Author's Notes: My friend recently got me into sentai about a month or two ago when Kaizoku sentai GoKaiger first started. I have been hooked ever since. I've gone through nearly all the sentai since Timeranger already, and am currently halfway through Gekiranger. I fell in love with Mahou sentai Magiranger along the way, and I especially adore the pairing of Urara/Hikaru-sensei. And thus I decided to give this fanfiction a shot. Constructive Critiscism is always welcomed.
MAJOR SPOLERS for Stage 47 thru the Final Stage.
Disclaimer: Toei owns the sentai series. I am merely borrowing the characters for momentary amusement.
Checkmate
The golden-clad body of Sungel fell to the ground, his life fading.
His vision had come true. He had fallen trying to defeat N-Ma. His fate was sealed.
"Urara," came his strangled voice as his world began to grow dim.
He hadn't wanted to get involved with her. Hadn't wanted to hurt her when he had seen his end so clearly. He knew somewhere deep down inside him that he would be the one who would cause her the most pain in the end. He had promised to make her happy; that he would cast his magic spell over the both of them…
But he had failed.
Hikaru held up Urara's Oath Ring to the line of his fading vision. Her bright blue stone winked back at him in the gloom of that world.
If only he had come to terms with his feelings for her sooner. Maybe then they could have been together longer.
He wanted to laugh at the absurdly short amount of time they had been allowed to share together, but the weight on his chest as he struggled to breathe was crushing his lungs. Was fate so cruel as to make him wait so long in solitude only to allow him to find her and lose her faster then he could blink?
He loved her.
He loved her with all of his heart.
Her confession had made his own heart sing with joy as it simultaneously plummeted to the pit of his stomach. He already knew he was fated to die, but he'd be damned if he wasn't going to go down fighting. But then she had said those three magic words, 'I love you.' And everything had changed. He was going to defy his fate.
He had proposed to her in front of her entire family, and the sheer overwhelming joy that rushed through him when she said 'Yes,' had been the happiest moment of his life.
His arm grew heavy.
She had been the most beautiful bride the world had ever seen, in his eyes. The ceremony was intimate, shared with the only family he had ever known. The only family he had ever wanted to be a part of. When he had become a Heavenly Saint, he had lost any former memories of any family, but now she would become his family. He would belong to somebody. He had a place in the world again. He had someone who would look forward to him coming home…
But now he would never be coming home...
His fingers holding her ring grew weak.
She would forever be waiting in vain.
Dark shadows crept toward that beautiful sky blue stone.
'Urara…I love you,' his thoughts whispered as his body lost the ability to speak.
Her ring dropped from his fingers that could no longer feel. His vision turned to black as his lungs exhaled for the final time.
'…I'm sorry…'
The melodic sound of her ring hitting the ground in a bright 'ting' conjured up the image of her dazzling smile as his heart gave one last strangled push and with an infinite moment, stopped beating.