Asuka dodged left and right from Another Agito's strike that was aimed at her vitals. Agito moved in to defend her, striking back with fists and kicks of his own. The Obelisk Queen then rushed in for a punch, to which Agito sensed and jumped to the side, only for Another Agito to catch her fist.
"You show potential, girl. But your morality holds you back from realizing it." Another Agito said, slowly twisting her arm.
"Ergh… I could say the same about you!" Asuka gritted, as she tried to twist her arm back to alleviate some of the pain, "You're crazy to think that morality can hold a person back any less than having none at all!" She then delivered a strong punt to the Another Rider's stomach. She then quickly leaped forward and delivered two kicks to the head, further stunning Another Agito.
"Grk…! Impudent wench!" Another Agito snarled, only for Agito to jump and continue the attack.
"Tsk, to think you share the same face as a friend. I won't let you tarnish his name!" Agito roared. "At least he was a better Rider than you'll ever be!" He then crouched down and the crest on his head fanned out. The symbol of Agito appeared below his feet, and was absorbed into them.
"I won't let you!" Another Agito shouted, rushing towards Agito.
It's then that Asuka suddenly felt something in her as she quickly performed a double palm thrust that caused a burst of flames to appear.
"H-Huh?!" Asuka looked surprised.
"Gahhhh!" Another Agito yelled in pain as the flames lingered on the impact zone, "The flames, they burn!"
"Tenjoin-san, you…" Agito said surprised.
"I… I don't know what I just did." she muttered before looking up and spotting the burst of electricity coming from Rex leaping into the air to land an Izuna Drop on Another Zi-O. "And it looks like I'm not alone."
Agito shook his head before focusing back on the burning Another Agito. He then jumped up and dived down for his Ground Kick. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He shouted, before the kick hit him on the chest, bouncing off of Another Agito and landing. He then slowly pivoted his body to face away from his counterpart. When his crest closed-
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
That was the end of Another Agito.
Asuka stared at the explosion for a moment, but then her peripheral vision warned her to leap out of the way as Another OOO and Another Ex-Aid made a beeline for her.
"You're a dead girl!" the corrupted Greed Another Rider declared.
"No she isn't!" Junko declared as she and Momoe got in between the two Another Riders, nodding to the other. She soon started off by drawing two cards, "I play Fusion to merge Amazoness Swords Woman and Amazoness Queen together!"
A huge Fusion vortex soon emerged as the two Another Riders stopped dead in their tracks.
"Empress of the Sisterhood, command those who resist against your authority to acknowledge your presence and bend the knee!"
Soon, a tanned muscular woman emerged from the vortex, wielding a large blade. She had wild white hair that was long with a skull of a deer on her forehead that acted as a crown. She wore a red cape that had bone shoulder armor spiking out, with a green bra over her chest and a tan skirt made of animal hide while wearing bandages on the wrists and legs that were adorned with little armor.
"Fusion Summon! Amazoness Empress!"
"Same here! I play Rahu Dragon Tail to merge Dragon Tail Lucias and Dragon Tail Fymena!" Momoe added as her monsters flew in next.
"Mages of the astral sky, unleash your magic to call forth the beast of the stars!"
Joining the queen was a large bipedal dragon with white and gold armor, two large claws that had large circles at the palm, a set of black segmented metal wings, and four large horns on its head.
"Fusion Summon! Dragon Tail Altharion!"
Asuka was surprised to see these two monsters as Junko and Momoe gave the Obelisk Queen a thumbs up.
"Might as well give them backup." Ex-Aid said, as he took out a Gashat that looked double in size compared to the other one. He pressed the button on the corner.
MIGHTY BROTHERS DOUBLE X!
The game screen appeared showing two characters that were similar to the pink character from Mighty Action X. But one character was orange while the other was green. After swapping his base Gashat out for this double-sized Gashat, he opened it up.
DOUBLE GASHATTO! GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!
MIGH-TY BROTHERS! FU-TA-RI DE HI-TO-RI! MIGH-TY BROTHERS! FU-TA-RI NO VICTORY! X!
After transforming back into an altered version of his Level 1 form, he closed up his driver.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai… Henshin!"
GACCHAN! DOUBLE UP!
O-RE GA OMAE DE! OMAE GA O-RE DE! WE ARE! MIGHTY MIGHTY BR-OTHE-RS (HEY!) DOUBLE X~!
To the shock of Asuka, Junko, and Momoe, Ex-Aid split into two versions of himself that sported the Level 1 face on opposite shoulders. Not only that, the body suits were opposite in 'hair' color. One suit was green while the 'hair' was orange and the other suit was orange while the 'hair' was green.
"Heh, surprised you're calling for me." The other Ex-Aid chuckled.
"It's a Rider War all over again. I'll need your help to clear this, Parad."
"Alright then." The other Ex-Aid said, before one of them produced the forms' signature weapon.
GASHACON KEY SLASHER!
"Now you're just cheating!" Another Ex-Aid snarled.
"Says you!" Both Ex-Aids shouted, before charging in at their counterpart, delivering a double slash before stepping out of the way of Amazoness Empress delivering her own slash attack. Afterwards, the three Obelisk Blue ace monsters teamed up for a triple attack, with Konohana and Empress taking turns attacking the three Another Riders at once before Altharion rammed the monsters with its horns.
"Your desire for peace will never come!" Another OOO shouted. "Why do you still hope for a species that never changes to gain sympathy for their fellow man?"
"That doesn't mean I won't seek it out until my dying breath!" OOO refuted.
"Hah! Of course you would! You accomplished that only to-" he stopped himself as he smirked, "No… no, I'll let you experience that yourself." He let out a menacing chuckle. Of course, his laughter would stop when the Obelisk ace monsters attacked again.
"Let's finish this!" OOO declared, before scanning his belt.
SCANNING CHARGE!
"Ready Parad?" Ex-Aid asked.
"Yeah!" The other Ex-Aid said, before taking off one of their Double Gashats and inserted it in the Gashacon Key Slasher.
DOUBLE GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
The two then entered their stance as the girls all gave the nod to their monsters to join in. OOO was the first to attack as he jumped up and dived down towards Another OOO with Konoha by his side.
"SEIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Once the two kicked through his Another Rider counterpart, Altharion grabbed Another Ex-Aid by the head and tossed him straight into the triple slash attack by both Ex-Aids and Amazon Empress.
MIGHTY BROTHERS CRITICAL~ FINI~SH!
Soon, the other two Another Riders all fell to the ground.
KAISHIN NO IPPATSU!
Afterwards, the elite S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts dissolved into foam before the girls' eyes.
"Is it… over?" Asuka asked.
"Yes. At least for this area of the battlefield." Agito said, before turning to the Obelisk Queen. "Let's help Kuromu out. He needs you."
"Right." Asuka nodded.
Another Kuuga began fighting Cyber End Dragon and Meteor Black Dragon, the three kaiju all letting out their roars at each other in a battle of intimidation.
"Should we even help them?" Kuuga asked Kiva.
"We should. The only people who can put those things down is us." The bat Rider said as he fought against his feminine Another Rider counterpart.
"Why defy your destiny of being ruled over by S.H.O.C.K.E.R? This world is flawed and needs to be perfected!" Another Kiva said.
"Because those flaws allow us to grow. We can't move forward if we don't learn to fail first!" Kiva refuted.
"Well said aibou!" Kivat approved. "And for that, this calls for some special dai-service!"
"You got it!" Kiva said, before pulling out three whistles, one blue, one green, and one purple. He then opened up Kivat's mouth to have him blow into each one in succession.
GARURU SABER!
BASHAA MAGNUM!
DOGGA HAMMER!
Soon, three balls of light quickly flew towards him and transformed his body. His right arm became blue and gained a fur-like shoulder pad as he grabbed the wolf-like blade, then after grabbing a merman-like gun, his left arm transformed into a deep green with a fish fin-shaped shoulder pad. Finally, on his back was a large Frankenstein monster-like hammer as the chest plate changed, becoming square-like
"Hmph, as if changing form will-" Another Kiva said, only for water bullets to hit her, spark flying off of her armor, staggering backwards. "Why you-!"
Meanwhile, Another Kuuga swung its arm at Cyber End Dragon, who smacked it away with one of its heads before firing its triple beam attack to force the kaiju Another Rider back.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Kuuga jumped over Cyber End Dragon and performed a Rider Kick, sending it staggering backwards, but it did little effect.
Another Kuuga roared, before continuing on the attack. "Humans don't deserve happiness!"
"Of course something that looks like a Grongi acts like one." Kuuga remarked as he got out of the way of an incoming tail swipe from Meteor Black Dragon. However, Another Kuuga grabbed its tail and swung him towards Cyber End Dragon, the former crashing into the latter.
"No! Meteor Black Dragon!" Fubuki cried out.
"How about I finish off you miserable lizards myself!" Another Kuuga snarled.
"Not while we're still here!" Ryo snapped.
"Then perhaps I should finish you two first!" Another Kuuga growled, turning to the two duelists.
"Both of you, get out of there!" Principal Samejima shouted.
As the Another Rider was prepared to attack the two Duelists, Meteor Black Dragon leaped onto Another Kuuga's back and bit a large chunk out of the Another Rider's body. Cyber End Dragon then used its three serpentine heads to wrap the Another Rider's body, in order to restrain him.
"Kuuga, now!" Ryo shouted.
After taking his stance, Kuuga leaped into the air right as Cyber End Dragon threw Another Kuuga up as hard as it could before firing its beams at him. Once Kuuga landed his Rider Kick through Another Kuuga, he slid down, Cyber End Dragon's middle head down to its tail like a rail.
"GRRRRRRRRAGH! THIS… ISN'T OVER…! HUMANITY WILL NEVER… BE HAPPY! ONLY DESPAIR AWAITS!" Another Kuuga yelled before-
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
Meanwhile, Kiva was overwhelming Another Kiva with attacks, dual wielding the sword and gun against Another Kiva's twisted versions of his weapons.
"Come on, relax…" the bat Another Rider cooed as she tried to stare into her Rider counterpart's eyes.
*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*
"Gyaaaaaaargh!" Another Kiva screeched in pain.
"Zan'nen deshita!" Kivat laughed. "You won't be able to charm my aibou that easily!"
"Let's end this!" Kiva called out.
"You got it!" Kivat said, before Kiva put the weapons away and pulled out another Fuestle for Kivat to blow into.
TATSULOT!
"Pyun, pyun, pyun, pyun, pyun! Tension Fortissimo!" The small dragon appeared and quickly attached itself to the hammer.
DOGGA FEVER!
"It's the bottom of the 9th inning! Bases loaded, three balls and two strikes!" Kivat announced. "Will aibou strike out or hit a grand slam!?"
After taking up a baseball stance, Kiva quickly pulled the trigger and hit the Another Rider as hard as he could.
*WHAM!*
"And he hits it! It's going! Going! GOIIIIIIIIING~?!" Kivat shouted as Another Kiva flew through the sky before-
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
"And it's a home run!" Kivat cheered.
"Nice!" Fubuki cheered.
"I suppose that takes care of that problem… for the moment." Samejima commented.
"And not a moment too soon." Ryo said, as they looked at a direction and saw those who had finished their battles, coming towards them to join up.
As the forces fought, the Kyoryugers fought against the S.H.O.C.K.E.R. grunts off while Kyoryu Red and Wizard fought together against Another Wizard. So far the match between them was even. But as time went on, it started to become more difficult to hold them off.
"If this keeps up, we'll be tired out." Wizard said.
"Then it looks like we'll have to bring in the big guns!" Kyoryu Red said, backing off for a moment as he reached for his buckle and brought out a battery in hand
"Brave In!"
He clicked it to activate the battery before throwing it out into the air.
GABURINCHO! GABUTY~RA!
From the sky, a red silhouette appears only to then slam down on top of many of the grunts, destroying them. It was a large, robotic T-Rex around the same size as Antique Gear Chaos Giant and Mobile Base with red and yellow coloring, and some strands of metal 'hair' on top. It roared loudly as it then began to easily stomp over the S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts with ease.
"Haha! Thanks as always, Gabuytra!" Kyoryu Red praised his partner as it gave a roar response in kind. "Think that's a good enough support, Wizard?"
"Definitely." Wizard chuckled.
"What is this?!" Another Wizard demanded.
"Something that you forget every human possess… Bravery!" Kyoryu Red smirked in response, charging back into the fray, "Ganretsu Punch!" He shouted out, striking the kaijin as the power of his attack literally sent him into the side of the volcano they were battling nearby.
"Oi oi. Careful. You want the volcano to erupt?" Wizard sweat dropped.
"Oops. My bad." The Red Sentai Leader flinched, scratching his 'head' with embarrassment.
"Grrrk… you are starting to annoy me…!" He said, before placing his hand over the SkeletonAuthor.
REWIND…
Another Wizard's body then wound back up to its previous state and placed his hand over his belt again.
GRAVITY…
All of a sudden, a heavy force brought them and the Kyoryugers to their knees.
"What-!" Kyoryu Black grunted.
"So… heavy…!" Kyoryu Pink moaned, trying to stand up.
"Can't… move…" Kyoryu Green got out.
"Someone help…!" Kyoryu Blue called.
"T-Think that'll… stop… me?!" Kyoryu Red howled out as he slowly began to stand back up, resisting the gravity spell placed on him.
"B-Bakana! How are you standing?!" Another Wizard questioned with shock.
"Because… we're the Kyoryugers! The 'Bravest' Sentai around! We're unbeatable!" The Red Sentai Leader declared, howling out loud as he took a step forward, attempting to reach the kaijin and stop his spell.
"King is right… We've faced our strongest foes and beat them… We can't let some pretender get the better of us!" Kyoryu Black stated, as he also began to slowly stand up.
"If you think… this will bring us down… think again!" Kyoryu Blue shouted, also making his stand.
"We're a Sentai, a team. Someone like you who is nothing but a fake, can't beat us." Kyoryu Green gritted his teeth as he made his stand as well.
"And when this is over? You'll regret facing us in the afterlife!" Kyoryu Pink declared as she too stood up, everyone resisting the gravity spell as it took the kaijin by surprise that mere humans could do this.
"Ikuze, minna!" Kyoryu Red shouted as each one took out another battery from their buckles and placed it into their guns.
"Armed On!"
METCHA MUCHO!
As they scrapped the gun cylinder against their arms, armor formed onto it along with weapons for each of them to use. They soon jumped out of the gravity spell and flung towards the enemy, as somehow a prehistoric jungle appeared around them.
"DriceLance!"
"ZakutorSlasher!"
"Stego Shield!"
"Parasa Shot!"
"Gabutyra Ganretsu Punch!"
Each Kyoryuger jumped in and attacked the corrupt Rider Kaijin, each one dealing powerful blows to the enemy as it soon lifted the gravity spell.
CHO II NE! KICK STRIKE! SAIKO~!
"Brave In!"
Kyoryu Red clicked another battery before tossing it into the air, soon all of their weapons combined into a large spear, as the four Kyoryugers held their arms together, allowing Kyoryu Red to jump off of them to grip the combined weapon.
KENTROSPIKER!
"Zyuden Brave Finish!" The Red Sentai Leader shouted out, tossing the spear at Another Wizard in time with Wizard's kick, charging up. Once Wizard had fire coating his foot, he ran doing a couple of flips before jumping up and diving down, kicking the spear to empower it with flames and kicked Another Wizard.
"Masaka!" Another Wizard shouted, creating a magic barrier to try and protect himself. But as the spear hit, it barely stopped as one crack shattered the barrier and pierced through the kaijin as it erupted into a fiery explosion, destroying him as the spear returned to Kyoryu Red.
"Brave da ze!" The Kyoryugers shouted in unison.
"Nice work all of you." Wizard thanked. "And thank you for your help."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Kyoryu Red shrugged, "Best get back to the others, eh? We'll clean things up here." He offered as Gabutrya easily chomped down on the last of the grunts, destroying the last forces that Another Wizard summoned up.
"You sure you don't want to stick around?" Wizard asked. "We could use more help."
"Who's to say we aren't? You'll see us again, soon enough." Kyoryu Black shrugged with a soft chuckle.
"Besides, our… contractor had the dates mixed up on enrollment." Kyoryu Green pointed out.
"Hah?" Wizard said, confused.
"Oh don't worry about it. Best get back to your friends, no?" Kyoryu Pink waved off.
"Good luck! Just don't become 'Kuro-ious'!" Kyoryu Blue said, making a terrible dad joke.
*WAPISH!*
"Ow!"
"No… just no…" Kyoryu Black shook his head in disappointment.
"Maa, maa. Let's move on! Get going, Wizard. And remember to keep being Brave da ze!" Kyoryu Red smirked behind his helmet, holding up a sideways peace sign to send the Kamen Rider off. With a nod, Wizard headed off to return back to Kuromu to deal with the final fight.
Once he was far enough away, everyone sighed with relief, before once again slapping Kyoryu Blue, making him drop to the ground.
"Jeez, Nosaan! You almost gave away our secret!" Kyoryu Pink scolded the blue warrior.
"G-Gomen! I just couldn't help myself!" Kyoryu Blue apologized.
"Matters not, we did what we were asked to do. Now we just need to help our new friend get ready for next year." Kyoryu Green said.
Kyoryu Red squealed like an energetic boy with excitement, "Next year is gonna be a blast! I can't wait for it either!"
The rest of them all nodded, as the Kyoryugers and Gabutyra faded into golden motes of light before flying away, as if being called back to somewhere in this world.
As Yukina, Kyoshiro, Chiyomi, and Akihiro clashed with the Another Riders, the Kururugi matriarch's hand hovered over her Extra Deck. She was ready to do something, but it was clear she didn't want to do it.
"Yukina, what's wrong?" Akihiro asked as he had Magnet Knight - Alpha block Another Blade's attack.
"It's…" Yukina trailed off.
Chiyomi was able to reach her, "It's okay Yukina, we need all the help we can get!"
Kyoshiro placed a reassuring hand on his wife's shoulder, "Yukina. It's fine. Do it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes! Hurry it up! I'm getting pinned down over here!" Akihiro cried out, as he and his Magnet Warriors were trying to fight off Another Dragreder that Another Ryuki had just summoned out.
Letting out a sigh, she lifted her hand into the air.
"Appear! Circuit of the swarm!" Yukina declared as a large circuit appeared, "Arrowheads confirmed! The requirement is two Insect monsters so I'll use Beetrooper Scout Buggy and Beetrooper Stingy Lance to set the Top and Bottom Link Arrows!"
The two insect monsters then turned into red energy shooting up into the sky and entering the arrows indicated.
"Great rhino knight, ride into battle and ram through my foes' defenses!"
From the circuit, a wireframe monster appeared before getting its textures, revealing a Japanese rhino beetle-like knight riding a green and silver-armored Japanese rhino beetle. Yukina's Duel Disk then activated an extra part that allowed her to place a digital blue card onto it as she declared for the first time…
"LINK SUMMON!"
"Fly in, Link-2! Beetrooper Armor Horn!"
Both Tenjoin parents were left in awe of the summoned monster.
"That's…" Chiyomi murmured.
"Incredible…" Akihiro finished.
And they weren't the only ones, as everyone had spotted the circuit from a mile away, and they were all in shock.
"Woah. That circuit… that felt like my speed." Rex gasped.
"What was that?!" Sho added.
"Was that… one of those new Summoning Techniques?" Rika wondered.
"I don't know, but that was one hell of a light show." Koji commented.
"But… who would-" Asuka got out, before the realization hit her. "Mrs. Yukina!"
"Madame Yukina summoned that?!" Annette gasped
"Sure looks like it!" Jun observed.
Back with Yukina and her group, Yukina gave out the command. "Beetrooper Armor Horn! Attack the Another Riders!"
At once, the beetle knight ordered its mount to run over the four Another Riders, freeing up both King's Knight and Magnet Warrior - Alpha.
"Insignificant humans!" Another Kabuto shouted. "You will never surpass us!"
ÇĽÕĈĶ ÛP!
The beetle Another Rider was ready to quickly move in to take their Duel Disks from them, but that was when he felt his Kamen Rider counterpart kick him back. "Stay out of my way!"
"I think not." Kabuto said, as he quickly gave a few slashes with his KunaiAxGun in its dagger mode.
"Grrrrrr… why must you protect these humans? They're insignificant and superfluous! Humans cannot change themselves! Humans are not needed!"
"Obaachan ga itte ita: Even in a world full with only enemies, there will always be someone you must protect." Kabuto quoted, as he continued the assault, sparks flying off his counterpart. "I choose to protect humanity because I deem it so. Humans can change. All life in this world… All life is lovely. You don't change the world for your own sake. If you change yourself… Only then will the world change. That is the Path of Heaven. And that path will lead to a bright future that we humans will grab with our own hands."
"Tsk, taking advice from an old bag. I'm not surprised that your so-called Path of Heaven is your own." Another Kabuto scoffed.
"Then you shouldn't be surprised when I'm about to take you down." Kabuto said.
1! 2! 3!
"Rider… Kick…"
RIDER KICK!
"Not so fast!" Another Kabuto snapped as he prepped his own Rider Kick.
ĈĽÕĈĶ ÛP!
^1!2!3!^
"Rider Kick!"
Říđêŕ Ķìćķ!
The two Rider Kicks clashed as they connected, sending both Kabuto back a bit.
ĈĻÔĈĶ ÕVËŘ!/CLOCK OVER!
Both stood there, staring each other down. But after what seemed like an eternity, Another Kabuto was the first to flinch and stagger as electricity coursed through their body.
"Gaaaaah! Arrrrrrgh! Eyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
Meanwhile Blade and Queen's Knight clashed their blades against Another Blade putting them in a deadlock.
"Tsk, you know. You Duelists and I are the same; using others to fight your battles for you." Another Blade scoffed.
"You're wrong!" Kyoshiro spat. "We support one another through good times and bad! A Duelist builds his Deck with his favorites from many types of cards, but sometimes it's the other way around where the cards choose the Duelist! They are connected and the Duelist can tap into their Deck's true power and become stronger together!"
"That's a load of crap and you know it!" Another Blade snapped as he broke the deadlock and slashed Blade and Queen's Knight away, "You people are nothing without those cards! You're useless!"
Jack's Knight dashed in and slashed downward, only for Another Blade to block his weapon as well.
"Oi, Kyoshiro! Time to power up!" Akihiro called out.
"Right!" Kyoshiro nodded before drawing a card. "I play Royal Straight! This sends my King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight to the Graveyard to Special Summon a favorite of mine!"
As the three knights brought their swords together, they quickly flew into the sky as nodes of light.
"Land the winning blind with the power of the king, queen, and jack, knight of the arcane!"
The nodes of light fused into one node of white light before dropping down to the ground, and crashing afterwards. The white light faded to reveal the new knight in its place, slowly standing up from the ground.
The knight wore seafoam green armor, a large helmet that had a faux face on it and fake yellow hair, a red cape, and a large sword.
"Jackpot! Go, Royal Straight Slasher!"
"Now, I release Magnet Warriors Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to Special Summon their combined form!" Akihiro called out as the magnets began to break apart and reform.
"Magnetic golems of the north and south, energize your power into a united front!"
The parts of the Magnet Warriors then reformed themselves into one large magnet warrior.
"Energize! Magnet Warrior - Valkyrion!"
"I'll be sure to melt the hunk of metal!" Another Hibiki snarled using his kanabō drum stick, lighting them up and sending fire towards the magnet warrior.
"Valkyrion, polarize those flames and redirect them!" Akihiro commanded.
Using its magnet blade, Valkyrion quickly manipulated the flames right back at the oni Another Rider. While the oni Another Rider was distracted by the reflected attack, Royal Straight Slasher dashed in and delivered a slash attack that sent Another Hibiki to the ground in pain.
"Aki-kun!" Kyoshiro called out.
"Right! Let's finish this!" Akihiro nodded as Hibiki tossed out a disc that transformed into a large Taiko drum; trapping Another Blade and Another Hibiki while the oni Rider began to play rapidly.
SLASH! THUNDER!
The holograms of Slash Lizard and Thunder Deer appeared behind Blade and was absorbed into the BlayRouzer.
LIGHTNING SLASH!
"Full House Cutter!/Magnet Saber!"
After getting out of the way, Hibiki signaled for Blade and the two combined monsters to slice through both Another Riders, causing them to be sent flying before they exploded.
"Heh, you crapped out." Kyoshiro grinned.
*WAPISH!*
"Ow!"
"No more card jokes out of you!" Akihiro scolded after whacking the Kururugi patriarch on the head.
Meanwhile, Another Ryuki and Another Dragredder were easily fighting against Ryuki, Dragredder, and Armor Horn. When the corrupted dragon tried to fire out its fire breath to cook the monsters, Aqua Angel fired out a ball of water to clash with the flames, creating steam that covered the battlefield.
"Hmph! You're bound to tire out sooner or later." Another Ryuki scoffed. "And when you do, I'm going to enjoy burning you all alive!"
"Not while I'm alive!" Chiyomi then took a deep breath as she recalled how Yukina performed her Link Summon and lifted her hand into the air, "Appear! Circuit of the stars!"
As the circuit was starting to materialize, she could tell that her Duel Disk was starting to get hotter and hotter processing this new data.
"Chiyomi-chan, wait!" Yukina called out. "Your Duel Disk can't handle that much data!"
"R-Right!" Chiyomi said as she quickly dismissed the Link Circuit, "I guess I wanted to try it myself. But, that doesn't mean I can't Special Summon!" She then drew an extra card, "I play Trickstar Fusion to merge Trickstar Candida and Trickstar Lychoris!"
A swirling vortex appeared in the air and the two divas went into it.
"This just in! A rockstar has arrived on stage to enchant the world with her music!"
Descending onto the field was a lady with wild spiky hair wearing an extravagant red and purple hair band. She wore a halter top with the same colors that connected to her purple skirt that faded to white at the tips while wearing purple stockings and darker purple boots that were thigh high. Two pairs of white blade-like wings were on her back and were equipped with two drumsticks, where the handles were heart-shaped and had bows at the hilt.
"Fusion Summon! The spotlight's on you! Trickstar Band Drumatis!"
"Alright, let's finish him off together, Chiyomi-chan, Shinji-san!" Yukina called out.
"Right!" Ryuki said, before drawing a card and inserting into the DragVisor.
FINAL VENT!
"You'll never survive!" Another Ryuki shouted as he prompted Another Dragreder to go up as he jumped up with his dragon. However, before he could reach the apex of his jump, Another Ryuki was rammed in the stomach by Armor Horn, while Another Dragredder was disoriented by Drumatis' slamming both drum sticks onto its head.
Ryuki took this chance to jump up, while Dragreder flew alongside him, circling around as Ryuki corkscrewed in the air, before righting himself up. Dragreder now behind him, screeched its iconic roar as he spewed flames on Ryuki while diving down.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The incoming Rider Kick quickly went through both Another Ryuki and Another Dragredder, flying past Armor Horn's rider and landing safely on the ground.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! This… This isn't the end! This world… will continue to fight until there's no one left! Mark my woooooooords!"
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
The already defeated grunt began to dissolve in mid-air until only the broken piece of the Anotherwatch fell to the ground, shattering after.
"Good riddance." Akihiro sighed.
"Yeah, this was a tough one." Kyoshiro agreed.
"Okaa-san! Otou-san!" Asuka's voice called out, as the adults all looked to see the students and staff with their monsters and the other Kamen Riders approaching them.
"Asuka! Fubuki!" The two Tenjoin parents cheered.
The Tenjoin siblings then rushed towards their parents to embrace each other.
"Are you two okay?" Akihiro asked.
"We're fine but…" Asuka then looked surprised, noticing the new monsters, "Okaa-san, where's your Deck? I thought you brought it with you."
"Um… well, funny you should say that…" Chiyomi said nervously. "I…"
"Worry about that later," Yukina cut in. "We need to find Kuromu. He needs to be given this." She said, holding up the briefcase for everyone to see. She then noticed the lingering flames on Asuka's hands, and the occasional crackle of electricity from Rex's legs. "Asuka-chan, Rex-kun… your hands and legs…"
"What?" Rex asked before noticing the electricity on his legs, "The heck? This never happened before." He briefly panicked before noticing he wasn't getting zapped by the electricity.
"That doesn't look like normal static." Sho observed.
"Ah! Asuka-chan, your hands are on fire!" Rika panicked, now noticing the flames just as the Obelisk Queen did the same.
"Huh? Ah!" Asuka waved her hands, but she noticed something about those flames, "Wait… it doesn't hurt…"
"Hold still, you two." Yukina said, as she approached with her Duel Disk.
"Whoa, that's futuristic." Koji commented.
"She is from another world, after all." Misawa commented.
After Yukina scanned the pair with her Duel Disk, the display showcased the flame and circuit symbols.
"I knew it… Asuka-chan, you have Ritual Duel Energy within you." Yukina said. "And Rex, you have Link Duel Energy."
"Huh?!" The two gasped.
"Che cosa?!" Instructor Chronos gawked. "What does that mean?!"
"It likely means that you two must have had some contact with pure Duel Energy before." She theorized, "Tell me, what significant event do you two remember?"
"Well, I nearly got struck by lightning as a kid. After that? I got really, really fast." Rex recalled.
"…you became The Flash?" Sho quipped, now knowing why the mutt was so fast.
"That's what my friends joked to me." The mutt confirmed.
"I see…" Yukina observed, "What about you, Asuka-chan?"
"I remember trying to cook for Nii-san's birthday. For some reason, the heat never bothered me after I nearly burned myself when starting up the stove." She recalled.
"You burnt the karaage to a crisp…" Fubuki deadpanned. "Pitch black if I may add."
That earned a pouting glare from his sister.
"Least Judai and I are in good company when it comes to being crap cooks." Rex quipped.
"Ritual fire and circuit electricity…" Yukina murmured to herself, "Maybe something happened during those moments to energize you two with Duel Energy?"
"But how? At that point, neither of us were Duelists." Asuka questioned.
"It wouldn't matter." Yukina shook her head. "Duel Monsters have been around since the time of the Ancient Egyptians perhaps even longer than that, so it stands to reason that Duel Energy used to be abundant back then. And now, only traces of its energy remain on this world due to the passage of time."
"So they nearly getting hurt was what allowed them to harness Duel Energy?" Koji asked, recalling that similar detail between their stories.
"Their incidents may have been coincidental and unintentional, but that seems to be the case." Yukina said.
"That's… that's the most incredible thing I've ever heard." Misawa said, amazed.
"Agreed. Who would've thought that something so rare could given them such abilities?" Ryo mused.
"So now what? We got superpowers now?" Rex asked.
"In a sense. For the moment, try not to do anything that would set them off." Yukina advised.
"Which means no more running for you." Jun teased, earning a glare from Rex.
"Oh ha ha, very funny."
"Er-hem!" Samejima interrupted. "Not to be that person, but we shouldn't tarry here any longer. We need to assist Judai and Kuromu."
"Right!" The students realized as they quickly made their way towards where the last of Oogumo's forces were.
"Woah! That looked so cool!" Judai cheered after seeing the Link Circuit Yukina had summoned.
"Oi, Hero-boy! No time to gawk! Help me out here, will ya?!" Den-O snapped.
"Oh, right! Let's go Terra Wingman!" Judai called out as the powered up burning HERO fired several shots before launching an energy slash afterwards, heavily damaging Another Den-O.
"Grrrr… damn punk!" Another Den-O snapped.
"Oi, oi, worry about me bakayaro!" Den-O said, attempting to slash his counterpart with his DenGasher, only to be blocked.
"Still hiding behind your demons, weakling?" Another Den-O laughed, addressing Ryotaro directly.
"Hey, your fight's with me!" Den-O snapped.
"Hah! Just as I thought! You let those freaks fight for you instead of yourself? How pathetic and cowardly of you. Grow a pair and face me like a man!"
Ryotaro snarled as the Another Rider continued flinging insults his way.
"Oi Ryotaro, don't let him get to your head! He's just talking out of his ass!" Momotaros told Ryotaro.
"I know. That's exactly why I'm angry." Ryotaro said, before Den-O broke the deadlock and slashed Another Den-O hard, sending the latter backwards.
"Judai, tell Kuromu we need to go Final Form!" Den-O called out.
"Uhhhhh… a bit busy right now!" Judai said, as he dodged an attack from Another Decade. "Whoa! Hey! Watch it!" He said, continuing to dodge and or have Terra Wingman run interference, "Winged Kuriboh, think you can do it?"
"Kuri! Kuri!" Winged Kuriboh saluted before flying off.
During the battle, Decade and Another Decade continued to lock blades, the Another Rider laughing as he did.
"To think, our leader has revived the very monsters you gave your life to destroy." Another Decade taunted him, "How sad must it be to have all your efforts be for nothing?"
"As long as people still remember me, that means I can come back as much as I want to stop them. No matter how stupid I'll look!" Decade refuted.
"Hah! And all you'll be doing is cursing yourself to eternity if you keep on doing that!" Another Decade laughed as he continued his assault. "And that Narutaki fellow will not stop hounding you until you're dead!"
"Guess he and I are in agreement then." He chuckled before kicking the Another Rider away.
"Oryaaaaaaaah!"
"Haaaaaaaah!"
FINAL VENT!
EXCEED CHARGE
"Kibojutsu: Rekkadan!"
RIDER KICK!
Another Decade looked up to see Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Hibiki, and Kabuto flying straight for him in preparation for a Quadruple Rider Kick.
With a smirk, Decade got behind his Another Rider counterpart and kicked him in the back of the head. He then took out his card, opening the DecaDriver and inserting it in before closing it.
FINAL FORM RIDE! ALL R-R-R-RIDERS!
At once, The Riders that attacked transformed into the Kuuga Gouram, Agito Tornador, Ryuki Dragreder in addition to the original, Hibiki Ongekiko, and ZECTer Kabuto. Decade then leaped into the air, activating his finisher.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! D-D-D-DECADE!
After Decade's symbol locked Another Decade down, the five transformed Riders all dived down for all huge aerial assault one after another, crashing into the Another Rider. Decade came in last, as his Final Attack Ride cards appeared in front of him, kicking Another Decade, sending the latter flying before exploding.
Meanwhile, Winged Kuriboh flew straight for Kuromu, who was dodging and kicking away several SHOCKER grunts.
"
Kuri kuri!" He chirped to the Rider Duelist.
"Huh? Winged Kuriboh?" Kuromu blinked.
"Kuri, Kuri! Kuri!"
"He's saying that Den-O needs a Final Form boost." Philip said.
"Got it." Kuromu nodded, before he drew a card and played. "I play Final Henshin! Upgrading Den-O to Liner Form!"
Back at the other battle…
Den-O heard the familiar train whistle. The DenKamen Sword appeared in Den-O's hand. "Oi, Ryotaro!"
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Ryotaro said, before Den-O took the pass and inserted it in the back of
the blade.
LINER FORM!
Soon, Den-O evolved into his Liner Form, which meant that now Ryotaro was in full control.
"Hah! As if a final form will-"
*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*
"GAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Another Den-O shouted in pain when Den-O slashed him three times with the DenKamen Sword, sparks flying off.
"Don't you ever shut up?!" Ryotaro snapped. "I'm getting real tired of your taunting!"
Momotaros was surprised, 'Glad he grew a backbone in the years we've all been apart.'
"Momotaros, we're finishing this! NOW!"
"Got it!" Momotaros affirmed.
"Ryotaro's mad…" Ryuutaros mumbled.
"Ah~ah, so it would seem." Urataros agreed. "He's really grown since then."
"His strength is gonna make everyone cry with that attitude." Kintaros gruffed.
URA ROD!
KIN AX!
RYUU GUN!
MOMO SWORD!
As all four tunes of the Imagin's forms played at the same time. An astral projection of the DenLiner came flying in and Den-O jumped on the tracks in front of it.
"Hissatsu waza! Railway Liner Spike!"
"YOU ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING COOL!" The Taros cried out.
He then sliced through the Another Rider counterpart as Another Den-O cried out in pain. He stood for a while, before electricity crackled throughout his entire body before falling to his knees and exploding afterwards.
"Never insult me or my friends, ever again." Ryotaro snarled.
"Hey you guys, you made it!" Judai cheered as he saw everyone had regrouped.
PRISM! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"Uh-oh, sounds like Kuro needs help." Judai said.
That was when Yukina gave Asuka the briefcase, "Here. You two need to get this to him at any cost. It's the only thing that can hopefully stop Oogumo."
"Guess we're on." The mutt said as he picked Asuka up and quickly ran as fast as he could.
Earlier…
"Grah!" Kuromu cried out as he got tackled to the ground by some S.H.O.C.K.E.R grunts, who were mobbing him and trying to rip his deck or Duel Disk off of him. They did succeed in snagging some cards from the wing but..
"RIDER KICK!"
Ichigo kicked them and allowed the Rider Duelist to get them back and place them back on his Duel Disk.
"Daijoubu ka, shonen?" Ichigo asked.
"This isn't the only time I've been trampled. I can handle it." Kuromu reassured him.
"Teme~!" W snarled as he and Another Double stared one another down.
"Heh, relying on others. What a joke! The only one you should trust is yourself and that's it!"
"That could only get you so far," Philip said.
"So what? I've done great on my own! I don't need anyone else!" Another Double laughed. But then he was suddenly punched by… Kuromu?! And right on the jaw no less.
"That was your limit to begin with!" Kuromu snapped. "There will be times that there will be something far greater than ourselves that we can't do things alone! The only reason the Riders can do things on their own, is because they had the support of others! No matter how big or small they can contribute to the cause of a greater good, the bonds we share as humans are stronger than ever!"
"Damn it, who do you think you are?" Another Double snapped.
"I'm a student kicking your ass with a children's card game!" Kuromu said, before taking out a card. "I activate Final Form Kamen Ride!" He said, before he activated, and his hands developed an aura. "Shotaro-san, Philip-san. Chotto kusuguttai zo."
"Eh? EH?! No, no, no, no! Wait, wait, wait!" Shotaro cried out, before Kuromu got behind W and placed his hands on their spine and started pulling the two-in-one Rider apart. "Ahhhhhhhh, not this again!"
As W became Cyclone-Cyclone and Joker-Joker, something was different. Namely, their drivers were completely different, resembling variants of the WDriver with only one slot for GaiaMemories.
CYCLONE!
JOKER!
"Dammit, this ain't Mortal Kombat!" Shotaro snapped at Kuromu.
"Interesting, I'm sure you only had one Lost Driver." Phillip posited
"Che, as if that will stop me!" Another Double shouted, before charging at the three. But the two Riders, Cyclone and Joker, performed a double lariat to knock him to the ground. Kuromu ran up and lifted his leg to perform an axe kick, but Another Double got out of the way in the nick of time. But that didn't stop Kuromu from continuing the assault.
"Oi, Phillip! Let's end this!" Joker called out.
CYCLONE: MAXIMUM DRIVE!
JOKER: MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"Here's one for good measure!" Kuromu shouted, doing a roundhouse to Another Double's face, making him stagger. By the time he recovered, it was too late, as he looked up and saw Cyclone and Joker. As the winds carried them up, Cyclone landed a Rider Kick while Joker landed a Rider Punch.
"Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Another Double yelled in pain as he was sent flying. When Cyclone and Joker landed safely, Another Double got up, and a white line of light emerged from the middle of his body. He cried out in pain, before he was split apart and upon falling to the ground, green and black smoke plumed before exploding into flames.
"Whew… That… should be the last one." Kuromu sighed in relief.
But then a blur suddenly knocked Shotaro and Philip away and it grabbed Kuromu by the neck.
It was Oogumo and he was not happy. "Enough of these games!" He roared as he tore the Duel Disk off of the Rider Duelist's arm and tossed it aside.
"Kuromu!" Shotaro and Philip called out, and unfortunately, they turned into spirit forms after Oogumo ripped the Duel Disk away from Kuromu. They can't do anything.
"Shounen!" Ichigo called out as he attempted to rescue Kuromu, but Oogumo sent a wave of dark energy, sending Ichigo to the ground, tumbling.
"You have been a thorn in my side for the last time." He snarled as he tightened his grip around Kuromu's neck. "Time and time again, you ruined my plans… all of this… none of this would happen if you-"
"Shut… the hell… up…!" Kuromu snarled, trying to break free, gripping Oogumo's wrist with his hands.. "We both know… that you would've screwed with us, regardless whether or not you had those plans… and besides… you destroyed your plans yourself… when you zapped me and Asuka… in front of Daitokuji-sensei…!"
"I'll find another way. But first, I'll make sure you've drawn your last! Pathetic! Card!" The mouthless cyclops roared, punctuating each word with a squeeze of his neck, before focusing another ball of dark energy… and aiming it straight for Kuromu's Duel Disk. "Those Riders are bound to their cards, yes? Once I destroy them, they'll be sent back to the Rider World where Hell awaits them!"
"No… don't… ack!" Kuromu choked.
"Asuka! Fastball Special!"
"Wha-!" Oogumo quickly found himself punched in the face, making him stumble, involuntarily letting go of and dripping Kuromu to the ground before crying out, "The flames! Why won't they go out!"
"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!" Kuromu coughed out, regaining much needed air, being on all-fours, while holding his throat. "COUGH, COUGH, COUGH, COUGH, COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!"
He looked up and saw Asuka standing over him while Rex helped summon W back to the field.
"Kuro!" Asuka gasped, kneeling on one knee next to him, while holding him.
"COUGH, COUGH, I'm fine…" Kuromu panted heavily. "More importantly… since when can you make fire from your hands?" He asked incredulously.
"It's a recent development." She told him before giving the Rider Duelist the briefcase.
"What's this…?" He pondered.
"Mrs. Yukina told me to give this to you."
"Eh? Kaa-san and Tou-chan are here? They're back?" Kuromu gasped.
"Yeah. I think you should open it before I'm mince meat!" Rex yelped as he zipped in and out of the way of Oogumo's attacks.
"Wait, how did Rex get faster?" The Rider Duelist asked, as it was clear that the mutt's speed had become greater than he knew it.
"KUROMU!" A voice shouted. Everyone stopped what they're doing and turned their attention towards the source of the voice as he saw his parents, Asuka's parents, and his friends, alongside the other Kamen Riders.
"Kaa-san! Tou-chan, everyone!" Kuromu said.
"So… the good doctor returns…" Oogumo spat, finally keeping his attention away from the mutt. "Perfect. You're just in time to watch your son die, Dr. Shiryuu!"
"Then you'll have to expect that somewhere else… KUROMU! These are for you!" His father shouted before tossing a Deck box to the Rider Duelist as hard as he could, to which his son caught.
"Open the briefcase!" Yukina called out.
Kuromu nodded, before doing so. However, upon opening it, what Kuromu saw shocked him. "Hold on- what- is this what I think it is?" He gasped, looking back at his mother for confirmation.
"No way…" Asuka breathed out, seeing it as well.
"It took some time, but we were able to finish the first one. This is just for you, and you alone!"
Kuromu looked at his mother for a moment longer before taking the items out of the briefcase.
Inside were two things.
The first was a golden rectangular device with what looked to be a touch screen, alongside an empty compartment that looked like it could hold a Deck. There was also a card scanner on the top. It showed several exposed circuitry tracing along the entire device as two small energy disc-blades appeared on the top and bottom of it. The screen showed none other than the Millenium Eye in the center of it.
Then there was the card. It looked nothing like the Duel Monster cards he was used to, the reverse side of the card was silver, but there was a metallic golden logo that depicted a Rider helmet. Looking at the face of the card, the picture and card text box was bordered by gold, and the Attribute logo was dark enough to differentiate the gold border to indicate that it was LIGHT-Attribute. One other key difference was that there was no Level, as well as no ATK or DEF points.
"What is that?!" Oogumo demanded.
"That… is my creation, my Magnum Opus: The Duel Driver! It will put an end to your terror. Kuromu, use it and end this monster's ambitions!"
"Right!" Kuromu nodded. He looked at the device briefly, then looked back at S.H.O.C.K.E.R Leader. "You're going down, Oogumo!" He shouted, before placing the device on his waist. A metallic shot out from both sides attaching it to his body.
DUEL DRIVER!
Afterwards he opened up the Deck Box and inside was a Deck of cards similar to the Transformation Card, all sporting the same card format. He placed the Transformation Card on top of the Deck, then inserted it in the Deck Holder.
DECK SET: TRANSFORMATION!
Suddenly, what sounded like an electric guitar mixed with a type of Egyptian flute sound playing soon rang out from the device, to Kuromu's confusion. But he paid it no mind. He drew the top card from the device, while posing with his left arm in front of him, as if he were holding a Duel Disk, then rapidly swung his right arm towards his left until it was up in the air, while holding the card.
"HENSHIN!"
Finally, he inserted the card onto the card scanner, causing the screen to display the symbol for a Transformation Summon.
SUMMON: KAMEN RIDER DUELER!
The small holographic projector just above the screen produced a hard light projection of the Kuromu's Transformation Card, pulling back towards the user and materializing a black bodysuit made with nanotechnology alongside a set of gold-colored wireframes.
A golden glow appeared around him before coalescing into a helmet before the Rider Duelist. After grabbing and placing the helmet on, the helmet transformed and created the rest of his armor.
He was soon clad in a black bodysuit, with silver armor that had gold accents on it. The front chest plate resembled the blade of the Battle City Duel Disk while there was a smaller Duel Disk attached to his right arm guard. The boots were mainly silver while the wrists and ankles had a golden ring around them with the same Millennium Eye in the center of the rings. The helmet had two large, blue compound eyes with some silver on the side of it and what looked to be the classic Duel Disk, Life Point counter with a red gem in the center, two large antennas, and gold on the top and sides of the mouth guard.
IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D-DUEL!
Ichigo managed to regain his footing and when he looked up, a shocked expression etched behind his mask. "Shounen… omae…!"
"That… is… awesome!" Judai cheered.
"No way…" Sho gasped in shock. "Kuro's a… a… he's…!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" An eccentric man declared, holding up a birthday cake that was adorned with cake toppers that had seven flowers made out of icing, each one with a different color of gold, blue, dark blue, purple, white, black, and green. "How wonderful! A new hero is born!"
"HE'S A KAMEN RIDER!" Rika, Koji, and Rex exclaimed, before everyone else started reacting to this new change, expressing shock and awe.
"Woah…" Shotaro muttered.
"How very interesting…" Philip mused.
"Haruto-san, are you seeing this?! Are you seeing this?!" Fourze exclaimed, shaking Wizard excitedly.
"Yeah I see it!" Wizard cried out.
"Well I'll be! The kid's a Rider now!" Kivat laughed.
"Pyun pyun~! He is!" Tatsulot agreed.
"Belt-san, this is…" Drive muttered.
"A new Rider is born in our ranks." Krim said, showing his happy emoji.
"Obaa-chan ga itte ita: 'People become stronger through adventures.'" Kabuto quoted. "He's truly become strong and is now fulfilling his destiny."
"He became a trump card." Blade added.
"And realizing his full potential." Agito said, before chuckling, "I'm also not the only Primary Rider that's gold armored anymore."
"My apprentice…" Silent Magician smiled softly, as she appeared, having witnessed the transformation for herself.
"Sir Kuromu," Minerva said, as she too appeared to see it.
Decade checked his Ride Booker as it showed three Rider Cards that appeared for Dueler. His Kamen Ride card and his subsequent Final Form and Final Attack Ride cards. He smirked behind his helmet. "Looks like this world got its Kamen Rider."
Zi-O nodded in agreement before noticing a new Ridewatch appearing for him, one that was silver with a red dial and button, the top showcasing Dueler's symbol and on the bottom, the year 2004. But afterwards, the watch disappeared. "Huh, that's weird…"
"Whoa…" Kuromu, or rather Dueler, muttered as he looked down at himself in this new armor.
"Heh… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Oogumo howled with laughter, the S.H.O.C.K.E.R leader cackling at such a ridiculous idea. "You, of all things to create with your genius intellect, built a Rider Belt?!"
"What better way to make you seethe in anger and shock again, than a Rider being created due to your own failure." Kyoshiro smirked.
"Hah! As if that will make any difference!" Oogumo snarked.
"Oh it will." Dueler said, "After what you did to me, my friends, and especially my family… you're going to pay for EVERYTHING!"
"If Ichigo, Decade and OOO couldn't put me down for good, what makes you t
hink you can?" The S.H.O.C.K.E.R Leader questioned.
"I may not be able to put you down since you can't truly die… but I can certainly kick you out of my world!" Dueler said, before approaching Oogumo, then ran towards him.
"As if that can do anything to me now!" The cyclops monster proclaimed, before glowing a dark aura and unleashing it, prompting Dueler to briefly stop in his tracks. When the dark aura dispersed, it revealed that his head had changed. It now had snakes wrapped around his head covering that one eye.
"Oh hail nah! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!" Koji cried out, hiding behind Rika.
"What's with you?" Rex asked, confused.
"You already know I hate snakes!"
As the true face of the S.H.O.C.K.E.R Leader was revealed, the cyclops unraveled the snakes that were wrapped around his head as they lunged to bite, inject venom, or strike at the new Rider. Dueler rushed in dodging or smacking the snakes away, before managing to land a few punches to the now Medusa-like cyclops. Oogumo slid back a few feet from the impact of the last punch.
The S.H.O.C.K.E.R Leader hissed and growled as the snakes curled up and began moving around as what looked to be a fireball was forming in front of the eye of the cyclops kaijin.
"Kuromu, use the Duel Deck!" Yukina called out. "Draw a card and use it!"
"Eh? H-Hai!" Kuromu said, before drawing a card from his Duel Deck. The card in question depicted a straight-edge Duel Disk blade that was black with a red edge. And the disk of this weapon was a hilt where the Duel Deck can be inserted. He looked down at the card slot on top of his Driver and inserted it in, the touch screen revealing the card art.
EQUIP: DUEL BLADE!
The Duel Disk attachment on his arm soon changed into the black and red disk from the card as the blade grew and extended as he reeled his arm back and thrust it upward, sending an energy slash at the kaijin as it not only cut some of the snakes off but stopped the fireball from being fully conjured.
"Grahhhhhhhhhh!" Oogumo roared in anger, as the fireball exploded in his face.
"Incredible…" Misawa said in awe.
"Give him hell, Kuro!" Rika shouted out to help boost her friend's confidence in the fight.
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Dueler roared as he charged in at the snake cyclops.
The S.H.O.C.K.E.R Leader growled as he sent smaller fire balls to try and push back the new Rider. But once he was close, the snakes lunged out, wrapping around him and attempting to squeeze the life out of Dueler.
"Let's see you get out of this one, boyo!"
"Kuro!" His friends cried out.
"Errrrrgh…" Dueler grunted as he managed to draw another card from his Duel Driver. This card's art was a Summon Card, and this one depicted a version of Ichigo which resembled an actual grasshopper-human hybrid. Struggling, he managed to place it on the monster zone of his Duel Blade.
SUMMON: RIDER AIDE - BATTAMAN!
At that instance, that same grasshopper-human hybrid monster appeared from a golden portal, jumping out of it and diving down a Rider Kick to Oogumo's face, causing the snake cyclops to reel in pain, involuntarily letting Kuromu loose.
"Battaaaaaaaaa!"
"Whew, looks like he's got some little buddies too!" Judai cheered.
"That creature looks like you." Decade commented towards Ichigo.
"I'm flattered, if I must be honest." The grasshopper Rider chuckled.
"Insolent vermin!" Oogumo snarled, after recovering from being attacked.
"So you're a Rider Aide, huh?" Dueler mused. "Name's Kuromu, nice to meetcha."
"Batta, batta!"
"Likewise." Dueler nodded, before looking at the snake cyclops. "Alright Battaman, let's take down this bastard once and for all."
"Battaaaa!" Battman shouted, before the two charged in, with the latter landing several rapid kicks onto the eyeless cyclops while Dueler ran Oogumo through with his sword. He then drew another card, this time of a humanoid dragonfly.
SUMMON: RIDER AIDE - TONBOMAN!
Coming out from a golden portal was a hybrid of a dragonfly-human hybrid, its head with that of a dragonfly being red and white with the actual thorax for headwear and the rest of it, being an insect-like human body.
"Tonboooo!"
"It reminds me of the Meganeura Dopant we fought a while back." Philip observed.
"Ugh, don't remind me… that guy was a pain in the ass." Shotaro groaned.
With its high speed, Tonboman was able to dodge each of Oogumo's snakeheads before kicking him in the eye, earning a high five from his fellow Rider Aide.
"That cyclops is really getting his ass kicked." Jun grinned.
"Of course he is, he's the bad guy after all!" Fubuki added with a smile of his own.
"You insignificant little ants!" Oogumo roared.
"Insignificant we may be, even something small can make a huge impact!" He said, before drawing two cards. These cards were Battle Cards, depicting W's LunaMetal form attack and Battaman and Tonboman attacking a monster from different sides.
"And what an impact it will make!" He said, revealing the face of the card before inserting it into the Duel Driver.
BATTLE: PINCER ATTACK!
BATTLE: METAL ILLUSION!
Tonboman quickly flew around Battaman fast enough to lift him into the air via a tornado, before the two Rider Aides dived down quickly. Oogumo defended himself with the snakes, but the two Rider Aides split up and delivered their attacks from different sides.
Dueler then rushed in and slashed Oogumo multiple times, sparking flying out as the latter staggered backwards. He then raised his arm in the air and the hard light projector above the Duel Terminal produced an almost exact replica of the Metal Shaft in his hand, which became stretchable. Kuromu spun around the Metal Shaft to produce seven rings of golden energy. "METAL ILLUSION!" he shouted, swinging the Metal Shaft on the rings, sending them flying towards Oogumo.
The cyclops roared in pain as the energy rings exploded on impact. Even though he was damaged, he was still standing.
"He's almost there." Ryo smirked.
"Go Kuro!" Judai cheered.
"You can do it!" Sho shouted.
"Kick his scaly ass!" Rex yelled.
Jun called out, "Take him down!"
"Do it for Daitokuji-sensei!" Misawa said.
After dismissing the two Rider Aides, Kuromu rushed towards Oogumo and the two began exchanging blows with punches and kicks.
"How is this possible?!" Oogumo demanded, as he kept on the defense, parrying and blocking Dueler's strike. "I'm better than you in every sense! I'm the leader of S.H.O.C.K.E.R!"
"Thar never stopped Hongo-senpai!" Dueler called out as he used palm strikes, punches, roundhouse kicks, any form of attack to catch him off balance. "I'll never stop fighting for what's right! I don't care how many times I have to kick your ass to make that point!"
He quickly fired off a few rapid punches before socking Oogumo directly in the eye. While the mouthless cyclops was stunned, Dueler delivered a strong punt to the stomach that was followed up by a shoulder check.
"I will keep on fighting for those who can't fight for themselves! I protect those who are dear to me! Oryahhhh!" He then punched Oogumo so that he slid back to gain distance. "And I will especially protect this world and the peoples' smiles so they can live their lives in earnest! And for those you've killed prior to this… especially for those who gave their lives to stop you… I will not let their sacrifices be in vain!"
"DAMN BRAAAAAAAAAT!" Oogumo shouted as he now unleashed multiple snakes off his head and continued to attack with the snakes, to which Dueler had no problem fending off. "Your idealisms are nothing but lies! Kamen Riders are inherently evil because they were born from the evil that is S.H.O.C.K.E.R! Your masks hide the true monster that lies underneath! But I stand for everything that is real! While indeed I am a monster, this monster will become the reaper that will bring an end to this era of lies! Only then will true happiness be achieved!"
"And do you think people will accept that?" Dueler asked, "Do you honestly think that?"
"It is the ONLY truth! You Riders are-"
"If that's the case, then what does that make you?" Kuromu asked, as he kept blocking and parrying the snakes, approaching closer and closer.
"Grk!" Oogumo gasped.
"If you think that all humanity are monsters, then that doesn't make monsters like you one in a million. It makes you one of a million. Perfectly uniform."
"So what?! Your human individuality means nothing in the face of my vision! YOU'RE NOT A HERO, YOU'RE A PART OF S.H.O.C.K.E.R! YOU ARE A MONSTER!"
"Well, you're right about one thing. I'm not a hero." Kuromu said. "In fact, I never asked to be one." Dueler said, as he approached closer and closer each time he parries the snakes away from him. "Yet I willingly answered the call because you threatened to destroy everything I hold dear! Just because you think the world revolves around you! You say that I'm a monster? A part of S.H.O.C.K.E.R? If that's true, then I'm the hero that will notice that evil for myself, fight it, and overcome it!"
"Why you little…!"
"And before you even say anything else, whatever monster you claim we have within does not make us monsters! We use what we have, to do something worthwhile! Because at the end of the day, it's about protecting the people and becoming something more than ourselves! No matter what you throw at us, we'll still come out finding a way to make the world better in light of that! And we don't just fight for justice! We fight for human freedom! That is our happiness! That is our resolve!"
He then reared back his fist as he then shouted…
"THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A KAMEN RIDER!"
With that, he sent the mouthless cyclops into several trees with that punch.
Koji called out, "Knock his ass off the dance floor!"
"Go get 'em, Kuromu!" Rika shouted.
"We believe in you!" Junko & Momoe added.
"Remove his evil from this world!" Annette called out.
Fubuki gripped his fists, "He's almost down! Don't let up!"
Chiyomi & Akihiro called out in unison, "I-keeeeee!"
"DO IT SON!" Kyoshiro yelled.
Yukina shouted, "End this horror!"
Asuka then yelled, "Kuromu! You can win this!"
Dueler then drew his next card and smirked. This card was comparable to Decade's Final Attack Ride. It depicted the Pharaoh Atem pointing forward as Dueler lands a Rider Kick.
"I'll finish this in one turn!" Dueler declared, showing the face of the card, before inserting it in the Duel Driver.
FINAL TURN: SENNEN BREAKER!
A golden aura quickly formed around Dueler as he leaped into the air. As he did, a golden spell circle with unrecognizable symbols around the edge of said circle with the Millennium Eye in the middle, made of hard light, appeared. Oogumo staggered to his feet and looked shocked as Dueler prepared to attack. A row of large hard light projected cards, mimicking Decade's Final AttackRide cards, then appeared in front of Dueler leading towards Oogumo. The Millennium Eye magic circle then dispersed into motes of light, gathering at Dueler's right foot as he extended it while tucking his left foot in.
"SENNEN BREAKER!" Dueler shouted, as he dived down towards Oogumo, flying through the hard light card projection. A golden aura enveloped Dueler each time he passes through a holographic card, powering his kick. Eventually, he landed his Rider Kick directly on Oogumo's eye.
"EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
An explosion of fire erupted from where Oogumo stood. Everyone covered themselves from the impact, as Dueler had bounced off of Oogumo from the impact, landing safely after.
"Did… did he get him?" Sho wondered, gulping.
When the flames died down, they saw Oogumo was still alive. But barely as he was on his
hands and knees, in complete agony.
"OH C'MON!" Rex cried out in shock. "What's it gonna take to kill this motherfucker?!"
*SMACK!*
"Ow! Okay, I get it! Language!" The mutt covered his arms to avoid another slap.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… haaaaaaaaaaaa…" Oogumo wheezed hoarsely. "It would seem… haaaaaaaaaaaa… I may have… underestimated you…"
Dueler stood there, suspicious of how he spoke.
"This… haaaaaaaaaaaa… isn't over…" Oogumo continued as he forced himself to stand back up. "You may have… defeated me now… but in due time, I will… be back with a vengeance… I will conquer all of reality… all will fall before me… as its god… and I will gladly partake in your demise, personally… haaaaaaaaaaaa… haaaaaaaaaaaa… so enjoy this victory, while you can… and don't you DARE think that I will fall so easily…!"
Before he could question the eyeless cyclops, an Aurora Curtain appeared and whisked the eyeless cyclops away. Tsukasa, after cancelling out his transformation, merely looked to the trees where Narutaki was watching. The mysterious man then vanished in his own Aurora Curtain, leaving the battlefield only populated by the Duelists, their Monsters, and the other Riders.
Kuromu sighed softly, before looking towards the left side of the Driver, where there was a small button. Curious, he pressed it and a small compartment opened up, revealing the cards that he used. After taking it out, the armor parts disappeared and the golden wireframes that made his bodysuit retracted into the former to which the wireframes then retreated into the Duel Driver itself, revealing his civilian form.
He then turned towards the group, smiling tiredly, and his body felt very heavy as all the adrenaline left him.
*PLOP!*
Time seemed to slow down as Kuromu's hearing was distorted. He could only hear the muffling sounds of his friends and family calling out. His blurry vision saw figures running towards him. Afterwards, the darkness embraced him.