A/N: Hey guys. It's finally here. Chapter 2 of Power Rangers Animal Strike. If you haven't already go read chapter 1 and read chapter 1 of Kemonoranger.

Also, this is how I will be releasing chapters. I will release one chapter of Animal Strike and then I will release one chapter of Kemonoranger. I'm basically taking turns with each story.

Thanks for supporting this story. Let's get this show on the road shall we.

(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own ideas and characters.)

Chapter 2: Rhythm Rumble

"Who are you!" Saul yelled at the mysterious man who stood on top of the cliff.

The man revealed himself. He had on a cloak and wore boots. His hair spiked up. He looked down at Saul with curious eyes. He smiled to make sure that Saul didn't get scared.

"A friend." The man said to Saul, smiling.

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Saul woke up from his bed sweating. He looked up at the roof. His sweat continued to run down his face. He got up from his bed. Their was a huge sweat stain on his bed. He walked over to the blinds and opened them a little. He could see the city and the jungle. The jungle was all around. He did live in the ranger base.

He walked over to his desk and sat down on his chair. He looked over at his alarm clock. 10:30. Saul put his head down and sighed. He rummaged through a desk drawer. He pulled out a handful of papers. He looked through his personal papers and mail. There was a secret about him. He liked stuff that some people would probably make fun of him for. This was one of the reasons he had trust issues.

He looked through letters that he had mailed. One caught his eye. He picked up an envelope. He opened it up. He pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it slowly. The top was visible.

To Roseanne:

Saul stopped himself and folded the paper again. He didn't need a reminder of her. He put the paper down and took out another paper that was inside. It was another letter. He unfolded that one even though he had an idea of what it was.

Thank You, From BLA...

Saul put the paper down. He slammed his fist against the desk and hit his head against the surface. He groaned. Out of all the girl groups in the world, she had to be the one he saved. He put the papers back in the envelope. He pulled out a black box with pink markings around it. He opened it and put the envelope in their. Also in the box was a signed album and a few other letters. He locked the box and put it away. He sat back in his chair and sighed.

"Celebrity Crushes. How embarrassing." Saul said. If anyone found out about this he would be totally embarrassed. He didn't understand why people made fun of things the way they do. He looked through the rest of the papers and found a photo. It was one of those photos from those cameras that used film or something. He studied it and saw the girl.

"Roseanne." Saul whispered. He took out the box again and opened it. He looked at the photo again. He struggled internally. He didn't want to put it away and never see it again.

He closed the box and looked at the photo. He put the box away. He then took out his phone and put the photo on the back of it. He had a see through case. He wanted the photo somewhere he could look at it even if it brought back painful memories. He felt his heart shatter just remembering what had happened that night in Coachella Valley.

*flashback*

"Stop it!" Red yelled as he chased down Ravagers. Drops of rain fell slowly until it was raining.

Red ran towards the festival. People were still partying. The girl group on stage was doing well and were enjoying themselves so they didn't mind the water. The Ravagers stopped at a dead end.

"I got you." Red walked up slowly lifting up his Strike Saber. The Ravagers quickly thought of a plan and climbed onto the stage. "No!" Red yelled after them as he chased them.

Screams were heard. The Ravagers were terrorizing the festival. They chased people and then they went towards the girl group who had tried to escape. They ran off the stage and ran down the stairs following a security guard. The security guard let them pass and prepared to beat up whatever would follow them through the curtain entrance.

The Ravagers came through making their noises. The security guard was frozen with shock. When they got closer they were blasted and killed. Red stood at the entrance with his Strike Blaster out. He motioned for the guard to move out of their. The guard did what he was told and ran away. Red turned to go back and heard the screams of four girls.

"Fuck!" Red cursed through his teeth and he turned around and went towards the source of the screams.

Four girls stood backed into a corner as a group of Ravagers were getting closer. They begged for their lives and called out for someone. There was no response. They began to cry. The tears flowed down their eyes. Then, the Ravagers were blasted and killed by the red ranger. He stood by the entrance to the dressing room. The girls looked at him with tear filled eyes.

Red looked back at them. Underneath his helmet, his eyes moved all over them. He knew exactly which girl group this was. Red motioned for them to follow him and he turned and left. The girls followed him without a doubt. They stayed close to him and looked around themselves. They had gotten outside somehow and the rain only fell harder. The girls wore clothes that exposed their legs and arms. They shivered as the rain fell on them. Their hair was now wet and their makeup began to run due to the rain and tears.

Red found a way to get them out of there. He turned and motioned. They walked for what seemed to be 20 minutes. They made it to a hotel. The doors were closed however. The person in front was shivering with fear. The worker pointed for them to go around and enter through the poolside. Red caught on and moved the girls over to where the pool was. He found a way to open the door and opened it. He thought it would have been harder.

He had just ruined the festival for everyone. It was his fault that the monsters escaped his sight while he was fighting. Red opened the lock on the door. He turned and motioned for the first girl to enter. The second and third girls moved in right after. The fourth girl caught Red's eye. He didn't have time to check her out. Just as she was going to walk in, Red sensed something was off and quickly grabbed the girl and jumped out of the way. He landed on the ground while the girl landed on top of him. She got up and looked at him. He could see the fear in her eyes. He got up and picked up the girl from the ground. He looked over at where the blast had come from. He was shocked.

"Who are you!" Red yelled as he saw a dark figure. He pulled out his Strike Saber as rain moved down his helmet.

Thunder was heard in the background. Red could see the dark figure moving closer. Then lightning flashed and more thunder was heard. Red saw what it looked like. What he could see is that the figure was a wolf. The figure walked closer.

"Don't worry I don't bite." The figure which turned out to be a male, had said as lightning flashed again.

Red motioned for the girl to quickly move towards where her friends had gone. She did and did so quickly. Red pulled out his Strike Saber. He was ready to take on this beast.

"This will be fun!" The figure said and with that, they clashed.

*flashback ends*

Saul nearly fell off his seat. That wasn't what he was trying to remember but it was true. He did start thinking of Coachella Valley. He swore under his breath remembering the monster from that rainy night. He sighed again and got up. He put everything else away into his drawer.

Saul made his bed and sat back down at his desk. He took out his Beast Battery and began to clean it with a rag. He thought about the girl. Then he thought about the wolf man. He quickly wiped it away from his mind. He got up and made way for the kitchen. The base had everything. He was separated from the command center. He made himself waffles and poured some milk in a cup. He ate and when he was finished, he washed his dishes and put them away.

He walked back into his room and went into his bathroom. After a little sitting session on the toliet, he got into the shower. He let the water fall on him for a while as he thought back to that rainy day. When he was done taking a shower, Saul put on his underwear and his black jeans. He put on his black and white vans and he took out a black shirt. He slipped it on. He then put on his personal hoodie and walked out of his room. He was going to walk into the command center. He remembered that everyone would be there by now.

"Ugh. Just got to forget about her." Saul reminded himself as he looked at the image on the back of his phone.

He pulled out his battery and activated his morpher. He insterted the battery into his morpher and he morphed into the red ranger. Red walked into the command center, sighing as he did so. The doors slid open and he crossed through. He stepped into the room full of computers. The doors closed behind him and he made his way to the table. He looked down at it and studied it. So far there was no big monster activity since they last beat Clashzoid. There was only the occasional footsoldier attacks on the city. He let Kai take care of that.

He remembered that Kai had asked him to let the other rangers battle the footsoldiers by themselves without Red's help. Red happily agreed. He could get some rest while they did all the work for a while.

"That was a great training session everyone." Red looked up as he heard Kai's voice booming through the tunnel that came from the training room and led to main room.

"So when are we doing training sessions in the jungle?" Mikey asked Kai as they entered the room.

"Soon, I promise." Kai told them as he came up to the table. He noticed red and gave him a nod. Red looked at him and walked away from the table. He sat down on a chair and put his head back as if he were going to rest.

"Hey! You still acting like a little p..." Anthony was punched in his side and he almost fell over. He looked up to see that Mikey was the one who did it. He was going to tell him what the big idea was, but then he remembered the conversation he had with Mikey about Red. Red just looked on from under his helmet.

"Hey Kai, Does he have a problem with us?" Alicia whispered over to the tiger master.

"Don't worry, it's just his attitude. I'm sure you'll grow on him. He isn't very fond of fighting alongside people who he doesn't have total trust for." Kai's information seemed to shake the girls who were listening. Kai looked at them confused but forgot about it.

"Well then, what's next?" Mikey asked, not knowing what they would do next.

"Well now you guys have downtime. I'll call you guys if there are any monster attacks. You guys know how to communicate through the morphers now right?" Kai finished with a question.

"Yes we do. I learned my lesson from last time." Anthony said in a defeated tone.

"I have a question. So last time you said you and the other masters stopped Axis before. How did you guys come together?" Alicia asked Kai.

"That's simple. We are all a part of different tribes. The first 20 tribes came together to form the powers that you have. The other tribes created powers to support them. We would occasionally split up and settle down in different places but we all had to come together one last time when Axis attacked. We stopped him just after he destroyed our tribes and..." Kai stopped as he noticed the tears forming in his eyes.

"I think I get it. Thank you." Alicia said to him as she also noticed the tears.

"Great, well enjoy the rest of your day rangers. We have training again tomorrow." Kai said to them as they began to walk out of the command center. He wiped the tears off his face.

"Will do!" Cynthia called back as the group walked off.

"Well it looks like you guys had fun." Red got up from his seat and moved to sit in front of the computers.

"You know, it wouldn't kill you to join us." Kai said to him as he looked through some files on the tables screen.

"I don't need to train with amateurs. I'm fine all on my own." Red said to Kai as he looked for some information if his own.

"The masters can barely be out of the spirit world, like I can. I need your help to train them." Kai looked up but red don't turn.

"You wanted it, so it's your problem." Red typed on the keyboard as he said this.

Kai sighed. He wanted Red to be able to help the others instead of pushing them away. Mick walked into the room. He noticed the tension in the air. Mick forgot about it and walked over to where Red was sitting.

"Zord repairs are done." Mick said happily.

"Hey Mick, remind me how the zords work again. Like how do they teleport into the wild?" Red asked. The battle with Clashzoid was the first time he had used the zord.

"Well you see. The zord bays are one place where the zords stay. There are entrances for the zords so that they can leave. They are like living creatures. I can also teleport them into some place in the wild. It's a complicated process." Mick spoke and Red looked confused under his helmet.

"Why do you need to know that?" Kai asked Red who turned to acknowledge his presence.

"Because I wanted to know. Is there a problem with wanting to know." Red stared at Kai with anger.

Mick looked at both of them and looked like he wanted to get out of there as fast as he could. Redbot came into the room and looked at everyone. No one payed attention to him. Redbot quickly made his way over to the computer.

He clicked a few keys on the keyboard and got to where he wanted to go. Redbot looked at all the songs that had appeared on the screens and went to a specific one. Just as he was about to click it, a sword came out of nowhere and broke the screen. Mick fell backwards and Kai's anger grew. Redbot turned to see that the red ranger threw the sword.

"What did you do that for!" Kai yelled.

Red went over and took out the Strike Saber. He turned to Redbot, "You can listen to anybody you want but not that group." Redbot didn't seem to afraid. In fact he seemed to understand.

"I'm sorry I forgot about that... secret." Redbot said to him.

"It's no big deal." Red said to him as he put a hand on the robots shoulder.

"No big problem, you just broke a computer screen for no reason!" Kai had a fire in his eyes.

"I have my reasons." With that final statement, Red walked out of the room. He was going back to Beast City.

Kai sat on a chair and put his hands to his head. He sighed again and began to work again. Mick didn't know what to say and began working on fixing the screen.

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Zaku walked down the hallway. He was heading to Byxis' lab. Byxis had told him of his newest creation. When he arrived he found the newest monster testing out its abilities. It was black in color with eyes of yellow and red color. It's left eye was a square shape. It had what looked to be a machine in its chest that had dials and buttons.

"So! This is the new monster?!" Zaku yelled over to Byxis who was recording his reaserch into his computer.

"Yes! He will be very useful." Byxis said as he continued typing away.

"Yukel, at your service." The monster had turned around to introduce himself and he bowed in front of Zaku.

"Well, let's hope you are better than the last one." Zaku said nodding his head towards the monster.

"I won't let you down." The monster bowed its head once more.

"Yukel here, can create rhythms with the machine implanted in him. He can use these rhythms and turn them into physical attacks or psychological attacks." Byxis told Zaku of his abilities.

"So, the humans wont know what hit them." Zaku said, sounding pleased.

"Exactly!" Byxis said as he clapped.

"Great! Now get him ready to ship out. I want him in the field as soon as possible." Zaku walked out of the room as he said this.

"You heard him." Byxis said.

"Of course. I'll head out when my preparations are complete." Yukel said to Byxis.

"What are you preparing?" Byxis asked Yukel.

"You are, when I activate this machine in my body," Yukel unveiled a machine that stood on a pedistool, "These other machines will activate and I will be able to use rhythms to control people or, if the time calls for it." Yukel paused, "Kill them." Yukel laughed manically. Byxis also started laughing maniacally.

"Then let your plan commence." Byxis said.

"You heard him! Let's go!" Yukel said to the Ravagers that were in the room. The Ravagers picked up several machines that were piled up in the corner and proceeded with Yukel's plan.

Zaku walked down the corridor, going towards the throne room. He was thinking about Yukel's plan. He stayed by the door long enough to hear what he was planning. He was hoping it would work. It does sound like the perfect plan.

He walked into the throne room and found it empty. He looked around and saw nobody. He walked over to the bar in the room and poured himself a whiskey. He drank it as he sat down. That was when someone walked into the room.

Axis came walking in, adjusting the buttons on his suit. He carried a one strap bag on his back. Zaku quickly got up and got down on one knee and bowed his head. Axis walked over to the bar and picked up the bottle of whiskey. He pored himself some.

"How are you today, Zaku?" Axis asked as he took a sip.

"I am doing good today, sir." Zaku answered him.

"That's good." Axis said walking over to his throne.

"Where did you go this morning, Master." Zaku asked the question as he got up.

"I went to go take care of one of my music businesses. The world thinks that we give the groups no freedom." Axis said as he sat down. He pushed a button to his side and a table rose from the ground. He pulled up the bag he was carrying and took out a laptop which he put on the table.

"You own businesses?" Zaku asked. How can a super powered villain own businesses.

"Yes Zaku. If I have a human form, I might as well use it to my advantage." Axis answered looking through forms on his laptop.

"I guess you are right. And what about, the freedoms, you were talking about?" Zaku asked another question.

"There are many fans who think we control their lives. We want to make sure that's not true. I don't need problems on both fronts. My human problems and my ranger problems are to be separated." Axis said as he put one hand up to his face.

"I understand sir." Zaku said bowing.

"Good! So what's today's plan?" Axis asked with curiosity that appeared out of nowhere.

"Our newest monster, Yukel, is ready to deploy. I overheard his plan. He plans on using the rhythm machine he has implanted to activate others similar to it and attack the humans psychologically. He will basically be able to control them." Zaku reported the plan to his master.

"Well, that sounds wonderful doesn't it. Make sure everything goes to plan." Axis said as he turned back to the work on his computer.

"Certainly sir." Zaku bowed before he left. As he left Acis continued his work. He pulled up a file labeled "BP". He opened it and revealed a photo of four girls. He didn't notice anything odd, but as he flipped through more photos of them, there was a connection forming. There was an eagle. An actual eagle in every photo for some unknown reason. It was just in the background. He forgot about it and closed the photos and looked at charts.

-0-0-0-0-

"So, I think it would be a great idea if we got to know eachother." Mikey said to the others who walked in front of him.

"I thought we already learned enough about eachother." Alicia said to him.

"We learned a lot about the way we fight and our names of course. I mean that we should learn about our own personal lives or something like that." Mikey clarified to them.

"I don't know why you want to do that." Anthony said, walking with his hands above his head.

"I mean, it's not a bad idea." Cynthia chimed in.

"Thank you Cynthia." Mikey said with a smile. They all stopped suddenly when they heard commotion.

"Over there." Anthony pointed out and they all headed the way of commotion.

There was a huge group of people gathered around something. The guys tried to push through but had no luck. Cynthia and Alicia looked around to find a way through.

"Why don't you try flying?" Anthony asked Alicia, "I mean you do have the spirit of a phoenix or whatever that bird is."

"I haven't learned how to do that yet. I mean I know how it works, but I haven't tried it and I don't want to until I learn it properly." Cynthia said to him.

"Well, there has to be a way." Mikey said thinking.

Alicia was still looking until she saw an opportunity. She would parkour it to a higher angle. Without a last throught, Alicia ran for it. She jumped off the ground and landed on the hood of the car. She jumped off the car, which, luckily, had not started beeping, and jumped onto a trash can. The others turned their attention to her. She jumped up and grabbed onto a fire escape ladder and climbed up onto the fire escape. She had a better view.

She looked around and saw a couple of police bars blocking the people's way. She looked around some more and saw police patrol cars parked around. The police were controlling traffic and people. She studied the scene a little more and then saw what the commotion was about. She wouldn't have found it if the people hadn't started screaming louder. It was a limo. She began to think and looked back over at the crowd. She noticed their signs.

She studied the signs and then understood. She climbed back down the way she came and regrouped with her new friends. The others looked at her in bewilderment. They were surprised that she was so agile and that she was able to get up there so fast.

"So what is it?" Mikey was the one who asked the question.

"The Jonas Brothers are coming." Alicia said casually, pretending not to sound excited.

"That's the reason?" Anthony wanted to slap his face with his hand.

"No way!" Cynthia screamed.

"Yea I know!" Alicia finally unmasked her excitement. She then noticed the boys looking at her with confused looks. "I mean, yeah. It's them."

"Well, I guess it's time we go home Anthony." Mikey said as he started walking away.

"I thought you wanted us to get to know eachother. What's with the sudden change." Anthony said as he began to walk.

"I'm sure the girls want to figure out a way to see the Jonas Brothers." Mikey sort of taunted as a smirk appeared on his face.

"Hey, that's not true." Alicia called out to him. Mikey laughed and Anthony tried but failed to hold in his laughter. When the boys were out of sight, the girls moved over to the group of people.

"So, why are the Jonas Brothers here?" Cynthia asked her female comrade.

"I don't know. My best guess is that there is a music festival going on." Alicia said trying to see the limousine that was passing by. The roar of the crowd got louder as the vehicle passed them.

After the limo left, people began to run after it. The police tried and failed to stop them. Others just left, all of them full of excitement. Alicia and Cynthia were now there, standing alone. They looked around once more and Cynthia spotted something.

"Look!" Cynthia pointed in the direction of a poster. The girls quickly moved over to where the poster was and read it.

"Beast Valley Music Festival: 2nd Edition." Alicia read it out loud.

"What does it mean by '2nd Edition'?" Cynthia asked her friend.

"It can mean that it's the second annual festival. Wait! It's right here," Alicia pointed out smaller print after she studied the poster, "This is the second edition of the Beast City Music Festival for this year. But tickets now and enjoy a great weekend of music and fun."

"Wow. Has this festival gone on every year?" Cynthia asked her friend another question.

"It also says here that it's the first year that this is happening. If it goes well, it could be an every year thing." Alicia answered the question with ease.

"Really? The poster says that?" Cynthia was surprised that her friend managed to find information that she herself couldn't find.

"No I found it online." Alicia confessed. "There's a lot of different artists and bands performing. Even artists from different countries. The first edition of this festival did well, that a lot of groups decided to come to the second edition. Apparently, the Beast City Music Festival, also known as the Beast Music Festival, is the second biggest music festival after Coachella."

"Wait a sec, go back a bit. Who's performing at the festival?" Cynthia was full ears, curiosity taking the better of her as she tried to look at Alicia's screen.

"Here's the list of performers. I'll read a few. The Jonas Brothers, Post Malone, Coldplay, Knife Party, Los Ángeles Azules, Lil Nas X, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Fall Out Boy, Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons, The Weeknd, Davy Punk, G-Eazy, Kendrick Lamar, Raymix and BLACKPINK." Alicia almost ran out of breath. She was practically reading the whole list.

"I thought you were only going to read a few." Cynthia smiled and giggled.

"I'm sorry, I got carried away." Alicia giggles back. The girls then proceeded to walk home and they continued to talk about the festival.

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Red ran through the jungle, slashing at every vine that was in his way. He ran down a dirt path. He then strayed from the path and started going through high grass, slashing at all of it. When he was out of the grass, he stopped. He practically slid as he stopped and dirt was sent flying up into the air. He now stood on a cliff that overlooked a big area of grass. It went on for miles. It was basically a desert.

Beast City was a city of many biomes. It was hot and red could feel it. This was where a lot of the city's hotels were located because of many things that happened over here. The convention center was also over here. The jungle was just off to the side and if you found the right place, you could see the whole city.

Red looked down at what was happening. There were groups of people setting something up. Red sat down at the edge of the cliff he stood at. Down below was more jungle that led to the desert. The sun was going down and the lights on the fields went on.

"Music festivals. Ugh." Red whispered to himself. He looked on trying to ignore what was going on and enjoy the view. That was when he saw something of interest down on the fields.

Without a second thought he got up and made his way down the only way he could. Finding a path. He could jump, but the odds of landing on something safely were low. When he got down to the end of the jungle, he jumped a fence that separated the jungle and the desert. He ran across the field and got to one of the set up stages. It was the big stage. He followed his instincts and walked around to the back. There was no one in sight. Then he heard someone talking.

"Be careful with that, you idiots!" Red looked around the corner and he saw something that didn't even surprise him a bit. A group of Ravagers were placing objects down on various stands. He then noticed the monster that was different. The monster was clearly giving the orders.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" Red whispered to himself. He watched patiently as he noticed that the footsoldiers were putting smaller objects onto different pieces of equipment.

"This the the best place to set this one up. The big music festival is the perfect cover." The monster said, pleased with himself.

"Well then, I guess I better interfere!" Red stepped out from where he was hiding and aimed his Strike Blaster towards the monsters.

"What the! What are you doing here red ranger!" the monster said in a vicious voice.

"I saw one of the stupid Ravagers. He was claerly not trying to move quickly." Red said, a smile grew inside his helmet.

"I told you guys to move quick, you idiots!" the monster yelled at his footsoldiers who were all clearly embarrassed.

"Yukel! Stop talking and fight!" Zaku's voice was loud enough that even the red ranger could hear him.

"Don't worry. I'll finish this off quickly." Red put away his Strike Blaster and pulled out his Strike Saber.

"I won't allow you to interfere. Ravagers! Attack!" Yukel yelled and the footsoldiers attacked without a second thought.

They came and surrounded Red from all directions. Under his helmet, red smirked. He liked these odds. He readied his saber and began to attack as one of the monsters came in to attack. Red spun around and slashed a few monsters and saw more coming after him. He thrust his sword into a nearby monster and left him standing there as he punched a few more that came from behind. He then grabbed his sword and pulled it out and let the monster fall and die.

Red jumped over a few monsters and slashed them from behind. He pulled out a Beast Battery and put it into the bottom of his sword. The saber lit up on fire and Red slashed more monsters, setting them on fire. He jumped around hitting more of the monsters with his saber before jumping onto the stage. The monsters followed and red continued slashing. Luckily, no one was around. He could go full out without worrying about civilians.

He pulled out his Strike Blaster and blasted the monsters back. He slashed a few more and blasted others. He rolled on the ground and when he stood up again, he shot more footsoldiers. He slashed them, the fire lit brighter in the darkness. The moonlight was the only thing that lit up the area. His fire could be seen a mile away.

In a hotel near the fields, a group of people were attracted to the window. They saw something burning on the field. These people looked on in awe. They asked themselves questions and chatted amongest themselves. No one knew what it could be.

Back over at the stage, Red slashed the last of the monsters and thrust his sword once more into two monsters at the same time. They lit on fire and red pulled out his sword. The monsters fell off the stage and blew up. Red now set his sights on Yukel. Yukel came onto the stage. He knew he was next.

"Well, you managed to take care of those monsters in a short time. It doesn't matter. Everything is going according to plan." Yukel said, sounding pleased with himself.

"Too bad I have to put a stop to those plans." Red said as he came closer, lifting up his saber, which remained on fire.

The red ranger came in for the attack. Yukel moves a dial on his chest. When the saber came down, it went to far to the left, making red trip. Red caught himself before he fell. He looked over at the monster surprised. He went in for another attack and the monster moved something on his dial again. Red went to far to the right and fell over. He hit back up and ran towards the monster who had once again, moved a dial. Red was in total shock when his sword went down right before hitting the monster in the chest. Yukel took the opportunity and kicked Red right in the gut, sending him flying into the railings that blocked the stage from the crowd.

"Having a problem?" Yukel laughed maniacally. Red got up, struggling.

"How are you doing that?!" Red yelled at him. Yukel jumped down and moved a dial. Red came in for another attack and was in disbelief when the sword went up. He looked at the monster.

"Like this!" Yukel moves a second dial and kicked Red in the gut with power. He sent Red flying far. "There goes that problem." Yukel was going to go back when he started glitching and sparks fell off of him. "No! Now I can't finish! I must retreat." Without another word, Yukel disappeared into a portal that appeared over him.

Red was flying the air and came crashing into a hotel. He crashed through and window and landed in the lobby. He landed on a table and lay there. Broken glass and wood surrounded him. The people that were there either scattered or were too in shock to move. Red got up and glass fell off of him. He moaned in pain as he tried to get to his feet. He had his right hand on his head. He then felt someone grab his left hand and help him up. He looked over to see, a Jonas Brother?

Nick Jonas stood there helping him up. Red would have thought that everyone would have ran away after he came crashing into the window. Red looked around and noticed other famous singers. He saw Fall Out Boy and G-Eazy. He could also see the other Jonas Brothers, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. He continued to hold his head. He could feel a major headache and his head was pounding. He could hear his heart and he throught that it was not a good sign. How could this have happened. Why is he hearing things as if his ears had been damaged.

"Are you ok man?" Red turned over to Nick who had asked him the question.

"I guess so. I'm still alive." Red said letting go of Nicks hand and getting a hold of himself. He felt his body aching. He still didn't know why this was happening now and not when he was fighting the monster. There was no way that breaking through a window at high speeds could cause all the effects he was having. He was still hearing his heart and he felt his ears throbbing. He noticed then that he had luckily not demorphed. Usually an attack like that would do that to a Ranger.

"You fell pretty hard through that window." Nick said as Red picked up his sword, taking off all the glass by sliding his hand down it.

"I can see that." Red said putting the saber back in its holster.

"I mean, that was epic. You came crashing through and you didn't hurt anyone. Was that what you were trying to do?" Joe Jonas was the one who spoke up.

"No i wasn't trying to come crashing throught the window at all." Red said holding his head again, feeling his head throb.

"I mean it looked like something out of a movie." Joe turned to see that his brother, Kevin, gave him a 'really dude' look and he stopped talking.

"Do you need anything? Something to drink or somewhere to sit?" Nick asked. Red held his head again.

"Somewhere to sit for a bit would be nice." Red said and was guided to a seat in the lobby. He noticed that more celebrities came into the lobby. It was like noting had happened. Some of them walked into the hotels restaurant and bar and others were looking at the damage. Others came close to where he was sitting.

"We are big fans." Kevin spoke on behalf of his brothers.

"Yea and it's not just us. Everyone here is a big fan. You are the red power ranger. We all saw what you guys did. You protected the city from being destroyed. By the way, where are the other Power Rangers?" Joe has said all of this and it caught Red by surprise. He never would have thought that famous people would be fans of his. He was part of the regular people in the world. The people that were fans of theirs and here they were, saying that they were his fans. That was when he noticed others talking about him.

"Really you guys are fans?" Red asked in a tone that made him sound like he didn't believe it, which he didn't.

"Yea. You guys are real life superheroes. Like Batman and Spider-Man, you know." Joe said once again.

"That's great and all guys. We are just doing our jobs I guess. And as for where the others are, I prefer to work alone." Red admitted to them.

"Oh really. Well that's cool but together, it looks like you guys can do more." Nick chimed in this time.

"I don't know. We'll see how this goes." Red said putting his head back. He then heard more commotion. He looked up to see more stars looking at him. They were star struck. He felt a little weirded out.

"See what I mean by, we are all fans." Joe said smiling as he saw all the people gather together.

"I should get going." Red stood up and felt the protests of the famous people around him. That was when he noticed a certain group in the lobby. More importantly, a certain person. He looked more carefully and knew exactly who the person was. Her blonde hair was down and she wore a nice dress. She was beautiful. She was clearly dining out with her friends who also wore nice dresses. Then it hit him hard and he held his head with both hands and fell back onto the seat.

The people around him began to panic. They didn't know what was happening. Red heard his voice bouncing off the walls in his head. He was screaming inside. That memory was coming back. He didn't want to see it again. He held his head tighter as he struggled. The people around him tried to calm him down. Then it all came at him like a flash flood.

*flashback*

"Stay away!" Red pulled up his Tiger Sword as he clashed with a wolf man. The wolf man was surrounded by minions. They all looked like wolves. They were black and purple in color. They edged closer to the red ranger who stood in front of a hotel. He had just helped a group of girls get in and he wasn't letting this man get what he wanted.

"I want those girls." The wolf man spit out.

"You can't have them!" Red yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Who cares about girl groups anyways!" The wolf man lifted his sword and brought it down, sending a huge surge of black and purple energy towards the red ranger.

*flashback ends*

"Stay Away!" Red yelled as he got up. He stood there, panting. He looked around him and saw all the people looking at him. He looked for the girl again and she stood there staring at him.

"Are you ok?" Nick came up to ask.

"I'm sorry." Red went through the crowd that had gathered around and tried to ignore the girl he knew was standing there. He ran through the doors and noticed the sound of sirens. He looked back and everyone was looking at him. He ran off into the night. He wanted to escape. The destination in mind was the jungle. It was the only place he felt safe.

-0-0-0-0-

"What happened out there?" Axis asked the monster who had retreated.

"Umm, the red ranger interfered." Yukel answered his master.

"He did and then you sent him flying. Why have you returned?" Acis asked in a cold tone.

"As you can see, my machine malfunctioned and I needed to get an upgrade." Yukel said to the master who was clearly not pleased.

"Then go and get it fixed!" Acis yelled at him with anger.

"Right away sir!" Yukel got up and practically ran towards Byxis' lab.

"Zaku." Axis called for his right hand man.

"Yes sir." Zaku went down on one knee.

"Make sure the red ranger doesn't interfere again." Axis said as he took a sip of the wine that was just brought to him.

"Of course sir." With that, Zaku got up and left the room.

-0-0-0-0-

Red had been passing through the jungle. Halfway through it, he decided it would just be a good idea to go straight to the base. Straight to the comfort of his own room. He went to the jungle entrance of the base, the easiest way to get there if teleporters wasn't being used. He activated the entrance by pushing a rock, which acted as a lever, over and, when it opened, he jumped through the hole entrance and it closed behind him.

He walked through the entrance tunnel quickly. He got to the command center and ignored everyone who was in their. Kai was at the computers and Mick was fixing some weapons with Redbot. They all noticed him, but didn't bother him because of how fast he was walking. They had suspicions but Kai decided wait until the next day to say anything.

Red went through the doors that led to the living quarters. He passed by everything and went straight to his room. He walked into his room and demorphed. He had his hand on his head as he kept having the same flashback over and over again. He refused to let his mind continue. He almost lost them. He almost lost her. He almost lost himself. He sat down on his desk chair and lay back for a bit. He was breathing in and out. He tried to calm himself down.

Saul opened one of the drawers. He reached for a black and pink box. He opened it and looked through everything inside. He finally found what he was looking for. A letter and a photo. He opened the letter and the photo fell out. He put them down on the table and read the letter. He was finally calming down. He looked at the picture. The picture was of a beautiful blonde girl, possibly asian if anyone else looked at it. Saul knee everything about her already. He fought the urge to do something with his hand. He looked at it and his breaths became calmer. He stopped panicking. He sat back again.

He sighed and looked at the letter and photo again. He put them back in the box and closed it. He put the box away and closed the drawer. He got up and jumped onto his bed. He hadn't been the same since the Coachella incident. His breathing went back to normal. He was calm now. His face was on his red pillow. He sighed again before getting up. He walked out of his room and walked to the kitchen.

He took out a glass and filled it with water from the fridge. He looked over the living quarters. It was big enough for more than twenty people to stay here. Some would probably have to be roommates but it was big. He sat down on the sofa and turned on the tv. He was breathing nice and calmly and all thoughts of his past had disappeared for the time being. That was when Mick walked in.

"I didn't want to say anything, but I noticed that you seemed a little uncomfortable." Mick said to Saul who had now found the perfect position to watch tv.

"Yea. Isn't that how I always am." Saul said back to him.

"Is something wrong?" Mick asked, concerned.

"Nothings wrong." Saul said trying to focus on the tv.

"You seem different. Did anything happen." Mick asked. Saul knew that Mick wouldn't let it go.

"I had a little PTSD attack, nothing big." Saul finally admitted.

"You have PTSD?" Mick said in total surprise.

"Yea. It goes back to last year. Nothing to worry about." Saul said and he took a sip of his water after he said it.

"Is it about the time you faced the wolf man." Saul stopped changing the channels on his remote and he looked over at Mick. Mick knew that he struck a nerve.

"That's old news." Saul said taking a sip of water.

"He almost killed people that you were protecting. You got hurt protecting them and they almost got hurt. You know, Kai said that you have a crush on one of those girls, is that right?" Mick smiled on the inside.

Saul's cheeks turned red, "It doesn't even matter. She doesn't even know I exist." Saul seemed upset with that fact.

"Of course she knows, you saved her. If anything, the red ranger is her hero. She probably has a crush on the red ranger." Mick said finally letting out a huge smile.

"That's the problem. She has a crush on the red ranger and she doesn't know I exist." Saul said letting his head fall back on the couch.

"You and the red ranger are the same person, you know." Mick pointed out.

"Yea, you and me know that, but does she know that." Saul and Mick understood.

"I guess you are right." Mick said to him.

"I wish she knew who I was. She may have a crush on the red ranger but I'm definitely not what she is expecting. I'm not what anyone's expecting." Saul said playing with his glass. "I'm just seen as someone who can't do anything. And as the red ranger, I'm seen as a hero. I can't live like this. I wish they all knew. Especially her." Saul admitted.

"Don't worry, maybe soon, you can show her the real you. I mean she's part of a girl group so she's probably busy." Mick said playing with the dirty rag he had.

"That's another problem Mick. The fans expect these girls to be with other celebrities. They already ship her with a boy from a boy band, look." Saul was on his phone and he pulled up an article. He showed it to Mick. "Who knows, maybe she'll end up with him. Their producer is for sure going to have them spend time together and they might end up liking eachother. I'm toast." Saul put his face into the palms of his hands.

"I don't know what to say, but for now, I think you should focus more on saving the world first. Isn't that more important? I want to help but defeating Axis is first don't you agree," Saul nodded his head while still having his face in his palms, "Good. Look, if you ever need anyone to talk to, just know that I'm here." Mick walked away. He walked towards his own room while yelling out a 'goodnight' to Saul.

"Thanks pal." Saul whispered so that Mick could not hear him. He knew that Mick was right. He had to focus on saving the world. He sipped his water one last time and turned off the tv. He got up, washed his glass and put it back in the cupboard. He walked back into his room and he made sure to lock it as he got in.

He walked over to his bed and got on one knee. He pulled out a big red box. He opened it and looked at what he had inside. It was all stuff he had kept a secret. No one could know about it. He pulled out a katana. It was inside of its sheath. He pulled out a little of the silver blade. He saw his reflection. He put it back in the sheath. He couldn't be reminded of what he did with that sword. He put it back in its box and he closed it, locking it. He pushed it back into his bed and he jumped into his bed. He turned out the light and tried his best to fall asleep.

He stared at the ceiling for a bit. She was so close to him. He wants to be with her. He found himself drifting off. He fought it. In the end, his tiredness won the battle. He fell asleep and forgot about everything.

-0-0-0-0-

Mikey and Anthony walked across the park. They had woken up early and decided that training early just to get it over with was a great idea. Mikey looked on at his phone. Anthony did the same. Mikey stopped and Anthony bumped into him.

"What is it?" Anthony said as he tried to see what Miley was doing.

"Hear this, 'Red Ranger Crashes Into Hote Building Where Celebrities Are Staying'." Mikey said to Anthony who only got confused when he heard it.

"What about it?" Anthony said, running his head.

"What do you think Red was doing in Beast Valley?" Mikey asked Anthony.

"I don't know man, just tell me." Anthony hated guessing.

"He was probably fighting a monster and was sent flying back. We have to go talk to Kai." Mikey began to walk fast towards a teleport point. Anthony followed close behind. They got into an alleyway and went over to where a garage door was. Mikey pushed a brick next to the door and the door opened. They both stepped into the big teleported inside. The door closed and they instantly teleported to the base.

When they got there they noticed that Alicia and Cynthia were already there. They got out of the teleported and Anthony almost fell over. Their bodies were still not used to teleporting and sometimes side effects would occur.

"Did you read the biggest headline today?" Mikey walked over to Alicia.

"Yea. As soon as I read it, Cynthia called me and asked me if it was real." Alicia answered.

"Where's Kai?" Mikey asked.

"I know what you want to ask and I know nothing about it. We have to wait until Red shows up. I need to question him." Kai said, reassuring all the rangers that they will find out what Red did.

"Nice to see you are wearing your uniforms." The red ranger walked into the room and went to the table, opening up a holographic projection of the city.

"What happened last night?" Kai spoke out, wanting answers.

"I beg you pardon." Red said to him.

"You know what I asked." Kai said, crossing his arms. The others looked at him.

"I did my job. I found a monster and I fought him." Red told the truth.

"And why didn't you contact me. The article says you were sent flying into a building." Kai said to him with angry tone.

"The monster has some sort of technology that I haven't figured out yet. He sent me flying but I'm pretty sure he was worn out and he retreated." Red said as he continued viewing the map.

"That doesn't matter. You are a part of a team. We work together." Kai said to him.

"I already told you, I work alone." Red said turning off the screen. "I'm going on patrol." Red left through a teleporter. Everyone else didn't know what to do.

"You guys go in patrol as well. I'll keep an eye on the cameras here. If anything happens I'll let you know." Kai said to the others who nodded and left through the teleporters. They all teleported to different locations. Cynthia ended up in the same location as Red. She saw him and she ran up to catch up to him.

"Wait up!" Cynthia caught up to him. From what the looked like to her, he was lost in his thoughts. "Are you ok?" Cynthia startled him and he snapped out of his throughts.

"Yea I am. I thought I said, I work alone." Red said to her in a mean tone.

"I was teleported here. I didn't choose where to be teleported." Cynthia said to him.

"Whatever." Red said as he continued to walk. They got to an edge. Cynthia did not know this and she almost fell off. Red caught her by her arm and pulled her up. She was now hugging him. She noticed this and pulled away, blushing a bit.

"So about what happened last week..." Cynthia started.

"I find you a little attractive that's all. I love another, no need to make a big deal out of all this." Red clarified as he looked around.

"Oh, ok. So is there anything you see?" Cynthia let go her suspicion and asked him the question. Red looked around and ignored her.

"There!" Red found a group of Ravagers leaving an alley and attacking the civilians.

"Got it!" Cynthia said and she pulled out her Beast Battery. She touched the middle of her wristband and her Morpher appeared. She inserted her Beast Battery into her morpher and she inseted her code.

#005

She then pressed the GO! button and began to morph.

In another world, Cynthia was in the sky. She began to freefall. A phoenix appeared over head and it dived down following her. Pink slashes attack Cynthia and the phoenix becomes a spirit. It goes through Cynthia and her suit is formed. She shifted her body so that her feet pointed down. She landed on the ground, on knee on the ground. The phoenix spirit goes around her head. It goes through her head and then backs up into her face, forming her helmet.

"Pink Animal Strike Ranger! Ready!" Pink said standing in front of a pink background and in front of the phoenix zord. She flapped her wings and left her hands in their positions. He right hand up and her left hand down.

When she finished morphing, she noticed that Red had already jumped down and was fighting the monsters. She didn't hesitate and followed him. They were now battling the monsters. There were Ravagers all over the place. Cynthia pulled up her arm.

"Guys, we got Ravagers attacking civilians in Beast City Marketplace. Get down here now!" Cynthia called the others through her morpher. She then proceeded to pull out her Strike Saber. She hit a few monsters with it and charged at a group of others.

Red slashed with his own saber and held back the monsters so that the civilians that were down could escape. Red kicked them and punched them. He hit others with his saber. Red felt the pressure that the monsters were putting out. He kept fighting.

Pink slashed monsters that came her way. More and more would come and she would just keep slashing. She kicked and did and front flip, slashing the monsters in front of her as she landed. She punched a few others.

Red was going to slash another one when the others arrived, already morphed, and blasted the monsters in front of him. They came up to where Pink was and helped her out.

"Cool, huh? We decided to morph before coming. Smart huh?" Black gloated a bit.

"Yea, we get it." Blue said as he prepared his Strike Saber. "Let's go!" The others followed Blue into battle. Red watched as he punched a Ravager in the face without looking. Then a group of civilians attacked them. They wanted to fight but refused to hurt them.

"Just jump over them!" Red yelled at them. They all followed and jumped over them.

Blue came up to a group of Ravagers and sent blue slashes flying towards the monsters. He hit them all without missing. He had been practicing on his sword work. He still had a way to go.

Black came up and punched monsters left and right. He pulled out his saber and hit a bunch of other monsters. He then fell to the ground and did a spin move allowing him to use his feet to take out the monsters. He got back up and slashed a few more monsters.

Yellow ran around the area, slashing the monsters. She jumped into the air and landed on top of a car. She came down and slashed a bunch of other monsters. She ran fast through a group of monsters. She now stood on the other side. She put away her saber and the monsters blew up.

The Rangers than all gathered together, except for red. He finished slashing a monster before bing hit by a big sound wave. Red fell to the ground in front of the others. He looked up at the monster. It was Yukel who attacked him.

"Hello Rangers. I won't let you get in my way." Yukel said with confidence.

"I got him!" Blue and Black yelled at the same time and went in for the attack.

"I don't think so." Yukel moved a dial in his chest. Blue and Black jumped into the air with their sabers out. As they came down, a sound was heard by both of them in their ears. Blue's sword went right and Black's sword went left. They hit each other's swords and were sent off to the side. They fell to the ground hard.

"What was that sound just now." Blue asked getting back up.

"I don't know, but that hurt." Black said getting back up.

"Let's go!" Yellow said and Pink followed her. They were going to attack from the bottom up.

"This is fun!" Yukel moves dials again. A sound was heard by the girls and almost immediately they slashed each other instead of the monster when they got close.

"Ow!" Pink said as struggled to get up.

Yukel laughed at their pain. Red pulled out a Beast Battery and inserted it into his morpher. A hologram of his sword appeared. He inserted his code and his number lit up. The ball of light came out and his Tiger Sword appeared.

Red ran towards the monster holding his katana sword by its handle. He jumped into the air. He looked down and noticed what Yukel was doing. Yukel moves his dial again. For a second, a brief second, time froze. He studied what Yukel did. His chest was the key, which is why he may protect himself by fighting with his hands in order to protect his abilities.

Everything returned to normal and he came down with his sword. That was when a high pitched noise hit his ears. He heard it and fell straight to the ground without attacking. He put his hands up to his helmet, where his ears would be.

"I can throw off your rhythm anytime I want." Yukel laughed.

"I'm going to destroy you." Red said, getting up and picking up his sword.

"I can also do songs. What do you think of this one." Yukel said and the sound of a familiar song stopped Red in his place.

"No! Out of all the songs, why this one!" Red yelled out. Yukel took this opportunity and kicked him back. Red crashed into Blue and Black who had just gotten back up.

Yellow went in to attack again, while Pink helped the others get up. Yellow activated her personal weapon, the Cheetah Claws, and was using her cheetah speed to get close.

"I don't think ..." Yukel didn't finish as he was hit head on by the claws.

"Ha, I can run pretty fast huh." Yellow said, impressed with her ability.

"Oh yea, but can you run faster than the speed of sound." Yukel moves several dials in his chest. Yellow moved again but this time, the high pitch note was heard again and this time it was louder. Yellow was still learning how to use her speed, so the noise reached her and it hit her hard. She was sent flying backwards and Black caught her before she fell.

Red threw up his sword into the air. As it came down, it was in the perfect position. Red spin around and kicked the bottom of the swords hilt. The Tige Sword was now flying through the air. Yukel saw this and tried to use his machine. That was when he realized that swords don't have rhythm unless they are used by someone. It was coming in close. Yukel prepared first the worst.

Then, out of nowhere, a bigger sword hit the Tiger Sword and the red rangers sword was sent flying. It fell to the ground and Red ran over to it. He picked it up and looked up to see where the bigger sword came from. It was a bigger monster. The dog like monster pulled up his sword.

"Oh Zaku! Thanks you! I am..." Yukel was cut off.

"Shut up! Take the other rangers! Red is mine!" Zaku said pulling up his sword.

"You got it!" Yukel said and he ran towards the other rangers.

"So, you are Zaku." Red said pulling up his sword into a fighting stance.

"I am your end!" Zaku said pulling up his own sword into his own fighting position.

They glared at eachother. Red studied his opponent. He was looking for his weak spot. Zaku studied his opponent as well. He was looking for the beast way to kill the red ranger. The both stood in front of eachother. The wind moved past both of them.

On the other side of the marketplace, Blue tried his best to fight Yukel one on one but the monster just kept using his machine and punched the living hell out of him. Black attacked him from in front as Yellow and Pink tried attacking from behind. It failed as he used another rhythm sound, and their swords went in completely different directions. Yukel kicked the girls in the gut and punched Black a few times sending him flying backwards.

"This guys getting annoying." Black said getting up.

Meanwhile, Red and Zaku looked at eachother, anger in both of their eyes. Then, the charged at eachother. When they met eachother in the middle, the clashed. Their swords got eachother and sparks flew out of the middle. Red backed up and slashed Zaku from the bottom. Zaku jumped back and tried slashing Red from the top.

Red backed up and continued his attacks. He wasn't going to back down. He kept going in with his sword. His sword hit Zaku's body head on. He even drew blood. Zaku found an opportunity and slashed red right through the middle, sending him flying backwards. Zaku was going to go for another attack, but he felt the surge of pain from where his blood was coming from. Red got up to see Zaku holding his arm.

"Yukel! Let's go and get the final preparations done!" Zaku yelled out to the monster who was currently fighting the blue ranger.

"You got it boss." Yukel punched blue and backed up to where Zaku was. Zaku held his sword up, pointing it towards the sky. His sword lit up and a portal appeared over them. They disappeared and the portal went away.

The civilians all went back to normal. They all helped eachother and they walked away confused. The rangers looked at them. Something happened here and it was leading to something bigger.

Red held his side. He walked over to where the monsters had disappeared. He looked over to see the others hurt as well. He pushed a couple of buttons on his morpher and his sword went away. He walked over to the others.

"Let's go to the base." Red walked passed them and had the teleporter location in mind.

When they teleported back to base, the others, except for red, demorphed. Mick helped Anthony onto a chair. Alicia and Cynthia sat down on other chairs. Mikey leaned against a wall. Mick walked into the room.

"Oh, you guys look pretty beat up." Mick noted how everyone looked.

"Yea, this new monster was annoying." Anthony held his shoulder.

"Well, talking about the monster, it seems I found out how he beat you. With the information that Red gave me and looking at the battle just earlier, I have seen how this monster functions." Mick said, sitting at his desk chair and activating the big computer. He typed on the keyboard furiously. Mick then pulled up two photos. One was of a box and the other was of a location.

"Wait! Isn't that the plaza?" Alicia asked.

"Yes. He has been placing these boxes in various locations. That is why he attacked the marketplace. He's planning on doing something big with these boxes. He was the one who caused the civilians to go crazy. I studied his fighting style and figured out what these boxes can do. He has one similar to them on his chest." Mick kept typing something.

"So how does he function?" Cynthia asked.

"You see, with the machine he has infused in him, he can use high pitched noises to throw off your rhythm. Which is why you guys couldn't hit him directly. He would move the knobs on his machine to send out these noises, which specifically target someone." Mick said, studying a picture of the monster.

"That's what I saw. When I jumped up into the air I noticed that he was moving knobs on his chest. I tried to destroy it but," Red paused, "Zaku got in the way."

"Zaku was there?" Kai was surprised.

"Yea, but he didn't seem like he was all powerful. He was more talk than anything." Red said crossing his arms.

"I have to go do something." With that, Kai left and disappeared in a ball of flames.

"Anyways Mick, what is the monsters plans?" Red turned the attention back to the monster.

"Well, if these boxes work the same way his own does, then I think he is planning on a citywide plan. He is probably planning on controlling people's minds. With these noises he can control peoples minds, the way he did with you by making you guys miss your attacks." Mick said.

"That's probably true. The way I missed my attacks the first time I fought him." Red remembered his first battle with Yukel.

"Yes. With that information, I think I know where the epicenter for this attack will be. Red you told me that you fought him at the festival grounds, right?" Mick asked.

"Yea that's where I fought him. So that means," Red put his finger to his helmet, thinking.

"That means that he plans on starting with the music festival. There will be tons of people there after all, right." Mikey figured everything out.

"That's what it looks like." Mick said, confirming Mikey's prediction.

"So that means we all have to go to the music festival. Let's do it!" Cynthia was excited.

"Yea! Then we investigate around the grounds and see if we can find the machines." Alicia said, also clearly excited.

"I guess. Let's do it. The sooner we destroy the monster, the sooner everything can be peaceful again." Mikey said.

"Fine, let's go." Anthony got up.

"Just be careful. You guys are still healing. With the help of the Morphing Grid, you guys should have enough power to fight the monster." Mick told the group.

"You guys go to the festival, I'll be viewing from high ground." Red said as he walked away.

"Seriously, does he ha he a problem with us or what?" Anthony said to the others. With that last statement everyone was off.

"Ok I'm ready for the festival." Redbot came out with a hat on. "Where is everyone?"

"Sorry buddy. There's a mission going on." Mick walked over to Redbot to explain.

-0-0-0-0-

"This is so exciting!" Cynthia screamed in the middle of a big crowd. She wore a white tank top, black short shorts, and black Vans. She had paint designs on her face, arms and her legs. She also wore a headband.

"You bet it is!" Alicia stood next to her. She wore a yellow tank top, black blue short shorts, and blue Converse. She also had paint designs on her face, arms, and legs

Mikey walked beside them. He wore a normal black shirt, black shorts, and his black Adidas. Anthony also stood next to them, wearing his uniform. He didn't want to change. He decided that there was no point. He really didn't want to be there.

"Cmon guys, loosen up. We are here to have fun." Cynthia said to the guys.

"We are here to find the monsters box. He plans on setting them off from here. That could be bad for everyone." Mikey reassured the girls.

"Ok, here's an idea. You guys go look behind the stages and we will go with that big group of people that are making their way to the Jonas Brothers." Cynthia grabbed Alicia and the ran through the crowd. They both laughed.

"Why didn't you stop them." Anthony said.

"I didn't even see that coming." Mikey said. "Let's go!" The crowds got louder.

As Mikey and Anthony made their way through the crowds, Red looked from the cliff of the jungle. He studied the festival. There was so many people. He would haveto observe very carefully. Mikey and Anthony came to a backstage entrance. It was being guarded by security.

"How are we going to get in?" Anthony asked Mikey.

"Like this. Follow my lead." Mikey walked over to the security guards. He put on a face of panic.

"What is he doing?" Anthony began to follow him.

"Please! Help! There's a group of drunk people near the entrance. They are hurting people." Mikey told the guards.

The guards glanced at eachother. They looked like they didn't believe him. Anthony was going to turn around, when the security guards suddenly left their post and ran towards the entrance.

"Did that really just work?" Anthony was dumbfounded.

"That's a trick you would pull Anthony. I'm surprised you didn't think of it." Mikey smirked.

They both moved into the backstage area. The looked around the place. Luckily, no one else was back there. T he looked everywhere. So far no luck. Then, they heard voices coming towards the back. They quickly hid themselves. They looked over their hiding places to see who was coming. Mikey was left without words or thoughts. It was one of his favorite artists. It was Travis Scott. He was with some crew memebers.

Mikey was going to move from his spot, when Anthony kicked him. Mikey fell and gave Anthony an angry look. They were going to look again, except this time the guards spotted them. The went over and pulled them out.

"Ow. Stop that!" Anthony said as he was dragged up.

"Wait! No! Travis! We are big fans." Mikey yelled over to Travis who was seeing everything.

"Speak for yourself." Anthony struggled against the guard.

"Wait, let them go." Travis spoke. The guards were hesitant, but obliged to what the rapper had said.

"Thank you! Me and my friend here, weren't trying to intrude. We are just looking for something dangerous. It could end up controlling the whole city. That gives me an idea. Can you warn the people to leave this area immediately." Mikey spoke so fast that even Anthony struggled to keep up.

"Is this machine like super dangerous?" Travis asked Mikey. Anthony slipped away, as he saw something of interest.

As Mikey and Travis kept talking, Anthony went over to a stand. He pulled off the cover and saw the machine. He was surprised. The machine had a timer. There was only ten minutes left. He started panicking and yelled over to Mikey. Everyone noticed this and ran over to him. They all looked at the box that was counting down.

The guards were scared and they ran away like babies. Travis stayed as the crew also ran away. Mikey looked at it and tried to see if there was a way to defuse it like a bomb. Anthony was speechless.

"This is the dangerous device?" Travis asked.

"You bet it is!" Everyone looked up to see Yukel enter the backstage area.

"What are you doing here." Mikey asked the monster.

"I'm making sure you don't destroy my device. Ravagers!" The footsoldiers appeared out of the ground. "I also have other Ravagers looking over my other boxes at the other stages. Soon a boy group and a girl group will be under my mind control. Oh, and let's not forget about your rapper friend here." Yukel laughed.

"Quick, Travis you need to warn everybody.

"How do I know this isn't a trick?" Travis wanted to make sure.

"Like this! Anthony! Ready!" Mikey pulled out his Beast Battery.

"Wait are we even supposed to do this in front of people?" Anthony asked.

"I trust him. He won't tell anyone who we are. Now get ready!" Mikey yelled over at him. Anthony obliged and took out his own Beast Battery. They tapped their wristbands which became morphers. They inserted their Beast Batteries and got ready to fire.

"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" They goth yelled at the same time and launched out their spirits.

The morphing sequence begins:

Mikey stands at the bottom of the ocean. He looks to see a shark that came towards him. It goes right through him, forming his suit. He looks up and jumps out of the water. The same spirit follows him, going through him once more to finish the suit. He lands on the surface of the ocean and the shark spirit revloves around his head. It goes through his head and backs up into his face forming his helmet.

"Blue Animal Strike Ranger! Ready!" Blue said, standing in front of a blue background and in front of his Shark Zord, doing a pose with his right arm sticking out and his left hand staying down at his side.

Anthony was in a bull fighting stadium. A bull came charging at him. He fooled it like a matador and finally let it attack him. It formed his suit. He jumped up into the air allowing for his suit to finish forming. He landed back down in the middle of the stadium. The bull spirit revolves around his head before going through his head and backing up into his face, forming the helmet.

"Black Animal Strike Ranger! Ready!" Black said, standing in front of a black background and in front of his Bull Zord, doing a par that made him look like a charging bull.

The sequence ends.

"Oh shit! You guys are Power Rangers." Travis was surprised at what had just occurred in front of him.

"Yea. Now please, go warn the people!" Blue said to him.

"You got it!" Travis quickly ran towards the stage.

"I don't think so." Yukel yelled. The Ravagers appeared behind the guys and were going go on stage until they were blasted. Red then jumped down behind the guys.

"You take care of our friend here. I'll protect the celebrity." Red pulled out his Strike Saber and began battle against the Ravagers. Blue and Black hesitated but also began to battle. Black battled the Ravagers and Blue went straight for Yukel.

They all clashed with their opponents. Red slashed the monsters alongside Black. Blue began his fight with Yukel. Yukel kept moving his knobs causing Blue to miss with his Saber. Luckily, Blue got in a few good kicks. They could hear the roads of the crowd. Travis had finally gotten a hold of a microphone.

"What's up Beast Valley!" The crowd screamed.

"Hurry up!" Red yelled at him.

"Ok! I need all of you to do me a favor!" Travis started.

"Get then out of here!" Red yelled as he and Black fell onto the stage and Ravagers appeared.

"RUN!" Travis yelled. Everyone saw the monsters and almost immediately, they all ran away. Screams of terror filled the air as Ravagers appeared on the festival grounds.

"I got down there! You take care of up there!" Red said as he jumped off stage. He followed the Ravagers that were chasing the people away. He slashed them all and even slashed some near some other people. Some of his attacks were too close for comfort.

Black continued slashing monsters back and forth. He tripped himself and hit the Ravagers behind him on accident. Not that he really cared. He got up again and slashed some more.

Blue continued his struggle against Yukel. The monster kept using his abilities and managed to get some blows on the blue ranger. Blue refused to give up and continued his hard battle.

"Tired?! Good!" Yukel said as he punched Blue again.

"Tired? I'm just getting started!" Blue pulled out a Beast Battery. He inserted it into his saber. Water surrounded his saber in rings. He threw all the water, using it as a weapon, at Yukel.

Meanwhile, at another stage a little farther from the first, Alicia and Cynthia were dancing to the Jonas Brothers. They sang along to their songs and they were just smiling the whole time. They had no idea what was going on and they had forgotten their mission.

"Thank you everyone!" Joe said through his microphone. The crowds cheers got louder.

"Now we want to invite two lucky guests to come up here on stage and sing with us." Nick was the one to talk. The cheers only got louder.

"We are going to throw these balls out into the crowd. If you catch it, then go ahead and make your way up here." With that final comment from Kevin, Joe and Nick threw the balls into the crowd.

Somehow, both Alicia and Cynthia both caught the bald which bounced around hands that tried to grab them. They both looked at eachother and excitement took over. Their excitement was in total control. They ran up to where the stage entrance was and the security guard let them in. They ran up the stairs and quickly met the brothers on stage. People clapped and cheered for them.

"Hey girls. How are you." Nick greeted them and the girls almost melted.

"What are your names?" Joe have them the microphone.

"I'm Alicia!" Alicia said through the mic and she passed it to the girl next to her.

"I'm Cynthia!" Cynthia has the most excitement within her.

Suddenly, Red was thrown onto the stage. He was battling a group of Guard Ravagers that had just appeared. Red got up, Tiger Sword in hand and looked over at the others. He grabbed the microphone from Cynthia.

"And my names Red! Now everyone, get the fuck out of here!" He yelled through the mic. He then threw it at the monsters and proceeded his attack. The crowd then quickly dispersed. There was people running in all directions.

"Quick let's go!" Alicia said to the boy group. They ran backstage. Unfortunately, more Ravagers appeared.

"What do we do?" Cynthia asked her friend, fear rising in her voice.

"We have to do what we do best." Alicia said pulling out her Beast Battery.

"But we are in front of people who don't know." Cynthia pointed out that the Jonas Brothers were with them.

"We have no choice. We just have to hope that they can keep a secret." Alicia said to Cynthia.

"What's going on girls?" Nick asked them.

"Don't worry about it. You just stand there and look pretty. Cynthia! Let's go!" Alicia pushed her wristband. Cynthia followed. The inserted their Beast Batteries and holograms of their suits appeared over their morphers.

"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" They said at the same time. They shot out their spirits. The spirits went out and then made a u-turn. Then, they instantly morphed into their ranger suits when the spirits bit down on them. The brothers behind them looked at them, dumbfounded.

"You guys are Power Rangers. Nick! These pretty girls are Power Rangers!" Joe said, excited.

"You guys stay behind us. We'll get you out of here." Yellow said to the boys.

"You heard the woman!" Kevin said from behind.

"Let's go!" Pink yelled as they pulled out their sidearms and began to fight.

Back on the field, Red struggled to fight the second tier Ravagers. They were guards after all. They used their blades as if they served a king and needed to protect him. Red continued his slash with his Tiger Sword. He slashed as many as he could. That was when he heard the screams. They weren't just any screams. They were the screams he heard the night that the wolf man appeared.

Black then came crashing into some of the Guard Ravagers. He had pulled out his Bull Axe. He got back up and slashed away at the monsters. Blue then came up and Red turned around.

"I thouht you were fighting Yukel." Red said to Blue, who had his Shark Sabers out.

"I was, but then he used some dial trick on me and I've been stuck on a loop. I kept battling nothing. I kept getting frustrated and when it was finally over, I came over as quick as I could." Blue stated.

"Well then! What are we going to do." Black said as he stood in between them.

"He was only able to activate his machine for a while back at the marketplace. Let's make sure he doesn't activate the main one. That one might be located at the..." Blue stopped as he heard Red.

"The third main stage." Red said. Memories came flashing into his head.

"Earth to Red!" Black shook his hand in front of Red's face.

"Black, go help the girls. Blue, come with me to the third stage." Red gave them their orders.

"I thought you worked alone." Blue had chosen a bad time to say this.

"Just do what I say. After all I am still the leader no matter what!" Red started to run towards the third stage. Black shrugged when Blue looked at him. Without second thoughts, they followed orders.

Back with the brothers, the girls struggled. They slashed monsters left and right. They had their personal weapons out too. Cynthia stayed with the brothers so that Alicia could use her speed to attack the monsters. Cynthia was going to get attacked from the side, when all of a sudden, Black slashed the monster with his Axe.

"What took you so long!" Pink yelled at him.

"Sorry got caught up." Black said holding his ace in his shoulder.

"Ok everything's cleared. Let's get you guys out of here." Yellow had returned and made way for them to escape.

Back with Red, he jumped over a fence and ran through more crowds of people who were running. He heard screams but ignored it. There was one scream that seemed to almost attract him. Blue followed close behind. When they got to the third stage, they looked up to see what band was supposed to be there.

"BLACKPINK" Blue read the sign aloud.

"You girls will be perfect for this job." Red and Blue looked over to see that Yukel captured the girls of the group.

"What the fuck are you doing!" Red yelled out to him. Blue took note of the anger in his voice. What could be causing all this anger.

"I want to use their voices to make sure my machines work like they are supposed to." Yukel said.

"I won't let you!" Red yelled at him.

"Please! Help us!" Red looked over to see that one of the girls, known as Jisoo, was pleading for help.

"We will. I promise." Blue said trying to reassure them.

"Let's begin shall we. Take a step closer and this one will die." Yukel picked up the blonde girl. Red gripped his sword tighter.

"Let her go." Blue called out for Yukel to let the blonde girl, known as Rosé, go.

"Never. She shall be of great use. And get close, I will slit her throat." Yukel looked at the Rangers, clearly pleased.

Blue was going to think of something, when Red suddenly turned and took one of his Shark Sabers. He then turned again and time stopped. He aimed. He was trying to focus on a weak point. He found it. Without a second thought, he pulled back his arm and threw the saber. The blade pointed forward. It moved straight forward. As soon as it got close, it pierced right through Yukel's chest, his blood coming out.

Yukel let go of the girl and backed up. Sparks flew off of him. Rosé joined the others, Lisa, Jennie and Jisoo. They hugged eachother for comfort. Blue just looked at Red in awe. He had somehow managed to not only free the girl, but he damaged the monster. The sword had gone in between Rosé's body and arm. Red saw that the chest was vulnerable from there.

"How in hell did you do that!" Yukel said pulling out the sword, throwing it in the ground.

Red didn't think for moment and got his sword ready. He jumped onto the stage and started to attack Yukel. Yukel tried to moved his knobs, but unfortunately, his attacks didn't work anymore.

"No!" Yukel yelled out in frustration.

"We got to get out of here! Let's go." Blue jumped onto the stage and went over to the girls. He helped them up and led them away. The last one to leave was Rosé, who stared at the red ranger with curiosity. How was he able to do that attack, knowing he had the possibility of hurting her. She shook off her feeling and thoughts and followed everyone else.

Red continued to battle Yukel. He managed to kick him off the stage. He slashed and kicked the monster. The others showed up again along with Blue. They got everyone to safety. Red was hit once and walked backwards helping himself so that he wouldn't fall.

"Red!" Mick called through the communicator, "Use the weapon combination. It should work."

Red looked hesitant but he had no time to argue. He signaled for the others to prepare their weapons. He then pulled out a 'Combination Beast Battery' and insert it into his morpher. He input a code,

#259

He then took out the battery and inserted it into his weapon. The others felt their weapons slip from their hands. Red then threw his sword into the air. The sword hovered as the Phoenix Bow places itself on top of it. Then the Bull Axe attacked itself to the bottom with one of its sides folding over to the other side, it's handle changing near the bottom to make a trigger. The Cheetah Claws attached themselves to the bow, one on each side. Finally the Shark Sabers connected to the top of the bow, one on each side.

The weapons combined to form the Animal Strike Blaster. Red caught it and aimed it towards the monster. The others knew exactly what to do so that Red would miss. Blue and Black picked up the sides of the weapon so that it's aim was perfect. Yellow and Pink put their hands on Red's shoulders. The prepared for the final attack.

"How is this possible!" Yukel yelled out.

"Animal Strike Blaster! Final Destruction!" The rangers yelled simultaneously as Red pulled the trigger. The top of the sword lit up and a blast was shot from it. Another blast was sent from the other weapons as well. They came together to form a bigger one. The big laser bullet hit its target directly. Yukel sparked so much. He fell to his knees.

"I couldn't even start my plan!" Those were his final words as he fell forwards and blew up.

The rangers turned and posed, Red holding the weapon up. The explosion became bigger. When it stopped, the Rangers all went to go see if everyone was alright. Red stood alone and he turned to see the fire left behind by Yukel. That was when he heard a big fuss. He turned to see that Blue was being swatted away by a woman alongside a man.

"Get away from these girls!" The woman yelled at the blue ranger.

"I'm just checking if they are alright." Black said holding his hand.

"Don't ever touch them again!" With that, the woman began to take the girl group away.

"Fucking Bitch." Black whispered so that no one could hear him.

-0-0-0-0-

"What was that!" Zaku yelled at Byxis.

"Yukel's defeat." Byxis answered honestly.

"His plan was the worst. What are we going to do now." Zaku said, wondering.

Axis was sitting down, drinking some wine. He looked over at the two then back at the screen. He pushed the button on his throne.

"Are you sure master?" Zaku asked his master.

"It's free so why not use it." Axis said.

Outside of their base, on the lake, a tall steel tower appeared. It shot out a beam from the red circular object it had on the top. The beam made its way to the city.

"Let me know how it goes. I have business to attend to." Axis got up and walked away with a suitcase in hand.

"Yes, master." Zaku got on one knee and bowed his head as Axis left.

-0-0-0-0-

"What's her fucking problem?" Black asked the question to anyone willing to answer.

"Their problem is that they control the lives of their IDOLS!" Red yelled that last part loudly. The woman that had taken the girl group away turned around.

"We do not control their lives. They are as free as me and you." The woman, clearly some sort of manager, said to him.

"That's not what the videos show. Why don't you guys stop breaking girls huh?" Red yelled.

Then, the earth began to tremble. Everyone almost lost balance. Red knew what was happening almost immediately. Red and Black turned around in time to see a beam coming towards Yukel's final destination spot. It hit the body parts that remained and they lifted into the air. They came together and they started to grow.

The girl group was still there and they were in shock. Red and Black looked shocked but not as much. Yukel was reborn. He now stood like a giant.

"I'm back!!" Yukel yelled as he was now a giant.

"This isn't good! Get them out of here already! Black! Let's go!" Red pulled out a Beast Battery and inserted it into his morpher. Black followed him. They inserted their zord codes.

#135

#001

#003

They looked in time to see their zords appear. The Tiger Zord wasted no time and attacked the monster. The Bull Zord followed and charged at the monster. Red and Black then jumped onto their zords and jumped into the cockpits.

"Let's go!" Red punched the gas the the zord moved in full force. It jumped onto the monster and bit him. The Bull Zord hit the monster in the gut.

"I'm going to destroy you!" Yukel yelled as he used his newly revived dials.

The Tiger Zord jumped again, but instead of hiring him. He ended up missing by going to much to the right. The Bull Zord charged as well but was sent to the left. Yukel laughed as he prepared to attack himself until he was hit in the chest. Yukel fell down and looked up. The Shark Zord landed back the the ground. The Cheetah Zord and Phoenix Zord also attacked.

"Let's finish this guy already!" Blue called over the communicator.

Red pulled out the 'Megazord Beast Battery'. He inserted it into his morpher and pushed the Megazord button. He then punched in the codes.

#123

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

When he finished, the zords all came together. They formed the Megazord.

"Animal Strike Megazord! Ready!" They all yelled in unison as they sat together in the cockpit. The Megazord then pulled out its Tiger Sword.

"Let's go!" Yukel said as he ran towards the giant robot. Red punched the gas once again and the Megazord began to move. They met in the middle.

Yukel hit the Megazord on its head and its side. The robot then fell backwards. Red and the others spun the wheel around so that the robot could stand up. They then made the Megazord run towards the monster. They lifted up the sword and slashed the monster. The robot then punched the monster in the face and slashed him again.

"Time for the final attack!" Blue said. Red followed and pulled out a Beast Battery. He inserted it and then he pushed in a code.

"Final Animal Fury Fire Strike!" They all yelled as the Megazord lifted up the sword. The sword lit up on fire. The Megazord then brought down its sword, sending out different colored slashes. The slashes then turned into the animal spirits and hit the monster straight on.

"Noooooo!!!!" Yukel yelled as he was struck and sent backwards blowing up mid-air.

The Megazord posed with its sword going across its chest. The rangers inside all sat, sighing. They were tired.

"These battles are too easy!" Black celebrated.

"Don't get cocky!" Red said crossing his arms.

"He's right. This can only be the beginning." Yellow said to him.

"Aww ok!" Black said sitting back down.

"We should go check on everyone and make sure they are all right." Cynthia said.

"Yea! Let's go!" Blue said getting up. "You come too." He said to Red. Red didn't protest. He had a feeling inside. He wanted to make sure that the girls were ok.

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Back down on the festival grounds. Mikey was deep in talk with one of his favorite music artists, Travis Scott. The girls were talking to the Jonas Brothers. Anthony stood near the stage where Red was. Red was leaning against the wall.

"Thank you again! If you ever want tickets to a concert just let me know. I already followed you on social." Travis said to Mikey, "And just a little btw don't let anyone know that part." The rapper whispered over to Mikey.

"Dude you don't even know how excited I am." Mikey said to him.

The girls were still amazed that they were talking to the real Jonas Brothers.

"So yea girls. We followed you. I mean who wouldn't want to follow the Power Rangers." Joe said to them.

"Yea it's cool!" Nick said with excitement.

The girls looked at eachother and almost had heart attacks at the same time.

"Just one thing," Mikey said to all of them, "You guys got to keep this a secret. Please!" Mikey pleaded.

"For sure!" Travis said.

"Yea. Makes sense. Your secret is safe with us." Kevin said to them.

Back over where Anthony and Red were, they viewed everything. Anthony sighed. Red felt like he was going to fall asleep.

"So what do you think happened to the girls?" Anthony asked Red.

"I don't know. All I know is that their label is going to make them do things their way." Red said honestly.

"So does that mean that they basically make them do things. Like what they have to sing and look like. Wait! Does that mean that their label can set them up with whatever boy they say is worth the girls time, even if the girls don't want it." Anthony was interested all of a sudden.

"I don't know where this all came from, but yes that is what's going to happen. It's been happening for a while." Red said.

"That's tough." Anthony frowned.

"Thank You!" Red and Anthony were caught by surprise. They looked over to see a girl. They didn't know who she was.

"I'm sorry and you are." Red spoke.

"That doesn't matter. I'm just thanking you for saving BLACKPINK." The girl said, "Thank You!" The little girl ran away.

"That was weird." Anthony said.

"I'm out." Red began to walk away. Anthony decided to follow him. They left for the base as the others stayed behind.

-0-0-0-0-

Red and Anthony walked into the command center. Kai was back from wherever he went.

"Where did you go?" Red asked.

"I had something to take care of." Kai said.

"You went to tell the other masters to keep getting rest because Zaku appeared." Red said. Kai looked up.

"If Zaku is back then it's dangerous." Kai said.

"I know." Red turned to see Anthony. "It's your lucky day. You get to be my training dummy." Red said as he walked towards the simulation room.

"Go it'll help you too." Kai said. Anthony rolled his eyes and followed.

"He's still too hostile. His tone shows it. Imagine if he starts attacking them for getting in his way." Kai talked to himself.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Red will come along." Redbot walked into the room.

"I hope so." Kai said.

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Later that night, Saul looked at photos on his phone. He saw the photos that the celebrities posted over the past few days about the Rangers. He looked at one picture more. It was a story on Instagram.

"Rosé. You really were saved today huh." Red looked at the picture that she took of the Megazord. He then turned it off.

He went over to his bed and pulled out his box again. He opened it and pulled out the old Katana. He studied it. He pulled it all the way out this time. It was broken. Saul gripped the sword.

*flashback*

"Stay Away!" Red yelled at the wolf man.

"I will have them. And I will destroy you." The wolf man said.

They ran towards eachother and clashed.

*flashback ends*

Saul our the blade back in its place. He closed the box and closed it. He pushed the box back into his bed. He got onto his bed. He sighed.

"Roseanne..." he whispered as he let himself drift off into deep slumber.

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A/N: Finally Chapter 2 is done. Hope you guys enjoy. Look forward to Chapter 2 of Kemonoranger, coming real soon.

PS: Sorry for the long wait. Sometimes I don't have time to write. I'm doing the best I can on finishing this. I hope you guys enjoy this. More to come in the future.