“So what is this place, Natsu?” Haruka asked idly as she ran a finger along the dusty wall in the corridor that the twins had decided to explore. “Feels kinda like we’re not supposed to be here.”

“Well, apparently it’s… I think it’s just an old storage room, really. Well, that is, we’re going to one. This is just an empty, dusty hallway in the ass end of the castle,” Natsumi replied, finally stopping in front of a door. “Here we are, the… hey Haru, what did we need to get again?”

Haruka rolled her eyes, “And you always gave me shit for not paying attention in class…”

“I mean the name. I know what it looks like, at least,” Natsumi huffed as she opened the door, taking in the rather spacious chamber full of wooden crates and hastily erected shelves, all old and covered in dust.

“It’s called, uh,” Haruka pulled a notecard out of her pocket and carefully pronounced the name, “Arcano-tachyon Accelerator Rotary Blade Greatsword Attachment Module.”

“.... Y’know, when Celestia said she needed an old, slightly archaic piece of machinery to slap on her sword and make it more powerful, I’d have thought she’d use like a big crystal or something, not a fucking magic chainsaw attachment,” Natsumi shook her head and picked through the assorted bits and bobbles in the room, a tone of frustration leaking into her voice, “God why couldn’t they have organized this room better?”

“Because that’d be too much work.” Haruka answered as she did much the same, stopping when she reached a rather curious looking mirror. “Hey, Natsu?”

“What?”

“Come check out this mirror. I think something’s wrong with it…”

“Hmm?” Natsumi asked as she walked over, eyebrow raising in surprise when she saw the mirror. “.... It’s not reflecting anything- or at least, it’s not reflecting the room.”

“Just looks like it’s reflecting something gray-blue and shiny,” Haruka shrugged and, in a fit of brilliant stupidity reached out and poked the mirror’s surface.

And was promptly sucked through in a flash of light.

“Haruka!” Natsumi screamed, latching onto Haruka’s leg just in time, but not fast enough to keep the both of them from falling through the glassy surface of the mirror portal and into the swirling kaleidoscope of light and color that made up the space between worlds.

“I blame you for thiiiiiiiiiiiiisssss!”

Kelly had just finished her patrol duties with Soarin’ for the day and had driven her Tridoron over to her personal parking lot at Canterlot High School.

“Surprised everyone’s pretty chill with the car…” Kelly muttered. As she got out of the car, she heard some strange noise coming from a statue of a horse whinnying and galloping. “Huh?” Kelly approached it as she noticed the statue shimmering a bit.

The noise, as it turned out, was two girls- young adults really- swearing rather loudly as they were ejected from the base of the statue in a tangle of violently flailing limbs and groans of both pain and confusion. Further inspection revealed both girls to look almost exactly the same with the exception of outfits, hairstyles, and the rather noticeable, recognizable belt wrapped around the short haired girl’s waist.

Kelly went over to the twins and inspected them. That’s when she noticed the belt.

“Huh. Mach’s here too.” Kelly then sighed. “Thank God it’s a Displaced and not Gou…” She muttered. She then turned to the girls. “So… May I have your names?” Kelly asked the two.

“Huh?” the longer haired one asked, finally noticing Kelly as she extracted herself from the tangle, “Who’re yo- holy shit another human!”

“What!?” the other one hopped to her feet and pointed dramatically, “Oh shit it is another human!”

“... Of course I am.” Kelly rolled her eyes. “I’m guessing you got displaced to some world where humans aren’t top of the food chain?” She asked.

“Y-yeah… we got thrown into a world of ponies for… two thousand years or so?” the long haired one responded, sticking out her hand for Kelly to shake, “I’m Natsumi Miwa, and this is my sister Haruka.

Haruka shook her head, “More like two thousand and thirty two. I’m pretty sure that’s how long we spent under Discord’s reign… and being stoned, of course.”

“... Those must be some pretty powerful brownies if you’ve been stoned for two thousand plus years..” Kelly chuckled.

“Not brownies, pony magic,” Natsumi chuckled, then shuddered, “and we were literally stoned… as in stuck as statues.”

“It got real nasty after the pigeons came…” Haruka shuddered as well and pulled a nauseous face. “Springtime will never be the same…”
Kelly’s eyes widened as she put her hand to her jaw, tapping the side of her cheek with her index finger.

“These Displaced surprise me every single time…” Kelly said. She then shook her head. “Well, I haven’t had the… ehem… pleasure of being encased in stone. I mean, I had a mad scientist try to take over my mind multiple times, but meh, par for the course. I’m Kelly, referred around these parts as Professor Silverbolt.” Kelly shook Natsumi’s hand. It was here that Natsumi could see a chromed black bulky belt, almost like the dashboard of a car.

“.... Kelly?” Natsumi asked quietly, “... would the mad scientist in question happen to be named Tenjuro Banno?”

“Yep. Sadly so. No worries, he’s under wraps right now.” Kelly said.

Haruka’s eyes widened as she stole a glance at Kelly’s belt, then squeaked in surprise when she saw her own new, modified belt. “What the-?” Haruka muttered off to the side, “I don’t remember having this…? What happened to the shitty MP one?”

“Right, well, oka-.... Huh, you look like Ryoma Sengoku…” Natsumi blinked as she stared at Kelly’s hair, “Didn’t notice that earlier…”

“Thank God someone noticed. Do you know how many times I’m mistaken for this Professor Silverbolt guy? Well… Only a few times, now that I think of it…” Kelly said.

“So she does. Also, I think my shitty MP Mach Drive turned into an actual Mach Driver… and I don’t think I have any Signal Bikes to work it with. Fuck,” Haruka cut in, proudly displaying her non-functioning, chrome belt. “At least it looks pretty?”

Natsumi bapped Haruka upside the head, “Focus Haru. We’re in a different world now and, as far as I can tell-” For emphasis, she kicked the base of the statue, “-we’re stuck. So we’re gonna need to figure out how to get back as fast as possible.”

“... Okay that’s fine, but like, what are we gonna do in the meanwhile?” Haruka asked, then turned to Kelly, “Hey Kelly, you have any monster troubles around here? Inves? Roidmude? …. Shocker goons?”

“Roidmudes. Well, that and these monsters called Grimm.” Kelly said.

“.... Okay, robots we can handle… I have no idea what Grimm are,” Haruka looked to Natsumi, only to receive another headshake.

“Nope. Only Grimm that comes to mind is that one Eyecon that Necrom used.”

“Necrom? Oh, so one of those new Ghost Riders, right?” Kelly then took her hand and scratched it. “I’m a little behind on Ghost thanks in part to this whole Displacement thing.” Kelly said.

“Well shit.” Haruka shrugged, “Can we get a general description on what they look like and how hard they are to kill?”

“I don’t know much myself… But I do know a guy.” Kelly said.

“Aren’t Corgis adorable?” Fluttershy asked Ross as the two looked at a Corgi puppy in the window.

“I’m considering getting him. Gonna name him Zwei.” Ross said. He then thought a bit about it. “Maaaybe Drei.” He said. Fluttershy looked over and waved.

“Oh hey, it’s Professor Silverbolt!” Fluttershy said. Kelly approached Ross with Natsumi and Haruka in tow as Kelly held up her hand to Ross.

“Girls, this is Ross. Ross, this is Natsumi and Haruka Miwa. They’re Displaced, like us.” She said.

“Um… Displaced?” Fluttershy asked. Ross turned to her.

“Er, Fluttershy, why don’t you look at the cats while I talk about stuff.” Ross said. Fluttershy nodded and went off.

“So, what’re we doin’?” Ross asked.

“Grimm. What are they?” Kelly asked.

“... You brought some Displaced to me just to ask me that?” Ross groaned. “Alright. They’re big, shadowy monster-like animals with bone white masks. They prey on human emotions.”

“Mix that with the Roidmudes ability to sync with said emotions and they have achieved a new mode of evolution. Grimmudes.” Kelly said.

“.... Okay, so- actually I can’t think of a single Rider enemy that does that,” Natsumi muttered. “None of them prey on emotion. But… the more relevant point is…”

“Can we take them down with gun, blade, and judicious use of screaming and flaming kicks to the face and/or balls?” Haruka finished.

“Yeah. They can be taken down with normal weapons. Like this!” Ross then took out a large red mechanical scythe. Kelly held up her hand.

“Woah! Woah! Not in public!” Kelly said.

“Shit, right.” Ross then folded it back into its normal square position and tucked it behind his cape. “But yeah, they’re easy to beat. So easy, there’s schools based around fighting them… Not here, but in a world called Remnant.” Ross said.

“....” Haruka whispered something into Natsumi’s ear, causing them both to start snickering behind their hands.

“Snrk- well, that’s a relief, but what about the Grimmude? They sound like more of a challenge than normal Roidmude.” Natsumi asked.

“It’s as I described. A fusion between Roidmude and Grimm. Think a giant bear. Then stick some Roidmude’s body into its chest. Pretty nasty stuff right there. Not to mention they can divide themselves into smaller Roidmudes.” That’s when Kelly remembered something. “Shit, yeah, there’s also some Foundation X members lurking around here… At least as far as I know from these videos I saw.” Kelly said.

“.... Well that’s…”

“Absolutely fucking horrible,” Haruka stated. “Natsu, let’s go kill some monsters.”

Natsumi facepalmed as she asked Kelly, “Okay, do you have a phone and a map of the city?”

“As a matter of fact, I do.” Kelly then handed the two her phone, which had a map of the entire city of Academia. “I marked some locations that I haven’t looked over myself. … I was pretty busy with… things.” Kelly said.

“Yeah, because the Fall Formal was the most important thing of all.” Ross chuckled.

“Big talk coming from a guy who supported the alpha bitch.” Kelly muttered. Ross kicked Kelly’s shin. “Ow!” Kelly grabbed her shin. “So… chances are some monsters will be laying in wait out there.”

“Good,” Natsumi nodded, typed in her contact information onto Kelly’s phone, transferred the map over to hers and handed Kelly’s phone back. “We’ll probably call you sometime in the middle of the night if we can’t find a place to stay.”

“Yeah, anyway, you two might wanna stand back a bit. Our Henshin tends to get… explosive.” Haruka stepped back, her belt swapping out nigh immediately as she pulled a blue, metallic stag beetle from seemingly nowhere.

Natsumi nodded and did the same, except her beetle was red and was a rhinoceros beetle.

“Henshin.”

“Henshin!”

[HENSHIN]

[HENSHIN]

Twin waves of hexagons then flowed up the twins’ bodies, forming bulky, silver armor with a distinctly insectoid theme to it, with Haruka’s generating shoulder cannons and Natsumi’s having no visible weapons at all.

“Cast off.”

“Cast off!”

[CHANGE: BEETLE]

[CHANGE: STAG BEETLE]

“Huh? What’s going on?” Fluttershy entered the area as Ross ran to Fluttershy.

“Shit! Get down!” Ross tackled Fluttershy.

The armor then immediately exploded from their bodies, revealing the sleeker, more combat oriented forms beneath- Natsumi’s in red and Haruka in blue. Fortunately for the bystanders, the armor simply dissipated into the air after it traveled about six feet, leaving no trace behind but the booming sound of the transformation.

“Kamen Rider… Kabuto,” Natsumi stated proudly, pointing up at the sky.

“Kamen Rider… Gatack,” Haruka finished, pointing dramatically forward at no one in particular.

Ross got up and helped Fluttershy up as well. The three looked at the newly formed Riders.

“Awesome.” Ross muttered.

“If I recall correctly, these are Kabuto Riders…” Kelly then turned to Ross. “Bet they can outrun you in Clock Up…” She said.

“What?” Ross said.

“Clock Up… Like Slowdown. Only it speeds you up instead of slows everyone down.” Kelly said. She turned to the two. “I wish you two the best of luck.” She said.

“We make our own luck, but thanks! Clock up!” Haruka waved, then vanished along with Natsumi, the only evidence of their passage being a massive line of dust kicked up a few seconds later.

CRASH!

Several trees were knocked down by a large boulder. A large, black gorilla with white, stone-like plates on its chest, back, arms, and even face roared out. On its head was the armless, legless body of a Cobra-Type Roidmude whose number plate only had --- on it.

Not far from the Grimmude was a man with white hair and icy blue eyes in a white uniform with silver linings on it. One thing that stuck out from this Foundation X styled uniform was his purple scarf.

“Perfect… The notes Silverbolt gave us have proven useful after all… And so have these Grimm…” He said. Just then, he heard something in the distance. He smirked. “LOOK ALIVE, HARAMBE! YOU GOT GUESTS!” He said as he went to hide. The Gorilla Grimmude snarled and looked at where the speeding sound was coming from.

Immediately, a blue blur of light and pain swept across the distance and met with the Grimmude’s face with the ever so distinct noise of,

“RIDER KICK!”

Which subsequently caused a massive flare of tachyon energy to surge and explode, driving the kick even further in with a force that could shatter diamond and even melt steel beams.

With that force, the Gorilla’s head came clean off. As the head rolled into the rest of the woods, the Gorilla began to flail without its head. Its roar still heard across the forest.

The figure that did such damage resolved into Haruka, posed cockily with her hands on her hips, “Damn, and here I thought I could do as much damage to you as the Cincinnati Zoo did. Guess not. Hey Natsu! One more!”

“TOH!” came the responding cry in the distance as a red blur came flying in and struck the Grimmude in the chest with even more force.

“RIDER PUNCH!”

Much like a certain bald hero, the punch entered the Grimmude’s chest and basically atomized him to nothing, dissolving from the chest outwards. While its cries were still out there, the twins were reassured that it would be the end of the major threat for this monster.

“Now then…” Haruka muttered as she scanned the area, “Where’d the other guy go…?”

“The weird scarf guy shouting about Harambe?” Natsumi asked, disappearing for a moment before the both of them appeared right above said man’s hiding spot, “You mean this guy?”

“So I do.” Haruka grinned behind her helmet, “Hey, you know it’s pretty hard to hide from people with superspeed, right?” The man simply laughed and clapped his hands.

“I applaud your skills, Kamen Rider… You taught me that these mass produced Roidmudes are inferior to the 108 that Banno had made, even with the fusion between them in the Grimm.” He said.

“Yeah, they’re pretty flimsy. A real Roidmude would have just exploded, not shredded,” Natsumi waved airily, then whipped out her kunai gun and aimed it dead center at the man’s forehead, “So what say you get out of town and never bother anyone with this crap ever again, hmm? My sister and I may not be mass murderers anymore, but we have no problem putting someone down to save everyone else.”

“Ne ne, calm down sis, don’t have to point a gun at him,” Haruka interjected as she held up a fist that faintly glowed with tachyon generated power, “We could just punch a hole through his crotch.”

“Or… We could try something… unorthodox.” With that, he shook his wrist as all the particles around them began to grow heavier and heavier, until they became slow enough to drag things to a crawl. “I always wondered how Clock Up can compare to Slowdown.” He then laughed as he walked away.

Behind him, Natsumi growled as she slapped her Clock Up button in slow motion, straining with the movement until she broke free and dashed at the man at just slower than normal speed, kunai gun shifted into tomahawk form and a vicious battlecry flying from her lips. “Eat shit!” she yelled, swinging down with as much force as she could generate.

The man, however, leaped away, high enough to the point where he was on a tree.

“I admire your efforts, Kamen Riders. Your strength is something we members of Foundation X seek to imitate. If we could have that strength… that power… We can improve humanity with a power far more than even the Golden Fruit could muster!” He said.

Natsumi merely flipped him the bird, knowing that she would be unable to make that kind of jump with how much the air was resisting her at the moment. “If I could, I’d shoot you to death and shoot you some more just to be sure.”

“Our time was brief, but fun. I shall let the flow of time resume… Until we meet again, Kamen Riders. AHAHAHAHA!” He laughed as he leaped away. The particles dropped in weight and time resumed, just as he promised. There was still the sound of a gorilla roaring.

Natsumi immediately vanished, while Haruka fell to the ground and fired a few warning shots in the general direction of the roaring, “Oi! Shut up or we’ll throw you into an incinerator!”

Natsumi reappeared, face held in her hands and groaning in disbelief, “I can’t believe we fell for that… we shoulda just shot his arms off as soon as we found him…”

“We shoulda turned that Grimmude into a pile of smoking ash, but noooo, it’s still there. Dismembered, but still there.” They could hear the shouting for a little bit more before they heard a deafening gunshot.

“Well, that takes care of that, I guess,” Haruka murmured.

“... We should probably check out what that was.”

“Quite.”

Silently nodding at each other, both sisters headed back in the direction of where the Grimmude was, preparing for a fight should it become necessary.

Niko dropped the smoking barrel onto the ground as the head of the Grimmude disintegrated into smoke.

“Well, that takes care of that.” He said. He then turned his attention to the two riders headed his way. “No worries, I took care of him for ya. You must be Displaced from another world, huh?” Niko asked.

“Yeah, and you are?” Natsumi asked, hand placed firmly upon her kunai gun’s handle.

Haruka stood behind Natsumi, ready to clock up at a moment’s notice.

“You may call me Sid. I’m Kelly and Ross’ Displacer.” He said. There was a bit of a silence before he put up his hands. “You were expecting someone taller for a Displacer?” He asked.

“.... No, we’re more just surprised that an actual Displacer is on a planet,” Haruka answered.

“Yeah, and actually looks like he’s h- hang on a moment,” Natsumi held up her finger as she picked up her phone, “Hel- oh, it’s… Oh.” She held the phone out to Niko, “It’s for you.” Niko put his gun away and took the phone.

“Hello?” He asked.

“Heeeeeyyyyy, Niko! Or is it Sid? Ah who cares, it’s me, Aaron Heibai. Y’know the Aaron. T- actually I shouldn’t really be bragging. You should already know who and what I am. Anyway, I’m just callin’ to say that I think you’re doing a great job, but don’t touch the twins, mmkay? I’ve taken a personal interest in them and, well, no other Void Dweller gets to touch. Also, if you swing by my shop anytime soon, I’ll hook you up on a real nice deal on Rider stuff. Oh yeah, and also, if you can, hook Haruka up with a set of Signal Bikes, yeah? I’d do it myself but I just sold my last set an hour ago. Anyway, toodles!”

“Alrighty…” Niko handed Natsumi back her phone. “So…” He then cracked his knuckles and pulled open his military jacket, showing a series of four motorcycle-styled toys. “I was intending to give these to someone down the line, but you have the belt, so I figured I can give them to you.” He said. He took the Signal Bikes out and showed them to Haruka. These four bikes were modeled after the Lock Vehicles of the Kamen Riders in Gaim’s World. The first had a Sakura themed, the other was a rose, the third looked more like a speeder, and the last looked less like a bike and more of a walker turned on its side. “So, what will you lovelies be paying for this?” He asked.

“.... I mean, I’d prefer the normal set,” Haruka muttered, though she definitely looked interested. “.... Hmm…”

Natsumi crossed her arms, “Not to be paranoid or anything, but what real reassurance do we have that those will actually do something useful instead of something bad?”

“I gave Kelly and Ross their gear and they turned out fine.” Niko said.

“... Fair enough.” Natsumi sighed and stepped back, allowing Haruka to come forward.

“.... I…” Haruka rifled through her bag, which had suddenly appeared over her armor at some point, “.... I have about a year’s worth of nonperishable food in this bag. And some Equestrian Bits.”

“Keep your bits. The food’s good enough.” He said. “Hm… One month per bike’s a good trade?” He asked.

“Yeah, I guess,” Haruka nodded, pulling out a sack of bits and handing over her bag, “Just take whatever covers the bikes.”

“.... Wait, do you even have the normal series of Mach bikes?” Natsumi asked curiously. “Because those would be nice too.”

“They’re with Kelly, I presume.” He said.

“Hm. Okay, that works I guess,” Natsumi shrugged. “So…. we’re…. Gunna go back to monster hunting?”

“Once we’re done here, yeah,” Haruka answered, holding her hand out for the bikes.

“The deal has been struck.” Niko then handed the four bikes over to Haruka.

“Yessssss!” Haruka hopped in place and did a quick jig. “Thanks buddy! Seeya!”

“Thank you for the bikes,” Natsumi bowed, then both sisters promptly vanished in a blur of speed.

Niko sighed, then looked to where the destroyed Grimm was. He then took an item out of his pocket. A small cluster of seven colored gemstones attached to a stone. He smirked and wondered how much he could sell this. With that, he flew out with his hook shots.

“So Ross, why were you hanging out with Flutters anyways?” Kelly asked Ross as they just dropped off Fluttershy. “Were you and her…” She then cocked a grin.

“No! It’s not like that! It’s just… Well, Fluttershy hasn’t fully moved on from Tachibana’s death and considering how I was a close friend to him, I figured I could help her move on by telling her my experiences.” He said. Kelly patted Ross on the back.

“You’re starting to be a good kid, Ross.” Kelly said. Ross smiled.

“And you’re being a good teacher.” Ross said.

“You wanna eat somewhere? I heard of a good place downtown. Zesty Gourmand’s?” Kelly asked. As the two went onto the main part of the street on the Tridoron, they abruptly stopped as two blurs entered their view. “Huh, they beat the threat already?” Kelly said.

Said blurs immediately slid to a halt and de-transformed in mid-step, allowing Natsumi and Haruka to move with the leftover momentum and stick the landing in front of Kelly.

“Hey Kelly!” Haruka greeted with a mild salute, “I gotta question for ya.”

“We also took down a Grimmude earlier. Wasn’t difficult. A Rider Kick from Haruka took off its head and my own Rider Punch blew a hole through its torso. Though, a guy named Sid finished it off after,” Natsumi tapped her chin and shrugged, “He seemed helpful enough.”

“He also mentioned that you maybe might have a set of Signal Bikes?” Haruka asked hopefully. “He gave me some custom ones, but I didn’t get any original ones.”

“Ah, yeah. Here ya go.” Kelly then took out the original four Signal Exchange Bikes and handed them to Haruka.

“Yessss!” Haruka cheered, “Thanks Kelly!”

“... Really? Just like that?” Natsumi asked.

“I have a whole collection of Shift Cars and Signal Bikes. Besides, if I end up using Gold Conversion, they can come back to me.” Kelly said.

“Huh… that’s… well, okay, that’s pretty bad if we’re in the middle of a fight but I really hope it doesn’t end up working across Universes…” Haruka put the bikes away and shrugged.

“Well, I can always make copies.” Kelly said.

“Speaking of Shift Cars,” Natsumi spoke up, “Could I borrow one? Haruka and I got stuck in a Slowdown earlier and Clock Up only lets us move at barely normal speed.”

Fascinating discovery.” Kelly said. She then took out a golden colored Shift Speed Shift Car. “Here you go. Think of it as a calling card.” Kelly said.

“Your own Token?” Ross asked.

“Why not?” Kelly shrugged.

“Thanks,” Natsumi nodded gratefully, then checked the time. “Hey, who’s up for dinner? Haruka and I found a lot of restaurants while running around… eh… we don’t have any cash, though. Shit.”

“Double shit, all we got are Equestrian bits and like half a year’s worth of canned food total.” Haruka muttered. “I mean, okay, that actually still works out but I’d rather eat in a restaurant than out of a can.”

“Hang on… I’m gonna experiment with something…” Kelly smirked. “Two things, in fact.” She then turned on the Ignition.

“HENSHIN!” Banno said as Kelly transformed into Gold Drive. However, as the transformation completed, it shifted over to Kelly taking the metaphorical wheel, all while she has Dream Vegas in her hand. She placed it in the Shift Brace and activated it. It began to create several dinging sounds as several golden energy coins began to fly out of the circuitry. The energy coins soon became real coins as the flew to the twins.

“What.” Haruka stared blankly as she automatically caught the coins.

“.... Well, that’s certainly a useful ability,” Natsumi muttered. “I… have to question the intelligence of transforming in public, what with your identity and all, but if it works.” She shrugged to complete her point.

“Eh, Shinnosuke didn’t give a crap about that, so why should I?” Kelly chuckled.

“Fair enough, I guess,” Natsumi replied, “So… who’s up for…”

Haruka held up a hand, “Is there a McDonald’s nearby?”

“No, Haru, we’re not going to McDonald’s. Everything but their fries and drinks are crap anyway.”

“Yeah but I want fries and soda.”

“....” Natsumi facepalmed and waved a hand at Haruka as she deadpanned at Kelly. “This is what I have to deal with.”

“Well, there’s a McGoofy’s, but not a McDonald’s in this world…” Kelly said.

“Well, there’s Switz Ballet…” Ross suggested.

“I have no idea what either of those are but McGoofy’s sounds like a terrible ripoff for kids,” Haruka pulled an almost disgusted face, “So whatever is cheap, but decent would work.”

Natsumi shook her head, “You know we still have Yelp on our phones, Haru. We coulda found something decent in seconds.”

“... Okay yeah that’s fair… let’s see….” Haruka pulled out her phone and checked, reading the names aloud as she did, “Cafe Trussardi, Pizza Schmuck… okay who the fuck names a place Pizza Schmuck? …. Burrito Bell- fucking really? McGoofy’s… 5 Gals… Canterlot Sushi… and… oh my god ew, Olive Garden.”

“... Okay, the rest of them are clearly copyright safe copies, but how the hell did Olive Garden slip through?” Natsumi asked.

“Guess it was so bad, they refused to copyright the name?” Kelly asked.

“Dear god it sounds like it. Who’s up for sushi?” Haruka asked almost rhetorically, “I haven’t had a good sashimi in two thousand years.”

“A little longer than two thousand years actually, but who’s counting?” Natsumi rolled her eyes. “And please, calm down, sis. Sashimi isn’t the end of the world.”

“I guess I’ll go for some sushi.” Ross said.

“Oh man, it’s good… Trust me.” Kelly said.

“Well, alright then. Sushi it is,” Natsumi agreed. “Haruka? Lead us?”

“We go… this way!” Haruka proudly marched off in the direction of Canterlot Sushi, thoughts of sashimi dancing in her head. The rest of the group followed.

“-and then I said, ‘Oatmeal? What the fuck does that have to do with this situation?’ Trust me, it was funnier in context- especially when I punched him in the face so hard that he flew through six walls and an outhouse,” Natsumi giggled as she recounted her story, making sure to clap Haruka on the back a few times after she choked from stuffing her face and laughing at the same time. “Easy Haru, the sashimi won’t go bad just because you’re not stuffing a whole fish down your throat every thirty seconds.”

Just then, time began to slow to a crawl just as Kelly was about to eat…

“Aaaaaah fuck.” Kelly sighed and got up. A couple of Roidmudes entered the room. Each of them with three dashes on the plate.

“.... Three dashes?” Natsumi murmured, “The hell does that mean…?”

“It means it’s time to kick ass, that’s what,” Haruka spat as she stood and proudly slapped on her Mach Driver. “Let’s…. Henshin!”

Immediately, rings of energy formed around Haruka for a split second and slammed together, causing a brief flash of light that cleared out to reveal a white armored Rider in what looked like modified motorcycle gear and a muffler. “Zuiseki….” Haruka started, pointing at the Roidmude. “Boukumetsu…” she drew her thumb across her neck menacingly, then crossed her arms and struck a pose with her arms spread wide in boast, “Izureimo… Mah-ha~! Kamen Rider….. Mach!”

Natsumi facepalmed and pulled a purple katana from seemingly nowhere, slapping a mechanical scorpion to it as she intoned, “Henshin. Cast off.”

[HENSHIN]

[CHANGE: SCORPION]

“Kamen Rider… Sasword,” Natsumi finished, tapping her sword against her shoulder as she idly tapped at her Clock Up button. “Kelly, would you care to join us?”

“Hell yeah! Ikuze, Banno-sensei.” Kelly then posed dramatic before shouting out. “Henshin!” She then turned the ignition.

“HENSHIN!” Banno said as Kelly transformed into Gold Drive. Blood red eyes flashed as Banno chuckled.

“So… Foundation X has done the deed and made cheap knock offs?” Banno then laughed. “INFERIOR!” Banno then smacked one down and stomped on it. “That said, they make great punching bags…” Banno said.

“Pretty pathetic ones, though,” Natsumi mentioned idly, her poisoned Sasword Yaiver already stabbed through the back of another. “Then again, most things tend to be pretty pathetic when you’re travelling that fast.”

“Oh come on, this just makes me feel bad!” Haruka laughed, not even breaking a sweat as she carelessly bashed away at the third with her Zenrin Shooter, even going so far as to blast it in the crotch a few times. “Where’s the fight? Where’s the actual Roidmude who can take down a Rider one on one if they’re strong enough?” Just then, glass shattered. The group turned to see a pack of black colored werewolves with blood red mouths hopping into the sushi place, beginning to attack the customers.

“Grimm!” Ross shouted.

“You just had to make it worse…” Kelly muttered as Ross fired his sniper at the Grimm.

“.... Still kind of pathetic,” Natsumi muttered as she Clocked Up and, while everything seemingly froze for her, took the time to Rider Slash each wolf across the throat, poisoning them with her blade and causing them to explode harmlessly into a cloud of blue energy. “And this is why the Kabuto Riders are called boring- Nothing that doesn’t have superspeed can keep up.”

“... Oh come on, Natsu, leave some for us why don’t you?” Haruka complained, having already slotted the Split Signal Bike into her belt. “I was gonna shoot them all at once too…”

“Don’t get too cocky, Riders!” a voice called out from a rooftop, a single, solitary Foundation X member standing there with a walkie talkie in hand. “Bring in the reinforcements! Today will be your end, Riders! Courtesy of the Foundation’s sponsor: THE ULTRA SHOCKER-ZANGYACK ALLIANCE!”

Natsumi stared, “What.”

“Oh shit,” Haruka muttered. “This is gonna suck.”

Just then, hundreds of dimensional walls flashed into existence and merged as one to deposit a veritable army of kaijin, hidden amongst them being various Rider forms and even…

“... Oh my god there are Super Sentai in there,” Haruka squeaked.

“... Is that… Oh sweet Mary Joseph and baby Jesus those are evil Hurricangers.” Natsumi gasped, “And… Ninningers… Ohrangers… fuck…. Oh ew, they even brought in the Akibarangers… gross…”

“Well… Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.” Kelly said.

“Woah! Careful! One more and we need to make it an M-rating!” Ross said as he fired a bullet at the Hurricangers. However, the Ninningers managed to cut up the bullet before it even reached them. “... Crap.” He said.

“What do you expect, dude? A lot of those guys are ninjas,” Haruka pointed out, “and as we all know, ninjas > bullets.”

“That logic only works on TV and you know it,” Natsumi growled. “Now shut up and let’s kick these asshats into the ground before we g- Motherfuck!” Natsumi was kicked to the side in mid-sentence, the culprit of which being a rather smug Kamen Rider Wizard who was quite a few shades darker than his armor would normally be.

“Ultra Shocker sends their regards,” the Dark Rider stated offhandedly blasting at Haruka with his Flame ring, though she managed to dodge at the last second. “I do hope you all put up a good fight before we kill you and use your bodies for research.”

“Hah! Just try to kill us!” Banno shouted. Kelly took over as Gold Drive, getting the Signal Ax ready, before tossing it to Haruka.

“Let’s return those regards then…” Kelly said. She then charged towards the Dark Wizard. The Dark Wizard flipped over her and tried to deliver a kick, but Ross fired at him, piercing his back with a sniper round. He was hurt, but not damaged.

“Tche, your bullets sting. Let’s see how you like mine!” Dark Wizard spat, swinging his arm in an all too familiar arc, causing four bullets to spit out of his WizarSwordGun, one to each hero and each one powerful enough to blast a hole through steel.

This was the signal for the kaijin army to finally spring into action, each one charging forward and roaring until the entire street was ablaze in a deafening cacophony of sound and the occasional energy blast.

Kelly and Ross were too distracted by the monsters and got hit by the bullets. Kelly’s armor sparked as she flew up and then rolled onto the ground. Ross, on the other hand, took his bullet to the gut and clutched it. He was thankful for his Aura keeping him up and blocking the full force of the bullet.

Natsumi and Haruka did as Kelly had, and took the bullets without much damage. Still, they were thrown back from the force and into a horde of kaijin.

“Dammit!” Natsumi cried out as she struggled through a clump of particularly tough Fangire. “We’re getting wrecked!”

“I had to open my big mouth…” Haruka muttered to herself as she unleashed the force of the Split Signal Bike, raining bullet death around her. “Goddammit, how the hell is a girl supposed to ge- wait… what’s that sound?”

Chanting. Some sort of chanting was echoing around the buildings, backed by drums and violins.

“I… I recognize that music,” Natsumi muttered, “Oh no… Hey Kelly, does this sound familiar to you?”

“Oh fuck yeah.” Kelly smiled underneath her helmet.

“Gaim Riders! I hear the sound of Gaim Riders!” Haruka cheered.

“Not quite! But there’s a few in here!” A youthful, manly voice called out from yet another rooftop, the speaker on his leg being the source of the music. “Kamen Rider…. KITAAAAAAA!!!”

“Koko kara wa… ore tachi no stage-da!” another voice called out, the distinctive form of Gaim in his Kiwami arms form stepping up next to Fourze, behind them gleaming the helmets of dozens of Riders both old and new. “Riders! To battle!”

“TOH!” the assembled Riders cried out as they leapt from the roof and descended upon the horde of kaijin like unto the Eighth Plague of Egypt.

“Yes! Fuck yes!” Haruka screamed, revitalized, as she pummeled her way through the crowd and planted her boot into Dark Wizard’s face. “Eat shit you sparkling asswad!”

Natsumi sighed in relief, taking the rush of Riders to Clock Up and quickly remove a few of the Sentai from the crowd while dealing poisonous slashes to various kaijin. “Thank god for Deus Ex Machina…”

“Don’t thank god, thank Kadoya-kun,” Kamen Rider Ichigo muttered quickly as he stormed past her while beating his evil copy’s helmet into a fine dust. “He’s the one who got us into this mess.”

“So many Riders…” Ross said. Kelly looked over to Ross and patted him on the back.

“Welcome to the herd, as they say. Let’s go, let’s go, let’s gooooo!” Kelly shouted as she headed into battle, punching several kaijin in the face. Ross sighed and ran off as well, slashing apart several kaijin with his scythe.

Needless to say, with the addition of a horde of Riders added to one side, the battle was over very quickly.

When all was said and done, the street was full of craters, as were several buildings, and the Foundation X member was nowhere to be seen, having ran off as soon as his army started exploding.

“.... Well… I never thought I’d have to say this twice within a year, but thank god for Deus Ex Machina…” Natsumi mumbled as she stared at the assembled crowd of true Kamen Riders with barely hidden awe.

“You can say that again,” Haruka said from behind her, mirroring Natsumi’s reaction almost exactly.

“So… Foundation X has merged with Shocker…” Kelly muttered, then she remembered the video of Professor Silverbolt. “... No. It can’t be…” She hoped that Silverbolt left sometime before Shocker fused with Foundation X.

“So… What now?” Ross asked.

“... Dinner’s been ruined, unfortunately,” Haruka muttered, “So how about we just go hang at McGoofy’s for a while? We get good fries and if anything gets rekt, nothing of value is lost.”

“...” Natsumi facepalmed and sighed, “We also have no place to stay, so we should figure that out too.”

“I have a place…” Kelly said.

“The library? Really?” Ross eyeballed Kelly, though Kelly looked to Ross.

“I doubt Sunset will let two complete strangers stay at her place.” Kelly said.

“Well, there’s Silverbolt’s Lab…” Kelly muttered.

“.... I’m not sleeping in a library unless there’s a bench you can actually stretch out on,” Natsumi shook her head, “And I’m fairly certain sleeping in a lab is a bad idea.”

“Yeah, who knows what kind of weird shit you might bump into while rolling around in bed,” Haruka added, shuddering to herself, “Like beakers of acid.”

“What about a hotel?” Ross asked. Kelly just looked to Ross.

“... Sure. Why not.” Kelly muttered.

Natsumi deadpanned and sighed, “With what money?”

“I don’t think a few handfuls of coins are gonna cover costs,” Haruka shrugged and slipped her hands into her pockets, “Well, it wouldn’t back on Earth. Maybe the economy here ain’t tanked.”

“Well, I could probably cover it. Celestia was sane enough to give me a salary, at least.” Kelly said.

“Right so…- Oh hey, they all left… Damn,” Haruka slumped over at the revelation that the other Riders had all disappeared at some point, “I was hoping to get an autograph or two…”

“Yeah, anyway…. I think we’re gonna have to talk about what to do from here. Obviously, there’s something really shitty going on here, and it’s probably spilling over to our Universe too considering how many different monsters we have to fight on a weekly basis,” Natsumi tapped her chin, “If the alliance really is working with your Foundation X, this place is gonna be flooded with a bunch of other monsters other than Roidmude… Problem is, some of them can’t be dealt with the normal way, especially Worms and maybe Ganma.”

“Ganma?” Kelly asked.

“Ghosts… from Kamen Rider Ghost,” Natsumi answered.

Haruka shook her head, “Evil ghosts. Or something. Spirits, generally.”

“Ah… How is Ghost, by the way?” Kelly asked. She was displaced almost immediately after Drive had finished airing and before Ghost premiered.

“I think we have more pressing matters at hand…” Ross said.

“Ghost is fine, and honestly, we really do have worse matters,” Natsumi paused for a brief moment, “Honestly, I think the safest thing to do would be to give one of you, or someone you trust, a Zecter.”

Haruka turned to Ross and tilted her head, “I’m thinkin’ that the one who already has superspeed might do the best with even faster superspeed.”

“Sweet.” Ross said.

“So what Zecter are you guys considering?” Kelly asked.

Natsumi shrugged, “I dunno, maybe Sasword? It’s the odd one out, and I guess a sword is closer to a scythe than a wrist mounted stinger.”

“Yeah, but swordsmanship is your thing, Natsu,” Haruka protested, “I mean even when you were Kivala you still had only a sword.” Kelly hummed to herself, then inspected Ross’ scythe.

“Erm…” Ross raised an eyebrow.

“I’m wondering if I could possibly modify the Yaiver and mesh it with Crescent Rose.” Kelly asked.

“.... Maybe. Won’t know until we try,” Natsumi mused, then undid her transformation and tossed both Yaiver and Scorpion Zecter to Ross. “Here, see what happens.”

“Maybe Ross’ powers will do something fun with the suit,” Haruka snickered, “Maybe it’ll turn pink.”

“Only one way to find out. Henshin!” Kelly said as she transformed into Gold Drive. Banno took over as tentacles began to sprout from the belt and attacked Ross’ Crescent Rose. Some of the tentacles also pierced the Zecter and Yaiver. The tentacles dragged both devices into the Crescent Rose as a golden binary code appeared over them. As the tentacles went away, there was now an obvious slot on the front end of Crescent Rose. “Try it.” Kelly said.

“Erm… Okay?” Ross grabbed the scythe and held it. The Sasword Zecter, now colored red, hopped onto the Zecter and slotted itself into the slot.

HENSHIN!

Suddenly, hexagons began to materialize as Ross gained a set of gray, bulky armor. Instead of the yellow tubes that Sasword had, he instead had a set of dark red armor that acted as his cowl, hanging over his head as gray eyes glowed from it. Crescent Rose changed into Sniper Rifle mode.

“.... Well, it’s still normal-ish so far,” Natsumi muttered.

“Except for the hood thing, that’s new,” Haruka observed, “Try casting off.”

“Erm… Okay.” Ross had no idea how to Cast Off, so he tried to form the scythe… However, there seemed to be a heavy switch on it. As he pressed it, the gray parts of his armor began to slowly pop off. There was a loud sound of energy charging up as Ross gulped. He then forced the switch on his scythe to pop off.

CAST OFF!

All the armor bits began to fly off, leaving a red version of Kamen Rider Sasword. The only change outside of the color switching from purple to light red and green eyes to silver eyes was that the scorpion motif on the rider’s helmet was now switched to that of a blooming rose. The cowl was now a simple cloth cape.

CHANGE! ROSE SCORPION!

“.... Oh my god I heard pink text,” Natsumi snickered. “Your Henshin sequence sounds physically pink.”

“... Well, rose is another word for pink, usually,” Haruka mumbled behind her hand as she fought to contain her laughter. “But… pffft what’s with the fucking flower head?”

“Eh?” Ross then felt the top of the helmet. “EEEEEEEH!?” Ross shouted. Kelly roared out in laughter as Banno groaned.

“The things I have to put up with… One of these days… Just one of these days...” Banno said. Kelly then calmed down as Banno switched the controls to Kelly.

“Alright, so shall we get going and fend off some more Shocker creeps?” Kelly asked.

“I guess, yeah, we should. We should also figure out how to get back since we weren’t summoned like other Displaced usually are,” Natsumi shrugged and transformed into her TheBee form and rolled her shoulders. “So, I guess we could split up and do that?”

“Alright. I say we cover a lot of ground if we all split up.” Kelly said.

“Splitting up sounds kinda dangerous, but with the speeds we’ll be going it won’t matter too much, I think,” Haruka shifted from Mach to Gatack as she spoke, clipping one of her Signal Bikes to her belt.

“Yeah, soon this place will be clean of monsters in no time!” Ross said. That’s when he noticed a button on his belt. “Huh?” He clicked it.

CLOCK UP!

And with a flourish of rose petals, Ross disappeared in a red blur.

“Well, here’s hoping he won’t crash into something,” Haruka muttered as she sped off on her own in the opposite direction of where Ross went.

“We should all regroup later, yeah?” Natsumi saluted as she sped off, taking a path perpendicular to Ross’ and Haruka’s.

“Well, it’s gonna be a loooooong night.” Kelly said to Banno as she ran off into her own direction.

Morning came with little fanfare other than a few explosions here and there over the city as the combined efforts of four Riders took out a very good many kaijin and various cells of evil.

The four Riders met up back at Canterlot Sushi, talking of what had happened.

“So that’s how my night went.” Kelly said. She then chuckled. “Who’da thunk that Baseball Mask and Soccadillo would be a deadly alliance?” Kelly said.

“Not me,” Natsumi muttered, idly rubbing a bruise where some Grongi or another had scored a lucky hit.

Haruka shrugged, “Hey, couldn’t be worse than a giant stack of Shocker Combatmen armed with sickles. God, that was terrible… funny, but terrible.” Kelly turned to Ross.

“What about you, Ross?” Kelly asked. Ross snapped into consciousness as he looked around.

“Huh? What?” Ross asked.

“You okay? Ever since we got back together, you’ve been silent.” Kelly said.

“It’s nothing.” Ross said.

“So what sort of beasties did you kill?” Kelly asked Ross.

“... Well, just one. Some big purple scorpion-looking monster. He had a similar ability to Slowdown, but more akin to Clocking Up. Had some help taking it down.” Ross then looked down. “Though I worry if said help’s really on my side or not.” He said.

“Help?” Haruka asked curiously, leaning forward against the table. “What kind of help?”

Natsumi raised an eyebrow, but seemed more preoccupied with pulling ice out of her glass of water and pressing it against her bruise.

“A masked woman. Not like you guys though… It’s more flat, slits on the eyes to make holes… And it was bone white.” Ross sighed. “What has me worried is that she seemed to be aggressive with me. Especially after she saw my weapon.” Ross said.

“Well, whoever this woman is, if I come across her, I’ll make it clear that she’ll be our ally.” That’s when Ross slammed his hand on the table.

“No!” Kelly looked at Ross and blinked. “I mean… No. I don’t want you to get involved.”

“Hmm… Okay.” Kelly said.

“That’s… rather suspicious but it’s not exactly our place to decide,” Natsumi muttered, then yawned. “Hey by the way, here.” Without another word, she placed two metallic coins upon the table and pushed them towards Kelly. “Take our Tokens. Summon us sometime if you need help, kay?”

Haruka turned to Natsumi, “.... How the fuck is she gonna use the Rider power in them without an OOODriver?”

“... Fuck if I know,” Natsumi said in reply.

“I don’t have to. All I have to do is rework the Medals into something more manageable. Hang on…” Kelly then transformed into Gold Drive once again. Taking the coins, she used her Golden Aura to crush the coins. When she opened her hand, the Medals were turned into Shift Cars. “There.”

“H-how did you do that?” Ross asked.

“I was able to convert the medals into data briefly, modified their property, and viola.” Kelly said.

“....” Natsumi stared at the Shift Cars and sighed, “That’s bullshit, but I’ll believe it.”

Haruka poked one of them- the black Shift Car- and startled backwards when both cars suddenly rattled off the table and slammed together, fusing into a singular, slightly larger car divided down the middle, a black, sleek sports car on the right and a white, powerful muscle car on the left, with a dial set into the hood that bore curious symbols, all of which were evocative of certain Riders. “Whoa what the shit!?”

“What.” Natsumi deadpanned, suddenly sitting up straight. “That’s even more bullshit.”

“Well, being a Displaced has a lot of perks. Breaking the rules seems to be one of them.” A voice that was familiar to both Ross and Kelly caused the two to turn their attention to the man who just entered: Niko ‘Sid’ Zoloto.

“Oh hey, it’s that Void Dweller we met earlier,” Haruka pointed out blandly, turning over the new Shift Car in her hands.

Natsumi sighed, “Okay, that’s nice and all, but why is he here?”

“Well, for a couple of reasons. The first is giving my Displaced a memo.” He then walked over to the two. “I’ve given you two all the help I can. Sadly, this is where I’m going to depart. Something came up and I have to take care of it.” Niko said.

“Does it have to do with some dude who murdered a Displaced a while back?” Ross asked.

“No. My nephew…” Niko sighed. “My nephew accidentally Displaced himself and I have to go find him and bring him back home. I promise it won’t take too long, but in the event that it does, rest assured that I have brought some more assistance to this world.” Niko said. “With that said, the other reason I’m here is to escort you two,” he turned to Natsumi and Haruka “back home.” He said.

“Wait, hold up- someone murdered a Displaced?” Natsumi asked, leaning forward out of curiosity.

Haruka tossed down the Shift Car in her hands and raised her eyebrow at Sid, “You have a nephew?” Sid sighed and then proceeded to talk.

“Yes. Someone murdered a Displaced.” Niko took a while before he spoke up some more. “The murderer was my Displacer.” Niko said.

“Wait, you’re a Displaced as well?” Kelly asked.

“And now you know the deadly cycle of Displaced. The fortunate thing for you guys to know though is that my Displacer has no interest in this world… The problem being that he’s in some other world somewhere. It’s someone else’s problem now…” Niko said. Then he just blankly stared. “And yes, I do have a nephew. We Displacers aren’t just some sleazebags who put people in horse-filled worlds for shits and giggles. We have friends and family to attend to as well.”

“Right. Well, you mentioned us getting home?” Natsumi asked.

“Wait, before you do that,” Haruka picked up the new Shift Car and held it up, “do y’know what the hell this thing’ll do if Kelly uses it?”

“Sadly not. A Displacer just hands the toys out to people to play with. Kelly’s gonna find that out on her own.” Niko said.

“Welp. Might as well try it before we leave,” Haruka spoke up and held it towards Kelly.

Natsumi nodded, “It’ll be interesting just to see, if nothing else.”

“Alright…” Kelly placed the Shift Car into her Brace and clicked it forward, activating it in a burst of electronic warbling and rhythmic beeping as a massive, holographic dial matching the one on the car’s hood appeared behind her, each icon lighting in time with the beeps until it stopped on the icon shaped like Kamen Rider Mach’s helmet.

“TIRE EXCHANGE: COCKY RACER!”

The dial immediately collapsed into a white tire, slamming into place and flashing for a brief moment as red lines appeared running along its curve like they did on Mach’s helmet, with the word MACH etching itself into the side of the tire in black block letters. Immediately after the tire swapped out, two bursts of light erupted in Kelly’s hands, revealing a gun and a rather large axe.

“ZENRIN SHOOTER!”

“SIGNAL AXE!”

The voice that rang out in time with the appearance of the weapons was different, higher pitched, and seemed to come more from the tire than Banno, as it was the voice of the Mach Driver.

“... Well, that explains the dial,” Natsumi blinked twice and chuckled, “Good luck figuring out how to use all the forms, I guess…”

Haruka winced sympathetically, “Yeah… randomized form changes…. Ouch.”

“Eh, it’s a cool power up at least.” Kelly said. Ross then thought of something.

“Hmm… Ever notice how whenever Displaced come to our world, we get cool power ups? Like, that Chainsword and rifle you got a while back.” Ross said.

“Yeah, I’ve noticed. Then again, Kamen Riders are more or less obliged to get a new power up every other month.” Kelly said.

“So, ready to head out?” Niko asked the girls.

Natsumi and Haruka nodded in unison, stepping forward. “So what do we need to do?” Natsumi asked in reply.

“Please don’t make us do something stupid for the sake of shits n’ giggles,” Haruka muttered.

“Nothing much.” Niko snapped his fingers as a dark portal opened besides him. “Such as the perks of being a Displacer.”

“... Welp.” Haruka shrugged and stepped through the portal. “Thanks guys! Later!”

Natsumi turned just before she left and bowed. “Thanks for all your help, Kelly, Ross. Good luck with everything.” She then turned to Niko with a respectful salute and stepped through the portal, following Haruka.

“... Wait shit how long has it been?” Haruka asked as soon as they stepped back through on their side of the mirror.

“... Hell if I know,” Natsumi answered.

“.... Shit.”

“Double shit.”

Author's Notes:

Ohhhh my god this took so long to write. Shout out to my man Psyga315 for crossing over his story A Golden Drive Through Equestria!

Maybe finally I can actually weave more plots along.

Maybe.