*= radio transmission

Somewhere in Capitol City, several Sabanian minions were tearing up the downtown area. A mysterious figure barked orders as them as they continued. Buildings were set ablaze, people ran screaming, screaming for help, screaming in pain. Various medical and rescue vehicles attempted to get on the scene, but the warriors were still too strong. The police tried to shoot them, but their bullets bounced off their tough bodies. The figure that appeared to be leading the assault aimed his hand at a series of police cars and blasted it with an energy bolt, causing them to burst into flames. As the officers scrambled for cover, the Batlings prepared to move in, but the whistling of a missile was heard, and then it crashed into the area and caused them to go flying! They looked around and noticed a strange figure on top of a building. It appeared to be Dark blue mainly with silver and gold accents. It almost looked like a futuristic insectile space suit. The figure pointed its left gauntlet at the warriors.

(POV Shot: the warrior's HUD as it locks onto the targets. The HUD reveals in the upper left hand corner, that the missile type is medium explosive)

The warrior launched a pair of missiles from the gauntlet, which slammed into two of the minions, blasting them to atoms.

*"Good shot. Let's go." a familiar female voice said.
*"Right." Four others said.
*"Remember, this isn't a field test. This was an unfortunate situation. Do try to keep those things intact." an older woman's voice said.
*"Understood. We won't break them." the first voice said.
*"Good luck girls!" a younger voice cheered.
*"Yes. Good luck." another slightly older voice said.

(CUT TO: Shadowy interior of a van. Four figures are within it talking)

"They're not ready for this. They can't possibly handle these suits." a raspy female's voice said.
"Hey! It's their first time! Go easy on them for once!" The younger voice said.
"Like I went easy on you two? Forget it." the rough female said again.
"That's enough Ms. Asagiri. Okay girls; show them what these things can do. Ms. Romanova, keep them under surveillance. If those things fail we're their only hope. Ms. Yamazaki, stand by to bail them out."
"Right." the three responded.
*"Okay girls, go get them!"
*"Mission Accepted." the first, younger voice said.

(Hurricane Tonight kicks up)

The assembled "audience" gasped as the first thing and two similar ones leapt off the roof of a building. Their thrusters engaged and they landed with a "thunk" on the concrete below. A fourth "thunk" was heard but not seen. The enemy forces looked at these strange metal things and wondered if they were even worth it. But their leader motioned and several Batlings charged the one in purple with silver and white accents.

*"Oh Crap!" the user said.
*"Use the Head whips!" the older female ordered.
*Right."

Twin ribbonlike structures deployed from the back of the helmet, and with a jerk of her neck caused them to slice cleanly through a few of the Batlings. The remaining one tried to get away.

*"I don't think so." the user said.

The warrior aimed her left gauntlet at the warrior, and fired out a series of garrote wires which entangled the escapee and then reeled it in, to which the warrior gave it a nasty armor plated uppercut.

The leader summoned more Batlings and sent them after the one in dark blue again, but she simply fired a few more missiles, knocking it away. Several more tried to surround her, but the Batlings seemed to fall to pieces after being slashed out of nowhere. Several others then charged for an orange suit with silver accents, and knocked it away. The thrusters kicked in and allowed her to land safely.

*"Did you just punch me? That's it! THE GLOVE GOES ON!" she shouted.
*"Don't you mean the glove comes o...ohhhh." the one in purple said.

The orange warrior charged at the Batlings with her left gauntlet held back. Strange circles on it rose up and began gathering energy. The warrior punched it in the chest, causing a massive energy explosion that blew the creature sky high. She then did the same to several other Batlings. The one in purple deployed her ribbons and sliced through even more, while others still were cut by thin air. A last all that was left was the strange ringleader.

*"Oh Kami-sama. This can't be right. This thing's got a Kenki of at least 700!" the original voice said.
*"Don't worry. The suits' armor can take what it has to dish out, and if it's not enough we're standing by." The older woman's voice said.
*"That's good." the original voice said.

The figure launched an energy blast at the armored things, but they leapt into the air and were boosted above it with their jump jets. While airborne the blue one fired off a few high explosive missiles, knocking the warrior away and causing some damage. The three leapt into the air and attempted to deliver flying punches, but the figure knocked them out of the air and caused them to crash into the ground. The hum of a laser powering up was heard and a blast came out of nowhere and knocked the figure off its feet. It roared in pain and fired rapid energy bolts at the three, pinning them down.

*"Our suits can't take much more of this!" The purple one said.
*"You said it. This doesn't look good girls." the one in orange said.
*"Don't give up yet girls. This thing hasn't dealt with the strongest suit yet." the woman said.
"Oh yeah! She'll take this guy out, I know she will!" the one in blue said.

The figure looked as a pink thing with silver and teal accents flew in quite well and landed before it.

"You hurt my sisters. Now you're gonna pay bastard." it said.

Aiming her left gauntlet at the figure, the hum of a laser was heard and a powerful blast was fired off, but the thrusters kept her in place. The blast tore into the creature, leaving a deep wound in its left shoulder. Taking her right gauntlet she fired off several missiles which served to distract it while she grabbed it with a series of garrote wires and dragged it in, and gave it a power packed punch like the orange one did, sending it flying away with a nice indent in its chest.

*"Okay girls, you're going to have to take this thing out together. And fast!" she shouted.
*"We're on it." the pink one said.

(Y'Know kicks up)

Reaching onto the back of her suit, she drew twin swords from either ends of a sheath, held them and hurled them in a straight line towards the opponent, giving the first an extra kick with the tip of the second. The creature dodged them both, but this gave the purple one enough time to slash its arms off with her whips and grab it with the garrote wires while the blue one fired a few missiles.

*"This thing has some tough armor or something. I can't seem to cut through it well!" the blue one said.

(POV blue: Target confirmed flashes in the upper right hand corner of her HUD)

*"Oh no! It's just as I thought. We gotta take this thing out and fast! We've got to break through the chest!"

*"I got it covered. Time to get up close and personal." the orange one said.

The gauntlet charged up again.

"Take this bastard! AAAAAAAAH!" the warrior screamed as she ran at high speed with her gauntlet ready to connect. She punched, breaking through its chest and with a splash of blood pulled out a strange crystal. The warrior fell to the ground clutching its chest.

A fifth figure, this one in green with silver and red accents, appeared out of thin air. Everyone watching was stunned.

"How are you doing Ms. Predator?" the orange one joked.
"Pretty good. Those guys never knew what hit them." the green one said.
"Okay, let's keep his boss from bringing him back so we don't have to go through this again." the pink one said.
"With pleasure." The green one said.

The orange figure tossed the crystal into the air, and the green one took her no-daichi and shattered it to pieces.

The five warriors saluted the officers and other rescue people. But some of the officers trained their weapons on the girls and others had orders barked at them.

*"Crap! Those guys are trying to figure out what they are!" the young voice in the van said.
*"Jam them!" the woman ordered.
*"I'm on it." The blue one said.

A screen flashed on her HUD, reading "Romanova ECM Suite o' doom...Enabled.

*"Let's see how you guys like being jammed." she said.

Almost instantaneously the police's equipment became scrambled as they tried to call for backup. Just then the strange van drove onto the scene and the five hopped in as they sped off with bullets chasing after them.

When the van had gotten a safe distance from the scene, they stopped.

"Good work girls. You certainly surprised me." the woman said. She had long bluish hair and looked quite pretty.
"Thanks Sylia, these new hardsuits of yours worked great." the pink one said.
"We're safe. You can remove them now." Sylia said.
"Right."

(I'm In Heaven kicks up)

In a matter of seconds the suits disappeared to reveal none other than the five She-Ronin! Sakura, who was wearing the pink hardsuit was about 5'"1 and had long black hair that went about halfway down her back. She was dressed in a red shirt and pink shorts.

Ayame, who had used the blue suit, was about as tall as Sakura. She had black hair about as long as Sakura, her twin sister and was dressed similarly. Next to her was Yuri, who had worn the orange armor was quite tall, about six feet tall, towering over the other four. She was quite well built and had reddish brown hair that was about shoulder length. Next to her was Ran who wore the purple armor. She was about 4' 11" and had purple hair styled like Sailor Neptune's. She was not as well built as the one in orange but her body showed a great deal of agility. Finally Suiren, who wore the green armor, was about 5' 4" and had long blonde hair that was tied up in a ponytail. She was probably the prettiest of the five girls there.

"Good work. Your mother will be very proud of you." Sylia said.
"I still think these rookies need a better test." the rough girl said.
"Do you have any idea what that thing we just fought was?" Ayame said.
"Not really. As if it really matters." she said.
"That thing was a member of a race of beings that will destroy the earth and everything on it unless these suits work to their full potential." Sakura explained.
"They are the reason these new suits were developed." Ran added.
"And if we don't kick their asses they'll kick our boyfriends' asses." Yuri added.
"Do you always have to be so blunt sis?" Ran asked.
"Sorry." Yuri said.
"So far I'm impressed. Everything you said about these things worked like a charm." Suiren said.
"Even the Chi amplification stuff?" Nene asked.
"Yes. These things worked better than I hoped." Sylia said.
"There's...just one ::yawn:: problem." Sakura said, looking a little tired.
"I think there are a few kinks to work out in these things." Ran said.

With that the five girls collapsed to the floor.

"Are they all right?" Linna shouted.
"They'll be fine. They're just drained from the Chi amplification, right Sylia?" Nene asked.
"Most likely; we'll have to fix that before we field test these things." Sylia said.
"Then what was that they just did? A warm-up?" Linna asked.
"It was something that had to be taken care of. We were able to get a great deal of data on their performance though. But these things need to be perfect! We can't risk another suit failure, especially what Amaterasu said she needed them for! The slightest problem could lead to disaster...and I don't want that to happen again." Sylia said angrily.
"I understand." Linna said.
"So what exactly are we going to throw these Sleeping Beauties at anyway?" Priss asked in her usual tone.
"Amaterasu wants to test them on the Mecha Armors she mentioned to see how they measure up to the Hardsuits. The girls are already aware of this situation. I just hope they can handle it."
"Let's hope so." Nene said.
"Okay, you can roll the opening now Destonus." Sylia said.

(Begin OP : Y'Know

INTRO :10
FADE IN on a Shot of five She-Ronin Hardsuits one by one, starting with Suiren, then Ran, then going to Ayame, Sakura, and finally ending on Yuri's.

INTRO :14

CUT TO: Overhead pan of the city as the Ronin Warriors: Lightspeed Galaxy logo appears before zooming in on Yuri standing on top of a building.

Gokigen ikaga? Romeo-sama.

CUT TO: shot of Suiren flirting with guys.

Anata wa OLDTYPE iwareteru...

CUT TO: shot of Yuri practicing her combat and then eating/Ran painting and swimming,

CLONE ningyo-tachi no koi wa

shot of Ayame working on her PC,

SMART ni shori sarete'masu.

CUT TO: shot of Sakura standing in place with her katana (no armor) and a close-up of her face gets distorted.

Kimi no motte'ru DNA

CUT TO shot of Yuri standing around and zoom into her eye.

sagashi-motometa saikou no mono sa

CUT TO: a shot of Yuri's Hardsuit again

Ato wa futari ga SIMULATION sureba

CUT TO: Sabanian minions making a mess

HIGH LEVEL nisei no tanjou.

CUT TO: The Ronin in Mecha Armor trying to stop them.

Sore wa VIRTUAL de yaru yori mo

CUT TO a shot of the five She-Ronin appearing (Suiren, Ayame, Ran, Sakura and finally Yuri) one by one without their helmets on.

uchi-nuku no ga hyakuman bai ii desho?

Suiren, Ayame, Ran, Sakura, flash briefly and finally Yuri's hardsuit goes on her.

Rikutsu ja wakaranai, y'know

CUT TO: battle footage from the above fight with her kicking butt.

Kokoro ga hoshigaru mono wa

CUT TO: a shot of Sylia, Kinjiro and Amaterasu

Dare ni mo wakaranai, y'know

CUT TO: The other girls kicking butt

Demonstration wa iranai

Then to a shot of Shuki and his ally (in deep shadows).

Anata to Juliet no you na

CUT TO: shot of She-Ronin in Hardsuits on top of the Knight Saber's van,

ichizu na kimochi ga

CUT TO: She-Ronin on the Knight Saber's van in civilian clothes.

Taisetsu desu ne!

CUT TO: Yuri riding off on a motorcycle.

OUTRO: 08

CUT TO IN RAPID SUCCESSION: the Ronin stand waiting for a bus as the She-Ronin run past them from behind, and finally to a shot of Ran by the pool, and then to a shot of the ep title in graffiti.)

Ronin Warriors: Lightspeed Galaxy

Chapter 3: High-Tech Banzai!

Back in LA...

A diabolical roar was heard as Shuki walked into his chamber.

"Something wrong Almighty One?" he joked.
"Yes...THERE IS!" the being said.
"Which would be?"
"How many Mecha Armors did you say there were." the being questioned.
"There are currently fourteen." Shuki said.
"FOURTEEN! THEN EXPLAIN THIS!"

A beam of energy flashed towards Shuki, forming an image portal. The fight the She-Ronin were engaged in played back.

"There are now five more. YOU TOLD ME THERE WERE ONLY NINE WARRIORS WHO POSSESS MECHA ARMOR!" the being roared.
"Perhaps they are not Ronin. The style that these warriors wear is completely different from the armors Kinjiro developed."
"Perhaps. Just what I need to worry about, another team of warriors with high-tech armor! These five know more than the Ronin do. They single-handedly defeated one of my soldiers! And worse, they know their weakness! They cannot be allowed to tell the Ronin...otherwise my plans in your pitiful world will be for naught."
"I will dispatch the Rangers at once my lord."

Meanwhile, back in Capitol City...

(I'm In Heaven Kicks up)

It was a beautiful morning. The sun shined brightly over the city. It was as if the interesting events of the previous night had not occurred.

In a hotel room, the illustrious beauty Sylia Stingray labored over the She-Ronin' unique Hardsuits. Priss and Linna were nowhere to be found. Nene was lying on her stomach on the bed, munching on some snacks and flipping through the channels to see if there was anything good on.

"Damn! There's never anything good on TV here. Hey! I love this show! Hora Catch You Catch You Catch Me Catch Me Matte! Kotchi, wo muite suki da to itte. Sou Nice to Meet You Good to See You Kitto! Watashi no omoi anata no haato ni tonde tonde ike! Mayowanai!" Nene said, singing along with the opening theme.

On the other side of the room, Sylia was painstakingly trying to figure out some of Kinjiro's stuff. And it was not going well.

"AAAAAH! WHY'D he have to get captured before he could perfect his damn Chi Amplification Circuitry? ERRRRR..." Sylia said.

Sylia rose from where she was working and headed for the TV.

"Oh Crap not again. Sylia! Genom did all this to you! It's not your fault that Kinjiro got captured before you could finish these things. Don't take it out on the poor TV. The TV did nothing to you!"

As Sylia started to calm down Priss and Linna returned.

"How are the suits coming?" Priss asked.
"Fine. Of course there's no way I can finish Kinjiro's work without him. Until then the She-Ronin will collapse after they shed their armor until the Chi Amplification system is fixed." Sylia explained.

The two girls looked at Nene who was watching Sylia like a hawk.

"She had one of the attacks didn't she?" Priss asked.

Nene nodded.

"Maybe one of the girls knows something about the Hardsuits." Linna suggested.

At that Sakura walked into the room. She was dressed as she was before.

"How are the suits coming along?" she asked.
"The suits are working fine. Luckily they weren't damaged last night. But you five won't last long unless the Chi Amplification System gets finished up. There are still a few bugs in it that only Kinjiro could probably fix." Sylia explained again.
"Sylia thinks that your twin sister might know something." Linna said.
"Oh joy...rapture." Sakura winced, dreading what she would have to do now.

(Ai no Ai no Hoshi kicks up)

Sakura headed to the other side of the adjoining rooms. Sakura had gotten up early. Suiren was wandering around the hotel looking for cute guys to flirt with. Yuri and Ran had gone down to the pool. Only Ayame was left. She lay in bed nestled under the covers, sleeping peacefully, with a cute serene look on her face. You would not have the heart to wake her up...unless you were Sakura that is.

"Here we go again." Sakura groaned as she headed over to the unconscious form of her twin sister.
"Ayame...time to get up..." Sakura said in a gentle voice.

Ayame opened her eyes and looked at her sister.

"What time is it?" She groaned.
"It's almost ten." Sakura said.
"Good night." Ayame said closing her eyes and trying to drift back to sleep.
"Ayame, Sylia needs your help. You're the only one other than Kinjiro who knows enough about the armor to help her." Sakura said.
"I wanna sleep. It's too early." Ayame said sleepily with her eyes closed.
"You're not sleeping 'til noon like you always do. It's time to get up." Sakura said.
"No. I don't wanna get up." Ayame said, almost like a child.
"Why do you have to be so stubborn Ayame?" Sakura asked.

Ayame opened her eyes again and sat up.

(Round and Round kicks up)

"Because I'm tired and Yuri as usual kept me up half the night." She said. She laid back down, pulled up her covers and closed her eyes. "Give me two more hours, I'll get up I promise." Ayame said.
"Now Ayame!" Sakura shouted, pulling the covers off of her sister.
"You're so mean sometimes!" Ayame whined.
"Well if you'd cooperate sometimes and get up when I ask you to then maybe I wouldn't be so mean!" Sakura shouted back.

The two began to bicker at each other just as Suiren and the other girls returned.

"I swear. Those two give new meaning to the term Sakura Wars." Yuri said.
"Sakura must have woken Ayame up before noon." Suiren said.

The three checked their watches.

"Yep. Sakura woke up Ayame." Ran said. "Why can't those two get along like we do?" she asked Yuri.
"Maybe it's because we have more in common. Those two are exact opposites." Yuri said.
"They stopped fighting." Suiren observed.
"Oh DAMN! CRAP! Those two are probably about to call their armors...wonderful." Yuri fumed.
"Yuri, I thought you said you were going work on swearing less." Ran said.
"Sorry."

The three charged into the room, where Sakura and Ayame were beginning to glow.

"What happened?" Yuri asked.

Sakura and Ayame simultaneously retold the story as fast as humanly possible.

"One at a time one at a time! Damn." Yuri said.
"She woke me up intentionally!" Ayame shouted, pointing at Sakura.
"Well you wouldn't have woken up on your own!" Sakura shot back.
"Yes I would!" Ayame said.
"No you wouldn't!" Sakura said.
"Would too!"
"Would Not!"
"Would too!"
"Would not!"
"Mom...I don't know how you do it." Yuri said.

(guitar riff from R & R)

Almost immediately Amaterasu appeared.

"What's going on? I can hear you two fighting from all the way up there." she said.
"SHE STARTED IT!" Ayame and Sakura shouted, pointing at each other.
"Ayame, Sakura, when are you two going to learn to get along and stop picking on each other? Sakura, I want you to leave your sister alone."
"But Mom..." Sakura said.
"Now!" Amaterasu shouted.

Sakura grabbed her katana and slammed the door behind her.

"Ayame, I want you to go see if you can help Sylia with the Hardsuits."
"But Mom!" Ayame said.
"Don't 'but Mom' me. Go help Sylia." Amaterasu said.

Ayame grumbled about not being able to sleep as she stomped off.

"Sorry we had to call you Mom." Yuri said.
"That's all right. I just wish those two would get along more." Amaterasu said. "I'm going to go see how Sakura's taking it."

With that she disappeared.

(Verse 2)

On the roof, Sakura was attempting to deal with her anger by practicing with her swords. It was the same thing every single time. She wished Ayame would take her advice one of those times. But no, she had to have her beauty sleep. Sakura knew that if Ayame did not take the time now, she would regret it later in life. But why would she not listen?

"She never listens to me. When's she going to learn that I only do it because I love about her so much?" Sakura said.

Amaterasu appeared.

"Hi Mom." Sakura said sadly.
"Something wrong Sakura?" Amaterasu asked her daughter.
"It's just Ayame. She's so stubborn sometimes. Every time I try and get her up early she acts like a baby and whines until she gets her way. Doesn't she realize that I'm only trying to help because I love her?" Sakura asked.
"Do you ever tell her that?" Amaterasu asked.
"No. I know that she'll regret it later on if she doesn't spend time away from her PC now." Sakura said.
"Are you so sure of that?" Amaterasu asked.
"I know she will. About the only thing we do together is use our armors and fight with each other."
"Have you ever tried to see things from her perspective?" Amaterasu asked.
"Not really."
"Do you enjoy doing the things she does?"
"No. I'd rather go outside and walk around, or find a quiet spot and practice or relax." Sakura said.
"If Ayame asked you to watch what she was doing, would you?"
"I guess so."
"And if you asked her if she'd like to go with you on one of your nature walks, do you think she would?"
"Maybe. Either that or she'd take her laptop and play around on that thing while nature passes her by."
"But that's what brings her enjoyment. She's not as interested in the outdoors as you and Ryo are."
"But I want her to have something in her life other than her computer!"
"Have you ever asked her nicely if she'd like to join you on one of your excursions?"
"No..." Sakura said.
"Maybe if you asked her nicely when you want her to do something, she might respond better."
"I tried that this morning, she just got really grumpy."
"That's different. She likes to sleep in. You know what happens when she's woken up early, she sleeps the first chance she gets."
"I remember when we went to the beach with the guys; she slept the entire trip downtown, the entire trip back to the apartment, and then fell asleep when we got there. She spent the entire time on our way there talking with Rowen. I really hate doing it, but I know she's missing out on some great times."
"Then let her."
"But..."
"When she wants to spend time with you, she will. But you can't force her."

(Destonus starts to get impatient)

"I should get going. Good luck girls." Amaterasu said.

With that the goddess teleported away.

Sakura headed down to the room, where Ayame was trying to figure out what was still wrong with the Hardsuits along with Sylia.

"Sorry Sylia. Kinjiro didn't tell me much about the new stuff. This is all I remember from the notes I took." Ayame said.
"That's all right." Sylia said.
"Oh, it's you." Ayame said, eying Sakura.
"We need to talk." Sakura said.
"Okay." Ayame said.

(Stand By kicks up)

The two girls headed into their room, while the other She-Ronin and Knight Sabers listened through the door.

"I'm sorry for waking you up. I just don't want you to miss out on things by sleeping in." Sakura said.
"I know. But you know Yuri keeps me up half the night with her god awful snoring. I can't get any sleep. I've tried everything."
"I told her a thousand times, I don't snore dammit!" Yuri shouted.
"Ssssh!" the others said.
"Right. She snores loud enough to wake the dead!" Sakura said.

Nene giggled.

"Did you hear something?" Ayame asked.
"No. Did you hear her last night?" Sakura asked.
"Are you kidding? I think the paint started to peel off the wall she was so loud." Ayame said.
"I can't believe Sylia and the others didn't hear her." Sakura said.
"Oh yeah we did." Priss said under her breath. Yuri looked at her angrily.
"And maybe not."
"It's okay Yuri. At least they're getting along now." Ran said.
"But do they have to agree on something like that? Which I don't do thank you very much." Yuri said proudly.
"Um, Yuri...I'm really sorry but...you do. You keep us all up. Why do you think I ask to borrow your Discman all the time?" Ran said.
"I do?" Yuri asked.

The others nodded.

"Don't worry oneesan. There are things we can do to help it." Ran said.
"Either that or shoot you into space." Suiren joked.
"Suiren!" Ran scolded.
"Nothing."
"Okay. I'll try to see if I can let you guys sleep finally." Yuri said.
"Maybe you could go to sleep last so that you don't keep us up." Ran said.
"That's a good idea." Suiren said.
"Okay, we'll try that."

Meanwhile...

"Ayame, I won't try and wake you up in the morning if you don't want to." Sakura said.
"And I'll try and see if I can get up earlier." Ayame said. "And then maybe you can take me with you sometime."
"Really?" Sakura asked.
"Sure. If you want." Ayame said.
"Okay." Sakura said. "Do you think you can show me what you've been up to?"
"If you want." Ayame said. "Come on I'll show you."

The two twins headed towards the door and opened it to find several females lying on the floor.

"Were you spying on us?" Ayame and Sakura said.

The assembled started running around frantically. Ayame and Sakura smiled at each other and headed over to the Hardsuits.

(Cut off)

Elsewhere in the city...

"Okay Anubis, we went to this place like you said on the first train we could get. So what's here that's so important?" Kento asked.

"This is Capitol City. As Hyuuga explained, a team of warriors known as Kinkyu Sentai GogoV live here. My contacts give me a full rundown on anything Saban gets his hands on so that we can plan ahead. Since their mecha seem to be causing us a problem I had us come here so that we could find the Tatsumi's and ste...I mean persuade them to let us borrow their toys until we beat the slag out of our enemies."
"Okay, so where do they live?" Sai asked.
"I know. I can show you the way tomorrow." Hyuuga said.
"Let's check the news. We've got to make sure that Saban didn't follow us here." Sage suggested.

With that the assembled warriors flipped on the TV. Fortunately the news was on.

"Late last night in the downtown area a group of strangely dressed individuals proceeded to tear up the town. Their markings are similar to the Saima clan that attacked several months prior. The police were unable to deal with the situation."
"That figures." Ryo said.
"The perpetrators were finally stopped by another group of strangely dressed individuals. Whether or not they are the GogoV remains to be seen. We have conferred with several military experts and they report that they are nothing like anything they have seen before. We will continue to keep you updated as this story continues."

"Do you know what those things are Anubis?" Kale asked.
"No. They're light years ahead of even our Mecha Armor. Those weapons are unlike anything I've ever seen."
"Do you think Kinjiro built them?" Dais asked.
"They don't look like his handiwork. They're beyond even him. But we should look into this. We could use the assistance." Anubis said.
"That is if they're on our side." Ryo said.
"If they're not we've got another problem to worry about. Another group of warriors, and they're more advanced than the Rangers."

Meanwhile...

"Hey! Look we're on TV!" Ran said.
"Wonderful. The last thing we need is publicity." Sakura said.
"The first thing we need to do is track down the Ronin so we can find the time to test these things. Hopefully Sylia will finish getting them ready before we find the Ronin." Sakura said.
"Can't we at least enjoy ourselves while we're here? Does it always have to be business?" Ayame asked.
"All right. The Ronin probably have similar plans anyway." Sakura said.
"Go on. We've got our own things to worry about." Sylia said.

With that the five girls headed off to explore the city. They hit all the major stores they could find.

"I had no idea there'd be such good stores here." Ayame said her arms full of bags.
"I'm hungry." Yuri said.
"Why I am not surprised." Suiren said.
"Fine, we'll get something to eat." Sakura said.

The girls proceeded towards a restaurant while meanwhile, inside...

"Kento! If you don't stop eating we're going to have to use our armors to get home." Ryo said.
"Mmm somy!" Kento said his mouth full of food.
"We have got to make him go on a diet." Rowen said.

As the nine warriors ate and watched their money disappear, the She-Ronin walked in.

"Yuri, don't eat too much." Ran said.
"But I'm a growing girl!" Yuri protested.
"Yeah but you grow like a weed." Suiren said.
"Uh guys..." Ayame said.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"Look over there." She whispered.

The She-Ronin were shocked to see the nine people they did not want to encounter.

"Oh damn! What the heck's going on here?" Yuri wondered.
"If those guys see us we're toast!" Sakura said.

The five quickly started to hightail it out of there. They tried every single restaurant they could find but ended up the same way.

"How was I supposed to know that Kento and I have the exact same taste in food?" Yuri said.
"Hard for you to not have the same tastes, You eat as much as he does." Suiren said under her breath.
"We've got to find a place to eat that they don't." Sakura said.

A phone rang and Sakura answered.

"Oh hi Sylia. How's the ending coming?"
"Not good. This is harder than I thought. Bartender! Give them something stronger! Why can't they just get drunk dammit?" Sylia complained.
"Huh?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing."
"What about our video crew?"
"They're doing fine." Sylia said.
"Hey! No fair! You two beat me again!" they heard Nene say.
"That's because you're an idiot." they heard Priss say.
"You're just mad because they beat you at Poker." Nene said.
"Priss is working with the band to get the music under control." Sylia said.
"What?! This isn't the official version! This is the Destonus Remix!" Priss shouted.
"It might take a little longer than we thought. How's the Ronin situation coming along?" Sylia asked.
"Well, we found them. I don't think they know we're here yet. If they find out there's no way for us to test the armors without them learning it's us." Sakura said.
"Stay out of their way. And try to keep from using your armors until you get the Ronin in one place." Sylia said.
"Gotcha. Good luck."
"Hey! You beat me again!"
"Quiet Nene!" Sylia said.

Sakura hung up.

"Well, what's the verdict?" Ayame asked.
"Sylia doesn't want us to use our armors unless we have to." Sakura explained.
"We may have to. Look over there." Yuri said.

The other four girls looked where Yuri was pointing and the five Lightspeed Rescue warriors were searching around for something.

"Oh crap they're coming this way." Yuri said.
"You five there." Carter said.
"Yes?" Sakura and Ayame said simultaneously. "Stop doing that!" they said again in sync.
"Have you seen these?" he asked, showing them a picture of the She-Ronin Hardsuits.
"No, can't say I have." Sakura said.
"Me neither." Yuri added.
"What about the rest of you?" he asked.
"Nope." Suiren said.
"Of course not." Ayame said.
"No." Ran said.
"Thank you." Carter said.

With that he headed off.

"That was close." Ran said.
"Yeah." Ayame said.
"We should get back to the hotel and hope nothing happens tonight." Sakura said.

With that the five headed back to their room.

Elsewhere in the city...

"What is it going to take to get these two drunk? AAHHH! Bartender, I need a mix of all your strongest liquor now!" Sylia shouted.
"Sylia, is it really that necessary?" Nene asked.
"Yes it is dammit! These two have the greatest resistance to alcohol I have ever seen in my entire life! They should have passed out by now!" she screamed.
"And that damn delivery guy isn't here yet with the updated lyrics! How do they expect me to do the ending credits without it?"
"Couldn't we just call Akira Soudo?" Linna asked.
"No! She can't do a decent Kinouko Ohmori impression and she can't hold notes!" Priss explained.
"What about Ryoko Tachikawa?" Nene asked.
"Don't even get me started with that dimwit! She can't sing, she can't act, and AIC's a bunch of idiots for hiring her!"
"Well there's always Yuu Asakawa." Linna said.
"She can't even sing!" Priss fired back.
"I hope the other girls are having better luck than we are. Hey! How'd you two beat me again?" Nene shouted.

The two girls she was playing at Fish just smiled.

Back with the She-Ronin...

"How come you keep winning Yuri?" Ran said, throwing the controller down in frustration.
"Don't worry. You almost had me that time. All you need is a little practice and you'll beat me." Yuri said encouragingly.
"But I wanna win now!" Ran shouted.
"Shhh. Look." Sakura said.

On the bed nearby, lay an unconscious Ayame, finally resting after her evil early wake-up call.

"Let's let her sleep." Sakura said.

After making the little Strata girl comfortable, the other four left the room.

Even more meanwhile...

"Hyuuga, are you sure you know where these Tatsumi people live? You're sure they didn't change their damn address!" Anubis shouted.
"Yes, I'm positive. I heard nothing regarding it."
"They better not have moved. We've got to find them and fast. We can't use our armors. Otherwise the energy spike will key the Rangers in our location." Anubis said.
"Plus we've got those other warriors to worry about." Kale said.
"Who knows, maybe they're on our side." Sai said.
"And then again they could be Saban's latest way to get rid of us." Sage said.
"Couldn't be. Their tech like Anubis said is twice what theirs is." Rowen said.
"Maybe they're a team of vigilantes from thirty to forty years in the future and they've decided to test their new stuff here in the past!" Kento said.

The group looked at him funny.

"It's only a theory." Kento said.

Again, Meanwhile...

"Okay, go ahead Shuki." Carter said.
"I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that we have been unable to identify the strange suits of armor." Shuki explained.
"And the good news?" Carter asked.
"The first of our new designs has been completed despite our slave's protests. I would like you to test it on those new warriors."
"Of course sir. Which suit is it?" Carter asked.
"Joel's. The Green Ranger's piloting skills will allow him to tame this machines' vernier rockets."
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get this show on the road!" Joel said.
"Lightspeed! Rescue!"

In an instant the five transformed.

"Ryan is standing by if you need help. We didn't have time to develop one for him unfortunately. We will send the unit immediately."

In minutes a strange white and black form appeared before Joel, which hovered in place. It was actually five components, the leg guards, the forearms, the torso, and the helmet. They opened up and Joel stepped in. The components immediately locked around him. His unit was equipped with strange structures on his back and a large long cannon on its right arm. There was a shield attached to the other one.
"Okay, Joel, you hide while we draw out our friends." Carter said.

Meanwhile yet again, at rancho de She-Ronin...

Ayame was still sleeping quite peacefully on the bed when her laptop began beeping out of control. She groaned as she stumbled out of bed and walked over to see what was wrong. Her computer reported that she had a voice message.

"Hello girls! It's a Nenegram! Sylia's found a really strange enemy downtown and she want you to check it out. She says she wants you to use your mystic weapons as much as you can but don't use the attacks. She'd like you to try the flight systems too. Be careful! Bye now!"

"Are we her guinea pigs or something? Still if we don't test them now we'll regret it later." Ayame said.

At that moment the other four girls showed up.

"Oh you're finally up! Welcome back to the world of the living." Sakura said.
"We've got a problem." Ayame said.
"How bad?" Yuri asked.
"Rangers. Sylia says she wants us to use our non-tech weapons and fly there." Ayame said.
"She-Ronin, prepare for action." Sakura said.

The five girls took to the roof and looked around.

"Okay, it's clear. Let's do it."

The five girls closed their eyes and started to focus. Energy started to build up in the area. The building started to crack as the power surge continued. The wind started to kick up. The five girls began to glow in their respective colors, and the kanji appeared on their foreheads. Sakura became enveloped in flame. Rocks kicked up and surrounded Yuri. The wind enveloped Ayame while Suiren became bathed in light. Water came out of nowhere and surged around Ran. When all this faded the five girls were standing in their new and improved armor.

"Okay, now about flying. Sylia wants us to fly there?" Suiren said.

Ayame nodded.

"There's gotta be some way to get these things to switch to full flight." Ran said.

"Well the system that the Ronin use to get airborne wouldn't work with our armors because of how Sylia set up the jump capabilities. My best guess is that the armor has to know to switch over to continuous thrust so that it can fly rather than jump." Ayame said.

"Well let's see if Sylia made this easy or if we're going to have to spend some serious time trying to get these things to work right." Suiren suggested.

"She-Ronin Hardsuits, convert to flight mode." Sakura said.

(Fly High kicks up)

The suits beeped to confirm the switch. Wing-like structures emerged from the backs of the units and the jump jets roared to life. In moments the five suits rocketed into the sky.

"Okay, Ayame, see if that suit of yours can get a lock on those guys so that we can take them out." Sakura said.
"You got it sis. They're not that far from here. They don't seem to be doing any damage; they're just waiting for us. There's only four though. I guess the fifth's waiting for us." Ayame reported.

"Then let's go get them! I'm dying to kick some ass today." Yuri said.
"Oneesan..." Ran groaned.
"Sorry." Yuri said.
"Suiren, fly ahead of us and use your cloaking device to sneak up on them so we can get an idea of what we're up against.

Suiren attempted to cloak, but she could not!

"Oh this is wonderful." Suiren said.
"Don't tell me. You can't use your cloaking in flight mode." Sakura said.
"I guess I'll just have to kill anyone who sees me." Suiren said.

With that the green armor rocketed ahead of the others.

"What I still don't get is why in the name of our Mom did Kinjiro and Sylia install light bending technology on an armor that basically is powered up by it? I can see putting a cloaking device on a Hardsuit meant for a girl that would go out with Kale but I don't really see Halo doing that." Ayame asked.
"I guess it's just one of those weird mysteries of life." Sakura said.

"Guys, I'm nearing the battle zone. I'm going to land and sneak up on them." Suiren reported.

"Okay. Just wait for us to get there." Sakura said.

"Wait, what the...AAAAAAAH!" they heard Suiren scream.
"Suiren! Hardsuits, maximum burn!" Sakura shouted.

With that the suits picked up speed and flew at breakneck speed towards the scene. When they arrived they found an slightly damaged Suiren.

(Cut off)

*"Are you okay?" Sakura asked.
*"I'll be fine. It's just a structural wound. The armor took most of the blow."
*"Luckily it was only really a structural overhaul. Sylia just really built the Hardsuits around our sub armor after Mom stored the old ones in them. So the armor will heal itself in time." Ayame explained.
*"That's good." Suiren said.
"Well, if it isn't the rest of them." Carter said.
"Let's blast them!" Chad said.

The four whipped out their V-Lancers and opened fire. But the shots did not even dent their armor in the slightest way.

*"It couldn't have been these guys. Kinjiro used Gundanium for the armor plating. Sylia's expertise allowed it to be very light but thick enough so that we didn't get blown to scrap." Ayame said.
*"And that means?" Yuri asked.
*"I think she's saying those guys didn't blast Suiren big sis." Ran said.
*"Then if they didn't what did?" Sakura asked.
*"Well if they even wanted to put a dent in our armor they'd need something designed to cut through thick armor like butter. Something...LIKE THAT!" Ayame screamed as she pointed towards the strange white and black robot with the clearly visible green warrior within it that had just arrived on the scene.

*"They must have got Kinjiro to build that!" Sakura said.
*"Oh great. My HUD says it's based on the Tallgeese. See that big gun? It's one of the few suits in existence that can handle the recoil from that thing, thanks to those thrusters on its back." Ayame explained.
*"We're going to need to use our mecha weapons if we want to put a dent into that thing." Yuri said.
*"Then let's do it. We'll bash his buddies into submission with our mystic weapons to make Sylia happy then beat that thing senseless with our powered gauntlets." Sakura said.
*"Works for me sis." Yuri said, touching an emblem on her right gauntlet and causing a strange staff to come forth. She grabbed it.

The other three did the same.

*"Suiren, can you still cloak?" Sakura asked.
*"I...I think so." she replied.
*"Okay, see if you can beat those guys down and try to get some good hits on that thing. Keep that idiot up there busy so that he doesn't try taking any shots at us." Sakura said.
*"Got it sis." Suiren said.

Suiren disappeared as Sakura brandished her swords.

"What the? How come they got weapons like the Ronin?" Joel said.
"Maybe they're big fans of them and they got those things along with those suits to try and be more like them." Carter suggested. "In any case Shuki wants them dead so let's take them out."
*"Yuri, take the blue one, Ayame, go for the one in yellow, Ran, handle the one in Pink. I've got dibs on the big red dumbass." Sakura said.

(Hurricane Tonight kicks up)

The very tall Yuri took her weapon and charged at her intimidated opponent. He tried to block with his V- Lancer, but Yuri's natural skill with the staff was too much for him and a quick headshot took him down. Yellow tried to blast Ayame, but she used her jets to go skyward and nail her with a hail of arrows before whacking her with a swift kick to the head. Dana attempted to stop Ran, but Ran's quickness allowed her to dodge and with a quick leap into the air she managed to pin her with her almighty trident/man-catcher. Finally, Carter tried to do the same to Sakura, but she blocked with her swords. She flipped her sword so that it was facing downward in her right hand and punched Carter, knocking him away. She slashed an X with both blades outward, but he managed to dodge before she slashed inward but he managed to duck under it and made a charge for the back of her head, but she quickly got one of her swords up to block before sweeping him down. He managed to get back up and round-housed her away.

*"That does it." Sakura said.

She flipped her sword over in her hand and slashed upward and with blinding speed slashed him eight times, knocking him out of morph. He and his friends warped away, leaving Joel to deal with them.

"Ha ha! Let's see how you chicks handle this baby."

A powerful blast came out of nowhere and put quite a nice dent in the torso.

*"Let's see if these things will actually hurt him." Sakura said.

She and the other visible She-Ronin jumped into the air and in rapid succession made attacks on Joel's suit. But none of them managed to damage his suit.

*"DAMN! Why can these things beat the living daylights out of them but not put even a tiny scratch on this piece of junk?" Yuri shouted.
*"This isn't possible! Kinjiro made them entirely technological! Our weapons aren't strong enough to damage them!" Ayame shouted.
*"Okay. Deactivate your weapons and let's blast these guys. We'll talk to Mom about kicking our weapons up a mystic notch when we get home." Sakura said.
*"Okay you piece of junk! Let's see how you like my Knuckle Bomber you brain-dead bastard!" Yuri said.
*"Go get 'em oneesan!" Ran cheered.
Yuri fired into the air and activated her left gauntlet.

*"Okay Suiren, let's give her some cover fire." Sakura said.

The two girls pointed their respective gauntlets at Joel's Tallgeese suit and began charging up. After a few seconds they fired, sending twin energy fireballs screaming into the suit, leaving some nice dents.

"Oh so you chicks want to play rough eh? Let's see how you handle this baby!"

He aimed the dober gun at Sakura and began powering it up but a pair of wires shot out of nowhere and pulled the gun away from him!

"Huh?" Joel said. Then he looked up to see Yuri descending towards him.

*"KEEEEEYAAAA!" she screamed, nailing on a diagonal with her Knuckle Bomber, damaging the suit even more.

*"Suiren, ready? Fire two!" Sakura said as she and her sister began charging up again. Ayame took aim as well and her HUD revealed that she went for maximum armor piercing shots.

"Oh great." Joel said.

The three fired and with some fancy dodging Joel dodged all three attacks!

*"He must be getting the hang of that thing!" Sakura said.
*"Then I say we try and keep him where he is so that we can blast him!" Suiren said.

Ran looked over and noticed something nearby.

*"Cover me. I've got an idea." Ran said.

Out of nowhere the Lost Galaxy team arrived with their own Transblasters! They took aim at Ran who began running towards the object. They fired, but the blasts did nothing to her heavier armor. They went to Star Formation and fired, but Ran leapt into the air, somersaulted over the attack, landed with her hands on the object which just happened to be the dober gun, back-flipped into a standing position and leveled the heavy gun at the Tallgeese, and fired, missing Joel but managing to knock herself off her feet and flying. Joel took out one of his beam sabers and flew straight for her. He was so intent on hitting her that he failed to notice Yuri's larger form rise in front of her shorter sibling and whack him in the face with her Knuckle Bomber, cracking his helmet and knocking him over. He managed to get to his feet and used his shield to knock Yuri away, Ran leapt into the air and attempted to slice him with her head whips but he blocked with his beam saber, put the weapon away and grabbed his dober gun and knocked her out of the sky with it, fortunately Yuri managed to catch her after he headed skyward to blast her siblings.

*"Are you okay little sis?" Yuri asked.
*"I'll be okay. Good thing we have these suits." Ran said.

She set Ran down and she seemed to be able to move okay.

*"Sakura! We've got to bring this jerk down to our level! Ran says she's got an idea." Yuri said.
*"Okay, Suiren, I want you to get some distance away from the rest of us and uncloak to get his attention. Blast him a few times to get his attention. I'll grab him with my garrote wires to hold him while Yuri and Sakura whack those damn vernier things with their Knuckle Bombers. Ayame will stand by to nail them if they can't." Ran explained.
*"Sounds like a plan. Let's go for it." Sakura said.

"Why are they just standing there all the time? Are they that eager for me to take them out?" Joel wondered.

Minutes later Suiren appeared and waved at Joel, then leveled her cannon at him and fired, but he managed to dodge.

"Ha ha! You can't hit me baby! What the?" he shouted as Ran wrapped her garrote wires around his legs. Special spikes built into her legs shot into the ground to anchor her.

*"Hurry! I don't know how long I can hold him!" Ran shouted.

Sakura and Yuri leapt into the air and came crashing into his back with their Knuckle Bombers, taking out his thrusters and causing him to crash to the ground.

"That's it. I'm gonna blast you with this thing and I don't care how far I fly!" he shouted.

He took aim with the dober gun but Ran sliced it in two with her head whips. Sakura and Ayame took aim with their missile launchers and sent some concussion missiles into him, knocking him off his feet. As he managed to get up Yuri let him have it with another Knuckle Bomber to the face, causing his helmet to crack all over the place and fall off. At this the rest of the suit also fell disengaged and Joel was almost powerless to stop them. He quickly teleported away and the badly damaged suit followed him.

"That thing was tough. I hope we have better luck with the Ronin when we fight them." Yuri said.
"I guess it's true: The suit is only as strong as the person who wears it." Suiren said.
"I just hope there aren't any more of those things. One's bad enough." Ayame said.
"Let's go back to the hotel. We'll get some rest and then ask Sylia if she's got any advice on what we can do." Sakura said.
"Wait. One last thing before we take off. We've got to get the Ronin' attention." Ran said.

She took aim with her gauntlet and began scrawling a message on the wall. It read:

Ronin:

Meet us at the construction site at midnight. We'll be waiting.

- The Neo Knight Sabers.

"Neo Knight Sabers? Isn't that a little bit too much?" Ayame asked.
"You'd rather have her write the 'She-Ronin'?" Suiren asked.
"Let's get home. We've got a few hours to sleep and talk with Sylia." Sakura said.
"I'm guessing that she didn't fix the Chi Amplifiers yet." Yuri said.
"Right. Let's go." Sakura said.

The five girls flew off and landed on the porch outside their window, headed inside, and dismissed their armor. They then dove for their beds and fell asleep almost instantly.

"Joel! Do you have any idea how much you have set us back? Now we have to force that fool to rebuild your suit as well as complete the other four!" Shuki shouted.

"Hey I almost won!" Joel said.
"Almost won? Those things wiped the floor with you! I have no idea where they got that kind of firepower but I am beginning to think that we will have to use the Keonta Spell just so that we can get rid of all those nuisances!"
"Sir, we have the problem under control. We are prepping our mecha for an assault tomorrow afternoon. The Ronin or the strangers will be unable to defeat us." Carter said.
"Good. I just do hope you don't fail. The second suit which will be used by Chad is about 80% complete. We are still working on its super beam cannon. The third which will be for Kelsey is about 50% done. Its weaponry should allow us to trash those foolish Ronin easily. The fourth suit for Dana is about 40% completed. It has a powerful defensive system which will be highly effective against those weapons the Ronin use. Finally, your suit, with its Wildfire rivaling capabilities, is still in its early stages. It is about 20% done. We are working very hard to get the construction schedule sped up on the production." Shuki said.
"Good. We're almost finished readying the Zords for launch. We'll attack tomorrow." Carter said.

Meanwhile...

"We interrupt this program to bring you this special news bulletin. Earlier this evening the strange warriors appeared again and managed to defeat a strange looking machine with little effort. They appear to have left behind a message."

The screen flashed a shot of the message that Ran had left earlier.

"So, those Neo Knight Sabers want us to fight them." Ryo said.
"I say we do it!" Kento said.
"Are you crazy? Those things trashed whatever that thing was. There's a good chance they could do the same to us!" Rowen said.
"That is if they're not on our side." Sai reminded them. "They seem to want to fight Saban's injustice too."
"But it might just be a cover to get us right where they want us so they can take us out. They must be undercover Sabanians." Anubis said.

Rowen seemed to react strangely to Anubis' comment.

"What's wrong man?" Ryo asked.
"Nothing. It's funny though." Rowen said.
"What is?" Ryo asked.
"Well, it's strange, that's exactly what Anubis said when Sakura and the others showed up."
"You think they could be the She-Ronin?" Kento asked.
"I haven't ruled out the possibility. But last time we saw them their armors looked like our old ones. And those suits look too advanced for Kinjiro to have built them." Rowen explained.
"Now that you mention it, I wonder what Sakura and the others are up to." Ryo said.
"Don't get your hopes up. There is no way those five could be here in the city." Sage said.

Meanwhile...

"GIRLS! Wake up! It's almost ten o'clock! You've been out cold for almost three hours!" Nene screamed.
"Huh? Wha?" Sakura said as she opened her eyes.
"I don't even remember dozing off." Yuri said.
"It's almost like we fell asleep instantly." Ran observed as she woke up.
"That means Sylia still hasn't been able to solve the problem with those Chi Amplification things." Suiren said.

Ayame would have said something, but she was still asleep.

"Ayame, time to get up." Sakura said softly.
"Just five more minutes mom..." she replied.
"NOW AYAME!" the four shouted.
"Okay okay! I was just kidding." Ayame said.
"Come on. Sylia wants to see you." Nene said.

The five girls followed Nene to their room where Sylia was waiting.

(Wishing kicks up)

"Okay girls, the time has come to show the Ronin what these things are capable of." Sylia said.
"Do we really have to go through with this?" Ran asked.
"Unfortunately yes sis. If the Ronin were to ever get corrupted and assaulted the palace, there's no telling what they could do." Sakura said.
"But don't we have full stats on all the Gundams we adapted into armor for the Ronin and Warlords? Couldn't we just analyze those to figure out a possible defense?" Ran wondered.
"Their weapons systems are quite powerful but there's sadly an added problem when you factor in the people using them. The armors are only as strong as the person using them." Ayame said.
"There's got to be another way...There's got to be!" Ran screamed, bursting into tears. Yuri went over to comfort her.

(Seasons kicks up)

"None of us want to do this. Believe me. I wish there was another way, but it seems like this is our only option." Sakura said.
"There is always another way. Always!" Ran protested.
"We should head out. Let's get this over with." Ayame said.
"I'm not going. I'm not going to hurt Sai." Ran said.
"I have orders from your mother to fully test these Hardsuits." Sylia said. "That includes yours."
"You stay out of this." Sakura snapped. Under her straight hair her purple eyes stared coldly at the older woman. She turned to her youngest sibling. "Ran. Mom is only doing this for one reason. Because she loves us so much she doesn't want to lose us to any evil. That's why she had Sylia build these things. She wants to make sure these things can handle anything." Sakura said.
"But aren't they made from the same metal as the Mecha Armors?" Ran asked.
"Yes. The armoring technique is different from the one used for the Mecha Armor but it's the same material." Ayame said.
"Then we know how much they can take! We were there when Mom and Kinjiro built them! Why do we have to do this?" Ran said.
"Because the power of the suits are proportional to the person wearing it. The Ronin' unique combat knowledge and skills make them more dangerous. The only way we can truly see how strong they really are is to fight them." Sylia explained.
"And you really believe that? There are other ways to see how strong these things are, that don't involve us having to beat up our boyfriends." Ran said.
"There is no other way than actual use. We could have gotten a full report on the suits when that disturbance occurred last night but we couldn't get the monitoring equipment up fast enough. And the Tallgeese situation was simply to make sure the mystic systems worked. We have to make sure everything works in its entirety." Sylia explained.
"The Ronin are probably there by now. We should probably get this over with." Suiren said.
"You mean you had a perfect opportunity to scan the armors at their full potential and you didn't?" Ran said angrily.
"One step at a time. We have to make sure these things are perfect." Sylia responded.
"This 'test' had better not be an attempt on your part to have us get rid of the Ronin. Otherwise I won't forgive you." Sakura said. "I'll meet you four on the roof."

The other three girls, including a still distraught Ran, headed out of the room. Sakura remained with Sylia.

"You have no love in your heart, do you? You'd love nothing more to see them go down" Sakura said.
"Men exist only to get women hurt." Sylia said.
"You may believe that all men are jerks, but it's not true. The Ronin are different." Sakura said, staring right at Sylia.
"Believe what you will. This is strictly business little girl, not vengeance." Sylia said.
"It better not be a personal vendetta. Otherwise, I'm going to destroy you." Sakura said.

With that Sakura headed off to the roof to join her sisters.

"Well?" Ran asked.
"I had a little chat with Ms. Stingray. I have a feeling she'd love nothing more than to see us take out the Ronin." Sakura said.
"And I thought that Destonus promised he wouldn't take the fact that Laura Chapman played Naoko Akagi in the ADR release of Neon Genesis Evangelion into account." Ayame said.

All the girls looked at her funny.

"What? Do you think I sleep twenty-four seven? I did a little searching around the Net." Ayame said. "I'm not saying I actually WATCHED the ADR release...Her bio just happened to be up on the site! Honest!" Ayame said.
"We're not saying you turned on us Ayame. But if either one of them intends to use this as a revenge story we won't have anything to do with it." Yuri said.
"And if Destonus plans to use this as a plug for ADV we're not going to let it happen."
"We should get going. We just can't buy a thrill." Suiren said.
"But the way Ran's feeling right now...She's almost fragile..." Yuri said.
"I'll be fine. The thought that Mom cares for us is what keeps me hanging on so that I can handle this plan." Ran said.
"Let's armor up and get moving. Whether we fight the Ronin or not, it's going to be rough and we'll have to be ready." Sakura said.

The other girls nodded.

(Mystic Armor Gear kicks up softly)

The five girls closed their eyes and focused once more. The wind started to pick up and the girls began to glow with energy. Their hair began blowing uncontrollably and Sakura exploded in fire while earth surged around Yuri, Ayame was enveloped in wind while Suiren glowed with light, Ran was surrounded by water. Their respective kanji glowed on their foreheads.

(Y'Know kicks up at First Bridge)

The elemental rage faded out as the area around our heroines turned completely black. The elemental surges wrapped around their users and then faded away, revealing their respective Hardsuits. The sky returned to normal and the five were ready to go.

*"Sakura, the Mobile Pit's ready. Head down here and we'll launch you to the scene." Sylia said.
*"We're on our way." Sakura said.
*"And Sakura...I'm sorry." Sylia said.

Under her helmet Sakura smiled.

Seconds later the girls were in the back of Sylia's mobile pit.

"Okay. Here's the plan. You five will fire onto the scene and leap from building to building until you reach the predetermined battle site. Whether or not the Ronin show up we'll be monitoring the fight from here. If things get too hot we'll be on standby. Understood?" Sylia asked.

The girls nodded.

"Good luck girls!" Nene said.
"Be careful." Linna added.
"Don't get yourselves killed." Priss said.
"She-Ronin, prepare for action." Sylia said.

(Fly High kicks up again)

Sylia pushed the button, and one by one flashes erupted from the vehicle as the five girls shot into the air one by one. They landed gracefully on the nearby building and began hopping from building to building. In a matter of minutes the five reached the construction site where the test would be conducted.

Over at Shuki's...

"Mortal, I have a plan. Dispatch a horde of your useless minions to keep the Ronin busy. I will send five of my best warriors disguised as them so that I can personally see what these things are." the being said.
"Whatever you want." Shuki said.

Meanwhile...

"Okay, according to my information the site's over there. Those Neo Knight Sabers are probably waiting for us so let's kick it into high gear." Rowen said.
"Uh guys, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't those Batlings?" Sage asked.
"Unfortunately yes. And there appear to be a great deal of them. We should land and take them down." Anubis said.
"Someone should go and see if those Saber things are around." Ryo said.
"I'll go." Sai said.
"Let's do it guys." Ryo said.

The eight warriors descended towards the minions while Sai rocketed off in the Direction of the She-Ronin.

Back at the site, the five girls were waiting for the Ronin not to arrive.

"Oh great." Ayame said.
"What is it Ayame?" Sakura asked.
"Ran, I'm sorry. Sai's headed this way." Ayame said.

Despite the power armored suit on her she ran to Yuri and started crying.

"What about the others." Yuri asked as she tried to comfort Ran.
"Just Sai. Though I'm also picking up some other strange readings. There are five of them." Ayame reported.
"Any Idea what they are?" Suiren asked.
"They're too far away to tell. But they're closing on our position. And they're moving pretty fast. Faster than Sai is." Ayame said.
"Crap! They must have figured out where Sai was headed and then flew on ahead of him! And we don't know what they are?" Sakura asked her twin.
"Sadly sis, no. The only one I've confirmed is Sai." Ayame said.
*"Sylia, we've got a problem. Ayame says that six things are headed our way, one of them is Sai, and she doesn't know what the other five are. We think it might be...you know."
*"I understand. Priss and Linna are standing by. Should I send them out to take care of the problems?"
*"If these things are what I think they might be; only we'll be able to handle them. Tell them to keep Sai busy. And...tell Priss to go easy on him...for Ran's sake." Sakura said, softly.
*"Understood. Nene and I will monitor things from here." Sylia said.
"We better stay together. This could get dangerous." Sakura said.
"Sis, they've landed. And they're closing in. They appear to be accompanied by some minions too." Ayame said.
"Let's do it." Sakura said, unsheathing her swords.

Meanwhile...

Sai touched down in his Sandrock Torrent armor and pulled out his Man-catcher.

"Okay, this is the place. Let's see where those things are." Sai said.
"Oh no you don't Sai. We've got a problem of our own." Ayame said as she proceeded to block the five of them from his scan.
"Great. Nothing but five unidentified things. What's this? Two more, closing in on my position?" Sai thought.

He gripped his weapon tighter. He saw a flash of light in the sky, and then seconds later a blue and red thing collided with his shoulder, leaving a dent. It leaped away and Sai could make out a blue and red robot thing in front of him. It had fins on the sides of its helmet and its fists seemed to have strange circles on it. His scanners picked up the second thing and he whipped out his beam machine-gun and opened fire, but Linna dodged his shots. Devices on Priss' legs activated and she round-housed Sai, knocking him to the ground. Sai opened fire with his Vulcan cannons but they failed to phase the suits. He grabbed Priss with his Man-catcher but she managed to pry herself free. Priss hit him with her Knuckle Bombers again, doing some more damage to his armor. He tried to blast her with his beam machine-gun but Linna sliced it in two with her head whips. He prepared to lock on with his missiles but they refused to fire. Priss' assault had damaged the launchers.

"Wonderful. Only one option left." Sai said.

He held out his Man-catcher and began going through the kata motions.

"Let's see how you things like a little water." Sai said.

"Super...Wave..." Sai began.

Suddenly out of nowhere a silvery form flew in and landed before Sai!

"What the..."

Twin blades emerged from the gauntlets of the thing. It slashed, slicing Sai's weapon in two, just as Priss let him have it another time. When Sai got up the three things were gone. The suit flashed a damage report to him.

"Great. This thing couldn't take much more of this. How they managed to beat it up this bad I have no idea. Now to see what those other things were." Sai said. "But first..."

Sai spotted a fire hydrant and blasted it with his Vulcan guns. It was destroyed and a spout of water shot into the air. Sai took the broken pieces of his weapon and placed them in the water, and the weapon quickly restored itself. He then stepped into the water himself.

Meanwhile...

"Here they come!" Yuri shouted.

The girls stood ready to fight while Sakura brandished her katana.

(Rain kicks up)

Out of the darkness Batlings charged at the five girls.

*"Let's do it." Sakura said.

Several headed directly for Sakura, but she crossed her swords in front of her and charged, almost flying at them. She slashed an X, cutting them down to size. Another tried to get her from the left but she cut through it cleanly. Yet another went for her from the right but she slashed that one down too. Another slashed, knocking one of her swords away, and then driving her into the wall with a thud. Sakura charged up her Knuckle Bomber and let the thing have it in the face, sending it reeling. As it recovered Sakura used her wires to recover her sword and flipped her katana over. From there she flew into a devastating eight hit strike that cut the Batling to pieces. A final warrior headed for her, but she twisted to the right, slashing cleanly through it with her swords and decapitating it with her head whip.

Several more headed for Yuri, but she stood ready with her Knuckle Bomber. Ran stood beside her.

*"Ready sis?" Yuri asked.
*"Let's get them Oneesan." Ran answered.

Firing up her jump jets, Ran rocketed towards them with her whips deployed, slicing through them as she passed by them. Another headed for Yuri but she knocked it away with her Knuckle Bomber. Another swung at her but she blocked and punched it. Others headed for Ran, but some quick and agile flips and gymnastic maneuvers led her whips into the opponents, destroying them quickly. However, one managed to get through her wrath. Before it could nail her, Yuri grabbed her smaller sister and leapt into the air, her jump jets propelling her above it. The two landed safely, but before the Batling could strike, The Batling was slashed in two from out of nowhere! Suiren uncloaked, standing there with her trusty no-daichi.

*"Good work Sui..." Ran started to say.
*"Duck." Suiren said as she quickly aimed her arm cannon at the two of them. Yuri and Ran quickly dropped down as Suiren fired over their heads, vaporizing an enemy. Suiren headed over to her two sisters.
*"That was close." Ran started to say.
*"Look out!" Yuri said, seeing more Batlings headed for the two. She prepared to take the blows herself, but missiles flew out of nowhere, knocking the opponents away! Ayame stepped out of the shadows.
*"Thought you two could use some help." she said.
*"Ayame look out!" Suiren shouted as Batlings closed out of nowhere on her. One connected, knocking her away. Ayame tried to fight them off, but she was seriously outgunned.
*"Her suit's not designed for close combat." Ran said.

Ran fired her wires, impaling the soldiers as they closed in on her, but before she could celebrate some more Batlings closed in on her, which were quickly beaten down by Yuri as they got too close. Suiren attempted to take the others down, but she soon became occupied as more headed for Ayame, and began nailing her left and right. One reached back to punch her, but something came out of nowhere and pushed Ayame to the ground, taking the hit for her!

Ayame looked up to see Sakura.

*"Sa...ku…ra?" Ayame said in disbelief. For as long as she could remember, every attempt she made to tell her sister how much she loved her was met with no response. But here she was, taking a blow for her!

Sakura stood there, her armor slightly scratched from the blow. Sakura lashed out with a punch from her Knuckle Bomber, knocking the warrior away. She then fired off her missiles, and then charged in behind them with her swords drawn, nailing the warrior in rapid succession. She then seemed to multiply and surround the surprised Batling, before slicing it to ribbons with her trusty katana.

*"Thanks sis." Ayame said.
*"You know you shouldn't get into combat like that. Your suit can't handle it." Sakura scolded.
*"You just saved me and that's all you can say? Why are you always like that?" Ayame shouted.
*"Leave the close combat to the rest of us. Your suit is long range and support." Sakura said.
*"Why are you always so mean to me?" Ayame screamed.
*"Girls, get ready! Those other contacts are headed your way! They're almost on top of you!" Nene shouted.
*"I'm sick of you treating me like a child!" Ayame shouted.
*"Ayame I..." Sakura started to say sincerely.
*"I hate you!" Ayame said, and ran off into the darkness.
*"Ayame wait!" Sakura shouted, but Ayame did not listen.
*"Rowen? Is that...AAAAAAH!" she heard Ayame scream.
*"AYAME!" Sakura screamed. "I'm going after her. You guys take care of the others."

Sakura ran off in the direction of her sister. Before the other three could react three warriors stepped into the light. They looked exactly like Nataku Hardrock, Zeus Halo, and Sandrock Torrent.

*"What do we do oneesan?" Ran asked.
*"I...I...don't know. If those are Kento, Sage, and Sai, we can't hurt them." Yuri said.
*"Then what are we supposed to do? Let them hurt us?" Suiren wondered.
*"Sakura! Come in! Where the hell are you dammit?" Sylia's voice said.
*"This is Yuri. What is it Sylia?" Yuri said.
*"This is bad. Where the hell's your sister?" Sylia asked them.
*"She went off to help Ayame after she screamed. Why?" Ran said.
*"Those things, Priss, Linna and I spotted them just as we headed back into the mobile pit. Although they look like your boyfriends they're not. They're really..." Sylia got cut off.
*"DAMN! Now what?" Yuri shouted.
*"Well she said they're not the guys so let's get them!" Suiren said, charging at the one that appeared to be Sage's armor. But it knocked her clean away.
*"Suiren!" Ran shouted.

She headed for her sister, but the one that looked like Sai's grabbed her with a claw like device!

*"Wait a sec...Sai doesn't have a cross crusher...AAAAH!" Ran screamed as the claw began to melt through her armor and crush her. "Oneesan!"
*"I'm coming Ran!" Yuri shouted as the claws closed tighter. Ran tried to pry herself free but she could not! The thing had also pinned her arms so that she could not move. And it was out of the range of her head whips. She reached for the emblem that contained her man-catcher but could not. Yuri charged at unbelievable speed, her mind flashing to all the good times she had spent with Ran, even as a child. She could not let her die today.
*"KEEEEEEEEYAAAAAA!" Yuri screamed, nailing the warrior's weapon, preventing it from crushing her sister even more. With her enhanced strength she managed to pry Ran free. Before they could leap to safety, it opened fire with its beam machine-gun, and Yuri leapt in the way of the blasts, shielding Ran. A dragon claw came out of nowhere and grabbed Yuri, but Ran used her head whips to slice it off, freeing her sister. She fired her garrote wires, which wrapped around the opponent, and she pulled tight, but failed to cut through its thick armor. It took its other arm and swung downward with the beam glaive while Ran tried to retract her wires in time, but it was stopped by a Man-catcher! Ran looked over to see that it was Sai! The seconds of distraction caused by Sai's appearance were enough for Yuri to smash the thing in the helmet with her Knuckle Bomber, which broke through cleanly. Yuri could make out scales underneath the metal.

*"Scales...just like I thought..." Yuri said.

The strange thing knocked Sai aside and prepared to impale him but Ran used her head whips to slice its glaive to pieces. Yuri then charged at it with her Knuckle Bomber and punched through the torso armor. But she was unable to get far enough.

*"No choice. Have to try it." she said.

The creature lunged at her but she back-flipped away and landed in a crouching position, from which she rocketed towards it with her Knuckle Bomber ready. She punched once, and then connected again, breaking through its chest. The being roared in pain but grabbed Yuri and tossed her aside like a rag doll.

*"Did you get it?" Ran asked.
*"No. DAMN!" Yuri said.
*"What are we supposed to do?" Ran asked.

The girls looked over and saw that Sai had grabbed it in his Man-catcher.

"Okay! I'll hold it! You take it out!" he shouted at Yuri.
"Sai no! You don't know what you're doing!" Ran shouted, forgetting to turn on her communications.
"Ran? Is that you?" Sai wondered. Before he could ponder the thought the creature, bleeding as Yuri had penetrated its chest, managed to pry itself free, and punched Sai in the face, knocking him out.
"Sai! You bastard!" Ran screamed, leaping into the air and heading directly for its chest. The thing swatted her away to the left, but she seemed to float in thin air! Suiren uncloaked.
*"Gotcha." Suiren said as she put down her younger sister.
"We gotta work together to take this things down." Ran said.
"Right." Suiren said. But then the Sage thing grabbed her and sent her flying! It drew its sword and prepared to run her through but a blue and red form dove down and nailed it in the shoulder, before giving it a Leg Bomber to the face. Another green armor grabbed Suiren and leapt to safety.
"We thought you could use some help." Linna said.
"Get out of here! You don't have any idea what these things are!" Yuri shouted. "They're not Boomers!"
"Like it or not, you've got us. Now how can we help?" Priss asked.
"We've got to break through their armor and chests!" Ran said. "But they're pretty tough being dressed like the Mecha suits."
"If only there was some way to distract them so that we could have the time to break through." Linna said.
"Hey guys! I'm here to help!" a voice said as a red and pink armor with wings ran in.

If you could see Priss' face under her helmet, she would be smiling deviously. She looked at Nene.

"What?" Nene said.

A few seconds later...

The girls and Sabers had gotten to a safe spot away from the things and were hatching a plan.

"I am not going to be the decoy!" Nene protested.
"SHH! They'll hear!" Suiren said.
"Too late. They're already on their way over." Priss said.
"Crap!" Linna exclaimed.
"Okay. Nene, I need you to get their attention while Priss and I sneak up behind them and break through. Linna and Ran, I need you two to see what you can do about disarming these guys. Literally." Yuri said.

The two girls nodded.

"Okay, let's do it." Priss said, pushing out Nene.
"Hey!" Nene said.

"Yoo-hoo! Mister big ugly mecha lizard things! Come and get me!" Nene taunted.

The three growled and headed for the smaller girl. However out of nowhere Linna flew from the left while Ran came from the Right, using their ribbons to slice off their arms.

"Now!" Yuri shouted as she and Priss rocketed into the air, flipped over, and landed on their backs. The two held on for dear life as they punched through the armor and ripped out their heart crystals. The warriors fell over. The two girls crushed them in their hands. The Nataku one grabbed Yuri and threw her at Priss, sending the two girls flying. An angry Ran grabbed Sai's man-catcher and plunged it into the chest, using the claw to extract the heart before crushing it with the blades. The third fell over, joining its two lifeless companions. The armor on them faded away, revealing it to be an illusion.

"EEEEEWWWW." Nene said at the sight of how ugly the things actually were.
"Yeah, it's gross, but necessary." Yuri said. "Come on Ran; let's go find Sakura...Ran?" Yuri said.

She looked around for her youngest sibling and found her over by Sai's unconscious form. Her visor was opened.

"Here you go Sai." she said, laying his man-catcher down beside him. "I'm sorry that things had to happen this way."

Tears flowed from her eyes and fell onto Sai's armor. She opened up his face plate and leaned over and gave him a small kiss before closing it up again. Ran looked up and saw Yuri standing over her.

"He'll be all right." Yuri said.

Ran closed up her visor.

"When will we be able to tell them?" she asked her older sister.
"Soon, I hope." Yuri said.
"I hope so too." Ran said happily.
"Let's go find Sakura and Ayame." Yuri said.
"Wait." Ran said.

She powered up her laser and fired it at the ceiling. After a few minutes she finished.

"Let's go." Ran said.

Meanwhile...

*"AYAME! Ayame where are you? I'm coming Ayame!" Sakura shouted.
*"Sakura!" Ayame said faintly over her comm equipment.

Sakura's HUD told her that Ayame's signal was moving towards the top. She had to follow her. Fortunately there were holes in the concrete so that she could follow her upwards. As she ascended towards the top she encountered a form that nailed her with an energy blade that cut into her armor, almost going completely through.

"I don't have time for this." Sakura said.
"I am going to destroy you." the thing said.
"Try me." Sakura said.

Sakura seemed to surround the strange Zero suited opponent, before slashing him with an X slash. She nimbly dodged out of the way of one of its beam sabers.

"Wait, Ryo doesn't have beam sabers...And I know his voice better than I know Ayame's sleeping habits." Sakura thought.

The warrior pointed its buster rifle at her. Sakura threw her swords as she had done before, distracting it before it could fire, and nailed it in the chest with her Knuckle Bomber. She kicked off, and fired a few of her missiles as she landed a few feet away. It headed for her, but got nailed by yet another Knuckle Bomber, which sent it flying. It was Yuri.

*"Sakura!" Ran shouted, tossing Sakura her swords. She crossed them and flew at the opponent.

When she was in range she flipped them and nailed it with the technique once again, and while it reeled in pain, Sakura punched through its chest with her Knuckle Bomber, ripping out the heart. The creature fell over. With the last of its energy it reached for its crystalline heart. Sakura however had her cannon leveled at its head.

"I don't think so." she said sternly.

With that she fired, vaporizing its head in one blast. She then crushed the crystal.

"Sakura, there you are! Sylia couldn't get to you in time. She says there's five of them, each of them looking like one of the Ronin. We've already taken out three of them." Yuri said.
"Four. Take their bodies and destroy them. We don't want the Ronin finding out." Sakura said. "I'm going after Ayame."
"But Sakura..." Ran started.
"NOW!" Sakura snapped as she charged off towards the roof.
"It's Ayame isn't it Oneesan." Ran asked.
"Yeah. The one person she won't admit she cares about." Yuri said.
"I hope she does tell her." Ran said.
"I do too." Yuri said. "Well, let's take care of these guys before we end up like them."

Meanwhile...

"Let me go!" Ayame shouted. "When my twin sister finds out she'll kick your ass!"
"Your sister? She can't be any easier to defeat than you were." the thing said.
"Try me." Sakura's voice said.

She stood there in her armor with her swords drawn. The Griepe lookalike tossed Ayame aside and Sakura ran to her.

"Sakura...I'm sorry I didn't listen to you..." Ayame said.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have yelled at you." Sakura said.
"No if I hadn't rushed in this wouldn't have happened. It's my fault." Ayame said.

The warrior took aim at Sakura, but Ayame leapt in the way just as he fired. Her armor could not take it and she powered down and collapsed. The creature took one look at her as it inhaled her scent.

"You are familiar...You look like someone...and you have the odor of HER! You are the Children of that accursed Sun Goddess! This will be of great interest to my master and Shuki!" the creature roared.

Sakura was horrified. Their cover was blown. This being knew who they were. He could not be allowed to survive.

"Perhaps we are. But you will not live to tell the tale." Sakura said. She placed her swords hilt to hilt. Energy started to gather and the sword began to glow.

"What is going on?" the creature wondered.

Ayame weakly looked at her sister.

"Sakura...No..."

Energy continued to flow into Sakura's swords. The creature's natural senses felt her power increase to unimaginable levels.

"Chou..." Sakura said as the energy continued to build.

"An interesting trick. It will not be of any use if I destroy you!"

"An..." Sakura continued as the swords glowed brighter and brighter.

"Sakura...stop...Mom said not to do that..." Ayame said weakly.

"Do!" Sakura finished. At the sound of the syllable her swords burst into flame. She shot into the air.

Down on the ground as the girls destroyed the evidence, they saw Sakura fly upward.

"Sakura?" Yuri wondered.
"Oh no..." Suiren said.
"In the name of Amaterasu and Kaosu, and in their blood, my sisters and I have been sworn to defeat you and all your kind. It is time for you to feel the wrath of the She-Ronin!" Sakura shouted.
"FLARE UP...NOW!" Sakura screamed.

The top floor of the site exploded with energy. The creature screamed and was vaporized by Sakura's power. Severe damage was also done to the building. Sakura alighted, weak from what she had done. She grabbed the crystal and crushed it. She then looked over at Ayame, who miraculously had survived the onslaught and was sleeping peacefully due to the armor's exhaustion. Sakura picked her up and leapt downward to the ground floor where the others were waiting.

"Sakura!" Yuri shouted.
"You two are okay!" Ran exclaimed.
"Good work." Sylia said as she emerged from the mobile pit.
"Did we get all this recorded?" Sakura asked.
"Did we ever! The suits performed better than Sylia hoped they would!" Nene exclaimed. "You girls were awesome!"

The girls headed into the mobile pit and opened their visors.

"You had to use it didn't you." Yuri said.
"Yes. The warrior I fought found out who we were. I had no choice." Sakura replied.
"You destroyed it didn't you?" Suiren asked.
"Yes. There's no way he's coming back." Sakura replied.
"Let's get back to the hotel." Yuri said. "I'm starving!"
"Oneesan, you're always starving." Ran commented.
"Hey Sakura...Sakura?" Suiren said.

Sakura, still holding the unconscious form of Ayame, laid her down in the chair in the back of the Mobile Pit.

"Let's let them be alone." Ran said.

(Blue Confusion kicks up)

The others nodded and headed towards the front.

As Ayame lay sound asleep, Sakura stroked her fingers through her twin sister's layered black hair.

"I know you're always saying how I don't show how much you care about me. You never stop showing me how much you think of me. It may seem like I'm bossing you around or telling you what to do but it's only because I do care about you. You're always so full of happiness and energy, and think so highly of others, who could hate you? I'll let you sleep now. Sweet Dreams Ayame."

Sakura opened her visor and kissed her sister on the cheek, before pulling a nearby blanket over the slumbering samurai.

Meanwhile, Back in LA...

"Have you heard anything?" the being asked as Shuki walked in.
"No. None of the Batlings returned and I have not heard any reports of your soldiers returning."
"Blast it! Those were five of my best warriors. It had to be those accursed things again! They have all been destroyed by them! But I can wait. I have other matters to attend to." the being said.
"Which would be?"
"They are none of your concern mortal! Your forces seem to be doing well so I do not need to assist you!"
"Very well. Carter will attack as scheduled tomorrow." Shuki said.

Meanwhile...

Sakura set her still unconscious twin sister down on the bed and tucked her in. As usual, Ayame looked so peaceful and serene. A few seconds later Yuri walked in, carrying an unconscious Ran. She laid her down next to Ayame.

Meanwhile once again...

Sai awoke to find that the scene was empty. The strange warriors had all vanished without a trace.

"Strange. What happened? I must have gotten knocked out or something. What's that on the ceiling? It's some kind of message."

Sai- You were right. It was us. We would have told you but Mom wants us to keep a low profile. I hope that will change so that we can be together again. I really miss you.

Love,
Ran P.S How'd you like my new look? I think our new armors are awesome!
P.P.S. Destroy this after you read it. I don't want the other guys to know we're okay yet. It'll be our little secret.

Sai smiled and fired his Vulcan cannons, making the message impossible to read. Just then, the other eight heroes arrived on the scene in their Mecha Armors.

"Sai! What happened to you?" Ryo asked.
"I sort of got attacked by these strange warrior things." Sai explained.
"Did you cross paths with the Neo Knight Sabers?" Anubis asked.
"Yes." Sai said.
"Well? Are they on our side or not?" Rowen asked.
"Well they seem to want to help us. But then again they said they don't want us to get involved." Sai explained.
"Are you not telling us something man?" Kento asked.
"No. Of course not." Sai said.
"Sai is probably shaken up from the experience. In any event we should head back to the hotel so that we can rest before we go looking for the Tatsumi's tomorrow." Anubis said.
"Let's get going." Ryo added.

With that the nine warriors flew off.

(CUT TO: Shot of Ayame and Ran sleeping peacefully)

Nene's voice: Awww, they look so cute...
Sylia's voice: Quiet Nene! Those two people passed out so we can't do the ending the way we wanted to! And on top of that, those kids fell asleep too!
Priss: They must have gotten bored from beating you at fish for the nine zillionth time.
Nene: Hey!
Linna: Well why don't we just do the ending now?
Priss: Oh fine. Hit it guys.

(Opening notes of ED kick up)

Priss: Tasogare utsuri-yuku koro
Machi-chuu ni kirameita
Iku-sen no topaz ga kyou mo
Sabishigari o yonderu
Dareka soba ni inai to
Kokoro ga kiete shimau kara
sawameki ni tokekondeai o sagashiteta

I'll be waiting for you;
I need your love everyday
Hitomi o tojireba wakaru
Kono mune ni mokono suhada ni mo
Subete o tsutsumu
Anata ga iru

BGC Announcer: In the next episode of Ronin Warriors Lightspeed Galaxy, our nine heroes finally locate the elusive Tatsumi family and ask for their assistance, only to find that they want no part in this fight. Before they can convince them otherwise, Carter launches his assault on Capitol City. Without the precious Mecha they need to win, can the Ronin and Warlords fend them off alone...

Misato: Hey...What's going on? I'm supposta do the preview...Whataya tryin' ta pull on me...
Priss: She's still alive?
Sylia: I thought that last drink would have taken her out. Nene go see how the other one is.
Nene: He sorta took out the bar with his fan.
Sylia: Okay okay! You can finish it off.

Misato(smiles): It's the next Episode! Ronin to the Rescue! Watch for it!

(CUT TO: SD Knight Sabers praying)

Misato(whispers): Is there going to be any...

Sylia: NO! Destonus doesn't even know what it is!

Misato: DAMN!

Nene: Crap! It's that other announcer person!

Linna: He'll spoil everything that happened in this episode! What are we going to do?

Nene: Not to mention restate the obvious.

Priss: Or he could feed us a load of that "War is Beautiful" crap.

Sylia: I've had enough problems this episode! AAAAAAH!

(Sylia knocks out David Kaye)

Nene: Whohoo! Sylia's going whacko actually did something constructive! (Sees Sylia not looking too happy) (nervously)Ooops..sorry Sylia...

Sylia(In Laura's patented P'O'ed voice): Screw Gasaraki! I'm killing her now!

(Sylia dons her hardsuit and chases Nene around with her blades)

Nene: SYLIAAAAAAAA!

Priss: Why couldn't she just go, "You Little Bitch!" and choke her to death? Oh yeah, then she'd have to become really distraught and take a swan dive on a supercomputer.

END EP.

Genom Announcer: This Episode of Ronin Warriors Lightspeed Galaxy has been brought to you by the Genom Corporation, the Company of Boomer...

(Sylia overhears)

Sylia: GENOM? BOOMERS! AAAAAH! DAMN MY FATHER!

(Sylia kills announcer with Hardsuit)

END END EP.