TB: Yo yo yo, what's this here? A new Super Hero Time studio?
KKD: *gets down from a ladder and wipes the sweat from his brow, wearing a construction worker's uniform on top his KyoryuSilver suit* Whew! This sure took a while. I was hoping Mataranger would be finished before this was, but… eh, what're ya gonna do? *turns to see TB* Oh, hey aibou.
TB: What up, bro? It looks like we are doing a Super Hero Time schedule while waiting to get back to the one on your channel.
KKD: I guess so. *holds up schedule list* I've got to keep the constructions of these separate studios on schedule, even if other stories are halted. *taks off construction outfit*
TB: Gotta keep busy with what entertains you, amiright?
KKD: Pretty much.
TB: Now, this is a first. KKD's got an OC Super Hero Time on his channel, so that got me thinking, why not have an OC Super Hero Time on my channel. This… is the product of that idea.
KKD: Well, at least that's the idea. Let's hope this works out.
TB: Fingers crossed. Now, cue new set of Disclaimers!
KKD: Right. *suddenly in a conductor's outfit and prepares to start a symphony.*
*TB then gets next to KKD and gets into a tuxedo, joining the orchestra before KKD conducts, and the music notes fly out of the instruments as Beethoven's 5th Symphony is played, the notes merging onto the screen to form the the new Disclaimer screen*
Disclaimers: Neither TokuBrony nor KKD own Super Sentai or anything else other than this original concept and the characters within. Super Sentai and any music used in the story are owned by Toei and their respective singers.
*A galleon sails in with six figures atop it before the camera zooms in revealing Kamen Rider Buccaneer and the Melodygers, the latter five all holding their respective instruments.*
Red Melody & Buccaneer: SUPER HERO TIME!
*Instruments then surround scenes of the upcoming Melodyger chapter*
Buccaneer: Five teens meet each other and are essentially forming a band? This I gotta see!
*Treasure keys appears around the next scene, showing off scenes from Kamen Rider Buccaneer*
Red Melody: A Kamen Rider pirate? Never thought that would happen. And… what? He gets arrested?!
*We then see the Melodygers and Buccaneer posing for the camera with Red Melody and Buccaneer standing at the edge of the bow of the galleon*
Melodygers: Let's start!
Buccaneer: SHOWTIME!
As much as we take it for granted, music plays a very important role in our society. It can lift us up in our darkest moments, accentuate the moods of other moments both saddening and angering, and it can even be used to tell a story and/or message. But it was not always the case, as the world used to be a purely violent place, the Akuma no Metal (Demons of Metal) turning the world into their own personal playground and cause mayhem at their own leisure. That is until a being known as the Ongaku no Kami (God of Music) descended down to the human race and granted them an understanding of music. Humanity has learned to take this gift and compose new music to ward off the Akuma no Metal, and the world has lived peacefully since then. However, the world would not see eternal peace from this demonic force.
After that monologue, we see a bus stop as its doors opened, revealing a girl wearing a leather jacket with a red shirt underneath it, along with some black jeans and bright red sneakers, having long, straight black hair and blue eyes along with an elderly woman with wavy grey hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a white shirt, light pink skirt that reached her legs, and brown shoes. The girl looked rather disinterested while carrying some of the luggage as the elderly woman smiled upon the town they arrived at.
"Here it is, Mikoto. Utau Tani (Sing Valley), one of the most beautiful little towns in Japan," the elderly woman told the girl.
"Meh. It looks okay," the girl, Mikoto, shrugged as they started walking towards a nice little house, "But Obaa-chan, what was wrong with our old home?"
"We couldn't stay there because we were unable to make enough money to keep it. So I decided to move us here. Besides, it'll be much better for you to make new friends here."
"*sigh* Dang it. I didn't ask for any friend-making, I don't even care for having extra company," Mikoto responded.
"Oh please, how long are you going to be so anti-social?" Mikoto's grandmother asked in response.
Mikoto just muttered as they arrived at their new house, her grandmother opening the door to find a rather decent looking interior with the stairs leading to the second floor being the first thing they saw. On the left they see a nicely decorated living room with a TV and couch, while on the right there was a family room with a desk and computer along with another TV and couch.
"Don't forget to take your shoes off as you enter, Mikoto. You can put our luggage down over there," her grandma reminded, showing by example as Mikoto sighed and did the same before she put the luggage down in the living room.
They examined the place before walking through the living room to find the kitchen, covered in yellow paint all over the walls, a stove by the back door and a table with chairs in the center of the kitchen. There was also another entrance into the kitchen through the family room and they continued to check the place over.
"...This isn't much different compared to our old place," Mikoto commented before they walked upstairs to find a pathway to a couple bedrooms, each with their own bathroom, bed and dresser.
"This is much more nice looking than our previous home, that's for sure," her grandma replied as they decided to go back downstairs to unpack.
Meanwhile, we cut to see what appeared to be a European medieval castle underground, decorated with skulls and bones, and surrounding it was lava and black rocks with spurts of fire and brimstone. Inside the castle, we see a strange figure sitting on a throne, his clawed hands gripping tightly on the arms. It was a kind of dragon-themed monster in the typical metal punk outfit with bits of metal armor around him as well as a black cape, with yellow feral reptile eyes, black scales, sharp teeth, and a rather large sword he was holding blade down on his right side.
"...It's almost time… the Akuma no Metal shall make our presence known momentarily. And when we do… we will make sure that there will be no mercy." this figure growled as he raised his sword up cackling in hysterical glee, lightning somehow striking behind him.
(Insert Theme: Immortals by Fall Out Boy)
*A Japanese-style flute begins to play with some clapping as notes float across the screen, washing away the previous scene before we see the Melodygers, silhouetted before lights from above shine onto each one and they all pose as the instrumental begins and the titles were soon shaped from notes the Melodygers played their instruments*
Musical Sentai Melodyger
They say we are what we are, but we don't have to be
*We see Mikoto sitting on a chair, looking over her flute before looking towards the camera and waving as the background was replaced with a musical sheet, and Red Melody was shown in front of it, playing her flute before posing for battle*
I'm bad behavior, but I do it in the best way
*Afterwards we see Kazu, playing his saxophone before he looks at the camera and winks with Blue Melody appearing on music sheet background behind Kazu, aiming his Saxozooka*
I'll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame
*We then see Neiji adjusting his drumset with Saburo tuning his guitar before they looked at the camera with a smile and an upward nod of acknowledgment, respectively, and then Green and Yellow Melodies appeared in between them on the music sheet background twirling the Drum Fighting Sticks and holding up the Rocker Axe over the shoulder, also respectively*
I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams
*We follow it up by seeing Jess, playing her Keytar happily with Pink Melody appearing behind her on the music sheet background, firing her Iruka Keytar before swinging it like a sword*
(Ooooooooh!) I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (glass, glass)
*Now we cut to the Akuma no Metal all walking in a straight line towards the Melodygers from their castle before the camera rotates to reveal the Melodygers in Utau Tani, standing, ready to transform*
(Ooooooooh!) I try to picture me without you, but I can't
*The three generals of the Akuma no Metal stood there ready to charge into battle with Ryu Chikara pulling out his 9 arm guitar and playing a deadly tune*
'Cause we could be Immortals, I-I-I, I-Immortals!
*The five teens then pull out their Melody Changers and activated them, transforming into the Melodygers*
Just not for long, for long
*The team then pull out their weapons*
And live with me forever now
We pull the blackout curtains down
*Both sides then stood ready for the battle before they started charging*
Just not for long, for long
*The two sides charged further before they eventually got closer*
We could be Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*They then clashed weapons, the Melodygers getting the upper hand on the grunts before fighting the generals*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The generals get some advantage before they summon a kaiju that began to attack*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The Melodgyers call forth their mecha before they combine into Melody-Oh and begin to fight the kaiju*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*Melody-Oh then finished off the kaiju with a slash before posing, the Melodygers jumping down and reverting to normal*
Imm, I-I-I-Immortals
*As the song comes to a close, we see the five Melodygers in civilian form walking off into the sunset, all of them congratulating each other as their faded Melodyger forms appear in the sky above them, and then the title appears on screen*
Score 1: From the Top, Melodygers
Back in the new house, Mikoto and her grandmother were unpacking their suitcases, Mikoto looking annoyed before she reached into one bag and unpacked a thin silver flute, looking at it with a small smile on her face before it turned solemn for a moment and then she put it back in the case it came in.
"You going to put that in your room once we finish?" her grandma asked.
"Yeah, I am. It's the one thing I am happy to keep from our old place," Mikoto replied, placing the case on the side so she can take it to her room.
"Mikoto… why can't you make any friends? Ever since your mother and father died in that plane crash, you've isolated yourself from the whole world."
"...Obaa-chan… please don't bring that up around me. Right now, the only friends I need are you and my flute. Anyone else will only get in the way," Mikoto sighed as she put another case on her side.
"...You know, an orchestra or a band is never truly either of those if they consist of only one instrument," she pointed out, Mikoto looking rather annoyed.
"Another one of your music metaphors, will you ever make sense, Obaa-chan?"
"Just promise me that you'll try to make some friends, Mikoto. You can't keep on living like this, it's unhealthy for you."
"Yea, whatever…" Mikoto shrugged off before seeing her grandma give her a stern look, meaning she was serious, and then she looked away to think about it before sighing, "Okay, I promise."
"Good. Now you can take your things upstairs to set up your room if you like."
Mikoto just nodded before doing so. She walked into her room before sitting down on her bed, thinking about all that's happened to herself. Her grandmother was right, when her parents died in a plane crash that was returning to Japan when she was 6, she took it rather harshly and only found comfort in her grandmother before she was given the flute, which was a final birthday present from her parents, and she treasured it throughout her life. She took it out and examined it once more, finding an engraving on one side which read "Never forget… you're our little angel… and we'll always love you. Happy Birthday, Mikoto. -Okaa-san & Otou-san" before she took a deep breath and began to play. The tune she played was soft, melodic, and quite peaceful, a little number she memorized when she was little as a song her parents played for her.
Her grandmother managed to hear her play her flute as a smile formed on her face, the elderly woman happy to know her granddaughter makes herself happy playing the one instrument she loved.
The next day, Mikoto began to walk around town, exploring her surroundings, finding the place was bustling with all kinds of musicians and activity. She soon found a small pizza place and decided to walk in. She sat down on a stool in front in front of what looked like a bar before a waiter walked by.
"I would like a meat lover's pizza with a large soda and bread sticks with it," Mikoto told the waiter straight up, who nodded in response before walking back to make it so.
So, she sat at her seat and waited for her order before looking to her right to find four kids about her age sitting at a table not too far from her. The first boy she saw had brown hair and eyes wearing a black suit and tie with a blue button down shirt underneath and black shoes. The second has messy, curly, dyed green hair, blue eyes, and wore a messy green t-shirt with a grey sweater, camouflage colored slacks, and lime colored sneakers. The third male had long blonde hair that stretched to his neck and looked shiny like it was wet when it could've been gel, along with brown eyes, and was seen wearing a sleeveless jean vest with a yellow t-shirt that has a rhino busting through a wall on it, blue jeans and black sneakers. Finally, the only girl of their ranks had long brown hair styled in a ponytail along with green eyes, and wore a pink shirt with "Girl Power" written on it, as well as a light pink skirt and simple gray sneakers.
'That is the most colorful group of characters I've ever seen. No pun intended,' Mikoto thought to herself as she saw the kid in green laugh, the faux hawked kid and girl talking to each other, while Blue kept his hair combed, 'Should I even bother with them? I know Obaa-chan said I should make some friends, but I don't know if I can make a good first impression with how unfriendly I am.'
"Your pizza, breadsticks, and drink ma'am," the waiter informed, getting Mikoto's attention as he let down a tray of said food before she paid for it and looked back at the group, looking a bit curious and but also a bit hesitant.
Finally, she took the tray of food before standing up and walking over to the table, looking rather nervous as she approached before the kids looked at her.
"Uh… mind if I join you?" Mikoto asked nervously as the four just looked at each other for a moment.
"Why not," the kid in the suit replied in a suave voice, shoving the kid in green out of his seat so he could offer her a spot next to him, to which Mikoto accepted.
"Thank you."
"Yo, Kazu-san, was that necessary?" the kid in green retorted, sitting next to the faux hawked kid in yellow, "You didn't have to be so brash and rude about it, man?"
"Sorry bout that, Neiji, but you were being rather inconsiderate to the lady by hogging the seat from her," the suited kid, Kazu, replied.
"You're kidding, right? If there's enough room for three on one seat, you could've let her sit next to Neiji or me," the blonde pointed out with a bit of a groan.
"Excuse the boys, they tend to get rather argumentative at times, especially when Kazu gets like this. But enough of that, what's your name?" the girl in pink inquired.
"W-Watashi wa Takimoto Mikoto. And… who are all of you?" Mikoto asked.
"Ore no nawa Miraba Kazu da," the suited kid answered suavely.
"Hanabusa Neiji desu," the kid in green smiled.
"Dakaku Saburo," the blonde said while lowering his head slightly.
"Atashi wa Ino Jessie, but most of my friends call me Jess. You can call me Jess too if you like," the girl in pink answered with a smile as they all looked at Mikoto.
"Hi… so… what do all of you do?" Mikoto asked to make sure she kept up with trying to strike up a conversation as she began to eat her pizza.
"Oh, well we all work at a music store down the street, Subarashi Records," Kazu informed her as they were also eating.
"Quite a neat little joint, too. They got all types of music there, nice little spots where we can play, a karaoke station, and even some old vinyl records," Neiji smiled before taking a sip of his soda, "I play the drums, Kazu-san plays a sax, Jess does the Keyboard/Keytar, and Saburo plays a mean electric guitar. What about you, Mikoto-san?"
"Um… I play the flute," Mikoto answered, a bit nervous about that.
"That's cool, not that big a deal. Everyone here is crazy for music. I mean, like say some places like Paris, Tokyo, New York, and Seoul are famous for food and San Francisco, Washington D.C., Cairo, and Hong Kong are known for their landmarks, Utau Tani is best known for its musical variety and its music enthusiasts," Saburo replied.
"Though I don't think we met any flute players in a while," Jess admitted.
"I… I recently moved into town, so… I'm kinda new around here and excuse me if I'm a little… um, awkward," Mikoto replied.
"Well then, why don't we show you around town? We can even show you Subarashi Records while we're at it," Kazu offered, getting closer to Mikoto, "Who knows, we might even make some beautiful music together."
"...Uh… yea, thanks, but no thanks. I can see that you're sincere, but you don't seem like my type. I'm sorry."
"Hey, that's perfectly fine with me. There are other fish in the sea, I'll just cast my line in somewhere else," Kazu shrugged off, before they continued to eat their food.
"But perhaps… I'll take up the offer on the tour… maybe," Mikoto replied hesitantly.
"Great. You'll love it, the town is a really nice place," Jess smiled as they all finished eating, paid their bills and left for the tour.
After showing Mikoto around most of the town, Jess and the boys showed Mikoto Subarashi Records.
"This is where we work at," she told Mikoto, who looked surprised by the place as the record shop from the view through the window looked rather large, with rows and rows of music, both vinyl records and compact discs, two open spaces (one for playing music and another for karaoke), a spot for the cashier, and even a door for where employees supposedly enter for break time, but it also had a strange symbol on the door knob which looked like a G-Clef music note, "How do you think it looks?"
"It looks amazing," Mikoto admitted, admiring the old school design of the place before noticing the G-Clef on the door knob, "Eh? What's that symbol on the door knob?"
"Huh?" Neiji replied confused before looking at what Mikoto pointed out, "Oh, that. It was probably leftover by the designer of the place to be creative and make sure to keep with the theme. We don't even know what's behind the door."
"Ara? Aren't you guys employees? Shouldn't you have access to this room?"
"The boss won't allow us in until the time is right or something like that," Saburo answered, "Unfortunately, the boss never told us when that would be, just said something about us finding 'our conductor' or something like that."
"Oh great, more musical metaphors. I get enough of those from my Obaa-chan," Mikoto replied.
"Your grandma must be very wise," Kazu figured as he started out the window before he saw something odd appear, "Whoa, what in the name of God is that?"
The others looked and saw what looked like imps with black outfits that had spikes all over, metal elbow pads and kneepads, and full mohawks on their heads, wielding short swords that looked like the daggers from Kabuto. The imps were attacking all the people, sending them running and screaming away. The five late teens were just looking in shock and horror at these creatures before the imps saw them and started running towards them.
"Run in, RUN IN!" Neiji panicked, rushing back into the store as the others followed him, Kazu locking the door behind them.
At first the imps tried to bash the door in, but they got shocked, scaring them and they left.
"What the hell?" Saburo gawked, "...With those blades of theirs, they could've easily broken the glass. How'd they get shocked and run away scared?"
"No idea," Jess admitted as Mikoto looked at the door with the G-Clef door knob and began walking towards it, "Hey, hey, what're ya doing!?"
"I think maybe this door might have something to do with it," Mikoto answered as she turned the door knob and opened the door, but instead of a room, she just saw darkness before she fell through it and down, "WHOAAAAAAAA!"
"Mikoto-san? Mikoto-san!" Neiji gawked before he ran to the doorway to check, with Jess following behind him, only to accidentally bump him, making him lose balance, "NYUH-UH-UH-UH!"
But then, Neiji fell down the passage, accidentally tripping Jess and making her fall too, both screaming as they fall through a blue cylinder shaped passageway.
"Jess-chan! Mikoto-san~!" Kazu shouted, rushing right in, thinking it was a room at first before he fell down, screaming, and Saburo just sighing before he decided to run and follow.
"MOSH PIT~!" he shouted, jumping right in, all five of them falling down the blue pipe before they all landed on the ground in a room that was mainly dark, with the exception of one spotlight shining on them.
"Ugh… where are we?" Mikoto groaned before the lights turned on around them, revealing what appeared to be a sort of concert hall decorated with spotlights, musical notes everywhere, and pictures of various instruments and a computer screen with equipment set up to look like a warning system of sorts, "This doesn't look like anyplace I've been to before."
"Hey~, what's the deal here, man?" they suddenly heard a male's voice, turning to see a man with short blonde hair, golden eyes, and wearing a floral button down t-shirt with a G clef symbol on it, blue jeans, and sneakers, "Don't you know it's impolite to enter without permission? That is harsh."
"BOSS?!" Kazu, Reiji, Saburo, and Jess gasped, Mikoto confused for a moment.
"Boss?" she responded in confusion, the man approaching the group while waving his hands around like he was trying to think while drunk.
"What in the world are you doing down here?" the boss inquired, "I didn't think that the right time arrived yet. *notices Mikoto* And who the heck are you?"
"EH?! Uh… w-well, I… I'm Takimoto Mikoto. These four told me about you," she answered in her nervousness.
"Ah, I see my favorite employees have made a new friend."
"N-No No No No! We didn't say anything about being friends! I just met them, we're not even close to being frie-"
"Say no more, say no more. Aside from being in the presence of a new possible employee, may I ask why you five are in here?" the boss inquired.
"These freaky imps just appeared out of nowhere and are attacking Utau Tani and they tried to attack the store, but then they got shocked, ran off, and Mikoto found out the employee's only door leads down here and that it might had something to do with their attack." Saburo answered as the boss' eyes widened and he leaned back.
"...Did you say imps?"
"...Uh… yea? Why?"
"Oooh~, they're coming back. I need to prepare the equipment early this time," he groaned, rushing over to the computer.
"Wh-What equipment? Boss, what're you talking about?" Kazu asked as the blonde man typed rapidly on the keyboard, somehow creating music while doing so and revealed a shiny blue suitcase with golden markings that resembled clefs and music notes before opening it up, revealing five wrist mounting devices, each with a different color and a different instrument motif to them.
"What is even going on?" Mikoto asked, really confused.
"I am choosing you five to become a new team assigned to stop this chaos and protect Utau Tani, as well as the world, from the Akuma no Metal," the boss informed like he knew what he was talking about.
"Wh-what're you talking about, Boss? We're just kids. What are those things? What is this place? What is even this uh… Akuma no Metal and any of what's going on?!" Neiji demanded to know.
"These are the Melody Changers, devices designed to help you become the warriors that can aid you in defeating the Akuma no Metal, demons of the past who caused chaos by playing music of the demons, creating violence and mayhem everywhere. They were sealed away millennia ago, and have reawakened to exact their revenge."
"How do you even know this stuff, boss?" Jess asked, easily as confused at the others.
"I doubt you'll believe me if I told you, but I am actually the one who sealed them away the first time; I am… Ongaku no Kami (God of Music)," the boss informed, making the five laugh a little.
"Are you… pfft, seriously the God of Music?" Saburo laughed in disbelief as the boss just stood there.
"Harsh man, that is just harsh," the boss sighed, "You doubt me being the God of Music? What should I do to convince you that I am? Turn into a form that is not entirely human or play a song you never thought you'd see me play?"
"Well… I'd like to know if you really are the God of Music, so… if you could, could you play Mozart on a flute, and during the piece, levitate something towards you with your mind," Mikoto requested, earning a raised eyebrow and a smirk from the boss before he grabbed a flute and began playing Mozart's concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, and it sounded like he was playing as the full orchestra.
As he was playing, a few instruments flew up in the air, playing the music as he continued playing the flute while the instruments were floating and… playing themselves.
"Whoa," Neiji gawked.
"I never would've thought the boss would do something this… it's… very extraordinary," Kazu responded in disbelief.
"Do you young ones believe me now?" the boss inquired when he finished playing.
"You really are the God of Music," Mikoto gawked in amazement, the boss smiling as he put the flute down and the instruments levitated back to where they were, "Okay, so you believe us to be worthy of wielding these… changers and powers?"
"I truly believe that you five are worthy of becoming the team that will stop these demons. Ongaku no Senshi (Musical Warriors)... Musical Sentai Melodyger!" the boss informed.
"Okay, hold up. The four of us, I can understand, you've had more time interacting with us, but Mikoto? You've only just met her. How do you expect her to understand this right off the bat," Saburo pointed out.
"Saburo-kun, trust me. Being the Ongaku no Kami, I can tell this girl would be a very good conductor to our grand performance."
"Ugh, enough with the music metaphors! If you guys are all going to keep this up, you're gonna drive me crazy! I'm outta here before my head explodes. I try to make friends and this is the mess I end up in?! I should've stayed with Obaa-chan," Mikoto exclaimed before leaving abruptly, leaving the other four and the eccentric middle aged man that claimed to be the God of Music.
"...What's her problem?" Jess wondered.
"No idea," Neiji shrugged.
"In time she'll understand. Once she does, I think she'll make a great asset to the team," the boss informed.
Mikoto then managed to return to her place, muttering to herself the whole way before entering her house.
"Mikoto, welcome home. How was your day?" her grandmother asked.
"Horrible. It was just horrible. I tried to make friends, and then a whole bunch of crazy stuff happens," Mikoto replied before sitting on the couch, trying to calm herself down, "I told you that it wasn't gonna work out for me."
"That's because you won't give it a chance. You just have to try and be more open to it. Remember, a band or orchestra is never truly that unle-."
"Obaa-chan, please… enough with the music metaphors. I don't understand how these can benefit me and why it matters! My… my parents…" Mikoto started saying before she began to tear up a bit, "...they were the only ones who ever gave me that kind of friendship. I don't want to feel the same way I did when they…"
"Oh, Mikoto. It's okay, come here," her grandmother replied, hugging Mikoto, who hugged back and began to cry, burying her face on her shoulder, "You've been holding this in for too long. Just let it all out."
"I miss them, Obaa-chan… I miss them… Okaa-san… *sniffle* Otou-san… I didn't want them to go!"
"I know, Mikoto… I didn't want them to go either. But don't let your parents' death be the reason you can't go on and have friends. Right now, you may not know it, but you need some good friends to support you in your darkest moments. And pretty soon, those friends might need you and you can provide them with support in return. No one can truly live alone, everyone needs someone. Remember, an orchestra or a band is never truly either of those…"
"...If they consist of only one instrument," Mikoto replied, finally understanding the metaphor while wiping her bloodshot eyes, "...ne?"
"Hai," her grandma nodded, Mikoto smiling in response before they heard an explosion coming from outside, "What in the world!?"
"Oh no… that can't be good," Mikoto said as they looked out the window to see those metal imps from before, "Obaa-chan, stay here. I gotta go handle something."
"Wait, where are you going? It looks dangerous!"
"Gomen ne, Obaa-chan, but someone needs me right now," Mikoto answered before running out of the house, her grandma smiling at her granddaughter taking what she learned to heart.
Meanwhile, the other four were handed the Melody Changers by their boss.
"Now listen carefully min'na-san. Miraba Kazu, calm and cool, you will be the Jazz Musician Blue Melody," the God of Music started, "Hanabusa Neiji, wild and crazy, you will be the beat and percussion behind the group, the drummer Green Melody. Dakaku Saburo, both soft and loud like the tunes of your guitar, you will be the Rock Musician Yellow Melody. Ino Jessie, excitable and energetic, your keytar skills are what's needed for you to liven up the group as Pink Melody."
"Neat little wrist watch here," Jess complimented as the boss gave them the changers and they put them on their left wrists.
"Use your powers to protect the innocent, and bring love and peace to this town and the world," the boss said, holding up a peace sign when he said peace.
"...I hope Mikoto-san will be okay and help us with this. She seemed rather upset about this whole thing," Neiji sighed before the instruments started playing wildly.
"The Akuma no Metal are on the move! Go now, Melodygers! Fight on and protect the world! Go~!" the boss said with all of them nodding in response before rushing out of the base.
The four soon arrived outside in some sort of plaza, finding the imps again, along with what looked like a lion mixed with a trombone, the instrument being mixed into the arms with pipes sticking out its back and the horn part being shown from its gaping mouth.
"That's it, boys. Make some havoc, cause panic and fear, maybe even kill some people!" the lion cackled in joy as the imps were just attacking people and blowing stuff up.
"Yikes! What's that thing?!" Neiji gawked in shock.
"Whatever that is, it doesn't look very friendly," Jess took notice.
"Duh. It's probably one of those monsters that the boss was talking about," Saburo figured.
"We'd better handle it, pronto!" Kazu said, looking at his Melody Changer, "So… uh, how do these work?"
The others just looked confused about what to do with their devices before the lion noticed them.
"OI! What're you four still doing here? Prepare to be annihilated!" the lion kaijin shouted before it moved its arms and fired out a trombone sound mixed with a lion's roar, sending all four of them flying and knocking them down.
"Ouch… that stung," Reiji winced as they all just looked in shock at the creature attacking before it laughed before spotting a crying child nearby and then started to walk over to him.
"No!" Saburo shouted.
"Let him go!" Kazu exclaimed.
"NO~!" Jess shouted as the lion cackled, aiming his horn at the kid.
"Just hold still you little pest," the lion replied when he suddenly heard a faint, sustained yell, making him turn to see Mikoto rushing towards him and then jumping up to punch him, making him fly back, "AGH~!"
"Daijobu desu ka?" Mikoto asked the child, who nodded before Mikoto urged him to run, which he did.
"Mikoto-san/Mikoto/Miko-chan!" the four gasped, Mikoto rushing over to the group.
"Sorry about earlier. I didn't get everything at first, but now my mind is cleared. I think I'm ready to join the band and help defend against these demons," Mikoto told the others before the five heard a clapping, and turned to see the Ongaku no Kami arrive, applauding this.
"Well done. I knew you'd come around, Mikoto-kun," he smiled before pulling out her Melody Changer, "Here. Takimoto Mikoto, graceful yet delicate like the flute you play and take care of so carefully, you shall be the classical leader of the group, Red Melody. Oh and I almost forgot… You'll need these to go with your changers."
With that, he tossed them each a tuner to correspond with their instruments, all five of them looking at them in awe.
"So that's how it works," Neiji realized.
"Fight onward, min'na-san. Protect the world as the Ongaku no Senshi, Musical Sentai Melodyger!" the God of Music told the five, who all nodded and turned to the lion and imps.
"You again?! Nani mono gaki kisama ra (Who are you guys)!?" the lion shouted in annoyance as the five stood in a line, Jess and Neiji standing on the left, Saburo and Kazu standing on the right, and Mikoto standing in the center.
"We are the orchestra of your demise, and you will hear us play. Min'na… ikimasu!" Mikoto declared, strapping on her Melody Changer and preparing her tuner.
"O!" the four nodded, doing the same before they all opened a port on top of their changers and set up their tuners to make a sound before inserting them into the changers.
Their changers then started to vibrate and play a harmonizing tune of sorts, as they all posed with their left arms in front and their right arms all the way behind them.
"Melody Change!" they all shouted before they slammed the tuners that they plugged into the ports down into their changers which made some music notes appear around them.
The notes flew around them as musical sheet pages became the backgrounds for the moment, as their suits formed. Mikoto gained a red suit with a skirt, and the suit itself having white gloves with scarlet edges, matching boots, the top having some G clef in the center of the suit while the sleeves had lines of musical notes, and matching pant legs. Her helmet had the motif of a hawk with black eyes, the feathers on the top "connecting" to it as if forming the shape of a note, the sides of her helmet having the G clef symbol in black.
Kazu's suit turned into a blue male version of Mikoto's, meaning no skirt, but also his helmet was rocking a tiger motif, Reiji's the same but green with a gorilla, Saburo yellow and a rhino, and Jess ended with a Pink suit identical to Mikoto's but with a dolphin theme. All five stood tall in uniform, making the Akuma no Metal gasp in surprise.
"So na baka na (That can't be)!" the lion gasped in horror as the five began to make themselves known.
Mikoto began, posing with a flute at first before posing with her hands open and across from each other while her right leg was up, "The Classical Musician… Red Melody!"
Kazu followed this up, posing with a saxophone like he was playing before he put it away and posed with his left arm out while kneeling on his left knee, "The Jazz Musician… Blue Melody!"
Reiji was twirling a pair of drumsticks calming before he flexed his arms and posed like he was going to lift something, "The Percussion Musician… Green Melody!"
Saburo played his guitar before picking it up and holding it like an axe, "The Rock Musician… Yellow Melody!"
Jess finished the individual poses with playing her Keytar before swinging it like a sword, "The Synth Musician… Pink Melody!"
"Our music will reach out to everyone in the world!" Mikoto declared while pointing around herself when referring to the world.
"Musical Sentai… MELODYGER!" all five declared, posing as if members of an orchestra or a band were making an introduction while a massive stage and audience appeared as a background.
"...I don't know how you came back, but Liobone-sama will make sure that you stay dead," the lion growled before they all got ready.
"We are here to bring a score of peace. From the Top!" Red Melody before the five charged and scattered to fight the large amount of imps and Liobone.
(Insert Song: The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy)
Blue Melody first leaps in and kicks the imps a bit before pulling out a blue saxophone which resembled some kind of cannon.
"Saxozooka!" he shouted as he played it like a normal sax, causing the imps to look a bit confused before he played a much louder song, causing the sax to fire out a blue blast of energy, hitting all the imps.
Green went on with pounding the imps with his fists, even throwing some kicks before flipping out of the way to dodge their attacks. Then, he pulled out two green drumsticks that kinda looked like Hibiki's Ongekibou (Drum Sticks).
"Beat Sticks!" Green declared as he started swinging at the imps, hitting them and knocking them down in the process.
He began to bang his sticks on various objects, creating some very sizable shockwaves and loud thuds to disorient the imps before he rushed forward and slammed his sticks into one of the imps, causing an explosion, sending the imp flying into the others, destroying them all with another explosion.
"Yatta!" Green cheered as Yellow tossed some of the imps into each other and over his head.
"Dosukoi! (Sumo phrase)" Yellow roared as he went into a sumo-style attack on more imps before revealing what looked like a huge yellow bladed axe with a guitar built right into it, "Rocker Axe!"
He started to play a rocking tune on the guitar first, making the imps grip their heads in pain, but when he finished, he swung the axe and destroyed all the imps with a single huge swing. Over with Pink, she was jumping through the air a bit, kicking the imps in the head before pulling out some sort of pink Keytar that looked like a giant meat cleaver.
"Keytar Cleaver!" she shouted, taking the Keytar, playing it a bit before music notes came out of the neck and wrapped the imps up tightly and Pink took the cleaver ran towards the bonded imps and sliced them in two, making them explode.
At that moment, Red was trading blows with Liobone, fists to piped arms, managing to keep on her feet while knocking Liobone around a bit before pulling out a rather large sword that was also shaped like a large straight flute colored red and black, and also had keys in the center of the sword.
"Flute Slasher!" she declared, taking the weapon and slashing Liobone with it, swinging and spinning it around while doing so.
"Grrr… onore! Naraba (In that case)," he roared before firing another sonic roar at Red, who swiftly rolled out of the way before she rushed in from the side and slashed him again, sending him back.
"I think it's time for the final note in our symphony of justice. The crescendo of our composition," Red stated before being joined by the rest of the team.
She then twirled her Flute Slasher toward her mouth and then played the tune her parents played for her as a child, causing Liobone serious pain as he tried to cover his ears, but she kept on playing. Soon, ethereal music notes popped out and turned into a kind of set of chains that bound Liobone up before Red Melody posed with her sword behind her as the background changed to compose entirely of a musical sheet with notes.
"Ichi Gakcho (First Movement)... Melody Finish!" Red shouted as she rushed in and slashed at Liobone two times before delivering a hard downward slash down onto him.
"Such a musical number… it's beautiful… and I HATE IT~!" Liobone shouted in pain as he fell and exploded before the team changed back to civilian form.
"That was a nice tune, Miko-chan," Jess applauded.
"Thanks… my parents used to play this to me as a kid," Mikoto admitted.
"That's a very nice song," Neiji complimented.
"Nice and cool even," Kazu smiled, "Such an elegant number performed by such a brilliant musician."
"Now… I play that song to honor them," Mikoto answered.
"Nice," Saburo smiled as they walked off, enjoying their victory.
Unbeknownst to them, however, what looked like a female figure stood in the shadows, with all that was visible being her red eyes with three dots surrounding her pupils and her snout before they both vanished as she walked away.
"Congratulations on your first and most successful battle composition, Melodygers!" the God of Music applauded while clapping his hands, the five teens now in the secret base.
"Thank you, sir," Mikoto replied.
"Mikoto-kun, how would you like to work at my shop with these four fine young souls?"
"Um… w-well, I don't know, sir. I mean… I still have a lot to learn about these new powers we've just earned, and even then, I still have to grow more accustomed to being this… leader."
"I'm sure you'd make a marvelous leader, Mikoto-san," Kazu replied.
"As I said before, you are a very good conductor to our grand performance. It'll take time before you can truly fit into the role though," the boss told Mikoto as the camera focused on the five before their faces were filled in notes on a music sheet.
(Insert Theme: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day)
*As the song began, we see the place is grey and lonely as our focus goes from the ground and scrolls up to see Mikoto*
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known
*She starts walking down said road with her hands in her jacket pocket*
Don't know where it goes, But it's home to me and I walk alone
*Her expression looks to be that of sorrow and pain as she walks*
I walk this empty street, on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
*The place then lights up with color as she turns to see Kazu walking up to her along with Jess, both of them smiling at her and waving*
Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone
*Neiji then leaps over with Saburo following behind him, both joining the other Melodygers and giving a peace greeting to Mikoto*
I walk alone, I walk alone…
*She looks at all of her new friends, who all smile at her and even give her a thumbs up*
I walk alone, I walk a…
*With that, Mikoto gives a smile and they all soon run off*
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
*They look to see the Akuma no Metal in the midst of invading their town*
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
*Ryu Chikara was seen standing atop his mountain on a throne while the three generals stand ready with an army of grunts*
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
*The five turned to see Ongaku no Kami appear and give them a nod, allowing them to pull out their Melody Changers and tuners.*
'Til then I walk alone~
*As the instrumental ends, we see them change into Melodygers before charging into battle, taking out the imps and kaijin with Melody-Oh on standby*
Jikai, Musical Sentai Melodyger
Mikoto: What kind of mess did I end up in?
Saburo: She probably just feels pressured.
Mikoto: I'm not ready to be a leader!
Jess: There's gotta be some way we can help her feel more comfortable.
?: Time to make some noise!
Score 2: Melody-Oh's Fortissimo Crescendo
From Coda to the Top
TB: Whoa, that was awesome!
KKD: Hope you guys enjoyed that one.
TB: What did you think about my OC Sentai?
KKD: I thought it was rather enjoyable. Pretty cool, and seeing I used to play violin and somewhat now play guitar, it's awesome with the variety we're getting here.
TB: I didn't know you used to play the violin. That's cool.
KKD: But that was back in middle school.
TB: It's still good. I also think this turned out very well, with using the variety of music genres, the creativity of the plot, the characters and even the fights. What do you think about the characters?
KKD: Very interesting takes we took compared to other characters I've personally seen and created. And poor Mikoto… I sure hope she'll be feeling better soon.
TB: With everything that she's been through, things will only look up for her from here. Now for favorite parts.
KKD: This is tough, but I think I liked the musical metaphors made here along with the actual morph and battle.
TB: I liked the first fight for our Melodygers as well as our first bit of character development for Mikoto, and her just pouring her heart out to her grandmother. It's like the chapter got Tanks for the Memories for a moment, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
KKD: Yea, that's true.
TB: Now I know what you are thinking, my fellow readers. What could possibly be as good as this? You'll see… over on the other half of this Super Hero Time. Shall we, bro? *sees a sign in place of KKD saying, 'See you in the Studio for Buccaneer, Matey.'* He read my mind. So, we'll see you over in our Rider story, and for KKD, Jaa ne! And… *jump spin crescent kick* SEIYAA!