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Casey was warding off Dai Shi's punches and kicks nicely. Casey took the opportunity to get a few of his blows in. Much to his surprise, he did, sending Dai Shi staggering backwards.
"But how? How can you still be powerful without your ranger powers?!" Dai Shi roared.
"Like I said before, I don't need my powers to defeat you!" Casey said his confidence could be heard in his voice.
"Don't get to cocky!" Dai Shi said, grabbing Casey by his right arm, throwing him high upwards. As Casey made his decent, Dai Shi gave him a hard slash across the chest.
Casey cried out loudly, grabbing his chest where Dai Shi had struck him. He fell into the plain's grass. After a moment, he found the strength to stand back up again.
"The tiger's still so tame." Dai Shi said, looking at Casey, and evil grin plastered on his face.
"Tame?" Casey said, raising an eyebrow. "I'll show you tame."
Dai Shi didn't know what Casey was about to do. He was caught slightly off guard. Casey put his arms at his sides.
"Call to the beast inside, free the tiger!" Casey shouted, shoving his hands outward, sending the red tiger spirit hurling towards Dai Shi. The tiger spirit clawed at Dai Shi then disappeared. Dai Shi fell on his back and demorphed.
"I don't…understand…how?" Dai Shi said, stunned by the turn of events. He thought Casey would be the one defeated on the ground, and him triumphant.
"I'm the top cat." Casey said with a smirk. Dai Shi growled furiously at the tiger's remark. Casey looked down at Dai Shi. He made a fist.
"Do it! Take your shot and destroy me!" Dai Shi said, grabbing his right shoulder tightly.
Casey roared and let his fist move closer to Dai Shi. But right before it hit him, he stopped. Dai Shi looked at the fist that was so close to his face, a piece of paper couldn't have come between them. Dai Shi shook a little.
"Why'd you stop, ranger?" Dai Shi asked.
Casey pulled his fist away from Dai Shi's face.
"Because if I didn't, I'd be no better than you." Casey said, standing up, looking at the sun that wasn't even visible over the mountains anymore. With that, he ran off.
Dai Shi struggled to sit up, when Camille appeared.
"Dai Shi!" she cried, grabbing his shoulders. "Are you alright?"
Dai Shi didn't answer her. He just looked at Casey's running figure getting further and further away.
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"Dominic, go!" RJ yelled as the other ranger's battle raged on.
"Got it! Rhino Blade!!" Dominic yelled, slashing Red Danger with his blade, assisting Theo and Lily. Red Danger stumbled around greatly.
"Ugh!" Red Danger groaned, "NO!"
"Now for the finishing touch!" RJ shouted, leaping at Red Danger. "Wolf Beam!" he continued, shooting violet beams out of his wrist at great speeds. The beams overtook Red Danger.
Casey ran onto the scene. Red Danger fumbled around, the red orb of power exiting his body.
"Casey, the orb!" RJ yelled to him, pointing at the red light.
Casey turned his attention to it. Casey ran to get it as fast as he could. He jumped to grab the orb.
"I'm…not…done…yet." Red Danger said weakly shooting a harsh blast at Casey just as he grabbed the orb. The blast had caused everything around them to be shrouded in smoke.
"What's going on?!" Lily said with fright.
"I can't see a thing?!" Theo said looking around from side to side.
"Did he get the orb?" RJ said, stepping forward.
"I don't know!" Dominic added.
As the smoke cleared, two red rangers stood about twenty feet away from one another. They didn't face each other, but they were aware of the other's presence.
"Which one's the real red ranger??" Lily asked, looking at one, then at the other.
Then one of the red rangers hit one knee. The others gasped. Then the other red ranger turned around. An electricity like essence was all around him, smoking. After that, he fell to the ground in a single motion, and exploded into nothingness.
The other rangers looked at each other with worry. They didn't know if it was their friend, or foe that had fallen. The surviving ranger stood up and walked to the others. Not saying a word.
"Casey?" Theo said with confusion.
"Is that you?" RJ said with a similar tone.
The mysterious red ranger hit a button on the side of his helmet and demorphed. A red aura was all around the figure, you couldn't make out the face. When the aura around the ranger cleared, Casey emerged from it.
"Who else would it be?" Casey said with a wide grin.
"CASEY!!" all of the rangers shouted. Patting Casey on the back and hugging him.
"But how?" Lily said, bubbling with happiness.
"Gotta love the tiger spirit!" Casey said happily.
"Where's Dai Shi?" Theo asked with great anticipation of the answer.
"Yeah, is he gone?" Dominic added.
Casey let out a small sigh.
"For now he his, but he'll be back." Casey said with a slight roll of his eyes.
"How are you about the whole, Dai Shi/Brother ordeal?" RJ asked moving his hands about. "You may have to face him again one day. Are you okay with that?"
Then a smile hit Casey's face. A kind of smile the others hadn't seen before. He gave a nod.
"You guys are my family. My new family, and that's all I need." Casey said, looking at each ranger individually. The other rangers smiled. Things were back to normal…at least as close to normal as they were going to get.
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The EndA/N: Thanks so much to anybody who took the time to read this. All of your opinions matter to me. If you didn't like it, please don't flame. If you did like it, I am working on another story that should be on here soon. So, thanks again!