A/N: Here's Chapter 3. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. As always, in case you haven't, go read Animal Strike and the first two chapters of Kemonoranger. Hope you really enjoy.
Just to let you know before you read, at the end of this chapter is something about Kite that will become very important and interesting as the story progresses. There are a lot of descriptions so feel free to skip those descriptions as they are explaining characters who name themselves after the descriptions I give and are people that you may already know, especially if you are a fan of Super Sentai. Thank you.
(Disclaimer: I don't own Super Sentai, those rights belong to Toei. I only take ownership for my own ideas.)
Chapter 3: Rise of the Puppets
"Kemono Red is mine!" The wolf man appeared from the darkness.
"Who do you think you are!" Zaku said as he pulled out his sword.
"Kasuto!" Jiku said in a low voice.
"I'm back." The man, Kasuto, said as he stepped closer to Zaku.
"Why do you say that Kemono Red is yours?" Jiku questioned.
"I will be the one to end him. It is my destiny." Kasuto said as he walked around and made his entire figure present in the light.
He had a wolfs head. His fur was black and he had ancient engravings on his body. The engravings were purple in color. He had an eyepatch over his left eye and he had a scar that went through his right eye. Hues eyes were red in color. He wore a black trench coat. He had a sniper and what looked to be a machine gun strapped to his back. He had a pistol in his left holster. He had grenades on his belt. He also had a sword in his right holster.
"And what if I say no." Jiku was playing with fire here.
"Then consider me an enemy. And trust me, you don't want me as an enemy." Kasuto said as he played with the handle of his pistol.
"You think you can threaten us!" Zaku walked up to Kasuto and looked him straight in the eye.
"Stop it!" Jiku said as he put his hand up.
"You aren't going to let this, beast, get in our way, are you?!" Zaku asked in an angry tone.
"I'll make you a deal." Jiku said as he played with the top of his cane.
"Let's hear it." Kasuto said, crossing his arms.
"If you help me deal with all the Kemonorangers, I will let you finish off Kemono Red when the time comes." Jiku said to him directly.
"Interesting." Kasuto said as he scratched his chin.
"So, do we have a deal?" Jiku said as he stepped down from his throne and held out a hand. Kasuto hesitated a little but then he shook Jiku's hand.
"Deal." Kasuto said happily.
"Master! How can you just make a deal with someone we don't know?" Zaku said furiously.
"I trust him indefinitely. I suggest you do to." Jiku said as he moved to his throne.
"Yes. I believe that is a great idea." Kasuto said, stepping forward.
"I don't trust him!" Zaku said, holding up his sword towards Kasuto.
"If you don't like it, then you can leave. No one is stopping you." Jiku said, putting his chin in his hand.
"But master?" Zaku said putting down the sword.
"You either accept it, or leave. What will it be?" Jiku asked Zaku while staring at him. His eyes were cold and Zaku felt uncomfortable.
"I will follow you master. I will do as you say." Zaku said as he bowed.
"Excellent! Now if I may, I already have someone capable of handling these, Kemonorangers." Kasuto said happily.
"Already!" Zaku turned his head.
"Of course!" Kasuto moved over to the door.
"Let's see it then." Jiku said, holding his hands together.
"I present to you, Ito Hiki! The puppet master!" Kasuto moved aside so that his monster could walk in.
When it walked in, it caught everyone by surprise. The monster was big and tall. He was white all over with black openings almost making him look like a big skeleton. He had wooden sticks coming out of its body. He also had strings all over his body. It's face look liked that of a melted puppet and a regular skull. He had red eyes. Some might even assume that this monster was death itself. The monster managed to scare Baishisu, who had hid right behind Zaku.
"What the hell is that thing!" Zaku said as he studied the huge monster that was now in the room.
"Like I said, his name is Ito Hiki. He is obviously scary. Right pussycat?" Kasuto managed to insult Zaku.
"What did you just call me!" Zaku said, anger rising in his tone.
"What does it do?" Jiku asked.
"Like I said Jiku-sama, can I call you Jiku-sama?" Kasuto paused and awaited an answer from Jiku.
"Surprising. Go ahead and do what you want. Now tell me what this thing does." Jiku awaited for the explanation.
"Of course, Jiku-sama. Ito's title explains it all. He is the puppet master. A monster I found wandering the great desert. He feels the pain of all abounded puppets. Why he even felt the pain that dear old Pinocchio felt. He can control puppets at Will. He can also summon an army of puppets, which is kinda scary if you ask me. And with the wooden planks he has, he can take control of anyone and control them like a puppet. With his strings he can capture anyone. He truly is amazing and menacing." Kasuto took pride in the monster he had brought in.
"Interesting." Jiku smirked at the thought of all the human suffering that this monster could create.
"Does it speak?" Zaku was bored, or at least that's how he acted. He hated Kasuto so much. Yet he didn't know why.
"He rarely speaks. If he does, it's only a few words that is all. He is too busy trying to destroy his prey and doesn't have the time to be talking to anyone." Kasuto sounded annoyed with Zaku.
"Baishisu!" Jiku called out to his scientist.
"Yes, Jiku-sama." Baishisu reappeared in front of everyone.
"Run tests on this one and get him ready to deploy. He must be ready to fight." Jiku said smiling maliciously.
"You got it." Baishisu said and he turned to leave.
"Go ahead and follow him." Kasuto motioned first his monster to follow the smarter monster. Ito followed and Kasuto stayed behind.
"Trust me, he will cause mayhem and destruction." Kasuto bowed.
"I hope so. I need to destroy the people who have forced me to this form." Jiku pointed out his human look.
"I hope you regain your true form soon, Jiku-sama." Kasuto bowed his head once more.
"Thank you, Kasuto." Jiku said to his new ally.
Zaku stated at Kasuto. There was something wrong with Kasuto. Zaku could feel it. He decided to not fight about it anymore and he would just let it all play out until he finds out more about Kasuto.
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"Do we have everything?" Kite asked as he carried three bags of groceries.
"No, we still have one stop." Madoka said as she slipped forward.
"This is too much." Kite said as he tried to keep his balance.
"You better not drop it!" Madoka yelled back at him.
"I can't promise anything." Kite said before he tripped. Before he fell, he as caught by his jacket. He was pulled up and he turned to see Tsubasa.
"Arigatou, Tsubasa." Madoka bowed her head and body down.
"No problem. Kite just needs to watch his step." Tsubasa said to him.
"Don't start with me." Kite said as he tried to hold the grocery bags in a more comfortable position.
"I'm kidding. It is a lot of stuff that you are carrying." Tsubasa said as he pointed out all the food that stuck out of the bag.
"I know. Madoka always goes overboard with the food!" Kite rose his voice a little and stared at his sister as if she were crazy.
"I get a lot of food because we never know what will happen." Madoka said putting her foot down.
"Ok, don't start fighting. Anyways, have any of you seen Sosuke?" Tsubasa asked the siblings.
"No. Haven't seen him since yesterday when he tried asking out that girl in the park. He got smacked pretty hard. He almost fell down the hill too. It was hilarious." Kite couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Of course he tried that." Madoka rolled her eyes.
"Well I know that happened. He disappeared this morning." Tsubasa stated.
"He has been disappearing a lot lately." Kite said as they all began to walk.
"It all happened after we dealt with that Romeo guy." Tsubasa said as he put his hands in his pants pockets.
"Don't mention his name." Madoka sounded irritated.
"Gomen. I didn't know it still hurt you." Tsubasa turned to Madoka.
"It's altlright. Luckily he got expelled for trying to flirt his way out of a test." Madoka laughed.
"I knew I recognized those voices." Maya came from around the corner. She could hear them from that far.
"Maya!" Madoka hugged her friends tightly. Maya hugged back.
"What are you doing here?" Kite asked Maya.
"I came to find you guys. My parents said that they would take care of the kids today so I get the day off." Maya explained.
"Well that's nice." Kite said. He then felt like he was going to drop the bags. Maya quickly helped him and took one of the bags. "Thanks." Kite blushed.
"No problem." Maya blushed also. They stared at eachother for a while. Madoka smiled and Tsubasa looked confused.
"Maya, have you seen Sosuke?" Tsubasa ruined the moment with his question.
"I did see him. He was walking through my neighborhood with a group of boys and girls. They all wore dark clothes. The girls all seemed to have boyfriends in that group. Sosuke was walking right behind them, alone." Maya said recalling the event.
"Isn't that too much information." Madoka said to her.
"I know how much questions Tsubasa asks when he's investigating something. I decided to just tell him everything I observed." Maya admitted.
"Arigatou, Maya-chan." Tsubasa nodded his head.
"Ok so now you know where Sosuke was. You still don't know where he is." Kite told Tsubasa who was thinking.
"I'm thinking back to the time we were looking for Madoka. The kid we had pinned down said that Sosuke was part of some group." Tsubasa began walking down the street. The others followed.
"Are you suggesting we find that kid and question him too." Kite all sled still trying to keep balance of both of the heavy bags he was carrying.
"No! But I do have an idea. Madoka-chan, you go to school with Sosuke so perhaps you can keep an eye on him and his friend group." Tsubasa turned to Madoka.
"And how am I supposed to do that?" Madoka asked, confused on how she would keep an eye on Sosuke.
"I don't know yet, but I'm going home to work on something. As soon as I have an idea, I'll let you guys know." Tsubasa said. With that he ran off down the street and disappeared around the corner of the street.
"He better not come up with some stupid plan." Kite said.
"That's probably not going to happen." Maya said to Kite.
"You don't know. I mean don't get me wrong his plan to combine the weapons was great and all, but he seems like he can go overboard with his ideas." Kite told the girls who walked in front of him.
"Yea, you may be right, but it's his brother. He just wants Sosuke to be safe." Maya assured him.
"I don't know. Sosuke seems to take care of himself well. Besides I think he hates his brother a little. But not as much as he hates his father." Madoka told them.
"How do you know that?" Maya asked, surprised at the information that was just said.
"He told me once. He said that his father ditched his family for fame and fortune in the US and England. That's why Tsubasa lives in England. He said that his father abandoned him. He said that his mother would always tell him that it wasn't true. But whenever they would meet, Sosuke's father didn't really care about his son. He cared more of Tsubasa who was a straight A student and their sister who became a movie star. Sosuke was not really smart and bright so he always thought and still thinks that his father doesn't love him. This is all why he acts the way he does. Even sometimes looking up girls," Madoka recalled the first time the team came together," never mind that, basically he feels like he isn't loved by his father and now his mother because she left to go to England since Tsubasa returned."
"Now that's too much information." Kite said recalling what Madoka had told Maya earlier.
"He's lived with his mom all his life here in Japan. He has never really been anywhere else. He luckily still has access to his family's money, thanks to his mom." Madoka said as she looked up into the sky.
"That's terrible. I mean the dad thing of course. No one should feel like that." Maya felt bad for Sosuke.
"And Tsubasa is tough on hime so it doesn't help with his problem." Madoka told them.
"Well we need to find Sosuke and assure him that we are there for him. It's the right thing to do." Maya said to the two siblings.
"Yea, but how are we going to find him?" Kite asked.
"I don't know. We should start right away. Madoka, don't you have his phone number?" Maya asked the younger girl.
"Yes. I do have it." Madoka answered.
"Let's go drop off the groceries at your apartment and then go out and try to find Sosuke." Maya said to them.
"Do we have to look for him?" Kite said, sounding like he didn't want to do it.
"Yes, now let's go, quickly." Maya said as she started running with Madoka following behind her.
"Wait up!" Kite yelled after them before he tripped and fell to the ground with both of the bags under him.
"Kite!" Madoka yelled back as she turned to see what had happened.
"This is bad." Maya said under her breath.
"I told you to help me and you didn't." Kite told his sister who seemed like she was going to kill him.
"And I told you to be extra careful!" Madoka jumped onto Kite and pinned him down. She held his right arm behind him.
"That hurts Madoka!" Kite yelled trying to break free from Madoka's grasp.
"You need to learn your lesson!" Madoka yelled back at him.
"Guys this is no time to fight, we need to go, now!" Maya told them.
"Fine!" They both yelled. Kite got up when Madoka let go of him and he picked up the bags. They all ran off to the apartment.
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Tsubasa walked down the street, thinking to himself. He didn't know where his brother was and he was going home for two reasons. The first was to see if Sosuke had returned home and the second was to see if he could figure out a way to track Sosuke.
He walked on, clouded by his own thoughts. He was so out of it that he almost tripped over a child sitting on the floor. When he looked down, he noticed that the child was crying. He went down to get to the child's level.
"Are you ok?" Tsubasa asked the crying boy. The boy did not answer.
Tsubasa started to think of a way to cheer up the child. He thought for a bit before finally figuring something out. He would do a magic trick. He got the attention of the boy and he then did the quarter trick with the ear. He pretended to pull out a quarter from the boys ear and he gave it to him.
"What happened?" Tsubasa asked now that the boy had stopped crying.
"My otosan. He's gone." The boy started whimpering.
"Where did he go?" Tsubasa felt like that was a stupid question.
"A monster took him." The boy said.
"A monster?" Tsubasa wanted to confirm what he heard.
The boy nodded, "A big monster. He started controlling my otosan and then he took him. I didn't see how." The boy said with a sad tone.
"Don't worry. I'll find your otosan. You just go home and rest. Crying can make you tired." Tsubasa told the boy.
"Arigatou." The boy nodded and got up. He ran off to he nearby neighborhood.
Tsubasa began to think. It was a monster attack. Then again, kids have an active imagination a the boys dad could have just gone somewhere for a while. Tsubasa shook that thought from his head. He was going to investigate it.
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Sosuke sat in a room. It was a big room. The other side had garage doors opened and cars were parked both inside and outside. Sosuke sat on the couch and was just thinking to himself.
"Sosuke?" The boy was brought out of his thoughts by someone else. He looked over to see a spiked haired boy calling him.
"Yea?" He asked him.
"When are you going to get a girlfriend? You need a lady so that what's happening in the room back there can happen to you." The boy pointed to a door behind the couch that Sosuke sat on. Sosuke turned to see and he could hear sounds coming from inside. He already knew what happened back there. It was all pleasure.
"Maybe," Sosuke was interrupted by his phone ring. He took out his phone and saw the caller ID. It was Madoka. He even had a picture of her that he took from afar. The other boy had gotten up and saw the photo.
"Oh shit. That's your girlfriend, huh? Look at her. She's amazing." The boy told him as he studied the picture.
"Shut up." Sosuke told him as he got up and left the room. He went outside and answered the phone.
"Sosuke?" He could hear Madoka's voice on the other end.
"Yea?" He answered.
"Where are you? Tsubasa is looking for you." Madoka told him.
"I bet he is." Sosuke said as he rolled his eyes.
"He's just worried about you." Madoka told him.
"Look, I'll see him later. I'll also see you guys later." Sosuke told her.
"We are worried about you. Don't do anything stupid." Madoka told him.
"Alright, see ya." Sosuke said as he hung up the phone.
He turned off his phone and leaned against the wall. He closed his eyes. Then he heard a scream. He turned to look for the source of the scream. He ran down the street until he found where the scream had come from. He saw a woman on the floor. He then looked up to see a big monster walking up to her. The monster was about to grab a hold of her until he was kicked back.
"Stay back!" Sosuke yelled at him. He motioned for the woman to run and she did. Sosuke wasted no time and proceeded to fight the monster. He kicked him and punched him, sending him back. The monster didn't hold back either and swung at Sosuke.
Sosuke continued fighting but realized that he was no match. He activated his morpher and pulled out his Kemono Battery. He inserted it into his morpher and a hologram of his suit appeared as he insterted his code.
#003
In an instant, he was transformed into Kemono Black. He pulled out his blaster and shot the monster. It had very little affect as the monster just kept running towards him. Black kept shooting and even pulled out his saber. He put the blaster away and swung his saber at the monster. He got in some nice attacks but it barely worked.
The monster punched Black and sent him flying backwards into a pile of trash. Sosuke kicked a trash bag out of his way and charged towards the monster. He slid on the floor with his knees and slashed the monster at his gut. He immediately got up, only to be punched again. The monster was going to hit him again until it was blasted by three different colored laser bullets.
Red jumped into the air and came down with his Tiger Sword and clashed with the monster. Yellow and Pink went over to Sosuke and helped him up. Red continued battling the big monster as he dodged as many attacks as he could.
"Sosuke. Who is this?" Yellow asked Black.
"I haven't really gotten to know him, so I don't know." Black said sarcastically.
"No time for speaking sarcastically. Let's go." Pink said as she ran towards the battle.
"Fine!" Yellow and Black said at the same time.
They all rushed into battle. Red was sent flying into a tree. Black summoned his Bull Axe. He charged like a bull. He hit the monster before spinning around with his axe and hitting the monster head on.
Yellow and Pink were fighting the newly appeared Ryaku. Pink slashed with her Raiku Saber. Yellow jumped into the air and blasted the monsters with her Raiku Blaster. They continued their battle with the Ryaku while Red and Black fought the bigger monster.
"Don't talk much do you?" Red asked the monster.
"Really? Sarcasm now?" Black said as he continued his struggle.
They both slashed and kicked but it barely had any effect. At this moment, the monster decided to do one of his tricks. He pulled out a wooden plank and let his strings run wild. He got a hold of Red. Red struggled to escape the string but was unsuccessful. The monster attacked the strings to its wooden plank. Red stopped struggling all of a sudden.
With one big move from the monster, Red looked towards the others and immediately began attacking. He went straight for Black and they clashed. Black was unwilling to hurt Red. He tried his best to block Red's attacks.
"What are you doing?" Black finally screamed out.
"It's not me!" Red yelled out as his body continued battling the others.
"I know how to stop it." Pink said as she finished observing the monster. He was controlling Red.
She summoned her Phoenix Bow and pulled back the string. Three arrows appeared and she let the string go. The arrows pierced into the monsters skin. The monster dropped the wooden plank and took a few steps backwards. Red fell to the ground. He was trying to catch his breath.
"Ani!" Yellow said as she went over to Red.
Black was going in for another attack until he was caught by the monster. Black didn't know how it was possible since the monster was injured. Black then felt a crushing force against his stomach. The monsters eyes began to glow. Black tried to get free but it wouldn't work. As the monsters eyes glowed more, Black continued to struggle. That was until Pink shot the monsters hands, forcing him to let go of Black. The monster turned to face Pink. His eyes continued to glow and Pink stopped in her place. In an instant, Pink was gone.
"No!" Black yelled as he struggled to get back on his feet.
"Maya!" Red said as he finally took a hold of his sword and charged at the monster. The monster did the same thing again and when he turned to face Red, there was a flash. In an instant, Red was also gone.
"Kite!" Black called.
"Ani!" Yellow yelled out as she ran towards the monster in frustration. She was screaming as she charged until a flash occurred again. Yellow was gone this time.
"No!" Black screamed.
Rage filled his body. He picked up his axe and got up. He began to spin as fast as he could until he let go of Bull Axe. The axe flew through the air and even curved before meeting its target. It lodged itself in the monsters side. The monster fell to the ground. Black came up and kicked the monster in the face before pulling out his axe and getting ready for another attack. Then all of a sudden, he was shot back.
He fell to the ground. He looked up to find where the blast came from. When he looked, he found nothing. He was also shocked to find that the monster disappeared. He hit the ground with his fists. He demorphed and gritted his teeth. He looked around one more time and noticed something weird. He found a... puppet?
He looked at it weirdly. It was so life-like. He picked it up and studied it. That was when he finally noticed who this was. It was Kite. He looked around and found two other puppets. He picked them up and identified them as Madoka and Maya.
"Sosuke!" Sosuke turned to see that Blue was running towards him.
"You're late!" Sosuke said in anger.
"What do you mean?" Tsubasa demorphed and took notice in the puppets.
"The monster that showed up did this to them." Sosuke said as he turned away.
"So it was a monster." Tsubasa said.
"What?" Sosuke turned back to him.
"Recently, there has been disappearances all over the city. Now I can confirm it's a monster." Tsubasa nodded his head.
"Well can you fix this?" Sosuke asked, anger still present in his tone.
"I need to study them. Let's go home. Also we need to talk about where you went." Tsubasa said as he took the puppets and began walking home. Sosuke mimicked the last thing that Tsubasa said. That was when he got a phone call.
"Hello?" He answered the call.
"Sosuke, where are you?" The boy from before called him.
"Don't worry about it." Sosuke answered as he began walking.
"Oh I see. You getting that good stuff from the girl on your phone. Make sure to.." Sosuke hung up in disgust. He put it away and sighed. I hate that guy. He thought to himself.
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"Well done Ito." Kasuto walked in triumph. He was happy with his monster success.
"What did he do so well. Anyone can fight the rangers." Zaku said with an agitated tone.
"Yes but he turned three of them into puppets. Can you do that." Kasuto said. It was like he was trying to get Zaku angry.
"Whatever." Zaku turned away.
"Baishisu!" Kasuto called out to the scientist.
"Yes sir?" Baishisu came out of nowhere.
"Make sure you get, Ito here, to go get some rest." Kasuto said.
"Of course." Baishisu said as he walked out of the room with the big monster following him.
"Good. Everything is going amazing." Kasuto said with joy.
"How so. Didn't you want to destroy Kemono Red yourself?" Zaku drank from a glass.
"Of course I do. Ito has, not only the ability to turn people into puppets, but also the ability to turn them back. I will have him bring me Kemono Red and have him turn him back into a regular person. Once Red gets his rest, I will fight him and kill him." Kasuto explained his plan.
"That's a lot for such a small deal." Zaku tried to offend Kasuto.
"That may be, but unlike you I won't fail to destroy such easy targets." Kasuto sneered at Zaku.
"How dare you offend me. I'm going to destroy you!" Zaku said as he got up and held the handle of his sword.
"Stop it you two!" Jiku appeared from out of nowhere.
"Jiku-sama." Zaku bowed while Kasuto remained standing.
"Stop fighting and focus on destroying the Kemonorangers!" Jiku yelled as he walked out of the throne room.
"Yes. We shall." Kasuto said as he laughed and Zaku glared at him.
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Sosuke tossed and turned in bed. He was dreaming. Unfortunately for him. It was a nightmare. He's been having them for the past two days. His nightmares consist of the same thing. The monster.
The first time he was dreaming of being with his friends. They walked through the park and everything went dark. He looked around and saw his friends turned into puppets. Then the monster appeared and opened its mouth as it tried to eat him. He woke up at that moment.
The second time, he was having a picnic with... Madoka. He sat on the blanket as Madoka got everything ready to eat. She gave him his food and sat next to him. They are together as if they were a couple. Then, the skies turned black and red. They both stood up. Sosuke looked around and when he turned, Madoka was being held by the monster. He was going to kill her as his eyes glowed red. That nightmare made him wake up screaming.
He got up from his bed. It was the third night in a row that he was having nightmares. He walked out into the living room. He saw Tsubasa still working on his computer. He was trying to find ways of reversing whatever had happened and he was also looking at crime case files.
"Why are you up?" Tsubasa asked without looking up.
"Couldn't sleep." Sosuke answered.
"Nightmares again?" Tsubasa continued studying his work.
"Yea." Sosuke admitted.
"Sosuke, why did you run off the other day? You didn't even have breakfast." Tsubasa seemed interested in Sosuke's personal life.
"It's none of your business." Sosuke said.
"It's my business if it means that you may be in danger. Okaasan left me in charge of you and you have to live by my rules." Tsubasa told him strictly.
"It's not even your house, English Boy!" Sosuke yelled at Tsubasa.
"Sosuke." Tsubasa looked at him with concerned eyes.
"Just leave me alone." Sosuke walked back into his room. He got into bed and tried to fall asleep again.
When he couldn't fall asleep, he looked at his ceiling. He couldn't shake the feeling that he messed up. That nightmare he had with Madoka, it really made him uncomfortable. He tossed and turned again.
He began to think of all of his friends. Kite, Maya and Madoka were all so nice. Then there was his brother who was annoying. He had his reasons to hate his brother just like he hates his father. He just wished for his mother to come back so that he wouldn't have to deal with Tsubasa anymore. The thing was that he didn't know if his mother was coming back. She seemed so eager to go to England.
He had always felt like he was unwanted. His sister was successful. She became a movie star. His brother had gone to elite schools around the world. He was just some punk kid trying to finish school with a C average. He wasn't like his brother and sister. He was just some unwanted kid. He closed his eyes and decided to just try and fall asleep. He didn't want to think of his family anymore.
Tsubasa just sat and thought about what his brother had said. His brother seemed so angry that he could have killed with his glare. He tried to shove off the feeling. He didn't want to do something that he would regret but he also didn't want to sit around and wait for his brother to do something stupid. He continued his work.
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Sosuke walked to school. He walked down the same way he always did. He was trapped in his own thoughts. He was frustrated with everything. He was frustrated with Tsubasa and frustrated with the fact that his friends were now puppets. He was so lost in in his thoughts that he almost crashed into someone.
He looked up to see a man. The man had an anger present all over his face. When he turned he saw that the man was holding a girl by the wrist. He seemed shocked but he saw the fear in te girls eyes.
"Watch where you are going kid!" The man yelled at him.
Without a second thought, he kicked the man from behind forcing him to let go of the girl. The girl almost fell over until Sosuke caught her. He helped her up and helped her stand straight.
"Arigatou!" The girl said to him.
"You bastard." The man got back up and threw a punch at Sosuke. Sosuke caught it with ease and he kicked the man in the gut. The man fell backwards. He looked up to see that Sosuke had an angry spirit present in his eye. The man got up and walked away, limping.
"You ok?" Sosuke turned to the girl.
"Yes. I was on my way to the bus when this guy showed up. He wanted me to go to his workplace. Whatever he wanted to do, it didn't sound nice." The girl said.
"If I may ask, why are you out and about alone today? A lovely lady like you should not be out by herself." Sosuke tried to sound charming as he asked his question.
The girl smiled before answering, "I ran away from home. My sister made me angry. She told me so much that I didn't want to hear, but maybe she was right. She's just trying to look out for me." The girl frowned.
"You want to go home?" Sosuke asked.
"Yes." The girl looked as if she was about to cry.
"I still have some time before school. I'll help you get home without a problem.
"Are you sure." She asked him and he nodded. "Arigatou." The girl bowed.
After a few minutes, Sosuke was back to walking towards school. He dropped off the girl and she gave him a small little lunch as a thank you gift. He sighed as he thought about the girl. She ran away from home because she didn't want to follow her rules. She had to find out the hard way that the outside world was cruel.
He thought about what Tsubasa said to him. If he was going to live with Tsubasa, he had to follow the rules set by him. He didn't like it, but it seemed better than staying out on the streets. He continued walking until he got to a street corner. He felt like he was being followed. Instead of going the regular way to school, he decided to take a shortcut through a construction site.
When he was out of sight, a monster walked into the middle of the site. He turned around everywhere, trying to find his target. Suddenly, he was hit with a blast. He turned around to see Kemono Black sitting on top one of the structures.
"Are you really following me?" Black said as he tapped his blaster against his helmet.
The monster didn't answer but instead let off a small grumble.
"Still aren't going to talk. That's it, you officially are classified as a non talker. Don't worry though, I'll still give you points for your persistence." Black said as he stood up and he shot four more bullets.
The monster was hit by only two as it blocked the other two. He was barely left scratched. Black didn't waste time as he jumped off the structure and hit the monster with five more blasts. The monster dodged them and began to charge towards Black. Black, however, saw this coming. As soon as he landed, he pulled out his Raiku Saber and he slashed the oncoming monster, catching him by surprise.
Black moved his finger up the edge of the blade, taking off any dirt that had collected on to it. He proceeded to attack the monster. He slashed the monster left and I'm right. He continued his struggle with the monster. The monster was clearly too much for him to handle alone. It was bigger than him. The monster hit him with the back of his hand. He was going to get closer until he was shot by four blasts. Black looked behind him and saw Blue standing there.
"Sosuke! You should have called right away. If I wasn't in the neighborhood than I probably would have come late." Blue said to Black as he helped him up.
"Whatever. You are here now. Let's go!" Black said as he charged.
"When am I ever going to understand you?" Blue asked himself as he followed.
They came close to the monster and they began to attack. The worked together in perfect sync. Black attacked first while Blue would attack second. Black slashed from the bottom while Blue slashed from the top. Black jumped into the air and came down slashing. They both pulled out Kemono Batteries and put them into the sabers. Black's saber was surrounded in black energy while Blue's was surrounded in blue energy.
They attacked again sending energy surging through the monster. Sparks flew off the monster as he stepped back. Black and Blue we're going to attack again until their swords were caught by something. When they looked over, they saw puppets. These puppets were standing on their own and used their strings to keep Black and Blue from attacking. There were other puppets that started climbing Black and Blue.
The monster got closer as he made a sound. He sounded pleased. The monster was going to grab Black. Black then did a move that the monster didn't see coming. Black was able to use his strength and pulled his saber up and slashed the monster. The monster fell backwards. Black then slashed at all the puppets around and managed to free Blue. The puppets all lay there, lifeless. Black and Blue then turned their attention to the monster.
When Ito got back up, Black noticed something new coming out of his chest. Blue also took notice. It was some sort of skull thing. Black then put away his saber and got ready to charge. He kicked the dirt on the ground just like a bull. He got into position and then, he was off. He ran towards the monster and hit him straight on in the middle. The monster was sent into a machine as he sparked.
"Did you do it?" Blue asked, trying to find where the monster was.
"You bastards!" Black and Blue looked towards the destroyed machine in shock. The monster reappeared.
"It does talk." Sosuke said happily and sarcastically.
"I will kill you!" Ito took out one of his wooden planks. He ran towards the two rangers. Suddenly, the monster was shot again. Black and Blue turned around to see Yellow holding her blaster. Red and Pink were leaning against the pillars that held the structure up.
"Next time you are going to use your super speed with us, give us a warning." Red said as he made a vomiting gesture but kept himself from actually vomiting.
"I agree." Pink said holding her stomach.
"I'm sorry, but we needed to get out here fast." Yellow said as she ran to the two other rangers.
"Let's go!" Black said to them all as they all got in formation. The monster reappeared again.
"Furious Tiger!" Red punched three air and left his fists up in fighting position, "Kemono Red!"
"Killer Shark!" Blue out his right hand in the air and his left hand to his side, "Kemono Blue!"
"Raging Bull!" Black got into a charging bull position with both his hands sticking out forwards, "Kemono Black!"
"Fast Cheetah!" Yellow put a peace sign in front of her helmet with her right hand as her right hip stuck out, "Kemono Yellow!"
"Immortal Phoenix!" Pink made a wing position with her arms, "Kemono Pink!"
"The Animal Sentai of Justice!" Red yelled as they got ready to pose as a group, "Sutoraiku Sentai!" Red yelled again as they finished getting in their positions, "Kemonoranger!" They all yelled in unison.
"That was new." Black pointed out.
"Where did you get the idea for 'Animal Sentai of Justice'?" Blue asked.
"It just came to me. I have a lot of others too." Red said as he crossed his arms, impresses with himself.
"I'm killing you all." The monster said as he came running with his plank.
"Let's go!" Red yelled as they all ran and summoned their personal weapons. Blue and Black slid on their knees as they hit him from the bottom with their weapons. Yellow and Pink ran past him as they hit him from the top. Red had jumped up into the air and came rushing down, slashing the monster down the middle. He continued slashing until he felt like it was enough.
He jumped back and let the monster fall back as explosions escaped its body. Unfortunately for the team, the monster was still not dead. Red pulled out the Combination Battery and inserted it into his morpher then his sword. The weapons came together and filmed the Kemono Canon.
"Kemono Canon!" Red yelled as they all got into positions. Blue and Black held the canon from both sides while Yellow and Pink out their hands on Red's shoulders.
"Kemono Strike!" They all yelled in unison as they shot the canon, sending a big fireball towards the monster. It hit him head on.
"I'm down!" Ito yelled as he fell forwards and exploded. The others turned and posed as Red held up the canon. The explosion became bigger.
"We did it!" Black jumped up with joy.
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"It's time for the beam again, Jiku-sama." Zaku said as he was bowing.
"I guess." Jiku said, a little annoyed.
"Don't waste your time Jiku-sama." Kasuto said.
"What did you say to him!" Zaku got up to confront Kasuto.
"It was my monster so I should be the one to make him grow. I have my ways of course." Kasuto said.
"Fine, do as you will." Jiku said as he got up and left.
"I'll be back soon." Kasuto said as he disappeared in a black fire.
"What the hell was that!" Zaku said as he was surprised by the fire.
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Kasuto appeared on top of a building. He looked down at the construction site. He sighed as he brought around his sniper. He pulled out a big bullet and loaded it into his sniper. He aimed down towards the construction site.
"Let's make you big." He said as he saw the site of Ito's death through his scope.
He waited for the perfect time to fire. He felt the wind. When it was right, he shot the bullet. It flew out of the sniper and headed straight towards the monsters dead body. It pierced through the air perfectly. It hit its target on the spot.
The Kemonorangers turned to see what had happened. They don't know how but the monster began to grow. The monster was now as tall as the surrounding buildings.
"I am the puppet master!" Ito yelled as he revived.
"Great." Red said as he pulled out his Zord Kemono Battery.
Within minutes the rangers had managed to summon all their zords. They all got into the cockpits and prepared to fight. Red punched the gas as he made the Tiger Zord run towards the monster. The Tiger Zord jumped onto the top of the monster, scratching him from the top. The Shark Zord bit into the monsters legs. The Bull Zord hit the monster directly in the gut.
"That's it!" Ito yelled as he pulled out a wooden plank. With his strings, he caught the Shark and Bull zords. He was now in control of them. The Shark Zord immediately attacked the Tiger Zord. The Bull Zord went straight for the Cheetah Zord.
"What's happening?!" Red asked as he tried to drive the Tiger Zord away from the Shark Zord.
" I don't know! We don't have control!" Blue said as he tried to turn the steering wheel.
"You can't break my strings!" Ito laughed as he moved the plank.
"Let's test that!" Pink said as she moved the Phoenix Zord towards the monster. She came in like a fighter jet and hit the monster head on. The monster dropped the woolens plank which broke.
"Thanks Maya!" Blue thanked the Pink Kemono Ranger.
"Anytime!" Pink said from the inside of her cockpit as she saluted with two fingers.
"Ok let's combine!" Yellow said.
"Got it!" Red pulled out the combine Kemono Battery. Within seconds, the gattai was formed.
"Sutoraiku Gattai KemonoOh!" They all yelled as the big robot was formed.
"Strings!" Ito tried shooting out his strings towards the robot. He managed to capture the monster but he was all out of wooden planks.
"I got this!" Blue said as he pushed in a code into his console. The sharks fin on the robots left arm started living like a saw and cut through the string with ease. Pink had also activated the wings. They detached and helped with cutting the string. Te wings returned after that.
"Impossible!" Ito yelled as he stepped back.
"Let's go for the final strike!" Black said to Red.
"You got it!" Red said as he pulled out a battery.
"KemonoOh! Final Fire Strike!" They all yelled as the robot pulled out its sword, lifted it up and brought it down.
Ito was sent flying and exploded as he fell. The monster let out one roar as it was destroyed. The robot posed as the explosion got bigger.
"That's another win!" Yellow said happily.
Suddenly, the robot was shot with something and it started sparking.
"What's happening?!" Pink yelled.
"I don't know!" Red said as they all were transported out of the Megazords cockpit. The zords informed the Megazord and now lay on their sides, injured.
The rangers fell to the ground. The rangers held their arms and legs. They were hurt. Red then looked up and saw a wolf man.
"Who are you?!" Red didn't think twice about asking the question. He already had the feeling that this monster caused what had happened.
"I am Kasuto. I am here for you Kemono Red." Kasuto said as he clenched his fist in front of him.
Red don't hesitate as he ran towards Kasuto, ready to punch him with his fist. In a surprise, Kasuto grabbed his arm and twisted it behind him. He then threw Red back to the ground.
"We will have our battle soon enough! Prepare yourself Kemono Red. I will be your end." Kasuto said before he disappeared into the darkness of the parks trees.
"What the hell was that?!" Tsubasa asked as he demorphed. The others did the same.
"Kasuto." Kite whispered to himself.
"I don't know but he may become a powerful enemy done the line." Maya said to them. They all just stood their trying to think about what had happened.
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"Sosuke!" Sosuke, who was on his way to school, turned to Tsubasa who ran up to him.
"What's up?" Sosuke asked him.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be changing the rules a bit. You still have to follow them though. Is that alright?" Tsubasa asked his little brother.
"Yea." Sosuke said as he smiled.
"Great. We'll go over them later, I have somewhere to be." Tsubasa said as he began to walk in a different direction.
"Where are you going?!" Sosuke yelled out to him.
"I found out where the zords are kept. It's some hanger deep in the jungle. I'm going to check it out. Be good in school!" Tsubasa yelled back as he began to run again.
"Guess I'll see it later then." Sosuke said as he began walking to school.
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At night, Kite slept on the couch as usual. Unfortunately he was turning like usual. He was having a dream. His brain hadn't identified it as a good or bad dream yet so he remained calm.
In a room, with red, white, and black walls on all sides, Kite walked around. He looked around trying to determine where he was. He walked around the room which was actually pretty big. He coundlt find an exit at all. He was about to call out to someone until he heard something.
"You should ask out that girl, she's really cute." Kite turned around to see someone leaning against a table with one foot on a chair.
"Who are you?" Kite asked as he pulled out his Raiku Saber from out of nowhere. He pointed it towards the man. The man was in a ranger suit if some kind. His suit was red and black. In the main body, the suit was red with a black section going down the middle. The bottom of the suit was black with black boots. The boots had red collars. His gloves were red and had black glove collars. He had a black belt with a silver buckle. He had a red cape and a black collar. His helmet was black and a red visor that looked like a top hat. He had a sort of V symbol on the left side of his chest.
"Me? I'm Luipn Red." The man pointed at himself with his thumb.
"Lupinranger!" Kite turned to see another man in a different suit. The suit was red and white. The main suit was white while it had red markings near the middle. Ok his stomach was another red marking that went under his belt buckle. His buckle was silver. He had what looked to be a red tie in the middle of his chest. The bottom of the suit was red and had white boot collars. His gloves were white and he had red glove collars. He also had red shoulder pads. His helmet was red and had a black visor that looked like a police hat. It had what looked to be a sheriffs badge on the top. He also had a that same symbol on the left side of his chest. He was clearly a cop.
"Who are you?" Kite pointed his sword towards the other man.
"I am Patren 1gou." The man said as he made one with his finger.
"Ah! Police man." Lupin Red saluted with two fingers.
"Put your hands up." Patren 1gou pulled out his VS Changer and pointed it towards Lupin Red.
"Guys don't fight!" They all turned to see a third man. This man also had a red suit. His suit had what looked like some sort of lighting bolt. It was black in color with a white outline. On the left side of that bolt, the suit was silver. On the right side of the bolt, the suit was red and that went throught the rest of the suit. He had golden collars on his gloves and boots. His belt was silver and he had a golden belt buckle. His morpher was on his left wrist. His helmet looked to resemble a T-Rex. The main helmet was red while what looked to be a t-rex's face was all silver with blue eyes. The visor is black and had silver markings going through it making it look like a knights helmet. He carried a sword in his left holster. It was silver and seemed to have a dinosaur near the handle.
"Who are you?" Kite was scared now.
"I am Ryusoul Red. The Knight of Valor." The new man said.
"How many of you are there?!" Kite backed up to the wall.
"There's a lot of us. We are Red Sentai, just like you." Ryusoul Red explained to him.
"Red Sentai?" Kite put down his sword.
"Talk about lucky!" Another man appeared. The mans suit was also red. He had silver collars all over his suit, from his legs up, he had white gloves and had his Morpher on his left wrist. He had a chest plate was black on the bottom and had silver in the top. The chest plate also had a red star on it that had a circle in the middle of it. His helmet was red and had a black visor that looked to be of a lion.
"Why are you so loud." Patren 1gou asked.
"Said the loud cop." Lupin Red said.
"I am Shishi Red! The luckiest guy in the universe!" The man said as he first bumped the air.
"Luckiest guy in the universe?" Kite asked.
"Yup!" Shishi Red said.
"Nice to meet you." Kite turned to another man. This man had a red suit. He had white gloves and boots with black markings on the collars. He had a huge black eagle motif in the middle of his suit. His helmet looked like an eagles head. It had a yellow beak going over the silver mouthpiece and green eyes. The visor was black in color.
"You are?" Kite asked.
"I am Zyuoh Eagle!" He said as an eagle sound played in the background.
"I'm fired up!" Another man in a red suit appeared. This mans suit was red and looked like a ninja suit. It had a cool shuriken design going through the middle of the suit like a sash. His boots are white with red collars. His gloves were black. His sleeves were black as well. He had a gold belt with one shuriken on each side. His helmet was red with a visor that looked like a shuriken. One part was silver while the rest was black.
"A Ninja?" Kite asked.
"I'm Akaninger!" The man introduced himself.
"Why is it so cramped in here." Kite turned a another man. This man had a red suit with white boots and gloves. He had a silver belt with a belt buckle. I'm the middle of the suit was what looked to be a railway symbol of some kind that was black and white. There was a number 1 inside of the symbol. Hold helmet looked like a train. His visor was black with something that looked like railway tracks. There was also a number 1 on the helmet. He had his morpher on his left wrist.
"It is cramped." Kite acknowledged. The room then grew in size.
"Anyways, I'm ToQ 1gou." The man said putting up one finger.
"It's about to get wild." Another red suites man appeared. The suit had white gloves and had a silver belt buckle with a belt buckle. In the middle of the suit was what looked like a dinosaurs face. The teeth were yellow with a red T-Rex head on one of the teeth. There was a silver shoulder piece on his left shoulder. His helmet looked like a T-Rex with green eyes on each side of the helmet. The mouthpiece was silver while the visor was black with yellow teeth marks going around the visor.
"Another dinosaur?" Kite was getting confused. So much people were appearing.
"I'm Kyoryu Red. Nice to meet you." He held his hand out.
"Mission Start!" Kite looked at another man with a confused look. The man, dressed in red and black, had a leather suit. His boots were red while his bottoms were black. The collar of the boot is black. The main part of the suit looked like a letter jacket with a silver zipper. It also had silver on its sides. It had black straps with a sort of walkie talkie that had a symbol with a GB. His helmet looked like a cheetah with a silver mouth piece and a red visor that looked like glasses. He had his Morpher on his left wrist.
"A..." Kite started.
"Red Buster." The man said.
"To many introductions." A man pushed Kite out of the way. This man also had a red and black suit. He looked like a pirate. He had red boots with silver collars. He had a black body suit with a red collared jacket that had gold markings. He had white gloves with silver collars. He had a golden belt. He had a symbol on the middle of his chest that looked like a skull and crossbones but instead of crossbones, it was swords and the skull looked different. His helmet was red with a black visor. It had a pirate look to it. He had the same symbol he had in his chest, on the top of his helmet.
"Rude much?" Kite turned to the man.
"Don't fight." Another man in red appeared. This one had red boots with black collars. The bottom of his suit was white while the top was red and looked like a sort of jacket. He had a symbol on his chest that Kite couldn't recognize. He had white gloves with black collars. He had a silver belt with a gold buckle. He had a blaster in his right holster and his Morpher on his left side. His helmet was red with what looked like black dragons on the sides. The mouthpiece was silver with a black visor. There was another symbol on the top of the helmet.
"Why not." Kite said as he looked at the new guy.
"It's not nice. I'm Gosei Red." He held his hand out.
"Who's he?" Kite asked about the pirate man.
"Gokai Red." The man answered for himself.
"This is ridiculous. Why are we here?" Another man, sitting, said. This mans suit had red boots and black bottoms. He had white gloves. The top of the suit was red black lines going down, one stopping as it met the other. He had a crest on the left of his chest. He had a golden belt with his sword in his left holster. He also had what looked like a phone on his right holster. His helmet was red with a black visor that, Kite could recognize looked like the kanji for fire.
"I recognize that symbol." Kite studied the symbol on the mans chest.
"I'm Shinken Red." The man said.
"Mach Full Force!" Another man screamed happily. This mans suit was also red. He had red boots and what looked to be black tires as collars. He had a black belt with a silver belt buckle. They had what looked to be silver seat belts connected to the buckle. He had white gloves with black fire collars. He had a number one in the middle of his suit with wings coming out of the one. His helmet looked to have a birds face. Possibly a condor. The eyes looked like car lights. He had a symbol on his helmet. His visor looked like a triangle, it was black in color. He had what looked like black tires on the side of his helmet.
"Huh?" Kite was now frustrated with the reds in the room that had gotten even bigger.
"I'm Go-On Red!" The man said as he flipped a coin.
"Waki Waki!" Kite turned to another man yet again. This mans suit was all red with black markings. He looked like he was based off a tiger just like himself. He had what looked like red sneakers or something like that. He had what could be his Morpher on his hands. He also had a symbol on the middle of his chest that looked like a claw. His helmet was red and had three small stripes on the top of the helmet. His visor was black and also had a glasses look to them.
"Waki Waki?" Kite asked.
"I'm Geki Red!" The man said as he jumped into the air.
"Is it time for adventure?" Another man sat down. This mans suit was red on the sides and white down the middle. He had a silver belt. He had red boots with silver collars. He had silver pads on his shoulders. Had red gloves with silver collars. He also had some sort of blaster on his belt. His helmet was red with a black visor. The mouthpiece was silver with what looked like headlights on top of the visor.
"Adventure?" Kite was surprised.
"Of course! I love adventures. I'm Bouken Red." The man introduced himself.
"MagiRed. At your service." Another man appeared. His suit had red boots with black collars and red gloves with black collars. He had what looked like an M that went through the whole suit. He had a red cape as well. His helmet was red and his visor was black and shaped like a phoenix. He also had a gold belt with a buckle that looked like an M.
"Magic, I guess." Kite shrugged.
"It's time for justice to prevail." A man appeared to Kites side. This mans suit had red boots with silver collars. He had white gloves with silver cuffs as well. He had a silver belt with a buckle that looked like they held handcuffs and had the letters "SPD". He had a badge on the right side of his chest that also had the letters of "SPD". The left side of his suit had what looked like a number one and was black after the outline that made the number. His suit was red with a black visor with a silver mouthpiece. He also had a black marking that represented his number. He had a crest on his helmet that looked like a dog and had the word "Police" on it. It also had what looked like sirens on the sides of his helmet.
"Another cop, I presume." Kite was getting tired of meeting so many new people.
"Yes! I'm Deka Red!" The man yelled out.
"Don't worry there's only two of us now." Two other men appeared. The first ones suit had red boots with golden collars. He had red gloves with golden collars. He had white markings throughout the sides of his suit. He had a gold belt with a silver buckle. He had a blaster on the side of his blaster. He had a symbol on his chest that looked like a T-Rexs foot. He had his Morpher on his left wrist. His helmet looked like a T-Rex. The eyes were black on the top of the helmet. The visor looked like a T-Rexs mouth and was black in color.
"That's true." The other man stepped up. His suit had red boots with black collars and golden rectangles. He had white gloves with golden wristbands. He had a black belt with a golden rectangular buckle. He had a symbol in the middle of his suit. His sleeves were silver in color. He carried a sword on his back. His helmet was red with a black visor and gold around the visor. There was also a golden engraving of a hawk on top of the visor.
"I'm Aba Red!" The first man said.
"I'm Hurricane Red!" The second man said as he moved his finger across his helmet.
"Ok! So many people!" Kite yelled out. "Now that I think about it, I do know you all. You are all members of Super Sentai. I must have been confused in here because I'm tired and I coundlt recognize any of you."
"You got it!" Hurricane Red said to him.
"So why are you all here?" Kite asked.
"We are just here to help." Deka Red spoke.
"Help me?" Kite was confused again.
"You are the new Red, so we will help you fight off the new threats to earth by giving you advice. And if you ever want someone to talk to then we will be here. Got it now." Ryusoul Red was the one to explain.
"So you are all here to help?" Kite asked.
"Correct!" Shishi Red said.
"Ok, let's get started." Aba Red said.
"Where do we start?" Kite asked the one final question.
"We start by teaching you about us and your teams Super Sentai predecessors. You will learn about every Sentai team in existence. Got it?" Hurricane Red spoke again.
"Got it! Well what are we waiting for!" Kite said excitedly
"I'm fired up!" Akaninger yelled out.
"Me too!!" Kite said as he threw his fist up into the air.
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A/N: There's chapter 3 of the Sentai series. Sorry again for the long descriptions at the end there. I just wanted to make sure that I could describe all the Rangers so that you can all remember what they somewhat look like. Thanks for supporting this story and I hope to see you guys read the next chapter.
Once again, Thank You, or Arigatou!
