[Hiro's Dream]
[Dragon Ball Super - Infinite Universe]
"Hey... is anyone able to hear me?" A voice said. Hiro, who was in a colorful space, could hear the voice. It seemed very familiar to him.
"Can someone hear me?" The voice repeated.
"Who's out there?" Hiro asked.
"No way... can it be? Is that you, Hiro?" The voice said. Hiro's eyes widened.
"Who are you?" Hiro asked again. A figure begins to approach Hiro. It was one of the figures Hiro saw in the vision. It had blue armor on it's shoulders, legs and stomach area. It had two small wings, black eyes, and a black scarf.
"Hey... I saw you in my vision..." Hiro commented.
"No way, you still remember that? I cant believe you took my appearance to heart, Hiro." The figure said.
"I'll ask again, who are you?" Hiro asked.
"Not surprising. You wouldn't recognize your mom in this form, anyhow." The figure said, placing her hands on her hips. Hiro's eyes widen.
"V-Vernious?" Hiro asked.
"Yep. It's me!" Vernious said. She extended her hand out, as did Hiro. When their fingertips met, a bright flash engulfed them.
*End Theme*
[Littlest Pet Shop Day Camp]
Hiro woke up from his slumber.
"Was that... a dream?" Hiro wondered. He decided to go outside for some fresh air. When he got outside, he flew up to the roof of the pet shop. When he reached the top, he saw Shala sitting on the roof. Shala turned and saw Hiro.
"Hiro, what are you doing up here?" Shala asked. Hiro descended towards Shala.
"I could ask you the same thing." Hiro responded.
"I just came up to think about this weird dream I had."
"Weird dream? Do tell."
"You see, I was in this space and I heard this voice. When I tried to call to it, it recognized me. Soon enough, one of the figures we saw in our vision appeared. It told me his name was... Oceanus." Shala said, explaining her dream.
"Well, that makes two of us. My mom, Vernious, appeared in my dream in that form." Hiro said,
"Really?" What do you think it means?" Shala asked.
"It's possible... that they are calling out to us... Like they are in danger..." Hiro hypothesized. As the duo were talking, a dark figure started to emerge in the figure resembled a vampire.
[Cardfight Vanguard - Infinite∞REBIRTH]
*Episode Title: The Dragons Appear in Briarwood*
Shala quickly took notice of the new being emerging.
"Hiro, over there!" Shala said. She pointed to the new being. Hiro quickly flew down to the being.
"You there! Identify yourself!" Hiro demanded.
"My name is Necrolai, you human." Necrolai introduced. Shala then flew down next to Hiro.
[Dragon Ball Super - Intensity]
"I don't know who you are, but we're gonna send you straight back!" The duo powered up into Dragon Ascendant State and charged at Necrolai. Necrolai blocked the blows with a magic shield
"Take this!" Necrolai unleased magicenergy blasts that struck Hiro and Shala.
"Plasma Meteor!" Hiro fired a small plasma sphere, which Necrolai blocked. Shala appeared behind Necrolai
"Water Dragon's Roar!" Shala unleashed her roar on Necrolai, knocking her down. But, Necrolai got up.
"Well, aren't you two perverse." Necrolai said..
"I don't know what that is, but we don't really care." Shala said.
"Now's my chance." Necrolai said. she rushed towards Hiro and Shala and grabbed their stomachs. she began to extract a green and blue sphere from within them. While Necrolai was doing that, Hiro and Shala felt immense pain. As soon as Necrolai got the spheres, she vanished without a trace.
[End Theme]
Hiro and Shala then reverted from Dragon Ascendant State.
"What did that lady do to us?" Shala asked. Hiro looked at his left hand and concentrated. Magic energy starting to flow on his hand.
"Well, my magic is intact." He looked at his right and and concentrated. Divine In-Force started to flow on his right hand. "And my In-Force is intact. So, what did she take?"
"That's something we should bother Ace with in the morning." Shala said. Hiro nodded in agreement.
[Later, in the morning]
The duo were chatting with Ace over the Dimensional Transceiver about the incident.
"Let me see if I got all of that. So, while you two were talking on the roof, a vampire lady called Necrolai attacked you? And he seemed to have taken something from you?" Ace asked.
"Yes!" Hiro and Shala replied.
"And it wasn't either your In-Force or your magic, right?" Kireina asked in the background.
"Yeah!" The duo said.
"I see... that's really interesting." Ace remarked.
"Ace, do you have any sort of information about this Koragg?" Hiro asked.
"That's a good question. Katsu, check the archives, please." Ace said. Katsu said yes in the background.
"You seriously have archives for these things?" Shala asked.
"Yes. How long do you think we've been dimension hopping?" Ace said.
"...Good point." Shala said in defeat. Katsuya then came up to Ace.
"Dad, I found it!" Katsuya said.
"What does it say?" Ace asked. Katsuya opened up the archives.
"According to the archives, Necrolai is actually a vampire that originated from a place called Briarwood."
"Briarwood?" Hiro asked.
"We don't know much about Necrolai, but we do know that in the dimension she came from, there are people capable of using magic." Katsuya added.
"That dimension has magic, like us?" Hiro asked.
"Well, it's kinda different. But, it's magic, none the less." Katsuya said.
"Whatever Necrolai took from you guys might have been important for something evil. So, you two should head to Briarwood as soon as possible." Ace suggested.
"Will we need to keep our powers in check?" Hiro asked. "We don't want to attract too much attention."
"I don't think you need to. Whoever Koragg is working for might try to send other monsters to attack you. Just do what's necessary." Ace said.
"We got it! Were headin' off." Shala boldly stated.
"Good luck, you two." Katsu said. Hiro then turned his screen off. He and Shala inserted their Transport cards into their Transceivers and warped away.
[Briarwood City - Near the Rock Porium]
5 teenagers, 3 of them being boys, and two being girls, were walking together. Each one of them were respectively wearing red, green, yellow, pink, and blue shirts. These were Nick, Xander, Chip, Vida, and Madison, the Mystic Force Rangers.
"Have you guys noticed that it's been quiet lately?" Chip asked.
"Now that you mention it, yes. There hasn't been any monster attacks or anything." Xander said.
"I could probably get used to this peace thing." Vida commented.
"Same goes for me." Madison added.
"Guys, we still need to keep our guard up. Who knows when the next monster will attack." Nick scolded. As the teens were walking, a bright light shone. The teens hid themselves in a bush. Hiro and Shala emerged from the light.
"Well, this is Briarwood, right?" Shala asked.
"Sure looks like it. Gotta say, it's not much. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers." Hiro commented.
"So, what now?" Shala asked.
"Now, we gotta see if we can find that Necrolai bitch. She might appear somewhere with a good concentration of Magic Power." Hiro said. As the duo walked away, the teens were shocked at what they said.
"Are they seriously looking for Necrolai?!" Vida exclaimed.
"They have no idea what they'll get into!" Xander added.
"We should follow them, in case there is danger ahead." Nick suggested. His team nodded at that.
[Later]
While Hiro and Shala were walking, they ended up getting ambushed by a monster. The monster had armor on its body along with spikes. The teens saw the monster.
"Guys, we should Ranger up." Nick suggested.
"Wait, Nick. We should see this through. I mean, it could be a nice monster." Chip said. The other teens just looked at him weird.
"What are you supposed to be?" Hiro asked the monster.
"I am Magnablade of the Underworld." Magnablade said. "And you two are gonna be bait to lure out the Rangers so I can destroy them!"
"Okay, first off, Rangers? What? And two, what happens if we don't?" Shala asked.
"Then, I'll have to destroy you!" Magnablade responded.
"Better monsters than you have tried. And arguably, less ugly than you." Hiro said. Magnablade was mouth agape when Hiro said that.
"Ooh, burn!" Vida said.
"Why you.. come at me!" Magnablade then charged at Hiro. From his arms, he retracted blades. Hiro just sighed and transformed into Dragon Force state.
"Plasma Dragon's Claw!" Hiro extended his claws. He parried Magnablade's attacks and managed to push him back.
"How? How can a normal human like you be this strong?" Magnablade asked.
"Because, Bladey, I'm not exactly normal. I wield Dragon Slayer Magic." Hiro explained.
"Dragon Slayer Magic? So, he's a wizard?" Madison asked.
"Seems that way." Nick responed.
"And this state you see me in is known as Dragon Force. It's the ultimate state a Dragon Slayer can achieve. It greatly increased my magic power. In other words, you didn't stand a chance from the beginning." Hiro continued.
"Impossible! I won't believe such nonsense! I will destroy you!" Magnablade charged at Hiro again. Hiro then stabbed Magnablade with his claws.
"I'm getting really tired of your maniacal bullshit." Hiro said in a dark tone. He retracted his claws and Magnablade fell to the ground. He then exploded when he met the ground.
"Well, I guess he didn't need our help after all." Nick replied.
[The Underworld]
Deep in the Underworld, Necrolai was watching from a screen.
"How could Magnablade lose so easily?!" Necrolai demanded. She then concentrated and unleashed a spell
"Uthos Mejor!"
[Briarwood]
Hiro and Shala saw a magic seal appear underneath the spot where Magnablade blew up.
"A magic seal?!" Hiro said in shock. The seal's power allowed Magnablade to be revived and for him to grow into a giant.
"Now, I can really squash you brats!" Magnablade said.
"Well, this is different." Shala commented. The 5 teens then ran up to the duo.
"Leave the rest to us, kids." Vida said. This slightly annoyed Hiro and Shala.
"Who are you calling kids?!" They said in unison.
"Besides, what can you guys do?" Hiro asked.
"Well, there's this. Ready?"
"Ready!" The teens took out cell phone-like devices and punched in the numbers 120.
"Legendary Source, Mystic Force!"
"Galwit Mysto Neramax!"
The teens transformed into their Legend Warrior state.
'So, is this their magic? It really is different from our own.' Hiro thought.
"Code 3!" Nick turned the dial of his staff to 4. "Legend of the sky, Mystic Firebird!" Nick transformed into a flaming bird.
"Code 4!" The rest turned their dials to 4. "Legend of the jungle, Mystic Lion!" The other rangers fused into a lion. A rock risen from underneath the lion and a trail of fire suddenly appeared. The Firebird created three rings of fire which the lion jumped through. When the lion jumped through the third ring, the Firebird and lion merged. The lion stood up straight and a head popped up.
"Manticore Megazord!" They shouted.
'Transformation Magic?' Hiro thought. The Megazord exchanged blows with Magnablade. Magnablade managed to push the Megazord back.
"Geez, he's stronger than he looks..." Chip complained. Hiro and Shala just looked on.
"Hiro, I think they need our help." Shala commented.
"Seems that way, doesn't it?" Hiro said. "Alright, let's go!" The duo transformed into Dragon Ascendant state and flew towards the scene of the battle. The Rangers were baffled at the new transformation.
"They had another one?!" Xander said in shock. Hiro rammed into Magnablade, knocking him off his feet. Magnablade quickly got up and slashed Hiro with his blades. The blow damaged Hiro minimally.
"Water Dragon's Roar!" Shala unleashed her roar on Magnablade. The attack forced him back.
"D-Damn you!" Magnablade shouted.
"It's time to end this! We have an important job to do, and you are interfering!" Hiro shouted. He began to charge a Dragon Explosion.
"Dragon Ascendant Secret Art - Shadow Wave!" From Shala's body came a pillar of water that became a serpentine dragon. The dragon made it's way to Magnablade.
"Super... Dragon Explosion!" Hiro launched his attack at Magnablade. The two attacks combined into a powerful white energy.
"Take this, you punk! This is mine and Hiro's Unison Raid!" Shala shouted. The Unison Raid pierced right through Magnablade, who promptly exploded afterwards. The force of the Unison Raid was so strong that it reached even the Underworld. The Underworld began to collapse a bit.
"Wow... that was amazing!" Vida commented.
[Later]
Hiro and Shala landed safely on the ground. The duo then promptly reverted to their normal state.
"Man, we owned that guy!" Shala cheered. She high-fived Hiro.
"You know it, sistah!" Hiro said, tryng to sound cool. Shala laughed at that.
"You're getting there with the cool talk." Shala said. Hiro chuckled a bit. As they were talking, the Rangers approached them in civilian form.
"Alright, you two, you better explain yourselves." Nick demanded.
"Explain what?" Shala asked.
"One thing would be why are you here looking for Necrolai." Vida said.
"Another thing would be if she's single." Xander said, referring to Shala. Everyone gave him a weird, or annoyed look.
"...First off, that bitch invaded our dimension somehow and robbed us of something important to us." Shala began. "..But, we don't know what it was."
"And second, you have about 5 seconds to take back what you just said." Hiro threatened. "4... 3..."
"See, what I meant to say was, I was hoping that me and your friend could hang out and get to know each other." Xander rephrased, trying to escape Hiro's impending wrath.
...
"2...1..."
"Everyone, are you alright?" A voice said. Everyone turned and saw a man who the Rangers recognized as Daggeron. Hiro and Shala got into battle stances.
"Guys, relax. Daggeron here is our friend." Nick assured.
"I came over as fast as I could as soon as I detected an abnormal magic energy." Daggeron explained. "Did you guys find the source?"
"We sure did. These two single-handedly destroyed that monster!" Chip said, pointing to Hiro and Shala.
"Guilty as charged." Hiro stated.
"Oh, so you're wizards as well?" Daggeron asked.
"Yep. I'm Hiro, the Plasma Dragon Slayer." Hiro greeted.
"And I'm the Water Dragon Slayer! Name's Shala!" Shala also greeted. The Rangers were a bit confused.
"Dragon Slayer?" They asked.
"I have never heard of such magic before." Daggeron noted. Hiro and Shala chuckled at that.
"Of course you wouldn't! It's magic from another dimension! How could you possibly have knowledge on that?" Shala bragged.
"Another dimension, you say?" Daggeron asked.
"It's a long story." Hiro stated.
"Maybe we should discuss all this at Root Core." Madison suggested.
"We could use the rest. Fighting two battles in a short amount of time drains you quite a bit." Hiro stated.
"Well, follow us. We can show you around if you plan on staying." Chip said.
"That would be cool! Right, Hiro?" Shala asked.
"Yeah. It will be beneficial to be used to the surroundings." Hiro said. The group then walked a good few feet to a tree.
"...Why are we here?" Hiro asked.
"You see, this is the fastest way to get to Root Core." Vida explained She passed through the tree.
"Whoa!" Hiro and Shala exclaimed.
"So, this tree basically serves as a dimensional gateway?" Hiro asked.
"Essentially." Daggeron stated. Everyone passed through the tree.
[Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V - Vision]
[Cardfight Vanguard - Infinite∞REBIRTH (Off-Vocal)]
Shala: Wow, Hiro, these guys seem really nice! I can't wait to get to know them more!
Hiro: You're right about that. These guys seem capable of protecting their dimension.
Shala: And now, we can help 'em beat up more monsters!
Hiro: Hang on... something tells me this will no longer be easy...
Next Time - The Light
(A/N: I am so sorry for not posting this sooner. I have been busy with school and all that jazz. Well, winter break for me is slowly approaching, and I promise to upload a couple more chapters to this, along with the main story. Oh, and I have a small spoiler for you: A big plot for "A Mage's Journey", will be reminiscent to Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V's current plot. Thanks for reading!_