Ex-Aid Online

by Jinova108

When the threat of the Bugsters threatens every AR game in existence, heroes must rise. Will Kirito, Asuna, and the others join forces with the Kamen Riders to exterminate them, or will the virus overrun them all?

31. Let's Get Mighty!

Chapter 31: Let's Get Mighty!

The situation was pretty grim. The tension in the air is so thick, you could slice it in half with your arm. But, that wasn't the point. Right now, Hiro, Emu, Taiga, Nico, and the SAO gang were in Hiro's office, currently having a live chat with Dr. Hinata Kyotarou, the Head of the Ministry of Defense.

"I have something important to tell you all." He said. "Unless you can stop Dan Kuroto and his plan in the next two days, you will al be discharged from CR, and lose your rights as Kamen Riders."

Everyone grimaced when they heard that.

"Why is that, sir?" Kazuto asked.

"This is for two reasons." Dr. Kyotarou replied. "One is that you ignored a direct order from the Ministry, and let Dan Kuroto escape."

"The second reason is the destruction of the Gamer Driver, a very important asset." He finished.

"And, considering my position, I'm afraid I can't bail you out this time." He added. "Please understand."

"We're sorry as well…" Emu replied sheepishly.

Meanwhile, Dan was sitting in his office, seemingly looking at something. He was looking at his screen, holding the blank black and green Gashat on one hand.

"Just two more…" He growled. "And then… my world will be finished…!"

He then grabbed his AmuSphere, and began his link.

Back with our heroes, they were still trying to figure out how to deal with the whole things with Dan. Taiga had his phone out, and apparently, he had an app that kept track of all of his items. And the picture that the screen first showed was the blank Gashat he made in the previous chapter.

"We're going to need this Gashat if we're going to have a shot at beating him…" He muttered.

Taiga then sent the picture toward one of the monitors. It projected the blank silver Gashat largely.

"Wait, what's that Gashat?!" Suguha asked.

"It's been coded with the program the coroner left behind." Hiro replied.

"Wait, Kiriya did?" Ryotaro said.

"Yeah." Sinon replied. "He formulated with a method of reprogramming from a medical standpoint in order to fight the Bugsters."

"Repro-, reprogramming?" Rika stuttered. "What's that?"

"Basically, a way to rewrite a Bugster's DNA?" Kazuto mentioned.

"Precisely." Hiro confirmed.

"If it only worked though." Nico added. "Taiga tried it, but zilch."

Just then, a small alarm went off. It was the Bugsters.

"We have to go!" Emu shouted.

Then, one by one, all of the SAO players left the office.

"Asuna." Hiro called.

"Hm?" Asuna muttered, stopping.

"You and I will stay behind and figure out what that Gashat is capable of." Hiro said.

"Um… why do you need me?" Asuna asked.

"Because I told you to." Hiro replied bluntly, standing up.

He then walked up to Taiga.

"Trade Gashats. Now." He ordered, pulling up his phone.

He tapped it around to get to the Gashat Gear Dual β.

"Don't expect too much out of it." Taiga scoffed.

Then, they both pressed the trade button, and the Gashats were exchanged.

The skies of ALO would be beautiful if the setting on the ground were just as beautiful. Random players and NPC were being attacked. By Zombie Bugster mooks. In the midst of that chaos, a player was currently suffering the wrath of Genmu, who had just picked him up by his hair and threw him into a tree. Genmu cackled evilly.

"No one will stand in my way!" He declared.

"Let's fix that!" a voice called.

Genmu lurched back, and saw who the voice belonged to. Ex-Aid, Snipe, Nico, and the SAO gang minus Asuna had just walked up to them.

"You people…" Genmu growled.

"Okay, this is just crazy." Nico commented.

"Ex-Aid…" Genmu groaned. "Quite gutsy of you to show up here without your Gamer Driver…"

"Heh." Ex-Aid laughed. "I've got one right here."

He then put on another Gamer Driver.

"It's the one Kiriya gave me!" He shouted.

"Oh…" Genmu admitted. "I guess that was a loose end I never did got around to."

"Now…" Ex-Aid said. "It's time to fulfill my promise to him!"

He flipped out his Gashat and pressed it.

MIGHTY BROTHERS! XX!

Snipe scoffed, only pulled out his Gashat. He flipped the knob downward.

BANG BANG SIMULATIONS!

I'M READY! FOR BATTLESHIP!

Both game areas spread out, and both Riders than transformed.

"Henshin!" Ex-Aid called.

"Phsae 50." Snipe said. "Henshin."

DOUBLE GASHATTO!

DUAL GASHATTO!

Then, the two opened up their Gamer Drivers.

GACHANN! LEVEL UP!

MIGHTY BROTHERS! FUTARI DE HITORI! MIGHTY BROTHERS! FUTARI DE VICTORY! X!

GACHANN! DUAL UP!

SCRAMBLE DA! SHUTSUGEKI! HASSHIN! BANG BANG SIMULATION! HASSHIN!

Snipe first transformed into his Level 2 form, and then, the small battleship attached itself onto him.

Meanwhile, Ex-Aid transformed into his chibi Level 10 body. But then, he closed his Driver back up.

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaai…" He said. "Henshin!"

He then opened it again.

GACHANN! DOUBLE UP!

ORE GA OMAE DE! OMAE GA ORE DE! WE ARE! MIGHTY, MIGHTY BROTHERS! HEY! DOUBLE X!

Ex-Aid split into XXL and XXR again, and the two posed before they ran towards the massive horde of Genmu and his zombies.

"We'll finish with super co-op!" The two Ex-Aids said.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Asuna was busy looking at some of the notes that Kiriya made, while Hiro was checking out his laptop. They tried hard, but the harder Asuna tried to study them, she couldn't make heads or tails out of this.

"Uh…" Asuna muttered. "This makes no sense…"

She just slammed her head on the table, smoke bellowing out of her head.

Hiro, meanwhile, had finally picked another document, titled Notes on the Relatinship between Emu Hojo and the Bugster Virus – Kujo Kiriya.

"No way…" Hiro muttered.

Asuna looked up only to see that Hiro ran to his AmuSphere and got on the bed. Realizing something finally had stuck together, Asuna, a bit groggily, but surely, grabbed her stuff and made her way back home.

Back in ALO, things were looking bad. XXL and XXR took on Genmu, while the other tried to deal with the mooks as well as getting players to safety.

XXL and XXR tried their best. They tried punching, kicking, and even doing some double co-op moves to trip him up, but Genmu only retaliated by just slamming the two in their abdomens over and over.

Snipe, on the other hand, were trying to deal with the mooks with Sinon and Kirito. Snipe fired, and Sinon assisted with an arrow, but that did nothing to the mooks, as when they took the blow, they just fell down, and got back up really fast.

"Even the mooks are immortal now?!" Snipe exclaimed, punching some off of him.

Leafa and Klein were doing some slashing as well, but they were getting pushed back as well.

"They just keep coming!" Leafa shouted.

XXR and XXL flipped into the air and landed on their backs. They got back up, only for Genmu to knee-kick them in their chests, sending them back again.

"Will you just fall already?!" XXR shouted.

Genmu cackled.

"Intern!" a voice shouted.

XXL looked behind him and saw an object flying towards him. He caught it and found out that it was the blank Gashat that Snipe had created. Then, Asuna and Brave walked in.

"You have to use it!" He called.

Genmu saw this, and his god complex took over again.

"You… you…!" He began. "You DARE create another Gashat without the Game Master's knowledge?!"

Brave then summoned the Gashacon Sword to his hand, and charged at Genmu.

"You created Mighty Brothers XX!" He shouted. "How that happened lies within you!"

"Within me…?" XXL muttered.

Asuna then chimed in. She jabbed a few critical spots on Genmu with her rapier, cuasing Genmu to fall onto his knees.

"You must've had that idea before!" She called. "Remember!"

XXL looked down at the Gashat.

"Hey, is that true, bro?" XXR asked.

XXL thought harder, and then it came to him.

"Yes!" XXL said. "When I was small, I loved thinking up ideas for new games!"

"A pair of heroes… one green and one orange…!" XXL stated.

Genmu finally threw Asuna and Brave off of him. Brave looked back. This confirmed this theory.

"Just as I thought…" He said. "With that said, you should be able to use that Gashat!"

The two Ex-Aids looked at each other. They nodded, and then they stood up. They closed their Drivers up and then opened them again, uniting them to into the Level 10 chibi form. He inserted the Gashat inside, and then closed the Driver. He opened it, but nothing happened.

"Come on!" He quipped.

He opened and closed the Driver several times, but then, the last time, sent him out of his transformation.

Everyone else was seeing this, and they were taken aback.

"Brave!" Snipe called. "Looks like you got it wrong!"

"That's impossible!" Brave said.

"He's right!" Asuna complied. "Kiriya looked everywhere regarding Emu! And that's because he was looking for the first strain of the Bugster Virus!"

Pallad, from afar, confirmed this.

"And that is exactly how Lazer got himself killed." He smiled.

"That virus within you is the source of all Bugsters and Gashats!" Brave added. "You should be able to make a new Gashat!"

Ex-Aid winced, and stood back up. He then opened the Driver. Nothing happened. He kept on trying, but nothing happened.

"Please…!" He whined. "You have to work!"

Genmu cackled, and then he just shoved the two Undine players aside.

"I will not allow that power to exist!" He screeched. "I shall wipe it off the face of this world!"

Brave struggled up, but Asuna got up quickly. She ran forward as Brave pulled out another Gashat.

Asuna stood in front of Genmu bravely, and lifted her rapier. She then began to perform several strikes at Genmu, giving Brave an opportunity to level up.

DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!

GACHANN! GASHATTO!

He then opened the Driver up again.

GACHANN LEVEL UP!

TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!

A GACCHA!

D-D-DRAGO! KNI-KNI-KNI-KNI~GHT! DRA! DRA! DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!

Brave received Dragon armor, and also tried to push back Genmu. Ex-Aid continued to open and close his Driver, with nothing happening yet again.

"This isn't working!" Sinon shouted, who was watching from afar.

Genmu had had enough. He grabbed the Sparrow and began to just slam the weapon into both Brave and Asuna's torsos. Once they were thrown aside, Genmu fired two laser arrows. Asuna quickly took action. She used the rapier to block the two arrows but the rapier shattered in the process.

"Is that all Level X has to offer?" Asuna taunted.

Genmu groaned, and Brave quickly slashed and fired a laser bolt into Genmu. Genmu then just kicked Brave into Asuna and sent a powerful energy slash. Both were knocked back, with Brave cancelling out.

GASHUNN!

"Asuna!" Kirito shouted, trying to make his way to his girlfriend.

"Kirito! Stop!" Liz ordered. "We need you here!"

Kirito winced, and stepped back.

"I will now… Obliterate that Gashat!" Genmu cried.

Ex-Aid stepped back slowly.

"EMU!" Brave shouted.

Ex-Aid looked back, and Brave slowly stood back up.

"Emu!" Brave yelled again. "Are you just going to accept that fate? The coroner trusted everything in you!"

Ex-Aid looked back at Genmu, who cackled outloud as he slowly walked towards him. He then remembered all of the things and memories Kiriya and he made.

"Kiriya's hope…" Ex-Aid whispered. "I will not let it go to waste!"

Then, his eyes glowed red. The Gashat also glowed a bit. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their attention towards them.

"I'm going to change my fate…" Ex-Aid said. "With my own hands…"

Then, inside his DNA stream, it glowed from orange and green, to pure pink. He was emitting a pink aura as that aura was slowly absorbed into the Gashat. Once that was done, the Gashat changed. It got a name, the bottom became black, and the top became gold. The top slowly opened, revealing a small Ex-Aid. The Gashat ejected and leapt into his hands. The game art then pixelated onto the Gashat. Everyone became wide-eyed when that happened.

"No…" Genmu muttered. "Impossible…! Hojo Emu…!"

"Looks like he actually did it." Snipe whispered.

Ex-Aid pressed the Gashat, and smiled.

MAXIMUM MIGHTY X!

A gold game area spread all over, and Ex-Aid immediately inserted the Gashat into his Driver.

"Henshin." He said.

MAXIMUM GASHATTO!

After a brief moment of wait, he opened the Driver up.

GACHANN! LEVEL MAX!

SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY! DARIRAGAN! DAGOZUBAN!

Then, a large object pixelated into the air. It looked rather blocky, as it just floated in the air for a short bit. And it appeared to have face?

SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY!

Ex-Aid then punched the Ex-Aid down, activating the object in the air.

MAXIMUM POWER! X!

Ex-Aid jumped into the air, right up to where the object is. The object then opened up, and Ex-Aid flipped inside, curling up into a ball. Then, the object closed again. And, after a brief moment, the object then sprouted a legs and arms. Then, with Ex-Aid's head popping out, he landed on the ground with a thud that shook the earth.

"I have maxed out my level." Ex-Aid said. "Level… 99!"

Everyone literally froze at that declaration. Poppy, who had been with some other players, counted with her fingers to see how much that was.

"That's the highest you can go!" Nico shouted.

Ex-Aid then pressed the button the side of the belt.

STAGE SELECT!

The area around them suddenly became an empty lot. Genmu cackled as another Zombie Bugster mooks materialized around him.

"Raise your level all you want…" He moaned. "You cannot defeat my immortal army!"

The Bugsters than all clambered onto each other and turned into a giant monster. It had a gun and a fist for hands, and a tail shaped like a flail. The monster roared, and then it charged. It went for a punch, but Ex-Aid also countered with a punch. The fist dissolved into nothing, but the monster regenerated it quickly. But Ex-Aid jumped up and landed another punch, right onto its head. The monster was launched back as it hit Genmu along the way and straight into a warehouse, exploding it. However, that didn't stop it, as both Genmu, and the monster regenerated their health.

"Genmu!" Ex-Aid called, pulling out the KeySlasher. "It's time to beat this game!"

He pressed the yellow button on the KeySlasher.

ZYU-KYU-KYU-KYUN!

He then inserted the Maximum Gashat into the KeySlasher.

MAXIMUM GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Ex-Aid then slowly pointed the KeySlasher at the oncoming opposition.

MAXIMUM MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH!

When he pulled the trigger, it created a bubble around both the giant Bugster monster and Genmu. Then they both began to pixelate, and when the bubble popped, Genmu landed on his feet, while the Bugster monster dissolved back into the mooks.

"What… is this power…?!" Genmu spluttered.

Then, he felt something. He looked to his chest, where his Rider Gauge glowed.

"Impossible…!" He shouted.

"His HP is filled again!" Leafa called from afar.

"I've reprogrammed your immortality!" Ex-Aid said triumphantly.

"No…!" Genmu cried.

The ones fighting the mooks from before then came in.

"Well, this is a shock." Sinon commented.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Snipe replied.

Sinon then drew her most powerful arrow, while Snipe just closed his Driver and then opened it again.

GACHANN! KIMEWAZA!

GACHANN!

BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!

Both former GGO players aimed at Genmu and the Bugster mooks, and then they fired. Explosions consumed the mooks, but Genmu was just simply knocked back.

"No…!" He groaned, jabbing the Sparrows into the ground to stand up.

Ex-Aid then ran up and just punched Genmu through a wall and into another one. Ex-Aid got into his face again and kicked him into another set of debris, sending his HP down to one bar.

"Looks like we got a winner." Kirito commented.

Ex-Aid stared down at Genmu. But then, he did something completely suprising. He closed the Gamer Driver, and pulled out the Gashat.

GACHANN! GASHUNN!

Ex-Aid then reverted back into his ALO body, which shocked everybody. The surrounding field reverted back into the same plaza that they first arrived in.

"Let's just end this." Ex-Aid suggested.

Snipe was baffled by this. He then just went into Ex-Aid's face.

"Are you out of your mind?!" He cried. "If you don't defeat him now, you lose your status as a Kamen Rider!"

"I'm a doctor before I'm a Kamen Rider!" Ex-Aid retorted.

Ex-Aid then turned back to Genmu, who had just cancelled out of his transformation. He was groaning like an animal.

"I just can't take your life like that." He said. "So I'm going to ask you this once: Please, face the consequences for taking all the lives you did, and atone for your sins."

Genmu then chuckled.

"To me…" He began. "You are all sinners!"

He then slowly stood up, and his mind took over his body.

"I am a god!" He declared. "My talents must be preserved into form! Opposing me… is the biggest sin you could ever commit!"

And with one smokescreen, he disappeared into thin air. Ex-Aid stepped up and just yelled his name.

Pallad sighed. He had an empty bag of popcorn by his side, and then he just threw it aside.

"Man… and we were just getting to the good part…" He sighed. "Humans are such a mystery…"

And with that, he pixelated away.

Snipe then just punched Ex-Aid. Klein and Kirito quickly caught him though.

"Some doctor you are!" He scolded. "That was our moment to finally crush him!"

Asuna helped up Brave, and then Leafa healed him.

"As doctors, our job isn't to take lives." He reminded.

"Okay, that's true and everything." Nico chimed in. "But you do realize if you don't defeat him, there's going to be more victims?"

Snipe sneered, and then he just looked down.

"Take your pick." He said. "His life, or lives of many innocents?"

Ex-Aid winced, but he knew he had to answer.

"I can't choose one over the other." He answered. "We're talking lives here."

Snipe scoffed, and then just walked away. Nico troddled after him, and left the others to themselves.

Elsewhere, Genmu was stumbling all over the place just to walk. He was yelping like a zombie at that too.

"Where…" He groaned. "Where are Drago Knight Hunter Z and DoReMiFa Beat's infecteds?"

"Where are they?!" He screamed.

He tripped, and finally landed on a rock. He was groaning. But then he looked up. He saw an entire party of players just chilling out and hanging out together. He saw an opportunity. He pulled out his BugVisor. He looked at the screen, and made sure that DoReMiFa Beat and Drago Knight Hunter Z was cast. He then exhausted a toxic green colored smoke towards that party of players, infecting them all simultaneously. He was overjoyed by the sight.

Ex-Aid, Kirito, and Klein ran down a pathway in a forest. The group had split up to look for Genmu. Leafa, Lisbeth, and Silica went one way, Asuna and Brave in another, while Sinon had gone with Snipe. Ex-Aid also had Poppy go with Brave, just in case.

"So…" Klein started. "Just how do we find this guy again?"

"We're just going to have to look everywhere." Kirito said.

Soon, they came to split. Two paths.

"Alright, we'll have to split up here." Ex-Aid suggested. "You guys go that way, and I'll go this way."

"Right." Klein said.

And with that, Klein set off first. Kirito stayed however. He had something to say to Ex-Aid.

"Hey, can I say something?" He asked.

"What's up?" Ex-Aid replied.

"Well…" Kirito muttered. "That was pretty mazing how you talked about life like that."

"I am doctor; I should know this stuff." Ex-Aid chuckled.

"And I'm an SAO Survivor." Kirito reminded. "Believe me, I know what you're talking about."

And with that, the two shook hands, and they split. Kirito went down the path Klein did, while Ex-Aid went down the other path.

He must've gone a good mile or so. When he stopped to take a break, he just had a thought.

'Even if I find him though…' He thought. 'How am I supposed to beat him?'

"Okay, I don't get it." Began a voice. "Are you that spineless, or is he that intimdating?"

Ex-Aid looked around and saw Pallad standing right behind him.

"Pallad!" Ex-Aid said, pulling out the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat.

"Whoa, whoa, easy tiger." He said. "I'm not here to fight, just to chat."

Ex-Aid put his Gashat back down, and Pallad began to talk.

"Look, I'll say this right now." He said. "We Bugster want him gone just as much as you do."

"Eh…?" Ex-Aid muttered.

"He's got a God Complex the size of the sky, which made him a real pain in my ass lately." Pallad said.

"His soul is as broken as his body and mind at this point." Pallad went on. "Finishing off an empty husk of a human body doesn't count as taking a life."

Pallad then got close to Ex-Aid.

"You're not going to forgive him for Lazer, right?" He asked.

"I…" Ex-Aid began.

Then, a message popped up. But before he had a chance to read it, Pallad put his hand on his shoulder.

"If ya don't beat the final boss, this world ain't getting a happily ever after." He reminded. "Use your powers…"

He then whispered, straight into his ears.

"… and kill Genmu." He uttered.

And with that, Pallad vanished into thin air. Ex-Aid stood there. A storm was going through his mind. He now knew what he was going to do next.

Dan watched as his Bugster mooks attacked the players he had just infected.

"Bugster… come on out now…" He growled. "You will defy me no longer!"

Just then, Snipe, Nico, and Sinon walked up. Genmu lurched his head to face them.

"Look at how pathetic he has become…" Snipe muttered. "I will end him right now!"

"And so you continue to defy your god…" Genmu growled.

He put on the BugVisor, and pressed the Gashat.

DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!

Genmu breathed in heavily, and then inserted the Gasht into the BugVisor.

"Hen… shen…" He moaned.

GASHATTO! BUCKLE UP!

DANGER! DANGER! GENOCIDE! DEATH THE CRISIS! DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!

Genmu turned into his Zombie Gamer form, and immediately summoned the Sparrow into his hands. Snipe raised the Gashat Gear Dual β, but Sinon then walked up and grabbed something off of him.

"Hey!" He called.

"Sorry." Sinon replied. "But you're not the only one who wants a piece of him."

She stepped forward, and looked at her hand. It was the Bang Bang Shooting Gashat. She first breathed in. She then raised the Gashat up to her face, and pressed it.

BANG BANG SHOOTING!

A blue game area spread out, and then she pressed the Gashat again.

BABABANG! BANGBABANG! YOW! BANG BANG SHOOTING!

Then, a neon yellow sash appeared. It wrapped around her neck, and down her left arm. She also received several pieces of navy blue armor. Then, something appeared in her hand.

GASHACON MAGNUM!

Sinon raised her hand. She felt the trigger slightly. She breathed in, and then out. Then, with no remorse, Sinon began to shoot down the Zombie Bugster mooks.

'Looks like her trauma isn't stopping her anymore.' Snipe thought.

Sinon, after a bit of shooting, began to kick and punch. But when the mooks began to overpower her, Snipe saw this was his chance. He flipped the knob down.

BANG BANG SIMULATIONS!

I'M READY! FOR BATTLESHIP!

The small battleship rained fire upon the Bugster mooks, giving Sinon some breathing space.

I'M READY! FOR BATTLESHIP!

"Phase 50." He said. "Henshin."

He inserted the Gashat into the Driver, and then opened it.

GACHANN! DUAL UP!

SCRAMBLE DA! SHUTSUGEKI! HASSHIN! BANG BANG SIMULATION! HASSHIN!

Snipe then began to charge at Genmu. Sinon saw this, and quickly got in his way. In the nick of time, Brave, Asuna, and Poppy arrived.

"Snipe! Stop it!" Poppy shouted.

Brave put on his Gamer Driver, and pulled out two Gashats.

TADDLE QUEST!

DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!

"Proceeding to Level 5!" He said quickly. "Henshin!"

He inserted the Gashats and opened the Driver.

GASHATTO! GASHATTO!

GACHANN LEVEL UP!

TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!

A GACCHA!

D-D-DRAGO! KNI-KNI-KNI-KNI~GHT! DRA! DRA! DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!

Brave transformed into his Level 2 body, and then the Dragon parts attached themselves onto him. He quickly ran up and also blocked Snipe.

"We don't have to kill him!" He ordered. "We just have to take his Gashats!"

"Out of my way, you naïve swine!" Snipe called.

"You damn low-lives…" Genmu growled, pulling out a Gashat and inserting it into the Sparrow.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Then, several Treble clefs appeared on the barrels of the Sparrows. Genmu aimed it viciously at them.

"Do not defy me!" He yelled.

DOREMIFA CRITICAL FINISH!

Genmu fired. Sinon managed to roll out of the way, but Snipe and Brave took the attack head on. They held on for a bit, before they were all knocked back. Sinon saw this, and immediately begin to make a counter. She pressed the A Button on the Magnum, turning it into a rifle.

ZU-KYUNN!

Genmu just threw the DoReMiFa Beat Gashat aside, and then inserted the next Gashat in.

"Get out of my sight!" He yelled again.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Sinon also inserted a Gashat into the Magnum.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Then, the two aimed at each other with all the murderous look in their eyes.

JET CRITICAL FINISH!

BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!

Sinon fired a powerful bullet blast, while Genmu fired a flurry of missiles. Both attacks met at a stalemate, but then, it resulted in an explosion, causing both of them to be knocked back. Genmu lost the Jet Combat Gashat in the process.

Then, out of nowhere, Pina flew in and grabbed the Gashat in the air. Following that, Silica, Liz, and Leafa dropped down from the sky, and slashed down Genmu. Genmu grabbed Leafa by her wing, and threw her into a wall. He then just grabbed Liz's wrist, and threw her into Silica, who was running towards him.

Again, Kirito and Klein dropped in, but Genmu was prepared for those two. He simply deflected their slashs with the Sparrows, and then just cut them up all over their torsos. Asuna then darted forward, driving her rapier right by Genmu's head. Genmu grabbed Asuna by her hair, and then just kicked her straight at Kirito, who caught her.

"No…" He moaned. "I'm so close… to my ambitions…!"

Then, everyone saw who was approaching. Ex-Aid walked in slowly, with a grim look on his face.

"Hojo Emu…" Genmu growled.

"Genmu." Ex-Aid greeted.

He then put on his Gamer Driver and pulled out a Gashat.

MAXIMUM MIGHTY X!

A gold game area spread again, and Ex-Aid got into a stance.

"I'm going to change your fate… with my hands!" He announced.

"Max Dai Henshin!" He called.

He then inserted the Gashat.

MAXIMUM GASHATTO!

He then opened the Driver.

GACHANN! LEVEL MAX!

SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY! DARIRAGAN! DAGOZUBAN!

Ex-Aid transformed into his Level 2 body, and then the large object from before appeared over him again, with the eyes glowing.

SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY!

Ex-Aid looked up, and then he slammed down the Ex-Aid on the Gashat.

MAXIMUM POWER! X!

The object then ate Ex-Aid. The arms and legs sprouted forth again, and then Ex-Aid's head popped up. After a brief pause, he pressed the button on the side.

STAGE SELECT!

The area changed into a quarry of some kind. The Riders, and the SAO gang were transported there.

"Tell you what…" Genmu groaned. "Immortality is not the only thing that a zombie has!"

He then emitted a black smoke, and that black smoke formed into three Genmus. They all first went for Ex-Aid, but he just swatted them out of the way. One ended up in front of Brave, another in front of Snipe, and the last one in front of the SAO gang. The real one went for Ex-Aid.

Ex-Aid then slowly began to approach Genmu. Genmu tried to use the Sparrows to slash, but Ex-Aid kept on punching. Genmu never got a chance to use an attack, as Ex-Aid kept on punching his arms away.

"Is he… actually doing it?" Snipe muttered.

Brave nodded, and just charged at the Genmu Zombie in front of him. Snipe also shot down the Genmu Zombie in front of him. The SAO gang did the same with their own Genmu Zombie.

Ex-Aid landed one more punch to Genmu's abdomen. Genmu stopped himself by stabbing the ground with the Sparrows.

"Ex-Aid!" He bellowed.

"Genmu!" Ex-Aid called back.

Genmu inserted a Gashat into the Sparrow.

GASHUNN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Genmu charged the Sparrows and prepared for a strike.

GIRIGIRI CRITICAL FINISH!

Genmu then sent out a powerful energy slash, which hit Ex-Aid with the force of a bomb. But when the smoke and the explosion cleared, Genmu waited for the results. Ex-Aid was still standing there. Triumphantly.

Ex-Aid then began to run forward. He punched the Sparrows out of Genmu's hands and double-punched him in the gut. He then punched the ground to send Genmu up into the air. He then looked up, and closed his Driver.

GACHANN! KIMEWAZA!

Snipe continued to fire down on his Gemnu Zombie, and soon, the zombie was pushed to a wall. He smirked, and closed the Driver.

GACHANN! KIMEWAZA!

Brave sliced and diced his Genmu Zombie, and to wrap it up, he fired an energy blast to his chest. The Genmu Zombie growled, and jumped into the air for an aerial attack. Brave pulled out the Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat, and inserted it to the side of the belt.

GASHUNN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Leafa was on the ground, on her back. The Genmu Zombie was right on top of her. She blocked its hands with her katana, but the Zombie was beginning to overpower her. Silica and Liz jumped in and kicked it off of her straight in the side. The Genmu Zombie rolled, but quickly got back up. Klein slashed twice, then flipped away. Kirito and Asuna both darted forward fast, and the two stabbed the Genmu Zombie in the chest.

"Sinon, now!" Kirito shouted.

"Right!" Sinon called.

She then grabbed the Magnum and inserted the Gashat into it.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!

Sinon dug her feet into the ground, and tightened the grip on the Magnum. She pulled the trigger. The bullet tore right through the Genmu Zombie, killing it instantly.

DRAGO KNIGHT CRITICAL STRIKE!

Brave sprouted dragon wings, and then flew up towards his Genmu Zombie. He fired several more laser blasts, and then he flipped around and dug his feet right through its body.

GACHANN!

BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!

Snipe charged his cannons. And with one beep on his targeting visor, he pulled the trigger. The Genmu Zombie was obliterated due to the sheer force of firepower.

GACHANN!

MAXIMUM CRITICAL BREAK!

Ex-Aid jumped up. He first grabbed Genmu, and then he flung him downwards, towards the ground. But before Genmu even reached the ground, Ex-Aid tore right through him with a kick. Ex-Aid landed on the ground, as Genmu just landed on his stomach. Then, with one groan, Genmu exploded into a giant ball of fire. The smoke and explosion was the largest one they've ever made in a while. Once the sound had died down, the Riders cancelled out of their transformations.

GACHANN! GASHUNN!

When the area reverted back to normal, Sinon used this chance to return the Bang Bang Shooting Gashat back to Snipe, who took it back calmly. Then, they all turned around and saw Genmu, cancelled out of his transformation, struggling.

"It's… not over…!" He groaned.

He pulled out the Dangerous Zombie Gashat, and pressed it. But strangely, nothing happened. The Gashat did not activate. Genmu tried to press it, but still, the Gashat did not respond.

"No… what is happening?!" He yelped.

Ex-Aid smiled.

"I used the reprogramming to get rid of your Bugster antibody." He explained. "You're no longer a compatible user, so you cannot use those."

Everyone became wide-eyed. Out of all the solutions they had, which either involved defeating and killing, the one solution they never thought of was taking away the guy's power.

"Even if you're like this, I don't think you're a bad person." Ex-Aid went on. "You're just a game creator who loves games from the bottom of his heart."

Genmu shuddered a bit. While he did not say outloud, it was true. He did love creating games. He just wanted to share his talents with the world…

"He's too pure for this…" Liz whispered to Silica.

"I think that's what makes him a good person thought!" Silica smiled.

"Oh. So that's it." said a voice. "You're just spineless."

Pallad walked up in front of Genmu. The Riders and the SAO gang got apprehensive. Pallad picked up Genmu over his shoulder.

"Pallad…" Kirito whispered.

"No game ends like this." Pallad chuckled.

And with that said, he turned to Genmu, and landed a powerful punch right into his gut. Genmu belched, and dropped the Dangerous Zombie Gashat in the process. Pallad then just let him fall onto the ground, detaching the BugVisor from his waist.

"The loser always gets the bad ending, right?" He smiled, picking up the Dangerous Zombie Gashat.

He then inserted it into the BugVisor.

GASAHTTO!

He then pointed the BugVisor straight at Genmu. The BugVisor then spewed out a dark purple cloud, and it swept all over Genmu's body. Genmu cried and groaned from the pain. Then, the most shocking thing happened. He began to pixelate out of existence.

"Stop!" Ex-Aid ordered.

Pallad didn't. He just summoned the same cloud over him and Genmu, covering them. The heroes couldn't approach them anymore.

"No… no!" Genmu cried. "I don't want to die! I can't!"

Pallad smirked, and just patted his back.

"Thanks for your hard work, game master." He said, putting emphasis on what he called Genmu. "I'll take over Kamen Rider chronicle for ya."

And with that, Pallad pixelated away, with the cloud fading as well. The heroes were revealed to a Genmu, who was flailing around madly.

"Genmu… Kuroto…" Ex-Aid uttered.

Genmu, summoning his last breath, glared down at the heroes.

"I… am… a god!" He said.

Summoning his last bit of strength, he stood up on his knees.

"And… I… am… IMMORTAL!" He screamed to the top of his lungs.

He then just bellowed out random sounds as he just pixelated into nothingness, with his real body going along with it.

GAME OVER…

(Cue Excite! In the back ground)

Everyone was speechless at what just happened. Another Rider just vanished, or, dare they say, died, right in front of them. No one uttered a word.

The ALO orange sunset sky, soon became black, with the stars twinkling and the moon shining. In the dark streets, Snipe and Nico were walking down a dimly lit village. Snipe had the Jet Combat Gashat in his hands.

"I guess… it's over, right?" Nico spoke.

"Far from it." Snipe corrected. "Our fight is not over until the Bugsters are extinct."

IR, Pallad was chilling out on the GENM Corp CEO's office. He was sitting on the desk, raising a blank green and black Gashat into the air, with only the title: Kamen Rider Chronicle.

"Genmu…" HE declared. "I'll finish your dream!"

Back to ALO, Brave, Ex-Aid, Poppy, and the SAO gang were in Brave's mansion, getting praises from the Ministry.

"Well done, all of you!" Hinata said. "I knew I was right to trust you all!"

"Looks like things will finally go back to normal!" Poppy cheered.

The SAO gang cheered as well, but Ex-Aid and Brave were rather quiet. Both were holding the GiriGiri Chanbara Gashat and the DoReMiFa Beat Gashat respectively. Ex-Aid was frowning.

"I… let Kuroto die…" He whispered.

Hinata noticed this.

"Emu, you should be proud." He reminded. "today, you just saved all of humanity."

Brave stood up and walked up to Ex-Aid. He then just placed his hand on his shoulder.

"And it is also our job…" He reminded. "To learn how we cope with the lives that we lost."

Ex-Aid nodded, and Brave left. Ex-Aid then ran out. Poppy tried to go after him, but Brave stopped her.

"Where's Emu going?" Asuna asked.

"I think he needs to be alone." Kirito replied.

Ex-Aid ran out to the flower gardens, and there, he found a spot where no one would see him. He punched the ground, and then he let his tears out. And each drop glistened in the moonlight as they bounced onto the grass.