A/N: New gears taken!

Nigo Typhoon (Kamen Rider 2)

Stronger Electora

Ibuki Henshin OniBue Onteki

All three Kabutech Zecters

and

the Shadowmoon Kingstone!

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Tournament Kamen Rider.

Chapter 17: Untrue Blue.

1-2-3!

"Rider... Kick!" Spike declared, flipping the kuwaga horns on his Gatack Zecter and then violently flipping them back again.

Rider Kick!

This caused electricity to crackle from his Zecter. The energy diverted to Spike's right leg and the Rider jumped. Spike knew what he was doing... but Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in front of him didn't. Spike soared and smashed Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in the head.

"You're mine!" Spike promised, going on the attack again. Two of the Worms rushed at the female Kamen Riders, but they ducked under the swipe of a pair of punches, Taryse unholstering her Femme Visor, aiming and slashing at them.

It was enough to spike a hole through their chests, and as they stumbled back, the girls rushed at them with a pair of kicks, taking them down. Two more swung their fists at the girls, but the Riders executed a pair of flips to avoid the Worms, landing behind them.

As one turned around, Reina kicked it in the stomach. The Worm dropped its skewer weapon, and Heather picked it up, ramming it into the Worm's stomach. The other one rushed at Reina, but she pushed it forward, sending it into the other Worm.

Both collapsed to the ground, and she quickly fired her Emperor's Fist attack, stopping another Worm from rushing towards her. Spike was not missing a beat in his fight, landing a kick on the back of Formicaalubusworm Maxilla's knee.

Formicaalubusworm Maxilla shook it off and threw Spike into a wall. Demon and Travis nodded to each other, and ran at him. Demon bent down and slashed Formicaalubusworm Maxilla's foot whilst Travis spingboarded off the intellectual Rider and front kicked Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in the chest.

Formicaalubusworm Maxilla struck Travis with his sword, and then kicked Demon over. Spike grabbed him from behind, but was promptly flipped over. Travis came back, punched Formicaalubusworm Maxilla in the head, and then kicked him in the side.

He was about to jump over him when Formicaalubusworm Maxilla grabbed him, and threw him across the granite-covered paths. Formicaalubusworm Maxilla had won this round. He wasn't finished though, deciding to grab Spike by the arm, and toss him into a streetlight.

The man's heavy armour held against the impact, and Spike laid there with his life on the end of a string. Formicaalubusworm Maxilla walked over with confidence and lifted Spike in the air by the neck.

"Now, Gatack... where were we?" Formicaalubusworm Maxilla grinned, gripping Spike's throat tighter. Reina watched as her friend suffered at the claws of the evolved Worm... until she decided to act. She modified her took a stance, and went for a Rider Punch.

"Emperor's Fist! Way of the Kuuga!"

She thrusted her charged fist into Formicaalubusworm Maxilla's chest, forcing him to release Spike and stagger backwards in pain before sparks began to explode from his wounds.

"Thanks, beautiful... but he's mine, so don't get comfortable! Rider Kick!" Spike said while Reina helped him up.

Rider Kick!

His leg energised with siphoned energy from his Gatack Zecter before trying to nail Formicaalubusworm Maxilla with his finishing move. But, unlike Reina's suprise attack, Formicaalubusworm Maxilla was ready for it this time, swatting Spike away like a fly. Then Formicaalubusworm Maxilla smashed Reina.

The Worm sped itself up to attack again and eventually, Hao joined with his agility. The two met on the ground and slowly eyed each other for a moment before running at each other at full force. Hao threw a punch only to have it blocked by Formicaalubusworm Maxilla, who did the same, connecting his punch.

Hao grunted in pain and once again ran straight at Formicaalubusworm Maxilla, who charged up his claw with energy. As he ran towards Formicaalubusworm Maxilla, Hao charged up his Flame Saber for the Saber Slash, both attacks hit each other straight on, sending both opponents flying into objects. Before Hao could get up, Formicaalubusworm Maxilla electrocuted the ground with energy, shocking Hao and sending him flying once more. Formicaalubusworm Maxilla grunted and snorted, as if to laugh at Hao, who was on the ground in pain, barely able to stand up.

"Emperor's Fist! Way of the Agito!" Hao yelled out, managing to connect his Rider Kick to Formicaalubusworm Maxilla's chest and slashed the Worm's leg off as collateral damage.

The Worm hissed as he tended to his wound.

"Let me finish him, kid!" Spike demanded.

"Go for it, man!" Hao agreed.

Rider Kick!

Spike launched himself in and hit the Rider Kick, sending Formicaalubusworm Maxilla flying. The Worm screamed in defeat, exploding into the afterlife.

Everyone reverted to their human forms and grouped together. Conspicuous by his absence, Nero was gone. He had gone into the Savage Forests.

Suddenly, Spike heard his cellphone ringing.

"Yeah? What? You gotta' be kidding! Where at? Outskirts of Damett City. We're about a mile out. Thanks for the info." Spike said, switching off his phone. He turned to Travis.

"Old man... we have to split. Tell Nero we said bye if you find him." Spike finished, going over and mounting the Gatack Extender.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence. We'll see you in Skylord." Travis replied. Reina, Demon & Isild on their bikes quickly followed Spike out of dodge.

"Nero's been gone in those forests for a while." Taryse stated.

"Yeah, but he can take care of himself. He's always been able to." Phoenix said.

Kivat spun around in the air: "We should look for him. No point in standing around here, master!"

"The bloodsucker's right. We should keep moving. Who knows? Nero might've gotten lost!" Travis smirked.

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Travis was right. Nero was lost among these gigantic trees.

Hello? Nero wondered to himself as he stepped into the large space... where he saw an Imagin, beaten, battered and tied to a tree. He rushed over, but was weary to get near the Imagin, remembering his various battles against their kind.

"Who are you?" Nero asked. The Imagin mustered up the strength to bring his orange eyes to Nero's level.

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Spike entered the hospital room in Damett Outskirts, the others waited outside. He looked at the bed and saw his friend, Kakuka Mizu (who had taken the moniker of Kamen Rider Ibuki for the tournament), lying in the bed, hooked up to various machines, and covered in bandages. He looked at Kakuka with a dead pan expression. "Kakuka… sure. Pretend you're sleeping. Just your way to get the docs worked up. Sure… Bastard didn't do enough damage to take you out. You know it… Iknow it." He kicked the bed. "I'm talking to you! Fine, be that way, ya' drama queen…" He stared at Kakuka a moment, just listening to the beeping of the machines.

He took a seat on a stool in the room. "So, what ya' say we ditch this joint and go get us some chicks? Gotta' warn you though… that's one trashed mug you're sporting. Hope you're into fat chicks. But, a chick's a chick, right?"

Everything got quiet again. "Look… the reason I'm here and all… besides seeing you of course… How far back does this go? Was this just some punk you pissed off early in the tournament, or does this go back further… back to Katana? Because it ain't looking good, man." Spike gritted his teeth.

"Not good… I should have been there… should have been there to… to… Goddamn it!! Why'd you let this happen!? What the hell is the matter with you!?" he screamed.

Kakuka was silent, the machines speaking for him.

Reina and the others waited patiently outside Kakuka's hospital room. "He's been in there for a while," said Reina, breaking the silence.

"He just found out his best friend was put in the hospital, give him some time." said Demon. They all looked up when they heard a loud crash and felt the ground shake slightly. They all got up and ran towards Kakuka's room, where Spike was.

What they saw shocked them. Spike was standing in the center of a crater, his fist downward. It was obvious he had done the damage. "They'll pay…" was the first thing they heard Spike say. "Rules or no rules. I'm killing the fuckers that did this!! They. Will. PAY!!"

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"I just got another newsflash on my PDA!" Taryse suddenly said, causing the other three Riders to crowd around.

"Sempai." Phoenix simply said at the holographic sight of his elder, Jack Ryker.

"Hello Riders, one and all. This is my first transmission on the Rider PDA systems. I feel it is my obligation to warn you of a threat that may end up infiltrating the tournament. They have been ordered to either capture or kill you. They are the Fake Riders. To my understanding, there are so far five of them. Be on your guard; they are highly-trained assassins. This close to the next round, they may strike and try to eliminate us all at once at that moment. These Fakes emulate systems of different Riders. That is your warning. Now, in the next round of the tournament, we shall be implementing a War Game system, where two teams of five are assembled out of random Riders. Turrets, idle swords and even the scenery can be used to your advantage inside a cell that will encase the battle. The only way to eliminate a Rider is by knockout or forced Rider-suit cancellation. When one team is fully eliminated, the remaining members of the surviving team will fight each other in elimination-rules. The final surviving Rider shall win the battle. And I remind you all that after the third round, I shall be tallying up your Rider points, and all those below 500 will be out of the competition, so gain some more points while you still can with the non-round challenges! Ryker out!"

Kivat just perched himself on Taryse's shoulder: "I must ask, how many points do we have?"

Taryse flipped over to the points page and replied: "Collectively we have 1000 points between five of us. That's 200 each. If I go over to the Castle Challenge page... presto! We overcome the Castle Challenge, we get a grand total of another thousand. Should be enough to buy us some time to get out of relegation."

"You sound like a soccer expert from England." Phoenix joked.

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Nero was disgusted by the sheer brutality of the Imagin's wounds.

"Who or what did this to you?" Nero asked again.

"Those mole imagin. They kidnapped me. For no reason whatsoever." The imagin replied. Nero turned his head: he heard footsteps approaching. Nero thought fast and hid behind the tree that restrained the beaten imagin.

"Time for a tune-up, you turtle bastard." Nero heard. He felt sick to the pits of his stomach. As a result, Nero inserted the Rider Ticket bearing the mole imagin's image into the Rider Pass and brought the Den-O Belt to his waist. The mole imagin that entered began to approach the defenceless one bearing a large sword, which Nero could see by peeking out. With a look of anger on his face, Nero clipped the Den-O Belt together, pushed the blue button and moved the Rider Pass over the glowing buckle.

Rod Form!

"What was that?" The mole imagin wondered.

"Rod Form?" The captive imagin asked in amazement. Nero jumped from behind the tree and engaged the mole imagin in combat. After a couple of swings from his DenGasher Rod, Nero violently swiped the Rider Pass over the Den-O Belt and initiated the Full Charge. The DenGasher penetrated the mole imagin like a skewer before Nero finished the mole imagin off with the DenRider Kick, the DenGasher landing in his hand soon after. Nero, having defeated the torturer, turned towards the captive imagin and slashed away at the chains that bound him. Nothing happened for 2 seconds and then the chains broke apart into little pieces that piled up on the floor.

Having released the imagin, Nero put the DenGasher back on its holsters.

"I don't know how to thank you. I'm no good at it." The imagin said. Nero smiled under his helmet.

"I'll take that as gratitude. You get an A for effort." Nero replied.

"Those imagin kidnapped me because of what I did to their brothers a long time ago. Foiled their plot at world domination." Urataros revealed.

Nero stood confused: "I thought you said it was for no reason?"

"Ah, a thousand lies, a thousand falsehoods. You were reeled in easily." The imagin responded. Nero unhooked the Den-O Belt from his waist and reverted to human form.

"I didn't catch your name." Nero pointed out.

"My name is Urataros, the turtle imagin." Urataros replied.

Nero thought for a moment; he knew that name.

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"Human life does not deserve this planet! All humanity should die... to let Earth thrive!"

"You're wrong! Humans may have their flaws... but this planet needs humans!"

"Don't trouble me, boy! Humans are a virus! A virus that has infected this world! I will purify it!"

"The only thing that needs purifying is you, MONARCH!"

"Then come, Shadowmoon! Come and die!"

The young teen, Jessie Elias, stood in front of the old man (going by the name of MONARCH) and summoned a black belt with a green gem in the middle to his waist. This was the Shadowmoon Kingstone.

"Shadow... Henshin!" Jessie called out, striking a henshin pose similar to Kamen Rider Black RX. The Kingstone flashed and the silver armor of Shadowmoon engulfed Jessie's body. The green eyes flashed to finish the transformation.

"I hate young upstarts." MONARCH smirked, dragging his right hand down his left wrist, which sparked. The Rider belt known as the Stronger Electora belt appeared on his waist and absorbed the sparks, bringing the Stronger suit to MONARCH's body.

MONARCH and Jessie met in the middle, clashing fists and boots in a viscous battle.

--xxx--

After much searching, the team ended up in the middle of the Savage Forests, where they were reunited with Nero. The Rod Form theme had alerted Phoenix to Nero's whereabouts.

"Guys!" Nero said.

"We heard your belt from a mile away. You okay?" Phoenix asked in concern.

"I'm fine. Meet Urataros." Nero introduced.

Urataros leaned on Taryse's shoulder: "Omae... Boku ni tsuraratemiru?"

Nero stood shocked after hearing that; it was something he'd say after using Rod Form.

"What? Did I just say your catchphrase? You were always imitating us since you were a little boy." Urataros smiled.

"What? Where did you come from?" Nero uncomfortably asked. Urataros removed his arm from Taryse's shoulder and walked over to Nero.

"I'm part of an agency called the DenLiner Police. I live on the DenLiner, the bullet train of Den-O. Your name is Nero Samson... Drake's son." Urataros explained.

"How did you know that?" Nero asked, still uncomfortable.

"Your father Drake Samson... joined the DenLiner Police ten years ago, a few months after we had started it. Through him, we were able to set up a branch in the United States, monitoring the Imagin's activity when they rose again. And just in time for the tournament. We were sending him in for it... but he came down with that injury. Therefore, he selected you to go in his place, because he knew you had been training in a dojo for a couple of years. He told you that it taught you self-defence... he was really training you for the Den-O Belt. But believe what you want. I could be lying." Urataros slyly continued.

"You're not lying... I hear the truth in your voice." Nero responded.

Urataros smiled: "You're right. I'm not lying. But I have to get back to the DenLiner. I fear the Mole Imagin's brethren shall be here soon."

"If they do get here... we'll be ready." Phoenix said in response.

Suddenly, the fallen Mole Imagin's body dissolved to dust and exploded into a gigantic monster.

"Gigandeath Hell!" Urataros identified.

Kivat summoned the Doran Fuestle to his mouth.

Castle Doran!

The skies went dark and the giant dragon castle flew in to attack the Gigandeath, spitting Pod Shoots right at its Imagin opponent.

"Kivat!" Phoenix called.

"Yosh! Kivat ikuze!" Kivat followed.

Bite!

Phoenix hooked Kivat to the Kivat belt: "Henshin!"

Chains smashed apart, and the Kiva suit enveloped Phoenix's body. Phoenix leapt up to the top of Castle Doran. He took out the black Darkstarter Fuestle.

Darkstarter!

Kiva assumed his artificial dark form and commanded Doran to continue combatting the Gigandeath. Pod Shoots bashed away at the Gigandeath with little effect; the Gigandeath proved this by blasting Doran backwards.

"He's putting up a hell of a fight, buddy!" Phoenix told Kivat while trying to retain his balance.

"I could tell you something we don't know... we need help!" Kivat replied sarcastically.

On the ground, Nero strapped the Den-O Belt to his waist, as did the others with their belts. But before they could transform, they heard rustling from behind the trees.

"More Mole Imagin." Urataros guessed correctly, as the armed and goggled creatures burst out in great numbers. Travis immediately docked the Delta Phone on the Delta Blaster, Taryse inserted the Femme Deck into her V-Buckle and Hao quickly slapped the switches on the Alter Ring. Hao then looked down and slapped the left switch on the Alter Ring, summoning a large lance known as the Storm Halberd. As the Halberd extended, Hao's chest and left arm's armour changed into a blue form.

"Not going with flames today... handle the shock of Storm Form, Imagin!" Hao said, goading the Imagin into attacking him. With his powerful staff, Hao swung around and pierced several of the Mole Imagin. He tossed the Halberd towards another and flipped through the air.

"Emperor's Fist! Way of the Agito! Lightning Kick!"

Hao grabbed the Storm Halberd on the way over and smashed the Imagin in the head with a double dropkick charged by electricity.

Taryse activated her Sword Vent and then the Final Vent, using her contract monster Blancwing to send some Imagin her way. With the Femme Visor in one hand and the Wing Slasher in the other, Taryse cut them up like coleslaw.

Travis blasted away at his adversaries with reckless abandon, popping off rounds from the Delta Blaster carelessly. His devil-may-care attitude seemed to work however, as his enemies were dropping like flies.

Nero was ready to transform, but the Moles were ganging up on him.

Urataros sighed: "Sempai always said interrupting the henshin was against the rules."

With that, Urataros sprang into action. He kicked away the Imagin and reached down to the Den-O Belt, pushing the yellow button.

"A little strength should do the trick." Urataros said before going back to work. Nero looked down and swiped the Rider Pass over the SetTouch that was now flashing yellow.

Axe Form!

The chest armour that usually graced his back in Sword Form came to the front and the thigh pads turned yellow. An Axe-like mask came over Nero's face and clamped in place.

"Okay, which one... oh yeah..." Nero mumbled, his transformation startling his opponents.

"Nakerude!" Nero yelled, constructing the DenGasher into its Axe formation. He then cracked his nack across with his free hand. Nero concentrated hard, performing a roundhouse kick to a Mole Imagin, before flipping it over his shoulder. He moved onto another, but this time was countered by a flying kick from the Mole Imagin. Nero landed hard on his back. Nero leapt up and flipped backwards, over an attempted leg-sweep from a Mole Imagin. He landed again, but was not allowed the time to regain verticality. A pair of Mole Imagin took advantage of this, rushing in and barging the Kamen Rider off his feet.

"DenGasher!" Nero called, gripping his axe tightly. Taking aim, Nero fired it off at Imagin like a boomerang. The blade literally ripped holes in the bodies of some Mole Imagin. They fell to the ground in defeat. He noticed Urataros kick back the last active Imagin that hadn't died against his friends.

Full Charge!

Nero rushed towards Urataros, jumped and vaulted off Urataros' shoulders, bringing the charged up blade straight through the last Imagin with his super-charged finisher, the Dynamic Chop.

Back in the air, Phoenix wasn't doing so well against the Gigandeath. The insane, mutated Imagin kept blocking Doran's attacks. Not only that, the Gigandeath had forced Phoenix to deactivate the Darkstarter.

"Not good!" Phoenix told himself as Castle Doran was rocked again. Suddenly, Phoenix heard a voice.

Why don't you give me a try?

Phoenix couldn't make out the voice, except that it was too childlike to be Garuru. But as with before, Phoenix found his hand moving uncontrollably towards his left Fueslots. He took out the green fuestle from the middle and gave it to Kivat.

Basshaa Magnum!

--xxx--

Somewhere within the confines of Castle Doran, three figures were either standing or sitting. The childish one dressed in a school uniform skipped along the hallways while a spiky-haired one and another wearing smart attire played chess.

"The new master uses me today! I'm so excited!" The boy chirped. As he proceeded down the halls, he transformed into a fish-type humanoid. Then chains bound him, turning him into a statuette that launched outside Doran.

--xxx--

The green statuette went to Phoenix's right hand and unfolded into a gun. His whole right arm became a shade of green, with a fish's fin taking up his shoulderpad. The chest armour became a scaly, green version of what it was and the eyes of both Kiva and Kivat became green.

Phoenix had obtained Basshaa Form. He aimed the Basshaa Magnum towards the Gigandeath and began shooting rapidly, almost in a nonchalant style. Doran didn't wait around; it started firing at the same time. The Gigandeath was weakening.

"Finally, some good news!" Kivat said to himself. Phoenix gave Kivat the Wake Up Fuestle.

Wake Up!

The chains on his leg disappeared and Phoenix engulfed himself in Castle Doran's flame blast, accelerating his Darkness Moon Break. On the way over, Phoenix popped off more shots from the Basshaa Magnum for good measure.

Eventually, Phoenix penetrated the Gigandeath with the Darkness Moon Break and completely obliterated the beast.

Nero looked over at his just-landed friend: "Now, that was cool!"

--xxx--

A/N: Chapter 17 is done! Sorry for the wait, ideas come and go like clockwork! So, both Rider teams deal with an evolved Worm before splitting because Spike found out his friend was put in the hospital, while Nero meets Urataros (you guys miss him, right?) and unlocks Axe Form while Hao achieves Storm Form and Phoenix unleashes the Basshaa Magnum! And two Riders enter conflict! If you're wondering why I entered Shadowmoon into this thing: many fans consider him a Rider, so I'm treating him as such!

Next time on Tournament Kamen Rider: Sky has to swallow his pride when he gets ambushed by the Fake Riders and Hao decides to help him! Spike's team has a run-in with a trio of rogues and Nero tests his mettle against Ray Blazer before everybody makes it to the outskirts, where the Castle Challenge awaits them! Coming soon...

"Your chosen path... is defeat! Henshin!"

Scythe Form!

In a world where normal people have taken on the destiny of Kamen Riders...

"What do we have here? A nuisance in search of termination? I think I can swing that!"

Open Up!

And a tournament binds them to fight...

"Let's finish this!"

Full Charge!

A darkness unveils its shadows to destroy them...

"I will be your end... I assure you of this!"

Execute Form!

And only a champion of the light can clear those shadows!

"Henshin!"

Sword Form!

Just like how the music each one of us makes is unique

We each have our own destinies

Only I will map out my own destiny

In 2008...

Unleash a force yet undiscovered

I can hear a mysterious voice in the dark

Calling out to me

Telling me the follow the melody

Into the abyss of time

Perhaps this is my destiny

Which I can't escape, and neither should I

Destiny's play is about to begin

Am I scared to find out? No way

Destiny's play, make the connections

The Kamen Riders will come up against their most fearsome foe yet...

A voice calls out to me in the darkness

Wake up Destiny's Play

A world of mysteries draws me into itself

Wake up Destiny's Play

In 2008...

Destiny shall play...

GEKIJOBAN TOURNAMENT KAMEN RIDER: THE GOLDEN THORN!

Bark out!

This is a presentation of DJ Diddy Dog - KIVA FORM.

IXA Calibur, Rise Up! Release the chains of destiny!