A/N: This is celebration of Gaim's 10th anniversary
"Kouta-san," Micchy greeted.
"Aquarius boy." Oren greeted as well. "Good thing you're here, Monsieur Walnut and my boy were captured by some creepy old man."
"Zack and Hideyasu were?"
"Along with my older brother," Micchy stated somberly. "They stayed behind to get the people evacuated with the help of other Kamen Riders."
"How could I forget my Melon prince?! They also took my Melon prince."
"I'm afraid they're trying to reach for the forbidden fruit."
"Again?"
"No, this is unlike the Helheim forest invasion, this is different," Kouta shook his head. "Just before Takatora and the others were captured, I heard the man say that they'd like to study the fruits that allowed us to transform."
"I had gleaned on that," Oren nodded. "That's why you're here isn't it?"
"That and to give you this."
Kouta handed a few Helheim fruits to Micchy and Oren, all of which turned into lockseeds for them to use, high-ranking ones at that.
"Vile creature!" Thunder boomed as lightning struck the pavement before the armored Riders. "You dare taint Earthrealm with vile fruits?! That is unforgivable!"
"And what? Just leave them unable to defend themselves from your incursion?!" Koura demanded. "I don't know if you noticed but this isn't your Earthrealm or whatever."
"Aquarius Boy, you can understand English?" Oren raised an eyebrow.
"He's speaking in English?" Kouta turned to the Durian Rider. "All I hear is Japanese."
"Kouta-san, you might have gained the ability to understand any language after everything." Micchy suggested.
"That makes sense," Oren nodded.
"I see you have corrupted those Earthrealmers, I have no choice but to send you to the Netherrealm."
"Henshin!"
"Kiwami Arms!"
"Budou Arms!"
"King Durian Arms!"
All three Riders were able to transform before the lightning that was summoned by the newcomer hit them. As the smoke dissipated, Kouta had a melon-themed shield in front while Oren and Micchy wore armor that shared similarities to that of Kouta's.
"I see there's no hope for the two of you."
"Micchy, Old man, let's do this!"
"Right!"
Bravo and Ryugen surrounded Raiden on two different sides as Gaim stared at the thunder god head-on.
A few moments of staring at the man with lightning powers ensued before he charged at the silver-armored man with his staff in hand.
Gaim parried the strike with his saber as an orange-themed sword materialized in his hand and attempted to slash the thunder god with it.
Ryugen pulled the lever on his gun and shot multiple enlarged grapes at his flying opponent, all of which were dodged gracefully in the air.
Bravo followed up the younger man's attack, jumped into the air, and attempted to slash the self-proclaimed thunder god with both of his swords.
Raiden expertly parried the attack and delivered an attack himself, slamming Oren to a nearby car and denting it.
"Oren-san!"
Micchy rushed to the older man's aid, who was groaning in pain.
"Don't worry about me, boy, you need to defeat that man." Oren managed to state.
"No, Micchy, you guard the old man, I will deal with this thunder god person," Kouta ordered. "We can't have the both of you get captured."
"Captured?" Raiden frowned.
"Yosh, from now on, this is my stage!" Kouta declared. "You're going down."
"Let's see you try, vile creature!"
Gaim started by materializing a red mechanical bow that he immediately fired at the thunder god.
Raiden was momentarily stunned at the new weapon the creature materialized that he was hit by the incoming arrow that the peculiar bow summoned. He shook his head as he dodged the subsequent attacks from the said bow and charged at his opponent, this time intending to destroy his opponent.
Raiden fired a bolt of lightning, which was dodged by his enemy, and teleported behind the armored warrior and threw him in the air.
The thunder god punched Kouta's gut and sent him hurtling upwards before he was slammed back down to the ground via the strike Raiden did with the staff.
Kouta immediately stood up and flipped backwards and dodged the coming staff that Raiden threw at him. He materialized a grape-themed gun and fired multiple grapes at the flying opponent, jumped towards the god and slashed him with a banana-themed spear.
As soon as the thunder god was slashed, Gaim immediately grabbed hold of his opponent's collar and faced him to the incoming grape-themed bullets that he had fired earlier before he slammed Raiden to the street.
Raiden teleported behind Kouta and grabbed his opponent by the neck and electrocuted him before throwing the armored warrior upwards.
Kouta managed to get his bearings and materialized a pair of Walnut-themed boxing gloves before they glowed fiery yellow and fired the spikes on his gloves towards his enemy. The gloves caught on fire which Gaim used to punch the thunder god right in the chest, slamming him to a nearby truck.
Raiden teleported away from Gaim and sent a couple of electric balls, which were blocked by a watermelon-themed shield. Kouta knelt and fired the gun that was attached to the shield.
Raiden blocked all the bullets by spinning his staff in front of him; however, this was the distraction Kouta needed.
Gaim jumped in the air and flicked the mini sword on his belt like he had done many times before.
"Kiwami Squash!"
Gaim just kicked Raiden in the chest, sent him flying towards the wall of a crumbling building, and brought the entire building down on him.
Kouta looked towards his fellow Armored Riders.
"Do you know where they're being held?" Kouta undid his transformation before approaching his allies.
"Sadly, no." Oren shook his head.
"I tried following them, but the presence of those sharp-teethed people hindered me," Micchy sighed. "Their bones are their weapons and they can cut through anything, I wanted to risk it, but Oren-san prevented me."
"You're saying, this is like when the Helheim forest was invading Earth?" Oren diverted the topic.
"Notice those yellow lines?"
"Yellow lines?"
"You can't see them?" Kouta pointed at a nearby intact building.
"Must be another one of your abilities, Kouta-san."
"Maybe," Kouta frowned. "We don't have a clue where they're being held and from the looks of things, the longer they're under enemy hands, they have less chances of surviving."
"Kouta-san!" Someone yelled from the air.
"Ghost?" Kouta questioned as a man in white armor landed beside him. "What are you doing here, Takeru?"
"I encountered Haruto-san after I made eye contact with one of those sharp-teethed people. "From the memories I managed to glance on, I saw three people who are connected to you in their memories."
"That must be Takatora, Zack, and Hideyasu!" Kouta exclaimed. "Did you see where they took them?"
"Yeah," Takeru nodded. "Haruto-san is already at the entrance waiting for us." He explained. "It's a portal to Himeji castle in Osaka."
Kouta was in a dilemma. On one hand, he didn't want to leave both Oren and Micchy in the open, vulnerable to the enemies.
On the other hand, he wanted to rescue Takatora, Zack, and Hideyasu as fast as possible. Who knows what that madman was going to do with them, especially when he had heard that old man order one of these monster-like men to capture the armored riders earlier.
"Kami-sama."
"Tomari." Kouta acknowledged.
"Go," The police officer beckoned for the Rider-turned-god to proceed. "Takeru has already informed me. Date and Gotou were tasked to gather Kisaragi and his club mates,"
"They'll be safe with Tomari-san, Kouta-san." Takeru assured.
"What are you waiting for, Aquarius boy?! Go already!"
"We'll be fine, Kouta-san," Micchy assured his friend. "If anything else, I can still fight and defend ourselves."
"If you're sure," Kouta nodded. "Takeru, let's go."
Both Gaim and Ghost rose to the air and flew towards their destination.
"And he can just transform into Gaim immediately." Tomari shook his head. "Takeru forgot to undo his transformation too; Emu's not going to like that."
"Considering circumstances, I think that gamer doctor's going to have to let this slide." Oren offered.
"You're right." Tomari nodded. "Kureshima, help Alfonzo at the back of the car."
As soon as the people in the general area had left, Raiden got up, shrugging away the debris that had fallen on him earlier.
Raiden had been right, this was another situation similar to when Dark Kahn happened. The one he had been fighting earlier was one of those urban legend heroes called Kamen Riders. It was unfortunate that Takeda, alongside everyone he knew on Earthrealm had disappeared.
They mentioned about his friends being captured.
"This bears investigating."