A/N: Here's Chapter 9 of Anime Sentai! I hope you enjoy it. Note that Sakura's rival is in this episode, which causes tension between the two of them. Hopefully, things will work out better, but we will never know.

Narrator: 3,000 years ago. The Starbeasts were the protector of this planet and it still is today… with the help of anime characters.

Al: Seijyu Sentai

All: Gingaman

Make a dash!

(Gingaman arrive in the forest)

'cross the universe saving mother earth

(Gingaman swing in the forest)

Dash off!

(Gingaman run in the rain)

whole 'round the world waiting for the peace

(They run in the night sky of Tokyo)

Howl it! Roar it! Louder ...Gingaman!

(The Gingaman on their starbeasts; Team pose)

When the heart beats for love,

(Al walks on the ranch with a saddle, "Ginga Red- Al"- Fullmetal Alchemist)

it's gonna beat the vice

(Tai takes his saddle and begins to ride with his horse around the field, "Ginga Green- Tai"- Digimon)

Listen close to the ground

(Miroku cuts some food with his sword and feeds his horse, "Ginga Blue- Miroku"- InuYasha)

beating strong enough to treat the lives

(Rokuro pets his horse and smiles, "Ginga Yellow- Rokuro"- Black Lagoon)

Astro energy filling up power to space

(Sakura smiles as she walks with her horse, "Ginga Pink- Sakura"- Naruto)

Come on, kickin' Gingaman

(Transformation Sequence)

Ride on, ridin' Gingaman

(Kiba Blades use the Violent Demon Ring technique)

Five elements from Galaxy

(The blades glow, Gingabeasts transform to armor beasts)

Get all together

(Silver GingaLeon shoots flames from his mouth)

Come on, kickin' Gingaman

(Silver Gingalcon and Gingarilla use their attacks)

Ride on, ridin' Gingaman

(Silver Gingawolf and Gingat open their beams and use lasers)

Piercing through the Milky Way

(Gingaioh is formed and begins to launch his finisher: the Galcon Bowgun)

Oh, Legendary blade

(Rangers pose and look at the space)

Seijyu Sentai ...Gingaman!

Last Time…

Dolmar, a monster who likes food was sent down to take food away to give Daitanix hunger. Rock meets a cook named Sanji who teaches him how to fight the monster. And it paid off…

Chapter 9: Curiosity Shrunk Gingat

In Moku's Tree…

Sakura took out a huge cake from the oven and began to decorate it with pink all over. Suddenly, she turned to see Rock put his finger on the icing. She smacked his finger. Rock was in grief pain as he saw her going back to what she was doing.

"Sakura-san. What are you doing?" asked Rock.

"I'm making a cake," said Sakura with a smile.

"For who?" asked Rock, as the other guys came smelling the aroma of cake.

"Gingat," said Sakura.

The guys dropped their jaws. What the hell was she thinking? Al turned to Moku, "Gingat has a thing for cake?"

"It beats me, Alphonse," said Moku.

Rowdy Invincible Castle…

Sanbasshu was watching the sky as he yawned, "Ah, what to do?"

Shelinda, looking at him rolled her eyes and turned to the door, "Maybe you should think of a plan before you go down to the locker."

"The locker?" asked Sanbasshu, "HEY!"

"Well," said Zahab, furious with him, "We need a plan from you."

"I can't just come up with one overnight!" he yelled.

Suddenly, he turned to see a pink aura fall from the sky, "Or maybe I do…"

In the meantime, a girl was punching very fast as she was training for something important. Her purple eyes glared at the tree as she punched the bark so fast, that part of the tree fell off. She then turned around. A pink aura was coming near her. So much, that she heard the roar of a Starbeast. She ducked, thinking the aura or something that made it glow began to explode, but it was a false alarm.

However, in Moku's tree, Moku began to hear something horrible and it had to be said.

"Gingaman, Gingat is missing!" said Moku.

Sakura dropped the cake that fell on the floor as she went to go wrap it with paper, "Gingat!"

She screamed as she ran up the stairs, ignoring her friends calls to stop.

Meanwhile, back with the girl in the forest, she heard the sound of the cat's call. The sound of the meows caused her to go into the bushes more. She peeked through each bush, when suddenly she saw a pink kitten, similar to Gingat.

"Aw, a cat! A weird one, but still… aw, you need to come to my place where my teammates are?" asked Ino, "Oh, yes you are. Yes you are."

She took the cat and went back to her place. Meanwhile, Sakura was looking for her.

"Gingat!" yelled Sakura, "Gingat!"

Al and the others also looked around. There was no sign of Gingat and they were all looking for her for the last hour. Sakura started to get a little tense. After all, she was trying to find the cat that she loved so much. Even though Gingat is a starbeast, it was still known as a cat.

"So, Al," said Sakura, "Anything?"

Al looked around and turned to Sakura, "Nothing."

"Damn," said Sakura.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of cat calls, "Let's follow it."

"Follow what?" asked Tai.

SMACK! Tai felt a huge red mark on his cheek as he landed on the floor. Sakura began to scream in his ear, "THE CAT CALL!"

Tai fell down and landed on the floor. Sakura clapped her hands and the rangers went to go find Gingat.

Meanwhile, a mantis like creature was watching them from a far, "So, I guess if I can find Gingat, I can find the meteorite. Now, let me find it."

He sniffed and went to find the Starbeast. Meanwhile, Ino brought food to the table. Two ninjas, Shikarmaru and Choji were looking at their comrade as she brought milk to the table in a plate.

"What the hell?" asked Shikamaru, "Ino!"

"This is for our new guest. A cat," said Ino.

The two ninjas stood in shock as Gingat got onto the table.

"It's… pink," said Choji, looking at Ino with a startled look.

"JUST BECAUSE IT'S GODDAMN PINK DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A CUTE CAT!" yelled Ino.

Choji fell and landed on his back. He rubbed his head as he turned to Ino, "Okay, it's a cute cat. Now, can I get up in peace?"

"Or…," a voice said.

The ninjas turned to see a mantis creature with a black leather jacket, "You can give me the cat and the asteroid necklace around it!"

Ino turned to see Gingat with the necklace around it, "Chances?"

Suddenly, Mandigaa, the name of the monster took out a scythe and started destroying the table. Ino took Gingat out of the house and Shikamaru and Choji went behind her to protect the cat. Mandigaa laughed as he left the house. However, he was stabbed by a ninja star. He turned to see Sakura.

"Sakura!" said Ino, "What gives?"

"You have my cat," said Sakura, "Balban, step away from my friends!"

Mandigaa laughed, "And who might you be?"

"Mandigaa. I'm the mantis pirate. I will take the meteorite from the cat," said Mandigaa.

"What meteorite?" asked Sakura, not understanding what he's talking about.

Mandigaa laughed, "You never heard of it. Did you?"

Mandigaa took out his green like scythe and went at Sakura. Sakura dodged it as she went to go and retrieve Gingat out of Ino's arms. Ino looked to see that Mandigaa was fighting Sakura. This was her chance to escape.

Sakura went to fight, when suddenly Tai held her shoulder, "Get Gingat, we'll take care of this monster."

Suddenly, the other Gingaman showed up. Sakura nodded as she ran toward the forest. She was breathing heavily, trying to get Ino to give up Gingat. On the other hand, the male Gingaman stood together to face Mandigaa.

"Let's go!" said Al, "Ginga Tensei!"

Mandigaa was blinded by four multi-colored lights. The four Gingaman jumped up and attacked Mandigaa. Mandigaa screamed as he fell to the ground. He took out a green stick which turned into a spear and he slashed the Gingaman with that weapon. Al kicked him across the face and with his foot, and he dashed toward the mantis creature. The mantis creature then took out his green staff and stabbed Miroku in the chest. Miroku got up and went to fight the beast, but the beast owned him by throwing his staff at him. Tai grabbed his Kiba Shot and pierced the back of Mandigaa.

"Try this on for size," he yelled.

He launched laser eyes at Tai. Tai yelled as he flew and landed in the tree.

"Tai!" yelled Al, getting him up.

Suddenly, Mandigaa disappeared into thin air, "I will get the asteroid amulet and kill Gingat! However, I will kill you first."

He then reappeared and his staff split into two with blades sticking out. Al took out his Seijyuken.

"Seijyuken!"

SLASH! The blades were cut in half. Mandigaa screamed as he ran for cover. He had no choice. The Gingaman went to follow.

"Retreat!" he yelled, disappearing.

Al turned to the other Gingaman as he left, "Damn! Anyway, what did he mean by asteroid amulet?"

"I don't know," said Rock, "But, we got to find Sakura."

"No," said Tai, "We go to Moku and we hear about this asteroid amulet. Besides, Sakura's a chunin. She can take care of herself. And she knows when to call for help."

The four of them nodded and took off back to the ranch. Meanwhile, Sanbasshu was getting the worst lecture from the ravenous Captain Zahab.

Rowdy Invincible Castle…

He quivered as the hook appeared at Sanbasshu's head.

"Idiot," said Zahab, "The Gingaman know about Gingat's problem. And because Mandigaa disappeared, like a coward, this will give them an advantage."

"I'm sorry," said Sanbasshu.

"Well, maybe if you would have gotten the asteroid, we wouldn't be having this conversation," said Pucrates with a smile.

"What? Well, I will get that asteroid and kill Gingat!" said Sanbasshu, "I will make sure of it!"

Suddenly, the wooden doors swung open. Mandigaa was walking back and forth, coughing his brains out.

"Mandigaa, what happened to your blades?" asked Shelinda, shocked.

"Shelinda," said Mandigaa, "Those damn Gingaman cut them!"

The Balban Pirates were shocked. Sanbasshu pointed his finger at the blades, shocked that they were destroyed. However, Shelinda was not impressed in any way, shape, or form.

"Wow," said Shelinda, "That's really horrible. I don't feel sorry for you. I give no sympathy with the battle you had with them."

Sanbasshu laughed, "Well, Mandigaa. Here's a weapon you can use!"

He walked toward the stairs and took out a green rod with a blade sticking out, "This will definitely injure the Gingaman to the point where they will have to give up the asteroid."

He gave the green rod to Mandigaa, "Right!"

"Come!" said Sanbasshu, "We're going to kill GingaPink and Gingat!"

The two of them left the castle in a mad dash to go hunt for them.

Meanwhile, Shikamaru, Choji and Ino looked at Sakura as the cat was placed on the table. She sighed and turned to Ino.

"Ino, it is important that I have the cat," said Sakura.

"Why?" asked Choji.

"What he said," said Ino, "Why should I give this to you? You would raise it wrong."

"Because," said Sakura. There was a moment of silence. She then breathed a sigh, "That's no ordinary cat."

"What do you mean?" asked Shikamaru.

She sighed and she went to her Ginga Brace, and then she backed off, "If you seen the news, that's one of the Gingaman's starbeasts."

"You mean... Seijyu Sentai Gingaman?" asked Choji, "Are you sure?"

Suddenly, Ino put her hand on the table and turned to Sakura, "That is total bullshit! You just want the goddamn cat. Well, guess what? You're not getting the cat!"

"Well, Ino," said Sakura, "You don't seem to have a choice. The mantis wants something with that cat! Give it to the Gingaman."

"No," said Ino, "I'll defend her from that beast."

"That beast is not like the other ninjas we fought in the Hidden Leaf Village. He's a totally different type of beast that you can't defeat by jutsu, chakra, or even ninpu! But, if you think you can defend yourself against Mandigaa. Go ahead, but don't come crying to me when Gingat dies!"

She stampered off and slammed the door, causing a couple of glass dishes to break. Shikamaru turned to Ino, "Gingat? She couldn't be who I think she would be."

"It's most possible, Shikamaru. But, Sakura is someone I would not trust with this cat. She's an idiot to think she can have this cat all by herself," said Ino.

Shikamaru sat there silently.

Meanwhile, Sakura sat outside the house and she met up with the Gingaman. Shikamaru looked outside the window, seeing Sakura meet up with four other people.

"That pretty naïve bastard up there won't give me the goddamn cat back," said Sakura.

"Calm down, Sakura," said Tai, "Obviously, there's got to be a way for her to get it."

"Well, I almost became a Gingaman right in front of her," said Sakura, "However, she would think it was a farce."

"Now," said Al, "We just got to think of-."

Suddenly, their Ginga Braces went off. Al activated his to hear what the base had to say.

"Al, Mandigaa is attacking Tokyo. Sanbasshu is after Gingat and is headed in your direction," said Moku.

Al nodded and turned off the brace, "Sakura, get Ino and the ninjas out of here. Men, let's go!"

Shikamaru eyed them from the window as he saw four bright colors and the male Gingaman wearing their suits.

"I knew it," said Shikamaru, "Sakura's a Gingaman."

Suddenly, Sakura barged into the front door and she grabbed Shikamaru and Choji by the arms, "Ino, we got to go. Someone wants that cat!"

"Who? You?" asked Ino.

"Besides me," said Sakura.

Suddenly, the front door crashed open and Sanbasshu appeared, "Why hello, GingaPink!"

Sakura looked at him as he went to attack Sakura. Shikamaru tried to hold Sanbasshu back, but the Balban pirate punched his stomach and threw him on the ground.

"Shikamaru!" yelled Sakura.

Choji then went after him, but the pirate kicked him in the face. Choji fell and then went back up. He began to glow as his chakra was about to charge. Sanbasshu threw his gun at Choji in the face. Choji's chakra was interrupted as he fell and landed on the ground in pain.

"I wasn't kidding," said Sakura, "Chakra Power! Flower Attack!"

She launched a pink beam of flowers, which injured Sanbasshu. Sakura took Ino by the hand and she threw her down the stairs with the cat running behind her. Shikamaru and Choji also fell down and landed on the ground while Sakura flipped and landed on her two feet. Suddenly, Shikamaru came and he landed on the ground, "Give me the meteorite!"

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji got up and stood behind Sakura. Suddenly, orange pirates surrounded them. Sakura shook her head, "You are dealing with four chunin who can easily kick butt without any problem. However, you're facing a chunin with more power!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Ino, "I'm more…"

"Ino, watch," said Shikamaru.

"You're dead," said Choji.

"Oh really?" asked Sanbasshu.

Sakura revealed her Ginga Brace, "It's time to henshin! Ginga Tensei!"

She transformed into her power suit and she did her pose. Ino screamed and fainted. Choji stood there with his jaw open and Shikamaru grinned from ear to ear.

"My name is GingaPink, Sakura Haruno!" she yelled in vain.

Gingat looked at her and awed, looked at her paw and was about to go up to her when suddenly the orange pirates went to get the cat. The three ninja went to attack. Shikamaru kicked one of them in the face and threw the one coming toward him across and into the bushes. He punched one of them and then swept with his foot, causing the pirate to trip down. Suddenly, many orange ones came up and surrounded him. However, he disappeared. The pirates looked concerned when suddenly he landed on the ground.

"Lightning Style Jutsu: Level 2!" he yelled.

A blue lightning bolt destroyed the pirates with ease, "Wow," said Shikamaru.

Choji kept punching and punching until the pirates were in a pile. However, more began to appear and a pile kept becoming bigger and bigger.

"Oh man," he said.

Suddenly, they all popped up to attack him. Choji activated his chunin, "Fire Style Jutsu: Level 3!"

Tons of flames burned all of the orange pirates. Choji landed on the ground and posed happily. However, Ino and Sakura were facing off Sanbasshu. Sanbasshu shot Ino in the shoulder with a gun. Ino cringed in pain as she felt the blood coming down on her shoulder. The two male ninja surrounded Ino as Sakura began to finish Sanbasshu off.

"Seijyuken!" she yelled, taking out her sword.

Meanwhile, the male Gingaman were having a hard time trying to finish off Mandigaa. He carried his scythe and slashed all of them with ease. Al rolled over and he turned to his companions.

"Kiba Blades, Kiba Shots!"

The Kiba Blades turned to Tai's personal weapon and four beams struck Mandigaa in the face. However, Mandigaa launched a yellow beam at them, which caused the four of them to fall on the ground.

"Damn him," Tai grumbled, "Kiba Cutter! Fire Cut!"

He sliced Mandigaa from the top down. Mandigaa screamed as he felt the intense pain. Al turned to his brace, "Sakura, I need your Kiba Blade for a few seconds!"

Suddenly, Sakura's blade appeared in Al's hand, "Well, hurry!" she said.

Al looked at Mandigaa, "Time to go to hell! Violent Beast Demon Ring Formation!"

The five blades made a star and a huge beam destroyed Mandigaa. However, he wasn't done, "Now, it's my turn!"

He drank some of the Balban Whiskey, which made him grow ten times bigger. Meanwhile, where Sakura was fighting Sanbasshu, the pirate laughed as he saw the monster.

"Perfect! Now, I can kill Gingat and you! Gingaioh will never be formed to destroy such a monster like Mandigaa!"

Suddenly, Shikamaru went for the cat. He kicked Sanbasshu across the face as the pirate went on the ground. He took the meteorite amulet from the cat and he gave it to Sakura.

"What can you do?" asked Shikamaru.

"Throw it," said Sakura, "Now!"

Shikamaru threw the amulet so far, that Sanbasshu went to grab it. He was inches away from grabbing it. Shikamaru, Choji and Ino all gasped as the evil villain went to grab it. Suddenly, Sakura took out her Kiba Blade.

"Kiba Arrow!"

Her pink arrow pierced the meteorite and Sanbasshu. Sanbasshu felt the explosion and he fell over the edge of the cliff. Sakura was relieved as she turned to her ninja like rivals. However, Gingat was not the kitten. She began to glow red as it turned into the gigantic being it once was.

"Nice!" said Shikamaru.

"Told you it was a Starbeast," said Sakura, "Now, are you going to go home and pout or are you going to watch the battle from where you are?"

The three chunin saw Mandigaa strike the city. Sakura hopped on to Gingat and activated her Ginga Brace, "Al, Gingat's back. Let's Seijyu Gattai!"

"Right!" said Al, "Gingabeasts, let's go!"

The other Gingabeasts came in where Mandigaa was. Mandigaa laughed as he launched his attack at Gingat. Gingat launched her needles at Mandigaa and Mandigaa got the worst injury ever. Al laughed as he saw that the injury caused Mandigaa to still be a hundred percent okay.

"Okay, I think it's time to go metallic," said Al, "Gingabeasts, Silver Transformation!"

The Gingabeasts turned metallic. Everyone got into their cockpit.

"Seijyu Gattai! Gingaioh!"

The Gingabeasts formed Gingaioh and went to attack Mandigaa. Gingaioh punched and kicked the monster in the face. However, Mandigaa had different plans. The mantis creature threw his knive like weapons causing the robot to fall back. Shikamaru grimaced at the whole entire thing. Gingaioh however was powerful as he went to attack.

"Silver Armor Sword!" said Sakura, "Galaxy Beast King Cut!"

As Mandigaa went to slash Gingaioh, Gingaioh's blade injured Mandigaa and broke the staff in two.

"Galcon Bowgun!" said Tai.

The Galcon Bowgun aimed at Mandigaa.

"Shooting Star Bullet!" yelled Sakura.

The head of Gingalcon impaled the heart of Mandigaa, causing the mantis creature to explode into a million pieces. The chunin were surprised as Gingaioh headed toward them.

"Sakura…," said Ino.

"INO!" yelled Sakura, jumping off down on the surface with the others. Ino got up and went toward Sakura and her friends. Choji and Shikamaru were surpassed beyond belief.

"Oh my God," said Ino, "Sakura, you may have gotten stronger! But, I will be a better chunin! And trust me I've started doing something that will train me to be a sentai warrior like you!"

"You're not a warrior of sentai," said Al.

"I will be," said Ino, taking out a flyer.

"SCRTC?" asked Sakura, "You're an idiot! If you are trying to be a better warrior than me, then why don't you just grow up?"

Ino looked at Sakura. Tai looked at her, "Why don't we just go back to Moku's place?"

"Tai," said Sakura, "BACK OFF!"

Her voice was so enraged that Tai backed off. She turned to Ino, "Ino, I left the Leaf Village to make my own destiny. Even if Naruto and Sasuke wanted to come along, I couldn't let them go. But, the point was that I settled in a forest where I met a couple of people and we've been through a lot and trust me, the warriors that try to destroy the world are far times more powerful than what we used to fight."

"That's what happens when we train," said Ino.

"And what happens if they go bigger?" asked Sakura.

"Simple, a giant jutsu!" said Ino.

Sakura shook her head, "Guys, let's go. She's not getting it."

And she was right. Ino and Sakura are rivals. Sakura has certainly matured since Balban attacked and Ino was acting like nothing happened. Is Ino really going to SCRTC? Can the Gingaman defeat more monsters? Find out! Next time!

End of Chapter

Next Chapter…

Meeting Matt causes Tai to get into music. However, Sutoiiji plans to take music and use it for Daitanix's soul, can Tai get the power of music back? Seijyu Sentai Gingaman!

Chapter 10: Music in Our Lives

A/N: Whoo-hoo! Double-digits next chapter. I'm very happy. So, see ya later. I'm actually excited into getting to the next arc: The Lights of Ginga, which starts in Chapter 12. Hopefully, now that I'm off on Christmas Break, I have a lot of episodes to catch up with.