Pikatwig: At long last… the final chapter of this little saga.

KKD: Sorry it took us so long to get here, folks.

Muk: Yeah we had a lot of delays, but here we are now.

Pikatwig: As far as I'm aware… last time the three of us will work as a trio until I can brainstorm something new for us to do together.

KKD: Oh… wow…

Pikatwig: That's an 'as far as I'm aware' type thing. We'll figure it out after we finish this.

Muk: Alright, I guess we'll see then.

KKD: Yea… so… anything else we're missing, or should I drop the disclaimers?

Pikatwig: ...not that I can think of.

KKD: OK, here's the disclaimers.

Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig, KKD Silver, nor Muk854 own anything here except for original concepts within. The rest such as Kamen Rider, Sword Art Online, etc belong to Toei, Bandai, Reki Kawahara, A-1 Pictures, and their respective owners.

Evening had soon rolled around and most of Japan was asleep. However, one person was doing some research on SAO and found something that Kazuto would clearly like to know…

The next day quickly rolled around. Tsukasa and Natsumi both stood around as they waited for the trio of doctors to arrive so they could be brought back to their own reality.

"Do you think that they're even aware that they ended up in a different reality?" Natsumi inquired.

"Hard to say," Tsukasa responded with a slight shrug, "But they'll probably realize it when they get back home and see that some of the games that are in this world don't exist back in their own…"

"True…" Natsumi nodded.

"Hey, Emu, Hiiro," Kazuto called out, seeing the two outside the hospital, "Hi."

"Hey, Kazuto-san," Emu greeted, "Something up?"

"I don't think I ever got a chance to say thank you," Kazuto smiled, "Without you two, I wouldn't have been able to save Asuna."

"Think nothing of it," Emu told him, "It's what doctors do."

Hiiro simply gave a nod in agreement to that statement.

"But still… thank you," Kazuto smiled as he extended an arm for one of them to shake. Hiiro simply stood aloofly, but Emu returned the hand shake.

"No problem," Emu smiled.

"Well, I gotta get going. Gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with today," Kazuto informed as the doctors walked past him. Kazuto was about to walk off, when he saw a piece of paper on the ground that had the kanji for his name on it, "Hmm?"

Kazuto picked up the paper and saw it had an address on it. He shrugged and decided to head there, since he had nothing better to do.

Kazuto had followed the address which led him to a graveyard. The young teen gave a slightly confused look as he wandered around, yet he had a feeling that there was a reason he was there. Eventually, he came across five graves that had an all to familiar looking symbol along the top.

"Hold on, that's the symbol for… the Moonlit Black Cats," he gasped in realization. Kazuto looked at the five graves before stopping at one of them. He saw the name and slowly began to tear up at the sight of it.

'Here lies Sachi'

"...they gave it to me so I could… say goodbye…" he muttered as tears began to stream down from his eyes. He struggled to speak but was soon able to speak what he needed to say, "Sachi… I'm sorry I didn't save you. I know you don't blame me for your death, but I can't forgive myself for letting it happen. While I'll never see you again, I will never forget you. ...goodbye, Sachi…"

He rubbed away his tears before he slowly walked away.

"No sign of the Bugstar or the kuro Ex-Aid?" Emu asked.

"I haven't seen any sign of them anywhere," Asuna informed.

"...weird. Wonder where he went…"

Genm simply roamed back into his own world, Graphite having vanished since their return, and was hoping he'd get back unnoticed.

"Oi!" Snipe's voice yelled, making Genm turn to see Snipe Level 2 and Lazer Level 1 standing there, "You're gonna pay for messing with our heads!"

"Hey," Lazer spoke as he grabbed the BangBang Shooting Gashat from Snipe's Driver and handed him the Bakusou Bike Gashat, "We do this to get payback."

"...I like it," Snipe smirked as he summoned the Gashacon Magnum and loaded in the Bakusou Bike Gashat while Lazer loaded the BangBang Shooting Gashat into the slot by the Gamer Driver.

=GASHAT! KIMEWAZA!=

=BAKUSOU CRITICAL FINISH!=

=BANGBANG CRITICAL STRIKE!=

Lazer leapt into the air, spun around on a side axis, tuned into a bullet silhouette and then rammed right into Genm. Snipe then fired a holographic image of Lazer Level 2 from the Gashacon Magnum, sending Genm flying away. The two Riders then returned each-other's Gashats and walked off.

Emu shrugged as he, Asuna and Hiiro walked outside the hospital and into the interdimensional mist. Tsukasa and Natsumi both smiled before they walked through the mist as well and it simply vanished.

"Emu, Hiiro," Kazuto called out as he walked over to the building, "Huh. They must've gone inside… uh…"

Kazuto walked inside the building and up to the front desk, "Excuse me, do you know where Hojo Emu, Kagami Hiiro and Karino Asuna are?"

"One moment," the person at the desk responded as they looked through a schedule book, "I'm sorry, but we don't have any information on where they are, there isn't anything in here saying when they'll show up."

"Alright, thanks anyway," he thanked.

(Insert theme: crossing field)

Kazuto simply looked up at the sky and shrugged a bit as he walked off. He held out the SAO Gashat for a moment before tucking it away in his pocket.

Mitomete ita okubyou na kako (I admit that I had a cowardly past)

Wakaranai mama ni kowagatte ita (I was always afraid without even knowing why)

Ushiro no jibun ga genjitsu wo ima ni utsusu (From behind, my past self reflect the reality onto the present)

"Eh? What do you mean you don't know what ALfhiem Online is?" Emu asked a Genm Corp employee.

"We have no records of such a game, sir. And there's no records of it ever existing here," an employee informed.

"Mou…" Emu sighed.

Asuna stifled a bit of laughter at this while Hiiro simply walked away with a roll of his eyes.

Ikutsu mono sora wo kaita koko wa kitto (This place, which has painted several skies, will surely)

Hakanai kokoro midashite (Mess up my fleeting heart)

"Where were you?" Asuna asked Kirito as he arrived in ALO.

"Just taking care of something personal," he informed her, "Sorry about that,"

Asuna simply smiled as she kissed Kirito's cheek and they headed off to go do something.

Yume de takaku tonda karada wa (In my dream, I flew up high)

Donna fuan matotte mo furiharatte iku (And shook off all the fears surrounding my body)

Nemuru chiisana omoi hirogari dashite (The small feeling residing deep in my heart is spreading out)

Kizuku yowai watashi kimi ga ireba (I realize that I'm weak, but as long as you're here with me)

Emu was in the midst of showing off a game he was practicing in between patients with some young kids at the hospital before he was dragged away by Asuna.

Kurai sekai tsuyoku ireta (Even in this dark world, I can be strong)

Nagai yume miru kokoro wa sou eien de (My heart is having a long dream, yes, it's eternal)

(I wanna always be with you

I'll give you everything I have)

Tsukasa and Natsumi returned to the Photo Studio, but they were both unaware that the Ex-Aid cards grew dark again…

Unknown to everybody, the Gashacon Bugvisor that Dan had given to Sugou was still sitting in the forest where the heroes fought him and the screen was shown sparking a tiny bit...

Back in the main Rider world, Dan had returned to his office and saw Parad was playing a video game.

"So… how was it?" Parad asked Dan.

"...I don't wanna talk about it…" Dan scoffed as he walked over to a computer to begin to compile data, "I did get useful data while in the other world… maybe I should try something to do with VR…"

"Really? Like what a… Mighty Creator VRX?" Parad scoffed.

Dan was about to respond before he thought about the name, "Mighty Creator VRX? ...I'm writing that down…"

Parad laughed before he walked over to a basketball net and flung a ball into it. Dan simply ignored Parad goofing around as he spent some time compiling data that he had recorded from Kamen Rider Decade.

After a few hours, Dan held two new Gashats in his hands while eleven sat behind him that were unfinished.

"King of Poker Blade and Barcode Warrior Decade?" Parad commented as he read the labels on the two finished Gashats, "Whatcha gonna do with those?"

Dan was silent as he set the Blade Gashat aside and activated the other one.

=BARCODE WARRIOR DECADE!=

The Game Area generated behind Dan, with the Game Start screen featuring Decade behind a white backdrop that had a black ripple effect as cards flew across it, and Dan simply held the Gashat in his hand.

"Henshin," He muttered.

=GASHAT!=

The Rider Select screen had Dan's Genm icon replaced by a picture of Kamen Rider Decade.

=LET'S RIDE! METCHA RIDE! MUCCHA RIDE! WHAT'S YOUR RIDE? ...I'M A LEGEND RIDER!=

Parad simply stared a bit at the form, which looked like the bulky black and white Level 1 forms typically are, but the helmet itself looked like Decade's with the green eye pieces behind the 'goggles' of the Gamer Riders, and the chest had a magenta to white gradient with the two weapon buttons being a sword and a gun, "Wow…"

"Grade 2…" Genm muttered.

=GACHAN! LEVEL UP!=

A pink image flew across Genm's body and it caused the bulkier armor to fly off before revealing what was mostly Genm's body, but the chestplate was complete Decade's chest, the arms had Decade's magenta coloration, and the Gamer Driver helmet had Decade's behind the goggles and mouthpiece, the leg armor also getting the magenta treatment.

=DE~STRO~YER~! SEKAI NO HAKAISHA, BARCODE WARRIOR!=

"This is the power of a legend, huh…" Genm commented as he thought a bit.

-to the Next Game…-

KKD: And… that's about it.

Muk: Yeah… this is truly the end.

Pikatwig: Indeed it is…

KKD: Overall, I thought this was a fun ride from start to finish, and I really enjoyed helping to write this where I could.

Muk: Same here, it was great writing this and I had fun helping on the SAO parts of this story.

Pikatwig: …honestly… this story was simultaneously fun and a pain. Let me explain why… with the exception of the previous chapter, EVERY chapter had people complaining about something. Admittedly, there are some things that are at least worth constructive criticism (like typos or the insert music), but then it got a bit silly after a while. I do wish to thank ROCuevas for his positivity about the story and giving a much needed positive review. If you complained, it's fair. You are entitled to an opinion… but it just got a bit annoying to see one complaint EVERY chapter…

KKD: Side note, ROCuevas, while I personally like the positivity, maybe at least give more than just a couple sentences to your reviews explaining what you like specifically about it. But keep up with the positivity.

Pikatwig: Not helping was how hard it kinda got to get you both here to work on this at times. That coupled with the complaints nearly every chapter have put the ideas of sequels into question. I had at least three sequel ideas, which may or may not just be rolled into one story, but the complaints and issues of getting you two together put them into a questionable status. We'll see about it in the future.

KKD: Honestly, I would've been excited to see sequels for this story at all, but I understand if some things weren't to your liking. Just be reasonable; do research before dropping complaints and don't sound like a baby when making your points. Don't mean to be condescending, just saying.

Pikatwig: …

Muk: …

KKD: What?

Pikatwig: Nothing. And the complaints things just made me a bit more annoyed given half of the original motivation for this project.

KKD & Muk: Being…?

Pikatwig: Basically… to integrate Muk into the group. To help introduce him to you, Sean, Silver and TB.

KKD: Oh…

Muk: Oh… I see now

Pikatwig: The other half being like it seemed like a good crossover idea, the video game Rider season with a video game anime. ...and it grew even more fitting when Kamen Rider Chronicle showed up and had so many similarities to SAO. Besides the point, yeah. One of the factors of this story was to bring Muk into the group. Did it work? ...well, I did introduce him to you and Sean here and then TB and Silver in a review.

Muk: And it was neat being introduced to you all, so that's good.

KKD: Ok, that's cool.

Pikatwig: But… let's get onto the favorite parts and stuff. Uh… who wants to go first?

KKD: You mean for this chapter alone or the whole story?

Pikatwig: This chapter, but if you can think of the latter then go ahead.

KKD: Ok. Hmm… I think my favorite part would have to be the final battle. It was cool to see Kirito fight alongside Ex-Aid and Brave like he did. But I also liked the cameos of Decade and Kiva-la, too. Really great to see them here.

Muk: In this chapter, I would say my favorite had to be the graveyard scene where he said goodbye to Sachi, really shows that he still had feelings for her but is moving on, but still will never forget her.

Pikatwig: Quick summation… she was basically Kazuto's first girlfriend in all but the term.

KKD: Ah.

Pikatwig: I saw a comment that compared her to Hinata from Naruto and when I saw it I was like 'Huh… they actually kinda look-a-like…'

KKD: Ok… I think I can see that.

Pikatwig: Anyway, Muk, continue.

Muk: Ok, well that was my favorite in this chapter, but my favorite in the story was definitely the final battle.

Pikatwig: Favorite here was the scene where Kazuto saw Sachi to say goodbye, the hand-shake between our heroes, and foreshadowing to things to come in Ex-Aid. ...we also had something for the sequel, should it ever come to be, but that's that. One thing I wanna bring up, is that it's never said who dropped the note for the of the location of Sachi's tomb. Any guesses?

KKD: Emu.

Muk: Hiiro.

Pikatwig: I'm not telling you. There's enough reason to believe it to be Emu, him being the kind and helpful one, and there's also enough reason to believe it to be Hiiro, since he lost his own girlfriend. I'm leaving it open to audience interpretation.

KKD: Fair enough.

Pikatwig: Favorite overall is a hard call… there's so much to like. ...honestly, I can't pick. Well… this was a fun story even if it was a pain to work on at times. Working with two of my best pals on a project was fun and hopefully we can do it again someday… did you guys have any final comments you wanna make?

Muk: Just that I had a great time doing this and hope to work more with KKD and the others sometime in the future.

KKD: Yea, same here, Muk.

Pikatwig: And now… come to think of it… is this the very first story that you and I have actually finished that isn't a one-shot? Like… I'm honestly thinking back and I'm drawing a blank. There's probably stuff I'm not thinking about, but still…

KKD: Huh… yea, come to think of it it is. Much shorter than the other projects that we've done for a while now.

Pikatwig: I get the feeling I could be forgetting something, but I dunno. If you guys reading this could check… by all means go ahead.

Muk: Random comment, this is also the first story I finished that isn't a one shot.

Pikatwig: Neat. And thus… our first trio collab is complete. Will we have anymore in the future? ...who knows. Given the hassle it was to get you both here at times, that's going to impact any possible trio works between us in the future. Any sequels…? I have some in mind, but we'll wait and see… even if they do occur, they're mostly SAO focused. So KKD… you might not be working on a sequel to this. Keyword there is 'might'. I don't know yet.

KKD: Fair enough.

Muk: Well if any sequels to occur for this story, I'll be happy to lend some assistance.

Pikatwig: Alright. Well… it's time for the final wrap up.

KKD: Jaa ne.

Muk: Sain'ofu

Pikatwig: Just Live More.