Evanglion: You Shall (not) Win This Time

Episode 22: Orbital Drop (invasion) Troopers/ (altered) Episode 12's Canon Throws in an Gourdian Attack.

(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their respective original creators/current copyright holders. EVA to Studio Khara, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, you get the idea.)

(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya)

Bishops was currently putting the Knights of Ryujin through the ringer inside the confines of the GARD which was currently set at 151x Earth's Gravity in preparation for not just the next battle they'd eventually have to face, but the coming arrival of the refugees that had taken Bishops' invitation for safe haven. Shinji, Toji, Kensuke and Kaworu were in the midst of their own four man scuffle while striking up a conversation as the bespectacled member of the quartet asks "So you guys think that the boss is gonna have those leaf village guys teach us Chakra stuff when they get here?" while going in for a knife kick on the renegade Angel who was quick to block the attack. Kaworu responded with taking Kensuke into an arm bar and tossing him into Toji before replying "One would assume that the request would be made in return for sanctuary." as Toji goes in for a Kaio Ken powered haymaker and adds "What I'm wondering is why haven't we gotten one of those time chamber dealies like the ones at the resort? We'd be getting a lot stronger a lot faster at that rate, maybe even making it so that we can withstand like, a x80 Kaio Ken."

Shinji answers "Pretty sure 50x is the max amplification since it technically puts the user on par with a base Super Saiyan." while grabbing Toji from behind and going for a piledriver as Rei managed to drive a knee in both of their sides before responding "I believe this debate is best done after today's training session is complete."

The training continued at a deeper intensity until sunset came down on the city and a sight that the people of Tokyo 2 and 3 should be all too familiar at this point, yet pleasantly different: a group of starships preparing to land without the intent of wiping them all out. From the cargo hatch of the main vessel came a what the people thought an alien disguised as Shikamaru Nara from Naruto to ensure the people don't panic who explained the situation: basically their homeworld was overtaken by the very same robot army that has caused Bishops' people problems in the past, and wish to join forces in hopes that one day, they can either return to their home and reclaim it or find somewhere to start over. Of course the residents of Earth would receive technological advancement in exchange for letting them stay, which the UN, obviously gunning for anything that could help fight off hostile invaders the next time they step to their front door salivated over while drafting a coexistence treaty.

This was great, the people we satiated, the government managed to possibly gain new ways to both make money off of and protect its people, and Bishops could gain a new major ally by assisting in the rebuilding of Uzumaki Corp. Things were going swimmingly…until the level 10 found a note stabbed into his door with a kunai dagger…again….except this time the sender wasn't a Blackthorn.

Don't think I've forgotten what you did and how you denied me the vengeance that I rightfully deserved. You and I are going to settle things here and now.

Meet me in the outskirts of town where that blue haired bitch lives at midnight alone.

Of course Bishops couldn't have everything go swimmingly at a consistent rate as the leader of the Knights of Ryujin decided to prep himself for whoever wanted to jump on the "make the guy already dealing with giant freaks of nature trying to start the apocalypse along with various assholes wanting their pound of flesh" bandwagon.

Midnight had fallen as Bishops was standing at the predetermined location when the individual who sent the message: a version of "Samey" from Total Drama's third generation with wolf ears and a tail armed with dual Ninjakens.

The level 10 Warper simply asks "Alright, what did I do to you that warranted stabbing my door with a knife and making me show up here at some ungodly hour when in reality, I don't even think we've ever interacted with one another at all?" when the leaf village refugee responds "Don't pretend like you don't know exactly what you did. Because of you, my chances of getting to that pink demented cow Pinkamena went down the drain, preventing me from getting the vengeance I rightfully deserve for what she did to me and the people of my universe. And since I can't directly get to her, I'll just have to lure her out by taking out her fuck boy."

Bishops replies "You can't be serious right now." while summoning Occham's Razor and his Minecraftian diamond sword as the shinobi bounty hunter draws her own swords with intent to kill.

(Track Change: "U.N. Owen Was Her" (RichardEB Cover)- Touhou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil OST)

The battle had begun with both fighters matching their sword strikes blow for blow as the two bounce from the starting point of their battle into the deeper part of the mountain ranges surrounding Tokyo 3 as Bishops opened a portal while his opponent charged towards him, sending her through before he came along.

"What do you think you're doing?!" went the cheerleader turned shinobi when Bishops answered "Oh I don't know, keeping the cover that I've set up for myself so my Earth doesn't fall into mass pandemonium. And look at it this way, I sent us to an environment where both of us can go all out if need be without drawing suspicion from either of our factions. Honestly, you should be thanking me."

And thank the level 10 Warper she did with a swift 4x Kaio Ken powered kick to the jaw that sent her opponent into the air with just enough of a window for her to go in for a Lion's Barrage to send Bishops crashing down. Bishops didn't even have time to recover from that blow as Samantha was quick to up her Kaio Ken amplification to 10x and fired off a Dragon Flame Jutsu without even needing to use the required hand signs.

This one Bishops was able to evade with only some burnt clothes and an even more sour mood as he got up and bluntly went "Okay, I see we ain't kidding around." before going into his own 10x Kaio Ken and decking his opponent with an uppercut leading into a multi-hit combo that ended in a Dai Gurren Thunderball.

"That all you got, or are we gonna keep going?" asked the level 10 Warper upon landing to the ground before another massive flash of red Ki surges in front of him as Samantha had upped her Kaio Ken amplification to 12x with Bishops dodging just in time and responding "I see we're doing this the hard way then."

(Track Change: "Ego Death" by Brandon Yates- Death Battle Season 9 OST)

Bishops restarted his Kaio Ken with the two fighters exchanging a furious series of blows across the battlefield, all the while further increasing the amplification output of their techniques to keep up with one another. Bishops chucked a Ki blast towards his opponent, revealing that he had hit a Shadow Clone on impact with the original managing to strike him with another high kick, instead of going for another Lion's Barrage however, she went in for a full Primary Lotus that had created a massive crater where Bishops landed. The Knights of Ryujin leader didn't have the chance to evade what came next as the Leaf Village jonin chained the snake, dragon, rabbit, and tiger hand signs along with some that Bishops didn't recognize before pulling out a lighter emitting a green flame and shouted "Makai Style: Mado Dragon Flame Jutsu!". With one breath into the lighter, a massive pillar of green fire was quick to consume the level 10 Warper as his opponent landed on the ground and goaded her target by going "Is that all the supposed great and mighty Desmond Bishops can muster? What the fuck did that pink skank see in you that made her give up a life of tyranny?"

Bishops, now charred and very much fed up with this bullshit transforms into his Super Spiral 2 form and bluntly responds "Oh, you haven't even begun to see what I can muster yet. When I'm done with you, you're going to wish that I had put you out of your misery. Now put 'em up!"

Now Ms. Saejima was not one to run out of a fight unless absolutely necessary, so she upped her Kaio Ken to her max amplification and charged at her opponent with the intent to kill…only to get decked in the face by Bishops who went on the counterattack with a furious storm of blows that sent his opponent flying. The cheerleading reality show contestant turned Makai Knight ninja was far from done however, as she had pulled out one last trump card upon landing: a certain broadsword that was part of why she earned the name "the Golden Luna". Samantha waved the sword into the air in a circular motion, creating a ring of light, from the ring descended a golden suit of wolf themed armor with a black cape that had equipped itself onto her. This was the armor of the Makai Knight of gold: Garo.

Bishops drew Occham's Razor to his side again before responding "I suppose this is your trump card, huh? All I gotta do is last 100 seconds and the armor will go away, lest you turn into a Lost Soul Beast." before the Warper formerly known as "Samey" replied "You honestly think I didn't try to extend the timer?" right as she managed to get in a surprise sucker punch on her opponent and added "Soul Metal might be harder to manipulate using Warper's Will, but it's still doable. Along with it, manipulation of the timer."

The level 10 Warper and his now armored aggressor leaped into the air and begun the next stage of their fight by furiously clashing blades in the pale moonlight. The sounds of their swords making contact roared through the landscape as neither side refused to relent for what seemed like hours, but in reality, it was meer minutes of the two reenacting the opening scene of Devil May Cry 3, ending with one fierce clash that created not just a crater where they were fighting, but a massive sonic boom. Three minutes had passed since the wolf eared shinobi donned the armor as she mentally thought "Why won't this bastard just die already? Doesn't matter, I still have seven minutes on the timer, it should be more than enough to finish the job." while Bishops was thinking "This is just waiting time and energy. I gotta bring out the big non-lethal guns and wrap this up quick to get it through her skull that we have bigger fish to fry."

That's when Bishops got the idea, he had entered a thrusting strike stance with one major difference: the part of Occham's Razor facing his opponent wasn't the blade of the sword, but the pommel.

"Are you seriously ready to die that easily now? What are you planning?" went Saejima before the level 10 Warper leader answered "You're about to find out."

Samantha took her lighter and lit the blade of her sword, submerging it in the glow of bright green fire as she prepped for what she would have declared the final blow when her fate would be sealed in an instant as Bishops had somehow managed to knock her out using the pommel of his sword, even knocking her out of her armor to end the fight.

"The Giga Sword Shadowless Thrust, something I've been working on for a while now. I would normally use the blade of my sword to pull it off, but I figured the blunt end of my sword would do the job." explained Bishops to his now defeated opponent as she finally came to.

"If you're gonna kill me, just do it already." went the Warper formerly known as Samey before adding "Quit beating around the bush and get it over with, asshole."

Bishops' response: "No. Killing you would be counterproductive for everyone. In case you've forgotten in your quest to sate your murder boner, we have bigger fish to fry in the form of the dipshits who destroyed your last place of residence. Whatever beef you have with me can clearly wait until Rendo Nexus is properly dealt with and wiped out, after that, You're more than welcome to go after whoever you want for all I care. Rematch with me and or Pinkamena, fine. I'm willing to let this slide, but in exchange, I want you to work with me in order to take out our common enemy. Mull it over, I'm going home."

Samantha just layed there on the ground, letting out a frustrated roar into the night sky because no matter how hard she could attempt to fight against it, she couldn't deny that Bishops was right.

The sun rose on another day in Tokyo 3 With Bishops in his office meeting with Geist Fox ninja leadership sans their version of Naruto who was still in a deep sleep at the moment with the Warper council ironing out some of the remaining loose ends of their occupation.

"Alright, so we're in agreement that the high school will be used as more than just a recruitment facility for more EVA pilots and actually operate as a damn school should. This includes but isn't limited to offering training up to Genin level ninja arts as electives." went Bishops with Shikamaru responding "Iruka Sensei has already offered to take up a job as a teacher, depends on when you were planning on having this get implemented."

Bishops answers "He can start whenever he's ready. There's still some stuff I'd like to discuss with your leader, but I'd prefer to deal with that once he's awake and open to talking." when as if either fate was trying to push things forward, or the writer was just trying to actually get the plot moving forward for his own sense of getting to the main event of the episode already, the Leaf Village's resident advocate of the "Chubbies Rule" ideology, Chouji Akamichi received a text from his phone.

"Guys, it's from Ten Ten, she says Naruto's come to. The Storm Dragons have their leader back."

The Rock Lee of the group then replies to the good news with "Inform her that once Naruto is open to visitors outside of his friends and lovers, the benefactor of our safe haven has requested a meeting with him." with the master of the Human Boulder technique answering "Already on it."

With the Geist Fox awake once more, Bishops was more than ready to help build up not just his resources, but gain a new ally in the process.

(P.O.V. Shift: Guardian Imperial Subjugation Fleet 128th Regiment)

Deep within the reaches of the multiversal starways, a large dispatch of Gourdian warships and supply vessels roughly 40 ships strong were setting course to their next assault target under the command of fleet captain Riddhe Marcenas, who was sitting in his command chair with a look of pure disgruntlement.

"This fucking sucks!" went the former Earth Federation Space Force mobile suit pilot before ranting "I sell out all the major powers of my universe in exchange for the power and independence I always wanted, and here I am, leading a bunch of mechanical shmucks to some backwater universe with little to no Warper presence when I could be taking part of taking out some high priority targets. For Christs' sake, I could be going after that Bishops asshole and getting all the glory that would come with taking his ass down for good!"

One of the Squash Droids on bridge duty responded with "There are rumors of Master Gourdar amassing a large scale fleet regiment as part of a united assault with Rendo Nexus, perhaps the 128th Regiment shall be part of such a glorious battle."

The former pilot of the Unicorn Gundam Banshee responded with "Oh please, by the time it's actually ready, a fleet the size of what's supposedly planned ain't gonna do shit against those clowns. If it were up to me, I'd say strike while the iron's hot and they're still having those Geist Fox refugees settling in, even better if we can time it to one of those giant kaiju freaks attacking.", adding on to his monologue further while secretly pulling out a remote from his sleeve and pressing a button "I don't even have that much of a stake with those Knights of Ryujin chuds, but I wanna kick their asses. I wanna command the machine that kicks their asses. I wanna rule the empire that built the machine that kicks their asses!"

As if a mass reprogramming took place in an instant, one of the bridge crew droids answered the call to arms with "Then by the mighty lord Plank, captain, let's metaphorically and literally shit on Bishops' couch!"

"So glad you're seeing things my way" went the renegade captain before going "Set course for Earth Dimension EVA-12385267 and prepare to attack, full speed ahead."

As the fleet of rouge ships set their sights on the wrong target, it wouldn't go unnoticed by the Gourdian high command.

(P.O.V. Shift: Guardian Empire Capital)

Within the confines of Dr. Frogg's laboratory, the Gourdian second in command was working on something massive when a notification on one of his terminals went off. Upon seeing what was written down in the notice, he was quick to call his leader.

"Master Gourdar, I think we might have a problem."

The Warper Johnny 2x4 responded by asking "Is it production problems with the invasion forces?" with Frogg answering "No, the shipyards and Squash Droid production plants are operating as normal. We're dealing with something possibly worse. You know that Gundam Unicorn guy we recruited from Earth Dimension UC-00963-Sigma? I just got notification that his fleet dispatch has basically altered course and going against orders. His current trajectory puts him into Knights of Ryujin territory."

"Have you told him to get his ass back on course to where he was ordered to go or get blown up for his betrayal?" asked the Gourdian leader with his number 2 man answering "The good for nothing son of a bitch had communications disabled, he's basically blocked us. Should we send a regiment to intercept him?"

"Why bother" replied Gourdar dismissively before mentioning "Chances are that he's gonna get himself killed when he goes against those accursed Knights of Ryujin anyway, Send another dispatch to pick up that fool's duties and continue to amass the larger dispatch for our enemies, maybe up the numbers we're sending by an extra million plus some extra ships."

"If you insist." responded the mad scientist before Gourdar catches sight of what he was working on and asks "So what machination are you working on for the glory of the sacred Gourdian gospel of Plank now?"

Frogg's answer: "It's basically fact that my battlesuit won't be able to keep up with those pesky Knights with their 'training' and 'willingness to break limits', which got me to think of another approach. My little pet project here is essentially an add on for my suit that instead of attempting to match Bishops' power level, it should be more powerful than every Angel that they've ever beaten combined, and then some. Only problem is that not all of the Angels have been dealt with yet. Last I checked, they've only fought seven of the show canon ones plus that one from that seemingly filler episode, which leaves seven more to fight since the last one in canon is actively on their side."

"This is why Plank had me make you second in command." responded Gourdar before asking "By the way, what's the status of finding that lemon mutant freak that did us a favor by getting rid of Weird?"

"The fleets we have scouring our territory are all intact, but they've brought up zero tangible results. Same situation with Rendo Nexus when we got that report on their end." responded the former League of Super Evil member with the Gourdian emperor replying "Have the dispatches check in every thirty minutes, we can't have that thing running rampant in our territory. I suppose that's all that we needed to talk about, so just go on ahead and return to doing what you're doing. Dismissed." as the terminal screen reverted back to its wallpaper.

(P.O.V. Shift: Tokyo 3)

One could consider the meeting between Bishops and the mighty Warper Geist in the form of Naruto Uzumaki to be tense to say the least, but those who would consider that were on the outside not looking in. The meeting was actually fairly "lax" all things considered.

"So I heard you wanna talk business." went the Warper Jinchuriki in the confines of his recliner as Bishops answered "Yeah, I do. We wanna take out RN as a unified force, we're gonna need more capital, which means rebuilding your company while investing in others to sway them into our corner. I may be the co-owner of Dueling Dices, but that would only be enough to supplement my team at best."

The Warper Naruto replied "And how do you suggest we go about it?" with Bishops responding "Obviously Uzumaki Corp. will need a new base of operations, which I think I can provide for you in Tokyo 2, so that's a start. As for what to do next, I'm sure you're aware of the XanTech company and their rise to success."

"You suggesting we go in on investing in those guys?" asked Naruto with the Knights of Ryujin leader answering "One of my ideas. I've been looking into companies that would be safe bets for investments. Weaponsmiths, vehicle manufacturing, cloning, cybernetics, I just need the insight of someone who's actually run a successful business to offer their secondary opinions before going in, which is where your services would be needed."

Naruto was quick to respond with "Send me who you have in mind, and we can work from there." before adding "Shikamaru and Chouji already told me you worked out agreements with the school system and the planetary government, but I gotta ask why you haven't just taken the place over outright."

Bishops answer: "I already explained this before to someone else, and I'll explain it here: if I reveal myself and the Knights, it would expose the Warper's Secret to hundreds of millions of unsuspecting people, a good chunk of which are dumber than a sack of hammers. That many people learn they can basically get away with whatever they want with little to no consequence because they aren't "real", who knows what kind of carnage and mayhem would be brought about. I'll have to tell the world eventually, that I know, but I want to damn well make sure that by that point, the only things that can go wrong causes the least long term damage."

The Geist Fox mulled over Bishops' words for a moment before going "I mean…you aren't wrong. Even after learning the secret, there are people who are genuinely capable of making you question how they're still alive. I guess I can get why you're doing the front, but if we're going to work together, you need to really know what you're going up against."

The leader of the Knights of Ryujin quickly put all of his attention towards his compatriot before they said "Desmond, I need you to understand what you are up against. Kotetsu is a prodigy trained under one of the best warpers around. He's a great horned owl...cold, calculating, and tactical. And unlike Gendo, he can keep his emotions in check. What we need to do is work together...you got citizens and you got a business partner. Where UzuCorp fell, Spiral Industries rose from it...partner."

The Geist Fox extended his hand as a sign of good will as the Super Spiral gladly accepted, bringing forth a new age of Warper business and united Warper power.

Hidden Warper news outlets and their reporters lead by a version of Touhou's Aya Shameimaru were quick to score the top headlines regarding the merger.

"This just in, in the wake of the devastation of the company's homeworld, Uzumaki Corp. leader Naruto Uzumaki and Knights of Ryujin leader Desmond Bishops pool resources in order to restructure the company into Spiral Industries. Both parties expected to put out joint press release in the near future."

The next morning had come with Bishops writing his half of a press statement that he knew WNN would want when he got the notification from the NERV command center: showtime had come as the Angel Sahaqueil and its herald had made their presence known by creating a pair of craters in the mountains of the northern Japanese islands. As Shinji, Rei, Asuka and Mari were being briefed on the situation and Misato offering the incentive of dinner being on her if they win, Bishops was getting ready to gather the others to fight the smaller, but almost as powerful opponent that awaited them when as if the multiverse wanted to increase the challenge rating of this fight, word had broke out: a Gourdian assault fleet had entered the orbit of the moon, with the level 10 Warper in the room making sure to block any incoming communications that might blow his cover thanks to some newly acquired assets bought with his grey area gotten gains.

Bishops was quick to give orders, going "This is not a drill, people, these robo-freaks are back for round 3, and I want all of our assets secured. It's time to prove why you should still be employed here and ensure that the people of this planet can live free without having to worry about robots or space commies enslaving their asses. Go! Go! Go!" before he and Jessie made their way out of the room while contacting their new allies.

"The Gourdians are at it again, looking to be a pretty big force this time around. How quickly can you get your men into the battlefield?"

Naruto was quick to answer "Squads are already entering the streets to intercept any forces that lands along with any dropships that even think of getting within range. We've contacted your guys too, and they're already mobilizing, I think even the non Warpers of your universe are mobilizing with what I'm guessing is tech they've salvaged from previous attacks."

"The U.N.'s actually reached that point in development?" mentally went the Knights of Ryujin leader as he summoned his armor to join the fight. Guardian Dropships were going down in droves with both the JSDF and the Leaf Village refugee forces as what Commando type Squash Droids that had managed to make landfall were quickly dealt with as the fighting intensified. You see, Riddhe wasn't exactly the smartest guy in the Gourdian army, and instead of focusing the ground forces on multiple key targets across the globe to spread the Knights of Ryujin thin, he wholeheartedly had all of his forces attacking Tokyo 3 while hoping that the Angel would do enough damage for him to swoop in and take the city as the starting point of the invasion while the fleet above pulverizes the key cities from orbit to force the Earth into surrender….if only he remembered that multiple Knights had access to attacks that could strike stuff in orbit with the maid trio aiming their Lightstorm Dragon Slave attacks at the invading vessels, taking out a pair of destroyer escorts and a destroyer while doing heavy damage to another destroyer.

Onboard the bridge of his personal heavy cruiser, Riddhe observed the ongoing carnage and the seemingly incompetence of his warships and exclaimed "Unbelievable! Why are none of you morons firing on Tokyo 3 or any other city for that matter?!", only to see that ship fire was somehow being directed towards the Angel's A.T. Field with results being….minimal at best.

Exasperated by this, the former Earth Federation Mobile Suit pilot goes "Fuck it, I'll go down there and do it myself!" before storming off of the bridge and into a turbolift towards the hanger bay and his personal ride: a category Titan Squash Droid that he had customized for him to ride into battle. Unbeknownst to anyone in the heat of the battle, Mari had managed to somehow find her way onboard the fleet's command ship and was slowly and stealthily making her way to any major vital system she could to plant paper bombs in order to blow it up from within and do what she did to get on the ship to get off.

Over with the battle with Sahaquel's herald, Bishops and Johana were attempting to at the very least land a blow on the Kaijin, only for their speed to greatly diminish every time they charge at the creature before they ultimately push the two back.

"Lilin filth, you cannot touch me, for I possess the power to manipulate the gravitational field around me to-" went the herald before being interrupted by a runaway shot from a Gourdian attacker, earning it a swift crushing by Sahaquel's servant when it outstretched its hand and manipulated the gravity around the robot and crumpling it. Returning its attention to its two opponents, the herald was quick to go "That was merely a sample of my power, you two shall know its full force soon enough."

Bishops and Johanna were quick to switch their strategy to unloading Ki attacks on their opponent, only for the herald to use its gravity powers to divert the blasts and alter their trajectory into the ground. The herald then shifted the target of its gravity alteration towards both the Knights of Ryujin leader and his Unitrix companion when unbeknownst to Bishops, the Metsu Sol Emerald he harbored began to independently act again, seemingly manipulating his Shin Warper's Will in order to subvert the herald's gravity manipulation.

"How? How did you manage to bypass my power?" went the shocked Kaijin with Bishops answering "Still trying to figure that out, but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to keeping my turf safe from the likes of you and your giant buddy." before launching the herald into the air and finishing it off with a well timed Ki blast that managed to not only destroy his opponent, but also a Gourdian dropship that had the poor timing to get in his line of fire. His chance to celebrate and question how he was able to pull off his victory was short lived as Bishops had Johanna make bodily contact with his shoulder in order to give her a power boost so they could carve their way through the invading enemies to deal with the Angel.

Meanwhile with the giant mass of explosive doom, the EVA units that were keeping it from acting as a massive suicide bomb were also getting peppered by Gourdians from all sides.

"What's keeping those vigilantes and those ninja aliens from dealing with these stupid hunks of junk?" went Asuka in a way that in the event the NERV bridge crew was overhearing their conversation, she wouldn't spill the beans on Bishops and the whole Warper community that was growing with Shinji answering "Beats me, but this thing better die already before we're all reduced to vapor."

Que Bishops blasting Sahaquiel with this Unmaker and simulating the explosion that signified the Angel's death using a precision Final Flash attack and mentally saying to them "I know, the fight took longer than expected, but this fight ain't over yet. I'm going to keep assisting the ground forces and try to make my way to the fleet in order to capture whatever intact ships I can like you did last time. In the meantime, stay in the EVAs and keep fighting the Gourdians until Misato decides to issue a retreat order."

And the need of the EVAs in the fight was no sooner made apparent when a pair of Titan class Squash Droids joined by a squad of category Dragons decided they wanted their pound of flesh.

With the shinobi refugees getting involved in the fighting, the Storm Dragons were all tearing into the mechanical menace when the team's Kiba Inuzuka gets the idea "So should we try hijacking a dropship to take the command ship? I mean it worked for the Knights last time." before their Neji Hyuga responded "That might not be the case in the event there's an actual living individual in command that wants to save their own skin by hiding onboard the ship. Who knows if they've retrofitted key areas of the ship with point defense systems."

The Rock Lee of the group had just bashed in the head unit of a category Ogre Squash Droid before looking into the sky and sees another Category: Titan unit and a platoon of larger Squash Droids descend upon the battlefield and going "I sense an organic energy signature inside the giant one, is it possible that the leader of this invasion force have entered the fight personally?" to his teammates with Naruto answering "If they did, they won't be in this fight for long." before charging up a large Fire Chakra fueled RasenShuriken and tossing it into the landing forces, taking out a few Ogre and Golem units and causing some cosmetic damage to Riddhe's Titan. The disgraced Gundam pilot returned the disrespect in force with a volley of missiles that the Storm Dragon team were able to either dodge or use Substitution Jutsu to evade harm.

This slight was obviously not well received, as Naruto entered Kurama Link Mode and swiftly eliminated his aggressor with a heavily restrained Tailed Beast Planetary RasenShuriken, causing the destruction of not only the Gourdian leader, but also multiple dropships that were caught in the blast range. From there, the unified forces of the Shinobi refugees and the Knights of Ryujin were quick to exterminate the remaining opposition, bringing the canon events of the episode to a close.

(P.O.V. Shift: Gourdian Empire)

Gourdar and Dr. Frogg had just gotten done viewing all of the black box recordings from Riddhe's attack, and all Gourdar could say was "Frogg, you know how we increased the number of ships and troops from our original plan? Let's double that number to six million troops…..and up the ship count to 100, probably 150."

"I'll have the factories and shipyards get right on it." responded the mad scientist.

(P.O.V. Shift: Tokyo 3)

It was the day after the attack, and repairs and reconstruction were already under way with the resources brought forth by the Geist refugees making the process go along far more smoothly. Bishops and Naruto were sitting in the Knights of Ryujin leader's office going over possible investment candidates when an email notification pops up on Bishops' PC.

"A message from Ryker Blackthorn? What does he need this time?" went the acting leader of NERV before opening the message.

"You and I probably know why I'm messaging you, so I'll get straight to the point: in light of the rising thorn in the multiverse's side that is Rendo Nexus, the time has come for certain factions to set their personal differences aside and band together in order to take out this threat. I want you and the Knights of Ryujin as part of this new organization. You're a decent guy who's come through with our past joint operations before, and let's be real, you're gonna need all the help you can get since your main enemy is in the high command of these assholes. When you actually get around to responding to this, the Jade Infinity Corporation will be waiting.

Ryker Blackthorn"

Bishops was quick to show his new business partner the message and draft up his response because both of them knew that having Blackthorn support would bring serious backing to their endeavors.

"On behalf of both myself and the Geist Fox Naruto Uzumaki, I am willing to accept your offer to be apart of this new organization as part of the fight against RN, under the condition that my new business partner be allowed in as well.

With regards,

Desmond Bishops, now co-owner of Spiral Industries (formerly Uzumaki Corp.)"

(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jon Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)

Current List of Power Levels:

Desmond Bishops: 90,800,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 4,540,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/(Super Spiral Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 9,080,000,000 (Super Spiral 2 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)

Shinji Ikari: 27,500,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 880,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x32 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Mana Kirishima: 5,200,000/ 140,400,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x27) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Musashi Lee Strasberg: 5,200,000/ 140,400,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x27) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Keita Asari: 5,200,000/ 140,400,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x27) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Rei Ayanami (Rei III): 8,200,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Toji Suzuhara: 6,100,000/ 195,200,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x32) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Kensuke Aida: 6,100,000/ 195,200,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x32) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Sakura Suzuhara: 6,100,000/ 195,200,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x32) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Hikari Horaki: 5.2

Misato Katsuragi: 5

Wynn Miyabi: 6,350,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Eria Aoi: 6,350,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Lyna Hikari: 6,350,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Asuka Langley Sohryu: 3,000,000/ 66,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x22) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Mari Illustrious Makinami: 2,950,000/ 64,900,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x22) (Warper Status: LV.5)

Sahaquiel, Angel of the Sky: 400,000,000

Sahaquiel's Herald: 200,000,000

Ryoji Kaji: 6

Pen Pen: 3.25

Shigiru Aoba: 4

Maya Ibuki: 4

Mokoto Hyuga: 3

Ritsuko Akagi: 4

Jessabelle Musashi: 8,000,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Fuytsuki Kozo: 3

Gendo Ikari: ?,?,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 8,500,000/357,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x42) (Warper Status: LV. 6)

Kaworu Nagisa: 11,500,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/195,500,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x17 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed) (Warper Status: LV: 6)

Johnny "Gourdar the Never Ending" 2x4 (Earth Dimension EEE- Sigma-1451-B): 25,000

Dr. Frog (Earth Dimension LOSE-1018-Tau): 3,500,000/120,000,000 (Battle Suit MK.2 Overclock)

"Johanna": 18,000,000/63,400,000 (Ability Absorbed)

EVA Unit-01: 71,000,000 (Synch Rate: 63%)

EVA Unit-00: 27,000,000 (Synch Rate: 63%)

EVA Unit-02: 38,000,000 (Synch Rate: 63%)

Samantha Saejima: 60,000,000/2,880,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken= 48x)/6,000,000,000 (Garo armor)

Class 2 Squash Droid Commando: 60,000 each (x500,000)

Class 2 Squash Droid Elite Commando: 100,000 each (x125,000)

Class 2 Category "Ogre" Squash Droid: 200,000 each (x75,000)

Class 2 Category "Dragon" Squash Droid: 500,000 each (x50,000)

Class 2 Category "Golem" Squash Droid: 800,000 each (x100)

Category "Titan" Squash Droid: 2,500,000 each (x5)

(Author's Note: Alright, I'm all caught up on what Yoshi3000's been up to in terms of the plot of our little shared fanfiction project following up the endings of both Geist Within and FusionFall Infinite with the foundation of Spiral Industries and Bishops' entry into Ryker and Josho's new Warper alliance. Where we go from here will have to wait until next time where we reach the halfway mark of canon (way past the intended point where I hoped I'd get there.) with some good ol' fashioned digital escapades. Until then, DSX62415, out)