And we're back! After a long break I've finally found the right words to continue this story. There is still a lot more story to tell with this and I'm excited to get back into it! Again, all reviews and feedback are very welcome and appreciated. I hope to be able to continue this story for a while!

Episode 4 "The Baron Arrives! Sudden Conflict!"

"You're not cut out for Team Wild Stride," The leader would tell a worn out Kazuro after having just failed at another Inves battle.

"Then give me a better lock and I'll kick your ass right now!" Kazuro declares before collapsing down to one knee causing most of the Team Wild Stride members to begin laughing at him except for one that runs over to check on him.

"Kaminari, throw this trash outside." The leader commands Kaminari who was the one that had ran over to check on Kazuro.

"Yes sir boss," Kaminari reluctantly remarks as he grabs Kazuro by the back of his shirt and begins leading him along before throwing him out the door. Kaminari would quickly shut the door behind him. "Sorry Kaz…"

Kazuro stands back up brushing himself off before sighing. "Don't worry about it Kam. I may be lazy on some things, but I'm motivated for this."

"You are?" Kaminari would ask curiously.

"Yeah, those guys pissed me off and now I want to prove them wrong." Kazuro chuckles before walking off with Kaminari sighing before going back inside.

-Team Fang Base-

"Wow Kira you got one of those belt things!" Misora marvels as Akira's team crowds around her newly found Driver.

"According to the DJs, it's called a Sengoku Driver." Akira retorts having seen the most recent announcement on the Beat Rider forums along with a metric ton of new rules to compensate for their arrival.

"Now we can take the fight back to Knuckle!" Adel chimes in excitedly as Akira picks up the Driver pocketing it.

"We can deal with Mamoru later, Shun hurt him pretty bad earlier today, so I'll wait for tomorrow." Akira turns to walk out with Misora looking at the others before following her.

"You okay Kira?" Misora asks concerned with Akira sighing.

"I'm not sure. I found this Driver in my brother's room, it doesn't make sense why'd he have one." Akira opens the door to leave the base with Misora still following.

"Well there is that rumor going around that Yggdrasil is the one making the Lockseeds, so it would make sense for him to have one. Kind of like a prototype." Misora offers up the explanation with Akira just shrugging.

"I'll see you later Miso," She remarks hugging Misora before walking away from the base.

-Team Baron Base-

Tatsumaki lays down on his bed thinking to what Ren had said about a Rider attacking him out of nowhere.

"Yeah, I'm telling you, it's legit!" A team Baron member downstairs exclaims as others coo at what he's holding. Tatsumaki sighs getting back up and going downstairs to see what the fuss is about.

"What's going on?" Tatsumaki asks before stopping dropping his bottle of water in his hand as he sees the Driver being held by his team member. "W-where'd you get that?"

"Ah an old buddy of mine hooked me up! What do you think boss, ready to take it to Team Gaim?" The member asks Tatsumaki pumping his fist forward excitedly. Tatsumaki began to look at the other members of Team Baron realizing they were all looking at him.

Silently, Tatsumaki walks over to the table picking up the Driver and thrusting it into the air with his team cheering him on. "I'll take this burden, I can't let any of you get hurt."

-Alleyway-

Akira walks alone trying to figure things out as she feels the weight of the Driver in her pockets. "Why does this feel so heavy… it doesn't even weigh that much."

A sudden zipper noise could be heard, but Akira paid no mind to it as she continued forward taking out the Driver to look at it. However, behind her an Inves would begin to walk towards her staring intently at her pockets with a Lockseed obviously poking out. The Inves would suddenly snarl as it lunges towards Akira!

"Huh? Oh shit!" Akira shouts jumping away from the Inves as it lands behind her. "What the hell? What the hell, WHAT THE HELL!"

The Inves growls releasing a cry that sounded horrifying to Akira's ears.

"Nope," Akira stands back up slamming the belt onto her waist with the yellow belt wrapping around her. She reaches into her pocket grabbing the Lockseed that was on top of it being a green and yellow color.

"Watermelon!" The Lock cries out as Akira activates it before placing it on her belt and slicing down with the tiny blade.

"Henshin!" She shouts as the Inves begins to charge at her.

"HAIII! Watermelon Arms: MIDARE-DAMA! BA-BA-BA-BANG!" The belt sounds out as the green undersuit forms onto Akira and the armor falls onto her. The force of the transformation throws the Inves backwards! As this happens, a shield materializes in Akira's hands with a gatling gun attachment on the end.

"Isn't this just a tad overkill?" Akira questions raising the shield up to get a better look with the Inves struggling to stand back up on the ground. Akira slices the Driver once having seen Knuckle do the same during his first fight.

"Watermelon Squash!" It sounds out with Akira pulling the shield upwards and firing at the Inves causing an explosion to erupt killing the Inves. Akira audibly sighs before suddenly green and red begin to course around her suit electrocuting her.

"GAH!" Akira lets out in pain before falling to one knee and ripping the driver off her waist. "Some sort of drawbacks? But Knuckle and Gaim fought longer than I did…"

Akira takes the Watermelon Lock holding it closer and looking at it as her vision begins to blur. "This thing…"

"Over here!" A voice calls out as out of the corner of Akira's eye she sees people in white contamination suits running over towards where the Inves appeared from. Akira instinctively hides behind a row of steps as the white suits bring out some sort of equipment.

"What is that?" Akira asks herself just as the white suits turn it on releasing streams of flame on the area the Inves had arrived. "Flamethrowers, what the hell!?"

Akira turns and begins to run away, but before she does, she sees the faint outline of a Rider standing with the white suits menacingly.

-South Dancing Stage-

"BARON!"
"BARON!"
"BARON!"

"LOOK AT THIS CRAZY DEVELOPMENT! BARON HAS JUST TAKEN NEO BARON'S STAGE WITH EASE!" DJ Glory declares excitedly as Tatsumaki retrieves the two locks from the people he defeated. "EVEN WITHOUT A BEAT RIDER, BARON IS STILL ON TOP!"

"Good going boss, but why didn't you use the belt?" One of the Team Baron members asks Tatsumaki who shrugs.

"Do we really need something like that to deal with pretenders?" Tatsumaki tries to play it cool which thankfully fools everyone else, but in reality, he's worried what the attention will bring once he transforms.

Meanwhile Ren watches from the crowd with his red hoodie concealing his identity. "Damn Baron…"

"Are you gonna fight, Gaim?" The mysterious stranger from when Ren first transformed would ask.

"You!" Ren grits his teeth as the stranger clicks his mouth.

"Don't make any sudden movements. I can throw at least 5 Inves into the crowd before you stop me. Do you really think you can beat them before they kill someone?" The stranger threatens with Ren clenching his fists.

"What do you want?" Ren asks while looking around to hopefully see Mamoru or one of the other Beat Riders.

"I want you to keep things interesting. Fight Baron." The stranger demands before suddenly disappearing into the crowd leaving Ren speechless as Baron returns to it's dance routine. Ren quickly realizes he has no choice and takes down his hood before walking on stage.

"Baron, let's fight." Ren declares taking out his Sengoku Driver suddenly and attaching it to his waist.

"Gaim!?" Tatsumaki exclaims in confusion that he'd show up here after giving him the warning. "What's going on!?"

Ren solemnly takes out the Strawberry Lockseed and clicks it open. "Ichigo! Lock on!"

"Woah, what are you doing?" Tatsumaki shouts at Ren with the Team Baron members confused as to Tatsumaki not retaliating.

"Shut up, I'm going to kick your ass. Henshin." Ren retorts slicing down on his Driver.

"Suiya! Ichigo Arms: Shushutto Spark!" The driver sounds as the armor appears on Ren with him drawing his sword.

"If that's how it is… I won't be your punching bag Gaim." Tatsumaki remarks taking out his Driver and slapping it on his waist with the whole crowd going wild.

"Baron…" Ren mutters realizing he hadn't taken his earlier warning and was slightly relieved.

Tatsumaki takes out his Blackberry Lockseed and clicks it open. "Blackberry! Lock on!"

A knightly ring would begin to exit the Driver as the crowd would go wild with anticipation. Tatsumaki slices down on his Driver with a yellow and silver undersuit appearing. "Come on! Blackberry Arms: Survive Through the Raid!"

"THE CROWD IS LOVING THIS! ARMORED RIDER GAIM VERSUS ARMORED RIDER BARON! THE SHOWDOWN OF THE CENTURY!" DJ Glory declares excitedly.

-Yggdrasil Research Center-

"More Armored Riders seem to be appearing. This is troubling." Takeshi says to himself while watching the broadcast of the Tatsumaki vs Ren fight. "Just how much was stolen?"

"I'll be sure to find out sir," A familiar voice would assure Takeshi from the hall with her then entering his office.

"Ah, Vivian. I'm glad to hear that you're so determined. I believe Keisuke has something special for you in the works that will be finished soon." Takeshi explains with her nodding.

"Thank you, Takeshi, I'll do my best." Vivian declares with Takeshi nodding as he turns his attention back over to the computer.

-South Dancing Stage-

A mace appears in Tatsumaki's hands as Ren charges at him throwing a dagger ahead of him that Tatsumaki avoids. However, Ren follows it up with a sudden flurry of blows striking wildly at Tatsumaki keeping him on the total defensive. Tatsumaki finally has enough and swings his mace over his head trying to hit Ren, but missing horribly.

"Too slow!" Ren exclaims as he launches a full frontal kick into Tatsumaki's face causing him to fly back in pain. Tatsumaki grits his teeth as he lands on his back with Ren immediately pouncing on him and pinning him to the ground.

"IN A SURPRISING EVENT, ARMOR RIDER GAIM TAKES THE VICTORY!" DJ Glory declares with Ren pushing off him and looking back.

"Sorry," He mutters before de-transforming and walking off with his hands in his pockets.

"What just happened?" Tatsumaki questions completely confused.

No Review corner this chapter because I lost all the responses to them and frankly there are a LOT of reviews. Be sure to leave some reviews for the next chapter!

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