Taste of the Forbidden Fruit

**Taste of the Forbidden Fruit** is the fifteenth episode of *Kamen Rider Warriors*. It features the debut of Kamen Riders Royale, Crown, and Archer.

## Plot

Lance flees after transforming into a Vine Beast and Samurai pursues him while Jared goes to track down Exo to finish him off. Refraining from killing a human, Travis corners Lance who barely returns to human form, although still under the fruit's effects and attacks Travis before escaping. Meanwhile, Jared is attacked by a group of Chaos Troopers.

Overwhelmed by the numbers, Jared is knocked out and captured. Travis returns to Team Samurai’s base and when Myra and the others ask him about what is happening, he claims that he cannot explain the situation at the moment and leaves to keep searching for Lance. The next day, Randall returns home briefly and Andre hides inside his car to infiltrate the Healthy Rain’s facility.

Meanwhile, Shane goes to the Smoothie Fast to search for his brother. He then sees a depressed Riley and asks her if she’s seen his brother. She says that she saw him yesterday acting strange and says that he’s in worst shape than she is. Lance appears and tries to eat the fruits in the Smoothie Fast. Shane tries to confront his brother, but Lance attacks him. Ivan tries to save Shane but is mortally wounded in the process. Lance flees and Shane chases after him. Riley goes to a dying Ivan and he tells her that he wants her to become her own person and grow into a hero. He tells her to keep fighting before he dies. With anger in her eyes, Riley turns into Masked Rider Spike and goes to find Lance. Elsewhere, Andre witnesses a meeting between Julius and Randall who discuss the mass production of the Zen Drivers before they are informed of Lance's location and Julius says that someone named Destiny will meet them there and leave in a hurry. When Andre enters the room and searches the research files, he watches a video of Julius explaining how any organisms that eat a Vine Forest fruit has its DNA rewritten and is transformed into a Vine Beast. Andre finds Travis’s brother Jessie’s phone in a drawer. Andre discovers in another video, much to his horror, that Jessie ate the fruit and transformed into the Dragon Vine Beast that Samurai destroyed months ago.

Meanwhile, Samurai finds Lance and tries to calm him down with no success until Exo Zen appears, accompanied by two other advanced Riders using Zen Drivers. One of the other Riders, Golden Rider Crown, drives Samurai away from the Vine Beast before destroying the Beast and reveals himself as Darren. Travis confronts Darren for killing a human being just before he is restrained and captured by Chaos Troopers. After everyone leaves, Shane and Riley arrive and find nothing.

## Cast

* Frankie Griffith: Travis Collier
* Jared Young: Donnie Graves
* Andre Clarke: Kenneth Hill
* Myra Clarke: Kiera Terri

## Fruitlocks

* **Lock Used:**
	+ Samurai:
		- Orange
	+ Gallant:
		- Banana
	+ Chaos Troopers:
		- Chaos
	+ Exo Zen:
		- Melon Power
	+ Royale:
		- Lemon Power
	+ Crown:
		- Cherry Power
	+ Archer:
		- Peach Power
* **Armor Change:**
	+ Samurai:
		- Orange Armor
	+ Gallant:
		- Banana Armor
	+ Chaos Troopers:
		- Chaos Armor
	+ Exo Zen:
		- Melon Power Armor
	+ Royale:
		- Lemon Power Armor
	+ Crown:
		- Cherry Power Armor
	+ Archer:
		- Peach Power Armor

## Notes

* As part of INTV Action, this episode aired alongside *Power Rangers Wild Tour* episode 12, Wild Games.

## See Also

* The Secret of Helheim's Fruits - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Gaim*