DENSHA SENTAI LINERANGER

Fourth Stop: Pink Comet

"I see you're making new friends," observed Ant as Yuji sat in the ChronoLiner's dining car, enjoying some coffee while the others sat around doing their own thing. Yuji and Warren were having a game of Chess as Warren had challenged him while Ryan and Craig were playing Poker.

"He did help us out," said Ryuki. "I just thought it would be rude not to invite him over. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with me."

"Ryuji, right?" asked Ant.

"He's not happy about it," admitted Ryuki.

Ant rolled his eyes and commented, "When is he ever happy?"

Ryuki who was missing the sarcasm simply stated, "When he's with Kotonoha."

Ant realized something, "Hey, you don't put '-san' at the end of everyone's names anymore."

Ryuki explained, "Using the '-san' honorific might be polite with acquaintances, but with close friends it seems to put some kind of distance between us and I'd rather refer to close friends by first name basis. Of course I still refer to you as 'Ant-san' due to your status as our superior."

"You never needed to be formal with me in the first place, Ryuki," said Ant. "So, where's Ryuji right now?"

Ryuki smiled, "Where else?"

"Ryuji-kun, why are you so angry?" Kotonoha asked. She and Ryuji had returned to her house after their date. Well, their date had been interrupted by the Horrors but they thought they could salvage it in the evening. She'd invited him over for dinner. Right now they were sitting on the couch together.

"I'm not angry," he denied, frowning.

He wouldn't get away that easily. "Yes, you are. You've been scowling ever since we left the shopping district and you were also rude to Fudo-san. To be honest it's scary."

Ryuji sighed. The last thing he wanted to do is to scare his girlfriend. "I'm fine," he told her. "It's just that he saved you and that annoys the hell out of me?"

Kotonoha blinked in confusion, "Huh?"

"I'm your boyfriend. I'm supposed to be one to rescue you and I couldn't do a damn thing!" His fists clenched. "And then he shows up and uses flashy moves to save you and beat the Horrors while we're stuck watching." He added, his expression softening, "I know…I know I'm being ungrateful. I should be glad you're safe but I just can't help but be pissed off that he saved you and not me."

Pride, it was all because of pride.

Kotonoha caressed his face and he looked up at her as she leaned in to softly kiss his lips. She then pulled back, smiling serenely, "I'm happy enough that you care so much about me."

"Why shouldn't I?" he huffed. "You're my girl." He puts his arm around her and pulls her close. She leans against him, smiling.

This was true love. While she thought what she had with Makoto could've been considered love, it had only been attraction and infatuation on his part while she had seriously loved him. He, however, had broken her heart but Ryuji came and mended it with his kindness.

Not many saw Ryuji's kindness, but she did. She saw beyond his rough, tough guy surface and the scowl on his face to see a kind soul. She saw a hero as well when he donned the Liner Blue identity and became one of Sakakino's heroes, a member of the Densha Sentai Lineranger.

"Tadaima!" Kokoro called as she entered the house after spending the day with her friends. She saw the scene and beamed, "Konnichiwa, Ryuji-niichan."

Ryuji cracked an eye open at Kokoro. "Hey, Kokoro-chan."

Kokoro liked Ryuji. While she had been initially wary of him because he seemed so intimidating, she quickly warmed up to him. After finding about what Makoto did to her sister, she instantly disliked him much like Ryuji did. Of course Ryuji's dislike for Makoto Itou border-lined on homicidal intent. That was why he would try to avoid Makoto as much as he could, or at least have Kotonoha present. That was because he wasn't sure if he could control himself if left alone with Makoto. "Konbanwa, Ryuji-niichan," Kokoro returned the greeting. "So, how was your date?" she inquired.

Meanwhile, Sauron was sitting in her throne and listening to Grimm's report. He mentioned a 'Gold Ranger' and that made Sauron scowl.

"All they need is a pink one now," murmured Sauron. She was watching Halcyon Knight remove his armor to reveal an all too familiar face ad she scowled, "I should've known."

Grimm looked to her, "You know him, Mistress?"

Sauron nodded, "Yes, unfortunately. I met him during my initial attempt of Multiversal conquest."

"Swank place you got here, Sally. Really fits your dominant nature," Yuji complimented as he walked into the throne room. Yuki nodded in agreement as she followed after him.

Grimm reached for his weapon, "Intruders!"

"Stand down, Grimm!" Sauron ordered.

"But, Mistress!"

Sauron glared at him, "Don't make me repeat myself."

Yuji shook his head, "Seriously, dude, you don't want her to repeat herself. Bad things happen when she does."

"How did you find me and get in here?" Sauron demanded, shifting her attention to Yuji and Yuki.

"Well, you did invite me, remember? Oh wait, we were supposed to wait for you, weren't we?" Yuji palmed his face, "Shit, my bad."

"Mistress, who is he?" Rosalinda whispered.

"Someone I can't believe I consider a friend," Sauron grumbled.

"A friend?" Rosalinda blinked in confusion.

"Unfortunately..." Sauton sighed.

Rosalinda smiled and then bowed, "Well, if you are a friend then I welcome you to our home. I am Rosalinda."

Yuji nodded with a smile, "Yuji Fudo, pleasure to make your acquaintance, Missy. This here's my baby sister, Yuki."

Yuki's eyes were trained on Sauron, as if she were thinking of something.

Yuji noticed the spaced out look in her eyes and waved a hand in front of her, "Yuki? Hello?"

Yuki then bowed, "Nice to meet you..."

"Likewise," Sauron returned, oblivious to the blush that was creeping upon Yuki's cheeks.

"Mistress, but he destroyed the Horror I sent out and…" Grimm tried to say.

"Leave."

"Mistress?" Grimm questioned.

"I said leave," she repeated, her claws digging into the armrests of her throne.

"…Yes, Mistress," he obeyed.

"And bring some drinks," Sauron added.

Grimm bowed and walked out of the throne room, but not before throwing a glare at Yuji and Yuki.

"So, your sister, was it?" asked Sauron.

Yuji got behind Yuki and put his shoulder on her, "You don't remember my adorable little sis, Sally? She was that silver dragon that always sat in the back of the cave we used to live in."

Sauron blinked as she recognized her eyes, "Oh, right. So, do you mind explaining what you were thinking interfering in my plans?"

"Actually, my intention was to save the girl," Yuji corrected, "but I got a little ahead of myself. Don't get me wrong, Sally. Now that I'm involved, I'm gonna make it my mission to fight you when the time is right, just like in the good ol' days."

"So, you'll assist the Linerangers then," Sauron reasoned.

"Hey, I'm a man of justice," he shrugged. "It's how I roll."

"Justice is an overrated concept," Sauron countered.

"Well, fighting evil is in my nature, so you know what I mean," Yuji argued.

"So why didn't you kill me when you had the chance all those years ago?" Sauron asked.

"I don't kill friends," he responded, "Despite my nature, I just can't bring myself to do kill someone I consider a friend."

Sauron blinked in surprise, "Me? You consider me, a demon who feeds on the flesh of humans, who corrupts them with my Horrors, a FRIEND?" She found the idea laughable.

"You're excellent company, Sally. Even Yuki is cheered up whenever you came around to our cave, even if she doesn't show it."

Sauron reminded, "You do realize that I've come close, twice, to taking over the Multiverse, right? I think if you want to be my friend you should be working WITH me instead of against me."

Yuji waves it off, "That's in the past, Sally. And besides, fighting you does provide me good sport and exercise. Might as well fight on the opposite side to make things look convincing."

Sauron asked, "Can you say the Linerangers will trust you if they find out about our friendship?"

Yuji answered, "I know one who will wanna try and kill me, but I can take all of them besides that Warren guy. He looks like he may put up quite a fight. But the other four are no challenge for me, should they wish to do battle with me."

"True..." she hesitantly agreed.

Yuji then clapped his hands with a smile, "So, why don't we have ourselves a feast then?"

"You do know I have a taste for human flesh," she reminded.

"I have no problem with that. I used to eat humans too."

Rosalinda nodded, "I'll have the cooks prepare something that did not come from the dungeon."

"Wonderful," he smiled. Yuki nodded as her stomach growled, while she looks down.

The cooks prepared the food as Sauron, her family, and her guests were seated at the dining table. The table was filled with mouthwatering food.

"And these are our children: Demona and Damon," Rosalinda introduced her children.

Yuji smiled, "Wow, didn't figure you were the type to have kids, Sally. Looks like you've been changing since that time."

"I needed heirs to my kingdom," Sauron explained.

"Good point."

Kotoneko flew out of her lamp and into a seat, "Hello~! Nice to meet everyone, nya!" She wore a leopard skin bra, gold translucent pants, and gold bracelets. She also had gold eyes, a black tail, and black cat ears.

Sauron blinked and pointed, "OK, why do you have Ifrit's girl?"

"Oh, this is Kotoneko," Yuji introduced, "my genie."

"Nice to meet you, nya!" she greeted.

Sauron grinned, "I guess that's one of the reasons Ifrit doesn't like you."

"Maybe," he shrugged, "I found Kotoneko in a lamp when I was traveling around in Egypt. Don't remember what world it was though. Anyway, I found her in a tomb and things went from there ever since."

"Master has been very kind to me these past few hundred years, nya!" Kotoneko beamed.

"135 years to be exact..." Yuki corrected subtly.

"I used to serve a very young pharaoh. She was a very kind person, nya. But then a wicked sorcerer and his mistress trapped me within the lamp, nya!" She snapped her fingers and the lamp projected images of the Pharaoh, the Sorcerer, and his mistress. They resembled Setsuna, Makoto, and Sekai respectively. "I was sealed in the lamp for 2000 years, nya... Then Master found me and we've been the best of friends, nya!"

Sauron chuckled, "You really are a softie, Yuji."

"Well, you know me," he shrugged, "I can never leave a girl alone when they cry."

Sauron agreed, "No, you never could."

Yuji complimented, "But you, on the other hand, have done well for yourself. Finally managed to get yourself a kingdom and all."

"Yes, but I want more." Greed shone in Sauron's eyes.

"You were always the ambitious type," he chuckled.

"And you will interfere, won't you?"

"Only when I have to, Sally."

"I will keep conquering until the Multiverse calls me its King."

Yuji took a sip of wine before he spoke, "Yup, that ambition of yours always did amuse me, despite your evil quirks."

Sauron quipped, "Quirks? I'm the embodiment of darkness."

Yuji shot back, "And you're darkness was no match for Merlin. It was hilarious to see you come back to my cave covered in ash and soot from his fire spells."

"Humiliating," she frowned. She never thought an old man like him could defeat her so easily.

"Don't pout, Sally. You were always cute when you came to me like that, especially with that one hair that was on fire like a candle on your head."

"Shut up," she grumbled.

Grimm was confused... by how someone like this can speak so candidly with Sauron. It didn't make sense to him how his Mistress could allow this person to speak to her like that. It even shocked him when she'd invited him to have dinner with her.

Yuji looked out the corner of his eye, "Something upsetting you, Grimm?"

"How dare you have that tone with our Mistress?" he demanded with a scowl.

"Grimm, leave," Sauron ordered.

"But…"

"Now."

He was about to leave when Yuji spoke up, "Before you go, Grimm, it's called friendship. Maybe you should look into it. You may like what you find," he smiled.

"So, Yuji, this is all a game to you, isn't it? Good VS Evil and all that."

"It's been like that since even before Lord Bahamut and the Dragon Queen, Tiamat, have come into existence," he sagely explained. "I'm just a piece in the game of life, but a very powerful one at that."

Sauron grinned, "Let's play then. I know your strengths so that means I will need to create more powerful Horrors."

Yuji grinned back "Good point. I'll be waiting for the time that it's my turn to get on the board."

Demona looked to Yuji and asked innocently, "Are you really Papa's friend?"

Yuji smiled, "Indeed I am, little sprite. Why do you ask?"

"Shouldn't you help Papa?"

Yuji nodded, "You have a point, little one. But friends do fight all the time and unfortunately, sometimes my nature as a Gold Dragon prevents me from making my own choices. It's a sacred duty that's literally in my blood."

Sauron looked down to her, "And Demona, friends like to play games with each other."

"Good point, Sally!" Yuji agreed.

"Don't call me Sally!" Sauron snapped.

After the meal when Yuji and Yuki left, Sauron decided to play her hand. "Grimm, I need you to make me a Horror and harvest me some fear." She had plans, big plans. There was a nest of Horror eggs that needed negative energy and what better source than fear.

"I do as you command, Mistress," said Grimm as he obeyed before vanishing into a dark portal.

"Well, Yuji," said Sauron calculatingly as she tapped her fingers together, "If you wanna play so much then let's play."

At a construction site, night had fallen and the workers were all heading home after a hard day's work. One of them, of course, lived alone. His wife and children had left him since he could not make ends meet and whenever he returned home from work, he had nothing but beer. Still, he needed to make a living. Maybe if he worked hard enough then his wife and kids would return. However, bit by bit, he found his faith fading away.

As Grimm appeared in the mortal realm, he spotted his target whose back was facing him. He held a Horror Seed between his two fingers and tossed it at the back of the person's neck. The seed dug into the man's neck and took root before the man doubled over and screamed in pain before being overtaken by the darkness within the seed as the Horror within burst to life and took over his mind, body and soul, devouring every piece of his humanity. The man's body became muscular with his fist resembling spiked mace balls and a head that looked like a spike-covered skull.

"Go, and create fear!" Grimm commanded and the Mace Horror went to do his work.

Kotonoha, Ryuji and Kokoro were having dinner when the house suddenly began to shake. "Earthquake!" shrieked Kotonoha. She and her sister went under the table, but not Ryuji. This didn't feel right. Suddenly, the earthquake just stopped.

"What happened?" asked Kokoro, panicked and wondering why the earthquake would just suddenly stop like that.

That was when Ryuji's phone began to ring and he flipped it open. He read the message and stood up to leave. "I have to go," he said. Kotonoha knew why he had to leave and simply said to him, "Be careful, Ryuji-kun."

The Mace Horror hurled explosive mace balls at a building, destroying it. The explosions were causing a panic which was what its master wanted. It then went on to cause more damage when all of a sudden the ChronoLiner sped by in front of it before flying off, leaving behind the Linerangers in their uniforms and gripping their DenGashers in Sword Mode.

"Minna, ikuzo!" ordered Liner Red before they all charged at the Mace Horror.

The Mace Horror roared and then shot mace balls at the Linerangers, causing explosions to erupt all around them. Grimm was watching the battle from a distance and decided to provide the Horror with backup.

Lesser Horrors suddenly appeared, surrounding the Linerangers and Red ordered, "Take them out!"

"No need to tell me twice!" said Green as he sliced a Horror in half before he took out one of his Necro Guns and began shooting. Yellow was also cutting Horrors down, sending the black demons from whence they came. Lightning bolts even lanced from his DenGasher, striking them down.

Black was using Shunpo and in a flash all the Horrors had wounds bursting with black blood. At the same time Red was unleashing bursts of flames with every swing of his sword, incinerating them. Meanwhile, Blue was making his way towards the Mace Horror, freezing the Lesser Horrors in his path. The cannon fodder did not interest him. He was after the main threat and would defeat it alone.

"You're mine!" said Blue as he engaged the Mace Horror. Mace-like fists of the Horror connected with the blade of Blue's DenGasher, causing an explosion of sparks. Blue then hurled a fist across the Horror's face, wincing since it hurt because of its hard face. The Horror swung a fist at Blue who ducked and then he ran the Horror through. He temporarily looked triumphant only to be disappointed as the Mace Horror slammed Liner Blue hard in the face, sending him flying backwards. His sword fell a distance away from him. He got back up and prepared to attack with his powers but the Mace Horror hurled several explosive mace balls at him. Liner Blue cried out as the explosions injured him and hurled him through the air.

Liner Blue was on the ground, groaning in pain. The others were busy dealing with the Lesser Horrors so they couldn't help him. However, someone did come to his rescue.

"FULL CHARGE!"

A pink blade flew out of nowhere and sliced at the Horror's chest, causing it to cry out as it staggered back. The blade then spun back around, hitting the Horror in the back with a slash before returning to its wielder.

The others were stunned as walking towards them was a PINK Lineranger.

"Liner Pink has arrived!" the Pink Ranger declared.

Liner Blue recognized the voice of the pink Lineranger. "Teresa…?"

"Hey," Teresa confirmed her identity as she nodded and help him up. Her Lineranger suit was similar to theirs only that it included a pink miniskirt.

"You're a Ranger now too?" Blue asked.

"Yes, and I just got my equipment," confirmed Pink.

"Here," said Ant as he gave the pink Liner Pass to Teresa. "It's time for you to fight by their side."

"Thank you," said Teresa as she took the Liner Pass as the belt formed around her waist.

"So, when do I get my gear?" asked Vash expectantly.

The Linerangers regrouped, and welcomed their newest member. Now there were six of them.

"Now with Teresa, it's time to tell this Horror who are." He looked to Teresa/Liner Pink. "Are you ready to join?"

Liner Pink nodded. "Yes!"

"Then follow our lead! Liner Red! Draco!"

"Liner Black! Wraith!"

"Liner Blue! Ifrit!"

"Liner Yellow! Oni!"

"Liner Green! Mortuary!"

"Liner Pink! Claymore!"

Red continued, "The tracks of life stretch infinitely and we will defend it! Ore-tachi wa…"

"DENSHA SENTAI LINERANGER! SANJOU!"

"Ikuzo!" Red ordered as they charged at the Mace Horror.

"Let's finish this off together!" ordered Liner Red as he gripped his Liner Pass and swiped it across the Liner Buckle as the others copied his motions.

"FULL CHARGE!"

The six Linerangers seemed to be riding along train tracks in their respective colors and speeding towards the Mace Horror. Liner Red landed the first hit, causing flames to lick the Horror's body. Then Liner Black landed a hit, causing the Horror's black blood to erupt from the wounds. Liner Yellow then landed a hit which was electrified. Liner Green hit the Mace Horror with a slash laced with green necroplasm. Liner Blue then hit it with a slash that froze it solid in ice. Finally, Liner Pink brought her blade down and the Horror was shattered to pieces.

Sauron pounded her fist upon her armrest in frustration and decided to take things up a level. She sent her Lesser Horrors at the remains of the Mace Horror which then caused the Mace Horror to revive and then grow into a giant.

"Ant, send the Liner Machines," said Red into his communicator. That was when the portal opened and Liner Engine burst out pulling along the trains cars which contained the Liner Machines. Only this time, there was an additional train car attached at the rear.

"That's mine," said Pink as the train cars opened up to reveal their vehicles which the Linerangers boarded. Liner Pink's Liner Machine was a black stealth jet with pink trim. While in the car its wings were folded up but now they were unfolded to their true width. The Liner Machines then went on the move.

Red, inside the Liner Engine, called out, "Liner Gattai!" With the command given, the first five Liner Machines combined to form their gestalt mecha with Liner Engine as the torso, Liner Drill and Gyro as the arms, and finally Liner Fire and Liner Marine as the legs. "Complete! Lineroh!"

"Don't forget about me!" said Pink as her Liner Jet attached to the back of Lineroh, forming wings for the gestalt before Pink was carried up to the main cockpit to join the others.

"Welcome aboard, Teresa," said Black.

"Happy to be on board," said Pink.

Red then called out the name of the new combination, "Jet Lineroh! All Aboard!"

Jet Lineroh and the Mace Horror both stared each other down, circling each other. That was when Lineroh immediately made his move. It struck forward with its drill but the Mace Horror countered and hurled an explosive mace at Jet Lineroh, causing an explosion that made the gestalt stagger and nearly flatten a building behind it if it hadn't caught itself.

"Guys, we have wings," Pink reminded.

That immediately gave them an idea on how to deal with the Mace Horror. Jet Lineroh then took flight and the Mace Horror began hurling explosive maces which only missed as Jet Lineroh zigzagged and rolled through the air.

"If it wants to play with fire it's going to get burnt!" said Red.

"Gyro Slasher!" called out Black and the Liner Gyro tossed its rotor blades at the Horror. The rotor blades spun so fast that it looked like a disc and it slashed the Horror across the body before it returned to Lineroh.

"Cryo Torpedoes!" called out Blue as Lineroh's leg which was the Liner Marine fired torpedoes that froze the Mace Horror on the spot.

"Now, to finish it! This is the end of the line for you!" called out Liner Red and the others. "JET LINER KICK!"

Jet Lineroh used a drop kick as it dove towards the Mace Horror and the demon exploded as it was shattered to pieces.

"Yatta," said Kotonoha in relief as she saw it on the news.

"Wow, that looks awesome!" said Kokoro as she saw the new Jet Lineroh.

Yuji and Yuki were in their home, watching the battle on their TV, while sitting on their couch.

"They can fly…" Yuki noted.

"Kihihihi," Yuji chuckled in a creepy way, "That McCrown is full of surprises!" He then heard a knock at the door and rose to answer it. "I'm comin'," he responded before opening his door. He looked down to see a 5 year-old girl with short blue hair under a yellow bandana, blood-red eyes, and dressed in a white sailor shirt and blue shorts. A backpack was slung on her shoulders.

"Hi, Daddy!" the girl chirped as she hugged Yuji's legs.

Yuji chuckled, "Well now, what do we have here? What's your name, little one?"

"Dizzy," the girl responded.

"So if I'm your daddy, who's your mommy?"

She dug in her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "Mommy wrote this for you," she smiled.

Yuji took the paper and read the contents.

"A present for you, Yuji. Yes, this girl is our child. No, we did NOT have sex. Wouldn't even dream of it! She's simply a genetic combination of our DNA. I'm sure even you know what that is. Anyway, she is a gift from me to you. Take care of our little Dizzy, as I have much to do. I'm sure you will have no problem raising her. PS: she has some clothes but you're on your own with everything else. With hate, Sauron."

Yuji chuckled as he finished the letter, "Well, this oughta be interesting." He then picked up Dizzy in his arms and smiled, "I bet you're hungry, right?" She cutely nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck as he went inside and shut the door.

KAMEN RIDER CHROME: Well, here's the Fourth Stop and we have some new surprises. First off, we have Teresa as the sixth official Lineranger. Originally, I wanted Kotonoha but then I realized that she didn't have training so she'd be pretty much unprepared for battle. Teresa seemed like the logical choice. As for the Liner Jet, well I wanted to give Lineroh wings so now we have Jet Lineroh. Also, Yuji gets a present from Sauron. Man, they're friends. Of course Sauron might just have ulterior motives by sending Dizzy to him. Maybe just telling him to back off in a subtle way. Well, hope you enjoy this installment. See you next time on the 5th stop.