Kamen Rider OOO & Precure! Melody of Desire! Chapter 19, a Kamen Rider + Pretty Cure Crossover fanfic

Kamen Rider OOO and Suite Pretty Cure: Melody of Desire

Chapter 19! BirthDAY Power! Ryan's Reveals the Truth! Welcome, Super TaToBa!

"RRRAAGGHH!" OOO roared out in rage. He swung his axe towards the weakened form of Kamen Rider Birth, only for his arms to get restrained by Cures Melody and Rhythm.

"OOO...no, Ryan! You've got to control yourself!" Rhythm said. Beat quickly got Birth out of the way of the danger. His armor couldn't handle anymore damage and automatically shut down, leaving him as Itsuko.

As Beat turned to face OOO, he roared and let loose a burst of power, sending Rhythm and Melody flying away. However, they quickly recovered and the trio of Pretty Cure faced off with the out of control OOO!

"What happened to him?" Beat asked in confusion. OOO growled, holding his Medagabryu at the ready before charging; his feet made small craters in the ground as he rushed forward.

"Beat! Protect Itsuko!" Melody ordered. Beat nodded and stayed with Itsuko. Melody and Rhythm charged forward to confront the berserk OOO. OOO swung a fist that collided with the combined fists of the duo, causing a shock wave to expand everywhere. Even the observing Trio Minor could feel it.

"What power..." Bassdrum muttered with a small grin on his face. A ton of ideas regarding OOO's new state were percolating in his head.

Melody and Rhythm were pushed back as a result, but they quickly regained their balance. They charged forward, slamming a double kick to OOO's chest. The out-of-control Rider crossed his arms and blocked the two kicks, but the combined force sent him skidding back a small amount of distance. OOO growled as he skidded back. His Ptera Wings flapped before sending a freezing wave forward, which froze up Melody and Rhythm's legs.

"Eh?! Hey!" Melody yelled. She and Rhythm tried to get out of the ice only for OOO to roar and shatter the ice. This freed the pair, but also made them fall backwards. OOO's Tail Divider then swung round and slammed into both of them.

"Melody! Rhythm!" Hummy and Beat called out in worry. The two Pretty Cures groaned weakly. OOO roared and charged at the pair to finish these obstacles (in his berserk mind) off!

Beat gritted her teeth and rushed off to stop him, to the shock of Hummy.

"Siren! Wait!" Hummy called out, but it was no use.

"It looks like the end of the Pretty Cure will be here after all!" Bassdrum said, seeing OOO about to attack the stunned Melody.

"RYAN! STOP!" Beat's voice yelled as OOO was about to swing the Medagabryu down. To everyone's shock, Beat got in front of him with her arms spread out.

"SIREN!" Hummy yelled out in fear for her best friend. She gasped in shock for the same reason that Bassdrum's eyes widened. The hand that was bringing the Medagabryu down had stopped, and was trembling fiercely.

"Grr...agh." OOO growled out, stuck in one place. Beat noticed his inner turmoil and smiled.

"Yes! Come on, Ryan! You have to control yourself!" Beat declared. OOO groaned and growled as the Purple Medals glowed faintly.

"Rgh...B-Beat?" OOO groaned out. Beat smiled brightly at this.

"Yes! Come on, Ryan!" Beat said. Melody and Rhythm got back up to see OOO let go of the Medagabryu. The dino-head axe-bazooka clanked against the ground before it sank back into it.

OOO's form sparked purple in color as he roared. He shakily moved one hand to grip the OOO Driver and set it to normal to cancel the transformation. The Combo's power faded as the armor disappeared. The purple Medals landed in front of Ryan, smoking and glowing purple faintly. Ryan looked exhausted, sweat running down his forehead as he groaned. "Thank you...Ellen..." Ryan said with a weak smile before he collapsed. Beat gasped and reverted to Ellen. She rushed over to check on Ryan.

"Ryan..." Ellen said softly. While she was doing that, the Medals vanished back into Ryan's Medal Holder.

[Insert Song: La La La Suite Pretty Cure ~∞UNLIMITED ver.∞~]

As the song begins a music hall is shown in the background as the lights come on and appearing is the Suite Precure title as three O's fly in and form the Kamen Rider OOO title...as three words appear under the two titles. 'Melody of Desire'

La~ la~ la la la~!
Suite Suite Pretty Cure!
Suite Pretty Cure!
Suite Suite Pretty Cure!
Suite Pretty Cure!

Hibiki is shown running on a track field at her school as brief scenes of her and her alter ego of Cure Melody are shown. Following that is Kanade who is attending her cake club while finishing making a new treat as brief scenes of her and her alter ego of Cure Rhythm are shown. Finally Ryan is shown sweeping the floors of Asagi's restaurant as he grins at the camera as shown are brief scenes of him and his alter ego of Kamen Rider OOO.

Sasaeaeba FAMIRII [We care for each other we're FAMILY]
Ai afureru DAIARII [Filling each and every day with love]

Shown next is Hibiki, Kanade and Ryan noticing that it is raining outside as the trio pick up Umbrella's and walking through what seems to be rain.

Hitori hitori ga chikara awasete [If we combine all of our great many strengths]
Tsunaideyuku BRAND NEW DAY [We can bring forth a BRAND-NEW DAY]

Next shown is a quick view of Queen Aphrodite, the Fairy Tones and Hummy in major land. Following up with inside Otokichi's cathedrawl as Ellen stands there with a smile. Quickly followed by Itsuko wiping his brow as the Birth Driver rests on his motorbikes seat.

Next appearing is Mephisto and the Trio the Minor with Minor land shown behind them. Finishing with Otokichi infront of his giant organ.

Ippo zutsu demo susumou (GO! GO!) [We can go on step-by-step (GO! GO!)]
Te ni te o totte wa ni natte (JANPU!) [We'll form a circle standing hand-by-hand (JUMP!)]
Mirai he mukatte STAND UP (PURIKYUA!) [Let us face the future c'mon STAND UP] (PRETTY CURE!)
Kimochi wo hitotsu ni shite [And make all of our hearts one]

Following that is a brief flash of a Cure Module and OOO's belt. As Cure Melody is shown jumping away and lunging with a punch towards a Negatone as Rhythm landed a kick and quickly avoided some attacks as OOO slashed away multiple Trash Yummies before planting a pair of claw strikes on the Negatone as well. Quickly Melody and Rhythm bring out their Belltiers and OOO bringing out his Medajalibur as the trio send a combined attack.

SING! Ima, minna de [Sing! I want to be together]
SWING! Utaitai [Swing! And sing our hearts out]
FOR YOU (FOR ME)
FOR GIRLS (FOR BOYS)
Sono namida kawaku made [Till we wipe all our tears away]

Next shown is Cure Muse in her Masked state standing on top of Kanon town's Clock Tower as she glanced to her left as Cure Beat was shown standing there before looking to her left as well as leaning on a wall was Kamen Rider Birth who lifted his head faintly.

Next up was Cure's Melody and Rhythm smiling as they held hands and flew with a Piano looking multi-coloured path in the sky as they heard a noise and looked down and see OOO driving on his Motorbike as the pair floated down and smiles as the trio flew or drove towards a shining light.

DREAM! Ame wo koeta [DREAM! Having passed the storm]
BELIEVE! Genki na kokoro [BELIEVE! The power of our beating hearts]
Mugendai∞ itsudemo egao ga NUMBER ONE! [Is UNLIMITED∞ and our smiles will always NUMBER ONE!]

Suite Suite Pretty Cure!

The Song Ends with Cure's Melody, Rhythm and Beat standing there with the Fairy Tones around them and then OOO and Birth with the Core Medals around them as the group along with Hummy appear as they all pose together!

[End Music]

Things had been hectic for the group recently. They were at Asagi's restaurant, having helped the exhausted Ryan back to his home. Luckily, Asagi was away getting more food supplies, so they easily got Ryan back to his room upstairs. Ryan weakly groaned. He was exhausted after using PuToTyra and losing control of the Combo.

"Okay, he's resting for now. Poor guy looked exhausted," Itsuko said to the group waiting in the empty restaurant.

"What happened to him? Why did he go nuts like that?" Hibiki wondered as she sat down. Kanade shook her head.

"I don't know. I guess we're lucky Ellen was able to stop him," Kanade said softly. Ellen stayed quiet, thinking about Ryan.

"Well, we gotta help him when he wakes up-nya," Hummy said. Itsuko nodded softly just as the Healing Chest opened up. The Crescendo Tone had appeared.

"The power I could sense from that form of OOO-san was very powerful. But it also felt strange," The Crescendo Tone spoke softly.

"Strange how?" Hibiki asked the Legendary Fairy Tone. The Crescendo Tone sighed softly at the question.

"It felt...like nothing. An infinite void of nothing. Those Medals felt like nothing was there. It was confusing," The Crescendo Tone said softly. Unknown to them, the Trio Minor were listening in. Bassdrum smirked at this new information.

"How interesting. This new power of OOO could be useful," Bassdrum chuckled. The Trio vanished from view and headed back to their hideout to report on this.

Later...

"...and that is what happened, Mephisto-sama. This new transformation of OOO's was out of control and turned on the Pretty Cures and the other Kamen Rider," Bassdrum said as the Trio Minor gave their report to Mephisto. After handling a shouting from their master because they had failed to retrieve the Healing Chest, they had told him about the aftermath of their failure, including OOO's new powerful Combo. How it easily destroyed the three Yummies they used, before the new power turned on the Pretty Cure and nearly destroyed them until the user of OOO's power regained control.

"I see. Well, regarding your failure to get the Healing Chest, you shall get more chances for that. But this new power of OOO's could be useful," Mephisto said, stroking his chin in thought.

"Then I have permission to attempt and claim this power for your use, Mephisto-sama?" Bassdrum asked calmly as the Trio continued to kneel in front of the mirror.

"Hmm, very well then. If you can somehow gain us that power, Bassdrum, then you may try. But do not forget: Gathering the Notes comes first," Mephisto said as Bassdrum nodded his head.

"Of course, Mephisto-sama. I shall not fail you." Bassdrum said as Mephisto vanished from the mirror.

"So, how do you expect to get that boy's power?" Falsetto asked.

Bassdrum chuckled. "I have some ideas," he grinned.

Elsewhere...

Back at Asagi's restaurant, Hibiki, Kanade, Ellen, and Itsuko headed up to Ryan's room to check up on their friend. But they instead heard a groan from the bedroom. It seemed that Ryan was awake.

"Ryan? You okay, buddy?" Itsuko asked softly. Ryan's eyes widened as he sat up and saw the four of them.

"You guys...you're alright? Agh..." Ryan groaned, rubbing his forehead. He soon remembered everything that happened-.

"Ryan, take it easy," Ellen said softly. Hummy followed the group in, holding the Healing Chest.

"You're all okay. That's good," Ryan said softly. He groaned as he began getting out of the bed.

"No! You're staying in bed!" Itsuko said as he kept Ryan from standing.

"You're still exhausted," Kanade said softly. Ryan looked at them all.

"I'm okay... really I am," Ryan groaned out as he laid back into the bed.

"Ryan, what happened back there?" Kanade asked softly. Ryan sighed faintly as he looked at the Medal Book, which was on a nearby table.

"The Purple Medals," Ryan muttered as he opened the Medal Book so that they could see the three Dino Medals. "T-They are extremely powerful. After what happened against that Golem, I thought they were safe to use, but I guess I was wrong," Ryan muttered softly as he sighed, closing the book.

"But why did that power go out of control when the others have been fine?" Hibiki asked as Ryan placed the book safely on the table.

"I'm not entirely sure why that power goes out of control. Those Medals' power comes from a void of nothing; a complete and utter lack of desire at all in them, compared to the desire filled Medals I usually use," Ryan said softly.

"Desire? Something like that is a power source?" Ellen asked. Ryan chuckled weakly.

"It can be; it's the driving force between all living things. It's what pushes us to protect this place from Minor Land, and it's what pushes them to try and spread the Melody of Sorrow. Desire is not light or darkness, nor is it good or evil. Desire is in all life in the universe and will always ignite us to push ourselves and become better," Ryan said softly.

"But I don't understand. You've had those Medals for a while now, haven't you?" Hibiki asked. Ryan flinched faintly at that part.

"Hibiki is right. If you'd had those Medals for so long, shouldn't you have found a way to control that power by now?" Kanade asked. Ryan flinched again, causing Ellen to notice.

"Ryan-san? What's wrong?" Ellen asked softly. Ryan looked at their worried faces and sighed heavily...it was time to come clean...

"The truth is..." he started, before clenching his eyes shut. He'd be seen as the fraud he really was, and they'd likely never forgive him. 'You guys... Ellen...I'm sorry..."

"The truth is...I haven't had those Medals for even half as long as I said I did," he said, tears starting to flow down his eyes.

"Huh?! What do you mean?" asked Ellen. She noticed his tears. 'Tears? Why is he crying...?'

"I...I'm no hero," he said sadly. "The day we first met is the day I first became OOO. I was never a Kamen Rider until then," he said, much to the shock of the others, who couldn't believe what he was saying.

"B-But the story!" said Hibiki in shock. "What about the story of the Greeed, and what about the Medals?!"

"The Medals were toys. Somehow, when I piggybacked on Hummy's transport, they became real. And I knew about the story because...I watched it on TV," Ryan said morosely.

"You see, in this massive Multiverse, full of various Worlds, there exist a few Worlds where the events of another World are shown as a TV show or a book or whatever. In my World, the World of Kamen Rider is shown as a TV Show. That includes OOO as well as all the other Riders before and after," Ryan said softly as he looked at them.

"I was a fan of Kamen Rider OOO. Hino Eiji was someone who didn't ask for anything and yet would always reach out to help those in need," Ryan said softly as he looked at the Medal Holder and his OOO Driver.

"So I got the toy versions of the Medals that the show's creators made. Nothing but plastic toys for fans to just enjoy. But when I got sent here thanks to that portal Hummy made, they became real and I became a Kamen Rider," Ryan said in a faint tone, still looking at the items in his hands.

"That's why the PuToTyra Medals went haywire like that, I hadn't used them at all, until that battle we had with that golem," Ryan said sadly as he clenched his fists tightly.

"So, that's it. I'm nothing but a simple guy who, due to a twist of fate, got sent to a world with nothing but a bunch of toys made real, and stupidly lied to the people who were my friends! I nearly got you all killed! I don't deserve to be a Kamen Rider!" Ryan said as he slammed a fist down on the mattress.

Itsuko placed a hand on Ryan's shoulder. He honestly didn't know what to say other than, "We'll talk about this later. You just get some rest for now," Itsuko said faintly, as he was unsure what else to think at this time.

"Come on girls, we better let him rest," Itsuko said softly as the group began to leave the room. Ryan watched them all go.

"I'm sorry..." Ryan whispered faintly as he clenched his hands.

Later...

Things were rather interesting down in Asagi's restaurant. With things quiet for now, it allowed our heroes to try and come to terms with what they heard.

Itsuko walked over, setting down some cupcakes and tea for the girls. He sat down too.

"I just can't believe that Ryan's tale was a lie," Hibiki said. Ellen was staying silent for now, looking back over her memories of her time with him.

"Well from what he said, the tale he said did happen, just not to him," Kanade said as she took a small sip of her tea. Hummy was sitting on the table while enjoying a cupcake.

"Still, why did he have to lie in the first place?" Hibiki asked as she quickly munched her cupcake down. Itsuko decided to speak up.

"Well, and this is just me thinking here, but maybe he doubts anyone would've believed him. I mean the poor guy was flung from his own world and brought here with a powerful force that he now has to control. Plus his only real friends are all of us here," Itsuko said as the girls glanced at each other.

"I guess you're right. He is no longer part of his world and has no family," Ellen said softly.

"It's kind of like how you were when you returned to being good, isn't it Siren?" Hummy asked. Ellen smiled faintly and nodded, sipping her cup of tea.

"You're right, Hummy," Ellen said softly.

"Right now, the poor guy is scared. He almost did something that would've scarred him for life, so we gotta make him feel that he's not going to lose us," Itsuko said to the girls. Each of them looked at each other before they nodded and looked back to Itsuko.

"You're right. Even if his past was false, all that he's done to help us against Minor Land can't be ignored," Kanade said softly as Hibiki nodded in agreement.

"You're right, so what are we waiting for?! Let's go and let him know that we ain't going anywhere!" Hibiki cheered as she stood up with a fist raised. Itsuko weakly chuckled.

"That's the spirit, Hibiki-chan," Itsuko said. Ellen giggled softly at their antics and the group stood up and headed back upstairs to Ryan's bedroom.

"Hey Ryan, how you doing...?!" Itsuko began only to open the door and widen his eyes. The girls gasped.

"W-Where did he go?!" Hibiki said in shock as the bed was empty; the OOO Driver and the Medal Book were also gone as well.

"Come on! We gotta find that idiot before he gets hurt!" Itsuko said as the group quickly rushed out of the restaurant together to find Ryan!

Ryan sighed as he adjusted his jacket. Night was approaching fast in Kanon Town, as evidenced by the darkening of the streets.

"Way to go Ryan, you idiot..." Ryan muttered to himself as he slipped his hands into his jacket's pockets.

"Now what the heck am I suppose to do? No way are they going to want to remain friends with me after those lies," Ryan continued to mutter as he walked through a park in Kanon Town. He stopped by a bench and sat down. He then pulled out the OOO Driver from his pocket and sullenly looked at it.

"I guess the better question is what to do with you and the Medals. This power is too dangerous for this World," Ryan muttered.

"Perhaps you could..." A voice began to sing as Ryan froze up.

"...join up with..." A second voice continued.

"...our side!" A third voice finished up. Ryan almost leaped off the bench like it was on fire and turned to see that standing there was the Trio Minor.

"You guys?! Listen, I'm not in the mood for a fight right now. I'm busy trying to think of my future plans in this World!" Ryan snapped. Bassdrum chuckled.

"Well, you see OOO, that is precisely why we are here. To offer you...a proposal." Bassdrum said. Ryan almost retched at his unfortunate word choice.

"Sorry dude, I don't swing that way," Ryan joked, causing Bassdrum blanched.

"NOT LIKE THAT!" Bassdrum roared before he regained his composure.

"What I meant to say is, that your new power could be of use to our cause. If you are indeed no longer with the Pretty Cures, your power could be put to use on our side," Bassdrum said, causing Ryan to look at him in shock.

"You can't be serious?!" Ryan asked ludicrously as Baritone chuckled.

"He is quite serious. You can either join our cause, or you can hand over those Medals of yours; it's that simple," Baritone chuckled. Ryan glared at the trio.

"You guys honestly think I'm gonna join your side just like that?!" Ryan snapped. Bassdrum smirked and clutched something behind his back.

"And there's no way I'm going to give you these Medals!" Ryan continued only for Bassdrum to smirk and suddenly toss two items towards Ryan. However, he noticed too late to do anything as a pair of Noise Headphones formed on his ears and let loose a horrible noise. ...That is, that's what it sounds like normally. To Ryan's ears though, it just sounded like annoying TV Static. Of course, that kind of hurts; believe me (OathToOblivion: Hi!), it does.

"Ow!" Ryan yelled out, clutching his head as he fell to his knees.

"Well, I'm sure you'll consider our proposal after this: Understand this! Friendship? Trust? Love? All pointless!" Bassdrum said. Ryan shook his head as he got back to his feet, letting go of his ears. Bassdrum smirked, thinking that it was working.

"Ryan!" A voice was heard. Ryan cracked one eye open faintly and saw that arriving on the scene was Hibiki, Kanade, Ellen and Itsuko.

"Hibiki...Kanade...Ellen...Itsuko?" Ryan said, finally opening his eyes completely.

"Ryan, it's alright! Even if you did lie to us, we're still friends! Don't listen to whatever they're saying!" exclaimed Itsuko, as he noticed the Noise Headphones on his ears.

"I'm sure whatever you're saying is all well and good, Itsuko," said Ryan with an annoyed look on his face. "But I can't hear you over this stupid static!" he yelled, tearing the Headphones off his ears.

"WHAT?! Impossible! You're not a Precure; you don't have Harmony Power to throw those off!" yelled Bassdrum in disbelief as Ryan shook his head rapidly.

"Man, if this is what you heard Ellen, I can't believe you can still hear after all that noise..." Ryan muttered as he clenched each of the headphones in his fists, shattering them into little pieces of dark red energy.

"You're alright?!" Ellen asked in shock, as she had felt that Noise and had turned evil twice because of it. Yet Ryan wasn't affected?

Bassdrum gritted his teeth as Baritone chuckled. "Well, what now, oh great leader?" Baritone taunted him. Bassdrum then noticed a nearby lamp post and a Note that had appeared on it.

"If we can't get him on our side, then we take his Medals by force!" Bassdrum said as Ryan looked up.

"Oh great...what did he say?" Ryan asked, causing Itsuko to sweatdrop.

"Come out, Negatone!" Bassdrum yelled, sending a shockwave of energy that washed over the Note and corrupted it, turning it into a Lamp Post Negatone! Ryan looked at the OOO Driver as he brought it out, only to feel a hand on his shoulder. He turned only to see Itsuko, who gave a thumbs up. "Don't you worry; leave this to us," Itsuko said as he and the Pretty Cure got between the Negatone and Ryan.

"Trying to harm our friend..." Hibiki began as she brought out her Cure Module.

"...and turning him to the darkness..." Kanade continued as her Cure Module was soon out as well.

"...Is completely..." Ellen said as the trio glared at the Negatone.

"Unforgivable!" They declared in unison as Dory, Rery and Lary flew into the Cure Modules. Itsuko brought out the Birth Driver and attached it to his waist.

"Let's Play! Precure Modulation!" Hibiki, Kanade and Ellen called out, forming a G-Clef each in front of themselves as they were covered in a bright light.

"Henshin!" Itsuko called out, bringing out a Cell Medal, slotting it in and turning the crank.

*CRANK*

*POP*

Itsuko smirked as a pod formed around him. The pieces of the Birth Armor formed on his legs, arms, chest and back before the helmet appeared on and the visor glowed red. Right beside him, of course, were the Suite Precure.

"Strumming the Wild Rhythm! Cure Melody!"

"Strumming the Graceful Melody! Cure Rhythm!"

"Strumming the Beat's Soul! Cure Beat!"

"Unlimited Medals! Kamen Rider Birth!" Birth called out as the Precure finished their intro.

"Resonate! Our Musical Suite! Suite Pretty Cure!" The Trio said together. The Negatone growled and the light on the top of the post glowed dark red and fired a blast of energy towards the group, causing them to dodge.

Melody, Rhythm and Beat both lunged forward and slammed a triple punch to the Negatone, sending it skidding back.

Bassdrum gritted his teeth as he brought out one of Uva's type of Cell Medal and flung it towards the Negatone. The Medal slotted into the back, and a fully created Yummy crawled out and growled at the group. Birth drew out his Birth Buster and aimed it at the Yummy just as it changed into a Cricket Yummy; its antenna twitched rapidly.

"Girls, you handle the Negatone! I'll take the Yummy!" Birth said. The girls nodded in agreement as the Yummy and the Negatone charged forward.

"Go! Negatone, Yummy! Get me OOO's Medals!" Bassdrum declared. The Pretty Cure met the Negatone's charge hard. It swung a punch that the trio countered with their own combined counter-punch.

At the same time, Birth quickly rushed forward and kicked the Cricket in the chest, making it stumble back. He then fired rapid shots from his Birth Buster at close range.

At the same time, Ryan began to get some feeling back into his ears and could hear the sounds of battle once more.

"Man, that smarts," Ryan muttered as he could only watch the fighting. He wanted to jump in, but his body just wasn't moving. In retrospect, he considered, he was probably still shell-shocked from loosing control of PuToTyra. At that point, he wasn't sure if he even wanted to be OOO again.

Birth then caught a kick to the chest from the Cricket Yummy and was sent skidding back, stopping in front of Ryan.

"Itsuko, I gotta ask, why did you guys come and help me? I lied to you all about my past! Real friends shouldn't lie to their friends!" Ryan said. Birth looked at him before he smiled from behind his helmet.

"Come on, Ryan; I understand why you felt you had to lie," Birth said as he noticed the Yummy lunging forward. He quickly swung a leg and smashed it into its face, making it slide backwards. "You're a guy who's been thrown into a completely different World, with no family or anywhere to go. You were worried what people might think if you told the truth," Birth said. He glared at the Yummy as it began to get back up.

"We'll handle it later, I got a bug to squash!" Birth said as he rushed towards the Yummy!

[Insert Song: Reverse/Re:birth by Akira Date (Hiroaki Iwanaga) and Shintaro Gotou (Asaya Kimijima)]

Birth charged at the Yummy while slotting in a Cell Medal into the Birth Driver and turning the crank once again.

Doushite kokoro ni Shitagawanai? [Why can't I follow my heart?]
Akirameru Riyuu nai hazu [There should be no reason to give up]
Yume no hou ga ore wo Tsukihanashite [Dreams have suddenly left me]
Kiete yuku… Sore wo tada miokutta [And disappeared…And I can only send it off]

*CRANK*

*POP*

-DRILL ARM-

Don't look back Oso sugiru Koto nante nai [Don't look back; it's never too late]
Nageta Medal omoteka ura Now change your life [The thrown Medal—heads or tails; now change your life]

Birth punched with his left hand as the Drill Arm formed. He swung his now Drill Arm equipped right arm, the Drill slashing at the Yummy and causing sparks and Medals to fly all over. The Yummy growled out in rage only for a sudden noise to be heard.

*CRANK*

*POP*

-CATERPILLAR LEGS-

Namida wo Reverse Kitto Re:birth [Reverse the tears and you'll be reborn]
Ima Me wo akete [Now open your eyes]
Aa Mabushi sa wo kanjita nara [Ah, if you feel the brightness]
Tenkai Reverse/Re:birth [Development reverse, rebirth]
Ippo fumidasu no nara [If you take that one step]
Atarashii mirai zu ga Koko ni tanjou [A new vision is born here]

That noise was its only warning before Birth swung one of his Heavy Caterpillar equipped Legs at the Yummy, smashing it so hard it was sent flying and actually crashed into the Negatone.

The Negatone growled and attempted to fire a beam of energy at Birth. Melody and Rhythm zoomed in and punched the Negatone's light, cracking it in the process. Beat summoned her Love Guitar Rod.

"Beat Sonic!" Beat called out, playing a tune that caused 6 purple notes to appear and turn into energy blasts that smashed into the Negatone, making it fall.

The Yummy growled and charged at Birth again. He slotted in another Medal and turned the crank before quickly following with a second Medal!

*CRANK*

*POP*

-CUTTER WING-

-CRANE ARM-

Jibun no dame na toko Wakatte te mo [Even if you know your weaknesses]
Yuzure nakya Sono mama mottyuke yo [If you don't control it you'll have to carry it as it is]

Birth summoned the Cutter Wing on his back as the Crane Arm appeared and fused with the Drill Arm on his right arms. Birth quickly used the Cutter Wing to fly up high. He then launched the Drill Arm; it drilled into the Yummy's chest. Birth moved his right arm so that the cable of the Crane Arm wrapped around the Yummy, then Birth spun it around hard and slammed it into the ground!

Can't take back Kako dake wa Torimodosenai [Can't take back; you cannot take back the past]
Demo kimochi wa jiyuu reset Now change your life [But you can freely reset feelings; now change your life]

Kuyashisa Reverse Kitto Re:birth [Reverse frustration and you'll be reborn]
Ima Omoikiri [Now as much as you like]
Aa Oozora ni koe wo ageyou [Ah, shout out to the sky]
Joukyou Reverse/Re:birth [Situation reverse, rebirth]
Mou ichido yume no tame [Once more, for your dreams]
Tatakatte miseru to Koko ni chikau yo [Swear to fight again here]

Beat, Melody and Rhythm lunged at the recovering Negatone. Melody and Rhythm kicked it in the face, while Beat slammed a knee into what would be considered its stomach, causing the large monster stumbled back and groaned in pain.

Just then, the Cutter Wing suddenly spun towards it and smashed against its side, making it fall down. The Cutter Wing moved like a boomerang and returned to Birth's hands, who quickly reattached it to his back while he was landing slowly in front of the recovering Yummy.

Don't lose yourself [Don't lose yourself]
Mannaka no Jibun rashisa dake [In order not to let your true self]
Ubawarenu you Nakusanu you [Be stolen, or be lost]
Mamorinuku sono tame ni Now change your life [And to protect it, now change your life]

"Alright, girls! Let's end this now!" Birth said. The girls nodded their heads. Melody and Rhythm summoned their Belltiers before they smiled and separated the Belltiers. Melody held one half of her Belltier in each hand while Rhythm did the same with her own . The pair began forming the two hearts made of fire while Beat quickly switched her weapon to its Soul Rod form. Meanwhile, Birth slotted in two more Cell Medals and turned the crank on his Birth Driver once more.

*CRANK*

*POP*

-SHOVEL ARM-

-BREAST CANNON-

Birth smirked under his helmet.

"Welcome! Kamen Rider Birth: BirthDAY form!" Birth declared, as he had summoned all 6 of the C.L.A.W.S Weapons.

"Let's do this, everyone!" Melody said. They all nodded as Birth began gathering energy in the Breast Cannon!

-CELL BURST-

"BirthDAY Charge Shot!"

"Precure Heartful Beat Rock!"

"Precure Miracle Arpeggio!"

"Precure Fantastic Piacere!"

Birth's great and powerful blast smashed into the Yummy. Ryan covered his eyes to shield them from the bright light from the blast as the Yummy was easily destroyed with Medals flying all over!

Beat launched her Tone Ring at the Negatone while Melody and Rhythm launched their attacks as well. They caught the Negatone in their combined power.

"3/4 Beat! 1, 2, 3...Finale!" The trio said together as they bathed the Negatone in their power until it was purified. Hummy smiled and purified the Note. It floated into Lary who smiled and leaped for joy.

[End Song]

Bassdrum gritted his teeth before looking at Ryan, who turned to look at the member of the Trio Minor.

"Do not think this is over anytime soon, OOO! We will have that power under our control!" Bassdrum said angrily. The Trio Minor vanished, leaving the heroes alone.

Birth sighed in relief as he hunched forward; the armor vanishing to reveal Itsuko who was panting faintly.

"Man, lugging all of them at once is straining," Itsuko joked, grinning as the girls returned to normal. Ryan looked at them all as he approached.

"Um...well..." Ryan stammered as he rubbed the back of his head. The girls and Itsuko looked at him, with soft smiles on their faces. "...I um...I'm sorry!" Ryan said as he bowed his head low.

"Sorry about what?" Itsuko asked with a joking smile on his lips. Ryan didn't see that as kept his head down.

"I'm sorry about lying to you all! I'm sorry for leaving like that without saying a word!" Ryan said. Hibiki and Kanade smiled softly too.

"Well, since you did lie to us about your past, I think it's only fair that we do one thing before heading off to bed," Kanade said as the girls and Itsuko nodded. Hibiki stepped forward and grinned.

"Hey there! Call me Hojou Hibiki! It's nice to meet you!" Hibiki said, extending one hand forward but keeping it horizontal. Kanade placed her hand on top of Hibiki's.

"My name is Minamino Kanade. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kanade said with a smile. Ellen was next, placing her hand in the pile up.

"I am Kurokawa Ellen. I am pleased to meet you." Ellen said calmly with a smile of her own. Itsuko grinned and placed a hand on top of Ellen's.

"The name's Hamataro Itsuko! Hope we can all be friends?" Itsuko asked. Ryan looked at each of them in shock, before his lips twitched upward into a small wry smile.

"You guys... I don't deserve this at all," Ryan muttered before he grinned faintly and placed his hand on top.

"Nice to meet you all! My name is Ryan Stenhouse! I'm sure we'll all be great friends from now on!" Ryan grinned. They all smiled and nodded.

"Nyapu~. !hat's great; they're friends again," Hummy smiled softly as she was watching with the Healing Chest.

"Yes, but I worry that OOO-san's power will not be at its peak if those Purple Medals are too dangerous to use," Crescendo Tone said softly.

"What can we do?" Hummy asked softly.

"I am not sure, Hummy. But I shall try and find a way to help them..." Crescendo Tone said softly. Regardless, the Friendship of the Kamen Riders and Pretty Cure had only grown stronger through this ordeal!

(Cutaway 1: Shows Hibiki playing music on a Cure Module as Ellen, Kanade, Ryan and Itsuko listen. Followed quickly by Kanade playing on a Cure Module as well as Hibiki listens with the others...next showing Hummy playing on a Cure Module only to gain a Purple Glow and floats only to land on the Suite Pretty Cure title that appears as the group softly smiles.)

(Cutaway 2: Chibi versions of the group are seen around the Healing chest as Hibiki traces her fingers across a Piano looking keys on the chest as it glows releasing the Crescendo Tone as it flies away with the group chasing after the Crescendo Tone as the Kamen Rider OOO title appears.)

The next day, the group of friends were enjoying a lovely day together. Kanade had brought some cupcakes for the others. Ryan smiled faintly, still a bit morose, as he took one alongside the others.

"Your cupcakes are always the best, Kanade!" Hibiki cheered. Kanade smiled at the praise from her childhood friend.

"Thanks for the snack!" The group said together as the group all took one bite out of their cupcakes with noises of enjoyment. Kanade smiled brightly as she relaxed in her seat.

"So, um, just so I remember... Why did you call us all here, Hibiki?" Kanade asked. Hibiki nodded before starting.

"Well, I was thinking back to that amazing power the Crescendo Tone tried to give me. It was so overwhelming that I couldn't hold it," Hibiki said, recalling how the Crescendo Tone tried to help her.

"If we can find a solution to controlling that power, defeating Negatones will be that much easier." Ellen said. Hibiki nodded in agreement. Itsuko did too, although he was fiddling with his Driver at the same time.

"But how do we control that power?" Kanade asked.

"Why don't we ask her?" Ryan offered. Hibiki smiled and nodded her head, as that was just what she was about to do! She brought out the Healing Chest and the Golden Fairy Tone soon appeared in the jewel.

"What's the matter?" The Crescendo Tone asked softly.

"We would like to know how to use your power correctly. What's the secret?" Hibiki asked. The others listened in, while Ryan was polishing the TaToBa Medals almost lazily. The Crescendo Tone stared at the Medals for a bit, before turning her attention to the ones waiting for her answer.

"That is..." Crescendo Tone began to say as the girls listened with rapt attention as did Itsuko. "...something you girls need to think about by yourselves!" The Crescendo Tone said. Ryan chuckled faintly as the girls and Itsuko facefaulted at that answer.

"I think I get it! We need to increase your Precure Power! If we do that, you should be able to handle that power next time!" Hummy offered. The girls glanced at each other.

"That could work. So that would mean..." Hibiki said with a smile. "Special Training!" She declared.

"Eh?!" Ellen and Kanade said.

"I wouldn't mind some training myself. How about you, Ryan?" Itsuko asked. Ryan looked at them, before placing the TaToBa Medals next to the Healing Chest.

"Sure, why not. I suppose I could use some training too," Ryan said. Hibiki grinned.

"Alright then! Everyone hurry and get packed! We're going on a little camping trip!" Hibiki cheered.

"Wait? Camping Trip?!" Ryan asked in shock, as he had forgotten about this part. As the group started planning their outing, unbeknownst to them, the Healing Chest's energy enveloped the Medals for a second. The Crescendo Tone had scanned everything about the Medals and was reviewing her findings. She noticed something particularly interesting...

The Next day, Kanade was waiting in front of the Lucky Spoon wearing more hiking/camping styled clothing as she waited for the others.

"Hey, Kanade!"she turned to see Ryan and Itsuko arriving. They were both wearing similiar clothing as well and carrying rucksacks.

"Glad to see you made it, Ryan, Itsuko." Kanade greeted faintly as the pair grinned.

"Yep. Looks like we're the first ones to arrive," Itsuko said. Just then, they heard a familiar voice and spotted Hibiki rushing over.

"Sorry! I hope you weren't waiting long?" Hibiki asked.

"Honestly, no. We just got here before you," Itsuko said.

"Well, I had a lot of stuff to pack up..." Hibiki began to speak when the sound of a guitar was heard.

"What the...?" Itsuko said. Ryan covered his mouth as he saw the source. It was Ellen, wearing a red ascot tie and an almost cowboy styled outfit including ahat.

"Um, Ellen..." Hibiki began to ask.

"What's with those clothes?" Kanade finished. Ellen smiled, showing a book.

"I was reading up on Otokichi-san's book. Camp is Life! Life is Guitar! Let's sing!" Ellen cheered.

"You got that wrong," Ryan said, covering his snickers with his hand.

"Yeah. We all gotta increase our power if we wanna keep beating the Negatones and Yummies!" Itsuko said. Ryan nodded, though he glanced at his Medal Holder with a worried look on his face.

"That's right! We're going on this camping trip to increase our Precure Power!" Hibiki said, giving off a fiery aura.

"Well, um, she's fired up," Kanade chuckled weakly.

"I am looking forward to this. It's my first camping trip!" Ellen said with a big smile.

"Alright! Let's get moving!" Hibiki cheered. The group began heading off to a nearby train station to begin the trip to the camp site.

Unknown to them, the Trio Minor were spying on them from behind the bushes!

"Hmm. So they plan to increase their power?" Bassdrum muttered.

"We must respond in kind," Baritone said. Falsetto nodded at that suggestion.

"We must increase our own powers as well!" Falsetto said. Bassdrum grinned.

"I've got just the idea!" Bassdrum said. The trio headed off to try this 'plan'.

After a rather long trip, the group of five had reached the mountainous region that was the location of their campsite. Ellen, Kanade, and even Ryan felt exhausted while Hibiki and Itsuko looked completely fine.

"Man, how do you two handle this kind of stuff?" Ryan muttered faintly.

"Well, I've travelled around a lot and I have to keep myself fit," Itsuko said as he smiled.

"And I have my various sport activities," Hibiki said with her own smile. After passing a rope bridge, the group had reached their destination! ...Which was a log cabin?

"Huh? Aren't we camping? What's with the Cabin?" Itsuko asked. Hibiki smiled.

"This is my papa's villa, he uses it when composing music!" Hibiki explained.

"Then let's stop this camping business and stay in that house!" Kanade pleaded.

"Sorry, but as much as I want to as well, no dice, Kanade," Ryan said calmly with a small smile.

"It wouldn't be fitting the mood of a training camp then!" Hibiki enthusiastically said. Itsuko grinned in response..

"For now, leave your things here so we can begin karate training!" Hibiki said to the surprise of Ellen and Kanade.

"Karate?" Kanade and Ellen asked.

"Not a bad idea. Training their bodies will help," Itsuko said calmly. Ryan chuckled weakly.

"I guess so, but what about us?" Ryan wondered. Itsuko patted his back.

"Don't worry my friend, I got some ideas!" Itsuko said with a big grin. Ryan sweatdropped at the almost evil face his Secondary was making.

"That look in your eyes unnerves me," Ryan muttered.

"We'll go and begin our training, Hibiki-chan. You girls have fun!" Itsuko said as he and Ryan left their backpacks in the clearing. After grabbing a few small things for emergencies, the two Kamen Riders headed off to train!

Later...

A little later, Hibiki, Ellen, and Kanade were at a nearby river wearing white karate Gi's.

"Alrigh,t let us begin with a straight punch! Osu!" Hibiki declared as she did a straight right punch.

"Osu..." Kanade and Ellen said, without much spirit being put into their punches.

"What was that?! Once again! Osu!" Hibiki demanded. Kanade and Ellen regained their spirit and the trio continued with multiple punches forward. "Alright time for a kick! Osu!" Hibiki continued as she kicked forward. However, when the other two attempted it, they lost balance. Hibiki sighed.

"What kind of kick was that?! You need to put your spirit into every move!" Hibiki said as she began drawing on her spirit. Kanade and Ellen copied her motions with little success.

"You girls sound like you need a lozenge." The trio turned in the direction of the voice to see Ryan, looking scuffed up like he'd been in a fight. He was standing right next to where Hummy and the Healing Chest were.

"What happened to you?" Kanade asked. Ryan smiled awkwardly.

"Itsuko's torture of a training regiment. I swear that guy is a sadist," Ryan muttered as he drank from his bottle of water.

"Anyway, I think we should change things up for our training," Kanade said. Hibiki blinked her eyes in surprise.

"Oh really?" Hibiki asked.

"I'll be the Sensei this time!" Kanade smiled brightly. Ryan smiled before glancing at Ellen's worried face. He gave her a thumbs up before heading back to his own personal hell!

Even more Later...

Hibiki, Kanade and Ellen were back in front of the Villa, all wearing clothing that wouldn't be out of place in a Yoga or aerobics class. A nearby iPod connected to headphones gave off an upbeat work out music.

"One, two! One, two! One, two! Let's go everyone! One, two! One, two!, One, two!" Kanade chanted out as Hibiki and Ellen joined in.

"Give it your all! Punch!" Kanade cheered as she did a right swing of her fist. Hibiki and Ellen followed suit.

"See? This is fun, right?" Kanade asked as the trio did some positions for Aerobics.

"I can't get into this," Hibiki muttered. Ellen nodded in agreement.

"You don't have to, we're just working our muscles." Kanade explained.

"Hey, martial arts train your body and your spirit!" Hibiki said loudly. Ellen gained a determined look on her face as she said that.

"Leave the spirit training to me!" Ellen said. Hibiki and Kanade looked at their friend before they heard voices.

"Man, you're really starting to get better, my friend." They turned to see Ryan being helped to the villa by Itsuko. The pair looked scuffed and dirty with a few bandages around their arms and legs.

"Um, what happened to you guys?" Hibiki asked.

"Some sparring that got a little out of hands," Itsuko explained.

"Sparring, my ass," Ryan grumbled.

"Anyway, we're gonna rest up for now. What're you girls up to?" Itsuko asked.

"Spirit Training!" Ellen said with a big smile. The pair glanced at each other.

"Mind if we join in? Spirit training sounds like it won't have a lot of movement," Ryan pleaded. Itsuko rolled his eyes while Ellen nodded in agreement.

Later...

Our five heroes were seated on a large rock with their legs crossed and their hands in a meditation position. The girls were wearing matching gym clothing while Ryan and Itsuko were wearing simple t-shirts and pants. Itsuko was wearing green and silver, while Ryan wore red and black.

"Zen Meditation is the heart of spirit training. I learned that from Otokichi-san's book," Ellen said calmly with her eyes closed.

"Oh? That again?" Hibiki asked.

"Otokichi-san has some unique hobbies," Kanade said softly. Meanwhile, Hummy was carrying what looked like a wooden stick.

"I'm not sure if we can increase our Power levels like this," Hibiki said in doubt. Kanade voiced her agreement only for Hummy to smack the stick against the back of both of their heads.

Ryan and Itsuko stayed silent as they didn't want to get hit as well. Ellen continued her explanation. "Zen Meditation is all about freeing your mind while you sit. You throw away everything," Ellen said. Hibiki and Kanade decided to follow her advice as all five of them continued their meditation.

Meanwhile, back in Kanon Town...

"Powerful Curry! If we eat this, we shall become powerful!" The voice of Bassdrum said. As it turned out, the Trio Minor were at a restaurant.

"This much food," Baritone said, nervous eating about such a large meal.

"If we finish this in thirty minutes, it's free!" Bassdrum said. That was the cue for the trio to quickly begin scarfing down the food.

As dusk was starting to settle in the sky, Hibiki's father was heading towards his villa in the forest. Meanwhile, our group of heroes were still on that rock meditating. All five pairs of their feet twitched faintly.

'My legs...have fallen asleep...' All five thought in unison.

'I can't feel anything in my legs,' Hibiki thought as she groaned.

'How long have we been doing this?' Kanade thought as she sweated faintly.

'I can't give in first! I was the one who suggested this!' Ellen thought. She cracked one eye open to look at the other members. Ryan was flinching as his legs were asleep and Itsuko was gritting his teeth. Hummy watched with the Healing Chest.

"It looks like the Zen Meditation became a test of endurance," Hummy said softly as the group's feet twitched again.

Hibiki's toes twitched again as she gritted her teeth. 'B-But...I'm at my limit..' She groaned mentally.

'Someone give up...' Kanade muttered mentally while opening one eye.

Ryan opened one eye and saw the trio barely hanging on. He smiled faintly before grunting at the twitching of his toes.

"Hey..." Ryan spoke, getting the girls and Itsuko's attention.

"You guys feel like stopping now?" Ryan chuckled as he fell backwards onto his back, his legs in the air. Itsuko and the girls started laughing at the silly look on his face.

Ryan smiled faintly as he grunted, untangling his legs.

"Oh man, that's better," Ryan said as he sat normally and rubbed his legs, squeezing with his fingers to try and get feeling back into them.

"You need some help, Ryan-san?" Ellen asked. The rest of the group began to stand only to stumble back down because of their still asleep legs.

"You girls might want to massage your legs and get the feeling back into them," Itsuko said, as the group continued to laugh.

Hummy smiled brightly as she watched this while the Healing Chest faintly glowed. The Crescendo Tone was almost done with what she had been cooking up, but was doing some last minute fine-tuning. It wasn't easy connecting to Ryan's mind to see if he knew anything, and she was only able to do it using his Core Medals as a medium. It was a good thing that he had them on/near him the entire time.

Later that night...

Night time had finally come to Kanon town and the surrounding area. Right now, our five young heroes were all together in their individual sleeping bag each, and looking up at the stars.

"What beautiful stars," Ellen said softly. Ryan smiled.

"Yeah. It's a wonder that the simplest of things like looking up at the night sky can be such an enchanting image," Ryan said softly.

"We better get some rest though, everyone. We have to wake up early tomorrow," Hibiki said as she was already feeling tired.

"We're mountain climbing? I'm a little worried about that," Kanade said faintly. Hibiki smiled wryly.

"Don't say that. The view from up top is amazing," Hibiki said, causing Ryan to grin.

"Besides, if all 5 of us work together we'll be up that mountain in no time flat," Ryan said with a fist pumped into the sky.

"Oh hey! A shooting star!" Hummy cheered. She was about to tell the others before she noticed that the girls had fallen asleep as Itsuko and Ryan chuckled softly.

"I think it's time we get some rest, Hummy," Itsuko said. Hummy nodded and began tucking into a ball inside of her special bag that Hibiki usually carried her inside.

Ryan smiled softly and looked up at the stars. But that was when his smile slid off his face as he looked over at his Medal Holder.

"I just hope everything turns out alright. I've been having so many doubts. But I can't give up this power," Ryan said softly. Unknown to him, the Healing Chest gently glowed as the Crescendo Tone was working overtime on her project. It had taken her longer than she had expected.

Meanwhile...

Back in Kanon town, Bassdrum, Baritone, and Falsetto were resting from having gorged on food to try and power up. A sudden loud noise woke them up. As it happened, some construction crew were at work with a Steamroller... that just happened to have a Note stuck on it.

"Ah! A Note!" Bassdrum said with a grin.

"Let's go! Negatone!" Bassdrum called out, sending a wave of Noise to corrupt the Note and turn it into the Steamroller Negatone. The construction crew quickly began to flee as Bassdrum frowned.

"Alright. Let's get some rest and tomorrow we'll begin spreading the Melody of Sorrow," Bassdrum grunted out as he still felt exhausted from the huge meal.

The next morning, the group were up bright and early as they headed towards the location of the mountain climbing. Hibiki and Itsuko were leading the group while Ryan, Kanade and Ellen walked behind them. Kanade and Ellen were a little winded from all this.

"We're almost at the climbing part!" Hibiki called out as she and Itsuko arrived at the location together first. The others followed with Kanade and Ellen dropping to their knees in exhaustion as Ryan took a deep breath. While they felt a little more stronger than when they started training, they had to admit that it was arduous.

"W-We're not done?! I'm exhausted!" Kanade called out as she groaned, Ellen following suit. Ryan chuckled, offering them a bottle of water he had packed into his bag.

"Stay strong, you two. We've only gotta move up this part and I think we'll make it. We even have a chain here to use," Ryan pointed out. He gripped the chain with one hand. Itsuko followed suit, and the two started climbing up.

Regardless of that, Ellen and Kanade didn't want to continue, but at the same time, they didn't want to burden Hibiki with their own weight.

Hibiki shook her head with a wry smile. "That's wrong," she said. "What's more important is having our hearts as one," she revealed. She elaborated when she saw the shocked faces on the other two. "I realized that when we were doing Zen Meditation yesterday," she said as she crouched down to where they were lying.

"Rather than working hard by yourselves..." Kanade started.

"...it's better to have our hearts as one?" Ellen finished the question.

"That's Harmony Power!" Hummy declared, hanging off of Hibiki's back.

Hibiki only smiled as she took the others' packs on her own back. Kanade and Ellen were worried about Hibiki carrying all of their packs, but Hibiki waved their concerns away. "I have pride in my strength!" she said. As Ellen was the lightest, she decided to find the quickest way through. She leaped up with cat-like grace, betraying her former nature.

"Hey, what should I do?" Kanade wondered.

"You'll keep watch at the back! But keep up that kind smile of yours," Hibiki declared.

Kanade heard her, and smiled a very deep smile.

Later, the trio had ascended further up the mountain. According to Ellen, they were almost at the summit. However, Hibiki was having problems. "What's wrong, Hibiki?" Hummy asked as she poked her head out of Hibiki's backpack.

"Well, three bags are kind of heavy," Hibiki said sheepishly. She was sweating fiercely as well. "But I can't be letting us girls down!" she declared loudly. She redoubled her efforts and kept climbing. But no sooner had she taken a few steps, then her footing collapsed under her!

Hibiki screamed as she fell...until Ellen's hand caught her. "Hibiki, you alright?!" she asked in concern. Meanwhile, from below, Kanade started pushing up on the packs on Hibiki's back.

"Ellen! Kanade!" Hibiki said in shock.

"We're almost at the summit, right?" Kanade got out. After all, the weight of three whole bags is heavy. But she smiled anyway. "We'll go together!" she declared. Ellen agreed with the sentiment as well, pulling Hibiki up. Hibiki smiled; she had the best friends in the world! Unbeknownst to them, the Healing Chest reacted inside of Hibiki's backpack.

"Good thing we didn't need to help them, huh?" Itsuko asked. He and Ryan were looking down at the girls as they struggled up the mountain. When Hibiki had slipped, Itsuko had immediately moved to help her, but Ryan had stopped him. He knew how important this was to their development, so as much as he wanted to do something as well, they couldn't interfere.

"Yeah," Ryan agreed with a small smile. But it faded as he looked towards his Medal Holder.

"You're still beating yourself up over that, aren't you?" Itsuko questioned. He had noticed where his friend's gaze had fell.

"I almost killed you, Itsuko. That and I lied to you guys for months. I just don't understand why you guys have forgiven me so easily," Ryan admitted.

"Yeah, you did lie to us. And I won't deny that it hurt; both your beatdown and lying to us," Itsuko said sternly. "But there's no denying all the good you've done too. You're our friend, Ryan. Friends take the bad with the good," he pointed out.

Ryan opened his mouth to say something, but that was when he stopped. The girls had made it up. Itsuko gave him a look that said that this wasn't over, and began pulling them up.

As the Sun rose to begin the day, the trio of Precure basked in its warm glow, the two Riders off to the side. The three marveled at the beauty of the sunrise, hand in hand. The Healing Chest reacted even more, glowing a rainbow light! But the only people who realized this were Hummy, who could sense the power, and Ryan, because he had seen the Episode. "Their hearts are connected," they both said.

...But the moment was ruined when the Fairy Tones flew up, to reveal that the Trio Minor were on a rampage with their Negatone in the middle of the city. The trio looked at each other, before they brought out their Cure Modules. "Time to transform!" they declared. Ryan leapt into action as well, bringing out the OOO Driver.

"Itsuko, you coming?" Ryan asked as he retrieved his Core Medals. It was then that Itsuko got a nervous look on his face. He started rubbing the back of his head.

"Um...about that? After that beat down you gave me earlier, I may have started messing around with the Driver to tweak the output and haven't exactly finished yet," he said with a rickety grin.

"So, in other words, no Birth," Ryan said in a deadpan.

"No," Itsuko agreed.

"...Remind me to hit you later," Ryan said in a displeased tone as he placed the Medals in his Driver. "Henshin," he said, rather than yelled. 'Of all the stupid things he could have done...' he grumbled as the Medal Rings appeared.

TAKA!

TORA!

BATTA!

TA-TO-BA! TATOBA TA-TO-BA!

The Medal Rings locked onto TaToBa, slamming into Ryan and creating the said Multi Combo! At the same time, the Fairy Tones dropped into the Cure Modules.

"Let's Play! Precure Modulation!" the girls declared, drawing G-Clefs with their Modules. A bright light covered the air, before dropping to reveal Cures Melody, Rhythm, and Beat!

"Strumming the-" Melody was about to start, before OOO cut her off.

"This is no time for catchphrases; we need to get down there!" he declared. Melody was off-balance for a second, and glared at him before agreeing.

As the four leapt towards the fray, Itsuko called out, "I'll try to fix it up and meet you there!" He then scrambled for his Driver and his tools, frantically going to where he had opened it up.

Down in the centre of Kanon Town, the Steamroller Negatone blasted out the Melody of Sorrow as it drove along. "Stop that!" a certain trio of voices rang out. The Suite Pretty Cure appeared in the blink of an eye, slamming a triple kick to the Negatone's front roller! But the Negatone was cunning; its eyes glowed as it started spinning its front roller. The trio scrambled to keep themselves on it.

It was then that the Trio Minor appeared, still slightly full from their pigging out. "What a sight, Precure!" Bassdrum mocked. "Negatone! Finish them off!" he declared.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" a voice chimed in. Then, a certain three-part jingle was heard.

SCANNING CHARGE!

"TaToBa Kick!" OOO declared as he launched his Rider Kick at the Trio Minor. They panicked, and fled from the position where he impacted.

"We don't have time for you, OOO!" Bassdrum angrily declared. He then removed a Gorilla Cell Medal from his person. "Take this!" he declared, tossing the Medal at the Negatone. It entered its back, letting loose a Rikugame (Tortoise) Yummy! OOO tensed at this; the Rikugame Yummy was already pretty tough in the show. With it being supercharged from it being created from a Negatone, who knows what might happen?

In the process, though, he had forgotten about the girls, who the Negatone had launched clean across the park they were in.

"This Negatone is pretty strong!" Melody got out.

"But we won't lose!" Rhythm declared.

"Yes," Beat agreed. "We have increased our power levels!" she said as they got up. The Trio Minor ignored that though.

"Go, Negatone!" they declared. The Negatone then rolled after them into an impromptu chase! While the Trio Minor ordered it to run them down, the Precure were having an epiphany.

"We figured it out during the camping trip! Our power wasn't strength alone!" Melody declared, thinking back to when Ellen and Kanade saved her.

"When we're in trouble, our three hearts act as one..." Rhythm started, remembering the different exercises.

"...and overcome everything!" Beat finished for her, remembering the sunrise.

"That is the Precure's power!" the three declared, stopping in front of the Negatone and holding hands. They suddenly glowed in a pink aura. As the Negatone came forward, they charged at it, much to the shock of Hummy and the Fairy Tones. "Their Harmony Power is rising!" she said in shock.

TRIPLE SCANNING CHARGE!

With OOO, he had decided to go for the direct approach. Since an OOO Bash had worked on this Yummy the first time, it should work again was his thought. He was shocked to see that nothing had happened instead when the dust cleared. Before he could react, the Yummy retracted its limbs and spun towards him at high speeds! He was blasted back, stunned by the blow.

OOO pounded the ground. "Damn it! Considering not even SaGoZo can dent this thing normally, I'd have to use PuToTyra to take this thing on!" he said, gritting his teeth. "But I can't! I won't hurt them again!" he declared as he got back onto his feet. Ryan was adamant about not using the Ultimate Combo.

"Then allow me to help," a familiar voice rang out.

OOO was shocked. "Crescendo Tone?" he asked. It was then that he noticed that the Precure had slammed into the Steamroller Negatone, knocking it across the park. The Healing Chest was descending from the heavens to boot.

"I realize you are having a hard time, OOO. Therefore, I took the liberty of preparing these for you," the source of all Music said. A golden light blossomed from the Healing Chest, zipping towards OOO. When the light died down, it revealed, "The Super Core Medals?!" OOO asked in shock. Indeed, it was the Super Taka, Super Tora, and Super Batta Core Medals; identical to the regular version in everything excepting the animal engraving being in gold.

OOO smiled. "Thank you," he whispered in relief. Having another option besides PuToTyra was a huge load off his back! He swapped out the Medals in his Driver, then scanned it again!

SUPER!

SUPER TAKA!

SUPER TORA!

SUPER BATTA!

SU~PER! TATOBA TA-TO-BA!

SUPER!

The Medal Rings reappeared, this time being mostly gold in colour with only splashes of the usual colours, including orange and excluding purple. The Medal Rings locked onto Super Taka, Super Tora, and Super Batta. Forming into a golden version of the TaToBa symbol, it slammed back into OOO, transforming him!

The Taka Head had now evolved into the Super Taka Head, which was visually identical to the Taka Head Brave from TaJaDor. That's where things got interesting. The rest of the bodysuit and armor featured reverse colors. Where there would normally be black, the color of the appropriate Combo piece was there. This even extended to the Combo symbol on his chest, which was outlined in black amidst the red, yellow, and green. The Super Tora Claws extended even further than the Tora Claws Solid, and the Super Batta Legs swept out more than the regular Batta Legs. OOO Super TaToBa Combo had arrived!

"Count Up the Medals! MegaMAX Power!" OOO declared with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the OOO/Fourze Movie War. "Kamen Rider OOO: Super TaToBa Combo!" he introduced.

"Wow..." The girls said in shock. Who would have thought that the Crescendo Tone could make Core Medals? But that was when it started again.

[Insert Song: Regret Nothing ~Tighten Up~ -short ver.- by Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe)]

TA-TO-BA! TATOBA!

"Eh? What's this all of a sudden?!" Bassdrum wondered in pain. The Trio Minor clasped their ears shut against the music.

"That weird music again..." Melody said.

"It's not weird; it's just the Image Song for TaToBa," OOO said indignantly.

"You mean, you know what this is? Did you recognize the other one too?" Beat asked.

"Aren't we forgetting something?" Rhythm asked. The other two Cures then noticed that the Crescendo Tone wanted to speak to them. OOO, on the other hand, leapt into action!

Ano toki aa shite nakereba [If I hadn't done it that time, ah]
Are wo yaretetara... [If I'd just been able to do that]
Moshimo wa katei no hanashi ["What if" is a hypothetical statement]
Genjitsu wa nani mo kawaranai [Nothing will change in reality]

With greater speed, he rushed at the Yummy! Drawing the Super Tora Claws, he slashed away at breakneck speed. The Trio Minor were shocked. "What speed!" Baritone said. "Not even his Yellow Combo went that fast!" he noted.

Falsetto narrowed his eyes. "No," he disagreed. "It's not his speed; he's warping somehow!" he declared. And he was right, in a way. Super TaToBa's Combo Bonus was that it had the ability to stop time. Originally, this was because its Medals came from another time period, but now it was because of the Crescendo Tone!"

Ore wa yowai akirametara [If I gave up, thinking "I'm weak"]
Torikaeshi tsukanai [And I let regret accumulate]
Hodo koukai damatte [To the point that there's no turning back]
Miugoki sae mo torenaku naru [I won't be able to take back even my actions]

"Now's the time, Pretty Cures!" the Crescendo Tone declared. It was finally time for them to use her power properly. The Healing Chest opened and the Precure gathered around it.

"Come out, the Source of all Sound!" they declared. The seven Fairy Tones appeared and all shot a beam of light into the gem in the center. Melody then played the keyboard under it. A pink magic circle formed under them, and the Crescendo Tone awakened, flying out of the Chest!

Minai furi atozusari toorisugi That's too bad [Pretending to not see, recoiling, passing by; that's too bad]
Hito to shite? Ore to shite sore wa shitakunai [As a person, or as myself, I don't want to do that]
Hitotsu dake yaburenai yakusoku [There's only one unbreakable promise:]

As she flew overhead, the Precure clasped their hands together. "Reach it! The Symphony of Hope!" they declared, unleashing a track of rainbow piano keys towards the Negatone. They then leaped forward, flying over the keys! The Crescendo Tone was waiting.

"Precure Suite Session Ensemble!" they declared. As they reached the Crescendo Tone's face, they flew up into it, almost being absorbed. The Crescendo Tone then formed into a fiery phoenix, blazing towards the Negatone! It slammed right through it in a blaze! The Precure landed behind the Negatone. "Finale!" they cried. Hummy quickly purified the Note on the Negatone, reverting it into a Steamroller.

Me no mae de keshisarare sou na hikari ga [If there is a light seeming to be extinguished]
Aru no nara kono te de mamoritai [In front of me, I want to protect it with these hands]
I can go nowhere nigedaseru basho wa nainda [I can go nowhere; I don't have a place to escape to]
Mukiatte tatakau beki Regret Nothing! [I have to face it and fight, Regret Nothing!]

TA-TO-BA! TATOBA!

TA-TO-BA! TATOBA~!

With OOO, he had revealed his Super Taka Wings, which looked like they were ripped right from TaJaDor, and was now flying around the Yummy. He was almost taunting it with how he was attacking. He then released a powerful Razor Wind from the Super Tora Claws that sent the Yummy and the Trio Minor flying. He then decided to wrap things up. He grabbed the O-Scanner and rescanned the Core Medals

SCANNING CHARGE!

"Super TaToBa Kick!" he almost screeched as he spun into the drop kick position. The usual Scanning Charge rings appeared with a hint of gold on the outer rims. Per usual, the red/yellow/green aura formed around him as he passed through the appropriate Rings. He impacted the Yummy, the OOO Multi-King symbol appearing for a brief instant. The Yummy then exploded into Cell Medals as he leaped off of it!

[end song]

"Curse you, Precure! OOO! We'll remember this!" the Trio Minor declared as they hurriedly got on their Noisemobile. They didn't want to have to deal with either OOO's new Combo or the Crescendo Tone. They then drove off. While the Precure were congratulating themselves on their training paying off, a certain figure and Fairy Tone were watching them.

"That Crescendo Tone is quite amazing-dodo," Dodory said to Cure Muse. "But with that much power, maybe," she trailed off. Muse then bowed her head. "Muse? What's the matter-dodo?" she asked. It was then that Muse took off, much to Dodory's shock. She quickly followed after.

Back with the Precure, the Crescendo Tone was congratulating the Precure on their Harmony Power. "We figured out something important thanks to you. Thanks!" the three said.

It was then that Birth flew in. "Aw man! I missed everything!" he complained as he dismissed the Cutter Wing. He then noticed OOO. "Woah, snazzy Combo alert. Where did you get that?" he asked as he removed the Cell Medal in his Driver, powering down into Itsuko.

"The Crescendo Tone gave them to me," OOO replied as he too powered down. Ryan then turned to the Mother of the Fairy Tones. "By the way, how did you do that?" he wondered.

"That is..." the Crescendo Tone started before stopping.

"That is...?" Ryan wondered.

"That is...a secret!" she declared, much to Ryan's consternation. "I will say that I can probably create more Medals like that that match the rest of your regular Medals. Excepting the Purple ones. Something about those feels off," she trailed off.

Ryan wondered about that, before he looked down at the Super Medals in his hand. "Regardless of that, now that I have these, I won't ever have to use PuToTyra ever again!" he vowed. Things were looking up!

"GAH!" A scream was heard, as a certain Astronaut-themed Rider was struck down in a fireball.

"Gentarou-kun!" Another voice was heard calling out in shock as Fourze fell. The source? Kamen Rider OOO: PuToTyra Combo! It was then that a dark chuckling was heard. Stepping out of the fireball was a Rider that resembled a samurai. He even had an asymmetrically placed crescent. OOO recognized him instantly. "Gaim! Why did you do this?!" he demanded.

Gaim chuckled as he picked up Astroswitch #1, Rocket, the only remaining trace of Fourze. "Why? You'd understand better than anyone, OOO. It was simply to fulfill my desire. Nothing more, nothing less," he said. As he did, he brought out a Lockseed Flower, bringing it near the Astroswitch. The Switch was absorbed into the Flower, creating the Fourze Legend Rider Lockseed. "That's three down and one to go for our World," he mused, clipping the Lockseed onto his Holder, which also had the Wizard and Double Legend Rider Lockseeds attached to it.

"That's insane!" OOO declared. "I realize you miss them, but-!" OOO was interrupted by Gaim throwing a furious slash his way.

"They died for nothing!" he seethed in anger. "But with the power you all will give me, I will ascend to Godhood, and bring them back!" he declared, readying his Daidaimaru and Musou Saber.

"I will stop you. Even if that means destroying you," OOO sternly said, punching the ground to retrieve the Medagabryu.

"Hmph. Wouldn't have it any other way, Hino. Now...This is MY stage now!" Gaim declared, bringing down his Cutting Blade once.

(GUITAR RIFF) BURUDDO ORENJI SUKASSHU!
(BLOOD ORANGE SQUASH!)

Wait, Blood Orange Squash? No...it's not Gaim...it's Bujin Gaim.

To be continued in: Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider: OOO & Gaim: The Seeds of Conquest Movie War!