Location: Dash Pit, Time: 4:37PM
Three weeks had passed since the last major Neo-Roidmude attack with Volt and Iron. During that time, Belt-San completed building a secret project he had been working on since the Drive Pit got destroyed. He named it the Dash Pit, after Shinnosuke's new system. They had improved their skills a lot, and with that, they destroyed a lot more Low-Class Neo-Roidmudes. Finally, they decided to launch their attack on the Neo-Roidmudes home base, and after days of rigorous training, they were prepared to go.
"Before we do this, I have prepared something for you Chase," Belt-San pulled out something from a drawer, "This is the Reaper Medal. It will be your most powerful form, even coming up near to Jet, Ride-Mach, and Tridoron."
"Thank you Krim," Chase took the Medal, "I will definitely put this to good use during our battle."
They all went to their respective vehicles and drove off towards the location of the Neo-Roidmude HQ.
Location: Tokyo-Aquarium Storage Area, Time: 5:00PM
"Let's do this guys," Shinnosuke pulled out his Driver and put it on, with Gou, Kiriko, and Chase following suit, "Let's go full throttle from the beginning!"
"Henshin!" they all shout as they transform.
"Jet, Jet, Jet! Dash, type Jet!" the Dash Driver announced.
"Signal Medal! Rider! Ride-Mach!" the Sonic Driver announced.
"New-Drive! Type Tridoron!" the New-Drive Driver announced.
"Signal Medal! Rider! Reaper!" the Hunter Driver announced.
They all marched in carrying their signature weapons. Shinnosuke with the Medal-Hou, Gou with the Chou-Zenrin Shooter, Kiriko with the Formula-Hou, and Chase with the Chou-Shingou Axe. When they got into the base, they noticed four Low-Class Neo-Roidmudes acting as guards for the base in case any unsuspecting humans came strolling in.
"I don't think we should waste that much time on these targets, right guys?" Shinnosuke asked as he initiated his finisher.
"Nah," Gou answered, "You can finish this quickly, right? We have bigger fish to fry than them."
"Yeah"
"Hissatsu! Full Throttle! Jet, Big, Dai-Hou!" the Medal-Hou announced.
He shot four shots, each hitting one of the Low-Class Neo-Roidmudes and destroying them with ease.
"Let's go find Heart and Medic," Shinnosuke said, "I think it's time we finished them once and for all."
They walked towards the main area only to find Heart and Medic with Brain and a few other Super-Evolved Neo-Roidmudes.
"I had a feeling we would be seeing you shortly after that display you put on at the entrance," Heart commented, "We will finish this here and now."
"Only one group will leave here Heart," Shinnosuke retorted, "And you know which group I'm talking about."
"You may think that, but you are wrong. Now, let's do this!" Heart yelled, transforming into his Neo-Roidmude state, with the other Neo-Roidmude's following suit, "Attack!"
They rushed at the heroes with all their strength and the heroes fought back with just as much, if not more force.
The battle had been going on for hours on end, and the end did not seem anywhere close. That is until Heart launched a bolt of energy at Shinnosuke while he had his back turned.
"Shinnosuke! Watch out!"
Gou ran behind Shinnosuke, taking the full force of the attack.
"Gou!" Kiriko rushed over and untransformed, taking Gou in her arms, "We need to go, now!"
Shinnosuke shot a finisher at them, clouding the area in smoke. When it cleared up, the heroes were gone.
"No!" Heart screamed in rage, "We had them right where we wanted them!"
Location: Unknown, Time: Unknown
Gou woke up, rising out of a pool of water into a jungle oasis.
"Huh? Where am I?" Gou asked, coming up onto the shore.
"Welcome, Gou Shijima," a voice came from a cliff in front of Gou.
He looked up to see a man with a long white beard and a bright red kimono sitting on the edge of the cliff.
"Wait, wasn't I just at the Roidmude headquarters?" He asked, scratching his head in confusion.
"Yes, well about that," the Old Man said, "During that battle, you were shot with a bolt of energy that killed you."
"Wait what!?"
"However, you sacrificed yourself trying to save your friend," he continued, "And because of that, you have been deemed a hero."
"A… A hero?"
"Yes, and it is now your job because of that, if you choose to accept, to destroy the Neo-Roidmudes that killed you."
"But how? I thought you said I was dead."
"Under certain conditions, people are given the chance to revive themselves by collecting 15 heroic Eyecons along their journey to defeat the Ganma. However, seeing as your main focus is the Neo-Roidmudes, I felt it appropriate to assign you to defeat them instead."
"What special conditions did I fulfill to get this honor?" Gou asked rhetorically.
"You died a hero and you were carrying an Eyecon at the time of your death, which now contains your soul, the Sonic Damashii."
"Eyecon?" Gou realized then that he had been carrying one odd thing around at his death, "That… That was a gift from my mother. How did she have that?!"
"I do not know, but for now you must defeat the Neo-Roidmudes and gather the 15 heroic Eyecons," the Old Man answered.
"Heh," Gou responded, "And here I was thinking that this would be a challenge."
"Oh, I forgot to mention," the Old Man added, "You only have 99 days to collect them, or you will stay dead forever. And you won't be able to use your current Rider system. You must use the Ghost Sonic system. And the Eyecons will not be in your realm. They will be in the realms of the 15 Riders. Oh and my name is Sage, not Old Man."
"How did you know I was thinking that?" Gou asked.
"It happens a lot," Sage answered, "It's not like I could read your mind or anything crazy like that."
"Wait you said I had to go to different worlds to collect the Eyecons," Gou said, "How do I get to those worlds?"
"That is for you to figure out," Sage answered, "If you have any further questions, please ask your new helper, Yurusen."
"Hiiii" Yurusen floated over to him, "I will be your helper from now on. Anything you need just come to me."
"Now, see ya!" Sage said as Gou blacked out once more.
Location: Tokyo-Aquarium Storage Area, Time: 6:37PM
"We will destroy them," Heart punched the wall in frustration, "We will destroy them so they can never interfere with our plans again!"
"I think I can help you with that," a voice came from all around the room as a dimensional tear opened up at the entrance.
"Who's there?!" Heart asked, transforming into his Neo-Roidmude state.
"I am Narutaki, and I can help you complete your goal of eradicating the human race," the voice said as he came out of the dimensional tear, "I can grant you even greater power, and the ability to travel to other realms that have even more humans for you to destroy, and no pesky Dash or any of his companions."
"Really?!" Medic asked excitedly, "That means we could fulfill our mission Heart-Sama! We have to accept."
"As much as I hate to say it, we aren't getting anywhere with Shinnosuke and his friends getting in our way. We accept."
"Ok then," Narutaki said, "Gather your forces and I will begin the process of granting you power."
*Five minutes later*
"Ok, we are ready."
Narutaki activated the ritual to grant them the power to travel between realms. They all screamed in pain, but after it was over all of the Super-Evolved Neo-Roidmudes were now Hyper-Evolved Neo-Roidmudes, which were completely black versions of themselves, and the Low-Class Neo-Roidmudes were now Advanced Neo-Roidmudes.
"Thank you, Narutaki," Heart looked over his new body in awe of his power, "But I don't think you are necessary to our plan anymore."
He blasted Narutaki but when the smoke cleared, he was gone.
"Tch," Heart said, "Figures."
Location: Dash Pit, Time: 6:37PM
"Hey guys!" Gou said, frustrated, "I'm right here!"
As soon as he had come back to the Dash Pit after his weird encounter at the jungle oasis, he noticed his old body had disappeared as soon as he came back and no one could see him.
"Why can't you see me?!" Gou tried to punch the wall but only passed right through it, "Wait! That's it! Yurusen!"
"Yeeees?" He asked.
"Why can't they see me and how do I get them to see me?"
"Well they can't see you cause you're a ghost silly!"
"Oh. That… Actually makes sense."
"And in order for them to see you you must have a good emotional state. In other words, you can't be depressed or else they won't be able to see you. Eventually you probably will be able to control it but for now you need to have a good emotional state."
"Ok then."
He focused really hard and after about ten minutes he finally got it.
"Gou!" Kiriko crushed him in a hug, "What happened?!"
"Apparently I died."
"What?!" Kiriko and Shinnosuke screamed simultaneously.
"However because of some weird things going on I got brought back to life to defeat the Neo-Roidmudes and I can come back to life if I collect the 15 Rider Eyecons throughout their 'realms'"
After another 20 minutes or so he finally got them to understand his predicament.
"So how are you supposed to travel to these different realms?" Shinnosuke asked.
"I think I can help you with that," a dimensional tear appeared and a man with a magenta-colored "camera" came out of it, "I have received intel that my old enemy Narutaki has helped your enemies, the Neo-Roidmudes, gain the ability to travel through the realms so I figured I'd counter him with you guys."
"And… Who are you?" They all asked.
"Oh yeah, introductions are important. Sorry," the stranger apologized, "I am Tsukasa Kadoya, otherwise know as Kamen Rider Decade."
"Oh so how can you help us?" Gou asked.
"I can grant you the power to travel the 15 other realms to gather the Rider Eyecons."
"Oh. That would definitely help. So let's do it. Give us the power," Gou said impatiently.
"Ok but before we do it I must warn you that it will be a slightly painful process," he added.
"That doesn't matter right now," Gou responded, "We need this power to stop the Neo-Roidmudes."
"Ok then, let's get started."
He initiated the ritual just as Narutaki did and they all squirmed in pain but only momentarily as the ritual was over only seconds after it started.
"There, done," Tsukasa said, "Now I will be returning to my realm. Good luck on your journey!"
He disappeared through a dimensional tear and they were alone once again.
"I guess we should get started. We do only have 99 days to do it," Gou said as he opened a dimensional tear, "Let's go."
They all walked into the dimensional tear, with no knowledge of what was to come next.
Hey guys I know I said I put this on hiatus but I had a good idea and I didn't want to lose it so I wrote this. It is a pretty lengthy chapter, sorry about that, but there was a lot of stuff to go over so I made it longer than usual. Anyways, if you have any feedback or suggestions as to what I should do next, feel free to leave it in the comments section. Anyways, that's it for now, so I will talk to all of you at the end of the next chapter!