Disclaimer: I do not own Super Sentai or anything associated with it.
Rating: K
Summary: Just a random take on what could happen when the Gokaigers go to Moroboshi High School… written before episode 39 aired, to give Marvelous/Luka and Joe/Ahim shippers something to go on with.
A/N: See, the problem with being up to date with Gokaiger episodes and not having school or much work means that I have WAAAY too much time for thinking up stupid stories. Now, these stories would usually just be for my own amusement, and would otherwise never see the light of day, but given my current mission, I am willing to risk public ridicule. All for a good cause.
A/N2: I know I have another chapter story going, and a fan request pending, so I apologise for delaying them for those who are waiting, but this one won't leave me alone! And it kinda needs to be finished before Sunday, when it will all become null and void.
GOKAIGERS GO TO HIGH SCHOOL
Chapter 1: Glasses
Joe didn't know how they kept getting roped into these situations. It was as though the past Super Sentai heroes had a sick sense of humour… or a finely attuned hunger for torture. This latest exploit involved dressing as high school students—no, more than that, actually being high school students in order to obtain the next ultimate power.
What was most alarming of all was the enthusiasm of all the others about getting to go to an Earth high school. When Kenta Date told them he felt they needed the experience to truly understand the Megarangers' ultimate power, Joe had scoffed. He had looked across at Captain Marvelous, who was similarly smirking. There was no chance either of them was going to take part in this particular excursion. Doc and Ahim had discovered enough powers on their own, they could do it again.
This unspoken understanding was shattered barely a moment later. "What? High school?" Luka had exclaimed with shiny eyes, clasping her hands together in joy. "I've always wanted to see what a real school looks like!" She lost some of her enthusiasm when she asked: "We won't have to sit any tests, will we?" with a raised eyebrow.
"The whole experience," Kenta said with a twinkling smile. "Of course, if you learn the lesson fast enough, you might be lucky and get out of here before any outcomes."
"Why, schooling sounds like a lovely idea," Ahim said warmly. "It's been so long since I've opened a scholarly book. It shall be interesting to see how it is done on Earth."
"I'm in," Luka said enthusiastically. Joe couldn't figure out what her angle was—no way would Luka voluntarily go to school, or be so happy about it. Something was up.
"We're all in," Marvelous said, clapping Joe and Doc on the shoulders. "Enrol us now."
"What?" Joe demanded, but other than a sympathetic look from Ahim, he got no response.
Joe could understand the others wanting to go to school. Gai said he'd never been very popular at school—Joe could easily believe that—and wanted a chance to be popular, now that he was Gokai Silver. Ahim was so fascinated by everything the people on Earth did, and she'd never been to school, even on Famille. As a princess, she'd been taught by private tutors. Doc, well—Doc just seemed to tag along wherever Ahim and Gai went.
Luka was a bit more of a mystery, but Joe believed she had some ulterior motive, so chose not to even think about her reasoning. But that Captain Marvelous should be so enthusiastic about it, and demand they all go together—that was what had Joe seriously worried. And annoyed.
"No, I'm not going," Joe said sternly.
"Come on, Joe," Gai pleaded. "We're going to be late!"
"I look ridiculous." He looked at himself in the mirror again. Joe had no problem with uniforms, but the blazer just felt so unnatural.
"It's a school uniform! Everyone looks the same. Come on, come on!"
Joe was adamant he was not going to leave his cabin, but a moment later, Gai had burst in and was pushing him towards the door.
"Hey!" Joe protested, but it was no use. Sullenly, he went to join the others waiting in the main cabin. As was to be expected, Doc and Ahim were dressed impeccably, with neat uniforms, all the buttons done up, and—were they glasses Doc was wearing?
Feeling Joe's stare, Doc turned to smile at him sheepishly, with more than just a hint of misery. "Gai insisted," he said.
"Ah, admiring Doc's glasses, are you?" Gai beamed. "I thought they would really complete his look. See? They look great! But don't worry, Joe! I have a second pair, so you get to wear them too!"
"No!" was Joe's stunned response. Luka, who was looking down at herself sullenly, perked up at this. The vacant grin on her face told Joe she was picturing how he'd look with Doc's thick-rimmed glasses on, which in turn created an unwanted mental image for Joe. He refused to look like that.
"But I picked these ones out for you," Gai looked disappointed. Joe didn't care. No way was he going to be wearing any glasses to school. This was already enough of a sham as it was. Gai was standing forlornly, the rimless glasses hanging limply in his hand.
"Mr Joe," Ahim began, turning to him and smiling beseechingly. "Will you not wear the lovely spectacles Gai has picked out especially for you?"
"No," Joe answered. Especially not when she was calling them "spectacles".
"Are you sure?" Ahim smiled at him again. He knew what she was trying to do. It wasn't going to work. "I am sure they would make you look very refined and handsome."
And so it was that the Gokaigers started their first day at Moroboshi High School.
Captain Marvelous walked through the gates with his shortened blazer undone, defiantly showing off his open-necked red shirt.
Gai eagerly followed, his blazer done up except for a few buttons at the top and the bottom. This, along with the rolled up sleeves, was to add to his air of being 'cool', he'd enthusiastically told them earlier.
Doc was next, awkwardly ambling along in his perfect uniform, complete with black-rimmed glasses.
Next came Ahim, who had taken Luka's hand a while back and was busy dragging and enticing the other girl along. "Come on, Luka, we're nearly there!"
"I didn't realise there was a uniform involved when I signed up," Luka said miserably. She had some time ago taken her blazer off and swung it over her shoulder, despite Gai's protests that a teacher would give her detention if she walked into the school without it on.
Bringing up the rear was Joe. He'd followed Marvelous' example and had not done up his blazer, nor had he worn the school shirt, instead upting for a blue shirt. He was, however, wearing the glasses Gai had bought for him.
"The sooner we discover the lesson for the Megarangers' ultimate power, the sooner we can get out of here," Joe reminded them all.
Luka was barely in the school grounds before a teacher walked towards her, a disapproving look on her face. Luka glared the teacher down, and Gai was stunned when the teacher abruptly turned around, allowing Luka to get away without a detention.
"How did you do that?" Gai asked.
"No one can tell me what to wear," Luka said defiantly.
Ahim wondered off in fascination, keen on studying all the students and the buildings. Doc and Gai headed for the main office to get timetables and maps for the group. Marvelous, Joe and Luka headed for the first bench they could find, Luka lounging on one end, Marvelous leaning back in the middle, and an uncomfortable Joe sitting as close to the end as he could on the left-hand side.
"What do you suppose this ultimate power could possibly have to do with school?" Luka mused, kicking her legs out in a bored fashion.
"I don't know," Marvelous said, watching all the students walking, standing and chatting in the yard. "Best to be alert at all times for anything that looks Super Sentai-y."
"Super Sentai-y?" Luka looked at him quizzically.
"You heard me," Marvelous said, nodding his head once.
"Hey, poindexter," came a mocking voice. Joe, Marvelous and Luka all looked up to see a group of three boys walking past, sneering at Joe. "Nice ponytail."
Joe ignored them, and continued his silent glowering. Marvelous got to his feet, ready to start a fight, before Luka dragged him back down. "Just ignore them," she hissed. "Getting into a fight with a bunch of school kids probably won't help us find the ultimate power."
"Yeah, but it'll make me feeling very happy," Marvelous said, glaring after the three youths.
"Focus," Luka insisted.
Gai and Doc returned then, and handed out the timetables.
"Where's Ahim?" Gai asked, scanning the yard for the former princess.
"Off mixing with the commoners," Luka replied airily, reading over her timetable. "Double maths to start off with? I already hate this whole school idea."
"You should be fine," Marvelous said, frowning at his timetable. "You're forever counting money, so it can't be that hard. I have double literature." Looking up at Gai: "What is literature?"
"Ah, there she is!" Doc pointed in Ahim's direction. "Looks like she's already found some students to give her a tour of the school!"
Everyone turned to see where Ahim was. She was flanked by three boys who were walking along with her, pointing things out.
"Hey," Luka began. "Aren't they those three punks for just a moment ago?"
Joe turned back around and started studying his timetable again. Maths, double science, lunch, P.E and art. Art? Joe would NOT be taking art, he'd have to skip that class. Pull a 'sick one', or whatever it was Gai had told him about.
"I think it's high time we go rescue her," Marvelous said with unnecessary but earnest bravado.
"No! Leave her," Gai insisted. "Making new friends is part of the high school experience! It might help with finding out the lesson behind the Megarangers' ultimate power. In fact, we should all go off and try to make new friends!"
"One person doing it is enough for the whole group," Marvelous replied. "Now Gai, you were saying something yesterday about this thing called a cafeteria?"
"You can only go there at lunch hour," Gai informed him.
Marvelous sank back into the seat. "I hate school already," he informed Joe and Luka.
That's chapter one, people! If you can be bothered, I'd really appreciate your reviews! What worked, what can be fixed, and do you have any suggestions/requests for this fic?
Have a lovely day,
Little Goose Girl