Edge of Time: Road to the King

by HackerEX

After finding a mysterious black watch, Rex Wells has been having dreams of a mysterious future involving a demon king. However, after a close encounter with a mysterious man and a red robot, he gets wrapped up in an adventure across time in order to save Kamen Rider no Sekai from falling to darkness, and the Heisei Riders from being killed. Rider Time! (Zi-O X Kingdom Hearts)

42. Chapter 39: Again 2018

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Famililar of Zero, RWBY or Kamen Rider, they are owned by Toei, Disney, Square Enix, Rooser Teeth, and MF Bunko J

I also do not own Please! Save My Tomorows!, FruBask, HUGtto Precure, Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, Record of Ragnarok, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kamen Rider Showa, Cinders and Ashes: The Chronicle of Kamen Rider Dante, Kamen Rider Literature Club, Kamen Rider Dynamax, Kamen Rider Geast, or Kamen Rider Maizen, they are owned by Page Productions and Michael Page, Toei, Shueisha, Coamix, Kamen Rider Chrome, Psyga315, Ohma Revive, and both YASUEDA and Maizen respectively.

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Zero began to stir as he woke up in what seemed to be a castle, with Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Weiss crowded at his bedside. The herald slowly got up and held his head to ease the pain of the headache.

"Be careful, we just used a Cure spell on you." The duck mage urged.

"What? Where… where in the world are we?" the herald asked them all.

"You're in my old home. Well, what's left of it anyways." Weiss muttered, looking at how much her former home, the palace of the kingdom of Lucrece, being left in such disrepair in the ages since her time, "But that doesn't matter. Are you alright, Zero?" she asked the herald.

"I'll live, but the last thing I remember before blacking out was my Overlord having gone berserk." He recalled.

"That was weeks ago, Zero." Sayo explained.

Zero was surprised, his Somebody counterpart's sister was with them. Sayo then sat at Zero's bedside and placed her hand on the herald's shoulder.

"Trust me; a lot has happened since you fell unconscious." She explained before giving them flashes of what was going on in 2019-B.

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In the time since you were separated from your friends, Grant had obtained the power of Geiz Revive and nearly killed Rex Wells had he not used a technique once used by the former Black-13 of GIN-Shocker, an ability known as Return to the Past.

Sadly, the dark pulse Adam had sent into the young king's heart had corrupted his Phantom and awakened an evil that should have stayed asleep.

The power of the Lord of Dark, Odio.

Due to his Phantom taking the brunt of Odio's power boost, this forcibly fused him with Rex to become a monstrous Rider known as Feral Zi-O. In his berserker rage, I'm afraid that Rex had struck down Isaiah Thomas. What's worse is that in an act of vengeance, Conquete has been sending wave after wave of Another Rider after your friend.

Meanwhile, I was able to help Weiss regain her memories of this world, of her past as the princess of Lucrece known as Luna Dreamlight. It's also how she was able to gain the remnant power of the four Crystals to become Kamen Rider Tsukuyom Regalia. She was able to use this power to finally purify you and destroy Dark Decade forever.

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Sora soon looked to Weiss as the Keyblade wielder saw the resistance fighter once more break down into tears. Distraught, the resistance fighter wailed aloud while Donald placed his hat onto his heart to pay his respects to the fallen commander.

Zero soon felt his fists clenching hard, how could he have let his Overlord fall this far into the darkness? Not only that, but he was shocked to find that Rex's dark power, and by extension Lord Vortigern's power, was due to the power of an ancient demon king. It seemed that everything definitely had changed since Dark Decade's takeover.

"Now Rex and Grant are on a collision course for each other, and if they can't be stopped, there's a chance that they'll kill each other." the former priestess explained.

Weiss then looked towards Sayo, "No, I won't let that happen! We need to get back to the present!" she shouted.

The former priestess was surprised at the resistance fighter's answer, "You're not angry at Rex for killing Isaiah?"

Sora and Weiss both nodded as did Zero and Donald, "Given the nature of Phantoms and how they feed on people's despair, having them consume any form of darkness could be disastrous. It's like overloading a generator with too much energy." The herald explained.

"Plus, I'm sure that Rex himself is likely broken about killing Isaiah." The Keyblade wielder guessed.

"But that's beside the point! How the heck are we supposed to get back to Hagukumi!" the duck mage pointed out.

The former priestess smiled and quickly opened a dimensional veil before the group. The five members of Team Zi-O quickly looked to the former priestess and nodded.

"Go, you five must stop Feral Zi-O and Geiz Revive from clashing." She told them.

Weiss soon gripped her new Regalia Ridewatch and placed it close to her heart, 'Father, Sister, watch over the commander for me in the afterlife.' She thought to herself.

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(SONG: Wake up! - AAA)

/ikuze

SHINING! RUNNING! FOREVER!

mae e tsukisusumu no sa/

The opening soon begins as Rex and Sora in brand new silver and red versions of their Prototype and KH 1 outfits respectively soon begin running through Hagukumi with their respective allies in new attire

/kawaru koto no nai

kizuna wa kitto

"yume no hate" terashidasu/

As the two run through the city, Grant, Weiss, Henrietta, Zero, Wally, Donald Duck, Goofy, Riku, Kairi, Jiminy Cricket, King Mickey, Regina, Gia, and Squira join the group, all wearing versions of their original outfits but now in their respective colors. When the Rider Links and Imagination Keys fall from the sky, Rex and Sora leap to grab the two shining lights.

/WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

WAKE UP HEART BEAT!

WE ARE THE ONE! GO AHEAD!/

It then freezes on the group, with the Kamen Rider 50th, Final Fantasy 30th, and Disney 100 logos merging together into the main Edge of Time logo.

/jiyuu dakega rashinban sa

(WE ARE BEST FRIENDS)/

It soon cuts to Rex waking up before noticing that he's late for school and quickly runs out of his room, already dressed in his uniform with Sora doing the same.

/oretachi no RUUTO

kore kara mo

oretachi de kiri hirakuze/

As he rushes down to the kitchen to grab a quick bite, Goofy is cooking up breakfast for the group with the help of Zero, meanwhile Donald and Grant are arguing to Weiss' dismay. After the four leave the house, Henrietta and Wally are there waiting for them. Rex then gets on his bike and begins peddling with Henrietta in tow, while Grant merely uses his Rider Machine with Weiss and Wally holding on for dear life. Sora by comparison, merely glides through the sky.

/zenryoku shissou no hibi wa

(GO EAST, GO WEST)/

As they near Hagukumi, an arriving Junichi, Aguri, Rentaro, Saaya, and Homare spot the heroes and wave at them.

/tsugitsugi mitsukaru

yaritai koto

subete KURIA shite/

Rex waves, only for him to spot the gate beginning to close. Grant, Weiss, and Sora are able to make it thanks to their superior speed, but Rex quickly tries something risky and jumps off a nearby ramp, with Henrietta holding on for dear life. He is able to land the bike on the other side of the gate right as it closed, allowing the couple attend.

/asa ga machi kire nakute

(I CAN'T WAIT)/

It soon shows the group attending the class before Rex's Future Vision struck him, causing him to see a vision of the city being attacked by monsters with people in danger.

/uzuki dasu

sore nara isso

taiyou sora e to/

After excusing themselves, Team Zi-O soon arrive and spot several Another Riders and Heartless bosses terrorizing the citizens.

/hikizuri dashite GOING GO!/

In spite of the danger, Rex (donned in his anniversary outfit) smirks as he equips the Ziku Driver and transforms into Kamen Rider Zi-O

/sousa

SHINING! RUNNING! FOREVER!

yume no kakera hitotsu ni/

It soon transitions into a montage as Zi-O KuugaArmor charges towards the Kuuga Grongi, cutting it down using the Titan Sword, then showcases Geiz quickly fight off the Ghost Ganma as he enters his GhostArmor and summons forth the Legend Rider Parka Ghosts to attack the Another Rider.

/kasane awase

gutto kitara

sore ga TOREJAA sa/

It then jumps Tsukuyomi clashing blades with the Saber Megid as SaberArmor while Lady Woz tackle the Zero-One Magiader, the two quickly moving at light speed as the two blitz each other. In the middle of the speed Sora (clad in his Rider Limit Link Drive), quickly jumps ahead and performs a kick variant of Sonic Blade, cutting through three Another Riders at once.

/ikuze

SHINING! RUNNING! FOREVER!

mae e tsukisusumu no sa/

It then showcases Dark Decade fighting alongside Rider Girl Woz before the former transforms into into Kamen Rider Legend, summoning Kamen Riders Dante, Geast, and NXT from his blaster. Meanwhile, Donald is shown swapping between his four Paradigm Shifts and firing off spells alongside Kairi.

/kawaru koto no nai

kizuna wa kitto

"yume no hate" terashidasu/

It then jumps to Goofy spinning around with both his original shield and the Watermelon Gatling before jumping up to be launched as a missile by Riku, then to Another Zi-O, who quickly runs over several Heartless using the Ichigo Kaijin Mutation, then finally Rider Girl Zi-O and Rider Girl Geiz sending a couple of Heartless flying before King Mickey dashes through the flying and cutting them down with his Keyblade.

/WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

WAKE UP HEART BEAT!

WE ARE THE ONE! GO AHEAD!/

As Team Zi-O think they can rest, Rex looks up to the sky as it becomes black. Suddenly, from a time portal, Oma Zi-O arrives helmetless. He's joined by Lady Camilla and all of the other Fangs (the other Chrono Horsemen, the Chrono Vanguard, and the Quartzers)

/INTERLUDE/

Oma Zi-O: "Heh. Do you really think you can escape my grasp, my younger self?"

Rex: "You bet your ass I will. After all, the future... is mine to decide!"

/Nori koeru tabi zawameku kanousei (I can't stay)/

After Zi-O and Oma Zi-O clash, it soon jumps to a rooftop during the sunrise, the camera panning through each of Team Zi-O and the Guardians of Light, sans Rex and Sora.

/Asu mo asatte mo atsuku hageshii

Wakuwaku no rensa daze!/

It then jumps to Rex and Sora as they leap towards the horizon, the sun shining brightly.

/Sousa

Shining! Running! Forever

Koukishin ni makasete/

It soon jumps into a small montage of events recounting Kingdom Hearts 1 (Sora gets the Keyblade, the Trinity Trio is formed), Chain of Memories (Sora meets Namine, Sora vs Marluxia) and it's Re:Birth portion (Riku meets King Mickey), Kingdom Hearts II (Roxas finds Sora's pod, Sora finally reunites with Riku and Kairi, Sora and Riku team up to defeat Ansem), and Kingdom Hearts 368/2 Days (Roxas is born, Roxas sitting on the rooftop with Axel and Xion).

/omoi no mama

Mezasu basho e sore ga Adventure/

The montage changes gears as it begins to recount the events of the King of Time arc (Rex awakens the Zi-O Ridewatch, Grant talks with Chaser, Rex meets Sougo), Cross Generations (Rex and Hoshi confront Joffery in 1970), the Forgotten Future arc (Zero joins Team Zi-O, Weiss wakes up in the remnants of Ludcree Castle, Rex and Henrietta kiss, Grant preparing to fight Rex), Rider Time Kamen Rider the Final (Rex, Mayu, and Sora calling out to Ichigo), and Cross Chronicles (The group poses of the Kamen Riders, Super Sentai/Power Rangers, and Precure.)

/ikuze

SHINING! RUNNING! FOREVER!

Kokoro no chizu hirogete/

Afterwards, it jumps to showcasing silhouettes of future threats, their eyes glowing menacingly. But it also match-cuts it to Rex and Sora as they stand on the latter's Dive to the Heart.

/Chikara o himeta kizuna wa kitto

"Yume no hate" tsukami toru/

They then begin to glow a silver and red aura respectively before they leap towards the sillouettes, creating a spiral of their colors before causing the screen to flash white.

/NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER STOP IT!

WE ARE THE ONE! GO AHEAD!/

It then performs a quick shot of the Time Trio (Rex, Grant, Weiss), Redeemed Trio (Henrietta, Zero, Wally), Destiny Trio (Sora, Riku, Kairi), Disney Trio (Mickey, Donald, Goofy), and Maiden Trio (Regina, Squira, and Gia) before ending on a shot of both groups celebrating. The background also has all the currently revealed Rider Links and Keyblades floating around in a colorful void, while the words 5th Anniversary appear at the near bottom.

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CHAPTER 39: AGAIN 2018

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Back in 2019-B, Geiz Revive was staring down the newly transformed Kamen Rider Lady Woz while they locked weapons. After quickly both leaped back, the queen clock Rider quickly threw out two thrusts of her spear but the added speed Geiz Revive's Hyoketsu Stance granted alongside the bitter cold slowed her attacks down.

"Tsk, even if you transform, you can't keep up with my speed or the sheer cold." The wyvern clock Rider stated coldly.

"Please, the cold never bothered me anyways." She chuckled as she took out the Gotchard Ridewatch and activated it.

GOTCHARD!

After locking the watch in, Lady Woz quickly splayed her arms out and then showed her palm and the back of his hands. She quickly transitioned into jutting his hands out.

"Chemy Time!"

She then spun the Driver and transformed into her Futuring Gotchard form, the flames from the form's wings briefly dispelling the cold air Hyoketsu Stance was emitting. She then out-stretched her dominant hand and quickly snapped her fingers to create a burst of flames.

ARMOR TIME! GOTCHA~NKO~! GOT~CHAR~D~!

Geiz Revive crossed her arms to block the incoming flames and immediately swapped to his drake-based form and redirected the flames back at her. Not wasting a beat, Lady Woz quickly crafted a wall from the ground in front of herself and fired out several stone spikes at him.

'I guess this is the power of alchemy…' the queen clock Rider thought to herself.

Geiz Revive however was not impressed as he grabbed a chunk of the ground and lifted it upwards, creating a large wave of earth right in Lady Woz's direction. Thinking fast, she quickly used more of Futuring Gotchard's alchemy to quickly neutralize the wave of earth, but it opened it up for her to eat a shoulder tackle from the evolved clock Rider that knocked her right out of her transformation.

"I win, now it's time to end you and even the-"

Grant soon stumbled down to one knee, his transformation shutting down as he saw that his body had been burnt and frostbitten.

"So you're just like him? Stuck with a form that's trying to kill you." Henrietta realized as she staggered back to her feet, "Those extremes are tearing your body apart. So the more you fight, the more your body gets damaged."

She then cast a Cure spell onto him before she used her spear to steady herself due to how much mana she had left. The soldier was left confused.

"Why would you heal me?" he asked.

"Because I can't stand watching my friends get hurt like this." Henrietta said, "You should stop."

"No…" Grant snarled at the purple-haired girl as he began to walk away, "I made a promise… that we would settle things… I can't turn away from my duty now."

"Then if you can? Please… please save Rex." Henrietta pleaded.

That's what made the soldier's ears perk up. He turned towards the purple-haired girl with a look of confusion.

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Meanwhile, Feral Zi-O was quickly fighting through more Another Riders that were coming for him as three copies of the Wizard Phantom, one blue, one yellow, and one green, flying and slinging elemental spells at him.

The feral clock Rider snarled as this was yet another group of Another Riders he's had to face at this moment. He looked around at the various destroyed Another Ridewatches that were scattered around the area.

As the blue Wizard Phantom quickly fired several ice blasts at Feral Zi-O, he was met with the yellow Wizard Phantom decreasing the feral clock Rider's center of gravity. Luckily, he was able to anchor himself to the ground using the scorpion dagger before firing out quills from his palms to try and fire at them from above. The green Wizard Phantom countered this via first creating wind barriers around himself and his fellow Wizard Phantoms before firing a deadly vortex at the feral clock Rider.

Fearing for his life, Feral Zi-O enhanced his arm blades with Chrono Energy before letting it loose in a powerful swing of his arm blades. He then swung his arm and sent out a barrage of Chrono Energy-charged porcupine quills at the Another Riders. He then quickly brought himself back to the ground as the yellow Wizard Phantom quickly let loose several meteorites while the blue and green Wizard Phantoms dashed forward.

Not fearing the trio's power, he quickly blocked the first Wizard Phantom's attack while he used the other to tank the meteorites for him. He then quickly let out a powerful roar that sent the three flying before he activated his finisher.

JUDGEMENT TIME BREAK!

With a swing of his arm, he sent out more quills towards the yellow Wizard Phantom to pin it in place long enough for him to fly at him and slash the Another Rider with his arm blades, destroying it and leaving behind a police officer that he quickly caught and moved out of the way of the battlefield while he turned towards the green Wizard Phantom.

After snagging the flying Another Rider with his Scorpion Stinger, he quickly brought it towards him for an uppercut that quickly defeated the green Wizard Phantom before he brought the unconscious officer the watch left behind on the same bench as the first one. He then snarled at the last of the three Wizard Phantoms as he stepped away in fear. However, after another activation, the blue Wizard Phantom found himself pinned to the ground for Feral Zi-O to dash towards and take down.

JUDGEMENT TIME BREAK!

Feral Zi-O soon stumbled down to one knee as he panted heavily.

'How many of these guys are the Quartzers trying to throw at me?' he thought before he stumbled back to his feet.

That was when he saw Conquete stand before him, accompanied by the Litclub Honster, the Dynamax Evo-Mutation, and the Cosmos Zodiarite. He even saw the Revice Deadmans was among them, likely he guessed that the conqueror had made another copy of the Revice Anotherwatch.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Feral Zi-O asked.

"I just wanted to see how far you've fallen, Wells…" the conqueror snarled.

The feral clock Rider let out a tired chuckle, "What? Not even going to ask me to join you? Guess you finally got the memo."

"Oh, I don't plan on having you join us willingly." Conquete noted with a snarl, "After you've been skinned like the smelly, greasy, nasty beast you are, I'm going to use my experiments to make sure you are reborn as the true Demon King of Time."

"How about you put that to the side?" The feral clock Rider snarled, "I promised someone a fight, and I ain't gonna let you stand in the way of that."

This made the conqueror sigh, "You know, I tried to reason with you, even tried to beat these lessons into you. But clearly, you're still stuck on your ways of being a 'hero king'." He then snapped his fingers as copies of the Build Smash, Ex-Aid Bugster, Ghost Ganma, and Drive Roidmude arrived by his side. "Take him down."

The four Another Riders agreed and charged forth, making Feral Zi-O snarl in annoyance as he prepared himself for yet another battle while Conquete quickly joined the fray as Feral Zi-O became more and more overwhelmed as more Another Riders and Heartless began popping up.

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In another part of the city, Weiss, Zero, Sora, Donald, and Jiminy Cricket exited from the other side of the dimensional veil, happy to be back in Hagukumi City.

"We don't have a lot of time." Weiss noted as she looked at the clock.

As the resistance fighter realized that she had to stop Rex and Grant from fighting, she quickly brought up the tablet and checked the radar for where either one was. Sure enough, she saw that the young king was at the park while the soldier was fast approaching. She then began to run as fast as she could.

"H-Hey, wait!" Sora called out as he and Donald began to fly while Zero took out the Machine Dark Decader and activated it, allowing it to transform into it's bike form.

The herald then mounted his bike and rode off in pursuit of the resistance fighter. At the same time, Grant soon stumbled his way to the basketball court, where a tuckered out Feral Zi-O was there on his knees and extremely winded while four civilians ran past him, likely more Another Riders having been defeated. The feral clock Rider could feel the soldier's presence as he saw him stumble.

"I should have figured…" Grant snarled as he looked at the tired, yet ready for a fight feral clock Rider.

"Grant…" Feral Zi-O chuckled as he rose back up to his feet, "Glad you're here."

"You're a mess, Zi-O." the soldier pointed out.

"You don't exactly look great yourself." Feral Zi-O grumbled while holding his side.

"Where the hell did you get your new form?" the soldier snarled, "And more importantly, why did you kill the commander?"

Feral Zi-O looked down in shame, "I wish I knew… I wish I knew how this happened. But, that doesn't change what I did." The feral clock Rider lamented, "Still, this was the only way I could see you, sending that message."

"Tsk, you never change, do you?" the soldier snapped at him.

As Weiss ran through the streets, her mind began to drift back to one of her recently restored memories…

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Luna was running as fast as she could up the old mountain, her tired body wailing for her to stop and just rest. But she could not do that; her conscience would not allow it.

"Lady Dreamlight! Pace yourself!" she heard the Warrior of Light cry out as she turned to see him and Uranus try their best to keep up with her.

"Nay… we are almost there! If we falter now, then the Lord of Dark will have already slain Oersted!" she shouted.

As she moved up the hill, she could already spot the gathering of darkness at the mountain's peek. The princess' heart began to sink.

'I have to stop them! I must not let any more blood be spilled this day! I must stop him! I must stop the Lord of Dark!' she wailed in her mind.

However as the three arrived, she was soon met by a horrifying sight. One of Oersted watching Streighboh stroll out of the large demonic statue that stood as the monument of the mountain.

"What?" she gasped.

"Streighboh? He lives?!" Uranus gasped in shock.

The mage smirked as he gazed upon the shocked and confused look of the knight, his old friend's fear making the darkness in his heart laugh.

"The contest's champion, so strong and bold... Abandoned good Hasshe- hero left to rot! But blackest, final crime was soon to come." Streighboh lamented, "When guided I your hand in murder just of thieving king who gifted you my love!" The mage clicked his tongue, "Disgraced... Yet still you came to ruin us! As is your wont. A singular creature."

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Meanwhile, back at the basketball court, Grant unknowingly berated the feral clock Rider in the same manner.

"You just don't know when to quit do you, you damned glory hog?" the soldier snarled, "Every time we've gotten stuck in these kinds of situations, it's always because of us cleaning up your mess."

"I understand that." Feral Zi-O admitted, "But that doesn't change that your mind is clouded by anger. Weiss wouldn't wan-"

"YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WEISS WOULD HAVE WANTED!" the soldier roared at the young king, catching him off-guard.

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"You've never been content to share your spoils." Streighboh snarled as he began to circle the knight, "I tried, friend. I believed that you could change. But that competition in you cannot." The mage then placed a hand to his heart while tears of frustration ran down his face, "You'd never settle- never let me win! Not even when I begged! For love! FOR LOVE!"

Oersted began to clench his fists, something the mage caught on.

"Go on! Speak! Break your vow of silence and finally repent for your crimes!" Streighboh roared at the knight, "You've no idea how I wept that night... You lustful wretch! How could you understand!? You've never loved nor lost, nor known shame!"

Those last words struck a nerve with Oersted, he knew more about loss than Streighboh would ever know.

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"If you didn't survive that day, if Weiss wasn't forced to go back and try and alter the accident, then she and Sora would still be here!" Grant snarled at Feral Zi-O, "Well I'm not gonna sit on the fence any longer…"

The soldier soon equipped his Ziku Driver, which made the feral clock Rider step back in hesitation.

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Streighboh then took out a magical staff with a blue gem adorned on the top, an orange sash wrapped around it while Oersted silently drew his blade, preparing himself for the incoming fight. Luna was left horrified as she prepared to stop them, but then felt something holding her back.

She turned and saw that the skirt of her dress had been snagged onto some rocks. Desperate, she tried her best to pull the skirt off of the rocks and then run in between Oersted and Streighboh.

"A final bout to settle it, my friend!" Steighboh challenged the knight, "To prove the faithful follower better, and champion crowned champion no more!"

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"Once I'm done with you, my future… no… this whole timeline will be free from your tyranny, Oma Zi-O!" Grant snarled before taking out both his Geiz and GeizRevive Ridewatches.

GEIZ!

GEIZREVIVE: NEKKETSU!

Feral Zi-O, realizing it was now or never, looked at his claw, the blood of the commander having long since dried. He briefly gazed upon it as the last words of Isaiah echoed in his mind.

"Be the One… to save us… from the Another Riders…"

"Fine… if I have to lose my humanity again to save yours…" he then felt the darkness slowly overtake his mind. "Then I'll gladly do it!" the young king declared before fighting through the dark electricity coursing through his body as he took his stand.

As the soldier prepared to transform, the silhouettes of Oersted and Streighboh appeared by their sides, preparing themselves for battle much like the Riders. However as Weiss neared the bridge, she was met by several Shadow Heartless and Dusk Nobodies.

"Oh come on, I don't have time for you!" Weiss roared as she quickly activated the Tsukuyomi Ridewatch.

TSUKUYOMI!

"Henshin!"

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Streighboh then manifested a surge of darkness, causing him to ascend into the sky as his body glowed a crimson red, making him seem like a demon himself.

It would be then that both Streighboh and Grant would shout the exact same line before the battle began.

"You will repay my loyalty… in death!"

With no choice, both Oersted and Feral Zi-O took their stances and gave their answers before the two charged at each other.

"Bring it."

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Soon, as he transformed into Geiz Revive, Grant quickly dashed forward and swing his claws at Feral Zi-O, who was meeting his dash by charging on all fours before preparing to slash at the evolved clock Rider with his arm blades. Once both attacks met, the resulting clash caused a burst of fire and electricity to spark from it, forcing the pair back.

Feral Zi-O began to snarl as Geiz Revive, making the orange clock Rider chuckle. He had then thought back to what Henrietta had said, 'A form that's trying to kill you. Heh, figures.'

Geiz Revive then quickly grabbed the ground underneath the young king and lifted it upwards, causing the feral clock Rider to fall off-balance. This opened him up for a series of wild-yet-powerful slashes to try and slice his opponent up. To counter this, Feral Zi-O opened his palm and fired several quills straight at the evolved clock Rider's helmet, obscuring his vision long enough for him to deliver a football tackle to his stomach.

The feral clock Rider than kicked him away before firing out his Scorpion Stinger to hook at him. He then brought the evolved clock Rider back and launched him into the air. The dagger was still attached to him so Feral Zi-O swung it around a few times; slamming Geiz Revive on the ground several times before he finally got launched out of the basketball court.

When Geiz Revive got back to his feet, the evolved clock Rider soon walked towards him and brandished his arm blade. However, what Feral Zi-O didn't expect was Geiz Revive letting loose a powerful volley of fireballs that forced him to dodge or block each of these blasts.

"Now burn!" the evolved clock Rider declared as a ring of flames appeared that fired out several fireballs that homed in on Feral Zi-O.

Feral Zi-O however quickly deflected each of the fireballs right back at Geiz Revive, forcing the evolved clock Rider to swat them away and let them fly towards random spots of the park.

'Tsk, looks like he's a lot better while in enclosed spaces. I gotta take this fight somewhere else.' The evolved clock Rider snarled.

He then swapped forms, turning the hourglass to swap to his Hyoketsu stance.

FREEZE TIME!

REVIVE REVIVE REVIVE! REVIVE REVIVE REVIVE! REVI~VE~ HYO~KE~TSU~! FUBUKI NO KYUSEISHI!

Once his wings opened up, Geiz Revive quickly flew up and began to fly away from the park. Realizing that he's changing the battlefield, Feral Zi-O dashed after him as fast as his legs could take him. He also quickly used the Scorpion Stinger to zip upto the rooftops to catch upto the evolved clock Rider.

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Down below, Miharu was walking through the town, his mind still weighing in on what the soldier had said and had shown.

For the longest time, the time traveller had regarded the Rider Links as just a myth. After all, a group of mystical artifacts that could theoretically protect the histories of the Kamen Riders sounds way too good to be true to him. Time is completely unpredictable, so something like the Rider Links should be impossible. Yet what Grant showed proved that they were anything but a myth.

Not to mention it lined up with the anomalies in time that he noticed whilst on the search for Weiss. He saw how the Heisei Riders' powers were supposedly stolen, only for their powers to strangely be not only restored, but made immune by the Time Jacker's Another Riders.

"This doesn't add up…" he grumbled to himself.

That's when he heard the sound of ice and darkness clashing as he looked up and saw a blue and purple blur blitzing each other in the sky several miles in the sky.

"What the?!" he gasped.

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EARLIER…

As Feral Zi-O chased after the evolved clock Rider on the rooftops, the feral clock Rider quickly entered a stance as purple lightning coursed through his armor before he zipped forward, rushing at his opponent at lightning speeds.

"Think you can out-speed me?" Geiz Revive snarled as he summoned the Zaclaw and converted it into it's claw-based form. He then coated himself in ice and quickly matched his opponent's speeds with his own dashing slash attacks.

TSUME RENZAN!

When the two stared each other down, they quickly dashed forward and clashed attacks one after the other as they flew across the sky. The clashes caused bursts of energy that quickly alerted many others to the pair's location.

"Why won't you just die!" Geiz Revive roared as the two zipped around and clashed.

"I ain't going to go down without a fight, that's what!" Feral Zi-O roared back.

---

The two soon landed just near a bridge before they saw the rain begin to pour due to the force of their attacks creating a small rainstorm around their battleground. However, after dodging another incoming slash attack from Feral Zi-O's armblades, Geiz Revive could feel his hands starting to go numb.

'Crap, I need to switch forms now!' he thought before spinning the hourglass.

FLAME TIME!

RE~VI~VE~ NE~KE~TSU~! KAEN NO KYUSEISEHU!

Swapping to his flame-based form, a burst of flames caused the rain to turn into steam. This briefly concealed the evolved clock Rider from Feral Zi-O's sight, allowing him to quickly get behind him. However, with one sonic roar, the feral clock Rider was able to dispel the steam. It's then that the two quickly glared at each other and dashed forward, their battle continuing.

---

"Grk! How many of these things are there!" Tsukuyomi shouted as she dodged and countered each of the Heartless and Nobodies that surrounded her.

As several Shadow Heartless flew at her, the moon clock Rider countered them by flying her Luminous Fractor at them, sweeping the beasts with one go. However, when one of the Dusk Nobodies was about to land a sneak attack, Sora had tossed his Keyblade and destroyed it in one Strike Raid.

The moon clock Rider breathed a sigh of relief, the Keyblade wielder had arrived with the others to back her up. The group however noticed how ragged the city seemed to look.

"How long have we been gone?" Zero pondered.

"If I had to give an estimate? A day at most?" Jiminy theorized.

"Man, things really have gone downhill since we ended up in your world." Sora lamented.

Tsukuyomi nodded before noticing Rentaro and Homare evacuating civilians. After getting an old couple out of harm's way, the pair looked to see the group and was relieved.

"Senpai! Donald-sensei!" the rookie ninja cheered.

"Boy are we glad to see you guys." The figure skater said, feeling relieved to see them.

"What's going on?" Tsukuyomi asked.

"Right now, there are a bunch of Another Riders swarming the city." Rentaro explained, "For the most part, it seems like most of them have been defeated but…"

That was when they spotted a large explosion in the distance, an explosion of power that could be best described as a mixture of fire, ice, and lightning. The moon clock Rider feared the worst.

"No… NO!" Tsukuyomi gasped before the group made a break for it.

---

The two were soon left out of breath, Geiz pinning the bloodied feral clock Rider to the ground. Their bodies riddled with wounds, cuts, burns, frostbite marks, and the like. Despite this, the rain continued to pour down on the two.

"It's over… Oma Zi-O…" the soldier snarled, "It's time… I bring your reign… to an end…"

Feral Zi-O, his helmet completely destroyed and a mixture of blood and bruises temporarily blinding him, couldn't help but chuckle, "Figured as much…" he admitted.

"Any last words, tyrant?" Grant asked him, raising his axe into the air in preparation for the final blow.

"Yeah, I got one question…" Rex answered, coughing up blood as he did so.

The soldier sighed, "Don't think you can weas-"

"What are you going to do after it's over?"

Grant looked conflicted, "Huh?"

The young king grit his teeth as he asked again, "Come on… you must have… some kind of plan… after Oma Zi-O… dies…" he said despite the immense pain he was in, "Like… will you… help rebuild… your world?"

The soldier shook his head, "This is just a trick… isn't it?" he snarled as he once again raised the axe, "What makes you think… that asking me that… changes anything?"

The young king's eyes then turned remorseful, "Because… look at yourself. Does that… look like a hero… to you?"

Grant conflicted, soon turned and saw his reflection in a nearby puddle. He saw the scars and bruises he was sporting, his hair having blotches of blood while one of his eyes was swollen. However more importantly, he noticed his own gaze.

It was cold, logical, without remorse. Grant's expression did not paint his victory as that of a soldier overcoming his enemy… it almost made him look… monstrous.

"Wha? What did-"

"I didn't… do anything… to an extent…" Rex weakly admitted, "We just fought… and showed… our true selves…"

"I… I…" the soldier was confused, "But… how?"

"I was like you… once…" the young king recalled as he tried to get up, "At first… I wasn't happy with the world… for what it did… to me. I wanted to hurt something, to hurt someone. But then, I met someone… Someone who told me… that I was putting my strength… in the wrong place."

Grant was still confused by this, but he quickly gripped his axe again.

"Look at us… look at what we've become when… we let our anger… our need to let others… feel the pain we feel…" the young king told him.

"Shut up…" Geiz snarled.

"Tell me… would going through this… change what you still went through?" the young king pointed out.

"Shut up!" the red clock Rider's voice got louder.

"Tell me… is this… what you truly want, Geiz?"

"Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UUUUPPPP!" Geiz roared as he lifted his axe.

GEIZ ZAKKURI CUTTING!

Rex closed his eyes as the axe came down, creating the large explosion that Weiss and the others had spotted. When the young king opened his eyes, he saw that he was still on Earth… and that Geiz had purposefully hit somewhere else. In fact, he saw that he was back to his normal civilian get up.

The young king was confused as to what had happened, only to notice the Feral Zi-O Ridewatch having been flung out of his Driver and discarded to somewhere else. Rex then turned to Geiz, who stood up and glared at the young king with a cold glare, but at the same time he didn't feel the same killing intent from his gaze as earlier.

"Wha…?" he gasped.

It was then that the red clock Rider finally lost the strength to stand and tumbled to the young king's side, his transformation finally giving out.

"But… how di-?" the young king asked.

"I… I heard from your girlfriend." the soldier answered, "You were trapped in that form. And, when you accepted… your death… I…" Grant then looked away in shame, "I suppose I saw something in you."

"Who would that be?" Rex asked, confused.

"…I saw the person I used to be before my father died." Grant shrugged, "I… I wanted to stop Oma Zi-O and take back our home… so that my mom and dad wouldn't have to go out there every day, that my sister didn't have to live in a desolate wasteland."

The young king smiled weakly at this, "I guess, we're not so different after all?" he pointed out.

"Yeah…" Grant agreed, "I suppose, deep down…"

The pair finished each other's sentence with…

"You had the same dream as me."

"Oi!"

Rex and Grant looked upto see Zero and Wally rushing towards the two. The soldier couldn't help but feel relieved that their friend was back.

"Yo, Wally." Rex greeted as he saw the former bully walk towards them, "Glad that you are okay…" the young king said as he waved at the group before wincing in pain.

"I can see that. You two look like shit." Wally quipped.

"Not like you're any better" the soldier said before getting up, only to stumble and require the former bully to catch him.

It was then that Wally noticed that Rex was back to normal, as well as the Feral Zi-O Ridewatch lying on the ground. He then turned towards Grant with a shocked expression.

"You… you freed him…" he noted.

"If either of us are to fight Zi-O, it's better that we do it without that thing infecting him." Grant grumbled while he staggered back to his feet with the Feral Zi-O Ridewatch in hand.

He then looked towards the herald, who was still shocked at the news that Henrietta, Sora, Donald, and Goofy had given him.

"Why did you two still fought each other even after the Another Riders were hunting you down?!" the herald questioned him, "You could have killed one another!"

"I had no choice but to come here" the young king admitted before turning his attention towards the soldier, "I made a promise after all. And right now, this is the only way I can see you..."

"What was that?" Grant questioned him.

"I... at first I didn't have any friends growing up. Couldn't blame them though, I wasn't exactly a social butterfly when I was a kid" Rex continued despite his injuries, "Then I met Henrietta, then Junichi and Aguri, Gramount and the boys, Saaya, Tsugiyoshi, you, Weiss, Sora, Donald, Goofy, even you too Zero."

"What is this nonsense?! We're not friends! We just went to war with each other!" the soldier growled as the herald held him back.

"Enough, let my Ov- let our friend rest. He's already been through enough" Zero told him as Grant backed off.

"It's fine Zero, I knew what I'm getting myself into" Rex told the herald as he regained enough strength to stand on his own, "Do you remember what you told me all those months ago?" he asked the soldier as they recalled their initial promise.

"But… if you ever start to move even an inch towards that tyrant's path; I won't hesitate to snuff you out."

"I believe in you, Grant" the young king said, "If you're so sure that I'll become just like Vortigern, then I'll gladly let you take my life; if it means atoning for the sins the man I might become had performed, and the sins I already committed as the Silver-haired Demon" He sighed, "You're sure, right? Do you think I am just like that man?"

"I..." Grant was about to answer, but suddenly Weiss, accompanied by Henrietta, Sora, Donald, Goofy , Junichi, Aguri, Rentaro, and Homare quickly got to the four.

"Stop!" she demanded from the two, "You two don't need to fight anymore."

The group were shocked, especially Grant as he saw two of the people he thought he had lost were alive. Still in shock, he slowly approached the resistance fighter.

"C-Come on, you shouldn't fight Rex." She pleaded him as she began to step away in fear, "I'm tired of seeing the ones I care about trying to kill each other."

But then, Grant merely hugged Weiss tight, tears flowing down as he felt a huge burden lifted from his shoulders.

"I thought… I thought I lost you…" he said, "Thank goodness..."

Weiss was confused, but Sora could see the relief on the others' faces. Rolling his eyes, both he and Donald performed Curaga on the boys, allowing the pair to heal their wounds and bring them back to full health.

"You know, we thought you were dead." Rex joked.

The Keyblade wielder couldn't help but chuckle, "Hey, you're not the only one who's cheated death before."

"Alright, fair enough." The young king said, raising his hands up before looking to Zero… and finally realizing something.

"Oh! Zero, you're back!" he cheered.

Almost immediately, everyone either lost balance and fell face first, or slapped their palms to their faces. Annoyed by this, Zero, Grant, Wally, and even Weiss all slammed their fists into the young king's head.

"OW! The heck was that for?" he asked before the angry quartet glared at him.

"YOU JUST NOTICED THAT NOW?!" they all roared at him.

"Hey, I just got out of that suit okay? Excuse me for being slow on the draw." The young king answered while holding his head from the blows.

This causes Henrietta to laugh, giggling at how fast the group went from trying to kill each other to simply acting like friends again. This got the others to laugh with her. Sadly, the only person who wasn't laughing was Schwartz as he threw Rex back with his powers, the boy tumbling hard onto the ground.

"Tsk, if you want something done, you might as well do it yourself..." the conqueror growled.

As Rex struggled to get up, Conquete had arrived, ready to strike him down as well.

"Tell the devil I said hello, brat." The elder Time Jacker snarled while he prepared to use his powers to end the young king.

Before either he or Schwartz could finish the young king off, Suddenly both Time Jacker and Quartzer were attacked on three sides by Zero, Grant, and Wally, while Weiss, Henrietta, Sora, Donald, and Goofy helped Rex back on his feet.

"What?!" he gasped.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on Rex!" Grant declared.

"Isn't he your enemy?" Conquete questioned the trio, "He stands before you and your goals, so why not leave him to die?"

"That's not an option anymore!" Zero declared as he grabbed Schwartz and performed a judo throw that sent the elder Time Jacker a good distance away from him.

"Rex, become the demon king?!" the resistance fighter laughed, "This is bad comedy! He's nothing like the one damned by all of time."

"The guy might be stubborn, but the most reliable man I've ever met!" the former bully shouted in the young king's defense.

"He's kinder than anyone I know, and the one I love." Henrietta affirmed.

"And more importantly, he's our friend" the herald stated firmly.

Sora then smiled as he finished, "That's just who Rex is. A kind and heroic king that I, no… we will follow to the end."

This angered Schwartz as he used his telekinesis to push the heroes into Rex, who quickly used Ichigo's wind powers via the Ichigo Ridewatch to save them.

"Have you all lost your minds?" Conquete questioned them, "This egoist is no fit to be a king, let alone a Kamen Rider."

"You're wrong!"

Schwartz and Conquete then turned towards the young king, his fists shaking in anger.

"I know that I can be reckless, and I know I have done things that I can never take back, but what I do know… is the demon's crown is not the road I'm meant to take."

As the young king stepped forward, the dark aura of the Silver-haired Demon returned. However, just as it appeared, the aura soon began to change from a sickening purple into a stunning platinum.

"Deep in my heart, I know that my place is alongside my friends, and that one day; I will become a king that people can rely on, one who they can trust in the same way I can rely on them." The young king continued as he continued to step forward before he placed his hand to his heart, "As long as we stand together..."

Finally, Rex opened his eyes just as his hair fully changed back to it's original look. However, unlike his normal gray-to-silverish hair, the gray in his hair had now full platinum like his aura. At the same time, the glow in Rex's eyes had stopped flickering and was a consistent fuchsia once more.

"...then the future is ours to decide!"

Furious, Schwartz snapped his fingers and brought the remaining Another Riders summoned by Dark Vice, which included the Revice Deadman, Maizen Bugman, Aqua Gilman, Dynamax Evo-Mutation, Litclub Honster, and Cosmos Zodiarite, but also summoned forth copies of the Ghost Gamna, the Gaim Inves, the OOO Greed, the Fourze Zodiarts, the Faiz Orpenoch, the Ex-Aid Bugster, and the Build Smash to his side, "Fine, I will eliminate all of you..."

As the others soon back up and stood between Schwartz , Conquete, and the young king, Rex quickly turned to them, "Guys!" he gasped.

"Why are you just standing there?!" the soldier questioned him as they got up, "I won't let anyone defeat you but me."

"Hey, that's my line." Wally snapped at Grant.

"True, and if this is to be our last fight, then let us all go down with honor!" the herald declared.

Rex was shocked to see this, but at the same time, there was a part of him that wouldn't have it any other way.

"Well? What are you waiting for?" Henrietta asked, reaching out towards the young king, "Let's protect this world, together."

Rex soon had the biggest smile on his face as he grasped his girlfriend's hand tightly and joined their side. As the nine lined up, Rex noticed the Dark DecaDriver in the herald's hand beginning to glow. Soon, the driver vanished in a burst of glitches before being replaced with a brand new Driver. The object resembled the original DecaDriver but now displayed a sideways closed window reminiscent of the Beast Driver's closed gate.

"Huh, what's this?" Rex asked.

Zero however then briefly checked his Rider Legacy book before closing it, "I suppose you could say… it's a gorgeous replacement for that monster's power."

"Well then, let's party! It's hero time!" the young king declared, briefly snapping his fingers and flicking his hand to show it's back while his index finger was pointed to the sky and his thumb jabbed outwards, before they each equipped their own Drivers.

ZIKU DRIVER!

LEGENDRIVER!

The heroes soon activated their respective devices before the boys stood together in a line, ready for battle. Zero in particular pulling out a brand new card that displayed a golden version of Decade alongside a growling lion, the letter EX appearing on the upper left of the card, while the name Kamen Rider Legend appeared before the ten fully filled golden arrows.

ZI-O!

GEIZ!

WOZ!

TSUKUYOMI!

ZI-O…

After inserting it into the new LegenDriver's card slot, a burst of gems appeared alongside a larger version of the mysterious door, accompanying the two clocks of the Ziku Driver users. Zero decided to perform his own transformation pose as he made the motion of kissing a non-existent ring on his ring finger before briefly splaying out his hand.

"HENSHIN!"

"LINK DRIVE: RIDER!"

RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER~! ZI-O!

RIDER TIME! KAMEN RI~DER! GEIZ!

RIDER TIME! KA~MEN~ RI~DER~ TSUKU~YOMI~! TSU~KU~YO~MI!

RIDER TIME! KA~MEN~ RI~DER~! WO~Z!

CHEMYRIDE: L-L-LEGEND!

ANOTHER TIME! ZI-O...

As the group of Zi-O, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Lady Woz, Sora, and Another Zi-O transformed, the herald quickly grabbed the two sides of the driver and pulled them, causing the door to spin and open to reveal a window that displayed the card proudly, being given a golden frame with four red gems on each of the corners and a green gem below the window.

The door soon opened and summoned twenty-nine Rider symbols appeared before transforming into silhouettes, afterwards they all converged onto Zero, encasing him in a Rider suit that resembled Decade, but had a chestplate that had a bunch of lines on the left of his upper body and his right thigh, an elaborate and jewel-encrusted shoulder pad on the right alongside a golden mantle on his other side, and finally a golden helmet that had a large raised section on the right, but retained Dark Decade's blue eyes once the cards embedded themselves onto the helmet.

Wally meanwhile, saw that his Another Rider form had changed. For one, he now had a new armor-plated mouthguard that covered up his teeth, while his eyes were now a pair of pink segmented grasshopper eyes. He also saw his two swords transform into a pair of Zikan Gilades that had a port on the bottom of the left sword that allowed it connect to the other blade.

Zero, liking these new forms, decided to open his Rider Legacy book once more, "Rejoice! The ones who will transcend the past and the future as the herald to the Hero King and the Tyrant of Time have arrived! And their names are Kamen Rider Legend and Kamen Rider Another Zi-O. This is the first page of a new history."

As the nine members of Team Zi-O stood together, Revice and Aqua arrived while Rentaro quicky suited up. Then, they all charged at Schwartz, Conquete, Dark Vice, and the Another Riders before them. When the Faiz Orpenoch tried to square up to Revice, Revi responded to this by placing the Ptera Vistamp into his driver and activating it.

BU~DDY~ U~P~!

UP~ AND SOARING~! WE'RE LEADING~! WE'RE SAUR~ING~! P~TE~RA~!

FLYING BY! COMPLETE!

The dinosaur Rider quickly took on an appearance similar to Faiz with his helmet having the crest of a pteranadon and eyes resembling that of Faiz, and a chestplate that opened up to reveal a pair of wings alongside a pteranadon symbol. Vice on the other hand shifted into his Ptera Genome form to serve as his partner's transport.

"Watch out, buddy! You're gonne become sky-kill!" the demon Rider laughed before they charged forward and rammed right into the Another Rider.

They then quickly activated their Remix form which caused two astral wings to form onto Vice's vehicle form before they zipped forward and began blitzing the Faiz Orphenoch.

HISSATSU! UTTE NA! MITE NA! PTERA!

"Feel the power of bonds!" Revi declared before activating his finisher.

P~TERA~! STA~MPI~NG FI~NI~SH!

Revice quickly zipped straight through the Another Rider, destroying it and leaving the host out cold.

"That's one down." Revi noted before he and Vice flew out of the way of the Aqua Gilman's attack.

Luckily, the water Rider was there to provide support as he launched several water blasts to quickly lock down the Another Rider. He then quickly limbered up and tackled the beast into the water below the bridge. With his power, Aqua dashed through the Aqua Gilman several times before sending the Another Rider's host back onto dry land with a Rider Kick, the Another Ridewatch destroyed.

"Thanks for the help." Vice thanked the future Rider.

"It's nothing. I suppose I owe Geiz and the princess an apology after this is over, do I?" Aqua guessed.

Meanwhile, Legend started his assault as he effortlessly dodged and countered each of the Another Riders' attacks. He then used the Mazien Bugman as a set while he took out a new motorcycle-themed gun with a card slot on top and a throttle on the side.

LEGEND RIDE MAGNUM!

He then shot each one of them down while Zi-O, Geiz, and and Tsukuyomi took on the other Another Riders. However, with the Ghost Ganma, Gaim Inves, Fourze Zodiarts, and Ex-Aid Bugster standing before him, the golden Rider got an idea as he drew four cards. These cards had the previous Riders on them, though they were also accompanied by stylized creatures based off of them.

"Gorgeous time!" he chuckled before loading each card in one-by-one.

GAIM RIDER! GHOST RIDER! FOURZE RIDER! EX-AID RIDER!

After pulling the trigger, copies of Gaim, Ghost, Fourze, and Ex-Aid materialized before him to the surprise of the clock Rider trio.

LEGEND RIDER FLUSH MODE!

"Huh, so you can now summon Riders like when you had the Ganbarizing Gashat." Zi-O observed.

"I suppose this new system is my full power realized." Legend chuckled.

The four Another Riders were surprised, but they fought on undeterred. The Gaim Inves and the copy Gaim quickly clashed blades before the orange Rider pressed down on his Driver's knife to charge up an attack.

OR~ANGE~ SQUASH! G-G-G-GORGEOUS!

The copy Fourze began making quick work of his Another Rider counterpart with several fast punches before activating his own finisher.

RO~CKE~T~ LIMIT BREAK! G-G-G-GORGEOUS!

After crouching down, the space Rider quickly delivered a powerful uppercut that sent the Another Rider flying into the air before exploding and allowing it's host to fall safely into the copy Fourze's arms.

OMEGA BREAK! G-G-G-GORGEOUS!

The copy Ghost quickly flew past the copy Fourze as a crown-like variant of Ghost's eye seal appeared before he landed a Rider Kick to finish off his opponent. Finally, Ex-Aid quickly zipped up and delivered a shockwave with his hammer that launched the Ex-Aid Bugster into the air for him to finish off with a Rider Kick.

MI~GHT~Y CRI~TICAL~ STR~IKE~! G-G-G-GORGEOUS!

With the job done, all four copies dissipated before Legend kicked the Maizen Bugman away.

"Kakogawa, let's finish this one together." the golden Rider stated to Another Zi-O.

"You don't have to tell me twice." The false clock Rider before Legend drew a card that had a strange Rider on it.

"Let's try this one." Legend observed.

CHEMYRIDE: G-G-G-GOREOUS MAIZEN!

CRAFT SCAN: MIKEY!

Soon, several red pieces appeared and attached themselves to Legend, giving him a set of red shoulderpads, gloves, black and red marking son the sides of his pants, and black boots. His helmet was also angular with blue eyes. However there was also a large black space that was quickly filled in when a blocky turtle man briefly materialized and fused with Legend. Now the suit had green on his helmet, arms, and legs while a yellow shell-like chestplat appeared before the banderole of his normal form attached itself to the suit.

With this new form, L-Maizen reached out with his free hand and quickly summoned a large turtle shell-like shield for him to use as he blocked the Maizen Bugman's punches with his shield. Another Zi-O took advantage of this and delivered two slash attacks with his swords. He then loaded them up with the Kuuga and W Anotherwatches.

FINISH TIME!

After pressing both triggers, he connected both swords together and began spinning them around before dashing forward and delivering a double slash attack that was coated with both green wind and dark purple energy.

KUUGA! W! TWIN GIRI GIRI SLASH!

This staggered the Bugman who was left at the mercy of L-Maizen who smirked at the dazed opponent. He then briefly closed the gate to charge his finisher before opening it up again.

GORGEOUS ATTACKRIDE: M-M-M-MAIZEN!

After taking a stance, he quickly kicked the shield forward which soon floated in place. Then L-Maizen jumped into the air as an astral projection of the blocky turtle appeared and headbutted him into the shield, allowing the golden Rider to deliver a flying side kick onto the Maizen Bugman while the shield spun rapidly. Once he landed on the other side, the shield shrunk and blew up the Another Rider, allowing L-Maizen to catch the Another Ridewatch just before it broke.

However that was when both Riders spotted Zi-O struggling with the Revice Deadman. Thinking back to how each Forgotten Riders' Anotherwatch was restored, the false clock Rider quickly took out the Revice Anotherwatch and got an idea.

"Hey, king-boy! Use this!" he called out before tossing the Another Revice watch to Zi-O.

---

As the silver clock Rider caught the watch, he suddenly found himself in the platform once more. After seeing that his transformation was gone, the young king turned around and saw Manticore standing there. He seemed more at peace than normal.

"So, we meet again…" the Phantom snarled.

"Yeah, and I heard about what Adam and Conquete did to you from Vice." Rex noted as he approached Manticore.

The Phantoms snarled, "To think that little cretin would feed me pure darkness instead of despair. Phantoms cannot handle that much power without going mad."

Rex then smiled and offered his hand, "Well then, Conquete's currently standing before us. So how about we pay him back together. Isn't that right, partner?"

Manticore was surprised to hear this.

"You consider me… your partner?" he asked the young king, not trusting his Gate.

The young king nodded, "Yeah, you and my inner self. I mean it takes the three of us to become Zi-O II after all, and my inner self helps me when I use DecadeArmor's Mighty Brothers Mode. Maybe we can use Revice's power to let you out too?"

Manticore looked at the young king with distrust, "And what makes you think I would accept your little offer? After we were forcibly fused?" the Phantom questioned him.

"Well for one, likely Conquete might have Adam or worse, his Vice feed you darkness again. Plus… I want us to fight together on our own terms, not get mixed together by some dark watch." Rex admitted before giving his Phantom a sly look, "Besides, I can imagine that you'd want to pay him back for that slight personally" He pointed out while a wicked grin formed on his face.

Manticore laughed, "You have me there!" The Phantom them shook the young king's hand, "Very well. Let's show him what it truly means to face off against the king."

---

Outside the young king's mind, Zi-O saw the Zi-O II Ridewatch connect itself with the Another Revice watch, producing four objects.

The first was two copies of the Rex Vistamp with the second being black and cyan with Vice's helmet in the mold, and finally appearing before him initially were two Ridewatches, one being teal with a metallic pink dial and button that displayed Revi's helmet, and a similarly colored watch that had a black base and Vice's helmet on it. The two Rex Vistamps then combined into one with one half of the t-rex being pink while the other was black, while the base was some sort of green.

'I wonder…' the silver clock Rider thought before he began to bring the two Ridewatches together, causing them to change shape while a pink and teal glow emanated from the objects.

MAKING A CONTRACT WITH A VISTAMP, THE DEMON RIDERS WHO FIGHT WITH THE POWER OF THE STRONGEST CREATURES ARE…

Once the two lights converged, Zi-O was left with a pink and teal copy of his Zi-O II Ridewatch that had the bezel of the Revi Ridewatch on it.

REVICE!

Meanwhile, Tsukuyomi quickly remembered the wish she had gained from the remnants of Rosas, the wish that Althea had initially given up before her untimely death.

'Please… watch over us, sister…' she thought as her magic began to transform the wish into something new.

That was when Lady Woz felt something pulse with power. Taking out the Geats MiRidewatch, the purple clock Rider saw the MiRidewatch fly out of her hands and into Althea's wish.

THE FOX RIDER WHO WINS THE DESIRE GRAND PRIX FOR THE SAKE OF A WISH IS…

The wish soon transformed into a Ridewatch that greatly resembled the GeizRevive watch, but unlike Geiz's personal watch, this one had a white base while the hourglass was more of a reddish-orange, the hiragana was replaced by the year 2022 on the left and a symbol of a fox on the right. The face currently not obscured by the red and white 'sand' showcased Geats' helmet on it.

GEATS!

Without missing a beat, the moon clock Rider turned towards Geiz.

"Grant, use this!" she called out.

She then threw the newly created Geats Ridewatch towards the red clock Rider, who effortlessly caught it right as the silver clock Rider put away the Zi-O II watch and then jut out the Revice Ridewatch and smirked.

"Ikki ni ikzue!"

He then activated the watch.

REVICE!

Afterwards, he turned the dial and was about to pull it apart, only for the watch to instead extend rather than separate, revealing the second watch displaying a black embossed version of Vice's helmet.

REVI/VICE!

Initially confused, Zi-O shrugged it off and folded Vice's half of the watch into the back of Revi's half and then slotted it in. Afterwards, he placed the watch into the Ziku Driver and began mimicking Ikki's transformation pose, drinking in the anger he saw from Ikki's Nobody. Meanwhile, a phone screen appeared behind Rex with a loading symbol on it.

"Stamp-by!"

As soon as he spun the Driver, Manticore flew out and summoned forth the ReviceArmors, one being pink and light blue armor to resembled Revi, alongside a pair of large shoulders seemingly based on blank Vistamps with it's purple a purple covering, the other being a much bulkier set of black and light pink armor with fans and parts on the front, a dinosaur tail on the back, and a new dinosaur-like helmet to compliment the main one.

ARMOR TIME! BU~DDY~ UP~! RE~VI~! VICE! RE~VI~CE!

Manticore then transformed into a copy of Zi-O as both armored up, with Manticore Zi-O putting on the ViceArmor's helmet himself whilst the katakana for Revi and Vice's names attached themselves to the helmets.

Grant couldn't help but chuckle at this new form Zi-O had obtained before he activated his new Ridewatch.

GEATS!

After slotting it in, Geats' name appeared beside him while he performed his transformation pose.

"Set Up!"

The red clock Rider then spun his Driver, causing several red bullets to appear and hit the name, creating two distinct halves, one that had a large a large magatama-like gun barrel on the center chestplate alongside two triggers for shoulders and a pair of arm-mounted guns attached to the usual arm guards, and the other had two large exhaust pipes on the sides of the now red and silver shin guards.

Two mechanical arms then appeared and brought the two parts of the Rider Armor together while a third brought down a fox-like mask onto Geiz's helmet before the usual yellow hiragana letters appeared to fill the empty eye sockets in.

ARMOR TIME! DUAL ON! GEATS! READY… FIGHT!

With a smirk, Legend took out his Rider Legacy book and opened it, wanting to allow his first proclamation in his new form to leave an impact.

"Rejoice! The Riders who goes from the past to the future, twisting reality to his whims and desires have arrived! And their name is Kamen Rider Zi-O: ReviArmor, Kamen Rider Zi-O: ViceArmor, and Kamen Rider Geiz: GeatsArmor. Truly, the once shattered bonds between them have been mended!"

"Until the future is bright and peace is ours…" Zi-O said as he clashed his fist with Manticore Zi-O's forearm.

"We'll keep fighting until the bitter end!" Manticore Zi-O declared after sharing a high five, throwing up a rocker sign as he did so.

"So get out of our way! We're steaming now!" the pair declared before they completed Revice's pose, the symbol of Revice, Geats, Zi-O, and Geiz appearing behind them and the red clock Rider as they did so.

Vice shouted at them in comedic fashion, "Hey! Stop stealing other people's lines! That's supposed to be for the final form!"

"Says the demon who constantly breaks the fourth wall." Manticore Zi-O snarled.

"Wait, is he-"

"Let's not think about it. I want to enjoy my revenge!" the other clock Rider said to his partner.

"R-Right." The silver clock Rider noted.

Geiz smirked before he reached out and summoned a white gun-like blaster with red accents alongside a sword on the top.

GEATS BUSTER QB9

"Fine by me. Let's go for the highlight." The red clock Rider chuckled before the three quickly charged forth.

Revice and Zi-O were up first as they clashed blades with the Litclub Honster, keeping the monster back as it snarled. After sending the two back, both Revice and both Zi-Os quickly began overwhelming the Revice Deadmans, both pairs quickly alternating strikes between one another before all four delivered a quadruple punch that sent the Revice Deadmans back.

Angered by this, the Revice Deadmans roared into the sky and transformed into a large T-Rex-like Heartless around the size of the Rex Remix, with several volcanoes on it's back, a horn atop it's nose, and a crooked plug as it's tail.

"Looks like it's time to Remix this fight." Zi-O said before looking to the Revice Ridewatch and twisting the side dial tree times.

REMIX TIME!

R-R-RE-VI~CE~!

Suddenly, the Vistamps on Zi-O's shoulderpads popped off while the armguards folded out and allowed him to create an upper and lower jaw that covered most of his body, leaving heavy armor around his legs and a connector port to plug into the copy Zi-O's back, who had transformed into a large lower body and a large tail, with the front legs having the stamps from the real Zi-O's shoulders. Overall this transformation gave the pair the silhouette of a large mechanical brachiosaurus.

"Heh, you're on!" Revi agreed before activating his own Remix form, fusing with Vice as the two achieved Revice's Rex Remix form.

HISSATSU! KUDASSU! MAX REX!

Tsukuyomi and Lady Woz quickly got on the backs of Zi-O Brachio Remix and Revice Rex Remix before the two dinosaurs charged at the roaring Remixochoros, who delivered a charging attack of it's own. Once the three dinosaurs clashed, Revice quckly delivered a powerful bite onto the monster's neck only to have to dodge several fireballs from the Heartless' volcanoes.

But, Lady Woz quickly saw this and leaped into the air, activating the Shinobi Ridewatch as she did so.

ARMOR TIME! KENZAN! SHI~NO~BI~!

She soon took out the spear as a large projection of a frog appeared behind her, empowering the purple clock Rider.

"The toad becomes me!" she called out before she slashed at each of the fireballs with her own wind-empowered slashes before diving down and delivering a downwards spear stab that damaged the monster's back.

As the beast staggered a bit, the Remixochoros did a brief leap before landing and causing a large shockwave to attempt to knock the dinosaurs off-balance. The Remixochoros then struck the ground with it's tail, letting loose a burst of electricity that hurt the two dinosaurs.

"Oh no, you don't!" Weiss shouted as she turned the dial on her Regalia Ridewatch to the mirror symbol.

She then slotted it in and spun the Driver as her Regalia form appeared, but now sported blue gems alongside a pair of large boots.

MIRROR STANCE! JEA~NNE~! DA~ DA~ DA~ DA~N!

She soon began delivering several quick kicks towards the Heartless. After landing, she quickly dodged the beast's fire breath before leaping up and performing a quick kick to it's eye. This opened the Remixochoros up for several swings of Zi-O's long neck before popping it up into the air. Then, Tsukuyomi Regalia leaped into the air alongside both Revice and Zi-O as they activated their respective finishers.

STAMPING REGALIA TIME BREAK!

The regal clock Rider started the volley off by first creating a snake construct with her Luminous Fractor. The snake then colied around her leg before she delivered a flying side kick charged with the energy of the Water Crystal. She then delivered several more kicks, each one causing a burst of blue and orange energy before leaping away. The Remixochoros barely had time to react before eating a T-Rex-like flying side kick from Revice Rex Remix.

RE~X~! STA~MPING~ FINI~SH~!

Finally, both Zi-O and Manticore Zi-O flew forward, performing a quick role before a large double stamp appeared that began to count down from 50 to 20. The two Riders then passed through it and delivered a double Rider Kick onto the Remixochoros.

STAMPING TIME BREAK!

REVICE HALF-CENTURY EXTINCTION!

The five soon landed as the Remixochoros exploded and left behind a little boy who fell into Revi's hand. Zi-O, Lady Woz, and Tsukuyomi Regalia then left to join Geiz.

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Back with the red clock Rider, he and Shinobi was facing off against the Build Smash, Dynamax Evo-Mutation, and Litclub Honster on their own. However, after blocking each hit, Geiz quickly fired several shots as the other two Another Riders.

"You handle the pirate, I got the other two." Geiz said.

"Got it." Shinobi agreed before quickly clashing with the Litclub Honster.

He quickly swapped his weapon into it's sword form and began slashing away at the Another Rider wildly. With the Build Smash dazed, the red clock Rider pressed on both of his Ridewatches to activate them.

FINISH TIME! GEATS!

After spinning the belt, Geiz kicked the Build Smash into the air and aimed his weapon right at the monster.

TACTICAL TIME BURST!

He then pulled the trigger and fired a powerful railgun blast that tore through the Another Rider, launching the Anotherwatch away and right into Another Zi-O who grabbed it. Afterwards, he turned his attention towards the other two Another Riders as he turned the Geats Ridewatch around.

REVOLVE TIME! BOOST!

Suddenly, he shifted around as his upper half became his lower half and vice versa. The white mouthguard was also swapped out for a red one as Geiz started delivering several rapid punches to the Another Riders. When he blocked the rabbit Another Rider's punch with his leg, he used the guns on his leg to fire at the Litclub Honster. This angered the Dynamax as she tried to slice at the red clock Rider, but he spun the hourglass and did a cartwheel to switch back to his regular form.

REVOLVE TIME! MAGNUM!

"My turn. Let's do this!" Geiz called out before the pair activated their finishers.

VICTORY NINJUTSU!

TACTICAL TIME BURST!

Shinobi quickly vanished in a puff of smoke as he slashed at the two Another Riders at rapid speeds. While they were distracted, Geiz took a stance before performing a spinning roundhouse kick charged up by the exhausts on his leg armor that quickly knocked the two Another Riders out. Once their Anotherwatches were ejected, Saaya and Gramount fell to the ground unconscious.

"Yakushiji-san! Gramount-san!" Shinobi gasped as the others arrived.

Zi-O soon felt a righteous fury as he directed it at Schwartz, Conquete, Dark Vice, and their last remaining Another Rider. Sora, Donald, Goofy gave the nod as they went after the Cosmos Zodiarite while Zi-O, Geiz, and Lady Woz quickly took out their Zi-O II, GeizRevive, and Gotchard Ridewatches.

GEIZREVIVE: NEKKETSU!

ZI-O II! Z-ZI-O-O!

"Twice Time!"

"Chemy Time!"

RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER~! (RIDER~!) ZI-O! (ZI-O~!) ZI-O~ II!

RE~VI~VE~ NE~KE~TSU~! KAEN NO KYUSEISEHU!

ARMOR TIME! GOTCHA~NKO! GOT~CHA~RD~!

With the power difference, the seven quickly take to fighting the trio off much more effectively. Lady Woz spotted Geiz Revive briefly fall to the ground.

"Geiz-san!" she called out.

"Don't worry about me!" the red clock Rider told her.

However, as they talked, Zi-O II's Future Vision triggered as Conquete, Dark Vice, and the Cosmos Zodiarite get up top and fire off several blasts to take down the seven.

"Grant, Sora, Weiss! Above!" he called out.

"Got it!" the trio affirmed before Sora quickly took on his Wisdom form while Geiz Revive shifted into his Hyoketsu Stance.

The trio were able to fly upto where Conquete, Dark Vice, and the Cosmos Zodiarite were going and intercept them, sending the duo right back into Schwartz. The elder Time Jacker snarled at Zi-O II who summoned the Saikyo Zikan Girade and prepared his slash attack.

The regal clock Rider did the same and activated her finisher.

PRISM CHARGE!

FINISH TIME! PRISM REGALIA!

"Donald, let's go!" Sora called out before they teamed up and combined their magic.

FANTASIA!

Suddenly, several fireworks began flying from their staves and right towards the conqueror and the corrupted demon, knocking them around while Lady Woz activated her finisher with Goofy.

FEVER TIME EXPLOSION!

WATERMELON BURSTING!

As steam came from the purple clock Rider, she and Goofy dashed forward to take out the trio while Tsukuyomi Regalia let loose the myriad of prism blasts.

PRISM RAIN!

However, right as Zi-O II raised his sword into the air, Schwartz quickly performed Time Stop. Everyone was stuck in place.

"It seems I must flee." He begrudgingly sighed, "We will meet again, Rex Wells. But know this, you're on borrowed time."

He then vanished into a time portal before time resumed, with Zi-O II pressing the trigger on his blade.

KING GIRI GIRI SLASH!

ZI-O II CHRONO-CALIBUR!

The different finishers soon connected as Conquete and Dark Vice were left sprawled on the ground. The conqueror was, needless to say, pissed.

"I'll be back… Zi-O…" he snarled before Adam arrived and transported the three of them out of the area, leaving behind an unconscious Tsumino.

The group couldn't help but collapse to the ground in relief. The battle was over, and they had come out victorious.

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The group reconvened at Rex's house, battered and bruised but still alive. While they left the other civilians to Ichijo and the police, Tsumino, Gramount, and Saaya were being checked over by Donald, Weiss, and Henrietta.

"You okay, Grant?" the young king asked.

"Yeah… a bunch of pests just got in our way" the soldier shrugged off, "However, it's safe to say that we've settled things. I've fought the Demon King of Time and won."

"I guess so…" Rex noted, "Then again, I was never really set on being the Demon King of Time in the first place."

"Yeah… you want to become the Hero King." Grant agreed before getting up and kneeling before Rex, "Then you got yourself a general of your army, your timeliness."

The young king couldn't help but smile at this, "Hey man, get up. You're not my underling. You're my friend." He told the soldier, "We're in this together, remember?"

Grant nodded before the two boys shook hands, the soldier finally letting go of the anger that hung over him for so long. That was when Rex saw how happy Grant was when he saw Weiss and Henrietta bonding.

"Hey, Zi-O…" the soldier said, confusing the young king, "Back me up for something."

Rex didn't know what he was about to do, but then he saw the soldier approach the resistance fighter. Weiss was surprised to see Grant walk upto her.

"Huh? What's going on Gr-"

Grant said nothing as he kissed Weiss on the lips, to everyone's shock and amazement. The resistance fighter was left in shock, blushing up a storm from the sudden kiss.

"I remember seeing Zi-O do this with his girlfriend, and so I thought I'd try it to." He said with a deadpan expression.

…

"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU JUST KISS ME RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE!" An irate Weiss roared as she summoned her Luminous Fractor to turn into a… baseball bat?

Without warning, she began whacking Grant repeatedly in the head with a vengeance, the soldier not having any time to react.

"IDIOT! PERVERT! CRETIN! FIRST KISS STEALER!" she roared while bashing Grant's head in, "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT BEFORE I COULD!?"

"E-Eh?! What the hell do you mean?" Grant asked.

"Exactly what I mean, you dense warmongering dolt!" Weiss shouted in protest.

"Stop it!" Donald yelped.

"Stop!" Goofy called out.

As the duck mage and the dog knight tried and keep the currently blushing resistance fighter from caving Grant's skull in, Zero, Rex and Henrietta however, couldn't help but chuckle.

"I guess we got another couple in our team now." The purple-haired girl observed.

"Yeah. Didn't expect him to be that bold though." Rex noted.

"That's just the way Myokoin's mind works, my overlords." Zero shrugged off, "However, he seems to have inherited your dense nature towards love."

"Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in why won't ya!" The young king groaned, making Henrietta chuckle before hugging the young king.

Overall, the once-fractured bonds between the heroes of the past, present, and future have been mended. Now, these heroes now stand together against Lord Vortigern's reign stronger than ever.

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She thought it would be over. The pain, the ridicule, the betrayal. It would have all ended in an instant.

And yet…

"OI! Wake up!"

A truancy officer shook her awake. She looked around… This was a subway station, but it wasn't the one she was at.

"W-where am I?" She asked the officer.

"Eeeeh? What sort of question is that? You're in Hagukumi City!" He said.

"Hagu…kumi…" She has never heard of this city before.

But… what was weirder was how she wound up sleeping on one of the benches at the subway station. She knew she stepped over the white line and fell right into the rails in time to the train's arrival, so why did she wake up on a bench. Did someone save her?

"Give me your ID…" The officer asked her.

She fiddled a bit to get it out of her pocket. She was hesitant to even give it to the officer. She had intended for someone to see this ID on her body in case she couldn't be recognized.

"I said give it!" The officer snatched the card away from her.

As he looked at the ID, his annoyed expression gave way to a more confused yet curious glance as he turned towards the bespectacled girl.

"Shimazaki… Yuna… Weird, I haven't heard of this school before and it's within reach of Hagukumi's transit system…" The officer said as he gave the ID back while Yuna looked away.

Yuna… That was her name that she had to remember now. She shed a tear, realizing she had shed a name she originally had:

Setsuna.

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TIME UNTIL OMA DAY: 7 DAYS REMAIN…?

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(Song: VERSUS - VESPERBELL)

/PRELUDE/

As the two Riders stared each other down, afterwards the scene changes to go through a rift in time that begins to pull in the different weapons of Team Zi-O before it fades to black

/utagoe hibiku

Anata to yume wo tsunagu basho ni/

When the screen returns, it showcases Rex standing alone on a fiery battleground at night. It then zooms in as it shows the young king looking towards the horizon, his scarf fluttering in the wind as the fires blaze around him. He looked beaten up as he closed his eyes and sighed, the afterimage of the Silver-haired Demon looming over him

/Furikaeranai

Yoake ga soko ni mieru kara/

The scene then jumps to Grant looking towards the sea in the morning, the calm waves slashing while the soldier was deep in thought. He then turned his attention towards the dog tags in his hand and gripped them tight, a single tear dropping from his face as the afterimage of his father appeared by his side.

/nando kujikesou ni nattemo

Warau kimi wo mite/

It then goes to Weiss wandering through the ruins of a castle. As she placed a hand on the still intact throne, she felt a tear go down her face as memories of the past begin to flow through her mind.

/Toberu you na ki ga shitan da

Futari nara/

Finally, Henrietta is left wandering the streets of Hagakumi alone before noticing the mark on her hand begin to glow as she turned towards the left, causing the camera to turn towards that direction.

/erabe mayou jibun michibiite

Meguru imi wo motomete

Hikari wo tadore/

It soon returns to the flaming battleground as Rex turns to see that Sora was behind him, reaching out to him. The young king tries to walk towards him, but notices the ground below him begin to crack underneath him.

/hirake tagiru kodou hibikasete

Sono te de tobira wo hiraite

Fumidashite yuku/

Meanwhile, Grant looks to see something in the sky. At first he was unable to reach it, when he jumps up, it causes the ground to shake and eventually break, revealing the night battlefield as Rex falls.

/sakebe idomu jibun tsuranuite

Habamu kabe wo uchiyabutte

Uchiyabutte yuku/

It soon transitions into a tracking scene of Grant either flying upwards through the morning sky and Rex falling down the starry night sky. All the while, various Ridewatches floated around the pair endlessly.

/hashire tagiru kodou hibikasete

Meguru sekai ni mukatte

Tachimukatte yuku no dakara /

The two soon spot the Zi-O and Geiz Ridewatches and quickly do their best to reach them. As the pair are about to grab their respective Ridewatches, they pass by each other which causes a bright flash that subsides to show the Heisei-ber and the Zikan Zaclaw crossed together.

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THE NEXT CHAPTER OPENS!

"Our stuff's been watch-napped!"

"You could say I'm an… acquaintance of Tsukasa."

"Excuse me, but do you know anyone named Hoshi Fujioka?"

NEXT TIME ON EDGE OF TIME: PEOPLE GAME 2017

"The future is mine to decide!"

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

In 2019, I wanted to try and write my own Kamen Rider crossover fic. One akin to the likes of striberx, Fenniksumaru, and ShadowBladeKnight. I decided to combine the then-currently airing Kamen Rider series at the time with my favorite action RPG series. Cut to five years later where I've not only met two of them, but got to work with them alongside several other writers over the years. Now, in 2024, this fic's second arc has finally concluded after four years of dealing with losses in the family, writer's block, and computer failures.

Of course, there's technically two more chapters left in the Forgotten Future arc, but I personally consider them to be the transition between the second and third arcs of these stories.

As for this chapter, honestly this fic is basically a shitton of fight scenes given that we got a continuation of Lady Woz vs Geiz Revive, but also Feral Zi-O vs Geiz Revive, and Team Zi-O vs Schwartz (kind of), Conquete, Dark Vice, and the Another Rider Army. I also want to clarify what I mentioned back in a previous Kamen Rider GX A/N.

Yes, I do not plan on adding any more Riders past Gotchard since honestly it's gonna be a huge hassle to keep adding more and more Reiwa Riders into the mix before it stops becoming a Zi-O fic. So for the record, I will mostly add the Gotchard Ridewatch alongside giving Zero the power of Kamen Rider Legend (hence why I killed off Dark Decade in the previous chapter). As for what was cut due to computer failures? There was supposed to be a segment where Revice would have become the Brachio Genome, subjecting Rex to the "That doesn't seem right" gag after doing it way back in the Fourze/Faiz arc.

Also, you have no idea how many times I had to rewrite the ending of Feral Zi-O vs Geiz Revive. I wanted to get that dialogue just right since it was going to be the key scene in this chapter to do and even then, I feel like I skipped over so much in the big fight due to both time and the page count getting ridiculous. Maybe I might make an extended version with the full fight, but who knows.

Anyways, next chapter is a doozy, especially since this is going to be a tribute arc based on a fic that's crossed over with EoT many times in the past, and given what's coming up, I hope I can do your work proud Psyga.

Until next time, here's to another five years. See ya!