saw the monster perched on top of a booth. It was looking directly towards the field her young counterpart had been in. She quickly transformed, and leaped up, striking the monster with her blades and knocking it down.

"Alright, guess we're doing this now." Nick said, transforming into ZooRed and leaping over the booth. Den-O quickly followed.

As she landed on the other side and watched the monster get up, she noticed something. Despite the monster surviving three finishers, it was starting to look worn out. She twirled her blades. "Let's do this quickly." She pointed one blade towards it. "Obviously you can't take much more."

"I can take as much as you throw at me." It snarled. "I'm not dying until I complete my contract!"

She rushed at the monster, striking at it with her blades, the other two heroes watching on. She leaped over and ducked under swipes, managing to successfully get more hits on the beast than she and Red had managed to do together.

"Does she think she can take him on her own?" Red asked the Rider, crossing his arms.

"I think she's testing his abilities." He replied. "Look. Its reflexes are getting worse." He was right, the monster seemed much slower.

The fox quickly rushed behind the monster, and slashed it in the back. The Imagin attempted to swipe at him, only for the rabbit to respond with another strike. "He can't take us on all at once!" Red shouted, signaling Den-O to attack as well, striking it in the side with his axe.

They all hit it at once, knocking the fox monster backwards. Den-O stepped forward, and spun his axe around. He cracked his neck twice, and threw his axe into the air. "Dynamic…" He leaped into the air, grabbing the axe, and then bringing it down through the monster. "CHOP!"

He spun around as the monster exploded. "Looks like my strength has made you cry!"

He felt something strike his back, and the Rider flew forward. All three looked up, and saw the Imagin, still alive.

"Yikes, how tough is this guy?" Red questioned.

The Imagin's eyes gleamed, and it rushed towards Red, grabbing him by the head. Another light, another card. It slashed through the air, and leaped through the portal it created. Blue and Den-O leaped through the portal, Red grabbing and staring at the card for a second before following them.

The fox tumbled into the darkened streets, a bit worried about the number written on the card. It was night, and cloudy. It was all familiar.

"So, Red, where are we?" Blue asked.

"My strongest memory." He replied. She gritted her teeth. She knew what that meant.

They turned around, seeing a large apartment with a neon sign advertising the Ranger Scouts outside of it. They saw that the door was torn open.

It was already inside.

"Alright, let's make this the climax!" Den-O yelled, having switched back to sword form. The two nodded, and rushed towards the building.

"You know, one of those kids' mom was here the night I came." Red said, as they entered through the ruined doorway. "She was actually nice, I hope she isn't dead."

The house was pitch black, the only light coming from the moon and the street lights. There were horrifying claw marks in some of the walls, and furniture and decorations were completely ruined.

"I wouldn't call that promising." Blue said as they walked down the hall. Her ears perked, she heard someone slamming at a door.

She also heard a small voice call up. "One minute, we're about to start initiation!"

"The basement." She said. "Where's the basement?"

"It's up there." Red said, pointing down the hall. The three creeped down silently, and peeked around the corner. There was the Imagin, pulling at the door, trying to get it open.

"Okay," blue whispered as they moved back behind the corner. "We need to strike him quietly, and-"

"LET'S GO, GO, GO!"

Den-O rushed around the corner, and tackled the monster, launching them both through the door and down the stairs. The Zoorangers quickly followed, spotting as the two tumbled down the stairs, the sound of children screaming soon following.

"That guy's a real idiot."

The followed him down into the basement, seeing the two sparring, a group of children huddled in the corner. Den-O slashed at the monster a few times, then thrust the blade into its chest, causing it to fly back and hit a table.

Red swung down from the stairs, striking the monster as it got up. Blue reached the bottom of the stairs, and instantly fired her blasters at the monster's face, causing it to flinch backwards even more. The monster swung back, knocking the fox away, and then barreled through the other two, rushing up the stairs.

"Quick, after him!" Den-O yelled, him and Blue chasing after the monster upstairs.

Red turned to the terrified group of children. "What were you scamps doing down here?" He said playfully.

"We were just…" Replied the beaver scout, who had a noticeable lisp. The children dispersed from the corner. Red spotted his child self in the group. "We were just setting up for initiation."

"Does initiation usually include a muzzle?" He asked, tone not changing.

"What!?" His past self yelled, backing away from the rest of the kids. "Why do you guys have a muzzle?!"

"Because, little Nicky," He knelt down and placed his paw on his past self's shoulder. "They don't trust you. They think you're going to hurt them, just because you're a fox. No offense."

"None taken." The young fox said.

"Now," Red stood up. "We know that you won't hurt them. You're too nice of a kid for that. However, I am a bitter old man, and I might just…" He paused for a second, and then lunged forward suddenly, scaring the children back into the corner. "Hah! Got you guys good. Now if you excuse me, I have a timeline to save."

He ran up the stairs a bit, and then turned back to his counterpart. "Oh yeah, head back home now, your mother is worried about you. Actually, all of you should leave, bad things are happening." The building shook.

"NICK! WE NEED YOUR HELP UP HERE!" Blue yelled.

"COMING!" He yelled up. "Now get the hell out of here!" he yelled to the children, before running up the stairs.

"Was that your dad?" The beaver asked.

"Didn't sound like my dad."

He rushed up the stairs and looked down the hall. It looked even worse than it had a few minutes ago, massive claw marks lined the walls, glass from pictures covered the ground.

"NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"

He rushed up stairs, but couldn't see them anywhere. He heard noises from above, and rushed to the attic opening, pulling down the stairs with a rope.

"Okay I'm finally here sorry!" He said quickly, leaping up with the Vickscannon. The two were struggling with the monster, who swiped at Den-O knocking him into the side of the attic. The fox took aim, and fired the cannon right into the monster's face, knocking it away from the rabbit, who then leaped up and kicked it in the face.

Den-O rolled over to Red, and the two pulled out their blades. "Ready for the climax, fox?"

"Whenever you are, horn head."

The rabbit leaped out of the way as they prepared their blades for their final strike. They pulled the blades back, Den-O's crackling with electricity, Red's burning with fire.

"Behold our Killer Technique!"

"Double Climax Version!"

They swung the swords, the blades detaching and going right through the walls of the building. They sliced through the walls, heading towards the monster, which they cut through at the exact same time. They then swung the swords back, slicing through the monster and the walls again.

"Now that's a climax!" Den-O yelled, the two turning around as the monster exploded into a massive burst of fire, leaving nothing but a hole in the wall.

The monster stumbled forward. At this point, it looked completely wrecked, barely any fur remaining, and with massive gashes. It stumbled towards the three heroes, reaching out towards them, and then collapsed to the ground. It disintegrated into a pile of sand.

"Thank god that's over with." Red sighed in relief.

"Yeah, it feels like this episode has been going on forever!" Den-O said, the two turning to him with a weird look. "What?"

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and everything began to warp and twist. "What's happening!?" Blue yelled.

"I think we're-"

There was a bright flash, and they and the pile of sand were gone.

"Going back to the present!" Den-O finished as a bright light dissipated from the park.

"Oh." Red said, looking around at the ruined park. "I guess you were right."

They looked at the pile of sand in front of them, which began to shake. A red object burst from it, floating into the air, and bringing the sand up along with it. It swirled and twirled around the red object, more sand continuing to appear.

There was another flash, and before the three stood a monstrously large creature. A red and black beast down on all fours, with multiple eyes and three horns. On its back were large bat-like wings, and a large, stinger tail trailed down it. It let out a massive roar, and flapped its wings, creating a blast of air that knocked the three down.

It took off into the sky, and began to fly through the city, destroying buildings and erratically shooting lasers from its tail.

"What in the hell is that!?" Red yelled, turning to Den-O.

"Well, sometimes when we beat an Imagin, it turns into a big monster thing called a Gigandeath." He explained. "But I've never seen one like that before."

"HEY!" A voice from behind them yelled. They turned to face the DenLiner, Urataros standing in the open door. "GET ON THE TRAIN, WE HAVE TO STOP THAT THING!"

They rushed to the train, and got on. Den-O headed to the cockpit, while the Zoorangers headed to the main cart. "Alright," Blue said. "What do we do?"

"Uh..." Urataros said, rubbing his head. "Try to not die."

"What?" Both of them said, confused.

The train started to move, much faster than before. It crawled into the air, and swerved towards the rampaging Gigandeath. The two slammed to the ground as this happened, and then into the walls. They quickly moved to a seat before it made any more movements.

"So, how exactly do you fight a giant monster in a train?" Red asked.

"Look out the window and find out!" Ryutaros said, pointing towards the one by their seat.

They looked out, seeing the train was headed in a spiral pattern around the monster. They couldn't see clearly, but something was firing lasers at the monster, making it thrash around in pain. Every so often, two large red bombs would be thrown at the monster, and they could see some kind of flying object crash and slice through the monster.

"So, what, we just sit here while Momo does everything?" Blue questioned, before getting up from her seat. "That doesn't sound very fair."

"Well, it's how we usually do things." Urataros replied. "He should be fine."

"I think we should go help him, honestly." Red said, also leaving his seat. "Let's go-"

There was a large explosion on the train, tipping it over. The monster had shot a blast directly into the side of the cart, leaving a smoldering hole in the side.

Everyone on the cart started to fall to the other side as the train tipped. Blue smacked into the side, followed by Red slamming directly into her, and then Ryutaros smacking into them both.

"Oops, sorry!" He apologized. She managed to push the two off of her, and they rolled to her sides. She noticed two things once she was free.

The first was that this didn't seem to affect Kintaros at all, as he stayed perfectly still while he slept. The second was a small, round silver object, which slid out from under one of the tables, and dropped out of the hole, falling towards the city.

"Blue, we need to get ZooRobo out here!" Red yelled, trying to stand up.

She nodded. "I have a plan!" She stood up, and sidled her way over to the hole. "I need you to get over here first!" She yelled back to her partner over the wind.

"What? Why?"

"Just do it!"

He sidled over as well, staying directly behind the rabbit. "Okay, now take out your ZooTag for the mech." She pulled hers out, and the fox followed suit. "Now, JUMP!"

She jumped out, grabbing the fox by the arm. "ARE YOU CRAZY!?" He yelled as they started plummeting.

"PUT THEM IN!" She yelled, putting her tag into the Zoolizer. The fox followed again, and the mechs appeared beneath them.

They landed inside the two's individual cockpits, but were still falling. "Combine them!" She yelled again.

The mecha began to combine, unfolding out into ZooRobo. It quickly reached up and grabbed the train, the extra height it had gained from combining giving it a boost. It swung itself up on top of the train, and the two managed to see what, exactly, was attacking the monster.

The other three train carts had split open to reveal a large dog head, some kind of primate creature, and a tower, which was most likely connected to the flying object.

"Those are some weird weapons." Red admitted.

"It probably means something to them." Blue replied. "We've got our own weird weapons, too." She pulled out a golden ZooTag, and stuck it into the slot on the cockpit.

ZooBison appeared in midair, and formed into armor and weapons for the robot. They aimed the guns directly towards the writhing monster, and began to fire rapidly. The monster roared in pain, and swiped at them.

They fired more blasts at the monster's giant arm, trying to keep it from attacking, but with that single swipe, ZooBison was knocked right off of the mech.

"Well, that didn't last that long." Red lamented as the mech pulled back out its sword and tried to block more swipes.

"I don't think we can beat this thing." Blue said, her ears drooping. "We're just not strong enough, even working together!"

"We're not exactly working together, Blue." Red explained. "I don't even think Momo knows we're up here."

"We need some way to communicate with him..." She said to herself. Her ears perked up again. "That's it!" She pulled out the DenLiner pass she had been given earlier. It started to glow, and the odd D symbol on it shifted into that of an odd Z symbol.

The train beneath them began to shake, and then zoomed off, leaving the robot to fall down to the city. "THIS WAS A BAD IDEAAAAAAAA!" Red yelled as they fell, covering his eyes.

Quickly, the DenLiner turned around, heading back towards the robot. It began to unfold itself, and latched onto the mech. The front of the DenLiner had become a piece of chest armor, while the carts had turned into a pair of wings, the insides of which sparkled red, blue, yellow, and purple. With a flap of its new wings, the robot was halted from its fall.

In the cockpit of the robot, their seats shifted around again, as a third one flew up. Den-O was seated on a bike, which itself was seated on a red platform. "What the hell's going on!?" He yelled, looking around.

"ZOOROBO, DENLINER FORM!"

"Well, this is what I'd call working together!" Blue announced.

"I still don't know what's happening!" Den-O yelled.

"Alright, here's the plan." Blue continued, ignoring the confused Rider. "We cut of its tail, then its wings, and then finish it off."

"Sounds like a plan!" Red sounded.

The robot dashed forward at incredibly fast speeds, heading towards the tail. The tail fired a few lasers at the mech, which deftly dodged out of the way of each. It held its sword out, and slashed through the tail, sand pouring from the wound.

ZooRobo dashed upwards, and sliced directly through one of the monster's wings, and then swept downwards into the other wing, cutting it off as well. The creature roared in pain as it fell towards the ground.

ZooRobo dashed into the monster's chest, pushing it downwards until it hit the ground, causing it to explode into a massive amount of sand, which abruptly disappeared mid-fall.

The robot landed on its feet, and in a flash, the robot was gone, and the DenLiner zoomed off.

In the DenLiner, however, the two Zoorangers found themselves untransformed, and sitting in the cockpit along side Den-O.

He looked back and forth at them. "Do either of you know what happened!?" He asked.

They both shrugged.

She sat on the seat, staring at the DenLiner pass. It had been completely broken, split in two, a crack going right down the middle.

"How in the world did you break a pass?" Urataros asked, grabbing a piece of it to examine.

"I don't know!" She yelled, shrugging. "I wanted to beat the monster and save everyone, and then it started glowing, and then we combined!"

"That doesn't make any sense." Momo sounded from his seat. "You aren't even train themed, why did we combine!?"

She shrugged even harder as the train stopped. "We're at your place." Urataros announced.

The rabbit and fox got up, and headed towards the door slid open, revealing the brick wall of their apartment complex. Through a window they could see their place. A bridge extended from below the door, and stopped on their window sill.

"Well." Judy said, turning back to the weird group, which seemed to be missing Ryutaros. "Hope we meet again some day."

"The memory of us meeting will never be forgotten." Momo said, sticking his fist out. She hopped up and fist bumped him.

"I hope you and Judy do well, Nick." Urataros said to the fox, who rubbed the back of his head. The rabbit let out a small chuckle.

"Remember," Kintaros started, crossing his arms. "Never make any lady cry, and always take long naps."

"Thanks for the advice." Nick said, rolling his eyes.

"Hey, where's Ryu?" Judy asked, peeking around the corner to see him still doodling. He looked up and spotted her.

"Oh, wait, don't leave yet!" He yelled raising his hand. "I'm almost finished!" He started doodling furiously.

After a few seconds, he got up, and brought a handful of pieces of paper to them. "Here, have these, in memory of us!"

She took the drawings from him. "Oh, thank you!"

"I've been working on them all day!" He said. "So don't forget about us!"

"Alright, enough of the goodbyes, head out you two!" Momotaros said sternly, throwing his thumb over his shoulder.

The two complied, and walked across the bridge. Luckily, the window was unlocked, and they managed to open it. They crawled through the window, and into their apartment. They looked back as the bridge retracted, and the door shut. The Taros were waving to them from the inside.

They waved back.

In a brief moment, the train was back in time. Momotaros turned back to the others. "Now that that's done with," He started. "Who wants to get something to eat? I'm thinkin'... Arby's."

Judy flipped through the drawings. They were all very crude, but she had appreciated the thought. There was one of a purple rabbit and a red fox in a city, one of the six meeting on the train, with Momotaros dressed up in a sheet, and then there was one of six going through time and chasing the monster, split up into four equally crude panels.

The second to last one showed ZooRobo fighting the giant Gigandeath. The last one showed all six of them, having a goodbye party for them.

"Well, that was a weird day." Nick said, pouring himself an extra large cup of coffee. He stretched his back. "All that running around and fighting is killing me."

He sat on the couch, kicked his feet onto the table, and flicked on the TV. It was, of course, ZNN.

"In other news," Started the moose anchor. "Police are still on the look out for the mysterious fox and rabbit that caused trouble early this morning." A picture flashed up next to the moose, showing a fox and rabbit that were unmistakably them.

"Oh no." The both groaned.

"These two are being charged for assault," A picture popped up of a rhino in a hospital bed, completely bandaged up. "Destruction of city property," It then cut to a picture of a train, the door completely ripped off of it. "Public indecency,"

It cut to a video clip, taken from somebody's phone. They could distinctly hear a voice that sounded like Momotaros' yelling about "Being about to hit the climax."

"And finally, loitering." A security feed played, showing the two of them walking around a music shop, before leaving. "If anyone has any information on these criminals, please inform us."

They shut the TV off, and burst out laughing. Uncontrollable laughter, uproarious, raucous laughter.

They almost instantly passed out.

His feet clopped across the ground. He was going to be late if he didn't hurry up. So he did, and nearly fell on his face.

The goat managed to prevent that, but also saw something strange as he got up. It was a thick, silver, medal-like object, a large X carved into it. He picked it up in his hooves.

"Strange." He said to himself, examining it. "I've never seen anything like this before. I wonder if it..."

His eyes widened. He got up quickly, and stuffed it into his pants pocket.

This was perfect.

Hoo boy! Now that was a chapter! A really long chapter I spent basically an entire week writing.

Did you know that I love Kamen Rider Den-O? Because I do, even though I haven't watched most of it. Lack of good subs is preventing me from doing that, but I love the characters a lot.

Speaking of, anybody else here see Let's Go Kamen Rider? Just asking.

I decided to do this crossover in my crossover very early on, mostly due to the fact that, to me, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider are heavily linked together, and this also helped play into a later plot I wanted to do. We'll get to it eventually, friends.

Next time, fine dining.