Chapter 3: The Xenotome's Lost Chapter

"Have you heard?" the news had quickly spread across Briarwood, "There's no longer just five magicians, but TEN here. Where did the other five come from?" Nobody knew that the Magiranger were walking among them in spite of the vibrantly-colored plaid jackets adorned with the five symbols they wore. When asked why as they walked into town, Houka made sure to explain.

"When Kaa-san gave these to us," Houka pointed to her Fairy symbol, "along with our cloaks, we found that they were made of a magically-enchanted fabric. The cloak can increase our power and make us invisible if used with the hat. The jackets are a different story. They, along with the necklaces, identify us as the Magiranger," she shook the pink gem around her neck to further her point, "The fabric makes it so that even the most intelligent of people," she shoved Xander near her Fairy emblem, "could look at it for days and never figure out that we are the Five Magicians. That's how it works."

"Most impressive magic," Xander commented. Houka blushed.

"So, what do you do in Briarwood?" Kai asked, "You're only about my age, aren't you? I'm a soccer player at my high school. That's how I know Yamazaki."

"Who?" Chip asked.

"Some girl," Nick said, "Now come on, we have to show you the place we work at."

"Nii-chan works at Aniki Farms," Kai said.

"Yeah…" Makito said, "I'll see if I can get you some of my fruits and vegetables if we ever go back to our own world."

"That's nice," Chip said, "Now, welcome to the Rockporium."

Toby, the usual slightly dazed look on his face, greeted the five. Houka had spoken the truth. In spite of the five's blaringly bright outfits there was no sign he recognized Kai, Tsubasa, Urara, Houka and Makito as magicians. "Hey, Toby," Madison said as she pointed her camera at the five Ozu siblings and told Toby their names. Toby shook their hands and introduced himself.

"I'm Toby," he said, "So, you friends of theirs?"

"You could say that," said Tsubasa snidely.

Madison and Vida changed into their employee outfits as Houka, not caring that she was in public, waved her MagiPhone above her head. "Changing! Maaji Majiiro!" Pink light swirled around her body and transformed her into a sugar-pink boombox that now lay on the counter. Chip, not knowing better, pressed the boombox's "Play" button and heard a giggling sound come out of the speakers.

"Go on, keep doing that," Houka giggled, "I like it."

"Did the boombox just talk to you?" Nick asked.

Pink light flashed again as the box returned to its normal state of Houka Ozu. Toby had noticed nothing. The Magician of the Pink walked over to Toby and patted him on the shoulder. "You look pretty nice," she said, "Maybe we can go out on a date sometime?" Jaws dropped.

"Okay," Xander spoke. Madison pointed the camera at Houka and Toby, "This is odd as all-get-out. Houka's, well, a cute girl, so why would she be asking TOBY on a date? The man's not a bad person, but he's kind of…eccentric." Urara grabbed Xander by his shirt collar and whispered into his ear. He had to know a little more about Houka to make sense of this.

"She's dated WORSE than your boss," Urara said in a low voice, "She almost MARRIED slap-my-ass Tetsuya the Photo Geek some time ago. We're almost LUCKY that Skull attacked and forced her to call the wedding plans off. Of course, Tetsuya tried to marry her again later, but my point is that Toby may actually be a step UP for Houka."

"Got it," Xander replied.

Houka turned her attention to Vida. Vida Rocca was now mixing music a short distance away from where Houka had been. Houka placed her finger on one of the records and listened to it screech to a halt. The Ozu siblings turned their heads in anticipation of the animosity Houka had only worked to further between her and her counterpart.

"What…did you…do THAT for?" Vida growled.

"That music is too distracting," Houka said cheerily, "What you need is some music to cheer you up! Like this," she withdrew a CD from her jacket's pocket (the same one that had been in her when she was the boombox) and placed it into Vida's sound system. A quirky, sprightly tune started up. Houka grabbed one of the Rockporium's microphones and began to sing.

An astounded Vida asked, "What song IS this?"

"Yahoo!" Houka exclaimed, "This is Houka-chan no teemu songu. 'Ai no Kaze'!"

"Can someone translate that?" Nick questioned.

"It's her theme song," Madison explained, "'Breeze of Love'…I don't know either."

Ai no kaze sora wo kakete yuku

Ikanakucha seigi no mahou kake ni

Kimama ni koi wo shitari moderu shitari oshare ga daisuki

Watashi-rashiku aru tame ni mo zettai hazusenai jikan

Deeto no tochuu taihen kinkyuu kooru ga hibiku

Ai no kaze sora wo kakete yuku

Ikanakucha seigi no mahou kake ni

Hakobu yume donna toki datte

Jibun no chikara shinji kaketsukeru

Yaru toki wa yaru kimeta kono ketsui no poozu

Once Houka finished singing, the boys figured they'd go out and spend some time on the town. Nick went with Kai, Xander with Makito, and Chip with Tsubasa. Toby once again examined their uniforms. The bright colors…the symbols…it had to add up. "It's probably just a coincidence," he thought, "So, ladies, you may now return to your jobs. It's what I pay you for."


Tsubasa and Chip had traveled to a grassy meadow in Briarwood. Several sandbag dummies were set up. Chip drew a wooden bow and a sling of arrows; he placed the sling about his back and loaded the bow. Tsubasa leaned against a nearby haystack and communicated with his Mystic counterpart. Ever since he'd been warped to this dimension he'd been thinking about everything that had occurred; Chip's sheer enthusiasm compared to his cynicism was the one on his mind the most.

"It's hard to believe we're the same person," Tsubasa commented, "You and I are so…different, Chip. If I didn't know better, I'd say you're more the MagiGreen type. Even in your name – Chip Thorn. Very much like a farmer. Like Makito. I take it you're into archery?"

"Thanks, but Yellow works for me," Chip said as he let an arrow fly, "and the bow's pretty cool, too. Us being the same? I can believe it. Believing in something is all it takes to make it real to you. And in spite of our differences, I can see we have something in common, Tsubasa. The determination to succeed. Believing in magic is all it takes to make it work." He let loose another arrow. This one bounced off a dummy and rebounded towards Tsubasa. "Sorry about that."

Tsubasa caught the arrow in his hand with an air of impeccable calmness. The Magician of the Yellow snapped it between his fist and looked to Chip. "Your belief works for some time, yes, but courage…courage is the true power. Yuuki. That's the one thing I know for sure. I'm more of a boxing man myself, but I'd like to test your bow." Chip handed Tsubasa his bow.

Tsubasa loaded an arrow from the sling, aimed it at one of the sandbag dummies, and let the arrow fly. It landed squarely in the dummy's heart and sent a stream of sand flowing from the bag.

"Wow…nice shot," Chip commented.

"It was nothing."


Xander and Makito were on the streets of Briarwood in front of the Rockporium. Xander cruised along on his skateboard while Makito walked alongside him. Makito, the oldest Ozu sibling, had wondered why Xander had taken his place in this dimension. Xander was no older than anybody else, and seemed rather lazy compared to Mr. Green himself. Makito turned to his counterpart and questioned.

"Why do you think you're the one with the element of the roaring earth?"

"Why do I?" Xander replied, "I keep everyone in line back at the Rockporium. Without me, no work would get done. Toby's not much of a boss as it is."

"So you support them?"

"You could say that."

"What do you think about…family, Xander?"

"Mine's pretty nice. Mum gets on my nerves sometimes, though."

"I mean about supporting one of your own."

"…that? Xander's not a one-woman man. I'm not going to be thinking about that for awhile, Makito."

"But consider it, though. When I supported my brothers and sisters, I found they gave me the feeling that everything I did was for them. It…inspired me. Gave me the courage to stand up for what I believed in. Just think about it, okay?"

"Will do," Xander stepped off his skateboard. His and Makito's phones sounded a tone, as had the rest. Xander, Makito, Vida, Houka, Madison, Urara, Chip and Tsubasa regrouped in front of the Rockporium.

"Through the trees," Xander said.

"Right," replied the others with a nod. One by one they filed through the large tree and into the other realm where the Rootcore lay. Nick and Kai had received the message as well, but they were too busy to respond. Other matters had taken up their time some distance away from the record store.


"What do you need the cycle for?" Kai asked, "Do you not have a Sky Hoki?"

"Mystic Racer?" Nick asked, "Don't care for that. Bikes have always been my thing. I only fixed this baby up so I could keep it with Udonna pestering me about it. It also made it faster, increased the systems, that kind of stuff."

"With Rensei magic you can accomplish so much more than that," Kai took out his MagiPhone, "watch."

Kai pointed the phone's wand-tip at a nearby stop sign. "Jiruma Majiiro." Red light sparked forward and hit the stop sign's equally red face. The sign shone red before transforming into a Hollywood-style spotlight aimed at Nick. "Rensei magic?" Nick asked, "I can't do that. Control over fire and heat, but nothing more. …should I be able to?"

"If you can't, I think I have an idea why," Kai said while tapping his foot.

"I believe in magic, okay?"

"Believing has nothing to do with it, Nick. True magic takes strong emotion…the strongest of which is yuuki. With great yuuki comes a great thing. You could probably be a master of Rensei magic if you applied the same heart and courage into magic that you do into fixing up your bike."

"Stop it with the crazy talk."

"It isn't crazy! The same feelings have done much for my family. They saved Kaa-san and Tou-san and allowed me and my siblings to get through many tough scrapes. You may not have the bonds of family working for you, Nick, but the bonds of friendship should be more than enough to bring about the magic you wish to achieve. I'll say no more. Clare calls us."

Nick and Kai took their broomsticks into the forest and to the massive tree jutting from the forest floor. They went through the dragon's-head entrance, up the elevator, and through the double doors. Clare and Udonna were waiting with the other eight for their Red Rangers to arrive.


Clare was the bumbling apprentice of Udonna. Her scraggly blonde hair fell over her eyes as she swept her room in the Rootcore. "I know someday I'll get there," Clare muttered to herself, "There's a wand with my name on it. The wand chooses the wizard…or witch…doesn't it? For now the closest thing I have to a wand is this broom, and I want to get myself as far away from cleaning spells as possible."

Clare set the broom in its holding rack on the wall and sat down on her bed. "Matelas Leviosa." Her bed lifted up from the spot where its wooden posts touched the floor. Clare figured if she raised herself, she'd raise her spirits. As the bed rocked from side to side, Clare glanced down at her wall. There was a mysterious crack in the wall that the sorceress-in-training vaguely remembered seeing before. "My secret hiding spot!"

Clare leapt from the bed and extended her hand into the crack. A stack of papers written in the language of the ancients was in her hand when she pulled it out. Clare could read this language, as all magic users could. "Chapter the 0th of the Xentome, Book the Unknown," she read over the text, "…long, long ago, there…" Clare's eyes widened in surprise as she dashed into the main room of the Rootcore; there was news to tell.


"Kai, Tsubasa, Urara, Houka, and Makito Ozu," said Udonna, "at last we meet." Udonna was an older woman in a flowing white dress, and the one who both owned and operated the Rootcore. She had lost her power to Knight Wolf some time before this, but decided to keep training the Briarwooders regardless. Kai looked into her eyes and whispered something under his breath.

"Kaa-san." Udonna had the same calming, motherly feeling as Miyuki, and Kai could tell it clear as day.

"So I remind you of your mother?" Udonna asked, "That does not surprise me. Do you wish to go back to your dimension, Kai? I'll see if the Xenotome has anything about it."

"It doesn't," Madison chimed in, "I read it several times to make sure. Nothing about the Magiranger, Infershia, or Majin of any sort are mentioned. I think we've finally found something truly unknown for the Book of the Unknown…"

"UDONNA!" Clare rushed in with the stack of papers in her hand.

"What is it, Clare?"

"Check this."

Clare placed the pages, one by one, on the table. Udonna began to read. "Chapter the 0th of the Xenotome, Book of the Unknown…"

"Zeroth Chapter?" Clare said, "Let me read these. They were in my room." Clare leaned over and read what the pages had to say.

"Long, long ago…"


"Long, long ago there were Five Legendary Magicians. These five held the power embedded within the DialRod and the Majin of Miracles – MagiLegend. They fought against the Hades Pantheon, a construct of ten of the vilest and feared gods the world had ever known. With their passion, knowledge, affection, hope, resolution, and above all, courage, they sealed the Pantheon away in a subterranean valley for eons to come.

"But with the Legend Power came a great price. As strong as these Five Magicians had been, they could no longer hold onto their bodies. They retained their memories, but their physical forms changed into that of the Heavenly Saints. Their leader, Flagel, became a humanoid demon with a volcanic stone body. His weapon, the Sword of Flagel, was said to have eliminated a legion of troops with a single cut.

"The wisest of the five became Heavenly Saint Volgel; Volgel donned metallic armor that gave him speed and swiftness; it also channeled his attacks to their maximum strength. The Bow of Volgel could strike a man at 100 meters with flawless aim, and a single bolt could travel that distance in less than a second. The five's best fortuneteller was transformed into the mermaid-like Splagel. The Trident of Splagel could summon three torrents of water that could bore through the strongest of defenses and cleanse even the dirtiest of souls to bring them into a sparkling new light.

"A romantic maiden and warrior once before, the Mistress of the Breeze now went by the name of Heavenly Saint Wingel. The Sai of Wingel, in a single fell swoop, could summon a windstorm that could rearrange the Magitopian skies themselves into perfect formation. Finally, but not in the least unimportant, was the five's strongman. His new identity became Heavenly Saint Groungel. Groungel was now a tree-like being whose connection to the forests had become greater than ever before. His Axe of Groungel could clear an entire forest with one horizontal swipe and rebuild it taller and stronger with another.

"These five ascended high into the skies and changed the clouds into the land known as Magitopia. An island each held the elements of fire, thunder, water, wind and earth. From there other humans worthy of becoming a Saint ascended, including a diligent queen who became Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel by the unanimous decision of the Five Legendary Magicians. The Five Magicians received training from Snowgel should a future attack ever occur, and peace continued.

"In modern times, the Champion Saint of Fire, Bragel, descended to Earth and fell in love with a woman named Miyuki. Miyuki was brought to Magitopia, and out of her love for Bragel (known to her as Isamu Ozu) and her courage, became the first human to use magic; she wouldn't be the last. Snowgel chose to grant Miyuki her powers. Miyuki and Isamu gave birth to five children some time later.

"Then Bragel had to leave for the Infershia-Magitopia war about to break loose. Lunagel, Saint of the Moon, was sent to Earth and lost her memory. Raigel, Saint of Thunder, a former traveling salesman, was mummified and Sungel, Saint of the Sun, was left as a frog. Bragel mysteriously vanished. He later returned as Wolzard, and played a part in the return of Lunage and Sungell, the fall of the traitor Raigel, the defeating of the Pantheon, and the reuniting of the magical steeds Valkyrion and Unikirion. This culminated in his eventual rebirth as Wolzard Fire.


"Since dark magic continues to exist, the powers stay within these five. As it should be known, Bragel's children grew up to become..." Clare's line was cut off by a simultaneous signal on the MagiPhones, Mystic Morphers and the Rootcore's crystal ball.

"We've got an attacker from the underworld in the forest," Udonna said, "All of you, go! The ones with the power of magic are the only ones who can stop this attack. I trust in all of you."

The ten exited. Just after they had left, Clare read the last sentence. "…Bragel's children grew up to become…the Mahou Sentai Magiranger."