Act 4: Ghosts of legends
The Shinkengers kept running as Dokku towered over then and kept trying to step on the five.
Typhlosion was out and tried to breath fire at Dokku, but it had little to no effect on him.
Dokku smashed through a large building with his arm the people and pokemon below screaming in fear and running about.
"Lord Shiba!" Arkanes shouted as the other four looked to him.
Takeru tightened his grip.
"We have to fall back." He said in a hard tone.
"What?" Emily said.
"We're running away?" Jack said.
"We're making a tactical retreat."
"If he kills us, then there won't be anyone to stop him." Quinn said.
The five reluctantly retreated back to the Leviathan where Hikoma, Kaoru and the kuroko were already waiting.
"Hurry Shinkengers!" Hikoma shouted as the kuroko began raising the anchor. Takeru got the other four onboard first.
The Leviathan started to lift up as Dokku tried to swat them out of the sky.
"That's right samurai, run!" Dokku roared.
The shinkengers watched in self shame as they fled the city they were trying to protect. Takeru above all.
Back at the Daitanix Hisan and Dokku, who was back to his normal six, bowed before lord Drakkon.
"My lord, the power you gave me, I didn't know you could use the growth character yet." Hisan said.
"The suffering you and Dokku caused gave the Daitanix more strength and thus gave me enough to regain more of my mojikara."
"This is great! Our men can smash entire cities apart again!" Battobass said in excitement.
"This is a game changer, especially considering what happened to the Shinkengers' legendary pokemon. Now they don't stand a chance." Zahab said.
Lord Drakkon thought about what Zahab had just said.
"Hisan , you and Dokku did well, the mass suffering was much appreciated by the Daitanix. Follow up and destroy what's left of the city."
"Yes lord Drakkon." Hisan and Dokku departed, Battobass and Zahab were about to do the same.
"Zahab." The pirate admiral heard before turning to his lord again.
"I have a task for you, it is very important to our victory. "
"You trust me with such a task my lord?"
Drakkon nodded.
Back on the Leviathan, the Shinkengers were sat down in front of Takeru and Hikoma.
"What happened back there!?" Jack almost shouted.
Hikoma had a very concerned look on his face.
"In the past, the Lord Drakkon was able to use a special dark mojikara character, one that allowed his monsters to grow massive and tower over cities. We had hoped that the bits of the sealing character still in him would prevent that. But he has regained more of his strength." Hikoma said.
"I don't get it, how did the last Shinkengers fight those monsters?" Emily asked.
Takeru took out a scroll and showed them a series of old drawings. They saw great pokemon, a Lion like pokemon, a yellow tiger, a greenish Qilan, a yellow bird, a blue bird, and a fiery bird.
"Do you know where our Shinkenger powers come from?" Takeru asked.
"Mojikara." Arkanes said.
"That's part of it. But each Shinkenger's armor is also based from the power of these legendary beasts, the legendary pokemon of Johto. Entei, Raikou, Suicine, Articuno, and Moltres."
"The original Shinkengers found and tamed these beasts , earned their loyalty. Together they combined their strength to give the Shinkengers their power, and the legendary pokemon new power as well. Together they battled the Gedoshu when they grew to massive size." Hikoma said.
"What happened to them?" Quinn asked in concern.
Takeru and Hikoma gave hard looks.
"In the last great battle where Drakkon was sealed, the Daitanix destroyed them." Takeru said.
The four looked horrified.
"If the legendary pokemon are dead, then how do we stop the Gedoshu?" Quinn asked.
"They're not dead." Kaoru said as the group turned to her.
"Legendary pokemon never truly die."
"That's nice to hear, but how does it help us?" Jack asked.
Takeru turned to Hikoma who nodded.
"If we want any hope , we should head to Ecruteak city." Hikoma said.
"What's there?" Quinn asked.
"The remains of the Brass Tower." Takeru said.
"During the age of the first Johton emperor, he had two towers built for two legendary pokemon that watched over Johto. We don't remember their names, but we do know that one day a bolt of lightning struck the tower while the emperor and his son were visiting the tower, setting it on fire. The emperor was killed in the inferno and his son was nearly killed as well. However, three pokemon , unknown pokemon rescued the prince and got him out of the tower, but could not get out themselves. They died in the fire but the legendary pokemon from the other tower came over the deceased pokemon and revived them , giving them new life as Raikou, Entei, and Suicune." Hikoma said.
"If there is any trace of the legendary pokemon, we'll find them there." Takeru said before preparing to leave the room.
"I suggest you all get some rest." Takeru said.
Each of the Shinkengers tried to get some sleep in their quarters.
Arkanes was unable to sleep thinking about their defeat. He was reading a novel from an e-reader but it wasn't helping him.
"Lade." He heard, turning over to his Gallade who was also having trouble resting.
Arkanes got up and walked around the ship. Eventually he got to the main deck and saw Takeru near the front staring out at the horizon.
His Typhlosion was out beside him.
"Lord Shiba." Takeru heard, turning to see Arkanes.
"Can't sleep Arkanes."
"No my lord."
"Sleep's overrated."
"I suppose you would know from how hard you train my lord."
"It can't be helped. Your grandfather was the last Shinken Blue wasn't he." Takeru said.
Arkanes nodded.
"House Silver has always been beside the Shiba clan, you were the first to join us. You seem the most dedicated to the Shinkengers."
"A man should take his vows seriously. Besides, my parents always showed me how important the work of protecting the innocent is."
"Your parents were Dekarangers weren't they."
Arkanes nodded.
"Dekagreen and Dekapink. While my grandfather fought in Johto, his son fought in Kanto."
"I remember hearing about the Dekarangers as a boy, how they stopped Agent Abrella and the Black Cross army. Then again how could they fail with a samurai among them."
Gallade sat beside Typhlosion.
"My lord, you once went on a journey of your own right?"
"Across Johto, completing in the league."
"I competed in the Hoenn league before this."
"Really." Arkanes nodded.
"I wanted to be able to beat my father in a battle, I wasn't able to."
"I would have loved to see him as a Shinkenger."
"With all do respect my lord, my father could probably give you run for your money with a katana."
"Perhaps."
"I've done my best to live up to him, but."
Takeru noticed a certain tone from Arkanes.
"But?"
"….Sometimes , I want to be able to say I did things even my father couldn't do."
"Well, you can say you were a Shinkenger."
"I suppose."
"Do you have any dreams Arkanes?"
He nodded.
"My dream is to some day have a family, live a quite life, own a bookstore."
"That's kind of simple isn't it. A lot of people dream of becoming pokemon champions."
"I don't need that…..My lord, do you have any dreams?"
"To kill lord Drakkon and the Daitanix, end this once and for all."
"What about after that?"
"….." Takeru got up again with Typhlosion.
"I should try to get some rest."
Arkanes watched with Gallade as Takeru and Typhlosion left.
Eventually they arrived in Ecruteak city and saw the burned down tower.
Takeru stood at the front of the ship.
He looked at the burned down tower and took a deep breath.
The Leviathan anchored near the tower as the five Shinkengers readied to exit the ship.
"Alright let's go find those legendary pokemon." Kaoru said before Hikoma grabbed her.
"No you don't. The Shinkengers' powers are tied to them, they're the only one's who will find anything. Good luck my lord."
Takeru nodded as he and the other four got down and to the base of the tower.
Takeru let his Scizor out before turning to the others.
"Split up, if you find any trace of the legendary pokemon holler out. Also be careful in there, there's no telling how strong the structure is."
They each nodded before entering the tower.
Jack had Trunks beside him as the two began looking through the burned down tower.
The interior seemed very similar to the Shiba estate, only older and everything torched black. The floorboards creaked and some even cracked a little as the two walked on them.
As they walked Jack saw ancient charred skeletal remains.
"This place gives me the creeps." Trunks nodded.
"Our legendary pokemon was Suicine wasn't it. I wonder if."
"Rio!" Jack heard as he saw Trunks point to something ahead of them. From where they were it almost looked like a Vaporeon licking its feet, but something was off about it.
"A Vaporeon, what's a vaporeon doing in here."
The Vaporeon looked up and saw them before running off.
"Wait!" Jack shouted, he and Trunks hurried after it before they saw it stop ahead of them again.
As Jack looked closer he saw the Vaperon seemed to have a misty appearance around it, and was almost transparent.
This seemed to freak the two out a little, the Vaporeon almost motioning them over before it looked afraid and ran off.
"Huh?" Jack and Riolu tried to follow but were almost slashed as a cutlass flew past them.
Jack backed up as he saw several swabbies rush out from a corner at him.
"Gedoshu." He said before Trunks got into a fighting stance.
Jack took out his brush.
"Time to fortify." He said before painting a symbol in the air and formed his green Shinkenger armor over him.
Jack ran forward as the swabbies tried to slash him. Jack drew his katana and knocked away the swords before Trunks hit two away with quick attack. Jack knocked away the other threes' swords before slashing them each once.
Elsewhere Emily was searching with Dewott beside her.
"I wonder what this place looked like in its prime." Emily said.
Dewott kept walking until it felt an intense stinging in his foot.
"Wott!" He shouted as he fell onto his back.
"Heh?" Emily said before the noticed a small ember on the ground.
The tiny flame was burning but made no smoke and burned on already charred wood.
"What? How is that possible?" Emily asked before she and Dewott noticed there was a trail of peaceful fire.
"Let's see where this takes us." Emily said as they started to follow it before she heard movement.
Emily ducked down as a cutlass swung overhead and was embedded into a wooden beam.
Emily and Dewott saw four swabbies come out.
"Gedoshu, they're onto us." She said in concern before painting her fortify symbol and had her armor form.
Dewott used Aqua jet and smashed into two of the swabbies as Emily slashed the others' swords back and then decapitated them one at a time.
Arkanes was with his Gallade as they looked through the ruined tower.
"There has to be some kind of hint , if this is where several of the legendary pokemon were born then." Arkanes started before he noticed there was ice on the wall and floor.
"…..Ice?" Arkanes said in complete shock. He looked closer and felt the ice, it was still cold and showed no signs of melting.
"How could ice form in a place like this?" He soon saw there was a trail of ice.
"Maybe we should follow it." Arkanes said. When they followed it, there was a ruckus behind some debris.
A group of swabbies leapt out and ran at them.
"Gedoshu!" Arkanes quickly fortified and drew his katana. Gallade unleashed Psycho cut on two of the swabbies as Arkanes knocked back their swords before cutting through them.
Quinn had Scyther out as they looked through another section of the tower.
"I wonder what I'm suppose to be looking for anyway?" Quinn said before she noticed what looked like a pokemon ahead of them. Scyther looked closer with Quinn and saw it looked like a Jolteon with some misty aura around it and looked a little see through.
Quinn had a slightly frightened look as the pokemon looked right at her , their eyes meeting.
After a minute the Jolteon ran off, Quinn afraid to follow it, but Scyther guided her over before quickly holding up her arm blades after hearing something.
Quinn saw two swabbies jump out and start attacking Scyther before another two came at her.
She fortified and began fighting them off with her katana.
Takeru and Scizor were near the upper areas of the burned down tower.
"Entei, I know you're here somewhere. Come back to me." Takeru said before Scizor spotted what looked like a pokemon in front of them.
"Scizor."
Takeru turned and saw what looked like a ghost like Flareon that stared right at him.
"Flareon? What's wrong with it?" Takeru and Scizor began following the Flareon as it lead them further and further into the tower. Eventually they saw a pedestal ahead of them. On top of the pedestal was a marble figure of Entei just sitting there.
The ghostly Flareon approached the figure before leaping into it.
Takeru felt the power of his Shinkenger aura emanating from the figure.
He slowly approached before hearing gunfire.
Takeru dove forward and got up before seeing a familiar face.
"Looks like we'll get to finish our fight after all, Shiba head." Zahab said as he came up.
"Gedoshu!" Takeru said before he fortified and ran at Zahab.
Elsewhere Jack fought through the swabbies until he found the ghostly Vaporeon again. They kept following it until they noticed a marble figure of Suicune on a pedestal. The ghost walked up and into the figure, Jack a little freaked out but approached it anyway.
Before he could reach it, a sword swung at Jack, who backed up to see a Nanashi between him and the figure.
Jack drew his sword again and exchanged several strikes with the Nanashi, however, this Gedoshu put up a much bigger fight than the swabbies or other foot soldiers, it was able to keep up with Jack to an extent.
The other Shinkengers found themselves in similar situations, Emily and Arkanes found figures of bird like pokemon with a Nanshi guarding them and Quinn found Raikou's figure with a Nanashi guarding it.
Takeru and Scizor were fighting Zahab together, Scizor trying to keep at Zahab's pistol as Takeru kept at his sword.
"You're not as good as you think boy." Zahab said catching Takeru's katana and pushed him back.
He shot Scizor back before shooting at Takeru, who deflected several of the bullets before Zahab slashed his stomach.
Takeru grunted as he moved back with Scizor.
"There's no way I'm letting you take those legendary pokemon back." Zahab said as he and Takeru exchanged a few more strikes, Takeru getting slashed again before he caught Zahab's sword and tried to hold him back.
He grunted as the monster pirate kept pushing him further and further back.
When he reached the figure, Takeru reached out for it and touched it. They both heard a roar before Takeru's Shinkenger armor ignited in fire. Takeru pushed Zahab back before Scizor slashed his gun away.
Takeru knocked Zahab's sword back before slashing him twice, Zahab landed on the ground before seeing Takeru over him and the figure was gone.
"Fuck! I'm too late, no point sticking around now." Zahab said before he backed up and soon was out of sight.
Arkanes, Jack, Quinn, and Emily each got the upper hand on their Nanashi before slashing them apart. They reached out for their respective figures and touched them.
They as well as Takeru soon saw themselves on a mysterious island.
"Where are we?" Quinn said nervously.
The ground shook and the wind picked up as they saw Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Moltres, and Articuno surround them.
They were in awe seeing the legendary pokemon.
Each one stared at their respective Shinkenger before coming close enough for them to reach out and touch them. As they did, the Shinkengers found themselves back in the burned tower.
All of them weren't sure what happened, but they were all sure of one thing.
They met back up on the Leviathan.
"You found the legendary pokemon!?" Hikoma almost shouted.
"We don't know exactly what happened, but they aren't dead, we know that. It's almost like they're somewhere else , recovering." Takeru said.
"Can we call upon them?" Kaoru said.
Takeru nodded.
"Let's get back to Cherrygrove city."
Back in the city, Dokku and Hisan arrived again, Hisan using her tune to make Dokku massive again.
However, before he could do any real damage, Dokku saw the Leviathan appear on the horizon.
"So the Shinkengers have come back. Good."
The five Shinkengers were already armored up stood on the front of the ship.
"Let's go!" Each painted a new symbol in front of them as portals opened up beneath the ship.
Dokku, Hisan, and everyone in Cherrygrove city were in awe as they saw the five legendary pokemon come out.
"What!? Impossible, they're dead!" Hisan shouted.
Each Shinkenger leapt onto their legendary pokemon before armor formed over their bodies as they let out their cries.
"Now its our turn." Jack said smiling as his Suicune dashed around Dokku who tried to strike him to no avail. The Suicune leapt into Dokku, snapping down on his arm with an icy bite, Dokku crying out in pain.
At the same time, Arkanes rode Articuno and Emily Moltres. They both flew past Dokku and slashed him with their talons before each unleashed an icy/fiery blast into his front and backside.
Quinn rode Raikou as he unleashed a blast of electricity into Dokku who collapsed onto the ground in pain.
"Let's end this." Takeru said as Entei let out ground shaking roar.
Dokku slowly got up to see Entei covered in fire as he charged forward before pouncing through him.
Hisan watched in horror as Dokku surged with energy before falling over and exploding.
There was a rush of excitement from below as they five legendary pokemon stood or flew over them.
However, as the battle ended, the legendary pokemon returned to their normal selves and quickly returned through the portals from which they came.
The kuroko gathered a few more supplies from the city as Takeru met up with Alex.
"Are you sure I can't convince you to come along?"
"We'll see each other again, one of your retainers is in the pokemon league. I'm sure we'll see each other again."
"We both will have forms to work on in the mean time."
Alex nodded before the two shook hands.
As Takeru made his way back to the Leviathan, he was unaware that on a ridge overlooking where he was, a man stood there. He had long black hair that hid his eye color and had a goatee. He wore a white robe jacket with a grey shirt underneath. In his left hand was a katana held in a cloth covering.
"Shinken Red." He said quietly before backing up and walking away.
Author's note
The shinkengers have found their legendary pokemon, but they haven't combined, yet :)
A mysterious figure has appeared as well.
So until next time,
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