Good thing gearwork is asleep as the seven of us plus tsukiyomi and geiz sat in the dining room and I had just explained my situation and what I know of Kamen Riders.
“So let me get this straight. Fifty years from now you are some kind of demon king who rules the world with an iron fist but you doubt that as you are not even interested in being a king but forced into the role by the watch when you ended up in our world” rainbow asked.
“Pretty much we already figured out this world is like a halfway mix of my home reality and sunset’s world. Humans don’t have technicolor skin in my world. When I saw your blue skin I honestly thought you had hypothermia rainbow” I told her as sunset blinked not knowing what that was.
“Now that he mentions it the coloration is similar,” said Fluttershy having helped take care of animals suffering from that condition.
Everyone broke out laughing at the shocked and surprised look rainbow shot Fluttershy at that.
“Anyway as you guys already know tsukiyomi is apparently my and sunset’s daughter from fifty years from now and geiz is her best friend. And wasn’t that a shock for me and sunset” I said motioning to the yellow streaked black haired teen.
“Nice to meet you and I was just as a shocked dad,” said tsukiyomi.
“I still can’t believe oma zi-o is your dad he never gave any indication of it in our time,” said geiz knowing he can’t really kill James now as he didn’t want to erase tsukiyomi from existence.
“I still wonder how you got two of his ride watches from him it never came up in the show I saw in my reality,” I told him frowning.
“Woz was the one who handed them to me. Before he left the resistance and became oma zi-o’s prophet” said geiz with a sigh.
“So who was that creep in blue you ran into when you beat that monster flash had become” asked sunset turning to me.
“That was Swartz the leader of the time jackers a group of time travelers that split off from the resistance each having some form of time manipulation. Their ultimate goal is to rewrite time by making their own candidate to become the demon king of 2068 with them as the power behind the throne. Mainly by stealing the powers of past Kamen riders like Kiryu sento and putting them into different people rewriting time. Another Rider Build was taken by the childlike heure who saved flash from getting run over by a car last year and in exchange offered him a contract. Another Riders are monstrous versions of Kamen riders and can only be beaten with the same power. Which normally is difficult if the original rider’s history is erased so they can’t fight in the process. Luckily I can gain the powers of the previous riders by handing them blank ride watches to restore their memories a bit and thus their powers into the watch.” I told them motioning to the ride watches I set onto the table from our personal watches and the Build era watches currently we have along with Geiz’s drive and ghost ride watches.
“What wasn’t normal and didn’t happen in the show is that the energy of the Another build ride watch formed extra ride watches when only the build and cross z ride watches should exist here. Which brings a theory that may explain why that happened. When I was brought to this world it may be possible the power of zi-o got scattered and the Another ride watches are drawing those fragments to it forming these ride watches. From both heroes and villains. " I told the listening group.
“But how did sunset become a Rider herself that is what is confusing me as she wasn’t a rider when she trained me in the resistance” asked geiz.
“Simple she went fully into her mother instincts enough she reversed the effects the element of magic had on her and with being in close proximity to me for a whole year with my own ride watch had influenced the magic that changed her into forming a similar power alongside tapping into her own element of harmony. To you guys, you remember why we went into the year 2017 to stop flash alongside sento and ryuga but for everyone else, they saw what would have happened if I wasn’t around. That’s just my best guess.” I told him.
Before any more could be said a green portal opened up and some card fell out and landed in my hand. I could hear some kind of message from it.
“My name is Yume Hideki, Kamen rider cyber if you need help protecting your world or just need a friend just give me a call”
"Who in the world is Yume Hideki?" I asked as the name sounded familiar but as soon as the name left my lips the card glowed and a green portal opened letting a purple haired teen fall onto the ground. He wore a regular set of clothes as in a black coat over a blue shirt and jeans. His eyes were a silver color and hugging his back was what looked like a young dragon with a red gem on its forehead.
"Okay that was odd I won't lie first time summoned to boot need to work on my landings and serene why did you latch on to me like that!" the teen said with a groan as he stood up. I just had my jaw dropped as well now I realized why that name felt familiar and this was now awkward. For the teen was a fictional character I created back around Kamen rider ex-aid's run and when Build was just rumored on the net. So yeah I'm a bit surprised I was meeting a character I made right now.
"Okay, where are we because I don't recognize the place," said the teen who had to be Yume and why did he have a dragon hanging onto his back.
"Yume," I asked blinking my eyes and catching his attention as the teen seemed to recognize two of the group now that he knew he wasn't alone.
"Huh, Applejack and rarity? Wow, you both look different. Oh, right multiverse got to remember that" the teen said chuckling.
"Okay I'm confused how do you know us a partner," asked Applejack.
"Hold on let me check something," said the teen waving his hand over his buckle which I noted was the ganbadriver from ganbarizing. How did he get that as I didn't write to him with one as far as I remember?
A holographic screen appeared and he read what was on it and blinked in surprise.
"This can't be right in a different universe alright but one that's directly connected to mine and it says here is in the past by about over eighty years. Don't tell me displaced can end up in connected worlds and the tokens can end up in the past of their own worlds. Well, my world does have a thinner dimensional wall compared to other displaced that's for sure" said Yume and everyone grew confused.
"Yume Xavier Hideki explain what is going on now and what are you talking about"I snapped at him making him jump and look right at me.
"How in the world do you know the middle name I haven't told anyone in Equestria about my middle name and the only one who might know is Surprise," asked Yume wide-eyed.
"I'll explain that if you explain what you're talking about in return and going to give us a headache trying to understand how, "I said deadpan.
"Right well as you know my name is Yume Hideki and this girl clinging to my back is serene a chimera of three beings that fused on entering Equestria. A rathelos, a xenomorph and a third being I didn't recognize right off the bat. As you have my token I guess your this world's displaced. Like you, I'm someone who was taken from their world and placed in a different one. And we are not the only ones in this situation. There are hundreds or thousands of us in different equestrian though this is the first time I am meeting a displaced in their home universe. Didn't expect it to be the past and connected to the Equestria I'm from though" he said making all of us stare at him.
"Right well I'm James McCain and as you seem to already know rarity and Applejack the others are my girlfriend sunset shimmer, rainbow dash, pinkie pie, Fluttershy, and me and sunset's daughter from fifty years from now tsukiyomi and her best friend geiz. Me, sunset, tsukiyomi and geiz are Kamen riders as well. I got zi-o, sunset is solar, tsukiyomi and geiz share their rider names with their own" I said motioning to each of the group I mentioned.
"I never heard of those riders," Yume said confused.
"Oh right your from 2016 back when Build was just rumored on the net," I said sheepishly. Of course, he wouldn't know of zi-o.
'okay, seriously how do you know me" asked Yume raising his eyebrow.
"I'm a writer before I got displaced. You were actually a character I made around ex-aid's run I was planning on making an original story based around your life and dealing with supernatural forces. Much like the immortal and ever young kitten your friend geo owns"I told him looking sheepish.
He looked stunned.
"Okay was not expecting that," said rainbow as everyone nodded.
"Well it's a wide multiverse it's to be expected that some writers end up meeting their creations at some point just look at recreators," said Yume and I nodded as that was an apt example.
"So how did you end up in Equestria over eighty years from now," I asked.
"Well, I was waiting at a convention for geo to bring me my prop for the con when he was running late. I was going to participate in an event there for a skit when he comes running up saying someone stole the prop and he found it in the trash only by the time he got there we missed our slot for the event and I left for home feeling rather ticked. I examined the belt finding it wasn't the prop but a working driver. Next thing I know I'm in Equestria meeting a grown-up spike who was married to Equestria's rarity as both are a unicorn and dragon there. I even met their daughter sparity. That was yesterday for me. Not long after I woke up I got a vision of applejack jr the daughter of Applejack being attacked by combat men. Turned out shocker appeared in that world due to the thin dimensional barrier. I ended up fighting serene in a larger state and purified her into her current state when I had to fight Kamen rider glaive who was going to take her to shocker for experiments. As Kamen rider cyber I naturally got in the way and beat him. Then I met twilight's son dawn and learned aj jr was half human. She has the ability to convert her friends into weapons like in soul eater. That night I had to fight night rouge where I met up with a Kamen rider ghost displaced called Alex who was known as Kamen rider shade who is dealing with other Kamen rider things in his Equestria. Got a power ranger there as well. That was when I learned about the displaced and sent out my own token one of my base change cards for my driver. I'm not sure what else is going on besides just before I got summoned I left aj jr trying to attack rarity because she had what looked like something called a nightmare form. I can see ghosts like Fluttershy's daughter Eden and found out rarity was pregnant with her second kid. Things have been crazy and chaotic for my first two days so far" Yume said.
"That's a lot to take in especially as twilight and spike just went back to Equestria not too long ago," I told him.
"Ah, so this is the world beyond the mirror twilight owns! I heard about that from spike" said Yume as he had that realization look on his face.
"Great now you got me remembering that Kamen rider ryuga will make an appearance at some point for me. I'll tell you about Kamen rider zi-o later" I told the character I technically made. Yep, there is the headache I mentioned.
"Anyway, I think I know what caused the weakened barrier between your Equestria and the rest of the multiverse. It may be possible oma zi-o a supposed evil future version of me used the fact he is literally a demon king of time and space to take over the world and with the powers of twenty Kamen riders and their histories gone the sheer power must have weakened the barrier especially with decade's power"I told Yume.
"That would explain how applejack ended up in dark souls in my time," said Yume shocking me and the rest.
"She went into that game!" asked rainbow as the local applejack went a bit pale.
"Dear lord I'm going to pity my counterpart," said Applejack.
"Yeah, that would explain why her daughter is half human. To her, two years went by when in Equestria it took seventy years" Yume said with a wince.
"So seeing as you mentioned twilight, rarity, and Applejack I'm guessing they are still alive in your time" sunset asked.
"Yep rainbow, pinkie, and Fluttershy are not around. Sweetie Belle is still around as a mechanical being though" Yume said making rarity blink.
"Huh so we better get to bed and have some time to get over that discussion," I said and Yume took the other guestroom as the girls went home. The next day we headed to school with Yume following explaining to me what he knows about tokens. "That explains a lot it might be wise to see if you can ask your twilight about if she met me in the past when you get back," I told the purple haired teen.
"Hey haven't you heard some people have vanished when they played a game for a few days now," said a teen to their friend passing us and we shared a look with each other. We met up with everyone else and I gave them a look.
"The time Jackers are on the move again this time it's another ex-aide. We are going to have to beat a game just to encounter him and the real ex-aid. I don't know how he still has his rider powers at the same time as another ex-aid though"I told the group.
"If you need someone to beat a game I'm your guy," Yume said smirking.
"We need to meet a classmate and take them to seito university hospital to get a code to even enter the game area another ex-aide is hiding in, "I told him deadpan.
That made the ganbarider look shocked.
Finding the classmate who sunset identified as button mash was trying to play an unwinnable game and was attacked by another ex-aid we took him to the specified hospital and I saw Hiro aka Kamen rider brave.
He led us to the ward for this case and geiz found the note in German. Handing Yume the game console and the code for the game we as in me, sunset, geiz, tsukiyomi, and Yume found ourselves in a warehouse with another ex-aide.
The five of us pulled out our drivers.
ZIKU/ERA DRIVER!
GANBADRIVER!
Four of us rotated our primary ride watches while Yume pressed a button popping out a tray for his pulled out change card.
Pressing the ride to watch buttons we got ready.
ZI-O!
GEIZ!
TSUKIYOMI!
SOLAR!
"Henshin!' the five of us said.
Cyber! Sync up rider!
Rider time! Kamen rider zi-o/geiz/tsukiyomi/solar!
Once our respective transformations finished I turned to see Yume was now in a base green ganbarider suit.
"Let's go and restore time!" I said pointing at another ex-aide as geiz pulled out the driver ride watch while me, solar and tsukiyomi pulled out the build, cross-z, and grease ride watches.
Rider time! Kamen rider zi-o!/tsukiyomi!/geiz!
Armor time! Best match build!/drive DRIVE!/ robot jelly! Grease!
Era time! Kamen rider solar! Legend time! Wake up burning! Cross-z!
"Time to try out shade's power" cyber said pulling out the change card he gained from his driver. He pulled out the tray and slid in the card before pushing in the tray.
CYBER! SYNC UP SHADE!
Was heard as the column formed as armor resembling shade's own armor formed and lined up before overlaying cyber's body forming the black and red shade synchro form. It resembled the ghost form a ganbarider can get but more like the actual rider as the face screen changed to mimic the persona of Kamen rider shade and included the shackles on the rider's arms.
Taking out three cards cyber held up the device on his left arm and slid the cards in.
Appearing next to him was glave, Chronos and the ride player from Kamen riders blade and ex-aid.
The now eight riders charged at the Another Rider only for the Another rider to quickly beat glave, ride player and Chronus while the five had a bit more of an easier time fighting the Another rider.
"Okay I really need to see about upping my training this is just like night rouge all over again! Yume said annoyed at how this battle was going.
He gripped the face screen and took it off before flipping it around entering burst mode when he put it back.
Soon enough the five with that power up against Another ex-aid leaving a person that made sunset go wide-eyed on the temporary defeat of the Another rider.
"That's shining armor twilight's brother!" said sunset shocked.
"Cyber does he have any kids in your time," I asked the ganbarider.
"A daughter flurry heart from what I know from princess twilight," Yume said having asked dawn about his cousin once.
Just than emu arrived and transformed into ex-aid while I facepalmed at this.
"Emu-sempai! You do know we can have Hiro look over his daughter right?" I told the doctor annoyed as well Hiro does live up to his title of a top surgeon.
That made ex-aid and shining look up surprised.
"You know me," asked emu.
"Considering we are Kamen riders ourselves we just want to make sure he stops spreading the bugster virus on people he even assaulted a young kid in our school not too long ago!" I said deadpan. That said I turned to the cop.
"You also insult the badge you wear by doing that what happened to your vow to protect life! Now emu please hand me that ride watch you have so I can restore time please!" I told emu making him go wide-eyed as he pulled out the ex-aid ride watch.
"How did you," asked emu.
"Like you, I want to protect those around me but doing this is going against your hypocratic oath emu. us fellow riders have to keep things safe for everyone around us and I won't let you inadvertently go back on what it means to be a Kamen Rider!" I told emu before moving to stand in front of him.
"Hah well said use my power well," said emu handing me the ride watch.
"Don't worry life is just a game that anyone can clear with no continues you just need to remember what path you are on at times and need a reminder on occasion," I told him making him chuckle as I said his catchphrase.
I turned to the others.
"Our next stop is 2016," I told them grinning as we left the game area. running to the time machines we entered the time streams heading to 2016 specifically the day emu met hiro.