Rags and Riches

**Rags and Riches** is the fifth episode of *Kamen Rider X3*. It is the debut of Insect Combo.

## Plot

Kendall continues to work
at Jill’s restaurant and Colt is just waking up and sits at a table to eat
breakfast. Jill asks Colt if he is going to work and Colt says that he doesn’t
have a job at the moment. Jill asks him how he was able to pay for an apartment
and he says that he was living with a friend and was housesitting. He says that
all his money went into school. Jill says that since he isn’t doing anything,
he should get a job here since she needs the extra help. Colt says that he’ll
work at the restaurant and then goes to look for Gai. He finds Gai outside and
asks him what’s on his mind.  Gai says
that he is still wondering why Kevin was collecting Cell Coins. Humans have no
use for them. Colt says that he doesn’t know, but it’s strange that he’s been
helping them as of late. A big black truck pulls up and kidnaps that two,
putting bags over their heads. The truck pulls up at Colossus Corp. and they
take the two in there. They take the bags of their heads and the two are
greeted by Kevin, Glen, and Chelsea. Glen tells them that he has a proposition.
Glen says that he’ll continue to provide them with supplies, in exchange, he
gets 70% of the Cell Coins that they get. However, Gai  is unable to accept the terms as he is given
time to think it over. Meanwhile, Kane tries to go out and find another human
to make a Grimmer out of, but Mana tells him to let her do it this time. She
then says that if X3 and Gai get in the way, she’ll have to take Gai down
memory lane.  At a mall, a shopaholic
rich girl is buying a lot of clothes from a mall and Mana approaches her. Mana
creates a Grimmer and it wreaks havoc. Elsewhere, Gai tries to research the
Colossus Corporation to track Glen Sherman down to teach him a lesson, but he
is interrupted when he senses a strange presence. He takes Colt to the location
as he has him transform into Kamen Rider X3 before Mana appears. Gai is shocked
to see Mana. Mana taunts Gai and reminds him of their past together. Colt asks
Gai what she means, and Gain tells Colt to just deal with her. Though evenly
matched with Kamen Rider X3, Mana falls back. Though he detects her Grimmer's
faint presence, Gai  leaves Colt so he
can resume his search for Glen Sherman and tells Colt to search for the Grimmer.
Kendall sits outside the restaurant and looks at a picture of her and her
brother. Jill comes out and asks Kendall if she’s okay. Kendall says that she’s
just been worried about her brother. Jill sees the picture and says that he
looks similar to Gai. Kendall jokingly says yeah. Kendall says that Kyle is
basically the only family she has since her parents passed away and her other
family is living out of state. She says that she hopes that he’ll be back soon.
Jill offers to lift her spirits by making her a meal of her choice. Gai
overhears their conversation. Meanwhile, Colt comes across the girl who was
confronted by Mana and sees that her health is deteriorating. He asks her if
she’s okay, and she tells him what happened to her. Colt begins to think and
takes the girl to the hospital. He finds Gai and asks him how Grimmers are
created. He says that Grimmers come from the desires of humans. They are the
embodiment of human desire. The more the Grimmer feeds it’s desires, the weaker
the human becomes. Once the Grimmer’s hunger is full, the human it was created
from will die. Colt says that they have to go find the Grimmer before it’s too
late, but Gai tells him to go on his own. Colt goes to fight it and transforms.
He finds the Grimmer but is then caught off guard by Kane. Colt tries to use his
Cheetah coin, but it’s knocked out of his hand. Gai comes to save Colt and
confronts Kane, acknowledging him as his rival. Gai and Kane fight and Gai
slashes Kane and gains one of his coins. Colt slashes him to gain the other.
Kane turns into his human form and retreats and Colt uses his two new coins to
turn into his Insect Combo.

## Notes

* As part of INTV Action, this episode aired alongside *Power Rangers Battle Code* episode 6, Problems of the Past.

## See Also

* A Game of Tag, a Nest, and a Rich Girl - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider OOO*
* Fashion, a Contract, and the Strongest Combo - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider OOO (Insect Combo Debut)*