Hey guys! I'm back! Sorry for the huge delay with this! I kind of got writers block. Then my writers block was broken by a weird dream that both made me change some things about this Fic and add another Rider. Enjoy!

The D's Pack/A Child Prodigy

Narumi Detective Agency;

Shotaro waited in his chair for a call from Terui to report back on the list of names he'd gotten from Miziki. "Anything new, Philip?" he asked his partner, who was doing a search.

"No, Shotaro," Philip replied, returning from his trance. "None of the names narrowed down finding the Alpha Wolf," he replied. "Either the person is simply another high ranking member of the Blood Fangs or he's not one of the bullies."

Shotaro sighed, but nodded. "Well, maybe Terui has something," he replied, just about the time his phone rang. "That's him now," he said, answering. "Hello?"

"Hidari, the Alpha is not one of the people on Miziki's list," replied Terui.

"How can you be sure?"

Futo Hospital;

Terui was looking at all the bullies now, in the emergency room pretty badly hurt. "Because they're all in the ER right now, when I did the cross matching with the police database; I found out that all the victims were on her list."

Narumi Detective Agency;

Shotaro nodded, but came to a realization. "Wait, that confirms our theory though," he replied.

"What do you mean, Hidari?" responded Terui, clearly not convinced.

"Because, from the reports, it would appear that the first attacks preceded Miziki becoming a Dopant," explained Shotaro. "Therefore, she couldn't have committed all the attacks."

"You may be onto something…but who else could it be?"

"I have a prime suspect," said Shotaro. "Just keep watch there, alright? I've got some investigating to do," he said, hanging up.

Akiko looked to him. "Shotaro-kun, who do you think it is?"

Shotaro sighed. "I can't be sure…but I've got a few ideas," he said, getting up. "Akiko, do you think it'd be romantic to have someone willing to do anything to protect you?"

Akiko slowly nodded, thinking of Ryu, who she had a crush on. "Yes, I believe I would, why?"

Shotaro started towards the door and grabbed a fedora, looking up. "I think I may have our suspect, just stay here and I'll check it out," he explained heading out the door to the Hardboiler.

"Shotaro, you think Kenta's the Alpha?" asked Philip. "It's possible…but it probably won't complete narrow down the search and he might not be the Dopant."

Shotaro looked back. "If I don't check, I'll have no way of knowing."

Futo Hospital;

Terui went over and looked in on Miziki with a sigh. "If its truly your lover that's responsible, then I can sympathize with protecting someone who they care about," he said aloud, pulling out the Trial Memory and looking at it. True, he didn't feel like he was in love with Nagi, but she was still someone he cared deeply for, and he'd surely gone through a great deal to protect her from Isaka. "But if he's a criminal, he must be brought to justice," he said, though he knew these kids clearly didn't know what they were getting themselves into, younger users rarely did. He then heard footsteps coming down the hall way and turned to see two boys coming down the hallway. Presuming they were here to see Miziki, he stepped aside to allow them to pass, but kept an eye on them. That's when he noticed something about the first of the boys as his shirtsleeve moved with his walk and grabbed his arm.

The boy glared at him but didn't resist as Terui lifted his shirtsleeve to reveal a Living Connector. Terui quickly pulled out a pair of handcuffs but before he could progress, the boy pulled away from him. Beta gave him a dark look, adjusting his glasses. "Sorry, but you've seen too much," he said, he and Gamma pulling out their Gaia Memories and pressing the button.

"Wolf!"

They both inserted Wolf Gaia Memories, Beta's into the Living Connector in his arm, Gamma into one in his shoulder. The two howled as they morphed in a white light into Wolf Dopants, Beta grey in color while Gamma was white, based off a Grey and Arctic Wolf respectively. "We're going to maul you good!" yelled Gamma, clinching his fist.

"You know, I was honestly hoping we could do this quick and easy," said Beta. "But now we'll need to get bloody."

Terui growled and pulled out the Accel Driver, putting it on and pulling out the Accel Memory. The two gasped and took a step back. "You're a Rider too?" asked Gamma, started.

"Accel!"

"Hen…shin!" yelled Terui, putting the Accel Memory in his driver and revving it.

"Accel!"

Terui transformed into Kamen Rider Accel and pulled the Engine Blade. "You don't realize what you've gotten yourself into, Gaia Memories are dangerous things."

"Yeah, for you!" replied Gamma, charging along with Beta.

Accel ducked under a claw swipe from Gamma and kicked Beta in the chest to drive him back. He then caught another swipe from Gamma with the Engine Blade and pushed back before slashing him repeatedly across the chest. Beta spun Accel around and slashed his chest repeatedly before throwing him to the ground. Accel rolled through and pulled out the Engine Memory.

"Engine!"

He inserted it into the Engine Blade and pulled the trigger three times.

"Electric!"

Accel charged and slashed both Dopants with an electrically charged Engine Blade, forcing them back in pain. The two snarled and leapt at the same time, Accel managing to slash Beta out of the air but getting pounced on by Gamma, who bit down hard on his shoulder and shook him. Accel cried out in pain and tried to break free, but Gamma's jaws were too strong. Accel managed to get his hand to his Driver and quickly pulled the clutch on it.

"Accel! Maximum Drive!"

Accel revved the handle repeatedly, his body bursting into flames the more he revved it, sending Gamma recoiling, his face burned. Accel quickly got to his feet, charging and leaping into the air to perform his Rider Kick, only for Beta to leap up and slash him, knocking him to the ground and canceling the Maximum Drive. Before Accel could stand up, Beta and Gamma were both on him and slashed him repeatedly, launching him through a wall.

Accel groaned and stood back up, shaking debris off of him to see the two had run into Miziki's room. Before he could stop them, they grabbed Miziki and leapt out the window, disappearing. Accel snarled. "Darn it! They got away!" he yelled, turning back to normal. But he realized something and took out his phone, inserting a memory into it.

"Beetle!" announced the memory, it changing into Live Mode. "Follow them," he ordered, letting it fly off after them.

Futo City, Kenta's Apartment;

Shotaro stood near the building, waiting and keeping an eye out for anyone coming. After a few moments, he heard flapping and looked up to see the Bat Shot flying out a wind, landing in his hand. He removed the Bat Memory, deactivating it, before looking through the pictures. At first there was nothing out of the ordinary but he finally came to a picture that made him gasp. "This makes things more complicated…" he said, running back to the Hardboiler and taking off, calling Philip. "Philip! Meet me at the docks! And I need you to look up some information on the way!"

Futo City Docks;

Miziki slowly woke up with a groan, looking around and finding herself tied to a chair in a dark room. "Oh no…not again…" she said, getting scared. The door opened and Alpha walked in slowly, a Wolf Memory in hand. "I won't rejoin you! I just want to be normal!"

Alpha growled. "You think it's that easy? I've done everything to make you happy, my Alpha Female," he explained. "I love you after all."

Miziki gasped. She remembered what Shotaro had said about it being someone that loved her. "You're not…you're not Kenta are you?"

Alpha laughed loudly. "No! I'm not that wimp of a boyfriend of yours!" he said. "But everyone will think I am," he said. "You see, I needed an Alpha Female, and you were the perfect pick, call it instinct I was drawn to you. And I had all your bullies attacked just to incriminate Kenta because I needed a scapegoat to lead the Kamen Riders off the beaten path. Not to mention show you how much I care about you," he said, though his voice had no hint of compassion.

Miziki snarled. "You're a monster! They'll stop you! I know they will!"

Alpha chuckled. "No, I don't think they will. Your boyfriend has a motive, I don't really. They don't even know who I am, why I had those bullies attacked, but they know Kenta and that he'd have a reason to, that's why they'll waste time dealing with him. By the time they get here, I'll have you back under my control."

Terui pulled into the area, the Beetle Phone flying into his hand. He then looked over and saw Torrent's Skunk Sensor jump into the hand of Nami Sudo. "You're here too?"

Nami slowly looked over to him. "I may be out for my revenge…but if there's one thing that runs deep in the Sudo Family it's a love for Futo," she explained, walking over and deactivating her Memory Gadget. "I've run some tips. According to my contacts, Alpha has a D Gaia Memory of some kind."

"D?" asked Terui, curious but remembering the matter at hand. "They've got a young girl, we'd better hurry before its too late," he explained, then looked over, seeing Kenta in the area in front of the building. "That kid…" he said, watching him reach into his pocket and pull out a Dopant Gaia Memory. Terui gasped and ran over, grabbing his wrist, preparing handcuffs. "You are Alpha, aren't you?"

Kenta looked sickened. "No! I'm not!" he yelled back. "I got this memory to stop him and get Miziki back!"

"He's telling the truth," said Philip, walking up. "And he's not being rash about it either, he knows Gaia Memories, and technology in general, very well," he explained, turning to look to Kenta. "For your senior paper, you wrote an essay called 'Practical Applications of Gaia Memories', I've read it, I must say, it was intriguing and quite sound," he stated, rubbing his chin in thought. "Particularly the part where you analyzed the known Dopants and listed practical applications for their powers. Like the super strength of some Dopants being used to rescue survivors of accidents more quickly."

Kenta looked shocked. "But how did you read it? The teacher hasn't even returned it yet…" he asked, confused.

"Philip has his ways," said Shotaro, stepping off the Hardboiler and walking over. "And if he says your research is sound, it is."

Kenta sighed. "I've been gathering information on Gaia Memories, I found that the Kamen Riders aren't suffering ill-effects from their Gaia Memory use like the Dopants," he explained, looking down. "If used poorly, Gaia Memories are terrible, terrible things…but if used properly, they could have a great many practical applications that could greatly benefit mankind…this Memory is part of my research…"

"Not the only part," said Shotaro. "Show him, I've seen your schematics, I know you have a Driver on you."

Kenta sighed, pulling said Driver out. It resembled a half version of the Double Driver, what was normally called a Lost Driver, but looked like it was assembled in someone's garage. "I've been studying the Kamen Riders, I based my prototype off of what information I could find of Double's, the tech took a lot of guess work, and I went through quite a few versions, but this one works, I've used it already. Only problem is I don't have the right type of Gaia Memory so it just turns me into a Dopant," he said, looking at the Gaia Memory, which had a symbol shaped like an 'S' with the head of a stegosaurus at the top, spines running down it and the tail a spiked tip. He then pressed the button on it.

"Well there's one way to be sure," said Nami, having listened patiently. She walked over and took the homemade Lost Driver and handed it to Philip. "What do you say? Does it really work?"

Philip was surprised. Seeing as this was Nami Sudo, normally he'd be more curious about that, but given the situation, he didn't have the time. He quickly examined the Driver. "Yes, it's fully functional. In fact, if it weren't for the lack of ideal parts, it'd probably be a Lost Driver. At the very least, it'll filter out the negative effects of a Gaia Memory even better than the Museums Drivers," he said, amazed. This boy's intelligence was outstanding.

"I want to help," said Kenta, seriously, ignoring what the others were saying. "I'm going in to rescue Miziki…and you won't stop me."

Shotaro sighed, having expected that. "In that case…you can help."

"Hidari!" shouted Ryu, surprised that Shotaro would say such a thing. "He's just a kid, we'd be putting him in serious danger."

"If I've learned one thing from dealing with middle school girl, it's that tell a kid not to do something dangerous and they try to do it anyway," explained Shotaro, seriously. "And I've been in a position were I tried to do something dangerous I'd been told not to do…that's when the chief died…" he said solemnly, remembering Begins Night. "If Kenta is so determined to see this through, he's going to do it anyway, and it's better he's with us and able to fight back than rushing into trouble. And if you arrest him, he'll just breakout and get in even more trouble, love can make you do crazy things. If his Driver works, the safest thing to do is let him join us with it."

Philip looked unsure, but after thinking it over, nodded and returned Kenta's Driver. "An impatient one like Shotaro knows these things better than most," he said, giving a small smile. "He and Kenta are very much alike."

Kenta looked stunned but took his Driver before bowing. "Thank you, Shotaro-sama."

"Just Shotaro will do," said Shotaro, messing up the boys hair. "Now let's crack this case," he said, taking out the Double Driver. "Let's go, Philip," he said, putting it on and causing the other one to materialize on Philip.

Ryu had to take a few minutes to wrap his head around Shotaro's words before nodding. He had to admit, he'd probably do anything to help Miziki if he was in Kenta's shoes. It was probably safer to allow the boy to come with them and fight than to risk him rushing headlong into danger with no way of protecting himself. He'd been in the position of being willing to do absolutely anything to protect someone you care for and knew if Kenta felt the same, it was pointless to try and stop him. He took out the Accel Driver and put it on.

Nami sighed. "Well, this'll be fun," she said, putting on the Torrent Driver.

Kenta gasped, looking at them. "You're all…"

"Kamen Riders," said Shotaro with a smirk, taking out the Joker Memory as Nami and Ryu did the same with their respective Memories. After a few seconds, Kenta caught on and took out his Gaia Memory.

"Joker! Accel! Torrent! Stegosaurus!"

Philip watched Fang run up and leapt into his hand, converting it to Memory mode and pressing the button.

"Fang!"

"FangJoker's feral fighting style will give us an advantage against the Wolf Dopants," explained Philip.

Shotaro nodded. "Henshin!" yelled himself, Philip, and Nami.

"Hen…shin!" yelled Ryu in his normal fashion as he slammed the Accel Memory into place before activating his Driver along side the others.

"FangJoker! Accel! Torrent! Stegosaurus!"

Philip, Ryu, and Nami turned into their respective Rider forms as Shotaro's body collapsed. Kenta was surrounded in a dark green aura and transformed into a Dopant. He was tall and heavily armored and muscular, his head resembling that of a Stegosaurus, having spinal plates running down his back. While his right arm was normal, his left looked more like a Stegosaurus tail, complete with spikes at the end of it. However, his homemade Driver remained the same way.

"Alright! Let's do this," Kenta said, charging and slamming into the door to the warehouse, launching it off its hinges and continuing in.

"I thought this kid was shy!" yelled Shotaro's voice.

"Interesting, it appears that like Fang, the Stegosaurus Memory increases the aggression of the user as a side effect. Kenta's normally shy personality seems to counterbalance it somewhat so he doesn't fly into a feral rage like I originally did but…" explained Philip's voice.

"It makes him more aggressive," finished Torrent. "Well, might as well follow the kid," she said, running in after him.

Accel nodded. "Hopefully he'll remain in control of himself," he stated, following the others.

Double nodded and dashed after them into the building, which was dark and somewhat dank in appearances. "This place is quiet…too quiet," said the two-in-one Kamen Rider.

"Be careful," said Accel. "There are two other strong Dopants among them."

"If it's a wolf pack, its probably the Beta and Gamma wolves," said Torrent, looking around. "Probably enforcers to the Alphas."

"And you're right on all counts," said Gamma, stepping out of the shadows with a sadistic smile.

"Indeed, you could say we're enforcers to boss Alpha," said Beta, joining his partner, adjusting his glasses. "My, Kenta, you've gotten some back bones have you," he said with a chuckle, making a pun on his stegosaurus dorsal spines. "We'll have to tear them out of you," he said as he and Gamma took out their Gaia Memories.

"Wolf!"

The two turned into the Grey Wolf and Arctic Wolf Dopants and howled, charging with their claws bared.

"We'll handle these two," said Torrent, cracking her knuckles. "You and Spike here handle the big bad," she said, charging and punching Gamma in the snout, forcing him back, then doing a spin kick to the chest.

Accel intercepted Beta and slashed him several times before locking the Engine Blade with Beta's claws.

"Spike?" asked Shotaro's voice.

Kenta rubbed his head. "Well I kind of chose a Stegosaurus Memory and demanded this color because Spike from The Land Before Time movies is my favorite cartoon character…"

"We should continue on to find Alpha, Miziki may be in trouble," interrupted Philip's voice, preventing a retort from Shotaro.

The two continued on into the next few rooms, finding nothing of interest. "I thought this was a gang," asked Double. "Where are all the members?"

"I've staked this place out, I'm assuming that's how you knew to come here," said Kenta, knowing they'd seen his house if they knew about his Driver. "This is the hideout for the leaders, the rest have a separate hideout," he explained, coming to a iron door and sticking his air to it. "They're on the other side."

"Get back," said Double, using FangJoker's strength to slash the lock.

"Alright, my friend," said Alpha, preparing to insert a Wolf Memory into Miziki when suddenly, FangJoker's Shoulder Fang flew past, slicing the Memory in half. "What?" he asked, surprised, turning to see FangJoker standing at the doorway, catching the Shoulder Fang on its way back and causing it to disappear.

"You've been a very bad dog," said Double before pointing to Alpha. "Now, count up your sins!"

"Kamen Rider!" shouted Miziki, relieved. She then saw Kenta stepped through. "And a Dopant?" she asked, honestly confused.

"It's me, Miziki, Kenta," explained Kenta. "I'm using a Driver to safely use this Memory, I came to save you."

Miziki blinked. "Came to save me?" she asked in disbelief. She then looked happy. "You're wonderful, Kenta…thank you…"

"Darn it!" yelled Alpha. "You dare interfere with me getting my mate?" he growled, pulling out a Memory with a D formed out of the jaws of a fierce wolf.

"Dire Wolf!"

Alpha pulled off the glove on his right hand to reveal a Living Connector were he inserted his Memory. In a blast of white light, he transformed into a hulking, muscular Wolf Dopant with bone white armor over top of brown fur. He howled and charged, grabbing the two by the throat and plowing them through the wall, throwing them through a pile of crates. "Welcome to the wolf's den…" snarled Alpha, giving a howl.

"So his Memory is Dire Wolf!" exclaimed Philip's voice, Double standing up.

"Of course, no wonder the other Wolf Dopants couldn't avoid obeying him, the Dire Wolf was the biggest canine species to ever exist on Earth," stated Kenta, surprised. "I study prehistory a lot…"

"Well, let's put this mutt to sleep," replied Shotaro's voice.

Double hit the horn on the Fang Memory once. "Arm Fang!" it announced, the blade extending from his arm as he charged the Dire Wolf Dopant, slashing him several times, only to have little effect and be slashed back himself. Kenta charged in and bashed Alpha back with his weapon arm, forcing him back slightly through brute force only to be slashed repeatedly by the hulking Dopant's claws and knocked back. Both leapt at him at once, but Alpha caught their faces in his claws and squeezed, his claws digging in before he threw them away. He grabbed them both by the neck on the ground and charged, grinding them across the ground and slamming them into a wall before picking Double up and sending him flying into a wall.

Kenta growled, standing up and smashing his spiked hand across the Dopant's back, forcing him forwards with several repeating slashes. But the evil Dopant spun around and clamped down on his shoulder, causing him to cry out in pain before throwing him across the room through a pool table.

"Philip, this guy is tough," said Shotaro's voice.

"Prehistoric Dopants are rarely easily dealt with, Shotaro," replied Philip. "Remember how difficult the Triceratops Dopant was to defeat."

Double leapt over and slashed the Dire Wolf across the back as he raised his claw to slash Kenta, stopping him and slashing him repeatedly. The annoyed Dopant spun around and slashed him repeatedly, then bit down on his shoulder and shook him like a rag doll. However, this gave Kenta a chance to rise to his feet and slam into his back with a shoulder block, causing him to drop Double. As Alpha spun around to counter attack, Kenta drove his spiked arm into the Dopant's chest and managed to lift him off the ground. He charged with all his strength and slammed Alpha with tremendous force into the opposing wall.

"You've hurt Miziki!" yelled Kenta. "You've hurt this city! I will never allow you to do that again!" he yelled, bashing Alpha repeatedly with his spiked club before throwing him through a table.

"Shotaro…" said Philip. "Doesn't that sound familiar?"

"…Yes, it does, Philip," replied Shotaro, seeing another person who didn't want to see the city cry.

Double got back to his feet and charged, doing a flying side kick to the Dopant before he could rise to his feet completely, then pouncing on him and slashing him repeatedly with his claws. Before much headway could be made, however, Alpha let out a powerful sonic howl, blasting both his opponents off him and a good distance away.

Beta threw Accel through a table. "Face it, Kamen Rider, you're not fast enough to keep up with a wolf," he said, leaping on him and slashing him repeatedly. Accel slashed him across the face with the Engine Blade and forced him back before throwing the Engine Blade, stabbing him in the chest and knocking him back.

"Now I will break through," said Accel, pulling out the Trial Memory. "Everything!"

"Trial!"

Accel pulled out the Accel Memory and inserted the Trial Memory, revving the throttle as Beta recovered and charged.

"Trial!"

Accel transformed to Accel Trial and ducked under Beta's slashes at high speed and countered with a barrage of punches and kicks, ending with a powerful kick to his nose that launched him back with a sharp yelp. Accel clutched his fist tightly and charged, continuing his high-speed beat down on Beta.

Torrent was knocked through a window to the outside by Gamma, sending her rolling behind some barrels. Gamma laughed psychotically and slowly approached. "No use hiding, I can smell you, Kamen Rider!" said the deranged Gamma. However, when he jumped over the barriers, she was gone, the Skunk Sensor standing there in live mode. It then turned and sprayed him with a terrible smelling yellow gas, sending him yelping and coughing.

Torrent stepped out from behind a pillar. "That sensitive nose of yours can be used against you," she said, pulling out her Steam Memory.

"Steam!"

Torrent removed the Torrent Memory and replaced it with the Steam Memory, throwing the Driver open.

"Steam!"

Torrent changed into Steam Form and charged, slashing him with her sword repeatedly.

Alpha blasted his opponents with another howl, launching them backwards once more. "You're outmatched!" he said with a laugh. "I'm going to kill you and then take my mate!" he yelled, letting out another sonic howl.

Kenta snarled as he and Double were blasted back. He planted his feet in the ground and stomped forwards, using his brute force to fight through Alpha's attack. "You will never lay a hand on Miziki again!" he yelled, slowly forcing through, much to Alpha's shock. Before the evil Dopant could react, Kenta drove his spiked hand into the Dopant's stomach, ending his attack. He then grabbed Alpha's shoulder and spun him around, placing him between him and Double. "Finish him!" he yelled, holding him in place. "I'll be fine! It's just a Memory Break after all!"

Double hesitated, but nodded. He pressed the horn of the Fang Memory three times. "Fang! Maximum Drive!"

Double got down as blue energy surged around him, a blade extending from the side of his ankle. He leapt into the air, spinning in the air, black energy following his leg and the blue energy forming into a massive dinosaur head. "Fang Streiser!" he yelled, landing a flying roundhouse kick to Alpha as the energy dinosaur bit down on him.

The two Dopants exploded, leaving Kenta and Alpha behind, both their Gaia Memories but only Alpha's shattering in midair. Kenta, him and his Memory protected thanks to using a Driver, remained conscious and let Alpha collapse as he caught his Stegosaurus Memory. He quickly ran towards were Miziki was. Alpha tried to crawl away, only to be grabbed by Double. "Forcing a young girl to use Gaia Memories," he muttered. "Sickening."

Accel kicked back Beta, pulling out the Trial Memory and converting it back to its normal mode, pressing the button and starting its count down as his eyes lit up and he charged, throwing it into the air. He unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of kicks to Beta's chest and face, leaving blue energy skid marks in the shape of a T before spinning around a catching the Trial Memory, pressing its button, causing '9.7' to appear in the air next to him, the amount of time used in the attack.

"Trial! Maximum Drive!"

"9.7...seconds, that is the time left until your despair!" Accel shouted, Beta screaming and exploding, leaving the unconscious human laying on the ground with a broken Gaia Memory next to him. Accel reverted to Terui and clamped the cuffs on him.

Torrent stabbed Gamma in the stomach and then spun around, kicking him in the gut. "Time for you to be washed away," she said, taking the Steam Memory out of her belt before inserting it into the hilt of her sword.

"Steam! Maximum Drive!"

She raised her sword, the blade extending like a vapor before she swung it down, slicing through the Dopant down his center, leaving a white glowing mark. Gamma yelled out in pain before exploding in a huge fireball, his Wolf Memory shattering as it ejected.

Shotaro and Philip watched Terui take away the defeated gang with the assistance of the police. "So they just found Gamma tied up?" asked Philip.

Shotaro nodded. "Nami Sudo is a mystery," he said. "She doesn't want to be found, then she won't be…" he said, turning and looking as Kenta and Miziki kissed, glad to be together again. "Young love, I wish them the best."

"Kenta is a brilliant young man," said Philip. "If his research goes well, Gaia Memories may have good use after all."

Shotaro nodded. "A boy like that…he makes this city smile."

Narumi Detective Agency;

Shotaro set at his type writer, finishing the case file. As it turns out, Alpha had no personal connection at all to young Miziki. He only saw her as a possible mate once he laid eyes on her, becoming a stalker with a crush. Miziki and Kenta are safe, Miziki will return to her normal life once she's cleared from the hospital. Kenta's future is quite bright indeed, with his mind, we may someday see a much better world… he wrote, finishing the file. He then heard a knock on the door and looked up as Akiko opened the door, Kenta walking in. "Kenta, is everything alright?" he asked, wondering why the boy was back.

"Yes…" said Kenta, now shy once more without his Stegosaurus Memory. He walked quickly over to Shotaro's desk. "Philip was right, we are a lot alike…" he said. "I want to find a way to use Gaia Memories for the betterment of everyone…" he explained, slowly putting his Driver and Stegosaurus Memory on the table. "That's why I want to be your apprentice, Shotaro-sempai," he said, bowing and shocking Shotaro. "As a detective and as a…as a Kamen Rider!" he said, not rising from his bow.

"What?" asked Akiko, coming over. "I'm the chief, why don't you want me to be your teacher?"

Kenta looked up slowly. "Uh…no offense, Akiko-sempai…but Shotaro-sempai is a Kamen Rider…" he said shyly. "You can't teach me that, only he and Philip-sempai can," he said, seeing all three as his superiors and thus using the respectful sempai to refer to them. He turned back to Shotaro. "With Philip's help, I could finish my Driver and be a Rider too…the Riders are the ultimate way to use Gaia Memories positively, to help those who are in trouble and save Futo…that's what I want to do. I graduate from collage shortly, I can get into any collage I want to with my grades so I'm in no rush…please…"

Shotaro had a lot to take in. After all, letting this kid become a Rider was a big choice. "…Kenta…do you know for sure what you're asking for? Being a Kamen Rider isn't a game," he said, seriously.

Kenta nodded. "I understand that," he replied, serious. "But I want to help people…that's all I've ever wanted to do…"

"Shotaro…another Kamen Rider would be helpful," said Akiko, taking the matter seriously.

Shotaro gave it some thought. "Alright…if Philip will help complete your Driver, we'll find a way to get you the right Gaia Memories to use it. But do as I say, alright?"

Kenta nodded, smiling. "Yes, thank you, Shotaro-semp-" he said, bowing and cutting himself off by banging his head on the desk in his excitement. "Ow…" he asked, Akiko helping him not to fall over.

"Well, I'm impressed, Daiki," said the boss of the man who bought the Earthquake Memory, looking at a fully dug out tunnel. "You sure know how to use an excavator, don't you?"

Daiki nodded. "Yes, sir, it was easy once I found the proper motivation," he said, smiling as he bowed.

"You even refueled the excavator for me, well done," said the boss. "I'm sure there's a promotion in your future if you keep this up," he said, patting the man on the shoulder and walking off.

Daiki smiled, turning and taking the Earthquake Gaia Memory out of his shirt pocket. "It's just like he said, I dug faster…" he said. "Even faster than the excavator. Soon, I'll finally be a success!" he stated, laughing as he looked at the Gaia Memory in his hand.

Kenta's character change was inspired by a weird dream I had. Anyway, yes, there will be two Riders in this fic instead of one, but now the real plot starts! Enjoy!