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New World, New Fight, New Adventure

"So, this is my end…Finally…I am now complete…" The black hole continues to grow from his body. It slowly rips apart the Greeedified Dr. Maki, and parts of his body flow into it. One second after, all the Core Medals and thousands upon thousands of Cell Medals are being sucked into the black hole as well. None of them able to escape from its invisible grasp.

The two who defeated Dr. Maki are Eiji, AKA Kamen Rider OOO, who's currently using the red Tajador Combo, and is floating alongside with the ghostly image of his friend, Ankh. The two observe their surroundings as the structure is being ripped apart from within.

Suddenly, Ankh's ghostly body shows that he's having a quick spasm, and suddenly vanishes. Before OOO could call out his name, purple lighting attracts itself to his Taja Spinner. The spinner opens itself, revealing all seven of OOO's purple medals. The medals are pulled out of the spinner by the black hole's vacuum, and fly towards it. As they reach the black hole, the medals of destruction shatter as they are sucked in, never to be used again.

Unfortunately, not all of the medals were safe. The three Core Medals in the OOO Driver, three of Ankh's medals, one which happens to house Ankh's conciseness, are pulled out of the driver as well. OOO watches in horror as his friend's being pulled into the void of nothingness. "*Gasp*! Ankh!"

OOO quickly spreads out his wings and launches himself towards the cracked Taka medal. It didn't matter to OOO that Ankh's conciseness is being pulled into the black hole; he'll follow it no matter where it'll go. If it means that he'll save his friend, he didn't care what would happen to himself in the end. As Ankh's cracked Core Medal is pulled into the empty void, OOO yells out one last word as he flies into the empty void as well. "AANNKKHHHHHHHH!"

[OOO]

He awoke to the chirping of birds. His body lying on a field of grass, and his head rests on the root of a nearby tree. All was peaceful and quite…that is, until he felt a hand over his mouth, and the sound of a familiar voice.

"Eiji!" The hand removes itself from his mouth and slaps him in the cheek. "Wake up!"

Eiji quickly opens his eyes, and sees a very familiar arm floating above him. Of course, he should've known, after all, that voice is unmistakable. "Ankh…"

"I guess I should feel grateful, considering that you charged straight into a black hole just to save me. You do realize that you could've killed yourself by doing that, right? And yet, here you are, in a forest that's probably not even close to the city. You're such an idiot sometimes. Anyway, all that aside, I want to tell you something."

"What is it?" Eiji asked as he sits himself up.

"First, you better listen carefully," the hand said with his invisible mouth and points at the rider, "because I'm only going to say this once. Eiji…thanks to you and to everyone else, a pile of medals like me can die like any living being. I don't think I could ever find anything more satisfying than this…"

A small smile forms on Eiji's face. His friend finally knows what it means to live.

"I'm glad I chose you. I have no doubt about that." The right hand of Ankh slowly turns from Eiji, and slowly floats away.

"Hey…" Eiji quickly sets himself back on his feet, and quickly walks over the floating hand. "Where are you going?" He asked with desperation in his voice.

Ankh slowly turns around and faces Eiji once again. "I was going to say something else…but let me say this instead…Eiji…Thank you…Good bye…"

Eiji, not wanting to let his friend go, quickly makes a grab for the arm with both hands. But the second his hands made contact…Ankh suddenly vanishes into thin air. Shock filled Eiji's face at first, but then, he realized that he was holding something in both hands.

He opens his left hand and sees three Core Medals, specifically the Taka, Tora and Batta Medals. Ankh must have subconsciously grabbed them while they were falling through the black hole, and he must have decided to give them to Eiji in case he ever needed them.

And finally, he opens his right hand to find another Taka medal…a cracked Taka medal…a split Taka medal. Horror took place on Eiji's face, as he realizes what this means. Ankh…his friend…a friend he made almost a year ago…the one who gave him his power to protect people as Kamen Rider OOO…is gone…

"AANNKKHHHHHHH!" He cries out, his eyes dripping with tears, he drops to his legs, he holds the split medal to his chest, unknowingly drops the other medals to the grass below him, and the birds and other animals flee from his cry of agony. "Ankh…Ankh…!" The tears from his eyes drip down to his chin as he sobs. No…not again…First the little girl who he couldn't save, who died in front of his very eyes…and now this.

Fate can be so cruel, even to heroes like Eiji, who fought almost every day to save the world from the Greeed and Dr. Maki. Hasn't he suffered enough already? When will it end? If this continues, who will die next? Gotu? Date?... Hina? Is there no end to this cycle of death? Will it ever stop? Can he stop it? It's as they say…only time will tell.

"AAAAAAAHH!" A terrifying scream could be heard for miles. Eiji's head shot up the moment he heard the scream. It sounded like a girl's voice…and it sounded like she's in danger!

Although his fight with the Greeed is over, Eiji looks down to the three dropped Core Medals and quickly picks them up. He stands back up to full height and uses his arm to wipe away his tears from his face. "I…I still have a job to do!" And so, he quickly pockets away the Core Medals, including Ankh's split medal, and runs towards the source of the scream.

[OOO]

It only took him a few seconds to find the scream's owner. He comes across an open field with tall grass and a plain of dirt. He also sees a large brown haired gorilla like monster, and a girl with blue hair, obviously the owner of the scream, who's lying on the ground. The monstrous gorilla is standing right over her, and it looks like it's preparing to swipe at her with its claws.

Eiji doesn't hesitate for a second. He runs towards the fallen girl, desperately hoping to make it to her in time. Fortunately, if a god of mercy exits, it was smiling down on the blue haired girl, as Eiji runs over to her, grabs her by the sides, and rolls over the ground with her as they doge the monster in time.

The girl gave out a short shriek as she and Eiji roll, and when they stop, Eiji quickly gets back up and asks her, "Are you alright?"

She answers, "Y-yes. I'm okay."

Eiji nodded his head to her with a small smile on his face. Now that the girl has been saved, he turns his attention to the gorilla monster. There's only one way how to deal with this kind of monster, so he pulls out the OOO Driver from his shirt pocket. But before he puts it on, the girl gets back on her feet and grabs his left hand with both of her own.

"Wait," she begs with worry in her eyes, "please flee! There's no point trying to fight it!"

Eiji looks down at her with a big smile on his face. "Don't worry." He assured her. "I got it. Please stand back. I'm going to do something and I don't want you to get hurt. Okay?" While she may be against the idea, the girl lets go of his arm and steps back away from him. Eiji looks back to the monster again, and places the OOO Driver in the front of his waist. The driver's belt then surrounds him and secures itself around his waist as it locks in place.

"Ankh…" He thought as he pulls out the three Core Medals. "You gave me the chance to continue fighting…" He inserts the green Batta medal in the right slot. "The chance to continue to protecting the people…" Then he inserts the yellow Tora medal in the middle slot. "You even gave me the chance to protect this girl. So Ankh…please…watch me. Watch me how I'll use this chance." And finally, he inserts the red Taka medal in the left slot.

With all three Core Medals in place, he grasps the front of the driver and tilts it. Then he takes the OOO Scanner in his right hand, activating it. He brings the scanner over the right side of the driver, and then skids it over said driver and scans the medals, each producing a chime with their respective colors.

"Henshin!"

He straightens his body and places the scanner back on the belt, and then, the three holographic rows of the Core Medals appear, surrounding him like they always do.

Taka

Tora

Batta

Ta-To-Bb-TaToBa-Ta-To-Ba

[Play Regret Nothing-Tighten Up]

With a flash of red, yellow and green, Eiji reassumes his role as Kamen Rider OOO, and is using his most basic combo, the TaToBa Combo.

"Wha!" The girl shrieked, clearly not expecting what she just witnessed.

The monster however, didn't look too intimidated, so it lets out a roar and charges towards OOO.

To start things off, OOO's green legs began to glow, and they suddenly change into grasshopper legs. He then jumps towards the large gorilla and kicks it in the face, forcing it to stumble back a bit. It tries to crush him with its strength, but OOO dodges the monster in time by rolling to the side. Its arms impact the earth below, shattering it.

OOO continues the attack by punching it in the side, but it seems to be doing little effect. The monster then swings its arm towards him, but again he dodges it by jumping backwards. His yellow arms begin to glow, and the Tora claws roll forward from his arms, and are now pointing outwards. He jumps towards the gorilla again, and with the Tora claws, he cuts the monster's chest, the cuts marked in an X shape.

The monster roars from the pain it just received, so it retaliates by charging its arms towards him again. And again he dodges the arms by rolling to the side, and again it causes cracks in the ground as its arms impacts the ground. OOO counters by quickly running around it and cutting it with his Tora claws, leaving more cut marks on its body.

It was here that the gorilla had enough, for whatever speed it has, it puts it all into one swing. It's too fast for OOO to dodge, so the monster finally hits him with a swipe from its own claws.

"Aahh!" OOO rolls along on the ground, and then comes to a complete stop. He clutches his chest, for it is where the monster attacked him. Thinking that the claws won't be enough, he retracts them, once again pointing inward.

Out of thin air, he pulls out his sword, the Medajaribur, and holds it in his left hand. Although he is right handed, he needs his right hand for another purpose. Hopping that he still has some Cell Medals on him, he checks his medal holder on the left side of his belt, opens it, and is relieved to find at least six Cell Medals left.

He pulls out three of them, closes the holder, and inserts them into Medajaribur, and then pushes the lever. By doing so, the three grey medals reveal themselves through a viewer in the blade. He takes his scanner again and scans the Cell Medals by pushing it down on the blade, with the medals under it.

TRIPLE SCANNING CHARGE

He takes the sword in both hands, the blade held upward, and is glowing with a light purple tint all around it. The blue haired girl standing to the side looks at the glowing blade, completely mesmerized, as if it holds a deep meaning to her. The monstrous gorilla, angered by OOO's earlier attacks, roars out, and jumps into the air, hoping to crush him with him underneath it.

He tightens his grip on the blade, and then, with a yell, he swings the blade downward, unleashing all the energy the blade received from the three Cell Medals.

"Seiyaaaaa!"

From the swing, the sword unleashed a white arc with a purple tint, cutting through the ape in mid-air, the slash mark glowing from its upper left to its lower right. Then the ape's body and the entire world behind it slide into two different directions while in mid-air. The girl shrieks from shock with her hands over her mouth.

And then, the world behind the monster realigns itself, but when the ape's body realigned, its entire body blew into a fiery explosion, its final roar lingers within the air for a few mere seconds.

[Stop playing Regret Nothing-Tighten Up]

With the fight over, OOO relaxes by letting out a deep breath and dropping his arms to his sides. His sword vanishes into thin air. He then takes the OOO Driver, tilts it back to its straight angel and pulls it off of him, which reverts him back to being Eiji Hino.

After making himself feel relaxed, he stares into the sky, and talks to his friend with his solemn thoughts. "Ankh…What I just did is all thanks you…I'll never be able to repay you for giving me this chance. Heh, knowing you, you probably wouldn't care anyway. But still…Ankh…Thank you…for everything…"

With his moment of solemn passed by, he turns to the blue haired girl, and she appears to have to fallen to her legs and her hands near her mouth. Poor girl, she must've been so freighted. He walks over to her and bends his legs a little, his hands on both of his knees.

"Hello. Are you okay, miss? Are you hurt?" He asks her with a smile. The girl doesn't respond to his question, she appears to be in a constant silence. But she is looking at him with wonder in her blue eyes and has slight blush on her face. He also notices about her long ears but he decides not to comment about them.

"Um, miss?" He asks again, his smile fading and worry filling his voice. "Are you alright? Did the monster hurt you?"

"Huh?" The girl broke from her trance; she blinks a few times, and realizes that the man is standing in front of her, kneeling towards her, and is looking at her with a worried expression, which then turns back into a warm smile.

"You…" She suddenly jolts upward, scaring him a little. "You're finally here!"

"Huh?" Was his response, wondering what she meant.

"Thank you very much for saving from that horrible, horrible, creature!" She says and looks to him with her own smile. "My name is Rena, Rena Lanford. Nice to meet you."

"Rena? That's a nice name." He places his right hand over his chest and says, "My name is Eiji, Eiji Hino. It's nice to meet you too, Rena." He finishes with a short bow.

The girl, Rena, then digs into her pocket and pulls out a white flower with a yellow center. She holds the flower in both hands and holds it out to him, and once again has a small blush on her cheeks. "Eiji, I only have one left, but I gathered flowers for you."

Wait, she did? Already? But they just met. "Flowers? For me?" He asked while pointing his pointer finger at himself. "Whatever for?"

"To celebrate your arrival." Her smile slightly grew. "It's my pleasure to welcome to our world. The Warrior of Light. Ha ha ha."

"The Warrior of Light?" Eiji thought with confusion ruling over his face. "What have I gotten myself involved with this time?"

Author: And so, the first chapter of my Kamen Rider OOO and Star Ocean Ex/Second Story/Second Evolution crossover is complete! What adventures await for Eiji on this whole new world? Find out next time on the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed it!

Now seriously, if Eiji flew into that black hole in the last episode to save Ankh, he had to end up somewhere right? I couldn't think of anything better, because Rosario + Vampire was taken, including Naruto, so I went with the next best thing. Like I said before, I hope you enjoyed this.