Chapter 9: You're Gonna See My Face When Defeat You Right Now
Just as Adele had suspected, Kari was at the other end, flinging her necklace of snakes at the unlucky passerby who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kuroko scrambled to hurry people to safety as Takeru, Genta, and Adele announced their presence.
"That's far enough, Gedou!" Takeru called bravely to Kari as she turned to face them. She let out a bitter hiss before lunging for the trio. Quickly, the trio transformed and jumped out of the path. Takeru pulled out the Inromaru and passed it Adele as Genta distracted Kari.
"You left things unfinished with her the last time," he explained as she accepted the item and activated it.
Adele carefully studied the grim scene before her and began summoning her Super attack on Kari. However, Genta was flung back and into Adele before she could make her move. Kari chose to attack Adele at that moment and Takeru quickly blocked the lunging snake with his katana. Genta was wounded and Adele was shaken since the Inromaru had become detached from her katana. Takeru attempted to hold off the beast but could feel his strength beginning to weaken.
"Leave them alone!" came a voice from behind. Kari halted her attack and turned to see Caden and Ryunosuke running toward the weakened trio. She snorted and threw Takeru off of her and toward Genta and Adele.
"So," she slowly began, "My gullible boyfriend finally dares to challenge me. And how charming! You decided to protect that pathetic girl who hung around you like a lost dog." Caden's eyes hardened as he stood in front of Adele.
"I may be gullible," he replied harshly, "But don't you dare call my best friend a lost dog. Because no one gets away with doing what you've done to her without paying the price." He removed his Shodophone and Ryunosuke followed suit.
"Ippitsu Shojo!" called out both male Shinkengers. Ryunosuke emerged from a bright glow of blue and drew his katana from its sheath.
"ShinkenBlue! Ikenami Ryunosuke!" he shouted boldly. Caden stepped forward from the white glow of light that once surrounded him and swished his katana in a sharp, swift motion.
"The same! White!" he announced, "Masaharu Caden!" He turned and offered a hand to Adele who was still on the ground near him.
"Looks like you could use a little help," he commented to her as she accepted his hand and lifted herself up.
"Gee you think?" she sarcastically replied. Caden stared back at her, slightly stunned by her tone. Then she playfully punched him on the arm as she shook her head at him.
"Welcome back Spazzoid," she congratulated him, "Good to have you back in the game." She recovered the Inromaru lying near her feet and offered it to Caden.
"She's your ex," Adele lightly remarked, "So you get the honors of giving her the good bye treatment." Ryunosuke couldn't help but smile beneath his helmet and Takeru nodded his approval. Caden nodded sharply at her words and pressed the button on the top of the case.
"Super disk!" called out the voice from the device. The white vest emerged from the case and landed on Caden's shoulders.
"Super ShinkenWhite!" he called out as he faced Kari carefully. Kari rolled her eyes at him and summoned a pack of the Nanashi Renjuu to keep the group busy.
"You get her," Adele told Caden as she spun her katana to summon her Yang Yo-Yo, "We'll deal with the goonies here." Takeru followed her lead and summoned his Rekka Daizantou while Ryunosuke clutched his Water Arrow, ready at hand. The group then split up to deal with the mass of approaching Nanashi Renjuu. Caden struck at several before reaching Kari and quickly dodged her snake heads. He found himself unable to make a single mark on her and quickly flipped away from her. Then he got an idea.
"Adele!" he called to her as she sent the last group of Nanashi Renjuu out of her way, "We need to combine Mojikara."
"My kanji is chaos," she uttered as she painted out the characters quickly.
"And mine is harmony," he replied as he finished the last stroke on his characters. He poised the Shodophone toward the center of the kanji and sent it toward Adele's set. Adele pushed hers closer to Caden's and the two sets began to combine and mesh to form a new, single character: divine light. The character exploded into a rush of hot, white light that hurled itself toward the open mouths of several poisonous snakes around Kari's neck. They whimpered and whined as they died around her neck and she flew into a rage. Now Caden was clear to attack.
He removed his personal disk of the Snowshoe Rabbit from his belt and placed inside the Inromaru on his katana. His hand spun around the handle summoning his Super Shinkenmaru attack.
"Shinkenmaru," he called out as he approached Kari, "Shin Hikari no Mai!" A blinding white light came in contact with Kari and a loud, painful moan could be heard from her collapsing form. She disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Caden lowered his katana. But it wasn't over yet. Caden staggered back as Kari suddenly recovered and reappeared in her Second Life form.
"She's even uglier when she's a giant," murmured Adele as she stared up at the looming creature overhead. Genta nearly laughed at her words but decided against it since Takeru stepped forward and prompted Caden to summon the Shinken-Oh immediately. Then, Chiaki, Mako, and Kotoha ran toward them.
"You got it cover-...geez!" cried out Chiaki as he stared up at the looming form of Kari leering down at them. Mako grimly surveyed the situation and questioned out loud whether the team would be able to destroy her this time.
"She is a Gedou," she reminded the group, "So I'm not sure whether we'll just simply make her retreat this time or actually destroy her for good." Everyone groaned at her words since it was true. Then Caden summoned the Origami to form the Shinken-Oh.
"What's the worst that could happen if we don't try?" asked Caden as the team met inside the large configuration, "And if all else fails, then I have a Plan B. That is, if Tono-sama will allow me and Adele to carry it out?" At those words Ryunosuke fell to his knees and uttered cries of joy.
"Such a respectful young man!" he sniffled joyfully, "Chiaki! Take an example of him! This is how you treat your lord!" Chiaki rolled his eyes at Ryunosuke and snorted at how stupid his fellow Shinkenger looked at that moment.
"Concentrate everyone!" ordered Takeru as he stood at his position, "She is headed right for us!" Ryunosuke scrambled to his feet and hurried to his position while everyone resumed their normal stances. Kari shot her snakes out from around her neck and they wrapped themselves around the arms of the Shinken-Oh.
"She's got us!" cried out Kotoha in horror, "What shall we do?"
"Oy! You ugly scaly brat!" Genta called as he shook his fist in the air, "Let go of us!" At those words, Kari's snakes flung the Shinken-Oh back near a group of tall business towers. The group tumbled to the floor as the large configuration fell to the ground.
"Now what?" demanded Chiaki impatiently. Caden looked over at Takeru, waiting for his approval. Takeru waved his hand, granting him permission and Caden withdrew his katana. Adele followed suit and both left the large configuration.
"So what exactly are you two planning?" Mako asked them confusedly.
"We're combining our personal Origamis together," Caden explained from the control panel of his Origami, "Since we are opposites, we'll see how this goes down." He brushed out the kanji for combine and Adele's falcon began transforming itself to join up with Caden's snowshoe hare. The end result was a miniature robot with the falcon's wings attached to the back. Caden and Adele positioned themselves and flew at a rapid speed into Kari, knocking her senseless onto the ground. This was their chance. Takeru raised his katana and the group remaining in the Shinken-Oh called the slash attack as Adele and Caden launched a powerful energy blast-based attack simultaneously. Kari's whimpering hiss could be heard as she wailed her curses to the Shinkengers before cracking into several pieces and crumbling into nothing.
"Minna-san," Takeru solemnly called as the group completed the clap of victory, "This brings this chapter to a close."
