the next day, getting the aid of senhime, ryotaro and company sneak into the camp of yukimura sanada, who is aiding gaoh. though the reunited tarōs defeat sanada's ninjas, with sieg destroying the cobra imagin as den-o wing form, gaoh succeeds in obtaining the gaohliner and travels forward to december 26, 1988, the day ryotaro was born, to erase that day and thus eliminate ryotaro. after regaining his memory and his ability to transform, ryotaro is forced to fight gaoh along with momotaros and his band until yuto arrives with the past ryotaros he borrowed for the "climax scene". after the long battle, the den-os and zeronos emerge victorious as gaoh's followers are wiped out and the gaohliner is destroyed by the denliner and zeroliner. surviving the gaohliner's destruction, gaoh dies in a final duel with den-o sword form, reduced to sand. on the return trip to his own time, the denliner comes across ryotaro's old house, allowing ryotaro and kotaro to see the faces of their parents. sieg and kotaro also return to their respective timelines as well, resuming their places in history. when ryotaro returns to the present, he finds a drawing of his parents in the picture frame where the original photo once was.