Chapter 48: Legosi's Training Regimen, Day Six! Fridays with Alex, Haru, Jack, and Room 701!

"Legosi! Alex! Come on! We're going to be starting soon!" Collot called out. Everyone in Room 701 was excited. Alex had asked Jack, Collot, Miguno, Durham, and Voss to help train Legosi as well, but they had been keeping how exactly they were going to go about training the gray wolf a secret from both Alex and Legosi. Nevertheless, Alex's interest was piqued. He was excited to spend more time with the 701 canines.

Ever since he had been a young wolf, Alex had felt isolated from his fellow canine brethren, and never really knew how to interact with them. Somehow, he was an alpha wolf, which meant that in order to be accepted into a pack he would have to fight and dethrone the pack's current leader. But with 701, they simply accepted him into their pack and treated him as somewhat of a co-leader, second only to Legosi in terms of pack standings. Once he was accepted, Alex started to take his relationships with his fellow pack mates more seriously; he hadn't gotten to know any of them too well aside from Legosi and Jack. Alex had bonded with the canines over many different things. He had bonded with Miguno over music, Jack over philosophy, sports with Durham, the complexities of women with Collot, and architecture and building with Voss.

Miguno's band was pretty good, and the wolf had even offered to put in a word with some companies. Miguno simply smiled and shook his head; the hyena wanted to EARN his way to fame and fortune, and becoming well renowned for his music wasn't even at the top of his priority list. All Miguno really wanted to do was to share his music with the world, even if it ended up giving him nothing in return. The satisfaction and smiles on the faces of the audience was more than enough for him and the other band members.

Durham was quite competitive, always trying to prove his superiority at something. Whether it was arm wrestling, athletics, or video games, the coyote was always up for a challenge. He had a bit of a friendly rivalry with Alex going, even though Alex almost always beat him.

Collot was beyond wise for his age, and his eyes had the beauty and dazzle to compliment his sageliness. The sheepdog was rather laid back and chill, living life as it was happening and in the moment. Whenever one of the dorm mates had a problem, they went to Collot for advice. One time when Alex was returning from the black market, he saw Collot go into one of the apartments, and went to investigate, discovering that Collot had gotten into an interspecies relationship of his own. His mate was a lovely sheep named Sebun Bellwether, and Alex thought the two of them made a cute couple even if Sebun was a decade older than the sheepdog.

With Voss, Alex was basically an ear to lend and a shoulder for the fennec fox to lean on. He often was frustrated with how the world was much bigger than he was; he was less than half the size of Haru. However, Alex assured Voss that there was much more to the world than simply height, and encouraged the vulpine to figure out a way to take advantage of his short stature. After finding out that Voss loved to build and design stuff, he made the suggestion that Voss look into architecture and design, so that he could help make things easier for other animals of his size.

Now, Alex was in some comfy clothes, as were the rest of the canines in the dorm. "So, what's this training you guys have planned for me?" Legosi asked curiously.

He saw that they had set up Collot's second hand TV in the middle of the room, and had hooked it up to Jack's computer. The labrador was also a bit of a tech genius, able to make things work together that would normally never be thought of as compatible. On the screen, Power Rangers on Netflix was pulled up. Alex scratched his head in confusion. "How is this supposed to train Legosi?" The white wolf wondered.

"Don't you know? This show is packed with martial arts and complicated maneuvers! We loved this show as kids, and last year, the dorm went for Halloween as Rangers!" Durham exclaimed.

The cop shrugged in response. "Watching something isn't going to be enough to help Legosi get strong enough to take our culprit down. The five of you better have a bit more planned to help your friend." Alex grumbled.

"We do! See, it turns out that all of us took a different martial arts class when we were kids. Jack's a pretty awesome fighter, he took some classes from this rabbit and managed to develop his own fighting style. Go on, tell him!" Voss chimed in. Everyone looked at Jack expectantly. "I'm pretty darn good with a staff, or a shield like object. My fighting style is a combination of Capoeira and Aikido." Jack explained.

Alex stroked his chin thoughtfully. He had no idea that Jack was the kind of dog that knew how to defend himself- he had believed that the labrador didn't have it in him to hurt a fly. "You said that ALL of you took martial arts classes?" Alex inquired.

Everyone nodded their heads in response. "Tai chi! I might be tiny, but I'm extraordinarily fast." Voss answered.

"A bit of tae kwon do myself, hyena legs are pretty strong! Though nowhere near as strong as horse legs." Miguno added.

"Jujitsu! I've always been a rough em up close fighter." Durham said.

"My classes were for karate, so I know many different styles of self defense." Collot continued.

Legosi hesitated before telling everyone his art. "Krav maga. It was a style that taught you how to use your environment against your opponent, in addition to other things." Legosi told them.

All of a sudden, they heard the door open, and a familiar white dwarf rabbit walked into the living room of the dorm. "Legosi!? I thought you said you were going to go on a date with me!" Haru exclaimed, crossing her arms and tapping her foot in a frustrated fashion.

The gray wolf's eyes widened and his ears folded, tail drooping to the ground in shame. "S-sorry Haru! I completely forgot! Alex said that my dorm mates were supposed to train me..." Legosi apologized.

"Yeah, sorry Haru. Your date's cancelled." Alex told her, and she glared at him in response.

"No! Wait! She can watch it with us!" Jack quickly suggested, not wanting to cause any problems for his best friend. Legosi quickly turned to Alex and gave him a puppy eye stare, the rest of the pack quickly following Legosi's example. "Aw, all right! Fine!" Alex relented. Haru joined them on the couch, and they started watching Power Rangers.

Every week, after they watched three to six episodes, Legosi would spar with one of the other canines as they instructed him on their respective martial arts style. The hybrid caught on pretty quickly, and was getting the hang of it at a good pace. Alex had to admit that their fighting skills were pretty good. Haru was also enjoying herself, getting into the Power Rangers show within the first couple of episodes. Alex loved every minute of the show too, it was a stellar piece of work for the 90s.

After about five weeks, the canines had taught Legosi everything that they could, and had gotten through the first few seasons of the franchise. Haru regularly joined them to watch the show, and she was practically an honorary member of the pack at this point. A rather large box came in for Alex, containing a White Ranger costume. The white wolf was stunned; Collot explained that the whole dorm had pitched in to help buy it for Alex. After some pressure from the pack, Alex went into his room and managed to get the costume on. When the cop came out wearing the White Ranger suit and helmet, he was greeted by seven animals who were dressed in similar suits but differently colored.

Durham was dressed as the Red Ranger, Miguno dressed as the Blue Ranger, Voss dressed as the Yellow Ranger, Collot as the Orange Ranger, Jack as the Purple Ranger, and Legosi was dressed as the Green Ranger. Haru was also there, dressed up as the Pink Ranger.

"Hey, looking good there." Collot called out to the white wolf patting his back, "The white really suits you. Alright come on, let's get a photo." Collot brought Alex with the others into a group pulling out his camera with a tripod and setting the timer.

"Alright everyone. Look strong!" The group soon got into some strong poses as the camera took the picture. The group looked at the photo with smiles. "POWER RANGERS!" Everyone exclaimed as the picture was taken.

Louis decides to leave his life of crime behind, and return to Cherryton Academy. But Ibuki won't let him leave so easily...! Can Louis reconcile with the Shishigumi? The last chapter before the murderer is publicly exposed is coming soon to BEASTARS: Converging Destinies!

Chapter 49: Louis's New Family! A Deer And His Pride!