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// Stop 14 
// Story: Friendship is Timeless 
// by Seanzilla115 
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It was just another quiet day at work for most. For those who worked part time like Rarity her early saturday was spent working at a boutique. It was a job she loved do to her love for the craft of fashion design. She also really enjoyed helping people with what they needed and giving her opinion. It was just that the job only got boring when there was no one around, such as early in the mornings and afternoons. She tried to make a few dresses to possibly ease the boredom, but she didn't feel inspired or anything at the moment. It was just one of those slow days all around she figured.

"Ara? Rarity-chan?" a voice asked as the door opened. The voice came from Ryotaro's older sister Airi, she was dressed in a black blouse and a white long skirt. "Ryo-kun was right. This is where you worked." she smiled in pleasant surprise.

"Oh, Ms. Airi. A pleasure to see you," Rarity smiled back, "What can I help you with?"

"Oh I had to run some errands today, but I finished a little sooner than I expected, so I figured I'd come in and see what caught my eye is all." she explained happily as she walked up to Rarity. "It helps that Ryo-kun is always around to help." she added as sure enough, Ryotaro walked in carrying a few bags from various stores.

"'Kay Nee-san. I put most everything in the car and picked up everything else." he stated simply as he walked up to her without looking past the bags that he held in his hands. He then looked up and blinked in slight surprise. "Ah Rarity, hello." he greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Ryotaro," Rarity greeted before noticing the bags he was holding, "Do you need any help?"

"Don't worry, I might not be as strong as Kintaros, but I can handle this much." Ryotaro replied as Airi moved off into the store on her own, humming a song as she browsed around. "Still thank you for the offer."

"Right...well you could sit down though. We have a couple of seats for customers that're waiting for their special order." Rarity explained as she pointed him to a seat.

"Ah thank you, Nee-san can get a little carried away while shopping sometimes." Ryotaro chuckled as they could see Airi carefully looking over everything she came across. "She tends to end up finding things to buy for other people sometimes rather than for just herself." he added as Airi was now looking over things in the men's section, looking over some jackets.

"I see. Well if she ever needs any clothes for special occasions, I can make them for her," Rarity offered.

"I'm sure she'd appreciate that very much." Ryotaro smiled. "You really are very generous, aren't you Rarity?" he chuckled.

"Indeed I am," Rarity giggled a bit.

"Hm." Airi hummed as she tried on a sun hat seeing how it looked in the mirror. She then blinked before she went off to another end of the store again.

"Seems Nee-san might become a regular customer here seeing how much she seem to like everything here," Ryotaro noted as he and Rarity just watched her go from side to side and section to section, looking over any little thing that caught her eye. What was amazing was how fast yet gracefully she moved from one area to the next.

"I hope so. So far today has been rather...slow," Rarity admitted

"Well it's just early I suppose. Nee-san likes to run all her errands in the morning so we can be back at the Milk Dipper by noon," Ryotaro explained before Air zipped past him, wrapping a black and white striped scarf around him in the process.

"Ohh. I see," Rarity noted, "well it seems she's chosen quite a few clothes so far."

"So it seems," Ryotaro chuckles before Air appeared next to him again. She then swapped the scarf around him for one that was red and white.

"Hm...Red seems to be a good fit for Ryo-kun." Airi smiled wrapping it around his neck. "What do you think, Rarity-chan?" she asked.

"Hmm…" Rarity pondered a bit as she looked between the red and black scarves, "...I'd say the red one fits him more. It adds a certain flare to his appearance."

"Indeed." Airi smiled as she put the black scarf back. "Ah. Just a little longer, Ryo-Kun. I have a few things I want to try on, and maybe some for you as well." she stated while heading towards the dressing rooms.

"Hehe...see? She likes looking for things for other people as much as she does for herself." Ryotaro chuckled. "Nee-san can sometimes get carried away though, like buying gifts for all of our regulars. And we do have a lot of them as well, most all of them men as well." he added with an obvious air of obliviousness in his voice.

"Yes. I've...noticed," Rarity replied, recalling all the men that visited the Milk Dipper when she and the other girls are working there part time. Almost every single one of them just sat there gawking at Airi. Some would even leave gifts like flowers and candies, yet both siblings mistook them as something they forgot and put them in a lost and found box. This strange extent of innocence both siblings had was rather interesting really and kind of sweet as well.

"But they're not all bad really. Some of them can be kind of nice." Ryotaro added. "I don't know why all of you often threaten them?" he referred to how the girls often yelled and mistreated the dumb twins of Isse and Seigi, who regulated the Milk Dipper.

"Well yes but...well…" Rarity paused, not sure of what to say about those two.

"Ah. I didn't mean to scold you or anything. I was just trying to be fair was all...sorry Rarity." Ryotaro apologised.

"It's fine, Ryotaro."

"Hai." he nodded his head. "Even still, I didn't mean for anything I said to come off as rude. I guess for a long time, the only ones who ever worked at the Milk dipper was just the three ah….two of us." he said as he hung his head a little.

'...He was about to say 'the three of us',' Rarity mentally noted.

"Sorry it's nothing really. Just something difficult to talk about." Ryotaro explained use to people noticing his mix up when he brings this subject up.

"...Well, maybe w-" Rarity began before Airi came back, carrying a few sets of clothes.

"Ryo-kun your turn." Airi smiled as she grabbed him and dragged him to the dressing rooms. "Make sure you try all of them on." she smiled at the closed door.

"Nee-san, isn't this a bit much?" Ryotaro's voice asked.

"Of course not. You can't go around wearing the same sweater all the time." she justified.

'Come to think of it, Ryotaro does often wear the same sweatshirt when he's not being controlled by one of the Taros.' Rarity noted, 'Perhaps some new clothing would do him some good.'

"Well if you say so." Ryotaro agreed he then opened to door dressed in a red shirt that was half flannel on the right side and pure red red on the left, a pair of dark grey jeans with red suspenders hanging around the back and down the side, he also had a red tie loosely tied around his collar, "How's this?" he asked as he fixed the collar.

"Hm...I think it looks good on him, Ryo-kun likes wearing puffy close but I think clothes that are more form fitting works for him, after all he is very thin." Airi smiled as she put her hands on Ryotaro's shoulders as he blushed a little from embarrassment.

"That is true," Rarity agreed, "Hmm...though I'd probably exchange the jeans for something. The suspenders sorta...kills the look for me."

"Hm...I thought it worked well." Airi stated. "But that's a fair point. Ryo-kun, go try on the next one." she smiled, pushing him back in.

"This is going to go on for a while isn't it?" he asked from behind the door.

"Oh quiet you. It never hurts to listen to your big sister and a friend now and again." Airi laughed. "Besides it's a little fun right?" she asked Rarity.

"Indeed," Rarity giggled a bit.

"Hai hai…" Ryotaro chuckled a little as well, he then opened the door now dressed in a grey long sleeved shirt that was buttoned up with a black coat over it that had very long sleeves, a pair of grey colored pants finishing up the look, "How's this one?"

"Hmm...add a fedora, and you'd possibly look like something out of a mystery or detective novel," Rarity replied.

"Ah." Airi blinked as she pulled one out of a bag and put it on Ryotaro's head. "Ta-da! Hard Boiled Ryo-kun." she smiled.

"Excellent! I absolutely love it!" Rarity beamed a bit.

"See? Your big sister knows a thing or two." Airi laughed as she hugged Ryotaro.

"I never said you didn't Nee-san." Ryotaro replied.

"Ah this was a lot of fun. We should do this every week what do you think Rarity?" Airi asked happily.

"Oh that sounds lovely, darling!" Rarity replied happily.

"Oh! And we can bring Ryo-kun along as well." Airi added. "After all, he needs friends to help him with things he's not good at after all."

"I feel like that one I should take a little offense too…" Ryotaro sweatdropped.

"Heh. At least I'm not you right now, Ryotaro," Momotaros chuckled a bit.

"Oh yes. Spending a time with one's only family and a pretty girl is oh so embarrassing Sempai." Urataros countered.

"...I was referring him becoming their personal dress up doll, Kame."

"It's not my fault you lack an emotional spectrum beyond violence, eating and sleeping."

"You're just going to take any jab you can find, aren't you?"

"Oh? He figured my plan. Maybe he is getting smarter."

"...I am this close to bringing out the nutcracker, you perverted turtle."

"Naomi, Momotaros threatened me again! Take away his pudding!"

"Naomi don't you dare!"

"You know you kind of get use to them." Ryotaro sighed, holding his head.

"You say something, Ryotaro?" Airi asked.

"No. Nothing, Nee-san." Ryotaro shook his head.

"Oh...alright." Airi nodded before noticing the time. "Oh I know. Why don't we all go out for lunch together? You'll be on break soon right Rarity?"

"Yes. My break starts in a few minutes actually, so yes. Lunch sounds lovely," Rarity smiled.

"Perfect." Airi smiled as she grabbed all the things she wanted to buy before taking them to get scanned and paid for with Rarity.

After that, Rarity quickly changed to her normal clothes and the three made their way towards a restaurant to eat.

"Hmm...let's see. Where shall we eat?" rarity pondered as she looked through a list restaurants on her phone.

"Oh there are so many to pick from aren't there?" Airi asked as she leaned over just a little to see the list. "Hm...well how about Italian? That could be good, right?" she offered a solution to narrow down the list.

"That does sound good actually. In fact, I think I might know just the place," Rarity replied, "It's about a few more blocks ahead."

"Oh perfect." Airi smiled. "Come on, Ryo-kun. We know the place to go to now!" she smiled, grabbing his arm and dragging him along as he was busy conversing with the Taros.

"Huh...whoa!" Ryotaro gawked as he was dragged along suddenly, "M-matte, nee-san! Not so f-"

*BAM!*

'...Please tell me we didn't bump into someone,' Ryotaro begged mentally as he tipped the fedora Airi put on him to see who they bumped into. Standing there where several people that Ryotaro remembered. They were the thugs that Momotaros often beat when he had nothing to do. "Ah you guys are…" Ryotaro began.

"AAAHHHH!" they all screamed backing away from Ryotaro. "We're sorry! Please don't cripple us!" they all begged, suddenly dropping to their knees and bowing down to Ryotaro.

"Eh/Huh?" Ryotaro and Rarity blinked as Airi just tilted her head in confusion.

"We swear we haven't hurt anyone!" one of them stated hopefully.

"And we haven't picked on any kids or harassed any women!"

"And we have done nothing else illegal!"

"Please don't kill us!" they all finished in unison.

"No wait, I'm not going to hurt you." Ryotaro said, getting back up.

"You said that last time and then you cracked all our skulls…" one of them cried.

"And then you stuffed us in a trashbin filled with nothing but ghost chili peppers!" another cried.

"And the time you hung us all off a bridge by a rusty chain…" the last one sobbed. "It was about ready to break at any minute."

"Ryotaro, it looks like Momotaros has mentally scarred them so much, they are now reformed members of society." Rarity whispered to Ryotaro.

"Who knew something good could come from that…" Ryotaro deadpanned.

"Eh? It's those punks again?" Momotaros noted, having paid attention now. "Tell them to keep their asses right there. I need something to kick!"

"Wait Momotaros! You don't need to…" Ryotaro began before a red flash turned his shirt red and the rim around his fedora the same bright red as well, a chain also formed on his pants and hung off the pocket.

"Ore...Sanjou." He grinned tilting the fedora down. He then tilted it up, letting his red eyes glow brightly.

"AHHH! HE'S USING THE SCARY VOICE AGAIN!" the three punks panicked.

"So...let's see what more payback you owe society. Let's see...oh right. You owe this world a lot of teeth for all the shit you've done to it. And today, you can call me the tooth fairy, because I'm here to collect." he grinned happily as he cracked his knuckles loudly. "So...want to make this easy for yourself and just let me swing, or you want to run so I can catch you and do ten times worse?"

The punks didn't say anything as they ran off screaming, leaving a couple of trails of 'water' on the ground as they screamed for help.

"Ten times worse it is then." M-Ryotaro grinned, grabbing a trash can lid before he chucked it like a frisbee, the lid flew and hit the first thug before bouncing off and hitting the second before once again bouncing and hitting the last one in the face. "Just call me Captain America, only ten times more handsome and Japanese." he grinned tilting his fedora down again as he walked over to them.

"Wait...Mo...Ryotaro you don't have to hurt them," Rarity said as she ran up alongside him.

"Like hell I do. You have any clue the number of messed up things I've caught them doing?!" M-Ryotaro countered.

"...I'm afraid to ask what those are, but still. Isn't what you're doing to them a bit more h-" Rarity began before she heard a siren.

"Ah nuts…" M-Ryotaro groaned as a cop car pulled up to them.

"What seems to be the problem here…" the police officer began before noticing the three thugs. "Ah you guys again…" he sighed before looking up to see M-Ryotaro and Rarity, well mostly M-Ryotaro since he had kind of become known for beating most all the gangs in the city to within an inch of their lives, "Did you knock these three out?"

"Yeah. What of it Copper?" M-Ryotaro asked before Rarity stepped on his foot. "OW! Son of a mother!" he groaned, hopping on one foot.

"You can't talk to a police officer like that," she complained.

"Like I give a care about his feelings!"

"Not unless you want to get sent to jail!" Rarity hissed.

"Pft! Like prison can hold me in." M-Ryotaro scoffed before Rarity stepped on his foot again. "GAH! Son of a...Stop that, Chikyu-Onna! That freakin' hurts!"

"What an odd couple," the Police officer stated plainly, "I'll just...carry these three off to teh station."

"Damn it! See what you did?! I didn't even get to beat them much!" M-Ryotaro complained to Rarity.

"I like to think I did the right thing given the situation." Rarity countered.

"Oh come on! Tools like that deserve to have a fractured skull!" M-Ryotaro countered, "I've beaten lots of people for less, but I'll be damned if I let the people who deserve it get off with just a trash lid to the face!"

"While that is true sempai, I don't think Ryotaro would appreciate being put in jail for something he didn't do," Urataros pointed out.

"Shut it! I'm not afraid of no cop! I'd like to see him try and lock me up!" M-Ryotaro shouted loudly before he noticed Rarity facepalm, "What's wrong with...I just said that and the cop is behind me isn't he?"

"Ugh...yes," Rarity sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose.

"Sir. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to come with me," The police officer stated simply.

"Crap baskets…" M-Ryotaro complained. "Kame, get us out of this!" he ordered as a blue flash changed Ryotaro's shirt to blue along with the rim of his fedora.

"So for once, I'm useful…" U-Ryotaro sighed as he turned to face the police officer who blinked at the color change and the new glasses. "I'm dreadfully sorry officer. My outburst was out of line and uncalled for." he apologised sincerely as he bowed his head. "My anger got the best of me please let me…" he trailed off as he turned his head to look at a woman in low riding jeans walking past him. "Me...I'm sorry if you'll excuse me." he said as he blurred over and wrapped his arm around the woman. "Sorry my dear, but mind if I string you along?" he smiled as he walked off with her.

"Uh…."

"By the way, I have a question to a-" U-Ryotaro began before Rarity dragged him off by the ear, "Ah no wait! I swear this isn't what it looks like!" he tried to explain.

"Sure it isn't," Rarity stated, the purple haired beauty not buying it one bit.

"Uhm...Miss is your boyfriend alright?" the police officer asked Rarity.

"I knew someone would make that mistake sooner or later." U-Ryotaro stated very quietly.

"Sh...shut it you," Rarity hissed, a small blush on her face before she shook it off and looked back at the officer, "He's fine, officer. It's just he has MPD."

"How do you put up with that? You're too young to drink away the headaches," he asked honestly.

"I sometimes ask myself that same thing." Rarity admitted with a sigh.

"Oh you know you love every last one of us." U-Ryotaro added.

"Not when you get r...yourselves in trouble," Rarity countered.

"It's not our fault we're not allowed to be ourselves," U-Ryotaro sighed as he put his arm around the cop, "You have any idea how hard it is to have fun when you have someone always keeping you from doing what you want? I feel like there might as well be a ring on my finger keeping me from doing what I like. You know what I mean?" he asked him. "I mean a guy like you has to have a ball and chain keeping you from having all the fun in the world."

"..."

"Oh no…" Rarity sighed resting her forehead on the palm of her hand.

"So am I in trouble now?" U-Ryotaro asked before he noticed his hands clad in police cuffs. "Oh come on. You're making me cry here...oh no!" he freaked, realizing what he just said.

"Why…?" Rarity asked shaking her head. "Anything but this…"

"Oh now what's going to happen?" the Police officer asked as a yellow flash covered Ryotaro once again, making his shirt and the rim of his hat match the flash.

"Nakerude." K-Ryotaro stated raising his arms before pulling them apart ripping the metal cuffs to broken pieces. He then looked at the Police officer, who suddenly felt like he was staring up at a wild bear. "Why have you restrained me, man in blue?" K-Ryotaro demanded.

"...Uh...Ahem. You were disturbing the piece, so it's my duty to take you in," the police officer replied.

K-Ryotaro leaned forward before he snorted and looked over at his car. "If you insist on battling me, then show me you are able." he said as he grabbed it by the side before lifting it up over his head. "Sah Jinzo ni shoubu da!" he stated lifting the vehicle high above his head.

"..."

'Ugh...It had started such a good day too,' Rarity groaned mentally.

"So will you face me?!" K-Ryotaro demanded loudly.

"...Uh….I think I'm needed back at the station!" the officer yelped as he bolted out of there.

"Hm…" K-Ryotaro sighed as he placed the car back down looking into see the thugs from before pale white from the fear of what just happened, "Are you three alright?"

Upon seeing his face, the three punks fainted while foaming at the mouth, their eyes completely blank.

"Why...just why…" Rarity complained.

"To be fair, this could have been worse," K-Ryotaro stated. "Ryuta could have come out."

"..."

"...Did I say something wr-" K-Ryotaro began before a purple flash covered him, altering his clothes color once again.

"WAI~!" R-Ryotaro cried happily. "Onee-chan!" he cried as he jumped into Airi's arms wrapping his own arms around her tightly..

'He just had to jinx it...didn't he?' Rarity mentally groaned, trying her best to not pull her hair.

"Ah Sweetie Belle's Onee-chan. You're here too?" R-Ryotaro realized just now.

"...Yes. I've been here for a while," Rarity slowly nodded, trying her best to stay calm, "And we were going to eat lunch before...'this' happened."

"Ah. Onee-chan, let's go eat!" R-Ryotaro smiled to Airi. "Oh. And you can come too, only if Onee-chan says it's okay though." he said blankly to Rarity.

"..."

"This has been an odd day, hasn't it?" Airi stated, her sense finally coming back after all that just happened.

'You have no idea, Airi,' Rarity mentally sighed.
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Stop 14: Den-O's Shinning Potential!
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So after that fiasco, all the Taros decided to relax on DenLiner, believing nothing wrong would possibly happen. Little did they know that Ryutaros made a big scene at the restaurant when the waiter was staring at Airi. So what did he do...he chased him out to the street with a troop of background dancers. Guess where Ryotaro is never allowed back into?

"Heh. Boring day, huh?" Momotaros asked as the four all sat there bored.

"It is rather slow, yes," Urataros replied.

"Zzzzz…" Kintaros snored.

"Yeah. Slow indeed, Kuma-san." Ryutaros nodded as he was sitting at a table, reading a Shonen Jump magazine.

It was at that the doors to DenLiner opened as Ryotaro, Twilight, and the others all came in.

"Ah hey guys…" Momotaros began before Twilight smacked him upside the head. "GAH! That hurts!"

"What's with the violence?" Urataros asked, only for Rainbow to punch him across the face. "...Ow…" he wheezed from the floor.

"You idiots got Ryotaro in trouble….again. And even worse than ever before!" Rainbow shouted at them first.

"Hey! It's not our fault those Diamond Dog punks appeared again!" Momotaros argued before he was smacked up side the head again.

"You didn't have to do anything by this point! Those idiots are just your victims!" Twilight shouted at him, making Momotaros shrink back in his seat.

"You just had to fight them for no reason. You got Ryotaro in trouble with a cop!" Rainbow added on, making Momotaros shrink back even more. "And Kin went and picked up his car too!" She added, kicking Kintaros in the stomach, making him double over forward and wake up.

"I'm up! I'm up!"

"You idiots went too far this time." Twilight sighed. "That goes for you too, Ryutaros."

"Eh? Boku?" Ryutaros asked, hiding behind a seat.

"Yes you," Rainbow sighed.

"Ryuta, you attacked some guy just for looking at Airi. That's not good." Pinkie said from next to him making Ryutaros eyes widen at being scolded.

"Eh…?" Ryutaros' eyes widened a bit.

"You all get Ryotaro in trouble time after time; and don't even care about it because you're not the one left standing there in the end." Rarity spoke up.

"She does have a point," Fluttershy added, "You do tend to do things that you want and then just leave Ryotaro the one to suffer the consequences of it."

"Yeah...but...uh…" Momotaros tried to respond but just couldn't.

"Yeah. So now that pea sized brain of yours starts working." Rainbow growled bonking him on the head again.

Ryotaro sighed as he took a step forward. "Mou...this is enough." he finally spoke up, "I've had enough."

"Eh?"

"I'm sorry, but I have to put my foot down." Ryotaro stated as he looked up, his eyes holding a slightly annoyed look. "I'm tired of all the trouble you guys give me. You went too far this time, and worse you involved my sister this time. So...from now on…." he began before taking a big breath. "You're no longer allowed to posses me!" he stated loudly.

"HUH?!" the Taros gawked.

"I mean it. I'm not going to let any of you take control of my body." Ryotaro stated, holding his ground. "Not for anything."

"But...what if you need to change forms while as Den-O?" Urataros asked.

"Not even then. Not for anything. You all went too far, even my patience has its limits," Ryotaro stated further.

"But…"

"But nothing!" Ryotaro cut them off fully angry, now shocking everybody. No one had ever really seen Ryotaro upset in an angry manner. He was always very happy or down. But angry Ryotaro, that was just different, "I'm sorry, but no more possessing! Not even for Den-O! Not for anything whatsoever!"

"Wow...Angry Ryotaro is a scary Ryotaro," Pinkie noted, poking her head out from underneath a table booth.

"Note to self; Ryotaro angry...very bad for those who made him angry." Rainbow added, just as shocked to see her friend angry for the first time.

"Yeah…" Fluttershy agreed, having hid behind Rainbow. Hearing the normally quiet Ryotaro shout in anger had scared her a fair bit.

"Definitely," Twilight nodded slowly.

"Y...yes," Rarity added, doing the same.

"Hm...so it seems Ryotaro-kun has hit his boiling point." Owner's voice said as he appeared next to all of them twirling his cane. "Very well. I shall have to give him a little tool to enforce his new rule." he smirked before he held his hand out. "The DenLiner pass if you will I want to show you something." he said confusing everyone. Ryotaro blinked as he pulled it out before Owner tapped it with his finger making it glow for a second before it stopped. "Now the Imagin are unable to freely possess Ryotaro." he stated, "Only by summoning them through the belt will they be allowed to leave this car of DenLiner."

"Wait. So that means they won't posses him a willy nilly anymore?" Pinkie asked.

"Nope, they can only talk to him." Owner explained. "I offered Ryotaro this option when he first became Den-O. But he trusted the Taros enough to give them some freedom." he explained as everyone looked at Ryotaro. "It seems the Taros have just broken that trust." he smiled intently at the Imagin partners. "Not that I can blame him really. So as of now the Taros are on complete lockdown. No way for them off the DenLiner unless Ryotaro-kun summons them to battle. And I doubt that shall be happening soon."

"Ugh…" Momotaros and the other Taros all groaned at that.

"So that means all the troubles they caused, all the times they just came in and ruined Ryotaro's life...that won't happen anymore?" Twilight asked just to be sure.

"Yes. That is the gist of it, Twilight-san," Owner nodded. "It can be undone of course should Ryotaro-kun wish it, all he has to do is ask me to."

"I see…" Twilight noted.

"Yes, there are many other things Den-O can do as well but those are best saved for another day." Owner smirked as he sat down.

"R...right," Twilight nodded before she noticed something, "...Where's Celeste?"

"She had something important to do. Somewhere in Central America if I recall...she gets around a lot really." Owner explained, "Last time she brought back a lot of sweets from Europe as well." he trailed off into his own thoughts.

"Oh."

"Wait. There were sweets and no one told me?!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"You never asked," Owner replied, making everyone just sigh in exasperation.
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The next day came around easily after that. In fact, it's as if the day went by faster and more peacefully than normal. This really put into perspective how much trouble the Taros caused in such a short time. But for now it was time for school. And things seemed to be quiet and normal really. Except the girls noted one thing about Ryotaro when he's not being possessed. His bad luck seems to come back with more force.

"Hm…" Ryotaro hummed as he walked down the hall before his feet slipped and he went sliding across the tile floor. "Ah!" he screamed in surprise before he noticed several students walking a TV from the AV room. "Look out!"

(CRASH!(

That was a very big crash and mess; and it was the 10th one this morning.

"Itai…." Ryotaro groaned as he laid there on the floor, his eyes replaced with swirls.

"Ah...man. I wonder how Nogami got the worst of that?" one of the students asked, completely safe. Ryotaro was the one who took most of the damage from that, in fact the two who were moving the stuff where left safe.

"Man that's some bad luck." his friend commented as Ryotaro was helped up.

"Thank you…" Ryotaro groaned, rubbing his head, "Itai...that's the tenth accident this morning." he noted. "Maybe all the bad luck that should have happened to me has built up…" he mumbled to himself as the students went to work cleaning the mess up.

"Looks like it," Pinkie's voice noted, making Ryotaro blinked before the excitable pinkette popped out of a trash can, "Hi!"

"Pinkie, what are you doing?" Ryotaro asked as he helped her out of the trashcan.

"Simple, I was worried so I followed you, and as for the trashcan...that is a long story on it's own." she explained with a smile.

"Someone threw away a sweet you wanted, didn't they?" Ryotaro asked plainly.

"Ah you do know me." Pinkie smiled, wrapping an arm around Ryotaro. "Anyway, onto the important thing. Today you are super unlucky so we need to be careful." she stated confidently.

"I kn-" Ryotaro began before he was suddenly garbed in multiple items meant for good luck, such as four leaf clovers, lucky rabbits foots, and so on. "Uhm...Pinkie? Isn't this a bit much?" he asked feeling a bit weighed down.

"Of course not silly! This is all to make sure my friend doesn't get hurt." She stated confidently. "I'll find more good luck things if it helps. I Pinkie Promise to help you out with this!"she shouted before noticing Ryotaro suddenly missing. She then followed a path of destruction down the hallway. "Gonna need more lucky things." she stated plainly.
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=Later at Gym=

"Okay...I can do this…" Ryotaro told himself as he was next in line for the pole vault, praying that his bad luck doesn't kick in. Ryotaro then began running before he tripped on a rock and fell forward flat on his face. "Well...at least nothing broke this time…" his voice mumbled out as he slowly picked himself back up, which soon proved to be a mistake as a discus hit him square in the face.

"Uh...oops. Sorry, Ryo!" Rainbow shouted as she ran up to him.

"It's okay…" he stated, rubbing his face where he was hit, "It's my fault for standing there anyway…"

"...Yeesh. Pinkie wasn't kidding about your bad luck l-" Rainbow began before she saw something heading towards Ryotaro, "...uh Ryo? You might want to move."

"Huh...why?" he blinked, about to turn around before…

*CLANG!*

"Night night…" Ryotaro groaned as he fainted, a rather large bump on his head as a iron ball laid on the ground next to him.

"I warned you…" Rainbow sighed as she picked him up, "Don't worry! I'll take him to the nurse!" she shouted so no one would worry.
---
=later at the nurse's office=

"Don't worry, Ryotaro. Everything will be fine," Fluttershy assured as she and rainbow sat down next to the bed Ryotaro was laying on, said teen having bandages on his head.

"Ah thank you…" Ryotaro sighed as he sat up a little while rubbing his head. "I guess when the Taros are controlling me, they force my bad luck down." he figured, "But now it's free to go back to normal."

"No kidding," Rainbow nodded, "But don't worry. Nurse Redheart's one of the best doctors we got here at school."

"Thanks Rainbow." Ryotaro smiled, "I guess one thing that's different is now I have friends there to help me."

"Heh. Darn right you do," Rainbow smirked a bit.

"Well at least it seems to be calming down to an extent, this morning was at it's worst." Ryotaro sighed. "Hopefully after today it will go down to manageable level."

"H-hai," Fluttershy agreed.

"Well at least nothing bad can happen while you're just laying in bed." Rainbow pointed out.

"That is true." Fluttershy nodded. Really, what could happen to Ryotaro right now?

"Hai. I mean, what else could h-" Ryotaro began before something shot through the window and…*winces*hits him in a certain, sensitive area, "?!"

"...Excuse me," Rainbow spoke as she grabbed the ball that hit Ryotaro in the jewels and poked her head out the window, "Alright! Who's the idiot who threw this?!" she shouted, "I see you running, you bastard!" she shouted, pointing at someone in the distance before she pulled her hand back and tossed it back out the window, hitting the person on the head.

"D-daijoubu, Ryotaro-kun?" Fluttershy asked the poor boy in concern.

"I've….been better," Ryotaro wheezed out.

"Ugh...freakin' idiots," Rainbow grumbled as she walked back over, carrying a bag of ice, "Here. This should help or something.."

"Thank you…" he replied taking the bag of ice.

"It's official. That bad luck really hates you…" Rainbow grumbled as Ryotaro gently put the bag of ice over his lap.

"I know…" Ryotaro sighed.
---
=later at the school library=

Ryotaro (after recovering) was sitting in the library, trying to relax a little by reading. His head was still bandaged, but overall he was still fine. Sitting next to him was Twilight, who was busy reading her 6-7th book for today as she had a small stack sitting right next to her.

"Not much to read today Twilight?" Ryotaro asked noticing the stack of books.

"No…" Twilight sighed a bit as she closed her book, "I already read almost half the books here at school."

'She read that much already?!' Ryotaro mentally gawked. "It's a amazing you haven't done the same at Milk Dipper already…" he chuckled, shaking off the shock.

"I've read almost half of them already, but I'm taking it slowly."

"Slowly?" Ryotaro blinked. "I'm afraid I don't understand…"

"I'm reading three-four books at a time when I'm not busy helping out at the Milk Dipper," Twilight explained.

"Ah soka." Ryotaro nodded. "You really do like reading, huh Twilight? I haven't even come close to reading half the books in Milk Dipper really. I mainly just end up rereading the books I like best sometimes." he admitted scratching the back of his head.

"I see. And as for your question, yes I do. I try and learn everything I can, so I read every book I can that'll help me in my pursuit of knowledge."

"I see. But sometimes reading a good book for fun too is fine right?" Ryotaro smiled happily.

"Yes. Yes it is," Twilight nodded.

"But still, you're really impressive, Twilight. I don't think I could ever be as smart as you. My bad luck might end up giving me a head trauma to keep me from trying." he joked. "That or I'll end up having to go back in time or something...my life sure is strange, isn't it?"

"Both of our lives are," Twilight admitted, "Recall the day we first met?"

"Hehe...yeah. I wasn't expecting that for my first day back to school. But really, I'm glad and I cherish that strange day the most now." Ryotaro admitted.

"Yeah. If I hadn't met you…" Twilight paused as she looked out the window, "They i wouldn't have become friends with Pinkie and the others."

"No. I think you still would have. I could tell you're a very caring person Twilight. I'm sure you would have made friends with everyone even without me." Ryotaro admitted as he turned the page of his book. "You just have a little trouble making them at first, but that's okay."

"Y...yes," Twilight slowly nodded, the violetette blushing a bit before she shook it off.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Ryotaro asked. "Your face looks a little red." he noted tilting his head a little.

Before more could be said the two heard an odd sound, they both looked back to see the large glob that was in the library tilting over slightly, one of the legs keeping it up groaning and bending due to pressure on it.

"...Ryotaro?"

"Hai?"

"I think we should run now."

"Yes Twilight!" Ryotaro yelped as the two ran to the side just as the leg gave out, letting the large globe fall over and hit the table they sat at knocking it over and sending all their books flying to the ground. "Well that was a close one…" Ryotaro stated seeing that.

"Agreed," Twilight slowly nodded.

"It's a good thing no one got hurt because of that. But I think I lost my place in my book." Ryotaro chuckled as he picked up some of the books Twilight was reading, along with his own.

"You were on page 25," Twilight replied, making Ryotaro double take as he looked at her, "...What? I keep a close eye on what page I'm on when I read."

"But I was the one reading…" Ryotaro pointed out as he pulled the table back up. He then rolled the globe to the side of the library for someone to do something about it.

"I know, but I noticed what pages you were on while I moved onto the next book," Twilight further explained.

"Sugoi, you really are impressive to be able to remember something like that Twilight." Ryotaro chuckled. "I wish I could do that it make studying a little easier." he added.

"It might also help if you didn't have to save all of time every other day." she countered.

"R-right."
---
=later after school was over=

"Haa...today's finally over," Ryotaro sighed, as he sat at his desk for a bit to relax. This day was very stressful. Too many bad things going on. First was the incidents this morning, then there was the discus and iron ball incident at gym, then there was the baseball to the...ahem, crotch, and finally, there was the incident at the library. Plus a few more random events after that, some which Ryotaro would rather forget at the moment. "But the worst seems to be over…" he sighed standing back up. "I should probably try and let this bad luck hit me more often so it doesn't build up again."

"That doesn't sound healthy," Rarity's voice spoke, making Ryotaro turn to see the class president walk towards him.

"Maybe...but I think it's better than letting it all build up till it makes it so a natural disaster occurs…" Ryotaro chuckled dryly.

"...I see," Rarity noted, the class president still feeling worried for the dear boy.

"But I can deal with a few bruises I suppose, at least no one got hurt." Ryotaro reasoned. "That's what's most important in the end I suppose. But I guess I would also like it if it didn't happen at all."

"...Maybe so but...Know what? I think I'll keep I'll keep a close eye on you for today. This bad luck of yours is truly not healthy."

"Eh...well that is true but I wouldn't want you caught up in my bad luck somehow Rarity." Ryotaro countered, some worry in his voice as well.

"Nonsense, dear. It is my duty as your friend to make sure you come out of this situation safely," Rarity replied

"Well I guess I would do the same too...so I can't really convince you can I?" Ryotaro laughed.

"No. No you cannot."

"R-right...wait. What about Twilight and the others?"

"They'll be busy helping Airi out with today's orders," Rarity informed, "'Course, Rainbow will have to cover both of our shifts, but she claims she can handle it."

"Alright." Ryotaro nodded. "Well I guess since our work is covered we can find something to do. But what?" he asked thinking about that as the two made their way out of school.

"Not sure. Hmm...oh! There's a new store located at the mall! Perhaps we could look around there," Rarity suggested.

"Sure that sounds nice." Ryotaro nodded. "I think we might be able to get their quick if we took the Machine Den-Bird." he offered, referring to the blue and white motorcycle currently parked on the student parking lot.

"That sounds like a pleasant idea," Rarity smiled, "Let's do it."

"Right." Ryotaro smiled as they walked up to the bike. Ryotaro took out his pass before inserting it pulling it back out starting the bike up. He then grabbed the helmet resting on the handle before pulling out the gloves stored inside. "Good thing it seems to follow me around a lot of times." he chuckled as he grabbed it's spare helmet and offered it to Rarity.

"No thank you dear. While I appreciate the offer, I don't want to mess up my hair," Rarity replied.

"Ah okay. I'll just be sure to drive extra carefully then." Ryotaro stated as he sat down on the seat. He slipped the gloves on before he put his own helmet on.

"I'd appreciate that," Rarity nodded as she sat down behind Ryotaro and held onto him, making him blush as he felt her figure against his back, "Shall we get going then?"

"Hai…" Ryotaro responded as he kicked the ignition and started up the bike before he drove it out of the parking lot before he began going down the street. "If I remember right...the quickest route was…" Ryotaro mumbled trying to remember the fastest route from the school to the mall, "The park I think." he snapped his finger as he took the next turn before he turned into the park, taking the roads that went through it. It was quicker and it was a nice view as well.

"Clever idea going through the park, Ryotaro," Rarity smiled as she took in the scenery.

"I just remembered most of the short cuts Momotaros took through town and then took the more street legal ones." Ryotaro explained with a smile. "Lets just say with him, streets and street signs are more of just...guidelines not worth following."

'Of course he'd think that way,' Rarity thought with a sweatdrop, 'Though so far, things are calm. Let's hope nothing bad happens.'
---
Elsewhere, a certain black Imagin was walking through a dark and empty parking lot, as if looking for something. Or rather...someone.

"Kai, show yourself!" he shouted out to bring him out. As if on cue a figure jumped from a higher section, revealing it to be Kai as his poncho swayed in the wind.

"Ah. Long time no see, my old friend. How have you and Luna-chan been?" Kai asked as he spun around before falling to the ground and leaning on his side resting his face hand. "Has the honeymoon phase ended yet? Are you two fighting endlessly?"

"Enough nonsense, Kai. I need one more Imagin. Your others have all bitten the dust by now." he explained.

"Eh? Really? Wow ...what a bummer." Kai shrugged as he sat back up. "But it's gonna cost you, Man in black." he smirked.

"...What do you want?"

"Hehehe...Maybe a date with Luna-chan," Kai smirked as he appeared next to the Imagin, who just elbowed him in the gut, "Oof...okay seriously, I just need you to owe me a random favor. Not just you, but Luna too," he corrected himself shaking off the pain.

"That can be arranged then," he nodded.

"Excellent!" Kai smirked as he put his thumb and index finger into his mouth before he let out a loud whistle.

With that, sand began to pour out from his poncho and to the ground before it began reforming. The Sand formed into an Imagin that was themed after an Armadillo, his large body was covered in thick blue body armor that plated all over, he had three bladed ridges on each thigh and each shin as well; with his knees covered in plates that ended in large metal rings, a similar metal ring handing off the buckle of his belt. His chest plates had two silver ridges down the sides that looped to his back, both of his shoulders are covered in large domes of armor that were strapped down by strips of metal and multiple iron bolts poking out from the tops. Both of his arms were covered in thick blue armor except his right hand was normal with five grey fingers on his hand that held a morning star and a long length of chain; his left hand was a large tusk like claw that had a smaller hook like a thumb making it look like an oversized armadillo's paw crossed with a hook. Finally his head was covered in a blue shell like helmet that had a large blunt spike on the top and two smaller sharper ones extending from his temples like eyebrows, his eyes peering out from a darkened visor with breath escaping the silver mouthpiece.

"Say hello to one of my big generals." Kai stated to the black Imagin "Armadillo. Yeah, I'm not big on making nonsensical names." he grinned. "Anyway Armadillo, this is your boss for the next few weeks."

"Yes Kai-sama." Armadillo bowed before turning to the black Imagin. "I am at your service then." he begrudgingly stated.

"So it seems. Let us hope that you shall help me gather the last bit of information I require on Den-O," he stated as he swiped his hand across the one of the horns poking from the side of his head, "And if those girls interfere, just ignore them. Luna needs them for something, so just muscle past them and focus purely on Den-O."

"I can do muscle." Armadillo nodded.

"Good answer. Now get going."

"Right right." he nodded as he lumbered off.

"Hm...why is Luna so interested in Den-O to send you to study him this much?" Kai asked the Black Imagin.

"I never said my research was for Luna-hime's purposes," he replied as he walked off into the shadows.

"..Heh. This should be interesting then."
---
Back with Ryotaro and Rarity, the two had finally made it to the mall and are currently looking for this new store Rarity mentioned.

"Ano, Rarity? Are you sure it's around here?" Ryotaro asked, feeling lost since he was not at all familiar with the layout, "We've been looking around for half an hour now."

"I'm Sure it's around here somewhere. I know it," Rarity replied as she looked around.

"Okay." Ryotaro nodded, completely trusting her. As he kept, walking Ryotaro stepped on something slippery and ended up falling for probably the 20th time today. "Itai…" he sighed face first on the ground.

"Oh my. Are you alright?" Rarity asked in concern as she offered her hand to him.

"I'm fine. I think I've gotten to use to it," Ryotaro sighed as he took her hand and stood back up. "Hmm...ah Rarity. Could that be the shop you meant?" he asked pointing to the next floor up seeing a sign that read Grand Opening.

"Why yes. That's the one," Rarity nodded.

"Hehe...guess sometimes a little good luck sneaks in with my bad luck huh?" Ryotaro sheepishly stated scratching the back of his head.

"It seems that way," Rarity nodded, "Now come on. Let's hurry inside bef-"

*BOOM!*

"I swear that wasn't me," Ryotaro stated.

"I know, but then what was…" Rarity began before she facepalmed, "Oh no...not today of all days!"

"Eh?" Ryotaro asked before the two felt something crash into a wall behind them. They both turned to see the Armadillo Imagin lumber out of the wall dusting himself off. "Oh now I get it." Ryotaro stated.

"Yes," Rarity nodded as she transformed, "Let's hurry and finish thing off before it ruins anything else."

"Uh right…" Ryotaro nodded.

"Den-O!" the Imagin shouted as he looked around before his gaze stopped on the two, "Ah, there you are. It took me forever to track you down," he complained, pointing his hook like left arm at Ryotaro. "Now summon one of those stupid Imagin pets of yours already."

"Ah...well see, the thing is they are kind of on...leave at the moment…" Ryotaro chuckled slightly.

"...What?"

"Yeah…"Ryotaro chuckled.

"Don't screw with me Den-O!" Armadillo shouted as he charged and swung only for Ryotaro to duck down and make the Imagin trip over him sending him stumbling forward. He then stopped just before the railing of the second floor they were on. "...safe." he sighed, turning around to see Rarity poking her finger to his head. "I hate kids so much…" he complained as he was pushed off letting him drop to the bottom.

"He's an angry one, isn't he?" Ryotaro asked as the two looked down at the Imagin, who was stuck in the concrete floor below them.

"Indeed," Rarity said before the Imagin managed to pull himself out. "So shall we run now?" she asked.

"Running works for me," Ryotaro nodded as the two made a run for the parking lot and the Machine Den-Bird.

"Oh no you don't!" Armadillo shouted as he curled up into a ball and began to spin in place, "Rolling Crusher!"

"Is he some kind of hedgehog?" Ryotaro asked as he and Rarity ducked as the Ball flew over them and hit the wall of the exit blocking it off. "Right. Looks like running's not going to work." he stated as he pulled out his belt and slung it on before holding the pass up, "H-henshin."

With that white shards formed before covering Ryotaro in Den-O Plat forms suit and armor.

"Finally!" Armadillo shouted as he pulled out his morning star. "Now bring out one of those pests already!"

"Eh…" Den-O mumbled holding the buckle before shaking his head. "I can't."

"...What do you mean you can't?!"

"I told you. They're kinda...on leave at the moment." Den-O stated as the Imagin facepalmed with his hook hand over this. "So I refuse to summon them at the moment. If I just go back on what I said, then nothing will change."

"Good lord, I traded my nap for this?" Armadillo groaned in annoyance, "Fine then. I'll just beat you till you have no choice but to summon one of those Imagin!" he roared as he swung his morning star as Den-O ducked under it letting it swing around back to him. "Just summon one already!"

"I told you I can't!" Den-O cried as he ducked a swing by jumping to the left, Armadillo then charged and swung with his left arm making Den-O jump back to avoid the hook.

Den-O raised his arms blocking the head of the morning star as is crashed into him, sending him flying across the ground and into a wall. Armadillo was about to approach Den-O before he was surrounded by stone walls embedded with gems.

"Gem Squall!" Rarity declared as the gems shot at the enemy Imagin, only for them to bounce harmlessly off his armor, "Wh-what?!"

"Hahaha...you kids have gotten to use to all those scouts of ours!" Armadillo laughed. "You're playing with the big time Imagin now kids!" he laughed as he swung his morning star and broke all the walls around him. "Now back off girl! My only target is Den-O, my boss told me to just ignore you." he added waving her off as he swung his morning star around again. He then swung it at Den-O who finally got free of the wall this time the morning star hit him square in the chest and sent him crashing right through the wall and out the other side.

"Ah!" Den-O cried in pain as large chunks of concrete fell on him. Armadillo then ran up and grabbed Den-O before punching him across the helmet once then twice before punching him in the stomach.

"Come on! Fight back!" he shouted as he grabbed and tossed Den-O out another wall.

"Trust...me...I'm trying here…" Den-O panted pushing himself back up.

"Well if this is the best you got, then I'm sorely disappointed," Armadillo frowned. "If I kill you as you are, my boss will complain about the results...man what a pain." he sighed as he wrapped the morning star around his neck and made his way for an exit. "I'll come back another time then. Hopefully next time, you use those traitors you got on your side."

"M-matte...d-" Den-O said, trying to get back to his feet, "Ite...I think I broke one of my ribs." he groaned as he fell back down. By this point,Armadillo was already gone.

"Oh my…" Rarity spoke as she ran up to him, looking at the destruction the enemy Imagin caused.

"This is a very bad thing isn't it?" Den-O asked finally able to prop himself up on a slab of concrete.

"Indeed," Rarity nodded as her gear disappeared, "This Imagin is far tougher than the previous ones we fought."

"Makes me worry how many stronger ones we haven't met yet," Den-O added as he pulled off his belt, letting his armor fall off as shards.

"Yes," Rarity nodded as she pulled her phone out, "I better inform Twilight about this in case she or the others encounter that brute."

"Good idea." Ryotaro nodded as he held his hand over his ribs flinching from pain a little.

'...I better have Fluttershy come here as well to help heal him,' Rarity thought as she dialed the number for Twilight's phone.

-Hello?- Twilight's voice replied on the other line.

"Twilight, we have big...really big trouble." Rarity explained as she looked over the destruction of the Imagin's attack.

-How bad can you expect this to be?- Twilight asked flatly.

"An Imagin attack. And this one is far tougher than the ones we've fought before. Neither of us couldn't make a single dent on him."

"To be fair, he was the one doing most of the denting…" Ryotaro mumbled out while scratching his cheek.

"Yes. And...well, dear Ryotaro got hurt while fighting the Imagin, so I was hoping you could possibly send Fluttershy over," Rarity added

-Alright I'll send her over. You two just stay there or somewhere safe- Twilight sighed, a little bit of relief in her tone.

"We'll be sure too. And Twilight, you and the others be careful. Like I said, this Imagin is far tougher than the ones we've fought before."

-...What does it look like?-

"An armadillo."

"He's also blue and has big armor, oh and he has this trick where he rolls into a ball." Ryotaro added.

-...I see. I think it's better if we all came so we can figure out how to beat him- Twilight said before a crashing sound was heard in the background -...As soon as that mess is cleaned up-

-Alright! Who's the jerk who dropped that?!- Rainbow's voice demanded in the background -Don't even think of running! Get back here, you bastard!-

-Five...ten minutes tops please hold on- Twilight added as she hung up quickly.

"Ahh...looks liek we're on our own for a while, Ryotaro," Rarity sighed a bit as she put her phone away.

"So it seems…" he sighed as well. "At least for now we are all right." he added.

"Indeed. I just hope Twilight and the others don't run into that brute of an Imagin," Rarity said in concern.

"I think he only cares about me." Ryotaro stated, "He had the chance to attack you, but he ignored you and attacked only me. So for now, I think you and the others are safe."

"...I hope you're right, Ryotaro."

"Ah…" Ryotaro sighed as he was sitting on the Machine Den-Bird in the parking lot most of his torso covered in bandages to keep his possibly fractured rib from getting any worse. "I kind of forgot what broken bones felt like…" he winced patting his side, he then grabbed his uniforms shirt and put it on once again but left it unbuttoned for the moment. "They seem to be taking a while huh?" he asked Rarity.

"It seems so," Rarity replied, noticing twenty minutes had passed since she called Twilight.

"I hope nothing happened." Ryotaro added as he rolled his shoulders a little. It was then the two heard the voices of the others noticing them walking over to the parking lot.

"Wow, it's pretty dark in here," Pinkie noted as she looked around the area, squinting her eyes, "Better hope there's no vampires or something in here."

"V-vampires?" Fluttershy gulped.

"Oh come on. Vampires? Really Pinkie? Why not just say Big Foot will step out from behind a car." Rainbow groaned.

"Well we would have gotten here sooner when there was more light if you didn't have to chase that guy down and drag him back to pay for what he broke." Twilight told Rainbow.

"Hey! That guy tried to dine and dash!" Rainbow argued, "Freakin' cheapskate."

"Hehe...that was still funny," Pinkie laughed a little, "The guy thought he was safe, only to get drop kicked in the face by Rainbow around the corner. I think I even saw a few of his teeth flying out of his mouth."

"Not my fault his teeth are weak." Rainbow added.

"You guys really have an odd sense of humor, don't you?" Ryotaro asked as he and Rarity looked over the ramp to the next level making the others look up to see them.

"It's fine to be a bit odd, Ryo. Also, hi!" Pinkie waved a bit before wincing upon seeing Ryotaro's injury, "Ooh...that Imagin must've got you good."

"I'll be fine." Ryotaro mumbled wincing a bit. "But maybe something to dull the pain would be good…" he chuckled.

"Oh my. H-hold on," Fluttershy spoke as she hurried over to him, donning her gear and wings as she held her hands over Ryotaro's injured ribs and began to use her healing spell.

"Thanks Fluttershy." Ryotaro said as he felt his wounds heal, as if they had never happened.

"Man, this guy has to be crazy strong if he could hurt you that much as Den-O." Rainbow stated.

"He was," Rarity nodded,"From what he said, the Imagin we've fought before were mere scouts compared to him."

"Huh? But they didn't wield any baseball bats," Pinkie spoke up, earning her blank stares from the others, "...What?"

"Bad Pinkie." Rainbow said gently bonking her head.

"So this Imagin is stronger than normal is the key point?" Twilight asked Rarity.

"Exactly," Rarity nodded.

"It seems he is also targeting only me as well." Ryotaro added, "He ignored Rarity, even when she attacked him and only came after me."

"And my attack didn't even phase him," Rarity added.

"Dang. How do we fight something like this then?" Pinkie asked. "Hm...quick Ryo get a random upgrade!"

"Pinkie I don't think Den-O works like that…" Ryotaro blinked.

"Nonsense! There's always a point in the story where the main hero gets an upgrade!" Pinkie declared, "Oh! Maybe Ryo's upgrade will be have all 4 Imagin combine as one for a Climax form!"

"Pinkie, if that happens I'll buy you a week's worth of cake." Rainbow deadpanned. "But since it's not, no cake for you."

"I'll take that bet." Pinkie stated differently.

"Can we please focus on why that Imagin is targeting Ryotaro specifically?" Twilight asked with a groan.

"Well why else? Ryotaro and the Taros as Den-O are our teams heavy hitter. They can take more damage fight up close." Rainbow stated, "I would want to take him out first if I were some maniacal evil villain."

"...That is a good point," Twilight noted, "But considering the Taros are out of play for the time being...we'll have to think of something to make up for that."

"Well then what can we do? Ryo just gets the lame Plat form when he transforms." Pinkie pointed out. "We need something big to face this big guy."

"I know, Pinkie," Twilight stated as she pondered a bit, "But what can we do? Rainbow's mostly good for speed attacks, Rarity's good for defensive attacks, Fluttershy's our team healer, you're the one who has the most control over their special element, and most of my biggest attacks take time and too much energy to use repeatedly. Ryotaro as Den-O was used as our front line attacker. But the Imagin are...well grounded right now."

"Well, why not just let the guys out then?" Rainbow asked Ryotaro.

"I can't do that...If I did, then they would never respect me and just get me in more trouble thinking I wouldn't mind," Ryotaro reasoned.

"Oh...damn. Then what're we supposed to do, combine our attacks or something until that imagin's defenses wither down?" Rainbow asked.

"At the moment that honestly looks like all we can do." Twilight nodded. "That is unless Momotaros and the others actually apologise and Ryotaro lets them out."

"And knowing Momo's ego, I don't see that happening," Pinkie stated, "His ego is as big as Rainbow's."

"Y-hey!"

"Well...you can't deny you are a little overconfident…" Fluttershy spoke up as she finished healing Ryotaro.

"Well yeah but…"

"Do we need to bring up the Iron Warrior competition again?"

"...shutting up."

"She can be taught." Pinkie smiled.

"Well I guess there's not much we can do since the Imagin seems to have called it a day," Twilight stated, "Which should give us enough time to come up with a plan."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded.

"Well at least we know Ryo is okay." Pinkie smiled as she hugged Ryotaro. "I think that makes this a good day."

"H-hai," Fluttershy agreed.

"Well I guess we are lucky Ryotaro is okay since he's the main target right now." Twilight nodded.

"We may as well use him as bait tomorrow." Rainbow added as they all began walking out with Ryotaro walking the Machine Den-Bird.

'Why does that make me feel worried?' Ryotaro thought.
---
"Ah...man that Den-O is weird," Armadillo complained sitting with Kai in some kind of warehouse, a crate between them acting like a table for their card game, "He won't use his transformations because those traitors with him are away."

"Eh? really?" Kai asked as he took a card from the deck. "That's odd." he mumbled to himself. "I didn't know he contracted with them already. Strange." he mumbled as he leaned to the side seeing a mirror behind Armadillo that the Imagin didn't notice.

"I know. I would've finished the fool off, but I got bored. Plus that stupid girl got in the way."

"Well those girls are incredibly close to him, maybe even romantically." Kai said, taking another peak in the mirror before he took a card from the deck and discarded another. "It doesn't surprise me they would be protective."

"Annoyances is what they are," Armadillo scoffed.

"Not arguing that my friend, Straight flush." Kai said putting his cards down.

"Gh...and I thought I had a good hand to…" Armadillo said, looking down at his hand.

"It's good to see how professional your top men are Kai." the Black Imagin sighed as he walked into the room.

"Eh. He'll get the job done. No harm in a break," Kai reasoned as he shuffled the cards back into the deck, "So to go off topic, how's that little search for the last Element bearer coming along?"

"That is none of my concern. That is both yours and the green eyed brat's problem." the Black Imagin scoffed.

"Okay okay. You don't have to bite my head off."

"I will save that for Luna-hime next time you offend her." the Black Imagin joked. "I came to check as to why you left Den-O back there?" he asked Armadillo.

"He was a disappointment. He never transformed into his other forms because those traitors are 'away'."

"Then just force him to call them, attack civilians if it will force him to. Put his life in so much danger he has to. Use that space between your ears for something." he sighed.

"How? Those annoying girls will no doubt get in my way."

"Like I said if you attack enough random things Den-O's heroics will make him confront you sooner or later." the Black Imagin said, "Like I said use the space between your ears for something."

"Four aces." Kai said, having ignored the Imagin and already started a second round of cards.

"...Alright fine. I'll cause enough mayhem to get Den-O's attention."

"Good I'll be back to watch your progress. Luna-hime gets annoyed if I'm away too long. I think she gets lonely." he started walking off.

"Heh. She needs a boyfriend is what she needs," Kai smirked a bit before ducking under a crowbar tossed at him, "Ha! Missed me!"

"Kai-sama…" Armadillo sighed, shaking his head.
---
The next day at school, the girls all sat in the library, which was empty at the moment. Ryotaro himself was busy getting them some drinks from the vending machine as a distraction so that the others could talk. What about it had to do with Ryotaro refusing to summon the Taros and the Imagin threat.

"Alright, so what can we do about this Imagin?" Twilight asked.

"We know it's after Ryo, he's mean and strong, and the Taros are still in trouble." Pinkie listed as she wrote that down on a white board behind Twilight along with several doodles related to what was written, "Anything else I'm missing?"

"Yeah. Who's the guy that sicced him on Ryo in the first place?" Rainbow asked.

"Who sends any of these guys out into the world?" Twilight asked. "Someone must be planning something, and Ryotaro is either a problem for that or the key to it."

"Yes. But the question is...who?" Rarity pondered.

"That's a good point. The Imagin have to have some kind of boss telling them what to do." Rainbow added.

"But our Taros conveniently don't know anything." Twilight said skeptically.

"Th-that is true," Fluttershy nodded..

"Momotaros, Urataros, and Kintaros all claim they never really knew details beyond make contracts and go back in time." Twilight stated.

"And Ryuta says he just didn't care to ask what he had to do." Pinkie added.

"Great. So unless Ryotaro gets a fifth Taros who knows stuff, we are totally in the dark." Rainbow sighed.

"I know, but right now, we need to get back to the matter at hand," Twilight spoke up, "And first, we need to figure out where that Imagin is currently hiding."

"I get the feeling that's the least of our worries Twilight, this Imagin seems really set on attacking Ryotaro anywhere anytime to make him fight him." Rarity explained.

"So then sooner or later, this guy will just find Ryotaro or make him come to him." Rainbow figured.

"How would he….oh right. Ryo is a hero." Pinkie remembered.

"Exactly," Twilight nodded, "Which is why we need to find this Imagin fast before he caused destruction to the city, and make sure Ryotaro doesn't get hurt."

"So for once, we need to be the ones protecting him instead of him protecting us?" Pinkie asked.

"That's right," Twilight nodded.

"I can work with that." Rainbow smirked. "But even still, what exactly do we do? Ryotaro is thick headed when it comes to this after all. He's not a Kamen rider for nothing."

"We need him to be distracted by something…" Pinkie spoke up as she tapped her chin while thinking" ..or rather, someone."

"Eh?"

"One of us could distract Ryotaro by spending all day with him while the rest of us go and find that Imagin and beat it. That way Ryotaro won't think anything's up because he will be distracted and think the rest of us are off doing our own things." Pinkie explained. "Or maybe I'm just overthinking a random idea…" she shrugged her shoulders while smiling as if it where all just a goof.

"Actually, that could work," Twilight said before pondering a bit, "But the question is, which of us will keep him distracted long enough for us to go and find that imagin?"

"Hm…" Pinkie and Rainbow both thought in unison while overlooking the others.

"Well considering you three got a thing for Ryo, I suggest either Fluttershy, Rarity, or you Twilight," Pinkie suggested.

"Huh?" the three blinked at that.

"She's not wrong." Rainbow agreed.

"Eeyup. So which one of you fine ladies will keep ol' Ryo distracted?" Pinkie asked.

"Uh...well I mean I know how the plan is suppose to work but you guys didn't have to make it feel weird." Twilight muttered blushing a little.

"H-h-h-hai," Fluttershy agreed, her entire face blushing heavily.

"Besides we merely need to distract Ryotaro...the biggest time wasters among us are the two of you anyway." Rarity countered, blushing a little as well before she shook it off, "Which is why I'll be the one who'll keep Ryotaro distracted."

"Oh?" Pinkie and Rainbow both asked with amused smiles.

"Simply because by logic, Twilight is the smart one, Fluttershy is the healer, and the two of you are nothing but the fighters." Rarity stated to the two. "To face the Imagin without Twilight and Fluttershy is a bad idea. You two are merely useful for being able to hit it."

"Wait, did she just call us the dumb ones?" Pinkie asked.

"She did...but damn it she makes a good point," Rainbow admitted.

"That she did." Twilight nodded, along with Fluttershy.

"So while you may have to fight without the cover my abilities provide, I'm sure you can figure something out, Twilight." Rarity added as Twilight nodded in agreement.

"Alright, so we have our plan then."

"Yup now we just need to put it into action." Rainbow added as the door opened as Ryotaro came in carrying a lot of drinks.

"I'm back. Uhm, Pinkie? Any reason you wanted me to buy you 10 Strawberry flavored soda's?" he asked, putting all the drinks on the table.

"Oh no reason, Ryo," Pinkie giggled a bit.

"Right...you're Pinkie." he chuckled as he passed out all the drinks, Water for Twilight, Energy drink for Rainbow Dash, Tea for Fluttershy and Rarity, and the strawberry soda's for Pinkie. "For once, I was able to complete a task without being distracted by some random misadventure." Ryotaro laughed as he grabbed a bottle of juice before taking a drink.

"We do do that a lot, especially when it comes to the Taros," Rainbow chuckled a bit as she took a swig of her energy drink.

"Oh come on they're fun sometimes." Pinkie argued, taking a drink of one of her many sodas.

"When they don't get us into legal trouble." Twilight sighed.

"...true, but they're still funny," Pinkie said as she moved onto her next can.

"Well it can be kind of like listening to that old show the Three Stooges in my head sometimes." Ryotaro admitted, "I just wish I had a mute button on it sometimes."

"I see…" Twilight noted as she took a small drink of her water, "By the way, Ryotaro, Rarity wants to ask you something."

"Huh?" Ryotaro blinked in confusion before he turned towards her. "What is it Rarity?"

"Oh...ahem. Well, I was wondering if you wanted to help me with some errands after school was over," Rarity replied

"Of course." Ryotaro smiled. "I don't mind helping at all. Are the rest of you going to tag along as well?" he asked the others.

"Nope. We got plans of our own today, so it's just the two of you." Pinkie replied on her third can of soda now.

"Oh...I see," Ryotaro noted. "Then I guess it's just you and me Rarity." he smiled while taking another drink.

"It seems that way, darling," Rarity nodded as she took a sip of her tea.

"And so it begins." Pinkie said quietly to herself as she chugged down her next can of soda.

After that, it was just a matter of waiting for school to end. The moment it did, Rarity dragged Ryotaro off campus as fast as she could.

"And there they go." Pinkie said as she watched the two leave school from behind a tree, "Okay, Ryo has been distracted. Now we find the Imagin."

"Yes," Twilight nodded as she and the others popped out from behind the tree.

"Well shouldn't be too hard. It's a seven foot tall Blue Armadillo on two legs…" Rainbow deadpanned.

"True, but the Imagin can hide in their sand state." Twilight added.

"Then we need bait now…" Pinkie spoke up. "Twilight, you wouldn't happen to know a spell that would make someone look like Ryo, would you?"

"No."

"..Well can you at least make an illusion like copy of him or something?" She asked, "I mean, you read that magic book all the time, there has to be some illusion based thing in there." she reasoned.

"Well there is kind of something like that...but it would require to use it on someone who has a good image of how Ryotaro really acts first." Twilight explained. "It works by using the memories of said person to construct it, but I've never really tried it."

"Well there's a first time for everything, Twi." Rainbow countered.

"...Good point," Twilight nodded a bit.

"Exactly. So...who're gonna use it on first?"

"Well I guess any of us should do, we all know Ryotaro very well." Twilight explained.

"Oh! Try me!" Pinkie volunteered, "I wanna be Ryo! I wanna be Ryo!"

"Well you are about as tall as him, so might as well." Twilight shrugged, along with Rainbow and Fluttershy. Twilight then began to mutter several magic words quietly before she held her hand up at Pinkie as a light covered her before slowly fading away to reveal she now looked exactly like Ryotaro, even down to his school uniform, except it seemed as if that she...he...you get the point Pinkie-Ryotaro looked to be glowing slightly.

"Wow it worked." Rainbow blinked as Pinkie looked over the Ryotaro disguise.

"Wow...aside from the glowing, I look just like Ryo," Pinkie-ryotaro noted before blinking, "Uh...my voice still sounds the same though."

"Well I said you'd look like him, I never said you'd sound like him." Twilight justified.

"Oh."

"That's okay. You just gotta shut up and the Imagin will try to kill you, no problem." Rainbow smirked, patting Pinkie-Ryotaro on the shoulder.

"Agreed," Twilight nodded, 'Provided Pinkie can stay quite long enough for the plan to work.'
---
"So what exactly is it you needed my help with again, Rarity?" Ryotaro asked as the two walked through the downtown shopping center, which was pretty much like a large collection of shops all lined up like an outdoor mall.

"Well quite a few things actually. I need you to help me carry a few things, gather a few materials for some new cloths I have in mind, some new dresses, stuff like that," Rarity explained.

"Okay, well I'll try my best then." Ryotaro nodded happily as the two kept walking. "Ano, where are we heading first then?" he asked in curiosity.

"Hmm...well, how about we go and gather the materials i need first?"

"Alright…" Ryotaro nodded as he stopped to see a small map of the shops. "There should be a shop around the food court like area." he explained reading over the map with Rarity.

"Excellent," Rarity smiled a bit, "After we're done, we can grab a quick bite to eat."

"Sounds like a good idea." Ryotaro smiled as they began walking towards their destination.

It wasn't a far walk at best, maybe a city blocks length. Plus the shop was pretty noticeable as well, so Ryotaro and Rarity got their and found it no problem. The inside seemed quite large in comparison with row upon row of clothing material in the store.

"Hmm...let's see…" Rarity murmured as she began to browse through the store..

"There are a lot of things here…" Ryotaro awed, he was moving very carefully to make sure his bad luck didn't cause something bad to happen. As he stood there he noticed Rarity carefully looking over different materials with a careful eye. 'Rarity sure seems profesional at this...Wait, of course she is. This is something she's passionate about. Still, it's impressive as if she has been doing this sort of stuff for years.'

"Hmm…maybe…" Rarity spoke as she held up a ice blue cloth, "This would be nice for winter wear." she noted to herself.

'Yup, very professional. I just think it looks nice, I wouldn't know anything about when it be best to wear.' Ryotaro chuckled a little at himself.

"Hmm...yes. This could work," Rarity muttered to herself as she pulled out a notepad from her purse and began to write and draw something down, "Maybe...yes. I already have the perfect name...the swan of ice. Yes...that has a nice ring to it."

"You must get a lot of ideas, huh Rarity?" Ryotaro asked with a smile.

"Indeed I do, darling."

"I think thats really impressive. I'm not very creative, just ask Momotaros…" Ryotaro chuckled a bit.

"Darn right you're not creative," Momotaros scoffed

"He does not speak for the rest of us." the other Taros all stated in unison.

"Oi!"

"Baka-momo!"

"That's it! You're getting a spanking, gaki! A big ass spanking!"

"Hehehe…" Ryotaro chuckled as he tuned out the Taros.
---
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Twilight, Rainbow and Fluttershy kept to the roofs watching Pinkie-Ryotaro walk down the streets trying to draw out the Imagin.

"So far...nothing," Rainbow spoke as she floated in the air with her wings.

"Be patient, Rainbow. That Imagin is bound to show up sooner or later," Twilight stated as she kept an eye out for the enemy Imagin.

"Maybe Pinkie just makes a bad Ryotaro." Rainbow added, "Maybe if she fell on her face a few times, then he'd come out."

"You know that sounds mean yet there is a chance you're so right." Twilight admitted.

"Of course," Rainbow nodded as she rested a bit in the air, "Now w-"

*BOOM!*

"..."

"No one say anything and lets just deal with it." Rainbow spoke up as the three looked over the roof to see Armadillo crashing out of a building in ball form before he uncurled to his full height.

"Ugh...where is that brat? He should be here about now," Armadillo said before he spotted 'Ryotaro' walking down the street. "Found you Den-O!" he shouted as he pulled out his morning star and swung it at 'Ryotaro', who dodged it by bending backwards, letting it fly and hit a fire hydrant. 'Ryotaro' then shot back up before pointing at the Imagin as the water moved on it's own, like a snake before shooting into Armadillo, dousing him in ice cold water and knocking him off his feet. "Nani!?"

'Ryotaro' just smirked as he snapped his fingers, causing another hydrant right behind Armadillo to explode as more water slammed into him before it began to condense and then slowly freeze keeping him trapped from the neck down in a large and heavy block of ice.

"N-nandato?! Since when did Den-O use water and Ice powers!?" Armadillo demanded.

"Huh. Who knew it would work." Rainbow said, landing next to 'Ryotaro'. "This guy maybe strong but he's not that bright is he?" she laughed as Twilight and Fluttershy both landed next to her.

"Eeyup," 'Ryotaro' nodded.

"...Wait a minute...something's not right here," Armadillo blinked before it hit him, "Oh find me in the alps! You tricked me!"

"...Huh. Guess he's not as dumb as he looks."

"So it seems." 'Ryotaro' giggled before a light flashed, revealing Pinkie there smiling happily.

"Den-O was never here to begin with!? Where the hell is he?!" Armadillo demanded.

"He's on a date you can't disturb him." Pinkie stated confidently.

"Den-O is very relaxed for someone with the fate of time in his hands…" Armadillo deadpanned.

"Tell me about it. He's so lax, h-"

"Pinkie focus!" Twilight ordered, shocking Pinkie back to her senses.

"Tsk! I have no time for this. My boss will be angry with me if I don't deliver results!" Armadillo growled as he flexed his muscles before he began to crack the ice covering him. With a final shout the ice shattered releasing him. "Get out of my way!" he growled as he charged forward.

"I don't think so, buddy!" Rainbow shouted as she and Pinkie charged at him. Rainbow held her arms up forming a bolt of electricity between her hands before she spread her arms apart making it longer until she swung it like a rope that tied around Armadillo delivering several bolts of electricity to his armor.

"It will take more than that to stop me…" Armadillo grunted till a sphere of water formed above his head. "Oh...well that might do the trick…" he stated as the water dropped over him, increasing the conductivity of his armor and body, making the electricity course through hims faster and deal more damage in the process.

"Heh. I thought this guy was gonna be tougher than this," Rainbow smirked, "This is just too easy."

"Yeah. Almost too easy," Pinkie added.

"Brr…" Armadillo shook it off as he stood up alright. "Not bad girls, I felt that a little. It was like my first ever pinch," he joked as he raised his normal hand before slamming it into the ground, causing it to shake.

"...Knew it. That was too easy," Pinkie stated.

"Yeah...all the more reason to knock this guy of his high horse," Rainbow smirked.

"I'm an Armadillo!" the Imagin cried as he ran forward trying to push past the girls. He was stopped by a wall of ice but he still shattered it like it was nothing. He then blocked a swing from Rainbow before he used his claw to block an Ice hammer aimed at his head made and held by Pinkie. He then raised up both girls before he spun around and tossed them away to his sides by shooting both his arms outwards.

"Rainbow! Pinkie!" Fluttershy gasped.

"Don't get in my way!" Armadillo spoke as he charged again only for him to stop as the ground below him began to glow. "What the hell…?" he asked looking down to see a violet magic circle under his feet, another smaller circle formed at the top before more smaller circles began to form around the big one till six in total formed. The Magic circle then lit up before a large explosion sent Armadillo flying back and crashing into a car. "Magic...time bomb...joy."

"Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"I set that up incase he actually got past them." Twilight explained as Armadillo got out of the car. But before he could, he was soon belted by shards of Ice, making him turn to see Pinkie holding a minigun made of ice.

"What the hell can't she make out of ice!?" the Imagin demanded as it began to get annoying. Both the powers and the ice pelting.

"Trust me, if I told you about all the things I could make, we'd be here all d-" Pinkie began.

"It was a rhetorical question, you pink nuisance!"

"And I gave you a rhetorical answer! *Squee!*"

"Yeah get use to it." Rainbow said. flying above him as she aimed her hand down and unleashed a torrent of light bullets that added to the ice barrage, pinning the Imagin in place.

"Grr...this tactical crap is getting old!" Armadillo shouted as he curled into a ball and began to spin in place, "Rolling Crusher!" at that, all the rounds that were pelting him began bouncing off and hitting everything around him.

Twilight formed a magic circle that acted as a shield for her and Fluttershy.

"Guys stop! You're doing more damage then the Imagin!" Twilight cried out as buildings and cars got damaged by the shots.

"Little busy right now, Twi!" Rainbow shouted as she and Pinkie began to dodged the shots repelled back at them.

"Heh...this is almost entertaining." The Black Imagin said, standing on a roof as watched the fight with Kai. They watched as Magic circles formed around Armadillo ,keeping him from spinning before a large block of ice slammed into him, crushing him into the pavement, followed by a large bolt of lightning from the sky.

"I know. Makes me wish I had brought some popcorn," Kai smirked a bit.

"Ah...damn these girls are tough...oh...what do they need Den-O for than?" Armadillo asked, leaning on a wall while catching his breath, only looking slightly hurt after the string of rapid fire attacks that hit him, "I'm sure these monster women can handle it themselves…"

"Oh trust me," Pinkie smirked a bit as she appeared before him, holding a ice bazooka aimed right at him, "We're more than monsters."

"Oh fuuu…" he began before Pinkie fired a powerful blast of ice that sent Armadillo flying through the air before crashing into a car, cold mist covering him and the car before it all began to freeze over.

"That should hold him for a second." Pinkie smiled. "Not long though, but long enough."

"Great so we can hurt him...but just a little." Rainbow pointed out as they could see Armadillo trying to break free of the ice.

"Oh ho. Looks like Armadillo's having a rough time," Kai noted as he rested on his side, "Too bad he doesn't have any backup or anything to keep those magical girls at bay."

"I'll give it another second to see how well these girls can handle higher ranked Imagin before I step in." the black Imagin stated as he sat on the edge and watched as Armadillo broke free finally after the girls had a quick strategy talk.

"Oh? You're going to butt in?" Kai asked

"I will, but not just yet. The show is getting good." he stated as Armadillo charged at the girls once again.
---
Back with Ryotaro and Rarity, the two were still busy looking for supplies. Rarity was picky, but mainly because she was careful about getting things done just right. So the two took a little while longer then expected, not that Ryotaro minded. He was just glad to help.

"Let's see...one more thing should do…" Rarity muttered as she browsed through the supplies, Ryotaro holding the ones she had chosen.

'I should find it strange it took her almost and hour just to pick out the few she has, but I guess that's a professional for you.' Ryotaro said in his mind, holding the various supplies Rarity picked out in his arms.

"There has to be...oh!" Rarity gasped a bit as she saw what looked like a small, gold cloth amongst a pile of different colored cloths, "That...that would look glorious for a dress!" She walked over to it and grabbed...right at the same time someone else did, "Um...excuse me ma'am, but I saw this first."

'Uh oh, my bad feeling senses are going off.' Ryotaro stated in his mind.

"Since when have you had that?!" Momotaros asked. "Do you know how useful that would have been that time we went back in time to some guys memory of visiting the pyramids and we got stuck in some Indiana Jones adventure?!"

'Ano...'

"I don't want to repeat myself ma'am, but again, I saw this first," Rarity stated as she tried to stay calm.

"Get lost! I saw this first, hack!"

"...What did you just call me?" Rarity's left eye twitched violently.

"Ah…" Ryotaro sighed as he walked over to them. "Rarity please calm down there's no reason to start anything." he stated before looking at the woman. "I'm sorry ma'am, but my friend did see it first. We would really like not to cause anything."

"So? I need this more than she does!" the woman argued.

"Please calm down, there is no reason to shout, I'm sure we can work this out." Ryotaro reasoned just feeling a little awkward playing mediator, well at least not to the Taros.

"...Hpmh! fine.." the woman scoffed as she let go of the cloth, "She can keep it."

'Oh thank k-'

"I just don't want to look at that dreadful hairstyle of hers."

"..."

'Why...just why?' Ryotaro sighed as Rarity's eye began to twitch violently

"Ryotaro, there is a time for a man to be a man. This...is not one of those times." Momotaros warned, "So if I were you, I'd stay back, or stop the Chikyu-onna before she does something she regrets."

"Ano…" Ryotaro mumbled out as he could feel the anger radiating from Rarity, who still stood behind him.

"What….did you just say...about my hairstyle?" Rarity demanded in a very dangerous tone.

"I said that rat's nest you call a hairstyle is dreadful," the woman countered.

"You really don't need to be so rude to my friend you know." Ryotaro spoke up. "She hasn't done anything to you and she was even trying to be nice about the whole thing."

"That's what she wanted me to think. She just wanted that cloth for herself!"

"But sh-"

"Ryotaro, let us pay for our current items and leave before I am forced to do something I'll regret," Rarity spoke in a very even tone.

"Okay Rarity." Ryotaro nodded in understanding.

"Tsk...that woman is lucky I'm not allowed out there or I'd…"

"Don't dig us a deeper hole Sempai."

"Hai! Baka-Momo!"

Ryotaro just turned around and began walking with Rarity to the counter to pay for what they had, the latter trying her best to remain calm...and not tear the hair right off that rude woman's head.

"Rarity, are you alright?" Ryotaro asked in worry, "I know you're upset, but I think you made the right decision."

"I know. But...Ugh. The nerve of that woman," Rarity groaned, "She had the audacity to call my hair atrocious. ryotaro, my hair's not atrocious, is it?"

"No of course not." Ryotaro shook his head. "I know I'm not one that knows a lot about these kind of things, but I think it looks nice. I think some people just enjoy saying anything that will hurt your feelings. It's best not to listen to those kind of words or people. At least, that's the advice I was given."

"I see…" Rarity noted, taking a deep breath for a moment before giving him a soft smile, "Thank you dear. I needed to hear that."

"It's alright. I'm your friend after all. I'll always be there to help if I can." Ryotaro nodded.

Rarity couldn't help but blush a little at that before she quickly shook it off and payed for the stuff she needed from the store.

"Yosh…" Ryotaro said softly as he held the bag. "Thats one stop down." he smiled as they made their way out.

"Indeed," Rarity nodded, "Now, how about a quick bite to eat at the food court before we head to our next destination?"

"That sounds nice." Ryotaro nodded as the two made their way to the food court. Along the way though, Rarity's phone began to ring.

"Excuse me darling, I need to take that," Rarity apologized as she took her phone out, "I'll meet you over at the food court, ok?"

"Okay." Ryotaro nodded as he walked ahead.

"Hello?" Rarity asked, putting the phone to her ear.

-Hey Rarity...we might have a bit of a delay in our plan- Rainbow's voice spoke as an explosions was heard, followed by the sound of the Imagin cursing.

"...I take it's taking longer to hold him back?" Rarity asked quietly.

-Pretty much. Ryo wasn't kidding. This guy is tough. He's tanked all our biggest attacks and he's just barely out of breath.-

-No one said anything about lasers!- The Imagin's voice shouted before a loud crashing sound was heard in the background

-At this point, I seriously think we're just annoying him is all…- Rainbow groaned -Especially Pinkie. He pretty much despises her by this point-

-Get back here, you pink nuisance! I'll crush you like the cartoon character you are!- The Imagin shouted loudly as loud stomping could be heard, followed by tripping and crashing -Damn it!-

"So I can tell...anyway, what do you expect to happen? This is something stronger then the normal ones we've faced. And quite frankly, I don't think we could stop him unless every single one us faced him together."

-Well that's gonna be a problem now isn't it?- Rainbow asked sarcastically before she heard Fluttershy and Twilight yelp in the background -...I gotta go. That walking tank is trying to attack Twilight and Fluttershy now-

"Alright, be careful."

-I think that plan went out the window the minute this guy tanked three of Twilight's energy beam attacks in a row- Rainbow deadpanned.

"..Seriously, be careful," Rarity stated "Ryotaro will be sad if he finds out you or the others got hurt."

-Well we'll try our hardest, but it's not like this guy is giving us much of an option- Rainbow stated before an explosion occurred in the background -Ohh man! Gotta go! Later, Rares!-

"Oh my…" Rarity sighed, hanging up the phone at that. This was really bad. This Imagin's defense was too big for them to crack. She really worried for both the girls and Ryotaro, considering the girls were fighting him and Ryotaro is this Imagin's main target.

"Rarity!" Ryotaro called out from the other end of the food court as he waved her over to a table he found, some food already placed on it.

"C-coming!" Rarity replied as she ran over to him, 'Twilight...girls, please be safe.'
---
"Okay...somewhere along the line, I lost control of this situation…" Armadillo wheezed as he was crouched down on the ground, his body armor still in perfect shape, save for maybe a scratch or two. "Okay time out kids...seriously…I need to catch my breath."

"You think we're gonna let you get a chance to get away, bub? Fat chance," Rainbow stated.

"She's right," Twilight nodded, a serious expression on her face, "You're after our friend, and we're here to prevent you from hurting him."

"H-hai!" Fluttershy added with a nod.

"What the hell Den-O...you charmed these girls so much, there that protective…?" Armadillo deadpanned as he got back on his feet. "Okay. Since it's obvious you girls aren't going to let me pass anytime soon...and I'm ready to fall asleep from exhaustion...how about I try and find him tomorrow that work for you?"

"...Yeah, we're not falling for that," Pinkie deadpanned, "It's still like five, six o'clock right now."

"Oh, come on! I'm an Armadillo! I'm lazy here…" he groaned, "I mean, it's not like I can change species or anything!"

"To be fair, Armadillo's are slow little creatures." Fluttershy elaborated.

"Not the time, Fluttershy." Rainbow said.

"Demo, it's true."

"We can put him in a petting zoo after we beat him." Pinkie reasoned, forming another ice bazooka.

'These girls are freakin' relentless!' Armadillo exclaimed mentally.

"Hm...it seems to be a lot of repeat gags by this point." Kai stated from his spot on a roof.

"Yes the novelty has worn off." The black Imagin sighed as he made his way to the roof entrance.

"Hey where are you going?" Kai asked.

"I'm using the elevator. What do I look like an idiot?"

"Okay okay. I just figured you'd melt into the shadows or something."

"That only works when I want to go long distances."

"Shadow powers are confusing as hell…" Kai mumbled, "...Oh well. Might as well see what happens next."

Back on the ground, Armadillo stood his ground as the girls all held their hands out at the same time. Twilight formed a magic circle before them that soon began to develop a spiral of wind in the front of it before electricity was added to the mix. The final add was a series of ice shards to the combination. All the individual attacks all blended into one location before it aimed at Armadillo.

"Oh that's gonna be felt in the morning…" he grumbled as the combination of energies began to grow until it seemed to reach a critical state.

"Just so you know, this is very personal!" Rainbow shouted out as the attack fired as a large tornado that had a series of magical bolts of energy along with bolts of lightning and ice.

The attack was about to hit Armadillo before a black shape moved in front of the Imagin and held his hand out, stopping the attack with his palm alone. The figure then swatted the attack off to the side, letting it deal damage to a building.

"Truly amusing ojou-san-tachi." the figure clapped as a cloud of dust and smoke covered him from their view.

"What the...who...how…?" Twilight whispered, her eyes widened in shock.

"No way! Who the hell could've repelled an attack as big as that?!" Rainbow gawked.

"I'm hurt, Miss Dash." the figure said, walking forward as his black colored body and armor with blood red vein like accents walked forward, the two horns on the side of his head poking out as he did, and a face that looked very familiar to a hot headed Imagin they all knew.

"You…" Rainbow frowned.

"Hey. He looks a lot like Momo," Pinkie noted, "But...like an evil version of him. Though I think he's missing like the evil beard and moustache."

"Amusing as ever, Miss Pie. Truly amusing. I must admit, your level of growth and evolution has been staggering to say the least." he stated as he stopped a few feet in front of them. "Luna-hime is right to worry about you. You're just walking time bombs of disaster for any well laid plan." he chuckled evilly. "But that's why I exist. I am the one who will disarm that bomb...and I will start by cutting away the most dangerous weapon you have...Den-O."

"Wh-what?" Fluttershy gasped a bit.

"That is why I live, I am made from Luna-hime's wish to kill Kamen Rider Den-O." he stated holding his arms out, "I'm made from the hatred she has for this world...the hatred she has for the current Celestia." he stated looking upward. "And it is wonderful! Ah such powerful hatred, anger, all those negative emotions, all that darkness that is what I am made of!" he laughed before looking down at them his red eyes glowing slightly. "I guess that makes me...Negataros!" he stated with a maniacal snicker.

"...Wow, this guy's insane," Pinkie noted.

"Far from it, my dear." the newly named Negataros stated. "You see, insanity is what one feels when they can not accept the world as it is. I am made from this world's reality. I know how it works, and how to work it. The world is after all like a business." he explained as he began to walk around them, "But that's just one way to see it."

The girls didn't say anything as they stood their ground.

"But see I am now involved because I am not happy." he spoke up stopping. "You all are getting in the way of my mission...I don't like that." he added wagging his finger in disappointment at them, "As you are, all five of your are pretty dangerous. And if you find the last Element Bearer...well, I wouldn't be mad. I would be...oh I don't know, absolutely livid." he explained as he walked up to Twilight. "Because then Luna-hime would be livid...and that's not good for anyone...so that is why your getting in the way of my mission to kill Den-O is not helping me. So I will give you a chance, move aside and let my goon finish his mission, or I will show you why not to make me angry."

"...I'm afraid we can't let you do that," Twilight stated in a serious tone, "We're not gonna let you or anyone else hurt our friend."

"I tried being diplomatic just so you know." he sighed as he turned away before holding out his hand as black sand began to form in it. It then condensed into a shape, it was a large hatchet like ax...in fact it looked exactly like Kintaros ax when he was in the real world, only pitch black, "Oi, Armadillo. Get going."

"I...I can't. These annoying girls drained me."

"..Fine," Negataros said as he held up a small, black crystal shard, "Then here's a bit of an energy boost."

"Eh?"

'Oh crap...a Shard of Discord,' Twilight paled a bit before Negataros threw the 'crystal shard' at Armadillo, hitting him square in the chest.

At that, Armadillo began to grunt in pain as he began to change, starting to look a lot less like an armadillo and more like an ankylosaur. His body retained the overall same appearance save for more ridigine scale like texture to his armor, his hook like hand now merged with his morning star making it replace the hook. His armors also darked to more of a dark navy blue as well.

"They can do that?!" Rainbow shouted.

"Get to work now." Negataros ordered as he turned back to face the girls as he twirled his ax around before resting it on his shoulders. "Sa, shall we settle this now girls?" he asked as Armadillo ran through a building to get out of the area.

"..Fine," Rainbow frowned a bit as she and the others got ready, "I've been meaning to kick your butt for what you did to me before."

"How human...a grudge." Negataros chuckled as he swung his ax down, hitting the ground, causing it to split and crack open making a fissure in the concert that opened to the sewers below.

"...I think we might be in over our head," Pinkie gulped a bit.

"Oh you have no idea," Negataros smirked.
---
Back with Ryotaro and Rarity, the two were eating some ice cream at the table Ryotaro picked out, enjoying a little quiet to relax.

"This is nice, isn't it?" Rarity asked with a small smile, taking a small lick of her ice cream.

"Indeed...it's nice having some quiet time without having to save the world." Ryotaro nodded.

"Quite," Rarity nodded, "Just a normal,quiet day without anyti-oops! Eheh...almost jinxed it."

"Trust me I'm alright with it, I often do it to myself a lot." Ryotaro chuckled, taking a bite of his ice cream before wincing, "Itetete. Brain freeze…"

"Careful now." Rarity giggled. "I guess that's the worst of the jinx then." she laughed.

"Hahaha…" Ryotaro laughed a little as well as he rubbed the back of his head, "I guess so."

"Well let's not dwell on it." Rarity suggested, "For now, let's just enjoy our ice cream, shall we?"

"That's fair." Ryotaro nodded, taking a smaller bite this time.

Rarity nodded as she took another lick of her ice cream. As the two enjoyed some quiet time, it was soon interrupted by Rarity's phone went off again.

"...Excuse me. Gotta take this," Rarity said as she took her phone out and began to leave the table, making sure Ryotaro wouldn't hear, "Hello?"

-Uhm Rarity...I have bad news...- Twilight's voice said as the sound of an explosion went off in the background -The Imagin got away, and we got a bigger problem to deal with-

"Bigger problem?" Rarity asked in worry. "What do you mean bigger problem?"

-We ran into an Imagin connected to Luna- Twilight explained -And this one...he makes the Armadillo one look like a weakling in comparison-

"Luna's Imagin...and he's that strong?" Rarity murmured a bit of fear from that fact in her voice.

-I'm afraid so. And to make matters worst, he upgraded that imagin, who looks more like an ankylosaur now, with a Shard of Discord-

-Kya!-

-Fluttershy! Oh your ass is grass!-

-Uhm...sorry Rarity, but we can't talk much more. This Imagin is big trouble. Please be careful. The Imagin is on his way to you now, sorry bye!-

"Oh my…" Rarity said as she hung up the phone, "This is not good...not good at all."

"Rarity, is everything alright?" Ryotaro asked as he walked over to her. "You look worried."

"..."

"Rarity? Are you okay?" Ryotaro asked as he was starting to get worried, seeing her nervous look.

"...F-fine, darling. Just...fine," Rarity managed to say.

"Rarity…" Ryotaro said a little sternly as he looked at her. "Please if something's wrong then you can tell me."

"...Okay fine. But...promise me you won't get mad."

"Oh my god, what did you guys do?" Ryotaro asked figuring the basics of what this might be about.

"Well...after what happened yesterday, me and the girls decided to...well, deal with the imagin, so to speak, while one of us kept you distracted," Rarity explained, "Everything was going fine until…"

"Until what?" he asked.

"The Imagin got stronger and got away from them, Now he's making his way here." she finished.

"Hah…" Ryotaro sighed shaking his head slightly. "You shouldn't have tricked me like that. You're my friends I don't want you guys getting hurt over something like this. Whether any of us likes it or not, we have to work together in this."

"I know. But…" Rarity paused as she took a deep breath, "I'm afraid there's even worst news. Twilight and the others are dealing with an Imagin that's connected to Luna. And from what Twilight told me, this one makes the one from yesterday look like a weakling in comparison."

"I see." Ryotaro nodded his head. "Then that just means that now more than ever we all need to work together. We are friends and we are in this together. So promise me you won't try and do something like this again, alright?"

"...Alright," Rarity nodded, "I promise."

"Good." Ryotaro nodded. "We need to go then, our friends are in trouble and people need our help." he smirked slightly as he turned around while pulling his belt out.

"Indeed," Rarity agreed as her gear appeared, "Let's hurry before th-"

*CRASH!*

"Den-O! Where are you!?"

"Looks like the big lug found us first." Rarity noted.

"Yup." Ryotaro nodded as the two ran towards the sound of the crash to find the enhanced Armadillo.

"I know you're here! Come out and fight me!"

"Rarity, I'll lead him away from the people." Ryotaro stated as he strapped his belt on and held up up his pass. "Oi kochi!" Ryotaro shouted, desperately getting Armadillo's attention.

"Den-O!" Armadillo shouted as he began running after Ryotaro, who lead him away, "Fight me, coward!"

"I'd really rather not…" Ryotaro whined as he ran into a parking construct.

"Give it up! There's no way you can run from me, nor find a place to hide!"

"Technically I'm a good few meters ahead of you and I'm kind of thin and can hide in places you can't reach." Ryotaro countered with a weak smile. He then stopped and ducked around Armadillo who crashed into a wall from missing Ryotaro. "Also you're kind of clumsy."

"Urusei!" Armadillo shouted as he got out of the wall, about to smash Ryotaro before a stone hand forced him back sending him crashing into the ceiling above him.

"You also don't know how to count." Rarity smiled as she walked up next to Ryotaro.

"I swear I hate kids so much now…" Armadillo complained a she held his mace like arm forward. "I'll just destroy you where you stand!" he shouted as the spikes flew off like missiles that flew at the two.

"Henshin!" Ryotaro shouted swiping the pass over his belt as crystal like shards formed infront of him. Rarity raised her arm in time as the missiles hit the shards for Ryotaro's armor.

A large explosion soon occurred before it soon began to clear. But Armadillo gawked in surprise as nothing happened to the two as glimmering shards of crystals floated around them along with the shards for Den-O's armor. The crystals having intercepted the mini missiles and protect them both from the force of their explosion. The shards then combined to Ryotaro before forming into his Plat Form armor that seemed to have a slightly brighter sheen to it than before due to the extra light from the shards still floating in the air.

"N-nande?! How's that possible?! I hit you point blank!"

"It's quite simple actually." Rarity spoke up. "Crystals." she smiled.

"Crystals?"

"See all forms of rock even man made like concrete have the necessary elements to form crystalline structures." She explained a tone of satisfaction in her voice. "So with my ability I just made them from the concrete around us. A perfect shield don't you think?"

"I'm so tired of all this magic stuff!" Armadillo shouted as he held his normal right hand up to his head to ease the headache he was feeling, "Seriously, I've been hit with lasers, zapped, splashed on, frozen, and blown away by those other stinkin' girls!"

"My this one has a short fuse doesn't he?" Rarity asked Den-O sarcastically.

"Hai." Den-O nodded before they both got ready to fight as Armadillo charged again. He swung his mace like left arm only for Den-O to grab it before it could hit him or Rarity. He then held it and Armadillo in place. "Rarity!" he shouted keeping him locked in place so he could be attacked.

"Got it!" Rarity nodded as she pressed her hands on the ground, "Stone Edge!"

At that, Armadillo looked down before the ground before him shattered only instead of falling down as gravity should, the shards of stone all shot up carrying him up to the ceiling and through it to the next level.

"Why you little bit-!" Armadillo began as he charged out of the hole.

"Stone Edge!" Rarity declared as she used the attack again. The stone shards and more from the ground below Armadillo all shot into him sending him even higher up this time to the second to last level of the parking garage.

"...Are you done?! Because I'm coming back down there! And I swear to god, if you do that again, I will be so freaking p-"

"Stone Edge."

"Oh damn it!" Armadillo cried as he was sent flying up once more by stone shards letting him crash to the top open air level of the parking garage. Den-O and Rarity both made it to the roof by standing on a rock that floated up through Armadillo's holes in the concrete.

"I think his fuse has long since burned out Rarity." Den-O stated plainly as he helped her off the floating stone and onto the ground.

"It would seem so," Rarity noted.

"I'm going to enjoy breaking Den-O in front of you!" Armadillo shouted getting back up and charging at them. He swung his mace arm at Den-O, who ducked it before rolling of to the side, Armadillo turned to fire his missiles only for his arm to hit a column of stone that formed quickly in his arms path and breaking it; stopping his concentration. He was then hit be a series of stone bullets formed from several larger chunks of concrete floating in front of him each one making him back away a step from their sheer force. "Damn it! Screw his orders! Your dead stone girl!" he shouted pointing his mace at Rarity only for Den-O to grab his arm and point it up letting the missiles fly up into the air before falling back down from their loss of momentum and begin to rain on both The Rider and Imagin causing a series of small explosions.

"Ryotaro!" Rarity gasped as the smoke subsided to show Armadillo and Den-O, both standing where they were, both harmed slightly from the explosions.

"Damn you Den-O!" Armadillo shouted as he swung his left arm and hit his mace into Den-O's chest armor making sparks fly off it. Den-O then grabbed his arm and kept it in place. "Let go!" he shouted as he began punching with his regular right arm each one creating a loud boom or smack as he hit Den-O. But the Rider kept his grip firm keeping the Imagin from using its weapon. "Grr...fine! Point blank full fire!" he roared as his left arm's mace began to glow before it unloaded a larger amount of missiles into Den-O's chest point blank sending him flying away, but the recoil also sent Armadillo flying back as well and through all the holes he made to the very bottom.

"Ryotaro, are you alright?!" Rarity asked in concern as she ran up to Den-O, who slowly forced himself to his hands and knees, his chest armor smoking greatly.

"I've...been better…" he grunted, falling back down from the pain.

"Mmm….ah! Ryotaro, just summon one of us already!" Momotaros shouted.

"I can't…" Den-O spoke, shaking his head. "You...you still haven't said it…"

"Are you kidding me?! This is no time for that! You need to let one of us take control so we can beat that stupid armadillo before you end up buried!"

"You still have to say it." Den-O spoke flatly. "None of you have ever once said you're sorry for all the trouble you've cause me…"

"But-!"

"RAH!" Armadillo roared as he shot up and began making his way back to the top of the parking garage.

"Ryotaro, please change forms so we can fight, otherwise you or the Chikyu-onna are as good as dead!"

"My answer's still no…" Den-O said. "Not until you say I'm sorry." he stated definitely.

"That's it! It's time for me to finish this!" Armadillo shouted as he reached the top, curling into a ball as he began to spin in place really fast, "Gigas Rolling Crusher!"

"RYOTARO!" all the Imagin cried desperately.

"The I'm sorry…" Den-O countered as he stood back up.

"Great Wall!" Rarity declared as she summoned multiple stone walls, hopefully to slow down the Armadillo Imagin's attack, but it was tearing them down easily. "Oh please! Can you idiots swallow your pride and just say the 'I'm sorry'?!" she complained trying to strengthen the wall to hold off the Imagin.

"...They has a point, sempai. If we want to help out, then we're going to have to apologize," Urataros stated.

"Hai," Kintaros and Ryutaros agreed.

"Gah…" Momotaros groaned as the sound of him slapping his own face could be heard. "GOMENNASAI!" he apologised. With that four lights all entered Den-O as he stood back up.

At that moment, Armadillo broke past Rarity's defense before coming right at Den-O. Den-O moved one leg back and reared his arm back as Armadillo came right at him.

"Hah!" Den-O cried as he punched his fist forward, four astral images of the Taros right arms forming around his before a ring like shockwave formed and sent Armadillo flying away. "See? it wasn't that hard was it." Den-O chuckled as Armadillo crashed into the ground skipping off the concrete surface before flying off the top of the Parking garage.

"We never speak of this again…" Momotaros voice echoed in his head.

"Hai hai…" Den-O nodded as he pressed the red button on his belt. "Ike Momotaros." he chuckled as he swiped the pass over his buckle.

=SWORD FORM!=

With that, the armor formed and positioned itself for sword form as the peach themed DenKamen grinded down his helmet before splitting open into eye pieces as the armor locked into place. A bright red flash then came off Den-O.

"ORE!" he shouted as he pointed at himself before he shot his arm back and the other forward in his surfer like pose as he stood low. "SANJOU!"he shouted as his voice came off as a loud shock wave. "I'm going to kick that freak of nature's armored ass!" Den-O shouted happily.

"Phew...thank goodness," Rarity sighed in relief, "I didn't know how long I could keep the defenses up."

"Heh well you did good Chikyu-onna." Den-O said as he patted her head. "Ryotaro's lucky having girls like you in his life. Tell anyone I said that and I'll deny the hell out of it!" he added as he crossed his arms and looked away.

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Good. Now enough talk...time to kick ass! Ikuze Ikuze Ikuze!" he cried as he jumped off the roof and landed on the ground below facing Armadillo. "Come on big and ugly, I'm right here! Come and get me!" he taunted dancing around a little as he swung his arm around. He then charged and punched Armadillo across the face making him lose his balance. Den-O then grabbed his left arm and made the Imagin hit himself in the face sending him falling back as sparks exploded off the impact. "Ah why'd you hit yourself?" Den-O asked in mock worry.

"Damn you…" Armadillo growled as he tried to smash him. But the Rider ducked around and moved behind the Imagin before he kicked his leg forward and hit the Imagin in the lower back sending him stumbling forward holding the spot where he was kicked. "Gah damn it…" he groaned. He then looked up as he saw Rarity wave at him from the top of the parking Garage before she pointed up.

Floating in the air where two masses of concrete and stone that began to spin around into spiral pattern like drills and glowing internally was the magic keeping them together. Rarity then waved good bye before the two spirals shot forward and hit Armadillo causing two large explosions of dust sending him flying back.

"Guh...this is impossible...how're they hurting me?!" Armadillo demanded.

"Hell if I care!" Den-O shouted as he closelined Armadillo, only instead of knocking it over.,Den-O wrapped his arm around his neck before he kicked both his legs up and uses his weight to slam the Imagin back first into the ground with a large slam. Den-O then rolled away before he grabbed all the parts for his Den-Gasher and tossed it up before they all fell and aligned into sword formation. It's red blade extended as Armadillo got back up.

Den-O roared as he charged and slashed Armadillo once across the chest then a second time and a third, then a forth, before he stabbed the tip into the center of his chest the blade breaking through his arm and into the center of his body. As it did the blade's tip hit the crystal that was now in the core of his body shattering it to pieces.

Armadillo stumbled back as sparks and electricity came off his body from the influx of internal energy. He stumbled back more as his body slowly morphed back to normal.

"Kame! Your turn!" Den-O shouted, pressing the blue button before swiping the pass.

=ROD FORM!=

With that, Den-O's armor and the Dengasher all reformed into the Rod form alignment before his DenKamen grinded down and folded into place.

"Omae Boku nii tsuraretemiru?" Den-O asked rhetorically as he held up his DenGasher. He then charged and slammed the blunt bottom of his weapon across the Imagin's face making him stumble back. He then spun the DenGasher above his head before lancing it's tip across Armdillo's chest ripping sparks off his armor. "The thing with large body armor is it has a lot of gaps to exploit. Like here!" Den-O shouted, stabbing him between his belt and chest armor, making sparks fly off as Armadillo held the spot in pain. "And here!" he added, stabbing in a gap under his shoulder armor, making more sparks fly. "And here, and here, and here!" he continued as he kept stabbing weak points in Armadillo's armor, making sparks fly off him with each strike, "Hm...You know they say it's dangerous to stand outside with a metal pole…" Den-O stated making Armadillo look up at him.

"What the hell...wait…" Armadillo blinked as Den-O held his DenGasher up before lightning hit the tip before Den-O slashed it whipping electricity that sent Armadillo flying back and hitting the ground.

"You took a while to get here minna." Den-O said as he rested his DenGasher on his shoulder.

"Huh?" Rarity blinked before she turned around to see Twilight and the others, a few bruises on them, "Girls!"

"Hey. Sorry we're late," Rainbow apologized, "Fluttershy was busy healing us after...nevermind. Let's just kick this guy's butt."

"We can all worry afterwards." Den-O stated as he pulled out his pass. "Kin-chan, your turn." he ordered pressing the yellow button and swiping the pass.

=AX FORM!=

With that, Den-O's armor and DenGasher flew and rearranged before locking into place for Ax formation as his DenKamen grinded down the helmet.

"Nakerude!" Den-O cried, cracking his neck as he held up his ax.

"T….teme…" Armadillo growled as he managed to get up and charged at Den-O.

Den-O just punched his arm out, hitting him in the face, making him stumble back. Den-O then slashed the Imagin across the chest, ripping sparks from his chest. Den-O then grabbed Armadillo and lifted him into the air above his head.

"Go flying!" he roared as he tossed the Imagin up into the air.

"My turn!" Pinkie shouted as she leapt up, carrying her ice made hammer as she slammed the Imagin back down to the ground.

"Gah…" the Imagin groaned in pain as he stood back up.

"Doskoi!" Den-O shouted as he tossed his ax into the air. As it did, Rainbow made a bolt of lightning hit it before Den-O jumped and grabbed it. He then came down and slashed it downward, cutting and shocking the Imagin at the same time.

As the Imagin stumbled back, he was bombarded with a blast of magic bolts and crystal fragments that all exploded across his chest, making sparks explode all over his body.

"Ryuta, your turn," Den-O stated as he pressed the purple button and swiped the pass.

=GUN FORM!=

With that, Den-O's armor and DenGasher all reconfigured for gun formation and locked into place as his DenKamen grinded down his helmet.

"Yay~! My turn!" Den-O danced happily. "I'm going to hurt you now. Is that okay?" he asked, pointing his gun at the Imagin. "Kotae wa Kiitanai!" he didn't let the Imagin reply as he aimed his gun and began to fire a barrage of explosive bullets that all hit the Imagin causing explosions and sparks to fly off his body.

Armadillo tried to charge through the barrage before he was caught up in a mini tornado, raising him into the air. Once he was high into the sky, a series of yellow stars fell into the tornado causing a string of mini explosions within it. As Armadillo floated in the air for a second, he was hit by a barrage of water fists that sent him higher into the air. After another second five, spinning disks of stone and crystal formed around him in a star pattern before crashing into him sending him higher into the air again. To finish it a large bolt of lightning fell from the sky and sent Armadillo crashing into the ground causing a small dust cloud to rise into the air due to the impact.

"Gah…" Armadillo cried in pain as he slowly got back up, his armor scratched dented and broken in certain places, "Im….impossible. I...I'm going to lose?!"

"Seems he's losing his cool." Pinkie smirked as she leaned on Den-O.

"Guess he doesn't take losing well." Rainbow smirked holding her arms behind her head.

"Nope," Den-O smirked, twirling his gun a bit with his pointer finger. "Mah, let's end this already. I want to get back to my drawings." he said, holding up his pass and pressing the red button. "Okay Momotaros-no-baka, you can end it." he smiled, swiping the pass.

=SWORD FORM!=

With that, his armor and DenGasher aligned to sword formation as his peach themed DenKamen grinded down his armor.

"Heh. With pleasure, Hantare Kozo." Den-O Sword form smirked, holding up his DenGasher.

"No...I won't lose...I refuse! I refuse to lose!"

"News flash, buddy. You just did," Rainbow taunted.

"Yeah big time." Pinkie agreed.

"Lets end this already! I want to enjoy this victory so I get back to having fun." Den-O added as he pointed his sword up. "Oi girls, come here. I got an idea for a new move." he said as he huddled them all together.

"What is it?" Twilight asked before Den-O whispered it to them, "...You think that'll work?"

"Oh, come on. Be fun for once, Mahou-onna." Den-O chidded patting her shoulder lightly.

"...You're right, Momotaros. Let's try it out."

"That's what I like to hear," Den-O smirked as he turned back around. "Get ready you rolling bastard, cause from here on, we are at the climax, and there's no stopping us!" he stated as he swiped the pass over his belt.

=FULL CHARGE!=

With that, red energy surged into the bottom of his sword, making it glow bright red.

"Hissatsu!" he called out as the girls all held their hands up, forming five orbs of light that floated up before slowly spinning around Den-O's sword before absorbing into it and making it rapidly change colors in a rainbow like hue, "Ore tachi-no Hissatsu Waza! Part 3!" he shouted as the blade shot high into the air.

He then swung it up leaving one glowing cut before Den-O swung it back down, leaving a second one, and leaving an X like imprint of multicolored energy. Den-O then raised the blade high into the air as all its energy began to surge greatly.

"Combi version!" Den-O shouted as he swung the blade down, leaving a rainbow like trail as it swung down and cleaved through Armadillo. The Imagin screamed before a large explosion occurred, sending flames and smoke high into the air as Den-O's sword returned to it's place on the DenGasher. Den-O then spun around and rested the blade on his shoulder.

"Victory!" Pinkie beamed as she gave a peace sign.

"Heh…" Den-O chuckled, swiping his thumb over where his nose would be. "Well I guess this brings an end to the whole punishment thing." he chuckled as the flames from the explosions slowly died down.

"Eeyup. But I hope you learned something, Momo," Pinkie spoke up.

"I was suppose to learn something?" Den-O asked, only to get his toe stepped on. "Gah son of a…" he groaned dropping his sword and began hopping on one leg as he rubbed his throbbing toe. "Alright alright I get it. Try not to get Ryotaro in trouble anymore and apologize if I do…" he complained.

"Good boy. You earned a treat," Pinkie smiled.

"A treat? What do I look like a d-?" Den-O began before Pinkie pulled out a pudding cup from her hair, "..." he then sat down on the ground. "Momo do good." he stated happily.

"Indeed. Now fetch," Pinkie said as she tossed him the pudding cup.

"Mine!" Den-O shouted as he leapt up at the pudding cup, taking his belt of in the process as his armor disappeared, M-Ryotaro then caught the pudding cup with his hands before he landed on his feet. "Hehehe...delicious treasure." he smirked as he opened it before folding the lid into a makeshift spoon he used to scoop up some before eating it. "Wonderful…" he smiled as he ate away.

"Well you got him well trained." Twilight noted, seeing M-Ryotaro enjoy his pudding cup.

"Of course. Mention pudding, and he becomes a big ol' puppy!" Pinkie giggled.

"Well at least by this point, we know how to control them." Rainbow shrugged, stretching a bit before wincing, "Ow...still hurting."

"This other Imagin really is powerful, isn't he?" Rarity asked worry in her voice.

"H-he is," Fluttershy nodded, gulping a bit.

"He repelled all of our attacks like nothing, and he knocked all 5 of us out in one blow," Twilight explained, "If Fluttershy hadn't woken up first and used her magic to heal us, then we'd probably need some medical attention."

"It worries me how many other strong Imagin may be out there…" Rarity said as M-Ryotaro got up and cracked his neck. "How many other things we may have to fight?"

"That is something kind of intimidating when you think of it," Twilight admitted, "But I think we can handle it. After all, none of us are alone."

"Mizu-onna, another!" M-Ryotaro stated as he grabbed Pinkie and lifted her up.

"Sure!" Pinkie nodded as she reached into her hair and pulled out a eight pack of pudding cups, "Here you go. Extra large too."

"Mine!" M-Ryotaro shouted, dropping the excitable pinkette as he snatthed the eight pack and began to chow down.

"Well for now we can relax knowing things are back to normal." Twilight sighed happily as she sat down on the ground to relax. "I'm tired after today…" she sighed falling back on the grass and laying down.

"I think we're all tired, Twi," Rainbow sighed as she carefully laid down on the ground, laying on her back as she looked up at the sky.

"Yeah...break time…" Pinkie sighed as she plopped down on the ground along with them. "I'm sleepy."

"That would be very nice after this day," Rarity add as she carefully sat down on the grass.

"H-hai…"Fluttershy nodded as she sat down, "Today was rather...t-tiring and exhausting..."

"Heh...Ryotaro agrees with that, Kaze-Onna." M-Ryotaro added, having finished his last pudding cup. He then fell back as a red flash altered him back to regular Ryotaro.

"But I guess in the end...we can take a relaxing breath…" Ryotaro grunted as he rubbed his chest to dim the pain from the missile barrage he took earlier.

"True," Twilight nodded a bit, 'Still...I can't believe Luna has such a powerful Imagin by her side...I hope we find the last Element Bearer, because after today, we need all the help and power we can get.'
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"Ah that was entertaining." Kai smiled, having watched the whole thing from what looked to be a hole in the air in front of him that replayed the fight like a video player set to automatic replay. He then held his hand as the scene of the Final slash coming for Armadillo slowed down incredibly, it then showed a similar hole from behind him before a hand grabbed the back of his armor and pulled him in but not before a mass of sand formed a decoy. "Good thing I pulled him out in time, I can't afford to lose one of my big guns so soon." Kai smirked as sand formed into Armadillo behind him.

"Thank you, Kai-sama." Armadillo bowed to Kai.

"Don't mention it. I still have some use for you after all." Kai sighed as he flipped forward before he pulled something from his pancho. It looked like a photo. "Armadillo...I want you to begin your mission now that our boon with mister Negataros is done. It's time to get back to work." he explained with a smile.

"Of course, Kai-sama."

"Christopher needs me to hold up part of my bargain, but I think this would work better for everyone. I need you to back to the past and attack this target. It's imperative if things are to be interesting." Kai nodded, giving Armadillo the photo. "Why let things happen as they should? I say we make things more random, destructive and chaotic!" he laughed. "Sides it works out better for us in the end."

"Of course, Kai-sama." Armadillo nodded.

"If you have trouble going by the picture...just remember her name is Applejack," Kai smirked as the picture revealed that very girl.

"Hai. But...why this specific girl?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Kai asked, "Because I love messing with everyone." he laughed as he began walking away.
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Twilight: Okay. It says she lives...around...here.

M-Ryotaro: Hot damn! That's a big house!

Applejack: What d'yall want t' talk t' me about?

Twilight: Well...you might want to sit down for this.

M-Ryotaro: I got the aspirin.

?: Long time no see, Dash

Rainbow: No way…

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