Ch 2: Origins of the red ranger part 2: moving on.
Jayden fell thousands of miles to his death... and then felt a hand grab him. Jayden then woke up.
" Your lucky I saved you at the last second." Master Ji told him.
" You risked my life just to prove I'm not ready?..." Jayden said, obviously angered.
" I knew I would have saved you.."
Jayden didn't seem impressed.
"And if you hadn't...?" Jayden questioned him.
" Then I would have found someone else. Just because you have samurai blood doesn't mean your the most qualified to be a samurai."Jayden was at his breaking point.
"THEN WHY TRAIN ME!?" Jayden asked.
"Because it was your fathers wish. He said you were going to be a great samurai. The way your acting now, I would say he was wrong. If you want prove anything, then prove that I'm wrong."
Jayden then replied "You would let me die so easily?"
Ji then sighed. " The world can't be saved by whiners and your not fighting, your not worth anything to me or anyone. It is your destiny to become the Red ranger and you know that. I can't teach you if you don't try." Ji practically shouted.
"Well I'm sorry if I don't like being worked like a dog everyday." Jayden complained.
" And I'm sorry if your family members lives don't mean that much to you."Ji then walked away without a word.
" You bastard.." Jayden whispered under his breath. He had been a coward all of his life, but he couldn't believe what Ji had said, even if he was right. In a world where you have to fight to survive, he really was pretty worthless if he only did things for himself. Being a ranger was to be selfless and fight for others. He had only been fighting for his own agenda and revenge. Ji had been training Jayden, but at Jayden's request, so if he wanted to be a ranger, it wasn't going to be easy.
Jayden didn't think farther than that and soon slept, tired of the work that day. It had been two years and Ji had barely taught him any symbol power yet. Ji had taught him how to use the samuraizer, but taped it to the sword, so if he wanted it, he'd have to be ready for the power of the sword. Jayden had always wondered why Ji didn't just become a samurai. Jayden suddenly awoke that night, startled by a sound he had heard from the main room.
"AHHHHHH!"
Jayden heard Ji scream, so he rushed to the room to find several Moogers there and Deker there. Had been assigned to prevent any team of rangers from stopping them again, so be was tasked with finding the Morphers, which wasn't very difficult because the energy levels of the Morphers were so high and they could track then down easily. On the ground was the dead body of Mentor Ji.
Rage built up inside Jayden, he wanted nothing more than to strike Deker down, but he knew he would have died, so he rushed for the sword, not considering that it could blow him away again. Deker saw this and ran for the sword. As Jayden gripped it, it burned at his fingers, but he couldn't let go. Not now. With all of the strength he could muster, Jayden pulled the sword out of the stone. Fire burst forth from the sword and smashed Deker into the wall. In a hurry, Jayden obtained the Morphers from his room and fled the house as fast as he could. As Jayden ran, he contemplated changing into the red ranger and fighting Deker, the monster who had killed his father and Mentor. He didn't though, not because of fear, but because he knew his limitations.
He promised himself he would never look back. And he didn't.
The next week, Jayden looked into the box and found all of the Morphers still there, along with something else. He found a note in the box and read it. It was written by Mentor Ji.
' I know once you have left your training Jayden, you will never look back and be left with the feeling you regret ever meeting me. But after all of the things you've asked me over the years, there's one thing I knew the answer to, something that I didn't want to remember. Why are you a ranger and I am not? Shame. The feeling that if I become a ranger once again, the events will repeat and my whole team will die because of me. I was the red ranger, and your father and mother blue and pink. Your parents blood was shed and it was my fault. I just hope that yours isn't too because of me. I must sound silly, but I can't ring myself to do it out of fear. Not for myself, but everyone around me."
Jayden was on the verge of tears.
Never again would he run away. Never.
8 Years later, October 12.
Word had been spread around that a samurai king was looking for people to become his comrades in battle. For a population only about one seventh that it used to be, and with no Internet or phone service, it sure was easy for word to spread fast.
Even in a post apocalyptic world, populace still gossiped, though the world had moved on. That's what everyone said nowadays. 'The world had moved on.'
And so had the samurai king. He had moved here and there, yet he could not find anyone willing or qualified to join him. It had been four years, however the king had made very little progress in terms of recruitment. Everyone he had met was not qualified at all to be a warrior. All of the warriors had fought the empire, and failed.
The king was sure about one thing though. Word had spread about him looking for warriors, so that meant some warriors would look for him, wanting revenge on Xandreds empire of demons.
Jayden was standing in a long and broad desert, one that was extended nothingness for miles. Then again, pretty much everywhere is these days, Jayden thought. The heat was almost unbearable, and Jayden felt like he was in an oven. For someone who practiced the fire symbol, he sure would have preferred a different temperature then. He was the son of the blue ranger, but since he was related to Ji he could use the fire symbol, and pretty well. He just hoped well and enough to defeat Xandred, and most importantly, Deker.
Meanwhile, at Xandreds Flying Fortress, Octoroo and Xandred were conversing about the problem of a ranger team assembling again.
Xandreds fortress was a giant castle connected to several floating towers and one huge tower sticking the tool Xandreds castle, with the face of a skull on it. Xandred wasn't completely trapped in the underworld all that time, as he and others could temporarily break the regenerating barrier from time to time, but 12 years ago was the first time in centuries Xandreds whole army had made it through the barrier.
Xandred and his main commanders were in a giant decorated room, sort of like a ball room, but grim. In the middle was Xandred in his throne, and surrounding him were his aforementioned offensive commanders and other of his men. Dayu playing on her guitar, Deker sharpening his sword, Xandreds robot assassin silva readying his guns, and Sergeant Tread sparring with General Gut.
Silva was a towering eight feet tall, and his metal skin was white stainless steel. He wielded a large lazar rifle, and was equipped with a belt of grenades. Once the demons had made it to the humans realm and took over, Octoroo took the opportunity to learn their science, and the result of that was Silva. Silva had helped during the second half of the Invasion and was the most quiet of the group, considering that he was programmed to talk only when spoken to. Xandred had heard about the supposed samurai kings search for warriors, and assumed that he was the red ranger. His plan: to kill the red ranger and destroy the Morphers.
" No one shall even try to stand in my way! I won't let the rangers defeat me again! NOT AGAIN!"
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