[Galvantula]

It was late at night and all Ben wanted to do was sleep. But the thoughts he was having were keeping him up. He was worried about how Gen and Yuki were holding up in this world that wasn't theirs. Thankfully while Max was offworld with Gwen and Kevin helping to train the Plumber that Ben would later know as Rook he was still able to signal the parents of Ben, Gwen and Kevin and set up a meet of sorts to let everyone fill each other in on what was going on. Ben was stunned that they were other universes than he was only considered a fictional character in. Given that he was recovering from the earlier battle this was somewhat a shock to him. But at least Ms Leven was willing to rent out some old rooms for the 'guests'. Ben's parents would have loved to help on but their house isn't big enough for what the other worlders needed and Gwen's parents aren't overly fond of anything alien related so they politely declined. While he wanted to get some sleep he just couldn't leave them alone. Trying to rub the sleep out of his eyes but failing to do so he walked over to where Yuki would be staying tonight.

In all honestly Yuki was feeling homesick. The contrast grass green and dull colors of the Tennyson household was nothing like the cheery rainbow of color that her home was. She missed how her family would dress up for dinners from other cultures and how much love they gave to her as well as others around them. Making matters worse was the fact that she was having nightmares about a 'Dark Yuki' in a creepy mask trying to take over her life and she was powerless to stop it. Looking over to where Gentaro was sleeping on the floor, a look of deep regret on his slumbering form she couldn't help but wonder how he would feel about her. Gently waking him she waited until he was fully awake so she can get this thing off her chest.

"Gentaro, don't you still think of me as your friend? I'm glad that you remembered our promise together but do you think any differently of me now that I'm a Switcher? I didn't want to but Gamou forced me to because a Horoscope. How will the other react about this? It wouldn't be any good for the club to have a Zodiart commander as the chairman, right?" She was getting very upset about what had happened during the short timeframe and she was worried that he would reject her right out there. To her pleasant surprise he drew her into a deep hug and rocked her gently back and forth.

"Of course you'll always be my friend Yuki-chan! No matter what happens I still want to befreind everyone in school! I should have been there for you and the others but instead I was blinded by my dislike over some boy with odd powers! I LET MY ANGER BLIND ME TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE! I FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUNISH SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT ACTING LIKE HE CARED ABOUT HIS FREINDS! BUT I WAS THE ONE AT FAULT TODAY! I ENDANGERED JK AND EVERYONE ELSE DUE TO HOW I ACTED TODAY! I LET THE HOROSCOPES HURT PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT AND WORSE OF ALL THEY TRIED TO MAKE YOU SOMETHING I KNOW YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE SWEET AND KIND YUKI-CHAN! PLUS YOU'RE SMARTER THAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT FOR SINCE YOU HELPED KENGO MAKE THE ASTRO SWITCHES I USED SO CARELESSLY TODAY! I FAILED YOU AND EVERYTHING I HOLD DEAR FOR WHAT?! FOOLISH PRIDE ABOUT HOW MUCH BETTER I AM THAT SOMEONE ELSE BUT IN THE END HE WAS THE BETTER MAN!" Having let out of that emotion Gentaro finally broke down and cried up a storm. He messed up a lot today and he knew it from the bottom of his big heart. Yuki returned his hug back to him as he looked at her gratefully for doing so. Seeing him smile made this world seem less scary to Yuki and she gave him a smile that showed him that she was fine.

"Thank you Gen-chan. For everything you did for me and the Kamen Rider Club. I don't know what will happen tomorrow but I'm not afraid of the future anymore. I will face it head-on as you taught me. After all if I did anything less than that how can I call myself your best friend?" Giving off a small chuckle she was happy to see that Gen agreed with her by giving her his biggest smile. As they looked into their eyes both of them wondered if perhaps there was something more between them. Before they could act on these feelings Ben walked in on them, a look of annoyance on his tired face.

"Geez Gen, I think you're officially louder than Trumbipulor and given how loud he is that's saying a lot about you, dude. I'm clad you both were able to fix thing between you but can you dial it back a tad? You might be loud enough to wake the dead AND the living."

Gen blushed a little bit since he was still holding on to Yuki. Her smell was quite pleasing to him as she was always pretty to him, even if she never saw herself like that. Having Ben pop up when he was like this was embarrassing to be honest. Still he had to save face since he was the one who helped the most with saving Yuki as well as getting Tatsumori to a hospital. Perhaps he wasn't the jerk he was before."I should thank you for helping me save Yuki-chan but more importantly I need to say I'm sorry about barging into your world and wishing to attack you with no real cause."

Ben was pleased to hear that coming from him. Still there was something else that he needed to address to Gen and Yuki. It couldn't wait until morning so JK would have to hear what he was about to say in the meantime." I want to say I'm sorry too. I have been a super jerk to everyone but I hurt Julie the most with how I acted. Now I have to worry that her dad won't let me see her again. Plus I'm still learning how to use this new Omnitrix I got from Azmuth but so far I had little luck with figuring this watch out. But the second thing I wanted to ask you about is this: Why are you so loud all the time? Can't you use a indoor voice like normal people do?"

Gentaro got up and patted Ben's shoulder to steady himself. " I think friends shouldn't hold in their feelings as that can hurt them in the long run. So I always state what's on the mind so I can live without regrets. Also Kamen Riders are the heroes of Japan in my world. We need to be loud to give the people hope and strike fear into the hearts of evil kaijin and those who would wish to harm the innocent" Ben gave a small "Uh-huh" to show that while he didn't like his loud voice he did appreciate what he and the other Kamen Rider were doing. Soon both boys gave each other thumbs up with Yuki happily cheering them on. They weren't friends just yet but it was the start of a beautiful friendship between all of them. JK smiled as well with the good news he overheard.

When it was morning Ben had to help out his houseguests as his American kitchen was lacking in ingredients Gentaro, Yuki and JK were used too. The three of them weren't too happy about having stale Sumo Slammer cereal but it was better than nothing. While they were having breakfast Ms Leven and Julie walked in to talk about something that will help them in the longrun.

"I know that things are rough for you right now so I'm letting you borrow my son's car so you can get around town easily. Hopefully one of you can drive as I can't let you use Kevin's car if you don't have a license to operate a motor vehicle" Gentaro was luckily that his grandfather taught him how to drive a car as he showed his license to Ms Leven to her approval." I'm glad to see that. But I going to have to ask for a small favor. Can you repaint the car for me? I would never say this to my son's face but I've always hated that grass green he likes so much." When all four teenagers walked outside they saw that Kevin's muscle car had seen better days with its paint as it starting to peel away. After giving it some thought Gen and Yuki started to brainstorm ideas on how to give Kevin's car new life in paint. It took all of a minute to come up with a idea that JK loved as much as they did.

After about a hour or so Kevin's car was fully painted with a whole new color scheme and a new personality that fitted better with the Kamen Rider Club members No longer was it grass green with black stripes. Now it was lavender with rainbow stripes on the sides with chibi faces of Gentaro, Yuki, Kengo, Miu, JK, Shun, Tomoko and Ryusei on the rainbows. The wheelwell covers were now painted in rainbow chrome and the hood of the car was now white with a lavender star in the middle. Ben loved the new look as Kevin may be a genius with tech but his fashion sense was awful like you would not believe. Knowing he was courting death by doing this he sent pictures of his car's new identity to his computer on the Rust Bucket 3, his personal starship. Looking inside the repainted car he saw that the dark green interior was redone with a pink and white space theme. With the new look getting rave reviews from the five teenagers Gentaro, Ben, Yuki, Julie and JK took a picture of themselves with Kevin's happier looking car. 'I think we're going to be such good friends someday' Ben and Gen thought to themselves.