Rider Time Zi-O: Roze from Remnant
Chapter 102 – 2068: Limit Break, Ginga Finally!
Woz was currently in the black void of Zi-O Trinity, the spotlight shining down upon him as he began his usual narration.
"As it is written in this book, Tokiwa Sougo embarks on a path which will lead him to become the overlord of time, Oma Zi-O," Woz said as he opened up his book and looked inside at the contents, showcasing Roze RWBY form and Fourze defeating Another Fourze, "Miss Rose continues to prove herself as she teams up with Fourze to deal with his Another Rider counterpart. Of course, that seemed to not matter in the long run as its user, Lem Kannagi is back and wishes to make his return as the Galaxy King."
Woz paused as he closed his book, giving a sigh.
"Meanwhile… we've run into a snag. The meteorite has created a new Kamen Rider known as Ginga for us to contend with… and it may be more than we're capable of dealing with…"
Earth – Early May 2019
"Decay is the fate of all things," Ginga said as it began gathering Cosmic Energy into a sphere before launching it towards the Riders and Penny, "That is the one absolute law."
[BEAT ON!]
Boot suddenly leapt between the energy blast and the Riders, forming the Beat Module on its right leg as it unleashed wave after wave of sound. Despite the energy sphere pushing forward the disruptions were too great, splitting the sphere into multiple spheres and sending them out towards the sides. Explosions occurred around everyone as Zi-O, Meteor, Tsukuyomi and Penny stared in surprise.
"Why are you…?" Woz started to speak up.
"I am to eliminate all Kamen Riders starting with the strongest," Boot declared before pointing towards Ginga, "And he is the strongest."
"Oh?" Ginga tilted its head.
"That's kind of mean…" Zi-O muttered, "We're pretty strong."
"Not the point Sougo," Tsukuyomi sighed.
"Kamen Rider Ginga, I will defeat you," Boot said towards Ginga before bringing out and activating a different Switch.
[GATLING ON!]
Boot brought out the Gatling Module, unleashing a hail of bullets at Ginga who formed energy bubbles to catch the bullets with ease.
"Our best option would be to retreat," Penny admitted as she surveyed the situation, "We were just barely able to land a hit on it before with Tsukuyomi and it likely knows what we plan to do next. I suspect we only have a 30% Chance of winning."
"You're right," Meteor nodded, "We need to clear out as soon as possible."
"Penny I need a whirlwind around Ginga for a distraction," Zi-O said as he began to remove his Ridewatches, "Woz you're on extraction duty."
"Roger," Penny gave a nod before holding her hands out and accessing her magic.
"If I must," Woz said.
Ginga continued to block the bullets before releasing his energy bubbles, the bullets all dropping to the ground around it. A whirlwind suddenly appeared as it tried to step forward, the wind picking up the dirt and dust in the area and obscuring its vision entirely.
"Alright Woz…" Zi-O said as he fully dismissed his transformation, separating back into Sougo, Geiz and Woz, "Now!"
"With pleasure," Woz said as he extended his scarf out, wrapping it around the group alongside Boot who backed up near them in confusion. It wasn't long before the scarf restricted around them before they all vanished.
The whirlwind around Ginga began to fade and disperse as the galactic Rider stared forward at the empty space in front of it. It simply scoffed before walking forward, planning on making its way into the city.
In a storm tunnel system, a grey scarf unfurled from nothingness, spreading out and soon revealing that Woz had warped everyone there, Tsukuyomi and Meteor dismissing their transformations.
"What?" Boot looked around in surprise before realizing what had happened, "Oh."
"What the heck is with that Ginga Rider?" Sougo asked as he went to sit down.
"Its strength was on an entirely different level than ours…" Geiz admitted with a frown.
"Is it because it's from space?" Tsukuyomi asked.
"I'm not sure, I was aware of a SOLU being a Rider prior but her strength was nothing compared to that monster's," Ryusei replied, "Though his form is odd… most of it reminds me of a form Gentaro would take occasionally, Fusion States."
"Recycled armor… that belt… I think Ginga's the same kind of Rider that Weiss, Blake and Yang were," Sougo mused before noticing that Geiz and Tsukuyomi were giving bored expressions towards him, "I uh… I didn't dream him up though!"
"You're most likely correct," Woz said as he went to defend his overlord, "Otherwise Ginga would have come about via someone's Aura. More than likely Miss Polendina's…"
"Really…?" Penny asked.
"Well you are the only one here with their base abilities only," Woz said before shaking his head, "Ginga is likely an anomaly which entered our world through a rift in space-time."
"That's a kind of out there statement," Geiz said.
"No it has some weight," Ryusei put a hand to his chin, "Kengo mentioned that he was studying some anomalies in the atmosphere before I contacted him. He said that the meteors didn't show up on any radar and just appeared minutes before crashing."
"I ran a scan on it," Boot said, facing away from everyone else, "Comparatively my level of power is low while its power is leagues beyond mine."
"Oh boy…" Sougo muttered.
"Likely the anomaly ended up powering that particular meteor more than the others," Woz mused.
"I shall take care of this Kamen Rider," Boot said.
"But you just said you were weaker," Tsukuyomi pointed out.
"We should team up," Sougo suggested.
"No, I shall do this alone," Boot replied, "You all are Kamen Riders and my enemies."
"Then why are you not attacking us?" Woz asked, surprising everyone but Geiz and Ryusei that he was speaking up about this, "Why do you insist we are enemies?"
"Because Kamen Riders are my enemies," Boot said, "However it would do no good to fight you all and then fight him. If I am to win I must focus all of my power into beating him."
"Let me tell you a saying," Woz said, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, a saying I believe works out well in this situation."
"I can handle this alone," Boot said before walking down the tunnel that led out of the storm drain.
"You're very stubborn you know that," Woz remarked, "However if you have any hope of wanting to face I or the others in battle, you'll need our help to beat Ginga."
Boot paused at that and turned its head back, "You are not dismissing my mission like previously?"
"I've had some time to think and I suppose you were right, the two of us are similar," Woz admitted as he looked down at the ground before looking back up to stare at Boot, "However I do think you should try a more constructive path. This path of domination you seek will only end in your demise and I'd hate to see that happen."
"I see," Boot said before turning and leaving.
"Huh, I feel like we got somewhere with him…" Sougo admitted.
"Just a bit," Penny said as she held two fingers close together.
"So question, Woz," Tsukuyomi spoke up as she looked around, "Why send us here?"
"I figured having us in an enclosed space out of Ginga's potential field of view would be good," Woz said as he defended his choice to take them to the storm drain tunnels, "It hardly matters, we must regroup with Miss Rose and her team."
"Speaking of them," Geiz said as he answered his Faizphone X which was just starting to ring, "You guys alright?"
"Yeah we beat Another Fourze but um… we've got a big problem," Ruby said on the other line, "We need to regroup."
"I could say the same," Geiz admitted, "Let's meet back at the research institute."
"Sounds good to me," Ruby said before hanging up.
"They ran into trouble too," Geiz said as he looked at the others.
"Then I suppose we should get going," Woz said as he spread his scarf out to wrap it around everyone before it shrunk and vanished, taking everyone with it.
At a space museum, everything seemed to be in order. People were enjoying the exhibits and nothing was out of place. Well aside from everyone enjoying the exhibits being frozen in time.
"This is quite the situation," Finis sighed as they walked through the frozen crowds with Cinder, having been given the rundown of the current situation.
"Yes, I wasn't expecting Ginga to be… that strong," Cinder admitted, "I hate to admit it but even my current powers might not be enough."
"Then we'll have to think tactically about this," Finis replied, "We have two groups chasing its power after all."
"The Riders, and then those white suited guys," Cinder said.
"Foundation X," Finis said, "It appears as though Another Fourze or rather Lem Kannagi sent them after the meteorite."
"That ungrateful man," Cinder gritted her teeth, "So he betrayed us?"
"It seems so," Finis replied, "He's lost the powers of Another Fourze and now has his sights set on this Ginga."
"Well he's not going to get it," Cinder said as she gripped her left fist tightly, "None of them are."
"That's the spirit," Finis smiled before frowning, "However to get your chance you'll need to let them battle it out. No doubt there will be a race to try and claim Ginga's powers."
"And then I come in for the kill, right?" Cinder asked.
"That's too risky," Finis admitted, "Given you mentioned the raw power Ginga radiated… I think just getting close enough should empower the Blank I gave you. We can't exactly risk a strong Another Rider like you being taken out by something as dangerous as this."
"Of course," Cinder replied.
Kannagi was currently standing over an operating table, staring down at the Cancer Zodiarts who was lying on it, the body of the Zodiarts having a swirling blue energy blanketed over it.
"What happened?" Kannagi asked as he glanced back, Virgo, Leo and Scorpio behind him.
"The meteorite you asked us to retrieve… it was sentient," Leo spoke up, "It became a Kamen Rider called Ginga and blasted Cancer with what I assume was a fraction of its power."
"It seems the modifications to the Switches we have allowed him to absorb the energy instead of being destroyed," Scorpio added.
"Ah so that's what this is…" Kannagi said before grinning as he gave a booming yell, his body shining a bright blue as Cancer's did the same. The unconscious Zodiarts was soon turned into pure energy before being absorbed into Kannagi's body, "Yes… yes! This is just enough!"
Kannagi's body shined even more brightly as rings of energy formed from his waist before sliding up and down, smoke being poured all over him. The smoke and light dispersed as he was now in a robotic silver form with gold lining, having a cape that came out from underneath his shoulder armor alongside a piece of it also wrapping around the front of him.
"Super GingaOh… returns!" GingaOh shouted with all of his might before turning towards the Zodiarts, "I must thank you all for your service."
"Think nothing of it sir," Virgo said as he and the others went to bow, "Our lives are forfeit to you. So long as our sacrifices allow you to rule over all like was intended, we are satisfied."
"Good," GingaOh said as he looked over his servants before going over to a table and holding out a Blank Switch and an injector in which it could be slotted into, "Leo, you are to confront this Ginga and take his powers so that I may use them. No doubt the wench you mentioned alongside the Kamen Riders will try and cause trouble. Use their distractions when they arrive to cover your true goal."
"Of course my lord," Leo said as he stood and went to take the devices.
"The rest of you, you will inform me of what little assets the Foundation has left so that I can make use of them," GingaOh said as he placed his arms behind his back, "Tokyo has continued to gather Cosmic Energy compared to most other cities in Japan. Thus I will make use of that alongside this Ginga…"
"Yes my lord," Scorpio and Virgo said in unison as they stood.
The Riders and Huntresses had all regrouped back at Kengo's main lab at the research institute. Ryusei had excused himself from the meeting in order to handle some technical work due to arrests being made on Kannagi's first batch of helpers. While that was going on, both sides explained each side of the situation in detail once they were all settled.
"We've got a real mess on our hands," Yang sighed.
"A mess is putting it lightly," Kengo said, "Kamen Rider Ginga, Lem Kannagi's back and looking to regain his power, plus he's got some Foundation X assets if the Horoscopes are anything to go by too."
"To think we're actually facing down Foundation X this time," Ruby spoke up as she put a hand on her chin, "Granted, I'd hope they wouldn't have too much. The incident with Lovely Corp and Another W sort of dealt with what gathered assets there were out in the open."
"Wait, what about what now?" Gentaro asked.
"Oh so there were some psycho fans obsessed with wanting Foundation X to notice them," Ruby explained before snapping her fingers in realization, "I knew Kannagi seemed familiar, they had a picture of him on one of their banners."
"Oh jeez that's weird," Gentaro admitted with a shiver.
"Foundation X aside, we've still got Cinder to deal with," Geiz said, "She's not going to let this pass by her."
"At the very least Boot seems to be more or less on our side," Sougo replied, "So it's not like everything is terrible."
"Yes, even if it's not on our side, it's still against Ginga like we are," Woz nodded.
"But even then that's an issue," Blake spoke up, "Since Boot might unintentionally get in our way."
"We can also consider the partnership between the Time Jackers and Kannagi dissolved," Sougo said as he tried to figure out the situation, "So that might work to our advantage in the end."
Gentaro raised an eyebrow, "Really?"
"I'm sure because of that we've got three different groups against each other not counting us who are after Ginga," Sougo explained, "Kannagi, Cinder, and Boot. Two of which clearly want Ginga's powers for their own from what was mentioned."
"They'll likely be all over each other trying to fight Ginga," Weiss said as she mulled it over, "It'll be very chaotic so how could we use it to our advantage?"
"To claim Ginga's power for Woz," Sougo said as everyone stared at him in surprise, "I mean Ginga's belt is just like the ones for Shinobi, Quiz, and Kikai. So it should give us a Miridewatch if we try and take its power once we finish it off."
"My Overlord, I am honored," Woz smiled as he bowed forward.
"It would give us another powerhouse," Ruby mused before grinning, "I say we go for it!"
"But how are we even going to beat Ginga?" Blake asked, "It sounds like you all just barely held out."
"Tsukuyomi seemed to have managed to at least land a hit on him," Penny mused, "It was Ryusei's idea however."
"What did he figure out?" Kengo muttered.
"Yeah, how was Tsukuyomi able to get a hit on Ginga?" Geiz asked, "It couldn't have been power-wise because it resisted her Time Stop alongside it easily dealing with Trinity."
"That's simple," Ryusei said as he entered the room while pocketing his phone, "It's because of Tsukuyomi's secondary theme as a Rider."
"My theme…?" Tsukuyomi asked.
"While your grouping of Riders is time themed from what I can guess, you do have something else," Ryusei said, "And your Rider Kick turning the area to night briefly is what confirmed it for me. It's because your secondary theme is the moon."
"That's right," Ruby realized, "Compared to the others, the moon's a clear part of her aesthetic."
"Wait, are you saying that Ginga is weak to the moon?" Sougo asked.
"Not the moon," Kengo shook his head, "But nighttime and the lack of sun in general I imagine…"
"So Tsukuyomi's our trump card when it comes to Ginga," Ruby said, "At least we know where to start now in terms of team composition."
"So we are going to split up again?" Penny asked.
"Given that I doubt Kannagi is going to pay a visit to fight Ginga personally, yeah," Ruby nodded.
"And given it seems Kannagi's gone full mask off, he's definitely going to try something to distract us," Ryusei added.
"Where were you anyway?" Weiss asked.
"I had a detective friend from the 1st Division help me out with getting some kind of motive for all these seemingly random individuals," Ryusei replied, "The ones involved in the first attacks weren't Foundation X members, they had public records available on them. But we did notice something interesting."
"What would that be?" Kengo asked.
"Each and every one of them has some kind of vendetta with AGHS," Ryusei revealed, "Whether they were expelled and bitter over it, their kids weren't able to get in, proposed building projects or acquisitions to buy the school shot down…"
"Huh…" Sougo nodded to all the reasons listed.
"That's a shame," Gentaro admitted as he looked down, "I know AGHS isn't perfect but they really thought that bulldozing it as Zodiarts would help them?"
"Sometimes someone's hate can get the better of them to where they see violence as the only way," Ryusei said, "It's up to us to be better but some people just can't do it."
"Kannagi likely brought in disposable individuals to try and build up his strength," Kengo deduced as he began to think the situation over, "It's likely that his true plans are about to begin in order to distract us from Ginga too-"
BZZT BZZT BZZT
"Huh?" Kengo quickly went over to his computer equipment which was starting to give audible alerts, quickly clicking through various windows while typing like a madman. He could only gasp when he saw the results, "The latent Cosmic Energy all around the city… it's being drawn together into one spot?!"
Everyone immediately hurried over from where they were standing or sitting to look over Kengo's shoulder.
"You're able to just find that out?" Yang asked.
"Of course," Kengo said, "I've set up various Cosmic Energy sensors at various buildings and points in Tokyo. I figured they could come in handy during my research and thankfully various businesses were cooperative."
"Well it's coming in handy now," Gentaro said, "So what've we got?"
"Let me see," Kengo said as he typed away before getting the coordinates, "The Tokyo Skytree! That's where it's being drawn!"
Blake narrowed her eyes, "But why?"
"It's a good high enough point for the energy to gather and condense," Kengo said, "But I suppose this means Kannagi isn't satisfied with just Ginga."
"Then we need to get moving soon," Ruby said as she backed away from the computer alongside the others.
"Team RWBY, Tsukuyomi and Woz handle Ginga," Sougo said as he figured out how to split everyone, "Tsukuyomi's our ace and Woz needs to be there for the Watch. Team RWBY meanwhile has pretty good teamwork so they can potentially overwhelm Ginga."
"Plus if Cinder's going to be there, I should be the one to face her," Ruby agreed, "After all, I am the most effective against her."
"But remember she's also effective against you," Geiz warned.
"I'll be fine," Ruby reassured.
'Aw,' a voice said in Ruby's head, 'He thinks that we need help to beat her.'
'Still here I see.'
'So long as she continues to use that power… you're stuck with me.'
'I don't mind it too much since this is your fight just as much as mine.'
"So then it's the rest of you all up against Kannagi?" Weiss asked as she looked over at Sougo.
"We've got four Riders with me, Geiz, Gentaro, and Ryusei," Sougo reassured, "Plus we've got a Maiden in the form of Penny."
"I shall do my best," Penny said as she raised her fists in determination.
"We'll try and send whoever we can after Ginga's done," Ruby reassured, "More than likely it'll be Woz though."
"Of course, it would be the most tactical play if we succeed," Woz gave a nod.
"You all might have the advantage as well," Kengo said as he continued to observe the Cosmic Energy, "It seems like with how the energy is being drawn in it's affecting the weather partially, so you might have a good chance to fight a weakened Ginga."
"Perfect, one more advantage for us," Yang smirked.
"How are we supposed to find Ginga though?" Weiss asked.
"Something tells me he won't be hard for you all to find," Geiz admitted, "Given his whole spiel I wouldn't be surprised if he just started attacking at random."
Kamen Rider Ginga had only one thing on its mind as it walked through Tokyo, and that was ensuring that everything was destroyed in the quickest way imaginable. So it chose its first target, arriving near a stadium full of people and attacking instantly. Crowds of civilians ran for their lives as Ginga flung energy blast after energy blast at them.
Small fires and scorched marks on the ground and surrounding areas as the otherworldly Kamen Rider made its way forward.
"I will defeat you!" Boot ran from around the corner, rushing in and sending several punches Ginga's way.
Ginga immediately brought out energy bubbles to catch the fists before unleashing a small pulse to force Boot back.
[SPIKE ON!]
Boot activated the Spike Module on its left leg, taking a step back and spinning to roundhouse kick at Ginga. It was caught and pushed away by an energy bubble, Boot staggering before gasping out as Ginga sent another pulse against it, sending the Rider-like SOLU tumbling backwards.
Watching the scene was Cinder who was on a walkway that overlooked the area the fight was taking place at. She began gathering fire in her palms, combining the flames together to create a massive fireball she launched at Ginga.
Ginga noticed this almost instantly and caught the fireball in a bubble as the fire emblem on its chest began to shine brightly, absorbing the flames within the bubble. The galactic Rider then pressed down on the centerpiece of his belt once more.
[DYNAMITE SUNSHINE!]
Ginga's form was suddenly lit on fire before it punched forward, launching a fire clone of itself right at Cinder. The Another Rider/Fall Maiden's eyes widened as she quickly threw herself to the side and down against the walkway. The fire clone ended up launching straight past her and struck a nearby building, causing an explosion.
"So even distracted with one it's still effective at parrying…" Cinder narrowed her eye.
"Kamen Rider Ginga," Leo called out as he warped into view behind the Kamen Rider, "Your power will belong to Super GingaOh."
"What arrogance in thinking you can command the cosmos," Ginga said as it turned towards Leo.
"Super GingaOh will rule over all," Leo said as he gripped his fist, the space above him warping as two Leo Dustards formed out of wormhole-like gates that opened up. The two Leo Dustards brandished twin swords before leaping at Ginga to attack it. Leo himself brandished his claws before warping all around, soon warping above Ginga and striking down at it.
Despite having three fighters constantly attacking, Ginga's defensive nature alongside its reflexes allowed it to keep up. It would continue to catch attacks via energy bubbles before releasing a quick shockwave to send the opponent back. When it couldn't properly defend it simply shifted its body out of the way, easily evading and countering all attacks made against it.
"I will not be deterred," Boot said as it went for its next Switch.
[LAUNCHER ON!]
Boot brought out the Launcher Module and fired off four missiles directly at the fight at hand. The result kicked up a massive explosion, Leo and his specialized Dustards being blown backwards.
"Cease these futile efforts!" Ginga's voice called out as an energy blast was launched out of the smoke, striking Boot.
Boot yelled out as its suit sparked, rolling across the ground.
Leo got up and gave a battle cry before running forward alongside the two Leo Dustards, the three attempting to overwhelm Ginga only for it to catch all of their attacks in an energy bubble. It kept that energy bubble up as it began gathering energy, unleashing a blast that sent Leo staggering back while the Leo Dustards were thrown backwards before exploding.
Ginga was ready to move forward before it clutched its chest, staggering forward, "What?"
"Huh?" Leo tilted his head.
Cinder had gone back to observing the fight before her eye widened at what she was seeing. She quickly drew out her Anotherwatch, readying it.
"No…" Ginga gasped out as it managed to look up, watching as the sky darkened further due to a heavy set of clouds gather, the clouds fully blocking out the sun, "I can't…"
[HI-ROZE!]
Hi-Roze landed near Leo via a burst of flames, knocking the Zodiarts backwards. She then gathered a fireball before launching it immediately at Ginga.
Ginga saw the attack coming and tried to form an energy bubble to stop it but it was too late. The fireball exploded against its chest and sent it staggering back. It fell to one knee as a result but managed to stand up again as the sky darkened further. Steam began exiting its body as a strange alien-like stone substance began coating and covering its whole body.
"What just happened?" Boot questioned as it picked itself up into a sitting stance, using its technological enhancements to scan Ginga and see what was going on.
"What?" Leo asked.
"I'm not sure what's going on but I can use this," Hi-Roze chuckled as she began to walk forward.
"Like hell you are," Leo hissed out before pointing his claw at Cinder, "I'll be taking that to Super GingaOh."
"It seems someone has a death wish," Hi-Roze turned, summoning a glass scimitar and taking a step forward, "Because the only one claiming that power is me!"
"Wrong!"
Both Hi-Roze and Leo turned to see Team RWBY, Tsukuyomi and Woz hurrying over before stopping at a distance.
"You again…" Boot said as it finally stood up.
"Why can't you all just leave well enough alone?" Hi-Roze hissed out, she knew she needed to use the Riders as a distraction but Ginga was in the perfect spot for her to take the powers and run. So Ruby and everyone else interfering put a damper on that pivot in her strategy.
"And let you have all that power?" Woz asked as he brought out his Beyondriver, "I don't think that needs an answer."
"Agreed," Ruby said as she prepared her Ziku Driver alongside Tsukuyomi, the two bringing out their Ridewatches as the rest of Team RWBY brought out their Rider Weapons.
"Henshin!"
[ARMOR TIME! KAMEN RIDE! YEAH! ROSE! ROSE! RO~SE~!]
[RIDER TIME! KAMEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI! TSU-KU-YO-MI!]
[FUTURE TIME! SUGOI! JIDAI! MIRAI! KAMEN RIDER WOZ! WOZ!]
Roze, Tsukuyomi and Woz all shouted once their transformations completed, the three rushing forward alongside Weiss, Blake and Yang.
Normally the Tokyo Skytree would be a place one could go to see the sights or have fun, but currently it was the center point of GingaOh's plan. It had taken little to no time in gathering what Foundation X equipment they could before commandeering the Skytree for their own use.
Scorpio and Virgo had managed to set up a throne of sorts that acted as a controller, it being attached to machinery that was placed on the outside of the tower. The machinery was various cosmic energy gathering devices, useful in trying to recreate Zodiarts Switches for extra muscle whenever Foundation X would need it.
Their purpose was now clear as the devices would gather the cosmic energy and channel it into the throne upon GingaOh's command, charging him with a steady stream of Cosmic Energy.
"Yes… yes…" GingaOh said as he could feel the energy building within him, "The constant battles and usage of Cosmic Energy has allowed there to be a more potent stream. Soon I will have the power to rule over this world."
"Of course my lord," Scorpio said before noticing their other ally staring intently down out of the window, "What's wrong?"
"We have guests…" Virgo said, "Five of them."
"So they could only spare five?" GingaOh asked before letting out a laugh, "Fine then, it's not like we can't greet them."
"Shall we go down there as well?" Scorpio asked.
"Please do," GingaOh said, "Even if you can't beat them your life will be put to good use."
"Of course my lord," Virgo said before walking over to Scorpio and tapping his halberd against the ground, a pink wind forming around them and warping them away.
"What wonderfully loyal servants," GingaOh remarked, "And even if Leo fails, I'll still have more than enough power to teach that Kamen Rider Ginga its place."
GingaOh wasn't defenseless when it came to making sure no one would enter the Skytree after he had it cleared out in his initial takeover. He had set up an entire army of various grunts that Foundation X had used in the past, Masquerade Dopants, Trash Yummies, Dustards, and even a few Guardians emblazoned with the Foundation X symbol.
Penny flew overhead, landing at a good distance between her and the grunt army as Sougo and Geiz drove up and skidded to a stop on their Ride Strikers, both Gentaro and Ryusei having hitched a ride on them to save time.
"Of course he somehow managed to conjure up an army," Geiz scoffed as he dismounted his bike alongside the others, "Guess they managed to find some decent assets."
"Even then these guys aren't that tough," Ryusei said, "With the five of us working together we can break through in no time."
"Sorry but you won't be reaching our lord," Scorpio said as he and Virgo warped to the front of the grunt army.
"We will make sure you don't," Virgo said.
"Sorry to say but we won't let Kannagi do as he pleases," Gentaro said as he brought out his Fourze Driver, placing it on his waist while the others brought out their Drivers to prepare them.
Sougo and Geiz decided to only bring out their base Ridewatches for now, figuring that they'd need to conserve their stronger forms for later since they didn't have Trinity to fall back on.
[METEOR, READY?]
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"Henshin!"
[RIDER TIME!]
[KAMEN RIDER ZI-O!]
[KAMEN RIDER GEIZ!]
Fourze, Meteor, Zi-O and Geiz all stood alongside each other with Penny in the center. Fourze and Zi-O crouched before standing up and spreading their arms high and shouting at the same time:
"IT'S SPACE TIME!"
"IT'S TIME FOR SPACE!"
The two lowered their arms and looked at each other before chuckling.
Penny went wide eyed in awe, quickly crouching down before standing and stretching her arms out as well, "Space!"
"I'll decide your fates…" Meteor spoke up as he stared straight ahead.
Geiz could only look at his allies before shifting his neck while tugging at his armored collar a bit, feeling slightly awkward that he was the only one who didn't have anything.
"Let's do this man-to-man!" Fourze called out as he raised a fist forward, the others getting in fighting stances before they all rushed towards the Zodiarts and their army.
Scorpio gave a yell, "ATTACK!"
Virgo quickly flew up into the air as Scorpio ran forward alongside the grunt army, the Riders and monsters meeting in one explosive clash.
"Alright," Zi-O began punching and kicking any grunt near him away before bringing out his Zikan Girade, stabbing and slashing to get some distance between him and the crowd. Though once he saw them continuing to move forward he realized he needed to act fast, bringing out the OOO Ridewatch.
[OOO GIRI GIRI SLASH!]
Giving a yell he rushed forward, slashing through several Masquerade Dopants and Trash Yummies that attempted to grab or strike at him. Numerous tri-claw slashes struck against the grunts, littering them with cuts as they soon exploded.
"Nice," Zi-O said before yelping as he dodged against Scorpio. He was ready to slash only for his weapon to get batted out of his hands, so he quickly went to grab and block Scorpio's fists before kicking the Zodiarts in the side to force the monster back.
"Zi-O," Geiz called out before quickly bringing out his Zikan Zax in its bow mode to brace against slashes from Dustards. He brought out the W Ridewatch, placing it in the finisher slot and taking aim as he pulled back on the bow.
[W GIWA GIWA SHOOT!]
Geiz unleashed an energy arrow of pressurized air against the ground near the Dustards, a tornado erupting from the ground it was shot against. The result tore through several of them while the others were tossed around all over the place.
"Now then," Geiz switched his weapon to its axe mode before rushing towards a grouping of Masquerades and Guardians.
Penny meanwhile was leaping between Masquerade Dopants and Dustards, using her Floating Array to block the blades of the Dustards while tearing through the Masquerades. When any Yummies lumbered forward she went for fire blasts to burn them down while summoning dark clouds and sending down lightning strikes to hit the Guardian Robots and short circuit them.
Meteor meanwhile was striking and kicking at his opponents, managing to knock back a Guardian before shaking his hand. He looked around as several Guardians and Yummies seemed to be grouping up towards him. He then noticed what Penny was doing to deal with the Guardians and Yummies, which gave him an idea of how to turn this around on his end.
"Gentaro," Meteor looked over to see Fourze easily beating back a few Masquerade Dopants, "Do you have all your Switches with that trick you pulled?"
"Fourze feels as strong as it always has!" Fourze pounded his chest before ducking underneath a swipe from a Dustard, "One sec!"
[CHAINSAW ON!]
Gentaro used the booster on his back to lift himself up while kicking out with his right leg, the Chainsaw Module forming as he tore through incoming enemies, "What did you need?"
"Elec and Fire," Meteor dodged out of the way before holding out his hand, "They'll come in handy for these guys."
"On it," Fourze brought out the requested Switches before tossing them over.
"Thanks," Meteor caught them before spinning away from a few Guardians that shot at him, soon replacing his Meteor Switch with the Elec Switch.
[ELEC ON, READY?]
Meteor began ducking and weaving as he made his way towards the Guardian robots, dodging their gunfire before getting up close. Electricity began erupting from his fists and feet as a result of the Elec Switch, the powerful electric shocks damaging the Guardians more than he could normally.
The Trash Yummies soon began to stumble towards him with their arms outstretched, planning on overwhelming the Rider only for Meteor to swap Elec with Fire this time.
[FIRE ON, READY?]
[FIRE LIMIT BREAK!]
Meteor went straight for the finisher this time, leaping up and spinning while outstretching his leg. The result kicked up fiery bursts that swirled into a tornado, catching the Yummies within it and burning them as a result before the tornado shot outwards, shoving them all back.
"Nice going Ryusei," Fourze said before giving a yelp as he dodged out of the way of explosive energy spheres. He looked up to see that Virgo was the one attacking him, "You want to do that? Well two can play at that game!"
Fourze brought out a red and blue Switch that were connected by elongated N/S Poles, splitting them apart before placing them in the far ends of his Driver to activate them.
[N/S MAGNET ON!]
Two magnet projections formed on both sides of him before combining together and forming his new form, fully changing his bodysuit from the tops of his shins upwards. It was primarily silver with red and blue accents on the right and left respectively. The upper armor was bulkier and held two openings that housed half-magnet shaped cannons. The armor was so bulky that Fourze's helmet was fused into his chest and cannons, being a fixed visor as a result.
"Take this!" Fourze called out as he took aim and began firing magnetic bursts to blast away the attacks Virgo was sending out.
"No matter, you can't take on all of us!" Virgo raised his hand as the grunts near him began rushing towards Fourze.
[LAUNCHER ON! GATLING ON!]
It wasn't long before a hailstorm of missiles, bullets, and magnetic blasts all wildly launched out, striking the grunts and even forcing Virgo to land and defend with his halberd and wings.
"What?" Virgo asked in surprise.
"You want to say that again?" Fourze asked as he had the Launcher and Gatling Modules on his legs now, having become a one man artillery unit.
"You…" Virgo hissed out before giving a yell and flying forward to strike at Fourze.
Leo shouted as he swiped forward only for Woz to slash with his spear, their attacks bouncing off each other and forcing them to stumble. He quickly raised his claws to block a strike from Blake's sickles and Tsukuyomi's sword. The two shouted before pushing him back, Leo trying to counter only to feel a sudden weight of gravity on him.
"You aren't countering," Weiss said as she was using her Gravity Glyph to keep Leo in place.
"Take this!" Yang yelled out as she punched with her Knuckles at Leo, fiery and icy bursts being released as she struck his chest and sent him flying back once Weiss released the Glyph.
"You're all getting on my nerves," Leo said after he had managed to find his footing, soon summoning standard Dustards. The grouping of grunts rushed forward, brandishing their swords as they planned on matching the group's numbers.
The Huntresses and Riders could only slightly groan out as they worked on dodging and countering the Dustards while Leo began to close in again. Woz managed to slash a few Dustards away before working on analyzing the situation. They were fighting Leo, Roze was fighting Hi-Roze, Ginga was incapacitated due to the cloudy skies, while Boot was…
Boot was simply staring at Ginga before looking down at its pseudo-Fourze Driver. While it did have power to its name, it knew that the leg based Astroswitches were some of the more limiting ones. This was especially true since it had yet to land a single hit on Ginga. It had to figure out the right combination and fast, in order to try and destroy Ginga in that shell.
"Are you alright?" Woz asked as he hurried over, "I'm surprised you haven't attempted to attack."
"I must eradicate him in one attack, if it's too weak then I might release him," Boot admitted, "There is also the chance this cocoon state is too strong to be dealt with as well."
"I see," Woz said, "Are you still opposed to help?"
"Perhaps…" Boot said before a question occurred to it, "Why do Kamen Riders exist?"
"Many reasons," Woz said, "Helping others, fighting against the unjust, wishing to become more than they are…"
"Why do you all fight?" Boot asked.
"For a myriad of reasons too vast to go into briefly, but our goals branch off of each other," Woz said with a pause before speaking up again, "You said that Kamen Riders needed to be destroyed, why?"
"Because they are dangerous," Boot said.
"There's a difference between Riders who fight to protect and ones who fight to destroy," Woz said, "If you wish to destroy Kamen Riders, perhaps the darker variants would be a good fit."
"Where would I start?" Boot asked only to see Woz point directly at Ginga, "I see… then I shall accept your help."
"I shall gladly lend it," Woz replied.
"Oh you two aren't going near that weakened Rider!" Hi-Roze called out as she heard them from afar. She quickly brought out a glass bow but before she could form arrows her weapon and arm were forced down by Roze who was wielding the Roseiber.
"Sorry but you aren't getting that power!" Roze called out as she kicked her Another Rider counterpart back. She then rushed in to slash at her opponent only for Hi-Roze to grab her Roseiber with both hands, "What?"
"Perfect," Hi-Roze hissed out as the blade dug into both of her hands. In an instant the Roseiber was coated in ice before Hi-Roze kicked at Roze's gut, unleashing a fiery burst and forcing the Kamen Rider backwards.
Roze gasped out as she lost grip of the Roseiber due to it being coated in slippery ice. She took a step back and held her stomach, "Seriously…"
"Don't get too comfortable!" Hi-Roze raised her hands, gathering from the clouds around them and twisting them before forming lightning that struck at her opponent.
"S-Seriously…!" Roze gasped out as she began rolling and dodging around, giving a wince as a few lightning bolts managed to hit her armor, she drew out Meteor's Ridewatch, "I need to get close!"
[FINAL WEAPON TIME! M-M-M-METEOR! METEOR STORM SHAFT!]
A blue and gold swirl formed in front of Roze as she ran forward, gripping it and taking hold of a blue pole-arm with a silver extension piece, it popping out as she began twirling it around.
"Coming to me are we?" Hi-Roze chuckled as she brought out dual blades and rushed forward.
"Well I can't let you keep zapping me!" Roze shouted as she began jabbing and swinging the staff at her opponent. She was in her zone thanks to it being a pole-arm styled weapon, allowing her to easily maneuver around and slowly but surely overwhelm her Another Rider counterpart.
Hi-Roze gasped as she was beaten backwards, quickly unleashing a whirlwind to forced Roze back while moving backwards to gain some distance. She then began gathering glass around her arms, holding them in front of her and forming a singular cannon-like armament as a result. It wasn't long before heat began to gather within the barrel of the makeshift cannon.
"Crap," Roze quickly brought out the Meteor Storm Switch, slotting it into the open slot on the Storm Shaft before readying the ripcord that initiated the finisher.
[READY! LIMIT BREAK! OK!]
Roze held the Storm Shaft forward while pulling the ripcord, the front of the Storm Switch detaching like a spinning top and spinning along the ground before leaping up and launching towards Hi-Roze.
Hi-Roze yelled out and unleashed out a powerful beam of heat energy that clashed against the Meteor Storm Punisher, the spinning top trying to cut through the beam. Despite both attacks trying to overtake each other it ended up in a stalemate, an explosion forcing both opponents to step backwards from it.
The two were ready to move forward again when they winced slightly, a beam of sun peaking out through the clouds. It wasn't long before more beams of sun began to shine through as the clouds began to fully part away. Everyone began to look around before suddenly looking towards the hibernating Ginga, the rock-like shell around it starting to crack and shatter.
Ginga suddenly broke out of the shell and wasted no time in even going on the attack. It gathered energy and launched it at the largest group of individuals it sensed, which were the remainder of Team RWBY and Tsukuyomi who were fighting against Leo and his Dustards.
The Huntresses and Rider immediately knew to bail, all of them dodging to the sides in various ways as the energy attack tore through the Dustards before striking Leo who was unable to fully dodge in time.
"My… my lord… I give you my power!" Leo yelled out as he fell forward before exploding alongside the Dustards, the cosmic energy from his body launching upwards and flying off in the direction of the Skytree.
"Great… now we've got this guy to deal with," Yang groaned out as she was currently on one knee.
"Just stick to the plan," Weiss brought out held both her weapons at the ready.
"Right, we need to give Tsukuyomi that opening," Blake nodded.
"Everyone… I'll leave it to you," Tsukuyomi said as she stood up alongside the Huntresses, the four of them rushing forward.
"Let us be off as well," Woz said as he patted Boots chest before rushing for Ginga.
"Right," Boot said before running towards Ginga as well.
"I suppose it's time to head back to my old plan then," Hi-Roze admitted before turning towards Roze, "So be a good girl and stay there."
"Like hell I will," Roze glared from behind her helmet.
'Hey, you aren't going to be able to overwhelm her…'
'Uh you can't take control, remember,' Ruby thought back, 'plus it's not like I can split up.'
'Because you don't test your abilities often, besides as your other half I have certain perks and I know a Ridewatch that'll help us in that regard…'
'Wait really…?'
'Really, now bring out Knight's Ridewatch.'
Despite the massive numbers and two enforcers, the four Riders and Penny were able to easily clear up most of the grunts, only leaving a few that were currently keeping back to guard the entrance.
"Come on, come on!" Scorpio called out as he kicked at Zi-O, forcing the Rider back, "Is that all you've got?"
"Not even," Zi-O said as he shook his wrists before bringing out Zi-O II.
"Like I'll let you power up," Scorpio scoffed only to gasp out as he was struck in the back. He quickly rolled away before seeing that it was Geiz who had attacked him.
"So we're finally finishing this up?" Geiz asked.
"Yep," Zi-O nodded.
"Like I'll let you do that!" Scorpio swung his head and unleashed his stinger towards the two Riders.
It wasn't long before a sudden lightning strike struck the tip and forced Scorpio to recall it as Penny was off to the side, holding out her hand, "You will not interrupt their transformation."
"Oh so the girl wants to play," Scorpio hissed out as he turned towards Penny.
"Now's our chance," Geiz brought out his Revive Watch, ready to activate it until a bright light caught his attention. He looked up as the Cosmic Energy that was Leo's remains launched straight towards the top of the Skytree, it being absorbed by the devices inside as a bright light shined greatly from inside.
Everyone could only stare up at the Skytree for a few seconds of silence. After those few seconds the glass shattered as a blue comet launched downwards and slammed into the ground near the entrance, destroying the remainder of the army of grunts. The light faded to reveal GingaOh who now had a blue aura around him.
"Kannagi…" Fourze muttered as he saw this.
"You Kamen Riders are too late," GingaOh chuckled as he held a hand forward, "Leo's sacrifice has given me enough power to grant me strength beyond my older limits!"
"Then you are ready, my lord?" Virgo asked to which he received a nod from his leader, "Very well, do with us as you will."
"Yes, we give our all to you," Scorpio said.
"Wait, what?" Zi-O looked back and forth.
"Become one with me," GIngaOh said before giving a yell, drawing the two Zodiarts towards him before converting them into Cosmic Energy and absorbing the energy into his body. His body shined brightly before fading as the aura around him grew stronger before fading, "Here we go…"
"You absorbed them…?" Penny gave a light gasp as she covered her mouth.
"Of course I did," GingaOh scoffed, "They willingly gave me their lives."
"So you got a power-up," Meteor scoffed, "How is that going to help when you're facing five of us?"
"Oh plenty, and once I'm done here I'll kill Ginga and take its power as well," GingaOh chuckled before suddenly vanishing in a bright light. He suddenly reappeared to Meteor's side, backhanding and sending the Rider flying back as a result.
Fourze gave a gasp, "Ryusei!"
"You're next!" GingaOh shouted as he warped away again. He appeared in front of Fourze before kicking the Rider backwards.
Zi-O and Geiz quickly brought out their weapons and started shooting at GingaOh who began running towards them. GingaOh threw his cape off, the cape shifting shape and forming into a large blade that he used to block the attacks. Once he was close enough he slashed forward, striking both Riders and sending them back.
GingaOh was ready to move forward when he was forced to slash against a green energy beam courtesy of Penny who was using Floating Arrays main cannon.
"Not bad for a non-rider," GingaOh said before giving a yell and gathering his energy before slashing, dispersing the beam and sending Penny stumbling back, "However that's not enough!"
"Jeez…" Zi-O coughed out as he went to pick himself up, "Is Cosmic Energy from just a few people really powering him up that much?"
"Strength or not we need to go all out," Geiz said as he stood up and prepared Geiz Revive.
Zi-O gave a nod and went to split Zi-O II, preparing it on his Driver.
"Assume your strongest forms, it will do nothing!" GingaOh boasted.
"You'll regret saying that," Meteor said before holding out the two Switches he borrowed, soon tossing them towards Fourze, "Gentaro, let's not hold back!"
"On it," Fourze said before bringing out Astroswitch 40, the Cosmic Switch. He slotted it in his Circle Switch slot before opening up the protective casing on it and pressing down on the button.
Meteor meanwhile brought out his Meteor Storm Switch, activating it before spinning the top that was on the Switch itself.
[REVI-REVI-REVI! REVI-REVI-REVI! REVI-I-VE SHI-PPU! SHIPPU]
[KAMEN RIDER~! (RIDER~!) ZI-O! (ZI-O!) ZI-O~! II!]
[COSMIC ON!]
[METEOR STORM!]
Zi-O and Geiz both took their strongest available forms since they weren't able to access Trinity. Meanwhile Fourze and Meteor both took their strongest forms, Fourze gaining his strongest form in the electric blue Cosmic States, having extra rocket-like bits for his shoulders and head while his chest was emblazoned with all 40 Astroswitch symbols.
A gold and blue storm swirled around Meteor, turning his black bodysuit blue and turning his blue armoring gold, giving him a more symmetrical look as he gained a second shoulder piece while his helmet became symmetrical in that two comets were crossing each other.
GingaOh scoffed as he glanced back and forth at his opponents, "COME!"
"Pennny," Zi-O said as he drew out his swords, combining them together, "Let the others know we could use the backup when their done."
"Understood," Penny gave a salute, realizing that things were about to get messy. She quickly retracted her weapons before using her boosters to launch up into the air, soon flying off.
Despite Tsukuyomi's involvement, Ginga was still having no issue keeping up with her and the others. Her attacks were slowly slicing through Ginga's energy bubbles but the force behind her attacks wasn't enough to completely get through. What didn't help was that Ginga was still managing to handle six full opponents with ease, catching their attacks and then forcing them back. Boot meanwhile seemed to notice this, trying to go for a stronger offense in order to give Tsukuyomi the opening she needed.
"That's some good chaos," Hi-Roze said as she brought out the Blank Ridewatch, "Time to claim that power."
"I just told you, I wasn't going to let you do that," Roze said as she began walking towards the Another Rider, "You're my opponent."
"How flattering," Hi-Roze chuckled, "But as much as I want to crush you, I have a mission."
"Yeah again, not happening," Roze said as she brought out the Knight Ridewatch and slotted it into her Rose Ridewatch.
[FINAL WEAPON TIME! KN-KN-KN-KNIGHT! DARKVISORZWEI!]
Roze held up her left arm, the blue and gold rimmed shield/sword combo, the Darkvisorzwei being summoned and mounted onto her arm. Drawing out a card she loaded it into the main slot before initiating the effect.
[TRICK VENT!]
Roze stepped forward before spinning, a flat image of her base form suddenly slipping out from underneath her armor and sliding off to the side. It didn't take long for Hi-Roze to be confronted by two Rozes.
"What?" Hi-Roze saw Roze in Rose Armor on her left, but then turning towards her right she saw a second Roze that was seemingly in her base form, "A cloning technique?"
"More like giving me a body," The second Roze said with a chuckle as her features were more noticeable upon closer inspection. More so that her Ridewatch was on the Armor Time slot now and the Rider Katakana was now backwards just like Mirror Zi-O, "To make things less confusing, call me Ezora in this form. I'm Ruby's other half and the original owner of those powers you're prancing around with."
"Excuse me…?" Hi-Roze stared at the newly named Ezora.
[SHOOT VENT!]
"Like I said Cinder," Roze said as she had loaded in a new card, the sides of her weapon opening up into an bow-like formation, "We're not letting you get tricky."
"Time to enjoy this while I can," Ezora said as flat images began spiraling over her arm to form her own copy of the Darkvisorzwei, "So you'd best be ready Cinder!"
[SWORD VENT!]
Ezora had loaded in a card, drawing out the sword from the shield that it was stored in, the blade extending as she aimed forward.
Hi-Roze could only look back and forth as both Roze and Ezora shouted, Roze launching energy bolts at her while Ezora ran forward. The Another Rider quickly formed claw-like gauntlets of glass around her arms as she batted away the bolts of energy. She then turned once Ezora got close, clawing at the mirrored Rider only to grasp at rose petals instead.
Ezora reformed behind the Another Rider to leave little time to react, slashing with her blade and causing sparks to fly. She raised her sword to block against a swing from Hi-Roze, shoving the Another Rider back.
Hi-Roze was unable to properly recover, sparks flying as Roze had taken advantage of the Another Rider being pushed into a more prone state.
"Whoa, since when could Ruby do that?" Yang asked as glanced towards the side briefly before punching at Ginga.
"I think all that matters is that she's still keeping Cinder busy," Blake said, using Shadow to close in and slash at Ginga.
Ginga easily caught their weapons before unleashing a pulse to force them backwards. The galactic Rider swung its arm while spinning, launching blasts of energy outwards that struck the ground where everyone was standing. The Riders and Huntresses could only all yell out as they were blasted back, sparks flying and Auras flickering.
"My mission of enforcing the one absolute law shall not be impeded," Ginga immediately turned towards Tsukuyuomi who was struggling to get up.
"Tsukuyomi," Woz quickly hurried over and got in a defensive stance.
Ginga crossed its arms, a projection of a galaxy forming in front of it before that began to get sucked into its body. It pounded its fists together as the energy charged further.
[GIGANTIC GINGA!]
Ginga soon spread his arms outwards, the galactic energy being unleashed from its body at full force.
"Woz, Tsukuyomi, move!" Yang shouted.
[BEAT ON!]
Boot quickly got in front of them, bringing out the Beat Module and unleashing sound waves to try and keep the mass of energy backwards. While it was somewhat working, the attack was slowly but surely pushing through.
Woz could only stare in disbelief as Boot's body began to shine brightly as the sound waves grew stronger.
Boot yelled further only for Ginga to yell out as well, the galactic energy wave growing stronger as it broke through the sound waves and struck Boot. Once enough of the energy had struck Boot, the SOLU pseudo-Rider exploded.
Woz's eyes widened as he stepped back with a wince, "BOOT!"
Tsukuyomi's eyes widened before she winced and held her head as the bright explosion occurred, a sudden lost memory entered her mind.
She watched as a strange seemingly monstrous individual spread its arms out. Its back was facing her so she couldn't see who it was. What she could tell was that its body held a diamond patterning to it. The design wasn't important at the moment however as the individual yelled out, a blast of energy striking it as the individual had seemingly protected her.
Tsukuyomi let out a light gasp as she returned back to reality, questioning the sudden memory flash before realizing what had just happened, "Boot!"
Everyone could only stare in shock, Ezora locking Hi-Roze in a clash as they glanced back briefly. Hi-Roze broke the clash, forcing Ezora to switch her attention back to the Another Rider as they went back to fighting.
Boot gasped out in a robotic and raspy voice as it fell backwards only to be caught by Woz.
"Such futile efforts," Ginga gave a short chuckle before stepping forward only to quickly block a sword strike at it. It then forced the striker away before seeing who it was. It was the Bossroach Summon which rushed towards it despite its failed attempts.
"Boot, hey… Boot," Woz said as he was sitting on his knees, having Boot lying in his lap, "Are you alright?"
"…is she alright?" Boot asked.
"Huh?" Woz asked.
"The girl Rider…" Boot said, "The one that can beat Ginga. Is she alright?"
"I… I am," Tsukuyomi said as she managed to crouch, quickly moving over to the two, "Why did you do that?"
"Because you're clearly a threat to that monstrous Rider… my life was of no consequence…" Boot answered.
"You're selling yourself too short," Woz said as he held Boot tightly, "You didn't need to do that."
"And yet, I felt like I needed to," Boot admitted, "Despite it not being my purpose… protecting another Rider… protecting someone else… it felt good."
"Boot…" Tsukuyomi muttered.
"I am satisfied, even if my mission is incomplete. I have no regrets…" Boot said before falling limp, its body fading away into blue particles, with a few of those particles being embedded in a blank Miridewatch.
"Boot…" Woz muttered as he gripped his hands tightly.
"Your sacrifice won't be in vain," Tsukuyomi said as she gripped her Zikan Girade Tsu tightly, quickly standing up and shouting as she charged forward.
Blake's eyes widened, "Huh, what are you doing?!"
Ginga caught the Bossroach Summons' sword with an energy bubble before unleashing a pulse of energy that tore the summoned monster apart. It then turned towards the running Tsukuyomi, gathering energy to attack her head on only to suddenly freeze in place.
Tsukuyomi had held out her hand as she forced Ginga into Time Stop, wincing as it was straining her to keep its raw power frozen. Despite this she pressed forward, slotting her Ridewatch into her weapon before stabbing forward.
Ginga yelled out as he broke free of the Time Stop, quickly gathering more energy in its hands.
[TSUKUYOMI JIGOKU STRIKE!]
Ginga gasped out as it was stabbed in its sun emblem by Tsukuyomi, her blade digging deep through its body as the energy it was forming was dispelled.
"Got you," Tsukuyomi said as she tried to push further.
Ginga gasped further before yelling and unleashing an invisible pulse against the Rider. Tsukuyomi could only yell out as she was blasted backwards, slamming into the ground and losing her transformation as Ginga pulled out the Zikan Girade Tsu and tossed it to the side. The galactic Rider however gasped as it now had a glowing gold wound on the center of its chest.
"You really don't want to go down do you?!" Yang asked her eyes turned red briefly.
"I… I am the one who will enforce the absolute law… none of you shall impede me…" Ginga gasped out as it staggered back and forth, clearly hurt from the attack as it seemed to be using most of its energy to keep itself standing.
"You won't be doing anything with that wound," Blake narrowed her eyes.
"She's right," Weiss gave a nod, "Tsukuyomi just gave us a way to put you down."
"Yes," Woz spoke up as he fully stood while initiating a form change.
[DARE JA? ORE JA? NINJA! FUTURERING SHINOBI! SHINOBI!]
In a puff of smoke, Woz in his Futurering Shinobi armor appeared near Weiss, Blake and Yang. He brandished his Despear in its scythe mode and while staring forward, "We can beat him now, I'm sure of it!"
"Then let's get going!" Yang called out.
Ginga yelled out as it ran towards the group, forming energy bubbles to repel their attacks while going on the offensive. Both Blake and Yang rushed to meet it head on, the two clashing with its bubbles and managing to keep their ground thanks to Ginga's power weakening. Despite this Ginga was still able to hold them back as it dodged against a few attacks, sidestepping a punch from Yang before blasting Blake with an energy pulse, the Huntress vanishing in a burst of colorful energy.
[MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH!]
Blake swung forward with her sickles, bright colorful energy forming as the blades to enhance them as she clashed against a hastily made energy bubble. The energy from her weapons exploded outwards, tearing through the bubble and forcing Ginga backwards.
The Galactic Rider skidded backwards before stomping its foot to stop itself. It saw a few bright lights on its left and turned, forming an energy bubble to block several beams of blue energy.
It was from Weiss who had summoned Hard Light Glyphs, and she wasted no time in going for another combination.
[BIO!]
She aimed the Chalice Arrow forward, launching out two vines that shot at Ginga before launching downwards at the last second, Ice Glyphs suddenly appearing at the tips of the vines. The vines ensnared Ginga's feet while the Glyphs activated, suddenly creating an icy crystal prison that covered most of Ginga's body.
Yang closed in using Ember Celica to launch herself towards the galactic Rider, keeping only her Magma Knuckle out as she loaded it and activated her Semblance, "ORYAA!"
[DIAMOND! VOLCANIC KNUCKLE!]
Yang's Magma Knuckle gained a shiny black rock coating to it as she struck Ginga straight on, shattering the ice and sending it flying upwards.
"Woz, get ready," Weiss called out as she decided to go for another Card and Glyph Combo.
"Understood," Woz said as he ran forward.
[TORNADO!]
Weiss brought out an Air Dust Glyph as she aimed the Chalice Arrow at it, soon unleashing a long stretching tornado that caught Ginga within it. Woz quickly leapt upwards and into the tornado, using Futurering Shinobi's ninja skills to ride the wind with ease as he closed in on his target.
[BEYOND THE TIME!]
Ginga gasped as it heard the announcement, watching as Woz rode the wind of the tornado before watching the Rider speed up into a green and purple blur that vanished within the tornado. It attempted to send energy blasts out towards Woz only to miss entirely due to not knowing where he was.
[NINPO: JIKAN SHIBARI NO JUTSU!]
Woz soon appeared near Ginga, hooking the galactic Rider with his scythe before giving a might yell and spinning. Energy began erupting from his scythe as he managed to swing and throw Ginga back down towards the ground.
Ginga could only yell out as it crashed into the ground. Despite the injury it was still able to quickly stand, "Even weakened, that attack was…" it paused when it looked up and saw Woz in the air, the ninja armored Future Rider fading away, "What-"
[TSUKUYOMI JIGOKU STRIKE!]
Ginga was suddenly stabbed through the stomach from behind thanks to Woz who held the Zikan Girade Tsu in his hands. He had used his finisher to create a clone to put Ginga in an open position while retrieving Tsukuyomi's weapon.
"Good riddance," Woz said as he withdrew the sword before backing away.
Ginga could only yell out as he exploded, suddenly becoming a giant pillar of light that shot upwards into the air.
"Woz, it's all yours!" Tsukuyomi called out.
"Of course," Woz withdrew his Blank Miridewatch, shoving it into the pillar of light. He then pulled it out as the pillar faded away, the Blank gaining a digital clock overlay over it as it flashed into a completed Miridewatch.
It still had the same basic shape of a Miridewatch but it also had a circular dial-like protrusion to it.
"We did it!" Yang called out.
"Huh?" Hi-Roze backed away from her fight before fully turning, "NO!"
"Hey, pay attention!"
Hi-Roze turned only to get struck in the face by several energy bolts from Roze, sparks flying as she was sent staggering back. Her vision blurred as she went to block a few strikes from Ezora who put more pressure, managing to slip her blade past and slash against the Another Rider, more sparks flying.
"You…!" Hi-Roze growled out as she staggered back, summoning fire in her hands and stepping forward only to suddenly back away when she saw Finis suddenly standing in front of her, "Finis?"
"That's enough," Finis said before looking around, "We've lost this round and we can't afford to lose you."
"I understand," Hi-Roze gave a nod before dismissing her transformation.
"I wasn't expecting to see you again," Finis looked over towards Ezora, "Kagami…"
"What can I say," Ezora said, "I'm hard to get rid of."
"Regardless, we'll simply do this song and dance another time," Finis said before snapping their fingers and vanishing alongside Cinder.
"Well that was fun," Ezora said as her weapons vanished, she looked over towards Roze, "I'll be around."
"Right, we'll talk later," Roze said as she dismissed her transformation, Ezora fading away as a result. She then turned and hurried over to the others, "Is everyone alright?"
"As alright as we can be," Tsukuyomi said as she and Woz dismissed their transformations.
Before anyone could relax, Penny made a sudden landing in the space between them all. Everyone backed up in surprise except for Woz who was staring at the Ginga Miridewatch.
"Penny?" Ruby asked.
"Everyone," Penny stood up, "Kannagi has absorbed the energies of the rest of the Zodiarts. The others are fighting their hardest but they'll need help."
Woz kept staring at the newly acquired a Miridewatch, gripping it tightly before looking over at Ruby, "Miss Rose, I shall go on ahead. I doubt my Overlord and Fourze have dealt with Kannagi completely."
"Huh?" Penny looked over at Woz.
"Go ahead," Ruby said as soon as she saw the look in Woz's eyes, "We'll catch up."
"Thank you," Woz said before unfurling his scarf and wrapping it around him to warp away.
"Is he going to be okay?" Yang asked.
"To think he didn't really want to think of Boot at first," Blake said, "Now that might be the only thing on his mind."
"Yeah… that's why I figured he should go on ahead," Ruby admitted, "He wants to end this as soon as possible and we all know the end wasn't with Ginga."
"Right," Tsukuyomi gave a nod as she pulled out her tablet to call the Zi-O Unit Time Mazine, "I'll get us a ride."
Meteor let out several shouts, twirling his staff rapidly as he tried to break past Ginga-Oh's defenses with his staff. Ginga-Oh however managed to bat them away before warping behind Meteor, only to be met by Fourze's Barizun Blade, the cosmic powered Rider getting between the two and slashing at Ginga-Oh to force him back.
"Such insolence…" Ginga-Oh asked as he brought out his massive blade.
Zi-O shouted as he closed in and slashed forward with his Saikyo Zikan Girade, clashing with GingaOh's blade as the two tried to overtake each other.
"Fool!" GingaOh shouted as he warped away, forcing Zi-O to stagger forward. He then reappeared behind the Rider and slashed down only to suddenly get kicked in the face, "What?!"
It was Geiz who was using Revive Shippu's speed to strike at GingaOh when an opening occurred. Geiz kicked further, forcing GingaOh to step back further before warping away.
"Nice try!" GingaOh appeared to Geiz's side and slashed at him only for Geiz to vanish in a blue blur, "What?!"
[TSUME RENZAN!]
Geiz became a blue blur that began speeding and slashing past GingaOh with his Jaclaw.
GingaOh had warped away and attempted to counter after a few hits only for Zi-O to rush in with the Saikyo Zikan Girade, a burst of golden energy being unleashed from it. GingaOh barely managed to block against the slash, holding his blade with both hands to combat the power erupting from the Rider's blade.
"No matter how hard you try, you cannot beat me," GingaOh boasted, "The true King of this world!"
"Sorry to say but you won't be a King!" Zi-O called out as he pressed down harder, "Because we've got you right where we want you!"
[LIMIT BREAK!]
[READY! LIMIT BREAK! OK!]
GingaOh looked around as he saw that Fourze was behind him while Geiz and Meteor were on his sides. Fourze had his Barizun Sword fully opened up and was charging its finisher, Geiz was charging blue energy in the tips of his weapon's points, while Ryusei had spun and unleashed the spinning top from the Storm Switch.
Fourze raised his sword up, it gathering blue energy before he spun and sent an energy slash at GingaOh's back, "Rider Super Galaxy Finish!"
Meteor had spun and pulled the ripcord on his Meteor Storm Switch, unleashing the spinning stop forward, "Meteor Storm Punisher!"
Geiz punched forward, unleashing numerous blue blades of energy at high speeds while Zi-O gave a yell and pushed further to slash downwards.
[HYAKURETSU TIME BURST!]
[KING GIRI GIRI SLASH!]
GingaOh could only yell out as the attacks struck him from all sides, an explosion occurring as Zi-O hopped back from it, staggering slightly as he had gotten caught in the initial portion of the blast.
"Did we do it…?" Zi-O asked as the other Riders remained on guard.
"Sorry to say… but you didn't."
GingaOh had spoken up as a gust of wind blew away the fire and smoke from the center, revealing GingaOh to still be standing. Despite this there was still some visible damage to his armored form and he had fully lost his cape/blade.
"Not even Cosmic and Storm could beat him?" Meteor questioned.
"Is he seriously that much more powerful than before?" Geiz asked.
"Not good…" Fourze muttered, recalling how all it took was him and OOO last time and he wasn't even utilizing his strongest form.
"Bear witness you fools," GingaOh stated as he began to twirl around and present himself, "To the Earth's… no, the Universe's Future Ruler!"
"What a farcical statement."
Everyone suddenly turned to the new voice they heard before watching as Woz walked over. He had yet to transform but he had his Driver at the ready.
Zi-O stared at his retainer and friend, "Woz?"
"What took you so long?" Geiz asked.
"We ran into trouble, but do not worry for I shall end this now," Woz said as he brought out the Ginga Miridewatch.
"You think you can beat me?" GingaOh asked as he turned his full attention on Woz.
"Of course I can," Woz stated as he noticed the damaged state GingaOh was in, his keen eyes observing something that even GingaOh had yet to notice.
"I do not want anyone interrupting this," Woz said as he held the Ginga Miridewatch forward, the face of it having the Kamen symbol in Katakana alongside Woz's symbol at the very bottom of it. He turned the dial of the Ridewatch, this time revealing Woz's mask with a few alterations.
An Earth-like forehead crest was seen alongside two yellow antennas with the visor being yellow Katakana that spelled out 'Ginga'. He then pressed the button to activate the Miridewatch.
[GINGA!]
Woz slotted it on the port of his Beyondriver, a projection of the Ginga Miridewatch forming behind him though the screen of it showed the vast cosmos. From the screen, constellations and planets were projected and floated around Woz.
[ACTION!]
Woz held his hand forward, "Henshin!"
[TOUEI! FINALY TIME!]
Blue rings of energy began cycling around his body as the projected planets grew larger and circled around before forming a cross-like shape that slid backwards onto him.
[GIN-GIN GIRA-GIRA GALAXY! UCHUU NO KANATA NO FANTASY! WOZGINGAFINALY! FINALY!]
The base suit was the same as he normally would use, though his strap, chest, shoulders and helmet had fully changed. His strap was now fully flat with a galaxy pattern, two planets on it, one above and below the Beyondriver. His chest and shoulders had the same galactic patterning and was fairly bulky, the center of the chest having a clear sun-like planet while there were two planets on each of his shoulder pads, the shoulders being topped with UFO styled decorations.
His helmet remained mostly the same, the front of it now having a full green outline. The earth-like crest from the Miridewatch image was there alongside the yellow antennas and 'Ginga' being spelled in Katakana. The finishing touch of the suit was that he now wore the same cape that Ginga had, a deep blue cape with gold planet-like rings decorating the outside of it.
(Insert: Black&White by Keisuke Watanabe)
"REJOICE!" Woz shouted as he held a hand forward while raising it up, "Paramount in the universe… Ginga Finaly!"
"And he finally gets his power-up," Geiz said as he crossed his arms.
"Whoa," Fourze said before crouching down before leaping up into his signature pose, "It's finally Ginga Time!"
"Not bad," Meteor remarked.
"What?" GingaOh tilted his head.
"Eh…?" Sougo asked, "No big Rejoice?"
"Given how I would like this situation to be over with," Woz admitted as he cleared his throat, "I've settled for the abridged version."
"So you've obtained Ginga's power," GingaOh scoffed, "However I am still stronger!"
"We shall see about that," Woz said as he ran forward, raising his fists as he began punching, blocking and countering GingOh who did the same. Surprisingly however the Ginga Miridewatch shined brightly before a bright projection of Boot appeared, kicking GingaOh directly in the stomach before vanishing.
GingaOh gave a gasp as he staggered back, looking at Woz who had backed up in surprise.
"That was…" Meteor muttered.
"What?" Woz muttered before rushing forward again, and just like before a projection of Boot had formed and performed a quick side kick, allowing Woz to unleash an energy pulse to force GingaOh to step back. He looked over, "Boot? Are you…?"
"Alive?" Boot asked back before shaking its head, "No, this is but a temporary situation I think. Use what's left of me as you wish."
"Thank you," Woz said as he held up his right arm, Boot shining brightly before turning into energy and entering Woz's body, his form shining brightly. Woz then yelled out and closed in before punching forward, unleashing a burst of energy against GingaOh.
GingaOh gasped out as sparks flew from its chest, staggering back by a wide margin before holding its chest in pain, "You mongrel!"
Woz soon watched as GingaOh began warping all around him, the monstrous galaxy king trying to outpace Woz's senses. GingaOh soon appeared behind Woz, attempting to strike at him only for a green light to shine all around Woz.
GingaOh gave a gasp as he soon noticed he wasn't moving anymore, but that wasn't exactly it as his body felt lighter, "Am I…?"
"Floating…?" Woz asked as he turned around, "Yes."
GingaOh was ready to remark when the light disappeared before it suddenly turned dark overhead with deep colored lights shining down. Soon enough GingaOh was feeling a rain of weight upon him as he was slammed into the ground, becoming too heavy to move.
Woz had formed a gravity field above GingaOh, forcing the monstrous galaxy king to be slammed and pushed constantly into the ground.
"Ginga's powers are the powers of the cosmos, affecting gravity is a simple task," Woz said as he snapped his fingers, releasing the gravity field.
"You… you won't make a mockery of me!" GingaOh yelled out as he stood up, his body glowing bright as he gained his bright blue aura once more. He rushed forward, punching at Woz who summoned energy bubbles to easily block his attacks. Despite his power he was unable to get through the bubbles, yelling out as energy pulses were unleashed against him by Woz, sparks flying as he was forced to step back.
"On the contrary, I can and will," Woz said in a near cold voice, "The only one of you three I will ever choose to acknowledge past this is Boot. The only one of you three that chose to go beyond their singular mission."
"Woz…" Zi-O muttered as he heard this.
"What's going on?" GingaOh asked as he rushed forward, powering up his punches only for Woz to easily catch them before sending a pulse to force him back, "Why can't I break through? And why do my punches feel weaker?"
"Your current body cannot handle the amount of Cosmic Energy within it when enough damage piles up," Woz stated as he held a hand out, "When in peak physical condition you are potentially the strongest in the universe. However the damage they did to your body beforehand was enough to allow the energy to slowly leak out and destabilize, thus dropping your power output tremendously."
"Impossible… impossible," GingaOh called out in desperation as he charged at Woz, punching only to miss as the Rider slipped past his punch. He turned only to be struck by an invisible pulse from Woz, getting slammed onto his back, "This can't be."
"Oh it can," Woz said.
"I won't allow it to end this way," GingaOh gasped out as he stood up, gathering his aura though in this case it was heavily unstable and wild in its appearance.
Everyone was watching the fight intensely, that was except for Fourze who had just heard ringing coming from his Radar Switch. He activated it before bringing up the Radar Module, "Kengo?"
"Gentaro," Kengo said as he was on a video call on the screen of the Module, "Bad news, I'm picking up a mass of unstable Cosmic Energy."
"Yeah, I think Woz was talking about how Kannagi's body is leaking Cosmic Energy," Fourze said before looking over and seeing GingaOh's aura, "Yeah that's looking pretty unstable."
"Finish him in space, you can't let him be destroyed in the city," Kengo said.
"Right," Fourze said before dismissing the module and looking over at the fight and starting to walk closer to it, "Hey Woz, it's too dangerous to finish him off in the city so we need to finish him in space! I can warp him there!"
"I appreciate the sentiment," Woz said before holding up a hand, gesturing for Fourze to stop, "However I can handle this."
"Eh?" Fourze tilted his head.
"Woz, what are you doing?" Geiz asked.
"Watch," Woz said as he opened up his Driver before closing it again to activate his finisher.
[FINALY BEYOND THE TIME!]
Woz slid his right leg back as if getting in a kicking stance toward GingaOh who yelled and ran at him. He then leapt forward in an instant, kneeing and sending GingaOh up into the air as a result. Woz soon landed and held his feet close together before kicking off the ground. He then kicked out with both feet and slammed them into GingaOh's gut, the two being launched high into the air together as a result.
Everyone could only watch in shock and awe as the two grew smaller and smaller the higher up they went before becoming a twinkle in the sky.
Woz yelled as he continued to kick against GingaOh, energy being gathered into his legs from their rapid ascent past the atmosphere as they entered space. Woz continued to push further and further, the two entering the vastness of space before Woz finally unleashed all the built up energy into GingaOh.
[CHOU GINGA EXPLOSION!]
"I was… defeated by a Kamen Rider again…? And this time… he held galactic power that completely outmatched my own…?" GingaOh questioned as his body began to crack heavily before he yelled out as the built up energy exploded against him, sending him flying backwards, "How disdainful!"
(Insert End)
Woz began to float in space, righting himself into a standing position as he watched GingaOh fly further and further before exploding in a bright display. He stared at the explosion for a long while before he looked down and gently touched his Beyondriver.
"Thank you, Boot," Woz said before his cape began wrapping around him, warping him away.
Woz soon returned from space, landing with a hop as he approached his allies.
"That was incredible!" Fourze called out as he hurried over and grabbed Woz by the shoulder, "And here I thought you'd need a bike and a launcher or a warp gate for that!"
"Woz does surprise you when you least expect it," Zi-O chuckled as he walked over and dismissed his transformation alongside the others.
"Thanks for helping out," Ryusei said, "I'm not sure if we could've done it on our own."
"Probably not," Geiz said, "After all Fourze was only back thanks to the Ridewatch."
"Speaking of which," Gentaro brought out the Fourze Ridewatch before holding it out, "Here you go."
"Thanks," Sougo said as he took the Ridewatch.
"Aw man, we missed it!"
Everyone turned when they heard Yang's voice, the Time Mazine off in the distance as Team RWBY, Penny and Tsukuyomi hurried over.
"Is everyone alright?" Tsukuyomi asked, receiving nods in response.
"So we did it, right?" Ruby asked, "We basically took care of our meteorite problems?"
"Unless there was a fourth one that we weren't aware of then yeah," Ryusei gave a nod, "I know I told the others this, but thanks again for your help."
"Oh it's no issue," Yang waved it off.
"Helping out Riders is what we do best," Weiss agreed.
"Speaking of Riders though," Gentaro said as he looked at the time, "What's say we celebrate at the Kamen Rider Club? I've got plenty of stories to tell, like how Saburo's not the only other kind of hero I've fought alongside."
"Wait really?" Sougo asked, "Did you fight alongside that Kikaider guy too?"
"No," Gentaro shook his head, "I fought alongside a bunch of heroes who have a great legacy too, you guys ever heard of the Super Sentai?"
"Super Sentai…?" Ruby asked as her team and Penny tilted their heads.
"Ah I was wondering when they'd come up," Woz chuckled.
"Wait Woz, you know about them?" Sougo asked as he looked over in surprise alongside Geiz and Tsukuyomi.
"You really want them to hear about that mess of an incident?" Ryusei asked.
"Oh come on it wasn't all bad," Gentaro waved off his friend's clear distaste, "But I'll save all the fun details for when we get back to the Kamen Rider Club."
"That sounds good to me," Sougo said as he looked around, "What do you guys say?"
Everyone else nodded, to which Gentaro pumped his fist up before doing his signature pose once more, with a few of the others like Ruby, Sougo and Penny joining in.
"IT'S CELEBRATION TIME!"
Unknown Location
Ginga's defeat wasn't as simple as one would think. While its physical body was destroyed, the energy pillar that erupted was that energy trying to escape Earth. While Woz had grabbed a significant portion of its power, it was still on track to retreat into the vast cosmos. However an Aurora Curtain placed at a high altitude hampered those plans, the energy being sent into a lab that had an energy absorption device to capture and contain it.
Watching the process was Narutaki and Evolt, the latter of which audibly smacked his lips despite his monstrous form not having any visble lips.
"So this is for me huh…" Evolt said in an almost hungry manner.
"Most of it is for you," Narutaki said, "The raw Cosmic Energy will be useful for recreating Switches."
"I thought that's what goat boy was for," Evolt looked over at his colleague.
"No, Aries is for a much more interesting project," Narutaki admitted, "And with him we're one step closer to its completion."
"Is he even going to work for us?" Evolt asked.
"No, we'll drop the host off near a police station so any loose ends are tied up," Narutaki said, "All we need is Aries itself."
"If you say so," Evolt said before going back to staring at the acquired Cosmic Energy.
A Few Days Later
Earth – Early May 2019
Tsukasa and Summer were currently at a café, the two mulling over information given to them by Kengo as Tsukasa was the one who requested Kengo's assistance. What they found was concerning at the very least, in that there were temporal and spatial anomalies around Earth's orbit. These anomalies were likely the cause of why the meteorites were able to enter Earth without any forewarning as well as specifically hitting Tokyo.
"Time-space is in a sorry state if we're to go off what he said," Tsukasa mused.
"Yeah," Summer gave a nod as she went to sip her tea, "So what's your guess?"
"The boundaries between worlds aren't exactly as thick as they once were, and a few expeditions off world have likely caused a few anomalies," Tsukasa said, "Though I'm still investigating that."
"We're still investigating that," Summer stressed with a concerned look on her face, "The further this goes along, the more dangerous things are likely going to become and you'll need my assistance."
"Right, right," Tsukasa said as he rolled his eyes.
Summer sighed, "Still…"
"Swartz seems willing to take full advantage of that danger," Tsukasa said as he tapped the table a bit, "From what your daughter has said, they haven't seen either Ora or Swartz yet in their encounters."
"Ora, she isn't dangerous on her own," Summer said as she thought on the situation, "Swartz on the other hand…"
"Very dangerous," Tsukasa agreed, "Especially given his sudden trip to Remnant."
"I still don't get that," Summer crossed her arms, "Why did he do something so drastic?"
"There's only one thing I can think of since there was only one particular incident directly before the Time Jacker's jumped to Remnant," Tsukasa said, "Another Agito, more specifically, Tsukuyomi's debut as a Rider."
"Huh… you're right," Summer said as she looked at her tea, "Of all the times to get desperate, why now? And who tipped him off about Remnant?"
"Whoever decided to hire Evolt," Tsukasa guessed, "But the important part for now is that there's some connection between Swartz and Tsukuyomi."
"Then it looks like we're going to be busy for a while," Summer realized.
Woz was currently alone in the room he shared with Geiz, staring at the Ginga Miridewatch before pocketing it and looking up, "Tokiwa Sougo has obtained the Fourze Ridewatch, and I have claimed a new power to aid me in my mission…" he spoke in a dull tone as he mulled Boot's death over, unsure why it was affecting him so much, "As for our next Legend Rider…"
He opened his book to take a look as a car horn could be heard, two bright white eyes lighting up the darkness that was the pages Woz was viewing.
To Be Continued…
Next Time:
"Even if I don't have Belt-San…"
"They're trying to draw you out."
"Don't hurt him!"
"You are Krim Stenbelt, correct?"
"Hey Another Rider, let's go for a ride!"
Chapter 103: 2014: Surprise, Drive?!
Author's Note: And that's a wrap on the Fourze Chapters, and unfortunately Boot wasn't lucky, but he'll live on in Ginga Finaly if what happened this chapter is anything to go by. The Ginga fight itself was definitely fun to work on given how many moving parts there were to the different Riders and Monsters trying to grab at that power. Of course Ginga Finaly's debut was also fun to work with, especially including the unique finisher that I grabbed from Kamen Rider Ganbarizing.
That being said, this was a pretty big set of chapters to tackle when it came to guest appearances. Considering I chose to include more prominence for Inazuman, that meant I didn't really have much space for a lot of older KRC club cameos. The best I could do was Kengo since his job would fit the best in a support role for our heroes.
But with that we're done with space… for now. As we move onto the next chapters, let's take care of a lingering issue that the show didn't get to as we get into top gear. It's been a while but do remember that Geiz lost both Ghost and Drive during the Ghost chapters, and for good reason. Of course with the end of these chapters comes another Interlude, so look forward to that. With that taken care of, I'll see you next time and thanks for reading.