*Beethoven's 5th Symphony plays as KKD and TB arise from below the stage, a fog blowing across the floor and the light silhouetting them. They soon stand tall and the spotlight shined on them, the audience cheering in response.*
KKD: Arigatou, min'na-san! You're too kind.
TB: We'll be here all day!
KKD: Try the veal! *chuckles*
TB: And we've reached double digits with our Sentai and Rider stories here.
KKD: YOSH!
TB: And although Sailor Spirits is still young in the center, it will end the same time as our regular Super Hero Time stories.
KKD: It sounds like it'll be shorter than the others… though there is a possible workaround if TB's up to listen. You know how in the official Super Hero Time, after Decade's short run the Sentai continued with the start of a new Rider, and that's how the cycle goes now? Why not try something like that? When our Sentai and Rider stories come to a close, Sailor Spirits could continue until we have something to replace it. Just an idea, but what do you think?
TB: That does sound like pretty good symmetry.
KKD: Yea, that way if we need to we can keep the same length as the other stories, more or less, and we can start work on the new teams as well.
TB: We'll do it your way then.
KKD: Cool. Now then, cue the orchestra for the next new chapter.
TB: Yosh. 1, 2, 3, go.
*The orchestra begins to play as the curtains open to reveal the disclaimers*
Disclaimers: Neither TokuBrony nor KKD own Super Sentai or anything else other than this original concept and the characters within. Super Sentai and any music used in the story are owned by Toei and their respective singers.
*A galleon sails in with twelve figures atop it before the camera zooms in revealing Kamen Rider Buccaneer, the Sailor Spirits, & the Melodygers, the latter five all holding their respective instruments.*
Green Melody, Mako, & Buccaneer: SUPER HERO TIME!
*Instruments then surround scenes of the upcoming Melodyger chapter*
Buccaneer: Looks like Neiji's taking the spotlight again. This time, it's to take control of yet another Dobutsu, but can he overcome his fear of embarrassment.
*With Hyouno flying around, she soon creates flames in the shape of leopards that run straight at the screen, showing scenes of Sailor Spirits*
Green Melody: Time to sign up for the Student Council, but the president isn't what the girls expected.
*Treasure keys appears around the next scene, showing off scenes from Kamen Rider Buccaneer*
Mako: One of your new crew members is out making a drunken fool out of himself. You'd better hope that he doesn't cause a scene.
*We then see the Melodygers, Sailor Spirits, and Buccaneer posing for the camera with Red Melody, H-Mako, and Buccaneer standing at the edge of the bow of the galleon*
Mako: Everything's set!
Melodygers: Let's start!
Buccaneer: SHOWTIME!
Previously on Musical Sentai Melodyger…
Neiji was hanging out with Mikoto for the first time. And it seemed to go well, until a mysterious girl decided to butt in and make a move on the Green Melodyger. She managed to make him doubt himself and fill him with fear while a battle waged outside their dome between the other Melodygers and the Akuma. Mikoto then played her lullaby to reassure Neiji, allowing him to break free from the Akuma's dome, defeat them, and even form a new combination for Melody-Oh, bringing Mikoto and Neiji a little closer together. And now, proceeding to the next movement…
At the Subarashii Records, we see Neiji was working the register this time, minding his own business as he was waiting on customers until one came in.
"Okay, that'll be 2500 Yen," Neiji told the customer, who paid the amount and took the CD with him before a familiar customer walked in front of him, "Oh, Tobi-san! How are you?"
"Doing fine, Neiji-kun. I'm still making scoops about those rainbow colored heroes. They're calling themselves Melodygers, which sounds like a bizarre name. Any idea who they could be?" Tobi inquired.
"...Nothing comes to mind. But if you want any results, why not ask some more of the town's civilians, I'm sure they may have some theories."
"Well… that is food for thought… I'll try that. Jaa ne, Neiji-kun."
With that, Tobi left to deal with other matters while Neiji started to sigh in relief.
'As much of nice guy he is, we can't let him find out that any of us are the Melodygers. It's best to have our closest allies know and be anonymous to everyone else,' Neiji thought to himself as Kami walked over and sat on the counter.
"You're doing a very good job, Neiji-kun," he smiled.
"Arigatou gozaimasu, Kami," Neiji bowed with a smile, "But I get the feeling that's not all why you came to see me."
"I came by to tell you that I've found the location of the next Dobutsu."
"Honto?!"
"Yes. I've already gathered the others downstairs. Come with me."
"Hai," Neiji nodded as he started to follow.
(Insert Theme: Immortals by Fall Out Boy)
*A Japanese-style flute begins to play with some clapping as notes float across the screen, washing away the previous scene before we see the Melodygers, silhouetted before lights from above shine onto each one and they all pose as the instrumental begins and the titles were soon shaped from notes the Melodygers played their instruments*
Musical Sentai Melodyger
They say we are what we are, but we don't have to be
*We see Mikoto sitting on a chair, looking over her flute before looking towards the camera and waving as the background was replaced with a musical sheet, and Red Melody was shown in front of it, playing her flute before posing for battle*
I'm bad behavior, but I do it in the best way
*Afterwards we see Kazu, playing his saxophone before he looks at the camera and winks with Blue Melody appearing on music sheet background behind Kazu, aiming his Saxozooka*
I'll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame
*We then see Neiji adjusting his drumset with Saburo tuning his guitar before they looked at the camera with a smile and an upward nod of acknowledgment, respectively, and then Green and Yellow Melodies appeared in between them on the music sheet background twirling the Drum Fighting Sticks and holding up the Rocker Axe over the shoulder, also respectively*
I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams
*We follow it up by seeing Jess, playing her Keytar happily with Pink Melody appearing behind her on the music sheet background, firing her Iruka Keytar before swinging it like a sword*
(Ooooooooh!) I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (glass, glass)
*Now we cut to the Akuma no Metal all walking in a straight line towards the Melodygers from their castle before the camera rotates to reveal the Melodygers in Utau Tani, standing, ready to transform*
(Ooooooooh!) I try to picture me without you, but I can't
*The three generals of the Akuma no Metal stood there ready to charge into battle with Ryu Chikara pulling out his 9 arm guitar and playing a deadly tune*
'Cause we could be Immortals, I-I-I, I-Immortals!
*The five teens then pull out their Melody Changers and activated them, transforming into the Melodygers*
Just not for long, for long
*The team then pull out their weapons*
And live with me forever now
We pull the blackout curtains down
*Both sides then stood ready for the battle before they started charging*
Just not for long, for long
*The two sides charged further before they eventually got closer*
We could be Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*They then clashed weapons, the Melodygers getting the upper hand on the grunts before fighting the generals*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The generals get some advantage before they summon a kaiju that began to attack*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*The Melodgyers call forth their mecha before they combine into Melody-Oh and begin to fight the kaiju. Melody-Oh Pop was also shown slicing the air, along with Melody-Oh Blues charging a massive cannon blast, and Melody-Oh Country punching the screen the its bull head*
Immooooooooor-, Immortals
*Melody-Oh then finished off the kaiju with a slash before posing, the Melodygers jumping down and reverting to normal*
Imm, I-I-I-Immortals
*As the song comes to a close, we see the five Melodygers in civilian form walking off into the sunset, all of them congratulating each other as their faded Melodyger forms appear in the sky above them, and then the title appears on screen*
Score 10: Folk Blowout
It didn't take too long for Neiji to join the other four in their base of operations to discuss what Kami wanted to.
"Now, min'na-san. I've got some surprising news for you," Kami began, "This Ongeki Dobutsu doesn't need to be awaken. Because it already is."
"EEH?! A-Are you serious!?" Jess gawked in response.
"I'm positive. And the better news is, the Akuma don't even know it's about. Look at this footage over here," Kami responded as he pointed to a stand where a screen showed a jungle.
The Melodygers watched the open area as a large dark green monkey/ape leapt around through the massive trees, screeching and flipping around.
"Saru (A monkey)?" Kazu gawked.
"How is it awake already?" Saburo wondered aloud as the footage turned off.
"He woke up on his own prematurely. The good thing is that he's not as out of control like Country Osuushi was when he was awoken prematurely. The bad news is that you'll have to get closer to him in order to take control of him," Kami added.
"I judging that from the color on him, I have to be the one to do it?" Neiji inquired.
"Correct."
"Alright, what genre is it?"
"This is called the Folk Saru."
"Folk? Why folk?"
"It's always okay to try new genres; the others already have," Kami reminded, Neiji turning around so that he doesn't look at his nervous expression.
'Ok, calm down, Neiji. You wanna persuade the new Dobutsu over to our side, right? But that means I have to do… folk music?' he thought to himself as his face was turning red with embarrassment.
"What's wrong, Neiji?" Kazu asked.
"Your face is turning red," Jess pointed out, making him blush brighter.
"It's nothing. I don't know what you're talking about," Neiji insisted, looking away as he tried to hide his red face.
"Oh, I see it too. It seems you're hiding something," Kami noted.
"I told you, it's nothing. I… I don't wanna talk about it."
"Don't you wanna sway Folk Saru over to our side?" Saburo inquired, a bit confused about Neiji's sudden nervousness.
"You're acting a little weird today, Neiji," Mikoto added, making Neiji really red as he walked away to gather himself, "What's wrong with him?"
"I don't know, but I see that he feels more comfortable talking to you and Saburo-kun. If one instrument gets drowned out amidst the others, then this would cause some complications and issues for the group itself."
"...I don't entirely get it, but okay," Mikoto admitted before hearing the blares of the alarm instruments.
"Akuma attack?! They probably figured out about the Dobutsu," Kami figured, "Now hurry out there, Melodygers! Neiji-kun, we'll focus on what's troubling you later!"
"H-Hai!" Neiji nodded before quickly joining the others.
At that moment, a baboon mixed with a sitar was running around in the same jungle, howling and screeching. It was appeared like it was trying to call something before Mokami appeared right in front of him, surprising the Akuma so much that it made him fall off the trees and land on his back.
"Have you found it yet, Madritar?" Mokami inquired as the Akuma got back up, rubbing his posterior.
"Not yet, Mokami-sama. But I was looking for it as you requested," Madritar answered.
"Very good, ko saru-kun (little monkey)."
"Matte kudasai (Please wait)!" they heard Neiji shout before turning to see him along with the others, "Mo… Mokami!"
"Neiji-kun! What a pleasant surprise to see you here," Mokami giggled.
"...More like disgusted."
"What are you two doing out here?" Saburo demanded.
"We heard news that the next mechanical animal awoke without either of us getting involved. So we figured we'd try and convince it to fight for our side," Mokami smiled.
"It didn't work with me, what makes you think it will work on Folk Saru," Neiji demanded to know.
"We have other ways of dealing with Dobutsu, Neiji-kun. But let's cut the talk and skip to the action!"
"Everything you say makes me sick!" Neiji groaned as the Melodygers prepared their wrist devices.
"Melody Change!" the five shouted as they changed into their Melodyger forms and charged straight towards the two Akuma.
"Imps! Ogres!" Mokami shouted as the two types of grunts appeared and charged at the heroes.
Red rushed in, slashing at all the grunts with her Flute Slasher. She was able to cleave through them with ease, but the real challenge were the Ogres. Blue, meanwhile, blasted any incoming grunts with his Saxozooka, even the Ogres were having a tough time withstanding the charged blasts. Yellow heaved his Rocker Axe up and hacked away at the Imps and Grunts, playing a solo in the middle of it, making the Imps scream in pain before he delivered the final blow to them. Pink had started with a solo before rushing past the Imps with slashes until she came across an Ogre and started trading blows with it.
Green, armed with his sticks, rushed in and started trading blows with both Mokami and Madritar. He seemed in a bit of a rage, though, as he struck more wildly at the two before knocking the Akuma away and going straight for Mokami.
"Oh, please Neiji-kun, you have to stop with this hostility. We could've been great together," Mokami giggled.
"After what you put me through last time, hell no! I refuse to let you mess with me any further," Green shouted, swinging his Beat Sticks against her fighting sticks, the two clashing each other's weapons back and forth.
"I'm reading your mind again. It's about the Dobutsu, isn't it?"
"Be quiet!"
It wasn't long before Madritar jumped in, slamming his sword against Green, who blocked it in response before focusing on the Akuma.
"Before you arrived here, you were feeling some extreme form of nervous embarrassment, weren't you?" Mokami smiled, "Oh this is so wonderful."
"Stop it, Mokami!" Green exclaimed as he kept fighting Madritar while the others were listening and fighting simultaneously.
"Don't listen to her, Neiji! She just wants to play mind games with you!" Yellow shouted at his buddy.
"This is no mind game, Kiroko (yellow boy), this is the truth. Neiji-kun has a secret!" Mokami teased with a giggle
"Don't do this to him!" Red shouted, knocking over an Ogre before running straight for Mokami.
"Mikoto-san! Please don't get involved! I can handle them," Green insisted.
"He wants to do his best to persuade the Dobutsu to fight for your side, which I do so admire, but why is he so hesitant? Hmm… I know why…" Mokami smirked as Green knocked Madritar over and rushed over to fight Mokami again.
"Don't you say it!"
"As silly as this sounds… Neiji-kun REALLY likes folk music!"
"URUSEI YO!" Green snapped, his face so red under his helmet with embarrassment, that it spread onto his helmet, too.
He kept swinging, but Mokami dodged all of the attacks and jumped away, making Green fall flat on his face from all the momentum.
"Warase te aru (I will finish this)!" Madritar shouted as he swung his sword, about to deliver the final blow on Green.
However, a loud screech noise was heard, making him turn to see the same metallic monkey from before.
"...Folk Saru?" Green started as the Dobutsu gave the Akuma a huge lariat, screeching loudly before sending the monster flying through the sky.
"Iya~, is this your Dobutsu? Kawaii~," Mokami smiled, "I've already left you wonderfully embarrassed. I'll let the monkey decide your fate."
Mokami smiled before leaping away, Green looking up at Folk Saru. The monkey looked at Green before turning and running away.
"M-Matte kudasai!" he shouted, almost begging, but the Dobutsu was too far out of reach before he demorphed.
"Shoot! He left," Red groaned, demorphing back into Mikoto before she noticed Neiji with his head down, "Neiji? ...Daijoubu no?"
"Mm-mm," he responded, shaking his head no.
Back at the store, Neiji sat in the break room, ruffling his hair up in complete embarrassment while the other four were cleaning up the store.
"I can't believe this… Mokami me (damn Mokami)," he said to himself, clearly annoyed as he was close to banging his head against something before he heard Mikoto and Saburo walk in the room.
"Is everything okay now?" Saburo asked as he entered the room.
"Don't let these things get to you," Mikoto comforted as she put her hand on Neiji's shoulder.
"L-Look, I uh… Mokami wasn't entirely off… I do really like folk music. ...Irish, in general," Neiji admitted, "I didn't say anything to you guys earlier cuz I thought you would all laugh at me."
"Are you kidding, man? You're my brother," Saburo responded, giving Neiji a little punch in the arm, "Why would I ever laugh at you?"
"And besides, we all have different tastes, but it isn't okay to bottle up emotions. Otherwise you'd end up like I did," Mikoto reminded, laughing a little as Neiji started laughing as well while he fixed his hair.
"This is your biggest weakness, bro *pats Neiji on the chest*. You always work yourself up when someone chastises you. You gotta learn to let go, live and let live, you know?"
Neiji sighed in response before fixing his hair again.
"You're right, Saburo. I don't know why I get easily angered or worried… I should just block all that out, but I hate it when someone speaks negatively to me!" Neiji replied.
"It's like a defense mechanism, completely normal," Mikoto answered understandingly, "You just need to find a healthier way to handle it."
"...Thank you, Mikoto-san. I don't think I would've felt any happier without you or Saburo."
"I'm just happy to help."
Both Saburo and Mikoto gave Neiji a hug, the latter smiling as he returned the embrace.
"Now how are you going to approach this?" Mikoto inquired of the green senshi.
"I think I know how," Neiji smiled.
Back with the Akuma, Madritar was busy swinging around in the jungle again, sniffing out for Folk Saru. He kept sniffing until…
"AH~AOAAH~AOAAH~!" he heard a voice yell before he saw Jess swinging right in front of him, kicking the Akuma off the tree and knocking him down to the ground.
"ITAI! NANJA SORE WA!?" Madritar shouted before the four Melodygers, minus Neiji, stood right in front of him, "MELODYGER! Finally, we can have a proper fight!"
"Min'na, time to change!" Mikoto called out as the other Melodygers prepared themselves.
"Melody Change!" the four called out, transforming, Madritar pulling his sword out before charging.
The four Melodygers quickly rushed in and pulled their weapons out before clashing with the Akuma. They were putting up a good fight, but Madritar managed to use his sword to knock all of them back, cackling in victory before rushing at them again.
"Is Neiji's plan really gonna work?" Blue whispered to Red, who blocked a slash from Madritar.
"I'm positive, Kazu. Who wouldn't do it alone if he wasn't sure it would work," she assured as she pushed Madritar over to Yellow, who slashed him with his Rocker Axe.
"Saru-kun~!" Mokami called out, trying to find the Dobutsu, but was nowhere to be found at the moment, "Come on out, Saru-kun! I won't hurt you!"
"Don't bother Mokami. I'm the one you want, right?" she heard a voice call out, making her turn to see Neiji.
"Oh, Neiji-kun! I was going to look for the Dobutsu, see if I can sway him to our cause. But I suppose playing with you will satisfy me."
"Your words no longer affect me. I'm still angry for what you put me through last time, but I now have a clear mind. I'll find the Dobutsu, and if you're the only thing standing in my way, I will defeat you!"
With that, he pulled out his tuner and plugged it into his Changer, Mokami pulling out her drumstick weapons.
"Melody Change," he said calmly, transforming into Green Melody before pulling out his Beat Sticks, "...Ikimasu!"
Mokami giggled as she rushed in, her and Green beginning to trade blows, initially just with their fists and their fighting stick weapons. They kept this up until they heard a screeching noise come closer.
"There it is. I can't wait to see you embarrass yourself in front of me," Mokami giggled, still attacking and blocking against Green as Folk Saru came by.
"I'm no longer embarrassed about my secret! Because of my friends… I no longer have anything to hide," Green informed before knocking Mokami into a tree.
He quickly grabbed some vines before using them to tie Mokami to the tree, surprising her that he even did this.
"Don't go anywhere," Green told her before turning to see Folk Saru about to leave, "Matte kudasai, Folk Saru!"
In response, the giant monkey turned to Green and leaped down, the sheer size of the mecha making the Melodyger seem initially intimidated before calming down and looking at him.
"I… I know that you've woken up not too long ago, but I assure you that I'm not an enemy. I am a friend."
The monkey just "ooh"ed at Neiji, getting closer before leaning back to sit, his landing causing the ground to vibrate to the point it almost knocked Neiji off his feet.
"Okay. I have a song that will, um, help you relax and maybe convince you to help me and my friends. Please, I would like you to listen," Green responded, clearing his throat as Folk Saru tilted his head, "In the merry month of June, from me home I started, left the girls of Tuam, nearly broken hearted. Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother, drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother. Then off to reap the corn! Leave where I was born! Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins! A brand new pair of brogues! Rattlin' over the bogs! Frightenin' all the dogs on the Rocky Road to Dublin! One, two, three, four, five! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah~!"
The Folk Saru listened as Green sang and soon began to use his arms to lift himself up and down in excitement, the vibrations almost knocking Green down again, but he quickly got used to it as Folk Saru provided the beat to the song.
"In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary, started by daylight, me spirits bright and airy. Took a drop of the pure, keep me heart from sinkin'. That's the Paddy's cure whenever he's on for drinkin'. To see the lassies smile! Laughin' all the while! At me curious style 'twould set your heart a-bubblin'! Asked if I was hired! Wages I required! 'Til I was nearly tired of the Rocky Road to Dublin! One, two, three, four, five! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah~!" Green sang as he started dancing an Irish jig on Folk Saru's shoulder, the ape clapping and laughing all the way.
Back with the others, Madritar cackled as he swung his blade, the four Melodygers still blocking and dealing their fair share of damage.
"In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity, to be deprived a view of that fine city. Well then I took a stroll, all among the quality. Bundle, it was stole all in the neat locality. Something crossed me mind! When I looked behind! No bundle could I find, upon me stick a wobblin'! Enquirin' for the rogue! Said the Connacht Brogue! Wasn't much in vogue on the Rocky Road to Dublin! One, two, three, four, five! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah~!" Green continued to sing, the four managing to hear it and smiled under their helmets as Madritar then threw his sword like a boomerang, making it spin around before the four ducked out of the way, "From there I got away, me spirits never failin'. Landed on the quay just as the ship was sailin'. The captain at me roared, said that no room had he when I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy. Down among the pigs! Played some hearty rigs! Danced some hearty jigs, the water 'round me bubblin'! When off Holyhead! Wished meself was dead! Or better far instead on the Rocky Road to Dublin! One, two, three, four, five! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah~!"
Red smirked, pulling out her Flute Slasher and playing it to the song, disorienting Madritar as the other three ran up to him to and attack one at a time before Red jumped in to do the same while still playing.
Back with Green, he heard Red's Flute Slasher and smiled as he continued dancing, Folk Saru actually smiling and laughing as Green jumped off his shoulders and landed in front of him.
"The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed, called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it. Blood began to boil, temper I was losing, poor ol' Erin's Isle, they began abusin'. 'Hurrah, me soul' says I, my shillelagh I let fly! Galway boys nigh and saw I was a-hobblin'! With a loud hurray! Joined in the affray! We quickly cleared the way for the Rocky Road to Dublin! One, two, three, four, five! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah! Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, all the way to Dublin! Whack fol lol le rah! Whack fol lol le rah! Whack fol LOL LE RAH~!" Green finished his singing as he tapped his feet and lifted his arm up, Folk Saru screeching in joy as he glowed his color and opened his mouth to shine the light on the Melodyger.
Back with the others, they smiled under their helmets as Mandritar managed to recover, thinking he had an opening when suddenly…
"Here I come~!" Green shouted, coming in with a medium sized hammer of sorts that was combined with a fiddle as he mashed it against Madritar's head, knocking him to the floor.
"Nice one, Neiji! I take it you succeeded," Yellow smiled and chuckled as Green showed off his new weapon.
"It's the Folk Hammer."
"It's very impressive, but where's the bow?" Red asked.
"It's stored in the handle," Green answered, proving this by grabbing the nub at the handle and pulling out the bow.
"Oh."
"What are you doing?! Don't take your eyes away from me!" Madritar shouted, throwing his sword at the group again, but Green used his bow like a blade of his own, blocking the sword before tossing it like a frisbee.
The bow collided with Madritar and sliced him multiple times before Green ran forward with his Folk Hammer. Quickly getting the blade back in the handle, he whacked Mandritar with the hammer, getting a lot of good hits on the chest and head before knocking him back.
"Saburo, Mikoto-san, yarimasu yo (let's finish this)," Green shouted, his hammer glowing green as he pulled out the bow and began to play, Red getting the idea and joining in, playing the Flute Slasher and Yellow pulled out his Country Rifle to add into the tune, Madritar screaming in pain from the disorientation.
"Sanban Gakcho (Three Way Movement), Melody Finish!" the three declared as Green and Red pulled their respective blades back, unleashing energy slashes onto the Akuma with Yellow firing his rifle to add to the damage, making him explode on impact.
"Yatta!" Green cheered, jumping up and down victoriously.
"Take it easy, Neiji," Red giggled as she rubbed Green's shoulders to calm him down before they heard slow clapping and turned to see Mokami approaching the group while clapping.
"Well done, Neiji-kun. You've certainly proven your worth to wield the next Dobutsu," Mokami smiled as she approached the Melodygers, Green getting on the defensive.
"I thought I had you tied up," Green growled.
"I have strength beyond your comprehension, handsome. You're unbearably naive, Neiji-kun. But that's what I like about you."
After she said that, Mokami pulled out her bass and began to play a riff, causing Madritar to revive and grow kaiju size, roaring in response.
"Good luck, Melodygers. Bye bye, Neiji-kun," Mokami waved before leaving via mist.
"I won't look forward to it!" Green called out as the mist faded away.
"For now, let's do our thing. Ongeki Dobutsu, Joshou!" Red responded before calling out to the Dobutsu, their regular mechs coming in along with the new Folk Saru.
"Ikimasu! Folk Saru!" Green shouted, jumping into the cockpit of his new mech.
The monkey was the first to tangle with Mandritar, grappling him and pounding him in the face. The Akuma struggled to stop the Folk Saru, only to get thrown away by the Dobutsu.
"You wanna do a new combination?" Green asked his mech, said mech screeching with in agreement, "Min'na, Folk Saru says that he can give us a new arm!"
"Yosh! Get ready to give the call, Neiji," Red responded.
"Musical Gattai!" the five called out as the mecha started to combine to form Melody-Oh as usual, bar Jazz Tora.
"Musical Busou!" Green shouted as Folk Saru screeched, contorting its body into the left arm of the mech, attaching itself with a hammer head popping out of it.
"Melody-Oh Folk! On Stage!"
Madritar scoffed at this before rushing in, Melody-Oh running at him as well. As Madritar tried to slice Melody-Oh, the hammer blocking each strike as it quickly counterattacked and gave the Akuma multiple shots to the chest before thrusting the hammer straight, knocking him back.
"Time for the finisher!" Green shouted as Melody-Oh aimed its Folk arm.
"Melody-Oh Folk! Irish Hammer!" the five called out as Melody-Oh held up the hammer head, and fired it like a missile at Madritar, who screamed until the hammer head hit him and went right through his body, the Akuma falling down and exploding on impact as the hammer head flew back to the arm and attached.
"Your ninth symphony has arrived," Green declared, giving the thumbs down.
With word of Neiji's interest in folk music known, he and the others decided to play some in the break room to celebrate their victory. And the first thing they did was pull out a High Kings CD and put it in the player.
"This should be good," Neiji smiled as the music began to play, and he was quick to start dancing to the music, "Mikoto-san, wanna join?"
"Sure thing," Mikoto replied, standing up, "Just so you know, I'm terrible at dancing."
"You'll pick it up as you go on."
Mikoto just nodded before she started tapping and moving her feet with Neiji quickly leading her and she started getting the hang of it. The other three were laughing as they watched the two dance.
"You're doing better than me, right now," Mikoto admitted, feeling like she had two left feet.
"At least I'm helping you stand," Neiji smiled as they hugged each other while dancing.
(Insert Theme: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day)
*As the song began, we see the place is grey and lonely as our focus goes from the ground and scrolls up to see Mikoto*
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known
*She starts walking down said road with her hands in her jacket pocket*
Don't know where it goes, But it's home to me and I walk alone
*Her expression looks to be that of sorrow and pain as she walks*
I walk this empty street, on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
*The place then lights up with color as she turns to see Kazu walking up to her along with Jess, both of them smiling at her and waving*
Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone
*Neiji then leaps over with Saburo following behind him, both joining the other Melodygers and giving a peace greeting to Mikoto*
I walk alone, I walk alone…
*She looks at all of her new friends, who all smile at her and even give her a thumbs up*
I walk alone, I walk a…
*With that, Mikoto gives a smile and they all soon run off*
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
*They look to see the Akuma no Metal in the midst of invading their town*
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
*Ryu Chikara was seen standing atop his mountain on a throne while the three generals stand ready with an army of grunts*
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
*The five turned to see Ongaku no Kami appear and give them a nod, allowing them to pull out their Melody Changers and tuners.*
'Til then I walk alone~
*As the instrumental ends, we see them change into Melodygers before charging into battle, taking out the imps and kaijin with Melody-Oh on standby*
Jikai, Musical Sentai Melodyger
Saburo: Neiji's birthday is coming soon. I wanna get him something really nice.
Mikoto: I'm sure you'll think of something.
Gnork: You will not use our music against us anymore!
Mokami: Oh I know I'm going to have fun with you.
Kazu: We can't let Neiji spoil his own surprise.
Neiji: What's going on?
Score 11: Birthday Battle!
From Coda to the Top!
TB: And that's done. *lays on a couch that got pushed in by a stage hand* Whew.
KKD: Thank goodness, too. Took quite a while.
TB: But it was still worth it, isn't it?
KKD: Yea.
TB: Regardless, I really liked how this turned out. You?
KKD: Yea, same here.
TB: My favorite part was Neiji singing Rocky Road to Dublin by the High Kings.
KKD: Never heard it before, but I liked it.
TB: Also, the final Busou combination for Melody-Oh for now has finally arrived.
KKD: Yea, and it was cool. Plus, with the song by the High Kings sung by Neiji, and the mech battle, those are my favs, too.
TB: I wish I could say more, but I'm running out of things to say. So we'll just move on to the next story. Until then, this has been the Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: And this is the Crossover King, KKD Silver… Jaa ne.
TB: SEIYAA!