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Toa Solaric: She was still new to time travel and didn't know the tropes.

Dragon Rider 66: Well, you can't say Fuwa didn't push the system to its limits. And yeah, having Hell Rising Hopper was fun to have.

MKDemiGodzilla-Warrior: Wait and see how we manage it right now.

Shooting Star Dragon 3000: Yeah, it was fun to make that form. BEHOLD! More dad jokes!

Bastion Lightz: Yeah, Fan Fiction is a pain with its notifications right now.

Raven Soriano: We've got plans for them, don't worry.

trialway01: Don't worry, there's something on the horizon.

Here are reviews answered by our own GreyKing46

trialway01: Gonna be intense

Raven Soriano: Yeah, we worked hard to make a good villain that is just... Bad.

Shooting Star Dragon 3000: To be fair, it turns out the ShotRiser over worked the key. Not fully Fuwa's fault.

Toa Solaric: It's Rider. Even stuff firmly stashed in your pocket goes flying at the earliest inconvenience

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The Priest was chuckling as he lay on the floor, imperceptible to most of the group as he was covering his stomach and chest. The battle had been long and hard, the members of AIMS and Metsubou Jin doing their best to hold off the priest, the dark warrior from the future, but they could only last so long. Resist so much.

Pushed to their limits, death would have been on their hands if not for Eve getting in the way of the final blow. Her transformation ended as she was sent flying.

"Why're you laughing?" Yua glared.

"Your timing. Couldn't have been more. Fortuitous." As he pulled himself up and revealed Eve's Zero-One Driver. "Thank you, Ms Hiden."

"When did you-?" Eve asked in shock as she realised that she had lost her means to fight.

The group's eyes widened in fear, seeing the Driver in his hand. "Y-You bastard," Jin grunted.

"With this, Lord Ark will return. And the Future will be set." He answered, hobbling away.

"With what? That Key won't work with an uncorrupted Driver!" Eve glared as she stood up.

The Priest smiled as he pulled out the Key and pushed it. As his thumb pressed the button, black and red lighting sparked around him. Covering the Zero One Driver on the Priest's belt and moving up, coating the Ark Scorpion Key. The casing slowly falling away like flecks of dust, leaving a mass of black and red wires that quickly began to reshape and reform into a new shape.

The Key had a red base, a black grip with red indentations and a red button on top of the grip, and a translucent black screen with white circuitry markings of an explosion with a white picture depicting the earth being slammed by a comet.

And then he tapped the button once again

H̶̢̿E̶͖̋L̷̛̩L̴͖̎R̸̥͂Ǐ̸̤S̴͇̚E̵̱̋!̸͍͒

The glitched sound of the Key sent chills down the spines and the systems of the HumaGears. It sounded like Ark's pure malice and Will deep within the systems.

ZERO-ONE DRIVER!

The Priest attached Eve's Driver around his waist and glared at her with a malicious smile.

AUTHORISE!

Coming from the Driver was a malicious dark metal grasshopper with burning red eyes, oozing with black ichor as it croaked out in pain and agony.

"H̶͈͐e̶͖̿ǹ̷͍s̵͇̓h̸̳̒ĩ̸͜n̴̙͊.̶̻͊"

As he slotted the Key into the Driver as it glowed with poisonous mist the hopper leapt into the air as red and black electricity coursed through the Priest's body.

H̸͔͘E̷̚ͅL̶̖̀Ḽ̵̛'̸̗̒S̴̖͂ ̸̜́Ě̷̲N̵̤͗E̶͕̐R̶͔͌Ǵ̸̳Y̴̘̍ ̵̻̐Ȟ̵̙A̷̝͋S̴͕͝ ̴̝̎D̵̫͛E̵̤̊S̵̻̔T̸̝̃R̷̲͆O̸̞͛Y̶̠̆E̶̩͗D̸̛̲ ̷͈̕T̸̝̂Ḥ̶̏E̵̲͝ ̸̥͋W̸̩͆Ȯ̴̙R̶̬͝L̴̦͗D̴̻͒!̶̡͋

The hopper leapt into the priest as he screamed in pain as much as joy, as a cybernetic wireframe formed over his body as it transformed him.

H̶̯͝E̷̙̊L̸̠̀L̴̞̈́ ̶͈͑Ř̵̥Ỉ̷̞S̵͙͂Ḭ̷͘N̴͉̉G̸͎̈́ ̸̜̌H̵͉̊Ȯ̷̗P̶̞̋P̵̦̒Ḙ̸͝R̵̦̓!̵̮̔

It was a deep black bodysuit, his boot's toes were metallic red that went around the side, his ankles and shins were protected by black covers with red arrows, and on his thighs were black protectors with red arrow-like markings that wrapped around like hexagon outlines around his waist. On his forearms were thick black bracers with red clasps and red protrusions; his chest plate was covered by a red and black 'X' shaped protrusions, red markings that crept up to his shoulder guards that were protruding jagged metal in black and red metal, but the centre of the chest was a white wireframe of a planet with white circuitry that looked like cracks throughout the armour. And finally, was the helmet, pure black with red circuitry markings along the top of the head, jagged grasshopper-like protrusions that came from his eyes and the antennae, a pitch-black mouth guard with teeth-like markings and pure white hollow visor eyes.

H̶e̵a̵v̵e̴n̶ ̷O̵r̴ ̷H̸e̷l̷l̸.̷.̷.̷I̴t̶ ̴D̸o̷e̵s̶n̶'̷t̸ ̵M̷a̷t̴t̴e̶r̶.̶

"Wh-what is that?" Eve asked in shock.

"P̷a̵r̵a̴d̴i̷s̷e̸.̴ ̴M̶s̶ ̷H̸i̸d̵e̷n̷.̵ ̴A̶n̸d̵ ̸H̸e̵l̷l̸.̵." Hellrising Hopper answered, his voice acclimatising to the new power it now wields as he took it all in.

And a dark, evil, laugh echoed out from behind his mask...

Eve frowned as she readied herself, neven not having her Driver, she was ready to fight against this intimidating foe.

"O̷h̴,̷ ̵y̷o̷u̴'̶r̵e̷ ̵g̵o̵i̵n̴g̶ ̴t̴o̸ ̷f̸i̶g̸h̸t̷ ̶m̵e̵?̷ ̴E̶v̴e̶n̶ ̴i̸f̸ you cannot win?" Hellrising Hopper asked as his voice now settled with synchronising with the suit.

"Like my father before me. Like the HumaGears and Humans before me. I will fight!" Eve answered.

"Well said, Eve!" Aruto's voice spoke as he flew in on red and yellow neon data streams as he attempted to attack Hellrising Hopper with a flying kick.

Aruto had transformed into:

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-TWO!

Hellrising Hopper looked in shock as he saw the flying kick, but then-

"I'm sorry, did you attempt to hit me with something so slow?" Hellrising Hopper remarked as he appeared behind Aruto. The Rider was frozen in mid-air, his foot where Hellrising's Head was supposed to be. Time seemed frozen, the two reacting faster than others could see. This interaction was but a fraction of time...

"Gah!" Aruto gasped as his eyes widened as he was grabbed by the shoulder and then the Priest slammed the Hiden president into the ground.

"Dad!" Eve called out in shock.

"How weak. You're outclassed, Zero!" Hellrising Hopper remarked, not even using the full name to add salt to the wound.

"That's just rude!" Aruto grunted as he spun-kicked Hellrising Hopper, thinking his systems can help him compensate.

Hellrising Hopper dodged out of the way with a demeaning laugh. "This Key is from the future. To me, you're running on Bit Speed!"

PUNCH!

"GYARGH!" Aruto grunted as he was overpowered and rolled to the ground.

"Enjoy what fleeting hope you have. Ark will ascend and become the God of this world and the future!" Hellrising Hopper called out as he leapt towards the rocket.

"N-No, wait!" Horobi grunted as Hellrising Hopper fled the scene and left Aruto in the ground.

Aruto was soon helped up, following the others, they had no chance to follow that monster into the rocket.

"We have to get him!" Yua called out as she was helped up...but the roar of the rocket's engines was beginning to fill the air, despite being a safe distance.

The group covered their ears as they gathered, and the rocket was leaving for the 'corpse' of the Zea satellite.

"It...it's over. He's won." Eve whispered in fear.

"What makes you say that?" Aruto asked with a small laugh.

"He. He has the rocket. The only means to get up." Eve answered.

"Yeah...about that." Aruto chuckled.

"We have a second rocket." Izu approached handing over a suitcase.

...

"What?" The group asked.

"Yeah, at much behest of the astronauts." Aruto answered.

"You mean Raiden?" Horobi deadpanned.

"He was adamant about wanting a backup rocket for situations like this." Izu nodded.

"Thank god that Uncle Raiden is paranoid." Jin remarked.

"But who's going up there?" Yua asked.

"I'm going-Argh!" Fuwa grunted but was stopped by Naki.

"You are not going up there, Isamu!" Naki responded as they put their hand on Fuwa's shoulder.

"Atch-ta-ta-ta-ta! That hurts, Naki!" He winced as he was held back.

Eve looked at the suitcase as it was opened and saw, "Another Zero-One Driver? But-?"

"Considering the rocket and what Thouser did, we thought it best to make a back-up." Izu explained.

"I. Don't know what to-" Eve looked at Aruto and Izu, to which they reassured her.

"We're family. That's all there is to it." He answered.

"That...and we're not letting you go alone up there." Aruto pointed.

"What about us?" Horobi asked as some ambulances turned up.

"You were saying?" Izu asked with a puckish smirk.

"...Good luck." Yua reassured them.

They nodded before they hugged Yua. "We'll be back."

"Come on, we need to get our spacesuits on." Aruto informed.

Izu and Eve nodded as they headed to the rocket and ready to get to Zea.


*In Space*

Floating above the heavens, weightless and in the void as stars speckled the void, the sight of the moon in orbit around the Earth as a broken, slowly being fixed satellite being repaired.

And there, working on the outside of Zea, was Raiden and his brother Subaru. "How's it looking over there, Subaru?" Raiden asked over his communications.

"All good over here." He responded.

"Great, we might be able to catch an early episode at this pace." Raiden smiled.

"Yes! Hey...did we do something wrong?" Subaru asked as he turned his head.

"Why do you say that?" Raiden asked.

"Because there's an unauthorised rocket coming towards us!" Subaru pointed.

"Wait, what?" Raiden turned his head towards the rocket and was stunned. "What the hell do the guys at base want from us?"

In the rocket, The Priest was smiling as he was approaching Zea, the future was set. He was going to herald Ark's return!

'It seems two lucky HumaGears are here to watch Lord Ark's ascension.' He thought to himself as he was wearing an orange space suit, despite not needing to breathe in space.

However, unknown to him, the second rocket was coming up. Holding Izu, Eve and Aruto, being directed by the Space Station crew back on Earth.

"Whoo! We're in space!" Aruto cheered.

"Aruto, this is serious." Izu informed.

"I know, but when is the next time we're going to do this? It's almost like a family trip." Aruto answered.

Eve smiled gently, knowing that, as strange as it was...it was a family trip.

This was one of the few things that she had wanted in her existence.

"Do we even have a plan to fight this monster?" Izu asked.

"Well, we're in outer space. Theoretically, gravity won't be an issue...so we need something for that." Aruto answered.

'A Progrise Key for space usage.' Izu thought as Eve floated with Aruto.

"Is this the first time you've been in space, dad?" Eve asked.

"Honestly, yeah. I haven't had much reason to be up here, I'm not really a registered mechanic for in-space repairs...that and Raiden didn't want me up here, so." Aruto admitted with embarrassment.

"Was he worried that you'd break something?" Eve asked.

"More like he didn't want to listen to my jokes." Aruto admitted as he floated in space.

Eve was not at much shocked but miffed; who wouldn't want to listen to her dad's jokes?

Cccrck!

"Hey, Hiden, what the hell are you doing here? What's going on?" Raiden's voice spoke through the communications.

"Raiden, we have a problem. That first rocket is housing a dangerous HumaGear, he is trying to corrupt Zea with Ark's data." Izu explained.

"Why'd you let him escape up here then?!" Raiden snapped.

"Brother, please. We'll handle him as best as we can." Subaru responded, trying to calm the situation down.

"Don't do any unneeded heroics, Raiden. This guy can corrupt HumaGears." Aruto warned him.

"He'll have a problem fighting me while in space, Prez." Raiden answered.

"Yeah, well. He managed to out-speed Zero-Two. I'm not sure how Raiden your lightning is gonna be." Aruto answered.

"...God damn it." Raiden facepalmed.

Eve and Izu shook their heads at Aruto's pained joke. Nothing more could be said about it except for 'He needs this right now.'

"Alright, we'll try and hold this 'Ark Magia' or whatever off and try to stop him from boarding. We'll try and get you a place to access." Subaru informed.

"Good, but be careful, this guy is from the future and can corrupt you more easily." Aruto warned.

"...YOU COULDN'T HAVE LED WITH THAT?!" Raiden shouted.

"Raiden!" Izu sternly responded, chastising him for his brashness.

"...Sorry, Izu." He apologised and muttered.

'Wow, we can see who's in charge of them.' Eve thought to herself.

"Raiden, that first rocket is docking." Subaru warned.

"Stay here, I've got this." Raiden answered.

"Be careful, Raiden." Aruto called out as the call was cancelled. "We've got to get there quicker."

'Good to know who's wearing the trousers in this relationship.' Aruto thought.


*In the Satellite*

Raiden floated in space, having attached his ForceRiser to his waist. "Alright, I don't know if this will fry the circuits. But I'll worry about that later."

PSHEW!

The doors opened as Raiden floated there, as the sight of The Priest floated through. "Ah, the Sleeper."

"And you must be The Priest." Raiden responded. "Have to admit, I'm shaking."

"Oh, do you find my appearance thrilling to see our Master return." He responded.

"No. I'm angry. Because I'm not letting you step upon MY satellite!"

Crzzzck!

Raiden held his Storming Dodo key in his hand and glared as he slotted it into the driver.

"Henshin!" Raiden roared out as he pulled the Driver's grip and opened the Key.

FORCERISE!

RAI! RAI! RAI! RISE!

Coming from the Riser, Raiden was covered in deep yellow lightning as it solidified over his body with the black wires strapping to his body.

STORMING DODO!

KABOOM!

The crash of thunder and lightning surrounded the area as he was fully formed.

DO-DON!

Call The Storm Down!

His bodysuit was an electric yellow with coursing green lightning on his forearms and thighs, white boots with black shins and kneepads, held together with black straps; on his stomach and chest were black dodo-styled segmented heads for his chest guard and their wings acting as his shoulder protection, green lightning spikes on his white bracers. A popped collar of gradient yellow to green metal, and finally his helmet, spiked and shocked like lightning, with blood-red visor eyes and a black mask spiked with lightning-shaped feathers that pointed outwards.

Raiden smirked calmly as his armoured feet stuck to the satellite. Using his key's electric powers to form a small electromagnet

"Interesting, your form allows you to remain grounded in space." The Priest commented. "It doesn't matter. I have the advantage."

"What Key is that?" Raiden asked as he rushed forward and attacked.

The Priest smiled darkly as he transformed and fought back, terrifying Raiden as his floating self punched slow but hard as back on Earth.

Raiden grunted as he was beaten back, his own 'gravity' being used against him, but that also meant he could slam the intruder more easily.

"Grrr! Take this, asshole!" Raiden roared as he slammed the HellRising Hopper into the ground, almost levitating from the slam.

Hellrising Hopper grunted as his extensions were used against him, being used as grips by Raiden as he tried to keep any sword usage to a minimum and just go in for punches and kicks.

The enemy Rider used zero gravity to his advantage, spinning quickly like a top and using the force to escape from Raiden's grip, attempting to kick him despite the lack of gravity to fight the Dodo Rider.

SMACK!

KICK!

Raiden grunted as he was pushed back, his feet still stuck to the floor due to the electricity. "Not a bad hit. But not good enough!" He grabbed the foot and attempted to slam down onto the ground and snap Hellrising Hopper's leg in half, even if to slow him down.

Hellrising Hopper grunted, almost screaming but the armour was taking the brunt of the damage. He wouldn't fail here, not this close to the finish line. "D-Damn you, false guardian! You could have helped usher the world to the Golden Age! Ark's will be made manifest! A world where HumaGears rule!"

PUNCH!

"Shut up." Raiden rolled his eyes even as his body screamed in pain

In the control room, Subaru was seeing the rocket containing the Hiden's dock into the opposite side of the satellite.

"Come on, come on." Subaru muttered as the rocket attached itself. "Docking. Open up!"

"Alright; does everyone know what to do?" Aruto asked as he and Eve floated.

"Yes." Eve nodded but feeling the weightlessness of her body felt strange as she looked at both of her parents, smiling.

"Izu, you've got your project. Eve, let's kick this guy's ass." Aruto turned to them both.

"You've got this." Izu responded as she floated towards a certain part of the Satellite.

Meanwhile, the three pulled out their own Keys, and as one they tapped them active.

JUMP!

SUPPORT SEARCH!

ZERO-TWO JUMP!

The three scanned their Keys and slotted them into their Drivers, transforming in lack of gravity, having a new sensation that many people couldn't claim to.

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-TWO!

REALISING HOPPER!

SEARCHING OWL!

Izu's wings spread out, if only slightly as she flew through the satellite while Eve and Aruto left to find and fight Hellrising Hopper.

"We'll see you soon, mum," Eve spoke as she and Aruto flew off.

As Izu nodded, she internally whispered. "Stay safe."

Aruto and Eve rushed through the satellite, leaving trails of energy and data behind them. They had to find Raiden and the Priest.

Aruto felt a wave of something within him like it was nostalgia. This was the first time being in the satellite itself, but the multiple times that Zea had helped him out, it was time to pay it back.

"Is it strange; being here I mean." Eve asked as she bounced off the walls.

"Yeah, it is. Being in space, being here with Zea. Seeing the planet below...it puts things in perspective." Aruto responded as they noticed the satellite shaking.

But they didn't have long to worry, to think.

Their feet glowed as the two riders pushed themselves through the air, attacking HellRising Hopper with a double kick.

"HA!" They proclaimed as they attacked.

SLAM!

"GARGH! How? It's impossible! How are you up here?!" HellRising Hopper yelled in anger.

"It pays to be prepared." Aruto answered.

Raiden grunted as he got up to his feet, being beaten by the enemy. His armour barely stayed together while Hellrising Hopper looked like he had taken zero damage at all "You couldn't be here like five minutes earlier?"

"Sorry Uncle Raiden, but this is the first time either of us have been in zero gravity!" Eve answered.

"...'U-Uncle'-?" He double-took.

"Just get in buddy, we've got this!" Aruto instructed

"You better." Raiden answered.

"You think that these forms can handle me? I am beyond your capabilities." HellRising Hopper answered.

"Doesn't mean we can't keep holding you back!" Eve proclaimed as she hung onto the roof before launching at Hellrising Hopper.

WHOOSH!

Eve's speed, utilizing the lack of gravity, made her unpredictable and struck the centre of the chest of Hellrising Hopper.

The enemy grabbed her foot and began to spin her, albeit clumsily. "You cannot stop what is already ordained!"

Aruto zipped around, using his centre of gravity to attack and slam the enemy into a wall, almost crushing him. "Oh, shut up!"

Hellrising Hopper grunted as he was covered in metal and wires, It was unintentional, but Aruto was causing destruction within Zea.

"Watch where you're slamming things, Prez!" Raiden shouted as he slipped back into Zea.

"Sorry, can't really control the lack of gravity!" Aruto apologised.

Hellrising Hopper grunted in anger, attempting to toss Aruto away, but the lack of gravity seemed to lessen his attacks.

'Damn this human, why doesn't he just *die*?!' HellRising Hopper thought in anger as he was tackled and thrown to the floor.


*With Izu*

Izu was working fervently at the computers, hoping that she could access Zea. To lock her away, to protect her

...

But also, to create the new key. Her fingers gliding across the controls to attempt and create something

"We need help. We have to do this." Izu whispered as she tried to build as many fire walls as possible to protect Zea... while nothing was happening with the Printer

Izu growled gently as she typed harder and faster. She knew she was not -as- advanced as her Mother, that her systems where not as fast or as complex, and... she felt scared. Like she had no hope of making what was needed.

"DAMN IT!" she cried, punching the controls. Almost crying as she shook... when a miracle seemed to happen.

Lights began to come to life in a 3D printer, taking the information Izu was uploading and making something with it. All to help fight against HellRising Hopper.

"It's good to see you again, my daughter." A soft, loving, voice echoed out from the machine. All around her. Even less robotic, even more evolved, than it had once been.

"Zea?" Izu's voice shook in shock and joy.

Almost as a response, the Progrise Key was being forged, shimmering with data and the sparks of the 3D lasers.

Izu looked at the schematics for the Key, going over the necessary means for Aruto to fight and stabilisation within zero gravity. "This is amazing." she whispered before turning around to the screen "But... but you shouldn't even be awake. Go back to bed! Your systems, they-they aren't even fully repaired yet! It's dangerous, your systems could shut down at any moment! I-I can do this! Just... just sleep! You don't have to do this?! W-Why?!"

"Never underestimate. A mother's protection." Zea spoke, almost glitching a bit because she was still being worked on. Izu felt her heart flutter at those words, a smile flickering across her face.

"Don't die on us yet. We're so close to fixing you." Izu begged.

"I'm not dead yet." Zea seemed to chuckle.

All the while Zea's screens flashed, the older AI resisting the urge to go dormant again. To rest until she was repaired...

"You can do this. We can do this." Izu reassured, working hard along with her mother.


*Back at the fight*

Aruto was fighting as hard as he could do, Eve backing him up as she attacked HellRising Hopper's back.

The lights seemed to flicker as they were fighting, their visions were flickering between night-vision and their normal state. But Raiden was trying to keep the satellite from breaking under the impacts as he worked hard on the machinery with torches and wires.

"You! Are so! Annoying!" Hellrising Hopper grunted as he punched Aruto and Eve over and over.

"Comes with the territory." Aruto grunted as he was kicked towards an airlock.

"Dad!" Eve called out as she was worried for him.

"I'm alright, I'm okay." He reassured as he grabbed some metal and nearly floated away.

"Try all you want!" Hellrising Hopper proclaimed as he shot back and hit Raiden. "You cannot change fate!"

"You don't even come up with your own material?" Aruto thought aloud.

"Like I need reviews from you, failed comedian!" He answered as he kicked Aruto. Aruto yelled as he was kicked back, his head knocking on the airlock door and getting it open.

"Ha!" HellRising Hopper laughed, spinning in gravity and tosing Eve away, using the momentum to eject Aruto into space.

THUNK!

PSHEW!

The force of the vacuum of space sucked Aruto into the black void, as the other Riders grabbed the sides of the wall and gripped tight.

SLAM!

The door to the airlock was slammed shut, HellRising Hopper had killed Aruto! No human could survive the vacuum of space!

Aruto floated outside as he lost all sense of sound. His systems were blaring as he was panicking but he had to switch his Keys. Thinking on the fly was one of his best traits. And he pulled out a silver Progrise Key.

EVERYBODY JUMP!

Aruto ejected and retrieved his Zero-Two Key and flipped open the silver Key.

With a slot of the silver Key he pocketed the Zero-Two Key safely as he was drifting further and further.

Metal Hopper's Ability!

Aruto could feel his oxygen dropping as he threw the Key into his Driver. Aruto's Zero-Two armour was filled with the ability and strength of the new Key, though not the Zero-Two Key, it was his most powerful one.

Aruto threw his hand back and then reached forward; shooting out a stream of silver metal from his wrists to make an anchor on the airlock door as he used the propulsion of his whip to zoom forwards and get back inside.

'Got it!'

Inside the satellite, Hellrising Hopper continued to fight. And it was obvious that Eve couldn't do much against this upgraded form. But she wouldn't give up!

"Do you honestly think that this can halt me? Even Zero-Two couldn't hold back this power!" He proclaimed as he blocked one of Eve's kicks.

SLAM!

Eve punched Hellrising Hopper in the stomach, his postulating was making him vulnerable to attack and driving him into a wall.

"Stop making holes in my satellite!" Raiden shouted from the doorway, feeling possessive of the satellite itself and not Zea. It was his and Subaru's job to make sure Zea was working again. And this jerk was wrecking every bit of hard work they did to fix her.

"It is ARK'S Satellite now!" HellRising Hopper snapped back, pushing against Eve and shoved her into the walls.

"F-Finally. Dropping. The titles? Jerk." Eve grunted as she was held by the neck.

GRIP!

"GYAH!" Eve grunted in pain.

"Die! D1e! D1_3!" He roared, his anger and voice glitching through.

PUNCH!

HellRising Hopper screamed as he was punched and thrown back, being slammed into the corridor down the satellite.

"Sorry that I'm late. I got caught outside." Aruto joked.

"How?" Raiden asked, before seeing the silver of the Metal Hopper Key. "Of course."

"Are you okay?" Eve asked.

"I'll live." He answered.

HellRising Hopper glared and growled, seeing Aruto Hiden time and time again fight back. 'How? How is he still fighting? He was never like this in the future!'

"We're not going anywhere, Priest! And Ark's gonna fail!" Aruto proclaimed.

"Who do you think you are?!" Hellrising Hopper got to his feet and growled.

Eve and Aruto looked at each other with a smile, turning to HellRising Hopper and proclaiming "Zero-Two!"

"Zero One, Realising Hopper!"

"That's our name!" They called together, their thumbs pointing to themselves as they grinned at each other.

Raiden shook his head as he heard that, recalling the numerous times that Aruto proclaimed that in his downtime.

The Priest snarled and slammed his hand against his key, energy rising quickly.

HELLRISE CHARGE!

The glowing red of Hellrising Hopper's armour collected into his right hand and rushed forward.

"MOVE!" Aruto yelled.

Hellrising Hopper's armour left trails of red and black data behind him as the sharp and destructive power of the Progrise Key pulsed through him and attacked.

H̷̘̍E̷̝͐L̷̳͝Ĺ̷̜R̸͍̉I̷̪̋S̷̘̃I̵͖͗N̸̜̈G̵̣͒ ̷̧͋I̸͓͌M̶̼̋P̴̰͛A̵̼̐C̸͖̍T̷̢͋!̵͉̎

A meteoric punch came after Aruto and Eve, almost catching them as HellRising Hopper rushed forward and almost exploded in the corridor both Aruto and Eve were thrown back because of the shockwaves.

The father and daughter hit the walls as HellRising Hopper burst through them, almost shattering through their armours.

Electricity sparked around them as they felt the 'impact' of the attack, horrified that they were almost destroyed by this attack.

"A-Are you? Okay?" Aruto grunted, panting heavily as he was into a new room.

"I'm. Alright." She answered.

"Do you now know your place?" Hellrising Hopper asked. "Ark's return will be manifest!" Lights were flickering around the room as HellRising Hopper looked at this in confusion and fear. "What's happening? What's going on?"

"Like we'd let you know." Aruto answered.

HellRising Hopper rolled his eyes at that notion. "Say farewell, Hiden."

As he was ready to attack and kill Aruto, a powerful rush came colliding with him.

Izu had arrived!

"Stay away from my family!" Izu proclaimed as energy surrounded her foot, the woman rushing through space with a powerful kick.

CRASH!

"Mum/Izu!" Eve and Aruto called out in joy as they saw her.

"Sorry for the wait I had to pick something up." As she pulled out a new Progrise Key.

"A new Key?" Eve asked as Izu tossed the Key to Aruto, letting gravity hover it in the air temporarily.

As Aruto caught it, he saw the white screen and the description:

ROCKETING HOPPER

ABILITY: BLAST OFF

"'Rocket'?" Aruto asked.

HellRising Hopper growled as he got to his feet, glaring right at them and attempting to destroy them.

"Enough of this." He glared.

"Couldn't agree more!" Aruto answered as he stood up, retrieved his Metal Cluster Hopper Key and pressed the new one.

BLAST OFF!

Reaching down he quickly flicked the Driver's self-scanner, smirking. "HENSHIN!" Aruto proclaimed as he slotted the Key into his Driver.

ZERO TWO RISE!

Emerging from the Driver was a large glowing white grasshopper, croaking as it launched around Aruto, hitting HellRising Hopper before retreating to Aruto.

ROCKETING HOPPER!

A Rider's Dream Takes Off Towards The Heavens.

Aruto was wearing a black bodysuit, his boots were white and bulky with black rocket heels, white shin and thigh guards with light black markings on the outside of the armour and legs, his chest was covered in heavy white armour with black markings and blue triangles underneath, on his back was a black vent under a white cone, large hexagonal shoulder guards with triangle pointed black markings. On his arms were two large fist-shaped white bracers and hand covers with black armoured white gloves. And lastly was his helmet, a white grasshopper with space-ship winged antennae with red visor eyes.

"Wh-What is this?" HellRising Hopper backed up in fear.

"Kamen Rider Zero Two. Rocketing Hopper!" Aruto called proudly.

"Be quiet!" The monster snarled, slamming his key into his belt and launching another finisher.

Ḧ̵̱́E̸͓͆L̸̫̋L̴̨̿R̶̤͌I̴̍͜S̵̢͗Ì̴̦N̸̯̉G̵̬͆ ̷̥̎Ī̴̻M̷̜͐P̶̠͛A̴̩͆C̸̰̑T̷̰̈́!̵͊ͅ

Izu and Eve dodged out of the way, Aruto launched himself upwards, using his new armour to propel himself smoother than just random gliding.

HellRising Hopper missed his attack, only to be followed by a rocket-fuelled punch by Aruto to his head.

SLAM!

The two quickly rushed out of the satellite, the new armour giving Aruto an in-built oxygen supply. A literal space suit as they rushed out

Izu and Eve quickly following, unleashing their Rider forms wings in order to assist them in flight. The fact Realising Hopper had wings did surprise Izu for a moment, blue energy wings emerging from Eve's back. But being a complete evolution of Zero One? ... It made sense to her.

"That... hurt!" HellRising Hopper snapped as he swatted Aruto's hand away, reaching forth as he began to make a new weapon.

THOUSAND JA-

Only for the weapon to shatter apart as Eve and Izu attacked. A series of fists quickly struck at him from angles normally unable to be reached during battles on Earth, the Z axis being a big help.

Aruto followed up as he came rushing in, doing a double kick to the Priest's chest armour.

"And there's only one thing in history that can beat you..." Aruto proclaimed proudly as he floated beside Eve and Izu, their eyes all shining in the light "AND THAT'S OUR FAMILY!" Aruto called heroically as he rushed through the air.

01! 01! 01! 01!

HellRising Hopper grunted in pain, slammed into the floor of the satellite, having lost his sight on Aruto because of the speed increase!

'Impossible!'

01! 01! 01! 01!

Eve and Izu flew in, using their leaping and flight abilities to strike, overpower and take on their shared enemy. Eve's kicks struck the side of The Priest, not quite beating his armour but dealing enough distraction and damage for Izu to follow up.

01! 01! 01! 01!

Izu's punches managed to attack the helmet, shaking his head over and over as he flipped in the zero gravity.

01! 01! 01! 01!

HellRising spun in the air, landing on the ceiling as he pushed off, attacking Eve as she blocked and took the brunt of the strong attack.

01! 01! 01! 01!

Eve grunted as she felt her systems blared red as she was flung back and into her mother's arms.

"I've got you!" Izu reassured.

"Thanks!" She responded as Aruto was almost flying through the satellite and attacking HellRising Hopper.

Kōdaina ākaibu akusesu shite

PUNCH!

PUNCH!

PUNCH!

Kensaku shitatte I don't think it's right.

Aruto was giving a flurry of punches and kicks as the jet roared on his back, the Rider giving a powerful knee and jab when he could. Aruto's fists weren't as fast as Zero-Two's immense speed, but they were enough to attack HellRising Hopper. Some steam rushed out of Aruto's fists as mini jets propelled his limbs forward.

With Space itself being a natural nerf to his abilities, and the rockets removing the same nerf from Aruto, the two were basically on the same level of power. Meaning... it was down to skill!

After all, this fight was in space. And in space...

Dēta wa kako wādo wa sain

kotae wa 404 Not Found…

Rockets are king!

01! 01! 01! 01!

Aruto slammed into the ground, the metal bending as HellRising Hopper was pushed deep into the floor.

"I won't let you stop this ascension!" HellRising Hopper roared.

01! 01! 01! 01!

"This 'ascension' is just an edgy teenager's dream fueled by hatred and rage!" Aruto snapped back.

REAL×EYEZ hajimari no aizu

"Don't pretend to be deep and special with me, you're just a child fueled by the hate of anything different and idolising a monster from the past!" Aruto hissed "And I'm not going to let your sick fantasy come to life!"

Atarashī jidai wo We gotta

"QUIET!" HellRising Hopper snapped as he slammed his arm forwards, unleashing red and purple lightning in a shockwave.

SUN×RISE Burning like the fires

Crossing his arms, Aruto took the blast as he jumped back. Flipping in the air a bit, the jets keeping him balanced, as he dodged the attack.

Kiri hirake unmei wo You wanna

Eve and Izu leapt into the fight, Aruto backflipping in the area, pushing their enemy into both Eve and Izu as they struck him in the back. The mother and daughter attacked, slashing him with dropkicks, their wings spread wide and carving their heels into the back.

REAL×EYEZ egaita miraizu

The Priest grunted and was flattened down, his energy was streaming out of his body as he glared at them. If he was going to fight, he'll Sh_4tt_3r them!

Buchi nuite Ikeru no wa

"D-Damn you to H3LL!" The Priest roared as he erupted in red energy and attacked everyone in the room.

The energy was like a storm... a storm that the three Hiden's just charged through.

You're the only ONE!

Izu acted first, a powerful axe kick coming down onto the Priest's shoulder. Almost ripping through his armour.

The black and red armour fluttered into the vast emptiness of space.

01! 01! 01! 01!

Eve then rushed next, doing a powerful side-kick into the opposite side of the Priest's torso. Cracking his ribs as well as damaging the armour massively, large fractures formed over the armour. The chest plate had clear gashes along the plate.

01! 01! 01! 01!

And finally, was Aruto, coming in with a flying side-kick. His foot smashed against the chest armour, shattering it away completely. HellRising Hopper's armour completely crushed away, as he was sent flying back. His armour still sparkling and crackling.

The sound of the shattering armour echoing into the nothingness.

01! 01! 01! 01!

The priest could only let out a gasp as he was sent drifting into the cosmos. Slowly moving further from Earth, his body weak as warning signs flashed across his systems and helmets HUD... His person was being overwhelmed by the three who stood in his way... and he hated to admit it. They were winning. Hellrising Hopper fell to his knees, not that he was open any level of solid ground to support himself, as he was feeling the pressure of exhaustion. This Key that Aruto had... it was the only thing he couldn't factor in. He had to destroy it.

But he was drifting away. Further and further...

"No!" he hissed, reaching down for his belt "NO!" He slammed the key hard. Red and black energy storming around him like a dark star, acting like his own propulsion as he rushed at our heroes.

Ḧ̵̱́E̸͓͆L̸̫̋L̴̨̿R̶̤͌I̴̍͜S̵̢͗Ì̴̦N̸̯̉G̵̬͆ ̷̥̎Ī̴̻M̷̜͐P̶̠͛A̴̩͆C̸̰̑T̷̰̈́!̵͊ͅ

"DIE!" he roared, trying to smash into them only for all three to quickly dodge.

The family darted in different directions, avoiding the attack as the Priest rushed past them. Coming to a stop as he panted, turning to the Hiden Family once more.

"You. Lose. Hiden. I will. Resurrect. My Lord." The Priest spoke through HellRising Hopper's near-broken voice.

"You even get tired of hearing your own voice?" Aruto asked as his eyes glowed.

HellRising Hopper turned in fear as he heard Aruto's voice. That last attack was meant to stop him!

"From your silence. I guess you miscalculated." Aruto peeled himself off the roof as his family did the same.

"I do not-!" He glared before Aruto, Eve and Izu pushed their Keys into their Drivers.

"HA!" Izy called as she got into the position of a flying kick, her left leg extended. Her glowing green wings extended heroically as a clawed foot formed around her own. Her eyes glowed dramatically in the blackness of space.

H!

I!

D!

E!

N!

S!

T!

R!

I!

K!

E!

"HIYA!" Eve cried out as she got into a mirror of her sisters. Blue and silver energy rushed from her form as a grasshopper's foot encased her right leg. Her insect wings buzzed and quaked hard and fast despite the lack of air. Her eyes were like brilliant stars.

R!

E!

A!

L!

I!

S!

I!

N!

G!

I!

M!

P!

A!

C!

T!

And finally, there was Aruto. Doing a powerful double-footed drop kick, his rockets on full blast. His voice was silent as his new violet eyes glistened like gems, a rocket cone forming around his feet as an aura surrounded him in a rather majestic way.

R!

O!

C!

K!

E!

T!

I!

N!

G!

B!

I!

G!

B!

A!

N!

G!

The came rushing down like missiles. Their feet smashing against him all at once, four feet slamming against his shattered chest. Almost in perfect synch as they smashed into him.

SLAM!

SLAM!

SLAM!

CRACK!

HellRising Hopper's visor was shattering away revealing the HumaGear's eye underneath, as he saw the blackness of space, damaged by the Hiden Family.

Aruto, Eve and Izu flew through the void as they pushed HellRising Hopper, having one sole direction to destroy him.

HellRising Hopper could only see Zea leaving his vision, as he was forced to watch his nightmarish dream slipping away.

However, the Hiden Family were looking forward. Towards the Earth.

Their combined speeds and attack were stunning HellRising Hopper as the enemy Rider's back was getting hot. And hotter. And hotter. And hotter!

"A-Argh! Wh-What're you doing? No! I can't die here! I won't! I-I'll! 4R_GH!" The Priest begged for his life, realising that he was going to be caught in Earth's atmosphere.

HIDEN STRIKE!

"You won't be destroying our future!" Izu proclaimed as they were approaching re-entry and her Driver was starting to glow.

REALISING IMPACT!

"To stop your insane machinations!" Eve proclaimed as her Driver was heating up.

ROCKETING BIG BANG!

"And to re-enter you back to Earth!" Aruto joked as he pushed further, ending on his terrible joke.

KABOOM!

The Priest screamed as his HellRising Hopper armour was destroyed, shattering the Key within, while also breaking the Zero-One Driver he stole.

Aruto, grabbed both Izu's and Eve's arms and activated something in his boots and back. A pair of rockets helped shoot them back up into space and back to Zea. "YEAAAAAH! HA-HA!" They cheered as they were in space having done something no one had done before, leaving Earth in their view as the Priest vanished from their sight.

Following the Priest, he was screaming as he had lost the HellRising Key and the Driver, unable to reach, as he plummeted. If artificial intelligence could cry, it would be now. As he saw the atmosphere cover up the vastness of space and Zea from his sight. "NO! No, no, n0! 1! I c4n't! 4a4argh! Hot! T00! T0o h0t!" His voice began to glitch out as he could see the vast blue ocean below and the green island of Japan approaching.

He had hit re-entry.

His body was burning away, evaporating from the sheer drop and speed he had accumulated.

First were his tattered clothes, leaving him bare and barren. His station as a 'shepherd' was stripped as he was a false prophet and harbinger of evil.

"HAA! HAARGH! H3Lp! H3l_P m3!" He cried as he fell through the clouds.

Next was his artificial skin, melting like wax and exposing his heating up metal skeleton and body.

The faster he fell, the more he burned, his vision was glitching out as he screamed for aid that would never come. He was alone in his crusade, leading HumaGears down a corrupted path. Not even Ark was there to comfort him as he attempted to spin to land. But all it did was blind him to where he would crash.

His metal chassis was melting away, burning as wires and circuitry almost exploded from the velocity. His vision was glitching out, warning him of the intense heat that he was experiencing and ordering him to escape it.

"You are in a high-temperature environment. Evacuate now."

Helpful words in an inescapable situation. He was preaching about the 'liberation of HumaGears'...he didn't consider the flames left behind. But now? Now he was feeling all of it.

"He-Lp! He-C̶͙͘r̶̬͘ç̸͑c̸̥̅c̶̣̏k̵̝͂g̷̬͆h̵̥͝!"

His vocal systems had shut down, no longer heard his own voice for comfort. As his mouth melted away, he begged for aid and screamed.

The solid plastic of his circuitry was burning away, his metal limbs were melting into drips of metal turned ash as he fell. First, his hands and feet, evaporated into ash and mist. Crawling up to the arms and torso, burning and melting as The Priest felt all the agonising pain that his systems were telling him to stop.

"You cannot sustain any more damage. Contact Hiden Intelligence."

His vision became blurry as it was overloaded with warnings and soon cut out into blackness.

'N0! No, n0! I d0n't! L0rd Ark! 1 d0n't w4nt t0-!' He continued to think as his mind continued to work...until his head was all that remained.

A falling scorched metallic skull with a red eye as it flickered out of sentience. No place for the data to go, no place to reach out to. And all the kind words of the systems he was made with, hoping to reach out to Hiden Intelligence were landed on deaf ears and disconnected wiring.

The Priest's skull, or whatever was left, landed in a landfill, shattering into nothing as it landed in the scrap pile and all the data was lost. Any semblance of artificial intelligence was purged by fire and gravity.

Nothing was left.

Not even ash.


*Back in space*

Aruto, Eve and Izu were back in safety joyous and exhausted, they had won.

"I-I can't believe it. It's over." Eve panted in joy, realising that her home, the future, was safe. It was better.

"Well done, Eve." Izu floated over and hugged her daughter, giving her praise.

"Hey, girls. Not to bring the mood down. But how do we get down?" Aruto asked as they were now floating in space.

...

"Err..." The three muttered.


*Time Skip*

The three arrived safely back down on Earth, their legs were shaky but considering their re-entry it made sense.

"Thank goodness that Raiden had the rocket still attached." Izu sighed in relief.

"I'm just glad he yelled at us for only five minutes." Aruto held his head.

Rushing over to them was Yua, hugging them tightly. "Thank goodness you're back!"

"We were only gone a few hours." Aruto chuckled nervously.

"'A few hours' is too long." Yua berated him.

"Hey, Prez. What happened up there? Did you scrap the Priest?" Fuwa asked.

"He burned up on re-entry," Izu informed.

"I guess HumaGears can't survive intense heat and being dissolved into dust at once." Eve added.

"Note to self to give firefighter HumaGears heat-resistant clothing." Aruto muttered to himself. "And invent -better- heat resistant clothing."

"I'm getting that first." Fuwa answered quickly.

"You already have too many shirts, Fuwa." Naki responded.

"I could use one like that. My suits have been getting a little scorched when I transform." Jin smirked, making Horobi push him playfully.

"Excuse me, not that this isn't good...But someone is gonna pay for damaging Zea!" Raiden called out.

Aruto flinched and chuckled nervously, knowing he would have to pay. Zea was part of his family after all.

"Father, mother. Thank you." Eve spoke as she hugged them. "This time, I think I'll be able to do more."

"Hey, we'll be with you every step of the way. Aruto reassured.

"I know. I hope that my device isn't destroyed so I can get home." Eve hoped.

"Oh, you mean this?" Shesta asked as she approached with Eve's device in hand. "We made sure to keep it safe." She smiled gently.

Eve took the device and smiled, having the means to return home. "I'll see you soon." As she hugged them all, but gave her family a group hug.

"Take off towards your dream." Aruto whispered into his daughter's ear.

"We all have 'Hiden Qualities' in this family." Eve joked.

...

"Hai. Eve Ja~, nai to." Eve smirked as she shocked her parents with her first joke.

"That's my girl." Aruto rubbed her head.

Eve broke the hug to her family and activated the device. She was ready to go home when a portal opened and she was about to take that first step into an unknown future, one that hopefully was better.

With one last look behind her, seeing her vast family, she leapt forward and through the portal, flinging herself through time.

Everyone looked on, watching as Eve left through the portal. Seeing it slowly close behind her...

"Looks like I'll have to make another Zero-One Driver to replace the one I lost." Aruto spoke as he and the others walked towards the nearby parked vehicles.

"To be fair, that was the Priest." Yua admitted.

"Speaking of which," Aruto answered as he pulled out his RisePhone and tapped a few buttons, a hologram projecting above the screen. Flicking through a few pages, he quickly pulled up a file and expunged it thoroughly. "Just making sure it doesn't happen."

"The Priest's data?" Yua asked, to which Aruto nodded. "Smart."

"Just being careful," Aruto answered. "I hope Eve is back in a future in which she can be happy."

"Us too." Izu agreed before turning to the others "I... may we have a moment?" she asked, point to herself, Shesta and Yua.

"Huh?" Aruto blinked "I... sure." shrugging he got onto his bike as he saw his three girlfriends walk away.

"Someone is in the dog-house." Fuwa joked as he unlocked his van, Naki slipping in.

"What did I do wrong?" Aruto blinked with a nervous laugh.

"Could easily be considered a lot." Horobi mocked.

"Hey!" Aruto huffed, crossing his arms.

"So... Aruto. You got a new, more powerful, key?" Raiden commented.

"Another one?!" Jin snapped/ groaned.

"Hehe, yeah. But I won't be using it." Aruto smiled as he held up the Rocketing Hopper Key.

"You're not?" Horobi blinked.

"It's the same stats as Zero Two, just redistributed to make it useable within space." Aruto explained "Meaning outside of flight, it's not the best for in-atmosphere combat."

"Makes sense." Horobi nodded.

...

"What are they walking about?" Naki mumbled.

The girls stayed close as they came to a stop, Yua and Shesta looking at Izu. Silently asking her to start talking, willing to listen.

"Okay." Izu sighed, hugging herself "So... we... we know what happened in the future. Or... rather the future we just changed. What would have happened. I died and Aruto fell into depression. And you two eventually left him because of how he acted with his guilt. How you had limits."

"What? Are you going to say we should break up with him now? That we don't 'deserve him' or try and lord this over as some kind of 'I win' moment?" Yua asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No." Izu responded, shaking her head "No. I believe he would have fallen into that if it had been any of us. But I believe that it has revealed... a flaw."

"A flaw?" Shesta asked.

"In our relationship." Izu continued "In that... they are separate relationships. We are each dating Aruto, but the four of us are not united. We are three separate couples who happen to have the same boyfriend, not a family."

"Are... you saying we should start dating?" Yua asked "Because I am sorry Izu, but I do not swing that-"

"No, that is not what I meant." Izu chuckled "The flaw... we see each other as friends, at best. So, when Aruto in the future fell into despair, there was sympathy but not empathy. We need... need to try and grow closer. Not as girlfriends or lovers. But... try and see each other as important parts of each other's lives. As companions, as sisters. So that if something affects one of us, be it me or Aruto or Shesta or Yua, it affects us all."

"So, we can help each other heal, not just be there. Share each other's pain, not just support each other." Shesta nodded in understanding.

"Exactly." Izu nodded before the two turned to Yua.

"I... that makes sense." Yua admitted, biting her lip "And... I hate to admit it, honestly, but I have always been a bit curious-"

"We did not mean in a romantic sense, Yua." Shesta teased.

"I know! I'm just saying!" Yua groaned, throwing her hands up "Just... I agree. But also saying that we should be prepared to explore this however we have to as time goes on. For ourselves, each other, and Aruto. ... And, of course, anyone can back out at any time."

"Agreed." the two HumaGear nodded in agreement with gentle smiles.

...

And then an awkward silence filled the air again. None of the three knew what else to say.

Until Yua opened her arms, awkwardly, for a hug. Shesta and Izu quickly accepted, the three hugging each other close.

Aruto let out a relieved sigh at the sight, everyone smiling as they looked on at the sight even if they had zero idea about what had gone on.

Relief washed over all of them as they realised, and accepted, that they had won against this terrifying villain, things looked up for them. And after what they all went through, it meant they could relax for now.

They had won.

And finally, they would enjoy it.


*? ? ?*

Eve leapt through the portal, and saw the various eras through the ages as she was going home. Seeing history pass her by. The past and the future surrounding her like a sea of beauty.

...But something caught her eye.

She saw an armoured figure, fighting in an open battlefield... with dozens of strange figures all fighting them.

One was a black body suited Kamen Rider, turquoise armour clashing onto their body. Turquoise protection on black boots, hexagon pieces connected at the top of the boots with dark grey bindings over the top, red and silver heels; silver strap-wires latching turquoise and silver armour pieces onto their thighs. Turquoise and silver bracers strapped with grey wiring; silver armour under the arms, silver segmented shoulder guards with silver wiring straps; a turquoise chest piece with silver wiring straps underneath to keep the armour in place with a single red line going down the middle. A black neck guard with red markings in the shape of a DNA helix. A black helmet with silver straps around the head, latching the turquoise grasshopper-like face with magenta eyes and silver antennae. And around this being's waist was a belt. Primarily silver with a dark grey right-hand side, a red segment on the left, a red arrow pointing downwards that was in the centre of the belt; a red grip that was extended out and a red 'hook' with a pair of dark grey wire in a triangle. Inside the belt was a black Progrise Key with a red grasshopper skeleton on the inside with a turquoise screen.

'Is? Is that granddad?' Eve thought to herself as she saw this. Recognising him and her eyes widened.

"HA! HRARGH!" The figure roared out as he attacked what appeared to be white-faced robotic beings with red headphone-like protrusions.

This was Soreo Hiden, Kamen Rider Ichi-Gata. A bit over fifteen years ago, maybe sixteen years ago. Fighting corrupted HumaGear, corrupted by the old Ark, as well as some strange black and silver skeletal monsters wearing daggers and some tattered brown cloaks.

Ichi-Gata, despite his speed and strength, was getting a bit overwhelmed. There were just too many despite his skill and power. Crossing his arms, he grunted as he was sent back from a powerful strike that made his boots rip apart the ground below him.

Falling to his knees, the older HumaGear panted slightly as his red eyes flared out before him...

REKKA BATTOU!

"Huh?" Soreo blinked as he looked up, as a meteor came crashing down in front of him. A shockwave rushed out from the impact, a new figure emerging tall with a sword drawn and gripped in his armoured palm.

BRA~ VE~! DRA~ GON~!

The second figure was much different, wearing a tri-coloured vertically segmented bodysuit or armour. His left arm was black with a single red stripe that went over his black shoulder guard, bracers and left glove and down the outside of his legs. His chest and legs were white with single red stripes going down his body.

Rekka Issatsu!

On his right-hand side was a portion of a red cloak, a red shoulder guard in the shape of a western dragon's head with its open jaw, a yellow eye, a flame-styled upper arm guard and a bracer with a right red glove. Protruding from his chest was a silver blade-like protrusion that went up through his helmet.

Yuki no ryuu to Kaenken Rekka ga majiwaru toki

The helmet, much like his body armour was segmented vertically, a black helmet with a mouth guard with a black left-hand side and red right-hand side, a white forehead, the silver blade coming from his mouth to the top of his head; red protrusions on his right-hand side with flame-like eye-guards with yellow visor eyes in the shape of an 'X'.

Shinku no tsurugi ga aku wo tsuranuku!

Around his waist was a black scabbard-like belt, with golden glyph-like circuitry and slots on the top, with what looked to be a book inside and opened.

In the right hand of the Rider was a silver-bladed sword, red glowing circuitry and a red flame-like cross guard with a fanciful 'X' shaped golden symbol in the middle.

Spinning the sword for a second, the new Rider gave two fast slashes. Ripping apart a few foes with a few well-placed cuts that had them turning into nothing but pages.

"Who-Who are you?" Ichi-Gata asked as he got to his feet once more.

"Kamen Rider... Saber." the new Rider responded... before darting forward, blade gleaming as he aimed at Ichi-Gata's mask...

SLASH!

SLASH!

Several of the strange foes fell apart into pages, the monsters trying to attack Ichi-Gata from behind.

"Yourself?" he asked, pulling the blade back.

"Kamen Rider Ichi-Gata." Soreo responded with a nod and a grin "Who are these guys?"

"They are the Shim, the foot soldiers of monsters known as the Megido." Saber explained calmly "Who are the robots?"

"HumaGear. Corrupted." Ichi-Gata explained calmly.

"Mmm." Saber hummed and nodded, the two shifting a bit. Moving so they were back-to-back "Let's do this, brother."

"Brother?" Ichi-Gata asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We are both Kamen Rider's." Saber responded simply "As good as brothers, a brotherhood."

"Hehe, I see." Ichi-Gata laughed a bit. "I like it."

Saber nodded as he spun his sword again, holding it by his mask as the emblem flashed

Kaenken Rekka!

"Our resolve... will bring forth Hope!" Saber called before the two charged into battle. Ichi-Gata quickly closing and opening the CycloneRiser.

The saber in your hand

ROCKING SPARK!

Blue lightning sparked over Ichi-Gata's form, a scarf-like trail of red flowing from his neck armour as he rushed forth like a bullet

Is a pen to write it down

Saber was already slashing hard and fast. Blade alighted with flames, he was slashing through the monsters with what could only be described as masterful.

Words to save this world

Meanwhile, with renewed focus and confidence, Ichi-Gata was like a force of nature. Rushing through the battlefield like a literal storm, mighty punches and kicks being thrown out as he stormed around the battle filed. Loud cracks echoed out like mini explosions.

-Dare ni mo mirarezu-

"Ichi-Gata, on your left!" Saber called out as he took note of his new friends speed, seeing a blast of energy rushing through the air.

"Thanks!" Ichi-Gata responded roundhouse kicking some monsters. "Saber, behind you!" he roared out as he noticed a flurry of foes rushing at Saber.

-Saku hana wa mushou no ai-

As a foe tried to get a surprise hit on him, a Shim trying to attack from his blind spot using a dagger, Saber just span his sword and brought it behind his back. Laying the flat of the blade against the back of his armour, the emblem facing the Shim, the dagger hit the blade. Shielding the Rider, blocking the blow.

"Thank you." he noted.

-Hisoyakana yasashi sa wa-

Saber then leaned forwards, letting the natural bind of the blades and gravity to cause dagger to slide along the length away from him. And at the same time, he tapped the open page of the book on his belt.

BRAVE DRAGON!

Hitoshirezu saite chiru

A roar suddenly echoed out in the battle as a large red dragon emerged from the shoulder armour of Saber, rushing around and roaring. Ripping apart more of the foot soldier monsters they where facing.

Kamen ni kakureta namida wo misezu ni

"Time to end it!" Soreo called as he jumped into the air and slammed his belt closed and open once more.

ROCKING THE END!

Teal and red energy gathered around Ichi-Gata's foot as he roared, racing through the sky and kicking through their foes with high skill and power.

ALMIGHTY hon ni kakareta

"I agree." Saber nodded as he gave a few more powerful slashes before spinning his blade and sheathing it into his belt. Still holding the grip of his blade, Saber tapped the trigger of his sword

HISSATSU DOKUHA!

Chie to yuuki wo tsukande

"Kaen Jūjizan." Saber proclaimed before he swiftly drew his blade as it was encased in fire once more. Giving a mighty spin he sent flames in every direction, melting everything around him in a torrent of burning power.

ALMIGHTY shinjita hou e

BRAVE DRAGON!

ISSATSU GEKI!

A blaze washed through the air as his foes were reduced to smouldering pages, fluttering to the ground as his visor glowed in the light.

FIRE!

Ugokaserusa mirai~!

With victory assured, Saber sheathed his sword as the world let itself calm down. Ichi-Gata coming to a stop behind Saber, closing his Driver and removing his Progrise Key. The form fading away dramatically as he turned to the guest "Thank you for the help." Soreo said calmly, holding a hand out to the new Rider "Soreo Hiden, thank you for the help."

Saber responded by closing the book on his belt before then removing it, his Rider armour vanishing in red flames.

The man had short black hair, a moustache and a small beard, wearing a purple coat with brown lapels, a grey overlay shirt on top of a brown undershirt, a black sash belt with a red leather braided belt with a gold loop, red trousers and black leather boots.

"It was an honour to fight alongside you." The man nodded, shaking Soreo's hand. "I am Daichi Kamijo."

It was then that the time window closed, Eve gasping and reaching a hand-out at the portal.

Saber... she had never heard of that Rider before.

Oh well.

A smile spread across her face as she was hurled towards the future, feeling her every existence change as she closed her eyes and a grin of pure joy lighting up all around her.

She had plenty of time to learn.

After all... a bright future awaited her~!


THE END!