A/N: Don't you lot have any individual ideas or suspicions? Some of the titles of chapters I've had at the end must have given you some thoughts, and yet, you don't mention anything in reviews. Honestly, for example, this chapter, going solo, doesn't that give you any thoughts?

Disclaimer: The monster, Lé Mukus that appears in this chapter, is in no way whatsoever intended to be racist. Racism is disgusting and unacceptable in any way, shape, or form.

Chapter 10(double digits! Yay!): Going Solo

The Poke Rangers were out, once again fighting the Black Ranger. They were, however, managing to hold their own against him, but he was also fighting strong. He then successfully fired his Darkness Blaster at them, knocking them down.

"Uhh. We need to retreat to come up with a- EDDIE WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Greg yelled, as Eddie hadn't been paying any attention, and was now jumping at the Black Ranger with his Shooter Sword ready to strike. Unfortunately, the Black Ranger saw this and blocked it with his Darkness Sword, knocking Eddie down again. Behind Eddie though, was Anna ready with her Psychic Shooter. She fired at him, but he teleported before it could hit him.

Later, at the Sanctuary…

"What were you thinking! You not only risked your own neck, but ours as well!" Greg yelled, pacing up and down, still morphed except his helmet, like the others.

"Yeah? Well at least I tried something, unlike you, ready to just roll over and get killed!" Eddie angrily replied.

It was the first time any of the Rangers had argued before, and the other Rangers, Miborg, and Celebi were quite shocked. Sabrina had previously seen Eddie this angry before, back when they were travelling, but nobody had seen Greg like this.

"I suggested we retreat to come up with a plan!" Greg yelled, but Eddie had had enough, and teleported back home.

"Eddie, wait!" Sabrina cried, but it was to late; he was gone. Sabrina sighed.

"I'll go after him," she said, and teleported as well.

Meanwhile, at Nyura's castle…

"You asked to see me, your Highness?" the Black Ranger asked, kneeling.

"Yes. You see I'm tired of all this constant failure. What happened to the amazing power you displayed when you first battled the Rangers, and kicked their butts!" Nyura hissed, and the Black Ranger clenched his fist.

"I'm sorry, my Queen. It wont happen again," he said through clenched teeth.

"Well I'm not prepared to take that risk. So I've had Sketch create a monster for you to lead into battle, and you can take a few Armens down, too. Meet Lé Mukus!" Nyura said, indicating a monster approaching them from the shadows. It was, in essentials, a Muk, but its slime appeared more solid than normal, and it had legs, and a long, curly moustache.

"Lovely," the Black Ranger said sarcastically, repulsed at the sight.

"He wasn't designed to be pretty, he was designed to be strong. He uses poison and slime based powers, which make him quite a slippery foe, and deadly. He also uses extremely powerful - eh - mucus," Nyura said, and Lé Mukus demonstrated his power.

"Ah - haha - choo!" it cried, in a French accent, and snot shot from its nose and blasted a hole through the wall.

"Oh dear - what am I covered in? Oh no - its not - BOGIES!" they heard Sketch scream, and he ran off to get cleaned up, as the trio laughed hysterically, but Nyura briefly became extremely serious.

"Don't mess up this time," she said, and the Black Ranger said nothing, but left to get the Armens, closely followed by Lé Mukus.

Presently, at Golden Youths…

"Stupid…idiotic…ignoramus…risking our lives!" Greg said angrily. He was playing the Poke Rangers game, whilst Anna, Kurtis and Rei tried to calm him down. Of course, due to his mood, he had chosen to play the "versus" mode, and was fighting against the Red Ranger, but his anger was making him lose focus and he lost, just in time for their morphers to start beeping.

"Black Ranger again, Celebi?" Anna asked, expecting it to be so.

"Yes, but this time he's with a monster," Celebi's voice said, and the communicator switched off.

"With a monster! He's hard to beat alone!" Greg gasped, temporarily forgetting his anger.

"You guys better get going," Rei said, and the Rangers ran out.

Meanwhile, at Eddie and Sabrina's flat…

"He just thought you were being foolish, leaping at him without giving it another thought! He thought you might get hurt! He was only looking out for you!" Sabrina yelled over Eddie's guitar, but he just started playing louder, but they could both still hear their morphers.

"What's up, guys?" Eddie asked, and Miborg's voice answered.

"The Black Ranger and a monster are attacking! Oh dear! I knew this-" he said, but Eddie and Sabrina turned the communicator off to morph.

"Ready?" Eddie asked.

"Ready!" Sabrina replied.

"Morph, I choose you!"

"Yellow Ampharos power!"

"Red Typhlosion power!"

The pair then teleported to town, to find the others morphed, facing the Black Ranger, Lé Mukus, and Armens. Upon sight of each other, Greg and Eddie turned away.

"Ewe! That is just gross!" Sabrina squealed in disgust.

"Which one?" Anna asked, and she meant it.

"He might not look nice- but then again, that's a bonus, seeing as you're the ones who have to face him," the Black Ranger said.

"Hahaha! Lé Poke Rangers! I 'ave so been lookin' forward to meeting you! Ah - haha - choo!" Lé Mukus said, and sneezed at them.

"Ah!" the Rangers cried, having been taken by surprise and hit, which somehow caused an explosion behind them(A/N: Couldn't resist!).

"Everyone okay?" Greg asked, and everyone replied that they were.

"Well, minus being covered-" Eddie began, but Greg cut him off.

"I suggest we get the weapons, and try to take them down quickly," he said, and everyone agreed, though Eddie did so reluctantly.

"Cinder Sabre!"

"Psychic Shooter!"

"Wave Blade!"

"Thunder Stunner!"

"Vine Whip!"

"Anna, you go for the monster, poison's weak against psychic. I'll go for the Black Ranger," Greg said, and he ran forward to attack, which took both the Rangers, and the Black Ranger by surprise, as Eddie would usually battle him when he had support, and Greg taking charge further annoyed Eddie.

"Waterfall Strike!" Greg yelled, using an attack he had created, in which he jumped in the air, and water fell down, drenching the Black Ranger, and covering Greg for a strike with his Wave Blade.

"Whoa. Well two can play at that game! Uh…Fire Spin Striker!" Eddie yelled, making up an attack on the spot, in which he span round with his Cinder Sabre held out, and creating a ring of fire, as well as striking Armens down. The other Rangers soon joined in, with Anna fighting Lé Mukus, and Kurtis and Sabrina helping Eddie against the Armens.

"Ha! I thought you were supposed to be tough! Eddie made out you were much stronger than this!" Greg said after a while, taunting the Black Ranger, and he had struck a nerve.

"Yeah? And I thought you wouldn't be taking orders from him," he said, pointing to Eddie, which distracted Greg, giving him the chance to kick Greg down, and he summoned his Darkness Blaster, ready to fire. Eddie saw this, however, and decided to leap in to help.

"Take that!" he yelled, striking the Black Ranger with a flaming Cinder Sabre. In doing this though, he left Sabrina and Kurtis with more Armens, which overpowered them, and some helping Lé Mukus against Anna, which was enough to overpower her.

"Hahaha! We'll be back, Rangers," the Black Ranger said, and he, Lé Mukus, and the Armens teleported.

"What were you thinking! The others almost got killed because of you!" Greg yelled, getting right up in Eddie's face, which wasn't very impressive, as Eddie was half a foot taller.

"Oh yeah! Well sorry for saving your butt!" Eddie yelled back.

"Oh that does it, I am so out of here! And don't even think about following me!" Greg yelled at Kurtis, Sabrina and Anna, before teleporting.

"Same goes for me!" Eddie said, and also teleported, leaving the others to stand there anxiously.

Shortly, at Nyura's castle…

"You were just about to beat them! Why did you leave!" Nyura shrieked.

"I'm sorry, my Queen. I just felt I should leave them to stew. For I have observed them, and there seems to be an argument brewing between the Red and Blue Rangers," the Black Ranger answered.

"I'm intrigued. Please, tell me more," Nyura said, and the Black Ranger continued.

Later, at the Sanctuary…

"Do you guys have any ideas what we can do about Eddie and Greg?" Sabrina asked Celebi and Miborg.

"I'm sorry," Celebi said sadly, shaking his head. "I know little of how the human mind works."

"Oh dear, I don't either. I knew this would happen," Miborg whined, and the others left him to it.

"But if they're fighting each other, how are we supposed to beat this monster?" Kurtis asked, and Celebi didn't reply. Not because he didn't have an answer, but because the danger orb was flashing, alerting them of - no, not the ice cream truck - danger, in the form of the Black Ranger, Lé Mukus, and Armens.

"You three must hurry to stop them. We will try to contact Eddie and Greg, go!" Celebi yelled.

"Right. Ready?" Kurtis asked.

"Ready!" the girls replied.

"Morph, I choose you!"

"Green Meganium power!"

"Yellow Ampharos power!"

"Pink Espeon power!"

Meanwhile, in a random street in Goldenrod…

Eddie was to be found, mumbling darkly to himself, until his morpher started beeping and flashing.

"Eddie here. What's up?" he asked.

"Anna, Sabrina, and Kurtis need your help against the monster and the Black Ranger," Celebi's voice said.

"On my way. Morph, I choose you! Red Typhlosion power!" he yelled, and he teleported.

Meanwhile, just outside of town…

Greg was also darkly muttering to himself, but he was interrupted, not by his morpher, but by an attack.

"Ah - haha - choo!" he heard from behind him, and he was blasted.

"Ah, my back. Oh great. You again," he said sarcastically, as he looked up and saw the Black Ranger and Lé Mukus.

"That's right. And this time your all on your own. Of course, you'd prefer that to having to work with the Red Ranger, wouldn't you?" the Black Ranger asked coaxingly, and he and Lé Mukus burst out laughing. Greg tried to get up, but he was just forced back down again. This was repeated several times, before help arrived.

"Sacred Fire Blast!" Eddie yelled, holding his sword out in the opponents direction, and they were blasted back by a whirlwind of flames coming out of Eddies Cinder Sabre.

"Thanks," Greg muttered quickly, standing up again.

"Oh, why looky 'ere! 'Is friend 'as come to 'elp out!" Lé Mukus said, and he started laughing again, but everyone else just stared at him.

"For the record. I didn't want his help," the Black Ranger told the Rangers.

"Either way, I'm just about sick of you, you - pile of sick! Ready to join the party?" Eddie asked, still angry, looking over at Greg, who grinned.

"Morph, I choose you! Blue Feraligatr power!" he yelled, and morphed.

"Attack!" the Black Ranger yelled, and the before hidden Armens, and Lé Mukus rushed forward. They fought a hotly contested battle for an hour, by the end of which both sides were still fighting strong.

"This is going to go on forever if we don't do something," Greg thought, and he had an idea.

"Hey! Black Ranger! I was just wondering. With all the power you've got, why do you even bother doing whatever Nyura tells you?" he called to the Black Ranger, who had just knocked down Eddie.

"What!" he called, momentarily distracted, angrily, and Greg gave Eddie a look that he recognised as the chance to attack.

"Hi-ya!" he yelled, knocking the Black Ranger down with his weapon, and then running to strike Lé Mukus.

"Ok guys, lets get out the big guns!" Greg said once Lé Mukus had been hit, and they formed the Poke Cannon.

"Ready!"

"Aim!"

"Fire!"

"NO!" Lé Mukus yelled as it was hit, and blasted, but its destruction was momentary, as Nyura resurrected it, and the Tyranitar Megazord shortly joined it.

"You know the drill, guys!" Greg yelled, and they leapt into their Zords and formed their Megazord.

"Lets make this quick, and wash them both out with one Surf!" Greg yelled, slamming down on a button, which caused a Tidal Wave to hit both enemies. The Black Ranger didn't even try to avoid it, as he was in deep thought, and his Megazord lay motionless for a moment.

"Ah ha ha! Let us see 'ow you like my Sludge Bomb!" Lé Mukus yelled, and it lobbed an actual bomb at the Megazord.

"Mirror Coat!" Anna yelled, and the attack bounced off the Megazord, and back to Lé Mukus, who simply absorbed it.

"You cannot defeat me with ma own attacks, Poke Rangers!" Lé Mukus laughed, and fired a smog at them, blocking the Rangers vision. Meanwhile, the Black Ranger had come to a conclusion.

"Yes. Time for an Earthquake!" he said, pounding one of his buttons, causing his Megazord to jump and cause an earthquake, which knocked Lé Mukus down, but left the Rangers still on their feet, and now that the smog had been cleared, they saw their advantage.

"Take it away, Eddie," Greg said.

"Mega Sword!" Eddie called, pushing the relevant button, and striking the fallen monster, destroying it. The Rangers, and the Megazord then turned in the Black Rangers direction, who turned his Megazord.

"We'll meet again, Rangers," he said, before he and his Megazord vanished in a cloud of darkness.

Shortly after, at the Sanctuary…

"No, I shouldn't have been so hasty, I should have thought things through first," Eddie said to Greg, who shook his head.

"No, no, no, I shouldn't have been so harsh. You going on impulse had saved us tons of times!" Greg said, and the pair started arguing again.

Meanwhile, at Nyura's castle…

"So, even though the Rangers were fighting, and therefore unable to fight, and therefore you should have beaten them, and - what was I saying?" Nyura asked, flustered, but the Black Ranger simply chuckled.

"Well, I'm not to worried. You see, the Blue Ranger helped me realize something again," he said, smugly.

"What? Is it good?" Nyura asked hopefully.

"Well. Its good for me," he said, confusing Nyura more.

"I'm afraid I don't understand," she said, in a failed attempt to be sweet.

"Don't you? Well its quite simple, really. I've realised-" he said, and he summoned his Darkness Blaster, causing Nyura's eyes to widen in fear.

"-That I don't have to take orders from you!" he yelled, at the same time as she yelled "SUDOS!" and he teleported in front of her and blocked the blast with his sword. Once the dust had cleared, the Black Ranger had teleported, his own man, once again.

"Told you you shouldn't use humans," Sudos said from the floor.

A/N: Whoa! Who expected that! I didn't! Well, I did, but that's not the point. Yay! Schools out! Hopefully I should be able to put a chapter or two more than normal this week! And now, time for a quiz. Throughout all of Power Rangers, what single character has been in more episodes than any other? Note: Alpha 5 and 6 count as two characters.

Coming soon: Chapter 11; Revelations.

Ooh! Now what could that be about? See ya!