Due to the Graphical nature of this chapter, I have given this chapter a NC 17 rating.

This is the most intense chapter I have written to date.

Alright, into the chaos.

Chapter 10: Farewell to a Hero

The mood was somber as many different rangers from every Ranger team stood in a knoll surrounded by Arcadian Willows. Surrounded by the Rangers was a small marker, and a sword stuck into the ground.

Theo, Lily, and Casey could only look at the memorial, no tears dared to form in their eyes.

RJ sighed... It had been the day from hell.

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Earlier that day.

Sugimori woke up at his normal time of 5 in the morning, rolling off of the bed to start his morning exercises of 1000 one handed pushups and 2000 sit-ups.

"Nine-hundred-ninety-nine... one thousand!" Sugimori said as he finished up his exercises with squats.

"You never fail to amaze me, Kev," Dickson said, "What was so important that you said to meet you this early? I could be in bed with Tarra right now."

"Liar, you'd be up making sure your armies and navies were in tip top shape." Sugimori said, "I've been a commander, I know the drill."

"Ok, you caught me on that," Dickson said, "What's up?"

"If something happens to me... I want you to take over my spot and help train them. It's only a matter of time before Drenacouloshan does something, and it's damn possible that Emrass is gonna jump sooner or later. Get them ready."

"You think you're gonna die?"

"I dunno," Sugimori said, "I just want to make sure that if I do, everything's covered."

"Smart," Dickson said, "Though if you do die..."

"Leave the ships over here, Joe," Sugimori said, "The rangers need the extra fire power."

"Kev, they're technically still my ships, and we need all---"

"Just remember, joe," Sugimori said, "Emrass would love nothing more than getting AN Earth. He doesn't care if it's yours or mine."

Dickson started to talk, but sugimori silenced him.

"If anything, Anni could pilot the Atomos into battle," Sugimori said, "Promise me, that if I do die, you'll stay here, keep them in line and safe."

Dickson was speechless. Sugimori was serious, which surprised him, "Ok," the leader of the Black Knights said, "I don't just promise you, I swear to you. If you pass, I will see to it that they become the best they can be."

"Good," Sugimori said, "Well, It's time to wake the children. Wanna help? I was thinking Steak and Eggs."

Dickson smiled, "Hell yeah."

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As the rangers ate breakfast, Sugimori told them a rather funny story about one of his first rangering stints.

"So, My brother had gone on a mission, so I took over the white ranger powers," Sugimori said, "Lord Zedd sent down this Chipmunk monster..."

As sugimori continued, the klaxons went off.

"Good, this was gonna get embarrasing," Sugimori said, "Two different things, Monster and psychotics over at the beachfront, and Psychotics and a dude with something that looks like a missile over at the Power plant... I'll go take care of the dude and the missiles, you might need full strength for the monster."

"Be careful," Lily said.

"Kev," Dickson said, "Want me to come with?"

"No," Sugimori said, "Here's the comlink for the Atomos."

Sugimori ran out the door, and jumped on Casey's motorcycle, not wanting to waste time running or flying.

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The rangers arrived at the scene morphed and ready to fight, the Psychotics already killing people left and right."

"Drenacouloshan," Dickson said, himself Armorized.

"Ah, the human friends of Sugimori," Drenacouloshan, "Psychotics, Calamiquin, Destroy them to their hearts content, but return with the Yellow Ranger."

As Drenacouloshan faded from sight, the Psychotics converged on the rangers, only to be pushed back by Dickson's immense power.

"Fight the monster," Dickson said, "I'll get the lackeys."

The rangers looked at Dickson and nodded.

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Sugimori made it to the Area of the power plant, only to get blasted by green lasers.

"Whoa!" Sugimori said as he leaped off the motorbike, "Wutnhel?"

As sugimori saw who fired the lasers, he did a double take, "Trip?!"

"Surrender, Dragon," The green Timeforce ranger said, pointing his Chrono blaster at the former Gold ranger.

"Trip, It's me," Sugimori said, "Put the blaster down."

"I don't take orders from you, I have been liberated by lord Drenacouloshan. He has given me a purpose..." Trip said, "And this planet will die by his hands."

"Riiiiight," Sugimori said as he looked at the missile and scanned it.

"Zeratrillium." Sugimori said, "That stuff can stop all fusion within as star."

"Yes," Trip said, keeping his blaster leveled at the dragon, "And it will fire automatically in five minutes... Do you think you can stop me in time?"

Sugimori had no time to respond as Trip charged at him, causing him to guard.

"Where are the others?" Sugimori said as he defended with his bare hands, his decision to not bring his sword now shown to be a fatal mistake.

"Drenacouloshan chose me for his plans," Trip said as he fired at close range, only for the beam to be deflected.

Sugimori grimaced and backhanded the Xybian as his inner warning systems warned him that there was 2 minutes left.

"You can't win," Sugimori said, "You're not yourself."

Trip launch forward and activated a new weapon that knocked the dragon back into a wall.

"SHIT!" Sugimori said as he dropped to the ground, "Now I know how the rangers felt when I did that to them a few weeks back."

Trip fired the Anti-energy cannon, only for it to meet steel as sugimori rolled out of the way, and fired one bullet into the cannon, causing it to spark and catch flame.

45 seconds til launch.

Sugimori grimaced as Trip charged him one more time.

"Enough!" Sugimori said as he charged his energy cannon and shot the Green ranger point blank, demorphing the Xybian and dropping the young man to the ground.

Launch Imminent.

Sugimori ran forward, trying to stop the launch, but it was too late.

As the missile launched, Sugimori could only look on in horror.

"It is done," Trip said, "You failed."

"Sorry trip," Sugimori said, sending a sharp electric shoc through the former time force ranger, "I'm gonna take care of that right now... Die well."

"Joe," Sugimori said, "take care of the rangers and the monster, I've got a Torpedo to catch."

"Will do, Kev," Dickson said, "Godspeed."

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As sugimori flew through space, he grimaced as he realized that he wouldn't be able to stop the torpedo. As the torpedo detonated, and the sun started to falter, Sugimori came up with a plan

"No turning back" Sugimori thought to himself. "Well, Good thing I have a 2 hour window of surviving in space."

Sugimori looked back to the planet that had been his home for so many years. If he wouldn't have been in the dead of space, he would have wept. Instead, he pressed forward, sending a mental goodbye to all who could recieve it.

As he neared the sun, he activated a switch on his arm, arming a thermonuclear bomb that had been his source of energy for all these years. As the nuclear device started to load, sugimori picked up speed, going balls to the walls as his body glowed with the power of the beginnings of a critical overload mass.

As he entered the sun, he activated the bomb, becoming lost in the immense explosion, swearing that a hand was reaching for him, ready to take him.... home..."

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As the Sun roared with life in outer space, the Primal Fury megazord finished off the monster and landed on the ground.

Dickson grinned as the rangers and himself got back on solid ground.

"Kev," Dickson said, "I don't know what you did, but you did it!"

There was no response over the com link

"Dickson to sugimori, come in sugimori."

Still no response.

"Dicky to Sug... come on.... this ain't funny."

Dickson tried to reach sugimori's comlink 2 more times before he started to worry.

"Dickson to Voyager..."

"This is Ensign Sugimori," Annika's voice was shaky.

"What's Admiral Sugimori's current location?"

"His combadge went dead about 300 Kilometers from the Sun."

"No...."

"There was a massive explosion," Annika said, "Only one device could deliver a one TERRATON blast."

"Damn...it..." Dickson said as he fell to his knees, "God Damn... it.. all..."

The rangers made it back to Jungle Karma. The Elite Force had the restaurant running smooth as the rangers and dickson walked in, the rangers with the telltale signs of tears.

"Tell the patrons..." RJ said, "Tell them that there has been an emergency.... That the restaurant is closing for the day."

"What happened?"

"Close the restaurant and we'll tell you..." Dickson said, "DO IT, DAMNIT!"

After ten minutes, the restaurant was totally cleared except for the rangers of both teams and Dickson. As Dickson flipped the sign to closed, RJ sighed and began.

"Did you see the sun go out?" the Wolf master asked.

"yeah," Chell said, "We thought it was an eclipse though?"

"General," Naomi said, "Where's Admiral Sugimori?"

Anyone who knew dickson would have known then that something was terribly wrong, as a single tear fell.

"He did what all rangers know that they might be expected to do... He saved us all... but paid the ultimate cost for it."

The glass that Naomi had been holding dropped to the ground, breaking, and spilling soda everywhere.

"W-what?"

"He used the TND used to run his mechanical parts to cause a new fusion reaction in the sun when a torpedo composed of Zeratrillium collided with the sun. For the record, Zeratrillium is a compound that stops all nuclear reactions inside a star."

The rangers were silent.

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"Today," The tv anchorwoman said, "The planet lost a beloved philanthropist, businessman, and celebrity. Kevin Sugimori, President of Sugimori Technical Corporation, and one of the last publicly known Dragons, Saved the planet in a last ditch effort after an unknown being launched an experimental torpedo into the sun. As those who knew Sugimori know, Sugimori was an arcadian dragon, trained to be able to survive in the vacuum of space for an extended amount of time.

"Sugimori Corp will be run by Doctor Thomas Oliver, a graduate of MIT University, and Sugimori's brother. Sugimori was 29."

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Next Day,

Rangers from every Ranger team stood around the knoll, where Serenity stood stuck in the ground, her hilt pointed towards the sky, as if she was hoping her master would pick her up again.

"Today," Tommy said, "We mourn the loss of not only a good friend...

Tommy wiped in futility as tears came trickling down his face

"Not only a good friend, but a hell of a ranger, One who... in his final moments, looked death in the eye, cracked a grin, and told it to fuck off... He was a good ranger... and a hell of a brother. He WILL be missed by all."

Tommy took out his morphing key and morphed into his ranger form, as a homage to the fallen ranger.

As if compelled by unseen forces, every other ranger also morphed, bringing their right hands over their chest, in the Draconic salute to the fallen.

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After the memorial service

The Jungle Fury rangers stood in the house of Doctor Tommy Oliver, Somber looks on their faces.

"I can't believe he's gone," RJ said.

"I can," Tommy said, "He knew he wasn't long for this world. Humans on this planet have always hated the Dragons. And even though Kev was a businessman and had money almost literally growing on trees, he was a dragon. He's seen discrimination, but every day, he'd try to see the good in everyone. But having to put up with all the hate does tend to run you down."

Kim looked to the rangers, "He wouldn't have done that if he didn't think it would benefit the war effort. Sides, I have a feeling that even though he's dead, one day we might get to see him again."

"How?"

"Simple" Dickson said, "He's like a bad penny. He keeps on turning up."

"What about that green haired dude?" Kadahj said, "Trip, the Alien."

"He Was being controlled," Dickson said, "When the evil presence was drained from his mind, he became a vegetable... We're trying to find some way to restore his mind."

Kim brought out a tray with glasses of wine, and gave each ranger a glass.

"A final toast," Dickson said, "To one HELL of a ranger."

"To Sugimori."

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When the rangers made it back to JKP, Dickson saw a familiar face sitting at a booth

"Dora!!!" Dickson said, "So you got my message."

"Yep," Dora said, "How's the Rangers holding up?"

"I think we've been better," RJ said, "Joe, Kevin told me to open this if something ever happened to him... I've read what it says... "

"And?" Dickson said.

"Kevin says in the note that you can help us get better, even better than we are now."

"He's not lying. Psychotics are way stronger than those renshis, and you've just been fighting grunts."

"But the note also says that while you're here, to let you lead, Casey's--"

"I'm cool with it," Casey said, "Dickson's cool. If kevin trusts him to help us shape up, then i'm all cool with it."

"I will warn you guys... You'll be wanting Sug to come back after I get done with you," Dickson said, "Hey Xalv, You think we should get them to go through the Beginner's course"

"Who's she?" Theo asked.

"I'm Joey's personal doctor, and sister," Dora said, "Name's Xalvadora Doce, but you can call me Dora. Let's just say that i'm hanging around to make sure that you guys don't cut off something important, and if you do, I can sew it back up new."

The rangers gulped.

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Chapters 5 through 10 were designed as one big mega arc, and now this arc is finished.

But don't think TBGF is over.

Way more where this came from.

I'm way busier than I have been in a while, so it may take me longer to post.

Well, hope you enjoyed this bunch-a fun."

Until next time, May you know the value of a good tear-jerker.

Ultimuus

Next Chapter:

With one of the most powerful assets to the Jungle Fury rangers gone, The rangers learn the basics of Black Knights training, where one wrong move could cost you dearly.

Chapter 11: Boot Camp!