(And the last installment of the first time travel arc.)
Soon Naruto, Kakashi, Tommy, and Ninjor were wandering the mountains outside Angel Grove in search of their comrades. As they searched around Naruto had briefed their blue allie about what was going on, "This story you told me sounds unbelievable, and yet here you are." Ninjor said.
"Yeah, never thought me or sensei would end up seeing you as well." Naruto admitted.
"Keep it down you guys." Tommy shushed them.
"He's right. Orochimaru and Zedd are probably already onto us." Kakashi added.
"And you're right!" Ninjor gasped as four White Snakes appeared.
"Let's do it!" Naruto called as they each fought a White Snake before they retreated.
"We must be on the right trail." Tommy said.
"Let's keep moving." Kakashi ordered as they did so.
Soon they looked around the corner of a cave and saw their friends still tied up while the villains were still partying.
"To the destruction of the Power Rangers!" Orochimaru raised a drink.
"And to the destruction of the world!" Zedd cheered raising his drink with his wife.
The four watched as their comrades were forced to watch their enemies celebrate, "All right you guys let's rescue our friends!" Tommy said as the four jumped onto the scene.
"The jig is up, Zedd and Orochimaru!" Naruto called.
"Ah Naruto and Kakashi, how very nice of you all to join us." Orochimaru snickered.
"Release the rangers at once!" Ninjor ordered.
"Sorry Ninjor, but finder's keepers, and losers weepers!" Zedd held out his staff zapping around them trapping them inside a barrier.
"It's a trap!" Tommy called.
Ninjor tried punching his way out but to no avail while the villains laughed. Kabuto walked around the captives, "Now you'll all watch helplessly as we eliminate your friends." Kabuto whipped out his kunai aiming it for Kimberly who was terrified.
"Kim!" Tommy called.
"And afterwards we'll eliminate the rangers from the future starting with the cute ones." Goldar said as he and Rito aimed their swords at Sakura, Ino, and Shizuka.
"You won't!" Naruto growled as he could feel his anger churn.
"Isn't that cute, the baby's getting mad!" Rita cackled while Orochimaru noticed this and actually looked nervous.
"Rita Zedd, you might want to increase the force field surrounding them!" the snake man suggested.
"What for?" Zedd asked.
"Because of that!" Kabuto said motioning to Naruto as they started feeling the scenery around them getting heavier along with a red aura surrounding Naruto.
"You will not harm my fellow rangers!" Naruto roared as red orbs glowed through the visor of his helmet.
"What's happening?" Rita gasped as Squatt and Baboo cowered while holding onto each other.
"You've made Naruto too angry than you should've." Kabuto warned the empress.
"What's going on?" Tommy asked.
"Remember when we told you during our history about our village that Naruto had a demon sealed inside him?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah?" Tommy answered.
"Well sometimes if he gets pushed past his tolerance he'll let the demon's power out."
"Incredible." Ninjor gasped already feeling the chakra emit from Naruto.
Naruto's demon chakra emitted waves that pierced through the force field surrounding the four releasing them, "All right guys, let's get busy!" Naruto ordered as they charged into battle.
"Don't stand there you fools get them!" Zedd called as the Tengas and Snakes charged into battle.
Naruto charged past the henchmen heading for his friends and allies, "Hand on guys I'm coming!" he jumped high pulling out his sword channeling Kurama's chakra through it slicing the rope freeing them and allowing the ninja to use their chakra again.
"We're free!" Adam cheered.
"Our morphers!" Aisha called seeing the box with their morphers.
"I'll get them!" Shizuka called jumping into the air throwing a barrage of kunai knocking Zorgano and Goliptor back. She landed besides the box snatching it and brought it over to the others.
"They're all here." Rocky noticed.
"Well then come on guys, let's morph!" Shikamaru called as they morphed again with all of them joining together.
"All right Zedd, now you're facing all of us!" Tommy warned as they struck a pose with colored smoke from all of their colors explode from behind them.
"Attack!" Orochimaru called as they went in for the attack.
As the rangers, Shizuka, and Ninjor fought the villains forces, each of them were proving their worth to the villain they were not used to facing. Rito went to attack Sakura with his sword but the Pinkette grabbed him by the arm and spun throwing him into Goldar resulting in both crashing onto the ground.
"Get off you idiot!" Goldar shoved Rito off.
Rocky and Tommy started sword fighting with Zorgano and Goliptor. Goliptor crossed his weapons launching a blast at the two rangers followed up by Zorgano sticking his sword into the ground sending a fissure at them, "Try this!" Tommy called aiming Saba at them as he released his eyes blasts knocking them to the ground.
Rita frowned, "We're out of here!" she called as she, Squatt, Baboo, and Finster retreated back to the moon while Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Zedd stuck around.
Naruto, Kakashi, and Ninjor stared down the three villains, "Looks like it's just us now." Ninjor said striking a pose.
"So it seems." Orochimaru smirked as he reached down his throat and pulled out his sword.
"That's disgusting." Ninjor groaned.
The three faced off with White Dino ranger Kabuto in Super Dino mode fighting Ninjor, Kakashi fighting Orochimaru, and Naruto fighting Zedd. The blue warrior and Kabuto faced off like real ninja but Ninjor never seeing Kabuto's ranger powers did no what to expect as Kabuto's enhanced strength from the Dino gem was giving him a bit of an edge,
"I don't know who you are, but your power reeks of evil." Ninjor said.
"Arigato. It goes well with me." Kabuto answered as he threw a punch only to get caught by Ninjor who gave an upward kick knocking him back.
Orochimaru and Kakashi sword clashed, "Very impressive Kakashi, perhaps if you had these powers back then you probably would've been able to finish me last time and Sasuke would still be with you." Orochimaru mocked as Kakashi remembered when he was putting another seal on Sasuke to try and suppress the cursed one. Orochimaru had dropped in to give Kakashi a warning while the cycloptic ninja was scared knowing even he knew trying to take on a member of the Sannin was suicide even for him.
"What's done is done Orochimaru, but now I'm certain I can defeat you!" Kakashi called channeling Saba with his lightning chakra and managed to slice Orochimaru's body in half splitting his upper and lower halves, "And that's that. What?!"
Suddenly emerging from the lower half was Orochimaru's upper half making him good as new while his former upper half was nothing but shedded skin, "Sorry Kakashi, but even with your powers I still got an ace up my sleeves!" he releases his snakes for Kakashi who wrap around him only to use substitution avoiding the snakes.
Naruto still enhanced by Kurama's chakra faced Zedd making karate grunts while the lord spoke, "All right boy if you wish to face true evil head on I'll be happy to oblige! Now come and get me!" Naruto attempted to do a roundhouse kick but Zedd used his staff to block him. The Green Ranger then threw a punch only for Zedd to use his staff again to block it and elbow the ranger in the chest but shook it off.
"I've read everything about you Zedd, and I won't let you walk all over me!" Naruto called as he charged throwing everything he had.
Zedd who had trouble this time around blocking the onslaught of attacks was surprised, "What is this child, he cannot be human!" his red visor glowed looking deep into him and could feel Kurama's chakra, "What is that thing?!" he gasped feeling Kurama's chakra send shivers throughout his body.
Naruto seeing Zedd was shaken off focus whipped out his Dragon sword and swatted the emperor away, "And now Zedd, let me show ya a little something I worked three years on!" he channeled chakra into his palm summoning his bigger Rasengan, "Oodama Rasengan!" he thrusted the jutsu into Zedd who flew back crashing into a wall.
"My lord!" Goldar called as he and Rito raced over helping him to his feet.
"Ugh that power, I've never felt anything so strong!" Zedd groaned as he clutched his staff.
"Looks like he really knocked it out of ya, Ed." Rito joked.
"It's Zedd you imbecile! Ugh! Orochimaru back to the moon!"
"Right away, Kabuto, you and the others stick around." Orochimaru said as the two villains vanished.
The rangers stood opposite of Kabuto, Goldar, Rito, Zorgano, and Goliptor who were ready for another round. While back on the moon, Zedd was still recovering from Naruto's jutsu, "I can't believe that little brat nailed me that hard!"
"Oh suck it up and get over here!" Rita tugged him to the balcony.
"If those rangers think this is the end, they're gravely mistaken!" Zedd called as the evil couple crossed their staffs sending lightning down to earth that grew Goldar, Zorgano, Goliptor, and Rito to enormous proportions.
"Whoa!" they all backed it up.
"We gotta do something." Adam called.
"But what about Kabuto?" Aisha asked.
"I'll handle him," Shizuka said taking a stance along with Kabuto, "You all have to stop them."
"She's right," Tommy said as his fellow rangers powered up, "We need Ninja Zord power now!"
And soon the six ninja zords charged into battle but before the rangers could enter Chouji spoke, "Hey since we couldn't bring any of our zords to our time, think we can co-pilot with you guys?"
"Of course, come on!" Tommy called as the rangers mounted their zords and combined them to form the Ninja Megazord with both sets of rangers in the cockpit.
"Don't leave me out on all the fun!" Ninjor called as he grew giant size.
"Let's show no mercy!" Goliptor ordered.
"Attack!" Zorgano ordered as the four charged.
Rito and Goliptor fought the Ninja Megazord while Ninjor was preoccupied with Goldar and Zorgano. Rito fired a laser from his sword at the Ninja Megazord forcing it back, "My turn!" Goliptor fired fireballs from both his wings.
"Whoa!" The rangers called as they hung on.
Ninjor pulled out his ninja sword and went at it with Zorgano and Goldar until the two henchmen channeled their energy into their swords blasting Ninjor who rolled across the ground before getting back up, "Oh now you've made me angry!" he called a fire burned in the reflection of his visor and he morphed into his samurai form.
"Now let's tango!" Ninjor called as he combined his sword with his hilt and started attacking the two knocking them back but they still fought back.
Naruto watched seeing his friends and allies didn't stand a chance against four of them. "I wonder…" Naruto looked at his dragon dagger, "I have to try. Dragonzord come forth!" he held his flute up and played fanfare on it twice but nothing happened, "Not working. All right I have to put all my heart and soul into summoning him!" he played his flute even harder than he did and suddenly from the nearest body of water a pair of glowing red eyes traveled through it.
Suddenly the water bubbled, and emerging from it was the Dragonzord letting out its battle roar. Storming into the fight it tail whipped the four henchmen knocking them aside. They got up and looked shocked at what attacked them, "It's the Dragonzord!" Billy gasped.
"Where'd he come from?" Rito gasped.
Dragonzord took a spot next to the Ninja Megazord and Ninjor looking ready for battle, "Here I come guys!" Naruto called as he mounted onto the Dragonzord entering the cockpit.
"Let's get them! Charge!" Ninjor cried as the three zords rushed into battle.
Back on the ground, Kabuto still in ranger form was exchanging blows with Shizuka, "You must have a death wish taking me on when I'm in this form." Kabuto said as he blocked Shizuka's kick.
"I've been taught to not let danger scare me!" Shizuka replied as she blocked a punch from Kabuto and threw him aside.
Back with the rangers, Tommy and Kakashi in the Falconzord glided right past Goldar and Rito striking them with its wing, "Good work Tommy, now for the other two!"
Kakashi said as the Falconzord folded its wings in the front and fired missiles at Zorgano and Goliptor who backed away from the explosions.
"Time for some of our own!" Naruto called as the Dragonzord fired his own missiles at all four henchmen.
"My turn!" Ninjor fired his red energy ball at the four dealing more damage as the four dropped to the ground.
"I think it's time for Ninja Mega Falconzord power!" Rocky called.
"Right!" they all agreed as the Ninja Megazord looked up at the Falconzord The Megazord jumped up and the Falconzord attached to the back of the zord forming the Ninja Mega Falconzord.
"Ninja Mega Falconzord battle ready!" the rangers announced. Goliptor spread his wings and took it to the air as the Ninja Mega Falconzord flew up after him.
The henchman and Zord fought in the air throwing punches and kicks at one another with neither letting up. When Goliptor fired a laser from his torso eye the zord maneuvered the sky avoiding the blow. It followed up with a spin kick sending Goliptor plummeting to the ground landing on Zorgano, Rito, and Goldar.
"Get off you fool!" Zorgano shoved Goliptor off.
"Let's give it one more go!" Kiba called.
"Right!" The past rangers agreed.
"Morphing!" The rangers from Konoha agreed. The Ninja Mega Falconzord flew through the sky looking down on the battlefield.
"Ninja Mega Falconzord finisher! Yah!" The rangers called.
The zord came flying at Zorgano and Goliptor delivering a double punch making the two fly backwards crashing into Goldar and Rito resulting in them crashing on the ground before vanishing into thin air, "Yes!" The Rangers called.
Ninjor morphed back to his ninja mode, "Congratulations rangers'! Victory is once again in the hands of good!"
Back on the ground, Shizuka delivered a powerful gale chop at Kabuto sending him backwards and rolled across the ground. He looked up seeing the disappearance of the four henchmen meant the battle was over and vanished. Shizuka looked up seeing the rangers zords giving them an 'ok' sign that everything was fine by her, "All right Rangers let's go!" Tommy said as all of the rangers dismounted their zords and returned to solid ground while Ninjor returned to human size.
"You've all done well especially you ninjas of Konoha." Ninjor congratulated them.
"Thanks Ninjor, and coming from you means a lot." Sakura said.
"Now that this is over it's time Dragonzord returned to the sea." Tommy said as Naruto looked up at the zord.
"Dragonzord, it's time to return you to the sea." Naruto began but saw the Dragonzord let out a mournful roar. Naruto saw that the Dragonzord was sad having to go back to his slumber after finally awakened for so many years and reunited with his master.
"He sounds sad." Ino noticed.
"Yeah." Chouji agreed.
Naruto approached as the Dragonzord lowered its head down to the Green Ranger, "I'm sorry old friend, but there will come a time when you truly are needed again. Until that time comes you just have to hang in there," He patted the zords nose, "I'll come back for you one day. I promise." The Dragonzord stood back up and with a tune on the dragon dagger the zord returned to the sea to sleep for more years to come.
While back on the moon palace, Zedd was slamming his fist on the balcony railing in frustration, "I can't believe those goody-goods did it again!"
"And you know who we have to blame right?" Rita asked as Zedd's head shot up and spun looking at Orochimaru and his lackeys.
"Right, this is all your fault!" Zedd accused.
"I knew we shouldn't have trusted either of them!" Goldar voiced his opinion.
Orochimaru only smiled, "It's true what we heard about you all. You don't take defeat so well. We're more alike than we thought. Too bad this visit must come to an end. Boys we're going home." Orochimaru said activating the clockwork crystal and they vanished back to their own time.
"They're gone." Squatt gasped.
"Good riddance!" Zedd scoffed.
"I don't know I think I liked them." Rito admitted.
"Shut up you bumbling goon!" Zedd ordered.
"Oh I have such a headache!" Rita groaned.
Later that night, at the juice bar, was karaoke night as the flier said with both groups attending. The current contestant finished up and the crowds applauded. Ernie stood up speaking into a mike, "And next we have our final contestant for the night. Please welcome newcomer Naruto Uzumaki!"
The crowds cheered and applauded as Naruto went up on stage taking the mike, "Thanks Ernie! And I wanna thank you all for attending. This song I chose goes out to the greatest heroes this world has ever known. The Power Rangers." He started the machine as the music played. Soon Naruto started singing.
The guys were smiling as they watched Naruto sing from the heart, and even Alpha and Zordon from the past Command Center were watching. When Naruto finished the crowds cheered and applauded and Ernie came up, "Well the votes are in and the winner of tonight's Karaoke night… Naruto Uzumaki!" he awarded Naruto the blue ribbon which Naruto showed everyone as they clapped.
Naruto came down from the stage as his friends swarmed him, "All right, Naruto!" Chouji cheered.
"That was morphinominal!" Kiba added.
"It was alright." Shikamaru admitted.
"Alright, it was great!" Adam countered.
"You were amazing, Naruto." Sakura kissed him.
"Fantastic job." Ino said kissing him as well.
"You deserved this win." Shizuka kissed him.
"Congratulations, Naruto." Billy congratulated him.
"Yeah man, congrats." Rocky added.
"We knew you could do it." Tommy patted Naruto's back.
"You could definitely be a singer." Aisha said.
"I know right?" Kim asked.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate this." Naruto smiled from their support.
Later that night, at the Command Center, both teams stood on opposite ends as Zordon spoke, "Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Shizuka, Chouji, and Kakashi. We thank you for your efforts and support in helping us defeat our enemies."
"You saved us!" Alpha cheered.
"We just did what any ranger would do." Shikamaru answered.
"Yeah that's what we rangers are for right?" Chouji asked.
"Got that right." Tommy answered.
"Now it is time for you all to return home to your own timeline and leave the rangers of this time to continue their mission." Zordon added.
"So I guess this is goodbye?" Rocky asked.
"Not goodbye Rocky," Kakashi began, "Though we may never see each other again, we've forged a bond of friendship that will test the length of time itself."
"He's right. Even if we don't see each other again, as long as we remember each other we'll always be together." Billy saw what he meant.
So they each said their goodbyes with Shikamaru and Rocky locking fists, "Take care, Shikamaru."
"You too, Rocky."
Kim and Sakura hugged, "You take care of Naruto, Sakura."
"I will, and you take care of yourself."
Kiba and Billy shook hands, "You keep using that brain for good, Billy."
"I guarantee I will. You and Akamaru keep up your teamwork." The genius patted Akamaru's head as the dog enjoyed it.
Ino hugged Aisha, "I'm glad I got to meet you Aisha."
"Right back at ya, Ino."
Chouji and Adam locked fists, "It was great to meet ya, Adam."
"Same here Chouji, glad to have met another black ranger with skills like yours."
Kakashi and Naruto both shook hands with Tommy, "It's good to see both the White Ranger powers and Green Ranger Powers could be in the hands of dedicated people like you two."
"Well we couldn't have asked for any other powers." Kakashi admitted.
"Yeah and we're glad to have the powers of a ranger like you Tommy." Naruto said as they shook hands.
Shizuka then hugged both girls, "You two would be a fine example to the kunoichi of Nadeshiko."
"Thanks." Sakura admitted.
"Well guys one last thing before we go." Naruto said holding his hand out.
Taking the hint all the others did so while Akamaru stood on his hind legs putting his paw on top of their hands and they all jumped throwing their hands up, "POWER RANGERS!"
"All right Alpha send us home." Naruto said as Alpha nodded typing in some coordinates onto their time line and the group of ninja teleported back to their present and their Command Center.
"You're back!" Kushina called as she and Minato hugged Naruto.
"We were worried!" Tsuki hugged Kiba.
Tommy and Tsunade smiled and approached, "Congratulations everyone you did well." Tsunade said.
"Thanks grandma, but still Orochimaru still has the clockwork crystal." Naruto reminded everyone.
"And he can still time jump to any given year." Sakura added.
"Don't worry if Orochimaru uses it again, we'll be ready to let you all know," Tommy assured them, "And guys, I knew we'd meet again." He smiled as he gathered the group into a hug while Zordon nodded while Alpha wiped away a fake tear.
(And the first time travel arc is done, but still more to come.)
