After facing the rangers himself, Dante can now see the real power they have and what a challenge they could be. He was still recovering from the damage he took from those battles. Spades helped him out with his recovery, but he had a twisted grin on his face.
"Only you would grin after a battle like the one you would have." Zenon said.
"Of course. We finally found worthy opponents. I'm smiling at the chance to destroy them, face them, and much more." Dante said. "It's been a long time since I felt so alive."
"I know what you mean." Vanica said as she felt the same as her brother. "So, what's the new plan? How are we going at them this time?"
"I can help with that." They all looked and met with a new devil. She had navy feathers and wings with her head that of a bird of prey with her arms looking like talons. Her lower body was that of a lion. She also had horns curving out of the sides of her head. "The name is Griphbe. I have something that could help you destroy the rangers, as well as the city."
"What might that be?" Zenon questioned.
"This!" Griphbe said as she pointed down the hall and saw a few spades trying to push something big, round, and white. "This is my egg."
"An egg?" Vanica questioned.
"Inside this egg is a monster." Griphbe said. "Once this egg hatches, it will tear the city to shreds, and the rangers with it. All I need is a good place for it to hatch. The best part is that the rangers won't be able to do a thing to stop it."
"Sounds interesting." Dante said as he likes where this might be going.
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Timeless Meals
Mimosa couldn't believe it when she found out her cousin and her friends are the rangers. Since she was aware now, she had access to the upper floors of the restaurant. She was told everything and her mind was blown.
"Magic Knights... Devils... You guys being the rangers... All of this sounds incredible and hard to believe." Mimosa said.
"That was our first impression." Vanessa said.
"And that brings us to right now." Finral said.
"Amazing!" Mimosa said.
"Now that you know, we'll have to destroy you." Luck said with Mimosa suddenly getting scared.
"No it doesn't. He's just joking, trying to scare you." Julius said. "Luck tends to take things a little too far, but you can't tell anyone about what is really going on here. The rangers must keep their identities a secret."
"There's nothing wrong with hiding behind a mask. Some believe the mask is our real face and the our real faces are the masks." All of them looked to the entrance to see that Vangeance was paying a visit.
"Vangeance! Great to see you again!" Julius said. "It gives me the chance to thank you and Yami for what you did for the rangers."
"It was our pleasure to help in anyway we could." Vangeance said. "I thought you would like to know that Yami and I will be staying close to Clover Meadows in the case you need our help again. I also have something that I thought you could help me with." Vangeance revealed a wooden box in his hands as he showed it to Julius.
"What is it?" Julius asked.
"A power that could be a great asset, but I have yet to find the one who is worthy of such power." Vangeance said. "I know it would be of great use to you and the other rangers. Speaking of which, I see two of them aren't here. Where are the ones called Asta and Noelle?"
"Asta felt he was spending too much time away from the church he was raised in." Julius said. "Noelle went with because she wanted to know more about the place herself." Asta wants to spend more time at the church. What he or the others don't know is that there's something waiting that could change everything.
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The Church
Asta went back to spend some more time at the church and he was enjoying it. He had a good time being around there again and helping out the kids, Father Oris, and Sister Lily. Noelle even lend a hand, but cleaning was not her thing.
"Are you doing okay, Noelle?" Sister asked.
"I'm fine. I'm just not use to all this cleaning." Noelle said. "I can't believe you all live. You think with so many people the work would be a little easier and such."
"True, but so many people living here does take a toll." Oris claimed. "We don't have much money coming in, and everyone here has their own needs and such. With it being just me and Sister Lily, it can be rather difficult."
"But isn't there a way for you to make some money or something to help make ends meet?" Noelle asked.
"We're not looking for charity, and we've all managed to pull through so far." Lily said. "That's why we're also glad that Asta managed to get a job at Timeless Meals. The money he makes there, he uses it to help us out." Noelle knew about that. Asta has to be the most selfless person she's ever met.
"It also looks like he's made many great friends like you, Miss Noelle." Oris claimed. "He certainly talks about you a lot." that has Noelle thinking what Asta says about her and it's got her blushing. Noelle took a break from cleaning and stepped outside to see how he was doing. Asta was chopping wood with Nash placing the wood while Yuno did laundry.
"See, Yuno? You're not going to best me all the time." Asta said.
"You got a long way to go, Asta." Yuno said.
"Asta, I don't know why you bother. Yuno is clearly better than you, everyone likes him." Nash said just to annoy Asta.
"Are you two always so competitive?" Noelle said as she came over. "Yuno certainly seems to bring out a competitive side of you, Asta. How long have you two known each other?"
"Our whole lives. Yuno and I were both left at the church when we were just babies." Asta said. "We might get a little competitive, but we do have each other's backs. Isn't that right, Yuno?" That appeared to be something Yuno did agree with."
"Lunch!" Sister called as everyone was taking a break and tried to have a nice lunch outside. While they were all eating, none of them noticed the danger. Zenon, Griphbe, and spades appeared with nearby with them moving her giant egg.
"Why are we moving your egg here?" Zenon said.
"Do you want it to hatch in your castle? Besides, the rangers won't be able to find it out here." Griphbe believed.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Zenon said. He spotted the church with everyone out there and also spotted Noelle and Asta were there. "The red and blue rangers are here."
"If they see my egg, it could be a problem." Griphbe said.
"Not a problem." Zenon said as he snapped his fingers and had another set of spades appeared. "Keep the rangers distracted while we move the egg." His soldiers did what they were told and moved in while the rest of them rolled the egg around.
"This is actually good." Noelle said as she was enjoying the lunch with everyone else. While they were eating, the spades came out with Noelle spotting them. "Asta! Spades!" Asta was alerted with everyone else with all of them saw the spades coming their way.
"Yuno, keep everyone back!" Asta said as he and Noelle went at the enemy while everyone took cover. Noelle flipped her way through some of the spades and stopped by giving one a strong kick to the chest. Asta rolled against the ground and kicked one back. When he got back up, he flipped over one's spear and kicked the spade right in the back. Yuno watched them fight and couldn't believe how they were able to fight. Noelle and Asta were doing their best, but Yuno couldn't stand around and do nothing. He bravely charged in to help.
"Yuno! What are you doing?!" Sister called. Yuno just kept going as he pushed some spades out of the way. He fought along side them as he kept them back. When one grabbed him from behind, he drove his elbow against it and broke free with him kicking the spade down. He took the spear and used it as he slashed the spear against them. The three kept fighting until they were all defeated.
"Yuno... Thanks, but that was dangerous." Asta said.
"Why did you do it then?" Yuno questioned, but Asta had no good answer for that.
"Hey! Over here!" Noelle called as she found something. The three of them took a look and saw some sort of trail. "Something passed through here. Those spades must have been trying to distract."
"We need to tell the others." Asta whispered to Noelle, but he had to do something about Yuno. "Yuno, stay here to make sure everyone is safe. Noelle and I will follow this trail and see where it goes."
"Asta, you don't need to do that. It might be a bad idea." Yuno said, but Asta ignored him with him and Noelle going off. "Asta! Wait!" He called, but he and Noelle kept going. Yuno knew he should stay, but it feels like Asta is hiding something and he wants to know what that is.
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Asta and Noelle
"Any idea what we're even looking for?" Asta said as he and Noelle kept following the trail.
"Just follow the trail and we'll find it, obviously." Noelle snarky stated. "I already contacted the others. They'll catch up to us. By the way, what did you say to your little family back there about me?"
"What?" Asta questioned, but Noelle tried playing it cool. What neither of them were aware of was that Yuno was following them for he wanted to know what was really going on.
"Asta, look at that..." Noelle said as she spotted something. Asta took a look and almost couldn't believe it. They found the giant egg in what looked like a giant nest. Just knowing this was trouble, Asta reached for his morpher to contact the others.
"Guys, we found something. You better get to us fast. Julius, you might want to come here too." Asta said. As for Yuno, he kept himself hidden while he watched what they did. He was shocked when he saw a portal open up and the other rangers and Julius came out of it. Asta and Noelle gave a quick rundown about what just happened. Getting an idea, Julius gave a quick look at what they were all looking at and used his magic to help.
"It's an egg." Julius said. "There's a monster inside, and it's close to hatching."
"It is?! Oh man." Finral said.
"In that case, let's scramble that egg already." Luck said.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Julius claimed.
"It never is, is it?" Vanessa complained.
"There's some sort of powerful magic barrier coating the egg." Julius said. "I can do what I can to work my way around it to destroy the egg, but I'm afraid the only sure way to get around it is to destroy the monster that cast it."
"Noelle and I were busy with those spades. We didn't see anything." Asta said.
"Knowing those devils and the Dark Triad, they won't stay gone for long." Julius said. That much they knew for sure.
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Vangeance
Vangeance was in the middle of his own little task. He was trying to find the one who was worthy of a power he has, but finding someone who is worthy isn't easy at all. Vangeance continued with his search, but it had to be put on pause. He heard an explosion happened and people screaming. Just like the rangers, he went to investigate. He went around a corner and spotted trouble and saw danger happening with a few people caught in it.
"Are you all right?" Vangeance asked as he checked to make sure there were no casualties. He soon spotted the cause of the trouble when he spotted Zenon in his armored form, Griphbe, and spades attacking.
"Wouldn't it be easier for me to lay low until my egg hatches?" Griphbe questioned.
"The rangers are smart. We need to keep them busy until the egg hatches." Zenon said. "Besides, Dante won't allow you to sit around and do nothing like that." The enemy went on with the attack in hopes of luring out the rangers to keep them busy. Vangeance could see the danger and knew the rangers were needed. Using his magic, he tried to get in contact with them.
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The Rangers
Vangeance magic was able to go far from it being connected to nature. That's how he was able to find the rangers to alert them. They all witnessed a small tree growing out of the ground with an image of Vangeance appearing.
"Julius, the Dark Triad has launched another attack near the plaza. The rangers are needed." Vangeance claimed.
"Thank you, Vangeance." Julius said. "All of you better get going. I'll stay and try to work on destroying this egg before it hatches."
"Alright. Let's go, guys." Asta said as each of them reached for their morphers. Yuno was about to witness the unreal.
"Mana Morpher! Magic Calling!" They all morphed without any of them realizing that Yuno was there the whole time. He was shocked, especially when he saw Asta was the red ranger. Finral opened a portal and the five of them got moving. Yuno wanted to learn more and hurried. He jumped through the portal before it closed with Julius catching a glimpse, not sure what to think of this situation now.
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The Plaza
The rangers emerged through the portal to face their enemies. As for Yuno, when he emerged out of the portal, he quickly took cover to avoid any unneeded trouble.
"Zenon!" Asta called and got the attention of the enemies. "What do you think you're doing?!"
"What me and my siblings always do: finding ways to destroy you." Zenon said. "Griphbe, make yourself really useful and get rid of them."
"No problem." Griphbe said as she stepped forward for a fight.
"That might be the monster who left that giant egg." Vanessa said.
"We just need to get rid of her so that Julius can get rid of the egg." Luck stated.
"No problem. Hold nothing back!" Asta said with them having to use one power.
"Saint Power: Saint Magic!" All of them transformed into their saint forms and were now ready to fight her. All the rangers jumped right at Griphbe and tried smashing their swords against Griphbe, but she was able to push them all off and slashed her claws against them. Griphbe didn't back down as she tried to fight off all the rangers at once. Yuno just kept himself hidden as he watched his oldest friend fight with his team. He also heard a strange sound. When he looked at it, he saw Vangeance causing roots to rise out of the ground and tangle around the enemy while keeping innocent people safe. Yuno wanted to step in, but he feels like he's a little over his head with this.
"Let's turn it up!" Griphbe said as she flew away from the rangers. "Screaming Eagle!" Griphbe unleashed a devastating sonic attack that sounded like an eagle screech. All five of the rangers got blasted by the attack and took quite some damage. All five of them were knocked down from the attack and it threw them for a loop.
"Perhaps your egg doesn't need to hatch in the first place." Zenon said as he walked over and held out his spear to finish them. Yuno knew he had to do something there when he saw Zenon was going to start with Asta. Acting fast, Yuno took a spear from a spade. Zenon swung his spear at Asta. Asta was ready to counter it, but the attack was blocked by Yuno using the swiped weapon.
"Yuno?!" Asta said as he couldn't believe what just happened.
"I knew you were hiding something, Asta. I just didn't think you would be a ranger." Yuno said.
"I don't know who you are, but you made a big mistake interfering." Zenon said. He pushed Yuno's spear out of the way and gave him a powerful kick that knocked him down.
"Yuno!" Asta called as he hurried to save him, but some spades got in the way and held him and his friends back. "No! Let go! Yuno!"
"That was brave of you, but you made a mistake by getting in the way." Griphbe said. She charged to attack him, but Yuno kicked her in the gut and got back up. He tried fighting off Griphbe, but he was out of his league against her. She easily blocked each of his attacks and he couldn't do much against her. However, Vangeance noticed what Yuno was doing and was impressed.
"Such bravery, no fear of danger, and is willing to fight for others." Vangeance said. He could see what kind of person Yuno was and might have found what he was looking for. Yuno continued to fight, but Griphbe grabbed a hold of him and tossed him against a table.
"You're finished!" Griphbe claimed as she was going to finish him, but Vangeance interfered as roots shot out from the ground and pushed her back.
"You are the one." Vangeance claimed as he walked over to Yuno.
"The one?" Yuno questioned.
"The one worthy of this power." Vangeance said as he pulled out the box he had. He opened it up with a light shining out of it. Something shot out of it and attached itself to Yuno's wrist. It looked like a watch-version of the rangers' morphers.
"What is this?" Yuno questioned.
"Your new heaven's morpher. Use it and become the sixth ranger." Vangeance said. A sixth ranger?! This might be what they need. Yuno was amazed by all of it. Even though it just happened, he knew what to do like it was instinct.
"Heaven's Morpher! Magic Calling!" Yuno opened up the morpher and power began to surge through him. It was like wind and light gathered around him as his ranger suit was form. His color was gold with his left arm to his right shoulder was green with him having a black belt with a star as the buckle since his morpher was attached to his wrist. Twin blades were placed in his hands, one marked with a star and the other marked with a spiral. Once his helmet was placed on, a new ranger was fully formed. "Gold Magic Knight Ranger!"
"Yuno...?!" Asta said as they were all astonished on what just happened.
"Another rangers?! You never mentioned anything about a sixth ranger!" Griphbe complained.
"That's because he shouldn't be here. Let's find out how tough he really is." Zenon said. With just a snap of his fingers, the spades changed targets and went right at him.
"Let's see what this power can really do." Yuno jumped right into the spades. He flew right through them as he spun around and slashed against as many as he could. Some of them tried attacking with their spears, but Yuno used both his swords and were able to strike down at each one. He added to it as he spun around and fired a series of light rays at the spades. Yuno also smashed his blade against the ground and generated a powerful blast of wind that blew them away.
"Did you all see that?! It's like he's got light magic and wind magic?!" Finral said as they were all amazed with how Yuno was doing.
"I think you overstayed your welcome!" Griphbe claimed and went another round with him. She swung her claws at him, but Yuno jumped up. When he came down and swung both his blades against her. He gave her another powerful slash that pushed her back. "Why you...!" She tried attacking him again, but Yuno was doing better with his newfound powers. He kept out of her reach as well as land some strikes and slashes of his own.
"I thought monsters were suppose to be tough." Yuno taunted.
"How is this for tough?! Screaming Eagle!" Griphbe unleashed her own attack, but Yuno jumped back from the attack and was able to avoid it. Then, he jumped off a building wall and went at her again to throw in another good slash. Deciding to end this, Yuno powered both of his swords. One glow gold while the other glowed green.
"Celestial Wind!" Yuno slashed both of his swords that unleashed a slash of light and one of wind. The two attacks formed one and blasted right against Griphbe. The attack did some devastating damage itself. It was too much power for Griphbe with the end result being her destruction.
"Amazing..." Vanessa said as all the rangers were astonished, but Noelle snapped out of it to get in contact with Julius.
"Julius, the monster is destroyed! Try and destroy the egg now!" Noelle said when she called Julius. Julius got the message and used his magic to completely destroy the egg and another threat was beaten. Zenon could have brought back Griphbe, but he decided not to after witnessing that.
"A sixth ranger... Dante and Vanica will find this interesting..." Zenon claimed before he retreated. The danger was over now, but everyone was still in shock about the new ranger. Asta and the others demorphed and walked over to him to talk to him about what just happened. Yuno demorphed himself and was amazed at what just happened.
"Yuno...?" Asta said to get his attention, worried about how he was feeling, but Yuno felt great.
"You were right, Asta. Anyone really can shine." Yuno stated. The two of them couldn't stop themselves from laughing with Asta's friends glad they have some help. A sixth ranger added to the team could change everything.
