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A mysterious light appeared as it shined on the Rider Legacy book. It soon opened as pages of the Forgotten Riders' eras being restored by Team Zi-O, before a hand stopped the turning pages at an image of Rex and Grant's confrontation.
According to this book, normal student Rex Wells is one of many destined to become the dark overlord of time, Oma Zi-O. But, due to circumstances outside of his control, his demons had come back to haunt him and attempt to corrupt him into the next Lord of Dark as well as shatter the bonds he had worked hard to forge.
And yet, he and his allies were able to stay strong in the face of adversity, even restoring the era of Kamen Rider Revice in the process.
Once the hand closed the book, it was revealed to be Zero as he looked towards the clock.
"So much has changed since my overlord's first decision to stray from the path of the demon. But, with summer vacation fast approaching, it seems that a ghost of one Rider 's past has reared her head into our present." The herald noted as he looked towards several drawings, one including that of a military uniform princess.
The young woman, going by the name of Yuna for now, began to wander through the streets of Hagukumi, confused by what she was seeing. Everything seemed so colorful, nothing like Tokyo like she was used to. Yet despite the sights being somewhat familiar, she herself felt like she was walking around in an alien world.
'Just what happened to me?' she thought to herself, 'Was I saved by someone when I fell off the tracks?' Yuna however shook those thoughts off, 'No, it couldn't be. If it were that, then the year wouldn't be 2019. It would be 2017.'
As she walked through the streets, the young woman decided to try and find someone who could help her. That was when she heard the sounds of people screaming. Confused, the strange girl ran in the direction of the screams and arrived at an art gallery that was under attack. She watched the people and painters flee out of the gallery in terror.
"What's wrong?" she asked one person fleeing, a teenage boy with brown hair and matching color eyes wearing the L'Aviner school uniform.
"M-Monster!"
She then looked on as the supposed monster made itself known as it chased after a young girl. It looked like a strange fire demon with an ash-grey claw, a red bombadier beetle-like head; his right arm was replaced with a large arm cannon that resembled a revolver gun chamber, and large rocket shoes. It also had a large propane tank-shaped jetpack with a tube that attached to the arm cannon, as well the name DANTE and the year 2016 printed on it.
This was the Another Rider of the Flames of Destruction, the Dante Kaizo-Majin.
Yuna stepped back in fear, "H-Hoshi?"
Unbeknownst to her, someone was watching her as his white jacket briefly flapped into the wind to show a glimpse at a strange yet familiar blue gun…
Song: GIRIGIRI – Sonar Pocket
/CHANGE THE NEW WORLD x3/
The opening starts with a showcase of the various Heisei Riders from the past, spanning all the way from Kuuga until Zi-O, before all of a sudden several Ridewatches appear and create both the Future Riders and Forgotten Riders before the title appears
/Yowasa ni makenu you ni onore wo shinjireru you ni
Tsuyosa ni kawaru nanika wo mugamuchuu de sagashi aruita/
It soon transitions to Team Zi-O on a small hill alone, each one looking at their respective Ridewatces as Grant grips the Geiz Ridewatch, Weiss held the Tsukuyomi Ridewatch delicately, and both Rex and Henrietta sat back to back as the young king looked towards the Zi-O Ridewatch before it briefly glitched into an Oma Zi-O-based Ridewatch.
/Kitto dareka no tame datte itsukaraka jibun no tame ni kawatteku
Kodoku wo sute kibou yume daite/
Afterwards, it jumps to Isaiah standing alone as two figures appeared behind him, namely Zero and Weiss as the pair turn to each other while their auras showcased the darkness and light within their hearts before the commander vanished. However within Zero's dark aura, the eyes of Dark Decade soon appeared before vanishing.
/Kitto kurai yami datte mienai kizuna tsune ni tsunagatteru
Hikari wo kono te ni/
It then jumps to Conquete standing alone alongside Adam and a host of Another Riders and Heartless behind them with Dark Vice joining them. It then jumps to Rex activating his Zi-O II Ridewatch.
/INTERLUDE/
Rex/Conquete: "Henshin!"
/Girigiri ni STAY shite sakebe tsugi no mirai kitai shitai/
Once their drivers activated, we soon cut to a revolving scene where Kamen Rider Zi-O II is battling against Conquete and Kamen Rider Blood Vade, whose steadily dodging some of the former's attacks before getting attacked by Kamen Rider Geiz Revive, who joins Rex's side as the pair fight off the conqueror and his inner demon. Meanwhile, Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi and Henrietta are teaming up as Kamen Rider Zamonas charges at the girls. With a smile, both Tsukuyomi and Henrietta prepare a double attack as the latter transforms into Kamen Rider Lady Woz and help unleash a combined blast of magic and alchemy.
/Girigiri ni FLY AGAIN iku zo tsukame SMILE! SMILE! SMILE!/
Next was a shot of Sora, Donald, and Goofy fighting against many of the Heartless. Donald was using his Wizard Staff while Goofy unleashed a Watermelon Sparking version of his Goofy Tornado. When they are surrounded, Sora transforms into the Mystic Link Drive, with the Siege and Bandit Link Drives appearing alongside him as projections before unleashing a powerful burst of magic to create a new Link Drives alongside the Rider Link Drive, before an image of a mysterious form appears behind a bright light.
/Bokura ni wa mamoru mono ga aru kara
Sono tame ni wa nani wo sutete mo ii sa/
As the battle is happening, we see some of Rex and Henrietta's classmates watching the battle unfold alongside some of the legendary Riders and Future Riders, who are fighting against several of the Heartless.
/Higashi kara nishi e noboru taiyou ga kyou mo kimi wo terasu kara/
It soon changes to show Zero on his own as he looks at the Dark Decade Rider Card as it burns away, transforming into the Legend Ride Chemy Card. He then smirks as his reflection becomes that of Kamen Rider Legend.
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
It soon cuts to Henrietta and Weiss readying themselves for battle alongside Isaiah, Donald, and Goofy, a strange aura starting to glow from them
/Woah x3 CHANGE THE NEW WORLD/
Then it jumps to show Sora, Grant, and finally Rex as they raise their weapons into the air, creating a triple helix that lights up the sky before showing Oma Zi-O's empty throne, now with Sora's Keyblade resting on it
CHAPTER 40: PEOPLE GAME 2017
EARLIER…
"So, you guys are really going back huh?" Rex asked as Miharu was adjusting his Time Mazine.
Night had come since they came back from the fight of a lifetime. While Weiss was still miffed by Grant stealing her first kiss, she did at least forgive him… after getting several more bonks in. Despite that, Miharu was still adamant in wanting to return Iyu, Nagase, and Haruka back to 2018-Z, as well as Ikki and Vice back to 2021-A.
"Yeah, we need to be sent back to our time periods since we've been here for far too long." Ikki confirmed.
"Not to mention that, while it was nice living here with you all, we're still needed in our timelines." Haruka added.
Iyu sighed, looking rather down. "I also need to check up on my mom and my sister. They must be worried sick for me" she agreed.
"It's understandable. I wish you all the best of luck." Zero noted.
"Yeah. Hey, maybe we can pop by your eras if we feel like visiting?" Sora suggested.
"Ey! We'd love the help." Vice agreed, patting the Keyblade wielder on the back.
It was then that Miharu then looked towards Rex, Grant, Weiss, Henrietta, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, the seven heroes looking towards him with a state of uneasiness.
"I would just like to apologize to you, princess, Geiz-san." The time traveller apologized, "At first, I thought that what you all were doing impossible, that changing the past could irreparably damage time and space. And yet, after seeing the Rider Links, and through hearing about your experiences across time… it's safe to say that I was wrong."
"It's fine. You were rightfully wary of what we were doing." Weiss reassured her.
"Plus, I'm kind of thankful that you gave us your Rider Link in case the Time Jackers or Quartzers came after you." Rex noted before taking out a smaller copy of Miharu's Aqua Driver buckle, alongside a bright blue Ridewatch that had a gray dial and Miharu's helmet on it.
"Indeed. Well, I must be off. I hope you all can reverse the effects Lord Vortigern had put on this timeline." The time traveller said before he motioned for Ikki, Haruka, Nagase, and Iyu to follow.
Nagase and Iyu soon shared a high-five with the young king, "Hey. Keep watch over Kenta, Takumi, and Chihiro's graves for us, okay?" Nagase asked of Rex.
The young king crossed his arms and nodded, "I honestly plan on visiting them every month."
This made the former leader of Team Union X happy, "That's what I want to hear."
With this, Miharu, Ikki, Vice, Haruka, Iyu, and Nagase entered the blue Time Mazine before it flew up and entered a time portal. The others soon began to walk home, happy for a job well done.
"So, we got some inert Rider Links, right?" Sora recalled.
Henrietta nodded as he took out the Progrising Zero-One Progrising Key, the Saber Wonder Ride Book, Desire Driver Raise Buckle, as well as a grayed out card that depicted Gotchard alongside a cartoony grasshopper and steam-powered train. "I ended up finding these within the Future Note." She explained, "It seems that we'll have to travel to the other four Reiwa Rider eras if we have a chance at restoring their eras." She then put them back into the Future Note, "The good news it though that with the Geats and Gotchard Ridewatches, we can easily stop their Another Riders if we ever spot them."
"So that means we got four more time periods to restore alongside the remaining Heisei Rider eras." Grant noted, "Just our luck."
"Well, we can't exactly leave them hanging." Weiss argued.
It was then that Sora noticed something, "So… you're wearing Isaiah's hat?"
The resistance fighter looked towards the old hat that the commander once wore and nodded before putting it back on, "It's my way of keeping his memory alive."
Meanwhile, Narutaki was looking towards the constellation of Leo, and in particular the star of Regulus. Just then, he felt a dark presence approach him. He turned around to see Maleficent and Pete standing before him.
"What are you doing in this world, witch?" the mysterious man asked.
"I heard that the boy had gotten stronger, especially after he had overcome the power of the demon king." She stated, "Question is, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be menacing that vagabond Decade or something?"
"You must realize that I am much stronger than you realize." Narutaki warned her, "Much stronger than the Heartless you can conjure up. So I advise that you watch your tongue."
The fat cat looked to the sorceress with a sense of hesitation, "You sure about this? I don't think this guy's talking hot air." He asked Maleficent, who didn't seem fazed by Narutaki's threats.
"I know that. However, I think you and I have similar goals." The sorceress told her minion before returning her attention back to the mysterious man, "I can assume that you are still trying to stop Decade's march across the worlds, right?"
"And what if I am?" he asked.
"Then I suppose that our goals somewhat align." She noted, "After all, the fragments of the ancient past have made themselves known in our time."
This intrigued Narutaki, "You speak of the Princess of Lucrece?
"I see that you are well-informed." The sorceress chuckled, "Yes, I do mean that resistance fighter Weiss Tsukuyomi. I believe that her magic could be the key in recreating the power I need to achieve my goals."
"Hold on, that snow girl was a princess?!" Pete gasped as the witch extended her hand towards the mysterious man
"So do we have a deal?" she offered.
Narutaki looked towards the sorceress with intrigue.
A week later, it seemed like everything was back to normal. A very tired Rex yawned as he walked towards the dining table.
"Morning, everyone." He greeted the group as Grant, Weiss, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Zero were at the table.
"You're late." Grant groaned.
"Hey, the final exams are over. Let me sleep late in peace." The young king groaned, "I just want to rest easy for this last week and then summer vacation, here we come!"
"About that. That does mean that most of us will be third years by the time school comes around." Weiss noted, "What exactly are you going to do?"
"Eh? I'm gonna be king, duh." The young king said, "Specifically, I'm planning on becoming a specific king. The King of Fighters!"
Grant rolled his eyes, "That would explain why you've been training at Aira Dojo recently."
"Yeah, I mean me becoming the King of Time is going to happen regardless, but I feel like I'm gonna need a new goal soon after. Plus it's fun to tease Wally and Tora-senpai now that I know they're together." Rex chuckled before he gave a sly look towards the resistance fighter, "And speaking of together…"
Weiss shook her head at this, "Rex, please don't. It's bad enough that Shirai-san, Kagayaku-san, and my sister are breathing down my necks for it."
"That's because we're glad you and Grant are finally a thing." An arriving Henrietta stated, "Also, don't call me sister. I may look like her, but I'm still my own person."
The resistance fighter couldn't help but look away bashfully at this, as she began to slip up on calling Henrietta her sister given the similarities between the purple-haired girl and the late princess of Lucrece.
"Still gotta get used to that really." Sora admitted before he summoned the Kingdom Key, away from the table of course, "Man, to think that my Keyblade was this ancient."
Rex nodded before sitting at the table, "Eat well, my Overlord. We still have a task to complete" Zero told him. The young king nodded before eating up.
Zero then looked towards the soldier, "Myson, can you pass the salt?" The soldier obliged and even helped give the herald a second helping.
As the group ate, Rex then looked towards Goofy, "Man, you really cooked up a feast Goofy." The young king complimented him.
However, that was when the dog knight shook his head, "I'll be honest. I didn't cook this stuff."
"Huh? Then who-"
"I am honored that you are pleased with the fruits of my labor." A mysterious man in a salmon pink apron said as he approached the group, he had brown wavey hair. "Please enjoy it!"
He then left as immediately Rex recalled something.
"You better hold onto that journal of yours... it might just get swiped..." he muttered before quickly scrambling to his room.
Sure enough, the moment he checked every inch of his room, his journal was gone! Worse, all of the Rider Links he and his friends had collected had also vanished.
"Guys! The Rider Links are gone!" Rex cried out.
The soldier then spotted the mysterious man walking away, prompting him, as well as Rex and Sora to chase after the man. The trio saw that he was now wearing a black turtleneck sweater and a white jacket, black pants and matching boots.
"Stop right there!" Sora called out.
The mysterious man then stopped running before the trio caught upto him.
"You… You're Daiki Kaito, right?" Rex asked him, "Give my journal back, asshole!"
"Oh? I see that you know my name" the mysterious man, Daiki Kaito, asked as he waved the book in his face. The thief then looked like he was about to throw Rex's journal back, but then quickly fired off his gun instead, forcing Grant, Rex, and Sora to block the hit. "Calm down, will you? It's just a book."
"Like hell we can calm down about this!" the young king snarled.
Both Rex and Grant were about to grab their Ridewatches from their Watch Holders, only to feel that their holders were completely empty.
"What the?! Our stuff's been watch-napped!" the young king cried out as he saw his and Grant's Watch Holders had nothing on them.
"Looking for these?" Daiki cheekily asked as he soon revealed that he had both the Zi-O and Geiz Ridewatches in hand.
"So you did steal them!" the soldier snarled, "Fine, there's more than one way to fight!"
Rex nodded and cracked his knuckles while the soldier and Keyblade wielder summoned their weapons. The three quickly charged at the thief.
Kaito effortlessly dodged Rex's Superman punch before he blocked the soldier's attempt to slash at him with his axe. Sora quickly took this opportunity to deal a horizontal slash to Daiki's side. With his opponent distracted, the young king quickly landed three quick punches before delivering a roundhouse kick to the thief.
Grant quickly focused the flames of the Drake Phantom into his axe before he tossed it at Daiki, who smirked and slotted a card identical to the ones Tsukasa and Dark Decade use into the card slot in his gun.
ATTACKRIDE: ILLUSION
Suddenly, two copies of himself appeared as the thief jumped out of the way of the axe flying at him. He then walked around the young king, soldier, and Keyblade wielder and forced them back to back.
"How interesting… The Demon King of Time, the future Savior, and a Keyblade warrior together as one." Daiki observed, "I'm a bit starstruck if you ask me."
Rex however then closed his eyes and stood still. The soldier was about to ask what he was about to do when he noticed that he was completely still. The young king soon began to listen for the footsteps of the copy Daikis, taking note of their similar sounds before he opened his eyes once a Vision of where the real Daiki hit them flashed before him.
"Sora, behind us!" he called out.
Hearing this, the Keyblade wielder quickly threw his Keyblade behind them and hit one of the Daikis, causing the rest to dissipate. The young king then tapped his head.
"Saw that coming." He noted which impressed the thief.
However, he soon held his head and stumbled back. Grant luckily caught him, but it was clear that the young king was still recovering from what had happened before. Kaito was amused.
"Oh? Something wrong, your majesty?" he teasingly asked the young king.
Before he could answer that, Henrietta, Zero, and Wally quickly arrived to the scene as the trio stared down the thief.
"Looks like trouble." Zero noted.
"Hey, who's the guy with the blue gun?" The former bully asked the herald.
"If I recall correctly, he's Kamen Rider Diend. I suppose you could call him Kamen Rider Decade's comrade." The herald recalled.
Daiki couldn't help but smirk, "So, you've met Tsukasa?"
It was then that the herald, Wally, and Henrietta all stepped upto the plate, motioning for the young king and the soldier to step back.
"My Overlord… While you and Grant are eager to fight, Might I remind you two that you are still recovering from your previous war with one another." The herald stated before pointing to the young king, "You most especially, young man."
"So, you're going to get our watches back?" The soldier asked them.
"It is in my interest that neither you nor my Overlord transform without risking your health." Zero posited, "Besides, its best that my Overlord's beloved as well as our former Another Rider should get some practice."
Rex then turned to Henrietta, "Be safe, okay?" the young king asked.
"Don't worry, we'll be okay." The purple-haired girl stated before she and the former bully activated their Ridewatches in time with the herald placing on his new Driver. Donald and Goofy soon joined Sora's side while Rex and Grant stood back.
WOZ!
ZI-O…
LEGENDRIVER!
"Henshin!"
RIDER TIME! KA~MEN~ RI~DER~! WO~Z~!
ANOTHER TIME! ZI-O…
CHEMYRIDE: L-L-L-LEGEND!
Soon, Legend, Lady Woz, and Another Zi-O stood tall as Diend crossed his arms with intrigue at the golden Rider before him.
"So, what I heard is true. There is a golden Decade in this world." He observed, "Even better is an Another Rider fighting on the side of good."
He then twirled his gun around and took out his own Rider Card, slotting it into the device. He soon pointed the gun into the air as the three Riders, alongside Sora, Donald, and Goofy, charged at him before he pulled the trigger.
"Henshin!"
KAMENRIDE: DIEND
He soon summoned red, blue, and green shadows that dashed around before converging on him, creating his Rider suit as several black cards fell and landed on his helmet. He was donned in a black bodysuit with cyan blue on the sides, a blocky chestplate that had yellow lines on it as well as four faux abbs on the stomach, a DecaDriver-like buckle that had his personal symbol on it, and finally a cyan blue helmet that had much more angular compact eyes hidden behind the cards. This was Kamen Rider Diend.
Once he was transformed, Diend quickly blocked the incoming attacks from the six before pushing them back. He then quickly began easily overpowering the green clock Rider and the dark clock Rider, but his battles against Legend, Sora, Donald, and Goofy were a lot more fair thanks to him firing his shots at them.
Not waisting any time, Lady Woz quickly unhooked the Gotchard Ridewatch and activated it.
GOTCHARD!
"Chemy Time!"
ARMOR TIME! GOTCHA~NKO~! GOT~CHA~RD~!
She then clapped her palms together and slammed them on the ground, causing several spikes to fire up. While he was able to dodge it, an incoming tackle from Another Zi-O had him spill out some of the Rider Links. Sora, in turn, quickly used his Flowmotion to grab a good chunk of them.
The Keyblade wielder smiled before he noticed something in the Rider Links. There was a golden key that sported a Lucky Emblem design with Mickey on the front, and both the vault door and three gears as the two large ears.
Diend didn't seem deterred, "Not bad for a bunch of rookies." He noted as he drew some cards.
KAMENRIDE: KNIGHT
KAMENRIDE: BARON
KAMENRIDE: RIOTROOPERS
"A fox for a bat, a paladin for a knight." The golden Rider said as he loaded some cards into his Legend Ride Magnum.
SABER RIDER! GEATS RIDER!
Once both Riders pulled the trigger, four copies were summoned. First was a copy of Baron alongside a bat-like Rider with a navy blue bodysuit, a bat-like chestplate and shoulder armor, a bat-like sword on his side, a silver belt that displayed a black deck with a golden bat symbol on it, and finally a bat-themed knight visor that hid two blue eyes. This is Kamen Rider Knight.
He also summoned four Riders with identical bronze armor and completely silver domes for helmets. These are the Riotroopers, the footsoldiers of Smart Brain.
Meanwhile, Legend summoned a Rider who's suit was white at the center with black on the left and right. However, the left side was mostly red with a dragon head-like shoulder pad along with some fiery detail on the arm, and a large dragon wing-like coattail. The helmet itself, along with part of the chestplate, had a sword-like line jutting out from it as finally, the face of the mask was literally the fiery 'X' he slashed out as it was now portrayed as his visor.
He also summoned a Rider with an all-black bodysuit. He had a white upper half with two shoulderpads, arm guards that had fold-out pistols on them, and a chestplate that displayed a gun barrel-like magatama pattern around the neck area to compliment the red and white scarf. The lower half was orange with protective kneepads and ankle guards that had two large mufflers on it.
These two Riders are Kamen Rider Saber and Kamen Rider Geats.
With their Rider summoned, the battle escalated greatly with the copy Knight and copy Baron fighting the copy Saber and copy Geats. Meanwhile, Another Zi-O, Donald, and Goofy fought against the Riotroopers which left Diend freed up.
As Rex and Grant arrived, Diend smirked.
"You can have those piddling treasures." He chuckled before taking out a card and slotting it into his gun
ATTACKRIDE: INVISIBLE
He then vanished alongside the Riders he had summoned, leaving the group confused. They soon tallied up the Rider Links they had regained. It seemed that the ones he took were the ones connected to the Reiwa Riders.
"He also still has my journal with him, alongside Grant and Weiss' Ridewatches." The young king sighed.
"What's so important about your journal?" Henrietta asked.
"I don't know." Rex answered, "But I remember Claus telling me to keep an eye on it for some reason."
The soldier snarled, "This sucks…" he grumbled.
"You guys! An Another Rider has appeared! It's Dante's Another Rider!" Weiss called out.
"Eh?!"
Jumping back to the present, Yuna was staring down the Dante Kaizo-Majin face-to-face. She was confused, since when did Kamen Rider Dante come to the real world, and in that poor of a state? The Dante Kaizo-Majin tilted it's head as it briefly gazed upon Setsuna before letting out a gargled roar and started charging at her. Before she could be attacked by this monster, Rex quickly jumped in.
"Hey loser!" the young king shouted as he landed a running drop kick to send the Another Rider away from the young girl.
'That boy, he just saved her!' Yuna thought to herself.
"You alright?" he asked the young girl.
She frantically nodded as the Another Rider started to get back to it's feet. The young king motioned for her to run while he glared at the firefly Another Rider.
Snarling at this sudden intruder, the Dante Kaizo-Majin roared and summoned several ant-like monsters appeared, several of them having wings, claws, or tails, while the rest were simply growling at the monsters. One thing to note about them was that they had the same black heart symbols on their chests as a few of the Heartless.
"Guess I better end this fast!" the young king noted while the rest arrived, "Guys, get the people to safety. I got the Another Rider!"
Yuna looked towards the young king and noticed the belt around his waist. Was this boy a Kamen Rider? A real one?
With no time to spare, Rex pulled out both the Zi-O and Dante Ridewatches.
ZI-O!
DANTE!
After unhooking the belt, he then quickly mimicked the transformation pose of Dante as he crossed his arms in front of himself before setting them both to his side. He then slowly brought them up like a fire building within his heart.
"Rider… Henshin!"
He then placed his left hand out, palm outwards while his right hand spun the belt and rested below the elbow of his left.
ARMOR TIME! BURST! DAN~TE~!
He then began landing several quick strikes onto the Fourze while the others watched on. Wally shook his head and quickly transformed into Another Zi-O before taking out his Dante Anotherwatch.
DANTE…
"Scramble: Kaizo-Majin Power!"
After activating his Mutation, the dark clock Rider quickly joined Zi-O as the two wailed on the Dante Kaizo-Majin together. The silver clock Rider cracked his knuckles as the sound of a bombardier beetle flapping it's wings and a leopard's roar rang out from his gauntlets before he delivered a rapid series of punches at him.
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He then spun his arm as fast as he could before landing a powerful punch that quickly damaged the Another Rider.
ORA!
Realizing that it might be out-gunned, the Dante Kaizo-Majin soon readied it's flamethrower and unleashed a powerful jet of flames towards several civilians.
"Look out!" Zi-O cried out before the sound of an armadillo screaming rang out from his gauntlets before he crossed his arms and created a large barrier around himself and the civilians. However when he brought his arms down, the Another Rider was gone.
"Damn…" Rex sighed after he and Wally de-transformed.
"This one is pretty crafty, my Overlord." Zero observed.
"That doesn't explain why the Another Rider would attack a place like this?' Sora pointed out, "Hoshi was a writer, not an artist."
"In the Origin World, creators can be many things. They can be artists, writers, singers, dancers, the works." The herald told the young king and the Keyblade wielder.
The mysterious girl's ears peaked upon hearing the Keyblade say Hoshi's name. She didn't expect to meet a Rider nor a video game character in this one, let alone find a group of people that know Hoshi.
"Excuse me, but do you know anyone named Hoshi Fujioka?" Yuna spoke up, getting the group's attention.
As the police helped clean up the attack and interview the citizens. Rex, Grant, Weiss, Henrietta, Sora, Donald, and Goofy sat down with Yuna while Zero and Wally watched from the sidelines.
"So, you say that you're a friend of Hoshi's?" Rex asked as he recalled what Yuna had told him.
The strange girl nodded, "I knew Hoshi and Souta from a convention. I helped him when he was writing the fanfic version of Dante." She relayed, "So, I can assume that Zi-O is…"
"A Future Rider in the way you see it. Yep." Sora confirmed.
"I see…" the strange girl nodded, "Tell me, what happened to Hoshi while I was gone? The last thing I remember was falling in front of the train, and then waking up here."
Rex soon looked a bit tepid. He then turned to Zero who sighed but diligently took out the Rider Legacy book.
"Shimazaki-san, according to this book which contains the stories of all Riders recorded on here, after your death, Hoshi Fujioka nearly took his own life." He retold, "It was a miracle that someone arrived to save him."
Yuna was left horrified hearing this from the herald.
Zero then continued, "Afterwards, he then channeled the man he named his Rider after and transformed his story into one of revenge against Re:Shocker, creating characters out of those who wronged you."
"Hoshi…" she muttered in horror.
"Things didn't get better as from what I remember Hoshi told me, suddenly characters from other worlds started popping up left and right. Kind of like the rifts dumping people from different times into this place come to think of it." Rex recalled, "But that's beside the point. Anyways, the creations that were summoned included Hoshi's own Rider and some military uniform princess."
The strange girl blanched at that description. She knew what, or rather who, that meant. "W-Wait. Altair… came to my world?" she asked the group.
"You know Altair?" a surprised Henrietta asked her.
The strange girl nodded, "Yes. I actually made her for an AMV I posted before I… before I ended up in this world." It was clear to the others that Yuna wasn't exactly used to the idea of her being whisked away into another world via her death, "What else happened?"
"According to this book, both your creation and Hoshi's disagreed with how to handle their vengeance as Hotaro Daido, the original Kamen Rider Dante, saw Altair destroying the world order in revenge for your suicide as hollow." Zero said as he read aloud from the Rider Legacy Book, "So he was left mortally wounded and forced to give his power to Hotaro, wherein he ended up entangled in the conflict between Altair's forces, the summoned Re:Shocker, and those who wish to protect your world from danger."
"Oh my… this, this is a lot to take in." Yuna admitted, looking down on the floor, "To think my own creation would try to destroy the world for my sake."
"Doesn't help that your world is kind of an origin point for a good chunk of the worlds in the Realm of Light." Donald groaned, "If Altair achieves her goal, then much of the Realm of Light will end up returning to the darkness with no hope of being brought back."
"And… Hoshi was okay with that?" she asked him.
Zero shook his head, "Unlike many of us, Hoshi hadn't been in battle for long, so the fact he was flung into a battle he never asked for likely shook him for the worse. He tried to distance himself from the conflict, but it only left more grief when the people close to him got hurt. It does not help that he found out that the reason why you were harassed was because you were getting too popular for certain people's liking."
"WHAT?!" everyone gasped.
"WHAT THE FUCK, MAN!" An irate Rex roared, slamming his hands onto the table before getting up, his eyes starting to harshly glow, "Who the hell are they? I'm gonna fly back in there and kick their asses if it's the last thing I-!"
"Rexy, please! Calm down!" Henrietta pleaded with the young king, "I don't think marching into Hoshi's world like that is going to do Yuna-san any favors."
The young king turned and saw the sacred look of Yuna before he let out a long sigh and calmed down, his eyes returning to normal. "Sorry about that. I just…" he didn't know how to word what he was about to say next, but the strange girl could tell his heart was in the right place.
"I can tell that you and Hoshi share the same rage, my Overlord." Zero observed, "He nearly went on a rampage had it not been for someone shattering his world view and reminding him that he created Dante yet held his hand from truly destroying everything." He said whilst reading the book, "It didn't help that Souta knew about what happened to Setsuna-san's suicide."
Wally sighed and placed his feet on the table, "Suddenly I don't feel back about kicking his ass when I was collecting Another Rider powers." The former bully mused.
"Regardless, a lot has happened since your passing Setsuna-san. From Hoshi ending up in a hell of his own making after he created a copy of Souta within the world of Dante that came to life, to nearly becoming a Kaizo-Majin himself." Zero finished as he looked towards the strange girl, "But if you wish for at least a happy note, Hoshi at the moment had finally gotten the time to morn for you and re-ignited his passion for justice and even fought alongside my Overlord to protect your world and ours."
"Wow… this… this is a lot to take in." Yuna admitted.
"And now that leaves us with our current problem." Rex said, "There's no way in heck that's Souta or anyone from Hoshi's world being controlled by that Another Ridewatch."
"And sadly I've lost the ability to summon any Nobodies after my watch reformatted itself." Wally said, "So it can't be a Nobody behind the mask either."
"So that means that either they're using a Heartless as the Another Rider's host, or they chose someone who was just like Souta and Hoshi." Yuna agreed sadly, "Someone who… betrayed a friend…"
"Zero, anything?" Rex asked the herald.
"Only a prediction, now that I have full control over my body again." Zero said.
To embrace the sparkling future, one must have the burning soul of a lion
Upon Zero finishing the prediction, everyone was left conflicted. "That doesn't exactly leave us with a lot to go off on." Sora admitted.
"I guess for now, we split into teams." Rex said, "You, Weiss, Grant, and Wally go one way, while Etta, Donald, and Goofy are go another way. Sora will be with me and Yuna."
Meanwhile, the Dante Kaizo-Majin stumbled a bit and clutched it's head, hearing voices of mocking laughter in it's mind. The Another Rider then was approached by none other than Maleficent and Pete.
"Hey now, surprised that you chose to attack some random art gallery?" the fat cat chuckled.
The Another Rider hissed, though it was less of defiance and more of pain. The dark witch could see why. The young king already had Dante's power and combined with Another Zi-O also being able to access this power meant that her Another Rider would be at a disadvantage.
"I… I…" the Another Rider grumbled in a gargled voice, "It… reminded me… of… my old… self…"
"Ah yes, the weak and frail girl who would bend at the slightest bit of social pressure." Maleficent mused.
"Tsk, wimp." Pete grumbled.
The Another Rider snarled and prepared to fire it's flamethrower, only for several dark thorns to appear and restrict it.
"Patience, dear. We merely say this for your own good." The witch mused, "Now then, it's best that you at least try to stick to the mission of drawing the Demon King of Time out to play."
"Y-Yes… master…" the Dante Kaizo-Majin nodded before running off.
Narutaki didn't seem all that convinced as he stepped out of the shadows.
It's a bit into the afternoon, and both Rex and Sora were helping Yuna get used to her new surroundings. As the three tried to search for the whereabouts of the Dante Kaizo-Majin, the young king looked towards the Feral Zi-O Ridewatch in his pocket.
Yuna spotted the watch and got curious, "Huh? That's new. That looks nothing like the watches you used earlier." She observed.
"Y-Yeah… this… this isn't like the Ridewatches my friends and I use." The young king told her, "If I use this, I'll just turn back into a monster." He said as the memories of his time trapped in that form came back to him.
Sora could see the fear in his friend's voice. Maybe it was time for him to tell his friend one of his own secrets.
"You know… you're not alone in being trapped in a form you feel like you couldn't escape from."
This made Rex look to him in confusion. Sora, the brightest boy he's ever known, had a dark form? Yuna however knew what he was talking about. While it was news to the young king, she had played a couple of Kingdom Hearts games to know what the Keyblade warrior was talking about.
"You're talking about that form, aren't you?" she muttered.
Sora looked down with shame, "I only accessed it once…"
FLASHBACK
TIMELINE: KINGDOM HEARTS 2017
In a castle of white, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, and Riku ran into a large room with an open window that displayed a night sky, a large yellow heart-shaped moon shining outside. There, a man wearing a black coat waited for them. He had long blue hair which was much wilder at the top, with much of it tucked underneath his cloak.
"Only you could have made it this far in one piece...Roxas." the man in the black coat declared as he turned to face the group, revealing his pointed ears and amber eyes, as well as the X-shaped scar on his face.
He then summoned forth a claymore that had a smooth white handle and a grey spike on it's pommel, a pale yellow semi-circle guard, and a blade that was thick with concave sides lined by small notches and a large tip with a dark blue ring with dark blue edges lined by seven spikes.
"That's getting really old!" Sora snarled as Donald and Goofy stood by his side.
"Yeah! He's Sora!" the duck mage affirmed as Goofy nodded.
"Different name, same fate." The man in the black coat, Saïx chuckled.
"Roxas?" Rex asked, "Who's that?"
"He's a Nobody." Sora explained before looking down, "…My Nobody."
Suddenly, the Keyblade wielder's statement of cheating death made a lot more sense to the young king than he initially thought.
Once he thrust his claymore forward, he let loose a wave of vibration shots that forced Riku to quickly cover for Kairi, but also for Donald and Goofy to defend themselves. That's when a barrier appeared around the arena, locking both Riku and Kairi out of the fight.
However, it didn't mean much as despite their current power, it was clear that Saïx was on a completely different level. The man in the black coat was able to quickly break through the trio's defenses with his claymore strikes. He then began to float into the air.
"Do you feel it, the moon's power?" he asked the trio.
With a smirk, he quickly let loose a burst of light.
"Moon, shine down!"
After letting out this burst, he landed on the ground with his eyes turn completely yellow, his scar becomes larger and much more jagged, and his hair turning spiky and unruly. His claymore also made a complete change as well, as the tip was now divided into two large, identical halves, each with three complete spikes lining the outer edge. They also gained four enormous, pale blue spikes shaped like those on the Nobody emblem.
Sora quickly thought fast as well, preparing his Master Drive Form.
"Master F-"
However, just as he was about to change, Sora felt a dark pulse surge through his body. Confused, he stepped back as a black flame began to slowly but surely move through his body.
"Sora?" Kairi muttered in fear.
Just before Sora could speak, he let out a scream of pain as a burst of black flame unleashed the arena. When the flames died down, Saïx could only smirk.
"So... this is the power of a corrupt Drive Form?" he remarked.
When Donald and Goofy looked towards their friend, they saw that Sora had transformed into something different. It wasn't just his hair and clothes that turned black, but his whole body. He was constantly emitting misty black and violet wisps from his claws, yes, claws as he seemed to have the claws of a Neoshadow alongside the markings of one on his body.
This was Sora's dark side.
This… was Anti-Sora.
Rex felt shivers go down his body; how the Keyblade wielder described Anti-Sora sounded eerily how he felt when he became Feral Zi-O, while Yuna could tell this was likely how Sora himself remembered this battle compared to how many people form her world first found out about the transformation.
"How… how did that form feel?" he hesitantly asked.
Sora hugged himself, "Like I was falling. Falling into darkness." He described it, "Like the only thing I cared about was destruction. I kept hearing a voice in my head egging me on to kill him."
Sora soon let out a monstrous roar as he and the berserk Saïx clashed. Unlike any of his normal Drive forms, or the Drive Links he would later use, Anti-Sora was more monstrous. When the berserk Saïx charged forward and performed a series of slashes with his claymore, the corrupted Keyblade wielder leaped over it and delivered a wild series of slashes with his claws.
After running on all fours when the berserker threw his claymore, Anti-Sora responded by blazing in a circle around the enemy to slash at him with his claws and bursts of dark magic.
Kairi was left horrified by this transformation, as were Donald and Goofy.
"Sora, wake up! Please!" she cried.
"Snap out of it, Sora!" Goofy called out.
However, Anti-Sora did not listen and just kept attacking. He even quickly grabbed the berserk Saïx's claymore and performed a powerful strike on the man in the black coat. It got worse when the berserker quickly began unleashing explosions and shock waves that forced Donald and Goofy to play defense. The dog knight and duck mage were trying their best to help Anti-Sora, but they felt like they were more trying to calm him down rather than fight alongside him. It was like watching a battle between feral monsters as they tore into each other as the berserk Saïx quickly charged at Anti-Sora and rampaged with him as they clashed.
When Saïx felt his berserk power quickly fade, the corrupted Keyblade wielder took full advantage of this and began slashing wildly. Then he finally leaped into the air and surrounded himself with orbs of darkness that scattered so many sparks around the arena.
But it was after this attack that Sora finally changed back to normal as he fell to the ground. Donald and Goofy quickly went to the Keyblade wielder as he staggered back to his feet.
"Huh? What…?"
"A heart... if I had a heart..." Saïx muttered as the final assault from Anti-Sora was enough to defeat him.
He dropped his claymore as it crashed on the ground and looked towards the window, reaching out to the moon as he started to fade away.
"Why... Kingdom Hearts... Where is my heart?" he lamented before finally vanishing.
"Huh, honestly I've never seen you activate Anti Form even after you got your Link Drives." Rex remarked as Sora finished his story.
The Keyblade wielder nodded, "Still, I hope that I can one day find a way to control the darkness like Riku." he remarked.
This made Rex smirk, "Well well well, the last Warrior of Light wants to learn how to use the darkness?"
"Says the Demon King of Time wanting to become a hero." Sora pointed out before the boys chuckled.
Yuna couldn't help but not only admire the bond the young king and the Keyblade wielder have, but also think back to the life she once had, to the two friends she had known.
'You know… I hope that you're still friends, Hoshi, Souta…' she thought to herself.
It was then they heard people screaming again as the three quickly rushed to a home center where the young king quickly spotted the Dante Kaizo-Majin menacing to his shock, Hana Nono's father.
"Where is she!" the Another Rider roared.
"Y-You aren't going to g-get anything from me!" the burly man snarled.
"Crap, we gotta move! Now!" Rex declared as he activated the Zi-O and Dante Ridewatches.
At a power plant, Maleficent and Pete were awaiting the arrival of someone. The witch smirked as she turned to see Daiki arrive on the scene.
"I must admit, you're right." He chuckled, "That house is quite the goldmine."
He then tossed to Pete the Geiz Revive, Zi-O II, and Tsukuyomi Regalia Ridewatches, as well as the regular Geiz and Tsukuyomi Ridewatches. It is then that the witch noticed Rex's journal in the thief's hands.
"And what useless object is that?" she questioned him.
"Lady, I steal the treasures that I want." Daiki answered, "But, if you need that demon king's power, then maybe you and your lackey should be the ones to retrieve it."
Maleficent chuckled, "And that little journal is meant to me something valuable?"
The thief nodded before waving it, "This thing… is the very object that's keeping this timeline afloat. The moment it's complete, when all possible entries are written, it'll become a Rider Link like the rest." He revealed as he opened the book and flipped through it's pages.
That made Maleficent smirk, "Then perhaps I should aide you in completing your so-called treasure."
With a wave of her wand, a dark portal emerged from not only Kaito's feet, but also Zero's as he and his group was searching for the Another Rider before he was whisked away. Luckily, Grant and Weiss were able to dive in after him. The three Riders stared each other down.
BLAZING TIME BREAK!
After taking a stance, Zi-O DanteArmor quickly dashed in and tried to land a finisher alongside Sora, who dashed forward with a Sonic Blade, but the Dante Kaizo-Majin quickly fired out a powerful blast from it's flamethrower to meet with the fire punch. The duo were forced to jump back as they stared down the Another Rider.
"I guess it's a lot more defensive than before." The silver clock Rider observed.
"I guess. I'll try and open them up for you to get a good hit in." the Keyblade wielder stated before they charged in.
"Glad to see you two show up." Daiki observed.
"Unfortunately, not of either of our own volition, apparently." Zero noted.
"The power of darkness eh?" the thief chuckled, "Yeah, I've seen a lot of Corridors of Darkness in my time.
"Lucky for us, we're here to take our Ridewatches back." Grant stated as he and Weiss summoned their weapons, while the herald equipped the LegenDriver.
In response, Daiki drew his transformation card and took out his DienDriver.
"Henshin!"
KAMENRIDE: DIEND
CHEMYRISE: L-L-L-LEGEND!
As soon as they transformed, Legend, Grant, and Weiss charged at DiEnd who fired off several shots to deter them. DiEnd continued to mount a defense against the trio whilst Pete and Maleficent watched from a distance.
"So, you're the pains the ass that Sora fought before?" a voice addressed the pair as Wally arrived to the scene, Mirai Driver already around his waist.
"Ah, the false king." The evil fairy observed while the fat cat cracked his knuckles.
"Look, what the hell are you trying to pull?" the former bully threatened the pair.
"Why I plan on claiming your friend's power." She explained as the three looked to the sky, "Oma Day is fast approaching."
"If you think I'm letting you get a hold of king-boy's darkness, then you got another thing coming!" Wally snarled as he took out the Litclub Anotherwatch alongside his own.
ZI-O…
LITCLUB…
"Scramble: Honster Power!"
ANOTHER TIME! LITCLUB…
In a flash, Another Zi-O appeared only now equipped with the Litclub Honster's chestplate sans the shawl, a more proper tattered pirate cap, and finally the rusted cutlass. Maleficent merely smirked as she allowed Pete to handle this foe.
"Alright, ya big palooka! You may look like Zi-O, but you sure as hell ain't got his power!" the fat cat laughed.
Sora, now clad in his Master Thief Link Drive, zipped around the battlefield and kept the Another Rider on it's toes. All the while, Zi-O quickly pointed his gauntlets forward as the bellow of a mammoth and the sound of an octopus' arms moving in water played out before he unleashed two burst of flames at the Dante Kaizo-Majin.
This burned the Another Rider and distracted it long enough for the silver clock Rider to spin the barrels on his legs, letting out the screech of a penguin and the howl of a wolf, and allow him to perform a baseball slide kick to knock the Dante Kaizo-Majin into the air.
"Wait!"
Before either Sora or Zi-O could attack the Another Rider, to their surprise, Hana was standing there looking quite shocked. The Dante Kaizo-Majin staggered back to it's feet as it looked towards the young girl.
"H-Ha…na…" it muttered.
The silver clock Rider realized that this Another Rider was after Hana, which made him get up and get between it and the young girl.
"If you even think about hurting her, I swear…" he snarled as Yuna and Sora rushed to his side, but Hana stepped forward.
"Is… is that you… Eri?" the young girl asked the Another Rider.
"Hana…" the Another Rider muttered before suddenly clutching it's head in pain.
Suddenly, images began to flash through it's head. Images of a young girl being laughed at by bullies, of a girl similar to Hana standing up for her… and of that same girl looking on with fear as she watched her hero get bullied…
The Another Rider roared in agony before reverting back, revealing a young girl with slightly tanned skin and sharp caramel eyes, with an attire that consisted of a powder blue hoodie with dark blue strings, paired with dark blue and yellow bike shorts or leggings.
The Keyblade wielder and the silver clock Rider lowered their defenses. They were surprised that the Another Rider was a girl that Hana seemed to know. Before they could act, the sound of Pete crying out in pain as he was flung through the air was heard, with Another Zi-O not too far behind.
"Grk. Okay, nice shot, kiddo!" the fat cat snarled before looking towards Eri, "Oh poo, the kid must have busted her." He grumbled.
The young girl quickly stood up, "N-No, I just…"
"Alright, time to restart the bloody thing." Pete noted before casting a dark spell that opened her heart and allowed the fat cat to take out the Anotherwatch and re-activate it. Once he did, Pete shoved the watch right back into Eri's heart, causing her to stumble back before exploding in a burst of fire to reveal the Dante Kaizo-Majin.
DANTE…
"Gorgeous time!"
CHEMYRIDE: G-G-G-GORGEOUS EX-AID!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!
Legend quickly transformed into a version of Ex-Aid that had his bandalore still on before zipping towards DiEnd. After destroying a golden block, he obtained an Energy item had showecased a Rider with an extremely long arm.
STRETCH UP!
L-Ex-Aid then tossed out his two arms that quickly grew in length and allowed him to wrap his arms around the gun Rider.
"Heh, trying to be slick huh?" DiEnd observed.
"Grant, Wess, take the watches and journal back now!" the golden Rider called out.
"Got it!" they affirmed as they quickly retook their original transformation watches, but before they could grab either Rex's journal or the GeizRevive, Tsukuyomi Regalia, and Zi-O II watches, DiEnd was able to break free.
"Huh, looks like you got some good comrades on your side." The gun Rider observed.
Weiss stood firm, "That's because we trust each other."
The gun Rider smirked before drawing two cards, "Might as well counter your tricks with these guys?" he mused as he loaded up each card.
KAMENRIDE: BEAST
KAMENRIDE: VERDE
Pulling the trigger, DiEnd had summoned a copy of Beast alongside a green chameleon-like Rider with two spikes on his shoulder pads, a strange green Visor strapped to his right leg and a simple silver belt that held a green deck that displayed his symbol on it. This is one of the Riders who fought in the Rider War, Kamen Rider Verde.
Seeing this, Grant and Weiss activated the Geats and Shinobi Ridewatches, which prompted the golden Rider to switch up his strategy as well and draw a card that had Wizard's helmet on it.
GEATS!
SHINOBI!
CHEMYRIDE: G-G-G-GORGEOUS WIZARD!
"Set Up!"
"Come forth, ShinobiArmor!"
ARMOR TIME! DUAL ON! GEA~TS~!
ARMOR TIME! HASSHIN! SHI~NO~BI~!
HI! HI! HI HI HI!
Legend smiled as he transformed into Gorgeous Wizard whilst the now transformed Geiz and Tsukuyomi equipped the GeatsArmor and ShinobiArmor respectively.
READY? FIGHT!
The five Riders soon went on the offensive with the red clock Rider matching the copy Verde whilst Tsukuyomi clashed blades with the copy Beast. This left L-Wizard on his own as he used various types of magic to counter DiEnd's shots. Seeing that he might be cornered, DiEnd quickly loaded his own Final AttackRide card into the device while L-Wizard revved up his magnum. The two then fired off their respective shots which led into a beam struggle between guns.
FINAL ATTACKRIDE: D-D-D-DIEND
GORGEOUS B-B-B-BLAST!
The two continued to pour more of their energy into their weapons, but eventually L-Wizard was able to use enough of his energy to overpower DiEnd's finisher and hit him square. Geiz then spotted the journal and leaped fot it, catching the book before landing.
The berserk Dante Kaizo-Majin continued to fight Zi-O, Another Zi-O, and Sora as it spewed more and more flames around the area. It didn't help that Pete was helping the Another Rider with his own powers. After summoning a ball of dark power, the fat cat held it like a bowling ball and rolled it right at the duo, forcing them as well as Hana and Yuna to dodge out of the way.
"Strrrrike!" Pete cheered.
"Crap, is it just me, or did that Another Rider get stronger?" the silver clock Rider asked, a bit exhausted from the fight.
"Yeah, you're not the only one…" the Keyblade wielder admitted.
*CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!*
"Marvelous, just marvelous." An unknown voice applauded.
Hearing this, the trio alongside Yuna, Hana, Pete, and the Dante Kaizo-Majin watched as a tall man with short blonde hair, hazel eyes, and what looked to be a red and black variant of Black Woz's outfit arrived to the scene.
"Eh? Who's he?" Zi-O asked.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sora of Destiny Islands." The strange man greeted the Keyblade wielder, "And here I thought that you would stay out of the way of our plan."
"Huh? How do you know my name?" Sora asked, but the man ignored him.
"I must admit, I didn't think you'd give my soldiers a run for their munny. But, it seems you have chosen to sully our good emperor's path by turning him to the side of the light." He spouted on, "Now it's time I finally take to the stage, and take control of this situation personally."
He then took out a golden Ridewatch and a black dial. After turning it, he pressed the button to activate it.
BARLCKXS!
Zi-O's eyes widened in horror, "Shit, he's a Quartzer!"
The strange man smirked, "Naturally you'd know what I am. So I might as well introduce myself. I am Gabrath, leader of the Heisei Quartzers, and Kamen Rider Barlckxs!" the man introduced himself before revealing his Ziku Driver and slotting his Ridewatch into place.
After tilting his watch, Gabrath thrust his hand into the sky and flipped it to show the back of his hand whilst an ornate clock with two bug wings on each side appeared behind him. He then brought it close to his face.
"Henshin!"
With a spin of the dial, the central piece of the clock stopped spinning. This caused a powerful burst of red light to appear before bathing the Quartzer in darkness. When the red katakana letters returned to him, he was clad in a mostly black Rider suit with golden shoulderpads, a green chestplate that had two belt straps wrapped around it, two watch holders containing Ridewatches for the Masked Rider's original counterpart Black RX and his three other forms, Biorider, Roborider, and even his prior form of Kamen Rider Black, and finally a golden ornate helmet with gears across the face and the clock hands pointing to 2'o clock and 10'o clock. The red katakana leters quickly flew into the empty spots to complete the look.
RIDER TIME! KA~MEN~ RI~DER~! BAR~LCK~XS~!
With a smirk, Barlckxs summoned forth a sword with a golden handle and a red crystal in the center and dashed forward. Thinking fast, Sora quickly brought up his shield and began tanking many of the invader's sword swings.
Meanwhile, as all this was happening, Maleficent smiled as she gave the Zi-O II, GeizRevive, and Tsukuyomi Regalia Ridewatches to Narutaki. The mysterious man looked at these devices with great intrigue.
"Do you believe you can use these to their fullest effect?" he asked of the sorceress.
"Perhaps. With a bit of dark magic, I believe we can create a power strong enough to surpass even the goddess herself." She mused, at least for a little bit before all three watches glowed pink, orange, and yellow.
"This is…?" he muttered as the watches slowly floated into the air and sent beams of light to the Leo constellation.
Both were left intrigued as Sora continued to fight for his life against the leader of the Quartzers. Unknown to him however, the golden key in his pocket was glowing in the same manner as the power-up Ridewatches.
TIME UNTIL OMA DAY: 1 DAYS REMAIN…?
(SONG: VERSUS - Vesperbell)
/PRELUDE/
As the two Riders stared each other down, afterwards the scene changes to go through a rift in time that begins to pull in the different weapons of Team Zi-O before it fades to black
/utagoe hibiku
Anata to yume wo tsunagu basho ni/
When the screen returns, it showcases Rex standing alone on a fiery battleground at night. It then zooms in as it shows the young king looking towards the horizon, his scarf fluttering in the wind as the fires blaze around him. He looked beaten up as he closed his eyes and sighed, the afterimage of the Silver-haired Demon looming over him
/Furikaeranai
Yoake ga soko ni mieru kara/
The scene then jumps to Grant looking towards the sea in the morning, the calm waves slashing while the soldier was deep in thought. He then turned his attention towards the dog tags in his hand and gripped them tight, a single tear dropping from his face as the afterimage of his father appeared by his side.
/nando kujikesou ni nattemo
Warau kimi wo mite/
It then goes to Weiss wandering through the ruins of a castle. As she placed a hand on the still intact throne, she felt a tear go down her face as memories of the past begin to flow through her mind.
/Toberu you na ki ga shitan da
Futari nara/
Finally, Henrietta is left wandering the streets of Hagakumi alone before noticing the mark on her hand begin to glow as she turned towards the left, causing the camera to turn towards that direction.
/erabe mayou jibun michibiite
Meguru imi wo motomete
Hikari wo tadore/
It soon returns to the flaming battleground as Rex turns to see that Sora was behind him, reaching out to him. The young king tries to walk towards him, but notices the ground below him begin to crack underneath him.
/hirake tagiru kodou hibikasete
Sono te de tobira wo hiraite
Fumidashite yuku/
Meanwhile, Grant looks to see something in the sky. At first he was unable to reach it, when he jumps up, it causes the ground to shake and eventually break, revealing the night battlefield as Rex falls.
/sakebe idomu jibun tsuranuite
Habamu kabe wo uchiyabutte
Uchiyabutte yuku/
It soon transitions into a tracking scene of Grant either flying upwards through the morning sky and Rex falling down the starry night sky. All the while, various Ridewatches floated around the pair endlessly.
/hashire tagiru kodou hibikasete
Meguru sekai ni mukatte
Tachimukatte yuku no dakara /
The two soon spot the Zi-O and Geiz Ridewatches and quickly do their best to reach them. As the pair are about to grab their respective Ridewatches, they pass by each other which causes a bright flash that subsides to show the Heisei-ber and the Zikan Zaclaw crossed together.
THE NEXT CHAPTER OPENS!
"Oma Day has begun."
"Barlcxs is considered the strongest Quartzers in Vortigern's army."
"Something tells me something amazing just happened!"
NEXT TIME ON EDGE OF TIME: JUSTICE 2017
"The future is mine to decide!"
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Welp, where one Rider series ends, another begins. Gotchard is in the rear view mirror and it's... decent. I'll admit, if I had to choose between which was the better season between this and Geats, I'd choose Geats in a heartbeat. But if I had to decide on which was my favorite, surprisingly it'd have to be Gotchard. Like, I can agree with the complaints about the pacing as well as how certain Riders were handled (Valvafraud anyone?) but overall, I like the asthetic, there were a lot of bits of the story such as the Platina Gotchard arc, the interactions between Hotaro and the Chemies, Lacheshis being the best Reiwa waifu (fight me), and the man, myth, and literally named Kamen Rider Legend being a riot to watch.
Maybe that's why Legend was added to this story?
But anyways, yeah this one was a long time coming given how many times I've collabed with Psyga in terms of EoT and Cinders and Ashes. Now, I wanted to pay tribute to this fic properly but I didn't know if I should bring anyone from the Origin World who might be important to whatever Psyga got planned. But then an idea came to me while I was making the structure of the second half of the Forgotten Future arc, what about Setsuna?
Yeah, I know that she's technically dead, but given that the concept of isekai exists, I thought it would be fun to basically isekai the Setsuna native to Hoshi's world to Kamen Rider no Sekai. This also means she gets informed of what's going on since her death. As for why I'm choosing some random side character from HUGtto as our second Dante Kaizo-Majin? Well Psyga brought her up given her situation with Hana mirrors what happened to Setsuna.
Finally, Barlcxs. Yeah, ain't gonna be using an OC for this one since I thought that I'd add some more Final Fantasy representation in this fic, so I thought making the major antagonist of the same Final Fantasy series that Sora's parents come from would be a great way to finally introduce him into the story. And yes, he's specifically Sora's rival in this fic.
As for the obvious cameo from the Mickey Imagination Key? Well... you'll have to wait and see. Anyways, when this fic returns, we get to see the introduction of this fic's equivalent to Zi-O Trinity.
Until next time, this is HackerEX logging out! See ya!