Rider Time Zi-O: Roze from Remnant

by ZeroEnchiladas

A twist of fate sends Ruby Rose to a new world for an important task, a task that will change the very course of history for both Earth and Remnant: "It is time for the Heisei Kamen Riders to pass their power down to the future! But with the appearance of a simple, honest soul far from home, what will the future hold? Rejoice, for the birth of a new age!" -Supervised by Josh25908

127. 2019: Tsukuyomi's Counterattack

Rider Time Zi-O: Roze from Remnant

Chapter 114 – 2019: Tsukuyomi's Counterattack

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Aka-Woz was currently walking up the stairs to Hiryu's castle's courtyard, passing by the statue while he had his old clothes draped over his left arm.

"As it is written here, Tokiwa Sougo… he no longer has a future where he becomes Oma Zi-O, the Overlord of time. He now struggles to usurp Kakogawa Hiryu, the new Overlord who subjugates this world. Swartz has also given Kakogawa Hiryu an advantage by taking control of Kamen Rider Diend and using him to disarm my former Overlord of his strongest form, though it matters not."

He began removing his white gloves as he slowly but surely started working his way up the steps that led directly to the front entrance of the castle.

"Swartz in his arrogance believes he has gotten the upper hand on us," Woz said with a sly smile as he began unbuttoning his jacket, "However… he will find that confronting Tsukuyomi will have disastrous consequences…" he let out a light almost feigned gasp as he covered his mouth, "Did I read too far ahead? Or have I given some excitement for something just about to transpire?"

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Earth – Late June 2019

At Hiryu's castle, Swartz was still in shock at what Tsukuyomi had just revealed to him.

"I know you must have a lot of questions brother, but I plan on answering any you have," Tsukuyomi repeated her brother's words back in a more condescending manner, "And if you feel more comfortable calling me Alpina, by all means, go ahead."

Swartz couldn't believe what he was hearing, glaring towards his sister, "H-How do you...?"

"If you really thought the reset worked on me, then you're wrong," Tsukuyomi replied, "As for how I knew, my memories have slowly been returning to me and while I don't remember everything, I know enough. My real name, how we're brother and sister, and that we're part of a unique royal bloodline that exists in a different world, one that can control time to a certain extent."

"You've done quite the digging while I've been preparing," Swartz remarked as he tried to regain his composure, "But-"

"That won't be happening," Tsukuyomi snapped her fingers, gold energy forming around Swartz before forming energy ropes that bound his arms and hands together, "It's a theory that was brought up, but it made sense the more I thought on it. Our world was one of the few that had no Rider in it and as a result its fate is to collapse. We couldn't create Riders as our powers were incompatible with them, as a result we can only make Another Riders which are imperfect copies."

"Where exactly is this going?" Swartz questioned as he struggled against the energy bindings only to grit his teeth as they released small electric shocks.

"You need outside help to become a Rider, which I was able to get," Tsukuyomi replied, "My presence and connection to our world has already likely had an effect on it thanks to me reawakening my powers and becoming a Rider. I'll be the one to claim the throne once this is all done."

"How absurd, as if I'd ever let you steal what rightfully belongs to me!" Swartz glared as he continued to struggle, "I held the most overwhelming power, and yet you were chosen?! It's ludicrous!"

"Given that attitude of yours and what you pulled, it's no wonder mom and dad chose me," Tsukuyomi narrowed her eyes, "And you really couldn't handle it so you had to do something extreme."

"Yes, I erased your memories and abandoned you in another timeline while I got to work on my plan to save our world, it was flawless," Swartz said as he stepped forward before hunching over in frustration, "And yet at every turn… that damn Ruby Rose has made a mess of everything I've worked for!"

"It wasn't just her, it was everyone who led us to this point," Tsukuyomi said as she prepared her transformation, "Henshin!"

[RIDER TIME! KAMEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI! TSU-KU-YO-MI!]

Swartz looked up in surprise as he watched his sister take her Rider form, "What?"

"You're my brother so I'll show you some mercy," Tsukuyomi said as she raised her right arm, her palm open as she grasped her right bicep with her left hand, "I'm only taking away your powers."

Swartz gasped as he watched gold tendrils of energy launch out of Tsukuyomi's palm, soon latching onto him before he yelled out. Multicolored energy began erupting from his body before being absorbed into the tendrils, the energy traveling over to Tsukuyomi.

"This is for your own good, brother!" Tsukuyomi shouted as she continued to absorb Swartz's powers into herself.

"You seem to forget!" Swartz shouted out in pain as he tried to break out of the energy absorbing tendrils, "That I still have allies!"

[ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!]

Diend suddenly busted through the doors, shooting out numerous curving blasts of energy that struck at Swartz and Tsukuyomi. The resulting blasts tore apart the tendrils, energy ropes and sent Tsukuyomi reeling back.

Swartz gasped as he held his chest and fell to one knee, trying to catch his breath.

"Are you alright?" Diend asked as he walked over.

"Yes," Swartz said as he shakily began to stand up, "Now I'll be taking back-"

"Like hell you will!" A bright red light launched out of Tsukuyomi as Futaros suddenly formed, pouncing on top of Swartz and forcing the Time Jacker leader back to the ground, "You aren't taking Alpina's powers!"

Diend began to rush forward only to suddenly get caught in a pillar of anti-gravity that forced him to float in the air.

[TOUEI! FINALY TIME!]

Woz soon walked over, his transformation into Woz Ginga Finaly completing itself as he unleashed a pulse of gravity, slamming Diend hard against the wall. The resulting slam had dislodged the stolen GrandZi-O Ridewatch, it clattering to the ground near Woz.

[WOZGINGAFINALY! FINALY!]

"I'll be taking that," Woz stated as he grabbed the GrandZi-O Ridewatch.

"Get off me!" Swartz shouted out as he unleashed a pulse of energy to force Futaros off, "I figured you were in on this Woz… but my own sister…"

"We figured you'd plan a trap for us, especially one that would leave young Tsukuyomi close and vulnerable," Woz stated, "So by collaborating with Tsukasa Kadoya and Summer Rose, we were able to put together a plan to trap you."

"Thankfully awakening my powers enough and becoming a Rider allowed me enough resistance against Hiryu's changes," Tsukuyomi replied, "Though Woz did have a backup just in case I wasn't all there like the others."

"Unfortunately our plan hit a bit of a snag when you decided to interfere with us trying to cripple Hiryu," Futaros admitted, "But that's fine, we'll take your powers and get that Diend guy back to normal."

"Indeed," Woz agreed before looking back at the weakened Time Jacker leader, "It's over, Swartz."

"No… it's over when I say it's over!" Swartz yelled out as he unleashed what powers he had left to initiate a time stop, the resulting wave catching everyone inside of it, "Now I'll-"

"That won't work!" Tsukuyomi's armor shined a bright gold as she broke free of the time stop, unleashing a burst of energy that slammed Swartz into the wall near Diend, dispelling the time stop on everyone else.

"This level of control…" Swartz hissed out, "Diend!"

"On it," Diend said as he got back on his feet and hurried over to Swartz while loading his gun up. He then took aim, grabbing onto the Time Jacker leader.

"No you don't!" Futaros shouted as he ran towards the two before leaping at them.

[ATTACK RIDE: INVISIBLE!]

Diend and Swartz both disappeared, Futaros slamming against the wall face first and sprawling against the floor as a result.

"That hurt!" Futaros shouted out in pain as he held his face, "I thought it was invisible, not teleport!"

"One of the many mysteries of Diend," Woz remarked before looking over at Tsukuyomi, "Are you unhurt?"

"I'll be fine," Tsukuyomi said as she grasped her hand, "I was able to siphon a fair amount of his powers away but I couldn't get them all."

"I apologize, had I been faster then we could have finished this now," Woz apologized with a slight bow.

"Its fine," Tsukuyomi said as she walked over and dismissed her transformation, Woz doing the same and revealing he had reverted to his standard outfit.

"So what do we do now?" Futaros asked as he began to walk over while rubbing his face.

"We regroup with the others," Woz replied.

"After everything you all did to keep up the act?" Futaros asked.

"I think we gave enough hints to where they'll believe us," Tsukuyomi replied.

"Yes," Woz nodded before unfurling his scarf, wrapping it around the three before they vanished into thin air alongside it.

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Cinder gasped as she staggered into an underground parking garage, falling to her hands and knees as her Roze Anotherwatch clattered near her. The damage to the Anotherwatch was reaching its peak and it would likely only hold for one more transformation. She grasped the Anotherwatch before staggering over towards a wall and leaning against it.

"Seems as though you've only got one transformation left in you," Narutaki spoke up as he walked over.

"I've been able to stabilize the transformation because of the Ridewatches I take from Roze," Cinder admitted, "But even with two of them it's not enough anymore…"

"Then you must defeat Roze completely this time," Narutaki held out the Roze RWBY Ridewatch, "Use this to do so."

"Finis warned me not to use it immediately," Cinder admitted as she stared at the Ridewatch.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures," Narutaki replied as he walked towards Cinder.

"You said you'd look into it giving me a power boost, right?" Cinder asked.

"Yes, and I was able to modify it to work with your transformation," Narutaki said with a smile. It was a complete lie, but he was hedging his bets on one of two outcomes so he needed to goad Cinder correctly, "Use it to surpass your Another Rider limitations."

"Very well," Cinder said as she pushed herself off the wall and grabbed the Roze RWBY Ridewatch, the desperation clear in her voice, "This time, I'll defeat Ruby Rose. And you'll honor your promise after that, correct?"

"Of course," Narutaki replied with a smile.

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It didn't take long for the Riders and Huntresses to return to 9-5-DO. While Junichiro was wary of Sougo's presence, Weiss reassured the clockmaker turned resistance member that Sougo wasn't the one they were fighting. Geiz, Blake, and Yang also vouched for Sougo, the four managing to get Junichiro to calm down enough so they could use the dining room again.

Despite it being cramped due to all the extra boxes and supplies in the room, the group of nine managed to fit rather snugly into the dining room. Once positioning was settled, everyone went to work on explaining what was going down.

"Okay so let me get this straight," Yang held up a hand as she tried to process the situation, "Before the timeline got altered, Ruby kicked Cinder's ass so hard it permanently damaged her powers of Another Roze."

"Correct," Penny said.

"And because of that, Cinder's been trying to keep her powers stabilized," Weiss said, "Right?"

"Yep," Sougo nodded.

"So she's been stealing Ruby's Ridewatches but now it's gotten to the point that she can't keep stable even with new ones," Blake finished.

"That's the gist of it," Ruby replied, "I have a plan to deal with her but I need one of the Watches she stole back."

"I bet if you beat her you can get her to drop all the stolen Watches," Sougo said.

"It's the most likely solution," Weiss agreed.

"Yeah," Ruby nodded.

'You're going to have to go as all out as you can,' Kagami remarked, 'Think you can?'

'If I'm not you'll just complain enough till I can,' Ruby thought back.

'So true,' Kagami replied.

"We at least have a plan for her," Geiz replied before looking over at Tsukasa, "The more important issue is that Diend guy who stole Zi-O's strongest Watch was a friend of yours?"

"Yes," Summer replied.

"He was meant to give us an advantage against Hiryu but I suppose he got caught and taken control of," Tsukasa replied as he went to open a water bottle to drink out of it, "My only guess is Swartz was the one who did that."

"That would make sense," Ruby said, recalling how Mayu had seemingly been mind controlled by Tid back during the Another Wizard incident, "I'm surprised it took him till now to use that power."

"He's getting desperate," Tsukasa said, "Regardless, if we wait just a bit longer then we should be getting some sort of result."

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Blake asked.

"I'm curious too," Sougo admitted, "You have something in the works?"

"Sort of," Summer admitted, "Though-"

"I-IT'S A M-MONSTER!"

Everyone heard yells from the front of the store and quickly but carefully hurried over to the door, slowly but surely piling out to see the situation at hand. The various injured members of the resistance were all against the corners while Junichiro was currently flailing around a strainer of all things towards the entrance.

At the entrance were Futaros, Tsukuyomi and Woz, the Imagin of the group having attempted to take the lead in calming Junichiro down.

"Hey, hey, don't be rude!" Futaros shouted, "We're here to help you all!"

"Futaros please," Tsukuyomi sighed as she pulled him back before pushing him behind her, "We mean no harm."

"Wait, Tsukuyomi?" Ruby asked.

"Eh?" Geiz questioned as he looked over, "You mean the Demon Queen?!"

"The Demon Queen is here?!" Junichiro shouted as he fell back while the other resistance members began to shout and back up towards the walls of the building.

"Oh my goodness…" Ruby pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Will you all be quiet for one moment?!" Tsukuyomi shouted as she stomped her foot, delivering a commanding presence that shut up basically everyone in the room, "I never was a Demon Queen! I was just pretending to be one!"

"What?" Blake asked in confusion.

"This would be the result I talked about," Tsukasa spoke up, "In order to completely turn the tide of the situation from the inside out, Tsukuyomi here went undercover from the very start."

"Yes," Tsukuyomi nodded, "But we have a few issues."

"However we come bearing a gift," Woz smiled as he brought out the GrandZi-O Ridewatch.

"No way," Sougo hurried over and snatched the final form Ridewatch away as he looked it over, "Woz, you're the best!"

"I aim to please," Woz smiled.

"Then let's reconvene and get to the core of the issues," Tsukasa gestured for everyone to join him in the dining room, a majority of the group groaning as they were now adding three more people.

Despite this, everyone entered the dining room while Junichiro and the other resistance members were bewildered at what had just even happened.

"Alright," Tsukasa said as he got comfortable once everyone was back in the dining room, "We should-"

"Hey shouldn't we introduce me?" Futaros interrupted.

"Right, this is Futaros," Tsukuyomi said as she gestured towards the Imagin, "It'll take long to explain fully but he's an Imagin who used to serve me in the past that only just resurfaced now."

"Hey there," Futaros said with a wave.

"Huh, so you had your own adventure with an Imagin while we were with Den-O," Ruby mused.

"So what exactly is going on?" Yang asked.

"This entire scenario was one big trap to catch two of us," Tsukuyomi explained, "Swartz's plan was to alter history and catch most of our group in it to separate both Sougo and I from everyone."

"Why?" Weiss asked.

"Both Sougo and I possess powers that control time to varying degrees," Tsukuyomi explained, "Swartz wants both of our powers for himself. Thus he made me the Demon Queen to keep me close and strike at me when I'm not of my right mind, while he wanted to wear down Sougo to steal his powers once his defeat came."

"It was a risky plan since even we weren't sure how exactly Swartz would structure his trap," Tsukasa admitted, "Once Swartz had Hiryu initiate the alternate history plan, we were very much improvising when it came to figuring out how to act."

"Once I realized what was likely going on, the plan was simple, I'd play along and once Swartz removed all pretenses I'd act first," Tsukuyomi explained, "He may be able to take my power but I can do the same since we're of the same family."

"That is uh quite the bombshell to suddenly unload…" Ruby trailed as she, Penny, and Sougo widened their eyes in surprise, "So he's…"

"My brother," Tsukuyomi explained, "I know, it's a lot, and I only just found out about it recently."

"It's a long story," Summer added, "So I'd like to save most explanations of Tsukuyomi's situation until after we're done with this mess."

"Right," Ruby nodded as she decided to not dwell on the revelation for too long, "But you pretending explains why exactly you saved me from Cinder."

"Sorry about how I acted," Tsukuyomi apologized.

"No it's fine," Ruby shook her head, "You at least kept one Ridewatch out of Cinder's hands."

"I would also like to request forgiveness for any unneeded stress this caused my Overlord," Woz said as he looked over at Sougo, "Aka-Woz was merely a persona to feign servitude and allow Swartz to lower his guard so that I could assist Tsukuyomi in her time of need."

"I had faith in you, Woz," Sougo gave a soft smile at his retainer, "So I knew you had a good reason to do what you were doing."

"Many thanks," Woz lowered his head as if bowing once he saw Sougo smile wider, giving a small frown as his thoughts drifted to his true allegiance.

"So what exactly is the problem?" Ruby asked, realizing they had skipped over the fact that there were issues.

"Because he had Daiki under his control I was unable to take all of his power," Tsukuyomi replied.

"So he's still out there?" Yang asked.

"What is he even going to do?" Weiss asked.

"He's arrogant and desperate enough right now to try something stupid," Tsukuyomi admitted as she thought on it, "If I'm a Rider, he needs comparable power to defeat me and take my powers."

"But where would he get the power of a Rider?" Penny asked.

"Can he even?" Ruby asked.

"No he'd need to become an Another Rider," Tsukuyomi replied.

"There is only one Another Rider left that could even stand a chance, Decade's," Woz stated before looking over at Tsukasa, "Though given the advantages that one based on you would have given them, I can only imagine that making an Another Rider of you involves a high risk plan on Swartz's part."

"Then we use that to our advantage," Ruby suggested, "It's a risk for us too, but it's one we'll have to take."

"Of course," Tsukuyomi nodded, "Even if he is my brother, I won't let him use our worlds as his playthings."

"And that's our situation, more or less," Tsukasa replied, "We have four major enemies to worry about as I don't think Daiki's done with being Swartz's puppet just yet."

"Wait, you really think Cinder's going to show up?" Blake asked.

"If she's really desperate to stabilize her powers… yeah," Ruby nodded, "That's also not counting all the Another Riders we'll likely have to deal with."

"Actually come to think of it…" Sougo trailed as he realized something further off about the situation, "What about the other Time Jackers? I'm a bit surprised we haven't seen Uhr and Ora around."

"From what I've seen, I think Swartz got rid of them," Tsukuyomi said, "They were nowhere to be seen at all around the castle."

"It's a likely scenario," Woz agreed, "More than likely he took his power back from them due to this plan being his final gambit."

"I suppose we should be glad that you all managed to turn the tables on him then," Ruby said before looking around, "Still, even without them we've still got a hard fight ahead of us."

"We'll need everyone to make this next fight a success," Sougo said as he looked around at everyone, "The future isn't theirs to take, whether its Swartz, Cinder, or Hiryu…"

"Then I can only assume as to what our next move will be," Woz mused.

"We're going to beat Hiryu, Cinder and Swartz," Sougo said, "To take back this world and Ruby's Ridewatches, while keeping Tsukuyomi's family powers out of the wrong hands."

---

"Where is everyone?" Hiryu asked as he wandered the halls of his castle, trying to find a sign of Swartz, Daiki, Aka-Woz, or Tsukuyomi. He was getting concerned as he looked around the throne room, "Where is everyone?!"

"It seems they've all left you… what a shame."

"Who dares?" Hiryu turned towards the entrance of the throne room to see Cinder entering, "You…"

"It seems we've both been had," Cinder crossed her arms, "The only ones we can count on to finish this fight are ourselves."

"Are you insinuating I've been abandoned?" Hiryu questioned, "What a laughable remark from someone who was tossed aside herself."

"Then where's everyone that isn't an Another Rider?" Cinder asked, "Swartz clearly only cares about his own schemes. Meanwhile I bet Tsukuyomi and Woz were pulling wool over your eyes the entire time."

"That's…" Hiryu glanced away before turning his head, "That's…"

"You know I'm right," Cinder said, "So how about we fight together and get what we want?"

"I suppose I don't have much of a choice," Hiryu said before walking past Cinder and heading out of the throne room, Cinder following after him, "Let's crush our enemies."

As the two began to walk towards the entrance of the castle, various Another Riders began walking out of rooms or forming out of nothingness to follow. It wasn't long before most of the other Another Riders were marching alongside Hiryu and Cinder as they stepped outside. The last of the Another Riders soon began to appear out from behind corners, with a smaller but still fairly large Another Kuuga dropping down from the roof of the castle.

All of the Another Riders began to spread out and stand space apart from each other, standing at various vantage points as they surrounded Hiryu and Cinder. The two lead Another Riders watched with smirks on their faces as their opponents marched towards the castle before stopping at the main courtyard just before the castle entrance.

While it didn't match their army of 20 Another Riders, the mixture of Riders, Huntresses and one Imagin led by Sougo and Ruby set the group at just above half that size at 12 Members. All of the Riders had their Drivers out and prepared while Huntresses had their weapons out and ready.

"I applaud your courage for coming here, Sougo Tokiwa," Hiryu addressed as he held up his Zi-O II Anotherwatch, "My life was ruined, all because of you. So I'll wipe out your very existence."

"You're still on that?" Ruby questioned.

"You don't get to talk," Cinder hissed out as she glared at Ruby, "Because you've ruined my life just as much. Every time I get a taste of the freedom that comes with my power… you always come and knock me down. You should have never been born."

"Hey now…" Summer glared as Tsukasa put a hand on her shoulder to keep her from doing anything rash.

"Hiryu, I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you," Sougo apologized, "But warping reality like this, forcing all of these people into this clear suffering they shouldn't have is wrong! That's why I'm going to beat you, and set things right."

"Spare me the speech," Hiryu scoffed, "We're finishing this."

"My thoughts exactly," Cinder said as she brought out her Anotherwatch before activating it.

[ZI-O II!]

[HI-ROZE!]

The two stood together as their Another Rider transformations took hold, the two lead Another Riders staring down at their opponents.

Sougo, Geiz, Woz, and Ruby prepared their strongest forms in Grand, Revive Shippu, Ginga, and Rose Armor while Tsukuyomi, Tsukasa and Summer went for their base forms.

"HENSHIN!"

[GRAND TIME! IWAE! KAMEN RIDER~! GRANDZI-O~!]

[SPEED TIME! REVI-I-VE SHI-PPU! SHIPPU!]

[TOUEI! FINALY TIME! WOZGINGAFINALY! FINALY!]

[ARMOR TIME! KAMEN RIDE! YEAH! ROSE! ROSE! ROSE~!]

[RIDER TIME! KAMEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI! TSU-KU-YO-MI!]

[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!]

[KAMEN RIDE: ROSE!]

Numerous flashes of different colors occurred as the seven Riders all stood together, their allies getting into fighting stances behind them as the Another Riders began to hunch over and take steps forward. The Riders themselves all began to step forward, all ready to charge forward…

"REJOICE!" Woz suddenly shouted as he held up a hand before stepping forward before anyone else could start, "In this moment, my Overlord strikes down a false king, and affirms his right to the throne of time!"

"Huh, he's still doing that?" Decade asked.

"Yeah I thought he'd be done after Grand," Roze admitted.

"Huh?" Geiz looked back at Decade, "He's done it before…?"

"You have no idea…" Decade muttered in near exasperation.

"Okay, seriously, what's with the Overlord thing that Woz guy keeps saying?" Yang asked.

"I would not worry about it," Penny suggested, "If all goes well you will all remember in a short while."

"Yeah, we have other things to worry about," Blake said as Weiss nodded.

"Alright, time to kick some butt!" Futaros shouted.

Sougo chuckled a bit before looking around and staring back towards their opponents, "I think we can do this!"

"Get them!" Another Zi-O II commanded as he held his hand forward.

The Another Rider army all yelled out as they charged forward, some leaping off of higher ground to get towards the Riders and their allies. Hi-Roze quickly leapt over to charge alongside the other Another Riders while Another Zi-O II stayed where he was.

Zi-O yelled out as the Riders, Huntresses and Futaros all charged forward to meet the Another Rider army. It was a massive brawl at first, everyone trying to figure out who their opponent would even be. And even after the first couple of seconds there were no clear cut matches of who would be fighting who.

Another Kuuga seemed to somewhat solve this, unleashing fireballs from its mouth everywhere it could to break up the massive crowd and force everyone into smaller crowds and fights as a result. The resulting spreading out of the combatants had also forced the fights to spill into the forest surrounding the castle itself.

Decade and Rose had managed to grab onto Another Hibiki and Another Ryuki respectively. The two managed to drag them away and deeper into the forest away from everyone.

Tsukuyomi gave a grunt as Another Den-O grabbed onto her, the Another Rider dragging her off.

"Hey, hey wait!" Futaros called out, ready to chase after before getting an idea, "Hey Zi-O, dude!"

"Huh?" Zi-O looked over as he blocked a punch from Another Agito before forcing it back. He then ducked under swings from Another Blade and Another Gaim and ran past them and raising his arms to block both Another W and Another Faiz, "What's going on?"

"Give me Den-O's Watch!" Futaros called out as he held out a hand, "Alpina er… I mean Tsukuyomi needs it!"

"Oh, sure," Zi-O said as he forced the Another Riders near him away, soon taking out the Den-O Ridewatch before tossing it over.

"Thanks my man," Futaros said as he caught the Ridewatch before hurrying off after Tsukuyomi and Another Den-O.

"Alright," Zi-O said before bringing out the Ride Heiseiber, using it to cut through a few fireballs that Another Wizard had launched out.

Another Wizard was ready to conjure up a new spell when beams of blue light spiraled past Zi-O, homing in on Another Wizard and striking it several times.

"Huh?" Zi-O turned to see Weiss hurrying over, "Nice Weiss!"

"I'll handle this one," Weiss said as she picked her opponent.

"Got it," Zi-O said as he went to go back to facing the five Another Riders that had been constantly hounding him. He had brought out the Saikyo Girade at this point too, dual wielding it and the Heiseiber to great effect.

Another Zi-O II had finally made his way down from the entrance, stalking through the forest before yelling out and slashing with both of his swords at Zi-O.

Zi-O quickly turned at the yell and blocked with his own swords, soon shouting and unleashing a gold burst that forced the two away from each other. The Another Riders of Agito, Faiz, Blade, W, and Gaim all charging in to overwhelm and distract him.

"Good," Another Zi-O II said as he used his form's future sight, watching a vision of Zi-O fending off the Another Riders only to leave himself open for heavy slash, "I see it…"

Zi-O yelled out as he slashed, slowly but surely forcing the five Another Riders back.

"…your defeat!"

Zi-O turned to see his Another Rider counterpart closing in while slashing downwards. Despite being caught off guard, Zi-O's body turned into gold light particles that dispersed away before reforming behind the Another Rider.

"What?" Another Zi-O II asked as he stared in shock before hearing a yell, he turned only to scream out as both the Heiseiber and Saikyo Girade struck him at once, sparks flying.

"Don't underestimate my power!" Zi-O shouted before looking around, managing to see that Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Penny all had their own personal fights going on, "Let's get you all some help."

Zi-O began rapidly tapping his statuettes, the announcements ringing out as gold orbs shot out from his body and towards his allies.

[WIZARD!]

[GHOST!]

[OOO!]

[FOURZE!]

Weiss gave a light gasp as she dismissed Myrtenaster, now having two copies of the WizardSwordGuns, one in gun mode while the other was in sword mode. She also now had two rings on her hands, those being of the Flame and Hurricane Dragon rings.

"Interesting," Weiss looked over the weaponry before shooting at Another Wizard, homing bullets launching out and striking the Another Rider.

Blake gave a gasp as she dismissed her Gashacon Sparrow, soon holding the Gan Gun Catcher alongside the Eyecons of Billy the Kid and the Brothers Grimm.

"Huh," Blake blocked a grab from Another Ghost with the Gan Gun Catcher before forcing the Another Rider back, taking aim and shooting at it to force it back further, "Not bad."

Yang meanwhile gave a yelp as she dismissed her knuckles, now having the Tajaspinner with purple Core Medals loaded in alongside the OOO Scanner.

Another OOO tried to claw at Yang, the Huntress holding up the Tajaspinner like a shield and blocking the attack.

"I can get used to this," Yang said as she unleashed a burst of purple energy from the shield-like weapon before aiming and launching out purple fire to strike at the Another Rider.

Penny meanwhile smiled as she received the Barizun Sword alongside the Elek and Fire Switches, retracting Floating Array as she gripped it tightly, deciding to keep it in its boost mode for now.

Another Fourze yelled out and activated its Launcher Module, forming a projection of it and launching out missiles to overwhelm Penny.

Penny quickly leapt backwards while boosting to allow herself more space. She grinned as she leapt up before launching herself forward with her boosters, her sword at the ready, "It's Space Time!"

Red and blue blurs were striking against each other all over the place, Geiz dealing with both Another Kabuto and Another Drive with Revive Shippu. Meanwhile Woz had found his opponents in the Another Riders of Build, Ex-Aid, Kiva and Kuuga, using GingaFinaly's gravity powers to easily contend with them.

That left Roze and Hi-Roze all by themselves, the two having found each other before entering a stare down.

"How does it feel?" Hi-Roze asked, "To have your precious friends ripped away so easily from you. They may be fighting alongside you now, but that doesn't mean they remember what you've been through together."

"They may not remember, but the feelings are still there," Roze said as she placed a closed fist near her heart, recalling how Weiss and Yang wouldn't attack Sougo and her, "Which is why I'll fight my hardest, so they'll go back to how they were before you all messed things up!"

"Bold words, but even if you could use your strongest form with them like this there's one problem," Hi-Roze sneered before holding up the Roze RWBY Ridewatch, "I have it."

"You think that scares me?" Roze asked.

"It should," Hi-Roze chuckled before holding up the Ridewatch and activating it, "I'll use your strongest power to defeat you and claim all of your Ridewatches. Then I'll finally have what I'm looking for!"

[ROZE RWBY!]

Hi-Roze grunted as she jabbed the Roze RWBY Ridewatch into her body, only to suddenly choke out as her body began to light on fire. Her chokes turned to yells as the fires consumed her body before turning it into a bulky block of charcoal.

"Cinder…?" Roze questioned warily as she took a step back, surprised by what had happened, "Are you…?"

[SHINKUROZE!]

The Another Rider-like callout was heard as the charcoal block began to be torn apart from the inside out, a new figure emerging as Hi-Roze was no more.

Standing before Roze was a blackened replica of Roze RWBY. The first and only thing that carried over from Another Roze was the fake black Ziku Driver that the Another Rider form held.

The base bodysuit was black, all of the armoring that represented Weiss, Blake and Yang being a dulled crimson coloration. The usual red decorative detailing had also changed colors to gunmetal grey. She also lacked the armored skirt pieces, only having a tattered black coattail that dropped down to her ankles. The coattail replaced the energy cape as the construct wasn't formed with this particular transformation. The katakana for 'kamen' on the forehead was completely omitted, the eyes that would read 'rider' in katakana being replaced by a singular amber colored compound visor.

Standing before Roze was the evolved form of Hi-Roze thanks to the power of Roze RWBY, Shinkuroze. The Another Rider powers were so weak that introducing a stronger Ridewatch into the equation resulted in a more pseudo-rider styled transformation as a result.

"That form…" Roze narrowed her eyes beneath her mask.

"There we go," Shinkuroze chuckled as she looked her armor form over, gripping her hands tightly before staring directly at Roze, "I can feel the power coursing through me… and I'll have even more once I'm done with you!"

"Like I'll let that happen," Roze said as she stood her ground.

The two stared each other down before slowly taking a step forward each. One step became two, and two became more as their slow walks quickly transitioned into runs while they both yelled out. The two reeled back their right arms before punching forward, striking each other directly in the chest.

---

Tsukuyomi gasped as she continued dodging out of the way of Another Den-O's attacks. The Another Rider had begun launching its weapons out as projectiles to force her on the defensive. Eventually it had managed to land a lucky hit, tripping Tsukuyomi up and sending her to the ground so it could close in.

Of course it wouldn't get that chance, yelping as it was kicked in the side and sent sprawling onto the ground away from Tsukuyomi.

"Huh?" Tsukuyomi looked up in surprise.

"I…" Futaros pointed at himself with his right hand before spreading his right arm back and holding his left hand forward, "…have arrived!"

"Futaros…?" Tsukuyomi asked.

"Always wanted to try that," Futaros admitted as he hurried over before helping Tsukuyomi up and holding out the Den-O Ridewatch, "We need to finish this now before, you know."

"You're right, and thanks," Tsukuyomi said as she took out the Ridewatch and activated it before preparing her Ziku Driver for her form change, "Armor Time!"

[ARMOR TIME!]

Gold train tracks appeared as a white projection of the Den-Liner shot forward, passing over her as her armor time formed.

[SWORD FORM! DEN-O!]

The train and tracks dispersed as her Armor time held the same gold armor on her shins, boots, left forearm and hand alongside the gold breastplate. The breastplate had a window that emulated Den-O Sword Form's chest with her shoulders being the head of the Den-Liner, pushing her cape back again. The top of and bottom of her helmet resembled Den-O Sword Form's mask with yellow katakana spelling out the word 'Den-O' on her crescent visor.

"Not bad," Futaros said before backing away with a bow while gesturing forward, "I'll leave it to you."

Another Den-O scoffed as it got up before taking grip of its weapons and charging forward.

"Right, I'll finish this quickly!" Tsukuyomi called out as she held her hand out, summoning the DenGasher in its sword mode. She rushed forward, pouring her energy into the blade and slashing forward just as Another Den-O swung its blades. Her enhanced blade managed to easily break past Another Den-O's first attack, and she followed up by extending the blade with her energy and slashing again to force the Another Rider back.

Another Den-O gasped out as it was sent staggering back before tossing its weapons towards Tsukuyomi, energy gathering in them to where they'd release an explosive burst of energy upon contact.

The female Rider however saw through this, leaping up and avoiding the blades. An explosion occurred behind her as the DenGasher began to glow, it automatically reconfiguring itself into Axe Mode as she dropped down and slashed, digging her axe into Another Den-O and sending it backwards again. She wasted no time in automatically reconfiguring the DenGasher into its gun mode, taking aim and firing to stagger Another Den-O even further.

Another Den-O reeled back as it held its stomach and chest, falling to its knees as it tried to pick itself up again.

"Let's finish this," Tsukuyomi held her weapon forward, the DenGasher automatically reconfiguring from gun mode to rod mode as she initiated her finisher.

[FINISH TIME!]

Tsukuyomi grasped the pole-arm before tossing it forward, it striking the Another Rider just as it got up, sinking into it and forming a golden projection of Tsukuyomi's watch face over the monstrous Rider.

Tsukuyomi shouted as she leapt into the air and kicked out, striking the center of the emblem and causing a massive explosion.

[ORE NO TIME JACK!]

Tsukuyomi landed on the other side, standing up as Futaros ran over to her.

"Not bad," Futaros said as he patted her on the back, "You've grown up a lot, huh?"

"I suppose so," Tsukuyomi chuckled softly, "Now come on, it's not over yet."

"Right," Futaros nodded, the Rider and Imagin duo quickly hurrying off.

---

[ELECTRIC ON!]

"Take this, and this!" Penny was currently jabbing the Barizun Sword in its closed state forward, unleashing electric shocks against Another Fourze until the Another Rider formed a Shield Module projection on its left arm, blocking the electrical shocks before pushing forward and shoving Penny back.

Another Fourze yelled out as it slammed a fist into its chest before going to slick a hand across the side of its helmet.

"Fine then," Penny said as she gripped the handle of her weapon, pulling it back and opening up the casing to reveal the blade inside. She then slotted in the Fire Switch while accessing her magic.

[FIRE ON!]

Another Fourze yelled out as it summoned a Rocket Module projection over its right arm, launching forward to try and strike Penny.

"It is over!" Penny shouted as she used her magic to unleash an enlarged fiery blade, the fire growing further and further as she slashed forward, striking Another Fourze and staggering it. She then yelled out as she slashed again, releasing more flames as she struck the Another Rider several times, it falling back before exploding.

Weiss meanwhile slashed past Another Wizard, having used her Glyphs to bounce around as necessary to avoid its magic. As Another Wizard turned to counter she turned as well, shooting it in the face several times in order to keep it staggered.

"You'll have to do better than that," Weiss said as she scanned the Hurricane Dragon Ring on the WizarSwordGun that was in its gun mode, while the one in its sword mode was scanned with the Fire Dragon Ring. Both rings vanished as their energies gathered within the weapons themselves.

[HURRICANE SHOOTING STRIKE!]

Weiss took aim and shot a heavy blast of green wind against Another Wizard's feet, the blast trapping the Another Rider in a spiraling tornado.

[FLAME SLASH STRIKE!]

Weiss then spun around and slashed forward with her sword, unleashing a wave of fire that struck the spiraling tornado, turning it into a spiraling inferno that engulfed Another Wizard. The Another Rider could only yell out in pain before it exploded with the fire and wind dying down as Weiss lowered her arms.

Another Ghost yelled out as it held its arms close before spreading them out, unleashing energy blasts from the eye on its chest.

Blake began dodging back, using Shadow when she was unable to truly dodge while shooting any blasts she could down with the Gan Gun Catcher in its gun mode. She realized that she wasn't exactly getting anywhere and figured to try her luck on the items she received with the weapon.

[DAIKAIGAN! OMEGA FINISH!]

She shouted as she ran forward while loading in Billy the Kid's Eyecon, soon shooting powered up blasts of energy to counter Another Ghost's blasts.

Another Ghost growled and floated forward when it saw its blasts being countered, swinging at Blake who ducked underneath it. It turned and landed only to suddenly feel something against its stomach.

[DAIKAIGAN!]

Blake was now kneeling and had swapped out Eyecons, this time going for the Grimm Eyecon as green energy began charging in the Gan Gun Catcher's barrel.

[OMEGA FINISH!]

Blake quickly pulled the trigger, a projection of an energy pen tip launching out and dragging Another Ghost backwards before it exploded into multiple smaller pens tips that overwhelmed the Another Rider. The result was it being overloaded and exploding completely.

"That takes care of that," Blake said as she lowered her weapon before hearing a shout and turning.

[PTERA! TRICERA! TYRANNO! PTERA! TRICERA! TYRANNO! GIGA SCAN!]

Another OOO stumbled backwards from a few hits that Yang delivered while she used the OOO Scanner to ready up her Tajaspiner's finisher. Once the announcement finished she reeled back her left arm before punching forward, projections of seven purple Core Medals spiraling forward rapidly and striking Another OOO.

Another OOO gasped out as it tried get past the attack only for the attack to rapidly dig into it before it yelled out and exploded.

"Nice," Yang pumped her left fist up as Blake and Weiss began to walk over.

"Is everyone alright?" Penny asked as she hurried over.

"We're fine," Yang said, "Thanks Penny."

"It looks like everyone else is taking care of the other Another Riders," Blake noted.

"We should probably see where we can help then," Weiss suggested, "I'll check on Sougo."

"We'll check on Ruby then," Yang suggested as Blake and Penny nodded.

---

Decade and Rose slashed with their Ride Booker and Roseiber against Another Hibiki and Another Ryuki respectively, the two Another Riders staggering back from the attacks.

"Good luck handshake?" Decade asked as he held his hand towards her.

"Good luck handshake," Rose said as she grasped Decade's hand, the two exchanging a firm handshake.

The two Another Riders they were fighting both yelled out, brandishing their weapons and rushing towards the two Riders who both split up.

"How about we deal with these pains," Decade said as he brought out a Kamen Ride Card.

"Fine by me," Rose said as she brought out a Weapon Ride Card.

[KAMEN RIDE: HIBIKI!]

[WEAPON RIDE: RYUKI, DRAGCLAW!]

(D)Hibiki yelled out as he brought out his Ongekibou Rekka, lighting the tips on fire before reeling back and swinging forward. The result was launching forward two fireballs that split into smaller ones that struck against both Another Riders to force them closer to each other while damaging them heavily.

Rose let out a low hum as she reeled her left arm back, the Dragclaw on it opening its mouth as fire began gathering rapidly. She yelled and punched forward, unleashing a powerful stream of fire towards the huddled Another Riders.

(D)Hibiki meanwhile dropped his weapons and held a hand over his mouth before swiping it away, revealing a hole that soon let out a stream of flames.

The Another Riders both yelled out as they were struck by the fiery attacks. The fires burned their bodies before engulfing them, both exploding in a fiery blaze. Rose dismissed her weapon while (D)Hibiki reverted to his base form.

"Not bad," Decade said.

"Well it is us after all," Rose giggled as she walked over.

The two gasped out however as they were shot in the backs, staggering forward and turning to see Diend staring them down.

"It's nice to see you, Tsukasa, Summer," Diend said as he kept his aim at them, "You get to fight me."

"Daiki…" Decade muttered.

Diend quickly shot at the two, the Riders rolling away from each other before Rose quickly rushed in, brandishing her Roseiber and stabbing at Diend who dodged out of the way. She was quick on her feet however, closing in fast and performing several slashes to catch Diend off guard.

"Tsukasa, get out a big attack!" Rose shouted as she grabbed onto Diend to keep him in a lock, "We're going to kick the servitude out of him!"

"Sounds good by me," Decade said as he reached into his Ride Booker to draw out the card he needed, his Final Attack Ride card.

Seemingly unbeknownst to the Riders however, Swartz was watching and gave a smirk as he watched Decade prepare for a finisher.

"This is going to hurt a little, Daiki," Decade said as he opened up his Driver.

"If anyone should be saying that it's me."

Decade gave a gasp as he was suddenly caught in time stop, Swartz smiling as he walked out from the set of trees he was hiding behind.

"Tsukasa!" Rose shouted before gasping out as she was shot in the stomach, falling to the ground.

Diend had angled his Diendriver just right to hit her with an attack, the controlled Rider soon taking aim at Rose to keep her from moving, "This is what you needed, right?"

"Of course," Swartz smiled as he brought out the Blank Ridewatch.

SNAP!

A burst of white petals suddenly consumed Swartz's vision, the Time Jacker giving a gasp as he held up a hand just as he saw a blade being swung towards him. He formed a barrier but winced as the blade managed to strike the hand he held the Blank Ridewatch in, it sparking as it fell to the ground while he staggered back.

"What?" Swartz asked as Rose was now before him.

"Good luck handshake," Rose chuckled as she held her weapon forward.

"No matter," Swartz narrowed his eyes before giving a grunt, soon realizing he was now caught in time stop, "What?"

Diend was also caught in time stop as well, with Decade being freed of it.

"That was a close one," Decade slumped slightly.

"Did you really think we were going to let you get your way?" Tsukuyomi asked as she was back in her base form, walking out from behind a few trees with Futaros.

"Sister…" Swartz managed to speak up despite the time stop.

"Now my brother, I'm sorry it's come to this but I can't let you run around abusing our powers any further," Tsukuyomi said as she grabbed Swartz by the chest before shouting. Her hand began shining a rainbow of colors as a rainbow aura appeared over Swartz's body. Tsukuyomi began drawing out Swartz's powers before absorbing them into herself.

Swartz could only yell out in agony and defiance as he was stripped of the powers he held pride in. There was nothing he could do, and that was probably the scariest part to him, feeling completely and utterly useless. All his planning, all of his backstabbing, everything was for nothing… everything led to this moment where he lost everything.

The former Time Jacker Leader could only groan as his eyes rolled back, losing consciousness as the time stop around him faded. He then fell back and landed on the ground after Tsukuyomi released her grip on him.

Tsukuyomi let out a low gasp as her hands shook, a strong gold aura surrounding her before it slowly stabilized. The aura soon shifted into a soft gold glow around her as she stared herself over.

"I did it," Tsukuyomi said as she lowered her arms.

"Well done," Futaros said as he rapidly clapped.

Diend was soon freed of time stop, giving a groan as he lost his transformation and fell to his knee as he held his head.

"What happened?" Daiki asked before looking around and suddenly gaining realization over what had happened, "Damn it, I was under some sort of control wasn't I?"

"Well here's the fun part, you were still your pain in the ass self," Decade replied as he held his hand out, "So really it was like you never left."

"Funny," Daiki remarked with a light glare before sighing and taking Decade's hand, lifting himself up.

"Well everything worked out," Rose clasped her hands, "I think that's all that need to be said."

"Yeah," Tsukuyomi agreed before turning to look at her fallen brother.

---

Penny, Blake and Yang were running through the forest, soon managing to find a small clearing that both Roze and Shinkuroze had claimed for their battleground. The three stopped at a distance in order to keep out of the way and to make sure that Roze wasn't distracted.

Roze held the Roseiber in her hand while Shinkuroze had brought out the Zenrin Shooter to counter.

[ATTACK RIDE: SHINE!]

Roze's blade shined a bright white as she batted away a swing from Shinkuroze with her free arm. She then yelled and slashed several times, sparks flying as the dark copy was forced backwards.

Shinkuroze hissed out as she began spinning the wheel of the Zenrin Shooter rapidly, using her Semblance to heat up the wheel as she closed in punched forward. The Zenrin Shooter clashed with the Roseiber but Shinkuroze was able to push through, disarming Roze while striking the Rider in the chest.

Roze gasped out as she was slammed against the ground as a result of the attack, breathing heavily as she immediately went to pick herself up.

'Come on is this really all you can do?' Kagami called out.

"Of course not," Roze said with gritted teeth before bringing out the Cross-Z Ridewatch to load it onto her Rose Ridewatch.

[FINAL WEAPON TIME: C-C-C-CROSS-Z! TWIN BREAKER!]

Roze summoned the Twin Breaker in beam mode on her left hand, loading in the Cross-Z Dragon as blue fire began to build up in the barrels of the weapon.

[READY, GO! LET'S FINISH!]

Roze shouted as she punched forward with her left arm, unleashing a spiraling stream of blue flames against Shinkuroze.

Shinkuroze yelled out, swapping her weapon out for the Gashacon Parabragun while swinging forward. She began forcing her way through the stream of flames before dispersing it.

Roze however kept up the pressure, continuing to fire off streams of blue flames as Shinkuroze kept getting closer and closer, dispersing or deflecting the attacks. She quickly raised her weapon and braced against a slash by her dark copy, both weapons clashing resulting in an explosion that forced both Rider and dark copy away from each other.

"Just fall already!" Shinkuroze shouted as she got on one knee.

"Not happening anytime soon!" Roze shouted as she swapped out Cross-Z for G3-X.

[FINAL WEAPON TIME: G-G-G-G3-X! GX-05 KERBEROS!]

Roze held the GX-05 Kerberos in both hands, already loaded with its missile. She took aim before launching it towards Shinkuroze.

The dark pseudo-rider quickly rolled out of the way, an explosion occurring behind her as she brought out the Gashacon Bugvisor in its chainsaw mode alongside the Kaixa Blaygun in its gun mode. She ran forward and to the side while shooting at Roze.

Roze retaliated, soon entering a game of ducking and dodging while firing off her rapid-fire machine gun. The two began to spiral around each other, getting closer and closer before Roze rolled at the last second, slamming the Kerberos into Shinkuroze's gut and firing.

Shinkuroze yelled out as sparks flew before stabbing the Bugvisor's chainsaw into the Kerberos, a large explosion occurring with Shinkuroze backing out of it in a stagger.

Roze meanwhile yelled out as she was sent rolling out of it before slowing down and stopping on her back.

"I'm not going to lose…" Shinkuroze gasped out as she tossed her weapons away and grasped her chest, "I'm not about to let you take away my only chance at freedom!"

'Is she really doing this?' Kagami questioned.

"There are more ways to be free than just being all powerful!" Roze called out as she picked herself up and brought out the Zangetsu Ridewatch, swapping G3-X with it.

"You say that, but look at our world!" Shinkuroze yelled out as she brought out the Engineblade, raising it up and rushing towards Roze.

[FINAL WEAPON TIME: Z-Z-Z-ZANGETSU! HINAWATENGA-DJ-JU! MUSOU SABER!]

Roze brought out both weapons and combined the DJ-Gun with the Musou Saber, allowing her to access the weapons greatsword mode. She then swung as Shinkuroze got close, getting into a clash with the dark pseudo-rider.

"I know our world is messed up!" the Rider shouted as she kept up her clash, "There are so many problems with it!"

"Then why do you continue to fight on the side of the worthless Huntsmen?!" Shinkuroze questioned as she tried to push forward, "Why not just allow everything to be burned down so true solutions can be made once the crooked rules are broken?!"

"Because there's no guarantee that burning down everything will allow a good clean slate!" Roze shouted as she pushed way from Shinkuroze, forcing the Pseudo-Rider to stagger. She then yelled as she ran forward and slashed at Shinkuroze, sparks flying.

"Don't try and talk to me about a hypothetical!" Shinkuroze yelled out as she rushed in and went to slash, managing to strike against Roze to force her back, "Tell me why you fight!"

The Rider and dark Pseudo-Rider both entered a very sloppy set of clashes, the two managing to slash against and past each other several times. The two slashed past each other again before turning and swinging their weapons at full force, getting into another clash that neither would let up from.

"I fight to make our worlds a better place!" Roze shouted.

"Even if those worlds would chew you up and spit you out?" Shinkuroze questioned, "What if you're left beaten and broken at the end of it all?!"

'Wow, someone's projecting,' Kagami remarked before letting out a sigh, 'Regardless…'

"Our fights aren't painless… in fact pain is the hardest part of it all," Roze admitted, "But that's why you have to have hope."

"Hope…?" Shinkuroze asked before scoffing, "I lost all sense of that when I was betrayed by my one hope all those years back."

"Then I'm sorry," Roze answered genuinely, much to the surprise of her opponent. She took a deep breath before giving a grunt, "But I'm still not going to allow you to trample over others hope."

"I'd like to see you try!" Shinkuroze yelled out as she pushed further, the two's grips on their weapons loose enough to where both weapons were sent flying out of their hands. She then yelled out as she let out a right hook at Roze who caught her fist with ease, "What?!"

Roze yelled out as she kept a grip on Shinkuroze's right fist with her left hand. She then reeled the Pseudo-Rider in and delivered her own punch with her right fist.

Shinkuroze gasped out as her fist was let go of, staggering back from the punch. She closed in to punch again, landing a punch against Roze's chest only for the Rider to counter and punch her in the chest. She tried to move in to swing again only for her punches to get batted away, getting struck several more times by Roze's fists.

The Rider and Pseudo-Rider backed away from each other, the two panting heavily as they stared the other down.

"It's time we settle this, Cinder," Roze said as she brought out her Roseiber again, loading in a Final Attack Ride Card while simultaneously initiating her Drivers finisher.

[FINISH TIME! ROSE!]

Shinkuroze gripped her fake Ziku-Driver, sliding her hand across it as it shined a deep maroon color while letting out distorted chimes. She then brought out the Banaspear, taking aim with it as dark red energy began spiraling around it.

Roze let out a low breath as she held the Roseiber forward, its blade shining brighter than it ever had as she prepared herself.

[ANOTHER BLAST!]

[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: R-R-R-ROSE!]

The two yelled out as they ran towards each other, Roze slashing while Shinkuroze stabbed forward, the two striking past each other and going back to back as a result. Roze winced as she had been struck but knew she couldn't let it end, choosing only now to rotate her Driver.

The sudden chimes from the Ziku Driver caught Shinkuroze's attention, the dark Pseudo-Rider turning despite the pain from getting struck by Roze's first finisher. As she turned she kicked out with her right leg, gathering her energy into it for one final kick.

Roze meanwhile turned and kicked out with her right leg as well, red and white energy gathering in her shin and boot as she went for her finisher.

[ATTACK TIME BLAST!]

The two slammed their feet against their chests, the energy building and building only for Roze to yell out and swing her leg further, soon striking Shinkuroze with her kick. She quickly turned and planted her foot, her back facing the dark copy.

Penny, Blake and Yang all gave light gasps as they saw this, the combatants before them having landed near equal hits on each other.

Roze and Shinkuroze began to breathe heavily, electricity crackling over their suits as sparks began to fly. Shinkuroze's body began to crack all over as she began to breathe more heavily at a faster rate. Roze meanwhile was taking deep breaths to calm down as only her armor began to crack, the cracks forming petal-like patterns.

Roze gasped out as her Armor Time suddenly broke apart into petals, leaving her in her base form as she hunched over before glancing backwards.

Shinkuroze suddenly yelled out as her body shattered to pieces, revealing Hi-Roze underneath the armor. Hi-Roze didn't last long however before exploding suddenly, the Kaixa, Accel, Baron, Mach, Genm, Para-DX and Roze RWBY Watches all scattering. The Roze Anotherwatch clattered to the ground, the cracks glowing brighter and brighter before the Anotherwatch itself broke apart. The bright pieces soon melted into incompatible shapes, likely being unable to be put together again.

Cinder yelled as she had landed on her hands and knees, her aura shattering. She let out a defiant yell as the maiden fire appeared over her eye, quickly forcing her body to stand.

Penny saw this before cupping her hands near her mouth, "You need to enact your plan now!"

'You heard her, no time to start slacking!' Kagami shouted.

Roze nodded as she stumbled while turning and grabbed the Accel Ridewatch to load it into her Driver.

[ACCEL! WEAPON TIME! ENGINEBLADE!]

The Engineblade was summoned as Roze took a grip of it, loading in the Engine Gaia Memory and holding the weapon with both hands.

[ENGINE! ELECTRIC!]

Cinder turned at the announcements, her eye widening as she saw Roze approaching her with an electrified Engineblade.

"Cinder," Roze said before yelling out and slashing horizontally, striking Cinder directly in the chest as electricity sparked wildly, "Please die!"

Cinder wasn't able to fully react to the slash, screaming out as she was struck, her vision suddenly blurring before going black.

'What a cold killer…' Kagami remarked.

"Oh please," Roze scoffed as she quickly drew out the modified empty Fullbottle that Sento created before aiming it forward.

Cinder's lifeless body soon fell to the ground, though it only took a few seconds for a sudden burst of orange energy to release itself from Cinder's chest, It launched upwards only for Roze to turn the cap on the bottle, unleashing a vortex that sucked the energy inwards.

"What is she doing?" Yang asked with wide eyes.

Blake's eyes began to shake, "Did… did she just kill-?"

"Do not worry," Penny reassured, "Ruby has a plan and the first step is to trap and capture the Fall Maiden powers within the bottle that Sento created."

Roze yelled out, wincing as the expected backlash of the Fall Maiden Powers trying to escape began to occur. The Fall Maiden energy began lashing out, striking Roze as her armor sparked heavily from the hits. Despite this Roze kept going strong as she continued to yell until the Fall Maiden Powers were fully absorbed into the Full Bottle. This resulted in the bottle flashing and gaining an orange tint to it before she sealed the cap on it.

"Now then," Roze let her arm drop before raising her other arm up, revealing that she was still holding onto the Engine Blade. She walked over to Cinder's body before holding the tip over the former Fall Maiden's chest. An electric pulse was released from the tip of the blade.

BA-DUMP!

Cinder choked as she opened her eye, looking around frantically as she began to breathe heavily.

"I'm… alive?" She asked.

"You are," Roze said as she stared down at Cinder.

Cinder glared as she began to sit up, barely being able to do so. She couldn't feel her Aura active so she went to call on her magic… only to not feel anything. She held her chest as she tried to figure out what had happened, "What did you do to me?!"

"First I stopped your heart, and once the powers confirmed your death they exited your body in search of a new Fall Maiden," Roze answered as she held up the Engine Blade before lowering it to reveal the Fall Maiden Fullbottle, "Afterwards I used this Fullbottle that was designed while we were gone to capture the powers safely and keep them somewhere we know it'll be."

"It can't be…" Cinder glared, "So you'd completely strip me of everything, huh?"

"You're not getting away with what you've done to Remnant," Roze answered as she dismissed her transformation before pocketing the Fullbottle, "You'll pay for your crimes and then start over if you so choose."

"Damn it…" Cinder groaned as she felt weak from the sudden revival before falling back unconscious.

'Well… I suppose that's that chapter finally closed,' Kagami spoke up within Ruby's mind, the Huntress closing her eyes and feeling herself back to back with her mirror counterpart, 'I suppose that means I should probably go back to sleep.'

'That's a shame, it was kind of enjoyable having you around this time,' Ruby thought back.

'I mean, I'll still be around obviously,' Kagami reminded, 'After all…'

'I am you, you are me,' Ruby smiled, 'Though I'll miss that snarky attitude of yours…'

'Just means you should keep it up in my stead,' Kagami chuckled before she began to fade, 'Hopefully the next time we meet you aren't in dire straits.'

'Here's hoping,' Ruby smiled as she felt Kagami fully faded back into her before giving a sigh of relief and opening her eyes, watching as Penny, Blake, and Yang hurried over.

"Hey, are you alright?" Yang asked.

"Yep," Ruby smiled.

"You seem more relaxed," Blake chuckled.

"Because I can finally say Another Roze is history," Ruby replied before looking back towards the melted and broken pieces of the Roze Anotherwatch.

"Indeed," Penny said as she walked over, her arms full of Ruby's discarded Ridewatches, having been picking them up while the others were conversing, "And you now have all of your equipment back."

"Thanks Penny," Ruby said as she went to pocket her Ridewatches.

---

Woz chuckled as he saw Another Build and Another Kiva punch towards him, forming energy bubbles that he used to easily flip them over and onto their backs with little effort. He then gathered energy before unleashing a gravity pulse towards Another Ex-Aid, sending it towards Another Kuuga which smacked it away.

Another Kuuga groaned and unleashed a fireball at Woz who easily formed an energy bubble to catch it before tossing the energy bubble coated fireball back at Another Kuuga. The Another Rider could only howl out as it was struck in the chest, staggering back.

[TSUME RENZAN!]

Both Another Kabuto and Another Drive yelled out as they were thrown near the fight nearby, rolling along the grass as Geiz landed nearby.

"My, my, Geiz," Woz remarked as he backed away and went to get back to back with Geiz, "You're just as efficient as you were back in the proper timeline. Truly alongside everyone else we make a formidable team."

"So you're saying I used to work with you before history as altered?" Geiz asked, his memories of Woz in this timeline being nonexistent.

"Indeed, Geiz, you were my loyal subordinate," Woz lied, wanting to have fun with this while he could, "And together we strove for my Overlord."

"What…?" Geiz asked as he glanced back.

"It's true," Woz continued to lie.

"No, it's not…" Geiz remarked as he went to initiate his finisher, "Stop feeding me lies and finish up already."

[FINISH TIME! REVIVE!]

Another Kabuto and Another Drive both managed to stand, the two crouching forward only for Geiz to punch forward with the Zikan Jaclaw, blue energy darts launching out and striking the two before they could even attempt to counter.

[HYAKURETSU TIME BURST!]

"Well now, I suppose you're still as clever as ever," Woz remarked as he glanced back to watch both Another Riders explode before turning towards the approaching Another Riders of Kuuga, Kiva, Ex-Aid and Build. He opened and closed his Driver to initiate the finisher, "Now, all of you come with me!"

[FINALLY BEYOND THE TIME!]

Woz's cape opened up rapidly, the galaxy patterning within it shining brightly as the area around him and the Another Riders transitioned to the middle of space with stars all around. He then held his hand forward before gripping it tightly, "Begone…"

[CHOU GINGA EXPLOSION!]

The stars that were behind him shined brightly before launching dozens of thin beams of light, all of them striking the Another Riders in multiple spots. The Another Riders could only groan out before falling forward and exploding.

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[BLADE!]

Zi-O had tapped another statuette on Grand, this one for Blade. The gate however opened up with the date 2009. Blade soon appeared only to gasp out as his body contorted and shifted, soon transforming into an enlarged Blay Rouzer-like weapon.

"What is that?!" Another Zi-O II questioned as he saw this.

"The Blade Blade," Zi-O said in a matter of fact tone as he gripped the weapon, watching as the Another Riders of Agito, Faiz, Blade, W, and Gaim charged towards him. He gave a yell, electrical energy lashing out from his as he performed a horizontal slash, catching all the Another Riders and launching them back. He then raised the Blade Blade up high before slamming it down, unleashing an electrical wave of blue energy that hurtled forward.

The five Another Riders just barely managed to stand before all yelling out as they were struck by the attack, exploding.

The energy wave continued forward, Another Zi-O II combining his weapons and gathering energy within them as he slashed forward, managing to push back and disperse the energy wave.

"Sougo Tokiwa!" Another Zi-O II shouted.

[SAIKYO FINISH TIME!]

Zi-O immediately summoned the Saikyo Zikan Girade, it erupting with energy upon its summoning as he brought it down upon his Another Rider counterpart.

[KING GIRI GIRI SLASH!]

Another Zi-O II yelled out as he held his pole-arm upwards, blocking the beam with the center of it as he tried to hold it back. To his shock despite the Saikyo Zikan Girade being from an earlier form, its power was still magnitudes stronger than what it normally should have been. In an instant his weapon's Naginata form was snapped in half, the energy crashing down and slicing into him.

The resulting powered up slash had also put an immense strain on the already cracked clock hands crest on his forehead, the crest shattering as the Another Rider's helmet became cracked as a result.

Zi-O watched as his Another Rider screamed out in pain and was sent rolling, keeping the the Saikyo Zikan Girade at the ready.

"No… I'm not letting this be the end," Another Zi-O II gasped out as he managed to get up despite the pain. He held a tight grip of both halves of his broken naginata, switching his grip to where he could hold them like swords again, "I'll just wear you down by reviving my army!"

Zi-O stared at Another Zi-O II who had stepped forward dramatically, as if to telegraph the usage of the temporal reversal feature. Except aside from the dramatic step forward, nothing had happened.

"Huh?" Another Zi-O II looked around before realizing nothing was happening. He quickly tried to access his future sight only to realize he couldn't either. That was when he noticed the crack in the clear visor on his face, "No…"

"It's over Hiryu," Zi-O said as he stared at his Another Rider.

"It's not over till I say it's over!" Another Zi-O II gathered his energy in his blades before tossing them towards Zi-O in a fit of desperation.

[DRILL! TORNADO!]

Suddenly the Arma Gigas landed in front of Zi-O while carrying Weiss in its left arm. The blade in its right hand began to form a spiral of wind energy reminiscent to a drill, the summoned armor slashing and deflecting the two blades away.

"Weiss," Zi-O said as he stepped forward.

"I knew you could have handled it," Weiss said as she looked back with a smile as the Arma Gigas backed away to the side to make room for the Rider, "But I figured I'd offer you whatever support I could."

"It's appreciated," Zi-O said as he walked forward before staring directly at Another Zi-O II, "Now then…"

"Why…?" Another Zi-O II asked as he began to move forward, "Why can't I beat him?!"

"You could have moved on, but the minute Swartz came to you again you decided to cling to the past!" Zi-O called out as he held his enhanced blade, "You didn't have to do any of this!"

"You and those damn speeches!" Another Zi-O II yelled out as he ran and punched forward.

Zi-O rushed forward before slicing past Another Zi-O II, soon turning and slashing again, sending the Another Rider flying off to the side.

"The difference between you and me…" Zi-O said as he tossed away his weapon and began initiating his finisher, "Is that I'm fighting to forge a bright future!"

[FINISH TIME! GRANDZI-O!]

Zi-O leapt up into the air, 19 other gates opening up as every primary Rider from Kuuga all the way to Build were summoned at once in their base forms. Zi-O kicked forward, the other Riders doing the same as they all launched forward in order.

Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, W, OOO, Fourze, Wizard, Gaim, Drive, Ghost, Ex-Aid, and Build all launched forward at a rapid pace. Every time one of them hit, a golden version of their signature sigil appeared behind Another Zi-O II, flashing rapidly through 19 different ones.

Zi-O came in last but just as fast the others, striking Another Zi-O II as a bright light erupted from the kick. Weiss held up her arms and winced as she took a few steps back from the power emanating from the finisher.

Cracks in reality began to form from the kick itself, the cracks showing an inverted coloration of the surrounding area. The cracks grew more plentiful before reality itself suddenly shattered around both Zi-O and Another Zi-O II, the Another Rider exploding.

The resulting massive explosion unleashed a multicolored wave of energy that washed over the city, reverting it back to what it was before Hiryu's messing with time. The castle was completely erased alongside the forest around it, Hiryu's statue crumbling and dissolving.

[ALL 20 TIME BREAK!]

The last thing anyone heard was a clock's chime as everything faded to white.

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It was a nice sunny day at a park with a nice large fountain at the center piece. People were laughing and having fun, others were passing by. There were no signs of Hiryu's distorted rule, and it was as if the Another Rider siege had not happened in the first place.

Sougo was in a kicking stance, slowly but surely standing and giving a smile as he saw that the city was as lively as it was supposed to be.

Everyone who had taken part in the battle were all scattered around the park, the Riders out of their transformations while others like Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Weiss, Blake, and Yang were back in their casual clothes. At Tsukuyomi's request once time was corrected, Futaros had gone back to hiding within her so as to not immediately scare anyone in the park.

Everyone slowly but surely began to head over to where Sougo was, the future King of Time feeling more relief when he saw that Tsukasa looked to be alright.

"Sougo," Weiss said as she hurried over from where she was, quickly hugging him.

Sougo gave a soft smile and put his arm around Weiss as he watched everyone approach.

"Looks like everything's back to normal," Ruby said as Yang was clinging onto her, though she also had her arm around her sister, the two glad that everything was back to normal.

"Looks like it," Geiz replied.

"You guys remember us?" Sougo asked.

"You dolt," Weiss said as she gently tapped Sougo in the stomach, "Of course we do."

"That was terrible and I never want to do it again," Yang added near instantly.

"Seconded," Blake agreed.

"Given Hiryu Kakogawa's current state… I highly doubt we will ever experience that again," Woz remarked as he looked over, seeing Hiryu currently laying face down on the grass, back in his normal clothes.

Hiryu gave a groan as he got up, soon seeing the Zi-O II Anotherwatch in front of him. He went to grab it only for crackling to be heard from it, it suddenly shattering. Hiryu quickly got to his knees and went to pick up the pieces, "Go back to normal…" he said towards the broken Anotherwatch while shaking his hands, "Go back to normal…" he repeated but nothing happened. He kept repeating the same phrase only for nothing to happen.

Everyone could only watch as he dropped the broken pieces before falling forward and laying face first on the ground in defeat.

"What a pitiful ending," Tsukasa remarked.

"Honestly…" Summer agreed.

"Shame none of the Anotherwatches survived," Daiki remarked, "They would have made a nice treasure to keep."

"Of course you'd say that," Summer sighed in light annoyance, "For everyone's sake including your own I'm glad they both broke."

"How'd things go on your end?" Sougo looked over at Ruby.

"Another Roze is gone, Ridewatches are back, and the Fall Maiden power is secure," Ruby said as she brought out the Fall Maiden Fullbottle.

"What are we going to do with Cinder?" Geiz asked.

"Take her back to Remnant," Ruby said, "Can't exactly have her run around here unchecked."

"Tsukasa and I can handle that," Summer spoke up, "You kids have deserved a well earned break for the rest of today."

"Oh right," Sougo suddenly realized, "Did Swartz show up?"

"He did," Tsukuyomi nodded, "I've taken all of his powers now."

"He's finished then," Woz mused, "I suppose we can call the Time Jackers defeated now."

"Looks like it," Geiz nodded.

Everyone turned when they heard a pained groan, Swartz managing to pick himself up while staggering away from everyone.

Tsukuyomi took a step forward, "Swartz!"

"I will not accept this," Swartz said as he stopped and looked back, "I will not accept what you've done to me…"

"It's over Swartz," Tsukuyomi said calmly as she stared her brother straight in the eyes, "Stop this."

"You're going to have to accept no for an answer," Swartz glared before turning and stumbling away.

"Is there anything he can even do at this point?" Yang asked.

"Doubtful," Geiz replied, "He's completely useless without his powers, right?"

"Pretty much," Woz nodded, "If he's not going to gracefully accept defeat then we should let him simply wander around fruitlessly until he accepts he's lost."

"I think everything will be alright," Sougo reassured as he kept his arm around Weiss who kept clinging to him, "Right?"

"Right," Weiss nodded slowly.

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That Evening…

Night had fallen at the park and Hiryu was still there face first against the ground. Most people had left by that point and while some wondered what was wrong, they were afraid to be too prying and left Hiryu alone.

Cinder had been taken away by Summer, Tsukasa and Daiki by that point, the only thing remaining of her being the melted remains of the Roze Anotherwatch. Despite all this time, it did not reform back after its destruction, just like the Zi-O II Anotherwatch.

It didn't take long for a gloved hand to grab the melted pieces, soon placing them into a bag as the culprit was none other than Neopoliton. She gave a smile as she gripped the bag firmly before waltzing off, Narutaki waiting for her at a nearby tree, holding onto the Blank Ridewatch that Swartz had dropped when attacked by Summer during the prior battle.

"Those remains of the Roze Anotherwatch will work well in finalizing your new power," Narutaki smiled before frowning, "Though unfortunately it seems they took your prey away."

Neopolitan simply shook her head and gave a smile while holding up the bag full of melted Anotherwatch pieces. While getting back at Cinder was on her mind, Ruby had ultimately humiliated the former Fall Maiden better than she ever could. She'd drive that humiliation further by utilizing what was left of the former Maiden's Another Rider powers to crush Ruby.

"Well if you're satisfied with the results then I shouldn't argue," Narutaki said as he flicked his wrist, an Aurora Curtain forming and sliding over them both.

Once the Aurora Curtain had vanished, two individuals began walking towards Hiryu, making their approach as loud as they could.

Hiryu gave a light groan and slowly looked up, his vision hazy as he saw a familiar green-grey long coat, "So… Sougo Tokiwa sent his retainer to deal with me?"

"On the contrary, we are not Sougo Tokiwa's retainers."

The one who had spoken was Jogen, as he and Kagen were the ones who had approached Hiryu Kakogawa.

"What?" Hiryu asked as he began to lift himself up, sitting on his knees, "Who… who are you people? And why are you dressed like that Woz guy?"

"Your questions will be answered soon," Kagen said as he went to pick up the broken pieces of the Zi-O II Anotherwatch, "But first… we need you to come with us."

"Why?" Hiryu questioned before sighing and looking down, "That damn Sougo Tokiwa and his stupid King of Heisei Rider powers completely stomped me. What would you need a worthless guy like me for?"

"You have been spurned by the Heisei Era, which means you are our perfect King," Jogen said as he soon knelt down to talk to Hiryu face to face, "It is a hard fate… but if you come with us then we can give you the power to crush the Heisei Era into dust alongside Zi-O."

Hiryu stared at Jogen in surprise, "What?"

Jogen and Kagen could only simply smile at Hiryu's surprise before the two glanced at each other. They knew the time to truly reveal their group was drawing near, and Hiryu's current state meant they were one step closer.

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Swartz yelled out as he punched the wall of a tunnel he was currently passing through, "I had everything planned…" he hissed out as he punched again, "And yet!"

"Man, didn't think you'd be this angry."

"It's honestly satisfying."

Swartz turned in surprise as he heard two familiar voices, soon seeing Uhr and Ora respectively. The two had a surprising amount of confidence despite the fact that they didn't have their powers anymore.

"Come to laugh at me?" Swartz glared.

"Just a bit," Uhr admitted with a chuckle, "Serves you right."

"Bad news is you lost your powers too," Ora remarked, "But there's some good news."

"What's the good news?" Swartz questioned, "Do you really think you two can offer me anything after I took-"

"They can't offer you anything, but I can."

Swartz's eyes went wide as he saw who had interrupted him, the same striped purple suit coming into view from the shadows as the man's face was hidden by the shade of the dark tunnel.

"What is this?" Swartz asked.

"I'm giving you three a chance to get back what you've lost," the man answered, "The only condition is that you'll be a part of my dark revolution."

"And if I say no…?" Swartz asked.

"You won't," The man answered, "With what I'll offer you to get revenge on your sister, you won't accept no as your answer."

"Oh…" Swartz smirked at this, now curious due to the man appropriating his pseudo-catchphrase, "And just what did you have in mind?"

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The Riders and Huntresses had all decided to turn in for the day upon Summer's suggestion for rest. Tsukuyomi's explanation of everything could be given the next day as everyone just needed to just wind down from how physically and emotionally draining the entire Another Den-O, Ichigo and Zi-O II ordeals were.

Well that was except for two, Weiss having nearly begged Sougo to go with her for a nightly walk. Upon asking Sougo to take them somewhere, Sougo had decided to go for a small playground, the couple currently on a pair of swings at a swing set.

Weiss was just sitting in her swing while she watched Sougo swing back and forth constantly.

Sougo yelped as he leapt off and staggered to his feet after swinging too fast, "Man, swings are kind of scary."

"Probably because you're pushing too hard," Weiss remarked with a light smile.

"Really…?" Sougo asked as he looked over, "Did you ever play on these as a kid?"

"My childhood was one of high luxury, so no sadly," Weiss said as she kept still where she was, simply holding onto the chains, "These kinds of places do feel nice to think and talk at though."

"Which is why I brought us here after you said you wanted to take a walk," Sougo replied.

"Yeah…" Weiss said as she looked down.

"Weiss," Sougo looked over before fully turning, "Is everything-"

What Sougo wasn't expecting was for Weiss to immediately stand up from her swing and run over to him, holding onto him as she buried her face in his chest.

"W-Weiss…?" Sougo asked in surprise as he held his arms up before he felt his shirt grow wetter by each passing second, "Are you…?"

"I'm… I'm so sorry," Weiss apologized though her voice was muffled and strained thanks to her having her face so close to Sougo, "It must have been horrible for you… for me to have forgotten you entirely… me attacking you… and that's not even counting how horrible I feel for forgetting everything we've been through… despite how close we were, it was all gone just like that."

"Weiss," Sougo muttered before wrapping his arms around his girlfriend gently but firm enough to give her reassurance, "You don't need to be sorry."

Weiss sniffled as tears continued fall, feeling some relief from Sougo's arms around her, "But I almost killed you!"

"You didn't though," Sougo said as he pulled away before grabbing Weiss by the shoulders in a firm but reassuring way, "Even though your memories were altered, your heart still remembered. If you truly forgot then you wouldn't have stopped right before that attack landed."

"I…" Weiss sniffled as she went to rub her eyes, "I just felt somewhere deep inside… that I couldn't go through with it. Despite everything my mind was telling me, my heart knew that killing you would rip apart my entire life."

"And that's what matters," Sougo said as he held a wide smile though his eyes began to shimmer as if he wanted to cry too, "And after that… you had my back. You helped me out whenever you could and I appreciate it. Even if you weren't yourself… you still were in the end."

"Sougo…" Weiss gave a soft smile as she leaned towards him, "I don't think that makes any sense…"

"I think it does," Sougo chuckled.

"Of course you do," Weiss let out a soft sigh.

"I promise, no matter what happens… we'll stay together," Sougo held a reassuring smile as he leaned towards Weiss, "We'll keep on protecting each other and moving forward together."

"Right," Weiss smiled.

The two began to lean closer before closing their eyes, their faces growing even closer towards each other as their lips began to brush together. Relief and warmth flowed through them in that moment as all anxiety, fear, restlessness, and any other negative emotion melted away. The two embraced each other more closely than before in yet another moment that felt frozen in time.

The two had gone through so much and with them each taking a small but significant step forward, they'd silently promised to face whatever awaited them in the uncertain but bright future, together.

To Be Continued…

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The Grand Rider World Saga – END

"The legacy of the Heisei Kamen Riders has carried on throughout the era. With all their powers assembled, the curtain rises on the final battles that will begin to shape the fates of both Earth and Remnant. Now blaze a path and become the one true King of Kamen Riders!"

Who Will Be King 2019 Saga – START

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Next Time:

"Down Fall can help us gain a good foothold on this world."

"Hold it, isn't Torkia pretty far off?"

"You're from the future then?"

"I'm not going to hold back, dear sister."

"The time to reveal my identity will be here soon!"

Chapter 115: 2019: Call of the Future

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Community Interaction Announcement:

Now then, it's been quite a while since I've done a Behind the Scenes special. That's why sometime during the month of January I will be publishing one just to help a bit with the wait. This specific Behind the Scenes will be mainly covering Sagas 2, 3, 4, and 5 since I had positioned the prior BTS after the end of the 1st Saga.

I'll be explaining the thought process, inspirations, and general writing of what compelled me to write what you all have read thus far. Of course I might not be thinking of every possible thing you might want to know about, which is where the Interaction part of this thing comes in. I'd like you all to send in questions for me to answer during the BTS Special. Now while we have passed Saga 1, I am taking questions relating to it still if they're different from what was already answered and explained, but please read the prior BTS Special since I tried to be very thorough there.

You can ask as many questions as you want though some may take priority depending and you can ask them wherever you feel more comfortable. I should also stress that these questions should be about prior released chapters. I won't be answering speculation or questions about future events as I'm not giving out spoilers. General questions about inspirations, mindset, etc are welcome though. The deadline for this is December 31st, after that date passes I won't be taking any more questions.

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Author's Note: Definitely quite the lengthy and packed chapter to write, and that's because I could cut certain scenes out due to how the setup for this set of chapters ended up differently. But I think this was a good spot to end off Roze's chapters for the year as we've fully finished the Saga 5 of 7.

Now then, let's do some cleanup since this will be the last chapter for a while of course. I do try to keep my profile page updated as much as I can, but you can find me on Twitter (att) ZeroEnchiladas under the title Zero's Workshop. I post updates, pictures, memes, random thoughts etc there, so check it out if you already haven't. And of course this Fanfic has a TV Tropes page so please go visit that if you so wish, it's grown a lot since its start earlier this year and I'm glad to see it continuing to grow.

Of course while this is the end of the Saga I do have one last Interlude to share with you all at the usual date. It is likely going to be the last Interlude for Roze as well as I've yet to really figure out any others. That said, thanks for reading and when we return from our big break it's time for familiar but different territory as we move into the Who Will Be King 2019 Saga.