[Galvantula]

It was late at night and the moon was full. It casted its beautiful light over everything it touched as it shone in the night sky. But two people couldn't care less about the moon tonight.

Emoto hated the moon. It reminded him of his folly over siding with Gamou over using the safer Fourze system as well as the fact that in a sense he was the Moon to Utahoshi's Earth and Gamou's Sun, paling to them both but reflecting the light off of the Sun. Even though he was no longer the dreaded Virgo Zodiarts he was still Tachibana, the man who fought against the evils of the Horoscopes to give humanity the freedom to live life as it saw fit. Being in a whole other universe would never change that fact and Ryusei was long overdue for a check-in.

As he tweaked the monitor Azmuth gave him he tried to tune in the frequency of his home dimension but was having little to no luck with the endeavor. 'It seems technology is the same no matter where you go: You can't live without it but it never works when you need it too' he mused to himself. But he was patient and soon enough he was about to make contact. Donning a new Tachibana helmet he menially readied himself for the upcoming trasmission...

The universe of the Kamen Riders, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes...

Ryusei was at a viewing screen in the Rabbit Hutch, with only a sleeping Tomoko at his side. It had been over three weeks since Gen, Yuki and the others have vanished and while Zodiart attacks were rarely happening now that the Horoscopes were gone he still can't help but wonder what the point was of all of this.

Soon his Meteor Switch buzzed with news of a transmission from Tachibana. Tomoko purred contently, the noise not bothering her in the slightest. To think that this was the woman who would be his girlfriend or so she thought. Truth be told Ryu wasn't ready for that to happen, at least not yet. Placing the Switch in a slot he was greeted by the cold steel gaze of Tachibana.

"It's good to see you Ryusei. But I can't help but wonder if you have lost your focus" he mocked the fighter as he saw that he was letting Tomoko rest her head on his lap. Normally Ryusei would be ready to say that he was focused on the mission at hand, but his mission had been finished a while ago. He found the Switcher of Aries and saved his friend, but lost so much during that time. To think that he was tricked into killing Gentaro and almost letting Aries kill the rest of the Kamen Rider Club. But as if by some miracle Gen came back to life and defeated Aries, saving not only everyone there that fateful day but Ryusei's soul as well.

"I wasn't aware that I still had a mission" he retorted, angry that Tachibana doubted him still. Still he had a valid point as Ryusei often lets his emotions get the better of him at times. But now wasn't the time to argue with his employer. "Is there anything I should know about?" Ryusei asked.

"Yes. All 12 Horoscope Switchers have been found. A unknown factor calling himself 'Vilgax' came to this dimension and captured the remaining members. We then crossed over to his home dimension when they were forced to battle his nemesis, Ben. But apart from one fatality all captives are safe. But they are unable to come back until the threat is neutralized" Tachibana stated matter of factly.

"Can you identify the Switchers?" Ryu questioned his employer. Soon a list of names was brought up for his 'viewing pleasure'.

TATSUMORI YAMADA: ARIES. STATIS: COMATOSE

YUTA SUGIURA: TAURUS. STATIS: DECEASED

YUKI JOJIMA: GEMINI. STATIS: RETURNED TO HUMAN STATE

NATSUJI KIJIMA: CANCER. STATIS: DECEASED

KOU TATSUGAMI: LEO. STATIS: DECEASED

KURITERU EMOTO/TACHIBANA: VIRGO. STATIS: RETURNED TO HUMAN STATE

KOUHEI HAYAMI: LIBRA. STATIS: DECEASED

SARINA SONODA: SCORPION. STATIS: DECEASED

MITUAKI GAMOU: SAGITARRIUS. STATIS: DECEASED

TOJIRO GOTO: CAPRICORN: STATIS: RETURNED TO HUMAN STATE

ERIN SUDA: AQUARIUS. STATIS: RETURNED TO HUMAN STATE

RAN KUROKI: PISCES. STATIS: RETURNED TO HUMAN STATE.

Ryusei was in total disbelief. School facility were the first Horoscopes and that they needed his fellow students to evolve the Switches to reach a 'Dark Nebula 'and that the one he heard about was just the ? What hit harder still was the fact that Yuki and Ran, his fellow Club members were forced to mutating into the very monsters they swore to fight against. But when the fact that Tachibana outright lied to him Ryusei was a man possessed by rage.

But he would remain civil even if he was enraged right now. "Why help me if you were Virgo, the right man of Sagittarius?" he choked out, trying to not wake up his reluctant girlfriend. To his surprise Tachibana took off his helmet and the face of the kindly Emoto was facing him now.

"Because I was the one who stated all of this. I let my anger at being overshadowed overrule my better judgment and killed my best friend and let Gamou harm others while I was taking part in all of this. But I soon began to regret my part in all this. So during any free time I had I created your Meteor arsenal as well as the Gate Switch for assisting Kengo. The truth of the matter is I wanted to stop Gamou as much as any of you but as he was my friend I was forced to keep my cover until Vilgax played his hand and killed half of the members. Thankfully I was able to gain some allies and was able to cure the remaining members, although I doubt the Aries Switcher will survive." Emoto took a deep breath and continued, with Ryu watching silently. "I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm too far gone for that. But I do must ask of you to keep the others safe and I promise you I will bring them home." With that Emoto ended the conversation.

Ryu was a state of shock. Not only were the missing students mostly safe but as it turns out Tachibana wasn't a total asshole. As Tomoko stirred, the emotionally news hitting her rather hard he wondered how in the hell he would break the news to the remaining KRC members.

The universe of Ben 10, a world thought of only as a fictional world...until now.

As she sat on a swing and watched the moon as she swung back and forth Hope thought back to a time when she wasn't Charmcaster, the woman that killed 600,000 to bring back the father she missed so dearly. But those times weren't coming back and she knew it. Holding the Dark Virgo Switch she remembered how much her father loved the moon and how much it broke his heart that he wasn't able to see his daughter off as he spending his last moments fighting... she couldn't even think of his name, it upsets her too much!

"I'm so sorry daddy. I guess I'm not your little girl anymore. Just another tyrant that the Plumbers have to deal with" she sobbed. The pain that went with being a ruler that everyone feared was too much for her to bear so she left without so much as a word. "I know you can't forgive me and I know that from the bottom of my heart. But please don't hate me for what I am forced to do for Vilgax" Hope croaked out, the very thought of fighting for Vilgax making her sick to her stomach. But the only thing she thought she had left was her rivalry with Ben, but over the years it became something more. She was in love in with now and despite the fact that she was three years older than him that never mattered to her. To think it happened that fast, to have those feeling brought before her.

About five years ago...

The people were running in absolute terror from Charmcaster but she didn't care. Hex needed the money so they could buy a home of their own, but given their criminal records that was something easily said than done. So she was forced to rob and harm the innocent, the very things she told her father she'd never do. Funny how life on the lab changes you, even if you don't want to.

But she wanted to be a great magician and if you want to be that you needed to give a show and give a show she did. "Aw ha ha ha ha! Flee from the might of magic!" she boasted without really meaning it. The truth was, all she wanted was friends. But what came out from far from that. It was Ben.

"Give it up you ugly witch! Ya know you can't beat the best!" the child gloated. Hope's face grew hot from her anger at the boy's rudeness and if his family wouldn't teach him manners then it would fall upon her to do so. In anger she blasted a bolt of power from her hands but Ben was ready to counter her attack. Slapping down his Omnitrix he became something she never saw before and when you're not from anywhere other than the birthplace of mana, that's saying a lot.

"Feedback!" The jester looking thing caught her shot in his hand and fired it off back at her, only to hit a shield she made out of stone and terror. As the alien ran towards her Hope saw her life flashing before her eyes. She didn't want to die, not like this!

But Ben was not going to even harm her. He just drained away the energy that was by her feet, stopping her protection spell, but she didn't think he would show her mercy. "Please, Ben, no" she whimpered. But Feedback just said this to her

"I don't understand magic all that much but you have a real talent for it. Maybe if you keep your nose clean you have a future away from all this nonsense. Maybe even be a Plumber and fight the bad guys instead of being a bad guy!"

Hope was quite pleased to hear that. Not having Gwen around made things easier to deal with and she felt something in her heart. Could had it been love? She didn't know it at the time as she caused more destruction than she intended. The ceiling was about to fall on a family that was caught in the crossfire and she could do nothing to stop it. She wasn't strong enough back then.

Feedback ran over to them and tried to hold on while they escaped, not bothering to look back at the young mage. Just when they were out the ceiling fell onto Ben as a green light flashed to Hope's horror. She was so frightened that she even wanted Gwen to be there, even though she hated her guts. But nothing was stirring in that pile of rocks and plaster and she thought that she killed the great hero Ben Tennyson. Falling to her knees she looked on at the site, not sure on what to do for Ben. But when things were looking their darkest something happened.

To her crying eyes she saw something moving, but what? Right before her the form of Fourarms arose triumphantly from the wreckage, arms flexed in a winner's pose.

'Sure Ben was riddled with ego problems but you have to admit he was a true hero' Hope thought to herself. But she had enough excitement for one day and with a common smoke bomb fled the scene of the crime, cash in tow.

Back to the present day...

Darkstar couldn't help himself. The moonlight shining on her silver hair, the smell of her, just the very thought that they were working together was quite pleasing to DarkStar. She was beautiful and more importantly to him his meal ticket. Despite having been raised around heroic Plumbers his whole life he always craved power over all else and he never though much of women as he firmly believed in the "Mother/Whore" mentality that disgusted nearly everyone he knew. But he couldn't care less. Now he had access to mana and the means to kill Ben and his new, if strange as all get out, friends.

He could picture it now, his face and health restored and with all those he considered fools worshipping him like the god he saw himself as. But he was willing to wait until the morning, when people were at their weakest. Sure it was unsporting, but he cared nothing about honor nor the feelings of those he hurt. Perhaps when Ben is dead he will go after Gwen and Kevin next as they flew to where Ben and the others were just about to start a brand new day...

Later...

Manny loved getting up early in the morning. Not having Ben's new touchy feely friends awake was something that he needed. Yuki and Erin were alright, but when space is brought up they go wild over every little tidbit they can find. Erin is more level headed, if she did have a temper on her, while Yuki is creative and fun loving, though she panics way too easily. Not to mention Ran and Tojiro. Ran is loving and a great fighter from seeing her practice but she does not liked to be touched unless she tells you it's OK, which is rather hard sometimes and Tojiro, while friendly and carefree was LOUD.

"Awwww! The best part of waking up is no one in my-" but his sentence was cut short by Gentaro's greeting. Out of all of them he was the loudest but he was a friendly guy who makes time for his pals. Still this was Manny time, not KRC time and he wanted Gen to know that.

"Yo man, don't you get enough of me during the day? I kinda need my Me time, buddy" Manny gritted though his teeth. But Gen would have none of that.

"I don't know when we will have to part ways. So we shall stay together as long as we can so we'll have wonderful memories to look back on" Gentaro somberly answered. So he polity gestured Manny back to the house when it was now a hotbed of activity.

Inside...

Tojiro and JK were hard at work making a new song. It wasn't for fame, but for the first time in a long time just for fun. It had a good beat to it, Manny thought, but it needed a good bit of work done before it would be a great song. But the two of them didn't care about that at all.

"Ha HA! Nice to see that my fiery passion is growing hotter with my increasing skills! We're going to be a couple of badasses my friend!" Tojiro boomed to JK, thoughts of girls all over him present in his mind. But he was thoughtful of other's feelings, more so after JK taught him a few tricks about vocal control he learned from Miu. Surprising how much a cheerleader needed her voice but her help was much appreciated.

"I'm glad that we're not as sucky anymore. I guess we needed our muses" JK stated as he looked at Erin, watching space footage with Yuki. The older transfer student was quite happy to help out the two rockers as she grew up listening to this sort of music and her advice was doing wonders for their music's quality.

Erin was thrilled that space travel was possible in this world. "If only my father could see me now. I'm going to make him proud of me! Just think of the new worlds we'll see, Yuki-chan! To think that our dreams are coming true!" she excitedly shouted as she jumped out of her chair in joy.

"I know, right? My parents love learning about other cultures and if we could bring this technology back with us then we can help people all over our world! There are other people out there and if we put our minds together then we're stronger than we are apart! Maybe I can see my friends in space that talked to me during my childhood" Yuki cheerfully added. Erin was not totally sure that Yuki's "space voices" are real but given that they met all sorts of odd characters in Ben's world anything's possible at this point. "Plus I think our families are going to get along so well! We'll be like sisters!" the space otaku happily told Erin as the both of them hugged each other. Theirs would be a friendship that lasts a lifetime.

But as they were happily going about their business Hope watched from outside sadly. She so desperately wanted to see her father again but she knew that was never going to happen. As Ran and Julie went to finish breakfast, talking about things that they like to do, namely sports and spending time with their friends, Hop couldn't hold back a few tears from falling down. But she could not help but wonder where Ben was at time hour.

As if the universe itself wanted her to know Ben walked right behind her, tired from his morning jog. But when Charmcaster turned around to see just who it was she was a tad startled. However Darkstar was ready for Ben.

"You kept me from my Lovely Gwen, Ben. You denied me power and fame while you partiality swam in it. Well no more will I suffer your stupidity and your need to butt in everywhere I go!" As Darkstar changed to Dark Aquarius and tried to drown Ben his water blasts were blocked by something he knew all too well: Manny's hulking form.

"We don't need a powerwash today, thanks!" the Tetramand snarked. Dark Aquarius was besides himself as he was able to survive his power draining waters. Perhaps if he could separate Ben from the others then this might go better. He would have so such luck as Fourze rolled into battle with his "Uchuu Kitta" battle cry. "A little help here would be splendid dear" D. Aquarius whined. No way was he fighting two opponents at once.

"You always need more than a 'little' help" Charmcaster muttered under her breath as she mutated to the form of Dark Virgo. The Zodiart form was clad in blue dominatrix gear with two horns on her head. Gold chains were on her biceps and thighs and over her stomach and the Virgo constellation on her choker. Completing the look was a pair of black angel wings with a sad eggshell white face with black lipstick on the lips and a harsher looking halberd than the one Emoto wielded. "I look...not like myself anymore" as the fact that she used Diagon's power was setting in.

"Whine about it later. Ben must die and I can't do the deed by myself, now can I?!"Michael snapped at Hope. Soon both Horoscopes were on top of Fourze as everyone looked on in shock. They were fighting viciously and Gen may not live without some aid. Aid that Ben is happy to provide.

Turning to Swampfire he threw two fireballs apiece at D. Virgo and D. Aquarius, knocking them away from Fourze. "Thanks, Ben. I don't think I could have gotten them off myself" Fourze thanked the Plumber.

"It's no biggie. Now then we have a job to do!" Dark Virgo slashed energy waves from her halberd at Fourze but he dodged them with a little trouble. Charmcaster was not as mellow as his normal foes and Gen needed to stay on his toes. But Charmcaster was always a quick study and soon she teleported behind him and broke his arm with a judo grab.

"Gen-chan!" Yuki cried out in horror. "How dare you hurt him! He did nothing to you and you just want to fight, no matter who you hurt" Her words cut deeper than Yuki realized as Dark Virgo turned to her direction, staring her in the face. Yuki was shaking in terror as she wasn't sure what Charmcaster would do to her.

But D. Virgo just wanted to talk. "I know from the Intel I got from the old Horoscopes that your friend is a good person and I don't wish to harm him further. But I have no home to go back to. My people will never want me back as I was such a tyrant to them. My life here is not much better but at least I have my pride left!" But Hope was feeling sadder than she was letting on and Yuki knew it.

"Then why still with Vilgax? Perhaps we can help you get back on your feet? Is there someone who you care about? I'm sure that they must be worried about you right now" Yuki comforted the older girl. Hope was feeling batter and the person she cared about more than anything was right there. She didn't care what people thought about that anymore. She had to get it out!

"The person I care about is BEN!" D. Virgo declaimed as she pointed to Swampfire, a look of confusion on his face. "Ben, I know this is sudden but ever since that day when I robbed that store I felt something growing in my heart. Now I know it's love and it's for you" Her words were a total shock to everyone there but poor Julie was just blindsided by the news! One of Ben's enemies...LOVED HIM? It was too much for her to take in as she ran back inside to think about what went down.

Dark Aquarius was stunned by this as well. "I thought I was your greatest lover!" he protested. But Hope's mind was made up and Gwen has proven that Michael could not be trusted at all.

"You were a horrible lover. Especially in bed" she bitterly admitted to Dark Aquarius. That was too much for his bloated ego to take as he grabbed onto her forcibly and began to drain away her power.

"You were always such a brat, laughing like a crazy old woman! Hell, you LOOK like a old woman too! I don't think you deserve such gifts, you wreathed COW!" Soon Hope was human again, her skin pale as death. But Darkstar could care less about her condition.

"HA HA HA! Now I am more than I was before! I have reached the final level of power, SUPERNOVA!" His body began to contort into a demonic state with sharp claws and jagged horns on his skull-like face. He then spun around like a sprinkler, spraying passerby with his dark waters, causing their life force to go into him body, increasing his power even more . Luckily the KRC knew to go inside when he was mutating, taking the limp form of Hope with them to so they were safe. The people he got his dark waters on, no such luck.

Ben was angrier than ever by what he saw. The people he got with his Dark Waters were nothing but husks now, never to rise again. Going to his Benwolf form he slashed at Dark Aquarius to no avail.

"You can't do it alone! Let me help you!" Fourze cried out as he switched to Magnet States, firing off attack after attack of magnetic power from his railguns. Seeing as that was not really helping Ben he leapt from a claw swipe from D. Aquarius with Hopping while blasting him with Launcher. Again, no effect.

Ben howled at his mutated foe and ran towards Fourze. "I don' think we're doing all that great out there. Darkstar's just too strong for us!"

Fourze sadly nodded his admittance to his doubts on stopping Darkstar. Benwolf gritted his teeth as he was helpless before his onslaught and he could do nothing about it!

But then something happened. The love Yuki was feeling for Gen as well as the bonds of friendship they all share brought new life to a Switch Fourze thought he's never use again! The Cosmic Switch was back online! Thanking his friends silently as he placed it into the Fourze Driver he turned it on and all the other Switchs aside from Shin-Chan and Super-1 went into his suit, turning it electric blue with more armor to it as well as arming him with a sword that looked like a rocket.

Yuki and JK were pleased to see that their friendship was now stronger than ever! Cosmic States was back and there was going to be trouble for Dark Aquarius!

The form of Cosmic States was truly a sight to behold. Cyan blue was its main color with a black chest piece with four different parts, each devoted to a set of Modules. As it shone in the morning sunlight Dark Aquarius could not help but say this:

"I take it you have no shame whatsoever. A pity you will never learn your place in this world or any other" as he swung his claw down over Fourze. But Gen was ready for that as he touched the parts of the Switching Lung that gave him Shield and Parachute, making the chutes harder than steel. Not surprisingly his claw was unable to penetrate his defenses. "What is this power?!" he exclaimed.

"It is friendship's true power, the power to overcome any obstacles" Fourze answered from the very bottom of his heart. While it was a corny response everyone but D. Aquarius was touched by what he said. Equipping Chain Array he then combined it with Fire's power, causing the ball at the end of it to come ablaze.

Benwolf was impressed with the abilities of Cosmic States. "Whoa! Why didn't you bust that out earlier, man? That is seriously cool!" From the safety of the window JK filled Ben in on Cosmic States' rundown.

"From what Kengo-san told us Switch 40 is an embodiment of Cosmic Energy and friendship. While it allows the user to combine the powers of all 40 Switches it needs the user to have strong bonds of friendship. If any of the bonds that made up the Switch are broken then it's rendered useless" JK answered.

"I was not being a good friend to you nor Yuki-chan" Gen admitted as he bashed Darkstar with the blazing Chain Array. "I lost sight of what truly matters but thanks to Ben I saw myself in him. We both wish to fight for our friends and befriend everyone in the universe!" With his heart's desire out for all to see Gen then did a jumping dive kick with the Drill Module, harming D. Aquarius and giving Ben an opening.

Ben did not waste the chance he was given and went for NRG, grabbing onto the hulking Dark Aquarius and punching him with red hot fists as he blasted his face with energy, burning him.

Yuki was quite touched by what Gen said. To think that they both felt the same way about each other! As their eyes met they couldn't help but be amazed by how much they meant to both the Club and each other. "Gen-chan..." she blissfully said as she was lost in the sight of her best friend, back in top form and with his bond with her stronger than ever before.

Gen gave her a thumbs-up then when back to the battle. He wanted to hold her in his arms, to take in her warmth and enjoy her company, but the duties of a Kamen Rider come first. As he roared into D. Aquarius with Wheel he summoned the Barizan Sword, placing the Fire Switch into its hilt. Pressing the button for Flash the sword then burst to life with blinding flame as he stuck Darkstar with it four times, causing smoldering slash marks to form on his Zodiart body. Before his mind could fully register the pain he was now in Ben turned into Armordrillo and uppercutted his chin with a drill. As he staggered back he blasted them both with dark water, draining their strength and adding it to his own!

To the horror of everyone there Gen and Ben fell down, too tired to fight back as Dark Aquarius then knocked them both into the air and kept them there with repeated attacks, causing them both much harm. Soon Ben was back to being human again, unable to fight on anymore, leaving Gentaro on his own.

Julie and the KRC knew not what they could do to help them! They were only human and Manny was still recovering from Darkstar's earlier attack. As they were forced to watch helplessly Julie turned to Charmcaster's slumbering form.

"I'll admit I'm still a little possessive of Ben. But I'm working on bettering myself so I can a better friend to him as well as other people. If you truly care about him, then help US!" she begged the mage. Charmcaster woke up to Julie's relief but she still looked uneasy about whenever she could even do anything to stop Dark Aquarius' rampage.

"I'm not sure if he even can be stopped now. He drains power from everything his waters touch and I doubt even Vilgax could stop him now. It's best to accept death as it's hopeless" she sighed. Charmcaster couldn't get out of her funk and while Julie was normally willing to help people out gently, now wasn't the time to sulk around and wait until she died.

Furiously slapping Charmcaster she yelled, "What do you mean there's no hope left?! There's always a chance if you just fight on! But you lost sight of everything good in your life because you got greedy! You were someone's hope once! I just know it!"

Hearing that brought life back to Charmcaster's eyes. To Julie's surprise she hugged her and thanked her.

"You're right. I was my father's Hope once. It's time I became that again, for all of our sakes"

As Dark Aquarius closed in on the limping form of Fourze he prepared to crush the very life out of the Rider. But then he was tackled by stone beasts. He knew where they were from, but he was shocked that SHE would set them loose on him! Her former boyfriend!

"CHARMCASTER! How dare you do this to meee?! I was to be your king!" he howled, giving up on attacking Fourze for the time being.

"What do you think? For using me and harming Legerdomain! But if you can remember my true name, then I MIGHT be merciful." Charmcaster vemomly spat out, her glare colder then ice. "You only get one more chance Michael"

Annoyed, Darkstar angrily answered, "Fine. But you do owe me a hint!"

Calming down a bit Charmcaster stated this riddle: "It's something Ben gives to the people. It's something you cannot touch but be gained and taken away. It's one of the most important things to everyone and it starts with a H. One word."

Like a hyper kid Fourze wanted to answer as he guessed correctly what Charamcaster's real name was, but she shushed him. She wanted to see if Mike could remember. Darkstar thought long and hard about this. When seven minutes have passed he answered her question. It was not what she was wanting.

"It's headaches! What else could the answer be?!"

Charmcaster was livid. She could stand no more of Dark Aquarius and his arrogance. "IT'S HOPE, YOU BASTARD! " she roared as she casted a lighting spell to hit him over and over while he was held in place with Turbo. "I can't believe I fell for you! I was so stupid that I was even able to let you sleep with me!" During her raging Ben woke up.

"Uggghhh. I never want to drink water without it being purified again for as long as I live" as he rubbed his head groggily. Seeing that Dark Aquarius was on the rope he shouted at Gen "I think he wants to get away, but he really needs to chill out!"

"You're right. I think I have a idea" as he saw the note Yuki made out to him, suggesting combining two Modules' powers for this occasion.

Summoning the Freeze Switch and setting it into the Fourze Driver he then pressed the button for Sheath on the Switching Lung. With those two powers combined a invisible gust of freezing air came out of the Freeze Module, though Darkstar didn't realize what their plan was until it was too late.

"Uggh-Uh-AAAGGHHHH! I'm stuck!" To his frustration his lower half was covered in thick ice."But it's not something my watery wings can't fix!" he boasted. As he flapped his wings the ice grew colder and harder and no matter what he tried he was stuck as Dante's version of Satan. He was finally helpless before the hands of justice.

"Thank you Hope. I gotta admit it's a pretty name you have there" Ben complemented her, causing her to blush, while Julie looked a little uncomfortable with what was going on right now.

But Gen was ready to finish the job. Thanking Yuki and the others for their help he closed the Barizan Sword to its Rocket Mode, opening a warp drive behind Dark Aquarius. He could do nothing but flail his arms around as he was forced into the portal and into outer space.

As he looked around he was scared out of his wits. "What is this power you wield? How can it be greater than my own?!" as he whined and pleated with Fourze. But Gentaro was in no mood for this.

Taking out the Cosmic Switch and plugging it into the Barizan Sword he then set up his Limit Break with said weapon. Soon he reopened the sword and slashed him with its full power.

As his body began to fall apart Darkstar was still unsure just why he lost to Fourze. "Tell me... the secret of your greatness"

Fourze answered "It's the hopes and dreams of all my friends. When we work together there's nothing we cannot do! It's the belief I treasure most dearly!" he proudly shouted at D. Aquarius before he blew up and from out of the destroyed Zodiart body came the dying Darkstar.

With his last breath he tried to return to monster form but he soon crumbed to stardust before he had a chance to do so. Fourze looked on sadly as his remains drifted away in the solar winds, wondering if he had gotten here sooner he could have been saved.

Later...

It took a long time but all the bodies were cleaned up by sanitation. It was heartbreaking to the KRC, having to watch helplessly as Darkstar killed them. As they sat down and discussed what they needed to do with their lives Emoto stopped by, looking a bit worn out. It was still hard to believe that this kind hearted, if eccentric man was Virgo of the Horoscopes.

"I've heard what happened during my drive here. I'm truly sorry you all had to deal with that" Emoto then took a deep breath as this next thing he wished to say was important. "I was able to contact the Rabbit Hatch back home and told everyone that apart from Yuta you were all safe. But we cannot go home just yet"

"Why can't we go back just yet? I'm worried about Haru-chan and I know he's worried sick about me too" Ran interjected. Haru was like a younger brother to her and she missed him dearly.

"When we crossed over to Ben's dimension the Horoscope Switched were overloaded for lack of a better term. They are filled to the brim with negative Cosmic Energy so if a person is struck with a Limit Break while in Horoscope form then there is a chance that they will crumble into stardust. This applies to very strong blows as well. Thankfully if the Switcher is not a evil person then they will just be reverted to human form, though as you all know they will need to get the energy drained from their bodies or there will be side effects."

"So that's why some of these 'Dark Horoscopes' are falling apart after Ben and Gen-chan battled them" Erin mused.

"Correct. But so far there's only 6 of these left. The Switchers for Dark Leo, Dark Sagittarius and Dark Scorpio have been found but I think they'll be safe for now. But there's still the matter of dealing with Dark Cancer, Dark Capricorn and Dark Libra." Emoto's words rung true in the ears of everyone present. Something must be done.

"We have been thinking this over for a long time now. We want to help out the people here and make things better for everyone!" Gentaro and Tojiro enthusiastically told Emoto. Yuki, JK, Ran and Erin nodded to let him know they felt the same way they did.

"We even thought of a name for our group! We'll be the Guiding Stars! We can do odd jobs for people so they can live happier lives!" Yuki cheerfully added. " I'm so excited about this" as she jumped up and down, looking like a kid in a candy store. Erin gently smiled at her enthusiasm as Gen wrapped his arms around her.

"We shall do great things here. We will make friends with everyone here!" Gentaro declared as Yuki rested her head on his chest, looking content.

"I'm glad to hear that. But I have something I need to give to Manny and then I have to go back to work." Emoto told the Kamen Rider Club. Sure enough Manny popped his head out from the living room.

"I take it you have a gift for me?" he asked innocently. Emoto smiled and opened a box and inside was a red hand. "Dude, no way! How'd you know I wanted something better than this crappy clamp?"

"I could see it on your face. I figured you deserved something more fitting to your personally" Emoto admitted. It took about five minutes to replace the clamp with the new hand. To Manny's joy it worked perfectly!

"Thanks man! Stupid Dr. Animo had a Null Guardian bite off my hand! It's great to have a hand again!" Manny was close to tears as the KRC hugged him. Emoto smiled at the heart warming scene. Still he couldn't help but wonder where Ben, Julie and Hope were.

Outside...

Hope had changed to a leather outfit holding a purple helmet. To her right were Ben and Julie looking at her and wanting to know her future plans.

"I'm sorry about freaking out about your crush on Ben. It's just I love him so much and every though I know other people love him I'm still learning to share him with the world. Can you ever forgive me?" Julie sadly asked.

"Don't sweat it too much. Your devotion to Ben is remarkable and to be honest I'm still learning to forgive myself. It's going to take a long time but I'm glad I have friends like you" Hope told them, a gentle smile on her face.

"Just so we're clear I'm touched that you feel that way about me, but I'm happy with Julie. Is that going to be OK with you, Hope?" Ben was worried his question would set her off but she was handling it rahter well.

"Of course I'm happy for the both of you! You saved me from things I was so close to becoming. I'll always be happy for you both! As for me, I'm going to go where the winds take me" Hope then placed the helmet on her head but took some time to shake Ben and Julie's hands goodbye. A new dawn was now in sight for the former princess and she plans on seizing the day and hopefully her future as well.

"Wait!" It was Gentaro, and he wanted to make sure she was a friend of the Kamen Rider Club as well. Soon they both shook hands then fist bumped and surely enough their friendship was set!

"Thanks for everything. But I have a lot to make up for and not a lot of time to do so. You only get one life and I don't want to waste any more of mine doing crime." Hope's motorcycle roared to life as she was about to head out. "Oh Ben! I fixed your car for you! It's not much but it's a start!" as she drove on, a new chapter in her life was just about to begin.

Two minutes later...

While everyone was out getting lunch Ben went to the garage where his car was. Now it was no longer wreaked and green. Now it was good as new. Better than new even! Instead of a green and black paintjob it was now white where the black was and where the green was there was now pink with sugar pink hearts on those parts.

"Thanks Hope. I hope that you find what you're looking for" as he got in, the insides now having pink and white upholstery as he got in and was about to drive to Mr. Smoothy. Surely enough life was starting to get a little better.

But his cellular breakdown caused him sharp and sudden pain before he could even get the key in the ignition. Trying to calm down Ben wondered if HE could be saved...