Merry stood looking through the door-frame into Yumeji's room along side Lila and Zenjirou. Her right eye twitched slightly, and then, silently, she pulled out her Mobuckle and moved the screen over to the camera mode.
Lila stifled a giggle while Zenjirou nodded in approval.
Merry took a picture with a soft -click-, and then pressed "Forward To:" to access her friends list...
Which included a certain Kyoryu Green's Mobuckle that happened to be lying on the night stand next to the bed.
Merry pressed "Send."
It gave off the familiar jingle at a loud volume setting, and two surprised people sprung up suddenly from where they were lying asleep in bed.
"Goood morning, Tokyo-3!" Zenjirou let out a loud holler of laughter as his son flushed furiously upon seeing the three standing in the doorway.
"Merry," Yumeji scowled at the grinning girl, "was that absolutely necessary?"
"You're late for work," Merry said with a grin, "of course it was!"
Then Lila waved at the other occupant in the bed and said, "Morning, Eri-chan! Sleep well?"
"Er-Um-" Eri's face had gone as red as a tomato- and then she was quickly hiding under the covers as best as she could before letting out a muffled squeak of "Yes."
And then the Mobuckles rang once more- with an alarm.
A Building was exploded with lightning.
Dogold surveyed his work with a grunt, then he quickly swung to the side to block Gaburevolver blasts.
"Stop right there, Dogold!" Red called out as he and Black came running up.
"Took you long enough, Kyoryugers!" Dogold remarked. "Let me introduce you to our new guy." He jabbed his thumb over his shoulder- where, emerging from a cloud of smoke, a crimson armored figure who looked to have wax leggings and armaments...
"What the-?" Black began.
The crown of the helmet looked like a dragon's claw.
"A Debo Monster?" Red asked.
"No...!" Black tensed up. "He's no regular monster...!"
The waxy armor of a crimson color had faint traces of blue underneath...
The full helmet was a broken, shattered remnant of a familiar face.
"Ugh," The monster said as he reached his hand for his forehead, "my head hurts." He then turned towards them and said, "Oh, sorry about that, just talking to myself." He waved his hand to the side in a motion not too dissimilar to a certain tin-man. "I was just hating you guys so much that I gave myself a migraine."
"What?" Black asked.
And then the creature drew a candle-holder from his side and held it like a gun- firing off fire blasts at the Kyoryugers- who quickly dodged to the side.
Dogold even had to leap out of the way as the guy continued firing off after the Kyoryugers- even as they hid behind a support pillar...He kept firing.
"What the hell are you doing, Endolf!?" Dogold asked in outrage.
The pillar was blown away- and the Kyoryugers were hit through the exposed opening.
The Kyoryugers hit the ground, but Endolf just kept firing over them without a care...
Not until his candlestick clicked empty.
"Aw, now that stings," Endolf muttered as he examined his weapon.
"You Idjit!" Dogold growled.
"Who the hell are you?" Red asked as he and Black got to their feet.
"This would be Endolf, the Soldier of Fury," Dogold explained, "he'd be the result of a botched resurrection making Aigaron a twin."
"Aigaron!?" Black asked in surprise.
_GABURINCHO!_
_Dinosaurs Plus Humans!_ The Kyoryugers all strike their poses in sequence as their Voltasaurs land behind them. _After Millions of Years, the strongest and bravest team in history assembles to protect the Earth!_
The Kyoryugers struck their poses as explosions went off behind them.
_HEAR OUR ROAR!_
"ZYUDEN SENTAI! KYORYUGER!"
WOW WOW! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!
Kyoryu Pink was split into four! The Kyoryugers are fighting off the Sistermon Twins...!
WOW WOW! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!
Gold caught Ankydon and Bunpachy batteries! Red quickly spun Chizuru~n away from Paramonsters!
AND THEN: DOUBLE ARMED ON!
We Are unbeatable Super Stars!
Caleb Grey AS: Kyoryu Red.
With our burning spirits fully charged,
Inaba Strider AS: Kyoryu Black.
Our Hearts begin to Pound! It's wonderful
Merry Mashimo AS: Kyoryu Blue.
To make legends come true!
Yumeji Tsurugi AS: Kyoryu Green.
Don't let anyone silence your bravery,
Roxy Phexis AS: Kyoryu Pink.
Always Rise to The Challenge!
Fam Fan Fan AS: Kyoryu Gold.
Does anyone Really Know...
Callie Grey AS: Kyoryu Cyan.
...where True Strength Lies?
Yui Kirigaya AS: Kyoryu Violet!
We see a shot of Torin throwing a set of four broken, Silver #10 Beast Batteries plus a Navy #00 Battery towards the camera.
Instead of traveling around the entire world,
WITH:
Professor Kaiyumi Kyuto, andCommander Shinji Ikari
Just look inside your heart!
We see a re-ordered set of shots inside the Frozen Palace- Dogold and Luckyuro in the center with Candelira off to their right, and QuartzAstamon and Aigaron to their left.
(Let's get 'em!)
We see a shot of the Nine Kyoryugers, plus Eri and a whole squad of Kyoryu-Paramonsters in the background, shouting to the sky.
Gaburincho! Very Mucho!
Batteries were activated! Everyone's Dancing!
Today we're still going wild! (FIRE!)
Candelira and Aigaron are singing! The Kyoryugers are dancing with Torin!
Come on, Kyoryugers! Kick some butt! Go Nuts!
The audience is cheering- Dancing too!
Take a bite out of your world!
Gabutyra lands in the city!
No one could ever stop you!
The Voltasaurs in sequence let off their attacks: Parasagun! Stegotchi! Zakutor! Dricera! Pteragordon! Ankydon! Bunpachy! Plezuon!
Behold and Tremble as we Roar!
We see shots of KYORYUZIN with parallel shots of WESTERN, MACHO, and KUNG FU in smaller, in-window windows; a split screen of RAIDENOH and PLEZUOH with two in-screen windows of the SAMBA and WESTERN RAIDENOH formations; followed by a scene of RAIDEN KYORYUZIN and then EXPLODING KYORYUZIN!
The Voltasaur Team! VAMOLA, Kyoryuger!
Shots go by of the Kyoryugers slashing with their swords-
(WoWoWoWoWoWo!)
Then a group shot of the seven unmorphed inside of their base of operations.
BRAVE IN!
Quickly followed by a group shot of the Nine suited Kyoryugers standing in front of an impossible collage of KYORYUZIN KUNG FU, RAIDENOH WESTERN, PLEZUOH, and then the EXPLODING KYORYUZIN combo front and center.
*cue Title Card theme*
BRAVE 26! WOAH! The Gabutyramon!
_VERY MUCHO!_
"GABUTYRA FANG!"
Red swung at Endolf, who ducked and weaved to the side, and then drew another candlestick holder and pointed it into Red's chest.
BANGBANGBANG!
"Conserve your fire!" Dogold complained as Red hit the ground and Endolf kept on firing at Black- who was now Double Armed On!
"DEINOSGRANDER!"
Black leaped over Red and spun- but Endolf raised his hand and caught the spinning armed Kyoryuger, and threw him up, stopping the spin, before firing off another set of blasts.
"Inaba!" Red called out as Black hit the ground and rolled to a stop next to him.
"HRAAAH!"
And then Blue and Golf leaped in from the side- swinging their swords at Endolf to distract him while Pink and Blue ran up to help Red and Black up.
"Are you okay?" Pink asked.
"Better now!" Red said.
Gold and Green swung their swords at Endolf- who jumped backwards, and then sheathed his blaster-stick at his hip before grabbing at it a different way and entering a crouched stance. "Hrrr..." He twisted the candlestick in its sheath- and then drew the handle out seperately from the rest before swinging it quickly like a sword- sending a red energy slash out against Gold and Green, knocking them to the ground.
"Yumeji, Fam!" Blue asked as she and the others ran over to help.
"Are you okay?" Black asked.
"Can't you guys try a little harder?" Endolf asked of the Kyoryugers as son as they all were back on their feet. "I was born to hate you all, y'know." He sheathed his sword, and then reached for his head. "Oh this is giving me a headache."
"We're not impressed!" Red declared. "Let's go!"
The Kyoryugers ran forwards- and Endolf focused energy into his chest, melting some wax away to reveal a mirror.
Said Mirror instantly let off a burst of yellow light.
"WATCH IT!" Pink yelled as they all quickly jumped to the left and right to get away from the blast.
A wise move given that it melted a path in the ground and blew up a car in the distance.
"...Wow, this world is too fragile for me," Endolf remarked, "it's seriously making my head hurt."
"Hey, what do you think you're doing, rookie!?" Dogold asked as he stormed over. "You're ticking me off!" He punched Endolf in the shoulder. "You're supposed to be gathering their Fury, not MELTING THEM!"
"Sorry, but I just want to see them dead," Endolf said casually.
"Yeah, but 'dead' isn't how we do things in the Deboss Legion!" Dogold yelled- "Not since I became boss!" He then hit Endolf in the side of the head with the flat of his sword.
Endolf glared at Dogold, and then drew his sword to begin slashing at Dogold's chest.
"You Little-!" Dogold growled once he'd backed off to gain some distance, "I knew it! You're nothing but a renegade!" He swung his sword at Endolf- who stepped to the side, and made Dogold fall off balance. "Grrr! Quit dodging, you punk!" He began attacking Endolf, who began blocking attacks left and right.
The Kyoryugers stared on in confusion for a moment, then Red ordered: "Everyone! The Kentrospiker!"
"RIGHT!" They summoned their weapons as Red "BRAVE IN!"'d the Kentrospiker battery.
_KENTROOOSPIKAAA!_
"KENTROSPIKER!"
Red leaped up and grabbed the weapon- tossing it at the dueling monsters-
"DOGOLD!" Gold yelled, choosing that moment to dive into the conflict and knock Dogold away from the battle he was loosing.
"WHAT-!?" Dogold yelled in surprise.
"ZYUDEN BRAVE FINISH!"
Red flung the Kentrospiker at Endolf, who looked up at the weapon in surprise, "Huh!?"
_SPIKOOOOOOM!_
Endolf started to jump away, but the Kentrospiker managed to snag him in the side...!
KABOOM!
There was an explosion- but when the smoke cleared, the Kentrospiker was stuck in a small crater, and there was no sign of Endolf.
Dogold stared on for a few moments as Gold got up from where she had tackled him. "You tried to save me, Fam?" He then asked of the Kyoryuger.
"I..." Gold stuttered for a moment- "I just wanted to fight you, that's all...!"
"Yeah, whatever," Dogold grumbled as he got up and started to walk away. "Somehow, I don't think Endolf got killed by this thing," he kicked at the Kentrospiker. "Thanks for the assist, anyways. The Idjit seemed Renegade form the moment I laid eyes on him."
"Wait," Black called out as Dogold started to walk off, "is Aigaron...?"
"Yeah, he's alive," Dogold said. "That Quartzmon guy came in and did his magic, made two for the price of one, though. Aigaron, plus all that Fury he felt when he exploded in the first place." He then glanced at Green, and then said, "If you see Endolf again, make sure there's nothing left of his body to survive to be resurrected." And with that, Dogold teleported away to...
THE FROZEN PALACE_ _ _|
"Grr..." He stormed through the hallways into the main room, where Aigaron and Candelira stood, having watched the previous fight in silence. "I knew that Endolf was bad news. Can't respect the boss' orders."
"Er..." Candelira began.
"I just don't see how that guy's related to you, Aigaron," Dogold continued on.
"Well...!" Aigaron began.
"Well, whatever, that guy's going to get what's coming to him," Dogold smoldered. "Renegades are bad news."
"And who are you to declare a Renegade?" Asked the slimy voice of QuartzAstamon as he teleported in behind Dogold, with Endolf at his side.
"What...?" Dogold spun around, and growled. "Oi, get out of here! Or I'm going to blow you both up at once."
"Doing such would kill your own master," QuartzAstamon raised his right hand, revealing the backside of it to have the creepy face of Deboss on it.
Dogold flinched in surprise, and Candelira and Aigaron cowered, as if having seen this already. "Deboss survived...!?"
"He implanted his heart into my body," QuartzAstamon said, "wanting nothing more than revenge on those who would slay his body. A revenge that I share. This body now wishes their deaths with two hearts!" He motioned to Endolf, "I created this one in hopes that he would do just that thing."
"Well I'm sorry to break it to you," Dogold growled, "but I don't buy it. Chaos left me in charge here, and I say Extinction of the planet is off the table."
"What a coincidence," Endolf said- "Lord Deboss no longer wants that either."
"What?!" Aigaron asked in surprise of his twin's comment. "Seriously!?"
"All any of us want is the death of the Kyoryugers!" QuartzAstamon growled, "But at the moment, we are too weak to do that ourselves. Until we are at full strength, the long-term plan is to collect more human emotions. However, to that end... Endolf," QuartzAstamon snapped his fingers. "I trust you to finish the job."
"Come, brother," Endolf said, beckoning for Aigaron, "let's go kill us some Kyoryugers."
"Me? Really?" Aigaron asked in surprise.
Dogold drew his sword, "Aigaron, you step out that door, and I mark you a Renegade like that fool."
"You really want to test me and my brother?" Endolf asked.
"You're the one who attacked ME first," Dogold snarled. "As far as I care, you're already dead, Endolf, and anyone who associates with you from this point on is the same."
"Then leave," Candelira spoke up.
"Huh?" Dogold turned to face her. "What!?"
"I'm not leaving Aigaron!" Candelira said defiantly, "And I'm not leaving this place either!"
"You're really wanting to go there, Candelira?" Dogold asked, snarling. "Chaos put me in charge here as one of his last acts. Do you really want to go against me?"
THE VOLTASAUR LAB_ _ _|
Callie opened the case containing the finished Crimson and White 1+ Zyudenchi, fully repaired, and yet to be charged. Instead of a blank emblem where an Icon representing Gabutyra or any of the other Voltasaurs may have resided was instead the Kyoryuger team Logo.
"Presenting, the completed 1+ Battery," Callie declared to the gathered Kyoryugers. "Salvaged completely from Torin's world." She placed it on the charging rack, right next to the Deinochaser batteries.
"Originally, it was designed to give the Kyoryugers a power up," Torin explained, "at the behest of the various Dinosaur Spirits of our world. We didn't finish it in time, however, and destruction befell us."
"Gabutyra himself actually gave me the idea to borrow some of the insane energy patterns from that Double Gabutyra Battery Caleb created in the fight against Deathryuger," Callie said as she turned back around to face them all, holding up said Double Gabutyra battery from a certain fight, "so we really don't know what 1+ will do until we test it out."
With that, she tossed the battery over to Yui, who caught it.
"This Double Battery is really something else," Yui began, "the internal circuits are completely different from the usual batteries, leading to it being able to do the impossible and summon a second Gabutyra Fang, something we never actually produced to even be summoned a second time...!"
"The fact that a Battery could transform on its own is something I never encountered before either," Torin said. "I don't know what effects copying such advanced designs into an existing Battery might even do."
"At the least," Fam said, "It should help us against that Endolf guy."
"Let's wait for it to finish charging then," Caleb clapped his hands, "then we'll go test it out!"
SOME TIME LATER_ _ _|
At the testing field, the Kyoryugers stood around, with only Red and Blue suited up.
"I'm ready whenever you are!" He said.
At a small table with some monitoring equipment, Yui activated her glasses, and said, "Alright, we're ready."
"Good luck, bro!" Callie cheered.
"Alright!" Red said as he brought up his Gaburevolver.
"Here it comes!" Blue said as she held out her Stego Shield in preparation of anything hitting it.
"BRAVE IN!" Red activated 1+, flipping over the still mysteriously blank screen into the image of a Chibi Gabutyra! He inserted the battery into the top slot and closed the Gaburevolver.
_GABURINCHO! GABUTYRA!_ it said, reading the first Battery, and then... Suddenly, the gun began sparking with red lightning as it read the second battery. _OVERCHAAAARRGE!_
Red didn't even have the chance to spin the barrel as the Gaburevolver began spitting out an error sound and began to shock him to the very core with red lightning.
"W-WHAT IS THIS!?" he yelled out in surprise.
Then...
BANG!
Inaba shot the Gaburevolver out of Red's hands with his own Gaburevolver, which forced Red to power down in a flash of light and a burst of smoke.
"Caliber!" Blue ran over, as did the other Kyoryugers.
As the smoke began to clear, something became immediately clear.
Caleb Grey as he was known was nowhere to be seen.
Instead...
"Oh my...!" Inaba gasped.
"What is that...!?" Fam asked in surprise.
There was a small, crimson creature lying on the ground.
It looked like, at first glance, a Guilmon.
But that was wrong.
The skin markings failed to match, and the front arms were much too short... The Tail was Yellow, and almost everyone was fairly certain that normal Guilmon lacked any kind of hair, let alone yellow!
"Caliber...?" Blue got down on her knees to inspect what was most likely Caleb's Digimon form. "You okay?"
The eyes opened- and bright green eyes stared up at the helmeted girl.
With a sudden jolt- the Dinosaur suddenly jumped up to its rear feet, and let off a familiar roar: "GABU!"
"Woah!" Yui quickly brought up a shielding spell around the boy-turned-digimon and held him in place. "Okay! That's not right! That's not right at all!" She then ordered, "Someone grab the 1+ battery from his Gaburevolver. Let's see if removing it will fix this."
"GABU! GABU!" The "Gabutyramon" bashed his head against the shield in an attempt to escape.
"Right," Callie nodded, and went over to where the Gaburevolver had fallen to pick up her failed project. "Geeze, Some power up. I really wasn't expecting it to do this..."
She opened it up and tried to eject the top slot battery.
The mechanism fired, but no battery came out.
"Huh?" She quickly looked into the open slot, then, just to be sure, even stuck her finger in to feel around, then gasped- "It's not in here!"
"What!?" Roxy asked in surprise.
"What's not where?" Came Aigaron's familiar voice as he and Endolf stepped out of the nearby forest line.
"Aigaron! Endolf...!" Inaba growled, and the available Kyoryugers moved to take a defensive position between Yui's shield and the Deboss Forces.
"Check it out, bro!" Aigaron said as he lightly tapped Endolf'd shoulder, then pointed at Inaba. "That's Kyoryu Black, just like I told you! I kill one little human, and he's got this huge problem with me! Talk about narrow minded, am I right?"
"What did you say?" Inaba growled again as he remembered that moment where his friend's father had been killed.
"If we get him sad and vengeful," Aigaron continued on, "It'll be a huge coup for the both of us!"
"I think you and I are gonna get along just fine, brother," Endolf said.
"Oh screw you," Inaba growled. "Just what do you think human life is?" He raised his Gaburevolver.
"BRAVE IN!" Five voices yelled out, followed by a _GABURINCHO!_ chorus.
"KYORYU CHANGE!"
Blue struck a pose as the other five danced, and Yui moved a bit closer to the shield she was maintaining.
"FIRE!"
"Yui!" Black ordered, "Take care of Caleb!"
"Right!" Yui nodded, and tried to walk the Dinosaur-boy along by moving the shield. "C'mon Caleb...!"
"GABU!" He roared in protest, and refused to move.
Black ran at Aigaron and began his attack while the other five began fighting Endolf.
They weren't having an easy time about it, as Endolf was easily knocking them aside.
Black leaped towards one of the race-track dirt-piles and back flipped off of it, firing at Aigaron as he flipped overhead with the "PARASASHOT!"
Aigaron blocked the attacks with his ax, and remarked, "It just makes me wanna cry! You've got this juicy vendetta against me, and that's the best you can do!?"
"Shut your mouth!" Black growled, and fired off more shots from where he'd landed.
Aigaron ducked, and then ran forward with a growl of his own, "NOT ME, THOUGH!" He punched at Black, and then gave a kick that sent Black into the dirt, "Lately, just seeing your face has got me feeling pretty dark inside!" He delivered a double slash attack as Black got to his feet- sending the Kyoryuger back into the ground.
And then he saw something.
Aigaron's eyes had glowed purple, and then faded to black as a thick, slimy ooze began to drip out of those eye sockets. "H'eay!" He intoned with a slimy voice, and ran over to grab Black by the neck, hoisting him up with a sudden motion.
"W-What gives you the right to be mad at me?" Black choked out, even as a red miasma began to gather around him.
"INABA!" Green yelled, "Don't fall for his provocations!"
And then he was knocked down by a sword strike from Endolf, who gathered that red energy in his chest's face icon, "Now that is a fine display of hatred! Such a pure breed of Fury...!" He lamented, "it's a shame we can't gather emotions from the Deboss Legion."
"K'cal b'Ei'D!" Aigaron yelled, dropping Black before attacking with his ax. "Ero'mem Eta-hon emo!C!"
And then a shield broke with a yell, "MERAMERARINCHOO!"
A burst of fire exploded out of The Gabutyramon's mouth and smashed into Aigaron.
"CALEB!" Yui yelled as the transformed Kyoryuger broke out of her shield and ran head-long at Aigaron...!
"GABURINCHO!"
...And then bit down on the tin man's left arm.
"EIWOOOO!" Aigaron howled in pain.
"Don't, Caleb!" Black yelled, leaping up to pull the attacking Dinosaur off of Aigaron.
"Krej elt'til uoy!" Aigaron yelled, "Ero' myna sruoy fo'er usaertdiputs tahttuo baer'acneve tnod'I!"
Black pulled Caleb off, only for the Dinosaur-boy to receive a slash across his shoulder for his troubles, "Caleb!" He leaped at Aigaron, pulling the tin-man away from the Dinosaur that was trying to get back onto its feet.
And then get back up he did, straight into a super powered jump that sent him flying high up into the air, before he fell down into the distant jungle, nowhere to be seen.
"Caleb, Wait!" Yui yelled- sprouting wings and taking off after him.
"This is bad," Black remarked as he continued to hold back a struggling Aigaron, "at this rate...!" He yelled over, "Callie! Chase after them on Deinochaser!"
"Right!" Cyan nodded- breaking away from her fight to bring out Battery 11, Deinochaser! "BRAVE IN!"
The Bike was summoned with a _GABURINCHO!_ and then Kyoryu Cyan drove off into the forest in a flash.
Endolf fired off another laser blast from his chest mirror...!
"HUPSIE!" But Blue caught it all with her shield, flinging it down into the ground with a sudden change of angle.
The ground that happened to be right beneath her, Green, and Gold.
Black kicked Aigaron away, and ran over to them as the smoke began to rise form the explosion.
He fired off- shooting Endolf in the shoulder, and then rolled to a stop in front of the others, "Fam! Use these to make our escape!" He then threw away the Parasashot and activated Batteries 15 and 20 in both hands.
"Right!" Gold brought up Zandar Thunder and opened it.
"Gurumonite!" Black loaded Battery 20. "Allomerus!" In went 15.
Gold closed the sword- "Loaded!"
_GABURINCHO!_
"SPIRALING FLAME THUNDERSTORM!" Gold began swinging her sword around as Aigaron regrouped with Endolf- and then, she swung out.
_ZANDAR!_
A massive tornado of flame burst out from the tip of the sword, aimed straight at Endolf and Aigaron.
"NO WAY!" Endolf yelled as they were both hit, and when the flames faded, the Kyoryugers were gone.
"YAWA TOG'EH!" Aigaron yelled. "EGNEVERDE T'NA'W'DRA W'OCTAHT THGUOHT'I!"
He threw his ax on the ground- and then was hit on the back of the head with Endolf's sword.
Aigaron stumbled forward, then rubbed the back of his head as he turned around in confusion, "Huh? What was that?"
"Oh, sorry about that," Endolf said without actually being sincere.
"Huh? Was...I acting strange?" Aigaron asked.
"What do you mean, brother?" Endolf asked.
"That stings," Aigaron lamented. "Ever since we split I've been feeling kind of weird occasionally. It's like...I feel particularly dark deep down, y'know?"
"Well, it looked like you were enjoying yourself to me, Brother," Endolf said, turning his head to the side, completely ignorant of the Spies who were watching them.
"So this is who you were talking about," Luckyuro muttered.
"Yeah," Dogold nodded, clutching at a wounded arm in frustration.
THE SPIRIT BASE _ _ _|
Yui and Callie teleported in alone, much to the others disappointment.
"So you couldn't find Caleb?" Fam frowned.
"We searched all over that mountain, but..." Yui shook her head.
"The overwhelming power of the new Battery may have transformed Caleb into a variation of Digimon form by accident," Kaiyumi said as she teleported in after the two girls. "It's nothing we haven't dealt with before, but time is of the essence with something like this."
"I'm sorry, everyone!" Callie bowed in appology, "This all my fault!"
"It's no one's fault," Roxy spoke up. "This is why we run tests in the first place, right?"
Yui nodded, "Exactly," She went over to the table and pulled out her laptop from her inventory. "I'll work on finding where Caleb went to."
"But with Caleb missing," Merry spoke up, "it'd be a good idea to have an acting leader to help us out of this mess." She then said, "Inaba's the best choice."
"Huh?" Inaba looked at Merry like she was crazy.
"No objections," Yumeji said.
"Same here," Roxy agreed.
"Yeah!" Fam nodded.
"Looks like well be seein' Inaba actin' all leadin'!" Callie agreed.
"Stop it," Inaba hit his hand against the table, and then spun around on his seat. "Were you guys not paying attention abck there? I fell for the enemy's bluff and chased after them."
"The way that battle went is exactly why we already chose you as second in command," Kaiyumi voiced her own opinions, to which everyone else agreed with nods "You displayed exemplary leadership on short notice, and besides that," She stepped forward to the recharge rack and pulled a Parasagun Battery off of it to toss Inaba's way. "Read the number on that."
Inaba looked at the battery and sighed, "Don't ask me to carry this kind of burden, please..." And with that, he got up to leave.
EYE CATCH!
"KYORYU CHANGE!" The eight Kyoryugers danced, and aimed- "FIRE!"
EYE CATCH!
"ZYUDEN SENTAI! KYORYUGER!" The Kyoryugers struck their poses in sequence.
Inaba sat down on a bench near the harbor, and Roxy came out after him.
"I'm scared, you know," Inaba said as Roxy sat down next to him. "I'm terrified of losing my friends. Thats why the burden feels like its too much."
"Everyone's scared of that kind of thing," Roxy said, "but...we're all counting on you, Inaba."
And then a building exploded- and they looked up.
Endolf pinned a man to a pillar and asked, "Do you hate me?"
The man shook his head no.
"Sorry about that. I guess we're going a bit overboard on the theatrics then. Can't squeeze hate out of a man scared out of his wits." He threw the man through the air.
"WAAAH!"
Thankfully, Inaba caught him. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah!" The man nodded.
"C'mon," Roxy said as she ran up, "You need to run!"
And with that, the man ran off.
"They finally showed up!" Aigaron said as Fam, Merry, Yumeji, and Callie ran up to join the two others. "Huh? Where's Red and Violet? Did I already kill them or something...?" He pointed at Inaba, "Just like your old buddy!"
Inaba tensed up, but said or did nothing, which Endolf noticed.
"My brother's fine," Callie spoke up, "he's just out taking Yui-chan on a date!"
"Aww, really?" Aigaron asked, "That's so sweet! But frustrating! And what about that Monster from before? It took a huge chompa-chomp out of my arm when I attacked you! I want so payback!"
"Attacked...?" Inaba's eyes widened. "That's it! Even in that weird state, he still tried to save me...!"
"So Caliber's mind is still intact?" Merry asked.
"It means that no-matter what happenes to him, he's still him," Inaba smirked as the realization hit him- "and if I lose my cool because of thee clowns, he'd end up laughing at me!"
Endolf took a step backwards- "His feelings of anger are gone...!"
"Oh Look at you! Acting all Calm And Stuff!" Aigaron grabed at his head. "What's the big idea!?"
"Tough luck!" Inaba took center stage, "See, we're a team!" He drew his Gaburevolver and spun it into position. "Let's do it, everyone!"
"RIGHT!"
The Gabu-changers opened.
"BRAVE IN!"
_GABURINCHO!_
_PARASAGUN! S~TEGOTCHI! ZAK~TOR! DRICE~RA! PTERAGO~DON! ANNNKYDON!_
"KYORYU CHANGE!"
With that- they danced and aimed- "FIRE!" -and six blasts went up and circled around, putting the Kyoryugers into the fight.
"I'm gonna make you cry!" Aigaron protested.
"Hear our Roar," Black began the rollcall. "THE HOTSHOT HERO! KYORYU BLACK!"
"THE ARMORED HEROINE! KYORYU BLUE!"
"THE BLADED HERO! KYORYU GREEN!"
"THE HORNED HEROINE! KYORYU PINK!"
"THE THUNDERING HEROINE! KYORYU GOLD!"
"THE STEELY HEROINE! KYORYU CYAN!"
"THE STRONGEST AND BRAVEST IN HISTORY!"
"VOLTASAUR TEAM!" Black yelled.
"KYORYUGER!"
"BYEH!" Aigaron said in disgust.
"VANQUISHING EVIL IN HEAVEN'S NAME!" Gold yelled.
Black blew a kiss, "We're gonna get wild." He spun around and declared, "Just Try and stop us!"
Then- they leaped forwards- "ARMED ON!" _VERY MUCHO!_
The battle began with everyone pairing off like before- Black Vs. Aigaron, everyone else Vs. Endolf.
"Merry!" Black ordered as he shot at Aigaron, "Defend with the shield lance slasher!"
"Got it!" Blue said as she, Green, and Pink broke off to combine their weapons while Gold and Cyan took to distracting Endolf.
"SHIELD LANCE SLASHER!"
"Fight in tandem with the others!" Black ordered.
Endolf knocked Gold and Cyan away and shot off a few shots at the other three- but, thankfully, Blue was able to use the Shield Lance Slasher to block it as Pink and Green went behind her.
"NOW!" Green ordered as he and Pink fell to their knees and spun their revolvers as they aimed at Endolf and fired out from around Blue. _VAMOLA!_
Gold rolled behind them- as Endolf fired off another energy blast.
It hit the shield lance slasher...!
"NOW, FAM!" Blue yelled as she held back the laser blast from progressing.
And then Gold leaped up from behind them with a yell of "ZANDAR THUNDER!"
Endolf shut off the laser blast to try to get his hand-held blaster up...!
But then, "GOTCHA!" Cyan swung her hammer in and smashed into Endolf's chest.
Meanwhile, "Quit acting so calm!" Aigaron yelled as he attacked randomly and violently, "Come on! Cry out! HATE ME!"
"Not necessary!" Black said as he held a block by bracing his left foot against a wall, and then drew out his Gaburevolver to fire straight into Aigaron's gut.
And then when Aigaron was knocked to the side, Black switched to the Parasashot and fired off a few more blasts.
But that- too- was a distraction...!
Pink came leaping in from above and kicked Aigaron in the face, sending him flying backwards with an explosion.
"I'm gonna get revenge for Shiro's dad with a cool head," Black said as Pink landed next to him, "and the help of my friends."
Then, he and Pink tossed eachother copies of their respective Batteries to put in the top slots.
_GABURINCHO! PARASAGUN + DRICERA!_
The two Gaburevolvers were put next to the blaster head of the Parasashot...!
"ZYUDEN BRAVE FINISH!"
_VAMOLA MUCHO!_
A Spiraling shot of Dricera and Parasagun heads shot out and smashed into Aigaron.
_GUN GUN! + DRR-DRIIIIILL!_
"You'll Pay!" Aigaron whined as he hit the ground, and then, his head snapped towards them with black eyes, "H'CUMOOT GNUTS'T'AHT!"
Green and Gold leaped off of Cyan and Blue's shoulders, swinging down at Endolf.
"My head hurts," Endolf remarked...and then teleported away as they slashed at him.
"He vanished!?" Green asked in surprise.
From behind a wall, Luckyuro looked out in surprise, "What? Where'd he...?"
"Hey-" And then a hand grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her around the corner.
Endolf.
"No way-!" Luckyuro cried out.
"I need to borrow that can!" Endolf said, glaring at her. "Give it to me or I'll take it!"
"F-Fine!" Luckyuro could only guess about what he wanted it for.
"RRRRAAAHHRR!" Aigaron yelled as he tensed up and began oozing a black cloud.
"Aigaron's acting weird," Black grumbled, even as Aigaron prepared to attack...!
And then Endolf's giant foot landed between them, sending rocks flying everywhere.
"What!?" Gold asked as she and the others regrouped. "He grew giant!?"
Dogold laughed as Luckyuro looked at the puddle on the ground where Endolf had dumped himself with the watering can, "He's acting exactly like I thought he would."
"Heh," Luckyuro giggled, "I made sure to put some of the left-over memory agent into it when he wasn't looking!"
"Not the whole lot of it got in though, right?" Dogold asked.
"Nope! Just exactly the right amount!" Luckyuro said.
Endolf fired down at the ground, sending the Kyroyugers flying.
"What do we do?" Green asked, "Without Caleb's Batteries, we can't summon Gabutyra...!"
"ZUOOON!"
And then Plezuon fired off a laser blast into Endolf as she rocketed into battle.
Inside, Violet called down, "Hurry and get on, everyone!"
Then, with a flash of light, everyone teleported in.
"Good thinking, Yui!" Black said with a nod, his stand having moved to the center instead of the side like usual.
"Bro might not be here, but we're still enough to take Endolf down, Plezuon!" Violet said.
"ZYUUUON!"
"Let's try something new," Black held out his last spare Battery, "BRAVE IN!" The battery activated, and he gave it a kiss, "Come on, Parasagun!" He threw the battery.
_GABURINCHO!_
"ROCKET TRANSFORMATION!" The seven Kyoryugers yelled.
_ZUON! ON ON ON ON!_
The usual transformation occurred, except with Parasagun becoming the left arm.
_PLEZUOH! GUN-GA-GUN!_
"PLEZUOH PARASAGUN, READY!" The Kyoryugers struck their ready positions.
Endolf sheathed his blaster.
Plezuoh fired off with Parasagun.
Endolf then drew his sword, and blocked the blasts, then, with a sudden burst of speed, he accelerated at Plezuoh!
Slash Slash!
Plezuoh backed away, and Endolf drew his second blaster.
Black aimed.
They began shooting at each other- hitting each others blasts head on, creating an explosion between them.
"WHAT?!" Endolf asked in surprise.
"NOW!" Black punched forward.
The smoke was suddenly pierced through by Plezuon's mighty neck!
Endolf went flying backwards.
"Boy!" Black said, "Call Zakutor! As soon as we launch the finisher, we'll swap Parasagun with him!"
"Serial attacks?" Green asked as he held up his Zakutor battery.
Endolf got to his feet.
"PLEZU-OH PARASAGUN! BRAVE FINISH!"
_SAN! NI! ICHI!_
Endolf sheathed his blaster and sword.
_ZUUUUOOOOOOOOON!_
The energy blasts washed over him with a blinding white light.
Or so it seemed, at first.
Endolf was holding the energy blasts back as Plezuoh Parasagun was firing it off...!
"Now," Dogold said, and Luckyuro pressed a button on a MP3 player they'd attached to the City's loudspeaker system.
Suddenly- the Samba beat cried out from nowhere.
Endolf suddenly lost his balance- and the energy finally overwhelmed him- exploding and knocking him into the streets below.
Confused, but eager to make use of the opportunity, Black ordered, "NOW!"
_ZUON! ON ON ON ON!_
Parasagun Swapped with Zakutor!
_PLEZUOH! SLASHOOOM!_
And as Endolf got to his feet, Plezuoh Zakutor rocketed forwards.
"PLEZUOH ZAKUTOR! BRAVE FINISH!" Green slashed through the air.
Zakutor slashed through the air- and Endolf...!
SMASH- CRACK!
...Had barely dodged backwards- resulting in only his chest mirror being broken.
"Damn you...! Now I have reason to hate you even more...!" And with that, he pulled out his blaster and fired off- knocking Plezuoh backwards...! "NOW!"
"HAI!" And then Candelira slipped out from around a corner and threw one of the Shrinky-Blink-Balls at him with a mighty toss...!
With a poof of white dust that turned Golden, Endolf suddenly shrunk down.
"What!?" Luckyuro cried out, "He shrunk down!?"
"Damn it," Dogold growled, "Candelira must have found Boss Chaos' reserves of those...!"
Endolf and Candelira picked up Aigaron, as Endolf said, "See you next time!"
And with that- the three of them teleported away.
THE VOLTASAUR LAB_ _ _|
"We're in a tough place," Shinji said to the Kyoryugers, "the appearence of Endolf, Caleb's disappearance, and..."
"Aigaron slipping into Grim-dark mode," Kaiyumi added with a shudder.
Everyone looked to Inaba, and he just smiled slightly as he stepped forward, "I know, I'll see if wracking my brain can help." He then turned around to face everyone of his teammates and said, "Guys, I'll need you to trust me with your lives for a while."
Everyone nodded.
"Everyone!" Yui spoke up then- "I've located Caleb!"
"Where!?" Callie asked as she and the others ran over to the terminal Yui was working at.
"Right there," Yui pointed at a red dot on the screen- moving fast across the forest.
"Caleb, wait for us," Inaba said, then ordered, "Come on, everyone!"
"Right!" They all nodded.
Meanwhile, on the top of a small hill, The Gabutyramon let loose a roar to the moon. "GAAABUUU!"
TO BE CONTINUED!
"WHAAAAT!? Dogold got kicked out of Deboss!? Endolf is- Endolf is-!? But who are these new loosers!? And Gabutyra shrunk!? BRAVE 27! OH, PARTY TIME! 1+ CHOU SHINKA! OVERCHAAAARGEEE!"
A.N.: Wheeeee! I know It's been a while since I mentioned the rewrite of XWAU02, but I've done a recent bout of updating on it. So head on over there to AO3 and check it out if you haven't already!