(sighs softly) You know, sometimes I wish all the men in the world didn't care about how much money a woman earned and just wanted to be gentlemen to all the ladies. I guess Chizuru must have thought the same as myself when she found out about what Dango did to her, expecting that he'd be a sweetheart to the bitter end, but boy were her assumptions wrong. Let's find out how wrong, shall we? (pulls up the Disclaimers)

Disclaimers: I don't own Kamen Rider W or Fuuto PI as they are productions from Toei and Studio Kai, but I do own any OCs I make.

My name is Minako Sakurada, also known as Kamen Rider Skull. The new case is a tough one because the client seems to be a young man named Dango Inamoto and his friend Chizuru Hoshino is being targeted by the dark exterminator Gokistar, who is nothing more than a Dopant, and a cockroach at that. Worse yet, Phillip is being targeted by the people who are sending their Dopants out, and two of the commanders have already tried to grab him, but I managed to keep him safe. I hope I have some luck against these two...

Continuing from the previous episode, Minako was battling the commanders and getting knocked around, stumbling slightly and rolling on the ground before she got up and panted slightly, her visor cracked slightly as she shot at them.

Kirihiko blocked as he got close and caught her in a headlock, laughing slightly. "It's too bad. Aside from my wife, you're one of the most fierce and beautiful ladies I've met."

"I'm flattered. But I'm pretty sure your wife would get super jealous." She growled before she stomped on his foot and got free, spinning around and loading her Skull Memory into the right side slot. [Skull! Maximum Drive!] Wasting no time, she roundhouse kicked the skull projection at the two, turning away from the resulting explosion before she looked over and saw that they had escaped. "Damnit... guess that cockroach ain't the only quick bastard..." She moved her Driver back to its standby position and dehenshined, looking slightly injured, but otherwise without any major injuries... aside from a displaced shoulder due to her quick actions. She was gonna have to take care of that.

She limped over to the stairs and got a call on her phone from Phillip, picking up. "Yeah?"

"Hey, you alright? That commander didn't hurt you?" He immediately asked.

"Calm down, Phillip. I'm fine. Though I think my shoulder might be displaced. One sec." She moved to a post and rammed her shoulder against it, screaming for a split second as she felt the shoulder blade go back in place before she sighed in relief. "That feels better. What happened with you and Shotaro?"

"The Dopant took four of our Memories, so all we've got is Cyclone and Joker. Worse yet, Dango was the one who sent the Dopant after Chizuru, and she said she doesn't wanna see him again, which means they can't do Heaven's Tornado!" He explained worriedly.

Minako's eyes went wide in shock. "EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH?!?!?"

W-B-X crime and the city

Mata dare ka ga Totsuzen doa wo tataku

Jiken no yokan "Welcome to Windy City"

Kono machi ni wa Namida wa niawanai ze

Yami ni hisomu keyword

Mitsukedasou! (Mitsukedasou!)

Hitori de wa todokanai yume

(Kensaku suru mugen no archive!

Kioku toiu umi e to dive!)

Kimi to nara kanaerareru, Half and Half!

(W-Boiled Extreme!)

W-B-X!

Futari no body and soul!

(Hoka ni nai sa only! Tsumari ainori)

Hitotsu ni

W-B-X!

Saikou no paatonaa,

Deau toki (Deau toki)

Kiseki okoru (so we can make it!)

Daburu wo sagase!

(W-B-X crime and the city)

(Find C/Dancing Hero)

Back at the office, Minako was sitting with Dango as Akiko questioned him: "So you're the one who threw the rock at the window? Then why did you start running?"

Shotaro shook his head. "I wouldn't be surprised. If I heard the chief was coming to my school, I would run too."

Akiko pulled out one of her monogrammed green slippers and smacked the detective upside the head. "Who're you calling a beautiful middle schooler?!"

"YAKAMASHI!! (SHUT THE FUCK UP!!)" Minako snapped at them, looking back at Dango. "More importantly, how'd you know Chizuru was the target?"

Dango looked saddened as he responded, "I'm the one who made the request to Gokistar."

Shotaro and Akiko were shocked. "Huh?!"

Minako was surprised, but she hid it as she bit her lip slightly. "Why?"

"I was just letting out some frustrations on an internet board!" He explained himself. "On a whim, I said I wanted her to die."

Minako bopped Dango upside the head. "Baka! Didn't you realize that was a dark website?!"

"I don't get it though." He shook his head slightly. "We were doing so well last year. She spent all her time thinking about our dancing. I loved her one track thinking. She was the best partner, and we said we'd take on the world. We started practicing for our original technique, Heaven's Tornado."

The last bit caught Phillip's attention as Dango continued, "But soon after, she suddenly stopped coming to practice and just joined the swim team. I asked her so many times, but she never answered me. I lost it and one day, I happened across an underground site. I didn't think it was for real! But... I learned that people whose names were on that site were killed for real!"

"And that's when you made your request to us... in that childish way." Shotaro finished Dango's thoughts.

Akiko looked at Dango incredulously. "That's absolutely selfish of you!"

"Oi! That is enough outta you two!" Minako snapped, getting up and getting in their faces angrily. "Yes, he was idiotic in putting Ms. Chizuru's name on that website, but who wouldn't vent their frustrations to others, even if they didn't know that it was on a dark website?! I don't care if he was selfish or not, this case is getting completed, that cockroach bastard is getting stopped, and Chizuru will be saved!!"

The trio looked at her in surprise; it was almost like she was an entirely different person since the Smilodon Dopant had attacked her and Phillip.

Eventually, Shotaro nodded a bit. "Right. The first thing we need to make sure of is beating that Dopant."

Phillip nodded. "And hopefully in the process, we can help Dango make up with Chizuru so they can perform Heaven's Tornado."

Minako nodded a bit. "I want Aki-chan to help me with finding that Dopant. If I'm right, it should be another high school student who's running that dark website." She started pacing a bit. "It must have started recently with how many names were already on the site, along with Chizuru."

Phillip nodded a bit. "I'll look up the terms with what Skull gave us earlier and try to find something to help with reconciliation."

Shotaro smirked a bit. "I'll tag along with Dango and have the Driver equipped so I can get the information then, partner."

With Shotaro heading out on the HardBoilder with Dango hanging on to him, Minako and Akiko headed back to the school as she kept her Hercules Phone on her person, the duo heading to the school as Minako thought to herself, 'Surprised that the boss is willing to help Dango with his problems. So Aki-chan and I gotta wait for Phillip to finish his Lookup while we find other sources.'

"Merry Christmas!" A familiar voice rang out as Akiko looked around and saw Santa-chan near the Manga Club, tapping Minako's shoulder and pointing towards the area.

The girls ran over and smiled as Akiko called out, "Hey, Santa-chan!"

The man smiled at the girls. "Miss Akiko! And Minako too! What can I do for you ladies?"

"Do you have anything that can help us out with finding out who Gokistar is?" Minako asked curiously.

Santa-chan gained an eager grin. "You betcha!" He passed her his sign before he reached into his bag and held up a manga. "Tada!"

"A manga?" Akiko questioned curiously, accepting it from Santa-chan.

"It's a doujinshi being distributed underground." Santa-chan explained. "The incidents occur the same way as in reality, so my guess is that Gokistar himself is the creator of this."

Minako frowned slightly. "A murder notice in manga form? Kinda cocky, honestly." She passed Santa-chan his sign back as she looked at the inner pages. "It's like he's taunting the cops and us private eyes."

"No publisher info on that page." Santa-chan pointed out. "Hard to find out anything about the creator, really."

Minako looked through the pages, putting her observational skills to work, and stopped when something caught her eye. "Uh-huh. Thought so. If you look at the Fuuto Tower from this angle, the landscape is from Kaedechi."

Akiko gasped in surprise. "You're right! It looks so accurate!"

Minako smirked slightly as she looked at the others. "If this drawing is as accurate as shown, then this apartment here at Gohon Manor is where our guy operates."

On the ball once again, Minako and Akiko posted outside of Gohon Manor and reported to the boys what they had found out.

"I know who you're talking about." Dango reported. "His name's Ikari. I don't know his family name, but this guy is an extremely psychotic doujinshi writer by nature, so I seriously advise being careful around him."

"Phillip just finished his Lookup, and he's confirming everything that Santa-chan told you girls plus what Dango mentioned." Shotaro agreed.

Minako nodded a bit. "Seems like Ikari's already corrupted by the Memory he has. Okay, thank you, Dango, boss." She hung up and nodded to Akiko. "Time to use my skills to my advantage."

Akiko nodded back and as Minako was about to pull out her gear, they heard a voice speak up: "No one's there."

The blunette hid her gear in time to see... "Chizu-san?"

Chizuru stopped when she saw the duo. "Who are you two?"

Minako smiled kindly. "Ah, gomen. I'm Minako Sakurada, and this is my friend, Akiko Narumi. We're with the detective agency investigating your pursuer."

Akiko smiled at her. "Hi."

Chizuru nodded slightly, relieved to know they were allies. "I'm Chizuru Hoshino. It's nice to meet you ladies. Honestly, I'm glad you're on this case. After what Dango did to want me dead..."

Minako nodded slightly. "We know. He was venting a little steam online, never even knew he was ranting on a dark website."

Akiko nodded a bit. "He really cares for you, Hoshino-san. That's why he came to us for help."

Chizuru looked up in surprise. "Eh? Really? But..."

The trio didn't have any more time to speak as they heard a door burst open above them, followed by a familiar sound not ten seconds later. [Cockroach!]

"Get back!" Minako pulled the other girls under the steps as Ikari in his Dopant form jumped out the window and sped off, not even noticing them while Shotaro peeked out from above.

Akiko peeked out quickly. "Glad you came here, Sho-kun!"

Shotaro nodded and pulled out the Stag Phone, using it to follow Ikari.

Minako nodded and sighed a bit. "One problem down, one to go." She turned to Chizuru. "It's about time you and Dango reconciled."

At the base, both teens were led down to the RevolGarry and they looked at each other, Minako standing on the railing above and nodding to Phillip, who nodded back and turned on the song that they used to dance to.

Chizuru sighed softly as she looked at Dango, tears in her eyes. "I always needed you to push me, Dango. I wanted both our talents to clash so we could improve."

Dango was surprised. "Wait, so... you did synchro swimming to this song?"

She nodded. "Exactly. There's no synchro swimming without balance. I felt like I'd figured it out."

He shook his head. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"If I told you, you'd have gone easy on me." She admitted. "I want to be the best in the world with you, Dango!"

Dango started to cry then. "I'm sorry. I was so mean to you."

"It's alright." She responded. "Honestly... I was lonely."

A momentary silence passed before he spoke up, "Let's go back... together."

Minako smiled proudly as she looked at Phillip before she looked at the RevolGarry and called out to the two: "Are you two ready to perform Heaven's Tornado for the first time?"

Over the next hour, the team headed to Weatherside Square, Akiko reporting to Shotaro about their success as Minako subtly equipped her Driver to her waist, none of them aware that the Dopant had actually gotten the message, but Minako's hunch was telling her trouble was afoot.

At the square, Dango and Chizuru did their dance together, now fully excited and eager as Phillip, Akiko, and Minako watched.

Suddenly a manhole cover exploded out and struck Chizuru in the knee, Minako getting a bad feeling as she looked at Akiko. "Cover me!" She bolted away to change into her armor.

Akiko nodded and went to Chizuru quickly while Dango tried to fight the Dopant on his own. "Chizu-san, can you still perform Heaven's Tornado for Phillip?"

Chizuru shook her head; her knee was hurting. "No. And just when I thought our waves were synced..."

"Waves?" Phillip asked in confusion before getting a realization. "That's it! That's the Keyword!" He entered the Library and unlocked the Heaven's Tornado book, smiling in excitement as he saw the images flash before his eyes. "Heaven's Tornado's key was the waves of their rhythm!"

Meanwhile, Dango was bracing for his death when a black armored foot kicked Ikari away from him. "Huh?" He looked over and saw Minako, disguised as Skull. "Skull-san?"

Minako nodded to him. "Get to your friend and help her up. I'll hold off the Dopant."

He nodded. "Right!" He ran over to help Akiko with Chizuru.

Skull stood ready to face the Dopant before she heard Shotaro's bike pull up quickly and turned to look at him. "Better late than never, Detective."

Phillip nodded, finally back to his normal self. "Let's go."

Shotaro nodded and equipped the Driver, he and Phillip activating their Memories. [Cyclone!/Joker!] "Henshin!" Once the Memories were in the Driver, Shotaro opened it up and transformed Akiko ran over and carried Phillip's body away, Dango helping Chizuru to safety.

The Riders stood together and spoke in unison: "Now count up your sins!"

Ikari simply chuckled. "I'll be taking those last two, along with that belt."

Minako scoffed slightly and simply slotted in the Target Memory to her left hip slot. [Target!] "I highly doubt it." She aimed her Magnum at the Dopant and fired a few shots, Ikari using his speed to avoid some attacks and taking the rest of them to non-useful areas.

Shotaro looked at Minako in surprise. "Where'd you get a Memory like that?"

She looked at him and chuckled. "I suppose Ms. Sakurada and I have a good friend who also works with Gaia Memories."

"If that's the case, then I'll take those too!" Ikari laughed before speeding right at her, the junior detective timing his speed and moving aside at the last second before she kicked him in the gut, sending him back.

The Dopant rolled on the ground and winced in pain. "How the hell did you do that?!"

Minako smirked. "Not too hard to figure out." As she explained what happened, we see a play by play of the rush and counter with drawings at various points: "I found out in our first battle that Target allows me to hone my senses to peak sensitivity, so with your speed, I followed the waves in the air and calculated the speed and time you were going before I extrapolated it into the equation of distance and force, thus giving me my result."

Phillip nodded and smiled as the scene changed back to the battle at hand. "Makes perfect sense. Speed's a factor, as are waves in a fight. I'm going to need your help in this battle, Skull-san."

Minako nodded and smiled. "Okay! I know us Riders together are a perfect combo!" She joined Phillip in performing the dance, the Riders dodging and blocking Ikari while counter attacking and knocking him around.

Dango watched them battle and grinned excitedly. "I can't hold it in anymore!" He rushed in to join the party.

Minako smiled and high-fived Dango to tag him in. "Yay!" She danced back to the girls as she watched them battle the Dopant with their rhythm and waves before W flipped over to land on Dango's hands and spin around, the young teen spinning with them as the dual Rider struck Ikari with the Cyclone Memory creating green winds.

Minako saw the Memories get knocked off of Ikari's waist and caught the container, smirking proudly. "Alright." She jogged over and nodded to the boys. "Otsukare, W, Inamoto-san."

Dango nodded, finally happy that he was able to complete Heaven's Tornado as Phillip was equally as joyous that he had performed the dance perfectly.

Minako looked at Ikari with a calm expression behind her mask, passing the Memories back to W as she said, "Now there's one last bug to squash."

"Yeah!" Shotaro switched out Cyclone and Joker for Luna and Trigger, the Blue Memory going into the Trigger Magnum as Minako loaded the Target Memory into her Skull Magnum. "Trigger Full Burst!/Skull Targeting Bakudan!" Together they fired their attacks, the shots maneuvering around the pillars and striking the Dopant, making it explode as Ikari reverted back to himself, struggling to grab his broken Memory.

Minako walked over and crushed the Memory under her foot, glaring calmly at the young man. "It's over." They left Ikari for the police to handle.

While the Riders watched Ikari be taken away, W looked at Skull as Phillip asked, "So... Skull, where did the Target Memory come from?"

Minako looked at them and then at the sunset as she said, "The same person Ms. Sakurada had met during her first undercover mission: Yukiji Bando."

"Huh?" Shotaro was confused, as was Phillip.

Minako pulled out the card Yukiji had given her. "We tried to find out more about Bando-san, but we haven't gotten far. Maybe you'll be able to find something, Phillip-san?"

Phillip spoke up as they nodded, "Yeah. I'll check the Gaia Library and try to find something. I might get slightly luckier."

She nodded before she walked off, her scarf blowing in the wind slightly.

'Chizuru's knee thankfully wasn't hurt badly. I have a feeling that someday they'll take on the world, and I'll be watching the whole time. Although Phillip-kun..." Minako looked up at the young boy with a thoughtful expression before she continued writing, 'We got successful this time, but it's worrying me about what these commanders want with him. Plus, it's making me more and more curious about Yukiji Bando and his motives."

"Isn't Bando-san the guy you met during the Casino crashing?" Akiko asked suddenly, appearing behind her and startling the blunette.

"Y - yeah." Minako nodded a bit in response after collecting herself.

Shotaro looked at her. "So he's the guy who sent the Target Memory for Skull?"

Phillip frowned slightly as he looked at the trio. "It's interesting. I haven't found anything useful about this Yukiji Bando either. It's almost like he wants to hide himself from the world while doing his own thing."

Minako nodded a bit and bit her lip. "It worries me though... how much does he really know about me?" As she made a concerned face, the Memories encircle her expression and bring this case to a close.

Next time on W: A Case of Detectives!

Ryubee: The mansion is pretty noisy.

Minako: Henshin!

Yukiko: Enter the newest Narumi Agency detective, Ms. Minako Sakurada!

Phillip: I think this is probably the best case scenario for an undercover investigation.

Shotaro: Princess Wakana's a part of the famous Sonozaki family?!

(The S Terror/The Maid Detective Witnessed it!)

This clinches it!

Oof, I needed this after a long day at work. Finally got to the end of this adventure and Minako's got suspicions arising about every odd person she meets: Wakana, Kirihiko, Yukiji, and onward as the story continues. Maybe she'll be able to find out something soon? I don't know. Hope to see your input soon!