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It was the dead of night on the Boiling Isle, where at a secret location, a cult was performing a ritual. The hooded followers of this cult had their faces obscured by the shadows, as the only light provided was that of torches. In the middle of the cabal was a stone altar, and upon it laid a man. The cultists in the black hooded robes knelt and chanted in indiscernible language. Suddenly, purple smoke began to form at the base of the altar. The smoke grew in volume and began to rise as the chanting grew louder. The man did not show any signs of fear or trepidation, in fact, he appeared to welcome it. The smoke rose around the altar and completely engulfed the man, it swirled about as a faint light shimmered from the center of it. The black robed figures stopped their chanting, and as they did, the smoke began to clear. Once it had, the man had a completely new appearance. He now had blue clothes with golden armor plates and a samurai helmet. But the most striking part of his new appearance was his face and body. His face was cat-like now with black fur and red eyes. The man’s body had bulked up slightly, but still retained a lean appearance to indicate that speed was not sacrificed for strength and was covered in the same black fur as his face. He got up off the altar and observed himself. That’s when a woman in a hooded red robe walked out and turned to face him.

“Congratulations,” she said, “you have been blessed with this great honor. I now hereby christen you Cat Samurai, The Priest of Shocker.”

Cat Samurai knelt down and bowed his head. “Thank you very much, your holiness,” he said.

The woman in red then addressed the others. “My followers,” she said, “today is the day! After several months of waiting and building our numbers, we of The Shocker Coven can finally rise from the shadows and enact our glorious plans! With the eradication of the Phantoms, the Boiling Isles are ripe for our taking!”

The cultists cheered loudly for their leader, their cries echoed loudly, resounding with the power of their determination. 

“But first we must remove Belos, the Nine Covens, and the Kamen Riders who stand in our way.” the woman continued, “Priests and Priestesses of the Coven, I leave that up to you.”

Cat Samurai and ten people in hooded gold robes bowed their heads.

“Meanwhile, I will set up the ultimate ceremony.” said the woman, “Now go and spread the wrath of The Shocker Coven!”

With permission from Michael Ravencroft…

N.L. Productions Presents

Kamen Rider Witch

Special:

The 14 Riders VS. The Shocker Coven

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For the first time in months, it felt like a normal day on the Boiling Isles. So much had happened in just these past few months for Luz Noceda that it felt like a whirlwind. She was spirited away by the Ghouls to be used in the ancient Sabbath ritual to induce deep, soul crushing despair to transform her into a creature that embodied that despair, Phantom. But thanks to her boundless hope, Luz was able to overcome that despair and take control of her Inner Phantom La Lechuza. And after being visited by the legendary Rider, Kamen Rider Wizard, Luz was gifted the tools needed to become the Boiling Isles’ hero, Kamen Rider Witch.

Many trials were set before her, ranging from defeating the other Phantoms from the ritual, and preventing the people of the Isles from being transformed into Phantoms as well. She almost lost Eda, and managed to save her, but it came at the cost of the portal door, trapping her in the Demon Realm. But it was not all bad, because Luz managed to win the heart of one of Hexside’s most talented witches, Amity Blight. The young goth jock was not the biggest fan of Luz, she almost got her dissected once. But over time, Amity gradually grew to admire Luz, and that admiration evolved into love. And it was that love that drove Amity to confront her own Inner Phantom, Bast. And with the help of her father’s scientific knowledge, she was able to contain and harness that power to become Kamen Rider Heka. 

Together the two teens fought side-by-side to defend the Boiling Isles, growing closer with each other and with their Inner Phantoms. But a dark cloud known as Nuckelavee, who was in reality, Grometheus the Fear Bringer, sought revenge on the two girls. But thankfully, Amity managed to overcome herself and achieve her Final Form, Heka Champion. And Luz obtained the great power of Wonder Style, which she used to destroy the evil of Nuckelavee once and for all. But things weren’t over yet. 

The Phantoms had one last card to play, and it involved the destruction of the entire island. Luz confronted the summoner of the Phantoms, who was in fact the spirit of the Titan upon which all life in the Demon Realm was spawned from. In the end, she managed to quell his wrath and release him to the beyond where he belonged. 

So, yeah, a lot of things happened. But now Luz, Amity, Gus, and Willow enjoyed their first day without any fear of Phantom attacks or demented fear monsters looking for revenge. Luz and Amity were walking, hand-in-hand, like the lovebirds they are, heading to the Owl House to relax a little after just hanging out around Bonesborough. School had yet to resume as there was still some damage to be fixed from the prior quakes, and some were still unsure of the Phantoms demise. Thankfully the Emperor’s Coven was doing some PR to help reassure people that they were gone. As much as that annoyed Luz to have to rely on them, no telling what propaganda they were spreading. 

“I still can’t believe it’s finally over!” exclaimed Gus.

“I know,” Willow added, “and Emperor Belos has the other Covens preparing a festival in honor of the Kamen Riders.”

“Yeah,” replied Amity, “but I just can’t help but shake this feeling that something bad is gonna happen.”

“Oh come on, hermosa (beautiful),” said Luz, “Hunter said he won’t out right attack us. So what’s there to worry about?”

“Oh yeah,” said La Lechuza, “Tell that to the strange man spying on us from behind that tree, Luz.”

Yeah…wait, what man?! 

The Owl House was just a good mile away when all of a sudden, the aforementioned man walked out in front of the four of them. Something about his golden robed appearance sent chills up all their spines. Luz and Amity released their hands as they got into defensive stances, the unnerving feeling of this robed character was giving them Phantom flashbacks. 

“Kamen Rider Witch, Kamen Rider Heka,” the moment he said that, Luz and Amity gasped, no one other than certain people they trusted, knew of their true identities. Well, Belos and Hunter knew, but that was unfortunately unavoidable, “I, The Priest of Shocker, have been ordered to capture you.”

The man grabbed ahold of his golden robe with one hand and tossed it off in a dramatic fashion, purple smoke erupted around his body as light flashed from within it. Once the smoke dispersed it revealed one of Shocker’s Priests, Cat Samurai.

Luz and Amity nodded to each other and slipped on their Driver On Rings and placed their right hands over their waists.

[Driver On, Please.]

[Driver On.]

As their Drivers materialized around their waists, Cat Samurai snapped his fingers and then they were surrounded by at least twenty-five people in black robes.

“Get them!” he said as the Hooded Followers began their attack.

Gus and Willow managed to get out of the way, but Luz and Amity were not so lucky as they found themselves constantly dodging attacks left and right. Amity managed to draw a couple of spell circles and used them to create a small Abomination goo tidal wave that pushed back the Hooded Followers, some of the Hooded Followers managed to dodge the Abomination wave by jumping up over it, forcing Luz to take out a Light Glyph paper. She crushed it in her hand and produced a ball of light, and after funneling her mana into it, transformed the ball into a hard-light sword. One of the Followers produced a blade from their right sleeve and slashed down with it. Luz managed to block it with her light sword and pushed them back. Another swung at her from the left side, but Amity wasn’t about to let that robed killer hit injure her Luz. 

Amity used the Abomination goo to create a shield that blocked the blade of the assailant, Luz used that opportunity to switch the Hand Author’s position on her Driver to the left and quickly slipped on her Light Style Ring.

[Shabadoobi touch to henshin!
Shabadoobi touch to henshin!]

“Henshin!”

[Light, Please.]

[HI~KA~RI!]

A yellow magic circle appeared in front of Luz. Another of the Hooded Followers attacked Luz with their hidden blade, but in order to avoid it, she jumped right through her magic circle, transforming her into Kamen Rider Witch.

Witch raised her right forearm and blocked the Hooded Follower’s attack with it, catching the Follower at the wrist and preventing the blade from making contact. Witch’s visor shined with yellow light for a moment as she pushed back against the attacker and proclaimed, “Alright, it’s showtime!”  

Amity was having a tougher time trying to transform as the Hooded Followers just kept coming at her one after another. “Okay, that’s it, time for some backup!” Amity whipped the goo around herself, pushing back the Hooded Followers long enough for her to slip on her Ride ring and scanned it. 

[Ride the Sky!]

The magic circle of Heka appeared overhead, and from it flew out her personal Rider Machine, the Solar Chaser. “Solar Chaser! Shift to Sentinel!” Speeder passed through another magic circle, quickly transforming it into its mech mode, the Solar Sentinel. Once transformed, Solar Sentinel changed its right arm into a gatling cannon and rained down several magic bolts around Amity’s position, creating several explosions that forced the cultists to back away.

“Thanks,” she said as she finally put on her Bast Ring and completed her transformation.

“Henshin!”

[Ready, Open!]

[Roar of the Heavens!]

[The Goddess Descends!]

A violet magic circle appeared beneath Amity and rose up over her body, transforming her into her alter ego, Kamen Rider Heka.

“The sun’s wrath incarnate! Kamen Rider Heka!” Heka said as she struck an elegant pose

“The Light of Hope, Kamen Rider Witch!” Witch struck a pose.

“Let’s go, Witch!” Heka told her partner. 

“Right behind you, Heka!” Witch replied. 

This was unfortunate development for the Hooded Followers, but they weren’t about to be deterred, they had their mission, and they needed to complete it. All of the Followers produced hidden blades from their robe sleeves, and within seconds all of the blades were energized with magical energy, making them glow and produce a low humming sound. Witch and Heka glanced at each other, they could not tell if these other robed people were monsters or just demons and witches. If they were the latter, then they couldn’t outright just blast or slash them. Much less Rider Kick them. The two heroes seemed to have come to the same consensus regarding this as they nodded to each other and broke off in two different directions as they fought their own batch of bad guys. 

Heka, wielding Lady Luck, clashed with one of the Hooded Followers, using her staff’s blade end to duel with them. Another attacked from behind, but Heka managed to parry the blow of the one in front of her, throwing them off balance. While the first one was unbalanced, she spun on her right foot and struck the one behind her with the heel of her left foot in a spinning roundhouse. Heka dropped to the ground like a cat preparing to pounce as three more came at her, but with her superior agility, Heka jumped over them and drew a spell circle in the air. When she landed, Heka pointed her staff at it, causing a deluge of Abomination goo to come pouring out from the circle and onto the three Hooded Followers. Four others were heading towards her, but Heka redirected the goo, which still had the other three Hooded Followers trapped in it, and had it flow straight for the four in front of her. Once all seven of them were in the goo, Heka made it spin in the air before bringing it down hard onto the ground, effectively knocking them out. 

“You’re getting better with your fighting skills, Heka!” Witch complimented. 

“Well, I have a good teacher. ON YOUR RIGHT!” Heka warned. 

“Whoop!” Witch ducked under the blade and struck back with a palm heel strike to the Hooded Follower’s chest, grabbed their arm, and then threw them into three of their allies. “Thanks for the heads up!” Witch took off the Driver On ring and swapped it out with the Connect ring. 

[Connect, Please.]

Witch’s magic circle appeared on her right. She reached into it, and pulled out her WizarSwordGun, switching it to sword mode as she took a stance. The Hooded Followers glanced at each other for a moment, but then decided to charge in. Witch twirled her weapon around as she clashed with two of the Followers at once. It was clear that they weren’t prepared to fight Witch and her fluid swordplay, even while having her outnumbered two to one, she was still able to keep up. Witch, ducked under one of the slashes, and then jumped to avoid another. Once she hit the ground, she ducked low and swept her leg to knock the legs out from under the Hooded Follower on her left. The one on the right readied to slash her with both of their blades, but Witch swiftly slashed upwards, knocking the Hooded Follower backwards on their back. Five more were about to surround her, but Witch smirked under her helmet as she swapped out her rings again.

[Flash, Please.]

Witch raised her right hand into the air as a bright flash of light went off. The Hooded Followers yelled when they looked directly at the blinding light, forcing them to look away. Witch used this opportunity and began to take each of them out. The first one she took down with a knife hand chop to the back of their head, the second she roundhouse kicked in the face and sent them spinning in the air before they hit the ground. The third was struck in the gut with a knee strike before getting an elbow strike to the face. And the fourth was thrown into the fifth. When the light faded, five more of the Hooded Followers were now down and out. 

Meanwhile, the Solar Sentinel was hovering in the air, blasting away with its gatling cannons. The magic bolts were set to none lethal as Solar Sentinel deemed these combatants to not be of such a high enough threat level to warrant immediate destruction. So while Witch and Heka were beating down on Hooded Followers, Solar Sentinel was sniping the stragglers. 

For the past couple of minutes, Cat Samurai did not engage with the Riders. He was well aware of their powers, and that if they chose to, they could easily become stronger and mop the floor with his henchmen. But that didn’t mean he was just going to keep standing by. First things first, he needed to ground their air support. Cat Samurai drew his sword, and crouched low in much the same way as Heka did a moment ago. Using his agility, the feline warrior jumped straight towards Solar Sentinel. The mech registered Cat Samurai’s approach too late as Cat Samurai slashed the mech across its chest, creating a large gash in the armor. Sparks flew from the gash, but Cat Samurai wasn’t done. While still in the air, he tucked in his right leg and kicked the machine in the same spot, sending hurtling towards the ground. 

Heka saw what had happened to her mech and quickly thrust her hand in its direction. Her magic circle appeared and swallowed up the mech, sending it into its pocket dimension. 

“We just lost our air support.” informed Witch.

“Don’t worry,” reassured Heka as she held a Hooded Follower’s arm behind its back, “These guys are dropping like flies.” Heka tossed the one she had into another of his allies before adding, “And I don’t think the two of us will have a problem with him.” 

“Kamen Riders! Behold!” yelled Cat Samurai.

Witch and Heka looked in the direction of Cat Samurai. The feline warrior sheathed his sword as he glared at the two Riders. 

“You’re as impressive as the stories say. Despite being children, you’re not to be underestimated.”

“Glad you noticed,” Heka remarked. 

“So, does that mean you guys give up? ‘Cause you’re kinda ruining our day off,” said Witch. 

Cat Samurai smirked, revealing his sharp teeth as he replied, “Far from it. Sometimes it is better to attack the enemy in an indirect manner. For example…” Cat Samurai pointed his left claw off towards the woods. 

Witch and Heka looked to where he was pointing and gasped when they saw four Hooded Followers present Gus and Willow hog tied at blade point.

Oh no, thought Witch as both her and Heka stopped fighting.

“Witch! Heka!” screamed Willow.

“Don’t worry about us!” said Gus, “Keep fighting!”

“Gus! Willow!” exclaimed Heka.

“You want to save them, don’t you?” Cat Samurai slyly asked.

Witch balled her fists. “You coward!” she said through her teeth.

The feline warrior slowly walked towards their friends, making Witch and Heka flinch as they stopped themselves from rushing at him. Cat Samurai stopped in front of Willow and glared back at them. “If you continue, we’ll end their lives right here!” Cat Samurai explained, drawing his sword and putting the edge against Willow’s neck, hovering just an inch from her carotid artery. “But hey, it’s really you we want. I believe we can do what you humans call a hostage exchange. Now undo your transformations and surrender!”

“Don’t do it, Luz!” La Lechuza yelled, “There’s no guarantee he’ll actually let them live.”

“You can’t seriously be considering this, Amity.” exclaimed Bast.

But Witch and Heka didn’t listen to their Inner Phantoms. They just looked at each other and nodded as if they knew what the other was thinking. Gus and Willow were practically Luz's first real friends, and she was not about to gamble with the lives of her friends. And Amity still had some lingering guilt for not protecting Willow, and for joining in on the bullying some time back. It was for these reasons, albeit reluctantly, that ultimately forced the two girls to make up their minds on the matter. 

“Fine, you win.” Witch said quietly. 

As soon as she said that, both her and Heka’s bodies began to glow. Two magic circles appeared; one at the center of Witch’s body that broke into two as one went up and the other went down and one above Heka that went down. Now all that remained were their civilian forms.

“Good girls. Now, pick your sorry selves up, and take their Drivers and Rings!” commanded Cat Samurai. The Hooded Followers rushed Luz and Amity. Punching them both in the gut and knocking them unconscious. Now completely defenseless, the Followers took away both their Drivers and their Rings. 

Once their objective had been completed, Cat Samurai sheathed his sword and walked away from Willow and Gus. The Hooded Followers who had them released them, although they were still tied up, and joined Cat Samurai. The two Followers who knocked out Amity and Luz picked them up, slung them over their shoulders, and joined Cat Samurai at his side.

“Victory for The Shocker Coven!” Cat Samurai yelled as he, the Hooded Followers, and Luz and Amity were enveloped in thick purple smoke. Once the smoke cleared, they were gone and Gus and Willow left alone still tied up.

Just then, Eda flew overhead on Owlbert. Once she saw Gus and Willow on the ground she immediately landed and ran to help them.

“What in the name of Titan happened out here?!” Eda asked, almost screaming.

“These goons ambushed us and took Luz and Amity away.” Willow explained as Eda untied her.

“Don’t tell me they were Phantoms,” Eda dreaded. 

Owlbert was pecking at the ropes, and managed to free Gus. “No, they were…well…I don’t know what they were! One of them was a giant cat with a sword, but the others were wearing robes and had these glowing blades! I couldn’t tell if they were demons or witches!” 

“Luz and Amity didn’t fight them as hard as they normally would a Phantom, probably because they were worried that they were just witches or demons under those robes, but then the cat monster had those guys hold us hostage! Eda, I’m so sorry!” Willow cried. 

Eda hugged the two children as she said, “Hey, hey, enough of that. It’s not your fault some jerks played dirty. The important thing right now is tracking them down. Do you know which way they went?” 

Gus shook his head as he answered, “No! They just disappeared in a puff of smoke!” 

Suddenly, they all heard a sound that was unfamiliar to them. This sound continued to get louder and louder, forcing Eda to spring to feet. She had Owlbert return her and transform back into her staff. Eda was wishing had control over her Harpie Mode right now, but either way, she was not about to let these two get hurt on her watch. In the distance, the three witches watched as something approached their location, as it got closer, they were able to see that it was a white and red motorcycle. The motorcycle came to a stop about five feet away from them, and the rider of the bike dismounted. It was a man, wearing a black helmet, a white shirt, and white pants.

“I’m too late.” the man said underneath his breath.

“Who are you?” Eda demanded, pointing her staff at the unknown person.

Then the man got off the motorcycle and took off his helmet revealing a human, Asian male with black wavy hair.

“I’m Takeshi Hongo. Kamen Rider Ichigo.”

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It took some convincing, both from Takeshi and Gus - the Boiling Isles’ biggest Kamen Rider fanatic - to have Eda not attack the human and allow him to come over to the Owl House in order to find out what exactly was going on. When they returned to the Owl House, Eda had Takeshi Hongo sit on the middle couch while Willow and Gus sat on the adjacent one. Eda crossed her arms and gave the human man a scrutinizing glare. He was a young man, somewhere in his early to mid-twenties, he didn’t look like the Rider that Luz described to them, Wizard. And he definitely didn’t look like the one who had managed to bring her back from the world of Amphibia, Tsukasa (aka Kamen Rider Decade). It was actually because of that one that Luz was made aware of the many other Kamen Riders that existed in other worlds beyond thiers. So, it technically wasn’t farfetched to believe that Kamen Rider from another world came to aid them. However, what was making her slightly skeptical was how he came to the Demon Realm, and if that same method was still available to use for Luz. 

“So you’re also a Kamen Rider?” asked Eda. 

“Yes, I am,” Takeshi replied, “and I was supposed to recruit Noceda-san and Blight-kun for an important mission.”

“Like a super big Kamen Rider mission?!” Gus asked giddily.

Takeshi nodded. “Over the course of the last few years, a cult has been developing right under your noses. They call themselves The Shocker Coven.”

“That’s right,” exclaimed Willow, “that cat man mentioned that name! But who are they?”

“They’re a group that worship evil organizations from the Human Realm that scheme for world domination and turn people into cyborgs.” Takeshi explained.

“Cyborgs?” Eda pondered out loud.

“Half organic, half mechanical.” clarified Gus.

Eda was going to ask how he knew that, but considering this was Kamen Rider related information, it made sense that Goops knew what that word meant. 

“Anyway,” Takeshi continued, “Shocker has had many iterations of itself in my world. We Kamen Riders always manage to defeat them, sometimes with some close calls, but in the end we prevail. But with each defeat, Shocker always manages to find a way to return, with a new leader, uniting the Kaijin under one banner to bring forth their dream of world conquest to fruition. Somehow, the information of Shocker has leaked into your world, apparently they’ve heard stories about these organizations and decided to follow in their footsteps like some form of religion.”

“How do you know all this?” Willow asked.

“We have an inside man that….” Takeshi started.

“‘We’?!” Gus interrupted as he almost jumped onto the couch in excitement, “You mean there are other Riders on the island?!”

“Y-Yes,” Takeshi replied, slightly caught off guard by the level of enthusiasm the young witch boy had, “we’ve been spying on them for the past week, and…”

“Wait a minute,” Eda interrupted, “you're saying that you guys have been here for a whole week, and not once thought about helping them out?! For Titan’s sake, there were a LOT of times here recently when they could’ve used your help?!!”

Takeshi closed his eyes as he gave a slight bow to Eda. “I understand your frustration. But it is not for other Riders to get in the way of growth of these young Riders. If we had interfered and assisted, Noceda-san would not have been able to achieve her current level of power, and neither would Blight-kun for that matter. Each Rider must go through their own trials and tribulations, only then can they grow as individuals and become the heroes they are meant to be. But make no mistake, Clawthorne-san, if we truly felt that there was no other way but to interfere, we would have,” Takeshi explained. 

Eda sighed heavily, this sounded very much the same as the whole “Journey of a Rider” spiel that Luz told her that Tsukasa guy told her. And, well, she had to admit, he had a point. Luz’s Wonder Style and Amity’s Champion Form were only achieved because of the dangers they faced. If Luz had not obtained her Final Form, the entire island might’ve been blown away, and the people with it. “I understand, I don’t like it, but I get it.”

The stoic young man nodded to Eda and continued his explanation, “The Shocker Coven plans to eliminate all the other Covens and the Emperor himself, and in so doing, take complete control of the Boling Isles and the Demon Realm itself. Eventually, they will set their sights on other worlds, and we cannot allow them to amass power here, and subjugate the people of this realm. As I said before, I was coming to recruit Noceda-san and Blight-kun, but the Shocker Coven kidnapped them before I could. With this development, we’ll shift our focus a bit. I’ll begin a rescue mission to take them back.”

Takeshi got up from the couch, bowed to Eda, Willow, Gus, and King, and started to make his way to the door.

“W-W-Wait!” King piped up as Takeshi opened the door, “If these guys are going to attack the Covens, shouldn’t you take care of that first?”

Takeshi just looked at the group and stated, “Do you really think we haven’t thought of that?” He then closed the door behind him.

The group looked at each other and decided to follow him outside. However, by the time they got outside, Takeshi was already riding away on his motorcycle.

“And he didn’t even tell us where he was going.” Willow remarked with a sigh of disappointment.

“I just hope those two are alright.” Eda added.

The Shocker Coven’s headquarters was very busy with lots of Hooded Followers preparing the place for the ultimate ceremony. Inside the main ceremonial chamber, the Head of the Shocker Coven stood proudly, feeling a sense of pride from watching her devoted Followers work tirelessly for the grand ceremony that was to come. That’s when the Priest of Shocker walked into the chamber and knelt before the Head of The Shocker Coven.

“Your Holiness,” he started, “we have successfully captured Kamen Riders Witch and Heka.” Two Hooded Followers had Luz and Amity hanging unconsciously over their shoulders.

“Well done, Cat Samurai.” announced The Coven Head, “The Great One has blessed you greatly. Now put them in the dungeon. They’ll serve their purpose later.” 

As the Priest of Shocker and the Hooded Followers moved Luz and Amity out of the room, The Coven Head turned to look at the merul of an eagle on the wall.

“O Great One,” she bowed to the merul, “soon you will be summoned, and then we will have the power to rule over the Boiling Isles!”

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The Bard Coven’s Headquarters, a space created for young Bard witches or even older Bard witches to hone their skills in their chosen magic track. The central building of this headquarters was shaped like a circle, with the center of it sporting a wispy stone tower that had musical notes molded on it or molded to look as if they were coming off it. Scattered about this huge campus were many open air theaters as well as indoor ones for the Bard witches to practice their performances or to put one on for their fellow Bard witches or those who were gathered from other Covens. A stone pathway led to the central building, with various other paths diverging from the main one that led to the different theaters, and along the path were statues of various famous Bard witches since the establishment of the Bard Coven, along with some statues of musical instruments and notes. At the end of the path was the circular building, which had the Bard Coven’s sigil mounted up at the main entrance. 

Raine Whispers, the newly instated Head Witch of the Bard Coven, was currently overseeing the Bard witches under their command, helping them out here and there, but mostly they were just enjoying seeing their progress as musicians. Well, that’s what they would be doing normally, but this go around things were a bit different. Bonesborough was going to have a little celebration in honor of the defeat of the Phantoms, and to honor the heroes who put an end to their reign of terror, the Kamen Riders. Raine had stated on numerous occasions that they hated playing in front of people, stage fright and all that. But thankfully, a new addition to their Coven managed to help convince them to do it, if for nothing else than the different style of music that he was introduced to. It sounded similar to what one the young prodigies of their Coven had sung during the fiasco at the Emperor’s Castle with Scooter Crane, and while it sounded good when she and her friends sang these songs, Raine was not too confident in their singing skills for this type of music. 

“Honestly,” they said, “I just don’t understand this, what did you call it, ‘J-Pop’?”

“Come on, Whispers-san,” said a male witch with a goatee and black hair, “If those young gals can play it, I’m sure we can pull it off as well.”

“If you say so,” Raine replied, “Um…What was your name again?”

“Ichimonji.” said the man, “Hayato Ichimonji.”

Raine and Hayato were waiting at stage right, behind the curtains as they watched a young group of Bard witches rock out to the music that, at this point, Bard witch Skara Grimamoré pretty much pioneered. Two young male Bard witches were singing into their microphones as their bandmates strummed on guitars and drummed.

“If we might still have

Something that we must do…

Now in the hearts of everyone

Call and wake up The way you go

Search for the truth

To believe and doubt again

Dilemma has no limit… continue wandering

(The) end justiφ’s the means~!

Repeating sorrow

Where will we go?

Now in the hearts of everyone

Wake up The time to go

To go forth strong

To protect and to fight again

Dilemma doesn’t end… even if we keep running

(The) end justiφ’s the means~!”

The guitarists struck a power chord and released shimmering sparkles of magical energy into the air for an added flare to the end of their song. Once the band was done, Raine and Hayato went out to greet them, having just finished a song that was apparently called Justiφ's . The four man band immediately bowed to the leader of their Coven upon seeing him. 

“Please, none of that, we’re all just musicians on the stage. That actually sounded good, you guys.” complemented Raine.

“Thanks Head Witch Whispers! It’s been awhile since the Bard Coven was asked to put on another big performance,” said one of the guitarist bard witch. 

The singer Bard witch nodded and added, “Yeah, hopefully we don’t have a repeat of Scooter Crane - Oh, shoot! Sorry!” 

They now all had somber looks on their faces at the mention of the former Head Bard Witch. It was still a complete shock that Crane was actually a Phantom. Raine especially felt guilty about it because it was that incident that promoted them to the Head Witch of the Bard Coven. Unfortunately, this moment of silence was short-lived as one of the band members noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

“Hey, what’s all that?” he asked, pointing out what looked like a bunch of black cloth sheets flying down towards them. 

The sheets twist and turned in the air as if they had minds of their own until they landed all around them, and transformed into a bunch of people in black robes. The members of the Bard Coven were shocked at this, with Hayato narrowing his gaze at them and entering a fighting stance. That’s when a woman in a gold robe approached them.

“I am the Priestess of Gel Shocker,” she announced, “and this is the end of the Bard Coven!” The female underneath the robe grabbed ahold of it and dramatically threw it off as purple smoke exploded around her body and obscured her from view. A bright light shined within the smoke and within seconds the smoke dissipated and revealed true form. She now had darkish green skin with white markings. She also wore laced sandals, a red loincloth with matching tubetop, and a light green collar piece. She also had a necklace and a few bracelets made out of what looked like large animal canines. Her head now resembled a tribal mask with a mantis motif. In her right hand was a staff that had a skull with horns on the end. This was Mantis Witch Doctor.

“Blades out!” she screamed as the Hooded Followers produced swords from the sleeves of their robes. “And just in case you even think about using your instruments!” 

Mantis Witch Doctor tapped the butt of her staff against the stage. The eye sockets of the skull glowed as a thin outline of magical energy wrapped itself around each of the Bard witches instruments. Ripping them out of their hands or off the stage and hurling them into the air. With another flash of the skull’s eye sockets, the instruments were crushed into splinters.  

Raine glared at the monster in front of them and said, “Don’t I’m limited to just an instrument.” Upon declaring that, Raine raised their right hand and placed their index finger and thumb to their lips and blew. Using their magical energy and the sound waves produced by the whistle, Raine released a sonic energy blast that struck the first few Hooded Followers on their left. The Followers were caught off guard, not expecting Raine to pull off such a move without the use of an instrument, but then again, Raine was always a crafty and skilled witch. They were “built different” you might say. 

“GO! RUN!” Raine ordered. 

The band Bard witches took the opening that Raine created and ran for the exit. Raine and Hayato were behind them, but the Hooded Followers were right on their tail. The Head of the Bard Witches skidded to a stop and blew once again, sending another sound wave energy blast towards the Followers. However, Mantis Witch Doctor was not going to be caught off guard twice as she conjured a barrier in front of her minions just as the blast reached them. Raine’s attack struck the barrier, washing over it like, well, rain on a window. That allowed the Hooded Followers to flank them from the side, but before they could get that far, Hayato intervened. The Bard witch grabbed the first Follower as they went for a thrust with their right sword, but Hayato weaved under it, grabbed their arm, and threw the Follower over his shoulder and slammed them against the stage. The second Follower saw this attacked him, but Hayato took the downed Follower’s sword and blocked the incoming attack, parrying his blade and throwing a spin kick to knock them out. 

“Wow, Hayato, I didn’t know you could fight like that,” said Raine. 

“Stay alert, Head Witch Whisper-san, we’re not out of the woods yet!” Hayato replied. 

From there, Raine and Hayato worked in tandem, with Hayato fighting the ones that got too close to Raine, and Raine blasting the others that tried to gang up on them. 

After blasting a couple other Followers, Raine looked to Hayato and assured him, “We just need to hold them off long enough for the Riders to come, Hayato, so just hang in there!” 

“I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.” laughed Mantis Witch Doctor, “Cat Samurai, a colleague of mine, would have already captured Witch and Heka, and Frog Astronaut's on his way to take care of Crusader and even your precious emperor!”

Hayato blocked another sword attack, and punched the Follower in the face. The second one slashed horizontally, but he ducked under the swing and threw a left hook into the Follower’s stomach, followed by a right uppercut that sent them flying backwards. Hayato narrowly dodged another sword swing, but retaliated with a backhand punch with his right, and right into a straight punch to the Follower’s face. 

“I see, so that’s what happened. Very well then, I’m left with no other choice!” Hayato then pulled off his goatee and pulled at his ears, revealing them to be fake. 

Mantis Witch Doctor was shocked at this and gasped, “What is this?!”

“Round ears…you’re human!” Raine exclaimed

“Correct, I am a human. I’m Hayato Ichimonji! ” he announced, “Mantis Witch Doctor, your villainy stops here.”

“Shut up! I won’t lose to an inferior human!” exclaimed Mantis Witch Doctor as she and Hayato ran towards each other.

Mantis Witch Doctor swung with her staff, but Hayato ducked underneath it, quickly sprang to his feet, and attempted to do a roundhouse. But Mantis Witch Doctor conjured a barrier and blocked the kick from making contact. The female Kaijin jumped back, dismissed the barrier, and fired a beam of magical energy at him. But Hayato charged for her, catching Mantis Witch Doctor off guard as he just barely missed getting hit by the beam, and now he was closer to her. Once in range, Hayato punched with his right fist, hitting her in the stomach. The blow made Mantis Witch Doctor stumble backwards, but it was a minor thing, while Hayato was physically strong, in her monstrous form, she was much more durable. Mantis Witch Doctor raised her staff again and this time fired bolts of lightning from the skull ornament. Hayato, instead of attacking, jumped as high into the air, letting the lightning bolts hit the empty audience seats. The human male landed on one of the balconies and gazed down at the stage below. 

“Alright,” he said to himself.

Hayato widened his stance as he positioned his arms to the right as if he were “dabbing”. Then he slowly swung them to the left and clenched his open palms into fists as he cried out. 

“HENSHIN!” 

A Driver materialized around his waist. The Driver buckle was silver in color, mounted on red leather. From the sides of that leather the belt formed, which was black and sported two silver devices on the hips. At the center of the buckle was a circle with a strange symbol on it, but that symbol quickly slid to the side, revealing a turbine fan within it. Hayato then leaped off the balcony, but as he did, the fan spun fast, gathering energy as it released a bright flash of light.  A cyclonic wind made up of red, yellow, and green swirled around Hayato, obscuring him from view. 

The swirling energy cyclone landed on the stage, and upon contact, dispersed. What stood before them was not a man, not a regular one. For he was donned in a black suit, with red gloves, a green, insect-like chest plate, red boots, and had a short red scarf around his neck. Hayato’s head was encased in a helmet, with the top half of it colored turquoise green. It had red compound eyes, and two small silver antennae coming out from the middle of the forehead area. The bottom half was silver and had a jagged design, like that of an insect's mouth. This was the partner of the first Kamen Rider to ever exist, one of the legendary Riders who helped create a legacy of heroes. This was Kamen Rider Nigo (#2) .

To everyone around, this was a massive surprise.

“Another Kamen Rider?!” exclaimed Mantis Witch Doctor.

Nigo looked back at Raine and the band. “Whispers-san, get everyone out of here!” he said, “I’ll hold them off!”  

Raine nodded and took themself and the others out of the room.

“Get him!” yelled Mantis Witch Doctor.

Nigo turned to face the Hooded Followers and Mantis Witch Doctor as he took a stance and called out, “Rider…Fight!”  

Now that he had transformed, Nigo’s speed was double what it was originally, allowing him to close the distance between himself and his enemies almost instantly. The Hooded Followers were not ready for this drastic increase in speed, and they were definitely not prepared for Nigo’s strength. As soon as he was close, one of the Followers slashed at him with their sword, but Nigo thrust out his right hand and caught the blade with it. This honestly stunned the Follower, despite how modest the suit was compared to Witch and Heka, Nigo’s was no less durable. 

Nigo wrenched the blade out of their hand and threw an uppercut with his left fist. The Hooded Follower was quickly sent sailing into the audience seats, crashing into them with force. The legendary Rider dashed for the second one, backhanding them across the face, swept their legs, and right before they hit the ground Nigo punt kicked him into five of his allies, sending all six of them falling off the stage. Two others came in swinging with their swords, but Nigo was swift, dodging the blades and even blocking a couple of strikes with his forearms. But despite the Hooded Followers’ best efforts, they were no match for the Legendary Rider as they were easily defeated one after the other. 

Raine and the band of Bard witches gathered every Coven Member in the vicinity and were just making their way out of the building when they were intercepted by more Hooded Followers. Raine quickly drew a spell circle and summoned a backup violin. The Head of the Bard Witch Coven drew their violin bow swiftly across the strings of their instrument, creating a shockwave that knocked the Hooded Followers out of the way.

Back with Nigo, the legendary hero managed to take out the last of the Hooded Followers, all of which were laying on the ground motionless. Now that they were out of the way, Nigo turned his attention to Mantis Witch Doctor, but when he did, Mantis Witch Doctor jumped straight out of the open air theater. 

“Rider Jump!” He yelled as he jumped into the air, soaring high as he flipped through the air and out of the open theater. The sound of a motorcycle echoed in the air as a vehicle appeared outside the theater, his motorcycle, the New Cyclone. The motorcycle was on an intercept path with its owner, and with ease, Nigo landed on the seat of New Cyclone, revved the engine, and took off after Mantis Witch Doctor. 

Raine and the rest of the Bard Coven had just made it to the building's exit, when Mantis Witch Doctor intercepted them.

“Did you really think that you had a chance at escaping?” she asked.

Just then Nigo came zooming in, the tires of New Cyclone screeching, as he came to a halt, and put himself in between Mantis Witch Doctor and the Bard Coven witches.

“Damn you, Kamen Riders! Always getting in the way!” exclaimed Mantis Witch Doctor, “Die!” 

Nigo quickly jumped into the air, but Mantis Witch Doctor fired several lightning bolts as he did. Nigo managed to evade them, but two of them hit him in the chest, causing sparks to fly off his armor and caused him to fall to the ground. Mantis Witch Doctor took advantage of this and conjured another spell, this time summoning dozens of construct swords over his position, and with a wave of her hand, made them descend on him. Nigo looked up just in time and began rolling on the ground as the blades pierced into the earth one after the other. When the blades stopped falling, Nigo jumped back up onto his feet and dashed for Mantis Witch Doctor. 

The sorceress created another barrier before Nigo got too close, and once again unleashed multiple lightning strikes. Nigo changed up his approach and began running, using some of the statues as a means to block the strikes. The Legendary Rider knew he had to finish this fight, the longer it went on, the greater the danger to the innocent witches and demons in the area. With his resolve steeled, Nigo jumped out from behind one of the statues just as three bolts of lightning struck it and exploded the statue. Mantis Witch Doctor switched up her attacks and started lobbying fireballs and lightning bolts at him, barraging Nigo in an attempt to slow him down or just destroy him. 

Some of the elemental attacks managed to hit or graze him, but Nigo was not stopping as he made a beeline straight for Mantis Witch Doctor. Nigo balled his right fist as the compound eyes of his helmet glowed bright red, and at the same time, the turbine on his Driver began to spin rapidly. Unseen to all, energy began gathering into Nigo’s fist, surging along the cybernetic enhancements that were forcefully engineered into his body, and granting him the power he needed to finish this battle. He wasn’t sure if this blow would be enough to shatter her shield, but it was worth a shot. However, Nigo didn’t have to worry about that. 

Raine was not too keen on remaining a bystander in this fight. With violin in hand, Raine began playing their violin. Up above Mantis Witch Doctor’s position, a small storm cloud formed. The cloud rumbled aggressively for a few seconds before it unleashed several golden lightning bolts, raining them down on Mantis Witch Doctor’s barrier. The Shocker Coven minion was too distracted by Nigo’s approach, and was too late to notice Raine’s spell. The barrier was assaulted by several of the golden lightning bolts, blasting away at the barrier as it began showing cracks along its surface. Mantis Witch Doctor looked between Raine and the incoming Nigo, her attention divided between them, unsure what to do now. If she focused on Raine, Nigo would likely shatter the barrier, but if she didn’t take out Nigo, the barrier would shatter anyway due to the constant barrage by Raine. 

Her indecision was about to cost her. 

“Thank you, Whispers-san! I will not let this opportunity go to waste!” Nigo says to himself as he jumps and flips into the air.

Mantis Witch Doctor looked up and watched as Nigo cocked back his right fist as he descended towards her, eyes wide with fear as she knew there was nothing she could do. 

“Rider Punch!”  

Nigo struck the barrier with his fist, upon contact, it shattered like brittle glass, allowing him to go forward and reach his true target. The Legendary Rider struck Mantis Witch Doctor in the gut, sending the energy built up into the monster and sent her flying several feet away. She came to a rolling stop, but when she did, the energy that Nigo released interacted with the dark energies in her body, and caused the Kaijin to explode. 

As the smoke cleared, Nigo turned back towards the Bard Coven members.

“Is everyone okay?” he asked. 

“Yes, thank you.” replied Raine, “But what about Witch and Heka? Or even Crusader?”

“Don’t worry,” assured Nigo, “it’s being taken care of. Right now, let’s make sure everything here is alright.” Then everyone went back inside to start tying up the defeated Hooded Followers.

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Deep in the woods of the Boiling Isles lies the headquarters of the Beast Keeping Coven. Here Beast Keeper witches are taught to command the various creatures on the Isles, summon beasts, or even grant themselves bestial traits. The few buildings that comprised their headquarters were few and far between, the facility resembling more of a huge ranch. There were several barn stalls where various demon beasts were kept, everything from Slither Beasts to ratworms, it could be found here. The Beast Keeping Coven’s headquarters had a few areas that were dedicated to certain types of demon beasts that needed specific environmental factors to live comfortably, so they often received help from the Plant and Construction Covens to create these areas or facilities. There was a central building in the center of the ranch style headquarters where the witches and demons would go to have meetings, meangle about, have lunch, or even board there. They also had their own personal Healing Coven hospital wing in the headquarters. Dealing with so many beasts can sometimes get dangerous, and more often than not someone will get bitten, mauled, poisoned, burned, stung, or break a bone while riding on a beast.

Yes, the Beast Keeping Coven was quite the place for young and even seasoned Beast Keeping witches to come and learn and hone their magic. And unfortunately, it’s also the place where the Priestess of Destron has been ordered to attack. She and her group of Hooded Followers were on a nearby hill, stalking their target.

“Okay boys,” she said, “Let’s get to work.” Like her colleagues before her, the Priestess grabbed her golden robe and threw it off as purple smoke engulfed her body. A flash of light went off inside of the smoke, and once it cleared, yet another of Shocker Coven’s Kaijin had been revealed. 

She now stood about seven feet tall, with ruby red scales that covered all of her body. Upon her chest was an armored chest piece with the symbol of the Shocker Coven, a golden eagle standing atop the head of the Titan. The breast plate was silver in color, with an emerald gemstone in the center over the eagle’s eye. Around her waist was a leather belt, with a silver buckle that had a mold of the Shocker Coven’s sigil on it. Connected to the belt was a scale plated silver skirt that covered sides and went halfway down her legs, leaving an opening in the back for her long dragon tail that slowly wagged back and forth. Her legs were digitigrade in shape and had three talons at the ends of her feet. 

Around her neck was brown fur color to match the brown fur cape that flowed down her back. Her head was that of a dragon’s, with a long snout, and piercing yellow eyes. Upon her head she wore a tiara with bat wings that came out the sides, and two long horns coming out of her head. In her right she held a large battle ax, with grooves similar to runes carved into the blade. This was Dragon Viking.

“For the Shocker Coven! Attack!” she ordered as they charged at the Beast Keeping Coven headquarters. But before they could reach their intended target, a being wearing a long black leather coat, a black fedora, and a pair of sunglasses landed in front of them with their back towards the Hooded Followers of the Shocker Coven.

“Who the hell are you?!” asked Dragon Viking.

The being just laughed and removed the coat, fedora, and sunglasses revealing a man with black hippy hair, a blue shirt and a white vest. He then turned towards Dragon Viking and her Hooded Followers.

“My name is… Shiro Kazami!” he announced, “I’ve been waiting for you guys for about a week. I was beginning to think you weren’t going to show up.”

“A human? Here? Whatever, it doesn’t matter,” Dragon Viking sneered, “You’ll die like the rest down there, you’ll just be the first! Kill him now!”

These Hooded Followers, unlike the others, did not use weapons. Their very hands were their weapons. Their sleeves were drawn up, allowing each of their individual hands to be seen. After a moment, all of those hands were coated in a violet aura of magical energy, granting them increased strength. But for Shiro, this was no problem. 

The first Follower broke away from his allies and came in with an overhand chop, but Shiro grabbed his arm and easily threw him to the side. Another came charging in right behind the first. Shiro quickly reacted and spin kicked the guy in the Follower in the face, sending to the ground to his left. A third ran up behind Shiro and thrust out with a punch. However, Shiro ducked a little, letting the punch pass over his right shoulder. Once the Follower was in position, Shiro grabbed his arm with both of his hands, and flipped over, slamming the Follower onto his back. A fourth and fifth Follower tried to flank him, but Shiro kicked the first one in the chest, ducked, and swept the legs of the second before coming down with a punch, knocking that one out. 

Dragon Viking growled as she muttered, “For the love of - can you not take down just one human?! Ugh, if you want something done right, do it yourself I guess!”

The Kaijin twirled her ax around and dashed towards Shiro. She raised it up and swung it at Shiro, the human saw the attack at the last second and managed to maneuver himself to where the shaft of the ax would hit him instead. Shiro raised his arms up, using his forearms to take the hit. But he was unprepared for how strong she was as the blow managed to send him to the ground. Dragon Viking smiled, revealing her sharp teeth as she raised her right foot and brought it down on Shiro’s position. Shiro raised his hands and managed to stop her from stomping on him. Dragon Viking growled fiercely as she brought down her weight into her right leg, trying to crush him, literally trying to crush him under her foot. Shiro gathered his strength and managed to throw her off him. He rolled away from her, putting some distance between himself and her as he got back to his feet and stared Dragon Viking down. As soon as he stood up, he knew it was time.

“That’s it…”

Shiro positioned his arms to the right, swung over until they were pointing left, dragged his right arm back before thrusting it back up and putting the left at his waist.   

“Henshin…V3!”

Suddenly, a white and silver belt appeared around his waist. The buckle was oval shaped, with a green “V” in the middle and a red number “3” in the gap, and below the “3” was a red node. On either side of the “V” were two red pinwheel turbines, and upon declaring his transformation the two pinwheels started spinning. Shiro jumped high up into the air, the motion allowing the air and wind to spin the turbines, generating the necessary energy he needed. Red, orange, and blue cyclonic energy swirled around him before releasing a bright flash of light. When the flash faded away, Shiro was now behind Dragon Viking and her Hooded Followers, but now in Rider form. 

His suit was mint green, with red boots, and white gloves. His chest armor had two silver plates with a red armor strip that went down the middle. He had a popped up white collar around his neck, and white cloths that were attached to armor that danced in the wind generated by his transformation. Shiro’s helmet was red and insect-like in appearance, with emerald green compound eyes, and two antennae that formed a “V” pattern. A white strip went down the middle of the helmet before giving way to a silver mouthpiece around the lower jaw of the helmet. The third Legendary Rider of the Showa Era had made his appearance.  This was Kamen Rider V3 .

“Impossible!” Dragon Viking exclaimed.

“I’m V3!” the Rider announced as he struck his signature pose.

“V3?” Dragon Viking questioned in disbelief.

“Dragon Viking, this is as far as you go!” V3 proclaimed. He then jumped into the air and began to engage the enemy.

The Hooded Followers were just as shocked as their leader, but nevertheless, they were determined to take down this Rider, defeat was not an option for the Shocker Coven. 

V3 reengaged the remainder of Dragon Viking’s attack group. Now powered up in his Rider form, V3 kicked another of the Followers, sending that one flying into a tree trunk where they were knocked unconscious. The next one managed to get in close and threw one punch after another, but they only managed to hit the air as V3 dodged each thrown punch. That same Follower overextended himself, giving V3 an opening to knee him the gut, causing the Follower double over in pain they hugged their stomach, but wasn’t the end of it as V3 snap kicked him into the air. 

While some of the Followers were watching their comrade flying in the air, V3 used that distraction to dash towards one of the distracted Hooded Followers, leaped into the air, and drop kicked him another some bushes ten feet away. V3 jumped back to his feet just as another Follower came in with a kick, and apparently the enhancement magic they were using extended to their other limbs as V3 saw the same glow around the boot of the Hooded Follower as it passed by him. V3 went in to attack, but it seemed this one was a bit more agile the Hooded Follower back flipped away from each of V3’s attacks. The cybernetically enhanced Rider focused his power into the cyber enhancements in his and granted himself a short burst of speed to catch the agile Follower in mid flip and spin kicked him out of the air and into the same spot where he kicked the last one. 

A beefy looking Hooded Follower charged for V3 and managed to catch him off guard for a moment, pinning him against a tree and began wailing on the hero. One punch after the other hit his helmet and armor, sending a small amount of sparks flying from him, but the blows were strong, with the tree behind V3 rattling violently with each landed blow, threatening to snap in half. The Hooded Follower got cocky and reared back his left fist for a haymaker, believing he was going to be the one to take down a Kamen Rider, he was wrong. Now wide open, V3 threw a right hook into the Follower’s gut, creating a small shockwave that erupted behind his enemy. For a moment, the Follower was still standing, but after another second had passed, he fell over onto the ground. 

V3 then turned to Dragon Viking, and pointed his left finger at her. “ Dragon Viking, now it’s your turn!” 

“HEY, V3!” she yelled, “EAT THIS!” Dragon Viking inhaled deeply and then opened her mouth, releasing a huge burst of dragon fire. But V3 managed to roll out of the way as the flames left a trail of scorched earth in its wake. 

V3 jump-flipped as soon as she released another burst of flames. The Legendary Rider managed to get behind her, and as soon as she turned to face him, V3 attacked. V3 lashed out with several kicks and punches, each hit sending sparks flying from the monster’s body as she was forced back. V3 drew back both of his fists and landed a double punch to her chest, making the draconic warrior skid backwards as her talons raked the earth beneath her feet in an attempt to stop herself from going further. V3 got into a ready stance, preparing to finish this monster off. But that’s when Dragon Viking looked past V3 and smirked sinisterly. 

“You think you’re winning, V3?!” 

“Good always triumphs over evil, and today will be no different,” V3 replied. 

“Oh, is that so? Well then, take a good look behind you!” 

“I won’t be tricked that easily.” 

“LET US GO!” 

V3’s eyes widened under his helmet as he quickly turned around and watched as the Hooded Followers came walking out of the woods, and they were not alone. At least five of them were holding five members of the Beast Keeping Coven hostage, with knives pointed at their throats, and of the five, one of them was the Head of the Beast Keeping Coven, Eberwolf. 

V3 turned his attention back to Dragon Viking and glared angrily at her. 

“Why you cowards!” sneered V3, “you had a second team sneak in!”

“Indeed!” Dragon Viking replied as she sprinted towards V3 and struck him in the gut with a kick, creating a shockwave that managed to hurt him and make him fall to his knees. “Don’t underestimate the Shocker Coven. Restrain him!”

Two of the remaining Hooded Followers did as ordered, grabbing both of his arms and locking them into place to prevent him from doing anything. 

“I must admit I wasn’t expecting to face off against a Kamen Rider,” Dragon Viking said, “but the Great One will be pleased anyway.” She then turned her attention towards the Beast Keeping Coven members.

“Behold,” she announced, “the fate of all those who stand against the Shocker Coven! Glory to the Shocker Coven!” 

“GLORY TO THE SHOCKER COVEN!” the Hooded Followers chanted. 

Dragon Viking then positioned her ax near V3’s neck. With murderous grin, she raised her ax and brought it down. But just before her weapon could land, V3 broke free and crossed his arms in an “X” pattern. As soon as the ax made contact with his arms, the ax sparked and broke in half, with the blade half spinning in the air and landing about twenty feet away from. This was called the “Cellular Strength Device.” It causes the fusing of metal blades which come into contact with V3’s body. It is one of V3’s 26 Secrets. 

Dragon Viking looked at her broken weapon in utter shock and dismay, and then she looked down at V3 and asked dumbfoundedly “How hard is your body, anyway?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!”  

“It is merely one of my 26 Secrets! Now you understand, you had no chance of victory here,” said V3. 

“Curse you, V3!”

“Now it’s my turn!” said V3, “Let’s go!”  

V3 elbow struck the Follower on his right with enough force to throw them some feet away. The one on his left was dealt an uppercut that threw him into the air, and resulted with them landing on their comrade. V3 charged at Dragon Viking and slashed her across the chest with a karate chop, filling the air in front of him with a large amount of sparks upon contact. 

“Damn you!” she sneered, “KILL THEM!”

The Hooded Followers then prepared to stab the Beast Keeping Coven members. But as they raised their blades to stab them, they paused hearing a loud rustling noise from behind them. That’s when a couple of ratworms burst out from the bushes. The Hooded Followers yelled in shock and released two of their captives to try and run, but they were too late as the ratworms leaped into the air and crushed the Hooded Followers underneath their weight. Another rustling sound was heard, and that’s when the lumbering Slither Beast exited from the forest and roared loudly as it charged at the other two Hooded Followers. Like the others, they too released their hostages out of fear, but just like their comrades, were taken out as the creature slammed its body into the first one, sending them flying into a tree, and swiped its claws at the second, batting him away like a ragdoll. 

Eberwolf smirked, having communicated with the demon beasts right before they were captured and ordering them to follow close. Now that his Coven witches were safe, it was his turn. The small bestial witch growled as his fangs grew longer along with his claws, becoming more feral as he used his strength to break free from the Hooded Follower’s grasp. The Follower made a valiant attempt at slashing at Eberwolf, trying to complete their mission. But Eberwolf was too agile, he was already hard to catch when not in feral mode, but now, it was impossible. Eberwolf smirked as he rolled himself into a ball, rapidly spun, and launched himself at the Follower, hitting right in the stomach and launching him into the same tree as the last one. 

 Eberwolf looked directly at V3, his fierce gaze and nodding told V3 all he needed to know. 

“Right!” V3 as he threw his right arm diagonally to his right. This action caused the twin turbines of the Double Typhoon Driver to spin and bring V3 to full power. The Legendary Rider jumped straight into the air and began to spin in midair as he thrust out his right leg, aiming himself right for Dragon Viking. 

“V3 Revolving Double Kick!”  

V3’s cyclonic energy was shunted into his right foot as the hero struck Dragon Viking in the chest with the blow. V3 then backflips in mid air and lands a second kick to Dragon Viking’s chest. The Kaijin released a gasp of pain as she was sent flying several feet in the opposite direction. Eberwolf and the other Beast Keeping witches quickly ducked as Dragon Viking sailed over their heads, and landed into the ground, digging up the earth as she came to a stop. V3 landed on the ground, but his guard was still up as he watched Dragon Viking stagger back to her feet. However, it was clear that the Kaijin of the Shocker Coven was done as the energy released into her by V3 was already causing a chain reaction within her body.  

“DAMN…YOU…V3!!!!” Dragon Viking yelled as she fell forward and exploded in fiery destruction.

“Alright!” V3 said as he notices the Beast Keeping Coven members approaching him.

Eberwolf came out of feral mode and had the Slither Beast use its goop to restrain the Hooded Followers. The little furball walked up to V3 as he made a series of hand gestures akin to sign language. Amazingly, V3 understood him. 

“You’re welcome, Head Witch Eberwolf,” V3 replied, “But it’s you I should thank. Those creatures really came in handy.”

Eberwolf made a few more signs and pointed at the Hooded Followers. 

“I’m afraid this isn’t over, truly, it’s just beginning.”

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A group of Hooded Followers and a woman in a gold robe were stalking a pristine purple building with gold highlights. In some ways it looked like a scaled down version of the Emperor’s castle, with winding spires, and the gold accents painted on in artistic patterns to really show off the prestigiousness of this Coven. It was no surprise that this Coven, compared to the others, had such a headquarters, for it was the one with the most opportunities, and had many aspiring witches and demons among their ranks. This was the headquarters of the Abomination Coven. It was this place that the Shocker Coven chose to target.

“Priestess of Gorgom,” asked one of the Hooded Followers, “when do we attack?”

The woman just smirked under her hood. “How about…now.” She then proceeded to remove her robe, releasing a cloud of purple smoke that swirled around her body. Light flashed within the smoke until it disappeared and revealed the Priestess’ true form. The creature that now stood before the Followers was a combination of a dinosaur and a mummy. It had the head of a pterodactyl, but with a golden pharaoh’s crown around it. The creature’s body was wrapped in white bandages, aside from its razor-sharp talons and the claws on its fingers. The creature still retained its feminine form, with long slender legs and arms. On its back were two large wings that gave a little flap for practice. Around her neck was a black and gold mantle with the emblem of the Shocker Coven molded onto it, and around her waist was a golden sash. This was Pterodactyl Mummy.

“Let’s go!” she yelled as she and the Hooded Followers took flight.

The Abomination Coven members were taken by surprise as Pterodactyl Mummy and the Hooded Followers crashed straight through the windows. 

Meanwhile, in another part of the headquarters, the Head of the Abomination Coven, Darius Deamonne, was busy enjoying his relaxation time, with a drink in one hand and some slices of some kind of vegetable placed over his eyes. However, the moment he heard the sounds of glass breaking, he was snapped out of his relaxing moment. 

“I swear, every time, those new recruits and their Abomination brawls. Whatever, I’ll deal with them later,” he said. 

Darius was about to go back to his relaxing “me time”, but then snapped to attention when heard multiple sounds of glass shattering, followed by screams, and what sounded like battle. 

“Okay, now that sounds like a problem.” Darius drew a spell circle as he stood up, making Abomination goo swirl around him and replace his relaxation attire with his normal one. Darius ran out of his room and headed towards the sounds of commotion and that’s when he saw the Hooded Followers attacking his fellow Covenmates. 

Darius morphed is right arm into Abomination goo and thrust it forward in a stream as it slammed against a group of the Followers, wrapping them up in the goo, and then proceeded to slam them up against the ceiling, floor, and walls before letting them go in an unconscious heap. 

“No one intrudes on my relaxation time!” The other Coven witches looked at him in confusion. “Oh, and no one attacks my witches under my roof.” 

The other witches weren’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth here and just went with it. The Head of the Abomination Coven continued pushing the Hooded Followers out of the halls into the main rotunda of the headquarters, and now that they were in an open space, Darius readied himself to finish them off. But before he could do that, strange bandages were launched at him. The first of them quickly wrapped up his right arm, and upon the bandages appeared strange hieroglyphic symbols that glowed with omnius power. Darius tried to shift his arm into Abomination goo to free himself from the wraps, but it did not work. 

“What in the name of the Titan?!” 

More wraps shot out and coiled around his left arm before he could shift that either. More and more were released, covering his legs, and chest as the hieroglyphic markings continued to radiate their power, canceling out his ability to morph. Darius turned his head towards a darkened hallway, and that’s when he spotted Pterodactyl Mummy, now seeing that the bandages were in fact coming from her body. 

“What have you done?!” Darius asked. 

“My cursed bandages nullify any magical item once wrapped up in them. And in the case of a person, they seal their magic so long as they’re contained in the wraps. So, you won’t be getting out of them by turning into an Abomination. Nor will you be able to draw a spell circle,” Pterodactyl Mummy explained. 

The Priestess of Gorgon continued to wrap up Darius until only his eyes and nose were left unobstructed, it did her no good if he suffocated and died too quickly, and she wanted to have him see his end coming. Darius squirmed on the floor as he tried to shift, his face would shift between his normal form and Abomination form, but Pterodactyl Mummy’s curse wraps were doing what she said they would do, keep his magic sealed. Darius continued to hear sounds of battle, but when he did, he saw that his Coven witches were getting quickly overrun by the Hooded Followers, as it seemed they too had some version of Pterodactyl Mummy’s curse wraps and were using them against the witches and demons. 

Pterodactyl Mummy stalked towards the downed Coven leader and kicked him over onto his back as she stepped on his chest with her taloned foot. Her green eyes gleamed with barely continued sadistic glee. “The high and mighty Head of the Abomination Coven, Darius Deamonne, now lies on the floor beneath my heel. Heh-ha-ha! I think I’ll have my fun with you before I kill,” she laughed as she came closer to him. Suddenly, the whole place went dark. There were sounds of struggle, punches being landed, grunts of pain, and somehow Pterodactyl Mummy found herself getting pushed off and sent to the floor. When the lights came back on a few seconds later, Pterodactyl Mummy was shocked to see nothing but a clutter of bandages. She then looked up to the nearby banister to see Darius in the care of a single Hooded Follower.

“You!” she yelled, “How dare you betray the Shocker Coven! What are you doing?!”

The Hooded Follower then proceeded to take off his hood to reveal a human male with neatly combed hair.

“A human?!” exclaimed Pterodactyl Mummy.

Darius himself was surprised at this revelation.

“I am Joji Yuki.” said the man, “Pterodactyl Mummy, I’ll teach you a lesson. Prepare yourself!”

Joji raised his hands in the air, and a blue helmet materialized in his hands. The helmet had two red compound eyes, two antennae that were in “V” formation, A silver plate that went down the middle followed by a green “V” metal plate, and in the middle of the gap was a red node.  Joji placed the helmet on his head, and upon doing so, the mysterious energy formed around his body. Creating a black suit with silver gloves and boots. Upon his waist was a belt, with a silver buckle, a red leather strap, a blue triangle, and four red nodes that blinked in sequence. Upon his chest were two red armor plates, while the middle had a silver triangle with a green upside-down “V”, and a smaller red triangle in the middle. Around the hero’s neck was a yellow scarf that flapped in the wind generated by the energy of the transformation. When it was over, the field of energy dissipated, revealing a new hero. This was Riderman .

Everyone in the whole building was shocked at what they saw.

“A Kamen Rider?!” exclaimed Pterodactyl Mummy.

“Pterodactyl Mummy, I have no patience for evil!” Riderman yelled, “You now face Riderman!”

“Stop acting so tough, weak human…” Pterodactyl Mummy yelled back, “Take him out!”

The Hooded Followers began to charge at him and Darius. Riderman turned his head towards him.

“Darius,” he said, “get everyone out of here now!”

“Can you even handle all of them on your own?!” Darius asked. 

Riderman’s response was to jump off the banister and land in the middle of the Hooded Followers, making them focus their attention on him. The hero ran towards one of the Followers, extending his left arm out, and clotheslined him in the neck, sending the Follower spinning in the air before hitting the floor. As he drew closer to a second Follower, Riderman thrust kicked them in the chest, sending them into a group of his allies and putting them onto the floor as well. 

“Okay, never mind then,” said Darius. The Head of the Abomination Coven transformed into goo as he descended from the banister and called out to the witches of his Coven, “EVERYONE, FOLLOW ME! QUICKLY!”

One of the Followers was about to attack the retreating witches, but Riderman appeared behind him and gave him a karate chop to the back of the neck, effectively knocking them out. Another tried to attack Riderman, throwing a punch his way. But Riderman locked the Follower’s arm under his left, Riderman used his free right fist to punch that Follower in the gut, and then in the face before letting them go. The next one had his punch blocked, and Riderman struck him in the gut with a right hook and then threw him back with an uppercut. Riderman got ready to attack a few more, but before he knew it, the hero was surrounded by the Hooded Followers, circling up around him and cutting off any means of escape. 

“Alright.” he murmured. Riderman held out his right arm, where a device known as the Cassette Arm materialized. The hero thrust his arm into it, locking it into the Cassette Arm which was peanut-shaped and had a mace attached to the other end. “Swing Arm!”  

The mace attachment shot out on a string, knocking two of the Hooded Followers unconscious. Riderman swung the Swing Arm mace around in a circle, knocking down all the Hooded Followers like bowling pins set up for him to do so. Meanwhile, Pterodactyl Mummy was watching this from above. Glaring angrily at how her mission was getting foiled by a Kamen Rider that shouldn’t be here. The only other Rider they should be worried about was Crusader since Witch and Heka were captured. 

“Damn you, Riderman! You’re making me look like a fool!” she murmured. Pterodactyl Mummy then looked up to see the Abomination Coven members making their way towards the exit and she proceeded to fly down and intercept them.

“If I could at least get rid of you,” she said, “then I would have completed my mission for The Great One!”

But before she could get any closer to them…

“Rope Arm!”

A hook on a rope caught her by the neck. The Abomination Coven members looked to see Riderman at the other end of the rope. Hooded Followers laid unconscious around him. Riderman gave a strong pull on the rope, yanking Pterodactyl Mummy and sending her slamming into the wall, actually making it crack.

“Hurry, get out of here!” he yelled. The Coven members nodded and made their way towards the door. Meanwhile, Pterodactyl Mummy got up shaking the rubble off her body.

“Why you…” she sneered.

Riderman then jumped up in the air and punched her in the chest. He then punched her again then flipped her over his shoulder. The Shocker Coven Priestess flapped her wings and made Riderman back away, giving her some breathing room. 

“Whatever, I still have one trick up my sleeve!” she said as she shot out her bandages which wrapped around Riderman. The bandages began to glow with the cursed hieroglyphic markings, sealing Riderman’s abilities as he tried to summon another of his Cassette Arms, but nothing happened. He tried to use the enhanced strength granted to him by his suit, but again, even that was sealed.

“Struggle all you want, you won’t break free!” she taunted, “And because you tricked us and allowed the targets to escape, I’m gonna tear you apart with my own talons!”

That’s when something sharp flew by and cut the bandages, setting Riderman free. Both looked at the sharp object, seeing that it was a knife made out of abomination goo. They looked back to see that it was Darius who threw the knife and was currently running towards Riderman.

“I teleported everyone away,” he said, “now let me help you!”

Riderman nodded, “Let’s finish this!”

“Just try it!” Pterodactyl Mummy yelled as she charged at the two of them.

Darius then encased himself in Abomination goo, and within seconds Darius had entered his Abomination form, standing three feet taller than Riderman and with a more imposing physique. When Pterodactyl Mummy saw this, she decided to take the higher ground and began her ascent, but before she got high enough…

“Rope Arm!”  

Riderman used his rope arm and caught her hook, line, and sinker. He then began to swing her around in circles four times before she went flying across the room towards Abomination Darius, whose right arm turned into a scythe which he used to cut off one of her wings. Pterodactyl Mummy crash landed on her back, the missing wing piece transformed into sand, and the severed end of Pterodactyl Mummy’s wing broke down into sand as well, leaving her with only one wing and grounding her. 

“Alright…” Riderman said as he prepared his final attack, “Missile Arm!”

At that moment, another Cassette Arm materialized to replace the Rope Arm. It was peanut-shaped like the last one, but at the tip of the weapon was a bullet-shaped silver missile with four fins on it. Riderman took aim with his new weapon, his helmet’s systems locked onto Pterodactyl Mummy and once he was, fired the missile. The missile screeched as it sailed through the air at rapid speeds, Pterodactyl Mummy looked up too late as the missile struck, blowing up the monster and leaving nothing behind but a small smoking crater. 

Darius returned to his normal state as he turned towards Riderman.

“Well done Kamen Rider…um…” he started to say.

“Riderman,” he said, “just Riderman. Now to make sure the others don’t get away… Net Arm!”

His Cassette Arm changed again, this time to the Net Arm which shot a large net that trapped the fallen Hooded Followers. He then looked at the damage around the place.

“I hope you guys have good insurance.”

Darius looked at Riderman in confusion as he asked, “What the heck is ‘insurance’?”

Chapter Text

Hettie Cutburn, the head witch of the Healing Coven, was making her way towards the Healing Coven Hospital in Latissa. Little did she know that not too far away, a man in a gold robe was following her. They were both walking along one of the streets that was near the shore. The man had almost caught up with her when suddenly a hooded man with black hair intercepted him. This caused the man in the gold robe to back up in surprise.

“The name is Keisuke Jin,” the man said, “I know you’re the Priest of G.O.D., and if you want to get to that woman, you have to get through me.”

The man in the gold robe clenched his teeth in anger. “Why you…” he sneered as he removed his robe. Purple smoke swirled around his body as a bright light shined within it. A moment later, the smoke disappeared, revealing his true form. The monster before Keisuke was an anthropomorphic black stallion, bearing white and gold knightly armor. In his right hand he wielded an incredibly sharp claymore sword, and in his left, he bore a shield with the Shocker Coven emblem embossed onto it. Of his silver mane poked through the helmet, creating a war plume, and flowing down his back was a pristine blue cape. This was Horse Knight.

“Human, you made the biggest mistake of your life this day!” Horse Knight stated.

Horse Knight galloped forward, his hooven feet clacking against the pavement as he swung his claymore at the human. Keisuke quickly jumped back, avoiding the initial slash of Horse Knight’s sword. But such a move left the equine monster wide open, so Keisuke ran forward and kicked him in the upper torso. Horse Knight grunted a bit from the kick, but was not deterred as he slashed again, Keisuke narrowly dodged the slashes from such a big sword, but at last second he jumped back to avoid a vertical slash. The blade struck the pavement in front of them, cracking it and making the blade put into it. Keisuke took this opportunity to attack, and drop kicked Horse Knight’s right hand, making him release his sword. The human spun around and roundhouse kicked Horse Knight in the chest, pushing him away from his weapon, and allowing Keisuke to put some distance between him, Horse Knight, and the monster’s weapon. 

Once he was far enough away, a belt appeared out of thin air around his waist. The belt had a black leather strap that wrapped around his waist. The buckle was silver in color, with a red and black pinwheel in the center that was covered by a clear reinforced glass case. On the left side of that centerpiece was a red triangle turned on its left, and on the right was a red handle that was attached to the belt. Keisuke thrust his right arm across his chest, while keeping his left against his waist and balled into a fist before crossing both arms over the Driver on his waist. 

“Set up!”

A field of aurora energy formed around Keisuke, donning him in a gray suit. He had black gloves and boots on, and upon his chest was a red armored chest plate that had an “X” pattern on it. Around his neck was a black scarf with yellow accents, and a red “X” on it. Keisuke reached with his hands to the sides of his belt, and in both of his hands he had two metal pieces. In the right hand was a silver round piece with red compound eyes, and in the left was a mouth plate. One half of the round piece disappeared and rematerialized over the left side of Keisuke’s face, followed by the second half to form the helmet. Now that it was much larger, it was clear to see that the helmet sported a stylized red “V” between the eyes, and a black horn crest that was also in the shape of a “V”. Keisuke placed the mouth plate against the helmet, and when he did, a bright light flashed, and dispersed the aurora field, revealing his form to Horse Knight. This was Kamen Rider X.

He then pulls out the red handle from his belt, revealing it to be some sort of fencing sword. The Rider then slashed the air with the weapon in a criss cross pattern, creating an “X” made of golden light in the air.

“X Rider!” he yelled.

To say that Horse Knight was furious would be an understatement.

“GET HIM!” Horse Knight yelled.

As soon as he gave the order, Hooded Followers wielding spears dropped down from the rooftops, surrounding X Rider.

X Rider held his Ridol Whip out and charged at the oncoming enemies. Two of the followers thrust with their lances, but X Rider slid under the incoming weapons, channeled his energy into the Ridol Whip, and slashed them across the chest as he slid by them. The two Hooded Followers fell over onto the ground just as he popped back up. A third Follower attacked with his lance, but X-Rider managed to get the weapon in a headlock with his left arm, snapping it in two, and then slashed that same Follower. Three others attacked him with their spears but he dodge rolled across the ground, avoiding the attacks. He rolled up next to another, slashing that one across the chest, and then spun around to kick the one behind him. Another of the Followers tried to catch him off guard, but X Rider made it known that he wasn’t as he slashed the tip of the lance off, sending the blade flying into the air before it lodged itself into the wall of a building. X Rider rushed towards the Follower and reappeared behind him, a delayed reaction occurred before the Follower fell. 

“X Slash!”   

X Rider charged straight for another of the followers and launched the X Slash at Follower, sending him flying against a building where he made a body shaped impression into it. X Rider jumped into the air as two more of the Followers came in and tried to impale him from two different directions. The Kamen Rider jumped into the air at the last second, having both of his opponents stop just before they nearly skewered each other. X Rider landed behind the left Follower and struck him in the head with the butt of his Ridol Whip. Once that one was up, X Rider charged for the other and struck him with multiple roundhouse kicks before throwing one more, sending him into a spin before hitting the ground. 

“Accursed X Rider,” Horse Knight sneered, “I’ll send you to the afterlife!”

Horse Knight dismissed his claymore sword and summoned a lance with a jagged blade. He threw his spear at X Rider, who jumped out of the way just in time. X Rider then pressed the “S” button on Ridol.

“Ridol Stick!” he yelled as his weapon turned into a boa staff. Horse Knight resummoned his claymore sword and charged at X Rider. The two warriors clashed with their weapons, showering the area with sparks with each contact made. They continued to clash until Horse Knight slashed with an overhand swing causing X Rider to hold his Ridol Stick horizontally to block the attack. Upon contact, Horse Knight’s sword broke in two, shocking the equine monster. X Rider noticed that there were four more Hooded Followers left, so he kicked Horse Knight away and decided to take them out before they got the bright idea to go after Hettie Cutburn while he was busy with Horse Knight. 

X Rider used the Ridol Stick to strike the first Hooded Follower in their sides, and across the face, effectively knocking them out. The second met the same fate as they both now laid on the ground. The last two were about to attack him from the sides, but X Rider twirled his Ridol Stick then pressed the “L” button.

“Long Pole!” he yelled as his weapon extended to the length of fifteen feet. Both ends of the Long Pole rapidly extended to the sides and struck both in the gut, he twirled the weapon around and dragged them along for the ride. Using the momentum, he tossed both Hooded Followers off the ends of the Long Pole and into the side of another building. 

“Damn you, Rider!” Horse Knight sneered as X Rider reverted his weapon back to the Ridol Stick. 

Horse Knight jumped into the air and fell from the air to try and stomp on him.  X Rider managed to evade the attack, rolling close to the pier. Horse Knight smiled as he thought about X Rider’s position. He began using his powerful legs to throw kicks at Rider, forcing X Rider to block them with his Ridol Stick, but unfortunately, not noticing how it was pushing him closer and closer to the edge of the pier. Horse Knight seized the moment and charged at X Rider, shield bashing the hero straight into the Boiling Sea behind him. The equine monster watched as X Rider yelled for a moment before he splashed into the water, silencing his cries. Horse Knight panted but smiled wickedly.

“Since when were there four Kamen Riders on the Boiling Isles?!” He asked himself, “No matter. At least he’s now fried. Now back to my target.” 

However, as he started to make his way back to his task, a huge splash came from the water. Horse Knight turned around just in time to watch as X Rider exploded out of the Boiling Sea and on his motorcycle, Cruiser, coming to a screeching halt a few feet from the equine monster. Needless to say, Horse Knight was furious, it didn’t make sense, there was no way this was possible. 

“How are you even alive?!” he asked, “That water is hot enough to melt the flesh off anyone in mere seconds!”

“As a Kaizorg, I am able to survive and move freely thirty thousand meters below sea level. Not to mention I can withstand extreme temperatures.” X Rider explained.

“Why you…make a fool outta me…” Horse Knight remarked, “I’M GONNA KILL YOU!!!”

X Rider took out his Ridol Stick and jumped towards Horse Knight. X Rider used the Ridol Stick to slash Horse Knight a few times across the chest, spraying the air with sparks from each hit. Horse Knight raised his shield and tried to smash it into X Rider, but the Kamen Rider jumped up at the last second and roundhouse kicked him in the head, making Horse Knight back away as he stumbled in a daze. Time to end this , he thought. 

X Rider tossed the Ridol Stick into the air, where it remained suspended in the air. The gray Rider ran and jumped high into the air, grabbing onto the Ridol Stick like a gymnastics high bar. He used the Ridol Stick to spin around and around, building up momentum and energy as he spun once more, launching himself higher into the air as he formed an “X” pattern with his body. The energy he gathered focused itself into his right foot as he extended it forward and descended onto Horse Knight. 

“X Kick!” 

A glowing white “X” appeared at the end of his boot just as X Rider kicked the center of Horse Knight’s chest, sending him skidding on his hooves backwards before the hero landed on the ground. Horse Knight grunted as he tried to fight it, but the glowing “X’s” energy spread through his body, and within seconds, he exploded, ending the existence of the equine monster. With the Hooded Follower defeated and Horse Knight destroyed, X Rider hurried around the building and watched as the Head of the Healing Coven managed to enter the Healing Coven hospital without any further incident. 

“Hettie Cutburn,” he said to himself, “you were lucky to not to be involved in this. From one doctor to another, you're welcome.”

He then mounted his motorcycle and drove away.

Chapter Text

Hidden in the forest on the left side of the Boiling Isle, lies a set of structures made of wood. Tall winding spires crafted from the plants of the earth, reaching high as vines wrapped around them to give these spires support. There various patches where Plant witches were busy tending to different kinds of living plants, and the carnivorous ones as well. Beautiful flowers bloomed around the area, giving this place a truly mystical feel. This was the headquarters of the Plant Coven. Terra Snapdragon, the Coven’s head witch, was overseeing the flower arrangement for the festival that the Emperor was holding in honor of the Kamen Riders.

I don’t know why Belos would want to do this, she thought to herself, but I know it’s probably just all part of his great plan.

Terra did find it odd that Belos would honor the Kamen Riders, especially when he offered a bounty on their heads, but given the events with the Phantoms, she supposed that some showing of gratitude was in order. After all, they did manage to put an end to the menace of the Phantoms once and for all. She had just made it to the main building when everything went downhill. Out of nowhere, a group of hooded people armed with cutlases and muskettes amerged, led by a bizarre creature.

The creature had black skin, white fur, and had a crouched posture. The creature was dressed in a white coat that had black edges around the sleeves, and hem of the coat. A pair of black pants that had some tears, showing that this creature had seen some battles. Her pirate hat had the symbol of the Shocker Coven sewn onto it, and had a feather sticking out of it. It was armed with a cutlass sword, a silver, gleaming blade with a golden pommel and guard, and emblazoned on the guard was the same symbol of the evil coven. She had a musket strapped onto her back, and on each side of her belt were four flintlock pistols. The musket and pistols weren’t your average weapon, they had a trumpet shaped barrel opening, and where typically the flint would go, there was instead a violet crystal, and in the pan where the hammer would fall onto was another crystal. The creature stood about five foot, five inches, at least in her slouched posture, and had a medium, muscular build.  This was Ape Pirate.

“What in the name of the Titan are you?!” Terra asked. 

“Ha har!” Ape Pirate yelled, “Tis Ape Pirate, The Priestess of Gedon, come seeking a blood bath! Ha har!”

The Plant Coven members immediately began to summon various carnivorous plants and thorny vines to defend themselves. Some of the Hooded Followers were whipped and thrown, some were eaten whole by the plant monsters, but unfortunately, their advantage only lasted so long. The Hooded Followers made use of their enchanted cutlasses, slicing through plant monsters and vines, some of which had hides as strong as iron. A row of the Hooded Followers raised their muskets and pulled the trigger. The two matchlock crystals struck each other, and immediately upon doing so, released a burst of magical energy that soared towards the vines and plant monsters. Multiple explosions rang out as the defenses of the Plant Coven were burned and cut away. Terra placed herself in the fray, summoning huge dragon-like plants made of tightly woven bramble vines and poisonous plants. 

Ape Pirate scoffed at the display of power and decided to give Terra a lesson in what real power is. The Priestess of Gedon leaped high into the air, landing on a tree branch as she surveyed Terra’s creations. With a smirk, Ape Pirate began using the very trees as a means to swing and vault off of. The bramble dragon roared and began crawling up one of the trees as it gave chase. Ape Pirate chuckled boisterously and evilly as she swung on the next branch she grabbed, spun around, and launched herself into the air. The bramble dragon used its thorny claws to quickly ascend the tree, its jaws opening wide to eat the beast. But Ape Pirate brandished her cutlass and waved her left hand over the blade. A violet aura flared up around it as she dove straight down towards the bramble dragon. The bramble opened wide and snapped its jaws around Ape Pirate, but her disappearance only lasted a moment as bright violet streaks of light erupted from the inside of the dragon and out through its body. Within seconds the entire plant creation was shredded to pieces. 

But the buccaneer was not done yet. The poison plant dragon opened its flowers and released a plume of sparkling, toxic pollen in Ape Pirate’s direction. The Priestess used her feet to grab onto another vine and swung herself around until she was now standing on it. Ape Pirate sheathed her cutlass and brought out her musket. She took careful aim as she pulled the trigger and released a single powerful blast of magical energy from the weapon. The violet light burned through the poisonous pollen, turning it into cinders as it made landfall and exploded, a few feet away from where Terra was. The Head of the Plant Coven was thrown several feet away, rolling on the ground until she came to a stop inside the main building lobby. Ape Pirate chuckled mockingly as she practically strutted her way to the semi-conscious Terra. With her great strength she lifted Terra up by her throat and slammed her against the wall, back first, bringing Terra back to full consciousness, painfully so. 

“And here I be hoping the plant wench would put up more of a fight.” she said as she pointed her flintlock pistol at Terra’s face, “How pitiful.”

“You…damn…monster! How dare you…attack a Coven head! You will pay for your insolence…and your transgression…against the Emperor!” Terra struggled to say. 

“Oh, ye need not worry about him, ya old sea hag. He’ll be joinin’ ya real soon. We’re just makin’ sure his stay in the Locker is one spent surrounded by friends, heh-heh-ha!”

She was about to pull the trigger when, all of a sudden, a rope wrapped around the pistol barrel and yanked it out of her hand and into the nearby darkness.

“Who’s there?!” Ape Pirate demanded.

Suddenly, a man with wild black hair, wearing nothing more than torn shorts, laced sandals, a weird belt, and a strange bracelet on his left arm came tackling Ape Pirate. The Shocker Coven monster was not prepared for how strong this man was, having been thrown from the tackle, and made to release Terra as she fell to the floor and began coughing and wheezing. The man and Ape Pirate rolled on the ground for a few moments until they were both outside. Ape Pirate managed to throw the man off her, but when he was, the man flipped in the air and landed on all fours in a kind of feral posture. Some of the Hooded Followers noticed the man and began making their way towards him. The man spotted the first Hooded Follower, leaped up, and kicked him across the face, sending them rolling onto the ground. The second one attacked from the side with his sword, but the man managed to avoid it by crouching low at the last second. The man noticed another of the Followers readying his musket, but that’s when he dashed straight towards that Follower and tackled him to the ground. He rolled around on the forest floor with the Follower for a moment until he managed to wrestle the musket away, tossing it off into the distance before smashing his fist into the Follower’s face, knocking them out cold. 

The Follower who had tried to slash him with their sword attacked again, swinging left and right. The feral man managed to dodge each of the slashes, and on the third swing, the wild man weaved around the swing and got behind the Follower, placing him in a headlock. The Follower immediately dropped his sword and tried to pry the strong arm of the wild man off of them. Another of his comrades came to try and help, but the wild man hit him with a thrust kick, sending him flying in the other direction. The wild man began running for a nearby tree, and that’s when he rammed the Follower he had headfirst into it, knocking him out as they laid on the ground motionless. 

Ape Pirate watched all this unfold before her, not understanding how a single person was able to take out her Followers, and with such ease, and unarmed. It didn’t matter, the only thing that did matter was the death of the Plant Coven’s leader. The creature of the Shocker Coven hurried back inside the main building, where she found a still recovering Terra was sitting on the floor. Ape Pirate showed a toothy grin as she prepared to kill her, but at the last second, the wild man came in, vaulting off her back and making the Priestess of Gedon stumble backwards. The wild man flipped in the air and landed on the floor. He quickly turned around and faced Ape Pirate, putting himself between the monster and Terra Snapdragon. 

“Ye be workin’ my last nerve!” Ape Pirate threatened. 

The wild man only glared at Ape Pirate, having not said a word to her or Terra. Then he began doing something strange, the wild man pulled his arms inward and clenched his hands into claws as he stretched out and opened his hands, yelling.

“A-MA-ZON!!!”

His eyes went wide as an almost demonic red light shined within them. At the same time, a bright white flash covered his entire body. His body then went through a metamorphosis, transforming the wild man on a cellular level. When the white light subsided, it was no longer a man standing between Ape Pirate and Terra, but some kind of creature. His body was covered in smooth green scales, with crimson red stripes zigzagging in different directions. The scales gave way to thick leathery hide that resembled boots, and on the back of those boots was a razor-sharp fin protrusion. His hands had the same black leather hide, and resembled gloves. Each “gloved” finger had a white claw, and both had the same razor-sharp fin. The chest of this creature was covered in a kind of yellow, exoskeletal armor. The creature’s head had the same green scales and red zigzagging stripes. Its head resembled that of a cross between a lizard and an insect with the big red compound eyes, and at the center of the forehead was a yellow gem. His back also sported the sharp fin. Around the creature’s neck was a white scarf, his waist still had the strange belt, and the strange armlet was still attached to his left bicep. This was the Rider of legend, a wild man who fought in a savage manner for the good of all and to strike down evil. This was Kamen Rider Amazon.

“Gii-Gii-Gii!” he screamed as swung his arms back and forth.

“It be no matter to me, witch, demon, or whatever!  I’ll have you swimmin’ with the fishes all the same!” Ape Pirate declared.

The Hooded Followers field in behind Ape Pirate, they had not seen the transformation and thought that Amazon was just another of the Plant Coven’s creations, or some monster they kept on hand. Without waiting for an order, the Followers who entered began attacking Amazon. 

The wild Rider crouched and dashed towards two of them with inhuman speed. By the time they noticed him, Amazon struck the backs of their necks with a chop, knocking them out in an instant. While dashing past those two, Amazon appeared before a third Follower and repeatedly punched him in the gut, before uppercutting him into the air. A fourth Follower came down with their sword, but Amazon managed to block with left forearm, catching the Follower at his wrist. The Follower quickly dropped his blade when he felt the sharp fin of Amazon cutting into them, forcing them to release their weapon and back away. Amazon took this opportunity and punched the Follower with a right hook before putting him on the floor with a left haymaker. 

Amazon’s inhuman senses alerted him to imminent attack. He quickly jumped into the air as a magical musket blast flew under him. When Amazon landed on the ground, he turned around and glared at the Follower who tried to snipe him while his back was turned. The bestial Rider dashed for him, making the Follower cock back the hammer and fire again, repeatedly. Each shot whizzed by Amazon, barely coming within an inch of him as he quickly closed the distance. The Follower swiftly abandoned his musket and drew out his cutlass as he slashed at the wild Rider. Amazon used his thick, leathery hide and hard scales to block the blade with his arms. The Follower tried again and again, but each attempt was met with another block by Amazon. Finally, Amazon saw an opening when he tried to go for an overhead slash, and Amazon punished him for the act with a punch to his stomach, and another across his right cheek. With another one down, Amazon moved onto the last two as he appeared before the next one as he struck him the shoulder with chop, forcing him to release the musket, and then threw a right uppercut to the Follower’s jaw. The last Follower, who was just plain desperate at this point, ran straight for Amazon and leaped into the air for a drop kick. Amazon’s senses told him of the attack, allowing him to sidestep the Follower at the last second. However, before he could fly by him, Amazon raised his right hand and brought it down in a karate chop right to the Follower’s side, sending him crashing down to the floor in midair. 

Now that the Followers had been taken care of, it was time to end the monster before him. Amazon got back his feral crouching position before taking off towards Ape Pirate. Amazon leaped up at the last second and went for a flying roundhouse kick. But Ape Pirate ducked the kick, making Amazon land on the floor. Ape Pirate cocked back her powerful fist and threw a left hook at the wild Rider. Amazon back flipped away, putting some distance between them before charging in again. He jumped into the air again and went for a drop kick against the swashbuckling gorilla. Luck was on her side as Ape Pirate ducked again, avoiding Amazon’s attack again. Before he could pass her by, Amazon dropped out of the air, and crouched low to the floor as he swept her legs, causing the Priestess of Gedon to fall to the floor. Ape Pirate growled angrily as she rolled onto her front and jumped back up, ready to attack, but Amazon swiftly struck her in the side with a chop, making Ape Pirate cough in pain. 

Ape Pirate roared angrily and grit her teeth as she twisted around with her left fist in an attempt to backhand Amazon. The wild Rider quickly raised his left forearm just in time to block the hit, creating a shockwave that shook the ground and air around them. Ape Pirate used the momentum of the blocked backhand to swing around with the right with a left hook. But Amazon ducked the attack and struck her in the stomach with an “X” chop, causing sparks to fly from her body as she was sent skidding backwards until Ape Pirate was back outside and away from Terra. Amazon ran outside and flipped over her, Ape Pirate turned to attack, but was too slow as Amazon swept her legs with a kick. Ape Pirate hit the ground hard and tried to rise, but the wild Rider came down with his right foot to stomp on her chest. The Priestess of Gedon forwent her initial motion and quickly rolled out of the way as Amazon’s foot hit the ground, causing small fissures to form around that same foot. 

The Shocker Coven monster hurriedly rose to her feet and drew her cutlass, bathing it in her dark magical energy as she made a construct energy blade form around it, giving it a few more inches of length as it hummed in her hands. Amazon saw her weapon and grew a bit cautious, he could sense that the power behind her weapon was stronger than the minions he defeated, and if he was not careful, he could end up losing a limb, or worse. Ape Pirate charged for Amazon and swung wildly through the air, while Amazon’s enhanced and feral instincts allowed him to dodge the attacks, the misses were too close. Especially considering the increased length and increased width of the beam blade. Amazon kept dodging the weapon, forced to back up. Ape Pirate slashed horizontally in a wide arc, and Amazon was forced to jump high into the air and land on a tree branch to get out of the way. However, the moment he did, the tree began to lest, but not just that tree, the tree to his right as well. That’s when he realized that Ape Pirate’s last attack cut through the two trees at the same time, causing them to fall. 

With little choice given, Amazon launched himself off the falling tree and right for Ape Pirate. The Shocker Coven monster smirked as she leaped up to meet him and slashed with her sword. Amazon continued past her until he hit the ground, rolling along until he was lying on his stomach, face down. Ape Pirate grinned in satisfaction, she finally managed to land a good blow. But she was not about to get overconfident. She intended to make sure that he wasn’t going to get back up. Ape rushed over to the still body of Amazon until she was standing next to him. The swashbuckling gorilla monster raised her cutlass high, preparing to stab him. But before she could, Amazon came back to life, swung his legs around, and donkey kicked her in the chest, sending the monster skidding on her heels again. Amazon took advantage of this and dashed towards her, leaping a bit into the air as he kicked her in the side, and spun in midair to deliver another one to her opposite side. 

Now angrier than earlier, Ape Pirate slashed again and again, but Amazon saw his opening as she brought the sword down for an overhead strike. Amazon raised both of his forearms up, making sure his sharp fins were pointing towards the incoming blade. The blade landed exactly on both of the forearm fin blades, but her sword did not manage to cut through them. Ape Pirate tried to push the sword down in an attempt to cut all the way through, but Amazon growled and raked his fin blades across the sword in opposite directions, the motion and power behind it caused the construct shatter, and once the metal blade hit his fin blades, the metal snapped in half, sending the broken half flying over his Amazon’s head where it lodged itself into a rock. 

With her weapon effectively destroyed, Amazon slashed her across the chest, causing sparks to fly. Amazon struck with another chop to her side, followed by three jabs that made sparks dance in the air around them. The wild Rider high kicked Ape Pirate in the chin, before landing another to her head, disorienting the monster. Amazon reached out with both hands, grabbed Ape Pirate’s jacket and drew her in for a knee strike, showering the air with more sparks. Continuing on his savage attack, Amazon channeled his power into his strength, lifted Ape Pirate while she was still dazed, and threw her on top of a building. The swashbuckling gorilla growled indignantly as she got back to her feet and drew out her pistols, firing one after the other as she rained down energy blasts from her position. Amazon dodged the beams as they exploded against the ground, but he was not without a way to make her stop.

“Condorer!!” he yelled as he pulled out a pull rope from his belt and lassoed Ape Pirate’s arm.

Ape Pirate was surprised by the maneuver, and was not able to react in time as Amazon yanked on the cord and right towards him. The wild Rider crouched low, and once Ape Pirate was in position, he jumped up and roundhouse kicked her in the face, sending the beast flying until she hit the side of one of the buildings. Amazon recalled the Condorer’s cord and reinserted it into the belt before he ran straight for Ape Pirate. The Priestess of Gedon was about to get up, but before she did, Amazon struck her in the chest with his foot, causing the wall to collapse on top of her. Amazon knew he had to end this fight now, there was still more that needed to be done beyond this one battle. His dorsal fin began to wiggle as he gathered his power into his claws, once he had, Amazon leaped into the air one last time to deliver his final blow. The Priestess of Gedon burst through the rubble and roared aggressively and with frustration as she readied to fight Amazon, but found that he was not there. She noticed his shadow on the ground, and how it was gradually getting bigger. 

“Wild Slash!” 

It was too late by the time Ape Pirate looked up and watched as Amazon slashed Ape Pirate across the chest in an “X” pattern as two red streaks of light followed his claws.  Once the light faded, two violet colored gashes formed over Ape Pirate’s chest in the exact same pattern as violet light particles came spilling out from them. Amazon slashed again with his left arm, and then one last time with his right, forming an eight pointed star pattern gash on Ape Pirate. Amazon stood aside as the violet light kept spilling out of the gashes and into the air as she walked forward for about ten steps before reaching out with her right hand towards the sky. 

“G-Glory…” she coughed, “to the…Shocker C-Coven!” 

Amazon watched as the monster fell over and exploded in a plume of fire and violet light particles. 

“Gii-Gii-Gii-Gii! Gii-Gii-Gii-Gii!” Amazon yelled in a victory cry. He then jumped out of sight, leaving Terra Snapdragon and the rest of the Plant Coven members to recover from the assault, and wonder what just happened.

“Luz! Luz, wake up!”

Luz slowly and painfully woke up to the sound of La Lechuza yelling at her. She soon found herself on the floor in some sort of prison cell. She looked down to see Amity laying right next to her. But what shocked her the most was the fact that her girlfriend was now wearing a rather beautiful white dress. She looked down at herself and found out that she was wearing an identical dress.

“Amity, wake up!” she quietly said as shook Amity to wake her up. Amity winced in pain as she woke up and went through the same motions as Luz, though when she saw what she and Luz were wearing, she blushed, HARD.

“Luz, where are we? A-A-And why does it look like we’re about to get m-married?!” she asked.

“I don’t know.” Luz replied, “It looks like some sort of prison cell.”

“Oh really?” Amity remarked. She then proceeded to draw a spell circle, but shockingly there was no magic energy whatsoever.

“WHAT?!” the two of them exclaimed. Amity tried it two more times but still nothing happened.

“It’s as if we’re…” Amity started.

“Completely cut off from our magic!” Luz finished.

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Over at the Covention Center in Bonesborough, the head of the Construction Coven, Mason, was overseeing the construction needed for the upcoming festival.

“Okay, come on you guys,” he said to his fellow Construction witches, “we’ve got to get this finished before tomorrow!”

Just then, a bunch of beings wearing hoods crashed through the windows and began to attack Mason. One tried to do an overhand swing, but Mason grabbed his arm and dragged him outside, causing everyone to run away. He then took out his hammer, tossed them into the air, and whacked the hooded being away. Mason tightened his grip on the hammer, making the glyph engraved into its side glow. A few of the Hooded Followers attempted to attack him, but Mason raised his hammer and slammed it against the ground. Suddenly, the earth beneath his feet rumbled and shook as several rock spikes jutted out in all directions from his position. The Hooded Followers were forced to back away from the sudden appearance of the spikes, but Mason wasn’t done. The muscle-bound witch drew a spell circle with his left hand and pressed it against the ground, conjuring a stone pillar that launched him into the air. Mason held the hammer with both hands and struck the earth the moment he landed, causing a shockwave that resonated through the dirt and rock.

The impact tossed most of the Hooded Followers into the air, for a few moments before Mason drew another spell circle and made several bowling ball sized chunks of earth to rise. Mason began striking each of the chunks of earth, sending them flying like cannonballs straight at the Hooded Followers that were still airborne. The Followers were either sent flying into the sides of the buildings or knocked out and laid unconscious on the ground. Mason looked upon his work, crossed his arms, and then nodded his approval at the efficiency of which he dispatched that batch of the Hooded Followers. Mason turned around and readied his hammer to launch another attack at the next batch of Hooded Followers. However, before Mason could swing his mighty hammer, something struck the hammer in his hand. A loud metallic “clunk!” sound resonated in the air as Mason’s weapon was sent flying into the air before landing on the ground, causing a small crater to form. 

Mason saw the object that had hit his weapon, it was a harpoon that was connected via a chain link. The Head of the Construction Coven followed the chain until it led him to the rooftop of a building a few feet away. The chain went slack as the one responsible for firing it severed that part of it before the harpoon gun automatically reattached a new section of chain to a new harpoon that was loaded in like a revolver pistol. At the moment, the one responsible for firing the weapon jumped off the roof and landed a couple of feet away from the burly witch. It was dressed in a light green, old-fashioned deep sea diver’s suit. Most of the upper torso and arms were covered by seaweed, but what could be seen under it showed dark green metal plates around the shoulders, biceps, and chest area. The right arm of the creature had a large drill equipped to it. The monster’s left arm had a mounted harpoon gun, a spool of iron chains was attached to the belt just below the air tanks and fed into the apparatus on his arm. The apparatus made hissing noise as the gun portion retracted into a standby position. The creature’s boots were metal and clanked with each step against the stone road. Around its waist was a belt with the sigil for the Shocker Coven upon it. Attached to its back were a couple of air tanks, with two black hoses that led to a metal helmet diver’s helmet. The portholes on the front and sides glowed an eerie green color, allowing Mason to see the lupine face of the creature beneath the suit. This was Wolf Diver.

“Who or what are you?” Mason asked 

“Wolf Diver. Mason of the Construction Coven, your life is mine to take this day! For the glory of the Shocker Coven!” Wolf Diver proclaimed. 

Mason drew two spell circles with his hands and slammed them against the earth, sending a surge of rock glaives rushing towards Wolf Diver. But just as the blades of rock were about to reach him, Wolf Diver widened his stance and cocked back his right arm. The large drill on his arm spun up, and once at full rotation, Wolf Diver thrust it forward. The glaives were instantly shattered the moment they came into contact with the drill, crushing them like fragile glass as Wolf Diver charged straight through the wave. Mason could see his rock glaives getting destroyed in record time, and despite Wolf Diver’s huge size and clunky suit, it did not impede his speed in the slightest. Thinking quickly, Mason drew another spell circle, but this time applied it to himself. Wolf Diver broke through the wave, jumping into the air as he thrust his drill arm forward, striking Mason in the chest as Coven leader and the monster were sent to the ground. 

Wolf Diver could see sparks flying from the point of contact and wondered why he was not seeing flesh and bone getting rend from the Head of the Construction Coven. That’s when Wolf Diver saw that Mason had used his last spell to change his physical body into one made of metal. “Clever,” Wolf Diver praised, “but in the end futile!” Wolf Diver raised his left foot and stepped onto Mason’s right arm, pinning it down. Once he had, Wolf Diver started striking at Mason’s chest multiple times with this drill arm. Sparks flew with each contact that was made, and unfortunately for Mason, with each strike a little more of the armor he created for himself was chipping away. Wolf Diver noticed that there were two spell circles hovering over his wrists; he figured a spell like this would require the caster to maintain it constantly. Which meant that Mason could not cast any other spells or risk weakening the armor he created by stretching his magic out. With that in mind, Wolf Diver pressed the tip of the drill right over burly witch’s heart and pressed down, the armor was starting to crack, and it wouldn’t be long before the fatal blow was struck. 

“He, he, he. And so falls the Mighty Mason!”

Suddenly a strange whistling rang through the air, making everyone look around to find the source. Wolf Diver slowed the drilling down to look around for the source of the whistling, he was not about to let Mason get a chance to get up, but he was a cautious one and was not going to let his mission get interrupted.

“Over there!” one of the Hooded Followers yelled as he pointed to a man on a nearby rooftop. The man had wavy black hair, a yellow, long-sleeve shirt with a big “S” on it, and black gloves on his hands.

“Who the hell are you?!” Wolf Diver yelled.

“I’m Shigeru Jo!” the man said, “Priest of Black Satan, I’ll be your opponent!” He then proceeded to take his gloves off, revealing that his hands were made of metal coils. Shigeru waited his stance as he pointed his arms to the right, and then rotated them to point to the left.

“Henshin…Stronger!”

Shigeru then rubbed the coils on his cybernetic hands together creating a static charge. The electrical energy from the charge activated a silver belt with a red eight-point star, causing him to transform.The suit was black, with white gloves, and white boots that had a red line running down the middle of them to match the ones on the pant legs and sleeves. Shigeru had a large red armor chest plate with a black and white “S” on it, and on sides of the chest plate were two additional plates that were green and blue in color. Around his neck was a white twin tailed scarf that flapped in the wind. His helmet was black in color, and sported big green compound eyes, a silver mouth plate, and a red segmented rhinoceros beetle horn as its crest. This was Kamen Rider Stronger.

Stronger flipped through the air and landed on the awning of the Covention Center, surrounded by Hooded Followers. He then struck a pose as sparks shot out of his back.

“The Heavens call.” One of the Hooded Followers decided to attack him, summoning a harpoon weapon as they came to stab him. Stronger saw the attack coming and easily dodged, but then grabbed the Follower and threw him over his shoulder with ease as he continued walking along the awning.

“The earth cries out.” Another Follower tried to hit with a haymaker, but Stronger blocked it with his left forearm, without barely looking in his opponent’s direction. He swiftly grabbed that Follower’s arm, spun them around so that they were now in front of him, cocked back his right fist, and punched the Follower right off the awning. 

“The crowd roars.” A third tried to jump him, but Stronger roundhouse kicked him in midair, sending him flying to the ground below. 

“They are calling me to defeat evil!”   Two more attack him from either side with haymakers, but Stronger easily blocks them with his arms, again, not even turning to face them. While they were in range, Stronger shirked off their arms, struck them both in the gut with a karate chop, and finished with a double backhand fist to their faces, sending them crashing into the side of the Covention Center. 

“I am a warrior of justice…” Out of sheer desperation, a sixth Follower wildly attacked, but Stronger easily grabbed his arm and tossed him like a ragdoll over his shoulder.

“Kamen Rider Stronger!”

“How nice…” Wolf Diver said sarcastically, “get him!”

The Hooded Followers began charging for the awning that Stronger was on, but before they could go up to meet him, Stronger jumped down to confront them. Diving right into the middle of the small army, Stronger roundhouse kicked a Follower into his allies, sending five of them to the ground. Another came in with a punch, but Stronger just grabbed the arm as it passed by, once he held onto it, Stronger channeled his electrical energy through his hand and into the Follower, giving them a paralyzing shock as they fell to the ground motionless. Stronger dashed for another of the Followers and ended up tossing him in the same ragdoll fashion into another pile of them, and then took another one and tossed that Follower away. 

Another attacked Stronger with a harpoon, but the Legendary Rider dropped low to the ground and sweeped the Follower’s leg just as they thrust the harpoon forward. Once on the ground, Stronger stomped on his chest and sent another electrical surge through his body and into the Follower, the Follower convulsed for a moment before going limp. Stronger continued, cutting a swath through the Followers as he made a beeline for Wolf Diver and Mason, three more Followers blocked his path, but Stronger kept running as he attacked. Stronger jumped a little and punched the first Follower in the face, knocking him out, the second he side kicked into a lamppost, and weaved around the third as he backhanded him into the remaining Followers behind him, all while still dashing straight for his target. 

Wolf Diver was getting anxious, a Kamen Rider that was not Witch, Heka, or Crusader was here. This was not a part of the plan, however, he had more pressing matters to deal with. Mainly the fact that he was close to killing Mason, but if he stayed in place, Stronger would be able to deal him a powerful blow and possibly end him. But if he didn’t kill Mason now, the Head of the Construction Coven would more than likely alert the rest of his fellow Coven leaders and their surprise attack would fail. 

Ugh, priorities. I need to kill the Rider first. Any Kamen Rider roaming freely could prove detrimental to our plans more than these weak Coven leaders , he thought. 

Wolf Diver quickly got off Mason and jumped backwards to put some distance between them. Now free, Mason rolled away until he was next to his hammer, sprang to his feet, and grabbed said hammer as he prepared to reengage Wolf Diver. But before he could, Mason saw some of the Followers on Stronger’s tail, Mason grunted, raised his hammer, and struck the ground. A magical energy surged through the earth and made a wall of rock appear behind Stronger, cutting off the rest of the Hooded Followers from the Rider. Stronger stopped running, standing next to Mason and looking at him as the Coven leader looked at the Rider.

“Thanks for the help.” complemented Stronger. The Legendary Rider glanced back at the wall and asked, “Do you think you can open that wall?

Mason smirked confidently. “Not a problem.” 

“Good! On my signal then!”

Stronger covered his right fist in electricity as he got into a ready stance.

“Now!”

Mason drew a spell circle and made a wide opening for the Hooded Followers to run through. And just as predicted, they charged straight for the both of them. Just what Stronger wanted. 

“Electro Fire!” he yelled as he punched the ground, producing an electrical shockwave that went towards the Hooded Followers, making them fall on the ground shaking. He then turned towards Wolf Diver.

“Damn you, Stronger!” he exclaimed.

Stronger raised his fist in preparation for a fight, but then looked to Mason and said, “Please make sure everyone is evacuated safely. I’ll deal with this monster myself.” 

“Fine, don’t lose,” said Mason as he ran off to do just that. 

Stronger and Wolf Diver squared off as the two circled, the Priest of Black Satan snarled and growled as he stared down the Rider, but Stronger merely stared right back. The attack was initiated as both the Rider and Kaijin dashed straight for the other and met in the middle. Stronger jabbed Wolf Diver in the chest three times before striking Wolf Diver in the side with a right roundhouse kick. Wolf Diver grunted from the strong attacks but managed to hold his ground as he spun up his drill arm. The Priest of Black Satan raised the drill for an overhand strike and brought it down. Stronger quickly dodged to his left just as the drill hit the ground and tore it up on impact. The Legendary Rider struck him twice with his left and right fists, causing a small amount of sparks to fly off Wolf Diver before he jumped backwards and put some distance between them. 

Wolf Diver grinned and continued to use his drill arm as he slashed it in Stronger’s direction, the rapid rotation combined with the quick slashing motion caused several chunks of debris to get launched in Stronger’s direction. Stronger raised his arms up, bracing himself as the debris assaulted him. The debris attack was just a distraction as Wolf Diver charged in and managed to land a hit against Stronger’s chest, sending sparks flying from the hero’s armor as he was sent skidding backwards on his heels. Stronger grunted and then jumped into the air as he cocked back his right fist. However, just before his attack could land, Wolf Diver jumped into the air and landed in a nearby lower street. 

“You missed, Stronger!” he tauntly yelled, “I won’t lose to you!” He then took off running. 

Stronger then flipped into the air, landed right in front of Wolf Diver, and roundhouse kicked him in the face, sending Wolf Diver into the side of a building. Wolf Diver pulled himself from the body sized crater impression he made and began swinging with his drill arm. Stronger managed to evade most of the attacks, but was forced to back up against a wall as the monster thrust the drill at him. Stronger rolled to between the legs of Wolf Diver just as his drill hit the wall and made it crumble. Wolf Diver quickly swung his right arm in a backhanded fashion to hit Stronger, but the Legendary Rider ducked at the last second as he karate chopped Wolf Diver in the stomach, generating a mini shockwave upon impact. This caused Wolf Diver to bend over in pain, but when he did, Stronger jumped up and threw an uppercut, knocking Wolf Diver back.

While still in the air, Stronger threw an axe kick to the top of Wolf Diver’s head, and then struck again with another kick to the left side of Wolf Diver’s face. The combo managed to send Wolf Diver straight to the ground. As Stronger was about land, Wolf Diver quickly got back up, turned around and activated the apparatus on his left arm. The speargun was now in firing position, and once Stronger was in his crosshairs, the Priest of Black Satan shot the harpoon at him. Stronger, at the last second, managed to lean his body to the side just as the harpoon passed right by him and lodged itself into the wall of a building a few feet away. Seizing this opportunity, Stronger grabbed ahold of the chain with both hands. 

“Electro Fire!” he yelled as an electric current ran through the chains and back to Wolf Diver, causing sparks to shoot off from all over Wolf Diver’s body. The Priest of Black Satan was now effectively paralyzed by the strong electrical attack from Stronger. “Alright!” Stronger exclaimed as he flipped into the air. While in the air, electrical energy surrounded his body.

“Stronger Electro Kick!”  

Stronger’s entire body glowed bright red as he extended his right foot and struck Wolf Diver in the shoulder. The energy that Stronger built up surged straight through his body and into the shoulder where Stronger kicked. Sparks began spraying from that point as electricity sparked all over Wolf Diver’s body, two more streams of sparks shot out from his body, as the electricity intensified. Finally, Wolf Diver fell to his knees, and then backwards. Upon hitting the ground, Wolf Diver exploded as smoke rose from the flames.

Stronger looked at the smoke as Mason ran up to him.

“Not that I don’t appreciate being saved, but who are you?” he inquired.

Stronger turned to look at him. “Me?” he asked. “I am Stronger. Kamen Rider Stronger! Now if you’ll excuse me…” He then jumped into the air and yelled, “Kabutoro!” He then landed on his personal motorcycle and drove away. 

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In the area of the Boiling Isles that was at the edge of what was once the Titan’s left hand sat the Headquarters of the Oracle Coven. The Coven’s headquarters had various buildings that resembled temples for mediation, crystals that jutted out of the ground that were used to harness and focus their particular type of magic. Some had been set up specifically for different intensities of meditation, and other areas were set up for more spiritual conjuring. Here, Oracle Witches can meditate and focus on their magic, as it requires more mental and spiritual concentration to make it work. On this day, Osran, the Coven’s Head Witch, was sitting outside meditating by the Boiling Sea as he heard the crashing of the waves.

Suddenly, the ground started shaking, the leader of the Oracle Coven did not move an inch as the ground fissured. A couple of feet away from the Osran, the ground burst apart, and from the ground emerged a strange creature about seven feet tall. It had gray skin, black hair, blue eyes, a black beak, a huge beard with a wattle under its chin, large claws and large feet. It also wore typical mining clothes. In its hand was a large pickaxe. This was the Priestess of Neo Shocker, Chicken Miner.

Osran just kept meditating as all this was happening.

“The Priestess of Neo Shocker, I presume?” he asked with his eyes still closed.

Chicken Miner was shocked at this. “How did you…?”

“Yesterday, we foresaw a strange creature attacking our headquarters, so everyone stayed home today.” Osran explained, “Our visions of the future have been muddled as of late, what with all the Phantom attacks before. Still is to some degree. So, I stayed so I could confirm our suspicions.”

“Wait, ya chose to stay?” Chicken Miner asked in disbelief, “Are ya a witch with mighty powers, or a dope with a death wish?”

“We also foresaw a man on a weird, flying contraption.” Osran added.

Just then, a man flew in on a hang glider and landed in between the two of them. He had khaki pants, a white, black, and blue t-shirt, and a red helmet.

“I’ll take it from here, Osran-san.” the man said, “You just get out of here.”

“No thank you, Hiroshi Tsukuba,” Osran replied, “I’ll just sit here and watch.”

Hiroshi did turn at the fact that Osran knew his name, but quickly turned his attention back to Chicken Miner, who was fuming.

“Why you…” she muttered, “I’ll blow ya varmints to smithereens!!” She then produced a lit stick of dynamite and threw it at Hiroshi.

Hiroshi tumbled out of the way to avoid the stick of dynamite which exploded behind him. Chicken Miner threw a second, but Hiroshi jumped out of the way just in time. He then landed on the edge of the shoreline.

“Here I go!” he yelled. Hiroshi brought his right fist to side as he thrust out his left arm. With his palm open, he made a wide circle motion before stopping his arm at an angle, and very quickly, bringing that left arm into a fist at his side while thrusting his right arm to the left. 

“Sky…Henshin!”

Suddenly, a silver belt materialized around his waist. Hiroshi then jumped into the air as multicolored light was released from the center of the belt. However, he disappeared from view.

“He vanished! Where, where is he…?” she asked.

“Right here!” a voice called out. Chicken Miner turned towards the direction of the voice and saw a figure on the top of a hill. The Legendary Rider had a light-green suit with black gloves and boots. The chest plate armor was light-brown in color, with the sleeves of its arms the same color. The Rider’s helmet was the same light-green color, with large, red compound eyes, two silver antennae, black markings around the eyes, and a silver mouth plate, the overall helmet resembled the likeness of a locust. Around his neck was a red scarf with black spots upon it, fluttering in the wind.  

 This was Skyrider.

Osran just sat there meditating while Chicken Miner was shocked.

“Who the hell are ya?” she demanded.

“Skyrider!” replied the Rider.

“Skyrider?!” exclaimed Chicken Miner.

“I’m coming for you, Chicken Miner!” yelled Skyrider. He then flipped through the air to engage the enemy. 

“Get him!” Chicken Miner yelled as Hooded Followers popped out of the ground and began to attack Skyrider.

Skyrider landed on the ground just as the Hooded Followers popped out of the ground. The Legendary Rider immediately kicked the first one in the chest, sending him barreling into his comrades. Skyrider quickly punched another, knocking them out cold, but just as he did that, a fourth was about to pounce on him. However, before the Hooded Follower could make a grab for him, Skyrider reached out and grabbed them, and tossed them into the side of the cliff. Another foolishly ran at him, thinking they’ll catch him off guard, but Skyrider quickly does a lariat maneuver, making them spin around his arm before the Follower hits the ground. For good measure, Skyrider performed an elbow drop on that same Follower, effectively knocking him out. A Hooded Follower jumped up and prepared to stomp on Skyrider, but the Legendary Rider managed to roll away and spring to his feet as he came in with a karate chop to the back of that same Hooded Follower’s neck. 

Another two were about to attack, but Skyrider struck with a right hook to the face of the first one and followed up with a spinning roundhouse kick to take out the second. Four more Followers charged straight for Skyrider, producing blades from their sleeves as they readied to cut him down. As they were slash with their blades, Skyrider threw another spinning roundhouse and snapped each of their swords in half. The Followers stared in shock at their broken weapons, allowing Skyrider to jump and do another spin kick, hitting all four of them and knocking them away. The last one tried another sneak attack, but Skyrider went down one knee and elbow struck him in the Follower in the gut as soon as he got close. Skyrider grabbed that follower and tossed him over his shoulder, where he landed about three feet from Osran’s left, and despite all this commotion, the future seer was just sitting there, sipping on tea. 

Chicken Miner growled in frustration due to the incompetence of her lackies. With little recourse left, Chicken Miner entered the fray. She jumped into the air and came down with a haymaker, but Skyrider managed to block it with his right forearm, causing the sand around them to be pushed away from the force of the impact. Skyrider took advantage of how wide open her guard was as he struck her in the side with a karate chop to her right side, followed up by a snap kick to the lower beak, and finally, an empowered punch to the chest that sent sparks flying into the air as Chicken Miner skidded across the sand away from him. After stumbling a bit, Chicken Miner threw a stick of dynamite on the ground and after the explosion, seemed to have vanished. But Skyrider was not about to give up.

“D-Eye! Infrared Scope!” he yelled, his eyes glowed as he scanned the landscape. When he scanned the cliffside, he saw the heat signature of Chicken Miner.

“There she is!” He then jumped into the air and yelled “Sky Turbo!” He then landed on his personal motorcycle and sped towards the cliffside.

“Rider Break!” He yelled as he popped a wheelie and crashed through the cliffside and into a cave system.

Once inside the cave, he quickly caught up with Chicken Miner, who was rapidly using her pickaxe to dig her way through.

Chicken Miner heard the crashing sound, quickly turned her head around, and went, “BA-CAW!!!???” 

Skyrider decided to take Chicken Miner for a ride as he crashed into her with Sky Turbo. “RIDER BREAK!” Skyrider continued to drive through the makeshift tunnel that Chicken Miner made, crashing through one rock layer after the other with his unfortunate hood ornament taking the brunt of each impact. Skyrider angled his bike upwards, after two to three minutes of riding, they broke out of the cliffside and back onto the shore. Skyrider brought his bike to a halt just and threw Chicken Miner off the bike where she rolled along the sand, now in a daze from the continuous damage she had taken. 

“You…low down…dirty…oh, my head…” 

The Legendary Rider dismounted his bike and then jumped. Skyrider flipped through the air and yelled, “Sky Kick!” Skyrider’s energy channeled itself into his right foot as he thrust it forward and kicked Chicken Miner in the chest, sending flying. She crashed onto the ground but still managed to get back on her feet.

“Why…So regrettable…” she yelled as fell back down and exploded in a smokey and sparky destruction.

After watching the smoke clear, Skyrider turned to see Osran still sitting with eyes closed, sipping his tea.

“You seriously just sat there, sipping your tea, while a fight took place in front of you?” he asked in disbelief.

Osran kept his eyes closed as he replied, “Pretty much.”

Skyrider just stood there before he said, “Alright then.” He then turned around and pushed down the two levers on the sides of his belt and yelled, “Sailing Jump!” He then jumped into the air and took off into the sky.

Chapter Text

One would have to be pretty dumb to miss the Headquarters of the Potion Coven. For the place looks like a factory with smokestacks since the Potion Witches are always brewing something, and their whole magic centers around this.

Today, Vitimir, the Head Witch, was overseeing his fellow Potions Witches creating the formulas to make the fireworks that were going to be shown at the upcoming festival.

Suddenly, a bunch of balloons floated into the room, much to the confusion of everyone in the room. Then the balloons all burst releasing purple smoke. From the smoke emerged a group of hooded individuals led by a strange creature. It wore an off-white clown suit, with three red, fuzzy buttons on the front. The shoulders were large and ruffled, while the sleeves had long frills to hide the webbed, clawed hands of this creature. The baggy design of the suit made it appear as if the creature had no bulk to it, but underneath that suit was lean muscle, stronger than any witch or beast of the Isles could muster. The creature wore black and white boots with a red fuzzy ball at the tip of the toes. Protruding from a hole in the back was a short, sickly pale fin like a shark. But the real horror of this creature was its face. It had a rigid skull shape, with the same sickly pale skin. It had a long, flat nose that was about two feet in length. Its black, beady eyes shone in the light from the glowing potion vats, and had sharp red lines painted below and under its eyes. Around its mouth was red lipstick-like paint, but when the creature went to smile, its upper and lower lip peeled back and revealed its gums, showing off its rows of sharp, serrated teeth. This was Shark Clown.

“Heh-heh-heh-ahaha-hahaha! I am Shark Clown, Priestess of Dogma,” she announced, “and this is the end of the Potion Coven!”

But before they could attack, the whole room was engulfed in steam and only the sounds of punches and kicks being landed could be heard. When the steam cleared, the Hooded Followers were knocked out and laid out across the floor. Standing in the middle of them was what appeared to be a male Potion Witch with a black bouffant hairstyle, covering his ears.

“Who the hell are you?” demanded Shark Clown.

The man just looked at the Kaijin. “Kazuya Oki,” he announced, “of the Sincere Shaolin Fist!”

“What a nuisance.” Shark Clown remarked, “Could you do me a tinsy favor? Drop dead for me!” She snaps her fingers as more balloons appear in the room and burst apart to reveal more Hooded Followers.

Kazuya jumped into the fight, kicking one of the Hooded Followers into the wall, leaving a body sized impression. The human quickly moved onto the second, punching him repeatedly in the chest before delivering one more strong punch, also sending him flying into a wall. Kazuya sensed a third about to make a grab for him, but swiftly slid to the right to avoid the grab. In retaliation, Kazuya grabbed that same Follower’s arm, swung him around, and then kicked them in the side into another Follower. The human warrior squares up another and kicks another Follower in the left thigh, throwing them off balance as they fell to the floor, where Kazuya followed up with a strong punch to the gut, knocking them out. A Hooded Follower ducked to sweep Kazuya’s legs from under him, but he saw this at the last second and jumped to avoid the attack before kicking that same follower in the face before landing. Two more tried to assault him, however, Kazuya blocked the first one’s attack and struck him shoulder with chop, forcing that Follower to back away in pain. The second was grabbed by Kazuya and thrown across where they landed on a table and broke it in half. 

The Hooded Followers were getting frustrated, he was just one man, how were they being overpowered so easily? Three of them decided to attack at once, but that proved to be a mistake. Kazuya briefly glanced over his shoulder just in time to perform a back kick into that Follower’s chest. He quickly recovered and threw an elbow strike to the second to the side of their head. The third was almost upon him, but Kazuya jumped over him and behind a table. Once there, Kazuya kicked the table, hard, sending it hurtling towards the third Follower as it crashed into him and sent the Follower sprawling onto the floor. 

One of the Hooded Followers tried to dropkick Kazuya, but the master of the Sincere Shaolin Fist easily dodged the kick, waited for that Follower to fall to the ground, and once they had, Kazuya raised his right foot and brought it down in a stomp onto their gut, knocking the wind out of them. Two others came at him from the sides, but Kazuya struck the first to his left with his right fist, and quickly retracted into an elbow strike to take out the one on his right, dropping both of them at nearly the same time. The next one performed a high kick to try and strike at Kazuya’s head, but Kazuya managed to get in close, blocking the kick with his left arm. Kazuya raised his right hand and brought it down in a karate chop to the Follower’s right side, causing them to fall to the ground in pain. 

Shark Clown cocked her head to the side, disappointed by the performance of her minions. “Wow, I’d say that was pathetically funny, but I’m not laughing.” Shark Clown cracked her neck and raised her fists in a comedic version of an old timey boxer. “C’mon then, put up your dukes!” 

Kazuya obliged the Kaijin and dashed straight for her. Shark Clown spun her right arm around and then thrust it forward in a punch. That same arm stretched further and further to the point that it was about to strike Kazuya in the face. Luckily the kung fu warrior managed to slide under the extending arm at the last second, missing the punch entirely. Kazuya sprang back to his feet and swiftly jumped into the air as he came down with a flying kick. Shark Clown put on a serious expression, but then it’s face contorted as it went, “Ah…Ah…Ah…” just before Kazuya landed his kick, the monster sneezed. “Achoo!”

A burst of confetti and streamers appeared where Shark Clown was as Kazuya’s kick only managed to hit the air. He rolled on the ground, got back up, and into a ready stance. All the while, Kazuya could hear the monster’s mocking laughter echoing in the room. The tall metal drums filled with various concoctions and metal rafters made gave the monster good places to hide. 

“Come out, monster!” Kazuya ordered. 

“Hmmm? Nope!”

Small, red, marble shaped objects fell around Kazuya’s position. The man looked down and saw that many of them had lit fuses and all of them had painted yellow eyes with white sharp toothed grins.  Kazuya didn’t wait as he ran from that spot just a dozen explosions went off, her rolled on the floor under a table, but then some more “cherry bombs” were dropped on his location. Kazuya scrambled out from under the table as more explosions went off, all while Shark Clown kept laughing her head off. The martial artist managed to avoid getting blown up a second time, but with Shark Clown hiding in the shadows and away from his fists, taking her down was not going to be easy. 

“Newcomer.” 

Kazuya turned around just in time to see Vitimir throw a flask his way. The martial artist quickly caught it before it could shatter on the floor, prompting Kazuya to look back at the Potion Coven leader. 

“Shake it and throw it high!” Vitimir explained. 

Kazuya nodded to Vitimir as he shook the flask as hard as he could before jumping into the air and tossing it high. 

Shark Clown was sticking to the shadows as best she could, readying another batch of cherry bombs to rain down on her victim. However, as she was preparing, she saw a flask filled with something that was glowing come closer and closer towards her. “What in the-?” Suddenly, the flask exploded, releasing a blinding light that forced the witches below and Kazuya to look away. Unfortunately, Shark Clown could not close her eyes, because she technically had no eyelids. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!” Shark Clown dropped down from the ceiling like a lead weight, right onto a table which broke apart. 

When Kazuya opened his eyes, he saw Shark Clown, who had now gotten back to her feet, but was no less screaming in pain from the impromptu flash grenade. The Kaijin stumbled back and forth until she was perfectly positioned right by a window. Deciding to seize this opportunity, Kazuya ran full speed towards Shark Clown, jumped into the air, and thrust out his right leg. Shark Clown managed to regain her vision, but not in time to see Kazuya’s kick strike her in the chest, sending her flying out the second-floor window. Shark Clown rolled on the ground outside for a couple of seconds before managing to get back on her feet. Kazuya jumped out after her, intent on finishing this fight. Vitimir and the rest of the Potion Coven witches rushed to the window as they saw Kazuya flip through the air and land in front of Shark Clown.

“Here I go!” Kazuya thrusted his right arm up, while thrusting his left arm down, both at a right angle, before bringing his arms in front of his chest in an “X” formation. 

“Henshin!”

From that formation, Kazuya folded out his right arm, while keeping his left tucked under his right elbow. Kazuya dragged his arm from the left to the right as he brought his hands together and slowly extended them forward. A silver belt appeared around his waist, with two devices on the sides of his hips that had five different colored stripes on them. Kazuya made a turning motion with those same hands once his arms were fully extended, and in so doing, the Driver responded. Two panels slid to the sides and revealed a spiral turbine. The turbine spun rapidly and generated power and light, wrapping itself around Kazuya and obscuring his form for a moment before revealing his new form. The suit was colored black, with silver boots, and silver gloves that had tassels at the end. The sides of the legs and arms was a silver band that ran the length of the arms and legs. Upon his chest was a silver chest plate, and around his neck was a crimson scarf. Kazuya’s helmet was also silver in color, with a few sharp black lines around the eyes, two red, compound eyes, two antennae, and a hornet shaped mouth plate. This was Kamen Rider Super-1 .

The rider jumped through the air as he landed on a nearby rooftop. Everyone was shocked at what they saw.

“Kamen Rider Super-1!” the rider announced. He then flipped into the air to engage the enemy.

“Oh you have got to be kidding me! Since when are there four?! This is getting less funny by the second! GET HIM!” Shark Clown yelled as more balloons dropped down and burst to reveal Hooded Followers.

The Hooded Followers surrounded Super-1, but the martial artist Rider wasn’t about to be outdone by the same sorry minions as before, especially not while transformed. One of the Followers attacked with a chop, but Super-1 easily blocked it with his right hand. However, another of the Followers attacked with a roundhouse kick to try and catch him off guard, a mistake that they should’ve learned not to make by now. Super-1 pushed off the Follower he blocked, ducking under the one throwing the kick, but as he did, Super-1 swept that Follower’s leg, easily toppling him to the ground. The Legendary Rider quickly got back to his feet before coming down with a punch into the gut of that Follower he just knocked down. Not forgetting the first one, Super-1 cocked back that same fist and punched the other Follower, throwing a few feet into the distance. Another was about to attack, a swift side kick to the chest sent him barreling into his comrades. 

Super-1 charged in, and roundhouse kicked another of the Followers. Two of them tried to attack him from behind, but Super-1 threw two backhand fists to their guts, sending skidding backwards in pain as they doubled over. A fourth Follower threw a kick, but Super-1sidestepped the kick and used his backheel to trip that same Follower, making him hit the ground back first. And one unlucky Hooded Follower got tossed like a ragdoll straight towards the building he just jumped out of. The Hooded Follower crashed into the side of the window, causing Vitimir and the other witches to wince from the impact. 

Suddenly, Super-1 was surrounded by six more Hooded Followers, but he was prepared. After performing a circular motion with his hands, Super-1 cried out, “Change! Electric Hands!” In a flash, his gloves change to a blue color. On his gloves were energy meters, with gold accents reaching his fingertips that resembled lightning bolts.

“Electric Beam!” he yelled as he raised his right hand in the air and electricity rained down, sending the Hooded Followers falling to the ground shaking.

“Well that was ‘shocking’! Get it?”

“Do you find delight in your own warriors getting hurt?” Super-1 asked. 

“Only when they’re as incompetent as this. But I guess that’s to be expected, given you’re a Kamen Rider and all. Still…” Shark Clown’s gums and teeth protruded, showing off her disturbing smile. “If I manage to kill you, I’ll be praised by the Great One!” 

Super-1 ran for Shark Clown, but the Kaijin raised both her arms and launched them. The extending arms coiled in the air like snakes as they approached Super-1, but the Legendary Rider managed to weave between them, and just as he was about to punch Shark Clown in the face, the Kaijin’s legs launched her into the air. Super-1 stumbled as he got his balance back, but when he turned around, he saw that the monster’s legs had turned into springs that launched her into the air. The springs recoiled and returned to normal legs as her arms retracted back to their normal length. While in the air, Shark Clown tossed more of the cherry bombs at him, but Super-1 fired his Electric Beam again, blasting the bombs in midair as they exploded. Super-1 fired another Electric Beam, figuring that Shark Clown had no way to dodge while stuck in the air. However, the moment the beam hit her, she exploded like a pinata. 

“You’ve got to be kidding me…”

“What? It’s funny.” Super-1 turned to his head to look over his right shoulder, and that’s when he saw the gruesome smile of Shark Clown. “Boo!”

Super-1 twisted around with his left arm to throw an elbow strike, but once again, the spring legs of Shark Clown managed to get her out of harm’s way at the last second. Shark Clown launched her arms again, but this time she managed to grab ahold of Super-1’s shoulders. Once in hand, Shark Clown reeled him in like a fish on a hook, but before he got too close, she landed on the ground and swung her arms down, sending him crashing into the ground with a powerful, thudding, “BOOM!” Vitimir and the witches were worried when they saw the impact, they knew from reports and some who were eyewitnesses to Witch and Heka’s fights that Kamen Riders were tough, but even they had to admit that blow must’ve hurt on some level. A thick dust cloud was kicked up, making it hard for even the Kaijin to see her opponent, but she was fairly confident that she ended his life. 

“Heh, compared to those two brats, he’s nothing special,” Shark Clown mocked. 

Super-1’s eyes glowed in the dust cloud as he made another circular motion with his hands and cried out, “Change! Thermal Hands!” His gloves changed to green. On his gloves were silver gadgets with the one on his right hand having red accents and the ones on his left hand having blue accents.

Super-1 dashed out of the dust cloud, blasting it away from his burst of speed. Shark Clown was about to jump to avoid him, but Super-1 was not about to let her get away again. “Freezing Gas!” he yelled as he thrust his left hand out and shot out a cryogenic spray. The icy blast swiftly reached Shark Clown before she could jump away. Ice formed over her legs, arms, and other parts of her body, locking her in place as the ice grew around her body and on the ground. The monster tried to move, but it was impossible. The cryogenic properties of the gas managed to slow down her molecules to the point that not even her powers were working right. 

“W-W-What! W-W-What i-i-is thi-i-i-is?! D-D-D-Damn y-y-you…t-t-this i-i-is c-c-cheating!” she muttered as she was frozen like a statue.

“Now!” Super-1 yelled as he jumped into the air, did some hand signs and thrusted his right foot. “Whirlwind Super Kick!”

When the kick landed, sparks shot out between Shark Clown and Super-1’s foot. The ice shattered around Shark Clown as she flew backwards and tumbled down to the ground. The creepy Kaijin managed to get back up and yell, “Glory to the Shocker Coven!!” Shark Clown fell down, face first, and exploded in a blaze of fiery destruction.

Super-1 watched as the smoke cleared then looked back up at the window where Vitimir and the rest of the Potion Coven witches were still watching.

Chapter Text

The Illusion Coven Headquarters was a building that looked like some kind of big theater. It shared a similar design to the Bard Coven, only instead of the outdoor and indoor theaters being used for musical performances, these stages were used to perform plays with illusion magic. There were other facilities within the central building. Which was colored white and gold and looked almost like a palace, but above the entryway was the insignia of the Illusionists Coven. It’s here that Illusion witches specialize in deception and showmanship to trick the senses of other witches.

Adrian Graye Verworth, the Head Witch of the Coven, was making his way down to the main room, looking uncharacteristically alert as his tail wagged slowly back and forth. Adrian reached the bottom of the stairs and watched as his fellow witches were walking about, heading to wherever it was they were going. That’s when the ground started shaking and several Illusion Witches watched as different spots on the floor began to rise up to a mound. Suddenly, those mounds burst like mini volcanoes as hooded individuals emerged from them, led by a strange creature.

The monster that emerged was, in a word, ridiculous to look at. It had thick brown boots, and denim overalls, over a round body that was colored lime-green. The creature’s body had several spines that protruded from its body, each one deadly sharp. The Kaijin had muscular arms with brown leather gloves, and in its right hand the monster held a large pitchfork. This was Fish Farmer.

“I am the Priest of Badan,” he announced, “and before you try anything…” He then produced a glowing blue ball in his hand and crushed it. The moment he did this, a magical shockwave shot through the building. Fish Farmer smirked. “There,” he said, “now you can’t use your illusion magic for a full hour. Plenty of time for us to get rid of you!”

The Hooded Followers pulled out blades from their robes and began their attack. As one of the Hooded Followers got close to him, dropped low to avoid a sword attack from behind. Adrian, in a stunning display of combative ability, struck that same attacker with his left elbow, hitting them square in the stomach. The Follower doubled over in pain as they dropped their sword, allowing Andrian to stand back up, but as he did, another Follower attacked, but Adrian easily sidestepped the sword slash, getting behind the Follower, and struck the back of their neck with a chop, knocking them out instantly. The leader of the Illusionists Coven jumped off the floor, flipped in the air, and landed against the wall. While still keeping his momentum, the Illusionist vaulted off the wall as he struck one Follower with a spinning roundhouse kick, knocking them out, and while still spinning in the air, hit another with a backhand fist to the face. Afterwards, the Head of the Illusionists Coven landed on the floor with ease, readying for another round.

“So, the Head of the Illusion Coven actually has some fight in him.” Fish Farmer said, slightly amused.

Adrian just lowered his head and began laughing, which uneased everyone there. He then looked up and said, “I am not Adrian Graye Verworth.” This caused everyone to back away from him.

“My name is…” He placed his left hand over his waist. A moment after, a silver belt with a buckle that had a green background and yellow cross pattern. There were also other gadgets mounted on the sides. Two red sphere’s appeared next to the witch, releasing green light. “Adrian’s” appearance fizzled out like a hologram until it was replaced by a human male with black hair. “...Ryo Murasame!” The Illusion Witches were aghast to see a human pose as their Head Witch.

“The real Adrian is still sound asleep in his bed!” Ryo explained, he then pointed to Fish Farmer and the Hooded Followers. “I took his place in order to take care of you!” 

“Why you…” Fish Farmer fumed. “How dare you make a fool out of me!”

“Let’s go!” Ryo yelled. 

Ryo extended his right arm out to the side, at the same time, he brought his left arm across his chest at a lower angle. Slowly he circled his left arm around and slowered his right until both were at a perfect angle from each other.

“Hen…shin!”

In one quick motion, Ryo brought his left arm down into a fist at his side, while quickly slashing the air at an upward angle with his right arm. A bright light was emitted from the buckle of his Driver, red light burst from around Ryo and wrapped around his body until he was donned in his suit. His upper chest was covered in silver and red armor, while the rest of the midsection was covered in a thicker mesh armor of silver and red. His arms and legs were covered with a red mesh suit, while both his feet and hands were protected by silver gloves and boots, each one adorned with a device that was colored silver and black. Around his neck was a turquoise colored scarf that flapped in the wind. Ryo’s head was protected by a red helmet with black lines, green compound eyes, two antennae, and silver face plate that resembled that of a milkweed beetle. This was Kamen Rider ZX .

ZX flipped through the air before landing in front of Fish Farmer and his Hooded Followers.

“ZX!” he announced as he did his signature pose.

“Enough of these theatrics! Get them! Kill them all!” Fish Farmer demanded. 

With his orders given, the Hooded Followers charged towards ZX with every intention of going through him to get to the temporarily powerless witches behind him. 

ZX turned towards the Illusion Witches and quickly said, “I’ll hold them off! Get out of here!” The Illusion Witches didn’t need to be told twice as they immediately ran off.

Two of the Followers slashed with their broadswords, but ZX managed to dodge the energized blades at the last second. Using his heightened speed and agility, ZX managed to grab the arm of another Follower, and toss him into another before jumping into the air, vaulting off the wall and delivering a midair ax kick to the head of another, taking out three of them in one go. ZX didn’t stop, and moved swiftly to the next target as he snapped kicked the sword out of one of the Followers that almost cut down a witch, before throwing another kick to the Follower’s face, spending the minion spinning into the air before they landed hard on the floor. Another attacked from behind, but ZX quickly lashed out with his right elbow, hitting the Follower below his jaw and sending him a foot into the air. ZX cocked back both of his fists and thrust them forward into the Follower’s stomach, throwing several feet away into a cabinet on the other side of the room. 

Some more of the Hooded Followers were getting closer to the witches, forcing ZX to grab one of the devices off his left boot. “Sniping Focus Bomb!” ZX dashed towards Followers and leaped into the air as he tossed the grenade down towards the space between the witches and followers. The moment the grenade hit the floor, an explosion went off that threw back the followers, and kicked up a cloud of dust. ZX’s eyes glowed bright green for a moment as he took stock of the remaining followers, afterwards, he disappeared into the cloud as it filled the room. The Followers were only temporarily knocked down, as they were now getting back up, but made sure not to move as they weren’t sure where their quarry was. One of the Follower’s saw two green eyes glowing to his left. That same Follower raised their sword and yelled loudly as they came down with their sword. However, at the last second, the eyes disappeared, and the Followers suddenly found their blade striking another blade. The Follower was confused, they swore they saw ZX’s eyes just now. 

Suddenly, that follower felt something wrap around their leg, and without warning, the Hooded Follower was tripped, sending them to the floor. The Follower who blocked the sword strike watched as their comrade was dragged out of view yelling before there was only silence. That Follower felt something wrap around his left arm, and without warning, they were pulled like a fish on a hook straight forward, before finding themselves getting punched in the face by a fist that was waiting for them at the other end. Fish Farmer and the last conscious Follower were still standing still in the dust, unsure where to attack or where ZX was hiding. Actually, Fish Farmer was getting tired of just waiting to be picked off. The strange looking monster began to inflate his body, growing bigger and bigger as his spines started to rise and shake. The Follower who was closest to his leader noticed this and quickly dove out of the way as Fish Farmer unleashed a barrage of spikes that fired in all directions.  

ZX quickly began dodging the spikes as they flew, some of them were coming at him dead on, so the Legendary Rider tossed his chain weapon straight up, catching on a rafter as he reeled himself upwards out of the line of fire, at least from those set of spikes. A few more were about to intercept him, but ZX used some momentum to swing himself towards a wall, allowing him to run along it in a wide circle as her avoided the spikes. The speed at which the spikes flew were enough to pierce through the dust cloud, dispersing it enough so that ZX and Fish Farmer could see what happened. ZX detached the chain from the rafter, flipped in the air, and landed in a classic hero pose before rising and surveying the damage. Thankfully, the dust cloud from the earlier explosion allowed the rest of the witches to get out of the main lobby, but unfortunately, the Hooded Followers who ZX managed to knock unconscious were not so lucky. 

Some had been pierced by Fish Farmer’s barbs, while others were scratched. The Follower from earlier managed to prop themselves up on their forearms, but winced. When they looked back at their left leg, one of Fish Farmer’s barbs had punctured their left leg. The Follower began to panic, but before a word could be released, the Hooded Follower began to convulse, and within a few seconds, was dead. ZX looked around and saw that many of the other Hooded Followers were having the same reaction, and all ZX could do was watch as Fish Farmer’s minions all died right in front of him. With the monster showing no remorse whatsoever. 

“Your attack killed your own followers! How could you do that knowing they’d get caught in the crossfire?!” ZX shouted. 

“Tch! They joined the Shocker Coven of their own freewill! Their sacrifice is a small price to pay for the glory of the Shocker Coven, and its ambitions,” said Fish Farmer. 

ZX’s hands balled up into fists, shaking with barely contained anger for the cold and callous nature of which the Shocker Coven was so easily able to kill their own without a second thought. “Even to your own, you show no loyalty or sense of comradery! You would kill your own if it meant seeing your evil ambitions brought forth! I will not allow this! We will bring an end to the Shocker Coven! But before that, I will bring an end to YOU!”

Fish Farmer cared little for ZX righteous indignation, the only thing that mattered was the end result, and the Shocker Coven’s end result was all he cared about. The strange looking Kaijin pointed his pitchfork at ZX and fired a bolt of yellow lightning at him. The red beetle Rider easily dodged the lightning bolt, and dashed straight for the monster. Fish Farmer kept shooting his lightning attacks in a vain attempt at hitting ZX, but right before the next bolt could hit, ZX jumped straight into the air. ZX detached two more devices, one from each of his gloves. The devices suddenly formed four blades each, making them look very much like shuriken throwing stars. 

“Cross Shuriken!” ZX shouted as he tossed them both. 

The two spinning silver blades flew in wide arcs from the left and right. After throwing them, ZX reached down and grabbed the two devices on his boots.

“Sniping Focus Bomb!”

ZX tossed both grenades right at Fish Farmer. Both grenades and the shuriken hit at hit at the same time, creating a powerful explosive force that tossed Fish Farmer like a ragdoll straight through the front entrance of the Illusionist Coven main building. The giant pufferfish rolled along the ground, and bounced a couple of times, before coming to a stop about ten feet from the building. ZX walked out of the building, his righteous fury still stoked as he glared down at the monster. 

“Damn you, ZX!” Fish Farmer fumed. The monster glared back at ZX and yelled, “I WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY A FILTHY RIDER!”

Fish Farmer began to expand again, readying to fire off his spikes again. However, ZX was not about to let that happen a second time and put more people in danger. 

“Micro Chain!” ZX produced a small black kusarigama with a long, thin chain attached to it, and tossed it with great precision as the chain extended and wrapped around the monster pufferfish, it even managed to ensnare the pitchfork. The Legendary Rider focused his energy through the Micro Chain, making red lightning spark and travel along it straight to the monster. 

Fish Farmer was unable to expand himself, and now his weapon was caught up in the chain. But that was the least of his worries as the red lightning struck, electrifying the monster as sparks flew off from his body as he took continuous damage. The Kaijin immediately deflated, severely damaged from the attack. ZX recalled his Micro Chain, and was now ready to dispense divine punishment onto this villain. ZX widened his stance as the hero's entire body began to glow bright red. With his energy built up, ZX jumped into the air and channeled off that power into his right foot. 

“ZX KICK!” he yelled. 

Fish Farmer was still in a daze from the electric shock, unable to move. The Kaijin looked up as he saw a shining red comet hurtling towards him, and the only thing he could say before the comet struck was, “Glory…to…the Shocker Coven…!” 

The red comet descended upon Fish Farmer, creating a massive explosion ZX appeared on the other side of it, eyes glowing bright green as he took a calming breath. The Legendary Rider stood up and looked back at the smoldering crater that was once Fish Farmer. Although the Shocker Coven’s Followers were sided with evil, they were still people, people of this island and world. People who surely had loved ones. 

“......Rest in peace, you have been avenged.”  

This was not the end, ZX knew there was still more to do, much more. And so, the red and silver Rider walked off down the main path, his turquoise scarf blowing in the wind as he walked. 

Chapter Text

Over at the Emperor’s Palace, Belos was sitting on his throne as his nephew, Hunter, approached him.

“Hunter, how are the preparations for tomorrow’s festival going?” Belos asked.

“Everything is proceeding as scheduled, Uncle.” Hunter replied.

“Good, remember, this is a celebration not just for those two, but you as well, Hunter. For your hard work,” said Belos. 

Hunter averted his gaze, deciding to stare down at the floor. “I don’t feel like I’m worth celebrating, Uncle. I couldn’t defeat Nuckelavee, and I only assisted those two in defeating the Phantoms at the end. Compared to them, I’ve only defeated a single Phantom.”

“Don’t belittle your involvement. Without your assistance, I think things would’ve turned out much differently.”

Hunter smiled a bit from the praise he received and replied, “Thank you, Uncle.”

Just then the doors to the throne room were pushed open as a Guard Captain entered. Hunter and Emperor Belos turned their attention to the approaching captain, but there was something about his demeanor was off putting. The captain seemed to carry himself with an air of superiority, which was not uncommon for those his rank, but usually that faded away in the presence of the emperor. And yet, for some reason, he seemed as if the captain felt himself above the emperor and Hunter. 

“Emperor Belos,” he stated, “I’m afraid Kamen Riders Witch and Heka have been captured.”

This news made Hunter look at him in shock, while Belos raised an eyebrow under his mask. Both intrigued and weary of this news. 

“Is that so, Captain? And how was it that two powerful beings such as them were captured?” Belos asked in a calm demeanor.

“There’s a new power brewing responsible for this,” the guard captain explained as he took his right glove off, “a power that makes you obsolete.” He then rolled down his sleeve, revealing a new Coven brand that wasn’t for the Emperor’s Coven. The brand was that of a golden eagle standing atop the head of the Titan. 

Belos narrowed his gaze at the captain, his eyes glowed bright blue as he glared. “What is that sigil, Captain? Are you mocking me and my Coven? You do know what happens to those who dare to do such a thing?”

“Heh-heh-ha! I do not fear your wrath, Belos. For I serve a new Coven, one far stronger than yours, with a leader far more powerful than you can imagine. And in this new Coven, I am the Priest of Crisis…” the Guard Captain proceeded to take off his mask as purple smoke engulfed his body. His mask dropped on the floor as a flash of light went off inside of the smoke, and once it cleared, he had a completely different appearance that surprised everyone in the throne room.

He now appeared as a humanoid inside a blue spacesuit. Visible inside the helmet was a ghostly-looking frog’s head with glowing red eyes. Along his waist was a futuristic looking gun. This was Frog Astronaut. “...and your reign as ruler is over!”

Hunter, the Coven Scouts, and the Abomaton Soldiers took fighting stances as Frog Astronaut crushed his old mask under his foot. He then snapped his fingers as small portals opened in the air and Hooded Followers descended, some armed with glowing blades and others with magic flintlock pistols. Now assembled, the Hooded Followers released a war cry at the same time as the Coven Scouts. Both opposing forces charged for the other and began their clash as spells of various types were flung through the air, and magical beams were fired from their pistols. As the Hooded Followers engaged with the guards, two Abomaton Soldiers approached Frog Astronaut. Standing in place, he took out his gun and shot a beam at each of them, reducing them to dust in an instant. Frog Astronaut twirled his gun on his right index finger like a wild west gunman and holstered it as he approached Belos’ throne. Hunter then took out his rings and activated his Driver.

[Driver Appear, Now]

“HENSHIN!”

Hunter then waved the ring on his left hand over his Driver.

[Initiate.]

[I am]

[The sword of justice!]

[I am]

[The warrior who paves the way!]

[I am]

[Crusa-Crusa-CRUSADER~]

A green magic circle appeared beneath him, and within seconds it rose over him, transforming Hunter into Kamen Rider Crusader.

Now transformed, Crusader squared off against Frog Astronaut. He then replaced his Diver Appear ring with his Hornbill Drill ring.

[Hornbill Drill, Now.]

The Hornbill Drill appeared on his right arm, and he charged at Frog Astronaut. The drill spun out quickly as magical energy wrapped around. Crusader cocked back his right fist and punched Frog Astronaut in the chest with the drill. The blow managed to cause some sparks to fly off from the cosmic amphibian, making the Kaijin growl angrily. Crusader attacked again, jabbing with the Hornbill Drill to try and get another hit in. Frog Astronaut was being pushed back further and further away from the emperor’s throne, something that he did not like. Crusader threw another punch with the drill, but Frog Astronaut managed to avoid it and tackle Crusader with his shoulder, pushing the young Rider away. Now off balance, Frog Astronaut struck Crusader in the face with a punch, sending him skidding backwards on his heels.  The Kaijin then took his gun and twisted it so the barrel pointed upwards. The barrel then extended, turning the weapon into a sword.

Meanwhile, the Coven Scouts and Abomaton Soldiers were battling the Hooded Followers. Some were having better luck than others. One particular Coven Scout was doing really well. One of the Followers tried to attack him with a sword, but the Scout blocked him with his right hand at the wrist, pushed his arm away, and came in with a punch with his left fist. The Follower was knocked onto his back, out cold as his weapon dropped to the floor. Another of the Followers witnessed the Scouts fighting prowess and aimed their magic flintlock at him, cocking it back and firing a shot in the Scout’s direction. The Scout managed to see the blast in time and dropped to the floor just in time for the beam sail over his head. Another of the Follower decided to try and take advantage of this and readied to stab the Scout while he was on the floor, but luckily, the Scout managed to jump back onto his feet just in time to grab that Follower’s arm and lock it, making the Follower drop their weapon. A second was about to attack from behind, but the Scout used the Follower he was holding onto to swing himself around and kick the incoming one in the chest, sending them flying into the one that tried to shoot him. Once that was done, the Scout flipped the Follower he had into the air and onto the ground, hard. 

Back with Crusader, Frog Astronaut, as strange as the creature looked, was more skilled and stronger than he was expecting. The two of them traded blows back and forth as the cosmic amphibian’s sword clashed with Crusader’s drill, showering the air with sparks with each contact that was made. Frog Astronaut dashed straight for Crusader and slashed upwards with his sword, knocking the Rider’s Hornbill Drill up and away from him. Once clear, Frog Astronaut charged forward with a powerful knee strike to Crusader’s chest. The avian Rider coughed as a small shockwave erupted from the hit, stunning him for a moment, but a moment was all that was needed. Using his sword, Frog Astronaut slashed Crusader several times in rapid succession before spinning on his heel and performing a backhand slash that sent the young hero to the floor. Frog Astronaut chuckled evilly as he opened his helmet’s visor, allowing the cosmic amphibian to launch his long tongue out. The tongue quickly wrapped itself around Crusader, trapping his arms. The Kaijin quickly whipped his head upwards, smashing Crusader into the ceiling. He then jumped straight up and performed a somersault, dragging Crusader along for the ride. With one more whip of his tongue, Frog Astronaut tossed Crusader across the room where he crashed into the stone steps of the emperor’s throne, leaving a body sized crater upon impact. The combined damage was, unfortunately, enough to cancel out his Rider form, returning Crusader to civilian form. Hunter coughed painfully from the assault, trying to get back on his feet but only managing to get onto his hands and knees. 

“And here I thought you were going to be a challenge, Crusader. Compared to Witch and Heka, you’re barely worth the effort,” Frog Astronaut mocked.

On the other side of the battle, the martial artist Coven Scout was still helping his fellow Scouts. The Scout jumped through the air and performed an aerial roundhouse kick to the face of one Follower who was about to shoot a Scout. But that’s when he noticed what was happening between Hunter and the Kaijin. The Scout ran towards Frog Astronaut and jumped at the last second as he tackled the cosmic amphibian to the ground and away from Hunter and Belos. The two rolled around on the floor for a few seconds before the Scout released the Kaijin, allowing both of them to get back to their feet. However, during the tackle, the Scout’s mask had fallen off. Some of the Scouts, Followers, even Belos and Hunter gawked at what was clearly a male human with black hair. Noticing that his disguise had been compromised, the human had no other choice but to resort to that. “HENSHIN!!”

The human thrust his right hand into the air and then brought it down slowly before slashing the air from left to right. In the same swift motion, he brought his right hand against his side, balling into a fist as he slashed the air from right to left with his left arm. Upon completion of these actions, the human’s eyes began to shine with power. That same power manifested itself in a Driver belt with a gold buckle and two red ruby orbs placed side by side. The light and energy emitted from this Driver engulfed the human, donning him in a suit of armor. The suit had black gauntlets and boots, with the left gauntlet sporting a wrist device that was square shaped, made of some kind of gold-like metal, and had a red ruby orb at the center. The suit of armor sported two black shoulder pauldrons, and a chest green chest plate. Upon this chest plate was a stylized symbol over the left pectoral, and at the center of the abs was a silver hexagonal metal plate that resembled solar paneling. The Rider’s black helmet, which resembled a green milkweed grasshopper, had large, red compound eyes, outlined in silver. Two silver antennae stuck out from the middle of the forehead region, and further down was a silver mouth plate. The was Kamen Rider Black RX. 

RX flipped through the air over Frog Astronaut and landed in front of Emperor Belos and Hunter. His body then glowed, causing everyone to look at him in shock and awe.

“I am the child of the sun!” the Rider announced, “Kamen Rider Black RX!”

To everyone there, it was one shock after another. One of their own was a monster hell bent on murdering the Emperor while another was a Kamen Rider they had never seen before.

“Hunter,” said RX, “Witch and Heka need your help. I’ll take care of this guy.”

“How can I trust you?!” Hunter asked, “And even if I knew where they were, how would I get to them?”

“Don’t worry, I got you covered.” RX replied as he slapped the ground and engaged the Kaijin. 

RX used his superhuman speed to get behind the cosmic amphibian and struck the creature in the back of the neck with a chop, throwing the Kaijin straight to the floor with a powerful “BOOM!” that cracked it.

Just then, everyone stopped fighting as they heard strange sounds echoing through the castle. It sounded as if something was crashing through something else. What was stranger still, the sounds were getting progressively loud by the second. At that moment, the right wall of the throne room burst apart, sending brick and mortar flying as a vehicle came to a screeching halt at the center of the room. The vehicle was red in color and was a car. It had a razor-sharp silver spine that ran from the hood to the back of the car. There were two silver antennae that matched that of RX in the middle of this spine, and with the two large, black, circular windshields, the entire vehicle looked like a giant bug. On the side of the car was RX’s symbol, indicating that this was his machine, the Ridoron. The car came to life, tires screeching as it drove right up to Hunter, stopping at the last second on the driver’s side.

[KAMEN RIDER CRUSADER,] the car “spoke”, [I AM RIDORON. I AM HERE TO TAKE YOU TO WITCH AND HEKA’S LOCATION.] The car’s door rose to allow Hunter inside. Hunter looked at his uncle to see what he thought of this matter, but Belos just stared at him motionless. RX then tumbled in between them.

“Hurry! Get going!” RX yelled, “The Boiling Isles are depending on you!”

Hunter’s indecision was shattered as he steeled himself and got inside of the futuristic vehicle. “Uh, how are we going to get out of here? Can you fly?”

[NO, I CANNOT. BUT I DO HAVE OTHER MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN ESCAPE WITH.]

“Okay, what kind of meeeeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” 

Ridoron’s tires screeched again as it lurched forward, driving to the opposite side of the throne room. But before it could hit the wall, the self-driving car hit the brakes, spinning it around until it was pointed towards the hole it had made upon coming in. 

“W-W-What are you doing?!” Hunter asked, afraid. 

[YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT.]

Hunter looked around and saw something that looked like a robe or a strap. He immediately grabbed it and looked around for a latch. His eyes fell down towards his right side and saw something. It had a hole that was the same shape as the strap he had, so without another moment to spare, he quickly attached it, securing himself. Once he had done that, Ridoron ignited their thrusters, revving the engine as smoke built up from the screeching tires. The Abomatons, Scouts, and Followers watched, still confused as to what the mysterious machine was doing. After a minute, the car took off at great speed, a small sonic boom erupted in the throne room, tossing the Abomatons, Scouts, and even the Followers in different directions as Ridoron started driving through the hole it created. 

The poor Golden Guard was pressed against his seat as he bared the brunt of the g-forces pressing down on him from Ridoron’s great speed. The walls passed by within seconds, and that’s when Hunter saw the exit, or rather entrance, from which Ridoron came through. He could see that the hole led to the outside, and that’s when he realized something. 

“HANG ON! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?! THERE’S A CHASM FILLED WITH SHARP ROCKS AND YOU SAID YOU CAN’T FLY!” Hunter yelled. 

[YES, I CANNOT FLY. SO I DROVE A TOP SPEED AND LAUNCHED MYSELF OFF THE CLIFF. USING THAT MOMENTUM TO CRASH THROUGH THE WALLS AND ENDING UP IN THE THRONE ROOM.]

“B-B-B-BUT IF YOU CAN’T FLY, AND JUST CRASHED, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CLEAR THE CHASM WALL?!”

[I DO NOT PLAN ON CLEARING THE WALL.]

THIS THING IS GOING TO KILL ME!!!

Before Hunter could contemplate his life choices, Ridoron launched itself through the hole it made in the castle wall, and out into the air. Hunter felt a sense of weightlessness as he and the car flew. The whole time the young Rider was screaming his head off as Ridoron was getting closer and closer to the chasm wall. This was it, this was how he died, not fighting in against a great evil to defend the people. Not due to old age after faithfully serving his uncle. But strapped to a mad machine that was about to crash into a wall and eventually plummet to a painful death down below. However, that was not going to happen.

Before they could hit the chasm wall, a pair of mandible-like pincers extended from the front of Ridoron. The pincers began to glow and vibrate to the point that they were a blur before becoming visible again. The moment they hit the chasm wall, the rocks in front of Ridoron instantly shattered like fragile glass. Ridoron kept going, easily burrowing through the solid rock as if it were wet tissue paper. The car and Hunter disappeared into the hole, the sounds of the car’s engine fading into the distance. 

“Great. Now then!” RX turned back to Frog Astronaut. “Let’s finish this fight. I have somewhere to be!”

With no more distractions, RX continued his fight with Frog Astronaut. The cosmic amphibian groweld angrily at the interference of this new Rider. After getting back to his feet, Frog Astronaut charged straight for RX. The Kaijin swung his sword in a frenzy, trying to land a blow on the Rider, but RX managed to nimbly dodge each of his frantic strikes. But the frenzied attack was forcing RX to keep backing up. RX noticed what he was doing, and upon Frog Astronaut’s next swing, ducked under it, rolling away as the blade slashed the wall as sparks danced in the air. Frog Astronaut opened his face shield and launched his tongue out at the RX, wrapping it around the Rider’s waist. With a flick of his head, the cosmic amphibian whipped RX across the room, smashing him into one of the giant gears inside of the room before throwing him into another. Frog Astronaut retracted his tongue as he smirked at his handy work. 

RX managed to get back up, and was through playing games with this monster. The Legendary Rider widened his stance and called upon the power of the Vital Charge as he was once again engulfed in light. Within that light, another transformation was taking place. Within a matter of seconds, RX’s armor completely changed shape, becoming something entirely new. The armor was now black and gold colored, with the Driver’s buckle becoming whirring gears instead of two ruby gemstones. The stylized symbol of RX was still prevalent on the chest plate. The helmet had gone through some changes as well. The red compound eyes were a bit smaller, but now had red lines coming down the sides of its face, as if it were crying tears of blood. The there was more silver plating compared to before, but it still had its two antennae. This was RX Robo Rider.

This shocked Frog Astronaut, causing him to ask, “What is this?!”

“I am the Prince of Sorrow!” the Rider replied, “RX! Robo Rider!”

“DAMN YOU RIDERS TO HELL!” Frog Astronaut yelled as he shifted his weapon back to gun mode. 

Robo Rider began walking slowly towards Frog Astronaut in a very robotic manner. Frog Astronaut began firing off several shots at the golden Rider. Each shot fired landed and exploded against Robo Rider’s armor, and even on the floor around him. But shockingly, none of Frog Astronaut’s blasts were phasing him in the least, it was as if Robo Rider wasn’t even feeling it or taking damage at all. Robo Rider lowered his right arm, which hovered over his right thigh. Within seconds a pistol weapon materialized into his hands.

What…What is he?! Frog Astronaut thought.

“Vortech Shooter!”  

Frog Astronaut was about to fire his blaster again, but Robo Rider was quicker on the draw as the golden Rider fired several shots at the cosmic amphibian. Multiple explosions went off as sparks flew from the Kaijin’s body, causing him to stumble backwards. Robo Rider locked onto Frog Astronaut’s hand and fired a single shot at it. The beam hit his hand, causing him to cry out in pain as he was forced to toss his blaster into the air. Robo Rider locked onto that weapon and fired a second beam, hitting it dead on and causing it to explode, destroying the Kaijin’s main means of offense. Frog Astronaut gasped when he saw this, he was essentially defenseless now without his weapon. Out of sheer desperation, Frog Astronaut charged straight for Robo Rider. As soon as he got close, Robo Rider reached out with his left hand and grabbed the monster by his neck. Frog Astronaut gagged as he kicked and struggled against the Legendary Rider’s iron grip. With a flick of his wrist, Robo Rider tossed the cosmic Amphibian across the room like a ragdoll, sending him crashing into the left wall of the throne room. 

Robo Rider’s body was engulfed in light once more, and once the light faded, he was back in his primary RX form. 

“Revolcane!” he yelled as he brought his left hand towards his Driver. 

There, a handle formed in his hand. RX grabbed the handle and slowly pulled it out further and further until the entire object was out, revealing itself to be a sword with a glowing light blade. Frog Astronaut tore himself out of the body sized hole he made and launched his tongue out at RX in an attempt to throw him around like before. But RX wasn’t about to get ensnared by the same attack twice in one day. Just before the tongue reached him, RX slashed part of the Kaijin’s tongue off. The monster cried out in pain from the burning sensation as he flailed about. This granted RX his chance as he charged straight towards the comic amphibian at full speed. Once he was close, RX stabbed Frog Astronaut through his midsection. Sparks began spraying out from both ends at a rapid pace, this one of RX’s finishing moves, the Revolcrash. RX pulled his sword out, as he turned his back to Frog Astronaut, just as the Kaijin fell onto his knees and then backwards before exploding in fiery fury, ending the threat from the Priest of Crisis. 

RX released a calming breath as he dismissed his Revolcane. However, when he did, sinewy strands of muscle and bone rose from the floor and walls and wrapped themselves around RX, completely immobilizing him. That’s when RX turned his head towards Emperor Belos, whose right hand was glowing bright with crimson light. 

“I was under the impression that there were only two Riders I needed to worry myself with. And yet here you are, a third. You’re obviously human, and I’m quite intrigued on how it was you managed to get here,” said Belos

“Sorry, not going to happen.” RX replied 

Suddenly, RX’s body turned into water, allowing him to slip through his restraints. Belos was genuinely surprised by this action, so surprised that RX’s liquid body managed to slither along the floor and quickly reform behind Belos as he went to deliver a kick. The emperor was caught off guard as he stumbled forward and into the wall. The ruler of the Boiling Isles turned around and saw a liquid body standing there before him. Within seconds the body of water took on a solid form, revealing a new form of RX. His armor had once again changed shape and form, now it was mainly blue and silver with red accents. The Driver had changed again as well, the two red gemstones had merged into a single gemstone that took up most of the middle of the buckle. The helmet was blue now, with two orange compound eyes, and a silver mouth plate. The antennae were square shaped in this form and had a single red square going down the middle of them. This was RX Bio Rider.

Belos narrowed his gaze as he looked upon RX’s new form. He should’ve guessed that this Rider had another transformation, considering how many Witch has this was to be expected. 

“I am the Prince of Anger!” He announced, “RX! Bio Rider!” Bio Rider then looked at Belos and said, “We’re even now, Belos. I gotta go!” He then turned into water and zoomed out of the castle.

Two-to-three miles away, Bio Rider emerged and reverted back to RX. After looking back in the direction where he once was, he walked towards his sentient motorcycle, Acrobatter.

“I hope Ichigo-senpai and Hunter got to them in time.” he said to himself as he mounted Acrobatter and sped away.

Still in their cell, Luz and Amity were still getting over the revelation that they were cut off from their magic.

Amity was freaking out a little bit, she had never been cut off from her magic before. There was that time the Greater Basilisk stole her magic, but she was drained so much that she passed out soon after. But this was different, it was as if it had been erased, but that couldn’t be true. She still had her bile sack, she could feel it. The Blight girl quickly checked, again, to make sure there wasn’t a scar or anything that would indicate that it had been removed. And again, there was not. But that still didn’t quite ease her nerves, as healing magic could’ve erased the scar easily. 

Luz was still trying to figure out why they were in these dresses, and why this Shocker Coven wanted them. However, she put that on hold when she noticed how Amity was doing. “Hey, hey, it’s alright, Amity. We’ll be okay.” 

“Luz, we can’t use our magic! I can’t draw circles or use my rings! And you can’t use your glyphs or rings,” said Amity. 

Luz had to admit, it was unnerving that she could use either her glyphs or rings. 

“I don’t understand this myself. It’s as if something is suppressing my magic, subtle though it is,” said La Lechuza.

“It’s annoying that anything can keep my brilliance from shining. But it looks like that’s the case. Might be a spell of some kind, or perhaps the cell is made of something that nullifies magic?” Bast pondered. 

“Possible, the former is more likely. I don’t see a feasible reason why they’d only limit it to just a single cell. If that is the case, then we simply need to find out how far this spell’s area of effect is,” she suggested. 

“Well, that’s something then. If we can manage to get out, we can start finding where the weak spot in this spell is,” said Luz as she got down on her knees before Amity and smiled at her. “We’ll get through this, hermosa, together.” 

Amity looked up at her girlfriend’s confident expression. Her anxiety over this situation was starting to ebb away a bit. What’s wrong with me? I can’t let Luz be the only brave one here. The purple haired witch girl took a calming breath and smiled back at Luz. “I’m sorry for that little freak out. I’ve never been in a position like this where I have no magic.”

“I get it, it’s okay. You’ve lived and breathed magic since you were a baby. Everyone here has. It’s a part of you. Not being able to feel your magic is probably like having one of your arms or legs missing. But for me, this is a familiar feeling, so it doesn’t affect me as much,” said Luz. 

Amity scooted closer to Luz and rested her head against her left shoulder. “I’m glad you’re here, even if this is a sucky situation.” 

Luz blushed and replied, “I’ll always be there for you, Amity.” 

“So will I,” said Amity. 

Their moment did not last as two Hooded Followers opened their cell door. Luz and Amity quickly sprang to their feet, with Luz entering a fighting stance as Amity mimicked her, remembering their training. However, one of the Followers drew a spell circle and immediately conjured construct cuffs around both of their wrists and angles. The two light cuffs acted like magnets and slammed together, forcing Luz and Amity to fall back to the cell floor with their arms behind their backs. 

“It is time,” he said.

Chapter Text

Eda, Willow, Gus, and King were sitting in the living room. It had been a few hours since they saw Takeshi ride off to save Luz and Amity, and they still haven’t heard a word about what had happened to them. Or why they were taken. Eda was pacing the floor, anxious and nervous about what was happening Luz, while King rested on Willow’s lap while she patted his head comfortingly. Gus was anxious as well, but he held out hope that these new Riders would be able to save his friends. 

“He’s certainly been gone a long time.” King remarked.

“Yeah,” replied Willow, “What if he doesn’t make it?”

“Oh come on, he’s a Kamen Rider,” retorted Gus, “He’ll save them.”

Eda stopped her pacing and sat on the coffee table, her leg bounced up and down, hoping that Gus was right.

Outside the Owl House, Hooty was eagerly awaiting the return of Luz and Amity, and keeping a sharper eye out for any more monsters that might try to attack the Owl House. However he was not expecting who did show up. Two men on unique looking motorcycles stopped in front of the house and removed their helmets.

“Ichimonji-san,” greeted Shigeru, “I’m guessing your assignment went well.”

“Yeah,” replied Hayato, “although I did have to drop my disguise.”

Just then, Keisuke pulled up followed by Shiro, Joji, Amazon, Kohtaro, Ryo, and Kazuya.

“Looks like all our missions went successfully.” remarked Hayato.

The others nodded their heads. The others looked up when they saw a shadow pass over them. When they did, they saw Skyrider, who landed in front of them and ended his transformation. “I guess we’re all waiting for Hongo-sempai,” he said.

“Uh…Eda,” Hooty called out, causing the ten Riders to look at the talking door, “You might want to look at this!”

Eda hurriedly opened the door, accidentally slamming Hooty’s face into the wall, to see what he was talking about and was shocked to see ten human males in front of her house. 

“If this were any other time, I’d be absolutely giddy about seeing this many guys lined up in front of my house, but right now, I need answers! Just what is going on?! Where is Luz, and what have you guys been up to?!” Eda questioned. 

The ten Riders glanced at each other and nodded their heads in agreement. 

“It’s time we filled you in on what’s been going on up until now, Eda-san,” said Hayato.

It took a bit of time, but eventually, all ten Riders were able to regale the residents of the Owl House with what they were each doing before arriving. To say that Eda, Willow, King, and Gus were shocked would be an understatement. They had no idea that the Shocker Coven’s scheming went so far as to assassinate all the leaders of the nine Covens at once. Eda had to remember to thank them for saving Raine, although she still wondered why they were still with Bard Coven after what happened. But that was a question for another day. When they were done, everyone took a moment to absorb that knowledge. 

“Wow, the Coven Heads and the Emperor must have gotten a kick out of you guys.” Willow exclaimed.

“Well Belos definitely got a kick from me.” Kohtaro replied. Everyone just looked at him with deadpan expressions. “What? Is it customary for someone to tie you up after you’ve just saved their life?”

“Given that it’s Belos, yes, very custmoray,” said Eda. 

“Now that they have been taken care of, and the Coven leaders and the emperor safe, we can focus on the rescue operation to get Noceda-chan and Blight-kun out of their clutches. It won’t be long before the rest of the Shocker Coven learns of their subordinates’ failures, and we need to strike in that time,” said Shigeru. 

“But do you even know where she’s being held?” King asked. 

Shiro nodded. “We have surveillance on their base of operations, it’s located in a mountainous area that you call, ‘The Knee’.”

“If the Shocker Coven took them anywhere, then it would be there,” said Kotaro. 

Eda sprang to her feet as she said, “Then what are we waiting for?! Let’s head up there and get those two back!” 

Ryo raised his hand in a stopping motion. “Hold on, that’s not possible for you, any of you.”

“What do you mean?” Gus asked.

“The Shocker Coven’s base has a barrier surrounding it that will prevent any use of magic within its confines.” Joji explained, “Only dark magic is able to function there. Not even Palismen can be used there.”

Eda gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, she hated feeling so powerless. Even after obtaining some kind of resolution with the Owl Beast, she still didn’t have enough power to protect the ones she loved. The Owl Lady stormed out of the room and went outside. 

“Eda!” King called out as he readied to after her. 

“King, give her a minute. I think I understand why she’s angry,” said Willow. “She feels like me and Gus, we can’t help them even if we wanted to.” 

Amazon walked over to Willow, knelt before her and King, and patted Willow on her shoulder while patting King on the head. “You two not helpless. You worry for friends. Strength in bonds. Your bonds give them strength.” 

Willow and King’s moods were lifted by the wildman’s words, but still, the fact remained that they couldn’t render aid in any possible rescue mission.

Outside of the house, Eda was still fuming about her lack of power. Luz, the daughter she never had, and said daughter’s girlfriend were trapped by a bunch of cultist whackos and all she could do was stand here and twiddle her thumbs. However, as Eda was about to go back in there and give the Riders a piece of her mind about taking her to The Knee, she stopped. 

“What?” 

Eda started hearing something. A voice, and a familiar one at that.

“You? What do you…?” Eda paused as she listened to the voice. “Wait. You want to help her? Why?......You owe her? Wait, is that because she saved you from getting killed by my Inner Phantom?” 

The voice of the Owl Beast acknowledged this, and more. 

“Oh, and you like her? Huh, okay, didn’t see that coming. So, does that mean you’ll let me go into Harpy Mode so we can save her?” Eda asked. 

The answer came in the form of Eda’s body immediately shifting. The red dress that Eda wore merged with her body, becoming red feathers, as her legs transformed into that of a half-humanoid half-bird like state, with two talons on the front of her feet and one on her back heels. Eda’s gold colored nails now became gold colored claws, gray wings sprouted from her back, and her eyes became pools of black with golden irises staring out from them. Eda looked upon her form, as this was the second time she had entered this form. 

“Alright, let’s go save our kid!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Eda flapped her large wings and took off into the air. Once she reached the desired altitude, she flapped her wings again and jetted straight towards The Knee. 

Hooty, who had witnessed all of this, had his jaw drop from watching it all happen. “Everyone! Listen up!” Hooty shouted as he opened the door and gained the attention of everyone in the living room. 

“Hooty, buddy, what’s wrong?!” Gus asked. 

“Eda just went into Harpy Mode and she’s heading to The Knee! Right now!” Hooty stated. 

“‘Harpy Mode’?” Keisuke asked. 

“Long story,” King replied. “But, this might be a good thing. The form is from a curse that was placed on Eda. If that barrier thing blocks out everything but dark magic, maybe her curse is the loophole!”

“Let’s just pray it’s enough,” said Kazuya.

This had to be the weirdest day for Hunter. One of his colleagues was a monster that tried to murder his uncle, and another was a Kamen Rider he had never seen before. Now he was inside a weird talking contraption that was taking him to who knows where. They had been traveling underground for several minutes now, going up and down, and sideways. Now it felt as if they were going straight up, and Hunter worried where exactly they were going to end up. Finally, Ridoron broke through, breaching the surface as rock and dirt were tossed about. 

[CRUSADER,] Ridoron stated, [WE HAVE ARRIVED.] The door opened and Hunter basically fell out of the car, curled up in a fetal position, eyes wide open and hands clenched into fists. 

It took a couple of moments for Hunter to regain his senses, but it helped that the cold snow that he landed in helped to snap him out of his stupor. The Golden Guard stood up, scanned his surroundings, and immediately knew where he was. “This is the Knee…” No sooner did Hunter say that, Ridoron sped away leaving him alone. “Hey wait!” Hunter called out, “How’d you even get me here so fast while traveling underground?!”

“Ridoron can reach speeds up to 1500 kilometers an hour.” said a voice. Hunter turned around to see a man dressed in a thick black frock coat, standing by a motorcycle. “Kamen Rider Crusader I presume?”

“Yeah.” Hunter replied, “Who’s asking?”

“I’m Takeshi Hongo, Kamen Rider Ichigo.” the man answered, holding out his hand. Hunter hesitated before accepting it and the two shook hands.

“So…” Hunter began, “any reason why I was attacked, put into a strange contraption, and brought here?”

“We needed your help for an important mission,” Takeshi explained, “I was going to recruit Noceda-san and Blight-kun while Kohtaro-kun brought you here to assist. But the two of them were captured.”

“Yeah, the Guard Captain did mention they were captured.” Hunter remarked.

“Now we proceed with the plan while attempting to rescue them.” Takeshi replied, “Let’s go.”

“Wait,” Hunter remarked, “how can I even trust you?”

“Because one; there’s an invisible barrier that’ll cut you off from your magic once you cross it, and two; we’re both Kamen Riders, and you’ll need my help if you want to overcome this.” Takeshi explained. He then took off with Hunter reluctantly following him.

Takeshi and Hunter were making their way through the terrain. They ducked for cover to hide from some Hooded Followers. When the coast was clear, Takeshi pulled out a folded piece of paper. He unfolded it to reveal a map.

“This is a map of The Shock Coven’s underground base.” he explained, “According to Riderman, they’ve carved their headquarters inside the very bones of the Titan itself.”

“How come we never noticed this so-called ‘Shocker Coven’?” Hunter asked.

“Probably for the same reason you haven’t noticed us on the Isles for the past week.” Takeshi remarked.

Hunter deadpanned. “Fair enough.” 

They then noticed two Hooded Followers hiding in a nearby cavern. They moved closer to listen in on them.

“What are we going to do? Just tell the Head that we failed?” one of them asked.

“You saw that creature!” the other answered, “It just tore the Priestess to shreds!”

Takeshi brought his right finger to his lips, silently telling Hunter to remain quiet. The Legendary Rider quietly sneaked closer to the Hooded Followers, carefully making sure he didn’t knock against anything that would give away his position. Once he was close enough, Takeishi made his move. Takeshi thrust kicked the first Follower with all his might, sending him crashing into the wall of the cave, face first, and knocking him out instantly. The second Follower went for a haymaker, but Takeshi blocked it with his left arm, and punched the Follower in his gut and face, and for the finisher, he grabbed the Followers by the shoulders and drove his knee right into their gut. The Follower let out a pained gasp before his lights went out, going lax in Takeshi’s grip. 

“Sorry.” Takeshi said to the unconscious person. He then looked up at a wide-mouth Hunter and said, “Looks like these two had a run in with Amazon.” He then proceeded to take off one of the Follower’s robes.

“Well come on,” he said to Hunter as he began to put on the robe, “We’re infiltrating their base.”

Hunter shook his head, bringing himself back to his senses as he quickly responded, “Y-Yes, sir!”

Once they were dressed as Hooded Followers, Takeshi and Hunter made their way towards the entrance to the Shocker Coven’s HQ. The entrance was just a cave with two Hooded Followers guarding either side.

“Just follow my lead, and let me do the talking.” Takeshi whispered. Hunter nodded as they marched towards the cave.

“EEK!” the Followers yelled as they threw their right arms into the air.

“EEK!” Takeshi copied, with Hunter quickly following suit. Once they were allowed inside, Takeshi and Hunter made their way down the corridors. The two of them then snuck into an empty room, removed their hoods and Takeshi pulled out the map.

“Okay, Noceda-san and Blight-kun should be in the dungeons.” Takeshi explained. “We need to get them out of here.”

“ALL SHOCKER COVEN MEMBERS,” a voice announced, “MEET IN THE MAIN CEREMONIAL CHAMBER! IT IS TIME FOR THE ULTIMATE CEREMONY!”

Takeshi and Hunter looked at each other. “Change of plans,” Hunter remarked, “we know exactly where they are.”

With their hoods back on, they crept out of the room and made their way to the main chamber.

“Get your hands off of me!” Luz yelled as she and Amity were being dragged through the corridors of the Shocker Coven’s HQ. 

“I swear if you hurt Luz, I’ll make you regret it for the rest of your lives!” retorted Amity, but it seems the Hooded Followers were uninterested in what either of them had to say. They kept going until they entered the main ceremonial chamber where the Head of the Shocker Coven awaited them.

“Ah, welcome, my pretties.” she said in a silky voice that made Luz and Amity feel uneasy.

“What’s going on?! What are you going to do to us?!” Luz questioned. 

“All in due time, my dear. All in due time. Restrain them,” the woman ordered.

The two young girls continued to struggle, but it was useless. They were brought before two ornate pillars in the center of the room. Once there, the Followers worked together to slap the cuffs around their wrists and ankles. The chains of their restraints were short, not allowing for any wide range of motion, but to keep them securely in place. Luz feared what this creepy cult was going to do with them, during her whole time on the Boiling Isles, this was the first time she had ever encountered a group like this. 

As soon as everyone took their places, the Coven Head addressed her prisoners.

“Are we comfortable?”

“Does it look like we are?” retorted Luz.

“Don’t worry,” the lady said as she caressed Luz’s chin, “it’ll all be over soon.”

“Who are you anyway?!” demanded Amity. 

The Hooded woman turned towards Amity and gave a lilting chuckle at the question.

“Well neither one of you will live to see what happens next, I suppose you do deserve to see the face of the one who will bring your young lives to a short end…” she proceeded to remove her hood. 

Once it was done, Luz and Amity beheld the visage of a beautiful witch woman. She had raven black hair that gleamed in the light of the torches. Her skin was flawless and pale. She possessed sharp, fuchsia-colored eyes that seemed to pierce your very soul, and at the same time, beckoned you to approach her. This revelation shocked Amity.

“Mrs. Blackrose?!” she exclaimed.

“Who?” Luz asked.

“The Blackrose Family are known as the top Oracle witches on the Boiling Isles. The head of their family is this woman, Agatha Blakcrose,” Amity explained.

“Precisely,” Agatha responded as she walked over to Amity, “it’s really a shame you had to be a Kamen Rider, young Blight. But at least you’ll still be serving our Coven.” She then addressed her Followers.

“Members of the Shocker Coven,” she announced, “As you well know, my family, the Blackrose Family, are the strongest Oracle witches in the Boiling Isles. And with that power, we saw a grand vision. A glimpse into the human world. When we did, we witnessed the glory and power of a powerful group with powers beyond our imagination, who sought to bring order to their world! But, the destiable beings known to us as Kamen Riders, continued to thwart their holy mission again and again!” 

The Hooded Followers all began jeering at Amity and Luz, being the only Kamen Riders within their immediate vicinity for which they could direct their ire towards. 

“Yes, the glorious Shocker was brought down, but they were destined to rise up like the mighty phoenix from the ashes! You all have tasted the grand power of this Coven, and it has made you strong! Stronger than any witch or demon in this realm! Now, it is on us, the Shocker Coven, to realize their dream within our world!” The cultists cheered loudly as she moved to several banners hanging on the wall. 

The first banner was that of an eagle standing atop the world. 

“Shocker!”

The second was that of a gold eagle with a silver snake wrapped around it. 

“Gel-Shocker!”

The third was a silver scorpion with a ruby red stinger. 

“Destron!”

The fourth symbol was that of a head with a scary visage upon it that abstractly made the letters “G” “O” “D”. 

“G.O.D.!”

The fifth symbol was a circle with an abstract looking creature with small eyes.

“Gedon!”

The sixth symbol was a wreath of feathers with a circle at the center. 

“The Garanda Empire!”

The seventh symbol was a rounded trapezoid with a gear in the middle.

“Black Satan!”

The eighth symbol was a snake with its tail forming a capital “Q”.

“The Delza Army!”

The ninth was a combined, stylized “N” and “S” with a red eye to the center right of the symbol. 

“Neo Shocker!”

The tenth was a pair of eagle’s wings, a beak, and a single red eye in the middle in the shape of an arrowhead.

“The Dogma Kingdom!”

The eleventh showed a golden eye with a red pupil, inside a red parallelogram, inside an explosion looking shape.

“Jin Dogma!”

The twelfth banner had the letters “BDN”, with two eyes inside the gaps of the “B” and a mouth with sharp teeth in the gap of the “D”. 

“The Badan Empire!”

The thirteenth banner was an image of a golden snake with its mouth open, poised to bite into a red orb. 

“Gorgom!”

The final one had six red abstract shapes with white outlines.

“The Crisis Empire! All of them had dreams of world domination! But now that I have inherited this Coven from my family, I, Agatha Blackrose, and the Shocker Coven will fulfill it in their stead!” The cultists continued to cheer, but what they didn’t know was that Takeshi and Hunter were right there waiting to make their move.

Agatha continued, “And while the Priests and Priestesses are taking care of the Coven Heads and the Emperor, we will summon The Great One to lead us to victory!” She then turned towards the two chained girls. “And that’s where you two come in.” Luz and Amity became even more uneasy as she produced a large crystal orb. “We are going to use the mana from your Inner Phantoms to create a gateway for The Great One to enter our realm!” 

Agatha drew a spell circle, and before Luz and Amity a pedestal rose from the ground. The head of the Shocker Coven slowly walked on the pedestal and gently placed the orb at its center. “Let the ceremony begin!”

Everyone began to chant in some long-forgotten language as a large window opened in the ceiling, allowing sunlight to shine on the orb. Suddenly streams of energy shot out of Luz and Amity’s chests and into the orb, causing them to yell in pain. Luz recognized this pain; it was similar to when Lich took her magic and almost killed her. And now that was happening again, but this time it was happening to Amity as well. Within each of their Underworld’s, La Lechuza and Bast were both grunting in pain as their mana was being taken away from them. 

“Laly! This is bad, isn’t it?!” Bast asked. 

“Very! Try to hang on Bast! Keep struggling until your last breath,” said La Lechuza.

The great Owl Phantom, as well as the great Cat Phantom, knew that doing so was only going to lengthen their hosts' suffering. But they had no other options, if they just let go, then that would be the end of for Luz and Amity, they had to hold out for some kind of miracle that Luz and Amity would find a way out or that someone would rescue them. 

In the Overworld, Luz and Amity continued to writhe in pain from the absorption. Luz struggled, but she managed to turn her head in Amity’s direction. Amity sensed her girlfriend’s gaze upon her and turned to meet it. The two lovers looked at each other, Amity could see it in Luz’s eyes, this was something that they weren’t going to live through. 

“LUZ!” Amity grunted, “I…LO…” Before she could finish, Amity passed out. Luz, shortly after, passed out as well. 

It was then that Takeshi decided to take action. While everyone else was bowing down, he pulled out a few smoke canisters, yanked out their pins and threw them around the room. When they went off, everyone panicked as the room filled with smoke. When the smoke cleared, Luz and Amity were gone, and Agatha was furious.

“THEY MUST NOT ESCAPE!” she yelled, “Cat Samurai, bring them back before they’re allowed to spill our secrets!”

“At once, your Holiness!” the Priest of Shocker stated as he ran out of the room. 

Agatha was still seething with anger for the loss of their magic batteries, but her anger subsided a bit when she looked at the orb and saw that it was glowing with energy.

Takeshi and Hunter had dropped their disguises and were now carrying Luz and Amity on their backs. They were just making their way towards the exit, when five Hooded Followers surrounded them, blades drawn.

“You really thought you could steal from The Shocker Coven?” one of them asked.

“You two just earned a one-way trip to hell!” another remarked. 

Hunter and Takeshi were in a bind with Luz and Amity still unconscious and slung over their shoulders. The Followers crept closer, ready to kill the intruders. However, there was sound echoing within the caves, a dull thudding noise that was getting closer and closer. One of the Followers turned around to see what it was that was making that sound, and yelped when they saw two glowing golden eyes piercing the darkness as Eda wrapped her wings around herself and spun like a drill bit as she launched herself towards the Followers. The impact sent three of the Followers flying in different directions. Eda used the shock and awe to speed towards the fourth Follower, grabbing them by the neck, and tossing them like a ragdoll towards the fifth Follower and against the wall with a hard impact. When it was over, all five of the Followers were effectively taken down in less than a minute.

“Clawthorne-san? What are you doing here?!” Takeshi exclaimed.

“Wait a minute!” Hunter looked at Takeshi. “You said that only dark magic could work in here!” The Golden Guard turned his gaze back on Eda. “So how did you?!”

“I guess it’s because this is a curse, so technically dark magic.” Eda explained, “Anyway, what do you think I’m doing here?! I’m here to save my kid and her girlfriend! Although, I have no idea why you’re here.” 

Eda pointed her claw at Hunter, making the young man gulp. 

“You know he’s a Rider, same as them. We need all of our strength if we’re going to defeat the Shocker Coven, Clawthorne-san,” said Takeshi. 

Just then, more Hooded Followers appeared in the corridor.

“Get these two to safety!” Takeshi stated as he handed Luz over to Eda, “I’ll hold them off!”

“Are you sure you’ll be alright?” Eda asked.

“Don’t worry about me,” Takeshi assured, “Just get outside the barrier!” 

Takeshi then ran towards the Hooded Followers, one of them took a swing at him with their left fist, but he easily ducked under it and countered with a right hook to the face. Keeping up this pace, he ran up on a second Follower, grabbed him by the arm, and tossed him into an incoming group, knocking them down like bowling pins. Some of the Followers started to rise, but it granted him time. Takeshi threw his right arm at a diagonal to his left then rotated it clockwise until it was diagonal to his right.

“Rider…Henshin!”

He then retracted his right arm to his waist and thrusted his left arm at a diagonal to his right. A Driver materialized around his waist. The Driver buckle was silver in color, mounted on red leather. From the sides of that leather the belt formed, which was black and sported two silver devices on the hips. At the center of the buckle was a circle with a turbine fan within it that began to spin. Takeshi then leapt into the air as the fan spun faster, gathering energy as it released a bright flash of light.  A cyclonic wind made up of red, yellow, and green swirled around Takeshi, obscuring him from view. The swirling energy cyclone then dispersed. What was left was not a man, not a regular one. For he was donned in a black suit, with silver gloves, a green, insect-like chest plate, silver boots, and had a short red scarf around his neck. Takeshi’s head was encased in a helmet, with the top half of it colored turquoise green. It had red compound eyes, and two small silver antennae coming out from the middle of the forehead area. The bottom half was silver and had a jagged design, like that of an insect's mouth. This was the very first Kamen Rider to ever exist, the legendary Rider who created a legacy of heroes. This was Kamen Rider Ichigo (#1).

The Rider flipped through the air and charged at the Hooded Followers again. Using his enhanced speed, Ichigo reached out and grabbed a Follower by the face and slammed them to the ground, instantly knocking them out. While he was still down there, Ichigo threw out his right leg and swept the legs out from another one, and while he was on the ground, Ichigo struck them in the face, knocking them out as well. Ichigo sprang back to his feet and grabbed another one, kneeing him in the gut and throwing him into two other Followers. Ichigo sped towards two others and struck both of them in the sides with a knife hand chop, sending them flying against the walls and leaving body sized impressions. One other tried to attack him from behind, but before he could do anything, Ichigo performed a spinning roundhouse kick. The blow sent the Follower spinning in the air before faceplanting on the ground. 

“Hurry and run!” Ichigo yelled as he struck down two more, then threw a strong punch into the gut of another that sent them flying halfway down the corridor. “Go!”

That was enough for Eda and Hunter to continue running with Luz and Amity, still unconscious, in their arms. As they ran, they could still hear Ichigo battling the Followers behind them, but after seeing what he could do, they weren’t afraid for him, if anything, they were more worried for the Followers who were getting a sound thrashing by the Legendary Kamen Rider.

Eda and Hunter had just made it outside and were making their way in the direction of Takeshi’s motorcycle that marked the edge of the barrier. They were just on the edge of the barrier when the Priest of Shocker landed in front of them surrounded by Hooded Followers.

“Anyone who defies The Shocker Coven will be executed!” he said as he removed his gold robe, transforming into Cat Samurai. Eda and Hunter could see that Luz’s Hand Author buckle, along with both of their ring sets, were attached to his belt.

Hunter handed the unconscious Amity to Eda and engaged the enemy. The young Rider didn’t know what he could do without his staff or Driver in this magic canceling barrier, but he had to try something. The Hooded Followers readied themselves to attack Hunter, but Cat Samurai shook his head at them, as if telling them not to bother. Cat Samurai stepped forward and stood there waiting for Hunter. The young man jumped into the air and threw a flying kick at the monster. His kick landed against the armored chest of Cat Samurai, but the monster didn’t move an inch. Hunter growled and tried another kick, this time to his knee to try and buckle it, but yet again, the Kaijin didn’t budge. Out of desperation, Hunter jumped up and threw a punch right into Cat Samurai’s face. And, again, no movement. Hunter landed on the ground and took a step back as he got into a defensive stance, trying to think of a way to take this monster down without the use of his powers or magic staff. 

“Wasted effort.” Cat Samurai muttered as he prepared to attack.

“Hold it!” a voice yelled. Everyone looked up to see Kamen Rider Ichigo standing on a nearby ledge. “Come at me, Cat Samurai!”

Cat Samurai sneered at the Rider as waved his hand and gave the order, “Do not let them get away! Do everything you can to prevent this!”

Ichigo jumped high into the air, flipped around, and landed on the snow-covered ground right in the middle of the Hooded Followers. Some of the Followers produced swords and attacked Ichigo. The first Kamen Rider dodged each of the slashes, which was limited on their part as, in their haste, they hadn’t completely dispersed to allow for more freedom of movement in their attacks. Ichigo raised his left forearm, blocking a sword swing at the wrist of one of the Followers, and in the same motion, struck in the stomach with a punch. The Follower dropped his sword, allowing Ichigo to grab him by the arm and toss him away like a ragdoll. Ichigo looked down at the sword still on the ground, grabbed it, jumped into the air, and tossed it towards Hunter. 

The blade spun in the air before landing a foot away from Hunter’s right. Once that was done, Ichigo went back to the fight. One of the Followers brazenly tried to perform a lariat attack on him, but the experienced Rider ducked under the attack and threw a roundhouse kick to the Followers back where he impacted against a tree. A Follower tried to cut down Ichigo from behind, but the attack was easily dodged. Allowing Ichigo to wrap his left arm around their neck as he grabbed ahold of that same Follower’s right arm. A second Follower tried to slash at him again, but Ichigo used the man’s arm, which was still holding onto the sword, to block the sword strike of the other. Ichigo used the Follower like a makeshift sword dummy, and for some reason, the Follower he had still held onto their sword. Sparks danced in the air as their blades clashed for a few strikes before the attacking Follower raised his weapon up with both hands for an overhead strike, but that’s when Ichigo gripped the Follower’s forearm hard, making them drop their sword. Afterwards, he pushed that same Follower into the attacking one before jumping up and kicking them into a pile of snow. 

Three Hooded Followers attacked Hunter, but the young man managed to block the first one's haymaker before throwing a right uppercut to his lower jaw. A couple of teeth flew out as the Follower was sent flying onto his back. A second tried to attack from the left, but Hunter ducked under their punch, and threw a kick right for their left knee, making the Follower cry out in pain as he fell to one knee, bringing him within knee striking distance, which Hunter did as he grabbed the Follower’s head and drove his knee into their face, knocking them out immediately. The third created a sword and was about to cut him, but Hunter quickly grabbed the sword that Ichigo threw his way, parried the blade, and flung it out of the Follower’s hand. The Follower was stunned by his swordplay, but they didn’t have time to appreciate it as Hunter drove his left fist into their stomach and made them double over in pain before passing out. 

Cat Samurai entered the fray as he jumped into the air and landed before Ichigo, the feline Kaijin drew his sword and slashed at him. Ichigo narrowly avoided the blade, but the power behind it managed to kick up a whirlwind that blew some of the other followers away and cleared the ground of snow. The first Rider capitalized on this opening threw a strong punch to the armored midsection of Cat Samurai, creating a small shockwave that made the Kaijin back up a little. That allowed Ichigo to throw a spinning kick to the creature’s chest, sending sparks flying from the point of impact. The feline Kaijin let out an angry yowl as he charged for the Legendary Rider and managed to land a blow on his armored chest. Sparks flew from Ichigo’s armor, but Cat Samurai wasn’t done as he threw his own roundhouse kick, sending Ichigo straight to the ground. Cat Samurai moved in to stab his blade down on Ichigo, but the first Rider was faster as he lunged upwards with a kick right into the monster’s chest. The hit managed to make Cat Samurai skid backwards on his heels before coming to a stop. 

Cat Samurai growled, but then noticed that his minions were getting bested by the witch and third magical Rider. Wasting little time, Cat Samurai dashed towards them. Ichigo was going to intercept, but the remaining Followers that weren’t leveled by Cat Samurai's powerful sword swing got in his way and began engaging him. 

Hunter kept his grip on the sword as he stood before the other Hooded Followers, with Eda at his back. Eda thought about flying out of there, but after seeing what the cat monster could do with a swing of his sword, she doubted she’d get that far. Plus, despite how much of a jerk this kid has been to Luz and them in the past, Eda knew that Luz wouldn’t forgive Eda if she left him to die.

Hunter’s eyes shifted back and forth between the four remaining Followers, he had to take them down and get past the barrier while Ichigo was keeping that monster distracted. The Golden Guard tossed his sword towards one of the Followers, making them immediately duck to avoid getting skewered. The sword lodged itself in the ground behind the Follower, but it served its purpose. Hunter ran towards the distracted Follower, jumped into the air, and drop kicked the Follower in the face. The young man scrambled to his feet as he backflipped away from two others who tried to jump to him. Hunter ran towards them full speed as he punched one in the stomach and across the face. The third tried to grab him, but Hunter avoided the grab and delivered a backhand punch to the back of their head. He then made a grab for the sword and squared off against the last Follower. However, his stomach dropped when Cat Samurai appeared, sword in hand, and with a look of death in his slit eyes. 

After Ichigo punched out the last of his opponents, he turned his attention back to Eda and Hunter, and realized that the Kaijin was already upon him. “Hunter!” he yelled as he flipped through the air. 

The first Rider threw a flying kick as soon as he was in range of Cat Samurai, nailing him in the side of the head and sending him tumbling off to the left where he rolled in the snow for a few seconds before managing to jump back to his feet. Ichigo looked at Hunter, and the young man nodded to Ichigo, as if saying, “I got this! Go!” Ichigo nodded back and dashed straight for Cat Samurai. The first Rider threw a right punch, forcing Cat Samurai to point the flat of his sword to intercept. Ichigo’s punch struck against the flat of the feline Kaijin’s sword, once again creating a shockwave that blew the snow away from under them. 

Hunter smirked at the remaining Follower and tossed the sword into the air as high as it would go. The weapon flipped blade over hilt, making the Follower look up at it out of sheer fear that it would fall on them. Which was what Hunter wanted as he dashed straight for the Follower threw two punches to his midsection, the sword finally let gravity take hold of it as it fell, and just before it could hit either of them, Hunter grabbed it by the hilt and struck the Follower in the back of the head with the flat of sword, knocking them out cold. 

Cat Samurai was determined to take down this Kamen Rider. They were so close to their goal; he could not let them get away now. Ichigo dodged as many of the swings as he could, but Cat Samurai was fast, and furious, which made for a difficult situation. Right now, they needed to get away fast, and the only way to do so rested on this monster’s belt. He had to get them back before he destroyed Cat Samurai, but with that monster’s sword keeping him at distance, that task was going to prove difficult. 

“TAKESHI!” Hunter yelled. 

Ichigo glanced over his shoulder and watched as he tossed the sword towards him. The Legendary Rider smirked under his helmet and grabbed the sword out of the air with his right hand and blocked one of Cat Samurai’s sword strikes. Their blades rang in the air as the impact made Cat Samurai lose his stance. Ichigo took this chance and dashed straight for the monster. With a single swipe of his sword, Ichigo cut the belt off of Cat Samurai, sending the rings and buckle flying into the air along with the belt. Ichigo managed to grab the severed belt that still had the rings and buckle on it and kicked Cat Samurai. 

Ichigo threw down the sword and yelled, “HUNTER, CATCH!”

Hunter ran and managed to catch the belt before it got lost in the snow. Now with that objective complete, Ichigo it was time to put an end to this fight. Ichigo widened his stance and jumped straight into the air, making the turbine in the belt spin rapidly as cyclonic energy gathered to him. Ichigo flipped once in the air before extending his foot as bright red energy engulfed it.

“Rider Kick!”

 Cat Samurai saw the attack coming, channeled his own energy into his sword blade. The two attacks fought against each other as ripples of energy were released through the air. Ichigo released a one more battle cry as he thrust forward with his right leg, and shattered Cat Samurai’s sword, allowing Ichigo to strike the Kaijin right in the chest, sending the feline Kaijin flying outside the barrier. Cat Samurai staggered back to his feet as the energy that was released into him was starting to cause a chain reaction. 

“Y-Y-Your Holiness,” he struggled to say, “Avenge me! G-G-Glory to the Shocker Coven!” He then fell backwards and exploded in a fiery destruction.

Eda and Hunter made it outside the barrier and to Ichigo’s motorcycle, followed by Ichigo himself.

“Let’s get back to the Owl House. Hunter, will you do the honors?”

Hunter took Luz's Connect ring off the belt and slipped it on his right hand. He then scanned it

[Connect, now]

A portal opened up as Hunter and Eda passed through it with Luz and Amity still in their arms. While Ichigo mounted his motorcycle and drove through the portal.

Back in the main ceremonial chamber, Agatha walked up to the mural on the wall, and placed the orb into the eagle’s eye.

“Though it wasn’t all their mana, it might still be enough.” she said. She then started her mystical chanting again as the orb started to turn red.

Chapter Text

Luz and Amity both grunted in pain as they began to stir.

“Vaya, ahora sé lo que se siente tener resaca (Wow, now I know what it feels like to be hungover).” said Luz as she grabbed her forehead. As her vision began to adjust, she realized that they were back at the Owl House. Amity soon woke up and both of them took notice of the people in the room. It was not just Eda, Willow, Gus, Hooty, and King. Hunter was there, but still dressed in his Golden Guard outfit, along with his mask. For some reason, there were eleven human males assembled in the Owl House well.

“Other humans!” Luz exclaimed 

“Who are you people?” Amity asked.

“Allow us to introduce ourselves,” Takeshi offered, “I am Takeshi Hongo, Kamen Rider Ichigo.”

“I am Hayato Ichimonji, Rider Nigo.”

“I’m Shiro Kazami, V3.”

“Joji Yuki, Riderman.”

“Keisuke Jin, Kamen Rider X.”

“Amazon.”

“Shigeru Jo, Kamen Rider Stronger.”

“Hiroshi Tsukuba, Skyrider.”

“I am Kazuya Oki, Kamen Rider Super-1.”

“I am Ryo Murasame, Kamen Rider ZX.”

“I’m Kohtaro Minami, RX. We are the Riders of the Showa Era, the predecessors of all the Riders of the Heisei and Reiwa Riders.”

Luz’s jaw dropped. She knew of Kamen Rider Alpha, the first Showa Era Rider of the TV show back in her world, but this was his parallel equivalent. The Rider who began the legacy of her Rider mentor, Wizard. 

“Noceda-san, Blight-kun, we’ve been collecting information on the Shocker Coven all over the Isle.” Takeshi explained.

“That’s how we found out that they were planning a full-scale attack on the Covens and Emperor Belos,” Hayato added, “After consulting with everyone, we’ve come to help you.”

Luz and Amity looked at each other to see if this was really happening. 

“It’s true, kid,” said Eda. 

“They also thwarted a lot of assassination attempts on the leaders of the nine Covens,” Willow informed.  

“And an attempt on the emperor’s life,” Hunter added. 

 Gus, meanwhile, was jumping up and down like a kid on a sugar high.

Luz and Amity managed to sit upright and smile gratefully at the Legendary Riders before them. 

“We’re thankful for your help, and for rescuing us,” said Amity. 

Takeshi nodded and said, “Unfortunately, the Shocker Coven remains a threat. We require you, the magical Riders of this world, to aid us in ridding this world of Shocker’s influence once and for all.” 

Luz rubbed her left arm and replied, “We’d be honored to help, Amity and I were drained of a lot of our mana. I don’t think we can transform in this state. And if we could, we wouldn’t be at full power.”

“Unfortunately, that last battle I had took a lot out of me as well, so we’re not in the best fighting shape,” Hunter added. 

“That won’t be a problem, come with us outside,” said Hayato. 

The eleven Showa Riders filed out of the Owl House. Amity and Hunter glanced at Luz as if wondering if following them would be the best option. Luz nodded emphatically, she trusted these Riders. Afterwards, she, Hunter, Amity, along with Eda, Willow, Gus, and King, exited the house. Once outside, the Owl House gang watched as all eleven Riders transformed at the same time, a bright light was released and when they next looked, the Showa Riders were in full Rider form. The Showa Riders formed a wide circle but left a gap.  

“Now, Noceda-san, Blight-kun, Hunter, please enter the circle and join hands,” said Ichigo. 

Luz, Amity, and Hunter stood in a triangle formation, Luz grabbed Amity and Hunter’s hands without hesitation. There was some reluctance between Amity and Hunter, but after a moment they both put aside that reluctance and held hands. The Eleven Riders surrounded them and placed their right arms over the three.

“Rider Synchro!”

At that moment, all Eleven Riders glowed with the bright light of their power. That same power flowed through Luz, Amity, and Hunter, causing them to transform into Witch, Heka, and Crusader. In their respective Underworlds, La Lechuza and Bast were feeling as though they were supercharged. When their work was done, the Eleven Riders backed away. Witch, Heka, and Crusader were shocked to see themselves in Rider form without having to have used their rings. 

“Whoa! What just happened? I feel way stronger than before,” said Heka. 

“I-I don’t get it?! How did you make us transform?!” Hunter asked.

“This is similar to the Rider Harmonize from my world’s TV show! It’s when the Showa Riders gather together and channel their power to basically perform a small miracle,” Witch explained.  

“Remember, this supercharge will only last two hours.” Ichigo reminded them.

“Here,” Riderman said as he presented three blank rings, “these will allow you to cast any spell you want. A gift from your sempai, Noceda-san.”

“From Mr. Soma?! Wizard?!”

Witch, Heka, and Crusader were shocked to hear this.

However, an idea suddenly sprang into Witch’s head. “Wait, you said these can cast any spell, anything we want?”

“Indeed,” Riderman confirmed. 

Then that means I could-!

However,” RX interjected, “They will only work one time. Meaning that you will have to be careful on what spell you want to cast.”

Witch looked down at the ring in her hand, her idea suddenly becoming less of a likelihood, “Only…one time.”

Heka noticed the tonal shift in Witch’s voice and was about to say something. 

Before any of them could ask questions, an explosion was heard. The fourteen Riders looked up to see a purple smoke cloud zooming across the sky.

“It’s heading towards Bonesborough!” Heka exclaimed.

“Riders, let’s go!” Ichigo called out, and he then turned to Witch, “Witch!”

“On it!” Witch replied as she slipped on her Connect Ring.

[Connect, Please.]

A portal opened up and the fourteen Riders ran through it. Without a moment’s hesitation, Gus started to approach the portal.

“Gus, what are you doing?” asked Willow.

“What, you really think I’m gonna miss this?!” Gus replied as he jumped through the portal with the others reluctantly following suit.

Chapter Text

Over in Bonesborough, the citizens were still preparing for tomorrow’s festival. Suddenly, a huge purple smoke cloud came crashing through the streets. Everyone around was shocked at this as they saw a being inside the cloud. When the smoke cleared, it revealed Agatha on her knees with a scythe in her hand. She stood up and opened her eyes, as they flashed red.

“And so, it begins.” she said coldly to herself. The leader of the Shocker Coven slammed the butt of her scythe against the ground, causing thunder to rumble through the air. “People of Boneborough, rejoice. For you will be the first to be sacrificed to the glory of the Shocker Coven, to our Great Leader!” 

The citizens of the town were about to go into a full-blown panic, some had even begun to run away as fast as they could. However, everyone stopped when they saw a familiar magic circle appeared ten feet off the ground. The citizens paused, waiting and watching. A moment after the circle appeared, Witch jumped out and landed perfectly on the ground. Heka was next to appear as she stood at Witch’s right, followed by Crusader on her left. The faces of the various witches and demons shifted from panic to joyful at the sight of their heroes appearing. 

“The Light of Hope, Kamen Rider Witch!” Witch said as she struck a pose.

“The sun’s wrath incarnate! Kamen Rider Heka!” Heka struck an elegant pose

“The Bringer of Justice! Kamen Rider Crusader!” Crusader announced.

Agatha turned around to face them, her robe fluttering in the air from quick movement. 

“Ah, Kamen Riders,” she said, “I’m so glad you could make it.”

“Alright Agatha,” Witch started, “this is the end of the Shocker Coven!”

“On the contrary,” Agatha replied, “It’s only just beginning!” Her eyes turned red as she raised her scythe into the air. Suddenly a completely different voice came out of her mouth. “DAI KAIJIN FUKKATSU!!” She then slammed the butt of her scythe to the ground, causing lightning to strike the ground around her, creating smoke explosions. From within the smoke, fifteen monsters emerged.

First of the monsters was insect-like in appearance. His head was rust colored, with two red antennae, three red compound eyes, and two red pincers.The his body was humanoid, with black hands, and red stripes around his wrists. The chest area was black with red vertical stripes. The rest of its body was colored a blue-green, a belt around his waist that displayed the Shocker Coven emblem, and he wore a black cape that seemed to have been woven from webs. “Man Spider!”

The second was a blue, bipedal fiddler crab monster. The creature had white spots littered about its body, a large incredibly sharp pincer on its left hand, three talons on its right hand, and its mouth ran the length of its body, stopping halfway down the middle of its chest. The outer lips were yellow, while the mouth was a light red color. Its head was oblong shaped with four grooves like gills, and wore the Shocker Coven emblem belt.  “Siomaneking!”

The third was a hybrid of a lizard and a scorpion. The right side of its body was covered in grayish blue scales that resembled rock, and the right hand had red claws. While the left side had red exoskeletal plates, and its left hand was two pincers, with a third that acted like a thumb. The creature’s head was grotesque, with a combination of the lizard portion of the hybrid, but with the scorpion half trying to take over the left.  “Sasori Tokagues!”

The fourth anthropomorphic jaguar. One half of its body was covered in red jaguar print fur, while the left half was armored. Both black hands had two long stingers with a claw sticking out like an opposable thumb. Its head was that of a jaguar, with bared fangs, black flowing hair going down its back, and two spiral horns. “Hasami Jaguar!”

The fifth was a fish themed monster. With blue and gold colored scales, gray chains, and the belt of Shocker Coven around his waist. The monster had a beard that was made up of golden scales, on his head was a single dorsal fin, and in his left hand he wielded a trident. “Neptune!”

The sixth was a gray scaled crocodile. It had a hunched posture, with thick legs, and relatively short arms. “Crocodile Beastman!”

The seventh was an anthropomorphic bee. Its body was the typical black and yellow coloring of a bee, an abdomen, two legs, a long proboscis, red compound eyes, and two black stingers for hands.  “Bee Beastman!”

The eighth was a strange looking Kaijin. Its upper half was mainly made of silver coils and loosely resembled a kangaroo. It had two horns on its head, a long snout, a “roo” sticking out of its stomach region that resembled the bigger one except this one had red eyes. And a long tail made of the coils. “Kikkaijin Gangaru!”

The ninth was a cyborg. It had gray armor around its stomach region, while the rest of its body was colored cobalt blue. The monster’s right arm had a red magnetic bar, while the left had a dark blue magnetic bar. Its head was covered in a red helmet, while its horns were the two halves of a magnet. In this monster’s hand was a staff weapon that had two different polarity ends. “Commander Jishaku!”

The tenth was a large turquoise colored chameleon monster, with large yellow eyes, sharp black claws. “Gameleojin!”

The eleventh monster was a cyborg gorilla monster. It’s upper half was mostly mechanical, with tubes running along the sides of its body, and on its arms. Its forearms were covered in thicker armor with three talons on each one. Its mouth had sharp metal jaws, with hydraulic tubes connecting to it, and its eyes were covered in a visor that had five optic lenses. And its lower half had thick fur.  “Fire Kong!”

The twelfth monster looked like a humanoid spinning top. Its body was colored yellow, with the Shocker Coven’s symbol on its chest, and on its belt. The Kaijin’s right hand was a claw hammer, and around its neck area had sharp blades. The top of the Kaijin’s head was fashioned into a drill, with two yellow eyes, two long canine teeth that protruded from its upper lip. “KomaThunder!”

The thirteenth was a humanoid tiger, with red colored arms, and legs. This tiger looked as if it was melded with a tank, as its back had three different length cannons sticking out. “Tiger-Roid!”

The fourteenth was a grotesque humanoid rhino. It had a thick gray hide, a huge first horn and a second smaller horn on its snout, and long claws on its hands. “Rhinoceros Mutant!”

The fifteenth and final monster was a toad-like monster, with varying shades of blue, yellow, and green scales. Its eyes were blood red, with a single black slit pupil, five horns, and rows of sharp teeth.  “Culculten!”

Along with the monsters were several Combatman footsoldiers. 

“BEHOLD KAMEN RIDERS,” Agatha yelled, “THIS IS THE MIGHT OF THE SHOCKER COVEN! YOU THREE STAND NO CHANCE AGAINST US!”

“Perhaps not just three, but how about fourteen Riders?!” a voice rang out. 

The Shocker Coven Kaijin and Combatmen looked around for the source of the voice, but their search was short lived. From the magic circle still above them, eleven Kamen Riders dropped out of the glowing circle and landed next to the three magical Riders. The Combatmen and Kaijin flinched a bit upon seeing the new additions to the Riders’ ranks. 

“Kamen Rider Ichigo!”

“Kamen Rider Nigo!”

“Kamen Rider V3!”

“Riderman!”

“Kamen Rider X!”

“Kamen Rider Amazon!”

“Kamen Rider Stronger!”

“Skyrider!”

“Kamen Rider Super-1!”

“Kamen Rider ZX!”

“Kamen Rider Black RX!”

The magical Riders looked at each of their Showa Era compatriots and nodded at them before turning their attention back to the enemy before them. 

“Looks like our odds just improved.” Heka commented.

“It’s over for you, Agatha Blackrose!” Witch yelled.

“Agatha Blackrose?” the Shocker Coven Head asked, “Don’t even compare me to that worm !” Her body was then enveloped by purple smoke. “I am The Shocker Coven’s General!” a light flashed from within the smoke, once it dispersed it revealed a new Kaijin. Agatha’s body was draped in a cloak of feathers that were black and dark-brown for a moment, until she opened it revealed what else was hidden underneath. She still had the black scythe, but her hands up to her forearms were black in color, and each of her four digits had long claws at the ends of them. Her legs were digitigrade like a bird’s, and like her forearms and hands they were black, but the coloring changed when it reached her thighs and biceps. The coloring after that was aero-blue, while her torso was covered in a black leotard that had the emblem of the Shocker Coven printed on it. Agatha’s head was covered in a cowl shaped like an owl, with two curved feathers that resembled horns, and two red glowing eyes. “Owl Necromancer!”

“What?! OWL Necromancer?” La Lechuza exclaimed, “Oh, yet another creature trying to copy my greatness!”

“Watch yourself, Laly, your hubris is showing,” Bast teased. 

“It’s the principle of the thing!”

“I’ll send all you Kamen Riders to the depths of Hell!” Owl Necromancer announced, “Have at them!!” All of the monsters and foot soldiers charged at the fourteen heroes.

“Alright! Let’s do it!” Witch yelled as she and the others charged into battle.

Witch jumped into the fight, striking one of the Combatmen in the face with a palm strike, followed by a sweeping kick to take down another one. One of the Combatmen came at her with his sword, but Witch easily dodged the attack. He tried to attack again, but Witch blocked his swing with her forearm before grabbing the same arm and throwing him over her shoulder. A third was about to attack her from behind, but Witch sensed his attack coming, and dropped to elbow him in the stomach before spinning around and delivering a roundhouse kick to his head to send him flying into his comrades. 

“You’re not not like those Followers. You’re just monsters that look like humans, which means, I don’t have to hold back!” Witch declared as she slipped on two of rings. 

[Ice, Please.]

[Kkkkkkori~! Kkkkkkori~!]

[Connect, Please.]

A blue version of Witch’s magic circle appeared under her feet. The circle rose up and switched her into Ice Style. 

Witch reached into her magic circle and pulled out her WizarSwordGun, now armed, Witch charged for them again as she switched the weapon to sword mode. With speed of Ice Style, Witch dashed towards the Combatmen group before her and began slashing them one after the other. Several sparks flew into the air with each slash of the blade, the Shocker Coven henchmen had no way to counter her speed as Witch appeared behind the group and opened the Hand Author on the WizarSwordGun. 

[C’mon slashing, shake hands! C’mon slashing, shake hands!]

}ICE, SLASH STRIKE!{

The blade of the WizarSwordGun was wrapped in ice and blue energy. With a single horizontal slash of her weapon, Witch launched a blue crescent wave straight for the small horde of Combatment. Once the crescent hit, all of them were encased in ice, and a second later, all of them shattered to pieces. 

Ichigo struck two Combatmen in the face, one after the other. A third was about to attack him from behind, but Ichigo threw a back kick, hitting him square in the chest and sending that mook straight into the wall of a building. A fourth attacked with a sword, but Ichigo caught him by the wrist before the Combatman could bring down his blade. The first Rider threw a jab into the Combatman’s face, disorienting him and granting Ichigo enough time to time to snap kick another in the face, sending that other one flopping onto his back. For the one he still held onto, Ichigo noticed that Man Spider began spitting out darts from its mouth and towards him. Thinking quickly, Ichigo used the Combatman as a shield, letting the darts him in the back before he tossed him to the side and let him explode. 

“I’m back from the dead, Ichigo! And this time, I’ll take you with me straight to Hell!” Man Spider proclaimed. 

“You can try, but the result will be the same as all the others before!” Ichigo retorted. 

Nigo was running down the line of Combatmen, blocking and striking each one he came across or tried to slash him with their blades. At the end of the line was Sasori Tokagues, who came at him with an overhand strike of his left pincer claw. Nigo blocked the attack, catching in the gap of an “X” formation he made with his arms. The Legendary Rider pushed the pincer away and began repeatedly punching Sasori Tokagues in the chest before backing away and throwing a kick. The hybrid Kaijin rolled around the ground before managing to get back to his feet. The hybrid released a white steam that shot towards Nigo, washing over him as several sparks flew off his body. Nigo managed to roll out of the stream and began running towards the hybrid Kaijin as he cocked back his left fist and struck him in the face. 

V3 moved quickly through the Combatmen. He ducked under the first one’s sword strike and managed to throw a spin kick to another. A third foolishly tried to attack the legend, thinking he was open, but V3 proved him wrong by spinning around him, practically rolling off the Combatman’s body. He threw a snap kick to a fourth Combatman, sending him in a group of his comrades before grabbing another and throwing him over his shoulder. Just then, V3 caught movement out of the corner of his left eye. The Legendary Rider quickly lunged forward, tumbling about before he jumped back to his feet and beheld Hasami Jaguar. V3 and Hasami Jaguar squared up before charging at each other. Hasami Jaguar came in swinging his blade hands, but V3 was careful to dodge them, knowing that those blades had the ability to dissolve through most matter. While his Rider form would provide protection, it couldn’t take too many hits before it eventually did some serious damage. 

“Hook Arm!” Riderman exclaimed. 

The Hook Arm appeared over his right forearm. With a fling of that arm, Riderman launched the hook and cable and had it latch around a chimney as he reeled himself up a bit and began swinging towards a group of Combatmen, kicking them in the face one after the other before having the rope detach. He rolled around on the ground and got into a kneeling stance as he raised his right arm. 

“Power Arm!”

The Hook Arm disappeared and was replaced with a mechanical claw. Once armed, Riderman charged into the Comatmen and began slashing at them with his weapon. Sparks flew through the air in his wake with each successive hit. Once he was done, each of the Combatmen he struck were on the ground and then dissolved into the purple smoke from whence they came. Just then, Riderman heard a loud, but familiar, buzzing sound. Riderman looked up just in time as Bee Beastman, narrowly avoiding the poison barbed proboscis. The Bee Beastman did a quick turn and dove for Riderman with his spear-like arms. Riderman dodged the flyby attack once again, but this time switched out his arms. 

“Sickle Arm!”

The Power Arm switched to another peanut shaped attachment, this time it was a sickle with a long cable attached to it. Riderman took the sickle into his left hand and twirled it around by the cable. When Bee Beastman swooped in for another attack, Riderman rolled out of the way, and tossed the sickle towards Bee Beastman. The sickle flew towards the monster and caught its wing. With a tug of the cable, the blade sliced through his wing, and made Bee Beastman fall out of the sky and back to ground level. 

X was using his Ridol Whip to slash through multiple Combatmen. He was currently engaged with two of them in a bit of swordplay. Blocking their strikes or parrying them into a lunging thrust. One after the Combatmen fell before him, but that’s when Neptune came in with his trident, thrusting it forth in an attempt to skewer X, but luckily, X managed to use the Ridol Whip to divert the direction of the trident. Letting the shaft scrape along the Ridol Whip until he managed to push off Neptune and put some distance between them so that he could better get into a fighting stance. 

Amazon was running along the buildings’ rooftops as a few Combatment chased after him. Two of them appeared in his path, but the wild Rider didn’t stop. He ran at full speed and grabbed them by the face. He dragged them along for the ride before jumping up and slamming them both onto the flat roof ahead of them. They tried to get back up, but Amazon hit them both with a swipe of his claws, launching them off the roof and onto the hard ground below. The ones who were pursuing him had managed to catch up, but Amazon made them regret that as he used his sharp claws to slash at them one after the other, filling the air with sparks before jumping off the roof and landing on the ground. The Crocodile Beastman charged for Amazon opening its wide jaws as it tried to clamp them down on him. But Amazon managed to catch the monster’s lower and upper jaws in his hands and used his great strength to keep them from biting down on him. It turned into a bit of a tug of war as Crocodile Beastman pushed against Amazon, while Amazon dug his heels, trying to overpower the monster. 

Heka was surrounded by the Comatmen, each of them had their eyes locked onto her as they waved their swords in the air. 

“Huh, let’s see. About twenty of you, and only one of me. Let’s even these odds a bit,” said Heka. 

The golden Rider drew a circle with Lady Luck and struck the ground with the blade end of her staff. A large amount of Abomination goo poured out of the circle, elevating Heka up on it like a tower. After a few seconds, parts of that Abomination tower began to separate, and reform into slender, four eyed Abomination golems, each one’s arms were shaped into a single edge blade. In total there were twenty, one for each of the Combatmen. 

“Abominations! ATTACK!” Heka ordered. 

The twenty Abomination golems raised their blades and did as their master commanded. The goo creatures easily maneuvered around the sword strikes of the Combatmen, and whenever they were hit, their goo bodies quickly reformed. The Abomination golems slashed at each of their opponents, making sparks dance in the air as each Combatman was felled and reduced to purple smoke. The ground began to rumble, the Abomination golems and Heka turned in the direction where they saw a dust cloud forming. That’s when they saw Rhinoceros Mutant charging full speed towards them. The Abomination golems dashed towards him and readied their blades to cut him down. But the Kaijin was able to ram through each of them, using his sharp horn strength to splatter the goo creations on the walls and ground. The Kaijin was not stopping, its sights were locked squarely on Heka. The golden Rider hurriedly replaced her right ring and inserted it into her MagiDriver. 

[Call to Arms: Sphinx Shield!]

Heka dismissed Lady Luck as her shield appeared. She held her ground as Rhinoceros Mutant slammed against her shield, making it ring like a bell throughout the area as a shockwave erupted from the impact. Heka gritted her teeth as she pushed back against the monster trying to pierce through her shield with his horn, and at the same time trying to overpower her. 

ZX was in the middle of a melee. Using his ninja-like skills to jump off the sides of the buildings as he grabbed one of the Combatmen and tossed him into the air, and kicked him into the crowd of Combatmen. ZX landed back into the fray as he drove a right hook into the side of another one’s face, knocking him aside. A third Combatman charged him, but ZX managed to grab him and vault him over his head by going to the ground. Once back up, ZX roundhouse kicked a fifth Combatman and held a ready stance as the others started to circle around him. That’s when ZX heard several cannon shots being fired, prompting him to jump straight up into the air and watch as the Combatmen below him were destroyed by friendly fire. Across the way, ZX saw Tiger-Roid, all three cannons were trained him as the cyborg beast fired his cannons yet again. 

The red and silver Rider ran across the rooftop and shouted, “Yet again, you show no comradery towards your own on the battlefield! I will not stand for this again!”  

Skyrider flew in, using his speed and momentum to strike at all the Combatmen in his path. Several of them were thrown to the sides as sparks flew off their bodies, turning into smoke about defeat. The flying Rider landed back in the middle of the street and ran for the rest of them. Skyrider dodged one of the Combatmen and struck him in the back with a knife hand strike, sending him careening into a kiosk. The second tried to slash him, but Skyrider blocked the attack and threw a side kick that made that henchman fly into a wall, with rubble piling on top of him before he turned into smoke. Skyrider closed in on a third as he threw two punches to his face, and a third punch to another that had come to assist. The flying RIder was about to attack another but found his left arm struggling to finish his punch. That’s when he was whipped away and flung into the air, spinning head over heel. Skyrider pressed down on the devices on his belt, activating his flight capability, he looked around and that’s when he spotted Gameleojin, appearing for a moment before disappearing again. 

Super-1 came in punching several of the Combatmen, turning them into smoke upon defeat. The silver and black Rider threw himself at one of the Combatmen, grabbing ahold of him as the two rolled around on the ground before kicking him hard into a group of other Combatmen. Super-1 threw a side kick to another, launching them into a stand as they evaporated into smoke. The ground below him started to shake, making Super-1 jump away as something broke through from the underground, sending debris flying in different directions, with some of it hitting Super-1 and sending him to the ground again. Super-1 quickly sprang to his feet as he saw KomaThunder ready to fight. 

Crusader took out one of his rings and quickly activated it. 

[Crow Scythe, Now.]

A black and purple crow manifested before Crusader before it transformed into the Crow Scythe. Crusader twirled his weapon around and charged for the Combatmen. With great skill, Crusader spun his weapon around and began easily cleaving through one Combatman after the other, leaving behind purple gashes on their bodies before they turned into smoke. Crusader heard the roar of flames and looked over his shoulder to see just that, a roaring burst of flames was heading straight towards him. 

[Falcon Shield Wing, Now.]

[Eagle Lightning Wing, Now.]

Before the flames could hit, a blue and silver construct falcon and a yellow and silver construct eagle appeared on either side of Crusader’s back as they merged onto his back and transformed into the Eagle Lightning Wing and Falcon Shield Wing. A blue shield bubble appeared around Crusaders as the flames washed over him. The flames were intense, but thankfully the shield managed to withstand the attack. Once the flames died down, Crusader was able to see the Fire Kong standing there, ready to fight. 

“I’ve seen some crazy looking Phantoms, but you’re by far the strangest monster I’ve seen yet,” said Crusader. 

Stronger slowly walked through the group of Combatmen, blocking each attack as it came and hitting back with twice the power of their own. Stronger grabbed another of the Combatmen and tossed them like a ragdoll into others. He slid to the left and performed a side kick, throwing them into a wall. Another attacked from behind, but Stronger hit them in the gut with a elbow strike, and took that Combatman down with a sweeping kick. More started to gather around him, but stronger raised his right hand as electrical energy surged around it. 

“Electro Fire!”

Stronger struck the ground below him, and within seconds he released a field of electrical energy that zapped every Combatman around Stronger, turning them into purple smoke in a matter of seconds. The sound of automatic gunfire. Stronger quickly ran to the left as the energy bullets pelted the area. Stronger rolled back up to his feet and saw Kikkaijin Gangaru, the little “joey”-like creature’s mouth was spinning, showing that it was the one responsible for shooting at him. 

RX had pulled out his Revolcane, slashing through one Combatman after the other like a master swordsman. Several Combatmen raised their swords and came down with a vertical slash. However, RX took a fighting stance and spun around, swinging his Revolcane around and swatting away all the swords that tried to cut him down. The strength of RX’s swing managed to knock the swords out of their hands, and once disarmed, RX quickly slashed each of them before returning to the center. Each of them fell and turned into purple smoke, two of them tried to attack, using the smoke as a cover. However, RX made them pay for that by thrusting the Revolcane into one of them and kicking the other with a roundhouse, throwing them to the ground before stabbing that one as well. Culculten leaped off the nearby rooftop and managed to tackle RX to the ground. The slimy monster licked its chops, RX’s Revolcane had rolled across the ground, away from RX. The Child of the Sun struck Culculten three times in its side before headbutting him in the face. The Kaijin roared in pain and got off RX, allowing him to roll away and grab his Revolcane, ready to face Culculten.

After slashing through another group of Combatmen, Witch decided to turn up the heat and dispatch as many as she could in one shot. Witch took off her Ice Style ring and replaced it with her Fire Style ring. Once she had, Witch switched the position of the Hand Author on her Driver and scanned it. 

[Fire, Please.]

[Hi~HI~HIIII~!]

A red magic circle rose over Witch, switching the hero of hope into her fierce Fire Style.

Once she switched forms, the Witch changed the WizarSwordGun into gun mode and opened the Hand Author. 

[C’mon shooting, shake hands! C’mon shooting, shake hands!]

} FIRE! SHOOTING STRIKE! {

Witch pointed her WizarSwordGun at an incoming horde of Combatmen and unleashed a blazing, magical stream of flames that seared through every one of the minions of the Shocker Coven and destroyed them on the spot. Once they were defeated, Witch was about to move onto the next, but suddenly, her body was lifted and thrown towards a building. But it wasn’t over as Witch was taken out of the building and thrown with the same speed and ease as before.

“What’s going on?!”

“No matter how powerful you are, Rider, you’re still not powerful enough to escape the basic laws of magnetism!” 

The hero of hope glanced towards the sound of the voice, and that’s when she saw Commander Jishaku. The magnet Kaijin had pointed his staff at her, using it to throw her around like a ragdoll through multiple buildings. But right after he threw her into the next building, something happened, he was not able to stop bring her back up. 

[ FIRE OWL. ]

[ Moyasu! MO~YA~SU! ]

A pillar of flames erupted from the house that Witch was thrown into, and a moment later, Witch jumped out of the building, now in her Fire Owl Style.

“Contrary to popular belief, I do remember one thing from Science Class! What happens when you heat up a magnet!”

[Flare, Please.]

Fire enveloped both of Witch’s hands as she landed on the ground and pointed both of them towards the monster. Roaring flames bellowed down the street and towards Commander Jishaku. Within seconds the monster was surrounded by flames, sparks erupted from all over his body. Within mere seconds Commander Jishaku’s magnetic powers were weakened incredibly before he managed to toss himself out of the flames. 

Ichigo continued to dodge Man Spider’s darts until he managed to get in close and throw an uppercut into the Man Spider’s jaw, stopping the attack. Man Spider cried out in pain as he backed away from the Rider. Ichigo widened his stance and jumped straight into the air before flipping once and extending his right foot. Scarlet energy coated his right foot as Ichigo shouted, “Rider Kick!” Man Spider was unable to stop what was coming as Ichigo’s kick struck him dead on, sending his energy surging into the monster before exploding on the spot. 

Nigo managed to punch Sasori Tokagues in the gut, before throwing a spin kick to his face to put some distance between them. Once in position, Nigo flipped into the air, bounced off a wall, and spun in midair as he thrusted his feet forward.  “Rider Revolving Kick!” Both of Nigo’s feet glowed scarlet was his kick struck the hybrid Kaijin in the back, sending him flying forwards before exploding on the ground a moment later. 

V3 back flipped away from a swipe of Hasami Jaguar’s hand blades as more Combatmen joined his side. The Legendary Rider jumped into the air and extended his right leg as crimson light coated it. “V3 Kick!” V3 launched himself forward with the energy he built up and crashed his kick right into Hasami Jaguar. The released energy had a cascade effect as it not only destroyed him, but the Combatmen who had gathered around him. V3 landed on the opposite end of the fiery explosion and made his signature “V3” gesture. 

  “Rope Arm!” Riderman switched out arm devices and launched his cable at Bee Beastman, wrapping it around his body before launching him into the air. With his severed wing, the insect Kaijin had no means of which to fly or maneuver away from what was coming next. “Machine Gun Arm!” A gatling gun weapon appeared on Riderman’s forearm, and after taking aim, unleashed a barrage on the monster, like shooting skeet. Once the barrage hit him, Bee Beastman exploded in a ball of fire. 

Super-1 jumped straight into the air and shouted, “Super Rider Moon Surface Kick!” An aura of silver, blue, opal wrapped around his foot. Super-1 descended like a comet from space straight towards the spinning top Kaijin and drove that kick right into his chest. The monster released a grunt of pain before exploding as Super-1 landed. 

Stronger dodged the spring punches of Kikkaijin Gangaru one after the other, which made it difficult as the monster was keeping him at long range to prevent his electrical attacks from reaching. But that was not going to save the Kaijin from its fate. Stronger dodged one more of his punches by jumping off, and then landing on that same arm. Once the spring retracted, Stronger let it carry him until he was halfway and jumped off it.  “Stronger Electro Kick!” Lightning coated his right foot as Stronger hit him square in the chest, sending hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity into the monster before it exploded. 

X threw his Ridol Stick into the air and grabbed onto it. The Legendary Rider swung on it, performing some somersaults as he launched himself into the air. A red “X” formed in front of his right foot as he extended and flew straight for Neptune. “X Kick!” Neptune thrust with his trident, but when X’s kick landed, the weapon shattered like glass as the glowing red “X” was branded onto Neptune’s chest as the full kick landed. The Kaijin erupted at that moment, turning into a small smoldering crater after X landed. 

Tiger-Roid continued to pelt the rooftops with cannon fire, ZX stopped, but when he did, Tiger-Roid blasted that spot enveloping with smoke and fire. After a moment, ZX jumped out of the smoke and extended his right leg as bright red light wrapped around his foot. “ZX Kick!” The Legendary Rider hit Tiger-Roid, too slow to fire back as ZX’s energy caused him to explode. 

Skyrider was having a hard time trying to find him, but luckily the Kaijin managed to run into a stand that was filled with different spice powders. The spices burned the monster’s eyes and nostrils, and even clung to his body, making him visible to Skyrider. Now that he could see him, Skyrider channeled his powers. The wind tinted green with his energy, creating a mini tornado around him as he dove straight towards the exposed Kaijin. “Sky Kick!” Skyrider struck Gameleojin, throwing him off the roof as the tornado of energy wrapped around him. A moment later, the monster met the same fate as its comrades 

Amazon managed to overpower Crocodile Beastman, throwing him off to the side. The Wildman Rider’s right hand glowed bright yellow as he channeled his energy and jumped into the air. “Wild Slash!” Amazon came down with a vertical slash of his claw, cutting a huge yellow gash on Crocodile Beastman before he blew up. 

RX dashed towards Culculten and slashed him across the chest, stopping behind the Kaijin once he completed the first half of the attack. The black and green Rider quickly turned around and thrust the Revolcane through Culculten’s midsection. Sparks flew out like a geyser as RX drew out his weapon, allowing the monster to fall backwards and detonate a moment later. 

Crusader was flying circles around Fire Kong as he launched several lightning feathers at him. The ground around the cyborg ape, and even his body exploded, showering the area with sparks. “Time to end this!” Crusader took out another of his rings and slipped it over his right hand as he scanned it with his Driver. 

[ ENDING STRIKE, RIGHT NOW! ]

The feathers of the Eagle Lightning Wing flared as multiple feathers began to grow out from the wing, creating a huge wing made of lightning laced feathers. With a flap of that wing, Crusader launched all the feathers on the wing. The feathers swarmed around Fire Kong in a spiraling tornado, and after a moment, the lightning charged up and released a huge pillar of lightning that zapped Fire Kong to cinders. 

Ichigo and Nigo teamed up to battle Siomaneking, the monster released a deadly foam blast that nearly hit both of them. But Ichigo came in from the left and punched the monster across its face. While Nigo came in from the right and punched it in the face again. Both Riders joined at the center and struck with a double thrust kick, the force of the blow sent the monster skidding on his heels and greatly weakened from the double attack. Ichigo and Nigo nodded to each other and both jumped straight into the air as their left and right feet glowed with scarlet light. “Rider Double Kick!” Ichigo and Nigo launched themselves through the air and struck Siomaneking in the chest, their combined energies surged through the monster, sending him flying into the air where he detonated spectacularly.

Witch and Heka met up back to back, and both magical Rider’s glanced over their shoulders at each other. 

“Having fun, Ams?” Witch asked. 

“A bit, but I’m getting tired of fighting these guys,” Heka replied. 

“Then let’s take them down and go for the final boss!” 

[Call to Arms: Griffon Ax!]

[ VERY NICE, QUETZALCOATL! FABULOUS! ]

A construct of La Lechuza appeared from a magic circle above Witch. The construct flew around her once before merging with her back and creating the Owl Wings. Heka had dismissed her shield, deciding to go full offense as the Griffon Ax materialized in her left hand. Afterwards, Heka reinserted the Griffon Ax ring into the Driver and turned it once again. 

} Griffon Ax: Blazing Strike! {

Heka swung her battle ax around and around, as she did, the ax started to ignite with golden flames. At the same time, Witch’s wings flared up with magical flames as she ascended higher into the sky. Rhinoceros Mutant either did not care or was ignorant of Heka’s might as he charged straight for her. At the same time, Commander Jishaku tried to call upon his magnetic powers, but Witch’s earlier attack had completely nullified his magnetism. Heka stopped twirling her ax around, both hands, and brought it down in an overhead strike, hitting the ground and sending a vertical wave of blazing golden flames and energy created a fissure in the ground as it headed straight towards the Kaijin. Rhinoceros Mutant stopped in its tracks as the Blazing Strike sliced him right down the middle. At the same time, Witch released two flaming tornadoes from her wings that roared and engulfed Commander Jishaku. In a matter of moments, both monsters exploded ending their reign of terror.

“LOOK OUT!”

“LOOK OUT!”

Witch and Heka heeded their Inner Phantoms’ warning as they went on guard just in time for Owl Necromancer to come flying down the air and slashing both of them. Heka managed to block the first strike with her battle ax while Witch used her wings as a makeshift shield. But they were unprepared for how fast she was. Owl Necromancer disappeared like a shadow and reappeared behind both Riders as she gave them another slash. This time it connected, sending sparks flying from Witch and Heka’s backs. They were about to turn around to face her, but she was too fast. Disappearing like a shadow and as she slashed at them from many directions. Owl Necromancer jumped straight into the air and hovered above them, her scythe glowed with black and violet energy before she slashed the air below her, forming a large “X” crescent. With another swing of the scythe, she launched it, and in the next moment, a huge explosion erupted from Witch and Heka’s position. Owl Necromancer smirked, believing her power to be superior to the two magical Riders, but they weren’t even getting started yet. 

[LIGHT!]

[ICE!]

[PLANT!]

[FIRE!]

[ELEMENTS OF THIS WORLD NOW UNITE~!]

[BRING US HOPE!]

[LIGHT OF WONDER SHINE ON~!]

[PLEASE.]

[Rise Champion!]

[ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!]

[THE HERO OF LOVE & ORDER!]

[HEKA~]

[HEKA~]

[CHAMPION~!]

[THE GODDESS ASCENDS!]

When the smoke cleared, Witch and Heka had entered their final forms, Wonder Style and Champion. 

“Don’t get cocky,” Heka warned. 

“Now we’re getting serious,” said Witch. 

Owl Necromancer growled as she descended and readied to cut off their heads. But the moment she was close, Witch and Heka disappeared, only pink sparkles and golden embers were left in their wake. Owl Necromancer’s scythe cut through the air, and just now realized she hit nothing. In the blink of an eye, sparks erupted from Owl Necromancer’s chest as golden embers wafted past her. And in the next blink, another strike to the chest created more sparks as pink sparkles fluttered through the air. Witch and Heka reappeared a few feet in front of Owl Necromancer, both having flipped their staffs around so that they were now wielding them blades up. The magical Riders disappeared again and began assaulting Owl Necromancer from all sides, the only thing able to be seen was a dance of gold and pink streaks, along with gold embers and pink sparkles. The leader of the Shocker Coven was unable to defend or counterattack, the only thing she could do was stand there and let the two young Riders continue their attack. Witch and Heka reappeared a few feet away, again, but this time Owl Necromancer looked as if she was on her last legs. 

“Let’s take a page out of our sempai’s book! Follow my lead,” said Witch. 

“I’m right behind you!”

}} WONDEROUS! KICK STRIKE! AMAZING! {{

[LET’S GO! KICK STRIKE!]

Witch pink sparkling wings formed behind her back as Witch’s right leg glowed bright pink light. At the same time, Heka’s left foot shined with golden light. Witch’s visor glowed at the same time as Heka’s eyes as both Riders jumped straight into the air, flipped once, and launched themselves forward as a construct of Bast’s head formed around Heka, fangs bared and ready to bite. 

“Rider Double Magic Kick!”

“Rider Double Magic Kick!”

Owl Necromancer slashed the air in front of her until she created an eight-pointed star crescent and fired it at the incoming Riders. Witch and Heka released a loud battle cry as their kicks crashed into Owl Necromancer’s attack, destroying it as they passed through and hit Owl Necromancer dead on. The leader of the Shocker Coven gritted her teeth as she tried to withstand it, but against the combined might of Witch and Heka, it was a futile effort. The jaws of Bast came climping down as Witch’s wings flared with power. At the same time, a huge explosion took place with the Rider couple appearing on the other side, shadows cast upon them from the flames of the explosion as their visor and eyes continued to glow. 

Witch panted and turned around to see their work. “I think we got her.” 

Just then, a shadow formed in the darkness. It stumbled about and revealed itself to be Owl Necromancer, her body slowly breaking down into particles of purple light. 

“You just don’t know when to quit, do you?” Heka questioned. 

“E-E-Even if I-I-I die,” she sputtered, “T-T-The Shocker Coven w-w-will live on!” She then spread her arms out wide. “O-O-O Great One, I-I-I leave them to you!” She then fell backwards and exploded in a massive fireball.

Witch let out a sigh of relief, but then a giant purple smoke cloud erupted from the flames and red eyes glowed from it.

“THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT HER MEANS YOU’RE TRULY FORMIDABLE FOES!” a voice came from the cloud. This made the Riders grow uneasy.

“Who are you?!” Witch demanded.

“That voice.” Ichigo murmured.

“HA-HA-HA-HA, I AM THE GREAT LEADER OF THE SHOCKER COVEN!” the cloud responded, “KAMEN RIDERS, FAREWELL!” The cloud then flew through the sky.

“What was that?!” Crusader demanded.

“Shocker’s Leader!” Ichigo informed.

“As well as Gel-Shocker’s Leader!” Nigo added.

“And Destron’s!” V3 said as Riderman grinded his teeth.

“The one behind G.O.D.!” X-Rider explained.

“Gedon and Garander!” Amazon added.

“Black Satan and Delza’s Leader!” Stronger exclaimed.

“Neo Shocker’s Leader!” Skyrider sneered.

“He was behind both Dogma’s!” Super-1 explained.

“Badan’s Generalissimo!” ZX exclaimed.

“And Emperor Crisis!” RX finished.

“Where’s he even heading?” Witch asked.

“Allow me.” Super-1 replied. “Change! Radar Hands!” His gloves turned gold with blue disks on the palms and a silver missile on the forearm. “Radar Eye! Fire!” The missile on his glove shot out in the direction of the cloud. They all looked at the disk on Super-1’s hand and saw an industrial building.

“Where is that?” X-Rider asked.

“Blight Industries!” Heka replied with worry in her voice.

“We gotta get there now!” Ichigo stated.

“Right!” Witch replied as she and Heka slipped on their Ride Rings.

[Ride, Please.]

[Ride the Sky!]

Just then eleven motorcycles made their way towards their respective Riders.

“Crusader, where’s your bike?” Riderman asked as he mounted his Riderman Machine.

“Well…I-I-I…” Crusader stuttered.

“Get on!” Riderman demanded. As soon as Crusader was on the Riderman Machine, the fourteen Riders set out towards Blight Industries.

Chapter Text

Witch led the charge as the fourteen Riders headed towards Blight Industries . As they made their way, Heka flew close to Witch and asked, “You’re thinking about something, aren’t you?” 

“What?” Witch replied. 

“I could tell when we were given those rings, it felt like you had a thought. Please tell me, Luz,” said Heka. 

Witch chuckled a little and replied, “Guess you can read me even with a helmet on. Riderman said that these rings can cast any spell we want one time. I could use it to create a whole new portal door.”

“I figured that was the case.” 

“But at the same time…we might need it to destroy whatever that thing is. I know I shouldn’t be thinking like this, but…”

Heka furrowed her brow under her helmet. “Hey, don’t worry. We have three of these rings. We just have to make sure at least one of us still has it when this is over. I can’t speak for Hunter, but at the very least, I’ll make sure to hang onto mine unless absolutely necessary.”

Witch smiled at her girlfriend as she said, “Thanks, Amity. Guess we gotta kick this guy’s but twice as hard to make sure it doesn’t come to that!”

“Right!”

The Riders finally arrived at Blight Industries and crashed through the gate. They suddenly stopped their bikes as they saw the purple cloud hovering over the building.

“YOU’RE TOO LATE KAMEN RIDERS!!” the cloud bellowed as it swirled into a twister. Suddenly, Abomination goo flew out of the factory and into the purple cyclone. But that wasn’t all, several boulders and trees also flew into the twister. Eda, King, Willow, and Gus flew down on a nearby hillside as they watched the twister subsided, revealing a horrendous monster.

Long roots grew from the creature’s back, becoming bat-like with Abomination goo acting as the membrane between them. Jagged rocks made up its claws and talons, with more of the rocks acting as exoskeletal armor. The monster had a semi-long neck, with two long trees molded into curved horns, with broken off tips. Under that exoskeletal armor was a conglomeration Abomination goo that made up its main body, with some tree roots acting as connective muscle to some of the joints. It had a short snout, with jagged rock teeth, and glowing yellow eyes. Its tail slowly wagged back and forth, a creation of Abomination goo with rock rings to give it shape, and an arrowhead tip for the tail. At the center of this creature’s chest was a black crystal that gave off the faintest sound of a heartbeat. It was about fifty feet tall in height, with its tail about twenty, and had an overall muscular physique. Darkness radiated off this monster’s body like a thick miasma, oppressive and destructive. Needless to say, everyone was speechless upon gazing at the great beast before them. 

“WITNESS…” the monster bellowed, “THE SHOCKER COVEN’S GREAT LEADER HAS RISEN!”

Despite the monster’s appearance and foreboding presence, the fourteen Riders stood their ground. 

“Great Leader!” Witch yelled, “We will not lose to you!”

“FOOLS!” the Great Leader laughed mockingly, “DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME?! I AM THE AMALGAMATION OF ALL OF SHOCKER’S GRUDGES, HATE, AND POWER! AND NOW WITH THE POWER OF THIS MAGICAL REALM, I WILL SPREAD OUR DARKNESS ACROSS THIS UNIVERSE AND ALL OTHERS! BUT BEFORE THAT, I WILL ENSURE THAT ALL RIDERS WILL DIE! THE OLD GENERATION, THE NEW GENERATION, AND ALL OTHERS AFTER! THERE WILL BE NO MORE RIDERS!”

The Great Leader then began to slowly walk towards the Riders.

“LET’S GO!” Ichigo yelled.

The Great Leader swung his tail, making the Riders maneuver out of the way as the huge appendage slammed down on the ground, causing a small quake as a result. Amazon was closest after moving out of the way of the Great Leader’s initial attack, and jumped straight into the air. His right arm glowed bright yellow as he dropped down on top of the Great Leader’s large foot. 

“Wild Slash!” Amazon cried. 

Amazon struck the ankle area of the Great Leader’s foot. A sharp beam of yellow light sliced right through it, and for a moment, it seemed as if Amazon managed to deal the mighty beast a damaging blow. However, before the foot and leg could completely separate, the Abomination goo and roots inside of it quickly shot out and latched themselves back to the severed limb. Within seconds, the damage was healed as if nothing had happened. The Great Leader chuckled as he quickly lifted his foot, using the inertia and speed of the ascent to make Amazon fall flat on his stomach. And just as quickly, the Great Leader brought down his foot into a stomp, moving it away from Amazon as he dangled in the air for a moment. The Great Leader bent down and swiped at Amazon with his left claw, batting him away as he crashed into three trees before slamming against a fourth. 

Ichigo and Nigo quickly rushed to their ally’s side, prompting the First Rider to ask, “Are you all right?!”

“Y-Yeah…” Amazon replied. 

The Great Leader then slapped his chest in a mocking manner. “Is this the best you can do?” 

V3 and Riderman jumped into the air, landing on the Great Leader’s shoulders. Once there, both Riders tapped into their weapons and abilities to try and deliver a powerful enough blow. 

“Time to introduce you to another one of my twenty-four secrets! Behold the twelfth secret! Red Bone Power!” The central red armor plates on his chest started to shift to a yellow color as V3’s body released a yellow aura around his body. 

“Machine Gun Arm!” Riderman cried out as the Machine Gun Arm weapon attached to his right forearm. 

V3 ran along the giant Kaijin’s shoulder, leaped into the air once again, and slammed his fist into the side of the Great Leader’s face. Riderman jumped just as the blow was struck, appearing right in the Great Leader’s face as he began barraging the monster with several beam bullets. Each one exploded against the monster’s face, kicking up smoke as a result. V3 jumped straight at Riderman, reaching out with his left arm as Riderman did the same. Once they grabbed ahold of each other, V3 twirled around and launched Riderman straight at the Great Leader’s face. 

“Power Arm!”

“The twenty-third secret! Red Bone Ring!”

The Machine Gun arm switched out into the Power Arm, channeling Riderman’s energy as it started to glow red. At the same time, V3 sprawled out his arms and legs until he formed an “X” with his body. Upon doing so, he began to spin. He spun faster, and faster, and faster until he became a spinning wheel of yellow energy. The wheel of energy launched itself, now traveling alongside Riderman as they dove to deliver a powerful blow to the Great Leader. However, the giant monster merely smirked as it whipped its head forward and opened its great maw. From deep in its throat, a powerful stream of black and violet light shot forth, engulfing V3 and Riderman at the same time. Their attacks still fought against the Great Leaders from within the stream, but it was no use. The Great Leader’s energy was too strong and eventually overwhelmed the two legends, creating two explosions from within the stream that hurled V3 and Riderman out of the stream and down to the ground below, crashing into the earth and forming two body sized craters.

“Here I come!” Skyrider yelled.

A green streak flew by the Great Leader, striking him in the side, before flying away and coming back around for another strike to his body. The green streak kept his up, zooming around the beast and causing a small amount of sparks to fly off from the Great Leader’s body. The Great Leader roared out, “ANNOYING LITTLE GNAT!” as he swiped his claws at the speedy flying Rider. Thankfully, Skyrider was too nimble in the air. Skyrider maneuvered around one of the swipes and flew straight up and out of range of the monster. The flying Rider let gravity take him for a moment as he went into freefall, but then used his power to double his speed of descent. At the same time, his right glowed as he held it in a knife hand gesture. 

“Sky Drill!”

Skyrider thrust his right hand forward like a spear just as he hit the top of the Great Leader’s head. An explosion of green energy went off as the Great Leader braced himself, digging his talons into the ground to prevent his hulking form from falling forward. Skyrider grunted as he pushed his hand forward, using his energy to drill down straight through the monster’s head. With another loud battle cry, Skyrider managed to pierce all the way through, bursting through the lower jaw of the Great Leader. Skyrider almost went into a full tailspin, but managed to correct himself before hitting the ground and flew up to see if it worked. The Great Leader’s eyes had gone black as Abomination goo dripped out of the hole he had made, and the rest of his body had gone completely still. However, the feeling of victory was short lived as the Great Leader’s arms quickly snapped forward and slammed on either side of Skyrider. The Great Leader’s eyes suddenly glowed bright yellow once again as the hole Skyrider made closed up within seconds. 

“I GOT YOU, LITTLE GNAT!” the Great Leader mocked. Dark energy flowed down his arms and right to the Great Leader’s claws. Skyrider suddenly found himself assaulted by surging dark energy, making him cry out in pain. 

[Crow Scythe, Now.]

[Eagle Lightning Wing, Now.]

[Falcon Shield Wing, Now.]

Crusader flew straight up into the air for a few seconds before turning sharply towards the Great Leader’s arms. With the Crow Scythe in hand, the young Rider twirled it around as he built up energy and slashed through both arms as he passed by. But he wasn’t done yet, Crusader sped down the arms and slashed them, appearing as a streak of purple light as he cut up the rock and Abomination goo claws. Within a few seconds, Skyrider was released from the claws, and using the Falcon Shield Wing, Crusader created a bubble shield around him, and used it to get him clear of what was about to happen next. On the ground, Stronger and ZX had widened their stances, electricity raged around Stronger as ZX’s body glowed scarlet red. 

“Now! ZX!” Stronger and ZX ran towards the monster and jumped as they thrust their right legs forward, coating them in their built up energies. “Stronger Electro Kick!”

“ZX Kick!”

A streak of scarlet light and a bolt of lightning struck the Great Leader’s midsection at the same time. The giant Kaijin anchored its talons into the earth, cutting grooves into it as the two Riders’ attacks drove it back more and more. The Great Leader roared as the severed parts of his arms suddenly sprouted several Abomination goo tentacles. The tentacles whipped towards Stronger and ZX, wrapping themselves around their bodies as they tore them away from the Great Leader’s midsection, ending their attacks. In a fit of anger, the Great Leader tossed the two Riders like a couple of ragdolls, letting them strike the earth below him. ZX and Stronger grunted and groaned from the impact and tried to get back up, but before they could, the Great Leader looked down in their direction and opened his maw again. Instead of a beam, this time the draconic monster released a jetstream of black fire down upon them. 

Super-1 swiftly ran to his comrades and put himself between the flames and his fellow Riders. Once there, he made a circular motion with his hands and cried out, “Change! Thermal Hands!” His gloves changed to green. “Freezing Gas!” he yelled as he thrust his left hand out and shot out a cryogenic spray. A huge plume of white smoke surged towards the flames, and immediately upon meeting them, created a huge steam explosion that managed to nullify the Great Leader’s flame attack. For a moment, nothing could be seen except for a thick cloud of steam. However, that was dealt with swiftly as the Great Leader started shooting out violet lightning bolts from his eyes. Stronger, Super-1, and ZX quickly ran as the lightning struck close to them, setting off multiple explosions that carved up the landscape with every pass made.

“HEY!!!” Heka yelled. The Great Leader looked behind him, and that’s when he saw Heka in the middle of a huge puddle Abomination goo. “Don’t go using my family’s property to make your body!”

With a wave of Heka’s MaguScepter, the Abomination goo rose higher and higher with her still standing upon it. Within seconds the goo transformed into a huge Abomination golem. The golem had golden flame armor around its chest, legs, arms, and head, with Heka standing in the middle of those flames at the top of its head.  “ABOMINATION! DESTROY!”

The giant golem roared loudly as it stomped towards the Great Leader. The giant Kaijin weaved the tentacles together and reformed its arms just in time to turn around and grapple with the golem. Their collision caused a shockwave that rumbled throughout the area, shattering glass and fissuring the ground below. The Abomination Golem roared again as it pushed forward, making the Great Leader cut grooves into the earth as its heels dragged. After about five giant steps, the Abomination Golem broke off the grapple, cocked back its right flaming fist, and punched the monster across its face. The Great Leader caught himself before the blow could throw him to the ground, and retaliated with a swipe of his claws against the flame armor of the golem. The Great Leader’s dark energy infused claws managed to cut four long gashes into the flame armor, but despite that, the Abomination Golem charged forward again, this time leading with a left hook, and then a right. And then for good measure, the Golem grabbed the Great Leader’s head and drove his face into its knee. 

“GGRRRRRRAAAAAH!!! ENOUGH OF THIS!!!” the Great Leader roared. 

The enraged monster opened his mouth and fired his dark beam attack, blasting the Golem’s head clean off. But he wasn’t done, the Great Leader’s eyes glowed and fired off more violet lightning bolts at the Abomination Golem’s body, causing multiple explosions all over until the entire creation broke down before it. The great beast smirked at his handy work, but then paused as he noticed two lights glowing in the smoke that was kicked up. 

}} WONDER GLYPH SHINING BLAST! {{

} ROARING BLAST! {

Two huge beams of pink and gold blasted a hole through the smoke cloud, showing Witch and Heka suspended in the air as they fired their energy beam attacks from their staffs. The Great Leader inhaled and fired his dark energy ray again. The three attacks clashed in the airspace between them. Sparks of electricity arced off the center, striking at random places. Crusader flew around and quickly used his Falcon Shield Wing to place everyone in a barrier to ensure that the bolts would not hit them. Witch and Heka grunted as they poured their magical power into this attack, with Witch using her power of belief to make herself stronger in order to overcome this monster. But for some reason, even with Wonder Style’s effect, the Great Leader’s beam seemed to be gaining momentum. The nexus of power where the beams met started to grow bigger and bigger, releasing more and more lightning. The nexus continued to grow until it could not take anymore as a massive explosion broke out, concealing everything in a thick cloud of smoke as Witch and Heka were tossed in different directions. Everyone hit the deck was the shockwave hit, causing cracks in the shields that Crusader made. Thankfully, the shockwave died down just as the barriers shattered. The Riders, Gus, Willow, Eda, and King all coughed as they tried to see what happened, but the smoke was thick and visibility was poor. 

That soon changed as the powerful wing beats of the Great Leader blew the smoke away, revealing his mighty form for all to see. Down below, Witch was on the ground, she got up, and looked to be in a bit of a daze from the explosion earlier. Her armor was knicked, had some burn marks on it, and even some of her coat was torn off. The Great Leader growled when he saw her, despite his efforts, these Riders refused to die easily. So, perhaps he should first break their spirits. 

“ YOUR MAGIC AND THE OTHERS ARE WHAT AIDED IN MY REVIVAL. YOU PROCLAIM YOURSELF TO BE A BRINGER OF HOPE, BUT HOPE IS FLEETING! DARKNESS AND POWER WILL ALWAYS RISE AGAIN, JUST AS SHOCKER WILL ALWAYS RISE AGAIN! I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR HOPE!” the Great Leader exclaimed, “BY KILLING YOU!!!” Witch looked up just in time to watch the Great Leader open his mouth and fire his dark beam right at her. 

“LUZ!!”

“WITCH!”

“LUZ!!”

What everyone didn’t know was that Witch had entered her mindscape, causing the world around her to slow down as the color dimmed to black and white. Luz’s mind made a projection of herself that stood up to look at the scene she was in. At that moment, a flickering flame burst into existence next to her, and in a matter of seconds, that flame revealed the form of Kamen Rider Wizard.

“Ah, Noceda-chan, been awhile. Woah,” Wizard exclaimed, “what is that?!”

“The Great Leader of the Shocker Coven.” Luz replied bluntly.

“Shocker…” Wizard sneered. He then saw Luz sitting cross legged a few feet away from her real body. “What’s wrong? You know the mindscape only slows down time. It doesn’t stop it. You’ve got about, hmm, sixteen minutes before you have to exit.”

“I know,” Luz replied as her mind-self pulled out her blank ring, “it’s long enough to figure out what I’m gonna do.” She stared at the ring. 

“The ring that Ichigo gave you, the one that the real me forged to aid you.”

“If I use this to aid in the battle, I’ll lose my shot at creating a portal.”

Wizard looked up at the monster nearly about to kill Luz. He crossed his arms and sighed as he said, “It is quite the dilemma. Either you use that ring to destroy this monster, or don’t and lose your chance of creating a portal back to your Earth. What do you think you should do, Noceda-chan?” 

Luz looked to the hill where Eda and her friends were watching, their faces frozen in states of panic in horror. Her gaze drifted to the Legendary Riders, who were all trying to rush to her side to help her. She saw Crusader trying to fly towards her, and then there was Heka, Amity, who was reaching out in desperation, no doubt her visage matched the ones of her friends, but with more pain as Amity was about to watch her girlfriend about to get obliterated. 

“Alright,” she said, “I know what I have to do.”

“You sure?” asked Wizard.

“Yeah, I am. Riders have to make tough decisions, and this is mine. I won’t let the Great Leader plunge this world or any world into darkness.” Luz replied. She then got up and approached her real body.

The Great Leader’s beam struck the spot where Witch was, causing the Legendary Showa Riders to stop in their tracks. Crusader came to a stop in the air as he balled up his fists in anger that he was not able to reach her in time. Heka, well, Heka was on the verge of breaking down into sobs, with a boiling fury coming up right behind it. However, something happened, a gold light shined within that beam, followed by a sound 

[Special Rush, Please!]

[Light]

[Ice]

[Plant]

[Fire]

A bust of gold and pink light erupted from the beam, blasting it away as a pillar of those two lights rose into the air and made the great beast away as if the light itself was hurting him. Everyone looked and saw Witch in a brand new form with her right arm pointing up. Witch was still in her Wonder Style form, but silver parts of her armor had shifted to a golden color. At the same time, the Owl Parts had been equipped, the Wings, Talons, Tail, and Head, all were there, except instead of the normal silver coloring, they were now golden to match Witch. This was Kamen Rider Witch, Special Rush.

Witch looked up at the Great Leader and spoke, “You’re right. Darkness will always be around, but so will light! And so long as there is light, there will always be hope! And where there is hope, there are KAMEN RIDERS!” Witch flared the Owl Wings as her aura burst forth, releasing particles of pink and gold all over the area. The particles washed over the Showa Riders, Crusader, and Heka, and suddenly, all of them felt a boost of power as their injuries healed. “NOW IT’S SHOWTIME!”

Witch flew up into the air with greater speed than before. The rider of hope cocked back her right arm and drove the right Owl Talon into the monster’s chest, striking the black crystal. Upon hitting it, the Great Leader released a loud and painful cry as he was sent skidding backwards on his backheels. Witch raised a curious eyebrow when she heard that, until now, the Great Leader hadn’t so much as grunted or cried out in pain throughout the whole battle, but just then, he did. Witch decided to test out her theory as she flew at him, but this time, the Great Leader fired off his lightning bolts from his eyes, trying to hit Witch. But the Rider of hope was nimble as she dodged each of the bolts. Both of the lightning bolts were about to hit her, but Witch dropped towards the ground and slammed her left Owl Talon into the earth and caused it to rumble. Within a matter of seconds, a huge stone glaive burst forth from the ground and slammed itself into the chest of the Great Leader, causing the monster to once again roar in pain. 

“THAT’S IT! THAT CRYSTAL IN HIS CHEST IS HIS WEAK SPOT!” Witch yelled. 

“Alright!” RX exclaimed as he turned into Robo Rider. “Vortech Shooter!”

Robo Rider’s empowered blaster shot multiple times at the black crystal from his position. Each hit exploded powerfully against the crystal, causing the monster to cry out in pain once more. 

Suddenly, the Great Leader’s body began to shift as the Abomination goo and rock began to form around the crystal in order to form a protective shell around it. 

“NOT SO FAST!” X yelled. Both he and Amazon jumped straight towards the Great Leader as X’s Ridol Whip glowed red, and Amazon’s right hand glowed yellow. “X SLASH!”

“WILD SLASH!”

X slashed at the protective shell, forming a red “X” gash over it as Amazon came in and slashed down vertically. Their combined attacks shattered the protective shell, leaving the crystal exposed again.

“CURSE YOU!!!” the Great Leader bellowed with fury. 

Witch flapped her Owl Wings and propelled herself into the air. She flew rapidly around the midsection of the Great Leader as her Owl Tail released freezing magical energy. Within seconds deep blue ice formed around the monster’s legs, anchoring him into place. Witch flew out and ignited her Owl Wings. The two wings released two flaming tornados that bellowed forth and struck both of the Great Leader’s arms, burning them away and setting his wings aflame. The OwlHead’s eyes glowed bright and then released a twin beam of gold and pink energy that blasted the Great Leader’s head away. Now the only thing that was left was the upper body and the crystal. Witch flew down to where the rest of the Riders were, she then nodded to them and turned around to face their foe one last time. 

“The Finale!” Witch declared as she slipped on her Kick Strike Ring, along with Heka, and Crusader. 

[VERY NICE! KICK STRICK! GO RIDER!]

[ LET’S GO, KICK STRIKE! ]

[ KICK STRIKE, RIGHT NOW! ]

“Let’s Go!” she yelled to the others as she jumped into the air.

“RIGHT!” the others replied as they followed suit. 

The fourteen Riders, aided by Witch’s empowered magic, ascended higher and higher into the air until they practically touching the sky and the Great Leader appeared as a tiny figure below. Each of the Riders glowed in their respective auras as Witch led the charge, thrusting out with her right leg as all fourteen Riders descended like shooting stars.

“ALL RIDER KICK!!!”  

The Great Leader’s head managed to sprout out from the destroyed portion. He gathered up what power he had left and fired off a huge beam of dark energy towards the fourteen shooting stars. The beam slammed against the combined Rider kicks, causing a shockwave that pushed the clouds away. Down below, Eda, King, Willow, and Gus watched on with renewed hope and confidence, but not just them, everyone around Bonesborough and a bit further could see how the fourteen shooting stars were battling against a giant dragon-like monster. Even Belos was watching from far away, hovering in the air as he waited to see the outcome of this battle and deciding whether or not he needed to step in. However, even he was forced to admit that these Riders would manage to find a way to win, miracles seem to follow them wherever they went, and he had no doubts about this being one of those miraculous moments. 

All together the fourteen Riders released a battle cry as their kicks drove through the Great Leader’s beam, parting it down the middle as if they were a hot knife through butter. The Great Leader’s eyes widened with fear as he tried to think of a way to stop what was coming. He couldn’t. All fourteen Riders slammed into the black crystal in his chest, causing yet another powerful shockwave to erupt. But that wasn’t the end, the crystal began to crack. With each passing nanosecond, the cracks spider webbed all over the surface until all the Riders blasted through it, shattering the crystal and shooting out the Great Leader’s back as they appeared twenty feet away from his main body. The moment they came to a skidding halt, the Great Leader’s body went up in flames, exploding mightily behind the Riders as their visors and eyes glowed. 

Witch and the others turned to look upon their handy work and breathed a sigh of relief. “We got ‘em.” 

Heka walked up to Witch, noticing the new additions to her Final Form and asked, “Did…Did you use the ring?”

Witch glanced at Heka and nodded.

Heka lowered her head as she said, “I’m sorry…”

“Hey, it’s alright. We still have yours and we beat the bad guy! Everything’s gonna be o-!”

Suddenly, thunder roared above them. The Riders looked up above the flames and watched as purple smoke began to gather above the explosion site. Lightning crashed from the cloud of purple smoke as it swirled about, and after a moment, a pair of glowing eyes looked down upon them. 

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Crusader exclaimed. “We just destroyed him!”

“AS I SAID! DARKNESS AND POWER ARE ETERNAL! AS! AM! I!”

Ichigo balled up his fists and exclaimed, “Damn you Great Leader! Will your grudges know no end?!” The First Rider looked to Crusader and said, “Crusader! Use your ring to seal him away! We may not be able to destroy him now, but we can at least make sure he doesn’t harm anyone for a long time!”

“YES SIR!” Crusader replied as he took out the ring and scanned it. The blank Ring transformed the moment he scanned it, showing the image of a gateway with a lock upon it. 

[Seal, Now!]

High above the Heehasheasedeflepurple cloud, a magic circle appeared. In a matter of seconds that circle opened and revealed an infinite void. A powerful vacuum effect began to occur as the Great Leader’s cloud form began to get sucked into the circle. The Great Leader roared as he tried to regain a physical form, pulling himself away from the circle as much as he could. 

“IT’S NOT ENOUGH!” Crusader yelled. 

Heka bit her bottom lip as she gazed upon the Great Leader trying to regain his physical form and steadily pulling himself away from the circle. She pulled out the blank ring she was given, her gaze shifting between what was happening in the sky and the ring in her hand. If I use this now…Luz won’t be able to get back home! Her best shot of getting back to her mother, to her world, is right in the palm of my hands! But if don’t…

Witch gently placed her hand on Heka’s left shoulder, causing the golden Rider to now look at her lover. “It’s okay, Amity. Use it.”

“But…”

“We can’t let that thing reform. It’s a threat to this world and mine. So, please, do it,” Witch urged. 

Tears formed in Heka’s eyes from behind her helmet as she slipped the ring over her right middle finger. “I’m sorry…”

[Sealing!]

The magic circle above suddenly shot out chains made of light that wrapped around the semi formed limbs of the Great Leader. More and more chains wrapped around the Great Leader’s cloud body, and started dragging him towards the opening. The monster kept struggling more and more, but it was becoming increasingly futile as now more than half of the Great Leader’s body was inside the circle. 

“YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF ME, KAMEN RIDERS!!! I WILL RETURN!!!” 

With his last words spoken, the Great Leader was completely pulled into the circle, drifting further and further into the endless void within the circle. The center of the circle formed two door-like images, followed by crisscrossing chains that formed an “X”, and completed with an ornate padlock. Once the lock was on, the entire circle broke down into particles of white light before disappearing completely. All was quiet now, the Great Leader was sealed away, hopefully, forever. 

“Is it over, for real this time?” Heka asked. 

“I think so,” said Witch.

Crusader sighed heavily as he said, “It better be, because I’m beat.”

“Young Riders.” Ichigo interjected, making all three magic wielding Riders turn towards him. “Thanks to you, the entire Demon Realm was saved from a great and terrible evil.”

“I’d say you have certainly earned your titles as heroes,” Nigo added, “as Kamen Riders.”

“Congratulations! Rider Witch!” Stronger announced.

“Rider Heka!” added Skyrider.

“And Rider Crusader!” RX finished.

“Thank you.” Witch replied, “It was a great honor to have legends like you fight alongside us to protect his world.” She then turned to Ichigo. “Let us continue to fight for what’s right.” Ichigo nodded and the two shook hands. The other Riders piled their hands on top, then they all looked at Crusader. The single Rider hesitated before placing his own hand on top.

Eda, Gus, Willow, flew down from their hill, with King riding with Eda. The three witches and little demon headed towards the group, with Willow and Gus tackle hugging Witch, being mindful of the additions to her armor. 

“You guys did it! You saved the Demon Realm!” Willow exclaimed. 

Eda smirked at her young ward and said, “Dang kid, I’m starting to think you’re out to get my title as the most powerful witch. I’ll have to step up my game.” 

Witch chuckled as she replied, “You’ll always still be the most powerful witch to me, Eda.”

King scurried up Gus and Willow and found himself perched atop Witch’s head as he said, “Don’t EVER do something scary like that! The first time was one thing, but this was something else!”

Heka and Witch both chuckled, but now that it was over, Heka asked, “So, what happens now aside from cleaning up this mess?”

“Hey!” The Riders looked over to Gus. “Tomorrow, the Boiling Isles are holding a festival in the Kamen Riders honor! And as head of the Hexside Kamen Rider Club, I would like to invite you all to join in the fun.” The Eleven Legendary Riders looked at each other. Ichigo looked at Witch who slightly nodded.

“Very well,” Ichigo replied, “but we can only stay for one more day.”

Chapter Text

The Kamen Rider festival was now in full swing. With help from Luz, Gus, and even the Legendary Riders themselves, the Bonesborough Market Place was decorated to resemble a Japanese Summer Festival. Lanterns had been hung that criss crossed over the venue up above. Some of them had cute little drawings of Witch, Heka, Crusader, and some were recently made of the other elevent Showa Riders. Game booths had been set up, with various prizes up for grabs, along with the games were also the food stands, filling the air with delicious scents. Laughter could be heard as the children and teens, and even some of the adults, were getting into the spirit of the festival. Luz, Eda, and King were approaching the entrance to the festival. In keeping with the Japanese theme, Luz was wearing a yukata. It was goldenrod yellow, with little full moons that had a pink rabbit lying on top of them. 

She was nervous about wearing one, she had seen plenty of videos on how to wear a yukata on ViewTube, but Luz never thought she’d actually get to put those lessons to use. As they got closer to the entrance of the festival grounds, Luz paused when she saw Amity standing there, and in a yukata herself. Amity’s yukata was very elegant, as befitting a daughter of the Blight family. It was a deep navy blue, with golden geometric patterns that formed dazzling shapes. Her sash was black, but had golden embroidery of flowers and a regal looking cat. Amity also had a red flower in her hair just above her left ear, with green leaves sticking out from it. 

To say Luz was speechless would be an understatement. Her brain practically shut down. Luz suddenly felt very self-conscious about herself. Here she was, just some human girl, and she was dating such a beautiful, talented, and elegant witch girl like Amity. Seeing her like that, sometimes drove the point home that Amity belonged to a prestigious family, and Luz was just a commoner in comparison. Thankfully, it seemed like her friends caught on to her mood. 

“Luz, go to her, she’s waiting,” said King. 

“I…I mean, would we look okay?” Luz asked. 

“Huh?” the little demon cocked his head to the side in confusion. 

“I mean…compared to Amity, I look so…plain. And she’s, well, she’s beautiful.” Luz lowered her head. “I just feel like maybe she could do better than a girl like me?” 

“Oh, heck no!” Willow grabbed Luz by her shoulders and made the Dominican girl look her in the eyes. “I’ve had to keep Amity’s secret and watch you two dance around your feelings for months now! I am NOT about to let this all be for nothing! Now, you’re going to march over there, and you’re going to take Amity into this festival, and have a good time! Understood?!”

Luz quickly shook her head in the affirmative. “Y-Yes, ma’am!” 

“Good, now go to your girlfriend, Luz,” said Willow. 

Gus watched as Luz hurried away to Amity, allowing the young witch boy to say, “You’re really rooting for them, aren’t you?” 

“I’m just tired of dancing around the subject. I love them both, but sometimes enough is enough.” Willow straightened out her outfit and smiled. “Now then, if you’ll excuse me, Gus, King, I have to go see my girlfriend now.” 

As Willow walked away, King scurried up onto Gus’ shoulder and said, “She’s kinda scary.”

“Yep, and I’m glad she’s on our side.” 

Meanwhile, Luz hurried to Amity, slowing down when Amity spotted her. The young witch girl smiled with a tint of red on her cheeks upon seeing Luz, and the Latina could not help but have the same reaction upon arriving and seeing Amity up close.

“Wow, you look adorable in that.” Luz complemented her girlfriend.

“Ah, thank you,” Amity replied, “your yu-cat-ta is super cute too.”

The two of them blushed for a while.

“Well, shall we get going?” Amity asked, offering her arm for her lover.

“We shall!” Luz replied, “Oh but before we go in…” They ducked into an empty alleyway and Luz slipped on her Illusion Ring.

[Illusion, Please]

Luz stretched out her arm. Suddenly, two magic circles appeared in the air. When they descended, a copy of both Witch and Heka appeared.

“There, this way we can enjoy the festival and Witch and Heka can still make an appearance.” Luz explained. She then turned to their alter egos, “Make sure you two don’t act up too much.”

“Yes, ma’am!” Witch replied, saluting.

“You got it, Boss!” Heka added as the two clone Riders disappeared in order to enter the festival through the backway. Luz then turned towards Amity.

“Okay, let’s go!” she yelled as the two lovers entered the festival arm in arm.

At another part of the venue, three of the Showa Riders were currently being interviewed by the news media of the Boiling Isles. 

“This is Perry Porter, coming to you live from the Kamen Rider festival here in Bonesborough.” Gus’s dad announced, “And right now, I am talking with three Kamen Riders who arrived to help Witch, Heka, and Crusader save the entire Isle from a horrible evil. So would you three be so kind as to introduce yourselves?”

“Kamen Rider V3.”

“I’m Super-1.”

“And I’m ZX.”

“We’ve had reports saying that you all appeared at the different Coven Headquarters and thwarted a plot to assassinate the heads of each Coven, can you corroborate this information?” Perry asked. 

V3 nodded. “It is indeed true. We learned of a secret plot to not only assassinate the heads of the nine Covens, but also one to assassinate your emperor.”

“Once we had, we immediately began making our own plans. Some of us inserted ourselves into the ranks of your different Covens, while another of our colleagues infiltrated the Shocker Coven,”  said Super-1. 

“Many are wondering, are you Riders going to stay in the Demon Realm and form a team with Witch, Heka, and Crusader?” Perry asked. 

ZX shook his head as he crossed his arms. “No, that will not be necessary. We must return to our own world, for evil never rests. But we have seen these fledgling Riders in action, and we as the veteran Riders have acknowledged their power and skill. You all are in capable hands and have nothing to fear so long as they are here.” 

At another section of the festival, Stronger and Skyrider were busy entertaining and interacting with the children. They have seen some strange beings in their time, but the Demon Realm was another thing. There were children here of various shapes and sizes, some that any other person would probably deem a Kaijin, but all one had to do was look into their eyes or take their tiny hands/tentacles/whatever kind of appendage they had, and you could tell that these children were just like any other. One of the things these Riders did was bring out their motorcycles to show off to the children, all of whom became immediately fascinated by them. 

“This is Kabutoro, my baby.” Stronger told the crowd.

“Mine is Sky Turbo.” Skyrider added.

The kids were all over their Rider Machines, poking at the different parts, touching them, and even getting on the contraptions. 

“Okay, kids, be careful now,” Stronger warned. 

One of the children drew a spell circle, and all of a sudden, both Sky Turbo and Kabutoro came to life. The kids who had mounted the bikes looked at each with a competitive glare for a moment before revving up the engine and taking off. 

“Tell me that didn’t just happen,” said Skyrider. 

“It did…”

Amazon was walking along, when he spotted Willow and Skara.

“Willow,” Amazon called out, “you do magic with plants?”

“Yeah, I do.” Willow responded.

“You know, some plants can be used to make special medicines.” Amazon informed.

“Really?” Willow remarked.

“Can show you if you want?”

Willow looked at Skara and asked, “Mind if I do?”

“Willow, hun, you’re not doing that…without me,” said Skara cheerfully. 

“Willow, Skara, friends.” Amazon stated as he made a gesture with his hands.

“And you’re our friend too.” Skara replied as she and Willow repeated the same gesture.

Gus is bugging Ichigo, Nigo, and X-Rider.

“So, how high can you guys jump? I’ve saw you can all jump really high, but was that due to Witch powering you guys up?” Gus asked. 

“Uh well…”

“Also, can how many other Riders are there? Luz told us about Decade and Wizard, but are there others older Riders? Are there other younger ones like Luz and Amity?” 

“That’s actually-”

“Oh! Which among you has the strongest Rider Kick? And if not either of you, then do you know who?” 

“Well, our kicks are powerful to begin with, but-”

“Another question!” 

Ichigo, Nigo, and X were not going anywhere any time soon.

Further away from the festivities Crusader was getting some hands-on training from two veteran Riders, RX and Riderman. The two Showa Riders could sense something in this young Rider, it was hard to put into words, but they felt as if this young man had some hardship ahead of him, and wanted to prepare him for whatever was going to be thrown at him, as much as they could in any case. 

“We’ve all stared death in the face countless times…” RX informed, “But we risked that same life to train and overcome it.”

“So?” Crusader remarked, “I’ve trained as well.”  

“Not the type of training we do.” RX retorted, “This is special training.”

“Special…?” Crusader pondered.

“You will have to challenge the limits of your body.” Riderman informed, “It’s a tougher foe than death.”

“So, what do you think?” asked RX, putting a hand on Crusader’s shoulder, “Could you survive that?”

Crusader pondered for a bit. He then looked straight at the two Riders and stated, “Let’s do it!”

Luz and Amity were walking around the festival enjoying some shaved ice.

“Wow,” Amity exclaimed, “this is so yummy!”

“I know!” Luz added, “I’m surprised the Demon Realm could make it this good!”

As they were walking and enjoying their frozen treat something caught Luz’s eye. It was two yellow circular devices that resembled cats.

“No way!” Luz exclaimed as she ran towards them, “It’s a couple of Tamagotchi!”

“Tama-what?” Amity questioned.

“They’re like electronic games.” Luz explained, “And these are rare ones!”

“Well if you want them, you’re gonna have to play.” grumbled the demon running the stall. It was then that the two realized that the devices were part of what resembled a ring toss game.

“Alright then,” Amity remarked, “you’re on!”

“Amity, you really don’t have to…” Luz attempted to say.

“No, I really want this item from the Human Realm.” Amity interrupted. She then looked at the demon, “Bring it on!”

The demon was smirked a bit and gave her a set of six rings. With a determined look in her eye, Amity threw all six rings, frisbee style. The rings bounced off the bottles that were set up, one of them managed to loop around one of the bottles. It spun around and around, but then it flung off.

“What?!” Amity exclaimed. 

“Ah, tough luck there girly,” said the demon. 

Amity glared at the demon and said, “Another round!” 

“Well, the first time was free, but the next one costs. Ten snails,” he said. 

Amity drew a spell circle and made a pouch materialize before her. She reached into it and took out ten snails, plopping the coins onto the counter. The demon gave Amity another six rings, and this time, Amity took careful aim with each of them. She tossed the first one towards the center, confident that it was going to loop around at least one of the bottles. However, just like before, the ring spun around the edge of the bottle before getting flung off. Okay, something’s up. Amity tossed another one to a different bottle, but the result was the same. She kept going until all six of her rings were spent, but by now she had a good idea of what was going on.

“Sorry, again, girly,” said the demon as he reached for snails, “How ‘bout another ten snails and-”

Amity slammed her left hand down on the snails and said, “I don’t pay cheaters.” 

“Amity, it’s alright if you can’t get them,” said Luz. 

“Oh no, it’s not just about those human devices, it’s also the fact that this guy is cheating. And if he’s doing it to me, then he probably did it to someone else,” Amity accused. 

The demon feigned hurt as he crossed his arms and retorted, “Outrageous! Slander! I am an honest demon!” 

“Uh-huh.” Amity walked around the booth, against the protests of the vendor. Demons and witches gathered as they saw Amity pick up one of the rings she used earlier and strolled up to one of the bottles. “So, you’re saying that you didn’t cheat at all?” 

“E-Exactly!” 

“Okay, then keep your hands up where everyone can see them. Or are you too afraid to do it?” Amity dared. 

The demon complied and raised his hands, making sure that they were visible to the crowd. 

“So, if you’re telling the truth about not cheating, then when I place this ring over the bottle, it should slide down without any issues. Right?” 

“R-Right,” he said nervously. 

Amity slowly started to lower the ring over a random bottle. However, as soon as she got it over the neck of the bottle, something immediately pushed back on her. The young Blight girl pushed back, but whatever unseen force was there, it was doing its darndest to make sure that the ring did not stay on. Amity used both of her hands, grunting as she tried to force it down. After a few seconds, a flash went off and the ring was jettisoned from her hand and out through the roof of the stall. Amity turned her gaze back on the demon, glared, and then smirked. 

“Well, would you look at that, guess that makes you a cheater and a liar,” said Amity. The purple haired witch walked up to the prize wall and snatched up the two Tamagotchi devices. “I’ll be taking these, thank you.” Amity took Luz’s hand and said, “Let’s go.” 

As soon as they left, the crowd descended on the demon vendor, demanding for refunds. 

When they were far enough away, Luz smiled at Amity and said, “Amity that was so cool! How did you know he was cheating?!” 

Amity slowed their pace and answered, “I figured it out after the second round, I was paying attention to the rings once they hit the neck of the bottles and when none of them would land despite easily catching on them, they got flung off. I assumed he enchanted the bottles and proved my theory right.”

“Wow, just wow.” 

Amity blushed and held out the Tamagotchi to Luz. “Anyway, here, this one’s yours.”

“Thank you, hermosa (beautiful),” said Luz. 

The two lovers then made their way towards a crowd where a band was just about ready to perform. The lead singer was a six-foot male witch with black hair and brown eyes. After he finished tuning his guitar, he addressed the audience.

“Welcome everyone,” the singer announced, “we’ve got some pretty songs for you tonight as well as some rockers coming. First song we’re gonna do is a song from the Human Realm that some of the Kamen Riders wanted us to play. So, we’re gonna play for you “Loving Arms” .”

As the music started, Luz offered her hand to Amity. “May I have this dance?” Amity smirked and gladly accepted her lover’s hand. Luz wrapped her arms around Amity’s neck, while Amity placed her hands on Luz’s sides.

“That whole thing with the Shocker Coven, it was scary,” Amity admitted. 

“Yeah, it kinda was,” Luz agreed. 

“I almost lost you…again.”

Luz brought her forehead close and pressed it against Amity’s. “Hey, I’m right here. I won’t leave you, Amity. We just became girlfriends, and I have no intention of separating from you. Not when I have someone like you in my life right now.” 

Amity blushed as she smiled at her lover. “I’m sorry for what you went through back in your world. But honestly, they’re fools for not seeing how wonderful you are. Anyone would be happy to have you in their life, as a friend or as a girlfriend.”

“You think so?” Luz asked. 

“Look at what you’ve done for me. I was a bully, Luz. Let’s not mince words about it. I looked down on everyone, and although I broke off my friendship with Willow to protect her, I certainly did nothing to stop Boscha and the others from picking on her, and I even joined in half the time. But now, thanks to you, I’ve at least made up with her, and we’re mending our friendship. I was able to stand up to my Mom thanks to you, and because of you, I now know what it means to be happy.” 

Luz was tearing up as she listened to Amity speak. No one had ever said that about her, no one had ever said that they were lucky to know a person like Luz. And here she was, listening to her girlfriend say just that. 

“But it’s not just me you’ve helped, Luz. You’ve made Willow stronger and put on a magic track that she loves. You make Gus happy by just existing and being his friend. You’ve made it so that students in Hexside can choose to mix magic if they want to, and you even made someone like Eda care about someone other than herself. And without you, the Demon Realm would’ve been taken over by the Phantoms, and then none of us would be alive right now,” said Amity. 

The purple haired witch reached up with her left hand and used the sleeve of her yukata to wipe the tears from Luz’s eyes. Once she was done, Luz moved closer and hugged Amity tight against her. “Thank you, Amity.” 

Amity hugged Luz back and the two began swaying to the music as some of their fellow Riders, Gus, and King watched from afar. Willow was on the dance floor as well, with Skara in her arms as the Bard witch’s head rested against the Plant witch’s shoulder. It was clear to anyone watching those two lovebirds that they were meant to be together and were so glad that they had found each other. 

Early the following morning, Luz, Amity, Hunter, and their friends gathered to see the Legendary Riders off. Hunter was dressed in his Golden Guard attire, while Amity and Luz knew of his identity, along with Eda and King thanks to Luz, the Latina had not informed Gus or Willow of what he looked like under the mask. Each of the Riders’ motorcycles were lined up and ready for departure, but before they left, the veteran heroes wanted to leave with some parting words for the newest and youngest Riders. 

“We now have to return to our home dimension,” Takeshi said, “Let’s all continue our fights against evil.”

Luz, Amity, and Hunter all nodded in response. Takeshi and Luz shook hands, and the others piled their hands on top.

“Good luck, rookie.” Joji said to Hunter.

“Just listen to your heart,” Kohtaro added, “and you will know what to do.” Hunter let those words sink in before nodding at the two.

“Before we go, we have a little something for you two.” Takeshi remarked as he and Hayato pulled out something from their pockets. Luz and Amity were shocked as the two men presented a long scarf for each of them.

“Your very own mufflers.” Hayato announced as they gave the scarfs to the two girls. Luz’s was a bright yellow while Amity’s was a velvet purple.

“Thank you.” Amity managed to say. 

“I’m going to cherish this for the rest of my life.” Luz added.

Suddenly, a Silver Veil appeared twenty yards away, signaling the Riders to mount their motorcycles. Takeshi then turned to address the Boiling Isles’  heroes one last time.

“As long as people have justice in their hearts, Kamen Riders will never die.” he said to the three of them, “Continue fighting for what’s right. Always be by everyone’s side.” Luz, Amity, and Hunter nodded as Takeshi mounted his Cyclone and the Legendary Riders rode off and went right through the Silver Veil. When the Veil dispersed, there was no one there. A large smile crept on Luz’s face as she wrapped her muffler around her neck and tied it.

“Well, I’m ready to give this thing a test drive!” she said as she slipped on her Ride Ring.

[Ride, Please.]

A magic circle appeared and the Witch Speeder emerged from it. She hopped on and extended her hand towards her girlfriend. “You coming or what?” Amity just smiled, put her own muffler on, and accepted Luz’s hand. Once she was on the Witch Speeder, Luz revved up the engines and the two of them took off into the sky . The others watched as the two lovebirds flew across the morning sky, with their scarfs flapping in the wind.

“Achoo!” 

“You okay, Luz?” Amity asked. 

“Yeah, just a tickle in my nose,” Luz assured.

Chapter Text

Once again, Belos had to rely on that young girl to keep his plans for this world from going to hell. That was twice now that his plans almost fell through, first it was the Titan using the Phantoms, and then it was some deranged witches and demons following the orders of some even more deranged witch. Hunter had informed him of what the Shocker Coven was, and who spearheaded its creation. Under secret orders, the Blackrose family, all of them, were to be detained immediately, and slated for petrification. If even one of them had the potential to start this all over again, then he wasn’t going to take any chances. 

Damn these filthy creatures. Just when I couldn’t think they could be even more detestable and sickening, they prove me wrong. If that monstrosity had found a way to leave this world and enter the Human Realm…there would be nothing left. 

It was moments like these that Belos believed even more so that his cause was just and noble. The Day of Unity would make everything right, but first, the emperor needed to take care of some business, personally. 

After the events were all settled, Belos had his Coven Scouts round up any and all remaining members of the Shocker Coven. It troubled him that they were able to override his Coven Sigils with ones of their own. And he wanted to at least get some information as to how they did that, if for nothing else than to find out about any potential loopholes in his creation. Belos had teleported himself to the Conformatorium, where the Followers were being kept, deep under the structure in a large chamber. The Coven Scouts had set up magical restraints to keep them from casting any spells, and also served the dual purpose of anchoring them to the floor so that they could move. 

Once Belos entered the chamber, he looked at the Scouts and said, “Leave us. I will speak to these traitors personally, and privately.” 

The Scouts were hesitant, they knew Belos was very powerful, but they were reluctant to leave their leader alone with such dangerous criminals. Especially given how they were able to use dark magic. 

“Your concern for my wellbeing is admirable, but this is an order from your emperor. Leave this room.” 

The Coven Scouts stood at attention and bowed to Belos before swiftly exiting the chamber. Once Belos was sure that they were all gone, the emperor summoned his staff and slammed the butt of it against the stone floor. Immediately following this action crimson magic layered itself over the entire chamber, and then vanished from sight. 

“There we go. A little assurance that our talk will not be interrupted,” said Belos. “Now then, you lot, tell me. How was it that you were able to override my Coven Sigils. And are there any more of you out there?” 

“Tch, what you see is what is left! But the Shocker Coven’s legacy will live on! If one was able to see the glory that is Shocker, then it will not be long before another sees it!” spoke one of the Followers. 

“Well, with the time left before the Day of Unity, that won’t matter much soon enough. Now, about the Sigils.” 

“Heh, the secret of Shocker Sigils was with our High Priestess. So sorry your ‘majesty’, but you won’t be gaining the power they grant us,” said a female Follower. 

Belos audibly scoffed at the insinuation. “I care not for the dark and tainted power those Sigils give you. I only care that you were able to replace your own. Unless you were all once Wild Witches?” 

“Some of us are, but many of us were tired of your antiquated ‘Coven System’, and now we have been granted power and true unity under the Shocker emblem! With the Shocker Sigil we replaced our original Coven Sigils, wiping them from our flesh and branding ourselves with this new mark!” 

Belos narrowed his gaze at them. The only one who knew how to override them was dead, while that was comforting, it still was not a total comfort. It meant that his Sigils were not as powerful as he first thought. And if someone like the leader of the Shocker Coven could get rid of them, there was a high chance that Luz Noceda or Amity Blight might have the power to do it themselves. But for right now they knew not of his plans, so they wouldn’t have any need to look into knowing how to rid other witches and demons of their Coven Sigils. 

“Thank you, this has been a most informative talk. Sadly, you are all far too dangerous and too warped to allow back into society. Therefore, as the ruler of the Boiling Isles, I, Emperor Belos, shall pass swift judgment upon you,” said Belos. 

The Followers glanced at each other, and that’s when all one hundred of them made their move. The Shocker Sigils glowed with dark energy and within seconds shattered all the restraints on their bodies. Now free from their magical shackles, they immediately surrounded Emperor Belos, and summoned forth their various weapons while charging up spells to cast. 

“We may not have our leader anymore.” 

“But at the very least, we can carry out one last mission.”

“Killing you, Emperor Belos!”

Belos looked around at the Followers as his eyes glowed blue from under his mask. “I see you fools are in desperate need of a lesson in real power.” The emperor opened his cape and revealed his Arcane Driver, as well as a ring on his left middle finger. The Followers of the Shocker Coven gasped and took a step back when they saw this. “You weren't expecting this were you? Heh-heh. Henshin.” 

[Purging evil.]

[NONE SHALL ESCAPE!]

[Eradicating the wicked.]

[ALL SHALL BE JUDGED BY…!]

[The Inquisitor]

The Followers stood there, shaking in sheer terror as they looked upon the transformed state of Emperor Belos, or rather, Kamen Rider Inquisitor. 

“As the judge, jury, and executioner of this impromptu trial. I hereby find you all guilty of conspiring with a cult. Of attempted murder of my person. And of attempting to unleash an ungodly and unholy force upon the innocent of the Earthly Realm. For your crimes, I sentence you…” Inquisitor slipped on a ring over on his right middle finger and scanned it. “...to death.”

[Omega |Ω| Destruction, Now.]

The Followers screamed in terror as they ran for the doors, but as soon as they reached them, they ran into a wall of crimson light. They began pounding on the barrier, and using their weapons to try and break it. But it was all futile. A bright crimson light shined behind them, making some of the Followers stop what they were doing as they turned to see what it was. Inquisitor raised a sphere of pure destructive energy above his head, and as he did, his eyes glowed bright red. The Dark Rider waved his right hand, and within seconds the sphere of crimson light exploded. Releasing an intense wave of magical energy that consumed everything within the room. The bodies of the Followers immediately evaporated into nothingness, not even ashes were left behind. Inquisitor canceled his spell and took a moment to look around and see if any of the Followers remained, it wasn’t like he needed to, but it never hurt to be sure. 

Once he was certain that the room was clear, Inquisitor ended his transformation and returned to civilian form. With a snap of his fingers, Belos released the barrier within the chamber and opened one of the doors to the outside. The Coven Scouts immediately saluted him and looked behind him to see where the Shocker Coven Followers were. 

“Tell the guards to gather the Blackrose family next, and to bring them down here. And I do mean all of them.”

“Uh, sir, the children as well?” one scout asked. 

“Yes, even the children. The Titan spoke to me and told me to ensure the safety of the Boiling Isles. The Blackrose Family is a potential threat lying in wait. If Agatha Blackrose could succumb to that madness, then there’s no telling if another member of that family will try and revive this failed Coven,” Belos explained. “Are you questioning the will of the Titan?” 

“N-N-No, my emperor!” the Scout replied. 

“Then bring them here, immediately.” 

The Coven Scouts immediately ran off to fulfill their emperor’s orders. Belos carefully opened his cape and looked down at the Arcane Driver, smiling at the exquisite creation that would now make him on par with Luz Noceda. However, at that moment, an intense pain ran through his body. Belos slumped up against the wall as his right arm shifted back and forth between a greenish, goopy, monster claw, and then back to normal. The emperor of the Boiling Isles took a few deep breaths as he steadied himself and managed to make his arm return to normal as the pain subsided. 

Before the Day of Unity, I must rid myself of this malady. 

Multiverse Sentai: Thank you all for riding with me for this Special Adventure of Kamen Rider Witch. And thank you Michael Ravencroft for helping me out.

Michael Ravencroft: No problem, it was a fun project. Learned a bit more about the Showa Riders through this.  

Multiverse Sentai: Hey, that was one of the reasons why I did this. Because looking through various fanfictions, there weren’t a lot of Showa Rider stories. So I thought I would give them a little love. Any thoughts on how this turned out?

Micheall Ravencroft: I think it turned out pretty good. Not gonna lie though, the monster designs threw me for a loop trying to imagine them and describe them. lol

Multiverse Sentai: I can imagine. So, what was your favorite part?

Michael Ravencroft: Mmm, if I had to choose, it’s the Rider team up battles. Whenever this many Riders get together, like in a Movie, I always get pumped up seeing them fight side-by-side and spouting some inspirational speech. Cliche and corny? Maybe. But it works and I love that stuff. 

Multiverse Sentai: Mine would have to be when Rideron took Hunter out of the castle. Honestly, when you were suggesting that I was laughing at the fact that we were torturing the hell out of this guy.

Michael Ravencroft: Yes, as if he hasn’t gone through enough trauma already. But that was very in keeping with how the show would do it. 

Multiverse Sentai: Well overall I’d say that the only thing that this Special really done for the main Kamen Rider Witch story is that Luz and Amity now have their own scarfs. Or mufflers as they’re called in the original Kamen Rider shows. I hope you were okay with that.

Michael Ravencroft: It’s fine, movie specials do things like that sometimes. The Main Rider will get something from a character during the movie, and then won’t be referenced until way later. Either casually or blatantly. 

Multiverse Sentai: Well, I guess in this case it’s something that they could wear along with their casual clothes. Well thank you again for helping me with this. I really hope we can do this again sometime. 

Michael Ravencroft: No problem, and maybe in the future. This was my one collab for a while. Now it’s back to focusing on the Heroes and Witch. And for those of you wondering, “When are you going to start KR Witch?” The answer is, I am trying to get to a certain point in Heroes before I start it up. You’ll understand why soon enough. 

Multiverse Sentai: Well until then, I’m Multiverse Sentai…

Michael Ravencroft: And I’m Michael Ravencroft…

Multiverse Sentai: And we’ll see you next time. SEIYAA!

Michael Ravencroft: And we’ll see you next time. SEIYAA!