Finally, here is chapter 21. This is out mainly due to someone being a little impatient about waiting for these chapters. Keller96, I enjoy that you like this story, but writing these chapter takes time and about your review of if the other members of the crew's histories will be seen. Their histories aren't fully known and the show doesn't really explain their pasts. I also saw your review on the HP/Double story about when I'll upload the Ghost Ship story as well as your PM about the Gokaiger vs Space Sheriff Gavan, the Ghost Ship will likely be soon while the Gavan story will be later. I like to try and upload the stories at the point in the story that they correspond to.
Just a reminder to all my readers, I am human and have other interests, including other stories to write so thank you for your patience in waiting for the chapters to come out. I do want to thank Keller96 and PrettyRecklessLaura for reviewing.
Disclaimer is that I own none of this, Power Rangers belongs to Hasbro, as it now owns all of Saban's properties, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is owned by Toei TV and Shotaro Ishinomori. All I own is my love of the two, Gokai White and the changes to the story.
Chapter 21 - Soul of an Adventurer
Marvelous walked into the main room, Emma followed after him, looking worried and being bandaged from her fight with Basco. Ahim looked at the two, saying, "Good morning." Emma nodded at her while Marvelous spoke to Navi, "Hey, bird. Come up with the next prophecy already." "I'm taking a little break today." Navi said, "When I don't have one, I don't have one." "There's no time to rest!" Marvelous shouted, hitting Navi. "And don't give me the usual vague stuff! Make it obvious!"
"Marvelous..." Emma whispered, looking at him as he demanded, "Give me a prophecy that'll give instant results!" "I can't do that!" Navi shouted, as Marvelous grabbed Navi. Emma gasped, as the rest of the team watched Marvelous still threatened the bird, "Even if you can't, do it anyway!" "I can't!" Navi shouted, struggling through the grip. Gai looked at their captain as he was demanding the robotic parrot to come up with a prophecy, he said, "Marvelous-san is pretty irritated, isn't he?" "I bet it's a reaction to Basco." Joe said, walking from upstairs.
Emma walked up to them and Doc, she said, "That and possibly me fighting Basco." Joe patted her head and shook his head, Doc said, "That's right. If Basco finds the owners of the Grand Powers, he can steal their abilities. We probably don't have time to waste." Everyone looked as Luka stood up and took Navi, saying, "Cool it!" "Luka, thanks!" Navi said, thanking the yellow colored member. Ahim came out from the kitchen, pushing a cart with tea cups and a tea kettle, speaking to Marvelous, "Marvelous-san. Please drink some tea and take a rest."
Before Emma could say something, someone asked, "Sorry, but can I have one too?" Everyone looked at a young man with short black hair and wearing a white and red jacket. Marvelous looked at him and said, "You..." Gai shouted in surprise as he introduced, "I'm from the Boukengers. I'm BoukenRed, Akashi Satoru. I entrusted a Grand Power to you people before." "That's right." Emma said, recalling it. "During that incident when we fought together with the Goseigers."
"Everyone... you guys know Chief Akashi?!" Gai asked, stars gleaming in his eyes. Navi said, calmly, "Looks like they get along." "Awesome!" Gai shouted, before facing the former BoukenRed. "Nice to meet you, I'm Gai Ikari! If it's okay, can I get your signature here?" "How did you get in here?" Joe asked, stating the more important issue. Taking Gai's autograph book and pen, Akashi said, "I could get in this ship before having breakfast." "I don't care if you're having breakfast or dinner!" Marvelous said, upset as he went to his chair with Emma standing next to it. He asked, "Just what do you want?"
"You're not here to ask Emma to go back or take back the Ranger Keys, are you?!" Doc asked, scared that there were still people who want Emma to leave them or take the Keys, grabbing the chest. After signing Gai's autograph book, which gave him the brightest smile that Emma, Luka, and Ahim almost thought was blinding, Akashi said, "You people collected from your space adventures, right? And well, she is happy here with you all." "That's right." Emma said, looking at him. Akashi said, "I don't know about the other Sentai, but we Boukengers will not interfere."
"Then why are you here?" Luka asked, taking a step forward. Navi agreed, "Yeah!" "To be honest, I'd like you to collect a Precious." Akashi requested, Emma asked in chorus with the rest of the crew, "A Precious?!" "Something that can't be controlled by current technology, a secret valuable that holds a dangerous secret." Akashi explained, "That's what a Precious is." "Secret vaulable?" Luka wondered before her eyes lit up. "You mean treasure?!" Emma smiled at Luka before Akashi rebuked her excitement.
He said, "It's not all good. The Precious I'm collecting is the Yomi Heart." That caught everyone's attention, learning that the Yomi Heart had the power to revive the dead. Doc was understandably worried, asking, "What'll we do? We own him since he gave us a Grand Power." "Sorry, but right now... we don't have the time." Marvelous said, scoffing at the idea. Akashi sighed, disappointed, "That so? Since you're pirates, I thought you could have had this done before breakfast. But I have no choice if you guys don't think you can do it."
Feeling provoked, Marvelous said, "What?" Now feeling angered, he stood up and Emma gasped, "Marvelous!" Joe stopped her, touching her shoulder while Doc held Joe, waving his whisk as a weapon. However, Luka said, "Who said we didn't think we could do it? Right, Marvelous?" She patted his shoulder, smiling and said, "After hearing that, we have to do it." After taking a moment to think, Marvelous scoffed and said, "Oh well." Everyone just sighed and breathed in relief, then got ready for the adventure and headed out.
As they walked through a forest, Doc said, "Looks like we really got roped into this." "But this sort of thing can be fun." Ahim said, while Emma kept quiet, keeping close to Marvelous. Luka said, "Well, I'm pretty pumped for this. It is a secret valuable. Don't you feel drawn to it?" "Who care about that?" Marvelous said, grabbing Emma's hand and pulling her ahead. "Let's just get this done." "Don't be in such a rush." Akashi said, suddenly a familiar voice spoke, "What a coincidence."
Everyone looked and saw Isarn with two Sugoumin, she said, "You damn wanted pirates." "Why is Zangyack here?!" Doc asked, scared and worried. Isarn asked, "Are you people also after the Yomi Heart?" "What?!" Emma and Marvelous said at the same time, shocked. Isarn said, "Sorry, but we're taking it." She summoned a squad of Goumin to attack them. Akashi said, "We can't afford to be stopped here." "Oh well," Joe said, stepping up and rolling up his sleeves. "Leave this to us. Go on ahead." "Thanks." Akashi said, looking at Marvelous and Emma. "Let's go."
"Huh?" Marvelous said, confused. Luka pushed them forward, "Go!" Then she fired at the Goumin, smiling at the rest of the team and said, "Take care of the rest." After that, she ran after Marvelous, Emma, and Akashi. Joe smiled and went to fight them, changing into their Gokai forms.
Far from the fight, in a different part of the fight, Marvelous tightly held Emma's hand and Luka followed behind them, keeping a eye for any Goumin or Sugoumin following them. Akashi touched a stone wall, possibly trying to feel something on the wall. Marvelous came up behind him and sighed, saying, "Have you found the Precious yet?" "I told you not to rush, didn't I?" Akashi said, "Going quickly and rushing are different things." "This is no time to be easygoing." Marvelous said, annoyed and ticked by what was going on.
"I think this is the perfect time to be easygoing." Emma said, looking away from him. When Marvelous tried to walk ahead, Akashi tripped and pushed him to the ground and Emma gasped and ran to his side, Marvelous looked at him, ignoring Emma's worries and concerns, shouting, "What the hell are you doing?" before narrowly seeing a sharp narrow needle pirece itself into the wall and Emma went pale before breathing in relief. Akashi knelt at them, telling the frustated captain, "Be careful. You'll often find traps like these on such adventures."
As Luka took a quick look, she grabbed Akashi's coat and pulled him to avoid another needle from hitting him. She looked at him and said, "So it seems." "You're pretty good." Akashi said, Emma said, reaching his hand that he offered to help her up, "Luka has had a quick eye." Marvelous kept quiet, thinking back to a time when him and AkaRed tried to take Emma treasure hunting in order to teach her how to look for treasure and be tough, when he thought he had seen the treasure and ran ahead, AkaRed stopped him and covered Emma from the barrage of shots fired at them.
As he looked at Emma, still wanting to talk with her about her fight with Basco, Luka snapped him of his moment of remembering, "Marvelous? Something wrong?" "No..." Marvelous said, softly. "It's nothing..." He stood up and they continued on their way, Luka helping Emma climbing a hill. When they reached the top, Akashi tried to help Luka, but she simply slapped his hand and walked on, holding Emma's hand. Suddenly Marvelous stopped and looked into a cave, everyone looked into the cave. Emma asked, "Is this it?" "It's here." Marvelous said, looking into the darkness of the cave.
Luka saw something move in the darkness, "What is that?" "A Sugoumin?!" Emma gasped as it came out of the cave, but it suddenly fell to the ground, a blade in its back. Emma gasped, covering her mouth and shaking at the sight. Luka held her hand tightly as Akashi went a bit deeper to check the situation, "Hey. Look at this." "It's the same as the one we saw recently." Emma said, looking at the fallen Sugoumins in the cave. Luka wondered, "What is going on?"
"Without a doubt, something is up ahead." Akashi said, looking at the fallen minions. Marvelous finally smiled and scoffed, "Well, ain't that interesting!" "Yeah." Akashi said, looking at Marvelous and Emma looked at Akashi before looking at Marvelous, Akashi said, "It's just a little adventure." With that, he went into the cave with Marvelous following after him, Emma followed them with Luka in the back. Though it was dark, Akashi was able to produce a flashlight to guide them through the cave.
Stopping suddenly, they saw a sealed door of some kind with lock, Luka gasped, "Eh?!" She ran to the door, then looked back and said, "It's a dead end." "So what are we going to do now?" Emma asked, looking worried. Akashi kept quiet and looked at the ground, seeing some kind of symbols on the ground. He looked at Emma and Marvelous, asking, "Can you three get on this?" Emma and Marvelous looked at each other and stepped onto the platform, with Luka joining. It suddenly glowed and the door began to open, Akashi said, "Looks like the device is activated by weight." "Nice!" Luka said, smiling as she stepped off to get the Precious believed to be within the chamber. But the door closed on her, Emma put a hand to her chin in realization.
"So in order to keep the door open, the weight needs to be maintained." She said, Luka pouted, "We can't get inside like this! What'll we do?!" "Just do this!" Marvelous said, pulling his Gokai Gun. Emma jumped and panicked, but he fired at the ceiling and quickly grabbed Emma, getting off the device as the rock fell onto it and the door opened. Emma breathed and Luka looked at the door opening, she smiled, "Way to go!" Emma nodded and smiled, Marvelous and Akashi also smiled, happy at his way of keeping the door open.
"How reckless." Luka said, walking at them. She lightly hit Marvelous on the arm, saying, "But you're finally on board." "No way!" Marvelous said, looking away. Akashi looked at them, then looked at the chamber, seeing something shine. Emma asked, "What is that?" A creature stepped, holding a glowing heart-shaped object, shouting, "God of the Yomi realm! Revive my master here and now!" It slammed the object into the ground, causing a bright light that made everyone cover their eyes. Looking through the shine, they saw a new creature rising up, then standing up as it faded.
"Ryuoun." Akashi said simply, Emma stayed behind Marvelous and Luka as it shouted, "I have revived!" "So it was you guys..." Akashi said, looking at the creature. "The Jaryuu tribe." "Oh." Ryuoun said, looking at the group. "Long time no see, BoukenRed. No... Akashi Satoru." "Who is he?" Marvelous asked, stepping up with the two girls. Akashi explained, "He's the king of the Jaryuu tribe, Ryuoun. He should have died in an explosion." "Yeah." Ryuoun said, calmly. "I died. Once before, that is." Emma gulped as she felt Luka tightly hold her hand.
"But now I have returned from the depths of oblivion!" Ryuoun said, proud and ready to fight. He looked at his chest, showing the Yomi Heart, "Using this power, of course." The heart glowed for a moment, causing Emma and Luka to shield their eyes for a brief moment. Luka spoke, "That's..." "It's the Yomi Heart." Akashi confirmed. "It's the Precious that we were going to collect. It revives the dead and grants them infinite power." "So since that plan is out the window, what now?" Emma asked, looking at everyone. Ryuoun chuckled, "What perfect timing. Now that I've revived, allow me to test my power."
He moved so quickly that Marvelous, Luka, or Emma couldn't shoot him when they tried to bring out their Gokai Guns and managed to send them and Akashi to the ground. Ryuoun shouted, "Farewell, Akashi Satoru! Die with these nobodies!" He used his new power to fire at the ceiling, sending a avaclance to block the entrance. After some time, everyone woke up in the collasped cave, Akashi looked at the three Gokaigers, asking, "Are you okay?" "Don't underestimate pirates." Marvelous said, looking at him. Luka asked, "What about you?" "Don't underestimate an adventurer." Akashi said, smiling.
As they tried to get up, Marvelous said, "But the Precious was taken, plus... we're stuck here." Emma sighed and looked at the blocked entry way, Luka patted her shoulder, Marvelous said, "Looks like the adventures you spoke of are pointless." "Do you really think that?" Akashi asked, looking at them. Emma looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?" "What are you getting at?" Marvelous asked, Akashi said, "You guys have probably experienced many adventures. I'm sure you've gotten something precious out of adventures besides treasure. Something personal to you." "Personal to us?" Emma wondered, Akashi explained, "It is when adventurers face an obstacle that their hearts get excited. The joy of that adventure is an irreplaceable treasure. Isn't it the same for you?" The three Gokaigers looked at him, Marvelous spoke, looking at Emma, "The joy... of adventure..." He recalled the memory from earlier and how he really began to bond with Emma, showing her the wonder of being a pirate.
"Damn..." Marvelous said, looking away when Emma noticed him looking at her. He turned to Akashi, "You sure are an optimist." Everyone smiled for a moment, Luka looked at him and said, "So? What'll we do about that Precious thing?" "We can't collect it with it absorbed in Ryuoun's body." Akashi reasoned, "We'll have to destroy it." "No," Marvelous said, looking at him. "It's not over yet." "What?" Akashi said, looking at him, confused. Marvelous smiled, "I'll show you. This is how pirates do things! Luka, you and Akashi stand aside for a moment. There's something Emma and I need to do." "That's how it's got to be!" Luka said, smiling.
Emma walked to him and looked at him, asking, "This is about Basco, isn't it?" "Yes." Marvelous said, looking at her. "Why did you fight him?! You know how strong he is and how clever and tricky he can be! You don't know how worried I was about you when I watched you try to fight him and when he beat you. Have you forgotten what he almost had done to you when he betrayed you, me, and AkaRed?!"
"Maybe I did it so you could see I can handle myself and I have every right to face Basco as you!" Emma said, looking at him with tears in her eyes and surprising him. "I haven't forgotten what he might have done, but I'm working on not being so scared when he appears. I have been with you since we met under AkaRed and started the Gokaigers and have been showing you, everyone and Zangyack that I am capable of defending for myself! But as soon as Basco appeared, you acted as though I still needed to be on the sidelines! If you don't recall, I actually attempted to fight him face to face when he first appeared but he did prove that he was stronger than I thought! I know you'll be the one to deal the final blow on him but please, let me fight him to show him I'm as strong as you."
Marvelous was speechless and looked at her as she shook and cried, he sighed and held her close to him, rubbing her hair and calming her down. After she was calmed down, Marvelous said, "Lets show this adventurer what pirates can do." Emma nodded and pulled her gun with Marvelous and Luka, aiming at the pile of rocks and shooting at the pile. Through the many shots fired, the rocks fell and the path was cleared, the four of them ran out, heading out of the cave to find the others.
When it appeared as though Ryuoun was about to finish them off, a shot was fired and Marvelous, Luka, Emma, and Akashi appeared, Doc smiled with tears in his eyes, "Marvelous!" Marvelous lowered his gun which was still smoking, as he, Luka, and Emma ran to their teammates. Ryuoun looked at them and said, unsurprised, "You're still alive? You should have just died." Marvelous just scoffed while Emma went to check on Joe and Gai and Luka checked on Ahim and Doc. Ryuoun looked at them and said, "Looks like I need to show you that I am an impossible obstacle of death."
"Apparently, facing an obstacle is when the heart gets excited!" Marvelous said, smiling. "Let's go!" The seven Gokaigers all changed into their Gokai form and Marvelous gave his signature, "Let's make this showy!" as they ran into the fight. Emma waas teamed up with Luka, slashing at Ryuoun but their attack bounced off his sword. Gai shouted, "Take this!", trying to strike him with his Gokai Spear, but he was sent rolling. However, Gai said, "Everyone, do it now!" The remaining six members performed a Gokai Scramble Final Wave, creating a rainbow wave but Ryuoun blocked it.
Gai shouted, "No way!" "Damn it!" Emma groaned, as Ryuoun destroyed it and sent his own powerful attack, sending them flying. Ryuoun approached them, saying, "With the Yomi Heart, no one can beat me!" "His strength is unlike anything we've seen!" Doc said, panicked. Marvelous said happily, "Well, ain't that interesting? Then let's use this!" He, Luka, Ahim, Joe, Doc, and Gai changed into the Boukengers while Emma stayed behind, still in her Gokai form, Ryuoun was surprised, "What?! The Boukengers?!" "The pirate version, that is." Marvelous corrected, Emma laughed at the comment.
"Attack!" Marvelous commanded, Emma watched as everyone brought their respective Boukenger weapon.
"Knuckle Cannon!"
"Shooter Hurricane!"
"Saga Striker!"
Joe, Ahim, and Gai fired their weapon at Ryuoun, then Doc and Luka ran, Doc with his weapon, "Hammer Break!" "Scooper Phantom!" Luka shouted with her weapon in hand. Their weapons were blocked by Ryuoun's sword and sent back, then Marvelous came up with Emma who had changed into Go-On Silver, wielding the Switch Jet Sword Rocket Dagger, Marvelous shouted, "Red Zone Crash!" Ryuou grabbed their blades, the tips barely inches away the Yomi Heart in Ryuoun's chest, Ryuoun looked at them, "I know what you're after! Did you think I'd let you destroy the Yomi Heart?! You're finished!"
He attempted to send them over his shoulder, Marvelous said, "Not yet!" The claspers grabbed Ryuoun's hand and Emma held onto Marvelous as they landed. Ryuoun was shocked and Marvelous told him, "It's not over yet! Gai!" "Okay!" Gai said, being with the others and holding the Dual Crusher. "Here we go!" Emma stood ready to strike when their attack connected, Gai and the others shouted, "Mixer Head!" Ryuoun swung his sword to block the attack but some of it fell to the ground and formed concrete on his legs. Ryuoun shouted, "Damn you! You damn adventurers!"
"Sorry." Marvelous said, tossing the Bouken Bo. "But we're not ordinary adventurers. We're pirates. When we want something, we take it with our own hands!" Emma nodded as she watched Marvelous grab the Yomi Heart and removed it from Ryuoun's chest, he looked at Akashi, saying, "Catch!" He tossed it to him and Akashi caught it, he looked at them, giving a thumbs up, "Good job da!" Emma and Marvelous nodded, changing back to their regular Gokai form and looking at Ryuoun. Suddenly Ryuoun rose up again, a yellow energy spreading out from his body.
"The regenerative power from the Yomi Heart still resides in his body." Akashi explained, looking at him. "Defeat him now!" Gai looked at him and nodded, "Okay! I'll do it!" Gai kicked him in the chest and then brought all the Sixth Ranger Keys to summon the Gold Anchor Key, changing into his Gold Mode. Then he performed his Final Wave, Gokai Legend Dream. When he completely performed the attack on Ryuoun, he suddenly grew. Emma groaned, Akashi said, "This is bad. His regenerative powers are out of control."
"Em-chan!" Gai shouted, as he summoned GoZyuDrill. "Come forth, GoZyuDrill!" Gai and Emma entered the mecha, sitting in their respective seats and changing it into GoZyuRex. At the same time, the other Gokaigers summoned and formed Gokai-Oh, becoming Deka Gokai-OH, the two large mecha looked as more energy scured from Ryuoun's body, Gai noted, "He's..." "...become a monster!" Doc finished, Marvelous said, "Who cares?!" The Deka Gokai-Oh fired the Gokai Full Blast, but Ryuoun was too quick for the blasts. GoZyuRex performed the GoZyuRex Drill, followed by the GoZyu Laser.
"Everyone, now!" Gai shouted, gripping Emma's hand and moved GoZyuRex to let Gokai-Oh perform the Gokai Magi Bind, but Ryuoun broke free. Emma said, "Nothing we do is working! He's too strong cause of the regenerative power." "It can't be..." Gai said, worried with the rest of the team. Suddenly Ryuoun sent a wave of red energy that shook the two mecha. Luka asked, "What'll we do, Marvelous?!" "Alright." Marvelous said, after a moment of thought and brought the Boukenger Ranger Keys. He said, "We'll use the Boukengers' Grand Power."
Doc sounded worried, "No way... Will it work?" "It's just a little adventure." Marvelous said, "Let's go!" He inserted the key with the others inserting their respective keys, the Zords of the Boukengers appearing and forming its combined mecha form. Gai happily shouted, "It's DaiBouken!" "So that's the Grand Power of the Boukengers." Emma said, in awe. DaiBouken slashed at Ryuoun a few times before turning and disappearing, leaving the GoGo Sword which Gokai-Oh grabbed. Marvelous and the others shouted, "Gokai Adventure Drive!", swinging the GoGo Sword and finally destroying Ryuoun.
Watching from the ground, Akashi nodded at the mecha. Much later, everyone was back on the Galleon, and Navi was shaking. Doc looked at him and asked, "What is it, Navi?" "He's thinking really hard." Ahim mentioned, Emma looked confused, "What can a bird like Navi be thinking about?" "I'm working hard to come up with a concrete prophecy that'll get quick results." Navi said, Marvelous said, sitting in his chair, "Don't rush the result. You'll turn yourself in fried chicken."
Emma laughed as Navi cried, "Eh?! How mean! Marvelous, you're the one who told me to do this!" "That's right, Marvelous!" Luka said, standing next to his chair. "Properly apologize." "Yeah!" Navi agreed. Marvelous asked, "Why do I have to? To this bird?" "Apologize!" Navi demanded. "Apologize! Just apologize!" "Like I'd apologize?" Marvelous said, flicking Navi's forehead. Luka smiled, saying, "Right? Marvelous is back to normal." "So it appears." Joe commented, Emma nodded, sitting with him on the couch. Everyone jus smiled, seeing the arugment between Marvelous and Navi about him apologizing to Navi.
Watching the ship from the ground, Akashi said, "This'll do, right? AkaRed?" He turned and left with the Precious in its container.
Wasn't sure what to do about the fight with Ryuoun so I had Emma go into Go-On Silver. Also, the talk between her and Marvelous, I tried to make it so it didn't seem like Marvelous was too overprotective of Emma, but still angry and concerned about her fighting. She is the youngest of the crew, but she is just as strong as the others cause they don't go easy on her.
Next chapter, Emma meets the masked being, Joe and Gai discover the masked being's identity, Emma, Joe, and Gai meet a young boy trying to fulfill a promise, a new commander seeks two pieces of a meteor. This has been WhiteRose-Aki, til next time. Please R&R if you enjoy