DENSHA SENTAI LINERANGER
First Stop: We Have Arrived!
Sauron, the Devourer and the Living Gate, watched with disgust at the humans below. She was on the roof of Sakakino Academy, observing them. Humans were only good for one thing in her opinion and that was as a food source for her kind, the Horrors. However, upon arrival to this world she'd been drastically depowered and stuck in this human form. How she wished she could just go down there and rip them all to shreds as well feast on their blood and flesh.
The greatest insult, however, would be the ChronoLiner Riders. While they had also been depowered they weren't as bothered about it as she was. Of course she had fun taunting Ryuji but it still didn't extinguish the hatred and disgust she had for her situation. Not only that, they hadn't saw it fit to come after her. Ryuji would've probably told them she was in this world and was just as weak as them, thus easily dealt with. However, they just ignored her. They didn't acknowledge her as a threat in her current condition.
She could not stand for this. Her fingers squeezed the fence tightly as she glared down at Ryuji who was dancing with Kotonoha. Now that was something she could not forgive as well. He was messing with a masterpiece. Kotonoha was supposed to be raped tonight, Kotonoha was supposed to breakdown mentally and emotionally, and Kotonoha was supposed to kill Sekai. The ChronoLiner Riders had also gotten themselves involved with the rest of the characters, including Sekai and Makoto to make sure Makoto didn't turn into a promiscuous womanizer who slept around thus breaking Sekai's heart as he'd broken Kotonoha, which would lead to his death at Sekai's hands.
She knew of the three characters' situation. It was a love triangle with a beautifully bloody ending and she would not allow it to be ruined by these heroes.
As her hatred rose, so did the darkness within her. A dark aura began to surround her body and her shadow also began to expand. She did not notice at first due to her attention being focused on the folk dance on the schoolyard below but then she heard the sound of chattering teeth and twitching limbs. She slowly turned around and saw Horrors rising from her shadow.
"My Horrors…" She concluded, "My powers are back." Her face adopted an incredibly sadistic and psychotic expression as she realized that her powers had returned. The Horrors were connected to her and she could sense their hunger. They could also sense her hunger as well and the need for it to be satisfied. She commanded, "Go down there and feed." The Horrors obeyed and took off on their dark wings and she watched as more and more rose from her shadow to follow her command. She let loose a laugh as she watched them soar down towards the unsuspecting crowd below.
Kotonoha was enjoying herself with Ryuji. The kiss had confirmed everything. She had indeed fallen in love with this rought-around-the-edges young man who'd healed her heart. As for Ryuji, he was actually having fun himself once he realized that he too had fallen in love. "Heh, imagine that," he whispered under his breath. He never thought in a million years that he would fall in love and to this human girl no less.
They didn't notice anything but each other until screaming was heard all around them. Tearing their attention away from each other, Ryuji and Kotonoha saw a dreadful and horrific sight as winged skeletons fell from the sky and started attacking the students. Kotonoha cried out, "What are they!-? What's going on!-?"
"Horrors," Ryuji growled. That could only mean that Sauron had gotten her powers back. 'Damn it, I knew we should've killed her when we had the chance.'
His friends were already on the move. Warren saved a couple of students by tackling a Horror away and telling them to run. The other members of the ChronoLiner Riders were also assisting, attacking Horrors that were attacking the students or leading the students to safety. Ryuji then watched as Warren drew a familiar sword which he recognized. It was his Zanpakutou. He also saw Ryuki conjuring a key-like sword he recognized intimately, the Keyblade. Then he looked at Craig who'd summoned his guns which glowed green with necroplasmic energy. Finally, his eyes were cast upon Ryan who was gripping his drum clubs. Vash and Teresa were leading students to safety so he didn't see them but he was still surprised to see the others with their powers back.
"Hyah!" Warren slashed, slicing a Horror straight down in half.
"Ho-ryah!" Ryuki called as he swung the Keyblade. The flames of the bonfire followed his command and formed into a dragon that swallowed the Horrors up, burning them to a crisp. He then jabbed his weapon forward several times, letting loose a series of fireballs which collided with the Horrors, blowing them up.
"Eat this, muthafucker!" Craig called as he shot bullets of necroplasmic energy from his guns, blowing the Horrors up in fiery emerald blaze. He was surrounded but simply spun around while squeezing the triggers, destroying their heads and killing them in an instant.
Ryan was focusing his spiritual energy into his Drum Clubs which became enflames at the top. He then bashed them against the Horrors, destroying them all each with a single blow. He then twirled the Drum Clubs around and smirked as he tapped them together. "Let's Rock and Roll."
Ryuji then heard a familiar scream and turned to see a couple of Horrors had grabbed Kotonoha and were dragging her away as she struggled, kicking and screaming for help. "No!" he denied and that was when his hands became engulfed in blue flames. He dashed to Kotonoha's rescue, striking the Horrors in the face with his fists. All of a sudden, they became flash frozen in ice and shattered. Ryuji pulled Kotonoha to safety and she wrapped her arms around him. She was terrified. He doubted she noticed how he'd frozen the Horrors.
"Koto-chan," he said to her, "I need you to run."
"But what about you?" she asked.
"I can take care of myself," said Ryuji and to demonstrate he backhanded a Horror sneaking up on him. The ice cold flames enveloped the Horror and froze it in ice before it shattered in an instant. Kotonoha gasped as she saw this show of power. "See?" he grinned.
"Hey, stop showing off for your girlfriend and help us!" Craig snapped.
"You really know how to ruin the moment, Mortuary!" Ryuji called back.
"Just fight, Ifrit! Draco, Wraith and Oni are pulling their own weight!"
Kotonoha was perplexed by the codenames. "I'm Ifrit," he told her. He put himself between the Horrors and Kotonoha and grinned. "HYAH!" He unleashed twin streams of blue flames that swallowed the Horrors up and froze them in ice. "Oh yeah, I still got it." Snapping his fingers, the ice shattered along with the Horrors.
The five of them were able to deal with the Horrors. They were just starving cannon fodder. Ryuji knew the mastermind was still around, watching them.
That was when Sauron appeared, clapping her hands. Kotonoha recognized her as a fellow student but then gasped as she saw a dark aura envelop Sauron's human form before it was absorbed into her pores, revealing her true form as a female demon in dark skeletal armor. Her helmet resembled a Horror's head but with four horns instead of two and the lower half of her face remained exposed with the fangs framing it. She had dark flesh as well and her gauntlets and boots had spikes on them. Her cape hung from her shoulders and the spaulders were shaped like skulls.
"So, you all got your powers back," she observed.
"And so did you," Ryuji growled. The others stood alongside him. Kotonoha too as she had not taken her chance to flee.
"No matter what, it won't help you," Sauron taunted.
"We'll see about that," Warren countered.
"Minna, ikuzo!" ordered Ryuki as he ignited his Keyblade and they all charged. Well, all but Ryuji.
"Take cover," said Ryuji to Kotonoha before he caught up with the others to fight Sauron. Kotonoha did as told and took cover from behind a tree and watched the ensuing fight.
It was Ryuji who attacked first, fists engulfed in flames that froze on contact instead of burning. He threw his fists at Sauron but she dodged and kicked him away, sending him tumbling. Craig saw his chance and fired necroplasmic bullets at Sauron that didn't do much damage. They simply annoyed her. With a wave of her hand she sent Craig crashing into several of the stands which had been set up for the school festival.
Craig, however, was simply a distraction as Ryan and Ryuki attacked Sauron together, striking their flaming weapons against her as she attempted to block their blows. However, they were fast and managed to land some very good hits on her, cracking her demonic armor as a result. Realization dawned upon her, 'Damn it! I'm not at full power!'
Her two assailant then spun away to give Warren the opening he needed to use his Zanpakuto. He used a single downward swing as he fed the blade some spiritual energy and it sliced through Sauron. She cried out as black blood splattered from the wound. She staggered from the five of them and growled. However, her scowl turned into a grin as she spotted Kotonoha hiding behind a tree. In the blink of an eye she vanished and then returned to her spot with an arm around Kotonoha's neck and her claws poised and pressing against her face.
"Kotonoha!" Ryuji shouted. "Sauron, you damn coward!"
"Call me what you want, but I'll do whatever it takes to win," Sauron sneered. "Now, put down your weapons, power down, and let me kill you or this girl's pretty little face is gonna end up with a few new scars." Kotonoha trembled in Sauron's grasp.
"Do as she says," Ryuki ordered. They couldn't risk the safety of an innocent civilian, no matter what.
Sauron taunted Ryuji, "I expected them to stop fighting because I have a hostage, but you? You really have fallen from grace, Ifrit."
Ryuji didn't answer but his gaze went towards Kotonoha. He wanted to save her but if he tried anything, Sauron would kill her. He hated feeling so weak and powerless! 'Damn it!' he cursed in his mind.
Sauron laughed but then her laugher suddenly died as the blade of sword suddenly popped out the front of her face. She released Kotonoha who ran into Ryuji's arms. The blade that was coming out of Sauron's face had stabbed her from the back of her head and the one holding the sword, a claymore, was none other than Teresa.
"You're really annoying," said Teresa as she withdrew her sword and kicked Sauron forward. "Now!"
Warren, Ryuji, Ryuki, Ryan and Mortuary all formed orbs of energy in their hands and then aimed them at Sauron. They then shouted out and unleashed the balls of energy which burst into streams of pure power. Ryuki's energy was hot like fire, Ryuji's energy was cold like ice, Mortuary's energy felt like death, Ryan's energy was singing and Warren's energy was something dark.
The five energy blasts hit Sauron directly and she roared as she was hit before being erupting in an explosion that caused the ground to shake. Ryuji covered Kotonoha to protect her from the shrapnel. Once the explosion died down, there was a scorched area of earth and a ring of flames where Sauron had stood.
"Did we get her?" Ryan asked hopefully.
"Knowing her, she'll be back," said Ryuki. He saw Ryuji comforting a trembling Kotonoha and smiled. "Ryuji, you should take Kotonoha home."
"I don't need you to tell me that," Ryuji snapped. All of a sudden, Kotonoha wrapped her arms around Ryuji and smashed her lips against him. He almost lost balance from the sudden kiss but recovered quickly before wrapping his arms around her and returning the kiss.
"Guys, I think we have a bit of a problem," said Ryan as he gestured around them. Some students and teachers had remained despite the danger and had seen everything. "Witnesses."
"Quick escape then," said Warren as Vash ran up to them. A loud whistle was heard and the ChronoLiner landed in front of them, opening its doors. The group, with Kotonoha, then went into the train which flew up and away from the scene.
It all happened so fast for her and her heart was still pounding in her chest. She just wasn't sure what was going on as none of it made sense. She remembered the kiss she shared with Ryuji as they danced around the bonfire together. Then, all of a sudden, honest to god demons had appeared and started attacking everyone. Then, her new friends were fighting back against the demons with weapons and supernatural powers. Ryuji also had a special power when she saw his hands covered in blue flames that froze instead of burn. She remembered how chilly the flames felt when they were close to her. All of a sudden, a schoolmate of hers turned into a demon and her new friends fought against her. Kotonoha then ended up being used as a hostage and human shield but then Teresa stabbed Sauron in the back of the skull, causing the female demon to release her and provide an opening for Ryuji and his friends to blast her, sending her to oblivion.
Now, Kotonoha was in Ryuji's embrace, sitting in a train which had appeared out of nowhere. The interior of the car was a dining area with booths that had tables and comfortable chairs. There was even a counter at the front end of the car where a woman dressed like a stewardess was making drinks.
She was alone in the booth with Ryuji with the others taking seats in the other booths.
"Are you okay?" Ryuji asked. "She didn't hurt you, did she?"
"N-no," Kotonoha answered. "She didn't, thanks to you."
"I didn't want to get you involved in all this," he said regrettably. "I'm sorry."
"Wow, did I hear right?" Craig said in mock-amazement. "Ryuji actually said 'I'm sorry'. Stop the fucking presses!"
"Oh, bite me, asshole!" Ryuji snapped at Craig. He had changed, a lot, since arriving in this world and it was all because of the girl he was holding.
"What happened?" she asked. "What's going on? What were those things?"
"Demons attacked," Ryuki answered simply, summarizing the events earlier.
The door of the dining car opened and Antonitis Fenton McCrown, owner of the ChronoLiner, came in. "Welcome to the ChronoLiner, Kotonoha Katsura," he welcomed. "I am her owner, Antonitis Fenton McCrown. You may call me Ant."
"And I'm Andie!" the stewardess added cheerfully. She brought out a menu and put it on the table, "Is there anything you'd like?"
"Some ice tea," Ryuji ordered. "Make it two." Kotonoha needed something to calm her nerves after tonight. He asked Ant, "So, you managed to get the train fixed."
"Well, kinda," Ant tilted his head to the side.
"Kinda?" Ryan cocked an eyebrow.
"I got the train moving again, but we're still stuck in this world," said Ant. "Sorry about that. It's just the parts responsible for space and time travel needs some work."
"Take your time," said Ryuji, his attention on Kotonoha.
"Ryuji-kun, how did you do that with your hands?" she asked. "I saw you punch those demons and they froze."
"That's my superpower," he answered. "All of us here have them. Normal folk would call us freaks."
"We're superheroes," Warren corrected. "Not freaks."
Kotonoha then remembered what Ant said, "What did Ant-san mean 'stuck in this world'?" she asked.
"It's a long story," Ryuji said. "Warren can tell you."
"We crashed here weeks ago," Warren answered simply.
"So, you're all aliens?" she questioned.
"In a way," said Warren, shrugging. "But we're mostly human."
Kotonoha turned away and pressed her face against Ryuji's chest. "Thank you…" she said gratefully. "You saved my life, and saved everyone."
"For now anyway," Craig interjected. "Sauron, that demonic bitch, will come back and she'll be madder and stronger than ever."
"Doesn't matter how strong she gets, we'll steal beat her," said Ryan confidently.
That was when the TV that was mounted on the wall showed them the news and it wasn't good news. There was a massive portal in the sky and it was spitting out Horrors.
"And yet again she fucks us up from behind," cursed Craig.
"Come on, let's go," said Ryuki.
"Not yet," denied Ant. "Andie, if you will please bring out the tray."
Andie saluted and from her counter she picked up a tray with a cover on it.
"Now's not the time to be eating," griped Ryuji.
"Be patient," said Ant and he lifted up the cover to reveal train passes like the one used to control the ChronoLiner. However, they were each a different color. One was red, the second one was black, the third one was blue, the fourth one was yellow and the fifth one was green. Picking them one-by-one, Ant tossed them to Ryuki, Warren, Craig, Mortuary and Ryan.
"What are these, Ant-san?" asked Ryuki.
"Something that will help you fight," answered Ant.
In the city, the Horrors attacked mercilessly, striking down the humans who were fleeing to safety for food. The police attempted to gun them down but with limited success as they got back up from getting shot. Suddenly, the ChronoLiner burst into the scene and flattened several Horrors under it before stopping. A door opened and Ryuki, Ryuji, Warren, Ryan and Craig exited and stood defiantly before the Horrors.
"Minna-san, ikuzo!" commanded Ryuki as he held out his red Liner Pass in front of him. Warren held out a black pass, Ryuji held out a blue pass, Ryan held out a yellow pass and finally Craig held out a green pass. This caused belts that sported rectangular buckles with a slot on the side to materialize around their waists with colored circles that sported the letter 'L' inside set in the centre of each buckle. "Liner Change!" Ryuki slid his pass into his belt.
"LINER CHANGE!" the others called out as they simultaneously slid their own passes into their belts in the same fashion.
The five young men were enveloped in bright flashes of colored light which blinded the Horrors, causing them to screech out. Once the lights died down, the five young men were revealed and were changed. They wore identical suits that were only different from each other in terms of color: red, blue, green, black and yellow, that also sported gloves, boots and helmets with their respective colors. Their sleeves and pants were black. The black visors of their helmets were bisected by a silver vertical stripe which also appeared on their matching uniform suits.
(NOTE: They resemble Den-O Plat Form but without the armor)
Ryuki called out, "Liner Red!"
Warren called out, "Liner Black!"
Ryuji called out, "Liner Blue!"
Ryan called out, "Liner Yellow!"
Craig called out, "Liner Green!"
Altogether they called out, "ORE-TACHI WA…DENSHA SENTAI LINERANGER! SANJOU!"
(NOTE: Their intro pose is similar to Den-O Sword Form/Momotaros)
Facing the Horror legion, the five warriors removed the black bars attached to the sides of their belts and put them together. The black bars were collectively known as the DenGasher and the pieces could be stacked together to form a weapon.
Liner Red, Black and Blue formed swords with blades in their respective colors from their DenGasher pieces while Liner Green and Yellow formed a gun and axe respectively.
Red went on the attack as he slashed with his sword and struck the attacking Horrors with flaming slashes once he focused his power into his weapon. He ducked under Horrors trying to tackle into him and rolled along the ground. He turned and then stabbed his DenGasher sword into the ground, calling forth a wave of fire that swallowed them up and burnt them to a crisp.
That was when Blue also attacked, slashing away with his blue-bladed DenGasher sword that was covered in blue flames, freezing and shattering the Horrors they came into contact with. He twirled his sword around, swinging and swiping at the Horrors ruthlessly. Some tried to attack him from above but he was unafraid as he swung his sword, unleashing bursts of blue flames that engulfed and flash froze them in ice. They fell to the ground and shattered.
Yellow was attacking with his DenGasher axe which was crackling with electrical energy as he used it against the Horrors. He hacked at them with the blade and bashed them in the skulls with the blunt side of his axe.
Black's DenGasher sword's blade was enveloped in dark energy that banished the Horrors he cut into. He continued to cut them down with the speed and grace of a samurai. He was like a blur as he defeated the Horrors.
Finally, Green was shooting necroplasmic energy bullets with his DenGasher gun that knocked the Horrors down and engulfed them in green flames, incinerating them. He was chased by several Horrors and jumped onto the top of a police car to get to higher ground. He then knelt down, took careful aim and gunned them down as they got near, twirling his gun around before jumping off the car.
The sword-wielders were forced back to back with Horrors surrounding them. "These fucking things are coming in swarms!" shouted Blue.
"It's that portal," reported Red. "We have to get it closed."
"I don't think we need to," said Black as the portal blinked out of sight. "It just vanished."
"What the hell!-?" gawked Blue.
"Seems that her holy bitchiness didn't see fit to keep the portal opened long enough," stated Liner Black.
"Maybe she just isn't fit enough to do much after what we did to her earlier," added Red in agreement. "Let's finish this." He took his Liner Pass out of his belt and held it in front of his belt. Blue and Black did the same.
Liner Belts: "FULL CHARGE!"
The blades of their DenGasher swords glowed in their respective colors before they struck with their attacks. Red struck with a series of slashes that sent the Horrors ablaze while Blue's slashes froze them in ice before they shattered to pieces. Black's slashes just made the Horrors cease to exist as they faded out of existence.
"FULL CHARGE!"
Green aimed and fired a burst of emerald energy from his gun which vaporized the Horrors he had aimed at. "Oh yeah," he chuckled.
At the same time, Yellow's axe was crackling with electricity that jumped off the blade. He then struck at the Horrors as he dashed past them and watched as they were electrocuted before bursting. He hefted his weapon on his shoulder and then he held it like he was holding a guitar, strumming imaginary strings.
They then boarded the ChronoLiner and it flew off as people watched, wondering what had happened.
"You know, this is gonna make fighting here a lot easier," admitted Craig. As soon as they had entered the train they had cancelled their transformations and were sitting around the dining car.
"I think we should celebrate for our second victory for the night," said Ryan. "Andie, a round of drinks!"
"Hai!" Andie saluted before she started making the drinks.
Ryuji was sitting next to Kotonoha who was snuggling up to his side. "Kotonoha, we need to talk," said Ryuji seriously. Kotonoha looked at him. He took her hand and slowly they walked out of the dining car.
"So, how did you get him to agree?" Craig asked Ant.
"I just hinted that it would impress his lady friend," stated Ant.
"So, you manipulated him with his budding feelings for her," Warren concluded.
Meanwhile, outside the dining car, which was the gap between two train cars, Ryuji faced Kotonoha. He spoke seriously, as he hadn't used the nickname he'd given her. "Kotonoha, I never wanted this for you."
"What do you mean?" Kotonoha asked.
"I never wanted you to find out about this." He demonstrated by enveloping his hands in blue flames. He asked, "Doesn't it bother you?"
"It feels cold," she admitted.
"My powers are representation of my heart," he clarified. "If my powers are cold that means my heart is made of ice."
"It isn't," she denied. "If your heart were as cold as ice you wouldn't have saved me."
He couldn't deny what he'd done. "You're right," he confessed. "Still, a girl like you shouldn't get mixed with all this, or mixed up with a guy like me. A girl like you deserves a normal life-"
"I don't want normal!" she shouted loudly. Ryuji was taken aback by her loud and passionate declaration. "I…I don't want normal." She began to shake.
Ryuji realized what she meant. Up until now her normal life was just depressing. At home she had her family but at school she had no one. She didn't have any friends until she met Sekai. Then she fell in love with Makoto, but that bastard had to go and cheat on her. Kotonoha was also bullied on a daily basis. She felt so alone until he and his friends came along and helped her out of her shell. Normal, to her, equated to sadness, loneliness and heartbreak.
"I want you," she admitted firmly. "That's all I want. That's all I really want." She rested her head against his chest.
"If that's the case, will you except without question?" Ryuji asked.
"I will," she answered.
"Can you promise that? Really promise that? There's stuff about me you don't know about."
"I can promise that, Ryuji-kun. And I don't care about your past."
Oh, she could say that now but if only she knew what kind of monster he really was.
"Kotonoha…" Ryuji softly murmured as they gazed deeply into each other's eyes. There was a moment of silence before they slowly but surely leaned in for a kiss, their second kiss if anyone was keeping count.
Back inside the dining car, Ant spoke, "Well, now all we have to do is to perform a memory wipe."
"We can do that?" Ryan asked in wonderment.
"It's a new feature and I think we need it after you all blew your cover at school," Ant stated.
"You did come right onto school grounds with the ChronoLiner," Ryuki pointed out.
"I didn't think it'd make such a big deal," Ant responded, "Besides, once we wipe everyone's memories none of them will remember seeing you use your powers."
"How about just now?" Craig asked.
"You were all in uniform," Ant stated.
"Craig's right," agreed Warren. "I think it's better that this world doesn't know that it was attacked by demons."
"Alright, I better set the memory wipe to include you guys kicking demon butt on two occasions," said Ant.
Back with Kotonoha and Ryuji, they were sitting on the floor, cuddling. He had his arm around her as she leaned against him.
She told him, "I saw you fighting those monsters with the others. You saved the city. You're a hero like that."
"I never thought I'd be a hero," he replied honestly. "It's not my thing." He looked down at the blue Liner Pass in his hand. "How come I'm blue?"
"It fit your theme," said Warren as he appeared out of nowhere, causing the two lovers to jump to their feet in surprise. "Oops, sorry," Warren apologized. "Did I ruin a moment?"
"You did," Ryuji answered, grumbling about Warren's sense of timing. "What's up?"
"Ant gonna do a memory wipe sweep all over the city," said Warren.
"Memory wipe?" asked Kotonoha. "What's that?"
"Well, the ChronoLiner is gonna fly over the city and release a sort of powder. It'll erase specific memories like how we used our powers, oh and how we appeared as the Linerangers," Warren explained.
"That's good. There's no way I'm going to school if they're gonna swarm me," said Ryuji. "It's not the attention I want."
"You don't want any," Warren told him. "All you want is people to leave you alone." He corrected, "Well, everyone but your girlfriend here."
Kotonoha blushed at being acknowledged as Ryuji's girlfriend.
With the group now officially stuck in Kotonoha's world and with the threat of Sauron hanging over their heads, they really couldn't leave and Ryuji was alright with that. Ryuki, of course, missed Jinx and everyone back home but at least he wasn't lonely. Warren was sure Ant would be able to get them out of this world. Craig, Ryan, Vash and Teresa didn't have a problem, of course. This world still needed them.
Ryuji and Kotonoha entered class 1-4 with Ryan and Vash and all eyes were on them. Kotonoha hung her head down but Ryuji just glared at everyone. They really shouldn't put Kotonoha on the spot about the kiss she and he had shared at the bonfire. Of course, they now knew the meek class rep was dating the class delinquent.
Otome glared back at Ryuji. With the boy around Kotonoha, there was no chance of ever bullying her. Even Vash and Ryan had interfered, allowing Kotonoha to have fun while they took her place. Otome stomped over and spoke to Kotonoha, "Katsura, you abandoned your post!"
"Hey, listen bitch!" Ryuji snapped. "She deserves to have fun!"
"You stay out of this!" Otome shot back.
"No, I will not!" he denied.
"What did you say?" Otome growled.
"Are you deaf? I said I'm not going to stay out of this!"
"It's none of your business!"
"Then I'll make it my business!"
Otome and Ryuji continued to glare daggers at each other. Otome hated it when she didn't get her way.
"Sides, I took over so what's the problem?" Ryan asked.
"Because Katsura was supposed to do it!" Otome told him.
"Hey, what's with all the yelling?" asked Vash. "Really, it's too early for this shit."
"The harpy won't shut up," Ryuji said to Vash.
"Harpy!-?" Otome shrieked.
"Katou, just go back to your seat," said Ryuji. "You're not going to win this one."
Otome clenched her fists and turned to stomp away.
"Oh, and you really need to get laid! All that stress really isn't good for you!" Ryan called, causing Otome to stumble and the class to laugh.
"Nice," said Ryuji as he and Ryan fist-bumped.
"Hey, I try," said Ryan.
"Ryuji-kun, you really didn't have to…" Kotonoha began.
"Hey, you're my girl," he told her, smiling. "I may not have to, but I wanted to. You deserve to be protected."
"And now you got friends like us," added Ryan.
"That's right," added Vash, grinned.
Kotonoha smiled. She wasn't lonely anymore.
Meanwhile, in class 1-3...
"So, where's Sawanaga-san?" Ryuki asked Sekai.
"Well, he was found all beaten up," said Sekai. "He didn't say who did it."
'Ryuji,' Ryuki thought. If Taisuke had assaulted Kotonoha like he did in the anime then it was a miracle that Taisuke managed to survive Ryuji's wrath.
"I definitely can't go back to my Rosalinda like this."
Meanwhile, Sauron was not in good shape. After her defeat from last night she was hiding in an abandoned warehouse to nurse her wounds. A portion of her body was missing and needed time to regenerate. Summoning all those Horrors had also sapped her of her strength but she was slowly regaining it. What really disgusted her was that she was reduced to feeding on rats to feed her hunger.
"Damn it," Sauron growled. "They got in my way again…" She hated them, hated them all. She wanted them dead and made into her next meal! It was what they deserved. "HORRORS! TO ME!" she called and a hundred Horrors appeared in her presence. "NOW, MERGE TOGETHER AND DESTROY THE CITY!"
It was lunch time and the students were all eating their meal. Kotonoha sat at a table with her friends when the TV in the cafeteria immediately switched from its regular programming to an emergency newsflash. On the screen was a massive monster and it was attacking the city. The newscaster repeatedly reported that this was not a hoax and it was happening in Sakakino right now.
It was bestial and skeletal in appearance. Its face was lean and narrow with eight red eyes that were filled with nothing but hatred. It also had elongated arms and finally it sported a thick tail with a drill at the tip.
"Great, she ruined my meal," grumbled Ryuji.
"Teresa, Vash, stay here with Kotonoha," Warren told them. "We'll deal with this."
"Looks like another job for the Densha Sentai Lineranger," said Ryuki.
The Lineranger team arrived at the scene and saw the Horror that towered over them. Green asked, "OK, how are we supposed to fight that thing?"
Red was about to reply when he received a message from his helmet's built-in communicator, "Hey, you seem like you have some big trouble."
"Ant-san?" Red asked.
"Don't worry. I'm gonna be sending you something that'll help."
"What?"
"Why, what every Sentai needs!"
Speeding out of the portal was a gigantic steam engine that was colored red. Smoke blew out of its smokestack as it stopped on the tracks. It was pulling four train cars behind it.
"Sugoi…" Red gazed.
"The steam engine is yours," said Ant. "The others can tell which is there from the colors on the train cars. Now, make me proud!"
"Hai!" Red ordered, "Everyone, get into you vehicles!" They all dashed towards their respective positions with Red jumping inside the Liner Engine. He landed inside a cockpit with a really advanced and fancy console with a single joystick to control the machine's movements. Also, there was a slot that was big enough for the Liner Pass. "Input Liner Pass!" He slid his red Liner Pass into the slot.
Inside similar, individual, cockpits, were the other members of the Lineranger team. They also slid their Liner Passes into the consoles.
Inside the steam engine was Liner Red and he asked, "Is everyone ready?"
Green answered eagerly, "I'm ready."
Yellow showed equal eagerness, "So am I."
Black nodded, "Ready for your command."
Blue impatiently answered, "Let's just get this started!"
Red nodded and declared, "Releasing Liner Machines!" and pressed a button on the controls.
The first train car split open and the two halves spread out as a black helicopter hovered up. This was Liner Black's Liner Gyro. The second train car opened in the same way as a blue submarine hovered upward. This was Liner Blue's Liner Marine. The 3rd and 4th train cars also opened up but yellow mono-drill tank and the green fire engine rolled down makeshift ramps from the opened train cars. These were Liner Yellow and Liner Green's Liner Digger and Liner Fire, respectively.
The Liner Engine attacked first, firing bursts of heat from the front at the Horror. It roared and swung its tail at the steam engine, nearly knocking it over if Red hadn't dodged.
"Open fire!" Black ordered from his cockpit. "Missiles launch!"
"Torpedoes launch!" Blue pressed a button on his controls.
The Liner Marine, which could also fly, fired torpedoes as the Liner Gyro fired missiles. The Liner Digger burst out from the ground and nailed the Horror in the foot, causing it to stumble and fall. The Liner Fire was equipped with folding ladder and the top of the ladder were guns that fired cryogenic spray. The Horror roared as it received a face full of the spray. It slapped the fire engine away and it went spinning.
"Woah! I think I'm gonna hurl!" shouted Green from within the Liner Fire.
Ant told them, "Now, you can attack individually, but I think this is where you make your great debut and combine!"
The five vehicles faced the massive Horror and Red commanded, "Alright, all together!" He entered the command, "LINER GATTAI!"
The Liner Engine separated from the train cars and rose into the air. The back half of the Liner Engine split in half before both halves folded onto the sides of the front half as the wheels were pulled in and a pair of large cylinders that resembled thighs slid out.
The Liner Gyro and Liner Digger rose into the air and extended at the middle as their back ends formed into what resembled broad shoulder pads, the tail of the Liner Gyro twisting and sliding into the main body to do this. The two machines resembled arms as a fist popped out of the front of the Liner Gyro while the Liner Digger's drill was the hand for it and both connected to the sides of the Liner Engine.
The Liner Fire and Liner Marine rose up as their front portions folded and pushed up at a 90 degree angle to look like legs and feet. They then connected to the cylinders under the Liner Engine.
The smokestack on top of the Liner Engine rolled back as a new head popped upwards with horns that looked like smokestacks attached to a red helmet with a short fin and brim like from a cap. The robot's face had green eyes and a grilled mask covered the mouth. There was a loud whistle as smoke blew out of the smokestacks.
"COMPLETE! LINEROH! ALL ABORD!" declared the Linerangers as they were all moved into a new shared cockpit with their individual consoles in front of them. The cockpit was inside the head of Lineroh.
"Full Speed Ahead!" Red commanded and the Lineroh rushed along train tracks under its feet straight towards the Horror.
"Let me take the first shot!" Black shouted as the Liner Gyro arm shot forward, catching the Horror in the face. The rotor on the back of the forearm spun rapidly and was like a buzzsaw as it sliced into the Horror. The Horror roared and swiped at the robot, knocking it back.
Yellow shouted, "This is mine!" as the Liner Digger arm's drill spun and shot forward, boring into the Horror's skull.
"Eat this!" Green pressed a button and the green Liner Fire foot kicked up, smashing into the giant Horror's stomach.
"My turn!" said Blue and the Liner Marine leg also kicked into the Horror's leg, knocking it back.
Red read the gauges, "Everyone, we have to end this soon. If we combine for too long we'll lose too much power and we'll be sitting ducks."
"Then it's time to finish it, Red Leader," said Black.
Red nodded and punched in the command, "Alright, let's finish this!"
The Horror got up but froze as the Lineroh was speeding towards it.
"THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE!" the five Rangers declared as they pushed their buttons to execute the finisher. "FULL SPEED! DENSHA LINER EXPRESS!"
The Lineroh was enveloped in flames and it punched its drill right through the Horror. The Horror howled and exploded with Lineroh turning around and performing a victory pose.
"YATTA!" Red cheered, feeling proud of their victory but he didn't do it alone. He turned in his seat to look at his fellow Rangers. "Arigato, minna."
"Hey, we're just your subordinates," said Black.
"And you probably needed all the help you can get," added Blue.
"We should get back to school. Lunch is gonna be over," stated Yellow.
"Right, and I'm still hungry," said Craig.
The five Liner Machines broke apart and the four smaller machines returned to their train cars which closed up and the Liner Engine connected with them before the massive train flew off.
"YATTA!" Kotonoha cheered loudly in the lunch room and then gasped at what she'd just done. She'd just jumped out of her seat when she witnessed Lineroh finish the giant Horror off.
"Guess she's excited," teased Vash as Kotonoha sat back down, chuckling.
"Hey, I would've done it too," shrugged Teresa. She turned to Kotonoha, "Didn't know you had it in you." Kotonoha hung her head and blushed.
From the top of a building, two figures watched as the mechanical marvel flew into a portal.
"Seems McCrown has been busy…" a male figure mused through his binoculars.
"Onii-sama, what will you do…?" the female figure asked.
"Nothing, yet. For now, we'll watch and see how things turn out."
"And Sauron?"
"Don't worry. She may have become stronger than she was last time we saw her, but she's nothing I can't handle."
The two turned and entered a black and gold steam engine. The train blew its horn loudly as the screen faded to black…
DENSHA SENTAI LINERANGER VA CAST
Ryuki - Brad Swaile
Ryuji - Scott McNeil
Warren - Crispin Freeman
Craig - Frank Frankson
Ryan - Neil Patrick Harris
Ant - Jason David Frank
Kotonoha - Danielle Judovits
Sauron - Nicole Sullivan
KAMEN RIDER CHROME: Now, this is my second attempt at an original Super Sentai fic. As you see, this is an alternate version of my School Days of the ChronoLiner Rider fic and will become an entirely new story from that one as the heroes stay. They will be Sentai instead of Riders. I don't know how well this will go but Kamen Rider Bushido supports me on this project. He's helping me out and well there will be some interesting things that will happen. Now, I don't have a female Sentai member but that will happen later. I just haven't thought of who that would be.