And we're back! Hope you all enjoy this new episode as we delve further into the lives of many of the main cast. Hope you all enjoy and don't hesitate to review, criticism is welcome!

Episode 3 "Fangs and Arrows! Gridon Arrives!"

"WHATS UP BEAT RIDERS!? ITS DJ GLORY BACK WITH ANOTHER WEEKLY REPORT! It's starting to get crazy out on the streets for Team Gaim and Team Knuckle! After revealing their new Inves game equipment, they've been the subject of constant assault from other teams! It's a beat or be beat world for Armored Rider Gaim and Knuckle!" A phone shouts from inside Team Baron's base.

"You hear this shit Tatsumaki? They think they're hot stuff." One of the Team Baron members would retort with a few agreeing.

"That so?" Tatsumaki replies calmly sipping on his coffee.

"We should go teach them a lesson boss!" Another member pipes up leading to Tatsumaki spitting out his drink. The rest of Team Baron would begin to erupt in agreement.

"U-um we have no need to worry ourselves with such insignificant fools!" Tatsumaki stutters nervously as most of the Team Baron members nod along.

"But boss Gaim and Knuckle are already close to overtaking Fang's second place!" A member retorts sour that he won't get to go compete.

"A-and we'll deal with it then, F-Fang has been no trouble for us in the past. Gaim and Knuckle will be the same." Tatsumaki shudders as he walks off making his word final. He enters his room shutting it behind him. "That was close,"

-Team Fang Base-

Meanwhile Akira stands outside her base pacing back and forth.

"Damn that Mamoru, damn Knuckle, damn that stupid belt of his." She turns around looking at her base. "We'll be nothing soon if I can't find one of those belts,"

"Tough day?" Hino taunts from behind with her turning and sighing.

"Tough week," Akira comments with Hino nodding. "How about you?"

"The shop's been busier than normal with this new hype over Team Gaim and Knuckle's new-found popularity," Hino explains sighing to himself. "On that topic, I heard you went to Knuckle's stage yesterday and-"

"I don't want to talk about it," Akira cuts him off not trying to be rude, but not wanting to remind herself of what happened.

"I understand, but I wasn't going to talk about Mamoru. I heard there was some sort of monster that attacked?" Hino asks curiously which causes Akira to nod.

"The Inves I was controlling just sort of grew after I dropped my Lock," Akira looks down at the Lock she had used. "But nobody's talking about it, so I guess the DJs don't think it's important."

"Weird…" Hino rubs his chin before getting up from his seat. "See you around Akira, don't worry too much. Fang will survive."

"Thanks Hino," Akira gives a fake smile as Hino walks off.

-Fruit Parlor-

Meanwhile the leader of Team Gridon enters the building looking around the room before walking over and sitting at a table.

"I heard you were the one who gave Gaim that belt… what'll it take to get one?" Shun glares at the Lock dealer who was sitting across the table from him.

"Depends, do you want to make things interesting? Gaim has basically done nothing but defend his own territory and Knuckle is to honorable to do anything as well." The dealer comments as Shun sighs.

"Trust me, I'll keep this game interesting so that knucklehead doesn't screw it up." Shun retorts with the dealer grinning as she reaches into her bag taking out a belt along with a red Lockseed. "How much?"

"Free as long as you keep it interesting. More people will come to me asking for Lockseeds after you and it'll create more business." The dealer smirks as she zips up her bag and prepares to leave. "Have fun Armored Rider Gridon,"

-Apartment Complex-

Meanwhile Ren rests up inside his apartment still injured from his fight with the other Armored Rider yesterday.

"Who the hell was that? Nobody is talking about him, so he can't be a part of any team. He'd already have made it public that he beat me." Ren mutters to himself having been checking his phone for updates on any new Armored Riders. Suddenly there were hurried knocks at the door which Ren went to go answer opening the door.

"Gaim! We need to talk." Tatsumaki remarks seeming to be very shaken up.

"Who're you?" Ren asks completely serious.

"T-Tatsumaki, leader of Team Baron." He responds as Ren puts a finger on his head.

"Sano stepped down?" Ren asks as Tatsumaki suddenly clenches both his fists.

"That pretender isn't Baron! I'm the real Baron." Tatsumaki responds with Ren just shrugging and inviting him in.

"What did you want to talk about?" Ren sits down on his couch with his belt and Lockseeds in front of him on the coffee table.

"Your belt, where did you get it?" Tatsumaki asks before sitting down as well in a chair sitting across from Ren.

"A Lock dealer," Ren responds surprising Tatsumaki who thought it'd be more difficult. "Anything else?"

"No, I guess that's it." Tatsumaki turns to leave as Ren sighs.

"Wait," Ren stands up before lifting up his shirt a bit to reveal a really bad bruise which Tatsumaki cringes at. "Somebody with that same belt attacked me for no reason. He's not affiliated with any teams from what I can tell. You might want to consider that before getting a belt of your own."

"Y-yeah," Tatsumaki stutters before heading out the door while Ren collapses back on the couch.

-Sonozaki Mansion-

Meanwhile Akira arrives back at her family's mansion lifting up the window to sneak inside.

"Productive day?" A familiar voice asks as Akira shuts the window behind her.

"Not really Viv, but with all the stuff happening thanks to Knuckle and Gaim it's to be expected." Akira takes off her Fang jacket handing it to her maid, Vivian, who then hung it up in her closet.

"Heard about that, pretty weird." Vivian began folding the rest of Akira's clothes. "Your brother is here by the way, he's in a business call upstairs."

"Of course he is," Akira sighs as this had become a common occurrence.

"You should go tell him your home," Vivian comments as Akira nods slightly before getting up and leaving her bedroom. Heading up the stairwell she can faintly hear what her brother is saying.

"Yes, that should be fine. Just make sure that we uncover the mystery behind who stole the Drivers." Akira would get closer to the door curious as to what he was talking about. "No, we're not at that step yet. If I need to step in again, I will."

She shrugs before knocking on the door hearing a slight hushed whisper before Takeshi headed to the door.

"Ah Akira, you're back home so soon?" Takeshi inquires inviting her into the room. The first thing she noticed was a black briefcase on the desk but doesn't ask about it.

"Um yea, I already finished my work for the day, so I just came home." She lied sitting down in a chair acting comfortable.

"Good, I need to go. Talk to you later?" Takeshi offers with Akira reluctantly nodding as he walks off. She stands up about to leave before turning around unable to keep her eyes of the briefcase. She walks over undoing the clasps and opening it.

"Holy… shit," Inside the briefcase was a belt like Knuckle's and Gaim's, except along with it was a Lock Akira didn't recognize. She slowly reaches for it picking the two devices up. "Why does Takeshi have this?"

-East Dance Stage-

Meanwhile Mamoru leads his team in a new dance routine comprised of more combat orientated dance moves.

"They're really into it," Todoroki comments almost surprised.

"They aren't here for us…" Mamoru whispers to himself glancing at his belt quickly before getting back to being focused. The dance continues when suddenly the music stops and all eyes divert over to who stopped it, Shun.

"Mamoru!" Shun shouts stepping up onto the stage.

"Shun, don't tell me you're here to challenge us too." Mamoru gets defensive as he slaps on his belt with it wrapping around his waist.

"Challenge? Mamoru, I'm here to beat you." Shun taunts as he reaches into his jacket taking out his own belt with the crowd erupting in cheer.

"You have a belt!?" Mamoru widened his eyes in shock as Shun attaches the belt to his waist with the faceplate appearing on it.

"LOOK AT THIS! ARMORED RIDER GRIDON HAS ENTERED THE STAGE!" DJ Crown announces to the crowd hyping them up as Shun takes out the Cherry Lockseed.

"Cherry!" The Lockseed announces as it's unlocked.

"Henshin!" Shun declares slamming the Lockseed onto his belt and slicing down onto it with the blade.

"Come on! Cherry Arms: Yajirushi wa, hikarinonakani piasu!" The belt cries out with the onlookers amazed as a light brown undersuit forms onto Shun and the red armor falls onto him. A crossbow would appear in his hand which Shun began to marvel at.

Suddenly Shun would raise the crossbow firing a blast at Mamoru which he barely manages to dodge.

"Henshin!" Mamoru shouts punching down on his belt.

"Suiya! Kurumi Arms: Mister Knuckleman!" The belt sounds out as his suit forms onto him just in time as Mamoru manages to use the big fists to block another blast from Shun.

Mamoru charges forward punching towards Shun's head only for Shun to sidestep him and shoot his leg out from under him. Shun would then unleash a side kick to Mamoru's face sending him sprawling across the ground. Mamoru jumps back up however landing a solid punch to Shun's stomach throwing him backwards.

"Where'd you get that belt Shun?" Mamoru asked while he got into a defensive stance with the crowd being ecstatic.

"Nowhere special," Shun replies swinging his crossbow around to blast Mamoru again only for him to knock it out of his hands with another solid punch. He'd then follow up with a flurry of blows to Shun's chest throwing Shun back onto his back with his transformation fading away.

"ARMORED RIDER KNUCKLE IS THE VICTOR!" DJ Crown declares suddenly with the crowd going crazy with Mamoru cancelling his transformation and waving out to the crowd.

"Hey, Shun, are you alright?" Mamoru asks turning back to him as he got up brushing himself up smiling.

"Just making sure you don't mess everything up knucklehead," Shun retorts limping off back away from the crowd.

"Wait, was he even… trying?" Mamoru thinks to himself before being pulled back into the dance routine with Todoroki.

Reviews Being Reviewed:

In Response to Team DARK:

Silver (Akira) - "So like, you're the same guy as Night Rogue right? You're not fooling anyone."

Drago (Vivian) - "Does this guy just like to harass you for no reason Doc?"

Me (Kazuro) - "Yep..."

In Response to Majimon:

Me (Kazuro) - "Thanks Maji!"

Cast:

BinaryAnomaly - Ren Myoukouin (Gaim)

9292 - Mamoru Setsusetsu (Knuckle)

Silver - Akira Sonozaki

KingofHearts - Takeshi Sonozaki (Zangetsu)

Me - Kazuro Tema

Geariko - Shun Nakamura (Gridon)

Aki - Sano Kosuke

TimeWatchMan - Hinomaru Kazaharu

Awesome - Tatsumaki Kero

Dragon-XZero - Vivian Stratus

ParisParadoxPerson - Everybody else

Credits:

ParisParadoxPerson - GM and original writer for Kamen Rider Neo Gaim

TOEI - For making Kamen Rider Gaim