A/N: Here is Chapter 5 of Kemonoranger. Hope you guys have been enjoying so far. I know I've had a blast with these characters. Get ready for some more cool content. This chapter may be small again. But as a reminder things are getting crazy by chapter 8. Let's get this show on the road.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Super Sentai, it is owned by Toei. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 5: Smells of Hazard
"Are you done yet, Tsubasa." Sosuke sat impatiently as Tsubasa worked on all the Morphers. Kite was arm wrestling with Madoka while Maya watched in awe. She was surprised that Madoka was so strong. Kite struggled and looked like he was about to give up.
"No, not yet. I have to be careful with this." Tsubasa continued work on his computer. He worked through loads of codes.
"What.. are you.. doing anyway?" Kite said as he struggled to keep his hand up. Madoka smiled, knowing she could heat her brother easily.
"I found out that our Morphers have secret functionality's just like our weapons. I proved this when I let you use my Shark Battery." Tsubasa connected all the Morphers to his computer.
"That sounds cool. Will that be of any help though?" Maya asked.
"Yes. Some of them are helpful like the voice function. A voice says the name of the battery that we are putting in. For example, pay attention." Tsubasa took his battery and inserted it into his morpher on the table.
"Shark!" The morpher voice said.
"It'll be helpful if one of us goes blind." Sosuke said as he crossed his arms.
"That's a good point. Which is why it's good that we have this." Tsubasa continued working on his computer.
"I wasn't helping." Sosuke leaned his head back against the chair.
"So what other stuff can the morphers do?" Maya asked.
"I don't know too much, which is why I'm grateful that you are letting me do this." Tsubasa told them as he shocked himself while connecting another wire.
"Well, are you almost done yet, Tsubasa?" Maya asked.
"Yes, I should be close to done but there will be future updates, I can assure that." Tsubasa said with confidence.
"Do you have something to do later?" Madoka asked while still pushing against Kite's hand.
"I have a couple of friends that have come back to Japan. They want to meet up with me this afternoon. That is why I suggested to Tsubasa that we do this early in the morning." Maya smiled.
"That sounds great, Maya. Your old friends have comeback and you want to meet them. It all sounds wonderful." Madoka also smiled.
"Sometimes.. What you.. say doesn't make sense!" Kite kept trying to push back.
"Don't be such an idiot." Madoka said and with that she decided to finish it. She slammed his hand against the table hard enough to cause a loud noise that echoed through the house.
"OW!!!" Kite held his hand. His hand was now as red as his suit.
"I guess that's why you don't pick fights with Madoka." Sosuke was looking at Kite as he held his hand and he teared up.
"Madoka-Chan, no need to hurt your own brother, even if he sometimes does deserve it." Tsubasa continued working and didn't bother to look up.
"You are taking her side!" Kite yelled as he slammed his bad hand against the table. He held it again, crying in pain.
"I'm going to get ice." Maya got up and went to the kitchen to look for some ice.
"It's in the corner of the freezer!" Tsubasa yelled to her so that she could find it easily.
"You see Sosuke. That's why Maya would make a great bride for my Ani." Madoka moved over to where Sosuke sat.
"Yea but your brother is oblivious. He can't see it when a girl likes him." Sosuke said closing his eyes.
"Baka." Madoka slapped Sosukes head which caused him to open his eyes.
"Why did you do that!" Sosuke rubber the back of his head.
"Madoka-Chan likes hitting. You made yourself an easy target." Tsubasa claimed without looking up once again.
"Why did you hit him?" Kite asked his sister.
"Because he's an idiot." Madoka smiled.
"Ok, I got the ice. Madoka, you really need to be careful with your strength. You could have damaged your brothers arm." Maya helped Kite by putting his hand on the table and putting the ice on his hand.
"Cold!" Kite yelled as he felt the cold ice bag touch his bare skin.
"See." Madoka nudged Sosuke.
"Ok, I guess they would make a great couple but what can we do about it." Sosuke looked at Madoka as if she had a plan.
"No, not yet." Madoka kept looking at the two. Sosuke almost fell off his chair.
"They are great together." Madoka and Sosuke turned to see Tsubasa who was now looking at the two young people.
For them, it did look like they were a perfect couple. Maya cared for Kite deeply, even if both of them didn't know it yet. At that moment, Kite and Maya entered a moment that people see in the movies. They ended up looking at eachother straight in the eyes. For a brief moment, time stood still. Maya felt her cheeks heat up. Kite felt his fire ignite. Then again, he does have power over the element of fire. Maya smiled and Kite smiled. They hadn't noticed, but their faces had gotten closer.
The other occupants of the room were looking at them. Madoka was squealing and digging her nails into Sosukes shoulders. Sosuke tried to get her off but was so far unsuccessful. Maya then noticed what was happening and backed up quickly. She let go of the ice and the ice fell into his lap. It hit him hard in his crotch and he put his hand down.
"Goumen-nasai!" Maya yelled as she took th ice pack that fell to the floor.
"Daijoubu." Kite reassured Maya.
"That went well." Sosuke tried to hide his laughter. He was then hit in the back of the head by Madoka. Tsubasa smiled and shook his head before returning to work. Kite tried to get up, but Maya kept insisting to help him and kept sitting him down on the chair.
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Kasuto looked at the picture of a family. All the members were smiling. Kasuto looked at it with so much focus.
"Kite," Kasuto paused, "I promised. I will protect my family. And you Kite. You just wait."
"What are you doing?!" Zaku yelled as he entered the room.
"Nothing." Kasuto put the photo away and turned around.
"Good! We need a new plan." Zaku walked over.
"I think I have a great one. Do you have a way to contact outsiders?" Kasuto asked.
"Baishisu might. Why?" Zaku asked.
"I have many more monsters than just Ito waiting to be unleashed." Kasuto walked, the lab on his mind. Zaku followed.
"Hello Mina." Baishisu said as the other two monsters entered the room.
"Baishisu, get me a way to contact someone." Kasuto said.
"I have various ways. How do you want me to contact.." Baishisu was cut off by Kasuto's hand in his face.
"Just contact this number." Kasuto handed the scientist a piece of paper. Baishisu did as he was told and he pushed the number into his computer. In an instant, a beam came down into the lab.
From the beam, a monster came out. The monsters body resembled a hazmat suit. His face was green and his eyes were blue, his head was a roundish face. He had what looked to be horns coming out of his head. In the middle of his suit was a skull and bones along with a quarantine sign. His mouth was covered by a silver gas mask and he had needles in his arms that connected to his back.
"Welcome Saitai." Kasuto welcomed the monster.
"Where am I?" The monster, Saitai, looked around.
"You will be serving me in a good purpose. Get your poisons ready. You are going out." Kasuto said happily.
"If I get to cause some disaster, then count me in." Saitai said as he moved his arms up.
"Trust me. You will cause plenty disaster." Kasuto put his fingers to his chin, clearly pleased.
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"So what was that?" Go-On Red nudged Kite in his side.
"Drop it." Kite sat in the same room from before. He was back in the same "dream" from before.
"That was funny to watch." Go-On Red said as he moved to sit opposite Kite.
"Shut up." Kite said as he closed his eyes.
"As much as we don't like to agree, he's right. That was hilarious." Shinken Red spoke. Kite felt like it was something unnatural. Shinken Red didn't seem like the type to say that kind of stuff.
"My misery isn't something that you guys should be laughing about." Kite stood up.
"Life is an adventure and an adventure is more fun with a partner." Bouken Red was looking to the ground.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kite turned to face the adventurer.
"I'm saying that you clearly like her and she clearly likes you. You two would make a perfect adventure team." Bouken Red turned to face him.
"Are you saying that..." Kite was cut off by a hand going up.
"I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just stating a fact." Bouken Red looked down again.
"Sometimes I feel like talking to you guys is like talking to myself." Kite saying down feeling lost.
"Maybe that's true. Maybe it isn't." Gokai Red spoke up.
"Moving on to other topics, why am I in here again?" Kite asked.
"Like we said, we are here to help you and your team." Hurricane Red turned from the wall he was staring at.
"How are you going to help?" Kite asked, still feeling lost.
"We are here to give you guys advice and maybe teach you a few of our skills." Deka Red said as he leaned against the wall.
"How, if I'm the only one that can see you guys. And I only see you in my dreams." Kite stood up.
"We can pass our message through you. You will be their biggest asset." Hurricane Red explained.
"Yea right." Kite didn't believe what he was saying.
"I swear it to you." Hurricane Red held out his hand.
Kite hesitated for a second. Then he shook hands with the wind ninja. When they finished shaking hands, the room began to shake. The other occupants in the room started looking around.
"Time to wake up." Go-On Red said as he fell off he chair.
In an instant, Kite opened his eyes and he was in a totally new area. He could see trees and he could see people walking by. He felt the wind hit his face. When he looked to his right, he saw the long haired girl staring at him. Maya shook him one more time.
"I'm awake." Kite sat up.
"Why did you fall asleep?" Maya asked him.
"I don't know." Kite said and it caused Maya to giggle.
"Sometimes you are funny." Maya said through her giggles.
"Aren't you supposed to be meeting with your friends?" Kite said as he yawned.
"Yea. We are meeting my friends. Remember, you said that you would come with me." Maya looked at him with her big smile. Kite felt weird but in a good kind of way.
"I did. Man I really was in deep sleep." Kite said as he adjusted himself.
"Did you not want to some?" Maya's smile quickly faded.
"No, I don't mean it in a bad way. Of course I would have come no matter what. I'm just saying things, you know." Kite assured Maya. Maya smiled and laughed again.
"You are silly." Maya said as she turned away.
"Maya!" Both of the turned you the sound of Maya's name being called. Maya's smile became bigger as she got up and ran over to two girls who called her.
"Miki! Aya!" Maya called out as she ran to them.
"Maya!" They yelled together. They hugged eachother as they met in the middle of the park.
"Miki, Aya. How have you guys been?" Maya asked her dear friends.
"We've been good. Traveling the world isn't all that bad." One of the girls said.
"Oh, before we continue, I want to introduce someone to you." Maya took her friends over to Kite, "This is Kite. He's one of my friends." The girls looked over at the boy who sat on the bench.
"Nice to meet you." Kite stood up and did a bow. He looked at both girls. One of them wore a light blue blouse with dark blue jeans on. She had on a pair of sneakers and she had her hair down. The other girl had her hair in a ponytail. She wore a red blouse and a black skirt. She had socks that went up to her knees and she wore white slip-on shoes.
"Hello, I'm Miki." The girl in the blue blouse said.
"And I'm Aya." The girl in the red blouse said.
"Nice to meet you." Both girls said as they bowed.
"So, What are we going to do today?" Maya asked her friends.
"Well the reason we came back to Japan immediately is because we've heard of all the air quality problems and how the people here are mistreating the environment." Miki said.
"Yea. We wanted to come back here and get our old club back together. Remember those times? We did a lot of things." Aya looked up remembering the good old days.
"Of course I remember. That sounds like a great plan." Maya smiled.
"Then we should get on that right away. We don't have time to waste." Miki grabbed Maya by her arm.
"Yes we will make a difference." Aya said.
"Good for you guys. I'll just stay out of the way and leave." Kite turned around and was about to leave but he was caught by the collar of his shirt.
"You are coming." Maya used her free arm to hold him and pull him as they all walked down the street.
"Ok ok. Stop pulling. You have strength like Madoka. Stop! STOP!" Kite yelled as he was being pulled. The girls just completely ignored him as they talked amongst themselves.
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"Madoka! How long does it take for you to get ready!" Sosuke sat on the couch in the Tategami residence.
"Shut up and wait!" Madoka calles from her room.
"I'm tired of waiting!" Sosuke rolled his eyes.
Sosuke was already tired enough and now Madoka was dragging him along to go help with a school club thing. He had nothing better to do and said he would do it. That was before he found out that it was a "Eco-friendly" club. Now he was stuck and he wasn't going to just abandon Madoka.
"Do you have anything to eat?" Sosuke asked Madoka.
"There's some chips in the pantry." Madoka yelled out to him.
"Are you almost done?" Sosuke asked.
"NO!" Madoka yelled.
"I should have just stayed with Tsubasa." Sosuke got up and moved to the kitchen.
He began rummaging around the pantry. He moved over some bagged chips and boxed cookies. He moved his hand further down into cupboard to see if he could find anything in the back. That was when he hit a wall. He pulled his hand out and looked into the cupboard.
"It's really small, isn't it?" Sosuke asked himself.
He then pushed his hand in again and pushed it against the wall. He felt it move a little. He started getting confused but he continued until the little piece of wood that was the "wall" fell over. He pulled his hand out and looked in again. The piece was fallen over and he could see what looked to be a duffel bag.
"What the," He whispered and he put his hand in again. He pulled the bag out and ended up bringing the wooden piece out as well.
Once he had put the wooden piece on the counter, he took the bag to the table. He looked up to make sure no one was watching. He was safe. He read the label before he opened it. It said "Madoka's: Do Not Touch!". He unzipped the bag slowly. He was a little afraid of what could be in there. When he finally unzipped the bag, he was shocked. It was a whole load of snacks. There was Japanese snacks along with a load of other snacks from other countries. Madoka has actually labeled what countries they were from.
"She's got snacks from around the world." Sosuke looked at all the snacks.
He picked a couple up and read the labels. She had snacks from the United States and snacks from Spain. There was also England and France. Most of the snacks seemed to be from Mexico. While reading the labels, Sosuke's stomach made a sound. He put his hand to his stomach and looked up.
Without thinking, he started eating all different types of snacks. He opened bags and he opened boxes. He ate whatever he got his hands on. His mouth was full and he was enjoying it. It was at that moment that he heard Madoka's door open. He immediately put anything that was left on the table inside the bag. He zipped it up and threw it back into its hole. He covered the hole with the wooden piece he had found there. He didn't care if it was in place or not. He closed the door and moved to the couch. He swallowed whatever was left in his mouth and sat patiently.
"Ok I'm done." Madoka said as she emerged.
"I heard the door open but you came out a little after that, what happened?" Sosuke mentally slapped himself for sounding dumb.
"I opened my door but I went back to get my phone." Madoka said as she looked through her jackets pocket before pulling out her phone. She wore a black blouse and blue jeans. She of course kept her Cheetah Jacket on. She also wore black converse shoes.
"Well, let's get going." Sosuke got up and smiled as he rushed her to the door.
"Wait, let me get a snack." Madoka maneuvered out of the way and went to the kitchen.
"Snacks? From where?" Sosuke seemed nervous.
"Don't fell Kite, but I have a stash of snacks hidden in the cupboard." Madoka reached for the handle.
"Well then I guess I'll meet you at the school. I forgot that I have something that belongs to Tsubasa so I'm going to go drop it off. Bye." Sosuke quickly opened the door and left.
"He's weird." Madoka said before she turned and opened the cupboard. She reached in and felt something odd. When she pulled her hand out, she took a peak and saw that the wooden piece was half fallen. She then took out her bag and put it on the table. She opened it and saw all the trash.
"Sosuke!" She yelled. She didn't need t think about it. Kite didn't know about the stash and Sosuke was hungry. Madoka grabbed her phone from the counter and called her brother.
"Ani?" Madoka said to the phone.
"Yea?" Kites voice was on the other end.
"I'm going to be a little late to the thing." Madoka said as she looked at the bag.
"Oh. What's the reason?" Kite asked his little sister.
"I have to catch a wild Sosuke." Madoka said with an angry tone.
"Oh ok. I don't know what's it about but as long as you don't go overboard." Kite said, sounding confused.
"I'll see you later, Ani." Madoka said in a cold voice before hanging up.
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Kite turned off the phone. He was confused but he knew his sister was mad. He has already seen the fury that she can produce. Sosuke was not going to live through what Madoka was about to put him through. He stood in the middle of a grass field as he looked around.
"Is everything ok?" Maya school Lite out of his thoughts.
"Yea. I'm just thinking that Sosuke is about to get the lights beaten out of him." Kite said honestly.
"Well we can worry about that later. Come on." Maya grabbed Kites hand and ran. Kite was practically being dragged.
"Great. You are both here. Now we can start." Miki said as she clapped her hands together.
"Are your other friends coming?" Aya asked Maya.
"I'm not sure they are coming." Maya said to the group of people that was gathered. She remembered all their faces as she looked at them again.
"Is this where the 'planting trees project is'." Kite turned to see Tsubasa standing next to him. He wore clothes appropriate for being out in the sun. He even had planting gloves in his pocket.
"Tsubasa." Maya said happily.
"What are you doing here?" Kite asked as he crossed his arms.
"Doing my part to save the planet." Tsubasa said as he moved past him.
"You invited him?" Kite turned to Maya.
"Of course." Maya said.
"By the way, why are you guys holding hands?" Tsubasa had turned back to ask. Both Kite and Maya looked down to see that they were in fact holding hands. The quickly let go of eachother and Tsubasa almost laughed.
"Tsubasa-Senpai. We are ready." Tsubasa turned to the sound of Miki's voice.
"You must be Miki-Chan. Nice to meet you. Let's get along." Tsubasa bowed.
"Yes." Miki bowed as well.
"How does she know his name. And I think your friend was blushing there for a second." Kite chuckled as he told Maya.
"I think she did." Maya looked surprised.
"Well. Mina! Let's go!" Tsubasa called as he walked towards a certain location.
"Yes, everyone split up." Miki called.
"Kite is with Tsubasa." Maya said as she grabbed Kite and threw him forward. Kite stumbled as he got to where Tsubasa was.
"Kite-Kun. Let's get started quickly." Tsubasa said as he walked on.
"Hey! What's with the 'kun' part huh?" Kite said as he began following him.
"Let's go Miki, Aya." Maya directed her friends in a different direction.
After a while, Tsubasa has managed to plant eleven trees. Kite had only managed three. Tsubasa had to help him with the first two.
"Kite-kun, you need to be faster." Tsubasa wipes off the sweat on his forehead. They then both head a squeal.
"Miki!" The boys heard Maya as she dragged her friend back to their spot.
"I would be going faster but that smell is distracting me." Kite said as he got up from planting his fourth tree.
"You are right. It smells badly. A little unnatural for this area." Tsubasa sniffed.
"Tsubasa! Look!" Kite pointed in a direction. Tsubasa looked and saw a group of Ryaku walking through the forest.
"Ryaku! Let's investigate." Tsubasa dropped his tools and walked forward. Kite did the same and followed.
"Now we can get this show started." Tsubasa and Kite saw a monster stand next to a river.
"Jiku's Army." Kite said as he looked at them.
"Quickly, load me up." The monster said as a Ryaku prepared a canister.
"I don't think so!" The canister was shot out of the footsoldiers hands. Kite and Tsubasa got out from their hiding spot.
"What the. Who are you guys?" The monster asked as he pointed at them.
"We are here to stop you." Tsubasa said as he prepared his battery.
"Right!" Kite pulled out his battery. They both put the batteries into their morphers.
"Kemono Striker!" They both yelled as they closed their morphers.
"Tiger!" Kite's morpher said.
"Shark!" Tsubasa's morpher said.
"Henshin!" Their animal spirits attacked the monster before circling back and forming the ranger suits.
"Kemonorangers! Ryaku!" The monster snapped. The Ryaku were confused as they were already summoned. "Get them!" The monster yelled. The Ryaku finally got what was going on and started to attack.
"Let's go, Kite!" Blue said as he began to attack. Kite followed and they battled against the monsters.
"I got the big one." Red said as he jumped off one of the monsters.
"Come at me." The monster said as he clashed with Red.
Red used his fists to punch the monster and he kicked him. The monster, known as Seitai, ended up walking back before preparing his needles. He tried to slash Red and had managed to get him with one hit. Red fell back to where Blue was finishing off some Ryaku.
"Are you ok?" Blue asked as he got in front of Red.
"Yea." Red said as he tried to get up.
"Come at me blue!" Seitai yelled. Blue immediately started fighting with the monster.
~Kites Mind~
"We need to help. Something has entered his system." Zyuoh Eagle sat at a computer console.
"Send me in." Ryusoul Red said.
"What are you talking about?" Deka Red asked as he looked at Ryusoul Red.
"We need to help him. We must activate the mind swap. That way, whatever entered his system won't affect him." Ryusoul Red stated.
"How does that work?" Zyuoh Eagle asked.
"I don't know, but I believe in stopping it." Ryusoul Red said as he clenched his fist.
"Let's give it a try. Life is an adventure after all." Bouken Red said as he leaned against the wall.
"Fine, but if anything goes wrong, then we are pulling you. We haven't tested it." Zyuoh Eagle typed on the console.
"If you feel like anything is going wrong, just say it." Deka Red said to him.
"Got it." Ryusoul Red said as he nodded.
"Ok. Ready to activate. Here we go!" Zyuoh Eagle said as he pressed the Ryusoul Red button on the console. He opened a box and pushed the red button.
~Outside of Kites mind~
Red got up as he felt something weird. Then, something came out of his number. The symbol for the Ryusoulgers appeared and it backed up into Red's chest. Red felt a surge of power flow through him.
"Que Bom!" The morpher's voice said.
"I'm in control. Everything went perfectly." Red said as he looked at himself.
"Great. Everything was transferred correctly." Zyuoh Eagle spoke through the headset feature that was in the helmet. Red out two fingers to the side of his helmet.
"What's going on!" Kite said as he lay on the floor in his mind. He held his side.
"Quick, someone help him and get that poison stuff out. Ryusoul Red, you are good to go." Zyuoh Eagle said.
"Got it." Red prepared his Raiku Saber and went in for the attack.
"Talk about lucky!" Shishi Red yelled as he threw his hands out.
Blue managed to push Seitai back. He backed up and got ready to attack. Then, Red came out of nowhere and clashed with the monster. The both used their force and they remained in the middle. Red then pulled out his weapon battery.
"This should work." Red spoke in a different voice than he usually did. Blue took note in that. Red inserted the battery into his morpher.
"Tiger Sword!" The morpher said. A hologram of the sword appeared over his morpher. The his number glowed and his sword came flying out. It hit the monster and sent him flying back. Red took hold of the handle and brought it back behind him. He began running towards the monster.
"How did he do that." Blue asked as he got up himself.
Red began to clash with the monster. The sword and the needle hit eachother and sparks flew out. Red had somehow managed to improve his swordsmanship in a short time. Red continued as he spun around and hit the monster. The monster fell back.
"Why you little. I'll get you next time!" The monster said as he disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. The cloud then moved towards the city.
"He's going to the city. He'll probably attack soon." Tsubasa said as he demorphed.
"Yes. He will return. I wish you luck." Red bowed.
~Inside Kites Mind~
"Kite is ready to go. Turns out he was just winded." Deka Red said as he pulled Kite up.
"What's going on?" Kite asked as he held his head.
"We swapped you mind with Ryusoul Red's mind. We'll explain later. You have to go back. Bye." Zyuoh Eagle said as he pushed a button. Kite then disappeared and Ryusoul Red appeared in his place.
"That went well." Ryusoul said as he saw all the other reds.
"Talk about lucky!" Shishi Red threw his fist up into the air.
~Outside of Kites Mind~
Red glowed for a moment before demorphing. Kite held his head and looked up to see Tsubasa.
"Kite-kun, are you ok?" Tsubasa asked him.
"I think so. I just feel winded." Kite said to him.
"Let's go back to the others. I'll let them know that we need to go. That monster seems like he may attack the city." Tsubasa said and they both walked back to the group.
"Miki, he's coming." Aya told her friend as the two boys because visable.
"Tsubasa-Senpai!" Miki ran over to Tsubasa.
"Hello." Tsubasa smiled as he saw her.
"What's up?" Maya asked as she took note in Kite holding his side.
"Ah, Goumen, we need to..." Tsubasa was stopped.
"I need to go do something. Tsubasa will make up for my work. Goumen." Kite bowed.
"It's ok. Go do what you have to do." Aya have him a peace sign. She sort of reminded him of his sister.
"Arigatou. Maya, I'll see you later." Kite said and with that he left.
"Someone likes you." Aya played with Maya.
"Well then, let's get to work." Tsubasa turned to the girls.
"Let's go!" Miki said as she hugged Tsubasa from the side.
"Miki, let go." Maya said as she tried to pry her friend off of Tsubasa who just laughed.
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Kite walked through the park, looking around for the monster. When he was passing a bench, he was pulled aside. He almost fell. He then saw Sosuke standing over him.
"Get off!" Kite yelled. Sosuke helped him up.
"Help me. Your sister is crazy and she is going to kill me." Sosuke felt fear go through his veins.
"You ate her secret snacks?" Kite looked at him seriously.
"How did you know?" Sosuke asked.
"She thinks that she is hiding them from me but I know where they are. I just don't touch it." Kite said.
"Well, I was hungry and when I saw snacks from around the world, I was interested." Sosuke said in honesty.
"Sosuke!" Madoka's voice could be heard through the whole park. Both boy's looked around the tree to see Madoka walking towards them.
"Help me!" Sosuke began to run.
"I see you!" Madoka began to run.
"Stop!" Kite got in her way and caught her by her waist. He lifted her up off the ground and held her up. She hit him trying to break free.
"Tategami Pressure Point!" Madoka yelled.
"Wait! You still remember that?!" Kite was gong to let go until he felt Madoka's thumb jam into his neck. Kite let go immediately and began bursting into laughter.
"Thank you Natsumi." Madoka smiled.
"It's not funny. You only met her a few times." Kite continued laughing.
"That was enough to learn my trick." Madoka continued to smile. Her smile quickly disappeared however and she immediately began to look for Sosuke. She had managed to spy him hiding behind the restroom building. She moved to the left where he could see her.
"She's gone right. She has to be gone." Sosuke looked over and saw Kite lying on the ground trying to catch his breath. When he turned back, Madoka was there. She quickly out her hand in his way by putting it against the wall behind him.
"Sosuke? Why did you take my snacks." Madoka said a cute tone.
"I didn't, I swear." Sosuke defended himself.
"You don't have to lie. If you want a snack, I have a special one." Madoka said as she got closer, pulling on her blouse a little.
"Madoka." Sosuke let his guard down.
"Got you!" Madoka grabbed his arm and twisted it. She spun him around and pinned him up against the wall.
"Goumen! Goumen!" Sosuke was pleading.
"I'm going to hurt you very badly." Madoka's tone changed to an angry one.
"Madoka, stop it." Kite showed up, still breaking into little bursts of laughter but he was able to get his words through.
"Why should I?" Madoka spoke in a menacing tone.
"Because if you don't then you are going to break his arm. I'll just buy you some more of your favorite snacks." Kite told her. She began to hesitate.
"Fine." Madoka finally let him go. Sosuke rubbed his arm.
"Good. Now, Sosuke, apologize for taking her snacks." Kite said.
"Why?!" Sosuke asked.
"Because you ate her snacks! Now do it or I'll let her break your arm." Kite threatened.
"Sorry for eating your snacks." Sosuke pouted.
"Don't do it again." Madoka crossed her arms.
"Great. Now we need to find a monster and fast. Let's go." Sosuke said as he began running in a certain direction. The others followed.
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Seitai was at the water front. He had managed to find a way to poison the water at the docks. He was preparing his canisters, when a drone came flying in.
"How's it going?" Baishisu's voice came through the drone.
"Don't worry. The river may have not worked, but from here, I can effect the entire planet." Seitai laughed.
"Good! Now get to it!" Zaku's voice came through the speaker before the drone flew away.
"Well, back to where I was before I was rudely interrupted." Seitai filled his needles and got ready to go through with his plan. That was when he was shot back by red laser bullets.
"I don't think so." Red was on top of one of the warehouse buildings. He had his blaster pointed at the monster, smoke coming from its barrel. Yellow sat not to far from him and Black leaned against a wall.
"Let's get this over with." Black said as Red and Yellow jumped down to where he was.
"Come at me then!" Seitai put his arms out, his needles out as well, and he ran towards them.
"Mina, Let's go!" Red said as he pulled his Tiger Sword from the light in front of him. Yellow and Black also recieved their weapons. They wasted no time and they clashed.
In almost an instant, the monster was thrown through boxes into the warehouse building. Dust flew up into the air as Seitai fell to the ground. Red and the others quickly ran in there and prepared to attack again. Seitai has gotten up and was about to shoot something from his needles until the ground in front of him was shot. He looked up to see Kemono Blue and Kemono Pink wall up to the others.
"We got your signal. Now let's stop him." Blue said. They all nodded and went straight for the monster. However, Red stopped in place as he fell to the ground. Yellow stopped and turned back to help him. The others continued and clashed with the monster.
"Is he alright?!" Blue yelled over to Yellow.
"I think so. You guys keep fighting, I'll help him." Yellow said as she checked on her brother.
~Inside Kites Mind~
"What happened?" Ryusoul Red asked, a little worried of what had just happened.
"He must still have some poison inside him." Zyuoh Eagle said as he studied Kite, who now lay unconscious in his mind.
"He still needs time to heal." Deka Red said.
"Yea, maybe a couple of minutes and he'll be good to go." Zyuoh Eagle agreed.
"Then send me in." Lupin Red spoke up, willing to take control.
"We shouldn't risk it again. We are lucky it worked the first time but we won't know if it'll work a second time. The others can handle it." Zyuoh Eagle looked at the others as he said this.
"It doesn't look like it. Look!" Deka Red pointed to the monitor.
The other rangers were getting in some successful attacks but they weren't able to cause lasting damage. Zyuoh Eagle began to think. They didn't have a choice. Those needles were dangerous and Lupin Red has a thing for shooting blasters, sort of. He made a decision.
"Fine. Get ready to transfer. We will transfer out as soon as Kite is ready to go." Zyuoh Eagle pushed the Lupin Red button on the console. He opened a box and pushed the red button. The transfer began.
~Outside of Kites Mind~
Red finally got up but he started glowing again. Yellow stepped back as she saw this. The symbol of the Lupinrangers appeared in front of Red and backed up into him. He felt the surge of power.
"0-1-0!Masqueraise! Kaitou Change!" The morpher said.
"What did that morpher just say?" Madoka was confused especially because she didn't know what was going on.
"Don't worry about it, pretty girl." Red said as he put his thumb to yellows chin, lifting her head up to look him straight in the eyes. His voice had completely changed.
"Kaitou! Stop that!" Patren 1gou yelled through the coms.
"Let's go, shall we." Red said as he pulled out his Raiku Blaster and made his way to the others.
"What's wrong with Ani?" Yellow asked but decided to leave that problem alone right now. She followed her brother into battle.
Blue and Black struggled as they held the monsters arms. Pink punched and kicked but the monster eventually broke from their grip and hit them all. Red then kicked him the the face and shot him. He continued shooting him until the monster flew back into a pile of boxes.
"Time to finish you off." Red said as he pulled out a battery and inserted it into his morpher.
"Don't you think this has gone a little too fast?" The monster held his head.
"Final Strike!" Red yelled as he pulled the trigger and sent a tiger after the monster. The tiger killed the monster in an instant. Red turned around and held his blaster up.
"How did he do that?" Blue asked as he got up.
"That was crazy strong." Black said as he held his arm.
~Inside of Kites mind~
"Done. He's ready." Zyuoh Eagle got up after checking on Kite.
"What happened?" Kite asked.
"To let you know, you almost died. We however have a method to help you. We can switch our minds with you and become you. Only for a short while. If we go beyond a certain limit, you return as the main mind. This is one of the ways that we help you and your team." Zyuoh Eagle helped Kite up.
"Just don't go overboard with it." Kite held his head. He had no patience left to deal with what was happening.
"Ok, time for you to go." Zyuoh Eagle pressed a button and Kite was gone. Lupin Red replaced him.
"That worked like a charm." Lupin Red sounded pleased.
~Outside of Kites mind~
"Kite, how did you do that? Your marksmanship skills were improved so quickly. Just like your swordsmanship skills." Blue immediately began bombarding Red with words.
"I don't know what happened but I feel tired." Red said as he felt drowsy.
-0-0-0-0-
"I'm going to rest." Jiku got up from his throne and left the room.
"Baishisu! Go get to work on new machines. We need to be better than Kasuto." Zaku said to the scientist.
"Don't you mean we need to make better monsters to help Jiku." Baishisu tried to clarify.
"Same thing. Get to work!" Zaku said and left the room.
"Well, it's time to work." Baishisu retreated to his lab.
-0-0-0-0-
"Time for you to go big." Kasuto aimed his sniper. His finger curled around the trigger. He waited for the wind direction to change. When it finally did, he shot the bullet. The bullet lodged itself in the remains of the monster who began to grow.
"Time to destroy the planet!" The monster said as he revived.
"This should take care of that." Kasuto said. He then looked down at the rangers who were in the middle of summoning their Zords. Kasuto clenched his fist before retreating.
"Let's go!" Red yelled out.
"KemonoOh!" They all yelled in unison as they formed the giant robot. The robot posed with its sword in front of the Kemonoranger logo.
"I don't think you'll be able to fight." Seitai said as he injected a poison into the Megazords legs.
"What's going on!" Black tried to turn his steering wheel.
"I can't move the legs!" Yellow also tried to move her wheel.
"I have you now!" Seitai yelled as he came up to them and punched them endlessly.
"Maya, activate the Phoenix wings." Blue said. Pink nodded and activated her battery.
The giant robo's wings spread out. The robo's mouth was then covered with a full face mask. The wings boosters activated and the robot was off the ground.
"What the! How!" Seitai stopped and looked at the robot.
"Use this Kite-Kun." Blue threw over a phoenix battery.
"How do you have this?" Red asked.
"It's one that Maya let me borrow. Activate it." Blue said and Red nodded.
Red inserted it into his console and began typing in a code.
#2-4-6
The robot began flying towards its target. The sword lit up and in a couple of seconds, the whole robot was engulfed in a rainbow fire.
"KemonoOh! Final Wing Strike!" They all yelled as the robot passed by the monster, slashing him with the sword. The monster then began sparking.
"Don't go green! Don't go green!" The monster yelled as it blew up. The robot then landed on the ground as the explosion got bigger. It posed with its sword.
"That's that." Red dusted his hands off and leaned back.
-0-0-0-0-
"Arigatou! Tsubasa-Senpai." Miki bowed to the older man who stood in front of her.
"No problem. It was an honor to work alongside such a beautiful girl." Tsubasa grabbed Miki's hand and placed a kiss on her knuckle. Miki's face went red as she felt the warmth of the boys lips touch her skin.
"Ok, can we go now." Sosuke was tired and annoyed.
"Sosuke! I am talking." Tsubasa scolded his younger brother.
"It's ok. It's about time we go. We are going up to Kyoto." Aya took hold of Miki's arm and broke her from Tsubasa.
"Are you sure you guys don't want to stay." Maya asked them.
"We need to do things in other places. We'd love for you to come but we understand that being a big sister is a big responsibility." Aya said to her friend.
"Take care. And keep in touch." Maya have both her friends a big hug.
"We promise." Both girls said at the same time. They then began to leave. As they reached a street corner, they turned around and waved bye.
"Bye!" Tsubasa and Maya yelled out. The girls then walked out of sight of the group.
"That was a tough choice Maya. I'm glad you are staying. Your friends asked you to leave but you have decided to be with your family. It's like I'm reading one of my novels." Tsubasa sighed as he finished.
"Well, let's go home." Kite said as he got up from his spot on the bench. Madoka stood up alongside him.
"Yea. I got to get my hands on more snacks." Sosuke said as he smirked.
"Why you little!" Madoka began to run after Sosuke who had already started running.
"Your brother is going to die one day. And it's probably going to be Madoka's doing." Kite admitted to Tsubasa.
"I guess you are right. But until then, we must stick by our siblings. Just like Maya has decided to do." Tsubasa smiled.
"Let's go you guys! Let's get some ice cream." Maya began running down the street.
"Well I'm still childish." Kite said as he ran after her.
"Wait up!" Tsubasa began panicking as everyone ran off. He began to run fast as well. Everyone ran down the street laughing, their laughs echoing through the street.
Kasuto kept watch over them. He snarled. He felt the wind against his fur. When they were farther down the path, he disappeared.
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A/N: There's chapter 5. It took longer than expected but I like the way it turned out. Let me know what you guys think. Also, just to let you know, that the Morphers voice is similar to Kyuranger. Hope you guys keep reading. Things will get interesting very soon.
Arigatou!
