Epic 6: The Most Important Thing

"soul-san," Luka find soul in the crows nest, knees to chest, sitting on the floor, looking up at the sky, "What are you doing up here? I thought you hated heights."

"I get Vertigo on a step stool," he laughs, "But I needed some place to think. This seemed perfect."

Luka took a seat next to her comrade, "Thinking about what?"

"I just don't know how to proceed...if I do nothing no one is going to be hurt and things can play out fine but there has to be a way to make the lives of everyone involved better. But the most obvious course would only undermine the original time line. If I interfere," tears starting to well, "I'm going to destroy Japan's economy, and ruin the tenuous bind of a family. The only one who benefits is...is..."

"Go on?"

soul looked to Luka with tear filled eyes, "You Luka-nee."

"Me?! How?!"

"But you see that's the crux of the issue, you benefit, in a different way, if I don't get involved. The only thing my interference does in this case is ruin lives. You'll be fine either way."

Luka is silent a moment, her own gaze going skyward, as her voice got low and soft, "Sometimes no matter what you do it isn't ever enough."

soul sighs, "I know you'd say that...not because of my foreknowledge, but because you believe your dream is unattainable..." soul's voice choked, "B-but that's just the thing...there are several events coming up that could grant your dreams, everyone's dreams, but there is a very high cost each time. And each time you guys all let your dreams slip away instead of pay the high cost. There has to be someway for me to fix that...there has to be!"

Luka helps soul to stand, "If there is a way you'll find it, don't worry." Though it was clear her heart weighed heavy, though her mood was starting to return to normal as they entered the mast and descended the stairs back to the main area. "Come on we have a surprise for you."

As they entered the main area the other Gokaigers were waiting around the main table, where a large box waited, "W-What's going on?"

The other Gokaigers gather around ushering soul toward the box, Doc remove the top while Ahim smiled, "soul-san, we all talked and we all agreed..."

Luka smirks, "You need to dress the part."

"Y-you got me a uniform?"

Joe handed off the box to soul, "Why don't you get changed?"

soul nodded silently heading into the back room for several minutes to change, the clothes were comfortable enough, but resembled the original outfit he came in to his taste. It consisted of some leather pants and knee high colonial style boots the same as marvelous' own, maybe 2 or 3 inches thick, and it was a thick heal not a dagger point. The shirt was a was cut just above the waist line leaving the shoulders and the top of his scared chest exposed, and on top of that was a silver vest that hung from shoulder straps and had 2 sets of thread on either side of his stomach to tighten it. On top of all that was a purple with silver trim skull jacket that fell somewhere between Doc and Marvelous in design and length.. The last item was a black bandanna which was a perfect item to keep his spiky hair out of his face. All in all it felt very 'pirate' very right. And only slightly more realistic then his original outfit, but soul was so ecstatic over this symbol of being accepted as a full member of the Gokaigers he didn't care and with a wide smile on his face he entered back into the main room.

"T-thank you everyone...t-this means everything to me now I truly feel like a member of the family!"

Marvelous gave a cocky smirk as one by one the team pat soul's back, and then as the moment passes Luka grabbed Doc's door and headed for the exit, "We'll be back in a few hours."

The others all nodded, it was known in advance it was there turn to get supplies, but Doc paused at the door, "soul-San," he spoke up, "You said you were going to give me a list of ingredients to make you specialties before we went shopping next."

"Right! Right!" soul said getting his head clear as Doc handed him a pen and a notepad. Tapping the pen on his chin as he looked up at the ceiling in thought, "Let's see for the meteor ice-cream I need..." he glanced down quickly making some notes, "And then for the pizza I need..." he paused looking up to Doc, "Just tack on whatever you want you make as a topping I've done everything from hard boiled eggs to chicken, to artichoke, so really nothing's going to be bad it's mostly just homemade bread, pasta sauce, and cheese and that goes will with anything."

Doc nodded understanding, "Anything else."

soul looked thoughtful again, "Oh yeah for the Peanut Butter chicken I'll need..." and he finished his list handing the pen and notebook back. Before tossing a smile to Marvelous, "I told you I'm more of a deserts...man...I mean I do know some Indian cooking, and a few other styles but I just learned them recently, I'd need to find the recipes and maybe get some new tools. Only know how to make 3 things from memory alone."

Marvelous just shrugs as Don and Luka headed off, "So any new clues on the next piece of the Greatest Treasure, the bird isn't talking."

"Don't call me 'bird!'" Navi protested.

soul shrugged, "S-Sorry, While the next few Great Powers don't require someone for to notice us like MagiRanger's did they do require that their representatives arrive in the area, and as I have said before I don't know where these people are before you meet them otherwise we could seek them out." he sighs, "Sorry Captain."

Marvelous waves a hand dismissively, "Then we can use the time to train you."

Joe nods, "You may be a great strategist thanks to your abilities but you really suck in a fight."

soul folds forward, voice dejected, "I know. I did take some fighting lessons back home but I got zapped here before I could even finish the basic level."

Joe and Ahim move a few of the chairs and tables back as Marvelous draws his Gokai Saber, soul responds in kind and swings high, Marvelous blocks with a smile and swing back with enough force to knock the Gokai Saber from soul's hand.

he scrambles to recover it embaressed, "S-Sorry."

"Keep your grip firm! Never let go unless your hand is going to be cut off."

"I'm sorry i've only practiced bare hand arts and stave, never used a sword or gun before. I'd do much better as a Geki Ranger!"

"These guys?" Joe says grabbing Geki Red, Blue, and Yellow from the treasure box.

soul nods, and training continues until Doc returns alone.

"Oh my. Luka-san is working at a rich man's mansion?" Ahim wonders surprised.

Don rotates a sore shoulder as Joe plays some cards by himself, "For many reasons, I wonder if this is okay."

"It is," soul says taking a seat next to Joe, "don't worry."

"How suspicious! That sounds really suspicious!" Navi comments.

"I said so too..." Doc worries, "She said she'd give that girl and her nouveau rich dad a scare, then reclaim what was hers. She seemed pretty smug about it."

"I'm sure she can cause a lot of trouble." Marvelous smiles.

"Definitely..." Navi mused.

"Well," soul said heading over to the grocery bags, "I'll put this stuff away and get to work on a batch of sweets for everyone, by the time I'm done Luka should be calling to vent about her new bosses, she could probably use a nice treat about then."

"Okay." Marvelous smiled.

"What?! A golden fruit tree?" Warz Gil exclaimed aboard his flagship.

"Yes, Boss," Barizorg says calmly. "As the name states..." a hologram of the golden tree appearing on the bridge.

"Gil-Sama," Insarn interrupts.

"What is it?" Gil says annoyed.

"It's Gokai Skeletal, he seems to be trying to flag us down."

Gil's sighs, "Fine go and see what he wants."

"Me Gil-Sama?"

"Yes you Insarn, go, go, GO!"

"R-Right away boss...just..." she moves over to hold his arm, "We really need that plant, with it we could create any weapon we want."

"Go Insarn!"

Shortly, on the ground Insarn arrives with a handful of Gormin guards to find soul sitting on a bench waiting, "You...just who are you?"

"You can call me tamashii souto." he smiles widely.

"And you got our attention why?"

"Oh I just wanted to let you know your little invisible weirdo is going to screw up. Really it's embarrassing just how much he screws up. It's so colossally stupid that I just had to tell you guys so I could laugh in your face."

The Gormin level their blaster staffs at soul as Insarn fumes, "You got our attention just to taunt us?"

soul pauses a moment, "N...not entirely. I have a proposition."

"Proposition?"

"Look I know what's going to happen for about the next few years. Zangyack does not fare well, in fact all of you people who think your all safe up in the Gigante Horse will die," tears were starting to well now. "I-I've been doing everything I can to preserve human lives but that's a bit selfish. Your all sentient beings. I don't want you guys to die either. Just give up, turn around. Your campaign here...it's just going to result in the destruction of your empire...l...look I'm trying to protect lives...p-please take me only that but I feel that you of all has the most kind reason to save I just feel connected with you I made my own gear to tell the truth to a fellow inventor."

"Can you prove your claims?"

"Well I could rattle off the names of the next few Action Commanders but well you could just change that. I could offer you heads up on things not directly in your control as proof but they don't come into play for a while but it will be impossible to deny my truth If I do."

"Go on then."

soul sighs, "Beware of a man called Black Cross King, while he may offer an alliance to help defeat us Gokaigers ultimately he is a creature of pure evil, and being already dead he will be able to pass onto the bridge despite your best efforts to refuse him entrance. If we can not defeat him there will be nothing your Empire could do to stop him."

"Interesting, anything else?"

"Actually yes. Basco may seem like the solution to your problems but he is seeking the same Treasure we are and has no problems sacrificing allies to get what he wants, if he feels you are a threat to his goals he will sacrifice anyone of you without hesitation."

"H-how!?"

soul taps his head, "Like I said I have a gift for these things." turning around he grabbed a small box handing it to Insarn, "As a gesture of good faith I have baked your boss a treat of mine. Take it and then think over my words. Aslso here just in case" he tossed her a emerald skullbirate with a emerald gokaiger key. "that is if you want to help end this violent war" said soul walking off.

Insarn takes the small box, and pauses a moment in through before teleporting up to the Gigante Horse. As she arrives Warz Gil roses from his throne, "What did the pirate want?!"

"he tried to talk us out of the invasion, offering up some insight to some enemies we may be facing in the future as a warning."

Warz Gils laughs, "Foolish boy, did he really think we would just back down, this is MY domain!"

Insarn offered the box, "he also offered a peace offering. A sweet for you sir."

Warz Gil snatched up the box, opening it only to see some form of cupcake, "Barizorg!" Gil calls as he hands to treat to the cyborg, "Is it safe to eat? Has the pirate tried to poison me?"

Barizorg examines the sweet for a moment turning it from side to side before speaking, "No Boss. It is safe to eat."

Without hesitation Gil grabs the treat and take a bite, his body seizing up as suddenly Insarn and Damaras tense up, when suddenly Gil exclaims in a loud voice, "Amazing!"

A collective breath neither knew they were holding was loosed.

At the household where Luka was working the action commander Nanonanoda laughed as he watched the gate before turning invisible, "Now no one can stop me!"

"Except yourself, idiot." Gunfire drove the Nanonanoda back and making him visible as Skeletal leaped over the fence of the property to face him, "H-How?!"

"Because your an idiot, I mean you realize that your big plan is actually going to make you fail your mission. Honestly I don't know why your bosses didn't just send Barizorg down to execute you after such a colossal failure."

"Gormin-sama!" Nanonanoda called politely as a squad appeared.

Skeletal sighed, "Seriously?" but as he was occupied with the Gormin Nanonanoda slipped past him into the complex, Glaceing back as Skeletal slashed a Gormin he gave an exasperated breath, "Ah mou!" only to be sent rolling as a Gormin get's good shot in on him.

Fuming as he gets back to his feet, "You guys are just so obstinate!"

"Final Wave!"

The Gormin freeze as they watch Skeletal charge his Gokai Gun and Saber, "skeletal Scramble!" And are blown away a moment later.

Skeletal bends over huffing as he rests his hands on his knees as his helmet vanishes so he can take bigger breaths only to twist his head over his shoulder, "Was that?!"

Quickly running to the gate to pick up a small box he runs off arriving in the back yard just in time to see Luka in a maid's outfit bump Nanonanoda with her rump before Gokai Changing.

"Let's go, One million yen-kun!"

"Eh!?" Both Nanonanoda and the father of the house exclaim.

"Seriously?" Skeletal taunts, "Didn't Zangyack even brief you on their big number one enemy? Man you ARE a joke!"

Distracted Nanonanoda is unable fight back as Luka charges in delivering a series of fist strikes before winding up for a heavy cross, "Here we go!"

"You know wind ups don't actually add anything to the blow, they just look showy."

In panic the father rushes over behind Skeletal as Yellow Gokai changes to Sun Vulcan Yellow and launches into a series of savage claw strikes while making cat noises, "Get in there, stop that monster, I'll pay you...1 million yen too!"

"W-What?" soul stammers in shock just as Nanonanoda get's his feet under him and summons some Gormin again. Seeing the Gormin soul re summons his helmet as he charges in, "Ok, fine!" before handing the box off to the man, "Hold onto that!" as he comes up beside Luka, "Care for some backup nee-chan?"

"Long as I still get payed," she jokes.

"Don't worry," Skeletal jokes as he slashes a couple Gormin with Luka, "I'm the hired help!"

"Okay!"

Luka takes out a Boken Yellow key, "One more time!"

"Will black turn your driver on?" Skeletal laughs as he draw an black huricaneger Key.

"Bokenger/huricanger!"

"Large buckets and a ninja?" Nanonanoda remarks at Boken Yellow's hand shovels and the twin katana swords in kage's hands.

"Fun Fact:" kage opens, "In huricanger: Rangers in shadows The black Ranger can do this." And suddenly there were five huricane kages who charged an equal number of Gormin, "The white snot monster is all your Luka-nee!"

"Thank you!" Charging forward Boken Yellow deliver a harsh upper cut that sent Nanonanoda flying.

"I'll remember this!"

"Yes!" Luka said demorphing just as the kages finished off the Gormin, "Thanks, One Million Yen-kun." before jogging over to soul as he demorphed and the clones vanished the siblings in all but blood sharing a jumping high five.

After recovering from his shock the father rushes over to soul, "How much will it cost to hire you to watch my prize possession?" As Luka tried, but was brushed off, to help the daughter up she looked with both Gokaigers with disdain.

sou smiled, "I charge a very reasonable rate, only 200,000 yen an hour. Hey it's better then then paying a million per monster."

The man nodded as he started to lead soul inside, handing him the small box, "Oh right! Here."

soul broke off and headed over to Luka with a smile, "Sorry got held up a couple times."

"What?!" Luka says confused as she opens the box to see the same hard cupcake that was given to Insarn and by extension Warz Gil.

"My world famous Chocolate meteor cupcake."

Luka smiles, and then even wider as she takes a bite, "So good."

soul laughs, "Horrible for your weight, and full of nothing but chocolate and calories but that's what makes it so good!"

Luka chuckles, "You really need to learn how to make more normal stuff."

soul chuckles, "I can...i just don't have them memorized by rote!"

Luka chuckled as soul heads back to the man and they head inside.

That night on the Galleon Luka has drawn up a picture of the daughter and using her as a target for the dart board, as she reflects on her own past, tears rolling down her face as Joe comes up, soul right behind him.

"What's is it? You can't sleep?"

"Yeah." Luka smiles, "It's just..."

"Are you all excited because that Zangyack helped you earn a lot?"

"What kind of character do you think I am?" Luka scoffs and Joe and soul take a seat.

"A very complicated one." soul says simply.

Joe nods, "All this money it's all for your dream right, that is what you told me before?"

"Did I say something that?" Luka feigns ignorance.

"So?" Joe pushes, "what is that dream of yours?"

"I told you, didn't I?" Luka smiles, "It wont come true, so I wont tell you."

Joe shrugs and walks off as soul stands taking some money out of his jacket's pocket, "I wouldn't be so sure about that." he muses as he sets it down, "All yours, not like I need it long as I got a roof over my head." and starts to walk off as well, "besides if my plan goes off like I hope your dream won't be so impossible after all."

Luka pauses looking to the stack of money then her gaze turns back to the dark board, lost in thought before turning back to the retreating soul, "tamashii-san...what is your dream."

he pauses, "It's it obvious...to make all yours come true."

Another tear falls as Luka chuckles, "You have to have a dream of your own!"

soul lingers, "Well...to be honest..."

"Go on."

"I want to protect this world and make sure that I don't lose my new family in this war"

Luka is silent as she watches soul walk off, her voice low and soft, "F-family..."

The next day, outside the house Nanonanoda once more returns, time time with a squad of Gormin, "I'll get that golden fruit tree today for sure!" he exclaims as he raises his hand, a fireball building, "I'll slip into the flame and complete the job! Fire!" And releases the ball setting the house ablaze.

Aboard the Galleon Navi suddenly awakes and flies about in a panic, "Zangyack has appeared at that mansion! What to do! What to do! If it were you, what would you do?!"

Rising up all the Gokaigers torn to Luka who gives a silent nod, a moment later they drop anchor and the 6 of them land just inside the gate opposite Nanonanoda and his Gormin.

"What?! What?!" he exclaims watching them repel down, "Wow! How cool."

soul is holding on for dear life to Doc and has his eyes shit tight, as they land he is patting his heart as it pounds, "Isn't there a better way then jumping?!"

Marvelous shakes his head as Luka scoffs at Nanonanoda.

"Luka-san, soul-san," Ahim says calmly, "Leave this to us you two save the family."

Luka and soul nod and quickly run in as the other four Gokaigers Gokai Change.

"Let's go!" Red shouts leading the charge.

Nanonanoda counters with his own command, "Everyone, get them."

Joe weaves through the Gormin as the others take the Gormin head on, getting up into Nanonanoda's face, "What are you thinking."

"My stomach!"

"If you set it on fire, the golden fruit tree will burn up."

"Huh? Ah! That's True!"

Inside the burning house Luka and soul reach the family, "It's Zangyack again! Hurry and run! The fire's already spreading!"

"What?!" the father exclaims in shock, his daughter just looking annoyed then worried turning to run into the fire before Luka stops her.

"Stop!"

"What are you thinking?! You obviously won..."

She is cut off by soul, "Just leave it to us, well get the most important thing."

"Yes! Yes!" the father says quickly writing a couple of checks and pressing them into the girls' palms.

Luka pauses looking to the daughter, a tenderness in her voice, "If it's ok with you."

After a moment the girl nods and she drags her father toward the exit.

Luka starts to run but soul turn in a different direction, "soul-San what are you doing? It's this way."

"I have a plan!"

Luka's voice trembles as she Gokai Changes to GoGoFive Yellow and uses the water blaster to push through, "O-Okay."

soul counters by Gokai Changing to huricane kage and immediately slits into 5. "Ok...gang...hope this idea works."

4 of the guys take out a skullbirate and Gokai Change Again.

"gekiger!"

"DekaRanger!"

"goseiger!"

"Gaoranger!"

And they change into gaosoul, goseiphantom,dekaghost, and gekireaper, who uses his weapons to blast a stream of wind to suppress the fire in his way added by GoGoFive Pink's own rescue blaster, Dekaghost waves his hand creating a silver energy field ahead of the other two with kage and gao soul following behind.

In the front Joe sends Nanonanoda rolling as the Gokaigers gather up and Gokai change to JAQK to work him and his Gormin over, toward the rear of the house however GoGoFive Yellow emerges from the fire, and the family.

"Where's the golden fruit tree? Is it safe?!"

"It's safe, somehow," Yellow says taking out an old, slightly burned bunny stuffed animal.

The father looks at it confused, "Huh?" White the daughter smiles taking it in hand and holding it close to her chest.

"This is the most important thing to me."

"What?!" the father wonders as he remember back to another time with his daughter, a time when they had very little to no money and the only thing he could give his daughter on her birthday was a handmade bunny. "This thing." he starts to understand, "you still had it?" as he slowly put hes bag of riches down.

The girl looks to her father sadly, "It's something from when I was happiest with my father. It's from when I really loved my father!"

"Komaki!" the father says as his chest trembles along with his voice, dropping the bag wholly.

"I want is to do our best again." Komaki look pleadingly. "Dad, are you against this?"

"Of course not!" he says as he hold Komaki's arms, "I'm sorry, Komaki!" and pulls her in for a hug, "Your father was wrong!"

A slow clap disrupts the moment as Skeletal's five emerge from the fire before merging back into kage, "And now for the startling upset!" as he pulls the Golden Fruit Tree from behind his back.

"Y-You saved it?" The father says with conflicting emotions. Komaki already looking annoyed.

"You have know the depths of poverty and the heights of excess. I also took care of some paperwork before I got off work yesterday and made sure all your stuff was insured so you should be financially stable."

"W-Why?" Luka wonders.

"Now they have the wisdom they needed. They can now use their wealth to help the less fortunate. Plus Komaki..."

"Y-Yes?"

"All those places you bought, like the Jewelery store to spite your father, they are good business, you can re open them, you didn't really want the stuff so let someone else manage them and collect your CEO fees." His gaze fell to GoGoYellow/Luka, "With all they have no family should ever starve again in Japan."

Luka's voice warbled as she fought back tears, "s-soul-san..." and then she forced it to get harder, "I-I should check on the others."

Skeletl demorphed as Luka Gokai changed to Carranger Yellow and peeled out. "There is a problem though."

"W-What is it?" Komaki wondered.

"If Zangyack finds out the tree is intact they will just keep attacking you. I have a favor to ask. I need to borrow the tree. I'll get it back to you as soon as Zangyack leaves Earth alone...and I can tell you now that's less then a year if thinks keep going as I forsee them."

"Are you some kind of psychic." Komaki wonders.

soul smirked, "Some kind of one, yes."

"Take it." The father said with a smile as he held Komaki close, "We don't need it anymore. We can wait."

soul nods passing the tree to the father, "Hang onto this while I help clean up the fight." the Gokai Changes to a skeletal abareger and blurss out arriving at the fight just in time to see Gokai Yellow brutalizing Nanonanoda with her sword dance who drops to his knees as the others line up next to her and she hands one of her sabers back to Joe.

"Thank you Joe!" then prepares her saber for a Final Wave.

"Wait!" fossil exclaims as he shifts back to Gokai Skeletal, "There's something I have to do first."

Red laughs as he steps back, "Take it away."

Skeltal takes out a strange white key, "Nanonanoda your stupidity know no bounds. You failed at sneaking in with invisibility, failed at getting past lasers despite being able to see them with your naked eye, and in the end burned down the very object you were trying to steal, there is only one way react to such abject stupidity and that's to break the Time-Space continuum just to illustrate thing I was able to recreate this one"

"What?!"

"Gokai Change!" Skeletal announced.

"Super Sentai Special Change!" The skullbirate said suddenly as he put in the white key, "Kamen Rider Fourze!"

"Kamen Rider Fourze?" Red looked confused.

Then Fourze summoned a Astro switch and put it into one of the slot on his belt which spoke in a new voice. "Pen" before a second voice spoke as he flipped the switch, "Pen On." which caused a brush to appear over his left leg and then Fourze made a series of swipes with his leg writing, in English, black text above Nanonanoda "Epic Fail!" and paining a box around him.

"Oh how I wish I could get a screenshot of that," Skeletal taunted just before the entire effect fell on Nanonanoda's head, chuckling he turned to the others as he returned to Skeletal and prepared his own key for the Final Wave, "Let's make it showy...six sword slashs!"

"Final Wave!"

"What is this?!" Nanonanoda said curiously.

Skeletal chuckled, "You are such a fool."

Before the attack was released.

"Everyone is going at once?!" Nanonanoda said confused just before the attacks hit, spinning he hit the ground shouting "Thank you." before exploding.

"You're Welcome," Yellow smirked.

But up on the Gigante Horse Gil leaned over a console with a long breath, "H-How did he know? he was gloating about his failing even before..." his gaze turned to Insarn with a long breath, "Insarn!"

She grabbed the targeting gun without a word and fired, sending down the beam.

"I've grown big!" Nanonanoda exclaimed as he rose up into the sky, "You ruined my plan!"

On the ground Red looked to Spoiler, "Sitting this one out as well?"

he chuckled, "Na this time let see just what kind of Zord I've got."

"Zord?"

But there was no time to question as they had to roll to dodge Nanonanoda stomping on them. And in moments Gokai Oh was formed with one key addition, for out of the last Gokai Vehicle a skeletal skipper folded out and landed next to Gokai Oh, and it was in this skipper that Skeletal landed, firing a massive cannon ball at Nanonanoda as Gokai Oh slashed with it's swords, or rather tried as Nanonanoda seem to flow out of the way of the swords.

"Oh wow, look at this I even have my own Darin," Skeletal grinneded as he sat behind the control wheel, "Wonder if this thing can Gatai."

But getting in closer Gokai Oh got a good hit in sending Nanonanoda flying.

"Idiot!" Yellow said summoning her Deka Yellow key, "Let's finish this quickly."

"Ranger Key! Set!"

"Complete"

"Deka Gokai Oh!"

"You ready everyone?!" Yellow asks aloud.

"Let's go! Gokai Full Blast!"

As Nanonanoda was launched into the Sky Skeletal asked quickly changing to Jetman black and flying up, tailing the bullets.

"What is he doing?!" Green wonders.

As he got closer to Nanonanoda he changed to Deka ghost and began to free fall, opening his SP Licensee in the process, "Nanonanoda you are charged with Arson, Attempted Kidnapping, Attempted Murder, Breaking And Entering, war crimes and being a complete fool, the verdict is."

The License flashed between the Red X and Green O before settling for Red and in a flash Nanonanoda was confined to a card, Deka ghost Gokai changing back to gaosoul to slow his landing and once safely on the ground threw off his helmet and began to vomit uncontrollably.

After several minutes passed Marvelous as the others were already behind him and Ahim was helping him up, "What was that stunt about?"

"Nanonanoda may be..." soul paused, holding back some bile, "...may be a complete fool but he is still a living breathing being. Besides we just barely escaped being put on DekaRanger's Wanted Lists. I figured it's better all around if we confine them to cards and hand them over to SPD for processing."

Marvelous laughed and slapped soul's back, "You're one of a kind!"

Behind the house Komaki and her father had watched the giant fight and as it ended her gaze was drawn to her doll in the collar she pulled out the check her father had made out to Luka, meanwhile her father pulled another check, the one for soul, from between the branches of the gold fruit tree, the two sharing a smile.

Elsewhere, on the route to SPD Luka was leading, "That's wonderful!" Ahim comments, "Luka-san, you really are kindhearted."

"But this is truly a rare sight." Joe muses, "Luka working for free?!"

Luka stops as do the others, "For free?" and turns back raising her hand to show the new ring she was fawning over before with Doc on her finger, "ta-da!"

Doc gasps.

"I had some free time in the fire." Luka smiles looking at her new ring, "IT was the original agreement, after all."

"I see." Marvelous laughs.

"Luka really is Luka." Doc grouses.

"So what are you doing with the gold tree," Luka looked to soul.

he paused to stretch out the moment before smiling, "I was thinking of investing it with Doc's help in the Space Market...and then after a little bit put out a bounty of my own."

"Eh!?" Everyone said looking confused at soul.

"Who could you possibly want dead?" Joe asked.

"I was thinking...Zangyack command. It should prove enough of a distraction with them having to fend of their own Bounty hunters to make thing better for everyone in the universe."

Marvelous laughs slapping soul's back hard, "You are cut from a rare cloth!"

"Oh look it's just ahead!" soul says seeing a SPD station just ahead and running off, "Be right back!"

"Jasmine!"

As the Former Deka Yellow turned she saw sou running in and smiled, "tamashii-san what are you doing here."

he held up the Nanonanoda, "Figured you guys would know how to process a war criminal like a Zangyack Action Commander, seemed like a more humane action then just killing the guy, you know."

Jasmine gave soul a long look as she turned her head to the side, taking the card, "W-Wow...thanks...I'll get right on this."

soul smiled and turned around, skipping out, "Have a nice day!"

over at the gigante horse issarn excused herself from the bridge entering her lab. She pulled out the skullbitare soul handed her. "he was right that fool messed up looks like I may have a new option in the future hm gokai emerald doe have a nice ring to it." the custom ranger key glowed in response. She smiled and felt that things were going to change.