Pega-Rider: Hello~ Fanfiction City and you readers out there! Pega-Rider here back with new chapter, back to official plot-related. Now we'll get to debut Baron and Fraise's new Arms. And I need help about the future plot, especially after I watched Gaim's episode 22 and 23, and I need to re-evaluate it somehow. Now SOPA's gonna be dead, again! Please continue to expunge SOPA forever! Alright, 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, Kamen Rider Mariachi and Kamen Rider Bima. Kamen Rider belongs to Toei Co. Ltd., and Puella Magi Madoka Magica belongs to Magica Quarters, SHAFT, & Aniplex. Also, Kamen Rider Fraise is owned by Pikatwig, and some of idea regarding OC Riders such as Kamen Rider Viscount and Kamen Rider Asura 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.
"Hello~ Mitakihara City and all you Beat Riders out there!" DJ Sagara began the Beat Riders Hotline with his trademark hammy yet friendly greeting. "Did you see the new Riders, Viscount and Asura? They managed to topple Raid Wild and Invitto after their defeat in hands of Gaim and Baron! Plus, they managed to beat the crap outta other four Beat Riders! So Team Souten's climbing to the second place, but Team Baron's plummeting down all the way to fourth place! Every team now aim to kick Gaim out of King's throne!" He announced as the team rankings were shown, with Souten went to the second place, outranking Baron along with Popup in third place, while Red Hot was in 5th place. Raid Wild now in 7th place, while invitto was in 6th place. "What happened to Baron's former glory? Where has it gone? These battles are so hot and cold at once, they'll leave your palms sweating. So keep your eyes peeled!"
As the show broadcasted on the TV at Drupers, Kyouko placed down a glass of hot tea, snickering at the news with unhappy look. Now with Baron at fourth place, the team must think hard how to get them out of this degradation zone. The redheaded Baron leader couldn't just think what happened if Baron now turned into Gaim's position when she had left the team. It could be very bad. While she was happy that Gaim now had proper means on showing their strength, Kyouko was afraid that they lost the strength they needed to dominate the streets.
After the show, the TV showed Yggdrasil Corporation's commercial. When she saw the commercial, Kyouko frowned and glared, gritting her teeth in hatred, until Bandou came in.
"Man, Mitakihara City's like a whole new place since Yggdrasil came." Bandou commented on how Mitakihara developed after Yggdrasil's arrival. For a mega corporation, they sure had capacity to rebuild a semi-urban city into a whole new place like a big city. However, with Yggdrasil's "dominance" over Mitakihara, the residents felt like it was a castle town rather than a bustling city. Hence the founding of Beat Riders to bring joy to escape from the feeling.
"So, you used to live in this city, too, huh?" Kyouko noted.
"I moved to the big city for a while... When I heard the place was getting redeveloped, I came back to set up my own shop." Bandou explained how he live in the city then and now, leading the estabilishment of Mitakihara's favorite juice bar called Drupers. Now with the place rained by customers, mostly young ones, he was happy that Mitakihara became better place to live without worry. Or so he thought.
"Man, when I was a kid, this was just a boring old dump in the middle of nowhere." Bandou continued as he walked around to the kitchen. "It's pretty impressive. They tore down the whole city and rebuilt it around their HQ. God bless Yggdrasill!"
Kyouko pulled out a money to pay the tea and scramed right away. When Bandou turned around, he noticed that Kyouko left Drupers, leaving said money on the same table where she had been.
"Hey, Kyouko! You forgot your..." Bandou reminded as he tried to tell Kyouko that she forgot her change as he walked over to take the money, but with the redhead girl leaving, Bandou had no choice but to keep it as a tip. And it's not like she would care about it, either. "...change. Okay, that's my tip." Bandou said as he returned to the kitchen.
Few kilometers from Yggdrasill Tower, Kyouko stared at it with some kind of both anxiety and hatred, reminding her to something in her past. The flame of vengeance lit in her eyesight, fueling her with resentment. She had to make Yggdrasill pay for some way.
"I need more power..." Kyouko muttered as she clenched her fists, ambitious of her goal. She needed more power to confront Yggdrasill, so she could free herself from the restraint of the past.
Meanwhile, Homura clenched her fists, as she was in front of a store of some sort. Now she was ready for this: a job.
"Okay! This time for sure!" Homura said to herself as she braced herself for the job application. "Excuse me! I'm here about the part-time position..." Homura said as she entered the store. On the flyer at the store window, there was an announcement of job vacancy, complete with the details of salary and requirements.
(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 Pineberry 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 Kinkan Arms, Bima Mangosteen Arms, Bravo Durian Arms, Gridon Almond Arms, and Kurokage Hashibami 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 Fraise, 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 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 Ume Arms, Almond Arms, Hashibami Arms, Mangosteen Arms, and Kinkan 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 9: Baron and Fraise's New Powers! Mango and Blueberry!
In meeting room at Yggdrasill Tower, a laptop showed a footage of Gaim's Suika Arms in action. The one watching the video was Chikane, the owner of the laptop as well as her maid Otoha.
"How did she get that Lockseed?" Chikane frowned upon seeing the Suika Arms, which was summoned by a Suika Lockseed, supposed to be hers. Just how Gaim got her hands on such thing, especially an experimental Lockseed that wasn't meant to be sold commercially or to be played in Inves Game? That Lockseed was very valuable for further research, and thanks to Gaim aka Akemi Homura, all were screwed up. She had sworn to put that Premium A-Class Lockseed inside her briefcase, but suddenly stolen out of watch. "Answer me, Sid!" She demanded Sid, who was in the room with the women as well.
"I told you, I've no idea how it happened." Sid answered leisurely, ignoring his overseer's sign of anger. This made her annoyed that Sid didn't consider this problem serious.
"You were supposed to keep watching on those street rats!" Chikane reminded, annoyed.
"I hate to suggest it, but..." Sid suggested as he took a cup of coffee on the table before sipping it. He then placed down the coffee back before he continued, "... Couldn't it have been your sister?"
Hearing Sid's assumption, Chikane stared at the Lock Dealer, shaking her head in disbelief.
"Don't be foolish. That's impossible!" Chikane denied. Although actually it was true, Chikane refused the idea of her beloved sister, Himeko stealing such valuable Lockseed. She only knew that Himeko was a spoiled sweet little sister and well-mannered girl. No way she could do such underhanded thing! Or perhaps... she didn't knew the "dark side" of her little sister as a Himemiya?
"Then who else? Your little maid always goes wherever you go. Besides, she's attached to you like a pet to her master. So there's no way she could steal whatever you have, right?" Sid asked.
"Don't ever try to call Otoha "pet"! She's a human too, you know!" Chikane retorted, defending her maid after being offended by Sid's statement. Besides, animals are the only things that can be referred as "pet". Whatever Sid said didn't have sense of humanity, or so it seemed.
"I'm sorry, Otoha-chan." Sid apologized, half-heartedly.
"No problem, Sid-san." Otoha replied as she bowed.
"Otoha, shouldn't you be angry to him for being offended like that? You should have some pride!" Chikane advised her maid.
"I want to, but I don't want to hurt him just yet." Otoha replied.
Soon after, Sid left the meeting room, bringing his inventory briefcase. After the door closed, Sid snickered, mentally humoring the women's thought. They were so foolish, or so he thought. They should learn not to judge book by its covers. And Chikane's "loyal dog" is even more foolish. She should hit him earlier when she was offended like that, right? Instead, she acted like a clumsy girl with no self-esteem. Those women were laughing stock to him.
"She can't see the forest for the trees." Sid noted as he left.
Somewhere on the city, Sayaka was walking on her way to Gaim's garage, and mimicked dancing poses of some sort. That is, until she noticed something off at the alley.
"Eh?" Sayaka gawked as she noticed a cotton-like flower at the alley, which was actually a plant from Helheim. "Is this..." She pondered as she walked over to it, and as she turned, she spotted a zipper portal similar to the one she had gone through to look for Mami, much to her surprise. There, she, Madoka, and Homura had found a Sengoku Driver supposed to be hers, but fell in Homura's hand. Somehow Sayaka was reminded of that event, and by going there once again, there could be chance that she could find her once again. Despite now Sayaka being a Kamen Rider Fraise, going alone there was dangerous, so she had to call for someone to accompany. Not to mention that across the rip was homeworld of Inves, and many lived there. Better safe than sorry.
"It's that rip again! I've to tell Homu-chan about this!" Sayaka gawked as she took out her phone to call Homura.
Speaking of whom, Homura was arguing with the manager of the place she was in to apply about a part-time job. Looks like the application didn't go well, and Homura seemed in unlucky position.
"Sorry, miss. But we've already filled all the positions we need." The manager apologized for no job vacancy, despite the announcement he and his staffs made outside the shop. It seemed that an applicant before Homura just got accepted shortly before she came in. So they must take out the announcement, no?
"I'm begging you! Seriously, there's no room for one more...?" Homura asked for the confirmation about the job vacancy anouncement, begging for a job once more in half-desperate. Unknown to her, Homura's phone in her bag vibrated as a call from Sayaka came in.
"It's a done deal, chica." The manager answered.
"How can you turn down this smile?!" Homura argued, forcing her smile to ensure the manager to accept her as an employee. According to the job vacancy announcement, to be an employee must have cheerful and happy-go-lucky personality, and she wanted to make sure that she was the wanted one, although it seemed to be impossible...
"Come on!" Back with Sayaka, she moaned annoyed as Homura didn't answer her call. She could only assume that Homura was in middle of interview, so worst chance that she couldn't accompany Sayaka to look for Mami.
"Mami-senpai, are you there...?" Sayaka muttered as she texted Homura and Madoka, telling her that she was going to the rip to search for Mami, so Homura could go after her after the interview. She didn't have chance but go alone, and if necessary, Sayaka had to fight the Inves on her own.
On the other side, Sayaka arrived at Helheim Forest, looked around to make sure no Inves was around so she could safely venture without any worry. If there was any, she could just transform and hand them their butts. The bluenette nodded as she readied herself to walk further into the forest. However, she didn't notice that the rip closed itself.
On the some point of the forest, Sayaka walked through the forest. She then noticed premature Lockseeds hanging on the tree, plucking two of them out of curiosity. What confused her was the fruit didn't turn into Lockseed after she plucked like Homura did with them.
"Eh?" Sayaka gawked. She touched the Lockseeds few times before rotating and shaking it. She then noticed that she didn't wear Sengoku Driver yet! She should did it earlier if she wanted to hunt Lockseeds, didn't she? What a ditz. But whatever, she could did it anyway."Oh, my bad. Te-hehe~"
Sayaka then wore the Sengoku Driver to transmute the fruits into two Lockseeds. One was a Kuwa Lockseed like Ryouma had, while another had design of an elderberry and "LS-44" code, Elderberry Lockseed.
"Wow, nice!" Sayaka beamed as she got the decent new Lockseeds in her arsenal.
Sayaka then walked to nearby tree and spotted another fruit. She plucked that one, and it turned into a Lockvehicle similar to the ones Homura and Kyouko had, much to her surprise! This lockvehicle had purple and white in color, with hibiscus design and "LV-00" code, while the mold looked like Homura's Sakura Hurricane and Kyouko's Rose Attacker.
"Awesome!" Sayaka gasped in awe as the fruit turned into a Hibiscus Lockvehicle. "Now I don't have to go to Sid to get these locks."
Suddenly, Sayaka heard sound of shaking weeds and grasses. She looked around the surroundings to see whether there were any Inves coming to her. The grasses shook even louder, now that something walked closer to her. Wary, Sayaka pulled out her Pineberry Lockseed so she could transform just in case an Inves attacked. And as if it was on the cue, the Inves was behind Sayaka, ready to attack her!
Back at the place as where Sayaka had spotted the rip, Homura and Madoka ran to the location, looking for Sayaka only for her nowhere to be found.
"Sayaka!" Homura exclaimed as she ran to the place.
"Homura-san, Madoka-san!" Himeko called out as she noticed her senior teammates nearby, running over to her, followed by Kamijou who happened to be there with her.
"Himeko, Kamijou!" Homura responded as she ran over a bit to near the alley where Sayaka had left. Then, Himeko and Kamijou ran over to the girls.
"Did you see her?" Madoka asked to Himeko if she happened to see Sayaka, as they had just meet her when they were looking for the bluenette.
"No." Himeko and Kamijou answered.
"Man, where did she go?" Homura sighed confused.
Homura turned to see the Helheim cotton-like plant on the alley. She walked over to it, and she noticed the other plants in the alley as well, but strangely no sign of a zipper portal where Sayaka had leapt in. There, Homura got her answer.
"She must be in other world!" Homura deduced. She assumed that the rip closed as soon as Sayaka had entered.
"How do you know about that?" Kamijou asked dumbfounded.
"See this plants? We went to the forest of other world where these plants come from." Madoka answered as she showed Himeko and Kamijou those strange-looking plants. "The rip might have closed the time she entered it."
"You mean that one you were talking about?" Himeko asked, dumbfounded about the Helheim stuff.
"Yeah. And it means Sayaka's in trouble." Madoka answered.
"I know, but she can handle it herself, can't she?" Himeko asked.
"And that place is crawling with Inves. Don't forget that." Homura added.
"You mean... Inves' homeworld?!" Kamijou gawked in shock upon hearing about the forest that was actually Inves' homeplace.
"You serious?!" Himeko asked.
"Exactly." Homura answered as she pulled out her Sengoku Driver and wearing it on. She then unlocked her default Lockseed.
ORANGE!
"Henshin!" Homura exclaimed as she posed and setting the lock in place, cutting it open.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA!
The orange fell from rip above Homura, transforming her into Gaim as soon as it fell over her.
ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!
"What are you going to do?" Kamijou asked as Gaim took out a Sakura Lockvehicle.
"I can use this to get to the other world." Gaim answered. She then tossed the lock to the air to have it grew and transformed into Sakura Hurricane. Now with that she could go to Helheim to pick up Sayaka to get her out of the danger.
"Madoka, you stay here with Himeko and Kamijou, okay?" The orange-armored Rider rode on the motorcycle.
"Homura-chan!" Madoka responded, wondering what she wanted to do, worried.
"Later!" Gaim bid, but...
"But Homura-san, you can't go alone..." Himeko interrupted.
"That's right! What if that Zangetsu girl appear again?" Madoka reminded, worrying not only Gaim, but Sayaka as well since Zangetsu was most likely still "patroling" around Helheim. This also brought Himeko to remember the night she had stolen her sister's Suika Lockseed.
Gaim then remembered the last time she went to Helheim. She had been almost getting killed by Zangetsu, who tried to repel her out of Helheim for reasons unknown. That caused a trauma that she had withdrawn from the fight, but since she now resolved to fight again as Gaim, Homura needed to forget about that for a while and focus on helping Sayaka.
"This' no time to be chicken, y'know." Gaim replied as she drove her bike off, leaving Madoka, Kamijou, and Himeko as she went across the flower portal. Himeko and Madoka could only watch her leaving as the sakura petals fell. Madoka sighed, hoping that Homura would be fine while taking Sayaka out of the forest.
"Homura-san... You're doing all this for us all... Mami-san would be gonna be proud of you." Himeko sighed with a smile, as she admired Homura's dedication to help others, while worrying if Zangetsu would come again to kill her off for real. And she also worried if, since she had seen a Sengoku Driver with white faceplate in Chikane's briefcase, Zangetsu was really her sister Chikane. "Onee-chan..."
Suddenly, Himeko's phone rang. When she took out the phone, Himeko noticed the caller's ID. It was Osomatsu.
"Osomatsu-kun?" Himeko pondered as she answered the call. "What's the matter?" She asked. After hearing what Osomatsu said to her, Himeko widened her eyes in shock, as something had happened on the other side.
"The Lock Dealer's at the garage?" Himeko asked.
"What?" Kamijou asked the blonde girl.
"What's wrong?" Madoka asked as she heard what happened that Sid visited the garage.
"Sid-san is at the garage! We've gotta go!" Himeko answered as all of them ran away back to Gaim's garage.
"Henshin!" Back at Helheim, Sayaka exclaimed as she kicked off the Inves and unlocked her starting Lockseed.
PINE~BERRY!
The pineberry appeared above Sayaka and then she posed before setting up the lock and activated Pineberry Arms.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA!
The pineberry fell over Sayaka, transforming her into Fraise.
PINEBERRY ARMS! BERRY~ HEROINE!
"Let's juice this up!" Fraise began with her catchphrase as she charged at the Inves. First off, Fraise slashed the Inves a couple of times with her bow before kicking it off. As Fraise was about to shoot the Inves with her arrow, another Inves tackled, stumbling her. She then rose and let out some more arrows to them. However, it brought her to question how those Elementary Inves could withstand the attack without destroying themselves, even if those arrows hit straight at them.
"No way!" Fraise gawked surprised, as she got swatted by one of the Inves. She tried to get up as yet another Inves appeared, now making the Inves group three. She pulled a lot of arrows from her backpack and pulled them, before releasing them to the Inves, raining the m with arrows. However, it was only enough to weaken them, not to destroy them. The red elementary Inves pounded her stumbling to the ground, and as she pulled a Blackberry Lockseed for Arms Change, an Inves tried to assault her some more. Until a spark flew from that Inves, and she saw someone beat up that attacking Inves and stumbling it. She was Baron, AKA Kyouko, Sayaka's former teammate and old friend, whom she considered as one of dearest.
"Kyouko-chan!" Fraise gasped as she unexpectedly saw Baron in front of her, especially when the latter was protecting her from the Inves, despite Kyouko's resolve to oppose Gaim to look for more power.
"Sayaka...!" Baron muttered as she noticed Fraise behind her. That almost brought Baron's guard down as a green Inves tried to attack her, but fortunately Fraise's arrow pierced into its chest, stumbling it, thus saving her. Baron then jabbed the blue Inves with Banaspear's pommel and swatted the red one away, before twirling her spear and throwing the former Inves away. Baron then pummeled the green Inves and jabbed the red one, blocking its swat with a spear and shoved its hand away.
"Ugh...!" Baron grunted as she suddenly felt the pain on her waist, to the point she stopped to hold the pain source.
"Kyouko-chan!" Fraise shouted warily on Baron's condition.
That brought an opportunity for Inves to rake her in succession, making her drop the lance. The knight Rider countered with a kick, but the red Inves ran in and raked her again, followed by the blue one. With those level of power, Baron realized that the Inves in the forest were stronger than the ones summoned by Lockseeds, and Fraise did so as well. Hence why those two Kamen Riders were having trouble handling them on their own, which wasn't supposed to be.
"Hang in there!" Fraise shouted as she released some more arrows at the Inves to assist Baron. Fraise ran to kick the blue Inves, and then hacked and slashed the Inves around her to hold them down, while Baron picked up her signature lance and swatted some of them away, albeit with no avail as they dodged.
"Why are you helping me?" Baron asked cynically, denying Fraise's idea to help her, as those Inves were more dangerous and powerful to the point they almost got pinned down. Dragging people with her wasn't her habit, and she didn't get into it. She preferred to work alone, at least when she wasn't with her team. Not to mention she didn't want to let Sayaka get hurt.
"These Inves seem stronger than the ones summoned by Lockseeds!" Fraise noted as she blocked green Inves' rake with her bow, bringing it to the tree before pinning it to tree with her arrows. "And you seem getting hurt!"
She then shot Inves with the energy pineberry imbued the arrow, destroying it as the arrow pierced through it and the tree.
"Hmph, like hell I care." Baron scoffed as she slashed some Inves before charging up her lance, slashing the Inves as she spun with energy banana swirling around her, slashing and destroying the Inves.
After all they destroyed all Inves, both Riders closed their respective Lockseeds and removed them from their respective Sengoku Drivers. Sayaka then walked over to Kyouko, wondering what she was doing in such place.
"What are you doing here?" Sayaka asked.
"Collectin' some Lockseeds." Kyouko answered as she put the lock into her team coat while walked over to nearby tree. "This is a good place to find strong ones."
Kyouko plucked a premature Lockseed hanging on the tree, turning it into a Himawari Lockseed to her chagrin.
"Tsk, another dud." Kyouko moaned annoyed as she threw away the lowest rank Lockseed, needing nothing from such weak lock to be added into her inventory. She only need strong ones as she said, and it might consume some time, but it had been worth it. Gambling factor was inevitable for getting Lockseeds in Helheim for free, due to the scarcity by their ranks unlike in Sid's where everyone could get powerful locks easily while giving away a lot of money to pay them. So, Kyouko might need to pluck as many Lockseeds as possible to gain higher rank ones. From her look when she got that lock, is seemed that Kyouko had found several locks, and most of them were dud ones.
"Wow! So you're collecting Lockseeds too, eh?" Sayaka asked gleefully, finding another person to join her to hunt Lockseeds, but she knew Kyouko had her own ways and no way that Baron leader would join her.
"Yeah, and that's none of your business." Kyouko answered coldly as she continued walking and plucking some Lockseeds, which turned into Lockseeds with peanut design and "LS-51" code.
"Oh, gimme a break." Kyouko deadpanned as she threw those Peanut Lockseeds, other locks in same rank as Himawari.
"But ain't that dangerous?" Sayaka asked. "So, let's hunt them together!"
"Just fuck off." Kyouko said at Sayaka as she kept walking away. She then spotted a premature Lockseed on nearby tree. After plucking the fruit, it turned into a Lockseed with lanzone design and "LS-45" code, Lanzone Lockseed.
"Awesome." Kyouko smirked as she got herself a decent Lockseed, a Premium A-class Lock.
"By the way, did you see Mami-senpai? I've been looking for her..." Sayaka asked as she followed the redhead, reminding her of Gaim's (and in extension, Kyouko before she founded Team Baron) lost leader who seemed to be stranded inside the forest and never got back since then.
"Your missing leader, huh? No clue." Kyouko answered with neither empathy nor curiosity, not even bothering herself about finding her former leader or bringing up old stuff between her and Team Gaim, which lead to her leave from the team. Since being Team Baron leader, Kyouko became apathetic about Gaim, except defeating them.
Sayaka then paused a while when thinking about whatever happened to Mami, and how Kyouko consider it like none's matter. True, that now Kyouko was Baron leader, but since she was former Gaimer, should she spent even little time to think about Gaim's missing leader as well? All of that bewildered Sayaka, while trying to find the answer for those. She wanted to get Team Gaim back in one piece again.
"Did you get in through that rip, too?" Sayaka asked out of curiosity, despite she knew that Kyouko had her own Lockvehicle to enter Helheim and back.
"You mean the rip appears when I use Lockvehicle?" Kyouko asked back.
"Yeah, but not really." Sayaka answered. "I mean, there was an open rip in space that led to this forest, and I went through it. It's the second one I've seen." She continued, explaining about the rip that she had encountered. The first one was the place where Mami wanted her and her friends to meet.
"Hmm... Interesting." Kyouko nodded.
Kyouko and Sayaka walked for few steps, until they stopped for awhile with Kyouko looked at Sayaka, annoyed that the latter followed her.
"Stop following me. You'll slow me down." Kyouko said coldly. Despite this unfriendly remark, Kyouko didn't want Sayaka to get hurt.
"I'm just going back the way I came. What are you going this way for?" Sayaka answered before asking back.
Kyouko saw more fruits ahead, and they were few steps closer to get more Lockseeds. More chance to get rare Lockseeds, more locks they could collect.
"It looks like there are more fruits this way." Kyouko answered. Both Kyouko and Sayaka then exchange stare to each other.
At Gaim's garage, Sid was snacking on the popcorn, and then Himeko, Madoka, and Kamijou came soon after.
"Hey, guys!" Osomatsu greeted.
"Hey, Osomatsu. What's going on?" Madoka asked, while Himeko went down to meet Sid without responding his welcome, and Kamijou just stood beside his girlfriend.
"What are you doing here?" Himeko asked Sid coldly, curious of his reason coming to Gaim's garage.
"Well, well, if it isn't Himemiya girl." Sid smirked, noticing Himeko behind him as he stopped snacking.
"He suspected that the Suika Lockseed Homura used was stolen, and he wants to know if one of us stole it." Hitomi told the blonde girl, answering both Himeko and Madoka's question. They had not expected the Lock Dealer of all people to come into the garage, especially to ask them about the experimental lock. Sure, it made them nervous, as none of them knew that Himeko had it. Himeko just smiled at them, while having something to come up in mind.
"Could you guys leave us for a while? I need to talk with him privately." Himeko asked.
"Eh?" Choromatsu gawked, wondering what Himeko would talk about with Sid.
"What do you wanna talk with him?" Kamijou asked.
"I guess we just have to leave this to Himeko-chan." Madoka advised. Other Gaimers then nodded, prompting themselves to leave Himeko with Sid. After other Gaimers leaving, Himeko smiled at them, now that she could tell Sid how it happened, and it was something she couldn't bother telling them.
"I stole that Lock. I was about to apologize to Onee-chan later." Himeko explained how, and it was unsurprisingly a secret that only Himeko knew. Though she could honestly tell Sid about that without any hesitation, it could be bad that her teammates knew about her stealing the lock. Just why would she stole the lock? Was it because she wanted to help Homura so bad?
"Well, I can't blame you for being honest. But how'd you find that Suika lock, anyway?" Sid asked while forgiving Himeko for her honesty, although he still wondered how she stole it and when.
"Just coincidence." Himeko lied. When she stole Suika Lockseed, she didn't do it because of accidental cause. She deliberately stole it. "But Onee-chan wouldn't believe that, will she? Actually, if I said a Lock Dealer named Sid conned me into it, I think he'd be more likely to believe me." She continued yet calmly when she told him what should Sid tell to Chikane about how the lock ended in Homura's possession. Telling about stealing someone's possession with little to no regret, and with gleeful look. Wow.
Sid smiled when hearing Himeko's idea. He never expected a sweet girl like Himeko became such a sly, cunning bitch. Think about it, she was a Himemiya, after all. The daughters of Himemiya had lovely yet adorable looks, but both of them had ruthless personality. Chikane with her realistic and assertive personality, while Himeko with her manipulative and cunning thinking. This is why Sid was interested to work with both of them, especially Himeko, as she was a promising prospect to work at Yggdrasill.
"You're a little demon, y'know that?" Sid chuckled as he turned to the Himemiya heiress.
"I'm not trying to trick you, you know." Himeko smirked gleefully after telling him such dirty idea. "We're friends. you, and I. Aren't we?" Himeko continued as she sat on a chair near Sid's.
"Yeah." Sid answered as he took the popcorn bag behind him, offering it to Himeko. "Yeah, we are."
"So, Sid-san..." Himeko said as she took some popcorn bits. "I'd much like for you to do me a favor."
Back with Sayaka, she was still walking around the forest along with Kyouko to look for the rip she had walked through to enter the forest, near the waterfall to be exact, only for her to notice that the rip wasn't there anymore.
"What? Where'd it go?!" Sayaka gawked, realizing the rip at the same place she had come in had disappeared. She ran over to near the waterfall, the place she remembered had come into from the rip. "The rip was right here..."
"I wouldn't expect rips in space to be well-behaved. They wouldn't remain for long, y'know?" Kyouko noted as she walked over to Sayaka. "You shouldn't have jumped into one in the first place."
"Oh, come on!" Sayaka whined. Now that the rip had gone, Sayaka was stranded in the forest. Not to mention that she wanted to buy something before going to Gaim's garage. Sayaka gaped her mouth when she noticed blood on Kyouko's forearm to her surprise.
"You're hurt..." Sayaka gasped, seeing the blood. "Did this happen when you're fighting that Inves?"
"Just forget 'bout it, will ya? It'll heal soon enough." Kyouko scoffed, as if she ignored the wound she had taken like none of her business. Most likely, she had taken the wound from her fight against the Inves on her way collecting the Lockseeds.
"Hold on." Sayaka said as she took off her bag and took out a handkerchief. She then took her old friend's arm to look at the wound.
"Get the hell off me!" Kyouko growled as she pulled her hand away, rejecting Sayaka's offer to help, although she knew the bluenette would about to at least treat her wound.
"Just hold still, Kyouko-chan!" Sayaka told Kyouko, as she gaped her mouth again when noticing bandaged part of her arms. She rolled the sleeves in to reveal another treated wound covered by cotton bandage. Kyouko had gotten herself hurt from Inves attacks just to collect Lockseeds. She's crazy, isn't she?
"You were hurt this badly..." Sayaka gasped in shock as she looked at the wounds, worried.
Sayaka then wrapped the bleeding wound with her handkerchief to prevent further bleeding. With wound like that, it won't heal very soon, and it must be treated as soon as possible, or the bleeding wouldn't stop, let alone for the wound to dry. Of course, Sayaka had to treat it soon, regardless of Kyouko wanted it or not. As for Kyouko, while she felt so embarassed to take a help from her former teammate turned rival, she appreciated it from her heart, and not even denying her old friend's genuine kindness. She still had her feeling toward Sayaka, after all.
"Are you that desperate for stronger locks?" Sayaka asked while treating Kyouko's wound. "Do you really wanna win that badly?"
"Of course." Kyouko answered. "Only those with power to win will survive. The weak, those without, die and rot to the hell."
The strong survive, the weak perishes. The Darwinian philosophy Kyouko believed in. In order to survive she had to be stronger as possible, something she couldn't compromise. To be someone better than anyone else. She had been like that since her time as Puella Magi, but the question is, why?
"Do you know how Mitakihara City used to be?" Kyouko asked, reminding Sayaka on how Mitakihara City in old days, before Yggdrasill came.
"Eh? What do you mean?" Sayaka asked.
"It was once a bustling city, the kind you could find anywhere." Kyouko continued. "Then Yggdrasill came..."
(Cue Flashback, two years ago)
At a large church of some sort, Kyouko cleaned the church after coming home from the school. No one, nobody came to the church, and no one was in the church except Kyouko herself. Her family were all dead. Her father had killed Kyouko's mother and sister, and commited suicide soon after. After learning that Kyouko used her wish to make people believe in his preaching, Kyouko's father had got driven into a madness when realizing that they believed him without any question due to some magical power, not personal devotion. True, that his personal belief was added into his preaching, that went beyond acceptable border of religious doctrine. Hence, many people had stopped attending the church, cutting all income into Sakura family's cash that made them suffer in hunger. This is why Kyouko had decided to be a Puella Magi. However, this also lead her family into their own demise.
Now that the family who ran the church gone, Kyouko had to handle it herself, as the "memento" of her family. Besides, she had to work to buy groceries so she could cook by her own and eat some food to survive, contradictory to her times when she stole foods from stores. And at that time, Kyouko was still a Beat Riders of Team Gaim, and their dances brought extra cash into Kyouko's wallet. Perhaps Kyouko's family could smile in heaven, proud of their eldest daughter for taking more honorable way of survive.
"Phew, it's done." Kyouko sighed in relief after cleaning the church. "Man, I miss the old times."
Kyouko missed the time when she had been together with the family when she hadn't have to worry about getting hungry or void of church attendants. Now that no one ran the church, there was no activity in the church, let alone any preaching. If she got enough money, Kyouko would re-run the church by hiring priests and nuns, so the preaching could be ran again.
That is, until she noticed several men in black business suits. On their bag were Yggdrasill Corporation logo, clarifying they were Yggdrasill employees and administrators. They came into Sakura church,with one of them approaching Kyouko.
"Good morning, Sakura-san." One of Yggdrasill employees greeted Kyouko.
"Yo there." Kyouko replied. "What would brought you guys here?"
"We're from Yggdrasill Corporation. We're here to buy your church." He answered.
Hearing Yggdrasill employee's purpose to come to the church, Kyouko widened her eyes in shock. She then gritted her teeth and glared at the man with angered sight, clenching her fist in rage. The news of Yggdrasill buying Sakura Church didn't get into her well, and of course, since that was the last thing her family had, she had to keep it, as she might re-run the church someday. Not to mention that it doubled as her residence. What was Yggdrasill about to do with the church? And why?
"Fuck no!" Kyouko roared. "This church ain't for sale, guys! This is 'da only thing my family left!"
"Oh really? What happened to your family?" The Yggdrasill employee asked.
"They died! They all died! I've to handle this church on my own... So I can re-run this church someday!"
"Cool story, sis." The employee smiled as he flashed her a thumb-up. "Don't worry, we'll give all you need. Food, school, and all your living will be funded by Yggdrasill Corporation."
"By selling my church to you guys?! To the hell with that!" Kyouko retorted. "I'd rather like to die in fucking poverty than selling my family's asset!"
"Oh really? We Yggdrasill corporation are different from our corrupt government and companies. We don't ignore child living in poverty, you know."
"So what?! This church worths more than any money can buy!"
"If we ignore poor kids like you, and government know about our failure, they will stop funding us, and we can do nothing. Plus, more kids will live in starvation and poverty because of their corruption, got that? Also, our big boss promised that we will purge Mitakihara out of poverty, so you know." The Yggdrasill employee explained if government know about Yggdrasill failed of patronizing the poor children and family, they would cut all their fundings due to defying from their promised program, thus stopping their operation.
Kyouko sighed, unsure of what to do. While she wanted to keep the church by herself, she didn't want other kids living in poverty like she had in the past. It was hard decision to make, to sell Sakura Family's the one and only asset or to let Yggdrasill help the poor children out there. But then she realized that she also could do it without even sellng the church. Of course, she inherited her father's idealism. To live in poverty rather than selling such valuable asset to her family and herself.
"Hell, like I can't do that." Kyouko scoffed.
"So, that's your answer?" The employee asked. "Very well, we don't have any choice."
Suddenly, Kyouko got stung from behind, and lost her consciousness.
Four hours later, Kyouko woke up, and quickly rose and stood up. She then looked around, worried with the church. As if it was on the cue, she looked at the empty ground, where she knew well that the church had been. On the ground, was sign of "UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY". The church had been flattened and crushed to the ground, her up
and remained only ruins.
Kyouko, now seeped out of energy due to shock, kneeled. Her sight was empty, drained from all light that reflects her usual energetic feel as she stared at this horror. Her mouth gaped, as if unable to move. Her entire body rendered weak as if they were anchored in place. Horror, desperate, sad. All those feelings now roamed free inside her. She couldn't do anything to protect her family's heritage, the only thing left from her family. The church she had dreamed to be run again some day. All is, lost. All left to her now was despair, and confine of weakness.
Yggdrasill had forced her to sell the church, and destroyed it.
"Yggdrasill took everything from me." Kyouko explained.
Beside Kyouko was a bag, containing hefty sum of money, enough to live her up until a decade. Saddened, tears burst from Kyouko's eyes and her fists clenched. She then let out a growl as she threw away the bag of money. She didn't want the money. She just wanted to live on her own. Now that Yggdrasill bought their church and wreck them to build new one, Kyouko was ashamed to herself and her family in heaven.
"Dad, mom, Momo..." Kyouko thought out of her shame. She regretted to break her promise to them, to keep the church. "NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Much later, Kyouko stood in front of Yggdrasil Tower, glaring at it with passionate hatred and vengeance, clenching her fists.
(End Flashback)
"How else could it have been? They were strong, and I was still weak." Kyouko continued. "But not anymore. I don't have to yield to anyone ever again."
Sayaka sighed, knowing that she couldn't have felt any worse than that if she were Kyouko. What's more saddening than losing almost everything she had? Her family, possession, and her happiness. All were gone. What remained from her now were vengeance, hatred, and regret. Now Sayaka understood why would Kyouko seek out power even more than anyone else, that all those feelings drove the latter. Kyouko returned to her old self since then. Selfish, ruthless, and unrelenting. This of course, made Sayaka, as Kyouko's friend, saddened a bit. But still, she had to move on.
"I think I know what you mean." Sayaka said as she stood up. "I spent most of my life in Mitakihara City, with Madoka-chan."
"What?" Kyouko responded.
"My parents went through the same thing. After Yggdrasill rebuilt the city, our lives were never the same again. Until Madoka-chan's parents willingly helped us to make up for our financial crisis." Sayaka explained, almost whimpering when she told her parents' harsh situation when Yggdrasill took over her father's company, thus leading it to bankrupt. Fortunately, Kaname family were kind enough to lend hand to them, so they didn't have to suffer from same crisis as Kyouko's family had, and her father started up new business, which was success in return.
"I see." Kyouko said.
"That's why I hate Yggdrasil!" Sayaka whimpered. "If it weren't for Madoka-chan's family, we all would be trampled under their feet and we couldn't live up our life! That's why, I have to get stronger!"
"Bullshit!" Kyouko replied. "There's no strength to be found with those Gaim wimps."
"And that makes you quit from Gaim and start over as Baron, don't it?" Sayaka asked. "I think you and I just have different ideas of what strength means."
"What?" Kyouko asked.
"When things get tough, or when sad things happen, some people just grit their teeth, smile, and keep going." Sayaka answered with a smile, lightening herself up from even the problem she had. Even if she had to struggle to get out of this problem, Sayaka could still smile while trying to endure the hardest of course of life. Smiling even in hardship. Wasn't that wonderful? "Don't you think it's incredible?"
Kyouko just avert her sight from Sayaka, thinking about how wonderful it was. But she didn't have time for that. All her time were spent to seek out power and work hard to be the best of all. However, she hoped that she still could smile with joy again since that day, especially to Sayaka...
"I think that's what true strength is." Sayaka continued as she rose and walked away a bit. "When people are sad and barely holding on, I just wanna make them smile, even a little. Because, all I can do for them is dance and fight."
"You may have power, but that's not how to show your strength, idiot. That's not worth anything." Kyouko said.
Sayaka turned to Kyouko, wanting to know what is strength in the latter's point of view. As Sayaka said, their perspectives of strength were very different. To Sayaka, strength is to support others, while Kyouko looked it as means to dominate others.
"Strength is earned by winning, by taking." Kyouko continued.
"Kyouko-chan, you..." Sayaka muttered.
"Honestly, it can bring joy, but no strength. Dancing is just a way to show one's strength, anyway."
"Strength is meant to be earned, I know." Sayaka responded. "But it isn't just meant to be showed, y'know? Strength is meant as influence for someone to carry on."
"Whatever." Kyouko scoffed as she stood up. "Let's go."
"What?" Sayaka asked.
"We may find another rip while picking fruit." Kyouko answered.
"You'll help me look?" Sayaka asked as she stepped, following Kyouko.
Kyouko then turned to the bluenette, and turned her attention back to the front. "You can follow me if you like." She said.
Gaim arrived at Helheim after bursting through Sakura flower portal, riding her trusted Lockvehicle. She then stopped, looking around the surroundings to find Sayaka. Looks like Sayaka was few kilometers away from her location, so she had to walk around for some more to find her after dismounting from her bike.
"Sayaka, where are you?" Gaim shouted. "Sayaka?"
Suddenly as if to welcome her to the forest, a red elementary Inves attacked her with its claws, which she blocked. As another blue larval Inves came in, she kicked it off before shifted to the red one to slash it, and then the green Inves ran and tackled Gaim, while she held onto it to block it.
"Come on! Outta my way!" Gaim grunted as she threw the green Inves away before getting a clutch from the red one. Unknown to her, other group of elementary Inves came in, joining the fray to assault her some more.
"Damn it!" Gaim growled as she slashed the green Inves from before, and then new blue and red Inves clutched her from both sides, trying to hold her still. Gaim then broke free of their clutches as she kicked the red one off while struggling to go from the blue one.
Just then, rose and rafflesia petals burst out from the floral portal, and then Ryugen and Bima came with their new Lockvehicles. Ryugen drove Rose Attacker, while Bima drove a heavy-looking motorcycle with bulky rafflessia-themed armor with a pair of boosters on the back and windshield covering the driver from above, as well as the snout of some sort on the front fairing. Said armor also acted as shield for Bima's feet when he was driving, seeming to contain weapons of some kind inside. Bima drove the motorcycle that designed after Rafflesia arnoldi flower, LV-05 Raffles Armor.
Ryugen and Bima jumped into the crowd and dashed towards coming Inves group. Bima then activated one of the weapons as the side hatches on the front fairing opened, revealing gatling guns as they fired barrage of bullets towards Inves. The hatches on the side fairings and rear fairing then opened, revealing bunch of missiles before fired them off to nearby Inves, destroying them.
"Woah... What was just-" Gaim gasped as she saw this totally new Lockvehicle Bima drove. She had never seen this fearsome Lockvehicle with weapons before! Then, Ryugen stopped near Gaim, who was still stunned by awestruck.
"H-Himeko!" Gaim gawked as she noticed Ryugen coming in, mixed up between glad to get help or bewildered how Ryugen and Bima got those locks, especially the powerful one Kamijou had.
"Sorry, I'm late!" Ryugen said as an Inves approached her, prompting the grape-armored Rider to shoot it in response. She then drifted and drove the bike to attack other Inves.
"Those bikes..." Gaim gasped as she jumped and slashed incoming red Inves, and then kicked approaching blue one. "Where you'd get that?!"
Ryugen shot some more Inves as she drove the bike, flinching them off. She then noticed a green Inves falling from the tree to attack her, but then it unexpectedly took a missile and got obliterated in explosion.
"Thanks, Kamijou-san!" Ryugen thanked for his help. If he hadn't shoot it, the Inves would've raided Ryugen and disrupted her.
Gaim slashed the red Inves off, and then she noticed the blue Inves jumped, standing on Ryugen's way. When Bima tried to activate the missile launcher, an Inves tackled the heavy bike at its front, and clutched into its windshield, disrupting the mangosteen Rider's sight.
"Off my way!" Bima growled as he activated another weapon. The snout then opened, and split to five parts as it unfolded, revealing a cannon nozzle. That made the Inves hardly maintain its balance and prone to falling, prompting it to struggle to hold still. That is, until beam energy charged up inside the nozzle. After accumulating sufficient energy, the cannon fired a massive charged beam blast, obliterating the Inves clutching on the windshield, as well as some Inves on its way!
"Whoa... Terrific..." Gaim gasped, once again stunned by awestruck as she saw Bima demonstrated the most powerful weapon of his Lockvehicle. It was truly powerful yet fearsome Lockvehicle, to the very least.
An Inves jumped and raid Ryugen from behind at the rear seat, trying to forcefully dismount the grape Rider while disrupting her.
"Get off me!" Ryugen grunted as she struggled to drop the Inves off her bike. As she passed by, Gaim noticed Ryugen got raided, and she had to help her somehow.
"Hold it right there!" Gaim exclaimed as she threw Musou Saber to the raiding Inves, impaling it from behind, flinching it off from the bike.
Ryugen then turned and zoomed, picking the Musou Saber before slashing the Inves on her way while driving. Gaim slashed some Inves and fend off their attacks.
"All right!" Gaim exclaimed as Ryugen came, combining Gaim's Daidaimaru with Musou Saber and loaded the Orange Lockseed into its lock port.
LOCK ON!
ICHI, JYU, HYAKU, SEN, MAN!
ORANGE CHARGE!
While Gaim let Daidaimaru Naginata Mode charge up, Ryugen cocked the gun hammer to execute Dragon Shot finisher, and Bima opened all weapon hatches on Raffles Armor. Gaim then slashed few Inves at once, while Ryugen shot the Inves with supercharged grape volley and Bima's Lockvehicle unleashed all of its ammo load to nearby Inves. With those, all Inves were destroyed as result.
"Are they gone?" Gaim asked, unsure if they were safe at the moment.
"Just, what with this place?" Himeko asked as she dismounted from her Rose Attacker.
"Huh?" Gaim asked.
"The Inves here is stronger than normal." Ryugen noted the difference of power level of Inves in Helheim to the ones in Inves Game. Since Helheim was Inves' homeworld, this wasn't surprising that Inves there were stronger than in Inves Game, due to they being well-adapted to Helheim environment, and more food stock they had, so most likely by eating those fruits Inves grew stronger in the meantime.
"You said this is Inves homeworld, right?" Bima asked as he dismounted from his bike as well. "I think this makes sense."
"Yeah, you're right." Gaim answered as she returned the Orange Lock back to her Sengoku Driver. "Also, those weird fruit-things turn into Lockseeds."
"Eh? Really?" Ryugen asked. She then walked to one of the trees with fruit. As soon she plucked it, the fruit turned into a Lockseed as Gaim said. This Lockseed had design of kiwi and "LS-13" code. A Kiwi Lockseed.
"It's true." Ryugen mumbled. She then plucked two other fruits on the same tree, transmuting them into Lockseeds. One had design similar to Budou Lockseed, except that the fruit was red and had twelve fruitlets instead of Budou's six, as well as "LS-37" code. Another had a fruit similar to apple, except it had yellow with green shades and "LS-47" code. They were Riberry Lockseed and Shipova Lockseed respectively.
"Awesome." Ryugen said as she looked at those newly acquired Lockseeds.
"Maybe I can take some?" Bima asked as he plucked a fruit from another tree. It then transmuted into a Lockseed with design of snake fruit and "LS-32" code, Salak Lockseed. "Cool."
"Come on, we've gotta find Sayaka." Gaim reminded.
Back with Sayaka and Kyouko, they walked through some area of the forest to look around for another rip that connected to other place in Mitakihara City. After some walking, they stopped to see what's ahead.
"Look." Kyouko said. What's ahead was a rip connected to an old warehouse of some sort. Since the rip was unstable in wild, they had to enter now, or it would close soon. This probably was a now-or-never chance.
"YATTA~! Yeah!" Sayaka cheered happily as she found the rip so she could went back home. She was so happy that she was about to hug her old friend, only for the latter to step forwards, making Sayaka missing her hug. "C'mon, join in!"
Suddenly, an Evolved Inves appeared from the bushes. It was green in color like Byakko Inves, and it had Chinese dragon head with long neck and horned crests. The shoulder crests were shaped like flames, and the body was bluish green in color. Like Byakko Inves, it had jade-colored armor that made it looked like jade statue. Also, the ornaments on body and crests sported golden lines. Its eyes were red in color, full of savage. This was Seiryu Inves.
Seiryu Inves let out a roar as it spotted two humans who tried to went through its territory. The whole Helheim is Inves' territory after all, so it made sense that they attacked every human who trespassed into the forest. The dragon Inves seemed not letting those humans to go through that rip.
"Oh, come on!" Sayaka whined annoyed as she looked at the entirely new Inves to her.
"Get back." Kyouko told her old friend as she pulled out her Banana Lockseed.
"But I'm fighting too, you know?" Sayaka reminded as she pulled out her Pineberry Lockseed.
"Whatever. Let's take it down together then." Kyouko replied.
"Henshin!" Both girls exclaimed as they unlocked their respective Lockseeds.
BANANA! / PINE~BERRY!
The yellow sparks gathered above Kyouko to form a metal banana, while pink sparks formed a metal pineberry above Sayaka. The two then set up their Lockseeds into their belts, slicing them open.
LOCK ON!
COME ON! / SOIYA!
The fruits fell over their respective summonners, transforming them into their Rider forms.
BANANA ARMS! / PINEBERRY ARMS!
KNIGHT OF SPEAR~! / BERRY~ HEROINE!
As Seiryu Inves ran towards two Riders, Baron gave it an opening by blocking the Inves' swat before thrusting it with Banaspear's pommel, but instead of pushing it, she got backed off, due to stronger armor. Fraise then slashed it with her bow, but it couldn't cut through. Baron then slashed it again, but with no avail as well. Its armor was too thick to cut, or too compact.
"This armor..." Baron muttered speechless as she noticed none of her attacks could hurt it, surprised. It then threw Baron away. Fraise then shot the azure dragon Inves with her archery, but the same thing resulted as the arrow bounced away from it. Even arrows couldn't pierce into it.
"No way!" Fraise gasped in shock as she saw her arrows bounced.
Seiryu Inves then breathed a blue fireball from its mouth at Fraise, which she dodged. When she tried to fight back, Seiryu Inves grabbed her and threw her aside, stumbling her off. The Knight of Spear then stood up, blocking Seiryu's slam while trying to hold still before throwing it aside. Fraise then ran to the Inves and slashed a couple of times, assisted by Baron with her spear slashes, but failed. Seiryu Inves then slapped Baron twice before bringing her to a lockdown, but the latter kicked it off to break free. Fraise shot some more arrows at Seiryu, but it didn't affect it whatsoever, and she rushed in to send it some slashes, only to be pounded and kneed, before getting swatted away.
"Sayaka!" Baron exclaimed as she kicked the azure dragon Inves off, stumbling it to below. It then breathed blue flame once more to the two Rider girls, prompting Baron to protect Fraise from the blast, but it was powerful enough to press her, that she grunted in pain after fending off the breath.
"Kyouko-chan!" Fraise gasped, wary of Baron's condition after guarding such powerful blast. She then braced herself to attack back with her bow if Seiryu Inves attacked her. It then ran, and as Fraise was about to block its attack, Gaim rushed in to slash its arm, but it only parried the slam, and then she slashed some more and jump-kicked it off. From behind, Ryugen shot it, while Bima rushed in to send some claw rakes, but the result was same to the others: no effect. While it tried to pound Bima, Ryugen shot it again, forcing it to run away after taking the blasts which made its armors smoked.
"Homu-chan!" Fraise exclaimed as she saw Gaim.
"Sayaka, Kyouko!" Gaim said as she looked at them. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, we managed to hold it on our own, at least..." Fraise answered.
"Thank goodness..." Gaim sighed in relief. She then realized something off with them. "But why are you with her?" She asked Baron.
Hearing Gaim's question, Baron blushed a bit under her helmet, slightly embarassed that she and Fraise were together. Perhaps she and Sayaka had chemistry of some sort that she didn't want other sto know?
"Geez, shut up." Baron answered coldly as she pushed Gaim aside when chasing the azure dragon Inves.
Ryugen shot it some more, but the shots seemed not affecting it at all, as it tanked all the shots without breaking sweat. Despite its simple look, it sure had thick armor and skin to tank all damages. It continued walking, shrugging off the shots as if they were nothing, approaching Ryugen who (coincidentally) had same motif, aside the Lockseed she had.
"Tsk, he's too well-defended!" Ryugen grunted as Seiryu Inves grabbed her while trying to break free. As Baron rushed in, it threw her aside before parrying some of her strikes, holding her still. Gaim also entered and helped Baron by sending some slashes, but it parried them while throwing Baron aside.
"Kamijou-san!" Ryugen said as Bima came in.
"Let's get outta here!" Bima told her.
"But..." Ryugen hesitated.
"Run as he said!" Gaim ordered.
"Okay!" Ryugen replied.
As Bima and Ryugen ran to the other side of rip, Fraise shot the dragon with her arrows before following them.
"Kyouko-chan, Homu-chan, Come on!" Fraise shouted, asking Baron and Gaim to follow them.
However, they got their hands full with Seiryu Inves. It still didn't allow them to pass through the rip. Baron ducked Seiryu's swat while Gaim missed her slashes and got pounded on back. She then slashed again with no avail, and Baron blocked Seiryu's slam, with the latter holding the lance.
"Just what with this guy?!" Gaim growled as she tried to rake it again, but it pounded her and Baron, throwing the latter at the former.
"My weapon aren't scratching him!" Gaim realized as she noticed how the armor was too thick to cut by sharp weapons such as katana like Gaim's Daidaimaru and lance like Baron's Banaspear. She needed the weapon powerful enough to break it. It then tackled both Riders.
As Ryugen, Bima, and Fraise ran to the rip, it started closing. They had to jump in now, or else they had no chance. Gaim's three sub-Riders then jumped into the rip, landing on the warehouse safe and sound.
Gaim and Baron tried their best to fend off the dragon Inves, but the dragon was so powerful not only to withstand them, but to overwhelm them as well. It then threw the two Riders to the rip before following them. Gaim and Baron landed in the warehouse, following Gaim's sub-Riders. Good thing that they managed to get into their own world in the nick of time, but unfortunately Seiryu Inves leaped in as well. Gaim dodged Seiryu's attack as it swatted Baron away. Seiryu Inves caught Gaim's slash, bringing her away, while Ryugen, Bima, and Fraise braced themselves for the worst. Fraise noticed the rip completely closed, now that Seiryu Inves got stranded in real world.
"The rip closed!" Fraise gasped as she saw the rip closing. She then turned her attention to Gaim and Baron, who were still fighting the azure dragon. It pinned Baron down to the fences, and Gaim rushed in.
"This way, you overgrown lizard!" Gaim yelled as she grabbed Seiryu by its tail, dragging it backwards before slashing it again... with no avail.
"Shit!" Gaim cussed, before getting relentless rakes from the dragon in revenge for dragging it away, pushing her to the tin barrels. Baron lunged her lance to Seiryu Inves, but the latter caught it before pushing it away and raked her violently and kicked her to the fences again. Now Baron had to think out to beat this overgrown lizard out.
"Damn, it's not working!" Baron hissed, annoyed that she couldn't land any single hit to that tough-armored dragon.
"Then, let's try something different!" Gaim said as she stood up and replaced her lock with Pine Lockseed.
PINE!
LOCK ON!
After setting up the lock, the Orange Arms dispersed into splashes, and a giant metal pineapple appeared from the circular rip above Gaim. As the pineapple lowered down, Gaim sliced the lock open.
SOIYA!
The pineapple fell over Gaim, wearing her Pine Arms, designed for heavy, long-endured combat.
PINE ARMS! FUNSAI DESTROY!
"This is my stage now!" Gaim proclaimed as she twirled the spiked end of Pine Arms' signature weapon, Pine Iron before throwing it at Seiryu Inves. The impact from the weapon now affected the azure dragon Inves, as it backed it off a bit while breaking its armor slowly. Gaim swung the meteor hammer a couple of times to flinch the dragon.
"One more time!" Gaim exclaimed as she threw the spiked end of Pine Iron with middle throw before throwing it to her feet and kicked it to Seiryu, knocking it off while breaking its armor a bit. The shoulder crest shattered and their shards fell to the ground. This hurt it a bit.
"Nice, that hurt him!" Gaim nodded as her attack now was successful. She then ran while twirling the meteor hammer and smacking it at Seiryu Inves without throwing it, further damaging its armor. "Gonna crush you into pine-scrap-ple!" She yelled as she twirled Pine Iron once more.
"I see." Baron nodded as she watched Gaim using the Arms Change very well to match the situation and condition. She admitted that Homura was no slouch at all, and deserved very well to be her rival to defeat, and the reason why Baron must put Gaim out of first place to regain their glory. As expected from class representative of Class 2-A of Mitakihara High. She was smart enough to use the situation in the battle, and finding its benefit to win. Something that Kyouko learned.
She then set the lance down and removed her Banana Lockseed. She then looked at the removed lock, wondering what lock she should bet on.
"I thought this would be the best choice, but..." Baron muttered as she looked at Banana Lockseed. "I'd be better served by choosing my weapons, period."
Baron pulled out a Mango Lockseed, the Lockseed she had acquired earlier, but forgot to be used somehow. She would bet what kind of weapon it had, hopefully powerful yet heavy weapon like Pine Arms' Pine Iron so that it could be enough to beat Seiryu Inves. If that wasn't correct one, she would choose other Lockseed she had got, though. If she wanted to adapt with flow of battle, she better chose her weapons correctly. That's what Arms Change for, after all.
MANGO!
After Baron unlocked Mango Lockseed, she put the lock into the driver, locking it on.
LOCK ON!
As the European trumpet jingle played, Baron's Banana Arms dispersed into splashes and the metal mango, slightly larger than any fruits were so far appeared above her. Gaim knocked off the Inves, and got her attention taken to Baron who was about to do Arms Change for the first time.
"What's that?" Gaim asked as she saw the mango.
Seeing her old friend was about to perform Arms Change like Gaim usually did, Fraise was inspired to do the same thing with her unused Lockseed. Of course, she must join the fun.
"Hey, Kyouko-chan! Don't leave me out of fun!" Fraise beamed as she removed Pineberry Lockseed and pulled out Blueberry Lockseed, unlocking it.
BLUE~BERRY!
As the giant blueberry appeared above her, Fraise put the lock onto the belt.
LOCK ON!
As the staple Horagai music played from Fraise's Sengoku Driver, her Pineberry Arms dispersed into splashes. Ryugen and Bima looked at each other, before looking back at Baron and Fraise.
"Mango?" Ryugen asked.
"Blueberry?" Bima asked.
The trumpet music and horagai music seemed to be played harmoniously synchronized, as if to symbolize how close Kyouko and Sayaka's friendship were. Even if they became foes as Beat Riders, they were still friends, although many would disagree. Or even, they might be more than just friends. Baron and Fraise then cut their respective new locks.
COME ON! / SOIYA!
MANGO ARMS! / BLUEBERRY ARMS!
The respective fruits then came down to Baron and Fraise, arming them with brand-new armor. The mango unfolded before it fell onto Baron, with the front folded to the back to form cape of some sort, revealing shoulder armors with mango dices inside. As the mango dropped over Baron, the shoulder armors moved to place, while the top front folded to form chestpiece, and the topmost part folded to the back to complete the cape. Upon transformation, Baron's helmet gained a pair of curled down horn with diced patern like mango dices, and a wattle. In her hand was a long mace with big spiked end, formed by, once again, mango dices.
In Fraise's case, the blueberry immediately fell over Fraise just like most fruits did, and it unfolded. The sides folded together outwards before folding down to form shoulder armor with blueberries. The back simply folded out, and the top split, and the front folded out to chest to form breastplate with shape of upside down heart. The tops then folded out to thighs to form skirt armor with vines on the stems. Fraise's helmet gained a blueberry set on eyes, connected by vine, as well as round hood-like blueberry on the back of helmet. In her hands were a pair of nunchaku, with green vines for the ropes, and spiked blueberries at each end.
FIGHT OF HAMMER~!
SIGNORA OF THE NUNCHAKU!
Baron had changed into Mango Arms, while Fraise changed into Blueberry Arms!
After their transformation, Baron triumphantly set the mace down and Fraise twirled her nunchucks, and posed like a certain martial artist.
"HWACHAA~!" Fraise yelled, mimicking said martial artist's noise.
Baron then walked towards the Inves as she dragged the heavy mace, while Fraise walked in same way while twirling her nunchucks.
(Cue BGM: Never Surrender by Team Baron)
"Sweet..." Gaim gasped as she saw these Arms Change, staring at them for few seconds, until she had to turn her attention again to Seiryu Inves to block incoming attack.
Baron then swung the mango mace, Mango Punisher to Seiryu Inves, knocking it down with its sheer force. Fraise then joined the fray as she rushed in and twirled the nunchucks, Berry Bluechucks swiftly at it, beating it down in each stroke. The dragon Inves evaded an upper swing from Gaim, only to get a thrust from Baron. Baron then spun before she and Fraise sent powerful smashes in unison, sending it flying backwards to pile of scraps behind it, smashing them.
"Awesome..." Bima gasped in awe, seeing his best friend could finally hand Seiryu Inves its own butt, along with their rival of all people.
"Ditto." Ryugen added.
"Wow..." Gaim whispered, commenting how awesome Baron and Fraise were. While it was the first time Baron did an Arms Change during battle, Fraise had did it once with Blackberry Arms. This time, Gaim, Fraise, and Baron had proper weapons to fight Seiryu Inves. What was awesome was, they seemed to have enhanced strength with their weapons. While Baron's Mango Punisher's sheer weight sacrificed Baron's speed to wield the heavy weapon effectively, Fraise, on the other hand used speed and momentum of the nunchakus to enhance the strength of their blows.
"Surprised?" Fraise asked her teammate. "Thought you would be!"
"Wait for me!" Gaim told as Baron and Fraise rushed into Seiryu Inves, catching up with them.
As Seiryu Inves stood up, it dodged swings from Baron and Fraise, then Gaim jumped in, smacking it with Pine Iron, followed by Baron and Fraise with their weapons. Gaim smacked it once more, and other two Riders with blunt weapons smacked it again in succession. Gaim then blew it upwards, and Fraise jumped to slam it down with her nunchakus in full force. As Seiryu Inves fell, Baron swatted it away in correct momentum, sending it flying to the ground few meters away. After standing up, Seiryu Inves breathed a blast of blue flame at three Riders, prompting Gaim and Fraise to dodge, while Baron guarded the flame breath with her mace. While guarding the blast, she charged at the Chinese dragon-themed Inves, cutting through the flame and blowing it away before thrusting the mace at it, propelling it flying backwards to pile of scraps.
"Hmph. Let's sort this out." Baron scoffed as she sliced her lock twice.
COME ON! MANGO AU LAIT!
"Okie-dokie! Come on, Homu-chan!" Fraise said cheerfully.
"Gotcha." Gaim answered as she and Fraise sliced their locks once.
SOIYA!
PINE SQUASH! / BLUEBERRY SQUASH!
Baron twirled the mace as the energy mango dices surrounded Mango Punisher's spiked end, charging it up with energy mango. As she swung the mace rapidly, it left mango dices as trail. As Baron kept swinging the mace, the speed increases, going faster that it looked like a mango twister of some sort.
Gaim and Fraise jumped as Seiryu Inves stood up. Gaim kicked the pineapple-like spiked end of Pine Iron, while Fraise leaped towards Seiryu Inves while twirling the nunchakus rapidly, forming energy blueberries on the hanging end to make them look like meteor hammers. First, the pineapple landed on Seiryu Inves' head, followed by Fraise rapidly swinging the nunchucks at the evolved Inves, smashing it with energy blueberries to add its power in each stroke. Lastly, Baron shot the energy mango from her mace to the dragon Inves, entrapping it inside and destroying it as the energy mango dices, blueberries, and pineapple slices burst away from it.
"Yatta!" Ryugen cheered.
"They won! Awesome!" Bima commented. Ryugen then gave him a high-five.
"Yosha!" Fraise cheered, hugging Gaim in joy. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" she cheered as she shook her hands with Gaim.
"Hmph." Baron scoffed.
(End Song)
Outside the factory, Kyouko walked out back to her base, while behind her were Homura, Sayaka, Himeko, and Kamijou.
"That was close. Don't scare us like that again." Kamijou said.
"I'm sorry, guys..." Sayaka apologized for making her teammates worried.
"At least you're back in one piece." Himeko said, cheering Sayaka up as she pat her shoulder. Sayaka nodded as she felt better.
"Honestly, I was scared for a while." Homura said.
"Hey guys~!" Gaim Riders heard a voice greeting at them. They turned to the source to see Madoka coming in, approaching them.
"Oh, hi, Madoka." Homura replied.
"Sayaka, are you okay?" Madoka asked Sayaka, after hearing that she went lost into the Lockseed forest in slight worry. Fortunately, Sayaka was with other Gaimers safe and sound. "I was worried when you went into that forest again alone!"
"Don't worry. I'm fine." Sayaka smiled. Because I'm with Kyouko-chan all along.
"Kyouko-chan?" Madoka asked, surprised to hear Sayaka was with their old friend turned rival.
Sayaka then turned to Kyouko, reminded of something she had to do after Kyouko saved her from the Inves assault. She had to thank her for her help so that she managed to survive.
"Kyouko-chan!" Sayaka called out as she ran over to the Baron leader. Kyouko turned around in response.
"Um..." Sayaka was embarassed to say anything to Kyouko, as her face blushed a bit that Kyouko saved her life back then. If it weren't for her, she would have got hurt badly by those Inves. From her expression, looks like she wanted to say something from her heart, two sincere words of, "Thank you."
"No prob." Kyouko answered before turning back, walking away to the team base.
Sayaka watched Kyouko left, with remaining feelings toward her. If it weren't for her, Kyouko wouldn't have to help her back at the forest, would she? And she got the point why Kyouko founded Baron and oppose them: to make Gaim stronger. Besides, she had contained this feelings even since she had been a Puella Magi. A feeling that she must confess to Kyouko sooner or later. She wanted to be more than just friends with her.
"Kyouko-chan..." Sayaka muttered. The rest of Gaimers then walked over to her.
"What was the hole, anyway?" Kamijou asked, curious of the rip hanging on space like Sayaka had entered.
"They seem popping up and vanishing all over the place..." Himeko thought aloud.
"Yeah." Sayaka nodded. "The one we came through is gone too."
"I was thinking they were trouble." Himeko pointed out of how dangerous those rips could potentially be. This made other Gaimers to turn at her.
"What's the matter, Himeko?" Homura asked.
Somewhere on an alley, a homeless man fell over the crates and bicycles, getting hurt from the impact. He seemed to be thrown from stories of height, and the potential perpetrator looked at him. Hanging on the staircase was a Koumori Inves, except that its right arm had long, sharp talon.
Back with the Gaimers...
"Sayaka-san got stranded in the forest, right?" Himeko asked. "What if an Inves came from there and got stuck in our world the same way?"
This question made other Gaimers concerned about how could the Inves could break through the rip and roamed free in our world. It could be great hysteria. They had to deal with them if they met one somehow...
Back at the alley, when Koumori Inves fell at the man to attack it, it got several shots, pushing it back away from the man. It then flew away from the alley, leaving the man behind and escaping. Few moments later, Mariachi arrived at the alley, only to notice that the Inves had escaped.
"He's getting away..." Mariachi muttered annoyed. She then noticed the man there, running to him so she could take him away to somewhere safe to treat his injuries.
"Are you okay?" Mariachi asked.
"Uhh... Urgh..." The homeless man grunted in pain, as he tried to stand up, but the injury prevented him from moving any further. So, basically he was telling Mariachi that he wasn't okay at all.
After looking on the hobo's condition, Mariachi looked up, wondering where had the rampant Inves gone.
"Just what with him?" Mariachi wondered aloud.
Unknown to her and the man, someone was standing at the balcony, watching them both. This someone revealed to be... DJ Sagara?!
"Well, well." DJ Sagara said. "Looks like Contract Gamma is doing well. Wonder how Contract Beta is now. Hopefully that nosy furball won't trouble us much more."
(Suddenly the Banana, Mango, Lanzone, and Coconut Lockseeds and Rose Lockvehicle flew over the current scene and it zipped closed to form red background with Baron'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, Ume, Ichigo, and Suika Lockseeds, and Pine Iron over the blue background with Gaim's logo)
Kajitta kajitsu, 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, Mango, Lanzone, and Coconut Lockseeds and Mango Punisher over red background with Baron's logo)
Unmei o kirihiraku kagi
(Next was Himeko standing with her hair flailed similarly, with Budou, Kiwi, Riberry, and Shipova Lockseeds 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 Sayaka with her hair blew in same way. On the background were Pineberry, Blackberry, and Blueberry Lockseeds and Berrybow 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 where Sid usually review the featured Lockseeds of a chapter, instead of Sid, Sanji was sitting on the sofa, drinking a jasmine tea. He then took a bit of a cracker, munching it. He soon turned his attention to the readers ready for the Lockseed introduction.
"Bonjour, mademoiselle et monsieur. Back with me Sanji." Sanji greeted the readers. "For those wonder why Sid isn't here because he got... er... flu. Yeah, flu."
"Alright, Today, we're introducing these locks." He said as he showed the three locks: Mango, Blueberry, and Rafflesia.
"First off is Mango." Sanji began as the big screen behind him showed an image of Mango Lockseed.
"LS-11 Mango is an A-Class Lockseed. At some point in Chapter 4, that Mademoiselle Banane got herself one when wandering in Helheim. This Lockseed is somewhat rare like other A-Class Lockseed, and only few had this kind of lock." Sanji explained. "When used with Sengoku Driver, we'll get..."
MANGO ARMS! FIGHT OF HAMMER~!
"Voila! We got Mango Arms!" Sanji continued as the image of Baron Mango Arms and Mango Punisher replaced the previous one. "This Arms is somewhat strength-oriented. With that long cape and heavy armor, plus the heavy mace, the user gains extra durability in exchange of speed. The weapon is Mango Punisher. It was very heavy yet it can deliver powerful strike. And why do you think she dragged her mace when first time transformed?"
"The finisher in this form is called Mango Punismash. It involves the user swinging the mace in full force before shooting the mango dices at target. For some reason it looks barbaric to me, but magnifique. I want mango pudding out of her soon!" Sanji explained as the footage of Baron performing said finisher played.
"Next up is LS-15 Blueberry." Sanji showed the Blueberry Lockseed as the image of Blueberry Lockseed replaced the previous one.
"This is a fan-made Lockseed, an A-Class Lock. A girl who claim herself to be my fan got this lock from one of my rejected applicant, before she apply about a job to me. So generous." Sanji explained. "With Sengoku Driver, we get..."
BLUEBERRY ARMS! SIGNORA OF THE NUNCHAKU!
"Blueberry Arms!" Sanji continued as the image of Fraise Blueberry Arms replaced the previous ones. "This Arms is speed-oriented. Light-armored, thus enabling its user to move without restrain. The weapons are Berry Bluechucks, which are, a nunchaku just like the Driver says. When used in full speed, it can even match Mango Punisher in terms of force!"
"The finisher is Big Bang Blue. The user conjures energy blueberry on their nunchakus, and then hits the foe with them, like meteor hammer. It's too short to be called meteor hammer, anyway. I can see a blueberry parfait here." Sanji explained as the footage of Fraise performing said finisher along with Gaim played.
"Next up is Rafflesia Lockvehicle." Sanji showed the Rafflessia Lockvehicle as said lock's image appeared on the screen behind him along with its Vehicle mode Raffles Armor, replacing the previous one.
"This Lockvehicle is probably the largest and most dangerous among all. Don't you see the weapons it has in its Bike Mode? Gatling guns, missiles, even beam cannon! With that lock, you can crush all Inves in no time! Not to mention it had bulky armor to enhance its durability. Fortunately, this is still a prototype, and no way other than that Monsieur Mangoustan could use it well, right?"
The screen then turned off, prompting Sanji to finish the review.
"Alright, that's it for now. I've gotta go before Sid-" Just when Sanji was about to leave, suddenly Sid, the supposed host of this segment, entered the studio!
"Just what the heck the meaning of this, you faggot?!" Sid berated.
"Well, er... I think you're busy, so I'm here to take over for a while, hehehe..." Sanji answered, with a suspicious smile.
"Oh really? You said he had flu, right?" A reader asked Sanji.
"Oh?"
"So you lied to readers so you can take over this segment, huh?" Sid growled as he rolled in the sleeves, ready to clobber Sanji.
"Salut!" Sanji bid as he ran from the studio as quick as possible. Sid shook his head in disappointment. He then sat on the sofa and snacked his cracker.
"Alright, sorry for the convenience. Back with me Sid-" Sid introduced, but...
"The review time is finished, actually." One of the readers reminded.
"WHAT?!" Sid gawked in shock, that Sanji used ALL of his review time. He sabotaged his review segment all along. Rage build up inside him, and he was ready to explode!
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Next time on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica:
Homura: "Was this work of an Inves from that forest?"
Mariachi: "You can't get away this time!"
Osomatsu: "You want Beat Riders' help to defend Mitakihara City?"
Kyouko: "This is the curse of victor."
Homura: "It's just like in the forest..."
Ryouma: "It seems Helheim is finally awakening."
QB: "Looks like we can use Contract Beta and Alpha some more."
The mysterious Rider returns...?
Homura: "This is my stage for real now!"
Lock 10: Rampant Inves Big Capture Operation!
Pega-Rider: Alright, that's chapter 9 of KRGM. We've debuted Baron's Mango Arms and Fraise's Blueberry Arms. Wow. Honestly, I wanted to include Fraise's Blueberry Arms in earlier chapter since the Lockseed she got was in packet with Blackberry. But due to me wanting to explore more of KyoukoxSayaka shipping, I debuted her in same time as Mango's.
Ok, so about OC Riders. After seeing Baron Lemon Energy Arms, which is basically Baron with Genesis Driver and Lemon Energy Arms without changes in his suit, I kinda want to make an upgraded Rider form of Baron a la Zangetsu-Shin. Yeah, I wanna make her a totally new Rider with new Driver. And after testing the modified Genesis Driver, Kyouko's default Energy Lockseed would be ELS-09 Banana Energy, based on green banana. And her new Rider name is Saint-Baron. Also, Ryugen needs Genesis upgrade, which the name, concept, design, fall to YOUR hands, readers. After discussed with Pikatwig that he made a Genesis upgrade of Fraise named Fraise-Forte, I think I'd include her as well in this fic. SO, the number of OC New-Gen Riders is upped to 9 out of 12! So, you can submit an idea of Ryugen's Genesis upgrade and two whole new Genesis Rider! Also, sorry for Seeker213, because I realized I mixed up Riberry and Tomato Lockseed's numbers. :P
Oh, and here's this chapter's quiz!
Quiz: When accessing Blueberry Arms, she posed and yelled like a certain martial artist. Who is he? And who else copied that style of said martial artist in Toku-verse?
As usual, shoot your answer in your review. Don't forget to read, review, follow, and favorite. Also, after the project with Kamen Rider Chrome, expect something BIG soon! This is Pega-Rider, signing off! ON-DORIYAAA!
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