Diend was still finding Hajime when he heard several explosions behind him. "Alice must be using her bombs again," he thought. He knocked down a door and found Hajime laying on the table, half-naked. He checked his pulse. It was still beating. "Thank god." He lifted Hajime off the table and carried him on his shoulders. He used his tesla-bands to escape. He passed Alice and the others along the way. From what he could see they were getting beaten. "I'll be back soon." As he left, Alice smirked and used her bombs to close off the entrance.
"Your friend won't be coming back here to help you."
"You bitch," Decade said. He roared at her as he swung his sword.
Diend arrived in front of Hirose's car. She got out and helped Hajime into the car. "What about the others?"
"They're still inside."
"What?! Why aren't you helping them?"
Diend cancelled his transformation. "Alice destroyed the entrance when I left them. They're on their own."
She slapped him in the face. Kaitou stared at her like she was crazy. "What are you-"
"You should be in there trying to help them. Instead you're standing here."
"Like I said. They're on their own."
Hirose raised her hand to slap Kaitou once more but he pointed the Diendriver at her face. "How about you wait for them to come out. If its them then they can do it."
Hirose gave him the finger and got back in the car. Kaitou scoffed and stared at the building. "You better win Tsukasa. You're our only hope."
Alice crawled onto the ceiling and fired energy balls from her mouth. Decade cut them down but they separated into small balls and exploded. Decade fell back down and stared at her angrily. Blade helped him up. "We could use that form right about now," he said.
"Gee, If only if it could pop out like it did before," Decade retorted. "If I had it I would have used it a long time ago." He inserted Faiz's Kamen Ride card into the driver. The red photon blood formed around him and Faiz's armor appeared. He inserted another card into the driver.
Form Ride: Faiz Accel
He started the Accel watch and ran up at Alice at superspeed. He knocked her down from the ceiling and did rapid kicks to her. He slid in the Final Attack card and delivered the final blow to Alice. However, before Decade landed the kick she grabbed his foot and swung him around. She threw him to the wall bringing it down. The Accel watch counted down its time limit.
3..2..1.. Time Out
The aftereffects from using the Accel form took its toll on Decade. Faiz's form disappeared as he stood up. "It's not over yet," he panted.
Blade charged at her and swung the King Rouzer at her. She stopped it with her hand. "Really? You're going to do that?" Her eyes glowed and several balls of light appeared. "Bye." She snapped her fingers and the balls exploded. Blade screamed and let go of the King Rouzer and he flew back from the impact. Alice tossed the King Rouzer Back to him.
She flexed her arms and legs. "This is just too easy with my new powers. BUt of course this wouldn't be possible without the help of Heptus." She stared back at the bloody bits of Heptus.
"Did you plan this from the start?" Decade asked.
"Not at all," She truthfully replied. "I started to get the idea I should kill him not too long ago. I just needed the right time to do it. And look at me now. I'm the most powerful person right now. Well, not as powerful as the other two Dark Emperors."
"As long we're still standing. You'll never win," Blade shouted. He picked up the King Rouzer and took out the Blay Rouzer. "That's what a Kamen Rider is." He charged at Alice once more.
"Seriously?" She yawned. "This tactic again?" She formed a white energy ball in her palm and threw it at Blade. She smiled as it hit its target and exploded.
"No!" Decade yelled.
"Well it looks like-" She stopped smiling when she saw Blade coming out from the smoke. "It can't be!"
He roared out a battlecry as he slashed the two swords at her. A cut appeared on her body but it instantly healed. "I'm not done yet!" He spun around with his swords in a 360 degree hitting her. She jumped back as more cuts appeared on her. He slid five cards into the King Rouzer. "Spade 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace," it announced.
Royal Straight Flush
Gold giant hologram cards appeared in front of Blade. The King Rouzer glowed in his hands as he swung it through the cards. The energy came out of the sword and passed through the cards and hit Alice. She tried to block it with her hands but it was too much for her. It exploded and she rolled to the floor.
"Tsukasa do it!" He shouted.
Decade nodded and slipped in the Illusion Attack Ride card. Two copies of Decade appeared beside him. They out their Final Attack Ride cards and slid it in the driver.
Final Attack Ride: Decade
They performed the three versions of their final attacks and used it on Alice. There was an explosion as the attacks hit her. The copies of Decade disappeared as he ended his transformation. "Is it over?" he said. The smoke cleared revealing a masked man holding Alce, in her human form.
Blade ended his transformation. "Who are you?"
The masked man ignored Kenzaki and turned to Tsukasa. "So we finally meet."
"Let me guess. You're one of the Dark Emperors."
The masked man smiled. "Right you are. My name is Cronos. I"m the second Dark Emperor. It was amusing to watch you fight. But let me tell you this. As you are now, you cannot defeat us." A portal opened behind him before he stepped in, he turned around. "Until we meet again." THe portal closed behind him leaving Kenzaki and Tsukasa alone.
Two weeks later, after Hajime came out of the hospital, they decided to throw a party for him and Kenzaki at Hirose's house. The Jokers inside them was finally gone. Everyone was happy and having a fun time except for Tsukasa. He stood outside the balcony watching the sunset. He touched his mother's necklace and remembered and a day with her.
"Mommy do you think I'll be a good emperor?" He asked. She smiled and patted his head.
"Of course you will. But remember this: To be a good emperor you'll have to be a strongman."
He nodded and gave her a bright smile then he ran off to play with his friends.
Tsukasa smiled as the memory faded. "I'm sorry mother, but I'm not as strong as you think I am." He had failed to defeat Alice and she had gotten away. If he couldn't stop her then how he could be an emperor or a Kamen Rider? What was even worse was that Blade's Kamen Ride cards were still blank.
Kenzaki noticed Tsukasa's bad mood and went to talk to him. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"How do you still fight when an enemy has gotten away?"
Kenzaki realized what this was about now. He chuckled when he thought about it.
"What's so funny?"
"Don't worry about Alice. There's time for that later?"
"Are you serious?" Tsukasa took out the Blade's blank Kamen Ride cards. "I didn't defeat her that's why the cards are still blank." He put the cards back into his Decade Book and angrily threw the glass of wine he was holding off the balcony. It shattered into pieces when it hit the ground.
"Why are you doing this in the first place? This whole journey thing?"
"It's so I can become emperor and to stop the Dark Emperors."
"You're missing something else."
"What's that?"
He tapped at his chest. "The heart of a Kamen Rider."
"What are you talking about?"
"You think you're weak and that's why you blame yourself for letting Alice escape."
"What does that have to do with the heart of a Kamen Rider?" Tsukasa let out an angry huff.
"I don't know how its like in your world. But in this one, being a Kamen Rider means not giving up. Even if you think you failed, don't just give up, keep on going." He gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Think about it."
Tsukasa watched him go back to the party. "Heart of a Kamen Rider, eh." He remembered the monolith appeared after the battle.
"With no Undead in this world, it said. "The Battle Royale is over. Use your lives wisely. For this world has been saved by you two." Then it disappeared.
"They should live normal lives now," he said. He took out Blade's Kamen Ride cards. They started to glow and turned back to normal. His watch starting beeping, signaling the end of their roles in this world. "So they turned back to normal after Kenzaki gave me that speech." He smiled and put the cards back into the Decade Book. He went back inside to the party and rejoined the others.
Meanwhile, Kaitou was working on the K-Touch upstairs. He threw his tools on the table in anger. "This is going to take a while to finish. But we don't have the luxury of time at all.." His cardholder started glowing as it shot out cards in the air. He grabbed them as soon as they stopped glowing and took a glance. Leangle and Garren were on them. "Tsukasa must have restored Blade's cards back to normal." He put the K-Touch and the cards back into his jacket. He took a look at himself in the mirror. He saw a strand of grey hair in his head. "I'm getting too old for this," He groaned. "Guess I'll go back to the party."
The next morning, Tsukasa and Kaitou packed up their things from the hotel. They had woken up early and left Hirose's house. They had to move on to the next world as soon as they could. "So how did you get back Blade's power?" Kaitou asked.
He looked at him for a while then went back to packing. "He told me something useful," He replied.
"Oh? What's that?"
"It was the heart of a Kamen Rider."
"That's gay," he snorted.
Tsukasa scowled. "Let's just go to Hibiki's world now." He pushed the button on his watch and a portal appeared. They stepped into it leaving Blade's world behind.
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