Pega-Rider: Hello~ Fanfiction and all you readers out there! It's Pega-Rider back with newest Chapter of Kamen Rider Gaim Magica! Let's continue the battle of Baron Alliance vs Team Gaim and their newest Kamen Rider Fraise, as the previous chapter ended with a... cliffhanger. Also, we'll introduce someone... dangerous. Also, we'll have another non-Beat Riders to join the fray! Alright, 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, and some of idea regarding OC Riders are owned by Seeker213, while other characters featured here is belonged to their respective owners. And some of ideas used here regarding Lockvehicle, Lockseeds and Arms that will be featured in near future are courtesy of KKD Silver, Seeker213, and Pikatwig.
Previously on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica...
After seeing Himeko fighting as Ryugen and horrified by Baron's action, Homura comes to accept the power she has been granted. Just as she resolves to fight for her own desires, the fourth and fifth Kamen Riders appear before her.
"Henshin!" Sayaka exclaimed as she pulled out the LS-17 Pineberry Lockseed, a Lockseed similar to Gaim's Ichigo, but the strawberry is white in color and shaped like a heart.
PINE~BERRY!
After unlocking her Lock, the zipper portal appeared and revealing a pineberry coming down. Sayaka then spun like a ballet dancer before reaching out her hand with Lockseed to the sky, and locked it onto her belt.
However, as Gaim and Ryugen faces Baron and the new Riders, Miki Sayaka resolves to use her Sengoku Driver and transforms into the sixth Rider, Kamen Rider Fraise.
Then, the pineberry slid into position over Sayaka's chest, shoulders, and back. The shoulder parts looked like vines a strawberry would grow on; her chest area was shaped like a heart; and another part then formed a back, with pink clothes formed under the belt. Upon transforming, Sayaka got a bow with pineberry slice-like edges, and a pack of pineberry-tipped arrows on back.
Sayaka had transformed into Kamen Rider Fraise, Strawberry Arms!
"Eeeeeh?!" Nobita gawked in shock.
"What the heck?!" Hideyoshi gawked as well.
"So you finally decided to join us." Baron remarked. "Interesting."
"Now that said..." Fraise said. "Let's juice up!"
"Juice up? Is she serious?" Nobita now turned an acorn Rider chuckled mockingly. To him, the use of those words was too stupid for her catchphrase. It didn't help that the only fruit-based Rider on Baron's side is Baron herself.
"Just be quiet." Baron said.
Then, the Riders went into moments of silence for few seconds, with the opposing Rider teams glared to each other.
"I am..." Hideyoshi, now turned a pinecone Rider stepped in, thriumphantly twirling his spear, Kagematsu and returned back in place and slammed its hilt end to the ground. "Kamen Rider Kurokage!" Kurokage is a Japanese for "Black Shadow", true to his bodysuit color, which was pitch-black, like that in the darkness of shadow.
"What? We're naming ourselves?" The acorn Rider gawked in surprise. He never expected Hideyoshi, now turned Kurokage to name themselves, that the names of Kamen Riders mostly came from DJ Sagara in Beat Riders Hotline. "Then, I am the super-fantastic-awesome-"
"Kamen Rider Gridon!" Kurokage finished as he pointed at the acorn Rider, much to his chagrin.
"Eh? Wait, NOOO!" The medieval squire-based Rider, Gridon gawked in disbelief and disagreement. He proclaimed himself to be the super-fantastic-awesome Rider, only to be finished with a stupid name! That would totally ruin all the coolness he wanted to bring up. A name based on reversed syllables of "Donguri" in kana, which was a Japanese of "Acorn". Also, Guridon (kana of his name) is also interpreted as "rolling and bonked". Who wanted to be the one rolling, only to be bonked soon after?
"Eh? What?" Gaim gawked clueless. They were supposed to be in mid-battle, only to be interrupted by that silly moment.
"Oh yeah? Then I'm... Kamen Rider Fraise!" Sayaka, now turned pineberry Rider named herself after performing a graceful ballet spin and finished with standing with her legs closed and one of her hands raised to the air. Gaim and Ryugen just looked at her dumbfounded. Why in the earth she did the pointless thing? It just add more stupidity of this moment.
"Oh, come on..." Ryugen sighed unpleased.
"Hahahaha!" Fraise laughed a loud, hearing Nobita got that stupid name to her humor. "C'mon! Gridon? Maybe you should name him Ornac!"
"HEY! Don't you dare!" Gridon snapped angry, pointing at laughing Fraise. "That sounds much stupider! And you just named yourself much cooler!"
Meanwhile, the rest of Team Gaim were watching this silly moment, starting to laugh as they found the naming was indeed stupid to their humor.
"Gridon? Ornac? Is he kidding?" Hitomi chuckled. The rest of Team Gaim watching at sidelines were laughing at him as well, tickled by this crowning moment of funny.
"Like, in "donguri" and "Acorn"?" Karamatsu asked, trying to hold his laughter.
"That's pretty stupid." Choromatsu commented.
"Yeah, kinda." Madoka nodded. "Besides, Hideyoshi-kun just named himself "Kurokage"."
"True, if you look at his bodysuit..." Osomatsu noted.
"And Sayaka just named herself Fraise." Hitomi commented. "I could see why, but that's not a strawberry, but a pineberry."
"Pineberry is one of strawberry cultivars, actually." Karamatsu corrected.
"It's unfair." Madoka pointed out. "I mean, Hideyoshi-kun and Sayaka-chan's naming senses are much cooler. Not to mention Hideyoshi-kun got Lockseed ranked lower than Nobita-kun's..."
"The hell, Yossy-chan?!" Gridon retorted at Kurokage, realizing how unfair he named themselves. "Why do I have to be Gridon?!"
"Dude, just go with it." Kurokage hushed.
"Hell no! Thanks to you they're laughing at me!" Gridon snapped. They then began bickering with each other, with Gridon complaining his stupid name. Unfortunately, Kurokage refused to change it otherwise, much to his annoyance. However, they had to stop as...
"Be warned."
All Riders heard a voice. They then turned to a the mysterious girl in white, whom Gaim, Baron, and Ryugen had met. Was she giving the Riders cryptic warnings again as usual?
"You're grasping the reins of fate." "Madoka" warned, turning to Fraise.
"Eh?" Fraise scratched her helmet confused.
"Huh~?" Gridon gawked confused at this mysterious girl, albeit with a goofy tone.
"So... That was you." Baron scoffed as she turned to "Madoka". "What the heck are you doin' in this place?" She demanded as she pointed her lance at the blonde Madoka-lookalike.
"Continue down this path... And there shall be no turning back. You will have to fight until the bitter end, till the world is dyed in your image."
Fraise began put her attention into these cryptic word, which too complex to understand. But she could get some meaning from it, unlike the nut Riders who considered it as a joke.
"Heh? To dye the world? What is that?" Kurokage gawked.
"Maybe she said she wanted us to fight and paint all over the world!" Gridon joked.
They then let out a mocking laughter, making the girl sighed in sad look that none consider her warnings seriously, until...
"If it means to fight till the bitter end, I'll always be in my friends side!"
"Madoka" then heard Fraise, turned her attention to her.
"I've fought for my friends... That I'm willing to bear all the grief for all my life. Trust me, if that's for fighting with my friends for greater good, then I'm in!" Fraise declared. She had fought after wishing for her friend to be healed so he could achieve his dreams, and she was more than willing to bear the burden she had been given to her. However, this didn't change "Madoka"'s sad look, as she disappeared soon after.
"This girl... What the hell is she...?" Gaim wondered, who is that girl and what her purpose of giving them cryptic warning is.
"Hmph." Baron scoffed as she shrugged the lower-ranked Riders aside, and walked into front of her vassals. "Time to fresh start!" She said as she twirled her Banaspear to Gaim and the others. Gaim Riders then braced themselves as they took battle stances. She just made a declaration to continue the battle!
"Yeah! Or better yet..." Kurokage said as he and Gridon walked in. Gridon tossed his mallet, Donkachi and caught it back while Kurokage prepared his spear... to slash Baron and had her falling on her knees?!
"EH?!" Gaim, Ryugen, and Fraise gasped at this unexpected event, much to their surprise.
(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 standing back-to-back and 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. The scene then changed to the room of armors from earlier, with Gaim Pine Arms, Gridon Donguri Arms, Kurokage Matsubokkuri Arms, Fraise Pineberry Arms, and Mariachi Coffee Arms appeared one after another.)
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 Gridon, Kurokage, 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 Kurokage Troopers, while scene shifted to Gaim slashing and hacking them, 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 Kurokage Troopers while 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 Ichigo Arms, Pineberry Arms, Coffee Arms, Matsubokkuri Arms, and Donguri 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 6: Durian and Mangosteen Riders Enter the Fray!
"What the fuck is the meaning of this, you assholes?!" Baron retorted as she turned at her vassals and got up on her feet. She then charged at them, started with Kurokage. He evaded a swat Baron tried to give at him, and he quickly locked her down by her weapons.
"Like you said, it's a fresh start for us!" Kurokage exclaimed as he pulled back, so the acorn Rider could land a bonk on Baron's head. It seemed that Nobita's rant about his disappointment on Baron alliance gave them this idea to turn their backs on Team Baron. Most likely, Sid had given them their Drivers after overhearing the conversation between Nobita, Hideyoshi, and Tomomi at Drupers earlier. The spectating Team Gaim members gaped to see Hideyoshi and Nobita's betrayal on Kyouko much to their surprise.
"What's going on?" Madoka asked confused.
"I don't get it." Osomatsu answered.
Gaim Riders could only watch confused. They totally didn't get the idea behind their treason, as they didn't know what happened between Nobita, Hideyoshi, and Kyouko early on.
"Hey! I thought you guys were on the same team!" Gaim gawked surprised as she pointed at the fighting Riders.
"Well, looking at long-term..." Gridon began answering as he swung his hammer at Baron, which then evaded and countered with a quick pound. He then did a jumping bonk which he missed, and blocked Baron's spear swat with his hammer. "The best course of action would be to focus on the strongest and most dangerous chick here!" Gridon finished as he let Kurokage to step in to send some whacks, only to be blocked with her weapon. He then got his hammer locking her weapon down, and then they stepped backwards as Kurokage stepped in.
"We could probably have beaten you down on par with three on three," Gridon continued as he flashed his hammer at Gaim Riders. "But it'd be much more efficient to clean her up quick in five on one! Don't you agree, Gaimers?" Gridon went back on his fight against Baron with Kurokage after pat the hammer's anvil. Gaim, Fraise, and Ryugen just watched with a bit of anxiety. Sayaka gritted her teeth under her helmet in annoyance, as she watched her old friend got her hands full by those nut Riders. Kurokage had Baron locked down by their weapons.
"How dare you!" Baron growled as she kicked off Kurokage's Kagematsu, effectively disarming him. With his weapon knocked off, Kurokage had to evade some strikes, and he blocked a thrust and holding the lance, struggling to lock her down. Soon after, Gridon lept and sent a heavy thud on Baron's head.
"Here." Gridon said as he picked up Kagematsu and returned to Kurokage.
"Thanks!" Kurokage said thanked. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
Baron evaded Gridon's hammer swat, and she got a thrust at chest by Kurokage's attack. She also got swatted away by Gridon, tumbling her aside. Gaim Riders gasped when seeing their old friend got mauled mercilessly.
DONGURI / MATSUBOKKURI SQUASH!
After slicing their locks once more, Kurokage jumped high, while Gridon spun in insane speed, preparing for their finishing move.
"What the fuck-?!" Baron gawked as she watched the traitors were about to finish her off. Soon after, Kurokage lunged his spear imbued with pinecone aura all over before thrusting it at the Banana Rider, followed by Gridon spinning like a tornado with acorn aura enveloping him, swatting Baron aside until she hit the fences behind her and tumbling down. The yellow sparks crackled from her armor and her transformation reverted. Kyouko had taken a lot of damage from those fierce attacks, with Team Baron coat torn and some wounds seeping from the tears, and bruises on her face. She coughed with blood dripping from her mouth, implying that she got hurt bad. She glared at the traitors with anger, now that Nobita and Hideyoshi backstabbed her.
"Time to crush your belt, so you can never transform again!" Kurokage said as he and Gridon prepared to crush her Sengoku Driver. Now that Kyouko incapacitated, she couldn't fight back, and she didn't have any power left to re-transform.
"Shit...!" Kyouko hissed angry, feeling humiliated by the lower class Riders. Just as Kurokage was about to finish her off, suddenly...
Something struck his spear, almost making Kurokage drop off it. Stuck on the pinecone part of Kagematsu was an arrow!
It was revealed that Fraise was the one releasing the arrow from her bow, Berrybow. She couldn't stand seeing her old friend massacred unrelentingly, although Kyouko deserved for what she did to Himeko. But still, what's enough is enough. She already learned enough lesson to learn in hard way.
"I think you're right..." Fraise began. "She now is maybe a jerk to us, but that's no reason to hurt my friend like that!"
Kyouko stared at Fraise while hearing her. She had to admit being a jerk, but that's one of her way showing her strength to the others. The redhead Baron boss was surprised that her old and the dearest friend whom she turned her back on helped her of all people. "Sayaka..."
"Are you idiots? This is your chance to take Baron down once and for all!" Gridon chided. He was surprised to learn Gaim Riders turned down this chance.
"Look, whatever's going on in your group, leave us out of your backstabbing schemes!" Gaim retorted. Despite she wanted to defeat Baron, she knew that exploiting a foe with her "allies" backstabbed her was an unhealthy strategy. A very dirty trick.
"Actually, it's a perfectly sound strategy." Ryugen noted. Now that Gridon and Kurokage took down Kyouko, and Sayaka fighting on their side, Gaim Riders could topple them easily.
"Yeah? So what's your plan, Himeko?" Gaim asked.
"Obviously, take advantage of an opening in the enemy's guard!" Ryugen answered as she shot Gridon off guard.
"Are you okay?" Kurokage asked surprised as Gridon fell from the shot. The latter then stood up.
"FOCUS!" Gaim shouted as she rushed in and swung her Musou Saber to Kurokage, which he missed. Fraise then rushed to Kurokage as well while firing her arrows. While he clashed his Kagematsu with Gaim's Musou Saber few times, he suddenly took shots, leaving his defenses left open so Gaim could assault him with ease. Fraise then use her bow as a melee weapon like Gaim's Musou Saber and joined Gaim in a fight against Kurokage. Kurokage mostly used his spear to block attacks from both Gaim Riders, and he also evaded them so he could have some room to attack them. However, with two on one battle, Kurokage seemed to be handicapped. Not to mention his Lockseed was much weaker than Gaim's and Fraise's.
Meanwhile with Gridon, he ran cowered with fear as he tried to evade the Budou Ryuhou shots, hiding behind a staircase.
"Ranged weapons are cheating!" Gridon complained at Ryugen before he ducked behind the staircase again to evade another shot. He then stood up and pointed at Kurokage hands full with Gaim and Fraise. "Going like that is also cheating!"
"Really? You're the one to talk!" Ryugen bellowed as she ran to Gridon.
"Go get 'em, Homura! Sayaka! Himeko!" The rest of Team Gaim cheered for their Riders from sidelines as Gaim and Fraise effortlessly fought Kurokage. With such numbers, they could easily overpower Kurokage. Not to mention they had stronger Lockseeds in their disposal. First, Gaim kicked Kurokage off when he was about to attack with his spear, so Fraise could slash him at back with her bow. Kurokage stepped aside before swung his spear to Gaim with no avail, and then the strawberry-armored Rider replied it with swift slash, assisted by Fraise's archery. Although Sayaka wasn't very good with archery, she at least knew how from Madoka when she had been a Puella Magi. After getting arrows and shashes, Kurokage stepped back, and rushed to Gaim to fight back, only for Gaim to block his attacks. Fraise then jumped in as she fired some more arrows, which he evaded.
"Let's see if you can cut this out!" Kurokage provoked as he pulled out and unlocked a Lockseed with hazelnut design and "LS-21" code.
HASHIBAMI!
Soon, a big hazelnut appeared above Kurokage, and he proceeded with Lockseed change.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA!
The pinecone armor and Kagematsu disappeared, and the big hazelnut dropped over him, and it opened with the sides folded in to form double-plated shoulder armor, the back and front simply folded onto place. His helmet had samurai kabuto earpieces like Gaim had, except it looked more pointy and had the hazelnut skin on the back of helmet, while the visor color stayed same. He gained a pair of katana looked like halves of scissor, and there was a hazelnut on the hilts.
HASHIBAMI ARMS! SOUTOU ON THE CUTTER!
Kurokage, with his new weapon and Hashibami Arms charged at Gaim and swiftly swung his both katanas to slash her, and he blocked Fraise's bow slashes from behind as he turned. Given the two katanas made Kurokage's degree of defense wider, although the range became shorter. But take note that his Hashibami Lockseed was still ranked lower than Gaim Riders' staple locks, B-Class Lock. Despite this fact, he managed to use these weapons well, so he barely faced any problems of handling these upper-ranked Riders. What's important to Hideyoshi was not how strong the weapon was, but how could he use it. If he could wield them correctly, he could even be on par with Riders with stronger weapons.
Gaim and Kurokage clashed their weapons to parry each other's blows, and then she dodged his slash and locked him down. While Kurokage was busy with Gaim, Fraise silently pulled the arrow in her bow, aiming for the now hazelnut-armored Rider. She then released it, struck Kurokage at back, tumbling him aside.
"Hey! Two against one is not fair!" Kurokage complained.
"Beats me!" Fraise replied mockingly as she pulled out and unlocked Blackberry Lockseed.
BLACKBERRY!
The big blackberry appeared above Fraise as she replaced her lock on the belt.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA!
The pineberry armor vanished as the blackberry fell over her. The front with broken heart folded together onto chest; the sides folded out onto shoulders, revealing vines and berries on it for shoulder armors' outer side. The back and top folded together in same way as Budou Arms. Her helmet sported spiral-like design on earpieces and violet compound eyes. In her hand was a whip with blackberry spikes. She became Blackberry Arms.
BLACKBERRY ARMS! MISTRESS~ FOUET!
"Time to whip up some naughty boys!" Sayaka exclaimed with jokingly lewd tone. Despite that, she couldn't play as a sexy woman due to her slightly childish personality and sugary cute facial features. She cracked her whip Blacka Cracka and reached it out to have it extend to whip Kurokage from his left side, swatting him aside. She then cracked her whip once more to whip him few more times before he blocked them with his swords, only for it to wrap around one of them. Kurokage didn't just lose his wit there. He combined the swords to form a large scissor, Hashibamibasami. With the scissor, he cut the whips apart to break free from her clutches, and then he cut some more segments of her whip, disabling Fraise's use of whip, and thus disarming her. He then separated the katanas back to twin katana mode and prepared to storm Fraise with swift slashes.
Gaim didn't just stand there as she unlocked the Ichigo Lockseed on her Musou Saber and locked it back.
LOCK ON!
ICHI, JYU, HYAKU!
ICHIGO CHARGE!
Gaim then slash the air to throw multiple energy kunai at the hazelnut Rider just before he could even land a single slash at Fraise, which sent him blown away as they exploded at him. He got back into normal after the strains he got from the attack. The Hashibami Lockseed then flew into Gaim's hand.
"Don't you forget this!" Hideyoshi growled as he ran off.
Back with Gridon, he kept running and avoiding Ryugen's shots, as he rolled on the staircase.
"Fine! I give, I give-" Gridon begged Ryugen for mercy as the grape-armored Rider came in and then... "Fooled you! How's this?!" He bonked Ryugen at head and missed his swat intended to her, as Gridon's trick got her guard down, but she quickly regained her focus as she dodged another swat and kicked him off downstairs.
"OW, OW-OW-OW! Ouch..." Gridon groaned in pain as he tumbled down the staircase. He then pulled out Almond Lockseed. "Don't think you can beat me so easily!" He boasted as he unlocked the lock.
ALMOND!
As opposed to most nuts and fruits the almond appeared upside down above Gridon. He then replaced the lock.
LOCK ON!
COME ON!
With That, the stemmed part is where his head came in, but not quite as the stemmed part opened to form a left shoulder armor.
ALMOND ARMS! BREAK IT UP~!
The front opened to form the chest, the right opened to form the right shoulder, and back opening to form the back plate. His helmet now gained more stereotypical viking features with almond pieces as horns and white bug eyes. He then gained a hand axe with almond piece as its blade. Gridon now armed in Almond Arms.
Gridon then ran up to swat Ryugen with his axe Almaxe, but she dodged and beat him some more before kicking him off downstairs again. She then cocked the hammer of Budou Ryuhou to finish him off with Dragon Shot. After taking the hit, Gridon tumbled aside and forced out of transformation.
"Ow..." Nobita groaned hurt as his Sengoku Driver was out of his waist and his Almond Lockseed flew into Ryugen's hand. Nobita then got up and retrieved his driver.
"You got lucky this time, got that?!" Nobita retorted as he ran off.
"Yatta!" The rest of Team Gaim cheered for the Riders' victory. "They did it! Awesome!"
All Riders cancelled their transformations as they walked to Kyouko, who was still lying on the fences weak.
"Are you okay?" Homura asked.
"You oughta pick your friends better, you know?" Sayaka asked as she offered her old friend a hand to hold.
"Those motherfuckers were mere pawns, nothing more." Kyouko scoffed, struggling to stand up. "I never expected any shit from them." She tried to shrug off her feelings of being betrayed by said pawns, although she felt a bit of anxiety she got from it. Though she got what she deserved for having her former team set up into the skirmishes from Baron alliance, her condition now was what Homura and the others concerned.
"Wait, Kyouko-chan! You got hurt...!" Sayaka gawked, trying to carry her, but Kyouko shoved Sayaka's hand off her shoulders, refusing the help.
"Geez, you really need to loosen up, you know?" Homura added. To her, Kyouko was only acting tough to shrug off whatever she was feeling after being betrayed by her former vassals.
"SHADDUP!" Kyouko snapped as she slammed the fences and panted angrily while giving Homura a glare. "Strength is power used to seize what you desire by force... It's a measure of who deserves to stand at the very top!" After giving a speech of her point of view about strength, Kyouko limped away for few steps. "I don't wanna hear anymore of your idealistic bullshit!"
Homura just sighed when she saw Kyouko limping to her team base. She never seen Kyouko this devastated before. "She's not gonna give up, is she?" Homura sighed.
"Yeah, she's stubborn as always." Sayaka added.
"Homura-san, Sayaka-san," Himeko called as she walked over to them. Her condition wasn't much better than Kyouko, as her Gaim hoodie had some slashes with some half-dried wounds could be seen from the slashes, and her face had bruises as well as blood drip stains on her mouth. But at least she could walk just fine. "Thank you. I don't think I could have won alone..."
"I should be thanking you, y'know? You helped me see a lot of things more clearly. Thanks." Homura said as she and Himeko shook their hands in gratitude, knowing Himeko was the one who made her resolved to become Gaim once again. "Sayaka, Himeko, and Madoka, take a good care of the team."
"Homura-san..."
"Homura! Sayaka! Himeko!" Madoka and other Gaim members ran over to their Kamen Riders as they cheered for them. "Alright, Yeah!" They then high-fived each other in joy.
"And I need to know what she's all about." Homura thought, after all she heard from the Madoka doppelganger...
The day turned into a sunset, and sunset turned into dusk, before finally turning into night...
At following day, a camera was turned on, at the studio DJ Sagara usually used to air his show. Of course, it was important tool to stream Beat Riders Hotline.
"Hello~ Mitakihara City!" DJ Sagara started his show. On his desk were Orange, Banana, Budou, and Pineberry Lockseeds on his right side, while there were Donguri and Matsubokkuri Lockseeds. "We've got a flood of news for you today! Looks like someone slipped a knife into Baron's back, and a wedge into their big alliances!"
The footages of Gridon and Kurokage curb-stomped Baron and Team Gaim overpowered them was played as he continued announcing. "The new Kamen Riders called themselves Kurokage and Gridon and started up an open war against Baron. But suddenly, Gaim, Ryugen, and another new Rider called herself Fraise turned around to back her up... And whoa! Talk about your crazy brawls! Oh, and we have some heartwarming moments of Team Gaim and their ex-teammates, who happens to be the Baron leader herself! With all these alliances forming and breaking all over the place, it's like we're having our own little Sengoku right here in Mitakihara!" DJ Sagara finished as he mimicked horn of some sort.
At Drupers, Sid turned off his iPad after watching a bit of Beat Riders Hotline and placed it on the table.
"Things really get interesting." Sid noted. He saw the betrayal of Raid Wild and Invitto on Baron as a climatic moment, and the point where conflict went further up. He couldn't miss this chance. "And I still have some left..." He said as the Lock Dealer opened his briefcase to reveal four more Sengoku Drivers. He took one of Sengoku Drivers in that briefcase, and wondered what he was going to do with those as he looked at it. "Who do I give it to?"
At a convention hall of some sort, there was a recital, with a boy with short grey hair in a black coat over white shirt and black pants, as well as leather shoes playing a violin with music of Violin Concerto 1, originally played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart back in 1775. For a young violinist, he sure had superb skills to play such music, that he took attentions of hundreds of spectators watching him with excitement and awe. Between those spectators were Hitomi, Sayaka, Homura, and Madoka. Hitomi kept watching him enthusiastly, implying that she was pleased that he did his best.
"Since Kyousuke-kun's fingers were healed, he's really into it." Hitomi commented, refering to the violinist Kamijou Kyousuke, Hitomi's boyfriend. Two years ago, Kamijou had got an accident that severed his hand that he couldn't play his violin anymore. Sayaka made a contract with Kyubey to be Puella Magi so his fingers could be healed, although she had to slay Witches for the rest of her life. Since Homura and Madoka altered the timeline and Kyubey disappeared, Sayaka had returned to her normal life (before she took the mantle of Kamen Rider Fraise) with Kamijou kept playing violin to the professional level.
"I agree." Sayaka nodded. "Kyousuke-kun's sure really happy."
As he played the chorus part, the excitement in the spectators grew, and they began carried away by the situation from the music. Some of them started to cry, including Hitomi.
"Hitomi?" Homura asked.
"No... I'm just... carried away..." Hitomi sobbed, wiping her tears with tissue.
Soon after, Kamijou finished, and all spectators applauded on him. Hitomi was happy that her lover pleased everyone watching him.
Later, a middle-aged man in similar suit to Kamijou's approached the boy at the backstage.
"Kamijou-kun, your play reached beyond our expectations." The man said happily as he shook his hands with Kamijou. He was clearly pleased by Kamijou's playing.
"Thank you, sir." Kamijou thanked, smiled with joy as the man appreciated his play nicely. Despite he had played his best to the public, he never let that lag himself behind, as he had to keep doing his best. Complacency was he never could afford of.
"Now, here's honor for you." The man, who was the recital organizer handed Kamijou an envelop of money as a honor for his playing. "Hopefully we can hear some more wonderful music of yours."
"Hai." Kamijou then bowed, with the man bowed back. "Once again, thank you very much."
Later outside the convention hall, Kamijou walked out and he saw Hitomi and her friends nearby.
"Hi there!" He greeted, waving his hand at the girls.
"Kyousuke-kun!" Hitomi replied as she ran to Kamijou, hugging him. "That was amazing! No wonder you made us cry there."
"That was not quite." Kamijou said modestly, although he couldn't agree more with his girlfriend. "You watched me too?"
"Yeah." Sayaka answered. "It was nice."
"Thank you..." Kamijou said blushed. He never expected Sayaka complimented him. "Besides, how is your Beat Riders career?"
"It was very nice." Hitomi answered. "We managed to climb to the top."
"Awesome!" Kamijou beamed. "That's a lot of hard work. I didn't expect you guys to break free from Baron's clutches." He watched Beat Riders Hotline regularly as a support for Hitomi and her friends as part of Team Gaim. He even made an account of Beat Riders Hotline so he could watch its videos and post some comments to support Gaim.
"It's thanks to the fools of Raid Wild and Invitto." Hitomi chuckled, referring to Nobita and Hideyoshi. "And them."
Homura and Sayaka showed Kamijou their respective Sengoku Drivers. However, it took him aback as he saw Sayaka's. He never expected her of all people to be Kamen Rider. "Sayaka?!"
"I don't want Homu-chan and Hime-chan to fight by themselves, while I just watch from the sidelines." Sayaka replied. "I need to help them as soon as I can... Especially after Baron formed the alliance of theirs."
"But, Sayaka!" Kamijou responded. "Don't you know that was dangerous?! Fight by yourself at Inves Game? They could hurt you!"
"I'm okay, as long as I have this." Sayaka said, flashing him her driver.
"By the way, that was I wanted to say when I pulled myself out from the game." Homura added, recalling her moment of cowardice after being almost slain by Zangetsu. "Every power comes with price. I'm sure Sayaka could pay it, as long as she's willing to attain it."
Hearing her, Kamijou could only respond with a sigh, and he didn't know what to say afterwards after the shock he got from this revelation.
"Honestly, Kamijou-kun, I was going to handle the fight by myself." Madoka added. "But I'm sure Homura-chan and the others could handle it."
Kamijou just looked at them, questioning if he should trust them.
Later that day at garage, Team Gaim were having meeting about their current position as of late, with all members present minus Homura.
"That counted as a win for us against Raid Wild and Invitto." Himeko began as she moved the magnet with Gaim logo up. At the blackboard was a bar graph representing Team points. Before their bout with Raid Wild and Invitto, Gaim had been in second place with Red Hot in third tied with Souten, Invitto in fifth, Raid Wild in sixth, and Spingere in seventh place. Who knows about other Beat Rider teams such as Mouryou, Popup and Boost? Maybe they were ranked lower somehow? "And since Baron lost to them, they're bleeding points." She continued as she moved down Baron's logo, parallel with Gaim's. Seeing this situation, other members nodded happily.
"So, that sends up ranking... Meaning Team Gaim is finally tied with Baron for first place!" Himeko finished. This made the rest of team cheered in joy! They had never reached this high before since their last bout.
"But we can't spend all our time celebrating!" Madoka added. "Now that we're in the top class, we've gotta step up our dances! We're gonna have to put in some intense practice!"
"Okie-dokie! I'm ready!" Sayaka beamed cheerfully.
"Right." Himeko nodded. "And we're going to have some tough Inves opponents too, not just Baron. Not to mention we'll have to fight some more Kamen Riders in future. That's where the real challenge is."
"Yeah, but if that happens, you can transform and shoot 'em down!" Choromatsu added as he stepped in next to Himeko, while mimicking her Henshin pose, patting her shoulder and jabbed her gut jokingly.
"Homura said she'd help if we needed an extra hand too!" Hitomi beamed, high-fiving at Osomatsu as he stepped in.
"Hey, not just Homu-chan and Hime-chan! I'll still be there fighting too, y'know!" Sayaka said as she practiced her Henshin pose.
"Like this?" Osomatsu asked as he and the others mimicked Sayaka and Himeko's henshin pose. "Henshin!"
Madoka walked around to look for Homura, only for her to realize she was nowhere at garage. "I wonder how Homura-chan's job hunt is going..." Madoka wondered aloud.
"HAA-TCHIIH!" Speaking of whom, Homura sneezed as she got some chills due to someone "special" was talking about her. She walked around the city after she went home to change after leaving the convention hall, while Sayaka, Madoka, and Hitomi directly went back into Gaim's garage. Now she was in purple cardigan over white shirt and black-and-white checkered knee-length hot pants, as well as black stockings and black sneakers. She needed to look for a side job to support her living. She then pulled out her phone to see the map, to locate where she was. She then walked over to see a large house, functioning as bakery of some sort.
"Le Charlotte... This must be it." Homura noted as he read at the cake-like sign in the exterior of building near the door. Le Charlotte opened from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM. "Here goes nothing." She then opened the door, walked in.
Inside, she found a place beautifully decorated with hearts and checkered patterns all over, and neatly placed tables and chairs. There were also a stand decorated with a cake that strikingly looked like a castle. The cakes and breads in the showcases looked so tantalizing, with beautiful dressing and toppings. Hence, one must wonder whether this place gained so much customers.
"Welcome." Homura said. "Umm, excuse me. Can I have an interview for a part-time job here?" She asked as she walked over to one of the employees serving as clerk.
"Yes. One second please." He said as he left to the kitchen.
"Hai."
The clerk then walked to the door to kitchen, where his boss was likely there. "Umm, excuse me, boss! That girl's here about the part-time job!" He shouted as he pried from the door.
Soon, the person the clerk referred walked out as his employee stepped back in response. "I ask you, please refer to me as patissier." The boss responded. He was a man in his mid thirties with thin goatee and sleek ear-length blonde hair, his bangs covered the left eye. His eyebrows curled over at its outer end forming a spiral-like pattern. He wore a business suit of some sort with blue shirt under black coat and a black necktie. On his coat was a name tag with ID Card at right chest. In said ID, under his photo was his name, Sanji Alfonso, and his position as Chief Patissier of Le Charlotte. He then turned to Homura, giving her a sharp gaze to her surprise.
"My apologies!" The clerk bowed apologizing.
"Oh, hi. My name's Akemi Homura and I'm here for a part-time job." The ebony-haired girl began.
"What's your birthday?" Sanji asked seemingly out of blue. He seemed to be very flamboyant man, as he had no shame lifting her chin with his finger. Something only a lover could do.
"Huh?" Homura gawked. "Uh... It's December 28th."
"Ugh, a Sagittarius." Sanji noted with disgusted groan as he moved out of his finger out of disdain. "I simply cannot abide Sagittarians." Homura could only shook her heads in confusion. What kind of interview was that? She never had that weird thing since her first time applying for a side job ever. Is he nuts or what?
"Your response was utterly lacking in esprit!" Sanji responded as he began walking around and poking her like a mosquito buzzing and biting all around. (Esprit means "spirit" in French.) "And your don't fashion sense is devoid of slightest hint of elegance. Non, non, non. You're not needed, darling." He noted. Homura should've known that attire was inappropriate for that "interview", let alone for any job application in general except in a job fair, even if that job didn't require any specific uniform to wear during work.
"Wait, what?! What does my birthday have to do with anything?! This is a cake shop, isn't it?!" Homura gawked dumbfounded. She felt this "interview" was unfair. Honestly, birthday over all things to apply? It must be related to the patissier's personal reference.
"That you even need to ask..." Sanji turned to Homura, and then he delivered a roundhouse kick, almost hitting her face with the wind from the kick's force blew her hair! "Proves you lack even the slightest hint of artistic vision!"
"Geez, what are you talking about?" Homura deadpanned as the patissier lowered his foot back to place.
"True art requires visionary artisans, sublime materials, and perfection of process!" Sanji answered as he showed his employee working on a cake from the kitchen window. He then turned to his rejected applier. "This store's policy is unfaltering and uncompromisable! You're incapable of achieving true art. You're not a lady enough for that yet. Adieu!"
After Sanji went back to the kitchen, Homura could only sigh and stared at him with gaped mouth and too many question about that guy's sanity in her head...
Homura went home with disappointed look, gained nothing from her job hunt. After placing her shoes into the rack, she just sat on the dining table, sighed tired. She still had some question about that weird patissier bugging her, and how the employees got accepted. He even didn't say anything about cakes! Soon, a doorbell rang. There were guests coming, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Coming!" Homura shouted as she ran over to the door, opening to see the guests. They were Madoka and Sayaka, with the latter bringing a plastic bag of some sort.
"Hi there, Homura-chan!" Madoka greeted.
"Oh, it's you guys." Homura said. "Come in. What's the big deal, anyway?"
"Well, as you're trying to be a productive member of society again, I thought I'd come and see how you're doing." Madoka answered.
"Hai, we got some cakes from Le Charlotte!" Sayaka beamed as she showed the plastic bag with Le Charlotte's logo, implying it contained cakes from there. They just came to Homura's house after going from the bakery. Hearing this fact, Homura raised her eyebrows and gaped, surprised.
"Le... C-C-Charlotte?" Homura muttered nervously sweatdropped, after all the bad experience she got from that place.
At dining room, Madoka took out the box from the plastic bag and placed it on dining table. Sayaka was a big fan of Le Charlotte due to her parents being regular customer and they often brought her cakes from there. Madoka wanted to try a bite of their cakes, but she afraid if she couldn't afford it due to its sky-high prices, and she didn't want to burden her parents just for extra allowance. But since Team Gaim won alot of games, they could afford a cake to buy. Homura on the other hand, became "traumatized" after her disdain on Sanji Alfonso with his weird interview about birthday and his overly classy standards, so she detested Le Charlotte along with its patissiers and its products.
"Wow! I always wanted a bite from one of their cakes!" Madoka beamed. "I know it's expensive, but the whole team chipped in to get them, so don't worry. We even gave Kamijou-kun some as a celebration gift."
"I'll get you some tea then." Homura said monotonely as she went to the kitchen to make cups of tea for her guests.
After making tea, Homura placed three cups of green tea and three plates and forks on the dining table. Madoka and Sayaka were yet to open the box as they waited for Homura to join the fun, which unfortunately she didn't consider as one. "Here you go, girls."
"Hey, Homu-chan, why don'tcha try it just a bite? It wouldn't hurt!" Sayaka said cheerfully.
"No thanks." Homura scoffed. "Besides, is that place really special?"
"Huh? You never heard of it, Homura-chan?" Madoka asked. "Le Charlotte is like, far and away the best food you'll find in the whole prefecture!"
"Seriously?"
"The manager trained as a patissier in France for 10 whole years, and even won the Coupe... What is it called?" Sayaka tried to answer, but she forgot what she wanted to said about the competition the patissier won.
"Coupe de Monde." Madoka corrected.
"Ah! Coupe de Monde! An international event where patissiers from all around the world compete to make the best cakes in the world!" Sayaka continued.
"And I heard he's part of Relais Desserts. Hardly anyone in Japan has made that grade!" Madoka added.
"Relay... What?" Homura asked dumbfounded.
"His name is Sanji Alfonso. He even gained French Citizenship to become a better patissier! He's incredible!" Sayaka added. "And I heard he had married to a French woman, her name was Namine Le Blanc, or referred as Nami for short. She's very popular top model."
Homura just scratched her head in confusion, getting lost in conversation.
"Nami-san had set up her own business too, and they got two children. But sadly, she got divorced after a scandal involving his affair with another celebrity in France. Well, I could say he's pretty flamboyant for his own good." Sayaka continued. She was pretty much a gossipy hen with all those info, wasn't she?
Homura took a card on the cake box, and flipped it to see a portrait of Sanji on it, much to her disdain as she hissed like a cat!
"Homura-chan?" Madoka asked as she saw Homura hissing.
"No, nothin'." Homura replied.
"Hai! Let's open the box!" Sayaka beamed as she opened the box, to contain some gorgeously dressed cakes. Strawberry shortcakes, a cupcake topped with assorted fruits, a chocolate cake coated with creamy dark chocolate and topped with chocolate chunks, a tiramisu, and a sponge cake with strawberry jam on its top and blueberries.
"Wow~!" Madoka gasped in awe as she and Sayaka gazed at those tantalizing cakes. They looked so delicious!
"Sugo~i!" Sayaka yelled enchanted as she began drooling.
Madoka and Sayaka took these cakes and placed them on their respective plates. Madoka's had the cupcake with mixed fruits, Sayaka's had the strawberry-blueberry sponge cake. They took some of them with their forks, and ate them. They felt the very heavenly taste of the cakes. Not just sweet, but also creamy and splashy. As expected from Sanji Alfonso! He made the cakes very bewitching, to the point they got their hearts warring for it even before they ate it. When they ate them, they felt as their souls were captivated in joy, entwined with taboo passion.
"Mmm~ Oishii!" Madoka and Sayaka cooed raptured.
Homura just looked at the strawberry shortcake on her plate, while thinking that her friends looked stupid when they ate Sanji's cake, although she was partially wrong. They might be stupid enough to eat the cake, but it's stupider to judge without even biting it once.
"Wanna take some? Ah~..." Madoka said as she was close to feed Homura some of her cake, only to flinch suddenly, dropping the cake over Homura's strawberry shortcake!
At Baron's base, the group of males wearing red of some sort slammed Baron coats on the table before Ky and Miwa, implying they weren't happy with them, and a bit anxious.
"Sorry, bro, but Red Hot's quitting your little club." The male wearing a flipped red hat, brown vest over red shirt and grey pants, and black sneakers said. He was the leader of Red Hot, Sonomura. Beside him were two other males. One wore glasses, red hoodie over white shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers; while another wore blue-and-white vest over red shirt, blue jeans, and blue sneakers. They were quitting Baron's alliance after their disappointment of the alliance after they learned the truth behind. "It's over. We ain't gonna be your backup dancers anymore." He said as Kyouko was eating an instant cup ramen, with the sipping sound loud enough to other people on the base, adding the tension into the already tense moment.
"You'll regret this." Ky retorted.
"We're already regrettin' going along with you and Nobi to begin with!" Sonomura said as he turned away from the Barons. "Seeya, suckers!"
Ky sighed with disappointment, while Miwa slammed the table, annoyed by the allied teams starting to leave Baron after all the efforts they made.
"Tch." Kyouko chided as she finished her cup ramen.
"First Raid Wild and Invitto, then Popup and Souten, and there goes our last member of our alliance!" Miwa groaned.
"So now what, Boss?" Ky asked. "The team alliance has proven useless."
"I was growing bored with that bullshit anyway." Kyouko answered cynically as she began messing with her cards. "I suppose... this was all the excitement it was ever going to provide." She then did a 52-pickup before she clapped the card closed, magically vanishing it from her hands.
"Have you seen the ranks, though?" Miwa asked. "Gaim's leveled with us now."
"There's a bigger game at stake here than Gaim." Kyouko noted as she returned the cards magically into her hands, and doing 52-pickup again. "Invitto and Raid Wild aren't that many points behind, every other team would love to take credit while we kick some ass with Gaim." The Baron leader then did a 52-pickup again, this time at Miwa's face almost hitting him while letting the cards fell.
"Our first goal should be to clear a gap between us and third place." Kyouko noted as she walked away to the stairs. She was clearly disappointed on how the things went through, realizing they were at bad spot. "If Gaim manages to keep pace with us, then good for them."
"You sound like you want them to." Ky pointed out.
"Maybe I do." Kyouko replied as she walked upstairs.
At Kyouko's room at the base, she sat on a carpet after taking the old picture of her with Team Gaim, with her being in the part of the team wearing Gaim's hoodie. She looked at the picture, wondering Team Gaim now finally reached this far. She never expected it to happen, but she was glad that now they freed from confines of weakness, although she missed the old times as part of her former team a bit.
"Sure y'guys growin' strong." Kyouko muttered. She sighed, rubbing the glass where Sayaka's face in the picture located underneath. She loved how Sayaka now resolved to fight her own battles, despite she was taken aback after the first time she transformed into Fraise. "Sayaka..."
Later at Drupers, Sonomura of Red Hot took the Lockseed with design of durian and "LS-12" code to his excitement. He was really happy to take them so he could fight on his own in level of Homura, Kyouko, Nobita, and Hideyoshi, who are all most notable Kamen Riders at Mitakihara, belonged to Team Gaim, Baron, Invitto, and Raid Wild respectively. Sitting across him was Sid. They were conducting a transactions of some sort for that Durian Lockseed. But wait, there's more.
"Take this, too. To celebrate you and your team getting out of the alliance's shadow." Sid said as he took out an unused Sengoku Driver before handing it to the Red Hot leader.
"You serious?!" Sonomura asked as he examined the buckle. "Thanks a ton!"
Outside the room where the transaction was conducted, Nobita and Hideyoshi sat across each other at the table in front of the door. The Raid Wild leader just watched Sonomura happily gained his own Sengoku Driver and Lockseed, which Hideyoshi frowned upon.
"Sid sure knows how to bleed us dry." Hideyoshi pointed out, pulling out a wallet devoid of cash. They used the last bills of cash to buy the replacement Lockseeds they lost to Gaim and Ryugen.
"He knows our belts aren't any good without Lockseeds to use in them." Nobita noted as he looked at his newly bought Almond Lockseed.
"Huh?" Hideyoshi gawked as he saw Sonomura leaving with a Sengoku Driver. The latter turned to the fellow team leaders to show them his new driver before finally leaving.
"Irashaimase." The waitress welcomed as someone came heading to Sid's table. Sid himself got himself surprised to see this person, while Nobita and Hideyoshi didn't notice him.
"Are you Lock Dealer, Sid?" This person asked as he sat across to Sid. He was revealed to be Kamijou, of all people!
"Yeah, I am." Sid answered. "Lemme guess. You must be newbie to Inves Game, eh?"
"Most likely." Kamijou answered. He never played Inves Game before, but he wanted to do something important, especially after learning Sayaka's debut as Kamen Rider in her bout against Raid Wild's Kurokage AKA Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Invitto's Gridon AKA Nobi Nobita along with Gaim AKA Akemi Homura and Ryugen AKA Himemiya Himeko. It seemed to be fresh start for him.
"Then you must come for Lockseeds, don'tcha?"
"Yeah." Kamijou answered. "Anyways, you must've known Miki Sayaka, AKA. Kamen Rider Fraise of Team Gaim."
"So what if I am?" Sid inquired. "Besides, you look like someone... famous."
"I'm Kamijou Kyousuke." Kamijou added. "I'm just a newcomer violinist."
"For a new comer, you're quite famous, y'know?" Sid noted. He did have watched Kamijou's recitals and read the news about him in newspaper and internet. "That's lot of an achievement."
"Honestly, It wasn't that much." Kamijou said modestly. "I must learn a lot since then."
"Well, so let's get to the point." Sid diverted as he pulled out a Lockseed from his briefcase. It had a blackish crimson fruit with leaf-like stem on its front, with "LS-26" code. From what Sid looked as he showed the lock, it was hardly a bad deal. "I'll offer you this Mangosteen Lockseed for just 1,000 Yen. You can only get this premium lock just this once."
"Thanks, but I also need the belt like Sayaka has."
Hearing Kamijou's request, Sid raised his eyebrows in shock, didn't believing what he just heard. He was feeling like he wanted to slap his own face, that he must hand out a Sengoku Driver to non-Beat Riders. "What?" He gawked shocked.
"And I'm willing to pay you with all of these." Kamijou said as he pulled an envelope of money he got as honor from his recital earlier, and he opened it to take great amounts of money, almost reaching 100,000 Yen!
"Are you jokin'?" Sid chuckled, humoring the aspiring violinist's request. "I can't just hand out Sengoku Drivers to everyone, especially to people totally green about Inves Game like you. House policy, you know."
"Oh? Then how about this?" Kamijou asked as he pulled out his own credit card.
Sid could only look at them in confusion and dumbfound. He'd never seen a non-Beat Riders this serious about being Kamen Rider when began joining Inves Game before. He sighed clueless. "What should I do then?"
"Well, you know that Sayaka is my best friend. And that Gaim and Ryugen... I believe they must be friend of hers." Kamijou said. "Her friend is my friend too. I don't want Sayaka or her friends getting hurt by Inves or other Riders."
"Well then, if you want that bad." Sid sighed as he pulled out another Sengoku Driver. "And I'll sell these with just 100,000 Yen. Deal?"
"Absolutely a deal." Kamijou said as he handed all the money to Sid.
"Thank you very much." Sid thanked as he took the money and handed the belt and Mangosteen Lockseed.
Kamijou then took them, and took his leave. Nobita saw the violinist leaving. "Yet another team and a newbie with belts. Great." He remarked sarcastically with annoyed and anxious look.
"It's not meant to be like this, man!" Hideyoshi growled as he slammed the table angry. He also disliked the fact even a boy green to Inves Game also purchased his belt. "Ain't the whole point of having Sengoku Driver so we can beat up these guys?!"
"Well, Yossy-chan..." Nobita sighed, he couldn't agree more. They lacked the raw power compared to Gaim and Baron's Riders, but he knew wht they had to do at first. "I think what we really need to do to step up our game is improve our teamwork."
"I getcha..." Hideyoshi said as he sat down. He couldn't disagree of Nobita's plan. "Then... we'd better start training!"
"What's this all about?" Tomomi said as she walked in, curious with the team leaders' conversation.
"Nothing, we just had some, er... agreement." Nobita answered.
"By the way I heard that new Rider Fraise, Sayaka is having affair with Baron leader, is that true?" The girl with wavy long brown hair in same Popup uniform as Tomomi's inquired. She was Tomomi's teammate in Popup, Hitomi Isaka.
"Don't be ridiculous." Hideyoshi chuckled. "They used to be friends, but Kyouko just turned her back on Gaim, right?"
"She did it on purpose." Nobita added. "She wanted to make Gaim stronger, albeit in hard way. Besides, there are some hints that Kyouko-chan and Gaim's Sayaka-chan were having some kind of special relationship, that's all."
"Oh, I see." Hideyoshi said. "Just hope they don't end up together as lesbians."
"But if they did, either you or Nobita-kun had to pay me up 500 Yen." Isaka said. She had placed her bet to see if Sayaka and Kyouko would become lovers at some point.
"Fine with me." Nobita responded.
At Himemiya mansion, Himeko got back home from school and walked toward her room. When she passed by Chikane's room, she saw her older sister packing her briefcase, with a Sengoku Driver, Melon and a Lockseed with watermelon design in it to her surprise. After peeking a bit, Himeko quickly scramed away as fast as possible to avoid her sister, only to be noticed by Chikane afterwards.
"Is that you, Himeko?" Chikane asked as she spotting her sister walking away. She then walked out to see Himeko outside stopping at place after she heard her older sister. "Did you just get back?"
"Um, yeah." Himeko answered as she turned to Chikane.
"Come in." Chikane said as she went back into her room, with Himeko following suit.
"We need to talk about your higher education. Sit down." Chikane said as she sat on a sofa in her room, which made it doubled as a guest room.
"Okay." Himeko replied as she sat across to her soon after, placing her bags on the sofa next to her. Suddenly, Chikane's phone rang, interrupting their supposed conversation before they even began.
"Excuse me." Chikane said as she got up and pulled out her phone from the pocket in her skirt. She then answered the phone call. "I'm here."
"Yes, we're still collecting data on it. Do continue." Chikane then got out of her room while she talked to whoever phoned her, most likely her colleague or such. "In fact, we may need more heads on it. What's the status of the request to HQ?"
After seeing Chikane leaving, Himeko then went to check the briefcase. She opened it, and she found the Sengoku Driver with Zangetsu's face on its faceplate, Melon Lockseed, and the watermelon Lockseed with "LS-10" code, Suika Lockseed as she suspected.
"A Sengoku Driver..." Himeko thought. Could it mean... Chikane was Zangetsu all along? However, it was unknown to her that Zangetsu, or in fact Chikane was the one who attacked Homura in Helheim. But still, with those equipments laying around in Chikane's briefcase, Himeko became suspicious regarding who Zangetsu really was. She then hovered her hand on Suika Lockseed and grabbed it. "Why would Onee-chan have one of these?"
"I see. I'm on my way." Himeko quickly closed the briefcase as she heard Chikane's voice, walking back. She then walked back to where she had sat, while waiting for Chikane to get back as she hid the Suika Lockseed in her school coat.
"Excuse me. We'll sit down and talk about your schooling later." Chikane told her younger sister as she came back.
"Okay." Himeko nodded. "You're going to work?"
"Yes. I may be out all night." Chikane nodded as she took and wore her coat from the sofa. She then walked to Himeko and held her cheeks, kissing her forehead much to Himeko's surprise and embarrassment to the point her face blushed. "I love you."
"Umm... Be careful." Himeko bid her older sister. "I-I love you too."
"Indeed. Don't worry." Chikane nodded as she walked out bringing her briefcase, leaving the house. Chikane just looked at her sister with a relieved sigh, and looked at the Suika Lockseed she just "stolen"...
Meanwhile, at a luxurious room at apartment of some sort, Sanji, in his pink bath robe was watching the video of Beat Riders Hotline showcasing Gaim and Ryugen versus Gridon and Kurokage. He frowned, clearly unpleased to what he saw, especially at the Riders. Decorating the room were trophies and medals on the stands, as well as some photos of him in air forces uniform, implying Sanji had been a retired soldier before he started up as a patissier. It didn't help that there was a uniform showcased nearby his wardrobe.
"So, so dull." Sanji muttered lazy as he watched the footage. "These rank amateurs can't put on a good fight." He then turned the TV off in boredom. These so-called amateurs were nothing than eyesores for him. They were green. To jump into battle without any combat experience was foolish. They might be hurt or get killed, that was for sure.
"Do children these days really enjoy watching these pathetic games? They're all fakers, the lot of them!" He almost growled annoyed, sipping a French wine before placed the glass down. "Amateur play-fighting!" He remarked with use of "amateur" in French accent.
He then got up and walked around. "These imposters can never match the true brilliance of a true warrior! If they go on, society may forget the true passion required to fight!" Sanji continued with use of "passion" in French accent. "Oh, this simply won't do!"
Sanji smirked walking to the nightstand decorated with mini shrine of candles around... a blank Sengoku Driver and Durian Lockseed like Sonomura had?
"They need to be taught the true meaning of war. Of battle!" He smirked as he looked at the Durian Lockseed...
At following day at Mitakihara High, Homura had some shut-eye underneath a shade of tree at the school park, with a magazine covering her face. She rested a bit after getting tired of rejected from place to place for a side-job. Now she had to do something to get her job back so she can support her own living without relying on allowance from her parents. Until suddenly...
"Hey, are they really playing an Inves Game?" Homura heard some fellow students ask each other as they passed by exiting the school. It made her waken up from her brief nap.
"That's what that classy-looking guy said." another added.
"Let's go check it out!" The third replied, catching Kamijou's attention, who just walked out of school.
"Hmm?" Kamijou asked out of curiosity. Homura then walked out and he called her, "Akemi."
"Huh?" Homura responded.
"Where are you going to?" Kamijou asked.
"To see an Inves Game, of course."
"Then let me tag along!"
"Heeee~y!" Soon, Sayaka and Madoka came by as the former shouted. Looks like they wanted to tag along. In case Inves broke out, they could give some hand to eradicate them to prevent any casualties. "I heard there's Inves Game. Where?"
"Just follow them and you'll know." Homura answered. The girls along with Kamijou then went following the group of students to where the event would take place.
Under the bridge, we see Kurokage and Gridon preparing for something. There was a practice dummy with some barrels for shooting or such and some tins for training. They were about to train, especially about their teamwork the latter talked yesterday. They seemed ready for it.
"I don't think anyone will bother us here." Gridon figured. "So, what's our attack plan?"
"Well, I was thinking of a move a little like this." Kurokage started as he pressed the button on remote control, suddenly making the dummy fire BB pellets at Gridon.
"Hey, watch it!" Gridon screamed as he ducked to his surprise. He hadn't expected that coming. "That's not cool..."
"Step one is you taking point to psych out the enemy." Kurokage instructed Gridon, pulling him to his feet and forced forward, much to his chagrin.
"W-What?! Hey... hey, hey, Hey! Hold on!" Gridon gawked as he shrugged off the pellets. He really didn't like when Hideyoshi used him as a scapegoat. It barely inflict any damage to him, but still it hurt. Kurokage kept pushing Gridon forward until...
"And once we're in range... You make the feint, and..." Kurokage then shoved the poor acorn Rider to the dummy, which then fired a water from its nostril.
"WHOA?! Water?! REALLY?!" Gridon shouted hysterically, surprised by this sudden ammo change. As he tried to stay dry, Kurokage jumped and used his shoulders as an extra springboard.
"I strike with my lance!" Kurokage shouted as he thrusted the dummy with his spear, knocking it down, finishing it. He then thriumphantly twirled his spear to show how cool he claimed to be. "What'd you think?"
Gridon sighed as he sat down, and then he heard... applause and cheers?
"Eh? What?" Gridon gawked as he turned to the source of the voices. There were crowds watching them! They thought as if they were really doing Inves Game. Between the crowds were Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, and Kamijou. Homura tried to find clear spot to see these nut-based Riders clearly, trying to get some clue what was going on.
"What are you doing here? This ain't a show!" Kurokage snapped.
"What? But we heard there's an inves Game happening here." Sayaka pointed out.
"Huh?" Gridon gawked.
"Oh yeah? Who told you that?" Kurokage demanded to know as the crowd looked to each other for a bit. Then, the answer came soon enough as...
"I invited this splendid audience here today." A voice spoke as the crowd parted to reveal... Sanji?! "So that my debut may be appropriately appreciated."
"The heck?!" Homura gawked upon seeing him of all people, especially at this place.
"Alfonso-sama~!" Sayaka cooed adoring that patissier so much. To her, she was her role model, as well as inspiration.
"Who are you, man?" Kurokage asked. This must be some sort of joke, right?
"I am here to bring a breath of fresh air to your pathetic little game." Sanji answered as he stopped before the Nutty Buddies. "I, Sanji Alfonso. The Head Patissier of Le Charlotte."
Hearing this, the crowds gasped in surprise, with some of them really knew who he was and his reputation as patissier. And what was his purpose to come there?
"Huh? Sanji what?" Kurokage asked dumbfounded, not knowing Sanji well.
"You don't know? He's the famous patissier in this town." Gridon added. Suddenly, Sanji pulled out his Sengoku Driver!
"Whoa!" Many people there gasped as they saw him of all people holding Sengoku Driver before actually kissing it on its back and placing it against his waist. The yellow belt appeared, wrapping around his waist. On its faceplate the picture of lime green helmet with silver mask and scars over the eye, with lime green background decorated with red sparks; appeared. As it appeared, the belt played an electric guitar riff.
"A Sengoku Driver!" Homura gasped.
"What?" Madoka gawked.
"Why do you have it?!" Kurokage gawked in surprise. Why would a person other than Beat Riders have it?
"I thought Sonomura from Red Hot got that..." Gridon pointed out, recalling him seeing Sonomura in Drupers yesterday. Sanji scoffed in response.
(Cue flashback)
The previous day at Le Charlotte, Team Red Hot were having some cakes to celebrate this chance to get up in the rankings. Sonomura smiled like crazy with his two teammates.
"All right! With this thing, we're gonna own the streets and prove we boys can be Kamen Riders as good as those Gaim and Baron bitches can!" Sonomura smirked with Sengoku Driver in his hand, very happy with getting Kamen Rider equipments in his hands. Now he and Red Hot could topple the streets in Inves Game to beat the crap of everyone with no problem.
"Yeah!" Other Red Hot boys yelled in joy, and then Sonomura and they cheered, repeatdly chanting their team name, loud enough for everyone to hear, even from outside the shop. They were too oblivious they were too noisy, weren't they? That is... until Sanji approached them, making them silent.
"Pardon!" Sanji responded, saying "Excuse me!" in French.
With little effort and time, Sanji managed to throw all three Beat Riders out of his shop. He then walked at tumbled boys, giving them annoyed glare.
"What utter amateurs." The one visible eyed patissier scoffed. "You can't even comprhehend the basics of fighting."
"Get away! He's freak!" Sonomura's second-in-command yelled in panic, urging his teammate to run away while leaving Sonomura all by himself to face Sanji.
"Hey! Hey, you guys..." Sonomura yelled at his men, but they were too busy running for their lives to hear. He then gripped his Sengoku Driver tighter, while braced himself to fight Sanji. "Fine then..." The Red Hot leader then charged to Sanji, but he got his grabbed by his hand and twisted it behind his back as he got thrown to the ground, with the blonde patissier still grabbing his arm, threatening to break it.
"I shall not ask payment for the dolce platter, provided you hand over this belt of yours." Sanji replied as he released Sonomura. The Beat Rider then handed him the belt and Lockseed in panic.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" Sonomura screamed, running away for his life.
Now with the kids finally learned their lessons, Sanji just smiled as he looked at his newly got Driver. "Merci beaucoup!" Sanji said "Thank you very much." In French, as he looked Sonomura ran away.
(End flashback)
"You kidding me?!" Kurokage gasped upon hearing the story.
Sanji then pulled out the Durian Lockseed. "Hen~shin!" He exclaimed as he opened the Lockseed.
DU~RIAN!
The dark green durian appeared from the zipper portal above Sanji, and then he locked the lock onto his belt.
LOCK ON!
As the belt played American rock-and-roll guitar riffs, Sanji stretched his hands aside, and then he crossed them over his head. He then hovered his right hand over his face while his right hand placed back to place, and then he stepped back and pushing the knife lever while doing a swan stance. As the belt cut the lock open, it played another guitar riff.
DURIAN ARMS!
The durian then dropped over Sanji, encasing him in lime green-and-silver bodysuit with lavender gauntlets and thigh armors similar to that of Baron and Gridon's, except the lavender armors were covered with spikes. Inside the durian, Sanji gained the scarred, spiked helmet like the one depicted on his Sengoku Driver. The durian slice then slid in, coloring his visor yellow and gaining pointy earpieces and red mohawk similar to that of Roman Gladiator, as well as more spikes on the back of helmet. As the durian opened, it folded similarly to Donguri and Matsubukkuri Arms, except the back of durian's front grew silver spikes, forming T-like part for the chest armor. The green part had spikes too.
MISTER~ DANGEROUS!
Upon transforming, Sanji gained a pair of swords with spikes at their blades. He then triumphantly swung the swords, crossing them before bringing them below. This made everyone gasped impressed, but some of them such as Kurokage, Gridon, Kamijou, and Mitakihara High student Beat Riders gaped in shock.
Sanji Alfonso had transformed into Kamen Rider Bravo Durian Arms! With the spikes all over the armor, he looked a bit... scary.
"Alright!" A spectator gasped in awe.
"Sweet!" Another spectator added.
"No way!" Homura gasped in shock. Those spikes were too much for armors!
"Wow~ Alfonso-sama kakkoii~!" Sayaka squealed amazed, much to her classmates' chagrin. Homura then bonked her head in response, annoyed.
"Behold, my pageant of death and destruction begins!" Bravo proclaimed as the nut Riders braced themselves.
The crowd then pulled out their phones to take picture of and record the Riders fighting in excitement. This could be good video to be sent to Beat Riders Hotline. Kamijou and Mitakihara student Beat Riders on the other hand, looked at Kurokage and Gridon with worry look. Although they had been their foes and rivals since Kurokage and Gridon's arrival, they still concerned of Nobita and Hideyoshi, if they got their butts handed to Bravo. Not to mention Nobita AKA Gridon was their schoolmate.
"Oi! You're not even a Beat Rider! Then why are you trying to join Inves Game?!" Homura demanded to know as she stepped in.
"Hmm?" Bravo got his attention taken by someone, whom he looked with confused and curious look. But then he remembered her applying for part-time job at Le Charlotte, only to be rejected at that time. "My, my. If it isn't the little reject from this morning. Is there a problem?"
Homura stepped back again nervously due to the spikes. No wonder why Sanji's belt chanted "Mister Dangerous" upon transformation.
"Combat has always been a form of entertainment!" The durian Rider noted as he spun in excitement. "The great Caesars of Rome pit gladiators against each other in the Colosseum, so that the grippling stimulus of it all appease their citizens! And now, I shall put on a show to surpass even that!"
"Wooo! Get them!" The crowd cheered for Bravo in excitement anxious for the battle to begin, much to Homura's chagrin. This also made Kamijou frowned annoyed, gripping his Mangosteen Lockseed tighter.
"Huh? What the hell's he talking about?" Gridon asked Kurokage, confused on so much speech even his brilliant brain couldn't process.
"All I got was he wants a fight." Kurokage answered as he pat Gridon's shoulder armor.
"Oh, okay..."
"So let's give him one!"
"Oi!" Gridon panicked as Kurokage pushed him forward, again. Was Hideyoshi like him being a scapegoat, or was he wanted to apply same strategy as the earlier training? But whatever he did, Gridon was very, very unpleased.
"Get em, Gridon!" Kurokage smirked as he shoved Gridon forward so he could be bait for Bravo's attacks. As Bravo turned, he first swat Gridon missed, and then he swayed to evade a hammer swat before kicking it to open his attack, so he could continue with a slash. Both Riders then got their weapon locked to each other, only for Bravo to bring Gridon away and pounded him.
"Here we go!" Kurokage exclaimed as he jumped onto Gridon's back before leaping and lunged his Kagematsu to Bravo, which the latter avoided. Kurokage then began fighting in place of Gridon, with Bravo keep evading Kurokage's attacks until he jabbed the Ashigaru-themed Rider at its gut and kicked his head before slashing him, sending him stumbling. Looks like the luck wasn't on their side.
Homura just watched at those poor nut Riders nervous while the crowds cheered for Bravo, and Kamijou frowned at the durian Rider annoyed as Bravo laughed like a noblewoman. Bravo soon kicked Gridon to the ground again, forcing him to run and hide behind the remains of training dummy.
"He's so... relentless..." Kamijou groaned.
"KYAAA~! ALFONSO-SAMA~!" Sayaka squealed cheering on Bravo, much to he classmate's anger.
"Oi! Come on!" Kurokage yelled as he saw Gridon ran away to his chagrin. He then thrusted his spear, only for Bravo to jump and balanced on the spear. "The heck?!"
"Un, deux..." Bravo counted 1 to 2 in France as he spun, kicking Kurokage as he leaped to behind his back. "Trois!" He finished with 3 as he kicked Kurokage of hiss feet. This made the spectators cheered more for him.
"Wow, he's really amazing~!" Sayaka cooed, getting a bonk from Madoka for rooting on wrong person.
"Wow, that blonde guy's tough!" One of the kids from the crowds commented.
"He's no ordinary baker..." Homura muttered.
As Kurokage lunged for a thrust again, Bravo repeated his French counting as he avoided Kurokage's attacks, and finished with 3 again as he pat Kurokage's leg with his spiky sword Durinoko.
"Oi, Gridon!" Kurokage called out as he had his spear swing missed again and got swatted off behind, again, and again. "Come on, Gridon! Get back here! Teamwork, dude! Teamwork!"
"Come now, eyes on me!" Bravo yelled as he spanked Kurokage with his sword repeatedly all over the place.
"Oi, Gridon!" Unfortunately, the acorn Rider stayed hidden, not answering the call. So he would rather the pinecone Rider with cooler name handle this mad patissier all by himself, or what?
"Really getting tired of that name..." Gridon sighed, he hates the name given by Hideyoshi. With Kurokage calling him out with that stupid name, no way he would come out, especially to handle literally dangerous Kamen Rider with spikes all over the armors. He would rather to keep himself safe rather than dying with his "partner-in-crime".
"Spanking time!" Bravo yelled as he spanked Kurokage again, tumbling him off screaming in pain.
"Dammit..." Kurokage tried to get up on his feet while pulling a newly bought Hashibami Lockseed, but... "What are you-?!" Kurokage gawked as Bravo grabbed him by the collar before launching him into the air, going up so hard that he hit the underside of the bridge. After that, the gladiator-themed Rider just looked at him falling casually, and the pinecone Rider somehow got caught on the tip of his mohawk, before throwing him off, reverting his transformation as Hideyoshi coughed in pain. The Matsubokkuri Lockseed then flew into Bravo's hand.
"Oh, how cute! These are my spoils, aren't they?" Bravo smiled under his helmet as he showed the claimed Lockseed to the crowd, making them cheering on him while constantly saying "Merci." before stepped on Hideyoshi's chest. "What a weakling! If this were a real war, you'd be in a body bag by now!"
Gridon used this as chance to attack while Bravo was off guard. He then sneakily walked to Bravo from behind, which the latter didn't notice. What a coward. And then as he got closer to Bravo...
"EAT THIS!" Bravo's attention got caught back as he heard Gridon yelled. He turned and backhanded him, and then proceeded to jab and kick him. He then jabbed his gut again with his elbow and kicked him away until he flew away to the river near the bridge pillars, and the Donguri Lockseed flew to Bravo's hands.
"Oh my, merci!" Bravo thanked as he showed the crowd another claimed Lockseed, and Nobita walked up to shores after picking his Sengoku Driver. The crowd now enraved like crazy upon seeing this spectacular debut.
"That dude's awesome!" One of the crowds commented.
"Bravo!" Another cheered, unknowingly chanting Sanji's Rider form's name.
However, Homura and Madoka just stared at Bravo in annoyance, while they were nervous to his spikes. And suddenly...
"I've had enough of this!" The entire crowd parted in shock as they heard a voice. Someone stepped up towards Bravo and he was... Kamijou?! And more shocking was, he didn't have any glint or hint of fear visible.
"Kyousuke-kun?!" Sayaka gasped as Kamijou stepped up, much to her surprise. Her friend versus her idol. That was very, very confusing for her that she couldn't decide who she should side with.
"Kamijou?!" Homura muttered curious.
"Ara? Who are you?" Bravo asked as he pointed one of Durinoko to Kamijou.
"Just passing through someone." Kamijou scoffed. "If you consider hurting people, no matter who they are, Beat Riders or not, an entertainment, then consider yourself insane and I'm here to take you down!" He then suddenly pulled out his own Sengoku Driver, surprising everyone!
"Kyousuke-kun?! Where did you get that?!" Sayaka gasped in surprise. Homura just shrugged, as everyone else besides Kamijou himself didn't know about this information.
"Your game ends here!" Kamijou added as he slapped the buckle on his waist, producing the belt all around the waist and a profile picture of a helmet with visor resembling eagle's beaks, silver mouthpiece, and crown on the top over purple background decorated with Mandala-like markings on its faceplate. A Chinese Erhu jingle like Ryugen had played from it.
"Henshin!" Kamijou exclaimed as he pulled out his Mangosteen Lockseed, unlocking it.
MANGOSTEEN!
The mangosteen appeared in similar way as the Arms fruits and nuts did. Kamijou then posed as if he fiddled a violin before placing the lock onto his belt, locking it in.
LOCK ON!
Like Ryugen, Kamijou's belt played Chinese Erhu jingle. This made the crowd gasped in awe as they realized what the violinist was going to do. Sayaka was about to step forward, but halted by Madoka, so he could handle the fight himself. Homura just watched curious as Kamijou sliced his lock.
HAI~H!
The mangosteen dropped over Kamijou, coating him with black and gold body suit similar to Ryugen's, except the emblem on the "loincloth" was replaced with Mandala-like markings instead.
MANGOSTEEN ARMS!
In the mangosteen, Kamijou gained the helmet depicted on his belt, and the mangosteen slice slid in, coloring his visor yellow and gaining a pair of wing-like earpieces. Also, atop his head was a mangosteen stem curled all the way to back of his head, forming a hat similar to Ghatotkacha wore.
The mangosteen opened, with the stemmed top folded together with the left side to form shielded shoulder armor, the right folded onto his right shoulder to form right shoulder armor, the back simply folded onto his back, and the chest piece with 8-point starred emblem folded together with the front to make chestplate. Upon transforming, Kamijou gained a pair of clawed gauntlets. The main body of gauntlet had mangosteen's epicarp, and its endocarp made the curved deadly-looking claws with some Sanskrit rune engraving along them.
MAHABHARATA IN THE HOUSE!
Kamijou Kyousuke had transformed into Kamen Rider Bima Mangosteen Arms! This made the crowd erupted even more in shock.
"Qu'est-ce?" Bravo gawked "What?" in French.
"Ikuzo!" Bima yelled in response.
(Suddenly the Orange, Pine, Kinkan, Ume, and Ichigo Lockseeds and Sakura Lockvehicle 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~ by Kamen Rider Girls)
Sekai o kaeru junbi wa ii ka?
(The scene showed Homura with her hair flailing as if was blown by wind with Orange, Pine, Kinkan, and Ichigo Lockseeds, and Ichigo Kunai over the blue background with Gaim's logo)
Kajitta kajitsu, sui ka amai ka?
(It then switched to Nobita facing leftward, with his hair blew in same way and his index finger on glasses between lenses. On the background was Donguri and Almond Lockseeds, and Donkachi over brown background with Gridon's logo)
Unmei o kirihiraku kagi
(Next was Hideyoshi standing with his hair blew similarly, with Matsubokkuri and Hashibami Lockseeds, and Kagematsu over black background with Kurokage's logo.)
Sore wa kimi da, susume EXA e
(Then the scene switched to Sanji with his hair blew in same way. On the background were Durian Lockseed and Bravo's weapon, Durinoko over dark green background with Bravo'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 sitting 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, Mariachi, Bima, Gridon, Kurokage, Bravo, Viscount, and Asura 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!)
(Then, Gridon, Kurokage, Bravo, Bima, Viscount, and Asura followed suit.)
Iza susume don' t get back EXA!
(Gaim jumped as he spun, then landed, posing with her both weapons, and then Team Gaim and Baron finished dancing.)
SID'S LOCKSEED CATALOGUE
At the studio as usual, Sid scrolled over Lockseed catalogues in his iPad while sitting on the sofa as usual. He then turned his attention back to the readers.
"Yo there, readers." Sid greeted. "Back with me Lock Dealer Sid. This time, I'll introduce you guys these." He continued as he showed Pineberry, Durian, and Mangosteen Lockseeds. "Let's start from this one."
The picture of Pineberry Lockseed appeared on the screen behind the sofa, both closed and opened.
"This Lockseed is LS-17 Pineberry Lockseed. A-Class Lockseed. This is one of unique fan-made Lockseed you can only find here, in this fic." Sid introduced as he showed the Pineberry Lockseed. "This Lock is based on a pineberry, the white strawberry with red seeds, a kind of strawberry cultivar. I gave this to Sayaka from Team Gaim, of course! So far, only her owns the lock. This lock can be used to transform into..."
PINEBERRY ARMS! BERRY~ HEROINE!
"Pineberry Arms!" Sid added as the image of Fraise Pineberry Arms and Berrybow replaced the current image. "This Arms is mainly used by Kamen Rider Fraise, the Rider form of Miki Sayaka. She can run as fast as Ichigo Arms, while her attack power is almost equal to that of Gaim in Orange Arms. This makes her a fast archer, specialized in quick-paced ranged combat. Especially as she is armed with a Berrybow and Berry Arrows. Keep that in mind that the arrow is limited in quantity, unlike Musou Saber that you can reload your ammo every time you cocked its hammer.
The image of Durian Lockseed then replaced the current image. "And this is Durian Lockseed. An A-Class Lockseed, and probably the most powerful of A-Class Lockseeds." Sid introduced. "This is one of premium Lockseeds, one of them was intended for Sonomura of Red Hot, but due to being loud in Le Charlotte, the patissier named Sanji Alfonso kicked him and his lackeys out and forced him to hand his Lockseed and Sengoku Driver. So yeah, he uses them and become..."
DURIAN ARMS! MISTER~ DANGEROUS!
"Bravo! Durian Arms!" Sid added with a chant as the lock image was replaced with image of Bravo Durian Arms and Durinoko. "This is one of hecka powerful Kamen Rider with Sengoku Driver, even more than Zangetsu's! Also, those spikes. Now you understand why he's called "Mister Dangerous", don'tcha?"
"Also, his swords is much more dangerous. I mean, spiked swords? And he's using it to spank Kurokage!" Sid continued. "And these swords can be combined to form naginata like Daidaimaru and Musou Saber! Wow, talk about double-edged swords!"
The current image then is replaced with Mangosteen Lockseed. "And lastly, we have Mangosteen Lockseed, An A-Class Lockseed. Another fan-made Lockseed and one of premiums." Sid introduced the Mangosteen Lockseed. "I offered that boy this kid just for 1,000 Yen, but he forced me to get him Sengoku Driver, so I offered it along with the Lockseed for 100,000 Yen. That's lotza money to pay. Since he's a violinist, I can assume he got it from recitals of some sort. And then, when you use it with Sengoku Driver, you'll get..."
MANGOSTEEN ARMS! MAHABHARATA IN THE HOUSE!
"Mangosteen Arms!" Sid added as the images of Bima Mangosteen Arms and his clawed gauntlet replaced the current image. "This is the powerful Arms, focusing on speed and critical blows! Though his strength is tad bit weaker than Bravo's, but it's still stronger than Zangetsu's. Plus, his speed rivals Ichigo Arms! He wields Kuku Bimanggis. It's kinda derived from Indonesian of "nail", and portmanteau of his name Bima and "Manggis", Indonesian of "mangosteen". With that claws, he can shred even enemy's thickest defense and deliver quick blows! You can also create slashing projectile to your enemies! Hwachaa!"
The images then disappeared, leaving Sid to finish his Lockseed review. "Alright, I call it a review. Don't forget to read, review, follow, and favourite! Let's support Pega-Rider so we can keep this show interesting. Oh, before I forgot, here's the Lockseed used in this story."
Lockseeds:
Himawari (Sunflower)
Matsubokkuri (Pinecone)
Kurumi (Walnut)
Donguri (Acorn)
Melon
Pine (Pineapple)
Ichigo (Strawberry)
Orange / Blood Orange
Banana
Budou (Grape)
Suika (Watermelon)
Mango
Durian
Kiwi
Ringo (Apple)
Blueberry
Blackberry
Pineberry
Coffee
Kinkan (Kumquat)
Almond
Hashibami (Hazelnut)
Cawesh
Ume (Plum)
Cherry
Coconut
Mangosteen
Lime
Pawpaw
Papaya
Salal
Kuwa (Mulberry)
Riberry
Lemon
Peach
Avocado
Apricot
Grapefruit
Starfruit
Jackfruit
Rambutan
Tomato
Lychee
Guava
Nashi (Pear)
Pecan
Cashew
Cacao
Peanut
Soy
Azuki (Red Bean)
Mung Bean
Maron (Chestnut)
Zakuro (Pomegranate)
Dragonfruit
"Alright, that's all for today. This is Sid, signing off!" Sid finished as he went back browsing his catalogues of Lockseeds in his iPad, trying to remember all his inventories...
Next time on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica!
DJ Sagara: "There are new Riders in town, and their names are Bravo and Bima!"
Sanji: "I've trained harder than you could even imagine."
Kyouko: "I'll shut his mouth for you!"
OODAMA BIG BANG!
Himeko: "That thing's huge!"
A Watermelon?!
Homura: "Whoa! Too big! I can't do this, Himeko!"
Lock 7: Wrecking Ball Watermelon, Big Bang!
Pega-Rider: Yo, there Readers. That was Chapter 6 of Gaim Magica. We've debuted Sanji and Kamijou as Bravo and Bima respectively! And we also debuted Fraise's Blackberry Arms! Yay! Oh, speaking about Sanji, I inserted some One Piece reference there. But sorry for SanjixNami fans. :P Hopefully we'll get them end up together again. Expect something BIG next chapter.
And for the latest announcement for OC Riders/Locks request, We've still 16/18 Sengoku Riders filled in, while we've 6/8 Energy Riders.
Oh, and quiz time!
Quiz: Where are durian and mangosteen originated from?
As usual, shoot your answers in your review! Don't forget to answer past quizzes as well, as we still don't get any answers from previous chapters!
This is Pega-Rider, Signing off! ON-DORIYAAA!
GAIM X SHOWA MOVIE WARS TRAILER
Showa: "Let's kick some ass!"
Fly, Kamen Rider Showa!
Shinichi: "You've zero percent chance to win."
In vast future, Cybermen and DALEKs are annihilating each other!
Gaim x Showa: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle!