Series: Magirangers
Characters: Tsubasa
Spoilers: Contains Spoilers from episode 23 on.
Disclaimer: Magirangers do not belong to me.
Author: Alyssa Darkcloud / Alyssa the Writer

Prologue

Tsubasa Ozu stared up at the ceiling as he was lying down in his bed. The room was pitch dark except for the little bit of moonlight that came through his windows. It was also a rather silent night except for the slight snoring from either Kai or Makito from one of the other rooms. But he couldn't even hear that, because in his own head, Rei's song was playing over and over, as if it was haunting him. He knew it was for the better. He knew that she was now free. But he couldn't help but wonder why the first time he felt like that for someone, it had to end so suddenly and so bittersweet. He realized at this rate, he really wasn't going to get any sleep. He sighed and sat up in his bed and then headed down to the magic room of their house as quietly as possible so he wouldn't wake up his siblings or anything else that happened to live in his house, including a talking plant and a cat that happened to live in a magic lamp.

Tsubasa Ozu thought he grew up in a pretty normal family when he was younger, but he found out how wrong he was about that. When he got to the magic room, he saw that thankfully both the plant and the cat were sleeping. They were sleeping soundly except for the few times that Smoky the Cat mumbled something about catnip in his sleep. Tsubasa found the one thing he was looking for, a small, glass figurine shaped like an angel that played a very soothing melody. The song it played was called "Peace in the Heavens" and it was a song their late mother would often sing to them when he and his four other siblings were little and couldn't fall asleep. Tsubasa picked it up and quietly headed back to his room. He set it down carefully next to his bed and it started playing the familiar melody. He watched it spin slowly as the melody played and he found himself falling asleep gradually as the melody washed away all of the bad thoughts and finally brought him some peace.

The next morning, he woke up staring at the small glass angel figure. For the first time in a long time, he actually felt refreshed from his sleep. He looked at the clock and it was still 6am. He got out of bed and stretched, changed into his gym clothes and prepared for his morning jog. He headed into the kitchen to see if anyone else was awake. To no surprise, the only other person awake that early was his older sister, Urara, who was making breakfast. She was the second daughter of the household, and she was the complete opposite of their oldest sister, Houka. Urara was responsible, selfless, and shy, even though when she was mad, she could be a little scary. She tried very hard to be like their mother and tried to take care of the family as best as she could. Sometimes it seemed she tried a little too hard. Then there was Houka who was irresponsible, selfish, childish and didn't have a shy bone in her body. This makes her sound like a horrible person, but despite all of her faults, she was a genuinely caring person. And despite her usual "slow" manner, she manages to surprise her siblings once in a while by saying something pretty smart (even though she doesn't realize it herself). Despite their exactly opposite personalities, Tsubasa got along very well with both of his sisters. Urara looked up from her cooking and smiled, "Good morning, Tsubasa."

"Morning, Ura-nee."

"You're up early as usual. Are you going for your run?"

Tsubasa nodded. "I'll be back in time for breakfast."

Urara nodded and said, "Okay. I hope everyone else will be awake by then."

"Good luck." With that, Tsubasa headed out for his morning jog. About a week before, he had changed his usual route to a path that went through a forest and also passed by a small lake. There, he had a meeting of fate, a very sad fate. It looked a little different now. However it still reminded him of the sad memories. The lake was covered with more mist the last time he had come by. Also the last time he came by, there was a beautiful young woman singing a beautiful song. The same song that now haunts him at night. He stopped for a moment, but quickly headed off again. So much had happened to him and his siblings in the past year. They learned that their mother was actually a magician, a sorceress, and that their father who they thought died on an expedition, was actually a Heavenly Saint that lost his life sealing away the Dark Lord N. Ma of the evil empire of Infershia. As if that wasn't enough to try to comprehend, all of the sudden the five of them had to put their lives on hold and were informed that they were going to have to fight against Infershia and save the world. None of them knew a thing about magic or fighting before then. Tsubasa was a boxer, but that still wasn't enough training for all of this. They weren't trained for this, and before any other questions could be answered, they saw their mother be killed right in front of them by Wolzard, a mysterious dark wizard that served N. Ma. After seeing that, Tsubasa lost all hope. But thankfully his mother was able to show him that he had all the strength he needed: courage, and he was able to pick himself up again and understand his mission was to fight alongside his siblings. Infershia attacked so many times and they were able to overcome whatever obstacles were thrown at them. Even when their bonds as siblings were cut, they were able to overcome that and their bond came back on its own and became even stronger. Their strength was unstoppable, but Tsubasa was starting to have his doubts again. He didn't even really know why he felt the way he did because it made no logical sense.

Tsubasa, for the most part, was a very logical thinker and was probably the most cunning out of the siblings. But sometimes he thought too much, this was one of those times. The doubt started to resurface when he used a forbidden spell that their teacher, Hikaru told him never to use. It was a forbidden spell but Tsubasa's intentions were completely good. He wanted to save the life of his friend, Kouta. Despite his good intentions, he was punished for using the spell. All of the time in the world tried to go into his body and Hikaru literally risked his life to save him. Hikaru told him that using forbidden spells was the first step to becoming a madoushi, a dark wizard like Wolzard. The madoushi that killed their mother, and yet… Tsubasa couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to be a madoushi. Perhaps it was because he used a forbidden spell, or the fact that humans are curious creatures, but this made Tsubasa feel guilty. Hikaru risked his life to save him and of course he was grateful. But the fact that he couldn't help but be curious about the contents of the rest of the Forbidden book annoyed him. He felt weak compared to his siblings. They called him the smartest, but he knew that the others wouldn't have done what he did. Since he had done that, he had started feeling alone. He knew that there was no way he was alone, but for some reason he couldn't shake that feeling. He already had his doubts, and then he met the young woman named Rei.

Watching his younger brother Kai and his sister Houka look absolutely ridiculous when they talked about love, made him really not pursue it. But when he saw Rei, he felt something he had never felt before. She had taken his breath away just at first glance. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life. But sadly, their meeting would have a sad ending. By the time he had met her, she was already dead. She was being used by Infershia to lure people to their deaths. He and Rei managed to run away for a short while, but in the end, he knew that they had to save her. And by saving her, he knew he'd have to part with her. They had defeated Seiren and set Rei's soul free. He knew it was the right thing to do, and Tsubasa got over it… at least in front of everyone else…