Author's Note:
You're probably expecting me to do 'Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive', not! That season was kinda lame and not quite interesting. The casts were okay except the Blue Ranger - kinda annoying and even a henchman. And also, the continuity with the rest is kinda off a bit, and so I skipped it and do the Jungle Fury.
Zordon's Power Legacy #10: Animal Spirit
"Martial Arts, such as Kung Fu, Wushu, Karate and more of them, are more than fighting; but also the means of self-defense and protecting the weak yet innocents. But behind its true concept is to bring discipline and enlightenment to find an inner peace to him or herself, and also learn to let go of the past, vengeance and despair.
However, there are those who are evil and cruel, used martial arts to fulfill their selfish ambitions, even it means bringing harm and destruction to the world.
That is why the martial arts must be taught and used wisely for good and making a better world. And more importantly, our spirit is also stronger and equal our physical, as long we never give up from the fight. That is part of Power Rangers."
Zordon, The First Founder and Mentor of Power Rangers
Jungle Karma Pizza, Ocean Bluff,
After a long day working for pizza, Robert James a.k.a. RJ sighed as he was taking a seat on his comforting mechanical sofa. And at the same time, he was stretching himself out.
"Man... I'd never thought that I'd be so tired," RJ said in exhaustion. He sighed before looking at TV screen. With the flick of his remote control, he watched some TV monitors as he was checking on his hometown's safety. But so far no danger. He sighed, "No sign of rogue animal spirits or Rinshi Warriors."
RJ sighed in relief, "Good. That's all I need - more vacation for me."
As RJ was stretching himself before leaning against his chair's, he yelped as he dropped and fell off from it. He dropped and fell on the couple of tapes and DVDs. He groaned in pain as he rubbed gently on his head. He then noticed a familiar DVD with the note of 'Power Rangers Jungle Fury'.
"Hey, what do we have here?" RJ asked amusingly as he picked the DVD up. He looked at it carefully. He smiled, "If it isn't my old tape, I haven't check it out for a long time." He hummed amusingly, "It might be fun to watch it again especially meeting with Zordon. He's kinda fun guy."
RJ chuckled amusingly as he put the tape into TV Monitor's DVD Player. All of his monitor revealed all the scenes of RJ's adventures with Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
"Show Time..."
Summer 1995, Angel Grooves...
"Ah yes... I remember this scene. This sets where me and Dom graduated from Phai Zhuq Academy and I even gain my own stripes for becoming the Master at its Temple. Everyone and even Master Swoop and Master Mao were proud and happy with me and my hard-work, but not my dad. He got issues with me for not following his footstep. I'll tell that part later." RJ narrated, "But point is that after my graduation, me and Dom were taking a long good vacation at Angel Grooves. I was told that place got some awesome restaurant or juice bar called Angel Groove Youth Center. I heard that they've got some cool food especially one I liked the most - pizza!"
RJ and Dom were at the Angel Groove Youth Center as they both celebrating their graduation and earning the stripes. Well, it's only for RJ since Dom was a washout and never made to be master despite some achievement he has make. Nevertheless, they all enjoyed eating their celebration until earthquake shaken the whole place. People screamed and cried in fear and concern as they ran out and panicked in fear.
RJ and Dom yelped in concern and surprise. They quickly escaped where they found two Chinese-Themed Megazords engaging and battling with Nimrod. Both Pai Zhuq Students were in shock and confuse.
"Wow! Are those Dai Shi's Monsters?!" Dom asked in surprise and shock, "I thought all of the monsters are destroyed and gone?!"
RJ shrugged, "No idea. And whatever that thing is, it's a bad news, dude. We need to do something."
And just before RJ and Dom could do anything, they both got teleported by strange powerful lights. They have been transported to another place.
Emerged out from the brightened lights, RJ and Dom appeared out of nowhere. They both dropped to the ground hard. They groaned and moaned in pain.
"Okay, what the heck was that?!" Dom asked in annoyance.
RJ groaned, "No idea. If I'd become Grandmaster, I'd never wanted to build that stupid device to make me go one to another place. It sprained my back!"
"Hey! My teleportation device is not stupid!" The robotic voice exclaimed in anger, scaring RJ and Dom at once. They turned and found a humanoid robot before them. They armed and readied to fight. He yelped, "Not again! Don't hurt me! I'm harmless robot!"
And just before they could do anything, the human's face-like energy appeared before them. He spoke, "Masters of Phai Zhuq, stand down!"
Both RJ and Dom were surprised and shocked as they stand and calmed down. RJ spoke, "Okay, dude. I'll ask. Who are you?!"
"And how do you know about The Order of the Claw?!" Dom demanded in anger.
"Remain calm. I am Zordon. I am your friend. I've known about Phai Zhuq for a long time because I was once their allies during the Beast War especially they helped me face-off both Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa," Zordon explained calmly, "And also, I used those Zords based on their Chinese Culture's Mythical Creatures - Dragon, Phoenix, Lion, Unicorn, Griffon and White Tiger."
"Unicorn? Griffon?" Dom asked in shock and concern. The glowing globe turned on and glowed as it revealed the picture of all Zords. He was in shock upon looking at both blue and yellow Zords. He hissed, "Uh, Zordon, about those two 'Zords', they're not actually Unicorn and Griffon. They're Tianma or Winged Horse and Qilin - Asian Chimera."
RJ nodded, "Yeah. They really don't like Unicorn and Griffon."
"They don't?! Really?!" Alpha 5 asked in surprise as he looked at the glowing globe. He hummed in surprise, "To be honest, they almost looked like one from Ancient Greek!"
"They're not Greek!" RJ and Dom exclaimed in anger and annoyance, "They're Chinese!"
Zordon sighed, "I apologize for this inconvenience, gentleman. And to be honest, Phai Zhuq did not inform me about their creatures. But I do know that they were part of their clan to face off against Dai Shi and his army."
"Really?!" RJ and Dom asked in surprise.
Zordon nodded in confirmation. RJ sighed, "Okay, aside of our mythical beasts, so why do you bring us here for?"
"This involved of Dai Shi," Zordon said firmly, "And I feared that he may escaped and take revenge on his enemies - the Humans. And we must prevent his rise of power and revenge on our home."
"Okay. You're joking, right? Dai Shi has been locked up for 10,000 years. There's no way he could have escaped," Dom said confidently.
Zordon sighed, "I wouldn't give my hopes up. I thought the same about Rita Repulsa but she escaped. But that is the reason why I prepared the Power Rangers Program to fight and defend the Earth and universe from her and her masters."
"So, you'd think it might happen to Dai Shi?" RJ asked in concern. Zordon nodded in confirmation. RJ sighed, "Alright, what can we do?"
Zordon cleared his throat. Alpha 5 brought the case of materials and technologies. He spoke firmly and calmly, "You'll need weapons and powers to fight off Dai Shi. And this is your Power Rangers Program for Pai Zhuq. Dai Shi will not underestimate his enemies. You must prepare for it. Choose anyone that is worthy to the program. I wish you luck."
RJ and Dom looked at each other for the moment before they nodded in understanding. They approached and took the case. They both bowed humbly before Zordon and Alpha 5, who did the same gesture before them. And just before they could leave, they heard the loud teleportation noise. They all turned and found six Chinese-Themed Kung Fu Power Rangers stood before them.
RJ and Dom looked surprise and amazed of what they were looking at. They spoke one word about meeting Power Rangers.
"Wow..."
RJ and Dom returned to Phai Zhuq Temple, where they told the Masters about Zordon's message and warning. They all agreed and assigned RJ to handle the preparation of fight back against Dai Shi. Dom headed for his journey about finding his 'purpose'.
"After meeting Power Rangers, both me and Dom got inspired and amazed by them. And so, we brought Zordon's message and technology for Phai Zhuq. And let's just said that the Order are a-okay with the plans, they also worried about Dai Shi's plan to return and escape for revenge and war against the humanity. So, they left me in-charge to prepare and battle against him. But Master Mao was quite annoyed when Zordon called 'Tianma' and 'Qilin' - 'Unicorn' and 'Griffon'."
While he was working on Power Rangers Jungle Fury Program and Technologies especially channeling animal spirits on their powers, RJ opened his own restaurant for both funding and cover-up on his project. His Jungle Karma Pizza became famous as everyone loved eating his pizzas, thanks to Ernie providing and teaching him about making pizzas.
"But I wasn't bothered by it. Dom went for travelling to find his 'purpose' since he felt he's not ready for it and I'm still working on technology to channel his powers. I did my best to prepare for Dai Shi by building the Morphing Grid for Power Rangers with their armors, weapons and channeling their animal spirits for power and even turned into Zords or formed together into Megazords. And trust me, building Zords is way harder and problem for me to work on.
And at the same time, I'm building my own restaurant called Jungle Karma Pizza. Thank you, Ernie for making me the best and delicious pizzas I ever taste. And my place got famous. Everyone loved eating pizzas."
RJ encountered three Phai Zhuq students, who were looking and seeking for their 'master' to help them due to Dai Shi escaped. Thus, he agreed and helped them to fight Dai Shi by giving them Solar Morphers, Weapons, Technologies and even taught them all the moves and tricks he knew, and he also provide information to them about what they're dealing with. He is not only their master and teacher, but also Wolf Ranger.
Power Rangers Jungle Fury stood before the large army of Rinshi Warriors and Evil Spiritual Rinshi Monsters, especially when they're all led by Dai Shi.
"I was enjoying working and relaxing for my pizza until three students from Phai Zhuq came and look for the masters. They looked worried like Dai Shi escaped. Which it turns out that he did escape. And so, I show my true colors to them. I did whatever I can to help and teach them about our martial art skills, animal spirit, abilities, weapons and everything they need to fight and defend their new home - Ocean Bluff as Power Rangers Jungle Fury. And for me, I'm their master and Wolf Ranger for his Spirit of Courage. I loved being a Ranger! Yeah!"
Casey invited his friends and masters to the dojo, where he demonstrated his teaching and training his students about martial arts and its morality. He was proud and happy to see his students did their best, and he's willing to help them if they do wrong or bullying one or another.
"The Strength of Tiger or Red Tiger Ranger: Casey Rhodes - new cub and recruit to Phai Zhuq Order is now the leader of Power Rangers Jungle Fury. Let me be honest with you all, he's still very green to the team and hero's stuffs. With the masters and friends, he got himself improved with his martial arts and fighting skills! This kid's really got some moves, courage and a heart, and also becoming wise and good teacher like me. He's a really good friend."
After finishing his teaching and training students, Casey turned and let Theo to teach the students by explaining and talking about martial arts history, moves and morality. Though students were bored with his teaching methods, it annoyed and angered Theo that he showed off his Jaguar and Swoop Moves, which impressed and amused them.
"The Stealth of Jaguar or Blue Jaguar Ranger: Theodore 'Theo' Martin - uptight, disciplined and smart student from Phai Zhuq Order. And you could say that he's a perfect, serious and hardworking student especially clean his messes and never break the rules or laws. But he's still a student and still got lessons to learn, like his friends. Did I mention that Theo got crush on Lily? I know it since they got to my pizza!"
Theo led Lily to teach the students. Instead of training them martial arts, she taught and trained them about dancing and singing especially to overcome their fears of little creatures or anything else. The students cheered and laughed happily as they enjoyed having fun with her. Both Casey and Theo laughed amusingly to see them liking her.
"The Speed of Cheetah or Yellow Cheetah Ranger: Lily Chillman - carefree and confident girl. She's quite a good dancer I'd tell ya, but also a confident and outgoing tough girl since she's also from Phai Zhuq Order and also a friend to Theo too. To Lily, she will do anything to help her friends and keeping safe of her home. Plus, Lily also has feelings to Theo. Seriously, don't they tell each other about their feelings before coming to me?"
Dom takes his turn to teach the students. Unlike others, he chatted and talked about his adventures from travelling across the countries and having fun with them as well. The students cheered and laughed happily about his adventures.
"The Power of Rhino or Rhino Ranger - Dominic 'Dom' Hargan. He's an old friend and classmate of mine when we were at Phai Zhuq Order. Unlike me, he didn't get his stripes and become the master. Master Mao thinks that Dom has another purpose, which Dom thinks so too. So, he left the Order to find his purpose for almost 6 years. Until one day, he came and join my team. Yeah, Dom maybe a friendly practical joker and lazy slacker; but once he gets into the game, this rhino is ready to rumble and fight! Don't screw the rhino, dude! Seriously, don't!"
Fran chatted with RJ about what Phai Zhuq Order is about and begging him to teach her about martial art skills, even though he's against it because she's a slow learner and get hurt easily.
"Fran is my favorite customer, worker and a friend. At first, she has no idea of what's going on and thinking we're just taking a long break for 'emergency' until she stumble upon my stuffs. Seriously, my privacy, man! Either way, she may not be brave and smart girl like any of us but she's really kind and supportive especially standing up for her friends."
Master Phant, Master Swoop and Master Finn smiled happily and proudly of seeing their students training new students. In spiritual form; the deceased Master Mao, Master Guin, Master Lope and Master Rilla were impressed and proud of their students as well. Three former students from Phai Zhuq Order are becoming the masters.
"Meet Phai Zhuq Masters, who are surprisingly 10,000 years old warriors and fought Dai Shi during the Beast War. And they also known Zordon for quite sometimes too. So, meet strict and stoic Master Mao, stubborn but friendly Master Phant, my favorite serious and calm Master Swoop, me and my dad uptight and serious Master Finn didn't get along but we're cool now after I show my wolf spirit, and also three deceased masters - Master Guin, Master Lope and Master Rilla."
Dai Shi or Jarrod summoned and donned his Black Lion Armor. Camille appeared and donned her armors as well. He gave a loud roar as he led the army of Rinshi Beasts and Warriors to charge and attack Ocean Bluff. While they were attacking the humans, Power Rangers Jungle Fury arrived and engaged the enemies fiercely and determinedly to protect their home from danger.
"Yeah, quite cliche, I know. When you're a Power Ranger, you'll always have a bad guy and a villain to deal with. None other than Dai Shi - the big bad of all Rinshi Warriors and Rogue Martial Art Warriors. And they want one thing in their mind - animals rule the humanity and Earth, with their iron fists. But thanks to Phai Zhuq Order and Zordon, we beaten and win the Beast War. Most of them are dead for good while Dai Shi was imprisoned for 10,000 years until he escaped, thanks to one angry student.
And now this student became the vessel for Dai Shi to possess until his power and body restored. And to do that, he needs a lot of fears to empower and increase his power. And so, he sent both Rinshi Warriors and Rinshi Beasts to deal with us. And man, those guys are tough!"
Jarrod was sitting down as he was meditating calmly while his body glowed in darkly for peace and quiet. When he was bored, he trained himself to strengthen his power and talents if he wanted to deal and destroy his enemies. Inside Jarrod's body, Dai Shi hissed in anger yet amusingly as he can feel fear energies empowering and increasing his powers and restoring his body. He chuckled evilly and darkly as he can't wait to get his revenge.
"Dai Shi is one ancient evil. And don't mess with him like any villains you've seen, dude. This monster maybe nine-headed dragon monster, but he is not nice. He is very evil, cold and ruthless because he expected nothing but all Rinshi Beasts to obey him with no question and loyalty, bringing humans' fear to empower him and of course destroy and rule the humanity.
But since his body is destroyed, he used Jarrod to be his host until he regain his full power. Jarrod was a young recruit when I'm an apprentice. Jarrod's spirit is Black Lion. This kid is actually nice and obedient kid, who loved Kung Fu and doing good deeds. But because the power and rising up through ranks, he let it get to his head. He became a jerk to anyone and even let Dai Shi escape and possessed him. Once he got possessed by that evil spirit, Jarrod is long gone and become evil. Or so I thought..."
Camille was watching and looking at Dai Shi. She looked concern and curious as she wondered and questioned her loyalty and concerns of still serving under her master. She can't help but falling in-love with Jarrod than Dai Shi. Flit, on the other hand, was buzzing around her. This annoyed her to slap him off from disturbing her.
"Camille is Dai Shi's most trusted and loyal servant, who stands by his side and do anything to help him. Like lizards and reptile; Camille is quite cunning, sly and manipulative chameleon warrior. But according to Lily, there's some good in her like helping Dai Shi and protecting him or even repaying the debt to Lily for teaching her about standing up. And to my surprise, Camille is in love with her boss - Jarrod or Dai Shi. I wonder..."
Flit - a referee and Camille's formed enemy to friend. This guy used to be a human and enemy to Dai Shi, but lost a fight to her. And he became her slave. I won't say that he's quite evil. He's just doing his job to obey his masters. Even so, he's a good friend for helping me twice - overcoming my evil spirit and saving my dad's Crystal Eye to free him."
Power Rangers Jungle Fury fought and engaged with the Five Fingers of Poison, who have proven themselves worthy opponents for them to defeat. Eventually, the Power Rangers managed to overcome and defeat them one-by-one except Naja, who was killed by Camille for treason against Dai Shi.
"The Five Fingers of Poison are nasty and tough bad guys to deal with because they specialized with poisons and tricks to beat us down. They're kinda like Chess's Rook to Dai Shi. There were five of them - brutal and ruthless cobra Naja, the cunning and sly lizard Gakko, hotheaded and exciting centipede Rentipede, dumb but durable Toady and stylish dancing Stingerella."
Carnisoar and Jellica helped assisting and training Dai Shi to regain and strengthened his lost power as he was ready to fight and engage the Power Rangers. Grizzaka defeated and overthrown Dai Shi due to him possessed human vessel for him to use. Two Overlords supported Grizzaka as their leader. Eventually, all three of them were killed - Carnisoar and Grizzaka were defeated by Power Rangers Jungle Fury while Jellica was killed for treason.
"Overlords are like Dai Shi's Knights. And trust me, these guys are tougher and stronger too especially they're very cruel and ruthless as Dai Shi. Tey were killed during the Beast War. And thanks to Naja's talons of life, they're back and become Dai Shi's teachers. Carnisoar of Sky is one tough and cruel evil hawk to deal with especially breaking rules and doesn't care about good deeds. Jellica of Water - real slippery, sly and manipulative jellyfish witch. Grizzaka of Earth is one angry hot tempered bear to deal with. Hate to be on their bad sides."
Phantom Beasts stood and bowed before Dai Shi. Three of them give their powerful golden powered energies to Dai Shi and Camille in reaching their next levels - The Phantom Beast King and Phantom Phoenix Warrior. After their greatest defeat during the Beast War, they pledged their allegiance to Dai Shi as their newly king and leader of Phantom Beasts. However, Whiger turned on his master due to his failure for not defeating Red Ranger and did a good deed for his newly friends before his death.
"Phantom Beasts are Dai Shi's archnemesis and enemies during the Beast War. And these guys hated his guts a lot. But because of their fighting against each other, the Phantom Beasts are gone. And trust me, these guys are ten times worse and powerful than Overlords especially they specialized in golden power-like Rinzin. There were eight of Phantom Beast Generals. Luckily, only three are back - the fierce fighting Avalon Dragon leader Scorch, sneaky and sly snapping turtle Snapper & proud but humble and honorable Whiger. In fact, Whiger was the only Phantom Beast to become good..."
Power Rangers Jungle Fury fought and battled against the army of Dai Shi's while protecting and defending both Ocean Bluff and citizens. Though it was hard and difficult for them to overcome, Power Rangers get more help and training from both Phai Zhuq Masters and gaining more weapons, arsenals and Animal Spiritual Zords to fight back. They have overcome the odds and weakened Dai Shi's army and warriors.
"I'm telling you one thing about being Power Rangers. Tough job! Fighting Rinshi Warriors and Rinshi Beasts is one thing but fighting the vanguards and generals like Five Fingers of Poison, Overlords and even Phantom Beasts - pain to my butt! But thanks to my technologies and my masters' teachings and training Power Rangers, we become stronger and powerful especially gaining more help and Animal Spirit Zords, we fight back and win!"
RJ brought Casey, Theo and Lily to Phai Zhuq Academy for taking and passing the tests. Theo and Lilly did it but not Casey due to RJ and his masters have special test for him to take.
"After their long journey; it was time for Casey, Theo and Lily to take their tests. Theo and Lily passed and got their stripes but no Casey. I wouldn't blame my dad for not considering him to pass the tests because Casey still has one test to pass. It's something that all of us and even Master Mao knew about and hope that he is the one."
Casey told his friends about Jarrod and Camille, but none of them believed in him. However, RJ overheard and nodded in understanding and agreement as he believed in Casey's telling the truth. he believed that it is time for Casey to take the final test.
"To another surprise, Casey told us that Jarrod defend and saved Camille from being killed by Phantom Beasts. I find it surprise because Dai Shi doesn't care. And since no one believed in him, Casey decided to go and confront Jarrod to save and redeem him. It was time."
Casey went to Dai Shi's Temple, where he confront and fought against Dai Shi. He was determined and did what he can to save, free and redeem Jarrod from being possessed by Dai Shi. He did. Casey quickly helped and get both Jarrod and Camille escaped and rendezvous with his team. Eventually, he finally passed his test and earn his stripes.
"Casey hasn't come out since he entered Dai Shi's Temple. It's been hours. I was worried that he's getting himself killed. But I'm glad and happy that Casey was alive and escaped with redeemed Jarrod and Camille. And that's when Casey earned his stripes. But the fight is far from over."
Dai Shi launched the massive assaults on Ocean Bluff from the living and afterlife realm. Power Rangers Jungle Fury make their last stand, with the help of Phai Zhuq Masters, Jarrod and Camille. All of them have overcome and defeated Dai Shi and his army for good. The Second Beast War is over. And the world is safe from them now...
"Dai Shi make his final move - launched the massive assaults on Ocean Bluff, and even bringing the warriors back from the dead. I thought we were finished until we get help from both Phai Zhuq Masters, Jarrod and Camille. We've fought back and defeated Dai Shi for good, all thanks to the Tiger, The Jaguar and the Cheetah. The world is safe..."
RJ sighed, "I loved happy ending." Suddenly, the lights went blackout. RJ yelped and panicked in fear, "Okay, what's going on?! Did I get attacked?! Rinshi Warrior in my house?!"
"SURPRISE!"
RJ yelped in surprise as the whole room lighted up. He found his friends, masters and even his father held the birthday cake before him. The whole room is filled with birthday props and games. They all cheered wildly and happily, surprising RJ a lot.
"Oh my god! You all remember!" RJ cried happily, "Best Birthday Party ever!"
RJ joined the party as he and his friends chatted and cheered happily with each other. All of them were enjoying RJ's birthday party.
END...
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Casts:
David de Lautour: Robert 'RJ' James
Byran Cranston: Zordon
Richard Steven Horvitz: Alpha 5
Nikolai Nikolaeff: Dominic 'Dom' Hargan
Author's Notes:
There's a joke about MMPR's Thunder Zords - Unicorn Zords and Griffon Zords. From original Super Sentai Dairangers, both of them were actually Flying Horse Zord and Qilin Zord since they're actually Chinese Mythical Creatures, not Greek Mythical Creatures. And yes, the facts are true. You can check on the Power Rangers Wiki about them.