So… *sighs* We have kinda lost a good soul to the battle against evil. Ryuga is no longer with us… and any hope of him coming back was squashed when Evolt pulled a fake-out before getting the last of the Full Bottles away and doomed Build no Sekai. This might be a bit dated by the next episode, but some text always tends to be dated because of my slow work-pace (and, sure enough, Ryuga's fine, but Evolt's now got control of Sento…). With summer break, I'm hoping to at least try to get the story out a little bit more frequently. I do have big plans for the next three worlds, trust me.
Chou Taisen Remake has been progressed on and… I'm still nowhere near done with it. Hoo boy… I will be working on it as much as I can, barring other things that come up, but it's gonna be quite the project. I will try and do it on my own, but… we'll see.
Another thing… KKD recently wrote a new one-shot titled "The Possibility if KKD created Spider-Man". I wholeheartedly recommend that one-shot. It was a really good read. My favorite part of that has to be the ending just before the 'proudly presents' moment. Not going to say why because I want you to go read it. Really, give it a read if you haven't already.
Not much else to say here.
Fire Emblem belongs to Nintendo, Intelligent Systems, etc. Kamen Rider belongs to Toei, Bandai, etc. All OCs belong to their owners.
Previously on Kamen Rider Hero…
Marth: King Henshin!
Caeda: Queen Henshin!
Takeshi: Sugee…
Tiki: Leave this to me!
Marth: Tiki… you're just a child… you could get really badly hurt…
Takeshi: Uh… where'd she get that belt?
Kamen Rider Marth: Tiki… where did you get that?
Tiki: ...henshin… *transforms* Kamen Rider… Tiki...
Takeshi, Kamen Rider Marth, Kamen Rider Caeda, and the various forces of the Altean Military stared at Kamen Rider Tiki as she stood there. The smaller Rider then summoned up a whip and began to attack the trio.
"Tiki! What happened?!" Kamen Rider Caeda questioned.
The purple and green Rider said nothing as she did another whip attack near the blue haired Rider.
"...this… I… I…" Tiki-chan whispered in horror as she watched this attack.
Kamen Rider Marth blocked an attack with the Falchion, "Tiki, please stop!"
Kamen Rider Tiki, without even acknowledging what he said, then flung him forward like a mace and let him fall onto the ground a distance away from them.
"Tch…" Takeshi muttered as he got his phone and card out, "Caeda, you go make sure Marth's ok. I'll hold off Tiki. The rest of the army, advance!"
The soldiers all nodded as they began to head forward. Takeshi quickly got out his card, loaded it in and pressed the button.
"Henshin!"
Kowashitai daijisou ni kakaeta watashi o zenbu (I'm breaking down all the walls I've built up around my lonely heart now) *Takeshi held his phone in his hand before he was seemingly absorbed into it.*
Kimi ga kono kodoku o itami o iyasu no (You're the one that takes it all away, my solitude and all my pain) *His phone was now attached onto his wrist and his Driver was in position.*
Reincarnation Realization *The Kamen Ride Hero card slipped out and into the phone insertion.*
Reincarnation kiete shimaitai (I want to disappear…) *Takeshi now stood on the ground as Kamen Rider Hero.*
Kamen Rider Hero
Nemuranai machi no zawameki aisouwarai no yuutsu (I walk alone through the city of lights, I see the same fake smiles every night) *Takeshi was now back in the real world and had his phone in his hand, playing Fire Emblem Heroes.*
Honne nante itsuka doko ka mienai furi (Cause everyone hides...they run and they hide from their real feelings.) *The game then had all of the characters seemingly vanish. Takeshi then took his phone and put it into position*
Dare datte fuan nante sonna (And everyone's got their stresses too, yeah I know) *Hero was seen punching and kicking various Risen foes, knocking them away, before he turned to see the fractured stained glassed windows of the nine worlds.*
Iwarenakutemo wakatteru (But I already get that's the status quo. I'm breaking down…) *Kamen Rider Marth, Ike, Robin, Micaiah, Roy and Lucina all stood and seemed fractured as well. Hero stood in the center of the six, glancing towards the three without representation.*
Kowashitai daijisou ni kakaeta tsuyogari nante (All the masks that I wear to hide my lonely heart now) *He took the six cards and loaded them into his card scanner, now being armed with the Fire Emblem itself. The cloaked woman walked over to him and simply smiled.*
Demo sunao ni narenai (But what if I'm just lying to myself?) *Takeshi stared at his phone for a moment before he was joined by Tiki-chan, who was initially in her distance form then in her normal form, who then smiled at him*
Mayottemo nayan demo kimi ga motomeru nara (If even now, you still want me when I am hurt, wandering lost in the rain) *Takeshi and the green orb both stood between the worlds, looking towards the six Riders and three silhouetted figures.
Semete kono kodoku o itami o kowashite (The at least help me destroy it all… My solitude, and all my pain) *Takeshi now stood as Kamen Rider Hero and reached out to them, trying to save them.*
Reincarnation Realization *Takeshi was now back in his base and held out the Kamen Rider Hero card.*
Reincarnation umarekawaritai (I want to be reborn) *He then turned towards the reader and gave a simple smile, showing off the Hero card.*
Emblem 13: Rider Henshin
Hero charged in and blocked an attack from Kamen Rider Tiki's whip. The dragon rider simply smirked a little as she continued to whip at him, but Hero was able to block it for the most part.
"Take this!" she yelled out as she jumped into the air and attempted to punch Hero.
Hero managed to dodge and quickly got out another card.
=KAMEN RIDE: ...ROBIN!=
Hero-Robin stood back up and quickly loaded in another card.
=ATTACK RIDE: ...ELTHUNDER!=
The lightning blast flew from Hero-Robin's hand at Kamen Rider Tiki and made direct contact. A small explosion occurred near her.
"Yes!" Hero-Robin muttered.
However, the dust quickly settled to reveal that Kamen Rider Tiki had simply absorbed the magic blast. She let out a soft giggle as she just stood there.
"Tch…"
=ATTACK RIDE: ...ARCFIRE!=
He quickly tossed the fire blast at the dark Rider, but she again absorbed it.
=ATTACK RIDE: ...ELWIND!=
He flung the magic blast at her, but she one more absorbed it.
"Alright… let's try something else…" Hero-Robin muttered.
Kamen Rider Tiki gave another whip attack towards Hero-Robin. The heroic Rider managed to dodge and then load in another card.
=KAMEN RIDE: …=
He let it charge for a moment before pressing the button.
=LUCINA!=
Hero-Lucina stood ready for action with the Falchion of the future in his hands. He then charged forward and slashed at Kamen Rider Tiki but the other Rider was able to evade due to her much shorter stature. Hero-Lucina growled as he tied to swing a bit lower. Kamen Rider Tiki then used this to wrap up the Falchion and toss it away from him.
"Oh come on…" he muttered before making a run over to the weapon. He grabbed it and stood in a defensive pose with it as Kamen Rider Tiki looked at him for a moment. He thought for a moment and then smirked, "Right… the Mask Henshin… alright…"
He then thought of another Rider he could shift into for a power boost for a moment and…
"Mask Henshin!" he declared as he tried to move the mask down… but it wouldn't budge, "What the…? Mask Henshin! Mask Henshin!"
"Uh… you can't do that…" Tiki-chan nervously informed, "I guess you couldn't copy that for whatever reason…"
Hero-Lucina just groaned in response to that. Kamen Rider Tiki then laughed at him a little before she rose into the air. Green and purple fire began to surround the Rider before she flew downwards.
"Rider Kick!"
A purple and green fire aura dragon flew towards Hero-Lucina, trapped him in place, and then allowed the corrupted Rider to kick Hero-Lucina. Hero-Lucina went tumbling backwards and turned back into Takeshi. Kamen Rider Tiki then began to walk away. Takeshi tried to get up, but couldn't due to some injuries left from the impact.
Kamen Rider Caeda arrived to the side of Kamen Rider Marth as he was slowly getting back up.
"You ok, dear?" Kamen Rider Caeda asked nervously.
Kamen Rider Marth just looked towards the cloaked skeleton creatures as they roamed forward. He then gripped his sword, charged forward, and began to attack them as rapidly as he could.
"Marth?"
"Kuraieh, lucus naturae!" Kamen Rider Marth angrily yelled.
Kamen Rider Caeda simply sighed as she tightly held onto something. She put her sword end back into her belt buckle, pulled it back out, and it was now back into a lance. Kamen Rider Caeda quickly headed over to help Kamen Rider Marth out.
Nearby, two knights of the armor were riding on animals and attacking the cloaked skeleton creature with their weapons while a dancer that was close by was dancing to give them both a boost of energy. The first knight was atop a brown horse, was wearing red armor that had gold highlights, and a helmet with bull-like features. The other knight was atop a black horse, was wearing green armor that had gold highlights, and had a helmet that somewhat resembled the mask of Black Panther. Finally, the dancer had dark-blonde hair, blue eyes, had a sort of orange tiara on with two jewels in it, a mostly pink attire with bits of gold highlights, gold bracelets, a gold anklet, and was barefoot.
"Come on, Cain-san, Abel-san, you can do this!" she cheered on.
"Thanks, Linde-san," Cain, the one in red armor, smiled.
The skeleton creatures that Cain and Abel were fighting then began to combine into a sort of bipedal dragon. The creature let out a roar. Cain and Abel charged in on their horses, but were effortlessly knocked off of them and onto the ground.
Linde quickly proceeded to take out the red and green jewels of the Fire Emblem to help them, but was quickly magically chained by Gharnef.
"Linde!" Cain yelled.
Kamen Rider Marth and Kamen Rider Caeda turned to see Gharnef was now magically floating in the air, with the magically chained Linde being dragged along, and both tried to move to save her.
"Today, you will rise Shadow Dragon!" Gharnef yelled as he teleported away. The castle that the Altean Military was advancing on then vanished into dark smoke along with all of the creatures.
"Prince Marth! What do we do now?!" a knight asked as Kamen Rider Marth turned back to normal.
"...we go back to the castle and try to plan our next move," Marth informed.
Thus, the Altean Military began their march back to the castle. Takeshi was helped by Caeda to get back, but he soon noticed a saddened look on Marth's face.
A few hours had passed since the military returned to the castle. Takeshi's wounds had finished being healed by Caeda and he began to head over to the throne room.
"That went… poorly…" Takeshi commented, "But I'm sure we can turn this around."
"Good to know that somebody's being optimistic," Caeda commented.
"Why say that?"
"Some of the knights have gotten a bit demoralized after the loss," Caeda informed.
"I see…" Takeshi nodded.
Caeda and Takeshi arrived at the throne room to see Marth, who had a contemplative and sad look on his face, sitting in the throne
"Marth, we're going to need to start work on our next move," Caeda said as she approached him.
"Right…" he nodded nervously.
"Something wrong?" Takeshi asked.
Marth was silent for a moment before he sighed, "...I don't deserve to be a Kamen Rider."
"What? Why say that?" Takeshi asked.
"...Tiki's been corrupted and Linde has been kidnapped. Kamen Riders are supposed to be strong enough to protect everybody, right? How…" Marth began as he teared up a little bit, "How can I call myself a Kamen Rider if I can't protect the people I love?"
"...did Hongo-san say you were worthy of the name?" Takeshi questioned.
"Yeah…" Marth nodded.
"Then you can call yourself a Kamen Rider."
"...but-"
"Riders make mistakes, they fail sometimes, not a single person is perfect, Marth," Takeshi responded.
"...tell me… what is it that makes a person a Rider? Hongo-san said I was worthy of the name but never gave a full explanation what that name meant…"
Takeshi thought for a moment as he looked to the sky…
"Kamen… Rider? Kore wa?" Gaim asked.
"It's what warriors who fight to protect the freedom of all people are called," Wizard responded as Gaim turned to him, "And they always appear when someone is calling for help."
"Oh… well, I did hear someone calling for help…" Gaim admitted.
"So did I. I said I would help… that's how I got here," Wizard added, "That's why… you're also a Kamen Rider."
"Well… I guess that makes me Kamen Rider Gaim," Gaim said as he held his two blades together.
"Because… we're…" Build began...
"Those who protect their friends!" Fourze yelled...
"Those who make sure nobody is abandoned!" Gaim declared…
"Those who reach out to the future!" Ghost added…
"Those who protect the world..." OOO stated...
"Those who bring people back their smiles!" Ex-Aid exclaimed.
"Those who use their powers to protect love and peace!" Build announced.
Ex-Aid and Build punched their foe back.
"Sore ga… Kamen Rider da!"
"I'm a Kamen Rider. Even if I'm not human… even if I have the same power as you… I'm not like you. And if you say you wanna wreck this world, I'm gonna use this power for love and peace. That's the kind of Kamen Rider I believe in!" Ryuga declared.
"They're warriors who fight to protect the freedom of all people… they always come to help those who need it… they are those who protect their friends, those who make sure nobody is abandoned, those who reach out to the future, those who protect the world, those who bring people back their smiles... and if a villain is gonna try and wreck the world… they use their powers for love and peace… that's… what a Kamen Rider is…" Takeshi told Marth with a hopeful look.
Marth was silent a moment as he took the words in.
"We will save her. Don't lose hope," Takeshi added.
"...you do remember Linde was taken captive, right?' Caeda quickly reminded.
"...oh right… uh… we will save them," Takeshi corrected himself.
"How can I do that when I feel like… such a failure…" Marth sighed, "Both as a king… and as a Rider…"
Takeshi simply looked at him for a moment before he got up close to him and just stared at him. He then backed away upon seeing Marth look to face him.
"Look, Marth… I'm not best to be advising royalty… but if there's anything I can assure you, it's that you're anything but a failure. I have heard of kings who strategize away from the battle or behind troops. But not you. You inspire so many people around you to do the right thing, saving and protecting so many lives, and encouraging them during their darkest moments. And that's what a Rider does, help those in need while doing the right thing. You've helped so many people, and done so much for Altea as it is…" Takeshi spoke as he paced around the room a little bit, "In my travels, I have heard many great names for you. Most notably is the title of Hero King."
"...Hero King?" Marth questioned.
"From what I've seen, you've more than earned that title… and I can imagine no better person than yourself, going to the front line to aid both his troops and those in need, to be given both the title of Hero King… and the honor of being a fellow Rider…" Takeshi concluded.
Marth thought for a moment before he began to smile, "Thank you. I needed to hear that…"
"Alright, so, we still need a plan," Caeda commented.
"Rescuing Linde and Tiki are top of the priority list and then we'll need to stop Gharnef," Marth commented.
"I have an idea about how we can help Tiki…" Takeshi commented, "Maybe… do something to remind her of how much you care for her. Just… something to help remind her of the truth…"
Caeda thought for a moment before she snapped her fingers, "I know just the thing…"
"Alright, then I'll trust you with saving Tiki," Marth smiled before he turned to Takeshi, "Tell the troops to mobilize and start searching for Gharnef's base so we can plan what to do about Linde. However… Cain and Abel will go one way, you'll go the other, and then me and Caeda will head another."
"Gotcha," Takeshi nodded.
"One problem… I'll need some time to cook up my plan to make sure it's perfect," Caeda informed.
"We'll make sure you have that time," Takeshi stated as he and Tiki-chan headed to go find Cain and Abel.
"So… just curious… your speech about what it means to be a Kamen Rider… where did you get that from?" Tiki-chan curiously asked.
"Wizard episode 53, Heisei Generations Final, and Build episode 32," he informed.
"...what does it mean to be a Kamen Rider to you? Just… beyond what you've seen from other Riders, just your own opinion…"
"Easy… to never be cruel, never be cowardly. To remember, hate is always foolish and love is always wise. I should always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind. And… well... laugh hard, run fast, be kind," Takeshi informed, "Not only is that for Riders… but heroes in general."
"Well, to me…" Tiki-chan smiled as she sat on his shoulder, "You fit that to a T."
"Thank you…"
"We have three jewels of the Fire Emblem…" a man in mostly brown and red armor said as he walked over to Gharnef, "What is our plan now?"
Gharnef gave him a motion to stop talking as he finished using some magical energy on Kamen Rider Tiki's form. She then gained a pair of wings and dragon claws along her hands that were similar looking to Wizard's dragon wings add claws form his All Dragon form, yet were made of what looked to be green and purple fire. They quickly vanished from her form.
"What was…?"
"That, Michalis, is what I'm calling our Kamen Rider's 'Phase Two' form…" Gharnef smirked.
The wings and claws then quickly vanished in the same fire that they appeared in. The Rider simply stood there for a moment as Gharnef looked at the red and green jewels.
"The Geosphere and the Lifesphere… with these… my plan is now ready to come to fruition…" he smirked.
"Excellent. Now then… what are to do with the dancer who held the jewels?" Michalis questioned.
"I have no need for her. Go ahead and kill her," Gharnef said.
"Actually… I have a better idea for her…" Kamen Rider Tiki stated quickly, "Does the plan require the Fire Emblem itself?"
Gharnef began to think a little bit and then looked at the Rider with a curious look, "What are you getting at?"
"We exchange the dancer for the Fire Emblem."
Hero was roaming around part of the kingdom in search of any sign of Gharnef and his forces. He walked around at a normal pace and had yet to see any signs of the villains.
"Man… this is taking a while…" Hero muttered, "Would be much faster if I had a dang motorcycle…"
"I don't know why you don't have one," Tiki-chan informed.
"It's kind of annoying, but it is good exercise to walk around…" Hero responded as he continued along. He then heard something and quickly dodged out of the way from some gunfire, "Oh great…"
He looked up to see Neo-Hero standing nearby.
"Dude, I really don't have time for this…" Hero groaned as he started to move, but…
=KAMEN RIDE: ...ROBIN!=
Kamen Rider Robin appeared in front of Hero's path.
=KAMEN RIDE: ...OLIVIA!=
The pink Rider appeared behind Hero. Hero just sighed a bit as he took on a battle-ready pose. The two Riders charged towards him, but Hero quickly dodged them.
"Man…" Hero muttered before sighing, "I really don't have the time to be wasting fighting you… ugh… it's like a rival in a Pokemon game that shows up at just the wrong time…"
Neo-Hero quickly fired some shots from his gun, but Hero was easily able to avoid them. He then guided the two summoned Riders to attack.
Hero quickly punched and kicked them back and began to start trying to get away.
"Not gonna get away…" Neo-Hero muttered as he got out another card. He quickly gave it a small peck to the side before loading it in, "Ikuzo…"
=KAMEN RIDE: …=
He took a moment to find the right spot before shooting the blast. Hero began to dodge attacks from Kamen Rider Robin and Kamen Rider Olivia, but was suddenly kicked in the back of the head. He looked to see it was a silver Rider… who looked all to familiar.
=KAMUI!=
"Oh great…" Hero sighed as he got back up and dodged a magic blast from Kamen Rider Robin. He then looked to Kamen Rider Kamui and simply sighed, "...why do I get the feeling she was the silver rider he used against me in our first encounter."
"Probably is…" Tiki-chan responded before she sighed, "...but we need to get moving. I have a feeling that something big is about to happen…"
"Where?"
"I'll tell you in a bit. We need to go, now!"
Hero nodded a little as he saw a way he could start running, however…
=KAMEN RIDE: ...ITSUKI!=
"Oh goodie…" Hero groaned as another Rider appeared in front of him, "I don't have any more time to waste… so…"
=ATTACK RIDE: …SHURIKEN!=
Hero's horn popped off his head, transformed into a mini-shuriken, and he quickly fung it at Kamen Rider Itsuki to stun him.
=ATTACK RIDE: ...SUPER SPEED!=
Hero quickly took advantage of Kamen Rider Itsuki wincing in pain to start running. Neo-Hero simply watched this for a moment, but then dismissed his summoned Riders and snapped his fingers…
Hero continued to run with the enhancement from the speed card.
"Well… that was unexpected…" Tiki-chan whispered as she was hiding in Hero's hood.
"Luckily, he can't keep up with me…" Hero commented.
Suddenly, there was a 'woosh' sound… which was then followed by the sounds of a motorcycle in movement.
"Wait, what?" Tiki-chan gasped.
"You. Have. Got. To be KIDDING ME!" Hero yelled.
He looked to see that, indeed, Neo-Hero was riding on a motorcycle. The front of it looked to be the same as Ghost's motorcycle, had a red booster of sorts on the side, and the back was the same as Chase's motorcycle.
"Why?!" Hero exclaimed.
"You can't get away…" Neo-Hero commented as he aimed his gun at Hero, "You can never win, but you sure can try… I'm unbeatable!"
Hero managed to narrowly dodge some of the gun shots. He gave an annoyed growl as he kept dodging as best he could. The shots continued for a little bit before Hero noticed something.
'Wait… he's using both his hands to fire that thing… how's the motorcycle…?' Hero thought before he noticed what looked to be a Wii U gamepad near the handlebars with the text 'Autopilot Engaged'. Hero simply smirked as he jumped to the other side of Neo-Hero and quickly pressed a button on the gamepad to disengage the autopilot.
"Wh-wha?!" Neo-Hero yelled as the motorcycle began to slow down and wobble, "Wh-agh!"
Neo-Hero fell off and Hero gave a smirk as he watched the motorcycle go falling away.
"Buh-bye!" Hero smirked.
"Grr… nakanaka nakanaka nakanaka taihen dakedo kanarazu get da ze!" Neo-Hero yelled before Hero ran off in a hurry.
Hero continued to run for a moment before something clicked in his mind and he skidded to a stop.
"Wh-why are you stopping? We need to get going before he can catch up!" Tiki-chan told Hero.
"The… things he said to me just now… those… were both Pokemon references…" Hero commented.
"What?"
"Those comments were based on lyrics from openings. 'You can never win, but you sure can try, I'm unbeatable'... that's from Unbeatable and the one in pure Japanese… that's from Mezase Pokemon Master…" Hero noted.
"...that doesn't mean much. Isn't Pokemon like… the third best selling video game franchise of all time?"
"Second at 300 million."
"Anybody could know the lyrics to those songs if the series is that popular…"
"...touche…" Hero nodded.
"Anyway, we need to get moving before Neo-Hero can possibly get that thing working again and catch up to us."
Hero gave a nod as he speeded on back.
Marth was sitting in his throne as a dark jewel of sorts was flown in by some kind of a bird. The dark jewel then emitted a light and turned into Gharnef.
-Hello… Hero Fool…-
"What?" Marth asked.
-I have a little… proposition for you. Give me the Fire Emblem and I will return Linde…-
"What about Tiki?"
-You'll have to help her on your own…- Gharnef informed, -You have until sunset to decide. My bird shall guide you to the spot where we will make the exchange.-
The light soon died down from the jewel and the bird went over to a window. Marth simply began to think about his options before he gave a soft smile…
Some distance away, Gharnef had Kamen Rider Tiki, in her form with the dragon wings and claws, fly around black pillars that had magical energy flowing through them. She circled around the pillars, discharging off her own bit of magic, and simply kept it up.
"Do you really believe that he'll give up the Fire Emblem?" Michalis questioned.
"We will see…" Gharnef figured as he took out the Darksphere and turned to face Michalis, "Just in case things go south… I have something in mind to keep the Riders busy…"
"...being?"
Gharnef then shot black and purple lighting at Michalis. The general began to yell in pain as his body began to mutate into a more monstrous form.
"Gotoh rejected me to have the magic to change this world… well… I'll show him… in triumph… I will show the truth!" Gharnef yelled as he made the magic vanish from his hands and looked to the now unconscious monster, "Now… awaken my brood… today you will rise…"
Nothing happened.
"I've given you new life my lusus naturae! Open your eyes!" Gharnef yelled...
The time of sunset was soon approaching as Marth began to mobilize his forces.
Caeda, with a box in tow, arrived near Cain, "This is important cargo for the task. Protect it with your life."
"Is it the Fire Emblem?" Cain questioned.
"Guard it as if it was the Fire Emblem."
"Yes ma'am!"
Takeshi and Tiki-chan approached Marth as he was working on giving the last bit of instructions to his men.
"Alright… and now for you…" Marth said as he faced Takeshi, "You are to help me confront any powerful creatures that are sent to attack us. Caeda is going to be the one to save Tiki, so we don't have any other Kamen Riders. Can I count on you?"
"It's an honor," Takeshi smiled.
Marth gave a smile before he gave a look to the bird to start flying. Thus, the bird began to fly towards the black pillars. The army began to follow it through the lands, going past a beach, and through a forest.
"Slow going…" Cain muttered.
"We need to hope it knows what it's doing…" Caeda added.
Marth then noticed something on the ground, picked it up, and tucked it into a bag.
The group arrived in an open field a bit of a distance from the pillars, as Gharnef was there with Kamen Rider Tiki and Linde.
"Gharnef…" Marth growled.
"Hello there… now… our deal…" Gharnef smirked.
Marth simply took the Fire Emblem, which lacked the Light and Star jewels, and handed it over.
Gharnef simply smiled for a moment before he looked at Linde, "Let it never be said I am not a man of my word."
He simply shoved her towards Marth.
"Of course… I'd only said I would return her. Not your precious Tiki… or your precious sister!" Gharnef laughed as he had a firey aura image of Marth's sister appear.
"Nee-chan!" Marth yelled.
Gharnef laughed a bit as he teleported away with the Fire Emblem in tow.
"Marth…" Linde began with a concerned look, but that quickly gave way to her narrowing her eyes, "That wasn't the real Fire Emblem, was it?"
"Pretty much," Marth told her.
"Alright…" Caeda spoke up as she got the box from Cain, "Leave Tiki to me. The rest of you, go stop Gharnef and save Elice!"
"Good luck, dear," Marth told Caeda as he guided his forces forward.
Gharnef put the "Fire Emblem" at the center-point of the pillars, but saw that nothing had happened. He just let out a small sigh as he tossed it away.
"Should've known I would've gotten duped…" Gharnef figured, "Regardless… my plans don't need the Fire Emblem. It would've helped, but I don't need it."
He then levitated a comatose Elice to the center and magically chained her to the center.
"Your plans… will fail…" Gotoh's voice spoke from a pillar that he, in his dragon form, was magically chained to.
"It is far to late for it to fail. You four shall be sacrifices for the revival of the Shadow Dragon… and let it be known, Gotoh, Bantu, Xane… that it was your precious little Tiki who binded you to these magical stones and let you die to be fuel to the Shadow Dragon…" Gharnef smirked as he placed the Darksphere on a mechanism above Elice. He then shot a stream of dark magic into it, causing the Darksphere, as well as the floating Geosphere and Lifesphere, to glow. Magical energy quickly began to flow through the pillars and into the sky.
"What do you think that means?" Takeshi asked.
"He's starting to revive the Shadow Dragon…" Marth explained.
Suddenly, in teleported thousands of the troops of Gharnef's army.
"Prince Marth, we can handle them. You and the other Rider keep going!" Cain told Marth.
"You sure you can handle so many?" Marth nervously asked.
"We got this," Linde assured.
Marth nodded as he and Takeshi headed towards the dark pillars.
Gharnef simply watched as the magic continued to flow as he walked away from the pillars with a confident smirk. He then teleported a short distance away.
Takeshi and Marth eventually got close to the pillars, but something walked in front of the two of them. The monster looked somewhat humanoid due to having the same sort of bipedal stance, a similar head, and arms, but that was where the similarities ended. The chest looked to be almost like a spider webbing of a sort, with white spikes along the red and blac arms, spiked fingers, brown legs and torso, and a head that seemed to be like a helmet, yet somewhat looked like Ghost with his hood up and purple eyes.
"What the heck even is this…?" Marth questioned.
"Blech… looks almost like something out of the Showa Era…" Takeshi muttered.
"You will not pass…" the monster stated.
"Michalis?" Marth gasped.
"Who now?"
"He was the ruler of a nation… but cowardishly surrendered it after he killed his own father to take it over…"
"I was wise to surrender, Marth… you should do the same..."
"Ugh…" Takeshi sighed as he got out his phone and cards, "I got this, Marth."
=KAMEN RIDE: …=
"Henshin!"
=HERO!=
Takeshi quickly transformed, charged in, and punched the monster. The monster, however, caught the punch, and flung him away.
"Surrender? You think that surrendering is wise?" Marth questioned, before he looked at the monster, "I won't surrender. I may have felt like things were hopeless, but I didn't give up. Sure… I needed some help to keep going, but I'm still here and I'm still fighting! I won't surrender until this world is safe and happy!"
Hero smiled as he pulled out some cards and the glowed to reveal the Kamen Ride, Final Form Ride, Final Attack Ride, and one more card that still seemed blurred.
"Takeshi told me what it means to be a real Rider… and Hongo said I was worthy of the name. So… I'll believe them…" Marth declared as he readied the Falchion, "Ore wa honto no Rider ni naru!"
He then began to pose similarly to Hongo…
"Rider… Henshin!" he yelled as his belt appeared around him. He then jumped into the air and yelled out one more word, "Toh!"
He began to glow in blue and gold lights as he twirled in the air. He then landed in a different form from the one he used earlier. The Rider had the same golden belt that resembled the belt of Kamen Rider Kuuga with the center red gem surrounded and held by a navy blue dragon, and wielded the same Falchion of the silver blade on a golden hilt with a green gem and red grip with one part having a gun barrel sticking out of it. He looked like a more traditional Showa/Early Heisei Rider, the boots being a navy blue along with his gloves with golden wristbands and kneepads but the torso was condensed to have just the armor, less of the cloak to make him more maneuverable, a blue scarf around his neck. His helmet had armored hair, tiara, blue bug-like eyes, a silver mouthpiece covering his nose and mouth, and he had the bug antennae/horns most bug-themed Riders were known for, making the Kuuga resemblance almost uncanny.
The last card in Hero's hand then transformed into a Form Ride card. Hero simply looked on in amazement at Marth's second Rider form.
"Kamen Rider… Marth!" he yelled.
Caeda stared down Kamen Rider Tiki as the small Rider simply looked at her.
"Come on already… you gonna transform or what?"
"No," Caeda responded as she set the box down nearby and began to open it up, "Because I won't need to fight you…"
Kamen Rider Tiki had a battle ready pose as Caeda finished opening the box. The contents of the box turned out to be… a plate of various sweets.
"...huh?"
"Remember, Tiki? After you began to live with us I baked for you. And you have quite the little sweet tooth…" Caeda smiled.
Kamen Rider Tiki just stared for a moment as the smell of the sweets reached her and she slowly began to recall them a little.
"Seriously? That's your big plan to restore her?!" Gharnef said as he teleported in and began to laugh, "Oh please! Like that's gonna work!"
"Never underestimate the power of love and family…" Caeda said as she glared at Gharnef.
"My Rider… go ahead and get rid of her already…"
Kamen Rider Tiki began to walk over to Caeda, but stopped and began to look at the sweets…
It was a quiet day in the kingdom. Caeda was spending the time baking some sweets as Tiki walked into the kitchen.
"Tiki," Caeda smiled as she turned to face her, "I just finished baking some sweets. Do you want to eat them together?"
"Really?! Yeah, let's eat!" Tiki smiled as she tried to reach for the plate of sweets. Caeda then brought it to a level the girl could reach, "Thanks, Caeda!"
"You're welcome. Here, help yourself."
"Oh boy!" Tiki smiled as she grabbed some of the sweets and began to eat them rapidly.
"Don't try to eat them all at once, Tiki. Your mouth can only hold so many!"
Tiki kept eating the sweets in a hurry, "They're so sweet… and tasty!"
"Wow… you devoured the whole batch…" Caeda commented as she saw the now empty plate. She gave a soft giggle as she looked at Tiki, "I guess you liked them."
"You're a great cook, Caeda! I wish you were part of my family…"
"Really? What a flattering thing to say."
"You and Mar-Mar are both so special to me that you're practically family already…"
"Thanks, Tiki. You're very important to me, too. Having you around does make it feel like I have a bigger family…"
"Well, in that case… can I give my family a big hug?" Tiki asked as she stretched her arms out a bit.
"Of course!" Caeda smiled, "Come on over!"
"Yay!" Tiki smiled as she hugged Caeda.
"...Caeda… still cares..." the little dragon Rider spoke.
"You fool!" Gharnef yelled as he charged up some magic, "Fine then… I'll just take care of this woman myself!"
He tossed a dark Arcfire spell at Caeda, but Kamen Rider Tiki quickly got in the way of it. The blast knocked the helmet clean off of her head. The helmet shattered into magic as it collided with the ground.
"Tiki!"
"How… dare… you…" she began as she raised her head up… revealing her eyes were now back to normal, "Try to hurt my family!"
"Tiki!" Caeda smiled.
"...maybe that was a mistake…" Gharnef muttered.
"Oh, that was…" Caeda responded as she walked forward, "But your first, biggest, and greatest mistake… was thinking you could get away with turning Tiki against me and Marth!"
Gharnef growled a bit as he began to charge up another magic spell.
"Queen Henshin!" Caeda declared as she transformed into her Rider form, "Tiki… leave this to me…"
"No," Tiki responded as she stepped to be next to her, "I'm helping you. I know that revenge is a pointless cause and stuff, but… he made me hurt you and Mar-Mar… and I want to get back at him for making me do that."
Kamen Rider Caeda looked at her for a moment before sighing, "Alright. Just promise you'll try and be a little careful?"
"I promise," she nodded.
"Let's do this," Kamen Rider Caeda nodded.
Hero punched the monster and Kamen Rider Marth quickly followed it up with some slashes. The two Riders rapidly attacked as quick as they could and the monster got sent flying backwards.
"Hold this," Kamen Rider Marth requested as he handed Hero the Falchion.
"O-ok…" Hero nodded.
Kamen Rider Marth quickly charged in, got close, and rapidly punched and kicked the monster. He charged up a bit of energy into his fist and sent the monster flying into the air. He followed this up by jumping up into the air to then kick the monster right down to the ground.
"Wow…" Hero gawked as Kamen Rider Math landed near him, "You fight like Hongo-san does… albeit a bit faster"
"True," Kamen Rider Marth nodded, "You do too. He train you or something?"
"Nope. I've never met him."
"Huh…"
The monster weakly got back up and groaned a little bit.
"Let's tag team him a bit more," Hero suggested.
Kamen Rider Marth gave a nod as they headed towards the monster. Both punched the monster and followed it up with powerful kicks.
"Nice," Hero smiled.
Kamen Rider Caeda slashed at Gharnef with her spear at a rapid pace. Kamen Rider Tiki moved in and landed some punches and kicks that were slightly charged up with magic.
"Wow…" the greenette gawked.
"Guess that form gave you some more magical power," Kamen Rider Caeda figured.
She nodded a little as she ran forward, began yelling, closed her eyes, and rapidly punched Gharnef in the gut. The mage was unable to cast up any sort of defensive spell due to how rapidly the girl was striking him. She then gave him an uppercut punch to send him flying.
"You're certainly pretty tough…"
"Thanks," Kamen Rider Tiki smiled.
Gharnef fell to the ground with an angered look. He managed to get back up, charged up a powerful dark Thoron spell and quickly casted it.
Kamen Rider Tiki, in a bit of a panic, grabbed Kamen Rider Caeda's sword and slashed the magic blast in half. She looked on in amazement at what just happened, "Sugee..."
"Not bad," Kamen Rider Caeda smiled as she playfully ruffled Tiki's exposed hair.
The evil mage glared before he tried to make a run for it.
"Not happening!" Tiki quickly yelled as she turned to her fellow Rider, "I'm gonna run back and come over here again. When I reach you, I want you to toss me into the air!"
"What?"
"Trust me!"
Kamen Rider Caeda nodded as she watched the small dragon Rider run backwards a bit. Kamen Rider Tiki quickly ran forward, soon reaching Kamen Rider Caeda. The older Rider tossed the younger one into the air with her hands.
"What?!" Gharnef yelled.
Kamen Rider Tiki was in the midst of a sort of backflip before she began to spin the air, similar to Ryuki when he was doing his Final vent, and then the greenette Rider began to soar downwards.
"Rider…" she yelled as a green and purple fire aura dragon surrounded her leg, "KI~~CK!"
The Rider Kick collided with Gharnef and sent him flying backwards. The mage teleported away in a hurry while Tiki let out a sigh.
"Nice work…" Kamen Rider Caeda smiled as she walked over.
"Thanks…" Tiki smiled back, "...I… I… uh… I'm… really sorry for what happened…"
"You weren't in control of your actions…"
"...but I ran away and that's what led to this… I'm so sorry…"
Kamen Rider Caeda looked at Tiki before she simply proceeded to hug her, "Everybody makes mistakes. Don't worry to much about it…"
Tiki hugged her back before going over to the box of sweets, "So…"
"Let's wait until after we win, ok?"
Tiki simply nodded a little, giving a somewhat sad look, before sighing. Kamen Rider Caeda then walked over and handed the young girl a cookie.
"Here. But we still have to make sure the bad guys are stopp, so the rest wait. Ok?"
"Ok," Tiki nodded as she nibbled on the cookie.
Hero gave another punch to the monster sending it towards Kamen Rider Marth. Kamen Rider Marth then punched it upwards, jumped up, and let energy charge into his leg.
"Rider Kick!" he yelled as he soared down and kicked the monster. The monster then exploded and the Rider looked at the smoke, "May your soul find peace…"
"You said he killed somebody, right?"
"Yes, but he was a man transformed into a monster."
"...you can be kind of to nice sometimes…" Hero responded.
"Sorry…"
Gharnef then teleported into the center of the pillar formation to see the process still wasn't finished.
"Marth, we gotta move!" Hero yelled as he noticed Gharnef.
"Right!"
"Fine then… I'll speed this up!" Gharnef yelled as he jumped into the magic that was being emitted from the three jewels.
The magical energy exploded, knocking the two Riders back, and the pillars fell to the ground. The smoke soon cleared and the two could see a black and purple dragon in the air.
"Oh no…" they both muttered.
"HA! The Shadow Dragon lives again!" it declared in a distorted version of Gharnef's voice. It quickly flew away to attack Marth's forces.
"Marth!" Kamen Rider Caeda yelled as she hurried over, "...are we…?"
"No. It's not over yet," Kamen Rider Marth declared as he saw the three remaining jewels fly onto the Fire Emblem, "We need to get into the air."
"How? A pegasus can't keep up with that kind of speed."
"...another dragon can," Tiki figured as she took out her magic wand, "...I can do this."
"We can do this…" Kamen Rider Marth assured, "Caeda, try and warn our forces to get moving and defend them."
"B-"
"Please… leave this to me…"
"...you better come back."
"I promise."
Kamen Rider Caeda then headed back towards the forces of the army.
"King Henshin!" Kamen Rider Marth yelled. He then changed back into his default form.
Tiki held onto her wand closely as the light of the Dragonstone within shined. She then transformed into her dragon form and let out a roar.
"Awesome…" Hero gawked.
Kamen Rider Marth got onto the dragon, set to take off, but Hero quickly climbed on as well.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm gonna help."
"No."
"Why not?"
"I won't let anybody else risk their lives…"
"I'm going to help you!"
"Who are you to think you can go helping me when I tell you to not?"
"Torisugari no Kamen Rider da… oboetoke."
Kamen Rider Marth just sighed as he readied the Fire Emblem, "Just be careful…"
"Gotcha," Hero nodded.
The dragon version of Tiki took off as fast as she could. She let out a roar as she flew towards the Shadow Dragon.
"This is awesome…" Hero gawked.
Kamen Rider Marth had the Falchion readied as well as they got close to the Shadow Dragon. He pulled on the trigger and began to shoot at the Shadow Dragon.
=ATTACK RIDE ...BOW!=
Hero's horn popped off and transformed into a bow. He quickly took aim, with magical arrows forming into the small bow, pulled back, and let the arrows fly towards the Shadow Dragon. The Shadow Dragon simply gave an annoyed roar at the two before he tried to claw them off of the dragon.
"Well… range isn't going to work…" Kamen Rider Marth commented.
"What should we do then?"
Kamen Rider Marth lined up the Falchion and the Fire Emblem as close as he could. Light from the Lightsphere and Starsphere shined onto the blade, "Tiki, get ready for some fast movement."
"Got it," she nodded.
"Here," Kamen Rider Marth said as he handed Hero the Fire Emblem.
"...ok…"
Kamen Rider Marth then pulled back on the trigger of the Falchion, let more energy charge into it, then jumped off of Tiki. She let out a roar to send him flying through the air.
"Starlight Rider Slash!" Kamen Rider Marth then slashed the stomach of the Shadow Dragon. Tiki moved to below the Rider to let out another roar so he could slash at a wing. He then landed back on Tiki, but quickly grunted, "Ugh… it's not enough…"
"I've got an idea…" Hero said as he put the Fire Emblem onto his back and got a card ready, "Do you trust me?"
"Yea."
"Alright," Hero smiled as he loaded in a card and activated it.
=FINAL FORM RIDE: ...MA-MA-MA-MARTH!=
"This might sting a bit," Hero informed.
"Gotcha."
Hero tapped the back of Kamen Rider Marth's neck. This caused the Rider's body to start to fold up and then turn into a giant sized version of his Falchion. Hero grabbed it and let out a small smile, "Had a feeling he'd turn into this."
The dragon quickly flew around as Hero used the giant version of the Falchion to slash at the Shadow Dragon. The Shadow Dragon let out an angered and pain-filled roar as he continued to get slashed by the giant Falchion.
"Go Marth, go!" Cain and Abel yelled.
"You got this, Marth!" Linde cheered.
"Come on Marth…" Kamen Rider Caeda smiled.
Hero then landed another slash at the Shadow Dragon before Tiki got knocked back. Hero fell onto his stomach and the jewels of the Fire Emblem began to glow.
"Nothing can stop me. Not another dragon, not that stupid Fire Emblem, not any royalty, and not any Kamen Riders!" the Shadow Dragon yelled.
The jewels of the Fire Emblem floated up, surrounded the Shadow Dragon, and let out magical energy beams to restrain it.
"Wha-what is happening?! Let me go!"
"...what the…?" Hero blinked as he got his grip on the giant Falchion.
"Another name for the Fire Emblem is the Shield of Seals… it must be sealing him so we can finish him!" the dragon Tiki figured.
"Alright," Hero nodded as he tossed the giant Falchion into the air, "Marth, go for it!"
The giant Falchion then turned back into Kamen Rider Marth, his sword raised high above his head, "Starlight… Rider Slash!"
Hero quickly loaded in a card and activated it.
=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: ...MA-MA-MA-MARTH!=
Light magic exploded off of the sword in a flash. Kamen Rider Marth gave a nod as he soared down, "Chou… Starlight… Rider Slash!"
From within the Shadow Dragon, Gharnef's soul was attempting to get out of it.
"I will not die here! I will not!"
"If this is the end of us… it's the end of you as well!" Gotoh's soul declared as he, Xane, Bantu and Elice restrained him.
Kamen Rider Marth could faintly see the soul of his sister there. He began to tear up under his helmet, but saw his sister's soul turn to him and nod her head. Kamen Rider Marth nodded his own head as he soared downwards. He slashed at the Shadow Dragon with a massive amount of magical force and it began to spark.
"No! No! NO! GWAH…! WHY…? WHY… HAVE I… BEEN DEFEATED… SO EASILY?! IS THIS… THE POWER… OF KAMEN RIDES?! ...KNOW THIS, PEOPLE OF THE WORLD… THIS LIGHT IS ONLY A BRIEF RESPITE… SO LONG AS EVIL LURKS WITHIN THE HEARTS OF MAN… SHOULD THESE RIDERS EVER FALL… I SHALL RISE FROM THE DEPTHS OF HECK AND DESTROY YOU ALL! NEVER FORGET!" the Shadow Dragon yelled before it exploded.
Gharnef's troops then faded into dust and blew away with the wind. The army began to cheer in response to this.
Kamen Rider Marth continued soaring towards the grand, landing safely, as the dragon Tiki and Hero returned to the ground. Tiki returned to her human form, still in her Rider suit, and fell back onto the ground.
"That. Was. Awesome…" Hero gawked.
The group of Riders, bar Tiki turned back to normal. Caeda quickly pulled Math into a kiss and then a hug.
"That was amazing, Marth…" Caeda smiled.
"Yeah…" Marth nodded.
Suddenly, the Starsphere, Lightsphere, Geosphere, and Lifesphere, all fell to the ground. Marth caught the Starsphere, Caeda caught the Ligthsphere, Tiki caught the Geosphere, and Linde caught the Lifesphere.
"...huh…" Marth commented as he looked at the Starsphere, also getting the Fire Emblem off of Takeshi's back, and then blinked a little, "...I… can hear my sister's voice…"
"...I hear Ban-Ban's…" Tiki added.
"...they must've gotten attached to the jewels…" Caeda figured.
"Guys… the Darksphere is missing…" Linde informed.
"Oh no…"
"I'll start looking for it," Linde said quickly as she headed to get to the army's forces.
Tiki then got up and walked over to Marth, "...Mar-Mar? ...I'm so sorry. I… I ran away from home, and look what happened… I'm so sorry…"
Marth looked at the girl as she began to tear up before he then pulled her into a comforting hug, "Tiki… everybody makes mistakes."
"But-"
"We didn't know that would end up happening, so don't go blaming yourself. Ok?"
"...ok…"
"Also… after what you've done to help us today… you've more than made up for it… and proven yourself worthy of the title of Kamen Rider…" Marth smiled as he took out a bag and handed it to her.
Tiki then opened it up to see it was her helmet from her earlier 'Rider' battle, "My helmet!"
Marth then hugged her with a soft smile.
"Thank you… dad…"
Marth's eyes widened for a moment before Tiki's own eyes then widened as well as she realized what she had said.
"Oh… I-I'm sorry… I-"
"If you want to call me that… you can," Marth told her with a calm smile.
"Ok… dad…" Tiki smiled.
Caeda then joined the hug and they all smiled.
"...so sweet…" Tiki-chan smiled.
"Yeah…" Takeshi nodded.
The duo then vanished via the mists...
Takeshi and Tiki-chan were now back at their base and they saw the Mystery Woman was standing in front of them.
"H-" Takeshi began to speak.
"About time you two finished up in that world. You were gone for a while, but now it's time to get ready for the next three worlds," she smiled.
"...o-machido-sama deshita…" Takeshi responded in an annoyed and sarcastic tone.
"You should be sorry you kept me waiting," she retorted.
"Hey," Tiki-chan began as she flew up to the Mystery Woman, "Takeshi has managed to go in and help six worlds already. It would at least be nice for you to say 'good job' or something!"
The Mystery Woman let out a sigh as she turned to face Takeshi, "...good job."
"Thank you," Takeshi smiled.
"Now… I have a question… why is it I have the memories of other Tikis?" Tiki-chan asked, "I don't just remember things that happened to the Tiki of Marth's world... I also remember things that happened to the Tiki from Robin's world and the Tiki from Itsuki's world."
The Mystery Woman just stared at her for a moment before shrugging a bit.
"Wha-?"
"It's not important. Just do your job of navigating the Rider," the Mystery Woman responded as she began to walk away, "Rest yourself up, Rider, we will discuss things in the morning."
With that, the Mystery Woman was now gone.
"Oh… Jorogumo give me strength…" Takeshi sighed.
"...who?" Tiki-chan asked.
"...it's… complicated…" he admitted as he stepped away from the Outrealm Gate.
"Hey… we can still see Marth's world…" Tiki-chan commented.
Takeshi turned to see that, indeed, Marth's world was still visible to them. They could see Marth, Caeda, and Tiki, standing ready for a battle.
"King Henshin!"
"Queen Henshin!"
"Spots On Henshin!"
The portal then showed the three transform and showed that Tiki's Rider form was now the suit of her corrupted form, but now had the helmet of her original 'Rider' form.
"They look like such an adorable family…" Takeshi commented.
"Yeah.." Tiki-chan nodded.
Takeshi let out a small sigh as he walked over to the mattress in the room and began to relax on it a bit.
Takeshi was typing something on his phone with a bit of a nervous look. Tiki-chan eventually floated over to see it was a group text with a label of 'family' on the top of it.
-Hey. How's your trip going? I'm doing fine and eating well. As for what I've been up to…? Just been playing some Fire Emblem games and watching some Kamen Rider. Nothing major. Hope the trip is well…-
"...you gonna send it?" Tiki-chan curiously asked.
"I'll see…" Takeshi responded as he exited the text mode of his phone, "So… you said you remember things the other two Tikis remember?"
"Just some fragmented bits. Like when the Tiki from Robin's world met Chrom… and when the Tiki from Itsuki's world met Itsuki-tachi…" Tiki-chan admitted, "...why do you think I have these memories?"
"I was thinking maybe you were a reincarnation of the Tiki from Marth's world, but you having memories of the other two versions of Tiki put the kibosh on that thought…" Takeshi responded.
Tiki-chan just sighed as she sat down on Takeshi's card case.
"But… at least you have your own set of memories. It makes you… well… you," Takeshi smiled.
Tiki-chan, who had a very small blush on her face, simply smiled.
"Well… I'm gonna get to sleep. See you in the morning…" Takeshi informed.
"Actually… before you do… I wanted to ask you something…"
"Sure. What's up?"
"...would you mind if I… gave you a nickname?"
"Why ask?"
"It's just… the other Tikis gave nicknames to people important to her, so…"
"Alright. If you want to…" Takeshi nodded before he thought for a moment, "Though... Taketake sounds kinda silly and Shishi makes me sound like a lion… or bad luck…"
"How about…?" Tiki-chan began as she thought for a moment before smiling a nervous smile, "...how about just… 'Take-kun'?"
"Yeah. That works," Takeshi smiled as he got onto his side, "Goodnight."
"Sleep tight, Take-kun," Tiki-chan smiled back.
*As the instrumentals slowly began, Takeshi stared at the dark room with the inactive portal.*
Embrace the dark you call a home, *Takeshi held out the Hero card and was joined by Tiki-chan.*
Gaze upon an empty, white throne *They looked to the portal, which was inactive and then slowly showed Kamen Rider Marth's image*
A legacy of lies, *The two were being watched by something in the shadows*
A familiar disguise *Takeshi turned and then saw the mysterious woman before he was again shoved into the portal.*
Sing with me a song of conquest and fate *Takeshi, now Kamen Rider Hero, was standing in between various worlds and seeing the fractures to all nine of them.*
The black pillar cracks beneath its weight *He could see the nine Riders all facing away from him before they faded as if they weren't even there.*
Night breaks through the day, hard as a stone *Hero and Tiki-chan stood in a dark room in confusion before they slowly walked out of it*
Lost in thoughts all alone *The two simply continued forward.*
"Sorry about last time, everybody, but I'm back for another Explanation Corner. So, let's start!" Tiki-chan cheered.
She flew in front of the screen as a picture of Kamen Rider Marth's second form appeared, "The more Rider-like form of Kamen Rider Marth! He fights more like a traditional Kamen Rider and even looks more like one. It's really cool looking, and, even cooler, you'll get to know how he got the form in the upcoming Heroic Tales: Kamen Rider Marth special!"
She then twirled a little as an image of Marth's Final Form Ride appeared, "And, honestly, who else expected it to turn him into a giant Falchion?"
Several people behind the camera raised their hands.
"That's what I thought…" she admitted before the image switched to Neo-Hero's motorcycle, "...yeah… I don't get why he got his first. Usually, it's the secondary Riders who lack a motorcycle not the primary ones. Eh. Maybe Take-kun will get his soon."
She then gave a small bow, "Well, join us back here next time!"
Jikai, Kamen Rider Hero…
Tiki-chan: Three worlds left…
Takeshi: Yeah…
Mystery Woman: You want answers, here you go.
Takeshi: ...what should I do…? *He then gave a small gasp…*
Emblem 14: if Our Fates Cross
*Footage then showed various Kamen Riders and Sentai Senshi doing battle*
Kouta: Chou Taisen Remake. ...wait… what am I even doing here?
Announcer: You're here for a battle!
Kouta: Sagara?
Announcer: Who?
Tiki: *lets out a small yawn as she woke up in Marth's arms* Hi…
Marth: Hello…
Caeda: What's your name?
Tiki: I'm Tiki.
See how a legendary family forms…
Marth: I'll keep you safe.
Tiki: Ok…
Kamen Rider Hero: Heroic Tales
Kamen Rider Marth
Coming Soon
*Ex-Aid and Hero got blasted back by a powerful explosion. Hero took out the Kamui Kamen Ride card, but another explosion forced it from his grasp. Ex-Aid grabbed the card… and it transformed into a Fire Emblem Fates Gashat*
Ex-Aid: Wow…
Hero: What the…?
*Takeshi was then being given a new cards and he looked on in amazement*
*The scene then shifted to show the person who looked like Kuruto watching how the card turned into a Gashat*
Kuroto(?): Oh... A Gashat based on a Nintendo game… inspiration… has struck…
Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider: Hero and Ex-Aid: Movie War Dimension
Gabutyra roared as the Kyoryuger posed, showing KyoryuBlack assuming his Double Armed On Form
Hero: Sugee…
Hero posed with Tiki-chan and Kamen Rider Marth before they slashed the screen to show Kamen RIder Marth using the Chou Starlight Rider Slash.
Torin: That was simply amazing… shame about the people who sort of died...
All the heroes came together, KyoryuRed and Hero shaking hands before posing.
SUPER HERO TIME! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
This… took a log longer than expected to finish, but it is now finished. Another chapter has been completed. The next two chapters… man oh man are they gonna be fun! I do wish to thank KKD for a few things. Firstly, I want to thank him for help with the title of the next chapter. I was stuck between "if Our Fates Collide", "if Our Fates Connect", or "if Our Fates Cross" and he helped me out. Secondly, thank him for helping to make the descriptions for Kamen Rider Marth's two forms. As you can see from the monster description… I kind of struggle with descriptions at times. Thirdly, his help on that big speech that Takeshi gave to Marth. The one paraphrasing some episodes and movies of the show was my idea, but the one that truly got Marth's motivation back was done by him. Nice work. And, lastly, I want to thank him for letting me use the name Jorogumo in this chapter. She's from his recent Spider-Man story and is a goddess… I kind of wanted to include a nod to that story.
So… yeah. Marth has a sister. She got kidnapped in both games and was nearly sacrificed to help the villains' plans both times. Just… yeesh. I only learned about her between working on these chapters, so that's why she only came up in this one. Linde appearing was also a bit of a late choice, hence why Takeshi's line from the last chapter was a singular instead of a plural. Oh, and speaking of her, her design is actually based on her designs from the original releases of Shadow Dragon and its sequel. Just because I thought they looked nice.
The monster that Takeshi and Marth fight was meant to invoke a Showa Era design and, once KKD draws it, I think you'll see what I'm getting at. ...aside.. Some of the designs of the Showa Era monsters are weird. It took me quite a while to find a design I liked so I could blend them together.
As for a favorite part… the cute scene between Takeshi and Tiki-chan at the end. It's honestly really sweet. I was looking for something really adorable to occur.
And before anybody asks about Neo-Hero getting his motorcycle first, don't worry, Takeshi will be getting his soon. I can't say how soon, but it will be soon.
Takeshi's little comment of "o-machido-sama deshita"... that's an actual Japanese phrase. It translates to "I'm sorry I kept you waiting". I read that in a Japanese etiquette book and I wanted to include a little bit of what I learned from that book in this, and, given how the Mystery Woman acts, that makes a lot of sense.
One other thing… me and Sean recently made a chapter for a Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle story that's RWBY Chibi-like. You'll know it when you see it. Please go give that a read if you haven't already.
Well… another chapter is finished. I can't wait for the next chapter. It's gonna be so much fun.
Just Live More.