TB: *starts whistling while playing Killer Instinct on a holo-screen*
*A loud boom occurred outside, making TB look out the window to see a pod of sorts*
KKD: (o.s.) I'M BACK, B*TCHES!
TB: Whoa! *sees KKD walking to the studio like a badass* YES! YES! YES! YES! Welcome back, Crossover King!
KKD: Glad to be back, Lone Rider. Been awhile, hasn't it? *cracks neck*
TB: It certainly has, man. But in that time, we still came up with some more interesting ideas for the future, amiright?
KKD: Yea. For those of you wondering, I communicated once in awhile via DA, but that's about as much as I could do at the time.
TB: That is true. But hey, you're finally back. You know what that means.
KKD: I'm back in business, and ready to continue with…
KKD & TB: SUPER HERO TIME! *pose with fireworks*
TB: Before we go any further, I want to let you know that Kamen Rider Ghost premiered already and is currently on its third episode at this point.
KKD: Cool. One sec. *zooms off before coming back, having a string of Eyecons around his neck* I'm back and caught up to speed. Ghost is pretty darn cool.
TB: You saw all of Drive and the beginning of Ghost?
KKD: Nah. To be honest, Drive could only hold my attention so far with the vehicular motif, so I decided to jump straight into Ghost.
TB: I saw Episode 1 so far, and I think it's pretty cool as well. His forms are based on Japanese folk heroes, right?
KKD: That's only Musashi. He gets forms and powers based off other "Luminaries" as the show calls them. Basically, people who are praised today for whatever they did. His base form is actually with his own soul, and he changes forms with the souls of Miyamoto Musashi, Robin Hood, even Thomas Edison! Heck, they already gave away an Eyecon for Isaac Newton.
TB: 8O! Okay, I gotta see Episode 2 later. Those forms sound awesome!
KKD: And three; that's where we see him use Robin Hood. I'm already invested, and hopefully can stay tuned for the entire season.
TB: Okay, before I get too excited, how about we dust off those disclaimers?
KKD: Right. *picks up the disclaimer page and picks up a Swift Duster before cleaning all the dust off of it*
TB: Splat it on there!
KKD: Right. *slams the disclaimers into the screen*
Disclaimers: Neither TokuBrony nor KKD own Super Sentai or anything else other than this original concept and the characters within. Super Sentai and any music used in the story are owned by Toei and their respective singers.
*A galleon sails in with six figures atop it before the camera zooms in revealing Kamen Rider Buccaneer and the Melodygers, the latter five all holding their respective instruments.*
Green Melody & Buccaneer: SUPER HERO TIME!
*Instruments then surround scenes of the upcoming Melodyger chapter*
Buccaneer: A fight within the team? That's not good. Get your act together, dudes!
*Treasure keys appears around the next scene, showing off scenes from Kamen Rider Buccaneer*
Green Melody: I hope you guys have better luck, the less mutiny the better, especially since now you gotta recruit your weapons guy.
*We then see the Melodygers and Buccaneer posing for the camera with Red Melody and Buccaneer standing at the edge of the bow of the galleon*
Melodygers: Let's start!
Buccaneer: SHOWTIME!
Previously, on Musical Sentai Melodyger…
Mikoto Takimoto was asked to join the Melodygers, to which she was hesitant of accepting such a responsibility of leading a team. Even though she did well her first time working at Subarashii Records, her first bout against one of the Akuma no Metal wasn't exactly a smooth ride. She was gonna quit, until the Ongeki no Kami told her about his history with her parents, how he was close with them, and most importantly, that a band cannot operate without a conductor, or in this case, the leader. After defeating the Akuma, and the grand entrance of Melody-Oh, Mikoto agreed to join the team, proper. And now, proceeding to the next movement.
On a seemingly normal day, Kazu was greeting people at Subarashi Records while everyone else was doing their job, bar Neiji, who was trying to practice a certain rhythm on his drums.
"Hmm, that's not it," he said to himself, trying it again, but the process repeated with other problems, his banging getting Kazu's attention.
"Oi, Neiji, will you stop with the beating and try to work?" Kazu demanded of his team's drummer.
"What do you think I'm trying to do here? I'm trying to get the right rhythm down so that it might be effective against You-Know-What."
"Just stop it, will you? Your drum solo isn't going to help anyone. If anything, it'll probably just stun You-Know-What because your position isn't all that important."
"Nandesude (What did you say)?" Neiji snapped, dropping his sticks before stomping towards Kazu, "Are you saying that I'm pointless to the team?"
"No. I'm saying your position is," Kazu informed, "Drummers don't have anything going for them except the beats, and even then, they're still not recognized enough to take the spotlight."
"Take that back."
"Make me."
Neiji just turned away from him for a moment, trying to calm down at first, but then his fist tightened up, the words Kazu spoke cutting deep into him before he turned back to the jazz musician and threw a punch right at his face. Everyone who was there stopped talking and gasped, hearing the sickening pound, Kazu checking his cheek for blood before checking his jaw to straighten it out.
"Ooh… bad move, dude," Kazu winced, cracking his neck before suddenly tackling Neiji to the ground, the two punching each other until Saburo and Mikoto ran over and pulled Neiji and Kazu, respectively, off each other.
"Take that back! Drummers are more valuable than you realize! Take it back, man!" Neiji shouted, struggling to get past Saburo.
"C'mon dude, there's no need to fight about any of this!" Saburo snapped, trying to pry Neiji off Kazu.
"Let him go, Kazu! You're gonna get us in trouble with the boss!" Mikoto added, Kazu trying to get past Mikoto.
"It's not my fault that Neiji took my comment too seriously! He can't handle it when I got more notoriety than players like him," Kazu responded, but then…
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, HOLD UP!" they heard someone shout in English before turning to see the Ongaku no Kami, freezing on the spot as he walked towards the four workers, "Now, can someone tell me what the meaning of this is? No, no, don't tell me now. Kazu-kun, Neiji-kun, I would like to see you two downstairs… now."
Neiji and Kazu glared at each other, Saburo and Mikoto backing off to let them go downstairs.
"They're in real trouble, aren't they?" Mikoto asked.
"I just hope Kami isn't too mad," Saburo gulped.
(Insert Theme: Immortals by Fall Out Boy)
*A Japanese-style flute begins to play with some clapping as notes float across the screen, washing away the previous scene before we see the Melodygers, silhouetted before lights from above shine onto each one and they all pose as the instrumental begins and the titles were soon shaped from notes the Melodygers played their instruments*
Musical Sentai Melodyger
They say we are what we are, but we don't have to be
*We see Mikoto sitting on a chair, looking over her flute before looking towards the camera and waving as the background was replaced with a musical sheet, and Red Melody was shown in front of it, playing her flute before posing for battle*
I'm bad behavior, but I do it in the best way
*Afterwards we see Kazu, playing his saxophone before he looks at the camera and winks with Blue Melody appearing on music sheet background behind Kazu, aiming his Saxozooka*
I'll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame
*We then see Neiji adjusting his drumset with Saburo tuning his guitar before they looked at the camera with a smile and an upward nod of acknowledgment, respectively, and then Green and Yellow Melodies appeared in between them on the music sheet background twirling the Drum Fighting Sticks and holding up the Rocker Axe over the shoulder, also respectively*
I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams
*We follow it up by seeing Jess, playing her Keytar happily with Pink Melody appearing behind her on the music sheet background, firing her Iruka Keytar before swinging it like a sword*
(Ooooooooh!) I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (glass, glass)
*Now we cut to the Akuma no Metal all walking in a straight line towards the Melodygers from their castle before the camera rotates to reveal the Melodygers in Utau Tani, standing, ready to transform*
(Ooooooooh!) I try to picture me without you, but I can't
*The three generals of the Akuma no Metal stood there ready to charge into battle with Ryu Chikara pulling out his 9 arm guitar and playing a deadly tune*
'Cause we could be Immortals, I-I-I, I-Immortals!
*The five teens then pull out their Melody Changers and activated them, transforming into the Melodygers*
Just not for long, for long
*The team then pull out their weapons*
And live with me forever now
We pull the blackout curtains down
*Both sides then stood ready for the battle before they started charging*
Just not for long, for long
*The two sides charged further before they eventually got closer*
We could be Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*They then clashed weapons, the Melodygers getting the upper hand on the grunts before fighting the generals*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The generals get some advantage before they summon a kaiju that began to attack*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The Melodgyers call forth their mecha before they combine into Melody-Oh and begin to fight the kaiju*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*Melody-Oh then finished off the kaiju with a slash before posing, the Melodygers jumping down and reverting to normal*
Imm, I-I-I-Immortals
*As the song comes to a close, we see the five Melodygers in civilian form walking off into the sunset, all of them congratulating each other as their faded Melodyger forms appear in the sky above them, and then the title appears on screen*
Score 3: Battle of the Genres
"Now can someone explain to me what just happened? I come up to check out the hustle and bustle in the store, and I see you two looking like you wanna fight… in the middle of the workplace! That is way past not cool, man," Kami sighed, the three now in the Melodyger's base of operations.
"Basically, saxy-boy here was mocking me and my drumming, and it made me snap and punch him in the face. That's how this whole thing started on my behalf," Neiji answered.
"Alright. Kazu-kun, what's your side of the story?"
"I was greeting customers, I hear his drumming, and I tell him to cut it out and save it for off time. I then commented how his position in the band wouldn't really create that much of an impact to anyone listening and our team and he took it too seriously," Kazu explained.
"Now that I've heard both sides of the story, I can safely say that… it's stupid. Any normal boss would fire you two for fighting on the job," Kami groaned, leaving the two boys to hold their breath, knowing that there was more in store, "But A. I'm not normal, and B. I'm always in a forgiving mood. So I'll let this slide, but I'm warning you two. Fighting each other does the Melodygers no good. If the band suffers internal struggles, then the whole band falls apart; that's the most common reason band's break up."
Neiji and Kazu just looked at each other and sighed for a moment before walking off.
"Op, Kazu-kun. I'm not done with you, yet," Kami informed, making Kazu stop and look back, "Come here, we have a lot to discuss you and I."
"Coming, Kami," Kazu groaned as he walked towards his boss.
Later, Neiji had walked out the door to the downstairs and marched out the door, muttering incoherent things to himself as he took off his work shirt to reveal his normal casual shirt.
"Is Neiji okay?" Mikoto asked.
"He just needs to blow off some steam. As long as I've known him, this is always a sign he needs some privacy. Heard he sometimes listens to Stewart Copeland's works to calm down. Just leave him be," Saburo told the girls as Jess was just tapping her synthesizer.
"I hope he'll be fine after what happened," Jess sighed, looking over to an aisle and got curious, looking for an album by the artist Saburo mentioned.
"If I'm gonna be friends with you guys, I should probably help out in someway," Mikoto offered, being a little more open to helping out in some way, "What do we do now?"
"For now, let's just see how things play out," Saburo responded.
"Hey, we actually do have the Anthology album," Jess replied, "Think he'd like to get one?"
"He already has a copy of that album, Jess, but thanks."
Meanwhile, Neiji was sitting on a bench in the park, headphones over his ears as he nodded his head to the beat in the background of the music. He then hit the pause button on his iPod and took his headset off for a moment before ruffling up his hair in frustration.
"Mou… Kazu-san no baka (that stupid Kazu-san)… not even Copeland's able to help me cool down today. I'm not okay with the words he just said," Neiji muttered to himself, his hands in fists by that point, "My position does have value! It's just… *sigh* Drummers don't get as much coverage as the vocalists, guitarists, or other instruments. Reminds me too much of my childhood."
Neiji just looked down, more upset than he was angry a moment ago before he heard a loud noise, causing him to snap out of it before running towards the source of the sound. He then stopped, eyes widened as he saw a hawk looking creature with wings resembling bows of stringed instruments, a body like an upside down cello, and it was colored red and grey.
"Akuma! Omae, what are you doing!?" Neiji demanded to know, but the hawk refused to listen before playing the strings on his chest with his wings, "Oi, I'm talking to you!"
"Eh? Who dares interrupt the solo of the mighty Cellaka the Magnificent! Oh, nani mono da (who are you)?" the kaijin demanded to know as Neiji put his wrist up to show the changer.
"I'm just a percussionist, and you caught me catching you attacking on the wrong day. I just found a way to vent my anger," Neiji smirked at the last bit before taking out his tuner key and plugging it in, "Melody Change!"
With that, he played the tuner, causing musical notes to fly out as he glowed green, and in a flash of light, he became Green Melody and readied himself.
"EH!? Midori Merodi?!" Cellaka gawked, making Green face fault for a moment before shooting back up.
"It's GREEN MELODY! GET IT RIGHT, YOU DUMBASS!" Green snapped, pulling out his Beat Sticks before charging in at the hawk kaijin.
Cellaka just flew around, avoiding Green before he flew right at him and slashed him with his bow wings, knocking him down. Green groaned before getting up and jumping up, bashing his sticks on the hawk's head, knocking him out of the air but the kaijin landed on his feet.
"You call that a hit? You could barely keep a rhythm let alone knock someone like me down!" Cellaka taunted Green, causing a stress vein to suddenly pop under the Melodyger's helmet.
"Nandesude?!" Green shouted before running right at him again, roaring before smacking him around.
Back at the base, the orchestra of warning instruments rang off, which Kami took note of and walked up to the shopping place.
"Big trouble, guys! Another monster's out on the town, and Neiji's currently out there fighting it," Kami informed.
"Dai pinchi!" Jess gasped.
"Ikimasu! We gotta help him," Mikoto responded, Saburo and Jess nodding before she noticed Kazu coming up, "Kazu, what took you so long?"
"Well, I just sat through a boring history lesson courtesy of Ongaku no Kami about important drummers. It was informative in terms of getting me up to speed on who the major drummers are, a couple examples of the more famous being Ringo Starr of the Beatles and Peter Criss of KISS, but… I just… couldn't get into it. It was so boring, and I don't even understand what the point of it was," Kazu groaned, rubbing his temples.
"You'll understand eventually, Kazu-kun, just know that the one who helps carry the band is often one who doesn't get as much time in the spotlight. Now get out there," Kami told the others, giving Kazu a musical metaphor.
"...Wow, now I know how you feel with your grandma, Mikoto-san," Kazu sighed, Mikoto just rolling her eyes before they ran out.
As Cellaka cawed and flew around, Green was flailing his sticks wildly, trying to bash the bird down, but the hawk kept avoiding his moves before knocking him down again. As he did so, the other four Melodygers finally arrived as he got back up.
"Hang on, Neiji-kun, we're coming!" Jess shouted.
"Stay back! I got this!" Green told them, the four just looking confused for a moment.
Green knelt down before trying to make a huge leap, roaring in rage to finally hit Cellaka again, but from out of nowhere an axe actually blocked his blow.
"Huh?" he gawked before seeing Gnork in the air as he front flip kicked him down.
"Neiji-kun/Neiji!" the four gawked, running over to him.
"Daijoubu?" Mikoto asked, making Green get up and shake off what happened.
"Gnork-sama! Thanks for the save, but I had him where I wanted him," Cellaka thanked before almost whining, Gnork holding his arm up.
"Cellaka, stay back for now. I will handle these twits," Gnork ordered before pulling out his silver bladed axe with a brown handle, demonic details, and aspects of a bass guitar built in, "Kisama ra, you will never see the end of this day! Katede koi (Come at me)!"
With that, Gnork then charged at the group.
"Min'na, change!" Mikoto shouted as the others set up their tuners into their changers.
"Melody Change!" they all shouted, transforming similarly to Green, just in time to spread out and dodge Gnork, who missed and toppled to the ground, tumbling into a nearby garbage can.
"D'oh! Ite te te," Gnork winced, getting up clumsily as the team sweatdropped, unamused by his screw up.
"Who the hell is this?" Yellow asked, finding Gnork to be a joke.
"If this is what the Akuma no Metal have to offer, then I'm pretty sure we've already won," Blue stated cockily.
"Kono mushi-domo (You damned insects), how dare you insult a great Akuma no Metal general!?" Gnork responded in a rage, but despite his intimidating bulk, the retort made him look childish.
"Forget that, how did they make this idiot general?" Pink groaned, facepalming her helmet.
"If he's a general, then that means he must be dangerous," Red pointed out, "Don't underestimate him, he's probably stronger than we think."
"C'mon! He's a complete dolt! The only way we'd lose to him is if we let him win out of pity!" Blue retorted.
"Grr… *raises axe* You WILL TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!" Gnork shouted, charging in at the five, Green and Red dodging swiftly out of the way before Yellow brought out his Rocker Axe to block his own.
"A bassist to counter the guitar, huh? Clever, but I think I will win this rock battle," Yellow scoffed as he and Gnork exchanged slashes with their axes.
"Your type of music is used to fight us? Why use rock music to fight us? We invented it and use it to bring about the destruction of mankind and the coming of our master! This doesn't make sense!" Gnork responded in shock and confusion.
"You're sadly mistaken, Shrek. You see, the rock I play is perfected by mankind, rid of such power. The rock I play… is justice!" Yellow declared, strumming a loud D chord, causing Gnork to be pushed back and knocked to the ground.
"Okay, Saburo-kun, that sounded really corny," Pink admitted as Yellow swung his axe around again.
"You guys shouldn't take your eyes off me!" they heard Cellaka shout before he fired darts from his wings, knocking Pink and Yellow down.
"Jess, Saburo. Grr, I got this birdbrain," Green retorted, twirling his Beat Sticks again before running straight towards the hawk kaijin. Unfortunately, Blue was also charging in at the same time, and as a result, both Melodygers hit each other, knocking each other to the floor in the process, "GRRR! OI! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA RUNNING INTO ME LIKE THAT!?"
"Hey, it's not my fault! I was gonna get him!" Blue defended, dusting himself off.
"So was I! But then you just had to rush in and bump into me like that!"
"I said it wasn't my fault!"
"Will you two pay attention!?" Red shouted at them before they both looked to see Cellaka swing its wing at both of them, the two getting blasted off their feet by the wind and knocked out of the alleyway into the street.
"C'mon, Gnork-sama! Let's split before these music geeks try to strike us down!" Cellaka responded, picking up Gnork, who was knocked out for a good while.
"Uh, what? Oh yeah! I'll be back and finish you fools next time!" Gnork shouted before he strummed a beat on his bass/axe, creating a smoke that made the two vanish.
This made the Melodygers look annoyed before they all demorphed, with Neiji looking really upset at Kazu.
"Seriously, Kazu-san? First the lack of respect for drummers, now this! Why do you insist on getting in my way?!" Neiji demanded to know, clearly miffed about what happened.
"Hey! It's not my fault you stink at fighting and at instrument choice," Kazu countered.
"Stuff it! You just wanna make me feel like I'm not important… just like everybody else did," Neiji growled, starting to tear up at the last bit, "I just… I just want some recognition! I want some damn respect! ...But I should've known… drummers get the least amount of credit in any band… yet without them, the band has no real direction, no beat to keep them on track..."
"...Neiji, I…" Kazu reacted, having realized what Kami meant by the riddle, and feeling a lot of regret for saying those things.
"If you think I suck that bad at the drums… *hands drumsticks to Kazu* then I don't belong in this group anymore!"
Neiji then just turned around and ran away to go have a cry, the others unsure of what to do as Kazu stared at the sticks before yelling in frustration and throwing them down on the ground. Frustrated with himself, Kazu stormed the opposite direction, leaving Saburo and the girls with sad looks on their faces.
"This is not what I agreed to," Mikoto sighed before Saburo walked in the direction that Neiji ran off to, "Where are you going?"
"Where else? I'm gonna go talk to Neiji. He and I go way back, so maybe I can help him feel better," Saburo informed as he left.
"I'm coming with you."
"I'll go to Kazu-san," Jess offered, "I'll be back when he's come to."
Meanwhile, Neiji was at another part of the park, crying with his head down on the table. Next to him was a box of tissues almost completely empty before he looked to see Mikoto and Saburo walk towards him.
"Saburo, Mikoto-san, what do you two want?" Neiji asked, sniffling a bit before he wiped his tears.
"We came to talk to you," Saburo replied, "I know you're still upset about what Kazu said, but-"
"It's not just Kazu-san, Saburo… I've been ignored my whole life!" Neiji shouted, surprising Mikoto, "You don't know what it's like to feel unimportant, invisible to everyone, nobody saw me as useful! I never had any purpose, I was always picked last, and there's no use I can contribute to anything! ...I heard drummers were the most important members of a band, which is partly why I became one, but I'm still just as useless as I always was! Neglected, forgotten, ignored… I don't think I'm cut out for anything anymore."
"I… I understand how you feel, Neiji," Mikoto sighed, making Neiji look at her, "...I feel the same way sometimes. Hell, I've practically made myself invisible since my parent's died. I had no friends, I wanted to be alone… until you, Saburo, Kazu, Jess-chan, everyone of you guys came to be my friends despite my stubbornness."
"...I'm glad to know that, but it wasn't the first time I ended up being someone's first friend… When Neiji was just a kid, I was the first one to finally approach him and give him the attention that he deserved," Saburo pointed out to Mikoto, Neiji starting to smile a bit.
"...You're right. You were the first one that gave me value, Saburo. That other people might like me and that I felt like I was worth something! But when Kazu-san said those things, it just dragged up all those worthless feelings again… I don't even know why I got myself so worked up in the first place," Neiji admitted, wiping the last of his tears.
"Do you see now, Neiji? You're not worthless, you are just as vital to the team as anyone else is. In fact, if it weren't for you, we would never pick up on the rhythm that keeps the band going," Saburo replied, making Neiji smile in response.
"And if you ever feel this way again, just know that you're never alone. You have others who can empathize with you, and give you that motivation you need. Understand?" Mikoto smiled, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"...Hai. Wakarimasu… now how about we find Kazu-san and work this whole thing out. I think my mind's a little clearer now," Neiji sighed, getting up and straightening his clothes.
"Right. Let's," Saburo responded before they walked off.
At Subarashii Records, Kazu was playing his sax with his eyes closed, playing some sort of jazz number, but somehow found himself not being able to find the right rhythm. He then just yelled in frustration before putting his sax down.
"You ventin' some stress?" he heard Jess ask as she walked in the store.
"...Tryin' and failin'. I just can't find the rhythm now…" Kazu groaned before sitting by the counter, "I feel like a total jerk for how I treated Neiji."
"...I see… well, do you really think he's bad with the drums?"
"No! Far from it, I just called him out for his type of players being second rate. Though when he snapped at me earlier, I realized drummers are the most important players in any band. Without them, there's no beat to go on, no rhythm to play with, and I made him feel like he was useless! Graagh, why I am such an ass!?" Kazu groaned, feeling like he should punch himself when Jess just wrapped her arms around his shoulders from behind to give him a hug.
"It's okay. I don't think you're an ass. You're a valued member of the team. Maybe you didn't realize that your opinion struck a nerve with Neiji-kun, and I'm pretty sure that you had a good point. Yes, drummers don't get that much time in the spotlight, but where would bands be without them, right?"
"...Yeah, you have a good point. I mean… I was almost obsessed with getting the spotlight when playing, and who wouldn't want that kind of attention in a concert? But I shouldn't have been like that. I should've given him a chance. I was wrong on so many levels when I said those things to him. I wish I can just take it all back."
"...Just apologize," he heard Neiji said as he and Jess turned to see him, Saburo, and Mikoto walking back into the store.
"Neiji!" Kazu gasped as Jess got off of him before he stood up.
"I'm sorry I worked myself up at your comments. It's just that they've opened up old wounds that I really hoped would stay closed," Neiji sighed, "I can't believe I let those memories control me…"
"Pfft, like you should be apologizing. I'm the one who dragged those thoughts back to the surface and made you feel like garbage. So therefore, I should be the one apologizing."
"...Yeah, fights like these often lead to the break up of so many great bands. Guns 'n' Roses, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, the Clash… even the Police…"
"...So there was a purpose to Kami's history lesson after all. I never shoulda doubted your abilities in the first place," Kazu sighed before the two looked each other in the eyes and said…
"I'm sorry, dude."
With that, they both pounded fists, shook hands, and hugged it out. After that, they let go and smiled.
"Quick play session to make up? Try to keep with the beat," Neiji smirked as Kazu was about to answer before they saw people screaming and running outside.
"Hold that thought, sounds like we got trouble," Kazu replied as they rushed out to see Cellaka appearing again, "Mata teme ka (You again)?"
"Melodygers?! Well, good thing I wound up near what sources tell me to be your base. Because after I defeat all of you, I'll have my Metal Imps storm the place and destroy it!" Cellaka laughed.
"You won't be doing such things, Akuma! Min'na, change!" Neiji declared, the others nodding as he lead the sequence.
"Melody Change!" they all shouted, all transforming at once.
"The Classical Musician, Red Melody!"
"The Jazz Musician, Blue Melody!"
"The Percussion Musician, Green Melody!"
"The Rock Musician, Yellow Melody!"
"The Synth Musician, Pink Melody!"
"Our music will reach out to everyone in the world!" all five of them shouted, "Musical Sentai... Melodyger!"
"Metal Imps!" Cellaka called as the Imps appeared and got ready to battle.
"We are here to bring a score of peace. From the Top!" Green Melody said, as they all charged at the imps and Cellaka to fight them.
(Insert Song: The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy)
The five charged in and struck the imps while scattering. Red pulled out her Flute Slasher and slashed them before playing a tune that caused a musical bar to pop up and wrap around the group of imps. She then ran towards the bonded imps and slashed them all at once. Yellow swung his axe, knocking all the imps around with ease. It took him little time as Pink joined him by knocking some more imps with her Keytar Cleaver.
"Solo time?" Pink asked.
"Solo time." Yellow smirked before flipping his axe around and played a tune, Pink joining in.
Their harmonizing solos created yellow and purple lightning that zapped the imps and made them explode.
"Yeah!" they both shouted.
Blue was busy blasting Imps as Green charged at Cellaka, whacking him around with his Beat Sticks. Cellaka roared before flying up and then dove towards Green and Blue to slash at them, but they dodged out of the way before Blue fired his Saxozooka, causing him to fall out of the air and hit the ground hard.
"Okay, time to finish him off! Follow my lead!" Green declared, jumping up and bringing his Beat Sticks out on both sides before banging them in the air to a particular rhythm, the sound of the big drums making Cellaka disoriented.
"Oh I see what you're on to," Yellow smirked before jumping in and placing his axe into position before strumming a riff to the beat and just getting into it.
"Yeah, c'mon birdbrain! Can't handle the beat? Kazu-san!"
"Prepare to be amazed!" Blue declared before blowing his sax to a triumphant tune to go along with the riff and the pounding of the drums, making Cellaka scream in pain, unable to focus anywhere or on any one person.
Soon the song they were playing evolved into an orchestral battle cry, the girls amazed by the composition before the boys stopped for a moment to let it build and then finishing it with one more piece.
"Ichi Gakcho, Melody Finish!" the three shouted as Green raised his arms while Blue and Yellow got towards the end before finally slamming his sticks down for the final blow, causing Cellaka to explode.
"Whoa," Yellow gawked, amazed by the attack as Green twirled his sticks.
"And that's how it's done," Green stated, smirking at the victory.
"Not bad, Neiji. In fact that was… pretty cool," Blue admitted with a slick chuckle before they gave each other a forearm bump.
"Grrr! No! I can't let this happen! I'll show you puny insects how to rock!" they heard Gnork shout before he started a heavy bass solo, causing the remaining pieces of Cellaka to attach back together and for him to grow to giant size.
"Holy crap!" Yellow gawked as the giant Akuma screeched in rage, "What next?"
"It's obvious," Red replied before she and the others pulled out their small handheld tuners, each with the head of their respective mecha and plugged them into their changers, "Ongeki Dobutsu… Joshou (Rise)!"
With that, the mecha came charging in from the distance and all five Melodygers jumped into their respective animal. The five Dobutsu prepared to attack Cellaka at the same time, and succeeded, knocking him down in the process.
"Here we go. Musical Gattai!" Red declared as the five Dobutsu roared and combined to form Melody-Oh, causing an orchestral piece to play, which sounded like a flute, saxophone, set of drums, electric guitar, and synthesizer keyboard to play melodiously, causing the mecha, the Ongeki Dobutsu, to screech/roar in response before jumping in the air all at once. The tiger and orca folding up their bodies before rotating and appearing to look like arms as the gorilla folded its own limbs up and rotated to form what looked like an upper body, which the tiger and orca attached to as the left and right arm respectively. The rhino then rushed forward before its body opened up and began to move like legs, with the rhino's head almost acting like a belt, the torso soon connecting on before the hawk flew in and its wings folded inward, the body attaching to the back before the bird's head came off and landed on top of the body, forming the head of the mecha, which opened its mouth to reveal the silver face with green eyes. The mecha posed gracefully before we see a firework explode behind it, and we look inside to see the cockpit, with Red behind the 'conductor's podium', and the others sitting alongside her with similar 'conductor's podiums' in front of them.
"Melody-Oh! On Stage!" the five declared as Red Melody began to conduct the mecha into charging in and fighting Cellaka.
The two giants then traded blows, Melody-Oh quickly getting the upper hand by slicing from all directions with its sword. Cellaka just screeched in pain after getting knocked back before Melody-Oh prepared its sword, the blade glowing a rainbow of colors as it moved the blade around while the Melodygers conducted in a fashion to make the music coming from the mecha get louder and louder.
"Melody-Oh! Ongeku Giri!" they all shouted as Melody-Oh winded its arm back before delivering the final downward slash, making Cellaka screech out in pain again as sparks were flying.
"K-Kuso… I never even got to do a solo!" Cellaka screamed out before falling back and exploding in defeat.
"Your Ninth Symphony has arrived," Red declared as she bowed in the cockpit, Melody-Oh just standing victoriously.
Later, Neiji, Saburo, and Kazu were back at the Subarashii Records, Neiji setting up his drums again while Saburo and Kazu were tuning up their respective instruments.
"So, what should we play?" Saburo pondered, particularly asking Neiji.
"How about we let Kazu-san decide this?" Neiji suggested.
"Hmm… how about we play that song from the Blues Brothers," Kazu asked.
"Soul Man?"
"Yes."
"Alright, let's," Neiji nodded, the three getting ready while the girls and Kami watched, "One, two, three!"
The trio then began to play the song, and harmonizing perfectly with each other.
"Comin' to ya on a dusty road. Good lovin' I got a truck load. And when you get it, you got something. So don't worry 'cause I'm coming. I'm a soul man! I'm a soul man!" the three sang as they played on to their hearts' content.
Nearby, Jess, Mikoto, and Kami just smiled, clapping for the boys' performance, happy that they were a cohesive unit again.
(Insert Theme: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day)
*As the song began, we see the place is grey and lonely as our focus goes from the ground and scrolls up to see Mikoto*
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known
*She starts walking down said road with her hands in her jacket pocket*
Don't know where it goes, But it's home to me and I walk alone
*Her expression looks to be that of sorrow and pain as she walks*
I walk this empty street, on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
*The place then lights up with color as she turns to see Kazu walking up to her along with Jess, both of them smiling at her and waving*
Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone
*Neiji then leaps over with Saburo following behind him, both joining the other Melodygers and giving a peace greeting to Mikoto*
I walk alone, I walk alone…
*She looks at all of her new friends, who all smile at her and even give her a thumbs up*
I walk alone, I walk a…
*With that, Mikoto gives a smile and they all soon run off*
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
*They look to see the Akuma no Metal in the midst of invading their town*
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
*Ryu Chikara was seen standing atop his mountain on a throne while the three generals stand ready with an army of grunts*
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
*The five turned to see Ongaku no Kami appear and give them a nod, allowing them to pull out their Melody Changers and tuners.*
'Til then I walk alone~
*As the instrumental ends, we see them change into Melodygers before charging into battle, taking out the imps and kaijin with Melody-Oh on standby*
Jikai, Musical Sentai Melodyger
Kami: There are many more Ongeki Dobutsu out there, many more to help us.
Jess: How will we know where to find them?
Kami: You all are masters of one instrument, but to summon one of the other Ongeki Dobutsu, you must master another instrument and synchronize it with your souls.
Kazu: Rather complex, don'tcha think?
Mikoto: Worth a try, though.
Jess: ...No way.
Score 4: Pop Rock the Orca
From Coda to the Top
TB & KKD: EXCELLENT! *air guitar*
KKD: What a way to make a grand comeback.
TB: I'll say. I know I've said this before, but the story can only get better from here. What did you think about this chapter?
KKD: Pretty darn cool. Really glad those two made up, and it's cool that we get to see them go all "Final Attack Ride-Hibiki"-style on the kaijin.
TB: Same here. That was an incredible moment for Neiji and Kazu to triumph over their own personal turmoil.
KKD: Yea, it sure was. So, shall we blitz over to Buccaneer and set sail?
TB: You forgot that we always discuss favorite parts first.
KKD: Oh, right. I did forget. It's kinda hard to pin down, but I think the final attack by the trio, and Neiji and Kazu making up, are the closest I can think of.
TB: As usual, I like the dramatic bits where the kids admit their weaknesses and are always helped by those they care about as well as the action. That final attack was well done, and I also like the Blues Brothers reference at the end.
KKD: Never saw that movie, or heard the group before doing the research on the one song, but it was a nice touch.
TB: Mind if I borrow one of those Eyecons?
KKD: Which one? *gets ready to pluck one off the 'necklace'*
TB: The one that can help me jump far distances while looking like a streak of fog.
KKD: Let's see here… sounds to me like the one you want is… *plucks off a yellow Eyecon.* This one, Crazy Horse.
TB: Thank you. *takes the Eyecon before pushing the button on the side* See you over at Buccaneer. SEIYAA! *jumps into the air and turns to a streak of fog*
KKD: I'll go with… *plucks off a black Eyecon* Hattori Hanzo. Always did have a thing for the ninjas. Until next time, JAA NE~! *zips away and vanishes in smoke*
