AN: I was meaning to put an Author's Notes at the end of the last chapter, but I was in such a rush to get it out, I forgot about it...

So, I'll get everything I want to say over with now, so I don't forget!

First: I'm sorry for the slow updates, that's sort of how I work... I make longer chapters over a longer amount of time, instead of more chapters more frequently. For example; I wanted this chapter and the last one to be one, but when I saw that the last chapter was almost 4,000 words, I needed a place to stop.

Second: About the Neo-Heisei Riders, I will definitely have W and OOO in this story. I want Wizard and Gaim, but I'm not sure how to work them in...

But that's all for now, let's get on with the story.

Arc 1: Even When I Start at the Beginning again, I'm at the Climax!

Part 3: Oretachi, Sanjou!

Disclaimer: Kamen Rider is owned be Toei and Shotoro Ishimono, I own nothing but this Fanfic.

Ryoutaro backed away slowly from the Rider. The opposing Rider pointing the staff at him and slowly stepped forward, eerily silent. Ryoutaro reached to his pocket, but panicked as he came to the realization: 'Damn it! I left the pass on the Den-Liner!'

The Rider continued forward until his staff was centimeters from Ryoutaro's face. He suddenly rested the staff on his shoulder. "Just kiddin'!" He closed the front portion of his belt, the purple screen flew out of the belt and flew back towards the man, the suit disappearing off of him.

Ryoutaro shivered in fear. "K-Kidding?"

"Hahaha, yeah. It's a little party piece I do on business ventures. Everyone loves it!" He laughed gleefully, putting Ryoutaro on-edge. He placed the belt inside his coat and pulled out a small, white business card and handed it to Ryoutaro. "My name is Mutsuki Kamijo, part of Shocker's Public Relations sector. It's nice to meet you." Ryoutaro nervously accepted it.

"U-um..."

"What is it?" Mutsuki asked, feigning interest.

"You're... part of Shocker?"

"Yes." He replied matter-of-factly.

"So..." Ryoutaro hardly believed Momotaros' story. But, this guy is a Kamen Rider. Curiosity was getting to him. "Is... Is your boss... a-"

"This isn't a proper place to hold an exchange!" Mutsuki interrupted. "I know a nice little café, a couple of blocks away from here. I highly recommend we have some coffee there!"

"U-um, I was just about to ask you-" Ryoutaro tired to reply before being cut-off.

"I said I highly recommend we have some coffee there!" Mutsuki smiled calmly.

Ryoutaro simply nodded, too scared to argue.

Both Ryoutaro and Mutsuki sat at a table in a high-class café. Ryoutaro felt out of of place, surrounded by several of the high-class. Mutsuki, who had happily been flicking throw his smart phone, had placed it in his pocket and turned his attention back to Ryoutaro. "Right, let's get down to business."

"R-right!"

Mutsuki placed his hands on the table and looked assertively at Ryoutaro. "Give me your Rider System."

"You mean that belt and pass?"

"Yes."

"... Um, how do I say this... I don't exactly have it."

"... No?"

"No, I don't."

"... Listen, in my work I'm used to people coming up with excuses for things..."

"It's not an excuse, I swear!" Ryoutaro begged. "I left the pass with those guys on the Den-Liner."

"Oh, the Den-Liner?" Mutsuki raised an eyebrow. "Well, hurry up and call your Imagin."

"Wait, call my Imagin?"

"Yes. Our Monster Research Department have studies on Imagin! They share a psychic link with their hosts." Mutsuki explained, matter-of-factly.

"Oh, come on that's ridiculous!" Ryoutaro scoffed.

'Actually, he's right.' Ryoutaro heard a voice call out in his head.

"Y-You!"

"Oh, have contacted him?" Mutsuki asked. "Listen, I simply need a few minutes to speak with him. Would you mind?"

'Yeah Ryoutaro! Just let me speak with him!'

"... Tch, just a few minutes." He grunted before folding his arms.

Ryoutaro suddenly received a shock of red lightening as his hair grew spiky with a single red highlight and his eyes turned red. He lay back in his chair and rested his feet on the table, giving him some odd looks from the people around him. "Ore... Sanjou."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too."

"So, are you a friend of the Waspy Bastard?"

"I assume you are referring to Kamen Rider TheBee? In which case, yes. I am his superior."

"Superior huh? You guys doesn't seem like the type to abide by rankings."

"Now it's my turn to ask a question. Would you kindly hand over your Rider System, the Den-O system?"

"Tch! Give me one good reason why I should! I'm not giving the Pass to the first evil organisation who asks politely!"

"Evil organisation?" Mutsuki asked, confused. "Haha! You have a lot of catching up to do!"

"Huh?!" Momotaros tilted his head.

Mutsuki lifted his briefcase onto the table, opened it and removed a large, blocky, red phone. "Here. We had to make one with scramble. You'd never know who's listening!" Mutsuki rubbed the side of his nose.

The phone began to ring in Momotaros' hand. Momotaros opened the phone, raised it to his ear and listened curiously. "It's been a while..." He heard a quiet, creepy voice called to him. "I haven't heard from you in over 40 years..."

"D-Deus?!" Momo asked, flabbergasted.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too. I believe you have a few questions?"

"Damn right I do!" Momo yelled, smacking the table in anger. "What the hell is up with this Shocker Evil Organisation thing?"

"Oh? But Shocker isn't an Evil Organisation." He replied. "Shocker is just a simple business organisation, that has risen high above the others."

"And that also hires a bunch of Kamen Riders to go fight other Kamen Riders?"

"I'll admit that we've invested a certain interest in the Riders, but it's all for the sake of justice!" Deus answered with almost too much sincerity. "Every time that some sort of threat to humanity has appeared, Kamen Riders have come to fend them off! All under the helpful guidance of Shocker."

"Yeah, I call bullshit." Momotaros denied.

Deus simply sighed. "My dear friend, let me tell you a little story. A few years ago, a group of archaeologists were excavating some certain ruins. Unfortunately, they unearthed a terrible secret. An ancient civilization known as the 'Gurongi' awoke and began their horrible killing spree."

"Well, that's a great little story you've got there." Momo sarcastically praised.

"Oh really? Because I think there was something very important missing."

"What?"

"... Kuuga."

Momotaros flinched at the mention of his old comrade. "Huh?"

"As you should have figured out by now, I traveled back into the past with knowledge of the future, including you Kamen Riders. And according to history, Kuuga's belt, the Arcle, should have been found in those ruins. Do you know what that means?"

"That... Kuuga doesn't exist in this world?"

"That's right. And it's not just him. On the Akatsuki-gou, Shouichi Tsugami never received the Seed of Agito, there were only 12 Advent deck in the Rider War, only two belts were made to protect the Orphenoch King, Kaixa and Delt, there was no-"

"Look, not to interrupt your big, epic speech but, I have no idea what any of that stuff means." Momo replied bluntly.

"It means that your friends' powers don't exist. This is a world where the main Rider systems aren't here and us, Shocker, is."

"Oh... But, what does that mean?"

"Well, if those Rider systems technically don't exist, then what are you doing here?"

"Ummm..." Momotaros scratched his head. "That means..."

'It means you're an idiot, Senpai.' Momo heard a voice answer for him.

Ryoutaro's body flashed light blue, as his hair became much neater with a single blue highlight, his eyes glowed blue, and he suddenly wore a pair of sharp glasses.

"It means that Senpai and the pass came from the place where their powers exist. Namely, our world where you and him fought." Urataros replied for him.

'Hey! Perverted turtle! Get outta there!' Momo yelled at the intruder.

'Yeah! I only allowed one of you guys in here!' Ryoutao added.

"Oh? Which Imagin am I speaking to now?" Deus questioned through the phone.

"That is of no importance. And, I now know what you're planning..."

"Ohoho, and what would I be planning?"

Urataros simply chuckled to himself. "If Senpai and the pass came through from the original world, then surely the other Riders' belt came aswell. And so, you sent..." Urataros gave a simple nod in Mutsuki's direction. "These simpletons... to retrieve them."

"Well, someone catches on quickly." Deus praised. "But answer me this, should they be stopped?"

"What do you mean?"

"Remember that Gurongi story? Without Kuuga around, who do you think saved Mankind?"

"... you?"

"Correct... and it's been that way for every threat this world has faced. So, are we still all that bad?"

"..."

"If you and your friends hand over the Rider system, we can permanently hire you on. Like Mutsuki as you see before you. What do you say?"

"... I think-"

'Aw jeez, don't give me that shit!' Momotaros bellowed as he retook control of Ryoutaro's body. "Listen here, asshole!" He yelled through the phone. "I'm not trusting the guy who tried to kill me and my friends!" He violently closed the phone and threw it on the table. Some of the other customers in the café were getting very worried.

"So, there's no deal then?" Mustuki sighed as he raised his hand and pressed his thumb against his index finger and middle finger. "How unfortunate." He clicked his finger. Suddenly, a large explosion was heard from outside, causing a small tremor. Everyone began to scream, panic and rush around. Momotaros quickly ran towards the exit, leaving Mutsuki alone in the café. "Well, that was well timed."

Momotaros arrived outside and looked upon the scene. In an wide, open street, a grey blur was dashing about, destroying cars, carts, telephone and simply causing havoc. The blur stopped in the middle of the street, revealing himself as the Squid Imagin. "Hmm. No 'Ryoutaroboy' anywhere. Veryfrustrating." It blurred out.

"Hey! It's that Squid bastard! Let's go Ryoutaro!"

'No!' Ryoutaro interrupted. He ejected Momotaros from his body, leaving him to form in his sand form on the ground.

"Hey! What the hell was that?!" Momotaros angrily asked.

"That's my line!" Ryoutaro retorted. "I told you, I'm not playing with your little hero game! I'm getting out of here like a normal person! Now come on or you'll get killed too!"

"No! I have to stay!"

"Us too!" The two heard a rather happy voice call out. Suddenly, three more piles of sand came out of the ground, forming the top halves of the monsters Ryoutaro saw in the Den-Liner. He then heard a rather loud jingle as a red portal opened in the sky and the Den-Liner flew down from it, directing itself to the ground, and stopping right behind Ryoutaro.

"What's this?..." Ryoutaro mumbled.

"Even if we can't Henshin, we'll keep on fighting!" Ryutaros cheered.

"It's a sense of duty that a simpleton like you couldn't understand..." Urataros added.

"He'll be in tears by the time we're finished!" Kintaros said, cracking his neck for good measure.

"Let's go!" Momotaros yelled, running straight at the Imagin, his friends following behind. As soon as they came within the Imagin's range of attack, he simply kicked them all away. But they got up and rushed back at the monster.

Ryoutaro looked on at the repeating pattern, speechless at the Imagins' dedication. He then heard the door of the Den-Liner opening behind him. He turned and saw the Owner stepping out. "Well, you fixed things up quickly." Ryoutaro commented on the spruced-up Den-Liner.

"Give me and paint brush and some duct tape, and I can do wonders." He walked forward until he was beside Ryoutaro. "Aspiring, aren't they?" He commented on his train's residents.

"I'll admit that they are dedicated, but... I still don't want to get involved."

"When..." The Owner began. "When Momotaros first possessed Ryoutaro, our Ryoutaro, he didn't give Momotaros his wish. Not until a moment when one of our greatest threats. He asked him 'Will you fight with me until the very end?'."

Ryoutaro looked shocked. "He... I said that?"

"Perhaps Momotaros still fights for that reason." The Owner turned back towards Ryoutaro and reached into his pocket. "I am asking you politely. You can help us if you want, or you can walk away." The Owner held out the pass. "It's your choice."

Ryoutaro looked at the pass for a second, then at the fighting Imagin, then back at the pass. "...Tch! The stuff I do for this guy." He grabbed the pass and faced towards the fighting group. The belt materialized around his waist and he clicked it into place. "Hey Momo!" He called to his friend, catching his attention. He pressed red button, causing the high-pitched jingle. "Henshin!"

SWORD FORM

"Alright! Let's get going!" Momotaros ran towards Ryoutaro, jumping into his body as the black suit and red armor formed on his body. The red mask ran down his helmet and unfolded. "Ore, Sanjou!" He yelled as he posed.

"We'll leave the rest to you!" Urataros yelled as he and the other Imagin frantically ran back to the Den-Liner.

"Listen here, Squidy-boy!" Momo grabbed the pieces of the Den-Gasher and arranging it in its Sword mode. "You seem a little different today. But! From start to finish, I'm always at the- OW!" He then got interrupted by the Squid Imagin's tentacle.

"Gosh! Howslow!" The Imagin commented. "Youshouldlearntospeakfaster!"

"Oh, That! Is! It!" Momo ran towards his enemy, flailing his sword frantically.

Shun arrived on his bike outside the café Ryoutaro and Mutsuki were. Getting of the bike and removing his helmet, he looked upon the scene of Den-O attacking the Imagin, but with the monster easily parrying his strikes.

"Glad you could make it!" Shun turned to see Mutsuki leaving the abandoned café.

"The Imagin does seem to be improved tremendously, but..." As Shun paused, Den-O managed to land a hit on the Imagin's body. "Even with the power-up, it seems like Den-O will still win."

"Oh? Do you think that he's at his full power?" Mustuki placed his briefcase on the ground, opened it up and removed a smaller, grey box. "Here, a little parting gift for the two of us!" He extended his arm, offering it to him.

"Wait, 'parting gift'?"

"O-oh, I guess I forgot to mention..." Mutsuki rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "This is... technically our last mission together."

"L-Last mission?!"

"Yeah, I received word from the higher-ups that since there are still a few pockets of resistance from the Worms, and there still several unsealed Undead, aswell as Joker running about, they need us in different areas. After today, I'll have to go back to working with Tachibana in hunting down the remaining Undead, and you need to help Kagami with destroying the remaining Worms."

"... oh. That... That's kind of a shock."

"Yeah... So! Let's have this last time be awesome!"

"... Right!" Shun grabbed the box and opened it. Inside it he saw a small, mechanical beetle coloured a dark orange. "T-This is!" A few lights on beetle blinked on as it flew out of the box and towards the Imagin and Den-O.

It rammed into Den-O several times, causing several sparks to fly off of him. It then flew onto a gap on the Imagin's brace, at an angle. "Hey! Isn't that like the...!" Momo said, shocked.

Although the Imagin was just as confused as Momo, he decided to just go with it. "LookslikeI'llhaveto... Henshin!" He twisted the beetle until it was straight.

HENSHIN

Armor materialized out of the brace and formed a mostly black suit with a dark orange armor on his upper torso.

CHANGE BEETLE

"Huh? What's with your new getup?"

The Imagin grabbed a kunai-knife from his belt, dashed forward and slashed at Den-O, causing him to back away from the hit.

"You little-!" Momo rushed forward, slicing the Den-Gasher vertically at the Imagin, but he dodged to the side and kicked Den-O in his back, causing him to tumble forward. "Ow! This guy's really annoying!"

"Wow! Thisissopowerful! Killingyouand 'Nogamikid' willbetooeasy!"

'Dammit! What are we gonna do?!' Ryoutaro asked.

'If I may interrupt.' Urataros butted in.

"Hey! Stay outta this, perverted turtle!" Momotaros yelled.

'Oh no, Senpai. You need a fisherman to catch a fish... Even if he is a beetle at the moment.'

Den-O flashed a light blue. He got to his feet and pressed the blue button on the belt, playing a rhythmic jingle. He passed the pass over belt's front.

ROD FORM

The red armor detached from Den-O's body and hovered around him and his mask ran back up his helmet and disappeared. The armor twirled around and latched onto Den-O's suit in a different formation, now showing a blue colour the covered his chest and forearms. A blue, hooked mask with orange eyes ran down his helmet.

This new Den-O crossed his left arm across his body, supporting his right elbow. "Won't you let me string you along?" Den-O asked his foe.

'You sonova- get outta there! I wanna wail on that guy!' Momotaros screamed.

'Yeah! Having one of you is tiring enough!' Ryoutaro complained to his new uninvited guest.

"Please just hold out a bit longer, Ryoutaro." Urataros detached parts of the Den-Gasher and rearranged it into its Rod mode.

"BlueorRed. Makeupyourmind,stupid!" The beetle Rider yelled as he ran towards Urataros. Den-O simply kicked him as he ran towards him. He then took a large swing of the Den-Gasher, whacking the Rider and knocking him down. He began to get to his feet, but Den-O ran forward and jabbed him in the chest. "Stopit,dammit!" He yelled in anger as he rolled back. "I'mthefastonehere!"

"Well, if you want someone a but slower..." Urataros rested the bottom of the Den-Gasher on the ground and supported the top on his shoulder. With his right hand he pressed the yellow button on the belt, causing a loud jingle to play. "Kin, you're up." He passed the pass over the front of the belt.

AX FORM

Den-O flashed yellow, signifying the arrival of yet another Imagin into Ryoutaro's body. The armor detached and reattached itself once again, forming a more bulkier, yellow and black form. The blue mask also swapped, now having a yellow, grilled visor with a single, vertical blade in it.

"My strength shall make you cry!" Kintaros announced. "Ryoutaro. I apologize for the intrusion, but a real man never ignores the call of battle!"

'Yeah, sure, whatever. Get that guy with the drawings in here aswell, for all I care...'

'Yay! I get to go too?' Ryutaros gleefully cheered.

'No! I told you all, I'm the one who's gonna beat that guy!' Momo added.

"Quittalkingtoyourself! It'screepy!" The Rider dashed forward and thrusted his knife, hitting Den-O in the chest. "Hit!"

"Think again!" Kintaros thrust his open hand forward, hitting the opposing Rider square in the chest, sending him flying back a few meters. "Your strength isn't even enough to make me blink!" Kin quickly rearranged the Den-Gasher into his form's mode, causing a large ax blade to extend from the side.

"Don'tmockme!" The Rider yelled as he ran toward his enemy with his kunai reached out. Den-O simply swatted his extended hand away as soon as he came within range and thrust his open palm into his foe's body. The Rider recovered and lunged with the knife again. This time, Kintaros hit it with all his might, smashing his foe's weapon. "N-No!" He said, slowly backing away.

"I have shown my strength. Do as you wish, Ryutaros." Kintaros pressed the purple button on his belt, playing a funky jingle, and waved the pass over it.

GUN FORM

Den-O flashed purple andhe armor once again detached itself and reformed on his suit in an open, more metallic shape, aswell as the mask changing for a more purple, dragon-looking mask.

"Yay! I get to fight now! Is it okay if I beat you? I can't hear you!" Ryutaros questioned his foe.

'You stupid brat! It was my turn next!' Momo scolded.

"I can't hear you!" He taunted to his senior as he rearranged the Den-Gasher into its gun mode.

'Are things always this hectic?' Ryoutarou asked.

'You should see Climax Form...'

Den-O skipped towards his enemy, catching him off-guard. He spun around and hit the Rider on the back of the head. He skipped back, twirled around and lazily fired his gun at him, only a few bullets hitting him.

The Rider rolled to the side to get out of the way and hid behind a car. "I can still see you~" Den-O took a large leap across the street and landed on the opposite side of the car. He twirled around and shot at his foe, causing him to flinch.

"Y-You..." The Rider slowly raised himself to his feet.

"I'm getting bored with this. Momo, you go." Ryutaros pressed the red button on the belt and passed the the pass over it.

SWORD FORM

The armor rearranged and the masks switched once again until Den-O was back in his original form. "Ore, Futatabi Sanjou!" Momo posed as he re-entered Ryoutarou's body. He changed the Den-Gasher into its sword mode. "From start to finish, I'm always at the Climax... and to prove it, I'll end this right now!" Momo held the pass in front of the belt.

FULL CHARGE

"N-Nowholdon! T-Thinkabout this!" The Rider begged.

"Hissatsu... For real this time!" He threw the pass to the side and gripped the Den-Gasher with both hands as lightening traced along it. "Have a taste of my Hissatsu Attack Part 2!" The blade of the Den-Gasher flew off and Den-O swung wildly, with the blade hitting his enemy with each one last thrust into the air, Den-O vertically swiped down, the blade cutting through the Rider's body.

"NOOOOOO!" The Imagin screamed as its body was enveloped in a rather large explosion.

"Whoa..." Momo put up his hands to protect himself. "That explosion was rather big..."

'So... we win?' Ryoutaro asked.

"Of course!" Momotaros boasted as he rested the Den-Gasher on his shoulder and hand on his hip. "Would you expect anything less from me?"

From afar, Shun and Mutsuki witnessed the scene, unseen by the others. "Wow... He defeated a Kabutech Rider..." Shun commented, shocked.

"Don't flatter him." said Mutsuki. "The Imagin didn't know how to use Clock Up or Rider Beat. And the Imagin couldn't use its tentacles, which is what it was used to. Well," Mutsuki raised his hand to the sky and the brown beetle Zecter flew from out of no where and landed in it. "at least we got some good testing information in this little guy. And we know more about Den-O's capabilities." Mutsuki carefully placed the Zecter into his briefcase.

"I guess there's no use for this." Shun threw the now redundant bomb switch to the side. "So... I guess this is it."

"Oh what? Getting teary-eyed over me?" Mutsuki teased. "Don't worry, after we get our personal jobs done, we'll meet up again. And who knows..." Mutsuki turned and looked at Den-O boasting to himself. "Perhaps we'll have another run in with him... Oh, well. Let's go." Mutsuki tapped the back of his partner's shoulder as they began to walk off.

"Cheers!" Everyone cried in unison as they clinked their glasses together.

Ryoutaro had returned to the Den-Liner and all the Imagins and Naomi had got out some glasses and drinks and decided to celebrate their victory/return.

As the Imagins bickered and drank, Ryoutaro slowly strayed towards the Owner who was sitting by himself in the corner. "Well, I guess I'm with you guys for now."

"If you want." He answered. "You can still pull out of our fight any time you want."

"No. You'll probably just guilt trip me again!" Ryoutaro joked. "So, what do we do from now on?"

"Well, first off; Shocker is looking for the other Riders' belts. To stop them from growing any stronger we should find those belts before them."

"What if they already found them? We could be too late."

"Well, you picked up the pass before Shocker found it. Perhaps the other belts were picked by normal people."

"So, the race is on to find the belts!"

"Hey, you two!" Momotaros called from across the cart. "Stop yackin' and let's celebrate!" He ran over to Ryoutaro, grabbed him by his collar and began to drag across the cart.

"H-Hey! Stop it! God dammit, Momotaros!"

Arc 1: Complete

Next time on Kamen Riders New Genesis:

"Didn't you hear? It's a secret underground arena where all these masked super-fighters battle! I think they're called 'Kamen Riders'."

"If we were to investigate these underground fights, perhaps we'll find the belts of the other Riders." Urataros explained.

"Nice to meet you! My name's Shinji Kido, I'm a journalist investigating these underground fights."

"Yes! You'll do very well!" The man held a piece of paper up in Ryoutaro's face. "Just sign your name right here, and you can participate in the battles!"

The black Rider retrieved another card from his belt, opened up the hatch in his sword, placed the card in and closed the visor.

Final Vent

"This mysterious red dragon Rider... if this goes on, I'll have to take care of him personally."

AN: Aaaand it's done. Again, I didn't want that chapter to go on for so long, but I also wanted to get the opening Arc over and done with.

And for those of you who were wondering, the Rider that the Imagin transformed into was Keteros from the Kabuto movie.