In 1986, Otoya transforms into Ixa to do battle with Dark Kiva, only to painfully lose as the King takes him prisoner with the intent to personally feed the man to Castle Doran as Maya fakes not caring for it. However, Yuri finds Maya at the church and begs the queen to help her save Otoya after revealing her feelings of love for him. Maya accepts Yuri's offer as she suits up, taking her to the Lost Woods where Castle Doran rests. However, the two women are confronted by the forest's guardian, the Silkmoth Fangire. In 2008, Taiga is distraught with Wataru's choice to fight for the humans, walking off to Wataru's dismay as he points out that they would have to fight each other eventually. As the cafe, Megumi, Nago, and Kengo try to him cheer up as their way of thanking him for not giving up. As Wataru and Kengo renew their friendship, Shima is annoyed as Nago tries to convince him that Kiva's an ally.