"Here you go!" said Andie cheerfully as she put down the drinks to the two passengers. Well, one of them was the passenger. The other was the owner of the ChronoLiner. "Please, enjoy!" she beckoned them before returning to the station.
The owner of the ChronoLiner was Antonitis Fenton McCrown, Ant for short. He had long and braided brown hair with a pair of bangs sticking out which framed his face. He wore a conductor's cap and but wore a red shirt and black tie with blue jeans. Across from him sat someone dressed like the Mad Hatter with heterochromatic eyes and a pointed nose. He picked up the cup and took a whiff before smiling and putting the cup of coffee back down. "Not as good as Miriam's blend, but has a nice aroma still."
Ant, on the other hand, was having a root beer float and sipping it through his straw. He then looked across from him at his guest, the Infernal Merchant, Topper. "You're lucky that Ryuji and Warren aren't here. They would kick your butt if they saw you here," warned Ant.
"Let them try," said Topper calmly. "They can't beat me. After all I am a…you know what."
"Yes," Ant grimaced. Topper was a mysterious supernatural being. His original title had been lost after so many Eons but Ant knew it. However, Topper's true name was forbidden and could not be uttered, lest you wished to suffer a slow and painful death accompanied by madness. Ant knew this the first time he met Topper and Topper never tried to hide it. It was best to never hear or speak his true name. It was a curse that could easily kill you. "But still, you have been causing trouble in that timeline while you assist the heroes of other timelines…"
"For the right price," interrupted Topper. "Master Jason and Master Devlin are both interesting. Both have great potential in becoming the Demon Emperors of their respective worlds. I just try to help them along."
"You betrayed your old 'master'," reminded Ant, referring to his past.
"And paid for it I did," Topper said with a frown and a sigh. "But, you do know how I work."
"Desperation draws you towards your customers, I know," quoted Ant. Topper was drawn to desperation and those possessing it would definitely want something no matter how high the price. Topper held all those contracts in his hat, binding and eternal. Once the time came, he would collect on the payment and it wasn't always money.
"And the payment must also fit the wish too," added Topper.
"That was the reason you were kicked off the Dragon Council too," said Ant. "You aided the Dark Dragon."
"What can I say? I couldn't resist his offer," said Topper as he sipped his coffee once more.
"Still, your allegiance was never truly to good or evil," said Ant. "You insist on being a neutral party. You're one of those who try to help maintain the Balance."
"That's right," said Topper, snapping his fingers to indicate that Ant was correct. "Evil cannot be stronger than good, and vice versa. Also a world isn't perfect without Yin and Yang. Good and Evil are eternal, but for a perfect world both forces must be balanced."
"Which was why you helped create the Slayer System," said Topper. "It was just in case…"
"Just in case the Demon Emperor threatened to destroy the world again," finished Topper. He smiled widely, "And, if that happened, then it wouldn't be any fun. I don't want to destroy worlds. Even if I can just move to another one then what's the point?"
"Still, you have been causing trouble for Ryuji and Kenzaki." Ant frowned. "You've been giving them a lot of grief."
"Desperation is my lure, and humans will always want something, no matter how steep the price is," reasoned Topper. "That is the truth of humanity. Desperation simply triggers them into acting out and committing heinous acts. They are either desperate for power, attention, equality, or mainly desperate to preserve their way of life. No matter how sweet and tranquil humanity is in the surface, there lies the seed of desperation and all it need is something to triggers its growth." Topper was an expert of human desperation, having granted wishes since his incarnation many millennia ago.
"Yes, but not all humans succumb to it," said Ant. "And, speaking of Slayer, you kept all the versions of it on you, including the prototype."
"Yes," confessed Topper as he removed a Slayer Knuckle from his pocket. "Versions I to X are all in my possession, while Version XI is in the hands of a new wielder."
"What will you do with them?" questioned Ant cautiously.
"Oh, who knows? Sell them maybe?" said Topper as he shrugged. "Anyway, I wonder if there's anything to watch on TV."
"Let's see," said Ant. "Andie, turn on the TV!"
"Roger!" saluted Andie cheerfully before turning on the TV that hung from the ceiling.
"MAGICAL HEART OVA: WITH A TWIST!"
Our story begins with a train running along the tracks. Inside the train was Makoto Itou, a student of Sakakino High. He was standing next to the door, listening to a walkman.
'Once again, I am travelling on the train to school, the same as it's always been, a long, boring chain of time. The days never change.' He absently looked over to an empty seat. 'That's not really bad, in and of itself.' In his mind he pictured the faces of the girls he knew. Among them were Sekai, Kotonoha, Setsuna, Hikari, Nanami, Otome and her three friends. 'Nobody wants bad things to happen.' He sighed. 'Even if I'm not the centre of attention, even if I'm not the hero of the story…As long as I have a normal, everyday life, that's enough for me.' He looked out to the horizon. 'Life isn't a game. There is no reset button.'
BOOM!!!
All of a sudden there was a huge explosion. The emergency brakes of the train activating, causing the train to screech to a halt as its wheels ground against the tracks, causing sparks to fly. Makoto list balance and fell to the floor. When he got up, he poked his head out the window to see what was going on. "What? What's going on?" He could see a cloud of smoke billowing from the distance and, strangely, a UFO flying in the air, firing lasers at…something. "Huh? Uhh…what?" Suddenly, the UFO was cut down by something and subsequently exploded. "That's-" Looking up, he saw a girl dressed in a short pink dress standing on the electric pole. 'And then, the quiet everyday life that I longed for was destroyed.'
Theme Song: Climax Jump
Antonitis Fenton McCrown: "The Train of Time and Space, the ChronoLiner, will it stop in the Present, Past or Future? And which world will it end up in next?"
The ChronoLiner sped out of the King's Terminal, bursting out of the structure as it ran along the tracks, crossing a bridge with the Sands of Time, the mountains and the rainbow colored sky decorating the background.
We then go to the Radish where Ryuji Hasuma picked up a rail pass and walked out of a restaurant as Kotonoha, the waitresses and some of the customers watched.
An armored figure in black and blue armor walked into the train's cockpit, mounting the bike that controlled it, before sliding in a rail pass and grabbing the handlebars. The figure was Kamen Rider Ifrit, Ifrit Form, and he turned the handlebars to the left. The train itself responded and flew off the tracks towards a multicolored portal.
TITLE CARD: School Days: KAMEN RIDER IFRIT
Sakakino High stood tall as Kotonoha ran out of the building, approaching Ryuji whose back is facing her. As she approaches, the boy turned to smile at her and she returned the smile fondly, grabbing his arm. Then she panics as the entire area turns into ruins with Ryuji holding her as Time and World Tickets, depicting various dates and coordinates rain down on them.
Ryuji looked back to see everything vanish before his eyes and then a female hand turned an hourglass over. We then see Ryuji standing on the school roof, pointing forward with his Rider Pass in hand as trains tracks formed in front of him, behind him, on his left, and right.
We then see Ifrit standing in the rain of tickets as Kotonoha scattered torn up pieces of paper out in front of her.
Then, we see Ryuji sliding his Rider Pass into his belt. Transformed into Ifrit, he summoned his Ifrit Dao and struck a pose. He ran along the field, slashing at every evil Imagin he saw. Then we shift to the inside of the ChronoLiner's dining car and see Kotonoha smiling at the screen before Ryuji himself smiles with her with his arm around her. Loki then pops up in front of them, holding a plate of cookies out to the viewers before Ryuji bonks his head.
Then we see a red background and an armored and cape figure brandishing a large blade and hefting it over his shoulder. It is Ifrit Loki Form.
The scene shifts to Kenzaki and Neko standing back to back. Kenzaki henshins into Hunter Form as Neko henshins into Ryukendo. They both go into battle, fighting villainous Imagin as well as Ninja Imagin. Garoh sees Nanimo and charges at him. However, Tatsuya gets in his way and slashes at him before Ryukendo arrives to stop the villain. Garoh continues forward to fight his brother.
The scene shifts to the GaroLiner as Kenzaki and Neko sit together at a booth in the Dining Car, sharing a milkshake. The moment is ruined as Okami and Byakko start fighting. Buraki and Raion quickly join in before Kumiko silences the group of Imagin by beating them senseless. Kenzaki and Neko just look at the scene and sigh.
The scene shifts back the dining car of the ChronoLiner with the ChronoLiner Riders who are goofing off. We see Ant at the counter, drinking tea Andie just made, Ryan tossing an apple to Craig who is talking to Ryuki and Ryuji walking past Warren who gives the young man a pat on the shoulders.
We then see Ifrit, riding the Chrono-Speeder and racing forward alongside the ChronoLiner. With a mighty jump, the bike entered a hatch in the front of the train before it sped off into a portal. Finally, we see the ChronoLiner Riders each doing a silly dance within small squares in the corners of the screen as the ChronoLiner speeds off into the distance.
Sakakino High School, Class 2-4…
"Makoto!" called out Makoto's best friend, Taisuke. He was holding up a magazine with a busty girl on the cover. The title of the magazine was "The Monthly Rumor" and there was a special report entitled "The Mysterious Magical Heart Does It Again!"
"See, there's another special on Magical Heart," said Taisuke. "She's so cool, like the Kamen Riders!"
Makoto replied, bored, "Taisuke, you sure follow the crowd, don't you?"
"What?" his friend questioned. "You're not into it?" He started flipping through the pages, showing articles and photos of Magical Heart. "See? See? See? See?"
"Hm…a heroine with an unknown identity; impossible, isn't it?" asked Makoto. "Just like the Kamen Riders?"
Taisuke gave his friend a narrowed eye leer. "You're still overlooking reality like that?"
"Reality, huh?"
"There are tons of monsters and villains attacking Sakakino City! Who knows what would happen if it weren't for her and the Kamen Riders?"
Makoto debated, "For starters, where the heck do those monsters and masked villains come from?"
"How the hell should I know? They're like, monsters and villains, after all."
"Is that how it works?" Makoto didn't seem convinced.
"Man, you don't get it do you?" Taisuke questioned.
"I see…I don't, huh?" Makoto sighed.
"What's wrong?" asked Taisuke.
"Nothing…but she's one weird kid, as weird as the Riders. I wonder if anyone is paying them, don't you?"
"It's nothing that unromantic!" retorted Taisuke.
"Romantic?"
"Magical Heart is a true hero. Adult reasoning doesn't affect her at all."
Sekai, as she sat down, decided to get in on the conversation. "A true hero?" she questioned.
"Sekai…" spoke Makoto.
"What?" frowned Taisuke. "You dislike her too, Sekai?"
"Somewhat. Isn't her secret identity suspicious?" said Sekai.
"Isn't that what's great about her?" responded Taisuke.
"Isn't her flying and breathing fire suspicious?" argued Sekai.
"Isn't that what's great about her?" retorted Taisuke.
"Yeah?" Sekai and Makoto spoke in unison.
"Ah, jeez!" Taisuke groaned. "You guys suck!" Taisuke decided he wanted a second opinion. "Yo, Kiyoura! You're not against her, right?"
Setsuna looked up from her seat and answered, "Right."
"See? Kiyoura's on my side," Taisuke boasted.
"Really, Setsuna?" asked Sekai.
"There are heroes because there is evil," spoke Setsuna philosophically. "There is evil because there are heroes."
Taisuke, Sekai and Makoto blinked. "What?" questioned Sekai in confusion to Setsuna's words.
"Magical Heart…" Setsuna murmured.
Later, at the Radish, we see Sekai, Hikari, Nanami, Neko and (surprisingly) Kokoro dressed in the standard and skimpy waitress uniforms.
"Good afternoon," said Kotonoha as she entered. With her was her boyfriend, Ryuji.
"Yo," greeted Ryuji.
"Onee-chan! Onii-chan!" said Kokoro with a wide smile at the two.
"Kotonoha-san, Ryuji, welcome!" greeted Sekai.
The pair sat down at the counter as Kokoro served them both coffee. "Here you both go!" said Kokoro cheerfully.
"So, you're a real waitress, huh?" asked Kotonoha.
Kokoro pouted, "Onee-chan, don't look at me all patronizing!"
"Since Kokoro-chan became a waitress here she's been doing a great job!" said Neko in Kokoro's defence.
"That's right!" agreed Hikari. "She doesn't drop plates like Sekai."
Nanami added, "She's a skilled worker too."
Sekai snapped, "Wait! You make it sound like I'm not a skilled worker!"
"They are right, you know," said Ryuji as he took a sip of coffee.
Sekai snapped at him, "Who asked you!?"
Hikari said, "You're always making trouble, Sekai."
"That's right, even though she's worked here longer than anybody," said Nanami with her arms crossed.
"True," Neko agreed.
"Hey, stop picking on me!" frowned Sekai, puffing out her cheeks.
Hikari and Nanami moved to stand behind Kokoro. "But Kokoro-chan's been great since she started," complimented Hikari as she rubbed Kokoro's head.
"She's our ace!" added Nanami.
"Our little cutie!" Neko giggled.
Sekai glowered at her friends in anger. Kotonoha apologized on her sister's behalf, "I'm sorry, but Kokoro insisted. She said she wanted to learn about the real world."
Sekai waved it off, "It's fine, it's fine. Sekai explained, "She's really helping us. Our sales have doubles since she came."
"V!" said Kokoro cheerfully, doing a victory sign with a smile.
"Which only proves that some of the customers have a fetish for little girls," mumbled Ryuji. Kokoro was like a little sister to him. If any guy just looked at her funny he'd be on him in a second. He would be quick to defend her like he defended Kotonoha.
Kotonoha advised, "Kokoro-chan, don't get too arrogant and cause trouble for everyone, OK?"
"I'm fine! Leave it to me!"
Suddenly, the five of them heard a ringing sound and grew alarmed. Kotonoha blinked. "An e-mail?" she asked. She assumed it was their cell phones.
"Y-yeah," answered Kokoro.
"Just a few emergency orders," said Sekai. The waitresses gasped. "By which I mean we have something to do."
"Yeah, me too!" said Hikari as she hurried away.
"Me too!" said Nanami as she hurried after her friend.
"Me three!" said Neko before following after them.
"Kotonoha-san, enjoy yourself," said Sekai before leaving.
"S-see you later, Onee-chan!" said Kokoro before she too left.
Ryuji and Kotonoha exchanged looks and shrugged. That was when Kenzaki entered with a bouquet of flowers
"Where's Neko-chan?" he asked.
"You just missed her," said Ryuji.
"Crud."
The Radish girls had gone to the locker room and stood in front of their lockers before opening the doors and entering their respective ones. Once they closed the doors a trap door opened up beneath each girl, sending them all sliding down a chute. They pulled down their skirts so that they wouldn't expose their undies. Only Kokoro seemed to ne enjoying it. Well, Neko as too.
They finally landed inside what looked like a super-advanced control room upon a circular grid. They all landed roughly and painfully, all except for Neko who landed on her feet.
"Let's do something about that exit…" groaned Hikari. Neko helped them all up to their feet, one by one. They thanked her.
"Ouch, can't we have a normal hallway?" asked Nanami as she messaged her shoulder.
A large screen came to life, revealing Sekai's mother, Youko Saionji on it. She was wearing a captain's hat and coat, and had a scar running across her face. She said in response, "We're emphasizing on coolness, here."
"Manager…I mean, Commander," spoke Nanami.
"In this job, appearance is what matters the most!" said Youko defensively, like she had done it many times before.
"Is that how it works?" questioned Hikari.
"Mom's got an old-fashioned sense of style," said Sekai, explaining her mom's insistence.
"It's still cool, in a retro sense," said Neko.
"Call it "How it's supposed to be done"!" said Youko with a frown. "You can't slack on the basics!"
'Is that chute "the basics"?' thought Hikari and Nanami.
Youko cleared her throat and continued, "That aside, we've got an emergency."
"We always do," mumbled Sekai.
"Evil doesn't take time off!" shouted Youko.
The circular grid under them came to life, showing what was happening. It was shockingly evil…it was…Catgirls!?
"Catgirls!?" exclaimed Sekai and Neko.
"Kawaii!" squealed Kokoro.
"Seems familiar, though," Hikari scratched her head.
"For some reason, women and young girls in Sakakino Hills Shopping District were turned into catgirls," reported Youko to her subordinates. "The cause is currently unknown. However, the affected area is spreading."
"Go and stop it! Sakakino Sentai Radish Rangers, deploy!" ordered Youko.
"Overflow!" the 5 girls exclaimed as they pressed a button on their chokers. Instantly, their clothes were torn apart and replaced by tight white bodysuits with short skirts and trimmed in their respective colors. Their boots and gloves were in their respective colors and their suits had V-belts in their respective colors. Finally, helmets in their respective colors formed over their heads. They all looked designed after felines with pointed earpieces on top and black visors covering their eyes. Also, they had tails attached to their belts. Finally they struck poses, calling out their codenames.
Neko: "R-Red!"
Sekai: "R-Blue!"
Hikari: "R-Yellow!"
Nanami: "R-Black!"
Kokoro: "R-Pink!"
"SAKAKINO SENTAI RADISH RANGERS!"
"Let's go, girls!" ordered Neko. Her teammates nodded before following her out. "MOVE OUT!"
Meanwhile, in the Shopping District, the nefarious villains were spreading the Catgirl Wave everywhere, turning innocent women and girls into catgirls. While cute, they were vicious, and attacked all the men without mercy. Even the police couldn't do anything against the growing army of catgirls.
On top of one of the taller building were the villains. One was young woman dressed in thick armor that covered her chest and shoulders, while the rest of her body was concealed under a robe. The collar was pulled up to cover the lower half of her face and she wore an oversized bow ribbon in her hair that looked to be made of steel. This was the infamous Doctor S.
"I'll start spreading fear here," said Doctor S in her monotone voice. "This shopping district will become a stepping stone for plunging the world into chaos. S'il vous plait."
"That's right," agreed her partner, clad in black armor themed after a lioness. (Imagine a feminine version of Black Lion Rio of GekiRangers). This was the equally infamous Dark Lioness. "With our Catgirl Wave spreading all over, we will amass an army big enough to conquer the entire country and eventually the world." She was rubbing her golden clawed hands in glee. The black visor concealing her face slid up to reveal her face but her eyes were covered by goggles so nobody could tell who she was. She laughed evilly as she watched the chaos.
Among the victims caught up in the chaos were none other than Makoto and Taisuke who were running for their lives from the homicidal catgirls.
"What the hell!?" shouted Makoto.
"This would be so hot if they weren't trying to hurt us!" shouted out Taisuke. Some of the catgirls were fellow schoolmates which included Otome and her posse.
"This is your fault for demanding I go shopping with you!" Makoto yelled back, blaming Taisuke for his predicament.
"Without you I couldn't find where those stores are!"
"Is that what you're really after? Ask me at school then!"
"I'd be too embarrassed!"
"You fucking moron!"
Doctor S watched and encouraged, "Dark Lioness, spread the wave further."
"Roger!" said the Dark Lioness as she pressed a button on a remote. The machine behind them, which was a computer with a satellite dish on top, spread out a stronger Catgirl Wave. One would notice that the satellite dish was painted to look like a cat's face and topped with cat ears. "Go, my pretties! Go!"
Makoto and Taisuke found themselves cornered and Otome stared hungrily at Makoto. Licking her lips, she then lunged at him but he was saved when a blue gloved fist slammed into Otome's face and sent her flying back into the catgirl army, toppling her posse.
"Hold it right there!" shouted R-Red as she appeared with her team. "Sakakino Radish Rangers are here!" She and the rest of her team posed.
"Those Rangers again," sneered Dark Lioness. "Wanna go and welcome them, Doctor S?"
"Yes," Doctor S agreed before they both teleported to ground level.
"You never learn, do you?" said R-Blue, "This is your doing again, isn't it, Doctor S?"
"It is, Radish Rangers," said Doctor S.
"And don't forget me!" Dark Lioness announced. "The Dark Queen of Beasts, Dark Lioness!"
Turning starry eyes, Makoto and Taisuke exclaimed, "You came!"
"Well, we're going to take you down this time!" said R-Red.
"That's right!" R-Blue.
"You know, you did come late," pointed out Doctor S.
"Hey, we need to get ready too," snapped R-Yellow.
"Can we get on with the Kung fu Fighting?" questioned Dark Lioness.
"Yeah, and after we beat you we'll get ourselves a raise!" shouted out R-Blue.
"And hazard pay!" added R-Yellow.
"And overtime pay!" finished R-Black.
"What?" questioned the two villainesses.
"We got some issues," said R-Pink.
"Radish Rangers, attack!" ordered R-Red and then the 5 Rangers charged at Dark Lioness who charged right back after her visor slid close. Using their martial arts skills, and their superior numbers, they were able to overpower her...or at least it seemed like it. All Dark Lioness needed to do was to snap her fingers to get some backup.
"Yo, Doctor S! Guard the machine!" shouted out Dark Lioness as she and the catgirl army fought the Rangers back.
"Yes," said Doctor S before she teleported.
The number of catgirls was overwhelming and the 5 Rangers were soon backed into a corner. Dark Lioness, in the lead, formed a dark ball of energy in her hand. "So long, Rangers!" She then tossed the ball at them. However, it never connected as a violet figure got in the way and intercepted the ball of energy which was deflected.
R-Red recognised the figure and gasped in shock. "GekiViolet!"
It was the mysterious Ranger, the lone wolf of the night, the enigma of the darkness, the...Oh, you know. GekiViolet!
He helped up R-Red who blushed under her helmet from the contact. "Are you okay, R-Red?"
"H-Hai," stuttered the Red Radish Ranger.
"Hey, Red, you can make googly eyes with him some other time!" snapped R-Blue. She was trying to hold off Otome who was trying to claw at her.
"Now help us!" shouted R-Black.
"OK!" nodded R-Red and then she noticed something. "Huh, where's Pink?"
Yes, where was the cute and small R-Pink?
The Rangers fought off the catgirls as R-Red and GekiViolet both took on Dark Lioness. The dark villain proved to be a formidable opponent but the two Rangers would not be defeated by the likes of her.
"Hyah!" shouted GekiViolet as he slammed a fist into Dark Lioness' head as a fist from R-Red crashed into her gut. The dark villain was sent flying and smashed into the wall. Growling angrily, she got back to her feet.
"There's nowhere to run. Give yourself up," said R-Red.
"Oh, that's what you think!" Dark Lioness roared, "TO ME, CATGIRLS!" The catgirls did as ordered and regrouped with their leader. "GIVE ME YOUR POWER!" All the catgirls began to meow, which increased in volume. The Radish Rangers were wondering what was going on until GekiViolet pointed it out to them.
"She's absorbing their power!" he announced.
Once fully charged, Dark Lioness prepared to attack. However...
"Magical Brain Cleaning!"
A pink wave of energy cancelled out the effects of the Catgirl Wave, much to Dark Lioness' shock and Doctor S' displeasure. Once the wave washed over the catgirls, they all fell unconscious, cutting off Dark Lioness from accessing their power. "Oh, shit!" she cursed.
"Stop right there, evil catgirls!" a young female voice announced.
Standing atop another building was a little girl dressed in a pink outfit with a short skirt, pink stockings that came up to her thigh, pink sleeves along her arms, a white maid-like apron with a yellow heart in front and finally a large pink bow ribbon in the small of her back. This was none other than...
She went through her speech, "Eyes, shoulders and small butt. Magical Injection! Super-Fresh Magical Girl Warrior, Magical Heart! Live here in Sakakino Shopping District, okay?" She finished off with a cute wink.
"Magical Heart!" shouted Dark Lioness in anger.
"Magical Heart!" cheered Taisuke.
"Magical Heart..." murmured Doctor S. "Why you...?"
"Makoto!" shouted Taisuke as he tackled into his friend. "Gimme your camera phone! I wanna take pictures!"
"Oi, Taisuke!" snapped Makoto as his friend searched his pockets. "Watch where you're grabbing!"
"Hey, stop stealing our glory!" snapped R-Blue.
"Blue, don't be like that," said R-Red. "She helped us out of a jam."
"But..."
Magical Heart turned to face Doctor S, questioning, "Why do you always do horrible things like this?"
Doctor S answered casually, "I am doing nothing more than playing my role. We are all actors." Appearing around her were cloaked figures wearing red drama masks. "I am the master of evil. You re the hero of good. Roles given to us by fate. Roads laid out for us by destiny. For the happy ending that we'll someday reach..."
Magical Heart became fed up and interrupted, "You're just trying to distract and make this all complicated and philosophical just to throw me off!" She pointed at her enemy, "I guess I'll just attack!" Raising her wand, she called out her attack, "Magical Gravity Beam!"
Lightning crashed down from the sky and destroyed Doctor S' soldiers. However, her lightning also came down to strike the Rangers and Makoto while Taisuke still stood like an idiot to take photos, eventually getting himself zapped as well.
"Quite sudden, aren't we?" asked Doctor S. Dark Lioness stood at her side now.
"You're all that's left," said Magical Heart as she pointed her wand at them. "Now, surrender, or you'll get a Magical Brain Cleaning!"
"I'd rather not. Dark Lioness..."
"Heh!" snickered Dark Lioness before she leapt off the buildings and called out, "Ringi! Jashin Goten Hen!"
As a result, once Dark Lioness landed, she began to grow and grow until she reached gigantic size.
"Oh..." began R-Blue.
"SHIT!" finished Makoto.
"Oh no!" shouted Magical Heart. "She's bigger now!" The fist came crashing down on Magical Heart and she flew out of the way, the bow on her back now grown into large butterfly-like wings. Dark Lioness' fist, however, smashed off a piece of the building. "Stop, or you'll destroy the shopping district!"
"NOT BEFORE I DESTROY YOU FIRST!" bellowed Dark Lioness as she continued to attack her puny opponent. "STAY STILL!" However, heavy collateral damage was being caused by her as well.
"This isn't good," said Magical Heart worriedly. "She's too big."
The Radish Rangers also looked on with worry but then GekiViolet took hold of R-Red's hand. "GekiViolet?" she asked, blushing.
"Let's go, R-Red!" the purple Ranger said before leading her towards the fight. He called out, "Rai Rai Jyu!" In an instant, his Violet Fierce Ki expanded and took shape into a large purple wolf, a blue jaguar, and a red tiger, all looking mechanical. "JyuKen Gattai!"
The three animal-mechas combined with the tiger forming the torso and arms as the wolf and jaguar became legs. The mouth of the tiger opened up to reveal a face with yellow eyes.
Inside of the giant combiner were R-Red and GekiViolet. Both went into a pose, calling out, "GEKITOUJA WOLF! BURNING UP!"
The chamber R-Red and GekiViolet were inside of certainly didn't look like a piloting chamber. It was a dark room with large bones sticking out around the back. Three scrolls hung at the back with yellow, red, and violet lines of light appearing with them. The ground was covered in mist and both GekiViolet's feet were obscured by it.
"Sugei!" Taisuke took pictures of the new giant and before long the two giants were fighting. However, Magical Heart could only watch in despair as the two giants fighting were causing MORE damage to occur.
"What should I do?" Magical Heart asked herself.
"Watch out!" shouted Makoto as beam of energy smashed into the building the magical girl was standing on. She was sent falling down to the ground. Makoto, seeing this, decided to finally be brave and ran forward to watch her. Rubble also fell but he did not care.
"Makoto, wait!" shouted R-Blue.
Magical Heart fell into Makoto's arms and the girl exclaimed happily, "Onii-chan!" Relieved, Makoto smiled but then the rubble fell down on them crushing them.
"MAKOTO!" shouted Taisuke and R-Blue. Once the dust cleared, they were relieved to see both of them just fine but shocked to see two new figures had arrived.
One was the mysterious Kamen Rider Ifrit and the other was a teenage girl dressed in a red and black skin tight outfit with a short skirt, thigh high boots, a cloak, red visor and a feathered hat. She was actually the one holding up the barrier that had kept Makoto and Magical Heart safe from harm.
"Who are you?" Doctor S questioned.
"Kamen Rider Ifrit!"
"And I am Magical Word!"
"And we will not forgive you for spreading fear in this city!" the two spoke as one.
"Troublesome," said Doctor S. "Dark Lioness, dispose of them, S'il vous plait."
Dark Lioness tossed GekiTouja over her head, flattening a building. "ROGER, GOOD DOCTOR!" The giant villainess laughed and sent a beam of dark power at Magical Word and Kamen Rider Ifrit. The barrier, however, was holding up against it. The beam vanished.
"Thank you for saving Magical Heart, Makoto Itou," said Word gratefully.
"You know me?" blinked Makoto.
"Word knows everything," said Ifrit. "Don't ya, honey?" Word blushed at the term of endearment before clearing her throat.
"Please, take cover while we finish this," said Word.
"But how?" asked Heart.
"Oh, it's coming here," said Ifrit. "DYNOLINER!!!"
Bursting from the ground was the powerful train, actually three trains, known as the DynoLiner. It crashed into Dark Lioness, sending her stumbling back and falling. The trunk of the Mammoth uncurled as it trumpeted while Tyrano and Tricera roared and bellowed.
"Ikuze!" shouted Ifrit as he jumped up and entered the Mammoth, followed by Heart and Word who both entered Tricera and Tyrano, respectively. Heart found herself in a cockpit, sitting in a chair and staring at a large console in front of her. There was a steering wheel too and a screen in front of her.
"Sugoi!" exclaimed Heart in surprise. Word and Ifrit then both appeared on the screen. "Now what?"
"We combine!" the two older heroes stated.
"We can do that?" Heart asked.
"Anything is possible if you believe," encouraged Word in her cockpit.
"Right!" agreed Ifrit, whose train was controlled by a bike. He took out a cell phone and put it in a port located between the gauges. "Dyno Phone, Set!" He then entered the code before calling out, "Liner Gattai!"
"Liner Gattai!" Word and Heart repeated in unison.
(OK, if you watch Go-Onger, the Gattai sequence resembles Kyoretsu-Oh)
The three trains unlinked and then flew on separate train tracks. The Mammoth broke apart before coming back together to form the torso and finally the Tricera and Tyrano equipped themselves to it to form legs. The eyes of the robot glowed as the horns swung over to attach themselves to the side of the head.
"DYNO-KING! TANJOU!" the three heroes called out, now in a new cockpit with Ifrit in between the two girls.
"HEH, WHATEVER!" said Dark Lioness as she charged but then met with a punch to the face and followed by another in the stomach. "DAMN YOU!"
"MAMMOTH CHOP!" the three heroes shouted as the Dyno-King swung down its hand, using a karate chop on Dark Lioness' head. "TYRANO KICK!" Dyno King then landed a savage kick to the giant villain's chest, sending her falling.
"Need help?" offered GekiViolet as GekiTouja Wolf stood side by side with the Dyno-King.
"Sure," accepted Ifrit. "IKUZE!"
GekiViolet and R-Red called out, "DAI GAN GAN KEN!" while spinning around and around in their chamber, arms out to the sides and fists clenched. GekiTouja Wolf followed their motions and charged straight at Dark Lioness, striking her repeatedly with its fists.
"Now, Liner Cross-Rod!" called out Ifrit as the weapon appeared in Dyno-King's hand. "FULL POWER CHARGE!"
The weapon became charged up by power, glowing and crackling with energy, before Dyno-King swung. "DYNO-KING EXPRESS CROSS SLASH!"
The attack hit Dark Lioness and she roared out before exploding magnificently. However, she did not perish but had shrunk back down.
"Damn it..." the villainess growled. Her machine had been destroyed during the fight with GekiTouja.
"Let's go," said Doctor S. With a mutual nod, both villainesses escaped via teleportation.
"Hey, they got away!" shouted R-Blue.
"Relax, Blue," said R-Red as she joined up with her team. "It's all over now." She then looked up to stare at Dyno-King and GekiTouja Wolf
"Yatta!" cheered Heart as Ifrit and Word smiled.
The following day at school, Taisuke was holding up a newspaper featuring the incident of the previous day and the appearance of Heart, Word, Ifrit and the Rangers. Makoto was there so he was just bored while Sekai looked exhausted.
"What happened to you?" asked Makoto.
"Just work..." groaned Sekai. "It's tough and got a pay cut too."
"I see."
"Hey, hey, check it out!" Taisuke flashed the paper at them.
"Give it a rest, Taisuke," uttered Makoto. He was too tired to care.
"But they used my photos!" Taisuke cried. "Be happy for me will you?"
"Wait," Makoto blinked. "Your photos?! That was my phone! You owe me a cut!"
"Like hell I do!" Taisuke snapped.
Makoto growled and leaped over his desk at his best friend. The two vanished into a cloud of dust with various limbs sticking out as they fought. Sekai sighed and rested her head on the table while her boyfriend and his best friend fought. After a couple more moments, she was snoozing.
At the Radish, Setsuna, Taisuke and Makoto sat together as Kokoro took their orders. Kotonoha also came and sat down with them. Kenzaki and Ryuji too showed up. Ryuji kept glaring at Makoto the whole time, causing him to shrink under his gaze. Kenzaki was busy ogling his girlfriend. Otome and her posse also came to mingle. Sekai growled at Otome's obvious infatuation with her boyfriend before Nanami and Hikari pulled her away.
As Kokoro went to get their orders, Makoto himself could see the resemblance between Heart and Kokoro. She smiled at him and he wondered if they were one and the same.
'Nah...It's like saying Hasuma is Ifrit. What are the chances?' thought Makoto dismissively.
Cast List:
Makoto Itou
Taisuke Sawanaga
Otome Katou and her posse (they got names but I don't care, really)
Neko Hasuma as R-Red
Nanami Kanroji as R-Black
Hikari Kuroda as R-Yellow
Sekai Saionji as R-Blue
Kokoro Katsura as R-Pink/Magical Heart
Kenzaki Tsukuba as GekiViolet
Kotonoha Katsura as Magical Word
Setsuna Kiyoura as Doctor S
Kat Hasuma as Dark Lioness
Ryuji Hasuma as Kamen Rider Ifrit
Warren and Benitora sat alone at a table in the Radish.
"I can't believe it," sighed Warren. "I just can't believe it…"
"Ah, I missed Hikari-chan…" whined Benitora.
"THIS IS THE ONLY SCENE WE GET IN THE WHOLE DAMN CHAPTER!!!!????" shouted Warren.
ZK Chromedragozoid: Just something light and funny. I hope you had fun reading it!
Shadow Element 13: Poor Warren and Benitora…they got such little screen time in this chap.
Ten-Faced Paladin: I don't know about you but I found this chapter hilarious. Lots of fun to work on. Word, Heart, and Ifrit working together was cool.