A/N: I watched Ginban Kaleidoscope and I thought it was unfair for Pete and Tazusa to be separated like that. Even though he was a ghost and she alive, love made him feel alive and she would always love him. So, I wrote this in response to the ending of the anime as a sort of continuation.

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"OK, I'm ready," said Pete as he stood in front of the pearly gates of Heaven. His 100 days on Earth were up and now he could rest in peace. His only regret was that he would be separated from Tazusa until it was his time. He stepped forward as the gates opened for him. He saw a beautiful bright light, but he hesitated. Why was he hesitating? Wasn't this what he wanted?

"Are you sure you wish to go, Mr. Pumps?" Pete heard and spun around to see a peculiar man, dressed in a green overcoat, with a red bowtie decorated by yellow polka-dots, and a top pat on his head. He had heterochromatic eyes, with one blue eye and the other grey. His nose was also long and pointed. His hair was blond, but not the dirty blond color Pete's was. The top hat wearing man's hair was almost a golden color.

The man sat at a round table with a tea pot and holding a cup in one hand and another hand holding the saucer.

"Who are you?" Pete asked. "Are you God?"

The man chuckled. "No, but I've met Him," the man answered. "Why don't you sit down and we can talk?"

Pete decided he had nothing to lose. He'd waited 100 days, why wait any longer. He walked over and pulled up a chair for himself before sitting down. In the blink of an eye, a filled up cup of tea was now sitting in front of him. "Thanks for the tea," said Pete as he picked up the cup. He took a sip. "Good tea."

"It's my special blend," the man boasted.

"So, if you're not God, are you an angel?" Pete asked. The man laughed again. Now Pete was starting to get annoyed.

"No, Mr. Pumps, I'm not an angel either," the man replied. "I'm Topper, a simple businessman."

A businessman? Up here?

"So…you're a ghost like me?" Pete asked. The man replied with another laugh. "Wrong again, huh?"

"Bingo," the strange man replied. "My associates refer to me as Topper." He tapped his top hat for emphasis.

"I see…"

"And, Mr. Pumps, I'm here to offer you a deal," said Topper.

"What kind of deal?" asked Pete.

"How would you like to be with your beloved figure-skating princess again?" asked Topper. Pete's eyes widened. "I see you're interested."

Pete frowned. "How can I? I'm dead."

"No, you're not," Topper denied. Pete stared. "Take a look." Topper snapped his fingers and the white table suddenly turned into a mirror. Pete looked and saw himself, in the hospital and in a coma.

"W-what?" Pete was shocked.

"You survived the crash," Topper explosion. "The shock itself must've propelled your soul out of your body, it seemed."

"So…I'm alive?" Pete wasn't dead! He wasn't dead!

"Well…alive is a relative term, isn't it?" responded Topper cryptically.

Pete then turned serious, "So, what do you want from me?"

"I guess straight to the point is how you want to play it, huh, Mr. Pumps?" said Topper. He took another sip of his tea and then put the cup upon his saucer. "You see, I'm offering you a chance to be alive again. To be flesh and blood…but, you also must do something for me."

This oddly sounded like the deal the Devil made with someone, like on those movies he watched on TV. The kind where the Devil would come up to someone and offer them a deal. "Are you the Devil?" Pete asked suspiciously.

"If I was, would I be here?" Topper responded with a question of his own.

"OK, so I get my body back, but for a price."

"Smart boy." Topper smiled. "But, first, let me show you what's happening right now." He snapped his finger once again and the image of Pete's body vanished to be replaced by a lovely Japanese girl doing figure-skating practice.

"Tazusa…" Pete identified. It was Tazusa, his beautiful ballerina on ice.

"You want to be with her, and yet you're willing to leave her," said Topper.

"But…it's my time," Pete answered.

"Not anymore. You have a second chance, Mr. Pumps. It's up to you to take it up," said Topper.

"But I need to do something as well, right?" asked Pete.

"Yes, you do."

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It watched her from the shadows. It was hungry. It watched as she danced upon the ice. Pretty, pretty thing that must die. Pity. It must kill so It can win the bet It made with the others.

It waited for the dancing girl to be alone. The other human left her to go somewhere. She was alone now. It was time for It to strike. Stalking towards her, It did not make a sound. When close enough, It jumped and when she saw It, she screamed. Too late. It will kill her.

"Tazusa, watch out!" someone shouted and It was sent crashing onto the ice.

It appeared to be humanoid, but not human. The creature itself had fur covering its arms and legs, but patches of it were missing to reveal scaly skin. Its body was covered by a black bodysuit with spikes along Its back. One shoulder had a spike, the other had a fin. Its head looked like a goat's with sharp teeth and curled up horns. Its claws were sharp.

Tazusa was speechless and in shock. It wasn't because of the monster, but who'd saved her.

"Pete?" she recognised. But how could it be? He was dead and he had gone to Heaven.

"Long time no see, Ms. 10 Billion Dollar Beauty," said Pete with a wink. Tazusa blushed but then watched as Pete stood protectively in front of her.

"Pete, what's going on?" she asked.

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"Are you kidding me?" asked Pete. Topper had explained to him the entire situation. Pete wasn't sure if he wanted to believe the man in the top hat.

"The walls between dimensions is breaking," explained Topper. With a snap of his fingers both were transported to the dark void of space. There was Earth…and a million others. "The Multiverse has many worlds within it. Many versions of the same Earth, but with different histories. In one of them you never met Tazusa, and in another one, she was the one who dies when her neck snaps after failing to perform a complex skating manoeuvre."

Pete was just stunned and then Topper snapped his finger once more, bringing them back to the front of Heaven's Gates.

"So, what does this have to do with me?" asked Pete.

"A race of demons had fled into your world, and are going to harm innocent people," said Topper.

"Why can't the police, or the army-"

"They do not have the power to stop these demons," Topper interrupted. "But, you do…or at least, you will." Topper presented Pete the contract. "Just sign on the dotted line."

"I don't have a pen," said Pete. "And I'm not sure…"

"If you don't, then you'll be seeing your darling skater here sooner than you think," Topper told him abruptly. Pete paused in shock. With a flick of his wrist, Topper produced a pen. "The choice is yours. You can either wait for her in Heaven, which won't be long, or be together with her now and in life. Your choice. I'm not forcing you."

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"I'll explain later, but I got some demon slaying to do," said Pete as he slung a strange black belt around his waist. Then, he took something out of his pocket which resembled a hi-tech knuckle duster. He strapped it onto his right fist, his fingers curled around the handle, and pressed it onto his left palm.

"READY!"

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"What's your decision?" Topper asked.

Pete took the pen and pressed it on top of the dotted line.

"You can't back out on this deal once you made it," Topper warned. "So, make sure this is what you really want."

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"Henshin!" Pete called out.

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"It is," Pete answered without hesitation before he signed the contract. Topper smiled as he watched Pete add his name onto the list of his clients.

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Pete pressed the knuckle-duster against the side of the belt, attaching it to the rest of the item.

"FIST ON!"

Pete was bathed in bronze light, forcing Tazusa to cover her eyes.

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"Well then, welcome aboard…Kamen Rider…"

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Tazusa opened her eyes and then gawked as Pete was now clad in a suit of white armor that made him look like a knight. The helmet had a golden faceplate shaped like a cross. A black bodysuit was worn under the armor. Also, Pete looked pumped (pardon the pun)

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"…Slayer," finished Topper.

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With a battle cry, the armoured Canadian ran across the ice and attacked the demon…the Chimera Legendorga.

"Keep yer mitts off my girl, you unholy bastard!!!"

From afar, Topper watched as his newest Rider fought to defend his world.

"Slayer System: Mark III. Next, let's see who to give Mark IV through IX to…" Topper mused.

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KAMEN RIDER SLAYER: MK-3