Rider Time Zi-O: Roze from Remnant

Chapter 100 – 2011: Back to School, Switch On!


It was a nice starry night, and currently observing the stars was none other than Woz who was standing on the roof of 9-5-DO. Despite all the buildings that surrounded them, the stars still shined as bright as ever.

"There now remain five Watches that Tokiwa Sougo must collect," Woz said as he held his book close to him as he stared up at the vast night sky, strange distortions occurring as three bright stars could be seen, "A battle of cosmic proportions is upon us… as the power of Kamen Rider Fourze may not be all we'll need to win this coming struggle…"

The three bright stars began to grow brighter and larger, continuing to grow and grow until it was revealed the 'stars' were actually meteors that were flying down at Tokyo at high speeds. One hit a large towering rock structure in one of the many quarries while another hit a seemingly random building. The last had hit a warehouse of all places, tearing through its roof and landing in the center.


Earth – Early May 2019

Despite seemingly being meteors, the one that hit a random building was anything but. It had begun to crack before the top of it shattered. Soon enough a glowing figure of energy formed, its body shapeless and unstable as it walked out of the meteor. It walked further and looked around as alarms began to blare. All around were various X markings alongside a lot of destroyed equipment. Well all except one computer that had been shaken up enough to replay video footage of various Kamen Riders.

The figure began to walk over to the computer before placing its hand on the computer. It began to intake the data being displayed as well as everything that was in the system.

Its browsing session was interrupted however as several men in white suits all entered the room. They saw the glowing figure and all gave gasps.

"That's…!" One of the men called out.

The figure began to take shape, gaining a silver bodysuit with black patches on it alongside silver and red armor, a dark blue almost t-shaped visor forming for the helmet.

[LAUNCHER ON!]

The men all yelled out as missiles were suddenly launched at them all, explosions rocking the room as the new Rider-like entity began to walk out of the flames.


The meteor striking the warehouse hadn't gone unnoticed however as Finis and Cinder approached the meteor that had torn through the roof. The two slowly but surely made their way over towards the crater.

"Color me surprised," Cinder admitted, "Three rocks falling from space in the middle of the night? That sounds a bit rare."

"You'd be correct," Finis said, "This is an unnatural phenomenon, likely because of all the movement between worlds alongside tampering with space and time. But we can make use of it."

"So this is our next plan?" Cinder asked as she stared at the meteor, it glowing and pulsing but nothing breaking free from it like the other one.

"Part of it," Finis said, walking over and holding out an Anotherwatch before tossing it forward.

The transformation happened almost instantly after Finis threw the Ridewatch against the meteor. The meteor pulsated and absorbed the Anotherwatch before exploding, unleashing chunks of rock outwards.

Standing in the crater was the white and black monstrous version of an astronaut themed Kamen Rider. The left shoulder held the year, 2011. The right shoulder held the name, Fourze. Another Fourze let out what seemed to be a yawn as he stretched his arms, raising them high. He then lowered them as he looked around before giving a laugh as he stared at his hands.

[FOURZE!]

"I'm… I'm alive again…" Another Fourze chuckled before gripping his hands and laughing out, "The ruler of this world returns!"

"Now this is interesting," Cinder raised an eyebrow, "Just who is that supposed to be?"

"I was hoping to just get an unstoppable monster filled with cosmic energy," Finis admitted before smirking, "But it seems we've gained someone a lot more intriguing."


"Ugh…" Tsukasa muttered as he walked through the dark hallways of the Hikari Studio, planning on getting some kind of drink from the kitchen after being woken up by loud crashes. He entered the main studio space and was surprised to see Summer there at the main table, "Summer?"

"Huh?" Summer looked up, having a warm mug of milk in her hands, "Oh, hey Tsukasa. Couldn't sleep either?"

"I take it you heard the loud crashes," Tsukasa spoke up a bit as he walked over and sat on the couch nearby, "Sounds like either Fourze or Kabuto…"

"I'd like to guess Kabuto given well… his whole deal," Summer admitted, "But no I've been up a bit longer than that."

"That's odd," Tsukasa mentioned, "What exactly has you sleepless?"

"I've been thinking about the current situation, and how off things have felt once we've returned, heck even going back to when we were on Remnant…" Summer admitted, "Something tells me this situation is going to grow worse before it gets better."

"We can handle it," Tsukasa answered in his usual confident tone, "Though I can pull a few favors to see what I can find."

"That would be reassuring," Summer gave a nod, "Especially since we still have our contacts due to no one being erased."

"Yeah, that would have made things a pain in the ass," Tsukasa admitted as he rubbed the back of his head, "Is there still some milk?"

"Yeah there's still some in the pot on the stove," Summer said.

"Good, I could use a nice drink after waking up like that," Tsukasa admitted as he walked over to the kitchen.


The Next Day…

Sougo was currently walking along the sidewalk with Penny, the two on their way to a school of all places.

"Thank you for this Sougo," Penny said as she walked alongside Sougo.

"Couldn't really sleep too well after all the loud crashes last night," Sougo mentioned as he walked with his friend, "So I saw your text early enough and decided I could spare some time."

"Ah yes," Penny said, "I believe it was a meteor shower with a few that ended up hitting the city surprisingly."

"That's crazy," Sougo said as they began to approach the school, seeing a large sign that labeled it as New Amanogawa High School, "So why did you want to visit this school?"

"It was coincidence while looking into normal forms of education," Penny explained as she held a finger up, "I noticed an interesting fact when I researched this school in particular, and that was that it was home to this extracurricular group known as the Kamen Rider Club."

"Kamen Rider Club…?" Sougo asked before giving a smile, "Sounds exciting!"

"Indeed," Penny smiled back, "I was hoping that maybe meeting with the members or counselor in charge might give us some clues for our remaining Kamen Riders."

"Smart thinking Penny," Sougo said, "So why did you want me to join you?"

"I am uh… very nervous," Penny admitted as she looked down and clasped her hands, "And I did not want to bother Ruby or the others since they were still asleep at the time."

"Oh," Sougo said before putting a hand on her shoulder, "Well don't worry, you don't have to be nervous since I'm here now."

"Thank you Sougo," Penny said before realizing she had thanked him twice within a short period so she corrected this, "Again."

"It's no problem," Sougo chuckled as he patted Penny's shoulder before leading the way once more, "Though given school is in session it would be hard to get in…"

"Oh that is no issue," Penny said, "In my research I had called Summer to ask her if she had any ideas on how I might go about this. She said that Tsukasa knew the main councilor for the club and he arranged a meeting with us."

"Oh sweet, got to love those connections," Sougo said before noticing someone at the gate, "Is uh… that guy the one who we're supposed to be meeting?"

"I am unsure," Penny said as she approached the gate with Sougo, "I was given a name however."

The man was pretty old and seemed to be a teacher but also was a bit odd n that he had high khaki pants that were held up by suspenders.

Penny cleared her throat as she walked forward, "Gentaro Kisaragi?"

"Huh? Oh are you the kid he was supposed to meet?" The man asked before adjusting his suspenders, "No I'm not him. I'm Chuta Ohsugi, one of the staff members here."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Penny bowed.

"We were supposed to meet with a Gentaro Kisaragi," Sougo explained, "It's hard to explain but a friend of ours contacted him for a meeting."

"Ah… Kisaragi is a pretty popular guy around these parts, which makes sense given what he did in his time as a student here," Ohsugi admitted in a fond manner.

"Oh, was he a super athlete or something?" Sougo asked.

"Was he the top of the class?" Penny asked.

"Well… it's not my story to tell," Ohsugi admitted as he turned before gesturing for the two to follow, "I'm only here because he was going to be late running a few early morning errands. So he wanted me to take you somewhere to wait for him."

"Uh sure," Sougo gave a nod as he and Penny followed after.

The three were unaware that an individual wearing a black hooded jacket was watching them before walking towards the gates once they had gone further inside.


"Huh," Ruby began to wander around her apartment, Weiss, Blake and Yang all in different spots as they glanced at their leader in confusion, "Where…"

"Lose something Ruby?" Blake asked.

"Well it's just that Penny isn't here, but she didn't say anything about leaving or leave a note," Ruby said as she looked around, "Do you all know where she is?"

"Can't say," Yang shrugged.

"It is odd but I think she should be fine on her own," Blake said.

"Yeah, I figured she would be," Ruby said, "But it's still weird that she didn't really tell us she was leaving."

"She might be with Sougo," Weiss said as she looked at her phone.

"What makes you say that?" Yang asked.

"Sougo left pretty quietly from 9-5-DO too, Geiz and Tsukuyomi were texting me about if he was with me," Weiss said, "I'm assuming Sougo decided to hang out with Penny today."

"Huh, sounds like a solid guess," Ruby said before hearing ringing, "Wait…"

"That's something we haven't heard in a while," Yang grinned.

Ruby immediately used Petal Burst to slide near the hotline before answering, "Hello, this is the Team RWBY Rider Hotline, Ruby Rose speaking."

"Ah so this is legitimate," A male voice spoke up, "This is Interpol Agent Ryusei Sakuta."

"Ooh," Ruby muttered in surprise as she realized this was a potentially very important case, "Is there a reason that you're calling us in particular?"

"Yes, I was in fact recommended to you all by the Kureshima Brothers," Ryusei said, "I'm actually a Kamen Rider as well, Meteor."

"Meteor huh…" Ruby muttered before giving a nod, "So what exactly did you need?"

"I'm not sure if you're aware but three meteors struck the city last night," Ryusei explained, "The reports I have say they're loaded with cosmic energy. Two of them have disappeared entirely and didn't leave any traces where they landed. The last one is one we're currently trying to get under lockdown as it's still intact."

"You need us to go over there and make sure your team's safe?" Ruby asked, figuring that was the request.

"No, we can handle it for now," Ryusei said, "Takatora had told me about how these cases usually go so I need you to meet with a friend for me at Amanogawa High, his name's Gentaro Kisaragi. If you can't find him then try and find the Kamen Rider Club, I'd like their assistance alongside yours when it comes to this case."

"Got it," Ruby said, "What do we do after that?"

"He should still have my number, get him to call me and I'll give you all an update," Ryusei said.

"Sounds good," Ruby said, "We won't let you down."

"Thank you," Ryusei said, "Normally I'd contact them myself but I've currently got my hands full with making sure the meteorite is secure."

"Don't you worry about that," Ruby said, "Just leave it to Team RWBY."

"Thanks again," Ryusei said before hanging up.

"So what's going on?" Blake asked.

"We've got a new case," Ruby said, "We need to head to Amanogawa High to meet with someone."

"A high school…?" Blake asked.

"Well it's not the weirdest meeting place," Weiss said, "Should I let the others know?"

"Please do," Ruby said, "Ryusei said he was Kamen Rider Meteor, and if that's the case that means we've got potential Another Rider issues given we've yet to meet any space themed Riders."

"Sweet," Yang said, "Time to get back to work."

"Alright Team RWBY…" Ruby said before turning dramatically and pointing forward, "It's time to head back to school!"

"Really…?" Weiss groaned out, "And here I thought Yang was the one with the bad jokes."

"Hey!" Yang called out while Blake just giggled, Ruby crossing her arms and huffing while turning away.


"Alright here we are!" Ohsugi called out as he stopped at a door, "Currently the students are in class so no one's here. But it's the perfect place to wait for Kisaragi."

"So what is it?" Sougo asked since there was no sign.

"Well you see," Ohsugi said before pulling on his suspenders, "It's the Ka-"

BOOM!

"YOW!" Ohsugi had let go of his suspenders in shock, causing them to slap against his chest.

Sougo and Penny meanwhile both looked at each other, the two realizing that the explosion had come from nearby. The two immediately took off running towards the sound of the explosion, leaving Ohsugi behind.

"Huh?" Ohsugi stared in surprise before taking a few steps forward, "Hey, what are you doing?!"

Sougo and Penny meanwhile noticed a few students getting curious and exiting their classrooms or peeking out of the windows as they made it to the main courtyard of Amanogawa High. The culprit was a monster, it having gold armoring and various scales all over it.

"Eh…?" Sougo asked, "A fish monster?"

"The Pisces Zodiarts my Overlord," Woz stated as he was suddenly between Sougo and Penny.

"Salutations Woz," Penny gave a salute.

"Woz, nice timing," Sougo called out with a smile despite the surprise, "And uh… Zodiarts?"

"The enemies of Kamen Rider Fourze, though this particular one was a part of 12 higher Zodiarts known as the Horoscopes," Woz explained, "However they should have been long gone at this point."

"Well whatever the case, we need to stop them," Sougo said before taking a few steps forward, "Hey!"

"Get lost kid," Pisces called out, revealing a more feminine voice, "My beef is with this school, not some visitor."

"Sorry but you aren't wrecking this school," Sougo said as he prepared his Driver and base Ridewatch, "Woz!"

"Of course my Overlord," Woz gave a nod while Penny stepped back to give the two room.

"Henshin!"

[RIDER/FUTURE TIME!]

[KAMEN RIDER ZI-O!]

[SUGOI! JIDAI! MIRAI! KAMEN RIDER WOZ! WOZ!]

Zi-O and Woz both rushed forward, the two punching at Pisces who blocked with her arms. She then unleashed a burst of water from her mouth to force the two Riders back.

"Okay, she really is a fish," Zi-O sputtered a bit.

"No matter who she is, she cannot defeat us," Woz stated as he brandished his Zikan Despear before stabbing at Pisces.

Pisces leapt backwards, flipping into the air before falling face first towards the ground. Instead of smacking her head against it she entered the ground as if it was water, the ground shimmering in response to her movement underneath.

"Huh?" Zi-O looked around before yelping as he barely dodged out of the way of Pisces who leapt out to strike at him before sinking back into the ground.

"So this is the power of a high level Zodiarts?" Woz asked as he clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Penny meanwhile was watching the fight intently, deciding to let her friends take the lead. When Pisces began using the ground as water she began going through her various scan functions to try and figure out a way to help. Especially since Pisces was slowly starting to force Woz and Zi-O against each other with her attacks. Her eyes widened when she saw what was going on as the two Riders were now back to back.

"Sougo, Woz," Penny called out, "Roll forward!"

The two Riders looked at her before giving nods, rolling forward and away from where they were just as Pisces erupted from underneath where they were originally standing. Pisces gave a light gasp as she missed her chance to strike, only to get struck in the chest by a fireball.

"You will not hurt my friends," Penny gave a glare as she had her hands out.

"You'll pay for that girl," Pisces hissed out before running forward only for a male and female student to suddenly get between the two, "Out of my way!"

"Sorry," The male student said before fixing his jacket, "There's no way that the Kamen Rider Club and Youth League will allow you to mess up our school."

"That's right!" The female student called out as she pumped her fist into the air, her other arm close to her chest as she was holding a track uniform.

"Oh, looks like we've got help," Zi-O realized.

"Indeed," Woz nodded.

"Um…" Penny looked at the two newcomers in confusion.

"Who are you people?!" Pisces called out in annoyance.

"Miyoko Ohki at your service," The female student gave a peace sign before backing away, "But of course I won't be fighting you."

"I will," The male student said as he pointed towards himself, "The names Saburo Kazeta."

"Eh… are you a Kamen Rider?" Penny asked.

Saburo looked back briefly and shook his head before yelling out, "Gōriki Shōrai!"

In a flash of blue energy, Saburo's body changed shape, warping to give him hard brown skin that held an almost larval pupa-esque design that tore apart his uniform. Saburo had transformed not into a Kamen Rider but into… Sanagiman.

"Eh…?" Zi-O tilted his head, "That's not a Kamen Rider…"

Sanagiman grunted before charging towards Pisces who yelled and charged towards the newcomer. Sanagiman stopped running as he watched Pisces close in, soon feeling the Zodiarts punch against him. Despite the strength of Pisces, it wasn't enough to get past Sanagiman's tough skin.

"What?" Pisces asked before yelling out as she was punched away. She shouted and unleashed a pressurized stream of water from her mouth.

Sanagiman crossed his arms and rushed forward, managing to slowly but surely making his way through the high pressure stream. With a shout he unleashed a burst of invisible energy that dispersed the water and sent Pisces flying back.

Pisces flipped and managed to land before she brought out double sided harpoon and leapt into the ground to swim around in it again.

"Watch out!" Penny called out.

"Don't worry, his defense is incredible," Miyoko reassured.

Those words were true as despite Pisces leaping out and striking at Sanagiman, her attacks didn't seem to do much damage. However that was when everyone soon saw Sanagiman's true weakness, he was strong and tough, but lacked speed entirely. As a result Pisces was slowly but surely starting to overwhelm Sanagiman. Despite this, Sanagiman seemed to be alright with this assault. It was if he was waiting… waiting for the right moment…

"Chōriki Shōrai!"

In a burst of orange energy, his pupa state shattered as lightning erupted from his body. Pisces screamed as she was launched backwards by the electrical assault as a new being stood in Sanigaman's place. He was a humanoid warrior, blue with black accents, various yellow electrical lines all over him and two red eyebrow-like feelers on his forehead.

"The warrior of freedom…" The warrior shouted as he raised his hand up in the air, "Inazuman!"

"Whoa, that's cool!" Zi-O called out as he took a few steps forward.

"Incredible," Penny's eyes went wide.

"His time between forms went down too," Miyoko noted before pumping her fist forward, "Go get em Inazuman!"

"Let's go, Kamen Riders!" Inazuman called out as he ran forward.

"You heard the guy," Zi-O called before charging forward.

"Right," Woz said as he rushed in as well.

"Come!" Pisces called out as she leapt into the air just as the three heroes got close enough to her. She then unleashed a stream of water downwards to try and strike at them.

"Reverse Chesto!" Inazuman threw his arm up, the pressurized water being reversed and striking against Pisces.

Pisces yelled out as she was sent down to the ground, soon standing up and brandishing her weapon as Zi-O and Woz charged in with their weapons. The two clashed briefly with her, the Zodiarts managing to force them back before rushing to strike at them.

Sougo quickly blocked the attack with his sword, soon forcing the Zodiarts' weapon down, "Woz, now!"

"Right," Woz called out as he leapt forward before stabbing, striking Pisces in the shoulder and forcing her away as sparks flew.

"Inazuma Typhoon!" Inazuman held his hands near his head, forming a whirlwind with telekinesis underneath Pisces and catching her in it, "Riders, now!"

Zi-O and Woz looked back before giving nods, the two discarding their weapons and initiating their belts finishers.

[FINISH TIME!]

[BEYOND THE TIME!]

Zi-O and Woz leapt up into the air, energy gathering in their right legs as they kicked out with them.

[TIME BREAK/EXPLOSION!]

The two kicked against the Pisces Zodiarts, energy erupting from their legs and sending the Zodiarts backwards. Pisces gasped out, trying to get up before exploding, the fire and smoke dying down to reveal an unconscious woman with a black hooded jacket.

"I suppose that's that," Woz dusted off his hands.

"Alright," Zi-O held up a fist before looking over, "Thank you."

"It's no problem," Inazuman said as he walked over, "It's rare to see other Kamen Rider's here. Why are you visiting?"

"Oh, well it was more of a personal visit," Zi-O admitted, "But-"

"Look out!" Penny yelled out.

"Huh?" The three looked at Penny before hearing whirring in the air.

Launcher On!

Missiles were hurtling upwards before curving down and towards the two Riders and hero. Inazuman quickly held up his hands before unleashing an invisible pulse, forcing the missiles to collide with each other and cause an explosion mid-air.

The cause of the missiles however soon launched through the smoke, crashing into the ground in front of them.

"No way…" Inazuman gave a light gasp at what he was seeing.

"It can't be…" Miyoko's eyes went wide.

Before everyone was Another Fourze who gave a chuckle, "So this school still has its own protectors huh?"

"Another Rider…" Zi-O muttered.

Penny narrowed her eyes, quickly running a scan on Another Fourze to see what she could find on the Another Rider.

"It seems to be Fourze's," Woz confirmed.

"Why do you look like Teacher?" Inazuman questioned.

"It's ironic I was given this form considering he's responsible for my initial demise," Another Fourze admitted as he looked himself over before gripping his hand, "Needless to say I'm not here for any of you. I'm here to retrieve my broken tool…"

Another Fourze walked over to the woman and picked her up, managing to catch something that fell from her grip before turning at the sound of rapid footsteps.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

The Another Rider was able to see Team RWBY, Geiz and Tsukuyomi rushing into the area.

"Eh, Ruby…?" Zi-O stared in surprise.

"There's a lot more of you pests these days huh…" Another Fourze clicked his tongue in annoyance, "I won't be denied my re-ascension or my revenge."

Smoke On!

A projection of purple gas can themed armoring appeared on its right leg, soon unleashing smoke all around itself before the smoke began to fade. When the smoke fully faded, Another Fourze had completely vanished.

Penny narrowed her eyes further, just barely having managed to catch how Another Fourze was able to easily vanish like that.

"Okay, so it's an Another Rider problem," Ruby confirmed as she began to slow down once she saw the Another Rider was gone.

"Just what we needed," Geiz sighed.

"At the very least that means Sougo will be one step closer to his goal," Tsukuyomi reminded.

"So uh…" Yang trailed as she saw Inazuman and the Riders, "What's going on here?"

"I think they know more than we do at this point," Blake gestured towards the Riders.

"Why were they here first anyway?" Weiss asked.

"So uh…" Zi-O trailed off, "What now?"

"Stop by the Kamen Rider Club, we can get acquainted there," Inazuman said as Miyoko hurried over, he looked over, "Huh?"

"Here, take these before you change back," Miyoko said as she presented the hero the tracksuit, "You don't need everyone staring, alright?"

"A-Ah… right," Inazuman stammered a bit in embarrassment, "Thank you."

It wouldn't be long before Inazuman hurried off before forming spectral butterfly wings, flying off and over one of the buildings.

"Huh, what was that about?" Zi-O asked as he and Woz dismissed their transformations.

"I don't think that's important, my Overlord," Woz said, "What is important is we have a new issue."

"True, Another Fourze is a pretty big deal," Sougo agreed.

"Salutations everyone," Penny said as she hurried over to Sougo and Woz while the rest of the group walked over as well.

"Hey guys," Ruby said, "What are you all doing here?"

"Uh… long story," Sougo said with a sheepish chuckle, "But um… Penny wanted to meet with a friend of Tsukasa's. Apparently he was going to be late so we were going to wait for him and then all this other stuff happened and uh…"

"Eh, Tsukasa…?" Miyoko asked, "You mean Kamen Rider Decade?"

"Wait…" Ruby trailed in near shock, "How do you know about Tsukasa?!"

"Oh well…" Miyoko started only to see someone walking over, "Oh, Gentaro!"

Everyone turned to see a teacher wearing a predominantly grey outfit. What stood out the most in his looks was that his hair was a stylish pompadour.

"Hey there Miyoppe, what's with all the commotion?" Gentaro asked as he walked over, "Isn't class supposed to be going on right now?"

"Sorry sir, it's just well, some things happened and uh…" Miyoko gave a bow before standing up straight and gesturing towards Sougo and Woz, "They're Kamen Riders!"

"Oh," Gentaro gave a chuckle, "Well if they're Kamen Riders then they're welcome here! I take it you were going to take them to the clubroom then?"

"Yes sir," Miyoko said, "Saburo's going to meet us over there too."

"Sounds good to me," Gentaro said before noticing the stares he was getting, "Oh right, the names Gentaro Kisaragi, Kamen Rider Fourze. I'm the guy who's gonna be friends with everybody, especially Kamen Riders," he then spread out his arms and gave a smile, "And I'm finally done with my errands!"

Penny clapped a few times, "Wonderful!"

"Okay yeah," Sougo gave a nod, "He's who we were going to meet up with."

Yang raised an eyebrow, "Really? Cause he's who we were looking for too."

"What a mountain of coincidences," Woz remarked.

"Tell me about it…" Geiz muttered.

"Is this the fastest we've met a Legend Rider or…?" Ruby leaned over and whispered to Tsukuyomi.

"I'd still say the record goes to you, given you knew Takumi and Nitoh well before any of us did…" Tsukuyomi whispered back.

"Well, that was easier than expected," Weiss admitted.

"Easier, but not unwelcome," Blake gave a nod.

"Oh right," Sougo said as he quickly drew out a Blank Ridewatch and hurried over to Gentaro, "Take this for now."


Another Fourze was currently in the office of an abandoned factory, having brought the woman that was the Pisces Zodiarts to the area before setting her down in the office. He held up a crystal-like switch with a gold button. He clicked the button as the woman's body began to glow a bright blue, she began giving a grunts and gasps as her body turned a bright blue before breaking apart into blue colored wisps of energy. The wisps all spiraled around and entered the switch before the device fed the energy to Another Fourze.

"That's what you get for choosing to go off on your own," Another Fourze said in a disappointed tone before tugging at his collar, "Suitable cosmic energy but not enough… they need to grow their power and expend it further."

The Another Rider then went to walk out of the office, slowly but surely making his way towards the center of the room.

"Where are those who share my hatred?" Another Fourze asked before five people began to walk out of the shadows of the factory, four men and one woman, all of them of varying ages and backgrounds, "There you all are…"

"What happened to Pisces?" One of the men asked.

"She bit off more than she could chew and revealed our existence too early," Another Fourze answered, "I've let her go as she's a liability."

"Damn it, I knew she was too unhinged," Another of the men remarked.

"So what do we do now?" The woman asked.

"There's no doubt they'll try and track us down," Another Fourze replied, "I say we let them, and then overwhelm them with the full power of the Zodiarts. But in the meantime…" he looked over to one man in particular, "Aries, I need you to do me a favor."

"A favor…?" The young man asked.


After explaining the situation to Ohsugi, it didn't take long for Gentaro and Miyoko to lead Team's Zi-O and RWBY over to the Kamen Rider Club. Of course both Sougo and Penny were surprised to see that it was the same room that Ohsugi was going to lead them into.

"Welcome to the Kamen Rider Club," Gentaro said as he and Miyoko led the way inside. It was a fairly standard room with various school necessities in it. Though what made it stand out was how it was decorated. It was vibrant and colorful, various banners and posters all around alongside various memorabilia of a chibi satellite mascot named Hayabusa-kun. Of course there was also a damaged flag of the Kamen Rider Club, proudly displayed in all its glory.

Despite all of this there were two major points of interest in the club. One was a large collage board with various pictures of the various members alongside their names, the center having the white astronaut/rocket themed Rider, Fourze. The other was a white poster that had various signatures and doodles of Riders on it.

"So this is the famous Kamen Rider Club," Penny gave a light gasp as her eyes lit up in surprise.

"Whoa," Ruby said as she looked around.

"So what exactly is the Kamen Rider Club?" Blake asked.

"Well it was originally to help me when I was Kamen Rider Fourze," Gentaro said, figuring that there was no need to beat around the bush, "But now it's basically a Rider Fan Club."

"Yep," Miyoko gave a nod, "And while threats don't come often nowadays, we're still here and ready for anything."

"There was also mention of a Youth League," Penny spoke up, "What exactly is that?"

"Oh that's Saburo's side of things," Miyoko admitted.

"It's an unofficial group that's connected to the Kamen Rider Club," Saburo said from behind everyone, a few of them letting out light yelps as they moved to the sides to make way for the student who was now wearing a track uniform, "But I guess you could say we support the KRC in their efforts and make sure no one tries to mess with this school or abuse psychic powers."

"Psychic powers…?" Yang raised an eyebrow.

"Whoa, you transformed and then went to run?" Sougo asked, "That's pretty impressive."

"My Overlord I do not think that's the case," Woz sighed.

"My uh… transformation kind of shreds my clothes," Saburo admitted with a light blush of embarrassment.

"Which is why there's now usually one person with a track suit on standby before he transforms back," Miyoko stated.

"So you were that blue warrior we saw?" Geiz asked, receiving a nod in response.

"I never even thought other heroes existed," Weiss admitted.

"They do indeed Miss Schnee," Woz nodded before holding up his book for everyone to see, showcasing Gaim in Kachidoki Arms alongside a half blue/half red mechanical warrior, "Alongside Saburo who is Inazuman, there are others who fought alongside Riders such as Kikaider who fought alongside Gaim briefly."

"Huh, cool…" Ruby said.

"Kisaragi, sir," Tsukuyomi said as the white poster with signatures and doodles had caught her attention. She slowly made her way over before noticing some of the signatures, "You mentioned it being a Fan Club now right?"

"Oh good eye," Gentaro said as he walked over, "I've had my Seniors and Juniors come by from time to time to just give speeches, hang out, or make appearances. And usually when they're done they'll sign this board to leave their mark."

"Wait, really?" Sougo asked as he and the others went over, everyone's eyes widening as they soon saw signatures of Riders they knew like Takumi, Haruto, Shotaro, even Tsukasa, all with their Rider names or a doodle of their Rider form. There were even a few signatures they didn't recognize either.

"So that's how she knew Tsukasa…" Ruby muttered with narrow eyes as she saw Tsukasa's signature, somehow feeling a strange sense of smugness radiating off of it and the accompanying doodle.

"You must be pretty popular," Yang mentioned.

"Well I have been called the friendliest Kamen Rider," Gentaro smiled.

"What an incredible title," Penny said.

Ruby's eyes meanwhile wandered over to the Kamen Rider Club member board and saw a young man on there with the name Ryusei Sakuta. Her eyes widened in realization, "That's right!"

"Huh, what's right?" Sougo asked.

"Mr. Kisaragi," Ruby said, "We were contacted by Ryusei Sakuta recently and he mentioned that he needed our help and yours because of a recent meteor strike."

"Oh yeah I think I heard about that on the news this morning," Gentaro said, "What did he need?"

"He didn't give too much information but he told us to get the Rider Clubs help before contacting him," Ruby explained, "And given who we ran into when we got here, I think we've got an Another Rider incident on our hands."

"That doesn't sound good," Gentaro grimaced before thinking a bit, "Well the current Rider Club can't do much, but I'm sure Saburo would be willing to help."

"Of course," Saburo gave a nod, "I still need to repay my debt to teacher."

"What about you?" Geiz asked, noticing the wording used, "I know you're a teacher but-"

"I can't transform anymore," Gentaro admitted as everyone stared at him in surprise, "In order to save Saburo I destroyed the Fourze Driver."

"Wait…" Weiss paused as she paused on what Gentaro had just said, "You destroyed it?!"

"How are we supposed to get the Watch now?" Geiz asked.

"Well remember Shinji's powers weren't exactly permanent," Ruby said as she tried to keep a calm head about the situation, "Regardless of if Mr. Kisaragi can or not, he's still Fourze. I think we'll be fine so long as we do our usual routine."

"Sorry about that," Gentaro flashed a sheepish smile as he rubbed the back of his neck, "While I can't fight on the field I can at least-"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"I can't believe more are here!"

Everyone was surprised by the sudden yells as two excitable students quickly entered. The first was fairly frail and thin with glasses and a bowl cut, while the other nearly towered over everyone in size and height.

"Chikao, Daita," Saburo said before noticing someone was missing today, "Where's Rumi?"

"She was sick today," Chikao said before staring at everyone with wide eyes, "Which is a shame because she's going to miss this!"

"How many of you guys are Kamen Riders?!" Daito asked with a booming voice, everyone backing up slightly at the fairly large student.

As if silently sealing their fate, Sougo, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Woz and Ruby all raised their hands.

"Wait, there was more of you?!" Miyoko asked nearly star struck at this while Saburo could only lightly sigh, as if realizing what was going to happen.

It didn't take long for the three students to immediately swarm them in asking them a multitude of questions. Thankfully there was only three of them, which meant the five weren't immediately overwhelmed with everyone else backing up.

"You know I'm suddenly glad I'm not a Rider anymore," Yang admitted with a nervous chuckle, her heart skipping a beat when the three students immediately turned towards her at those words, "Uh… Blake and Weiss used to be Riders too!"

"You really shouldn't have said that," Saburo muttered.

Blake and Weiss immediately turned towards their friend with glares, "YANG!"

"Chance…" Sougo grinned as he used the current distraction to slowly move towards Penny, tugging her along gently before managing to move towards Gentaro.

"Sougo…?" Penny asked only to nod when she saw Sougo put a finger to his lip.

"Hey Kisaragi, Sir," Sougo whispered as he looked over at the teacher who was watching his students with a smile, "Can we talk somewhere private?"

"Huh?" Gentaro looked over before nodding, "Sure."


Ryusei was currently watching as various Interpol agents and local officers worked on sectioning off the area that had fallen victim to the meteorite. While thankfully it hit a large rock mass in a quarry, what wasn't exactly welcoming was the constant glows and pulsating lights the meteor let out.

"So far it's secure," Ryusei said as he was in the middle of a call, before nodding a few times, "Get in contact with researcher I mentioned earlier. I have a feeling we'll need him for this."

"Sir," An agent quickly hurried over, "Area's secure."

"Good," Ryusei said before staring up at the meteor embedded in the rock, "For now start positioning everyone in defensive positions around this meteor. We're not sure what exactly this is and I'm not exactly anticipating this will be a quiet study."

"Yes sir," The agent said before hurrying off.

Despite the claim that the area was secure, watching from a nearby cliff was Finis, Ora, and Cinder, the three staring intently at the meteor before them.

"So this is what you've been up to?" Ora asked.

"Yes," Finis replied, "I figured since Uhr's plan failed so spectacularly we'd start on a new one."

"And that includes making sure we have multiple rates of success," Cinder added before glancing over, "Right?"

"Right," Finis nodded, "Where is Uhr by the way?"

"Still sulking and licking his wounds," Ora scoffed, "All cause he got too carried away and involved himself heavily with the fight. Without transforming we can't compete with the Riders on a direct front."

"Even then it sounds like you all weren't able to compete easily to begin with," Cinder said, giving a smirk when she saw Ora glaring her way, "I'm only speaking the truth."

"So what exactly are we doing here?" Ora asked, "I didn't come here to get badmouthed."

"Checking up on the remaining meteor that fell," Finis answered, "We intercepted one and created Another Fourze out of it. The other one was already gone by the time we got to it, and this is the last one but it hasn't activated yet."

"Why did the other one activate without help?" Cinder asked, "Or was it moved?"

"It could be a number of reasons," Finis mused, "Regardless this could be very promising for us."

"How is this promising again?" Ora asked, "We already created our Another Rider right? And this one apparently already calls itself a ruler? Why waste time on this chunk of rock."

"Normally it would be a waste of time," Finis agreed as they crossed their arms, "But can't you feel it Ora? While this rock radiates with cosmic energy, there's something more to that energy."

Ora could only stare in confusion at this before turning to stare directly at the meteor. A few seconds passed as her eyes began to widen, "It's…"

"Alive…" Finis finished, "But it hasn't fully awakened and reached its peak. So we must wait for it."

"Then I'll let you do all the boring waiting," Ora said as she turned before walking off, "I guess just tell me when this fails so I can get my turn at this, not like it matters…"

Finis could only watch as Ora walked away before vanishing, raising an eyebrow at the near apathetic comment that Ora made.

"So she clearly doesn't care to put the effort in, Uhr's sulking currently," Cinder listed off, "Where's Swartz in all of this?"

"He seems to preparing his big plan, so I assume he wants us to buy time with the Another Riders," Finis said as they stared intently at the meteor, "However I plan to do more than that."

"I knew it," Cinder gave a smirk as she looked at the Time Jacker, "Not satisfied with his leadership, huh?"

"More like I desire my own ending," Finis admitted, "It's why I'm glad I was able to choose you, I know you'll be able to help me in the long run."

"Well you got me out of Salem's grasp," Cinder reminded, "So the least I can do is back you up."

"Then I'd like for you to wait and take that power when the time is right," Finis said as they walked over to Cinder and handed a Blank Ridewatch.

"Of course," Cinder said as she took the Blank Ridewatch, "I'll make sure we get that power."

"Good," Finis said before walking off and vanishing.

Cinder gripped the Blank Ridewatch tightly, "Alright you hunk of rock… I'll wait as much as I need to in order to take that power from you."


Gentaro, Sougo and Penny were currently outside, a bit of a ways away from the clubroom. Of course despite this the excitement and energy of the various members of the KRC could just be barely heard beyond the walls.

"Alright, I take it this has to do with why Tsukasa contacted me," Gentaro spoke up as he put his hands in his pockets, "So before we got wrapped up in all this Another Rider business, what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh, um…" Penny trailed off as she wasn't sure what to really say now that she was here, "Um... I wanted to…"

"Penny…?" Sougo asked, noticing his friend was stalling, "Are you okay?"

"I am fine, but I am not sure of what to ask admittedly," Penny spoke up as she slowly but surely started to ramble, "I suppose I am just interested in Earth's various features and I wish to gain more knowledge and understanding, especially since Ruby a little over a year of her time here for a while."

"I see," Gentaro said as he stayed where he was.

"So I started researching schools, since standard education is different from what I am used to," Penny explained, "That was when I ended up finding out about the Kamen Rider Club and my interest grew even more, especially if I could use whatever knowledge I had to help Ruby out."

"You really care a lot about your buddies, huh?" Gentaro asked with a smile.

"Oh absolutely, Ruby and I are BFF's, same with Sougo," Penny explained with a smile, "They have helped me out so much that I wish to simply return the favor however I can."

"Well I'm not sure how much knowledge I can give you," Gentaro admitted, "But if you want to know more about Riders you've come to the right place."

"Thank you," Penny said as she bowed before looking over at Sougo, "And again, thank you again for helping me out."

"Hey, you were nervous and I figured I could help," Sougo shrugged, "It's what we do, you know?"

"I suppose so," Penny nodded.

"I'm always a fan of people who cherish their friendships," Gentaro spoke up as he looked over at Sougo, "It was nice of you to accompany her here to ease her worries."

"Oh uh, thanks," Sougo said with a slight bow, "So you're really into friendship, huh?"

"Being buddies with someone is making a strong bond with them," Gentaro explained, "A bond that can go beyond whatever life throws at you."

"I can't argue with that," Sougo said with a fond smile as he looked back on his time as a Rider, "There were a lot of rough patches where I wasn't sure if me and everyone in there would still be friends… but we managed to pull through."

"There'll always be those times of doubt and uncertainty with your friends," Gentaro agreed, "But so long as your bonds remain strong, you'll be able to overcome them no matter what."

"Yeah," Sougo nodded before softly chuckling, "Admittedly I wish we could've run into you earlier, I feel like that would've been a big help."

"Maybe," Gentaro said as he paced around, "Maybe not."

"Oh?" Sougo looked over.

"What do you mean?" Penny asked.

"While I can impart lessons onto others, it's always up to them to take the next step," Gentaro explained as he glanced over at the younger Rider, "In the end the one who needs to make those precious and important decisions is you."

"I see," Sougo replied.

"What wonderful words of advice," Penny spoke up with a few claps.

"That being said, young lady," Gentaro said as he had a good look at Penny, "You're a mechanical life form, right?"

"Whoa," Sougo's mouth opened up in surprise, "How did you…?"

"That would be correct," Penny nodded, "I suppose my legs gave it away."

"Just a bit, but also because I have experience with robotic buddies," Gentaro admitted as he walked over and held out his hand, "So put it here!"

"Ooh," Penny instinctively reached out to shake Gentaro's hand.

Gentaro grabbed Penny's hand before clasping it harder, he then let go before performing a fist bump with her, before finally bumping his fist against the top and bottom of Penny's fist.

"Incredible…" Penny stared at her palm in awe as her eyes lit up.

"Whoa, that was pretty cool!" Sougo called out in surprise.

"Here," Gentaro said as he walked over to Sougo, soon performing the same handshake, "Now we're buds too!"

"I have seen many handshakes but not one like that," Penny admitted as she looked over, "Just what was that?"

"That's my sign of friendship," Gentaro pounded his chest before pointing at Penny only to let out a wince as a bright light was shining from his pocket, "Huh?"

"Oh, wait already?" Sougo asked in surprise.

"It would appear so," Penny said.

"What is…?" Gentaro pulled out the Blank Watch he was given, it flashing orange and revealing a white base with an orange dial and button, Fourze's helmet being shown on the Ridewatch, "Oh, these are those Watch things right?"

"Yeah," Sougo said before giving a yelp as he caught the suddenly tossed Ridewatch, "Thank you."

"No problem, from what Tsukasa said you all need those to beat the Another Rider, right?" Gentaro asked.

"Well not specifically, but I still need them all so I can become a King and Kamen Rider," Sougo explained as he held up the Ridewatch.

"King and Kamen Rider huh," Gentaro could only whistle at that, "That's quite a spectacular dream you've got there."

"Thank you sir," Sougo bowed.

"No need to get all formal," Gentaro replied, "Speaking of, you and your friends can call me Gentaro, alright?"

"Alright," Sougo said as Penny nodded.

"Speaking of Ridewatches," Penny realized, "We should be tracking down Another Fourze now, correct?"

"Ah that's true," Sougo realized, "I guess while we could have originally, we should do it now that we have the Ridewatch."

"Then how about we get your friends some breathing room," Gentaro suggested as he walked back to the Kamen Rider Club alongside Sougo and Penny. When they entered Gentaro clapped his hands a few times, "Alright kids, aren't you all supposed to be in class?"

"But what about that issue they were talking about?" Saburo asked.

"You all can help after class," Gentaro said in a slight stern manner before softening his expression, "I'll get all the details, alright? Also don't worry about our Rider friends. I'm sure they'll be sticking around for a bit after this is done."

"Come on guys," Saburo said as he began to herd his friends out of the room despite a few protests, figuring he could trust Gentaro's judgment, "Let's get back to class."

Thanks to both Gentaro's and Saburo's words, Chikao, Daita and Miyoko all reluctantly agreed as they were hurried out before Saburo shut the door behind them.

"Whew… that was a lot," Yang sighed.

"How do you think I felt back in Atlas when everything was said and done?" Ruby asked.

"I do not envy you," Blake sighed, "Which is why I'm glad that my parents took care of any public appearances after Haven."

"So what exactly is the plan?" Gentaro asked.

"Well we have the Fourze Ridewatch," Sougo said as he held it out to show everyone else, "I think we can deal with Another Fourze now."

Woz could only smile at this, "Very impressive my Overlord."

"Nice," Ruby pumped her fist.

"Good idea," Geiz said, "I know that Ryusei wanted the Rider Clubs help but we can handle it."

"I think we'll still need their help," Blake admitted, "After all there's still that meteor that he's guarding."

"Hopefully if we can stop Another Fourze first then we'll only have to deal with the meteor," Tsukuyomi said, "There is one worrying part…"

"The Time Jackers, right?" Weiss asked.

"It is odd they did not show up immediately," Penny admitted, "In fact after Uhr was driven off he did not try to interfere with our fight with Another Hibiki afterwards."

"Something smells fishy," Yang said.

"So do you have a plan to find Another Fourze?" Geiz turned towards Sougo.

"That… I'm still working on," Sougo admitted as he slumped a bit, "I'm not even sure where he could be."

"Why suggest going after him then?" Geiz questioned.

"Hey now, it's a solid strategy even if it doesn't have much backing to it," Weiss argued.

"I believe I can be of assistance," Penny said as she pointed upwards while her eyes shined a bright green, "I was actually scanning Another Fourze during his brief appearance. And while I am still unsure as to how some people can disappear near instantly by making themselves non-visible, I was able to figure out how Another Fourze was able to."

Geiz raised an eyebrow, "How?"

"His body does not seem to be that of a normal human's," Penny said, "I did not mention this earlier but I took the liberty of discreetly scanning Another Hibiki previously to try and get a read on his identity but could only find he was human. When scanning Another Fourze I found that he was made up of a strange energy."

"Strange energy…?" Tsukuyomi asked, "Were you able to find anything on it?"

"Thankfully I was able to," Penny admitted, "While its body is not fully composed of it… I compared to research notes and data across the world for various strange energies and found one result that was a near match, Cosmic Energy."

"Cosmic Energy, huh…" Gentaro mused as everyone began to look at him, realizing the attention was on him he cleared his throat to speak up, "It's basically the power of the universe itself and is how my gear as Fourze was powered. This school in particular was built where a lot of Cosmic Energy would flow too."

"Huh, good to know," Ruby said before looking over at Penny, "So how does knowing he's made of Cosmic Energy help us?"

"I can now adjust my scanners to search for Cosmic Energy," Penny said simply, "Thus I should be able to track our Another Rider to somewhere in the city."

"Just make sure to discount any quarries if you get more than one signal," Ruby said, "Since that's where the meteor is."

"Affirmative," Penny said as she gave a salute, "Though I will need to gain altitude to do this."

"Then I think we should bring in the Time Mazine's," Sougo suggested.

"Sounds good to me," Geiz said with a nod.

"I'll leave you all to it," Gentaro said as he went over to the door, "After all while I did get on my students, I need to get to teaching too."

"Oh right, when you can please get in contact with Ryusei," Ruby said as she remembered the Interpol agent's words, "I figure he'll have an idea of what to do next while we take care of Another Fourze."

"Thanks for the heads up," Gentaro gave a thumbs-up, "I'll make the call as soon as possible."


"I am…"

The mysterious silver armored warrior that had landed in the suspicious building and made its escape last night was standing on a rooftop. It stared out into the city in thought as it started to speak, a male voice being heard.

"I am… Boot…"

It looked around as it surveyed the city, as if looking for something.

"My purpose is…"

Its visor flashed as it began to review the data it had taken from the computer upon its crash landing. It saw various images of Kamen Riders, old, new, those that had fought recently against the Another Riders, and those that had not.

"My name is Boot," the armored entity, now Boot, declared as it looked up at an odd noise, soon seeing a streak of green in the distance alongside the Zi-O and Geiz Unit Time Mazine's flying after it, "And my purpose is to hunt and destroy all Kamen Riders."


After getting up into the air, it was a simple matter for Penny to scan the surroundings and hone in on the largest source of Cosmic Energy. Once there she led everyone to the factory that Another Fourze and the Zodiarts were hiding out at. Everyone entered carefully, the Riders having their Drivers on while Penny had Floating Array out and the remainder of Team RWBY had their personal and Rider weapons ready.

What they weren't expecting was for Another Fourze to be waiting for them, his arms crossed as he had the Aquarius, Capricorn, and Taurus Zodiarts with him.

"So you've finally decided to show up, huh?" Capricorn asked.

"We've been waiting for you," Aquarius said.

"You shouldn't mess with us," Taurus added.

Another Fourze simply gave a grunt and a nod as he stood there with his arms crossed.

"Are you all mocking us?" Geiz questioned.

"What exactly is your goal?" Tsukuyomi asked, "Why wait for us instead of acting out on your plan."

"Because we were told there were plenty of meddling pests," Taurus said, "Thus making sure you all are out of the way is our best bet."

"What arrogance," Woz remarked.

"Yeah, someone's a bit too big for their britches," Yang added.

"We'll show you what happens when you mess with us," Aquarius said as she stepped forward, "We won't let some brats get in our way."

"They're not answering anything," Blake muttered.

"Unfortunately," Weiss agreed, "But we'll need to stop them regardless."

"Yeah, we don't plan on you going any further than right now," Ruby said as she brought out her base Ridewatch alongside the others.

"Alright everyone, let's go," Sougo looked at everyone before readying his transformation.

"Henshin!"

[RIDER/FUTURE TIME!]

[KAMEN RIDER ZI-O!]

[KAMEN RIDER GEIZ!]

[KAMEN RIDER ROZE!]

[SUGOI! JIDAI! MIRAI! KAMEN RIDER WOZ! WOZ!]

[KAMEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI! TSU-KU-YO-MI!]

"You think you all scare us?!" Capricorn questioned as he brought out a guitar, Aquarius bringing out a multi-headed whip while Taurus brought out a golf club-like wand. Capricorn howled out as he strummed his electric guitar, unleashing multiple strings of music notes out at the Riders and their allies.

Everyone quickly began to spread out while rushing forward, the music notes striking the ground all around and behind them as they rushed past. As a result explosions kicked up behind them in a bright display.

Roze wasted no time in using Petal Burst to launch past the Zodiarts, reforming mid-air and kicking at Another Fourze who blocked by raising his arms. Roze kicked off before landing, rushing forward for a few punches as she tried to get a feel for Another Fourze.

Another Fourze just gave grunts as he began to block against the attacks, quickly kicking Roze back. He was ready to move in when he was shot several times, Zi-O moving in with the Zikan Girade in its gun mode.

"So why not go Zi-O II again?" Roze asked.

"I figured I could use Gentaro's power this time since we got it pretty early," Zi-O admitted.

Another Fourze growled, rushing forward and swinging at both Riders to force them on the defensive. This worked as both Roze and Zi-O split from each other while backing up. The Another Rider looked around, realizing that the Zodiarts were all busy with their own fights and punched the palm of his hand while standing his ground.

Capricorn shouted as he unleashed strings of musical notes again from his guitar, the attacks striking in order to try and scatter the Riders and Huntresses further.

"That music's getting annoying," Tsukuyomi said as she brought out her Zikan Girade Tsu to shoot at Capricorn and distract him.

"Then let's start taking them out!" Weiss quickly aimed and swiped a card on her Chalice Arrow.

[TORNADO!]

Combining it with Fire Dust in Myrtenaster she shot a spiraling stream of fire towards Aquarius. The Zodiarts attempted to defend itself with its whip only for the fire to brush past it and strike against the Zodiarts. The result was Aquarius getting burn marks and shattering her jar-like left shoulder. To everyone's surprise however, water immediately began rushing out of her other shoulder, washing over her body. The water healed and restored her body to perfect condition within an instant.

"You're joking!" Weiss called out in disbelief.

Aquarius quickly lashed out with her whips, only for the whips to be redirected by a sudden whirlwind appearing around Weiss. Aquarius was surprised at this before seeing a bright flash of green from above, screaming out as she was struck in the gut and sent tumbling.

"Are you alright Weiss?" Penny asked as she landed.

"I am, thanks for that," Weiss gave a nod before giving a glare when she saw the wounds on Aquarius heal once more.

"She can just regenerate infinitely? That's cheating!" Yang called out as she punched against Taurus who blocked her Magma Knuckle with his staff. She was pushed away only for Blake to slide between the two, the cat Faunus slashing forward with the Gashacon Sparrow and striking at Taurus gut.

The two Huntresses however had to leap back when Taurus seemed to be unaffected by their attacks, the Zodiarts slamming his club into the ground and tearing up the concrete as a result.

"It doesn't matter what it is!" Geiz called out as he kicked against Capricorn after getting close enough, punching forward only to get blocked by the Zodiarts' guitar, "These guys are likely being powered by Another Fourze, so we just need to wait for Zi-O to finish it!"

"Like you'll get rid of us that easily," Capricorn scoffed as he shoved Geiz away, "Now let's rock and roll!"

"You think it's going to be easy?" Geiz asked as he staggered back, soon seeing Tsukuyomi and Woz walk over. The three time traveling Riders all brandished their weapons before rushing towards the Zodiarts.

[GIANT FOOT ON!]

A sudden giant projection of an enlarged boot formed between the Riders and Capricorn, smashing against the ground and forcing all of them backwards.

"What the hell?" Geiz asked.

"Huh?" Tsukuyomi looked around for the source of the attack.

Walking in from the entrance was Boot, its visor shining brightly as it began to make its way towards the battles. Everyone slowly but surely paused when they heard and saw the sudden surprise attack, all of them being visibly confused at seeing what looked like a Kamen Rider approaching them.

"A Kamen Rider…?" Blake questioned.

"Whoa, who's that?" Zi-O asked.

"What even…" Woz narrowed his eyes behind his helmet, noticing that Boot had a metallic blue Fourze Driver, but with two of the Switch ports covered, the only ones open being those that were for the leg Switches. He stood straight as he stared at the newcomer, "Who are you?"

"I am Rider Hunter Boot," Boot declared as it continued to walk forward before running towards Woz, "And it is my mission to defeat all Kamen Riders!"

"What a farcical statement," Woz scoffed before brandishing his Despear, "Worry not my Overlord, Companions, I'll deal with him."

Boot rushed towards Woz and punched at him, its fist being blocked by the Despear. It was then forced back before getting struck in the chest by the spear, sparks flying.

"I will not be deterred in my mission," Boot called out before charging at Woz again, "It is imperative that I complete it."

"Your mission…" Woz muttered as he raised his spear and blocked Boot's grab before forcing the Rider-like entity's arms down.

With how passionate Boot sounded, Woz couldn't help but let his thoughts wander to his own mission and how deep in it he was at the moment. In fact, to him, he was too deep into it upon further realization. His acting had turned into actual concern and worry at some point, because why would he of all people get worried about Sougo's birthday?

[HOPPING ON!]

Boot managed to swap out Switches, using a pink pogo-stick leg armament to bounce away from Woz's grapple. It then dismissed the Module before rushing towards Woz once more.

"Such a pitiful existence," Woz remarked in clear disdain as he dodged out of the way, "Merely following a directive are we? You do not seem to be a part of any of this but still wish to get in the way because of some paltry mission."

"You will not stall my mission," Boot answered, "I will destroy you first and start my progress."

"That's it!" Capricorn yelled out in annoyance as he stomped his foot before playing his electric guitar even further, flashes suddenly occurring on the Zodiarts and Another Fourze as they all yelled out, "Time for a power up!"

Aquarius immediately lashed out with her multi-headed whip, Penny being forced to bring Floating Array forward, spinning it around to block against the lashes.

[REFLECT!]

Weiss quickly scanned another Rouse Card and formed a Glyph in front of Floating Array. The Glyph gained a silver sheen as the whips were deflected back.

Taurus meanwhile gathered energy in his club and slammed it into the ground, causing small cracks to unleash bursts of energy outwards. Yang braced against it as she crossed her arms while Blake used Shadow to dodge out of the way. Blake then switched her Gashacon Sparrow into its arrow mode and firing off arrows to distract Taurus.

Taurus was struck a few times before shouting, unleashing a blast of energy from its club at Blake. The blast hit, only for it to reveal that Blake had used Shadow to dodge to the side.

[ROSE! GLACIAL KNUCKLE!]

Thorny vines made of ice suddenly snaked across the ground and ensnared Taurus, trapping him before and causing some minor damage to him as a few sparks flew.

"Alright," Yang pumped her fist as she held her Blizzard Knuckle, soon prepping her Magma Knuckle for the finisher.

"Not yet!" Taurus yelled out as he shattered the vines with his great strength, "I won't lose! Not when I can finally have my revenge against that damn school!"

Yang backed away while Blake narrowed her eyes at this.

"Okay this is getting out of hand," Geiz said.

"Go help the others, I'll handle the musician," Tsukuyomi said as she brought out the Hibiki Ridewatch, "We can't afford to have him keep boosting the others."

"Fine," Geiz said before rushing over to where Weiss and Penny were fighting Aquarius.

Tsukuyomi turned towards Capricorn before running forward and initiating her Armor Time.

[ARMOR TIME! HIBIKI!]

Tsukuyomi assumed the Hibiki Armor in a burst of purple flames, drawing out her Ongekibou Rekka while lighting them on fire before swinging at Capricorn.

Another Fourze meanwhile let loose a shout, bringing out a black staff and swinging at both Riders he was facing. Roze and Zi-O backed up before Roze brought out Crescent Rose in its scythe formation, using its reach to clash with the Another Rider and forcing him into a stalemate.

"Sougo, I think it's time we finish this," Roze suggested.

"Right," Zi-O nodded as he brought out the Fourze Ridewatch and activated it.

[FOURZE!]

Suddenly white and orange rocket themed armor appeared, this one being fairly different from the standard Armor Times as it was just the forearms, shoulders, chest, helmet and shins. The armor crouched down before rising up and spreading its arms out. It suddenly merged together into a rocket-like shape afterwards, soon breaking apart and attaching to Zi-O.

[ARMOR TIME! 3, 2, 1! FOURZE!]

The armor added extra body padding to the sides of Zi-O's suit while adding orange lines running down. His chest resembled Fourze's while he had a backpack with rocket boosters. His gauntlets were two miniature rockets with tips that still had openings for his Ridewatch Holsters, and his shins held the bottom halves of rockets with boosters as well. Like usual, the helmet piece helped resemble Fourze's helmet, with extra attachments to mimic the side fins. The front of the helmet was pure black like Fourze's mask with the Katakana for Fourze latching onto Zi-O after the transformation completed.

Smoke began to exit the gaps in the armor as the boosters began to come to life, Zi-O striking a fighting stance as he stared at Another Fourze who had just got forced back by Roze.

"REJOICE!"

Everyone turned towards Woz who pointed at Zi-O with his Despear, the Rider easily dodging a sneak attack from Boot before smacking the pseudo-rider away.

"He is the heir to the power of all Riders," Woz recited his usual speech as he dodged out of the way of another attempted attack from Boot, "The ruler of time, traveling beyond time and space to reign over past and future… his name is Kamen Rider Zi-O: Fourze Armor! And in this moment, he has once again received the power of a fellow Rider!"

"…" Boot stared at Woz for a bit when it heard this.

"Crap," Capricorn hissed out before shoving Tsukuyomi back and leaping away, "Don't worry I've got you!"

"Huh?" Roze turned before her eyes widened, "Sougo, watch out!"

"Huh?" Zi-O turned before giving a yelp as he witnessed projections of musical note strings being launched at him. He used his boosters to leap backwards, gaining more distance before launching out both of his rocket gauntlets, the gauntlets snaked around wildly as they struck and shattered the musical strings before returning to him.

"What?" Capricorn gasped out.

"Pay attention!" Tsukuyomi rushed in from the side, slamming her flaming Ongekibou Rekka against Capricorn and unleashing a burst of fire. The Zodiart yelled out as the burst sent him flying backwards.

[FINISH TIME!]

Capricorn gasped as a projection of an Ongekiko launched towards him. He strummed his guitar, sending strings of music to clash against the projected drum only for it to tear through them with ease and slam against him.

Tsukuyomi rushed towards the stunned Zodiarts, raising her arms and skidded to a stop once she was near the Ongekiko. She then began beating the drum projection, keeping to the beat but speeding up at a rapid pace, energy building and building within the Zodiarts.

[ONGEKI TIME JACK!]

Tsukuyomi reeled her arms back before slamming her Ongekibou into the drum, an explosion of energy erupting from Capricorn. A man fell back from the explosion, stunned as a Horoscopes Switch was dropped.

"Good riddance," Tsukuyomi said before turning towards Zi-O's fight.

Another Fourze rushed for Zi-O, swinging his staff only for it to get blocked by Zi-O's rocket gauntlet.

Zi-O let out a shout as he threw his arm to the side, managing to force the staff out of the Another Rider's hand. He then rushed forward with a few punches, his boosters activating in small bursts to increase the force behind his attacks.

Another Fourze swung at Zi-O but missed as the Rider somehow managed to duck despite the weighty armor. The Another Rider ran past Zi-O but quickly turned only to back up when he saw one of Zi-O's rocket gauntlets raised.

Zi-O used this to his advantage and used his boosters to spin quickly while punching forward, unleashing a spinning rocket punch that struck against Another Fourze's chest. The result sent the Another Rider rolling backwards.

"Alright, let's finish this!" Zi-O declared as he launched his left rocket gauntlet upwards to allow his hand to reach his belt to ready his finisher.

[FINISH TIME! FOURZE!]

The rocket gauntlet returned as Zi-O entered a crouched state, his boosters activating at max power as smoke began to accumulate from his body. He leapt up and spun, shifting his body as he became a human sized rocket.

"It's time for space!"

Zi-O launched forward in his rocket state, slamming into Another Fourze's gut as a circular portal appeared that held a starry background. Zi-O dragged Another Fourze through the portal, it vanishing afterwards.


The two were suddenly transported into the space above Earth, Zi-O stopping his ascent as Another Fourze floated backwards.

"Space Rocket Drilling Kick!" Zi-O shouted out his attack. While he normally wouldn't, for some reason the Armor Time compelled him to. He stayed in his rocket state but held his feet close together, spinning around rapidly before becoming a tornado of pink energy that launched against Another Fourze, causing an explosive burst to occur.

[LIMIT TIME BREAK!]

Right as the finisher connected another portal opened up right on top of them, dragging both of them back into it and returning them to the factory.


Everyone watched as another warp gate opened up, Another Fourze falling out and landing before exploding. Zi-O landed with his back facing his opponent, striking a pose as a large explosion occurred behind him, lighting the factory up.

"Whoa that was cool," Roze quickly hurried over, "What did you even do?"

"Well I think we went to space," Zi-O said as he recounted how the finisher work, "Then I used my Space Rocket Drilling Kick."

"What's with that name?" Roze snickered.

"What?" Zi-O asked with a huff, "I thought it was a fine enough name."

"Damn it… it wasn't supposed to…"

Roze and Zi-O turned towards the dying flames of the explosion to see Another Fourze stumbling forward. Another Fourze began to shimmer black smoke began to cover his body to reveal that he was a black suited Zodiarts with a large disc-like head.

Taurus gave a light gasp, "Libra!"

"Libra…?" Tsukuyomi questioned.

The now known Libra Zodiarts exploded before a random man fell out of the explosion with a Horoscopes Switch clattering near him.

"Eh?" Zi-O stared at the fallen man.

"That wasn't the Another Rider?" Roze questioned.

"Of course it wasn't!"

Rocket On!

Gatling On!

An orange rocket was launched out towards Roze and Zi-O, the two bracing before yelling as they were blown away. Tsukuyomi meanwhile gasped and braced as a multitude of bullets were sent her way, sparks flying as she was forced to stagger away from the opponent she had just defeated. It wasn't long before time suddenly froze everyone in place except for Aquarius, Taurus and the two unconscious Horoscopes.

"Time… Jacker…" Tsukuyomi gritted her teeth as she began concentrating her powers inwardly, trying to use it to forcefully break out from the time stop.

"I was hoping that Aries would come back in time so that I could ambush you all with him but it seems he's taking too long," Another Fourze said as he walked out of the shadows with Finis beside him.

"You should really work on your subordinates performance," Finis said as they looked around, noticing that Tsukuyomi was starting to force her way through the time stop, "No matter, it's clear that a tactical retreat is in order."

"Right…" Another Fourze said as he activated another one of his powers.

Smoke On!

The canister projection from earlier had formed on Another Fourze's right leg, unleashing smoke out from where he stood. The smoke spread out towards his followers, both defeated and still standing. It wasn't long before he and the other Horoscopes were no longer able to be seen as Finis turned to walk away, time resuming as the elder Time Jacker vanished.

"I seriously hate that…" Blake groaned out as she staggered forward.

"Almost…" Tsukuyomi muttered as she had managed to get some movement in. While field combat was good for her, she really needed to keep practicing on honing her skills.

"So uh…" Zi-O said as he began to look around before noticing Boot was still with them, "Why is he still here?"

"I have no affiliation with that group," Boot answered as it was in a defensive stance near Woz.

"But you were attacking us," Yang pointed out.

"My mission is to defeat all Kamen Riders," Boot answered.

Penny narrowed her eyes as she tried to run a scan on Boot, coming up with similar results to Another Fourze though without the Another Rider transformation she was able to get a cleaner scan.

"And you'd risk your entire existence to just keep up this fight?" Geiz asked.

"Come now Geiz, he is a simply bound to his mission," Woz remarked with a scoff, "If he wishes for us to deal with him immediately then we should give him a swift defeat."

"We don't have time for this," Geiz replied, "Another Fourze is still out there and we have no idea what he's planning."

"Why will you not fight me?" Boot questioned, noticing that no one was immediately attacking.

"Why do you want to fight us to begin with?" Roze asked before holding up her hand when she saw Boot's head move, "And don't just say your mission."

"I… I…" Boot trailed as it stared at the ground.

"Come now Miss Rose," Woz said, "Why are you prolonging his defeat? It his mission to defeat us thus we must defeat him in retaliation."

"What is wrong with my purpose?" Boot asked.

"Your purpose isn't the issue, it's that you're bound to it," Woz answered in a near frustrated manner, "Such a sad fate as you don't realize how bigger this fight is than you alone. I am simply suggesting we put an end to you so you mustn't aimlessly wander to fulfill your purpose."

"I assumed you would understand given your assumed role towards Zi-O," Boot replied as it only had a little information to go on from what it saw, "However I guess I was wrong."

"Excuse me…?" Woz asked as his eye twitched beneath his mask.

"Whoa, was not expecting that kind of sass," Yang remarked.

"My mission is to defeat all Kamen Riders," Boot said before turning away and walking off, "That is all."

"Then why aren't you attacking us?" Geiz asked.

"I… I don't know," Boot answered hesitantly before walking out of the factory.

"Just what was that all about?" Zi-O asked.

"I think for now we should focus on contacting Gentaro," Tsukuyomi suggested, "Something tells me Another Fourze isn't going to be as quiet as he was before."

Everyone nodded at that as the Riders dismissed their transformations, the group walking out to get to their Time Mazines.


"Jeez, those guys are getting pretty loud," the man that was designated Aries said as he began to make his way back towards the factory, "But the good thing is I can tell our boss that I've secured the secondary base. Now hopefully Libra will buy us enough time to…"

"Sorry to say, but you won't be reporting back."

"Huh?" the man turned around before watching as an Aurora Curtain formed in front of him, it sliding back to reveal Narutaki. He felt a chill down his spine and quickly drew out his Zodiarts Switch, "I don't know who you are but I'll-"

The man suddenly felt the backs of his knees kicked in as he was forced to kneel with his wrist being grabbed. Before he could get up he felt a sharp edge against his neck, he glanced back to see who the assailant was. Neopolitan was currently restraining him with a smile on her face, Hush in its blade form being what was against his neck.

"Good job Neo," Narutaki complimented as he approached the two, "With him that's one acquisition out of the way."

To Be Continued…


Next Time:

"I don't plan on making the same mistakes he did."

"In the end I wasn't satisfied."

"Farwell foolish heroes!"

"Kamen Rider Ginga…"

"IT'S SPACE TIME!"

Chapter 101: 2019: Return of the Galaxy King


Author's Note: Well with that preview and the setup in the chapter out of the way, welcome to Fourze/Ginga territory. I've decided that Fourze gets to be extended out like Blade and Agito by it getting three chapters. Original plans had Fourze and Ginga done separately with each receiving two chapters, but there wasn't enough to really work with.

Of course, we've got a lot of cameos in from Movie War Ultimatum, the most prominent being Inazuman since well… of course he'd be here. We've also got me putting my own spin on a Rider-like entity from a stage show by adapting Boot into the story. It was very fun to work with, especially since Boot is a neutral entity at the moment. Speaking of Boot, I'd like to mention I enjoyed how a lot of people immediately just defaulted to "That's a Buffa line" with one of the preview lines I had for Boot in this chapter.

As for other comments though, I'll reiterate that I plan to try and use everything in Zi-O for the most part. That also means Another Zero-One as he is a part of Zi-O's story in a sense. So we'll at least be dealing with Zero-One in terms of Roze. Saber well... unless I decide to do a crossover between Sympho-Saber and Roze, I likely won't delve deeply into it. Revice and Geats though may be visited in the Gaiden Story since the plan is to finish this story up and post story content to be funneled into the Gaiden Story. But that's still fairly far off at the moment, and with that said, thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.