A/N: I hereby present to you all my own version (yes, another one) of Power Rangers: Samurai. It does have a much darker theme to it than Saban's version (which I do not hate, as you can obviously tell by my other PR stories). There were some flaws, yes, and I'm still going to use some terms you are familiar with.
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Samurai or Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. I just own most of the plot and the characters and things you don't recognize from the original version.
I AM SO SORRY THIS IS LATE!
~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~
"One of the missing Zords has returned, and it's up to Kevin to retrieve it. But Kevin will need a lot more than Symbol Power to complete his mission."
Better Together
Power Rangers: Samurai REDO
Season 1, Episode 7: Fish Out of Water
Shiba House, Gianni Forest, Panorama City, California
May 14, 2014
Emily opened her eyes with a start. Drenched in cold sweat, eyes widened, and her skin pale, tears of frustration were running down her face.
These dreams about the house were getting out of control. She needed to find those answers, but she didn't want to go back to the house in the forest.
Not when the others would probably think she was crazy.
It was all just a dream. That's right. Nothing but her wild imagination.
She took a deep breath, slowly exhaling, before rising from her bed and ambling to her closet, where she got dressed in a yellow blouse and white Capri's, with yellow flats on her feet.
After brushing her blonde hair, Emily slowly strolled down the hallway to the meeting room (after discovering that the kitchen was empty, aside from Mia cooking something). After stepping into the brighter light, coming from the meeting room, Emily saw Kevin weighing his breakfast cereal with exact precision, Mike taking a sip of orange juice, and Jayden setting the milk down on the table. It looked like the three guys had already gotten their breakfast. Mia was nowhere to be found.
As Emily walked into the room, she quietly announced her presence. "Good morning."
"Morning," Mike replied, and Kevin nodded at her in response.
As she leaned over the table to grab a glass of orange juice and a couple slices of toast, she heard Jayden softly ask her, "You okay, Emily?"
He sounded a little worried about her, as if he knew something was wrong.
But there was no way she could tell him.
So she put on a fake smile and said, "Yeah, I'm fine," as Antonio entered the room, ready to start the day.
Emily glanced over at Kevin as he grabbed a spoonful of granola and placed it into his cereal bowl (which was placed on top of scales of some kind). Jayden raised an eyebrow, Mike looked at him with a smile like he knew something and wanted tease him, and Emily and Antonio both gave him the 'are-you-crazy' look.
It appeared the four were thinking the same thing, something Kevin was suddenly aware of. It was like he sensed their stares, and he looked up and around at them, confused as to why they were looking at him in such a way.
"What are you doing?" Mike asked. "Just eat already."
"There's a right way to do everything," Kevin replied as-a-matter-of-factly.
Emily rolled her eyes and Mike said, "Wow, you're so wound up, I'm surprised you can digest your food." Kevin rolled his eyes as Mike continued, "It's just cereal, man. Cereal is meant to be eaten, not weighed."
"Precision and discipline, Mike. That's who I am," Kevin simply replies. "Logic is the best way to look at the world."
"But then you miss the bigger picture," Antonio spoke up as he poured milk into a clean, empty glass. "There's nothing wrong with using your imagination from time to time."
"I never said there was," Kevin fought back. "But there's nothing with using logic either."
"Hey!" Jayden immediately spoke up, causing the other four in the room to jump at the sound of his yell. "Both of you, quit fighting. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Don't act like yours is the only one that matters."
"I'm sorry, Kevin," Antonio apologized, with complete honesty.
"I'm sorry, too, Antonio," Kevin did the same, with the same honesty. "It's just how I was raised. And it's never failed me."
"It's the same with me, with creativity," and it was then, they the two may have found a middle ground.
Mia made her entrance. "Hey guys! I came up with a new recipe." Jayden glanced up as Mia set the covered plate on the table. "Everyone likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, right? So what could be better than a PB and J omelet?" She uncovered the plate and Emily immediately stepped back a few paces.
It looked like a normal omelet, with peanut butter and jelly filling and jelly smeared all over the top, but that wasn't the problem.
"Sorry, Mia, but I'm allergic to peanuts," Emily truthfully revealed her reason for retreating.
"Oh," Mia said. "Sorry about that." She covered the plate back up, and Emily breathed a sigh of relief and uncovered her nose and mouth. As long as Mia's hands didn't touch her (at least, until she washed them), she was good.
"Darn. I'm stuffed," Mike said. "I just ate. Rain check?"
Mia smiled and turned to Kevin, who stammered around and ended up pouring his orange juice onto his cereal. "I'll try it later, okay?"
Well...so much for Kevin's perfect breakfast.
Emily rolled her eyes again, glancing at Jayden and Antonio, who smirking too. Either Kevin wasn't somebody who found rare and unique food combinations good, or he had a crush on Mia. Or both.
"Precision and discipline, huh?" Mike called him out, sarcastically.
"Everyone, I have excellent news," Jii came in. "The missing Swordfish Zord has been spotted at Limatore Beach."
"The Swordfish Zord?" Mia asked, emphasizing on the 'the' on purpose.
"Yes, it went missing in action years ago," Jii replied with one of his famous, quick explanations. "If we don't capture it now, who knows when we'll get another chance?"
Jayden was about to speak when the Gap Sensor went off. He stood up and everyone dropped what was in their hands down on the table, as Jii said quietly, "Waterfront Parking Garage."
Jayden was silent for a minute, which meant he was quick-thinking. "Kevin, are you up for a solo mission?"
"Absolutely," Kevin replied, automatically.
"Go to Limatore Beach and get that Swordfish. The rest of us will handle the Nighlock."
Kevin nodded. "I won't let you down."
And the five Rangers went their separate ways.
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Waterfront Parking Garage, Panorama City, California
When the other four arrived at the scene, the first thing they saw was a business man lying on the ground, out cold. Mia and Emily rushed forward to help him.
"Hey, hey! Are you okay?" Mia asked, as the two girls knelt next to the man.
The man did not answer.
"He's got a fever," Emily noticed, placing her hand against the man's forehead. "And it's pretty high to be considered normal."
Jayden and Mike both sniffed the air. "Hey, what's that smell?" Jayden asked.
The Nighlock they were here for stumbled out in the open from behind some cars. "Hey, Rangers, what's up? I'm Yamiror."
"He stinks, too," Mike commented, covering his nose.
"Hey, now! That hurts!" Yamiror defended. "But that is true. I do have a certain air about me."
"Samuraizers!" Jayden commanded, and the other three followed his lead.
"Go, Go, Samurai!"
Mike activated his Forest Spear with a simple spin of his black Power Disk and charged at Yamiror first. One strike after another, the Nighlock kept dodging the Spear.
"You seem tired," Yamiror taunted as he dodged another thrust of Mike's spear. "Wanna take a breather?"
"No, thanks, I'll pass," Mike replied, before Yamiror suddenly got dangerously close to him.
"Come on, I insist," the Nighlock said, before breathing out a nasty-looking, green fog right in Mike's face.
Mike stumbled backwards, waving his hand in front of his face, suggesting that the Nighlock's breath smelled awful. "Have you gargling garbage?" Mike asked, before suddenly, hoarsely coughing. He fell to his knees before de-morphing in a flash of (a more pleasant looking) green.
Mike had his eyes shut tightly and his hands wrapped around his throat.
Mia and Emily both rushed toward him and kneeled nest to their fallen teammate.
"Mike! You are okay?" Emily asked, gently shaking him.
"It's just like that business man," Mia noted. "He can't move."
Jayden rushed forward to assess the damage done to Mike himself. After seeing one of his teammates in such a bad way, Jayden turned back to the Nighlock.
"Come on, Stink Pot!" Jayden rushed forward, exchanging multiple blows with Yamiror, before crashing into his side, knocking both of them down a couple of stories and causing the two to crash-land in some boxes.
Bad move, Jayden. Now you're sore.
The Red Ranger was slow upon standing after the fall. It turned out to be a fruitless venture as well, because Yamiror was already in his face when he finally did stand up all the way.
"How about a breather?" Yamiror asked, before breathing right in Jayden's face.
Jayden stumbled backwards, waving his hand in front of his face, the same as Mike. "Didn't you already make that joke?" He noted, before realizing that his legs felt like jelly. He hoarsely coughed a couple of times before tripping over and falling backward into some more boxes, de-morphing in a flash of red on the way.
Mia and Emily, both of whom were still morphed, leapt down and landing beside him. Mia immediately stood in front of him, protecting him, while Emily knelt beside him, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"You alright?" Emily asked him. Sadly, however, he couldn't find the strength to answer her. He was afraid if he opened his mouth for anything, he would throw up.
"You'll pay for this!" Mia held her sword up, ready to attack.
"Mia!" Emily called. "Try to buy some time!"
"On it!" Mia didn't know exactly what Emily was going to do, but she knew she had to buy as much time as possible. So she charged forward, swinging her sword, but never hitting the Nighlock. Mia grabbed his waist, before swinging her right foot over her head and making it hit his own head.
"Oww! That hurt!" Yamiror eclaimed before breathing in Mia's face, causing her to de-morph in a flash on pink and fall to the ground as well.
"Havoc Mode, Engage!" Emily called out, and soon she was in front of Mia (morphed in her Havoc Mode) and using the Spiral Earth Drill to (attempt to) drill a hole in Yamiror's chest (her Drill being surrounded in a spiraling flurry of yellow energy).
The Nighlock must have realized that the only way to save himself from Emily's Drill was make her inhale his toxic breath, because that's exactly what he did.
Jayden and Mia weakly watched as Emily de-morphed from Havoc Mode in (what seemed like) an explosion of yellow, but surprisingly, she was still morphed.
Emily coughed, her hand to her chest, before unsheathing her sword and charging again.
"So annoying..." the Nighlock mumbled, clearly annoyed at the supposed 'shield' Emily had.
But she didn't get very far, because Yamiror breathed right in her face a second time.
This time, she fully de-morphed back to civilian form and she collapsed on the ground in front of the two Rangers that fell before her.
"This is boring!" Yamiror exclaimed. "You Rangers are so weak! See you later!"
Jayden weakly watched the Nighlock sneak back through a gap, before turning to his two other teammates. "Mia, Emily! Get up!"
Mia lifted her head, weakly replying, "I'm here..."
But there was no such response from Emily. It made sense, though, upon remembering that Emily would be the worst off, having taking two doses of that toxic breath.
"Emily!" Jayden called.
But that was the last thing Emily heard before she finally gave in to the darkness.
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Limatore Beach, Panorama City, California
The kanji for "bait" didn't work, neither did the kanjis for "fish" nor "catch".
It was hot out here, and Kevin was sweating up a storm. He reached up to wipe off the sweat from above his eyes.
But that hardly did the trick. He still felt bad (the physical 'bad').
His legs felt weak, like jelly. He could barely stand up anymore, and his chest felt unnaturally heavy.
He barely registered dropping the fishing pole he made himself with his Symbol Power. He felt really out of it.
He felt himself falling forwards as his entire world went black.
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Junk Ship, Sanzu River, Netherworld
"Oh, what a nice surprise!" Octoroo was measuring the level of the River. "The River is rising!"
"So, what's today's brilliant scheme?" Dayu asked Xandred and Octoroo.
"Yamiror," Xandred replied. "The nastiest smelling Nighlock in the Netherworld."
"He was created about eighty years ago when lightning struck some toxic waste," Octoroo exclaimed. "So you can imagine why he smells the way he does."
"Ugh," Dayu muttered.
"His breath is so bad," Xandred explains, "it incapacitates humans when they inhale it. Not even my medicine can help them."
"Right, so when the Rangers get caught too," Dayu summarized, "they'll definitely stay down."
"Right, and that's when we take over the Living World," Octoroo finished. "But, you know, this Havoc Mode the Rangers are trying to achieve..." He sounded a little nervous. "I was reading up on it...It has the power to easily override any Nighlock's ability."
"But only one Ranger has managed to unlock it," Dayu pointed out. "Unless Action-Commander Negatron's final report was wrong..."
"No, it's correct," Octoroo said, solemnly. "I guess I'm just worried about what would happen if all five core Rangers were to achieve it."
"Don't worry about it," Xandred ordered.
"Yes, Sir," Octoroo obeyed, and then brought up another subject. "Umm...Master?"
"What is it?" Xandred demanded, taking a sip of his medicine.
"The other day, I looked through a gap...and I saw him..."
Dayu stopped strumming her Harmonium and Xandred glanced up from his medicine. "What?"
"Yes, Master. Ex-General Deker, the Cursed Warrior."
Dayu was silent, but Xandred fiercely ordered, "That name is not to be said on this ship. Ever again. Understood?"
"Yes, Sir..."
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Limatore Beach, Panorama City, California
When Kevin opened his eyes next, he was under a canopy, and Antonio was there, placing a wet, cold washcloth on his forehead, as well as listening to someone talk on the phone.
"Yeah, his fever's gone down–"
"A-Antonio?" His voice was weak.
"Hey, Kevin," Antonio replied with a gentle smile after lowering his phone to his chest. "You feeling better?"
"What happened?" Kevin asked, sitting up and trying to remember exactly that.
Antonio gently pushed Kevin back to a lying down position. "Lie still for a while. You passed out from heat exhaustion. You were lucky Ji told me to help you in any way I could. He had a feeling this would happen."
"Thank you," Kevin honestly replied. "I feel a lot better."
"You're welcome." Antonio then held up his phone (which Kevin noticed was a fancy touch screen phone). "Ji's on the phone right now. He wants to talk to you."
"Put in on speaker," Kevin requested, feeling the urge to let Antonio listen in. Just because Antonio wasn't a Ranger like them didn't mean he had to be kept in the dark.
Antonio did so, before speaking up, "Go ahead, Ji."
"Kevin, the other four Rangers are sick. You need to come back to the Shiba House right now!" Ji spoke up from the other end.
"What about the Swordfish Zord?" Kevin asked.
"I'm afraid you'll have to leave and come back later..."
"Ji," Antonio quietly spoke up, "the Swordfish Zord's Symbol Power over Rain has healing properties, remember?"
"That's right!" Ji quickly realized. "On second thought, Kevin, stay there and keep trying to capture the Swordfish Zord."
Kevin and Antonio suddenly heard an alarm in the background. It sounded a lot like the Gap Sensor. Feeling the Power within him awaken, Kevin immediately sat up.
"A Nighlock attack," Ji muttered. "This time at city square–! Jayden! What are you doing up?"
Kevin and Antonio glanced up at each other in worry. The other four were sick, weren't they? Ji was right. What was Jayden doing up?
"You heard the Gap Sensor. There's a Nighlock to fight," they heard Jayden weakly say.
"You can't defeat a Nighlock in your condition," Ji argued.
"Maybe not, but I can slow him down."
"Just wait until Kevin comes back with the Swordfish Zord!" Ji urged.
"The Nighlock don't wait, Ji!"
"Kevin–!" Ji turned back to Kevin, before Ji cut off and was replaced by Jayden.
"Kevin, Mentor's exaggerating," Jayden calmly spoke. He must have snatched the phone out of Ji's hands. "Don't worry about us. Just focus on getting the Swordfish Zord, okay?"
Kevin was caught off-guard by how calm Jayden sounded. "O-Okay...but-"
"I didn't choose you randomly, Kevin," his leader cut him off. "You're extremely disciplined and orderly, and your commitment to this team is fierce. I know you can do anything you set your mind to."
There was that soft and sensible side, the one that agreed with Emily about all five of them becoming more of a team if they all knew each other personally, the one that made the others realize that their flaws made them a more connected team.
Jayden truly did deserve to be their leader.
"T-Thank you, Jayden. I'll be there as soon as I can," he promised.
"I know you will," Jayden replied before turning back to Ji. "I'll take care of the Nighlock."
Ji paused for a while before talking back into the phone. "Kevin, please hurry."
"I will," Kevin repeated before he motioned Antonio to hang up.
After Antonio did so, he followed Kevin in standing up.
"Kev?" He asked. "You okay?"
"Yeah, fine," Kevin replied, his voice thick with emotion. "Let's go. We have a Swordfish to catch."
Kevin was crying and trying to hide it. That was the only thing Antonio was sure of.
What Kevin was crying about, whether it was about Jayden and the others being sick, or Jayden having the utmost faith in him, or both, Antonio wasn't entirely sure.
Nonetheless, Antonio gently smiled and followed Kevin back out to the beach.
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City Square Parking Garage, Panorama City, California
A mother shielded her young daughter from the monster breathing on people and making them sick. The woman was hoping the monster wouldn't see them and would just walk away.
"Hi there~"
Boy, she had never been more wrong in her entire life.
The mom hugged her little girl even tighter as the monster breathed his green breath on them.
But it never hit them.
Both mother and daughter glanced up to see the Red Samurai Ranger, morphed, waving the toxic, green breath away from his face, as he couldn't help but cough.
"Hide somewhere," he told the two, before turning back to the monster.
Yamiror watched the two civilians run away from the scene before he turned back to the Red Ranger, who had unsheathed his Spin Sword and was slinging it over his shoulder.
"Aww...you're no fun," he pouted.
"Enough playing around, Nighlock!" Jayden's voice was stern now, a heavy difference from how gently he pep-talked Kevin earlier. "Three of my friends are sick because of you!"
"Oh, really. And you think you can stop me by yourself?" Yamiror taunted. "I hate to break it to you, but if you think that two whiffs of my toxic breath is more than enough, just wait. Three strikes, Ranger, and you're out."
Jayden didn't speak another word. He only charged forward.
The two clashed swords, quite expertly, despite how sloppy and slow Jayden's moves and reactions were, mainly because he was sick.
But he was also struggling, again, because he was sick.
Yamiror suddenly blasted energy shots from his eyes and in a flash of red, Jayden was once again de-morphed and had collapsed on the ground.
"See?" Yamiror taunted. "I told you! You can't defeat me if you're sick. Right now, I'm unstoppable!"
But Jayden's mind went to Mike and his cheerful, jokester personality that always made you want to smile with him.
To Mia and her motherly attitude that always made you feel loved and well taken care of, whether you knew her or not.
To Kevin and his logical way of thinking that always made sure you lived life in the safest way possible.
To Antonio and his energetic way of living that always made you feel less depressed and definitely less alone.
To Emily and her empathic way of feeling that always made you feel like you were worth something.
To Ji and his fatherly way of discipline that always made sure you learned your lesson while being cared for at the same time.
Yamiror found himself being the one that stumbled backwards this time upon noticed the fire in Jayden's blue eyes. The Nighlock found himself powerless to stop the Red Ranger from grabbing his Spin Sword and standing back on his feet.
Never again would Jayden fall, not when his team, his friends, counted on him to get right back up again.
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Limatore Beach, Panorama City, California
Antonio knelt beside Kevin when the said Ranger collapsed on his knees from exhaustion, again.
"Take it easy, Kevin," Antonio calmly said, handing Kevin an iced water bottle. "Don't make yourself sick."
"I can't rest," Kevin countered, after taking a big swig of water. "The whole world is counting on me."
"I know." Antonio was thoroughly calm, which a side of Kevin deeply appreciated (Antonio getting anxious too would not help anything). "And I also know what that feels like. Sometimes, the fate of the world will ride of me, say, perfecting a new Megazord configuration. It happens to even the best of us."
Kevin was quiet for a minute, and when he finally spoke, Antonio immediately knew why, "They're counting on me..."
The other Rangers...
"I know," Antonio repeated. "You're not the only one who wants to save them, but you are the only one who can. But that's still no excuse to make yourself sick." Antonio paused for a moment. "You know, my grandpa was a fisherman, and he taught me the ropes when I was little. I can give you some pointers. Come on. Let's get that Swordfish."
Kevin smiled as Antonio helped him back on his feet.
"Drink some more water, Kevin," Antonio urged. "You need to stay hydrated. Especially if you're going to go fight a Nighlock after this."
Kevin swiftly obeyed, thoroughly trusting Antonio, before being handed his fishing pole.
"And patience is also important, okay? So take deep, calming breaths, and relax."
"Got it, but what about the bait?" Kevin asked, after doing so. He had come to the conclusion that it was the bait he was using that prevented him from luring the Swordfish to the Disk.
Antonio thought for a moment, "Well, it really depends on the fish you're trying to catch and what it's attracted to."
"It's a Swordfish," Kevin reasoned out. "But it's also a Zord."
"A Zord that probably saw its previous master get brutally defeated right before its eyes, causing it to run away, don't forget," Antonio added.
"'Home'," Kevin suddenly said, realizing exactly what he was doing wrong.
He wasn't using the incorrect wording. He was using the wrong type of bait altogether.
"What?"
"I've been going at this all wrong..." Kevin flipped his Samuraizer out and wrote out the kanji for 'home'. After activating the kanji, he embedded itself onto the slip of paper Kevin had attached to the hook of his pole. "If the Swordfish Zord ran away, Antonio–"
Kevin didn't have to continue. "–then 'Home' will lure it back. Nice thinking."
"Thank you," Kevin got quiet, "but, it's not my thinking. It's yours."
Antonio didn't say anything. He was only surprised for a minute, before he gently smiled at Kevin before letting the Blue Ranger through the hook back into the sea.
After a few seconds, Kevin felt a harsh tug on the hook. After a short struggle, with Antonio's help, Kevin was able to pull the Swordfish Zord out of the sea and his Symbol Power, his bait called 'Home', took care of sealing the Swordfish Zord inside the Power Disk (with the kanji for 'catch' on it). Both Kevin and Antonio watched the white Disk turn an aqua color.
"Thank you, Blue Ranger," Kevin heard the Swordfish Zord say to him.
"Antonio, it's in the Disk!" Kevin exclaimed.
"You did it!"
"No, we did. Together."
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City Square, Panorama City, California
With a swift kick to his already aching chest, Jayden was knocked back on the ground, his Sword landing beside with a clang.
"Bye-bye, Ranger!" Yamiror lifted his sword for the finishing blow.
Jayden narrowed his eyes, waiting for Yamiror's sword to hit him.
It never did.
Mike sent a flying kick to Yamiror's own chest, knocking the Nighlock a few feet away, flat on his back.
Jayden began to sit up, as Mike knelt on the ground in front of him, holding his own stomach in pain. Mia was standing over Mike, in her own world of pain, yet trying to help the Green Ranger stand. Emily was on her knees beside Jayden, supporting him from behind.
"You shouldn't be here!" Jayden called. "You're sick!"
"Oh, yeah?!" Mike called back. "And you're as fit as a fiddle?! We can't let you have all the fun!"
"We can't just sleep at a time like this. The fate of the world comes before our health," Mia added, more gently than Mike.
"You guys..." Jayden muttered, taking a quick glance at Emily, who softly smiled at him.
"Besides, we're a team," Emily's voice was calm and gentle, and it immediately made Jayden less focused on the fact that he was sick. Yet, her eyes were burning with determination. "We do work better together, after all. Right?"
Jayden softly returned her smile, "Yeah."
As Emily helped Jayden stand up, Mia and Mike turned back to Yamiror, who was getting back up.
"You're an idiot, Nighlock," Mike sternly said. "If you really think that making us sick would keep us from fighting against you and your kind, you're dead wrong!"
"We will never abandon each other," Mia added, just as angry as Mike. "You Nighlock should know that by now."
With Jayden's arm slung over her shoulders and him leaning heavily against her, Emily continued with, "We will find a way to defeat you. We will not stop until every single Nighlock is defeated!"
Yamiror sighed in anger. "I guess we don't see eye to eye, after all!" And he shot a few blasts from his eyes.
"Watch out!" Jayden called, as he and Emily moved to cover each other, Mike and Mia doing the same thing.
The four braced themselves for multiple hits, and more pain, but they never came.
Jayden caught sight of a blue folding dragon heading towards his left, and the four Rangers turned to the source.
"Kevin," Jayden breathed, letting a smile slip.
Kevin gently smiled at them, not saying anything, but holding up the aqua Swordfish Disk.
"W-What?" Yamiror was confused. Why did the Blue Ranger not show up until now? And why was holding an aqua Power Disk?
Kevin wordlessly hooked up the Swordfish Disk up to his Hydro Bow, aimed, and fired an arrow into the air.
Rain came down upon the city, and Yamiror immediately cowered in fright. "No! Not Purifying Rain! Now my stink power is gone!"
The Purifying Rain, however, held a different outcome when it hit the Rangers.
Emily no longer felt the urge to through up or collapse right there in exhaustion or cough her lungs, and she could tell that the other three Rangers were experiencing the same sensation. She turned to Kevin with a smile, but paused upon noticing that Kevin was surrounded by a blue aura.
Jayden stood back on his own two feet, no longer feeling the need to be supported by Emily. "Let's show this Nighlock the true meaning of teamwork," he said, and it was an order the others were all too happy to obey.
"Kevin," Emily called, "I think you–"
"–unlocked Havoc Mode," he finished, also noticing the blue aura surrounding him.
Kevin stood in the middle of the line-up (Mia, Mike, Kevin, Jayden, Emily).
"Samuraizers! Go, Go, Samurai!"
"Havoc Mode, Engage!" Kevin called, as the five all morphed.
Kevin's helmet was different (the kanji on it was more pronounced and it had a mouth piece, like Emily's had been previously). He was also wearing a black sash with the Ranger emblem on it (that hung from his left shoulder all the way down to his right waist, and was tucked into his belt), had dark blue fishnet sleeves, no black stripes around his armbands (which were now completely blue), and his belt buckle had been replaced with the Dragon Zord in Defense Mode. His boots were the same, but his gloves were now black.
"Samurai Fire, Power Ranger Red!"
"Samurai Water, Havoc Mode Blue!"
"Samurai Wind, Power Ranger Pink!"
"Samurai Forest, Power Ranger Green!"
"Samurai Earth, Power Ranger Yellow!"
"Rangers Together-" Kevin began.
"Samurai Forever!" They all finished together.
No one noticed a white-colored Nighlock with red eyes, arriving to watch the fight.
The four Rangers, who had been sick, charged at Yamiror and each landed a strike. Kevin followed up with his Havoc Mode Weapon.
"Diamond Wave Trident!"
With his new weapon, Kevin managed to disarm Yamiror, as well as injure him a bit. Kevin stepped back for a breather.
"Man, this jerk really needs a bath!" Kevin exclaimed, before powering up his Trident. "Riptide Strike!"
A large wave of cold hit Yamiror, and the Nighlock began to shiver. "Brrrrr! That's cold!"
Jayden spun his black Power Disk. "Fire Smasher!"
Kevin came bounding up beside him. "Use this," he suggested, holding up the Swordfish Disk.
"Do it," Jayden said, before letting Kevin hook up the Disk. "Fire Smasher: Cannon Blast Mode!" He turned to his team. "Lock and load." One by one, all five colored Power Disks were locked into the Cannon. "Five-Disk Swordfish Cannon!" The other three Rangers knelt, while Jayden and Kevin took the final strike together. "Fire Strike!"
And with an explosion, Yamiror's first life was over.
But he quickly came back in a cloud of fire. "Big mistake, Rangers!"
Kevin unhooked the Dragon Zord from his belt. "Let's go!"
"Samuraizers!"
"Lion Folding Zord!"
"Dragon Folding Zord!"
"Turtle Folding Zord!"
"Bear Folding Zord!"
"Ape Folding Zord!"
"Ready! Zords Combine! Samurai Megazord, We Are United!"
The Rangers stood in the formation they were in when they morphed a while ago (Kevin in the middle), and Kevin had regained his Spin Sword (again, because he needed his Sword to control the Megazord).
"I've got bad news for you Rangers," Yamiror said. "The bigger I am, the badder the stench!" And he blew some fog at them, surrounding the Megazord in it, including the cockpit.
Emily waved her hand in front of her face, trying to get some visibility. "I can't see anything."
"Well, great!" Mike said, sarcastically. "We're sitting ducks."
Yamiror used this to his advantage as he struck the Megazord in the shoulder. Fortunately, the Rangers blocked a second strike with their sword and a third strike with their shield, making them drop it.
"Any ideas?" Emily asked.
"The Swordfish Zord," Kevin immediately suggested. "I bet it can cancel out the fog. Don't worry. I've got this."
He took off the Blue Dragon Disk from the hilt of his Sword (which he hooked onto his stand), and then hooked up the Swordfish Disk in its place.
"Summon Swordfish Zord!" Kevin called, spinning the aqua-colored Power Disk on his Sword's hilt. After the Swordfish arrived, Kevin called out the first attack, "Swordfish Torpedoes!"
Yamiror complained about hating fish as two torpedoes hit him square in the chest, before the Swordfish Zord's pointed nose did the same thing soon after, right in his behind.
"Hey, cut that out!"
"Samurai Artillery!" Kevin called, the other four ready. The Swordfish Zord shifted its parts in order for it to fit onto the Megazord. "Time to air things out, Dragon Breath!"
"Swordfish Fencer Megazord, Armed for Battle!" All five called out.
"Katana Power: Twin Blade Mode," Jayden called, as their sword received an extra blade.
Yamiror was struck with one blade and then the other, before being hit with four more torpedoes, making him drop his sword.
"One final strike should finish the job," Kevin said.
The Megazord threw its sword up in the air, before catching it with the Swordfish hat the Megazord was wearing, blade pointed up in the air. The Megazord began rotate its body around in a circle, gathering up energy for one final strike.
"Katana Power: Swordfish Slash!"
The Rangers spun the Disks on the hilts of their Swords, the Swordfish Disk hooked up to Kevin's, and a downwards slash made the Megazord do the same, unleashing all the energy gathered to strike down Yamiror once and for all.
"Samurai Rangers, Victory is Ours!" Jayden announced.
"Welcome home, Swordfish Zord," Kevin softly said.
No one noticed the white Nighlock with red eyes leave. "Impressive..." he muttered.
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Limatore Beach, Panorama City, California
Kevin had taken the other five (Antonio included) back to Limatore Beach. Now that he wasn't here on official Ranger business, he could focus on the gorgeous view. But, he didn't expect it to happen.
It had started out by Emily whispering an idea in Mia's ear.
"Ahh, the sweet smell of victory," Mike commented, enjoying the gentle, beach breeze.
And the Green Ranger was caught off-guard by Mia and Emily pulling towards the water, where the three proceeded to begin the water fight Antonio was all too happy to join.
Kevin and Jayden both stood on the shore, away from the water being splashed around.
"Good job, Kevin," Jayden gently told the other Ranger. "You did great."
"I couldn't have done without Antonio's help, and yours," Kevin honestly replied. "Antonio gave very useful tips, and you gave me the motivation I needed."
"That's what teammates do for each other," Jayden replied.
"Actually, that's what friends do for each other," Antonio had cut in, his feet and jeans up to his knees soaked with water. He had come towards the two in order to get them to join the water fight. "Not just teammates."
"True," Kevin said, before Mia called out to them.
"Hey! We should come here on our next day off!" She suggested.
"As long you bring sunscreen and plenty of towels!" Kevin said, before running towards the other three and getting all of them with a pretty big wave.
Jayden and Antonio were quiet, before Jayden said, "You should have seen them, Antonio. They were willing to risk their lives to save the world." His voice was quiet, yet filled with such great pride for his team.
"Just like you," Antonio understood where Jayden was coming from. "Teams really do have a collective heart, and this one is no different. You're a great leader, Jayden. Now, will you please join us and stop being such a loner?"
Jayden shook his head, smiling at Antonio's smug question, before the two ran into the water, being the ones that started the free-for-all water fight that would have them all soaked to the bone by the time they got back to the Shiba House.
Jii would freak out and mumble left and right about "pneumonia" and how it was "so easy to catch" as he helped them get warm, but the six would all admit the same thing.
"It was worth it."
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Original Shinkenger Episode: Act 7
Original PRS Episode: Fish Out of Water
Note: "Diamond" is another word for "ice", just to be clear. Kevin's Havoc Mode rollcall, I'm imagining, is similar to Kyoryu/Dino Charge Gold's.
A/N: Do review, please. If you guys have any ideas you want me to consider adding, please PM me. A preview for the next chapter:
Season 1, Episode 8: "Unholy Matrimony"
"Mia was willing to sacrifice herself if it meant saving the brides, but Dayu's more clever than she's given credit for. She's not a General for nothing, after all."