Pega-Rider: Hi there readers! Now back with me, Pega-Rider! After the full swing in previous chapter, let's move to more breathing chapter, as this will feature some slapstick scene, from our heroine Homura of all people. Without further ado, let's start!
DISCLAIMER: Me, Pega Rider doesn't own Kamen Rider and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and the only one I have in this story is the story itself and Kamen Rider Mariachi. Kamen Rider belongs to Toei Co. Ltd., and Puella Magi Madoka Magica belongs to Magica Quarters & Aniplex. Also, Kamen Rider Fraise is owned by Pikatwig, while other characters featured here is belonged to their respective owners. And some of ideas used here regarding Lockseeds and such that will be featured in near future are courtesy of KKD and Pikatwig.
Previously in Kamen Rider Gaim Magica...
Team Gaim dance gang's leader, Tomoe Mami, vanishes without a trace. Looking for her, Homura, Madoka, and Sayaka stumble upon a forest filled with otherworldly creatures. Using the power of mysterious belt and locks, Akemi Homura transforms into Kamen Rider Gaim!
In the forest Homura and her friends had been visited, there were several people in green hazmat suits with Yggdrasil logo, implying that they were researchers for Yggdrasil Corporation. One of the researchers wearing the belt looking exactly like Homura's belt (but with blank picture and no knife present) plucked one of premature Lockseed, which turns into Matsubokkuri Lockseed soon after. Other researchers were recording their research while taking a note from its progress. Other researcher operated his laptop to monitor something within research area. One that lurked around foliage recorded the research with his camera.
The research was disrupted as the researchers heard someone screaming. There were two researchers trying to run away, from two Elementary Inves following them. As they spotted the Inves, the rest of researchers immediately cancel their research progres and ran away for their lives. The two Inves followed them tardily, as the bulbous body of theirs sort of hindered their movement. Suddenly, one of the Inves received a strike from a white blur. The one who attacked the Inves was revealed to be the white samurai-like warrior with melon-themed armors akin to Gaim. On her left hand was a gold-and-green shield, slightly reminiscent of her own helmet. On her belt had similar picture of Gaim's except that it had her helmet over white background; and it had an opened Melon Lockseed with its lower part contained a picture of her own shield drawn in classic Japanese style similar to Orange Lockseed had. She was Kamen Rider Zangetsu, in Melon Arms.
Zangetsu proceeded to hack and slash both Inves mercilessly with her Musou Saber, without giving any openings for them to strike back. She then slashed with charged Musou Saber as the melon slice-like aura emitted from the sword's slash, adding power to her strike strong enough to destroy them. After the fight, the researchers walked over Zangetsu to thank for her help. She scoffed as she couldn't care less, though.
(Suddenly the current scene zipped open to reveal the opening scene.)
(Cue Opening: Just Live More by Gaim no Kaze)
(As the opening begins, the core six Kamen Riders: Gaim, Baron, Ryugen, Zangetsu, Fraise, and Mariachi were posing on their ways, focusing on Kamen Rider Gaim, the orange Rider. The plants on the forest diminishes to reveal an object, where the weapons of those Riders smashed to reveal the title card.)
KAMEN RIDER GAIM MAGICA
Got it Move... Wow...
Don't say No! Just Live More!
(The scene shifted to a room with Samurai armors displayed, and the Riders were standing beside each armors)
Don't Say No! Just Live More!
(Gaim pointed her Musou Saber, Musou Saber while on her reflection under her was Akemi Homura)
Survival, You gotta move
(Homura ran to the fence with locks)
Gendai wa sanagara Sengoku
(She saw her another self holding an Orange Lockseed, walking away from the crumbling fence)
Dare ga kachi nukeru?
(There were Team Baron members: Sakura Kyouko, Ky, and Miwa were seen dancing in front of the building.)
Kagi wa hirake rarete shimatta
(Homura and Kyouko stared to each other, while in their reflection, Gaim and Baron charged to each other. In the reflection were Homura and Kyouko holding Orange and Banana Lockseeds respectively while doing some kind of hand-wrestle.)
(Don't say No! Just Live More!)
(Miki Sayaka held the Strawberry Lockseed while watching them with worry, and she saw her Rider form, Fraise in her reflection much to her surprise.)
Doko ni aru? Dou tsukau?
(Himemiya Himeko picked up Budou Lockseed and tried to approach her older sister, Himemiya Chikane who held Melon Lockseed but stopped by a fence. On the reflections, Ryugen was stopped by Zangetsu with Musou Saber.)
Kindan no Kajitsu
(Gaim in watermelon Mecha, Suika Arms flew as it transformed to Gyro Mode, while Baron and Fraise zoomed up with their bikes. Then the scene shifted to the characters activating their Sengoku Drivers, from Zangetsu, Baron, and Gaim in order.)
Ima to iu kaze wa
(Kamen Rider Gaim were seen transforming into Orange Arms, and ready for combat.)
Dare mo tsutaeru tame
(Team Gaim were seen dancing in front of the same building, focused on Kaname Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka. The scene shifted to Homura and Madoka, while in their reflection were Kyouko and the girl in white, who in fact looks like Madoka.)
(Omae no moto ni fuku?)
(Zangetsu pointed his Musou Saber to viewer with series of spear-wielding pinecone-themed Riders behind her, while scene shifted to Gaim slashing and hacking those pinecone Riders, while in her reflection was Baron instead.)
(Tsuyoku tsuyoku Blowin' Up)
(Ryugen shoots and breaks the fence before barging in, while facing Zangetsu.)
Ashita ga, Yume ga, mada mienakute mo
(Team Gaim finished dancing, and they disappeared, the girl in white appeared in their place and pointing to the viewer.)
Soko Genkai? Seiipai
(The scene shifted to a blonde, twin-drill-haired girl in western-themed poncho and cowboy hat surrounded by the pinecone-themed Riders, holding the Coffee Lockseed. In her reflection was Mariachi.)
Ikite iru to ieru nara
(Team Baron continued dancing, then the scene shifted to Baron hacking and slashing the Elementary Inves horde in Helheim Forest.)
Utsumukuna yo (Kao agero) Doko made demo (Mageru koto naku)
(The weapons and broken armors of Orange Arms, Banana Arms, Budou Arms, Melon Arms, and Pine Arms were shown along with their respective closed Lockseeds.)
Shinjita michi o yuke! (JUST LIVE MORE!)
(Homura tried to reach Madoka, but the former was stopped by a fence where the plant grows on. She yelled in desperation while holding the fence...)
Don't Say No! Just Live More!
(Gaim rushes on her horse, along with the other five Riders...)
Lock 2: Hissatsu! Pine Kick
It was morning with sun had risen, and the routine activity was going in the day. In Homura's apartment however, in her room, she was still sleeping, wearing pajama. Seconds after, she woke up and stretched her arms. Homura then wiped her eyes, and turned to see the clock beside her.
It showed 6 o'clock! Sure, that was late considering that school started 7 o'clock,
"Oh crap, I'm late!" Homura gawked as she hurried to get up from bed, then proceeded to slam the cupboard doors open before taking the school uniforms. After getting dressed, she brought her schoolbag and took a bread from the pantry, and then put it into her schoolbag. Oh, she had taken bath minutes before getting dressed, but she forgot to wash her hair, so it was a bit dry and messy. Even if she combed her hair, there were some hairs a bit out. She then proceeded to wear her shoes before stormed out of her house and locking its door.
After left the apartment, Homura ran on her way to school through some blocks. She then checked the watch on her left wrist, and it showed 6:30. She gasped as she had very little time to go to school, as it wasn't close to her apartment. Homura had to take a ride on a bus before walking again. She had to arrive on time, or else she couldn't enter the school and marked as absent.
...Except that she realized that she still had something in her bag. She then checked the bag to take the belt buckle, Sengoku Driver she got yesterday and a couple of Lockseeds, specifically Orange and Ichigo. Homura realized that she could use her power as Gaim to get her out of this problem as soon as possible. She then slapped the buckle on her tummy to have it produced the belt wrapping around waist. She then looked at her Orange Lockseed, suddenly remembering what Sayaka had said yesterday.
(Cue Flashback)
"Oh!" Sayaka gawked. "You... You just transformed into... A... Kamen Rider!" Sayaka finished as she recreated the first Kamen Rider, Ichi-go (#1)'s pose.
(End Flashback)
She realized that now she was called as Kamen Rider and noticed that Sayaka did some kind of pose that a Kamen Rider would do did at that day, she began to think that she should make one. But no, she hadn't any time to do that, so...
"Henshin!" Homura yelled as she simply opened her Lockseed before she inserted it into the Drive Bay on the belt and locked it on.
ORANGE!
While the giant metallic orange appeared above Homura, some of passerby saw the event and watched her to their amazement and surprise. Some of them tried to record it with their phone to documentate it. Who knows if they were about to upload it to some sites? The black-haired girl listened to the old Japanese tune played from her Sengoku Driver for a while as it sounded a bit catchy to her ears. However, she realized that she had little time to do this, so she immediately pushed the knife on her belt to slice the "fruit" open.
SOIYA!
The orange fell on her head before it unfolded, transforming her into Gaim.
ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!
Gaim then proceeded to jump over the house, and the young women who watched her transformation keep recording her actions. Gaim leaped from houses to houses and buildings to buildings. She jumped over them with ease as the power of her armor enabled Gaim to jump high and far due to enhancement on her body. However, she must be careful as...
BONK!
A baseball hit her head from behind when Gaim was about to jump, thus sending her falling. Her sheer weight from the armor had her falling hard, breaking a rack of flower pots below her along with the pots themselves. When she got up, she turned around to see an old man in kimono frowned angrily on her. The man sighed madly and he gritted his teeth as he readied a broom in his hand. Gaim gasped and covered her mouthpiece with her hand as she saw the man much to her surprise.
"YOU CUR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" The old man snapped angry.
"I-I'm sorry! I'll make up for these!" Gaim gawked. When she was about to leave, the man grabbed her on her back armor.
"You won't leave until you clean this mess!" He hissed.
"But I'm in hurry!" Gaim retorted.
"NO BUTS!" The old man shouted near her head. "Clean these now and I don't care what a predicament you're in. Do it, NOW!"
"Okay..."
After few minutes of cleaning the mess, Gaim turned around to see if the old man was still around, and luckily, he wasn't. She then sneakily took her leave before he returned. When the old man returned, he noticed that the mess was cleaned, and no trace of broken racks and pots. He sighed in relief as he held an envelope of some sort. However, he learned that Gaim alrady left seconds ago.
"What a waste..." The old man sighed disappointed. "I was about to give these..." He opened the envelope to reveal... some money?
Back to Gaim. She managed to get into streets, and she spotted a bus running. She leaped onto the bus, getting a free ride. Somebody on the street could notice her atop the bus much to their confusion.
After few kilometers, she jumped out of bus and ran to the alleys. She then jumped again onto the building, and leaped from the one to another. After few leaping, she arrived at school. Lucky that she arrived a minute before the school started. She hid behind one of trees in front of school before closing the Lockseed to cancel her transformation, and running into the school.
In class 2-A, Homura arrived when almost all of students were already present. Sayaka, Madoka and Hitomi noticed her coming and walked over.
"Hi there, Homu-chan." Sayaka greeted friendly.
"Hi Sayaka-tachi." Homura replied.
"It's so unusual you came a bit late." Madoka said.
"Well, you won't believe what I've been through." Homura said. She noticed that she was still wearing Sengoku Driver complete with the Lockseed! She then immediately removed the belt and Lockseed before putting them back into her schoolbag.
LOCK OFF!
Both Madoka and Sayaka were stunned a bit to see this. They never saw Homura this awkward before.
"Don't tell me... you Henshin'd on your way here?!" Sayaka gawked. She couldn't believe that Homura would even bother to transform just to get into school on time.
"Like I said, you won't believe what I've been through." Homura sighed.
"That must be very interesting." Hitomi smirked.
The school bell rang, and all students sat on their respective seats. Homura checked her schoolbag to look for something. Her eyes widened as she noticed something was off. Homura forgot to bring her homework!
"Crap!" Homura gaped, loud enough for Madoka to hear her.
"What's wrong, Homura-chan?" Madoka asked.
"I can't believe it..." Homura muttered. "I forgot my Math homework!"
"Eeeeeeh?!" Sayaka gawked in surprise.
"Well, if that's the case, I'll lend you mine!" Madoka said as she brought her homework.
"That's okay! It's not like I-" Homura refused. However, Madoka insisted to lend her homework for Homura to copy.
"Don't worry! You don't have to copy my answer!" Madoka insisted.
"Okay..." Homura said as she took Madoka's homework. She then proceeded to copy the problem from Madoka's homework, and then answered it on her own. However, as she was close to work on the last problem, the Math teacher came to the class. She was a bespectacled magenta-haired young woman in neat business uniform. Her appearance looked very catchy, especially to male students as she possessed the wonderful hourglass-figured body. She was the Math teacher and homeroom class teacher, Kazami Mizuho.
"Attention!" the class chairman commanded. "Stand up!" The entire class' students stood up to the chairman's command. "Greet!"
"Good morning, ma'am!" The entire class students greeted Mizuho.
"Good morning, class." Mizuho replied. The class then students sit back. "Have you worked on the homework yesterday? If so, then please collect your homework here."
While the students collected their homework, Homura was working on the last bit of the problems. She then finished soon after and proceeded to collect it.
In P.E. Class, the Class 2-A and 2-B were having some sport. Some were having badminton, while the others were playing soccer or gymnastics. Homura, Sayaka, and Madoka were watching the boys playing soccer.
"Well, you won't believe it, but I got up late and... yeah, I Henshin'd like you said to get here." Homura explained.
"Hmm... it's a bit embarassing, you know?" Madoka said. "I mean, if someone see you transforming, it could be awkward, right?"
"I know. But for some reason, I feel a bit awesome as I transformed. I know Kamen Riders wouldn't use this kind of power just for perks, would they?"
"Of course!" Sayaka beamed. "Their power is to help people after all!"
"Look!" Madoka pointed. The girls then looked what she pointed.
There was a soccer ball stuck in a tree. Some students gawked at this, and they were trying to get help. Not to mention that the tree was a bit high. Seeing this, an idea came up in the bluenette's mind.
"Helping time!" Sayaka beamed as she dragged Homura away. They then walked over and entered a school storage.
"Geez, what's gotten into you?!" Homura asked annoyed. She was a bit irked that Sayaka dragged her into such place out of blue.
"Now that nobody sees you here, it's perfect place to transform!" Sayaka beamed.
"You've gotta be kidding me..." The ebony-haired girl sighed.
"But first, you need a Henshin pose! Like this!" Sayaka said as she swung her left hand over from right to the left while her right hand placed beside her waist, and then she placed the left hand beside the waist and stretched her right hand leftwards; thus recreating Kamen Rider Ichi-go's Henshin pose.
"Henshin pose, huh..." Homura sighed as she wore Sengoku Driver. She took a breath, and then she stretched her right hand leftwards, while her left hand was on her right elbow.
"Hen~ Shin!" Homura exclaimed as she... lamely swung both hands rightwards. She then pushed Orange Lockseed forward and unlocked with flat face expression.
ORANGE!
Homura then inserted the Lockseed into Sengoku Driver and locked it on.
LOCK ON!
The giant orange appeared above her as the standby music played.
"What a catchy tune, eh?" Sayaka said as she listened the standby music played form Sengoku Driver.
"Well, I guess..." Homura shrugged. She then pushed the knife on Sengoku Driver.
SOIYA!
ORANGE ARMS!
"Sugoi..." Sayaka awed as she watched Homura transforming into Gaim.
Seconds later, Gaim and Sayaka came back to the place near the tree where the ball was stuck. Sayaka knew this would be easy for Gaim, as she believed that her powers as Gaim might help somehow. However, Gaim's mere presence took several attention from other students and some of teachers. The boy students who played soccer ran to the place where Gaim was.
"Now you know what to do right?" Sayaka asked.
"I do, right?" Gaim replied as she jumped to the tree where the ball stuck, and then she quickly grabbed the ball. "Here!"
Gaim then threw the ball to one of players, but unfortunately it hit him at head, knocking him out. Gaim gaped under her helmet as she accidentally knocked one of soccer player out cold. "Oh no!" Gaim gasped.
"Aww... What to do..." Sayaka muttered. Madoka who saw this event just facepalmed in response. She didn't believe Homura she knew would do something stupid like that. Seriously, transforming just for small matters?
"Homura-chan..." Madoka deadpanned.
Hours later, the students were having a break time. Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, and Hitomi were going for a lunch, bringing their respective lunch of course. Soon, they met a roly-poly male teacher with sleek hair in pink-striped white shirt, black pants, and black leather shoes. He noticed the girls, and walked over.
"Hi there, girls." The fat teacher greeted. "Where are you going now?"
"Well, We're about to have a lunch." Hitomi answered.
"I'm sorry to bug you, but... Can you help me to bring the files from my office to administration room?" Fat teacher asked.
"Sure."
Then, in the teachers' office, the girls found a LOT of files stacking around the fat teacher's table. They were mostly paperworks, and even if there were all four of them, they were still a bit heavy to carry. Why that fat guy didn't ask for boys instead? Of course, the four girls just stared in confusion. Then once again, an idea came up in Sayaka's mind.
"Hey, Homu-chan?" Sayaka whispered.
"Huh?" Homura asked, but since she was a bit loud, Sayaka hushed.
"Maybe you can Henshin and carry all those paperworks."
"Are you serious?!"
"Well, if you want to leave us with back problems."
"Tch. I hate to say this, but good idea." Homura nodded. She then left teacher's office.
In ladies' toilet, Homura was inside the toilet room. She wore the Sengoku Driver and took out Orange Lockseed.
LOCK ON!
The girl in next toilet room could heard the noise. She then looked up to see the zipper portal, which she gawked upon.
SOIYA! ORANGE ARMS!
Suddenly the orange splashes gushed from below the border between toilet rooms much to her surprise.
Gaim then went out of ladies' toilet and a girl who spotted her going out stared at the orange-armored Kamen Rider. Soon after...
"KYAAAAAAAAAH!"
Out of blue, the girl screamed. Suddenly Gaim was bombarded with pails and bailers, even some mop were thrown at her. The girl thought that Gaim was a dude, but actually, they could be wrong.
"Hey-! Stop it! I-I'm not dude!" Gaim gawked as she tried to escape from the mad bombardment.
Soon after, Gaim managed to escape. She returned to teachers' office, and noticed that Madoka and the others weren't present. Perhaps they've went ahead for lunch? Who knows. Gaim shrugged and then with all of her might, she lifted all paperworks of the fat teacher from earlier and carrying them out of office. All the way to administration room, Gaim carried all those stacks of paperworks while walking slowly. The students and some teachers around her on the way were staring at her with confusion look, mentally questioning her sanity to wear such outfit in the school. She couldn't care less, though.
...Until she slipped on a staircase, thus made her falling and stumbling to the middle of staircase with wider floor. The students who heard the commotion immediately ran over to check her condition. When fell, Gaim lamely kicked out one of her feet, and the paperworks around her were messily scattered around. Then, Madoka and the other girls arrived.
"Are you okay?" Hitomi asked.
Soon, the fat teacher arrived to see the armored warrior's condition. He seemed a bit annoyed, though.
"What the heck are you playing at?!" The fat teacher asked annoyed. He kind of worried, though.
"Oww..." Gaim groaned. "Could you give me a hand, Sensei?" Gaim asked politely as she reached her hand out. "I'm so sorry about this."
Later, after school ended, Homura walked on a park on her way home. She sighed that the power she had couldn't help her or anybody else. She had thought it could be great idea to help people, but she know it didn't end up well. It sucked, Big. Time.
"Okaa-saaaaaaan!"
Homura heard someone crying, and she turned to see a young boy in a tree, as if he was stuck and couldn't climb down.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Homura called out.
"I climbed this tree and now I can't get down!" the boy cried.
This made Homura think about transforming once more. Well, initially she was against it as the idea mostly came up from Sayaka, but that's no time to argue. She had to take the boy down or else his parents worried sick just to find him!
"Just hold on! I'll get you down!" Homura yelled as she pulled out the buckle from her schoolbag, and wearing it. She was about to pull out the Lockseed, when she saw it wasn't where she put it!
"Huh?" Homura gawked as she checked all of the pockets in skirt, shirt, and vest. "I could've sworn the lock was right..." She found nothing when she didn't know that her Orange Lockseed hanged on the strap of her bag all along.
"You're not going to get anywhere by crying, boy." A new voice said.
"That voice..." Homura muttered as she turned her attention to the new person. It was... "Kyouko..."
"You have a choice to make..." The redhead girl told the boy. "Jump down now... or remain trapped in that tree all day."
'Is she nuts?!' Homura thought.
The boy nodded, and then he jumped out the tree, and Kyouko caught him! Much to Homura's surprise.
"Good choice. You're definitely strong." Kyouko smiled at the young boy, helping him down and at his feet.
"That could be bad..." Homura muttered. Kyouko turned as she could heard the former. She then turned back to the boy.
"Remember, boy. In the end, you must always rely on your own strength. No matter what." Kyouko told the boy.
"Um! Arigatou, nee-chan!" The boy thanked before leaving.
Kyouko then turned to see Homura. "Oh, Akemi. What're you doing here?" the former asked.
"I'm on my way home." Homura answered. "And you?"
"I'm going to Western Stage." Kyouko answered, with a smug grin. "Our first performance in the stage used to be yours."
The Baron leader then left, leaving Homura wondered, and thinking more about Team gaim she left.
Later, Homura had gone home and entered her room. She then put the buckle down and began to think as she jumped onto bed.
"This isn't working." Homura sighed as she looked at Sengoku Driver. She then looked up and pondered. "Damn Sayaka and her bubbly head."
While she was thinking, Homura was brought out of her thought by ringing from her phone.
"Hello?" Homura asked as she answered the phone.
"Homura-chan? Did you ever hear anything from Mami-san?" Madoka's voice asked over the phone.
Homura then realized that she hadn't heard anything from Mami since other day.
"No, actually." Homura answered. Madoka then turned to the team practicing dance, instructed by Sayaka.
"She never got back last night." Madoka added. "She never came back to the garage either..."
Homura sighed, as she felt worried about her. Who knows if Mami got killed by an inves in that forest?
"Maybe we should head back to the portal."
Later that day, Homura, Madoka, and Sayaka walked back towards where they found the portal before. However, they found out the portal was gone, and so were all the plants there. It only left an empty ground.
"It's like a different place yesterday." Homura noticed as she remembered how it had been yesterday. The contrast to it was at the moment.
"Was it all a dream?" Madoka gawked.
"I don't think so." Homura replied as she showed Sengoku Driver and two Lockseeds she got yesterday.
"Then does that mean... Mami-san's still in there?!" Sayaka gawked shocked. "What if Mami-san never got out of that weird forest, and one of those monsters would've gotten her?"
Homura recalled an event in her time as Puella Magi. She remembered that in Witch's Labyrinth. In the previous timeline, Mami got decapitated by the Witch, Charlotte as it ate her head. If Homura hadn't become Puella Magi and saved Mami by going back to the time, Mami couldn't live a life as Beat Riders along with ex-Puella Magi and Team Gaim would've never existed. But she knew that Mami wouldn't fall that easy, even if she lost her powers as Puella Magi.
"Hey, don't think like that." Homura told the pinkette. "I mean, Mami's always been got lost in her own kind of little world and wandered off somewhere without telling anyone, isn't she?"
"But the team's in trouble now!" Madoka reminded. "You both know that she wouldn't leave us at the time like this!"
But then Madoka remembered something crucial regarding Team Gaim, and the day the girls found the belt.
"Wait... She said that the belt we found in the forest would turn things around for us... Then... give it back!" Madoka said.
"Huh?" Homura asked.
"The belt! No offense, but you're not the part of the team anymore, and it's not going to help us bit if you keep it."
"If that's you wish." Homura sighed as she handed the buckle to Madoka. The pinkette sighed, ready for anything as she slapped the buckle onto her waist, and...
"Eh?" She gawked, noticing that nothing happened. "Is it broken?"
"Then lemme." Sayaka said, taking the buckle and doing the same, but nothing happened as well!
"Weird, when I do this..." Homura noted as she took the buckle back, then did the same, finally bring up the belt around her waist! "It works for me."
"Really?" Both other girls gasped to their shock.
"Well, let's ask the Lock Dealer." Homura suggested. "He's probably at Bandou's place right now."
And so the three walked off, unaware of someone watching them and recording with handycam. Inside his car, there was a file with Yggdrasil Corporation logo on its cover, revealing that he was indeed an employee of Yggdrasil...
"Well, yeah, it's Sengoku Driver." Sid began. He then took a bite on a butter cookies he held.
"Sengoku Driver?" Madoka asked confused.
"Does it has something to do with Warring States Period?" Sayaka asked, seemingly out of blue.
"Well, I dunno why it's named so." Sid answered as he placed the cookie he bit back to the plate. "The thing I know is it locks itself to the first person who puts it on."
"Eh?" The girls gasped.
Sid chewed the cookies in his mouth, before he noted, "Yeah, looks like that Mami's a few cards short... I give her unbeatable deal, and she lets someone else wear it first... Why'd she let you have it?"
"Why should I know?" Homura scoffed. "We just found it in some strange forest beyond the zipper portal like Inves usually come out."
Sid then turned to Madoka, and asked, "So you girls are Gaim's dancers too?"
"Yeah, but Homu-chan left the team." Sayaka answered.
"You're in Baron's sights, ain't you? That's no good." Sid asked. "I can offer you another Lock Seed for that driver. That's if you ready to fight your old friend." Sid then browsed his inventory with his iPad.
"Really?" The girls gawked.
"Well, Ky, the right-hand dude of Kyouko chick... He doesn't open any locks under C Class." Sid recalled as he browsed his Lockseed catalogue. "So you'll need a C+ or a B Class Lock to go against him, or..."
Sid then tapped on the image of Lockseed with pineapple design and "LS-05" code on the catalogue, and the details of the lock complete with its price. He then showed it to the girls.
"...Something like this."
"And?" Homura asked Sid.
He showed them the price. And it was a... fantastic price. "It comes out to this."
"The heck?!" Sayaka gasped in shock.
"No way!" Homura gawked.
"We can't pay that!" Madoka sighed, nearly whined. "Even if we pool our money together."
"And no discount or credits." Sid smirked. "If you can't pay, then I won't hand it over."
Later, the girls left Drupers. Sayaka turned and glared at Sid, who was still snacking on his cookies. Much to Homura's chagrin, she then dragged Sayaka out.
On the Western Stage Team Baron cheated to get, in which the cheating part was unknown to their leader Kyouko, the black-and-red-coated dance gang were performing their routine to a crowd. The solemn yet funky soul music was played during the dance, with the dancers performed dancing move uniformly, as if their leader moved the entire group. Not to mention that they danced like professional boyband, except that there were minor portion of female members, which includes the leader herself.
The group stepped side-to-side as they thrusted their hands to the way they moved. The team then cocked their arms before stretching their arms aside while stepping leftwards. They then circled their arms below when crouching and cocked their shoulders when they had their arms positioned diagonally. They then swung over their arms before locked them on the elbows when they cocked their head aside. They then turned around and swung their arms below before they skipped and turned around. They swung their arms over across each other before resting them and cocked their heads left to right and vice-versa.
The team then stepped side-to-side when they shifted their body left and right and the hands rested on waists. They swoop with their feet and swung their arms aside in circular motion. They cocked their heads while rested one of their hands on chest before they turned and cocked their body. The entire team stepped randomly before jumped with one of their hands raised, and then cocked their arms while crouched a bit again. They spun around before moved their arms one by one as if they drew a cross.
Kyouko then moved her arms aside to have the team split into three row, with the pioneers of Team Baron were in hindmost of each row; Kyouko at the middle, Ky at the left, and Miwa at the right. The team then split up while Kyouko moved to the most forward of formation, and the rest of team split up to her sides, with three member in each side. Kyouko then thrusted her arms aside in order to move her subordinates beside her, and cocked their arms open. They then hovered their hands over their head as if they wore hat (though some of them really wore hats) while rocked their body.
Suddenly, the music stopped as a gang in black-and-yellow jackets arrived on the stage. They were the Beat Riders team known as Team Raid Wild. One of them was a boy in similar jacket over black-and-white shirt and black jeans. His hair was on a bop cut and a hairpin clipped on his hair. His face, however, looked like a girl with green eyes. He was the leader of Raid Wild, Kinoshita Hideyoshi.
"How 'bout you quit your lame dancing, and let us have this stage, huh, Baron?" Hideyoshi provoked.
"Raid Wild!" Ky growled, about to step forward, but stopped by Kyouko. She scoffed, thinking that they could be no better than Baron.
"Y'guys talk big." Kyouko smirked, looked down at Hideyoshi with confidence, and a bit of arrogance. She knew that Baron was the best dance team in Mitakihara City, and nobody could beat them, nor even match. For them Raid Wild was just another bug to be squashed on foot. "You'd best have the strength to back it up. Do you believe yourselves capable of matchin' us?"
"Wanna find out?" Hideyoshi asked as he pulled out Himawari Lockseed.
The crowd then parted as both parties walked out of stage to the field. The opposing teams stood across each other, while giving them a few distance for Inves Game. Hideyoshi opened his Lockseed to summon an Elementary Inves with green highlights, while Kyouko pulled out three Lockseeds at once. Two of them were Himawari Lockseed like Hideyoshi had, while the other one was a Lockseed with walnut design and "LS-02" Code, Kurumi Lockseed.
"Three at once?!" Hideyoshi gawked surprised. "That's unfair!"
"You should've prepared earlier." Kyouko sneered as she unlocked her Lockseeds one by one, summoning two red Elementary Inves and a blue one. Those Inves screeched as they readied to battle.
BATTLE START!
The green Inves walked over, only for the red and blue Inves to split up and surround it. Hideyoshi's Inves swatted Kyouko's blue Inves, while both parties cheered for their respective Inves. Kyouko smirked smugly as her Inves began beating Hideyoshi's mercilessly, rendering it cornered. Soon, one of red Inves finished it with a jumping kick.
YOU WIN!
Team Baron cheered for their victory while the spectators left confused with the result. Going three against one, is that cheating? In Inves Game rule, player can send as many as necessary, and Baron wasn't against the rules. However, the cheating like Miwa did to Gaim was, but unfortunately nobody noticed it, although some of them did. And they only did when Kyouko wasn't around, though.
"See? That's how ya earn the right to talk big." Kyouko bragged as she and the team walked over to Hideyoshi.
Hearing this cold statements, Hideyoshi turned away in shame, containing the grudge from his loss. Kyouko then suddenly grabbed his chin and brought his face facing hers.
"Get outta my sight, weaklings." Kyouko scoffed as she shoved Hideyoshi. Raid Wild then left the area with Hideyoshi frowned. The two spectators, one male and one female, both in Gaim-themed outfit watched the entire event.
"Man, is there anyone who can stand up against Baron?" The boy asked.
"I thought this was Gaim's stage, anyway?" The girl with him said in disbelief. "It was yesterday, at least... I wanna see Gaim dance, not them." The boy then hushed the girl, afraid of Baron hearing them.
"But it's not fair! Gaim would've won at a dance off! If only those Baron creeps didn't cheat-"
They didn't realize that Kyouko stepped a bit closer to them, hearing their conversation.
"Keep it down, dammit!" The boy hushed as they turned to see Kyouko, and sheepishly left. Kyouko then turned back to the team.
"Cheating? Hmph." Kyouko scoffed as she tried to forget what she just heard. After hearing the statement, Kyouko began pondering on what's happened back then. She wanted to play fair and square, something she must pass on her team. Not to mention that said cheating could risk the Inves to go berserk, or even hurting bystanders. Something wasn't right at the game yesterday... Who knows if Miwa lied to her at the moment?
"Man, those guys are lame!" Ky said cockily.
"Goin' on Gaim like they matter anymore! What a joke!" Miwa added.
"They do if they're strong." Kyouko answered. "All that really matters is strength. The weak are utterly beneath notice... Other than granting noise of their pathetic whimpering."
Team Baron then left the area. Ky and Miwa could be seen handshaking to each other. Could this mean they had something to do with...
On the following day, Homura looked for Mami around the town, but came up with no hints o result. She then rested on the side of street while pondering about Mami's whereabouts.
"Where'd you go, Mami..." Homura sighed before resting on the floor. Suddenly, her phone rang and Homura quickly took it out, seeing the caller's ID. It was Himeko.
"Hello? Himeko, what's up?" Homura started.
"Homura-san, you gotta help us!" Himeko explained over the phone. "Baron's just shown up at the garage!"
"What?!" Homura gawked as she took all her stuff and rushed off.
"They want us to hand over our Player Pass!" Himeko added as Homura ran off.
In Gaim's garage, Gaim and Baron were having a wager of some sort.
"Like hell we will! Do you realize what you're asking, Kyouko-chan?!" Sayaka snapped at Kyouko. "You've been changed since that day, haven't you?"
"Naive as usual, Sayaka..." Kyouko shook her head. "I'm not demanding it, silly. I'm merely proposing a wager over it." In the garage were also Ky and Miwa as well as the rest of Team Gaim.
"If you win, you can have your western stage back. And..." Kyouko started as she pulled out the Pineapple Lockseed, Pine Lockseed. "I'll even throw in this class A Lockseed too. It's hardly a bad deal."
Maybe Kyouko was right. It was indeed hardly a bad deal, as it could tempt the team to crawl up the rank back.
"Team Gaim's plummeting down the ratings. I'm offerin' ya the last chance to claw back up." Kyouko said. "Not to mention that it'll help you forget the miserable old times."
"But if we lose our Player Pass, we won't be able to dance anymore!" Osomatsu noted. While this deal was tempting, it could be risky as Gaim's Player Pass was on a wager. Should they lose, Team Gaim would be no more.
"As it should be!" Kyouko answered. Team Gaim silenced for a moment upon hearing this. "The weak don't even deserve to walk these streets. That's why I ditched you guys, you think?"
Hearing Kyouko's remarks, Sayaka groaned, and Madoka sighed worried, hoping a miracle could come for them...
"It was a waste of time back then! Despite managed to climb up, you finally falling down the ranks. Though you made your way to 5th place, it's the highest you can get." Kyouko scoffed arrogantly. "It's a joke for you weaklings flailing in the mud to call yourselves a dance team! Better your little game ends now."
Kyouko then stood up, while Ky and Miwa turned to Team Gaim. Sayaka then walked over Kyouko... And slapped her hard at face! Both Baron's pioneers were taken a back with this. Despite the fact they made fun of Gaim's low prestige, they sure had bravery! The rest of Team Gaim gawked at this, while Choromatsu just laughed his ass off, as the bastards served it right.
"A joke?" Sayaka retorted. "THEN LOOK AT YOURSELF FOR WHAT YOU DID IN THESE YEARS! WOULD YOU CALL THAT A JOKE?!"
"Hmph, looks like you've got some nerve." Kyouko scoffed as she rubbed her slapped cheek. She then walked over Sayaka, while the latter stepped back. "However, do you have the strength to protect your place on these streets?"
The harsh question made Sayaka held back. She then thought back of Baron's wager. She felt a bit nervous with that, albeit a bit angered.
"Though... Wait! Do you guys even have a Lockseed?" Miwa circled his fingers as he asked mockingly.
"I mean, I guess you could try fighting the Inves yourself, short stuff!" Ky mocked before the he and Miwa started laughing their asses off.
Soon after, someone slammed the garage door open, and both Homura and Himeko rushed in.
"Homura-chan!" Madoka and the others recognized.
Kyouko smugly smirked in response, and without saying anything, Homura walked over the Baron leader... before giving her a hard punch on the unhurt part of her face!
"Boss!" Ky gawked as she saw his "boss" got hit on face. He and Miwa then looked to Homura.
"That's for insulting my friends, and cheating on Madoka during Inves Game two days ago." Homura remarked, trying to contain her inner rage for almost getting Madoka in danger during Inves havoc days ago. And she couldn't accept how the Barons treated her ex-teammates like a trash. They were still her friends, even if she was no longer a Gaim member.
This statement brought Kyouko to shock. She didn't know all along that her subordinates played dirty in Inves Game. Kyouko turned to Ky and Miwa before staring at them, mentally questioning their honesty.
"You just said that we're just a joke, right? Then aren't the dirty tricks of yours you did earlier a fucking joke?" Homura retorted. She then pulled out Ichigo Lockseed, much to Barons' surprise.
"An A Class lock?!" Kyouko gawked as she looked at the lock.
"I'll fight you on their behalf." Homura said. "That won't be a problem, right?"
Later, everyone were gathering on a field as Team Gaim (plus Homura) and Team Baron took their places.
"Let's get the terms clear." Homura said. "If we win, you'll give us back the western stage, and hand over the Lockseed to Team Gaim. Is that right?"
"And if you lose, Team Gaim forfeits their Player Pass and disbands." Kyouko answered. "Are you ready?"
Madoka was about to approach Homura to say something, but stopped, by Himeko. "Madoka-san, just leave it to Homura-san."
Ky then gave Miwa a signal before the latter walked off, which Kyouko didn't notice. She then pulled out the same set of Lockseed from her previous bout with Raid Wild. Homura on the other hand, pulled out Ichigo Lockseed.
The two unlocked their respective Lockseeds. Kyouko summoned three same Elementary Inves warriors, while Homura summoned the human-sized one based on a deer, with brown body under blue and yellow armor, with the antlers in two colors. Its mere appearance just surprised Barons. How come an ex-Beat Rider had such powerful-looking Inves at her disposal? If not the strange forest then where else? As expected from A-Class Lockseed.
"The heck?!" Ky gawked in response. Even Homura was shocked by this.
"Impressive." Kyouko awed coldly. She then locked all her Lockseeds.
Homura turned to the team, and Madoka smiled, nodded at her, wishing her a good luck before the ebony-haired girl closed her Lockseed. "Let's do this!"
BATTLE START!
After the Elementary Inves surrounded the deer Inves, Shika Inves, the latter kicked them around, but the smaller Inves evaded each of its blow. Soon, the Inves group backed up and leaped to the larger Inves, attempting to clutch it and hinder its movements. However, Shika Inves broke free with ease and massacring Elementary Inves.
"All right! We did it!" Madoka cheered as the battle ended, while Homura just smiled, pleased with her victory. Madoka then high-fived Homura in joy.
Kyouko and Ky, on the other hand, were taken a back by this much to their disbelief. Kyouko know she should've used Pine Lockseed earlier in order to stand a chance against Homura, but she bet that one, so she couldn't use it.
"How could this be?" Kyouko gawked in disbelief.
While Team Gaim celebrating their victory, Miwa was hiding behind a lamp post while aiming his slingshot to the lock Homura held.
"Loser." Miwa groaned before shooting the slingshot, which then hit Homura's hand, causing her to drop the Lockseed.
While this happened, Shika Inves suddenly fazed a bit before it turned to one of spectators, fully materialized as it broke free from the ring! It began to roar and attack everyone in nearby area, with everyone running away, and one of them kicked the Lockseed further from both team's reach!
"Tch. Everyone, you get the people outta here." Homura told the rest of team, running to the place where Lockseed fell. Madoka suddenly remembered her bout with Baron at western stage two days ago. The situation was very similar to the one she had experienced before. Something hit her hand to had her drop the Lockseed, Inves went loose, and chaos ensued. And Homura's suspicion was most likely confirmed that Baron had something to do with this, but she didn't have time to scold them, and let it be Baron's matters. She had to get innocent bystanders out, fast!
"That's what happened to me..." Madoka thought.
Shika Inves chased after the people around it, while Miwa laughed like nobody's business. Then, Kyouko approached Miwa with an angry glare...
"YOU GUTLESS WORM!" Kyouko snapped angry, grabbing Miwa's shirt. "What the fuck are you thinking?!" She demanded as she grabbed his arm.
"I, uh... I was just..." Miwa started, trying to find an excuse, but...
Kyouko swiped his slingshot, glaring at Miwa with both anger and disbelief. So the team was helped by cheating all along? Of course it shocked Kyouko, as she never knew what Miwa did behind her back, until now. All she wanted was to win a battle fair and square, with pure strength and effort; not the underhanded trick like this! Not to mention his dirty play caused these kind of havoc! "Are you trying to harm Sayaka-tachi? I told you not to play around with that in Inves Game, NOW LOOK WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Kyouko bellowed as she broke Miwa's sligshot before threwing it away. Miwa looked a bit ashamed and sad with this. She then looked at Ky, mentally questioning if he knew about this. He could only turned away from his leader, and the red-headed girl could understand that he hid the truth all along. Madoka heard the commotion and she turned to them. Looks like she learned the truth behind this.
Back at the rampaging Inves, it terrorized nearby bystanders, and soon Homura came, sliding in as she tried to retrieve the Lockseed, but failed as another refugee kicked it. She then saw Shika Inves attacking Team Baron. She stood up and pulled out her Sengoku Driver. However, she began pondering as she looked at her buckle, asking herself if she had abused the power.
"This is meant to help people, but I couldn't handle it because I used it just for mundane uses... But if I use it to protect people, not just Madoka, I..."
Homura then slapped the buckle onto her waist, and it produced belt wrapping around. She then pulle out her Orange Lockseed.
"Henshin!" Homura yelled as she unlocked the lock.
ORANGE!
The zipper portal appeared above her, spawning the giant orange. She then shifted her body and arms from left, right with her swinging her right arm over, and then to middle as she raised her hand with Lockseed in. She then put the Lockseed into the port in driver before slamming its lock arm to close the lock.
LOCK ON!
Just after Shika Inves done with Ky, it heard the Japanese-styled standby music from Homura's Sengoku Driver. Madoka and Sayaka turned to see Homura about to transform, while Barons looked at her while their mouth gaped speechless. She then pulled the knife lever to "cut" the fruit.
SOIYA!
The Fruit fell on Homura's head as the Lockseed in her belt shined, transforming her into Gaim.
ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!
After Daidaimaru appeared in her left hand, Gaim withdrew her Musou Saber, and she was ready for action! She charged Shika Inves with all her might, and it tried to pound Gaim with its antlers, which blocked by Gaim with ease. Each time the deer Inves tried to land a hit on Gaim, she blocked with her weapons, before she kicked it back. Shika then rammed Gaim with its antlers, which Gaim tried to hold, but its force proved to be strong enough to push the orange-armored Rider back for few meters. After Gaim stopped it, she then broke free before she pounded Shika with Musou Saber's hilt. Gaim then evaded Shika Inves' antler attack and slashing it by its back.
"Yosh!" Gaim said as she activated Musou Saber's Gun mode.
Shika Inves approached Gaim to strike back, but stopped by the latter as she released shot it few times from point-blank range. Shika Inves still couldn't land a single hit, and still getting its ass plattered by Gaim as she slashed it at its gut, sending it stumbling backwards. Gaim seemed to have advantage on this one.
Shika Inves found Ichigo Lockseed Homura/Gaim had dropped during her victory against Kyouko, and it got up before throwing one of bystander aside, clearing his way to reach the lock.
"Are you okay?" Homura asked that bystander as she caught him.
The already evolved Inves picked up the Lockseed. Shortly after, it opened its mouth and devoured it in one bite.
"The hell?" Gaim gawked as she saw the Inves ate the very Lockseed she used to summon it earlier. Looks like Madoka's theory about Inves attracted to Lockseed when summoned was right after all.
Suddenly, Shika Inves' body began to react from the Lockseed ingestion. It unleashed a wave of flames from its body in very colors of its antlers. It then grew until twice its normal size, and its upper body gained more mass, making it looked like a bodybuilder. Its shoulder crests also grow wider until it looked like wings, and its antlers became like that of actual deer. After its transformation to Super-Evolved State, Shika Inves let loose a bestial roar, as it did a primal stance like most primates!
"No way!" Hitomi gasped as Team Gaim witnessed its savage evolution. Baron also watched it much to their shock. They've never seen an Inves this big before!
"Is that even an Inves anymore...?" Kyouko growled shocked.
That also brought Gaim a bit nervous, as she never fought gigantic opponent like that, but she tried to regain her composure, acting as if she denied her being nervous.
"I'm not scared of you!" Gaim roared as she rushed toward the giant Inves. As she approached grown giant Shika Inves, it performed some kind of breakdancing move, evading each of Gaim's blow. Gaim were taken a back by this as she didn't expect a gigantic creature like Shika Inves moved this fast. It then slammed its fist to ground before roaring again, somersaulting Gaim until she hit the wall and fell down along with the crumbled wall debris. And that also rendered Gaim disarmed.
"Kuh...!" Gaim groaned as she got up and rubbed her neck from the pain.
Evolved Shika Inves then slid and leaped back before sending a punch, which it missed. The heat ignited from its shoulder crests, flowing to its both arms, enhancing its attack power strong enough to send Gaim stumbled backwards.
Kyouko picked up Gaim's Musou Saber, and she got up as she saw Gaim being cornered by the Super-Evolved Inves. Just when Shika Inves was about to hit Gaim with its fiery punch, Kyouko yelled and charged, slashing Shika Inves with Musou Saber, but it couldn't even scratch the Inves. It then jumped and knocked Kyouko away to nearby Gaim.
"Hey!" Gaim yelled as she just saw Kyouko attacking Shika Inves on her own.
Shika Inves smashed inventories around it and went nuts, letting a wild roar as it approached Gaim.
"Shit!" Gaim cussed as she saw it coming. She then tried something with her Sengoku Driver by pushing its knife lever three times, hopefully will gain something handy in return.
SOIYA! ORANGE SPARKING!
Gaim rushed towards Shika Inves as her orange armor reformed into fruit mode, spinning it in high speed in order to block its heavy blow, bouncing it a back. The fruit opened back to its armor mode.
"I need that lock you bet right now!" Gaim demanded Kyouko's Pine Lockseed.
"What?" Kyouko gawked much to her chagrin.
"Don't 'what' me! Just hand it over! I won the battle, you remember?! Now give me!"
Kyouko slapped Gaim's hand, but that didn't mean she refused, though. She was just annoyed when remembered to her loss, that's it. She threw back Gaim's Musou Saber before she stood up... And handing her Pine Lockseed?
"All right." Gaim nodded as she took the new Lock and unlocked Orange lock in her belt.
LOCK OFF!
Gaim replaced the orange lock with the newer Pine lock.
PINE!
Gaim locked it into the belt, and...
LOCK ON!
Gaim's orange armor vanished in orange splashes. The zipper portal appeared above her, this time the giant metal pineapple came from it. She then "sliced" the "fruit".
SOIYA!
The lower part of opened Lockseed showed a picture of pinapple-shaped meteor hammer. The gigantic fruit then fell onto Gaim's head.
PINE ARMS! FUNSAI DESTROY!
The giant pinapple opened up; its front part folded in to form chest armor, while the back just simply opened to Gaim's back, and the sides with pinapple stem split up and moved onto her shoulders, forming shoulder armor. Her head now had pineapple-themed samurai kabuto, with pineapple slice in her visor and the pineapple stem atop her head resembled Samurai's ponytail. On her hands was a chain array with pineapple-like spiked end. Gaim transformed to Pine Arms, armed with Pine Iron!
Kyouko awed as she saw the form change, but it could wait as she saw Shika Inves regained sense and was about to approach her.
"This is gonna take some getting used to..." Gaim noted as she looked at Pine Iron.
She gawked as she saw the gigantic Inves leaped to them, It roared before punched Gaim, sending her pushed backwards.
"You big lug!" Gaim growled as she swung the Pine Iron before throwing at it, smacking it few times and crushed its left shoulder crest before it caught the spiked part, which pulled her up in the air towards it.
"Fine then..." Gaim said as she connected Musou Saber with the tip of array to form kusarigama-like weapon, Pine Iron Kusarigama Mode before spun in airborne and slashed its collar bone with Musou Saber part, releasing the spiked end from Shika Inves' grasp. Gaim landed behind it and caught the spiked end of Pine Iron, and she saw Shika Inves running towards Team Gaim and Baron.
"Get back here, you freak!" Gaim exclaimed as she chased after Shika Inves. Both team then ran over, only for the Inves readied to attack them with Madoka as its main focus. Madoka was about to back off from it when...
"DON'T YOU DARE TO TOUCH MADOKA!" Gaim bellowed as she threw the Musou Saber part of the kusarigama, grappling its hand to prevent it from attacking. She then pulled the chain with all her might as she tried to restrain Shika Inves from attacking.
"Homu-chan!" Sayaka shouted. "Do it! RIDER KICK!"
Without further ado, Gaim pushed the knife lever once.
SOIYA! PINE SQUASH!
Gaim threw up the spiked end of Pine Iron before kicking it, which grew in size and covered up Shika Inves' head. The people around Gaim and the Super-Evolved Inves watched them intensely as they waited Gaim to deliver a deathblow.
"Haaaaah... SEE-HA!" Gaim let a loose a battle cry as she delivered a fast and strong drop kick, which made its way THROUGH the Inves, creating a hole in its torso as she landed, somehow creating a slice of pineapple through its body. Then, the Inves collapsed, exploding in defeat while the Pine Iron bursted pineapple slices to the air.
"Hmph." Gaim scoffed as she looked back and smirked under her helmet.
"We won..." Himeko said.
"We did it!" Osomatsu exclaimed.
"We won!" Karamatsu added.
"Fuck yeah!" Choromatsu cheered while flashing a "metal sign".
"Heck yeah, Homu-chan!" Sayaka cheered.
"You were great!" Hitomi praised.
"Homura-chan!" Madoka squealed with smile.
The members of Team Gaim then cheered and hurried over to Gaim. Team Baron, meanwhile, just looked at them with seemingly drained spirit.
"You won for now, Gaim. I've expected less from you." Kyouko smirked.
"So, you'll allow me to keep this as promised, won't you?" Gaim asked.
"Yeah. And you have your western stage back, too." Kyouko replied.
"We've got some unbelievable footage coming in!" DJ Sagara informed the viewers from his studio as they watched on all their digital devices, soon witnessing a footage of Gaim's fight. "Right in the middle of a throwdown between teams, Gaim and Baron, our lovely former Beat Rider in her armored get-up crashed in, and even stomped the Inves herself! Just who is this mysterious Rider? She sorta looks like a member of Team Gaim, and in honor of legendary heroes of all time, let's call her Kamen Rider Gaim!"
Meanwhile, in a going limousine, on the streets of Mitakihara City, someone was holding a Lockseed with Melon design and LS-04 code on it. She was a young woman with long dark blue hair in business suit, a black coat over white shirt and black skirt matching to her coat, a pair of leather low heel shoes, and a green handkerchief and sunglass pocketed in one of pockets of her coat. She had blue eyes and wore yellow bandana on her head.
"Kamen Rider, eh?" This figure, the current Yggdrasil Corporation administrator and overseer, Himemiya Chikane shrugged, seemingly both happy and annoyed at this revelation. "Quaint. Still, that's the first. Things are progressing well." Chikane then took out the sunglass before wearing. The limo seemed to head toward Yggdrasil Tower...
Meanwhile in the strange forest, the group of Elementary Inves were hunting for premature Lockseeds, and spotted a Kamen Rider-like figure with brown body suit and black shinguards and kneepads, as well as brown coffee-themed armor under Wild West-themed poncho. She wore a helmet resembling an Indian chieftain's head crest and a wide sombrero-like cowboy hat over her head. Her Sengoku Driver has a picture of hatless version of the Rider, and the Lockseed on the belt had a coffee design with its lower part showed a picture of coffee-themed rifle drawn in western style. She was carrying a pair of the very coffee-themed rifles like depicted on the opened Lockseed.
Upon spotting, the Inves group charged toward her as they had her surrounded, and the coffee Rider readied both guns and shot them repeatedly like firing machineguns while spinning. After she thriumphantly posed, the Inves collapsed and exploded in coffee seeds.
"Fufufu..." The coffee Rider, Kamen Rider Mariachi in Coffee Arms giggled. "How's Homura-chan-tachi right now... She must be worried sick of me."
(Suddenly the Orange and Pine Lockseed flew over the current scene and it zipped closed to form blue background with Gaim's logo on it.)
(Cue ending: E-X-A ~Exciting x Attitude~)
Sekai o kaeru junbi wa ii ka?
(The scene showed Homura with her hair flailing as if was blown by wind with Orange Lockseed, Pine Lockseed, and Pine Arms' weapon, Pine Iron over the blue background with Gaim's logo)
Kajitta kajitsu wa, sui ka amai ka?
(It then switched to Kyouko facing leftward while nomming on chocolate Pocky stick, with her ponytail flailed in same way. On the background were Banana Lockseed and Baron's weapon, Banaspear over red background with Baron's logo)
Unmei o kirihiraku kagi
(Next was Himeko standing with her hair flailed similarly, with Budou Lockseed and Ryugen's weapon, Budou Ryuhou over green background with Ryugen's logo.)
Sore wa kimi da, susume EXA e
(Then the scene switched to Chikane pondering on something as her hair flailed in same way. On the background were Melon Lockseed and Zangetsu's weapon, Melon Defender over white background with Zangetsu's logo. Soon after, the scene changed to Gaim zooming in with her bike.)
(Lock On Soiya Soiya!)
(The scene showed all Team Gaim dancing)
(EXA Soiya!)
(Then it switched to Gaim performing a sword dance.)
Isshoku sokuhatsu bachibachi kiteru
(Homura and Madoka were holding hands while faced to each other, on their reflection were Gaim and the girl in white in their respective place.)
Jintori omotemuki mata kiken'na Game
(Kyouko and Sayaka were standing back-on-back, on their reflection were Baron and Fraise on their place.)
Dare no inomama ni ayatsurare teru?
(Himeko and Chikane walked through each other, as soon they passed by, it switched to Ryugen and Zangetsu doing the same)
Hora kagi ga hirakeba tomaranai Time to Fight!
(Gaim and Baron were standing back-to-back on greater distance, and then they turned to each other before charging with their respective weapons.)
"Ki o tsukete kimi wa ima unmei o erabou
(The scene switched to a mysterious girl in white turned to viewer and pointing it.)
To shite iru" chūkoku? Imi nante wakarazu
(Gaim was seen battling a horde of Elementary Inves around her. After few slashing and hacking, Gaim kneeled exhausted.)
Tobikonda Battle Field! Hey!
(When viewed from sideways, her helmet was broken, revealing Homura's face at left side, shedding tears. She then rose and roared to her vigor.)
Kimi ga eranda (hey)
(Gaim, Baron, Fraise, Ryugen, Zangetsu, and Mariachi were having bike race on a circuit. Gaim was on the first place.)
michi no sakini wa (hey)
(Baron managed to catch up with Gaim, and she tried to take the lead.)
Nani ga atte (Don' t stop) dare to atte? (Carry on)
(The scene shifted to Team Baron dancing, and then back to Team Gaim.)
Mada mienaikedo (ten o mezase)
(The scene returned to dancing Team Baron.)
Exciting × Attitude Chanto arawase
(Gaim tried to preventBaron to take the lead, and then she first reached finish line, followed by other Riders.)
Tachimukau shisei o
(The scene shifted to Gaim riding horse in high speed)
Iza susume don' t get back EXA!
(Team Gaim continued dancing in high impact moves.)
(Lock On Soiya Soiya!)
(Gaim, Baron, Ryugen Zangetsu, Fraise, and Mariachi acted in their ways with their weapons.)
(EXA Soiya!)
(Gaim jumped as he spun, then landed, posing with her both weapons.)
Iza susume don' t get back EXA!
(Team Gaim and Baron finished dancing.)
Next time on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica!
?: "She doesn't know how to use her belt."
Madoka: "Homura-chan no baka!"
Homura: "Is that...?!"
Sayaka: "Another Driver?!"
?: "Henshin."
Enter the New Rider!
KNIGHT OF SPEAR~!
Ky: "BANANA?! BANA-BANANA?!"
?: "I am Baron!"
DJ Sagara: "Keep your eyes peeled!"
Lock 3: Shock! My Old Friend's Banana Henshin!
SID'S LOCKSEED CATALOGUE
Sid was snacking on butter cookies like he had earlier in Drupers, and he faced toward the viewer as he chewed the cookies.
"Yo there, Readers. Back with me Sid the Gorgeous Lock Dealer. Any problem with that?" Sid greeted the readers. "This time I'll introduce the new guy. And it's..."
Sid browsed through the Lockseed catalogue in his iPad and tapped the image of Pine Lockseed. "Pine Lockseed." Sid said as the picture of Pine Lockseed showed on Sid's upper right side.
"This pineapple Lockseed is designated as LS-05. Just like Orange Lockseed, it's pretty rare Lockseed, and Rank A one, too. Hence I set its price sky high in this chapter, you think? But hey, you can't get this just everywhere! Even in the weird forest! Fortunately that Kyouko chick of Baron grabbed some, and you know I was giving it, right?" Sid explained.
No...?
"Well, you guys won't care about that." Sid scoffed. "It comes with Pine Iron when used with Sengoku Driver." Sid explained as the picture of Pine Iron appeared beside Pine Lockseed one. "It's very powerful weapon, but since it has too much spikes, be careful to swing it, if you don't want your balls get smacked by your own weapons! Ha!" Sid then began laughing to the hilariosity of his statement.
Then, the picture switched to Gaim Pine Arms. "And here's Gaim Pine Arms. It has heavy armor, granted the shoulder shields, but she can kick your ass hard. True to the transformation announcement, Pulverize and Destroy! Even that gorilla-like Shika Inves didn't stand a chance."
The pictures then disappeared. Sid went back on his snack. He then sipped the tea. "Well, that's it for now. I'll introduce more if time allows. See ya!"
Pega-Rider: Alright, that's the second chapter of this story. Honestly, I like the part where Kyouko flipped out when she found out she had been helped with cheating, as well as Pine Arms debut! Oh, now that I found the character for Bravo's role, time for some adjustment for adaptation. And yeah, I did say that you guys can submit your OC Riders and Lockseeds, but like I noted in previous chapter, We've 11 Sengoku Driver user and 6 Genesis Driver users revealed and reserved. Since the info about Kamen Rider Fifteen of Heisei Rider vs Showa Rider movie and Kamen Rider Knuckles in series canon surfaced online, I upped the cap of Sengoku Driver user to 15! SO it means, you can submit up to 2 Sengoku Driver OC Riders! And you can only submit 1 Energy Rider since Genesis Driver Rider is capped at 7 people.
Oh, I forget a quiz!
Q: Try to translate each of Gaim's transformation announcements as of this chapter, based on Aesir's translation!
And more updates will coming soon! Stay tuned and this is Pega Rider signin' off!
ON-DORIYAAA!