Episode 1: "Secret"
The leaves began to fall gracefully towards the serene grounds of the beautifull city of River Edge. The city was traditionally a place of continuous action, with an active night-life and the like. It was pretty much a normal city by any kind of normal point. Typical kinds of building styles ran down the city, as they were prefered by the citizens of olden culture. In the midst of all this, a simple high school laid in the grounds of the middle of the city, oddly centered right at the point of it. This was more of a fact for the superstitious of course. The students themselves didn't really give it much thought. It was here that a new story was unfolding, right in front of their eyes...
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The bell rang, signaling the end of the day, much to the relief of many of the strained students. Out of the bustling crowd exiting the building was two teens, both at the age of approximately 17, came bustling around. The first was of somewhat Asian descent, going by looks alone. He was wearing a red tee, with white sleeves protruding from its ends. He wore completely dark pants, borderlining between a dark gray and black. The other teen was Caucasian, with a light tan. He was wearing an unusual outfit, something that resembled a yukata or Japanese robe. It was completely white on the upper half, but dominantely blue on the the lower. He pushed his glasses upwards as he explained,
"You know, you could join the Kendo Club Dan. I mean, it's pretty cool AND there's this one girl, Vivian, and she can definately wipe the floor with anyone." He smiled, picturing his peer, in a white yukata top with pink underpart. The one in red, named Dan, shook his head.
"Nah. I'm not into the whole swords thing. Pretty odd though isn't it 'Drew?" The yukata-clad one frowned and replied,
"I told you to not call me that. It's ANdrew. Notice the "An" before the "Drew"." The one in red was completely amused. Laughing at his friend, he said,
"Hey it's fair, you shorten my name right?" He had a point, but he wasn't going to admit it.
"That's... that's... totally different okay?!" He was alittle flustered. Enjoying evey minute of it, Dan couldn't resist.
"Remember? There's a "iel" after the "Dan". DanIEL." Before anything else, they both busted out laughing. Andrew spoke next,
"Honestly. What am I going to do with you?" It was a rhetorical question, but nethertheless, they both continued their walk down the streets of the heavily residential district.
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Elsewhere, in the alleyways of the city, everything was very quiet. Not even a mouse moved out of place. However, it still gave out an errie vibe. As if on cue, a ball bounced into one of these desolate alleys, followed shortly by a small boy of about elementary age.
"-I got it!" He called out to a group of kids about his age who were waiting outside. He ran down the deserted alley, looking for the missing ball. At last he finally found it near a very large blank wall. The wall was simple and white. However, it had a very long crack trailing down its middle, which several other cracks originated from. The boy smiled and yelled down the alley,
"I found it guys!" He smiled and reached out to hold it. The next moment however, a freakishly sinister glow blasted from the wall, followed by swirling wind that blew the boy back into the wall opposite the his eyes from the glow, he was shouting out,
"GUYS! HELP! GUYS!" But unbeknownst to him, the glow and sudden wind forced them all away in fear. Once the glow started to die down, he opened his eyes. The crack was still glowing, but nothing was happening. At once, he started to get the feeling in his legs again and ran away from it.
Out of the glowing crack stepped a legion of reptilian monsters, wearing a sort of armor that resembled a samurai of the fedual era. They looked from side to side and walked forward, out of the alley, heading towards the crowded city square.
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At the same time, the pair of Dan and Andrew managed to make it to their respective districts, beforing appearing on a road that twisted into a fork. Waving goodbye, Andrew smiled.
"'Kay. See you tomorrow then!" He ran off, wodden sword jingling on his back. Nodding, Dan began walking calmly to his own home, which wasn't far from the cut-off point. He lived in a relatively quiet neighborhood, with nothing of intense origin in it's background. It's one unique feature though would be that the large park of the city was located just beyond their backyard. Convinent for keeping a serene silence for relaxation.
Dan walked up the stairs and was about to grasp the doorknob when he heard a loud jingle coming from the house. Instantly, he heard a man's voice from beyond the door.
"It's begun." He heard a slam followed by a continuation,
"Why? In just one more year I could- no, we could have passed 'them' down to Dan. It is too early now... he is not ready." A female's voice spoke calmingly next to him,
"Dear, you and I both know that he could have gotten them anytime after his 15th birthday. You always opted to wait." The jingle became louder. The man continued,
"Saki, you do have a point. But he is not ready... yet. But before we can give them to him, we should at least take care of this minor Styxeron attack." Dan put himself against the door and crouched down. The female replied,
"Right. But we must tell him soon after." In the next moment, Dan heard swishing in the air, followed by two beams of light shooting from house towards the city. Dan sat there, transfixed by the light sources and snapped out of it.
"What the.... they are... what now...?" He couldn't organize his thoughts. Unfortunately, his brother was walking up the path as well. Wearing a green tee with a white bold cross on it with black pants that mimicked Dan's, he stopped and stared at Dan. Rushing up, he ran over to him and started shaking him.
"Dave! We gotta get down town quick!" He was pushed back by his younger sibling.
"Whoa whoa! Hold on. Why?" He gave him a quizzical look as Dan shook his head.
"I'll explain later. Just COME ON!" He grabbed his arm and pulled him down, running at a high speed towards the town. They rushed by a girl who had flowing brunette hair. She was wearing a decent sized-skit which stopped somewhere before the knee. He attire was completely yellow and she looked after them.
"Dave?" She shurgged it off and continued walking. She took out a name tag which read, 'Rebecca Gosa' and stepped into a bookstore.
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Arriving at the scene, Dan and Dave stood back as they spied two brightly colored people fighting the monsters. Dan poked Dave and quickly said,
"See?! That's Mom and Dad fighting in the spandex!" Dave did a double take.
"Your kidding right? I know Dad's a swords freak, but THIS?" They continued watching as the two warriors that were their parents continued.
Slashing upwards and downwards and everywhich way, they managed to keep fighting the masses of soldiers. Standing side by side and surronded, they nodded to each other.
Taking out a small pink and red disk from their belts, they cried out,
"Secret Disk Set!" They both placed the disks on their respective swords. They placed the swords upright and said next,
"Hidden Blade, Energy Mode!" They both spun the cone-like object on their swords, which caused the blades to glow. The first was covered in intense flames, while the other was swirled by a mass of pink winds. Slashing in a criss-crossed pattern, the blades shot out energy cuts, which eliminated the soldiers in a single swoop.
Clapping, Dave clentched his fists and pumped them in the air.
"Awesome! I didn't know Mom and Dad were butt-kicking superheroes!" Dan was quick to shush him, but it was too late, the two colorful warriors looked up and the one in pink gasped.
"Boys?!" They were guilty and came out from their hiding place. The red one sheathed his sword and folded his arms.
"I didn't plan for you to find oout this way..." He said in a wallowing tone. But he continued, looking at both of his sons faces.
"That's right. Your mother and I.... are Power Rangers." The effect was instantaneous, Dan put a finger in his ear and said,
"What did you say?" While Dave jumped up and down,
"That's just so.... awesome!"
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The familiy found a secluded spot where they de-morphed, as it were. Their mom gave them a smile.
"Well, the cat's out of the bag now. You REALLY need to tell them Lee." She gave him an appraising look. Not looking at her, he said briefly,
"I hate when your right." But he sighed and looked to his sons. He began,
"Well boys... now would be a good time to tell you... About our ancestors and our obligation to the world." He paused briefly and said,
"Since the fedual era, our ancestors from the isles of Japan have driven off the invaders of our world, the inhabitants of the River of Styx." Their mother continued,
"The River of Styx is a dimension between the world of the living and the one of the afterlife. It hosts a collection of tortured souls and monsters that feed on people's misery." Once again, the father took over, in a more proud voice.
"Of course they were always driven back by our ancestors, who acquired the powers of the Samurai. Each generation of powers has been passed down from son to son in our family, which descends from a long line of royalty in the imperial era." Dan looked dazed from all of this information. But his mother just continued.
"So the current 'Emperor' in title... would be your father. And next in line would be you honey." Dave shot up at this and spoke in an outcry,
"Hey! What am I, Chop liver?" But Lee, thei father just shook his head.
"I'm sorry David, but the power can only be passed down to the eldest son." But Saki chipped in,
"But he can dear. If he becomes a vassal." He nodded with her and explained,
"The four rangers that accompany an 'Emperor' are his vassals. A selected guard that assist and protect him in battle." Dave got his smile back.
"Cool. I mean, I'm not happy that Dan's getting the glory..." He looked down grimly.
"But saving his butt from danger on a daily basis? I'm definately in!" They both looked at Dan.
"Very well Daniel. Do you want David as one of your vassals?" Scratching his head he smiled.
"Of course. He is my brother afterall. I trust him with my life." Lee nodded.
"That is good. An 'Emperor' must have complete faith in his vassals." He broke into a grin. Hugging his sons he said,
"I'm proud that you both widely accept your destinies. Although..." He returned to Dan,
"You should consider who your other vassals will be. There are three powers left...." Dan nodded and looked into the sunset. Standing his ground, he grasped a hand into the air.
"Don't worry. I have a few people in mind..."
TO BE CONTINUED...