Third Wave

The moment Geist referred to 'him', two possibilities came to Kotaro's mind.

The first was Kadoya Tsukasa, aka Kamen Rider Decade. Considering that Decade had stolen and destroyed the Perfecter in a previous encounter, it was reasonable to assume that Geist would hold a serious grudge against the man referred to as the Destroyer of Worlds.

The other was Jin Keisuke, aka Kamen Rider X. The man who had single-handedly brought down the Government of Darkness and prevented them from taking over the world.

After a quick glance at the uniforms of the mooks he battled earlier and seeing the GOD logo on their chests, it was highly likely that this Geist was the genuine original one and that he referred to Keisuke. If that's the case, his resurrection was either because of something happening in the timeline that undid his death in the first place or because of someone or something had been able to acquire Geist's soul from the world of the dead and anchor it to a new body here.

He couldn't be too surprised at either possible explanation. Shocker scientists did create the History Modifying Machine and were able to manipulate the timeline as they wished, while the Badan Empire basically shattered the barrier that separated the dead from the realm of the living for a brief period.

Kotaro briefly shook his head to regain his focus and readied his sword while keeping an eagle eye on Geist. "I don't know for sure who you're referring to but in the end, that doesn't matter to me. I'll show you that my strength is for real!"

"Hmmph. Boastful."

Apollo sidestepped from New Den-O's attacks, not once has he attempted to counter them. "Your swing that blade of yours like it is a baseball bat. This is no high school brawl, boy." He taunted, before parrying New Den-O's sword aside and slammed his Geist Cutter shield into his body.

New Den-O could see the smirk from his helmet as Apollo Geist chuckled, "I wouldn't be surprised if you dyed your hair like some yankii punk."

"There's nothing wrong with Kotaro colouring his hair! Why, ever since he did, his popularity with the teenage females at his school has gone up by 15 per-"

"Teddy, you're not helping!" Ugh, why did his partner have to embarrass him like that?

'Still, Geist is able to move so easily and avoid all my attacks while keeping that heavy shield on him.' New Den-O certainly felt the impact of that hit earlier. Somehow, he has to separate Geist from the shield. Once that objective was completed, going in for close combat should be a bit easier.

With a new plan in mind, he readied himself again.

Apollo simply laughed, "Let me guess, you think without this shield, I am nothing?"

The executioner took a stance, his Apollo Magnum bayonet pointed at the Rider, and his Geist Cutter shield away from him. "If you wish to have a closer look at my shield, then by all means..."

After shooting a few rounds with the Apollo Magnum, with all his might, he threw his shield like a discus with blinding speed. He can see that the Rider was surprised, but Apollo Geist did not give him a chance to retaliate. He shot a few more volley of projectile from the Apollo Magnum as the shield gets closer to New Den-O.

"GEIST CUTTER!"

'Damn!' Kotaro cursed. It was bad enough having to try and avoid the barrage of shots but the way they were spread out practically kept him trapped within the Geist Cutter's movement path. His eyes could see the shield coming closer to him. 'No choice… gotta try and knock it away!'

He raised the Macheteddy to intercept the Cutter…

As he braced himself for the impact, the spinning shield started to glow red, and spun faster. Like a buzzsaw, it was grinding itself into the MacheTeddy, but the Imagin-Sword was durable. However, the force was too much for New Den-O, not to mention Apollo Geist's shots was starting to get more accurate.

Then, one of the bullets struck his legs, combined with the spinning shield, New Den-O flew back as the shield threw him and the MacheTeddy to the ground.

Raising his left arm, the Geist Cutter returned to its owner, "You may think that your superior technology and experience will be enough to handle me. But like him, and the rest of his brethren, I get stronger with age. You still have much to learn, Rider."

"Che…!" New Den-O rolled to his side to retrieve his weapon before he slowly got up on one knee while trying to regain his breath. 'What would gramps do in this situation?'

Perhaps the most obvious answer would be to try a new form, either by having someone else possess him or by combining everyone's power to access Super Climax form, or maybe Liner Form. Unfortunately, Kotaro didn't have that sort of versatility since he had only Teddy as his Imagin partner.

"Oi, why are you having all the fun?" Coming up from behind Apollo Geist was a figure who wore a Riotrooper suit like the other foot soldiers he fought earlier but it seemed to have additional features on it. In a sense, it almost seemed like a custom version of the suit for a field commander or one of GOD's better combat soldiers. "Didn't I call dibs on New Den-O?"

The executioner turned around, seeing the source of the voice getting off his Gyro Attacker motorcycle, "Ah, if it isn't the young commander of the Riotrooper... using the Version Two model, are you?"

The Riotrooper Commander scoffed, "Don't patronize me, old man. Just because you've been doing this longer doesn't mean you can just take over my operation." Turning to his Gyro Attacker motorcycle, he pulled out one of its handles and as it was pulled, a red beam glowed and materialize into an energy blade. He swung it a few times before turning its edge to face his back, wielding it in reverse.

"Still, I'm glad for two things," he told the executioner, "You didn't kill my men, and you haven't finished the Rider off yet."

Apollo Geist replied, "Were I given the order, I would do so. But since they used the belts for the first time, it is... excusable. Next time, however, I will not be as merciful."

The Commander scoffed, "If you did have the order, who's going to carry all of the loot we got today, you?" Snapping his fingers, he ordered the surviving men, "All of you, get that van back to base. I'll handle this guy."

"But, sir!" One goon cried out, "What about the others?" he asked, pointing at his unconscious comrades.

Apollo interjected, "Leave them, obviously. GOD has no need for weaklings."

He was about to retort, but he held back, remembering who he was speaking with. Thankfully, he didn't need to voice his opinion.

"Hey, they're my men. If anybody is telling them what to do, it's me!" Said the Riotrooper Commander, "Check if any of them are still alive, and carry them into the van. If they're not... at least get the belts." He ordered, before swinging his sword and pointing its edge to New Den-O, "I'll hold him off."

"T-thank you, sir!" the goon expressed, and dashed towards his fallen comrades.

Apollo Geist simply watched the situation. It was extremely rare for anybody to stand up to him; usually they end up dead. But the whelp wearing the customized Riotrooper armor was something else. "Very well. Let's see how you handle the Rider. He was no fun anyway..."

"Are you gonna yap about how nobody can match up to Kamen Rider X again? He should be dead by now, that relic is probably rusting in the ocean."

New Den-O felt the menacing glare Apollo Geist gave the Riotrooper-who either ignored or not noticed it-as if he was offended on the X-Rider's behalf. As he saw the van leaving after that one goon carried the surviving men, he was about to reach Teddy-groaning in pain as he shifted back into his Imagin form-before the Riotrooper Commander shot the space between them with his Axel Ray dagger-pistol weapon on his left hand.

"I don't think so."

'Well, this is a bit of a sticky situation...' Despite the beating he had taken earlier, Kotaro still felt a sense of calmness in him. It was probably because he had been in worse situations before such as nearly being publicly executed along with Ankh and Eiji in the alternate timeline where Shocker ruled all.

His body still ached as he got up but at the least, the pain wasn't seriously hindering him. "What happened to wanting a proper fight with me? This hardly seems sporting."

"With your sorry state, I changed my mind." came the sharp reply before firing again with the pistol, hitting New Den-O's chest armour and sending him flying back while sparks flew due to the armor damage. 'Che… even on max settings, the pistol's energy output isn't enough? Guess I gotta finish this with the sword then.'

"Kotaro!" Teddy tried to crawl over but this was noticed by the Commander who promptly strolled over and kicked the Imagin further away from the Rider.

"No heroics for you, mister." Frankly, he was aware of how often Kamen Riders were able to obtain victory even when the odds were stacked against them. So he intended to finish things right away.

But as he got got closer to New Den-O, his hearing picked up the faint sound of a train whistle blowing in the distance...

"Well, shit. I forgot there's more than just you."

The Riotrooper Commander looked up to the starry skies, a black train with bull horns was speeding out of the Desert of Time. It was the Zeroliner, and the duo who use it are about to show how fairly strong they are.

The train slowed down as it got close to the ground, the Commander jumped back to avoid getting rundown by it. As it made it pass, two figures are standing between New Den-O and Teddy, and the villains.

One was a young man in black, with medium-length brown hair. The one next to him is his Imagin, a hooded being in black with a mask resembling a bird. His forearms are metallic gray, every end of his digits are hollow, for he can shoot projectiles with them.

Kotaro instantly recognize the two, "Deneb... Grunkle Sakurai!"

Yuuto Sakurai turned around, an irritated look on his face, "Don't call me that!"

"But, Yuuto!" Deneb interrupted, "Since you have married Airi-san, and considering Ryotaro-kun is her brother, that makes Kotaro-kun her great nephew. Thus, you are his great uncle. Also, don't you remember watching that old Disney cartoon where the kids calls an older relative Grunkle? I thought you liked that."

Yuuto smacked Deneb's arm, "Shut up, Deneb!"

"Yuuto! If you are worried about being called old, do not worr-"

"I am not old!"

"But you are his-"

"I know that, but look at me! I'm not old!"

"You will be though."

"DENEB!"

The argument got cut off as their hearing picked up the sound of a blaster discharge from the Riotrooper Commander. On reaction, they split apart with Yuuto rolling to one side while Deneb landed right by Kotaro and bumped into him, causing him to hiss in pain which was picked up by the Imagin. "Kotaro, you're injured?"

"Nothing serious. Don't worry about me."

"I cannot do that. I'll take over for you while you go rest."

"Wai-" New Den-O got cut off as Deneb's physical form vanished and entered his body, causing his suit to change and the belt to cry out two words:

"VEGA FORM"

With that, new chest armour covered his upper body while the centre of the armour had a small decoration that looked like Deneb's face. His big red optics vanished, replaced with a helmet and black visor that somewhat resembled the back of Deneb's head. He now wielded a naginata which was formed by the DenGasher pieces.

As for Yuuto, he got his belt ready before grabbing one of his Zeronos cards. He then slid it in with the green side facing forward to form the letter 'A' in green on his buckle before pulling the sliding mechanism on the top of the belt, causing it to play a calm, whistle-like tune. "Henshin!"

"ALTAIR FORM"

The suit that formed on his body was predominantly in green and silver colours with a yellow 'Y' shape on his chest that resembled train tracks to some extent. A large mooing sound was heard as a pair of emerald bull heads travelled on the yellow train track designs on his head before settling down to form his green optics over his eyes.

After assembling the ZeroGasher in Sabre Mode, he planted it on the ground before beginning his speech. "Let me say this to start…"

"The face on my chest is purely for decoration!" cut in Deneb, now possessing Kotaro's body.

"… Well, that's nice to know." In one synchronized movement, both the Riotrooper Commander and Apollo Geist raised their firearms and attacked.

Maizuru Naval Base, April 4th 2051, 1130 Hours

The morning had passed by far more quickly than Michal had anticipated.

He had only stayed with the Destroyer class until 0900 Hours when he met up with the Vice Admiral for his first one on one lesson with her with the topic being resource management and military logistics with a touch of current politics.

Despite the Japanese economy doing well in recent years, the budget of the Navy had been shrinking year over year due to the new social programs put in place by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Base commanders always had to make do with fewer funds at the time so that meant not restocking certain supplies as often.

Now with the emergence of the Abyssals, there was a movement among Lower House members to try and reverse some of the funding cuts but that met fierce opposition by other politicians, simply due to the fact that they had to represent their constituents who were benefiting from the extra spending on social programs. Not to mention that if they voted in favor of reallocating those funds, their voters would be remembering that on the next election.

So until the political red tape got sorted out, naval bases had to manage their funds and resources very carefully. That also had an impact on fleet deployment as well. The rule of thumb was that for every ship girl that got deployed in a sortie, there had to be enough Steel and Bauxite available to repair them completely under a worst case scenario, defined as a ship girl essentially one hit away from sinking.

There were other rules that Michal had to keep in mind as well when working out which Fleet Girls to sortie with. Depending on the mission rank, there were specific definitions on the amount of fuel and ammo that could be allocated when assembling a fleet of Ship Girls to undertake the mission. In some cases, he wouldn't be able to put certain combinations together simply because of how much fuel those girls would consume. Aosaki made it clear that if he did go over those allocation definitions, he would be dragged to a mandatory hearing with the upper brass.

Obviously, with a heavy emphasis on resource management, that affected how many Fleet Girls could sortie at a time along how frequently they could go out which generated mixed reactions from them. Some understood of the situation while others were not as understanding since they wanted to prove their usefulness to their peers and superiors.

It was quite a bit of learning that morning so it was no surprise that when lunch time came, he simply sat down and laid his head on one of the cafeteria tables to try and digest all that Aosaki had told him. "Uggghhh…"

At the same time Michal was mending his headache, Keisuke entered the cafeteria, returning from his morning walk. With how large the base is, he considered it good exercise for his artificial muscles. He was about to get lunch before he saw Michal with his head on the table. The doctor approached the youth, "Something wrong, Minato-kun?"

His head rolled over a bit to see his unexpected visitor. "Oh... hey, Jin-san. There's nothing wrong... just a lot to learn about running the Fleet." Michal closed his eyes for a moment and groaned. "Argh... I can still see those fuel and ammo ratios dancing in my head..."

Realizing what he meant, Keisuke let out a small laugh, "Ah, you were given that lesson, huh?" Sitting down next to Michal, he continued, "I'd give you some proper advice, but I'm a doctor, not a tactician."

Head still on the table, Michal turned to the doctor and raised an eyebrow, "You watch Star Trek, Jin-san?"

Yet again, Keisuke let out a laugh, "It's a good show. I even own the discs of the original series. Anyway, perhaps writing down the information on a journal while the memories are still fresh?"

"Or type them in your device," Keisuke added, "Whichever way you want. Just make sure you marked the important ones down."

"Yeah, good call." Michal fiddled around with his device for a few moments, keying in what ratios he remembered from this morning before saving the information. "Good, that takes care of that. Now, what's cooking?"

Considering that there are a wide variety of Fleet Girls on base who can cook, perhaps the more appropriate question to ask is 'who's cooking'.

"I think the lunch special is curry today." Keisuke commented, and pointed at the aforementioned food already sitting in the tray, ready to be scooped by the server.

"Curry? Sounds good to me." While Minato got a helping of food from Natori, who was doing server duty for lunch hour, Keisuke noticed that the colouring of the curry looked a bit odd and wasn't the usual yellow colour. It seemed a bit darker than usual and smelled a bit off.

When it was his turn to get his meal, he addressed the shy Cruiser. "Do you know who made that curry?"

"Um… let me check." She briefly went to the back to see who was cooking inside before returning with an answer. "That would be Hiei."

'Oh dear…' By the time Keisuke turned back, he saw Minato with a spoon of curry in his mouth and his face turning every colour of the rainbow before the youth fell forward unconscious, his face buried right in his lunch plate.

"EEEK! Medical emergency! Someone call the doctor!" came the panicked tone of Natori.

"I'm right here," came Keisuke's flat reply before he whipped out his walkie-talkie to speak with his assistant. "Akashi, have a bed ready. We have an incoming patient that needs to be treated for food poisoning."

"Roger that, doctor!"

One of the few good things of being a Kaizorg is that Keisuke won't have much problem eating anything, even if it taste bad. It's extremely difficult to make a cyborg puke. Mostly because of their artificial stomach.

And another was that he can easily carry a person. Carefully scooping up Michal into his arms, he carried the youth to his medical office. Fortunately for Michal, the doctor's office was quite close to the cafeteria.

'Good thing I was briefed about this.' Keisuke commented, 'Hope our supply of digestive pills are still intact. Otherwise, we're going to have to cure him the old fashioned way.'

And so the veteran Rider went off to treat the rookie Rider.

Speaking of which, there's another pair of Riders that we should check up on.

April 3rd 2051, ZeroLiner Dining Car, 2235 Hours EST

"So the Government of Darkness, huh? That's a name I haven't heard in a long while," said Yuuto while leaning against the wall, watching Deneb continue to administer some light medical treatment to Kotaro and Teddy. A small meal had also been prepared for the duo consisting of some miso soup, a small plate of shiitake mushroom fried rice, some shiitake mushroom tempura and finally, marinated shiitake mushrooms mixed in with other vegetables.

"Do you have any idea how exactly they came back? If it's a timeline issue, we'll need to fix it," replied Kotaro, mildly flexing his left hand. It did tingle a bit but that was it.

"Leave that to me. You have other things to do once you've rested up." With that, Yuuto left the room, leaving only the two Imagin and his great-nephew at the table.

"At the least, Jin Keisuke should be made aware that GOD is active again," suggested Teddy. "We should also explain that they're the ones who created the Abyssals."

"But what are they trying to gain with them? Take over the oceans?" It didn't make sense to Deneb.

That got Kotaro's head into gear. "That's… a very distinct possibility. Keep in mind that the World Ocean covers almost 70% of the Earth's surface. If they have absolute control over the waters, at minimum, they can cause severe weather conditions and threaten entire land masses unless they comply with their demands and surrender their sovereignty."

Deneb nodded, but a sudden thought popped into his mind, "Hold on; what if Jin Keisuke did not know that GOD is involved? What do you want to do?"

"Well... perhaps we should wait for Grunkle Sakurai so we can discuss this." Kotaro suggested. "What has X-Rider been doing nowadays? Last time I asked Grunkle Sakurai, he was a doctor."

"That was the case in the past but now I'm not so sure," murmured Teddy.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Kotaro while finally starting to dig into the late night dinner prepared by Deneb.

The blue Imagin took a moment to bring back the memory. "I recall that when your grandfather teamed up with Kamen Rider Ghost to restore the existences of Riders erased by time, Keisuke's restoration went a bit differently. I wouldn't be surprised if he went down a different path in his second life."

"Ah, I remember that. Both Yuuto and I were there!" Deneb told the two, "My, it's such a long time ago... but I do remember that the Genesis King of Golgom, Shadow Moon, being involved."

The cloaked Imagin continued, "What's confirmed is that all of the Showa Riders that were present returned to their restored timeline, but... sometimes, they looked different."

Kotaro was confused, before he asked more, Yuuto came back. "You can look at these video clips, Kotaro." he then put an old iPad from the 2010s, showing the aforementioned subject. "The Station Master gave it to me, don't ask how he get those shots."

The great-nephew raised an eyebrow, but decided to focus on the device. Multiple screens showing the Showa Seniors in combat against the enemies they fought were shown, but sometimes they changed form; he saw one where Hongo Takeshi, the original Kamen Rider, looked like just how he remembered when he teamed up with Kamen Rider OOO and his grandfather's Imagins to stop Shocker, then his Rider form shifted into a more monstrous look, alongside the minions and monsters. He saw Ichimonji Hayato, Kamen Rider 2, looking like as if he came out of a vintage manga panel with how his Rider form looked.

This affected not just the Showa Riders, but the Heisei Riders as well, including his great-uncle and himself. "Does this has anything to do with why our Rider forms and both Deneb and Teddy looking... different when we arrived?"

"Who knows," replied Yuuto with a light shrug.

"Did the Station Master also tell you about X-Rider's current whereabouts?" asked Teddy.

"Yeah. Keisuke's working at Maizuru Naval Base as their Chief Medical Officer." Yuuto tapped the screen of his device before bringing up an address and a map.

"Then we can pay him a visit after eating dinner." With that, Kotaro resumed his meal while Deneb went to retrieve another pair of chopsticks and a bowl.

"Speaking of dinner, Yuuto should have some of this as well!"

"PASS!"

"But Yuuto!" Deneb cried, "It's good for you, and it has been years. Shouldn't you be able to eat just a little-"

The Imagin had his arm smacked by Yuuto's hand as he retorted, "I still don't like it, Deneb!"

"I'm sorry, Deneb, but Grunkle Sakurai will only eat anything with Shiitake Mushroms as long as Graunty Airi spoon fed him."

Yuuto glared at his great-nephew, 'The nerve of this brat!' he thought to himself. But Deneb's sobbing interrupted him.

"How could you, Yuuto! I worked so hard to prepare delicious meals for you, but it seems only Airi-san can make you eat them..."

Deneb got his head slapped in return, "Shut up, Deneb! And you!" he pointed to Kotaro, calmly eating his meal, "How did you know that? And stop calling me Grunkle, and no calling Airi Graunty, it's so... silly."

"But Grunkle Sakurai!" Kotaro said, ignoring Yuuto's annoyed expression, "It's much easier to pronounce and it's less mouthful. Besides, she's fine with me calling her that..."

Teddy nodded as his master chowed down, "Indeed. And to answer your other question... Urataros took pictures of Great Aunt Airi feeding you. I assume Ryotaro-san was actually willing for him to do that. I believe Urataros has made multiple copies of the photograph."

The look on Yuuto's face was priceless. He grabbed Deneb's head and squeezed it hard. His mind was filled with thoughts of paying back his brother-in-law deafened his Imagin's plea to let go.

Unknown, 1145 Hours

When the young man's consciousness came back to him, he took a look at his surroundings. All he could see were dim sources of light in this rocky cavern.

'Again…? What's happening to me?' The last thing he could clearly remember was the day that he finally earned his military commission, almost four years after quitting his old job as a lecturer. He had been out celebrating with friends and after a late night of partying, he had been walking back to his home. Then he saw a flash… and then the next thing he knew, he found himself waking up in a totally different place… with traces of destruction all around him.

He hadn't been drinking too heavily that night. He understood that he needed to be fairly sober for his first day on the job so obviously, he couldn't have walked in such a stupor. The strange part was that this happened to him multiple times, leaving him unable to comprehend what was going on.

'Argh… focus, Akai Seiichiro!' He first located some water to try and refresh himself. As he splashed his face, he saw that his tired reflection: that of a typical Japanese man with short black hair and a worn out naval uniform. 'Alright, I can do this… I can-'

The sound of soft footsteps snapped his focus and his head turned to see a small child covered in the shadows. As she came closer, he could make out her features. She had a white one piece dress with a black choker that covered her mouth. Her skin was pale, although not as white as her hair which also had a pair of black decorations. Her eyes were of a red colour and her hands were covered in childish winter mittens. She didn't have any shoes on, wearing only a pair of black anklets.

Akai's heart began to beat faster as he recognized the being. "You're… an Abyssal…?"

"Go back," whispered the child in a quiet but threatening tone.

There was a pause before his stance changed along with his voice, as if something possessed him. "An Abyssal, huh? I hope you'll amuse me."

"W-what…?" She couldn't comprehend what happened to the man in front of her until he said one word.

"Henshin."

SAME!

KUJIRA!

OOKAMIUO!

Once the transformation finished, the man became clad in a black bodysuit under his three-toned suit of armour. His torso armour was dark blue and had matching gauntlets which were primarily black with deep blue trim. The shoulders were asymmetrical as a whale's tail jutted from the left and a whale's head was on the right. On the chest were symbols resembling aquatic animals arranged in an inverted triangle. Hanging from his belt were red hip plates. The same red armour adorned his legs in boots. His helmet was aqua blue, sporting a pair of yellow eyes and three fins that were pointed forwards. One of the fins was on the tip of the helmet while the other two flanked his faceplate, framing his mouth. In the centre of his belt was a circular buckle which had a jagged edge around it. Finally, a red massive harpoon was held firmly in his right hand.

"You can change…? Just like Onii-chan…"

Just as the possessed Akai brought up his harpoon, he felt himself slammed hard by someone else. When he got to his feet, he could see someone else wearing armour similar to his own.

It was mainly light blue and with a black bodysuit underneath. Large yellow shark jaws were structured in the center of chest armour while the helmet the helmet design was reminiscent of a shark's appearance with gill openings all over the top and side portions. They even formed the 'eyes' as well. The rest of the helmet consisted of a mouth guard that had silver rectangular teeth on the lower portion and a small golden gem positioned near his forehead. The shoulder pads stuck out like a shark's fin with dark blue stripes on them. On the left arm was a large gauntlet which looked like a blue shark with a black head that had its mouth open. Around the new arrival's waist was a silver buckle with a light blue Advent Deck in the center of it with a golden symbol of a shark on it. The gauntlets and boots were the same light blue as the chest armour with silver sockets on his knees and just below his elbows.

"Hoppo, get out of here!"

"Umu!" She gave an affirmative grunt while her rescuer retrieved something from the centre of his buckle and placed it into his left gauntlet.

SWORD VENT

As his opponent summoned a new weapon, the possessed Akai smirked underneath his helmet while readying his harpoon. "So you've aligned yourself with the Abyssals? How appropriate… given your name as Kamen Rider Abyss."

"What is it that you want?" The male voice underneath the helmet sounded rather young. Frankly, that didn't matter to the bloodthirsty warrior.

"I only want one thing from you right now: a fun fight between fellow Riders."

Stranger: Kept ya waitin' huh? Here it is, the Third Wave of this story of ours.

EZ: And now Yuuto's in the mix. I guess you can blame SHT Grand Prix and the Kamen Rider Yongo specials for making Zeronos prominent again.

Stranger: Well, Den-O has been getting way too many spotlights. It's time Zeronos got his back. Anyway, if you're wondering, yes the Riders from both Showa and Heisei are somehow shifting forms from their original TV/Movie selves, the SIC figures (it's my M.O., deal with it), to Ishinomori Shotaro's art style... it keeps looping without any of them realizing it. Or caring, or maybe they realize it or maybe they aren't we ain't telling you lol

For real though, the plot thickens as Kamen Rider Poseidon returns. I wonder how he got resurrected this time... Also, he's based on the SIC version; google it. Oh, and the Riotrooper Commander is visually based on the Riotrooper Ver. 2 SIC Figure. He came from Faiz's SIC Hero Saga, and the original user was the Rose Orphnoch. Here... who knows?

EZ: We understand that some of you are concerned about taking spotlight time away from the main protagonist Riders (X & Aqua) along with the Fleet Girls but we want to show that the Rider verse isn't going to idle around while a possible global threat is building.

Stranger: Yeah, background material usually said that the Showa Riders are actually still around, guarding the planet in one part they're responsible. Like Hongo in Europe, for example. Yes, that's the reason why he wear that cool threads in Heisei vs Showa. If Kamen Rider Spirits did it, why not us for this story?

And no, only Kamen Rider X as the Showa representative; don't want to clutter up the spotlight do we?

Anyways, Read Review and Rejoice!