DECADE CHAPTER PART 4: TEAMWORK

As Shinichi walked to school with Rena, Rika and Hanyuu, he was oddly silent. He had told Rena that he'd been unable to catch the thief but she assured him it was fine. That still didn't mean he was going to give up. He had a lot on his mind as well. Gebok was about to start his latest project. He had not told this to anyone, yet, choosing to keep it a secret for now out of necessity. He didn't want them to worry. This assignment was huge. If Gebok was successful, then a lot of people would suffer and die.

Last night, as he was driving home, he had an odd encounter with a man named Narutaki. He'd told Shinichi that Ranma/Decade was the Destroyer of Worlds. After he got home, he'd called Warren to confirm. To his relief, it was just a lie. Shinichi did not want to fight Ranma due to a misunderstanding again, especially since they were going to work together and defeat Gebok.

He was so involved with his thoughts that he didn't notice Mion and Keiichi as he walked right past them.

"Hey, Shin-chan!" Mion yelled, catching the indigo-head's attention. "Forget your manners or something?"

"Oh, sorry, Mion," Shinichi apologized. "Good morning."

"Likewise," Mion greeted back. "You were spaced out just now. Something wrong?"

"Just got a ton of stuff on my mind," said Shinichi.

"Yes, someone stole our Magatama!" Rena informed.

"What!" Keiichi and Mion exclaimed in shock.

"Who was it?" asked Keiichi.

"It was a Rider in blue," answered Shinichi.

"And you haven't caught him?" Mion questioned.

"I'll get him," Shinichi promised. "Now, come on before we're late to class."

Ranma and Kasumi arrived at Shinichi's house on the Machine Decader. "Looks like this is the place."

"It's a nice house," said Kasumi. "Do you think he's around?"

"I dunno, but we might as well say hi," said Ranma.

The two dismounted from the bike and walked to the door. Kasumi rang the doorbell. Feet tapping along the ground was heard as the door was opened. A woman who bore a resemblance to Shinichi opened the door.

This was Shinichi's mother, Shiori Banabara.

"Um…hi?" Ranma greeted, unsure of what to say.

"Hello," Shiori greeted. She had a pen tucked on right ear and glasses. This was what she wore when writing. "Can I help you?"

"Excuse me, but we're here to see Shinichi," said Kasumi.

"Oh, are you friends of my son?" asked Shiori.

"We met yesterday and I was hoping to see if he's around," said Ranma.

"Oh, I'm sorry, but he's in school right now," said Shiori. "If you want you can wait for him. I'll make tea."

"We don't want to be a bother…" said Kasumi.

"Oh, it's no bother. I was thinking of taking a break anyway," said Shiori. "Come in, come in!"

Shinichi couldn't pay attention to his work. Gebok was on his mind and it wasn't good. He knew his obsession with Gebok was unhealthy but what else could he think about when he realized that Gebok was close to completing his agenda. He shuddered to think of the consequences. He imagined innocent people sprawled all over the ground with bleeding necks after they had clawed their throats out.

Rena noticed this too, and she knew he wasn't just worried about the Magatama.

As the final bell rang, Shinichi told his friends, "Sorry, guys, but I have to go. Got something important to do." He then walked out of the classroom with a wave.

Rena didn't like being kept in the dark, especially when it concerned her boyfriend. He hid a lot of things from her and even if he meant well she didn't like how he still kept secrets from her.

When Shinichi arrived at home, he saw his mom chatting happily with a young woman that was dressed like a housewife with brown hair worn in a ponytail. She was pretty too and if Shinichi wasn't with Rena he would've loved to flirt with the woman. However, she wasn't the only guest. Ranma was there too.

"Tadaima!" Shinichi greeted, making his presence known.

"Oh, Shinji. We have guests. They say they know you," said Shiori with a smile.

"I've met Ranma, but who is this?" Shinichi asked.

"I'm Kasumi Tendo," Kasumi greeted, standing up to give a bow. Shinichi bowed back. He looked to see Ranma looking uncomfortable as he stood near the bookcase. Shinichi smiled in amusement.

"So, you've seen my mother's books," Shinichi stated.

"She wrote all this?" Ranma asked incredulously.

"She's famous for it too," said Shinichi proudly. "I know the content is a but perverted, but you can't say nobody enjoys reading it."

"Yeah, you're right," said Ranma. "Anyway, I wanna apologize about what Diend did. I'll help you find him and get them back."

"Thank you. Those Magatama are important," said Shinichi.

"Why, though?" Ranma asked curiously.

"Well, before Rena-chan and I got them, those Magatama were cursed. You see, anyone in possessing of the red Magatama would blindly fall in love with the one holding the white Magatama. Rena swallowed the red one and well the white one ended up in the possession of Dr. Irie. We managed to get to her before she did something she'd regret but in the confusion I ended up swallowing the white one and Rena kidnapped me to show her how much she loved me," Shinichi explained. "Well, we managed to get the Magatama pumped out of our stomachs and Rika-chan had the curse lifted. Since then we've worn them to symbolize our love."

As weird as the story sounded, Ranma's own life had been just as unusual. He was glad that the Magatama didn't exist in his own world or the worlds of other Ranmas. His fiancées and rivals would try to use them for their own gain. He knew the fiancées would try and give him the red one and keep the white one so he'd come to them.

As they were talking, Shinichi's wrist communicator beeped. It was issued to him by Warren. Turning it on, he spoke to it, "Yes?"

"Shinichi, you have to get to Shishibone now. One of the HS transmitters is there," Warren informed him.

"I understand. Showa out," reported Shinichi. He looked to Ranma, "Let's go. There's a transmitter we need to take out."

"Right behind you."

"Kaa-chan, I have to do something! I'll be back for dinner!" Shinichi said to his mother.

The transmitters were on standby mode, so they were emitting a slight frequency right now and waiting to receive the commands from Gebok to unleash the Hinamizawa Syndrome on an unsuspecting populace. This, however, allowed Warren to pinpoint their exact location. The one in Shishibone City was located on the roof of a tall business building.

The transmitter resembled a satellite dish attached to a computer. It was also being guarded by GIN-SHOCKER soldiers clad in black uniforms with rib-like patterns on their chests, wearing the GIN-SHOCKER belt buckle and wearing masks that concealed their faces and made them resemble Luchadors.

Shinichi and Ranma managed to sneak their way up to the roof. They kept themselves hidden as they watched the soldiers. "Looks like it's guarded," said Ranma.

"These guys are easy to take down," Shinichi remarked.

Among the GIN-SHOCKER soldiers was a Cyborg Mutant. The Kaijin resembled a humanoid hawk with steel talons and wings. It wore a GIN-SHOCKER belt like the soldiers and black pants as well as steel armor on its chest and shoulders. Its name was Cyber Hawkroid.

"That, however, is another matter," Shinichi told Ranma. "So, guess there's no choice but to go in with guns blazing."

"Guess not," Ranma nodded. He put on his Decadriver and Shinichi summoned his belt.

As the soldiers and the Cyborg Mutant stood guard, the sudden announcement of, "Kamen Ride: Decade!" caused them to look towards the direction of the sound, only to see Showa and Decade charge at them.

"Kamen Rider!" Cyber Hawkroid squawked. "Get them!" he ordered the soldiers who abandoned their assignment to confront the Kamen Riders.

"They're just puppets," Showa informed Ranma, "So it's okay to kill them."

"Got it," agreed Decade.

The two Riders fought the soldiers, which was easy. They were rather weak. A few fell when hit by the Riders and another few were knocked off the rood and plummeted to the ground below. Showa saw the transmitter and ran towards it, only for Cyber Hawkroid to get in his way and slash at his chest.

"Don't you even dare, #13," Hawkroid glared at Showa.

"Oh, I think I do," retorted Showa as he charged at the Kaijin in front of him. He went for a roundhouse that was blocked by Hawkroid's forearm and was knocked backwards by a powerful palm strike that caused sparks to fly when Hawkroid's talon hit his chest. Hawkroid laughed but then a kick in the face courtesy of Decade ceased his amused chortling.

"Hey, you okay?" Decade asked Showa.

"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Showa.

"Let's take him down and then we can shut down that transmitter," suggested Decade. Showa nodded.

Working together, they attacked Hawkroid. Hawkroid was sent staggering as Decade and Showa's fist and feet hit him. Spreading his wings, Hawkroid rose into the air and hovered above Decade and Showa. "Take this!" Hawkroid flapped his wings and fired steel feathers at the Riders. The feathers were like arrows and stuck to the ground. Sparks scratched off the Riders' armor as they flew past.

"Kuso…" Decade cursed as he drew his Ride Booker and began to bat the feathers away. Showa also drew his Showa-Blade and was deflecting the feathers raining down on them.

"The sky is my domain, Kamen Rider!" declared Hawkroid proudly. "You can't win against me!"

"We'll see about that!" Decade shot back as he drew a card and put it in his Decadriver to activate it.

"Form Ride: Blade Jack!"

"Let's Ride: Skyrider!"

Decade assumed the form of Kamen Rider Blade as Showa assumed the form of Skyrider. D-Blade's body glowed gold as wings spread from his back. Skyrider was green with a red chestplate, red scarf and black boots and gloves. He was also the only Showa Era Kamen Rider capable of flight.

Showa-Skyrider and D-Blade JF shot into the air to engage the Hawkroid. Hawkroid was shocked but then cried out as Decade's Ride Booker's blade slashed across his chest. Showa-Skyrider went for a high kick that slammed into Hawkroid's chin. Hawkroid slashed at them with his wings but the two Riders flew out of the way.

"Time to finish this," Showa-Skyrider said to his partner.

"Alright, you're right," nodded Decade as he drew a card.

"Final Attack Ride: B-B-B-Blade!"

"SKY RIDER KICK!" Showa-Skyrider declared as he got into a flying kick position and rocketed towards Hawkroid. D-Blade also flew at the GIN-SHOCKER Kaijin as electricity crackled around the Ride Booker's blade.

The Rider Kick hit the Darkloid at the same time D-Blade's sword struck. Hawkroid cried out as his entire body erupted. The explosion knocked Showa and Decade out of the air and landing roughly on the roof of the building.

As they recovered, Showa went towards the transmitter and drew his gun. Taking aim, he fired at the transmitter at point blank range.

BANG!

A single shot from the Showa-Blaster had destroyed the transmitter.

"Alright, no more transmitter," said Showa as he reverted back to human form along with Ranma. As they turned, a blonde man in sunglasses, a white fedora and lab coat applauded them. "Gebok…"

"Greetings, BLACK 13," Gebok said with an insane grin as he stood before Shinichi and Ranma. Shinichi's eyes narrowed at the man.

"What do you want, Gebok?" Shinichi snarled.

"Ah, why the angry face? Didn't you like my present?" Gebok pouted.

"You're attempting to commit genocide!" Shinichi growled. "Purposely trying to activate the Hinamizawa Syndrome in these people! You sick freak! How could you!" He was glad that Warren had informed him of Gebok's plan.

"I didn't realize how negative you'd think of this. I hate to see what your reaction will be about the others," Gebok said making Shinichi blood run cold.

"Others…" Shinichi uttered. Warren had told him about those. The other NEO-NUMBERS were out searching for them. Best that Gebok didn't know.

"Indeed. Transmitters in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, London, New York, Kuala Lumpur, and a special hidden one in Hinamizawa all waiting to be activated and trigger the Hinamizawa Syndrome. What a glorious sight that would be, don't you agree?" Gebok grinned as Shinichi shook in anger.

"DAMN YOU!" Shinichi shouted, running at Gebok only to be knocked backward as the top half of Gebok exploded revealing it to be only a machine decoy. "No!"

"I take it that was Gebok," Ranma commented.

"Yes, but a decoy. He's too much of a coward to face me himself," Shinichi frowned as he got up.

"Are you okay?" Ranma asked.

"I'm fine, but we have to get back to Hinamizawa. There's a transmitter there that we have to take out before it activates," Shinichi said to Ranma. Since everyone in Hinamizawa had the syndrome, the activation would cause a severe reaction. An immediate outbreak of LV5 would be horrifying. Even with the immunization, the syndrome could still be activated by Gebok. Shinichi could not and would not allow that to happen.

Kamen Rider Chrome: They took down the transmitter but there's still more.