Rwvslglr5 When we last left our heroes, they were en route for Mariner Bay, determined to defeat the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue and make the world safe for anime. However, Sai, having discovered his girlfriend's message, was reunited with Ran and is now still in Capitol City with her! Can he reach Mariner Bay in time to help his friends? Or are they going to have to do it without him?

(Begin OP: Bukkirabouna Ai Ni Oboretai



dakishimeta nara mou sore ijou
kotoba ha iranai

Shot 1: She-Ronins standing on building from last ep.

tamashii made ubawareru you na
bukkirabouna ai ni oboretai

Shot 2: Title Shot: Ronin Warriors: Lightspeed Galaxy

nemuri no aima ni tsukutta yasuppo kake hiki de
kodoku o VEERU ni kakushite renai jouzu na FURI

Shot 3: CUT TO The five girls doing various things: Sakura practicing with her swords sans armor;
Yuri walking along with Ran following her; Ayame relaxing in a lounge chair, Suiren flirting with guys.

kigen saguri no darui kaiwa ja
kotoba no kabe ga jama de shikatanai

Shot 4: CUT TO: The five guys staring out at the horizon sans armor, longing for their friends (who's faces appear as transparent images in the sky one by one)

shinjitsu no hitomi ga toki hanatsu
atsui manazashi to

Shot 5: CUT TO: The girls calling upon their Hardsuits quickly, then going into combat against Tallgeese as it prepares to fire.

kazaranai kokoro ga sakebu you na
bukkirabouna ai ni oboretai

The nine warriors standing ready to fight, with the five girls leaping in from above, the Forgotten Souls appearing from the left, and right, Talpa, Amaterasu and Kaosu appearing behind them, and off in one corner of the screen a shadow of their enemies appearing one by one as the ending guitar solo finishes out the song.)

Ronin Warriors: Lightspeed Galaxy: Escape from Capitol City.

Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, a strange shape raced towards California. At first glance it appeared to be nothing more than a strange snaking machine. But as it came into focus it was revealed to be none other than the Max Shuttle, towing the extremely long and diverse Go Liner. At the controls of the strange monstrosity were none other than our heroes the Ronin Warriors and the Dark Warlords. Most of them had fallen asleep due to the late hour of the night and the length of the journey. Anubis remained awake as he guided the Max Shuttle towards their destination; several miles outside of Mariner Bay. From there they would use the rails to enter the city, deploy their borrowed mecha, and lay waste to the city. Everything was riding on their element of surprise. If it failed, they would be at the mercy of the Lightspeed team. Kami-sama and Amaterasu only knew of what devices the Lightspeed Organization had developed to counter their own problems, and now were turning those weapons against the Ronins. Far worse, to this date, only Ryo had gone up against the Lightspeed Rangers' new toys, Gundam Wing-inspired battle frames, designed for the sole purpose of blowing the heroes sky high. Only with the aid of the Neo Knight Sabers had they managed to win. Could they pull of a victory on their own, with their Mecha Armor?

All these things raced through Anubis' mind. Would they be enough to stop BOTH Ranger teams without Sai? Had this mecha grabbing mission been all for naught? They would know in a few hours.

Back in Capitol City...

(Rock n' Roll kicks up)

In the She-Ronin's bedroom, all was quiet. Well, as close as you can get when you have Sakura and Yuri factored in. Over in her cot, Sakura was sound asleep, snoring loudly enough to cause a decent racket. She was asleep on her back, her hands at her sides. Next to her, in another cot, was Suiren, her long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail as usual. She was on her side, and protected against the noise pollution of her older sister with a pair of earplugs.

On the bed next to Suiren, lay Yuri, on her back, sprawled all over the bed. And she was snoring loud enough to wake the dead. Over on the bed next to her, was a sound asleep Sai, and wrapped around him was a cute and unconscious Ran. Sai was having difficulty sleeping due to the twin terrors of Ran's older Siblings. But somehow, Ran, even without her headphones was sound asleep. Perhaps her love for Sai drowned out the snoring. Her beautiful lavender eyes were concealed behind her eyelids, but she still looked beautiful. Not to mention cute. Sai smiled at the fact that he had one of the most beautiful girls in the world, when Ran suddenly moved and wrapped herself around Sai.

"Oh Sai..." she mumbled in her sleep.

Sai closed his eyes and fell asleep as well.

Nearby, Ayame lay buried under Yuri's arm. Not surprisingly, she was still wide-awake. She had cranked the volume on her mp3 player to almost maximum, and she still could not drown out her sisters. She looked over to her left, and saw Sai and Ran cuddling as they slept. But Ayame was not pleased. "Why did they have to be happy? Why couldn't it be me?" she thought. Next to her she found Yuri sound asleep. She was probably having a great dream about food. Or Kento. Or perhaps eating food with Kento. "Doesn't matter." she thought to herself. And then there was Suiren, who despite all her flirting still talked about Sage daily back home. And finally there was Devil Girl herself, Sakura. Even though they had been forced to have separate rooms long before now, it was well worth it. Sakura certainly discussed Ryo while she was awake, God only knows how much she thought about the fiery-armored man of her dreams while she slept.

As Yuri opened her mouth to let out another deafening snore, Ayame grabbed the pendant around her neck. All five of them had one, given to the girls by their mother. She knew how important they were. Amaterasu had told them to give them to the one they intended to marry. Their mom had not exactly explained why however. They had to have some important purpose. What exactly that was only their mom knew.

(For my Dear kicks up)

By now, Ayame was sick of listening to Yuri's snoring. Carefully prying herself free of her sibling without waking her up, she headed downstairs in her nightgown.

Down in the Mobile Pit, Nigel and Mackie labored quickly in order to finish Ayame's Hardsuit before their next confrontation. Thanks to Mackie, the improvements were ahead of schedule. The Leg Bombers had been installed, which would allow Ayame to cause more damage if she was cornered. The Zero Saber system had almost fully installed. The only problem was the Chi Amplifiers. They were still off, until they could find Kinjiro to fix them. As Nigel took a second to take a puff from his cigarette there was a knock on the door to the vehicle. Mackie answered it and it was none other than Ayame.

"Ayame! What are you doing up?" Mackie asked.
"Couldn't sleep." Ayame replied.
"Your sisters again?" Mackie asked.
"Yep." Ayame replied, stifling a yawn.
"We're almost finished." Nigel said.
"Good. Now I can show Devil Girl how much they need me!" Ayame said to herself.
"What?" Mackie asked.
"Nothing." Ayame said.
"You know, you didn't seem really excited whenever you went into combat. Any reason why?" Mackie asked.
"Well...Yuri's got the strength, Ran got the flexibility, Suiren got the sword skill, Sakura...Well Devil Girl got the best of all worlds. As for little old me? I guess I got the short end of the stick." Ayame said sadly.
"Don't doubt yourself so much. You're a very smart girl." Mackie observed. "Like Nene."
"Not really. Sure I'm a techno whiz, hacker extraordinare, not to mention a brilliant strategist. But the similarities between her and me end there. Nene wants to be showered in praise for her talents. I just want to be...normal." Ayame explained.
"Then how come you get along so well?" Mackie wondered.
"Well...in addition to be geniuses, we have similar interests. We like the same music, we love sweets, and we're both incredibly gifted with natural beauty." Ayame said, smiling.

Mackie just stared at her, confused.

"Okay maybe not all of that. But she's one of the first people I've met who doesn't ridicule me about how bad a fighter I am, how useless I can be, like Devil Girl does all the time." Ayame said, almost crying.
"But don't you know how much she cares about you? She saved your life the other day." Mackie said.
"Devil Girl, caring? I find that very hard to believe." Ayame said doubtfully.

Out of nowhere Nigel spoke up. "I hate to break up this discussion, but your Hardsuit's finished."

"Yahoo! It's ready! Now Devil Girl will have to say nice things about me once I fly rings around her with this baby!" Ayame exclaimed.
"What happened to the queen of doom and gloom..." Mackie mumbled.
"What was that?" Ayame said angrily.
"Nothing..." Mackie said.

Ayame turned to Nigel.

"Can I try it out?" she asked.
"I guess so. I'm sure Sylia wouldn't have any objections." Nigel said.
"Why not? I've got nothing better to do except be kept awake for a few more hours by Yuri and Devil Girl."

The suit opened up once again, and Ayame climbed inside. It closed up around her, cold at first, but it warmed up quickly. As she donned her helmet it glowed with energy, confirming that the mystic link had been restored. Various diagnostics came up in her visor, including her Missile system information.

"Everything looks good. Let's go for it." Ayame said.

There was a flash of light outside the girls' window as Ayame rocketed into the air high above the city. Once she'd gained enough altitude she switched to flight mode and began rocketing around the city.

(Fly High kicks up)

"This thing is so awesome now! I'll have to thank those two before we go home." Ayame thought to herself.

She rocketed skyward into a loop and went into a corkscrew, dancing through the sky in her hardsuit. She banked left around the edge of the city, her HUD telling her how exactly to do each maneuver correctly.

"I'm free! Free as a bird!" she giggled as she soared past the skyscrapers. As she passed over the waterfront she saw something that made her stop. Hovering in the air she switched to nightvision and noticed that the cargo was far from being typical. The ships were unloading hundreds of Sabanian minions!

"I should go tell the others..." Ayame thought. "Wait a sec! I can take these guys. It's not like there's any real challenges down there. Their Kenki combined is so low it's making me fall asleep. Besides, they're no match for this baby."

Ayame swooped down and landed on a warehouse nearby to get a closer look at the situation. The only major opposition was a cloaked figure with a significant Kenki, but she was sure her Hardsuit could take him.

"Move it you slowpokes! My master wants this city fortified by morning! The mortal Shuki is a fool, he will never succeed in destroying the Ronins!" the figure shouted.
"Mom was right...he is helping Shuki out. I've got to tell the others." Ayame said.

Ayame turned around to find several Sting Wingers standing there.

"Um, Hi Guys! Keep up the good work!" Ayame shouted.

The Sting Wingers moved closer to her, buzzing angrily.

"Um, look! It's Natsumi Abe from that popular group Morning Musume!" Ayame shouted.

(Boys and Girls kicks up)

As the Sting Wingers turned away to look, Ayame rocketed into the air. As she ascended she switched her missiles to a light explosive warhead.

Her missiles streaked from her gauntlet and slammed into the building, knocking the Sting Wingers away and causing a decent explosion, snapping the commander to attention.

"What was that?" He shouted.
"Bye bye." Ayame said in a sing song voice, launching more missiles every which way, knocking even more minions for a loop. The commander roared and began shooting rapid-fire ki blasts at Ayame, which she managed to dodge easily.

"Nya nya, you can't hit me." She taunted.

The Commander growled even louder and fired a larger ki blast at Ayame, which she barely dodged. She retaliated by sending a few medium explosive missiles his way, forcing him to dodge.

"Damn." Ayame swore when she missed.
"Blast her! Destroy her!" the commander roared.

Several Cogs opened up their heads and fired at her, forcing her to dodge quickly and rapidly, but as she did she sent a few homing missiles their way, blowing them apart.

"Time to take this down to your level." Ayame said, alighting on one of the piers. She touched the symbol of a bow on her right gauntlet, causing her collapsible bow to come forth. Her shoulder guards rotated up 90 degrees.

"Watch out! She's one of them!" the commander shouted.
"Arrow Shockwave!" Ayame shouted, sending an arrow flying at them, vaporizing several minions but doing no damage to the surrounding area.

Ayame set up for another one, but they charged her, knocking her bow away. As they got close a readout came on her HUD, reading, "ZERO Saber System engaged."

"ZERO Saber? What's that?"

Ayame did not have time to react as almost instinctively she used both her hands to block the incoming blade of a Batling, spun around behind it, and knocked him skyward with a backflip kick. Another came at her, but she blocked with her right arm before rotating into a power punch that knocked that one away. She cartwheeled over to her bow and began using it to knock them away, but it did not work for long so she dispelled it. She tried to fire her missiles, but she could not!

"This thing must shut them down when I use it." Ayame thought. "Oh well."

Ayame leapt into the air and knocked several away with a tornado kick. They did not fly far.

"What gives?" Ayame wondered.
*"Ayame! Use the Leg Bombers!" a voice shouted.
*"Mackie? What are you doing inside my head?"
*"I'm talking through the radio in your helmet. You're not going to do much to these guys unless you kick in the Leg Bombers. It's the only way you'll get the ZERO Saber to shut off." Mackie said.
*"Okay." Ayame said. "Leg Bombers online!"

A message came up to confirm, and the circles on her legs moved outward and began charging. Ayame leapt into the air and tornado kicked, causing a powerful impact that knocked the soldiers several feet away.

"Whohoo! Now that's more like it." Ayame said.
*"Okay, your missiles should be back online." Mackie said.
"Bye bye baka." Ayame said as she let several concussion missiles fly from her left gauntlet that blew the minions away. She then charged at another group at high speed.
*"Ayame! What are you doing?" Mackie exclaimed.
*"Showing these jerks who's boss! KEEEYAAAA!!!" Ayame screamed as she crescent kicked them away with her Leg Bombers.

(Trauma kicks up)

"I have no clue how you managed to beat up all those minions, but you will be no match for me!" the commander said as he charged at her. Ayame swung at him with her Leg Bomber, doing some damage, but he grabbed her leg and sent her flying a few yards. She landed on her butt and sent a few missiles his way, but he blasted them with ki blasts.

"Damn..." Ayame said.

The commander began powering up for another ki blast, but a strange form landed before her! Taking his sword, he knocked the ki blast right back at the opponent!

Ayame was shocked at this appearance. In the not so excellent lighting she made out the shape of an armor. Based on the styling, she concluded that the form had to be the legendary armor of Ryuujin. Navcase!

(Flying Dragon kicks up)

Taking his large Sword, Navcase charged at the enemy, knocking him away with a Crush Dance. Minions charged, but he blasted them to bits with his emerald blasts.

"Are you all right de gozaru yo?" Navcase asked.
"Could be better." Ayame said.
"I'll take that as a yes de gozaru yo."
"Foolish Navcase! Don't you know that with every use you come one step closer to being one of us?" the commander said.
"What?" Ayame wondered.
"Say what you will. But this armor will not get the better of me de gozaru yo!" Navcase shouted.

Taking his sword, he charged at the commander, slashing forward, stepping forward with a kick, and then slashing upward, knocking the warrior away. A minion came for Navcase, but he went into a flurry of rapid slashes, which destroyed the minion in record time. The commander came for him again, but he slashed, but the commander countered! Navcase quickly blocked his counterattack and stabbed him in the chest, before shooting upward with his sword in the Volcano technique.

Ayame watched as Navcase killed minion after minion. "Wow, this guy's either really good, or we have to drag Destonus away from Legend of Dragoon."

"DIE NAVCASE!!!" The commander shouted, firing another energy bolt at Navcase, who leapt into the air, and crashed down with a Ryu Tsui Sen.

Ayame watched. It seemed with every passing second, Navcase's style had become more brutal. His manner of speaking had changed as well, changed from an samurai's courtesy to a assassin's masculinity. He was at his peak now.

"NOW YOU DIE!!!!!" Navcase shouted.

Navcase nailed the commander with a Moon Strike, before being knocked away as he tried to go for his heart.

"You fool," the commander said, dripping with blood. "You're no match for us. You can try anything, but we will still win."

(Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu kicks up)

Navcase got to his feet and brandished his sword for another go. "DIE DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!"

But the commander simply knocked him aside. "Now you die."

"Navcase! Get rid of the armor!" Ayame shouted.
"Silence weakling!" the commander shouted, knocking Ayame out of the way.

Navcase got up and dispelled his armor. His eyes were glowing evilly. He entered a Battou-Jutsu stance. The commander stood there, waiting for the other to make his move. So did Navcase. At last the Commander charged, ready with his claws. In an instant, Navcase drew his sword, and drew him in, before spinning around and knocking him skyward with the Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki. Somehow he managed to get to his knees and sent an energy bolt flying at Navcase, knocking him away. He prepared to fire again but the sound of a cannon charging was heard as an energy bolt slammed into the commander, knocking him away. He sprouted wings and flew off.

"Yahoo! All right!" Ayame said as she opened her visor and looked at who had saved her. "Uh oh." she said when she saw who it was.

Up on top of the warehouse, twin katana drawn, in the infamous pink, teal, and silver armor, was Sakura. Behind her were the other girls, except for Ran. Her visor opened up and her dark purple eyes shot daggers at Ayame. Ayame tried to look as cute as possible as the minions ran off.

"What the hell were you thinking? You could have gotten yourself killed!" Sakura shouted.

Ayame sat in a chair, staring at her feet as Sakura stood over her, angry enough to make a hive full of hornets fly off in sheer terror. Ayame did not call Sakura the "Devil Girl" for nothing. Sai had been locked in the Knight Sabers' room for the time being in case Sakura, in her severely ticked off state, mentioned anything pertaining to the plan.

"I dunno...I wanted to help out?" Ayame said, looking for sympathy. She found none from her angry twin sister.
"Nigel and Mackie may have upgraded your armor so that you could fend off attacks better but your suit still isn't designed for offensive strikes!"
"I'm sorry..." Ayame said.
"You're sorry? You're just sorry? That's all? You go off on your own, on an ego trip no less, get the crap beaten out of you by one of them, and an army of Sabanian soldiers, and all you can say is 'sorry'? You were lucky Navcase showed up but what if he hadn't? Hmm?"
"Umm..."
"You would have been dead right now! You may be half goddess but you're still vulnerable! Immortality isn't dominant!" Sakura shouted.
"But I..." Ayame said, trying to explain what she had learned during the confrontation.
"I don't care! We are a family, and we are a team. Mom needs us to defend the palace against them once they reveal themselves, and that includes you!"
"Well what if I don't want to be a part of this family?! I don't care about what Mom wants anymore!" Ayame shot back.
"Then what do you want?" Sakura shouted.
"I don't know! I'm certainly not the strongest, or the most agile, or the best fighter, I don't care if I am the smart one! Mom always liked you best!" Ayame screamed, in tears. "It's because you've got Ryo's damn armor that she left you in charge! I hate you Sakura! I hate you!" Ayame cried.
"Ayame I'm..."

Ayame got up in tears and ran into the Sabers' room and slammed the door behind her. Nene stood up, starting to cry herself.

"What's wrong with you? I was yelling at her." Sakura snapped.
"She may not be as good a fighter as you are, but she's still my friend!" Nene shouted before running off after Ayame.
"I'll go see if I can calm them down." Linna said before leaving as well.

Yuri eyed Sakura angrily.

"Oh, you two?" Sakura said arrogantly.
"Come on Priss." Sylia said.
"No way! This is better than fighting with you." Priss said.
"Now Priss." Sylia said louder.

Priss snapped her fingers in disappointment before heading off with Sylia.

"Ran, why don't you go see how Sai's doing." Yuri said gently.
"Okay Oneesan." Ran said.

She headed off with the others. Yuri then looked at Suiren, who was still sitting there.

"Oh don't mind me, I'll just put these in my ears and you won't know I'm here." Suiren said, putting her earplugs in.

"Way to go Sakura. Once again you've succeeded in upsetting Ayame." Yuri said sternly.
"She needs to learn to be more responsible and not rush off into combat and get herself hurt. She's too impatient."
"Oh really. And what was it you were trying to accomplish?" Yuri asked sarcastically.
"I was making her realize what she did wrong." Sakura replied.
"Well, you messed up big time. Every time you yell at her she gets upset and it takes forever for her to get back to her normal cheery mood. It's been, how long, almost three days and you've already driven her to tears twice?" Yuri said.
"She'll have to learn eventually. You know as well as I do that there'll be no room for error if they attack the palace." Sakura said.
"I know. But what you're doing is sending Ayame a message of pure negativity. You keep that up and she'll doubt herself so much she might get killed. Were you even listening to what she was saying? She's confused, she doesn't know what it is she wants, Ran even told me she doesn't know if she still loves Rowen. The least you could do is show a little more compassion." Yuri said.
"I'll try..." Sakura said.
"You'll try? Sakura, our situation is different from the Ronins. You may be technically our leader but you're also our sister. So is Ayame. The Ronins are just friends. If they're ever mad at each other they'll get over it. But we're family. Every time you get mad at Ayame she'll drift farther and farther from us. What if you got her so mad one time she defects?"
"What?" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"If Ayame's emotional state gets so bad that she runs away, she's a prime target for any evil being to possess her, recruit her, or any number of things. She'd be so accepting of the darkness that if she got stuck in the Universe of the Four Gods, Nakago would throw Yui out and ask Ayame to be the Priestess of Seiryuu."
Sakura smiled. "You've been reading Ayame's manga again."
"No actually it was mine." Suiren said. "All those cute guys...Whoops? How did those things come out? I'm not here..."
"My point is, Ayame is very important to us. You know that. I know you care about her but you've got to understand, well frankly, she hates you." Yuri said.
"It's true." Suiren said. "Zankoku na tenshi no youni, shounen yo shinwa ni nare..."
"Yep, that's me, the Devil Girl." Sakura said sarcastically. "I guess I can be a little nicer to her."
"Good."
"Let's go see if she's down to a strong dislike of me. Thanks Yuri."
"You're welcome."
"Thank you Suiren." they both said in unison.
"No problem." Suiren said.

The two girls headed into the next room.

"So, did she calm down yet?" Sakura asked.

The two looked over to the other side of the room on Nene's bed, where Ayame was sound asleep on Sai's shoulder.

"It took us forever to calm her down." Linna said.
"You should have heard her. 'Sakura's evil', 'Sakura's the Spawn of Satan', 'Sakura's the Devil Bitch', 'Sakura's a scum sucking douche drinking hemorrhoid on the rectum of the...' OW!!!" Nene said as Linna whacked her.
"Okay she didn't say half those things, but she was really mad though." Nene said.
"By the time I got in here Oneesan, she was practically crying on Sai's shoulder. She went from anger at you to telling us to go away to self doubt in a matter of minutes and then she cried herself to sleep." Ran said.
"Poor little thing." Linna added.
"Don't look at me, I was just sitting on the bed and then she ran in here and started to cry a river. I asked her what was wrong and she tried to tell me but all she could do is just cry on my shoulder. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. And apparently I'm a very comfortable shoulder, because as you can see, she's out like a light." Sai said.
"Apparently so." Yuri said.
"Oh Sai, thank you so much for helping my older sister!" Ran said, giving Sai a big kiss that made him blush redder than Nene's Hardsuit. "Just make sure you don't let it happen again." Ran scolded playfully.
"Ran." Yuri scolded playfully.
"He's my boyfriend!" Ran said.
"C'mon kid, let's get some sleep." Yuri said.
"Okay." Ran said. "Can Nene sleep with me?"
"If she wants to." Yuri said.
"Umm, okay, as long as you don't hug me to death." Nene said.

Ran and Nene headed off to bed. Sylia and Priss returned, Priss extremely disappointed because she missed the fight and there was no real fight.

"See you in the morning. We've got a big day ahead of us." Sakura said, giving Ayame a kiss on the cheek before heading off to bed.
"Um, excuse me, can someone please tuck us in, it's kind of cold in here." Sai said.

Linna came over and pulled the covers over him and Ayame and then turned the lights out.

Meanwhile...

"You fool! How dare you let one of those armored things get away! My plan could be ruined now!" Shuki's ally roared.
"I am sorry master!" the commander said.
"I do not tolerate failure in my clan." Shuki's ally said.

From the shadows an energy bolt struck the warrior, vaporizing him, leaving only his energist. A shadowed figure walked over and a clawed hand grabbed it and crushed it. Another warrior dropped to his knees as he entered.

"Go to Capitol City and carry out the rest of the plan. I will send more minions until Shuki is on to my scheme." the ally said.
"Yes master." the warrior said.

Outside Mariner Bay...

Morning had come at last. The first rays of sunshine shone over the enormous form of the Go Liner. Outside it, the eight warriors discussed their plan.

"All right guys, here's what we're going to do. We're going to take the Go Liner into Mariner Bay as almost a Trojan Horse strategy. Once we're in the center of the city, we deploy the 99 Machines and begin to trash the place. Anubis and the Warlords will back us up with Grand Liner if we need it. Once Carter and his gang of wannabe heroes show up we attack them until they hopefully go down. If we work fast we probably won't need the Mars Machines." Ryo explained.
"Ryo, what are we supposed to do if the Mecha don't work or they pull something else on us?" Kento asked.
"Kento, these guys have always been fools compared to us. They'll go down faster than you eat." Sage said.
"But we shouldn't get too cocky. They may be idiots but they're resourceful idiots." Rowen said.
"Strata is right. We must be prepared for anything." Anubis said.

Back in Capitol City...

In Nene's bed, A peacefully unconscious Ayame began to wake up. It was still early though. But she happened to glance where she was sleeping and found she was on top of Sai. Ayame did the only thing she could. Scream.

Seconds later the others headed over into the Knight Sabers' room, some looking worse than others.

"It's 7:00 Ayame, it's still early for you. Go back to sleep." Yuri said.
"What is HE doing in here with me?" Ayame shouted, in shock.
"You fell asleep on me after when you were distraught the other night." Sai explained.
"Oh yeah...because of her." Ayame said, glaring at Sakura who had just come in from her morning sword practice.
"Don't start now you two..." Suiren said.
"I'm going back to bed." Yuri said. "Sai, you might want to get off her and come in here where it's safer."

Sai leapt out of bed and headed into the other room at breakneck speed and dove into bed with Ran, who woke up briefly and smiled, just as she pushed Nene out of the bed.

"Hey! Where am I supposed to sleep now?" Nene asked.
"You could always get into bed with me." Yuri offered.
"Um, thanks but no thanks, Ayame's warned me all about you. Oops!"
"Ayame, what did you tell her..." Yuri said, getting a tad ticked off.
"It wasn't like she said you swung the other way...she said you snore like a garbage truck and squirm all over the place...Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that was I?" Nene said, barely escaping Yuri's grasp and diving into her bed with Ayame.
"Ayame, what did I tell you about..." Yuri stopped and smiled. Ayame had fallen back to sleep in record time. Not even Nene's mad dash roused her. Yuri turned around and hopped into bed, and began snoring loudly as usual.

"Here Sai, you might need these." Ran said, handing him some earplugs. Ran donned her headphones, or rather, Yuri's headphones, before falling back to sleep. Ayame, who had woken up the second Yuri started snoring, stomped over to the girls' room, grabbed her mp3 player and stomped back into the Knight Sabers' room, and slammed the door that joined the two rooms behind her, gaining her a round of applause from the Knight Sabers. Ayame smiled and then hopped back into bed. After handing one ear bud to Nene and placing the other in her own ear, she cranked up the Ayumi and fell asleep. Sakura of course headed back outside to practice.

The remaining hours went by fast. Ayame dreamed dreams too beautiful to describe. The next thing she knew, Sakura was waking her up, luckily at noon. Sakura surprisingly was in her armor, helmet off.

"What..." Ayame asked sleepily.
"Get up and get your armor on. We've got a major problem." Sakura said.

A few minutes later Ayame walked into the other room, where her sisters and the Knight Sabers were in full battle gear.

"What's going on?" Ayame asked, stifling a yawn.
"Look out the window." Sylia said.

Ayame walked over despite the metal plated exoskeleton and looked down below. There she saw nothing but minions. Lots of minions. Hordes of them, patrolling the streets, everywhere.

"GEEZ!!!!" Ayame exclaimed, shutting the curtains behind her. "Look at all of them!"
"And it gets worse. They've taken the hotel too!" Nene said, looking up from Ayame's laptop.
"Damn! We're trapped like rats in here!" Priss swore.
"So, what's the plan Devil Girl?" Ayame asked.
"I wish you wouldn't call me that." Sakura said in disgust.
"I know you hate it so I'll keep calling you that until you either grow out of it or I come up with something better." Ayame quipped, with a big smile on her face. The other girls giggled.
"Or I kill you." Sakura said.
"Um, yeah, that too." Ayame said, hesitating. "Well, do you have a plan or not?"
"I'm working on it." Sakura said.
"Well, that basically means no doesn't it?" Ayame said sarcastically.

She dispelled her armor.

"Okay, as long as we're stuck in here, I'm going to get some more sleep." Ayame said, diving for the nearest bed, bouncing as she landed on the pillow.

"Ayame..." Sakura said. But she got no response from her sister.
"She's out cold." Nene observed.
"Little Brat! Why does she always have to pull this?" Sakura fumed.
"We don't have time to worry about her. We need to get out of here so you can get him back to the others." Sylia said.
"Right. But how can we?" Sakura wondered.
"We could just go out that door, and bash through them as we head downstairs and get in the Mobile Pit and head for the airport." Priss said.
"But knowing them they've got the entire city cut off from the outside world. We'd have to get out of it somehow." Suiren said.
"But they could be blocking every route out of here." Linna said.

Fortunately a news broadcast came on.

"Attention all citizens of Capitol City. As you may already know, an army of strange creatures has occupied the city, blocking all means of exit from the city. They have informed this station that they will peacefully withdraw if the Neo Knight Sabers surrender to them immediately. Otherwise they will continue to attack every hour on the hour until they surrender. We will bring you more information on this story as it becomes available."
"Oh this really sucks. We're trapped and innocent people are going to keep getting hurt until we surrender." Yuri said.
"We can't do that, we've got to get my baby back to the other guys." Ran said.
"There's got to be something we can do. Kinjiro gave us added firepower but my suit's still not as strong as some of the others. And it won't do well against this many minions. I'll run out of ammo before we even reach the airport." Sai said.
"What about the Motoslave?" Priss asked.
"Even though we brought it, it may not have enough firepower to handle this problem." Sylia said.
"The Motoslave?" Yuri asked.
"It's a special vehicle we developed which interfaces with the Hardsuits. In worst case scenarios it can also interface with them as a sort of power armor, increasing all their abilities and firepower." Sylia explained.
"I say we break this baby out!" Yuri said. "If this thing's got more firepower than that's what we need!"
"We don't know if it'll work with your suits. Nigel originally designed them to work with our Hardsuits." Sylia said.
"Then what the hell are we supposed to do? We can't just sit here and wait for them to attack the city! We need to break out the weaponry and blow those indispensable bastards clear to Mom's place!" Yuri shouted.
"Not so loud Oneesan. Ayame's still asleep." Ran said, pointing to Ayame, who decided to go back to sleep since they really were not going anywhere anytime soon.
"There's always the Chi Amplifiers." Sakura said.
"You guys are crazy enough to try something that's not perfected yet?" Priss asked. "The last few times you used them you fell asleep immediately afterwards."
"It's a risk we may have to take." Sakura said. "There's too many. We may be half goddess but even we can get exhausted, as is proven by my lazy twin sister."
"There is...one other option..." Sylia said.
"What?" Suiren asked.
"We've got four other hardsuits." Sylia explained.
"Oh no. You don't mean those ugly things that are the epitome of fan service do you?" Nene asked.

Sylia smiled.

"No! There's no way we're going to use those things. This time period's probably not ready for it!" Nene protested.
"Nene, they may be revealing but they're the best chance we have of getting them out of the city and the She-Ronins and Sai out of the country." Linna said.
"Wait a sec. You've got more hardsuits? You told us that ours were state of the art." Sakura said, angry. She drew her swords and held them at Sylia's throat. "Anything else you want to tell us before I test to see if these things are still sharp?"
"You didn't need the technology those suits incorporate. We did. Fusion tech won't be invented for another 40 years or so. Nigel built the suits according to your mother's specifications. You didn't need anti-fusion technology, so we didn't add it."
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't break out the ougi..." Sakura said.
"Sakura, please. We need all the help we can get." Yuri said.
"Your sister's right Sakura. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Your choice." Sylia said.
"Fine. You win. But this still leaves us nowhere." Sakura said, sheathing her swords.
"Uh girls, sorry to interrupt but come over here!" Nene said, pointing to the TV.
"You were waiting for it to get worse? It just did."

"Due to the attacks on Capitol City, the Japanese government has decided to send in the JSSDF to deal with the problem." the announcer said.

(Message #9 kicks up)

The girls watched on TV as several transport aircraft dropped large bipedal weapons platforms.

"These, the latest designs, the result of research by the Gowa Corporation, are sure to deal with the threat the city is currently facing."

"DAMN!!!! Those things are operational? Kinjiro said his modified Mecha Knights could fly circles around those pieces of junk!" Ayame said.
"Well...Look who finally decided to wake up." Sakura said angrily.
"Maybe his disappearance led to them going with Gowa's design instead of Kinjiro's?" Nene said.
"Whatever the case, they'll screw things up just like the ADP back home, don't you think so Sylia?" Priss asked.
"Hey! I resemble that remark!" Nene protested.
"We knew you were a screwup already Nene." Priss said.
"Yes, you're right Priss. If they get involved there won't be much of a city left." Sylia said.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's blast some minions!" Yuri said.
"It's better than sitting around here doing nothing..." Priss said.
"Let's do it." Sakura said. "Ayame?"
"Yes?" Ayame asked.
"You stay here. This combat will be too much for you to handle." Sakura said.
"What are you talking about? My hardsuit's capable of dealing out the punishment too!" Ayame protested.
"I'm talking about the person inside the suit. You've almost gotten yourself killed twice since we got here. You'll only slow us down."

As Sakura said these words Ayame's eyes began to fill with tears.

"Maybe she could ride on the Motoslave with me and take them down that way." Priss suggested.
"You can take Nene. At least she can take care of herself." Sakura said.
"Sorry Ayame." Nene said.

"It's okay." Ayame said, trying very hard to hold back her tears so that Sakura would not think she was more of a weakling.
"Do we really have to use those things again? I hate getting into them!" Nene asked.
"YES NENE!!!" Sylia, Priss, and Linna said.
"Aw man!" Nene said in disgust as the She-Ronins and Knight Sabers headed off to the Mobile Pit. Ayame waited until Sakura was out of range before bursting into tears and sobbing on the pillow.

"DAMN HER!!!! DAMN HER TO HELL!!!!! WHY ME? AM I THAT USELESS TO HER? WHY WON'T SHE EVER UNDERSTAND? SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ME, SHE NEVER WILL! DAMN YOU SAKURA..."

As Ayame continued to sob, flashes of light were seen outside the window. Ayame knew what was going on and began to cry even more. Mackie slowly entered the room.

"Ayame? What's wrong?" he asked.
"Go away. Just go away." Ayame said sadly.
"Is something wrong?" Mackie asked.
"Didn't you hear me? Leave me alone! I just want to be alone." Ayame said.
"Okay, well you know where to find me if you need anything." Mackie said.

Mackie turned and headed for the door.

"Wait. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken it out on you." Ayame said, sitting up.
"Mind telling me what's wrong?" Mackie asked.
"Let's just say, if I had any doubts about Sakura hating me, they're proven now." Ayame said.
"She left you behind?" Mackie asked.
"More like that bitch forced me to stay behind 'because I've almost gotten yourself killed twice since we got here. I'll only slow us down'" Ayame explained, imitating Sakura. "So what if I'm not as good a fighter as she is, or as strong as Yuri is, or as skilled with a blade as Suiren, or as agile as Ran. I'm still useful!" Ayame said.
"I know you are. You just have to show her." Mackie said.
"Good luck trying. There's no way I'll be up to her standard. It's my own fault I lounge around all day doing nothing while she's off practicing. While Devil Girl practices kata, Yuri practices her hand to hand fighting, Ran swims her laps and practices her flips, Suiren slices boulders with her sword, I get into some comfortable clothing, grab my mp3, plop in a lounge chair and catch a few Z's." Ayame said.
"Not too late to try." Mackie said.
"No, it's never been my thing. I just wasn't cut out to be a fighter I guess." Ayame said.
"You know, that reminds me of a story." Mackie said.
"I don't have time for stories. I just want to sleep." Ayame said, laying back down again.
"You'll like this one." Mackie said.
"Later...I just want to forget about everything." Ayame said, starting to get comfortable again.
"Please?" Mackie pleaded.
"Oh all right..." Ayame sighed, sitting back up.
"Good. One time there was this Boomer that Sylia and the girls couldn't beat. Nene really messed up and everyone but Linna yelled at her too." Mackie said.
"So Devil Girl's a Devil Bitch in training. What's the point..."
"Priss told Sylia how much she wanted Nene off the team, so she made a bet with her. If Nene didn't do better than Priss in the next battle, Sylia would kick her off the team."
"And if Nene did better than Priss?" Ayame asked.
"Priss had to wear a dress." Mackie said.

Ayame started to smile a little.

"Was that a smile I just saw?" Mackie asked.
"Who cares? Keep going." Ayame ordered.
"Well, anyway, Nene remembered what she did best."
"Convince people staying overnight that the place's been robbed?"

Mackie looked at her sternly.

"I know I know, hack the hell out of anything that gets in her way." Ayame said.
"Well that's what Nene did. And she showed Priss up."
"So that means.." Ayame said as Mackie reached into his pocket and pulled out a picture.
"Yep."

Ayame took one look at the picture. At first she started to smile. Then she started to giggle, until she was rolling on the bed in laughter.

"Just don't tell Priss I showed you this. She told me to burn all the prints and the negatives." Mackie said. "So feeling better?"
"Yeah. Thanks Mackie." Ayame said, giving him a peck on the cheek. Mackie's face turned bright red.
"I won't tell Nene, don't worry." Ayame said smiling.
"I won't tell her either." Mackie said. "So, do you get what I'm saying?"
"I think so. I'm not the best fighter so I need to use the best weapon I have. Which would be my mind." Ayame said.
"Exactly."

Ayame started to smile. Then she headed for the door.

"Hey, where you going? They're probably all over the city by now." Mackie called.
"I'm not going after them. Not yet anyway." Ayame said with a devious smile.
"I take it you've got those patented Ayame Kamino plans in your head." Mackie said.
"Do I ever! Let's see how useless I am now Devil Girl...Wait 'til she sees this!" Ayame said, running off. "Nigel! Get up off your ass, we've got work to do!"
"I swear, I've never seen a girl go from all out depression to sheer ecstasy like her." Mackie said as he headed after Ayame.

Meanwhile...

(You're on the Battlefield kicks up)

"All right you bastards! I've got a Knuckle Bomb with your name on it! TAKE THIS!!!!! AAAAAHH!!!!" Yuri screamed, blasting a minion to kingdom come in a matter of seconds. Another came at her, but she took them down with a few quick swipes of her staff. Another charged, she slammed the Knuckle Bomber into it.

"Come on! Is that the best you guys can do! I'm barely breaking a sweat here!" Yuri shouted. "Okay who wants some!" Yuri shouted, allowing several other minions to greet her Knuckle Bomber.

"Oneesan, save some for us!" Ran said, ramming her trident/mancatcher into an enemy, twirling it rapidly, and then ramming it into them again. Another one charged her, but she held her staff out and twirled on one foot, spinning around several times, slicing them to ribbons. She grabbed several with her wires and reeled them in, which found their way to Yuri's Knuckle Bomber.

"Get down everyone!" Ran shouted. She charged straight at a group of minions, who were sliced to ribbons by her head whips.

"There sure are a lot of them!" Suiren commented as she cut down several with a few swipes of her no-daichi. She slashed into one, slashed right, slashed left, and then finished by driving her sword in and then pulling it out quickly. She slashed another, stepped in with a kick and slashed upward in an uppercut, before driving her sword into another and flying upward. One slashed at her, disarming her. She powered up her cannon and blasted a few to kingdom come, before backflipping over to her weapon, which she used to dispatch a few more enemies.

"We can't keep this up for long! TAKE THAT, AND THAT!!!" Yuri shouted, driving her Knuckle Bomber into even more minions.

"We have to Oneesan! We've got to get Sai back to the guys!" Ran said, cutting more down with her head whips.

Energy blasts flew out of nowhere, courtesy of Sai, which vaporized even more warriors.

"I can't keep this up for long." Sai said.
"That doesn't matter. We've got to kill all of them so that this city can be safe." Sylia said, as she used her ugly bladed terror to reduce more minions to nothing. Linna tore into more with her headwhips, destroying them, while Priss Knuckle and Leg Bombed several dozen more to kingdom come. Nene fired her rail gun as fast as she could, wasting even more.

"There's too many of them!!!" Nene shouted.
"DAMN!!! THEY JUST KEEP COMING!!!" Priss shouted.

Suddenly, twin swords flew through the air, impaling a minion! Out of nowhere Sakura Trowa-flipped into the area, ran up and let the warrior have it with her Knuckle Bomber, recovering her swords just in time to surround them with the Waterflow Technique and slice them down to size. She cut through more with Gokou Juuji, and slashed an inward slash with her swords next. Grabbing her left sword with her right hand, she charged up her cannon and let a large energy blast fly that vaporized even more.

"Took you long enough." Yuri commented.
"I got tied up with some more minions. I of course dealt with them." Sakura said.
"We don't have time for a conversation. TIME FOR SOME MORE DEVASTATION!!!!" Priss shouted, tearing into them with her explosive punches and kicks.
"Now serving, number five billion and one!" Yuri shouted as another Knuckle Bomber connected with yet another minion. "Take a number and get in line!"

(Heavens' Drive kicks up)

Suiren went into a slicing frenzy, using various techniques she had picked up while watching Ayame play Legend of Dragoon. She slashed once, jammed her sword in, and slashed upward. "Volcano!" she called out. She slashed, stepped in, and slashed upward. "Burning Rush!" She nailed them with several slashes one after another, which she had seen Ayame use several million times in order to charge up her SP. "Crush Dance!". She slashed rapid-fire slashes, so fast that the opponents could not see them. "Madness Hero!" She slashed left, right, up, down, jammed her sword in several times before holding it above her head and driving it in and yanking it out quickly. "Moon Strike!"

"Whoa Suiren, talk about getting into it." Ran observed.
"Minions...won't...die...need...more...techniques..." Suiren said. "I got it!"

Holding her no-daichi like a pool cue, Suiren slid across the ground and stabbed a minion to death, before knocking another out of the air. She then slashed, making her sword appear to fly, before holding her sword up high and slashing rapid strokes, cutting him apart. She leapt up, bringing her legs together, and slammed down on yet another. She drove her no-daichi into another, and backflipped with the sword still in them, before slashing from multiple sides and then crashing down the center.

"Okay, that's it. I'm confiscating your manga." Sakura said.
"Okay, Ms. I'm Aoshi Shinomori's biggest fan..." Suiren said under her breath.
"What was that?" Sakura asked.
"Um, nothing..." Suiren replied.
"If you don't answer me, I'll kill you." Sakura said.
"IT'S TRUE!!!" Suiren exclaimed.
"Shut up." Sakura said as she set her swords up in a line for another Onmyou Hasshi. She gave the first one a kick as she threw them at a minion behind Suiren.
"Duck." she said just as they flew past Suiren and impaled the opponent. "Stay down." Suiren fell to the ground as an energy bolt flew through the air, destroying the last of the minions.

"Aww...No more?" Priss said in disgust.
"Ask, and you will receive." Suiren commented, pointing to another horde of minions charging them.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Sylia said.
"Bring 'em on! I'm just getting warmed up!" Yuri shouted.

Sakura sighed as she and the others readied themselves for another wave.

"You guys stay here. I'm going to go get the heavy artillery." Priss said, running off in her hardsuit.

Meanwhile...

"Okay, let's go." Ryo said.

Putting the large train into gear, they began charging at full speed, heading straight for the center of the city. But they were stopped outside it by the Lightspeed Galaxy team. Both Chad and Joel had weird weapon systems, but they were not the Gundam armors.

"This is as far as you go!" Carter declared.

Anubis gave a slight smirk, before flooring it, the Rangers barely getting out of the way as they hightailed it into the city, racing through train stations, and everything else, straight for the Aquabase. But the train suddenly stopped!

"What the?" Anubis exclaimed. "Ryo, go out and see what's stopping us."

Ryo opened a hatch and climbed out. He looked around. And then, he saw, Fire Rescue 1, holding on with its extendible hand ladders. He climbed back inside.

"Those guys aren't going to let us get away. I say we fight fire with fire." Ryo said.

Anubis opened the doors, and the 99 Machines were deployed in record time.

"Let's take these guys down. Kinkyu Gattai!" Ryo and the other Ronins shouted.

In a quite unusual sequence, the Victory Robo was formed, and the sword summoned. However, the Rangers also summoned theirs!

"I'm going to bet that this thing works similar to the one we're borrowing." Rowen said.
"Move over Ryo. I'll drive." Sage said.

Gripping the controls, Sage stared down the large identical robot as they prepared to do battle.

Back at the Mobile Pit...

As Ayumi Hamasaki blasted in the background, Ayame, Nigel, and Mackie were hard at work on some project.

"I hope this works. Sakura and the others are probably getting their asses whooped." Ayame said.
"Did you just call your twin sister by her actual name?" Mackie wondered.
"So? I may hate her sometimes but I still love her." Ayame explained.
"I'll never understand humans." Mackie said.
"Sure you will. Sometimes we all need to stop our emotions and really think if that is the REAL way we feel." Ayame said.
"So, you don't hate your sister, after she sent you into tears?" Mackie said.
"Yeah." Ayame said as she tightened a few bolts on what she was working on.
"Why?"
"I dunno...maybe those who have been hurt are just kinder to others." Ayame said.
"Who said that, some philosopher?" Mackie asked.
"No, some guy watering watermelons." Ayame explained.
"Oh. EVA?" Mackie asked.
"Yeah. It's a miracle I picked that up after the guys wouldn't stop screaming about stupid Asuka...Wait a sec, Destonus knows her voice actress and he can have her e-mail me, if he doesn't kill me first. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ASUKA!!!!" Ayame said.
"Oh yeah, and Destonus, stop running away from EVA and go watch it again! I hear EoE's coming out eventually!" Mackie said.
"I think we broke down the fourth wall." Ayame said.
"Yeah. Nigel can you fix it?" Mackie asked.
"No, it's a theatrical expression." Ayame explained.
"Ohhh....You're smart." Mackie said.

Ayame blushed.

"What happened to your face? Why did it turn red all of a sudden?" Mackie wondered.
"I'm going to give you a ten second head start."

Mackie ran in terror.

"Ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, nanatsu...OKAY GET BACK HERE!!!!" Ayame shouted, running out of the Mobile Pit after Mackie. Nigel sighed and went back to work on their project.

Back with the minions...

"There's still too many of them! We can't take them all down! YAAAA!!!!" Yuri screamed, hitting yet another minion with her Knuckle Bomber.
"What do you think? Destonus would let us win while the camera's not on us?" Suiren said.
"Very funny."
"You fools won't last long enough to know my name." Sakura said to a group of minions. She crossed her swords.

"Kodatchi Nintouryuu...Gokou Juuji!!!!" Sakura screamed, slashing several minions apart.

The girls charged with their various weapons, knocking out minions as fast as they could. But they kept coming.

"Can't...keep...this...up much longer!" Ran shouted, almost exhausted.
"We...have...to!" Suiren added.
"DIE DAMN YOU!!!!!" Yuri screamed as she nailed even more minions.
"We need more firepower! Our hardsuits can't do this alone!" Nene said.

Back at the Mobile Pit...

Priss ran as fast as she could. While Ayame, Mackie, and Nigel worked on their project, they heard the metallic footsteps of Priss' hardsuit. She came running into the Mobile Pit moments later.

"Priss! What are you doing here?" Mackie asked.
"Shut up and tell me where the Motoslave is." Priss answered.
"Over here." Nigel said, pointing to the vehicle.
"Good. I'm outta here." Priss said.

The side of the Mobile Pit opened, and Priss was deployed.

"Tell my sisters we're working on something to help!" Ayame shouted.
"Okay. I'm gone." Priss said.

She revved up the engine and took off at high speed.

Back in Mariner Bay...

"Sage, we can't keep this up much longer!" Ryo said.
"How long have we been fighting this guy?" Rowen asked.
"Too long." Kento said.
"It simply wouldn't be proper if we beat these guys while the camera wasn't on us." Sage said.
"When's Sai going to get here?" Ryo said in frustration.
"When's Destonus going to quit it with the Bastard! references?" Kento shouted.
"I don't know. But these guys for Rangers are pretty tough!" Sage said.
"That does it. Rowen, get in touch with Sai, I don't care how." Ryo said.
"I'll try Ryo." Rowen said.
"Anubis?" Ryo asked.
"Yes Ryo." Anubis said.
"Take that train of yours and go on without us. Find Gingaman, we could sure use their help." Ryo ordered.
"We're on our way Ryo." Anubis said.
"Wait. I'll stay here. Perhaps I can be of assistance." Hyuuga said.
"Whatever you wish. We'll handle any security they have." Anubis said.

With that the Go Liner took off for the Aquabase. Hyuuga exited the large train.

"Kishi Tensei!" he shouted, holding his sword to the sky.
"Kou Seijuu, Gou Taurus!" he shouted.

The large bull appeared and roared. Hyuuga grew into Juukishi.

"Kiju Gashin!" he shouted, combining with Gou Taurus to become Gasshin Juushi Bull Taurus. Brandishing the Knight Axe, he approached the Lightspeed Megazord and slashed it.

"Hyuuga!" Ryo shouted.
"Let's take this guy down." Hyuuga said.

Suddenly, a space shuttle flew in and transformed into a robot!

"Oh no! It's the Max Solarzord!" Ryo shouted.
"I'll handle this guy. You handle the Megazord."

Hyuuga brandished his giant axe and locked in combat with the smaller robot. For its size it was quite strong.

"So, it's you again. You're not going to last this fight!" Ryan shouted.
"I will fight you to the end! Where is my brother and his companions?" Hyuuga demanded.
"We can't say just now. That's a secret." Ryan said.

Meanwhile...

"We're almost there. Standby for Gran...Oh no." Anubis said.
"What is it Anubis?" Kale asked.
"Oh great, it's them again."

Standing between the Warlords and their victory was none other than the Galaxy Megazord. By its side were the Stratoforce and Centarus Megazords.

"We're too big and clumsy to fight him like this. We need something smaller." Anubis said.
"The Ronins have the Victory Robo. This is all we have to work with." Dais added.
"What about our armor?" Sekhmet suggested.
"It won't work. It did not do much to that other robot, so what makes you think it will work on these?" Kale asked.
"Wait! That's it! Express Equip!" Anubis shouted.

The Max Shuttle flew in and transformed into Liner Boy.

"Need help?" Liner Boy asked.
"Yes. Attack them!" Anubis shouted.

Liner Boy broke out his cannon and began firing at the enemy mecha, which did not seem to phase them. The Stratoforce Megazord attacked Liner Boy with his boomerang, knocking him away. The Centarus Megazord followed up by using his cannon. They then opened fire on the Go Liner, keeping them from going anywhere.

"They've got us pinned down! What can we do?" Dais asked.
"THIS!!!!" Anubis shouted, pushing the throttle as far as it could go.

The Go Liner roared to life and barreled through the assembled mecha, off the mainland, onto the bridge, straight towards the train bay.

"Ha ha! We did it!" Sekhmet said.
"Good thinking Anubis." Kale said.
"Now, let's go free Gingaman." Anubis said.
"They seem to have called off their pursuit." Dais observed.
"I wonder why." Anubis said.
"It's because we're too smart and powerful for them!" Sekhmet shouted.
"No, I think that's why." Kale said, pointing up ahead.

Standing in the opened train bay was a strange looking Megazord. It looked like the Lightspeed Solarzord, but it was entirely black in color. Next to it was Mike as the Defender Torozord.

"What is that thing?" Anubis wondered.
"I say we destroy it!" Sekhmet shouted.
"I wouldn't do that Warlords. Since the Lightspeed team is busy fighting your companions and Leo and his group are in the Galaxy Megazord, we had to improvise. Behold the Lifeforce Megazord." Mike said.
"What do you mean improvise..." Dais wondered.
"You'll never get away with this!" Ryouma shouted.

The Warlords gasped.

"That's right. We put Gingaman on board to power this new machine. Destroy it and everything you came to save goes up in smoke."
"We'll never destroy the Ronins or Warlords willingly." Hayate shouted.
"We thought so. So we're controlling the Lifeforce Megazord through remote control. Two birds with one stone." Mike said.
"Now, let's see how you do underwater." Mike said.

Taking the Defender Axe, he and Leo used their weapons to slice the bridge at either end, causing the Warlords and Gingaman to tumble into the bay.

"You wait here little brother in case they get back. I'm going after them." Mike said.

With that Mike leapt into the water as well.

"Um, Ryo, I can't track the Warlords anymore." Kento said.
"We've got to hang on. We can take this thing down." Ryo said as he blocked yet another blow from the Lightspeed Megazord.

As they battled, they saw two beams of colored light streak out of the Megazord, one headed straight for the Aquabase and the other headed for the Rail Rescues!

"This doesn't look good Ryo..." Rowen said.
"Hang on. We can take this." Ryo said.
"We just started to use these things. It's not like we've been using them day in and day out like the Gogofive have." Sage explained.
"We have to try." Ryo said.
"This might get a little difficult..." Kento said.
"Why?" Ryo asked.
"We've got company!" Rowen exclaimed.
"Damn!" Ryo shouted.

Out of nowhere the Omega Megazord and Supertrain Megazords approached. Supertrain fired, knocking the Victory Robo to the ground.

"What the? MORE?" Kento shouted.
"This just keeps getting worse and worse." Sage said.
"Where the hell are Anubis and the others?" Ryo shouted.
"We can't find them either." Rowen said.
"We need some more firepower. Rowen, see if you can get in touch with Hariel. We need his help." Ryo said.
"Ryo, he and the Forgotten Souls are protecting the mansion. We're kinda out of Japan right now. It might take a while for him to get here."
"DO IT!!!!" Ryo screamed.
"Right." Rowen said as he began to figure out the machine's equipment.

Back in Japan...

The minions were still many. Yuri despite her incredible endurance, was fading fast. The others were not far behind.

"We can't keep this up...much longer." Suiren said as she knocked yet another minion away with her sword.
"We have to!" Sylia said.

As Ran fended off minions, she fell to the ground. Sai rushed over to her.

"Ran!" he shouted.
"I'm okay Sai...I'm just a little tired that's all..." Ran said.

Yuri was at her side as well in an instant.

"Are you okay?" Yuri asked.
"I'm tired Oneesan..." Ran said weakly.
"Hang in there. We'll be out of this mess soon and on a nice comfortable plane to go help the other Ronins. Then you can take a nice little nap and you'll be okay." Yuri assured her gently.
Ran giggled. "A nice LONG nap."
"Whatever you want." Yuri said. "Now let's get you on your feet and kick some butt."
"Okay." Ran said.

Sai and Yuri started to help Ran to her feet, but a Cog opened fire and knocked Ran away before she could get up.

"NOOOO!!!" Sai screamed, furious. He took aim with his beam Machinegun and reduced the Cog to scrap metal. As minions closed around her, Sai ran like a madman towards her, knocking minions away left and right with his mancatcher as the distance between the two became shorter and shorter. He knelt down and lifted her up in his arms.

"Are you all right Ran?" Sai asked.
"I...think...so..." Ran said weakly.
"It's going to be okay Ran. It's going to be okay." Sai said.
"Oh Sai...hold me." Ran said.
"Okay." he replied.

Ran wrapped her arms around his neck and began to embrace as Sai began to pick her up. Minions closed in on them in their helpless state, going for a fatal blow. Sai closed his eyes underneath his helmet so that he would not have to watch his final moments. The next thing he heard was the sound of a motorcycle and the shot of a cannon, which knocked him and Ran a few feet away, but they landed safely. He opened his eyes to find Priss on a strange red motorcycle with a large cannon attached to one side.

"I'm back. Now it's time for you guys to die!" Priss shouted.

Priss fired shot after shot at the minions, causing them to explode in groups.

"Get behind me!" Priss shouted. Hacking their way through minions, the group made it to Priss' side, who began vaporizing even more minions. But unfortunately they kept coming.
"Damn! I thought for sure this would stop them!" Priss shouted in anger.
"Where's my sister?" Sakura demanded.
"She and Mackie are working on something. They said they'd be here when they finished." Priss explained.
"We'll be finished before they'll be finished." Sylia said. "You've got no choice. We have to use the Chi Amplifiers. It's the only way we'll win."
"Are you insane? Those things nearly killed us!" Suiren shouted.
"As if we have much of a choice?" Sylia shouted. "Our suits are almost out of power. If we go down it's up to you. Use them now!"

Sakura held her swords at Sylia once again. "Who died and made you in charge? There's only two people I take orders from, my mom and myself. Last I checked you weren't my mom, and sure as Drakka's in hell you're not me. So shut up, unless you want to end up as a training dummy next time I practice." she warned.

"Listen little girl, I can take these suits away from you as quickly as I made them at your mom's request. I'm older, so you'll listen to me or else." Sylia shouted.
"We're not using the Chi Amplifiers." Sakura insisted.
"You'll use them or we'll all die!" Sylia shouted.
"Out of my way." Sakura said.

Pushing Sylia aside, she turned to Priss. "Cover me." Priss nodded.

Sakura charged out into the open, taking out minions with quick swipes of her swords, then stopped. They closed in on her, but she was not worried.

"What the heck is she doing? Is she trying to get herself killed?" Nene shouted.
"I hope you know what you're doing Sakura." Yuri said softly.

The minions closed in. But she just stood there with her swords by her side.

"Just a little closer." she thought to herself.

"They're almost on top of her! Is she nuts?" Linna wondered.
"I think she's up to something." Suiren said.

They drew even closer to her. Still she did not even move.

"Just a little more..."

"I can't look..." Nene said as the minions were so close to Sakura, she would be taken out in moments due to the sheer numbers.

"Now!" Sakura shouted.

Taking her swords, she quickly placed them hilt to hilt.

"Armor don't fail me now..." Sakura said. "FLARE UP...NOW!!!!!!!" She screamed.

Flames erupted from all sides, burning minions all around her to a crisp in seconds. When the flames cleared Sakura was still standing there, her armor smoking from the flames.

"All right Sakura!" Yuri shouted.

"That was easy." Sakura said, disassembling her weapons.

"Sakura look out!" Nene shouted as some minions who were not burnt to a crisp closed in on her. They heard the sound of missiles whistling through the air, which slammed into the incoming minions, leaving nothing behind.

The others were surprised to where the shots had come from. Suddenly more erupted from a distance, causing more minions to explode!

"What's going on here?" Sylia wondered.

Just then the Mobile Pit came into view, with a strange blue armor on the roof. It looked like Ayame, but it also looked like Rowen used to before he got his White Neo Armor. Hatches opened all over the armor's gauntlets and shoulder guards once more, and more missiles streaked out and took out minions.

"Ayame? Is that you?" Nene asked.
"The one and only."
"What did you do to your armor?" Suiren asked.
"Good question. I've been kinda busy lately." Ayame explained.
"With what?" Yuri asked.
"I figured we needed some more firepower so Nigel, Mackie and I got to work on something to increase our firepower."
"What?" Suiren asked.
"Basically we developed some add-ons that we can call on and attach to our Hardsuits when things get too hot." Ayame said, leaping off the vehicle. "For fun I made them look like our old armor."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's break these babies out and nuke some bad guys!" Yuri said.
"Oh my God...What happened to Ran?" Ayame said after she noticed her clinging to Sai.
"I think she's okay. Just asleep." Sai said.
"Aww..." Ayame said.

The door of the Mobile Pit opened up and Mackie poked his head out.

"Get Ran inside here and I'll launch the Add-Ons."

Sai headed towards the Mobile Pit while Ayame and Priss laid down some cover fire. Through a blind spot in their barrage a group of minions managed to get close, but Sakura sliced them to ribbons with a Gokou Juuji.

"Thanks Devil Girl." Ayame said.
"I wish you'd stop calling me that." Sakura said.
"Sorry...well you are sometimes." Ayame added.
"Can we stop this reunion and just launch those things, as if they'll help?" Sylia shouted.
"Listen up, my twin sister may act lazy and can be somewhat of a pain, but she's one of the smartest girls I know. You Sylia have been nothing but a bitch since you showed up so I would appreciate it if you kept your mouth shut and help my sisters and I solve this problem immediately so that we can send you back home as soon as possible." Sakura snapped.

Ayame stood in shock. All this time Sakura had always yelled at her for everything she did wrong, nit-picking about how she was not the best fighter, was lazy, and never seemed interested. But here she was, standing up for her against Sylia! "Maybe she doesn't hate me as much as I thought she did." she thought.

As Sakura chewed out Sylia, Sai succeeded in getting Ran inside, despite her Hardsuit.

"We should get it off her first." Nigel said.
"Ran, wake up." Sai said softly.

After a few moments her visor opened and she opened her eyes.

"Did I pass out?" Ran asked.
"Uh huh." Sai said. "Can you take your suit off?"
"I'm okay."
"We should sit her down." Nigel said.

Sai helped the still armored Ran into a chair. He carefully removed her helmet, allowing her short purple hair to emerge. She looked up at him with her big lavender eyes.

"Are you going to be okay Ran?" Sai asked.
"Don't worry about me honey...I'll be okay." she said weakly.
"I have to...you are my girlfriend aren't you?" Sai said.
"Of course I am." Ran smiled. "Now you go out there and give those jerks one for me, 'kay Sai?"
"You've got it." Sai said. "What are you going to do?"
"I think I'm going to take me a little catnap." Ran said.
"I'll be right back." Sai said, heading out the door. "Sweet Dreams Ran."

No response.

"Ran?" Sai asked.

Again no response.

He turned around and smiled. There was his beautiful girl, her eyes closed and her head tilted to one side, sound asleep despite the purple suit of armor that was still on her body. The only sound in the room was her gentle breathing as she slumbered. He walked over and gave her a little kiss on the cheek before heading outside. As he began to leave, he noticed something else. There was a strange purple object in the corner that looked like his old armor. There was also two more, that looked like Sage's armor and Kento's. Maybe those were the things Ayame had talked about. He had no time to waste, though. He stepped out and the first thing he saw was Yuri.

"How's she doing?"
"She's taking a nap right now." Sai said.
"Good. I guess she couldn't wait until she got on the plane." Yuri said.
"You really care about her, don't you Yuri." Sai said.
"She's my baby sister. Who wouldn't be touched by someone as sweet as her?"
"Not sure...she's touched me too." Sai said.
"That's Ran for you." Yuri said.
"Let's go help the others. I promised Ran I'd take a few out for her." Sai said.
"You read my mind." Yuri said.

The two headed back to their companions, who were still trying to keep the minions from advancing on them.

"Okay Mackie, fire away!" Ayame said.

From the roof of the Mobile Pit two strange objects flew into the sky. They fell near Yuri and Suiren, and then broke into waves of energy and flew to the usual spots, forming up around them.

Yuri was amazed at her new attachment. It looked like her old armor of Hardrock, minus the helmet. One gauntlet looked the same, the one with her Knuckle Bomber, but the other had a strange launcher built into it. She aimed it at one of the minions and a strange object flew out and latched onto it before exploding in a whirlwind of energy.

"I like! Let's see what else this thing's got."
"My turn now." Suiren said.

Suiren noticed that her charge cannon gauntlet seemed to look a bit different since the add-on attached, so she aimed it at the minions. To her surprise, after going up the first two levels of power, it went up again, and when she fired, a double wave of pink energy flew out, vaporizing several minions in a straight line. She activated her cloaking and disappeared quickly.

Yuri reached onto her back and grabbed what seemed to be her staff, but it was hollow!

"Ayame, what did you do to my staff?" she demanded.
"It's not a staff. It's a cannon!" Ayame explained.
"OH!" Yuri said with enthusiasm.

Aiming the weapon at the minions, she noticed that spikes had extended from her shin guards into the ground.

"Whatever this thing is, it's gotta have one hell of a kick."

Aiming the large weapon at the minions, she fired, and yelled in delight as they were blasted to kingdom come. As she prepared to fire again, minions moved in on her, but they were cut down by shuriken that flew out of thin air!

"Where did they come from..." one minion said before it perished. Another was sliced down the middle, and still another was electrified to death.

Yuri watched in awe as Suiren rematerialized.

"I'm normally not one to enjoy weapons, but this thing rocks!" Suiren said.

Meanwhile, Sakura was fending off more minions than even she could handle.

"Ayame! Launch mine!" she shouted.
"Um, we didn't have time to make you one..." Ayame said, worried that her sister would now kill her.
"YOU WHAT?" Sakura shouted as she knocked yet another minion away.
"We were in a hurry and when we tried to think of weapons for you we couldn't so we figured that you could survive for the time being." Ayame explained nervously.
"Wonderful. That does it. Chi Amplifier on!" Sakura said.
"Sakura no!" Ayame shouted.
"AAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Sakura screamed as her body surged with new energy as the system came online.

With increased power Sakura took the minions down like a woman possessed during PMS. No minion was safe from the edges of her blades. Parts and limbs flew everywhere as Sakura tore into them. No one would hurt her or her sisters. Or her little sister's boyfriend. Or especially Ayame. She had to stop these bastards. One way or another. Besides, she could always rest later.

"TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO GO BACK TO HELL!!!" Sakura screamed, flipping over her swords. "Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren!"

Sakura tore into minions with her swords in six rapid strokes as she danced from enemy to enemy, cutting them down in one attack. She sliced through more with the Gokou Juuji.

"Now what do we do?" Linna asked. "We're almost out of power and we can't take out all these minions if they keep coming like this!"
"There are spare batteries in the Mobile Pit if we need them." Sylia said.
"What we need to do is pinpoint where their ringleader is. If we take him out then these others will probably leave." Ayame said. "Nene, see if you can lock on to his location."
"You got it Ayame." she said.

A complete map of the city came up in her visor as she hacked into a passing satellite. An area of the city blinked as she pinpointed his location.

"Got him. He's in the center of town, on a building." Nene reported.
*"Nigel, you hear that? Lock that into the Mobile Pit so we can fly there." Ayame said.
*"Right."

The She-Ronins headed into the Mobile Pit and prepared to fire.

"She-Ronins prepare for action." Sylia said. She pushed the button and the four girls launched into the air.

Atop a building a warrior watched. He was wearing armor over some sort of strange gi, and his face was covered by a mask. He looked down at the city as the army of minions swarmed about. His master's plan was working. He heard a strange noise and looked up to see four specks of light descending. A flash was seen from one of them and he was knocked back by the blast. As he got up he noticed his right arm was gone. One by one the girls landed. First Ayame, without her Add-on, her bow at the ready. Next Sakura with her twin swords held by her side. Suiren alighted next, her Add-on still attached. And lastly Yuri, her cannon attached on to her Knuckle Bomber, held towards the sky.

"Good shot Yuri." Ayame said.
"Thanks. Now let's get this guy." Yuri said, canceling out her Add-on and summoning her weapon as well from the symbol on her other gauntlet.

Their opponent laughed as his arm grew back.

"That hurt." he said.
"So you're one of them aren't you." Sakura said angrily.
"How observant. Now you die!" he shouted, firing rapid ki blasts that the girls dodged by leaping into the air. Three landed one by one. Yuri was the first down and let him have it by slashing him with her staff's blade. He knocked it away, along with her. Sakura landed next and crossed her swords, flying at him at breakneck speed, cutting at him with her Gokou Juuji, but he backstepped, dodging the blades and then backflipping neatly out of the way of her inward slash. He reached back and punched Sakura, sending her flying and skidding across the building, knocking her swords away. He moved in and powered up for an energy blast but a blast hit him, causing a nasty wound on his left arm. Before he could determine its origin he was stabbed in the back by a sword. As Suiren rematerialized he grabbed her by the neck and hurled her through the air towards the edge, which she barely grabbed on to. She looked over at Ayame, who was setting up with her bow. Thinking quickly, she launched herself into the air and sent shuriken flying at him, which he blasted with rapid-fire ki blasts, before firing a ki blast that Suiren easily dodged by going to flight mode. He barely had time to react as he heard Ayame say, "Arrow...Shock...wave!" Her sure-kill slammed into him, and the other girls took cover as it dissipated. When the girls saw the warrior again most of his armor was gone or badly damaged, and he was bleeding heavily.

"That little trick of yours hurt. DIE!!!!" he shouted, aiming at Ayame.

Sakura quickly recovered her swords and leapt in front of her as he shot, blocking the attack with her own hardsuit, which was now pretty well damaged.

"Sakura...No!" Ayame screamed.
"I'm sorry Ayame...I should have been nicer to you...I'll be okay."
"No, it's my fault...I should have been more helpful..." Ayame said, almost crying.
"No, I'm sorry...I shouldn't have been so hard on you...we're both sorry...Give...him...one...for me..." Sakura said before passing out.
"Sakura? SAKURA!!!!" Ayame screamed.

Suiren landed next to Ayame and Sakura and examined her. "She's alive...barely. The armor absorbed most of it, and sad to say, the only reason she's still with us is because of those Chi Amplifier things."

Yuri stood ready with her Knuckle Bomber. "YOU BASTARD!!!! You're gonna pay for hurting my sister..." But Ayame stopped her.
"Outta the way Yuri." Ayame said. Gone was the gentle girl she knew. She was pissed, and she knew it. "He's mine." Ayame said with the same deathly voice that she would normally expect from Sakura. "Cover me." Ayame said.
"Got it." Suiren said, standing over Sakura with her gauntlet aimed for their opponent. Yuri stood nearby, ready to attack if Ayame's plan, whatever it was, failed.
"We're sworn to dispose of your kind wherever you go, but you just made it personal...I didn't think my twin sister even cared...but she did. Now you're going to pay for hurting her." Ayame said.

She notched an arrow and aimed at the warrior.

"And what are you going to do with that?" he asked sarcastically. "Scratch me again?"
"This." Ayame said.

The wind began to pick up dramatically. Energy began to build. The warrior could feel it. The other girls could feel it too.

"Chou..." Ayame said slowly.

The energy continued to build as the building began to shake.

"...an...." Ayame continued.
"We better take cover..." Suiren said.
"Yeah." Yuri said, picking up the unconscious and still armored Sakura. Suiren grabbed her swords and the two prepared to leap for a nearby building.

"...do!" Ayame finished.

Suddenly the sky turned dark. Rather than the Earth, the Palace of the Heavens appeared in the sky as Ayame rose into view, clothed in the fanciest gown imaginable, still holding her bow, which was glowing with energy. Her kanji of trust was glowing on her forehead. Suiren and Yuri leapt just as Ayame finished up the attack.

"ARROW SHOCKWAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ayame screamed, releasing the bolt.

Suiren and Yuri fell/leapt to the next building as an enormous explosion erupted on top of the building. A cry of extreme pain was heard, then silence as the warrior was vaporized on contact. The blast could be seen for miles around as it continued out over the sea, across it, and finally fading out at the outskirts of Mariner Bay. The Ronins and Rangers as they were fighting witnessed the spectacle and stopped fighting to admire it.

"Ryo...That's like what happened when you used Inferno on Kayura and the Warlords helped out!" Rowen said.

Up at in Talpa's palace, Kayura and Talpa also viewed this phenomenon.

"What is that Talpa?" Kayura wondered.
"It can only be one thing. The Children of Amaterasu and the Ancient One have returned to Earth temporarily."
"Should we tell the Ronins?" Kayura asked.
"No. They will discover in time." he replied.

Back in Capitol City, Sai also watched the fireworks display from the Mobile Pit, which was shaking as the energy surged. He shielded Ran just in case something fell loose from whatever had just occurred. The shaking jolted Ran awake. She opened her eyes sleepily and looked at Sai.

"What's...going on..." she yawned softly.
"It's nothing. Just some energy surge." Sai said.
"It's probably one of my sisters using her full power...Mom said not to..." She said, smiling as she closed her eyes again.
"What did you say Ran?" Sai asked. But his little orchid had already drifted back to sleep.

Back on the building, Suiren and Yuri had managed to start climbing back up with a completely out of it Sakura.

"Whoa...What an attack..." Yuri said both enthusiastically and weakly as she and her sister climbed back onto the building.
"Ayame, for future reference, WARN US before you pull something like that?" Suiren said.

Ayame was standing there, still in her goddess state. She did not seem to hear what Suiren had said.

"Ayame?" Suiren called again.

Ayame slowly walked over to the energist lying on the building, all that was left of the warrior she destroyed. She picked it up slowly.

"Ayame?" Suiren said.

Ayame held it in her hand for a few moments, as if examining it. Her face quickly changed to an expression of anger and with one gesture she crushed it with one hand. She faded back to her Hardsuit.

"Nobody hurts my sister. Nobody." she said.

With that she collapsed.

"AYAME!" Yuri, Sakura and Suiren shouted.

Later...

Slowly but surely Ayame opened her eyes. Her sisters slowly came into focus.

"Did someone get the number of that truck I hit?" Ayame joked.
"Oh you're okay...I was so worried..." Sakura said, hugging her sister.
"Um, Sakura, did you loose your mind when you got hit?" she said. But then she noticed that Sakura was crying.
"She does care about me...she really does...Guess that saying's true after all."
"That was awesome! You kicked his ass clear to hell!" Yuri shouted.
"Oneesan...I told you to stop..." Ran scolded sweetly.

Yuri covered her mouth. "Oops, sorry."

Ran giggled.

"I did?" Ayame asked in disbelief.
"Yeah. He never knew what hit him." Suiren said.
"You saved us all Ayame." Sakura said.
"It was nothing. I saw you guys were in trouble and I just...snapped." Ayame said.
"You finally realized how powerful you really are. You may not be as good a fighter as the rest of us, but your mind and your heart more than make up for it." Sakura said.
"Um, Sakura...you're really starting to scare me." Ayame said. "Maybe you should lay down..."
"Don't you get it Ayame?" Ran asked.
"Get what? That Sakura's lost her mind?" Ayame wondered.
"Sakura really does care for you. She may not show it sometimes, but she does." Yuri said.
"You should have seen her while you were unconscious. She was pacing, worrying, she never left your side until you woke up." Sai added.
"I hate to break up this touching reunion, but we've got to get back to our home." Priss said.
"Yes. There are problems in our time that we must deal with." Sylia added.

A portal opened in front of them. Through it they could see the ruins of a city.

"Thanks for inviting us to the concert Priss." Ran said.
"No problem." Priss said in her usual way.
"Thanks for your help." Yuri added.
"You guys would have done the same." Priss said.

Nene and Ayame looked at each other.

"Aw, don't be sad, you can always try and e-mail me..." Nene said.
"No, I'll try and visit if I can. It was fun while it lasted." Ayame said.
"I'm going to miss you." Nene said, almost crying.
"I'm going to miss you too." Ayame added.

The two girls hugged.

"Well, goodbye everyone. It was fun." Linna said. "If you're ever in Megalo Tokyo..."
"Or what's left of it..." Priss said.
"...look us up." Linna said.

"Um, bye Ran, bye Ayame." Mackie said.
"Bye." Ran said.
"See you. Thanks..."
"You're wel...mumph..." was all Mackie could say before Ayame planted a big kiss on his lips. It ended as quickly as it began. Mackie began to blush redder than Ryo's armor.
"...For everything." Ayame said.

Mackie somehow began to regain his composure as Nene began to scold him for letting another girl kiss him. The other She-Ronins began to look at Ayame.

"It was only a little goodbye kiss." she confessed.
"Uh huh." They all said.
"Really! I was just thanking him." Ayame pleaded.
"Uh huh." the others said.
"Really! Honest!" Ayame said.
"Sure you were." Yuri said.
"The guy helped me out, okay? I just wanted to thank him that's all..." Ayame said, blushing a little.
"You like him don't you Ayame?" Suiren teased.
"Um..."
"Well, come on? Do you or not?" Suiren asked.
"Er..."
"I have to know! I'll even let you borrow some of my things if you're really serious about this." Suiren said.
"Um..."
"Back off Suiren, you're making her nervous." Sai said.
"Come on! I haven't been able to help you with any guys lately! So, do you?" Suiren asked again.
"NO!!!!!!!" Ayame shouted. "FOR YOUR INFORMATION MACKIE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
"That's right. He's my boyfriend." Nene said proudly. "Thanks for helping Ayame sweetie."

Nene then kissed Mackie, making the poor guy blush even more.

"Ahem." Sylia said.

Nene stopped kissing Mackie and looked at Sylia.

"We really need to get going."
"Oops! Sorry Sylia." Nene said.
"See ya. We're outta here." Priss said.
"Bye girls!" Linna said.
"Bye Ayame!" Nene said.
"Hey, if you two set a date, let me know, okay?" Ayame said.
"You got it." Nene responded.

With that the Knight Sabers +2 headed through the portal, which closed as quickly as it had appeared.

"Let's get back to the hotel. We still need to pack and get out of here." Yuri said.
"So, what happened after I supposedly vaporized that guy?" Ayame asked.
"Well, all the minions were terrified and just vanished from what those four said." Sai said, indicating the Knight Sabers.

A few minutes later...

The girls and Sai entered their hotel room. The Knight Sabers had been ready to leave at a moment's notice, but the She-Ronins still had to pack before they left for Mariner Bay. Yuri carried an unconscious Sakura, who had fallen asleep in the taxi over there, and laid her down on the bed.

"It's the drain from using the Chi Amplifier, right?" Ayame asked.
"Yeah. We've got to get Kinjiro to fix those things so they don't knock us out after we shed our armor." Yuri said.
"This is kinda eerie. The Devil Girl looks like an angel when she sleeps. She's so exhausted she's not even snoring." Ayame said. "I gotta get a picture of this!" But then her excitement faded. She walked over to Sakura as she slumbered.

"I guess you're not so bad after all. You had me worried too. But what's stranger to me is that you cared about me, all those times I cared about you. I'm sorry. I guess we're both sorry. Well, sweet dreams Devil Gir...I mean Sakura."

Ayame stepped away from her twin sister, turning around to see all her other siblings and Sai watching her.

"That was so sweet." Suiren said.
"Hey, I'm getting better..." Ayame said.
"SO, are you in love with Mackie or do you still have the hots for Rowen? Huh? Huh?" Suiren asked.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Ayame shouted.
"Please? I've got to know!" Suiren shouted.
"All I want right now, is nice long nap from here to the other side of the Pacific. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?"

Later...

After gathering their things and temporarily waking up Sakura so that they could get to the airport, they got on the next flight to Mariner Bay to rescue the Ronins and save them from the Rangers. No sooner were they seated did Ayame tilt her seat back as far as it would go, her hands rested neatly on the armrests, and she closed her eyes and began breathing a sigh of relief.

"Sweet Dreams Ayame." Sai said. But he got no response. She was already out like a light.
"Doesn't she look like an angel Sai?" Ran said, smiling.
"Yeah. But no one compares to your beauty." Sai said.

Ran blushed a little at that.

"Though I can't say the same for Sakura when it comes to sounding like an angel." Sai said. Seconds later they heard a loud "SNOZZZZZ" from Sakura.

"You're right about that Sai." Ran giggled.
"Hey you two, stop teasing Sakura about her sleeping habits. The poor girl's exhausted." Yuri said, leaning over.
"Sorry Oneesan...at least we're not commenting on your snoring." Ran said.
"I do not snore." Yuri protested.
"We need to make a tape." Sai said.
"Yeah." Ran giggled.
"I heard that." Yuri said. "You two have fun. I'm going to get some rest too. We'll need it when we get there. Here you go Ran." she said, handing Ran her Discman. "I took the liberty of throwing TERRA 2001 in there for you. I couldn't find Los Angeles in your bag though."
Ran giggled. "That's because Destonus has only heard one track off it. He has this policy about not putting any music into his stories until he's heard it. He doesn't want to repeat the 'Who are you Protecting' fiasco."
"You mean when he found out it's a slow song and he really needed 'Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu'?" Yuri said.
"Yeah." Ran said.
"Oh." Yuri said.
"Now girls, leave the author alone. I'm sure he'll hear it at some point." Sai said.
"Yeah. He's gotta keep up with my interests." Ran said.
"Oh." Sai said.

As Yuri noisily fell asleep, She reached into her purse and pulled out some gum and popped it in her mouth and began chewing as the plane took off. Once they announced it was safe, Ran put Yuri's headphones on and hit play.

Sai sat there for a few minutes. From what he could see he was the only one in their little group who was still awake. Next to him was Ayame, who was sleeping so deeply she could almost pass for the dead it seemed, and in front of Ran Yuri was snoring loud enough to wake them. In front of Ayame was Sakura, who was also snoring quite loudly, and he could not tell if Suiren was awake or asleep. Somehow over the snoring he heard a page turn and heard a girl sigh, so he was pretty sure it was Suiren. Unless there was some other bishounen-obsessed blonde girl on the aircraft he did not know about.

But still, he felt bad about what had just happened. As Ran's boyfriend, he should be quite knowledgeable in her friends, her interests, her family. Well, he certainly knew her family (and could hear some of them). But what exactly was Ran interested in? He thought perhaps, he should find out. After all Ran could hate him forever.

Sai leaned over to talk to Ran, but all he saw was translucent pink. And on the other side Ran. The normal colors came back shortly after Ran's bubble burst and she brought the gum back into her mouth.

"Oops, sorry Sai. What's up?" she asked as she continued to chew, taking her headphones off and putting them around her neck..
"When did you learn that?" he asked.
"Ayame showed me how. Want me to teach you?" Ran asked.
"No, that's okay." Sai said. "I'm curious about something else."
"What?" Ran asked.
"What were you and Yuri talking about a minute ago? Something about Los Angeles and the Earth in 2001?" Sai said, struggling with the strange terms she had used.
"Oh...It's the Brilliant Green's second album." Ran explained.

Sai looked confused. "The whoseewhatsit?" he asked.

Ran blew another bubble, which when it popped it neatly covered her lips and part of her nose, which she quickly brought back into her mouth. "The Brilliant Green."

Sai continued to look confused. Ran smiled.

"They're my favorite band." Ran replied.
"Ohhhhh." Sai said, finally clear on the concept. "Since when?"
"Since forever." Ran said. "You didn't know?"
"No. I thought you only liked Megumi Hayashibara."
"Oh don't get me wrong, she's cool and all. But I AM a HUGE Buuriguuri fan." Ran said, smiling. She then looked at Sai. "What's wrong?"
"Oh nothing...just that I don't know much about the girl who's supposed to be my girlfriend."
"Betcha didn't know I smoke too." Ran said.
"YOU SMOKE!!!!!! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW BAD THAT IS FOR YOU?" Sai said in shock. But then he heard Ran start to giggle.
"Of course I don't silly. If I ever started Yuri would kill me, and Mom would ground me for an eternity, that is if Destonus didn't get to me first." Ran said.

Sai breathed a sigh of relief as Ran blew another bubble.

"Oh it's okay Sai. I don't know much about you either. Other than what Mom said." Ran explained.
"Really?" Sai asked.
"Yeah. I guess all of us were too busy kissing each other to get to know each other better." Ran said.
"I guess so." Sai said.

A few moments passed.

"Now, about this Brilliant Green..." Sai asked.
"Oh, I know EVERYTHING about them. Ask me anything!" Ran smiled.
"When did you start to get into them?" Sai asked.
"Like, kinda after we got home after the cruise." Ran said. "We were kinda depressed over not being with you guys so we sorta sought out new musical interests or fell back on others."
"Because we took you to see her in concert?" Sai asked.
"Yeah, kinda." Ran replied. "But anyway, I just happened to be watching TV one day and while flipping through the channels, I heard this song as an opener for some soap called Overtime. I started watching, just for the song because it was so cool. Then I heard it on the radio one day and they said it was by this group called the Brilliant Green. Now, Yuri and I get along so well, so when she went to get the new GLAY album, she's a GLAY fan."
"GLAY?" Sai asked.
"They're a rock band." Ran explained. "She was into them long before Megumi. We just like the songs she sings for anime."
"Oh." Sai said.
"I see you guys don't get out much." Ran said.
"Well, yeah..." Sai replied.
"Just kidding." Ran giggled.
"As you were saying?"
"Well, Yuri wanted to go get the new GLAY album that was just out so I went with her and within a short amount of time I got their first two albums."
"And then you practically locked yourself in your room listening to them for two weeks straight." Yuri said.
"Oneesan!" Ran shouted. "How was your nap?"
"Fine until you guys got too loud. I couldn't fall back to sleep because of all your giggling." Yuri said.
"Sorry..." Ran said.
"She locked herself in her room?" Sai said.
"Yep. She only came out to eat or practice, and all the while she was humming along to some song every single day. She'd watch MTV in hopes that a Brilliant Green video would come on so she could see Ryo, right?" Yuri said.
"Oneesan..." Ran blushed...
"Why's she blushing like that?" Sai asked.
"She doesn't like it when I tease her about her crush on Ryo." Yuri said.

At the sound of the name Sakura woke up. "Did I hear my boyfriend's name? Okay, which one of you stole or beat up my boyfriend?"
"We're talking about Ran's second crush. Ryo Matsui. Not Ryo Senada."
"OHHHH." Sakura said. Relieved, she went back to sleep and resumed her snoring.
"Yeah, I saw you, every time they went to a close up of him you just looked starry eyed." Yuri said.
"Okay, I did kinda have a crush on him...but I never stopped caring about you Sai." Ran said, giving him a small kiss. Sai sort of blushed.
"Well, what has this little girl been saying about me?" Yuri asked.
"Oneesan...I'm fifteen you know..." Ran said.
"I know. You turn sweet sixteen in February." Yuri said.
"Yep! On Tomoko's Birthday!" Ran exclaimed.
"Tomoko?" Sai asked.
"I think we lost Sai again, huh Oneesan." Ran said.
"Tomoko Kawase. She does the vocals for the Brilliant Green. Ran and her happen to coincidentally have the same birthday." Yuri explained.
"Ohhh..."
"He doesn't have a clue does he?" Yuri whispered to Ran.
"Nope." Ran replied.
"Hey...so sue us we've been busy fighting Saban all this time." Sai said.
"Just kidding." Ran said.
"So, who do the others like?" Sai asked.
"Well Ran probably told you I like GLAY knowing her."
"She's a huge GLAY fan." Ran commented.
"Well, Ayame's into Ayumi Hamasaki, and when Suiren's not DROOLING over bishounen she's drooling over Hyde from L'arc en Ciel."
"Oh yeah, the concert she and Nene came back from just after we got back." Sai said. "What about Sakura?"
"To tell you the truth, we're not sure, I don't think we've ever heard her listen to music once since the cruise." Ran said.
"Or before it." Yuri said. "We do know who Sakura does like don't we?"
"Ryo?" Ran whispered.
"No, other than him." Yuri said.
"Ohh...Now I remember." Ran smiled.
"Who?" Sai wondered.

Ran whispered the name in his ear to remind him.

"Now whatever you do, don't mention it." Yuri said.
"My lips are sealed." Sai said.

Yuri yawned. "Well, I'm going to get some more sleep now. See you when we land."

"Sweet Dreams Oneesan!" Ran said.
"Night." Sai added.

Within a few minutes they heard the unpleasant sound of Yuri's snoring.

"So, do you like the Brilliant Green more than Megumi?" Sai asked.
"Yeah. We all agree on Megumi but we all have our own tastes in music too. Ayame likes Ayumi; Suiren likes L'arc en Ciel; Yuri likes GLAY; I sorta like GLAY too, but I don't like them as much as Yuri does."
"I see." Sai said. "But I still don't get how you could go from loving Megumi to liking other groups."
"Well, Ayame and the others liked artists other than Megumi before I did, but we just started listening to Megumi less so that it wouldn't remind us of you guys."
"Oh."
"Yeah, that's basically it. And that's how I became a fan of..." she let out a yawn as she finished her sentence, "the Brilliant Green."
"You tired?" Sai asked.
"A little. You mind if I take a little nap? You can listen to my CD while I'm sleeping if you want." Ran said.
"Not at all. Thank you." Sai said.

Ran took the gum out of her mouth and put it in its wrapper and threw it away, then handed the Discman to Sai.

"Enjoy." she said smiling. Then she closed her eyes and her smile disappeared as she drifted off to sleep.

Sai kissed her before putting the headphones on himself and hitting play.

Meanwhile, back in Mariner Bay...

"Great. More Megazords. Now in addition to the one we were already fighting, we've got more to destroy." Kento complained.
"Rowen, have you gotten in touch with the Forgotten Souls yet?" Ryo asked.
"No dice Ryo. They're out of range." Rowen said.
"Damn!" Ryo swore.
"And while we're on the subject, where did the Warlords go?" Sage wondered.
"I'm not sure, we've got to take care of these guys first!" Kento shouted.
"Right!" The other Ronins said.

Meanwhile, under the harbor, Anubis and the other Warlords had their own problems.

"Anubis, is this thing environmentally sealed?" Kale asked.
"Probably." Anubis said, not sure himself.
"It won't be if those fools get a good hit on us." Dais said.
"Then I suggest we end this fight quickly so that we can return to the surface to assist Ryo and the others." Sekhmet said.

The Lifeforce Megazord, remote controlled by Mike, took its sword and swung at the Grand Liner, damaging it minorly.

"Did they get us?" Anubis wondered.
"No. The armor's still intact." Dais reported.
"How are we supposed to fight them when Gingaman could get hurt too?" Kale wondered.
"I suggest we strike at the root of the problem." Sekhmet said.
"Of course! The Magna Defender!" Anubis said.

Entering a code into the V Mode Bracelets, Anubis called out "Mode Change!" causing the cannons to move over the fists.

"Grandstorm!" Anubis shouted.

The Grand Liner nailed Mike with a powerful pair of punches that sent him flying back.

"Mode Change!" Anubis called again. The cannons returned to their original positions.

"Grand Fire!" Anubis shouted.

Thousands of energy bolts and missiles flew at Mike, damaging his Defender body severely.

"You'll pay for that!" he shouted.

Draining power from the Gingaman trapped inside, the Lifeforce Megazord nailed the Grand Liner with the powered up slash, causing severe damage.

"Um, Anubis, we have a problem." Kale said.
"What?" Anubis asked.
"We sprung a leak." Sekhmet reported.
"Damn..." Anubis said.
"How long until we're flooded?" Dais asked.
"At this depth, not long." Kale reported.
"Well, at least we have our armor on." Sekhmet said.
"True, but if they manage to destroy this thing our armors won't last long against something twice our size." Dais said.
"And of course that Matoi guy won't be pleased if we don't bring his mecha back in one piece..." Sekhmet said.
"That does it! Kale, take your armor and see if you can fix the leak! We're going to blast that thing straight to hell!" Anubis said.

Kale headed off to repair the problem, while Anubis prepared for another go.

"GRAND FIRE!!!" Anubis shouted, firing another barrage of ordinance at the Defender Torozord.

Kale headed towards the chest of the large machine. It did not take him long to hear the sound of incoming water and spot the leak.

"How am I supposed to stop this? I don't have anything to weld it with!"

He looked down at his Heat Rod.

"Maybe this will work."

Using the large whip-like weapon, he used its heat to melt the hole together and seal it up.

"This should hold it." Kale said.

"Anubis, how long can we keep this up? He doesn't seem to be going down!" Dais shouted.
"He has to! GRAND FIRE!!!!" Anubis shouted again, blasting Mike yet another time.

Kale returned to the cockpit.

"I managed to seal it up, but I don't know how long it will hold. We need to get this thing to the surface!" Kale shouted.
"This thing is too heavy! There's no way we can get it up there easily!" Dais said.
"Then we'll have to improvise." Anubis said. "Go Liner Combine!"

The Grand Liner separated into its trains and then reformed into the Go Liner. Anubis punched it, and began charging at full speed towards Mike.

"What on Earth are you doing Anubis?" Dais asked.
"You'll see." Anubis said.

Mike, seeing what Anubis was up to, prepared to attack with his Axe. But Anubis simply pushed forward, heading up Mike's body, launching them towards the surface at full speed! The large train shot out of the water and straight into the air, once it was airborne Anubis swung around towards the center of town.

"Kale, head to the first Mars Machine. I'm going to launch." Anubis said.
"Anubis are you crazy?" Dais asked.
"Yes, I am today." Anubis said.

Kale headed for the cargo bay of the lead train. Anubis opened up the hatches and deployed the Mars Machines.

"3-5-6 Enter! Mars Machine Gattai!" Kale shouted.

Within a matter of seconds, the five machines formed together into Victory Mars after forming Beetle Mars.

"Kale, go help out the Ronins. We'll handle Mike and get Gingaman free." Anubis said.
"Right." Kale said, heading towards the spot where the Ronins were getting clobbered.

Anubis turned the train around and headed back towards the base, where Mike and the Lifeforce Megazord had just surfaced.

"Now to finish them off. Renketsu Gattai!" the other Warlords shouted.

In record time, the five trains detached. The last two became the legs. The third formed into the torso while the other two formed the arms. The large machine crash landed in the city and prepared to do battle once again.

Mike stepped forward. He was damaged badly by Anubis' onslaught, but he would not give up so easily. He brandished the Defender Axe and prepared to attack.

"We must stop him now! Mode Change!" Anubis shouted, quickly reconfiguring the weapons again.
"GRANDSTORM!!!" Anubis shouted, punching Mike hard enough to damage him severely and knock him out of Torozord. This freed the Lifeforce Megazord from his control.

"Finally! You've saved us!" Ryouma shouted.
"It's not over yet. We first have to save the Ronins. Come, we'll lead the way." Anubis said.

The Ronins were having their problems with the Megazords and Max Solarzord.

"Let's get them." Carter said from the Lightspeed Megazord's controls.
"Ryo! Grab on!" the Max Shuttle said.

Ryo did so and he was carried into the air.

"Now what?" Ryo asked.
"Initiate Max Formation!" Max Shuttle said.
"Got it." Ryo said.

Taking the one remaining V Mode Brace, he inserted into the console, hit 3-5-6 Enter, and called out "Max Formation!" In a short amount of time the two machines merged into one, which landed before the enemy forces.

"So, you've got one too. We know how it works so we're not going to fire." Carter said.
"Damn. We need their energy to charge the cells on this thing." Ryo said.
"Not necessarily. Aim towards Grand Liner and brace for impact." Anubis said.
"Are you nuts?" Ryo asked.
"Just do it!" Anubis said.

As Kale and Hyuuga attempted to fend off the Max Solarzord and the other mecha, Ryo turned the Max Victory Robo towards Anubis and his waiting weapons.

Meanwhile, back on the plane, Sai was listening to the Brilliant Green CD that Ran had loaned him. "They're not bad," Sai thought. "Maybe if they're performing somewhere I should take Ran." he thought.

He looked over at his little orchid blossom. She was still sitting there, her beautiful eyes closed, breathing softly. He could almost make out a little smile, possibly indicating she was having a nice dream about something.

Suddenly something came over the PA system.

"Ladies and Gentleman, this is your captain speaking. Our landing in Mariner Bay has been delayed due to an ongoing attack on the city by an unknown force. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. We will inform you of any updates in our flight plan. Thank you."

The noise caused Ran to stir and she opened her eyes slowly. "What was that about?" She asked sleepily, partially stifling a yawn.

"Our landing's been delayed. I think it's because of the guys." Sai said.
"What was that?" Yuri asked. Apparently it had woken her up too.
"We're not going to be landing for a while." Sai said.
"Sai, look out the window." Ran said, pointing.

Carefully undoing his seat belt and leaning over, careful not to disturb Ayame's slumber, he peeked out the window and noticed that large groups of similar mecha were dueling.

"What did you see?" Yuri asked.
"The guys appear to be fighting the Rangers. And it's not looking good." Sai reported.
"Can't we go help them Oneesan?" Ran asked.
"Not unless you want to have them depressurize the cabin and leap out the side and fall 40,000 feet to the ground." Yuri said.
"They'll be okay Ran. I'm sure they appreciate your concern." Sai said.
"Should we tell Sakura and Ayame?" Ran asked.
"Wouldn't be a good idea. Those two are exhausted from the fight. We'll tell them when they wake up." Yuri whispered.
"But won't Sakura be mad?" Ran asked.
"Probably. But she'll understand." Yuri said.
"But what can we do?" Ran asked.
"Nothing really until we land. We just have to hope they can take care of themselves." Yuri said.
"You can go back to sleep if you want Ran. We'll wake you up if we hear anything." Sai said.
"Thanks Sai, but I'm too worried to sleep now." Ran said.
"Do you want to listen to your music some more?" Sai asked.
"No. It's okay." Ran said.
"You sure?" Sai asked.
"Yeah." Ran said.
"Well, we'll be stuck up here for a while until we can land." Yuri said.
"A while? But it'll be too late by then!" Ran said.

Sai could see it in her eyes. Tears were starting to form.

"Ran, calm down. It's going to be okay. The guys are going to be okay." Sai said. "Now I want you to close your eyes and take a deep breath."
"Are you trying to get me to fall asleep again?" Ran asked.
"No, we're trying to get you to calm down." Yuri said.
"But the guys might..." Ran started to say.
"Shhh. It's going to be okay Ran." Sai said.
"Yeah, Ran. Sai's right." Yuri said.

Ran was far from calm. She was extremely worried about the others. She looked towards Yuri, and then towards Sai. The tears started to come. She did the only thing she could do. She leaned over to Sai's shoulder and started to weep. Sai did the only thing he could do. Try to comfort her.

"It's okay Ran...I'm here...just let it out...It's okay..." Sai said, trying to soothe her. "It's going to be okay...All right?"
"All right." Ran said.

Ran sat up again.

"Are you okay now Ran?" Yuri asked.
"Yeah." Ran said.
"Ran, If I know the guys like I know the guys, they'll be all right until we get down there. And if they're not..."
"If they're not, I get to make you eat fish." Ran said.
"And if they're not you get to make me eat fish." Sai said, not paying attention. "Hey!"

Ran started to crack a tiny smile. It got bigger, and then she started to giggle and almost burst into full laughter.

"Now that's what I like to see and hear." Sai said. "You're not really going to make me eat fish are you?"
"Now, I was just kidding." Ran said.
"Oh. Good." Sai said, breathing a sigh of relief.

Ran smiled.

"Are you going to be okay Ran?" Yuri asked.
"Yeah." she said.
"Can I try to get some more rest? I'm going to need it if we're going to hurt those Ronin bashers." Yuri said.
"Okay Oneesan." Ran said.
"'night guys." Yuri said. Within minutes they could hear her again snoring.
"Do you want to listen to your music Ran?" Sai asked.
"Oh I almost forgot! Did you like it?" Ran asked, eager to hear what her boyfriend thought of her favorite band.
"Yeah, they're not bad." Sai said.

Ran smiled. Then she let out a tiny yawn.

"I think I'll go back to sleep again. Besides, I need you to say the Brilliant Green are excellent before I'm satified." Ran said.
"Okay. Sweet Dreams Ran."
"Thanks Sai." Ran said.

She closed her eyes and within a few minutes she was asleep.

Meanwhile, down below, Anubis was ready to fire.

"All right, here we go. GRAND FIRE!" He, Dais, and Sekhmet shouted in unison.

The ordinance slammed into Max Victory Robo and was absorbed through the panels.

"We're fully charged Ryo." Rowen reported.
"Okay, fire!" Ryo said.

The cannons were deployed from the legs and they fired at the Megazords, damaging them severely and knocking the Rangers out of them.

"Okay, let's get them." Ryo said.

The Ronins and Warlords leapt out of their Mecha, along with Gingaman. Carter and his allies lay on the ground, dazed from the impact.

"You're ours now." Ryo said, readying his swords in the trademark position.

Suddenly a swarm of Sting Wingers came out of nowhere and grabbed the Ronins and Warlords, along with Gingaman!

"Hyuuga! Help!" Ryo shouted.
"I'm coming!" Hyuuga said. But suddenly Centarus and Stratoforce were behind him! They attacked, knocking him out of transform and he fell to the ground as Kurokishi. He tried to get up but he passed out.

As the Ronins and Warlords tried to get free, a beam of blue light flashed down. It was Kai, Galaxy Blue. The Lightspeed Rangers stood by to protect him.

"Well, it seems you came here, just as Shuki said you would. Pity you won't be staying long." Kai said.

He produced an ancient looking text and began to read.

"Keonta Karova Melanite Hakova!" he began.

The sky, which was originally clear, turned black as night. Lightning began to flash as well, and thunder rumbled.

Up in the aircraft, the noise startled Ran and woke her up again.

"What's going on?" she asked.
"Some kind of freak storm. I don't know what the Rangers are up to, but it's not good." Sai said.
"I'm scared Sai." Ran said.
"I know. I am too." Sai said.

Sai pulled Ran close to him.

Back down on the ground, Kai continued as the Ronins tried to make sense of what was going on.

"What's he doing?" Kento shouted.
"He's casting some sort of spell! We have to stop him!" Anubis said, struggling to get free. He managed to get free for a few seconds, but the Lightspeed Rangers blasted him, sending him reeling back into the minions.

"A thousand nightmares will soon come true. Space will twist then rip in two."

The storm grew more intense as the Ronins tried to fight what was happening. Seemingly distracted, the Gingaman team called on the last of their Earth power to free themselves from the minions with their energy blasts, and draw their swords to save the Ronins and Warlords.

"Run! Save yourselves!" Dais shouted.
"We will save you Ronin Warriors. You have my word." Ryouma said before he and the Gingaman ran off.
"Should we go after them?" Joel asked.
"No. We'll deal with them later." Carter said.
"Finish the spell Kai!" Leo said, as he and the other Rangers joined them.

"Reality ends, time is tossed. As galaxies found become galaxies lost!"

Energy engulfed the Ronins and Warlords, and they began to disappear.

"NOOOO!!!!!!" Ryo screamed before they vanished from sight.

Up in the Plane, Sai's kanji started to glow.

"Sai, what's wrong? Your kanji's glowing." Ran said.
"Something's wrong. I heard the guys call out, and then they were gone. I think something very bad has happened to them."

What horrible plan have the Rangers enacted to deal with the Ronins and Warlords? What happened to them? Are they still alive? Will Sai and the She-Ronins be able to save them? Find out on the next exciting episode of Ronin Warriors: Lightspeed Galaxy.

(ED: Standard RW ED)