PEGA-RIDER: Hello~ Fanfiction City and you all readers out there! It's Pega-Rider, coming back after a month of hiatus with a new chapter of KRGM! Okay. After Sengoku Movie Battle fic and moving to new place, I need to recover from all spent energy, and now I'm back online! Alright, this is getting interesting, with the battle rising to its peak, AND new Arms debut! Oh, it's nothing new, as they're already debuted in Sengoku Movie Battle, c'mon, guess. And guess what, Beat Riders Saga ends soon! Also, there's a change on the opening scene after a mysterious Rider's identity is revealed. You know who.
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, JGResidentEvil, and Pikatwig.
Previously on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica...
Homura and her friends prepared for Sayaka's birthday. As they purchased various gifts, Kyouko asked Sayaka to hang out by themselves, and their feelings grow intimately. Hours before Sayaka's birthday party, Kyouko asked Homura to duel using their gigantic Arms, Coconut and Suika. In the birthday party, Kyouko and Sayaka finally confirmed their relationship.
At Mitakihara City, everyone were walking around, mostly for shopping. Most of things they bought were trees, groceries, and presents, somehow Christmas-related. In front of stores, there were Christmas tree decorations set up, and Christmas sale promotion banners, and the sale promotion girls were wearing Santa costumes. That's right. It was about for Christmas. Everybody were cherishing to greet Christmas, going shopping to prepare for Christmas celebration.
However, they didn't aware that there was a crack nearby, leading to Helheim. In Helheim, a green Elementary Inves was walking to the other side through the crack, looking for food.
Meanwhile at Homura's apartment, the owner jumped onto bed after going somewhere and back, wondering about the men in hazmat suits burning the plants and Zangetsu. Since they seemed to know about the plants of the forest and the related problem, most likely they knew about Mami's whereabouts since she disappeared in the forest, or so she thought.
"Those people in hazard suits must know something." Homura said before she rose from the bed. "Maybe they know where Mami is."
However, there was a problem. If those people with the suits were around the forest, Zangetsu would patrol around and dispatch all intruders coming in, just like Homura had experienced earlier.
"Ah, dammit! We can't get near with her around! What do we do?" Homura muttered. It wouldn't be easy problem to go around the forest, as she didn't want to foolishly get hurt anymore. She need a safe way to distract the white Kamen Rider, so she could investigate what's going on the forest and Mami's whereabouts.
She then looked at the clock on the nightstand, and it showed 11:15 AM. Homura realized that she had something important, in less than a hour later.
"Oh crap! The job!" Homura gasped as she hastily prepared for the job around a hour later.
At 12 PM...
"Merry Christmas!"
"Zalera Fashion is having its Christmas sale. Have a brochure." Homura shouted friendly while handing out the brochures to the people walking by the said store. "We've all Christmas goods you need! Please, come in! Merry-"
Just as she heard a screaming voice, Homura stopped before looking around to see where the sound came from.
"What was that?" Homura gawked, suddenly feeling uneasy about it. She rushed out of Zalera Fashion site to the sound source. As she heard a second scream, Homura turned to a woman backing away, terrorized by a couple of Elementary Inves, turning out to be the voice source.
"Somebody, help!" The woman screamed.
"Inves!" Homura growled as she threw away the brochures, jumping the fences and crates a la parkour, hurrying to save the woman. She then kicked a red Inves on the back, before dodging green one's rakes and holding it on.
"Get outta here!" Homura told the woman as she threw the green Inves and kicked it away. She then engaged the red one, jabbing it as she passed by, and kicking the green one at the head before the red one at its leg, tripping it. Green Inves grabbed her and threw to the fences, and it got kicked as it was about to pin her. Homura dodged its attack again, before doing a jumping overlap kick at its green kin's head. The black-haired girl then pulled out her Sengoku Driver, strapping it onto her waist.
"Henshin!" Homura exclaimed as she unlocked the Orange Lockseed.
ORANGE!
Homura dodged both Inves' attacks as she posed, before locking the lock onto the belt and cutting it open.
LOCK ON! SOIYA!
After kicking the green Inves with a somersault, the orange orb appeared above before falling over the 17-year-old girl, transforming her into Gaim after it opened up and unfolded. She then prepared herself for the battle.
(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. Not to far from Chikane was Mami, holding a Coffee Lockseed while aiming her gun at Chikane. On the reflections, Ryugen was stopped by Zangetsu with Musou Saber, and Mariachi pointed her gun at the latter. The scene then changed to the room of armors from earlier, with Gaim Ume Arms, Asura Lime Arms, Viscount Cherry Arms, Baron Mango Arms, and Bravo Tomato 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 Zangetsu, Baron, and Gaim in order.)
Ima to iu kaze wa
(Kamen Rider Gaim were seen transforming into Orange Arms, and ready for combat.)
Dare mo tsutaeru tame
(Team Gaim were seen dancing in front of the same building, focused on Kaname Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka. The scene shifted to Homura and Madoka, while in their reflection were Kyouko and the girl in white, who in fact looks like Madoka.)
(Omae no moto ni fuku?)
(Zangetsu pointed his Musou Saber to viewer with series of 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 Gaim slashing the screen with the series of samurai armors behind her.)
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, Lime Arms, Cherry Arms, Mango Arms, and Blueberry 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 12: The Riders Gather! Solve the Mystery of the Forest!
ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!
After transforming, Gaim pulled out her Musou Saber and slashed incoming Inves, one by one. She then dodged green Inves' rake before slashing it away and setting the katana-gun hybrid weapon into Gun mode. As the red one came, she quickly shot it at point-blank range and slashed the green one, shooting it. Gaim dodged another rake from the red Inves and shooting it and its kin. Gaim then proceed to combine both weapons and moved the Orange Lockseed from her belt to the combined weapon.
LOCK ON! ICHI, JYU, HYAKU, SEN, MAN!
As she twirled the Daidaimaru Naginata Mode charged up with energy bolts, the Inves tried to stand up, but whatever they would do, they came into an end.
ORANGE CHARGE!
Gaim slashed the green Inves first, before the red one, and both of them, destroying them all. Gaim then moved the lock back onto her belt, and closed the lock to remove the transformation.
"If Inves are showing up in crowded place like this..." Homura muttered, sighing in uneasy thought. "We've gotta do something."
Now more problem added into her list, from searching Mami, helping the Beat Rider teams, to deal with wild Inves in the city. Sure, the forest problem wasn't just about that.
At Gaim's Garage...
"Well, I remember about the time I was in the forest searching for Mami, and I met the men in hazard suits. They must know about something." Homura recalled about the events at the forest following her duel with Kyouko. In the garage's lobby were Homura, Sayaka, and Himeko.
"Yes, if we could talk with those hazard-suited people in the forest, we'd get a lot of answers quite quickly." Himeko pointed out.
"Yeah, but the problem is that Zangetsu chick. She's patroling around the forest, y'know?" Sayaka pointed out.
"I know, and there's no way I can take her on alone." Homura added.
Himeko sighed in response, knowing it wouldn't be easy problem to begin with, especially with Zangetsu around the forest.
"Zangetsu..." Himeko muttered, remembering the event she discovered said figure in the factory basement when the Riders were handling rampaging Inves. By connecting the faceplate Zangetsu had on her belt and Chikane's inventory in her work briefcase containing the same belt, Himeko thought that Zangetsu was really her very older sister. Despite this unfond memory, Himeko came up with an idea.
"Then, how about this? I could draw that Rider away and give you an opening." Himeko suggested.
"No, it's a big no-no! You can't handle her alone!" Sayaka refused.
"I think even two of us is not enough to handle her..." Homura thought out loud.
Himeko then paused for a while, so she got another idea afterwards, "Well then, could we get other Kamen Riders in on the plan?"
Hearing Himeko's suggestion, Homura could relax for a while, but Sayaka became afraid if Kyouko is in the plan as well.
"Like Kyouko, Battler, and Hideyoshi?" Homura asked for confirmation, but she sighed hopelessly, "But there's no way to help us."
"Don't worry about that. I have an idea." Himeko said, offering her idea to share.
Homura and Sayaka got their attention taken, and started to get enthusiast about Himeko's idea. "What kind of idea?" They asked.
Just as about Himeko was about to point out her idea...
"We're back~!" A familiar voice greeted as the rest of Team Gaim and Kamijou went back into the garage from shopping, bringing decorations of some sort. Of course, since Christmas was near, the decorations had to be Christmas-themed, so they needed to buy them. It turned out that Madoka was the one who shouted.
"Hey, Homura-chan's here too. Perfect, we're going to decorate for our Christmas party. Help out!" Madoka beamed as she went down to the garage lounge.
"Uh, sorry, Madoka-san. Something urgent just came up." Himeko apologized. She then asked Homura and Sayaka, "Homura-san, Sayaka-san, we've gotta do this now. Let's go!"
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Madoka gawked as Himeko pulled Homura and Sayaka out of garage, much to her and the others' surprise.
"Oi!" Osomatsu shouted.
"It's not usual to see Himeko this rushed." Kamijou noted.
"Yeah." Hitomi nodded in agreement.
Some after while, Homura, Himeko, and Sayaka met Kyouko at a hallway of some sort, intrigued by whatever they told her.
"A new type of game, huh?" Kyouko asked.
Sayaka nodded in response, snapping her finger to allow Himeko to explain the "game" they were arranging.
"The rules are simple. Each team sends their Kamen Riders into the Lockseed forest and whoever collects the most Locks wins. That's all." Himeko explained the "game"'s rules, and finished, followed by Sayaka's nod.
"All the Kamen Riders hunting for Lockseeds, huh?" Kyouko noted. "But your team's three Riders give you an unfair advantage."
"Yep, so me and Sayaka are sitting this one out. Himeko'll be the one playing." Homura said as she walked to Himeko and pat her shoulder, pointing the girl in question.
"Hai." Himeko added.
Kyouko then looked at the Gaim Riders, and rolling her eyes at Himeko cynically with cold glare before looking at Sayaka.
"I dunno what the heck are you're playin' at, but your game sounds interesting. Fine, we'll play, but!" Kyouko pointed out, before suddenly grabbing Himeko's collars and giving intimidating glare, much to the latter's surprise.
"If you let an Inves or anyone lay a fucking finger on Sayaka, I'll kill you." Kyouko growled at the Himemiya prodigy angrily, intimidating her not to let Sayaka be in a danger. While she felt so happy that she now began her relationship with Kyouko, Sayaka felt a bit worried about Kyouko, especially when her fiance became slightly possessive about her since then.
"Hai. I'll make sure no harm come to her in any way." Himeko assured.
"Merry Christmas~!"
A shout could be heard from a pair of people in reindeer suits holding promotion signs of some sort, which generally announced the Christmas sale prices. Some of the people around them looked at them weirded, while others just not bothered to do such.
"These prices only come once a year! Catch them while you can!" One of the people in reindeer suit shouted, but alas, none of them cared about the promotion sale, despite their best effort to do their job. Soon, a boy and his mother cameout of a department store nearby, and ran to the reindeer people.
"Mama, look at the weird reindeer!" The boy showed his mother the reindeer people as he pointed at them.
"Kei, it's rude to point at people!" The boy's mother lowered his pointing arm, telling him not to point at people, especially at them working hard to wear such goofy suits just to gain money. Both reindeer people were slightly offended, due to being pointed by a boy and get said as "Weird". The mother bowed politely in apology for what her son, Kei did as they took their leave.
"This is the worst Christmas ever. We've gotta raise our ranks somehow." One of the reindeer people, who turned out to be Hideyoshi, lamented.
"Sorry, Yossy-chan, but I don't think we're up to that right now." Another reindeer person, turned to be Nobita, pointed out.
"Our teamwork is still terrible." Hideyoshi pointed out. They then looked around to see any customers coming, but to no end. None of the customers were ever to come to the shop they were promoting.
"Ah~ maybe Santa-san will come and put some rare Lockseeds into our stockings." Nobita wished.
"I wouldn't stay up and waiting for 'em." Hideyoshi said, as suddenly his phone rang in the suit's pocket, prompting him to pick it up. He then looked at the phone to see the caller's ID, which turned out to be Homura's. Hideyoshi then offered his partner Nobita to answer the call, but the former couldn't reach his phone to the latter due to having to stand by with the signs, so, he had to answer by himself.
"It's Kinoshita. Whaddya want?" Hideyoshi asked, before hearing whatever Homura answered from the other side, which brought him into interest.
"A new game?" Hideyoshi asked again before paused for a while to let Homura explain about this "game". "A forest full of Lockseeds?!" he gawked in interest after hearing her explanation.
"Really?" Nobita asked after overhearing Hideyoshi's conversations.
Meanwhile at Team Red Hot's base...
"A Lockseed hunting game?!" Sonomura gawked in surprise, much to his excitement. "It sounds really interestin'!"
"Yep. Hommy told me about the game, so yeah. It's a good chance to pay the Gaim and Baron girls back." Battler said.
"Right! We're gonna pay 'em back, especially that Baron Skank! Fortunately, we've stocked our Lockseeds up!" Sonomura added, showing Battler a pair of new Lockseeds, one having "LS-28" code and papaya-like cover, except it colored green at its exterior; and another having "LS-22" code and green sugar apple-like cover. Those were Pawpaw and Cawesh Lockseeds respectively.
"Nice! And don't forget, we're collecting Lockseeds as much as we can, so don't be too fixated on her, 'kay?" Battler reminded.
"I know. Here." Sonomura said as he tossed the Pawpaw Lock to Battler, which he caught. Battler then stored the lock into his coat pocket.
He then walked around Sonomura and his gang and said, "So, what're we gonna do to get into the forest, then?"
Later at Drupers, Sid was sitting on his usual seat, sipping a black tea.
"Looks like the whole gang's here." Sid remarked as he placed the cup of tea he sipped on, before sipping again. In the room Sid was in, there were Homura, Himeko, Sayaka, Kyouko, Nobita, Hideyoshi, Battler, and Sonomura as well.
"We're holding this event, and we need a couple of Lockvehicles." Homura answered.
"Huh?" Sid gawked as he stopped sipping the tea, placing down the cup again. "Really? You guys going on a road trip?"
"Don't fool around, Sid. You know the Lockvehicles can take us into the forest." Homura responded.
"Is that so...?" Sid began as he took a cookie before munching at it. "Well, the Lockvehicles are very valuable. I can't just hand 'em out."
The Beat Riders then looked at each other, thinking about wha to do next. Himeko then sat across to Sid as she came up with and idea, "Sid-san, it's a contest to collect Lockseeds from that other world, you can have all the locks we find. So, if you got us the Lockvehicles, we'd call it paying us in advance."
Other Beat Riders then looked at Himeko, some thought it was a good idea, while others thought it was crazy. They thought they could have the locks by themselves, but actually, it wasn't. Sonomura began building up rage in his head, and finally about to unleash it at Himeko.
"Oi, what the fuck are ya plannin', huh?! I thought we can have the locks by ourselves!" Sonomura snapped at Himeko.
"I didn't say to have the locks by ourselves." Himeko shot back with intimidating glare set at him. "We, Team Gaim hold the contest and we have right to set the rules, so you better be quiet and do what we say." These cold-spoken words and the death glare prompted the Red Hot leader to calm down and stopped from fuming further.
"Tch." Sonomura chided annoyed as he returned to his seat.
"How do I know the Lockseeds you find, are going to be worth of two Lockvehicles?" Sid asked.
"You'll just have to trust us." Himeko assured Sid. The Lock Dealer looked at all Beat Riders present, before looking back at Himeko. He thought it wasn't a bad deal, so he could play with it for time being.
"Okay, then. Just this once I'll get you your Lockvehicles." Sid said.
"All right!" Sayaka cheered with happy grin as she bumped her fist to Homura and Himeko. However...
"But I can't have them immediately." He continued. "How about... I get them to you around Christmas. Is that okay?"
"Fine. We'll take it." Homura agreed. Sid then nodded, now happy that everyone agreed his deal.
At Team Gaim's garage, Team Gaim members were busy decorating their basecamp, while Madoka asked the Riders, "We're already at the top! Why are we putting on this special game, and giving the others a chance to catch up? You should ask the whole team before you do stuff like this!"
Sayaka crossed her fingers while nodded in agreement, while Homura and Himeko stayed quiet.
"Ne, does this mean, you guys might not be able to make the Christmas party?" Hitomi asked.
"What?" Karamatsu gawked.
Homura then let out a sigh, before apologizing at Madoka, "Sorry for doing this behind your backs, but we've gotta figure out what's up with those rips before things gets worse around here."
"Besides, we might find clues about Mami-san and Yurika-chan in that forest." Sayaka added. While searching Mami was important to them, she had got the request from Kaori of Team Popup to look for Yurika, since she was missing around the same day as Mami, assuming she was missing in the same case.
Other Gaim members nodded, while Madoka asked, "And you'll be safe?"
"We'll be fine! We're just checking out the forest." Homura answered, followed by Himeko's nod. "And we'll be back in the time for party, don't worry."
Madoka sighed, hoping Homura and the other Gaim Riders could take and fulfill their promises. "Fine then." She then paused for a while and agreed, "Okay."
Hearing Madoka's agreement, Homura smiled before looking at Sayaka and Himeko.
"Then, let's get those decorations up! You'd better pull your weight, girls!" Madoka persuaded.
"All right!" Everyone else on the garage responded, before everyone started working on the Christmas decorations.
At Yggdrasil Corporation meeting room, Sid was communicating with Ryouma via PA system, discussing about Sid's plan on taking the Lockvehicles as means to provide loans for Lockseed Hunt game held by Team Gaim. It seemed that Ryouma was working on his reports.
"Sid, are you trying to interfere with Chikane-chan?" Ryouma asked from the PA system.
"I dunno what you mean." Sid answered, resting his head on his finger in fake confusion.
"Don't play dumb. The Lockvehicles." Ryoma responded.
In Ryoma's lab, he was communicating with Sid from his laptop to meeting room's PA system.
"If Outsiders are passing in and out of Helheim, it'd compromise the secrecy of survey team." Ryoma continued.
"I'm not sure I like the way that Melon-Boobs Overseer gets to call all the shots. If we let her get into trouble to teach her to start listening to people, wouldn't that be better for our project?" Sid pointed out.
"Nah." Ryoma chuckled. "A weaselly point, but admittedly, a logical one. Anyways, if only Chikane-chan didn't get me into it, I wouldn't have to tell her cute maid to join our project as well."
"That's right. We still don't know who the Forest of Helheim will choose after all." Sid smirked.
Night at Gaim's garage, Homura attached a yellow star-shaped styrofoam board on a banner board, finally finishing the decoration after working overday. It was a bit tiring since most of her friends left the garage, but Himeko, Kamijou, and Sayaka decided to stay to finish the decor and game planning.
"Yosh, finally done!" Homura smiled happily, now the decoration for Christmas party finished.
"Okay, me too!" Himeko added as she finished making the map of game plan, with badges of Team Gaim (represented by Himeko), Team Baron (represented by Kyouko), Invitto (represented by Nobita), Raid Wild (represented by Hideyoshi), Souten (represented by Battler), Red Hot (represented by Sonomura), and "Independent" (i.e. Kamijou).
"So let's go over the plan." Himeko began to explain the plan, and everyone else decided to listen her as she began moving the badges on separate places of the blackboard. "We'll enter the forest first and start collecting Locks. We'll make sure we all make ourselves visible."
"Yeah." Homura nodded.
"So?" Sayaka asked.
"I would guess that team's base is somewhere in the forest." Himeko continued as she circled a "BASE" mark in Japanese on the center of the blackboard with chalk. "While we draw that Zangetsu away, Homura-san will go looking for that base. In case it gets worse, Sayaka-san acts as backup."
"Good point, since you include me in the plan as well, as an independent, not as Team Gaim member." Kamijou pointed out, since he wasn't with Team Gaim just yet, and he could use his status as non-Beat Riders to compete with other Beat Rider teams, just like Sanji would do.
"Their base..." Homura murmured as she stored Himeko's explanations into her memory. "Got it."
However, she felt sorry that she used Himeko and the others in her plan, just to look more into the forest in order to look for Mami and Yurika. Though she needed to, Homura felt bad for putting them in danger.
"But, I... I'm sorry Himeko, everyone." Homura apologized.
"Eh? For what?" Himeko gawked for sudden apology.
"Even if you and Kamijou will be with the other Riders, you'll be going into danger to be bait for me."
"There'll be seven Kamen Riders out there, we can handle it." Himeko smiled, trying to relieve Homura out of her worry.
"I sure hope so..." Homura sighed in worry, as she recalled the moment she encountered Zangetsu for the second time after slaughtered Koumori Inves. "She's not like the rest of us."
"How do I put it..." Homura muttered as she scratched her head in confusion. "She knows all of her Rider powers in and out, and she's trained herself too."
"Hmm... Has she, now?" Himeko murmured, wondering if Zangetsu's civilian identity, her sister Chikane would have time so little in the house just to train herself after work. Not to mention she used to be the best in Kendo competition as she knew it.
"What is it?"
"Nothing, never mind." Himeko answered sheepishly as she shook off the thought clouding her mind.
"Anyways, don't worry about yourself, Homu-chan! You can call for me for backup!" Sayaka beamed.
"That's right. I'll pretend to be your rival to enter the contest, to get the Zangetsu girl's hands full." Kamijou added.
"The problem is, she's stronger than the rest of us, and I don't want you guys ended up being her sandbags." Homura argued.
"Just trust us." Himeko smiled. "We'll be careful."
"Okay." Homura nodded, relieving herself from her worry.
At the following morning at Himemiya mansion, in hallway, Chikane walked downstairs bringing her briefcase, going out for work, despite it was Christmas Eve day. Maybe since she joined Ryoma's project her schedule became full and stuffed with work, so she had so little time in house, let alone to talk with her beloved sister.
"Onee-chan!" Himeko called her sister as she walked out to second floor balcony, looking at her sister about to going.
"What is it, Himeko?" Chikane asked as she stopped to see her sister at upstairs.
"I, umm..." Himeko paused as she tried to find an excuse without telling her fighting Inves and being Kamen Rider. She then found one, "I heard that people have been attacked by monsters in town. Stay safe, alright?"
Hearing her sister's information, Chikane looked at Himeko curiously, wondering if she was trying to tell the truth and asking, "Monsters?"
"They look like the Inves the Beat Riders use, but they're really violent." Himeko explained.
"I see." Chikane said. "I'll be careful."
"Actually, onee-chan, do you know anything about them?" Himeko asked.
"No, I don't." Chikane lied, as she actually knew these monsters were in fact the very Inves themselves. "Why would you ask?"
"It's just that Yggdrasil controls the entire city. I figured you might already be looking into them, that's all." Himeko elaborated, while gleefully "accusing" Yggdrasil for controlling Mitakihara City, though it likely was.
"Yggdrasil is merely helping this city become an ideal place of health and prosperity. We don't "control" anything." Chikane argued.
"Yeah..." Himeko sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Sorry for the weird questions."
After hearing Himeko's quick apology, Chikane walked upstairs back, and suddenly walked to Himeko. Nearer, and nearer, until to the point their faces were so close to each other, almost kissing. Chikane's blue eyes gazed deep at Himeko's amber eyes, to the point causing the latter embarrassed, with the face flushed red and the breath getting heavier. The older Himemiya daughter looked at Himeko with silent yet passionate gaze, confirming if her younger sister were feeling weird or not. After staring, Chikane then proceeded to slide away Himeko's hair to reveal her ears, kissing it before giving it a single lick, making Himeko grunt both in embarrassment and slight pleasure. She then looked at her sister again before patting her on the head.
"Be a good girl." Chikane said.
"O... Okay." Himeko replied reluctantly. "Take care, onee-chan."
"I will, Himeko. I will." Chikane replied as she walked down, leaving the mansion. After Chikane leaving, Himeko began to think if her sister was really involved in the incident, especially after she learned that she having the very same equipments as Zangetsu had.
"Is that Zangetsu really...?" Himeko wondered.
Later at a parking lot, all Beat Riders representative members (Save for Kamijou since he wasn't one), Himeko, Kyouko, Hideyoshi, Nobita, Sonomura, Battler, and Kamijou gathered to intiate the Christmas Lockseed Hunt Game, while Homura and Sayaka hid under barrels and fences, watching from the sidelines.
"C'mon, Himeko..." Homura murmured, hoping Himeko would make it.
"I hope Kyousuke-kun, Himecchi, and Kyouko-chan are okay..." Sayaka sighed.
"I see we're all here. Let's begin the game." Himeko started as she took out her Sengoku Driver, when suddenly...
"Attends! A moment if I may-may-may!" A voice shouted from the passageway, and everyone about to begin the game turned to the source voice to see it was from none other than Sanji Alfonzo!
"Oh god, it's that Le Charlotte guy!" Homura groaned in surprise.
"Oh god, it's Alfonzo-sama~!" Sayaka squealed, before getting her mouth shut by Homura to her anger.
Sanji then jumped from the passageway balcony in tailspin roll before landing with tapping the ground, to the competing Riders' surprise.
"May I ask exactly why you chose not to invite moi to this fun little event of yours?" Sanji asked, crossing his arms.
"How did you know about the game?!" Himeko asked.
Sanji smiled in response, before showing Beat Riders Hotline streaming from his iPhone.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeaaaah! Word on the street is the Kamen Riders are starting up an all-new game of their own!" DJ Sagara announced as the photo of participating Kamen Riders' civilian identities on the background matching the color of their respective teams and their logos appeared one by one on the screen. "And the rules are shrouded in secrecy! Which team do you think's gonna win this secretive special game?"
While Himeko wondered how the game could get into Beat Riders Hotline, she should wonder if Sanji also have means to participate the game, as she allowed him to join the fray, so she said, "Yeah, but... if you don't have a Lockvehicle..."
"Non, non, non! Worry not." Sanji said, showing her his own Lockvehicle, Hibiscyclone, to her surprise. "Obtaining this trinket was hardly difficult for one such as I."
Himeko sighed, that an outsider such as Sanji almost ruined her plan, due to him not being a part of it. But whatever had happened, liked it or not, Himeko had to play along with his sudden appearance. She could allow him to join, but how about the others?
"Well, umm..." Himeko said, looking at the other participants, but looks like they didn't care too much about it. Himeko then paused for awhile before finally agreeing him joining. "Alright, you can join."
Homura could only do a facepalm in response to Himeko's statement, while Sayaka cooed over Sanji like ever.
"C'est bon!" Sanji exclaimed happily, pointing at the Himemiya prodigy. "So, what exactly does this game entail?"
As Sanji picked up an iron pipe and pointing at the participating Riders, to the point them backing up a bit.
"Do I just have to beat those darlings heading our way?" Sanji asked as he threw the pipe, which they avoided. However, it turned out that the pipe wasn't to be aimed at the Beat Riders, but something behind them... an Inves! After taking the pipe hard, the green Inves fell down. Behind it were blue and red elementary Inves.
"Inves?! When'd they get here?!" Himeko gawked in shock.
"Where'd they come from?!" Homura gawked as well.
As a horde of Inves were coming at them, the Lockseed Hunt game participants braced themselves, while Sanji buckled up his Sengoku Driver.
"Henshin." Sanji exclaimed as he unlocked his Durian Lockseed.
DU~RIAN!
Sanji then docked the lock onto his driver, triggering the transformation by a cut of Cutting Blade with a pose.
*guitar riff* DURIAN ARMS! MISTER~ DANGEROUS!
After the durian fell over Sanji and unfolding into armors, he transformed into Bravo.
"Yosh!" Bravo posed femininely as he rushed to slash some elementary Inves with his Duri Noko before kicking a red one and went back slashing the others.
As Himeko tried to buckle up her driver, she was interrupted by avoiding and fending off attacks from Inves, thrusting one of them down. Kyouko kicked a red Inves before avoiding green one, and kicked another green. Hideyoshi ducked from an Inves attack and avoided other ones, before get behind one of red Inves and grabbed its arms, while Nobita just backed up to see if those Inves attacked him.
"Now, Nobita!" Hideyoshi told Nobita to attack, and the bespectacled boy punched the Inves several times like an angry wimp, though.
Battler quickly rolled aside from an Inves rake before kicking it at its stomach and letting out another kick at another Inves' head. He then ducked form an attack, before Sonomura jumped in and peformed double roundhouse kick at the Inves.
"Nice, Sonny!" Battler praised.
"These bunches ain't my problem anyway!" Sonomura boasted.
Kamijou jumped from an Inves' kick, before thrusting his palm at its face, before giving it an elbow strike at its kin's gut. He then kicked at a red Inves' stomach before ducking from a rake, tripping the attacker with a swift sweeping kick.
All as each of group of three Inves attacked each Riders, the rest of them performed well to maneuver against them, but Nobita... he was just crawling and rolling away to avoid them while lamely kicking them.
Back with Bravo, he slashed the Inves coming at him. With Kyouko, she performed a roll jump and kicked a green Inves with strong force, before kicking both red Inves' legs to trip them. She then rolled and jumped to deliver bicycle kicks at another green Inves, sending it to hit the fences behind.
Himeko was about to buckle up her driver again, but an Inves knocked it off from her hand, forcing her to handle them on her own. She performed a barrel roll behind to evade Inves rake, and jabbing its back before performing a capoeira-styled dodge and roundhouse kick, but missed. Then again, she used her breakdancing maneuver to avoid and attack them at same time. Kyouko then arrived and kicked a green Inves at its chest and stood by her side.
"Oi, is this a part of game?" Kyouko asked tendenciously.
"No, it's not." Himeko answered. Attacking inves wasn't a part of her game at all, and they were here disturbing her plan.
"I see. Well then." Kyouko said as she strapped the Sengoku Driver on her waist. She then pulled out her Lanzone Lockseed and exclaiming, "Henshin."
LANZONE~!
As the large lanzone appeared, Kyouko then twirled the lock in her finger before putting it onto her driver.
"The heck?! That skank's got a new Lockseed already?!" Sonomura gawked in disbelief and anger.
LOCK ON!
After the trumpet music played from her driver for a moment, Kyouko sliced the lock open.
COME ON!
The lanzone fell over Kyouko, transforming her into Baron as the armors opened up and folded. The top folded together with the right side to form right shoulder armor, while the front folded together with the left side to form opposite shoulder armor. The back simply turned onto her back, and the chest piece from inside the lanzone moved onto her chest. Baron now gained a long feather-like right earpiece while its opposite was shorter, and the back of helmet sported lanzone skin. The whitish yellow eyepiece seeped between grills. In her hand was a single-edged giant sword, with lanzone flesh as the blade and the skin for the base.
LANZONE ARMS! LIGHT OF THE BLADE~!
Baron had transformed into Lanzone Arms!
Baron slashed the Inves with her giant sword, Lanzodight. After slashing and cutting some of them into halves, Baron charged up the claymore, brimming with yellow light.
"Ha... SEIII!" Baron roared as she slashed the ground to send a slashing beam from the giant blade, slashing all Inves in its way, destroying them in process. Baron then pulled out a Rose Lockvehicle before opening and tossing it in front of her, transforming it into Rose Attacker. While Himeko was fighting with a small group of Inves on her own, she rode on the bike. Wait, so she decided to run away?!
Himeko who had seen that, jabbed an Inves before rolling aside to retrieve her Sengoku Driver, to her shock.
"You're just gonna leave?!" Himeko retorted.
"You said we were friggin' starting. The game is already underway." Baron reminded while Baron was fighting the Inves, trying to fend off their attacks.
Baron then revved the bike, and ran off while leaving the others to fight the large number of Inves, transporting into Helheim. Homura and Sayaka sighed in disappointment, that the rest were soon about to leave one by one until Himeko and Kamijou were the last ones to go to the forest. Himeko kicked an Inves before buckling up her driver, and activating her Budou Lockseed with an exclaim of, "Henshin!"
BUDOU!
Himeko then posed before locking the lock into her driver, slicing it open.
LOCK ON! HAI~H!
The Budou Arms appeared above Himeko, and dropped on her, transforming her into Ryugen as it opened up and folded into armors.
BUDOU ARMS~! RYU, HOU! HA, HA, HA!
Ryugen strafed away and shot an Inves from point-blank range, and then she elbowed another one and shooting again.
While the others were busy fighting, Bravo drove his Hibiscyclone to Ryugen while laughing like a noblewoman.
"Farewell, fair cepage!" Bravo bid as he ran off leaving the others
"Hey, wait!" Ryugen called out, but he already transported into Helheim. A pair of Inves smacked her and grabbed her from both sides, trapping her between them. Despite her slender figure, Ryugen's body was slightly enjoyable to them, or as they felt.
"C'mon, Nobi!" Hideyoshi exclaimed as he lifted Nobita on his arms, spinning to let him kick the Inves. They then ran and kicked two opposing Inves at the same time and kicked an Inves in unison. Sure, their teamwork became better at this point after lots of training.
"Kamen Rider Kurokage is in the house! I'll win this game, and become top of the rankiing!" Hideyoshi announced as he strapped up his Sengoku Driver.
"You're sure fired up, Yossy-chan. I'd better hold my own!" Nobita remarked as he strapped his as well.
"HENSHIN!" Both Hideyoshi and Nobita exclaimed at the same time as they unlocked their respective Lockseeds, Matsubokkuri for Hideyoshi, and Donguri for Nobita.
MATSUBOKKURI! / DON~GURI!
The duo then locked their lock onto their drivers, and cut them open as the nut-Arms appeared from the artificial crack above them.
SOIYA! / COME ON!
The nuts fell over their respective summoners, transforming them into their Rider forms as they opened up and folded. Hideyoshi into Kurokage, and Nobita into Gridon.
MATSUBOKKURI ARMS! / DONGURI ARMS!
ICHIGEKI IN THE SHADOW! / NEVER GIVE UP~!
Both nut-armored Riders then rushed and attacked the Inves, begun with Kurokage twirling his Kagematsu at green Inves and shifted to red Inves, while Gridon leaped and bonked that green Inves repeatedly. Kurokage kicked approaching blue Inves, before Gridon smashed it down with full force, running off. Kurokage tripped a green Inves with his spear before holding an attack from red Inves.
Battler performed a jumping double roundhouse kicks at a red Inves, before kicking at the green ones. Sonomura jumped over a red Inves as he kicked both Inves on his sides. They then punched and kicked a green Inves at same time, sending it stumbling.
"Let's go, Battler!" Sonomura exclaimed as he and Battler buckled up their drivers. They then pulled out their respective Lockseeds: Battler's Lime and Viscount's Cherry.
"HENSHIN!" Both Battler and Sonomura exclaimed as they opened their Lockseeds.
LIME! / CHERRY!
As the Cherry and Lime Arms appeared from the artificial crack above them, Battler and Sonomura posed, before locking their Lockseeds on their drivers.
LOCK ON!
HAI~H! / COME ON!
The lime and cherry fell on their respective summoners, transforming them into Asura and Viscount, respectively.
LIME ARMS! / CHERRY ARMS!
RAI, MU! HAI-YAH~! / MIGHTY PLUNDERER! ARGH, MATEY!
After transforming, both Riders rushed to the Inves group. Asura slashed some Inves around him and sometimes kicked one to fend it off, before going slashing again and stabbing a red Inves, splattering black blood from its body. With Viscount, he swiftly slashed the surrounding Inves a la swashbuckler with his Cherrsher, and shot the coming Inves with Chereztol. He ducked a rake and dodged a swat, so he could get behind the attacking Inves and slash him from behind.
Gridon stumbled aside after an attack, while Ryugen was kicking the Inves with spinning maneuver, and Asura performed his kung-fu maneuver to dodge and attack the Inves. He then cowered in fear, hiding behind a pile of barrels to watch the rest of Riders. Kurokage managed to fend off some Inves, but he soon realized that Gridon wasn't with him.
"Oi!" Kurokage called out as he ran to the acorn Rider. Said Rider was holding a Peanut Lockseed, and Kurokage approached him to ask him to rejoin him.
"Hey, Gridon! Gimme a hand here, man!" Kurokage called out as Gridon pulled him to hide as well.
"I thought I'd give Team Gaim their Christmas present." Gridon smirked under his helmet as he ran out of his hiding spot. He then called the Inves, "Oi~! Inves! I've got a juicy Lockseed for you!"
A blue Inves was smacking Ryugen all over the place, but it stopped as Gridon threw the Lockseed at its back. It then turned around, finding the Lockseed under his feet. He then picked the lock up and ate it...
After Ryugen shooting an Inves, she noticed the Inves eating the Lockseed Gridon had given to it, and she kept shooting it to prevent its transformation. However none of these attacks affected it as the molting was almost completed.
"Dang, you're smart, Gridon!" Kurokage praised.
"I know, right?" Gridon replied as the blue Inves finally molted into its mature form. It was similar as Kamikiri Inves, except the jinbaori aspect had blue lining, with the blue color less prominent that Kamikiri. The shoulder, and leg became bulkier, especially at the thighs. On the right forearms was a pair of pincers, shaped like stag beetle's mandibles. The head sported a pair of pincer-like antlers, making it looked like a stag beetle.
The blue Inves had molted into Kuwagata Inves.
"Whoa! Man, you're cheatin'!" Viscount snapped.
"Who cares? It should be enough to keep you guys on bay." Gridon replied.
Seeing this shocking transformation, Ryugen gasped in surprise, and turning at the nut Riders in disbelief.
"What you're doing?!" Ryugen berated, while Homura and Sayaka gasped at this as well.
"The heck?!" Homura gasped in surprise.
"Are they insane?!" Sayaka gawked in equal surprise.
Kuwagata Inves jumped to Ryugen, attempting to send her a rake, but she blocked it while trying to strike back. However, this Inves proved to be much agile, as it responded Ryugen's moves quickly, blocking and evading most of her attacks, but Ryugen was swift enough to evade all the attacks.
"Woah, this is getting bad!" Kamijou gasped as he tried to buckle up his Sengoku Driver, but got interrupted by the urge to dodge Inves' attacks.
"If you don't like it, you should have made a rule!" Gridon chided.
"Yeah, what he said!" added Kurokage as he and Gridon unlocked their Lockvehicles, Kurokage's Sakura Hurricane and Gridon's Rose Attacker.
"Leaving already?!" Asura gawked annoyed.
Meanwhile at Yggdrasil Tower, at Chikane's office, she heard a report about Kamen Riders entering Helheim.
"What? There are Kamen Riders in Helheim?" Chikane asked in surprise after hearing the reports.
"I'm afraid so, ma'am. And more keep appearing." A researcher added. Hearing this reports, Chikane paused for a while, pondering of how could the street trashes could get into Helheim. And she knew why, and who could've provided them for this.
"Sid, that imbecile. What on the earth is he thinking?!" Chikane growled angrily as she stormed away from her office.
Ryugen kicked a red Inves aside, and blocked the others' strikes before shooting Kuwagata Inves repeatedly. However, despite the impact, the stag beetle-themed Inves managed to endure it as it walked toawrds the shooter, due to the hardened armor. It then jabbed Ryugen at the stomach before throwing her to the fences.
"Himecchi!" Sayaka shouted worried.
While Himeko and Kamijou were dealing with these number of Inves, Kurokage, and Gridon drove off the scene, ditching them to go to Helheim to catch up with the others. What kind of opportunists they were?
"See ya later, suckers~!" Gridon waved as he and Kurokage transported into Helheim.
"Wait, you four-eyes!" Viscount groaned as he unlocked his Hibiscyclone, transforming it into its Vehicle mode. Asura threw his Sakura Hurricane, to turn it into bike as well. Asura and Viscount rode their respective bikes, revving them before drove off to catch up with other leaving Riders as well.
"Damn!" Homura cursed as she slammed the fences. She became so pissed off that most Riders were ditching Himeko and Kamijou, so they could get Lockseeds as soon as possible, leaving them to be incapacitated after fighting the Inves. What bunch of jerks.
"Himeko, you okay?" Kamijou asked after beating down the Inves and strapped on his Sengoku Driver.
"Yeah, Kamijou-san, but not so..." Ryugen grunted.
"Hang in there!" Kamijou exclaimed as he pulled out the Mangosteen Lockseed, unlocking it. "Henshin!"
MANGOSTEEN!
The Mangosteen Arms in its fruit form appeared above Kamijou, and he locked the lock on his belt, slicing it open.
LOCK ON! HAI~H!
The mangosteen then fell over Himeko, transforming him into Bima as the fruit folded.
MANGOSTEEN ARMS! MAHABHARATA IN THE HOUSE!"
"Time to claw my way to victory!" Bima announced as he rushed to attack Kuwagata inves with his Kuku Bimanggis, but alas, the slash couldn't tear open its armor, let alone to scratch.
"Not this hard armor again!" Bima growled annoyed as he delivered another slash, but with no avail. Kuwagata then used its pincer antlers to grab Bima, throwing him at Ryugen.
"Shit! Kamijou, Himeko!" Homura cursed irritated and worried.
Bima and Ryugen stood up, and the latter pulled out a Kiwi Lockseed.
"Fine then!" Ryugen grunted as she unlocked the Kiwi lock.
KI~WI!
The Chinese Soldier-themed Rider then changed the Budou lock with the new one, cutting it open.
LOCK ON! HAI~H!
The Budou Arms dispersed into light bubbles before a kiwi appeared above Ryugen, falling over her as the Inves approached her. The juice splashed from the impact whipped the Inves aside, allowing it to open up.
KIWI ARMS~!
The topmost of kiwi folded into the left side to form left shoulder armor, while the lower top folded into the right side to form right shoulder armor, which had kiwi slice on it. Then, the chest piece with halved kiwi slice folded into the front side to form chestplate, and the back of kiwi folded onto her back. Ryugen's helmet now had some kind of earpieces resembling dragon's crests and a kiwi slice in her eyes. In Ryugen's both hands were a pair of large, curve-bladed chakrams with kiwi slices on their center.
GEKI, RIN! SEI-YA, HA~!
Ryugen had transformed into Kiwi Arms!
Ryugen swung her new attack wheels, Kiwi Gekirins at surrounding Inves to slash them, before jabbing and slashing the Kuwagata Inves. Although the wheels were large, but they weren't as heavy as it looked, due to its aerodynamic design, which allowed air currents to flow with them to ease her movement each time swinging them. These weapons proved to work effectively against Kuwagata's armors, as they made scratch on its armor.
"Sugoi..." Bima gasped in awe.
Angered, Kuwagata's eyes glowed blue before the pincer antlers elongated four times its regular length, attempting to grab Ryugen, but she parried them with the wheels each time it tried, until it managed to grab and threw her at the barrels. Bima then leaped in, sending some rakes, at the scratched parts of Kuwagata Inves' armor to deepen and widen its tear.
Whilst for Asura and Viscount, they drove off the scene, leaving Ryugen and Bima.
"Comin' through! Seeya, bitches!" Viscount bid as he and Asura transported into Helheim. Now Ryugen and Bima had to deal with the numbers of Inves by themselves. Ryugen watched them transporting, while Bima was hacking and lashing through the elementary Inves. However, she caught off guard as Kuwagata Inves jabbed her at chest, and used its arm pincers to slash Bima, before kicking him off.
"Alright! We're coming, guys!" Sayaka said as she and Homura left the hiding spot.
"Let's go!" Homura said as she and her teammate Rider strapped on their drivers.
"HENSHIN!" Both untransformed Rider girls exclaimed as they unlocked their respective locks, Homura's Orange and Sayaka's Pineberry.
ORANGE! / PINE~BERRY!
Both girls posed in their ways and locked their locks on the Drivers, slicing them open after a short standby jingle.
LOCK ON! SOIYA!
The orange and pineberry fell over their respective summoners, transforming them into Gaim and Fraise, respectively as they ran to the stage.
ORANGE ARMS! / PINEBERRY ARMS!
HANAMICHI ON STAGE! / BERRY~ HEROINE!
"This is our stage now!" Gaim exclaimed.
"So let's juice it up!" Fraise added as both just-transformed Riders jumped.
Gaim jumped to send some slashes to Kuwagata Inves, followed by Ryugen before kicking it down. They then thrusted their weapons, pushing it stumbling along with sparks from the impact on its chest. Whilst for Fraise, she jumped to send some slashes to elementary Inves surrounding Bima, and he joined the slashing party. She released some arrows to the air, letting them rain on the Inves, destroying some of them. Fraise and Bima then regrouped with Gaim and Ryugen.
"Homura-san, Sayaka-san!" Ryugen called for their arrival.
"Leave the rest to me and Sayaka! You and Kamijou go after the others!" Gaim ordered.
"Right." Bima nodded as he pulled out his Raffles Lockvehicle.
"But..." Ryugen hesitated as Gaim and Fraise went forward to slash the Inves.
"Just go!" Gaim ordered as she slashed more Inves and kicked one of them down, while Fraise tried to hold their attacks with her Berrybow. Gaim then dodged Kuwagata Inves' rake.
"Alright." Ryugen bowed in agreement. She then took out a Suika Lockseed and tossed at Gaim. "Use this!"
"Whoa!" Gaim gasped after catching the lock and kicking the Inves. Just as she was about to activate it, she dodged a swat and slashed a couple of Inves.
"Hey! Don't leave me out of fun!" Fraise called out as she took out her Kuwa Lockseed before dodging a strike and slashing an Inves with her bow.
Ryugen and Bima then unlocked their Lockvehicles, tossing them to the air to have them transform into their vehicle modes, Rose Attacker for Ryugen and Raffles Armor for Bima. They then rode the motorcycles, ready to depart.
"You'll fight with these!" Gaim boasted as she and Fraise unlocked their locks.
SUIKA! / KUWA!
The gigantic watermelon and mulberry appeared from artificial crack above and behind their respective summoners, and they immediately cut them open.
LOCK ON! SOIYA!
The giant fruits then fell behind the Riders as their current Arms dispersed, and as the hatches on the fruit opened, they jumped into the fruits.
SUIKA ARMS! / KUWA ARMS!
OODAMA BIG BANG! / LET'S ROLL OUT, BABY!
The Inves tried to interrupt them, but as Bima and Ryugen passed through them, his Raffles Armor fired gatling guns on them to fend them off from Gaim and Fraise. After that, they transported into Helheim.
YOROI MODE! / RAID MODE!
As Suika Arms changed into its humanoid Yoroi Mode, the Kuwa Arms folded out the horse legs from the front and back of mulberry body and it began to unfold, with Fraise's upper body exposed, while the legs were still inside the armors, encased inside the armor's forelegs. The mulberry body now became Fraise's lower half body resembling horse, making her having centaurian figure. The lance that doubles as gatling gun launched from the mulberry's bottom, and the shield from the stem, flying into Fraise's hands. Fraise gained a horse-themed knight-like helmet, encasing her true helmet with mulberry-like unicorn horn protuding form the forehead, and the grilled visor covered her bug eyes. Also, there were additional armor of chest armor and simple shoulder armors.
Fraise now donned Kuwa Arms, in Raid Mode!
"Yee-haw!" Fraise shouted as the Raid Mode armor galloped, and she jumped to the horde of Inves, firing continuous bullets from the lance-gun weapon, Kuwa Gatlancer to destroy them. Kuwagata Inves tried to pincer the hands, but Fraise blocked it with the Kuwa Guarnder shield. Gaim then jumped, swinging her Suika Soujintou at the lesser inves, swatting them away and destroying them. Both Gaim and Fraise then engaged Kuwagata Inves, with the former slashed it a little while Fraise jousted it with her lance hard, sending it stumbling.
"Ikuze!" Gaim exclaimed.
"Okay!" Fraise nodded as she and Gaim sliced their locks once.
SUIKA SQUASH! / KUWA SQUASH!
"Haaa...!" Both Gaim and Fraise shouted as the former shoot an energy watermelon ball at the stag beetle Inves, trapping it inside. Gaim and Fraise then rushed, the former slashing the Inves with the naginata, and the latter impaled it with the lance.
"HYA-HAAA! / SEI-HAAAA!" Fraise and Gaim roared as they executed the finishers. After the attacks connected, the energy watermelon break into pieces, exploding in watermelon flesh and mulberry berries.
"Alright, we'd better get moving!" Gaim said.
"Hai!" Fraise nodded cheerfully as she and Gaim jumped from the gigantic Arms, returning to their default Arms as the giant ones dispersed into light bubbles. They then tossed out their Lockvehicles to transform them into motorcycles, riding their respective Lockvehicles: Gaim's Sakura Hurricane and Fraise's Hibiscyclone to transport into Helheim, to catch up with the others.
At Yggdrasil tower, at the lift, Chikane was waiting for the lift to take her into basement floor. At the control room of some sort, the researchers operated the computers to monitor the status of Helheim. Soon, the alarm rang to notify that the intruders had breached into Helheim.
Arriving on the room was Chikane, with her Sengoku Driver, with Zangetsu's faceplate strapped on. Each time she walked into the center of the room, her huge breasts bounced each step, and her short skirt lifted a bit, almost revealing what was beneath. Most importantly, her face looked determined, with steeled determination and cold gaze in her eyes, much different than the look she usually showed to Himeko. At the center of room was a pair of pylons that acted as Anti-Inves barriers, and a cut giant tree of some sort with shrine tags, and a zipper crack connecting to Helheim that kept opened, most likely permanently. At the other side of crack the research team were busy handling the experiments in Helheim.
Chikane then took out her Melon Lockseed and exclaimed, "Henshin."
MELON!
The Overseer then threw the lock to air, and she caught it right as it landed in her hand while the artificial crack opened above her, revealing a large muskmelon coming down. She then shifted her hand to the belt, locking the lock on.
LOCK ON!
The same horagai standby music as Homura, Sayaka, and Hideyoshi's Drivers played, and she quickly cut the lock open.
SOIYA!
The muskmelon fell over Chikane, coating her with white suit same as Zangetsu's. Under the melon, she gained Zangetsu's helmet, and the melon piece slid in, giving the helmet a pair of trapeze-shaped curved earpieces and melon stem atop the head. The eyes became light green in color. The muskmelon opened up and folded in similar way as Orange Arms, forming the Melon Arms armor.
MELON ARMS! TENKA, GOMEN!
In her left hand, she held the Melon Defender.
Chikane had transformed, into the very Kamen Rider Zangetsu.
Meanwhile, at Helheim, there were numbers of researchers beaten out cold, and Mariachi stood behind them. It seemed that she had beaten those researchers, but for what purpose?
"Fufufu, let's settle our scores." Mariachi giggled.
(Suddenly the Budou, Kiwi, RIberry, and Shipova Lockseeds and Rose Lockvehicle flew over the current scene and it zipped closed to form purple background with Ryugen'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 Suika Arms silhouette 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 Lanzodight 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, Kiwi Gekirin 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, Blueberry, Elderberry, and Kuwa Lockseeds and Kuwa Arms silhouette over pink background with Fraise'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 Mami wandering the forest, and then 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
In the studio where Sid usually review the Lockseeds, the owner of said place was sipping a cup of tea, before looking at the readers, beginning the review.
"Greetings, readers. Back with me Sid the Lock Dealer." Sid introduced himself, and then he began the review segment, "This time we came up with these kids."
Sid showed the readers three locks: Kiwi, Lanzone, and Kuwa.
"Okay. No further ado, let's review the Kiwi one." Sid said as the TV screen above him showed an image of Kiwi, both locked and closed, and unlocked and opened. He then explained, "LS-13 Kiwi is an A-Class Lockseed, and one of known user is Himemiya Himeko. How that sweet Himemiya girl got her hands to that lock, anyway? Anyways, let's see what the lock can do with Sengoku Driver."
KIWI ARMS~! GEKI, RIN! SEI-YA, HA~!
The screen then displayed Ryugen in Kiwi Arms, as well as her weapon, Kiwi Gekirins.
"Voila, Kiwi Arms! Hai-ya~!" Sid yelled like a kung-fu martial artist, mimicking a punching pose of that style. He then explained the Arms and the weapons, "Kiwi Arms, a light-armored Arms, despite its bulky shoulder armors. Big armor doesn't have to slow ya down, that's it. And the Kiwi Gekirin rings are... While they're big, once again, they're not that heavy. They're light enough to wield, allowing a couple of powerful slashes, given the rings' sizes! So yeah, ya can move freely and nimbly with those armor and dangerous weapons! So far, there's no finisher of Kiwi Arms in this fic, but allow me to borrow a scene from Gaim x Showa Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle."
The screen displayed a clip of Ryugen Kiwi Arms VS Gridon in Gaim x Showa Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle, in midst of Battle Royale scene in Gaim's segment, activating her finisher to blast Gridon off the field.
"The finishing move of this Arms is Spinning Hoop, where you can throw Kiwi Gekirins at your opponent, with the wheels spinning like a boomerang, and returns to the user! Cool, huh?" Sid explained the finisher used in the clip.
The image then faded out from the screen, prompting Sid to introduce the next lock.
"The next lock is Lanzone." Sid introduced the next lock as the screen displayed image of Lanzone Lockseeds. He then explained about the lock, "This LS-45 Lanzone is a Premium Lockseed, so it's a Premium-A Lockseed. One of them is currently in possession of Sakura Kyouko. What it does when it's used Sengoku Driver, let's see."
LANZONE ARMS! LIGHT OF THE BLADE~!
The screen then replaced the current image with Baron Lanzone Arms and her weapon, Lanzodight.
"Here we go! Lanzone Arms!" Sid exclaimed. After that, he explained how the Arms and weapons work. "Lanzone Arms is really focused on strength and defense, and like other Arms Baron has, forgoing speed for greater power. The weapon is Lanzodight, a greatsword similar to Cocobuster, but it's single-bladed and can't change into a gun. Looking at the weapon, it's kinda heavy but provides stronger strikes. Wow, Kyouko sure likes powerful and sluggish Arms and Weapons, huh?"
The screen then displayed a clip of this chapter, where Baron finished a group of Inves with her Lanzodight.
"The finisher of this Arms is Shining Slam. It involves the Lanzodight being charged up with blinding light, and then uses the energy of the light to send powerful slashing beams at the foes! And with the force of the sword, those poor Inves are decimated in instant!" Sid explained the featured finishing move.
The screen faded, as Sid introduced the last lock. "The next is LS-29 Kuwa."
As the screen displayed Kuwa Lockseed, Sid continued the introduction, "Kuwa Lockseed is a Premium Lockseed based on mulberry, and one of it is in Miki Sayaka's possession. And what'll you get when it's used with Sengoku Driver? Let's see."
KUWA ARMS! LET'S ROLL OUT, BABY!
The screen displayed images of Fraise Kuwa Arms and her weapons, Kuwa Gatlancer and Kuwa Guardner.
"Voila, Kuwa Arms! And guess what, it's a big Arms like Suika and Coconut!" Sid exclaimed as he began explaining the Kuwa Arms. "Since it's a big Arms, of course it can transform! A flying Berry Mode, drivable Drive Mode, and centaurian Raid Mode! Now that bubbly bluenette have her centaurian Arms, huh?"
He then explained the weapons, "It comes with two weapons, a Kuwa Gatlancer and a Kuwa-Guardner. Kuwa Gatlancer is a dual-purpose weapon, to shoot with gatling gun or to joust with the large lance. And Kuwa Guardner is actually not just a shield, but it can reflect enemies' attacks! It's much more versatile than other gigantic Arms, that's right."
The screen then displayed a clip of this chapter, featuring Fraise Kuwa Arms finishing off Kuwagata Inves along with Gaim Suika Arms.
"The finisher of this Arms is Berry Mulancer. It involves, yeah, simply charging up the lance with energy mulberry before impaling opponent with it. It looks boring, but awesome." Sid flatly explained the finisher out of boredom, due to him not liking the finishing move pretty much.
The screen then faded as the TV turned off, prompting Sid to finish the review.
"Alright, that's all for today. Don't forget to like, subscribe- Wait it's Youtube! I mean, read, review, like, and follow. Guess what? We're a chapter away to the end of Beat Riders Saga, and I'll make it amazing. Hehehe..." Sid chuckled shadily as he pulled out a clear blue Lockseed with cherry design and "ELS-02" code.
Next Time on Kamen Rider Gaim Magica!
Ryouma: "All the Sengoku Drivers, in this one forest..."
Zangetsu: "This forest isn't the place for your games."
Homura: "Zangetsu...!"
Sayaka: "Kyouko-chan!"
Mariachi: "This forest is dangerous. Please go away."
The forest's secrets are revealed...!
Ryugen: "So she's really...!"
Mariachi: "What are you hiding in this forest?! HIMEMIYA CHIKANE!"
Homura: "Don't they care what fucking happens to us?!"
Lock 13: The Truth of Christmas Game
Pega-Rider: Alright, that's the Chapter 12 of Kamen Rider Gaim Magica. And we're a chapter close to the end of Beat Riders Saga4! So yeah, expect me to open a recruitment for Co-Writer soon! And just for a short announcement, me and Pikatwig are starting the Kamen Rider x Super Sentai VS Marvel & DC Superheroes: Super Hero Ultimate Wars project. So, if anybody wanna join me to write on that fic, please PM me with this format:
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Alright, that's about it. Yggdrasil Saga will start at Chapter 14, so prepare your seat belts, sedatives, and first aid-kit, because you'll be shocked fatally after the whams! Don't forget to read, review, like, and follow! Oh, and here's the quiz:
Quiz: Sid is holding some kind of Lockseed. And can you guess of what he'll do to make this fic "amazing"?
Quiz 2: Zalera. In a video game, where would you know the name?
As usual, post a review to answer this quiz! This is pega-Rider signing off! ON-DORIYAAA~! Oh, here's the trailer. Not just one, but two trailers!
SUPER HERO ULTIMATE WAR TRAILER
Spider-Man: "Hello, chica. Or should I say... Kamen Robber Gaim?"
Homura: "I'm Kamen Rider Gaim!"
The superheroes' greatest case, breaks out!
Hongou: "You foreign superheroes don't have right to butt into our fight against Badan!"
Hongou: "RIDER... HENSHIN!"
Ichimonji: "Henshin...!"
Aka Red: "Red Vute!"
Hongou Takeshi, Kaijou Tsuyoshi, and Ichimonji Hayato Returns!
Captain America: "You Kamen Riders and Super Sentai aren't true Superheroes!"
Kamen Rider & Super Sentai VS Marvel & DC Superheroes!
Super Hero Ultimate War!
Coming Soon!
Detective Conan: Driver's Case Trailer
A highschool detective and Kamen Rider?!
Shinichi Kudo: "Henshin!"
Meet new Kamen Rider Drive!
Fight the Roymudes and solve the case!
Klim: "These will help you to fight Roymudes."
A Rider with super car Tridoron! But, no bikes?!
Chase: "I'll defeat him for sure."
New Story: Detective Conan: Driver's Case.
Coming Soon!