I'm sad. I've just been told that Kodenrangers doesn't take itself seriously. WAH . . . . . . . . . . . .! PSYCHE! I don't feel that way at all! And Hallwings is right, Kodenranger is not supposed to take itself seriously seeing as how it is my parallel to Go-ongers. But seeing as how he puts up a point about the story not being serious, I think I'll try my hands on a serious OC sentai team. This will take place in the same settings as Kodenrangers, same school, same city, same year, so expect to see Ojii-chan and Ryu-Tachi to pop up from time to time. I don't own anything that this fic references unless it is a reference to one of my own fics.
Kurayami Sentai . . . Kageranger . . .
Chapter 1: Darkness's Judgement
We live in a mysterious world. We think that humans and various animals are the only ones that walk this world, but that is not true. Among us humans are various mythical creatures. Vampires, werewolves, monstrous mermaids, succubuses, Ogres (though some of them seem Frankenstein like), and more.
When dark creatures lurk in the dead of night, so does the light. The light is supposed to be a protecting force for humans, or is it? Without evil, then can be no good, thus without darkness there can be no light. But which is the evil one? The darkness, or is it actually the light?
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Late at night, a prostitute wearing skimpy clothing was running from something. She was running the empty streets. The thing she was running from looked like a monster of sorts. She eventually tripped, then turned to see the monster in fear. The monster was hidden by the shadow of the night, but the woman and the monster could see each other fine.
The monster held a giant claymore in his right hand and a round shield in his left. "Humans." He said. "They are the source of all hatred, all sins, all darkness." The monster got ready to strike with the claymore. "Your judgement woman of sins, is nigh!" He swung down.
The woman's scream was heard throughout the night, as well as a slashing sound. On top of a building, a boy with wild spiky hair wearing a large dark cape watched the murder. This boy . . . had blood red eyes.
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Inside a particular highschool, a boy with spiky hair and wearing the schools uniform which comprise of a red blazer and red tie as well as white pants and a white undershirt under the blazer, was looking at a newspaper along with two girls, each wearing a female version of the uniform with a white skirt instead of pants. They were inside their classroom. The boy's name is Ryu, and the ponytail wearing girl, Ryn, the pigtail wearing girl, Karen. They read the newspaper. "'Victim found dead in the streets this morning.'" Ryu read.
"'Police are baffle as to who could commit such a crime.'" Ryn read.
"That's the third one this week." Karen whimpered.
"And they say that all victims were slashed through the chest." Ryu said. "And the slash marks were all huge."
"Think we should look into this Ryu?" Ryn asked.
"Whoever doing this is probably an enemy to woman!" Karen shouted. "Look at the three victims, all prostitutes!"
"Well they are pretty much easy targets." Ryu remarked. Ryn and Karen nodded agreeing. Then the bell rang and the three took their seat.
Their teacher, Takeshi-sensei, came in. Moments later, a boy with dark, really dark, wild spiky hair with red highlights, walked in. He had a handsome face, and a part of his hair almost covered the left side of his face. He wore a golden Rosario as a necklace. "Dark-kun, you're late." Takeshi-sensei said. "Please hurry up and take your seat." Dark was the boy's name, and he took a seat.
Ryn and Karen, who were both next to Ryu, him being between the two girls, whispered to Ryu. "Who is he?" Ryn asked.
"That boy is Dark Kuragari." Ryu replied.
"How come we've never seen him before?" Karen asked.
"Well, he tends to isolate himself." Ryu said. "So that may be the reason."
"Poor boy." Ryn said.
"Actually he does it voluntarily." Ryu said. "Last time I spoke to him, he ignored me."
Dark Kuragari was a total mystery. Most of the times he came late to class and he has no friends in school. No one knows where he is when nighttime falls. There were some rumors of Dark maybe being a vampire, course those rumors were just elementary school rumors. Those rumors have long since never resurfaced again.
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It was break time, and Ryu tried to approach Dark again. "Yo." Ryu said to Dark. Dark ignored Ryu. "Um, hi." Ryu held out a hand to Dark. "My name is Ryunosuke Rekka, I would like to be friends."
Dark took one look at Ryu, then turned around. Don't give in, don't give in. Dark thought. No way will I bite a guy. WAIT! Bite a guy? Just what is Dark! But this boy's face is just tempting me to bite him! Dark's thoughts were frantic, but his expression was calm. Dark seemed to be avoiding Ryu's line of sight because Ryu was so handsome, that Ryu actually looked like a girl from time to time.
Dark had his arms crossed. "Didn't work." Ryu retracted his hand and remarked then sat back down as break ended.
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After school, Dark walked the hallways, heading towards the stairs to get to the roof. Along the way, Dark saw a gray suit gray beared old man chase Ryu.
"WAH! NO OJII-CHAN!" Ryu screamed.
"I HAVE A NAME!" Ojii-chan shouted and then some random words appeared on the wall. Dark didn't take the time to look at the words that somehow appeared. Ryu passed Dark, then Ojii-chan bumped arms with Dark, and something flew out of Dark's eyes, a contact.
At this moment, this one split second in time, Ojii-chan turned to look at Dark's face. Dark grunted after Ojii-chan bumped into him, then Dark opened his eyes. His right eye, was blood red. Dark was gritting his teeth and Ojii-chan saw two long fangs inside Dark's mouth. Ojii-chan gasped, lost his balance, and slid through the floor. Dark gripped his right eye, then tapped the ground to find his contact lens. He found it. Then he made his way to the roof.
Ojii-chan stood up. "That boy." He said. "Could he be . . . a vampire?"
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Dark sat down on top of the roof and watched the various club activities on the ground. Basketball, tennis, swimming, even photography. Dark watched the scene. "Humans." Dark said. Wait, he isn't human? "They all look so carefree." Dark said sadly. He held his knees together and closed his eyes. "Why wasn't I born a human, and without this curse?" So Dark isn't human! Then, then . . . Is he really a vampire?
Dark's words seem to suggest he was on the verge of tears, but he wasn't. He kept his cool expression. Then someone, a girl, was behind Dark and bent over to see him face to face, though Dark saw the girl upside down. "Peek a boo." The girl said. This girl had long hair.
Dark simply blinked his eyes in confusion. "Who are you?" Dark asked.
The girl then stood up and sat down next to Dark. She had dropped a black cap when she was upside down so she placed the cap back on. The cap had a pink heart on the side. "Oops, sorry for being so rude. My name is Kari, Mitsukai Kari." Kari introduced herself. She wore black fingerless gloves on her hands. On the edges where the fingers part of the glove gets cut off, was pink.
"Dark Kuragari." Dark introduced himself. Kari looked to be in second year while Dark was first year.
"Oh, I know who you are." Kari said. She seemed to be a bit of a tomboy. "You're that loner kid who always hangs out on my roof!" She smiled.
"It's not your roof, it's that headmaster's roof." Dark said.
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"I HAVE A . . ." Ojii-chan shouted to the sky then stopped. "Weird, I just felt someone call me something other than Ojii-chan."
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"Geez, way to take the fun out of something." Kari sighed. "So, why are you always depressed?"
"Eh?"
"I mean you're always sitting down here muttering to yourself. You don't take part in any club activities, and you're always here till the sun sets."
"What about you?" Dark retorted. "You seem to stalk me so well, you must've stayed up here for a long time."
"Well . . ." Kari huffed a breath. "It's not like I have anyone to go to. I don't have a boyfriend to go to and the boy that I confessed to rejected me because he said he had feelings for a first year student. My parents hate my very appearance because I can't pull off good grades, and . . ."
Dark had a hand over Kari's mouth. "I asked if you stay up here a long time, not for your life story." Dark said.
Kari giggled, then slapped Dark's back playfully. "You know, you're an interesting guy!" Kari remarked. "Lets be friends!" She sat closely to Dark.
Dark gulped upon this moment. Kari's neck was right in front of his mouth. Dark smelled Kari, and Kari smelled nice. Dark felt his vampire instincts emerging, and he had the impulse to bite Kari and drain her of her blood. Course Dark placed a hand over his face and inched away from Kari.
Kari had a finger to her lip. Though she seemed to be a bit of a tomboy (in some aspects) she seemed cute at this moment. "You don't like my company?" She asked.
"Well." Dark said. Actually I love your company! Only problem is . . . I'M A VAMPIRE! "It's not like that."
Then Kari hugged Dark. "Poor boy, loner all your life without the embrace of friends, let's be friends." Kari said.
Dark blushed, and couldn't control his urges. Then the sun started to set. "Sorry, but Ojii-san is expecting me. I need to go." Kari released Dark and Dark ran off.
Kari giggled. "What a cute boy." She commented.
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Dark lived in a western style mansion. The interior of the mansion seemed so much like a castle interior draped with red carpets and curtains. He lived with only his grandfather. His grandfather was a short old man, with a silver beard and silver hair. His grandfather really looked like an innocent old man, but in reality, his grandfather, named Van, is actually a powerful vampire. Van wore a white and blue robe. "Welcome home Dark." Van greeted Dark. Though Van was supposed to be a fearsome vampire, Van is now living his life as a simple old man taking care of his cursed grandson.
The story is that Van wanted his descendants to be less vampire like. Van wanted his descendants to live a normal life among humans. Van had married a human, gave birth to a Dhampir, who then in turn married a human woman, supposed to give birth to a quarter vampire. But instead, Dark was born. Dark was born full vampire, and Van knew that Dark was destined for some terrible things. Will it benefit humans, or reveal the hidden world to humans causing their hate. Van was reading a newspaper.
"Yo Ojii-san." Dark said. Dark served his grandfather some red tea. "How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing fine." Van replied. "But this news is frightening. Three deaths this week, and all three prostitutes."
"Ojii-san, you wouldn't want to be seen as a pervert now do you?" Dark teased. Dark showed emotion in front of his grandfather.
"I can't help it, I'm a full-blooded vampire." Van replied.
"So am I." Dark replied sadly.
"Oh, sorry." Dark did not like being reminded of being a full vampire. Dark was a born mistake to humankind. Van wanted Dark to live alongside humans, but Dark is cursed, cursed with dark powers, dark powers of the great vampires.
"It's okay." Dark said. "Can I see that? Some kids were reading that today in class but I didn't ask them about it."
"Sure." Van handed Dark the newspaper. Dark read it, then looked at the picture which depicted a body bag with blood splattered all over the cement. Then Dark's eyes widened. "What is it?"
Dark showed Van the paper. "Ojii-san, look at this." Dark pointed to the blood.
"Yes I see blood, but I'm not interested in splattered blood."
"NOT THAT!" Dark pointed urgently. "Can't you see the words!?"
"I don't see anything." Van really could see. Then Dark grabbed a magnifying glass over the words. "OH!"
'Creatures of the night, Wretched humans of the world, You have sinned beyond the point of return. We the light can no longer forgive you. You must all die! The time of judgement is now, all humans will die. All darkness will be eradicated. Only light must survive, this is judgement. There is no need to rebel, all of you will die no matter what. The end of the world is here, and the Judgement Order of Light will carry it on.'
The words were terrifying. "Ojii-san, I'm going out." Dark said.
"Wait, what!" Van shouted in surprise. "You can't! JOL is a terrifying force."
"You know this Judgement Order of Light?" Dark asked.
Van nodded. "This was why I wanted our clan to escape the curse of being a vampire. JOL destroyed countless lives. But I never expected them to target humans. They are powerful, you'll die if you try to fight."
Dark put on a dark cloak, that could double as a cape. "I smell rushing blood. A woman is being chased." Dark turned to face Van. "Ojii-san, I cannot stand to see humans die, no matter how sinful. A human's life, is worth living." Dark ran out the mansion out towards the moonlit night.
Van sighed. "Dark, your destiny is near." Van said. He took out a suitcase. "Will you use your powers for good and protect the humans? Or will you die when facing the light?" He followed Dark, but Van was a little slow. "Man, no blood for fifty somewhat years and my body feels so weak."
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The same monster that killed the prostitute the night earlier was chasing yet another one. The monster's form was revealed through the lamps that shone. This monster looked a lot like a blue knight with a closed visor head. There was a white cloth around the knight in an ethereal manner and this monster had four golden wings behind him. His claymore was blue on the handle, and he had golden framed blue shield with a wing shape in the center of the shield.
The woman was cornered. "Your judgement is nigh." The Knight said. The woman screamed.
"YO!" A voice sounded from a tree. The Knight turned. Now most would expect Dark to be at the tree, but it was Ryu. "I've been investigating you. Though that woman is sinful, what you're doing is even more sinful."
"So what, we're not tied by mere laws. We carry out the order to eradicate all sinners." The Knight said. Ryu then jumped down from the tree and kicked the Knight.
"Bull." Ryu growled. "Run." He told the woman and the woman ran. "A sinner is a sinner." Ryu said. "No matter what, what you're doing is not justified. You kill humans just because you think of your light." Ryu then clenched his fingerless gloved hand into a fist. "I will crush you. My name is Ryunosuke Rekka, Kodenred!" Ryu then prepared his henshin. "Release, Legend of the beast!" There was red gem in his changer. "Koden Henshin!" Ryu transformed in flames. "I don't know what you are, but I have nothing better to do than to fight a monster. You may not be what I'm supposed to fight, but a good guy is a good guy!" Ryu drew his two staff sidearms then connected them to create a rod weapon. Ryu swung, and the Knight parried.
"You don't seem to understand you wretched boy, I am the good guy!" The Knight pushed Ryu back.
"Save humans and then I will believe you!" Ryu shouted, pressing a button on his changer brace, receiving twin red Jians, then stabbed the Knight between a section of the Knight's armor.
"Humans are evil creatures! Why would I save them!?" The Knight shouted.
"Then how can you call yourself a good guy!" Ryu shouted. "A good guy protects, you're simply killing people!"
"There is no such thing as something to protect." The Knight said. "Because nothing like that exist."
"SHUT UP!" Ryu shouted. "You're the bad guy. You're not a Kagejyu, but you're still just as evil. You use the power of light and you use it for evil. Do you not know what evil means!? Light does not equal goodness, but a user of Light must be pure! You are not! DIE! ENJOHA GIRI!" Ryu grabbed the Jian that was stabbed into the Knight, then slashed the Knight with a blazing slash, then one from the other Jian. The Knight exploded in flames. "Yata."
But the Knight was alive. "DIE!" He stabbed his claymore into the ground, and a shockwave was created, pushing Ryu into a bush. Ryu grunted in pain, and the Knight prepared for an attack to finish Ryu, but then a stomp on the floor was heard. The Knight stopped, and Ryu hid himself to see what was going on.
Dark stood in front of the Knight. "You, you're part of JOl, aren't you?" Dark asked.
"And so what if I am, vampire." The Knight said.
"Kuragari-san!" Ryu gasped in the bush upon seeing Dark. Ryu noticed that Dark's eyes . . . Were blood red. Ryu also noticed that part of Dark's hair was starting to turn silver.
"Do you see this Rosario?" Dark asked pointing to the Rosario on his neck. "Even wearing it, I'm at full power. I'm not like ordinary vampires, so don't underestimate me." Dark said. The Knight charged at Dark, then grabbed Dark's neck and lifted Dark off the ground.
"You talk big, for a brat." The Knight said.
"And you're a hypocrite." Dark retorted, then it turned out that he had clawed hands. Dark slashed the Knight's visor, but it didn't do much except give Dark time to kick off of the Knight. Ryu wanted to jump in, but decided to just see how Dark would fare. Dark, a vampire?
Dark was able to pin the Knight to the ground. "Weak." Dark said.
"Too bad." The Knight said.
"What!" Lights swirled around the area, forming into silver armored knight like monsters. They had a black mutated Rosario shape on their chests. They all wielded long swords. They jumped at Dark. Dark had to dodge multiple slashes.
Ryu couldn't just sit back any longer as these Knight grunts attacked him. Ryu slashed at the Knight Grunts, causing them to disappear.
"Yes, Hikishis, kill the wretched sinner!" The Knight shouted.
Dark clawed at the Hikishis, but to no avail, there were still more. Dark was stabbed on the gut eventually. "UGH!" Dark was thrown back. The blade really hurt! Had Dark not been a vampire, he would've been dead. Though such blade was painful to him.
"You cannot resist our swords." The Knight said. "Hikishis, kill this boy!"
Ryu saw an old man running towards Dark. Ryu then swung slashed a surrounding group of Hikishis, and threw one at the Hikishis that were nearing Dark.
"DARK!" Van shouted to Dark.
"Ojii-san!" Dark shouted.
The Knight growled. "Damn Vampire." The Knight said even though it was Ryu who threw the Hikishi.
Dark grabbed Van and the two jumped to the top of a building. Van quickly opened the suitcase that he had. Inside were five round braces, red, green, blue, yellow, and pink. "Dark, your destiny is here." Van said.
"Destiny?"
"You must take on the vampire mantle." Van said handing Dark the red brace. "The red Kagechanger calls for you!" The brace had a golden Rosario shape on the center of it with a red gem protruding out the center of the Rosario. The frame of the changer was red. There were a few buttons on the brace numbered 1,2,3. When Van wrapped the brace around Dark's left wrist, the red gem flashed a bat-like symbol.
"What do I do?" Dark asked.
"You must follow your destiny." Van said. "Your destiny will light the way! Now, fight, fight to protect the humans from the wrath of judgement!"
Dark looked at the changer, and nodded. "I'll do my best!" Dark jumped down from the building.
Hikishis surrounded Van. "Don't think that I don't have any power left." Van said. "This Rosario may bind me, but I can still fight!" Van pointed to a similar Rosario as Dark's, only silver, around his neck. Van growled, then he threw some needles at the Hikishis, stabbing their necks. "You have no blood, so I'm not interested." The Hikishis fell.
Dark landed on the ground, then had a hand over his Kagechanger. "Get him!" The Knight shouted and the Hikishis charged.
Dark closed his eyes. "Darkness awaken." Dark said, the words almost echoing. "Awaken, spirit of the night, cast thy darkness on me." Dark opened his blood red eyes. "My name is Dark Kuragari. I now make a blood pact with this changer, fulfill my destiny!" He then pushed the red crystal that was on the center of the changer. "WAKE UP! Release the Chains of Darkness! Kage Henshin!" Dark then grinded the crystal over his right hand. A light shone from his changer, a light that blinded only the Hikishis and Knight. The moon became red, and red bat shapes flew around. The bats were aflame, and they attached to Dark, covering his whole body minus his head. The bats flew off, revealing a red suit. This suit was red with a black line that outline his whole body. His legs and wrists had a golden band around them. He had red shoulder pads on his shoulders. He had black gloved clawed hands, and red boots. He had a golden belt on with a belt buckle that resembled a bat. He had a black gun with red stripe on the center as a sidearm. The back of his suit had two small objects protruding out, made to look like miniature wings. A mechanical bat bit onto Dark's head, revealing a red bat like helmet with black visor and a silver mouth plate with markings that resembled fangs. His suit had a red high collar.
"What is this!?" The Knight shouted.
Dark swung his hand, creating flames to resemble a cape fling off. "I am the Dark Messiah, the one who wields the power of the burning night, KAGERED!"
"Messiah? Then you must die as quick as possible!" The Knight and the Hikishis charged.
"I am the Messiah, the one who will be the savior of the humans!" Dark charged at the Knight. Dark drew his Kagebuster, his sidearm. Dark blasted at Hikishis at point blank range. Then Dark retracted the handle towards the top of the gun, and a red blade popped out from the bottom of the barrel. "Kagebuster Blade!" Dark held the sidearm like a tonfa, and slashed at the Hikishis. The Hikishis all exploded.
Van watched the fight and was so proud that his grandson called himself the Messiah who would save the humans. Then Van noticed another red warrior on the battleground.
Dark was pushed back by a shield bash. "DIE!" The Knight stabbed the ground with the claymore, but then . . .
"HYAH!" Ryu jumped out and kicked the Knight away from the claymore. Ryu made a few back flips and landed next to Dark.
"Who are you?" Dark asked.
"Kodenred, and you are?" Ryu asked Dark.
"Kagered." Dark replied.
"I know a way you can defeat this monster." Ryu said. "Push a button on your changer. I don't know which one, but listen to instinct."
Dark did as Kodenred told him. Dark pushed a random button, 1. The crystal flashed a red flaming light, and a red handle sword form in front of Dark. The sword handle was red in color and fit for a vampire. The sword had a large silver blade. "Vampire Calibur!" Dark announced.
"Yosh!" Ryu shouted.
"IKUZO!" Dark shouted. The two ran at the Knight.
Dark slashed a heavy slash. The Knight tried to block, but Dark's sword slash broke the shield to pieces. "NO!" The Knight shouted.
Ryu slashed the Knight repeatedly with rapid swordplay. Then Dark went over his blade with a hand. "Endless Night Waltz!" Dark shouted, then his blade was aflame.
Ryu, being that this was not actually his fight but Dark's, jumped into the sky, and Dark slashed a burning slash at the Knight, cutting off the ethereal wings of the Knight.
Course, Ryu couldn't just not do anything. "Hyper Blazing Break!" Ryu was shot by a dragon's flame, then kicked the Knight hard on the chest.
Dark jumped high into the sky and was upside down. Dark breathed in. "Darkness Awaken, Night Waltz Kick!" Dark then flipped to face the Knight in a flying front kick position. Dark's miniature wings on his back then enlarged into giant red bat wings. The wings gathered flame energy, and Dark flew down towards the Knight.
"No, no, NO!" The Knight shouted. The flames then formed over Dark's legs and created wing shapes for the wings. Dark landed his kick on the Knight's chest, the shockwave created from the chest shattering the sword. Dark kicked the Knight into the ground. The Knight then exploded in red flames.
Dark and Ryu then faced each other. Dark and Ryu walked towards each other, and high fived each other and the two reds walked off. Ryu whispered behind Dark's back, "Fight on, young savior. Good luck. Save the humans from the evil that which calls itself good."
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Inside a dark room, a white robed person entered the room and spoke with a person sitting on a throne. "Milord, one of our agents has failed."
"Why?" The throne sitter asked.
"I don't know the full details, but rumors of a Messiah appearing. The Dark Messiah."
"Oh, so he's finally here. This should be fun."
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At school, Dark was late again to school. Takeshi-sensei simply told Dark to sit down. Dark passed by Ryu, and the two looked at each other in the eyes. The two smiled at each other. As Dark had his back towards Ryu, Dark flashed a thumbs up to Ryu, and so did Ryu to Dark. "Continue your fight, Seigi No Ryu." Dark whispered. "Protect people from Despair."
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Well, end chapter 1! Hope you like and I'm pretty sure everyone knows why Kodenred appeared in this chapter.
Here are the first five Kagerangers and their mentor.
Dark Kuragari: Kagered, Yorujyu: Kagebat. A young full blooded vampire, and the Dark Messiah 16. Don't let the title fool you, he'll save us all. He is destined to protect the humans from the light. Strange isn't it? Not when the light is insane and trying to kill everyone! Dark is a loner, but he'll find out what it's like to have friends as the story progresses. His Rosario's effect is unknown for now as it doesn't seem to bind his powers, unlike Van's.
Ray Ookami: Kageyellow, Yorujyu: Kagewolf. A human 17. Playful but willing to risk his life to save innocent people. Hates the fact that the light which he believe to always be pure, is actually the evil that is killing people. He knows that this light is a fake and is willing to give in to darkness to fight that light. Course, there really isn't anything to give in to, the Kageyellow powers are giving in to him.
Taki Kogane: Kagegreen, Yorujyu: Kagerhino. A human 17. A serious person. He used to be a rival of a certain Kaicho. Has great strength in battle and wields a Battle Hammer. He hates monsters ever since he was little, and can tell that the divine judgement that JOL is talking about is actually something that must be prevented. Taki however must take time to get used to his leader being a vampire.
Emi Mizuki: Kageblue, Yorujyu: Kagedolphin. A human 16. A cheerful girl the same year as Dark but different class. She believes that no matter who, anyone can be cheered up. She refuses to believe that the Light is their enemy. Instead, she sees the light as a false light which pretends to be light when it really is darkness, and the true Darkness as the saving light that hides itself. She likes older guys, so Taki and Ray are usually hugged by this girl. She even hugs two other characters, named Rai and Lee.
Kari Mitsukai: Kagepink, Yorujyu: Kageraven. Human 16 going 17, or is she? Uses the power of the succubus, though her charms are meant for one person. She has confessed to someone, a certain Kaicho or Athlete? But she was rejected. Course she took the news well. She in reality likes younger men, in her case, Dark, so unlike Emi, Kari hugs Dark, who is younger. She seems to not mind that the Light is the enemy this time. As long as she gets to know Dark better, she doesn't care.
Van Kuragari: Dark's grandfather. Once a powerful vampire lord, he detested what his race did to humans, so he fell in love with a human and he and that human married, gave birth to a dhampir, and that's how the family tree started. His powers are bind by a silver Rosario, but he doesn't mind. He rather live as a normal human, though the inability to drain blood has really made him old. He cares deeply for his grandson (more than a certain Ojii-chan is to a certain red) and worries that Dark will stray from his path and destroy the humans instead. But Van has nothing to worry about, because Dark is supported by the power of friends and the will to protect the true light in humans.
Ryu: Kodenred. Will serve a super minor role in this story. May make a small appearance from time to time. Will not participate in the battle against JOL until he is needed just as Dark will not participate in the battle against the Kagejyus.
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PLEASE REVIEW! By the way, Kurayami Sentai Kageranger translates to Darkness Task Force Shadow Ranger.