Rizanto Episode 4 Darkness Strikes! Don the Thunderous Armor!

Disclaimer: There is none, you knew what you were in for when you saw who was writing this.

## What Taxpayer Money Has To Go To

It was an early morning at the LEGACY base. Boutaro and Mendou were eating some breakfast that they got at a place nearby, Ichigo was sipping coffee and tinkering with a certain machine that showed up prior, Kiriko was once again reading another magazine, and Captain Soreo was just simply relaxing, taking everything in. Yes, this was quite the peaceful day indeed. There was nothing quite like enjoying down time early in the morning. Something about not doing work when the sun was only rising felt different.

However, some peace would have to be interrupted. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here. I wouldn't and you wouldn't want to observe it. Kiriko heard something with her headset and groaned. She put her magazine down and listened more closely. She kept on nodding as she heard the person on the other line. When she was done, she took off her headset and looked at Soreo.

"Captain, some town is calling about stuff going missing."

Soreo stopped kicking back from his chair.

"I see...." he said thoughtfully.

He turned to Mendou and Boutaro.

"Alright. Mendou, you're going out. So are you, Boutaro."

Boutaro nodded and saluted his Captain.

"Yes sir!"

Mendou however grumbled.

"Captain; I'm not even finished eating yet....Can't you get Kiriko to do it?"

Kiriko wagged her finger.

"Nuh uh" she said. "I specifically took the night shift so I wouldn't have to do anything this morning."

Mendou stood up from his chair and clenched his fist. He looked down dramatically as everyone watched on in confusion and amusement. He then looked up and pointed at Soreo and Kiriko.

"My name is Mendou! Mendou Yukuta! Son of Shotaro Yukuta!!!!! And I won't let you do this!"

He stepped forward, walking dramatically as though he were a golden haired warrior on a green planet about to fight the space tyrant that almost killed his entire race.

"A man's food.....a man's food is what's important to him...."

He clenched his fists.

"IT IS THE BOND WITH THE FOOD THAT MAKES YOU THE MAN! FINISH IT OR FOLD! THERE ARE NO OTHER ANSWERS, AND I WILL NOT FOLD!!!!"

He pointed at Soreo yet again.

"What do you say to that, Captain?"

Soreo thought for a brief moment, before laughing. After a bit, he regained his composure. As he wiped a small tear, he chuckled.

"Oh....That was funny. But, uh, if you don't go out there with Boutaro, I'm afraid I'll have to invest your paycheck into cryptocurrency...."

"What?!"

"Company policy. We can't waste tax dollars you know, and well, we have to incentivize doing work. So, unless you want your money to go down the drain...."

Mendou had an exasperated look that said it all.

He still retained this look when they made it to the town. Boutaro turned to his teammate and friend, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Come on, I'll buy you some takeout when we finish the mission" he said kindly.

Mendou crossed his arms as they continued walking through the town.

"Fine.....I just don't get how he could do that!"

Boutaro shrugged.

"It probably wasn't legal, but, eh, he was in the right. You may want to finish your food, but the mission comes first."

"Yeah, you're right...."

They kept on looking around the town, checking in with people about where their stuff had went. Even if it was something petty, no normal person would want to steal what amounted to: A Google Stadia, Mayonnaise, DVDs of every live action Disney remake after The Jungle Book, and a copy of Overwatch 2. No normal human being would want to steal these things, so it had to be the work of an alien. It wasn't even that the people who owned them in the first place wanted them, they were just scared that the thief might actually take something valuable.

Presently, Boutaro and Mendou were sitting down on the porch of a house after the person inside I had told them about the most recent burglary.

"Man....I still have no idea why all this stuff in particular is going missing...." sighed Boutaro.

Mendou scratched his chin.

"If I had to guess, maybe the thing nabbing all of this is taking all the stuff, because it thinks no one wants them."

Boutaro nodded.

"T-That could make sense. But, why not just ask?"

"I don't know. Asking for stuff seems reasonable, but I guess not."

"Gee" said a voice. "Is it really?"

Both Boutaro and Mendou sprung up and took out their blasters. Back-to-Back, they looked around the area. However, it soon became clear that they couldn't see anything- except for all the startled townspeople who quickly cleared the scene after seeing something like that.

"Who are you?!" shouted Mendou. "Are you the thief?!"

"I wouldn't call myself a thief necessarily...." responded the voice. "I just like procuring objects expeditiously without the knowledge of the owner."

"I-I don't really get what you just said, but it sounds like thievery to me!!"

"Call it whatever you want. You Earthlings have a warped sense of beauty. Perhaps, I'll extend some kindness and show you some."

Boutaro scratched his hair briefly before tensing up again.

"What do you mean 'show us?' You'll show us where everything is?!"

Suddenly, an alien popped up next to them and threw a punch at them, causing the two LEGACY members to break formation and spin around. They opened fire, which the alien ducked before shooting a red laser that hit Boutaro.

"AHHHHH!!!!!"

He vanished, causing Mendou to grit his teeth and turned to the alien.

"Why you...."

He rushed the alien and tackled him to the ground. He grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him.

"My-My" sneered the alien. "You Earthlings are so forward."

"What did you do to Boutaro?!"

"This."

The alien once again shot a red beam from his forehead and soon, Mendou vanished as well. This left the alien to laugh by himself for a bit, before, he too, also vanished.

## It's Himala's World And Now You're Living In It

Mendou quickly awoke and looked around. From what he remembered, he was fighting the alien. But now, he was here.....Wherever here was. It seemed like the sky was the same as it was outside, but, it just felt different. He got up and looked around. To his right, he saw a strange town. The buildings were all normal but, they didn't mesh well together. They seemed to be from different backgrounds, different cultures, different everything. He grumbled to himself as he decided to walk around. It didn't make sense to stay behind. Plus, he needed to find Boutaro.

Looking through the town, he saw an assortment of weird items and curiosities. He walked up to a stand and picked up some papers that were there. They seemed to be poorly made drawings of.....a red monster, and two Ultramen, one red, and one blue.

"Huh? Is this what that guy considers treasure? So weird."

"It's not weird and I'd appreciate if you didn't talk about it like that!" replied a familiar voice.

Mendou turned around and pointed his blaster at the source of the voice, which was none other than the alien from earlier.

"You! Where the heck are we?!"

The alien raised up his hands coly and chuckled.

"Ahhh, if only you could stay calm all the time. No, instead you get heated up like this..."

"Who wouldn't?! Where's my friend?! Where am I?!"

The alien nodded his head.

"That last question 'where am I?', we spend our whole lives asking that question and still never know the answer."

"I'm warning you! I'll shoot!"

The alien snapped his fingers and in his hands appeared a piece of paper.

"Would you care for some poetry? It's done by the wonderful Benzene himself-"

Mendou opened fire; however, he alien quickly vanished. The LEGACY member looked around until he heard the alien's voice.

"Up here."

Mendou looked up to see the alien on top of the building.

"Seriously, what's your deal..." asked an annoyed Mendou.

"Fine, you wanted to know my name, so I'll humor you. My name is Himala...."

He moved around his fingers grandly. Truly hand gestures for the ages.

"I have come to Earth to appreciate the various treasures and oddities that it has managed to gain. But, instead of finding a people who've come to appreciate their things, I have found you all wasting and overlooking the simple joys of life!!!"

"Huh?"

"Stuff like food, drawings, pictures, paintings, even a pile of poop on the floor, can be art worth capturing! I'm no thief, not if the people who owned those items never wanted them in the first place...."

Mendou raised his hand.

"W-What are you doing?" asked Himala.

"You raise your hand before you ask a question."

"Um, O-Okay, what's your question?"

"So, you only steal stuff that people don't want?"

Himala laughed.

"Oh no, I steal everything that *I* want. But, I'm still mad that you Earthlings can't appreciate anything!!!!"

Mendou nodded.

"While I can understand your passion- I myself being a passionate enjoyer of food and food accessories- I can't let you just take everything you want! I'll get out of here with my friend and stop you!"

Himala laughed once more.

"Oh please.... I've taken entire buildings! In fact- You want to know where your friend is, correct?"

Mendou nodded.

Himala pointed to the left, causing Mendou to look in that direction. What Mendou saw, surprised him, and caused him to have a look of visible.....shock? There was Boutaro, being neatly tucked inside the arm of a large monster that was just sleeping, not bothering anyone.

"Your friend is having a little naptime with Skydon over there. You can get him and enjoy the treasures of my little world until I come back!"

Before Mendou could do anything, Himala snapped his fingers and vanished.

Mendou sighed.

"It looks like I'll have to brave it out with Boutaro...."

He looked to the sky.

"I'll find a way out of here. I promise."

## We Do A Little Bit of Stealing

In the LEGACY base, Soreo was sat down, giving a stern look. Boutaro and Mendou had yet to return from their mission. Were things really that dire? It was also daylight outside too, so the sun had already been in the sky for quite a bit now. Ichigo was still tinkering with the machine. However, noticing his Captain's look, he decided to comfort him.

"Cap, I'm sure they're fine" reassured the scientist. "Mendou may not be the brightest, but he's durable at least. Remember when he ate some of the monster Algona's egg?"

Soreo smirked.

"Yeah.... We had to clean the gunk out of his mouth with a hose."

"See, everything's fine. Boutaro will keep him out of trouble. I'm sure Kiriko will come back from patrol with great news."

Ichigo continued to work on his device as Soreo continued to think about Mendou.

("He may be dim, very dim. But, he has a good heart.... What makes him different from the others besides his ungodly appetite and surprising durability, is the strength of his character.... his appreciation for the smaller things. That's why I always invited him to the cookout.")

All of a sudden, an alien popped into the room, catching Soreo off guard. Ichigo on the other hand was pretty unamused all things considered. Soreo stood in his chair but calmly looked at the alien- or, he tried to look calm. For some backstory and exposition, remember when it was said he joined GUYS? Well, he had a secret about that. He joined 3 days before it was disbanded. Then a year later, LEGACY was formed and he was promoted. His dream was always to be the cool headed attack team Captain who could look a fearsome alien dead in the eye and not get scared. Well, he kind of was....

"Greetings" said the alien. "My name is Himala and- My, what amazing stuff you have!"

"Y-Yes" stuttered Soreo. "I-I'm the Captain of t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-"

Ichigo nonchalantly turned to look at Himala.

"He's the Captain of team LEGACY."

"I see...." replied Himala. "Anyways, I've come here to steal everything you have that I find interesting."

"W-W-W-Why w-w-w-"

"He's asking why would we just let you do that" answered Ichigo.

Himala nodded.

"Yes that is quite sound logic; however, here is my counter argument: I have your two of your men captive in a pocket dimension and I won't let them go if you prevent me from having access to anything in here."

"D-D-D-D-"

"He's relenting, just take whatever you want, but we'll be watching you."

Himala nodded happily.

"Pleasure doing business with you!"

The alien started to frolic around the control room and pick up random items the he found interesting while Soreo and Ichigo grouped up together and started to whisper.

"Call Kiriko back" said Ichigo. "I have a plan..."

"That being?" asked Soreo.

"The device I've been tinkering with is the READ one. If we were to have Boutaro and Mendou interact with it by using some manner of electricity, they could come back to our world...."

"Won't that cut the power?"

"It's the best chance we have of evening things out.....Besides, look."

The two turned to see Himala messing around with one of Kiriko's magazines and doing various poses, trying to look....hot? Attractive? Like one of the models I'm assuming?

"He can't be that much of a threat...." concluded the scientist.

"What do we do until then?"

"You and Kiriko need to distract him while I try to boot up the device."

"B-But-"

"Come on, you'll be fine."

"Alright....Operation Distract Himala Even Though It's Hectic And Making Me Feel Uncomfy: GOOO!!!!"

Himala heard the last part and turned around.

"Go where?"

"N-Nowhere" responded Soreo awkwardly.

("Never mind the fact that you're pushing 40 and just used the wording 'uncomfy....") thought Ichigo.

When Kiriko got back, Ichigo snuck into his lab with the READ device while Kiriko and Soreo distracted him.

For starters, Kiriko pressed a few buttons, causing the monitor to play a song.

"Why don't we hang out while listening to this?" she prompted.

She played the song and Himala started to dance.

"Oooh, this song is sooo good, it's amazing, let's play it for the entire montage!"

Soreo tilted his head.

"What montage?"

"The one where I steal everything!!!!"

Little did he know.....the montage effect would apply to Mendou and Boutaro, as well as Ichigo working in the lab.

In the pocket dimension, Boutaro and Mendou were being chased around by Jaguars. Apparently, Himala found them to be quite exquisite(No Ignis). As that was happening, Himala was cruising around the town in the STAR-Rusher, with Soreo riding shotgun and screaming in horror whilst Kiriko fell asleep. In the lab, Ichigo was tinkering with it more, but caused sparks to fly off of it with one wrong twist. This made the device suddenly focus on a world where a certain someone was relaxing in his apartment, drinking a Wise Man's Punch(An energy drink).

Continuing the montage, Mendou and Boutaro were now playing darts with shuriken while wearing blue and purple wrapping around their eyes, resembling the look of a certain squad of mutated reptiles. As that was happening, Himala was flying around in the LEGACY Midger over a field, playing target practice on Soreo who was running for his dear life while Kiriko was asleep on a mat, wearing some sunglasses. In the lab, Ichigo continued to work on the READ device, now getting it to look at a world where this alien with a mask that resembled a bird seemed to reside, but he didn't really know who it was.

Entering the final stages of the montage, Boutaro and Mendou were play fighting with katanas they found in one of the buildings; however, Boutaro pricked Mendou's finger, leading to them going on the hunt for a band-aid. Concurrently, Himala was now playing with the rocket launcher-like device, shooting Twerkathon missiles at Soreo and Kiriko in the shooting range at the base. The two ran for their lives like they were action movie heroes. They stopped running to catch their breath as he was reloading, but soon, they had to start running yet again.

As they ran, Soreo turned on his communicator.

"Ichigo! Are you done yet?!"

"Almost" responded the scientist. "I just need to add the finishing touches."

"Well um, can you hurry?"

In the background, Ichigo could hear Himala cackling.

Kiriko leaned in and shouted.

"Ichigo! I swear if you do not finish it right now!!!!"

"Alright, alright" relented the scientist. "But, don't complain if we all get sent to his pocket dimension instead...."

With that, Ichigo activated the READ machine and started to get to work. He was able to access Himala's world luckily.

"Done now. Bring him back up here and distract him some more while I help get them out."

"Good!" shouted Soreo.

Meanwhile, Mendou and Boutaro were tired out from all of the nonsense in Himala's pocket dimension. They sat down somewhere as Boutaro passed some soda to his friend, he himself having one as well. They both drank some of it before stopping and looking at the sunrise. It looked quite nice, glorious in fact. Though, it felt weird. Mendou didn't know how to convey it, but it felt weird.

"This feels off....ya know...." started Mendou. "The sun isn't supposed to be like this."

Boutaro looked at him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well....I just feel like, it looks nice and all, but there's something special about seeing it, when you know it might come and go."

Boutaro looked at the sunrise too.

"Won't the sun just come back?"

Mendou nodded.

"Yeah but, just watching something in the moment feels amazing. Even when you know you can look at it the next day, I think just choosing to do something for the time is amazing. But, when everything is frozen like this, where's the fun in that?"

"Huh....I guess you're right...."

Boutaro was had a sort dumbfounded look, surprised at the profound thought that came from his friend.

"What?" asked Mendou. "Did you think I was just dumb and strong?"

Boutaro nervously laughed.

"N-No! It's just I didn't think you were the philosophical type."

"I'm not. It's kinda like how I treat food. I'd rather enjoy the flavor and let it sit in my mouth, then try to feel it for any longer than that. How can something be special and so treasured, when you know that you'll see it there, untouched. That's what I don't get about this Himala guy, he has all this stuff but- he's just hoarding it."

Boutaro took another sip before talking.

"Is that why you did that in front of the Captain today?"

"Kinda.....I mean, my food would've gotten cold if I didn't eat it all. But, that's also what made it enjoyable to begin with. I like having stuff happen in the moment, it's fun."

Boutaro squinted his eyes.

"Is that why you took a bite out of Algona's egg....?"

Mendou suddenly got flustered.

"H-Hey! They told you about that?!"

"How could they not! They had to shoot your mouth with a hose!"

The two started to laugh. Even if they were in a weird situation, they could still manage to pull through.

## Mini-Wandaba+Rizanto Hitting Himala With Multiple Lightning Licks

In the LEGACY base, Himala was making Soreo dance by shooting at his feet with a blaster. As he was doing this, Kiriko was in the lab with Ichigo. Soreo, despite being the Captain, hated how degrading it was for him. But, what could he do? Himala could access the dimension freely while they were just figuring things out.

"Keep dancing Mr. Soreo!" shouted Himala. "You're doing wonderful, just keep on going!"

"Uh, you think maybe we can do something less life threatening?!" asked the Captain.

Himala stopped shooting at Soreo's feet and started to laugh.

"You know what....I've come to a realization...."

"What?" asked Soreo, still catching his breath from dancing for 30 minutes straight.

"I like you so much, that you're going to be there too!"

Soreo raised his hands up.

"W-Wait, you wouldn't want me I-"

"TOO BAD! I WANT YOU!!!!"

Himala shot a red beam from his forehead and soon, Soreo vanished.

In the pocket dimension, Mendou and Boutaro were already having their hands full. They were having a full on boss battle with a large monster, clad in yellow electric armor and having a long tail, it shot various electric beams at them as they dodged. The monster was none other than Eleking Riot, who seemed to have been disturbed from its sleep by the two LEGACY Members' presence. They opened fire at the monster, and then it would be the monster's turn, who raised its riot shield to deflect any additional attacks and counter with crescent-shape bursts of electrical energy, which caused untold amounts of destruction to the landscape.

All of a sudden, Soreo fell from the sky and landed on Boutaro with a thud. As Boutaro groaned in pain, Soreo, still on him, waved at Mendou.

"Oh, hello Mendou."

It took him a few seconds to register it.

"MENDOU?! You're alright!"

Mendou nodded.

"Yeah Cap, we are."

"'We', where's Boutaro?" asked Soreo as he looked around.

"R-Right here...." said Boutaro weekly.

"O-Oh I'm sorry!"

Soreo got off of Boutaro and helped him up. The three looked up to see that Eleking Riot had calmed down and seemed to understand the situation the three were in. After all, everything here save for the oxygen and landscape was ripped from some other world or area. Even the visage of the rising sun was plundered.

Soreo turned to Boutaro and Mendou.

"I don't really know what was happening in here, but, what I do know is that Ichigo is preparing the READ machine to get you both out of here. All we need is to find where the machine is and then get an adverse electrical charge to hit it."

Mendou looked around.

"Do we know what the machine looks like?"

Boutaro shrugged.

"I imagine it's a giant camera in the sky...."

Mendou pointed in the air, causing the other two, and even Riot Eleking to look. It was a giant polaroid camera in the sky.

"You mean that?"

Soreo smiled.

"Y-Yeah! Let's goo! We have that Eleking Variant and the camera! Now, let's get Eleking to-"

"I think not!!!!" shouted a voice.

Soon, two more people, Ichigo and Kiriko fell into the world as well. Everyone looked up to see Himala, now giant sized touching down on the ground. Rocks flew into the air as he landed on the ground. He folded his arms and started to stomp his feet on the ground indignantly.

"It wasn't enough that you deceived me with your trickery! But, you even ruin the internal sanctity of my realm!!!! I'm just a simple collector and you're even messing with my Eleking Riot!!!!"

He pointed at the monster, sighing.

"J-Just go back to the episode from whence you came!" he shouted, shooting the red beam from his forehead and sending the monster away. He looked down at all the LEGACY Members. "I'm kind of glad....Now that the electricity-based monster is gone, you will be unable to escape here. No plot convenience for you-"

Mendou pointed at the alien thief.

"When we break the fourth wall, it's funny! When you do it, it's obnoxious!"

"What an *obnoxious* double standard.... I'm appreciating everything and I tried to show you that appreciation, only for you to spurn everything. But, now, I'm going to show you something quite terrifying...."

*"*What?! Just because you can't appreciate something in the moment, you'll take it out on us?! Do your worst..."

Himala chuckled and snapped his fingers.

"Very well then...."

The ground started to tumble and shake. Everyone looked around to see what was going on, but, it became clear that Himala was summoning something foul. They sky started to darken, almost as if Armageddon was then and now. Ichigo looked up to the sky and saw it. He didn't even have the time to vocalize what he saw, because soon, everyone had to run. Everyone started to run in the same direction, the opposite direction of the horrors that were awaiting them. May Noa have mercy on their soul: it was raining Skydons.

With each one hitting the ground, the Earth would shake and crack. Dirt kicked up into the air and created boulders, which became meteors of sorts to avoid. It wasn't even about getting out of the pocket dimension anymore, it was survival. Himala looked on with glee as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the number getting ever larger, number of Skydon started to fall and roll over. Once they fell they would instantly fall asleep. Perhaps it was their inherently lazy nature, perhaps it was the effect Himala had on them in this world. Perhaps, it was fall damage. Whatever the case, the team made their way back to the small town. Surely, Himala wouldn't want to destroy it.

And they'd be right, because as soon as they arrived, he snapped his fingers and stopped it. Before snapping them again and sending most of the Skydons back to where they came from.

The LEGACY Team hid in one of the many houses. Though, Himala wasn't planning on looking for them.

"Very well then!!!" he announced grandly with a megaphone he got out of nowhere that was seemingly giant sized. "I'll leave you all here anyway; after all, once I leave this pocket dimension, I can have access to your READ thing. One zap, and I can plunder from any world that I want!!!!"

Inside the house, everyone realized what this meant.

Mendou sighed.

"Darn.....It looks like there isn't much we can do."

Boutaro shook his head.

"No! There has to be a way we can strike back against Himala!"

Kiriko thought for a moment.

"Wait, what if we threaten to destroy some of his possessions?" she proposed. "He cares about all of this stuff, so why not do that?"

"But...." started Ichigo. "We don't have the means to do so...."

Mendou started to remember something. It was that poorly made drawing that he had found earlier.

"I know what to do...."

"What is it?" asked Soreo.

"Hold off Himala for me, I'll get something that'll help us here."

Soreo looked at Mendou and smiled.

"Alright.....Operation Distract Himala and Sauce On Him: Go!!!!"

"Yes sir!!!!" they all shouted in unison.

Soon, the plan was set. As Mendou ran through the small town, Soreo, Boutaro, Kiriko, and Ichigo all got ready with blasters in hand, Ichigo using Mendou's blaster since the latter insisted that he wouldn't need it. They started to open fire on Himala, causing the alien thief to get minorly annoyed and shoot red beams at the LEGACY Members. They used the town landmarks and various treasures as cover, slipping through them and firing from all angles to really maximize the attack strategy. However, it seemed that the strategy was going to wear thin. Not only would he get more aggressive when they took time to reload and reconfigure, but he also was starting to get the hang of what they were doing.

On Mendou's side of things, he was rushing through the town, trying to find any trace of the shabbily made drawing. No matter what, he would try to achieve the goal ahead of him. He was doing this for the simple pleasures of food, the simple pleasures of life itself. He had returned to that very same stand and picked up the sheet of paper, it still being there after the amount of time that had already passed. It had no doubt been a day by now. He smirked and started to run back to the battlefield. However, with what he was hearing, it wasn't sounding good. He had stopped hearing the giant footsteps of Himala, and instead of hearing his comrades cheering, there was a chilling silence.

He stopped running to catch his breath. As he was panting, he saw none other than Himala himself, chortling.

"Y-You...." Mendou muttered under his breath. "What happened to-"

"Your comrades, you ask?" interjected the alien. "I made sure that they wouldn't interfere. I locked them up in one of the old-old houses for later...."

Mendou clenched the paper and grabbed both edges of it, causing the alien to twitch a bit.

"If you even think about touching me, I'll rip this in half...."

"What makes you think I'd-"

"Because, you don't want things you like to change.....You don't want to experience and appreciate how time passes and how the things you like pass by."

Himala grumbled.

"Tch. And what would you know, you ignorant brute?!"

Mendou started to chuckle.

"I-I....I may not know much. In fact, I failed primary school more times than the amount of fingers and toes I have....which is 20-"

"Yes-yes, I know, that's common knowledge."

Mendou tilted his head.

"Hey! How do you know how many of those I have?!"

Himala face palmed.

"Basic human biology for one, your species is so generic- two, I can clearly see how many fingers you're holding up, that did half the work for- Whatever just get back to what you were saying."

Mendou nodded.

"R-Right. Well....I know what it's like to appreciate the things you have, like food! And like....and like friends. Maybe if you had some, you wouldn't want to go to 50 different universes to steal useless junk!"

Himala gave Mendou a death glare as an odd but terrifying sound rang out. At a fast speed, he dashed forward and punched Mendou in the gut, hard enough to where he crashed into one of the windows in the houses. The alien shook his head as he picked up the drawing.

"I had to do it to em...Now, I believe it's time for me to go...."

Himala once again changed sizes, now being at around 51 meters in height. He was about to snap his fingers and teleport, when, from nowhere he could discern in particular, a shining orb of light rammed into him from behind(pause), and before whizzing past him and forming into something humanoid. When it became all too clear to the alien, he knew who it was. Ultraman Rizanto had arrived. The Ultra slowly turned around as the alien thief clenched his fists in anger.

"Ultraman....There's no doubt about it, I'd love to have you in here!"

He came running towards Rizanto and swung at him; The Ultra quickly blocked the first two punches and countered with a knife-hand strike to the chest. As Himala dropped to his knees, Rizanto followed up with a kick that sent the alien rolling on the ground. The Ultraman simply stood there while Himala struggled to get up, still trying to pace himself and recuperate after that minor combo. He raised his right hand in the air.

"A-Alright....I'll admit it. A collector knows when he's outmatched...."

Rizanto pointed at the alien.

"Alright then! Now do yourself a favor and return all of those items at once!"

Himala turned his back on Rizanto.

"As you wish....."

He then spun around and shot a blue beam of electricity at Rizanto, causing the Ultra to jolt and twitch around, allowing Himala to fully recover. As Rizanto was still twitching from the rapid shocks, the alien started to laugh.

"Dummy! A collector also knows when his opponent let's his guard down!"

Rizanto slowly but surely put his arms together as his body glowed brightly. He unleashed a powerful wave of light that caused Himala to look away and shield his eyes, as well as getting the electricity off of him. Rizanto jumped into the air and tackled Himala, punching the alien constantly in the face. When Rizanto pulled back for one last punch, Himala vanished. The Ultra slowly got up and looked around the surreal dimension that he was in. He heard the distorted and twisted laughing of Himala.

The Ultra waited and waited, keeping his guard up at all times. He remained in his stance and continued to wait. However, this wait time was interrupted by a loud noise.

"Shift Into Maximum!"

"Diffusion Shower!"

Rizanto sprung from his position and started to run as darts of energy rained down upon the ground. He quickly rolled to the side and spun around, summoning a barrier of energy to defend himself against further attack. He dissipated the barrier as he saw it. Himala was holding the Geed Claw in one hand, and an odd looking spark in the other.

The Ultra pointed at Himala.

"W-What?! The Geed Claw....The Ginga Spark....how did you get those...?"

Himala shook his head.

"So uncultured...." He raised the odd looking spark in the air. "This is the Lugiel Spark! And to answer your question...."

He threw aside the Geed Claw and thrust the Lugiel Spark forward, summoning a silver and dark blue lance that had the spark at the end of it. He spun it around constantly. You would think that he was a certain character that also wielded a staff of sorts from a certain Sci-Fi series we can't name because of copyright. He then pointed the lance at Rizanto.

"I take what I want!!!! I will capture the beauty of the whole world before it rots and decays!"

Rizanto clenched his fists.

"Everything in the world must change somehow! You simply can't just keep all of this!"

"I paid good money for that DX Geed Claw dammit!"

"No, the person you *stole* from did!" shouted Rizanto as he overlapped his hands with the Ultra-Mitten, before spreading his arms apart, summoning a weak beam blade on his right hand.

"Same thing!!!"

They charged forward and Rizanto swung first, Himala parrying both attacks and immediately countering by hitting him with the butt of the weapon before spinning around and whacking him in the back. While the Ultra's back was turned, Himala leapt in the air and grabbed the Ultra by the back of the head and slammed it into the ground. He continued to push further until, treating his body like bowling ball, he watched as Rizanto's body skidded across the grass, creating a trail of dirt in its wake. The rookie weakly got up and saw Himala spinning the weapon around constantly as he ran towards him. Rizanto summoned more strength and dashed forward as well.

When they met again, Himala slashed at him, but Rizanto ducked and hit the alien thief with his elbow. He was going to follow up with a downward slash, but Himala teleported behind him and delivered a slash to his back. The Ultra fell to one knee as Himala raised the lance in the air, planning to stab downward. But, before he could, Rizanto used his left hand and spun around to punch the alien in the crouch, causing him to fall down. Rizanto did away with his beam blade and continued to wail on Himala on the ground. The alien reached for his lance. When it touched his hand, it started to fill with blue electricity. By the time Rizanto had noticed, the lance was already flung at him.

It pressed against his chest as he was sent flying back. The Ultra crashed into two small buildings and groaned. The lance had now reformed into the Lugiel Spark, and lay on his stomach. Rizanto weakly looked up to see Himala picking up yet another weapon: the Orb Calibur. But, knowing Himala, it very well could've been the weapon of a similar Ultra, who just has way more forms. Rizanto didn't know what to do. He felt like he was going to lose in that particular moment. That L could've been his.

That was when he remembered something.

(“That is the Ultra-Mitten…..With it, you can use numerous special powers and abilities.”)

(“Like?”)

(“Like whatever the writer comes up with on discord.")

(“I see.”)

He remembered the words Mebius said to him.

(“Going to Earth can truly be a spectacular experience….You’ll never forget it, trust me….”)

He remembered what Lightning had said.

(”Well, you weren’t half bad back there.”)

Rizanto started to slowly get up as rubble and silt fell down from his back. Himala noticed this and laughed.

"So, it seems you just don't know when to quit. No matter, I'll enjoy cutting you down with all these toys!"

Rizanto started to slowly raise his left hand up, his Ultra-Mitten glowing.

"I-I....I've come here in the stead of my brothers. On the 5 Ultra Oaths, the 5 Saikyo Sauces.....the universal justice that causes our heart to beat with the intensity of 1,000,000 Pandons....I'm going to defeat you!"

Himala laughed again.

"More foolish words have never been spoken.....Now, die!!!"

He swung the Orb Calibur around and fire a multi-colored beam at Rizanto. However, the Ultra-Mitten created a seeming electrical barrier that canceled out the attack. As Himala gasped, the Ultra swung his arms down whilst the Ultra-Mitten shined a bright yellow.

"Mitten: Armor Install!!!!" shouted a gimmick announcer voice.

A voice that I cannot disclose to you because the host hasn't been revealed yet shouted from inside Rizanto.

"Time to recharge and rebirth! Bringing on a new power to defeat you!"

"Oooooh Kay: Ultraman Lightning!"

Rizanto jumped into the air as various armor attachments connected to his body. This music playing as it did so. Rizanto now had plated armor on his shoulders that was yellow with some black on it. On them, were Lightning's Thunderbals wedged in. He had some armor on his arms and legs that also had similar coloring, and his arms had yellow blades with thin black and red lines going down them. His body had now changed to be slightly slimmer and now the black was a bit more prominent on his body. Finally, he had a helmet that resembled a roman gladiator where a slugger was located at the top.

When the smoke cleared, Rizanto pointed at the alien thief.

"Time to use thunder to call down your defeat!"

Himala shook his head.

"A new form?! And-And a corny transformation line! You already transformed, what's with the goofy one-liner?!"

Rizanto clenched his fist.

"My friend, Light does them and they're cool!!!!"

Rizanto dashed forward at incomparable speed, leaving only a trail of lightning behind. Himala looked down and saw the Ultra already under his guard, delivering a powerful electrically charged strike to his stomach. The alien was sent flying into the sky. When he finally stopped himself, he growled and started spinning the Orb Calibur.

"Y-You worm! Take this: Orb Flame Claibur!!!!"

A flaming hoop energy came flying towards Rizanto. However, the Ultra remained calm and simply took a deep breath. He then pulled his hands back before shooting an electrical current of energy from his right hand. The beam went straight through the hole(pause) and hit Himala head on, sending him falling to the ground. Before the hoop could hit him, Rizanto simply sped down and dashed towards the downed alien before it could hit him. When the Ultra landed, he immediately jumped in the air and hit Himala with a spin kick.

The kick caused him to fall back down twitch on the ground uncontrollably. When he finally recovered, he got up to see Rizanto folding his arms, almost as if he were waiting for him to get up. Fed up with the disrespect, Himala dropped his weapon in rage and shot the electrical beam from his forehead. The rookie Ultra laughed and simply spread out his arms. The energy flowed into the armor, empowering it, and causing him to glow briefly. Rizanto put his arms back down as Himala stepped back, panicked.

"W-Who are you?! What are you?!"

"I am the hope of the Earth. I am the answer to all living things: monsters and humans, who cry out in terror. I'm a warrior enacted by circumstance, that's what I am."

Rizanto touched the two Thunder Balls on his shoulders and pressed down on them.

"Light-Light-Lightning Blades!!!!!" said the announcer of the gimmick, as the blades on Light's armor detatched and formed into thunderbolts of energy.

"I am Ultraman Rizanto!!!!! Son of Ultraman Mebius' Third Cousin Once-Removed!!!!"

He ran towards Himala and slashed at him with both blades. As sparks shot off of the alien's body, Rizanto reattached the Lightning Blades and touched his slugger. It glowed yellow before shooting out an energy projection that looked like Lightning's slugger, except it was still connected to the helmet piece by strings of electricity. It swung around and cut Himala through the middle. The energy projection smacked back into the helmet as the alien thief was finally beaten. His body collapsed and blew up, but not before he uttered his final words.

"T-The sun seems more beautiful now than ever..... Huh? P-Perhaps, that Earthling was right after all...."

Rizanto turned around and outstretched his hand towards the READ machine and shot a thunderous blast of electricity from his left hand that hit it. Soon, everything went to white, and Rizanto vanished. Almost everything had been returned to its natural place. And considering Himala's taste, they were probably going to end up in the garbage.

The sun was now setting in the real world. The LEGACY team all looked at it, Mendou especially enamored.

"I guess Himala was kinda on to something...." said Boutaro. "This sunset is a treasure."

"Wellllll" started Soreo. "There's also this!"

Everyone turned to see that he had a blue T-Shirt with two Ultramen on it. One was red and one was blue.....but they weren't drawn the best to say the least.

"I can't believe it!!! I got an Ushio Minato shirt!"

Kiriko shook her head.

"That's about as fashionable as wearing a literal trash bag outside.... I thought you said you wouldn't bring up stuff from R/B's world again!"

"W-W-Well....What can I say? I have taste."

Kiriko tilted her head.

"Captain", she asked. "Are you saying I don't?"

"Well I-"

"That's exactly what he's saying, because you don't" interjected Boutaro.

Kiriko turned to him.

"What did you say?! You have no taste with that haircut of yours!"

Boutaro got in her face.

"Oi, what did you just say about my hair....?"

As the three were being goofy as usual, Ichigo and Mendou continued to look at the setting sun.

"So", started Ichigo, who was quite calm in spite of the nonsense going on in the background. "You like the simpler things in life...."

"Yeah. This is wonderful.....If Himala saw the beauty in this, it really would've save him in the end."

Ichigo nodded in agreement.

"It would've.....But, with everything being fleeting in mind...." He turned around to see Boutaro and Kiriko arguing, Captain Soreo trying to be a mediator of sorts. Mendou looked at them as well. "Appreciate this. It won't be here forever."

Mendou looked at Ichigo.

"I wouldn't count on it." he replied earnestly.

"Good." said Ichigo as he started walking. He motioned for Mendou to follow him. "Let's go, the Captain can't handle those two by themselves."

"Right."

And so, the LEGACY Team went back to base to file the report about how multiple military grade weapons were getting abused by an invader under their supervision along with the fact that they needed to spend quite a bit of money to repair things. But, hey, what can you do? Just remember if you ever see a Himala try to capture beauty, I have a certain treasure hunter with a taste in exquisite things and a Captain who's quite marvelous and has a team of his own, to deal with things. Or just bribe some Barossa. That works too.

## Next Time

A woman has more pull than a magnet in a steel mill and needs protection from a flock of Birdons, and LEGACY has got to be the one to do it! While everyone seems to be willing to help her out despite the weirdness of her situation, Kiriko guesses otherwise! Just what sinister secret is this 7/10 on a good day woman is hiding? Why are all the male characters getting so nice and coherent all of a sudden? Find out next time on Ultraman Rizanto Episode 5 The Foul Rizztraining Order.