Kamen Rider Hero Chapter 14: Emblem 14, a Fire Emblem + Kamen Rider Crossover fanfic

It's certainly been a while since the previous chapter. There are many reasons why that is, mainly relating to school and Chou Taisen Remake, but I won't bore you with the details. Well… I might as well give some quick opinions on some recent stuff from the world of Toku…

Kamen Rider Zi-O's design is great looking. I really love how the suit looks, the Driver is a nice size, the kanji on the helmet thing is really clever, and the Ride Watches are nice looking trinkets. ...though, the Ride Watches kind of look the tops of Beyblades to me. I don't know why I think that, but I think they look like the tops of Beyblades. Gates has a nice suit, but I'll admit I originally thought it was Zi-O's Kuuga based form because of the colors. I'm still holding out hope that Zi-O will be a girl and I have the reason to hope that. I saw a description of the premise that lacked any kind of gender words to describe the person who will turn into , and to anybody who's concerned about the writer… he wrote the episodes of Gokaiger that had the debut of Kanzen GokaiOh and Kamen Sentai Gorider. Let's have a bit of hope.

Noel Takao, or just Takao as I call him to avoid mixing him up with Noel Vermillion, is a massive idiot. He came specially from the undercover unit of the police and he blows his cover in his debut episode! You could've played both sides like a fiddle for at least five or six episodes before needing to blow your cover. Takao, you are an idiot. As for the tech… LupinX and PatorenX are both fine looking, but I do have one honest complaint about both suits… the colors. I honestly think it would've made more sense for LupinX to be the gold one and PatorenX to be the silver one. KKD does agree with me on that and he mentioned that it would help the badges on the suit pop out a little better. I do like the X Trains' design and the auxiliary trains that come with the tech for the two teams… though something about them reminds me of Den-O. I don't know why, but just something about them seems Den-O like. As for X Emperor and Good Cool Kaiser VSX? They're both fine. Not much else to say there. Also, I can't wait for the CD rips of X Power, the theme that played during his beatdown of the Ganglar in his debut episode, to get online. It's really catchy. And as for the bond Kai and Tsukasa have recently gotten… it's cute. Maybe we'll see them become a couple, but who knows at this point.

As for Build… let's start from where I left off in a previous author opening with Evolt getting control of Sento. That didn't last very long… which makes me wonder what the point of giving him the Dragon and Rabbit forms even was… I still hate "Great" Cross-Z, but I did hear a rumor that might explain why we're stuck with it. Basically, the rumor goes that the original Cross-Z suit suffered fire damage and the only way they could convince higher ups to give them money to make repairs to it was if they made some new toy. Again, rumors, but something I just wanted to mention. Mad Rogue's suit is pretty cool. Honestly I kind of think it makes a much better Kamen Rider Rogue suit than the one we got. The Rogue suit is nice and all, but Mad Rogue looks more like a natural evolution of the original Night Rogue suit.

Now… onto the debut of Sento's final form.

-Clip-

Sento: I guess this was to much to ask for a supporting character like you. *looks forward* The egotistical superhero of justice has returned!

-Pause Clip-

While this was clearly done to show Sento had his memories back… I have one a bit of an issue with him bringing back the bit of 'Ryuga is a supporting character' from an earlier episode. So... way to ruin the moment by reminding us of your over-inflated ego, Sento.

-Resume Clip-

=KANZEN MUKETSU NO BOTTLE YAROU! BUILD... GENIUS! SUGEI! MONO SUGEI!=

-End Clip-

Wait, nevermind! The moment was ruined by the reveal of that outfit! ...going into some positive parts about it… the gear from the Build Driver that's on the forehead looks pretty cool and the shade of white is nice. ...but I really don't like the Genius Form suit. I really don't like all of the Full Bottles sticking alongside the side suit and the Full Bottles making up the area where the eyes are just looks really stupid. Not to mention… I gotta wonder how hard it is for Sento, and more importantly Seiji Takaiwa, to see from that. Colored eye areas are difficult to see from if comments from the suit actors of Timeranger are anything to go by.

And Grease Blizzard? I like it. The shade of light blue is nice, the use of the Robot Halfbody's arm is certainly clever, the Blizzard Knuckle being his transformation trinket is something I didn't see coming, and it's pretty neat that we finally have another tertiary Rider getting a final form. Kazumi is the first tertiary Rider since Ryugen to get a final form. Also… the scene with him transforming was really awesome…

-Clip-

=ARE YOU READY?=

Kazumi: Deki teiru yo… (Da*n right I am…)

-End Clip-

You may not get to see the peace after the war, but know that you died for a good cause Kazumi. Rest easy man…

Anyway… to give mention to one other toku related thing… Project: Kaitou vs. Keisatsu. There'll be something to promote it in the near future and then I'll actually announce its official name and such.

Before we begin… there's something else I wanna mention. One thing I've made clear in some conversations is that if Kamen Rider Hero was an actual TV show anybody could be played by anybody… though, towards the end of typing the previous chapter, I sorta began to imagine Marth as being played by Takeru Satoh. Satoh is the guy who played Ryotaro back in Den-O. Don't know where that thought came from it just kinda entered my mind. Anyway… there is one character here I have a perfect actor in mind for if this was a hypothetical TV show, Ayuri Konno as Kamui. I just imagine her as playing Kamui for whatever reason and I kinda think she'd be a perfect fit for the character.

Also, speaking of Kamui, I will be trying my best to not make her seem like a mary sue. If I do end up making her like that, I do apologize. I'll try my best, but we'll see how it turns out.

Small little coincidence about the chapter number. Fates is the fourteenth game in the Fire Emblem series and it ended up falling into the fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of Kamen Rider Hero. Just something that I find a little funny that ended up happening.

Well… I think I've covered everything that I wanted to cover before we started. Let's go ahead and begin.

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: Ore wa honto no Rider ni naru! Rider… Henshin! Toh! *transforms* Kamen Rider… Marth!

Hero: This might sting a bit.

Kamen Rider Marth: Gotcha.

=FINAL ATTACK RIDE: ...MA-MA-MA-MARTH!=

Kamen Rider Marth: Chou… Starlight… Rider Slash! *slashes through the Shadow Dragon*

Takeshi: H-

Mystery Woman: 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.

-Hanzai toshi no nijuuyo-ji… jonetsu wa… bakyuun! Nemuranai kuuru gai… yametoki no dokkyu! Gaman suru ze…-

Takeshi let out a yawn as the song from his phone woke him up and he tried to reach over to turn the alarm off.

"I got it…" Tiki-chan told him as she floated over to Takeshi's phone. She looked at the two buttons on it for a moment with a confused look before she pressed a button that made the song stop, "See?"

Another song then began to play.

-Who am I? Am I not unique? Maybe I'm not here at all. Look, the fakers, blinding us with lies. The breakers of us all. Oh, it's useless. What could it mean that we're here? Can we make a difference. If we don't break outta here?-

"I forgot he had me download that song…" Takeshi groaned as he sat up, "Turn it off…"

-Wake up, get up, get out there! Raise your voice against liars! Feed your anger like fire! Why does nobody want change?-

"Tiki-chan, turn that off…"

"I wanna listen…"

-Just imagine you're out there! Swatting lies in the making! Can't move fast without breaking! If you hold on life won't change!-

The song ended and Takeshi quickly grabbed his phone and switched off his alarm, "I forgot my phone will change songs if you press the second button… and… wait… this is my henshin device. Why does it have all of my contacts and songs on it?"

"I guess when you were brought here it copied the info from your phone…" Tiki-chan figured.

Takeshi simply shrugged a little as Tiki-chan flew up to his shoulder, "Something up?"

"Just thinking, Take-kun…" Tiki-chan responded as she sat down on his shoulder, "I can't believe there are only three worlds left…"

"Yeah…" Takeshi nodded.

"Oi!" the mystery woman yelled as she walked over to Takeshi, "You slept long enough. You have a lot of things to do with the next three worlds, so you need to listen closely to what I tell you."

"...you're finally going to start telling me things?" Takeshi blinked.

"Yes…"

"It's about time…" Takeshi smiled before he got smacked upside the head by a broom, "OW! What was that for?!"

"Pay attention…" she growled.

"Yes ma'am…"

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 14: if Our Fates Cross

Takeshi remained seated on his mattress as a holographic projection was being shown from his transformation device, which was currently on the floor, and the mystery woman was using the broom like a teaching stick. The hologram showed chibi-images of Marth, Celica, Roy, Ike, Micaiah, Robin, Lucina, Kamui, and Itsuki, all of whom were untransformed.

"You have successfully gone into six of the nine worlds and mended some of their damage. However, unless you get rid of the next three worlds, then the damage will never fully be undone," the mystery woman informed, motioning with the broom to move the chibi images around so that Marth, Roy, Ike, Micaiah, Robin, and Lucina were at the top, while Celica, Kamui, and Itsuki were at the bottom.

"Why is that? Celica's story is set after Marth's and her land eventually becomes part of where Robin's story takes place in, Kamui's story is set after Robin's, I think, and Itsuki's… uh… well, ok, you got me there."

The mystery woman then smacked Takeshi upside the head again with the broom.

"Hey! I'm asking actually trying to get answers. What'd I do THAT time?!"

"You questioned me instead of listening to me."

"I was trying, but you're not making things that clear. I've had a lot of that over the years."

"You want answers, here you go…" she growled before continuing, "Anyway, these three realities must be destroyed so that our world can be fully healed and for you to be able to go home. As for your question about why these worlds need to be destroyed? They're basically poisoning our world."

"How?"

"Imagine that our world is like a lake and that these three remaining worlds are somebody dumping some sort of poison into it. It'll slowly cause damage to what's there and then, eventually, everything is going to be ruined unless it's cleaned up."

Takeshi blinked a little at her and nodded after a moment, "I get that, but… how are they poisoning the worlds is my question."

"...Echoes no Sekai is causing contradictory information to the whole of the timeline. No adventures were ever supposed to have happened in that nation."

"Uh… Gaiden was a pseudo-sequel to Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, so-" Takeshi spoke before he got bonked upside the head again, "...continue."

"Fates no Sekai creates a massive time distortion with the whole of the timeline. With the three kids from Lucina's timeline there, it should be after their adventure, yet Chrom says that Hoshido and Nohr are 'legends' to them when he meets Kamui."

"...true. That is highly confusing…" Takeshi admitted.

"Lastly there's TMS no Sekai-"

"About that… think we can just call it 'Tensei no Sekai'? TMS no Sekai is a bit of a mouthful…" Tiki-chan requested.

The mystery woman glared at Tiki-chan and made the small fairy hide behind Takeshi fearfully.

"She's got a point," Takeshi quickly said, 'That and, based on some stuff found in the game's code, it was originally supposed to be called Fire Emblem Tensei instead of the name we did get.'

"...whatever. Call it what you want," the mystery woman relented.

"Nice," Tiki-chan smiled as she floated back over to Takeshi's shoulder.

"That world already has its own magical nonsense, but our world was never meant to tether to it. Something ended up tethering them together and created this corruption of them both. They weren't meant to ever intersect, yet they have and it's causing its own slew of problems just with them intersecting the way they are."

"So… how do I go about fixing this mess?"

"Very simple. You need to kill that world's main Kamen Rider."

Takeshi's face paled in response to that statement.

"If something dies within its own world by the hands of something from that world there's a chance that it can be healed," the mystery woman explained as chibi images showed an image of Celica dying and then coming back. Then a chibi image of Hero popped up, shocked her, and then left, "But when you go in and kill them, then it'll create a massive amount of distortions around them that'll prevent them from being able to be revived and, then, the world shall go down with the Rider."

Takeshi's expression was still pale as he just stared at the chibi display. The mystery woman then handed him back the phone and headed over to the Outrealm portal.

"You'll still gain their powers after you kill them. You'll have about five minutes after that before you're automatically brought back here," the mystery woman explained as she got the portal ready, "Get going. Now."

The bluenette just nodded a little as he and Tiki-chan passed through the portal.

Takeshi and Tiki-chan arrived at what looked to be a rather dark colored hallway. Takeshi looked outside a window to see the landscape was as dark as it usually was. He let out a sigh as Tiki-chan flew over to his shoulder.

"...she expects you to kill the last three Riders…" Tiki-chan said, "...that's… horrible."

"...what should I do…?" Takeshi muttered.

"We'll need to talk to her about trying to find another way… cause… I really don't want to see anybody die…" Tiki-chan stated.

"Same," Takeshi said with a nod of his head, "Who is she to think she could command me to go kill people? ...now that I ask that… I have another important question."

"Being?"

"Who even is that woman?

Tiki-chan stood on his shoulder for a moment, scratched the back of her head as she thought, but then sighed, I wish I knew…"

"Hello there," a woman's voice called out to Takeshi. Takeshi quickly turned to see that it was Camilla and he simply gave a slight bow to her, "Good to see you showed up for your first day of work so early."

"...yeah," Takeshi nervously nodded.

"We only allow a select few to be servants to servants to my dear younger sister, so this is going to be one of the greatest honors of your life to be able to serve her."

Takeshi glanced at his attire to see that it looked similar to what Jakob wore. He simply gave a small exhale as he continued to follow Camilla.

"Now then…" Camilla began, making a motion for Takeshi to stop walking, "My sister's room is just up ahead and I need to make certain that you'll be good for her."

"...how so?" Takeshi nervously questioned.

She then just looked at him for a moment without saying anything. Takeshi just stood completely still as Camilla looked at him with a bit of a sly look on her face. She eventually backed away and motioned for him to walk forward.

"You seem good enough for my sister from how you just stood there while I tried to tempt you…"

"Wait, that's what you were trying to do? That completely flew over my head."

"Good," Camilla smiled as she knocked on a door, "Kamui-nee-chan, your new servant is here."

"The door's open," Kamui's voice called from the other end, "Hang on a moment…"

"I leave you two alone now," Camilla said before she left.

"...wow…" Takeshi muttered, "I… I get to serve one of the greatest characters in Fire Emblem…"

"...what's that supposed to mean?" Tiki-chan, rather irritatedly, asked.

"Just look at her. She's cute, powerful, a great peacemaker, and best of all, while she's new to a lot of things, she's not a discriminatory idiot! Everyone around her just wants to fight the other, and while each side is right, Kamui's the only one smart enough to know the war isn't the right path and there must be another way."

Tiki-chan gave an annoyed roll of her eyes before Takeshi knocked on the door.

"Come in," Kamui called from the other end.

Takeshi simply opened up the door and then gave a small gasp as he saw Kamui standing there. He simply stood there and admired her for a moment as she just gave a soft smile in his general direction.

"What's your name?" Kamui asked.

"...Takeshi…"

"Nice to meet you, Takeshi-san," Kamui smiled before she sat down and motioned for Takeshi to sit next to her.

"...oh… o-okay…" he nervously responded, not noticing Tiki-chan give another annoyed roll of her eyes, then sitting down, "...nice to meet you too, hime-sama…"

"Please don't call me that," Kamui requested,

"You are a princess, so-"

"If you feel you must… just call me 'Kamui-hime', ok?"

"Alright, Kamui-hime," Takeshi said with a slight bow.

A short while later, Kamui was guiding Takeshi around the castle so that he could try to familiarize himself with it.

"You'll have a couple of jobs around here, such as cleaning, baking, helping me train, the usual sort of things a servant does," Kamui told him as she guided him forward, "And then there's one super important job that you'll need to do. It's of vital importance to me."

"Alright… what's that?" Takeshi questioned.

Kamui sat down and then she propped up her feet, "Tending to these."

Takeshi faintly blushed at the sight and Kamui giggled a little when she managed to see that expression.

"I'm always barefoot and I liked to have a bit of fun with them," Kamui began to explain as Takeshi kneeled down by her, "But my siblings think it's unbecoming of royalty to tend to a fetish… even though Camilla never gets called out for occasionally tending to hers…"

"...dare I ask what it is?" Takeshi asked.

"It's not important…" Kamui told him as she set her feet on his lap, "As my personal servant, I'm going to require you to massage them every so often. You have some experience with this task, as it is a prerequisite for the job, and I'd like to see you tend to them."

'...wow… this is… wow...' Takeshi thought before he began to massage Kamui's feet, "This is… quite the honor. Thank you, Kamui-hime."

"You're doing good so far…" Kamui smiled.

"Again, thank you, Kamui-hime…"

Tiki-chan simply remained hidden out of view and gave an annoyed sigh as she watched Takeshi massage Kamui's feet, '...glad to see he's happy, I guess…'

'Heh… this is great. I got to meet the best girl in Fire Emblem and I can tend to her. ...man, wait until I tell my pal about this… he'll never believe it…' Takeshi thought before he stopped the massage.

"Something the matter?" Kamui asked.

"...just thinking about a friend back home…" Takeshi admitted, "I've been traveling for… a few weeks… maybe a month… and I haven't been able to go home."

"I see…" the princess said with a nod of her head before she motioned for him to sit next to her, which he quickly did, "I had a dear friend that I haven't seen in a really long time… I can't remember his face or his name, but I can remember that we were really close. I wish that I could see him again, yet… I'm content with just remembering him for the being."

"I see…" Takeshi nodded slowly.

"What I'm getting at is… it's okay to miss your friends. It may be a little frustrating to not have them around, but keep hope alive that you'll see them soon."

"...you're really sweet, you know that?" Takeshi smiled.

Kamui just smiled back. Takeshi then got up and the two continued to walk around the castle.

A day had passed and Takeshi was still acting as Kamui's servant. At the moment, he had left with a barrel of some laundry and was washing it at a stream that was near the tower.

"Lupin, karei ni mau… chase you up, ubaikaesu, ushinaishi toki wo tokasu tame... dial mawase," Takeshi quietly sung as he worked on cleaning some of the clothes, "Lupin, semattekuru... chase you up, yatsura ni-"

"Hey," Tiki-chan called out as she floated over to his side.

"Hello," Takeshi responded as Tiki-chan landed on his shoulder, "Working hard… think I'm almost finished here."

"Good to hear…" Tiki-chan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders.

Takeshi placed the last piece of dried cloth into the barrel and began to walk back towards the castle. He then suddenly stopped and began to look around for any sign of another person.

"What's wrong?" Tiki-chan questioned.

"I heard something… a woman's voice, I think…" Takeshi informed.

Tiki-chan was about to respond, but then she heard the voice as well. The two of them began to walk closer to where the sound of the voice was coming from, not noticing they seemed to pass through a portal, and they just continued to walk forward as they heard the voice get louder.

"Who do you think that is?" Takeshi asked.

"Probably Lilith or Azura…" Tiki-chan guessed before she noticed the area was different, "Uh… Take-kun? You might wanna look around."

Takeshi blinked for a moment, then he noticed how radically different the environment was. Gone was the vast amount of canyons and, in its place, was several birch trees, a river, several colorful roses planted along the sides, and just a general air that there was nothing but peace there, "...wow… I never realized how lovely Nohr looked…"

"Kinda doubt we're still in Nohr…" Tiki-chan told him.

"I doubt we could've walked to Hoshido or the third kingdom that easily…" Takeshi commented as he looked around a bit more, "Something's not quite right here…"

"Let's see if we can find that voice who guided us here…"

The bluenette nodded at that and the two continued forward. Eventually, they came across a large lake. They could see Kamui was sitting by the lake and just nibbling on some strawberries.

"Kamui-hime?" Takeshi called out.

She stopped herself from eating the strawberry that was currently in her hand and looked towards Takeshi, "Oh… hi."

"What is this place?" Takeshi asked as he approached.

"Can you tell me how you get in here? I'll answer your question after that," Kamui told him.

"I heard a woman's voice and walked here."

"...Lilith…" Kamui figured before she sighed, "Welp… this place is called the Astral Plane. I went on a mission with a friend as a test from my dad, but… he betrayed me."

Kamui got knocked into a canyon and was currently falling through it.

"My kin, my gods, my blood… dragons grant me strength! Great Moro, I beseech you!" a voice yelled out. Kamui turned to see that it was Lilith who, then, transformed into a large dragon and managed to catch her.

"Lilith? Is that you? What… are you?!"

"Lady Kamui… I knew this day would come eventually. This may come as a shock, but I am not a human."

"Well… I can see that…" Kamui commented as she looked over Lilith's body, "Are you… a dragon?"

"Yes. This is my true form. You've seen it before. Do you remember? That strange bird you rescued in the barn…"

Kamui blinked for a moment before she snapped her fingers when she recalled, "Hai. I remember. Wait... that was you?"

"It was. Once I recovered, I was able to take human form. You were so kind to me that I decided to remain a human so that I might serve you. However, I do not know how long I can sustain this form and carry you at the same time, but… right now, the most important thing to me is that you're safe."

Kamui simply smiled a little before she saw Lilith begin to shift back to her human form, "Lilith! Be careful!"

"Sorry… just… I've gotten a little to used to the human form, so I'm not as good with my dragon powers as I once was…"

"Drop me if you must… I won't have you sacrifice yourself for me!"

Lilith continued to shift back into her human form, but took out an item and held onto it, "First Dragons, I call on you! Grant us access to the astral plane!"

The two then fell further through the canonyon, with Lilith turning back into her human form, but a portal then appeared and they landed in a grassy field.

"I honestly thought that me and Lilith were gonners but we weren't. She guided me here and said I could do whatever I wanted with the place…" Kamui informed as she stood up, "So, I kinda made this place a calm and relaxing area where I can escape from my problems for a while."

"Feels nice here…" Takeshi admitted.

"My favorite part are the glass roses," Kamui smiled as she motioned to the roses.

"What's a glass rose?"

"They're just really shiny looking."

"Ah…" Takeshi nodded.

The two just sat together and smiled at each-other as they just looked at the lovely environment that surrounded them.

"Really beautiful…" Kamui smiled.

"Yeah…" Takeshi said as he glanced to her, "Yeah it is…"

"Oh brother…" Tiki-chan muttered.

Kamui guided Takeshi through the portal and back into the castle. They both smiled as they proceeded towards the staircase, but then there was a loud explosion outside.

"What the…?" Takeshi muttered.

Kamui glanced out a nearby window to see several Hoshidans on pegasi making an attack near the city's perimeters.

"Shoot…" Camilla muttered after she looked to see the attack, "Kamui, get to your room and stay there!"

"Why?" Kamui asked.

"This could get messy, just hide in there, dear!"

Kamui let out a sigh as she headed up the stairs to her room. She then saw Takeshi follow her and she looked to him, "What I am about to do to help… it needs to stay between us. Got it?"

"Got it," Takeshi nodded.

The princess smiled as she took out an item, used it to open a portal, and motioned for Takeshi to follow her before she headed into the portal herself. Takeshi and Tiki-chan both headed through the portal themselves.

Kamui, Takeshi, and Tiki-chan arrived outside of the portal, the three now outside, and they could see the pegasi landing nearby to begin a ground attack.

"Those dark monsters again…" Kamui muttered.

"They look like Hoshidan soldiers to me…" Takeshi whispered.

"There's some sort of illusion magic being casted over them… they're really some kind of monsters," Kamui informed as she got out some items, "...remember how I said that Lilith showed me the place where I could be at peace?"

Takeshi nodded his head in response.

"Well… she also gave me something that will let me fight," Kamui informed as she showed him what looked to be the Sparkling Stone from Sun and Moon.

'A Z-Ring? What's a Z-Ring doing here…?' Takeshi thought as Kamui moved it to be around her waist, '...wait. That's a little big for a Z-Ring…'

A belt appeared around Kamui's waist and she took out a gray colored crystal, "Henshin!"

She inserted the crystal into the center of the belt and began to glow a silver light. Takeshi had to cover his eyes because of how bright the flash was and then saw her Rider form. Kamui didn't look any different apart from having the belt on and a Rider face-mask that had blue eyes. The Rider readied her sword and then charged forward to fight off the monsters.

"Sugee… Kamen Rider… Kamui…" Takeshi gawked in a near lovestruck tone.

Kamen Rider Kamui slashed at one of the monsters, then generated a sort of lance out of one of her hands to strike one behind her. One monster attempted to strike her from behind, but she jumped up, stabbed the monster with her lance arm, and then kicked the monster backwards.

"Wow…" Takeshi said in an amazed tone.

The silver Rider continued to slash and kick at the monsters, which made them explode into black dust, and then she punched the head of one to knock it clean off. The monster then just evaporated into dust.

"Alright…" Kamen Rider Kamui whispered as she readied a bit of energy into one of her hands. A giant water orb began to form into her hands and, after she let it charge to a large diameter, she flung it forward at the foes. The monsters all ended up getting hit by the blast, got sent rocketing into the sky, and then exploded into dust, "Yosh…"

"Sugoi…" both Takeshi and Tiki-chan commented.

More monsters then appeared around the silver Rider to continued their attack, but Kamen Rider Kamui was effortlessly able to duck under their attacks and counter with her own. The monsters managed to get her surrounded, yet she didn't seem deterred.

"I won't let you hurt my home… or the people I love…" Kamen Rider Kamui declared, "I will keep them safe. I won't allow anybody to bring them sadness or fear! I will defend them, no matter what!"

The crystal in the middle of her belt then changed from silver to black. She then gave a pose and clenched her fist.

"Chou Henshin!"

A black light then erupted off of the Rider's body and caused her form to begin to shift. The light soon disappeared to reveal her new form was similar to her initial armor, but was more black than gray, had golden accents and trims, bit of magenta peeking through some parts, some cuts at the arms and legs that still had silver armor, a white collar, and a blue cape that had tatters at the end.

"That's so cool…" Takeshi commented.

Kamen Rider Kamui stood there as the monsters charged at her and swung their swords at her armor, but the swords simply shattered into pieces after it clashed against against the Rider. She gave a soft smile under her helmet and then she punched at the foe to make it explode into more dust.

"...you think you're gonna help her?" Tiki-chan asked Takeshi.

"Nah… she's got this."

She then drew her sword, charged it up with a bit of water magic, spun around, and watched as all of the monsters caught in the slash turned to dust. The last couple of monsters stood ready for whatever the Rider could throw at them next without any sign of fear. Kamen Rider Kamui once again charged up water energy in her hands and then flung it at the foes to finish them off. She then heard metallic steps echoing and quickly headed to the portal back to the astral plane.

"Hey, wait up," Takeshi called out as he followed her through the portal.

"That… was awesome," Takeshi said in an amazed tone as Kamen Rider Kamui turned back to normal.

"I have no idea why Lilith left this and the crystal for me, but she did for whatever reason," Kamui said with a slight shrug.

"That water blast was really cool… do you call it anything?"

"...do you mean do I name my attacks?" Kamui asked with a confused look.

"It could be cool," Takeshi smiled, "Like that large water blast could be 'Suiryu no Shot' and the spin could be 'Suiryu no Spin Slash' or something like that…"

Kamui gave a soft giggle at that remark before the two headed through another portal to get back to the castle.

"So… do you know what the soldiers were after?" Kamui asked her siblings.

"They were after an important artifact," Xander informed.

"How come I've never seen this item?" Kamui questioned.

"There's… reasons that we can't tell you…"

"Ok…" Kamui sighed, "I guess that makes sense…"

She walked back towards her room and Takeshi followed her back into it.

"If I had to guess… maybe my Rider items," Kamui told Takeshi as she laid down on her bed.

'...probably you, if I had to guess…' Takeshi thought.

Meanwhile, over at the Hoshido capital city, the royal siblings were sitting at a table to discuss the attack.

"Our forces have once again failed…" Ryoma commented.

"I knew I should have gone with them… I can't believe that we lost another wave of soldiers…" Hinoka sighed.

"Why is it we keep losing men?!" Takumi yelled in anger, "We keep failing at the mission we've invested so much time into!"

"Calm down, Takumi. We'll get her back one of these days…" Ryoma said in a calm voice.

Hinoka turned towards her brother with an annoyed look on her face, "Well, Ryoma, I'd like to hear you think up a plan."

The eldest of the four then crossed his arms and began to try to think of any kind of plan.

"A-ano… m-maybe we could just… talk? Like… arrange a meeting or… something?" Sakura suggested.

"I doubt they'd listen," Hinoka stated bluntly.

"...it might be worth a try," Takumi commented.

"Since when have you been willing to listen to Nohrian scum?" Hinoka questioned.

"I'm just saying it's worth a try!"

"I agree," Ryoma added, "If they are willing to listen, then I'd be willing to at least try to sit down and talk to them."

"...they want to talk?" Xander questioned as he looked over the message brought by an owl.

"Apparently," Camilla responded.

"...I suppose discussion of disputed land areas wouldn't cause to much harm…" Xander figured.

Two days had passed before the royals gathered at the capital of Hoshido to begin their discussions. Takumi and Ryoma were the first to arrive at the room where the meeting would be held and they both glared at Xander and Leo as they arrived in the room. Camilla and Elise then entered and, after glancing at her direction, Takumi couldn't help but faintly smile at Camilla. He then quickly regained his annoyed look as Hinoka and Sakura walked into the room.

'Oh. That boy smiled at me. Hmm… perhaps I can convince him to talk to me without issue…' Camilla thought.

"Prince Xander…" Ryoma stated.

"Prince Ryoma…" Xander responded.

Both princes sat down and were then joined by their respective siblings.

"Let us begin," Ryoma declared.

"Indeed," Xander nodded.

Thus, the discussions began. A half-hour had passed before it began to bore the two youngest of the group and they were allowed to go off and play. Leo eventually left to find a bathroom and Hinoka left to check to make sure things were peaceful. The only ones left at the table were Ryoma, Xander, Takumi, and Camilla.

The two princes continued the discussion for a while as Camilla gave subtle motions to Takumi that slightly made him turn his focus towards her. As time went on, he kept on glancing towards her when nobody was paying attention to him.

'Hmm… she does seem to want my attention for some reason. Wonder why…?' Takumi thought.

'Looks like I managed to get his attention. Heh… certainly a cutie for a Hoshidan. Let's see if I can get on his good side…' Camilla thought. She then got Takumi's attention again and spoke, "So… what is it you do?"

"Mostly lead our units in battle and give orders," Takumi stated.

"You certainly seem tense," Camilla commented as she glanced at his body language and expression, "Would it help if you had somebody to help you relax?"

"...hmm?" Ryoma blinked as he turned his attention over to the two.

"Nothing," Camilla said quickly.

"...I will be watching you…" Ryoma warned.

"Don't worry, I won't let my sister go out of control," Xander assured.

After the two turned their attention back to the meeting, Camilla gave a cute wink to Takumi.

Takeshi and Kamui, meanwhile, were outside near a lakeshore by the castle. Kamui was currently in the midst of a nap and Takeshi was just looking at the waves as they moved along. He gave a bored sigh as he leaned back against the tree that Kamui was napping against and glanced towards her.

"So… what are we going to do about what the woman told us to do with her?" Tiki-chan asked as she floated next to Takeshi.

"Killing her is completely out of the question," Takeshi firmly told her, "With that out of the way… uh… not a clue what we're going to do."

Tiki-chan was about to respond, but stopped when she heard something.

"Oh. This point," Takeshi realized. He then quickly shok Kamui's shoulder to wake her up.

"...what is it?" Kamui asked.

"Shh… listen…"

"You are an ocean of waves… weaving a dream, like thought become a river stream. Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time. The path is your to climb…" a voice sung. Takeshi, Tiki-chan, and Kamui looked to see a bluenette was not to far away from them and simply singing.

"...huh…" Kamui whispered. She then got up and began to approach the woman.

"...the lyrics were a little different," Takeshi whispered.

"Maybe the damages to the world caused them to alter," Tiki-chan guessed.

The bluenette heard Kamui walking over, then turned to face her, and just gave a small wave at her.

"Er, hello. I'm sorry to bother you. I just heard you singing and wanted to say you're really talented. Something about that song captivated me…" Kamui said with a smile.

"You must be Princess Kamui," the bluenette girl figured.

"Yes. And you are?"

"I'm Azura. I'm the middle child of the Hoshidan royals like you are with the Nohrian royals," Azura stated.

"That's cool."

"...who's your friend?" Azura questioned as Takeshi walked over.

"This is Takeshi. He was the one who woke me up to hear you singing," Kamui explained.

"Nice to meet you, Azura-hime," Takeshi said before he gave a bow.

"I have a feeling that the meeting between our royal families may end soon, so you might want to start heading off," Azura advised.

"Alright. It was nice to meet you though," Kamui smiled as she and Takeshi headed off.

A short while had passed and the meeting had drawn to its close. The Nohr royals began to head for their means back home, but Camilla turned to see Takumi one more time.

"Hope to see you soon," she said with a wink. She then headed off with her siblings to head back home and Takumi simply blushed at what had happened.

Evening soon rolled around as Takumi returned to his room to sit down and try to relax a bit. He sat down and looked outside as his thoughts began to go back to Camilla.

"Why am I thinking of that Nohrian princess? They're all evil… me thinking anything positive of them is just unacceptable, yet… I can't help but think about her… GAH!" Takumi yelled as he knocked down a quiver of arrows in his frustration.

"...is something the matter?" Azura, who was currently standing at the door, asked.

"It's none of your concern," Takumi said as he got down to put the arrows back in the quiver.

"You sure?" Azura asked in concern.

"YES!" Takumi yelled.

Azura backed a bit away from her brother and set to start walking to her room, but…

"...sorry. I didn't really mean to yell," Takumi apologized.

"It's fine," Azura assured him.

Another couple of days passed with things having been relatively quiet around both nations. Camilla looked to see a letter had arrived for her, via a bird, and she was smiling at its contents. The letter was from Takumi, requesting they meet in neutral territory, to talk and get to know each-other a bit more.

"We can arrange this little meeting," she smiled as she quickly sat down to write her response.

Takumi sat awake in his room, spending the time polishing his arrow, as he awaited his response letter. Eventually, a black bird flew through the window and dropped the letter by his side. He quickly opened it up to see Camilla's response was simply 'yes, we can meet'.

A week had passed since Camilla and Takumi had started to send each-other letters, but nobody from either side had seemed to notice yet. That day, Kamui had awoken to hearing the sounds of loud wings flapping. She glanced out her window to see a pegasus was flying around with Hinoka on it, not that she knew this, but the silver-haired princess simply went back under her covers.

"...wonder what's going on…" Takeshi muttered as he headed out.

"That seductress of yours is trying to lure Takumi away from our nation!" Hinoka yelled out.

"What proof do you have of this?" Xander questioned.

"She's been sending my brother messages with your nation's bird!" Hinoka yelled.

'...hindsight… not my brightest idea…' Camilla thought.

"...well… romance between a Hoshidan royal and Nohrian royal before Kamui's attempts at peace. Color me surprised…" Tiki-chan commented in a whisper.

"That's sweet," Takeshi added.

Xander glanced towards Camilla, but his sister didn't say a single word for a bit.

"...Camilla?" Xander growled.

"...well… Takumi is just… interesting…" Camilla weakly said in her defense.

"Likely story… leave my brother alone or else war will happen…" Hinoka growled.

"Please, ease yourself, Hoshidan. I will handle my sister before things get out of hand…" Xander told Hinoka.

Hinoka gave an annoyed sigh before she just showed herself out.

"So… a Hoshidan royal was visiting?" Kamui asked as she stretched a little bit.

"Yep. Camilla's apparently been sending letters to one of the Hoshidan royals, so the Hoshidan royal came to tell her to knock it off," Takeshi explained.

Kamui gave a nod of her head before turning around and gasping.

"What?" Takeshi asked.

"You have a little fairy!" Kamui gasped in amazement, "She's so cute!"

"...hi," Tiki-chan nervously greeted.

"I've always wanted to see a fairy…" Kamui admitted with a child-like smile on her face, "I gotta go show Elise!"

"You can't," Takeshi quickly said, "Only Kamen Riders are capable of seeing her."

"...drat…" Kamui muttered.

Tiki-chan simply gave a small smile at Kamui as she flew over to Takeshi's side, "I'm his traveling partner. Atashi wa Tiki-chan."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Tiki-chan," Kamui smiled as she looked at the small fairy, then to Takeshi, "You're really luck you're friends with a fairy."

"Yeah… she is really sweet," Takeshi commented.

Tiki-chan simply gave a content smile as she relaxed on Takeshi's shoulder.

"So, wait, you said only Kamen Riders can see her. You're a Rider too?" Kamui realized.

"Yeah," Takeshi nodded as he took out his Hero card, "Only reason I didn't help you against those monsters was because you seemed capable of handling them yourself."

"That's fine," Kamui assured him, "It's just nice to know there's another Kamen Rider apart from myself."

Takeshi simply gave her a smile in response and she just smiled back.

Evening arrive and both Kamui and Takeshi were walking around the castle, their Rider gear at the ready just in case, as they arrived at the door.

"Are you sure that you heard something?" Takeshi asked Tiki-chan.

"I know I heard something moving around, but I don't know what it was…" Tiki-chan responded.

"Well, whatever it was, they're outside now," Kamui stated before she opened the door to see Camilla was about to get onto her Wyvern, "Camilla?"

"Kamui… oh… what are you doing up this late?" she asked nervously.

"I just heard a sound… which I guess is you," Kamui informed, "What are you doing up late?"

"She's probably about to sneak off to see her boyfriend," Takeshi commented.

"...how do you know I have feelings for one of the Hoshidan royals?" Camilla questioned fiercely.

"I just overheard your conversation earlier today was all…" Takeshi quickly explained.

Camilla just sighed as she started to get onto her Wyvern, but Kamui quickly ran over with an amazed smile, "Hmm?"

"You have a boyfriend! That's so sweet!" Kamui smiled, "What's he like?"

"Please quiet down a little…" Camilla asked her.

'Hmm… well… since Garon hasn't even said anything or shown his face, guess I gotta get the ball rolling to get Kamui to meet the rest of her family…' Takeshi thought. He then got the attention of the two by clearing his throat and then looked to Camilla, "How about a little deal here? We'll keep quiet about this whole thing… but you gotta take me and Kamui-hime to Hoshido. Sound good?"

"I'm good with those terms. Sis?" Kamui beamed.

Camilla just smiled a little at her sister and then turned to Takeshi, "Very well. Get on my wyvern and we'll go."

Both nodded before they got on, with Tiki-chan getting onto Takeshi's shoulder, and then Camilla got her wyvern into the air. It then soared through the night sky towards Hoshido.

"You know, I've never ridden on the back of a wyvern before," Takeshi told Kamui.

"Neither have I. It's really cool!" Kamui smiled.

The group arrived outside of Hoshido's capital city a short while later. They all got off the wyvern, Camilla signaling it to fly away for the time being, and they all began to walk towards the city.

"Why do we need to walk the rest of the way?" Kamui curiously asked.

"It'd probably cause a lot of alarm to the citizens for a wyvern carrying me to just suddenly arrive in the capital," Camilla explained.

"Makes sense," Kamui said with a nod.

They continued to walk for a while before Camilla stopped and just leaned against a tree.

"Something up?" Kamui asked.

"I'm going to be meeting with Takumi around here. You two just need to keep going north to get to the capital city," Camilla told them.

Both nodded before they continued on their way. After walking for another couple of minutes, they arrived, and looked amazed at the city's entrance.

"Certainly pretty…" Takeshi commented.

"Sugee…" Kamui said in awe.

"Shall we head in, Kamui-hime?" Takeshi smiled.

"...just call me 'Kamui-chan' for now," Kamui instructed as she headed on in.

Takeshi simply blushed a little at the thought as he followed her on in and Tiki-chan just gave a sigh before she floated on after them.

Kamui roamed around, admiring the setting of the area, with an awe-struck smile. She then noticed some flowers on a tree, motioned to Takeshi, and then motioned to the tree, "What's that? They look like… thin red flowers..."

"The cherry blossoms you mean?" Takeshi asked.

"They're so beautiful…" Kamui said with an amazed smile. Her attention was then turned away from the trees as a ball bounced over to her. She stopped it and then stared at it for a moment, "Hmm?"

"Hey, miss," a young boy's voice call out, making Kamui turn to see two kids, "Can we have our ball back?"

"Oh, yeah," Kamui nodded before she lightly kicked it back over to them.

"Thank you," the boys smiled.

She simply smiled at their direction for a moment and then she continued on her way through the town.

Takeshi and Kamui eventually sat down at a bench near the center of town and just admired the view around them with relaxed smiles.

"This town is so lovely…" Kamui commented.

They then heard a horse walk forward, making them both sit up, to see a carriage arrive and a woman wearing mostly white exit it to meet with Prince Royma. Kamui blinked a little as she looked at the woman bow to Ryoma.

"Konichiwa, Okaa-sama," Ryoma greeted.

"Ryoma, how are you this lovely morning?"

"I've been well."

"Good to hear," the queen smiled.

Kamui simply stared at the woman for a moment with a confused look coloring her face. Takeshi then simply sighed a little at her and tapped her shoulder.

"Yes?"

"Try going over and talking to them," Takeshi suggested.

"...o-okay…" Kamui nervously responded. She stood up and approached the two, "...hi."

Both turned towards Kamui and both loudly gasped as they looked at her.

"And thus, the wheels are in motion and the first domino has been knocked down…" Takeshi mused.

"...what's a domino?" Tiki-chan asked.

"I'll explain later."

The woman began to tear up as she looked at Kamui, but took a moment to wipe away the tears, then she pulled Kamui into a hug, "I cannot believe it is really you…"

"...I'm sorry, do we know each other?"

"Oh, I've missed you so much! Kamui… my sweet child!" she smiled as she hugged Kamui tighter.

"Your… sweet child?! What are you talking about?!" Kamui yelled in confusion.

The woman, after a moment, let go of Kamui and looked at her eyes, "Oh, my poor Kamui. It's a sad story… when you were very young, you were abducted by the forces from Nohr."

Kamui gave a tilt of her head in response to her statement.

"I am your mother, Mikoto. All this time, I didn't know if I'd ever see you again!" the woman, Mikoto, continued.

"...no… King Garon is my father! None of what you're saying makes sense!" Kamui exclaimed.

"It must be quite a shock, but I assure you that she speaks the truth. I am your older brother, Ryoma. Feel free to call my 'nii-san' if you wish to," Ryoma added.

"No… no, no!" Kamui stammered as she backed away and placed her hands on her head, "Xander is my older brother! Leo, Elise, and Camilla are my sibling…"

"The Nohrian royals? They're not your real family," Ryoma declared firmly before he let out a sigh, "...I still remember the day you were taken. In those days, there was tension between Hoshido and Nohr, but no full-blown war. ...not until Garon lured King Sumeragi, our father, to Cheve under false pretenses. He said it was for a peace conference. Ha! ...his real plan was to murder our father in cold blood."

Kamui continued to hold onto her head, but was now looking at Royma as he spoke.

"And to make matters even worse… he kidnapped you."

"...no. That's just not possible…" Kamui spoke nervously.

"You really don't remember any of this? Not even a single memory?" Ryoma questioned.

She then let go of her head before she responded, "Only one really blurry one. Just… I remember my mom coming to my room and reading me this story about fairies. And I remember the closing line was…"

"'Fly and flitter free, little fairy'." Kamui and Mikoto said in unison.

"...how did you know that?" Kamui questioned.

"That was your favorite book when you were little. I still remember it to this day," Mikoto said with a soft smile.

"...other than that… no. My memories from my early childhood are all a blur…" Kamui responded.

"Well… I can imagine that either the Nohrian royals were unwilling to tell you or were unaware of the truth," Ryoma commented.

"I know this is a lot for you to take in," Mikoto told Kamui.

However, before anybody could say another word, a samurai rushed over to the royals in as fast as his armor allowed him to move.

"Ryoma-sama! Mikoto-sama! I have an urgent message!" the warrior declared as he bowed, "We're under attack from the north!"

"No! Hinoka-nee and Sakura-nee are in that area right now!" Ryoma exclaimed.

"...what does 'nee' mean?" Kamui whispered to Mikoto.

"Sister," Mikoto quickly whispered back.

"I've been told that they're working to help evacuate the villagers that are still trapped," the soldier quickly added.

"They're gonna need some help," Takeshi said as he walked on over.

"Who are you?" Ryoma quickly questioned.

"He's with me," Kamui informed.

"Alright. We need to leave quickly. You two, will you come with me? I wish for Kamui to see the truth with her own eyes."

The two both nodded and they headed over to Ryoma's mount.

Hinoka and Sakura managed to clear out the last of the villagers as the monsters continued to approach the village. Sakura quickly casted some magic around Hinoka to try to defend her, but the monsters managed to strike Hinoka backwards and away from Sakura.

"Nee-chan!" Sakura yelled.

"I'm ok… just focus on keeping yourself safe," Hinoka yelled as she got back up and looked over her pegasus.

A short distance away from the two, Ryoma, Takeshi, Kamui, and Tiki-chan arrived to see the force of monsters continuing to advance towards the city.

"I shall hold off more troops from showing up and making this rescue more difficult. Kamui, you take your friend and find Hinoka and Sakura," Ryoma instructed.

"Ok," Kamui nodded, "Takeshi, let's move."

"Got it," Takeshi responded.

The two quickly ran towards the village while Ryoma began to fight off some of the monsters with his powerful sword. Takeshi and Kamui managed to get to the back of the town to see that Sakura and Hinoka were backed into a corner.

"I'll bring them back over to you and you make sure they're not seriously hurt. Got it?" Kamui asked.

"Got it," Takeshi nodded.

Kamui then placed her hands by her waist to summon forth her belt and her crystal, "Henshin!"

She now stood in her Rider form, posed a little, and then ran forward. She quickly slashed at the monsters to knock them back, managing to make a few of them explode into dust, then she turned to Hinoka.

"Hey, are you alright? We're here to help," the Rider asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine…" Hinoka responded as she was set to get back onto her pegasus, "I appreciate your help, but it's really not necessary. It'll take more than a few dozen 800-pound monsters to bring me down!"

"I'm glad you're feeling confident. Just know I've got your back and I got a friend who'll make sure you're not hurt badly."

"Hey, wait," Hinoka said as Kamen Rider Kamui was about to go forward, "I didn't mean to be dismissive. I owe you one, so take this."

She then tossed the silver Rider a potion of some sort.

"You can use it in a pinch to heal your wounds. Now, really, don't worry about me. I'm at my best in situations like this!"

"Thank you, I'll use this wisely," the Rider smiled.

"Hey… you never did tell me your name."

"Oh, sorry. I'm Kamen Rider Kamui. Nice to meet you," she smiled before hurrying over to help Sakura.

"...Kamui…? Kamui?! This can't be a coincidence!" Hinoka realized.

Kamen Rider Kamui soon reached Sakura and defended her from some magic blasts that came from the monsters. Sakura looked on in a bit of concern before she casted a little bit of healing magic on the Rider.

"You ok? I'm here to help you out," Kamen Rider Kamui informed.

"Th-thank you very much… oh… uh… yes… I'm ok… for n-now."

"Good. Head over to the guy with blue hair and he'll keep you safe,."

Sakura nodded before she headed over to where Takeshi and Hinoka were, but paused when she realized something, "Oh… I didn't ask for her name…"

The silver Rider stood ready as a giant version of the monsters she was currently fighting began to approach. She simply stood in the path between the large monster and where Hinoka and Sakura were.

"You know… I really don't get it… all I really wanted to do was visit Hoshido just to see what it was like. Then I get told that the queen is my mother and the royals are all my siblings…" the Rider commented to herself as she drew her blade, "I don't know if it's true or not right now, but… regardless… I won't let you hurt these two! If you want to try then you're going through me!"

A white light shined off of the crystal on Kamui's belt. She glanced down towards it before she began to pose a little bit, "Dai Henshin!"

Her body was enveloped by a large, bright, white light. Once the light had died down they could see that her form was now mostly white, that aside from her collar and a teal and white cape, this attire looked more like some samurai attire in white and gold with the shoulder pads and leg armor being similar to her original, teal ropes to hold them on, the same silver spot around her bust as her other form and was still barefoot.

"Awesome…" Takeshi said in amazement.

"Didn't expect this…" Kamen Rider Kamui commented as she looked over her form, "But I can make this work."

The monster let out a mighty roar to send some of its forced forward towards the Rider. Kamen Rider Kamui then slashed at them with her sword and one of her hands as a sort of claw. The monsters simply vanished into dust, so some more quickly ran over to take their places. The silver Rider gave a look to them before she charged up a bit of energy into her hands and waited for them to get just a bit closer.

"What is she…?" Hinoka whispered.

"Suiryu no…" she began as her hands then changed into what almost seemed like large fangs and she smashed them between the grunts around her, "Kiba!"

"Nice…" Takeshi gawked.

"You going to help her?" Tiki-chan questioned.

"Nah. She's got this."

The giant monster then charged towards the Rider itself. She then simply let more water energy charge into her hand and it changed into a sort of large claw.

"Suiryu no Kagizume!" she yelled out as she slashed at the giant monster with her hand as a claw. The giant monster fell onto its back and Kamen Rider Kamui simply smiled a little.

"Sugoi…" Sakura whispered.

"Hissatsu…" Kamen Rider Kamui announced before she jumped into the air with water magic charging at her feet. She did a bit of a mid-air twirl similar to Ryuki and then soared downwards, "Suiryu no Ki~ck!"

She struck the monster and let it explode into dust.

"Nice work," Takeshi smiled.

Kamui, now back to normal, returned to where Ryoma was alongside Sakura, Hinoka, and Takeshi.

"Arigato gozaimasu," Sakura said with a polite bow, "Those monsters would have come more damage if you didn't come to help. I have to ask, though… who are you?"

"Oh. My name is-" Kamui began before Hinoka walked over to her.

"Her name is Kamui," Hinoka informed.

"Er… yes. Nice to meet you properly."

Hinoka simply looked at Kamui as tears began to form in the eyes of the former. Kamui simply gave a bit of a glance over to Takeshi, but he just gave her a motion to signify that things were fine.

"Nee-san? Are you ok?" Sakura asked.

Hinoka then pulled Kamui into a hug and began to cry a little, "Finally… after all these years. I… I've missed you so much…"

She eventually let go and rubbed away her tears, "S-sorry…"

"Oh… um…" Kamui nervously spoke.

"Hinoka-nee was so attached to you when you were little, Kamui. When you were taken away from us, she cried for months. One day she stopped crying and picked up the naginata. I will say that if you ever find yourself facing the business end of her weapon… you will soon be filled with major regrets about your choices," Ryoma said.

"I vowed to bring you back to us someday… and now here you are," Hinoka smiled.

"...that's sweet…" Kamui said with smile.

"I'm sorry about that hug, Kamui-nee-chan. I'm not usually this emotional, but I'm just so happy to have you back," Hinoka smiled before she turned over to the general direction of Nohr, "Take that, Nohrian scumbags! We win, you lose!"

Sakura nervously walked over to Ryoma's side and then looked over to Kamui, "Is that really her?"

"Yes. I know it's big news, so I'll fill you in on the whole story later. For now we should return to the castle before more of those creatures appear again," Ryoma told the group.

"What are those things, anyway?" Kamui asked as they started to walk back to Ryoma's mount.

"They're known as the Faceless. Creatures with no will of their own. We have no idea where it is they come from, but they are a threat to both of our lands," Ryoma explained.

"I see…" Kamui nodded.

"If you don't mind my asking this… what's the deal with you being a Kamen Rider? I thought they had all vanished before Hoshido and Nohr were founded," Hinoka questioned.

"I simply found the belt and crystal a while back and defended Nohr from attacks from the Faceless," Kamui informed.

Hinoka gave a nod of her head while Ryoma, Takeshi, and Sakura got onto Xander's mount, "Hey, Kamui? Would you like to head back on my pegasus?"

"...sure," Kamui said.

"We will see you back at the castle then," Ryoma told the two.

"Alright," Hinoka nodded.

The group returned to the castle a short while later. Kamui was being guided around by Queen Mikoto and she showed Kamui what looked to be a room that wasn't occupied.

"This is your old room," Mikoto informed.

"Uh-huh… I think I remember it… vaguely…" Kamui commented before she noticed a drawing that was in a picture on the wall, "What's that?"

"That's a picture you drew when you were a little girl. It's your father, me, and you. It's so cute!" Queen Mikoto smiled, "I couldn't bear to touch a thing in this room after you were taken. If we put your things away, it would have felt like giving up. You've grown so much. I can't believe how beautiful you are."

Kamui simply sighed as she looked at the drawing, "I'm so sorry, but I still can't remember. Here you are, maybe my real mother, and I don't feel anything…"

"I understand, Kamui. Please don't worry about it. You spent your whole childhood in Nohr and I'm sure you were quite shelted. You will need time to think all of this thought, but I hope that someday we can be a family again," Mikoto informed as she headed for the door, "For now, please make yourself comfortable. Explore the castle, or stroll the grounds outside. You'll be safe here."

The queen headed out of the room and, after a few minutes, Takeshi walked on in.

"Takeshi… can I ask you something?"

"Sure thing."

"Did you already know I was related to them?"

"No, but, I did have a hunch there was some connection between you and the Queen," Takeshi lied.

"Alright," Kamui said with a slight nod, "...I'm going to be going on a walk. Feel free to stay here if you want."

"Ok. See you around," Takeshi waved as Kamui headed out of her room.

"Oh, Kamui-nee-chan," Hinoka greeted when she saw her exit her room, "Here. I wanted to give you these."

Kamui gave a confused at the items that Hinoka had handed her.

"These are some oranges," Hinoka explained.

"I guess I'll eat them on my walk," Kamui guessed.

"A walk? Is there anywhere you'd like to go in particular?" Hinoka curiously asked. Kamui simply shrugged her shoulders a bit. "That's fine, Kamui-nee-chan. I think that it'd be a bit better if you had an escort come with you, but I won't push that on you if you'd rather be alone."

"...thank you," Kamui said with a slight bow of her head, "Thank you for being so nice…"

"You don't need to worry about that. I am your onee-chan after all… I'm supposed to take care of you."

"...does that mean older sister?"

"Yeah."

Kamui simply smiled before she continued on her way.

"But I guess… it'd be impossible to call each-other family all of a sudden…" Hinoka mused.

"Well…" Takeshi spoke up as he walked over to her, "You are a good sister to her."

"Thank you. It's Takeshi, right?"

"Yeah."

"Thank you for taking care of her while she was over at Nohr."

"No problem," Takeshi told her with a relaxed smile, "You wouldn't mind my asking you something, right?"

"Go ahead."

"What's it like to be a Sky Knight?"

"It's certainly difficult to maintain being in the air at times, but it's truly an amazing experience to be in the air with my pegasus…"

Takeshi simply gave a smile in response as he started to walk around a bit, "Keep up your good work… Hoshido's toughest fighter."

"Ohaiyo, Kamui-hime. I hope you have a nice day," a farmer politely told her.

"...thank you. You too…" Kamui nervously responded before continuing on her way. She looked around the environment with an awestruck look, 'This place… it feels so calm… and everything is thriving. I can see why Queen Mikoto is such a good ruler. ...Ryoma… Hinoka… Takumi… Sakura… are we all really…? Queen Mikoto and Ryoma said we're connected by blood, but my family back home…'

She was then snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Azura singing. Kamui walked over to see Azura was sitting at the lakeshore and just singing once more.

"Hi," Kamui called.

"Oh?" Azura blinked as Kamui walked over and sat down next to her, "When did you show up?"

"Earlier today. Bit of a long story…" Kamui admitted as she handed the orange over to Azura.

"Thanks."

The two sat by the lake, Kamui fiddling around with the orange while Azura was just eating hers, and watched as the sun was setting over the horizon. Both were silent as they watched the sun set for a bit longer.

"If you don't mind my asking… is the song you were singing a Hoshidan tune?" Kamui questioned.

"It's not from Hoshido or Nohr. It's a song from my mother's homeland," Azura explained.

"Ah… so it's not from royalty, but a tribe of some sort?"

"...you could say that."

"Your mother… she must be a wonderful person…"

"I was to young to remember much about my mother, but… what I do remember is that this song was precious to her… and that she loved the kingdom of Nohr."

"Huh…? The… kingdom of Nohr?"

"I'm sorry I didn't mention this when we first met, but… I'm afraid I've been here a long time. After you were taken by the Nohrians, the Hoshidan forces retaliated. They tried desperately to get you back, but they failed again and again. However, I guess I wasn't as heavily guarded."

"A… hostage exchange? Then that means you're…"

"Yes. My mother had been queen of Nohr, and I was a Nohrian princess. But… that was such a long time ago."

"Gods… I'm so sorry…" Kamui told her with tears in her eyes.

"No, it's ok. The people of this country accepted me even knowing where I'm truly from. Even Queen Mikoto herself treats me as if I were her daughter," Azura said with an assuring smile on her face, "I like this place and I want to live here forever. If you're nervous about staying here, there's no need to be."

"She accepted you as if you were her daughter… hmm…" Kamui commented before she started to nibble a little on the orange.

"Did something happen between you and Queen Mikoto?" Azua questioned.

"No. I just don't know what to do…" Kamui exhaled as she looked to the sky, "She seems perfectly lovely, but I don't feel any connection to her. And, yet, she loves me… as do all my blood siblings that I just met."

"I understand. If I were to return to Nohr, I suspect I'd feel the same way."

"Do you think you could start over there? Live a new life among strangers."

"No," Azura responded almost immediately, "Given a choice, I would prefer to stay here in Hoshido. Queen Mikoto is a peace-loving ruler and King Garon is not."

Kamui was silent as she continued to nibble on the orange.

"So, Kamui… what are you going to do?"

"I don't know yet…" Kamui said after she swallowed the part of the orange she took a bite out of, "For now… I'm just going to think."

Takeshi, meanwhile, continued to roam around the castle with a curious look on his face. The guards and the attendants were just off doing various jobs and let him simply roam. He eventually came across an open door and peeked in to see what looked to be a person in a small pink ninja gi.

"Nin nin…" the person said as she struck a ninja hand pose, "Nin nin…"

Takeshi then recognized the voice and gave a soft smile, "I didn't know you were a ninja fan."

The girl in the gi, who turned out to be Sakura, gave a small gasp as she turned to face Takeshi, "You scared me…"

"Gomen," Takeshi politely apologized as he walked in, "Though… it is cool to see you dressed as a ninja. You look cute in it."

"...th-thank you… Oboro-san made it for me after I wanted to pretend to be a ninja once…" Sakura admitted.

"Well… little secret for ya," Takeshi said as he kneeled down to Sakura's eye level, "Where I'm from, ninja have a famous catchphrase they say before they head into battle."

"Uh-huh…"

"Wanna know it?"

"Hai."

"Dattebayo."

"Dattebayo?"

"It's something the ninja said to his friends and it became a very popular ninja phrase."

"Soka…" Sakura nodded. She then struck her ninja pose again and smiled, "Dattebayo!"

"You got it," Takeshi smiled.

That evening, at an inn a distance away from the capital, a messenger bird had arrived with the news about Kamui.

"...well…" Takmui muttered as he looked at the message.

"I swear that I had no idea she was kidnapped. My dad said that he found her abandoned somewhere and decided to adopt her," Camilla quickly explained.

Takmui looked at the message for a moment, then to Camilla, then back to the message, and then he just exhaled, "I believe you."

"Thank you, dear," Camilla smiled as she pulled him into a hug.

Meanwhile, back over at the palace, Takeshi was looking at the now asleep Kamui and had a thought-filled expression.

"So… what's the plan?" Tiki-chan asked as she floated onto Takeshi's shoulder.

"...thinking…" Takeshi informed.

"Wait… you're not thinking of doing what the woman asked you to do are you?" Tiki-chan asked with a concerned look, "Are you just gonna blindly listen to the woman or listen to your own gut?"

"Killing is completely out of the question…" Takeshi informed with a firm look, "I… well… just don't know what to do yet."

He pulled out his phone and skimmed some notes that Tiki-chan had made about Fire Emblem Fates. He gave a look at one detail before he slipped his phone back into his jacket pocket.

"You have an idea?"

"...it's a stupid idea, but I got nothing better…" Takeshi admitted with a bit of a worried look before he leaned back into the bed that he had been given, "It's, again, really stupid… and I really have no better ideas of what we can do."

"What exactly is the plan?" Tiki-chan questioned.

"Tell you in the morning."

Tiki-chan just sighed as she sat next to him in the corner of the bed and fell asleep herself.

Two days soon passed and Kamui and Takeshi were both still in Hoshido. Kamui was now currently sitting by Queen Mikoto as the queen was braiding her hair.

"Ah, I knew it. Peonies look so beautiful in your hair," the queen smiled. She then turned towards Sakura and smiled at her, "Sakura, you're next. Come on over."

"Hai, Okaa-sama," Sakura said as she walked over to the queen.

Queen Mikoto worked on brushing Sakura's hair, but then turned to face Kamui, "Today we're going to announce your appearance at the festival. Everyone is going to admire how much you've grown, Kamui."

Kamui simply gave a small nod of her head in response to that.

"Kamui… I want you to know more about this country, but, if at any point, you wish to return to Nohr I'll work hard to get an envoy to go with you," Queen Mikoto said in an assuring tone.

She then simply gave a small nod in response, then looked down at her armor, then back at Queen Mikoto, "...um… Queen Mikoto…? I would like to change my clothes…"

"You're fine as you are now. There's no need to feel out of place whether you're Hoshidan or Nohrian. The clothes given to you by that family must be very important to you…" Queen Mikoto assured her.

"I'm just worried how people will react to seeing me wearing armor made in Nohr is all…" Kamui explained.

"In that case… you can just wear a haori on top of it. I had one prepared for you every year in the event that you would return to us…" Mikoto informed.

"That's… armor?" Takeshi muttered from outside the room the girls were all in.

"...apparently…" Tiki-chan responded.

Takeshi glanced down towards his Kamen Ride card, which was currently in his jacket pocket, then he just gave off an exhale.

"So… you didn't explain that plan you said you had in mind…" Tiki-chan reminded.

Before Takeshi could respond, though, the door to the dressing room the girls were in opened. Takeshi gave a soft gasp as Kamui walked out, now with a white colored haori over her armor, and he just admired her for a moment.

"Hi…" Kamui smiled.

"You… look amazing…" Takeshi said in an awestruck tone.

"Thank you," she responded before she walked towards the exit of the castle.

'...I'll keep that smile of hers safe. That lovely smile needs to be protected…' Takeshi thought before he followed.

The royal family, alongside some attendants, roamed around the town to see the sights before the ceremony began. Kamui simply looked amazed at everything around her as they walked around.

"That… cherry blossom… is it…?" Kamui nervously spoke as she looked towards a tree with them, "They're so lovely…"

"It's a flower that symbolizes spring here in Hoshido," Azura informed.

"M-my name comes from this flower!" Sakura quickly added.

Kamui simply nodded her head a little as she continued to look around with a smile, "This place is so… bright and open… it's quite the contrast from the fortress I grew up in."

"I'm glad you like it. Like I said, I've always been happy here," Azura smiled.

"Nee-san…" Sakura spoke up as she handed Kamui something, "Here. It's a sweet rice dumpling… it's a Hoshidan specialty."

"Thank you," Kamui smiled as she took it, "This looks so great…"

Sakura gave a soft smile as she watched Kamui eat the rice cake and, after she finished it, Sakura smiled hopefully, "Did you like it?"

"Yeah."

Sakura giggled in joy at this.

"You know, I'm very close with a girl in Nohr who's around your age."

"Oh? What's she like?"

"Well, she's generous, kind, and always puts the need of others before herself…" Kamui commented with a smile.

Queen Mikoto walked over to the group and all of the Hoshidan royals gave a polite bow towards her.

"Um… Queen Mikoto?" Kamui spoke up.

"Yes?"

"I… I have become one with both Hoshido and Nohr… just like these clothes…" Kamui spoke nervously as she looked at her haori, "These two countries… someday, I want to be the bridge that connects the two of them so that we can be together in peace. ...that is my hope."

The royals all stared at Kamui for a moment before Queen Mikoto began to tear up.

"Okaa-sama… please don't cry…" Takumi quickly said.

"Here, Okaa-sama," Sakura said as she handed a handkerchief to her mother.

"Good speech," Takeshi whispered to Kamui.

"Thanks…" she responded with a faint blush.

Takeshi then glanced towards the crowd and saw a male in a sort of cloak slowly approaching.

"Something up?" Kamui whispered.

"I got something to take care of really quick. I'll be back before you can give another speech, I promise," Takeshi explained.

"Alright," Kamui nodded.

Takeshi then began to walk into the crowd for a short while before he noticed the male in the cloak carrying the Ganglari. The bluenette then took out his Kamen Ride card which caused the male quickly start running. Takeshi glanced down towards the card before he began to chase after the male in the cloak.

"What the…? Takeshi? Wait!" Tiki-chan yelled as she flew after him.

"Henshin!" Takeshi yelled.

=KAMEN RIDE: ...HERO!=

Takeshi transformed into Hero and continued to chase the cloaked male through the streets of the town. He eventually managed to corner the male at a dead end and slowly began to approach him.

"Takeshi!" Tiki-chan yelled as she flew over to Hero, "What are you doing?"

"The only idea that I can honestly think of that would avert so many problems… get rid of this guy and the Ganglari before it can kill Kamui's mother…" Hero explained.

"Why do you think that's a good idea?! You do remember that trying to mess with events that are supposed to happen will just make a mess right?!"

"Yeah…"

"Then why do you think this is a good idea?!"

"Cause I don't have any better ideas that would stop Kamui from being a Rider and help stop so much pain and suffering from happening!"

Tiki-chan sighed before she landed on Hero's shoulder, "Look… I know that you want Kamui to be happy, but think about the long term problems that would happen if you stop this."

Hero just looked at her for a moment, clearly uncertain, and then he just sighed, "I do want to help her avoid the trauma and struggles of all the tough choices that would happen from these events, but… her ability to keep going on past that is what makes her so amazing to me."

"Alright…"

"...you're right. This was a stupid idea…" Hero sighed as the guy he was chasing quickly teleported away, "...I need to let the dominoes fall… as much as it'll hurt Kamui… this needs to happen..."

"Well… all you can really do right now is go there and be there for her after it all goes down…" Tiki-chan informed.

Hero simply walked forward with his head lowered in shame. He eventually reached somewhere where he could see everything happen and sniffed a little, "Kamui… I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that I couldn't protect your wonderful smile and that I couldn't keep your mom safe. I'm so sorry…"

He heard what sounded like an explosion, then people running in fear, and then a body falling to the ground.

"No… no… please no…" Kamui's voice pleaded, "Queen Mikoto… please get back up… please…"

Hero couldn't hear what Queen Mikoto said in response, but he slowly turned towards Kamui's direction to see her sadness, "...I'm sorry…"

"No… no… no… mom…? Mom…? Mom…? Mother?!" Kamui pleaded before it dawned on her and tears streamed from her eyes, "OKAA-SAN!"

*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 Kamui'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.*

"Well… that was… an ending…" Tiki-chan commented sadly, sitting down in a small chair, but then she looked up to the camera, "Uh… can we hold off on the explanation corner about Kamen Rider Kamui until next time?"

There were sounds of agreement from off-screen before some shuffling sounds also happened from behind the camera.

-Please wait a moment…-

"Sorry about that. Just… what an ending to that chapter, huh?" Tiki-chan said to the camera, "Well… we got something to talk about, so I'll try and keep myself together as best I can."

She flew towards a table and then smiled a little, "Ok. So, today's topic is Legendary Rider trinkets! Following Kamen Rider Decade's run, there were items that had the motif of the past Riders on them. While no Legendary Rider Gaia Memories appeared in Double, the Legendary Rider Core Medals and Astro Switches appeared in Movie War Mega Max and Legendary Rider Rings appeared in the following Movie War. Then came the Gaim/Wizard crossover, where they first granted a new form to the heroes…"

=FOURZE ARMS! SEISHUN SWITCH ON!=

=OOO ARMS! TA-TO-BA, TA~ TO~ BA~!=

=DOUBLE ARMS! CYCLONE, JOKER, HA, HA, HA!=

=WIZARD ARMS! SHABADOOBI SHOWTIME!=

"Then, in Kamen Rider Taisen, Gaim gained the powers of the very first Rider to battle a Rider that was using his powers. Thus…"

=ICIHIGOU ARMS! WAZA NO ICHIGOU, LET'S GO!=

"And, when he and Drive met up, they shared powers."

=DRIVE: TYPE… FRUITS! ON STAGE!=

=DRIVE ARMS! HITOPPASHIRI, IZA TOGETHER!=

"They took a bit of a break during Drive, but they came back with a mighty roar in Ghost. Ghost even got to use the powers of all the Heisei Era Riders together at one point and, then, he and Ex-Aid shared powers much like Gaim and Drive did."

=KAIGAN! HEISEI RIDER!/LEVEL UP!=

=ARATANA KOUSEI! KORE WA HEISEI!=

=INOCHI MOYASU, KAKUGO KIMERU, ORE GA GHOST!=

"Then it returned in the second Heisei Generations Movie for Build when he used two new Full Bottles to turn into Ex-Aid… and it was just him using the original Ex-Aid Level 2 suit with the Build Driver. Kind of a let down, but budget stuff… also, he can only use the powers of a past Rider after he steals it from them. Meanie."

Tiki-chan then flew over to a table and motioned to two items that were on it, "As for anything Hero related… we're not sure what would happen if Hero use the Kamen Ride cards used by Decade, but there are plans for there to be Hero related merchandise for two of the seasons we've run alongside with. A Kamen Rider Hero Gashat will be coming out alongside Movie War DImensions. We can't tell you what the Gashat is called right now, but it will be appearing in the crossover at some point. Next, we have the Hero Ride Watch. We don't know when that'll be coming out, so stay tuned for more details."

"Nice to get to meet you, Takeshi-san," Ex-Aid greeted, "So… uh… you going to show me your Rider form?"

"I was transformed when I got here, but… I'm not now for some reason…" Takeshi commented.

"Yo~!" a voice called out.

"Oh no…" Tiki-chan muttered.

"What do you want?" Takeshi asked Build.

"To show something off," Build commented as he showed a teal colored version of the Card Full Bottle, "I got it from you."

"Wait…"

"You didn't!" Ex-Aid said in realization.

"I did," Build said in a sing-song tone before he began to shake two Full Bottles. He then quickly loaded them into the Build Driver.

=CARD! SMARPHO! BEST MATCH!=

"Best Match kita~!" Build yelled as he started to crank the lever on the Driver. The Snap Ride Builder appeared around him and he stood ready.

=ARE YOU READY?=

"Build Up!"

=HERO!=

The Snap Ride Builder collided with Build and he transformed into a version of Hero that had the Build Driver on.

"You jerk!" Takeshi yelled.

"See you!" Build-Hero responded before he quickly ran off.

"GET BACK HERE WITH MY POWERS!" Takeshi yelled as he gave chase.

Ex-Aid and Tiki-chan both followed Takeshi out of the room. The lights then began to dim, but then, suddenly, somebody stood near the table and picked up the Hero Ride Watch.

"The Rider who both is and isn't a part of the Heisei Era… this should be interesting…" a distorted voice commented as they turned the Ride Watch. The person then turned to the camera, "Hello. It's nice to meet you. Watashi wa… iya… it's to soon for you to know that. Just call me Zi-O. Kamen Rider Zi-O."

Zi-O held the Ride Watch in his hands for a moment and gave a sort of nod towards it, "My path and Hero's paths will be crossing sometime soon. For now, though, just keep this quiet."

=HERO!=

The Rider loaded the trinket into the belt and gave it a spun. The sound was muted, but a teal colored '2019' appeared on the Ziku Driver's screen...

Jikai, Kamen Rider Hero…

Kamui: Subete yo… tomare… (Everything… stop…)

Neo-Hero: I won't let you hurt her! *blasts at Hero*

Takeshi: I don't know what to do anymore…

Kamui: My… crystal…

Takeshi: Kamui...

Kamui: Atashi wa… atashi wa shinjiru!

Emblem 15: Ryu no Hoko

Ichigou: Minna… *turns to face nearly every primary Rider from both the Showa Era and Heisei Era, then he looked to the Riders from the Rider Emblem Worlds* IKUZO!

Everyone: YEAH!

Rider Worlds shall collide…

Zangetsu: HA! *slashes at a foe* Lazer!

Lazer: Yosha! *kicks the foe*

*Ryugen and Snipe were both shown shooting at a foe, Baron and Brave slashing at another foe, and Fraise and Poppy were both punching at another*

Kamen Rider Robin: Thoron… Rider Kick!

Kamen Rider Ike: Great… AETHER!

Kamen Rider Micaiah and Kamen Rider Sothe: Ha! *they Double Rider Kicked another foe* Nice! *high-five*

J: Rider Punch! *punches a foe*

Unexpected allies shall appear...

?: TOH! *jumps into the air* Rider Kick! *kicks a foe*

J: Who are you…?

?: The Rider with the power of Ichigou and Nigou… *turns to J* Kamen Rider… Sangou…

*J simply tilted his head a little*

And two you truly didn't expect shall help…

*Ichigou and Nigou fought against some grunts before they heard people walking over.*

Ichigou: Huh?

?: Saa… jikken o hajimeyou ka?

=RABBIT! TANK! BEST MATCH!=

=WAKE UP! CROSS-Z DRAGON!=

*The two cranked levers that were on the side of their Drivers and armor began to form around them*

=ARE YOU READY?=

Both: Henshin!

*Ichigou and Nigou watched them transform*

Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Cross-Z shall appear!

Build: Shori no hosoku wa kimatta!

Cross-Z: Imada ore wa… makeru ki ga shinai!

Kamen Rider Hero: Heroic Tales

Kamen Rider Marth

Coming soon…

*The Nintendo Switch click screen played.*

*Hero, styled in a sprite similar to the style from Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates, looked around with a confused look*

Hero: Eh?! Where am I? Why do I look like I'm actually in a Fire Emblem game?!

Tiki-chan: I don't know… *floats next to Hero* Hmm? Hey, look to your right.

Hero: Huh? *looks that way to see various monsters at another square* That looks interesting… *walked over and a hand clicked an 'enter' button* Alright.

*The style then shifted from a Fire Emblem like design to something out of Fire Emblem Warriors and the Battride War games*

Hero: Sugoi…

Tiki-chan: Stay sharp! Monsters are on their way.

Hero: I got this! *he charged over and effortlessly managed to beat the crowd of monsters* Yeah.

*The gameplay then shifted back to Fire Emblem and Hero continued forward before he eventually reached a question-mark on the map*

Hero: Hmm… *enters it and the style then shifted to a fighting game style* Eh?!

?: Ikuzo! *Kamen Rider Marth appeared*

Hero: Alright… I think I got this…

A new Kamen Rider adventure exclusively for Nintendo Switch

In association with Koei Techmo, Arc Systems Works and others…

Hero: This adventure is a cross between Fire Emblem, the Dynasty Warriors games, and a sort of fighting game.

Tiki-chan: More like a xros.

Hero: Alright… so… here we are!

Both: Kamen Rider Xros! Battride Fighters!

*The trailer was about to end, but…*

?: Hey! Don't forget about me!

Kamen Rider Zi-O is now on the way

Hero: Zi-O-san!

Zi-O: Let's do this together.

Hero: Right on!

There is still one unsolved mystery of the final war…

*A safe was opened up and a woman gasped*

Ex-Aid: What is it?

Woman: It's empty!

And, now, the answer appears…

Male: What's going on?

*The sky was a dark shade of red and black. The male was about to walk forward, but a card then appeared near him*

?: Yokoku suru… anta no otakara… itadaku ze!

Blonde Female: Another team of thieves…?

Three: Kaitou Sentai… Lupinranger!

Three: Keisatsu Sentai… Patoranger!

Pikatwig Entertainment Proudly Presents…

In Association With…

Kairi: Hmm? *picks up a card* "We are inviting you to a collaboration. From, The Phantom Thieves of Heart"?

Keiichiro: Investigation Team? Never heard of you…

Atlus

?: Well, it's nice to meet you. Narukami Yu.

?: I won't give up now or my name isn't Kurusu Akira.

Chou Taisen Remake: Versus

Winter 2018

Gabutyra roared as the Kyoryugers posed, showing KyoryuPink and KyoryuRed fighting off the Zorima

Hero: Color me surprised about how that conflict was resolved.

Hero posed with Tiki-chan and Kamen Rider Kamui before they slashed the screen to show Takeshi talking to Kamui.

Torin: I'm honestly sorry about what happened to her, but… if that's how fate must go on, then that's the breaks...

All the heroes came together, KyoryuRed and Hero shaking hands before posing

SUPER HERO TIME! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

So… the opening bit mentions Zi-O as a girl and the Explanation Corner has him not say his name. The reason for that? This chapter begun production before Zi-O's first episode aired. Heck, it began before the trailer revealing Zi-O's real name was. I kinda didn't want to rewrite an early impression of Zi-O, if only because I wanted you guys to see my earliest impressions before the show started.

The reason that this chapter took so long was because I was doing some research about the game proper to get everything nailed down as best as I could. I did co-write some of the chapter with KKD a while back in something unrelated to Hero so I could generate some ideas for the chapter. He did say that he was totally cool with me using that to help write the chapter, so thanks for that buddy. Later parts of the chapter also took some ideas from the manga Fire Emblem if: Niberungu no Hokan (The Crown of Nibelung). Oh, and, uh… funny story about how Leo is kind of more important in that manga… I actually kind of forgot what he looked like while working on this. I remember it clearly now, but when I started to work on this chapter… totally blanked. My bad.

Not going to lie when I say that I kind of didn't have a big role for Takeshi in his Rider form, but then I came up with the idea of him trying to stop the chain of events that would result in the war happening. I discussed it with KKD, he gave his input, and here we are. Thanks for the input man.

The Hero Gashat will be given a name and a design when we get to Movie War Dimension, which is sadly looking to be delayed to next year, and the Hero Ride Watch… I've kind of been working on a prototype of its design so KKD can draw it. ...still think the tops of the Ride Watches look like Beyblades.

Before I forget to bring this up, since I don't remember if I mentioned it prior to now, but a new Fire Emblem game was announced at… E3 I think? What exactly are my current plans for Hero with the upcoming Fire Emblem: The Three Houses? ...nothing as of this time. I'm going to figure that out when the game comes out.

Oh and, uh, since Zi-O is here… that means Build is over. Thank goodness… I honestly didn't like Build and I'm glad that it's over. If you liked it, great, go on and keep liking it. I however, did not. That ending didn't do anything to help matters. It basically rendered the whole dang season a moot point and wasted a year's worth of time. Oi… *sighs* Anyway… let's continue onto something else...

The two new trailers… I've had Chou Taisen Remake: Versus in mind for a while now. Heck, I put clues to the fact that it would have Lupin vs. Patrol and the Persona cast in it back in Chou Taisen Remake proper. Kamen Rider Xros Battride Fighters is something I kind of thought up a while back, then forgot about, then remembered. The reason it's called 'Xros' is because it's crossing together different styles. The hypothetical game guide and trailers will be exclusive to DA since I can better release it there. We'll talk more about it in the future.

And, general update… this might be the very last… anything that's being posted from the laptop that I'm currently using. The bottom has started to split apart and my parents have already gotten me a new laptop. My reaction to the new one was… negative to say the least. I started to cry for some reason... if I had to guess at the reason… well… this thing has been with me since 2014. The first story that I posted from this laptop was Emerald Love and… yeah. It's been with me for so many years now. Going to be hard to let it go since it still works and stuff. We'll see if I post something else between now and… sometime in the future, I guess.

My favorite part of this chapter has to be Takeshi's interactions with Kamui, Sakura, and Hinoka. They're kind of my three favorites of the royals from Fates. Oh! And for those wondering about Takeshi's comment to Hinoka about her being the 'toughest fighter'... that's a reference to how, in Fates, Hinoka was voiced by EG Daily. She was the voice of Buttercup in the original Powerpuff Girls. I HAD to make a reference to that after I learned that.

This chapter was certainly longer than I was honestly expecting it to be, but I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter.

Just Live More.