And now, the final chapter to take place outside of Human World.

Chapter 29: Goodbye my Friends

When we last left the adventure in Ninja World, the Red Sentai had just crossed over from Galaxy World with General Raider in hot pursuit. As you may remember, Captain Marvelous had crash the Red Sentai's spaceship into the tower where the three pinks and Miu had been battling Ozora Tenkaru for the Pink Key Card. As the spaceship passed through the twenty-ninth floor of the tower, the floor of the thirtieth floor, that the heroines were on, got caught on the quad guns of the spaceship and was ripped off of the tower. So now, the Red Sentai's spaceship had the top floor of the tower riding on top of it. With debris from the tower blocking his vision, Marvelous had no way of knowing where we was going and it didn't help that the navigations systems were down ever since the Red Warriors entered Ninja World. Some debris from the tower struck Raider's cockpit window causing the General to become disoriented. After flying across the land for a few miles, the spaceship eventually crashed landed in the forest. General Raider's star fighter also crashed in the forest about two or three miles away from the heroes.

After stretching out his back in an attempt to alleviate the pain, Marvelous slowly started to unstrap himself from his seat. Once he was free from the seat belt, the Captain called to his fellow Reds over the intercom. "Are you guys alright?"

Sosuke was the first to reply. "I'm alright. A little shook up from the crash but still pretty good."

"Are you still with us Takeru?" asked the pirate captain.

"Yeah, I'm here." Said Takeru with a slight groan.

"Alata, are you okay back there?" asked Marvelous.

It took Alata a little time to reach the intercom with his injured leg. "I'm alright." Said the angel once he got to his feet.

After the other Reds checked in, Marvelous heard something make a noise outside of the ship. Looking up, Marvelous saw a young woman dressed in hot-pink ninja attire. He didn't recognize the young woman at first as her face was covered by a cloth but after she started to open her eyes it was then that Marvelous realized who she was. "Ahim?"

Ahim was dazed at first but once she came to her senses, the princess looked into the spaceship and saw a familiar face. "Marvelous-san?" The two Gokaigers starred at each other for a few seconds until Marvelous' attention was brought to something he hadn't seen before. Ahim didn't understand why Marvelous was starring at her chest at first but once she looked down at her chest Ahim discovered, much to her dismay, that her top had opened up and she had been flashing Marvelous the whole time. In one fluent movement, Ahim leapt to her feet, jumped off the spaceship holding her top closed and ran behind a nearby tree and completely forgot about her bow. 'Oh my, I revealed myself to Marvelous-san!' thought the pirate princess hiding her face behind her hands in shame. 'I could just die!'

After Sosuke and Takeru went to help Alata to the front of the ship, Marvelous opened the hatch and the Reds stepped out into Ninja World. The Red Warriors didn't go far before running into some familiar faces. Miu and Mako emerged from what was left of the thirtieth floor of the tower and jumped down to the ground.

"What in the world just happened right now?" said Miu dusting herself off.

"Miu?" said Sosuke recognizing his wife's voice. The two turned to face each other and Sosuke was stunned to silence when he saw what Miu was wearing.

"Sosuke!" said Miu surprised to find her husband in Ninja World.

"Mako!" said Takeru upon laying eyes on his wife.

"Takeru!" said Mako equally stunned.

Just then, Eri jumped down in front of the boys and was surprised to see the Red Sentai. "Hey, what are you guys doing here?" asked the angel once she removed her cloth from her mouth.

"Eri!?" said Alata with his jaw dropped. Eri absolutely stunned Alata with her sexy girl ninja clothes as this was the most of Eri, Alata had ever seen.

"Alata!" replied Eri. It was just then that she noticed that Alata was being held up by Takeru and Sosuke and that his leg was bandaged. "Oh Alata," began the angel as she ran to her partner "what happened?"

Before any of the Reds could answer, Ozora Tenkaru sprang up from the debris on walked over to the edge of the ship. "What the hell was that?" said the Gedoshu aloud as he shook the cobwebs from his head. Before he got the chance to realize who was beneath him, Marvelous pulled out his blaster and shot the catfish cowboy three times. The dazed Tenkaru fell off of the spaceship and landed head first on the ground.

"The key card!" cried Miu. "Mako…"

"I have it right here." Said Mako holding up the Pink Key Card. "Let's get out of here before…" Mako paused to take a quick head count "where's Ahim-chan?" Everyone then looked around for the princess but she was nowhere to be found. "Ahim-chan!" called Mako.

"I am here." Replied Ahim from behind her hiding place.

"Ahim, what are you doing back there?" asked Miu.

"We'll talk about it latter." Said Marvelous slightly blushing. "Right now let's find a safe place to recuperate."

"Right." Said Mako. "Follow us, we'll take you to where we have been staying." With that said the eight warriors set out into the woods with the three Pinks and Miu leading the Reds.

Ozora Tenkaru woke up from his little spill off the spaceship about and hour after the Reds had crashed landed in Ninja World. As the Gedoshu sat up, he noticed that a squad of Shogun Vipers were kneeling by his side. They had with them a radio communication devise that was in direct link to Human World. Shandor had order the Vipers to put him in contact Tenkaru, to follow up on his progress. "Ozora." asked The Quest Master over the radio. "My sensors picked up that the tower was struck. What happened?"

"You got me." Answered Tenkaru. "I was fighting those girls then next thing I know, the floor comes up from underneath me and I get nailed in the face by one of the ceiling beams. Then when I wake up again, someone shots me and I damn near break my neck falling off this…" Tenkaru took his thumb off the receiver as he starred at the spaceship. "What in the high holy hell is this thing?"

"It's a spaceship." Said General Raider emerging from the woods. "The same spaceship the Red Sentai flew in my universe." Tenkaru didn't know what to make of the golden clad General at first and the Shogun Vipers attacked the Andromeda leader. In what looked like one fluid movement, Raider drew his sword and cut down all of the Shogun Vipers. After sheathing his blade, Raider turned his attention back to Tenkaru. "What was that all about?"

"You need to forgive the Vipers." Said Tenkaru. "They are trained to attack humans on sight. Save for Shandor of course."

"Speaking of which, are you in contact with him right now?" asked the General pointing to the radio.

"Yes." Replied Tenkaru.

As Raider sits down next to the Gedoshu gunslinger, we join the eight Sentai as they are taking a moment to relax by a small lake that the ninja clad heroines had made their camp at. Ahim, still embarrassed by accidentally exposing herself to Marvelous, was hiding behind a few bushes with Marvelous not too far away. Marvelous had been trying to apologize to the princess but couldn't get the words out of his mouth. As for the other six, they were each off to some place around the lake, catching up with their respective partners.

"I was so worried about you." Said Miu as she rest her head on Sosuke's chest while he held her tightly.

"I was worried about you too." Said the racer car driver. Sosuke then pulled back from his wife to take a better look at her. "I swear every time I see you after a long while you get more and more beautiful."

"Oh, Sosuke." Said Miu with a smile.

"Especially when you're looking as sexy as you are now."

"Sosuke!" Miu whispered with a Miu growing across her face. "Now's not the best time."

"So." Said Sosuke bluntly. "Is that suppose to stop me from admiring my wife? Even…" Sosuke ended by raising an eyebrow.

"Sosuke!" Said Miu trying and failing to fight her smile. With no resistance form her, Sosuke pulled Miu in and the two exchanged a passionate kiss. On the other end of the lake, Takeru and Mako were standing hand in hand gazing into each others eyes.

"I'm glad that you're safe." Said Mako. "And even happier that you're here with me."

"I am glad too." Said Takeru. "Though…it is a little strange to see a samurai dressed as a ninja. Shandor didn't choose these clothes for you did he?" Asked the lord becoming serious.

"No." answered Mako.

"Good." Said Takeru. Then Takeru tried to make amends with Mako as he felt he had offended her about the outfit. "N-not that you don't look great. It's just…"

Mako let out a small laugh as she smiled at her husband. "I know, what you mean. Only the lord may see his lady in such a manner." Seeing that he didn't say anything bad, Takeru eased up and smiled back at Mako before giving her a quick kiss.

Alata was sitting on a stone over by the bank of the lake. Eri was concerned about Alata's leg and was checking his bandages. She was having some trouble checking the bandage because Alata kept squirming around. "Alata, please!" cried Eri. "I can't check your wound if you keep moving around like this."

"I'm a….I'm a…" Alata couldn't get the words to come out of his mouth. He couldn't understand why but seeing Eri dressed the way she was, was causing the red angel to become very nervous and sweaty. Alata never had this problem with Eri before. Yet for some reason, seeing Eri as a sexy ninja was making him…a little stiff.

"Are you sick?" asked the pink angel now bending over in a standing position. "You're all flush and sweaty." Eri placed her hand on Alata's forehead. Little did she now, Alata now had a great view down her shirt. "You don't feel like you have a fever. I don't get what…did you hit your nose?"

"W-what?" said Alata snapping back to reality.

"Your nose is bleeding." Said Eri.

Alata reached up and whipped the bottom of his nose. Looking at his hand, Alata saw that Eri was right and his nose was in fact, bleeding. "I need a moment alone!" Alata said in an embarrassed tone as he jumped up and started hopping away on one foot.

"Alata…"

"I can manage!" said Alata very hastily.

As Eri looks on at her partner with confusion, we rejoin Marvelous who has finally found his words. "Ahim…I'm sorry for starring at your chest like that." Began the captain. Ahim listened as Marvelous continued. "The crash had me confused and disoriented and I know that you would never…um…do that. You're too classy."

"Thank you, Marvelous-san." Said Ahim calming down. Before another word could be spoken between the pirates, Ahim noticed that there was a pink light shining down on the land. "Everyone," called Ahim "look at that light." At that moment, everyone else stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.

As the eight looked on in wonder at the pink light, a second light began to dimly shine through Mako's pocket. The light caught the corner of Miu's eye and the silver heroine turned her attention to the light. "Mako." The samurai lady turned her attention to Miu. "Your pocket is glowing." Said Miu pointing to the new light.

Mako looked down to where Miu was pointing. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the Pink Key Card. There was an glowing arrow on the card now and it was pointing in the direction of the pink light in the sky.

"What do you think it means?" asked Eri.

"I don't know." Said Mako as she turned towards the others. As Mako turned, the turned as well and was still pointing in the direction of the light in the sky.

Takeru took notice of this looked back up to light. "Perhaps that light is where portal back to Human World is." Said the lord.

"In the sky!" replied Sosuke.

"I don't think so." Said Alata. "This world is the girl's challenge. Ours were in Galaxy World."

"So then the light is shining down on the portal." Said Ahim.

"Possibly." Said Alata.

"And perhaps the key card is meant to guide us to the portal." Said Takeru.

"If that's the case then we better get a move on it." Said Marvelous. "We've got little over twenty-four hours left to get all the keys so the sooner we get back to Human World the better."

As the eight heroes set out for the portal, we rejoin Ozora Tenkaru and General Raider. The two villains had finished their discussion with the Quest Master and were now assembling there Shogun Vipers. "Alright, listen up you slugs." Said Tenkaru. "Shandor wants us to stop the Sentai at all coast. You understand that? Not one of those spandex wearing bastards makes it back to Human World." The Shogun Vipers hissed in understanding. "You are free to do whatever you want to them but leave the Shinkengers to me."

"And why should we?" asked General Raider.

Tenkaru turned to the General and gave him a look as if what he had said was the stupidest thing he had ever heard. "Because, the Shinkengers have been the sworn enemies of the Gedoshu for centuries. And it just so happens that the two that are here are the leaders of the Shinkengers. Which makes it my duty as a Gedoshu to avenge all of my fallen brethren and send the both of them to hell."

"But I get the red one." Snapped General Raider. "Those little bastards are responsible for the capture of my army."

"So what does that mean."

"That means I get first servings when it comes to those four. You and the snakes can have their bitches but I GET THE REDS. Do you understand."

Tenkaru would be grinding his teeth if he had any. "Look, I know Shandor told us to cooperate but understand this human. I will not hesitate to put a bullet through your skull. So you either follow my lead or stay the hell out of my way."

At that moment Raider drew his sword and pointed that Tenkaru's neck. "You miserable little guppy. How dare you speak to me like that. I AM A GENERAL!"

At the same time Tenkaru drew his pistol and had it aimed right between Raider's eyes. "You're not a General here, pal." The two villains stood in this stalemate for several minutes before the Shogun Vipers brought up a monitor and camera with the Quest Master's image on it.

"What the are the two of you doing?" asked an annoyed Shandor. "Are you forgetting that every moment you waste only allows the Sentai to get closer and closer to the portal. Now, Raider. If you would like my help in liberating your forces, then you WILL get along with Ozora. And unless YOU want my Vipers aid you in your vengeance Ozora, then you will comply with Raider's wishes."

"Which means?" asked Tenkaru.

"Which means that if he engages ShinkenRed or ShinkenPink, you are not to interfere." Said the Quest Master. Biting his tongue, Tenkaru withdrew his pistol and put it back in his holster. Once Tenkaru put away his gun, Raider sheathed his sword. "Good." Said Shandor. "Now, if you don't mind. STOP…THE…SENTAI!" As the screen went black, Tenkaru, Raider and the Shogun Vipers mounted up and set out to stop the Sentai from reaching the portal.

About a half hour has passed sense the eight heroes had set off to the portal back to Human World and were making good time. Takeru and Mako lead the way using the Pink Key Card as a compass. Walking behind the lord and lady were the other heroines in single file. Right behind the samurai was Eri, followed by Miu and then Ahim. To help with Alata's injured leg Sosuke and Marvelous took it upon themselves to carry the angel all the way to the portal. Even though Alata told the others that he could manage, his fellow heroes insisted on that he be carried as they had no time to lose. As the eight walked on, the forest eventually grow darker and darker. A thin mist coated the dew-covered grass giving an eerie feel to the forest. A little too eerie for Miu's liking.

"S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Sosuke…" said Miu in a very frightened Miu.

"Can handle Alata?" asked Sosuke turning to Marvelous.

"Yeah, no problem." Answered Marvelous. Sosuke and Marvelous put Alata's feet down and Alata know placed his weight on Marvelous. As soon as Alata was sturdy, Sosuke rushed over Miu's side in order to calm her down.

Once Sosuke had his arm around her, Miu wrapped both of her arms around Sosuke and had a death grip on him. "Hon," began Sosuke as Miu was squeezing the life out of him "could you loosen up a little?"

"I'm-I'm-I'm sorry." Said Miu still shaky. "It's just…It's just…"

"You don't like it when things get spooky." Said Sosuke wrapping his other arm around his wife now fully hugging her. "Don't worry, as long as I'm here nothing is going to h-" before Sosuke could finish, Sosuke fell over as if something tripped him. As he was falling, Sosuke and Miu released each other mid fall so wouldn't fall with him. Sosuke fell face first to the ground but was not harmed by the fall. Before he or the others knew it, a pair of hands popped out of the ground and grabbed Sosuke by the ears. The hands then began to pull on Sosuke's ears and started to drag the racecar driver across the ground. Sosuke was dragged off to a remote part of the forest where the fog on the ground was even thicker.

Once the hands stopped dragging Sosuke, they released the Red Warrior who shot up immediately to his feet, rubbing his aching ears. As Sosuke began to look around to see wear he was, the ground started to shake. After a minute or two, the mist began to part and a squad of Shogun Vipers lunged out of the earth. Sosuke was completely surrounded. He could fight them but Sosuke knew that he would be dead faster then Mach Speed. Just then, an iron weight connected to a long chain nailed one of the Shogun Vipers in the back of the head, knocking the snake out. As the chain and weight retracted back to where it originated, a young woman dressed in light blue ninja clothes jumped out of the darkness and slashed a Shogun Vipers neck with a kama. It was Miu. Even though she was scared out of mind, the thought of losing Sosuke scared Miu even more. In fact, as soon as Sosuke was being pulled away by the Viper, Miu went running right after him.

As soon as Miu came into sight, Sosuke drew his blaster and shot three of the Vipers. It wasn't long before the other heroes caught up with the Esumies and engaged the Shoguns. Even Alata got in on the action. By riding on Marvelous' shoulders, Alata was able to hold two blasters and took out double the Vipers. After a quick skirmish, all the Shogun Vipers lay dead and Miu embraced her husband, relieved that he was not harmed. "I'm proud of you Miu." Said Sosuke looking into his wife's eyes with a smile. "You over came your biggest fear."

"Well," began Miu as she blushed "I didn't exactly over come it. My love for you is just stronger then my fear of ghosts." With his smile growing, Sosuke leaned in to give Miu a kiss.

BANG!

Right before their lips touched, the sound of a gun firing echoed throughout the forest. Before anyone could react, a red beam of light zoomed past the trees and struck Alata in his left shoulder. The angel cried out in pain and fell backwards off of Marvelous shoulders. "ALATA!" screamed Eri as her partner fell. Luckily, Takeru wasn't too far out of reach of the angel and caught Alata before he hit the ground.

"There they are!" yelled Tenkaru. "GET THEM!" And just like that, the entire army of Shogun Vipers came running out from out of the darkness of the forest. Knowing full well that they stood no chance, the eight heroes turned right around and ran like hell. The heroes made it a point to criss-cross between the trees to make it harder for Tenkaru to try to shoot them. And Tenkaru did try. Every though he missed the heroes, his shots left massive holes in the trees signifying just how lucky the heroes were. Little did the villains know, the heroes were running for the portal. Even though the heroes kept a good distance from one another to make things more difficult for the Vipers, the eight warriors made sure that they weren't too far apart from each other that way they could help someone if they needed it.

The Sentai had been running non-stop for two miles. All the while Takeru had been carrying the injured Alata. Despite his great pain he was in, the red angel was still able help keep the Vipers at bay with his laser gun. This tactic worked for the two reds until General Raider came riding in on horseback. "Takeru look out!" yelled Alata as the General rode towards them. Alata was able to get a few shots off at Raider but the General was able to deflect the laser fire with his sword. Once the General was in range, he jumped off his horse and readied his sword to slash the two reds with one stroke. "Takeru!" cried Alata as Raider leapt from his horse.

"Sosuke!" called Takeru as he tossed Alata over to Go-On Red. Sosuke, who was using his own gun to keep the Vipers at bay, was caught a little off guard by Takeru but was able to catch Alata. As Raider came down, Takeru rolled out of the Generals way and avoided his blade. Once Takeru was back on his feet, he drew his Shinkenmaru and slashed at the General. Raider parried Takeru's attack and made a slash towards Takeru's head. The samurai lord ducked the blade and stabbed Raider in the ribs. Raider's armor took the brunt of Takeru's attack. Even though the General was unharmed, the Shinkenmaru cut through the golden armor with ease. Enraged by this, Raider started slashing at Takeru with all his might. Takeru blocked and parried all of Raider's attacks and even took to the offensive at one point. The two swordsmen went back and forth for a good ten minutes, all while still running in the direction of the portal.

As the General and the lord battled, Tenkaru couldn't resist passing up the chance to kill the head of the Shinkengers. Though he did promise to not interfere if Raider engaged either Takeru or Mako, Tenkaru still felt that it is the Gedoshu's divine right to kill the Shinkengers at any chance they get. So, the catfish raised his gun, took aim and fired a shot at Takeru. The bullet would have hit Takeru's right temple had Raider not forced Takeru's blade in that direction resulting in the Shinkenmaru flying out of Takeru's hands once the bullet hit it.

"HEY!" yelled Raider in Tenkaru's direction angry that the catfish went back on his word. "I THOUGHT WE AGREED THAT THE REDS WOULD BE LEFT TO ME!" As Raider turned his attention back to Takeru, Mako appeared and gave her husband her Naginata. Once Takeru took hold of the spear, the lord cut downward at the General. The Naginata's blade cut through Raider's armor left a the General seriously injured. As Raider collapsed to his knees, Mako picked up the Shinkenmaru as she and Takeru ran into the darkness to try and catch up with the others. The Shogun Vipers ran past General Raider, not stopping to lend the warrior a hand. Once all the Vipers were out of site, Ozora Tenkaru walked up to Raider, placed the barrel of his pistol on the top of the General's head and pulled the trigger. With the sound of the gunshot echoing throughout the forest, General Raider flopped face first to the ground, dead.

The Sentai ran for several more miles before making it out of the forest. As the eight heroes emerged from the forest, they found themselves standing a large opening that got narrower as the Sentai went on. This path, that stretched out for five hundred feet before coming up to a steep cliff. The cliff over looked one of Ninja World's vast oceans and at the bottom of the cliff were extremely jagged rocks. The last ten feet of the path served as a land bridge to a large rock pillar and from there, the portal back to Human World was just a four foot leap across the ocean. As soon as the Sentai began to start down the path, an arrow came flying out of the forest and grazed Marvelous' left shoulder. The Shogun Vipers had caught up to them and now climbing the trees to get a better vantage point.

As the snakes began to unload their arrows on the eight, the heroes took off like bats out of hell, dodging the arrows in the process. All the while, a hoard of Shogun Vipers ran out of the forest and were gaining on the heroes. Despite this, Alata and Marvelous were able to hold the Vipers off with their blasters and those that made it past the laser fire got cut down by Takeru and the girls. The Shogun Vipers were relentless in their pursuit, at one point the snakes were able to trip up Eri. Right as the Vipers were about to swarm the angel, Alata leaped from Sosuke's arms, spread his wings and took out a dozen Vipers with a single swoop. With the others running back to assist the Skick angels, Alata, despite his injuries, helped Eri back to her feet.

Once all of the heroes started to make their way back towards the portal, the Shogun Vipers began to fall back. The heroes didn't notice this until they were halfway over the land bridge. The reason why the Vipers pulled back was because they were ordered to by Ozora Tenkaru to pull back once they were close enough to the land bridge. The reason Tenkaru told them this was because he had positioned himself on the top of one of the trees with a bazooka in hand. Tenkaru took aim and fired upon the eight heroes once he had a clear shot at them. The heroes heard the missile whistling through the air and were able to jump off of the land bridge and onto the stone pillar.

The heroes were a little distorted at first but once they got their wits back they started to check on each other. "Is everyone alright?" asked Sosuke. One by one the heroes each confirmed that they were unharmed. But something was wrong.

"Where's Alata?" asked Eri once she realized that Alata was the only one of the heroes not to say that he was alright. The heroes looked around for the red angel and found him dangling off the side of the cliff. Right before the missile hit, Alata pushed Eri ahead of him to ensure that she would make to the pillar. Alata used all his strength that was left in his good leg to leap back towards the land. He avoided the blast but the land started to collapse from underneath the angel. Fortunately Alata was able to dig his figures into the dirt and climbed back up to safety. Once Alata was on sold ground, he rose to his knees and looked back at the others. Then it happened.

No one heard the arrows whistling as they fell from the sky. Most of the arrows fell short of their targets but three arrows found their way into Alata's back. Alata let out a painful exhale as he fell forward. "ALATA!" yelled Eri as she rushed up to her feet. Eri was then pulled back down by Mako. Good thing to as more arrows came flying in and would have most likely have struck Eri too. Looking back at the land, the heroes could see the Shogun Vipers making their advance again.

"Go." Said Alata trying to ignore the massive amount of pain he was in. The other heroes looked on in great confusion as Alata summoned the last of his feet and rose to his feet. "GO!" yelled the angel as he turned to face the on coming Vipers. The heroes didn't want to, but they stood up, turned around and made their way to the portal with heavy hearts. Eri was the only one who was unwilling to leave Alata and had to be dragged away by Marvelous.

"Eri, come on!" cried the captain. "There's nothing we can do!"

"Yes there is!" cried Eri staying focused on Alata as he charged at the Vipers. "YES THERE IS! ALATA!" But Eri could not help her partner. The last thing she saw as she passed the portal back to Human World was Alata unloading this laser guns on the Shogun Vipers.