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Yuuske ran up and clashed with Geki, surprised by how well the rider was standing up against him still. Although he knew he wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer. It was just a matter of time before the white rider fell to the power of the new belts! Yuuske got ready to charge again when the annoying brat jumped in his Tulip Hopper and started shooting at him. He growled and rolled out of the way, barely dodging the shots. He stood back up and looked in time to see Izumi taking down the kid and his ride. Great@! Now they just had to subdue Geki. Well, or so he thought. The green rider stood back up, determined not to give up. "Do not under estimate the power of my genius! There is no way we can lose to these two. Now stand back if you do not wish to be hit!" He pressed his compressor twice and pulled back on his bow. "Blueberry Energy Sparking!" A large blueberry appeared in the sky and the Professor let an arrow fly into it, making it rain down all over the small lab. He could care less about the machines. Yggdrsil would just buy new ones and he had scores of backup data for all of his research. He just wanted to end this pointless fighting between all of them.

Yuuske growled as he saw the pine swing around the room. Blocking his arrows. "Dam you, you fool! I am trying to contain a situation!" He yelled at Ryou. Why was this man so bent on stopping him from achieving great things?! He wanted to kill the trickster that was causing all this but no. Ryou had to step in with his stupid compassion. He was trying to stop his only test subject that could hold so many answers from escaping and he had to step in again! Yuuske "Why do you continue to stand in my way? I have never met a bigger fool in my life!" He said to himself as he gripped his bow harder. "Izumi leave the boy and suppress the test subject." He said as he looked towards Ryou and the other riders with him. He grinned under his mask as he got an idea.

"Get away from them Ryou! I won't let you harm another kid while I am around." He said as he pulled back the Sonic Arrow. "Get away from him! This guy is working with Kizoku. How else would he know exactly where to find you? Don't you think it's a bit to convenient that this man came to save you right when you needed it most?" He asked with an evil grin on under his mask. Now to just pull out his trump card. "Tell them Ryou! Tell them how I tried to stop him but you wouldn't let me!" What he said wasn't a lie. He had tried to stop Kizoku from getting away but Ryou for whatever dumb reason, wouldn't let him take him down.

Kenzaki Hiyori

Armored Rider Gaim


Hiyori caught up to Ryou as they ran into the half destroyed hallway. She was caught off guard by the free-for-all fight going on between Rolento, two new riders, and Bravo.

She watched while Ryou began arguing with the Blue Rider. The two had begun throwing accusations at each other, throwing the blame around in an attempt to get her and the other riders on one of their sides.

"Enough!" Hiyori shouted, stepping inbetween Ryou and Haku-Shin. "Don't you guys get what is going on? That Lock Dealer has played you - us - for fools. Hand picking the Sengoku Driver candidates, throwing us into the forest to start infighting within Yggdrasil, leaving that White Rider behind knowing one of us would follow...it's all been a ploy."

She stood firm between the two Yggdrasil employees, her hands raised in defiance. She hoped she was right but at the same time she wished she was wrong. If the Lock Dealer was able to orchestrate all of this then what was HIS plan?

Izumi Inoue

New Generation Rider Marika


Marika twirled her bow, expertly knocking aside Bravo's attack. This boy was really getting on her nerves now. On the Professor's orders she was to suppress Bravo and take control of the situation. She was not going to fail.

However she was letting her agitation get the better of her and had failed to pay attention to her surroundings. She had failed to notice that one of Bravo's energy spikes had struck part of the damaged wall. The rubble broke off, striking Marika in the back, knocking her down and burying her in the rubble.

By the time she was able to push the debris away, the fight had already died down a little. Rolento was no longer attacking, Ryou, Sengoku, and Anomaly-001 were in a stand off and...oh no...Kizoku had appeared.

She changed her target, raising her Sonic Arrow at Kizoku, ready to fire.

((Shouldn't that be Durian Sparking?))

Jonouchi Ryou
Armored Rider Gridon

"Capture him." Ryou commanded, ordering his Troops who were already moving in to apprehend the traitor. He was impressed by both Hiyori's cleverness and Kizoku's audacity to not only return, but to hide in plain site using his likeness to the other Knuckle Troopers to his advantage. Ryou couldn't help but wonder however what the Tricker was actually planning. "Kizoku? Just what exactly are you trying to do?" He asked, voicing his own inner questions.

Before the man could respond however, the unstable Sasuke used the opportunity to run past Ryou's Troopers and attack Kizoku. He immediately detached and raised his Lockseed again to transform, but it was already too late for him to do anything to stop Baron's attack on the Trickster.

Lockseeds
Donguri
Mango
Pine

(I thought three times was "Charge" or "Sparking," depending on the Rider. I know "Squash" is once and "Au Lait" is twice. I don't know which it is supposed to be for Bravo since as far as I know, he only used the "Au Lait" function on the show)

Koji was sure that the professor's attack was gonna finish him off when Zangetsu got in the way, blocking the attack with his shield. Panting heavily as he tried to catch his breath, proud to see his attack had taken out Marika, he chuckled as he said, "Thanks for sharing your umbrella, Hideyuki. I didn't expect rain today." Standing up as he saw the fighting stop, he closed his Lockseed, revealing his body was pretty banged up with cuts and bruises.

As Hideyuki helped him up, Koji noticed Rei and shot the shy girl a pained smile and thumbs up, his other arm around Hideyuki's shoulders. He watched the stand off between the Beat Riders and the two different groups in Yggdrasil. He wanted to be ready to fight, but to be honest, he wasn't sure if he was physically in the condition, too. After all, he had just managed to survive a battle royal against three other Riders, two of whom seemed to be using a next generation Driver. "I'm glad my distraction was worth it," he grunted to Hideyuki.

Just then, he watched as Hiyori basically pointed blame for the fighting at Kizoku the Lock Dealer, trying to diffuse things between the two Yggdrasil guys, the doctor and the one he hadn't met before, only for the place to suddenly become flooded with Knuckle Troopers... And Knuckle himself. Before anyone even had the chance to speak to the Lock Dealer, Sasuke had transformed into Baron and was rushing him. "Damn it! He's gonna get his a** busted!" Koji cursed. "Sasuke, wait!"

((Yep, three times on the driver is "Sparking." And Ugh, I'm going to try to clean this up later after my run. I'm not liking how the last part turned out. gonk ))


Jonouchi Ryou
Armored Rider Gridon

"Resigning?" Ryou questioned. He surprised that the strange white cherry-themed armored rider finally snap out of his trance and silently take the blow meant for Kizoku. It was almost as if the man was possessed.

He was further astounded when several of the Knuckle Troopers begin to fight with other Yggdrasil soldiers. They were all behaving just as strangely as the other white armored rider was. "The Golden Fruit? What on Earth could that be possibly be?" He questioned himself again as the Trickster made his exit. It wasn't something he was aware of. Was Sengoku purposefully hiding something from him. He thought he caught a glimpse of something red as the Crack closed, but he couldn't tell what it was. He stood there defeated for a moment, looking over the fallen infected solders. Kizoku had won this round.

Lockseeds
Donguri
Mango
Pine


Kuroki Hideyuki
Armored Rider Zangetsu

"Geki!" Hideyuki yelled as the young rider obediently threw the pleading Rei to the ground before taking the blow meant for Kizoku. He had by now put together that the young rider was a unwilling pawn in whatever the Trickster was planning, but he had no idea at first that Kizoku's control had gone this far, let alone the Yggdrasil Soldiers who now attacking some of the other troopers.

He stood there for a moment with Bravo, taking out a few of the infected troopers until he noticed Kizoku and Rolento make their way to the new closing portal.

"The Golden Fruit? Just what the hell is he talking about?" He asked aloud as the portal finally closed, no doubt voicing everyone else's concerns. Hideyuki remained transformed as he waited to see how the tense situation would play itself out. It was obvious with Kizoku's betrayal that they were all at a stalemate now.

Lockseeds
Melon
Suika
Ichigo
Sakura Hurricane