Welcome To The Latest Chapter Of Kamen Rider LL! I Hope You Enjoy, This Chapter Will Feature An Enemy That's Familiar To People Who Have Watched The Movies, Specifically The Fourze/OOO Team Up Film, And If you Have Any Ideas For Monsters For This Or Alebrije Sentai Lucharanger, Feel Free To Let Me Know, Until Then, Enjoy, I Own Nothing, This Was Co-Written By Hallucigenia77

We begin at the Loud Residence, where Lincoln and the others were at the opened Prank Shelter. There, they took a close look inside to see three kids, specifically two twelve-year-old boys and one twelve-year-old girl, sleeping within the Prank Shelter. "What in the world?" Lori asked in surprise. "Who are these three kids? And more importantly, where did they come from?" Luna asked in confusion. "I don't know, but something about the girl's aura is telling me something, I don't know what it is though." Vularena said. "I also can't help but notice that their clothes are all tagged and torn, not mention the fact that none of them are wearing shoes!" She added. "Well, whoever these kids are, they're trespassing on our turf and we need to get them out, now!" Lynn Jr declared as she then marched down into the Prank Shelter and then smacked the three kids across the head, causing them to wake up and get startled. "Ahhh! I'm up! I'm up!" One of the boys, which had red hair like the girl, exclaimed in surprise. Then, the three kids looked to see an angry Lynn Jr and said "Uh Oh!" in fright. "Hey! What's the big deal here?! You're on private-" Lynn started saying as something large dropped down onto the ground. "There's something big and scary right behind me, isn't there?" Lynn asked. She then heard a dog-like growl before turning around to see a male canine humanoid, who had a head like a wolf, a tail and facial markings like a Japanese Raccoon Dog, long ears and whiskers like a fox, and nine fox tails worn around his back like a cape, staring down at her angrily. "Friend of yours?" Lynn asked the kids with a nervous expression. "Friend and guardian!" The preteen girl answered. "Huh, well. Sorry for bothering you, if you need anything, feel free to go into the house outside, we'll be right in there. Nice meeting you." Lynn said nervously exiting the shelter. "Really, Lynn?" Lori asked. "Hey, you saw that thing! Lincoln's the Kamen Rider in this family, not me!" Lynn said. "But, you are strong enough to take on the Emela-ntouka singlehandedly!" Luna pointed out. "Yeah! But that canine creature has claws and teeth that can easily tear me to shreds!" Lynn Jr retorted. "In other words, I'll let you guys deal with this problem." Lynn said, making everyone sigh.

"Lynn-neechan, you baka." Sakura said. "Fine! We'll talk to them!" Lincoln said in annoyance. "Yeah! But, can you three take point?" Lori asked Lincoln, Sakura, and Clyde. "Yeah! You guys are the only Kamen Riders around here!" Luna added. The three gave everyone deadpanned expressions while the words 'Kamen Riders' made one of the boys grab his head in pain. 'Taka! Tora! Batta!" He could hear in his head. The girl, the other boy, and the canine creature took notice of that and quickly became concerned. "Edge! Are you alright?" The girl asked the black-haired boy, now named Edge. "Yeah, just another headache." Edge said, however Aya, who read Edge's aura, didn't think so. "What does Taka, Tora, and Batta mean?" She asked Sakura. "Hawk, Tiger, and Grasshopper." Sakura translated. "Why do you ask?" She asked in confusion. "Just something about his aura." Aya said, pointing to Edge. "Hmm! That does seems strange! We'll ask him later! Right now, we need to ask these kids and their canine friend who they are and where they come from!" Sakura said.

"Maybe the dog thing is with them?" Leni asked, pointing to several figures behind everyone. That's everyone turned around and saw seventeen humanoid animal-like humanoids. The first one was a male black-colored mammalian humanoid with a head like a bat and nose like a Brown Bat, a snout and clawed hands like an Aardvark, and a facial mask pattern and striped tail like a Raccoon as well having large bat wings on his back that wrapped around him like a cloak. The second one was a curvaceous female pinkish colored amphibian-themed humanoid with webbed feet like that of a Japanese Tree Frog, skin like that of a Japanese Common Toad, and a tail like that of an Axolotl as well as webbed hands and an Axolotl's head and external gills on top of her somewhat humanoid head. The third one was a male indigo-colored mammalian humanoid with a head and quills like a Hedgehog, long-clawed hands like those of a European Mole, and a tail, feet, and upper canines like those of a Northern Short-Tailed Shrew. The fourth one was a male muddy brown-colored muscular mammalian humanoid with hoofed feet, a straight pig-like tail, and a pig-like head with the combined characteristics of a Babirusa, a Warthog, and a Wild Boar as well as some Warthog head-shaped gauntlets on his arms and Wild Boar head-shaped leg armor in his lower legs. The fifth one was a male amber-colored mammalian humanoid with a head like a Japanese Badger, a fur coat and claws like a Wolverine, and a tail and feet like that of a Japanese Weasel as well as weasel head-shaped kneecaps on his knees. The sixth one was a male jade-colored reptilian humanoid with a head and tail like that of a Longisquama, long, rod-like ossifications like those of a Coelurosauravus projecting outwards from his body, and wing membranes on his legs like those of a Sharovipteryx as well as long hockey stick-like structures, just like those of a Longisquama, sprouting from his back. The seventh one was a curvaceous female murky green-colored fish-like humanoid with a head, teeth, dorsal fin, and red belly pattern like that of a Red-Bellied Piranha, eyes and black striped side patterns like those of an Archerfish, and the bony scutes and tail of a Japanese Sturgeon as well as Archerfish-shaped gauntlets on her arms and Sturgeon head-shaped boots on her feet. The eighth one was a murky brown/murky yellow-colored male insect humanoid with eyes and wings like those of a Whirligig Beetle, a head and abdomen like those of a Diving Beetle, and four long hind limbs like those of a Pond Skater as well as two Diving Beetle-shaped gauntlets on his Whirligig Beetle-like arms. The ninth one was a copper-colored male mammalian humanoid with a head like that of a Brown Rat, a head crest and long quills like those of an Asian Crested Porcupine, and hind feet and a long fluffy tail like that of a Gray Squirrel. The tenth one was a reddish/orange-colored curvaceous female Echinoderm-themed humanoid with a small Sea Star on her somewhat humanoid head for hair, a pair of Sea Urchin-shaped shoulder plates on her shouders, and a pair of Sea Cucumber-shaped leg armor on her lower legs as well as very large Sea Star attached to her back, two smaller ones covering her large breasts, and Sea Urchin spikes surrounding her Sea Cucumber-shaped lower arms. The eleventh one was a teal-colored male mammalian humanoid with a head and tail like those of a Giant Anteater, long arms and claws like those of a Three-toed Sloth, and bony armor on his back and the top of his head like that of a Three-Banded Armadillo. The twelfth one was a earthy brown-colored male mammalian humanoid with a head like that of a Tasmanian Devil, arms and claws like those of a Koala, and a tail and big hind feet like those of a Red Kangaroo as well as Koala head decorated on his chest and kangaroo head-shaped kneepads on his knees. The thirteenth one was a lavender-colored male mammalian humanoid with a bearded goat-like head that has six horns (one pair was like that of a Billy Goat, the second pair was like that of a Ram Sheep, and the third pair was like that of a Chamois), a set of hooves on his feet like those of a Chamois, and a thick wooly coat on his body like that of a Sheep as well as two ram head-shaped gauntlets on his arms and two Chamois head-shaped leg armor on his lower legs. The fourteenth one was tan-colored male mammalian humanoid with a head and neck like that of a Llama, spots and ossicones like those of a Giraffe, and a hump and hind legs like those of a Dromedary Camel as well as two gauntlets on his arms shaped like the giraffe heads and necks. The fifthteeth one was a monochrome-colored male mammalian humanoid with a head like that of a Donkey, a mane and black-and-white stripes like those of a Zebra, and an entire torso, tail, and four legs of a Horse (think of him like a sort of Centaur) as well a pair of horseshoe-shaped brass knuckles in his muscular hands. The sixteenth one was a male ultramarine-colored reptilian humanoid with a head and dorsal fin like those of an Ichthyosaurus, two pairs of flippers on his shoulders and hips shaped like those of a Plesiosaurus, and long tail like that of a Mosasaurus as well as two Plesiosaur-shaped gauntlets on his arms and two Mosasaurus head-shaped leg armor on his lower legs. Finally, the seventeenth one was a Limestone-colored male Permian land animal-themed humanoid with a head and muscualar upper body like those of a Scutosaurus, a sail fin on his back and a tail like that of a Dimetrodon, and hind legs and feet like those of a Gorgonops as well as two Dimetrodon-shaped gauntlets on his arms and Gorgonops head-shaped leg armor on his lower legs.

"Well, I was not expecting this on the flight home." Lincoln said. "None of us do, Lincoln-kun!" Sakura noted. "So, who, or rather, what are you guys?" Clyde asked the humanoids. The dog creature jumped out of the prank shelter and joined his comrades. "We are the homunculi guardians." He explained. "I'm their leader, the Canine Guardian, Mamoru!" The dog creature, now named Mamoru, announced. "I'm the Nocturnal Mammal Guardian, Kagewo!" The Bat/Aardvark/Raccoon creature, now named Kagewo, announced. "I'm the Amphibian Guardian, Suiriku!" The Axolotl/Toad/Frog creature announced. "I'm the Eulipotyphla Guardian, Shokumu!" The Hedgehog/Mole/Shrew creature, now named Shokumu, announced. "I'm the Suid Guardian, Shiryo!" The Babirusa/Warthog/Wild Boar creature, now named Shiryo, announced. "I'm the Mustelid Guardian, Hiyoku!" The Badger/Wolverine/Weasel creature, now named Hiyoku, announced. "I'm the Triassic Reptile Guardian, Keikai!" The Longisquama/Coelurosauravus/Sharovipteryx creature, now named Keikai, announced. "I'm the Freshwater Fish Guardian, Kawa!" The Piranha/Archerfish/Sturgeon creature, now named Kawa, announced. "I'm the Aquatic Insect Guardian, Tsukkomu!" The Whirligig Beetle/Diving Beetle/Pond Skater creature, now named Tsukkomu, announced. "I'm the Rodent Guardian, Atsumaru!" The Rat/Crested Porcupine/Squirrel creature, now named Atsumaru, announced. "I'm the Echinoderm Guardian, Saisei!" The Sea Star/Sea Urchin/Sea Cucumber creature, now named Saisei, announced. "I'm the Xenarthran Guardian, Gensoku!" The Anteater/Sloth/Armadillo creature, now named Gensoku, announced. "I'm the Marsupial Guardian, Tatakau!" The Tasmanian Devil/Koala/Kangaroo creature, now named Tatakau, announced. "I'm the Caprine Guardian, Tekio!" The Goat/Sheep/Chamois creature, now named Tekio, announced. "I'm the Long-Necked Mammal Guardian, Kensaku!" The Llama/Giraffe/Camel creature, now named Kensaku, announced. "I'm the Equine Guardian, Hashiru!" The Donkey/Zebra/Horse creature, now named Hashiru, announced. "I'm the Marine Reptile Guardian, Shibuki!" The Ichthyosaurus/Plesiosaurus/Mosasaurus creature, now named Shibuki, announced. "And I'm the Permian Beast Guardian, Utsubo!" The Scutosaurus/Dimetrodon/Gorgonops creature, now named Utsubo, announced. "Homunculi?" Leni asked in confusion.

"*Sigh!* Homunculi is a plural term for Homunculus, which is a representation of a small human being, originally depicted as small statues made out of clay! Popularized in sixteenth-century alchemy and nineteenth-century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human! The concept has roots in preformationism as well as earlier folklore and alchemic traditions! Though, as you all can clearly see, these Homunculi are neither small nor are they clay statues and they are more animal-like than human!" Lisa explained. "Of course, in most popular modern media, Homunculi are artificial humanoid beings, usually created through the use of alchemy, with the most famous depiction of them being the main villains of the very popular anime/manga series "Fullmetal Alchemist"!" She added. "Oh Yeah! I have seen "Fullmetal Alchemist" and it's reboot "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood"! They are both great stories, though there's a lot of darkness and tragedy in it! I don't want to get into any full details, cause it's not something that younger kids would want to watch unless they can handle it!" Shintomaru noted. "And Brotherhood is a much more faithful adaptation to the Manga." He added.

"Fun fact though, the main villainous Homunculi of both shows are directly named after each one of the Seven Deadly Sins!" Shintomaru stated. "You mean like the Pecadiablos?" Lucy asked. "Yes, but a lot more menacing. The one named after Envy killed one of the characters while disguised as his wife." Shintomaru explained. That caused everyone to shudder in fright and disgust. "Yeah, it's definitely one of those Anime that needs to be monitored by parents." Shintomaru said. "Especially when they explain the two main characters' backstories, that one's full of blood and fear." He explained. "*GULP!*" Everyone gulped in fright. "Yeah." Shintomaru said as the three kids walked out of the shelter. "Stand down, Mamoru-san." Edge said. "Yeah, I believe that it's a good time for us to properly explain ourselves! Plus, it's pretty clear that these people aren't actually here to harm us!" The red-haired preteen girl added. "Of course." Mamoru said as they backed up.

"Whoa! Didn't see that one coming!" Aurachnid noted in surprise. "We're sorry about this, we were just looking for a place to hide from some nasty people and came across this." The girl said. "Yeah, you can thank Ella Elephanilla for that, since she accidentally left the hatch open in our prank shelter yesterday while she and her pinata friends were looking for us! Long story!" Lincoln said as he then pointed at Ella and the other pinatas. Ella chuckled nervously. "Are those living pinatas?" The red-haired boy asked in surprise. "Yes! Yes, they are! Long story short, they are from a place called Pinata Island, which is located in another universe! Basically, they are our friends!" Sakura explained. "Oh! That makes some sort of sense!" The red-haired boy said. "So, who are you three and, more importantly, who exactly are those nasty people that you guys are hiding from?" Clyde asked. "I'm Edge Hiro!" Edge said. "I'm his girlfriend, Azalee Alquemie!" The red-haired girl, now named Azalee Alquemie, said. "And I'm her younger twin brother, Aden Alquemie!" The red-haired boy, now named Aden Alquemie, said.

"Alquemie? I think I remember hearing something about that name on the news." Lisa stated. That's when everyone turned their attention to Lisa in confusion. "What do you mean by that, Lis?" Lincoln asked. "Yeah! What did you hear about the name Alquemie on the news?" Sakura asked. "Nothing good to say the least." Lisa said, pulling out a handheld computer and clicking on a video. The video showed Katherine Mulligan at the front of a mansion with policemen and police cars already there. "This is Katherine Mulligan! I'm here because my crew and I were just informed of a brutal murder!" Katherine Mulligan said. The sight made Azalee start to tear up. "Apparently, from what the police have told us, there were four people murdered in this very mansion! Here's what Officer Schoffer has to say!" Katherine Mulligan said as she then moved her microphone over to Officer Schoffer. "Thanks, Katherine! We've managed to identify the four victims in this building! They are actually two married couples! One couple being identified as Asahi Hiro and his wife Ava Hiro and the other couple being identified as Alexandre Alquemie and his wife Julia Alquemie!" Officer Schoffer said.

"No clues as to who did it, but the couples' children, the Hiro's son, and the Alquemie's twins are missing." Officer Schoffer said. "Presumably, they must have been either kidnapped or, most likely, managed to flee before whoever killed their parents could get to them! If you folks at Royal Woods or anywhere in Michigan ever find out where those three kids are and, hopefully, find them alive, please call us and let us know, because those kids might know something about how his murder have happened and even help us find out who had done it!" Officer Schoffer said. Pictures of Edge, Azalee, and Aden appeared on screen. That caused everyone to gasp in shock and horror. "The Inverso Mafia." Azalee said. "Huh?" Everyone asked while turning their attention to Azalee in confusion. "The Inverso Mafia, they're responsible for this." Azalee said. "And what exactly is the Inverso Mafia?" Lincoln asked. "One of the most dangerous crime syndicates in Michigan." Lisa said. "Far worse than those the Garbageman recruited." She said. "*Gulp!* How Worse?" Luna asked in worry. "Bad enough to make them look like petty crooks." Lisa said. "*Gulp!* And how do you know about them, Lis?" Lynn Jr asked in fright. "During that incident with The Garbageman and those street gangs he recruited, I came across some information about them after I looked up the Red Griffins! Turns out that the Red Griffins have a bit of a bitter rivalry with the Inverso Mafia, since both criminal organizations have a tendency to use extortion to get their way!" Lisa informed. Everyone shuddered at that. "And you say this 'Inverso Mafia' is responsible for this?" Leni asked, pointing to the news report.

"Yes! They came to the Alquemie family mansion while mine and Aden's parents were having a get together with Edge's parents! The Inverso Mafia demanded that our families pay them protection money if we want to live and they also want know where the Alquemie family's alchemy recipe book is located!" Azalee answered in tears. Edge placed a comforting hand on his girlfriend's shoulders and pulling her into a hug. "We probably don't need to tell you what happened when they refused." He said. "Try us!" Clyde said. "Okay, but I got to warn you, it's horrific! When our parents refused to give in to their demands, the Inverso Mafia didn't show any mercy as the gangsters shot down Azalee-chan and Aden's parents with machine guns while the Mafia's boss, Stephano Inverso, stabbed my parents and slit their throats with nothing but a pocket knife!" Edge said, much to everyone's shock and horror. "And I thought what Shibogumon did was awful!" Aurachnid whispered. Clyde clenched his fists upon hearing Shibogumon's name. "Calm down, Clyde. Remember what Daiki and Go said." Lincoln told his best friend.

"*Sigh!* Right! Sorry, Buddy!" Clyde said. "I feel your pain, Azalee-chan. My parents and Oniichan were also murdered, by a literal monster." Sakura said. "Literal monster?" Azalee asked in confusion. "A creature named Cerberion destroyed the car they were in, killing all three of them." Sakura explained. That caused Azalee, Edge, and Aden to gasp in horror. "Sakura's not the only one who lost family members to monster! My mother and older sister were murdered by my family's treacherous former familiar Shockwing!" Aya said. "At least theirs was indirectly caused by him. He was able to find middlemen." She added. "For what he did to my mother, he let a Tsetse Fly into our house and then guided it into her bedroom, allowing it to bite her and infect her with Sleeping Sickness, which is a deadly disease! As for what Shockwing did to my older sister Akofena, he sabotaged her protection charms and then used a mind-control spell on a Black Mamba in order to make the snake bite her to death!" Aya said.

Vularena rubbed her cheek on Aya's in an effort to comfort her. "I also know the feeling! My parents were killed in a plane crash caused by a half-goat, half-crocodile monster named Akampulse, who deliberately took down the plane we were on by turning himself into a bolt of lightning that struck the cockpit area!" Aika said. "Don't get us started!" Tomoki said, pointing to himself and Clyde. "My parents were killed by an eight-headed snake monster named Nyuvwrath, since he shot down the private jet we were on and then finished them off with his toxins! And it all happened in front of me when I was only three years old!" Tomoki said. "And my mom, who I only just got reunited with after 12 years, got her throat slit by a spider themed monster named Shibogumon." Clyde explained, clenching his fist. That caused Edge, Azalee, and Aden to gasp in further shock and horror. "Tell me about it." Clyde said.

"At least your respective killers are actual monsters! The Inverso Mafia, on the other hand, are greedy evil humans who are nothing but cold-blooded killers, with the worst of them being Stephano Inverso, who, despite being the boss of the Mafia, is actually twelve years old, the same age as Azalee-chan, Aden, and I!" Edge said with his own fists clenched. "Okay, that's scary! And my venom makes anyone not related to Clyde explode!" Aurachnid said. "But, how did a twelve-year-old like Stephano ever become the boss of Inverso Mafia in the first place? Last I looked them up, the Inverso Mafia's boss was Riccardo Inverso, who's a notorious glutton for Italian food as he often visits many Italian-themed restaurants and would have some of those restaurants destroyed if the food isn't to his liking or if some people dares to insult him!" Lisa said in confusion. "That was Stephano's father." Aden explained.

"His father? Whatever happened to him?" Lincoln asked in confusion. "From Stephano himself told us before he killed our parents, his father Riccardo had let his own gluttony get the better of him as he recently died from a heart attack, due to eating too much Italian junk food and not getting enough exercise! As for Riccardo's wife, and Stephano's mother, Beatrice Inverso, she died a few years prior after getting caught in the crossfire of a turf war between the Inverso Mafia and the Red Griffins, which led to Riccardo's downward spiral into gluttony out of dispair and depression! So, Stephano decided to take over the leadership of the Inverso Mafia with sheer charisma and determination!" Azalee explained. "Sounds like my kind of guy!" Lola muttered. "We've been on the run from them ever sense. Our only companions are the Homunculi Guardians." Edge said. "That brings me to an interesting question! How did the Homunculi Guardians manage to save you kids from the Inverso Mafia and, more importantly, where did they come from?" Luna asked in confusion.

"Allow us to explain! We were resting within our personal chambers until I heard the sound of gunfire coming from the living room! So, I immediately alerted the rest of the Homunculi Guardians and then we all raced to the living room!" Mamoru explained. "Upon arriving there, we saw, to our horror, that the Inverso Mafia has already killed Master Alexandre and his wife Julia as well Asahi Hiro and Ava and they were about to kill Azalee and Edge! So, we kept into action and used our strength and abilities to fend off the attackers before we then grabbed Azalee and Edge, escaped from the building, and gotten far enough away from the Mafia's sights! Afterwards, we kept an eye on Edge and Azalee while on the run!" Kagewo explained. "Wait a minute! What about Aden-kun? Where was he at when that all happened?" Sakura asked in confusion. "Oh! Yeah, I was actually hiding in the basement during the attack! When I heard the sound of gunfire and screaming, I was too scared to come out right away, so I waited until the noise has stopped! Once that happened, I took a peek and saw that mine and Azalee's parents as well as Edge's parents were already dead on the ground and neither Azalee and Edge nor the Homunculi Guardians were to be seen! Plus, I saw a few gangsters that have stuck around and were already searching the mansion for something! I knew that if stayed at the mansion any longer, those gangsters would find me and kill me! So, after I had gathered up some food supplies and other things from the basement into my backpack, including the Alquemie family's alchemy recipe book and a map, I took a toy car, activated it, and had it run across the floor of the living room in order to distract the gangsters long enough for me to escape from the mansion, though not without taking a few pictures of the gangsters themselves with my camera! Afterwards, I hid out in the woods for a while, possibly for a few days, before some of the Homunculi Guardians found me and then brought me over to Azalee and Edge!" Aden explained. "Talk about harrowing!" Lincoln said.

"Yeah, it was! Also, in case you're wondering what the map is for, well, it's for the locations of the various Ouroborosolite and Spirit Silver mines that mine and Azalee's owned through the generations!" Aden said, much to everyone's confusion. "Ouroborosolite? Spirit Silver? What are those, exactly, and how come I never heard of them?" Lisa asked in confusion. "They're key to creating the Homunculi Guardians." Edge explained. "Mamoru, if you would please." Azalee said. "As you wish, Azalee-sama!" Mamoru complied. "Sama?" Leni asked in confusion. "A respectful suffix for individuals of a higher rank than oneself. These include divine entities, guests or customers such as a sports venue announcer, and sometimes towards people one greatly admires." Sakura explained. "In other words, the Homunculi Guardians view all members of the Alquemie family as their masters with great respect, since that family has a longstanding tradition of creating new Homunculi Guardians through the use of alchemy!" Edge added. "Exactly, anyway." Mamoru said.

He then pulled out two types of materials from his person, with one being a large piece made of a colorless ore while the other was a mound made of silver metal. "The colorless ore you see here is the material known as Ouroborosolite while the mound of silvery metal is known as Spirit Silver! They may not look important at first glance, but they do have a significant role in our creation, since the Spirit Silver is used as material for the items that form our bodies while the Ouroborosolite would be used and alchemically combined with genetic material from various living animals, or fossil samples of extinct animals as in the cases of Keikai, Shibuki, and Utsubo, as materials for the items that gives us life and a soul!" Mamoru explained as he then pulled out a silver-colored circular medallion out from his body before he then pulled out another circular medallion that was colored gray with a golden ring around it and engraved with the image of a wolf's head. "Core and Cell medals?" Shintomaru asked in surprise. That caused Azalee, Aden, Edge, and the Homunculi Guardians to turn their attention to Shintomaru in surprise and confusion.

"You know of these?" Gensoku asked in surprise. "You guys might find this hard to believe, but I, Kadokawa Shintomaru, am actually the reincarnation of Kadoya Tsukasa, better known as Kamen Rider Decade!" Shintomaru explained. The mention of Shintomaru's previous life made Edge flinch and grab his head in pain. "Ta-to-ba, Tatoba, Ta-to-ba!" Rang out in his head. That caused everyone to look at Edge in concern. "I'm fine, just a headache." Edge said. "Some headache! Have you been getting headaches like that before?" Lynn Jr asked. "A few times, but nothing too serious!" Edge admitted. "Anyway." Shintomaru started saying. "I know about Core and Cell Medals, because I met some people in my past life that used Core Medals and Cell Medals to protect people!" He stated. "They were Kamen Rider OOO, Hono Eiji, and his Greeed friend Ankh." He explained.

"Greeed?!" Mamoru asked in shock. "Something wrong, Mamoru-san?" Sakura asked. "I was told about the Greeeds from Allister-sama, who's my creator and the direct ancestor of Azalee-sama and Aden-sama! You see, Allister-sama wasn't actually born in this universe as he came here 800 years ago through an interdimensional rift! Why, you ask? Because he's actually the younger brother of Aloïs Alquemie, who was one of the four Alchemists that created the Core Medals and Cell Medals, under the orders of the evil king, that were used to create the five Homunculi that would be later known as the Greeeds, with the other three being identified as Adamas, Belos, and Gara!" Mamoru explained.

"Of course, after the Core Medals were completed, the evil king saw no more use for the four alchemists and immediately killed them off by turning them into a pile of Cell Medals, much to the horror of Allister-sama, who had witnessed the whole thing while in hiding! Not only that, but Allister-sama saw the evil king taking each Core Medal from the five Greeeds' set of ten medals and destroyed them all except for the medals of Ankh, Kazari, and Uva, causing the five Greeeds to become uncontrollable monsters! He even saw the evil king take more of the Greeeds' Core Medals and use them with a device on his belt to transform himself into a tricolored armored warrior before he then used their powers to start a conquest all across Europe! Knowing that he wouldn't be able to survive the evil king's reign of terror if he stuck around, Allister-sama decided that he must leave Europe before he could get himself killed! As luck would have it, Allister-sama managed to find a way when he fled into a nearby cave and discovered a rift through dimensions! Upon seeing that the rift was slowly closing, he had no time to waist as he then dashed through it and made it safely through the other side, which was in this universe, specifically in ancient Japan! That's where he met Edge's ancestor, an Onmyoji, which is a Japanese mystic, named Enmei Hiro, who forged a powerful friendship with him and helped him gather fur samples from a Japanese Wolf, a Kitsune, and a Tanuki, so that Allister-sama would then use them with the Ouroborosolite he brought from his home universe to create the Core Medals that would be used in conjunction with the batch of Cell Medals he also brought to create me! Afterwards, Allister-sama and Enmei named me Mamoru, meaning "To Protect" in Japanese, and then they went on to start their own families, with Allister-sama's family starting a tradition of creating new Homunculi Guardians that I would lead and Enmei's family helping the former choose samples of whatever animals they would use for our Core Medals!" He added. The information kept making Edge grip his head in pain. "Gatakiriba! Latorar! Sagouzo! Shauta! Tajador!" The voice kept calling in his head. "Dudes, Edge is having another headache here!" Luna called as she pointed at Edge.

"It's fine!" Edge insisted as Aya and Vularena's eyes flashed. "Are you sure? We can see auras, and yours isn't looking so fine right now." Aya said, Vularena shaking her head in agreement. "We would have to agree with Aya and Vularena, since Yaa, Atea, and I can see auras too!" Nyansipo said while Yaa and Atea nodded their heads in agreement. "I'm fine, I just need to clear my head a minute." Edge said, walking back into the prank shelter and closing the door. "Okay, that's weird!" Lola noted. "Yeah, my boyfriend has been getting those weird headaches for a while and we don't know how or why that's happening!" Azalee explained. "And he refuses to talk to anyone about it. He's more concerned about this shockwave that hit me about a week ago." She added. "Shockwave?!" Everyone asked in surprise. "About a week ago, when the sky was dark, this shockwave seemed to breach the world, and hit us, but Edge and Aden weren't affected while I was bathed in a Vermillion light." Azalee explained. Unbeknownst to anyone, a small Vermillion colored Alebrije was watching from afar. "Vermilion? That's my color! So, that must be why I feel drawn to that girl!" The vermilion-colored Alebrije said in realization.

"At least there's a familiar face here." She said, eyeing Vularena. "Do you guys know something about that shockwave that we don't know about?" Azalee asked. Aya thought back to her adventure with the Lucharangers in the Alebrije's world. She then remembered that she was bathed in amber-colored light by the shockwave caused by the destruction of the Sacred Orb. "I wonder." Aya said, making a mental note to talk to Ronnie Anne and the others at Stella's birthday party the next day. "By the way, Mamoru-san, you say that you and the rest of the Homunculi Guardians have Core Medals similar to those of the Greeeds! How are they different from the Greeeds' medals and what animals do they represent?" Shintomaru asked out of curiosity. "For one thing, the five Greeeds each had a set of ten Core Medals and were completely motionless and mindless like statues before the evil king took one Core Medal from each of them, reducing the set to nine and causing them to come alive, though it made them rather uncontrollable and lacking in morality! However, Allister-sama came up with a different formula for my creation! Instead of ten medals, I was made with twelve core medals, which not only made me come alive from the get go, but it also gave me the basic five senses of any living being as well as a sixth sense, along with complete benevolent sentience and a full set of emotions, including those of joy, gratitude, and kindness! Ever since then, the Homunculi Guardians that were created after me also have a set of twelve Core Medals!" Mamoru explained.

"Each representing a specific class of animal." Kagewo said. "My Core Medals represents the Canines, also known as the Dog Family! They consist of the Ookami, meaning "Wolf", specifically the extinct Japanese Wolf, Kitsune, meaning "Fox", or this case a Nine-Tailed Fox, and Tanuki, meaning "Raccoon Dog"!" Mamoru explained. "Two of our best friends are actually part Kitsune and Tanuki!" Sakura said, gesturing to herself and Shintomaru. "They are both girls! The friend who's part-Kitsune is Himawari Konoha, or as we like to call her Hima-chan, and the friend who's part-Tanuki is Tsubaki Honda, or was we like to call her Tsu-chan!" Shintomaru explained, much to Mamoru's surprise. "Of course, you wouldn't know it at first glance, they have tails they can hide, just like thanks to my partial Nature Fairy DNA, have these." Sakura said, allowing her wings to unfurl. "Wow! So pretty!" Azalee said in amazement. "Whoa! Impressive Wingspan!" Aden said. "Subarashii! (Splendid!)" Mamoru said in astonishment. "Arigato!" Sakura said, curling her wings back in. "So, what about the rest of you Homunculi Guardians? What specific animals are your Core Medals based on?" Clyde asked. "My Core Medals represents Nocturnal Mammals, though the ones I'm based on are not closely related to each other and two of them can be seen in daytime in addition to nighttime! Specifically, they are the Komori, meaning "Bat", specifically a Brown Bat, Tsuchibuta, meaning "Aardvark", and Araiguma, meaning "Raccoon"!" Kagewo explained.

"Wicked!" Lucy said. "Yeah, my sister Lucy here really likes things associated with darkness and the night, especially bats! Heck, she actually has a pet Vampire Bat named Fangs!" Lincoln said. "But adtmitedly, she does have a soft side, one she doesn't really like to talk about much." Aya said, glaring at the other sisters. That caused the sisters in question to flinch out of guilt. "Well, anyway, my Core Medals represents the Amphibians! Specifically, they are the Ūpārūpā, also known as Wooper Looper, which is an alternative Japanese name for the Axolotl, Gama, meaning "Toad", specifically a Japanese Common Toad, and Kaeru, meaning "Frog", specifically a Japanese Tree Frog!" Suiriku explained. "We're friends with Animarius who have those three motifs!" Sakura said. "Really? Who are they?" Suiriku asked out of curiosity.

"Master Toadus, Gorf, and Axolota. Toadus and Gorf are hiding under a lake the exact location of which is only known to us, and due to a tracker being in her Soul Core, Axolota, who is Gorf's girlfriend, is hiding in a temple protected by a magic barrier that's protecting her and another Animarius Empire defector, Mambana, from the Empire." Sakura explained. "Oh! I see! And what kind animal is Mambana based on?" Suiriku asked. "She's based on a Black Mamba!" Sakura answered. "A Black Mamba? As in the one of the most venomous snakes in Africa?" Aden asked. "The very same." Denkyem said, placing a comforting hand on Aya's shoulder, as the latter was starting to tear up at the memory of what Mambana was forced to do before being transformed. "Is something wrong Aya?" Azalee asked. "My sister was attacked by a Black Mamba that was brainwashed by Shockwing, that Black Mamba was then found by the Animarius Empire and transformed into Mambana." Aya explained.

"It wasn't until I used a memory-restoration spell on her and told her about how she was manipulated into killing my sister that Mambana decided to atone for her sins by turning against the Empire and becoming our ally!" She added. "But it still hurts knowing what happened." Aya said as Denkyem pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her forehead. "Thanks, Denkyem! I needed that!" Aya said. "You're welcome!" Denkyem said. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents the order of mammals known as Eulipotyphla, which consists of related insectivorous mammals, including Hedgehogs, Moles, and Shrews! In fact, those three specific mammals are exactly what my Core Medals are based on and are called the Harinezumi, meaning "Hedgehog", Mogura, meaning "Mole", specifically a European Mole, and Togarinezumi, meaning "Shrew", specifically a Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Medals!" Shokumu explained. "A Northern Short-Tailed Shrew? That's one of the few mammal species that's known to be venomous!" Lisa said in realization. She then showed everyone a picture of said mammal.

"Eh, doesn't look dangerous!" Lynn Jr remarked. "Yeah, it kind of looks Kawaii!" Sakura noted. "Don't let it's appearance fool you! The Northern Short-Tailed Shrew has a reputation for being an aggressive mammal that consumes up to three times its weight in food each day! It eats small quantities of subterranean fungi and seeds, though it is mostly carnivorous! It prefers insects, earthworms, voles, snails, and other shrews for the bulk of its diet, though salamanders and mice are also eaten! This shrew consumes vertebrates more often than other shrews do! As for how it's venomous, the saliva of the northern short-tailed shrew contains a kallikrein-like protease, used to paralyze and subdue its prey! The toxin is strong enough to kill small animals, up to sizes somewhat larger than the shrew itself, and results in painful bites to humans who attempt to handle the shrew!" Lisa informed. "Yikes." Aurachnid said.

"*SHUDDER!* Let's hope that General Leo doesn't have a Northern Short-Tailed Shrew-themed Animarius in his army!" Andros noted. "Agreed!" Phixia replied. "Yeah, luckily for you guys, I'm not extremely aggressive like actual shrews and don't go around biting people for the thrill of it, though I won't hesitate to use my venom on some evil villains that dare to harm our masters!" Shokumu explained. "I hear you! My venom makes anyone not related to Clyde explode!" Aurachnid said. That caused Azalee, Aden, and the Homunculi Guardians to shudder in fright. "Yeah, it's not pretty!" Aurachnid said. "Anyway, my Core Medals are based on the Suids, better known as Swine or the Pig Family! Specifically, they are the Babirusa, Warthog, and Inoshishi, the last one meaning "Wild Boar" in Japanese!" Shiryo explained. "Cool!" Lola said. "The Warthog and Wild Boar I'm familiar with, but what kind of pig is a Babirusa?" Aya asked in confusion. "Babirusa, or Deer Pig, is a species of pig unique due to the fact that a pair of teeth grow from the males' upper jaws straight through their snouts, like so." Lisa said, showing everyone a picture of the honestly disturbing pig. "Gruesome, isn't it?" Lisa asked, to which everyone nodded in agreement. "Unsurprisingly, death by impalement is common amongst this species, which usually happens when the males are unable to grind their tusks down and allow them to grow to point of piercing through their skulls." Lisa told everyone. They all shuddered at that.

"Yeah." Lisa said. "Good thing my tusks don't grow to that point!" Shiryo noted. "Anyway, my Core Medals represent the small extinct lizard-like reptiles from the Triassic Period, specifically the Longisquama, the Coelurosauravus, and the Sharovipteryx!" Keikai explained. "The Longisquama was a reptile scientists believe could fly or glide via the frills that grew on their back, for this reason their status as 'dinosaurs' is up to debate." Lisa said. "Of course, a lot of people see the structures on the Longisquama's back, which are somewhat shaped like hockey sticks, as more of an ornamental display than a gliding mechanism!" She added. "But we're still split on it." She explained. "As for the Coelurosauravus, which means "hollow lizard grandfather" in Latin, is a genus of basal diapsid reptiles, known from the Late Permian of Madagascar! Like other members of the family Weigeltisauridae, members of this genus possessed long, rod-like ossifications projecting outwards from the body! These bony rods were not extensions of the ribs but were instead newly developed bones derived from the skin of the animal, a feature unique to weigeltisaurids! It is believed that during life, these structures formed folding wings used for gliding flight, similar to living gliding Draco lizards!" Lisa explained. "Wait a minute! Late Permian? Does that count as Triassic or not?" Keikai asked in confusion.

"Considering that it is followed by the Early Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event, then the answer is yes and no! The gliding lizard-like reptiles that are actually found during the Triassic Period are the Kuehneosaurus and its similar-looking relative Kuehneosuchus, so it's possible that whoever created you might have made a minor mistake!" Lisa answered. "As for the Sharovipteryx, they were reptiles with thin membranes connecting their hind legs to their bodies, giving them gliding capabilities." Lisa explained. "Here's an artist's depiction of what the Sharovipteryx would look like when alive that I found on the internet!" Lisa said as she showed everyone the Sharovipteryx artwork on her phone. "Cool!" Lana said in admiration. "Yeah, that pretty much means that I can glide with my legs as well as the structures on my sides!" Keikai stated. "Anyway, my Core Medals represent the Mustelids, also known as the Weasel Family! Specifically, they are the Mujina, meaning "Badger", specifically a Japanese Badger, Kuzuri, meaning "Wolverine", and Itachi, meaning "Weasel", specifically the Japanese Weasel!" Hiyoku explained. "Which are every bit as crafty as their European and African cousins." Shintomaru said.

"Ah, Yes, weasels in general are known to be agile and cunning hunters, especially with their slender bodies and flexible spines as well as their determination to hunt down prey bigger than themselves!" Lisa noted. "Indeed." Hiyoku said. "As for my Core Medals, they represent Freshwater Fish! They are the Piranha, specifically the Red-Bellied Piranha, Teppōuo, meaning "Archerfish", and Chōzame, meaning "Sturgeon", specifically a Japanese Sturgeon!" Kawa explained. "Ah, the Archerfish is quite a fascinating specimen, capable of shooting jets of water from their mouths at insects resting on plants above the water surface, which is how they got their name!" Lisa said. "Yes, that's quite true, especially since they also have good eyesight to help them aim for their targets!" Kawa said in agreement. "And I'm no exception! Allow me to demonstrate. Clyde, back up to the fence over there." Kawa said. "Okay!" Clyde said as he then backed up to the fence. "Now, Aurachnid, hop on top of his head." Kawa said. "Uh, okay." Aurachnid said, doing so. "Does anyone have anything small and difficult to hit with a range shot?" Kawa asked.

"Would this metal screw work?" Lisa asked as she pulled out a screw from her pocket. "Perfect! Place it on top of Aurachnid there." Kawa instructed. Lisa then walked over to Clyde, who then picked her up a little in order to allow her to place the screw on top of Aurachnid with the pointed end facing up. "Much appreciated, Clyde!" Said Lisa as Clyde put her back down. "Now watch." Kawa said, focusing on the screw. She then pointed her right arm fowards and shot out a jet stream of water from the Archerfish-shaped gauntlet. With incredible precision, the screw was knocked off Aurachnid's head without a scratch on either him or Clyde. That took everyone by surprise and made them amazed. Except for Clyde and Aurachnid who actually fainted out of fear upon realizing how close they were to being hit. "Are those two okay?" Kawa asked upon seeing that. Lisa examined them. "They're fine, just fainted from the fear." She said. "Oh! That's understandable!" Kawa said. "Question, are those jet streams of water you shoot out from your gauntlets lethal or not?" Phixia asked. "Depends on how much pressure I built up. What you just saw was a merely 1/10th of a PSI." Kawa explained.

"PSI?" Leni asked in confusion. "That stands for Pound per Square-Inch!" Lisa answered. "Compared to anything, it'd be like that of a regular Archerfish, which at this size isn't enough to deal serious harm." Kawa explained. "Oh! That's good to know!" Phixia noted. "I better go wake those two up!" Sakura said as she used her water powers to summon a small wave that splashed Clyde and Aurachnid, causing them to wake up while sporting out water from their mouths. "So, who's left?" Sakura asked. "That would be us!" Said Tsukkomu as he pointed to himself and the nine other Homunculi Guardians. "My Core Medals represent Aquatic Insects, specifically those that primarily live in freshwater! They are the Mizusumashi, meaning "Whirligig Beetle", Gengorou, meaning "Diving Beetle", and Amenbo, meaning "Water Strider" or "Pond Skater"!" He explained. "Cool!" Lana said while Lola shivered in disgust.

"Fun fact about Whirligig Beetles, they are known to be the fastest swimming insects, being able to swim at a rate of 50 to 60 strokes per second, and they get their name due to their ability to swim in small whirling circles without bumping into each other, making them look like they are whirling at the water's surface, which allows them to confuse predators! Of course, one very unique feature about Whirligig Beetles is that they have compound eyes that are divided into two parts, one part upwards and one part downwards, which allows them look above and below the surface of the water for prey and predators at the same time!" Lisa said. "And Kawa and I are no slouches in the water, let me assure you!" Tsukkomu said. "Though, due to the animals we represent being freshwater dwellers, we can't go into saltwater areas!" Kawa added. "While there are animals that can adapt to live in both fresh and saltwater, your animals aren't on that list." Lisa said. "Very sad, but true!" Tsukkomu admitted. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents the Rodents, the most diverse order of mammals on Earth! They are the Nezumi, meaning "Rat", specifically the Brown Rat, Yamarashi, meaning "Porcupine", specifically the Asian Crested Porcupine, and Rizu, meaning "Squirrel", specifically the Gray Squirrel!" Atsumaru explained.

"Cool!" Lana said. "Did he just say "Rat" and "Squirrel"? Ewwwww!" Leni said in disgust. "Yeah, Leni doesn't like rats or squirrels!" Lisa said. "The only thing she hates more is spiders." Lincoln said. "Can you blame me?! Rats and squirrels are gross! And spiders are even grosser!" Leni retorted. "I'm standing right here!" Aurachnid complained. "Seriously, Leni-neechan? Is that the real reason you're afraid of spiders? Because you see them as too gross to look at?" Sakura asked in annoyance. "*Chuckle!* Yes!" Leni admitted nervously with a shrug. Everyone sighed in exasperation. "*Groan!* Seriously? Being bitten by spiders and almost dying from their venom might be a justifiable reason to fear them, but being scared of spiders just because you see them as gross is totally ridiculous!" Aurachnid complained. "Aurachnid-san's right, Leni-neechan! Just because spiders don't look like the kind of animals you like doesn't mean that you have to fear them all the time!" Sakura said, causing Leni to flinch. "And furthermore, rats and squirrels are Kawaii, not gross, especially since people tend to keep them as pets!" Sakura added.

"I personally always found that to be weird." Lola admitted. "Not me! I do have a pet rat named Bitey, remember?" Lana reminded. "Don't remind me." Lola said. "By the way, Atsumaru, was it, you said that you're partially based on an Asian Crested Porcupine, right? How is it different from the porcupines we have around here in America?" Clyde asked. "Allow me." Lisa said, pulling up pictures of the two Porcupine species. "The Asian Crested Porcupine and its relative the African Crested Porcupine, both of which are obviously named because of the crest on their heads, have long spear-like quills near their rear end that have smooth pointed tips, which makes them very easy to remove if any of them get stuck to a person's skin!" Lisa explained. "And as you can see, they are much larger than those we have in America." She pointed out. "Plus, unlike North American Porcupines, the Asian and African Crested Porcupines can't climb up trees as they stay on the ground, though they are capable of digging holes in the ground! Of course, you would be more fortunate to be pricked by a Crested Porcupine than a North American Porcupine, since the quills of the latter species has harpoon-shaped tips that get stuck in your skin even if you pull off the quills!" Lisa added.

"Yet they're both oddly kawaii." Sakura said. "True! Porcupines in general only strike people and animals with their quills when threatened, but they can be friendly once you gain their trust!" Lisa said. "Just don't try to cuddle with one, unless you want to get yourselves covered in sharp painful quills." Lisa said. Everyone shuddered at that. "Duly noted, Lisa-chan!" Sakura noted. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents the Echinoderms, which are a group of radically symmetrically shaped invertebrates that live in the oceans! They are the Hitode, meaning "Starfish" or "Sea Star", Uni, meaning "Sea Urchin", and Namako, meaning "Sea Cucumber"!" Saisei explained. "The Sea Star being one of the most recognizable sea creatures, the Sea Urchin being a Sushi staple, and the Sea Cucumber, well just look at it." Lisa said, showing everyone a picture of a Sea Cucumber.

"Ewwwww! Looks like a cucumber mixed with a pickle and an avocado with a lot of small tentacles at the front!" Lola said upon seeing that. "It's actually more disgusting than it looks." Lisa said, playing a video that showed one end opening and closing. "For example, this is the butt." She said. Then the Sea Cucumber in the video started pooping, much to disgust of everyone, except for Lana. "EWWWWW! EWWWWW! EWWWWW!" The girls shouted in disgust. "Cool!" Lana said, much to everyone else's disgust. "Yeah, worst part? Some species of fish actually live in there." Lisa said. "Not to mention that Sea Cucumbers have the very nasty and gruesome ability to shoot out its very toxic internal organs from that same area in order to deter and confuse predators!" She added. The caused everyone to turn green around the gills. "Can somebody please talk about something else before I loose my lunch!?" Lola begged. "In that case, I might as well tell you about my Core Medals! They represent the Xenarthrans, a clade of mammals that are native to the Americas, though the ones I'm based on are from South America! They are the Arikui, meaning "Anteater", specifically the Giant Anteater, Namakemono, meaning "Sloth", specifically the Three-toed Sloth, and Arumajiro, which is the Japanese pronunciation of "Armadillo", specifically the Three-Banded Armadillo!" Gensoku explained.

"Three-Banded Armadillo? You mean the kind of armadillo that rolls up into a protective armored ball for defense?" Lana asked. "That's the one!" Gensoku said, doing so. "Of course, I can use this for offense just as well!" He said. He started rolling across the ground ala Cannonbolt from the "Ben 10" franchise. "Cool!" Lana said. Gensoku then jumped and unfurled himself back to normal before landing feet-first on the ground. "Nice!" Luna said. "Thanks! I also use my sloth claws as weapons and I even use my long anteater tongue like an extra limb!" Gensoku said as he brought out his incredibly long tongue from his mouth. "That's handy!" Lana said. Lola, on the other hand, was grossed out. "Just be glad you're not an ant." Lisa told her immediate older sister. Lola shuddered at that thought. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents the Marsupials, the only mammal group, whose female members are well known for carrying their offspring in pouches, though I obviously don't have a pouch, since I'm a male! They are the Tasmanian Devil, Koala, and Kangaroo Core Medals!" Tatakau explained. "Aww!" The girls all went. "Really?" Tatakau asked. "You're based off some of the most beloved animals from Australia, get used to it." Lincoln said.

"Yeah! Koalas are so darn cute, they're like living teddy bears!" Leni said in delight. "And Kangaroos are iconic symbols of Australia, and while the word 'Devil' is in their name, Tasmanian Devils are indeed adorable. Just not someone you want to get too close too." Lisa stated. "Wait a minute! Isn't there a Looney Tunes cartoon character called the Tasmanian Devil?" Clyde asked. "Yes, but that character, better known as Taz, is totally different from the real-life Tasmanian Devil! While the cartoon character is colored brown with a tan underbelly, the real Tasmanian Devil is colored black with a white stripe on the chest and rear end! Also, unlike Taz, the real Tasmanian Devil doesn't have the ability to turn into a whirlwind nor is it extremely voracious like he is, though, while it does hunt down animals closer to its size, it's mostly a scavenger that feeds on dead animals, including roadkill! Of course, the Tasmanian Devil does have a bit of a ferocious temperament when threatened and has very powerful jaws with a bite force that can easily break through solid bone!" Lisa explained.

"*Gulp!*" Everyone gulped in fright. "Oh! But, don't worry! When Tasmanian Devils snarl at people, it's usually more of a bluff to scare away predators! Plus, the Tasmanian Devils raised in captivity, such as zoos or wildlife breeding programs, are surprisingly docile when handled correctly!" Lisa assured. "And they're still kind of adorable." She said, pulling up a picture of a Tasmanian Devil. "Awwwwww!" The girls gushed in delight. "Although, they won't be winning any parent of the year awards. The females' mammary gland/Joey ratio is on the Joey heavy side, and they often eat the Joeys that don't get to the milk in time." Lisa said. That made everyone sick to their stomachs. "Yeah." Lisa said. "Can we please move on before we start to have a puke fest here?!" Luna begged. "Yeah! Even I find cannibalism to be gross, and not the good kind!" Lana added. "Might as well! My Core Medals represent the Caprines, a group of horned ungulates that are also a subfamily within the Bovidae family! They are the Yagi, meaning "Goat", Hitsuji, meaning "Sheep", and Shamoa, meaning "Chamois"!" Tekio explained. "Thank goodness, something cute!" Lola said. "Goats and Sheep I'm familiar with, especially those living at my friend Liam's farm, but what's a Chamois?" Lincoln asked in confusion.

"An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in the mountains of Spain to the Caucasus, not to be confused with the cleaning cloth or soft pliable leather now made out of sheep and/or lambskin." Lisa explained, showing everyone a picture of the animal. "Whoa! That looks both cute and cool, especially since it's climbing on a cliffside!" Luna noted. "Indeed." Lisa said. "Chamois are known for being experts at climbing on cliffsides and mountainous terrain, so being 1/3 Chamois gives be hooves on my feet that are specialized for mountain climbing!" Tekio said while pointing to the hooves on his hind feet. "Cool!" Lana said in admiration. "Thanks! Plus, the horns on my head are useful whenever I headbutt enemies!" Tekio said while pointing to the six horns on his head. Lynn looked like she was about to say something, only for Lisa to cut her off. "Don't! Not even your head is hard enough!" She said. "Dang It!" Lynn Jr pouted in annoyance. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents Long-necked Mammals, specifically Camelids and Giraffids! They are the Llama, Giraffe, and Rakuda, meaning "Camel", specifically a Dromedary Camel!" Kensaku explained.

"Cool! I actually have a llama friend named Larry, who I often contact with through vid chat while he's living at the Exotic Pets Playground!" Lana said. "Yeah! But I still can't believe that you went and gave that llama one of my sashes for him to chew on!" Lola said in annoyance. "Had to give him something, and that was the first thing I saw." Lana said. "Well, I still don't like it! You know how very protective I am towards my stuff!" Lola retorted. "Yeah, Sorry!" Lana apologized. "By the way, Kensaku, was it, I remembered that your most of your friends' Core Medals have Japanese names for the animals they represent, but I can't help but notice that you used the English word 'Giraffe' instead of the creature's Japanese name 'Kirin'! Care to explain why?" Lisa asked Gensoku. "That's because the word 'Kirin' has already been used as the Japanese name of the Chinese mythical creature known as the Qilin and, while I'm well aware that 'Kirin' is also used as the modern Japanese name for Giraffe, I really don't want to cause any confusion between the Giraffe and the Qilin!" Gensoku answered. "What the heck is a Qilin?" Lynn Jr asked in confusion.

"A Qilin, spelled Q-I-L-I-N, is a legendary creature from Chinese mythology! It's described as having a body like that of a horse that's covered in multicolored carp-like scales, cloven hooves on its feet like those of an ox, a lion-like tail that's covered in horse tail hair, and a head like that of a Chinese Dragon with long carp-like whiskers and two deer-like antlers as well as having fire around its horse-like mane, ox-like hooves, and its shoulders and haunches! Of course, some depictions of the Qilin tend be more deer-like or horse-like in appearance and have one deer antler-like horn on its forehead instead of two, which makes people often compare it to the Unicorn and even give it the inaccurate nickname Chinese Unicorn! Ability-wise, the Qilin the has the ability of levitation, since it's been in Chinese mythology to walk above grass without disturbing a single blade as well as walking on water without sinking and walking in air and clouds like it would be flying! Plus, because it is depicted as a peaceful herbivorous creature, the Qilin is normally gentle but can become fierce if a pure person is threatened by a sinner, usually by spouting flames from its mouth and exercising other fearsome powers that vary from story to story, since the Qilin is a benevolent creature that only punishes the wicked! The Qilin also depicted as a mythical creature that symbolizes good luck and prosperity! Also, according to Chinese mythology, it is considered a divine omen, since a Qilin would often appear to signal the birth or death of a particularly benevolent ruler or sage scholar!" Lisa explained while showing an artist's depiction of a Qilin on her phone.

"I think I remember Ronnie Anne-chan talking about AkaRed-san telling her about a Yellow sentai warrior with a Qillin as his motif." Sakura said. "Really? Which Sentai team did he belong to?" Lincoln asked. "Ronnie Anne-chan said that the yellow warrior with the Qilin motif is a member of the Gosei Sentai Dairanger, with the others being a red warrior having a Chinese Dragon motif, a green warrior having a Shishi, or Chinese Stone Lion, motif, a blue warrior having a Tianma, or Chinese Pegasus, motif, a pink warrior having a Fenghuang, or Chinese Phoenix, motif, and, later on, a white warrior having a White Tiger motif!" Sakura answered. "Cool!" Lincoln said. "Hey, wait a minute! The Qilin doesn't look anything like a giraffe! Why would anyone associate giraffes with that creature?" Aya asked in confusion. "Well, to answer your question, Aya, the legendary image of the qilin became associated with the image of the giraffe during the Ming dynasty! The identification of the qilin with giraffes began after the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He's 15th-century voyage to East Africa, landing, among other places, in modern-day Somalia! The Ming Dynasty bought giraffes from the Somali merchants along with zebras, incense, and various other exotic animals! Zheng He's fleet brought back two giraffes to Nanjing and they were referred to as "qilins", which was caused by confusion of the word "geri", which means "giraffe" in Somali with the word "Qilin"! The Emperor proclaimed the giraffes magical creatures, whose capture signaled the greatness of his power! The identification between the qilin and the giraffe is supported by some attributes of the qilin, including its herbivory and quiet nature. Its reputed ability to "walk on grass without disturbing it" may be related to the giraffe's long, thin legs! Also, the qilin is described as having antlers like a deer and scales like a dragon or fish and since the giraffe has horn-like "ossicones" on its head and a tessellated coat pattern that looks like scales, it is easy to draw an analogy between the two creatures! The identification of qilin with giraffes has had a lasting influence, since, even today, the same word is used for the mythical animal and the giraffe in both Japanese and Korean, with Kirin being the Japanese word and Girin being the Korean word!" Lisa explained. "I'm like so confused." Leni said.

"Yeah, that's main reason why I have my four Giraffe Core Medals use the English name rather than the Japanese name!" Kensaku explained. "Makes sense to me." Lisa said, shrugging. "Anyway, my Core Medals represents the Equines, better known as the Horse Family! They are the Roba, meaning "Donkey", Zebra, and Uma, meaning "Horse"!" Hashiru explained. "Finally, something I don't have to be confused over!" Lola said. "Of course, the Zebra does have its own Japanese name Shimauma, which literally translates to "Striped Horse" in English, but I chose the English name because I don't want anyone to confuse my Zebra Core Medals with my Uma Core Medals, not to mention the fact that, despite looking like horses with stripes, zebras are actually a lot more closely related to donkeys than horses!" Hashiru explained.

"Wait, what?" Lola asked in confusion. "Yeah, like what Hashiru said, Zebras are in fact more closely related to donkeys than to horses, mostly because of the fact that, while horses are known to be intelligent and friendly towards humans, zebras are rather short-tempered and don't get along with humans, with only exceptions being those born and raised in zoos and wildlife breeding programs, not to mention the fact that zebras communicate by barking instead of neighing like horses and they have a tail that's only fluffy on the end, just like donkey tails!" Lisa explained. "But they're all classified as Equines either way." She added. "Oh! Now I get it!" Lola said. "Say, Hashiru, I can't help but notice that you have a body type that kind of reminds me of the Centaurs from Greek Mythology, albeit with a Donkey-like head instead of a human-like one!" Clyde said upon seeing Hashiru's overall appearance. "Yes, well, the generation that created me was big into Greco-Roman mythology." Hashiru said.

"Plus, it fits well with my Equine motif!" He added. "That actually does make sense!" Clyde noted. "Anyway, my Core Medals represent extinct Marine Reptiles from the same era as the dinosaurs! They are the Ichthyo, short for Ichthyosaurus, Plesio, short for Plesiosaurus, and Mosa, short for Mosasaurus!" Shibuki explained. "Yeah, as it turns out the Plesiosaur isn't as extinct as we thought, Nessie? She's real, as it turns out." Lincoln said. "Nessie? As in the Loch Ness Monster?!" Azalee asked in excitement. "I know, I was shocked too." Lisa said. "Plus, apparently, Nessie is classified as a new species of Plesiosaur, due to the fact that she has small horns on her head, which is never found in any existing Plesiosaur fossils! Heck, I even collected a few genetic samples from Nessie after I volunteered in cleaning her teeth, specifically her saliva and loose gum tissue, just to have something to remember by!" She added. "At least the samples came from that end, Lisa-chan." Sakura said with a shudder. "Cheap shot." Lisa countered.

"What does she mean by that?" Aden asked in confusion. "Apparently, my sister Lisa has a very nasty habit of collecting poop samples from everyone while they're in the bathroom without their permission or consent!" Lincoln answered, much to everyone's disgust. "Say whatever you want about it." Lisa said. "Nasty things aside, do you mind if I have one of those Nessie genetic samples, Lisa? Because I am a huge fan of cryptids and I'm hoping to make a new Homunculi Guardian with a cryptid motif, with Nessie being one of those motifs and the other two being Bigfoot and Mothman!" Azalee asked. "Funny you should mention that, I've actually got plans to send drones across the United States in search of Bigfoot. After seeing some surprising things in Africa, I've been curious as to what other cryptids exist." Lisa said. "Though, I am bit wary of the idea of finding Mothman, since that cryptid has been known for being a harbinger of doom that only appears when a disaster is about to occur!" She added. "Really? I don't think that Mothman is a harbinger of doom! I think that he was actually trying to warn people about the disasters before they occur!" Azalee said. "A debate that has filled the minds of people since his reported sightings in the days leading to the collapse of the Silver Bridge." Lisa said.

"As for the answer to your earlier question, Azalee, I think I'll let you see the samples sometime later, but I think it's best that you hold off on using them until Bigfoot and Mothman are discovered to be real!" She stated. "Yeah, that's probably a good idea!" Azalee said. "Well, Shibuki, is it, I take that you have the ability to travel in saltwater like the marine reptiles that are based on, right?" Clyde asked. "Right! And not just me, but also Saisei, since Echinoderms live in saltwater as well, which makes us rather useful in swimming at saltwater areas that our fellow Homunculi Guardians Kawa and Tsukkomu can't enter due to the animals that they are based on being freshwater dwellers!" Shibuki anwered before he turned his attention to Kawa and Tsukkomu and said "No Offense, by the way!", to which the two freshwater Homunculi Guardians replied by saying "None taken!" in an understanding tone. "Well, I believe that it's my turn now! My Core Medals represents large land animals from the Permian Era, specifically Parareptiles, Pelycosaurs, and Therapsids! They are Scutosaurus, Dimetrodon, and Gorgonops Core Medals!" Utsubo explained. "Cool!" Lana said.

"The Dimetrodon we're somewhat familiar with, given how popular it is in certain dinosaur-related media, especially in the recently released film "Jurassic World: Dominion", even though it's not actually a dinosaur to begin with!" Chloe said. "Plus, we met a cryptid in Africa that happens to be a surviving descendant of the Dimetrodon called the Rift Valley Monster or, as Lana named him, Rifter!" Lisa said as she pulled out a photo on her phone showing Lana posing next to the Rift Valley Monster a.k.a Rifter. "Cool!" Azalee said. "So, what about the Scutosaurus and Gorgonops? What exactly are they?" Lori asked. "Scutosaurus, who's name means 'Shield Lizard', was a large anapsid reptile." Lisa started explaining. "Its name refers to the large plates of armor scattered across its body! Unlike most reptiles, Scutosaurus held its legs underneath its body in order to support its great weight! Scutosaurus was a massively built herbivorous reptile, with bony armor, and a number of spikes decorating its skull! Despite its relatively small size, Scutosaurus was heavy, and its short legs meant that it could not move at speed for long periods of time, which made it vulnerable to attack by large predators! To defend itself Scutosaurus had a thick skeleton covered with powerful muscles, especially in the neck region. Underneath the skin were rows of hard, bony plates called scutes that acted like a form of brigandine armor!" She added.

"As for the Gorgonops..." Lisa started saying. "It's name means "Gorgon Eye" or "Gorgon Face", as a reference to the snake-haired Gorgons, which Medusa belongs to, from Greek Mythology! The Gorgonops is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids, which are sabertoothed predatory animals that are in fact related to mammals, of which it is the type genus, having lived during the Late Permian, specifically Wuchiapingian, about 260–254 million years ago in what is now South Africa! Despite its popularity, Gorgonops is a medium-sized gorgonopsian, about 2 m, or 6 ft 6.7 in, long maximum, regularly confused by the general public with the more massive Inostrancevia, known from Russia, due to their similar appearance and the various media that tend to refer them by the name of the group they belong rather than by their genus names, which does not help in differentiation!" Lisa explained.

"Anyway, the Gorgonops would have been one of the key predators across southern Africa during the Late Permian, because the canines were so large, they would have had little trouble in penetrating the tough hides of some of the herbivores of the time, particularly pareiasaurs such as Pareiasaurus. Aside from the teeth, one of the key predatory advantages that Gorgonops had over prey were that the legs supported the body from below rather than sprawling out to the sides like in most prey animals of the time. Aside from allowing for more energy efficient locomotion, the legs would have also allowed for a much faster pace. What animals were hunted however would depend upon the size of the individual Gorgonops, and there were some quite broad differences between species in terms of size!" Lisa explained. "Cool!" Lana said. "So, Utsubo, what it, I guess that means that you have the combination of the Scutosaurus's armor and strength and the Gorgonops's speed and ferocity as well as the Dimetrodon's back sail!" Lincoln said. "Exactly!" Utsubo said.

"I also have these Dimetrodon-shaped gauntlets on my arms that have back sails that act as cutting blades!" He added while showing his Dimetrodon-shaped gauntlets on his arms. "That's handy!" Lana said. "Sorry again, but we didn't really have much choice, this was the first place we found we felt we could be safe from the Inverso Mafia." Azalee said. "That's okay, we understand why now! Since you guys already introduced yourselves, we might as well properly introduce ourselves! I'm Lincoln Loud! These people here are my girlfriend Sakura Hoseki, my best friend Clyde McBride, his girlfriend Chloe, Clyde's spider partner Aurachnid, my parents Lynn Loud Sr and Rita, my ten sisters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn Jr, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, and Lily, Clyde's adoptive parents, who are actually a gay couple, Harold and Howard McBride, our friends Stella Zhau, her boyfriend Shintomaru Kadokawa, Lucy's boyfriend Rocky Spokes, Lana's love interest Skippy, Lola's love interest Winston, Lisa's love interest David, Aya, her boyfriend Denkyem, Aya's cousin from her father's side Mpatapo, Aya's best friend Duafe, our twin Sphinx Animarius allies Andros and Phixia, with the former being Duafe's boyfriend and the latter being Mpatapo's girlfriend, Aya's cousins from her mother's side Nyansipo, Atea, and Yaa, Atea's boyfriend Charley Wilder, Sakura's long-lost-but-now-found-to-be-alive cousins from her mother's side Aika Toho, who's Nyansipo's girlfriend and future wife, and Tomoki Durchdenwald, who's part-German and actually fifteen years old despite looking and sounding like a young twelve-year-old boy, our Pinata friends Fergy Fudgehog, Paulie Preztail, Franklin Fizzlybear, Les Galagoogoo, Hudson Horstachio, his manager and agent Simone Cinnamonkey, the conjoined serpent twins Tina and Teddington Twingersnap, Ella Elephanilla, who you have to thank for opening the door to the prank shelter in the first place, Chortles Chippopotamus, Cecil Cocoadile, and Langston Lickatoad, our new African cryptid friends Webster the juvenile J'ba FoFi a.k.a. Congolese Giant Spider, who is now Clyde's new companion, and the three Mlularuka a.k.a. Winged Jackal brothers Fluffy, Puffy, and Tuffy, who are actually Tomoki's companions/adoptive brothers, long story on that, and finally Charley and Atea's infant twin son and daughter Panyin and Kakra and Nyansipo and Aika's infant son Yasuke!" Lincoln said while introducing everyone.

Azalee looked confused at that last part. "It's a long story." Nyansipo said, rubbing the back of his head shamefully. "I tried to make a potion that would give boys a muscular bodyframe and a 6-pack just like how my cousin Aya's family's beauty enhancement potion gives girls huge breasts! Unfortunately, when Charley and I, along with our visiting Irish friend Cianán, drank it, things didn't go the way I had intended it! Instead of give us big muscles, the potion made our private parts temporary enlarged and well-endowed, complete with huge stiffies and increased male fertility as well as some permanent side effects that prevents our voices from changing and prevents facial hair and body hair growth! When Aika, Atea, and Cianán's girlfriend Aoife saw our 'situations', they became more attracted to us than usual and decided to 'help relieve us', if you all figure out what I mean! Of course, that one time was all that it took for Charley, Cianán, and I to accidentally get our respective girlfriends pregnant and now we're all young parents!" He explained. Aden started stifling a laugh. "Dude, that's messed up." He said.

"Yeah, it was admittedly embarrassing and also a bit scary, since I was actually afraid of how my parents as well as Charley's parents and Atea's parents would react! Thankfully, my mother read my aura and realized that I had never meant to get Aika pregnant nor did I intend for my potion to be the cause of it all in the first place! So, my parents decided to not only forgive me, but also allowed Aika to become a part of my family as my future wife!" Nyansipo explained. "Awwwwww! That's sweet!" Azalee said in delight. "Yeah, it definitely was!" Nyansipo and Aika said while holding hands lovingly. "As for me, my parents, especially my mother, were a bit upset when they found out, since they weren't expecting to become grandparents for at least another ten years! Thankfully, I calmed them down by telling that I am willing to take responsibility by helping Atea raise our babies together once they are born! Plus, it helps that Atea's mother read my aura in order make my parents realize that I'm being sincere about my promise to help Atea!" Charley explained. "Whoa! That's rather mature of you to do something like that!" Aden noted. "True! I truly love Atea very much and I really didn't want to abandon her at her time of need! Otherwise, I would be no better than a heartless coward!" Charley replied. "Yeah, my boyfriend really is into romance and likes to read romance novels and watc movies and TV shows that in involve romance, which actually explains his mature personality! Plus, he doesn't like anything that goes against true love, such as abandonment, abuse, betrayal, cheating, cruelty, deceit, and many other negative things!" Atea explained. "That's really good to know!" Azalee noted. "Thanks!" Charley replied. "In case you're wondering about our Irish friend Cianán and his girlfriend Aoife, they now have a son named Brion and we just recently heard that they, along with Cianán's parents, are on their way to Michigan and are planning on moving on over to Great Lakes City!" Nyansipo said. "Whoa! That's rather interesting! I wouldn't mind meeting them when they arrive!" Aden said. "Me neither!" Azalee agreed. "Well, they are supposed to arrive at Great Lakes City two days from now, so you guys might get the chance to see them in person!" Charley said. "Oh! Thanks!" Aden said. "You're welcome!" Charley replied. "By the way, while the details about how you guys accidentally got your girlfriends pregnant is rather unusual, Aden and I actually know someone who also got his girlfriend pregnant by accident!" Azalee said, much to everyone's surprise. "Really? Who?" Nyansipo asked in confusion. "His name is Bastion Alquemie, since he's actually our cousin from our father's side, and his girlfriend's name is Genevieve! As for how Bastion accidentally got his girlfriend pregnant, well, unlike with you guys, it doesn't involve a potion or anything mystical for that matter! Basically, about nine months ago, Bastion and Genevieve had gotten too curious about each others bodies after they watched an educational video about puberty together at their school and ended up giving in to certain temptations before they even knew it, due to their hormones getting into their heads! By the time time they realized what they have done, it was too late as Genevieve started throwing up uncontrollably multiple times, due to morning sickness!" Aden explained,causing everyone to cringe at that. "Oooh! I know that exact feeling when I found out that got pregnant with Yasuke-kun!" Aika said. "Same with me when I was pregnant with Panyin and Kakra!" Atea added. "And don't get started with me, especially since I have been pregnant eleven times in a row!" Rita stated. "Ooh! That's gotta sting!" Azalee said. "Yeah, it was! But it was worth it when I've got eleven wonderful children to raise!" Rita said. "Awwwwww!" Azalee said. "So, how old are Bastion and Genevieve and how did their respective families react when they found out about that incident?" Clyde asked in confusion. "Bastion and Genevieve are both currently twelve years old and they are both going to turn thirteen sometime later this week, since they have a shared birthday with each other! As for how their respective parents reacted, they didn't take it too well, at first! Thankfully, after Bastion and Genevieve explained what had actually happened while crying in tears, their respective parents decided to forgive them, on the condition that Bastion helps Genevieve raise the babies one they're born and that he and Genevieve get married once they are of legal age! Plus, they are still required to go to school, since they still need an education!" Aden said.

"That's a relief." Rita said. "Any idea about what their babies are like?" Leni asked. "Well, Genevieve hasn't actually given birth yet, but we do know that she's definitely having twins, with one confirmed to be boy and the other being confirmed to be girl! As for when she'll give birth, we were told last week, before our parents' deaths that is, that she's due to give birth any day next week, which is this week!" Azalee answered. "Aw!" The girls went. "By the way, Azalee, have you and your boyfriend Edge ever gotten far enough in your relationship to a certain point, if you know what I mean?" Stella asked, much to Azalee's embarrassment. "Um, if you mean by losing our innocence, then, yes, we did, though, fortunately, I didn't get pregnant! Long story short, Edge, Aden, and I often take showers together when we were younger, though Aden decided to take his showers separately from ours when we started getting older, mostly because he wanted to have some more privacy to himself! Edge, on the other hand, doesn't have any desire to have separate showers and he doesn't mind having a shower together with me! But then, one day, Edge and I started noticing each other's bodies and, naturally, we had gotten curious! Of course, after we started kissing each other on the lips and Edge got a huge stiffie, things started escalating as our hormones got into our heads and we sort of, well, lost control of ourselves! By the time we got back to our senses, we saw the mess we made in the shower and realized that we are no longer virgins! Out of fright, Edge and I decided to tell our respective parents about the incident after they got home! Fortunately, they were a lot more understanding than we thought, since they knew that Edge and I are really close with each other and figured that something like that incident might happen one day in our lives, so they quickly forgave us! Afterwards, my mother took me to a doctor to get tested for pregnancy and, thankfully, all my tests were confirmed to be negative, meaning that I'm not pregnant, which is a good thing for me because, while don't mind the idea of having a baby with Edge, I'm not exactly ready to take care of a baby just yet, since I don't have any parental skills right now! As for Edge, his parents decided to buy some protection for him, just to be safe!" Azalee explained.

"Makes me glad I'm saving myself for marriage." Sakura said, winking at Lincoln, causing the lone Loud boy to blush as he realized what she was insinuating that she was hoping would happen. "Yeah, Shintomaru and I aren't virgins anymore either, though the circumstances behind that are a bit different! Basically, Shibogumon, who was an organic humanoid Brazilian Wandering Spider monster at the time, bit Shintomaru in the leg and caused my boyfriend to become rather ill, not to mention that the venom caused priapism in my boyfriend, meaning that it caused him to have a rather big and painful stiffie! Not waisting any time, I got him back to our base and gave him the Anti-venom on time, though, while it did get rid of most of the effects of the venom, it did not get rid of his stiffie, so I had no other choice but to take him to the prank shelter and then sacrifice my innocence in order to relieve his 'problem', if you what mean! Fortunately, I later got tested and the results were negative, meaning that I didn't get pregnant! Plus, Shintomaru's parents bought some protection for him, in case of another 'emergency', if you know what I mean!" Stella said, much to Shintomaru's embarrassment. "Not exactly my proudest moment." Shintomaru said.

"Yikes!" Aden said. "At least you what you did for Shintomaru was with noble and loving intentions, because that's shows how much you truly love him!" Azalee noted. "True! Plus, that big stiffie of his was admittedly attractive, to say the least!" Stella said as she leaned closer to Shintomaru, who figured out what she's about to do and said "Stella-chan, don't you dare!", right before she then went and gave Shintomaru a deep French kiss in the lips. After Stella stopped kissing him, Shintomaru looked down and blushed as he saw that got a huge stiffie is in his shorts right in front of everyone. "Oh my! That's as big as my boyfriend's!" Azalee noted while Shintomaru let out a girlish scream and covered himself with his shirt and hands out of embarrassment. "STELLA-CHAN, YOU BAKA! YOU KNOW HOW EMBARRASSING THIS IS TO ME!" Shintomaru shouted in embarrassment as everyone burst out in hysterical laughter. "Yeah, sorry about that, Shintomaru! I kind of gotten carried away there!" Stella apologized. "I forgive you, but, please, don't do that to me again! I can't stand embarrassing situations like this!" Shintomaru replied in annoyance. "Fine! I'll try not to kiss you that much while we're in public, okay?" Stella suggested, to which Shintomaru said "Okay!" in agreement. "*Sigh!* That's sweet! It makes me want to have a girlfriend of my own!" Aden said. "Wait a minute, Aden! Are you saying that you don't have a love interest?" Lincoln asked. "Yep! While I am, thankfully, still a virgin, I am, unfortunately, still single, mostly because when I try to ask out a girl, some of them would say that they already got a boyfriend, some would say that they aren't interested in me, and others would say that they are lesbians and only like girls, not that I have anything against the latter part!" Aden answered. "I would hope not, Luna over here and a few of our friends over in Great Lakes City swing that way." Lincoln said.

"He's right about that, dude!" Luna replied. "Oh." Aden said. "Tell you what, Aden, perhaps we can help you find a girlfriend sometime after Stella's birthday party tomorrow, if it's okay with you!" Clyde offered. "Really? Thanks! Since I have not having any luck in finding a girlfriend on my own, I could really use all the help I can get!" Aden said in delight. "You're welcome!" Clyde said. "You know what? I think it's probably best that you guys continue to stay with us as long as you need." Rita said. "You mean that?" Azalee asked in confusion. "Of course, only a monster would abandon children in their time of need." Rita said before realizing what she just said. "Present company excluded." She said nervously chuckling. "That's okay! We understand that our appearances can be a bit scary to some people!" Kagewo said. "And my sister and I are well aware that we aren't human, but we don't care!" Andros said, to which Phixia nodded in agreement. "Besides, we only use that thing once a year." Lynn Sr. said. "That does seem fair!" Aden noted. "But, what about the police? Shouldn't we call them to let them know that Edge, Azalee, and Aden are alive?" Luna asked. "That might not be the best idea just yet." Lisa said. "Why not, Lisa-chan?" Sakura asked. "Quick question, when was the last time you saw the Inverso Mafia?" Lisa aske.

"About a few days ago!" Azalee answered "Why do you ask?" Aden asked in confusion. "Chances are they're still after you, and chances are they have 'connections' if you know what I'm saying." Lisa said. "*Gulp!* You mean to tell us that the Inverso Mafia has a spy within the police force?!" Aden asked in fright. "Maybe, maybe not." Lisa said. "That's definitely not good!" Azalee noted. "Indeed." Lisa said. This caused everyone to shudder. "Great, a possible crooked cop working for the Mafia, just what we needed!" Lincoln said sarcastically. "As if we didn't have enough problems!" Aurachnid said. "So, Mamoru-san, what about you and the other Homunculi Guardians? Where will you guys be staying?" Sakura asked. "Our one purpose in life is to protect our charges, which right now is Azalee-sama and Aden-sama, we'll be watching from afar and helping when needed." Mamoru explained.

"That's both honorable and understandable!" Sakura noted. "One more question, are there any other Homunculi Guardians out there besides the eighteen of you?" Shintomaru asked. "Actually, yes, there are plenty of others! Three of them, namely the Monkey Guardian Kangae, Lemur Guardian Choyaku, and Lesser Primate Guardian Noboru, are currently living with Alexandre's brother Basil Alquemie and his family!" Kagewo answered. "Basil Alquemie?" Lincoln asked. "He's mine and Aden's uncle and Bastion's father!" Azalee answered. "Oh!" Lincoln said. "As for the remaining ten Guardians, they are all primarily based on different types of mythical creatures, with each Guardian representing a different element: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Lightning, Metal, Ice, Spirit, Light, and Shadow! They all are currently living in Japan with Alexandre's sister Celiane and her husband Junichiro Kadokawa!" Atsumaru explained. "Junichiro Kadokawa? That's one of my uncles! Specifically, the one that works at a Sake brewery!" Shintomaru noted. "I'll have to call Zensuke and he'll have to talk to him about this." Shintomaru said. "That's probably a good idea, Shin-kun!" Sakura noted.

Unbeknownst to them, in a far off corner of Royal Woods...

We see a rift through dimensions tear open and reveal something exit out of it. It was a set of three Core Medals (an aqua-colored medal with the image of a swimming Shark, a dark blue-colored medal with the image of a baleen Whale that's spouting out water from its blowhole, and a crimson-colored medal with the image of a Wolffish's head) that fell to the ground before suddenly glowing and coming alive by floating in the air and connecting to each other in a triangular pattern via strings of energy. "Ugh! Koko wa doko? (Where am I)?" A male voice asked from the within the three Core Medals. The Core Medals then spun as if looking around. "Kono basho wa nanidesu ka? (What is this place?)" The voice asked upon noticing the surroundings. "Serumedaru o mitsukenakya! (I must find Cell Medals!)" The voice declared as the three Core Medals started flying around like a flying saucer in order to search for Cell Medals.

The Next Day...

Sometime after the defeat of Adzela and Solifugal, we Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, and their friends celebrating Stella's thirteenth birthday. We also see Carl participating in the pinata game, getting ready to hit Hudson Horstachio, who was already hanging from the ceiling, with a baseball bat while blindfolded. "I hope you're ready, Hudson, because I'm gonna smash ya open like a piggy bank!" Carl declared as he lifted his baseball bat over his shoulder. "Oh, I'm always ready, Carl! It's part of my career as a party pinata! Bring it on!" Hudson said as Carl immediately swung around his baseball bat and then shouted "Ole!", right before he then went and smacked Hudson hard enough on his belly to break him into two halves, a top half containing his head and a bottom half containing his tail, while a ton of candy spilled out from his open ends, causing the kids that were watching to cheer in joy. Afterwards, Carl took off his blindfold and saw that he accomplished his goal of getting the candy. "Alright! Yeah!" Carl shouted in joy as he and the other kids gathered up the spilled candy. "Gracias, Senior Hudson!" Carl said to Hudson, who was still split in horizontal halves and on the floor. "De nada, Carl! And don't worry about me, damage like this is really easy to repair, once I get someone with the proper materials to put me back together, that is!" Hudson replied in delight while Fergy and Paulie watched with a frightful shudder. "*SHUDDER!* Like I said before, I'm glad it's not us!" Fergy said. "That I can agree on, Ferg!" Paulie replied in agreement. Meanwhile, in the backyard, Aya just drew a huge spell circle on the ground and place a huge number of potion-filled calabashes on it before she then chanted the spell that caused the potions inside the calabashes to glow in a pink light. Afterwards, she took four of the calabashes out of the spell circle and presented them to 'Eric' and 'Gordon'. "Are those potions going to give our sisters the chest sizes that they most desire?" 'Eric' asked, to which Aya answered "Yep! They most certainly are!". "All they need to do is drink the contents of these calabashes, and the potion will do it's magic, and as an added bonus, they can be used as water bottles!" Aya explained to 'Eric' and 'Gordon'. "Ooh! Let me carry them!" 'Gordon' offered as he reached for the calabashes, only for 'Eric' to stop him by slapping his hands. "Ow! What was that for?!" 'Gordon' asked in annoyance. "Knowing you, brother, you'd probably drink them on their way home, and as tempted as I am to see our sisters angry at you, they might direct their anger at me as well for not doing anything to stop you!" 'Eric' whispered in his ear.

"Aw, Man!" 'Gordon' said in disappointment. "If it's any consolation, the potion only works on girls. Boys only taste a fruit smoothie." Aya said. "Mmmm! Fruit Smoothie!" 'Gordon' said while salivating from the mouth. "Yeah, my brother here is rather excitable when it comes to food, so I'm afraid I just can't trust him with the task of carrying the potions! I'll do it instead!" 'Eric' suggested. "Understandable! Tell Eliza I said I was sorry she had to leave." Aya said. "Gladly!" 'Eric' said as Aya handed the four calabashes over to him. "Oh! While we're here, can my brother here have a bucket filled with chips and a large cup of fruit punch to go, just to keep him busy, if you know what I mean?" He's asked. "You got it!" Judy, having overheard this request, said. She then grabbed a large bucket and filled it with a large amount of assorted chips before she then grabbed a large cup and filled it with fruit punch and a few ice cubes. "Gracias, Mrs. Zhau." 'Gordon' said. "You're welcome!" Judy said. Aya walked away, looking at her wrist with the new Amber LuchaChanger. "Hey, Aya! Now that you have given four of the calabashes away to those guys, can me and the rest of the fourth and fifth graders here have our potions too?" Leilani asked as she and the other fourth and fifth grade school girls were next to the rest of the calabashes that were still on the spell circle.

"Of course!" Aya said. As soon as Leilani and the other fourth and fifth grade school girls grabbed the calabashes and quickly drank down the potions, their bodies started glowing in a bright pink light. While that was happening, the ten-year-old girls of the group grew into D-Cups while Leilani and other eleven-year-old girls of the group grew into DD-Cups. As soon as the lights died down, Leilani and the other fourth and fifth grade school girls looked at their new breast sizes in amazement. "Wow! This is amazing!" Leilani exclaimed in amazement of her DD-Cup-sized breasts. "I know, right?" Sakura said, passing by. "Thank you so much, Aya!" Leilani said. "My pleasure, girls!" Aya said. "Also, I think the boys really are enjoying your new breast sizes,,if you know what I mean!" She added as she pointed at the fourth and fifth grade school boys that saw the girls' sudden change and were all flabbergasted while saying "Ba.. Ba... Ba..!" in unison. This caused the girls to chuckle as Aya approached Azalee. "I also made one for you." Aya told Azalee, handing her a potion filled calabash.

"Oh! Thanks, Aya! My breasts are currently a C-Cup, which isn't exactly big enough for me, so I really appreciate it!" Azalee said in delight. She then drank the potion down and started glowing in a bright pink light, causing her breasts to grow from a C-Cup to an E-Cup. Once the light died down, Azalee looked at her new breast size in amazement. "An E-Cup?! Now that's more like it!" Azalee exclaimed in amazement. "Glad you like it, Azalee! Oh! And your boyfriend Edge seems to like it too!" Aya replied as she pointed at Edge, who was blushing while staring at Azalee's new look. "*Giggle!* You like the new look, Edge?" Azalee asked with a cheeky smile, to which Edge replied "Hai! (Yes!)" with a bashful smile. "Good to know! I like it when you're honest! So, here's a kiss for the compliment!" Azalee answered as she pulled Edge over to her and kissed him in the lips. "Awwwwww!" The girls gushed in delight. "I'm sure Ofui is smiling knowing that all of her hard work is being put to good use outside of the village as well as inside." Aya said, looking up. "Who's Ofui?" Leilani asked. "My ancestor from my late mother's side of the family! She's the one that invented the beauty enhancement potion in the first place and passed the recipe down through the generations!" Aya answered.

"She was also married to Eban, who was the younger brother of Clyde's ancestor Akoma, which means that Nyansipo, Atea, Yaa, and I, along with my other maternal cousins in Africa, are actually Clyde's distant biological cousins!" She added. "Oh! That's really interesting to know!" Leilani noted. Then, after Azalee pulled Edge out of her kiss, she looked down and blushed with a smile while saying "Whoa! Edge, you really do love me that much, don't you?", to which Edge responded by looking down and seeing that he got a huge stiffie in his shorts right in front of everyone. "Oh! You're right, Azalee-chan! Do love you that much!" Edge said with a bashful blush as scratched the back on his head out of slight embarrassment without bothering to cover himself while the girls present snickered at the sight of it all. "Dang! And I thought you and I are the only ones well-endowed for our age, Shintomaru!" Casey noted. "Don't forget about my cousin Zensuke! And, yeah, I do agree with you on that!" Shintomaru noted in agreement. "Um, Edge-kun, how come that you're not covering up your stiffie like Shin-kun does whenever he gets one?" Sakura asked. "I heard that, Sakura-chan!" Shintomaru retorted in annoyance. "Well, to answer your question, while I am admittedly embarrassed about having a stiffie in front of people, the reason why don't hide it is because it's less embarrassing when Azalee-chan is with me, since she likes me this way! Also, hiding it would just make things more awkward as it would simply just draw unnecessary attention towards me and make people laugh at me more often! Plus, my late father told me, right after that incident Azalee-chan and I went through in the shower together, that it's a natural reaction for boys my age and it does go back to normal on its own when I calm myself down a little and leave it alone for a while, so he assured me that everything is going to be okay for me, especially since I have a girlfriend that truly loves me no matter what condition I'm in!" Edge explained. "Aw!" The girls all went.

"Yeah, what can I say? His appearance and voice is cute and all, but his big stiffie adds an extra bit of attractiveness to him, if you know what I mean!" Azalee admitted. "Yeah, I get that!" Stella noted while looking at Shintomaru. "So do I!" Jalissa replied as she looked at Casey. "By the way, Edge, what do you mean when you said that you and Azalee had an incident in the shower together?" Nikki asked in confusion, to which Edge and Azalee blushed in response. "Long story short, Azalee-chan and I usually take showers together when we were younger and we still took them together even after Aden stopped taking them with us! However, one day, sometime before our parents' deaths, Azalee-chan and I noticed each other's bodies and we had gotten too curious for our own good! In other words, we had unintentionally let our hormones get into our heads and we ended up losing control of ourselves to the point of taking away each other's innocence! By the time we got out of it, we quickly realized what we had done and we both became incredibly scared! Thankfully, after our parents got home and we both explained to them what happened, they quickly forgave us as they knew that Azalee-chan and I were close and they had figured that something like that incident we had went might happen one day in our lives, though they weren't expecting it to happen that soon! Later on, Azalee-chan's mother took my girlfriend over a doctor to get tested for pregnancy and, fortunately, her tests all came out negative, meaning that she didn't get pregnant! As for me, well, my parents bought me some protection, just to be safe, which is a good thing because, while don't mind the idea of having a baby with Azalee-chan, my girlfriend and I are not quite ready for parenthood just yet, especially since we don't know how to take care of babies to begin with!" Edge answered. Casey shuddered as the memory of what nearly happened between him and Jalissa because of Lujuria filled his head.

"You know, Edge-kun, if it helps, perhaps Atea-chan and I, along with our respective boyfriends/future husbands, can teach you and Azalee-chan how to properly take of babies, since we're already young parents ourselves anyways!" Aika offered. "That would be helpful." Edge said as Aya's eyes flashed while looking at Azalee. There, she sees that Azalee's aura was vermilion-colored. Aya then remembers how they said Azalee was hit by the shockwave created by the Sacred Orb's destruction. "Can we talk real quick?" Aya asked Ronnie Anne. "Oh! Sure!" Ronnie Anne replied. Aya lead Ronnie Anne and Sid away from everyone. "Okay, these new Lucha Changers AkaRed created, was one of them by any chance Vermillion?" Aya asked. "Yeah! Now that you've mentioned it, AkaRed did make a vermilion-colored Lucha Changer! He said that it represents the element of Alchemy!" Ronnie Anne answered. "Why do you ask?" She asked in confusion. "When I looked at Azalee's aura just now, it was Vermillion, and she said last night that she was hit by the same shockwave as Becky, Ricky, Dodge, and I." Aya said.

That took Ronnie Anne by surprise. "Jax, do you know of any Alebrije with that combination of color and element?" Aya asked. "Yes, I do! Her name is Phoelacandra! She's 1/3 Fire Salamander, 1/3 Phoenix, and 1/3 Coelacanth!" Jaxonder answered. "She's also sitting right above that ceiling lamp!" Jaxonder added as she pointed at the Vermilion-colored Alebrije sitting on a branch of a ceiling lamp. "Well that's convenient." Vularena said. "Huh! She does look a lot like a Fire Salamander, albeit with the dorsal fin and tail of a Coelacanth and the feathered crest and wings of a Phoenix, specifically the kind seen in those "Harry Potter" and "Fantastic Beasts" movies that I had watched with the Loud Family!" Aya noted upon seeing the Vermilion-colored Alebrije now identified as Phoelacandra. The three Alebrije then hopped off their partners and flew up to where they saw Phoelacandra. "Phoelacandra!" Jaxondor called, catching her attention. "Jaxonder? Ailuxucara? Vularena?" Phoelacandra asked in surprise.

"Oh, am I glad to see you guys!" Phoelacandra said. "It's good to see you too, Phoelacandra!" Ailuxucara said. "What happened to you?" Jaxondor asked. "Well, for one thing, me and everyone else suddenly gotten ourselves sucked into portals while our world was collapsing!" Phoelacandra answered. "When I woke up, I found myself here and strangely drawn to that girl down there!" She said, pointing to Azalee. "I later overheard that she was enveloped in a vermilion-colored light by a shockwave, which matches my own color!" She added. That took Jaxonder, Ailuxucara, and Vularena by surprise. "Interesting." Vularena said. "So, how come you're watching from up here and not introducing yourself to that girl right away?" Ailuxucara asked. "Honestly, it's because I'm not sure how to introduce myself to her without spooking her!" Phoelacandra admitted. "We hear you." Vularena said. "Of course, since Azalee, that's the girl's name by the way, has the Homunculi Guardians as her protectors, perhaps she wouldn't mind seeing you!" Jaxonder said.

Speaking of the Homunculi Guardians...

Mamoru, Kagewo, Suiriku, Shokumu, Shiryo, Hiyoku, Keikai, and Kawa have just joined up with Tsukkomu, Atsumaru, Saisei, Gensoku, Tatakau, Tekio, Kensaku, Hashiru, Shibuki, and Utsubo somewhere on the outskirts of the town. "At least they won't have to worry about shelter for a while." Mamoru said. "True! Plus, they have friends that are willing to protect them no matter what!" Kawa said. Unbeknownst to them, something was creeping up and fast. "Um, guys! Is it just me or I am getting the feeling that we're being watched?" Utsubo asked upon feeling a presence. "It's not just you! Everyone on guard!" Mamoru said. Then, all of the Homunculi Guardians went and formed a defense circle while preparing to attack whatever comes their way. "Greeed...Cell Medals." A voice called. "Who's there? Show yourself!" Mamoru demanded. "Give...me...your...Cell Medals!" The voice demanded. Then the three floating Core Medals from yesterday from behind the trees, much to the Homunculi Guardians' shock and confusion. "What in the world?" Kawa asked.

"Are those Core Medals?!" Shibuki asked in confusion. "They are, but something is different about them! Two of them are different shades of blue, but one of them is a shade of red! Our Core Medals usually have colors that matches each other!" Atsumaru noted. "Cell Medals!" The voice demanded again. "The voice is coming from those three floating Core Medals! It wants our Cell Medals!" Suiriku said in realization. "There's something malevolent about that entity, I can feel it! We must not let him have our Cell Medals!" Mamoru declared. Back at the party, Shintomaru and Edge grabbed their heads in pain. Everyone stopped what their doing and took notice of the two boys out of concern. "Shin-kun, Edge-kun, is something wrong?" Sakura asked. "Ugh! Something very evil has appeared in our universe and it's not good at all!" Shintomaru answered in pain. "That explains you, but why is Edge acting this way?" Stella asked in confusion. "Let me check his aura! That way, I might be able to figure out what's wrong with him!" Aya suggested. Aya's eyes then flashed.

She then saw images of a Kamen Rider with a red, yellow, and green color scheme and the motifs of a hawk, a tiger, and a grasshopper. "We need to find Ankh." She told Shintomaru upon seeing what she saw. "Really? Why?" Shintomaru asked in confusion. "Because I'm starting to believe that Edge Hiro here is really Eiji Hino reincarnated!" Aya answered, much to everyone's shock. "You really think so?" Sakura asked. "I'm sure of it! I saw images of an armored warrior with a red, yellow, and green color scheme and the motifs of a hawk, a tiger, and grasshopper!" Aya answered. "And last night, when he got headaches, his aura told me about how he kept hearing the sounds Ankh told us the OOO driver made during transforming." Aya said. "Oh! Of course! Taka, Tora, and Batta are the Core Medals Eiji Hino used transform into his primary rider form! It all makes sense now!" Sakura said in realization. "Okay, we'll go and see what's going on with this evil presence you guys mentioned, while you go find Ankh." Lincoln told Shintomaru.

"Gladly! Stella-chan and I will also bring in Shintaro, Akira, and even Hina Izumi, just to help Edge fully regain his pass life's memories!" Shintomaru replied. "It'd probably be best if you took Edge-kun with you, Shin-kun." Sakura said. "Why?" Shintomaru asked in confusion. "Just in case." Sakura said. "If Edge is going somewhere, then I'm coming with him! He's my boyfriend after all!" Azalee said. "Very well." Shintomaru said, opening up an Aurora Curtain. "Just step through here." He instructed. "Right! Come on, Edge!" Azalee said as she grabbed Edge's hand. The two reborn riders and their girlfriends hopped through the curtain. "We'll go and investigate." Lincoln told Sakura, Clyde and Aurachnid as they pulled out their rider machines. "We'll go too." Ronnie Anne said. The main eight Lucharangers then pulled out their miniaturized LuchaKarts, much to the envy of Ricky. "Aw man, why don't we have cool karts like that!?" He complained. "Fortunately, Ricky, after we got back home yesterday, I thought ahead and made three new LuchaKarts for you, Becky, and Dodge!" Lisa replied as she took out three new miniaturized LuchaKarts from her pocket. The first new LuchaKart was cyan-colored with the stylised head, wings, and tail of Harpygolverine, the second one was orange-colored with the stylised head, wings and head of Prawngolequin, and the third one was magnet-colored with the stylised head, wings, and tail of Aurastrolumba.

"And once we get home, I will start work on one for you." Lisa told Aya. "Thanks, Lisa!" Aya replied. "Awesome!" Becky said. "What are you going to name them?" Sid asked. "I think I'll call the cyan-colored one the Energy Chaser!" Becky said as she picked up the cyan-colored miniaturized LuchaKart. "Matter Blaster for me!" Dodge said. "As for mine, I'll call it the Magnet Charger!" Ricky said as he took the magnet-colored LuchaKart while Dodge took the orange-colored one. "As for mine, I'll call it the Magnet Charger!" Ricky said as he took the magnet-colored LuchaKart while Dodge took the orange-colored one. "Great, let's go, guys!" Lincoln said as everyone headed out the door.

Meanwhile, with the Homunculi Guardians...

They were surprisingly having trouble against the three floating Core Medals as the energy-connected medallions were slashing at them like a buzzsaw, causing Cell Medals to spill out of the Guardians' open wounds. When the medals spilled out, an unseen force collected them, causing a body to start forming around the three floating Core Medals. "Yes! My body is being restored!" The mysterious voice said as the body continued forming. "These things are stronger than we thought!" Hashiru complained. "Yeah! Not to mention incredibly fast! They just keep dodging my water shots at the last second!" Kawa complained. "Just what is this thing?!" Atsumaru complained as the Rider Machines and LuchaKarts, Aya riding on the back of Machine Anansi, drove up. "Whoa! Are you guys alright? What happened here?" Lincoln asked the Homunculi Guardians in confusion. Mamoru pointed at the Core Medals as they continued growing a body. "Holy Shamoly! What on earth is that thing?!" Ronnie Anne asked in confusion.

Sakura saw the images carved into the medals. "Same? Kujira? Ookamiuo?" Sakura asked in surprise, much to everyone else's confusion. "Shark, Whale, and Wolffish." She translated. "Well, whatever it is, it's after our Cell Medals!" Kawa said. "Yikes! That's terrible! By the way, what's a Wolffish?" Carl asked in confusion. "Allow me to explain, Carl! Anarhichadidae, better known as wolffishes, sea wolves or wolf eels, is a family of marine ray finned fishes belonging to the order Scorpaeniformes! These are predatory, eel shaped fishes which are native to the cold waters of the Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans! The most well known wolffish is the Anarhichas lupus, common name Atlantic Wolffish, also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, woof, sea cat, or wolf eel, the latter one being the common name for its Pacific relative Anarrhichthys ocellatus! Aside from their unique appearance, wolffish are distinguished by the natural antifreeze they produce to keep their blood moving fluidly in their very cold habitat, involvement by both the male and female in brood bearing, and the large size of their eggs! They are also an important factor in controlling green crab and sea urchin populations, which can become overly disruptive to habitats if left unchecked! Wolffish population success is also an important indicator of the health of other bottom-dweller populations, such as Atlantic cod!" Lisa explained through the comm link.

"Of course, the Ookamiuo that Sakura might be referring to would be the Atlantic Wolffish's relative the Anarhichas orientalis, common name Bering Wolffish, which is is found from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean from Hokkaido to the Sea of Okhotsk, to Alaska! Although insufficiently documented, it is also known to occur across the Northwestern Pacific, the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean! The Bering wolffish has an elongate and laterally compressed body, with a thin caudal peduncle. It has a steep snout, and, like other wolffish, has long, canine teeth that protrude out past the tips of the jaws! It can grow to 112 cm and 15 kg in weight, is dark brown in colour and lacks any distinct markings other than some slight blotching or palish marbling! The head of juveniles may have multiple dark spots and four to five dark coloured longitudinal stripes on the upper body! The head length is approximately 19 to 21 percent of the total body length! This species differs from other wolffish species in having at least 53 anal rays, 81 to 86 dorsal fin spines, and more rounded, deeper caudal fins!" She added. This made everyone shudder. "Alright, who are you and why are you taking these Cell Medals?" Lincoln asked. "I am Poseidon." Poseidon introduced as his body became completed and having an ocean animal-themed Kamen Rider-like appearance, with an aqua-colored shark-themed head, dark blue-colored whale-themed shoulder armor, and crimson-colored Wolffish-themed hip and leg armor as well as triangular pattern on his chest that combines the images of the three floating Core Medals into one, and carrying a sharp crimson-colored fish fin-like spear in his right hand. "Poseidon? Like the Greek God of the Sea?" Clyde asked in confusion. "You look more like a Kamen Rider to me." Sakura said as Lincoln pulled out his phone, took a picture and sent it to Shintomaru, asking in text 'anyone you know?'.

"Hmph! This is Rider-like form you see here is what I had looked like when I had possessed a man named Michal Minato, since my Core Medals were used in his own driver before a multitude of Core and Medals from the past came through a black hole in the year of 2051 and got absorbed by that man, causing the Core Medals he used to gain sentience, therefore meaning that very event created me! I then traveled back in time through a vortex with a desire to fight and defeat every Kamen Rider that I see! However, Ankh, who managed to follow me all the way from 2051, managed to free Michal from my control by teaming up with OOO and then extract most of the Core Medals from his body, though the process did allow me to create my own body that looks exactly like Michal's rider form! Unfortunately, after a very long and enduring battle against Kamen Rider OOO, Michal joined the battle against me with a new driver to become Kamen Rider Aqua and then helped OOO destroy me with their own respective finishing attacks!" Poseidon explained. Lincoln's phone started ringing, he pulled it out to see a text from Shintomaru. "VERY DANGEROUS! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!" He warned.

"Ooh! This is bad!" Lincoln said in worry. "You don't know the half of it!" Poseidon said, summoning his weapon, the Deepest Harpoon and shooting a strong blast of water at them. "Oh Sugar Honey Iced Tea!" The riders and Lucharangers shouted in fright as they quickly bolted and dodged out of the way of the water blast. Lincoln and Sakura pulled out their drivers while Clyde allowed Aurachnid to bite his wrist. "You're going to have to go through us if you want to do whatever you plan on doing!" Lincoln said. "Not your best work, buddy." Clyde said. "I know!" Lincoln said, summoning his screen while Sakura pulled out the Mystic Pearl.

6-7-8-9, Shinobi!
Pearl!
Spider On!

"Rider Ninpo! Henshin Mist!/Henshin!" Lincoln, Sakura, and Clyde called, transforming, Lincoln and Sakura taking on their super forms while Clyde pulled out Vector Anansi. "Battle Spider Mode!" He called, entering his own Super Form. "Lucha Power!" The 12 Lucharangers shouted, transforming as well. "Kamen Riders? Here?" Poseidon asked before he then laughed maniacally. "To think, that I have actually found some Kamen Riders to fight and I wasn't even trying!" He added, continuing to laughing. "Though, I don't think I ever encountered anyone like you multicolored costumed kids before!" He said while pointing at the Lucharangers. "We're known as the Alebrije Sentai Lucharanger, the only Super Sentai in this universe!" Ronnie Anne said. "Super Sentai? I never really encountered anybody like that when I fought against OOO! But, that doesn't mean that I have any qualms against fighting the likes of you kids, since I can and will annihilate anyone that dares to stand in my way!" Poseidon noted before pointing the Deepest Harpoon at the heroes in eagerness to fight them. "Bring it, Fish Face!" Lincoln called as they all charged.

Meanwhile...

Shintomaru, Stella, Edge, and Azalee were in the world they were hoping to find Ankh and OOO's other friends, with IRAD tracking them down. "This world feels kind of different from ours!" Azalee noted while checking out the surroundings of the Japanese town. IRAD started beeping before projecting a map with the symbols of Kamen Riders OOO, Birth, and Birth X. "Guess Ankh-san still has the OOO driver." Shintomaru said. "Doesn't look like yours is anywhere near here." Stella said. "*Sigh!* Yeah, unfortunately!" Shintomaru noted in disappointment. IRAD beeped in an apologetic tone. "Daijoubu, IRAD! At least you've tried!" Shintomaru replied. "Looks like they're all together." Stella noted. "Yeah! But where?" Azalee asked in confusion. "If I'm reading this map right, they're there!" Shintomaru said, pointing to a restaraunt that had the words 'International Cuisine Restaurant Cous Coussier' in Japanese, with the words 'Cous Coussier' being the only ones in English letters, on a sign. "Cous Coussier? What exactly is this place?" Stella asked in confusion. "Better question, what kind of place is it today? It changes cuisines every day." Edge said, before getting a weirded out look on his face. "How did I know that?" He asked in confusion. "Your past life memories are coming in." Shintomaru realized.

"Say that, now?" Edge asked in confusion. "You'll understand in a minute." Shintomaru said as they all walked in. When they walked in, they found it dressed as a Filipino Restaurant. Specifically, it had a Flag of the Philippines hanging above the ceiling while there were pictures of various locations from the Philippines, including the limestone cliffs of El Nido, Palawan, Coron Island Cove, Mayon Volcano, Boracay Beach, Mount Apo, the Villanueva Building, and the Chocolate Hills, as well as pictures of various wildlife native to the Philippines, such as the Philippine Eagle, Philippine Tarsier, Celestial Monarch bird, Philippine Crocodile, Freshwater Sardinella fish, Magellan birdwing butterfly, and Flame-breasted Fruit Dove, and colorful decorations from the Binalbal Festival. Plus, the food menu images show off various types of Filipino cuisine, including longganisa (Philippine sausage), tapa (cured beef), torta (omelette), adobo (vinegar and soy sauce-based stew ), kaldereta (meat stewed in tomato sauce and liver paste, with meat usually being goat meat, but in this restaurant's case it's a choice between beef, chicken, and pork), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce), pochero (beef and bananas in tomato sauce), afritada (chicken or beef and vegetables simmered in tomato sauce), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), pinakbet (kabocha squash, eggplant, beans, okra, and tomato stew flavored with shrimp paste), sinigang (meat or seafood in sour broth), pancit (noodles), and lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls). Shintomaru, Stella, and Azalee blinked in confusion. "Yeah, Shiraishi-san tends to go a bit overboard, how I know that name, I still don't get." Edge said.

Azalee and Stella looked at Shintomaru in confusion. "Chiyoko Shiraishi is the rather eccentric owner of Cous Coussier! She's kind and cheerful, while a little troublesome as well! She enjoys cosplaying as a method to bring more customers to her restaurant!" Shintomaru explained. "Case in point." Shintomaru said as the aforementioned owner of the restaurant Chiyoko Shiraishi and OOO's ally Hina Izumi, with both of them wearing a Baro't Saya (A Traditional Dress Worn By Filipino Women), approached the four. "Welcome to Cous Coussier, table for four?" Chiyoko asked. "Ooh, I love those Baro't Sayas you guys are wearing!" Stella said. "Really? Arigato!" Hina replied. "Hina?" Edge whispered. "Anyway, we are here looking for some people." Shintomaru said. "We're looking for Shintaro Goto, Akira Date, and Ankh!" Stella said, much to the shock and surprise of Hina and Chiyoko. "Did someone call for me?" Akira asked as he and Shintaro walked down the stairs.

The two Birth riders then took notice of Shintomaru and Stella amongst the group and were very surprised to see them. "Reborn Decade-san! Stella-chan! What an excellent surprise!" Akira said. "Uh, hello? My name is Shintomaru! Can you at least remember that, Akira?" Shintomaru asked in annoyance. "Ah! Gomen, Shintomaru-san!" Akira apologized. "Anyway, we've got a problem. Where's Ankh? This concerns him too." Stella asked. "I'm right here." Ankh said, walking downstairs. Upon seeing Ankh, Edge was rather surprised, to say the least. "Ankh!" He said. "Huh?" Ankh asked. "I believe we found someone you've been looking for, Ankh-san." Shintomaru said as he and Stella stepped back. "This boy here is Edge Hiro! We believe that he's the reincarnation of your old friend Eiji Hino!" Stella said, much to the shock and surprise of Shintaro, Akira, Ankh, and even Hina and Chiyoko. "Eh?!" Hina asked in confusion and shock. "Eiji-san's reincarnation?!" Chiyoko asked in equal confusion and shock.

"When Eiji died, his soul got reincarnated into our world, and he got reborn as Edge." Stella explained. "Of course, since Eiji died a year ago and Edge is currently twelve years old, Eiji's soul must have not only traveled to our world through dimensions, but also traveled back in time to twelve years ago!" Shintomaru explained. "Can't argue with that kind of logic!" Shintaro noted. "Let me check something here." Hina said, approaching Edge and using her freakish strength to lift him high. "Woah, she didn't even try!" Azalee said. "Hina has always been freakishly strong." Shintomaru said. "Dang! I wonder if she'll get along with Lynn and Lola, since they are both freakishly strong as well!" Stella wondered. "Considering the fact that she can lift a Ridevendor with no problem, I'd say she would." Edge said, surprising Hina. "Eiji, it is you!" She said in delight. Unfortunately, Hina ended up hugging Edge too tight, causing him to groan in pain. Everyone cringed at that. "Itai! Hina-chan! You're Hugging Me Too Tight!" Edge complained in pain. "Oh, gomen!" Hina said, letting Edge go as Ankh rushed over. "Could it really be?" Ankh asked in shock. "Ankh! It's been a while!" Edge said.

"I can't believe this! When they told me there was a chance that you got reincarnated, I was doubtful at first, but I didn't want to give up the only possibility." Ankh said. Azalee then cleared her throat. "Is somebody going to introduce me or what?" Azalee asked impatiently, gaining everyone's attention. "Oh right, this is my girlfriend Azalee Alquemie, or as I like to call her Azalee-chan!" Edge introduced, causing Shintaro, Akira, Hina, Chiyoko, and even Ankh to shout out "EHHHHHHHHHHH?!" in shock and confusion. "Girlfriend?! Since when?!" Hina asked in shock and confusion. "About a year." Edge said. "Yeah! Edge and I are so close, that we still take showers together, even after that embarrassing incident where we unintentionally let our hormones get into our heads and we ended up losing control of ourselves, which resulted in the both us no longer being virgins!" Azalee said with a blush, much to the shock of Shintaro, Akira, Ankh, Chiyoko, and Hina, with the latter being extremely flustered and angry. "Edge-kun! Kono Ecchi! (You Pervert!)" Hina angrily yelled with a blush as she then slapped Edge on the face to hard that it sent him flying across the room before crashing into the wall *CRASH!*. Needless to say, Azalee wasn't too happy about Hina just did to Edge. "She is freakishly strong." Stella muttered.

Azalee then angrily marched towards Hina and yelled "HEY! That Slap Was Uncalled For, Hina! First of all, what Edge and I went through in the shower back then was completely unintentional and accidental! Second, we talked to our parents about that incident and they quickly forgave us, since they knew Edge and I are very close and figured that something like that incident would happen to us sometime in our lives! Third, if you're thinking that Edge got me pregnant from that incident, then you've thought wrong, because my mother took me to a doctor and all the pregnancy tests I've took were all negative, which means that I'm not pregnant! And Fourth, I absolutely don't mind it if he sees me in the nude while we're in the shower together or if he gets a big stiffie whenever I kiss him in the lips, because I truly love Edge that much!", causing Hina to chatter her teeth out of fright before Azalee then grabbed the latter by the collar of her Baro't Saya and pulled her down to Azalee's eye level. "Just because you see what Edge and I went through in the shower that one time as perverted, that does not mean that it's okay to slap my boyfriend hard enough to the point of making him crash into a wall, because I don't care that we are not virgins anymore! If anything, that incident proves, in a way, that our love for each other is strong and it even gives me extra motivation to get married to Edge one day! So, if you don't go and apologize to my boyfriend right this instant, I WILL DO SOMETHING NOT NICE!" Azalee angrily declared while letting go of Hina, causing the latter to turn pale from fright. "Wow, you died and escaped from a freakishly strong girl, only to fall in love with a freakishly scary when angry girl." Shintomaru told Edge, who was stuck in a hole that he made when he crashed into the wall.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Edge said. Then, Hina went and pulled Edge out of the hole before she then said "Gomennasai, Edge-kun! I Really Shouldn't Have Harmed You Like That! Please Forgive Me!" while bowing down in frightful apology. "Daijoubu, Hima-chan! I forgive you! Just, please, don't that to me again, okay! My girlfriend really doesn't like it when somebody tries to harm me in any way and that makes her mad, as you have seen firsthand, because she really loves me and wants me to be alive and well long enough for us to get married and have kids one day! Plus, she's not one to trifle with, as she's capable of defending herself when she fought against some bullies that had beaten me up and stole my lunchbox one time!" Edge replied. "Right, duly noted!" Hina replied. "Anyway, I'm afraid this isn't the only reason we're here." Shintomaru said, pulling out his phone and showing everyone the text Lincoln sent him. "Recognize anyone?" Shintomaru asked. Upon noticing the picture of Poseidon in the text message, Shintaro, Akira, Hina, and Chiyoko gasped in horror while Ankh looked at the image in confusion.

Edge, however looked at the picture. "Poseidon." He said. "Poseidon? As in the Greek God of the Sea?" Azalee asked in confusion. "Not in this case." Shintomaru said. "Then, who exactly is he?" Azalee asked. "Well, for starters, Poseidon is actually a Greeed from the future, specifically from the year 2051!" Shintaro explained. "He has the power of aquatic Animals, much like Mezool, but his are a Shark, Whale, and Wolffish, all of which are classified as 'Kings of the Ocean', marine animals at the top of the food chain." Shintaro explained. "As for how he existed in the first place, well, it goes like this! In the year 2051, at a time when new monsters had appeared to threaten humanity, the Poseidon Driver was created along with a set of three new Core Medals by the Kougami Foundation to give birth to a new Rider that could use the Medal System! In that future, Kousei Kougami, who would be elderly at that time, gave the Driver to a young man named Michal Minato, who couldn't use his Aqua Driver to become Kamen Rider Aqua, due to his insecurities as well as his fear of water! Kougami believed that the Poseidon Driver could help Michal overcome his timidness and fear, and grant him more power as Kamen Rider Poseidon! However this proved futile, and even as Poseidon, Michal couldn't win against the creatures of his time, lost, and Michal was knocked out of his transformation! However, just as he was about to give up, the black hole that was created by the death of Kiyoto Maki forty years earlier appeared, and the Core Medals and Cell Medals from the past entered his body, resulting in a Greeed forming inside the Poseidon Medals! This new Greeed developed an intense desire to fight, and Michal was almost instantly overwhelmed by the new being! With Michal's personality subdued, the Greeed who became Poseidon fought in their home time period for a brief while, but after a time anomaly formed as a result of a meteor containing SOLU crashing into the ocean in the present day, the Poseidon entity saw its chance and dived through, heading off to fight the Kamen Riders of the past!" Akira explained.

"Yikes!" Stella said. "Core Medals? But how did the Kougami Foundation create them?" Azalee asked in confusion. "Apparently, Kousei Kougami, being a direct descendant of the Ancient King himself, has continued research in creating new Core Medals based off the documents of the Greeds' Core Medals from 800 years ago! Of course, he wasn't actually trying to create a Greeed, he just tried it make it so that they don't become sentient monsters, though he realized that he did indeed succeed in creating new Core Medals in the future and find out that those Core Medals, namely the Poseidon Medals, became a monster regardless of his intentions after Poseidon came to the past and killed all of the soldiers and scientists of the Kougami Foundation when they confronted him!" Shintaro explained. "Did this Kousuke Kougami have any other types of Core Medals besides the ones that became Poseidon?" Azalee asked. "Well, when I visited his office at the start of Poseidon's appearance, there weren't actually any Core Medals, but Kougami-san did have design drawings for not just Poseidon's medals, but also several others, specifically a Shika, meaning "Deer, a Gazelle, an Ushi, meaning "Cattle", "Bull", or "Cow", a Seiuchi, meaning "Walrus", a Shiroguma, meaning "Polar Bear", a Penguin, a Yadokari, meaning "Hermit Crab", a Mukade, meaning "Centipede", and a Hachi, meaning "Bee", "Wasp", or "Hornet", with the last two being created along with the Ari, meaning "Ant", Core Medal that Kougami would create later that gave rise to Goda!" Shintaro explained.

"And we all know how well that one turned out." Hina said, looking at Edge. "*SHUDDER!* Yeah! I remember now! Goda ended up possessing my body in order to keep me alive after I got morality injured from defending a young girl from the Ancient OOO, who had somehow mysteriously revived! While Goda did start out helping out Akira, Shintaro, and Ankh in defeating the Ancient OOO, he went all power-hungry and betrayed them! When I mentally tried to stop him from killing Ankh, Goda ejected me from his Cell Medal/Core Medal-filled body, though Ankh was able to save me by possessing my body! I was then able to give my blessings to Ankh, so that he would transform into Kamen Rider OOO Tajador Eternity and then finally destroy Goda for good! Of course, then I forced Ankh out of my body and into Shingo's body, because I knew that wasn't going to live forever! So, after seeing that the young girl that I protected from the Ancient OOO was still alive, I died peacefully in Ankh's arms!" Edge said, much to the shock of Azalee. "Oh, Edge!" Azalee said in concern as she then hugged him in order to comfort him. "Arigato, Azalee-chan! I needed that!" Edge said. "But now it is time for Kamen Rider OOO to return. Poseidon has returned, and there are some fierce enemies threatening our world. There are already some people, our friends fighting, but they can use all the help they can get." Shintomaru said. "Plus, Edge and I have the Homunculi Guardians helping them as well!" Azalee said, much to the confusion of Shintaro, Akira, Hina, Chiyoko, and Ankh. "Homunculi Guardians? What are they, exactly?" Ankh asked in confusion. "In essence, they're just like you Greeed." Azalee explained.

"The only differences are that they were created with a set of twelve Core Medals instead of ten and they are benevolent protectors of the Alquemie family from the moment they come alive!" She added. "It's a tradition in my family for each generation to create one. Currently there are 18 of them watching over me and my younger twin brother Aden while there are 3 others living with my uncle Basil and his family and 10 more of them living with my aunt Celiane and her husband Junichiro Kadokawa, the latter actually being one of Shintomaru's uncles, making the total number of Homunculi Guardians to be 31." Azalee explained. "Eh?! But how did your family know about making Core Medals in the first place?!" Ankh asked in confusion. "That's because my ancestor, Allister Alquemie, isn't actually from our universe! In fact, he originated from this universe 800 years ago, since he's the younger brother of Aloïs Alquemie, who was one of the four Alchemists that created the Core Medals and Cell Medals,under the orders of the evil king, that were used to create you, Ankh, and the other four Greeeds, with the other three alchemists being Adamas, Belos, and Gara!" Azalee answered. "Okay, this is just plain crazy." Chiyoko said.

"Yeah! During the evil king's reign of conquest, Allister Alquemie decided to leave Europe in order to avoid getting himself killed! Thankfully, when he gathered up a few of his personal belongings, including a few pieces of Ouroborosolite and a bucket full Cell Medals, and then fled into a nearby cave, Allister found a rift through dimensions and decided to enter through it into our dimension before it closed! Thankfully, the place Allister ended up in our world was in ancient Japan, where he met Edge's ancestor, an Onmyoji named Enmei Hiro, and formed a powerful friendship with him as they worked together to create the first of the Homunculi Guardians, the Canine Guardian Mamoru, who is based on a Japanese Wolf, a Kitsune, and a Tanuki! Ever since then, the Alquemie family and Hiro family have been close friends and allies with each other!" Azalee said. "It just took until us to take that friendship to the next level." Edge said, kissing Azalee on her forehead, much to her delight. "Thanks, Edge!" Azalee said. "By the way, while we're here, do you guys have any way to contact Kougami-san, because I think that he needs to know about my reincarnation and all that!" Edge suggested.

"We can take care of that later, it sounds like your friends need help now." Shintaro said. "Yeah, you're right! That reminds me! Does anybody know where the OOO Driver is?" Edge asked. "I have it right here." Ankh said, pulling out the OOO Driver of a bag. "I've been keeping it safe since we last met." He explained. "Aww." Azalee said. "I've also kept hold of the Yellow, Green, Blue, Gray, and Purple Core Medals in case of emergencies! Plus, I also have the Orange and Super Core Medals, just to be safe!" Ankh said as he pulled out the Lion, Tora, Cheetah, Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta, Shachi, Unagi, Tako, Sai, Gorilla, Zou, Ptera, Tricera, Tyranno, Cobra, Kame, Wani, Super Taka, Super Tora, and Super Batta Core Medals from another bag. "Arigato, Ankh!" Edge said, taking the items. "Now, come on!" Shintomaru said, opening an Aurora Curtain. "We'd better come along too!" Shintaro said as he grabbed his Birth Driver X. "Yeah! We owe that guy some payback after he severely injured us the first time Shintaro and I fought him!" Akira said as he grabbed his Birth Driver. "Good idea!" Shintomaru said as they all walked through.

Meanwhile...

Lincoln and the others were all critically outmatched as Poseidon was too fast and too strong for them to handle. "Is this seriously the best this world has to offer?" Poseidon asked, unleashing his water attack from the Deepest Harpoon, which Sakura and Ronnie Anne tried desperately to counter with their own Aquakinetic powers. "Ugh! This guy's water attack is a lot stronger than ours!" Ronnie Anne said. "Yeah, no kidding! It's like the strength of all the Earth's oceans are directed in one attack!" Sakura said while struggling against Poseidon's water attack. Eventually, it was too much for them as the attack broke through their defense and knocked them both to the ground. "Sakura!/Ronnie Anne!" Lincoln and Sid said, rushing over to their respective girlfriends. As they picked up Sakura and Ronnie Anne and have them rest on their shoulders, Lincoln and Sid asked "Are you two okay?" in concern. "*Groan!* If you mean that we're alive, then, yeah, we are!" Sakura said. "*Groan!* But, that doesn't mean that we aren't in any pain! Seriously, that felt like getting hit with the full force of a tsunami!" Ronnie Anne complained. "It's about to get worse for you!" Poseidon declared as she charged towards the four heroes and used Deepest Harpoon to slash them across their bellies, causing Lincoln, Sakura, Ronnie Anne, Sid to scream in pain and fall to the ground. This action forced the four out of their transformations.

"Guys! No!" Clyde shouted as he, Aurachnid, and the remaining Lucharangers watched in horror at the sight of it all. "Weaklings." Poseidon said, approaching Sakura and seeing her wings, realizing she wasn't entirely human. "I've never had mixed blood on the Deepest Harpoon before, this should be interesting." Poseidon said, raising the Deepest Harpoon, preparing to skewer Sakura, only for a pair of black chains to wrap around his arms and the Deepest Harpoon. "Huh? Now what?" Poseidon asked in confusion. He turned around to see Cerberion, foaming at the mouth. "I don't know who you are, or where you came from, fish face. But Jewel is my prey and mine alone!" Cerberion declared, surging black electricity through the chains. That caused Poseidon to get electrocuted, but for some odd reason, it didn't truly hurt him as it simply just tickled him a little. "Hah! That tickled!" Poseidon said as he then absorbed some of the black electricity and broke through Cerberion's chains like they were nothing, much to Cerberion's shock and confusion. "Impossible! Just who and what are you?" Cerberion asked as Poseidon laughed malevolently. "I am Poseidon, a Greeed in rider form from the year 2051! As for you, I don't know who you are either or why you want that mixed blood girl for yourself, but, if you want to fight me, remember this: Don't plead for your life. It's a waste of time." Poseidon answered smugly. But before he could do anything, Ankh flew in and punched Poseidon in the face.

That caused Poseidon to be sent flying into a nearby bush. "Ankh-san!" Sakura said, getting up and seeing the Bird themed Greeed. "Ankh?! You!" Poseidon angrily yelled as he gotten himself out of the bush. "If you remember me, then I hate to burst your bubble, because I'm not the same Ankh from the year 2051 that you've fought against, since I've never really encountered you before, considering the fact that I was still dead when you arrived in the year 2011!" Ankh said. "Well, I don't know how you're here, but I'm going to make sure you stay dead!" Poseidon said, unleashing his attack, only for Akira and Shintaro, already in their Birth Day and Birth X forms respectively, to block it. "Oi! Remember us, Poseidon?" Akira asked, much to Poseidon's chagrin. "Oh great, you two." Poseidon said. "Akira-sempai! Shintaro-sempai!" Sakura said. "Boy, are we glad to see you guys again!" Ronnie Anne said. "Yeah, Shintomaru managed to warn us about Poseidon's rather unexpected return, so it's obvious that we have to help!" Shintaro explained. "Besides, we owe that guy some payback after he critically injured us during our first encounter with him and destroyed the Proto Type Birth Driver to boot!" Akira said. "And they're not alone!" A voice said as Shintaro, Akira, and Ankh stepped aside to reveal Edge, who now had the OOO Driver on his waist. "Edge?" Lincoln and the others asked in confusion. "Where's Azalee-chan?" Sakura asked. "Right here!" Azalee said, running over to the Homunculi Guardians with Shintomaru, Stella, and Aden. "Aden? How did you get here, since we didn't see you come along with Shintomaru and the others?" Lincoln asked. "Shintomaru, Stella, Edge, and Azalee made a quick stop at Stella's house to pick me up before coming over here!" Aden anwered.

"Ankh, if you would please." Edge said. "Certainly." Ankh said, pulling out the folder that contains all the Core Medals Kamen Rider OOO uses, pulling out the Taka, Tora, and Batta medals and handing them to Edge. "Those Core Medals! That Driver! Why do you have them?!" Poseidon asked in confusion. "I am Hiro Edge, you might know me better as Hino Eiji, Kamen Rider OOO." Edge said, loading the Core Medals into the three slots on the driver. He then tilted the O Slater on the Driver before pulling out the O Scanner from the right side of his belt and scanning over the Driver while making an audible dinging sound after going over each Core Medal. "Henshin!" Edge said as he put the O Scanner in front of his chest while several projections of colorful circular images spun around him.

Taka! (Hawk!) Tora! (Tiger!) Batta! (Grasshopper!) Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba! Ta-To-Ba!

Then the images stopped as they reveal the symbols of the Taka, Tora, and Batta Core Medals before those three symbols merged into one single tricolored symbol that went onto Edge's chest and immediately formed tricolored (red on the head, yellow on the arms, and green on the legs) armor on on his whole body, allowing Edge to become Kamen Rider OOO Tatoba Combo. "Sugoi!" Sakura said. "I'd better tell King Draco about this!" Cerberion said before Poseidon turned his attention to the Cerberus Animarius and said "Not before I do this!" and pulled out three Cell Medals from his body and launched them towards Cerberion's heads, with each one having a metallic gray coin slot magically appearing on the forehead. Then, each one the three Cell Medals entered the coin slots in Cerberion's foreheads, causing a ghastly green portal to open on Cerberion's chest and allow three Shiro Yummies to appear out of it, much Cerberion's shock and confusion. "Nandesutte?" Sakura asked. "Oh yeah, did we forget to mention the Greeed can do that?" Shintomaru asked.

"You most certainly did! Just what are those mummy-like things?!" Lincoln asked in confusion. "Yummies. Creatures the Greeed can create by inserting medals into people with a lot of greed in their hearts." Ankh explained. "Those Yummies here are called Shiro or White Yummies! Being the incarnation of its host desire, a Shiro Yummy devours that person's object of desire, be it abstract or physical with varying degrees of being literal or not being dependant on the desire they are birthed from, and "digests them" into Cell Medals! Once consuming enough, a Shiro Yummy transforms into a complete Yummy, modeled after the general animal motif that its "parent" Greeed governs!" He added. "Well, they certainly don't look yummy." Luan joked over the comm link. "*Snicker!* Get It?!" She added, causing everyone to groan in annoyance. "Not the time, Luan-neechan!" Sakura said. "Sorry!" Luan apologized. Then, the Shiro Yummies started to act strangely as they became coated in dark energy and started to under a metamorphosis. "Huh? What's happening now?" Clyde asked in confusion. "Those Yummies are already starting to transform into complete Yummies, but that's rather awfully fast for them to do so!" Ankh answered. Then, the Shiro Yummy on the right immediately shed its skin and quickly became a Same Yummy, which looks identical to the Same Yummies used by Mezool.

"That is both cool and disturbing at the same time." Lincoln said. Then, the Shiro Yummy on the right started to shed its skin as well and transform into a humanoid Yummy with the physical attributes of a Bering Wolffish. And the last Shiro Yummy did the same thing and transformed into a humanoid Yummy with the physical attributes of a Humpback Whale. "A Shark, a Humpback Whale, and a Bering Wolffish?! Those are all the same motifs as Poseidon's Core Medals!" Sakura said in realization. "Exactly!" Poseidon said. "But, how did they change like that so quickly?!" Ankh asked in confusion. "Let's just say that the most likely case is that three-headed mutt's dark energy and rather interesting desires might be the cause of that!" Poseidon answered as he pointed at Cerberion, who was not happy to hear that. "Watch it, punk!" Cerberion said. "And while I'm at it, I think I'll add some Kuzu Yummies into the equation!" Poseidon said as he took out some more Cell Medals from his body and broke them all in halves in his clutch before tossing them towards the ground, causing the broken Cell Medals to rapidly transform into an army of Kuzu Yummies.

"Those things look darker and different than the Shiro Yummies!" Sameer noted. "That's because these things are known as Kuzu or Pseudo Yummies, which are Shiro Yummy-like creatures that are not fully developed, each made from half a Cell Medal! They are weaker than Shiro Yummy although harder to destroy with physical attacks, but can be created easily for grunt work and do not require hosts!" Ankh explained. "Uva was the first Greeed to create them, but Poseidon was able to use them as well when he first arrived from the future!" Shintaro added. "I'll take care of the Same, Kujira, and Ookamiuo Yummies, can you guys transform again and take care of the Kuzu Yummies?" Edge asked Lincoln, Sakura, Ronnie Anne, and Sid. "We would, but we need to be healed up first!" Lincoln answered as he, Sakura, Ronnie Anne, and Sid were clearly still visibly injured from Poseidon's attack earlier. "I'm on it!" Adelaide said, performing her Healing Moon technique. Afterwards, Lincoln, Sakura, Ronnie, and Sid were healed in an instant. "Whew! That's better! Thanks, Adelaide!" Sid said in delight.

"My pleasure!" Adelaide said. "Now then, let's get back into action!" Lincoln said as he, Sakura, Ronnie Anne, and Sid got back on their feet. Soon, they were transformed again, Lincoln and Sakura back in their Super Forms, and Ronnie Anne and Sid in their MaxLucha Modes, which the rest of the core eight Lucharangers followed. "Those forms won't help you! Get Them!" Poseidon ordered the Kuzu Yummies, who all then charged towards the heroes in a menacing zombie-like manner. "Let's go, guys!" Lincoln said as he, Sakura, and the Lucharangers charged. But before Clyde could charge in, a familiar voice chimed in. "Going somewhere, Anansi?" Clyde turned around to see the Skeletron with Shibogumon on his shoulder. "Shibogumon?! What are you doing here, you murderer?!" Clyde asked in anger. "Cerberion's not the only one who decided to join in on the fun!" Shibogumon said, sinking his fangs into the Skeletron's shoulder. He then hopped on Skeletron's magically appearing silver belt and attached himself there.

Armed Spider On!

"Henshin!" Skeletron announced as he got wrapped up in a web cocoon and then burst out of it as Kamen Rider Armadeiras. Balling his fist up in anger, Clyde pulled out his Vector. "Battle Spider Mode!" He called, entering his super form and arming all his blades and charging. "Who's that?" Ankh asked in confusion. "Shibogumon." Aya, who was in her Werehyena Lucha Amber mode said. "Eh?! Shibogumon?! But, wasn't he destroyed the last time we saw him?!" Akira asked in confusion. "Apparently, he learned how to transfer his consciousness into a different body, being the robotic Brazilian Wandering Spider you see there." Aya explained. "As for the skeleton-like robot that happens to resemble the T-500 from the "Terminator" franchise, that's Shibogumon's personal robot Skeletron, who he uses to control and insert his venom into in order to become an evil rider called Kamen Rider Armadeiras!" She added, much to the shock and confusion of Shintaro, Akira, and Ankh. "Okay, why does Clyde-san look like he wants to turn that robot into scrap metal, melt that metal, and make silverware?" Shintaro asked.

"Apparently, when we went on a trip to Africa and met with Clyde's birth mother Fawohodie at a hidden village called Anansi-Amena, Shibogumon went and killed her right in front Clyde by slitting her throat with his venom-coated sword!" Aya answered, much to Shintaro, Akira, and Ankh's horror. "Clyde-kun has asked us to let him handle Shibogumon himself." Sakura explained. "Is that really okay, considering the fact that he has a personal grudge against Shibogumon and all?" Sid asked. "It's especially concerning when Daiki-sempai and Go-sempai compared it to Accel-sempai, Meteor-sempai, and Go-sempai's own experience with this kind of thing." Sakura said. Shintaro and Akira shuddered at that. "Yeah, it's not pretty." Lincoln said. "Well, we'll take care of Poseidon." Shintaro said. "Right!" Akira said as he and Shintaro charged towards Poseidon. "Ankh, Tatoba might not have enough power to take these guys on alone. We're going to need to use some combos here. Start with Gatakiriba." Edge told Ankh. "Right!" Ankh replied as he then tossed the Kuwagata and Kamakiri Medals over to Edge. Pulling out the Taka and Tora medals, Edge replaced them with Uva's Core Medals, Edge repeated the gesture from before.

Kuwagata! (Stag Beetle!) Kamakiri! (Mantis!) Batta! Gata! Gata! Gatakiriba! Gatakiriba!

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped showed the symbols of the Kuwagata, Kamakiri, and Batta Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the all-green insect-themed Gatakiriba Combo. For a split second, a spectral image of the Insect Greeed, Uva, appeared next to Edge.

(Cue "Gotta Keep It Real" by Shu Watanabe)

Edge then extended the blades on the Kamakiri arms and transformed his legs into those of a Grasshopper and charged at the three Yummies. He then started forming copies of himself while still charging, much to the surprise of Lincoln and the others. "Whoa! I heard of a one-man army, but not like that!" Lincoln said in surprise. "Gatakiriba allows Eiji, or Edge as he is now, to take advantage of the fact that Insects are the largest group of animals on the planet, his Kamakiri arms have sharp blades, his Batta legs give him enhanced agility and jumping, and his Kuwagata head can shoot lightning." Ankh said. "Shoot lightning? But real stag beetles don't have that kind of ability!" Sakura pointed out. "You think that's strange, wait until you see some of the others." Ankh said as Edge and his clones demonstrated the ability Ankh just mentioned. Needless to say, the Same, Kujira, and Ookamiuo Yummies didn't like that as the lightning not only gave them pain, but it made them very angry. Jumping forward, Edge slashed each of them with the Kamakiri arms.

Jumping forward, Edge slashed each of them with the Kamakiri arms. That's when the Kujira Yummy retaliated by charging up energy in it blowhole and then spouted out a strong tsunami from it that obliterated the clones. "I'm going to need to dry up that water. Ankh, Latorar!" Edge requested, tossing Ankh the Gatakiriba Medals. "Right! Here, Catch!" Ankh replied as he tossed the Lion and Cheetah Medals over to Edge. Placing them and the Tora medals in the driver, Edge once again performed the gesture.

Lion! Tora! Cheetah! Lata! Lata! Latarar! Latarar! (Lion Roar)

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped showed the symbols of the Lion, Tora, and Cheetah Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the all-yellow feline-themed Latoratah Combo.

(Cue "Ride on Right Time" by Shu Watanabe)

For a split second, a spectral image of the Feline Greeed, Kazari, appeared next to Edge. The Kujira Yummy tried to unleash it's water attack again, only for Edge to let out a massive roar, allowing the Lion head to unleash it's bright light, blinding the three Yummies and causing the water to evaporate before it could come anywhere near Edge. "Holy Shamoly! What was that?!" Ronnie Anne asked in confusion. "That's Latoratah's Lion head's special ability, the ability to produce sunlight that's not only bright enough to blind enemies but also hot enough to evaporate bodies of water in an instant!" Ankh answered. "Sounds a lot similar to my Solar powers!" Carl noted. Extending the Tora claws on his arms and taking advantage of the Yummies still being blind and the enhanced speed given to him by the Cheetah legs, Edge charged at the Yummies, slashing them repeatedly, causing Cell Medals to fall out in droves. "Mamoru-san-tachi! Take advantage of this to heal yourselves!" Edge told the Homunculi Guardians. "Hai, Edge-san!" Mamoru replied as he and the rest of the Homunculi Guardians went and gathered up the fallen Cell Medals.

Pouring the medals in the wounds created by Poseidon, the Guardians were soon healed up in no time. "Are those guys the Homunculi Guardians you've mentioned, Azalee-chan?" Ankh asked. "Indeed, they're extremely loyal to my family." Azalee said as the three Yummies rushed over to Edge, hitting him hard and knocking him into a tree. "Oof! These guys are stronger than I thought!" Edge noted while stuck on the tree. "Looks like I'm going to have to fight strength with strength! Sagouzo time, Ankh!" Edge said, tossing Ankh Kazari's medals. "Of course! Here!" Ankh said as he then tossed the Sai, Gorilla, and Zou Core Medals over to Edge. Placing the three medals in the driver, Edge once again performed his transformation gesture.

Sai! (Rhino!) Gorilla! Zou! (Elephant!) Sagouzo! SAGOUZO!

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped and showed the symbols of the Sai, Gorilla, and Zou Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the grey-shaded strong mammal-themed Sagouzo Combo. For a split second, a spectral image of the Heavyweight Mammal Greeed, Gamel, appeared next to Edge.

(Cue "Sun Goes Up" by Shu Watanabe)

Edge started beating his chest like a Gorilla while yelling before slamming his Gorilla fists into the ground, creating a massive eruption of earth beneath the Yummies' feet. That caused the three Yummies to tumble over and fall flat on their butts. "Nice! Way to bring it on like Donkey Kong!" Sameer said in amazement. "Sagouzo also gives him the ability to manipulate gravity." Ankh said. Egde then used the Sai Head to create a strong gravitational force that lifted the three Yummies up in the air before shifting its polarity to crush them into the ground, which makes it especially painful for the Kujira Yummy, due to it being based on a whale and all. "Ooh!" Everyone winced. "Needless to say, Gamel, the Greeed these Core Medals came from was all brawn, no brain." Ankh said. "That's kind of ironic, since gorillas and elephants are known to be smart in addition to being strong! And I should know, since I'm part-elephant myself!" Batelegong noted. "Yes, well Gamel was the exception to the rule." Ankh said. Then, after the attack they went through, the three Yummies slowly got up and dived headfirst into a nearby pond. "You think you can escape in the water, do you? Ankh, Shauta!" Edge called, tossing Gamel's Core Medals to his friend. "Of course! Here!" Ankh replied as he tossed the Shachi, Unagi, and Tako Core Medals over to Edge. "Arigato!" Edge said, loading the three Medals into the driver and repeating the transformation gesture.

Shachi! (Killer Whale!) Unagi! (Electric Eel (Not The Concept Ross Mentioned In That One Episode Of Friends)!) Tako! (Octopus!) Sha-Sha-Shauta! Sha-Sha-Shauta!

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped and showed the symbols of the Shachi, Unagi, and Tako Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the blue-colored aquatic animal-themed Shauta Combo. For a split second, a spectral image of the Aquatic Animal Greeed, Mezool, appeared next to Edge.

(Cue "Shout Out" by Shu Watanabe)

Edge then dove into the water, transforming his Tako legs into those resembling an Octopus'. "What kind of combo is that one?" Laird asked. "Shauta, an aquatic combo." Ankh said. "It's most unique ability is to allow the user liquify their body into living water!" He added. "Just like my Water Mode!" Lincoln said. "Unlike Gamel, Mazool, the Greeed these Medals came from, was more elegant, and had more brains." Ankh said. As Ankh was saying that, Edge was swimming underwater and battling the three Yummies, who were undoubtedly having a greater advantage in the water than on land. While Edge was able to defend himself by smacking the Yummies with his Tako tentacles, he felt some pain as the Same and Ookamiuo Yummies went and bit into his right and left arm, respectively. "Alright, you want to play that way?" Edge asked. Edge then turned his body into a liquid state and slipped out of the two Yummies' jaws with ease. Edge then brought out his Unagi whips and electrified the water, causing the Same, Kujira, and Ookamiuo Yummies to get electrocuted to the point of getting stunned. "Now, let's get you three out of here!" Edge said, wrapping the Tako Legs around each of them.

Dragging the three out of the water, Edge turned to Ankh. "Time to finish this, Tajador!" Edge said. "Regular or Eternity?" Ankh asked, holding both sets of his Medals. "Regular, I feel we should save Eternity and Putotyra for when the time really needs it, you know what I'm saying?" Edge asked. "Sounds like a good idea to me!" Ankh said as he then tossed the Kujaku and Condor Core Medals over to Edge. Replacing Mezool's medals with Ankh's, Edge repeated the gesture again.

Taka! Kujaku! (Peacock!) Condor! Ta...ja...doru!

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped and showed the symbols of the Taka, Kujaku, and Condor Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol, which was different from the other Combo Symbols, since it became the image of a Firebird/Phoenix-like bird, and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the all-red bird-themed Tajador Combo. "Utsukushi!" Sakura beamed. "Wait a dang minute! How come Edge's combo symbol looks like a Phoenix of all things?" Lunastura asked in confusion. "That's because the Core Medals that I'm made of also have an elemental power, namely the element of fire, so it would be obvious that a Phoenix would be an appropriate motif for Tajador's symbol and powers!" Ankh explained. "Come to think of it, Kaen, one of the ten Homaculi Guardians living with my Aunt Celiane, is a Fire Elemental himself and one of his animal motifs is also happens to be a Phoenix, the other two being a Japanese Dragon and a Qilin!" Azalee noted. "Interesting." Ankh said. "Let's go!" Edge said, flying in.

Meanwhile...

Shintaro and Akira were fighting together against Poseidon, who was rather surprised by Shintaro's Birth X form and the Ebi, Kani, and Sasori Core Medals used in his driver. "Where did you get those things?" Poseidon asked in confusion. "Ah, Kougami-san made these Core Medals about a year ago! They are made specifically for my Birth X Driver!" Shintaro answered. "And now, you're going to see the power we possess!" Akira said as he started charging up the Breast Cannon. Shintaro then removed his Core Medals and inserted them into his Birth X Driver again, albeit in a different order, with Sasori at the bottom, Ebi in the middle, and Kani at the top, before he then twisted the dial.

Kani Arm!

Then, the Receptacle Orb on his lower right hand released the machinery that assembled and formed the Kani Arm on his right arm before he then charged it with a spinning Medal-shaped energy projection within the claw.

Kani Core Burst!

Shintaro and Akira then fired their respective weapons straight towards Poseidon. The finishing attacks hit Poseidon square in the chest. That caused Poseidon to stagger back a little in surprise before he then started laughing a little. "What's so funny?" Shintaro asked. "You two have improved since the last time I've fought you all, which just makes this fight more interesting! Heck, I might as well try to steal your Core Medals, just to make myself more powerful!" Poseidon answered. "They're in serious trouble. Even if Edge defeats the Yummies, Poseidon is a difficult opponent!" Aden said. "Yeah! He really is powerful, especially considering that he only has three Core Medals!" Kagewo noted. "That gives me an idea on how we can help defeat him!" Azalee said. "Really? How?" Aden asked in confusion. "We're going to need the family's Alchemy book." Azalee said. "Oh! Yeah! I left that back at the prank shelter, just to be safe!" Aden replied. "We'd better get going, then!" Azalee said. "Suiriku, Kagewo, will you take us to the prank shelter?" Aden asked. "Of course, Aden-sama!" Kagewo said. "Aya, is there any chance that you, Lisa, and Lucy can help us?" Azalee asked Aya. "I'll try in any way I can! Guys, Aden and Azalee seem to have an idea, I'll be right back!" Aya told the other Lucharangers. "Okay! Let us know when you get back!" Casey replied. "Let's go!" Aden said.

Kagewo then grabbed Aden and flew with his wings while Suiriku grabbed Azalee and Aya and hopped with her feet. The two Guardians took off, with Aya calling Lisa and Lucy, telling them to meet at the Prank Shelter.

Meanwhile...

King Draco, the Great Leader, and the other members of the Animarius Empire and Shocker were watching the fight taking place after Cerberion called them via comm link. "Interesting. Bring the Court Jester in here." King Draco ordered. That's when Morag came into the room. She was accompanied by Capricornus. "You rang, King Draco?" Morag asked. "Yes, what do you know about a family called the Alquemies?" King Draco asked. "Only that they're the only family with alchemic skills that can possibly rival those of my family." Morag answered. "And don't get me started on their allies, the Hiro family, especially considering that they are practitioners of some Japanese mystic arts called Onmyōdō, whatever that is!" She added. "Well, it seems some children of those families have allied themselves with the Kamen Riders and Lucharangers." King Draco said. "And even worse, the Hiro kid named Edge has become a Kamen Rider himself!" He added. "Not only that, but from Cerberion told us, Edge called himself Hino Eiji before he transformed, which means only one thing! He's really Kamen Rider OOO reincarnated!" The Great Leader said. "Who?" Morag asked in confusion.

"A Kamen Rider from the universe that my Shocker Kaijin and I came from! From what we found out after we got to this universe, OOO died in battle about a year ago when we resurrected the Ancient King and the four Greeeds Uva, Kazari, Gamel, and Mezool and unleashed them on OOO's hometown in order to distract everyone from our actual mission of stealing an Eternium Energy Crystal to use as a power source for our mobile base! Of course, I wasn't expecting OOO to be reincarnated in this universe of all things!" The Great Leader explained. "Kamen Rider Decade was also reincarnated, into their friend Shintomaru, but unlike Edge, he doesn't have his driver." King Draco said. "Ugh! Reincarnation! I thought that sort of thing only happens in Hindu and Buddhist myths!" Morag said. "Apparently not." Aquilis said. "Yeah, especially since I'm a reincarnated being myself, though the primary difference is that I was neither a Kamen Rider nor was I even human in my past life! I was simply once known as Drako, an enemy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!" King Draco stated. "Those pizza obsessed turtles from the 80's?" Morag asked.

"Actually, it's the 2003 versions of the turtles that I'm enemies with, not those guys! *SHUDDER!* The 80's versions are rather ridiculous, if you know what I mean!" King Draco corrected. "Freaky." Morag said.

Meanwhile, in the 80's Turtles' dimension...

"ACHOO!" 80's Raph sneezed as he and the others were enjoying a pizza dinner at their sewer lair. "Gesundheit, Raph!" 80's Donnie exclaimed. "Are you okay, dude?" 80's Mikey asked. "Yeah, did you just catch a cold or have an allergy attack?" 80's Leo asked. "Neither, actually! Someone out there in an other dimension is talking about us and not in a positive manner!" 80's Raph answered in an annoyed tone before he took a tissue and blew his nostrils into it. "Better wash your hands afterwards, dude! You don't want to infect our pizza, if you know what I mean!" 80's Mikey said. "Mikey's right about that, Raph! You always have to wash your hands after blowing your nose, so that you don't infect others with whatever germs that just came from your nasal mucous!" 80's Donnie stated. "Ooh! Yeah, of course!" 80's Raph said as he went to the kitchen sink to wash his hands. "I swear, whoever just made me sneeze in the middle my pizza time is going to get what's coming to him!" Raph complained.

Back at the fight...

Edge pulled out the O scanner and ran it over the driver.

Scanning Charge!

Edge then took off into the sky as a pair of claws extended from the Condor legs. He then dove down through a set of three red rings straight towards the three Yummies. The Same Yummy was able to jump out of the way, but the Kujira and Ookamiou Yummies weren't so lucky. Then Edge shouted "Seiya!" as he then struck down both the Kujira and Ookamiuo Yummies with his talons, causing them both to explode into two huge piles of Cell Medals. "Cool!" Lincoln said. "What does 'Seiya' mean and why he just shout it out?" Carl asked in confusion. "When literally translated into English, it means "Star Arrow" in Japanese, though the way Eiji uses it, it's more of a battle cry than anything!" Ankh explained. "Cool!" Carl said. "Uh, guys? I hate to burst bubbles, but we still have a situation going on." Adelaide said, pointing everyone to the Same Yummy and the remaining Kuzu Yummies. "Oh, great! Jaws has survived!" Casey said in complaint. "We need to deal with these things fast so we can help Akira-sempai and Shintaro-sempai! Seriously, they're not looking too good." Sakura said as Poseidon managed to blast all of Akira's weapons off his body.

"Oi! Do you have any idea how much hard is put into my equipment?!" Akira asked in complaint. "No! And I don't care!" Poseidon answered smugly as he then sent an energy slash that knocked Shintaro and Akira to the ground. "Good point, Mecha Pollon!" Lincoln called. That's when Mecha-Pollon woke up from the charging station in the base and got of it before spreading out his wings and flying out of the base at high speeds. The robotic dog arrived in seconds. "Great timing, Mecha-Pollon, as always!" Lincoln said, to which Mecha-Pollon barked in agreement. "AWWW!" The female Homunculi Guardians said. "Even they know cuteness when they see it!" Sakura said. "Clyde! We need you!" Lincoln told Clyde, who was clashing blades with Shibogumon. "*GROAN!* Fine! You just got lucky, murderer! I've got more important things to do than to clash with you!" Clyde said to Shibogumon in annoyance. "Your friends won't be able to save you forever!" Shibogumon said.

He then opened up a portal that lead straight back to the Animarius Castle. "I'd better get out of here, too! As much as I like to get back at Poseidon for using me create those creatures and trying kill Jewel, I believe that it's best to let you heroes handle this one!" Cerberion said as he joined up with Shibogumon before they both entered the portal, which then closed and disappeared. "Trinity Buster time, Mecha-Pollon!" Lincoln called. "We'll help with the LuchaCannon and Wild Bazooka!" Ronnie Anne said. Mecha-Pollon then jumped into the air while transforming into his Trinity Buster Mode before being caught in the hands of Lincoln, Sakura, and Clyde. The Lucharangers were quick to summon their finishing cannons as well, all three aiming at the group of Yummies. The Same Yummy went and made a grunting 'Uh Oh' sound in frightful realization in what's going happen next. "Fire!" Ronnie Anne and Becky called. "Sealing Blast!" Lincoln called as the three pulled their triggers. That's when the three weapons fired their respective attacks and landed a direct hit at the Same Yummy and the Kuzu Yummies, causing the former to explode into a large pile of Cell Medals while the Kuzu Yummies exploded into nothing but the broken Cell Medals that they spawned from.

"Sugoi." Edge said. "So, you defeated my Yummies, congratulations! Unfortunately, for you all, that means you all now have to face me in battle!" Poseidon said as he prepared to charge at the heroes. "Bring it, Fish Face!" Becky said. "Um, technically, it would be Shark Face, since he's 1/3 Shark!" Lunastura noted. "Well, sharks are fish, so it still works!" Becky said. "Oh! Though, come to think of it, the Wolffish is also a fish, but the Whale, on the other hand, is actually a marine mammal, not a fish!" Lunastura noted. "Can you please stop that? It's taking all the fun out of trash talking!" Becky complained. "Sorry!" Lunastura apologized as Poseidon charged towards the heroes.

Meanwhile...

"Remind me why you just happen to have DNA samples of the animals we needed?" Azalee asked Lisa. "Well, to answer your question, Azalee, the Great White Shark, Humpback Whale, and Bering Wolffish DNA samples I have were given to me by Dr. Amelia Oceana, a fellow scientist whom I'm online friends with that travels the world's oceans and studies marine biology!" Lisa answered as she presented a set of Great White Shark teeth, a few tissue samples of a Humpback Whale in test tubes, and a whole Bering Wolffish skeleton. "When you're as smart as I am, you have connections." Lisa said. "Fun fact about the Bering Wolffish, by the way! It's meat can actually be used in Japanese seafood recipes!" She added. "Yum!" Aden said. "So, what's the plan here?" Lisa asked as Azalee opened the family's Alchemy book to the page about the Homunculi Guardians. "Normally, the number of Core Medals needed to create a single Guardian is twelve! But, since Poseidon already has a set three Core Medals, we only need to make nine Core Medals, specifically three Same Medals, three Kujira Medals, and three Ookamiuo Medals!" Azalee said. "There should be enough DNA off these samples to make that many." Azalee said.

"Another thing we need is some Ouroborosolite to merge the DNA samples with!" Aden said. "Fortunately, Aden-sama gave us a large amount of Ouroborosolite samples to make many more Homunculi Guardians after we reunited him with Azalee-sama and Edge while on the run!" Kagewo said as he and Suiriku pulled out several pieces of Ouroborosolite from their persons. "Perhaps I can help too." A voice said. "Huh?" Everyone aske, turning to see Phoelacandra. "An Alebrije?" Lisa asked. "Cutie!" Azalee beamed. "Who are you?" Aden asked. "My name is Phoelacandra, I'm an Alebrije with powers over Alchemy." Phoelacandra explained. That took everyone, minus Aya and Vularena, by surprise. "And you're just adorable!" Azalee said. "Oh, uh, thank you!" Phoelacandra replied with a blush. "It's just as Phoelacandra says, she just might be able to help create these medals." Vularena said. "You know her, Vularena?" Azalee asked. "Please, just call me Rena." Vularena said. "And, yes, I do know her! She's friends with me and the other Alebrije!" She added. "We also just met her earlier today after I gave you the beauty enhancement potion!" Aya said.

"Which clearly works, I don't know much about human anatomy, but woah!" Phoelacandra said in admiration of Aya and Azalee's chests. "Yeah! Thanks!" Aya and Azalee said at once. "This plan you have with the Core Medals isn't the only way Phoelacandra can help." A voice said as AkaRed walked down into the Prank Shelter, Mambana and a small drone, which projected an image of Axolota, by his side. That caused Azalee and Aden to jump up in surprise. "AkaRed, Mambana!" Aya said, before looking perplexed at the drone. "Because of the tracker in my Soul Core, this unfortunately is the closest thing I can come to leaving the temple at this moment." Axolota explained. "That's understandable!" Aya noted. "Um, who are they?" Aden asked in confusion. "I am AkaRed, the embodiment of the Sentai Warriors who wear the color red. By my side are Mambana and Axolota, two soldiers from the Animarius Empire who defected." AkaRed explained. "They're friends of Ronnie Anne and the others." Aya explained.

"Oh! Nice to meet you! I'm Azalee Alquemie! This here is my younger twin brother Aden and those two over there are Kagewo and Suiriku, two of the eighteen Homunculi Guardians that are looking over us after our parents were brutally murdered by the Inverso Mafia!" Azalee said. "Yes, I know all about you, your brother, your boyfriend and your guardians. I also know all about that shockwave you got hit by." AkaRed said. "Really? What do you know about that shockwave?" Azalee asked. "That was no ordinary shockwave. It was created when the Sacred Orb, a great source of power from the world of the Alebrije, exploded. 27 people were hit by it, including Aya and you." AkaRed started explaining. "That shockwave also caused those 27 people to be bathed in a colored light, each one matching the colors of specific Alebrije!" AkaRed explained. "That light was them being chosen." AkaRed explained. "Chosen? Chosen for what?" Azalee asked. "To be a Lucharanger." Aya explained. "Lucha Power!" She said transforming. "The Animarius Empire isn't the only threat. Demons known as the Pecadiablos are threatening the world, and the Shockwave has chosen us to join in the fight." Aya explained to Azalee.

"Wait a minute! You mean that I'm chosen to be a Lucharanger as well?!" Azalee asked in confusion. "Indeed." AkaRed said, opening a small box with a Vermillion colored Lucha Changer with the transmutation circle from the "Fullmetal Alchemist" series. "The responsibility is yours, if you want it." AkaRed said. Azalee then started thinking about it. "I'm in." Azalee said, taking the Lucha Changer out of the box and snapping it on her left wrist. "Phoelacandra, your blessings if you would." AkaRed said. "Right! Human Azalee, I, the Alebrije Phoelacandra, hereby give you my blessings, with them, you have the power over the element of Alchemy!" Phoelacandra said, bathing Azalee in a Vermillion colored light. "You will be LuchaVermillion." AkaRed explained. "Vermilion? That's my favorite shade of red!" Azalee said. "Excellent, then once you create these new medals, you can debut your new power." AkaRed said. "Right! Thanks, AkaRed!" Azalee said. She then turned her attention towards everyone and said "Now, Let's Get Started, Everyone!" as she gathered some tools.

Back at the fight...

Lincoln and the others were having difficulty with Poseidon, who was far stronger than anticipated. "Okay, this might be one of those times." Edge admitted after Poseidon sent him crashing into a shallow part of the lake. "Ankh, Putotyra!" He requested. "You and me both!" Edge admitted with fear, taking out Ankh's medals and placing the Kyoryu Greeed Medals, taking out the O Scanner and doing the transformation movements again.

Putera! (Ptera!) Torikera! (Tricera!) Tyranno! Pu! To! Tyrannosaurus! (Pterodactyl Screech!)

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped and showed the symbols of the Ptera, Tricera, and Tyranno Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into the purple-colored pterosaur/dinosaur-themed Putotyra Combo. "Cool!" Lincoln and Clyde said. "And terrifyingly dangerous!" Ankh said as Edge screamed into the air and slamming his fist into the ground, pulling out Putotyra's signature weapon, the Medagabyru. "Okay, how does he do that?" Sakura asked in confusion. "You know, honestly I never really thought about that." Ankh admitted as Edge summoned a pair of Pteranodon wings and charged at Poseidon with his ax. "Interesting! I never encountered that form before! Bring it on!" Poseidon said as charged with his Deepest Harpoon. "There's a good reason for that!" Ankh muttered as Kagewo and Suiriku returned with everyone. "Hey, guys! We're back!" Aya called out. "And we have a plan!" Azalee said. "Really? And what plan would that be, Azalee-chan?" Sakura asked. "Get to that in a minute! But first. Lucha Power!" Azalee called, ringing the bell on her changer. "Say what, now?" Lincoln and the others asked in confusion.

Morphing Sequence

Azalee was standing in the middle of a wrestling wring with the transmutation circle on the ground as electricity transformed her outfit into a Vermilion-colored version of the female Lucharangers' uniform. Phoelacandra squeaked as she descended onto Azalee's head, transforming into a helmet resembling her head. "Alchemy Power! LuchaVermillion!" Azalee called. "Yeah, turns out Azalee was hit by the same shockwave as Becky, Ricky, Dodge, and I!" Aya explained. "And we found the Alebrije that matches with her, namely Phoelacandra!" Vularena added. "This is so cool!" Said Alebrije said. "Yeah! It feels like we're more connected to each other than anything!" Azalee said. "Now, where's Edge? He's been super worried about me since I was hit by that thing, I want to show him just how much he was wrong to worry about me." Azalee said as Edge got launched backwards by Poseidon. "*Groan!* Mou! Even Putotyra isn't strong enough to beat that guy!" Edge complained as he landed on his back. "Don't worry, my love!" Azalee said, holding up the nine Core Medals they just made. "I have a plan!" She said.

"Eh?! Azalee-chan?! You're a Lucharanger now?! And where did you get those Core Medals from?!" Edge asked in shock and confusion. "Lisa has connections that has given her the necessary materials needed." Azalee said before backflipping away to where Poseidon was. "Another Lucharanger? Hmph! No matter! If you want to fight me, remember this: Don't plead for your life. It's a waste of time!" Poseidon said as he pointed the Deepest Harpoon at Azalee. However, Azalee effortlessly dodged the Harpoon with moves straight out of 'The Matrix' before palm heel striking Poseidon in the head. "Dang, Edge! You never told us that your girlfriend is that flexible!" Sid said to Edge. "She's also great at Gymnastics." Edge said. "From a girl who's crazy strong to a girl who's crazy flexible." Ankh said chuckling as Poseidon groaned, grabbing his head. "How on earth do you have such inhuman flexibility?" Poseidon asked in confusion. "That's not the thing you should be concerned about." Azalee said, smirking under her helmet, knowing that during the Palm Heel Strike, she had discreetly inserted the three Same Medals she had just made. "Huh? What's this? Three more Same Medals?" Poseidon asked in confusion upon feeling them inside his body.

"And there's more where that came from!" Azalee said, touching a nearby stone and using her powers to pull out a broadsword. "Huh? How did that sword come out of that stone?" Carl asked in confusion. "Phoelacandra's power is Alchemy, thanks to it, she can create stuff out of random things." Jaxondor explained. "That kind of reminds me of Edward Elric, one of the two main protagonists of "Fullmetal Alchemist", and his advanced alchemy skills!" Shintomaru noted. Azalee attacked with her sword. Poseidon then blocked the sword with the Deepest Harpoon. But Azalee was able to channel some of her power into the blade and it destroyed the Deepest Harpoon with a small explosion. "*Gasp!* My Deepest Harpoon! No one has ever been able to destroy it before! How's that even possible?!" Poseidon asked in shock and confusion. "Three more Kujira Medals now? Just what are trying to accomplish here, make me stronger or something?" Poseidon asked in confusion. "You know what your problem is, Poseidon? You're incomplete. This will fix that!" Azalee said, slamming a palm on Poseidon's leg, sending the three Ookamiou medals into them.

"Okay, three more Ookamiuo Core Medals? Now that's just... Hey! What's going on?! Something is awakening in those additional Core Medals and it's trying to force me out of my own Medals!" Poseidon exclaimed in confusion as the nine new Core Medals in his body started glowing. "What's going on here?" Lincoln asked in confusion. "It's quite simple, really." Azalee said. "The nine new Core Medals Aden, Phoelacandra, Aya, Lisa, Lucy, and I have made together are based on same animals as Poseidon's Core Medals!" She started explaining. "And because he only had three to begin with..." Azalee started saying, turning over to Ankh. "That makes a total of twelve Core Medals!" Ankh said in realization. "And because there are now 12 medals, that means he is now complete, which means..." Azalee started saying, pointing to Mamoru. "A new soul is being born and is now taking control over Poseidon's three Core Medals while also, at the same time, forcing Poseidon out of those medals!" Mamoru said. "Uh, what will happen to Poseidon once he is forced out?" Lincoln asked. "Uh, the most likely case would be that he would end up becoming a spirit without a body!" Azalee guessed. "But there's still a chance..." Ankh started saying as a large burst of energy exited Poseidon's body, knocking everyone back, when they got up, they saw a giant Wolffish glaring at them. "That will happen." He said.

They all then looked up further to see the upper torso of of Poseidon, which looks more monstrous than usual and was carrying a version of the Deepest Harpoon that looks more like a trident, attached right on top of the giant Wolffish's head. "This isn't over!" Poseidon said, firing a beam of water at the heroes. "Everyone, get back!" Ankh alerted as he and the other heroes jumped out of the way. "How are we supposed to fight something like that?!" Mamoru asked. "Here's an answer! You can't!" Poseidon declared as he then sucked up the piles of Cell Medals that were once the Same, Kujira, and Ookamiuo Yummies into the mouth of the giant Wolffish, causing his new form to grow even larger. "That's where you're wrong about that!" Lincoln said. "Vectors, Launch!" He, Sakura, and Clyde called. "Alebrije Henkei!" The Lucharangers, minus Azalee called. "Eh?! What are those things?!" Edge asked in confusion. "The three jets are our Vectors! They, along with Mecha-Pollon, are a gift from a peacekeeping organization from another universe called Neo-DEAVA, long story! The Vectors have the ability to combine into a giant robot called Aquarion, with its combined form depending on which Vector becomes the head unit!" Lincoln explained. "In fact." Lincoln said as he, Sakura, and Clyde pressed a few buttons on their controls, beaming up Edge, Akira, and Shintaro respectively.

"Whoa!" Edge said upon being put alongside Lincoln in his cockpit. "I know right?" Lincoln asked. "You know, Azalee, you have the ability to transform into an Alebrije mech as well." AkaRed said. "Huh? Really?" Azalee asked in confusion. AkaRed nodded. "Okay, Alebrije Henkei!" Azalee called.

Transformation Sequence

Azalee was back in the wrestling ring that's formed in her morphing sequence as vermilion-colored transmutation circles surrounded the ring and Alchemical symbols floated around her while an illustration from 15th-century alchemist George Ripley's text "The Marrow of Alchemy", similar in appearance to the image seen on Alphonse Elric's Gate of Truth from "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood", towered over the ring in the background. Then, her body became metallic, Phoenix wings sprouted from her back, a Coelacanth tail grew, her arms and legs became metallic and morphed into Fire Salamander legs as she grew and then squeaked as she transformed into the Phoelacandra mech. "Cool!" Azalee said. "Yeah! Now we're even more closely bonded then before!" Phoelacandra said. Azalee then looked down on the ground and noticed that Poseidon's original body became a floating pile of Cell Medals with twelve Core Medals inside before it then quickly reformed into a new oceanic animal-themed humanoid creature. The creature in question had a head like that of a Great White Shark, Humpback Whale flippers on his lower arms, and Bering Wolffish-shaped leg armor and boots on his feet as well as two Humpback Whale heads on his shoulders, the dorsal fins of a Great White Shark and Bering Wolffish on his back, and a long tail that has the combined tail fins of the Great White Shark, Humpback Whale, and Bering Wolffish at its tip. Upon being fully formed and gaining consciousness, the new being announced "Happy Birthday!" in a delightful male voice. "Looks like my turn to fill the family tradition has gone off without a hitch!" Azalee said. "Kawaii!" Sakura beamed.

"Are you referring to my mech form or the new Guardian that's just been born?" Azalee asked. "Both, really." Sakura said. "We can take care of this later, but for now, we need to get rid of this problem! LL formation!" Lincoln called. "Of course, Lincoln-kun!" Sakura said as Akira was riding with her. "Way ahead of you buddy!" Clyde said as Shintaro was with riding with him and Aurachnid. "Nenshin!" Sakura said. "Gattai!" Clyde and Aurachnid called. "Go! Aquarion!" Lincoln called.

(Cue "Kimi no Shinwa ~ Aquarion no Dai Ni Shou" by AKINO with bless4)

Afterwards, the Vectors started to transform, starting with Vector LL, in which its front part split open in halves while wings went and folded upwards to allow the split halves to connect underneath them, and then its tail fin split open and went towards the back. For Vector Jewel, its part containing the cockpit tilted back as its two front hull sections opened and straightened outwards on its sides. And for Vector Anansi, its front spider leg-like parts split away from each other, moved downwards, and extended to form legs while the spider leg-like structures on its sides twisted and folded down to form side armor as its spider abdomen-like rear turned around and then folded over, while the entire Vector turned backwards. While that was happening, everyone started feeling energy flowing through their bodies. "EHHHHHH?! WHAT THE HECK IS THIS FEELING THAT I'M FEELING NOW?!" Edge asked in confusion while feeling the energy. "I DON'T KNOW! THIS IS NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER FELT BEFORE!" Akira answered while also feeling the energy. "THIS ENERGY IS CERTAINLY MYSTERIOUS, THAT'S FOR SURE!" Shintaro said while also feeling the energy. IT'S OKAY, EVERYONE! JUST GO WITH THE FLOW!" Aurachnid said while feeling the energy. "AURACHNID'S RIGHT, GUYS! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHENEVER OUR VECTORS COMBINE!" Clyde explained while feeling the energy. "WHENEVER OUR VECTORS MERGE, SO DO OUR MINDS, BODIES, AND SOULS!" Lincoln explained. "NOT ONLY THAT, BUT OUR POWERS ARE AMPLIFIED AND OUR EMOTIONS ARE SHARED WITH EACH OTHER! IT'S JUST THAT GOOD!" Sakura explained while feeling the energy. Finally, the Vectors started to combine, starting with Vector Anansi in which, in a backwards position, combined underneath Vector LL and unfolded the ends of its legs to form feet. Meanwhile, Vector Jewel connected to the back of Vector LL to form the jet pack and wings. After that, the two halves of Vector LL's front end opened up their panels to form shoulder blades while also revealing arms underneath. Then, the ends twisted and folded over to allow robotic human-like hands to pop out and open their fingers. Finally, the part containing the cockpit on Vector LL folded down to form the chest while the top part popped upwards to reveal the head, which resembles Aquarion EVOL but with a crest that immediately unfolded into a V shape. After that, the robot turned on its eye lights, closed its hands into fists, and did few a punching moves. And then Lincoln shouted "AQUARION! LL!" while Aquarion LL did a heroic stance similar to Aquarion EVOL while unfolding its wings to reveal metallic bird-like feathers coming out of them like a war fan. Afterwards, Edge, Akira, and Shintaro were catching their breaths after feeling the energy from Aquarion's combination sequence. "Don't forget us!" Ronnie Anne said. "Chou Alebrije Gattai!" The core eight Lucharangers shouted. "Alebrije Gattai!" Becky, Ricky, And Dodge shouted.

Afterwards, the purple, blue, red, green, pink, and yellow Alebrije mechs transformed and combined into LuchaKing like usual while the gold and silver Alebrije went and changed differently. First, the gold Alebrije mech detached its head from its body while detaching it's lower arms containing its talons from its upper arms as well as detaching a golden piece from its chest, right before the upper arms moved upwards to the top of the body and positioned themselves forwards while flipping out two cannons from underneath the shoulder panels. As for its hind limbs, they folded in and flipped out two cannons from its hips before pointing forwards while the tail detached itself from the rear body. Afterwards, right after the wings detach themselves from the back, the body of the gold Alebrije mech split itself verticallly into two halves. Meanwhile, the silver Alebrije mech detached its head, wings, and tail from its body while it's four front legs folded into themselves and its two hind legs moved back, right before the body vertically split itself into two halves while two foot-like structures flipped out from the rear ends and two panels flipped open from the belly. Finally, the pieces started to come together. First, the pieces that were the silver Alebrije mech's body attached themselves to the bottom of LuchaKing's feet before folding their panels over said feet, becomeing the boots. Next, the silver Alebrije mech's moth wings vertically split from each other as they attached themselves to LuchaKing's legs, with one half attaching to right side of the green Alebrije mech and other half attaching to the left side of the yellow Alebrije mech. Then, LuchaKing's arms detached themselves from each other, allowing the pieces that were the gold Alebrije mech's body, upper front limbs, and hind limbs to attach themselves to each side of LuchaKing's torso before said pieces flipped out a connector point on each upper side that allowed LuchaKing's arms to attach to them. After that, the forearms of the gold Alebrije mech covered over the fists of LuchaKing before the heads of the gold and silver Alebrije mechs attached themselves above the forearms of the gold Alebrije mech, with the gold Alebrije mech's head attaching itself to the right forearm and the silver Alebrije mech's head attaching itself to the left forearm. Then, the falcon wings of the gold Alebrije mech attached themselves to lower back of LuchaKing, giving the Mecha six wings instead of four. Finally, the golden piece that came from the gold Alebrije mech's chest flipped around and detached another smaller golden piece from behind it that attached itself to LuchaKing's belt area, becomeing a championship belt buckle while the original larger golden piece attached itself to behind LuchaKing's head and flared out gun-like spikes at the sides and a crescent moon-like crest on the top to form a crowned helmet. Once the combination was completed, the newly formed mech flared out its six back wings (two condor wings, two Pteranodon wings, and two falcon wings) as the tail of the red Alebrije mech flipped out a handle from its rear before the silver Alebrije mech's tail attached itself there rear-first, which allowed the gold Alebrije mech's tail attaching itself rear-first to the tail fin the silver Alebrije mech's tail before the purple Alebrije mech's tail attached itself rear-first to the gold Alebrije mech's tail fin, resulting in a long bladed sword/spear-like weapon. Finally, after the new Mecha caught the weapon with its taloned hands, it flew up to sky and did a heroic dramatic pose with its weapon while the Lucharangers shouted "LUCHACHAMPION! AWAKEN!".

Then, the cyan, orange, and magnet-colored Alebrije mechs shot up into the sky and started to transform. First, the Harpygolverine mech detached her tail while her hind legs folded into themselves, right before her lower body went and folded down a little while leaving an empty space underneath her upper body. Next, the Harpygolverine mech's front legs straightened up and then moved down before her front paws flipped upwards and allowed robotic hands to flip out from the lower arms while her dorsal fin split itself in half and folded down on the back and her Harpy Eagle wings moved down as well, right before her head and neck moved upwards over the body. Then, the Aurastrolumba mech folded in all four of his legs before his head, tail, and wings detached themselves from the body, which then transformed further by splitting in half and then move downwards to form lower legs and flipped out two panels that became the feet while also revealing a robotic lower torso attached to two robotic upper legs. Once that happened, the Prawngolequin mech folded in her wings and closed her Elytra shut before she then tucked in her Pangolin and Giant Tiger Prawn limbs and curled up into a ball. Finally, the pieces started to together as the now-transformed body of the Aurastrolumba mech merged underneath the now-transformed Harpygolverine mech's body, right before the curled up Prawngolequin mech connected into the empty space between the two mechs with her closed spotted Elytra facing forwards in display while the pigeon wings of the Aurastrolumba mech attached themselves to the lower back of the Harpygolverine mech. Afterwards, the head of the Aurastrolumba mech attached itself to the chest space above the Prawngolequin mech while the head of Harpygolverine mech faced forwards and opened its mouth to reveal a robotic face with a Luchador mask, similar in appearance to the mask worn by Becky and Artemis in the Lucha Libre Club, that was colored in cyan, orange, and magnet colors. Once that happened, the Harpygolverine mech's piranha tail transformed into a blaster gun by flipping out a handle underneath it and sliding out a cannon barrel into the front of where the tail detached from the main body while the tail of the Aurastrolumba mech transformed into a gattling gun by flipping out a handle underneath it and sliding out a gattling gun barrel from where the tail detached from the main body. Finally, the new Mecha caught the two weapons, with the blaster gun in the left arm and the gattling gun in the right arm, and twirled them around before it did a few dramatic action hero poses with its guns while Becky, Dodge, and Ricky announced "LUCHAWILD! AWAKEN!" "Amazing!" Azalee said. "Wait until you see what I can do! Becky, mind if I hitch a ride?" Aya asked.

"Sure! Of course!" Becky replied. "Alebrije Busou!" Aya called. As the Vularena mech flew towards LuchaWild, she folded in her front legs before she then folded in her hind legs and flipped out a handle from the beneath her belly. Then, after the now transformed Vularena mech was caught in LuchaWild's right hand, Aya announced "LUCHAWILD! SPIRIT BOWGUN!". "Wow!" Azalee said. "You know, I'm willing to bet that you can do the same, and not just with the Lucharanger Mechs. I think it might be possible for you girls to be able to transform into new weapons for Aquarion as well." AkaRed said. "Really?" Azalee asked. "Guess this is as good as time as any to try! Alebrije Busou!" Azalee called. The Phoelacandra mech flew up into the sky and then started to transform by folding all four of her legs in before having her wings extend and bend upwards to form axe blades while a handle flipped out from the base of her tail. Then, after the now transformed Phoelacandra mech, which now became a double-bladed battle axe, was caught in Aquarion LL's right hand, Azalee announced "AQUARION LL! ALCHEMY AXE!". "This is amazing! I can feel Edge's energy!" Azalee said. "I can feel your energy too, Azalee-chan!" Edge replied. "Now to make sure nothing gets damaged! Skyring, descend!" Ronnie Anne called, summoning the Skyring. "What on earth is that thing?!" Mamoru asked as he and the rest of the Homunculi Guardians on the ground saw the Sky Ring.

"The Skyring. The Lucharangers summon it to prevent collateral damage. Plus it fits their motif, and looks cool." AkaRed explained. "That reminds me, AkaRed! We need to have a teleporter included in the Sky Ring after this, because some of the giant-sized enemies we faced off against in Africa can't fly like most of the Pecadiablos can!" Ronnie Anne said. "Duly noted!" AkaRed said. "Follow us, if you can!" Ronnie Anne said as LuchaChampion, LuchaWild, and Aquarion LL flew up to the Sky Ring. "I may not have wings like you all, but that doesn't mean that I can't fly!" Poseidon said as he then levitated and swam in the air via his monstrous giant Wolffish lower half towards the Sky Ring. "Let's see you try to get to me!" Poseidon dared, shooting a stream of water. "Alchemic Break!" Azalee called. The blades of the Alchemy Axe glowed in a bright vermilion color before Aquarion LL used it to cleave the stream in half. The attack struck Poseidon, turning the Deepest Harpoon to dust. "What?! But how?!" Poseidon asked in confusion. "That's the power of Alchemy." Azalee said. "Spirit shot!" Aya said as LuchaWild shot an arrow.

Poseidon saw that coming and dodged out of the way. "Hmph! You missed!" Poseidon said. "This next one won't miss! Spirit Lock!" Aya called as a targeting system appeared, locking onto Poseidon. "Spirit Shot!" She called again, firing the arrow. Poseidon immediately dodged again and said "Missed again!". "Are you sure about that?" Ronnie Anne asked as the arrow corrected it's path and struck Poseidon. "AAAAAAAAAGH! But How?!" Poseidon asked in confusion. "Those targeted by the Spirit Lock always get hit!" Aya said. "Those targeted by the Spirit Lock always get hit!" Aya said. "Why you little!" Poseidon said, charging at the mechs. Poseidon then had his giant Wolffish lower half bite down on LuchaWild's right arm with it's sharp teeth. This caused Becky to shout in pain as LuchaWild dropped the Spirit Bowgun. "Becky!" Dodge said in worry. "Big Sis!" Ricky said equal worry. *Growl* "You'll pay for that! Matter Cannon!" Becky called as the right gattling gun and left blaster gun hovered over LuchaWild and combined into a two-handled blaster rifle that landed in LuchaWild's left hand. "Take this!" Dodge called, pulling the trigger. The blast hit Poseidon's giant Wolffish lower half dead center in one of its eyes, causing Poseidon to howl in pain and let go of LuchaWild's right arm. "My love, are you okay?" Dodge asked Becky.

"*Groan!* I'm alive, but that bite of his still hurts like heck!" Becky complained. "Yeah, no kidding! Wolffishes in general are known to have large sharp teeth that they use to feed on a diet of shelled and soft invertebrates such as sea snail, crabs, starfish, and sea urchins, as well as other prey!" Lisa said through the comm link. "Don't worry, Becky, I'll be sure to use the Healing Moon on your arm afterwards!" Adelaide said. "Thanks, Adelaide! I really appreciate that!" Becky said. "But first we need to defeat this guy!" Sid reminded. "Right! And now I just remembered that I dropped the Spirit Bowgun after that guy bit me!" Becky said in realization. "Sorry!" Becky told Aya. "That's okay, Becky! It wasn't your fault! I would drop something too if something were to cause me any pain in either one of my arms anyway!" Aya replied. "How are we supposed to defeat him, though? I don't think more Core Medals will help!" Clyde said.

"Yeah, considering that guy is no longer in any Core Medals, I don't think using the Medagabyru on him would be effective either!" Edge noted. "Yeah, considering that guy is no longer in any Core Medals, I don't think using the Medagabyru on him would be effective either!" Edge noted. "How so?" Sakura asked in confusion. "I have Alchemy powers, so if I use them to destabilize the Cell Medals within his body, he would be weak enough to become easier to destroy!" Azalee said. "I sure hope you know what you're doing, Azalee-chan." Edge said. "So do I, Edge! Of course, you can help me as well, probably by supplying your rider powers over to the Alchemy Axe!" Azalee replied. "Of course, my love!" Edge said. "AWWW!" Sakura beamed upon hearing that. "And I think I know the perfect combo for the job!" Edge said. "Ankh! Do you still have the Super Core Medals with you?" He asked Ankh, who was still on the ground. "Yes, but, from what Akira, Shintaro, and Kougami-san told me, considering the fact that the last three times they were used were when you teamed up with Fourze in order to help him defeat Lem Kannagi a.k.a. Cho GingaOh, when you helped Wizard and Fourze defeat defeat the Akumaizers in the Earth's Underworld, and when you helped Wizard and the other Heisei Riders in defeating Amadum in the World of Monsters, I think this might be a bigger risk than Putotyra." Ankh said.

"That's a risk we're going to have to take!" Edge said. "Okay! I hope that you know what you're doing!" Ankh said as he spread out his wings and flew towards the Sky Ring. "Have I ever not known what I was doing?" Edge asked. "Do you really want me to answer that?" Ankh asked. "Oh! Right! Sorry!" Edge said as Ankh got to the Sky Ring and was then beamed into Lincoln's cockpit by Aquarion LL. "Huh, surprisingly roomy." Ankh said upon entering the cockpit. "Then again, I have been inside Aquarion once before, just not in this cockpit!" He noted. He then handed Edge the Core Medals. "Arigato, Ankh!" Edge said as he removed the Kyōryū Core Medals and replaced them with the Super Taka, Super Tora, and Super Batta Core Medals before taking out the O Scanner and doing the transformation movements again. "Henshin!" Edge announced.

Super! Super! Super! Super Taka! Super Tora! Super Batta! Su~per Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba! Super!

That's when the images surrounding Edge stopped and showed the symbols of the Super Taka, Super Tora, and Super Batta Core Medals before they then merged into one symbol and attached itself to Edge's chest to convert his form into his tricolored extra final form and fully upgraded version of Tatoba, the Super Tatoba Combo. "Cool!" Lincoln said. "Huh! This definitely feels familiar and there are definitely no ill effects either! Come to think of it, though, I never felt any ill effects from this form when I first used it!" Edge noted. "Anyway, Lincoln, do you mind if I take the controls here?" He asked Lincoln. "Go right ahead. Careful, though, they're rather sensitive." Lincoln said. "Right! Thanks for the warning!" Edge replied as Lincoln got off the chair and then allowed Edge to sit there in his place. "Alright, Azalee-chan, let's do this!" Edge said.

"Right! Edge!" Azalee said as Aquarion LL prepared to strike with the Alchemy Axe in hand. "If you think that I'm going to make it easy for you defeat me, then you've got another thing coming!" Poseidon declared as she then started swimming around in the air incredibly fast and striking Aquarion LL with his Wolffish lower half's teeth repeatedly. "This guy is annoying! I think he needs to be shot off his high horse! Or fish, whatever, Champion Saber, Storm Mode!" Ronnie Anne called. Then, the Condor Wings detached themselves from LuchaChampion's back and then attached themselves to the crossguard of the Champion Saber. Ronnie Anen focused her lightning powers into the blade. "Lightning Impact!" Ronnie Anne shouted. A bolt of lightning struck Poseidon, temporarily stunning his Wolffish lower half and opening a small hole on its side that spilled out a few large amounts of Cell Medals from it, causing Poseidon to get angry. "How Dare You?!" He shouted in anger as he then had his Wolffish lower half slap LuchaChampion across the face with its tail, causing the Mech to get knocked onto the floor. "Now then, to get back to what I was doing before I was rudely interrupted!" Poseidon declared as then swam in the air incredibly fast again in preparation to attack Aquarion LL again. "Not this time!" Edge declared as he then channeled his combo powers into Aquarion LL, allowing the robot to appear to teleport and block Poseidon's attack at every turn when in reality it was actually bypassing time itself.

"What in the world?" Poseidon asked. "Let me explain, Poseidon! Like your Core Medals, these Super Core Medals are also from the year 2051 and they were sent back in time to the year 2011 and given to me by Michal after your defeat in order help my friend and fellow rider Kisaragi Gentaro a.k.a. Kamen Rider Fourze defeat Lem Kannagi, who was an agent of an evil organization called Foundation X and took your Core Medals and used in conjunction with a device called the SOLU Switch to become a monster called Cho GingaOh!" Edge explained. "Funny you should say that, the Seijuu Sentai Gingaman's main mecha is actually called Seijuu Gattai GingaiOh." AkaRed noted. "Yeah, Cho GingaOh was a whole lot different than GingaiOh, I can assure you that, AkaRed! Anyway, my Super Core Medals allow me to bypass time itself in order to get the upper hand on my enemies, which came in handy in countering Cho GingaOh's time-based teleportation abilities!" Edge explained.

"And it's going to help us end you once and for all! Alchemic Break!" Azalee called. That's when the Alchemy Axe's blades glowed in a vermilion color before Aquarion LL then teleported over to the side of Poseidon and then slashed the axe straight at the hole of his Wolffish lower half that LuchaChampion afflicted on him earlier. That immediately caused Poseidon's Wolffish lower half to be destroyed in a rain of Cell Medals and also caused Poseidon to crash into the arena floor. "Sweet!" Aurachnid said. "Thanks! Now, Poseidon, before Azalee-chan and I destroy you once and for all, let me ask you this! How did you even manage to get into this world in the first place?" Edge asked while pointing the Alchemy Axe at now fallen Poseidon. "Honestly, I'm not sure myself! All I know is that I woke up from my dormancy within my Core Medals yesterday and found myself in this world without a clue about how got there! Though, while looking around, I did manage to see a rift through dimensions that closed as soon I saw it, so I'm guessing that rift must be how I got here in the first place and I'm also guessing that its energy must been what caused me to wake up from my dormancy!" Poseidon answered. "A Rift Through Dimensions?!" The heroes asked in shock and confusion.

"That's right! It doesn't look to be manmade, though! Rather, it was just like a natural tear in space and time that managed to heal itself a few minutes after it opened! Besides, if it were manmade, then I would have remembered seeing someone at the other side of it, which I clearly didn't!" Poseidon said. "Apparently, strangely enough, Poseidon's actually telling the truth about that!" Aya said upon reading Poseidon's aura. "We can take care of that later, but for now..." Edge said, running the O scanner over his driver.

Scanning Charge!

The energy from the OOO Driver flowed into the Alchemy Axe. "Right, LuchaChampion, Grand Victory!" The Core Eight Lucharangers shouted. "Spirit Cannon!" Becky, Ricky, Dodge, and Aya called. Then, Aquarion LL jumped into the air and then placed the Alchemy Axe between its feet before diving down through a set of three tricolored rings and heading straight towards Poseidon while LuchaChampion charged up energy into the Champion Saber and LuchaWild pulled the tail of the Vularena mech back like a longbow as it charged energy into the Spirit Bowgun. "This is the end, Poseidon! Aquarion Rider Sentai Buster!" Everyone called, unleashing their finishers. As soon as LuchaChampion sent an energy slash and LuchaWild unleashed a giant arrow, two attacks united in front of Aquarion LL's Alchemy Axe, which was still between its feet, and powered it up further before Edge shouted "Seiya!" as Aquarion LL struck straight through Poseidon with the axe. "Agggh! This Cannot Be! I'm Supposed To Be Unstoppable! How Can I Be Destroyed By A Bunch Of Meddling Kids?! This Is Beyond Humiliating!" Poseidon shouted in agony, right before he then exploded into oblivion while Aquarion LL got the Alchemy Axe back in its right hand in a victory pose. Within Aquarion's cockpit, Edge slumped over before being forced out of his transformation.

"Whoa! Edge! Are you okay?" Lincoln asked in concern. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just never used that many combos in a single day." Edge said. "Yeah, I know that feeling, Edge! One time, where King Draco and the Animarius Empire kidnapped me and forced me into a sort of gladiator fight called the Death Match Gauntlet and had me face off against seven different Animarius champions one-by-one, I constantly have to change forms and use my finishers in order to counter them! Unfortunately, as it turns out, there was a failsafe in the driver that was never fixed when General Aquilis made or when Master Toadus and Gorf modified it! The more times the wear initiates a final attack without at least of hour of rest, the more it saps from them!" Lincoln explained. This made everyone cringe. "Let's just head back to Stella's house." Lincoln said.

Animarius Castle...

"Great Leader, I want you to do me a favor, take footage of this battle to the Pecadiablos, make sure to focus on this 'LuchaVermillion' as much as possible." King Draco requested his mysterious ally. "That, I would most certainly do, King Draco!" The Great Leader replied as he then walked off to get the footage needed. 'Now, how did that rift through dimensions ever happen? Even I most certainly wasn't aware this! There's something rather mysterious going on around in this world!' The Great Leader thought to himself. "I'd better keep an eye on things here." He said.

Back With The Others...

"Well, this has certainly been the most action packed birthday I've ever had." Stella admitted. "Yeah! It certainly was! Plus, you now actually have someone that shares birthday as you, Stella-chan!" Shintomaru said as he pointed to the newly created Great White Shark/Humpback Whale/Bering Wolffish Guardian that's now with the rest of the Homunculi Guardians. "Yeah, great." Stella said. "That reminds me, now that you're born, you need a name, one that fits you!" Azalee as she and Edge approached the new Guardian. "And from what the others tell me, you need a cute nickname." Azalee told Phoelacandra. "For you, Phoelacandra, I think I'll call you Phoela!" She said to Phoelacandra. "That is cute!" Phoelacandra said. "And for you, since the three animals your Core Medals are based on are from the Earth's oceans and are classified as Ocean Kings, I believe that your name will be Daikai, the Ocean King Guardian!" Edge said to the new Guardian, now named Daikai. "Daikai, I like it!" Daikai said.

"Well then, welcome to the team, Daikai!" Mamoru said as he and the rest of the Homunculi Guardians welcomed Daikai with open arms. "And the same goes for you, Azalee." Ronnie Anne told her. "The Pecadiablos are ruthless, we need all the help we can get!" She said. "Thanks guys! I really appreciate that!" Azalee said in delight. Just then, Shintaro heard a ringing in his cell phone. "Excuse me for a second!" Shintaro said as he picked up the cell phone and answered the call. "Moshi-Moshi?" Shintaro asked. "Oh! You want to see him? Okay! I'll ask Shintomaru to get an Aurora Curtain opened up for you!" He said before hanging up and asked "Shintomaru, do you mind opening up an Aurora Curtain, because I believe Kougami-san wants to see Edge in person!" "On it!" Shintomaru said, doing so, allowing Kougami to walk through, carrying a thoughtfully wrapped birthday present while his secretary Erika Satonaka, who was carrying a metal suitcase, along with Hina, who was carrying the very heavy Ridevendor with her bare hands, and Chiyoko, who was carrying several take-out bags full of food from her restaurant, came through as well. "Nagaiai a tte imasendeshita ne (Long Time No See), Kougami-san." Edge said.

"Anata mo ne (Same to you), Eiji-kun!" Kousei Kougami replied. "Uh, why is that girl carrying a vending machine? And how?" Aurachnid asked, pointing to Hina. "Oh! That's Izumi Hina! Believe it or not, she's an incredibly strong woman, in a literal sense!" Shintomaru explained. "She must be, the average vending machine weighs anywhere between 4 and 900 pounds! And that's when it's empty!" Lisa said as Hina set the machine down. "Yes, but this is no ordinary vending machine." She said. "You have any Cell Medals that you can insert into it?" Hina asked. "We certainly do! Heck, we managed to collect a huge amount of them after we permanently defeated Poseidon!" Akira said as he pointed at a few huge jars filled with Cell Medals that were collected after Poseidon's defeat. "Perfect." Hina said, taking one and inserting it into the slot. Then, after Hina pressed the bottom button, the Ridevendor quickly transformed into its motorcycle mode, much to everyone's shock and awe. "It's also stocked with plenty of Candroids." Erika said.

"Candroids?" Azalee asked in confusion. "Little robotic assistants, they're like Wizard's Plamonsters." Shintomaru explained. "They're appropriately named, because they take on the form of a beverage can-like device when inactive and turn into animal-like robots when activated, with the animal they're based on depending on the model!" Akira explained. "He's right! Here's an example of a Candroid, the Kujakucandroid!" Erika said as she pulled out an orange-and-silver colored beverage can-like device from her pocket before opening the tap, causing the device to automatically transform into the Kujakucandroid. "Kawaii!" Sakura said. "Wait until you meet Fourze's Foodroids." Shintomaru said. "Foodroids?" Lincoln asked in confusion. "Tiny assistant robots that take on forms resembling food products when inactive, specifically a hamburger, a cup of French fries, a milkshake, a hot dog, an ice cream cone, and box of chicken nuggets!" Shintomaru explained. "They even have little faces." He said.

"That definitely sounds kawaii!" Sakura said in delight. "What other models of Candroid do you have besides the Kujakucandroid, miss uh...?" Azalee asked out of curiosity. "Oh! Where are my manners! I'm Satonaka Erika, Kougami-san's secretary! As for the other Candroid models, there's that Taka, Tako, Batta, Tora, Denkiunagi, Gorilla, Ptera, and Torikera models!" Erika answered. "Oh! Cool! But, wait, what's a Denkiunagi and a Torikera?" Clyde asked in confusion. "Torikera is basically the Japanese pronunciation of Tricera, as in Triceratops!" Lisa explained. "And, while the word Unagi alone means 'Eel', Dekiunagi actually means 'Electric Eel'." She explained. "Just like the Unagi Core Medal!" Edge said. "Exactly! Though, while the freshwater fish known as the Electric Eel is called that because of its elongated body structure, it is, in fact, not actually an eel, nor is it even closely related to true eels, but are actually members of the electroreceptive order Gymnotiformes, better known as neotropical knifefishes, which is actually more closely related to catfishes!" Lisa pointed out.

"Yeah, while you're freakishly strong." Lincoln said, pointing to Hina. "You're freakishly flexible." He said, pointing to Azalee. "She's freakishly smart." He said. "I take offense to the 'freakishly' part, brother unit!" Lisa retorted in annoyance. "Sorry." Lincoln said. "Speaking of the Denkiunagicandroids, when Eiji-kun first met them, he freaked out after mistaking them for snakes! *Snicker!*" Akira said while snickering, much to Edge's embarrassment. "That's one part of my past life I wish I didn't remember." Edge said. "Well, now we can have the cake we brought!" Kougami said. "Oh, that's really not necessary, Mr. Kougami, we already have a cake right here." Judy said. "Yes, for your daughter, but we brought some for the others!" Kougami said as Erika pulled out a cake boxe, opening it up, revealing a cake with the words 'Happy Birthday' In Japanese, and 'Neo-OOO' in english, with the OOO part stylized like the OOO symbol. "Happy Birthday! Neo-OOO!" Kougami said. "Yeah, he's kind of obsessed with birthdays." Edge admitted to those who didn't know. "Speaking of birthdays, today is also the birth of Daikai, who is the newest Homunculi Guardian that came into existence after we created nine new Same, Kujira, and Ookamiuo Core Medals and placed them in Poseidon's body, causing Daikai to forcibly evict Poseidon out of the three already existing Core Medals!" Azalee said was she pointed at Daikai. "Which is why we also made this!" Kougami said, pulling out a cake that had the words 'Happy Birthday' In Japanese. "Sorry that's all, we didn't know your name." Kougami said.

"That's okay! I was just born, after all!" Daikai replied. "Don't worry! Chloe and I can easily fill in that blank!" Clyde said as he and Chloe took out some icing squeeze bottles and quickly wrote in Daikai's name underneath the words 'Happy Birthday', with the first two letters colored aqua, the middle two letters colored in dark blue, and last two letters colored in crimson. "Perfect!" Kougami said. "By the way, what's with the 'Neo' part of this?" Leni asked. "Neo is Latin for new." Lisa explained. "That makes sense, since I'm basically Kamen Rider OOO reincarnated!" Edge noted. "By the way, what's in that wrapped gift and that suitcase?" He asked as he pointed at the wrapped gift that Kousei Kougami was holding and the suitcase that Erika was carrying. "Well, I'm glad you asked! Let's start with the suitcase, shall we, Satonaka?" Kousei Kougami said, to which Erika said "Hai!" and presented the suitcase to Edge. Then, after Edge opened it, it revealed his past life's signature sword, the Medajaribur. "The Medajaribur!" Edge said.

"The what now?" Lincoln asked in confusion. "It's my personal sword that was given to me by the Kougami Foundation during my first outing as Kamen Rider OOO!" Edge explained as he picked up the Medajaribur. "Like with the Medagabyru, it also has powers from Cell Medals." Edge explained. "Of course, I have to use the O Scanner from my belt on it in order to activate its finisher after I load the Cell Medals into it!" Edge added. "Cool!" Lincoln said. "And now, here is the gift!" Kousei Kougami said as he presented the wrapped gift to Edge, who then unwrapped it to reveal two new O Medal Holders. When Edge opened one of them, it was empty, before then opened the second one to reveal it was nearly filled with brand new Core Medals. "Are those new Core Medals?!" Edge asked in surprise and confusion. "Indeed, they are! The first set of three medals in the upper right are a second copy of the Ebi, Kani, and Sasori Core Medals that Shintaro-kun uses for his Birth X form! The next set in the middle right is a new version of the Mukade, Hachi, and Ari Core Medals, though, thankfully they are completely different from the Core Medals that became Goda, since the animal symbols are not golden like his were and they don't have any desires put into them like his were! Believe me, I learned that lesson the hard way! As for the set in the bottom right, they are a brand new set of Core Medals called the Shika, Gazelle, and Ushi Medals, which utilizes the power of horned mammals! The set you see on the upper left are another new set of Core Medals called the Seiuchi, Shiroguma, and Pengin Medals, which utilizes the power of animals that live in the icy tundras of the Arctic and Antarctica! Finally, the last two Core Medals in the middle left are new Core Medals that currently don't have a combo to go into! They are the Yadokari Medal, which is what I've been developing for a while along with the other Core Medals, and the Panda Medal, which is something that I recently come up with and I wanted to get it created right away!" Kosei Kougami explained while showing Edge the new Core Medals in the second O Medal Holder. "Awesome! Arigato, Kougami-san!" Edge said.

"You're welcome! Of course, I was thinking about making a new Kangaroo Core Medal after that incident involving the mysterious Kangaroo Core Medal that you, Ankh, and Hina found sometime ago in 2010 that mysteriously disappeared after you've used in a random combo!" Kosei Kougami replied, causing Tatakau, who already has Kangaroo Core Medals in his set, to gulp nervously. "Um, I hate to break it to you, Mr. Kougami, but my family has already beaten you at making a Kangaroo Core Medal, or rather in this case four Kangaroo Medals as well as four Tasmanian Devil Medals and four Koala Medals!" Azalee pointed out, much to Kousei Kougami's surprise. "Is that so? Then, where did that mysterious Kangaroo Core Medal in our world come from in the first place?" Kousei Kougami wondered. "Um! I think I know where it came from! It's actually one of my Kangaroo Core Medals!" Tatakau said as he raised his hand to get everyone's attention before pulling out one of his Core Medals, to which Edge, Ankh, and Ankh immediately recognized as it looks exactly like the same Kangaroo Core Medal they've encountered before. "EHHHHH?! It's the same Kangaroo Core Medal we found before?!" Hina asked in shock and confusion. "Now I remember! Ankh, Hima-chan, and I found that Core Medal after fighting off two Yummies and I've used it as an arm medal in order to defeat those two Yummies before it suddenly disappeared after use!" Edge said in realization. "Oi! What's your name?" Ankh asked. "Oh! I'm Tatakau, the Marsupial Guardian!" Tatakau anwered. "I see! So, how did your Kangaroo Core Medal end up in our world in the first place?" Ankh asked. "Well, to put it simply, in the year 2010, back when Edge was only two years old, his father Asahi Hiro was practicing some his family's Onmyōdō spells, specifically a teleportation spell, and I was there watching him out of curiosity! Unfortunately, just as he was about to finish casting the spell, Asahi suddenly sneezed from the dust accumulated in the room and accidentally cast the teleportation spell on one of my Kangaroo Core Medals, causing it to disappear to parts unknown, much to my own shock and horror! Fortunately, about a few hours later, Asahi and his brother Benio Hiro, who was visiting at the time, were able to pinpoint the energy signature of my missing Core Medal with their mystic knowledge and powers at your world and then chanted a spell that teleported my missing Kangaroo Core Medal back to our world, returning it to me!" Tatakau explained. "I'm like, so confused." Leni said. "For once, you're not the only one." Lincoln admitted.

"Yeah! You said Edge was two years old at the time and Eiji was still alive in his world as the very same time! How's that even possible!" Lynn Jr asked in confusion. "Apparently, this is the best guess I could think of, but I think that when Eiji died one year ago, his soul not only travel through dimensions into this universe, but also traveled backwards in time to twelve years ago before reincarnating in this universe as Edge!" Shintomaru anwered. Everyone turned to Lisa in confusion. "Unfortunately, due to my thinking reincarnation was nothing but a bunch of hogwash before meeting Shintomaru, I'm stumped as well." Lisa said. "Yeah! The best thing you guys should think of for this kind of thing would be a sort of necessary spiritual time paradox!" Shintomaru noted. Everyone laughed at that, then went back to celebrating Stella's birthday.

Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Royal Woods...

We see a mysterious figure, who looked like a doll-like black-and-white penguin with white stiches above his belly, two small bat-like wings on his back, two wooden peg legs where his legs should be, and a brown pouch worn around his waist that was decorated with a small horned demonic skull on the flap. But, what's most distinguishing was that this penguin-like figure had white lightning bolt-shaped markings on his wings and body as well as a rooster-like comb on top of his head and a long train of red iridescent peacock feathers on his short stubby tail that resembles flames. Plus, he was holding a golden compass-shaped amulet that was decorated with a rainbow-colored gemstone in its center in his right flipper. "Finally!" The being said.

"It took some trial and error to get this thing right, but I managed to not only escape from that Netherworld and get away from that abusive she-demon Etna, but I also managed to summon a villain from another universe! Though, sadly, things didn't quite work out for me, given he was defeated by the Kamen Riders and those strange multicolored costumed kids as well as those strange giant humanoid machines of theirs, before I could even get the chance to make him my ally! But, oh well, I can try again some other time! In the meantime, I better find a place to hide out and maybe even find some allies here while at it!" He said to himself. "Hmm, those multicolored humans most likely have enemies of their own, and there's no way I can go back to him, so I'll just look for whoever's facing these guys!" The figure said. "Of course, once I do find them, I might as well start planning my revenge against the people that caused my demise! Seriously, I look ridiculous as a Prinny! It's not even threatening enough to terrify a toddler!" He added in complaint. "But once I strike, everyone will fear me once again!" He said, laughing maniacally.

Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Great Lakes City...

We see three identical looking penguin-like entities, which looked like the penguin-like entity, albeit without the rooster-like comb, peacock feathers, and lighting bolt markings, and were all colored blue-and-white instead of black-and-white, all stuck head first in a dumpster before they all finally pulled themselves out of the garbage. "Oh, this is just great, dood! Not only did we lose the new guy after he escaped from Master Etna, but we are all trapped in an unknown world without any clue about how or where we're going to find him!" The first one complained. "Well, look on the bright side, dood! At least the garbage was soft enough to cushion our fall from that rift, dood! Otherwise, we would have exploded to oblivion, dood!" The second one said. "True, but I just wished that we landed on something much cleaner, dood! Seriously, Yuck, dood!" The first one complained. "Now, come on, you guys, we can't just all sit around in the garbage and do nothing, dood! After all, we're supposed to be looking for the new guy and bring him back to the castle, dood! Otherwise, Master Etna is going to blow a fuze, we all know what happens when she blows a fuze, right, dood?" The third one, who was clearly the leader of the trio, reminded, causing the other two shudder in fright. "Yeah, she'll severely punish us, dood! That's definitely one of the few downsides of being Prinnies, dood! Let's get searching, dood!" The first one said as the trio of penguin-like entities, now identified as Prinnies, hopped out of the dumpster and started wandering around the alleyway.

"We'd better be careful, dood! I'm sensing a lot of darkness in this city, dood!" The lead Prinny said. "Yeah, no kidding, dood!" The other two Prinnies said in agreement. Just then, they stumbled upon the hideout of the Street Cats, who were all taking a nap. "Aww!" The three Prinnies said. Of course, when the leader of the Street Cats, Mr. Wiggles, woke up upon hearing that, he spotted the three Prinnies and then let out a growling meow, waking up the rest of the Street Cats, who also growled at them. "Uh, nice kitties, dood?" The leader said, only for the cats to launch themselves at the Prinnies, causing them to scream in fright. "ZOINKS, DOOD!" The three Prinnies screamed as they were chased relentlessly by the Street Cats.

And That Was The Latest Chapter Of Kamen Rider LL! I Hope You Enjoyed It! Yes, Kamen Rider OOO Is Back! Only He's Been Downgraded To An Extra Rider, And So Will Shintomaru When He Regains The NeoDecadedriver. And Yes, It May Have Been Cheating To Introduce An Auxiliary Lucharanger In A Kamen Rider LL Chapter, But Don't Worry. Anyway, The Next Lucharanger Chapter Will Introduce The Next Auxiliary Lucharanger. Also, Who Is This Mysterious Figure? You'll Have To Stay Tuned To Find Out! Until Then, Read, Review, Favorite, And Follow!