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For five years now Tobei Tachibana had been the advisor to the Kamen Riders, arguably their greatest ally during their struggles against the forces of evil. But right now, he was taking a visit to a Kamen Rider Museum owned by Toei Studios in Oizumi. The majestic sight of a statue of Kamen Rider 1, Naofumi Iwatani, brought a smile to his face. He noticed a lot of kids huddled around the statue as well.

"Oh hey!," one of the boys said, "Isn't that Tobei Tachibana?"

Tobei chuckled, feeling like a celebrity as the kids recognized him. In fact, he noted that several of them had Rider badges, marking them as Junior Riders.

"I heard about this museum since Toei had managed to make several series based on the Kamen Riders," he explained, "I assume you know who this is a statue of?"

"Kamen Rider 1!," the kids cheered excitedly.

"That's right," Tobei said, "And even before he became a Kamen Rider, he was an old friend of mine. I still remember each of the Kamen Riders. 2, 3, and 4. V3 and Arms. X. My daughter Angel. Life, SSS, and Eyez. Amazon, Omega, Alpha, and Sigma. Stronger, Tackle, Stream, and Arsenal."

"What was Naofumi like?," one girl asked.

"Ah, he was the coolest guy you'd ever meet," Tobei said, "He and his team have taken out dozens of Shocker strongholds across the world, and defeat some of the most powerful monsters ever created."

After learning about Shocker by happenstance, Naofumi Iwatani stole vital cyborg technology from them, which he used to become the hero Kamen Rider 1. With the power of his Typhoon belt, he could transform by taking in the power of wind. With this power, he took on the forces of Shocker, often riding into battle on trusty Cyclone. Tobei led the kids on a tour of the museum, stopping in front of three posters.

"And here we have Kamen Riders 2, 3, and 4. They would become allies to Naofumi as he continued his fight against Shocker across the entire world."

Nearby was a table with several trophies dedicated to the Riders.

"Ren Amaki had been captured by Shocker to turn into a new enemy of Naofumi, but that was stopped and he instead became a new Rider. And later, Motoyasu Kitamura and Itsuki Kawasumi modified their own bodies to become Riders as well. Together the four of them made an unbeatable team."

In addition to their vehicles, the New Cyclones, TriCyclone, and Sky Cyclone, the Four Riders created powerful Rider Weapons. The Rider Shield, Sword, Spear, and Bow. They could also combine their vehicles into the powerful Omega Cyclone. They fought against a number of Shocker cyborgs, modeled after plants and animals. Their most prominent finisher in this regard was the powerful Rider Kick, a flying side kick that could transfer energy to destroy any cyborg.

"Eventually the Four Riders defeated Shocker, and its successor Gel-Shocker," Tobei said, "And for a time it seemed like there would be peace. But Shocker's Great Leader rebuilt before long, creating the new organization Destron. Fortunately..."

He turned the page of the magazine he was showing the kids, revealing a picture of Kamen Rider V3 and Kamen Rider Arms.

"The Four Riders would find successors in the Rider Duo."

Akira Fudo had watched his family get murdered by agents of Destron. Despite wanting revenge, he would ultimately choose the path of justice by preventing Great Leader from destroying the Four Riders. They in turn modified him into a new Kamen Rider, V3. He would gain help from a powerful devil named Amon, who was trying to stop Destron from using the life force of his fellows devils to create their monstrous mutants. His Double Typhoon could empower him with 26 Secrets, powerful abilities that were designed to deal with any threat V3 might come across. His Rider Machine was the noble Hurricane.

"But Akira would soon learn that Destron was not without its dissenters," Tobei noted, "One scientist of Destron wound up betrayed by their commandants. This was Ryo Asuka. He would eventually defect from Destron and join the side of justice, to become a Kamen Rider himself."

He pointed to a poster of V3's partner, Kamen Rider Arms.

After losing his arm to Destron's evil, Ryo got his body modified using special Cassette Arms. He could transform using the Rider Helmet to become Kamen Rider Arms. Though their partnership was rocky at first, Arms and V3 would soon become true brothers-in-arms. Arms would ride into battle with his Silver Streak.

"Eventually, Destron was defeated," Tobei said, "But Great Leader had already planted several seeds of evil. And one of them prompted the arrival of a new hero."

He turned the page to reveal Kamen Rider X.

"Yuzuru Otonashi. He was an amazing young man. I couldn't have asked for a better son-in-law."

"So he and Angel got married?," one girl asked dreamily.

"That they did," Tobei assured her, "But Yuzuru was a very strong Rider indeed, as Kamen Rider X."

When the forces of the Government of Darkness, GOD, made their chance to take over the world, Yuzuru let himself be modified into Kamen Rider X, and joined the Kamen Rider Battlefront. With the powerful Synchro Drive he could take on aspects of his friends. He transformed using the Ridol, and rode into battle with his Cruiser.

"This would not be a battle Yuzuru would have to fight alone," Tobei noted, "He would gain powerful allies in short order."

He pulled out a record, showing Kamen Riders Angel, Life, SSS, and Eyez. Yuzuru's girlfriend Kanade Tachibana would also become a Kamen Rider known as Angel using the Angel player, riding the Wing Racer. His best friend Hideki Hinata would use the Soul Blazer to become Kamen Rider Life, riding the Soul Rizer. Yuri Nakamura would use the Metamorpher to become Kamen Rider SSS, riding the Moth Wing. And finally, Ayato Naoi would use the Gogglizer to become Kamen Rider Eyez, riding the Sapphire Storm. Tobei now showed the kids a variety of Kamen Rider action figures, including Kamen Rider Amazon.

"Now here's something of an interesting one. Kamen Rider Amazon was a little different from the other Kamen Riders. Ken Kaneki had spent much of his life away from civilization. And even after getting used to it, he's most at home in the jungle."

Ken Kaneki had survived a plane crash as a baby and had been taken in by a mystical scientist. Years later, Geddon attacked the scientist's settlement looking for the GiGi Armlet. With help from Touka Kirishima, Ken was remodeled to be half-ghoul and fused with the GiGi Armlet. It became his power source to transform into Kamen Rider Amazon, riding against Geddon's forces on the Jungler. The kids all looked at modeles of the Jungler and Junglaider used by the Rider Pack.

"Eventually Touka would become Ken's mate and a fellow Rider," Tobei added, "And they would soon become a pack with two more Riders as Geddon was defeated, only to replaced by the Garanda Empire."

Touka would soon be given the Amazon Driver to become Kamen Rider Omega, riding the Junglaider. Nishiki Nishio and Hideyoshi Nagachika would follow suit as Kamen Riders Alpha and Sigma. Together the Rider Pack would fight against the Beastmen of the Garanda Empire, putting an end to them once and for all.

"Over time this very studio would take the adventures of the Kamen Riders and turn them into TV shows," Tobei noted, "I'd say they might be just as popular as the Super Sentai series that's been running for years now."

"Wouldn't it be awesome if the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai could team up?," one boy said.

"Like that could happen," another boy said, "The Super Sentai are fictional. The Kamen Riders are real heroes."

"Hey, Tobei," one girl said, "I found a script for Kamen Rider Stronger."

"Ah, now here's the most recent one," Tobei noted as he took the script, "Joe Shimamura definitely lived up to his title."

Created to be Cyborg 009 by the Black Ghost, Joe Shimamura learned that very organization was just part of a greater evil force known as Black Satan. So he had his cyborg body further modified. Using the Electrer, he become the powerful Kamen Rider Stronger, riding into battle on the Kabutoro.

"And he wasn't the only 00 Cyborg to become a Kamen Rider either," Tobei noted, "Three of his fellow cyborgs, including his girlfriend, also chose to take up the role of heroes of justice."

He showed the transformation devices, the Magnoid, Graviton, and Atomizer. Francoise Arnoul, 003, would use the Magnoid to become Kamen Rider Tackle, riding on her Tentoro. Jet Link, 002, would use the Graviton to become Kamen Rider Stream, riding the Jet Streamer. Albert Heinrich, 004, would use the Atomizer to become Kamen Rider Arsenal, riding the Atomic Panzer. They would also gain use of the Super Electronic Dynamo, a power that could be shared among them to create mighty team attacks. Tobei continued to show the kids pictures of the Riders throughout their adventures.

"They truly have been amazing heroes. And great friends."

Let's Go!! Rider Kick

Here they come! Shocker! The evil army of Hell!

Targeted by its dark and scary shadow

Protecting the peace and justice of the world

Go! (Go!) Go! (Go!) Let's Go! The spectacular machine!

Rider Jump! Rider Kick!

Kamen Rider! Kamen Rider!

Rider! Rider!

Rider Jump! Rider Kick!

Kamen Rider! Kamen Rider!

Rider! Rider!

Rider Action

Kick up off the ground, Rider Jump!

Spin around within the air, mighty pinwheel!

Calling for the lightning, Rider Kick!

Beating down the enemy, Rider Chop!

Oh! Oh! Rider! Kamen Rider!

Kick up through the air, Rider Plane!

Flying right into the sky, ever straight and true!

Calling forth the mighty wind, Rider Jet!

Striking down the enemy, Rider Cut!

Oh! Oh! Rider! Kamen Rider!

Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3

The crimson, the crimson, the crimson mask of V3!

Double Typhoon, the amazing Belt of Life

The twin windmills that bear Strength and Technique turn

Dear Father! Dear Mother! My dear Sister!

My blood screams with the howling of the wind

Charging forward to the limit of my strength

My enemy born from hell, Destron

Fighting for peace and justice, Kamen Rider V3

Set Up! Kamen Rider X

Set Up! Set Up! Set Up!

Behold! That silver helmet and that long black scarf

That forehead of his just shines through, blazoned V and V

Stop GOD and their deadly treachery

The sound of the waves can be heard in his father's screams

Bring the fury of the Ridol, end his enemy

X Rider fighting all the way

Kamen Rider X! X! X!

Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari

Question the wide, open skies! Ask them who am I?

Amazon Rider! That is who I am!

Fight against me if you would prefer, envoys of evil

Did you see? The Jungler that I'm riding on

Fangs laid bare in the light, a tooth for a tooth

Fearsome claws growl and roar, an eye for an eye

For justice, I'll be a ghoul, a noble demon

Amazon Rider, he is finally here

Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta

Ride as swift as wind! Flying through the skies!

Black Satan has seen its end today

Protect Japan, the one home that we have known

Let my raging heart burn with justice now

Behold! My deadly Denshi Shock!

Your evil life will be stolen from your wicked form!

Who am I? Ask, who am I?

Kamen Rider Stronger

Tobei showed the kids copies of each transformation device used by the Kamen Riders, from belts to bracelets to masks.

"Hey, I don't recognize this one," one of the boys said.

"Ah, that one's new," Tobei explained, "From a new Kamen Rider that's already in training. His name is... Kamen Rider Sky."

The locust-themed Rider was already training with a female police guard, the two on surprisingly even ground.

Slit the throat of reason and reality

Cut myself and scream for their insanity

Wake up to this nightmare that will never end

The main attraction of this twisted master plan

I will be your Deadman

With nothing but this blood on my hands

Stuck in your "wonderland"

I just want to make you bleed like me

So make me your Deadman

With only poison in my veins

Stuck in your "wonderland"

Stagnated by the passivity

I'm gonna make you bleed like me

The Rider took his helmet off, revealing a young man with short brown hair and deep gray eyes. This was Ganta Igarashi.

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*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Once again mysterious forces are plotting evil schemes. But who could they be? And what is their end goal?

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Ganta Igarashi was on a vacation with his family. He could be seen paragliding through the sky, a favorite pastime of his.

"Maybe today I'll break my airtime record," he said.

Suddenly his mom called in over the radio.

'Come back down, sweetie. We're getting ready for lunch.'

"Alright," Ganta said, "I'll be down in a sec."

He then noticed a group of bikers chasing down a lone car.

"Looks like they need help," Ganta said, "Good thing I have an advantage from up here."

Down below, the bikers stopped the car and pulled out a scientist, who was refusing to go back to someone. Ganta landed nearby and knocked the bikers away from the scientist.

"Who attacks a helpless person out in the open like that?," he demanded.

The bikers leapt to a nearby hill and took off their helmets, revealing black face coverings and belts with an angular logo that had an eye on it. The black-suited men leapt at Ganta. Ganta had experience as a fighter, but these humanoid had surprising strength to them. Ganta quickly got the scientist and hid just below a cliff. It was enough to throw the humanoids off their trail.

"And just to be sure...," Ganta whispered.

He threw a nearby stone into the water.

"They jumped into the water!," one of the humanoids realized, "After them!"

Ganta ran back to one humanoid that had rammed into a tree on its bike trying to catch them. When Ganta tried to wake it up, it wound up blowing smoke from its mouth before disintegrating.

"What's going on?," he asked the scientist.

"It's better that you not know anything," the scientist replied.

"Actually, he should be read in," a female police guard said as she approached, "After all, this concerns him more than you know."

She approached Ganta.

"Ganta Igarashi? I'm here to inform you that your college class has been murdered."

Ganta was shocked.

"When did that happen?"

"Early this morning," the woman explained, "While you and your family were out here enjoying your vacation. And yet someone insisted you were the culprit simply because you were the only survivor. At least, by default. In other words, you were framed."

She showed her badge.

"My name is Kiwako Makina. Former chief of staff at a prison known as Deadman Wonderland."

Ganta looked around.

"We can discuss this elsewhere. Right now it's not safe. Those things could come back."

He got the bike, but the scientist just handed him a card.

"If anything happens, you can find help at this address. The head scientist there can make sure you're well-prepared for whatever comes next. It's better if the two of us aren't in the same place right now."

He got in his car and drove off.

Sorae Igarashi, Ganta's mother, was starting to getting worried that Ganta was taking so long to return.

"I hope he hasn't crashed somewhere..."

She gasped when she saw a pair of sinister eyes peering out from a nearby tree. The rest of the camping group also saw it and were terrified. The eyes were soon matched by a sinister reptilian face.

"Your actions have prevented us from obtaining a potent new battery for our monsters," the creature declared, "For that, you will be punished."

The group was suddenly pulled underground by more of the humanoid creatures. The camp was hauntingly empty when Ganta returned with Kiwako in tow.

"No one in the tents," he noted, "And the fire's still warm."

Spotting the recently disturbed ground, Kiwako dug through it and found something horrifying. It was Sorae, having suffocated from being left in the dirt. Before long Kiwako and Ganta had uncovered the other campers as well, all of them dead.

"This is Neo Shocker's work," Kiwako realized.

"Who's that?," Ganta asked.

"You've likely heard of Shocker, yes?," Kiwako said, "They were rendered defunct several years ago by the Kamen Riders. But recently remnants of their branch forces have pulled together to create a brand new organization called Neo Shocker. Their new kaijin need incredible rage for power, and for that they sided with Deadman Wonderland, linking them to the minds of the world's most unrepentant prisoners."

"Is that why I was framed?," Ganta asked, "Because they thought I could be one of these criminals?"

Kiwako nodded.

"The idea of an unrepentant prisoner is rather loose. After all, you can't repent for a crime you never even committed in the first place. Someone who was framed and wrongfully convicted would be perfect for powering a kaijin. But you weren't just chosen at random. You possess a mysterious blood-based power called a Branch of Sin, labeling you as a being called a Deadman. Apparently the warden, Hagire Rinichiro, wants such people kept contained in Deadman Wonderland. He went so far as to intend to have his assistant warden, Tsunenaga Tamaki, act as your attorney."

"And then it was revealed that I wasn't even at the scene of the crime," Ganta surmised.

"That threw a major wrench in Rinichiro's plans," Kiwako noted, "He raged as he continued to find some way of claiming you were the killer, even trying to forge evidence that your power allowed you to be in two places at once. Except your mother had already had your Branch of Sin registered as an ability to fire blood-based bullets from your fingers or a gun. His half-assed attempts to pull you into the prison got so bad I had to quit. I then went to find you to inform you of what was going on."

"Is that when you learned about Neo Shocker?," Ganta asked.

"Somewhere around that time," Kiwako said, "I overheard the warden speaking to someone who dropped the name while I was tendering my resignation. I guess they realized I had listened in because their Ari Commandos, the humanoid creatures you fought earlier, tried to kill me soon after I left the prison. I was able to hold them off, but it wasn't until other Kamen Riders came to aid me that I was able to escape."

"I need to make sure Rinichiro can't frame me any further," Ganta said, "Is there any chance the real killer is in Deadman Wonderland for a separate crime?"

"Given how the crime scene was indicative of a psychopath that sees no problem with killing, I'd say the chances are high," Kiwako said, "But we'd need to get them to confess. And there's only one way to do that. The kaijin using them as a power source must be destroyed. When one such monster was destroyed by one of the Kamen Riders, one of the Deadmen suddenly confessed every crime or evil they had ever done due to a feedback pulse."

She folded her arms in frustration.

"Unfortunately, all of the Riders are overseas fighting Neo Shocker cells across the world. Most of them are connected to prisons with no affiliation with Deadman Wonderland."

Ganta considered his options. Then he remembered the card the scientist gave him.

"Can you take me to this address?"

"You plan to fight them yourself?," Kiwako asked, "You realize you'll be putting your life at risk."

"I'm pretty much a dead man in more ways than one at this point," Ganta pointed out, "But if I had the ability to fight Neo Shocker somehow, I might be able to take my life back."

Kiwako nodded in agreement.

"Very well. I'll take you there. Let's just make sure we aren't followed. Neo Shocker has agents everywhere."

Neo Shocker had been working to cause chaos for some time now. Mysterious disappearances. Terrorist bombings. Political assassinations. This new group was working hard to bring itself back up to the level of its predecessor before the appearance of the Kamen Riders. Right now their current main operative was a kaijin called Chameleojin, the reptilian creature that had ordered the death of Ganta's family and camping buddies.

"We lost track of the young man after the execution," he noted, "That woman he was with knows our secrets far too well. At this rate we might be able to find Professor Shido and retrieve him to obtain new cyborg technology."

As he headed off, he heard a thud and whirled around, spotting a man with a camera that had fainted. Chameleojin checked the camera and noted it hadn't been fired.

"No need to kill him. He'll likely just wake up and think me a hallucination."

He checked the man's ID, naming him as Imata Tonda.

"I'll have to keep an eye on the papers just in case. But right now I can't afford to make too many disappearances."

He headed out to the road and met with a man in an officer's uniform, sporting a beard and eye patch with a gecko on it.

"General Monster," the kaijin said as he knelt down, "We've still had no luck finding Professor Shido."

"He's a prominent member of the Midorikawa cybernetics division," General Monster noted, "If he's allowed to rejoin them, we could have another annoying Kamen Rider to deal with."

And sure enough, Raphtalia Iwatani was leading a team of cybernetic experts in modifying Ganta's body.

"This is symbiont that grants him his Branch of Sin," Raphtalia explained, pointing to a crab-like cell linked to Ganta's heart, "It empowers his circulatory system, insuring he has plenty of blood for his power. For that reason the cybernetics must be modeled to work around that system and empower it further."

"Our cyborg technology has vastly improved since creating Naofumi's Kamen Rider form," Shido noted.

While Ganta was unconscious, he dreamed about his family and friends. His classmates too. Soon enough he awoke, his body feeling much stronger.

"The surgery was a complete success," Raphtalia said, "Your body has been fully enhanced with the cyborg technology."

Ganta flexed his fingers, feeling the muscles within them tighten, the bones having a feeling like metal. Another scientist rushed inside.

"Ari Commandos are poking around nearby!"

Raphtalia grabbed a nearby belt with a large pinwheel at the buckle.

"Ganta, this is the Tornado, your transformation belt. You can use to change and fight by drawing in wind energy. The code phrase is Henshin."

Ganta nodded and put the belt on before heading outside.

Already the Ari Commandos were swarming. With his newly enhanced strength, Ganta found himself able to easily defeat them. He quickly fired off his blood bullets to test them out, finding himself not even feeling woozy after a full "clip". Suddenly, Chameleojin appeared.

"So you've become a cyborg like I have. This might be even better than what we originally had planned. Imagine the potency of making you a comrade."

Ganta couldn't help but laugh.

"A comrade to the one who killed my family and friends? Who draws power from the one who killed my classmates?"

He dodged Chameleojin's deadly tongue with a mighty leap that powered the Tornado.

"I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere for friends. Cuz I sure as hell won't be joining murderers like you! Henshin!"

With a surge of energy, Ganta transformed into a locust-themed armored warrior. He looked up at the sky that had always given him comfort, and knew he had his chosen name.

"Sailing over the silver-lined clouds! Kamen Rider Sky!"

Meanwhile, General Monster was waiting in his bone-themed war room. Just then a booming voice echoed as a large eye moved within a skull on the far wall.

'General Monster!'

"Great Leader...," General Monster said, shivering a little.

'Another threat has appeared,' Great Leader declared, 'A new Kamen Rider has been born. He must be disposed of before his power grows too strong.'

Receiving his orders, Chameleojin tried wrapping his tongue around Sky's neck to choke him out.

"I've just been given orders to kill you here and now. You're better off. With a body like that, death might be the better option."

"If that's what you think," Sky said, "Then perhaps you should see for yourself!"

He kicked Chameleojin in the head, causing his tongue to rip off as he went tumbling down the hill. At the bottom, he just so happened to stumble onto Tonda, who was still looking for his next big scoop only to run into the fight. The two of them got up.

"What's the big idea?," Tonda asked.

He then got a good look at the kaijin and fainted all over again. Chameleojin paid him no mind, instead using his camouflage to hide among the trees. What he didn't realize was that his injuries had left a blood trail that Sky could follow.

"An eye for an eye," he said as he charged up and aimed his finger like a gun, "And blood for blood. Ganbare Gun!"

The blood projectile found its mark right where Chameleojin was hiding, knocking the wind out of him. Angered, he grappled with Sky before getting knocked around. Chameleojin managed to knock Sky off the hill and send boulders down to try and crush him as more Aris appeared. But Sky quickly dispatched the grunts one by one with his superior strength. He then picked up Chameleojin before leaping into the air for a great toss. The kaijin wound up flat on his back and in intense pain.

"Sky Kick!"

Sky leapt into the air and came down with a flying side kick, striking Chameleojin with tremendous force. The kaijin struggled to his feet as his internal systems went haywire.

"This is only the beginning... Kamen Rider Sky... This is Neo Shocker's execution grounds... You will not leave here alive!"

And with that he collapsed, his body completely disintegrating. Suddenly the ground began to erupt. However, Sky had one final trick Chameleojin hadn't realized. He hit the special levers on his belt.

"Sailing Jump!"

With a great leap, Sky started flying as his cape fluttered in the wind. He soon landed in front of Shido and Kiwako.

"I didn't realize you could fly," Kiwako admitted.

"It was part of the cyborg systems," Shido explained, "Since Ganta finds himself at home most in the sky, Raphtalia wanted his abilities to reflect that."

"And I'll continue to use these powers to fight Neo Shocker," Sky declared, "Just as the previous Kamen Riders have fought evil before me. And hopefully, somewhere along the way, I'll force the one who killed my classmates to confess."

"We'll be with you every step of the way," Shido said.

Kiwako nodded in confirmation. As Sky took another Sailing Jump to fly again, it was clear that a new legend had been born. A new Kamen Rider was ready to take the fight to evil in all its forms. And Neo Shocker would be hard-pressed to find someone who could defeat him.

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*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

One of Neo Shockers scientists showed General Monster a video of a particular species of spider.

"What do you think of this specimen, sir?"

"It will do nicely," General Monster said, "Have it be the model for our next kaijin. His code name will be... Spiderjin."

"We have have several healthy human hosts for the surgery," the scientist noted, "All fully capable of surviving the procedure. Please select one to become Spiderjin."

General Monster looked through the candidates until he came upon a vicious looking one.

"Here. Subject 105. Do we have the Deadman selected for his power source?"

"It's already been set up," the scientist assured him, "Bring out Subject 105!"

The big bruiser stepped out with a smile on his face.

"So this is where I get to be powerful monster now? Then let's get this over with. I'm eager to cause mayhem."

He laid down on the operating table without needing to be prompted, bringing a smile to General Monster's face. The scientists got to work enhancing the man's body with cybernetics.

Meanwhile, Ganta was paragliding around the region where the last attack had happened.

"I wonder if there's still some clues left around to find."

The scientists completed their work on the humanoid arachnid Spiderjin. He observed his new left hand, having a sickle like a spider leg. General Monster approached as Spiderjin got up from the table.

"Now," General Monster said, "Pledge your loyalty to Neo Shocker."

Spiderjin dropped to one knee.

"I pledge my life and my power. And I will carry out my mission for the glory of Neo Shocker."

"Then let us start by testing out your abilities," General Monster said, "You must bring us one of our chosen spare human hosts."

"I am to be bothered with such a simple task!?," Spiderjin said angrily.

General Monster placed his crop against Spiderjin in a threatening manner.

"Do not forget your position in this organization! If you want more difficult tasks, you must prove you can handle smaller ones. Your target's name is Shinichi Takamori, a former high school baseball player."

At that moment, Shinichi was practicing his batting with his younger brother Kenji doing the pitching. Kenji spotted Ganta's paraglider up in the sky.

"Whoa, take a look at that!"

Ganta landed near where Kiwako was waiting.

"Think we got the message out there?," he asked.

The paraglider doubled as an advertisement for a new private detective firm headed by Kiwako, called the Private Eye in the Sky agency.

"I'd say we might have turned some head," Kiwako said, "Any sign of the base?"

Ganta shook his head.

"No. The former execution site was pretty much blown to rubble. If there was a base there, it's been long abandoned. By the way, I also saw fliers for Deadman Wonderland. Why is a prison being advertised to the public?"

"There's a reason for its name," Kiwako explained, "Deadman Wonderland doubles as an amusement park. The guards are the barkers and vendors, and the prisoners are forced to be the entertainment, such as mascots and acrobats. They earn Cast Points that they can use for everyday goods. With enough CP, and if they're not Deadmen, they can even buy their freedom. Assuming they don't die first. The courses they're forced to run are pretty much designed to cause at least a few deaths. Needless to say, it's not a park for children."

The two had a system going on. Kiwako was the head of the detective agency, since she was old enough to have a license. But Ganta would often be the one doing the real investigating under her supervision.

Later at a tunnel entrance, Spiderjin had laid out his web, waiting for the right car to pass through. Shinichi had just blown past Kiwako's car on the highway.

"Christmas Cake," he quipped, "She shouldn't be hanging out with a guy that young."

"You shouldn't be driving so fast," Kenji warned, "It's dangerous."

"It's fine," Shinichi assured him, "I'm an expert driver."

Meanwhile, Kiwako sighed in frustration.

"Speed limits exist for a reason, you know. Even in the middle of nowhere like out here. Driving fast does not instantly make you tougher."

"And he's reckless," Ganta noted, "Especially with a little kid in the car. He could get into a serious accident."

Spiderjin made ready with his web as Shinichi's car was heard coming out of the other side of the tunnel. Once he saw the car, he tossed his web, successfully grabbing Shinichi and pulling him out of the car. However, this did not go unnoticed by Kiwako and Ganta. Kenji suddenly found himself alone in the passenger seat of a driverless car.

"Someone help!," he called out.

Kiwako gunned it to get closer to the car as Ganta carefully leaned out to jump into the other car, quickly slamming on the brakes once he was in the driver's seat.

"You okay?," he asked Kenji.

"My brother just disappeared!," Kenji said, "Just as we were leaving the tunnel!"

"We saw," Ganta assured him, "Someone snared him using what looked like a giant web."

Inside Neo Shocker's base, Shinichi was ensnared by strong webs as Spiderjin descended from the ceiling.

"Does my appearance not startle you?," he asked Shinichi, "Your fate is in my hands, so you should be showing terror."

"If you plan on killing me then kill me," Shinichi said, "It's not like I have anything worth living for anyway."

"I didn't go to all the trouble of abducting you to have you killed," Spiderjin pointed out, "If my goal was to kill you, you'd already be dead."

"So then why did you kidnap me?," Shinichi demanded, "Just to lecture me?"

"You need to see proof that I could have killed you anytime?," Spiderjin asked, "Very well."

He beckoned an Ari Commando over, then sprayed him with a deadly venom that instantly vaporized the Ari.

Ganta had started to investigate Shinichi's disappearance when he suddenly found himself ambushed by more Ari Commandos. They quickly grabbed him using rope-like spider threads. As the leapt down to finish tying him up, Spiderjin appeared.

"Greetings. I, Spiderjin of Neo Shocker, have been tasked with disposing of you."

He knocked him over before launching a web onto Ganta. Ganta managed to get himself free after a bit and activated his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

The wind energy stored in the Tornado transformed him into Kamen Rider Sky. The Ari Commandos moved to confront him, but Spiderjin ordered them off.

"He's no ordinary human. He's part of our organization."

He walked over to Sky.

"Sorry about that. I'm still kinda new here. I don't think I caught your name."

Sky decided to play along.

"Kamen Rider Sky. I'm here on orders from General Monster. Can you escort me to your base?"

Spiderjin brought Sky into his base, where several people were kept in special webbed containers.

"Quite the collection, yes?," Spiderjin bragged, "Most of these guys are captives, but I volunteered. See, I used to be a prisoner from Deadman Wonderland. One of the normal ones. I was no one big in the criminal game, my only real crimes were destruction of public property and a bit of manslaughter. But when I heard about Neo Shocker from some of the guards, I thought I might as well try to move up. So I saved up enough CP to buy out my sentence and sought them out to join them. And look at me now."

Shinichi noticed Sky and sighed.

"Great. Another monster to join them now. What are you supposed to be, some sort of grasshopper?"

"Locust, actually," Sky clarified.

"Even better," Shinichi said sarcastically.

"Quite you!," Spiderjin demanded, "Soon enough you'll become a monster just like us."

He tried to use his claw to threaten Shinichi, only for Sky to grab it.

"I can't believe this wasn't actually a trap. It was so hard to believe you really are that gullible. Don't you know? The Kamen Rider is the enemy of Neo Shocker."

He knocked Spiderjin aside and got Shinichi free. Ari Commandos quickly arrived to try and pursue them. Sky quickly started dispatching the ones that managed to get close. What he didn't know was that he was running past Tonda again.

"What was that? Some sort of TV stunt shoot?"

He looked around with his binoculars, only to realize Spiderjin had gotten right up in his face. Tonda's knees instantly began knocking, which didn't go unnoticed by the kaijin.

"Boo."

Tonda quickly fainted to the ground. Soon enough, Sky had gotten Shinichi to his new Rider Machine, the Sky Turbo. Spiderjin growled as he saw the bike speed off.

"This is far from over!"

Sky soon brought Shinichi back home safe and sound, much to Kenji's relief. Kenji was in awe at the sight of the new hero.

"It's a new Kamen Rider."

Shinichi nodded.

"Sky, was it? Sorry for calling you a monster earlier."

"That was just a misconception," Sky assured him, "At the time I was going along with Spiderjin's mistake of thinking I was part of his organization, so it was easy to think that. Though to be fair, locusts don't exactly have a good reputation to begin with, do they?"

That got the brothers laughing.

"I still have other business," Sky said as he left, "If you're ever in trouble I'll return. But in the meantime, make sure you run if you see anyone suspicious. And here."

He handed Shinichi a business card.

"This is the detective agency I work for. If anything happens call that number. I can be over within minutes."

Shinichi took the card.

"I'll decided if I should run or not. But I'll definitely call this number if anything happens to me or Kenji."

Sky nodded and handed Kenji a badge shaped liked his mask.

"There are children like you keeping an eye out for evil. They're called the Rider Scouts. I'm sure they'd love having a new member who looks after his older brother."

Kenji nodded in agreement as he took the pendant, noting that it doubled as a two-way radio. He followed Sky outside as he got on the Skyturbo.

"You know, my brother's really smart. But he got depressed when he failed his college entrance exams."

"Ah, a ronin," Sky noted, "That explains his cynical attitude. He still seems to know when he needs help though."

"He was always a team player during his high school baseball days," Kenji explained.

"You still seem to admire him," Sky said, "Be sure to look after him. Right now I'm the only Kamen Rider in Japan, and I don't know if or when the others will return. So I can't be everywhere at once."

"You'll get help," Kenji assured him, "Kamen Riders never fight alone for long."

Sky nodded and rode off, Kenji waving after him.

Ganta soon returned to his home, but it turned out Spiderjin was waiting there with a web trap.

"I have you this time," Spiderjin declared, "I'll kill you first. Without your interference I can easily recapture that man. He'll make a fine kaijin for Neo Shocker."

He laughed as Ganta struggled against the web.

"Try all you like, but that web is unbreakable!"

He brought Ganta to a tall building with the intent of throwing him off. He cackled.

"It's too bad you can't fly! Farwell, Ganta Igarashi!"

That's when General Monster appeared.

"Just a moment, Spiderjin. Allow me to handle this."

Spiderjin let Ganta go.

"As you wish. I'll go and recover the host body."

He crawled down the side as the building as General Monster approached Ganta.

"That technology you wield once belonged to Neo Shocker. I'm here to grant you the chance to join us. To us that power the way it was meant to be. I'm sure we can use our resources to find the one who killed your classmates."

"You kill my family and friends and have the nerve to ask me that?," Ganta pointed out, "Also, way it was meant to be? That's an objective opinion. I'll find that murderer my own way. Besides, you'd just use them to power up another kaijin. That's a fate I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Not even you."

"Our organization is already spreading its influence across the globe," General Monster pointed out, "Just how do you intend to fight a power like that? If you join us, you can look forward to a long life."

Ganta thought for a minute.

"How to fight the power you're amassing? I'd say fight and destroy more and more of your goons until your Great Leader gets mad enough to expose himself, then take you out at the source. As I recall, that's how previous Kamen Riders won."

General Monster grumbled.

"This world is suffocating from an infestation of humanity! Factoring in food shortages, it's only a matter of time before they become extinct! We will ensure the best of the best get to live on. And then cut down the excessive population down to just a third."

"And make the crisis even worse for it," Ganta retorted, "The more humans there are, the more resources they work to obtain. If there are food shortages like you say, they will work to find ways to fix that. This is why your organization is evil. With technology like yours, you could work to fix the problems you're speaking of by introducing better solutions that help everyone. Instead what you're talking about is mass slaughter. Not to mention bringing the worst and most hedonistic of humanity. If that's what you consider the best of the best, then I'll continue fighting Neo Shocker, right down to my dying breath!"

General Monster roared as he knocked Ganta down with his crop.

"So you reject my compassion and forgiveness. But I will still show you mercy by ending you with my own two hands."

He launched a flame from his crop just as Ganta leapt over the side of the building, throwing off the net before triggering his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

In an instant he transformed into Kamen Rider Sky, then hit the switches on the side of the Tornado.

"Sailing Jump!"

He flew past an astounded General Monster.

"Don't look so surprised, General," Sky said, "After all, I'm not the first Kamen Rider capable of flight. As for your false compassion, you can keep it."

And with that, he flew off over the city.

Kenji was studying in his room when the lights suddenly went out. As he looked around, he suddenly spotted Spiderjin up in the ceiling.

"Where is your brother?," he demanded.

Kenji just shook his head.

"I guess I'll have to take you instead then," Spiderjin decided, "That should suffice to draw your brother out!"

He ensnared Kenji in his web before dragging him into the ceiling. Shortly afterward Sky arrived, but found no sign of the brothers. Just before he could start to worry, Shinichi entered the house as well.

"Sky? What's going on?"

"Spiderjin's not done hunting you," Sky explained, "Where's Kenji?"

Shinichi looked around.

"He's usually studying here after school."

They then spotted a spider descending on a thread from the ceiling.

'Listen up,' Spiderjin's voice said from the spider, 'I have your brother, Shinichi. If you want him back, you'll have to come get him. Otherwise, I will not hesitate to kill him.'

Shinichi just scoffed.

"Does he think he can just threaten me like that?"

"These people are dangerous, Shinichi," Sky pointed out, "If Spiderjin says he'll kill Kenji, he's not lying. Your little brother looks up to you. And you act like you're not even concerned about him."

"I'm hardly the best role model," Shinichi pointed out as he sat down, "Back in high school I was the best. Had excellent grades, and was the ace of my baseball team. But none of that mattered when I graduated. Three times I failed my college entrance exam! All that effort... And nothing to show for it. Just a worthless ronin. I'm sick of living like this."

"You think working hard is nothing to be proud of?," Sky asked.

"Don't lecture me!," Shinichi retorted, "I don't give a damn about Kenji!"

'One more thing!,' Spiderjin interrupted, 'You have until 3:00. Even one second later, and the boy dies.'

Sky checked the nearby clock, showing it was already 2:00.

Spiderjin was holed up in an abandoned warehouse, with Kenji tied up in his web.

"I wonder if he'll even be coming," Spiderjin noted, "With these rebellious types, one can never be sure."

"He's still my older brother!," Kenji pointed out, "He'll come! Just you wait!"

"You've got spirit, kid," Spiderjin said, "Now I'm hoping he'll come. I'd hate to waste such a strong one like you."

"You may not like lectures," Sky said to Shinichi, "But hear me out anyway. You should live your life to the best of your ability. The same way I chose to. When my family was killed by Neo Shocker, when my entire class was killed by an unknown murderer, I decided not to sit around feeling sorry for myself. I chose to fight. I chose to become what I am now."

He then ran out for the Skyturbo, leaving Shinichi suddenly thinking to himself. He then quickly got to his own bike and hurried after Sky. As they raced for the warehouse, several Ari Commandos tried to intercept them on their own motorcycles.

"Always trying to out-ride a Kamen Rider," Sky mused, "Foolish idiots."

He quickly started dispatching the Aris as Shinichi raced on ahead. Spiderjin spotted him as he rode inside. The kaijin immediately trapped Shinichi in his web. Kenji's sudden cries caught Sky's attention and he gunned the Skyturbo.

"Rider Break!"

The Skyturbo smashed through the warehouse wall, knocking down several Aris as it landed.

"Kamen Rider Sky!," Spiderjin said, "So you decided to show up!"

Sky leapt up to where Kenji was being held and quickly broke the web holding him. More Aris tried to ambush him, but he was quick to put them down as they arrived.

"Take the boy if you wish," Spiderjin decided, "I already have my real quarry!"

He grabbed Shinichi and started to run for it. Sky quickly ducked under the Aris' swords and started striking them to bring them down. With the encirclement broken Aky was easily able to dispatch the grunts, throwing one right near where Tonda was trying to get a picture. THe man freaked out and ran for it.

"Sky!," Kenji called out, "My brother's up there!"

He pointed to the top of the warehouse, where Spiderjin was trying to flee with Shinichi in tow. Sky quickly leapt up to intercept the kaijin, knocking him away from Shinichi and tearing off the web to free him. Spiderjin quickly dropped down to the ground, Sky following after him. He began to bash around Spiderjin, even throwing his own web right over him. Sky leapt into the air for the final blow.

"Sky Kick!"

Spiderjin was blown back by the strike, his body breaking down entirely as he died.

"He did it!," Kenji called out.

Shinichi heard his brother and hurried over.

"Kenji, you're alright!"

The two brothers embraced, their lives no longer in immediate danger. With Shinichi vowing to work harder then ever, Sky nodded in satisfaction and took to the skies. It was a small victory, but an important one. With hope for the future restored in one man, it wouldn't be long before Kamen Rider Sky's name would spread across the country.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

At a local park, a mother and her daughter were walking their dog, the park caretaker spotting them as they passed. The dog suddenly started barking and ran off.

"Taro!," the girl said, running after her dog.

As she chased after him to a run-down building, a sudden flute sound could be heard. The girl was suddenly entranced by the flute, walking into the building. Inside the girl found her dog Taro, leashed up against the wall. But before she could go to release him, she was ambushed by a bat kaijin named Batjin. The kaijin landed and hit the dog with a deadly spit that evaporated the poor pooch. Batjin then grabbed the girl and dug his fangs into her neck, drawing just enough blood to knock her unconscious.

Back outside, the mother was searching around. She noticed several Ari Commandos taking her daughter into a truck.

"Nobuko!," the mother called out.

She tried to run after the truck as it drove off. As she tripped, she heard the sound of a motorcycle behind her. It was Ganta, who had heard the woman's cries.

"What's the problem?," he asked as he helped the woman up.

"My daughter was just kidnapped!," the woman said in a panic, "They took her away in a refrigerated truck!"

"Stay here," Ganta said, "I'll go after them."

Meanwhile, the driver of the truck picked up his radio.

"Unit #3 here. Mission complete. Heading back to Bat-Base."

He then spotted Ganta in the rearview mirror.

"Someone's tailing us? I don't think so."

He pulled the truck into reverse, causing Ganta to veer off down a nearby ravine. Quickly he went for his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

The turbine of the Tornado whirled, changing Ganta into Kamen Rider Sky, with his bike changing into the powerful Skyturbo. Not seeing this, the Ari stopped the truck to confirm what he thought was going to be a corpse. He and the other Aris checked around the base of the cliff.

"I could have sworn he fell off somewhere around here," the driver noted.

The unit then spotted Sky as he drove up.

"You forces of evil just can't help but broadcast that you're behind something sinister. I'm amazed the public at large takes forever to learn about you."

He proceeded to strike down the Aris as they moved to attack. When he went to look in the back of the truck, he was shocked when a sudden cauldron of bats flew out. He did find the girl, however. Along with several other children kept under cryo suspension. Sky started knocking the bats out of the air as they tried to swarm him, each exploding when they hit the ground. He then noticed the truck was driving off again.

At the same time, Great Leader was addressing General Monster.

"So tell me about this new operation."

"The first part is simple," General Monster said, "The kidnapped children are begin kept in special refrigerated trucks for storage. Once preserved, we have them transported to Bat-Base. There they will be thawed out and revived. At which point, they will have their blood drawn."

"Which we will use to create a new poison gas," Great Leader finished.

General Monster nodded.

"Children's blood contains a substance called RHB, which does not exist in adults. This substance is essential in the creation of this new type of poison gas."

Meanwhile, the mother had been sent to the Private Eye in the Sky Agency, where she was being looked after by Kiwako.

"There's no need to worry, ma'am," she said, "I'm sure Ganta will find a way to save her."

"I never should have let her out of my sight," the woman said sadly, "Why would anyone take her?"

"I'm not sure yet," Kiwako admitted, "But that's what we intend to find out. I spoke with the park's caretaker earlier, but he didn't seem to realize that children had been taken from the park."

Ganta then entered the agency.

"I wound up losing the truck," he admitted, "Apparently it had a bat infestation. Which was odd considering the refrigerated environment."

"Neo Shocker," Kiwako realized.

Ganta nodded.

"The truck was being driven by their Air Commandos. Those bats were probably a creation of their latest kaijin. If we can find their base, we can rescue Nobuko and the other kidnapped children."

The woman was shocked.

"Other children?"

Ganta took out a newspaper, which featured an article on the missing children.

"My presence at the park earlier was no coincidence. I was already investigating on behalf of several other concerned parents."

The mother left, and Kiwako and Ganta started marking a map of the area.

"It was right around here where I lost the truck," Ganta said, "Judging from the direction they were driving we can start to narrow down the possible location of their base."

"But just what could they want with these kids?," Kiwako wondered, "For obvious reasons, Deadman Wonderland has no section for juveniles. So this must be a scheme related to Neo Shocker alone."

She heard a sudden shattering, and realized Ganta had been gripping the office's ashtray. With his cyborg strength, he had easily shattered it in his anger.

"Sorry," he said, "I lost myself for a moment. Sometimes it's easy to forget my body isn't human anymore."

"A single ashtray can be replaced," Kiwako assured him, "In fact I'll go do that right now. You should head out and continue the search."

And so Ganta rode out on his bike. As he passed through the town, he could practically sense the danger it was in. As night started to come in, he found himself under attack by bats once more.

"These things again?," he said as he swatted down the pests, dodging away from the explosions.

Batjin observed from the nearby brush.

"I shall end your life, interloper."

He blew on a special flute, which caused pain in Ganta's ears. Batjin saw Ganta go into a trance state. He kept playing as he started smacking Ganta around. Nearby, Tonda heard the sounds and got his camera.

"I smell a scoop in the making!"

When he hit the shutter, the flash from his camera blinded Batjin, and his appearance instantly caused Tonda to faint in shock. Ganta, on the other hand, snapped out of his trance. Spotting the camera, he quickly grabbed.

"I need to borrow this for a moment. I'll give it right back."

He snapped a few more pictures, blinding Batjin further with the flashes. The kaijin leapt into the trees to escape.

"You won't be so lucky next time!," he declared.

Ganta slumped against the wall as the pain from the attacks hit him.

"Batjin isn't going to be as easy as the last two."

The next day at a playground, a group of bullies were using monster masks to terrify a young boy.

"Satoru is a coward!," they kept chanting and taunting.

They ran off as he started to cry, kicking around a soccer ball as they passed Ganta and Kiwako.

"Batjin's appearance was in the same park where the children disappeared," Kiwako noted.

"The place where he ambushed me was close to the park too," Ganta added.

He felt the soccer ball as it gently hit his leg, the older kids asking him to throw the ball back. Ganta did so, then spotted Satoru looking saddened nearby.

"You're not playing with the others?," Ganta asked.

"They're just going to pick on me again," Satoru complained.

"There's no reason to be afraid of other people," Ganta assured him.

"Please don't make fun of me," Satoru muttered.

Ganta sighed when he realized he'd accidentally made a blunder.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything. But if those kids are picking on you, then just return the favor."

"I'd be too embarrassed," Satoru said.

Ganta realized Satoru was timid sort. Kiwako called him over, so he wished Satoru the best of luck and hurried to join his boss. Nearby, the caretaker was hiding behind a tree, several bats flying around him as he held up a familiar flute. As he played it, the music sent the four boys into a trance. However, Satoru had realized what was going on and hid while plugging his ears. Once the boys were at the edge of the park, Batjin appeared and rendered the boys unconscious.

"Alright, take them away!," he ordered the Aris.

Once the Aris carted the boys off, Batjin disguised himself as the caretaker. As he started to walk away, he heard Satoru gasp in shock.

"You saw me, didn't you?"

Satoru quickly ran for it as the caretaker tried to give chase. Satoru quickly hid in some bushes, covering his ears and holding his breath.

"Mom... Dad... Help..."

"I'm warning you!," the caretaker called out, "Tell anyone of this, and I'll kill you!"

He ran off, thinking he'd lost the boy. Satoru nearly screamed when he felt a hand on his arm, but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was only Ganta.

"What's got you spooked?," he asked, "This feels like way more than just the other boys teasing you."

Satoru noticed the caretaker and heard the sound of bats.

"Is something the matter here?," the caretaker asked, acting innocent.

"This boy here is terrified of something," Ganta explained.

"Is that so?," the caretaker said, chuckling darkly.

Satoru quickly ran away, Ganta chasing after him.

"I can't say anything!," Satoru said, "Otherwise he'll kill me!"

Ganta narrowed his eyes and knelt down to meet the boy's eye level.

"Listen, I get that you're scared. Everyone feels fear sometimes. Even someone like me. Fear is an important emotion to have when something terrifying is approaching. But here's the thing. When I do feel fear, I gather all my courage to face that fear. If you show your courage to the kids who were teasing you, they'll surely accept you as an equal."

Satoru took a breath and decided to trust in Ganta.

"I actually saw those guys being taken earlier."

Ganta's eyes widened at this revelation.

Later, Satoru went to confront the caretaker.

"I saw everything you did. Where did you take those other guys!?"

"Oh?," the caretaker said as he removed his glasses, "Perhaps you'd like to be take away as well?"

He laughed as he changed back into Batjin. But before he could make his attack, Ganta tackled him to the ground.

"You just got exposed, Batjin!"

Kiwako ran over as well.

"I'll get Satoru to safety! You put a stop to that kaijin!"

Ganta grappled against Batjin for a moment before leaping away to trigger his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

He leapt into the air and came down as Kamen Rider Sky.

"As much as I'd like to fight you, Kamen Rider," Batjin said, "I have more important matters. Air Commandos!"

As the Aris leapt out to attack, Sky quickly started beating them down. Meanwhile, Batjin ambushed Kiwako as she fled with Satoru.

"Hand over the boy!," he demanded.

Kiwako narrowed her eyes, then proceeded to strike Batjin over and over with a series of increasingly fast kicks that left the kaijin completely bamboozled.

"What am I even doing out in the sun...?," he muttered in a daze, "By the way, a group of bats is often called a cauldron..."

He then promptly collapsed. Kiwako turned around to reassure Satoru, only to get knocked out from behind when Batjin recovered. The kaijin then grabbed Satoru and carried him off. Sky quickly hurried over to help his boss up.

"Bastard ambushed me," she admitted, "But I expected that and hid a transmitter on Satoru."

Sky took the transceiver and hopped on the Skyturbo.

Batjin had taken to the air with Satoru captive, unaware that Sky was following him down below. When Batjin returned his base, Satoru was horrified to see the other children hooked up to the blood machines.

"How is the collection proceeding?," he asked his scientists.

"We've finished two blood draws so far," one of them said, "With time in between to let them replenish, of course."

"Good," Batjin said, "Before long we'll have all we need. This child, however, needs to be punished for his meddling. Have him drained to death!"

Sky had followed the signal to a large cave with several bats flying outside. Swatting them away caused them to explode, convincing him that he was in the right spot. Especially since the transmitter was nearby. He gunned the Skyturbo as he pulled into a wheelie.

"Rider Break!"

With tremendous speed and power, the Skyturbo crashed through the stone facade and steel wall like it was Styrofoam, just as the scientists were about to place the blood tube into Satoru's arm. Sky quickly took the scientists and other Aris out. Batjin wasn't concerned, and started playing his flute again to entrance Sky. In his transformed state Sky was able to resist, but just barely.

"I need to get rid of that flute somehow..."

Channeling his Rider Power, Sky unleashed his Tornado's secret weapon.

"Super Light Wave!"

The blinding light caught Batjin off-guard as he stopped playing.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky fired a blood shot from his fingers, blasting the flute out of Batjin's hand and destroying. With his greatest advantage taken out, Batjin was no vulnerable as Sky started tearing up the base, taking out Aris left and right. Meanwhile, Satoru snuck over to the blood machine. Picking up a steel rod, he smashed it into the machine, destroying it. The other kids instantly recovered as they woke up.

"No!," Batjin called out, "Our poison gas!"

"That's what this is all about?," Sky asked, "Jeez, wait until later on to sink to these levels."

He started laying into the kaijin, forcing the fight outside. More Aris showed up to try and defeat the Rider, but they proved no match for his strength. Batjin appeared on the rocks overhead and tried to spray Sky with his acid, but the Rider quickly dodged out of the way. Sky leapt up to fight Batjin up close, knocking the kaijin around. Batjin grabbed Sky and flew up into the air.

"Victory is mine, Kamen Rider! The air is my domain!"

"New flash, Batjin!," Sky said, "My name is Sky for a reason! Sailing Jump!"

He hit the switches on his Tornado, triggering his flight powers. Down below, the kids were cheering Sky on as he flew at Batjin at high speed.

"Sky Kick!"

Batjin was knocked out of the air by the powerful attack, landing hard on the ground hundreds of meters below.

"It's impossible... You don't even have wings..."

These were Batjin's last thoughts as his body broke down completely. Sky landed as the cheering kids came over to greet him, Noboku and Satoru near the front.

"Thank you, Sky!," Noboku said.

"I'm glad you're alright," Sky said, "You're mother has been very worried."

He turned to Satoru and patted his head.

"Satoru, good work. Because of your courage I was able to fight at my best."

"Guess you're not such a coward after all," one of the other boys said, "We probably would have been dead without you."

As the kids all cheered for Satoru's newfound courage, Sky drove off once more. His spirits were lifted, feeling confident that one day he would solve the mystery of his murdered classmates and expose the evils of both Neo Shocker and Deadman Wonderland.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

General Monster was speaking with Great Leader as he showed a video of a scientist working on a head-shaped machine.

"This man is Professor Honda," General Monster explained, "He's an authority in the field of robotics."

He turned to a new kaijin hidden in the shadows.

"Remember his face well. You will go to his home"

He placed a microphone over his ear.

"Using this remote, I can command any kaijin. My orders to them will be absolute."

Later at an apartment complex, a woman wearing a bird pendant stepped out of a car. She entered one of the apartments, where Honda was speaking over the phone.

'Have you made your decision, Professor?,' came General Monster's voice.

"You again?," Honda said, "I already told you, no amount of your money will buy my research!"

'Even if it means forfeiting your life for refusing?,' General Monster asked.

"I'd rather lose my life then let my research fall into the hands of your evil!," Honda retorted before slamming the receiver down.

He then turned around to see the woman sitting in his living room, her back to him.

"Where did you come from?," he demanded.

'The decision has been made!,' came Great Leader's voice, 'This man will die! Scorpiojin, dispose of him!'

The woman turned around and changed into a kaijin with a scorpion-shaped head. Honda tried to plead for his life, but Scorpiojin pounced on him and dug her mandibles into his neck. His pained screams caught the attention of Ganta down below, stopping his bike outside the complex. He quickly raced up the stairs to investigate. Scorpiojin finished disposing of the corpse using a beam from her head stinger. When Ganta arrived, he saw only the smoking outline on the floor.

"Looks like Neo Shocker's work," he noted.

He turned to the window when he heard a noise, catching a glimpse of Scorpiojin as she fled the apartment. Ganta raced back down the stairs after the kaijin. He nearly ran into a woman carrying a manila envelope.

"Oh, sorry," Ganta said.

He then realized the woman had barely flinched, still walking like nothing was wrong. Ganta was no a lot stronger and weighed more than he looked due to his cyborg body, so this was an unnatural occurrence. The woman got into her car and drove off.

"Documents retrieved from Honda... Mission complete..."

'I trust the operation was a success?,' Great Leader asked General Monster.

"Our new kaijin has proven its effectiveness and power," General Monster assured him, "Scorpiojin moves entirely by my will. Without free will, her actions are fully efficient. One could call it the living equivalent of a guided missile."

'Completely manipulated by you, you say?,' Great Leader noted, 'Sounds like the perfect assassin. We shall make use of it to eliminate all who oppose Neo Shocker!"

"And I already have the next target lined up," General Monster said, "Another stubborn man who refuses to lend us his research. Johoku University's Professor Ishiwatari."

Little did General Monster know, Ganta was already at the university, speaking with one of the assistants there.

"Hey, Yamamoto!"

"Ah, Ganta," Yamamoto said, "I heard about your class. The police recently got a potential suspect in, currently being interrogated."

"Nice to be getting progress in that regard," Ganta said, "But that's not why I'm here. I heard someone was targeting Professor Ishiwatari."

"Yeah, he explained that someone wants his research for reasons he suspects are less than noble," Yamamoto noted, "So he's shut himself in his lab. He won't even answer phone calls."

Ganta then spotted the same woman from Honda's apartment. He then spotted a little girl running up to her.

"Hey! Big Sis!"

She hugged the woman, who didn't seem to react at all in spite of the girl's cries. In fact, all she did was pull the girl off, shocking Ganta.

General Monster grumbled as the crying girl started drawing a crowd.

"There's too many witnesses around. There's no other option... We must postpone the assassination until further notice."

Ganta ran over to help the crying girl.

"Are you alright?"

The girl just pointed back to the woman she had called her sister, now driving away.

"My sister disappeared a while ago," the girl explained.

Ganta raised his eyebrow in surprise.

The girl Kaya was brought to the Private Eye in the Sky Agency, where she showed a picture of herself and the woman.

"I see," Kiwako said, "So she went to Mount Daiba. I remember reading how a search party was sent out here, but had to return empty handed since the area was too dangerous to keep exploring."

"But now I know she's still alive," Kaya said, "I'm happy to find that out, but..."

"But you'd feel a lot happier if she actually recognized you," Ganta noted, "Kiwako, something about this doesn't make sense. Miya should still be lost up in the mountains. Yet I've seen her down here in Tokyo twice now. There's also something else."

He pointed to Miya in the photo.

"Both times I saw Miya she was wearing a bird pendant, but she doesn't have it here. Kaya, does she usually wear a pendant?"

"Not that I remember," Kaya said.

Kiwako went to the phone and contacted Keitaro Shido, the scientist who helped turn Ganta into a cyborg.

"Hey, Professor. Do you know a Professor Ishiwatari of Johoku University?"

'Actually I do,' Shido replied, 'I believe his research is about human classification.'

"We suspect he might be targeted by Neo Shocker," Kiwako said, "We're investigating right now."

Indeed, Scorpiojin had made her way to Ishiwatari's lab, using a toxic spray to melt the door down. She entered inside, finding a man in a lab coat.

"Death awaits those who oppose Neo Shocker!," she declared in an unnaturally deep voice.

Her acidic spray fired out as the man stumbled out of the way. Suddenly, Kamen Rider Sky appeared and knocked the kaijin to ground.

"Hello. We've been expecting you."

The "man" ripped off their disguise, revealing it to be Kiwako.

"You fell right for our trap!"

As Scorpiojin struggled against Sky, the Rider noticed the familiar pendant.

"A kaijin shouldn't have any accessories from its human guise when transformed... Now I'm curious as to just what this is."

Scorpiojin broke off and leapt out the nearby window, Sky hot on her heels. Outside, several Ari Commandos appeared to swarm Sky. Unconcerned, he quickly dispatched the grunts as Scorpiojin tried to flee.

As Scorpiojin kept fighting Sky, General Monster kept shouting commands.

"Go for his right! Kick at him! Get his legs!"

'You sound like a corner man at a prize fight,' Great Leader noted, 'Not that it doesn't seem to be effective.'

Sky dodged as Scorpiojin fired off a few barbed shots.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky returned fire, blasting a few shots out of the air. He then aimed and fired at the pendant, knocking it off Scorpiojin's neck.

"Oh that's not good," General Monster grumbled.

He watched as Scorpiojin started to convulse and spin around in confusion, holding her head as if in pain.

"Kamen Rider Sky must have realized what the pendant is," General Monster noted.

Meanwhile Tonda was in the area, still determined to get a scoop by following Sky's fights.

"I'll get it this time," he said, his camera at the ready.

He then found himself face-to-face with Scorpiojin.

"Help me!," she pleaded.

Tonda just screamed in fright before fainting to the ground in comical fashion. As Scorpiojin knocked herself out running into a nearby wall, Kiwako picked up the pendant.

"That's most likely a remote control device," Sky suggested, "Someone was controlling Scorpiojin from long distance."

Kiwako checked the back of the pendant and found a few circuits and batteries attached to it.

"Sounds like General Monster was controlling this one directly. Is this the pendant you saw around Miya's neck?"

"Definitely," Sky said as he took the pendant, "I got a good look at it the first time I bumped into her. Come to think of it, it was right outside Honda's apartment shortly after I found him assassinated by Scorpiojin. Perhaps this kaijin is actually a transformed Miya. Neo Shocker is proving more evil than I realized."

He crushed the pendant in his hand before slamming it on the ground, causing it to explode from the damaged circuits. In an instant, Scorpiojin changed back into Miya.

'You haven't won yet, Kamen Rider!,' General Monster's voice called out, 'We will find a way to control you too, just as we have her!'

"Just try it, General Monster," Sky declared, "You and yours will never sway the Kamen Riders to your wicked ways! Modifying humans to do your bidding is one thing. But to take away an innocent person's free will? This goes far beyond avenging my family and classmates. They will not be forgiven! I'll tear down all of Neo Shocker!"

In the back of his eye, the image of a burning cross could be seen.

'So in the end the mission is a failure,' Great Leader decided.

"Not yet, Great Leader," General Monster replied, "We may have lost the remote control, but that woman is still a kaijin. In a few hours she will change into Scorpiojin automatically. When that happens, she will lose all memory, and we can default to our normal methods of controlling kaijin. More importantly, she will defeat Kamen Rider Sky."

Ganta was taking Miya back to the agency on his bike. The whole time, Miya felt her memories start to return. She saw her sister Kaya's face in her mind, but also the wicked grin of General Monster.

"Stop here, please!," she begged Ganta.

Ganta pulled over out of concern.

"Something wrong?"

"I'm starting to remember everything," Miya explained, "I blacked out during my trip to the mountains. When I woke up... I found myself on an operating table. I was surrounded by these men in white jumpsuits. And there was one other man. He looked to be some sort of military official. His face didn't look natural, all blue and pale. And he wore an eye patch with a gecko insignia. He spoke about turning me into a cyborg and taking complete control over me. He stole my freedom, laughing the entire time. I'm not even human anymore! I can't see my little sister ever again..."

"Miya," Ganta said, "I'm also a cyborg. I chose that life so that I could become a hero to fight against Neo Shocker, the people who stole your freedom."

He took a few steps back and triggered his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

Miya looked in shock as Ganta transformed into Sky.

"A... Kamen Rider? I thought they were only an urban legend. And... Why does that form look so familiar?"

"You and I were fighting earlier when you were still under General Monster's control," Sky explained, "But I was able to remove the remote control device he used."

"So that means you're the one who saved me," Miya realized, "Thank you. I'm glad at least one cyborg can maintain their freedom."

Sky nodded.

"So, your sister is waiting for you. Shall we go?"

Miya still looked hesitant, not wanting her sister to know the truth. Sky placed a hand on her shoulder to reassure her.

"You still have a human heart, Miya! No amount of modification can change that! I know, because I continue to fight against Neo Shocker, with every breath I have. Right now, all that matters to your sister is that you're still alive."

As General Monster waited for the moment he felt would be his greatest triumph, Miya and Kaya were reunited at the agency.

"I'm so glad you're alright, Sis!," Kaya said, "I was so lonely without you!"

"I'm sorry to have left you alone, Kaya," Miya said as she hugged her sister.

Nearby, Kiwako was standing with Sky.

"Good work getting her back," Kiwako said, "But something tells me it's not going to be so easy."

"I was thinking the same thing," Sky admitted, "There's no way General Monster will let all this go."

Even as Miya tried to assure Kaya that she wouldn't leave again, she felt deep down that she could never live a normal life again.

"Just look at her," Sky said, "She's devastated over her transformation. How many of General Monster's subordinates were once innocent people, now stripped of anything that made them human?"

He suddenly felt like he could hear General Monster's wicked laughter in the air.

"What is he up to? Sailing Jump!"

Hitting the switches on the Tornado, Sky flew into the air. He soon landed on a local skyscraper.

'Are you curious about the fate of that sorrowful cyborg?,' came General Monster's voice.

Back at the agency, Miya found herself in intense pain as she started to turn back into Scorpiojin. Horrified, she ran out of the building in spite of her sister's protest. Kiwako quickly went to contact Sky.

"Kamen Rider Sky! There's been a situation! Miya just ran off, and she was changing back into a kaijin the whole time!"

"General Monster must have planned this," Sky realized, "He somehow knew she would revert. He won't be getting away with this. Sailing Jump!"

With a great leap, Sky flew out over the city.

Scorpiojin looked at her reflection in a lake.

"I can never return to Kaya like this. But I won't let General Monster use me either. If Sky can become a hero as a cyborg, then so can I."

Her body was wracked with pain as she made her way back to the Neo Shocker base where she was modified, intent on taking out General Monster. When she reached the base, a troop of Ari Commandos started firing crossbows at her. General Monster was at the top.

"Scorpiojin! You would betray us!?"

"You forced me to act on your behalf!," Scorpiojin pointed out, "I was never truly on your side!"

She fired off her barbs, hitting a couple Aris as they moved to protect General Monster.

"There's no way I'll allow me to be killed like gutter trash like you!," General Monster declared.

"From your perspective the whole world must seem like gutter trash!," Scorpiojin retorted, "Even if I don't kill you today, you will be killed by the very populace you deride!"

Enraged by her words, General Monster gave the order to fire. Scorpiojin was hit by several crossbow bolts. Before the Aris could move in to finish the job, Sky landed between them.

"You've done enough damage today, General Monster! But I want you to remember this. That your control is not absolute. Even though her form is that of Scorpiojin, Miya's heart is still human. You've failed in your mission!"

As Scorpiojin collapsed to the ground, Sky helped pull out the bolts.

"I wasn't able to stop General Monster...," Scorpiojin admitted.

She changed back into Miya one Sky took out the last bolt.

"Please, Sky... Take care of my sister... I'm just glad... I can die in my human form..."

And with that, she breathed her last, and her body disintegrated. Sky snapped the bolt he was holding in half.

"You will come to regret this, General Monster!"

"Do you really think you can stop me?," General Monster said dismissively, "I, who lead Neo Shocker? Heroic speeches will get you nowhere. Ari Commandos! Kill him!"

Sky scoffed as he quickly started plowing through the grunts. With his rage at full circle, he was able to focus and wipe out the entire unit.

"Fine then," General Monster said, "I'll just have to kill you myself."

"Now who's making cliched speeches?," Sky chided, "Your hypocrisy shows on multiple levels."

He leapt above General Monster for a flying strike.

"Sky Kick!"

General Monster quickly teleported away as Sky came down.

The general then reappeared back at Neo Shocker base.

"I will not be beaten so easily, Kamen Rider."

'Don't be so cocky, General Monster,' Great Leader warned, 'If you'll observe the monitor, you'll see Kamen Rider Sky is still decimating our forces.'

Indeed, Sky was still taking out Ari after Ari, enraging General Monster.

"How has his confusion not left him vulnerable!?"

"Skyturbo!," came Sky's voice from outside, "Rider Break!"

General Monster stumbled back as the Rider Machines smashed its way into the base, ramming into him. Sky leapt off his bike and punched General Monster hard enough to send him crashing into the wall, destroying several machine systems. This caused a chain reaction, prompting Sky to hurry out of the base as General Monster did the same. Once outside, Sky observed the exploding base.

"I doubt that's the last of General Monster, but now he knows he's not invulnerable. Kaya... I'm sorry I couldn't save your sister. But I can promise you this... I will avenge her!"

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Ganta was taking a train, thinking on events that had occurred the night before. He was out riding for patrol when he stumbled across an injured man. When Ganta went to help, the man just muttered something about Narita, and a set of numerals.

"0AL... 404... And then he mentioned Neo Shocker."

Ganta had immediately afterward prevented the man from getting run over from a jeep that had exploded shortly after, so clearly the information was important. Sadly the man had been hit by darts that vaporized his body, so he and Kiwako couldn't anything else. Kiwako had done some digging and determined Neo Shocker was targeting flight 0AL 404, which was soon to arrive at Narita Airport. That was why Ganta was heading for Narita. As he leaned back, he felt a small hand on his shoulder. It turned out to be a little girl sitting right behind.

"Is something wrong, Mister? You look stressed out."

Ganta smiled.

"I've just got a lot on my mind right now."

"Don't bother the man, Emi," the girl's mother said, "Sorry about her. She's naturally curious."

"Don't worry about it," Ganta assured her, "I'm actually pretty good with kids. You two are coming to the airport as well?"

"My Papa's coming home soon!," Emi said excitedly.

"He was apparently put in prison years ago," the mother explained, "But they said he had a minor breakdown a few days ago that ultimately resulted in a retrial, during which he was acquitted."

Ganta was curious.

"Was your husband able to manipulate his own blood in any way?"

"Yes, actually," the mother said, "He worked in demolition and used special hand prints made of blood to help with the process."

Ganta realized the man was a Deadman, and had likely been used to power one of the kaijin he had previously destroyed. That was good. He was starting to make progress. If Emi's father was falsely imprisoned it meant the man likely wasn't the one who killed his classmates, but so much the better.

"What flight was he on again, Mama?"

"It was 0AL 404," the mother explained.

That left Ganta nervous. It was possible the man's presence on the plane was the reason Neo Shocker was attacking it.

The man in question placed something in a briefcase. He then got out a picture.

"A family of yours?," the man next to him asked.

"One I'll be able to see again," the Deadman said, "I was falsely accused of a bombing you might have read about."

"Hospital bombing incident?," the other man said, "Yeah, I heard the police caught the real culprit just recently."

Meanwhile along the plane's flight path was a nameless island. One that had been changed into a secret fortress by Neo Shocker. An alert sent Ari Commandos scrambling across the island.

'We have our bird near the trap,' came Great Leader's voice, 'Initiate capture operation!'

The Aris manned a special tractor beam, which brought the plane down near the island. The pilots were blinded as the beam hit them.

The emergency call went out to the airport when contact was lost with the flight. Ganta spotted numerous people who had friends or family on the flight asking for any information the airport might have at that moment. It didn't take long for him to spot Emi and her mother among the crowd. The woman was breaking down sobbing.

"It'll be alright, Mama," Emi assured her, "Papa's a strong man. I'm sure he's still alive. I've seen dreams of Papa getting kidnapped and taken to an island. I even know where the island is."

A pair of security officials went over, offering to take them to the medical office. And it turned out they wouldn't take no for an answer. Ganta spotted this and got suspicious.

The woman was confused as they were taken out to an ambulance and driven off.

"Hold on. I need to get more information about my husband. Didn't you say we were being taken to the medical office?"

The officers revealed themselves to be Ari Commandos.

"You two are the wife and daughter of Professor Tashiro, the authority on body modifications. We found about him by accident when he was released from prison, having been acquitted on a false bombing charge."

"What are you going to do with us?," the woman demanded.

"We need your daughter for something important," the Ari declared.

Suddenly the car jolted to a stop.

"Hey! Who said you could stop the car!?"

The driver took off his helmet, revealing it to be Ganta.

"I did. After all, I don't take orders from you."

He quickly started taking out the two Aris. As Emi and Missus Tashiro ran for it, they happened to pass by Tonda on his bike.

"What's all the hoopla?," he wondered.

He then realized his bike had gotten caught on an Ari trying to chase after the duo. He freaked out and toppled over, fainting as he did.

"That one wasn't nearly as terrifying as the kaijin!," Ganta called out, "Grow a spine!"

He caught up to Emi and her mom, dispatching the Aris trying to grab them.

"Whatever reasons you may have for threatening this girl, none of them are good ones!"

He slammed around the Aris before grabbing one of them.

"What is Neo Shocker planning!?"

The Ari just released air from inside him before vaporizing. Ganta then spotted a kaijin leaping up from the ground, looking like a vicious wasp.

"I am Waspjin! That girl is needed for our schemes!"

He fired off a few familiar bolts that hit Ganta. The venom started to hit Ganta immediately, and wound up falling into a pit trap.

"No one who gets in the way of Neo Shocker lives!," Waspjin declared.

To his shock, Kamen Rider Sky leapt out of the trap.

"You must be new," Sky noted, "I've only been fighting Neo Shocker for a couple weeks now, and I still haven't lost! Now where is the missing plane!?"

"None of your business!," Waspjin called out.

"You made it my business when you killed those close to me," Sky retorted, "If you wanted me to butt out, you should have left them alone! Now I'll grind each and every one of your schemes to a halt!"

He grappled against Waspjin, laying into him with fierce attacks. The kaijin started firing off explosive bolts from his mouth. By the time the dust cleared, Waspjin was gone. Emi and Missus Tashiro came out of hiding.

"Are you okay, Mister?," Emi asked.

"I'll be fine," Ganta assured her, "But this place is too dangerous to stay. We should head back. Don't worry, Emi. I'll find your father."

Emi nodded in relief.

Meanwhile on the island base, Neo Shocker operatives were sorting through the passengers, taking the best ones away for later modification. Those that were ineligible were immediately disposed of. Waspjin had taken Tashiro aside.

"Why not add me to this little lineup?," Tashiro asked, "Surely with my power you would want me at the head of the line."

"For some reason Deadmen like you are incompatible with the cyborg modification process," Waspjin explained, "But it would be a waste of your mind and your power to dispose of you outright. So what do you think of our little operation here?"

"I think it's horrendous," Tashiro said, "I don't know what about this you were hoping to impress me with, but my research is meant to aid humanity, not cull it like cattle. Why do you think I worked in demolition, researching my own powers?"

Waspjin was annoyed.

"I was hoping a former prisoner of Deadman Wonderland would be more cooperative. But either you really were falsely imprisoned, or whichever destroyed kaijin you were connected to messed up your murderous brain. Either way, you will regret your decision!"

The search for Flight 0AL 404 was still ongoing, but no trace had been found. Due to a lack of flotsam, it was assumed the plane was still intact. Ganta showed his private detective license to the local authorities and he was permitted to aid in the search.

"Ganta to Kiwako," he said into his bike's radio, "Any news from the other search parties?"

'Negative, Ganta,' Kiwako replied, 'I'm keeping contact with the precinct in the area. So far there's no sign by boat, motorcade, or helicopter. Not even the Rider Scouts have any information.'

"Hey, Mister!," Emi said as she ran up.

Ganta was surprised to see Emi and her mom.

"Emi, what are you doing here?"

"Emi wanted to board a helicopter to help search for her father," Missus Tashiro explained.

Emi nodded.

"I know where to look for him!"

"How is that possible?," Ganta asked.

"I saw an island in my dreams," Emi explained, "Every time it comes I see Papa being taken there."

"Emi's dreams have always had a prophetic quality to them," Missus Tashiro said, "If my husband is anywhere it would likely be this island. Unfortunately none of the authorities will believe her."

Ganta considered it.

"Well, I've tried searching everywhere else he could be. Unfortunately I don't have the authority to get you a helicopter."

He grinned.

"But that doesn't mean I can't help you fly to this mystery island. But right now I'll need you to wait patiently at home."

"An uncharted island?," Kiwako asked, "I've no doubt it exists. But how would Emi know where to look?"

"According to her mother, Emi has been having prophetic dreams since she was four," Ganta said, "And her dreams always come true."

Kiwako nodded in understanding.

"If that's the case, there's only one way for us to reach it."

Kamen Rider Sky made ready to take off to search for the island and find Emi's father. In a way, he felt a kinship with the man despite having never met him. After all, they were both Deadmen who refused to use their powers to hurt innocent people.

"Sailing Jump!"

Hitting the switches on his Tornado, Sky leapt into the air and flew off. He briefly stopped by Emi's house to pick her up, and she was soon flying with him while clinging to his back.

"We're so high up," she said, "It's just like flying in a plane."

"Make sure to hold on tight, Emi," Sky said.

With Emi's direction, Sky started searching for the island. He started along the flight path the 0AL 404 was supposed to take, and sure enough it wasn't long before Emi spotted the island from her dream.

"There it is! That's the island where Papa is!"

"Okay, we're going to land there," Sky said, "Make sure to hold on tight."

Once on the island, Sky took a look around. Some of the structures had signs that residents frequently walked around them.

Waspjin saw Sky on the monitor.

"So he found this fortress after all. Ari Commandos, go get him!"

The Aris swarmed out to perform their assigned task.

Sky shielded Emi from a sudden rock slide as the stones turned into Aris.

"Never fails," he noted, "Instead of trusting that people would think this place deserted they come out in force and announce their presence. You do guys do understand what it means to be a secret society, right?"

Keeping Emi on his back, he quickly took down several grunts as he moved to get to a safe location.

"Kamen Rider!," Waspjin said as he appeared, "Hand over the girl!"

"Over my dead body!," Sky declared, "Which, given my track record, you're likely die first!"

During the fight, Emi got lured over as Tashiro appeared to call her over. Waspjin fired off his explosive bolts.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky blasted the bolts with his blood shots, but in the process lost sight of the kaijin.

It turned out one of the Aris had disguised himself as Tashiro to capture Emi. Once Waspjin had her, he opened a nearby cell where Tashiro was being kept.

"So what now, Professor?," the kaijin said, "If you cooperate, we can ensure the lives of your wife and daughter."

"You coward!," Tashiro said, "And how did Emi even get here in the first place?"

Waspjin didn't heed him, but opened another door with a wasp hive inside before tossing Emi to an Ari.

"If you do nothing, she'll suffer a painful death."

Sky heard Emi's sudden cries, and started using his internal scanner to try and track her. As he leapt over to the region, he found several Aris trying to swarm him. He quickly started dispatching the grunts, breaking their encirclement.

"Skyturbo!"

His Rider Machine flew out from across the ocean. Sky leapt on it and sped off at high speed.

"Rider Break!"

The Skyturbo slammed through a brick wall, smashing into the fortress interior. He reached Emi and grabbed her from the Ari, knocking the grunt right into the hive where it was stung to death.

"Curse you, Rider!," Waspjin called out, "We were this close to breaking him!"

Tashiro quickly slammed his palm against the lock of his cell, leaving a bloody palm print.

"Detonate!"

He stood at the back of the cell as the lock was blasted open.

"Papa!," Emi said as she ran to hug her father.

"Good to see you're alright, Professor," Sky said, "As one Deadman to another."

He then heard a familiar laugh as General Monster appeared on a nearby monitor.

"I had a feeling you were still alive," Sky said.

"That's because I am immortal," General Monster boasted, "Waspjin! Get rid of this pest!"

Waspjin went to attack, but Sky was easily able to hold him off, thrashing him about.

"Most of the other passengers are still alive," Tashiro said, "Their cells should be down that corridor."

"Then let's go," Sky said, "Leave the monsters to me."

As Sky rampaged through the fortress to clear a path, Tashiro used his Detonate to open the cells and let the prisoners free. Outside, Sky confronted Waspjin once again.

"Die, Kamen Rider!"

The kaijin leapt at Sky, who promptly countered with a hard throw.

"I already told you," he said as he leapt into the air, "You'll be dying first! Sky Kick!"

Waspjin was sent sailing to the ground. He convulsed for a few seconds before his body completely vaporized.

"Kiwako," Sky called in, "Get in contact with the coast guard and have them arrive in force at the following coordinates."

Once he was finished, he checked in with Tashiro and Emi.

"Thank you so much, Sky," Tashiro said, "If there's anything I can do in return..."

"Possibly," Sky said, "While you were in Deadman Wonderland, was there any talk about a prisoner who killed an entire classroom of college students?"

"Actually, yes," Tashiro said, "Some time before my release there was this white haired girl who suddenly broke down sobbing, saying her best friend would never forgive her for killing his entire class."

"So they've already confessed," Sky realized, "Now I just have to find them to get the rest of the story. But in the meantime, Neo Shocker still needs to be dealt with."

It wasn't long before the coast guard arrived to pick up the survivors from the flight. Tashiro and Emi were relieved that their family could be reunited at last. As for Sky, he didn't believe for one second that General Monster was truly immortal. He would one day end the vile being walking like a man, and the rest of Neo Shocker with him.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Stories spoke of a demon living in the Devil's Mountain Pass. No one who had wandered into its treacherous forest came back alive. Kamen Rider Sky was now flying over those trees as part of an investigation.

"Speaking of demons in modern times? There's more tangible monsters to worry abut than some ancient legend. More likely this is part of some Neo Shocker plot."

Indeed, Neo Shocker was situated in a base below the mountain pass, performing experiments with a certain species of mushroom. Within its spores lay the key to three hundred years of enhanced energy and vitality. Neo Shocker hoped to create a powerful new kaijin with this fungus. With the essence of the mushroom extracted, the scientists got to work enhancing a new subject.

"General Monster," one of them said, "The operation was a complete success. Mushroomjin is fully operational."

'A skillful surgery as always,' Great Leader called in.

"Thank you, Great Leader," General Monster said, "And my thanks to the science team who created Mushroomjin. I believe he will be our most powerful kaijin yet. With his powerful evil energy that can last for three hundred years, Kamen Rider Sky will prove nothing more than an insect. Bring out the test subject!"

As two salarymen were brought out, Mushroomjin was unveiled, his body covered in fungal caps. He sat up on the operating table and sprayed the two men with a thick mist, coating them in energy draining fungus.

"This is the fate of any who are touched by my deadly mist!," he boasted.

Along a misty mountain road, a woman was driving her car, but stopped when it was clear she could barely see in front of her. Odd chanting sounds could suddenly be heard as the woman spotted green glowing eyes coming through the fog. It turned out to be Mushroomjin, the sight of whom caused the woman to faint from fear.

"This woman will be the perfect disguise," Mushroomjin decided, "Through her I'll destroy Kamen Rider Sky."

He emitted a beam that scanned the woman and allowed him to copy her appearance. He was caught off-guard when he heard the sound of the Skyturbo pulling up. Ganta had noticed the woman Yukie when her car stalled and went to check on her.

"You okay, Yukie?," he asked.

Yukie groaned as she opened her eyes.

"I was driving when the fog hit, and I heard these strange sounds... I must have passed out when I thought I saw something horrifying in the fog."

Ganta looked around at the foggy mountain in concern.

Yukie worked as a nurse who was looking after a little girl named Kumiko. Kumiko was enjoying shortcake with her family when Yukie came in to check up on her. Ganta came in as well.

"Hey, how are things going in here?"

"You're late," Kumiko sister Midori scolded.

"It's okay," Kumiko insisted, "I knew you wouldn't miss your visit, Ganta."

Kumiko had to use a wheelchair due to a prior accident, so Ganta offered to help with her rehabilitation and to make sure she could get some fresh air outside. That's how he knew Yukie as well.

"You can see the boats from out here," Yukie noted as she placed a hand on the wheelchair's handles.

Kumiko placed her hand on Yukie's and noticed something.

"Why are your hands so cold today?"

Yukie chuckled nervously.

"Well, it's pretty cold out, wouldn't you agree? I mean it is early February."

She moved behind Ganta before changing into Mushroomjin and spraying his mist. As Ganta started to go numb, Kumiko wound up falling down the nearby stairs. Kiwako arrived just in time to see Ganta tumble down a nearby hill.

Luckily's Ganta's cyborg body could repair itself and he wound up surviving, but Kumiko needed immediate surgery to save her life.

"How is she, doctor?," Ganta asked.

"Right now I can't give a good estimate," the doctor admitted, "She needs to be monitored closely for the time being."

Meanwhile, Mushroomjin returned to Neo Shocker's base.

"You made a serious error, Mushroomjin," General Monster noted.

"I'm just getting warmed up," Mushroomjin insisted, "Rest assured, next time he'll be dead."

"Be sure to remember those boastful words," General Monster warned, "Kamen Riders get stronger every time they escape death. And especially every time they kill an enemy. If Ganta Igarashi is not killed quickly, he'll become too strong for us to overcome."

Yukie was sobbing over Kumiko's bed, a bandage over her eyes. Ganta's arm was in a sling.

"I had no idea! It wasn't my fault!"

"This was caused by your carelessness," the doctor pointed out, "How will you take responsibility if Kumiko loses her eyesight? This child is the daughter of a good friend of mine, a diplomat currently in Switzerland for an important summit."

He then turned to Ganta.

"You should rest for a bit. It's a good thing Miss Makina was there, or your injuries could have been much worse."

"Yukie's not the one at fault," Kumiko said as she got up, "She's not that kind of person. The time I had a fever, she took care of me every day without sleep."

Yukie teared up as she held Kumiko's hands.

"Kumiko... Thank you."

Kumiko nuzzled into Yukie's hands.

"Your hands are warm. That's how I know I can trust you. It was the monster that attacked Ganta that was at fault."

"Oh please," the doctor said, "There's no such thing as monsters."

He found himself getting slapped by Midori, Yukie, Kiwako, and Ganta in succession.

"Read a paper!," they called out at the same time.

"Monster attacks are actually a real thing," Midori said, "Heck, my little brother here is a Rider Scout."

The boy pulled out his Sky-shaped radio pendant.

"Holy crap, I've been franchised...," Ganta muttered.

"So we can assume there are two Yukies," Kiwako noted, "We can trust Kumiko's word that the Yukie in the hospital just now is real. But the one that was with you when Mushroomjin attacked was clearly a fake."

"But how do we tell them apart?," Ganta wondered, "And why wouldn't Mushroomjin just kill the real Yukie to replace her?"

"That would have made it too easy to find him," Kiwako pointed out, "Neo Shocker clearly developed Mushroomjin to be an assassin with you as the target. If Yukie kept acting suspiciously, we would have solved the incident quickly. This way it's hard to establish a timeline of where the real Yukie was compared to the fake."

"Excuse me," Yukie said as she approached, "Ganta, can I speak with you?"

Ganta nodded and followed Yukie off. Kiwako returned to the hospital room, and thus didn't see the other Yukie entering the service desk.

"You shouldn't concern yourself with me anymore," Yukie assured Ganta, "It's enough that I have Kumiko's trust."

Ganta was confused as Yukie walked off. Just as she disappeared, Mushroomjin leapt down from the trees to attack. Ganta rolled away from the attack, and revealed the sling was actually a fake. His arm was perfectly fine.

"So there you are. I was wondering when you'd make your next move."

"I'm here to end your life!," Mushroomjin declared.

He started smacking around Ganta for a bit before unleashing his mist. Ganta made to activate his Tornado, but several Ari Commandos appeared to restrain him in an effort to prevent him from transforming.

"Jeez, how are you gonna prove you killed a Kamen Rider if you won't even let him transform!," Ganta pointed out.

He managed to knock the Aris off and tried again, but they kept smacking him around along with Mushroomjin. Ganta soon grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and started bashing it against the head of the Aris, killing them one by one before spraying a few more.

"Hey!," Mushroomjin called out, "That's cheap! A normal human shouldn't be able to fight off our Ari Commandos!"

"Well I'm not a normal human," Ganta pointed out, "I'm a cyborg, and that doesn't change just because I'm not transformed. And you can't be very confident in your ability to kill me if you won't even fight me as a Kamen Rider."

He blasted Mushroomjin with the fire extinguisher, forcing him and Aris to flee underground.

"If only we could find some way to fully prove Yukie's innocence," Kiwako grumbled, "Otherwise Mushroomjin will just keep using her as a disguise and get her into serious trouble."

Ganta nodded and thought for a moment. Then he realized something.

"Come to think about it... Right before Mushroomjin first appeared, Kumiko mentioned how cold Yukie's hands were. But after the attack, when Yukie held Kumiko's hands in the hospital room, she said Yukie's hands were warm."

"Neo Shocker wouldn't bother making their cyborg kaijin anything resembling humans," Kiwako noted, "So they wouldn't think to make their temperature match normal human warmth. That's how we can tell the two Yukies apart."

Yukie was working the desk later that afternoon.

"Mister Tonda?," she called out.

The unlucky photojournalist headed up to the desk.

"How is your back doing?," Yukie asked as she handed Tonda his medication.

"Much better thanks to you help," Tonda said, "Honestly, I have no idea why I keep getting a strained back. It's not like I sleep wherever I wind up fainting."

"Well, take care of yourself regardless," Yukie said.

Tonda hobbled off, passing by the other Yukie who was coming down the stairs. Tonda blinked in confusion before rubbing his eyes.

"Maybe I am sleeping in all the wrong places. I should consider early retirement."

Kumiko heard someone come in, but couldn't see who it was because of the blindfold.

"Who is it?"

"It's me," came Yukie's voice, "Do you know where Ganta is?"

"He should be visiting soon," Kumiko said, "Midori mentioned it."

She felt a bottle get placed in her hand.

"When he gets here, have him drink this medicine. His health is starting to get worse. I'm sure you're getting worried about him, yes? This will make him all better."

Ganta drove up to the hospital. The fake Yukie spotted him and smirked, thinking her plan foolproof. Ganta soon got to Kumiko's room.

"Is that you, Ganta?," Kumiko asked.

Ganta chuckled.

"How did you know? I tried to be quiet, other than the door of course."

"I knew you were coming to visit," Kumiko explained, "I don't need to see to guess who would come in here. Oh, Yukie was in here earlier. She asked me to give you something."

She handed him the bottle. The fake Yukie peeked inside, smirking when she saw Ganta drinking from the bottle. She held in her laughter when she heard the sounds of coughing and gagging. She then opened the door and saw Ganta slumped against the bed. Kumiko was completely covered by the blanket. The fake went to pick up Ganta's body, only for him to spring to life and knock her against the wall.

"You've been exposed, Neo Shocker!," he declared, "Did you really think this would work on me?"

He opened the door to reveal the real Yukie, along with Kiwako and the doctor. The doctor was completely shocked.

"What's the meaning of this? How is Yukie in two different places?"

The fake decided there was no talking her way out of this.

"If you've figured out this much," she said with Mushroomjin's voice, "You clearly know how to tell us apart. There's no choice but to drop the facade."

And so the kaijin did just that. He tried to go for the others, but Ganta stood in the way. Mushroomjin got in front of the bed.

"One move and the girl's dead, Kamen Rider!"

Ganta smirked.

"Better check again. Or haven't you wondered why Kumiko hid under the blanket all of a sudden?"

Confused, Mushroomjin pulled off the covers, only to find nothing but a life-sized doll.

"What's the meaning of this? I'm supposed the one pulling off the deception here!"

He launched his deadly mist, only for Ganta to close the door and block it. He then followed the kaijin out the window. As he looked around, a sudden mist hit the area.

"This special spore will cause you to hallucinate," Mushroomjin boasted, "And in your delirium you will wind up taking your own life."

Sure enough, Ganta felt himself haunted by the voices of his dead classmates, driving him closer to the nearby ocean. However, once he wound up submerged in the water, the spores fully washed off, clearing his mind once more. He quickly went for his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

Kamen Rider Sky leapt out of the waves, landing on the rocks as Ari Commandos appeared to attack. Feeling stronger than ever, Sky immediately started dispatching them. Mushroomjin leapt out of the ground.

"This can't be possible! You can transform even underwater!?"

"You underestimate the might of Rider Power!," Sky declared, "It will always be there to aid heroes of justice!"

He immediately started thrashing the kaijin, who quickly disappeared against a nearby cliff.

"Oh, you wanna play hide and seek?," Sky said, "Hope you don't mind if I give myself a handicap. Skyturbo!"

His Rider Machine appeared and he hopped on, driving at the cliff at top speed.

"Rider Break!"

He smashed through the cliff wall and into a secret base that Mushroomjin had tried to hide inside.

"You fool!," Mushroomjin said as he grappled with Sky, "Fighting against me is just throwing your pitiful life away! Consecutive Mushroom Spinning Back Drop!"

He knocked Sky to the ground and started slamming down on top of him multiple times. But Sky just got back up.

"Neo Shocker already stole my life! I have nothing to lose, and everything to gain from fighting against you and the rest of your pitiful organization! Sky Kick!"

He slammed into Mushroomjin feet first with his powerful flying kick, knocking the kaijin to the ground. He stumbled to his feet, but his strength failed him and he slumped against the rock wall before vaporizing.

Yukie helped remove Kumiko's blindfold, and the girl slowly opened her eyes. She was greeted by the sight of her two siblings, along with Kiwako and Ganta.

"I can see again...," she said, "I can see everyone's faces!"

Everyone smiled, and Kumiko was brought outside to see the sky once again.

"I have to thank you, Kumiko," Ganta said, "Because you believed in Yukie, I was able to find out how to defeat that monster."

"When you told us about how the Yukie who gave you that bottle had cold hands," Kiwako said, "We swapped out the poison for apple juice. From there it was all acting."

Ganta handed Kumiko her own Rider Scout pendant.

"I think you've earned this. The Rider Scouts, and the Kamen Riders need more people like you."

Thanks to the purity and kind heart of one child, Ganta was able to outwit Neo Shocker's assassination scheme. They would surely try again, but Kamen Rider Sky would always be ready to defeat whatever new kaijin they could possibly come up with.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Great Leader of Neo Shocker called a meeting of his generals from around the world to meet in their secret European base in Paris, France.

'Thank you all for coming on such short notice,' he said to the assembled generals, 'With everyone assembled, let's begin the summit.'

The generals represented branches from India, Russia, China, Egypt, Holland, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, England, Korea, and the USA.

"As for our plans to reduce the population of the human scum," Russia noted, "Things have not been going well. We have been stymied numerous times by the Rider Duo, V3 and Arms."

"The Kamen Riders are a danger," Egypt noted, "But they are no longer the only heroes in the world. In my sector Neo Shocker agents have been slaughtered by a group calling themselves the Stardust Crusaders, led by a psychic warrior named Joseph Joestar and his grandson Jotaro Kujo. Each of their members has potent psychic abilities."

"I too have been having troubles with psychic heroes," China admitted, "A pair of young children with tremendous psychokinetic powers calling themselves the Psycho Soldiers. And there are other martial artists with potent supernatural abilities fighting us all over the world."

"The original Four Riders have been harassing my sector constantly," Holland stated, "It seems that the hated Naofumi Iwatani stealing the original Shocker's cyborg technology popped a cork in human empathy. Even having our base here in Paris is a risk due to the heroes in the city powered by mystical artifacts from the Orient. They call themselves the Miraculous Alliance."

"And while we are able to hide from the world governments," India noted, "Their militaries are another matter. A collective military force from over fifty countries has assembled under an elite team called the Ikari Warriors to stand against Neo Shocker. We have been hard-pressed to defend against them."

Each of the other general spoke of similar problems from both Kamen Riders and other heroes.

"We're dealing with a trio of armored heroes calling themselves the Big Bad Beetleborgs," USA stated.

"And nearby Ireland has sent a quartet of armored champions," England added, "Called the Mystic Knights."

'So Japan is not alone in being halted in our goal of world domination,' Great Leader noted, 'But there may be a solution. Kamen Rider Sky is formidable, but he is still just one hero.'

"But how are we to create the numbers needed to overwhelm him?," Japan asked, "Ari Commandos are no match even in large numbers."

'Combatants may be no match for a hero at the same level as a Kamen Rider,' Great Leader admitted, 'But a kaijin... All we'd need is multiple copies of a single kaijin capable of going one-on-one against Kamen Rider Sky. We can then use those numbers to overwhelm our foes in other sectors.'

Meanwhile back in Japan, Ganta was in Tokyo patrolling for possible Neo Shocker activity. He met with Kiwako, who had been undercover working at the docks.

"Good to see you here," Kiwako said, "Take a look at that truck."

She pointed to where several men in suits were loading a large box covered in a cloth. They quickly covered up the end of the box, which displayed the Neo Shocker symbol.

"They really shouldn't display their image on anything important to them," Ganta noted.

"They had several of those boxes shipped from overseas," Kiwako said, "Follow the truck carefully and see what they're up to."

Ganta rode after the truck, but got blocked at the highway by an Ari Commando driving a large van. As Ganta tried to drive around, a second truck came up to act as a decoy. Ganta stopped this second truck, dispatched the grunts inside, and checked the back, only to find it largely empty. He did hear a ticking sound, however, and leapt back to avoid the exploding truck.

"Just what is so important that Neo Shocker would go to such lengths to protect a few overseas boxes...?"

Elsewhere, on a foggy road, a young couple stopped their car when they heard weird sounds from the forest around them.

"I think it's coming from that building," the girl noted.

"I don't remember this being on the map," the guy said.

Inside the building, a coffin on an altar opened to reveal Mantisjin, a Neo Shocker kaijin from the European branch. He slammed his arm blades together in anticipation as the young couple was lured inside by his chanting. As they spotted him and ran outside, he leapt to intercept them, chopping down a tree with one swing off his blades as he appeared in front of the couple.

"Back to the car!," the guy called out.

They hurried over, but Mantisjin came up from the ground to ambush them. The guy managed to grab a large branch to try and fend the kaijin off.

"Fool," Mantisjin said as he easily sliced the branch in two.

The guy still bought enough time for his girlfriend to get into the car. He quickly followed suit and drove off as fast as the car could go. Unfortunately, he didn't watch where he was going, and wound up driving right off a cliff.

Satisfied, Mantisjin returned to the altar.

"Great Leader of evil, glorious lord and master. Hear my prayer."

At the base of the altar was an entire crucible filled with glowing insect eggs. General Monster entered as Mantisjin kept chanting.

"Enough of your gibberish, Mantisjin. As much as Great Leader appreciates servility, words will not bring death to the humans."

Mantisjin got to his feet.

"This prayer is my greatest weapon, General Monster. It may seem like mere chatter at first, but the power of my prayer allows the eggs you see to hatch and grow. You saw earlier my power, yes? Now imagine an entire army of kaijin with that power, scattering throughout Japan, and later the world."

"Such an army would most certainly reduce the human population rapidly," General Monster admitted, "But there must be a faster method than mere chanting. If Kamen Rider Sky were to find you before you could finish, I highly doubt you would last long against him."

Mantisjin considered.

"There is a ritual that can speed up the process. If the eggs were to be fed two children, a brother and sister, one thirteen years old, the other seven years old. That would allow the eggs to mature and hatch faster."

"That's oddly specific," General Monster noted, "But finding such a pair should take less time than this droning. Find these siblings at once!"

Several children crowded in excitement as a clown paraded through the suburbs, cheerfully asking for all their ages. Of course, the kids weren't stupid enough to tell their real ages to some stranger, even a friendly-sounding clown, and even asked why he wanted to know before running off.

"This is going to be harder than I thought...," the clown muttered.

Meanwhile, Ganta returned to the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"I wound up losing the truck," he admitted.

"Rotten luck," Kiwako said, "Neo Shocker is getting clever in hiding their tracks. No surprise, since reports from other sectors shows they're getting beaten back by other heroes. Even here in Japan it seems you're not the only one fighting against them."

"That's reassuring," Ganta said.

Just then the radio went off.

"It's from the Rider Scouts," Ganta noted, "Some crazy clown has been visiting crowds of children and asking for their ages. Specifically, he wanted to know if there were any boys of thirteen years or girls of seven years."

Kiwako tapped her chin.

"According to Professor Shido, those numbers are Neo Shocker's signatures. Both thirteen and seven are on opposite ends of the spectrum of luck in multiple cultures too. Does the report say where the clown is now?"

Ganta finished listening.

"He was last seen heading for a local amusement park called Dreamland. I'll head there and investigate."

As the clown scampered through the amusement park trying to interact with the kids, a loudspeaker also gave a report, asking for a brother and sister aged thirteen and seven, claiming their mother was looking for them.

"That must mean us," a boy named Michiru noted, "Come on, Kyoko."

He and his sister headed to the main office.

"Are you in here, Mom?," Kyoko asked.

The office was actually completely empty. Just when the siblings were about to leave, the door shut behind them.

"Oh ho," the clown said as he appeared from behind a desk, "So you two are thirteen and seven years old?"

"Yeah, that's right," Kyoko said.

The clown then shed his disguise to become Mantisjin.

"Then it looks like my search is complete. You will both be taken to Shocker Temple!"

He went to grab the kids, only for Ganta to burst into the office.

"I had a feeling it was really a kaijin behind that clown! You'd even give horror movie clowns a bad name! Just what do you want with those kids, Mantisjin!?"

"They are to become food for my special eggs," Mantisjin explained, "The numbers created will overwhelm the world's heroes!"

Ari Commandos then appeared to attack as Mantisjin escaped with the children, smashing his way through the nearby wall. Ganta quickly dispatched the Aris and headed outside to trigger his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

The power of the wind transformed him into Kamen Rider Sky as he leapt onto the Ferris wheel, giving him the vantage point he needed to spot Mantisjin.

"Damn that Rider," Mantisjin said when he spotted him, "Dispose of him, Aris!"

As Sky started wiping out the grunts, Tonda rushed over, still searching for his big scoop. As he did, he ran into Mantisjin right behind a tree and freaked out.

"Boo," the kaijin said nonchalantly.

Tonda fainted right on the spot as Aris ran right over him trying to take out Sky.

"He should really retire," Mantisjin noted.

More Aris leapt in from the water coaster, only to get beaten down as Sky kept on rampaging. He then noticed Mantisjin had disappeared.

"Sailing Jump!"

He hit the switches on the Tornado, leaping into the air to fly through the skies. It wasn't long before he saw the kaijin carrying the children across the open-air theater. He landed right in front of Mantisjin to intercept.

"If it's a fight you want," Mantisjin said as he put down the kids to pull his blades out, "Then I'll show you why I was selected for this operation!"

However, Mantisjin's blades weren't as deadly against Sky's armored skin, letting him block and parry as needed before tackling the kaijin to the ground.

"Your evil masters must be banking on those eggs you mentioned," Sky said, "Because you don't seem any tougher than the previous kaijin I fought."

Mantisjin realized Sky had a point. One-on-one he was no match for the Kamen Rider.

"We will meet again, Rider. You can be sure of that."

He disappeared underground. Sky then went to check on the two kids. Michiru stirred awake first.

"Kamen Rider Sky!"

Kyoko bolted upright.

"Where!?"

Sky chuckled as the girl looked around in excitement before spotting him.

"I'm glad you two are alright."

"You disappoint me, Mantisjin," General Monster said.

"Please allow me one more chance," Mantisjin pleaded, "I'll make sure he dies next time!"

"I've heard that before," General Monster pointed out, "But Great Leader feels you deserve another chance to complete the ceremony, so I will allow it. But if you don't return with at least the children in hand, you will suffer execution."

"So let me get this straight," Kiwako said as the siblings were reunited with their mother, "You answered the announcement just based on the fact that it got your ages right, but said nothing about your names? And you didn't think anything about that was suspicious?"

Also in the house was a trio of mystical martial artists, Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, and Goro Daimon. As the kids' mother was warning them about the dangers of following strange calls, Mantisjin and his Aris started swarming the condo.

"They just don't let up!," Ganta said.

He and the trio quickly started taking out the Aris. While they were outside, Mantisjin smashed his way into the apartment.

"Once those children are fed to my eggs," he declared, "The spawn will slaughter all the unworthy masses of Japan!"

"There's no way someone like you is qualified to know who is worthy!," the mother pointed out.

"I don't remember asking your opinion," Mantisjin said.

Ganta heard the screams and hurried back inside. Luckily the mother was still alive, just knocked out. But the kids had been taken. Benimaru rushed inside.

"Hey, that kaijin of yours left a trail."

He handed Ganta a ribbon Kyoko had been wearing. Outside there were tire marks near where the ribbon had been dropped.

"This is where I take over," Ganta said, "I'll make sure Mantisjin suffers for this."

He hopped on the Skyturbo and drove off.

"Henshin!"

Driving down the trail at top speed, Ganta transformed into Kamen Rider Sky. Activating his special Dimension Eyes, Sky was able to use x-ray vision to follow the tire tracks. Mantisjin was hiding nearby, and gave a signal to a group of Ari Commandos riding bikes. When Sky spotted them, he rolled his eyes beneath his helmet.

"Won't these guys ever learn?"

Using expert motorcycle skills, Sky easily took out the biker squad.

"You can never out-ride a Kamen Rider."

Mantisjin grumbled before diving underground.

"Nice try, Mantisjin," Sky said, "But I've got other advantages."

He knelt down and focused on his Belt Ear, which gave him advanced hearing ten times greater than the average human, even able to pick up decibels higher than a human's hearing range. It wasn't long before he heard the sound of Mantisjin tunneling through the ground.

Thinking he had lost Sky, Mantisjin was getting ready for the ritual.

"Now, in order for my spawn to be born, I shall sacrifice the siblings of thirteen and seven years of age."

He readied his blades, intent on performing the sacrifice.

"Once the eggs have fully matured, they shall exterminate all impure life across the world!"

"Sailing Jump!"

Sky leapt into the air to fly, using his Dimension Eyes to scan the ground below him. With these eyes, Sky could see at greater distances than a normal human and could even see infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths.

"Ah-ha," he said, "There's Mantisjin's temple. Time to interrupt his wicked ceremony."

He landed outside the building and spotted Ari Commandos appearing to defend it.

"No time to deal with the grunts. Skyturbo!"

He landed on his Rider Machine and raced forward at top speed.

"Rider Break!"

The Skyturbo smashed right through the building and right on top of Mantisjin, preventing him from making the sacrifice and allowing the siblings to flee the building. The kaijin wailed as the Rider Machine smashed into the altar, rendering the eggs inert.

"No! How can we remove all the impure humans from the world!?"

"Only a force of evil like Neo Shocker would believe any life form could be impure," Sky declared, "As a force of justice, I will make sure the lives of the children are protected."

Enraged, Mantisjin started slashing at Sky, who dodged the blades while striking to damage the kaijin. Mantisjin ran outside as Aris appeared to back him up, but Sky just started thrashing the combatants like he did literally every Friday.

"Kamen Rider," Mantisjin said, "I will see you die today!"

"Now, now, Mantisjin," Sky said, "Adding lying to your sins won't help in the next life."

He blocked Mantisjin's blades before thrashing him around. The kaijin leapt at Sky with blades extended, only to get thrown to the ground. Mantisjin growled as he started spinning with his blades extended.

"Go to hell, Kamen Rider! Mantis Boomerang!"

Sky dodged the deadly spinning blades as they tried to connect with his head. He then dropped to the ground and used his legs to trip up Mantisjin, knocking him to the ground.

"It can't be! My ultimate deadly finisher!"

Sky grabbed Mantisjin and broke his arms to make him drop his blades.

"Let me show you a real finisher! Sky Kick!"

The flying kick sent Mantisjin sailing. He tried to stumble to his feet.

"No... I was chosen by Neo Shocker... It can't be my time to die..."

He collapsed to the ground, his body vaporizing. The altar building then exploded, making sure the kaijin eggs could never be used with a new host. Sky met back up with Michiru and Kyoko.

"You'll be alright now. Neo Shocker won't be able to perform their ritual."

"Especially since Kyoko's birthday is tomorrow," Michiru noted, "So we won't fulfill their requirements anymore."

"Thanks for saving us, Sky," Kyoko said.

Sky laughed as he lifted Kyoko onto his shoulder. There were many heroes across the world fighting to end Neo Shocker. And Sky was quickly finding his place among them as he continued to fight to protect all life from Great Leader's twisted idea of impurity. Ganta would continue to fight until Neo Shocker was ended, even after he'd found what he was looking for.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Inside Neo Shocker's base, Great Leader spoke through his loudspeaker.

'General Monster, how is the operation of Makoto Shindo going?'

"All is progressing as scheduled," General Monster assured him, "The doctor's have just informed me they will be finished in the next ten minutes. Shindo has proven quite compatible with the cyborg technology."

He showed a video of the operation, when it suddenly got disrupted.

"What's going on?," General Monster demanded, "Get me a status report!"

"We're having equipment failure!," a scientist reported in, "Something's going wrong in the operation room! The operation was a failure and the subject's escaping!"

"Get him back here at once!," General Monster ordered, "Any who cannot be successfully transformed must be executed!"

Shindo turned out to be an exceptional martial artist who was able to fight off the Ari Commandos attempting to capture him. It wasn't long before he had managed to fight his way out of the compound. Not far away, Kamen Rider Sky was flying through the air tracking down a Neo Shocker base.

"Reports from the Rider Scouts suggest it should be in the area... Huh, what's that?"

He spotted Shindo as he was being surrounded by Ari Commandos.

"Looks like Neo Shocker is targeting that man. This could be a chance to learn more about their operations."

He landed in front of the Aris and started taking them out. He then approached Shindo.

"Why was Neo Shocker targeting you?"

"I have nothing to say to a cyborg," Shindo declared.

He then ran off, leaving Sky confused.

"I never even said I was a cyborg. How did he know?"

'Shouldn't you be capturing the escaped test subject?,' Great Leader pointed out to General Monster.

"No need," General Monster assured him, "This is actually part of my newest plan."

Great Leader chuckled.

'How nostalgic. Once again a close ally chooses to keep me in the dark in order to deceive an enemy. In that case I will leave it in your hands. I look forward to finding out just what you have in store.'

Ganta reported back to the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"And he already knew you were a cyborg?," Kiwako asked in confusion.

"When you get right down to it Kamen Riders don't look like cyborgs just from a glance," Ganta noted, "They look like those costumed superheroes you see in stunt shows and TV. There's also the fact that he was being attacked by Neo Shocker."

Kiwako considered it.

"There's no telling if he might be an ally or enemy, but either way he must know something about Neo Shocker."

Ganta held up a hand, his enhanced hearing having picked up the sound of a motorcycle outside. He looked out the window and was surprised to recognize Shindo.

Before long Ganta was following Shindo on his bike. At one point Shindo stopped at a bank and spoke with a suited man getting into his car.

"Excuse me, you're President Murakami, yes?"

"I am," Murakami said, "And what do you want?"

"I'm here to tell you you're life's in danger," Shindo warned, "Neo Shocker plans to attack you tonight at your home."

Ganta rolled his eyes as the expected dismissive laughter came.

"That's ridiculous," Murakami said, "If you'll excuse me."

"Obviously no normal person would think an organization like Neo Shocker exists," Ganta noted to himself, "Still, if he was telling the truth... I'd better stake out Murakami's residence tonight."

That night, a large centipede crawled over the wall of Murakami's estate. Inside the lights were flickering as Murakami lay in bed. He was startled awake by a sound from outside, only to see the centipede crawl into and open window and change into a humanoid centipede kaijin.

"You were to pay Neo Shocker a great deal of money!," the kaijin known as Centijin declared, "Now you will be punished for disobeying!"

As he started to wrap his centipede tail around Murakami, Ganta burst into the room and knocked the kaijin aside.

"Get going!," he told Murakami.

Murakami was grabbed by Centijin as he headed outside. Ganta followed, and was surprised to see Shindo fighting the Aris. Centijin was nowhere to be found, but Murakami was at least safe.

"Don't get in my way!," he warned Ganta, "I don't need your help!"

Ganta responded by knocking down a few Aris.

"I'm not helping you, I'm helping Murakami. And you clearly have no idea what you're really fighting."

Centijin grumbled.

"That damned deserter. You'll soon learn the price for abandoning Neo Shocker!"

He and the Aris left. Shindo scoffed and turned to Ganta.

"Can't you mind your own damn business?"

"Neo Shocker is my business," Ganta retorted, "Ever since they killed my family they've been my business. I don't know what that kaijin meant when he called you a deserter, but you're hardly the only one they've tormented."

"That's got nothing to do with me," Shindo insisted, and he walked off.

Shindo drove off on his bike when he got ambushed by nets getting tossed over him. Aris moved in to swarm him, bashing him about as tried to free himself.

"Alright, you've had your fun!," Sky said as he appeared, "But I believe you're about to be disobeying your standing orders. Whether you want to or not."

He proceeded to completely thrash the Aris, then got Shindo free from the net, noting how beat up he looked.

When Shindo awoke the next morning, he found himself on a coach at the agency, his head bandaged. He was surprised to see Ganta standing nearby, opening the curtain.

"Glad to see you're awake. How are your wounds?"

"Still hurts," Shindo admitted, "Damn Neo Shocker ganging up on me."

"The kaijin from last night called you a deserter," Ganta noted, "What did he mean by that?"

"Neo Shocker intended to remodel me into a cyborg," Shindo explained, "They made me an offer to turn me into a world-class karate champion if I agreed to the remodeling. At first I agreed of course. I'm a highly competitive person and wanted to become stronger. The temptation was just too strong. It wasn't until I learned what Neo Shocker was really like that I realized my mistake. But I got lucky. Some accident in their lab allowed me to escape before the operation could be finished."

"I guess the allure of becoming a powerful cyborg would be hard to ignore," Ganta admitted, "I became one to be to fight against Neo Shocker."

"You?," Shindo asked, "Then, the mysterious cyborg I saw..."

"That was me," Ganta confirmed, "I'm also known as Kamen Rider Sky. Neo Shocker doesn't have a monopoly on cyborg technology, and those with much nobler intentions converted me so that I could settle the score with Neo Shocker."

"So that's what you meant earlier," Shindo realized, "You said Neo Shocker killed your family."

"I actually have another reason," Ganta added, "Have you ever heard of Deadman Wonderland?"

Ganta nodded.

"Yeah, it's this bizarre underground carnival involving death games."

"It's also a prison for superpowered beings called Deadmen, who can weaponize their blood," Ganta clarified, "I'm also a Deadman, and the one in charge of the prison wanted to have me incarcerated. So when my entire college class was killed by another Deadman, that person tried to have me framed for it. And it seems Deadman Wonderland has a connection to Neo Shocker."

"I guess we both have a reason for taking down Neo Shocker," Shindo said, "Then let's team up. My name's Makoto Shindo."

Ganta nodded as they shook hands.

"I'm Ganta Igarashi. You already knew about Neo Shocker's planned attack on Murakami. Do you know of any other plans they might have?"

"Yes," Shindo said, "Centijin, the kaijin you saw last night, is planning to contaminate the reservoir of the Tohoku Damn using a deadly poison. Once the chemical flows throughout Tokyo's water supply, it could kill millions of innocent people."

"Neo Shocker just keeps one-upping its own evil," Ganta noted, "And they've barely even started their operations."

And so the two men drove off for the dam.

"There's the reservoir," Shindo noted, "But no sign of Centijin or those grunts of his."

"They might be in hiding," Ganta suggested, "We need to hurry and find out where they're planning on releasing the poison from."

He then spotted one of the local fishermen dropping a dark-looking vial into the water and confronted him. Sure enough, the fishermen were all disguised Aris. He and Shindo dodged their explosive hats before catching one to throw back, destroying the remaining vials. Ganta sent Shindo off before dispatching the Aris. During the fight, Centijin appeared from a nearby bush, grabbing Ganta using his tail.

"I have you now!," he declared.

But it wouldn't be so easy, as Ganta was able to hold his own even while being strangled. After a bit of rolling around he managed to get free, then activated his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

He leapt to the top of the dam while transforming into Kamen Rider Sky.

"Now that I have your undivided attention, I believe it's time to claim another kaijin kill!"

As he leapt down to thrash Centijin, Tonda showed up yet again to try and get his big scoop.

"I'll get this big fight on film yet!," he declared as he readied his camera.

However, Sky wound up knocking Centijin right in of the camera. Tonda blinked, seconds before Centijin freaked him out with a big roar. Tonda fainted on the spot, and Centijin wound up kicked in the back to stumble over the body.

"Rude!," the kaijin complained.

The fight continued as Centijin unleashed an explosive gas to try and attack Sky, only for the Rider to dodge out of the way. Sky then tossed the kaijin, who landed on top of a nearby cliff.

"Do it now!," he called out.

Sky quickly got moving as Aris started blasting the area with dynamite. Once he got clear, he ran into Shindo again.

"Good to see you're alright," Shindo said.

"You as well," Sky said, "What about the vial?"

"I was able to fish it out before it could break into the reservoir," Shindo assured him, "With the others destroyed, all we have to do is finish them off at their base. I remember the location of their remodeling operation lab."

"Okay then," Sky said, "I'll follow your lead."

Shindo nodded and headed for his bike.

"Skyturbo!"

Sky called in his Rider Machine to follow Shindo.

Shindo soon stopped at a certain location.

"That's their base over there," he said, pointing.

Sky got off his Rider Machine to check it out, only to trapped by a rope attached to the back of an Ari's bike. Sky held on for dear life as the grunt tried to keelhaul him. Spotting a nearby rock, Sky grabbed it and managed to cause the bike to tip over. Sky spotted several more Ari bikers.

"You'd think they'd learn," he muttered, "Skyturbo!"

With his expert driving skills, Sky easily bashed his way through the enemy bikers. A few tried to ambush Shindo, only for Sky to easily knock them out of the way.

"Thanks," Shindo said, "The base is this way."

The entrance had a few Ari guards patrolling outside.

"Okay, I'll go and distract them," Shindo offered, "That should leave you free to assault the interior."

Shindo headed above the entrance and practically waved at the Aris as they spotted the deserter they were looking for and went to try and grab him. Sky then hurried inside.

"Hold up," Shindo said as he also entered, "Listen, I know this base better. So make sure to follow my lead, no matter what happens. This place is full of motion sensors."

He traced a line of the sensors with his finger. As Shindo led Sky through the base, he stopped for a bit.

"There's an infrared sensor."

Sky checked with his Dimension Eyes, confirming the infrared beam. He carefully ducked under it, then casually blocked a net trap that tried to fall onto him.

"The remodeling room should be through that door," Shindo said.

Sky checked the room out.

"It's a lot more insidious than the room I was remodeled in," he noted.

'It works for our purposes,' came the voice of General Monster, 'Welcome, Kamen Rider Sky. And the stray dog Shindo as well. You have been lured here into a trap from which there is no escape. I knew Shindo would bring you here hoping to disrupt our operations. Now the both of you will cease to exist.'

A barred door slammed down on the entrance.

"At first I was thinking Makoto might be a spy," Sky said, "But he truly was a deserter, wasn't he?"

'Unfortunately, yes,' General Monster admitted, 'But I thought he might have at least some use to us before being put down like the stray dog he is. So I allowed him to live long enough to contact you. Obviously our scheme to poison the reservoir had to be sacrificed in order for the trap to be sprung, but it will be worth it without you around to disrupt further operations.'

"You guys should really hit the brakes when it comes to escalating evil," Sky warned, "Otherwise your lifespan will be even shorted than the Garanda Empire. Also, quit acting like Makoto is really a victim in all this. I actually know the truth. Isn't that right... Centijin!"

Shindo was shocked.

"Huh? What are you saying?"

"You screwed up during our first encounter," Sky explained, "You knew I was a cyborg even though nothing about me should have indicated as such. I grew more convinced as I noted the amount of times both you and Centijin were at the same scene, but never in the exact same place. Every time you showed up, he was gone, and vice versa. But what finally nailed your coffin shut was when General Monster mentioned giving up on the reservoir scheme, but didn't even mention Murakami, even though that plan was a flop too. I merely played along to gain access to this Operating Room."

Shindo growled and dropped his disguise, revealing that he was indeed Centijin.

"It doesn't matter if you've seen through my act. You still won't leave here alive!"

He slipped through the door to trap Sky inside. Sky quickly dove for cover as an automated machine gun popped out to blast the room with gunfire. Centijin fired off his explosive gas to try and make sure Sky had no cover to hide behind. He laughed as Sky got buried in rubble, but stopped laughing when the Rider just leapt out of it.

"When will you evil organizations ever learn!? A Kamen Rider is immortal!"

And with that, he broke through the ceiling, prompting Centijin to follow him outside.

"You won't get away, Kamen Rider!"

"Oh, I don't plan on running," Sky retorted, "Not when I can destroy another of Neo Shocker's evil kaijin here and now!"

Several Ari Commandos tried to dog pile him, but he easily tossed them all off before dispatching them. They tried a bunch of new formations to confuse Sky, but he easily danced around them to take them out by the dozens.

"Will you stop wasting our vital grunts!?," Centijin demanded.

"Stop throwing them at me en masse," Sky countered, "You should know by now they're no match for a Kamen Rider."

Centijin extended his tentacle, only to get it crushed in Sky's grip.

"Sorry, you only get one chance with that trick."

He started using Centijin's own tentacle to slam him on the ground over and over. Angered, the kaijin tried using his explosive gas.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky fired off his explosive blood bullets, causing the gas to go off right in Centijin's face. With the kaijin stunned, Sky leapt up and tied him up in his own tentacle before knocking him down the hill.

"Sky Kick!"

Sky leapt down for his final attack, the powerful kick striking Centijin hard enough to send him flying.

"All that trouble to fake an accident...," Centijin said as he struggled, "And two schemes wasted... For nothing..."

He collapsed to the ground and his body completely vaporized.

General Monster slammed his fist against the side of the monitor.

"Centijin was far too cocky. We wasted too many resources because of his foolish mistakes."

'If only we could have made the Kamen Rider a facet of Shocker's forces from the beginning,' Great Leader said, 'General Monster, your next scheme must be even more cunning. Clearly Kamen Rider Sky is not as naive or gullible as we originally thought.'

The two could only watch in anger as Sky returned home triumphant, ever vigilant for the next time Neo Shocker would rear its ugly head.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Even for a superhuman cyborg, fighting the forces of evil takes genuine martial skills. So Ganta had regular lessons with an expert karate master, one Ryoichi Miyoshi.

"You've been improving," Ryoichi noticed, "I'm glad to see you're not using your new cybernetics as a crutch."

"I'd be shaming the honor of the Kamen Riders who came before if I did," Ganta said.

Ryoichi's two sons approached.

"So who's stronger?," the young boy Ryoji said, "My father or Ganta?"

"Oh, Master is most definitely still the stronger one," Ganta said, "I've only recently hit black belt, but Master Ryoichi is a world champion at the judan level."

Jubei, the older son, then stepped forward.

"How about a quick spar, Ganta?"

"Sure," Ganta agreed, "It's certainly been a while."

As the two started their spar, Ryoichi sat down next to his younger son.

"Once I'm gone the dojo will be left to you and your brother. So make sure you train hard."

Elsewhere in the city, a boxing coach was taking a taxi after finishing up for the day. However, the driver was a strange man wearing sunglasses.

"You're the world champion boxer 'Puncher' Suzuki, correct?"

"Yeah," Suzuki replied, "I guess you've heard of me?"

"More than that," the man said, "I intend to recruit you... To Neo Shocker's Murder Army."

Suzuki was confused.

"Just what sort of garbage are you spouting? Just keep driving."

Instead the driver stopped and took off his sunglasses, revealing serpentine eyes.

"It wasn't a joke, Suzuki. Now fall to my Cobra Hypnosis."

The man's eyes glowed and Suzuki wound up falling asleep.

The man's next target was jogging up a local bridge.

"Number One Pro Wrestler Mister KaiRiki," the man noted, "Am I correct?"

"Yeah, and you're blocking my way," KaiRiki said.

"Wrong," the man said as he took off his sunglasses, "Your path ends here, and will be redirected. Cobra Hypnosis!"

As KaiRiki fell into a trance, his trainer ran up the bridge.

"There you are. Come on, your match is starting soon."

He then noticed KaiRiki didn't seem to be listening.

"KaiRiki," the suited man said, "Kill him."

The trainer was stunned as KaiRiki inexplicably tried to strangle him. He managed to escape and run for it, chancing upon Ganta in the meantime.

"Help! He's trying to kill me!"

Ganta looked up to the bridge, both the suited man and KaiRiki were gone.

"They were just here," the trainer said, "Some creepy guy with sunglasses told KaiRiki to just kill me outright. And he just did, without reservation. Like he'd been hypnotized or something."

Ganta looked concerned. This whole thing stank of a Neo Shocker scheme.

General Monster took to his new throne as Ari Commandos saluted him. With him was Cobrajin, Neo Shocker's new kaijin.

"Congratulations on your successful promotion," Cobrajin said, "It can't have come easy with Kamen Rider Sky's interference."

"And what of your operation?," General Monster asked, "Is your new army coming along?"

"Indeed," Cobrajin said, "The strongest champions of boxing, wrestling, judo, and karate. I will use the humans' own warriors against them in the greatest Murder Army in history."

"We cannot have any further mistakes," General Monster warned.

He took off his left glove to reveal a powerful steel claw.

Cobrajin assumed his human disguise and entered Ryoichi's dojo. However, only his sons were there.

"Can we help you?," Junpei asked, "Or do you need something from our master?"

"I merely wanted to witness Ryoichi Miyoshi's skills," the man said, "But he seems to be absent. I'll return later."

As he began to leave, he kicked at one of the trophies, breaking it as it fell to the ground. Junpei confronted him.

"If you're here to pick a fight, how about fighting me instead!? I won't allow any disgrace to my master's dojo!"

"This isn't a fight you want, boy," the man warned, "Walk away before you get hurt."

"Relax, Junpei," Ryoji said, "I'll just go get Ganta."

Ganta and Kiwako were talking as Ryoji burst into the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"Ganta, we've got a problem!"

"Ryoji, what's wrong?," Ganta asked.

"Someone's invading our dojo!," Ryoji said.

"What does that mean?," Kiwako asked.

"It's when a rival martial artist attacks a dojo," Ganta explained, "Breaking cherished trophies and maiming the students and teachers."

Junpei tried his best to deal with the invader, but the man seemed far too skilled for Junpei to handle.

"Enough games," he decided, "Now I'll finish you off."

"You do and you die!," Ganta said as he burst into the dojo.

He picked Junpei up off the floor.

"Sorry, Ganta... He was too much for me..."

Ganta then saw the smashed trophy. It was one of Ryoichi's most cherished ones.

"You're gonna pay for this, whoever you are."

The man scoffed.

"And you think you can win where this boy failed? I have no time for such nonsense. I didn't come here to strike down mere students."

"Then perhaps your business is with me," Ryoichi said as he entered with Ryoji.

The man turned to Ryoichi.

"You are the world's master of karate?"

"I am Ryoichi Miyoshi," the Ryoichi confirmed, "Just what do you want with me? Do you intend to challenge me to a duel?"

"I wouldn't exactly call it a duel," the man said.

As he moved to try and overpower Ryoichi, Ganta noticed the man was using snake-style kung fu. But his chaotic moves were no match for the patient karate master, who carefully picked his openings and struck blow after blow. The man then took his sunglasses off, revealing his snake eyes. Ryoichi quickly figured out his scheme, however, and closed his eyes while trusting his other senses to figure out his opponent's location. Realizing he wasn't going to win, the man picked up his coat.

"I think that's enough for today."

He headed outside, pondering the situation.

"He knew by instinct that I was going to try my Cobra Hypnosis. He's definitely someone I can use for my army."

"And just what army do you speak of?," Ganta said as he popped out from behind the man's car.

The man was surprised.

"How did you...?"

"I remember someone mentioning you being at the scene where pro wrestler Mister KaiRiki was kidnapped," Ganta explained, "The same sunglasses."

"So you know that much," the man said, "Then I can't leave here alive."

He took off his glasses, and Ganta realized what was going on.

"So you're with Neo Shocker."

"You know about us," the man noted, "Then you already know far too much."

He tried to attack Ganta, who easily dodged away from his attacks.

"I'm no mere student," Ganta warned, "And hypnosis has little effect on me."

He easily started thrashing the man.

"It seems I'll need to fight you using my true form."

He dropped his disguise to become Cobrajin.

"So you were a kaijin the whole time," Ganta noted.

"A shame you won't be around much longer," Cobrajin said, "Aris!"

Numerous Ari Commandos popped up from the ground. Ganta got knocked into the brush as the Aris tried looking for him.

"He can't have gone far," Cobrajin noted, "Search for him!"

"Don't bother!," Kamen Rider Sky said as he appeared, "I'm already right here!"

He leapt down and started wailing on the Aris. Cobrajin tried to attack, but Sky proved the superior fighter. Nearby, Tonda was digging a hole to hide in.

"Something this simple, I should be perfectly safe!"

An Ari wound up landing in front of him, prompting him to prop himself up on its body. Then a second one landed on top of him.

"Why me...?"

Sky began thrashing Cobrajin, who tried to retaliate with a venom from his snake hand that proved combustible. Sky dodged the attack, but the kaijin dove underground to escape.

"They never stick around for just one round," Sky noted, "But what could he want with Master Miyoshi?"

Cobrajin had his Murder Army training hard, their target being to be able to kill Sky.

"All we need is to recruit that karate master," Cobrajin noted, "Then my Murder Army will be complete."

"You've certainly selected your recruits well," General Monster noted.

"Thanks to my Cobra Hypnosis," Cobrajin said, "These humans are completely under my control. And when it is complete, we can begin their first assignment... The assassination of Kamen Rider Sky!"

Ganta was heading into the hospital when a few Ari Commandos tried to ambush him in the elevator. He easily thrashed them, but they were only a distraction. Cobrajin melted his way into Junpei's hospital room. As he made to attack Junpei and Ryoji, Sky busted out of the elevator. He arrived at Junpei's room, where he was passed out on the bed.

"Ryoji... They took Ryoji..."

Sky quickly headed for the roof and triggered his flight power.

"Sailing Jump!"

With his enhanced sense of smell, Sky was able to track down Cobrajin's hypnotic venom. He tracked the smell to a car where Cobrajin and a few Aris had Ryoji captive. Suddenly, they felt the car halt.

"Something's wrong," the driver said, "The car won't move! It looked like the wheels are spinning out!"

Cobrajin went out to investigate, only to get shocked as Sky appeared from under the trunk.

"You! Keep your distance, Kamen Rider! Or I'll fill the boy's veins with venom!"

"Then he'll be useless for whatever it is you need him for," Sky pointed out, "You might as well return him."

"I'm willing to do whatever it takes for my Murder Army!," Cobrajin declared, "That is the Neo Shocker way!"

"And how's that worked out so far?," Sky retorted, "Also, Murder Army? Is that why you kidnapped all those athletes?"

"To make history's greatest Murder Army!," Cobrajin bragged, "But you'll see for yourself soon enough!"

He launched his venom to force Sky back, allowing the car to drive off.

Ryoichi was then given an ultimatum. Join Cobrajin's Murder Army, or his son Ryoji would die.

'You will have to enter the snake's den to save your son,' Cobrajin offered.

Ryoichi scoffed.

"Ganta, take care of things here. I'll go save my son."

"You go and Cobrajin gets what he wants," Ganta pointed out, "And you'll lose your son either way. I've stood victorious over Neo Shocker plenty of times, so I'm the best choice to get your son back."

Ryoichi knelt down on dojo mat.

"Parents are weakest when it comes to their children. Neo Shocker seems to have a penitent for aiming at people's weaknesses. But parents are the past, and children are the future. And if I were forced to choose... I would choose the future every time. Ganta, would you also fight for the future?"

"Yes," Ganta replied, "But not just one person's future. I fight for everyone's future."

Ryoichi sighed.

"Then I have nothing more to teach you."

He got up and left before Ganta could stop him.

When Ryoichi arrived at the designated location, he was met by the suited man who attacked his dojo.

"So glad you could join us," the man said.

"So you were involved this whole time," Ryoichi realized, "Where's my son?"

The man pointed to a large pit of venomous snakes that Ryoji was suspended over.

"Those snakes are at my command," the man explained, "At my signal they will constrict around your son. I figured that if you were to be warned off his life being at stake, that you would join us rather than see him die. Once those fangs inject their venom, the boy's struggling and begging will cease. Knowing this, will you not consider our offer?"

"No he won't!," Sky declared as he appeared.

"Kamen Rider!," the man said in shock, changing back into Cobrajin, "You fool! I will slaughter this child!"

He moved to try and control the snakes, only for Sky to leap down and block him off, thrashing the kaijin. It wasn't long before Sky was able to get Ryoji free and back to his father's arms.

"You need a new lesson of your own, Master," Sky said, "Trying to make bargains with Neo Shocker results in no future at all. The only way to secure one is to fight them directly."

Cobrajin then confronted Sky.

"Damn Kamen Rider! The only way you're leaving is in a box! My Murder Army may not be complete, but it's still strong enough to destroy you!"

He called in his warriors. Ryoichi was shocked.

"Puncher Suzuki! And Mister KaiRiki!"

The Murder Army moved at Cobrajin's command, but Sky easily knocked them out one-by-one. Some of them tried to take out Ryoichi instead, only to get easily manhandled by his karate mastery. Several Aris then appeared to attack as Sky started to dispatch them.

"I'll deal with these monsters, Master Miyoshi. Take care of the athletes."

"Of course," Ryoichi said, "Make sure that kaijin regrets forcing these men to misuse their gifts."

As the battle raged, Tonda wound up in the area once again.

"Ah-ha! There's that armored warrior. I'll be sure to get a scoop this time or my name isn't Imata Tonda!"

He then heard Cobrajin clear his throat from above him.

"I think I might want to change my name...," Tonda muttered as he fainted in shock.

Cobrajin then confronted Sky.

"You ruined my Murder Army! Now I'll ruin you!"

"No, Cobrajin!," Sky declared, "Your plans end here today!"

The two began trading blows, and before long Sky started to gain the upper hand. He dodged more of Cobrajin's venom, then leapt into a flying punch that stunned the kaijin.

"Sky Kick!"

Leaping into the air, Sky struck Cobrajin with a powerful flying kick that sent him flying.

"Damn you... Rider... I was supposed to make history... Not be history..."

And with that, his body exploded. With Cobrajin's death, the athletes snapped out of their hypnosis. Naturally they were confused about where they were, but Ryoichi assured them that they had simply woken up from a bad dream.

"Hey!," Ryoji said excitedly, "There's Kamen Rider Sky!"

"I'm glad to see everyone's alright," Sky said.

He flew off, happy in the knowledge that another of Neo Shocker's schemes was foiled. But with General Monster having been promoted, he was more motivated than ever to accomplish his wicked goals. Sky would need to keep on his guard, ever vigilant so that Neo Shocker could never succeed.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

A troop of Ari Commandos were positioned at an industrial complex. As the local guards made their patrols, they spotted a bizarre bubbling substance and went to investigate. The foamy substance sprayed all over them, causing them to combust and die. The same foam hit several workers as well. The culprit was a humanoid crustacean called Crabjin.

"Everything's secure," he said to the Aris, "Finish up preparations by the end of the night."

The Aris got to work bringing in boxes filled with dynamite, carefully lowering them into the sewers in the area.

"Careful now," Crabjin warned, "If anything goes boom too early it'll expose us for sure."

The dynamite was set up just under an oil refinery. The Aris unfolded a map of the local area.

"Preparations are complete. We're ready for the destruction of the Keihin Industrial Complex."

"Excellent," Crabjin replied, "By this time tomorrow, Kanto's oil complex will be reduced to a sea of flames!"

Meanwhile, a young boy named Takumi was running along the sidewalks. People he passed were surprised, since he was known as the Oversleeper. In his hands was a paper airplane with an image of a Kamen Rider on it.

"I'm excited to show this to everyone!," he said, "I think I'll take a shortcut!"

Said shortcut turned out to be the industrial complex, and he blatantly ignored the "Do Not Enter" sign. As a result, he wound up spotting Ari Commandos carrying more dynamite crates. As Takumi tried to get a closer look, he accidentally knocked over a loose stone, getting the Aris' attention. As the boy ran for it, he wound up encountering Crabjin, who got a mouthful of the paper airplane. The kaijin angrily pulled it out and stomped on it.

"I can't let anyone who learns Neo Shocker's secrets live to tell the tale."

As he started to wrap his claw around the boy's throat, Sky suddenly swooped in out of nowhere and knocked the kaijin away.

"And yet there's still plenty of people who know them. So good job, Crabjin, you're the pride of Neo Shocker."

"Enough of the sarcasm!," Crabjin demanded, "Don't get in my way!"

"Wow, we are really filling up that jar," Sky noted, "Seriously, can you guys never just trust that your secrecy keeps people from believing the few that find out? You only raise more eyebrows when you try to silence witnesses."

"Silence!," Crabjin called out as he fired his deadly foam.

Sky quickly got Takumi out of the way, getting him to safety before moving to thrash the Aris. Crabjin tried to attack, only for Sky to easily block his claw and pound him. One heavy toss later and Crabjin was convinced to retreat.

"Next time, then," Sky said.

He went to check on Takumi.

"You seem to be alright."

Takumi was suddenly seeing stars.

"Holy cow! You're a Kamen Rider!"

"Yep," Sky said, "I'm Kamen Rider Sky. Anyway, it's dangerous around here. You should head off for school."

Takumi groaned.

"But that monster ruined my homework. And I was looking forward to showing it off too."

"Hey, at least you finished it properly," Sky assured him, "If you tell your teacher the truth, I'm sure they'll understand."

"Uh, not really," Takumi admitted, "See... I'm not exactly the most trustworthy of students. At least, that's what everyone keeps saying. This was a rare time for me to wake up early, so I always make excuses of why I'm always late. And this is likely to be the story that gets me laughed out of the classroom."

"Well, give it a try anyway," Sky suggested, "Some stories are too unbelievable to be made up."

Takumi was still nervous heading for school, hearing his class in the middle of role call.

"Kamiyama is late again," the female teacher noted.

"It is Takumi the Oversleeper we're talking about," one of the students teased.

Takumi groaned as he opened the door, wincing at the applause from his classmates as they cheered his actual arrival.

"Nice to see you're at least here for role call," the teacher said, "That's earlier than usual. But you're still late again. Seriously, you're late more times than any of your classmates and you never finish your homework. I don't want to hear any excuses this time, just go stand in the hallway."

Takumi was actually grateful to not have to explain what happened and went out without argument. Still, there was one downside. He had actually done his homework, working on it all last night. He even woke up early just to get to school on time.

"I hate Miss Jinko...," he muttered under his breath.

He didn't see Ganta observing him from the ground below.

Meanwhile, Crabjin met with General Monster at Neo Shocker's base.

"Our operation at the Keihin Industrial Complex is nearing completion," Crabjin reported.

"And what of the boy who saw you?," General Monster asked.

"The plan will succeed regardless of whatever he saw," Crabjin assured the general, "And as a bonus, we will also witness the end of Kamen Rider Sky!"

After school, the other kids were going home while Takumi had to clean up the classroom. The other students teased that his hard work let all of them rest easy. Some of them even pointed out that there were no such things as monsters, having heard Takumi's mutterings about Crabjin. He looked at them incredulously.

"I'd expect this sort of talk from adults, but kids like us should know better," he pointed out, "What do you think those Rider Scouts do?"

"It's just some dumb club," one of the kids insisted, "Maybe you should quit being a liar."

That prompted Takumi to lash out, which promptly got him in trouble with Miss Jinko. The fact that it was treated like it was all his fault just made him even madder.

Meanwhile, Ganta was checking out the oil complex for signs of Neo Shocker.

"This is where Neo Shocker attacked that boy," Ganta noted, "Yet there's no sign of their presence."

As he drove off, he didn't see Crabjin poking his out from the nearby manhole.

The other boys talked Takumi into showing him where he found the monster.

"It should be in a manhole around here," Takumi said.

It wasn't long before they kids found it and slipped inside.

"It is really down here?," one of the boys wondered.

"I think it's this way," Takumi said.

They got out flashlights and followed the tunnel.

"Something about this makes me wonder if we should have just trusted Takumi," the smallest boy said.

"Maybe we should head back," the tallest boy said.

Takumi shushed them both, not wanting to draw attention. Unfortunately, it was too late. Crabjin had heard them and now ambushed them in the tunnel. Before the boys could run they were caught by Ari Commandos.

"Foolish children," Crabjin said, "Now you'll never see the world above ground again."

"You owe me for ruining my homework!," Takumi proclaimed.

"What are you blabbering about?," Crabjin asked, "Ah, doesn't matter. Tomorrow you and this whole complex will be blown to pieces!"

He and the Aris headed off.

"Can't you call the Kamen Rider?," the tallest boy asked, "He saved you last time."

"I didn't call him the first time," Takumi pointed out, "I never even said I called him. He just showed up like he knew I was in trouble. Besides, I don't know where he is."

"Now I'm starting to regret not believing him this time," the third boy said, "If we hadn't been biased, we would have seen how surprisingly logical this story was."

"Guess those Rider Scouts aren't just a dumb club," the shortest boy said, "Mom's probably wondering where I am by now."

"At least you guys believe me now," Takumi said, "I just hope Kamen Rider Sky can find us somehow."

The next day Miss Jinko was concerned when the mothers of the four missing boys told her about their disappearance. So she spoke with the class.

"Did anyone walk home with Kamiyama and the others yesterday? Is there anyone who knows where they went?"

Naturally, no one had any idea.

Meanwhile, Ganta checked in at the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"Good timing, Ganta," Kiwako said, "I just got a new case in. That boy you saved yesterday, known as Takumi? He and three others from his class have gone missing."

"He must have tried to prove his story to his friends," Ganta realized, "Probably a result of a dare. I'll see if I can find them at the industrial complex."

"We've finished preparations for the core block's timer," Crabjin reported, "I'm in position to flip the main switch."

'You are clear to proceed,' General Monster said over the communicator, 'Turn Keihin into a blazing inferno!'

Crabjin hit the switch for the timer.

"It's set! Everyone fall back!"

Once on the surface, an Ari arrived with a report.

"We've spotted Ganta Igarashi on approach, sir."

"We can't let him get close," Crabjin said, "Send in the Neo Shocker motorcycle squad!"

Ganta spotted the bikers as they rode in.

"Will they never learn? Henshin!"

Triggering his Tornado, he changed into Kamen Rider Sky. As he rode past Crabjin's car, he noticed that the kids weren't inside. He quickly dealt with the biker squad using his master riding skills. Tonda happened to be nearby.

"Nice! I'm sure to get a great scoop this time!"

As he tried to focus his camera, the speeding bikes forced him into a nearby closet, which another biker wound up running into. Tonda wound up comically smashed through the wall.

"Why me...? Why...?"

Crabjin looked behind the car.

"Kamen Rider Sky should be on our tails by now. Punch it up a notch."

The driver hit the gas hard as he could, but the Skyturbo proved faster. Crabjin started launching foam from his claw to incinerate the road, but Sky just powered through like a professional stunt driver. Crabjin soon reached a warehouse that was locked down.

"The complex will explode in five minutes," Crabjin said, "And Kamen Rider will go with it."

Sky had arrived just outside and started scanning the area with his Dimension Eyes. With it he was able to detect Crabjin peeking out at him.

"There you are," Sky said, revving up the Skyturbo, "Rider Break!"

He smashed his way into the warehouse, scattering the Aris.

"You're too late Rider!," Crabjin declared, "Both this complex and this brats will be sent to a fiery hell. But I'm sure they'll appreciate you joining them!"

He then vanished along with the Aris.

"Why do they always claim 'too late' before their plans succeed?," Sky wondered.

He knelt down and used his Belt Ear to pick up any sounds from underground. He almost winced from the screams of the four boys crying out for help. He started to head out of the warehouse.

"Accept that it's too late, damn you!," Crabjin demanded as he tried to hold Sky back with his incendiary foam.

"Not until I've actually failed!," Sky retorted, dashing through the flames to thrash Crabjin.

He grabbed a nearby Ari to block the foam, letting it combust on the ground. Sky kept thrashing the Aris while using them to block Crabjin's foam. The kaijin angrily tried to strike Sky, his claw easily slashing almost anything he hit in two. Enraged, Crabjin tried grab Sky with his claw.

"Double Scissors!"

Sky managed to wrench himself free and knock Crabjin away.

"I've had enough!," Sky declared, "Time for a crab cracker! Ganbare Gun!"

He fired his powerful blood bullet, blasting and destroying Crabjin's claw. Now frightened, Crabjin tried to run for it, only for Sky to leap into the air.

"Sky Kick!"

Crabjin was knocked right into the water, going off like a depth charge. Sky then activated his flight jet.

"Sailing Jump!"

As Sky flew through he air he picked up on the sound of the time bomb.

"It's underground!," he realized.

He landed near the manhole at the industrial complex and popped it open. Takumi soon spotted him just as he arrived.

"It's Sky! He actually made it!"

Sky quickly disconnected the timer from the dynamite, preventing it from exploding.

"That did it. You boys are okay now."

The boys breathed a sigh of relief as Sky untied them.

The next day, Takumi dashed to school, this time not risking any shortcuts. He made it just before the first bell finished. Miss Jinko was relieved.

"I'm glad you're finally putting some effort into it, Kamiyama."

As class started, she examined the paper airplane he made for his homework.

"And this is very impressive work."

Takumi and three new friends smiled, each of them now having Rider Pendants around their necks. Takumi would go on to become a better student, a chance he was granted thanks to Kamen Rider Sky stopping Neo Shocker's plans once again.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

As a young boy was doing his swimming exercises, something in the pool suddenly went and grabbed him. His swim coach tried to help him, under to get dragged under as well. Elsewhere, a star track runner had been dragged underground via a nearby puddle. While this was happening, Ganta and Kiwako were checking out a local zoo.

"Check this out," Kiwako said, "The great salamander. Legends say it can disappear and reappear anywhere there's water."

"Kinda like early legends about ninjas," Ganta noted.

Kiwako's cell phone then went off. Her office phone was forwarded in case of an emergency call while on break.

"Private Eye in the Sky, we have the bird's eye view. Uh-huh... I see... That's troubling."

"What's up?," Ganta asked.

"There's been another report of a middle schooler disappearing," Kiwako explained, "Susumu Nagano, a school track runner."

"Yet another middle school athlete," Ganta noted, "This is getting to be a troubling pattern. Come to think of it, one of our friends has a little brother who's the top contender for the boy's judo tournament."

Jiro, the boy in question, was in the middle of a match when Ganta and Kiwako went to check on him. Jiro's skill was quickly proven as he easily defeated a boy larger than him. He later went to go wash his face, only to get shocked by a reptilian face in the water before a pair of hands tried to grab him. Ganta heard the cries and went to investigate, but Jiro had already disappeared from the washroom. He saw something in the sink and turned off the water to check it out.

"Jiro's belt? Why is it stuck in the drain?"

Kiwako took a like at the narrow drain.

"You don't think something could have dragged him through, do you?"

"Normally, no," Ganta said, "But if it was a Neo Shocker kaijin, then it would be possible."

Rider Scouts hiking through the forests reported in sightings of Ari Commandos at the Tanzawa Mountains, so Ganta took his trusty hang glider out there.

"Eyewitness reports say the Aris captured a salamander," he noted, "Either Neo Shocker believes the legend about salamander to be true, or they decided to make it true."

'Either way,' Kiwako said, 'That's likely the basis for their new kaijin.'

Ganta nodded and turned on his camera. Down below, the kaijin Salamanjin appeared from a water drain.

"Seems we have a spy."

Ganta returned from having developed the film.

"Take a look at this, Kiwako."

Kiwako noted the pictures, which were of kids being made to drag tires tied to them by Ari Commandos.

"Looks like a sort of specialized training camp," Kiwako noted, "Where did you take these pictures?"

"Just over Hell Valley," Ganta explained.

Many locals feared to set foot within Hell Valley, but Ganta knew it was important to ignore such fears if it meant saving those kids. So he set off, driving along the road before rappelling down a local waterfall. It wasn't long before he spotted the training camp, hiding a distance away to observe what was going on.

"Ari Commandos," he noted, "And a Neo Shocker flag. There's Jiro... But why are they being made to run like this?"

The boys were being forced to run without taking breaks, the Aris forcing them back to their feet if they ever collapsed. Salamanjin was there with a whip in hand, using it on any boy he called "lazy" for collapsing from exhaustion.

'Are you there, Salamanjin?,' came General Monster's voice from a nearby loudspeaker.

"We're proceeding well," Salamanjin replied, "Neo Shocker's Young Athletes Unit is ready for the Junior Sports World Tournament."

"They're doing all this for a sports tournament?," Ganta asked in disbelief, "There has to be an ulterior motive. Wait... Political leaders from across the world will be in attendance at the tournament."

"The lucky winners will shake hands with representatives from each country," Salamanjin continued, "It won't matter how well-guarded they are. They won't expect these young athletes to be Neo Shocker assassins. Once they shake hands, the world leaders will be stung by a poisonous needle. There's no way this plan can fail!"

Ganta felt his blood boil when he heard that. Hearing that Neo Shocker was intending to exploit young athletes just to kill world leaders was really sinking to an all new low.

"I need to save those kids as soon as possible. But if I try it while they're still in the middle of exercises it could get them hurt."

Just then, Salamanjin had a dangerous running course set up for the kids.

"Now listen up!," Salamanjin demanded, "This is our special hell training course. You'll notice it's very different from your typical hurdle race. If you touch the hurdles even slightly, this will be your fate."

He touched his pointer to one of the hurdles, which showed that it was electrified.

"That shock is very painful," Salamanjin noted, "And should you miss your jump, you will have this..."

He pointed to a strip of iron spikes just beyond the hurdle.

"To cushion your fall. And finally, we have that minefield."

Ganta gasped when he spotted the field. The mines were above ground, but from their size the blast would be tremendous.

"The only way to survive is to run for your very lives," Salamanjin warned, "Now, get to your positions!"

That's when Ganta heard something in the brush behind him. He sighed when he saw it was just Kiwako.

"Why'd you follow me?," he asked.

"With how many kids were abducted I thought you'd need a second pair of hands," Kiwako explained.

The kids were being run through the hurdle course. Luckily only one kid get hurt, via the electric hurdle. Beyond that, Salamanjin seemed satisfied.

"Not bad, not bad. We're making fast progress. Next we'll practice running through the minefield."

The boys were lined up in front of the mines.

"You must run as fast as you can," Salamanjin said, "The mines are on a two-second delay, so even a moment's hesitation..."

He wound up stepping on one of the mines, causing it to go off and knocking him on his butt. He got up and cleared his throat.

"And that happens... Let us never speak of this again. I think now's a good time for a break. We'll end things for the day and pick this up tomorrow as we reset the course. Dismissed!"

"Talk about a lucky break," Ganta noted, "That should give us time to save the children."

Kiwako nodded in agreement.

Salamanjin sat in his quarters as he sipped some sake. Three of the boys he considered MVPs, with Jiro among them, were sitting nearby with a banquet, while the others were still caged and stuck with eating basic nutrients.

"Don't be shy now, boys," Salamanjin said, "Go ahead and eat up. It's your reward for your exceptional run today. If any of the others had done as well as you they'd be here alongside you."

Jiro then stood up.

"Coach, may I go outside for a drink of water?"

"Go right ahead," Salamanjin agreed, "I'll assign a couple Aris to safeguard you."

The Aris stood guard as Jiro got near the river. However, they were suddenly ambushed by Ganta and Kiwako.

"You okay, Jiro?," Ganta asked.

Jiro nodded.

"I had a feeling you might be looking for me."

"We still need to find the others boys too," Kiwako said, "Do you know where Salamanjin is?"

By the time Jiro lead the duo to Salamanjin's chamber, the kaijin was completely drunk and had fallen asleep.

"That's the cell over there," Jiro whispered as he pointed.

The two Ari guards were easily dealt with. Salamanjin was such a deep sleeper that it was easy for Ganta to grab his keys and unlock the cell. However, the sound of the of the door opening woke Salamanjin up.

"Ganta Igarashi!? You jerk! How dare you sneak off with my dream team!"

"Get the boys out of here!," Ganta told Kiwako.

"This way," Kiwako said as she herded out the kids.

Meanwhile Ganta started trading blows with Salamanjin.

"You tricked me into getting drunk!," Salamanjin yelled out.

"You did that on your own!," Ganta retorted.

As the fight continued outside, Salamanjin wound up getting knocked off a small cliff and into the water below. Kiwako and the boys headed over.

"That'll soak his head for a while," Kiwako noted, "And with how drunk he was by the time he finds another water source he might now know where he wound up."

"We should take this chance to escape Hell Valley," Ganta suggested, "Before he decides to try poking his head out of some other water source."

As they ran off, Salamanjin poked his head out of the water.

"You won't find it so easy to escape from Hell Valley, Ganta Igarashi."

As the group headed through the forest, they heard the sound of horns in the distance. Ganta spotted several Aris gathering a distance away.

"Better take the kids a different way, Chief," he said to Kiwako, "I'll hold these guys off here."

"We'll catch up later," Kiwako said, leading the boys away.

Ganta hurried over to confront the Aris.

"You won't be going any further this way!"

He started thrashing the Aris before leaping onto a nearby wall. With a quick flourish, he activated his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

With a great leap, he transformed into Kamen Rider Sky. He leapt down and proceeded to completely wail on the Aris.

Meanwhile, the boys wound up running into Ganta. He started leading them across a difficult terrain, claiming it was the best way out. The whole time Kiwako noted Ganta's personality, encouraging the kids even when they were tired out and unable to move.

"I can appreciate the enthusiasm," she said, "But this is an escape, not a sports meet. And it looks like two of the boys got hurt."

Ganta nodded as he looked at the wounds. He then grabbed a nearby plant.

"This is Silver Leaf. It's a type of medicinal herb. It should help prevent infection as we dress the wound."

He stood up.

"Alright. The path ahead is still painful, but you must endure it. Let's work together to help Susumu and Takeshi, alright?"

He then noticed that the other boys were looking at Jiro and the two boys funny.

"What's wrong?"

"Those three were getting all kinds of special treatment from those goons earlier," one of the boys explained, "Meanwhile here we are, all worn out and having had very little food."

Ganta looked at the kids with a stern look.

"So now you're acting all selfishly? We're trying to escape with our lives here, back to your homes and families."

He then spotted a group of incoming Aris.

"Look, the enemy is already catching! We have to work together if we want to escape Hell Valley!"

He pointed to a town just up ahead.

"It's not much farther! Come on, we can still make it if we just push a little farther!"

"I don't think they can see us from down here," Kiwako noted, "And it looks like everyone's at their limit. We can take a few minutes to rest."

Ganta took a look.

"Okay, Chief, I'll try and hold their attention. Make sure everyone rests up, then we make one final push for the village."

"I think not!," Salamanjin suddenly called out, grabbing Jiro from beneath the ground and dragging him down.

Ganta quickly ran after them, triggering his Tornado as he did.

"Henshin!"

Now transformed, Sky leapt onto his Skyturbo and rode off back to Hell Valley.

Salamanjin had returned to his chambers, where he threw Jiro inside.

"Get the door closed," he ordered.

The Ari did so as Salamanjin poured himself some more sake.

"I'd like to see Kamen Rider Sky make his way into the heavy fortress."

Just then, he heard the sound of explosions and engines from outside.

"Rider Break!"

Salamanjin stumbled back as the Skyturbo burst into the chamber, sending debris flying into the nearby Aris.

"That was NOT meant as a challenge!," Salamanjin roared.

"You're the one who throw down the gauntlet!," Sky pointed out, "Every time I think Neo Shocker has already proven it's evil, you sink to a new low, now trying to turn a fun sports festival into an assassination plot! Prepare yourself for hell, Salamanjin!"

Salamanjin and his Aris headed outside to battle Sky. The kaijin managed to grab Sky from behind as the Aris tried striking with flying kicks. But Sky got loose, causing one Ari to hit Salamanjin instead.

"Idiots! Watch your targets!"

Sky started thrashing the Aris, knocking the ones carrying mines aside and letting them blow themselves up. Nearby, Tonda was hobbling over on crutches.

"Even if I'm injured, I still chase whatever scoop might be out there."

He got his camera out, only to get a face full of ash when a mine landed near him and went off.

"Or maybe I was better off still at the hospital...," he muttered as he fainted.

Salamanjin charged at Sky with his whip, causing a tug of war as he managed to grab one of Sky's wrists. He grabbed Sky's neck and used his to climb up a nearby rock to try and strangle the Rider.

"Behold my final attack, Fatal Strangulation!"

Sky sighed, then grabbed Salamanjin by the shoulders and threw him to the ground. He then leapt into the air for his own finisher.

"Sky Kick!"

Salamanjin was struck in the head and sent flying into his own electrified hurdle, damaging him to the point where his body vaporized. Sky then hurried back to check on Jiro.

"He has a high fever. Hang in there, Jiro."

He hoisted Jiro onto his back and activated the levers on his Tornado.

"Sailing Jump!"

Thanks to his flying powers, Ganta was able to get Jiro to a hospital. The doctors clarified that the boy just needed a good night's rest. Kiwako brought the other boys over, having managed to get them to the safety of the town. Jiro opened his eyes when he heard everyone.

"Guys... I was just flown here by Kamen Rider Sky."

Kiwako raised an eyebrow to Ganta.

"Fastest way to get him here," Ganta pointed out.

With Neo Shocker's schemes to assassinate the world leaders was thwarted. And hopefully those children would be able to have a fun sports tournament, thanks to Kamen Rider Sky's actions.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

As night fell on the city of Tokyo, Ari Commandos stalked around, abducted random people off the streets. A father and son were walking home from a shopping trip, when suddenly the father Hiro was grabbed right in front of his son Kimio.

"Somebody help!," Kimio called out, "My father just got kidnapped!"

He saw the Aris leap down a hole in the sidewalk. As it happened, Ganta was nearby when he heard the boy calling out for help.

"What's wrong?," he asked.

"My dad just got taken underground by some black monsters!," Kimio wailed.

Ganta looked around and spotted the Aris as they continued to stalk the streets.

"Ari Commandos? Neo Shocker's at it again. You stay here, kid. I'll save your father."

He got out a two-way radio.

"Ganta to Kiwako, come in."

'Go ahead, Ganta,' came Kiwako's voice.

"Neo Shocker is abducting people off the streets. I'm going to track down their grunts and try to help the victims. But I'll need you to look after the son of one victim. I'm with him right now."

'I see,' Kiwako said, 'I'll be right over to pick him up.'

Meanwhile two drunk salarymen encountered a new kaijin from Neo Shocker, a humanoid slug creature named Slugjin.

"Looks like I found a couple good test subjects!," he declared.

He fired off some goo from his hand, which hit the two men and reduced them to skeletons. As he assumed a human disguise and walked off, he just barely missed a frightened Tonda peeking out from behind the corner.

"T-They just melted into bones!," he said as he freaked out, "Why am I in this business again...?"

He promptly fainted on the spot.

Slugjin returned to Neo Shocker headquarters and reported to General Monster.

"The test run was a complete success , General."

"Excellent," General Monster said, "Now we move on to Phase Two."

Kiwako had found Kimio waiting where Ganta had left him and brought him to the Eye in the Sky detective agency.

"Don't worry," she said, "Ganta is one of the most dependable people I've had the pleasure of knowing. He'll find your father."

Kimio nodded sadly as he looked at a picture of him and his father. Even as Kiwako assured the young boy, she was concerned when she dotted out the disappearances on a map fo Tokyo.

"They've penetrated the capital of Japan itself. They're really stepping up from previous failures. I hope you're doing okay, Ganta."

Ganta had entered a underground canal, tracing it to find a Neo Shocker base. As he hid from a patrol of Aris, he grabbed the last one of the line and took it out, donning its uniform for himself. The unit soon reached a door monitored by two guards.

"Patrol unit reporting," the lead Ari said.

The guard nodded and pointed to a nearby card reader. The Ari slipped in both cards and was allowed through with its unit. Ganta looked around as the door shut behind him.

"They've started stepping up their security..."

He tried his best to keep a straight face as he saw the Aris forcing a shift change of a slave labor force.

'Attention,' came a call over the loudspeakers, 'Any slave laborers that are no longer useful will be repurposed as live test subjects for Slugjin's experiments. All designated test subjects will be brought to the lab immediately!'

Ganta spotted the "test subjects" being dragged to the lab and quickly fell in with the Aris corralling them. He spotted a strange ooze coming from the nearby wall, which quickly turned into Slugjin.

"So who will be the first to test my flesh-eating enzyme?"

He shot his gunk at one unfortunate prisoner, reducing him to bones in seconds. Ganta quickly forced down his desire to vomit as the sadism.

Luckily he was able to slip out without anyone questioning him, which allowed him to peek in on the communication center.

"European branch, please respond," one Ari was calling in, "I repeat, this is the Japanese branch. European branch, please respond."

"Still nothing?," another Ari asked.

"It's been a communications blackout so far," the first one said, "That usually means trouble."

"Looks like the other Riders are dealing with Neo Shocker's worldwide sectors," Ganta muttered to himself, "As for me..."

He managed to find the base's engine room, carefully hiding from the nearby patrols as he did.

"Engine room clear," a Ari leader noted, not noticing Ganta hiding up above.

Once the patrol moved on, Ganta dropped down and continued his recon.

The next area he found was what looked like a training grounds. The Aris were facing each other in sparing matches in order to try and improve their combat capabilities.

"I was wondering why humanoid monsters would fight like they were actual humans," Ganta noted, "They must have been made from humans and trained to maintain that level of skill."

Ganta then found the slave pens. He recognized one of the men as being Kimio's father.

"The same face from the picture. I need to find a way to get all the prisoners out safely."

He fell in with a nearby patrol that passed by and followed them, taking out the back row in order to blend in without issue. It wasn't long before the patrol entered the control room.

'Alert to all sectors!,' an announcement called in, 'An intruder is suspected to be on the premises! All patrols sweep the base!'

"Guess they found some of the bodies I left behind," Ganta noted.

Over in the cell, Hiro and the other prisoners heard the alarm.

"What the heck's going on?," Hiro wondered.

The slot on the door opened.

"Hiro Shimizu?," came a voice that sounded more human than any of the other denizens of the base.

Hiro walked over to the door and looked .

"Who are you?"

The figure he saw pulled off his mask to reveal a human face.

"I'm Ganta Igarashi. Your son Kimio asked me to come save you. Get everyone else ready and we'll get out of here."

"Gotcha," Hiro replied.

Ganta spotted an incoming patrol and quickly took them out. One managed to hit an emergency call before Ganta took it out.

"I need to shut down the alarm," he said to Hiro, "Sit tight, I'll be back."

He headed off, only for a few doors to seal shut.

"Crap! They must have pinpointed my location."

Several Aris approached the sealed door.

"Get it open," one ordered.

To their shock, Kamen Rider Sky stood ready to face them once the doors opened. Ganta had taken the time to transform while he was trapped.

"Surprised, I see. Not that I can blame you."

As the other door opened, Sky started thrashing the Aris from both sides.

General Monster was shocked when he saw the video feed.

"Somehow Kamen Rider Sky infiltrated our base. But he's just made it easier for Slugjin to kill him!"

'There's no escape, Sky!,' came a voice over the loudspeaker, 'Neo Shocker guards have this entire base surrounded! There's no way out!'

"We'll see about that," Sky said.

He noticed a nearby ventilation shaft. By the time the guards arrived, Ganta was already hidden inside the vents. As he made his way through, he spotted a large operating room.

"This must be where they make their kaijin."

He slipped out of the vent, only for a new voice to ring out.

'So you've decided to choose your own execution site.'

Ganta spotted a large puddle of goo and realized it was Slugjin. He reformed into his solid form.

"This is all your fault for interfering in our affairs!"

"Wrong," Ganta retorted, "It's your fault for killing my family. No matter how entitled evil believes itself to be, killing innocent people only invites prying eyes."

"Preach all you want," Slugjin said, "Your words won't mean anything in a moment!"

He fired a lump of goo on Ganta's Tornado, clogging it up. Slugjin cackled at Ganta's confusion.

"Now you won't be able to transform! This special MO Enzyme was made to completely cut off your powers! You're helpless without the means to change into Sky!"

"Not completely!," Ganta replied, "Ganbare Gun!"

Slugjin cried out in pain as the blood bullet struck him.

"You forget I'm a Deadman," Ganta said, "I'm never without a weapon."

With Slugjin stunned, Ganta ran out of the room, stopping only to check the Tornado.

"I need to find a way to get it spin again to collect wind energy. Ganbare Gun!"

He started firing at the goo, the blood slowly melting off the enzyme from the heat. But it wasn't enough to get the Tornado spinning. Before he could keep trying, he heard Slugjin approaching. Ganta leapt off the walkway and into the shadows nearby.

"He can't have too far," Slugjin noted, "Damn it, where did he run of to?"

Ganta waited until Slugjin was gone, then slipped back into the vents.

"I need to get back to the prisoners first," he decided, "Then I can worry about myself."

He carefully retraced his steps and returned to the prison cells, taking out a few nearby Aris. He soon had the cell open, with Hiro being the first one out.

"Get everyone to safety," Ganta said, "And hurry!"

"Thank you," Hiro said, and lead the others out as fast as they could go.

As they left, Ganta went to a nearby fuse box and created a short circuit to shut down the base's electrical systems. He got the prisoners into the vents, disappearing just as Slugjin arrived.

"Not here either? Huh?"

He noticed the loose vent covering.

"Damn! The ventilation ducts! That's how he escaped! No matter, I can still follow him."

He slipped into his goo form to enter the vents easily. The Aris started checking the vents as well, but so far they didn't find anything. But Ganta noticed them snooping around.

"I didn't think they'd find us so soon. We need to hurry and get to the exit."

They managed to reach a roof exit to the vents just as Slugjin spotted them. He quickly sent several Aris to the roof to intercept the escapees. Ganta scoffed when he saw them.

"You guys get to safety! I'll find a way to take these creeps out!"

"You don't have enough blood for it!," Slugjin boasted, "Take him down!"

The Aris moved in to attack, but Ganta was able to lay them out.

"Stop being stubborn!," Slugjin insisted, "Without your ability to become a Kamen Rider, you're outmatched!"

He started smacking Ganta around, laughing.

"With how high up we are, I'd wager even you'd die once you hit the ground!"

And with that, he knocked Ganta right off the roof. But this turned out to be a mistake. Ganta had gone up to the roof for a reason, intending to use the intense wind pressure from the fall to try and power the tornado.

"Ganbare Gun!"

The pressure and heat finally broke off the enzyme, allowing the Tornado to start spinning.

"Nice! Henshin!"

Ganta immediately transformed into Sky, and he hit the thrusters on his belt.

"Sailing Jump!"

Slugjin was shocked as Sky flew right back up to the roof and landing in the center.

"Sailing over the silver-lined clouds! Kamen Rider Sky!"

"That's impossible!," Slugjin called out, "I prepared my enzyme perfectly! Aris, tear him apart!"

Sky easily dispatched the Aris as they moved to attack. As the fight moved down to ground level, Slugjin tried to ambush Sky by launching pincers from his arms, but Sky was able to dodge the attack. He noted the area where the pincers landed was starting to melt from the enzyme contained within.

"Gah!," Slugjin called out, "Hold still, damn it!"

"Why not face me one on one!?," Sky challenged.

Slugjin raged and moved in to attack. But Sky was easily able to block and counter all of his attacks. As the two of them leapt into the air, they struck. When they landed, Sky seemed to collapse to one knee.

"I did it!," Slugjin declared, "I won!"

Sky just chuckled as he got to his feet. He leapt in the air for the finisher.

"Sky Kick!"

Slugjin was struck by the Rider Kick and sent flying, landing hard on his back. He struggled to get to his feet, but it was clear he was done for.

"You damn... Kamen Rider..."

He fell back down and completely evaporated. Almost as a trigger, the entire Neo Shocker base blew up shortly afterward.

Later, Kimio and his mother were sitting down to dinner.

"It's be great if dad was here," Kimio lamented.

"I'm sure he'll be back," his mother assured him, "That woman did say her partner would save him. At least, I hope he will..."

Sure enough, Hiro walked through the door at that moment, much to the relief of his wife and son.

"Dad!," Kimio said in excitement as he hugged his father, "You came back!"

"Sorry to worry you both," Hiro said as he hugged his family, "It was thanks to Kamen Rider Sky that I was able to escape."

He handed Kimio a special pendant.

"He wanted me to give this to you as a present for being so brave."

"Wow, a real Rider Scout pendant!," Kimio said.

Ganta had gotten just a good idea of how massive Neo Shocker's organization was. He hoped his fellow Kamen Riders were fighting hard across the world, even as he continued to keep Japan safe. Somehow, someway, he knew he'd find the means to take out Neo Shocker for good, and keep more families together like he did Kimio's.

Chapter Text

*A locust-themed Kamen Rider is seen riding towards the camera on a modified Suzuki SP370, smashing through a warehouse wall. This is Kamen Rider Sky on his Skyturbo. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding along a road on top of the local dam, now transformed into Kamen Rider Sky.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*Sky is seen close up as he continued to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*His ride is shown interspersed with scenes of him battling Neo Shocker monsters.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*He guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A quick scene of him on an operating table is shown with several scientist working on him, including the familiar tail of Raphtalia.*

Ganta Igarashi is framed for a crime he never committed. Dodging prosecution due to an airtight alibi, he becomes a cyborg warrior to investigate the evil organization Neo Shocker, and it's connection to the bizarre prison Deadman Wonderland.

*Sky lands as the narration ends to pose for the camera.*

Inside Neo Shocker's base, several Ari Commandos were checking a monitor.

"Plus Alpha Bomb, detonation in 5 seconds."

A small island on the monitor was completely obliterated by an explosion going off.

"A successful experiment," General Monster noted, "Antlionjin, come forth."

A humanoid kaijin with elements of an antlion appeared, a large whip in his hand.

"You called, General?"

"Your task today is simple," General Monster said, "Using the Plus-Alpha Bomb, you will wipe Tokyo right off the map!"

"And take out millions of worthless lives in the process," Antlion agreed, "I'm certain Great Leader will be pleased when he learns of his."

But one person wasn't pleased. Professor Imai, the scientist who created the Plus-Alpha bomb.

"Do you even realize how much devastation that bomb could create!? Tokyo would be leveled in instant! Nothing would be able to live there!"

"That's exactly what we want," Antlionjin said, "You will set the bomb for three hours."

"I don't think you understand," Imai said, "When I say nothing, I mean literally nothing. Not just the humans you seem so keen on deriding. It will be impossible for any animal to move in to replace them. The radiation will be too strong for them to live!"

"We cyborgs will survive," Antlionjin said dismissively, "That is all that matters. But you, Professor, have picked the worst time to refuse Neo Shocker's orders when you've been so cooperative before. Perhaps you're asking to die."

He started striking Imai with his Hell Whip over and over.

"Now get to it! Or I'll have your daughter sent to a random city..."

Imai's daughter was a Deadman, and had been arrested as a deranged serial killer some months ago. Imai had agreed to help Neo Shocker under the belief that they could cure her. Imai reluctantly reached for the timer.

"Killing mankind with a bomb made by its own hands," Antlionjin said, "Such an amusing concept."

He chuckled as Imai hit the switch.

"You people... Are monsters..."

"You're just now noticing that?," Antlionjin quipped.

The pyramid-shaped Plus-Alpha was loaded onto a truck that was driven into Tokyo.

"Head for the city center," Antlionjin ordered, "We want to make sure every part of Tokyo is enveloped."

A sudden alert came over the truck's radio.

'Professor Imai has escaped!,' came the report.

"What!?," Antlion said in shock.

Imai had reached a payphone and was trying to contact police headquarters. Unfortunately, Neo Shocker had already hijacked the phone line.

'There's no escape, Professor! Neo Shocker is everywhere!'

Imai quickly ran for it until he saw a police officer.

"I need a way to contact police headquarters. Someone's planning on using a bomb to destroy all of Tokyo. The city needs to be evacuated."

The officer started to lead Imai to his patrol car, only for imai to be shocked at the sight of two men unconscious in the back.

"You won't be escaping, Professor Imai!," the fake officer declared.

Imai managed to get free and ran for it. The fake officer and his partner ran after Imai and fired their guns, hitting the professor in the leg. However, this got the attention of Ganta as he was riding nearby.

"This man is a key suspect!," the fake officer said, trying to get Ganta to leave.

"Don't listen to them!," Imai said, "These men work for an organization called Neo Shocker!"

Ganta narrowed his eyes at the officers.

"Is that so?"

"What are you talking about?," the fake officer said, "Just hand him over to us!"

"Hate to say it, but you're demanding that of the wrong person," Ganta said, "See, I actually believe what this man is saying. I've been fighting Neo Shocker for some time now. And I'm not about to let you lay a hand on him."

The man drew his gun, only to have it blasted out of his hand by Ganta's Ganbare Gun. As the other officer managed to gun down Imai, Ganta quickly activated his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

Transformed into Kamen Rider Sky, he quickly dispatched the Neo Shocker agents, which were actually disguised Aris. He then hurried over to Imai.

"Hang in there, Professor!"

"Please listen...," Imai said, "Neo Shocker is about to use... A new Alpha-Plus Bomb... To destroy Tokyo... It will go off... At 3 PM today..."

"Damn," Sky muttered, "How much destruction are we talking?"

"It can rival a hydrogen bomb...," Imai explained, "The only way to stop it is to destroy the timed detonator..."

"Hang on," Sky said, "Where's the bomb?"

"Tokyo Tower...," Imai said, "Listen... Antlionjin is being powered by daughter... A Deadman... If he is destroyed... She will finally regret all the lives she has taken..."

Kiwako then ran over.

"Sky, I heard gunfire!"

"Good timing!," Sky said, "Get this man to a hospital! He was attacked by Neo Shocker! If we hurry we can still save him!"

"Leave it to me," Kiwako said as she picked up the professor, "What about you?"

"I need to get to Tokyo Tower," Sky explained, "Neo Shocker is planning on setting off an explosive more powerful than a hydrogen bomb to wipe out Tokyo! I need to disarm it before 3 PM!"

Kiwako was stunned.

"Are they crazy!? An explosion of that magnitude... Deadman Wonderland is within the city limits! If those prisoners are killed Neo Shocker's kaijin will lose power!"

She checked her watch.

"And that's without getting into the numerous innocent lives that will snuffed out if we don't find that bomb in two hours and forty minutes."

"Then I've got no time to lose," Sky said.

He readied his Tornado to fly, but was quickly ambushed by Aris.

"Damn it, I've got no time for this!"

Sky quickly went to work dispatching the Aris. Antlionjin arrived nearby.

"Did you really think we'd let you get to Tokyo Tower alive!?"

"You must be Antlionjin," Sky realized.

Antlionjin dove underground.

"Ant Hell!"

The sudden sinkhole started to get Sky stuck in the ground as Antlionjin grabbed his leg with the Hell Whip.

"My pit will swallow you alive and kill you like the insect you are!"

"Hey, you're modeled after an insect too!," Sky pointed out, "That alone disproves your ideology! Speaking of insects... You seem to forget this one can fly! Sailing Jump!"

He managed to hit the levers on the Tornado, allowing Sky to launch into the air and off into the distance.

"We'll settle this later, Antlionjin! But first I have a city to save!"

It wasn't long before Sky reached the Tokyo Tower.

"They had to have set up the bomb somewhere near the bottom, for maximum destruction. It's 12:40, so I don't have much time."

Kiwako called in through Sky's helmet.

'Sky, I managed to get Imai to the hospital! He's in critical condition! Are you at Tokyo Tower?'

"Just arrived," Sky replied, "Any thoughts on where the bomb might have been placed? I'm not seeing it on any of the floors."

'Imai might be able to give us further details,' Kiwako noted, 'But not in his present condition. I managed to get in touch with the police and they're doing a full sweep and evacuation.'

Sky noticed the police helicopter outside.

"Okay. I'll continue the search around the area. Sailing Jump!"

With a great leap, Sky started flying over the city. With his enhanced eyesight, he saw several Aris patrolling one building's rooftop.

"Better go check it out," he decided.

Sky landed and started taking out the Aris, slamming one against a wall.

"Tell me where the bomb is!"

More Aris poured out from the roof entrance with the intent on keeping Sky from entering the building. To keep from being overcrowded, Sky took the fight down to the nearby parking lot.

"Don't let him get to the basement!," one Ari called out.

"Basement, huh?," Sky noted, "Thanks for the tip."

He forced his way inside, finding the bomb he was looking for. Carefully, he removed the timing device. Then he noticed something about the device.

"Hold on... This is a transmitter."

'Perceptive, Kamen Rider Sky,' came Antlionjin's voice from the device, 'What you are looking at is a replica of the Plus-Alpha Bomb.'

The door behind Sky slammed shut and was locked.

'I've set up a special present just for you,' Antlionjin taunted.

The walls slid away to reveal spikes on a second set of walls, which began to close in. Using his incredible strength, Sky managed to hold the walls off long enough to kick the door open and escape.

General Monster wasn't concerned that Sky had escaped the trap.

"The point is to waste the Rider's time. The more time it takes for him to find the Alpha-Plus Bomb, the closer this plan comes to being my magnum opus."

He chuckled as he looked at the timer. Only one hour and ten minutes remained.

Antlionjin's truck stopped in front of a building, and Aris started brining out the Alpha-Plus.

"Luckily the bomb is stable enough that only the detonator can set it off," Antlionjin noted, "Nonetheless, treat it gently. If the timer gets jarred loose we'll wind up giving Sky more time as we try to replace it. Get it to the basement."

The Aris set up the bomb as instructed.

"Only one hour remains," Antlionjin noted, "Then Tokyo will be blown to pieces!"

At Neo Shocker's base, several Aris intercepted a call between Sky and Kiwako.

"We have Imai's location. Touzai Hospital."

'Good,' General Monster said, 'Send units at once. We can't let him offer any information this close to victory.'

Kiwako spotted the Aris as they tried to enter the hospital room through the window. She quickly started beating them back. One managed to get to the bed, a sheet covering the figure laying on it.

"Time to die, Professor Imai!"

Kiwako just smirked when the sheet was pulled back to reveal a dummy. She then proceeded to finish off the Aris.

"We already anticipated you'd try to finish the job. Imai's already been moved."

Once she confirmed all the Aris were dead, she went to check on Imai. Fortunately, he had started to regain consciousness.

"Professor, the bomb wasn't in Tokyo Tower, and we have less than an hour until it goes off."

"They must have had it moved after Sky rescued me," Imai realized, "But if the timer is active, it can be traced with a powerful electromagnetic wave. The frequency should be 1500 Hz."

Kiwako relayed the information to Sky.

"1500 Hz. Okay, now I can definitely find the location of the bomb."

He triggered his Radar Antenna and started tuning to the frequency. It wasn't long before he got a signal.

"Maritime Science Hall! I need to get there in forty minutes! Skyturbo!"

He hopped on his Rider Machine and raced off.

"Only 38 minutes left until we unleash destruction," Antlionjin said gleefully, "It's about time we take our leave. Have all Neo Shocker agents evacuate Tokyo!"

The Aris saluted as they followed Antlionjin out. As they did, however, Sky started riding up on the Skyturbo. Antliojin spotted him.

"How did he find us!? Send in the motorbike squad!"

Sky scoffed when he spotted the Aris riding in on motorbikes.

"When will they ever learn?"

He proceeded to strike the Aris off their bikes, running them off the road. Once he dealt with them, he focused his Radar Antenna to pinpoint the Alpha-Plus Bomb's location, finding its location in the basement. He gunned the Skyturbo to maximum speed, plowing through the Aris who tried to stand in his way.

"We can't let him get past!," Antlionjin declared, "We still have six minutes left! Hell Whip!"

He managed to pull Sky off the Skyturbo.

"Are you insane?," Sky said, "You'll die in the blast too!"

"It will be worth it to take out millions of lives!," Antlionjin declared.

"And you wonder why we call you evil," Sky quipped.

He rolled forward and started pummeling Antlionjin, getting himself free.

"Stay down for a spell," Sky said, "I'll back to finish you in a bit."

Antlionjin got up and quickly tunneled into the ground to block Sky's escape.

"I won't let you reach that bomb! Feel my Hell Whip!"

Sky dodged the attacks as Antlionjin lashed his whip.

"Fine then!," Sky said, "Have a taste of the pain you intend to bring to others!"

He started thrashing Antlionjin for a bit. The kaijin grumbled as he dove underground.

"Ant Hell!"

Sky felt himself get pulled into another sinkhole.

"Not this time!," he declared.

He leapt right on top of Antlionjin's shoulders. This let him leap out of the pit with ease, taking the kaijin with him. Antlionjin tried to use his whip again, only for Sky to grab him using it.

"Centrifugal Throw!"

Antlionjin was launched in a giant swing, sending him sprawling as Sky leapt into the air for the finisher.

"Sky Kick!"

Antlionjin was struck hard by the flying kick, getting knocked back several meters.

"I... Only bought... One minute...!"

He collapsed to the ground and evaporated.

"I need to get to that bomb fast," Sky realized, "I've only got three minutes left."

Kiwako arrived at the basement at the same time as Sky.

"Imai mentioned that the bomb's explosive component is as stable as C4," Kiwako said, "So long as we don't accidentally trip the detonator early we should have room for error in removing the timer."

Sky scanned the bomb's interior.

"I can see the wiring connected to the timer," he said, "Screwdriver."

Kiwako got out her toolkit and handed Sky the screwdriver, letting him unscrew the bottom panel.

"Clippers," he said.

He carefully cut the wires to the timer. Kiwako shut her eyes to brace, but Sky managed to cut the last wire with five seconds to spare. The two breathed a sigh of relief. Sky gave a good-natured laugh once he calmed down.

"I'd love to see the look on General Monster's face right about now."

Kiwako started laughing herself.

"We did it, Sky. We just saved millions of people living in Tokyo."

"But it was way too close," Sky admitted, "I'm to realize that acting as a lone Kamen Rider isn't enough to stop Neo Shocker. They're escalating too quickly."

Kiwako understood Sky's reasoning. Luckily, she knew exactly how to fix that problem. And the next Sky would fight Neo Shocker, he wouldn't be doing it alone.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by a police-themed Kamen Rider on a modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR. This is Kamen Rider Guard on her Patrol Machine. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina, now transformed into Sky and Guard.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The two Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the two Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window, the Patrol Machine following.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Kiwako opening a large case is shown.*

Kiwako Makina is a former prison guard at Deadman Wonderland. Having seen it's corruption, she quit her job and eventually joined forces with Ganta Igarashi. Now, with Neo Shocker escalating their attacks, Kiwako takes up arms as Kamen Rider Guard.

*Sky lands next to Guard as the narration ends and they both pose for the camera.*

Two people approached the Private Eye in the Sky detective agency. One was a brown-haired young man, the other was a white-haired young woman. The man knocked on the door, which was soon answered by Kiwako.

"Hello, can we help you?"

"Came here for a job," the man said, "Name's Yoh Takami."

Kiwako raised an eyebrow.

"Aren't you that kleptomaniac who was imprisoned in Deadman Wonderland?"

"Still remember me, huh?," Yoh said, "Yeah, I bought out my sentence with a good amount of CP. I was saving it for my sister, but then I overheard that Deadmen aren't allowed to use CP to buy their freedom. Then I heard a rumor that Deadmen were getting released around the same time as reports of monsters being destroyed, so I followed the rumors here."

"Gotcha," Kiwako said, "Basically your sister is still imprisoned and you hope we can track down the kaijin connected to her. So who's this girl?"

The girl remained silent, but there was a guilt behind her eyes.

"She mostly goes by Shiro," Yoh explained, "She's a Deadman imprisoned for multiple murder. Originally she had some crazy combo powers, but now she can only use her blood like tendrils. She was recently retrialed for the murder of a group of college students."

The sound of running could be heard as Ganta burst out of the agency door.

"What did you just say!?"

Shiro took one look at Ganta, her eyes widening. She then unexpectedly dropped into a dogeza, muttering apologies over and over. Ganta and Kiwako blinked in surprise.

"How about you come in?," Kiwako suggested.

"Anyway," Yoh said, "We came here on the recommendation one Tobei Tachibana. He's an old friend of the Kamen Riders, it seems. He sent us here while he went to investigate possible Neo Shocker activity at Fuji-Q Highland."

"Sounds like it's time to bust out that new gear we were sent," Ganta suggested.

Kiwako nodded, and got out a large metal case. Inside was the pieces of a Kamen Rider suit, themed after a police guard. Kiwako grabbed a metal badge case, and armor was sucked inside it in a flash of light.

"Now the Patrol Badge has been charged," Kiwako declared, "It's time for a new Kamen Rider to join the fight against Neo Shocker."

She and Ganta rode out on their bikes, only to stop when they saw colored balloons flying through the air. The balloons were being sent out from Neo Shocker's underground base via a large vent. They were set to rupture via wireless signal once they reached the skies above Tokyo.

"They're approaching target location from the southwest," an Ari Commando reported.

The balloon on the screen suddenly burst.

"Experiment successful!"

A new kaijin entered the room, this one with a Venus fly trap for a head. This was Flytrapjin.

"Good work, men," he said to the collected Aris, "Of course, this balloon was harmless. But now that we know the wireless signal works, we can use the toxic chemical produced by my body. A substance truly worthy of my reputation as Hell's Flora, the poisonous germ Dokuder. Once we have completed this device, all the balloons we have will be filled with this biological weapon. And then we'll release them all over Japan! This potent pesticide will eliminate all the human vermin in this country!"

He went to report to General Monster.

"I hear you have good news, Flytrapjin."

"Phase One of my plan is complete," Flytrapjin reported, "We are now prepared for the second phase."

"Don't forget the Kamen Rider is still a growing threat," General Monster warned.

"Not to worry," Flytrapjin assured him, "I was created using an analysis of his powers and abilities. There's no way I can be defeated."

Fuji-Q Highland was a resort and amusement park. The place looked perfectly peaceful and normal as families enjoyed the various rides.

"Supposedly Neo Shocker was spotted around here," Ganta noted.

"Better keep an eye out," Kiwako suggested, "Tobei is a veteran aid to people like us."

Ganta then noticed a man in a large trench coat and sunglasses watching them from the castle facade.

"There's someone suspicious. We should check it out."

The man seemed to keep leading Ganta and Kiwako around the castle. He soon stopped in a small, private area before turning to face Ganta.

"You must be Ganta," the man said, "I've heard a lot about you."

He took off his sunglasses, and Ganta immediately recognized him.

"Hey, you're Tobei!"

Sure enough, it was Tobei Tachibana. Ganta had met him during a tour of the Kamen Rider Museum. Kiwako smirked.

"Still in the game after all this time? I would have thought you'd retire by now."

"I almost did," Tobei said, "But then I heard about the rise of Neo Shocker from Raphtalia. She also told me about you, Ganta. Kamen Rider Sky. Ah, now that I think about it, my daughter's gonna give me an earful when she learns about this."

"So why the cloak and dagger?," Ganta asked.

"I've had to up my game since Neo Shocker started to rise," Tobei explained, "They know about me, after all. I've had to take steps to protect my life."

Ganta nodded in understanding.

"Neo Shocker killed my family and friends. Tobei, let's work together to stop them!"

He, Tobei, and Kiwako joined hands in friendship. As they started to walk off, a little girl ran up to her mom, having found a bright yellow balloon. The mother noticed something odd on the string.

"You'd better return that," came a sinister voice.

Flytrapjin launched his large head from a nearby bush.

"All who learn Neo Shocker's secrets must die!"

The sudden screaming of the mother caught the trio's attention. Ganta and Kiwako quickly got the fly trap off the mother while Tobei got her and the daughter to safety.

"That was one of Neo Shocker's kaijin!," Kiwako realized.

She and Ganta followed the retreating fly trap, only for Flytrapjin to appear in full.

"How's this for interesting? I get to remove Ganta Igarashi and his detective partner all in one fell swoop. No one gets in my way and lives!"

He heard a clink sound and wondered where it came from. He didn't see Tobei place a coin in a jar full of coins. Flytrapjin started lashing around with his whip, Ganta and Kiwako dodging while striking back.

"Time to transform," Ganta decided.

Kiwako nodded as she held up the Patrol Badge, Ganta activating the Tornado.

"Henshin!"

Kiwako hit a button on the Patrol Badge, causing it to flip open and reveal the helmet from the armor suit. It flashed white as Kiwako was now decked out in said armor. Flytrapjin backed up in shock.

"Who the heck are you!?"

Kiwako gave a sharp salute as she clicked her heels together.

"Patrolling for crime and protecting the weak! I am Kamen Rider Guard!"

"Surprised, Flytrapjin?," Sky said, "Meet my new partner. I thought it was about time to get some backup while fighting Neo Shocker."

"Well I have backup as well!," Flytrapjin declared, "Ari Commandos!"

The Aris started swarming in as Guard and Sky quickly started thrashing them. As Sky started slamming tires over the Aris, Tonda showed up with his camera.

"Ah! This time I've got the big scoop!"

As he got out his camera, he got clocked over the head by the large hand on the park's garden clock. Tobei raised an eyebrow at the scene.

"Who the heck is that supposed to be?"

Flytrapjin tried to use the roller coaster to trap Sky with vines, but Guard quickly sliced through them with her Shock Baton.

"Thanks, Guard!," Sky said, "Sailing Jump!"

Sky hit the switches on his Tornado and leapt into the air, flying to reach the coaster as it got to the top of the hill. He then proceeded to kick off each Ari in turn, sending them plummeting to the ground. Flytrapjin was the last to get knocked off as Sky once again launched into a Sailing Jump. Guard ran over to where Sky landed and the duo started double-teaming the kaijin. Guard soon had Flytrapjin in an arm lock.

"What are you planning here!?," she demanded.

Flytrapjin just launched a powder, creating an explosion that distracted the Riders long enough for him to escape by burrowing into the ground.

"We have to find out what his scheme is," Sky noted.

Later, Ganta and Kiwako ran into Tobei again. He had met up with Yoh and Shiro.

"I see you found our newest recruits," Ganta said, "This is Yoh Takami and Shiro. We don't know her last name."

"Assuming she has one," Tobei noted, "She doesn't remember anything about her past. All she keeps muttering is that she's a 'wretched egg'."

"She was a big part of the experiments at Deadman Wonderland," Kiwako noted, "The trauma involved turned her nearly psychotic."

Tobei nodded in understanding. He'd been told all about the connection between Neo Shocker and Deadman Wonderland.

"Well, for now we should figure out what Neo Shocker wants here. We'll split up and start investigating. Yoh, keep a close eye on Shiro."

"Of course," Yoh said.

As the group split up to try and find clues, Shiro happened to see a bright green balloon. Something about the color caught her eye and she grabbed it, not seeing the tiny device tied to the end of the string.

Little did she know, Neo Shocker was constantly monitoring the park.

"Someone took the balloon at camera 19," an Ari reported.

"That's not good," another said, "Destroy it quick!"

Shiro and Yoh were shocked as the balloon suddenly burst. Flytrapjin noted this.

"We can't let anyone learn our secret. Terminate them immediately!"

"Shouldn't be hard," the Ari said, "That white hair sticks out. We'll find her in no time."

"So far we've had no luck," Kiwako noted.

"Neo Shocker certainly knows how to keep themselves hidden," Tobei admitted, "There must be some clue we're missing."

Yoh and Shiro came over.

"I think we may have found something," Yoh said, "This was tied to the end of a balloon Shiro found."

Ganta took a look at it.

"Looks like a wireless transmitter. But why was it tied to a balloon?"

"Belay that earlier order," Flytrapjin said, "It looks like Ganta has just found the transmitter."

He slammed his fist into the console.

"I'll have to deal with this myself. I'll trap Kamen Rider Sky and all his friends!"

'Attention, Kamen Rider!,' Flytrapjin called through the loudspeakers, 'This is Flytrapjin! I await your presence at the windy cave on Mount Fuji!'

"This is likely a trap," Tobei noted.

"He's only expecting Kamen Rider Sky," Ganta noted, "Which means he's thinking Kamen Rider Guard works the same way."

Kiwako nodded in understanding.

"Tobei, go find Yoh and Shiro and take care of them. We'll handle Flytrapjin."

Tobei nodded and headed off.

"Mine preparations are complete, commander," an Ari said.

He was standing in front of a control panel along Sky's projected route.

"Good," Flytrapjin said, "Now we just wait for the Kamen Rider to fall into my trap. We'll blast him to pieces once he gets close. Guard shouldn't be too much trouble with him gone."

The Skyturbo and Patrol Machine came racing in, faster than the explosions going off. As Sky got tangled up in vines, Guard quickly broke off.

"I'll make sure this is Sky's last day alive!," Flytrapjin declared.

He used the console to trigger an avalanche that seemed to bury the Skyturbo.

"We got him!," Flytapjin cheered, "Now we can proceed to trap his friends."

He ran off, not noticing Guard aiming at the rock pile with a large laser pistol.

Yoh was trying to get Shiro to enjoy herself at the park as Tobei kept an eye out. He noticed the duo suddenly getting surrounded by people on the skating rink. He quickly ran down once it was clear the men intended to abduct Yoh and Shiro. One tried to pull something from his belt, only to find it missing.

"Take this!," Yoh said, knocking the man out with his own billy club.

The other were shocked.

"How did you...?," Tobei asked.

"I'm a hardcore klepto," Yoh explained, "I can steal anything."

The downed man was revealed to be an Ari. Shiro shrank back in fear, but Tobei and Yoh quickly started bashing the grunts.

"Been a while since I did something like this!," Tobei noted, "Good thing I started working out!"

"Yeah, but we can't take 'em all!," Yoh realized.

He grabbed Shiro and they started running, Tobei right behind them.

"There's nowhere to run!," Flytrapjin said as he appeared, "Kamen Rider Sky is dead!"

"You must be new in town," Tobei said dismissively, "And you're not the first one to think a Kamen Rider has been killed. They can survive a nuclear explosion, so whatever you think you did to kill them was ineffective."

"Bluffs won't help you," Flytrapjin insisted, "You three will be used as guinea pigs for my deadly germ Dokuder. Take them!"

He laughed as the three of them were dragged into an underground entrance.

Flytrapjin chuckled as he entered his lab. Tobei, Yoh, and Shiro were strapped to a nearby wall.

"Allow me to show you a demonstration of Dokuder before you die."

He showed another prisoner with a balloon on his head. Flytrapjin popped it, showering the man in gold sparkles that vaporized him in seconds.

"You just keep finding ways to outdo yourself," Tobei muttered, "You evil organizations never seem to change."

"Make your quips while you can," Flytrapjin said, "And be sure to pray to whatever gods are willing to listen. We'll being the experiment in a few moments."

Meanwhile, Guard was blasting the rocks around Sky, letting him break out of the rock slide.

"Nice work. No doubt Flytrapjin thinks I'm dead. You'd think he'd try and find you as well."

"Perhaps he thought I was destroyed by the explosions," Guard suggested, "Not that it matters. Tobei's already sounded the emergency call."

She showed a siren alert on her Patrol Badge.

"No time to lose then," Sky said, "Sailing Jump!"

As he hit the switches on the Tornado, Guard activated a flying device attached to the Patrol Machine, called the Chopper Buddy. The duo flew through the air following the signal before crashing through the ground into Flytrapjin's base.

"But how!?," Flytrapjin called out in shock, "It's impossible, those rocks should have crushed you!"

"I tried to warn him," Tobei quipped.

Sky got Tobei, Yoh, and Shiro loose as Guard started pummeling Flytrapjin.

"Sky, the control console!," Tobei said, "Flytrapjin plans on using it to spread a deadly germ!"

"Not anymore!," Sky said, and he destroyed the console with a kick.

He then proceeded to thrash the Aris trying to attack.

"Guard! The canisters!"

"Patrol Pistol!"

Guard blasted the canisters with her superheated laser, completely destroying the Dokuder inside them. The duo made their escape as the canisters' destruction caused the entire base to explode. Tobei led Yoh and Shiro to safety as well. Flytrapjin stumbled out of the flaming base as he found Sky and Guard ready to confront him.

"Your plans are at an end, Flytrapjin!," Guard declared, "And you're next!"

The Aris moved in to attack, only to get completely thrashed by the two Kamen Riders. Shiro was watching the fight, in awe at Sky's actions.

"Pesky little fly!," Flytrapjin called out.

"Locust, actually," Sky quipped.

"You're opponent is me right now!," Guard declared.

She proceeded to tank Flytrapjin's explosive dust and vine whips thanks to her heavy armor.

"Built for solid defense," she declared, "And good on the offense as well. Shock Baton!"

She struck Flytrapjin with the baton, blasting him with electrical energy. As the kaijin went sprawling, Guard leapt into the air for a double-kick.

"Siren Strike Kick!"

The double kick was enveloped in red and blue energy that flashed in tandem as Flytrapjin was struck and sent flying.

"How could our calculations be wrong!?," he wondered as he hit the ground and exploded.

Later, Tobei, Yoh, and Shiro were officially inducted into the Private Eye in the Sky agency.

"We still need to find you a last name," Ganta noted to Shiro.

Shiro shifted her eyes for a moment, then uttered something.

"Tamago."

The others looked at her in confusion.

"The people at the lab, they referred to me as 'Wretched Egg'. After seeing you fight, I want to move past that. At first I wanted you to kill me. That's why I tried to antagonize you by killing all your classmates. But you were able to move past that and find justice. Now I want to do the same. So my last name will be Tamago."

Ganta smiled and nodded.

"Then welcome to the team, Shiro Tamago."

The two shook hands, ready to forge a new future. One where Neo Shocker was finally defeated.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by a police-themed Kamen Rider on a modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR. This is Kamen Rider Guard on her Patrol Machine. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina, now transformed into Sky and Guard.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The two Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the two Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window, the Patrol Machine following.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Kiwako opening a large case is shown.*

Kiwako Makina is a former prison guard at Deadman Wonderland. Having seen it's corruption, she quit her job and eventually joined forces with Ganta Igarashi. Now, with Neo Shocker escalating their attacks, Kiwako takes up arms as Kamen Rider Guard.

*Sky lands next to Guard as the narration ends and they both pose for the camera.*

Deep inside Neo Shocker's laboratories, their scientists were working on a new kaijin to do the organization's evil bidding.

"We've successfully perfected the new mold," the lead scientist said, "Stand back as the kaijin awakens. It's dangerous to be near."

The mushroom monster Penicillijin awoke as he was unshackled from the operating table. He started to thrash around as he got up.

"Try to stay calm!," the lead scientist pleaded, "If the mold in your body got into the air here it could wipe out our entire organization!"

A few Ari Commandos came out with a special containment capsule with Penicillijin to enter. He scoffed and tossed one of the spores from his head onto one of the Aris, causing it to quickly becomes covered in mold before disintegrating.

"Looks like my spores are highly reactive," he noted, "I'm looking forward to seeing how they work on the Kamen Riders."

He stepped into the capsule and was brought before General Monster.

"No manners, Penicillijin?," General Monster asked, "Step on out and greet me properly."

"It's too dangerous for that, General," the lead scientist pleaded, "The spores from his body are highly contagious. It's better if he stays in the capsule while here in headquarters."

"Very well," General Monster permitted.

"Sorry for the rudeness, General Monster," Penicillijin said, "As commanding officer of the Kanto Earthquake operation, I am at your service."

"A plan that promises to cause massive loss of life," General Noted, "Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama. The earthquake will cause the entire region to cave in on itself before sinking into the sea. Of course, there is one force that can stop us."

"Kamen Riders Sky and Guard," Penicillijin acknowledged, "Which is precisely why you crafted my current body."

Penicillijin was brought to a testing chamber, where two samples of mold were handled by mechanical claws behind thick glass. They were placed against a nearby rock wall, where they instantly melted through.

"With enough cultivated mold," Penicillijin noted, "We can melt the earth to the point that the planet's tectonic plates begin to shift."

Sure enough, a sudden earthquake hit the base, creating a magnitude reading of 8 on their seismometer.

"Such incredible output," one of the scientists said.

"A satisfactory result," Penicillijin decided, "It's time to begin the final experiment! And during that experiment... I will deal with the Kamen Riders."

As it happened, Ganta and Kiwako felt the earthquake as they were going on their regular patrol.

"Bit strong for a local earthquake," Ganta noted.

The team back at Private Eye in the Sky also felt the quake. Yoh screamed in shock as he got burned by his coffee.

"The heck's going on here!"

"Something about this quake feels unnatural," Shiro realized.

"Keep away from the walls for now," Tobei ordered, "Wait for the aftershocks to die down."

Soon enough the tremors subsided.

"That's several days in a row we've had an earthquake in the same location," Yoh noted, "Sure, there's an earthquake somewhere in the world every ten seconds, but it's normally spread out across the world more."

Ganta and Kiwako soon entered the office.

"Everyone alright in here?," Ganta asked.

"Shaken up but otherwise fine," Yoh said, "Luckily my coffee wasn't that hot when I spilled it."

"We were just talking about how unnatural these quakes seem to be," Tobei explained.

"Indeed," Kiwako said, "They're too frequent to be natural. We should definitely look into them. Yoh, Shiro, take the usual routes with Tobei. Me and Ganta will check our usual routes."

The two Riders headed for the Earthquake Research Center to speak with Professor Okada and get his opinion on the frequent quakes.

"Your instincts are rather sound, actually," Okada admitted, "We're still gathering data at the moment, but what we do have supports that idea that these aren't normal earthquakes. The epicenter should be near the Shinjuku skyscraper. The problem is the geographical features of that location show it to be impossible for an earthquake to start there. Or a natural one, at any rate. It would take a level of technology unheard of in modern society, but it would be possible to create an earthquake artificially."

"Keep looking into the source of the quakes, Professor," Ganta suggested, "I think I know who might be behind them."

Later, Kiwako was riding along the street when she noticed a group of workers along the road near a manhole.

"What's going on here?," she asked.

"Telephone cable failure underground," one of the workers explained, "We're trying to fix it now. This being an emergency situation, it'd be a nightmare of the phone lines weren't working."

"I see," Kiwako said, "Then keep up the good work."

After she drove off, one of the workers signaled down the manhole, where a group of Aris were in waiting.

"There's the signal," one said, "Inform Penicillijin."

"Kiwako Makina in Shijuku?," Penicillijin noted, "And likely Ganta Igarashi with her. This is faster than I anticipated. Start the diversion immediately. We need to buy time until we're ready for the operation."

He stepped out of the capsule as the Aris gave him a wide berth.

"Make an attack on Seibu!," he ordered.

Penicillijin rode a motorcycle through the Seibu streets, launching batches of explosive spores across the city. The mass panic and mold left destruction and death in its wake. Shiro immediately contacted Ganta when the news came in.

'We have a new kaijin attacking Seibu!,' she explained, 'Some sort of mold creature!'

"We're on our way!," Ganta said.

He nodded to Kiwako and they both rode off. Once they arrived in Seibu they saw the panic and chaos that had been created.

"Over there!," Kiwako said.

She pointed to the mold growth that was covering and killing any human it got in contact with.

"Neo Shocker's newest murder device, no doubt."

"But where's the kaijin behind it all?," Ganta wondered.

As it happened, Penicillijin was standing on a roof above the city.

"Go, my beautiful children. Turn these streets into a lifeless wasteland!"

Shiro and Yoh had managed to get to safety in all the chaos.

"So this is what Neo Shocker can do," Shiro said, "How horrible..."

"This whole place just became a disaster zone," Yoh noted, "We need to find out what's causing it, and inform Ganta and Kiwako so they can deal with it."

Tonda happened to be in one of the buildings that was getting covered into mold, running with several others to reach the roof.

"I'm starting to think I should just give up journalism!," he yelled out, "If this is what to takes to get a story, it's not worth my life!"

Down below, Tobei helped Shiro and Yoh get out of the mold's path and drove off.

"I've seen some destructive biological agents created by theses evil organizations," he mused, "But this is on a whole other level."

They reached the city limits, where they noted some of the roads were starting to sink into the ground.

"This is some serious damage," Tobei noted, "With enough time the entire foundation of the city could be destroyed."

"Luckily a lot of people are managing to evacuate," Yoh said, "But this is still a scale of destruction I didn't think was possible. Neo Shocker's not messing around, are they?"

Suddenly, Penicillijin appeared.

"You won't escape this city!," he declared.

Thinking quickly, Tobei got a container of gasoline from his truck and opened it, throwing it at Penicillijin. Sure enough, when the kaijin pulled off one of his spores it ignited the gasoline, setting him ablaze.

"How did you know that would work?," Shiro wondered.

"Not the first time I've encountered a mold monster," Tobei explained, "The last one had a weakness to gasoline too."

Penicillijin was forced to retreat due to being unable to withstand the heat from the fire. Yoh quickly got a fire extinguisher from the truck and used it to put out the fire.

"At least we have a way to beat that thing now," he noted, "We should let Ganta and Kiwako know."

Meanwhile, the Riders headed for where the epicenter of the earthquake was recorded. They stopped when they saw a break in the road. Mold crawled up from the break and formed into Penicillijin.

"You must be the one behind the destruction at Seibu!," Ganta realized.

"I am known as Penicillijin," the kaijin explained, "Here to ensure you don't interfere with our plans."

Several Ari Commandos appeared to attack.

"It never ends with these things," Kiwako noted.

She and Ganta quickly started thrashing the Aris as they charged. The duo leapt to a nearby roof as Ganta charged his Tornado. Once they landed, Kiwako activated the Patrol Badge.

"Henshin!"

With a flash of energy, the duo transformed into Kamen Riders Sky and Guard.

"So you are the Kamen Riders I've heard so much about," Penicillijin noted, "Aris, get them!"

As the two Riders fought against the Aris, Penicillijin started lobbing his spores. The Riders dodged the explosive spores as they continued the fight, but the Aris got caught by the deadly mold.

"It's the same mold that destroyed Seibu," Guard realized.

"Not even my cybernetics can stand up to it," Sky noted, "And he's got it surrounding us."

He looked up and got an idea, triggering the switch on his Tornado.

"Sailing Jump!"

Flying into the air, he slammed into a nearby iron tower, toppling it on Penicillijin. That stopped the spread of the mold and allowed Guard to leap out of the encirclement.

"I'll make you fall prey to my mold someday," Penicillijin declared, "As long as I live, so will my mold!"

And with that, he transformed into mold and sank into the ground.

"This one is going to be more dangerous than the ones before," Guard realized, "We need a way to beat him effectively."

Penicillijin and the Aris fled underground with several large glass orbs. Each of them contained a sample of the mold culture.

"Just above us is a massive skyscraper," Penicillijin explained, "With these mold mines, it will be the epicenter of a great disaster. Set them up, and carefully! Tokyo will be where we begin the annihilation of Kanto!"

One of the Ari scouts approached.

"We spotted scientists from the Earthquake Research Center in the area."

Indeed, Okada and several of his assistants had arrived at where they calculated the epicenter of the quakes in order to investigate them. They started running seismometers across the ground. One of them picked up an unusual reading.

"I think we've got something," one of the assistants said.

Okada took a listen.

"I suspected as much. The source of the quakes is right below us."

Suddenly, Penicillijin appeared with his Aris.

"Those who interfere with Neo Shocker will not be forgiven!," he declared.

He tossed one of his spores. Okada managed to dodge it, but one of his assistants got hit and was quickly killed by the mold.

"Run for it!," Okada said.

Penicillijin managed to hit the other two assistants. Okada made it to the car, but got hit by the spores just as he opened the door. Ganta and Kiwako drove up just as this happened, spotting the dying professor.

"Okada!," Ganta called out, "What happened!?"

"Found... The source...," Okada gasped out, "Tokyo... Will be... Massive earthquake..."

At that moment, the mold overtook him as he dissolved. Kiwako slammed his fist on the roof of the car.

"Neo Shocker...! They're going to destroy the city using an earthquake. With enough of Penicillijin's spores he could dissolve the entire foundation, sinking Tokyo into the sea."

"He said that his mold will continue to live so long as he does," Ganta realized, "Which means we need to find and destroy him."

The duo started to head off, being spotted by Penicillijin.

"I can't let those two stay inside the city..."

He transformed into mold and went to confront the duo near a city bridge.

"We were just looking for you," Ganta noted.

"Then I hope you're prepared to die," Penicillijin declared.

He tried to strike the duo, but they kept dodging out of the way of his attacks before triggering their devices.

"Henshin!"

Sky and Guard readied themselves for battle.

"We're here to protect this city," Sky declared.

"And put an end to Neo Shocker's scheme," Guard added.

"Just try it!," Penicillijin boasted, "With my deadly spores there's no way you can win!"

He started lobbing spores to attack, the Riders dodging out of the way. But they realized that he managed to vanish after the first volley.

"Over there," Sky noted, spotting a vent.

He vent over to listen inside. He heard the growing rumbling of the earthquake being created.

"We need to hurry. If we don't destroy Penicillijin soon, Tokyo is doomed."

Guard spotted the kaijin driving off on his motorcycle. She notified Sky and they got to their Rider Machines to follow him. The Skyturbo and Patrol Machine roared as they raced through along after Penicillijin. Soon enough, several Aris on motorcycles appeared to try and stop them.

"I had a feeling he was trying to lead up into a trap," Guard noted.

"Let's take them out quickly," Sky said, "We have no time to waste."

With their expert driving skills, it wasn't long before the Riders had the Aris crashing into each other. Annoyed, Penicillijin rode off to try a different tactic. He soon disappeared into the ground, leaving the Riders confused. Suddenly, they spotted the ground cracking around them from the mold culture.

"You fell right into my trap, Riders!," Penicillijin declared as he appeared on a nearby hill, "There's no escape from this! The weight of the land itself will crush you!"

"That's what you think!," Sky retorted, "Sailing Jump!"

He hit the switch on his Tornado and leapt into the air, slamming right into Penicillijin and knocking him off the hill. Annoyed, he kept bombarding the area with spore bombs, trying to kill both Riders. Guard quickly drove out of the line of fire before leaping into action to strike Penicillijin and stop his rampage. Suddenly, she noticed her gloves were starting to become covered in mold. Penicillijin laughed.

"My body is filled with this toxic mold. No one can touch me and live! Soon your body will completely dissolve! With this, I can safely ensure the earthquake that consumes Tokyo is absolutely massive!"

"That's what you think!," Sky called out, "Now, Tobei!"

Penicillijin turned and spotted Tobei, Yoh, and Shiro approaching with a large barrel of gasoline. They rolled it over so that it hit one of the nearby rocks, causing a spark that set the barrel ablaze. Penicillijin tried to run, but Sky managed to grab him and toss him onto the fire. With his body weakened, Penicillijin felt his mold start to burn away.

"Sky, he's open!," Guard called out.

Sky nodded and leapt into the air for the finisher.

"Sky Kick!"

The flying kick struck Penicillijin and sent him flying. He staggered to his feet, but he could already feel his body shutting down.

"It's not fair... I was created to destroy you!"

He collapsed to the ground and exploded. Instantly the mold disintegrated from Guard's body, leaving her unharmed. She flashed Sky and thumbs up, which he returned. With the mold under Tokyo destroyed, the earthquake stopped. The city would quickly work to repair the damage. Neo Shocker still had much to answer for with the destruction of Seibu. But the two Kamen Riders were confident they'd deliver justice for all of General Monster's crimes.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by a police-themed Kamen Rider on a modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR. This is Kamen Rider Guard on her Patrol Machine. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina, now transformed into Sky and Guard.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The two Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the two Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window, the Patrol Machine following.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Kiwako opening a large case is shown.*

Kiwako Makina is a former prison guard at Deadman Wonderland. Having seen it's corruption, she quit her job and eventually joined forces with Ganta Igarashi. Now, with Neo Shocker escalating their attacks, Kiwako takes up arms as Kamen Rider Guard.

*Sky lands next to Guard as the narration ends and they both pose for the camera.*

At a local restaurant, a local boy named Shigeru started looking under all the tables. Unfortunately, he kept looking under all the tables where young women were sitting.

"What's with the skirt peeping?," Yoh asked as he worked behind the bar.

"I'm actually looking for a cockroach," Shigeru explained.

"No chance of that here," Yoh said, "Shiro makes sure this place is completely bug free."

"Cockroach hunting, huh?," Tobei said as he came down from the second floor, "What do you want one for?"

"I plan on selling it," Shigeru explained, "There's a place willing to buy live cockroaches for experimenting."

"What kind of place would want to buy cockroaches?," Ganta wondered.

"The Hattori Commerce Company," Shigeru explained.

Tobei and Ganta looked at each other, curious as to what the company could possibly want.

Ganta headed for the company building with Kiwako, confirming the place had a sign saying they would buy cockroaches for 500 yen a piece. Tonda happened to be checking the place out too.

"So this is where they're buying cockroaches. They'll pay for anything these days."

He held up a container with several cockroaches inside.

"This might just make up for missing out on so many hot scoops. This here is enough for 5,000 yen."

He then noticed Ganta and Kiwako moving past them.

"Hey, line starts back there, buddy!," he called out.

"We're not here for that," Ganta pointed out.

He and Kiwako headed inside and spoke with the people at the front desk.

"Hi, we're with the daily news. We heard about you buying live cockroaches and were curious what you have planned for them."

"We weren't really told anything about that," the receptionist admitted, "But if I had to guess, maybe they're testing new extermination products. I mean, most pesticides have a nasty side effect of killing beneficial insects alongside the invasive ones, so it's better to find alternatives."

"Are they doing the research somewhere in this building?," Kiwako asked.

"Not from I can tell," the receptionist said, "They've been transporting the cockroaches elsewhere by truck."

"Thank you for your time," Ganta said, "We appreciate your honesty."

As they headed out, Tonda came in with his ten cockroaches. Only to be told they were all dead and thus only worth 200 yen a piece.

"You've gotta be kidding me...," he said as he slumped, "What am I even doing with my life...?"

Meanwhile at Neo Shocker headquarters, several scientists approached General Monster with a veiled object.

"A gift from Great Leader, General."

General Monster noticed the glowing orb and realized what it meant. He stood up as the glowing eye signaling the presence of Great Leader activated.

'I take it you are familiar with the custom, General Monster. The same that has existed ever since the initial form of Shocker.'

"The presentation of the Red Eye," General Monster noted as he held up the orb, "The final ultimatum. I knew you were displeased with the recent failures, but I thought I would have had more time."

'It was less the amount of failures you had, and more the impact of each one,' Great Leader clarified, 'Otherwise I would have been patient enough to wait at least another month or two. Regardless, this is your final chance. Failure means termination, General.'

"Then I will see the Kamen Riders defeated," General Monster declared, "Even at the cost of my own life!"

General Monster headed into one of the nearby labs. There he met with the head of research and cybernetics at Neo Shocker, a man known as Professor Doc.

"Greetings, General Monster," Professor said as he watched surveillance on Kamen Rider Sky, "Our operation is turning out to be a complete success."

The video was slowed down to fully analyze Sky's movements.

"We're showing 500 kilograms behind the Sky Kick, Professor," one of the Shiro Aris said.

"We can assume Kamen Rider Guard has a similar level of strength," Professor noted, "Roachjin, I have a test for you."

The humanoid cockroach kaijin wearing a waist-length cape stood in the testing area.

"Prep the bazooka!," Professor ordered.

An Ari Commando came in with the weapon in question.

"This bazooka was tuned to have the same force as a Kamen Rider's kick," Professor explained.

The bazooka fired, but Roachjin was unaffected.

"Not even a scratch," he boasted.

"Looks like my calculations were correct," Professor said smugly, "Roachjin's fortified body can easily repel Kamen Rider Sky's strength. He has nothing to fear."

"Thank you for the shining endorsement," Roachjin said, "So when do we begin Operation Cockroach?"

"As soon as you're ready," General Monster replied, "We cannot afford to wait."

Roachjin nodded and headed out. Professor Doc had designed him to surpass the strength of a Kamen Rider. General Monster hoped it was successful.

Racing along the roof, Roachjin arrived at a secret Neo Shocker frontline, disguised as a regular building in the city. The entrance had a strict check-in process, which involved a video monitor tuned into a nearby telephone booth, which was rigged with a special elevator and secondary floor panel for when a subject was cleared for entry. Roachjin called in and entered the building, approaching a large container of cockroaches.

"I see you managed to complete the multiplication procedure," Roachjin noted as he observed the container.

"Yes, sir," a Shiro Ari said, "We bred them just as you ordered. Feel free to observe them."

Roachjin looked over the insects.

"Good, they've grown quite well. These special exploding cockroaches will be the key to our operation. The acidic cockroaches look quite energetic as well. Once we release these killer cockroaches en masse, it will send all of Tokyo into madness! That will bring the Kamen Riders running to take action."

Roachjin ran through the city at high speed, unknowingly passing by Ganta and Kiwako as they stopped their bikes.

"What was that?," Ganta wondered.

"Whatever it was it didn't look human," Kiwako noted, "We'd better check it out."

They looked around the neighborhood, but the kaijin seemed to have vanished. As it happened, he was on a nearby roof.

"Now go, my acidic cockroaches! Melt everything in your path!"

The roaches soon started invading the nearby houses, killing one poor mother right in front of her daughter. The girl's cries caught the Riders' attention. Ganta headed into the house, finding the girl Emi.

"Please help!," Emi cried out, "Those cockroaches melted my mom!"

Ganta was shocked. He tried to stomp on some of the cockroaches, but they scurried out of the way. Outside, Roachjin nodded in satisfaction.

"The trial run was a complete success!"

He fled off at high speed, Ganta and Kiwako spotting him and racing to follow. They lost sight of him near a warehouse and went to investigate. Roachjin suddenly leapt down from the nearby roof.

"So you were following me?"

"A Neo Shocker kaijin," Ganta realized, "Can't say I'm surprised."

"Only Neo Shocker would think to create cockroaches that can somehow melt an entire human being," Kiwako noted.

"I am known as Roachjin," the kaijin boasted, "The strongest and most invincible cyborg ever created!"

"That's been said before," Ganta said, "Some new cyborg supposedly crafted with all the data of past fights, right? Let me guess, that whole roach plan was just to lure us out."

"Exactly," Roachjin said.

He started spinning around, summoning several Aris as he did. Roachjin ran off as the duo quickly took out the grunts. Before the kaijin got far, he was confronted by Sky and Guard.

"So you show yourselves at last, Riders!," Roachjin said, "Now I'll show you a real fight!"

More Aris moved in to attack, and the Riders quickly began to dispatch them. Roachjin made his own attack, showing impressive agility and defense. He even managed to deflect both Rider Kicks.

"Your pathetic kicks are useless against me," he bragged.

He proceeded to strike the Riders, but luckily Guard was able to grab him in an effort headlock.

"Let's see if your joints are as durable," she said.

Roachjin struggled for a bit before calling in his specialized cockroaches.

"Cockroach Explosion Barrage!"

Guard quickly let go of Roachjin so that she could dodge the assault. Sky landed near her and hit the trigger on the Tornado.

"Sailing Jump!"

He grabbed Guard and flew up to the rooftops as the explosive cockroaches tries to follow.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky fired off his blood bullets, blasting the roaches out of the air. Meanwhile, Roachjin had managed to escape.

"This one's going to be harder than the others," Sky admitted.

The group got together at the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"Sounds like this new kaijin will be a tricky opponent," Tobei noted, "He was crafted using an estimate of your current maximum strength."

"Meanwhile those roaches are attacking people in the region," Yoh said, "They attacked twelve houses and killed thirty-two people. It's got the neighborhood in an uproar."

"What are we gonna do?," Tobei wondered, "Japan must have countless cockroaches. If Neo Shocker used the entire population, it could the country into a graveyard."

Just then, Shiro called in.

'Good news. A truck carrying cockroaches just pulled up to my location.'

Ganta and Kiwako found the truck and carefully tailed its route. Before long the truck disappeared around the industrial center.

"Over there," Kiwako said.

She spotted Roachjin enter the telephone booth. The duo watched as he was lowered through the secret elevator built into the booth.

"There must be a secret entrance," Ganta realized.

He tried accessing the booth, but the Aris watching from the security chamber noted the unauthorized access and reported it to Roachjin.

"Ganta Igarashi," he noted, "Perfect. He's thrown himself right into my trap."

He hit a switch that dropped Ganta right into a special chamber. Kiwako quickly leapt down after him just as the room got sealed shut. The duo looked around and realized the chamber was surrounded by Roachjin's deadly cockroaches.

"This must be where he breeds them," Kiwako realized.

"It's also where your graves will lie!," Roachjin declared from outside the chamber.

He waited until he heard the explosions, thinking the two Riders got caught in the blasts.

"There should be nothing left of them after that. Open the door."

To his shock, the doors opened to Sky and Guard, still very much alive.

"Fun fact about Kamen Riders," Guard said, "We have nuclear level durability... As a standard!"

The duo proceeded to trash the lab while wiping out the Aris and Shiro Aris. Roachjin quickly exited the lab through a hidden panel. Guard tried smashing through it, but Sky was able to get it open by destroying the nearby control panel. This let them take the battle outside, destroying every Ari they encountered on the way. Roachjin soon leapt down from a nearby roof.

"This time I'll be sure to finish you both off!"

He swung his cape around, which seemed to actually cause a bit of damage whenever it connected. Suddenly, a big explosion sent all three of them flailing. The two Riders turned to see a new kaijin, this one looking like a humanoid gecko.

"Just whose side are you on!?," Roachjin demanded.

"I am Geckojin," the mysterious kaijin explained, "And we share the same goal."

He pulled a small growth off his body and lobbed it, creating another explosion.

"Watch where you're aiming, moron!," Roachjin called out, "I thought we were on the same side!"

"I never said that," Geckojin clarified, "I said we share the same goal. Your scheme has failed, so by Neo Shocker law you are to be executed. Thus, you will die along with the Kamen Riders!"

He tossed another explosive as the Riders leapt through the smoke, but Geckojin seemed to have disappeared. Roachjin tried to ambush them from behind, and during the struggle Sky noticed something.

"Hitting his cape did nothing, but when I struck his face it did significant damage."

"It's not his body that indestructible," Guard realized, "His cape is just acting as a potent armor covering. Every time he's shrugged off our attacks it was when his cape was hit."

Armed with this newfound knowledge, Sky grabbed Roachjin and held his cape in such a way that Guard could wail on him and deal significant injury. Soon enough Roachjin had his cape flipped over his head in such a way that his body was wide open. The two Riders leapt into the air to attack from two sides.

"Sky Kick!"

"Siren Strike Kick!"

The twin Rider Kicks sent Roachjin flying to the ground, stumbling to his feet.

"It can't be... My body was supposed to be invincible... Was it really just the cape!?"

He collapsed to the ground before exploding. Just as Sky and Guard prepared to celebrate, they had to dodge another attack from Geckojin.

"I'm actually impressed you were able to find a way to destroy Roachjin," he admitted, "As a reward, I'll show you something interesting."

"Wait," Sky said, "That voice..."

Suddenly, Geckojin transformed into none other than General Monster.

"With my powerful kaijin body," he declared, "Your bodies will lay defeated before my might! The next time we face off, it will be the last!"

He laughed as he leapt off the roof and disappeared.

"He's right about thing," Sky said, "Next time will be the last. But he won't be the one winning in the end."

Guard nodded in agreement.

"We'll both see to that."

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by a police-themed Kamen Rider on a modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR. This is Kamen Rider Guard on her Patrol Machine. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina, now transformed into Sky and Guard.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The two Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the two Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window, the Patrol Machine following.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Kiwako opening a large case is shown.*

Kiwako Makina is a former prison guard at Deadman Wonderland. Having seen it's corruption, she quit her job and eventually joined forces with Ganta Igarashi. Now, with Neo Shocker escalating their attacks, Kiwako takes up arms as Kamen Rider Guard.

*Sky lands next to Guard as the narration ends and they both pose for the camera.*

Kamen Rider Sky and Kamen Rider Guard had just reigned triumphant over the seemingly invincible Roachjin. But in the process, the mysterious Geckojin revealed himself to be the kaijin form of General Monster. The insidious general of Neo Shocker declared one final showdown with the Kamen Riders. In order to give General Monster the best chance possible, Professor Doc started doing research on Sky and Guard. Nearby, General Monster was released from special surgery.

"Is your research finished, Professor?"

"I was able to calculate the full strength of Kamen Riders Sky and Guard," Professor said confidently, "Allowing us to remake your cyborg body into the strongest in the world. You now possess unmatched strength and unbridled speed. And for defense, we came up with the perfect countermeasure."

"Excellent," General Monster said, "With this new power, I will destroy the Kamen Riders!"

Later General Monster and several Ari Commandos were spying on a group of kids.

"Our intelligence network has found a young boy named Seina Yamada," he noted, "He seems to be friends with the owners of the cafe where Ganta Igarashi frequents."

"There he is," one of the Aris noted, "That boy there on the far left."

As Seina left his friends, he looked up at the bridge General Monster had been on. There was no one there now, but Seina did spot a gecko crawling along the bridge's underside. The gecko suddenly turned into Geckojin, prompting Seina to hide under the bridge.

"Time to begin the operation," Geckojin declared.

He launched several gecko bombs onto the busy street to cause chaos. Cars collided and exploded as pedestrians ran about in fear and panic amid the blasts. Geckojin watched as Seina dodged between the flaming wrecks and chuckled.

"Things are proceeding according to plan..."

The call went in to the Private Eye in the Sky agency, where Tobei picked up the call from Seina.

"Neo Shocker? Attacking the city? Okay, I'll send help out! Ganta, Kiwako, Neo Shocker's been spotted at Honcho Block 3!"

Seina started to leave the phone booth he had called from, only to run right into Geckojin.

"Now that you've played the role of bait, it's time for you to play the role of hostage!"

He was gone by the time Ganta and Kiwako arrived on their Rider Machines. Tobei followed in his jeep with Yoh and Shiro as passenger. Kiwako took a look to assess the damage.

"Looks like suburban guerrilla tactics. But I don't see Seina anywhere around."

"Didn't he call from a pay phone?," Yoh noted, "He should be nearby."

Suddenly, Aris came swarming in from the nearby alleys.

"Don't give them time to transform!," Geckojin called out from the bridge.

The Aris tried to hold down the two Riders, only for Shiro to start sprouting tentacles of blood from her arms.

"Original Sin!"

The blood tendrils grabbed the Aris and slammed them into nearby walls. Ganta smirked as he aimed his fingers.

"Ganbare Gun!"

With several of the Aris capped, Ganta and Kiwako had the needed room to activate their devices. Kiwako opened her Patrol Badge as Ganta triggered his Tornado.

"Henshin!"

The duo successfully transformed into Sky and Guard and began to thrash the Aris.

"Tobei, search for Seina!," Sky said, "We'll clean house here!"

As Tobei headed off, Geckojin leapt off the bridge to confront the Riders personally.

"Feel the agony of my Gecko Whip!," he called out.

He pulled off his tail to use as said whip, prompting the Riders to dodge away from the lashes. One shot hit Guard, but her enhanced defense allowed her to endure it. Sky took advantage of Geckojin's stunned reaction to skid along the ground and trip him up, letting him get in a few good shots. Guard quickly leapt in for the finisher.

"Siren Strike Kick!"

Shockingly, Geckojin used a combination of illusion powers and high speed to dodge the Rider Kick before disappearing.

"He can dodge our attacks even after taking that much damage," Sky noted, "Talk about a powerful opponent."

That night at the cafe, Tobei and Yoh were sitting at the counter.

"We couldn't find Seina," Yoh noted with worry, "And it's starting to get late out."

Tobei nodded. He looked up and sighed in frustration when he saw a certain gecko on the ceiling.

"Can't I have just one business that doesn't get invaded by these evil organizations!?"

Yoh noticed the gecko's eye were lighting up, just as it exploded in a cloud of knock-out gas. Geckojin appeared through the smoke before transforming back into General Monster. He looked over to a nearby table and noticed Shiro was also knocked out.

"Get those two to the base," he ordered, "Leave Tobei to pass the message."

A few Aris entered the cafe and carried out Yoh and Shiro. Shortly after they left, Ganta and Kiwako arrived. They were shocked at seeing Tobei unconscious on the ground and helped him get up.

"Damn Neo Shockers," he said as he shook his head to clear the cobwebs.

Kiwako noticed an arrow stuck in one of the foundation pillars with a note tied to it. She unfolded the note and read it.

"Your friends are now in our hands. We will release them in exchange for your life. Come to Gecko Valley."

"Ain't that just typical," Tobei said, "Always saying they'll do this and that in exchange for something that benefits them, trying to gaslight people into thinking it's the smart choice."

"We still to go there to rescue our friends," Ganta noted, "So we just need to find a way to outmaneuver General Monster's trap."

He and Kiwako drove out to Gecko Valley. They stopped in the middle of the valley and got off their bikes.

"We're here, Geckojin!," Ganta called out, "Come out!"

General Monster laughed as he appeared at the top of the valley.

"Welcome, Riders! Since you were so kind to arrive, allow me to show my end of the deal."

Several Aris dragged over Yoh, Shiro, and Seina.

"Let them go, General Monster," Ganta said, "It's us you want, yes? That's what we agreed upon."

"And you have to make sure not to attack the area where they live, either," Kiwako pointed out, "There's no point if they'll just be killed in your rampages later."

General Monster considered the later point, but ultimately nodded.

"Very well. Untie them."

"One moment," Ganta said, "We want to make sure they won't be bothered."

He pointed to a hill at the edge of the valley.

"Once they reach that hill, we'll surrender. No sooner. Unless you'd rather fight it out here."

"If you insist," General Monster said, "But you'd better keep that promise."

The trio was untied and headed over to the duo.

"Ganta, are you sure about this?," Yoh asked.

"Don't worry," Kiwako assured him, "This isn't over by a long shot. Now get going."

Yoh nodded and led Shiro and Seina away to the hill. Shiro looked back briefly, tears forming in her eyes. Once they were out of sight, the Aris quickly tied up Ganta and Kiwako. Little did he realize, Shiro had decided to stop.

"Hey, come on!," Yoh called out, "Tobei's probably waiting for us!"

"Take Seina and go," Shiro said, "I'm going back for Ganta and Kiwako."

Yoh looked confused.

"I've been trying to find a way to atone for the murders I committed for a while now," Shiro explained, "This might be my only chance. And I'm the only other person here who can fight Neo Shocker."

Yoh sighed as he understood.

"Be careful. Neo Shocker can fight back."

Suddenly, more Aris appeared to recapture the three.

"The hell?," Yoh called out, "This wasn't what we agreed on!"

General Monster grinned as he watched Ganta and Kiwako getting keelhauled across the valley behind a group of motorcycles.

"I see you're having fun," a man's voice said from behind him.

General Monster turned to see a familiar face.

"Tsunenaga Tamaki. Warden of Deadman Wonderland. I hope you don't mind me indulging a little before completing our deal."

"Just don't forget I have the right to punish my own former employees," Tamaki said with a smug grin, "I've just confirmed that the Wretched Egg has been retrieved."

General Monster nodded as Ganta and Kiwako were thrown nearby.

"I'm a little disappointed, General Monster," Ganta said, "Evil as you are, I would have thought you'd have some pride."

"My title is not merely handed to me," General Monster pointed out, "I've been crawling my way up the chain of command ever since I was a Waffen officer in World War II, working under Colonel Zol. I continued to impress in the early days of Shocker with my underhanded tactics and dealings with people like Tamaki, until the day Great Leader formed Neo Shocker and placed me at the head as general."

He laughed as he stomped on both Riders.

"And until you showed up, I hadn't had a single defeat! Now I face the possibility of death unless I can prove I can overcome Neo Shocker's greatest enemies, the Kamen Riders!"

He tried to make another stomp, only for Ganta to kick General Monster off his feet. He and Kiwako then got up and easily broke the ropes off the motorcycles, before Kiwako backhanded Tamaki right in his nose.

"I believe I already sent in my two week notice, Warden. But I should have expected you to be the petty sort."

General Monster grunted as he got up.

"I was planning on having you and Shiro handed over to Deadman Wonderland to be remade into loyal soldiers. But instead... You shall die at Geckojin's hands!"

He transformed into Geckojin, then pulled off his tail to use his Gecko Whip. Dodging the first few strikes, Ganta waited and used one strike to cut through his bonds to free his hands.

"Ganbare Gun!"

He fired off a few shots to knock back Geckojin and free Kiwako's hands, letting them get to their devices.

"Henshin!"

As the duo transformed, Tobei drove up and found himself near Tamaki's car, which was still open. The back seat held a curious device that he decided to sneak off with for further study. Meanwhile, Geckojin was now staring down the two Kamen Riders.

"Sailing over the silver-lined clouds! Kamen Rider Sky!"

"Patrolling for crime and protecting the weak! I am Kamen Rider Guard!"

"They should be weakened from the punishment they got earlier," Geckojin declared to the Aris, "Show them no mercy!"

Indeed, the damage the duo had taken earlier in their human forms had taken a toll, making it harder to properly fight.

"We still have a way to succeed," Sky noted, "Let's use the Rider Machines. Sky Turbo!"

Guard nodded in agreement.

"Patrol Machine! Roll out!"

Hopping on their Rider Machines, the duo felt reinvigorated as they started to run down the incoming Aris. Geckojin stopped the Aris as the two Riders reached Yoh, Seina, and Shiro.

"Allow me to finish this."

He launched one of his bombs as Guard started to untie the hostages. Tamaki grimaced as he saw the explosions.

"So what about my end of the deal?"

"We'll work to find you worthy replacements," Geckojin assured him, "But the death of the Kamen Riders has to come first."

"Then you'll have to cancel that deal!," came Sky's voice.

Geckojin and Tamaki gasped in shock as Sky, Guard, and the hostages emerged from the smoke without a scratch on them.

"When will you you evil forces ever learn?," Tobei asked, "A Kamen Rider is immortal! So long as evil exists, the Kamen Riders will never stop!"

"I've had up to here with you, Geckojin!," Sky declared, "From the beginning you've shown no remorse for causing innocent deaths. This time... I'll make sure you're really dead!"

"How can this be possible...?," Geckojin asked in shock, "Their abilities were fully calculated!"

"You only studied our past battles, General Monster," Guard pointed out, "But we don't rest on our laurels when we defeat an opponent. Every time, we've worked to improve ourselves, making us stronger with each confrontation. My enhanced defense, and Sky's enhanced speed. Between them, your explosives meant nothing!"

Now driven to desperation, Geckojin rushed forward to fight in earnest. He managed to get some good hits in, but he was fighting two against one and was quickly getting overwhelmed. He lashed his Gecko Whip in an effort to get the edge, but Sky dodged around it until Guard grabbed Geckojin's arm and disarmed him. Sky then struck Geckojin's other arm, frying it.

"I'm not done yet," Geckojin declared as he stumbled back, "Gecko Clone Technique!"

Several copies of Geckojin appeared in an effort to confuse the Riders.

"Which one's real?," Guard wondered.

Sky focused his Dimension Eyes, quickly pinpointing the real Geckojin's location.

"Focus where I aim!," he called out, "Ganbare Gun!"

He fired at Geckojin, marking his true location and letting Guard launch him into the air.

"Sailing Jump!"

Sky quickly flew up after Geckojin, nailing him with midair punches and kicks that sent the kaijin crashing to the ground. Sky followed up with his flying kick finisher.

"Sky Kick!"

The Sky Kick hit dead on and sent Geckojin flying. As he struggled to his feet, he reverted back to General Monster. Tamaki quickly decided to drive away, knowing what was going to come next.

"You will both be joining me in death, Kamen Riders," General Monsters said, "My body is filled with powerful explosives! Neo Shocker, banzai!"

He dashed forward, but a bolt of electricity hit him before he could reach the Riders, setting off the explosives well before they could be lethal.

'That fool was disposable,' came a mysterious new voice, 'He did not deserve a last minute victory.'

"Who's there!?," Sky demanded.

A nearby mist revealed the image of an armored warrior with chalk-white skin and upward curved horns.

'I am Admiral Demon. Enjoy your brief victory today, Kamen Riders, for soon I will teach you what it truly means to fear Neo Shocker.'

With a final chuckle, the image and the mist dissipated. Tobei quickly headed over to check on the trio, relieved to find them alive with only minor injuries.

"Looks like General Monster was just the first. I should have known there would be another commanding officer waiting. There usually is."

Later, Shiro woke up to find herself in a hospital room, Ganta sitting nearby.

"Glad to see you're awake," he said, "You really helped out this time."

Shiro smiled.

"Thank you. I just wish I could have done more."

"Actually, you might be able to," Ganta said, "Seems Tobei found something Tamaki had been carrying. A device that can be used to empower a Deadman. And since you're the only other Deadman we know of that can use it..."

He gave a wide grin.

"How would you like to start causing Neo Shocker some havoc? It might be the best way to vent that killer instinct of yours. Especially now that Neo Shocker has a new commander."

Feeling a little of her old self come back, Shiro gave a wicked grin. It wouldn't be long before the Kamen Riders had a new ally in their fight against evil. One that would prove a bane to Neo Shocker as they strove to continue their conquest.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

Inside Neo Shocker's main headquarters, Tsunenaga Tamaki and Professor Doc knelt before Admiral Demon, the new commander of Neo Shocker. He had originally been commander of the South American branch, but General Monster's repeated failures in Japan necessitated his relocation.

"I trust you realize how vital it is that we not make a habit of this," he said to the two men, "If we are forced to transfer resources here constantly, it will leave our worldwide branches wide open to the other heroes of the world."

"Please keep in mind I have as much to lose as you do," Tamaki replied, "If I keep losing prisoners, Deadman Wonderland will be forcibly shut down by the Diet, leaving both our organizations out in the lurch."

Admiral Demon nodded in understanding. He then turned his attention to Professor Doc, who gulped nervously.

"As for you, Professor," Admiral Demon said, "Our board has weighed in on your punishment, due to your failure in properly aiding General Monster's schemes. The final penalty is..."

He turned to the assembled hooded judges, who started to speak in turn.

"Execution!"

"Execution!"

"Execution!"

The third started to hesitate, prompting Admiral Demon to cut his down with his broadsword. The fifth quickly responded before the admiral even pointed his blade.

"Execution!"

Tamaki cleared his throat.

"If you're willing to accept my vote in place of the fourth judge... I too vote for execution."

Professor Doc looked at Tamaki in shock, but Admiral Demon grinned and nodded in approval.

"Your vote will be counted in place of the weakling. And with that, the vote is unanimous."

"But, Admiral!," Professor Doc pleaded, "Who will you use to create the kaijin!? Without me you will be unable to make such strong fighters!"

"And yet not one of your creations were able to kill the Kamen Riders," Admiral Demon pointed out, "Not to mention, in your incompetence, you kept relying on outdated information. What we need is information on the Riders in the here and now, as they grow stronger. Your pleas for mercy fall on deaf ears. Rayjin!"

A manta ray-based kaijin stepped into the room.

"You summoned me, Admiral?"

"Have this worm executed," Admiral Demon said, pointing his blade at Professor Doc.

Tamaki stood back as the four judges grabbed the professor, Rayjin positioning himself as a chair. The second his hands made contact with Professor Doc, the man was electrocuted to death, his body completely dissolving. Tamaki gave an impressed whistle.

"Wish my prison had such efficient execution devices."

Admiral Demon chuckled at that statement.

"Of course, Rayjin is not just here for cleaning up trash. Rayjin, explain the current scheme if you please."

A map of the Tokyo was brought down next to Rayjin.

"My body is capable of an electric charge of one million volts. Using this, I will overload the city's power plant. All of Tokyo will suffer from my electric attack!"

"Rayjin's high voltage power will ensure fuses and breakers are useless," Admiral Demon clarified to Tamaki, "Turning the infrastructure of Tokyo into a sea of flames!"

"That reminds me," Tamaki said, "When I arrived here, I realized I was missing the completed prototype for the Deadman Switch."

Meanwhile in a local suburb, a little girl named Nagisa peeked in on her father Mita while wearing a cartoon monster make.

"Look, Papa, I'm an oni!"

Mita laughed as Nagisa ran over to him. Her mother also entered the room.

"Nagisa, sweetie, you shouldn't run in the house. Certainly not with a mask on."

"I'm just excited," Nagisa said as she took off the mask, "Our school is doing a play about Momotaro, and I got the part of the oni. Can you come, Papa?"

"I'm not sure," Mita admitted, "What with how busy the power plant's been I never get a day off."

"Oh yeah," Nagisa said, "There's a doll I wanted to show you."

She ran off to get the doll.

Meanwhile outside, several workers were adjusting the electric line outside the suburb.

"Power line bypass complete," one reported through a two-way radio.

These workers were actually Ari Commandos, and the report was received by Rayjin further down the line. He laughed as he launched a copper wire to hit the power line. His body then transformed into pure electrical energy, letting him travel along the power lines.

Meanwhile, Nagisa was looking for her doll when the nearby lamp and television started sparking.

"What's going on?," she wondered.

She then noticed her doll floating nearby, the electronic eyes lighting uncontrollably. Her parents were experiencing the same odd phenomenon, and unplugging the machines didn't seem to work. Mita quickly ran upstairs upon hearing his daughter's cries for help. In another room, Rayjin appeared from the shower of sparks coming from an overhead lamp and used his electric powers to blast open a small safe. He quickly looked through the documents inside until he found what he wanted.

"The blueprint for the city's power grid. Now for the next step."

He used another copper wire to travel back through the electric wiring of the house. Once he was gone, all the electric appliances returned to normal. The man went to check his office and spotted the open safe. He gasped in horror when he realized what was stolen. As he hurried outside, he just happened to run into Ganta and Kiwako while they were out on patrol.

"Something wrong?," Ganta asked.

"My house has just been robbed," Mita explained, "The thief took a blueprint with the power plant's secret distribution map."

The duo look at each other in concern.

"Did anything strange happen prior to the theft?," Kiwako asked.

"As a matter of fact, yes," Mita said, "The electricity in my house all went haywire a few minutes before the theft."

"Neo Shocker," Ganta realized.

Meanwhile at the Private Eye in the Sky Agency, Tobei was helping Shiro understand the new device he had secretly taken from Tamaki.

"The instructions I found called it a Deadman Switch," he explained, "But from what I've read, it's not any sort of bomb. Rather, it's designed to enhance the power of a Deadman."

"So with this," Shiro noted, "I could help Ganta and Kiwako fight Neo Shocker."

"Hopefully yes," Tobei said, "We still don't know how strong it will make you. But you're pretty strong already, so it should work."

"I for one would be grateful not to have to babysit her during investigations," Yoh admitted, "As a skilled pickpocket, I do my best work working solo."

Just then the phone rang, and Yoh picked it up.

"Private Eye in the Sky Agency."

'It's Ganta,' came the familiar voice, 'Put the Chief on the line.'

Yoh nodded and handed the receiver to Tobei.

"Go ahead, Ganta."

'We may have a new Neo Shocker kaijin on the loose,' Ganta explained, 'One with electrical powers.'

"That sounds dangerous," Tobei said, "Kiwako would be less at risk since her body is still fully human, but as a cyborg your machine parts would be vulnerable to electricity. Better use caution with this one. I just finished the new Rider Machine for Shiro. Once we have her training complete we'll send her to help."

Later the manager headed out to check on the power plant.

"Be careful out there, Papa," Nagisa said, "Don't overwork yourself."

"Of course," the manager said, "You and your mother should be careful as well."

Kiwako drove up to the house.

"Mister Mita? Where are you heading?"

"To the power plant," Mita explained, "Whoever stole the blueprint clearly has something bad planned for it."

"Our agency can handle this," Kiwako assured him, "It's too dangerous for you to be there. Just stay here with your family. Trust me, Neo Shocker is out of your league."

"Maybe so," Mita admitted, "But running that power plant has given me the ability to give my wife and daughter a comfortable life. I can't just stand idle while it's in danger. Besides, someone needs to restore it once you're done stopping whatever this Neo Shocker has planned."

Kiwako saw the man's mind was made up.

"Okay, I understand. But stick close to me and Ganta."

"Does that mean you'll protect Papa?," Nagisa asked.

Kiwako smiled as she knelt down to Nagisa height.

"It's my duty as a guard. Don't worry, your father is safe around me and my team."

As the group followed the power lines, Ganta noticed a bright light speeding across the cables.

"We've got a welcome wagon," he realized, "Better stay back for now, Mita."

He and Kiwako raced ahead as sparks flew from the cable, revealing several Aris. As the duo started to fight the grunts, the Aris revealed a new ability to paralyze using electrical currents running through their bodies, which was channeled through a special gauntlet they were equipped with. Mita quickly raced on ahead to reach the power plant, just as Rayjin made his presence known to the Riders.

"I've been waiting for you two. I am Rayjin, Neo Shocker field officer from Rio de Janeiro."

"You came a long way from Brazil just to meet us," Ganta noted.

"I go where I'm most needed," Rayjin clarified, "You feel that numbness in your bodies? The electrical current isn't nearly enough to kill you, but it will paralyze you to the point where you can't transform."

Ganta and Kiwako flung off the Aris, only to get wrapped up in Rayjin's electric cable.

"Without your ability to transform, you're not worth a tenth of my power! And once I've disposed of you, I'll finish our operations at the power plant. Once I send my high voltage charge into the plant, it will overload the city's power infrastructure, making what I did to that house look like carnival attraction! The electricity shorts will spark massive fires everywhere!"

"There's no way you'll be able to pull it off," Kiwako pointed out, "The power plant was designed to prevent such a scenario."

"Oh, my charge is far stronger than any fuse or breaker," Rayjin said proudly, "Now prepare to die!"

"Original Sin!"

Rayjin suddenly found himself splashed by blood tendrils, causing his own charge to stun him. Ganta and Kiwako turned to see Shiro driving up on a modified Yamaha. Rayjin spotted the device around her waist.

"Tamaki's Deadman Switch!"

Shiro leapt off the bike as twin cuffs attached to her wrists, tubes leading from them to the belt.

"This belt has been specially modified. Let me show you... Henshin!"

Blood from the cuffs poured from the tubes and into the Deadman Switch, causing the central pinwheel to spin and energize the device. Instantly Shiro transformed into an armored warrior with a mosquito motif.

"Kamen Rider Blood! Feel my rage unchained!"

Rayjin growled as he recovered from the shock and began circling Blood.

"I heard the whole thing from my radio, Rayjin," she said, "You'll never reach the power plant!"

She started striking Rayjin, and the kaijin realized her every hit was covering him in blood, making his power as much a danger to him as to her.

"I can't waste time with this stalemate. Aris, get this upstart!"

Blood quickly started thrashing the Aris as they moved to attack. When they tried using their electric gauntlets, she just ducked under them with a sweeping kick. Rayjin growled as he wrapped his cable around the Aris.

"Rapid Recharge!"

The electric charge quickly revitalized the Aris, letting them get back up. Lining up, the grunts charged in a high-speed formation.

"Oscillation!"

Translucent wings on Blood's back opened up and started flapping at high speed as she dodged the Aris' formation, letting her trick them right off a cliff due to her ability to hover. Ganta and Kiwako watched as Rayjin got back in the fight.

"Rayjin's body has a high voltage current coursing through it," Ganta noted, "Blood's special ability to use her blood as a weapon is the only reason he's taking damage right now."

Kiwako winced when she saw one of Rayjin's attacks down an entire electric tower.

"But at the same time that electric charge increases Rayjin's attack power."

Deciding he was taking too much damage from the fight, Rayjin used his cable to merge with the power lines and flee.

"Damn," Blood said as she canceled her transformation, "He's heading for the power plant."

She bowed in apology to Ganta and Kiwako.

"I'm sorry. My lack of experience allowed this to happen."

"No, you did well for your first fight," Kiwako assured her, "If either of us had tried fighting Rayjin, his electric current would have repelled our attacks. But blood's conductive properties allowed you to turn Rayjin's greatest weapon against him."

"We need to stop Rayjin from overloading the power plant," Ganta noted, "The fires alone would cause thousands of deaths. And likely more from the resulting chaos."

The trio got to their bikes and started racing off. As they did, Rayjin suddenly ambushed them using his cable to wrap them up.

"Your new ally caught me off guard for a bit there," he admitted, "But I was still able to implement it in my plan. Let's see if you can handle my power now!"

He cackled as his electric charge damaged the three heroes.

"Suffer from my Ten-Fold Volt Up! And then Fifty-Fold Volt Up!"

His laughter turned to frustrated growls as his would-be victims refused to collapse.

"Fine then! Try my Three Hundred-Fold Volt Up!"

The charge left the trio writhing before they collapsed.

"Finally," Rayjin said, "I thought they'd never give in. Aris, bring them over here!"

The Aris tossed the trio into a deep well to bury them under heavy rocks.

"Don't stop until you can no longer see them," Rayjin ordered, "We can't take any chances with this."

He laughed once he saw the rocks fill up the well.

"This time we've got them for sure. No living being could survive that many rocks tossed on them."

Thinking he had already won, Rayjin finished his journey to the power plant, as he entered his charge hit all the workers inside, killing them in seconds. He walked about the building, checking the blueprints.

"Let's see... It should be somewhere around here..."

He felt a sudden impact, and turned to see a security guard had tried to attack with his nightstick. Annoyed, he grabbed the man and slammed him against one of the generators before frying him with an electric charge.

"Where was I?," he said as checked the blueprint, "Ah, through those doors. Electric Whip!"

His cable sliced through the metal doors, allowing him to break through into the next room. Meanwhile, Mita had finally arrived outside. He was horrified to find all the workers dead. Elsewhere, Rayjin found the generator he was looking for.

"This the spot. The ideal place to unleash my Million Volt Charge."

He worked the handle, but not even his cyborg strength could wrench the door open.

"This is the most important junction in the facility. And they just lock it up? I can't force it open either. That would damage it beyond repair, rendering the operation null."

He heard a sound, and whirled around to spot Mita ducking out of sight.

"Well, how fortunate. Engineer Mita must have followed me here. Get out here right now! I already know you're there!"

Mita stepped out from behind a generator and Rayjin grabbed him.

"You must have a key to this junction, correct? Hand it over!"

"There is no key," Mita said, "And even if there were, I would never hand it over to you. Not even if you threatened to kill me or my family. They'd probably die anyway once you unleash your insane plan."

"Then let's try something else," Rayjin decided, "Something a little more... Persuasive."

He wrapped his cable around Mita's throat and started shocking him slowly.

"Original Sin!"

A burst of bloody wind launched the heavy stones out of the well, letting Shiro, Ganta, and Kiwako crawl out to safety.

"Okay, we escaped," Kiwako said, "But how do we stop Rayjin?"

Ganta got an idea.

"Seina was doing an experiment with electricity earlier, using a natural ground for the current. If we can find one to drain Rayjin's power, it should let us defeat him."

Rayjin growled in frustration as Mita kept silent no matter how much electricity was used on him.

"I swear... To take the secret... To my grave!"

"Stubborn, are we?," Rayjin said, "You'll before--GAH!"

He was struck three times by Sky, Guard, and Blood. He was shocked at the sight of them.

"Impossible! Those stones should have crushed you all!"

"A Kamen Rider is immortal, Rayjin," Guard said, "You would do well to remember that."

Sky helped Mita into a sitting position.

"You're a great man, Mita. Nagisa will be proud of you when you get home. Guard, Blood, I'll keep Mita safe. Finish off Rayjin!"

"You'll have to catch me first!," Rayjin proclaimed as he shrunk into the wiring of the power plant.

Blood summoned her Crimson Speeder to chase after Rayjin outside, Guard following on the Patrol Machine.

"Let's get ahead and cut the cable!," Guard suggested, "That should force him into the open!"

"Okay!," Blood agreed, "Oscillation!"

"Patrol Boost!"

Blood's wings and the Patrol Machine's rocket boosters let the duo jump towards the power cable and cut through it, forcing Rayjin to materialize due to lack of electric current.

"You damn Riders! Aris, defend me!"

The Aris appeared in a surge of electricity.

"Those damn gauntlets are gonna be a pain," Guard noted, "Not to mention Rayjin can keep recharging them."

"Then allow me," Blood said, "Original Sin!"

Launching her blood tendrils, Blood struck the gauntlets off each Ari, letting Guard finish the job of taking them out. As Rayjin moved to attack, Tobei drove up in his jeep carrying a long cable.

"Sky called in with a plan!," he explained as he tossed the cable.

Guard caught the cable.

"Time to finally ground this current!"

She tossed the cable to wrap around Rayjin, quickly draining his electric charge.

"Damn it! Without my electric charge my body is vulnerable!"

Guard finished the job by placing the other end of the cable in a nearby pond.

"That pond has saline water," Blood noted, "Which is a great conductor of electricity. You're finished, Rayjin!"

She leapt into the air as a whirlwind of blood surrounded her legs. She then came flying down for double kick.

"Blood Iron Kick!"

As the attack connected and sent Rayjin flying, the iron in the blood sank into his body and wreaked havoc with his cybernetics.

"No... Without me... Brazil will fall out of the hands of evil!"

His body exploded in a brilliant fireball, ending him once and for all.

Admiral Demon was not happy.

"Well at least we know where the Deadman Switch wound up," he noted to Tamaki, "But unfortunately it has given rise to a troublesome new obstacle."

"And it's been modified beyond what I can use," Tamaki said with an annoyed sigh, "So we've lost, then?"

"Only this one battle," Admiral Demon assured him, "But the war is still on-going. You see... I already had a special time bomb planted on the Skyturbo. If Rayjin had succeeded in his plans, that would have been fine. But my real goal is to destroy the Kamen Riders and leave the way open for Neo Shocker's rule. We're not done just yet!"

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*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

As the three Kamen Riders raced along the highway following their victory over Rayjin, they were unaware that the Skyturbo had been rigged with a bomb set up by Admiral Demon. The malicious Neo Shocker commander grinned as he ordered the timer of the bomb switched on. This proved to be a mistake, however, as Sky's Belt Ear alerted him to the presence of the timer.

"Hold up," he called out, "I'm hearing a time bomb."

The Rider Machines were stopped and Sky checked the bomb. He then noted that they were right in the middle of the city.

"This is a public area," he realized, "If it goes off here too many people will get caught in the blast! You guys get back to the agency! I'll get rid of the bomb!"

He hopped back on the Skyturbo and turned on its booster rocket, blasting off at high speed as far away from the city as he could. He soon reached a cliff and made ready to leap off it.

"Sailing Jump!"

Triggering the switch on his Tornado, Sky leapt off the Skyturbo as it fell into a nearby lake. The impact caused the bomb to come loose from the Rider Machine, letting Sky remotely drive it safely out of the water. Guard and Blood drove up as Sky landed near them.

"Admiral Demon's not messing around," he noted, "He's wants us dead by any means necessary."

Elsewhere, a man in an overcoat and sunglasses was approaching a large manor.

"So that's Professor Nomura's Ultrasonic Research lab."

He removed his sunglasses, revealing them to be wolf-like.

Inside the lab Nomura and his assistant Yamada were testing a new ultrasonic wave device, using a white rat for the test subject.

"All safety checks in place, Professor," Yamada said.

"Good," Nomura replied, "Let's begin the experiment."

They both put on special sound-canceling headphones before turning on the machine. Within seconds the sound put the rat into a panic before dying.

"Failure," Nomura said, "The sonic wave was supposed to revitalize the subject, not kill them."

The assistant turned off the machine.

"Well, it might be a failure from your standards. But I for one have been waiting for the day this killer sound wave would be completed."

"What are you talking about, Yamada?," Nomura asked, suspicious.

Yamada smirked.

"With this I can easily kill a great number of people all at once."

"There's no way I'll let this device be used for mass murder!," Nomura declared.

He stormed into the testing chamber to destroy the device, only to get stopped by the man in the overcoat.

"I can't let you do that, Professor."

Yamada smirked as he entered the room.

"You'll be equipping this man with the ultrasonic wave emitter. Otherwise, your son Toshiki will be killed."

Nomura was shocked.

"When did you...?"

Later, the three Riders returned to the cafe situated under their detective agency.

"Hey, guys," Seina said when he saw them, "You're a little later than usual."

"We had one final thing to contend with," Kiwako explained.

"How'd the new device work out?," Tobei asked Shiro.

"It worked perfectly," Shiro said, "Like I was lighter than air."

"Now I want one," Yoh admitted, "As glad as I am that you don't need hand-holding, now I'm concerned I'm gonna get left out."

"Not everyone's meant to be heroes, Yoh," Tobei said, "My daughter had to drill that in my head."

Yoh shrugged and handed Seina the two sandwiches he ordered.

"So who's the second one for?"

"My friend Toshiki," Seina explained, "His dad hasn't been home for three days, so we're going to visit him at his lab."

Back at the lab, the mysterious man was giving instructions to Nomura.

"My body was already prepared for the installation in advance. The compartment is in here."

He pulled away some fake skin on his head, revealing an electronic brain.

"What are you?," Nomura wondered.

"A cyborg," the man explained, "Now hurry with the installation."

Nomura grimaced as he reluctantly installed the device.

Outside, Seina and Toshiki were biking up to the lab.

"There it is," Toshiki said as the building came into view.

He walked up to the door and rang the bell. Yamada hurried out, but seemed to relax when he saw the boys.

"Oh, it's you, Toshiki."

"I'm here to see my dad, Mister Yamada," Toshiki explained.

"Sure, come on in," Yamada said.

Inside, Nomura heard his son's voice and quickly hit the intercom.

"Run, Toshiki! He's with Neo Shocker!"

Hearing that, Seina quickly grabbed Toshiki and ran for it. The mysterious man grabbed Nomura in anger.

"You dare get in our way!?"

"You already have what you want!," Nomura pointed out, "There's no more need to involve Toshiki!"

"Maybe so," the man said, "But that just means you're expendable!"

He revealed a set of razor-sharp claws on his hand that he used on Nomura. The man then turned into his true kaijin form, a wolf humanoid called Wolfjin. He then turned his attention to Yamada as he came in.

"Deadly Howl!"

Yamada tried to cover his ears as the ultrasonic howl hit him, shaking the entire room as well.

"You are no longer useful to Neo Shocker," Wolfjin noted.

Outside, several Ari Commandos appeared to try and abduct Seina and Toshiki, only for the Rider trio to appear and start thrashing them.

"You two get to safety!," Ganta said.

"They've got Toshiki's father!," Seina said, "Hurry and save him!"

"We'll try!," Shiro said, "Get going!"

The trio fought their way to the lab, finding Yamada dead. Luckily, Nomura had barely survived, but was in serious condition.

The professor was rushed to the hospital.

"How is he, doctor?," Kiwako asked.

"It's a good thing you got him to us when you did," the doctor said, "He lost a good amount of blood from the wounds. The injuries are consistent with wolf claws, but positioned like a human hand."

"One of Neo Shocker's kaijin," Ganta realized.

"Me and Yoh will look after Toshiki and his father," Tobei assured him, "Whatever Neo Shocker wanted from that ultrasonic lab, I'm willing to bet they got it, and intend to use it to lethal effect."

Meanwhile, Wolfjin reported to Admiral Demon at Neo Shocker's headquarters.

"I have arrived, commander!," Wolfjin announced, "Here from the plains of Edinburgh."

"You sure kept me waiting long enough," Admiral Demon said, annoyed.

"You'd better have a good excuse for wasting our time," Tamaki added.

"I had to pick up a vital upgrade before arriving," Wolfjin explained, "Behold, the power of the killer sound wave! Deadly Howl!"

He directed the howl at a nearby group of Aris, destroying them in seconds. Tamaki gave an impressed whistle.

"I've heard that 100 decibels can shatter glass easily, but this is something else entirely."

"Yes, but kindly refrain from wasting our foot soldiers," Admiral Demon admonished, "We need every set of hands we have to fight the Kamen Riders. Speaking of which, I'll be counting on you to defeat them since our scheme with the time bomb failed."

Wolfjin assumed his human guise, only to immediately get confronted by Ganta.

"You must be one of Neo Shocker's agents," Ganta noted.

The man gave a wicked grin.

"I've been waiting for you, Ganta Igarashi."

He transformed into Wolfjin.

"I am Wolfjin, tasked with carrying out your demise!"

Ganta quickly dodged out of the way of the kaijin's claws, then leapt over to where Shiro and Kiwako had arrived, the trio activating their devices.

"Henshin!"

Wolfjin got the faintest whiff of blood as the trio transformed into Kamen Riders Sky, Guard, and Blood.

"Now I'll get all three of you!," Wolfjin declared, "Come forth, Ari Commandos!"

The Aris burst out of the ground.

"Oh goody," Blood said, "Fresh meat to butcher."

"You'll have to excuse her attitude," Sky said, "She has rage to vent, and you Neo Shocker scum are the perfect acceptable targets."

The three Riders leapt down and started thrashing the Aris. Wolfjin tried biting down on Sky's arm, but he was quickly shaken off and pounded for his trouble.

"Fine then," Wolfjin decided, "Looks like playtime's over. Deadly Howl!"

The sudden sound wave hit both the Riders and the Aris, but the Riders were able to withstand the attack.

"They'd kill their own men to take us out?," Guard said in disgust.

"Wouldn't be the first time," Sky said, "At least from the stories I've heard."

"Looks like using the howl on its own isn't enough to kill you," Wolfjin noted, "Luckily I anticipated that possibility. Bring the megaphone!"

Several Aris brought over a large megaphone. They were wearing special sound canceling headphones so they could continue to hold it without being killed. The power impact resonated through the Kamen Riders' bodies, making a force the couldn't withstand as easily. Thinking quickly, Sky hit the switches on his Tornado.

"Sailing Jump!"

With a great leap, Sky flew over the sound waves and managed to kick off Wolfjin's head. However, it just floated around on its own while his body moved independently, grabbing Sky from behind.

"Original Sin!"

Blood lashed out with her tendrils, knocking the head around as it tried to fly back to the megaphone. It managed to bite onto Guard's hand and start blasting her directly with sound waves. Quickly, she hit a button on her Patrol Badge.

"Electro Guard!"

Wolfjin's howl was now one of pain as his head was jolted by a full-body taser built into Guard's armored suit, forcing him off Guard's hand as it flew to reunite with his body. The Aris quickly brought the megaphone back over for a second bombardment.

"Does this guy not take a hint!?," Blood complained as she tried to cover her ears.

The Aris rushed over intent on taking advantage of the weakened Riders. They still managed to take out the grunts, but Wolfjin continued his relentless howl.

"We need to escape!," Guard said.

She activated the remote for the Rider Machines, having them drag the trio over a nearby cliff to safety. Wolfjin ran over just in time to see the splashes in the water below.

"Victory! Behold the power of my killer sound wave! Go and confirm their deaths!"

Back at the hospital, the doctors were working to stabilize Nomura. Toshiki looked at his father, and quickly ran out. Concerned, Seina followed him.

"Where are you going?," Seina asked.

"To get revenge for my dad!," Toshiki declared.

"There's no way you'd be able to," Seina pointed out, "If they could something like that to a grown man, kids like us have chance."

"I have to try!," Toshiki replied, and he ran off.

Wolfjin chuckled as he stood over a local village.

"Here I will test the full power of my killer sound wave."

The Aris came over with the megaphone and Wolfjin started howling into it. The effect on the villagers was instant as buildings rattled, windows shattered, and everyone started running. The Aris kept them herded inside the village to ensure maximum results.

The echoing howl woke up Ganta, who had washed up on a local shore along with Kiwako and Shiro.

"That's Wolfjin," Ganta noted as he pulled himself to his feet.

He shook the girls awake as they groaned from their injuries.

At the same time, Toshiki was continuing to pursue the ones responsible for his father's condition. Seina was concerned that he couldn't talk his friend out of such a stupid revenge plot. Neither of them noticed the Aris spying on them.

"Okay, so let's review," Kiwako said as the trio walked along, "Wolfjin has likely just attacked some place small and remote to test his powers. We need to stop him before he can cause anymore deaths."

"But how do we dodge a sound wave?," Shiro wondered, "That's our biggest obstacle."

"The Sailing Jump proved effective," Ganta noted, "But the fact that Wolfjin can safely have his head removed proved another wrinkle."

The soon reached a cliff overlooking the village Wolfjin had attacked, but everyone seemed to be fine.

"Looks like Wolfjin wanted to test something other his sound wave's killing power," Shiro realized.

"Stay here," Kiwako said, "I'll check things out."

She headed over to talk with the villagers.

"Excuse me, but did any of you hear a weird sound about five minutes ago?"

"We did," one man said as the villagers crowded around Kiwako, "It killed all the villagers!"

Suddenly, all the people revealed themselves as Aris and went to grab Kiwako. She quickly shook them off as Ganta and Shiro hurried over to help. The trio quickly took refuge inside a nearby house, locking the door.

"Damn it," Ganta said, "It was a trap to lure us in. Look, here comes Wolfjin."

"I knew you were here, Riders!," Wolfjin declared, "I could smell your fear from a mile away."

Shiro looked confused.

"Wolves have a sense of smell ten thousand times stronger than a human," Kiwako explained.

"The Aris are surrounding the house," Ganta noted, "We're caught."

"Why not come out and fight like a real man?," Wolfjin taunted.

"That would imply you wouldn't be using your killer sound wave!," Ganta retorted, "But Neo Shocker's never been about fighting fair!"

Wolfjin was stunned by the response.

"Well... He's not wrong..."

As he readied the megaphone again, the Riders activated their devices.

"Henshin!"

The trio leapt out of the roof as Sky, Guard, and Blood, landing on a nearby building.

"You guys want a fight?," Sky declared, "We'll give you all you can handle! Ganbare Gun!"

With a few quick shots, Sky had the Aris scattering as Guard leapt down to pull Wolfjin into a choke hold. She made to keep his muzzle closed as Sky and Blood started trashing Aris.

Admiral Demon and Tamaki were watching the fight.

"They're making sure to stay close to him," Tamaki noted, "Normally they spread out to deal with your combatants."

"It's because they know Wolfjin's howl is useless as close range," Admiral Demon explained, "But if they think this fight is over, they are sorely mistaken."

He pointed to the screen, showing that Seina and Toshiki had been taken hostage. Tamaki sighed.

"And this is going to help how? How many times are you going to try schemes like this that have failed in the past?"

"Oh, just hush up and watch," Admiral Demon retorted.

Wolfjin chuckled as the Riders were dumbstruck.

"You played right into my hands!"

His laughter died quickly when Tobei and Yoh appeared out of nowhere to take down the Aris. That gave the Sky the opening he needed to leap in and take out the grunts.

"Thanks for the help, Chief."

"When we saw Seina and Toshiki were gone we realized what must have been happening," Tobei explained, "Luckily we caught up to them quickly."

Wolfjin growled, but realized this was the perfect opportunity.

"Quickly! Bring the megaphone!"

The Deadly Howl sounded off, causing great pain to Sky and the Aris. As the Aris quickly put on their headphones, Sky leapt over the megaphone, only for Wolfjin to attack with his separated head. His jaws grabbed Sky on the ankle, causing him to fall out of the air.

"Damn it!," Sky said, "He's on me like a vice!"

"Hang on," Blood said.

She started spreading her blood tendrils, slipping them into Wolfjin's jaws to try prying them open. Within seconds she succeeded, prompting Wolfjin to reattach and start howling all over again.

"We've gotta shut him up somehow!," Guard said.

Sky then realized something.

"Wait! Earlier he wasn't able to stop the Rider Machines from carrying us off! The engines must have been louder than his sound wave! Skyturbo!"

"Patrol Machine!"

"Crimson Speeder!"

The three Rider Machines raced over, and the Riders used them to circle around Wolfjin at high speed. The loud engines canceled out the Deadly Howl, and the Aris quickly got dizzy trying to spin around to keep the megaphone pointed at the Riders in a futile effort to help their commander.

"Damn it!," Wolfjin cried out as the Aris collapsed, "My Deadly Howl was supposed to be the perfect weapon to finish you!"

Sky drove the Skyturbo to ram into Wolfjin, knocking him to the ground. Guard and Blood then leapt off their own bikes to tackle Wolfjin as he got up. Guard spotted something glowing on Wolfjin's neck.

"This must be where the killer sound wave comes from. Electro Guard Chop!"

She activated her armor taser and deliver a hard chop to destroy the sound wave device.

"Crap, my upgrade!," Wolfjin wailed, "How am I supposed to win now!?"

"You're not!," Sky replied.

He proceeded to wail on Wolfjin hard and fast, leaving the kaijin reeling from the damage.

"He'll need two shots to deal with both the body and head," Sky noted, "Guard! Blood!"

The two of them nodded and leapt into the air, Guard striking first.

"Siren Strike Kick!"

The attack severely damaged Wolfjin's body, and he quickly detached his head to try one last attack. But Blood proved faster.

"Blood Iron Kick!"

Wolfjin screamed as the shot hit his head dead on.

"My British empire!"

His head the ground and exploded along with his body, ending him once and for all.

"Finally," Sky said with a sigh of relief, "These kaijin are really getting tougher."

Later the group met up back at the cafe.

"Looks like Professor Nomura is going to be okay," Seina said.

"That's good to hear," Tobei said, "And hopefully Toshiki has learned a valuable lesson on biting off more than he can chew."

"You and Yoh really helped us out at the end there," Shiro said, "Thanks."

Yoh chuckled.

"Maybe I could be next in line as a Kamen Rider."

To his surprise, the others actually considered it. Whether Yoh's joking remark would come true or not remained to be seen, but what was certain was that the Kamen Riders would be readying themselves for the next time Neo Shocker tried one of their evil schemes.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

Along a rocky coast, a trio of fishermen were doing their work when one got a hit on his line.

"This one's a big one. Hey, I need help on this!"

The other two fishermen hurried over to help, and to their shock a humanoid jellyfish monster emerged from the water. The fishermen were naturally freaked out.

"Thanks for the help, gentlemen," the creature said, "Here, let me show you my gratitude!"

He launched several smaller jellyfish from his body, which clung to two of the fishermen and vaporized them. The third tried to run for it, only to get grabbed by the creature's long tentacle arm. The creature squeezed hard, breaking the man's neck.

"Not bad for Jelly Fission's first job here in japan," the creature noted to himself.

Jelly Fission then vanished from sight, laughing as he did.

Elsewhere, the Kamen Riders were on patrol when a call came in from Tobei.

"Go ahead, Chief," Ganta said.

'I just heard a breaking news report,' Tobei said, 'There was a unusual murder on Miura Beach. The body of a fisherman was confirmed, with evidence to suggest his two partners were also killed. Better take a look.'

"Will do," Ganta replied, "Team, we're heading for Miura Beach."

Police were already at the scene of the incident. The trio used their PI licenses to get past the yellow tape and get a closer look.

"Anything unusual with these murders?," Kiwako asked.

"Unusual doesn't even begin to describe it," the lead officer said, "The body you saw getting carted off was mostly normal, just a broken neck. But the other two... We only found trace DNA off the rocks. Their bodies were melted down almost to nothing."

"Sounds like Neo Shocker's work," Shiro noted.

"Let's see if there's any trace of the culprit along the shore," Ganta suggested.

From the waters, Jelly Fission watched as the three Riders checked the shoreline. He quickly ducked out of sight just as Ganta caught a glimpse of him. As Ganta turned away, Jelly Fission tried to wrap his tentacle around the Rider's leg.

"Ganta, look out!," an unknown voice called out.

That got Ganta's attention, letting him dodge out of the way and grab the tentacle, pulling Jelly Fission out of the water.

"These kaijin are getting weirder and weirder," Kiwako noted.

"You haven't seen anything yet," Jelly Fission declared, "I am Jelly Fission, and I am here to bring honor and glory to Neo Shocker!"

"You've got quite the uphill battle going for you," Ganta quipped, "What happen to the earlier naming convention?"

"That's strictly for new recruits," Jelly Fission explained, "I did used to be named Jellyjin, but I've been active for long enough to showcase my own style. Observe!"

He fired off several jellyfish from his body, which turned into Ari Commandos. The trio quickly started thrashing the grunts to get some breathing room, but had to contend with the special ropes the Aris had access to. Before long, Jelly Fission had the trio in the water.

"That should handle them," he said proudly, "Victory is mine!"

"Henshin!"

To Jelly Fission's shock, Sky, Guard, and Blood leapt out of the water, perfectly fine.

"Looks like someone didn't the get dossier on us," Sky admonished, "Knocking us into the ocean isn't a surefire win."

The trio quickly started taking out Aris one by one. As the fight progressed, four mysterious armored individuals were watching from the nearby cliff.

"These newbies are pretty good," one of them said.

"We were newbies once too," the lone woman of the group point out.

Guard tried striking Jelly Fission, only for his body to absorb the blow.

"Ganbare Gun!"

"Original Sin!"

Jelly Fission laughed as his body sucked up the blood-based attacks.

"My body is invincible!," he declared, "Take him out!"

However, the Aris weren't invincible, easily getting taken out by the Riders. Jelly Fission swung his tentacle arm to attack as the Riders dodged out of the way.

"What's the matter, Riders? Why not try those fancy Rider Kicks you're so fond of?"

"Blood, you might have the best shot," Sky suggested.

Blood nodded and leapt in for her attack.

"Blood Iron Kick!"

The attack seemed to reduce Jelly Fission to a small puddle, but he just reformed himself.

"My body absorbs liquid like a sponge, and is specially designed to be resistant to kinetic energy. All your attacks can't even hurt me! However, I don't have time for further conflict. We shall meet again, Riders!"

And with that, he dove right into the ocean.

"This one's going to be tougher than normal," Guard admitted, "If Blood's kick was useless, we can assume most of our finishers would be."

"We need to expand our fighting style," Sky realized, "But who was that voice from earlier?"

Tobei soon arrived as the four figures headed off.

"You guys okay?," Tobei asked.

"A little bruised," Blood admitted, "But Neo Shocker's new kaijin is tougher than normal."

Later, Admiral Demon and Tamaki were speaking in Neo Shocker's headquarters.

"So where's the next commander?," Tamaki asked.

"He's already here," Admiral Demon said, "Come on out, Jelly Fission. I've already sensed your arrival."

Jelly Fission suddenly appeared as if from thin air, shocking Tamaki.

"Pardon the carelessness, Admiral Demon," Jelly Fission said, "I have arrived from Kowloon as requested."

"I was impressed with Jelly Fission's earlier display against the Kamen Riders," Tamaki admitted, "But I've heard the urban legends. They'll work to find a way to destroy this one like all the others."

"Not necessarily," Admiral Demon, "You see I have also called in Rhino Dump from Varanasi. When he arrives, we will proceed with our biggest operation yet!"

Jelly Fission scoffed dismissively.

"Rhino Dump is a competent field commander, but his only tactic is brute force. He's pretty light on brains."

"So is a jellyfish," Tamaki quipped.

That actually got Admiral Demon and Jelly Fission laughing.

"Okay, I walked into that one," Jelly Fission admitted.

He then gasped when Admiral Demon aimed his blade at the kaijin's throat.

"In all seriousness, you are not in any position to question my orders. Understand?"

"Yes, Admiral!," Jelly Fission replied, "My apologies!"

"Good," Admiral Demon said.

He withdrew his blade and sat on his throne.

"Sometimes brute force is necessary for a complicated scheme. Trust me, when Rhino Dump arrives you'll understand."

Meanwhile, a father and son were driving in the former's dump truck.

"This is fun, Dad," the young boy said, "Can we do it again sometime?"

"Any time you ask," the father said with a smile.

He then noticed a car coming up, along with a bizarre sight. A humanoid rhinoceros creature running fast enough to keep up with the car.

"What's that?," the son wondered.

"I have no idea," the father admitted.

He swerved when he saw the creature in full, winding up blocking the road.

"Hey!," the creature said as it stopped, "Outta my way or I'll crush you!"

The father didn't like being threatened when his son was nearby, so he tried to run the creature over. But the rhino monster was amazingly strong, able to push the truck back with only a minimal amount of effort. Finally the driver simply took his son and exited the truck, after which the creature just leapt over them and kept running, not giving them a second thought. Shortly after, Tobei and the Riders pulled up.

"Are you okay?," Ganta said as he helped the father and son up.

"We'll be fine," the father assured him, "There was a monster pushing the truck like it was made of cardboard. It looked like a humanoid rhino."

"Two kaijin at once!?," Shiro asked in shock.

"It happens occasionally," Tobei said, "But not often. I'll look after these two. You guys get after that thing. And be careful."

The trio nodded as the sped off on their Rider Machines. Suddenly, the very kaijin they were looking for ran out in front of them, knocking them off their bikes.

"Damn Neo Shocker," Kiwako said as the trio got up.

"I am the scourge of the Ganges!," the kaijin declared, "One even wild elephants fear! Rhino Dump!"

"Please tell me that's in reference to a dump truck," Ganta groaned.

"Of course," Rhino Dump assured him, "Neo Shocker is evil, not crass. Anyway, I'll be sure to rip your heads clean off to present to Admiral Demon!"

Shiro looked at the stubby balls where Rhino Dump's hands would be.

"I think you need opposable thumbs for that."

Rhino Dump responded with several blows to the trio's heads, which luckily were softened by their bike helmets.

"Something to be said for helmet safety laws," Kiwako grumbled.

She saw Rhino Dump charging at her and managed to redirect him right into a nearby sand bar, getting his horn stuck. That gave the team time to activate their device.

"Henshin!"

Rhino Dump got himself loose and looked around to see he was alone.

"Where are they?"

"Over here!," Sky called out.

Rhino Dump turned to see Sky, Guard, and Blood standing on a nearby bridge.

"Let's see how you handle a more durable enemy!," Guard declared.

With their added strength, the Riders had an easier time shoving Rhino Dump around.

"We'll make you never reach Admiral Demon!," Sky declared.

"Just try and stop me!," Rhino Dump retorted.

Throwing Rhino Dump around was one thing, but actually attacking him proved more an effort in futility. Instead of a body that could absorb blows, Rhino Dump's body outright repelled them through sheer durability.

"What's the matter? Wanna try those fancy kicks of yours?"

"Let me try this one," Guard said, "My finisher is the strongest."

"Let's hope this one works," Sky said.

Guard leapt into the air for her attack.

"Siren Strike Kick!"

As Guard came down, Rhino Dump activated a special hydraulic brace that extended from his back and anchored him to the ground, letting him withstand the attack.

"You gotta be kidding!?," Guard said as she recovered, "Where did Neo Shocker find these guys!?"

Rhino Dump made another charge and grabbed Sky to try and rip his head off.

"Skyturbo!"

The Skyturbo flew in and knocked away Rhino Dump. He quickly ran off at high speed, the Riders pursuing on their Rider Machines. Along the way, he started towards a kindergarten. One of the teachers tried to get her students out of the way, only to get trampled as Rhino Dump sped past. The Riders quickly stopped to render aid.

Tobei met Ganta in the hospital later.

"How is she?," Tobei asked.

"A few broken bones but nothing life-threatening," Ganta said, relief in his voice, "Luckily Rhino Dump missed her spine. And none of the kids were seriously injured either."

"Certainly better than Jelly Fission's appearance," Tobei noted, "But two kaijin at once is going to be seriously dangerous."

Rhino Dumb finally showed up at Neo Shocker headquarters.

"The scourge of India has arrived!"

"You took your sweet time," Jelly Fission complained, "What was the hold up?"

"Hey, I was booking it at top speed!," Rhino Dump replied, "But in case you forgot, this country is an island! But I guess for somewhere who can move anywhere it's easy to forget topography."

They continued bickering until Admiral Demon slammed the scabbard of his sword into the ground.

"Enough, you buffoons! I didn't call you both here for a contest. Your goal is to divide and conquer by splitting the Riders' focus. Jelly Fission, explain your strategy first."

"My plan is to release the poisonous jellyfish inside my body into Tokyo's water supply," Jelly Fission explained, "They'll spread over the entire country!"

"Devious," Tamaki said, "Water is necessary for life, so it's not like people can just stop drinking."

Admiral Demon chuckled in appreciation.

"And what of your plan, Rhino Dump?"

"Mine is more straight and simple," Rhino Dump explained, "I'll just crush Oyama Dam! That'll take out millions in an instant!"

"Now I see why you brought in two operatives for this," Tamaki said, "Jelly Fission's plan takes time and has flaws that can drop its efficiency. Rhino Dump's plan is faster, but more conspicuous."

"Indeed," Admiral Demon admitted, "But with two plans working at the same time, and only three Riders to handle it, the odds of success improve drastically. Plus, both of them have the means to survive the Riders' attacks, and possibly even destroy them."

"So they're trying to split our focus?," Yoh asked.

He was at the agency with Tobei. Tobei nodded at Yoh's question.

"And the two kaijin were able to brush off two finishing moves like they were nothing."

"So what can we do?," Yoh asked, "How can we even win?"

Tobei gave him a reassuring smile.

"We've faced tougher odds than this. Besides, Admiral Demon clearly miscalculated. With an incident like this, there's no way the other Riders still fighting across the world won't send someone back to Japan to aid us."

Meanwhile, Ganta and the girls escorted the teacher Yashima back to her students. They were unaware that Jelly Fission was hiding nearby.

"This is a good place to test my poisonous jellyfish."

He waited until Yashima needed to get a drink of water. However, one student went to get it for her. The tap was stuck, causing the girl to check the faucet. The water spurted out, hitting the poor girl with some of the jellyfish. Shiro quickly poured out a glass of water and inspected it.

"It's full of small jellyfish. They've infested the water tank."

"Jelly Fission," Kiwako realized, "Yashima, don't let the kids drink any water. Find them something else to drink if they get thirsty."

The trio hurried off to search the school as Yashima went to the school's kitchen to grab juice boxes. During the search, Jelly Fission tried to grab Ganta from behind.

"Behind you!," a mysterious voice called out.

Ganta turned around, but Jelly Fission had already pulled back his arm.

"Wasn't that the same voice from before?," Shiro wondered.

They heard a sudden scream, which came from Yashima when she encountered Rhino Dump. The kaijin had grabbed the poor woman and ran off with her. The trio quickly transformed and chased after him on their Rider Machines, still being watched by the mysterious figures.

It wasn't long before the trio managed off Rhino Dump mid-run.

"So you followed me," Rhino Dump said, "But I was just the bait to lure you out. Hey, Jelly Fission!"

The trio turned to see Jelly Fission appear from a nearby pond.

"Just as I predicted," Jelly Fission said, "The Kamen Riders would naturally rush to help any human in danger. This is why I'm the brains of this operation."

"Hey," Rhino Dump said, "Any idiot could figure out that a superhero would try to save a civilian in distress. Besides, if you're the brains I'm the muscle. And the muscle's job is to take out the enemy. So I get to do it."

Jelly Fission looked at him like his eyes should have been blinking.

"You are not nearly as dumb as you look. Fine, go get them."

Rhino Dump handed over Yashima then proceeded to charge at the Riders, who quickly dodged out of the way.

"Great," Blood said, "Caught between a rock and a soft place, neither of which we can easily smash through."

"If only we had some backup," Guard noted, "Another Kamen Rider would be nice about now."

"We might be able to at least get Yashima to safety," Sky suggested, "Ganbare Gun!"

The blood bullets knocked around Rhino Dump, leaving a path for Guard to charge at Jelly Fission.

"Electro Guard!"

Guard used a brief burst of electricity, enough to knock aside Jelly Fission without harming Yashima.

"Looks like they've still got some bite in them," Rhino Dumb admitted.

"They still don't have the power to destroy us," Jelly Fission pointed out, "We still win! There's no one who can help them now!"

"How about four!?," a familiar voice rang out.

Everyone looked up in the direction of the voice. Sky, Guard, and Blood were shocked to see four more Kamen Riders. Specifically, the 00 Riders of Stronger, Tackle, Stream, and Arsenal.

"Heaven calls!," Arsenal called out.

"Earth calls!," Stream added.

"Man calls!," Tackle added.

"They call upon us to protect them from evil," Stronger finished, "We are warriors of justice! The 00 Kamen Riders!"

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*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

Kamen Riders Sky, Guard, and Blood had been in a bind facing two kaijin summoned by Admiral Demon. Both Jelly Fission and Rhino Dump seemed impervious to all their attacks. But fortunately for the new Riders, help arrived in the form of the 00 Riders, their immediate predecessors in the Rider Collective. Stronger, Tackle, Stream, and Arsenal all arrived just as the two kaijin were overwhelming the three newer heroes.

"What are the 00 Riders doing in Japan!?," Rhino Dump asked in shock.

"We were hunting down Jelly Fission," Stronger explained, "Though a few friends of ours will be interested to find out you left your own division, Rhino Dump."

He immediately leapt down and struck Jelly Fission with an electric shock. Stream also leapt down and sent Rhino Dump flying with a gravity enhanced punch. With seven Riders working together, the fight wound up much easier, allowing Tackle and Guard to get the teacher Yashima to safety. During one charge, Rhino Dump wound up flung to the ground with his horn stuck in the dirt, letting Sky, Arsenal, and Blood stomp on his back.

Back at Neo Shocker HQ, Tamaki was surprised.

"I thought those other Rider were just urban legends."

"Unfortunately, they are all too real," Admiral Demon said, "Ugh, and now it's caused those two idiots to start arguing with each other again. Hey, you dunderheads! Break off from the Riders and complete your mission!"

The kaijin heard the orders through their internal radio transceivers and immediately did as ordered.

"Thanks for the help," Sky said as he and Stronger shook hands.

"We'd heard about the new Skyriders," Stronger said, "You've been well here in Japan."

"Skyriders?," Blood wondered.

"I guess it works as a team name," Guard admitted, "Sky is more or less our leader."

"I'd heard that other Kamen Riders were protecting the rest of the world," Sky said, "I'm honored to finally meet you in person."

"We were tracking Jell Fission from Kowloon," Tackle noted, "We weren't sure why he was suddenly called to Japan."

"Apparently he has plans to poison Tokyo's water supply," Blood explained, "Earlier we found out he infested a school's water tank with poisonous jellyfish."

"Yeah, he stores those things in his own body," Stream said, "He must have been breeding them for months beforehand. Do we know what Rhino Dump is planning?"

"We don't know part he has to play in their attack," Sky admitted, "He seems more brawn than strategy."

"He's also been about pure destruction," Stronger noted, "Some of our fellow Riders have stopped him when he was planning to destroy major dams, which would have killed millions."

"He's probably trying the same thing here," Blood realized.

"It would certainly fit his usual motive," Arsenal noted, "Two attacks at once, nearly indestructible monsters... Admiral Demon must have been trying to take advantage of your current inexperience."

Meanwhile, Rhino Dump had finally reached Oyama Dam. He looked up at how big it was.

"Wow, they really build their dams to last here in Japan. This is going to a bit more planning than normal, but I really wanna bust it up so bad."

He headed off as one of the damn workers arrived, thinking he heard something.

"What's up, Kanayama?," another worked asked.

"Thought I heard something," Kanayama replied, "I must be getting overworked."

"You do get nervous over every little detail," the worker pointed out.

"Well, if something happened to the dam," Kanayama said, "It could be disastrous. In this line of work you need to be paranoid. If all that water came crashing down, thousands of people living in the valley below would be meeting their maker."

The two Rider teams drove up to the dam, complementing each other on their Rider Machines.

"So yours is a miniaturized tank?," Blood asked Arsenal, "That's awesome!"

"My Atomic Panzer," Arsenal said, "It doesn't need a turret, since I already have one built into my suit."

"Here's the Oyama Dam," Sky noted, "If Rhino Dump was going to cause the most amount of damage it would be here. But I don't see any problems so far."

Stronger then realized something.

"Because Jelly Fission hasn't made his own move. They must be trying to attack simultaneously, so Rhino Dump is waiting until Jelly Fission has bred enough of his poisonous jellyfish to infest all of Tokyo's water systems. That would take them three days."

"That's not a lot of time to prepare," Sky noted.

Stronger nodded in agreement.

"If we don't stop this plan, tens of millions will die."

"With more Riders working together, we can at least focus our efforts more," Sky said, "Stronger, you've already been tracking down Jelly Fission, so we can leave him to you and your team. Me, Guard, and Blood will work on stopping Rhino Dump."

"Sounds good," Stronger agreed.

Later, Jelly Fission was in his base breeding more of his jellyfish.

"Things are coming along nicely."

Rhino Dump soon entered.

"How's the breeding going?"

"Their numbers are matching expectations," Jelly Fission said, "We should everything we need for our combined attack in three days."

He showed Rhino Dump the valve attached to the breeding tank.

"The Ari Commandos have attached this to Tokyo's water supply. Once this valve is opened, all of these lovely little jellyfish will infest thousands of water tanks in districts across the city. Enough to fatally poison tens of millions at a time! So, how's your own plan coming along?"

"Despite my more straightforward thinking, I'm not as much as an idiot as you might think," Rhino Dump said, "I'm actually quite the demolitions expert. Breaking down a dam is not as simple as just ramming into it over and over again, after all."

"So Joe and his friends are back in Japan, are they?," Tobei said, "Man, I'd love to catch up."

He was meeting with the Skyriders at the cafe.

"You've met Kamen Riders before?," Shiro asked.

"Hell, I was there when Naofumi became the first Kamen Rider," Tobei explained, "I've been a support to every team of Kamen Rider that's cropped up since. It'll be reassuring to have a second team of Riders in Japan, now that we have two kaijin to worry about."

"So which Rider is the strongest?," Seina wondered.

"That's not an easy question to answer," Tobei said, "All Kamen Riders have their own strengths and weaknesses. You could bang actions figures together all day to debate, but what's important is that they're out there fighting evil to protect humanity, whether it be humans, Demihumans, Blessed, or Deadmen."

Ganta nodded in agreement.

"As much as I'd like to test my own power against Stronger, now's not the time. First we need to make sure Rhino Dump and Jelly Fission are stopped. To that end, we need to get stronger ourselves to overcome Rhino Dump's physical might."

Tobei chuckled.

"I know a thing or two about training Kamen Riders, too."

The Skyriders headed out to a special training camp Tobei had ready and activated their devices.

"Henshin!"

Tobei nodded as Sky, Guard, and Blood approached.

"Okay, the first thing we need to do is see how well you can breakdown tougher substances. Try those large boulders over there."

The trio launched their finishing moves, which just bounced off. Tobei started to see the problem.

"A wider target provides better balance, throwing off the Rider Kick. What you need is a stronger foundation behind the kick. Try throwing a rotation into the kick, like a drill."

Sky tried to work with spinning more in midair.

"Sky Kick!"

The extra spins created more energy, cracking the boulder significantly.

"Now, Guard, Blood!," Tobei called out, "Follow it up!"

"Siren Strike Kick!"

"Blood Iron Kick!"

The two Riders hit the boulder one after another, reducing it to powder.

"Perfect!," Tobei said, "Now you can take down Rhino Dump once and for all!"

"And we still have two days to stop the attack," Sky added.

"I must admit to some concern," Admiral Demon said, "Stronger is well versed in Jelly Fission's skills. Including his ability to breed jellyfish."

"You thinking he's already predicted when the operation will begin?," Tamaki asked.

"Hmm, I'd bet money on it," Admiral Demon replied, "To that end, I've given orders to Jelly Fission and Rhino Dump to begin their operation a day early. It will result it fewer deaths, obviously, but the odds of success will improve dramatically. Besides... It's not like we wish to genocide the humans."

Jelly Fission was already checking on the health of the jellyfish he bred to make sure they were ready to swim through the water system. Meanwhile Rhino Dump was having Aris place dynamite crates at specific locations across the Oyama Dam. While they would only be strong enough to crack the dam, Rhino Dump intended to finish the job with his own strength directed at the crack.

"This morning is going to prove devastating for the citizens!," Rhino Dump bragged.

Little did he realize, Kanayama was still doing inspections late into the night. One of the workers was taking over the last shift and ran into some of the Aris. Rhino Dump was quick to have him captured to ensure he couldn't get out any information.

The next morning came in and Rhino Dump was getting ready.

"Everything's set. Aris, go report to Jelly Fission."

"We're ready for the operation," an Ari reported.

"Then we'll get started right away," Jelly Fission said, "Open the hatch!"

The Aris hopped down while a Shiro Ari started the valve.

Elsewhere, Kanayama was talking with his son Kiyoshi.

"Can you show me the dam, Dad?," Kiyoshi asked.

"I'm not sure," Kanayama said, "I don't think it would be very interesting."

"But I want to see how you work," Kiyoshi said.

Kanayama chuckled.

"Well, alright then."

He brought Kiyoshi and some of his friends to the central workings of the dam, explaining how they all worked. Suddenly, he came upon the missing worker, barely alive after encountering Rhino Dump.

"What happened, Iwata!?," Kanayama asked as he helped his coworker.

Iwata just pointed to the nearby time bomb before expiring.

"Dynamite!," Kanayama realized, "Kids, we need to run!"

The boys ran out as Kanayama stayed behind to try and disarm the timer. Thankfully he had his wire cutters, so disarming it was simple. However, he then saw there were several more scattered around the area. He started rushing to disarm has many as he could get to.

"Just who would do something like this?," he wondered.

Meanwhile at the cafe, Yoh was getting water for coffee when he spotted jellyfish in the pot.

"Uh oh! Chief, you'd better contact Ganta!"

Tobei saw what Yoh was talking about and called the Riders.

"Ganta, they've started early. We're seeing jellyfish in the water supply."

'I know,' Ganta replied, 'We're already seeing a few causalities. Looks like Admiral Demon move his schedule ahead. I've just contacted Stronger and my team's heading for the dam.'

The Skyriders raced for the dam while the 00 Riders traced the water supply to find Jell Fission's base. Admiral Demon may have temporarily outsmarted them, but that didn't mean they were going to just give up. At the dam, Rhino Dump was waiting for the setup.

"Time to start things off with a bang!"

He waited, but nothing was happening.

"Huh... I know I checked all the equipment, there shouldn't be any sort of malfunction."

He went down to look, and stumbled upon Kanayama carrying Iwata on his back.

"Now I see!," Rhino Dump realized, "You must have managed to disarm all my bombs! Not gonna lie, I'm actually a little impressed. Angered, but impressed. That said, I think a little punishment is in order for getting in my way!"

He called in his Aris, who brought over Kiyoshi and his friends.

"What's say you all get blown up together!?"

Meanwhile, Jelly Fission was getting ready to open another water tank to continue his own plan.

"Stop right there!," Stronger said as he appeared.

The other 00 Riders arrived as well.

"You almost had us starting your plans early," Stream admitted.

"Shame an old friend of ours caught on," Tackle quipped.

"Impossible!," Jelly Fission said in shock, "We started so that you couldn't stop us! You finding out anyway is just ludicrous!"

"That's the force of justice for you," Stronger said, "It may just be fate that we're always alerted to evil."

The 00 Riders proceeded to dispatch the Aris, while Jelly Fission quickly hopped into the water tank.

Meanwhile, the Skyriders had stopped Rhino Dump's attempt to reinstall his bombs before it could even start, taking out the Aris to free the kids.

"How did you get here so early!?," Rhino Dump asked in shock, "Admiral Demon was supposed to have outsmarted you!"

"Brains aren't everything," Sky taunted, "Neither is brawn. You need a balanced skillset in order to claim victory."

The fight soon headed outside, where Rhino Dump was shocked at the newfound strength of the Skyriders. During the fight, Jelly Fission appeared in the dam's waters.

"Here too?," he said when he saw the fight.

He quickly hopped out to join the fight.

"What happened?," Rhino Dump asked.

"Stronger and his team arrived sooner than we thought," Jelly Fission said, "I didn't get the chance to finish. Why's the dam still up?"

"My bomb's got disarmed when I wasn't looking," Rhino Dump explained.

Jelly Fission growled in frustration.

"We can still redeem ourselves. If we kill the Kamen Riders then I'm sure Admiral Demon will forgive us. Even better, I can release my jellyfish into the dam's water."

But before he could try, the 00 Riders arrived from the water basin.

"Sorry, Jelly Fission!," Tackle said, "But you lose again!"

The four heroes started throwing around Jelly Fission, slamming him into the nearby walls. Several Aris tried to move in.

"Let's do this old school!," Stronger declared, "Electro Shock!"

Tackle nodded.

"Magnetic Toss!"

The Aris wound up fried and thrown about by the two attacks. Jelly Fission's body was also paralyzed by the electric powers Stronger possessed. Higher up, the Skyriders were dealing with Rhino Dump, dodging his charges while slamming his body with their attacks.

"I'm not gonna let our scheme go to waste!," Rhino Dump declared, "I'll smash this dam apart myself!"

He started trying to charge into the upper walls.

"Original Sin!"

"Ganbare Gun!"

Rhino Dump was slammed aside by Sky and Blood's Deadman powers.

"Now to get some real height for this finisher!," Sky declared, "Sailing Jump!"

He hit the switches on his Tornado and flew into the air, coming down with a hard spin.

"He's using his Sky Kick," Rhino Dump realized, "But I can easily withstand it."

He activated the hydraulic brace in his tail as Sky neared him.

"Sky Kick!"

The impact actually broke Rhino Dump's brace and sent him sprawling. Jelly Fission looked on in shock.

"It can't be... Rhino Dump was specially designed to brace against the Rider Kick..."

Rhino Dump stumbled to his feet.

"I can't believe I lost India... Jell Fission... Avenge me..."

He then collapsed and exploded.

"Rhino Dump!," Jelly Fission called out.

"Don't mourn for him," Stronger said, "Because you're about to join him in Hell!"

He leapt into the air and began to spin like a drill.

"Stronger Electro Kick!"

The powerful electrical kick, backed by the focused centrifugal force, allowed Stronger to bypass Jelly Fission kinetic absorption and send him flying. He picked himself up, but it was clear he was on his last legs.

"We nearly had Hong Kong... Our forces in Southeast Asia will..."

That was as far as he got before he collapsed, his body exploding to signal his final end. The seven Kamen Riders cheered and congratulated each other, Sky and Stronger shaking hands.

"We did it," Stronger said.

"Thanks to your help," Sky said, "But what about the jellyfish still in the water."

"They'll soon dissolve without Jelly Fission to maintain them," Stronger assured him.

"Of course there was another hero today," Sky said, "Kanayama risked his life to protect the dam. If he hadn't managed to disarm Rhino Dump's bombs, millions would be dead."

"It's good to know there are still normal people willing to stand up and be heroes," Stronger replied.

As the 00 Riders prepared to leave Japan once more, the newly named Skyriders prepared themselves for the continued fight against Admiral Demon. This was his most wicked plan to date, but with it having been thwarted, the Skyriders were confidant they could handle almost any other plan he could come up with.

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*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

Seina was showing all his friends the new remote controlled airplane he was given. He even let one boy named Shin have a go at trying it out.

"See, you can control the altitude and direction. It takes a lot of skill, just like flying a real airplane."

Suddenly, the plane went out of control and disappeared from sight. The kids quickly went to check the spot they last saw it.

"Sorry, Seina," Shin said, "I guess I lost control of it."

"It was your first time," Seina assured him, "I had to practice for a while before I could get that good. Anyway, it should be somewhere around here. Ah, there it is."

The plane had landed on the staircase of a local warehouse. It looked to be largely intact. But as Seina went to retrieve it, he spotted a truck approaching. Several men in cold suits came out of the back, along with a yeti-like monster.

"Yeti Ski has arrived!"

He jumped out of the truck and immediately felt uncomfortable.

"This is far too warm a country for me. It's starting to tan my hide."

He breathed an icy-cold breath that froze several nearby trees.

"Such is the strength of my freezing power," he boasted as he and the Aris walked off.

Seina and Shin carefully peeked out from their hiding place.

"He's from Neo Shocker," Seina noted, "Let's follow him, but carefully."

Meanwhile at the cafe, the gang was waiting for Seina to return.

"It's getting kinda cold out," Yoh noted.

"And Seina hasn't returned yet," Ganta added, "He's usually here by now, being his lively old self."

"I gave Seina a Rider Pendant just in case," Tobei said, "But that boy can be impulsive."

Back in the warehouse, Seina was checking out a switch panel on one of the walls.

"Doesn't look like anything happens when the switches are tripped."

He closed the panel, and a nearby set of boxes moved away from the wall to reveal a hidden door. The two boys looked inside and spotted a secret Neo Shocker lair. Admiral Demon was there addressing Yeti Ski, along with Tamaki who was decked out in a special insulating suit.

"So this is the freezing missile?," Admiral Demon asked as he looked over the device.

"This is the pride of the Waytucool Empire," Yeti Ski boasted, "A single blast from this and all of Japan will become a frozen hell!"

"Most of the country can survive such an icy fate," Tamaki noted, "But Tokyo, the epicenter of the blast, will become a frozen wasteland with no survivors."

"Yes, finally my goal will be completed," Admiral Demon said maliciously, "When will it be launched?"

"We first need to find a suitable sacrifice," Yeti Sky said.

He pointed to a human-shaped indentation inside the rocket. Yeti Sky was a representative of the interstellar Waytucool Empire, having been made into a partnership with Neo Shocker. As part of the alliance, Yeti Ski was willingly remodeled into a kaijin and eventually rose to become commander of the Cape York division. One of the Waytucool traditions was to pray to their god Sheever for victory and glory. Part of that ritual involved a sacrifice, normally to a four-horned effigy of Sheever.

"The launch device for the missile is connected to the sacrifice," Yeti Ski explained, "And it's triggered when their heart rate rises and then stops."

"Fiendishly clever," Tamaki admitted, "Well, no time like the present to find such a sacrifice, yes? I for one am interested in such a cultural exchange."

"As am I," Admiral Demon said, "Aris, go and find a suitable sacrifice! Scour all of Tokyo if you have to!"

"This is bad," Seina said, "We need to tell Ganta about this."

Suddenly, the boys slipped off the staircase, letting the Aris grab them.

"Well know," Admiral Demon said, "Here's two possible candidates already."

The Aris started to try stuffing Shin into the slot, but he seemed too big.

"Get him in there!," Admiral Demon said, "Break his bones if you have to!"

"That would only anger Sheever," Yeti Ski argued, "He needs the sacrifice alive and unspoiled. The slot represents the necessary dimensions of the sacrifice as sent in a vision by Sheever himself. It must be a young girl, one clean and pure of virtue."

"Very well," Admiral Demon said, annoyed, "We will give the Aris three days to find such a girl. That is all I will allow for this inconvenience. As for these two runts, have them left in the dungeons. Let's go, Tamaki."

The two men left, and Yeti Ski nodded in understanding.

"You heard him. Our lives will be on the line if we can't pull this off. Begin searching the city!"

Yeti Ski and his Ari Commando unit started searching for the intended victim. His icy breath could act as a sort of cryo containment, freezing living beings without killing them. This let him make the abductions without killing a potential sacrifice. Each child was inspected in turn, and rejected if they were boys. The Aris attacked parks, school buses, and elementary schools. It wasn't long before news of the attacks reached the Private Eye in the Sky Agency.

"People being frozen alive," Kiwako noted, "And young girls getting abducted."

"This sounds like Neo Shocker's work again," Tobei said, "It's beginning to be a pattern at this point."

"This might explain why Seina never showed up," Shiro suggested, "But then again, he is a boy."

"No, it's still possible he was attacked by Neo Shocker," Ganta said, "I tried looking everywhere but I couldn't find them."

That's when a young girl named Michi entered the agency.

"Excuse me, I'm trying to return Seina and Shin's bag. They went out to find their airplane, but they never came back."

"They remote controlled airplane I built for Seina?," Tobei asked, "What happened?"

"It went out of control when Shin was using it," Michi explained.

"Do you know where it went?," Ganta asked.

Michi nodded, and offered to lead the group there. As they set off, however, a sudden flurry surrounded the trio. Yeti Ski and his Aris arrived from within the snow.

"I must have that child!," Yeti Ski demanded, "Hand her over!"

He launched his icy breath, but the three Riders grabbed the girl and dodged away from the blast. The Aris managed to wrestle Michi away from Ganta, but that's when the Skyriders activated their devices.

"Henshin!"

Yeti Ski soon found himself facing Kamen Riders Sky, Guard, and Blood.

"Ah, the famous Kamen Riders," Yeti Ski noted, "I've been waiting for the chance to face you! Now I will show the might of my Shuricicles!"

He pulled several icicles off his body and threw them like they were shuriken. As the Riders dodged, the Shuricicles hit the ground and exploded in an icy blast. Yeti Ski then leapt in to attack using his icy breath.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky blasted the kaijin's mouth with his blood bullets.

"Ugh...," Yeti Ski said as he spat the substance out, "Tastes like copper..."

"Most monsters with breath powers, we quip that they need a breath mint," Guard noted, "You're the first one who needs the opposite."

Yeti Ski leapt in with more icicles, only for Sky to grab the kaijin's arm and twist it around, jabbing the sharp ice right in its owner's eye.

"Damn you!," Yeti Ski called out, "I won't forget this injustice!"

"You're a member of an evil organization hellbent on killing humans and kidnapping kids," Blood pointed out, "I'd say it's perfect justice."

Yeti Ski just disappeared without so much as a word.

"Speaking of which," Guard said, "Those Aris are leaving with Michi."

Sky spotted them getting into a truck.

"Skyturbo!"

"Patrol Machine!"

"Crimson Speeder!"

The three Rider Machines answered their owners' call, allowing the Skyriders to race after the truck. Unfortunately, it disappeared in a burst of icy cold mist.

Admiral Demon looked over the girls brought so far, but was enraged.

"Not a single one of them fits the device! All those children, and the Aris can't find a suitable sacrifice!?"

"No need to cry over spilled milk, Admiral," Tamaki said, "If Yeti Ski can't deliver on his promise, you could always execute him and appeal to Great Leader to wipe out the empire. All it would waste is time, after all."

"Yes, but it would be embarrassing for a scheme to fail on its own merit," Admiral Demon replied, "It's one thing to know the Kamen Riders foiled you. At least you can assume it might have worked. But failing because of your own actions is much worse."

Tamaki shrugged in acceptance.

"It is infuriating that Yeti Ski is being picky about the selection. It's religious fanatics like him that led me to become Atheist."

Yeti Ski entered, then immediately, blasted a bonfire that was being used to keep the children warm in their cell. Tamaki was incensed.

"Hey! We're supposed to be keeping these kids alive so they can still be useful! What's the big deal!?"

"I can't risk any heat while this Shuricicle is stuck in my eye," Yeti Ski explained, "If it melts, my freezing gas would bleed from the wound. That would cause my core temperature to quickly rise and kill me. Even what humans consider room temperature is too much for my race."

Seina then noticed Michi was being held captive.

"Hey, that's my friend you have! You'll wish you were melting by the time the Kamen Riders get to you!"

"Shut up, you brat!," Yeti Ski said.

He launched his freezing gas, scattering the kids but catching Shin, sealing his body in a cryo cocoon.

"Anyway, we brought one more girl. Let's see if she fits the bill."

To Admiral Demon's delight, Michi fit the indentation perfectly.

"Finally! I was starting to get impatient, but you pulled it off after all."

"We should be able to launch the missile by the end of the day," Yeti Ski said, "Once the ritual is complete, this missile will freeze all of Tokyo, turning it into an icy hell. The cold will spread to all of Japan, making it a perfect home for my people."

"While still adhering to Neo Shocker's goals," Admiral Demon added, "This partnership will work out well after all."

"I've been informed that the modifications to Deadman Wonderland have been completed," Tamaki said, "Making it protected from the coming ice age. I'm glad I haven't been left out in all this."

"We did have a bargain, after all," Admiral Demon said, "Great Leader has learned the price of not adhering to such deals."

Meanwhile, Tobei and Yoh finished creating a small little gadget, which was handed to Ganta.

"This ring contains a small amount of highly concentrated liquid oxygen," Tobei explained, "There's one for each of you. Press the switch here, and the liquid oxygen will ignite and shoot fire for thirty seconds."

Kiwako nodded as she picked up her device.

"We can assume Yeti Ski is vulnerable to higher temperatures. Moreover, Ganta gave us a possible weak point by stabbing the kaijin's eye with his own Shuricicle. Now the only issue is finding his base."

"We can narrow down the search location to places near Seina's school," Shiro suggested.

Speaking of Seina, he still had his remote airplane, and was making plans to use it to send a message outside. Tamaki noticed this and tried to bring it to Admiral Demon's attention, but the admiral just signaled him further away from the children.

"If that boy is able to lure the Kamen Riders here, then we can finish them off all at once. So let him be and make him think his plan can work."

Of course, Admiral Demon didn't count on just how cautious the Skyriders could be. Ganta did get the message to follow the plane, but had Kiwako and Shiro wait outside the warehouse for a bit while he went in on his own just in case of a trap. This proved to be a good idea as the room he first entered was sealed and filled with a freezing gas.

"Crap! Kamen Riders can't transform below a certain temperature threshold!"

Admiral Demon's laughter echoed through the chamber as he appeared.

"There's no escape from this chamber, Ganta Igarashi! Before long you will face a frozen tomb in this chamber! Even a Deadman's blood is useless if its too cold! And don't bother attacking me, either. This is merely an illusion projected onto the icy mist. I just wanted to show you something interesting before you die. Have a look!"

He showed a projection of Michi still trapped in the missile, and Seina in the nearby cell.

"The exhaust from that missile will spell the end of that boy and his friends! This entire base will become a tomb for all of you as Japan is plunged into a new Ice Age!"

He cackled as his image disappeared.

Tamaki looked concerned as Admiral Demon sat on his throne.

"There's no sign of the other two Riders."

"What difference does it make?," Admiral Demon assured him, "They'll never break Ganta out and find the missile in time to stop the launch."

But Admiral Demon had underestimated how strong a Kamen Rider could be when transformed, as Shiro was about to prove when she activated her Deadman Switch.

"Henshin!"

Kiwako stood back as Shiro transformed into Kamen Rider Blood.

"Blood Iron Punch!"

Her natural control over her own blood allowed the punch to turn into a spiraling drill, breaking through the thick door and allowing Ganta to escape from the freezing gas.

"Heart rate is accelerating to necessary levels," an Ari reported, "We're ready for launch preparations."

"Good," Yeti Ski said, "Once Sheever is satisfied, we will unleash ice and snow on this entire country."

A launch gate above the missile silo opened.

"Ready in 30 seconds," the Ari reported.

That's when the Skyriders stormed into the base, dispatching the Aris in rapid succession. Blood tossed Seina her ring.

"Use that ring to melt the lock on the cell!"

Guard leapt over Yeti Ski as he charged, then used her might to destroy the launch computer. She then used her own ring to melt the lock on the missile and free Michi. Yoh showed up as Yeti Ski fled with his Aris.

"Good timing, Yoh," Sky said, "Get the kids to safety."

"Got it," Yoh replied.

He started leading the kids out of the base.

Yeti Ski hopped into the back of his truck and drove off, the Rider Machines in hot pursuit.

"Swing around and cut them off!," Sky called out.

The Patrol Machine and Crimson Speeder took a side road, letting them get ahead of the truck and block its escape. Yeti Ski hopped out to confront the Riders.

"You shall pay for disrupting a sacred ritual of my people, Riders!"

"The ritual a god who requires child sacrifices is clearly one of evil!," Sky retorted, "As warriors of justice, we refuse to regret such actions!"

The Skyriders proceeded to thrash the Aris.

"Frozen Spear!"

Yeti Ski pulled off some of his icicles and tossed them to the Aris, the icicles turning into spears in their hands. They proceeded to charge at the Riders.

"Ganbare Gun!"

Sky quickly fired off blood bullets that melted the spears due to their heat. Enraged, Yeti Ski proceeded to lob explosive icicles, only for the Skyriders to dodge the blasts. Yeti Ski fired out a blast of freezing gas, managing to briefly catch Sky. However, since he was already transformed, the energy of his Rider Power quickly thawed him out, shocking the kaijin. Sky then landed blow after blow, but the most painful was the one hit the icicles still lodged in Yeti Ski's eye.

"Hello," Sky said, "Looks like a weak spot. Time for the final ring to do its job."

He launched the ring's flame, quickly melting the icicle and causing a mass of freezing gas to come pouring out.

"No!," Yeti Ski wailed, "My precious cold! My body's becoming too warm!"

"Let me put you of your misery!," Sky said as he leapt into the air, "Sky Kick!"

The kick sent Yeti Ski flying. He stumbled to his feet.

"I should have stayed in Greenland... Now it will be lost without my aid..."

He collapsed to the ground and exploded. Shortly afterward the missile base exploded as well. Shin immediately thawed out with Yeti Ski's death, causing Seina and Yoh to breath a sigh of relief.

"Not to make a bad pun," Blood said as the kids celebrated, "But it looks like we stopped Neo Shocker's ice age cold."

Sky and Guard nodded in agreement. And they would continue to stop Neo Shocker's schemes, until they day they could end the evil organization once and for all.

Chapter Text

*As Kamen Rider Sky rides towards the camera, he's joined by Kamen Rider Guard and a third mosquito-themed Rider on a modified Yamaha YZR500. This is Kamen Rider Blood and her Crimson Speeder. The music begins as the camera pans over the landscape and the title appears.*

Skyrider Wonderland

(Let's Go!) Fly up! Fly up! High up in the wide open skies!

*Ganta Igarashi is seen paragliding over the land.*

Sailing Jump! (Go! Go!) Flying with the clouds

*We get a closeup of Ganta's face beneath his safety helmet.*

Burning up! Henshin! My soul into power

*Ganta lands and starts riding alongside Kiwako Makina and Shiro Tamago, all three now transformed.*

With quick poses, I shall change to a fighter (Go! Go!)

*The three Riders are seen close up as they continue to ride along the road.*

The invincible Rider! Kamen Rider!

*Various scenes are shown of the Riders battling Neo Shocker monsters in tandem.*

When the battle gets tough for everyone, the time to fight finally comes now

*Sky guns the Skyturbo as the battle scenes reach a conclusion with his victory.*

Burning up! (Jump!) Burning up! (Fight!)

*The Skyturbo smashes its way through a building's window.*

Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Burning up! Kamen Rider!

*Sky shows his ability to fly through the air, Mount Fuji appearing in the background. A scene of Shiro inspecting a large belt buckle is shown.*

Shiro Tamago, once a prisoner of Deadman Wonderland. It was she who killed Ganta's classmates, but has since shown remorse for her actions. In order to fight back against the cruelty of Neo Shocker, she seeks atonement as the warrior Kamen Rider Blood.

*Sky lands next to Guard and Blood as the narration ends and they pose for the camera.*

As a motorcyclist dressed in black was riding down the highway, a mysterious man in green stood watching from a large hill. The cyclist was forced to stop as a sudden avalanche hit the road. The man quickly ran over and corralled the cyclist, who it turned out was an Ari Commando. Once the grunt was taken out, the man searching the body and found a document in the Ari's belt.

"As I thought. Details on Neo Shocker's secret plan."

He carefully took photos of the documents.

'Unit 404, please respond,' came a sudden call from the bike.

The call was coming from a Neo Shocker base.

"I'm not getting anything from 404. Sending reinforcements."

A motorcycle unit of Aris headed for the location in question. By the time they arrived, the man had already replaced the document tube and run off with the pictures.

Later, a call came into the Private Eye in the Sky Agency. Tobei picked up the phone and was pleasantly surprised.

"Hey, Ito! I didn't know you were back from Canada. How was Toronto?"

'I'm afraid this isn't a social call, Tobei,' Ito said, 'I'm in Yokohama at the Taishinro. We need to make ASAP.'

Tobei was suddenly concerned.

"Got it. I'll head over right away. Be careful in the meantime. Ganta! Kiwako! Shiro! We need to get going!"

The three Skyriders came in from the lower garage.

"We heading off, Chief?"

"Yeah, to Yokohama," Tobei said, "Just got a job call in from there. Yoh, get the jeep started."

"Yes, Sir," Yoh replied.

He switched the cafe sign to closed and the gang headed out.

The Taishinro turned out to be a restaurant.

"Greeting, ladies and gentlemen," a waiter said, "Table for five?"

"Actually, I'm here to meet a Mister Ito," Tobei explained.

The waiter gave Tobei a critical eye.

"I wonder, what is today's special?"

Tobei recognized the code phrase, likely given to the waiter in case of spies.

"Meat buns, if I recall."

The waiter smiled and bowed.

"This way, please."

He lead them to a large room where Ito was waiting nervously. He breathed a sigh of relief when he recognized Tobei's face.

"Good to see you again," he said as he shook his old friend's hand, "I take it these people are with you?"

"Yeah, they're trustworthy," Tobei assured him, "This is my partner Yoh Takami. And these three are Ganta Igarashi, Kiwako Makina, and Shiro Tamago, the crew behind Private Eye in the Sky."

Ito shook each of their hands in turn. The waiter headed out confirm Ito's food order and leave the group to talk in peace.

"I'm assuming the waiter is trustworthy as well," Tobei noted as he sat down.

"Yes, he knows how to keep secrets," Ito said, "Anyway, I'm assuming you've all heard of Neo Shocker."

"We've been fighting them for a few months now," Ganta replied.

Ito pulled out a camera.

"The film on this camera has documents detailing Neo Shocker's next attack."

He handed the camera to Tobei.

"So there's more people fighting Neo Shocker than just the Kamen Riders?," Shiro asked.

"Every Rider needs a good support crew," Ito pointed out, "Me and a few dedicated people have been helping the Rider Duo deal with Neo Shocker just across the Pacific in North America. We all have our reasons to fight. Some are just good people who feel fighting Neo Shocker is the right thing to do. For me the fight is more personal, since Neo Shocker took my wife and daughter from me."

Meanwhile, the waiter was shocked to find the restaurant suddenly empty.

"Who's there?," he called out.

Suddenly a flying-squirrel humanoid leapt down from the ceiling to ambush him. He grabbed the poor man and bit into his neck using large teeth. This caused him to somehow possess the waiter and take control of him.

Kiwako took the film out of the camera and carefully concealed it.

"We'll make sure to get this developed. For once we might be able to stop a Neo Shocker scheme before it even starts."

The waiter then came back into the room.

"Mister Ito, I'd be happy to have the film developed for you."

Ito handed over the film, but Shiro noticed the odd shadow the waiter was casting, which didn't look human. Quickly the man ran out of the room.

"That film is mine now!"

Ganta quickly chased after the man, managing to corner him before long.

"You might as well show your true face, Neo Shocker."

The man scoffed.

"Since you know already, I guess I have no choice."

The squirrel creature de-possessed the waiter, letting him collapse to the ground.

"You know face Squirrel Vader, the terror of Toronto!"

"That explains why you were chasing Ito," Ganta noted.

He spotted several Aris swarming in, allowing Squirrel Vader to escape via flight. He landed some distance and chuckled as he got out the film.

"Good thing I retrieved this. It would have been bad if Neo Shocker's plans got out."

He suddenly heard the sound of someone clearing their throat and whirled around to spot Kiwako standing there.

"Did you forget there's more than one of us?," she asked.

She worked to try and wrestle away the film, but got ambushed by a second squirrel kaijin.

"Another Squirrel Vader?," Kiwako asked in shock.

"I'm actually Squirrel Vader's brother," the second kaijin explained, "Squirrel Veder, with a long 'e' sound. Together we are known as the Flying Squirrel Brothers!"

Shiro soon arrived to help Kiwako and the two activated their devices.

"Henshin!"

Guard and Blood stood side by side to face the two brothers.

"More Kamen Riders?," Squirrel Vader said in shock, "I thought we ditched them back in Canada."

Sky suddenly landed behind the twins.

"There's way more than just us out there, believe me!"

The brothers quickly tried passing the film between each other to keep it away from the Skyriders. But with three Riders to try and avoid, it wasn't long before Sky managed to get his hands on it. Annoyed, the twin kaijin flew off.

The brothers were a little nervous as the reported the loss of the film to Admiral Demon, but surprisingly he was pleased.

"It seems all is going to plan."

The brothers were confused.

"The film does indeed contain the plans to Operation X," Tamaki explained, "But that's a decoy."

"There's a reason why I called both of you here," Admiral Demon said, "For Operation XY."

"Of course," Squirrel Veder realized, "We were kept in the dark to make it less obvious there was a deception."

Squirrel Vader nodded.

"To fool your enemies, you must be able to fool your allies."

"The last time we tried this it ended badly," Admiral Demon admitted, "So this time we are only revealing a single plan, while keeping Operation Y as secret as possible. So that while Sky and his allies are stopping Operation X, Operation Y will proceed without interference. This time we shall emerge victorious!"

Back at the Private Eye in the Sky Agency, the team had developed the film and was looking through it.

"This is a map of Tokyo," Ganta noted, "And this coded message details how Neo Shocker plans to have human bombs attack in Shinjuku, focusing on the most populated buildings."

"My god," Tobei said, "The devastation created could kill millions."

"The operation is set to start at 3 PM on the 7th," Ganta said.

"Not good," Kiwako said, "That's today."

As the Skyriders headed out, Ito happened to get a call that left him completely shocked.

Squirrel Vader chuckled as he saw the Skyriders hurrying through the city.

"Operation X will likely fail now that they've caught on to it. But with all of them concentrated here, Operation Y will most certainly succeed."

"Here's the location," Kiwako said, "That building has a hundred thousand people working in the area. One bomb going off in that crowd could cause havoc."