Super Sentai vs Super Sentai – Another
Author's note: Whew! Finally out of the huge writer's block, and the chapter went out shorter than usual. I hope my writing spirit keeps up! Regardless, this is a chapter paralleling the first fic. Enjoy!
CHAPTER 21: Another Time, Another Takeru
"Where… where am I…?" When Red Mask came onto himself, he found himself in a dark dimension, whereas the ground is covered with white gas. He looked around, and there were none of his friends. "Guys? Guys!"
It didn't take long enough for him to hear noises. When he turned back, he did saw some Ungler soldiers. "Oh well… I'll just have to keep fighting and find my friends. Come on!" Red Mask eventually took a fighting stance and prepared for the incoming Ungler soldier wave. Fighting bravely against the horde, Red Mask felt like he could go on forever.
As he would expected, the horde never ended, but he was far from done. It was at that moment he suddenly heard something… a voice of a jolly man. "Well then, I'll be taking your power!"
"What?" Red Mask was confused hearing it, but then he heard a blaring trumpet. All of the sudden, he felt like his power as a Maskman taken away, including even his Aura Power. "AAAHH!" Clutching his body in pain, Red Mask was rolling on the ground and the next thing he knew… he's once again Takeru. "What in the world…!" He didn't have time to think about it as the Ungler soldiers continued to attack him.
As Takeru, he still tried his best to hold on. However, his stamina now not enhanced and more limited, he eventually became rather tired. The horde showed no mercy as eventually they gained upper hand against him and began surrounding him and brutally beating him.
'No… no…! What is this…! Am I going to die here…? !' Takeru wondered as he was being beaten to the inch of his life… And just then, he finally saw an Ungler soldier trying to stab him with his weapon…
"AAAHHH!" Takeru yelled and got into sitting position. When he came into, he realized that he was on a bed. "Just… a dream…" Takeru muttered, sweating all over. Thankfully he could feel that his Aura Power was still inside his body. However, he didn't have time to ponder about it. He heard sword clashes from the outside of his room. "What is going on here?"
Thankfully for Takeru, the bed he was lying on was near the window. But peeking over there, he saw a very peculiar scene… A Pink Sentai warrior fighting against a bunch of soldiers, which were colored yellow and red, seemingly based on coral and sea anemone.
"I won't let you touch him." The pink warrior said, "Prepare, Gedoushuu!" As such, with sword in hand, she started fighting against the horde of enemy she referred as 'Gedoushuu'.
"Gedou… what?" Takeru wondered. He was about to get up and help the warrior, but then the pain on his stomach prevented him to go on further, "Agh, damn wound…" Without a choice, Takeru was left to lie on the bed and hoped he recovered fast enough.
'I wonder where the others are… Hoji… Mei… Jiraiya… Chisato… Mele… Mikoto… Nanami…'
Tired, he closed his eyes, nearly falling to sleep again. But he also wondered about the dream he had, 'My power being stolen like that… what does that mean?'
When Takeru woke up, it was because a smell of tea. Thankfully, there was no nightmare at all. When he looked around, he saw a woman, a long haired one, sitting next to him and preparing to get him some band aids. "Are you awake?" The woman asked.
"Hm…? !" Takeru recognized the voice that he just heared. It was exactly the Pink warrior that fought against the ones she called 'Gedoushuu'. "You… you're the one who fought those… Gedoushuu?"
"Why, yes. Why do you ask?" The woman asked, "Although to be honest, I don't know how they'd pop up here in Hawaii, of all places."
"Ooh… wait, what? Hawaii…? !" Takeru was shocked hearing it. How did he get thrown off not to Japan, but of all places, Hawaii? But then, he had to make sure of one more thing… "Um, what year is it?" The woman just looked at him weird, asking of a year like that, "I mean, uh, I'm kinda forgetful."
"It's 2010." The woman's answer shocked Takeru. It got him confused about the timeline.
'This is crazy… was it another timeline I'm thrown at? … Wait.' Takeru then noticed the woman. It seemed that he recognized the face a little. 'I think she's one of the Sentai member of the future… she looked familiar…' "What's your name?"
"My name? It's Mako." The woman introduced herself, "Shiraishi Mako."
"Mako…!" Finally it dawned to Takeru. She called her enemy 'Gedoushuu'. Her face was a dead-ringer in something in the History of Super Sentai. She was indeed Shiraishi Mako, Shinken Pink of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. According to the book, she would've been from the latest of the Super Sentai that defended Earth.
'Wait a minute… Didn't Hiroaki say that there's an abnormality? Then… maybe… if that Seven Colors prophecy was to be taken, that means… this is the original world, but in the future…? !'
"I know your name though. You're Takeru, right?" Mako suddenly stated, which surprised him.
"How did you… Oh yeah. Have you seen my friends?" Takeru then asked, "There's six of them. Three guys, three girls…" All of the sudden, Mako was silent. "Mako?"
"I… I'm sorry, Takeru." Mako looked away, "When you say 'six'… perhaps one of them you referred as 'Hoji'?"
"What? How did you know?" Takeru was shocked. Did she meet Hoji before she met him and brought him here? All the while, Mako recalled the past.
"Actually, I met your friends just today. It was morning." Mako stated…
When Mako was heading out to a grocery in Hawaii for other breakfast needs, she noticed a strange black portal on the sky. In curiosity, she approached the direction where the portal was there. 'What was that…?' Mako thought.
"Takeru… Takeru…!"
'Takeru…? !' The mere mention of the name made Mako thought if her friend, Shiba Takeru, was there. She approached the place and to her surprise, she didn't find Shiba Takeru, but instead Hoji and the rest just arriving there and they were trying to wake an unconscious Takeru. 'That's not him… well I guess it's not like there's only one person in the world named Takeru.'
"No… what if he…" Mei, cradling at Takeru's body, said in a fearful voice.
"I don't see Nanami either." Jiraiya also looked around, realizing that she's missing, "I hope she does all right…"
"What's with this ruckus?" Mikoto suddenly stated as he checked on Takeru's body, "You're overreacting. Takeru is far from dead."
"That's good." Chisato sighed in relief, "But where in the world are we?"
"Hm? ! Who's there? !" Mele was the first to spot something wrong. All of the sudden, she took a leap and launched a flying kick… towards Mako, "You…! Are you a spy for Long? !" Mele viciously asked as she attacked, all while Mako was defending herself by dodging.
"L-Long?" Mako was confused with the term, "What are you talking about? Is he part of the Gedoushuu?"
"Gedoushuu…? !" The mere mention of such word finally made Hoji realize something, "Mele, stand your ground! That's the wrong person you're attacking!"
Grunting, Mele finally stopped her attacks. "All right, you, but we have a lot to talk. Come here a bit." Grabbing the collar in Mako's cloth, she dragged her to get to the team.
"Mele, you could learn to be softer about this!" Mei, however, reprimanded her, in which Mele just scoffed. As a result, she bowed down to Mako, "I'm sorry about that. Our friend is a little rough, but she means well usually."
"I don't mind, really." Mako said, coughing a bit, "I take that your friend over here, named Takeru, needs some help?"
"Just a shelter will do." Mikoto replied, "He'll recover just fine if he sleeps."
"At any rate… did you say 'Gedoushuu'?" Hoji asked, "You couldn't be… from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, could you?"
"How did you know about the Shinkengers?" Mako asked back, she was baffled that the secret was revealed that quick.
"Well it's kind of a long story…" Hoji said as he explained the current situation… as well as introducing themselves to Mako and vice versa.
"I see. It was rather convulted…" Mako nodded once Hoji finished his explanation, "But long story short, you're from various timelines, separated with your teammates and trying to figure out a prophecy."
"You… don't believe us?" Mei asked, worried if Mako was getting a little too suspicious with such grand, and possibly unbelievable tale.
"No, actually I believe in you." Mako said, "You see. I never believed this, but in a beach here in Hawaii, I found some paper in a bottle which got a prophecy about a grand battle, seemingly to involve groups very similar to the Shinkengers, one that would stake on the lives of many people throughout the universe. It's a bit hard to digest, but I can confirm that."
"It's good to see you at least understand…" Hoji said in relief. But then, their moment of peace was interrupted when all of the sudden, from the holes to the sewers, the Gedoushuu arrived, with the soldiers led by an Ayakashi, which looked like a goblin and wore a red cape, as well as wearing a necklace of ghastly black flowers like Hawaiian dancers, only in style of a Gedoushuu. Most importantly, he had a very long tongue.
"Huh? ! A Gedoushuu, in Hawaii…? !" Mako said in shock.
"Hey, that guy look tasty…" The Ayakashi said, pointing at Takeru, "He'd do well as the meal of me, the great Shitakaname!" As he licked his lips, a foul odor started getting to the air.
"Ugh… it stinks… Like unwashed toilets…" Jiraiya stated, starting to cover his nose.
"We'd be in trouble if Takeru is unconscious like this." Chisato said as he looked at Mako, "Mako, take him to whatever shelter you know. We'll meet up there."
"But… do you know where it is?" Mako asked, though at least she's started to make her move by going near Takeru.
"Worry later, just go." Mikoto stated, "We'll just hold them off while you run."
"I wish I could join you here, but… very well." Mako said as she got Takeru on her shoulder, "Good luck, you guys."
"Hey, hold up!" Shitakaname yelled, realizing that Mako was one of his sworn enemies, the Shinkengers, "You're not getting away from me, Shinkenger!" It tried to elongate the tongue, causing a massive stinking odor. However, Mele managed to deliver a chop to it, before it reached Mako.
"Your stinking tongue isn't going anywhere!" Mele declared, although she was having trouble in smelling the odor of the tongue, 'Damn it, I could use some body-washing when I'm done with this guy…'
"Hold them off until Takeru and Mako are safe." Hoji declared as he reached out his SP License, "Change Stand By!"
"OK!" Knowing that would be the cue for them to morph, everyone prepared themselves.
"Emergency! Dekaranger! Face On!"
"Dino Buckler!"
"Super Henge! Doron Changer!"
"Install! Megaranger!"
"…"
"Bakuryuu Change."
And so the Super Sentai waged their battle against the Ayakashi Shitakaname. However, unknown to Mako… even if she managed to escape, the team seemingly fell onto something.
"When they caught up to me…" Mako stated, summarizing the story so far, "They said that the Ayakashi got your friends on his stomach. I… I'm sorry I wasn't there."
"No, it's not your fault, Mako." Takeru stated, "It's their decision and you did well enough to protect me by bringing me here."
"Thank you for at least understanding." Mako stated. "So, what do you plan to do now?"
"The obvious, of course." Takeru said with confidence, "Beat that monster and free my friends. If you really want to help… I'll happily accept."
"I see." Mako said, until something came to her mind, "That Ayakashi consumed your friends. According to the Shiba clan scroll that I once read, that Ayakashi is known for its huge appetite."
"Yeah… what came from that?" Takeru stated.
"Well, um… It is kind of embarrassing to tell this, but…" Mako said, looking away, "I'm not that good of a cook. Whenever I try to cook, it's like everyone around me were cowering in fear. I wonder if it's that bad, even if I'm trying to improve…"
"You'll improve, I'm sure. As long as you train a lot." Takeru assured her, "Practice makes perfect, you know."
"I know, just that…" Mako tried to sound not very disappointed. Her lack of cooking skills did distress her greatly, but she's willing to let it go for one moment that could prove to be crucial if her prediction Is true, "I think this is one moment that even my lack of cooking skills could prove useful."
"Huh? You don't mean…" Takeru then tried to take a guess, "Force-feeding the monster with your cooking?"
"Well I'm not sure if it's going to work." Mako tried to shy away from the idea, "Just… forget about it, it's probably not going to work."
"No. It's worth a shot." Takeru said, just so she knew how serious he was, he tightly grabbed her arm, "You never know till you try. Just do your best. Sometimes, crazy plans are what is needed to win. Try to cook it, and we'll see!"
"Eh?" Mako was shocked at thinking of what Takeru might be implying, "You don't mean… you're going to eat my cooking?"
"Yeah, we've got to make sure just how bad is it." Takeru assured, but Mako all of the sudden protested.
"No, how can I do that? I'm just endangering your body that way!" Mako said in worry, "Besides, you just recovered from your fatigue. If I give you foods that aren't good…"
"Mako, you'll have to know that I am a martial artist." Takeru assured her, "A martial artist… knows best about their own body. And I tell you, in my life, I've eaten a lot of horrid foods so I know how to handle it. So don't worry about it."
"Um…" Mako gave the idea some thought. True enough, this would not be something she'd do on a whim, but it might be worth a shot if she's trying to make a monster puke something out of her body, "Okay, I'll prepare it. But just in case, you should try taking some medicines too. We have to act quick."
"I know. My friends' lifes are on the line." Takeru confirmed as he nodded with determination, "We have to make this succeed, no matter what."
"Okay." As such, Mako left after she nodded.
Mako headed to the kitchen, all while thinking if she could make a food so horrible. 'I never did this on purpose… I know, I should just go like usual. But still, I feel bad for Takeru…' Sighing, she started to remember how all the Shinkengers were avoiding her cooking at all, and wondered if one day she'll be able to improve. 'I don't have time for doubts. Our plan hangs on this horrid cooking skill of mine. I'll discard it one day, but… before that, I had one last use for it.'
While she walked to the kitchen, she gazed onto something on a nearby table … a disc. Shortly after she secured Takeru, she received a call from Kusakabe Hikoma informing that there was a Gedoushuu on the loose in Hawaii, and gave her something to help her… the Kyoryuu Disc. She was at first surprised that this item would be sent to her, as if something would happen in the future.
'Jii… are you telling me that I have to use this one day… or is it to be given to Takeru… if we met?'
From Hikoma, Mako also learned on how Shinken Red, Shiba Takeru, was apparently missing during a battle against a Gedoushuu. This worried her greatly. However, she knew she had another duty to do for the moment. Instead, she just picked the disc up and put it in her pocket before returning her walk to the kitchen.
Shortly after resting awhile, Takeru was finally able to get up from his bed. 'Whew. So glad I can get up from the bed.' He stretched his hand out. A little training wouldn't hurt after so much time lying on the bed. After stretching his hand a bit, he took a sitting position. He was about to meditate…
'I need to calm down. This certainly isn't my world, not even my time. I have to eventually go back. But I need to find out how.' The warnings from Hiroaki as well as his previous dream before their meeting was clear in Takeru's head, which made him want to go back once everything's done here. 'Or else there will be many people dying needlessly because Long went unchecked there…'
However, all of the sudden, his meditation was interrupted with an extremely strong smelling gas from the door. 'What the heck…? !' Takeru was shocked as he pinched his nose and came out of the room, going to where the gas was. He thought it was a fire about to engulf the building…
Only to find out it came from the kitchen which was fine on its own. However, the content was not exactly something that was pleasant to see. Takeru saw Mako cooking in a very wild way, even using her Shinkenmaru to put up various ingredients which might not even match to the pan, and even cut down sloppily.
Takeru slowly and silently fell to the ground with his ass first, as he crawled away, his eyes and face shrouded with fear. 'Suddenly I feel like I want to just run away…' However, one thing that kept him from doing that was that he agreed to the idea, assured Mako that he'd be able to take on whatever she cooked and he wouldn't dare to say he backed down. Like when he visited his little self, his own advice was never to run away from any challenge to be a man.
'Why did I accept that idea in the first place…?'
And eventually, the time came. Mako was done cooking and some of her food was put on table while the other was separated, for the sake of the monster. "Well, there it is! Please… eat up." Mako offered as Takeru looked at what's in front of him.
A burnt out tofu soup that smelt really horrible. He's sweating all over even from looking at it. "Come on, Takeru. It's for our plan, right? Just one bite will do. Don't worry, I won't be mad."
"O… okay. Chow… time…?" Takeru said slowly as he picked up the spoon… and picked up one tofu along with the soup… and it became obvious. This was an utterly horrible food.
He coughed and gagged, and even had to drink three glasses of water for that one bite. "Are you okay, Takeru? I… didn't overdo it, right?" Mako asked, worried if she hit a new low. While it would be good for the moment, it would mean that her journey to become a good cook would become even farther.
"Well, how do I say it…" Takeru said slowly, "This is… sorry, Mako, but I gotta be blunt…" He's holding his stomach, trying his best to make sure they didn't come out, "This… this is the worst I've ever eaten. But… I think I can take it. Maybe my stomach has become used to it."
"Which means…?" Mako asked curiously as she saw Takeru's eyes becoming bright.
"This is exactly what we need!" He exclaimed with enthusiasm, "Give a bunch of these to that monster and he'll puke everything he's eaten so far! Great job, Mako!"
"Yeah. I hope your friends haven't been fully digested. We had better hurry." Mako said as she prepared to put the rest of the foods, already packed, into a paper bag, "You do ate the medicines I recommended before this, right?"
"Of course." Takeru said in confidence. "Let's go. They're waiting for us." As Mako nodded, they ran off from the room… hurrying so they had a chance to find the monster. Of course, they already know what to do…
After a big meal, usually Shitakaname would be down and sleeping. Its snore was so loud that it would be heard, and he'd never get up until all of the foods on his stomach were digested. As such, it was lying down right on the spot where he consumed the rest of the Super Sentai. The rest of the Nanashi Renjuu were still around, guarding him.
"Gedoushuu!" There was a call from them, and they looked away… and found Mako standing alone. "We'll finish from where we left off. Come!" The soldiers were agitated with Mako's challenge as they rounded up and ran to her. She pulled out her Shodo Phone and prepared for battle…
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
And thus, with the kanji 'Heaven' written with the Shodo Phone, Mako was engulfed with pink Mojikara, which formed into her alter ego… Shinken Pink.
And thus, Shinken Pink began fighting and luring a lot of Nanashi Renjuu, all while Shitakaname were still snoring, fast asleep. However, there were some Nanashi Renjuu that still stuck nearby. 'I think I need more power to attract them.' Shinken Pink thought, but then she remembered something… the Kyoryuu Disc. Perhaps she could use it in order to attract more Nanashi Renjuu, but it was reserved for Shinken Red mostly unless there was a huge emergency.
'Takeru, I'm sorry, but I'm borrowing this for awhile.' Shinken Pink said as she eventually put the Kyoryuu Disc into her Shinkenmaru, and eventually she gained a reddish cape, turning into Hyper Shinken Pink, and her sword replaced by a whip-sword, the Kyoryumaru. With those new powers, she was able to fight even better.
Her efforts paid off. Eventually, the remaining Nanashi Renjuu approached her one by one as they were all falling into the might of the unexpected combination. 'I'm doing my best here, Takeru…! The rest is yours…!'
And meanwhile, when nobody was near the Shitakaname, too occupied in fighting Hyper Shinken Pink, there came Takeru, walking with the bag of the horrid cooking. 'Open wi… wait, your mouth is already wide open with that snoring.' Takeru thought as he put down the bag, his mouth forming a sly smile. Slowly, he put down the boxes of foods… and poured them all into the Ayakashi's mouth…
Once that was done, Takeru took some steps behind and hid behind the bushes. It didn't take long until eventually, Shitakaname woke up. "GAG! GLURRRGH! AAGH!" The Ayakashi was gagging and holding his stomach, the pain was too much for him for the cooking. He then started vomiting to the ground. And from it came not only Deka Blue and the rest, but also many many men that were consumed by the Ayakashi.
"You guys are safe!" Takeru exclaimed as he approached them.
"Oww…" Deka Blue said as he clutched his head, "How could we get beaten like that…"
"Sometimes some misfortunes do happen…" Ninja Black commented as he got up and was helping Mega Yellow to get up. "But we're ready now."
"Yeah. Except this… eww." Mega Yellow stated as she started to smell her own body after being so long inside the monster's stomach, "How many showers do I need to clean this?"
"Deal with it." Abare Killer said nonchalantly, "First of all we're going to deal with him first. It's time for sweet revenge."
At that time, however, Hyper Shinken Pink finished the last of the Nanashi Renjuu, now reverted back to her normal form as Shinken Pink, using her normal fan. "Heaven Fan, Hakuryoku Manten!" With the swing of her fan, she summoned a gust of wind which blew the remaining Nanashi Renjuu away, but also hit the rest of the team. They were holding their ground, but the slimy things in their bodies thanks to being inside Shitakaname's body were blown away by the wind. "Well, looks like you guys are safe."
"Mako! You're okay!" Ptera Ranger greeted her, "Don't worry, I've evacuated the rest." She looked at the still vomiting Shitakaname. "Looks like he's vomiting so hard, I can't help but to use that chance."
"Watch where you're attacking." Mele scolded her, "You want to blew us away? Though… I guess I can thank you for getting rid of those slimy things."
"Who…!" Shitakaname said as he finally finished vomiting, "Who the heck was cooking something that horrid? ! I've had better non-human nourishment back then in Sanzu River!"
"Oh you want to know?" Shinken Pink said, "I did. And good thing it worked. I'm not doing this again though, so I guess I can say you're lucky for an experience once in a lifetime."
"Shinkenger…!" Shitakaname growled in anger, "You'll pay for that dearly!"
"No, on the contrary, you're the one who's going to pay dearly…" Takeru said as he put his fist forward, "For eating my friends and endangering them! Aura Mask!" With that he leapt and turned into Red Mask. "Everyone, let's go!"
"What? ! Who the heck are you, some Shinkenger wannabes? !" Shitakaname said in annoyance.
"Not just them…!" Red Mask declared as they prepared to introduce themselves.
"Red Mask!"
"Pursue mysterious cases! Deka Blue!"
"Ptera Ranger! Mei!"
"Ninja Black! Jiraiya!"
"Mega Yellow!"
"I live for the love of Rio-sama, for Rio-sama's love I fight as his love warrior! Rin Jyuu Chameleon-Ken Mistress… Mele!"
"Excitement at its finest. Abare Killer!"
"Shinken Pink! Shiraishi Mako."
"We are…!" Even Shinken Pink took part on the call, "Super Sentai!"
"Huh? How did you know that was what we're going to say, Mako?" Red Mask suddenly asked.
"Oh, let's just say I've had my experience with this kind of thing." Shinken Pink stated, reminded with her encounter with the previous Super Sentai teaming up together to fight a common foe, along with the Engine Sentai Go-onger.
"Damn you… get them…!" Shitakaname commanded the Nanashi Renjuu to strike, thus they ran forward, attacking the Super Sentai altogether.
However, when everyone else's attention was drawn to the battle, Shitakaname was backing away, holding his stomach in pain. "Damn it…! My stomach can't take it anymore…! I'm gonna have to retreat…!" Using a nearby hole, the monster returned to the Sanzu River, waiting for his chance to strike again.
"Wait!" Red Mask yelled out, but he was too late to prevent the monster to escape. "I guess it was too effective…"
"Too effective? What do you mean?" Ptera Ranger asked as she just tripped one Nanashi Renjuu soldier.
"You know what, I'm going to tell you all everything once it's all over." Red Mask stated.
"We can't let him escape, though!" Deka Blue insisted while he shot down some Nanashi Renjuu, "We have to…!"
"Don't worry, next time I'll take care of him." Shinken Pink stated as she also cut down a soldier, "Our objective is cleared."
"Objective?" Ninja Black asked.
"Getting you all to safety." Red Mask answered as eventually, he saw a last batch of Nanashi Renjuu charging at him. "All right, time to wrap this up!" Red Mask said as he prepared his Masky Blade, "Masky Crash!" With a cross slash, he slashed the group of Nanashi Renjuu, which wiped all of them out in one strike.
"All right… that's done with. Now we must focus on finding a way to that world again." Red Mask noted.
"I guess. We've got to get back soon or people will die without us being able to prevent it." Mega Yellow also reaffirmed.
"Look, I know you're in a rush or something, but…" Shinken Pink suggested, "Perhaps you could take a bath first? You can use my house for that."
"Look here, we're in a rush…" Abare Killer tried to protest, but at that moment, Mele interrupted rather excitedly.
"For real? ! That's great! Finally, I'll be rid of this stink!" She said happily, "I mean, if I'm this stinky, Rio-sama won't even get near me!"
"Right… I guess that could work…" Red Mask sighed. He knew they needed to hurry, but he guessed that such time out wouldn't hurt at all.
They managed to take their bath quickly and once they get out, they look really fresh. However, when they just get out of Mako's home, suddenly Takeru felt like he was not heading out. "Takeru?" Chisato asked, seeing Takeru approach a crack on a wall.
And all of the sudden, he slammed his fist there, destroying it. "What the hell, Takeru? !" Hoji yelled, "Do you know what you just did? ! You can't just ruin other people's house like that!"
"… Huh?" Takeru all of the sudden acted as if he was on a daze, "What did I just do?"
"Smashed through a wall on my home." Mako answered, but then she saw something from the inside of the wall that was punched by Takeru, "Huh? What is this?" She saw something shining.
"This…" Takeru picked it up. It looked like a broken amulet. 'Wait… could it be? This is… the key to face Rufecil eventually? How come it's here?'
"Hey, Takeru." Jiraiya called, bringing him back to his senses, "You okay?"
"Oh, I'm fine, really." Takeru said, but then Chisato grabbed the amulet he's holding.
"Hey, guys… remember about what Hiroaki said?" Chisato asked, "Since Takeru seemed like he's not himself when he discovered this… you think this could be part of what Hiroaki said?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Mele asked since she wasn't present when the team was gathered by Hiroaki.
"Well, they say the key to eventually reach Rufecil can only be found by Takeru." Chisato stated, "And it can only be activated by all of us together… Maybe…"
"What are you all talking about?" Mako, who has never known about any Hiroaki, then asked.
"Yeah, actually that's what I'm thinking too." Takeru added, but before he could speak more, he realized that they had to find the way back home, "Come on, we got no time. If we don't hurry, we may not find the rest, this looks… incomplete."
"About Hiroaki… well…" Thus along the way, Mei had to explain everything to Mako. Thankfully, she's quite understanding about it and took all the explanation well.
The team eventually arrived to the place where they arrived in this world. To his surprise, there was a portal there, located at the air. "That's where we came in?" Takeru asked, "Looks… impossible to jump over."
"Not a problem if we transform." Jiraiya stated, and from there, everyone agreed that they had to transform, "But it seems that only one can enter at a time." However, at that point, suddenly they saw something shocking… the portal was closing slowly.
"Oh My God." Hoji muttered, "It's closing. At this rate, some of us will get left behind…"
At that point, however, they heard brush strokes behind them. When they looked behind, Mako was writing with her Shodo Phone, writing the kanji 'Open', and sent it to the portal, thereby stopping it to close. However, this required her to concentrate and stay. "Don't worry, I'll stay."
"Mako…! But…!" Mei said in worry, "But you've done a lot for us! We can't just…!"
"I know, but you've got your duties over here. I still have to protect this world." Mako stated further, "Hurry!"
"I guess we have no choice. Mako… thank you for everything." Takeru eventually said as he put his hand on her shoulders, "One day, you'll be a fine cook."
"Thank you, Takeru. Though, if I may ask a favor…" Mako said, "If in that world… you met my Takeru… Shiba Takeru… give him my regards… He may be there…" At that point, she was just guessing. But, she just have to try.
"I will, I promise." Takeru nodded as he eventually let go. He then looked at her friends and nodded too. In return, they nodded and prepared to transform.
"Aura Mask! Red Mask!"
"Emergency! Dekaranger! Face On!"
"Dino Buckler!"
"Super Henge! Doron Changer!"
"Install! Megaranger!"
"…"
"Bakuryuu Change."
Once they transformed, they all gave a nod to Mako, and eventually one by one, they jumped away, entering the portal. Once everyone has entered the portal… Mako released her concentration and the portal closed for good. 'Good luck, everyone…' Mako thought, bidding them farewell. Holding that long with her Mojikara eventually costed her her stamina as she eventually fell to her knees and eventually collapsed to the ground, before eventually losing her consciousness.
Shitakaname was not heard in Hawaii again. He resurfaced later in Japan. However, the rest of the Shinkengers were there to stop him and his second life.
However, when Mako woke up, she found herself in a dark dimension. "W… where…" Mako muttered, but to her shock, her hands were chained and stretched slightly upwards, she's bound to two nearby pillars. And so were her ankles. "What is this…? !" Fear started to engulf Mako as she struggled to break free with no avail.
"Shiraishi Mako… you shall serve me." A voice boomed somewhere, which shocked Mako.
"Who's there? ! Show yourself!"
"If you do not serve me…" All of the sudden, a shade of a silver armor and black cape was seen. It was carrying two hourglasses, "Then you are leaving these two to die."
Mako was about to refuse the offer, but all of the sudden, she heard screams of pain. What shocked her was that she recognized the voice.
"Father… Mother…!"
Meanwhile, Red Mask and the rest were able to return to the bizarre world safely. They arrived right back at the place where they fought the Kyoukingers. "Back at square one, I guess." Abare Killer noted.
"Not really. It may be accident, but we could achieve this." Red Mask said, holding the amulet. "With this, we're closer to our original goal to restore the world and defeat Rufecil."
"Well, well! Welcome back." There was a patronizing voice coming out and when they looked behind, they saw Long and the True Kyoukinger, standing before them. "I thought being sent there would leave you dead, but this is also a decent source of entertainment."
"Long!" Mele growled at him, "You bastard, what the hell are you planning? !"
"What did you do to Nanami? !" Realizing that their newest ally Nanami weren't around, Ptera Ranger asked as well, "If something happened to her, then…!"
"Regardless of whatever happened to that Nanami…" Mega Yellow added, "I'll never forgive you!"
"Now now… you want your friend? Hmmm…" Long mockingly put his hand on a thinking stance. And all of a sudden, there was a shadow from above her, someone tried to slash the whole team. Ninja Black managed to block the assailant with his Kakuremaru, but then he was shocked… the assailant was like the Kyoukinger… only light blue colored. "What…? ! This… this can't be…"
"Indeed." Long said as eventually this new 'Kyoukinger' took a leap and landed near the True Kyoukinger, "This is a new addition of the Kyoukingers… Sapphire Kanja!"
"Sapphire… Kanja? Kanja…" Deka Blue tried to deduce something, "That's like the Hurricaneger's enemy Jakanja, only missing one syllable… wait that means, this is Nanami? !"
"Heh heh… indeed." Long said, grinning madly, "Your friend here… she has been converted into a Kyoukinger. For now she fights you. But one day… Just like the rest of the Kyoukingers, she will be absorbed into the True Kyoukinger, making it more powerful."
"What? ! No!" Ptera Ranger exclaimed as she became increasingly worried, "Nanami, wake up! Don't let Long do this to you! You're not Sapphire Kanja, you're Hurricane Blue!" However, Sapphire Kanja stayed silent.
"It's useless, my girl." Long waved his finger mockingly, "She can never hear you…"
"You bastard!" Red Mask angrily shouted as he ran forward with his God Hand ready. He was about to punch Long, who still had a cocky smirk on his face. All of the sudden, however, a pink steel beam flew out of nowhere and wrapped Red Mask's body, immobilizing him. "What? ! This… No…!" Red Mask was in utter shock looking at what bound him, as all of the sudden, he was dragged away.
"Hmph…" There was an angry grunt that he heard and the next thing that Red Mask knew was a palm strike hitting his stomach, and eventually knocking him away, unwrapped from the ribbon.
"Takeru!" As the rest of the team approached him, Mega Yellow called his name in worry.
"More of your pawns, Long…? !" Mele exclaimed, but when she looked at the culprit, even she was shocked. The culprit is someone similar to Red Mask, only pink colored. This figure calmly walked near Long.
"Hm…? !" Even Abare Killer was shocked seeing someone similar to Red Mask standing next to Long, "Lemme guess… you brainwashed another Maskman, like you did to Lijewel?"
"W… why…" Red Mask said weakly as he tried to get up, and uttered the figure's name.
"Momoko…!"
It seemed that Long has also coaxed one of the Maskman, Momoko, also known as Pink Mask. Why would she be in Long's servitude? A new battle curtain is about to rise, a battle about betrayal and friendship. Can they survive and find out ways to save both Momoko and Nanami? Good luck and fight, our Super Sentai!
To be continued…
Author's note: And there you have it! The link explaining how Mako was in the first team's world and in Radiguet's servitude at first. And in this side, similar thing happened to Momoko, and she also became an enemy. However, you don't need to worry, I'm planning for a different reasoning than "My family's being held hostage" for Momoko, in fact, it could be more brutal.
And on the other hand, did Nanami's attempt to sneak just failed and she's brainwashed? Well, you never know. But regardless, I hope you await the next chapter! I'm not dead yet! Mark my words! Comment and review, bring it on!
And yes, the first dream was Takeru dreaming his power being drained away by Basco... something like that.