IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS THE OLD VERSION AND IS NOW OUTDATED. IF YOU WANT TO READ THE NEW VERSION, GO TO CHAPTER 13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OathtoOblivion: Apparently, my brain doesn't know when to stop making new ideas. Oh well, as long as you guys are entertained, I suppose it doesn't really matter, does it? At any rate, this is a collaborative write-up between me and Symbolic Joker. Say hi, Joker.

Symbolic Joker: Ah~ I'm pretty sure some people are laughing at the 'Say hi, Joker' since it's tone can be that like someone introducing their pet dog or something. And now I bet a lot more people are laughing since I pointed that out. Anyway, my brain always wanted to make a Gaim fic. Plus it wanted to take a crack at doing a PC fic. So this is killing two birds with one stone. Plus since this thing has two Authors working on it, higher chance of being updated constantly.

OathtoOblivion: But enough about that, let's get started. Joker and I do not own either Kamen Rider Gaim or Heartcatch Pretty Cure. Those are both owned by Toei. By the way, first person to spot the Sonic Colors reference gets a hint at where the story is going!

Let's go! This is Our Stage now!

"I've never cared about justice, and I don't ever recall calling myself a hero."

Heartcatch Pretty Cure – Just Live More

Episode 01 – Precure no Sekai?! The Orange Samurai Debuts!

(? POV)

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…H-Huh? Where am I? The last thing I remember was talking with Joker about fic ideas. Specifically about how that stupid disease of his that never lets him get anything done had infected me. I opened my eyes, and winced as the Sun shone in my face. It was then that I realized that I was lying on my back in the middle of who-knows-where. As I came to, I noticed that in front of me were a few particularly familiar looking items.

"H-Huh? Where did these come from?" I picked the items up. It was what appeared to be a DX Sengoku Driver, missing its belt at that, along with a Lockseed Holder and a few Lockseeds from Kamen Rider Gaim. They were all of Gaim's regular Lockseeds, no Energy ones to be seen; Orange, Pine, Strawberry, and Watermelon were all here. Considering I've never owned even one piece of Kamen Rider merchandise in my life, where did these come from?

"I mean, people don't just randomly give you merchandise like this out of nowhere." There had to be a catch; there was ALWAYS a catch when it came to this kind of stuff. It then occurred to me that everything looked a bit more…vibrant is probably the best way to put it. At any rate, something about the location looked eerily familiar…

It was then that a strange light was shining off in the distance. If my hours of playing video games and reading fanfiction has taught me anything, it's to investigate anything that glows. Well, seems like it's investigation time!

At the source of the light…

I paused. I had to considering what I was seeing. Specifically, it was seeing a girl with pink hair get smashed into the ground by what looked like a gigantic doll. The fairies flying around and the elderly woman standing with them did nothing to help me disbelieve what I was seeing. Because that girl was clearly Cure Blossom, Hanasaki Tsubomi. Which meant that I was in the flippin' Precure World! I mean, I've read fanfics like this before, but I never thought it would happen to me! And considering I had Rider merchandise…I looked at the Sengoku Driver suspiciously. Could it actually be a real Sengoku Driver? Whatever, it's not like I need to help out…

...Wait a minute. What's that in her hand? I know that Chyphre and Coffret have the orb that's Erika's body, so what's that? Upon closer inspection, it appears to be a...Lockseed. Wait, what? Oh crap, there's even an Inves coming up behind her too! That's not right!

…Damn you, Murphy, why do you always do this?! Because standing with the Desert Apostle Sasorina was clearly an Elementary Inves that was being controlled by her if the Lockseed in her hand was any indication. Okay, my having a Driver and Lockseeds is understandable, considering I don't belong to this world. But why does a CANON character have one of them? Something smelled fishy, and it looked like it was up to me to help out. Hey, I'm a nice guy like that, unlike some people I know (COUGH*JOKER*COUGH).

Somewhere in Asia, in another World…

"… Why do I have the sudden urge to go on a murderous rampage…?"

At any rate, it looks like Tsubomi was about to say something to Sasorina. "Not only do you make Erika-san suffer…, but the flowers too… I… I'M NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THIS!" This looks like a good spot…

I made my entrance from behind one of the trees, clapping my hands as I did so. Everyone looked over to where I was, distracted by my clapping. I spoke up. "Well said, Cure Blossom. I guess I was right to decide to ally myself with you." With that, I brought out my Sengoku Driver and put it on. The belt wrapped around, and the Rider Indicator changed to Gaim's Indicator. Should have guessed considering I had his Lockseeds…

At any rate, Sasorina reacted with shock. "Where did you get that?! If you have one of those, you're supposed to be one of OUR allies!" Really? People with Sengoku Drivers are helping the Desert Apostles, eh…? Well, more reason to stick around, I guess.

But I had to get confirmation. "Oh? Someone on your side has a Sengoku Driver, huh? I guess it's the same person who gave you that Lockseed. And if he has one, there are bound to be more of them…" Sasorina looked shocked that I figured it out. "How did you know about that?!"

I just smirked. "You just told me so, idiot." She was so frustrated, she almost lost her grip on her Lockseed. Unfortunately, she noticed and kept a tighter grip on it. I'm going to guess there was an accident behind the scenes on their side that was making her extra-careful. I would have paid money to see that…

At any rate, I stepped forward. "Now, shall we get started?" With that, I drew my Orange Lockseed and hit the switch that would unlock it.

ORENJI!
(ORANGE!)

Everyone else reacted with shock. Blossom reacted enough to speak. "Isn't that pretty much the same thing that summoned that monster earlier?!" So Sasorina summoned the Invess only recently, huh?

However, I had to respond. "Ordinarily, unlocking this Lockseed would summon an Invess, which is what they're called by the way. However, wearing this Driver lets me do something different…" With that, I placed the Lockseed on the Drive Bay, and secured it on the Lock On Arm.

LOCK ON!

With that, Gaim's techno-traditional Japanese jingle started playing from the belt. I could see the fairies, Chypre and Coffret dancing about to the music. Really, do they have no sense? At any rate, time for a Henshin!

"Hen…"

I crossed my left arm over my chest and brought my right arm down. I then spun around and did the second half of Momotaros's "Ore, sanjou!" pose.

"…shin!"

I then sliced the Orange Lockseed with the Driver's Cutting Blade, then pointed straight up.

SOIYA! ORENJI ĀMUZU! HANAMICHI ON SUTĒJI!
(ORANGE ARMS! FLOWERED PATH ON STAGE!)

A portal to Helheim Forest unzipped itself above my head. An orange then came down over my head, rippling all over my body and creating Gaim's Pre-Arms armor. The orange then opened up and formed the armor, with the Daidaimaru sword in my right hand, the Musou Saber attached to the left of the belt and my Lockseed Holder with the other Lockseeds attached to the right. I had become Gaim's default form, Orange Arms!

Battle Start! While Blossom was fighting Erika's Desertrian, I was busy dealing with the Inves. Luckily, it was only an Elementary Inves, so I didn't have too much trouble with it. I still had some though; despite knowing what I was facing and what I had, I had never been in an actual fight before. In the stories I wrote where this kind of thing happened to the main character, I was able to Handwave it away through Magic. Here though, I didn't have anything to handwave it; I was just as much an amateur as Tsubomi.

I shook my head; now was not the time to doubt myself. Now was the time to beat this thing into the ground! I started off by holding the Daidaimaru in both hands and rushing at it. It put up a pretty good fight, and I got whacked a few times too, but cracking your toes on a metal chair hurts way worse than anything this Inves can do. I first attempted to do powerful slashes with the sword, but it simply leapt away. That seemed to be the running trend; I'd get close and slash, only for it to get out of the way. This was getting me nowhere, so I decided to change tactics.

I brought out the Musou Saber and attached the Daidaimaru to it to form its Naginata Mode. Then, I pulled back the yellow tab to activate the Saber's Gun Mode, firing 5 bullets at the Inves. This stunned it long enough for me to attack it with the Naginata enough that it was incredibly weakened. I believe it's time for a finisher, wouldn't you say?

LOCK OFF!

I removed the Orange Lockseed from the Driver and placed it on the Saber's Drive Launch to initiate the Fruits Charge.

LOCK ON!

Ichi! Juu! Hyaku! Sen! ORENJI CHĀJI!
(1! 10! 100! 1000! ORANGE CHARGE!)

"Naginata Musou Slicer!"

I fired energy blasts from the Musou Saber end of the Naginata, trapping the Inves in an orange sphere. I then proceeded to charge the Daidaimaru end with energy and then slash the enemy for the win, destroying it in the process. In the corner of my eye, I noticed Blossom using her Blossom Tact to execute the Precure Pink Forte Wave and purify Erika's Desertrian. I also noticed Sasorina in a crater, holding on to the remains of her Lockseed. It seemed that she had crushed it at some point, probably only a few moments ago.

"Curse you, Precure as well as you, Armored Warrior! Next time we meet, I'll strike you both down with my poison stinger!" And with that, she teleported out of here. Meanwhile, Blossom gave back Erika's Heart Flower, which returned her to normal, although she was unconscious.

Blossom turned to look at me, and just as we were about to say something to each other, a bright flash of light came out of nowhere! When it died down, an unconscious teenager was lying down between us. He was carrying a Sengoku Driver, as well as the Banana and Mango Lockseeds. Strange… something about him seems really familiar…

(Another '?' POV)

Ugh…My aching head…What happened…? The last thing I remember was reading a book and then suddenly feeling the urge to go on a murderous rampage…and then…a blank…That can't be good…I can't remember what happened next…Wait, where am I anyway? Am I still in my room? Doubt it…

As the blurriness impairing my vision faded away, I saw an old woman with brown hair and kind dark pink eyes. Next to her was a girl, a few years younger than me perhaps, with dark red hair that was most likely dyed and dark pink eyes that were the same shade as the old woman. Were they related? Most likely. I guess the two were grandmother and granddaughter, respectively. But then I noticed something heavy on my left shoulder. Turning my head slightly, I saw... dark blue.

Dark blue hair belonging to a sleeping girl who was using my left shoulder as a makeshift pillow. That would explain why I feel a bit uncomfortable. My body must've sunk a bit, because judging by our leg lengths I'm a bit taller than her. Seeing her using me as a pillow while I was unconscious, I did the most natural thing that came to me:

Blushed like a tomato and quickly backed away from her.

Seeing me blushing and being shy caused the old woman let out a soft chuckle, while her granddaughter looked confused. I heard soft snickering and turned my head around to see some guy with black hair, about my age, and brown eyes. He looked like he was from around India, and he was wearing glasses, as well as brown pants, a red jacket and white sneakers.

"Good, you're awake." He told me. "Come over here, there's some things we need to talk about." I was confused, but complied with his order. After all, I needed some answers; might as well follow this guy to get some. We walked deeper in the greenhouse that I just realize we were in just as the blue haired girl woke up. However, we didn't stick around to hear what the girls had to say. When we reached an area the guy thought was suitable enough, he turned to face me.

"Alright, first thing's first; do you know about Kamen Rider?" He asked.

"Yeah." I answered simply. I get the feeling that whatever situation I'm in, it has something to do with Kamen Rider.

"Okay, then do you know about the current series; Gaim?" I nodded in response. "Great! Then you'll find this familiar…" He said as he took out… a Sengoku Driver?! Okay…, this is entering weird territory…

"What's with the toy…?" I asked. He just pulled out a DX Sengoku Driver in front of me after asking me if I'm familiar with a series. What did you expect?

"It's not a toy. Or maybe it was…But if that's the case, it isn't anymore." The young man told me as he put it over his waist. Holy… did a yellow strap appear in a magical aura?! No way… don't tell me…

"Is that really…?" I got a nod in response. "… Where are we…really?" I was really afraid to ask, because I was in one those self-insert fanfics, I just know it! …Somebody please tell me we're not in Highschool of the Dead…No wait…there's an easy way out…I mean, in the zombie apocalypse I can just use the Sakura Hurricane or Rose Attacker to enter Helheim Forest and stay there until I die…Wait, do I even have those Lockvehicles?!

"We're in the Precure no Sekai (World of Pretty Cure)." The young man answered, and I sighed in relief. Living in the Pretty Cure World isn't so bad… With the exception of the occasional monster attack, it'll be very similar to my own world… I think. "Specifically, the Heartcatch Pretty Cure series." The young man further elaborated on which series we were in. "But… there are changes. A lot of changes…" The young man noted, gaining more of my attention, as if that was possible…

"What do you mean?"

"Apparently, the Desert Apostles have their own Kamen Riders supplying them with Lockseeds." …WHAT?!

"WHAT?!"

"I know, right? And that makes me worried…" The young man said. "Originally, I wasn't going to step in and help with the Precure fights… but since the Desert Apostles have Kamen Riders…"

"It's up to any good Kamen Rider to stop them, right?"

"You catch on quick." He then took out another Sengoku Driver, though this one's Rider Indicator was blank, and tossed it to me. When I caught successfully, he tossed me two Lockseeds; the Banana and Mango Lockseeds?!

"Wait… that means…!" I said, realizing which Kamen Rider I'm destined to become. The young man nodded in response.

"Will you fight alongside me, to make sure that this world will be successfully protected as it should've been…?" The young man asked, holding up an arm for a handshake.

"I…" I didn't continue my sentence, as I just stared blankly at the blank Sengoku Driver. If I put that on… I'll have to fight. But… am I really worthy enough to bare the Kamen Rider name? Won't I just get in the way…I… What the...? How did I not noticed that before…?

"I'm not fat anymore!" I said in shock as I realized that most my fat had magically disappeared.

"Fat…?" The young man repeated in confusion.

"Yeah! I was a bit fat before I was transported here! And now I'm… slim…" I answered his question awkwardly as I checked myself out. "What about you? Is there any changes with you?"

"Hm…" The young man merely hummed as he began to check himself out. "Well…I've slimmed down a bit myself, and my irritating facial hair has gone away." Facial hair? He saw my look, because then he replied with, "I'm supposed to be 18, but whatever force brought us here saw fit to de-age me. I'm probably your age now…"

"…" I merely stayed quiet, as I intensely stared at my Sengoku Driver. Eventually, I made my decision.

"I… don't want to be a Kamen Rider…"

Symbolic Joker: ... Saisho ni itte oku (Let me say this to start); I feel like smacking you for what you wrote at the beginning of the chapter Kiva. Plus the 'unlike some people I know' comment.

OathToOblivion: Heh heh. -rubs back of head- Sorry about that, aibou...I didn't mean to come off as condescending. Although in all fairness, some of the things you've told me...

Symbolic Joker: WHOA WHOA WHOA! YOU'RE ENTERING SPOILERS TERRITORY THERE MAN! Discussions about Alteration will stay as discussions until we reached the crossover!

OathToOblivion: Okay, maybe it was a bad idea to try to bring that up. At any rate...

Next time on Heartcatch Precure - Just Live More: Knight of Spear! Cure Marine takes the Stage! See you guys then!