In order to conquer the multiverse, Kugai Kudo, founder of the Black Bohdi Tree pulled miscellaneous heroes from across the multiverse and placed them in randomised teams in order to maximise their combat data that could be recorded and defeat their allies once his invasion began. But his 10th and final experiment lineup proved far too much of a wildcard in the end, with Kugai's ambitions being thwarted before they could begin. All the people he had abducted were returned to their normal lives, all memory of their adventures in his world vanquished from their minds. We will now tell a few of these stories, to ensure that they are not forgotten.

This exploit will focus on Team 1, also known as the Mechanical Musketeers. They are TenKaSei Ryo - Gosei Sentai Dairanger's RyuRanger, Takuya Yamashiro - Spider-Man, Kyojuu Investigator Juspion, Aruto Hiden - Kamen Rider Zero-One and Yoko Nakashima of the Anti-Monster Robot Unit Special Tactical Operations Regimental Airborne and Ground Equipment, or STORAGE for short. They had no enemies brought specifically to fight them, as that idea was only implemented in response to the results of their experiment.


Within the control tower for Dark Bo, Reika was observing the results of the latest battle. "Yet more destruction to fix.", she lamented. "And our monsters seem incapable of acting intelligently, no matter how much we can augment them."

"You think we should cancel the experiment?", Dr. Inaba, a senior member of the support team asked.

"No, I don't have the authority for that.", Reika answered him. "But who knows? With the results the way they are, we just might have to call this off."

But before she could continue, the room in front of them cracked, shattering to reveal a red space from which a humanoid figure seemingly composed of a purple distortion appeared. "So, you think you can hope to take on every hero through your pitiful attempt at testing.", the figure laughed. "It'd be funny if it wasn't so pathetic."

"Yapool, the inter-dimensional creature with a never-ending vendetta against the Ultras.", Reika surmised. "You're wasting your time here, there are no Ultras here."

"How did this… Yapool get here?", Inaba asked. "Our universe is supposed to be sealed against dimension jumpers."

"Pfft, your barricade is pitiful against a being of my power.", the Yapool answered. "And in response to your question woman, I've been eyeing your experiment for a while. Your tactics are massively predictable and these so-called "Mechanical Musketeers" aren't pushing yourself to the levels you desire. I think I can introduce some variable to help improve their performance."

"What would you have to gain by helping us?", Reika asked.

"If you are able to take over every universe at once, we shall be able to rid them of those accursed Ultras all at once.", the Yapool answered her. "Now then, as for how I shall help you, I have a plan that one of my splinters attempted before, which these fools more likelier than not won't be familiar with."


Elsewhere, Ryo and Takuya were visiting a friend of theirs from this world. Miyoko Konjou, a single woman who had become pregnant through a man who was away serving overseas. She was at the start of her third trimester, with the baby starting to periodically kick. "So, do you have any idea of the baby's gender yet?", Takuya asked.

"I can't say for sure yet.", was Miyoko's answer. "There's still a few x-rays I'm waiting on. But the good news is that I've heard back from Shigenori. He says that he'll be granted leave in time for the birth."

"That's great news.", Ryo smiled. Their pleasant conversation was interrupted by a doorbell ringing. "Who could that be?", he asked as he went over to the door.

"I'm not expecting anyone.", Miyoko answered, as Ryo opened the door. Instead of finding out who was there, all they found was a small envelope addressed to Miyoko, who opened it to find a ring with a red jewel and letter, which she read aloud. "My dearest Miyoko, while we may not see each other for a while, know that this ring symbolises my eternal love for you." Guessing who the letter was from, she clutched it tightly to her chest as she placed the ring on her finger, not noticing it glowing, or the man with sunglasses in a suit looking in.


Later that night, at the Mechanical Musketeers' warehouse base, Yoko, who was still awake, noticed that the scanner that had been set up for them was now beeping, which indicated the appearance of an enemy in the city. "Everyone, wake up!", she tried calling out. But no-one heard her, since they were all asleep. "Guess I'll have to deal with this myself." She headed off to her personal robot, King Joe STORAGE Custom, initiating the launch.


She arrived on the site in the robot within minutes, only to see no sign of the usual giant monsters. Instead, there was a lifeless street, with no signs of destruction. But Yoko did quickly notice one person was there, a figure in a white kimono with grey hair. She exited the robot and went over to try and talk to her. "Unforgivable.", the woman said as Yoko was a few feet away. She then turned around to reveal a monstrous face. "You have intruded upon my sacred grounds. Unforgivable!"

"You're the monster?", Yoko gasped, as she pulled out her gun. But this wasn't a standard issue firearm. It was an unusual kind of gun she had been provided with upon entering this world, one with its own unique ammo, one part of which she loaded now. Boot Up! Shockwave! She aimed and fired at the target, who used psychic powers to stop the blast in midair, before sending it into a building.

"Yojo's power is beyond that which you humans can overwhelm.", the creature announced. "But know that you've interrupted little more than a rehearsal." She then vanished completely, but not before Yoko noticed that the kimono she wore seemed much larger than her body did.


The next morning, Yoko recounted her story to her allies. "And then she vanished into thin air.", was the conclusion.

"Sounds like we're up against something stronger than our usual fare.", Juspion surmised. "It seems that the Game Master is stepping up his efforts."

"You could say you missed catching her on account of mist.", Aruto commented. "And that's a work of Aruto!" He paused for laughs, which as usual, were non-existent.

"Wait a minute, are you sure of where you encountered it?", Ryo asked.

"Positive.", was Yoko's answer. "Why do you ask?"

"That where Takuya and I were yesterday.", Ryo continued. "You think this thing was targeting that location because we were there?"

"More to the point, what if it strikes again?", Takuya realised. "We should check on Miyoko."


At Dark Bo's headquarters, their founder had come himself to meet with Yapool. "As I've explained to your minions, I believe pitting one of my Terrible-monsters against the heroes you've gathered, you'll be able to gleam much better results than you would from your own, extremely basic creations."

"So I gather.", the man responded. "But you didn't need to call me here to tell me this. What do you want from me?"

"I know you have the power to manufacture anything you want.", Yapool answered him. "I want access to your facilities in order to make something I require for my plan."

Kugai thought for a moment, before responding. "If you so wish. But as of right now, I only possess the one machine for what you desire. You'll have to tell me what it is."

"Oh that's no issue.", Yapool answered him. "I have a clear idea. Something that will turn the tables even more in our favour tonight."


And that very night, Takuya had taken Aruto to Miyoko's house, and they were taking care to make sure she was locked in. "Really, this is overreacting.", Miyoko assured them. "That creature didn't touch me at all last night."

"Perhaps, but we can't be sure how it's operating.", Takuya said in response. "She may not have known about your association with us last night. Now that we've visited you, it could attack."

"I suppose you're right.", Miyoko sighed, before yawning. "Anyway, I'm off to bed. Don't get to preoccupied with your monster hunt." With that said, she entered her room, closing the door.

"So, what do WE do now?", Aruto asked. "If we fall asleep, we might miss this thing appearing."

"Then we won't sleep.", came the reply from Takuya. "We'll have to wait for this creature to show up again. Based on the time it appeared last time, it should be soon."


From outside, Yapool, still in his current human disguise, observed this. "Sooner than you think, foolish human." He clicked his fingers, dispersing his disguise to return to his Yapool Man form. "Now, reawaken Yojo, and summon Mazarius!"


From inside the house, Takuya and Aruto heard Yojo laughing. "It's coming from Miyoko's room.", Aruto realised. "Come on."

The two burst into the room, knocking the door open. "Miyoko-San, get out -." Tatsuya began before he noticed that the laughter was coming from Miyoko, whose ring, situated on her finger, was glowing. "What the-?"

Still laughing, Miyoko transformed into Yojo, with her nightdress changing into a kimono and the visible pregnancy shrinking down. "Now, now is the time for you to awaken, Mazarius!", she started chanting. "Awaken, Mazarius! Awaken, Mazarius! Awaken, Mazarius!"

"Whatever shes saying, one thing being a comedian taught me is that repetition is never good." Aruto took out a Progrisekey as he donned his belt. "We have to stop her." Fang! He placed the key against the Zero-One Driver. Authorise! "Henshin!" He opened the key and inserted it. Progrise: Kirikiribai, Kirikiribai! Biting Shark! Fangs that can chomp through concrete.

"Right.", Takuya nodded as he donned his own suit. "Spider String!" But the projectile he fired was blocked by Yojo, who threw it to the floor.

"Begone!", Yojo screeched as she used her psychic powers to throw the pair outside, where they ended up seeing a large, reptile like monster outside, which breathed mist into the surrounding area. "Now, Mazarius, destroy the first two of your enemies."

The monster reached down to attack, but it was distracted by three newcomers appearing, int he from of King Joe, RyuseiOh and DaiLeon, and firing shots at it, shots that went through it. King Joe STORAGE Custom: Tank Mode! "Are you two ok?", Yoko asked.

"We're fine.", but we've found out that Miyoko was that monster.", Aruto informed them. "And she summoned that thing. We'll be along to help you defeat it."

"I wouldn't waste your efforts.", Yapool appeared before them, now holding a black, gun-like device. "Mazarius is invincible so long as Yojo continues to exist. And Yojo can't be touched by your pitiful attacks. I made sure that this version had an array of psychokinetic abilities that can protect it from your blows."

"Why you-!", Takuya growled. He tried leaping forward, only to be shot back by Yapool's gun.

"And to make sure your friends are distracted sufficiently…" Yapool took out a card and inserted it into the gun like device. "Alien Bazdo, I'm borrowing your toy." He pulled on a trigger like device, transforming the gun into a rod of some kind. Summon Terraphaser! He pulled on the trigger, summoning a giant black robot with a honeycomb pattern, floating inside the head and causing to to develop a demonic looking face. Inside said head, wires floated past the inactive terminal to behind where Yapool was standing, connecting to his back. "Let's go, you wretched heroes."

Ryo, Juspion and Yoko were shocked by the appearance of the newcomer. "What's that thing?", Juspion asked.

"I don't know.", Yoko answered, as she prepared a new addition to King Joe that their benefactor had allowed her to make, using parts from something called the Nurse Cannon, which allowed her to use her new gun. "But I'm gonna go all out in fighting it." She operated the controls, shifting the robot to its humanoid mode. King Joe STORAGE Custom: Robot Mode!

"RyuseiOh, Bujin Henge!" At Ryo's command, his dragon-like robot shifted into a humanoid form armed with a staff. Juspion did likewise with DaiLeon. "We'll handle the monster. You take care of this bucket of bolts, Yoko."

"Got it.", Yoko nodded as she marched into battle with Terraphaser. She managed to deploy the Pedanium Hammer landing one good hit on her foe. "Close In Iron Fist Attack System, activate!" But it barely flinched. "What the?"

"Your puny imitation of Pedan technology is feeble.", Yapool taunted as he opened a card holder on his body, taking out a card and inserting it into his gun. "I bet it can't even counter this machine's true power." Attack: Neronga! With this announcement, Terraphaser turned completely invisible. "Agams was a fool not to tap into this machine's true power. But I am not so green." The robot became visible again behind its foe and extended its arm to strike, as Yapool used another card. Attack: Spheresaurus! His one turned the arm into an obelisk of pure white stone, making its hit all the harder, and unleashing an energy shock that damaged many of King Joe's systems.

"I'm not out yet.", Yoko yelled, as she pressed some of the controls at the side of her console. "Pedanium Guided Missiles, fire!" But these missiles proved ineffective against Yapool's next trick: erecting a shield. Attack: Gagi! "If either of you are free, I could use some help.", Yoko called out as Terraphaser continued its assault.

"Believe me, I'd like nothing more.", Juspion called out as he and Ryo continued to try and punch Mazarius, a feat that was made difficult through the mix of steam pouring in and the intangible nature of their target. "But try as we might, we're having no luck with this guy."


"We have to take out Yojo.", Tatsuya realised. "But how can we do that without hurting Miyoko." He looked over her body, before noticing the glowing ring on her finger. "That's it. The ring is what's corrupting her soul to evil. We need to remove it." He moved forward to try and grab it.

"You heretics." Yojo used her psychokinesis to hold Tatsuya at bay. "You may have guessed the source of my power. But you won't change a thing. In a few hours, this woman's soul will be permanently corrupted, making I, Yojo immortal, along with my child, Mazarius."

"In that case, I'll have to cool you off until then.", Aruto announced as he took out another Progrisekey. Blizzard! He pressed it against his belt, before opening and placing it in the Driver. Authorise! Progrise: Attention Freeze! Freezing Bear! Fierce breath as cold as arctic winds. He used the form's icy powers to surround Yojo in a block of ice, covering all of her but her hand. "Tatsuya, do it now."

"Okay." Now freed from his predicament, Tatsuya leapt forward and pulled the ring off Miyoko's hand, crushing its gem under his foot. "There, things should be setting themselves right." Sure enough, the ice fractured as Yojo fell to the floor, her kimono turning back into a nightdress, her hair turned from grey to black and finally, her face returned to normal. Then Mazarius disappeared completely as Miyoko's pregnant condition reasserted itself.


Yapool growled. "This doesn't change a thing." He then fired shots from Terraphaser's left arm that buffeted all three combatants. "I can still take you out of here with Terraphaser alone." Attack: Eleking! He then launched a bolt of electricity at them.

"Ryusei Geri!" Ryo had RyuseiOh leap up and deliver a flying kick to Terraphaser, managing to knock it back, but not down.

"Perhaps it's time I use this.", Yoko decided as she plugged her gun into the Nurse Cannon. "Sevenger, Windam, lend me your power." She inserted the item for Sevenger first. Boot Up! Drill Knuckle! King Joe's arm was turned into a drill, which Yoko then plunged into Yapool's next attack. Attack: Zetton! After piercing through the fireball, Yoko went for Windam's power. Boot Up! Fire Fist! This attack managed to hit Terraphaser and incapacitate it momentarily.

"Take this!", Yapool snarled as he used his next card. Attack: Bemstar! The horns of Terraphaser fired a red beam at DaiLeon, who avoided the attack, before folding out the wings of its battleship form.

"Super Cosmic Crash!" Juspion crashed his fists into the robot, momentarily disrupting it and causing an electric sound to be heard by all, as the Yapool man was knocked out onto the ground. "Alright, let's crush him now." He then tried bringing down his foot on the creature.

However, Yapool stopped the hit with one fist. "You may have stopped my full control of Terraphaser, but I can still trigger this." He pressed a button that caused the robot's chest plate to fold inwards and form a cannon. "In a few minutes, this T.R Mega Buster will unleash a powerful destructive wave that will ravage this city. But as for you, I shall deal with you myself." He then grew and transformed into his Giant Yapool form, which had red scales and a blade where one of his hands should be.


"This looks bad.", Takuya realised, before speaking into his bracelet. "Spider Machine, GT7!" As his car appeared, he entered it, and the something else. "Marveller!" His giant space ship appeared,w high Marveller flew up to and combined with. "Let's go, Aruto. They need all the help they can get."

"Right.", Aruto nodded. "But first I've got something of my own to deal with." He had heard the electric sound more clearly than the others, allowing him to figure out that it was in fact a cry for help from an artificial intelligence. One which was connected to Terraphaser's systems. One that Aruto felt he had to help.


"Dai Fūsha!", Ryo launched a windmill attack at Yapool, who used his own blade to launch a counter strike. "Damnit, he's too powerful."

"We'll have to go all out.", Yoko decided. "Pedanium Particle Cannon, fire!" But due to the damage King Joe had taken earlier, it was unable to fully charge for the attack. "Looks like I'm going to have to boost my own power." She took out another of the usb devices, this one for King Joe itself, and inserted it into the Nurse Cannon. Boot Up! Pedanium! "Let's go!" The powered up the cannon enough for her to get a shot off, though it did less damage than it would've done if she'd been able to get the show off earlier.

"Heh, that actually hurt.", Yapool commented. "I may actually regret destroying you." He then continued the fight.

Breaking Mammoth! Using the closest he had to his own robot, Aruto flew over to the Terraphaser, detaching from the Giger Unit to enter the robot's head via a maintenance hatch. There he found what he was looking for, the terminal for the AI that had sent the distress signal. But now, it was completely de-powered. "If I can get you back up and running, then I can probably stop this cannon from firing.", Aruto stated as he opened the terminal's inner wiring, plugging what looked like power cables into the black gun that Yapool had dropped. "This should have power to do this. Please have power to do this!"

After a few more seconds of the T.R. Mega Buster charging up, the robot regained consciousness. "Roger.", it stated. "T.R. Mega Buster cancel." In an instant, the cannon stopped charging and split back into a chest plate. Terraphaser's face then changed into an upside down triangle. "Thank you for rebooting this unit.", the AI said to Aruto.

"It's no problem.", Aruto responded. "Because I love (ai) AI. And that's how you know it's Aruto!"

Instead of laughing, the AI decided to analyse the joke "A play using the English pronoun "I", the Japanese work for "love" and the shortened term for artificial intelligence."

"Sometimes I wish I could program something not to do that.", Aruto sighed. "Anyway, can we count on your help, erm…?"

"I am H.A.N.E.2, also known as Hanejiro.", the AI responded. "Don't worry, I will provide what aid I can to your battle."

"Thank you, Hanejiro.", Aruto nodded as a card appeared in front of him, shocking him momentarily. It depicted a red and silver figure. "Wait, am I-?" He quickly realised the answer, inserting it into the device wired into Hanejiro. Attack: Ultraman Mebius! "Alright, let's go."

Inside King Joe, Yoko was also shocked by the appearance of another usb-like device appearing in front of her. Not just for the fact it was yellow instead of black, but also for the figure on the front. "I've seen this guy before." She instinctively pressed he black section on the side, causing it to make an announcement. Ultraman Ace! "What? It's that guy."

"Regardless, I think we should make use of what we've been handed.", Juspion radioed her as his Golden Sword appeared. "Cosmic Halley!" He used his sword slash attack to cut into Yapool, knocking him down.

"Marveller: Change Leopardon!" At Takuya's command, his fortress shifted into a robot of his own. "Leopardon: Sword Vicker!" Loepardon's attack sent a beam of light that also weakened Yapool.

"Ah, that light!", Yapool hissed. "It burns!"

"RyuseiOh: Dai Fūsha Giri!" Once more spinning it's staff, RyuseiOh crashed into Yapool, knocking his arm blade off.

Finally, Yoko inserted her new item into the Nurse Cannon, while Hanejiro once more initiated the T.R. Mega Buster. Boot Up! Metallium! "Metallium Pedanium Particle Cannon, fire!"

"Mebium T.R. Mega Buster, Fire!" The two shots launched, combining together into one that enveloped Yapool, finally managing to mortally wound him.

"You may have defeated me now, but our hatred will never end.", Yapool announced. "We shall return to continue our quest for vengeance!" And with that, he collapsed and died, his body exploding, much to everyone's glee. Everyone began to celebrate this, until everything went white.


The Mechanical Musketeers awoke to find themselves in a white void. "What's going on?", Aruto asked. "Where's Hanejiro?"

"Congratulations." Everyone turned around to see the game master approaching them. "You've given me something that can help me with my end goal in the future: a way to get better results than I did when I used you."

"What are you talking about?", Ryo asked. "What is this place?"

"You are no longer entirely in my world.", was the answer. "Your experiment has been terminated. The results from you facing my monsters were lacking. But when you faced Yapool and his Terrible-monsters, they spiked considerably. That showed me that I can't replicate the necessary range of combat data unless I use someone who knows how to bring it out."

"Combat data. Is that what all of this was about?", Yoko asked. "You wanted to know our fighting styles?"

"Why?", Juspion asked. "What would you gain?"

"When I am done with my experiments, my armies shall take over every iteration of the universe, including yours.", was the figure's answer. "The data will ensure that there is no resistance by allowing them to account for all possible strategies. You were merely the first unfortunates to be tested. And now others will follow."

"Our friends will stop you!", Takuya insisted. "All of us have allies that will agree to help us when we inform -."

"You will inform them of nothing.", the figure interrupted, as he waved his hand, causing all of them to fade out of the white void. "Your memories of your time since you were sent here will be erased. Thus, you will be underprepared for our onslaught when the time is right." He the returned to Dark Bo's control room. "Have the next batch of subjects been selected?"

"Yes, sir.", Reika answered. "Captain Marvelous - Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's Gokai Red, Tsukasa Kadoya - Kamen Rider Decade, Sougo Tokiwa - Kamen Rider Zi-O, Nobuo Akagi - Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger's AkibaRed and Daichi Oozora - Ultraman X."

"And the enemies you selected to face them?"

Reika brought up her tablet, depicting the enemies chosen. "I believe these will suffice for our new format nicely."


Back on a street, Miyoko Konjou awoke to see that she was outside at night, still wearing her nightdress. "How did I get out here?", she asked. Noticing that Takuya and Aruto seemed to have gone - their car and bike were no longer outside her house - she decided to go back to bed and await the birth of her first child.


Next time on the final Before the Fractures: It's Team Milestone's turn.