Hey guys, so again, sorry for taking too long on the last chapter, but I will be working on the rest of the story with as much time as I can. So, next we have the Gaim arc. The next person will come up soon.
Kamen Rider Zi-O: Friendship Time
Chapter 14: The Fruity Dance Team
*three days later*
It was three days after the events, due to the fight being on a Friday. Although the teens had been able to fix what the King destroyed, they knew that they can't be too reckless in the fights.
"Man, who knew Fluttershy could fight." Sougo said.
"Yeah, that was surprising. Didn't know she had it." Geiz said.
"Guys, come on. She might not look like it, but if she sees anyone or any animal hurt, she will and can make anyone help it. Her stare is also scary too." Rainbow said, shuddering at the memory.
"Well, let's hope that she can use the power right." Geiz said.
"Hey guys!" Fluttershy's voice rang as they turned to see the girl. They were all surprised to see what she had on. While she had her skirt and shirt, she now wore a red hairband with a single red feather, a yellow button up shirt, and had green leggings under the skirt. She also had green shoes
"Hey Fluttershy." Sunset said. "Um, new look?"
"I thought, since OOO was three colors, I wanted to wear what combo I could wear." Fluttershy said.
"Ok, I'm starting to see a pattern here." Geiz said. "Most of you took up the similar styles of the riders that we encountered."
"Really? What makes you say that?" Pinkie asked, working on her pompadour.
"Pinkie, you and share the same hairstyle. Don't you think that's a bit inconspicuous?" Tsukuyomi asked. Just then, a group of students walked past, all wearing pompadours as well, which surprised her. "Huh. Nevermind."
"Well, yeah, but I think I'm fine. I'm just wearing a coat." Twilight said.
"Maybe, but we need to keep our identities a secret. We don't want anyone to suspect anything." Sougo said.
"Ok, fine. But I'm rocking this jacket." Rainbow said.
Just then, they heard someone call out. "Hey guys!"
They turned and saw a girl running towards them. It was a girl with blue hair and light blue highlights, wearing blue shades, a white short sleeve dress with a music note, purple tights, and blue and purple shoes.
"Hey, Vinyl!" Sunset waved. "How are you?"
"Great. Wanted to see what you guys are up to." Vinyl said. "Hy are these the new students you talked about?"
"Yup. This is Sougo, Geiz and Tsukuyomi." Twilight introduced them. "Guys, this is Vinyl, but she also goes by DJ Pon-3."
"Sup." Vinyl did a salute.
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Hello."
"So, Vinyl, what's going on?" Rainbow asked.
"My cousin is coming to visit from Japan tonight." Vinyl said.
"You have a cousin?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. Here's a picture." She took out a photo, showing a younger Vinyl with a young man in an orange and blue jacket, smiling and making a peace sign.
"What's his name?" Sougo asked.
"Kouta. He's my cousin on my dads side." Vinyl said.
"Wait. Your dad is from Japan?" Sunset asked.
"Yes, he is. My dad met my mom when he studied here, but he applied for citizenship after college."
"Oh. Well, that's great that your cousin is coming to visit. What does he do?" Twilight asked.
"He was part of a dancing group, but he got a job as a gardener to help Akira, my older cousin."
"Dance team?" Rainbow asked. "Like hip hop?"
"Yeah. Actually, their old group is coming here for a special dance royale."
"Oh, that's cool." Pinkie said. "What are their names?"
"Team Gaim. The Team they're battling is Team Baron."
At those names, Tsukuyomi's eyes widened. 'Gaim? Baron?'
"Hey, Tsukuyomi, you good?"
She shook her head when she saw the looks they gave her. "I'm good."
"Um, ok. Well, see you guys." Vinyl walked off to the school, leaving the group to look at Tsukuyomi again.
"Are you good, girl? Ya looked like a deer in headlights." Applejack said.
"Those names." She took out her tablet, showing what she knew. "Gaim and Baron are the names of riders that fought. I never knew they were team names."
She found a video, showing two riders fighting each other. One had a blue bodysuit, with orange armor, wielding a orange sword, while the other had a red bodysuit, and a yellow banana shaped armor, wielding a banana themed lance.
"Whoa. What's with the armor?" Sougo asked.
"I think the next rider to meet is him. The orange one." Tsukuyomi said.
"Well, we might need some more research later. Come on!" Twilight said.
The teens went to their classes, hoping to do research on these riders after.
*meanwhile*
The Time Jackers were sitting in a cafe, time stopped as they had their meeting.
"So, what rider is on the list?" Heure asked.
"The fruit rider, Gaim." Swartz said. "It's time to pick a candidate for Gaim's power."
"But who?"
Swartz had a malicious smirk. "I have someone in mind."
*2013, Japan*
A young man was walking down a sidewalk. He was contemplating as he dragged a red trench coat.
"How could He do this? So what if I cheated? We still won. Him and his freaking no cheating attitude. If it wasn't bad enough, Team Gaim are catching up. Damn them. And damn that Kaito. I need to rival him. Not just him, but Gaim himself!"
Time then began to glitch and stop. The young man looked around to see what was happening.
"So, you wish to have power? I can help with that." Swartz said, appearing from an alley. "If you want it."
"I do. I want the power to show others that I am the better of my others! Give it to me!"
Swartz activated the watch and inserted it into the man's chest.
[Ĝ̴͓a̴̙͝i̸͎͐m̵̡͒!]
In a second, the man was entrapped in purple lines as the armor formed, and juice exploded from the form.
"Use this power, and become the next king."
The monster growled as its visor glowed.
*later*
After their first classes, the students met in the club room, with Tomoko sitting at the desk.
"Hey, Ms. Tomoko."
"Hello, everyone. How are your classes going?"
"Fine, but we need to do research on a rider." Twilight said.
"Of course." Tomoko said, pulling out her laptop. "What rider are you looking for?"
"Gaim."
"Oh. Let me see."
Tomoko then began to type faster than any of them could do.
"Found it." She then turned the laptop to show what she found.
"That was fast." Rainbow said.
"This information came from the Yggdrasill Corporation."
"Yggdrasill? The world tree?" Twilight asked. Tomoko nodded.
"This information came public years ago, but they never revealed the names of the users. Only the information of the Armored Riders."
"Armored Riders? Like the armor me and Geiz use?" Sougo asked.
"No, no, Sougo-kun. They are called that because of the armor that they utilized when transforming."
Tomoko pulled up a video she found, this time of the blue and orange rider standing next to a green and purple rider. He took what looked like a lock off of the belt, and appeared to unlock a new one. What happened next shocked the group of teens. A zipper appeared and opened a crack above the riders.
"What the hell?"
As the blue rider did something on his belt, a giant metallic strawberry appeared and formed armor on him, making him look like a ninja to sorts.
"Did a giant metallic strawberry fall from the crack in the sky and become armor on him, or am I seeing things?" Sunset asked.
"That's the power of the Lockseeds." Tomoko pulled up photos of the devices. They looked to be locks, but had the design of fruits and nuts on them.
"Wow. Are rider powers this weird?" Geiz asked.
"The Showa Riders had simple ways of transforming. Just belts that used the power of the wind."
'Shows Riders?' Tsukuyomi and Geiz thought.
"Showa Riders? There are riders that are a generation older than Heisei?" Sougo asked.
"Of course, but we'll go on that topic later. Right now, you are thinking that the next Another Rider will be based on Gaim, correct?"
"Um, yeah. It's because Team Gaim and Baron are gonna hold a special dance off."
"Ah, yes. So, you want to find the rider before the Time Jackers do?"
"Yes. So, if something happens when the teams are here, can you let us know?"
"Of course, Twilight-chan."
As that happened, a small robot was watching them. It disappeared and began to follow them.
Woz appears at the clock shop, looking over the pages of the book.
"History, as I'm told, is never set in stone. Yet, minute changes can happen at various times."
"You sure about that, time traveler?" A voice said, startling Woz.
"Who said that?"
"A guardian, if you want to think."
Suddenly, a holographic snake appeared in front of him, which transformed into a person. It appeared as a man, wearing a white robe under a woolen vest, a bandana on his head and a scarf around his head. He also wore woolen shoes.
"Who are you?"
"Sagara. You can say I'm the avatar of the Helheim Forest."
"Helheim…." Woz looked through the book, looking for that name. "Of course, the forest of the Inves."
"Correct."
"Why are you here?"
"Well, I'm just an observer, and I've been watching that lord of yours. Zi-O, was it?" Sagara asked.
"What business do you have with him?"
"Just to see how he'll do against the monster Gaim rider. But, I have something for him."
"What do you have?"
"A gift, which is already looking after him. Just remember, if he fails, all of the world will become Helheim."
Sagara transformed into a snake and slithered away. Woz stood there, thinking of that message.
As the teens walked towards their next class, Sougo had a sense that they were being watched.
"Sougo, you good?" Sunset asked.
"Uh, yeah. I think I forgot something. I'll catch up." He then walked down the hallway.
"Weird. What do you think is up with him?" Pinkie asked.
"Dunno, but we know it's something with Gaim." Daisy said, playing the Mighty game.
"Really? I thought you had gotten a new game." Twilight asked.
"What? Since I got Ex-Aid's gaming abilities, I gotta keep them sharp."
As they conversed, Geiz saw that Sougo had taken left to some lockers. 'What is he up to?'
Sougo was looking for whoever was watching him. As he did so, he heard a small mechanical noise at his feet. "What the?"
What he expected was thrown out. It was a small robot, looking like a small suit of armor, with tiny red arms and legs, and a small helmet with a crest on top.
"What are you?" Sougo asked, picking up the small robot. It jumped into his hand as he brought it up to his chest.
The robot then pulled out a small red rod, twirling it, and unfolding it into a screen, which began to start up.
"Uh, what?"
"HHHEEEEELLLOOOO, OOOHHHMMMAAAA ZZZZIIIII-OOOOO!" A loud voice came from the screen,
"AAUGH!" Sougo fell to his knees, covering his ears as the small robot fell on its feet.
"Sorry, I hadn't made an announcement in my loud voice for a while." The voice as the screen starts to stop showing glitches, showing a man in a snakeskin suit and headband.
"Who are you?"
"Just a DJ, helping along with the games of the Beat Riders."
"Beat…Oh! You're the DJ guy, Saguaro." Sougo said.
The man had a small frown on his face as he coughed into his fist. "It's Sagara."
"Oh, ok. Wait, how do you know about Ohma Zi-O?"
Sagara had a small smirk. "I know everything, including the fact that Another Gaim will soon arise. And that you need Gaim's powers to stop it."
Sougo had a shocked look as Sagara gave a smile. "I'm here to help, in a way. This little mech you see, I made it from those little watches you have on hand."
"Wait. you got a Ridewatch? Where?"
"Ah, ah, ah. That's my secret. But, I'm here to give some tips. When the Beat Rider competition starts, be aware of everyone there. One person is this monster you seek."
"How? Another Riders are regular people."
"Ah, but Gaim is related to the Inves, meaning they'll show certain traits."
"Like what?" Sougo asked.
"Find the person that covers any part of their body suspiciously. One trait of humans that become Inves are bandages that cover the plants growing out of their bodies. I know this from first hand experience." Sagara explained.
"Wait. Human-turned Inves?"
"A question for another time. Just know, this little guy is yours to keep. Use him to search the competition, and to stop the Gaim monster."
With that, the screen began to fizz and cut out, it folding back into a pole again. The little robot began to jump and land in his hand, forming into its watch mode, which resembled a watermelon.
"Wow. This is a very interesting Friday for me. But, he is right. If we're able to find the person with plants on them, we might be able to stop them. But the only Beat Rider teams are Gaim and Baron. Which means someone on those teams is the Another Rider."
*Ponyville Airport*
Entering the airport, a team of dancers from Japan were picking up their bags. One thing about them is that they wore vests and slacks, and wore long trench coats over them.
One young man had an intense stare of determination. He had light brown hair, which was swept to the side. He had to think about what to expect
"Kaito. Are you good?" A voice broke his thinking as turned to his second-in-command. It was another young man with black hair.
"Yes, Zack. Just thinking about Asura."
"That cheater? Forget about him. It was years ago." Zack said.
"Yes. But what concerns me is that he swore revenge, and it has been some time."
"Kaito. That guy was a bad seed in this group. Besides, Team Gaim is with us, so it'll be a friendly competition."
"Yes. It's just, Kazuraba hasn't been himself. He has forgotten his memories."
"Yeah, that's a problem. We'll figure it out."
"Zack! Kaito! The bus is here!"
The two turned and saw their companion, Peko, gesturing to them to get on the bus. As they went their way, they were being watched by someone, who had an evil glint in their eyes.
"Soon, Kaito. You will feel my wrath."
Later, after school, the group headed to the park, where the amphitheater was used for the competition. A crowd was already forming.
"Man, talk about a turn out." Sunset said.
"Yeah. Didn't know that this many people were fans." Geiz said.
Just then, they saw Vinyl coming up the stage with a microphone.
"What's Up, Ponyville!" She said, as the crowd cheered. "Are you ready for some dancing?!"
The crowd cheered again as the crowd began to chant for the two teams
"Team Gaim! Team Gaim!"
"Team Baron! Team Baron!"
"Whoo! That's what I like to hear! Let's bring them in!"
She then gestured to her left as Team Baron went to stand by her side.
"First up is Team Baron, led by Kaito Kumon!" Vinyl announced the team as Kaito walked up to her. "Also with them is their team sponsor, Yoko Minato!"
"Yoko Minato?"
They then saw a young woman in a business suit walking next to Kaito.
"Great to have you here, Ms. Minato." Vinyl said.
"It is lovely to be here. I hope that this event turns out great." Yoko said.
"Next up, give it up for Team Gaim, led by Mitchy Kureshima!" The team then began to walk up next. "And their sponsor, Kiyojiro Bando!"
An older man came out, wearing a Hawaiian-themed shirt and jeans.
"Hey, everyone. Glad to be here."
As the crowd cheered for the two teams, Sougo was looking over the crowd, seeing if either of the teams had bandages.
"Sougo? Whatcha lookin fer?" Applejack asked.
"Any signs." Sougo said.
"Now, unfortunately, due to the time difference and jet lag, the competition has been pushed back to tomorrow." Vinyl said, making the crowd groan. "However, they will do a small meet and greet for the next half hour."
As the crowd cheered for that, Sougo saw a person walk away from them, but saw bandages around their hand. 'Bandages.'
Sougo wasn't the only one, as Zack saw the person, who he knew as Asura, as all from the crowd. 'Asura? What's he doing here?'
He then whispered to Kaito. "Kaito, I'm gonna check something out."
"Go. And hurry up." Kaito whispered back as another person, this one being Sweetie Belle, walked up to him.
"Um, hello." She said shyly.
"Hello, young lady. What's your name?" Kaito asked politely.
"Um, Sweetie Belle." She said. "I've been a huge fan of you guys. My sister is also a dancer, but she does ballet."
"Is that so? Is she here?"
Sweetie looked back, hoping she wasn't here. But, she did see her sister and her friends.
"Oh man, she's here."
Kaito looked to where she found them. He saw a young man walk from the group, as they turned to Sweetie.
"Sweetie Belle? What are you doing here?" Rarity asked.
"Um, nothing?" She said, just as Spike, Applebloom and Scootaloo came walking to her, all having autographs.
"Sweetie! Check it out! I got an autograph from that Mitchy guy!" Spike said.
"Spike?! What are you doing here?!"
"Um, totally not getting autographs from the two best dance teams?" He said, bringing said autographs behind his back.
"Kaito!" A voice called out as Mitchy came jogging towards them. "Good to see you."
"Kureshima. What is it?"
"Where did Zack go?" Mitchy asked.
"He went to check something out. It's a Team Baron matter."
"Hey Twilight, where did Sougo go off to?" Spike asked.
"He went to check something out. It's an Another Rider situation." She whispered.
Just then, there was a zipper sound, and everyone looked to see…
"Are those zippers?" Fluttershy asked.
Just then, grayish monsters began to jump out of the cracks, causing the crowd to scream in terror.
"Inves?!" Kaito and Mitchy exclaimed.
The monsters began to attack the group, but Twilight took out her Drill Crusher, and began firing at them.
"Where in the heck did they come from?!" Twilight asked.
As she fired, she strapped her belt on. "Time for some matches!" She took out two bottles, one marigold with a tiger face, and one pink with an alien ship.
[Tora! UFO! Best Match!] She inserted the bottles and cranked the handle, summoning the tubes and forming armor. [Are You Ready?!]
"Henshin!" The armor slammed onto her, Nebula Gas hissing from the armor.
[Mikakunin Jungle Hunter! ToraUFO! Yeah!]
The armor on the right was themed on a tiger, with a tiger head as the shoulder, black stripes running diagonally on the yellow chest, as the hand was equipped with claws. The left armor had a pink ufo shoulder piece, cloth coming down like a beam, and the eyepieces were a pink ufo and marigold tiger.
"Hmm, a tiger and a ufo? Interesting." Build said, looking over the armor. She then saw the monsters come at her, and she used the speed to slash through them. "Nice."
"Ok, let's go,girls!" Daisy said, taking out her Gashats. "Let's see them try this."
[Mighty Action X! Drago Knight Hunter Z!] Two screens appear as a mechanical dragon appeared from the second game.
"Dai Dai Dai Dai Dai Henshin!" She inserted both and opened the driver.
[Gashat! Gachan! Level Up! Mighty Action X!]
The select screen appears as she selects the image of Ex-Aid, before transforming into Level 2.
[A Gaccha! Do-Do-Drago Kni-Kni-Kni-Knight! Dra! Dra! Dragon Knight Hunter! Z!]
The dragon roared as it flew above her, before breaking apart into armor pieces, and formed onto Ex-Aid. The new armor was bulky and powerful, with Ex-Aid gaining a sword on her right arm, and a gun on her left dragon body covered her head and chest, also gaining a tail, and new leg armor.
"Let's see them tackle this!" Ex-Aid fired a stream of fire from the dragon head, then shot from her gun.
"Hey don't forget us!" Rainbow said, Faiz Phone in hand. "Henshin!"
[Complete!] In an instant, Rainbow transformed into Faiz.
Fluttershy took out some medals, not knowing which ones she had. She inserted them, tilted the driver, and scanned them. "Henshin!"
[Taka! Kame! Batta!] The armor formed as the three symbols fused into OOO. While OOO had the same head and legs, she gained new arms, shoulders and a new chest piece depicting a turtle.
"Huh. Must be a mixed form." OOO said, looking at the arms. "Wonder what they do."
"Maybe when we fight." Pinkie said, driver on and switches flipped. "Henshin!" Pinkie pushed the lever, as the rings appeared above her as she transformed.
"Riders?" Kaito asked, kicking an Inves away. "I didn't know about this."
"Me neither." Mitchy said. "Come on!"
Before they could do anything, they saw more Inves coming their way, but they were blocked by a wall of fire.
"Be careful when monsters are about." Rarity said, her driver on, and a ring in hand. "Henshin."
She flipped the driver and scanned the ring. [Land, Please! Dododo Dododon, Don Dododon!] The magic circle came up from the bottom as it formed the suit.
Wizard Land Style began to attack and block, using her knees and elbows.
OOO had activated the turtle armor, and was surprised to learn that it can form a shield. She then began to block and punch.
"Think it's time for a full combo." OOO said, taking out the medal carrier, seeing the orange medals. "Time to see what these do."
She took out the red and green medals, and inserted the two orange medals. She tilted the driver and danced the medals.
[Cobra! Kame! Wani!] The rows formed around her as the three carvings formed onto her chest, forming the armor. [Bura-ka-wani]
The new armor gave OOO a new cobra-turban helmet, with a ponytail in the back, purple eyes, the turtle arms and shoulders, and crocodile legs as the last parts.
OOO got into a fighting stance, placing her left fist out as she went on the attack, punching and blocking, also using the legs to create crocodile head projections to bite down the Inves.
"Wow! This is more like it!" OOO then blocked an attack, and was getting pushed back.
"Hang on!" Wizard fired some bullets which curved and hit the Inves in the back.
"Thanks!" OOO then looked at them. "I need to surprise them. But how?"
She then looked over the suit to find something, then took out…a pungi? "A pungi? Why is this with the suit?"
The Inves roared and charged. "Guess it's time to see what it does."
She started to play it, finding it similar to the flute she plays, but was surprised to see that the ponytail had morphed into a giant hooded cobra, which began to attack the Inves. It bit into one, and wrapped itself around another to throw at the rest.
OOO stopped playing the instrument, and the cobra turned to her. It stared at her, but gave a happy hiss. She then scratched its chin.
"Oh, you're not so bad, are you?" She said, as it turned back into the ponytail. She placed the pungi back into her suit, and scanned the driver.
[Scanning Charge!]
OOO summoned three rings before running and going for a slide, going through the rings before jumping and delivering a scissor kick, forming giant crocodile jaws.
"SEEEIIIYYYAAA!" The jaws chomped onto the monsters as they exploded.
With the two leaders, they knew more would come so they needed to help.
"Yoko! Peko! Let's go!" Kaito told the two.
"Wait! You can't fight those things!" Ex-Aid said, slashing through an Inves.
Kaito just smirked, and took out something from his coat. It appeared to be a buckle of sorts, dark gray in color, with a knife on the right side, a slot in the middle, and the left appearing to be blank. Mitch also took a similar buckle. They both placed them on their waist and a yellow belt materialized around their waists. The left side then showed the faces of two riders.
Yoko and Peko took out buckles too, but theirs were drastically different. Theirs were red, and had a handle that looked like it was pushed into the driver. They also had some sort of a cup under the slot. They put them on their waists, but a silver belt appeared.
"Wait. Drivers?" Fourze asked.
They all took out locks that had fruit on them, with Peko having a sort of nut.
"Henshin!" They all yelled as they opened the locks.
[Banana!]
[Budou!]
[Peach Energy!]
[Matsubokkuri Energy!]
As they opened, four cracks appeared, opened by what appeared to be zippers, followed by what appeared to be 3 mechanical fruits, a banana, a bundle of grapes, a peach, and a pinecone. They then inserted the locks onto the drivers, pushing the locks down.
[Lock On!] Music then began to play, Kaito's belt giving off trumpet music, Mitchy's having Chinese music playing. The two reached for the knives on their belts, while Yoko and Peko grabbed the handles on the right. They pressed the knives down and pushed the levers in.
[Come On!]
[Hai!]
[Soda!]
[Liquid!]
The fruits and single nut then fell and landed on their shoulders as the undersuits materialized on them.
"Wait. That's the red rider we saw!" Sunset said.
Kaito's suit was the same suit they saw in the video, now seeing that it had silver thigh, knee, shin, and forearm armor. The midsection gave off the appearance of chainmail.
Mitchys' suit was green, and was made to look like a Chinese soldier. He had gold armor on his legs, but also had a waistcoat in the front.
Yoko's suit was similar to Mitchy's, but was more pink, and the midsection was black. The armor on her arms and legs were silver. There were also some markings on the skirt and arm guards.
Peko's suit was the most basic suit, being a suit black with silver armor on the arms and legs.
The metallic food then began to unfold on them, turning them into armor.
[Banana Arms! Knight of Spe~ar!]
[Budou Arms! Ryu, Hou, Ha-Ha-Ha!]
[Peach Energy Arms!]
[Matsubokkuri Energy Arms! Sei! Yoishō! Wasshoi!]
The banana armor unfolded into two giant shoulder pads, a curved chest armor, and revealed the helmet, the visor similar to a medieval knight slotted visor with red metal on the top and mouth, a blue jewel in the center forehead, and the back helmet being yellow with two banana shaped horns on the sides. He also had a spear in the shape of a peeled banana.
The grape armor unfolded into light armor, the front becoming chest armor, while the sides became light shoulder armor. The helmet was green, with the face armor having golden designs around it, and the back helmet was a dark purple that resembled a Chinese helmet with a plume on the back. The weapon was a gun that had a gatling barrel, a vine shaped hammer, and the main body was based around grapes.
The peach armor shifted into armor that covered the right side of the suit, and the head revealed it had a Middle Eastern helmet design. The chestplate also had a symbol on the left side, and the weapon was a red bow that had blue blades on the bow, and a locking port.
The pine cone armor unfolded into armor that mostly covered the chest and shoulders, the head looking like a japanese samurai soldier, but his weapon was a double-headed polearm spear.
"It is those riders! Armored Riders Banana Boy and Grapehead!" Sweetie Belle said. This caused a reaction from the two riders.
"Banana Boy?! That isn't my name. It's Baron. Armored Rider Baron." The now named baron said. "Those two are Marika and Kurokage."
"Grapehead? No, it's Armored Rider Ryugen." Ryugen said, scratching the back of his helmet. "Who gave those names?"
Applebloom looked side to side, and gave a sheepish smile. "Um, I dunno."
"Kaito, Mitchy. Come on." Yoko said. "We need to contain this."
The two nodded as they readied their weapons. Kaito charged at some Inves, while Mitchy fired at them. Kaito slashed and thrusted his spear, causing sparks to fly.
"Man, he's really going at them." Rainbow said.
"Well, we can't leave them to fight them all." Daisy said. She fired some shots at some Inves who were gonna ambush him.
"Thanks." Baron said before delivering a thrust. He reached for the knife, and pressed it down twice.
[Come On! Banana Au Lait!]
He then stabs the ground, as giant projections of bananas came from the ground and destroyed multiple Inves.
Ex-Aid then took out the Gashat and inserted it into the slot holder.
[Gashat! Kimewaza!] Blue, green, and pink energy began to glow from the blade, gun, and jaw of the armor.
[Drago Knight! Critical Strike!] Ex-Aid fired multiple shots from the gun, did a horizontal slash, and fired a flame jet from the armor. The resulting explosion destroyed some Inves.
Ryugen pressed the knife down once as Build inserted the UFO bottle into the Drill Crusher.
[Hai! Budou Squash!]
[Ready! Go! Vortex Break!]
Ryugen pulled the hammer back as purple and gold energy began to form around the barrel. The Drill Crusher barrel began to fill with pink energy. They both aimed and fired, Ryugen firing a ball of energy that took the form of a dragon head, and Build fired a blast that took the form of a ufo. Both blasts made contact and destroyed a group of Inves.
Yoko and Rainbow fired from their weapons, the bow and phonegun, as Peko slashed and stabbed Inves. He then pressed the handle in twice as liquid gathered in the cup.
[Liquid! Matsubokkuri Energy Sparking!]
Brown energy gathered at the tip as it formed an energy pinecone. Peko jumped and drilled through a group.
Yoko took out the lock and inserted it into her bow. [Lock On!]
She pulled it back as pink energy formed around the top, then she fired. [Peach Energy!]
The arrow hit the Inves as it formed a big energy peach, which then got bombarded by multiple arrows fired by Yoko. The peach exploded as it destroyed the Inves.
Rainbow turned into Axel, and connected the Pointer into the connection port. [Ready!]
She pressed the button on her watch as it started up. [Start Up!]
In a flash, she jumped as multiple energy drills appeared above the Inves as they were all destroyed in an instant.
[3! 2! 1! Time Out!] Faiz Ace appeared as the chest armor began to form up. [Deformation!]
OOO slashed with her sword, before letting a kick that took the form of jaws that chomped them down. Wizard landed next to her as she fired some bullets that hit the monsters in the chest.
"Fluttershy, I have a crazy plan." She said, putting on a ring. "Hold still."
"Huh?"
[Copy! Please!] Just then, a magic circle appeared below Fluttershy, making a copy of OOO.
"There we go." Wizard said. The two OOO's looked at each other. "Now, time for a show."
[Land! Dragon! Dan Den Don Zu Dogon! Dan Den Dogon!] The circle appeared in front of her as it passed, an image of Dragon curling around her as it gathered dirt and debris, forming the new suit as wings appeared behind her. The new suit replaced the black with yellow, a yellow trench coat, and a dragon on the chest. The shoulders were designed after citrine, with the head shape the same with some added dragon features and a single citrine gem.
"Now, my dears, time for a special showtime." Wizard said, changing her weapon to sword mode.
The OOOs looked at each other and nodded, the first one taking out the yellow medals, with the second taking out pink medals. They both slotted the new medals as they tilted the drivers and scanned them.
[Lion! Tora! Cheetah!]
[Ebi! Kani! Sasori!]
Three rows of medals each formed around the two as the scanned medals appeared and fuse, becoming one symbol before slamming onto the two OOOs.
The first OOO had gained a new form, switching the orange for yellow, gaining a lion mane head with blue eyes and yellow crystal, gaining the claws on his gauntlets, and the legs were lightly armored but sturdy.
The second OOO gained a mixed colored form of orange, magenta, and purple, gaining a new head resembling a shrimp with sky blue eyes and antennae, new armor with gauntlets in the shape of crab claws, and new armor on the lower legs, with the ends appearing as the tip of a scorpion tail.
[La-ta La-ta, La-tora-tar!]
[Bikaso, Bi-ka-so!]
Both gave a pose as they went on the attack. OOO Latorartar activated her claws and began wildly slashing through them, and using the legs to sprint past them. OOO Bikaso used her claws to snip and slash, and used the scorpion tails to kick and paralyze most of them.
Wizard, meanwhile, gave powerful kicks and elbow jabs, using the sword to slice through them. She flipped over one as she kicked away another, then swipe kicked the first one.
"Let's try the rings on the blade, then." She said, placing a ring on her finger as she scanned it.
[Extend! Please!] The blade became flexible as she twirled it around, slashing all the Inves at once.
"Alright, time to finish this." Wizard said.
"Right!" The two OOOs said as they grabbed their scanners, but Bikaso OOO had trouble holding hers.
"Are you alright?" Latoratar OOO asked.
"Yeah, but having trouble holding the scanner, due to the crab claws."
Bikaso OOO got a good hold and the two scanned their drivers.
[Scanning Charge!]
"Right. Time for a special attack." Wizard said, placing the Special ring on her fingers as she scanned it.
[Choine! Special! Saiko!] Dragon appeared from the magic circle behind her as more dirt was gathered, forming two giant dragon claws on her hands.
Bikaso OOO began to to charge energy into her claws as Latoratar OOO brought out her claws.
"Alright, girls. Combined attack on my count." Wizard said, her claws glowing yellow.
"One." Three yellow rings appeared in front of Latoratar OOO.
"Two." Bikaso OOO brought both claws back.
"Three!" Wizard unleashed a cross slash from her claws, destroying most of the horde.
"SEEEIIYYYAAA!" Both OOO then unleashed their attacks, Bikaso unleashing a rapid amount of clamping punches while Latoratar launched herself through the rings as she unleashed a powerful energy cross slash from her claws.
The horde was fully destroyed as Bikaso OOO disappeared from a magic circle.
"Phew. That was a workout." Wizard said. "Glad that's over."
Suddenly, more cracks appeared and more Inves came out.
"Why did I tempt the universe?"
However, three of the Inves began to convulse as they let out growls and grunts.
"Uh, what's happening to them?" Build asked.
As they convulsed, they began to change. In a burst of light, three monsters stood where the Inves stood. The first was a green dragon monster, the second was a red Lion monster, and the last was a blue deer monster.
"Advanced Inves?!" Mitchy exclaimed in shock.
The Inves then roared, and ran at the riders, as they tried to fend them off.
"How did they evolve?!" Faiz asked, slashing through the grunts.
"She's right! How did they evolve without the fruits?!" Yoko asked.
As the riders were struggling, they were being watched by the bandaged man, who was giving a malicious smile.
"Yes, try to fight off my army, for they will make you fight for your lives, heroes." he said evilly.
"So it is you." A voice behind said, causing him to turn to see who it was. "Asura, what have you done?"
"Zack? What are you doing here?" Asura asked.
"You sent out the Inves, didn't you?" Zack asked, staring at the man. "You've become an Overlord?'
Asura smiled at that. "No, but my powers do equal them, don't they?"
"What happened to you?" Zack asked him.
"Well, after my banishment, I had set off to create my own dance team, Team Kaiser, but it didn't go well. So, I decided to put my revenge in action, waiting for you and Kaito to come."
"You did all this because Kaito caught you cheating." Zack said.
"I was trying to give Team Baron an edge."
"You sabotaged the other team's dance music! That's not our way!"
"Don't you dare say anything after all the times you or Peko cheated too!" Asura said, pointing his finger at him.
"You know we stopped after Kaito found out." Zack said.
"Oh, please, don't give that 'strength on our own merits' mantra. I've heard that crap too many times!"
"That is Team Baron's way! But I guess you never learned anything, huh? Still bitter about getting booted out."
Asura snarled, and unleashed an orange wave of energy from his body. "I'll show you my merits as I drive you towards hell!"
"What the..?"
Zack then saw Asura transform as purple energy swirled around him as rotten orange juice exploded off his form. The monster that stood looked like a zombie samurai, a dark blue undersuit, dull orange armor that was made up of chest armor, big shoulder pauldrons with roots coming out, and armor that went around the waist. The waist also had a white cloth wrapped around, and a board with a blade on head had a jaw that made a scowling face with teeth, the visor was a yellow-orange color, and the helmet had a blade sticking out of its head. The word 'Gaim' was painted on the right shoulder, and the year '2013' was painted on the left shoulder.
[Ĝ̴͓a̴̙͝i̸͎͐m̵̡͒!]
"I am more powerful now than you can realize!" Another Gaim exclaimed as he summoned a giant orange sword.
"You took Kouta's powers?!" Zack said, evading a slash from the sword.
"Kazuraba couldn't understand this power! I will make better use of it!"
"I won't let you get away with that!" Zack said, strapping his driver on his waist, the silver belt materializing on him. He then took out his lockseed. "Henshin!'
[Kurumi!]
A crack appeared above him as a metal walnut came down. He then inserted the lock into the lock bay and closed it.
[Lock On!] Rock music then began to play as he performed some arm movements, his right hand going up to hit the knife on the driver, causing it to slice the lock open.
[Kurumi Arms! Mr. Knuckleman!]
The walnut descended on him as it landed on his shoulders, forming the suit and armor. The suit was a black suit, similar to Peko's, but had a squire head design with a red jewel in the center and a walnut back headpiece. The chest and shoulder armor were brown, with the walnut motif coming from the shoulders more. On his hands were giant walnut brass knuckles with a red jewel on the back of the hand.
"Now, you're facing Armored Rider Knuckle, Asura." Knuckle said, getting into a boxing stance.
"Heh. You think you can fight me? Be my guest." Another Gaim said, getting into a kendo stance.
As they were going to fight, Another Gaim was shot in the back, causing him to stumble.
"Who did that?!" He asked, looking back to see who it was.
He looked and saw Sougo, Zikan Girade in gun mode, with the barrel smoking.
"You aren't going to hurt my friends, Another Rider." Sougo said with determination.
"Ah, the so-called 'Future Demon King.'" Another Gaim said. "Tell me, how will you feel about spending your life in a godforsaken forest?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but what I do know is that you stoleGaim's powers, and that I can stop you." Sougo said, strapping on his driver.
"And how will you do that?"
"Like this." Sougo then activated his watch and slotted it into his driver and pressed the top button.
[Zi-O!]
The giant clock appeared behind him as he brought his left hand up. "Henshin!" He then spun the driver.
[Rider Time! Kamen~ Rider~ Zi-O~!]
As the straps morphed around his body to form his suit, and the katakana slammed onto his visor, he then switched the Girade to sword mode.
[Ken!]
Zi-O then ran at the monster rider, slashing his torso, and blocking a strike.
"Why are you after Kaito?!"
"He ruined my life! And now, I'll return the favor!" Another Gaim roared, slashing wildly and missing Zi-O.
"You're mad because of your cheating?! That doesn't make sense! You're blaming him for your faults instead of owning up to them!" Zi-O then pressed the button on the hilt.
[Time Charge! Go! Yon! San! Ni! Ichi! Zero Time!] Zi-O's sword was coated in pink energy.
[Giri Giri Giri!] Zi-o then let out a powerful slash, which Another Gaim tried to block, but got hit anyway.
"Aauggh! You'll pay for that, brat!"
"Thanks, kid. Who are you?" Knuckle asked.
"Zi-O. I overheard your conversation. I never heard of such pettiness." Zi-O said.
"Pettiness?! That's it!" Another Gaim opened a crack, and vines appeared out and around the two riders.
"Oh crap!" Knuckle said, his arms wrapped. "Can't reach my belt!"
Zi-O managed to take out the OOO watch and slot into the driver. He then pressed and spun the driver.
[Armor Time!]
The mechanical animals were summoned and attacked Another Gaim before morphing into armor that went onto him.
[Taka! Tora! Batta! OOO~!]
Zi-O then used his claw to slash through the vines, and then the ones that were keeping Knuckle immobile.
"Thanks, kid. Now, time for the attack." Knuckle then pressed the knife down twice.
[Kurumi Au Lait!] He charged his knuckles and delivered two strong punches, which caused Another Gaim to get launched in the open.
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"What power!" Zi-O said.
Just then, as he got up, Another Gaim dodged a jab from Baron.
"An Overlord?! Who are you?!"
"I'm surprised, Kaito, that you've forgotten me! The one cheater that you kicked out!" Another Gaim said, sending a slash attack at Baron, who was struck in the chest.
Baron rolled back as he got to his knees. "Asura. I should've figured you were behind this."
Another Gaim then looked to see his legion, but he saw them getting back.
"What?! How are my Inves being beaten back?!"
Marika fired an arrow at the Shika Inves, which trapped it in a big energy peach, as Faiz had the pointer on, and pressed the 'Enter' button.
[Exceed Charge!] Faiz jumped, and extended her legs, shooting out the red energy drill, and kicked through, appearing behind it as the Φ symbol appeared and destroyed it.
The Dragon Inves was fighting Wizard and Ryugen, who fired at it. Wizard placed a ring, and flipped the driver.
[Bind! Plase!] Several magic circles appeared, and launched out chains, which confined the monster.
"Do it!"
"Got it!" Ryugen said, as he pressed the knife down.
[Hai! Budou Squash!] He coats his foot in purple energy that formed grapes as he jumped and gave a kick at it, destroying it.
The Lion Inves was slashing at Peko, Fourze and Ex-Aid, who dodged each slash attack. Ex-Aid let out a stream of fire from the dragon head, and attacked with the tail.
"Time for some switches attacks." Fourze said, insertion several different switches.
[Claw! Chainsaw! Spike! Scissors!] She then activated them. [Claw~! Chainsaw~! Spike~! Scissors~ On~!]
Ex-Aid took out her Breaker in hammer mode, and inserted the Gekitotsu Robots Gashat.
[Gashat! Kimewaza]
Peko pushed the handle on his driver twice, juicing out the liquid in the cup.
[Liquid! Matsubokkuri Energy Sparking!] The two sides of his spear then began to glow in brown energy.
Fourze pushed the lever on the driver. [Claw~! Chainsaw~! Spike~! Scissors~! Limit Break!]
"Rider Togatta Spin!" Fourze jumped and spun around, slicing into the monster at fast speeds.
[Gekitotsu! Critical Finish!] Ex-Aid jumped as the hammer took the form of the Gekitotsu Smasher as she slammed it down on the monster's head. This made it stumble as Peko ran and stabbed it, causing it to explode.
The Seiryu Inves fired a stream of fire at Ryugen and OOO, both dodging it as Ryugen fired at it. OOO then switched out for medals in her belt for new ones, these being blue ones that had ocean animals. She inserted them and scanned them.
[Shachi! Unagi! Tako!] The three rows of medals appeared as the blue medals fused into one and slammed on to her chest, hanging the suit. [Sha-Sha-Shauta! Sha-Sha-Shauta!]
The suit had changed to reflect the sea medals, as the head was now in the shape of a killer whale, with yellow eyes and a blue crystal, the shoulders and arms changed to symbolize the electric eel, as it came with whips on each arm, and the legs were blue, and also had suction cups all over them.
OOO summoned the whips, and began to whip the Inves, giving it electric shocks, as she then became liquid, and used her body to evade attacks.
"Time to switch up." Ryugen then took off the lock in the driver, and pulled out a new one, this one having the image of a kiwi.
[Kiwi!] He inserted it into the slot, and locked it in place. [Lock On!]
A metal kiwi appeared from a crack as he pressed the knife down.
[Hai!] The Kiwi landed on him as it folded into armor. [Kiwi Arms! Geki-Rin, Seiya-Ha!]
The armor itself seemed bulky, as the shoulders were big and folded from the sections of the fruit, as the chest showed the green inside, and the armor had a rough texture to it. The helmet seemed pointed on the sides, as the visor showed the kiwi fruit, while the back showed the same texture. The weapons were giant bladed hoops.
"Alright." Ryugen said as he threw the hoops, which had a green glow as they sliced through the Inves.
"Whoa. That's amazing." OOO said. "You want to end this fast?"
"Yes." Ryugen said, pressing the mode down twice.
[Hai! Kiwi Au Lait!]
OOO took out her scanner and scanned over the driver.
[Scanning Charge!]
Ryugen charges his weapons with green energy as OOO jumps into the air, as her legs formed into multiple legs that began to spin. Ryugen unleashed the wheels, slashing through the Inves as OOO came down, delivering a powerful drop kick with the drills. The Inves blew up in a blast of water and kiwi juice.
Build and Wizard shielded the kids with Sunset and Applejack, as they blocked the gray Inves attacks. Build inserted the Rabbit fullbottle as Wizard scanned the Land ring.
[Ready! Go! Vortex Break!]
[Land! Slash Strike!]
Build's Drill Crusher began to emit red energy as Wizard's sword blade was coated in yellow earth energy. They then did a double slash attack, red and yellow energy combined into an X as it went through multiple gray Inves, destroying them all.
"Dammit! Why can't my plans work?!"
"Because you weren't much of a strategist, Asura!" Baron said, taking off the Banana lock and taking a new one. The front showed a mango.
"You think your lockseeds will save you?!" Another Gaim said, pointing at said items.
"It isn't what power they have, it's what the user uses it for. Something that I will reingrain back into that head of yours." Baron said as he activated the item.
[Mango!] A crack appeared over him as a metal mango came out. He then inserted the lock into the dock, and locked it. [Lock On!]
As the music began, Baron pressed the knife, and opened the lock. [Come On! Mango Arms! Fight of Ham~mer!]
The mango then folded into different sections as it landed, forming the new armor. The new armor was red, with the chest section gaining mango shaped abs, the shoulder armor were shaped like sliced mango, the helmet gained three curved horns, and the visor was yellow. He also gained some shoulder capes on each side. His weapon was a large mace hammer, with a long handle and the head made to look like a sliced mango with a spiked tip.
"It's time to show what strength really means." Baron said, dragging the weapon as it caused sparks.
"To hell with your ideals!" Another Gaim said, raising his sword and swung down on Baron, who tanked it.
"That is nothing." Baron then swung his hammer into Another Gaim's stomach, making him backpedal in pain, as Baron then grabbed the hand with two hands, and swung again.
Each strike made Gaim walk backwards, each hit being more painful.
"How?! I'm invincible! I can't be harmed!" Another Gaim groaned in pain, as he took a knee, holding onto his sword.
"Anyone isn't invincible, as long as you know where to hit exactly on their body." Baron then pressed the mute down twice.
[Come On! Mango Au Lait!]
Baron grabbed the handle of the hammer, and began to swing it around, glowing yellow energy forming in the hammer as he swung it, releasing an energy mango to make contact and encased the monster.
"Zack! Do it!"
"Got it!" Knuckle said. "Come on, kid! Let's end this!"
"Right!" Zi-O said as he pressed the buttons on the watches, and the release on his belt.
[Finish Time! OOO!]
Knuckle pressed the knife down once, as his foot charged with brown energy.
[Kurumi Squash!]
Zi-O spun his driver as he and Knuckle jumped into the air. [Scanning! Time Break!]
Zi-O extended both his feet as he kicked through the row of medals as he and Knuckle both did a kick.
Another Gaim fell, turning back to Asura, whose arm was beginning to bleed. He got up, but held his arm.
"This isn't over, Kaito. I will come back!" He said as he opened a crack and stepped through it.
Baron closed the lock, canceling his henshin as Knuckle closed his lock as well. Zi-O took out his watches as he went up to the two.
"Kaito! It was Asura." Zack said.
"I know. He has taken Gaim's powers for himself. He needs to be stopped." Kaito said.
"You won't be able to stop him. Not without using Gaim's powers against him too." Sougo said.
"And how do you know that, boy?"
"Because he's been given Gaim's powers to be like him. His history, abilities, even turning into an Inves."
"That explains him opening cracks from Helheim." Zack said. "We need Kouta for this."
"He doesn't remember that part of our history. He'll get in the way." Kaito said as the others came to them.
"Can someone tell me why those things just attack us?" Vinyl asked.
"It was because of an old teammate of ours. Asura." Zack said.
"Wait. Asura? I thought he quit the team." Chucky asked.
"No. He had used his cheating ways too many times, and so I kicked him out. Now, he's out for revenge."
"That isn't good." Mitchy said. "He's essentially become something similar to an Overlord."
"Wait, wait. What are you two talking about? Overlord? What is that?" Vinyl asked, insistent on wanting to know the situation.
"Something that we thought we had been rid of for many years." Kaito said. "For now, we need Kazuraba here to help."
"Wait. Kazuraba? As in Kouta?" Vinyl asked.
"You know him?" Mitchy asked.
"He's my cousin! How is he mixed up in this mess?!"
"Maybe we should take this conversation somewhere else." Sougo said.
"He's right. We need to get to the bottom of this." Geiz said as the group went to a more secure place to talk.
*Helheim*
Asura stumbled as he landed on his knees. "Damn you, Kaito."
"Well, well, well. It appears you weren't as infallible as I thought." Swartz said, appearing from behind.
"It's only a minor setback." Asura said.
"Maybe, but now, you need to strike at that dance competition. It'll be the only way for you now."
Asura growled, unleashing his powers on the surrounding area as he roared.
Hey guys, sorry for the late update. But here is the first of the Gaim arc. Things are now getting ahead for the riders. Hopefully Kouta will gain his powers.