Hello everyone! Shunya Toshiki here bringing you a new story chapter, and to wish you a happy new year!
I don't own Kamen Rider Decade or any other anime or game that belongs to their creators. I'm doing this for fun, not profit.
Chapter 21: Faiz's World Part 1
In a closed down and abandoned bar, an Aurora Curtain appeared inside and walking out of it was Dark Decade and Shadow Moon. Dark Decade took a moment to stretch out his arms.
"Have to say, despite having a setback or two, I had a lot of fun today." Dark Decade said.
"While I am pleased to hear that, are you truly certain of letting Orga go like this?" Shadow Moon asked, and Dark Decade waved his hand.
"Oh, it's fine. We'll deal with him some other time. For now we have more important matters to handle." Dark Decade said, and Shadow Moon bowed his head.
"Of course. If that is your wish." Shadow Moon said.
"But anyway…" Dark Decade said before he and Shadow Moon turned to the door. "Are you going to stand there all day?"
That's when Leo opens the door and walks into the abandoned bar with his hood covering his face.
"And here I was hoping to surprise you." Leo said before he removed his hood showing the small wounds on his face.
Dark Decade tilted his head to the wounds on Leo's face.
"Care to explain what happened?" He asked.
Leo blinks and realizes that Dark Decade was asking about his wounds.
"Oh, this? I just had a run in with Decade along with Diend. But I was able to complete my objective." Leo said before he turned to the door. "You can come in now."
That's when another person entered the bar and showed her appearance to the Dark Riders.
She appears to be a young woman with long black hair and red eyes along with pale skin and pointed ears, she also wears purple lipstick. She was wearing a black shirt with a matching trench coat along with black gloves. She also wears a red skirt with black boots. She also wore a hat on top of her head.
Dark Decade smiles at her as he knows who the woman was.
"So…You are the Phantom known as Enigma." Dark Decade said.
"It's mostly a name I was given, but yes, I am. And you're this Dark Decade, the master of this lackey." Enigma said, and Leo was offended to hear that.
"Lackey?!" Leo said as he was ready to attack Enigma for that but Dark Decade stops him by raising his hand in front of him and gives Leo a warning glare, and Leo stands down before he lowered his head.
"I guess that's one way of putting it. I'm also aware of your past, and that you're hunting those with special abilities to take them for yourself." Dark Decade said.
Enigma then walks to the old bottles of alcohol that were covered in dust and cobwebs as they were left behind on the shelves. Enigma then walks beside the shelves to pull some of the bottles to the ground as they shatter.
"If you know about my past, then you must know that I have a strong hatred towards humans. Regardless if they're from this world or not." Enigma said before she stops dropping the bottles.
"Yes, I'm quite aware of that." Dark Decade said.
"If so…" Enigma narrowed her eyes at the leader of the Dark Riders. "Why reach out to me?"
Dark Decade chuckles before he explains his reasons.
"Well…I don't usually make this a habit. But I would often reach out to those who will be useful to me. And believe it or not, you meet those requirements."
He was right about one thing, Enigma won't believe Dark Decade but an alliance between him and herself would be beneficial, but that doesn't mean she'll let her guard down towards him.
"I suppose I should be faltered. But answer me this, what do I get out of this?" Enigma asked in skepticism.
"Skeptical. I like that." Dark Decade said before he coughs in his hand. "Though I can't guarantee what would be left of this world once we're done, I can at least promise you this. By the time we're done rebuilding it in our own image, you'll have a place within it ruling by our side. What do you say?"
Enigma thought about it before she gave her answer.
"If you truly want my trust, you'll have to earn it."
"Oh but of course. And it just so happens, I have one thing in mind to earn it." Dark Decade said.
"And that would be?" Enigma questions.
"I happen to know of a boy who's able to summon and control Phantoms by will. Though he does use it in a pitiable way, I have no doubt you'll be able to use it to its full potential. And I have the key to make his power your own. Interested now?" Dark Decade asked.
Now intrigued by this, Enigma smiles.
(Play Journey through the Decade by Gackt)
(Kamen Rider Decade, he has been given the power of a destroyer to destroy one.) (As the songs start to focus on Decade, who just transformed, standing in a white room filled with filming clips.)
(Miageru hoshi sorezore no rekishi ga kagayaite) (Yui covers Alex's eyes until she lets go. His eye zoomed in and was soon replaced with the camera, his camera, and later his DecaDriver which includes all 15 Heisei Riders including himself. His Machine Decader is shown parked in front of a pile of smoking rubble before, in the white room, Alex grabs one of the cubes and faces the camera.)
(Seiza no you sen de musubu shunkan hajimaru Legend) (The scene changes to a worn down warehouse with all Riders sitting but one at a time. Yui grabs a bottle and looks at it while Alex looks back. Ryu slumps back against his TryChaser 2000 as the silhouettes of the riders appear one by one. Setsuna throws the bottle down on the floor.)
(Oorora {aurora} yurameku jikuu koete. Tobikomu meisou suru Parallel world) (On one side the Dark Riders charge while on the other side the Riders of good do the same. The same bottle shatters as Alex looks as though he was about to collapse but not before his face changes into each of the Rider's helmets. Back at the warehouse all 15 riders lined up doing their signature poses and with Decade in the center but behind him was Yui.)
(On the road dare mo tabi no tonchu. Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame.) (All 15 Riders were in a circle and were fending off the Dark Riders as they were being surrounded by them. Alex is then shown on his bike getting his helmet on and Yui was riding as a passenger. Yui grabs on to him tightly before we see Decade showing off his fighting skills especially with the Attack Ride: Slash card. Soon back to the Rider, everyone was doing their best trying to watch each other's backs while against the Dark Riders.)
(Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku michi ni kawaru no darou.) (Alex sits alone, exhausted and with tears rolling down his face until Yui was in front of him with his camera and offering the other to help him up. We soon see Ryu riding with Alex and Yui on their respective bikes. Back in the battle, Blade was having trouble with Glaive until Decade showed up and pushed Glaive away. Ryuga was about to use his strike Vent on Decade until Ryuki used his first which saved Decade.)
(Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade.) (The Riders were helping each other trying to take down their respective foe. Soon Yui is seen with a smile in Decade's mind. But Decade focuses on the battle and helping his comrade's. Decade was soon on his bike driving out of an Aurora Curtain with pictures of the other 14 Riders in it and circled the logo.)
Inside the studio, Yui is seen cooking dinner in the kitchen. She takes a small portion of the miso soup and sips on it to see how it tastes, she then smiles in satisfaction.
"It's just about right." Yui nodded before she noticed Ryu and Ken watching her as she cooked. "What?"
Both Ryu and Ken turned at each other before responding to Yui's question.
"Well…We're just wondering why you're not worried about Alex." Ryu said.
"Yeah. Most of the time you would worry to death about it, almost like a lonely housewife." Ken said and Yui darkly glared at him which caused him to flinch and shake his head rapidly. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I mean sister! Yeah, that's what I meant!"
"Hmph!" Yui turned away from them and went back to cooking. "Well, to answer your question, I decided to take your advice and stop worrying if he'll come back or not. He's going to be gone most of the time and he'll be back home soon. So I can at least wait here, knowing that he'll return."
"Well…I'm glad to hear that." Ken said.
That's when they heard the door opening and they turned to it.
"And you see. Just like that, he's back." Yui said before she headed to the main room to greet Alex and Ryu and Ken followed her.
That's when they saw Alex entering the studio with Kazuto and his friends along with former Dark Rider, Kiba, they looked at the studio they were in while a still grieving Kurumi held the pieces of her precious teddy bear.
"And he brought friends. Again." Ken said as they looked at Kazuto's group one at a time.
"I can see that." Yui said before she spoke to Alex. "Alex, care for some introductions."
"Yes, of course. First off…" Alex said before he placed his hand on Kazuto's shoulder. "This is Inui Kazuto. He's the Rider of this world."
Ryu smiles before he moves up to Kazuto and shakes his hand.
"It's nice to meet you! I'm Godai Ryu, and I'm Kamen Rider Kuuga! Let's get along!" Ryu said.
"Sure…" Kazuto mutters as he sweetdrop.
Minato and Haruhiko then whispers to each other as Ryu's straightforwardness was similar to Mai's.
"Is it just me or does he seem similar to Mai somehow." Minato said.
"It's not just you. I'm getting the same feeling as well." Haruhiko said, but Mai was able to hear them.
"You know I'm able to hear you right?" Mai said and they flinched to hear that before they bowed their heads.
"We're sorry." They said, and Mai huffs and turns away from them as she folded her arms.
Alex then moves to Kiba to introduce him next.
"Also this is Kiba and believe it or not, he's one of the Dark Riders?" Alex told them and his friends were surprised by this as they looked at Kiba.
"He's what?" Ken asked.
"Then isn't he an enemy?!" Ryu said as he assumed his stance ready to fight him and Ken quickly hid behind him.
"And you brought him to our home?!" Yui said as she picked up a dough roller pin to arm herself.
That's when Kazuto and his friends move in front of Alex's friends to defend Kiba.
"Wait! Wait! He's not with those guys anymore." Kazuto told them.
"That's right. He's changed." Haruhiko told them.
Alex's friends were surprised by this before they turned to him.
"Is that true?" Ryu asked, and Alex shrugged.
"I guess. The moment I arrived, Dark Decade was ready to kill him." Alex told them, and his friends were once again surprised.
"Really?" Yui asked, and Kazuto, Kiba and their friends nodded.
Kiba then steps forward to explain himself to Alex and to his friends.
"It's a bit of a long story, but yes, I'm not with the Dark Riders anymore."
Alex and his friends turned at each other before the former turned to Kiba once again.
"Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But if you truly want our trust, you'll have to earn it." Alex told him, and Kiba nodded.
"I could work with that." Kiba said.
After both Rider groups introduced each other, they decided to hang out in the studio.
Yui is seen seated beside Kurumi as she fixes her precious teddy bear with her sewing kit.
"And with that…There." Yui said before she finished fixing Kurumi's teddy bear and showed her work. "Fix him like I promise."
Kurumi tearfully smiles and hugs her precious Albrecht.
"Albrecht! You're back to life!" Kurumi said before she smiles at Yui with gratitude. "Thank you…"
Yui then blushes as she falls for her cuteness before she quickly turns away with her while trying her hardest not to smile.
"Yo-You're welcome…" Yui mutters while Kurumi blinks in confusion.
Minato and Reina were looking at some old photos that Ken took when he was young. Most of his photos were from famous Japanese landmarks and there were other photos of famous landmarks from around the world.
The Statue of Liberty. The Great Wall of China. The Eiffel Tower. Even the great Pyramids of Egypt.
"Sugoi. These are amazing." Reina said and Minato nodded.
"Yeah. They're really nice." Minato said.
Ken felt flattered about this as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Thanks. I took most of these photos back in my youth, I used to travel around the world." Ken told them.
"If so, why did you stop?" Minato asked.
"Well, I wasn't getting any younger, so I wanted to try a more simpler life. But it was mostly because of her." Ken said before he turned to Yui as she began to pretend to speak to Kurumi's teddy bear. "After Yui's parents passed away, I promised her father that I would take care of her."
"I see. I'm sorry to hear that." Minato said.
"It's alright. Plus it thanks to that along with meeting Alex, that I get to be on the adventure of a lifetime." Ken said, Minato and Reina chuckled to hear that.
"Yeah, I guess that's true." Ken said.
Aika, Haruhiko, Mai, and Ruru were looking at the background of Faiz and Auto Vajin with Phantoms around them.
"Hmmm…So this is the item they used to travel between worlds." Haruhiko said in curiosity.
"But I wonder who came up with the design?" Aika said.
Haruhiko then sets his sights on the chain switch.
"I want to see how this works." Haruhiko said before he grabs onto the chain and pulls on it to change the background to travel between worlds but it refuses to budge. Haruhiko blinks. "Huh?"
Haruhiko begins to pull on the chain a few more times but it still wouldn't budge.
"It won't budge." Haruhiko said before Mai pushed him to the side to take his place in pulling the chain switch.
"We'll see about that." Mai said before she spat on her hands and rubbed them together.
Mai then grabs onto the chain and pulls on it to activate it, but like Haruhiko, it refuses to budge. Mai blinks before she uses most of her strength to pull on the chain but ends up slipping on her feet and falls to the ground.
"Itai…" Mai said as she rubbed the back of her head and sat up.
"Huh…So not even Mai can move that chain. That's something." Aika said as she looked at the chain and Ruru nodded in agreement.
"Very true." Ruru said.
Alex and Ryu were seated with Kazuto, Kiba and Koito on the kitchen table to aske the Dark Rider defector some questions.
"So you really did defected from the other Dark Riders and betrayed Dark Decade, right?" Alex asked, and Kiba nodded.
"Yes, that's right." He said.
"Hmmm…I have to say, I didn't think most people had the guts to do that. But still, care to explain your reason for that?" Alex asked.
"Of course. It's the least I can do." Kiba said before they heard the door opening.
"Man if I listen in too?" Said Seth as he and his group entered the studio as well.
While Kazuto was confused and wondered who they were, Alex sighed to see him again.
"Should've figured you were going to show up." Alex rolled his eyes.
Seth sat down with Alex and the others while his friends were chatting with the others. Seth introduced himself to Kiba.
"I see. So your Diend. Dark Decade had mentioned you before." Kiba said.
"I could say the same about you. I don't suppose you can lend me that belt of yours?" Seth requested.
"We don't have time for that right." Alex said before Saki pulled on Seth's ear causing him some pain.
"For once I agree with Alex. Try not to think about treasures for once and try to be reasonable." Saki told him before she let go of his ear and Seth rubs on it.
"Jeez…sorry." Seth mutters.
Kiba blinks to see that before he chuckles.
"And what's so funny?" Seth asked before Kiba stopped chuckling.
"Sorry, sorry. You almost remind me of a friend of mine." Kiba said, and Seth rolled his eyes.
"Well glad that I assume you so much." He said.
Alex then coughs in his hand to get Kiba's attention once again.
"Anyway, that's enough. You have some questions to answer, remember?" Alex said.
"Oh, yeah. Right…" Kiba coughs in his hand. "To answer your first question, part of the reason for that is because I couldn't agree with Dark Decade's methods anymore. Especially since he locked away my memories."
"He locked them away?" Alex said and Kiba nodded.
"Yeah. This is only a guess, but he must have locked most of my memories except for the ones when my friends died and how I fought against the Faiz of my old world." Kiba told him, and Alex nodded in understanding.
"I see. That makes sense." Alex said.
From the movie, Kiba wasn't always evil but circumstances along with some machinations had forced Kiba to wear the Orga Gear and fight against Inui Takumi. Thankfully, during their battle, Takumi was able to get through to Kiba and convinced him to help him save despite that it led to his death.
"But how were you able to unlock those memories?" Alex asked.
"It was during a plan to steal all three Rider Gears. But during that mission, Psyga betrayed me under Dark Decade's orders. But it was at that moment, I could feel my memories returning but I still wasn't able to unlock them." Kiba said.
"Then how?" Alex asked.
Kiba smiles before he turns to Kazuto.
"I had help." Kiba said before he turned to Koito. "With my new friends."
Koito's cheeks turn red before she turns away from Kiba and leans on her head on her hand with her elbow on the table.
Alex, Seth, Ryu and Kazuto chuckles to see that.
"Man…She's certainly a classic tsundere." Ryu said, and Koito glares at him and Ryu flinches. "I'm sorry."
Koito once again turned away from them and Alex coughed in his hand once again.
"Okay, let's back on track. There's something else that I need to know." Alex said.
"And that would be?" Kiba asked.
"I want to know how Dark Decade has brought you and the other Dark Riders back to life." Alex answered.
Kiba was surprised at first before he nodded in understanding.
"Alright. I can't tell you how he did it, he never told us. But I can tell you what happened after that." Kiba told him.
"I suppose I can work with that." Alex said.
"Okay. Though you may want to brace yourself, because it might shock all of you to your very core."
Kiba then told Alex, Seth, and their friends the same story he told Kazuto and the others. It was the one story he may never forget.
(Flashback)
After clashing attacks with Kamen Rider Faiz, the next thing Kiba saw was darkness. He then begins to wake up and sees a type of dark sky above him.
Kiba blinked a few times before he stood up and saw he was in a dark space.
"What the…Where am I?" Kiba said before he saw that he was now wearing his Kamen Rider armor. "Isn't this…?"
"Kiba?" Someone calls out to him and Orga recognizes his voice.
Orga turns and sees that it was his former enemy turned ally, Kamen Rider Psyga who was also in the dark space as he stares at him.
"Leo? You're here, but how?" Orga said in shock because he remembers that Faiz had killed Psyga in their battle.
"You tell me." Psyga said before he placed a hand on his head and tried to remember what happened. "The last thing I remember was fighting against Faiz…and then nothing."
"Yeah…strangely it's the same for me." Orga said before he noticed that he and Psyga weren't the only ones here. "Leo…you may want to look."
Psyga looked and saw there were other armored and masked warriors around them. Although their armor and belts were different from their own, both Orga and Psyga were able to recognize them as…
"Kamen Riders?" Orga said as he looked at Eternal and then Kabuki, and he could tell they were confused to be here as well.
"Just what's going on here? Who are these people and where are we?" Psyga said as he looked at G4 and then to the large Arc.
"I see that you're all awake now." Said a voice in front of all of the Dark Riders.
They looked and saw that Shadow Moon was standing in front of them.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Eternal questions.
"I am Shadow Moon. I'm like you in a sense. But like you I too was defeated by a Kamen Rider." Shadow Moon told them.
"Defeated?!" Gaoh said in anger.
Arc then angrily stomps his foot which was strong enough to shake the ground and some of the Dark Riders stumble a bit.
"That's impossible! I had Kiva right in the palm of my hand! I was going to rip him apart and then…and then…nothing." Arc said as his memories in his battle with Kiva was hazy.
"I was going to kill Gatack…But then Kabuto showed up…" Caucasus said as he remembers his battle with Kabuto but then he remembers nothing. "The hell…Why can't I remember? What's going on?!"
"All of you calm down." Shadow Moon raised his hand. "Your loss in memory is to be expected. I went through a similar phase myself. But you must not worry about it for so long, in time the rest of your memories will return."
"Well that's good to hear. But this raises another question." Psyga said, gaining Shadow Moon's attention. "If we really did die fighting against Kamen Riders, then how are we here now?"
"Yeah. I'm curious about that myself. Were you the one who brought us here?" Eternal questions him, and Shadow Moon shook.
"No. That is done by my lord and master. Who is now your master." Shadow Moon answered, much to their confusion.
"Our master?" Ryuga said.
"And where is he exactly?" Sorcerer asked.
"He's currently in a meeting with someone. But you won't have to wait for so long, he'll be here…" Shadow Moon said before they saw an Aurora Curtain appearing beside him. "Now."
Then walking out of the Aurora Curtain was Dark Decade, the man who would be their lord and master.
As the Dark Riders stared at him, Dark Decade took a moment to look at each and every one of them.
"I see you're all awake. Good." Dark Decade smiles beneath his helmet.
"So I guess you're this guy's boss?" Eternal questions him, and Dark Decade nodded.
"I mostly prefer lord or master, but yes I am." Dark Decade answered.
"Then you're the one who brought us here?" Bujin Gaim questions.
"Yes. I brought you all back from the dead and brought you to this place. So feel free to praise and worship me as thanks for that." Dark Decade told them.
"I think I'll pass on that." Glaive answered in defiance and most of the others agreed.
Dark Decade sighed and shook his head.
"Guess I should've expected that you're all still on the stubborn side." Dark Decade said to himself.
"But answer us this though!" Sorcerer calls out, earning Dark Decade's attention. "Was it really true that you brought us all back to life? After we were defeated?"
"Yes of course. Didn't Shadow Moon explain the minor details?" Dark Decade asked.
"Our deaths are nothing but minor!" Arc exclaimed loudly.
"Yeah! Especially since we can't remember how we were defeated." Gaoh said.
"Yeah, that's to be expected. I did bring you all back from the dead, so some of your memories would be a bit fuzzy of the details. But make no mistake, you all fought against Kamen Riders and were ultimately defeated by them." Dark Decade said.
Orga along with the other Dark Riders took a moment, and their memories were still hazy at best but the one thing they remember is fighting against their own Kamen Riders and were defeated by them. But for Orga, for some strange reason, he can't remember most of his memories, it was almost like they were missing.
"You don't have to worry about that. In time your memories will return to you. But it isn't important right now. All that matters right now is that I resurrected each and every one of you to serve me." Dark Decade told them, but most of the Dark Riders weren't too keen about the idea of serving him.
"And why should we take orders from you?" Eternal questions.
"Yeah. I mostly prefer giving orders instead of following them." Nega Den-O said in defiance.
This causes Shadow Moon to angrily glare at them as he was about to charge in and attack them, but Dark Decade stops him by raising his hand telling him to stand down which he obeyed.
"Your defiance is to be expected. I know most of you prefer calling the shots rather than obeying them. But I can give you something as a reward for your servitude. Something all of you can't possibly refuse." Dark Decade told them.
"And what could that be?" Glaive questions him.
"Simple. Revenge." Dark Decade said.
As they were confused by this, Dark Decade soon snapped his fingers and appeared above the Dark Riders were fifteen Earths. The Dark Riders look at the fifteen Earths.
"What is this?" Kabuki asked.
"That my friends, are parallel worlds that are similar and yet different from your very own. But yet there's one thing they have in common." Dark Decade said before he snapped his fingers once again.
Then appearing in front of each of the resurrected Dark Riders were parallel versions of the Riders who had defeated them.
"Kiva!" Arc growled as he looked at his old enemy.
"Gaim!" Bujin Gaim said in rage.
"Actually they're different versions of the ones who had defeated all of you. But no mistake, they're quite similar to the Riders that you know, especially since they hold the same name." Dark Decade told them.
When the Dark Riders got a closer look, he was right as they saw the Riders' in civilian form and saw that they were different people or versions of the Kamen Riders who had defeated them.
For Sorcerer, instead of seeing Soma Haruto, he saw the teenage young man with blue hair, Itsuka Shido as he transforms into Wizard.
Kabuki saw a version of Hibiki as a teenage young man who was training with Asumu in a world known as Remnant.
For Arc, he saw Toujou Basara transforming into Kiva, instead of Kurenai Wataru.
For Orga and Psyga, they saw Inui Kazuto transforming into Faiz.
"I know they're not exactly the Riders that you know, but I figure that these Riders will be the next best thing, especially since they haven't achieved their full power yet. So I'm giving you all the chance for not only revenge, but for you to take over their worlds by destroying them. What do you all say?" Dark Decade asked.
The Dark Riders thought about it, while most of them disliked the idea of serving Dark Decade, they couldn't possibly pass up the chance to destroy AR versions of the Riders who had defeated them. So they decided to see if Dark Decade was even worth following, they then nodded to each other and turned to him.
"Before we agree on anything…" Nega Den-O said.
"We want to see what you're made of." Eternal said.
Dark Decade chuckles to hear that as he shook his head.
"Should've figured it would come to this. Fine then…" Dark Decade then gestures to them to come at him. "You're all free to attack me in any way. And just so we're clear…I'm going to enjoy this."
Then the Dark Riders charge at Dark Decade to attack him. Despite having him outnumbered, Dark Decade was able to fight and defeat them with ease.
First, Dark Decade is seen catching Kabuki's sword and catch an incoming punch from Psyga, he then forced them down on their knees before he backhanded punches Psyga and then he punches Kabuki in the face a few times and then he slams his knee on his face twice which sends him to the ground.
Then Dark Decade dodges a few slashes from Eternal, before he grabs him by the neck and begins to beat him by punching Eternal on the face.
Dark Decade then blocks an incoming punch from Caucasus.
"Clock Up!" Caucasus said as he pressed the button on his belt.
[CLOCK UP]
Caucasus then uses his enhanced speed to move away from Dark Decade and was planning on attacking Dark Decade using that very speed, but he wasn't impressed by this.
"Oh please. I can play that game too." Dark Decade said as he pulled out the Dark Kabuto Card and inserted it into his Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE: DARK KABUTO]
Dark Decade transforms into Dark Kabuto and he soon pulls out the Clock Up Card to insert it into his Driver.
[ATTACK RIDE: CLOCK UP]
DD-Dark Kabuto then uses his own Clock Up speed to engage in a high speed combat against Caucasus, they clash attacks a few times but that's DD-Dark Kabuto stops and Caucasus uses this chance to attack him from the back, but he easily saw him coming as he turns around and grabs Caucasus by the neck.
[CLOCK OVER]
Dark Decade then changed back into his Base Form while Caucasus could only look at him in shock.
"But how…?" He mutters.
"Guess I was just better at it than you." Dark Decade shrugged before he punched Caucasus in the face as he let go of him, Caucasus stumbled back before Dark Decade kicked him on the chest which sent the Gold Rider to the ground. "Alright, who's next?"
He got his answer as he saw Arc throwing a punch at Dark Decade which made a large shockwave. Arc smiles beneath his helmet, but to his shock, Dark Decade had easily caught his punch.
Just as Arc was about to throw another punch at him, Dark Decade begins to crash his hand inflicting pain to Arc despite the difference in their size, Arc groans as he was forced to fall on his knees, that's when Dark Decade jumps and lands an uppercut right under his chin sending Arc falling on his back.
Dark Decade landed on Arc's chest and then saw the other Dark Riders had surrounded him ready to attack him.
"Hmph…Well, what are you waiting for? Come at me!" Dark Decade told them.
Then one by one, the Dark Riders attack and battle Dark Decade, but he easily defeats them.
"We had him outnumbered from fifteen to one. But he was still able to fight us with ease and without even breaking a sweat." Kiba said.
That's when Kiba as Orga rushes to Dark Decade and swings his sword at him, but as Dark Decade channels energy around his arm, he dodges it and punches on Orga's chest which exploded in front of him sending Orga rolling on the ground before he stops to the other defeated Dark Riders.
The Dark Riders then look at Dark Decade as he looks down at them with Shadow Moon standing by his side.
"Satisfied by my strength now? If so, what's it going to be? Destruction by my hand or servitude towards me and get your revenge?" Dark Decade questions them.
The Dark Riders then turned to each other before they stood up and walked in front of Dark Decade. Then one by one, the Dark Riders kneel before their new lord and master, including Orga.
Dark Decade smirks underneath his helmet.
"Good. That's what I wanted to see." Dark Decade said.
(End of the flashback)
"And after that, I obeyed every order he had given me, and I rarely second guessed them." Kiba told Alex, Seth and their friends.
"I see. That definitely explains a lot now." Alex said.
"Man…I knew he wasn't an ordinary man, but I didn't expect this." Ryu said.
"But it just goes to show you how powerful he really is." Seth commented.
"For once, we're in agreement." Alex said. "Okay, so I get that Dark Decade has resurrected the Dark Riders to do his bidding for the chance for revenge, but is there another end game after that?"
"If there was, then I'm afraid I don't know. Most of us only obey Dark Decade for the chance for revenge, but some mostly do it out of fear or the chance to rule the Kamen Rider worlds. But anything after that is beyond me." Kiba answered, and Alex nodded in understanding.
"Well that figures. But there is one more question I need to ask." Alex said.
"What is it?" Kiba said.
"Do you know who Dark Decade is? Have you ever seen his face?" Alex asked.
The reason he wanted to ask that question is because he's been curious on why Dark Decade hid his face, even from him. Every time they met and battled each other, he would often have that hood on to hide his face, even the times he changed in and out of his Kamen Rider form.
"No." Kiba shook his head. "He always has his hood on and would often greet us in his Kamen Rider form. In fact, I think the only person who ever saw his face is Shadow Moon."
"You don't say. Interesting." Alex said.
"That's pretty weird. I mean why show his face to just one person, but not to the rest of you?" Ryu asked.
"You're guess is as good as mine. Most never question it and we never dared to. Mostly out of loyalty to him, some out of fear." Kiba said.
"I see." Alex said before he had this thought.
'But maybe the real reason why he never showed his face is because he always hides his face from me.'
"Is something wrong, Alex?" Ryu asked, and Alex snapped out of his train of thought.
"It's nothing. But I think that's the end of my questions now." Alex said.
"I'm sorry. I wasn't that helpful." Kiba said before Kazuto placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, you shouldn't sell yourself short like that." Kazuto told him before Koito placed her hand on top of his.
"Kazuto's right. I'm sure what you told him had helped." Koito said.
"That's very true. I may not know Dark Decade's origins yet, but I think I'm close to it. So thanks, Kiba." Alex said, and Kiba smiled to hear that.
"Then I'm glad…" Kiba said before he remembers a certain Dark Rider who happens to be a scientist. "Wait…There is one more thing that I know."
"Really?" Alex asked, and Kiba nodded. "Then what is it?"
"I don't know the exact details but he's currently working on a project with another Dark Rider. Sengoku Ryoma, Kamen Rider Duke." Kiba said, and Alex narrows his eyes as he knows that Rider all too well from the Kamen Rider Gaim season.
"And that name is supposed to mean something?" Seth asked, and Kiba nodded.
"Quite immensely. I don't know much about Ryoma's past, but I do know that he's a brilliant scientist who won't stop at nothing to achieve his goals. It was because that Dark Decade was drawn to him and trusts him to help him with a project of his." Kiba told them.
"And what exactly is this project?" Alex asked.
"That I'm afraid I don't know. Only a handful of the Dark Riders had heard whispers about it, but they were rumors at best. The ones who know the full details are Ryoma, Dark Decade, and Shadow Moon." Kiba answered.
"Huh? Just between those three." Ryu said.
"Yeah…" Alex nodded.
Alex was once again in deep thought about and was more concerned about Ryoma helping Dark Decade with this project.
'But still, Dark Decade and Ryoma, working together? That's a more terrifying thought I could ever imagine. But knowing Ryoma, he must have his goals in this and I doubt Dark Decade isn't aware of that fact. But what could it be?' Alex thought before they heard someone's stomach growling.
They turned to the source and saw it was coming from Ryu who waved his hands.
"Whoa! Hold on, that wasn't me!" Ryu told them.
"Then who…?" Alex said before they heard the stomach growling louder this time and it was from outside of the kitchen.
They looked and saw it was from Reina who blushed in embarrassment before she placed her hand on her stomach and bowed her head.
"I'm sorry…It just occurred to me that I hadn't had breakfast or lunch yet." Reina said before her stomach growled once again and Minato chuckled to hear that.
Not long after the others in the studio then began to chuckle and laugh as well and Reina's face grew larger and larger.
"Hahaha…Now that I think about it, I'm pretty hungry myself." Mai said.
"Same for me. Especially after that last fight." Kazuto said.
"Ditto." Alex nodded in agreement and Yui clapped her hands.
"Then how about we stop with the questioning and have some dinner? And since you're all here, why don't you join us?" Yui asked, and most of them smiled to hear that and quickly accepted her offer.
After getting some extra bowls for themselves and for their guests, Alex, Kazuto and their friends were enjoying Yui's cooking. Reina was eating through several bowls of her cooking, much to Yui's and some others' surprise since Alex's friends and Seth's friends hadn't seen her appetite before.
After eating her latest bowl, Reina offers her bowl to Yui.
"Another bowl please." Reina requested and a still stunned Yui took her bowl.
"Of course…eat as much as you want." Yui mutters before she begins to fill up Reina's bowl.
"Thank you!" Reina said.
"Man…that girl sure can eat." Ryu said and Alex nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. That's a given." Alex said.
Kazuto blows on his food to cool it down and takes a bite out of it but flinches, Alex quickly takes a picture of that as he chuckles.
"What?" Kazuto asked.
"It's nothing." Alex said.
Kazuto turns away from him and goes back to eating.
"But still…This cooking is really good." Kazuto said.
"Yeah. You might make a good wife one day." Minato said and Reina gave him a narrow look and he flinched. "Wait! I didn't mean it like that."
Reina turns away from him before Yui gives her a new bowl of food and Minato lowered his head in shame.
"Well, I wouldn't say that. I mostly help with the chores and cooking, but that's about it." Yui said.
"Nonsense. With your skills and your looks, you'll make any man happy." Ken told his niece.
"Yeah. I quite agree with that." Alex said in agreement.
Yui's cheeks turned red before she turned away and twirled her finger on her hair.
"Faltering won't get you anywhere." Yui stated and her friends chuckle in amusement.
As he was eating Yui's cooking, Haruhiko took a moment to look at the smiling faces of Alex, Seth and Kazuto along with the rest of their friends.
He couldn't remember the last time when he ate a homemade meal with a large group of people like this, not since his mother had left his home after his parents were separated.
Kazuto then notices the look on his face.
"Is something wrong, Haruhiko?" Kazuto asked.
"Oh…It's nothing." Haruhiko said before he goes back to eating, but Kazuto wasn't convinced by that but chose not to pry into it.
After everyone had their fill, including the bottomless pit known as Reina, both Kazuto and Seth's group had left the studio.
Both Alex and Yui were washing the dirty dishes together.
"Sorry that you had to make some extra, Yui." Alex said.
"It's fine. I greatly enjoy making food for so many people and how they like my cooking. Though between you and me, I hope I won't serve Reina-chan food for a while." Yui said, and Alex chuckles.
"Yeah…I hope for that too." Alex said before they both chuckle.
After washing the dishes with Yui, Alex was in his room as he was looking at some pictures he took today after Ken had printed them out. He looks at the photos he took of some Phantoms he saw along with Ruru, but for some strange reason, they were clear while most of the area was blurry.
"Hmmm…That's interesting." Alex said.
Alex then thought back to his battle against Dark Decade along with his conversation with Kiba on how he and Ryoma were working on a project together.
"Good very good. You're really starting to meet my expectations. No, at this point, you may have gone beyond them."
"I don't know much about Ryoma's past, but I do know that he's a brilliant scientist who won't stop at nothing to achieve his goals. It was because that Dark Decade was drawn to him and trusts him to help him with a project of his."
"And what exactly is this project?"
"That I'm afraid I don't know. Only a handful of the Dark Riders had heard whispers about it, but they were rumors at best. The ones who know the full details are Ryoma, Dark Decade, and Shadow Moon."
"First Dark Decade, then his personal army of Dark Riders. Me and him fighting each other. And now, Sengoku Ryoma. All of these things must be connected somehow but for what I don't know." Alex said before he brings out and looks at his Decade Card. "Just what are you up to?"
Alex then heard his phone ringing, he put his Card away and picked up his phone and saw it was Kazuto who was calling him.
"Kazuto?" Alex said before he answered his call to speak with him. "Hello?"
"Hey, Alex. Did I call in a bad time?" Kazuto asked.
"No, I was just looking at some photos." Alex answered. "Why ask? Is there some trouble?"
"Well…I'm not sure myself. But I may need your help tomorrow." Kazuto told him before he explained the full details to him.
(Next day)
Haruhiko is seated on a bench on a playground as he was waiting for his mother after receiving a phone call from her.
Unknown to him is that Alex, Kazuto, Kiba Minato, and Aika along with the rest of Kazuto's group were spying on them. Reina couldn't help but feel a little guilty of spying on Haruhiko like this, especially since he was going to be reunited with his mother.
"I'm still not sure about this. I mean spying on him when he's going to meet his mother…" Reina said.
"Yeah, I'm with Reina-chan on this. Are you really sure about this, Kazuto?" Minato asked, and Kazuto sighed.
"Honestly, I'm not sure myself. But with this Dark Decade and Enigma out there, I'm not leaving anything to chance." Kazuto said, and Alex nodded.
"With you there. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a dirty Dark Rider trick." Alex said before he turned to Kiba. "No offense."
"None taken." Kiba shook his head. "I wouldn't be surprised by it either. Dark Decade did entrust me and Leo into finding Enigma. But now I'm starting to think he only trusted Leo for the job."
Koito placed a hand on his shoulder to help comfort him.
"In anycase, we need to make sure and keep an eye on them." Alex told him before they heard someone calling out to Haruhiko.
"Haruhiko?"
Everyone looked and saw that Haruhiko's mother had arrived.
She appears to be a woman of an average build and still looks youthful for her age. She had long black hair styled into a ponytail and blue eyes, and wore a white shirt complemented by a pink blouse with a pink rose on the left side along with a light beige dress that goes past her knees.
"Is that her?" Aika asked, and Kazuto nodded.
"Yeah. I've seen a picture of her before." He told them.
"Kaa-san…" Haruhiko said.
Haruhiko then sat down with his mother as they spoke to each other to catch up. Now most of his friends felt even more guilty to eavesdrop on them like this.
"Now I'm really starting to feel guilty about this." Minato said, and Mai nodded.
"Yeah. Maybe we should just leave." Mai said.
"I think you don't have to worry about that." Kazuto said.
That's when they saw Haruhiko's mother had stood up and was about to leave, but Haruhiko stopped her as he called out to her.
"Kaa-san!"
His mother stops, and Haruhiko rushes to her. That's when his mother begins to break down in tears as she falls to her knees and Haruhiko hugs her.
The girls were moved to tears to see that.
"Honestly…Did he really have to go and do that?" Mai asked as she tried to wipe away her tears and Kazuto patted on her shoulder.
"Maybe I was off about this." Kazuto said.
But Alex wasn't convinced yet before he took a picture of Haruhiko and his mother.
"We'll find out soon." Alex said.
Haruhiko had spent a long day with his mother. First, they decided to go out and eat in a restaurant and watch a movie together. They decided to finish the day by doing some grocery shopping to make dinner together.
They were walking to their home together while carrying some grocery bags.
"I have to say, I had a lot of fun today." Haruhiko's mother said, and her son nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. I can't wait to have your cooking again." Haruhiko said.
"Well it's a good thing I'm going to make something special today." She said.
Just when they arrived at the front of their house, they stopped as both Alex and Kazuto appeared in front of them as they walked out of their respective hiding spots.
"Kazuto? Alex?" Haruhiko said in confusion to see them here.
"Are these boys friends of yours?" His mother asked.
"Yeah. What are you two doing here?" Haruhiko asked.
"I think that should be obvious. We're here to protect our friend." Kazuto answered before the rest of their friends had appeared including Yui and Ryu.
"Wh-What's going on?" Haruhiko asked, and Kazuto sadly sighed before he hardened his resolve and answered his question.
"I hate to say, Haruhiko. But…" Kazuto said before he pointed his finger at Haruhiko's mother. "That thing isn't your mother! That's just a Phantom wearing her skin!"
Haruhiko was surprised and confused by this while his mother only blinked in confusion.
"Wh-What are you talking about? Of course, she's my mother. She finally returned home after so long." Haruhiko said.
"No, she hasn't." Alex said as he stepped forward. "I hate to say it, but we're telling the truth."
Haruhiko then glares at him.
"Then where is your proof?!" He exclaimed.
"Right here." Alex said before he brought out some photos.
Haruhiko blinks to see that before Alex shows one that was blurry and distorted.
"I don't know the reason, but whenever I take pictures they always turn out blurry." Alex said.
"And how does that prove anything?" Haruhiko asked.
"Well take a look at this." Alex said as he brought a photo he took of Ruru and Haruhiko.
Strangely, while Haruhiko's side was a bit blurry in the photo, Ruru was clear and clean.
"When I took pictures of the Phantoms here, they turned out clear and nearly perfect. And here's one that took off you and your mother." Alex said as he brought a photo of Haruhiko and his mother when they reunited.
To Haruhiko's shock, his side of the photo was blurry and distorted while his mother's side was completely clean and clear to see.
"As you can, your mother's side is a perfect photo. Which means only one thing, she's the Phantom known as Enigma." Alex told him.
"No…No that can't be true…" Haruhiko said in denial about this before he turned to his mother. "Tell me this isn't true, Kaa-san…"
Deep down, he was really hoping that she'd say it wasn't true but…Haruhiko's mother could only sigh and showed a blank stare in her eyes instead of the usual warmth and light of a human's eyes.
"Honestly. I was really hoping to play this disguise a little longer." She said, and Haruhiko blinked in confusion.
"Kaa-san?"
That's when she enlarges her hand and arm, she then reaches out and grabs Haruhiko with it.
"Look out!" Aika said as she pushed Haruhiko out of the way as the large arm missed him.
Aika and Haruhiko fell to the ground before she spoke to him.
"You okay?" Aika asked but Haruhiko wasn't able to answer as he was still processing this.
"Guess I was right in the many." Alex said as he and the other Riders along with their friends are surrounded while Yui and Reina move to Haruhiko.
"I'll watch over him. Go." Yui told her and Aika nodded before she stood up and moved to the Phantom to face her as well.
"I take it you're Enigma?" Kiba asked, and she nodded.
"Indeed I am." The Phantom possessing Haruhiko's mother told them. "Dark Decade told me that you Riders would be trouble, but I didn't expect you'll find me out so easily."
"Then you two are working together." Alex said, and Enigma smiles at him.
"It's more like a win-win relationship, but yes." Enigma told them.
"Then it's all the more reason we need to take you down!" Alex said.
"Especially since you just play with our friend's heart!" Kazuto said.
The Riders then pull out their respective belts and put them on, just as they were about to transform and fight Enigma.
"No!" Haruhiko said as he moved in front of Enigma to protect his mother's body. "Don't hurt her, please!"
"Haruhiko, you need to get out of the way!" Minato told him.
"I promise you, we'll save your mother. But you need to…" Alex told him, but…
"Afraid I can't let you do that." Said a voice that appeared out of nowhere Alex and Kiba recognized that voice.
"Was that…?" Alex said.
"Oh, no." Kiba said as he had a good idea of what's going to come next.
That's when four Aurora Curtains appeared in front of the Riders. One in front of Alex and Kazuto. The second is in front of Minato. The third is for Aika. The fourth and final one in front of Kiba.
Seeing the Aurora Curtains appearing in front of them surprised the Riders.
"A Curtain?!" Alex said.
Then one by one, the Aurora Curtains move in and capture the Riders to take them to different locations.
"Kazuto-kun!" Mai said in worry.
"Alex, no!" Yui said.
"Now then…" Enigma said, getting their attention as she enlarged her arm. "Where were we?"
The Aurora Curtain that took Alex and Kazuto had brought them to a mountain landscape as they stumbled out of the Curtain before it disappeared.
Alex and Kazuto look at the area they are now in.
"The hell? Where are we?" Kazuto said.
"I don't know. But I have a good feeling how we're here and who is responsible." Alex said.
"And I say it was spot on." A familiar voice calls out to him and Kazuto.
They looked and saw the hooded Dark Decade standing before them.
"Dark Decade…" Alex said as he narrowed his eyes.
"Hey, what's with the look? This is just me saying hello." Dark Decade told him.
"We don't have time to play your games! Send us back now!" Alex said, and Dark Decade just chuckles.
"Oh, please! Like I'm going to do that. Besides, I love a good game or two." Dark Decade said before he brings out and puts on his Driver, he then brings out his Card. "Henshin."
He then inserts the Card into his Driver to transform.
[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE]
After his transformation is complete, Alex and Kazuto bring out their own Drivers and put them on, Alex soon brings out his Card and Kazuto brings out his Phone and enters its activation code.
[STANDING BY]
"Henshin!" Both Alex and Kazuto said before the Card and Phone into their respective Drivers.
[COMPLETE]
[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE]
Alex and Kazuto transform into their respective Kamen Rider forms with Faiz flicking his wrist and Decade dusting his hands together. After that, they faced Dark Decade ready to fight him.
Decade and Faiz then charged at Dark Decade, and the leader of the Dark Riders did the same.
Decade throws the first attack by punching and kicking at Dark Decade, but he dodges and blocks his attack before he backhanded punches him on the face which sends him stumbling to the side.
Faiz then punches at Dark Decade several times, but he easily blocks and dodges his punches before he catches Faiz's next punch along with catching another punch from Decade.
Dark Decade then yawns as this was starting to become boring to him.
"Come on. At least make this a challenge for me!" Dark Decade said before he pushed their fists away.
Dark Decade then lands two punches on Faiz followed with an uppercut that sends him to the ground. Just as Decade was about to attack him, Dark Decade lands a kick on his counterpart's chest and Decade's stumbles back.
When Decade stops stumbling and soon pulls out his Wizard Card and inserts it into his Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE: WIZARD - HI HI HI HI HI]
Decade transforms into Wizard before he pulls out another Card and inserts it into his Driver.
[ATTACK RIDE: BIND]
D-Wizard soon created four magic circles around Dark Decade and unleashed chains from them to attack and entrap his dark counterpart, but Dark Decade soon pulls out his Ride Booker in gun mode and fires at the chain to shatter them into pieces.
Seeing that surprised D-Wizard before Dark Decade chuckles at him.
"Oh, please. Did you really think that would work on me?" Dark Decade mockingly asked.
D-Wizard clicks his tongue before he pulls out his Ride Booker in sword mode and charges at Dark Decade.
As he was charging towards him, Dark Decade soon pulls out the Sorcerer Card and inserts it into his Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE: SORCERER]
Dark Decade transforms into Sorcerer and brings out his Dis Halberd. Then both D-Wizard and DD-Sorcerer clash attacks with their weapons.
D-Wizard spun his sword and thrust it at DD-Sorcerer but he parried it and slashes at D-Wizard's legs and he dodges it by jumping over the Halberd.
D-Wizard then uses this chance to land a slash on his back and just as DD-Sorcerer turns back to him, D-Wizard lands a reverse spin kick on his head forcing DD-Sorcerer to stumble back.
"How do you like that?" D-Wizard said as he tapped his sword on his hand.
DD-Sorcerer chuckles as he rubs his hand on his jaw.
"I'll admit that was pretty good. But I still have an advantage on you." DD-Sorcerer said before he throws the Halberd away and brings out the Caucasus Card and inserts into his Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE: CAUCASUS]
Dark Decade soon transforms into Caucasus and D-Wizard was worried about that.
"Oh, no. Not this time!" D-Wizard said as he charged at DD-Caucasus to stop what he had planned.
But it was too late as DD-Caucasus brings out the Clock Up Card and inserts into his Driver.
[ATTACK RIDE: CLOCK UP]
Just as D-Wizard throws a slash at him, DD-Caucasus uses his enhanced speed to avoid it and disappear in plain sight. That's when Faiz stood up and saw what happened as he approached D-Wizard.
"Alex, did he just…?" Faiz said.
"Back-to-back!" D-Wizard told him before he and Faiz did a back to back.
Both Riders were on guard and waited for DD-Caucasus' next attack, then D-Wizard received a punch on the cheek from DD-Caucasus and D-Wizard was sent flying before he fell to the ground.
"Alex!" Faiz said in worry.
That's when DD-Caucasus kicks him on the chest sending Faiz flying before he moves behind him and kicks him on the back sending Faiz skidding face first on the ground.
"Kazuto…" D-Wizard groans as he stands up.
DD-Caucasus then moves in front of him and lands an uppercut right under D-Wizard's chin which sends him flying up but DD-Caucasus grabs onto his ankle to slam him on the ground and throws him away.
DD-Caucasus then runs to D-Wizard to land some strong punches on his chest and then he moves behind him and lands a kick on his back sending him forward, that's when DD-Caucasus moves in front of him once again to land a punch on his head sending Decade to the ground.
Then both Decades change back to their Base Forms.
Just as Decade was about to stand back up, Dark Decade stomps his foot on his back preventing him from doing so. As Decade struggles to break free, Dark Decade felt a bit disappointed by this.
"What's wrong? I thought after our last battle, you'll put up more of a fight!" Dark Decade said before he stomps his foot on Decade's back once again.
"Trust me…I'll give it to you…Just need to find my second wind." Decade said.
Dark Decade only sighed disappointment before he brought out and aimed his gun at Decade.
"You'll still say that after this?" Dark Decade questions as he slowly pulled on the trigger.
Faiz could only watch as he slowly stood up.
"Alex…no…!" He mutters.
Just as Dark Decade was about to fire…
[ATTACK RIDE: BLAST]
Blue energy shots were fired upon on Dark Decade forcing him to move away from Decade which also freed him.
Decade quickly uses this chance to stand up and slashes on Dark Decade and lands a kick on his chest which forces him to stumble back some more and place a hand on his chest.
Just as Faiz stood back up, everyone wondered who just saved Decade and they soon got their answer.
"Honestly, do I really have to save you every time?"
Everyone looks and sees that Diend has arrived as he was the one who fired upon Dark Decade.
"Diend…!" Dark Decade growled in rage while Decade sighed to see him.
"Honestly, you just love to make your dramatic entrances, don't you?" Decade said and Diend chuckles.
"Maybe." Diend said before he offered his hand to him.
Decade looks at his hand before he chuckles and takes his hand and Diend helps him stand back up while Faiz moves to their side as they face Dark Decade together.
"Oh, please. Like an extra Rider would make a difference!" Dark Decade said as he charged at them.
Diend then fires at Dark Decade and he fires back at Diend as both their energy bullets clash against each other and their clash of bullets creates a large smoke cloud.
Then jumping through the smoke as Decade and Faiz as they head towards Dark Decade.
"Nani?!" Dark Decade said in shock.
Decade landed on the ground first and he landed some good slashes on Dark Decade. Faiz then jumps over Decade's shoulder and lands some punches on the leader of the Dark Rider.
Then both Decade and Faiz landed a double punch on Dark Decade and he was forced to stumble back.
[ATTACK RIDE: CROSSATTACK]
Hearing that, Dark Decade turns to Diend and sees that he summons Kamen Riders Drake and Specter as all three Riders aimed their gun weapons at him and fired a combined attack at him.
Dark Decade then blocks it with his sword and the force of Diend's Crossattack begins to push the leader of the Dark Riders back, Dark Decade then grits his teeth and tightly clenched on his sword before he uses all of his strength to push it aside as it hits on a mountain and it exploded.
"So much for that." Diend said before Drake and Specter disappeared.
Dark Decade took a moment to pant before he looked at his enemies before he laughed.
"Okay…Now we're talking!" Dark Decade said in excitement. "But I wonder if you can keep this up. Especially since your friends are having their own trouble."
"He's right. If he's here, he must have brought some friends to fight the others." Decade said.
"We just need to hope that the others can hold out until we can get out of here." Faiz said.
After Kiba had stumbled out of the Curtain, he soon found himself on a beach.
"This is…Kazuto, everyone, where are you?!" Kiba calls out.
"No one's here. It's just you and me." Said a voice that was familiar to Kiba.
Kiba looked and saw it was Dark Decade's right hand, Shadow Moon as he stood in front of the Dark Rider defector.
"Hello, Kiba." Shadow Moon greeted his former comrade.
"Shadow Moon." Kiba said as he narrowed his eyes on him. "Where's Dark Decade? I thought he wanted to finish me himself."
"The master will be busy with Decade and Faiz to deal with you right now. So he sent me to handle you myself." Shadow Moon said before he pulled out his sword. "And just so we're clear, I'm going to make sure that you'll dearly regret ever betraying him."
"Well too bad for you. I didn't regret it one bit." Kiba said before he entered the code on his Phone to activate it.
[STANDING BY]
"Henshin!" Kiba said before he inserted his Phone into his belt.
[COMPLETE]
Kiba transforms into Orga and pulls out his sword ready to fight Dark Decade's right-hand-man. Shadow Moon scoffed at Orga's resistance.
"We shall see." Shadow Moon said before he and Orga charge at each other.
They soon engage in combat as they clash swords several times.
Minato had found himself outside of a factory as he looked at the area, he was now in.
"Just great…Where am I now?" Minato asked before someone answered his question.
"I think that should be obvious. You're standing on your grave."
Minato looked and saw Psyga was standing a few feet away from him.
"Of course you had to be here." Minato said as he faced him.
"Guess it must be fate." Psyga commented as he shrugged. "Did Kiba tell you about our world?"
Minato nodded.
"Yeah. He didn't leave any details."
"Then you should know that I killed my world's Kaixa. So…" Psyga said before he traced his thumb in front of his neck. "I'm going to enjoy doing the same to you."
"We'll see about that." Minato said before brings out his Phone and enters the code to activate it.
[STANDING BY]
"Henshin!" Minato said before he inserted his Phone into his belt.
[COMPLETE]
Minato soon transforms into Kaixa and is now ready to fight Psyga as he assumes his stance. Psyga scoffs before he does the same.
"Well, either way…Let the game begin." Psyga said before he and Kaixa charge at each other and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
(Break line)
Aika had soon found herself in a forest as she was facing her own opponent, and it was Kamen Rider Sigurd armed with his Sonic Arrow.
"So you're my opponent?" Aika asked.
"Appears so. I have to say this might be my lucky day. To think I'll get to break a pretty lady like you." Sigurd said as he swipes his hand on his Sonic Arrow's blade.
"You shouldn't make assumptions like that." Aika said before he brought out and put on the Delta Gear and brought the Phone to her mouth. "Henshin!"
[STANDING BY]
Aika then inserts her Phone into her belt.
[COMPLETE]
With her transformation now complete, Delta then pulled out her gun ready to fight Sigurd. Sigurd chuckles before he aimed his Sonic Arrow at her.
"We'll see about that." Sigurd said before he and Delta charge at each other while firing their weapons.
Then both Riders charged at each other while firing with their weapons, they avoided the others' attack and when they were close enough, both Delta and Sigurd threw a punch and landed a cross-counter on each other.
Both Decade and Faiz battled against Dark Decade and all three of them were armed with their respective swords.
Faiz clashed blades with Dark Decade before the latter pushed his Edge back and slashes on his chest and Faiz stumbles back.
Decade then clashed swords with Dark Decade a few times before they brought their swords in a bladed lock. But then Dark Decade revealed his Slash Card from his hand and inserted it into his Driver.
[ATTACK RIDE: SLASH]
As energy covered his sword, Dark Decade pushed Decade's sword aside and slashed upon him several times before he spun around to slash him and send him rolling on the ground.
Just as Dark Decade was about to charge at Decade to attack him once again, Diend fires between them that forces Dark Decade to stop his attempt and turns to him.
Diend then inserts two Kamen Rider Cards into his Driver to summon those very Riders.
[KAMEN RIDE: ZANGETSU]
[KAMEN RIDE: RYUGEN]
Diend pulled the trigger and summoned Kamen Rider Zangetsu and Ryugen.
"Let's go." Zangetsu said.
"Hai, Nii-san." Ryugen nodded.
The brother Riders then charge at Dark Decade. Ryugen begins the attack by firing his gun at Dark Decade and he deflects his gunfire with his sword. That's when Zangetsu attacks him with his sword, and Dark Decade blocks it with his own sword before he pushes it back and slashes at Zangetsu but the white Rider blocks it with his shield.
Zangetsu pushes Dark Decade's sword back and slashes on his chest, both Diend and Ryugen use this chance to fire upon Dark Decade and he stumbles back.
[EXCEED CHARGE]
Dark Decade then saw Faiz charging at him and was armed with his Shot, Faiz then landed a punch right in front of his chest and his attack exploded in front of Dark Decade.
Dark Decade stumbles back and sees Decade charging at him as he inserts a Card into his Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE: DOUBLE (W)]
Decade transforms into W before he inserts a Form Ride Card into his Driver.
[FORM RIDE: DOUBLE (W) HEAT-METAL]
D-W changes into his Heat-Metal form. He then lands some powerful heat punches on Dark Decade before he pulls out his Metal Shaft and uses it to attack him once again and lands a strong right hook on his jaw which sends Dark Decade rolling on the ground.
Just as Decade changes back to his base form, Diend and Faiz move to his side as Dark Decade stands up while laughing.
"Hahaha! Now we're getting somewhere. But not yet…I haven't had enough yet!" Dark Decade said as he was ready to fight once again.
"Damn it…No matter how much we throw at him, he'll just keep standing back up." Faiz said.
"Well what do you expect? He is Dark Decade." Diend said.
"Yeah. But we can't give up now." Decade said and the others nodded and were ready to fight him once again.
Just as Dark Decade was about to charge to attack, he stopped as he and Decade, Diend and Faiz heard a ringing and it was coming from Dark Decade.
Dark Decade pulled out the source of the ringing which was his personal communication device and saw a red light blinking from it. Dark Decade clicks his tongue to see that.
"Tsk…I guess that's the end of my fun." Dark Decade said in some disappointment before he puts his communicator away and holsters his Ride Booker. "But oh well, it might be better this way."
"What? What do you mean by that?" Decade asked.
"Don't worry. You'll see for yourself soon. Until then." Dark Decade said before he snaps his fingers.
Then an Aurora Curtain appeared in front of Decade, Diend and Faiz.
"Wait!" Decade calls out before the Curtain captures him and the other Riders and takes them away.
Another Curtain then appears behind Dark Decade before he uses it to leave as he walks into it and the Curtain disappears.
In his fight against Shadow Moon, Orga was being pushed back as he was now having trouble blocking and parrying his attacks before Shadow Moon eventually knocked Orga's sword out of his hand.
Shadow Moon then grabs Orga by the neck and lifts up the Dark Rider defector as he struggles to break free.
"Now…I think it's time I give you a painful death, traitor!" Shadow Moon said before he swung his sword at Orga.
Time then slowed down around Orga, just as he was ready to accept his fate but when he remembered his friends from his old world and the promise that Takumi had made to him. He then remembers the memories he made with his new friends and his most important memory is about Koito.
Time resumes, Orga quickly pulls out his Phone in gun mode and points it in front of Shadow Moon's head which makes him stop his attack.
"Huh?"
Orga then fires in front of Shadow Moon's face, forcing him to let go of Orga as he falls to the ground while Shadow Moon stumbles back.
Shadow Moon angrily glared at Orga as he stood back up.
"You won't be killing me." Orga told him.
"Kisama…Why would you bother to resist now? You have nothing left to fight for!" Shadow Moon stated.
"You're wrong! I do have something to fight for!" Orga said before he moved his sword to pick it up. "In the past, the old me would've given up and let Dark Decade kill me. But now, I have my friends in this world. That's why, I'll do everything I can to survive…to win no matter what the odds are!"
Shadow Moon only scoffed to hear that.
"Hmph! We'll see about that." Shadow Moon said.
Just when Orga was about to move in to attack Shadow Moon, they soon heard a loud snap and then an Aurora Curtain appeared in front of Orga to capture him before it left.
Shadow Moon then saw another Curtain appearing before him and understood what it meant.
"I suppose our part is done now." Shadow Moon said before he walked into the Curtain to leave, and it soon disappeared.
In his battle against Psyga, Kaixa was being pushed back as Psyga landed some strong punches on him. With his last punch, Psyga sends Kaixa to a wall before he kicks on his chest and Kaixa smashed through the wall and was sent rolling on the ground inside of a warehouse.
Psyga then enters the warehouse through the hole he made and approaches Kaixa.
Kaixa was about to stand up to fight him, but ended up falling on his hands and knees, seeing him in that state, Psyga wasn't surprised by this as it reminded him how he killed the Kaixa of his world.
"Just like I thought. You might be an Orphnoch, but you still think of yourself as human in heart. But that just makes you weak, just like Kusaka Masato." Psyga said before he stopped in front of Kaixa. "But if it's any comfort, you put up more of a fight than he did. Well…almost."
Psyga then throws a punch at Kaixa…but in that moment, Kaixa catches his punch which surprised Psyga before he saw that he was looking at him.
"You know, you should really stop comparing me to this Kusaka guy. Because from what I've heard, he sounded like a jerk to me. But despite that, he fought for what he believed in. But either way, I'm nothing like him, I'm me!" Kaixa said before he punched Psyga on the face which forced him to stumble back. "I'm Yoshida Minato, and don't you forget it!"
As Psyga rubs his hand on his jaw, he chuckles at Kaixa.
"Alright. I guess I can do that, if you survive that is." Psyga said.
Both Kaixa and Psyga assumed a stance ready to fight once again before they heard the same snap and an Aurora Curtain appeared in front of Kaixa as it captured him and left the area.
Psyga then saw another Aurora Curtain appear above him and he sighed in some disappointment.
"And here I was hoping to have some more fun. Oh well." Psyga said before he used his jetpack to fly into the Curtain and it disappeared.
(Break line)
Delta throws two punches at Sigurd, but he dodges her attacks before he counters by slashing on her chest twice and fires an energy arrow at her and Delta stumbles back.
"Don't think I'm done yet!" Sigurd said as he fired a barrage of energy arrows at her.
Delta manages to avoid them and rolls to cover, but her cover begins to break down by Sigurd's attack. She then looked at her and soon had an idea but wasn't sure if this would work or not.
"Well…only one way to find out." Delta shrugged before she spoke a codeword to her phone. "3-8-2-1."
[JETSLIGER, COME CLOSER]
Sigurd moves to Delta to fire at her once again, but when he hears a loud roar behind him.
"Huh?" Sigurd turned around and saw Delta's Jetsliger heading towards him. "What the…?"
The Jetsliger raced past him while landing a hit on the Dark Rider as he was sent rolling on the ground.
The Jetsliger then heads towards Delta as she stands up and looks at it.
"Nice!" Delta said before she jumped and landed onto the Jetsliger's chair.
Delta then took the controls and made her Rider Machine turn to Sigurd as he stood back up.
Delta then pressed a button to reveal the missiles from the Jetsliger and Sigurd was now concerned to see that and saw that Delta was ready to fire them.
"Oh boy…This is gonna…"
Just as Sigurd braced himself from the incoming attack, he and Delta heard the snap. An Aurora Curtain appears in front of Delta and her Rider Machine before it moves and captures them both and the Curtain soon leaves.
Sigurd sighed in relief.
"Man…survived by the skin of my teeth." Sigurd said to himself before he saw a Curtain appearing beside him. "And there's my ride."
Sigurd then walks into the Curtain to leave as well.
The Aurora Curtains that had captured the Riders had brought them to Haruhiko's house before they freed the Riders and disappeared.
"What the…?" Delta said as she looked around and got off the Jetsliger.
"We're back?" Kaixa said.
"But where's…?" Orga said.
"Everyone!" Someone calls out to them.
The Riders looked and saw it was Reina with Kurumi beside her, they then saw their friends Ryu and Koito were wounded and on the ground.
"Oh no, Koito!" Orga said as he rushed to Koito and Decade did the same for Ryu and the others followed them.
Orga knelt down to Koito and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you okay?" Orga asked.
"Yeah…I'll manage. But Haruhiko…" Koito said before they looked and saw that Haruhiko and his mother were unconscious and lying on the ground.
"Haruhiko!" Delta said in worry as she moves to Haruhiko to check on him. "Are you okay? Speak to me?"
Decade was shaking Ryu's shoulder.
"Ryu, are you alright?" Decade asked but Ryu wasn't able to respond as he only groaned and was unconscious. "Damn it…Wait, where's Yui and Mai?"
"Alex!" Yui called out as she was standing by the door.
"Yui!" Decade said as he and Faiz moved to her. "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?"
"I'm fine. But Ruru, she's…" Yui said.
"Ruru!" Said Mai as they turned to her.
They moved to Mai and saw she was holding an unconscious Ruru in her hands.
"Come on! Wake up, speak to me!" Mai said in worry.
"Ruru…" Faiz said in worry for the little Phantom.
For Decade, seeing the unconscious Haruhiko and Ruru here only meant one thing. Enigma had succeeded in her plans in stealing Haruhiko's power, taking it for herself.
"Dammit. We were too late." Decade mutters as he tightly clenches his hand.
To Be Continued…
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Here is a list of the worlds.
Kuuga - Cardfight Vanguard: Lock of Victory (Clear)
Agito – The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Ryuki – Shakugan no Shana (Clear)
Faiz – Myriad Colors Phantom World
Blade – Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Hibiki – RWBY
Kabuto – Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
Den-O – Omamori Himari
Kiva – Shinmai Maou No Testament (Clear)
W – Senki Zessho Symphogear (Clear)
OOO – Senran Kagura
Fourze – Sword Art Online (Clear)
Wizard – Date A Live (Clear)
Gaim – Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE
Drive – Tokyo Xanadu
Ghost - Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Spring