Yoko Usami looked at her opponent with contempt and loathing. She grabbed her weapon, pulled her long black hair into a ponytail, and prepared for battle. She struggled viciously at it but in the end, it was no use.
Her math homework was a pain in the butt.
"Damn you Hiromu and Ryuji for leaving me alone during finals." Yoko muttered under her breath, knowing full well that they didn't exactly sign up for the Enetron conference they were serving as security for. Still, she had to blame someone and she had blamed Usada enough times.
"YOKO! Why are you not working?!" Usada said.
Or not. Yoko thought as she turned to glare at the small yellow rabbit robot rolling in on his three wheels, one attached to his short cylindrical body and two smaller ones attached to each arm. Usually Usada's ears/control sticks were at slight angles. Straight up, she knew she was going to get it. Her eyes were already rolling in impatience.
"I'm sorry, your Highness." Yoko said with a fake flourish. "The evil math dragon is keeping me from conquering it."
"Don't be a smart aleck." Usada said. "I've seen your grades; you gotta pick them up if you want to graduate."
"They're not that bad!" Yoko said, although she knew it wouldn't hurt if they were better. "It's so dull, I rather have Enter slapping my head."
Yoko turned around to try and tackle her homework as Usada turned to leave. She barely put her pencil to paper when her Morphin Brace sounded an alarm. Yoko grabbed it and pressed the button to answer.
"Yoko, get to the command center now." Commander Kuroki said. Yoko could tell it was something big, even if he wasn't shouting for her to hurry. It meant one thing…
She got a break from math.
Yoko jogged to the Energy Management command center, Usada trailing behind. She entered the self-opening door and found Commander Kuroki, a tall 40-something with curly black hair and eyes that were half closed but always alert, Miho, a female 20 year old computer expert, and Toru, a 22 year old computer expert and Miho's partner, working on something on their computers as usual. However, to Yoko's surprise, they weren't alone.
There were four humans. There were two men, watching Miho's screen, who seemed to be in their sixties, with short hair that was starting to creep into gray territory. Other than that, they were fairly different. One was wearing a normal dark red shirt, black jacket, and black pants while the other was wearing an all-white suit and hat, the only color being the red kerchief around his neck. A red flower was in a small breast pocket. In his gloved hands, he was fiddling with a white staff with three black stripes on each end.
The only other woman, likely in her fifties, wore her dark black hair short. She wore a red shirt and grey skirt with white boots. She looked around pacing, ready for a fight it seems.
The third man wore a light blue jumpsuit with black boots and a red and yellow shape on each side of his chest. He had a thick brow and sat at the center table, hands folded and looking expectant, just like the others.
Yoko then noticed there was another woman next to him… a woman whose ears seemed to be replaced by small white appendages shaped like swan feathers. She straightened her lab coat and brushed back her brown hair as she worked on a laptop with the same fervor as Miho and Toru.
What grabbed Yoko's attention most was the tall blue dog that was standing upright on two legs and standing next to the man in the white suit. He wore a black robe with medals and badges in various places on the front and was scratching the white scruff on his chin while watching.
Yoko went up close to the humanoid dog and looked in amazement. Suddenly, noticing he was being watched, the dog turned to regard her.
"You're Yoko Usami?" he asked.
Yoko could barely stutter a "Yes" through her shock and embarrassment.
"Good, we can begin." the dog said, oblivious to her staring.
The others looked up when they heard this. The man in black and red stepped forward.
"Miss Usami, I'm Tsuyoshi Kaijou…" the man said.
"Akarenger!?" Yoko said, her mouth hanging open.
"I probably could've just stuck with that." Tsuyoshi said with a small laugh. "The others here are Sokichi Banba…"
"What happened to keeping things simple?" the man in white asked smiling, tipping his hat to Yoko.
"Big One." Tsuyoshi said, trying to not roll his eyes. "That's Mai Tsubasa and ChangePhoenix…"
The older woman nodded.
"Shohei Yokkaichi and OhGreen…"
The man in the blue jumpsuit waved.
"Swan Shiratori, the head scientist and DekaSwan…"
The woman with swan feathers nodded.
"And here is the head of the Earth S.P.D. Branch and DekaMaster, Doggie Krueger."
The blue dog nodded.
Yoko could barely believe how many legends were in the room right now. She heard of each one in school and there weren't many who didn't.
They were each a member of a Super Sentai, like her.
Yoko was immediately filled with questions to ask but figured that they didn't have much time. She knew she had to choose her questions carefully.
Unfortunately, in her excitement, she chose the stupidest one first.
"How does your head fit into your helmet?" Yoko asked Doggie.
…
"Please forgive me Yoko." Doggie said amicably. "I don't mean to be rude. I honestly don't know."
The other Rangers smiled, only because that was the first thing each of them had asked when they first met Doggie. Yoko, on the other hand, didn't need the smack from Usada to regret asking that. Tsuyoshi cleared his throat.
"We'll answer as many questions you have later." Tsuyoshi said. "Right now, we are under threat of an alien invasion that very likely caused trouble on other planets to stretch the members of S.P.D. thin, including the Earth's Dekarangers."
"The six of us are the closest and best bet to stop the invasion." Sokichi said. "Will you join us?"
Yoko only needed a second.
"Something's invading Earth and you think I want to stay away?" she asked. "What do I need to know about them?"
An alarm sounded just then. Swan went and stood next to Miho, both looking at the screen. Both looked shocked.
"They managed to evade the planetary alarms!" Miho said.
"They're here now!" Swan added. "In the northern district of Tokyo."
"Swan, get back to base and prepare in case things escalate." Doggie said.
"Yoko, you get to know about them on the way." Mai said as all the Rangers got up to leave.
"Is it bad that I sort of prefer it that way?" Yoko asked as she ran with the others.
"No." Mai said with a smirk.
