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Chapter 22: Faiz's World Part 2
After their battle and stealing Haruhiko's powers, the Dark Riders along with their ally Enigma had returned to the abandoned bar.
Enigma was seated on one of the tables where she was enjoying some of the alcoholic drinks and Dark Decade along with Leo and Shadow Moon were watching her.
"So how does it feel? Having the power to summon an entire legion of Phantoms that will serve your will?" Dark Decade questions her.
Enigma hums as she looks at her hand.
"Apparently, it's not so different from other powers that I've stolen before. But either way, I'm grateful for your cooperation." Enigma said.
"But of course. Anything to help an ally in need." Dark Decade said but Enigma narrows her eyes at him.
"And since when did we become allies?" Enigma questions him and Dark Decade chuckles.
"I suppose it was too soon to say that. But don't worry, I am a man of my word. I still have intentions of giving you a place in one of my new worlds." He told her.
Enigma hummed before she smiled and drank her alcohol once again.
"I suppose I'll just have to wait and see until then." Enigma said before she stood up. "Either way, I'm going to make my own preparations."
"That is fine. Just be sure to contact us once you're done." Dark Decade said.
Enigma then leaves the bar by phasing through a wall.
The Dark Riders then left the bar as well and took a moment to discuss with each other.
"You really do have a way with words, boss. I even believe you for a moment there." Leo commented.
"Did you expect any less? I mean I was pretty persuasive when I recruited you and the others." Dark Decade told him, and Leo just shrugged.
"Well…I guess there's no denying that." Leo commented.
That's when Dark Decade heard his communicator ringing. He soon brought it out and noticed it was blinking yellow, to him it meant that Ryoma was contacting him. Shadow Moon notices that as well.
"Ryoma?" Shadow Moon said, and Dark Decade nodded.
"Looks like there's an update that needs my attention." Dark Decade said.
"So, I guess you'll be leaving?" Leo asked and Dark Decade nodded.
"Yes. But I'll send four Riders to help, so I'm trusting you to handle the rest from here on out." Dark Decade said. Leo smirks and bowed to his head.
"Of course. Just leave everything to me, boss." Leo said.
"I'm counting on it." Dark Decade said before he summons an Aurora Curtain, then he and Shadow Moon walks into it before it disappears.
After they were gone, Leo then looked at the moon as he was excited to not only be able to kill the Faiz of this world but Kiba as well.
"I hope you're ready, Kiba. Because you're going to die alongside Faiz." Leo said before he leaves to prepare himself for battle.
(Play Journey through the Decade by Gackt)
(Kamen Rider Decade, he has been given the power of a destroyer to destroy one.) (As the songs start to focus on Decade, who just transformed, standing in a white room filled with filming clips.)
(Miageru hoshi sorezore no rekishi ga kagayaite) (Yui covers Alex's eyes until she lets go. His eye zoomed in and was soon replaced with the camera, his camera, and later his DecaDriver which includes all 15 Heisei Riders including himself. His Machine Decader is shown parked in front of a pile of smoking rubble before, in the white room, Alex grabs one of the cubes and faces the camera.)
(Seiza no you sen de musubu shunkan hajimaru Legend) (The scene changes to a worn down warehouse with all Riders sitting but one at a time. Yui grabs a bottle and looks at it while Alex looks back. Ryu slumps back against his TryChaser 2000 as the silhouettes of the riders appear one by one. Setsuna throws the bottle down on the floor.)
(Oorora {aurora} yurameku jikuu koete. Tobikomu meisou suru Parallel world) (On one side the Dark Riders charge while on the other side the Riders of good do the same. The same bottle shatters as Alex looks as though he was about to collapse but not before his face changes into each of the Rider's helmets. Back at the warehouse all 15 riders lined up doing their signature poses and with Decade in the center but behind him was Yui.)
(On the road dare mo tabi no tonchu. Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame.) (All 15 Riders were in a circle and were fending off the Dark Riders as they were being surrounded by them. Alex is then shown on his bike getting his helmet on and Yui was riding as a passenger. Yui grabs on to him tightly before we see Decade showing off his fighting skills especially with the Attack Ride: Slash card. Soon back to the Rider, everyone was doing their best trying to watch each other's backs while against the Dark Riders.)
(Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku michi ni kawaru no darou.) (Alex sits alone, exhausted and with tears rolling down his face until Yui was in front of him with his camera and offering the other to help him up. We soon see Ryu riding with Alex and Yui on their respective bikes. Back in the battle, Blade was having trouble with Glaive until Decade showed up and pushed Glaive away. Ryuga was about to use his strike Vent on Decade until Ryuki used his first which saved Decade.)
(Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade.) (The Riders were helping each other trying to take down their respective foe. Soon Yui is seen with a smile in Decade's mind. But Decade focuses on the battle and helping his comrade's. Decade was soon on his bike driving out of an Aurora Curtain with pictures of the other 14 Riders in it and circled the logo.)
Days have passed since Enigma had stolen Haruhiko's powers. Alex, Seth, Kazuto and most of their friends were in the hospital as Haruhiko was speaking to a doctor about the loss of his powers.
"He's been in there for a while now." Mai said in some concern for Haruhiko and Kazuto placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Haruhiko is just fine." Kazuto told her.
"Do you actually believe that though?" Seth questions him getting everyone's attention. "I mean his precious powers were stolen, and chances are low that he'll ever get them back. So, he's pretty much useless now."
The others gave Seth a narrow look and Saki pulled on his ear much to his dismay.
"Saki, not in front of the others!" Seth said.
"Then you should've been more mindful of what you said." Saki told him.
"I was telling the truth, and you know it!" Seth defended himself but Saki twisted on his ear inflicting more pain on him. "Itai!"
The others including Yona and Inia couldn't help but chuckle to see that.
Reina then spotted Haruhiko arriving in the lobby with Arisu.
"They're back." Reina said and the others turned to them.
Alex, Kazuto and their friends then move towards while Seth's group choose to stay behind as Seth was rubbing on his sore ear.
"Hey, everyone." Haruhiko greeted his friends.
"Hey. So, what did the doctors say?" Kazuto asked.
Haruhiko avoided eye contact as he remained silent before Arisu spoke for him.
"Apparently, his situation is just like the other victims. Ichijo-kun has indeed lost his powers."
Alex, Kazuto and their friends were a bit saddened to learn this.
"I see. I'm sorry to hear that." Alex said.
"And what about your mother?" Kazuto asked. Haruhiko lowered his head in sadness.
"She…She still hadn't regained consciousness yet." He answered.
"I see." Kazuto said in understanding and sympathy.
Aika then placed a hand on Haruhiko's shoulder.
"Don't worry. I'm sure she'll wake up in no time." Aika assures him and Haruhiko smiles in gratitude for it.
"Thanks, Aika." Haruhiko said.
Alex and Kazuto then spoke to Arisu.
"Anyway, has there been any sign of Enigma so far?" Kazuto asked but Arisu shook her head.
"I'm afraid there isn't. I spoke with some contacts of mine, but they hadn't found any trace of Enigma after what happened." She told them.
"Well knowing her and Dark Decade, I doubt they stay in hiding for long. They'll make their next move soon." Alex said and Kiba nodded.
"I quite agree. Afterall, I should know that better than anyone." Kiba said.
"Kiba." Koito said.
There was a bit of silence within the group before Arisu broke it by clapping her hands gaining their attention.
"Alright, I think that's enough moping. I don't understand what's going on and what sort of connection you all have with each other, but I think it's best that you all head home and get some rest. You can't help anyone if you're exhausted."
"She does have a point. I do feel a bit tired." Seth said before he yawned with his hand in front of his mouth. "Let me know if there's any treasure worth swiping."
Seth then leaves with his group as they waved them goodbye.
"That guy…" Alex shook his head.
"But he does have a point. I think we're due for a long rest." Yui told him and Alex smiled.
"Yeah. I can't say no to you either." Alex said before they both chuckle.
After parting ways with Kazuto and his friends, Alex and Yui returned to the studio. When they arrived in the main room, they soon spotted a bandage up Ryu who was resting on the couch before he saw they had returned and waved at them.
"Hey, welcome back." Ryu said.
"Hey, Ryu." Yui greeted him.
"How are you feeling?" Alex asked.
"Wish I could say I was better…but that would be lying." Ryu groaned before he sat up. "Anyway, how are Kazuto and the others?"
Alex sighed while rubbing the back of his head.
"Well…I like to say they got past it. But they would be lying too." Alex said before he sat down on a nearby chair.
"Yeah. That figures…Sorry about that, if only I was stronger…" Ryu said and Alex placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, don't sell yourself short like that. I know that you did the best that you could." Alex said.
"Alex…" Ryu blinks before he smiles and nods. "Thanks. That means a lot."
"But still, I can't help but worry." Yui said as she sat down on a different chair. "Just what is Enigma going to do next with Haruhiko's power?"
"That remains to be seen. But I just know it's not going to be pretty, especially with Dark Decade backing her up." Alex said.
"That's true. Don't worry, if or when I'll…" Ryu said, but knowing what he'll say next Alex stops him by raising hand and speaking.
"No, no, no. You're still injured, you need to stay here and rest."
"But Alex…" Ryu said.
"Don't worry, I'll handle things from here. Plus, I still have Kazuto and the others as backup. So just take the time to relax and recover, okay?" Alex told him.
Ryu sighed in resignation before he smiled.
"Okay, you win."
"Good." Alex said.
"Alright, I'll get dinner ready then. You can't recover without a decent meal." Yui said before she stood up and headed to the kitchen to cook dinner.
"I can't wait." Ryu said before he took a moment to lie down and rest for a bit. "Wake me up when it's ready."
"Well…I guess I should get today's pictures printed." Alex said before he stood up and headed to the printing room.
(Next day)
Alex was riding on his bike as he searched for any signs or clues of Enigma and the Dark Riders, but so far there was nothing.
After finding a vending machine in a park, Alex took a moment to park his bike to rest up. Alex got off his bike to get a drink, he then sat down on a bench to drink some and breathed out.
"Man…I never thought things would be this quiet, especially since Dark Decade scored a big win on me." Alex said out loud.
"Alex?"
Alex looked and saw Kazuto was in the park too.
"Kazuto." Alex said.
After getting a drink for himself, Kazuto sat down beside Alex and told him the reason he was out.
"I see. So, you're hoping to find Dark Decade and Enigma too." Alex said.
"Yeah. Along with Kiba and the others. But so far, we haven't found anything just like you." Kazuto said. "It may not be much, but I wanted to at least help out somehow."
"You really care about your friends, don't you?" Alex said.
"Did I appear that obvious?" Kazuto asked.
"A bit." Alex shrugged. "But hey, I can understand. I also have people I care about too."
"I know. But there's more to it than that." Kazuto stated, and Alex blinked to hear that.
"How so?"
Kazuto sighed before he leaned back on the bench.
"When I lost both of my parents, I had to take care of myself, not sure who I can trust, whether they were humans or Orphnoch. But then I met Mai, Haruhiko and the others. They were willing to trust someone like me and I was willing to trust them too and even after learning that I was an Orphnoch, they still consider me as a friend. That's why I had to do what I could to help them, but now, I let this happen to Haruhiko…All because I was too weak." Kazuto said.
Alex nodded in understanding; his friends are the closest thing he has to a family now. He could understand that better than anyone, before he remembers a certain memory from his past.
(Flashback)
Alex was unconscious and was lying on a couch before he began to wake up. That's when he heard a voice speaking out.
"Uncle, I think he's waking up!"
Alex blinks for a moment before he sees Yui and her uncle Ken were right beside him as he looks at them.
"Thank goodness, I was starting to worry." Yui said with a smile.
Alex then slowly sat up before he saw his camera on the table and then he turned to Yui and Ken.
"Wh-Where am I?" Alex asked.
"You're in our home." Ken answered.
"Oh, right. We should introduce ourselves. I'm Takamura Yui and this is my uncle, Ken." Yui said and Ken waved at him. "What's your name?"
Alex placed a hand on his head as he tried to remember. Strangely, he can't remember anything about himself or his past, except for his name.
"Taka…Takahashi. Takahashi Alex." He answered.
(End of flashback)
According to what Yui had told him, when she was out running errands, she found Alex who was unconscious in an alleyway on a rainy day. Apparently, there was nothing on him except for his camera, no wallet, an ID, and even a phone.
After hearing he can't remember anything else besides his name, Yui and Ken had taken him in and let Alex live with them until he could figure things out. In time, the Takamuras became a family to him, and the studio was the closest thing he had for a home.
Alex then looks at his camera which is probably the only link he has to his past; he often wonders why this camera was the only thing when he lost his memories. But he doesn't have time to worry about it, he was about to speak to Kazuto, but someone already beat him to it.
"Don't say it like that!"
Both Alex and Kazuto blink before they saw that Mai had arrived and overheard their conversation.
"Mai?" Kazuto said before she approached him and stood in front of him.
"If you think you're the only one who feels bad about it, then think again! I was there too, remember? Besides, I'm sure Haruhiko never blamed you for it." Mai told him.
"But I…" Kazuto said before Mai suddenly hugs him.
"That's enough of the moping. So don't blame yourself for it, what's done and done. Besides, I'm your friend, so it doesn't matter to me either way. Same with you being an Orphnoch too." Mai assured him.
"Mai…" Kazuto mutters before Alex places a hand on his shoulder.
"She's right. Don't forget, I was there to help you, but I wasn't much either. So what if you and I failed, we just need to learn from this and stand up again. After all, it's what makes us human." Alex said.
"Alex…" Kazuto then smiles before nodding. "Yeah, you're right, both of you are. And thanks, I think I needed that."
Both Alex and Mai smiled before they heard another familiar voice calling out to them.
"Kazuto! Everyone!"
Alex, Kazuto, and Mai looked and saw it was Koito as she rushed towards them before she stopped and took a moment to catch her breath.
"Koito?" Kazuto said.
"What are you doing here?" Alex asked.
"Haruhiko! Is he still in his home?!" Koito asked and Kazuto nodded.
"Yeah. He should be with Reina and Kurumi-chan." Kazuto said.
"Good. Then call Kiba and the others now, we need to head to his house now." Koito told them.
While Kazuto and Mai were wondering what was up, Alex has a good idea what's on her mind right now.
After contacting Kiba, Minato and Aika, the Riders Mai, and Koito soon arrived in Haruhiko's home and Koito slams the bookworm's door open which surprised Haruhiko along with Reina and Kurumi while an amnesiac Ruru who often acts like Haruhiko.
"Reina-san? Kazuto-kun?" Reina said.
"What's wrong?" Kurumi asked as she noticed the look on Koito's face before she spoke to Haruhiko.
"Where is it?" Koito asked.
"Where's what?" Haruhiko asked back.
Koito soon spotted what she was looking for as she walked to pick the item up and showed it to them. Everyone saw it was the device that Ruru found and took when they fought that robot Phantom in the abandoned warehouse.
"Have you finished fixing this?" Koito asked.
"Huh…Not yet." Haruhiko answered and Koito grabbed onto his necktie.
"Fix it now!" She demanded and Kiba quickly moved in and spoke to her.
"Koito, calm down! Just what is this about?" He asked.
"Yeah, I think we're long due for an explanation. Especially since you made it sound important." Minato said.
Koito lets go of Haruhiko's tie as he stumbles and Aika catches before Koito explains to them.
"There's a cover-up. This is a communication device for accessing the Alayashiki servers. We'll use it to hack the servers."
"Hack?" Aika said.
"So you think that Alayashiki is hiding something?" Alex asked and Koito nodded.
"We need as much information as possible. Otherwise, we won't be able to take down Enigma and stop the Dark Riders." Koito told them before she hands the device to Haruhiko.
"Fix it immediately!"
"Easier said than done…" Haruhiko said.
"Yeah. I took a moment to look at it myself, the damages are still severe and not to mention the circuitree is outdated. It will still take a few days, maybe even weeks." Kazuto said.
Kurumi then spoke to them.
"Ummm…in that case…" Kurumi raised her teddy bear's arms.
After placing Albrecht on Haruhiko's desk, the bear uses the equipment to repair the communication device as the others watch him work.
"And you're sure that this can work?" Aika asked and Kurumi nodded.
"He fixed my Dad's PC one time." She explained to them.
"Wow, he's handy!" Mai said.
"No way…That doesn't mean he can fix it-" Haruhiko started as Kazuto took a look at Albrecht's work.
"He…Actually fixed it." Kazuto said and Haruhiko was left dumbfounded to hear that.
"No way!"
After fixing the device, Albrecht connected it to Haruhiko's computer to access Alayashiki's servers.
"We're in." Minato said and Haruhiko was shocked by this.
Albrecht then hacks into Alayashiki's data servers.
"Wow, he's a hacker, too!" Reina said in amazement.
In despair, Haruhiko sat down on the table as his head fell onto it.
"What was all my effort for?" Haruhiko mutters as Aika and Ruru give him some comfort.
"There, there. I'm sure you'll have time to shine…Eventually." Aika said as she rubbed on his back while Ruru petted him on the head.
Kazuto was deeply amazed at what Albrecht was able to do.
"Dang…Wish I had this little guy when I was working on the Axel Watch." Kazuto said.
"But won't it be bad if they found out about this…?" Mai asked.
"Who cares? We're running out of time." Koito said.
"I have to agree with that." Kiba said.
"Are you sure they're hiding something from us?" Haruhiko asked.
"No doubt. She isn't just any Phantom." Koito said before Albrecht gained full access to the company's server. "There."
With his job complete, Albrecht stands up and moves to Kurumi as she picks him up.
"Good work, Albrecht." Kurumi said.
Koito then sat down to search through the data files with Kazuto and Alex looking as well before Kazuto spotted something about Enigma.
"Click there." Kazuto said.
Koito clicks on the data file and it was about Enigma. Kazuto and Koito saw it was labeled as…
"Enhanced Phantom, Enigma."
"Now that doesn't sound good." Alex said.
"Enhanced Phantom?" Haruhiko said.
"What's that?" Mai asked.
Kazuto reads it along with Koito and Alex.
"Alayashiki has been pooling information about the special abilities of the students of each school and researching how to enhance Phantoms artificially." Kazuto said.
"Enhance them artificially?!" Haruhiko said as he stood up.
"No way…" Aika said in shock.
"Just what we needed…another company conspiracy." Minato said.
"That's not even the worst of it." Alex said as they read another file. "Apparently, they've been grafting human DNA to captured Phantoms, among other scientific procedures. They aren't anything like the original Phantoms."
"Wh-What the hell?" Mai said.
"Why would they do that?" Reina said.
"For low-cost labor, military deployment as man-made soldiers, and pharmaceutical test subjects…" Koito said while reading through another file.
"Yeah, I bet there's a lot of first and third world countries who would love that. Including some rogue nations and companies." Minato said.
"They sure came up with some twisted ideas." Mai said in disgust.
"No laws protect Phantoms, after all." Haruhiko said before he eyed Ruru.
"But Enigma ended up with power far beyond their expectations. Now she looks down on humans and has begun to rebel." Koito said.
"That's no surprise given what they did to her and it was part of the reason why Dark Decade wanted her." Kiba said. "He knew she couldn't resist the offer of ruling this world with him and his Dark Riders."
"Kiba…" Kazuto said before he notices something else on the data file. "Wait, scroll down a bit."
Koito scrolled down to her shock along with Kazuto and Alex, they found something that was truly frightening.
"What's wrong?" Mai asked.
"According to this…Most of these enhanced Phantom projects were joint experiments by Alayashiki and Smart Brain." Kazuto said and the others were deeply shocked by this.
"What?!" Minato said.
"No way…" Aika said.
"Well…this definitely complicates things." Kiba said and Kazuto nodded.
"Yeah. Then again it would explain that crate I found in that old warehouse." Kazuto said.
"Wait…You don't think Alayashiki is also a homebase for the Orphnoch, do you?" Haruhiko said being a bit fearful of that thought.
It was already terrifying enough that Smart Brain is an evil organization who sought to take over the world, but it would be even more troubling that they had taken over Alayashiki.
Kazuto thought about it.
"It's highly possible. But without knowing the full truth, we can't be sure about that. But we'll also need to be careful around Alayashiki." Kazuto said.
"Putting that theory aside. Looks like Alayashiki intends to feign ignorance to the end." Koito said.
"In other words, they want to deny any relation they have with Enigma." Alex said.
"That's not fair!" Kurumi said.
"These guys are way worse than Phantoms and Smart Brain!" Mai said.
"Wait. They have information on us, too." Koito said.
"Is it what Himeno-sensei sent them?" Haruhiko asked.
"Yes. Students with Special Abilities at Hosea Academy: On Ichijo Haruhiko and Fairy-type Phantom Ruru." Koito said and that got Haruhiko's attention along with Ruru.
"About Haruhiko-san and me?" Ruru said.
"What does it say?" Haruhiko asked as he walked to the computer.
But before they could search any further, Koito's phone begins to ring.
"Hang on." Koito said as she brought her phone out and took the call. "Hai? What?"
Koito stood up before hearing the rest.
"Got it." Koito ended the call and spoke to her friends. "Enigma showed up along with Psyga."
Most of the others were surprised by this except for Alex and Kiba.
"So they finally made their big move." Alex said and Kiba nodded.
"Yeah."
"Where are they?" Kazuto asked.
"At the Alayashiki research facility where your mother is." Koito told him and Haruhiko was left shocked.
When they had arrived at the research facility, both Psyga and Enigma made quick work of the security bots and members of the anti-phantom task forces created large explosions leaving destruction and flames in their wake.
While Enigma attacks on the ground, Psyga attacks in the sky flying with her jetpack while firing his guns.
One of the task force members fell on his rear as Psyga landed in front of him before he changed out of his armor while he was looking at the Dark Rider in fear.
"After all, you're only human." Leo said.
"P-Please…Spare m-"
Leo kills him by extending a sharp tendril from his finger which pierce his heart before the task force member turns into ash and Leo retracted his tendril.
"Honestly, must you be so barbaric?" Enigma said and Leo casually shrugged.
"It's a force of habit. But hey, at least he didn't have a painful death." Leo said, and Enigma sighed.
"I suppose it doesn't matter. Soon I'll have what I'll need." Enigma said as she walked to the facility with Leo following behind her.
After rushing towards the Alayashiki research facility, Alex, Kazuto and their friends were about a few blocks away but stopped as another task force squad had set up a blockade.
"Please do not come any closer. For your own safety, do not come any closer."
Even the distance they were at, they could see the large smoke clouds and heard the explosions created by Leo and Enigma.
"Dang…You could really tell they're on a warpath right now." Alex said, and Kiba nodded.
"But I wouldn't expect anything less. Especially from Leo."
"But what could they possibly want here?" Kazuto said.
Haruhiko then took out a picture of himself and his mother when he was a child. After making his decision, Haruhiko smiled and spoke to his friends.
"I'll go it alone from here."
They were surprised to hear that.
"Haruhiko, you…" Mai said before he smiles at her and Mai suddenly grabs onto his face to yell at him. "Like hell we'd walk away and leave your helpless ass behind, you dolt!"
"She's right." Reina said, getting his attention next. "Are you trying to look cool or something? What are you, stupid? We're all worried about you…We're going together!"
"Reina…" Haruhiko mutters.
Alex took a moment to take a picture of this.
"Exactly. Albrecht will definitely help." Kurumi said.
"Don't forget we're in this together. Because we're friends." Kazuto said.
"Yeah! Do you ever think about how others feel?!" Mai said.
"Hai…"
"Don't 'hai' me!"
Koito sighed to watch this while Kiba only chuckled.
That's when a yellow car had arrived as it suddenly stopped, the driver lowered the window to reveal herself as Arisu as she looked at the teens.
"Minna-san, you were here?" She said.
"Sensei?" The Riders and most of their friends said at the same time.
"Don't forget about me." Said another familiar voice.
Everyone looks and sees it was Seth as he stops close to them as well.
"Seth?" Alex said before he saw that Seth was riding on his own Rider Machine.
It was a cyan version of his own Machine Decader. Known as the Machine Diender.
Alex was amazed to see that and Seth noticed that as he smirks while rubbing his hand on the front of it.
"What? Did you think you're the only one with wheels?" Seth said.
After letting Haruhiko, Mai, Reina, Koito and Kurumi into her car, the Riders had managed to call upon their own motorcycles.
Kiba was seated behind Kazuto's bike while Aika rode on the sidecar of Minato's machine.
The Riders were following behind Arisu as she led them down different routes to avoid any task force members as they headed to the research facility at high speed.
"We're heading to the rear gate!" Arisu said before she made a sharp turn.
"Man! I never knew she was such a speed demon!" Minato said.
"Neither did I." Kazuto said.
"What is Enigma after?" Mai asked.
"Phantom data stored in the research facility and hospital. Enigma has Ichijo-kun's summoning ability. All she needs now is data, and she can control any number of Phantoms at will." Arisu told them.
"If that happens…" Mai said.
"She'll have an army of Phantoms under her command." Kazuto said.
"Yes. Enigma's ultimate goal is to control Phantoms and dominate humanity." Arisu told them.
"If that's the case, then it's no wonder Dark Decade wanted her. Since they pretty much share the same goals, it would make sense to forge an alliance." Alex said.
"And it's all the more reason we need to stop them!" Kazuto said as they sped up.
They soon arrived at the research facility and got off of their vehicles and saw a group of task force members were evacuating the patients in the building.
"Please proceed calmly!"
"This is getting bad…" Mai said as she knows that they're getting closer.
"There's a risk that you'll have your abilities stolen as well. Please avoid engaging Enigma, and focus on evacuating everyone." Arisu told her students.
Kazuto, Minato and Kiba's enhanced hearing had picked up some footsteps.
"I think it's too late for that." Kazuto said.
They soon saw that Leo and Enigma had arrived as they approached the hospital.
"Enigma!" Mai said.
"Leo…" Kiba said.
"They're going for the hospital first." Arisu said.
"No way! There are still people here!" Reina said.
Haruhiko was about to step forward but Mai stopped him by moving in front of him.
"Senpai…"
Mai then grabbed onto her shoulder before she moved onto his shirt.
"I can't let you go in your current state!" Mai told him.
"But…" Haruhiko was about to protest and Kazuto stops him by grabbing onto his other shoulder. "Kazuto…"
"She's right, Haruhiko. Just stay back and let us handle it. Trust in us, afterall, we're friends." Kazuto said with a smile.
Haruhiko reluctantly complied as he lowered his head and Ruru looked at him in concern.
"Haruhiko-san…"
Alex and Kazuto stood in front of the rest of their friends.
"Let's do this." Both Riders said at the same time and their friends nodded.
"Wait!" Arisu said.
"Albrecht, please." Kurumi said as she threw her bear and it grew into its giant size.
With that, the Riders along with Mai and the others moved towards Leo and Enigma and were ready to fight.
"No, come back!" Arisu said but they continue on forward.
Then both parties stop.
"My, my. I remember you kids from somewhere." Enigma said.
"Guess I shouldn't be surprised they'll try one last act of resistance." Leo chuckles.
"What, you think you'll become the queen of Phantoms or something?" Mai asked.
"Queen? That does have a nice ring to it. Yes, I shall have all humans and Phantoms at my command…It's something only I could do." Enigma stated.
Alex then noticed that Dark Decade was nowhere to be seen.
"Then where's your master? Shouldn't he be here too?" Alex asked and Enigma scoffed but answered his question.
"One, he's not my master. Two, if you really must know, he's away on business right now."
"And sort of business?" Alex questions and receives an answer from Leo.
"That's none of your damn business."
"You could've just said, I don't know either." Seth said and Leo only shrugged.
"But either way, I could hardly care less, because I'm looking forward to killing Faiz." Leo said as he set his eyes on Kazuto before he spoke to Kiba. "And after I'm done with him, you're next Kiba."
"You really shouldn't make assumptions like that so soon." Kiba told his ex-partner.
"Yeah. Especially since you're outnumbered." Minato said and Alex and Seth only groaned and facepalm themselves. Minato blinks to see that. "What?"
"You really shouldn't have said that." Alex said.
"I'll have to agree with Decade and here's why." Leo said before an Aurora Curtain appeared behind him and Enigma and walking out of it were five Dark Riders.
Kamen Rider Sigurd.
Kamen Rider Verde.
Kamen Rider Nega Den-O.
Kamen Rider Jam.
Kamen Rider Scissors.
The five Dark Riders then walked and stood beside Leo and Enigma.
"See what I mean?" Alex asked and Minato nodded.
"I do, and I'm sorry about that." Minato said.
"Well…It's not like you knew about it." Seth shrugged.
"Enigma, you were created by humans, weren't you? So why…" Reina said.
"Indeed. I was created by humans. As a test subject." Enigma said before she remembers the times she was experimented on. "Every nook and cranny of my body was toyed with and modified. I was turned into a creature unlike Phantoms, humans, or anything else."
"Do you really hate humans all that much?" Kazuto asked but Enigma only laughed.
"Of course not! I'm thankful now. I am a Phantom, and yet I can use human special abilities. It's proof that I've transcended both humans and Phantoms…I am the peak of evolution! Might make right! That is nature's law." Enigma said.
"Yeah, pretty sure you're not the only one who says that." Alex said.
That's when Leo spoke out.
"But since you know about Enigma's past, then you must have learned about Alayashiki's secret projects, right?"
"We did." Aika said.
"Then you should by now. That's human nature at its finest." Leo told them.
"Human nature?" Haruhiko said.
"Just what do you mean by that?" Koito questions him.
"Oh, come on. You know what I mean. After the Phantoms made their appearance, Alayashiki didn't hesitate to run experiments on them. They did that with the sole intent to fill their own pockets by selling them off as slaves and as weapons of war. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they did that to combat the Orphnoch, including you, Faiz." Leo said as he stared at Kazuto.
"Me?" Kazuto said.
"Yes. You may still fight for humanity but will they in turn be grateful to you? I highly doubt that, once they figure out who you are and what you are, they'll turn on you, trust me." Leo told him.
"There's no way that would happen!" Reina said.
"You shouldn't make assumptions so easily. I mean look at Kiba." Leo said as he and the others looked at Kiba who lowered his head in some sadness. "He told you about his past, right? That in our world, he wanted humans and Orphnochs to coexist peacefully, but it ended up backfiring on him. In the end, humans will keep on betraying the Orphnoch and they'll betray you too. Can you possibly think otherwise?"
Hearing that shook Kazuto to his core. His friends may have accepted him despite the fact he was an Orphnoch, but will the rest of humanity even accept him like they did?
"I…"
Kazuto then felt someone grabbing onto his hand and it was Mai who was smiling at him.
"I'll accept him. Even if the world turns on Kazuto, I'll choose to stand by his side no matter what. It doesn't matter to me if he's human or Orphnoch, Kazuto is my friend and he's important to me." Mai said.
"Mai…" Kazuto smiles in gratitude. "Thank you."
Kazuto then turns back to Leo.
"Even if you're right, I won't take the same dark path that you did. Even if the world rejects me and even if it's impossible, I'll keep fighting for a world where humans and Orphnoch can understand each other."
"Kazuto…" Kiba said with a smile on his face and the others smiled and nodded in agreement.
Leo frowns to see this.
"How can you even believe in such garbage?"
"It's because of what's in his heart." Alex said as he stepped forward. "Humans, Orphnoch, it doesn't matter. As long as we have the heart to love and understand each other, we'll never lose our way. If he ever falters and strays from the path towards his dream, I'll be there to help him no matter what."
"Just who do you think you are?" Leo questions him.
"I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider. Remember that!" Alex said before he brought out and put on his Driver.
Seth did the same as he brought out his DienDriver, Kazuto, Kiba, Minato and Aika also brought out their Gears as they put them on and brought out their Phones.
Alex and Seth soon brought out their Cards.
"Henshin!" The Kamen Riders said one at a time before they inserted their respective transformation items into their Drivers.
[KAMEN RIDE: DECADE/DIEND]
[COMPLETE]
With their transformation now complete, the five Kamen Riders faced the Dark Riders.
Leo smirks before he enters the code for Phone.
"Fine then…"
[STANDING BY]
"I mostly prefer this over a boring talk anyway. Henshin!" Leo inserted his Phone into his Gear.
[COMPLETE]
After transforming, Psyga swipes his thumb across his neck and points his finger at the Kamen Riders and their allies.
"Let the games begin."
Both groups of Riders soon charge at each other to battle.
Decade battles Verde as he kicks at him and Verde blocks it and punches at Decade, he blocks it and counters by attacking with his elbow, but Verde blocks it.
Diend battles Scissors as he avoids two punches and a kick, Diend counters by firing upon him landing some good hits.
Faiz battles Psyga as he throws punches at him, and he avoids and parries his attacks.
Kaixa battles Nega Den-O as he blocks two slashes from his sword.
Delta avoids two slashes from Sigurd's Sonic Arrow and counters by landing two punches on him.
Orga clashes blades with Jam before they enter a bladed lock.
While the Riders fight against each other, the girls battle Enigma.
Mai throws in the first attack by throwing some punches and kicks at her, Enigma avoids her attacks before she blocks a punch from her and Albrecht.
Koito then sings to retrain her with energy bindings and Reina soon begins to suck her in to devour her.
"All right! They pinned her down!" Haruhiko said.
But Enigma smirks before she frees herself which creates a powerful shockwave which sends Mai, Koito, Reina and Albrecht away as they fall to the ground.
Decade and Faiz notice this as they turn to them.
"Mai! Everyone!" Faiz said in worry.
"That's not good!" Decade said.
"You should worry more about yourself!" Psyga said as he used his Phone to fire energy shots at him and Faiz was forced to stumble back.
Verde then loads his Hold Vent Card into his Biovisor.
[HOLD VENT]
After bringing out his yo-yo weapon, Verde uses it to attack Decade several times.
Scissors soon did the same with his Strike Vent Card.
[STRIKE VENT]
After bringing out his own weapon, Scissors lands some powerful hits on Diend before he blocks one attack with his gun.
After changing his DenGasher to Gun Mode, Nega Den-O scans his Rider Pass on his Belt.
[FULL CHARGE]
Nega Den-O fired a red energy ball at Kaixa, he tried to block it with his weapon, but it exploded in front of him and Kaixa was sent rolling on the ground.
Sigurd lands some slashes on Delta before he kicks on her chest forcing her to stumble back. Sigurd soon attaches his Energy Lockseed on his Sonic Arrow.
[LOCK ON]
Sigurd aimed his Sonic Arrow and pulled on the nock to charge it with energy and soon fired his attack at Delta.
[CHERRY ENERGY]
It was too late to avoid it as Sigurd's attack landed on Delta as it exploded, and Delta was sent rolling on the ground.
Orga clashed blades with Jam two times before they entered in a bladed lock, Orga pushed Jam's weapons back and kicked on his chest. Orga then charges at Jam to attack him once again, but Jam avoids it by turning into a swarm of Evil Seeds as they fly around the Dark Rider defector.
Orga tries to attack the swarm but ends up missing before they merge back into Jam, and he slashes on Orga block twice.
Jam then combines both of his weapons together to form a naginata, he then attaches his Darkness Lockseed onto.
[LOCK ON]
[DARKNESS CHARGE]
Jam sends three energy slashes at Orga dealing him major damage before he is sent flying and crashing onto a nearby pole before falling on the ground.
Despite the attacks they took, the Riders soon stood back up and fought the Dark Riders once again.
"Everyone…" Haruhiko said in worry for his friends.
"Now then, I think I'll take your abilities now." Enigma said before she moved towards Mai.
"Mai!" Faiz said as he was about to move in and stop Enigma, but Psyga got in his way as he avoided some attacks from him.
"Hey! In case you've forgotten, you're fighting me!" Psyga said before he fired with the Flying Attacker's guns and Faiz avoided it by rolling on the ground.
Haruhiko grits his teeth as he can't just stand by and watch anymore, he soon charges at Enigma.
"No, Haruhiko-san!" Ruru said.
Haruhiko roars as he throws a punch at Enigma, but she easily avoids his attack, and Haruhiko ends up stumbling forward and ends up falling next to Mai.
"Haruhiko? Why did you come here?" Mai said.
"My, my." Enigma said, getting their attention. "Look who showed up…"
"Enigma!" Haruhiko said as he stood back up and faced her.
Then to Haruhiko's surprise, Enigma uses her many powers to transform into his mother as she smiles at him.
"I'll take you down in this form, Haruhiko." Enigma said with a smile, and Haruhiko took a step back.
"Haruhiko…" Mai said in worry.
Decade and Faiz notice that.
"Come on, man! That's not your mother!" Faiz said.
"That's right! Don't let her play you again!" Decade said.
"I'll put you out of your misery quickly." Enigma said as she brought out a whip of light.
"Haruhiko-san!" Ruru shouted as she flew towards him while Enigma was about to attack with Ruru right in her path.
"Look out!" Haruhiko shouted as he moved in and grabbed onto Ruru to protect her as Enigma's whip hit him and sent him to the ground.
"Haruhiko!" Faiz said.
Ruru flew out of her arms and checked on Haruhiko.
"Haruhiko-san!"
"Are you okay?" Haruhiko said before he sat up.
"How heroic, Haruhiko. You bring a tear to your mother's eye." Enigma said as she walked to Haruhiko.
"Sensei!" Kurumi said in worry as she grabbed onto Arisu's sleeve.
Arisu was hesitant at first before she hardened her resolve and called out to Haruhiko.
"Ichijo-kun! There might be a way to regain your ability!"
Hearing that surprised the Riders and the others while Enigma narrows her eyes at her.
"Listen carefully. Ruru-chan was born from you!" Arisu told him.
"Eh?" Haruhiko and Ruru said at the same time.
"Huh?!" The girls said at the same time.
The Kamen Riders and Dark Riders took a moment to pause each of their battles as they turned to her while saying this one at a time.
"Huh?"
"After observing you all this time, I've come to that conclusion. I believe Ruru-chan is a manifestation of the freewheeling personality that you subconsciously repressed. In which case, Ruru-chan would inherently have the same abilities. It's possible that she's synchronized to your growth." Arisu explained to him.
"Oh? I'll have that ability as well, then." Enigma says as she moves to Haruhiko, but Mai stops her as she blocks an incoming punch.
"No, you won't." Mai said.
Koito then stood up to speak to Arisu.
"And what do we do?"
"We transfer the ability stored within Ruru-chan to Ichijo-kun." Arisu told them as Haruhiko stood back up.
"But how?" He asked.
"Do the same thing that Enigma did to steal your ability." Arisu said.
"Ah. Got it…Wait, what?!" Haruhiko and Ruru cry out in shock.
Decade lands a kick on Verde's chest when he hears that.
"Wait, didn't they kiss when it happened?" Decade said.
Delta blushes beneath her helmet after hearing that.
"Just do it, Haruhiko!" Delta told him.
"Aika!" Haruhiko said before she avoids an incoming slash from Sigurd.
"She's right! You don't have time to think! Hurry!" Koito told him.
Both Haruhiko and Ruru's cheeks turned a bit red.
"With Haruhiko-san? I can't…" Ruru said.
"Wh-Why are you being shy?" Haruhiko asked.
"You can do it, Haruhiko-kun." Reina said.
"Yeah. I mean it's not like it's your first kiss or anything." Kaixa said as he clashed blades with Nega Den-O.
"Not you guys too!"
"Just do it already!" Mai said before she blocks an incoming punch from Enigma's large fist.
"For once in your life, try to at least be a man!" Faiz said before Psyga ended up punching him on the head.
"We're counting on you!" Decade said as he landed two slashes on Verde's chest with his Ride Booker.
"Senpai! Kazuto! Damn it. Ruru!" Haruhiko calls out as he turns to her.
"Hai, Haruhiko-san." Ruru said before she shyly brought out her lips.
"Y-You…" Haruhiko mutters before he gulps.
"Hurry up!" Delta shouted at him.
"Hai!" Haruhiko said.
"I won't let you." Enigma said as she was about to stop him but was forced to block an incoming attack from Kurumi's bear.
Both Haruhiko and Ruru hold hands as they slowly and shyly move to bring their lips together.
Both Koito and Reina used their powers to restrain Enigma's body, but Enigma broke free and attacked Haruhiko and Ruru.
"That's far enough!"
But it was too late as Haruhiko and Ruru finally kissed, and a bright light appeared between them.
Haruhiko and Ruru soon found themselves in their inner world.
"Haruhiko-san…"
"Ruru. Is this our internal world?" Haruhiko said as he looked at the space around him and Ruru.
"Let's hurry up and find out where your ability is stored."
In the real world, Enigma's attack made contact and created a smoke cloud around Haruhiko and Ruru.
"Haruhiko!" Faiz said.
"Ruru!" Mai said.
"No…" Orga said.
"Oh, dear. I overcooked them." Enigma said with a smile but noticed something was wrong.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Haruhiko was still standing from Enigma's attack and was now glowing.
"Haruhiko!" Mai said with a smile.
"He's okay." Faiz said.
"It worked!" Arisu said in relief.
"Hmmm…But it's all the same. I'll merely take your ability again. Or do you want to team up? We lived together for a while, after all. It might be nice." Enigma said.
Haruhiko soon gave his answer by using his finger to make two summoning sigils.
"Invoke!" Haruhiko said as he was ready to summon his personal Phantoms.
"Don't forget. I have that exact same ability." Enigma said before she used Haruhiko's ability to summon three Phantoms that he once sealed before. "These are the Phantoms you sealed. With the research data, I'll be able to control even more Phantoms."
"You failed to understand one thing." Haruhiko said, which caused Enigma to narrow her eyes at him. "True, your ability is the same as the one you took from me. But humans can grow! Marchosias…Cthulhu, come!"
Haruhiko soon summons the said Phantoms, but instead of appearing as cute and chibi animals, both Marchosias and Cthulhu were now in bigger, stronger, and more monstrous forms.
Everyone was deeply amazed to see that.
"Dang…" Kaixa said.
"Nice! Way to go, Haruhiko!" Faiz said and Decade nodded in agreement.
"Indeed. About time he got his act together." Decade said.
"Go, Marchosias, Cthulhu!" Haruhiko commanded.
Both Marchosias and Cthulhu fired a fire and water base attack respectively, dealing major damage to Enigma and her summon Phantoms.
Decade and Faiz watch him work.
"Now that's pretty cool. But we can't let him take all of the spotlight." Decade said and Faiz nodded in agreement.
"With you on that."
Decade and Faiz turned to the Dark Riders as they group up and Orga, Kaixa, and Delta did the same as they approached Decade Faiz.
Decade then notices his Ride Booker opening and ejects the Faiz Cards as he catches them. Decade looks at the Cards as they become active and ready to use.
Decade took the Final Form Ride Card and inserted it into his Driver.
[FINAL FORM RIDE: F-F-FAIZ]
Decade then moves behind Faiz.
"This might tickle for a bit." Decade said.
"Huh?" Faiz was confused on what he meant by that.
Decade then brought his hands to Faiz's back and his Photon Streams lit up, Decade then swiped his arms and Faiz's body began to change form.
A large weapon part appeared from his back and raised to Faiz's head and a grip and trigger appeared on his chest, Faiz then levitated above the ground as his arms pop open and move to the back as blaster parts appeared in front of his hands and feet along with an extra grip appearing on the side to form a large blaster.
This is the Faiz Blaster.
Everyone who didn't see it before were deeply amazed by what Decade had turned Faiz into.
Decade then held the massive Faiz Blaster with both hands and was ready to use it.
Verde wasn't impressed by seeing Decade's new weapon as he scoffs at him.
"Please! A big weapon won't make a difference!" Verde said as he inserted his Final Vent Card into his Biovisor.
[FINAL VENT]
Verde's Mirror Monster, Biogreeza has appeared as it brings out its tongue. Verde soon jumps into the air as Biogreeze uses its tongue to grab onto his legs and Verde swings to Decade to attack him.
Decade soon aims his Blaster and fires at Verde, shooting him down as he falls to the ground.
Psyga used his Flying Attacker to fly into the air to attack Decade from above, Decade lands the first attack as he fires at Psyga shooting him down as he falls to the ground.
Psyga stood up along with Verde while the other Dark Riders group up with them and charge at Decade to attack him together.
Similar to the Faiz Pointer, Decade fired an energy cone to immobilize the Dark Riders, and Decade uses that chance to insert Faiz's Final Attack Ride Card into his Driver.
[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: F-F-FAIZ]
Decade tightly held the Faiz Blaster as the barrel charged up with energy, and Decade fired a strong energy blast at them and the attack destroyed the Dark Riders as they exploded while leaving a smoke cloud and Faiz's symbol appeared.
At that time, Haruhiko along with the others manage to work together to seal Enigma away as crystal spikes begin to appear and encase her body but not before she says this to Haruhiko
"I enjoyed the time…we spent together."
"So did I." Haruhiko said before the crystals completely entrapped her.
With that, Mai approaches the crystal spikes and shatters them into pieces.
Decade sighed in relief before Faiz changed back into his original form.
"We need to show them humans aren't so bad, so let's do our very best!" Mai said and everyone smiled and nodded.
"Haruhiko!" Said Ruru who has regained her memories as she flew in and landed on his face.
Haruhiko grabs onto Ruru to remove her and look at her.
"Ruru! You're back to normal?" Haruhiko said.
"Yeah." Ruru nodded.
"Minna-san!" Kurumi runs towards her friends with Arisu walking behind her.
Just as everyone felt the relief that it was over, they heard two certain words.
[CLOCK OVER]
Decade, Faiz and the others turned to the smoke cloud as it cleared up, revealing Dark Decade as Caucasus with Psyga and Nega Den-O who had survived the attack.
"Dark Decade?" Decade said.
"Leo and Nega Den-O survived that too?" Orga said.
"But how?" Faiz said.
"Please, do you even want to ask?" Dark Decade questions as he changes back into his Base Form.
(Flashback)
Just as Decade fired his finishing attack with his Faiz Blaster, DD-Caucasus uses his super speed to move in and grab onto Psyga and Nega Den-O to pull them away to safety while leaving the others to perish as Decade's attack destroyed them.
(End of Flashback)
Just in case he was ready to fight, Decade, Faiz and their friends were ready to fight him along with Psyga and Nega Den-O.
"So, you're to finish what Enigma left behind?" Decade questions him.
But Dark Decade shook his head.
"As tempting that would be, no. I rather not pick up the slack of failures and I can't afford to lose any more of my Dark Riders. So, consider us even from our last meeting." Dark Decade said before an Aurora Curtain appeared behind him and his servants. "Psyga. Nega Den-O. Let's go."
Dark Decade walks to the Curtain along with a reluctant Psyga and Nega Den-O but Orga stops them as he calls out to them.
"My Lo…Dark Decade!"
The Dark Riders stopped and turned to the defector.
"I'll never forgive you for locking away my memories or for the things you made me do. But even so…I'm grateful to you, because you gave me a chance to have a new life. But know this, if you ever come here again and endanger my friends…Then I'll do everything in my power to stop you." Orga told his former master.
Dark Decade scoffed to hear that.
"We'll see about that." Dark Decade waved Orga goodbye as he walked into the Curtain along with Psyga and Nega Den-O and it disappeared.
Orga sighed before Faiz moved to his side and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you going to be okay?" He asked.
Orga thought about it before he looked at his friends and smiled beneath his helmet.
"Yeah. Because I'm not alone." Orga said.
Faiz smirks before patting his shoulder.
Decades smiles at him before he changes back to his civilian form.
"Well…I don't know about you, but I'm heading out." Diend said before he leaves and changes to his civilian form as well.
"So that's it? You're leaving without getting any treasure?" Alex asked and Seth stopped to turn to him.
"I wouldn't say that." Seth said before he brings out a data drive and Alex looks at it.
"Wait…Did you?"
(Flashback)
Shortly after Alex and the others had left Haruhiko's home to rush to where Enigma is attacking with Psyga, Seth had sneaked into the building and walked into Haruhiko's room.
He then inserts the data drive into the computer to copy and download most of the top and secure files in Alayashiki's servers.
(End of flashback)
"That's for me to know and for you to figure out." Seth said before he left.
"That guy…" Alex said as he watched him leave.
(Days later)
After Enigma's defeat, the abilities she had stolen had returned to their previous users and Haruhiko's mother had woken up.
She was seated on her hospital bed before she heard a familiar voice.
"Kaa-san."
She looked and saw her son was standing before her with a picture book in hand. She was surprised to see him and was on the verge of crying.
"It's me, Haruhiko." He said.
"Haruhiko…"
He was on the verge of crying himself.
"Kaa-san."
His mother then begins to cry.
"You've grown…I'm sorry. I'm sorry…I'm sorry!" She cried out, and Haruhiko took a moment to wipe away his own tears.
"You held on to this book, huh?" Haruhiko said before he handed her the book. "I'd forgotten all about it."
His mother wipes away her tears again and looks at the book.
"Because it was the first book you loved." She said before she smiled at her son.
Haruhiko then remembered how his mother would read that book to her every night when he was a child.
Haruhiko once again begins to cry.
"Kaa-san! I missed you…"
Outside of the room, Alex, Yui and Ryu along with Kazuto and his friends were watching the reunion between mother and son with smiles on their faces.
"Good for you, Haruhiko." Kazuto said.
"It's moments like these I won't stop taking pictures." Alex said before he took a picture of this moment.
After they left the hospital, Alex, Kazuto and their friends had returned to Haruhiko's home. They were standing outside to talk.
"So you're leaving soon?" Kazuto asked.
"Yeah. I've stayed longer than I originally intended. I can't afford to be left behind by Dark Decade." Alex said.
"Okay. Then I wish you the best of luck." Kazuto said before he and Alex shook hands.
"Thanks. But there is one other matter I have to attend to." Alex said before he turned to Kiba.
"What?" Kiba blinks.
"Kiba, if you want to, I can take you with me?" Alex offered the Dark Rider defector.
"Eh?" Kiba said in shock.
Yui and Ryu were a bit surprised by this before the former spoke to Alex.
"Alex, are you really sure about that?" Yui asked and Alex nodded.
"I am. Besides, it would be an advantage to have a former Dark Rider with us. Not to mention, like me, you're not from this world. I don't see the harm of you tagging along but the choice is still yours." Alex told him.
Kiba wasn't sure what to say before he thought about it. He then turns to the friends he made in this world. While some of them had understanding looks, some of them had saddened looks showing that they'll miss him, and Koito was among them as she lowered her head and placed a hand on her arm.
Seeing that Kiba smiles and makes his decision before he turns to Alex and tells him his answer.
"Thank you for the offer. But I have to decline." Kiba said, which surprised Kazuto and others, especially Koito who looked at him.
"Are you sure?" Alex asked and Kiba nodded.
"I am. I may have come here under Dark Decade's orders, but right now, this is where I belong." Kiba told him and Alex smiles in understanding.
"I understand." Alex said.
Kiba turns to his friends before he shook hands with Aika and did a fist bump with Minato along with receiving a smack on the back by Mai which caused him to flinch while she grins at him.
Kiba then turns to Koito, he was about to say sudden, but Koito cut him off as she quickly runs up to the Dark Rider defector and hugs him. Kiba was a bit surprised by this before he smiled and returned her hug.
Kazuto then placed a hand on Kiba's shoulder to gain his attention before the two smiled at each other and shook hands.
Alex, Yui and Ryu smile as they watch before the former takes a picture of this moment.
After returning to the studio, Alex was seated on the table as he was looking at the printed photos he took. The one that was currently in his hand was the group photo he took of Kazuto, Kiba and their friends.
It was distorted which also showed the shadows of their Orphnoch forms while the others were smiling.
"Now that is a nice smile." Ken said as he looked at the picture.
"But do you really think he'll be fine here?" Yui asked and Alex nodded.
"I do. It may have happened with force, but right now, this world is Kiba's home now. Besides, I think he deserves a chance to be happy." Alex said.
"I guess I can't argue about that." Yui said before he turned to Ryu who was doing some squats. "But how are you feeling, Ryu?"
"I'm feeling fantastic! I feel like a brand-new man! Now…watch me do a backflip!" Ryu said.
"Well, that's great…Wait, what?!" Ken said and Ryu was ready to do his backflip.
"Here I go!" Ryu said as he was about to jump backwards.
"Wait! Stop! Not in the house!" Ken said as he quickly stood up to stop him, but they ended up bumping into each other with Ryu's foot hitting Ken's head as he fell to the floor.
A now dizzy Ken, stumbles to the chain switch before he grabs onto it to support himself and ends up pulling to change the background as it lights up.
Alex and Yui stood up to look at it.
The background showed a type of clubroom in a school and strangely, Alex saw that Agito's personal motorcycle the Machine Tornado was in the center of the room and the clubroom looks very familiar to him.
"Wait…It couldn't be…" Alex said as he has a theory what kind of world this is which also gave him a sense of dread.
It was nighttime and walking on a street was Kamen Rider Agito as his armor was giving off a bright yet gentle light.
When the light died, a girl with shoulder length brown hair suddenly runs up to Agito and hugs around his neck much to his annoyance. Then it suddenly becomes daytime.
The girl then smiles while doing a V-sign and Agito sighs but smiles beneath his helmet.
To be continued…
There you have it, hope you like it. Review to tell me what you think of the story.
In Memory of Masayuki Izumi
1980 - 2015
Here is a list of the worlds.
Kuuga - Cardfight Vanguard: Lock of Victory (Clear)
Agito – The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Ryuki – Shakugan no Shana (Clear)
Faiz – Myriad Colors Phantom World (Clear)
Blade – Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Hibiki – RWBY
Kabuto – Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
Den-O – Omamori Himari
Kiva – Shinmai Maou No Testament (Clear)
W – Senki Zessho Symphogear (Clear)
OOO – Senran Kagura
Fourze – Sword Art Online (Clear)
Wizard – Date A Live (Clear)
Gaim – Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE
Drive – Tokyo Xanadu
Ghost - Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Spring
