Hello, Readers of Eternal Hawk (If I still have any. Do I? It's been a while...). I. AM! BACK!

Phew, now that I got that out of my chest let's start with an apology. I am fully aware this chapter was due more than half a year ago. However stuff happened and kept happening, I was hit with a Writer's Block the size of a house, and one that I believe was made out of adamantium, and several other things I will not bother you with. However, I have recently managed to free some time and, lo and behold, what was left of the chapter (I had around half of it done, give or take a few lines) practically wrote itself in a couple of days. Ain't I lucky?

Also, not counting this little speech of mine or the review replies and closing speech at the end, the chapter is already over 17000 words long (Longest to date in this story!) and packed with nothing but Rider Kicking action. I will add the review replies to the end of the chapter later since I do not want to hold you guys back any longer. Enjoy and thank you for your patience.

EDIT (7/7/2014): Changed Darkness Void's name to Nox Void as per gh152 the second's request.

Disclaimer: I do not own Familiar of Zero, nor do I own any series or characters of the Kamen Rider franchise or Code Geass. All I own (for now) are the original plotlines added to this story and the Characters Hawk Magnus and Tony Blessfield, along with the LostDriver MK II and the I-Driver. Geo Hikari, his Rider Form, Kamen Rider Drive, and his villain, Darkness Void (now renamed to Nox Void), belong to gh152 the Second.

Chapter 12: Chaotic Battlefield/Fangs of Fury

(Insert song: Ride the Wind by Masahiro Inoue [start around 0:15])

Decade sped through the streets on his bike, looking for the spawns of Nox Void, when a terrified scream, followed by the sound of something slicing flesh, got his attention. The magenta clad Rider wheeled the bike in the direction of the scream and soon spotted his first target, one of the Sword Sharks.

Wasting no time, he drove full speed towards the grey creature, slamming his bike against its face and sending it flying away from its prey and right into a pile of wooden boxes with a snarl of surprise and anger.

"You over there." Tsukasa shouted at a nearby soldier that was coming to see what was going on. "Pick that guy up and get him somewhere safe, I'll take care of this thing." The soldier nodded hurriedly and picked the injured man up as best he could before limping away from the battlefield.

"You'll regret that, you pink worm!" The shark shouted infuriated, throwing a box at Decade, who took it full on the face. "Hah, not so tough, are you?"

"How many times do I need to tell you people?" Decade's voice drawled as the splinters of the box fell to the ground, the Rider was unaffected by the attack and a dark aura seemed to seep to the atmosphere around him. "It's not pink, it's freaking magenta!" He brought out the Ride Booker in gun mode and started bombarding the creature with shots.

The Sword Shark brought its bladed arms up in defense, blocking as many shots as it could, but Decade just tossed a card into the DecaDriver in response to that action, determined to punish the thing for mistaking his color.

ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!

Countless bright pink bullets rained down on the monster who started crying out in pain as they struck him and caused ichor and sparks to fly though the air. Tsukasa, relentless, brought out one final card and threw into the belt, ready to finish this one off and go for the next one, time was of the essence.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-DECADE!

"For your information…" Decade started as the ten golden cards materialized in front of him and the RideBooker's business end glowed bright pink. "This is pink." And he fired.

The small pink blast grew in size with each card it went through until it was large enough to engulf the creature and vaporize its upper body on the spot, followed by a deafening explosion that cracked the nearby windows.

(End Insert song)

"And that's one." The passing through Kamen Rider dusted off his hands before the night was filed with screams coming from a nearby square. "No rest for the wicked." He muttered before throwing the Ryuki card into the DecaDriver after deciding that using his bike would be a bad idea due to having to follow the various streets while the mirror word would allow him to get to the source faster.

KAMEN RIDE: RYUKI!

Once his body was covered in the red, dragon based armor, D-Ryuki jumped into the nearest window, using the mirror world to reach the location where the screams were coming from after sparing a glance at the building where he had left Eternal and Drive fighting. An instant later, he had reached his destination.

"Looks like the Queen has this one." Tsukasa observed as the newest Rider of the group, clad in her Rider armor, landed in front of the monster that had slaughtered three people at a small market place and cornered the rest of townsfolk against a tall wall. "Let's see what she can do."

Her opponent, the same type of monster he himself had defeated a moment ago, was stalking its way towards her and the scared citizens cowering behind her, its bladed forearms dripping with the blood of its victims and a definitely sharky grin on its face.

"I love it when a good snack jumps into my plate." The Sword Shark all but shouted in glee as he eyed her, and Henrietta shivered under the creature's hungry gaze, if only for a moment. "And it's even better when I can play with the food."

"Trust me, you won't be playing for much longer." The Queen glared at the monster as she spoke, focusing her magic and the Queen Memory's powers in her staff as she laid spell after spell on the surroundings, ready to be unleashed at her command. "You and your kind will not be on this world for much longer."

"Oh, I got the confident one." The Shark licked its teeth in anticipation. "Although I'm going to take my time crushing that confidence of yours, you arrogant bitch."

"All of you, run for it." She commanded, and the civilians were more than happy to oblige.

"Ah, well." The shark sighed as it prepared for battle. "I can always go look for another meal after I'm done with you."

Queen didn't reply, she just got into a fighting stance, holding her staff behind her in diagonal position as she waited for the shark to make its move and so it did, rushing at her with a feral grin and bladed arms at the ready, too bad it never got to cover more than half the distance.

After a mental command from Henrietta, her hidden spells got to work. Henrietta hadn't been exactly sitting on her thumbs after Hawk gave her the Memory, while in hand-to-hand combat she had to make do with what little she saw of Agnes' drills to her soldiers, magic was her forte in comparison, so every night she had snuck out of her room and practiced in a reclusive clearing in the garden to get a good idea about what she was capable of, and that did help, greatly.

As Kamen Rider Queen, her abilities were ranked in four different categories. The weakest version could be cast instantly and with barely a drain in her magical reserves, it was how she had brought Tony down back in the Academy, launching one weak spell of each element at the boy and catching him by surprise. However, the higher the rank, the more time it took to cast, not that that was surprising since her usual magic worked that way too.

And there was a bonus to that as well, she could place the spells in physical places and have them wait for her command to activate, it drained her to keep those there and ready, but the surprise element was something crucial to someone as inexperienced in combat as she was.

So, as the shark was about to take the last step that would have meant it had covered half the distance between them, all hell broke loose on the monster. A thick column of pink fire burst from under the creature's feet, catching it dead on as a medium-rank wind spell took care of increasing the damage, engulfing the creature in a furious tornado of pink fire that was soon cleaved by an equally pink lightning bolt coming from the Rider herself.

"You… bitch…" The shark mouthed before it exploded in a million pieces.

Henrietta sighed, a bit tired since she wasn't used to this way of fighting yet, only for enthusiastic clapping to catch her attention and turn around to find a Rider she hadn't seen before, that would have made her suspect him had the mannerisms of the warrior not been a dead give-away as to who he was.

"Tsukasa… I mean, Decade." She said, and D-Ryuki was actually surprised that she had figured him out. "How are things going?"

"As far as I know, two of those things are down counting the one you just roasted." He chuckled as he eyed the spot where the shark had taken the attack that ended its existence. He then seemed to blink behind the helmet raising a hand to stop any further conversation and saying. "One second."

After that, D-Ryuki threw a card into the DecaDriver just as Queen turned around in time to see the Table Bear charging towards them at amazing speeds, leaving a trail of dust behind itself as it roared, she barely had time to brace herself for impact when a mechanical voice called out:

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: RY-RY-RYUKI!

Out of a nearby glass window, a red and metallic looking Chinese dragon appeared, letting out a deafening roar and tackling the offending piece of animated furniture out of its reckless charge before taking to the skies, D-Ryuki jumping after it and positioning himself in front of its mouth in a drop kick stance. DragRedder inhaled and threw a fireball towards the Rider, enveloping him in flames and accelerating his already deadly technique before he collided with the bear and destroyed it in a shower of charred splinters.

"And… Three for us." He chuckled as he returned to his usual, magenta armored form and dusted off his hands theatrically. "Let's move it and get the rest." The Queen nodded before glancing towards the building in which her dearest person was fighting. "He'll be fine, he's not alone in there."

Although his words did reassure Henrietta, deep down Tsukasa knew he was lying. Not that there was anything really wrong or new about that since he had told his share of lies, but facing Nox Void was no easy feat even for his Complete Form so thinking that those two would be able to beat him head-on was a bit of a stretch knowing that neither of them had access to the most powerful powers at their disposal. Geo didn't have his third level drives and Hawk would never use the Zone Memory's Strengthening Armament in this situation, not with three people depending on Gaia Memories to drive the rest of the monsters off.

Launching ourselves head-first against the black monstrosity we were facing might not have been the most intelligent plan available to us. I had wrongly assumed that a creature of this bulk would not be fast enough to follow my moves while in Accel Form, let alone counter them, but after back-handing Geo into a wall, Nox Void's attention was focused on me and me alone, and that was proving to be very bad for my health.

"Is that all you've got, human?" The Viral King said with disdain and arrogance as he blocked my sword with one of his arms and punched me in three different spots with the other three, the pain made me let go of my other weapon. "Your species is as pathetic as always, even you Riders, who have surpassed human limits, are nothing before us Viral."

"Are you going to bore us to death speaking about your superiority, or are you actually going to make an effort?" Geo growled as he picked himself up and charged sword in hand. "That was nothing."

"As much of a pest as always, aren't you, Geo Hikari?" Void laughed as he let go of me and I fell on my knees, coughing due to the strength of his attacks. "But like every pest, you can and will be dealt with."

"The only pest here are you and your offspring." Drive growled again as he readied his sword. "And we are the pesticide."

"And you think you, in your current state, can beat me?" Nox Void laughed merrily at the thought as he turned to face Geo, ignoring me for the moment. Big mistake on his part. "Last time you needed that traitorous daughter of mine to be able to wound me, who's going to take care of that today?!"

ETERNAL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

"How about me?" I asked coldly before delivering a vicious roundhouse kick to the back of his head.

The crimson flaming strike caught him off-guard and made him stumble forward, right into Geo's range, and the boy did not waste the opportunity. Quickly inserting his second level Burst Drive into his sword as he ran forward at full speed.

IGNITION!

Drive delivered a nasty horizontal slash on Void's torso and soundly punched him in the face, sending him my way as I stored Derf and my lost weapon in the pocket-dimension and inserted the Heat and Eternal Memories in my gauntlets' Maximum Slots.

ETERNAL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

HEAT! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

With two blades of fire in my hands, I cross-slashed the monster before he could recover from Geo's attacks and jumped towards Drive, landing beside him and waiting to see if our little improvised combination had managed anything. We were soundly disappointed by the results.

As the smoke cleared I felt my eyes widen in surprise, we had barely bruised this creature. While perhaps fighting a dragon monster with fire was partly at fault there, there was no way to justify that two simultaneous Maximum Drives had not been able to go through his skin in the least.

"Very well, it would seem I have to take you somewhat seriously." Gone was the chuckling and the disdain, Nox Void was not regarding us as ants he could easily crush anymore, not that he considered us equals either, but it would seem he had recognized us as dangerous enough to actually do something other than defend and counter. "Not only have you pathetic weaklings managed to deal damage to me, but three of my sons have been killed. This insult will not go unpunished!"

Before any of us could reply, he charged at us at a speed comparable to my own while using the Accel Wings, I managed to get Derflinger out and attempt to block, but received a devastating punch to the face for my troubles, making me let go of the magic sword as Derflinger cried out 'Partner!', and got blown off my feet and thrust into the wall, and the wall behind it as well as the next before I finally fell unconscious.

Geo could only spare a second to stare incredulously at the hole Hawk's body had made while going through the wall before his instincts screamed at him to move the hell out of the spot he was in. Acting on pure reflex, Drive activated the Burst Form's Accelers, a set of skates and boosters all throughout the armor, and managed to move out of the way less than a second before a black claw passed by the spot his head had been in, narrowly dodging an undoubtedly lethal strike.

Geo staggered despite his best efforts, the Accelers were powerful tools, and his only way to keep up with the now half-serious Void, but they were still hard to control when not on his currently unavailable third level and would send him in a different direction than intended if he so much as lost focus for a second. The red Rider glared at the black creature that appeared to be sizing him up for the umpteenth time, as if reevaluating his opinion of him.

"Despite your… inability to reach your full power, you may yet prove to be entertaining enough." Nox Void chuckled, however there was no amusement there, just cold hatred. "Let me repay you for the countless Viral you have slain, Geo Hikari, and for turning my daughter against me."

"Yeah, right!" Drive growled as he readied for battle once more. "And you are going to pay for turning me and my father into criminals, for all the people your stupid race has killed and for Scarlet's sacrifice!"

No more words were needed between these two combatants as they rushed forward towards the other. Nox Void unleashed a flurry of slashes with his four claws that Drive either parried or dodged to the best of his ability. Some would nick his armor but the rest would not even graze him. In return, the increasingly frustrated boy delivered fiery sword strike after another on the creature's chest and arms with little to no effect. So focused were they in their battle that neither noticed the faint glow coming from the spot the Eternal Rider had fallen unconscious in as his armor dispelled, and neither noticed the source of another glow in a silver Memory that started to float over the body, pulsing with energy, as if communicating with him.

Lelouch and the others had found trouble while on the way towards the party that was being held, a party turned into a death dance without their knowledge, even if they suspected it. The trouble they had found consisted of a pair of steel humanoid falcons with metallic wings that had knifes for feathers that landed in front of their group, forcing them to a halt, especially when they noticed that they were covered in blood.

"Look, brother, more puny humans." One of the creatures said excitedly, licking its beak.

"Leave these ones to me, you got the last group." The other falcon replied as the group in front of them got ready to fight for their lives. "Oh, look, these ones have a spine." It mocked, not noticing Lelouch and Julio bringing out their Memories.

SKULL!

JOKER!

"All of you, keep going!" Lelouch ordered in a commanding tone as he brought out both Skull Revolvers and trained them on the Knife Falcons. "Help evacuate the people to the safest places you can think of, this has just turned into a fine mess."

"We'll keep these two busy with some entertainment." Julio added enthusiastically, getting into his sword stance.

"Be careful, you two." Louise said as she ran past them, Rolo nodded at his brother in silent support before following after the pinkette.

"You better come back, got it?" Kallen stated menacingly with the Skull Dopant nodding in reply before she shot forward after the two teenagers and kept the monsters from following with a powerful fire spell.

"Ah, well." One of the falcons whined after dodging the fireball. "I was getting tired of easy prey, and you two have proven to be… interesting at the very least."

"Oh, trust me." The Joker Dopant replied as his sword was covered in violet flames. "We'll keep you interested all the way to your end."

(A/N) [The following battle was written by Code-Emperor07 and edited by myself]

Lelouch sent a barrage of bullets aimed toward the Knife Falcons. The two monsters evaded some of them but were too slow in the end and got caught in the rain of violet fire. Despite that, one of the Knife Falcons soon dove toward Lelouch while the other went towards Julio.

"You think these pellets would do anything to us?!" It yelled as he aimed his claw to the Skull Dopant, the latter of which managed to evade at the last moment.

"No, but these will." Lelouch ignited the muzzles of his revolvers in violet flames, and shot a torrent of blazing bullets at the metal avian creature. Said monster countered by shooting a volley of its bladed feathers. Both forms of projectiles met in the air and fell to the ground in the form of molten metal due to the stopped momentum.

"Nice try, but no dice!" The Knife Falcon took to the skies again as swopped toward the Skull Dopant. Lelouch fired another volley of bullets, but the monster evaded them in the air with ease. It swung its claw down in an attempt to cleave Lelouch in half, but the Earl intercepted using the barrel of his gun. Just before the metal bird flew away, Lelouch used his other revolver and fired a flaming shot into its eye.

"Gragh! My eye!" The Knife falcon back away and held a claw to its bleeding socket. "You'll pay for that you bastard!" It screeched as it launched a storm of bladed feathers from its wings. The Earl fired multiple rounds of flaming bullets to stop the opposing projectiles. As the attack died down, he expected to the Knife Falcon before him, only to find nothing.

'Damn, he used his feathers as a cover.' Lelouch realized that the feather storm attack was a distraction. He tried to figure out where the metal bird would strike next. But he wasn't quick enough.

The Knife Falcon was right behind the Earl and swung its talon foot across his back; leaving three large gashes. Lelouch hissed in pain.

He turned around and threw a hook kick at the metal monster, pushing it back. Knowing that his back was damaged, Lelouch's mobility and attack range had been reduced He had to finish this quickly. The Skull Dopant extended his revolvers out to the side and fired. The violet flaming projectiles shot out and shifted direction as they were now aimed for the Knife Falcon. The monster in question shot out another flurry of feathers to obstruct them.

However, as its attention was drawn to the bullets, it did not foresee Lelouch close in quickly from behind. The Earl knocked the metal bird's legs from under him with a sweep kick and kneed him back into the air. The Knife Falcon steadied itself, but The Skull Dopant pressed his attack by firing a torrent of violet flames at the creature's wings, melting them and immobilizing it.

"Damn it!" it squawked.

CLICK!

The Knife Falcon watched in horror as the muzzle of a Skull revolver was pressed right in between its eyes.

"D-do over?" it squeaked out.

"No." Lelouch pulled the trigger and the Knife Falcon's head was blown apart in a mass of violet flames as the rest of its body melted into a molten gray puddle.

Meanwhile, with Julio. The Knife Falcon kept swinging its claws to cut the Joker Dopant in half. But Julio managed to parry a majority of the attacks. However, he didn't expect multiple bladed feathers being shot at him. He ignited the flames on his sword and cut through most of them, but the remaining feathers sliced through into his being.

Julio took a moment to kneel from the sudden pain. But the Knife Falcon took this chance to grab the Joker's face with his clawed hand, and slammed him into the ground.

"Gagh!" Julio grunted from the impact. The metal bird monster threw the Joker Dopant into the air once more. As soon as he was airborne, the Knife Falcon sent another volley of blade feathers at its target. Julio swatted as many as he could, but quite a number of blades embedded themselves into his flesh.

He fell to the ground with blood seeping through numerous cuts. Just as the Knife Falcon was going to send an axe kick to cut Julio's head in half, the Joker Dopant rolled out of the way and slashed upward, leaving a burning streak across the monster's chest.

"Squawk!" The metal bird cried. Julio used this opportunity to impale the creature's abdomen, slowly turning it into metallic liquid. However, as Julio kept his opponent in check, the Knife Falcon brought its head down and chomped on the Joker Dopant's shoulder.

"Grgh!" Julio grunted in pain. That moment's hesitation caused his grip to loosen as the Knife Falcon backed up into the air.

The Knife Falcon sent an even larger storm of feathers at the Joker Dopant. Julio, seeing this, decided, "I guess I can't hold back. Better make this count." He concentrated all his power into his black sword, causing it violently roar to life in an inferno. He swung his sword downward as an arc of violet fire erupted.

The inferno surged forward, consuming the blade feathers quickly as it continued onto devouring the Knife Falcon. The metal bird tried to flee, but it was too slow as the flames ate at its wings and lower melted wings and tail feathers couldn't capture any air to stay in the sky, and the Knife Falcon came crashing back to earth.

"How can this be? How were we-!" The remaining Knife Falcon was cut off as Julio stabbed his sword through its head. "Take your complaints to the afterlife." The Joker Dopant ignited its sword with purple flames, turning the last Knife Falcon into a lump of molten metal.

"Nice work." Lelouch praised as he walked up to his comrade.

"Now we have to follow the others." Julio replied as he took metal feather after metal feather out of his Dopant body. "Let's go."

Natsumi, in her Rider form, raced through the port town, jumping from roof to roof in order to travel faster, leaving a trail of lavender and silver in her wake as she did. Looking for any sign of the Viral, she was surprised to see how well organized the evacuation process was and how smoothly it was being applied. Once the Tristanian commanders got the Germanian troops to collaborate it was even better, as they managed to cover more ground. Lelouch had seemingly prepared contingency plans in case this situation arose and they were being executed perfectly.

She came to a halt as a scream reached her ears, coming from below her position. Looking down, she found a group of ten to twenty villagers and three soldiers standing in front of them, spears raised to protect them from the large insect that was hovering menacingly before them. Kivara jumped down, producing her silver saber out of thin air to block the projectile meant for one of the soldiers and soon tackled the massive bee before kicking it away from its prey.

"Please, get out of here, I'll take care of this monsters." She told them as she positioned herself ready for battle with the creature.

"Yes, Lady Kivara." The three soldiers replied before leading the villagers away and Natsumi sighed, she didn't really like to be called that but Lelouch had insisted that all Riders were treated like that when transformed, to prove they were above the average soldier in military hierarchy.

"Oh, the bat comes to fight the bee." A warped, yet distinctively female voice said, making Kivara narrow her eyes at the spot where the monstrous bee was. "I wanted to skewer some more of those pathetic humans before facing one of you Riders, but I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore."

Out of the rubble rose a bipedal creature, similar, yet different to the flying insect that had been there a moment ago. It was undoubtedly female, proven by her body shape, even if it was covered in hardened skin that looked like armor and colored in yellow and black stripes. In her clawed hands was a spear with two points, both of them looking like a bee's stinger. The Viral twirled the spear playfully as Natsumi raised her sword in a stance and prepared herself for the attack that was soon to come.

It happened faster than she had actually expected it to, one moment the bee-woman was standing in front of her, twirling the spear, the other she was about to skewer her through the stomach. Only her reflexes, honed thanks to Tsukasa, Kaito and Yuusuke taking time to help her training with her Rider powers, allowed her to turn the otherwise deadly attack into a nasty looking cut on her side. Nothing too serious for the moment, but still painful.

She gasped and jumped backwards, putting distance between her opponent and the weapon she used, a mistake she soon realized after remembering her spars with Yuusuke's Dragon form, she should have attacked when she had the chance and was close to her opponent, not retreated. She barely dodged the follow-up she had granted her enemy due to her hasty retreat. However, this time she pushed forward and kneed the Viral in the gut before bringing about her saber in an upwards attack, however, she hadn't expected her opponent to twist out of the way in such a short amount of time and only nicked her face.

"Not bad, for a human wench." The Spear Bee complimented, licking the black blood that flowed from the cut on her cheek. "Maybe daddy will let me keep you as a pet."

"I'd rather die, thank you." Kivara shot back sharply before charging in, her saber covered in lavender light. The Dopant brought up her spear to block the attack, but the blade cut through the shaft and sliced the Viral woman's chest open.

"You dirty bitch!" The Spear Bee cried out before jumping back as her form convulsed and she transformed into the insect form she had displayed at the beginning of the fight and flew directly towards the female Rider. "If you'd rather die, I'll grant that wish of yours!"

"It's over for you." Kivara stated coldly before side-stepping the predictable attack and stabbing the Viral through the back of its head then push downwards swiftly cleaving her enemy in half.

"You… cheating… whore" The Spear Bee whispered before bursting in flames.

"When those I care about are on the line, there's nothing that counts as cheating." Natsumi replied, taking Tsukasa's methods to heart about how dragging one-self through the mud if necessary was the essence of how a true hero should be, so stabbing someone that would kill thousands of innocents in the back was fair game in her book.

"I better go see if there are any more people that need help." She whispered to herself, wincing a bit at the wound on her abdomen but managing through the pain enough to jump back up the roof and continue her march, looking for the remaining Viral.

(A/N) [The following battle was written by Rider Cure and edited by myself]

Meanwhile in one of the streets panicked shouts were heard as two soldiers were knocked back hard by a Fork Mantis. They're weapons sent flying away. The Fork Mantis chuckled as it began to raise one of its unique claws. "You foolish weaklings could never hope to defeat us Viral!" The Mantis boasts before it began to swing its claw towards one of the soldiers...only for a black boot to smash into its side sending it skidding away and smashed against a nearby wooden crate.

Standing there was the armored form of Kamen Rider Kuuga. He quickly turned to the soldiers. "Hurry and retreat leave this monster to me!" Kuuga said seeing the Fork Mantis facing him now as the two soldiers nodded and scrambled back to their feet and ran away. The Viral chuckling. "Heh, what weaklings...just like all humans!" The Viral laughs as Kuuga glared at him behind his helmet.

"Humans are not weak! We can sometimes be seen as frail! But after all it's us humans that can find the courage to beat monsters like you!" Kuuga declared as the Viral laughed. "What a load of tripe! Lord Nox Void will destroy any sort of courage you fools have!" The Viral shouted before he lunged with a claw slash towards Kuuga. "Now die! So that I may slaughter more of you humans like cattle!" The Viral said before charging at Kuuga. Kuuga quickly dodged one of the slashes and went for a quick punch only for the other claw to block his punch...the other claw slashed across his chest right on the red armor causing sparks to fly as Kuuga stumbled back. Seeing the brief scratch on his armor as he rushed at the mantis and quickly jump high and slammed a boot towards the Viral as it crossed his arms that took the kick only making it skid back about 2 feet before it attempted another slash of its claws. Kuuga dodged the first one but the second slash was barely avoided scrapping across his chest armor again.

Kamen Rider Kuuga quickly dodged rolled away from another slash of the Fork Mantis. As it sent another slash towards the kneeling rider, Kuuga quickly raised both arms up and caught the claw before pushing the arm aside and slamming a knee into the gut of the Fork Mantis. Making the enemy stumble away as Kuuga stood up he noticed a dropped sword no doubt dropped by one of the soldiers.

Kuuga glared at the monster who growled. "I will not allow you to harm any more of these people!" Kuuga declared as he moved his hands in some kind of martial arts stance "Chou Henshin!" Kuuga called out.

AN-AN-AN-AN-AN-AN-AN-AN-ANANANANA~N! SHING!

Suddenly Kuuga's red armored Mighty Form began to change from Crimson to a more Royal Purple, the chest armor becoming more bulky and the shoulder pieces flared out, creating more distance from the arms. The Amadam stone in the middle of the Arcle Belt turned Royal Purple in color too. The same Royal Purple color that were shown on the knee guards and the Insect like lenses on Kuuga's helmet.

Kuuga was now in his Rising Titan Form.

Kuuga calmly gripped one of the dropped swords and picked it up as the power of the Arcle took over and began to morph the sword into something else. The Signature Weapon of Kuuga Rising Titan.

The Predominant colors were gold and purple much like the Rising Titan form itself. The Handle of the blade was pure purple color with a golden indentation with markings engraved up to the guard, looking like Kuuga's horns, upon which was a purple gem. The start of the blade oddly enough looked like a sheath, but midway up showed the actual blade which looked golden in color with engravings on it. The Blade seemed to be three parts melded on top of another to the sharpest point of the blade.

Kuuga calmly clenched his hand on the handle of the blade before he charged forward the Mantis attempted a slash of its claws on Kuuga who calmly using his more bulky armor that easily deflected the slash before Kuuga slashed the chest of the Viral who yelled in pain as he was sent flying back as Kuuga calmly approached. "I shall not allow you to harm any of the people here or the smiles of their families who wish for them to return safely!" Kuuga said as he charged forward as the Mantis got back up as the Viral slashed its claw which collided with Kuuga's sword sparks flying as Kuuga kept swinging his weapon. Sparks flying as his sword clashed with the Viral's claws.

"You really think you weak humans can stop us Viral! We are the superior beings! Nothing will ever change that!" The Viral boasts as Kuuga kicked him in the stomach pushing him back before he slashed with his sword again and again causing to deep gashes to show on the monster who growled in pain. Kuuga quickly swung a punch that smashed into the face of the Viral sending him crashing through a crate as Kuuga calmly held his sword with both hands.

"I believe we can stop you Virals!" Kuuga called out as he began gathering his power as purple energy began to form on his blade almost making the blade much sharper and deadlier. The Viral stood up and roared loudly before recklessly charging at Kuuga who calmly stood there not moving...just as the Viral was in striking range it slashed at a claw...but Kuuga slashed and sliced right through the arm cleanly causing the monster to scream in pain before Kuuga slashed straight through the middle...the Viral falling backwards and vanished leaving behind a broken fork that clattered onto the street.

Kuuga sighed faintly and placed the flat end of his sword on his right shoulder and glanced upward. "I hope the others are doing well..." Kuuga said while he morphed back into his normal Mighty form and discarded the sword he used before rushing off to try and find the others.

Louise and the others had found Agnes and Lamark helping the evacuation of a building after leaving Lelouch and Julio to deal with the Knife Falcons. After assisting their friends in completing the task rallying whatever soldiers they found to help in the effort, they had continued running towards the party site while helping out as many people as they could along the way.

The group of five was nearing their destination when a scream echoed from a nearby alley. Stopping abruptly, Lamark and Agnes drew their weapons out of their sheaths while Rolo pulled out a knife from his sleeve, Kallen had her gauntlet up and Louise brought out her wand, a spell ready in her mind.

A reddened body flew out of the alley and slammed into the opposite wall, shocking the group for a few seconds while the creature responsible for it came out to greet them. It was a white blob of wax that had burning red eyes and a large mouth filled with pointy, sharp-looking teeth. The creature grinned when it saw them.

"More humans to feast on." It cooed, happy of its findings. "Today must be my lucky day."

"Damn it, we were almost there." Agnes muttered under her breath.

"Just what the hell are these things?" Kallen said while cursing up a storm in her mind.

"The monster that summoned them called them Viral, or so I overheard." Lamark replied, firmly gripping his weapon. "I believe he was somehow related to that Geo boy."

"Then this must mean this thing and those two we left behind are spawns of Nox Void." Rolo deduced, cold sweat running down his face as the slime sized them up.

"Correct." The blob interrupted with a grin. "Now, is there anything else you human s wish to say to each other before I devour you? I am getting hungry."

"Just one…" Agnes replied, sending a look at Louise who caught it and nodded before taking a deep breath. "Die!" She shouted, charging at the monster and delivering a vicious horizontal slash, only for it to bounce off its now hardened flesh.

"Did you really expect that to work?" The Wax Slime asked, amused. "Then by all means, try again."

"You won't be laughing for long." Lamark said as three Einherjar appeared, surrounding the Viral. "Smash it."

The hardened slime returned to its more liquid form a second before the three massive broadaxes touched it, allowing them to plunge into the molten wax before hardening the spots the ha struck, effectively trapping the weapons and then shooting spikes of hardened all around it, destroying the Einherjar and making all its other enemies move to dodge. Louise, who had to stand still due to her casting, was protected by Rolo, who blocked the spikes headed her way with his knife impeccably.

"We need to keep it distracted." The young noble muttered to himself before moving forward as fast as he could, sneaking behind the monster and stabbing it in what was supposedly its back.

"Close, human, but not close enough." The blob laughed as its body solidified yet again, blocking the incoming attack. "I praise you for trying though."

"Begone, foul beast!" Kallen shouted, having rushed the monster as it gloated and slammed her magical gauntlet against its body before unleashing the fire spell she had casted.

A whirlpool of fire engulfed the Wax Slime, who screeched in apparent pain at the attack and quickly slithered away from the fire mage, leaving splotches of boiling wax as it retreated. Rolo's eyes widened in recognition and he quickly used his knife to cast a wind spell into the fire, turning it into a whirlpool of flames that followed the Slime.

"Damn you, human!" The Viral shouted as it jumped out of the way of the attack and right into the middle of five Einherjar. "As if I'd fall for that!" The Slime the turned into a pool of molten wax just as the golems attacked, hitting each other instead of their intended target and destroying themselves much to Lamark's annoyance.

"Actually, it's us that have you where we want you." Agnes smirked as she moved to stab the ground, causing the slime to retreat once more and into a narrow spot. "Rest in peace!"

"EXPLOSION!" Louise shouted, pointing her wand just as the Slime's eyes widened in shock and fear. The monster barely managed a cry of pain before it was disintegrated where it stood by the force of the Void Magic that the pinkette had just unleashed. Louise barely managed a faint smile before she began to wobble in place and fell backwards barely two seconds after that.

"I've got you." Rolo said as she caught her and set her down gently, sitting beside her and holding her hand. "You were incredible, Louise. We wouldn't have done it without you."

"You were great too, Rolo." She replied with a light blush both from the praise and their current closeness. Following a sudden urge, she kissed him in the cheek. "Thank you for catching me."

"I- It was nothing." He replied, flustered but with a big smile on his face.

"If you're done flirting, we should move." Kallen interrupted with a grin, making them jump in surprise and recall the current situation.

"If you need some rest, Miss Valliere, you should do so somewhere less likely to become a battlefield." Agnes added in a happy tone.

"I suggest we take five minutes to compose ourselves before we go on." Lamark nodded towards an odd corner on the street. "That spot over there looks good enough for a temporary stop and we'll be able to see anyone coming towards us."

"Agreed." Kallen said in reply. "Once we're rested we resume our way."

"Understood!" They replied in unison. It wasn't long before Julio and Lelouch, still transformed, caught up with them and they resumed their way.

Tsukasa drove his bike through the city while Henrietta sat behind him, she had never rode a bike before although she had seen Hawk do so. It was a bit more uncomfortable than it looked but she soon shook those thoughts out of her head and focused on the task at hand. Evacuating everyone the found and destroy any Virals in their way. Suddenly, the tires screeched as the bike came to a halt.

"Looks like we've found something." Decade muttered as he lifted the Ride Booker in Gun Mode.

"It would seem so, Decade." She replied as she laid eyes on the two creatures before her.

One of them was a bipedal reptile that looked like it was made of steel wearing an ornate shell made of gold resembling the shields used by the most noble of knights. It wielded a broadsword in its hands. The other was an odd thing, she couldn't quite place its appearance, almost like some sort of hideous and overgrown yellow rat standing on its back legs. It had sharp claws and a silver shell that greatly resembled a spoon covering its back and tail. They were both standing over a pool of blood and surrounded by corpses.

"Look, my friend." The rat-like creature sneered while Henrietta resisted the urge to puke at the sight in front of her. "A challenge."

"So it would seem." The other replied, looking them over as they stood from the bike. "Shall we?"

ATTACK RIDE! BLAST!

A hail of bright pink bullets rained down on the Viral but did not damage them in the least as the bounced of their bodies. Tsukasa clicked his tongue in disappointment at the apparent failure of his attack and both he and Henrietta got ready for their fight.

For a second, they all stood still in their spots, and then they moved. Queen charged the Spoon Armadillo, her staff's ends covered in flames as she delivered a hard over-head strike. She yelped in surprise when her attack bounced off of her enemy's shell like it was nothing and she was hit in her stomach by its claws. She jumped backwards awkwardly due to the pain she was in but managed to land safely and block the next attack while channeling lightning through her staff, hurting the creature in the process.

"Looks like I was right." The Viral said with a crooked grin despite the pain obvious in its eyes. "You are a challenging opponent."

Meanwhile, Tsukasa had changed the Ride Booker to Sword Mode and was attempting to cut through his opponent's shell without success. The magenta clad Rider blocked a swipe from his enemy's claws with the blade before kicking it away from him. He spared a glance at Henrietta, who was blocking her opponent's attacks with her staff and dealing damage thanks to the lightning coursing through it while muttering under her breath. He caught a small flash to the side and saw a small Magic circle forming on a wall.

'I see, she's trying to trap it. Smart girl.' Decade thought with a smirk as he side-stepped his opponent's charge and brought out a couple of cards from the Ride Booker. 'It's actually a good plan.' He added as he tossed the card into the DecaDriver.

KAMEN RIDE: FAIZ!

Red lines of light surrounded him before his armor changed in a flash of red light. Decade was now clad in a black bodysuit with silver armor and red highlights, the helmet being somewhat similar to an ant's face with a bright yellow round visor. He then tossed the other card into the belt and activated it.

FORM RIDE: FAIZ ACCEL!

The sliver chest armor opened up, revealing circuitry and a core of light as D-Faiz's eyes changed to red. Tsukasa then threw a third card into the belt before hitting the wristwatch-like item on his left hand and began moving at such speed that the world seemed to have almost come to a halt as his belt called out:

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: FA-FA-FAIZ ACCEL!

"What the hell!?" The Shield Turtle barely had time to react as it found itself flying upwards and instantly surrounded by several red drills of energy spinning in midair and pointed towards it. "Oh…" was all it could say before D-Faiz started to tear through the Viral until it exploded.

"And that's done." Tsukasa said as he dusted his hands and his armor changed back to normal. "Well then, how's the Queen doing?"

He looked towards her battle just in time to see her spring her trap. She pushed the Spoon Armadillo back and right in the middle of a large Magic Circle. A tap of her staff on the ground had the monster trapped between twin torrents of waters flowing from the walls at its sides, once that was done, a second tap had the Viral shaking violently but unable to move due to the large amounts of electricity running through him from the Circle under its feet.

"You have killed innocents today." The Queen said in cold rage. "They did nothing to you and your kind hunted them for fun. Now, you are going to disappear for your crimes."

"Says the woman leading three countries into a war where thousands of humans will die." The Viral replied smugly.

"At least I do not do it for fun." She replied, although Tsukasa could easily tell she was shaken, and she took her Memory out of the belt before inserting it in her staff's slot.

QUEEN! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

"Begone!" She shouted as she charged her staff with as much power as she could, creating a blade of fire and lighting on the top end of the weapon before taking aim and throwing it at the Dopant. "Now, I decree… your death sentence!" She stated as her attack ran the monster through and caused it to explode spectacularly. She stood there, looking at the burning remains for a few seconds before the sound of clapping got her attention.

"Masterfully done." Decade commented as he applauded. "You did great."

"Thank you, Decade." She replied before looking towards the roof of a nearby building, where a silver blur was standing. It was Kivara.

"Natsumi!" Tsukasa shouted in worry when he spotted the wound on her side. The magenta Rider didn't even wait for a reply before jumping towards her, lifting her up and gently lowering both of them to the ground as best he could. "That's a nasty cut."

"Please don't move." Henrietta told the other female Rider as she started drawing a complex Magic Circle with her staff in the air. "This is not the best solution but it will stop the bleeding and patch the wound up for a while, until you can get better treatment."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Kivara said tiredly as her Rider form disappeared. "I apologize for being a load."

"You are not." Queen assured her. "Now, please stay still, it's easier to make this work if you do."

"You seem to know a lot about how to use that Memory's powers." Tsukasa commented. "Glad to know."

"I've been… taught." Henrietta replied cryptically as she worked. "The powers of this Memory are very easy to adapt to the magic of my world, and I'm a water mage, healing is what I do best."

"As I said, glad to know." Decade repeated as she finished the drawing and it started shining, although he was convinced she wasn't giving the full story. "How long will this take?"

"A few minutes." She replied before sitting down on the ground. "We'll stay here until it's done and then I'll check her wound."

"Tsukasa-san, Natsumi-chan!" Yuusuke's voice came from the other side of the street. "I finally found you."

"Yo, Yuusuke." Decade greeted, although he wasn't taking his eyes off of Natsumi's unmorphed figure. "Care to keep us company before we go on."

"Sure." The Alternate Kuuga nodded before laying eyes on Natsumi. "Is she alright?"

"She will be." Henrietta assured, startling him.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I did not see you." Yuusuke said as he bowed in apology.

"Do not worry, you were concerned for your friends. That is nothing you need to apologize for." She told him in a kind tone.

"Thank you." The other Rider replied, relieved.

"Yuusuke. Could you use your Pegasus Form to check if there are any more Viral left alive?" Tsukasa asked, unmorphing as he did so.

"Alright." Kuuga replied, picking up a nearby crossbow and making his armor change to a green colored one and the crossbow change into an incredibly ornate green gun. After a few seconds of intense concentration, Yuusuke unmorphed, his face was covered in sweat and he was breathing hard. "I overheard the others talking about having defeated the ones they found. Counting those and the one it took down that makes four of them."

"I'm positive Natsumikan took one down or it would have been following her." Tsukasa counted up with his fingers. "The Queen and I took out five. Which brings us our grand total of ten enemies defeated. All of them."

"I'm so glad." Henrietta sighed as she too unmorphed. She promptly stood up as she spotted a group of soldiers, both male and female, in heavy armor being led by a man and a woman of undoubtedly Germanian origin. "All soldiers, halt!" She shouted, drawing their attention towards her. Recognizing her, they marched and stood respectfully before her, she was about to give them orders when she focused her attention on the redheaded female soldier at the front. "Hilde? Hildegard Von Germania?" Henrietta asked in surprise as she stared at the woman in question.

"Damn, you caught me!" The red head replied with a pout that soon changed to a smile. She was clad in black clothing with a full set of silver armor worn over it along with a red sash on her hip, a dagger strapped to her left thigh and a spear in her hand that carried Germania's flag. She stabbed it into the ground before hugging Henrietta for a couple seconds. "It's been a while, hasn't it Henrietta? I'm really sorry I couldn't go to your crowning ceremony."

"It has, and do not worry. Our countries weren't in the best of terms at the time." The Queen of Tristain replied, allowing herself a small smile as her old friend let go of her. "And, although I do wonder how Princess Hildegard Von Germania managed to convince his father and older brother to let her go to war, there's something I need to ask of you and your troops."

"Technically, they're not mine." Hildegard smiled sheepishly before glancing at the tall, blond man standing to attention beside her. "They're Siegfried's, and I kind of forced him to sneak me in here."

"Lieutenant Commander Siegfried Schtauffen at your service, Your Majesty." The man said with a salute. He had long blond hair that reached the middle of his back and piercing blue eyes. He had a vertical scar over his left eye and a small beard covered the lower part of his face. He too was clad in black clothes and silver armor, decorated with the shining gold eagle that signaled his position in the army, and had a massive broadsword strapped on his back. "What are your orders? And what do you know of our Prince's whereabouts?"

"He's currently unconscious and close to the enemy leader, however, both Hawk Magnus and another of my best knights are protecting him from the enemy. We had to leave them behind in order to protect the townspeople." Henrietta chose to reply to the last question first, if only for her friend, Hilde's sake.

"So all the things we heard are true? About monsters attacking them and some weirdly armored people helping the populace out?" Hildegard asked, prompting gasps and murmurs from the troops.

"Yes, we've been dealing with them." The Queen nodded towards her companions. It looked like Natsumi was starting to wake up and her wound did not appear to need a second healing spell. "Only the leader, a Dragon-like creature named Nox Void, remains, he's at the mansion where we held the feast. Char and Zechs are dead, they betrayed Reinhardt shortly before Void's arrival."

"I had expected them to betray my brother." The Princess of Germania sighed. "But not so soon. Damn it, he never listens to me!"

"With all due respect, Your Highness, the Prince listens to no one that does not agree with him." Siegfried commented with a wry smile, drawing a small chuckle from the entire unit and even Hildegard and Henrietta. A second later, his face was dead serious as he spoke "You said you had orders for us."

"Yes. Lieutenant Commander Schtauffen, I need you and your men to follow us to the mansion." The Queen explained in a commanding tone. "Once there, you'll establish a perimeter around it while you five of your best soldiers follow us inside. We'll get Prince Reinhardt out and you'll take him to the nearest shelter or med bay depending on his state."

"Understood!" Siegfried nodded before turning to his troop. "Zwei, Viola, Patroklos, Pyrrha! You're going in with me and Her Highness to extract the Prince! The rest of you, I want you to surround that mansion, move in groups of four and establish the standard perimeter! Am I understood!?" A chorus of agreements was the reply. "Ready when you are, Your Majesty."

"Excellent." She replied smiling. "Ensign Kadoya, how is Lady Kivara?" She asked, using their official ranks so that they were more easily identified.

"Ready to go, I believe." He said in reply, and she nodded her agreement before standing up on her own.

"The others are making their way towards the mansion as well." Yuusuke added. "Or so I heard them say."

"Good." Henrietta nodded. "Before I forget, if two black humanoid creatures approach, do not attack them. They are Paladin Julio Cesare and Earl Lelouch Lamperouge in their Dopant Forms, they've been helping out as well."

"Understood." The unit replied skeptically.

"Could you give us a description of them as we move?" Hildegard asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I plan to." The Queen replied before commanding. "Let's move." And the hundred Germanian soldiers followed them.

As I opened my eyes, I found myself in the same white area I go to whenever I meet Eternal. This time, however, the white Dopant was nowhere to be found, I could sense it. Instead, there was someone else in here, a different presence I couldn't quite recognize, yet it was familiar all the same, as if I had felt it before.

"Who's there?!" I asked aloud, standing on my feet before scanning the Area around me.

"You're finally up, I see." A voice boomed over the Mindscape. "Took your time, boy."

"Who are you?" I asked again, getting irritated as I started recalling what made me lose consciousness in the first place. "Show yourself, I don't have time to waste here!"

"Oh, so you remembered that your friends are in danger, good." The voice said from behind me. "That will make this much faster."

I turned around and jumped backwards out of reflex, landing in a position that would let me fight if necessary. The Dopant in front of me tilted her head to the side before chuckling in a manner similar to Eternal's.

"You're getting so used to battle you react defensively to anyone sneaking up behind you, good." She complimented as I got a better look at her. "Although you need to learn to discern friend from foe before you end up injuring someone."

The female Dopant in front of me was rather thin, yet that did by no means give her a frail look. The Dopant was completely white with the exception of the grey fang-like protrusions on her shoulders and possibly the back, the black armor covering her more intimate parts and the cerulean blue veins running down her arms and legs pulsing with energy, the eyes on her face were also cerulean blue in color. She had clawed hands and feet, as well as several fang based decorations all over her body.

"Let me guess… Fang, right?" I said after letting out the breath I was holding and relaxing myself.

"On the mark, boy." The now identified Fang Dopant replied amiably. "What tipped you off?"

"Several things, actually." I chuckled, eyeing the several fang-like protrusions all over her body. "Although had Eternal not told me you were female, I might have had a harder time figuring it out."

"I see." She giggled at that before turning serious. "Now, enough of the pleasantries, Hawk Magnus. Why do you think I'm here?"

"I can honestly say I have no idea, but I imagine it is related to the fight with Nox Void." I replied as I ran a hand through my hair. "Last thing I remember is being punched through several walls and losing consciousness."

"Indeed." She nodded and began pacing around me like Eternal liked to do. "Accel is a formidable Dopant and you've used his powers well, but they are unsuited to the enemy you're now facing since he can match your speed and has a skin capable of resisting your fire-based attacks."

"So, what are you trying to tell me?" I asked, impatiently. I had just realized that any time spent here was time Geo was fighting Void on his own.

"Your Accel Form, much like the Dopant himself, lacks in protective capabilities and brute strength." She replied, stopping to look at me. "You need something more powerful to protect yourself from Nox Void's attacks… Zone's Maximum Drive would give you that. Use it." That last part was said in a commanding tone that got me angry.

"Forget it, I'm not using the Strengthening Armament." I snarled at her, which seemed to catch her by surprise. I did not have time to waste debating whether or not it was time to use it, Geo needed help. "If that's all you came here to say then you might as well leave me alone!" And without even realizing how I had done it, I severed the connection and found myself awake.

The sounds of the fight got my attention and I lifted myself up before inserting Eternal and Accel in their respective slots and hitting the belt to activate the transformation as I ran forward to the battle taking place.

ETERNAL! / ACCEL! FORM DRIVE!

ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

Nox Void reacted to the sounds and turned his head in my direction, giving Geo the opening he needed to drive a drill shaped sword though the creature's block and land a hit that sent it back. Using the chance, I improvised and inserted a Memory in both my right hand's Maximum Slot and the one in the belt.

HEAT! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

TRIGGER! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

Not missing a moment, I grabbed the monster's head and released both Maximum's power on it, unleashing a small but powerful blast of crackling blue and red energy on his face before hitting the belt's Maximum Slot once more.

HEAT! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

Letting go of his face, I then channeled Heat's Maximum to my right foot and delivered a vicious fire covered kick at his chest and sending him into a wall as he cried in excruciating pain with a hand over his left eye.

"You miserable worm!" He shouted angrily as he burst out of the wall before sending his tentacles at me with the force of an out-of-control truck and a speed to match, I barely managed to dodge that one attack and it left a crater where I had been standing. "You took my eye! I'll make you pay for that, you insignificant bug!"

The now angry beyond reasoning Nox Void had no problem fulfilling the threat, moving as fast as I did and grabbing me by the throat with one arm while he used his tentacles to keep Drive busy and blocked what the other Rider threw at him with two of his arms.

"That's what you get for underestimating us." I said defiantly despite the hold on my throat.

"I could kill you, but that would not be payback enough for this humiliation!" He snarled before sending his tentacles again at Drive, encircling his arms, legs and neck before lifting him into the air. "I'm going to show you what happens when you cross your betters, human."

HEAT! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

I slammed the fire covered foot against his chest with all the strength I could muster, but this time it did little more than make him take a step backwards without lessening his hold on us. Two tentacles caught my wrists and ankles soon after, leaving me unable to try again or use another Maximum on him.

"Your persistence is worthy of respect, I have to say that if I had gained the power to turn you humans into my own, you two would be at the top of the list for conversion… had you not humiliated me so much, of course." He added in cold anger, tightening his hold. "Now, for your punishment. You're going to watch as I hunt down those fools that killed my offspring and murder them one by one in the most painful ways possible."

"I won't let you hurt them." I snarled, struggling against the tentacles and kicking him as best I could, but a firmer grip on my throat soon put an end to that. "I'll kill you."

"We both will." Drive added angrily, his tone almost feral. "I'll cut you in pieces and feed you to whatever creature is hungry enough to eat your remains, you bastard!" He added with a growl that wouldn't look out of place on a lion or other large feline.

"Will you now?" He chuckled at our impotence. "I seriously doubt it."

ATTACK RIDE! BLAST!

"Well, think again, darky!" A voice shouted before a storm of pink bullets rained down on Nox Void's back, severing the tentacles holding Drive and me captive and allowing me to switch the memory on my belt's Maximum Slot.

UNICORN! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

I slammed another kick against his chest, only this time it was charged with electrical power and that seemed to surprise him enough to have him free me from his hold. As I fell to the ground, I felt the wind pick me up and carry me to the other end of the room, far away from Void and right beside a certain female Rider clad in pink.

"Thank goodness we got here on time." Henrietta sighed in relief while a blur of silver and lavender hit Nox Void, cutting away the tendrils as Kuuga got Drive away from him, that blur was Kivara.

"Give up." Julio's voice came from the door as he and Lelouch entered the room in their Dopant Forms, followed by Louise, Kallen, Lamark, Agnes and Rolo as well as a few people I did not recognize that were clad in heavy armor.

"As if I would be willing to bow down to you pathetic humans." Void countered with a glare from his one good eye.

"Considering it is because of us, the pathetic humans, that your creations are no more and you lost an eye, I'd say you should reconsider your opinion of our people." Lelouch pointed out.

"The fact that there are a few people worthy of my attention does not mean humanity as a whole is equal to me!" The black creature shot back with a feral snarl. "And even if your race is worthy of my acknowledgement, don't even think you can come close to my power." He added before letting loose a storm of tentacles from his back in all directions.

ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

I hit the Maximum as fast as I could and moved towards Louise and the rest, getting them out of the way before they were caught by the onslaught as fast as I could while the two Dopants tried their best to stop the incoming attack from reaching our most fragile members. Once I had them out of the room I practically ordered them to get the hell out of there.

"But…!" Louise started but I cut her off.

"We have no time to argue about this, this guy's as tough as they come and if those tentacles catch you, they'll squash you like bugs!" I shouted hurriedly. "Get the hell out of here and help evacuate in case he goes overboard with those children of his again!"

"What about the Prince?" The tall, blond man asked, his eyes narrowed. "Our mission is to extract him, orders from Queen Henrietta."

"A moment." I replied before dashing into the room once more. I cut off two of Void's tendrils on my way to Reinhardt's unconscious body. I lifted him up, not really willing to save the guy but I wasn't going to let that stop me from doing the right thing. Both Tsukasa and Yuusuke covered me as I carried the blond Prince out of the room. "There you have him. Now get the hell out of here!" I said hurriedly.

"Understood." Rolo replied with Kallen and the rest nodding in agreement before he took Louise by the arm and started dragging her away despite her protests. The two blond men lifted Reinhardt between them and started retreating while the other three armored soldiers remained behind to wait for the others. "Please, take care of my brother."

"Will do." I assured him before dashing into the room once more to find the other Riders and two Dopants having a hard time dodging the attack from our enemy. I instantly spotted Derf from where he was shouting for me to grab him, I did as told and soon sliced apart a group of tentacles rushing towards the spot where I picked him up. "Damn, I didn't know he could send out so many of these!"

"We have to strike the source!" Geo shouted out to everyone as he attempted to approach Nox Void. "If we deal enough damage to his back the number will go down and we can finish this!"

"I have this." Tsukasa said before taking aim with the RideBooker, only for a tentacle to hit it out of his hands, the same thing happened to Lelouch and also to Kuuga when he tried to do the same with his Pegasus Form using a decorative crossbow. "Damn, these things are everywhere!"

"I can't focus enough for a spell." Henrietta informed as she jumped out of the way of some tentacles, only for another group to capture her in the air. I quickly moved towards her and sliced them apart to free her. "Thanks." She said as she landed on her feet.

"If we give you the time, can you blast his back with your best spell?" Kivara asked as she cut several of the tendrils off in order to let Tsukasa reach the RideBooker and get it back into his hands.

"I can try." Queen replied softly. "But…" She couldn't finish talking because the onslaught started again.

"How the hell is he doing this? He never could throw that many tendrils around at the same time!" Drive shouted irately as we all hacked away at the incoming attack, only for some to slip past our defenses and start picking us up in the air one by one, the same way he had done to me and Geo before.

"Dammit, I can't believe I let myself get caught." Julio coughed as the tendrils slammed him against a wall with a sickening crack.

Soon, we were all captured by Nox Void's tentacles and held up in the air for him to admire as trophy if the smile on the bastard's face was any indication. Now that he had calmed down and retracted most of his tendrils back into himself he seemed to be enjoying the view.

"I have to say, you truly gave me a harder time than I imagined you would." He said as he paced around the destroyed room, it was a miracle the place was still intact and not falling to the ground. "Not that it should be surprising, considering that the three people to ever seriously wound me are here among you… Decade, Drive, Eternal." He listed before his grin turned malicious. "I will punish you for these injuries!"

"Shut up, you monster!" Geo shouted back with a growl. "The moment I'm free I'll be the one punishing you!"

"You seem a lot less in control of yourself today than ever before, Geo Hikari." Nox Void commented off-handedly with a chuckle. "It is quite amusing to see you like this… and yet it reminds me a lot of Scarlet when she was angered. And as entertaining as that was… You are not her."

Come to think of it, the moment Void appeared, Geo started behaving strangely and almost animalistic in some of the exchanges between them. The sudden tightening of the tendrils got me out of that train of thought as pain invaded my body along with everyone else's. Just in front of me I could see Henrietta writhing in pain and trying to get free, glancing to the sides I could see everyone in the same situation.

"I had considered taking you as trophies, but that won't be necessary anymore, all of you have managed things no other human would accomplish against my race and so you will be disposed of." Nox Void said evilly as he tightened the tendrils once more. "However, it will not be painless."

"You're not giving up now, are you?" A voice inside my head asked, it was Fang's voice. "You can still save yourself if you use Zone…"

"How many times do I need to tell you that's not happening?" I muttered under my breath, unheard by everyone else. Even if using Zone would save me, it was quite obvious that Void would just crush Henrietta, Julio and Lelouch easily before I could move to free them, the Rider and Dopant Forms were the only reason we were all still alive in the grip of Nox Void's tentacles, to lose that protection would mean instant death.

"And that is your final decision?" She asked half-mockingly. "Then… you've passed the first test. The only question now is if you can control what I'm about to give you."

"I won't know until I try, will I?" I replied mentally, grunting as the tendrils tightened further around me. "I've done fine with Accel after all."

"Yes, you have. But, you do seem to have a great deal of restrained… anger, after all." She sighed and stayed silent for a couple seconds. "Very well, this shall be your final test. Do be careful, don't to lose sight of yourself and remember what it is you want to protect."

Before I could even process the meaning what she had just said, the door I had closed opened, letting a wand peek out at us. A moment later, just as the Accel Memory jumped out of the Form Slot with an audible sound and flew to the ground, drawing Void's attention towards me, a small yet powerful explosion hit the monster's back making him lose control of his tendrils and not notice the Fang Memory that was now diving towards the empty slot.

FANG! FORM DRIVE!

No one seemed to notice as the transformation took place and I felt the tendrils binding me lose their strength and letting me fall to the ground before I saw Louise at the door and the inevitable attack from Void that would head in her direction. My last conscious thought before my view got all red, and insane and angry red, was to grab the Accel Memory from the floor, slam it in the Maximum Slot on the belt and hit it as I moved.

The impact of Louise's explosion spell had caused Nox Void to stumble for a moment, weakening his grip and distracting him enough for his captives to slip out of his clutches and fall unceremoniously on the ground. The pinkette couldn't be gladder that she had managed to convince Rolo and the rest to let her go in case her explosions could help, and they did, with an escort, of course. Hildegard Von Germania had accompanied her.

She allowed herself a momentary smile of pride. Sure, she still needed way too long to cast them, or else she would have helped sooner, but the important part was that everyone was free. However, the Riders and Dopants were still too weak and out of breath to react in time to the attack the draconic being launched towards their pink haired savior when he spotted her, and although her escort did try to move her out of the way she realized it wouldn't be fast enough. A silent cry was engraved on Louise's face as the tendrils approached her only for a voice to cut off the silence and give her hope.

ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

A white blur seemed to materialize out of nowhere in front of the Void Mage, a blur that soon swung black clawed hands and sliced apart the tentacles approaching the young girl as if it was the easiest thing to do, shocking both Nox Void and those who opposed him while Queen looked from the spot Hawk had been at to the place where his boyfriend, for lack of a better term, was now, holding his ground in front of his Master, protecting her like he had sworn to do.

Henrietta couldn't help but admire the new form the young man had taken, as it radiated power in a different way than his previous Blue Flare and Accel Forms. Insectoid blood red eyes and the same trident-like horn that adorned his Accel form were present on his helmet, a tattered crimson muffler hung around his neck right above the thick white armor that now covered his torso, adorned with black tribal markings. He had shoulder guards similar to the ones he had when in his normal Form, but their edges were covered in fang-like spikes.

On his hands were black clawed gauntlets sporting white spikes on the knuckles for further damage dealing and an equally white blade that started at the middle of the fore-arm, running along up until the elbow and protruding outwards from there until almost reaching his shoulder guards, a silver Maximum Slot was present on each side of the blade near the end of both gauntlets. Black tribal markings ran down the sides of his torso and outer sides of his legs down to his armored white boots that ended in point.

"Hawk…" Louise said in awe and relief after seeing her Familiar standing protectively in front of her. However, she soon got worried as she noticed that the young Rider seemed overly tense, and the growl he gave when he replied to her question with just didn't ease her worries in the least. "What's wrong?"

Ignoring her in favor of roaring at Nox Void, Kamen Rider Eternal Fang charged forward towards the draconic being at great speeds, nowhere near the speed he had displayed a moment ago with the Accel Maximum, but still fast enough to catch the still surprised Nox Void off guard and tackle him through a couple of walls and right outside the building.

"What just happened?" Lelouch, unmorphed, asked painfully as he stood up slowly with Kallen's help. His wife, along with the rest of the group, had come back out of worry for Louise when they heard the Explosion spell going off.

"Looks like the kid got a new power, a troublesome one at that." Tsukasa commented, already on his feet and dusting off his armor like nothing happened despite his jagged breath.

"In what way…" Julio managed to get out, his previous wounds catching up to him as he stood up, helped by Agnes, and lost his transformation too. "…Is it troublesome?"

"The first time that Double, a Rider who uses Gaia Memories like Hawk, assumed a Fang related form… he went berserk for a good while until they managed to get it under control." Natsumi supplied as she incorporated, holding her stomach where the Spear Bee had struck her, the wound had apparently reopened during the fight with the Viral King.

Silence struck the room as everyone took in that information. Louise walked up to Henrietta in order to help her up, but the pink clad Rider seemed to be looking around the room, looking for something before she spoke up.

"Where's Geo?" She asked, causing everyone to look around, looking for the boy also known as Kamen Rider Drive.

"He must have gone after them while we were distracted…" Louise deduced as she helped Henrietta up.

"Then he must not know that Hawk could be going berserk right now!" Yuusuke realized, his tone worried as he looked towards the hole in the wall.

"We have to go after them." Tsukasa said hurriedly as he walked up to Kivara. "Can you stand, Natsumikan?" He asked, offering his hand, which the vampiric Rider took gladly and soon stood up beside him.

"I'll be fine." She assured him.

"Alright then, let's find them." Henrietta said, walking hurriedly towards the hole in the wall before the sound of something crashing hard against a wall echoed around them. "Hurry!"

"Hey! Don't forget about me!" A voice called out from under some rubble.

"Derflinger?" Louise asked, astonished.

"Yeah, it's me!" The talking sword replied. "Care to get me out of here? Partner kind of left in a hurry. Not that I blame him, he did what he could do at the time." He added as Julio approached him.

"Let's get you back to him then." Julio stated with a wry smile as he picked Derf up.

"We're coming with you." Louise said, with the rest of non-transformed humans nodding their agreement.

"Fine, but don't get into anything you can't handle. That goes for both you and me Julio, we're sitting this one out unless it gets out of hand." Lelouch replied sternly, before adding. "And thanks, Louise de La Vallière, for saving our lives." The rest of the Riders echoed his words, suddenly reminded that had it not been for the pinkette, they'd have been strangled to death.

"Let's go now." Henrietta said in a worried tone, getting everyone back on track and they soon moved out.

Nox Void couldn't believe what was happening to him at this very moment. Granted, he had been taken by surprise by the sudden transformation and intervention of the white Rider, he was also missing an eye and weakened to at most half his usual strength from the fighting and the damage incurred, as well as the loss of so many of his tendrils. But even with all that, he should still be perfectly capable of handling one measly Rider without too much effort. So why?! Why was it that the white clad worm was managing to match him blow for blow?! It made no sense to him.

Growling like a rabid beast, Eternal Fang attacked again. His clawed gauntlets had already proven sharp enough to nick, although not truly cut, Void's skin, so the Draconic being was being forced to dodge lest he be weakened slowly but surely by multiple small lacerations. It was an insult to a being as powerful as him that something as simple as a Rider's gauntlet was sharp enough to wound him. Further adding insult to injury, it seemed this particular form was quite resilient, Nox Void's attacks weren't dealing as much damage as they usually did on most opponents and they seemed to be unable to break or even crack the armor covering the Eternal Rider. The blows would still send his enemy backwards, but no more than that seemed to be done.

"I tire of playing with you, worm." Nox Void seethed threateningly after jumping back to avoid a swipe of Hawk's clawed gauntlet and punch the Rider in the face. Void let out a pleased chuckle when he felt his punch crack the helmet, at long last, and destroy one of the red lens to reveal an angry yet unfocused glare. "It would seem you are not as resilient as I had come to imagine. Still, no more games, I will dispose of you once and for all."

As he said so, all four of Nox Void's clawed hands burst into black flames. The draconic being soon got into what appeared to be a stance. His arms positioned in the shape of an X and his legs ready for charging forward, like a predator towards the prey in front of him.

FANG! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

The mechanical announcement of the Maximum was all the reply Void got out of his enemy before the white Rider roared defiantly and charged forward with his arm-blades covered in white flames sparkling with black bursts of electricity. Instinctively replying to Eternal's defying roar with one of his own, Nox Void charged forward as well, an evil glint in his eyes as he imagined the annoying bug being cut to pieces by his most powerful attack.

Eternal struck first, swiping his right arm upward in a motion similar to an uppercut that nicked Nox Void's chest instead of cutting him in half as intended. It would have done that, had the Viral King not slowed his charge sufficiently to avoid serious injury while not losing the momentum required for his attack to function at full power. With a dark smile, Nox Void shot his arms forward towards his enemy.

Like the maws of a hungry black dragon, Void's attack seemed about to chomp the white Rider. However, they stopped on the way after the sound of something piercing flesh was heard. Nox Void looked in surprise at his left side, where a drill-like blade had struck him. The opening he gave was not discarded as Eternal's left arm-blade struck out towards him, only his reflexes saved the ruler of all Viral from losing more than just one of his right arms. He grunted in pain as he felt the blade in his side dislodge itself and fly back to its owner, who caught it as he ran towards him, intent on drilling through his head and finish him off once and for all.

"It's over for you, Void!" Drive shouted as he approached and lunged forward to stab the monster that had ruined his life. "Die!"

IGNITION!

And it would have worked, had it not been for the figure clad in black and gold armor with a red mane flowing behind him that erected some sort of barrier in front of Void by throwing out his left palm. Drive's attack collided with said barrier and the red Rider was soon flung backwards into a wall. In that same instant, a red blast of energy was fired from the figure's right palm that blew Eternal Fang away and into a bunch of wooden barrels that broke into pieces from the impact.

"I apologize for interfering, but I can't have you die on me just yet." The armored rescuer told Nox Void in a cordial yet flat tone of voice.

"Who are you?" Void asked, he hadn't seen this creature before, maybe Narutaki had just brought him from another world but he needed to make sure.

"Leonidas Gill, an ally." He replied matter-of-factly. "I have yet to talk to Narutaki about this, but I wish to join forces with him if he can help fulfil a wish of mine."

"And you want me to take you to him in exchange for saving me, is that it?" The Ruler of the Viral asked flatly. He could easily tell his savior was similar to him in that, he rescued him in exchange for what he needed from him. Regardless, he needed to retreat and heal, so his decision was easily made. "Very well, it is the least I can do to repay you for your actions." He stood up and shot his left arms forward, a few seconds later a dark portal appeared. "Let us go."

"They are still alive, aren't you going to finish them off?" Leonidas wondered aloud curiously, he wanted to see if Void had a similar mindset to his own, and he wasn't disappointed with the reply.

"I want to best them myself the next time we meet." Nox Void stated simply before glancing towards the spot where Geo was groaning as he stood up. "And besides, there is something I have noticed… I want to let that thing develop and mature so I can see where it leads…"

"I understand." The exiled prince of Zangyack replied, not really caring about his additional reason but agreeing with his choice of facing his enemies himself, before they both walked into the portal and vanished from the city.

Geo blinked a few times to get his sight back on track, he recovered it soon enough to see Nox Void and the unknown armored being that stopped him and Hawk from dealing the last blow to the Ruler of the Viral disappear through one of Void's portals. He stood there, stupefied for a couple seconds, wondering what he should do now, when a deep growl got his attention.

Turning to its source, Drive found the white clad form of Eternal Fang standing up slowly but surely. Geo was about to call out to him when the other Rider looked at him in a way that stopped the words from coming to his mouth, almost out of instinct, he took up a defensive stance a second before his ally now apparently turned berserk charged towards him. He would have dodged the blow but he had been so taken by surprise by both Hawk's behavior now and his own reaction to his standing up that he had been frozen in place.

He would have taken the hit had it not been for the hail of violet and pink bullets that slammed against the charging Rider's side, who grunted in both pain and surprise as he was diverted from his course and crashed against a pile of wooden barrels, breaking them apart. Geo turned in the direction where the shots had come from, finding both the Skull Dopant and Kamen Rider Decade standing there with their guns smoking from the recent firing.

"What are you…?" He started, but a roar got his attention and made him focus on Hawk again and find him bursting out of the barrels and ready to claw at the nearest thing available, namely Geo himself.

That action was, thankfully, stopped by a blue and black blur with a metallic staff that clubbed the maddened Eternal out of his warpath once more. The figure turned out to be none other than Kamen Rider Kuuga in his Dragon Form, the alternate Kuuga used his metal staff to fend off the strikes from the younger Rider and hit him in the stomach to push him away.

ATTACK RIDE: ILLUSION!

It was at that moment that he discarded the staff, changing back to Mighty Form, and he jumped backwards allowing two copies of Kamen Rider Decade to tackle the still recovering Eternal, holding him in place by an arm each. It appeared it was no easy feat since the struggle was quite fierce. Geo found his legs failing him that very moment and was grateful that Lamark and Agnes were there to catch him as he fell. The two soldiers supported him while the real Decade stepped aside to let a pink-clad woman approach.

"Well, Your Majesty, you're up." Tsukasa said as Henrietta de Tristain, in her Kamen Rider Queen form, walked forward towards the maddened Rider with a sheathed Derflinger in her hands.

"He's struggling to stop, but he can't free himself completely." Louise said, walking forward with Rolo, Kallen and Kivara. "I'm trying to help through our bond but it's no use."

"You can do it." Natsumi told the Queen as she stood beside Decade. "Call out to him, if anyone can stop him it's you."

"Come on, man, snap out of it!" Julio pleaded to his companion. He had come to actually care for the guy after all they had been through.

"You did it already, Hawk." Yuusuke added in the same pleading tone as he unmorphed. "They're gone, the town's safe and we're all alive."

The white Rider was about to free himself when his eyes fell on the approaching female form that was now dispelling her transformation, revealing her torn dress and the small wounds and bruises she had obtained during the night, fighting those Viral and then Nox Void himself. She walked up to him slowly, and with each step Hawk's visible eye would shine with something akin to recognition and he'd stop struggling a bit. By the time the Queen was standing before him, the Eternal Rider was unmoving with the exception of his chest's motions due to his heavy breathing.

"Admit it, Partner, she's got you good." Derflinger muttered to himself with a chuckle.

"Hawk, you can relax now." She told him in a soft, caring tone as she wrapped her arms around his neck and the Rider completely relaxed, causing Julio and Yuusuke to let him go. "We've won, it's over."

"Take out… the Memory" He managed to get out. "Please." Julio was quite happy to comply with the request. With the Fang Memory out a thanks to Henrietta moving the Transformation Slot back to vertical position, his transformation disappeared. "Thanks." He whispered, smiling as he wrapped his arms around Henrietta, who eagerly returned the hug.

"No problem, my friend." The blonde Paladin replied with a dazzling smile.

"Good to have you back." Yuusuke added with a light pat to Hawk's back.

"You're full of surprises, kid." Tsukasa said with a chuckle as he dispelled his transformation along with Natsumi's. "We were lucky you didn't completely lose it or we would have had to beat you senseless."

"Believe me when I say I'd like to avoid such a scenario like the plague." Lelouch joked kind-heartedly as he looked around the place where I had been fighting while out of control.

"It would have been major trouble." Rolo said while Louise just approached the couple and hugged Hawk as well.

"I was afraid I'd lose you." The pinkette told him with tears in her eyes. "You're not only my Familiar, you're like a brother to me. You can't lose yourself again, got it?!"

"It was that bad, huh?" Hawk muttered, rubbing his Master's hair kindly as he dispelled the transformation with a free hand after separating from Henrietta. "I'm sorry, everyone."

"Well, nothing bad happened, so it's fine." Geo cut in with a sigh, his transformation vanishing as he spoke. "That bastard got away too…"

"We'll get him next time." Hawk assured him as Louise walked back a few steps, allowing Henrietta to kiss her Familiar lovingly for a short time, they both smiled at each other and hugged again when it was over.

"Okay, now I know I want the full story of this." Hildegard, who had stayed behind once things had calmed down out of concern for Henrietta, said aloud.

"I think now would be a perfect time to go back to Lelouch's mansion." Lamark said, getting everyone's attention. "We'll be more comfortable there."

"I agree, we're all beaten and tired, we need some rest." Lelouch nodded in reply to his friend's suggestion. "I'll have the troops bring the civilians out of the shelters and what earth mages we have will take care of repairing the damage to the city."

"None of us have truly serious wounds, but I'll look everyone over at the mansion." Henrietta added with a kind smile. "After that, a bath and some sleep, we should all be fine."

"I can second that." Julio laughed drily.

"Let's go, everyone." Louise said with a small smile, the group nodded in reply and set out towards the large building that was what one would call their base in this city.

In an underground lab under what formerly was known as the Albionian Royal Palace, now house to the new parliament that ruled the country, two figures came out of a portal of darkness, surprising the three dwellers of the place.

"What is the meaning of this, Nox Void?" Professor Shinigami asked in rage while Narutaki took several steps backwards in fear of the creature that now accompanied the Viral King.

"This is Leonidas Gill." Void replied gruffly, he didn't like being indebted but the situation had called for it. He had been in no shape to handle Decade or any of the other Riders without greatly risking his life, and being the last Viral he couldn't allow himself to fall until he got what he needed from Narutaki. "He saved my life and asked to meet you in exchange for the favor. I granted it."

"I have come here for one reason." The exiled Prince of Zangyack stated. "I have heard rumors that claim you are building something that can raise the dead."

"I… We are, yes." Narutaki admitted, he had no reason not to and perhaps he could bargain his way out of the mess.

"I'd like you to use it for me." Leonidas said, and it was obvious it was not a request but an order in disguise.

"Hmmm…" Professor Shinigami brought a hand to his chin, examining the black armored alien Prince. "How many?"

"My five comrades in arms." He replied, looking at the mad scientist. "Is it too much to ask?"

"Currently? Yes, it is." Professor Shinigami shook his head as he spoke. "We lack the energy to power the machine to the point where it will work safely. Unfortunately, our energy sources are being… compromised to other efforts."

"The Memories, I assume." Leonidas said, getting a nod in reply. "Is there any other way to provide the energy needed?"

"Actually, yes." The Kaijin maker replied. "If you don't mind me though, I'll have my friend Narutaki fill you in. I have an operation to finish and I am sure Nox Void would like to have his arm and lost tendrils grown back… Nothing I can do about the eye, though."

"I am grateful for your help, Professor Shinigami." The Viral King said, slightly humbled. He was not going to lower himself to asking help out of a human, as brilliant as he may be. Accepting an offer of help, however, was another matter entirely. Besides, the man was an excellent conversationalist. Void would never admit it, but Professor Shinigami was someone he was slowly coming to respect for his intellect. "Do you still need my help on that project?"

"Oh, yes I do." Shinigami replied with an eager grin. "Follow me, we will discuss it as you heal. I have made progress while you were away…"

"Now then, Narutaki…" Leonidas drawled, a small smile on his face. "What do you need that you would have to ask me for help?"

"T-The Ring of Andvari!" Narutaki finally managed to speak. "We've been working in order to combine its magic with Goura's Resurrection Machine. With The Ring as its source of power, we could bring back hundreds of Kaijin back to life. And maybe some evil Riders as well."

"Is that so?" The exiled Prince asked, interested. "Let us bargain, then. I am sure I can convince Joseph and Sheffield to lend you the Ring of Andvari, if only for a few days. In exchange, I want my brothers in arms back to life, no strings attached, no control spells, no traps, no nothing. Just them, as they were before they fell to uncle Bachus' treachery."

"I understand." Narutaki replied with a smile. "We will need time to investigate a method for it but I promise we will do our best to deliver..."

"That just won't do." Leonidas cut him off, slamming his fist on a nearby table. "You will not have the Ring until you can guarantee your end of the deal."

"I believe I may be able to help you with that." Professor Shinigami said, having entered the room after Leonidas' outburst. "I have come to theorize that using a piece of the original body instead of recreating from it entirely with the Ring's magic and the Resurrection machine will weaken the effect of the Ring's hold on the resurrected individuals."

"That still does not completely solve the problem." The black armored exile stated, a hint of impatience in his voice.

"I am aware of it, but it is a start." Shinigami replied with a grin on his face. "Besides, I have not finished talking."

"I'd like to be the one to explain the next part, Professor." A now healed Nox Void stated as he walked out of the room he had been healing in. "If you do not return to your patient he will bleed out, and as little as I care for the worm, he is one of your most ambitious projects."

"You are quite right, Void." The mad scientist replied before bowing both to the Viral King and the exiled Prince of Zangyack. "If you'll excuse me, I must be going."

"I'll accompany you, old friend." Narutaki said hurriedly, wanting to get some time to compose himself, he had still not recovered from Leonidas' sudden arrival and his plans were in serious danger at the moment. "Once you have finished speaking, please call for me and we'll finalize the deal if there is one."

"Very well." Both monsters of Royal blood replied at the same time, eyes locked on the other and ignoring Narutaki.

'Those fools! Once I have what I need and Decade is out of the picture I will deal with you both!' The beige dressed world traveler swore mentally. He closed the door behind himself and relaxed while watching his colleague working on Tony's upgrades.

"Well then." Leonidas began, not sure what to expect out of Nox Void. On one hand, the Viral King appeared quite similar to him and he owed him a life debt that he probably did not consider paid by merely giving him a ride to Narutaki's lab. On the other, he was wary of the power and tenacity of the draconic being, what he had seen of his fight that night had been awe-inspiring even if he had had to retreat. "What is it you have to say?"

"To the point, I like that." Nox Void showed a small smile. "I have been helping Professor Shinigami on his project, both out of boredom and out of my hope that my daughter may be brought back as well. I gave a suggestion the other day, one he has investigated thoroughly in my absence."

"And that would be…" The exiled Prince asked, his tone hopeful and impatient, as well as full of suspicion.

"While we discussed the method he presented to you, in order to have my daughter free of the spell if it was possible to bring her back, I suggested infecting the remains used with my Viral Gene." Void explained, his tone serious. "The Professor has researched this and has come to the conclusion that should a being possess enough force of will, this method would allow them to break free of the spell."

"And should they fail to do so?" Leonidas questioned, a hint of worry in his tone.

"They would fall in line with the rest of those resurrected." The Viral King replied. "That is why I hesitate to use this method to bring her back, I will not have my dearest daughter Scarlet act like a puppet for whoever holds that trinket!"

"I see." Leonidas nodded, deep in thought. "Narutaki!"

"Yes?" The world travelling Prophet asked after opening the door. "Have you made your decision?"

"I will speak with Sheffield about lending you the Ring for a couple days, see what you can find in that time." The exiled Prince of Zangyack stated. "I will be supervising these experiments and if they disappoint me I will take the ring back and expose this facility. If you make good enough progress I will ask for the Ring of Andvari to be loaned to you again, although a week after being returned, for a longer amount of time. In exchange, you will return my brothers-in-arms back to life using the best method you can find to do so without them being brainwashed."

"I believe we can work something out with that setup." Narutaki nodded with a small smile before looking at Professor Shinigami, who nodded.

"You will also research any method to bring them back without the brain-wash." The black armored warrior commanded. "You have a month to do so, I doubt I can manage to keep this hidden much longer than that while still asking for the Ring."

"Very well." The beige clad man replied eagerly. "I accept those terms."

Unseen to them all, Daiki Kaito, Kamen Rider DiEnd was in the room under the effect of his Attack Ride: Illusion card and had heard all that was being said. Kaito frowned under the helmet, this world's situation was getting worse by the second and they were not yet ready to do anything. But if they didn't send out a message it might be too late to do anything.

'In any other situation I'd already left.' The Treasure Sniper thought to himself as he left the underground room where the "Reunion of Evil", for lack of a better term, had taken place. 'However, this is different. If Narutaki pulls this off he won't just be able to take over this world, but any other world out there. Running in this situation will not help, and I really want my treasures.'

"How did it go?" Lance asked him as he entered the Knight of Seven's house while still invisible. Both he and Fouquet had decided to stay there for the time being, although the green haired thief was out on a mission of her own and would not be back until tomorrow afternoon.

"That depends…" Kaito replied, dropping his transformation. "I've found out a lot, and that's good. But what I know also tells me we're in some really deep trouble. I need to send a message to your friend."

"I'll see what I can arrange in the morning." Lance said, his tone serious. "In the meantime, please tell me what you've found out."

"You're not going to believe me…" Kaito stated with a smirk as he took a seat in front of Lance. "Where's your wife?"

"Sleeping, she has an early morning ahead of her." The Knight answered, nodding his head towards the room upstairs. The world travelling thief nodded at that information before starting to tell him what he had found out.

Well, it's done. Am I glad to finally post this chapter and I do hope you enjoyed it to the fullest. Now, on to the somewhat bad news... for those that want to read more.

While I am back to posting chapters, do not expect me to do so regularly. I've still got leftover stuff to finish and, most importantly, a summer project to work on. A friend of mine from university and I are going to be making our own videogame and I'm in charge of writing the story for it (Surprise!). Most of my writing time will go there but I assure you I will do my very best to deliver a few chapters of both Eternal Hawk and Armored Geass as well as a couple one-shots I have in the making.

Finally, I'd like to say I am deeply grateful to those of you who reccomended this story on TVTropes. OathToOblivion and InfiniteFreedom01, I deeply thank you for that praise. I'd also like to thank both Cure Rider Phoenix (formerly Rider Cure) and Code-Emperor07 for their help in writing this chapter.

Thank you for reading, please review and, once more, thank you for your patience with me. Review replies will be posted below this message tomorrow at the latest.

EDIT 3/7/2014 Review Replies (Includes those already there on Chapter 28):

- OathtoOblivion: I plan to go for something different yet similar with Extreme. While Prism is a possible Memory for use as it's granted by the power of the Xreme Memory I may end up doing something else entirely. Just wait and see. As for you being recced, I have this to say: Keep doing what you're doing, enjoy it and write as best you can. Then, one day, someone like you will do the same thing you did for me, beacuse he/she finds your story enjoyable enough to be reccomended. That being said, I do plan to check your Gaim story some time in the future.

- necrofantasia: I agree with you wholeheartedly. Canon!Louise is not as easy to manipulate due to her short fuse temper and arrogance, and what you've stated about Royalty is one of the many things Lelouch plans to drill into Hawk's skull during the lessons. give him a season and Hawk may yet be competent enough to manipulate the situation to his favor. Only time will tell.
New Chapter's here and I hope you enjoyed it.

- brave kid: I did and I'm back. Glad you liked it and it's good to be back.

- Blazedragon94: Kouga and Tsukasa's conversation, that's one of the many meetings I have planned for the story that I am looking forward to write when they happen. Still, it's a good ways off.
Glad you enjoyed this chapter and yes, the six named Germnian characters are all based on Soul Calibur characters. I wanted a competent Germanian princess, childhood friend of Henrietta and stuff and a reliable commander for the Germanian troops so I went for the absolute badass that is Siegfried Schtauffen and thought, much like I did when I added Lelouch and ended up with Code Geass characters all over the story, "What the hell, I'm going all in." Don't expect many more of them to appear though and no Soul Edge or Soul Calibur will be around.

- rebmul8: I hope you haven't been undergoing withdrawal symptomes, I've taken a while to continue this after all. I'm really happy you found it that good and hope you've enjoyed this one as well.

- The Insufferable One: Thank you for your praise and your patience. I really hope this chapter is to your liking.

- Guest (Oct 21, 2013): Not really, to be honest. I already have enough Riders here so the only times Double will be around will be the ones he comes to help with the other Riders. Don't worry though, I have a couple things planned for combination attacks and a surprise or two for those meetings.

- Ki Dalang Samezu: Funny thing, no one else has done that, except the guy that called me stupid a few reviews after yours. Thnks for your support and I hope you enjoy this.

- Code-Emperor07: Thanks and thanks for your help.

- Gaim-15: Thanks for your suggestion but apparently all I needed was a half-year long hiatus. Jokes aside, Rocket and Eternal will cross paths around the end of this season and there will be cameos from the other Heisei Riders except for now, Gaim. The reason for this is simple. Timeline: This story is happening in-between superhero wars so Wizard's adventures are still happening, Gaim hasn't started yet.

- Dead Pann: Makes me wonder what yo said when he handed Cromwell his ass and all the other stuff he's been doing. I'm glad you like the story.

- Sparxthehehdgehog: Well, although it's taken a good while, here you have one more chapter. Glad you like it and thank you for the praise, I do try to be as original as I can while still keeping within the boundaries of the plot of FoZ.

- Firem78910: I'm glad you liked the Valliere chapter and the story as a whole. It's good to be back to writing, I'm glad you liked this chapter as well. Also, Geo Hikari's creator is that one guy, the fifth review reply starting at the bottom, and we're both fully aware of that coincidence ;)

- NexusRider161: Nope, not dead. Although I did not hurry the F up like you asked. And I also find it funny that you would tell me that and right after give me a crossover idea. Regardless, I'm glad you like this and although I am honored for your giving me this idea I'm afraid I'll have to decline. Sorry.

- Illiasviel Emiya: I find it funny that you both praise and critisice me at the same time :D.
Yes, I agree Hawk appears to be too perfect, however, he has his issues which will be exposed and treated gradually. That appearance of perfectness is a shell he hides behind, one that has taken over ost of his mannerisms and reactions, however, under great stress, that shell crumbles. You'll see.
I also hope you found Louise's part here more fitting. Yes, she is the main heroine of FoZ, but, as you claimed, Henrietta is the character I prefer due to her backstory and her mental maturity in comparison to many other of the female characters. That being said, Henrietta is crucial to this season due to the war, next season she's going to be, regrettably, spending a lot of time in the background for at least half of it.

- Uchiha Fiction: Thanks. Yeah, the plan is to go over the four seasons. Thank you for your advice, and I'm glad you like this story.

- Madgormley: Thanks for the praise. I plan to keep up now that I have some more free time. Glad you liked it.

- Guest (Apr 2, 2014): Yes I know it's human nature to hide the truth if it's incovenient... And that's precisely why I did the contrary. I was sick and tired of that plotline when I started writing this and still am now. The protagonist keeping secrets and then they blow up on his face for whatever reason, I wanted to do something different and this was my reasoning: He's suddenly in a world of magic, why wouldn't he think what happened could be explained as a result of the summoning spell? Besides, he didn't hide his origin but he didn't give the whole truth about himself either. Hawk's still got a couple more issues he's keeping hidden and those are going to be treated gradually over the story, not blown up on his face just for the dramatics of it.

- raigalcc: Well, it's continued. I'm glad you found it good and hope you keep doing so.

- OrionGold: I'm not sure I follow that train of thought about Siesta. She's safe and sound back at the academy at the moment. And yeah, I noticed that I have been working with the future Kamen Rider Protagonist without realizing. Kind of like the time when Jimber Lemon/Cherry etc. were introduced in Gaim and I was all like "Hey! That's the same as my Form Drive concept, how the heck did it get there!?"

- Cure Rider Phoenix: And it's good to be back! (:

- gh152 the 2nd: Alright, thanks. I'll go about changing Darkness Void's name to Nox Void over the next few days, he's made a few appearances so I need to track him down. Well, I assumed, since you gave me no evidence to the contrary that inserting the Spiral Drive in the sword would change its shape so I went with that. Was I wrong?
On Void's talk about Scarlet, yes he knows she might go help Geo if she has free will but he will not have his most loved daughter enslaved to a trinket like the Ring of Andvari, that is why he's hesitating so much.

- OBSERVER01: Thanks on both accounts. It's good to know you liked it.

- Nick terakidan: I believe I already told you that I couldn't find a way to fit him in. That, unfortunately, hasn't changed. Drive, Queen and Rocket + those others I have in mind are more than enough. Decade & co are only staying as regular characters until the end of this season after all, in part due to the fact that there will be more characters important to the plot coming in.

- Moonlight Abyss: It's great to be back and publishing again, as well as reading what all of you think of this story. I've really missed writing these past few months and I'm really excited to do so again.

- Wolfbane420: Wow, thanks for that info, I'll change it in a moment. Glad you liked the chapter.

That's it for now. I'll try to get another chapter out before July is over but no promises.