Chapter 4 Sigmaru Yushitos

When school started up again, Ahim had the liberty to walk with me the first day.

"I hope you have a good day," Ahim said as we approached the school and saw Jessica and Adriana wave at us.

"I will, Ahim," I said. "I'll see you when I get back to the Galleon."

Ahim nodded and stepped back, watching me as I ran to my friends and we did the usual "hug-then-high-five" greeting.

I turned to Ahim as we walked into the school, waving to her before she returned to the Galleon.

"So, new school, new people," Jessica said.

"What do you think will happen here?" Adriana asked.

"I'm guessing we're going to gain new knowledge," I said.

"Well, of course that," Jessica said.

"Guess what you know will happen so you aren't surprised later on," Adriana said. "That's her motto."

"I know," Jessica said.

"What classes do you guys have?" I asked.

We exchanged schedules and realized something: we all have the same classes at the same time.

"Yay! We're together!" Adriana said.

Jessica and I smiled and nodded.

"At least I won't be alone in the class," I said as we found a spot that no one had claimed and sat down.

Next to me, Jessica jumped as she looked down to the cafeteria. "Hey, girls, do you remember anything that said this school was run by Zangyack?" she asked hesitantly.

Adriana and I looked at each other and then at what Jessica was looking at, finding Gormin and one of Zangyack's generals.

I took out my mobirates and, while hiding it from the watchful eyes of Zangyack, I dialed the number of someone on the Galleon.

"Amanda, what's wrong?" Don asked. "Problem already?"

"Don, can you look up who runs this school?" I replied. "Please, hurry."

"They're coming," Adriana whispered as we got up.

We began walking away, but to make sure that the Gormin or the general didn't see my mobirates, Jessica, who was the tallest out of all of us, walked right behind me, in front of the mobirates.

"I found Sigmaru Yushitos," Don said.

"Can I get a picture?" I said.

"I can't find one," Don said. "But when I do, I'll send it to you."

"Thanks," I said. I closed the mobirates and put it away. "Sigmaru Yushitos."

"Is that his name?" Jessica said.

I nodded. "Yes," I said. "Maybe wearing my pirate clothes wasn't such a good idea." I tugged nervously at my jacket, so desperately wanting to take it off, but knowing that if I did, the Gormin would pick up on that easily.

"You had no clue," Adriana said in my defense.

"Yea, even when I did some research on the school, I never saw anything about Zangyack," Jessica said.

"Can we stop talking about Zangyack?" I said, glancing over my shoulder as I saw the Gormin march in our direction. "I think they can tell what we're talking about."

As the bell rang to get to class, we ran to our room, getting in and introducing ourselves to the teacher before sitting down and waiting for the others to arrive.

As soon as the bell rang to be in class, an announcement came. "Any students from a different and all freshmen are to report to the auditorium at this time," it said.

"Gulp," Jessica said as we got up and walked with the other new students to the auditorium.

"I don't like the looks of this," I whispered.

Adriana nodded, too scared to say anything.

As we were herded into the auditorium, the first thing I noticed was the Gormin on the stage. Then, my eyes went to Sigmaru as he walked up to a podium.

"Welcome, new students!" Sigmaru said into a microphone. "It's a new day, and a new school year."

Silence met his response.

"I bet you're wondering what's going on now, and in case you haven't caught on by now, Zangyack controls this school," Sigmaru continued. He started rambling on about how Zangyack wanted to destroy the Super Sentai and that any member of the Super Sentai were going to be punished, by death.

My breath hitched at that.

"With that being said," Sigmaru said. "At this time, any Super Sentai members, please stand up, and maybe we'll go easy on you."

The Gormin lowered their guns just above our heads.

Jessica and Adriana placed their hands over my arms to keep me from standing up, but I would be stupid to stand up with that being said.

"No one here?" Sigmaru said. "Or is it you're just too afraid to fight?"

I bunched my hands into fists. "No on calls me a coward," I hissed.

"It's either this or die," Jessica reminded me.

"Please, ignore it this once," Adriana pleaded.

"Threatening you doesn't seem to work," Sigmaru said. "But, I know that any Super Sentai member would fight back if someone was getting attacked. Gormin, the first row." He snapped his fingers.

The Gormin jumped off the stage and grabbed the freshmen and newcomers in the first row, throwing them down and beginning to hit them.

"No!" I whispered, horrified.

Adriana and Jessica couldn't hold me back as I jumped to my feet and yelled, "Let them be, Sigmaru!"

"Who are you to talk?" Sigmaru said.

"I'll tell you who!" I replied, taking out my ranger key and mobirates. "Gokai Change!"

"Gokaiger!" my mobirates screamed.

"GokaiPurple!" I said.

"So, there is a Super Sentai here," Sigmaru said as I jumped to the aisle and took on the Gormin that charged at me.

"Yes, and one that's more than ready to fight for what's right!" I said.

As I finished off the Gormin, Sigmaru jumped off the stage and faced me. "You're strong, I can give you that," he said. "But just how strong are you?" He charged at me.

I blocked his attack and tried to strike back, but he caught my saber and was able to pull it clean out of my hand, throwing it behind him on the stage.

"I'm going to make quick work of this," Sigmaru said as he kicked me back and I hit the wall.

I fired my gun and it hit him, but he appeared to have no damage done. "What?" I whispered, getting to my feet. "How did that have no damage?"

"In case you haven't noticed by now," Sigmaru said as he knocked the gun out of my hand, "I am immune to your attacks."

"No matter: I'm still going to beat you, one way or the other," I said. I tried to kick him, but he caught my foot and spun me around.

"Nice try," Sigmaru said. "But it won't work." He threw me over my shoulder, and, lucky for me, closer to my saber.

"Thanks for the hand, Sigmaru!" I said as I jumped onto the stage and grabbed my saber.

"Doesn't matter, you still can't hurt me," Sigmaru said.

"Then I'll just charge up the attack," I replied. "Gokai Scrambler!"

Sigmaru caught the attack and sent it back at me, throwing me off my feet and causing me to unmorph.

I tried to get back to my feet, knowing that I had to keep fighting, but my vision was blurry and my hearing was fuzzy, like any noise was being heard through a long tunnel with no echoes.

"I knew this would happen!" Sigmaru said. "I knew that I would be able to present a head to the emperor's son!"

"Let her be, please!" pleaded Jessica as she and Adriana got up and ran in front of me.

"Please, don't hurt her anymore!" Adriana added as I fell to a knee.

"No, get out of the way," I whispered, being able to push them to the side. I gave them my mobirates and added, "Call the others, let them know I need help."

"We can't leave you!" Jessica said.

"Go!" I said. "Before you are hurt!" I practically pushed Jessica and Adriana out of the way as Sigmaru sent an attack at us.

Sigmaru walked up to me and grabbed the front of my jacket, placing his sword mere inches from my neck. "Say your last words, GokaiPurple," he said as I moved as far away as possible from the blade.

My life depended on how long I could stall Sigmaru so that the others could come help me. It's a good thing that I was enrolled in drama class both here and at my old school.

Without saying a word, I kicked Sigmaru so that he released me and I rolled out of the way of his slash to the ground. "I may be down, but I'm not out," I said as I got into a fighting stance.

"Let's see how you do against these," Sigmaru said. "Gormin!"

As more Gormin came, I let out a small chuckle. "These foot soldiers again?" I asked. "These are easy!"

As soon as I took down the final Gormin, I had to duck to avoid an attack from Sigmaru.

"I will teach you a lesson," Sigmaru said as I flipped back to avoid a second attack.

"A lesson?" I asked. "With what? Being beaten? I believe I can teach you what it's like to be beaten."

Sigmaru took a step to me, but I took an equal step back. "That's not what I mean," he growled.

"Really?" I replied, in mock horror. "Sorry, but I was just guessing by my history with Zangyack monsters like you. How are you different than the others?"

"Because I can do this," Sigmaru said, charging up his blade and then sending an attack at me.

Unable to avoid the contact, I was thrown off the stage and hit the ground. "Lucky shot," I mumbled as Sigmaru jumped down and grabbed my hair, pulling me up.

"That, that wasn't luck," Sigmaru said. "That was the beginning of the end."

Suddenly, some gunshots shot across the room and hit Sigmaru's back.

Sigmaru dropped me and I was able to see the Gokiagers came through the door, morphed and ready to fight.

"Amanda!" called Jessica as she threw me my mobirates.

I caught it and put my ranger key into the slot. "Gokai Change!" I said. "We'll teach you why you don't mess with real pirates." I got to my feet and took a step back.

"Starting the party without us?" asked Marvelous as he lowered his gun.

"Well, that's just rude," Joe said.

"Especially when it's one of our friends," Luka said.

"But, now that we're here," Don said.

"And we're ready to fight," Ahim added.

"Let's get this party started!" Gai said.

"Amanda, get the kids somewhere safe," Marvelous said. "But not outside: for all we know, there could be Gormin out there, waiting for them to come out at any given moment."

"Right," I said.

The Gokaigers charged at Sigmaru while I took got the kids as far away as possible.

"Don't worry," I reassured them. "We're going to win. I can promise you that."

"We believe in you, GokaiPurple," a boy said.

I nodded and charged at Sigmaru, attacking him from behind. "Watch your back," I said as I then flipped over him and landed next to Marvelous and Gai. "You don't know when a pirate will be behind it."

"I'll make you pay for this," Sigmaru said. "Just you wait, Gokaigers!" He turned around and took a step away from us, disappearing.

"Mou, he got away!" Luka said.

"He'll be back," I said. "After all, he's the principle of the school."

The other Gokaigers looked at me, and even though they had helmets on, I knew they were giving me a "Are you serious?" look.

"He is," I said. "He's Sigmaru." I looked over at where the others were. "Are you guys ok?" I walked over to them. "Did anyone get hurt with the first attack?"

"No, GokaiPurple," said a girl. "We're fine."

"What do we do now?" Jessica said.

"Head to class," Marvelous said as he came behind me. "But I've gotta talk to this one before she goes. All of you, get going."

As the others went, the Gokiagers unmorphed and came to me.

"He's the principle?" Marvelous said.

"Yes," I said without turning to him.

"What was this for?" Joe asked.

"To weed out Super Sentai members while at school," I said.

"How did he find out about you?" Luka said.

"I fought when he started attacking the first row of students," I said.

"Do you want to move to a different school?" Don said.

"No," I said without hesitation.

"Why?" Ahim asked politely.

"Because," I replied, finally shrugging Marvelous' hand off my shoulder.

"Because why?" Gai said.

"Because, if Zangyack tries to attack the kids here, I'm the only protection they have," I said, turning to them. "Because my friends come here, and if anything happens to them when I can't help them because I changed school all because I didn't like the administration, I would hate myself. Because, I can't."

Marvelous nodded. "Alright," he said. "We'll let you stay here." He turned and walked away, the others following. "But don't be surprised if tomorrow there's someone you recognize if your classes. Crew, to the Galleon."

The others followed Marvelous and I was left alone.