Kamen Rider Aikusha

3: Who're You Calling a Destroyer?!

ZAP!

The group ends up in a neighborhood district…

"Wait a minute!" says Noriko, "If we're in another universe, shouldn't we be like we're from it?"

Masaru pulls out a Rider Card named 'Adapt' and waves it over his Aikusha Booker——

"Adapt."

The group is then bathed in green energy pixels until their outer appearances and garments have altered to fit this universe's environments——

Masaru is now clad in a white karate/jujutsu dougi, Muay Thai bandages, kung fu pants, and worn out shoes.

Noriko is clad in a pink-colored dress styled after a sailor fuku.

Uncle Takeshi is clad in a dark-green uwagi and hakama complete with a blood-red obi.

Hanto is in a golden-yellow Chinese shirt and pants of silk.

Chiaki is in a brown hakama and uwagi complete with a purple oni.

Noriko giggles, "I was kind of hoping that you would be dressed like Joe the Haze." Masaru says, "I'm better off looking like Ryotaro Nogami."

The group looks around to find out their location, which seems to be a small little neighborhood, and Masaru gasps at the dojo in front of him——

"'Tendou Dojo of Anything-Goes Martial Arts?'" gasps Masaru, "This is like a dream… guys… we're in the——"

"RANMA NO BAKA!" shrieks a woman's voice.

BOOM! Everyone looks up to see an unfortunate young man in a Chinese shirt with black hair with a pigtail sent flying into the air with a panda and a man with long hair and a moustache in an uwagi and hakama.

Masaru finally says "This is the universe of 'Ranma 1/2'."

"The universe of 'Ranma 1/2'?" replies Noriko and Chiaki in unison. Hanto asks, "What the heck is 'Ranma 1/2?'"

Over on the streets, Masaru spots something just as interesting—— an odd Kaijin bearing a black aura and the likeliness of a spider being pounded on by a black-striped golden entity with a wolf head ornament on his forehead.

"Iron Cloth Punch!"

Cloth wrapped around the guy's fist and he punches the lights out on the Kaijin, which immediately transforms into a human.

Masaru takes out his Booker and got the info——

(Kamen Rider Ryoga, Choujin Form— name: Ryoga Hibiki; height: 190cm; weight: 102kg; punching power: 15t; kicking power: 12t; top running speed: 100m/6s; maximum jumping height: 24m; Senses: 6 times normal; Defense Rating: 8; Lion's Roar Shot: 39t; Breaking Point Technique: 30t; Iron Cloth Punch: 30t)

"Ryoga… Hibiki… a Kamen Rider named Ryoga?" gasps a surprised Masaru.

"They have Kamen Riders here too?" Noriko's mouth gapes as she asks. Masaru puts a hand to his chin, "Must be an alternate universe."

Despite already knowing that most of it was written by a manga writer, the crew looks around the town to get to know it. Uncle Takeshi is completely used to the area the moment they found out what universe this is. Chiaki is admiring the scenes, as well as ogle the local female citizens. Hanto is standing close to Masaru and Noriko. Noriko is keeping a close eye on Masaru so nothing would happen. Masaru looks into his Aikusha Booker, with a normal-looking book cover to conceal its true form, to find the differences between the original 'Ranmaverse' and this version of it.

"Sometimes I can't believe it actually can work like that, Masaru-kun" says an amazed Noriko looking over his shoulder. Masaru says "Aside from storing my Cards and activating them, it can also be any book I'm in need to read and or use as an regular palmtop computer, including seeing into other worlds."

"So," asks Uncle Takeshi interestedly "what does it say about this world, Masaru-kun?"

Masaru elucidates for his team, "Well, this is a different Ranmaverse; but it is set sometime after the failed wedding of Akane and Ranma. Currently, they're 21 years old. Recently strange rises of beings called Akumajin, who were really martial artists that fell into the darkness and transformed into these monstrous kaijin. The only ones who could stop these kaijin are those who still retain their human hearts and use it to take control or those who gain the power to combat the evil that tries to take over the humans seeking strength, the Choujin Kamen Riders. Despite turning into monsters, the victims of the Akumajin are still innocent people whose actions are not their own per se. It often takes the aura of a Choujin to eliminate the Akumajin presence from the host without killing him."

Noriko asks, "And if that Choujin Rider was really Ryoga Hibiki, then wouldn't that mean——?"

In unison, she, Masaru, & Chiaki exclaim in realization "The other members of the Nerima Wrecking Crew might also be Choujin Riders too!"

Hanto slowly and cautiously raises his hand in question, "Um… I'm new to this whole thing."

In the best G-rated and simplest sentences the rest of the crew summarized everything they know about the Ranmaverse and the main characters to young Hanto.

Hanto asks, "So this martial artist named Ranma Saotome was taken away by his jerk of a father in order to make him an extremely manly man and a successor to these Anything-Goes Martial Arts of the Saotome school so he would marry one of the Tendou daughters? But so many things including the troublesome progress of their relationship throughout the series?"

Masaru nods, "That's pretty much it." Hanto sighs, "Sounds like my eldest sister's problems back home."

Masaru says, "Concerning future battles that I may be involved into, I vote we should take up temporary residence at the Tendou Dojo." "I second the motion," nods Uncle Takeshi, then he asks "Anyone against?"

Noriko says "Just to be safe to remind you, if this Akane Tendou is the same as she is in the manga or the anime; she's the type to get extremely dangerous when jealous as she can be sweet and gentle. All those still in favor of going there to train to get stronger for the future, raise your hand."

Surprisingly, everyone but Chiaki raises their hand in response. Uncle Takeshi shrugs, "Oh well, it's four against one."

Masaru walks up to the dojo gate doors and knocks on it first a few times. The one to answer it was the beautiful eldest Tendou daughter, Kasumi.

Masaru blushes and sighs inwardly 'Man! Kasumi Tendou is hotter in person!'

Kasumi smiles in greetings "May I help you?" Masaru snaps back into his senses, "Salutations, I am Masaru Shiranai and these are my traveling comrades; Noriko Seki, her uncle Takeshi, Hanto Suzumura, and lastly Chiaki Kanto. We wish to speak of minor training here at this dojo." Takeshi says, "We'd be happy to pay, of course."

Kasumi let them into the living room, where they find a soaking wet Ranma-chan (Ranma's girl form) nursing her sore backside from the blow Akane dealt to her, with Ryoga as P-chan sleeping in Akane's lap, who is sitting at the opposite end of the room away from Ranma-chan. By the door leading to the yard, they find the patriarch of the Tendou house and family, Soun, playing a game of go with his 'good' friend (and 2nd biggest freeloader on his property), Genma Saotome (in human form).

Masaru blushes 'God! Akane and Ranma's girl form are hotter in person! They're also a lot bustier than portrayed in either the manga or anime!' Noriko looks at the blushing Masaru (ignoring the staring Uncle and Chiaki, as well as Hanto politely averting his eyes), knowing what he was thinking she quietly guffaws, "Baka."

Kasumi introduced the guests, "Father, we have visitors." Soun turns away from his game to the guests, "Oh! So we do, Kasumi!" Uncle Takeshi says to the master of the household, "Excuse me, Tendou-san, but your opponent seems to be cheating on you." Soun turns back to the game to catch Genma in the act and frowns at him, the fat fool desperately calls out "I call for a do-over!" Soun grunts in disapproval, "Sorry, no do-overs."

Some time later, after a brief if not fair argument between the two fathers and Ranma secretly returning to his male form before returning, everyone sat down at the table to converse.

Noriko, seeing Ranma's male form for the first time in person, blushes and sighs inwardly 'OMG! I've heard Ranma was a stud in his world, but now I can see that they hardly do him justice!'

Soun asks, "So, the five of you have come to train in our dojo for a little while?" Masaru nods, "Yes, Tendo-san." A new woman's voice superciliously, "And how much are you all willing to pay?" Everyone turned to see a young woman with auburn hair a little longer than neck-length looking coldly at the guests, a lot of the crew identified her as Nabiki Tendou, the middle child of the Tendou family.

Masaru quickly observes her, 'Hark, the ice woman with a particularly sharp brain and a fetish for money has arrived. She does look cold but cute. Must be her sex appeal technique.' Noriko says, 'I think a few hours of one of my nicer Imagin possession would do her wonders.'

Ranma walks up to Nabiki and says, "Nabs, stop charging people we haven't met yet like that." "The question is are they really here to train here or are they here to push another fiancé into your hands?" retorts Nabiki.

Noriko shouts, "Hey!" Everyone looks at her, she says straightly "Why on Earth would I marry some guy I haven't met much less know personally? We are here to train because we wish to avoid trouble that we heard has gone around this district because of the increasing number of destructive martial artists."

Chiaki sighs, 'Good half-true lie, Noriko; unoriginal but good.'

Soun Tendou thinks about Noriko's words and says, "What the young lady does make sense, Nabiki; what with our antics going around. Who knows what innocents would get involved in everything we'd do that's too dangerous to handle?" Nabiki says, "Reasonable explanation, daddy."

"How much will you be charging us, miss?" asks Uncle Takeshi. Nabiki inquires, "All together or separately?" "All together."

"I'd say…" suggests the money-grubbing Nabiki, "50,000 yen a day." Most of the other residents of the household are not pleased for the treatment Nabiki's giving for the potential house guests, "NABIKI!"

Uncle Takeshi keeps his smile and says, "Tell you what." "What?" asks Nabiki, slightly surprised by the elder's unfazed look——

"What do you say to 1 million yen as payment in advance," he presents a suitcase and opens it revealing lots of yen banknotes to the residents of the dojo, "followed by 7 million a week for the next two weeks or so?"

Naturally, Genma was eyeing the cash with his predictable avarice in the eyes of his infamous 'poker face', it had to take his friend Soun and his son's to hold him back. Akane frowns at the younger men with distrust, with the exception of Hanto, who is in fact a child.

Presented with a suitcase full of yen, Nabiki feels her resolve melting away as she looks over then yen bills, seeing that they're genuine!

Relenting to the power of the amiable billionaire, Nabiki bows politely and says, "Welcome to the Tendou household, Seki Takeshi-Ojisan-tachi."

Later that evening, everyone is settling in their rooms for their stay—

Uncle Takeshi takes up residence in the same room as Soun, who was willing to sleep on the floor while he took the bed but Takeshi suggested the other way around.

Chiaki is forced to bunk with the biggest freeloader living in the household, the 'evil gnome' Happosai, who was surprisingly disgusted by the young man's complaints.

Hanto was allowed to sleep in the same room with Kasumi, who seems to be the more motherly of the place.

Masaru shares the same room as the Saotomes, shockingly Mrs. Nodoka Saotome, Ranma's mother, is also living in the same room as them.

Akane decided to share rooms with Noriko, who is slightly disturbed because of Ryoga still in the room and in P-Chan mode.

Akane says to Noriko, "Don't you worry, Noriko-san. I will protect you from those perverts." "You know, just as I could tell…" sighs Noriko changing out of her clothes (planning on to get a rise out of P-Chan) "I'm more worried about the three jerks here and one of them travels with us, while the number of perverts I count is only two. And finally there are 4 with active hormones, including me."

Akane gawks at Noriko, 'Active hormones? What is she? A floozy?' Noriko knows the look in Akane's eyes "I am not a floozy." "But I didn't say anything!" stutters Akane. Noriko coolly replies "You didn't need to; I could tell from the look on your face. Believe me, I'm a college girl and I've had to at friends who thought the same thing over 5 times a day."

Akane is flabbergasted, but then she shakes it off and giggles, "I guess that if I ever plan on going to college, I should get used to it." Noriko, clad in only her brassiere and panties, looks at Akane in slight confusion, "Last time I've checked the newspaper, you've had quite a temper after the failed wedding with a fiancé and the rumored relationship with this Ranma Saotome had gone downhill."

"Yeah," sighs Akane before she whispers something to her. Noriko's eyes widen in shock and her bra strap slips past her shoulder. She thinks about it, 'You know if the series continued a little bit, that would certainly cleared things up.'

As Noriko changes into a purple nightgown, she spots P-Chan suffering a nosebleed before collapsing to his side! 'Whaddaya know?' internally snickers Noriko, 'P-Chan fall down go boom!' Still keeping a calm face, Noriko says "Your pet pig seems to be suffering from something, Akane-chan."

"P-CHAN!" shrieks Akane, she carries the second cursed young man in piglet form up to her bosom and caresses him. P-Chan, who is really Ryoga, wants to get out of the room, seeing how the situation is starting to get hairy, he has to get away before Akane would get him toward hot water and exposes his secret. He also realizes that he's one of the people under the roof with active hormones and he'll black out again. Oh, why didn't he return to Akari instead?

Ranma barges into Akane's, in his boxer briefs, ready to stop the pig, just to find himself in another wrong situation.

Noriko's eyes widen and her cheeks burn rose red at the sight of Ranma's lean muscular build, 'Damn! I sure envy the girls in this universe a little bit, but then again I've seen Masaru at the beach several times and with only a towel after a shower or bath. Yet surprisingly both men are similar. Yum!'

Akane, however as many fans in other universes would predict, frowns and growls in what she would consider righteous.

Ranma gulps, his baby blue eyes trembling in worry, and he stammers "W-W-Wait! I-I-It's not what you think!"

"RANMA NO BAKA!"

BAM!

Akane pulls a gigantic wooden hammer from hammerspace and hits Ranma in a homerun across the horizon! Masaru witnesses the whole thing and chases after him, with P-Chan following them.

Noriko looks at the hammer and says "Where do you hide that thing?" Akane looks at her mallet and shrugs, "I have no idea." "I know the saying of 'you always hurt the one you love', but that's going kind of excessive, don't you think?" asks Noriko. Akane cringes, "Not again."

Noriko gasps and points at Akane's hand, "What's with that purple mark on your right hand?" Looking at her hand, which has a purple mark roughly resembling the kanji for 'queen', Akane says "It's been there since my failed wedding with Ranma three years ago. It roughly looks like the kanji for 'queen'. You know, recently I've occasionally had unusual changes to me. I never showed this to anyone… except to Ranma, I'm afraid this may be a sign of a curse. Lately he's been disappearing from time to time and these mysterious freaks called Akumajin and Choujin started showing up, it's so frustrating."

Noriko frowns slightly 'It's official, some of the Nerima Wrecking Crew are Choujin and yet Akane doesn't know the full information about them. Oddly, that color reminds me of that Spider Akumajin that Ryoga purified. '

The next day… Masaru and Hanto are training with Ranma——

Ranma says "I know that this may seem insane to a lot, but this technique can help you develop incredible hand speed and coordination."

Hanto and Masaru look at a medium-sized campfire and a small pile of burning coals, both with chestnuts roasting in them, with respective looks, 'this is insane' and 'for everyone's sake I've got to do it'.

Chiaki laughs at them, pretending to be from the same universe as NWC but from out of town, "CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE? WHERE ARE THE SLEIGH BELLS? WHERE IS THE CHRISTMAS CAKE?"

Masaru keeps a calm face, "Don't mind him, he just has an ego that needs adjusting." Ranma says "He's not a rival of mine nor a concern. But the more important question is how do you deal with people like him?"

Noriko's voice is heard, "Crying Pressure Point!"

Everyone turn to see her pressing a thumb at the side of Chiaki's neck, then Chiaki bursts out crying instead.

"Why?" uncontrollably wept Chiaki, "why did you do that to me, Noriko?" Noriko says, "Two reasons, Chiaki; that was annoying and nobody likes you."

"Wow," cringes Ranma "she's tough." Masaru sighs out, "She's been my babysitter for 10 years already, Ranma-san."

Uncle Takeshi is playing shogi with Genma. Several times he tried to cheat him, but the man from another universe proves to be a wiser opponent. Soun acts as coach and is impressed by Takeshi's skills.

After completing a few chestnuts without burns, Masaru says to Ranma "This stuff is kind of tough to do, but I am not going to stop." Ranma pats Masaru's shoulder, "Good tenaciousness, my man!"

Masaru looks down and gasps, "Hanto-kun, be careful! Those are my chestnuts!" Ranma looks at the kid and rushes to pull the boy's hands out, "Hey, be careful, kid!"

Nodoka sees Ranma trying to help the young man out of danger and she hurries out put out the fire, only to also splash her son after slipping on a pebble!

Ranma-chan cringes in horror and embarrassment, and with good reason, his embarrassing curse of magical self-change due to contact with water is exposed to the new students! Hanto says to him, "Ranma-niisan, or maybe Ranma-neesan, I never wanted to embarrass you. But accidents happen, even to the greatest of us."

Ranma-chan looks down at the boy with a small smile, "Thanks, Hanto-kun." Ranma-chan is glad that someone from outside of Nerima isn't judging him negatively.

Masaru steps out the house, "Geez, be careful!" Ranma-chan blinks and asks, "Hey! How did you get from over here to there?" Masaru shrugs, "I am a martial artist like yourself."

At the gate, a young woman walks up to the front doors. She has shoulder-length hair of purple, gentle brown eyes, and is clad in a green-and-indigo kimono. She takes a deep breath and knocks on the gate, hoping someone would answer.

Someone on the outside did instead—— coming home from shopping, Kasumi greets her, "Oh my! Another guest I see. Nice to meet you, my name is Kasumi Tendou. What is your name, please?"

The young lady bows politely, "My name is Kogane Kusakabe. My business here is for my presence with my future in-law, onee-san." Kasumi remains calm if not still surprised, "Oh my!"

Back inside, Masaru overhears Kasumi's voice and relays to the other residents, "Kasumi-san's found someone new on looking forward to this visit." Ranma-chan lifts her head a bit, "It had better be not another fiancé, I'm on a personal level here" she taps beneath her neck to indicate her frustration, "and close to kicking the one responsible for it to Mars if it is."

Surprisingly, Hanto is able to retrieve all of his chestnuts without burns, but he decided to take the next level with Masaru's. Ranma said, "I'm impressed, kid."

The gates open for the entire world to see Kasumi guiding Kogane in.

"Huh?" blinks Masaru in surprise, he regroups with his allies and whispers to them "I don't recognize her from the anime nor the manga." For once, Chiaki nods in agreement "Never do I, if she was I would've recognized such a hot chick from either anime or manga."

Kogane bows and introduces herself, "Hello, I am Kogane Kusakabe."

Later… it is explained in the living room. After hearing a brief description about herself, it's pointed out that Kogane is an heiress of the rich noble Kusakabe family. But when it came to the important part; why did she come to this dojo——

"Eh?!" gasps Akane, "my father made a promise with your family that he would get a son to marry their daughter, you, after asking for a year worth of rice for your travels?" Soun sobs, "I admit it's true, Akane my child!"

Looking at the young woman, Masaru thinks to himself 'She seems to be totally honest, she doesn't even give me any negative feelings whatsoever. But for her to come to honor a contract only to later find out that there isn't one would be heartbreaking. If I know the panda, he would certainly make his son pose as Soun's. ' Noriko thought the same as Masaru.

Kogane looks at Masaru, Chiaki, and Ryoga and asks them "Are any of you a son of Soun Tendou?" Hanto says "As far as I am aware, Kusakabe-san, Tendou-san doesn't have any sons."

Genma in panda form, who is hiding a note and a steaming kettle of hot water behind him, cringes in fear. The little innocent child must've been taught to never lie if needed be. Seeing this, Masaru looks at the transformed bum with a deadpan look on his face; his hypothesis that Genma would use his son to pose as Soun's is confirmed. Seeing the look on Kogane's face made his heart melt like butter.

Kogane gasps in shock, "No… it can't be true. It… just… it just can't be." Soun takes pity on the young woman and admits the truth, "I'm afraid it is true; my wife, Kimiko, died several years after our third daughter, Akane, was born… I don't have any sons, just three daughters." "No!" shouts Kogane, running from the room, having everyone to follow her.

The running leads everyone into several run-ins, however Masaru and Ranma are still chasing after her, leaving the crowd of well-known Ranma characters arguing with themselves.

Noriko is dealing with the well-known and infamous pack of destructive martial artists, a.k.a. the Nerima Wrecking Crew, who are now readying to brawl with one another.

Kuno steps up to Ryoga, "Out of my way, knave!" Ryoga retorts, "Get out of my way!" Then they call out, "Choujin Henshin!"

An azure-colored oni's face emblem with golden thunderbolts along its side appears upon Kuno's forehead, then tree roots pop out from the ground and wrap around Kuno's entire body. On Ryoga's forehead forms a golden wolf face emblem before the Eternally Lost Boy becomes pelted with bedrock shooting at him from the very ground he's standing on before he's completely buried in stone.

Then the mound of roots gets struck by lightning while the rock pile is hit by a black comet of energy, revealing the new forms beneath——

Kuno's Choujin Form is of bright blue like his uwagi with a black belt and wrap loincloth. Hanging at the left hip side of it are several colored objects of solid geometric shapes. Wrapped around his chest is a pair of golden lightning-like torso belts placed in an X position with a crystal blue katana/boken-shaped weapon strapped to his back. His helmet is blue with leaf-shaped brown eyepieces with the azure and gold emblem over his forehead area.

(Kamen Rider Kuno, Choujin Form— height: 187cm; weight: 98kg; punching power: 5t; kicking power: 4t; top running speed: 100m/7s; maximum jumping height: 10m; senses: normal; defense rating: 4; Blue Thunder Attack: 30t; Senpuken (Whirlwind Sword): 30t; Watermelon Slicer: 40t)

Ryoga's Choujin Form up close is different from the last time, which was slightly distant; his Choujin body is now a bright yellow with black stripes along his arms, legs, and back, he's got a tan-colored belt with a black wrap loincloth, hanging at the left hip side of it are several colored objects of solid geometric shapes. Around his torso is a belt of brown crystals with a tiger paw imprint over the left breast and hanging from the back of the upper belt is a red metallic umbrella. He has silver wristbands and anklets, each covering a small amount of bandages. His helmet is yellow with angry-looking orange eyepieces with the gold emblem over his forehead area.

After looking at the Riders' stats through one of her transformation unit's other functions, Noriko frowns at the results of the analysis, "That idiot swordsman' is pathetic according to his stats."

She feels someone hugging her from behind, and she turns her head to see the handsome face of the Chinese master of hidden weaponry, Mousse, without his glasses over his eyes.

She blushes in shock, then sensual interest, and finally thinks rational, 'Mousse the Chinese hottie must be thinking I'm his darling Shampoo!'

"Oh, Shampoo," exclaims Mousse, "Just wait here while I kill Ranma for you!"

Noriko sighs, "Yappari (I knew it)."

After Mousse lets Noriko go to fight 'Ranma', who is really KR Kuno, she hears a girl from behind her calling "Stupid Mousse, Shampoo right here!"

Noriko turns to see Shampoo, the purple-haired Chinsese beauty and heir to the Amazon tribe, looking upset at her 'suitor' fighting the others blindly. Alongside her is Ukyo Kuonji, the childhood friend of Ranma's and fighting okonomiyaki chef, looking at Noriko in curiosity.

'Whoa,' blinks Noriko at the sight of the other two 'fiancés' of Ranma's, 'it must've been a few years since the failed wedding, because I'm seeing that the more important female characters are a whole lot bustier than in either the anime or the manga, even Akane-san. I'm fortunate to be in the big D-cup range too.' Shampoo and Ukyo think in unison 'Is she not really a fiancé to Ranchan/Airen?'

Then Noriko hears Mousse calling out, "Choujin Henshin!"

She quickly turns to see a platinum phoenix figure or emblem appearing upon Mousse's forehead, right before he is surrounded by a strong swirling wind full of pure white feathers. She can hear Mousse moaning a little, before it grows louder. With the swift scraping sounds of a steel blade filling the air, Mousse in his Choujin Form is revealed——

Mousse's Choujin body is now a bright white with a blue-and-red diamond symbol emblazoned on his chest, he's got a red-and-blue belt with a blue wrap loincloth, hanging at the left hip side of it are several colored objects of solid geometric shapes. On his back is a pair of pure white avian wings folded in and he has wing-like wide sleeves surrounding his forearms. His helmet is white with wing-shaped green eyepieces with the platinum phoenix emblem over his forehead area.

(Kamen Rider Mousse, Choujin Form— height: 182cm; weight: 87kg; punching power: 5t; kicking power: 10t; top running speed: 100m/5s; maximum jumping height: 75m; senses: normal; defense rating: 5; Wreaking Hawk's Talons: 24t; White Swan Fist: 19t; Platinum Phoenix Strike: 38t)

Noriko sighs, "What a lightweight Choujin Rider."

Watching the three duke it out, Shampoo asks her "What strange girl know about Choujin?" Noriko sighs and says to Shampoo in Chinese, "Not a lot I'm afraid."

Ukyo and Shampoo look at her, "You speak Chinese?" Noriko says "I'm a college student and I've grown accustomed to many things, including the stupid things going on in Nerima since I came here yesterday." Then Noriko repeats what she said in Japanese to Chinese for Shampoo. Shampoo groans, "Shampoo knew she need go to school, college girl too much."

Spotting a small group of Akumajin staggering towards the two girls from behind, she looks to her belt and says, "I hope Ongekido works just as well." The Chinese bimbo and cute chef blink in confusion, "Huh?"

Noriko marches forward and places the heart-shaped device over her abdomen, then the sides of the device produce a familiar belt in a series of pink energy triangles, she calls out "Henshin!"

Shooting from the translucent red heart on the buckle comes a giant red heart-shaped energy field before returning to Noriko while getting a little bigger. While white lines flow from her belt, cherry blossom petals circle around her in the wind.

As the field gets big enough fit a person through it, it hovers toward Noriko and then as it phases past her before finally disappearing. The effect has just changed Noriko into what looks like a woman of metallic pink fluid, then the projections of reflected light replicates and flows into her body like a magnet drawing in iron dust, finally in a flash of light the effect of which changing her into a different shape.

The metallic fluid covering her still then hardens before shattering, revealing the new form that was underneath it——

It's Kamen Rider Venus!

The eyepieces and tiny orb on her forehead flash brightly, signaling that she's ready to battle.

She pulls out a Venus Card from the holster on her right side and waves it over her buckle——

"Venus Hero Change: Kamen Rider Ibuki!"

Her belt vanishes with the card, leaving a prolonged sound of a whistle in the air before she is engulfed by a swirling vortex of air around her. Also, he began to moan and moan louder and louder before…

"HI-YAH!" KR Ibuki/Venus exclaimed, throwing one arm to the side to disperse the flames and reveal her new form——

She is now covered in a skin-tight suit of body armor that was pitch black with a strong blue tint. There is also a golden multi-pipe-like vest worn over the torso suit. She also has a pair of blue gauntlets with gold wristbands cover her hands up to her elbows. She's also wearing matching blue-tinted black boots that go up to her knees. Around her waist was a belt with a buckle that looks like it can convert into the bell or flare of a trumpet (Ongekimei Narukaze). Hanging at her hip are disc-like objects (Disc Animals) and a strange golden whistle-like tool (Henshin Onibue Onteki). In holster in the back of her belt is a strangely-shaped golden gun weapon topped with trumpet valves (Ongekikan Reppu). Finally, she's wearing a 'mask' that has no face but it had blue facial markings like the makeup of a kabuki performer. She also has a pair of short jet-lined blue horns and a golden three-horned oni face emblem on her forehead. Her bosom is enhanced too.

(Kamen Rider Ibuki (female version)— height: 200cm; weight: 117kg; punching power: 15t; kicking power: 30t; top running speed: 100m/1.9s; maximum jumping height: 85m; senses: double; defense rating: 6; finisher power: 37t; OnGekiSha Shippu Issen ('Fierce Sound Attack: Gale Flash'): 37t)

"Venus?" gasps the two women.

The three Choujin stop fighting and turn to see the blue oni woman, "Who is that Choufujin?"

As quickly as a flash, KR Venus/Ibuki dashes over to the Akumajin and roughs them all up a bit before shooting her golden gun weapon at them. She presses the three valves on top and fires into each of the Akumajin's individual chests and then reshapes her weapon before combining it with her belt buckle, making a trumpet-like weapon. She calls out "OnGekiSha Shippu Issen!"

She then places her 'lips' to it and blows into it, playing it. As she does, the Akumajin cringe and quiver in agony. Finally, as she plays the final note on her trumpet, the Akumajin explode leaving their former human selves unharmed.

The three Choujin Riders quietly say in unison, "Okay, she's new… but effective."

"Venus Hero Change: Kamen Rider Venus!"

KR Venus/Ibuki glows brightly, before returning to KR Venus, who takes off her Venus Belt and the armor completely turns white before flying off in a shower of cherry blossoms of energy. She angrily turns toward the three Choujin, who two out of three change back to their original forms and gulp nervously at her glare.

Kuno, however, walks up to her with roses in hand and says "I normally would rather date my lovely Akane Tendou or my beloved Pigtailed Girl, but your almighty music and amazing grace in battle entrances me."

Noriko just gives off a bigger frown and shouts, "The three of you are totally unbelievable and careless!" And then she gives them her aggressive-styled alternative medicine techniques—

"Meteor Diving Jab!" striking Kuno in the cranium in midair with a downward punch.

"Boar Wrestling Hug!" crushing Ryouga's spine and ribcage with a massive bear hug.

"Albatross Mug Pummeling!" calls Noriko as she throws numerous slaps to Mousse's face.

Then she walks off in a huff, toward the direction of Masaru, Ranma, and Kogane's direction, leaving a couple of confused young women, a bunch of startled grownups, and three beat-up young men.

Ranma's other fiancés exclaim, "She's as violent as Akane."

"What did I ever do to her to deserve this?" ask the three men to themselves simultaneously.

In the shadows, a dog-eared shadow watches the scenery and whispers to himself, "She is a strange one… she first smelled of human blood, but then it screamed hanyou for about a few minutes. Who is this Venus woman?"

Now, it may seem like Noriko disappeared, but in reality she's been picked up in a flash by Dr. Tofu. Now both of them hide in his little clinic.

He whispers in Noriko's ear, "Your violent yet excellent healing techniques are extremely accurate for sharpening eyesight, awakening the common senses, and strengthening brainpower. You've invented that style yourself, haven't you, young miss?"

Looking up at Dr. Tofu for the first time, Noriko's head sighs 'Whoa! No wonder Akane-san had the hots for him; he's got the 'Doctor I'd Like to Examine Personally' aura about him.'

Getting back to this reality, Noriko then thinks 'Maybe I should take some healing technique tips as long as I'm in this world, then I can adapt them to my art.'

In Kogane's location, which is near the train station, Ranma-chan and Masaru reach her in time to drag away from the path of an oncoming train.

Masaru frowns at her, "Are you nuts?! How would committing suicide redeem you for your family?!" "Yeah," shouts Ranma-chan "what he said." Kogane sobs, "What does it matter? I've disgraced my family for even coming here. Now that I'm the only living member left, I've got nothing left to continue my family."

Masaru's face softens and says to her "But you still have your precious memories of them. If you cannot continue the Kusakabe family according to a contract or promise that seems impossible to fulfill, then look for a love and create a new family filled with honor. You own your own life and soul, only if you have someone on your mind then you can change things for the better, Kusakabe-san."

Kogane buries her face in Masaru's embrace, feeling glad that some of the weight is removed from her shoulders. Personally for Masaru, if Noriko's family were to make such similar promises they would have to keep in contact with such families. Surprisingly, barely one person in this universe (or in the original) had the brains smart enough to keep that thought in motion.

Ranma-chan smiles at the scene; in her book Masaru is proving to be a very good friend when in need.

Then she senses something and frowns as if she senses danger, she looks toward the departing train to find a male martial artist coming off who is surrounded by a black aura, before he turns into an Akumajin with a strong bat motif about it. She growls slightly at the entity but calms down a bit, "It's Super Hero Time."

Ranma-chan calls out "Choufujin Henshin!"

Masaru and Kogane look up to see a obsidian-colored stallion head emblem with a white mane appearing on Ranma-chan's forehead before the cursed young man turned female becomes wrapped and then engulfed in a dark-blue water/dragon-like phenomenon for quite a few moments, the two can hear her moan and moan even louder through the water as it swirls faster and faster like it's a compressed mini-whirlpool. A great ball of fire dives down against the chaotic water sphere and engulfs it before it evaporates it completely, save for Ranma's Choufujin form——

Ranma's Choufujin body is now a bright blue with red kanji for 'wild' and 'power' emblazoned on her still bosomy chest, she's got a red belt with a bright blue wrap loincloth, hanging at the left hip side of it are several colored objects of solid geometric shapes. She's also wearing a red vest that greatly resembles a beaten up dougi. Her helmet is red with almost catlike blue eyepieces with the horse emblem over her forehead area. Throughout the steam cloud around her, sparks of electricity is seen within it around her.

(Kamen Rider Ranma, Choufujin Form— height: 168cm; weight: 72kg; punching power: 5t; kicking power: 9t; max. running speed: 100m/3s; max. jumping height: 100m; senses: 15km; defense rating: 4; Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire: 45t)

KR Ranma dashes over to the Akumajin who says, "Now to find our Queen!" before becoming clobbered by the Choufujin.

Watching the battle while protectively holding Kogane beside him, Masaru feels like he could mimic everything about Ranma from his skills to his abilities. He thinks to himself, 'Whoa… maybe I can gain skills from others as long as they're Riders like me.'

KR Ranma sets her forearms in an x-cross position, concentrated a little, and then shouts out "Kachu Tenchin Amuguriken!" before she sends her fists blazing against the Bat Akumajin.

When she was finished, the Akumajin stumbles around a bit before the human martial artist is separated from the Akumajin body, which seconds later explodes upon its death.

KR Ranma turns to Kogane and Masaru before returning to her normal (female) human guise. She says to them, "Please don't tell Akane about this."

Akane shows up and asks "Have you caught up with——" Spotting her in Masaru's embrace, she fumes and charges toward him, "Get off of her you… YOU PERVERT!"

Acting quickly, Masaru imitates one of Noriko's actions and pokes at her right temple with his little finger (or pinky), suddenly Akane's temper vanished like it was a bad dream. Then Masaru does his best imitation of Soun's patented Oni Head technique… and does it rather extremely well.

"AKANE TENDOU, I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING OF THE SORT!"

Quivering into a corner, Akane nods shakily "Understood, Shiranai-san!"

Surprised, Ranma-chan asks, "How did you do that pressure point technique to relieve stress and expel anger from a subject instantaneously?" "Norikoromi does these kind of things of alternative medicine to keep me in line," answers Masaru. Ranma-chan gulps "So, she's a medical equal to Akane?"

On the way to the Tendou home, Kogane sticks to Masaru like a lost little lamb. Akane considers the mysterious Masaru somewhat on par with anything she's encountered since Ranma entered her life.

Later that evening, while eating dinner prepared by Kogane…

Ranma whispers to Akane, "You have to admit it, Akane; she is a lot more womanly and totally has more of the ideal bride material than you." Slightly steamed, Akane elbows him in the gut, hard.

A few days later… in an empty lot, Masaru steps outside to train by himself, Kamen Rider style.

Summoning a few Lords from 'Kamen Rider Agito', Masaru prepares his training course of the day——

"Alright, Lords" says Masaru, "Let's train me to my hardest."

Apis Vespa (a wasp Bee Lord) asks "Yes, but why us?" Masaru frowns "It's easier to have a stronger fighting spirit as a Rider when training with monsters who are content with killing as part of their instinct." Anguis Feminus (a gorgon-like Snake Lord) hisses "Yes, but why?" Masaru says, "I need the strength to protect everyone on my journey." Cetos Orcinus (an Orca Lord) grunts "Okay, but we'd prefer it if you were as Agito." Masaru slips a card over his Booker Buckle in the belt as he nods, "Understood."

"Hero Change:" says the disembodied voice, before calling out in Shouichi Tsugami's voice (or rather Tetsuya Sawaki's), "Kamen Rider Agito!"

Masaru's body transmutes into a young man with flowing dark-brown hair (Shouichi Tsugami/Tetsuya Sawaki) and his belt transmutes from a small golden flash of light into the belt of Agito, the Alter Ring, around his waist.

Feeling the Seed of Agito pulsating within and the Alter Ring hum with great energy, Masaru/Shouichi poses and calls out "Henshin!" before finally slamming his palms into the switches on the sides. In a big and bright flash of golden light, the altered man is replaced with a gold-and-black Kamen Rider with red eyes; Agito in the Golden Transcendental Body.

(Kamen Rider Agito, Ground Form (the Golden Transcendental Body)— height: 195cm; weight: 95kg; punching power: 7t; kicking power: 15t; max. running speed: 100m/5s; max. jumping height: 30m; senses: 10km; defense rating: 6; vehicle: Machine Tornader; Rider Kick: 30t; Rider Punch: 15t; Dragon Breath: 25t; Rider Brake: 50t)

KR Agito/Masaru works his hardest against the Lords he's summoned to train him.

He doesn't realize that Ranma witnesses the events until the cursed young man gasps at the scene he's creating with his personal training, then quickly decides to give them a heck of a show.

Ranma and Genma, who were doing their daily morning training routines chained to weights, have not seen either Agito nor the Lord Kaijin in their life, they first mistake the Lords for Akumajin and Agito for another Choujin but only Ranma could see the differences about him from the other Choujin. The moves this golden warrior emanates with incredible confidence and wonder.

Kogane and Akane were following them too, along with Noriko and the rest of Masaru's crew.

KR Agito/Masaru slaps the switch on the left side of his belt, having a blue light shine on the left side of the Alter Ring's buckle; he's opening the Blue Dragon's Eye of Agito! A double-bladed blue-and-gold pole arm, the Storm Halberd, pops out from the central light in the Alter Ring. KR Agito grabs the Storm Halberd with his left hand, and then his chest and left arm turn blue. He is now in his swift Storm Form, the Azure Transcendental Spirit!

(Kamen Rider Agito, Storm Form— height: 195cm; weight: 95kg; punching power: 7t (left), 3t (right); kicking power: 5t; max. running speed: 100m/4.5s; max. jumping height: 50m; senses: 10km; defense rating: 7; vehicle: Machine Tornader; weapon: Storm Halberd; Halberd Spin: 10t; Halberd Brake: 30t)

With his weapon at the ready, he dodges and zips past a lot of his opponents with supernaturally nimble agility and swift reflexes and cunning that seems to be close to foresight.

Facing Apis Vespa, KR Agito whispers to him "Pretend to be a genuine enemy." Apis Vespa whispers back "A simple task."

The now azure warrior leaps away at an almost heavenly bound, having the wasp monster follow him. In midair the azure warrior's halberd's two blades unfold into bigger and more curved blades as it extends in length before he twirls it around at rapid speeds. The wasp monster is being shoved back from getting any closer by a powerful gale coming from the azure warrior.

"Halberd Spin!"

KR Agito then delivers the final blow with his Storm Halberd with one swing-momentum empowered finishing strike!

The wasp crashes down with a halo appearing over his head before he explodes.

Softly landing on the ground, Ranma observes the azure warrior's mighty weapon vanish before his armor becomes gold-colored again.

One down, two to go, KR Agito looks toward the Medusa-like Snake Lord for a few seconds before he activates the switch on the right side of the Alter Ring, having a red light shine on the right side of the Alter Ring's buckle; he's opening the Red Dragon's Eye of Agito! A curved red-and-gold saber with a hilt resembling the golden horn on his helmet, the Flame Saber, pops out from the central light in the Alter Ring, hilt first. KR Agito grabs the Flame Saber with his right hand, and then his chest and right arm turn red. He is now in his mighty Flame Form, the Crimson Transcendental Senses!

(Kamen Rider Agito, Flame Form— height: 195cm; weight: 95kg; punching power: 10t (right), 5t (left); kicking power: 7t; max. running speed: 100m/5.5s; max. jumping height: 20m; senses: 30km; defense rating: 8; vehicle: Machine Tornader; weapon: Flame Saber; Saber Slash: 30t; Saber Brake: 50t)

Happosai comes hopping in with another load of stolen bras and panties, unaware of his surroundings. He stops and looks at the current battle, "Hmm, that's odd. No Choujin I've ever seen before looks like that and no Akumajin bearing such likenesses."

The Orca Lord bats Happosai away like he was nothing with his Fateful Flamberge, off flying in the distance the ancient lech cries out "Okay, that one really hurt!"

Ranma grows worried 'If they aren't Akumajin, they could be serious trouble. Just one of them was able to defeat Happosai with just his BFS.'

Akane gets steamed and charges against KR Agito, who retaliates by gives her a very strong yet harmless palm in the abdomen.

KR Agito/Masaru spots the mark on Akane's hand and he thinks to himself 'The color of the mark reminds me of the Akumajin. Could that Akane Tendou is going to become this Queen the Akumajin were talking about?' Staying still, KR Agito/Masaru senses more trouble coming thanks to the enhanced senses, 'Akumajin coming this way.'

Akumajin jump in toward the crouching Akane, who shrieks in shock of their arrival!

KR Agito slashes at them with the back of his blade in a single stroke, eliminating the Akumajin aura and freeing the victimized martial artists within the kaijin, and weakening the Lords with a strong wave of heat later emanating from the sword from his red arm.

Facing the Snake Lord, KR Agito's Flame Saber's crest hilt fan out with an audible SHING, which means that all 6 of its Flame Horns are opened, granting this sword of apparently unparalleled sharpness an incredible increase to its deadly cutting power.

"Saber Slash!"

The Snake Lord tries to escape but is quickly hit by KR Agito's attack, she sees her halo before exploding upon death.

Akane becomes slightly if not literally blown away by KR Agito's victory over the second Lord, she feels something in her marked hand and she thinks 'That's strange, my hand feels like it's cowering about this Choujin. I cannot believe that they're real. Well and yet, he looks more like a genuine Kamen Rider instead of some superhuman entity.'

KR Agito/Masaru shifts back to his golden Ground Form as he faces the slightly downed Orca Lord, his crest horn fold out with an audible SHING sound and later a great symbol of golden light that resembles the horn on his helm appears on the ground beneath him before being quickly drawn into his feet.

KR Agito/Masaru jumps and shouts out——

"Rider Kick!"

He delivers a massively empowered jump kick to Cetos Orcinus in the head and then flips backward before landing on his feet. A halo appears above the Orca Lord's head before he dies too. The horns fold back in upon completion.

Ranma is amazed at the new and unusual Rider, "Whoa!"

A red and gold motorcycle (Machine Tornader) charges in and he quickly hops onto it before riding off in the distance, leaving an amazed crowd.

Noriko shrugs, 'I guess I better train myself too aside from alternative medicine. Good thinking, Masaru-kun.'

About another week later…

Things have gotten smoother, but Chiaki wants to find out the mystery of this whole Akumajin Queen deal he's heard from his comrades.

Chiaki deduces, "I believe that there's a similar event like when Tsukasa was visiting Kuuga's World." "Great," dryly says Masaru, "he just gave away the plot."

The next day, Ranma and the other super martial artists of Nerima wanted to show off his Choujin abilities so that Masaru and Hanto could defend themselves against the Akumajin. Of course, Akane along with other civilians want to come and have a picnic in the empty lot where KR Agito was seen last. Now it's making things quite difficult for them.

Then, Chiaki smugly smirks evilly as he then says in the Grongi language, "Come on out, my allies."

Then all of the sudden, two powerful-looking Akumajin walks out from the shadows, the male appears to be a black crow-like creature with a strong Tengu motif with incredible wings on his back and the female resembles a Medusa serpent woman wielding a bullwhip resembling a snake.

Startled, Masaru and Ranma get in front of Kogane and Akane to protect them. Akane is feeling conflicted between two feelings, not sure which is genuinely hers; to either pound Ranma away and prove she's a great fighter so she could overcome them or to cower and look to others for help. Hanto and Kogane hold onto each other to brace for what could be next.

The Snake Akumajin smiles cruelly as she says to Chiaki, "Excellent work, human."

Masaru gasps in shock and then yells at him, "Chiaki Kanto, you bastard! You've betrayed us!" Ranma frowns, "I never trusted the coward the moment I've laid eyes on him." Uncle Takeshi frowns, "Are you mad at the fact that we used you for your body?" "What do have against us, Chiaki?" asks Hanto. Akane asks, "What do you want out of all of this betrayal?"

Chiaki coldly smiles "Quite simple; I want to live as a higher being, Ranma's rivals and fiancés and their supporters give me a few pointers to godhood which equal the key to power and the Akumajin grant the gate for that key to unlock for me to that. But in order to get their power its highest, we need the Queen to awaken. And by an incredible decision of ultimate destiny, you, Akane Tendou, are the one to become Queen."

Akane pales in horror, 'That's what the mark is?'

Noriko yells out, "You were with us by your free will to come with us. Now answer us this question; why are you doing this? What does this got to do with anything?"

"EVERYTHING!" shouts Chiaki. He explains his complaints, "Listen, I've got nothing against most of you, for example I like Noriko for her body. It's only Masaru; that bastard has bested me in everything: building better stuff than I would, attracting more women, getting better grades than I, etc. He's my number one enemy!"

Akane struggles to run away, but her feet aren't obeying her, she screams out "NO! I DON'T WANT TO BECOME AN AKUMAJIN QUEEN!" Chiaki coldly smiles "You cannot fight destiny, Akane-chan." Her arm starts to turn purple along with the mark, she continuous cries out "No" as the transformation is starting to take place.

Nabiki's normally cold outlook suddenly shatters at the horror of her baby sister suffering and then she rushes in to save her somehow "Akane! Akane, hang on!" The Crow Akumajin slaps the hapless young woman away from their soon-to-be Queen, knocking her out cold against the wooden fence wall.

Ranma rushes in to protect Akane——

But suddenly, he slips on the ground blanket and crashes face-first into Akane's bosom!

Suddenly at that same moment, the two Akumajin gasp and the transformation ceases in place!

Akane regains motor control of her body as she then falls to the ground with Ranma on top.

The Akumajin shriek, "He's touched her!"

Chiaki ducks for the ground, "Plan's working so far, go now!"

Masaru plants a very strong scissor kick to both Akumajin, knocking them back.

Masaru explains to everyone, "While Chiaki considers me his worst enemy, he annoyingly also considers me his best friend too. He's about as indecisive as Kuno when it comes to those two acquaintanceship titles towards me. But you see, we were curious to why you were so damn obsessed about awakening this Queen, so we've sent Chiaki to find some Akumajin for answers about this whole deal. Now we know; you need the Queen to awaken the King so when he awakes he will bring Akumajin into the world and conquer it, leaving us humans on the endangered species list. But in order to have the Queen available, she has to be overflowing with pride, quite violent, excel only in combat and sports, and most importantly mustn't know a man's touch. Because of that, the slightest touch in such areas would hold off the curse from progressing for about another 18 months, but apparently Akane may need to lose her virginity or change herself to remove the curse permanently. That's why you guys always appear whenever something's wronged around her, so you could prevent her from losing the Queen's mark."

The Akumajin growl intensely, meaning Masaru is correct.

Ranma gasps in surprise, as does Akane, his little accident just prevented a major crisis that would've ended the world.

The Akumajin asks, "What the hell are you? Some sort of Choujin agent?"

Masaru presents his Booker before making it into his Rider Belt, "Not quite. Henshin!" He transforms into KR Aikusha. Flicking his wrist (via Faiz), he says to them "I am actually Kamen Rider Akiusha."

KR Aikusha rushes into battle, the other Choujin Riders transform and follow him to destroy the other Akumajin coming up to defend the ones that came for Akane.

Ranma shakes his head, "No… I cannot believe it. He's here." Akane looks at Ranma like he's grown another head, "Ranma, what's wrong?"

"Choujin Henshin!"

Ranma's Choujin form resembles his Choufujin form with the exception that most of it is darker in color and more masculine than before.

(Kamen Rider Ranma, Choujin Form— Height: 180cm; Weight: 90kg; Punching Power: 7t; Kicking Power: 12t; Max. Running Speed: 100m/6s; Max. Jumping Height: 50m; Senses: 15km; Defense Rating: 6; Flying Dragon's Heavenly Ascension Wave: 60t)

Ranma walks off, leaving an even more shocked Akane.

"Ranma?" gasps Akane in shock "you were one of the Choujin all along?"

After chasing the kaijin up to the top of a building still under construction, KR Aikusha slips a Hero Change Card over his Aikusha Booker——

"Hero Change: Kamen Rider Double!" calls KR Aikusha's belt before changing into the red Double Driver. He pulls out what appear to be a couple of colored USB memory sticks out of thing air and slots them in——

"Cyclone!"

"Joker!"

He repositions the slots into a W formation—

"Cyclone Joker!"

KR Aikusha then transforms into the Kamen Rider that's normally two men, with one side black and the other green with a scarf. The sudden transformation creates strong winds flowing from his body.

(Kamen Rider Double, CycloneJoker Form; belt: Double Driver; height: 195cm; weight: 85kg; punching power: 2.5t; kicking power: 6t; top running speed: 100m/5.2s; max. jumping height: 60m; senses: two times normal; defense rating: 6; vehicle: HardBoilder (motorcycle) & RevolGarry (truck/garage); Joker Extreme: 12t)

He bashes the two Akumajin around, as an audience of Choujin and other onlookers (including some of Masaru's friends) gather around him.

KR Double/Aikusha takes out the Joker Gaia Memory and places it into a port of the right side of his belt——

"Joker!"

"Maximum Drive!"

Then he levitates up in the air thanks to strong winds pushing him up.

"Joker Extreme!"

KR Double/Aikusha then performs a flying drop kick toward the two Akumajin, but before so the Rider's body splits down the middle with the black left side sliding slightly toward the targets first before energizing. Both halves descend onto the targets and knock them both back meters as the halves reunited normally.

The injured Akumajin still flying from the blow dealt to them just get theirselves returned to normal after KR Ranma delivers a single Moko Takabisha energy shot at them both.

"Rider Change: Kamen Rider Aikusha!"

As KR Aikusha changes back, so he could talk to KR Ranma face-to-face, KR Ranma slugs the other Rider in the armored face and it was enough to send him flying against one of the steel girders.

"Itai!" growls KR Aikusha in pain, despite having the pain minimized thanks to his helmet, he turns to the transformed Ranma "What did you do that for?!"

Darkly, the Choujin Rider Ranma says, "So you finally show yourself, destroyer!"

Disliking the title given to him, an angry KR Aikusha growls out "What?"

KR Ranma growls, "It's been prophesized that you will come to our world to destroy me and then my world! It is up to me to kill you before you could claim another world!"

The rest of the on-looking NWC was shocked at the news, while Noriko and others are put off by Ranma's accusation toward KR Aikusha. Noriko feels frightened and hurt, the young man that lived under her roof and under her care who was a firm believer in what the formerly fictional Kamen Riders believed in, a destroyer of worlds?

KR Ryouga, ever the gullible fool as he has no sense of direction, takes Ranma's words to heart and shouts out "There's no way I'm going to let him kill Ranma, but destroying our world after that is crossing the line!" Then he chases after the battling two.

KR Mousse pulls off a white tetrahedron-shaped item from his belt, which unfolds into a white duck-like mini-droid, "Go my scout, protect Shampoo." The little robotic duck nods and flies to Shampoo. KR Ryoga pulls a black orb that unfolds into a miniature boar robot that rushes to protect Akane. KR Kuno cries out, "Before that fiend destroys Ranma Saotome, I shall smite him first!"

Although losing her confidence, Noriko transforms, but this time her armor's gone pale and white. She checks her Venus Belt for the stats on herself——

(Kamen Rider Venus, Broken Form— height: 172cm; weight: 60kg; punching power: 2t; kicking power: 3t; max. running speed: 100m/3.5s; max. jumping height: 25m; senses: 1km; defense rating: 5; finisher power: 10t)

KR Venus gasps in horror, "I become this weaker form when I am suffering low confidence or a broken heart?"

Back on the iron girder surrounded 'rooftop', KR Aikusha is going on the defensive against KR Ranma's incredible assault.

The other members of the Nerima Wrecking Crew want to get in on the fight, but more company is coming——

"Go get him, Darling!" calls a woman's voice.

Looking to his right, they spot a familiar blue-green eyed beauty with long blue-green hair and small gold horns clad in a tiger-striped bikini and Go-Go boots. Nearby her is a brown-haired, wide-eyed young man looking angry toward KR Aikusha.

KR Aikusha blinks under his helmet, "Lum Invader?! Ataru Moroboshi?!"

"Well, well," scoffs a cocky male voice, "A destroyer of worlds, huh?"

Masaru turns to his left to see a young man with a huge body of black hair, grinning with great ferocity and ready for action, and he is in a red shirt.

KR Aikusha exclaims, "Inuyasha too?!"

Belts form around the waists of the other two major men that just appeared; a green one with a circular purple belt buckle with the kanji Fukou (which is Japanese for 'unhappiness', 'sorrow', 'misfortune', and/or 'disaster') colored silver on it around Ataru's waist. Around the now human Inuyasha's waist is a white belt with a dark purple translucent circle in the central point of the silvery buckle.

Inuyasha's hair turns its popular silver-white and his eyes flash with a gold radiance, while Ataru becomes wreathed in rings of brown flames.

Ataru poses as dramatically as possible "Kaku…" Inuyasha grins smugly "Youki…" "Henshin!" called the other two males.

The man remembered in fiction as the unlucky pervert protagonist, Ataru Moboroshi, explodes in a brown-colored explosion, revealing himself transformed in Oni-like brown suit of Rider armor. His black helmet has large gold horns like the Oni and large red eyes. The belt with silver kanji for 'unluckiness' on his belt buckle remains. Over his left breast, like a police officer's badge, is a brown precious stone in the shape of a diamond.

(Kamen Rider Fukou, Kasshoku Form— transformation tool: Stone of Discord; height: 199cm; weight: 100kg; punching power: 8t; kicking power: 10t; max. running speed: 100m/5.8s; max. jumping height: 65m; senses: 10km; defense rating: 6; finisher power: 20t; Oni Lightning Kick: 30t)

"Fukou has the power to transfer his massive unluckiness onto his opponents?" gulps KR Aikusha, checking the stats of one of the attacking Riders.

KR Inuyasha is in red Rider armor similar to that of a modernized samurai with silver-and-black accents and outlines over a red bodysuit. His collar has a silvery fur lining. His crimson-and-silver canine helmet with a golden visor over his eyes is similar in shape to the wolfish appearance of the Wolf Orphenoch's head. Attached to his belt is the famous mystical sword, Tetsusaiga.

(Kamen Rider Inuyasha, Akkai Hanyo Form— transformation tool: Human Heartstone; height: 185cm; weight: 95kg; punching power: 15t; kicking power: 25t; max. running speed: 100m/3s; max. jumping height: 80m; auditory sense range: 30km; olfactory sense: 30km; other senses: 10km; defense rating: 8; finisher power: 50t; Wind Scar: 75t)

Looking at the stats of KR Inuyasha, "'Inuyasha, after being sealed for 700 years, gains his Rider Powers through the mysterious Human Heartstone'." Looking at the inevitable 3-on-1 battle, KR Aikusha groans "Okay, this is getting better by the minute."

The four Riders fight it out, KR Fukou's presence makes it so that KR Aikusha, despite almost having as much good luck as the brown Rider has bad luck, have a tougher match than usual against these three. Within the battle with Aikusha, KR Inuyasha thinks to himself why KR Aikusha isn't displaying an evil air about him; no scent of blood, no bloodlust, no nothing. KR Ranma, however, isn't letting up.

Back with Noriko and the other girls…

Noriko cries, "Masaru-kun is not a destroyer!"

Ukyo and Shampoo try to cheer her up; "Come on, Venus! You still able to save friend!" cheers Shampoo. Ukyo tries her best to smile too, "Come on, sugar! Love goddesses should not get so down and out so easily." They say in unison "You believe in his innocence too, right?"

Akane looks blankly at them, "Love goddess? Noriko-san?" Also confused, KR Venus asks, "What are you talking about?"

Shampoo and Ukyo answer, "A mature woman in white came one day and said the Armored Fighting Goddess of Love, Kamen Rider Venus, will come along and bring love to our world."

Everyone else, who is not a fiancé to Ranma, exclaim in unison "NANI?!"

"And you, Venus, will be Aikusha's death," says a cruel-sounding male voice.

KR Venus' sense enhancers are still effective enough to see, hear, and find the owner of the voice——

A man dressed in a tan overcoat, mid-brimmed hat, cheap shades, and a belt with a silver buckle that has an eagle and hammer emblem almost hidden under the overcoat.

Looking back to Aikusha, he says, "Your nature is not worthy of such a destiny, so I must protect it and see to it that Aikusha dies here so you would never have to."

The mysterious man vanishes from sight but not without leaving a familiar energy field similar to that which brought Black DiEnd to Noriko's universe.

Appearing from a sudden watery-like white energy field comes a pair of men dressed in black jackets each missing only a sleeve and wearing a silver grasshopper necklace around their necks; one with black hair and a scar on his face and one with reddish hair.

"Oh, so there are Kamen Riders in this universe?" asks the black-haired guy with a scar on his face with interest, he turns to his boss and asks "Shall we test them, along with the new version of our powers, aniki?"

('Aniki' is a Japanese honorable term for an elder brother or a superior)

"Yes," darkly smirks the reddish-haired man, "let's go for it, aibou."

('Aibou' is a Japanese term for 'buddy', 'pal', or 'partner')

Masaru recognizes them as Sou Yaguruma (the reddish-haired man), a.k.a. KR Kick Hopper, and his partner, Shun Kageyama (the scarred black-haired man), a.k.a. KR Punch Hopper, but understands that he didn't bring them here and yet worried they'll attack them… and even more when they mentioned 'new powers'.

The Hoppers calmly say in unison, "Choujin Henshin."

Grasshopper emblems appear on their foreheads, metallic green for Yaguruma and metallic red for Kageyama. Then the two of them are each get wrapped in a man-sized tornado concealing the bodies. The both of them moaning a little are heard, before the sound grows louder. With a mighty bolt of lightning striking the tornadoes, the Hoppers in their individual Choujin Forms are revealed——

Kick Hopper's Choujin body is now a green with an X symbol emblazoned on his chest, he's got a gold belt with and a red crystal buckle and a green wrap loincloth, hanging at the left hip side of it are several green objects of solid geometric shapes. With pointed shoulders and golden grasshopper joint leg-like attachments on his calves make him more intimidating. His helmet is similar to its original counterpart; green with red eyepieces and multi-pointed.

Punch Hopper's Choujin body is now a white with an X symbol emblazoned on his chest, he's got a gold belt with and a green crystal buckle and a white wrap loincloth, hanging at the left hip side of it are several red objects of solid geometric shapes. With pointed shoulders and golden grasshopper joint leg-like attachments on his forearms make him more intimidating. His helmet is similar to its original counterpart; silver with white eyepieces and multi-pointed.

(Kamen Rider Kick Hopper (Ranma Choujin version)— height: 192cm; weight: 93kg; punching power: 3t; kicking power: 6.5t; top running speed: 100m/5.6s; maximum jumping height: 39m, over 89m (Rider Jump); Senses: twice as normal; Defense Rating: 6; Finisher Power: 20t; Rider Kick: 26.5t)

(Kamen Rider Punch Hopper (Ranma Choujin version)— height: 192cm; weight: 93kg; punching power: 3t; kicking power: 6.5t; top running speed: 100m/5.6s; maximum jumping height: 39m, over 89m (Rider Jump); Senses: twice as normal; Defense Rating: 6; Finisher Power: 19t; Rider Punch: 22t)

KR Aikusha gulps, "Oh my god." KR Ryoga asks, "What?" "They've come, I wasn't expecting them to but they're real and they've come." KR Mousse asks, "Who are they?" KR Aikusha answers, "Although alternate enough here to match to your world's version of Kamen Riders, they're the Hoppers; insane but incredibly powerful Kamen Riders who's only M.O. is to fight. If you're wise, you'd do your best to get out of their way or find the right methods to defeat them before they defeat you."

KR Kuno charges in first——

With a single punch, the Choujin version of KR Punch Hopper brings KR Kuno out of his transformation and into a gorily bloody pulp. The now de-transformed Tatewaki Kuno then plummets until he hits a girder sticking out the side of the building under construction.

Everyone watching this gasp in horror, sure Kuno is easily winnable for most 'superhuman' marital artists but he would usually grunt out that he could still go on and he wouldn't be this sort of mess. But now this time he isn't saying anything, much less show much signs of life.

KR Inuyasha exclaims, "Those two are radiating extreme lust for battle!" KR Fukou starts looking wobbly allover, "I don't feel too hot all of the sudden."

KR Mousse then goes next, hoping to try his luck——

Unfortunately, the result was the same with Kuno; the Choujin version of KR Kick Hopper delivers a violet roundhouse kick to the young bespectacled Chinese man's helmeted head, forcing him to de-transform back to his human self, only bloodier and more beat up, and to crash against one of the girders poking from the 'ground'.

Surprisingly, Shampoo runs to her severely wounded childhood friend's side "Mousse!" He doesn't respond, his remains unconscious.

KR Ryoga could not stomach the horror that's befallen them; these Hoppers are doing more than beating the stuffing out of them—— they're beating the life's blood out of them with simple attacks! He grows depressed at the fact that he might not win against them either.

Then he unleashes a mighty red burst of energy from his hands "Lion's Roar Shot!"

('Shishi Hokodan')

But the Hoppers had seen his chi arising around him and prepared to counterattack——

"Rider Jump."

They bounced from the girder pillars behind them…

"Rider Punch."

"Rider Kick."

With an energized kick and an energized punch, the two newly Choujin energized and redirected KR Ryoga's own attack back at him!

He, too, is de-transformed and horribly defeated!

The Hoppers are frightening and powerful!

KR Ranma exclaims, "N- n- no… no way… that Kick Hopper guy just defeated Mousse like he was nothing! And his buddy, Punch Hopper, looked like he might've killed Kuno like it was easy as pie! And poor Ryoga's Shishi Hokodan is not powerful enough!"

KR Fukou gasps, "And you guys are supposed to be some of the most powerful martial artists in Nerima!"

KR Inuyasha growls "These bastards are ferocious and deadly, anything you guys in the Nerima district is child's play compared to my line of work! But these guys are even more serious than you are!"

KR Aikusha looks at Ranma and says, "I did try to warn you all."

The Choujin Hoppers chuckled darkly at the four remaining Riders. Whatever the outcome will be, will they be able to survive?

To be continued…

Next on 'Kamen Rider Aikusha'; "Anything Goes Rider Team"— After surviving the wild card Ranma World version of the Hoppers, they finally convinced the Nerima Wrecking Crew that Masaru's not some destroyer, with the exception of Ranma everyone comes to peace with each other. However, the source of all the Akumajin, their king to awaken and turn everyone who corrupted martial arts into Akumajin, plus make Akane his queen. Is it over for the Ranma Rider universe? Who is that man who said Aikusha is a destroyer? Who was it that told the girls that Venus is the insurer of love? Love and Justice connects everything.

(Author's Call: I dare anyone out there who reads this to write their own continuity of any of these anime/manga Riders with the terminologies I've used. I don't mind if you use the same kaijin I've made. Just inform me.)