A/N: I'm back. Time for a new chapter. What'd you guys think of the last chapter? Well, I can tell you we are getting a major development for one of the characters in the series. I can't wait if I'm being honest. I wish I could get these chapters out fast but my job sometimes gets in the way. Don't worry, though, I'll try my best. Anyways, I hope you enjoy, here's chapter 15.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 15: Child's Play
"In other news, famous people are taking over Beast City. The queens of Kpop, BLACKPINK, are just four of the many celebrities that have moved to the city marked, 'Home of the Power Rangers'. Many of these celebrities have come for the chance to meet the rangers in person. Let's see where this goes. Will they stay permently? Only time will tell."
The TV screen was shattered as an arrow pierced through it. Saul smirked as he put a bow down to his side. Anthony had chips spilled all over him. He turned to Saul angrily.
"Why did you do that?!" Anthony yelled.
"That TV was old. It needed to be destroyed." Saul took off the quiver he had on his back and he sat down at the table.
"I was just testing it out and it still worked as if it were new." Anthony said.
"Will you two stop fighting." Mikey said as he worked on something at the workbench.
"No!" They said at the same time and then looked at each other with anger.
"Isn't it nice though?" Cynthia was on her phone, reading an article.
"What is?" Alicia, who was at the big computer, asked.
"That we have celebrity friends who are actually involved with us." Cynthia smiled as she read the article about the celebrities.
"It is nice. But I still don't get why you didn't erase their memories. Didn't you say that our identities are a secret. You are just going back on your code." Alicia got up and walked around as she unwrapped a smal chocolate.
"Because." Saul gave one word.
"Of course!" Mikey said as he felt a shock on his finger.
"They have value. Value towards me unlocking my memory." Saul said.
"What? Is that all they are? You don't have a crush, you just want to use them." Cynthia got up angrily.
"If you don't have all the details," Saul got up and looked straight into Cynthia's eyes, "don't say anything." Saul winked and she gave a face of disgust.
"Someone's here." Anthony said as he heard the doors open. Everyone turned to look.
"We have arrived." Jennie announced as the girl's entered the room. Everyone smiled for some reason and when they turned to look at eachother, the Red Rangers stood by the computer.
"How did you-" Anthony began to question.
"Don't ask." Red said as he sat down and started typing.
"We have gifts for you guys." Jennie announced. Anthony jumped up immediately as he and Cynthia rushed towards the girls.
"What is it?" Anthony asked.
"Well, since we have a partnership with Adidas, we got you guys one Adidas Classic shoes, with your colors on them." Rosé informed them.
"No way." Cynthia said.
"Shoes? Well at least I can look cooler." Anthony made the face of an idiot and the people present in the room held their laughter. The girls handed the shoes out to everyone. Rosé left the pair that was brought for Red on the table.
"I have a question, girls? How did you convince your record company to let you move out here?" Alicia asked as she admired the yellow and white shoes.
"Mr. X actually loved the idea. Since the news of celebs coming to one of the biggest cities on the planet broke out, he thought it would be a good idea if we were the first Kpop group in the city." Lisa explained to them as she walked around.
"This city is becoming a Hollywood." Anthony said as he shook the empty box to check if there was something extra.
"That's the truth, but I have another question. No one knows that you guys have any connections to the Rangers right?" Alicia asked with a concerned tone.
"No one knows. We have kept it a secret and we will continue keeping it a secret." Jisoo answered.
"Good." Alicia smiled and nodded her head.
"Well that concern is gone." Mikey said as he shocked himself again and this time it left a mark. He held himself from swearing.
"Are you ok?" Jisoo ran over to him and checked on his hand.
"Umm." Mikey said nervously. Jisoo looked up and blushed as she backed up.
"Awkward." Anthony said in a high tone.
"Idiot!" Cynthia kicked Anthony again.
"Why!" He yelled as he jumped on one leg, holding his other leg up.
"Ok guys, who's ready for some Steel Ball?" Steel entered the room with a steel ball.
"I have a feeling like that would hurt. Badly." Mikey said to him as he rubbed his hand.
"Not if you are half robot." Steel said, recognizing that he was half robot and half human only because he had Nate Silva's DNA in him.
"Steel, I have a favor to ask you?" Red said.
"What is it?" Steel asked the red warrior.
"Throw the ball at Anthony, he can handle it." Red said to him.
"Really!" Steel grabbed the ball and threw it at Anthony who had just stood up.
"What." Anthony said before falling again after getting hit with the huge silver object.
"And that's what you get for eating my leftover pizza." Red said remembering that he now had roommates. The others moved into the base and they all had their own rooms. Their normal lives have changed since then. They now responded to monster attacks faster and they had more fights anongest themselves.
"I regret nothing." Anthony said weakly.
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"I have an important meeting so what do you need?" Axis entered the room and sat on his throne.
"Master Axis. I need to ask your permission for something sir." Zaku asked.
"For what." Axis was clearly annoyed with having to be called for permission to do something.
"I'm afraid I want to use a monster who seems to childish for us." Zaku informed.
"Interesting. Let me meet this monster." Axis said.
"Come in!" Zaku called for the monster. The doors opened and a monster came running in like a child.
"Zoom!" The monster said as he entered. The monster looked like a stuffed bear. Half of its faced was ripped apart with a black button dangling from a thread. It's shoulders looked like the towers of a castle. It had all sorts of toys like yo-yos and baseballs. The monster was mainly brown, white, black in color with a lot of other colors combined. It's eyes were black buttons.
"This is Playtime." Zaku said.
"Zoom! Nice to meet ya! Zoom!" The monster ran around making sounds as if he were a car.
"Hmm, I see what you mean, but in any case he is still a monster willing to serve me. Allow him to cause destruction. Children always have an act for destruction, so he should have enough power to do it." Axis stood up and buttoned his suit jacket.
"Thank you sir. You heard him, go!" Zaku demanded.
"Zoom! Right away sir. Zoom!" Playtime ran out the doors.
"Well if you need anything else, don't." Axis said as he left.
"Hmm, time to check on the others, but after I have a drink." Zaku walked over to the small bar that a Ravager was cleaning.
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Eduardo sat againt a tree in the woods. Dried up blood on his face and body. His hands covered in the blood of his friend. He slept with discomfort. He not only had blood, he had ash all over him as well. He gulped as he woke up. He heard the sound of the waterfall as he did. He was dehydrated. He tired to remember how he ended up where he was.
~15 hours ago~
Eduardo cried into his friends chest. That's when he felt someone shaking him. Natalie stood above him. She helped him up and hugged him.
"Thank God, you're alive." Natalie said to him.
"You survived?" Eduardo asked weakly.
"We both did. I tried my best but that silver ranger had me." Dustin appeared from out of the ground.
"So what happens now?" Eduardo asked.
"Me and Natalie will go up to Cam's school. We have to figure out why we were attacked." Dustin explained.
"I should go too." Eduardo said before he felt sharp pain on his side.
"No, you are too weak." Natalie held him up as he held his side.
"I have to go." Eduardo said as he let go of Natalie and tried to walk alone before falling, holding his side as he did so.
"No! You aren't going. Besides, don't you have a promise to fulfill." Natalie squatted down to Eduardo's level.
"You heard him?" Eduardo asked.
"Yea. He wants you to take care of his sister. After you recover, you need to be here for her. Especially when she finds out about her brother. Just don't tell her that right away. You have to work it in slowly." Natalie explained.
"Fine!" Eduardo punched the ground.
"Let's go Natalie. Eduardo, you go back to your apartment." Dustin ordered.
"Wait!" Eduardo turned to see Melissa and Chloe turn to dust. He shook his head. Yuki's body was still intact, "Can we at least bury Yuki?" Eduardo asked. Dustin and Natalie looked at eachother.
They took a few minutes to dig a hole outside of the academy's hidden entrance. They carefully put Yuki into box that Dustin had gone to get from the city. They lowered the box into the grave that they had created and buried him. They put a cross on the grave site. No one could find out what happened at the academy so Dustin had taken the box in secret. Yuki was being buried in the forest to keep his death a secret. Eduardo then fainted and laid on the ground.
Natalie and Dustin were not surprised. They moved him over to a tree and left him in a comfortable position. He was now sleeping from his exhaustion. Natalie looked at him with sadness and she hugged him. She got up and nodded towards Dustin. They used their ninja speed and got out of their fast.
~Present~
Eduardo sighed. He looked over and saw the cross. He had a saddened expression on his face. He forced himself to get up and he walked over to the body of water in front of the waterfall. He started drinking the water and throwing it on his face. He washed his hands and got a lot of the dried up blood and ash. He threw water onto his face again and stroked his hair. He sighed again.
"Tough day, huh? We've all been there." Eduardo turned his head over a bit. He could see the man he had met before.
"Why do you speak like this is a comedy movie?" Eduardo asked.
"I like to live my life as if it were a comedy. It helps me cope with hardships. Like fighting the embodiment of the devil." Horn leaned against a tree as he admired a nest of birds in the tree.
"Well I don't find any of this to be a comedy." Eduardo got up.
"I know you don't. I mean you have to go tell Yuki's sister that he's dead. I can't imagine that being a comedy." Horn crossed his arms.
"I'm not telling her." Eduardo said as he began walking away. He passed by the cross and looked down at it before continuing on.
"Trust me. You want to tell her. Let me tell you this. It is a key. A way for you to be able to avenge your friend. That necklace is a sign." Horn said. Eduardo looked back at Horn who smiled but didn't face him. He then pulled out the necklace that Yuki gave him. He clenched his fist as he held the necklace tightly.
"Tell me. What do you know?" Eduardo turned to the man.
"All I can say is that something interesting is coming." Horn said. Eduardo gave a confused look as Horn smiled more and more, looking like some crazy person yet not so crazy.
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~2 years ago~
The wind blew in gently through the crack of an open window. It kept the room cool and it made for a perfect time to be under blankets. Snuggling under the blankets was a great idea as well. The breeze hit the boys face and he opened his eyes slowly. He yawned as he looked around. He didn't recognize the room. Then, he realized that he felt something on his chest. His bare chest.
He looked down and saw a woman's hand on his chest. He traced down from the hand down the arm. Then he looked at the owner of the hand. He looked at the woman for a bit until he realized something. It was Sakura. His eyes widened upon this discovery. He also noticed that she didn't have a top on. His curiosity got the better of him and he looked under the blankets. His eyes widened even more and this time he opened his mouth as he was left in shock.
"Did I... did she... did we?" Saul looked around the room again. He looked at the girl who shifted and made sounds in her sleep.
He carefully, with the most gentle movements ever, got out of bed. He snuck out of the room. He was in what he could recognize as the living room. His eyes glowed red for a second and he shook his head. He put on his underwear first. He found his pants on the floor and he struggled to put them on, even falling as he slipped. He looked at the bedrooms door and sighed when nothing moved. He got up and put on his socks and shoes. He didn't bother with his shirt because somehow it was in the bedroom.
He opened the curtains and the sunshine entered the room. He covered his eyes as he felt like he was a shut in. He blinked a few times and he walked over to the door. He opened it and walked out quickly. He felt the cool air hit hi bare upper body. He saw something on the railing. An eagle stared at him. It looked him straight in the eyes.
"The eagle? It's... crying?" Saul said but there was no noise coming from the animal. The eagle opened its wings and made a sound. It flapped it's wings and left. Saul's eyes stopped glowing red and he shook his head again.
He looked around and saw that he caught the attention of some school girls who stared at him and giggled. He covered his body with his hands and quickly entered the house. He sighed again and walked back to the bedroom. He admired the beautiful girl who slept soundly in the bed. He shifted his head to the right a bit to see her naked body. He smiled as he saw it. He sat down in a chair not to far from the bed and he let his head fall back.
"Good morning." Saul opened his eyes to the sound of a gentle voice. He smiled as he saw the girl staring at him. Her left eye covered with her hair. She sat up and kept the blanket up to her chest.
"Good morning." He responded. He smiled without wanting to but the girl on the bed seemed so beautiful that he couldn't help but smile and say it.
"Last night was great." Sakura said as she smiled.
"I wasn't drinking last night, was I?" Saul asked just to be safe.
"No." She answered and Saul sighed of relief.
"I guess we had a very fun night." Saul got up and got onto the bed. He sat next to Sakura and brought her closer.
"Yea. I loved it." Sakura said as she looked him in the eyes. They smiled and kissed once.
"I'm hungry." Saul said to her as he stole another kiss.
"Way to break the mood." Sakura smiled again and got up. Her naked body capturing Saul's eye. She opened her dresser and she put on a pair of panties. She the put her bra on and closed the dresser.
"We going to eat something from a restaurant or are we cooking?" Saul asked. Sakura turned to him and walked over to him. She got on top of him and kissed him. He put his hands on her back and smiled as he kissed her.
"How about we cook something." Sakura kissed him again and they were ready to start all over again until a phone rang. They didn't stop kissing until the third ring. Saúl refused to let go as he let his hand look for the phone. He broke the kiss and answered the phone. Sakura ran her hands on his body as he did.
"Hello?" Saul answered.
"Saul-San? Where are you? I need help with something." Saki's voice was heard through the phone.
"Ok Saki, I'll come home right away." Saul said.
"Ok. See you soon." Saki said before hanging up. He looked at Sakura who looked at him.
"Shall we go." Sakura got up. Saul got up as Sakura threw him his shirt.
"I have one question? Is this the start of something?" Sakura asked him.
"How about we get to know more about eachother before this happens again. Yea?" Saul walked up to her and held her chin. He lifted her head up so that she looked him straight in the eyes. He kissed her quickly and she smiled. He clapped his hands once and walked towards the living room.
She smiled as she heard a vibration. She turned to see her phone on the nightstand. She picked it up and read a message from an unknown caller.
Good job. The mission continues as planned. Remember, you must go through with it or our agreement is finished.
~ X
She sighed as her facial expression changed. She put her phone down and felt a tear go down her cheek. She put her hand up to her mouth and felt like she was going to start crying. Saul leaned against the wall in the living room as he heard her. He sighed and his eyes glowed red for a few seconds.
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Saul kicked the boxes in his way. The others still had boxes in the living room and he was annoyed. He sighed as he moved about the room until hearing the alarm. He grunted before leaving the room.
The rangers, except for Marco who was at the car shop and was currently busy fixing up a car, arrived at the scene and saw loads of toys everywhere. They walked around slowly and analyzed the battle field. The quiet sound really didn't help. Pink looked at a doll that caught her interest. She got down to pick it up and felt a weird presence.
"Zoom Zoom." The Rangers turned as they heard the sound. "Zoom Zoom."
"What is that?" Blue asked as now all the rangers walked carefully.
"Zoom zoom. Looks like I have new toys. Zoom zoom." Red turned around as he heard the sound from nehind him. He saw nothing.
"Come out!" Blue yelled.
"Zoom zoom. Toys don't sound happy. Let's change that. Zoom zoom." The monster jumped out of nowhere and hit Blue and Yellow. They fell and rolled on the ground. They held their sides as they felt sharp pain.
"There's our culprit." Red said as he pulled out his Strike Saber and charged forward. He used both feet to launch himself up into the air and he slashed the monster. The monster stumbled back and was clearly angered.
"New toys hurt Playtime. Playtime going to teach new toy lesson. Zoom zoom!" The monster yelled as it ran forward and hit Red. Red flipped backwards as he fell hard onto his stomach.
"This guy is surprisingly strong!" Red slammed his fist on the ground.
"Now Time for my very special move." Playtime walked forward as its eyes flashed red. Red looked up at him held his hands in front of him. The others also covered their eyes as the flash was too bright. When the flash disappeared, the others put their hands down.
"Where did Red go?" Yellow asked as the rangers looked around.
"Now, toy is actual toy. Zoom." Playtime giggled. The rangers looked and saw a plushie toy. They studied it and realized what the monster meant.
"Is that a plushie of... Red?" Black asked as everyone looked at it.
"Yes. Now he is going to be a toy forever." Playtime laughed again.
"Then that means?" Pink looked at the doll she picked up and dropped it immediately.
"We need to get Red back. We have to defeat him." Blue said as he pulled out his Strike Saber and Blaster. He ran forward with the others charging forward.
"Zoom zoom!" The monster said as he sent lasers at the rangers. The rangers slipped as they were hit in their chests.
"How did he get us?" Black asked.
"More toys!" Playtime yelled as it's eyes glowed again.
"Oh shit!" Blue covered his eyes. Yellow did the same.
"No!" Black and Pink said at the same time as they got in front of Blue and Yellow. The felt pain as they held themselves. They fell to their knees and were instantly transformed into toys.
"Anthony!" Blue called out.
"Cynthia!" Yellow yelled.
"It doesn't matter if you get in the way or not. You are all going to be my toys." Playtime's time changed as it sounded more devilish.
"We need to get out of here!" Blue said as he got up and picked up the action figure that Black turned into.
"We are just running?" Yellow picked up the doll that Pink became.
"We have no choice. We need a plan." Blue said as he shot the monster. He motioned to Yellow and she understood. She used her speed to get the plushie that Red turned into and ran back.
"Zoom zoom. No running away!" The monster began charging up again.
"Sorry, we'll have to play some other time!" Blue spun his blaster in his hand and shot the ground in front of him and Yellow. Playtime stepped back as sparks from the ground hit his face. He looked up and saw that the rangers had disappeared.
"Aww man. Play time is over. Zoom." Playtime looked down in defeat and said the last zoom with a depressing tone.
"Don't worry Playtime. Report back to base." Zaku's voice came through a small bug like drone that flew around.
"You got it sir. Zoom zoom." Playtime began running, acting like an airplane.
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"This looks to be a big problem." Mick examined all three toys. The toys didn't move at all but something about them seemed to indicate that they weren't just ordinary toys. It was the day after their fight with the monster and Mick was writing down some notes.
"What could have happened? How do the attacks of this monster work?" Mikey paced back and forth while Alicia sat, tapping her foot.
"I don't know but maybe by testing one of these," Mick looked at all three toys and picked one. It was the black ranger action figure.
"No!" Black screamed but no one could hear him.
"I'll test this out first. You guys want to come?" Mick asked as he walked towards the lab. Without saying anything, Mikey and Alicia followed. They were curious to know why their comrades were turned into actual toys. If it was their teammates. For all they knew, this could have been a trap. Alicia picked up the doll on her way as well, thinking that they could test on the doll in case anything funny went on with the action figure.
The plushie sat alone on the command centers main table. It was lifeless and its upper body sort of fell. It was just like an ordinary plushie toy that anyone could squeeze and sleep with. At that moment, the base doors opened. Rosé walked in with a bag.
"Can't believe i forgot this." She muttered to herself as she left the bag on the table. A bag with the names Alicia and Cynthia on it.
She adjusted her hair after setting down the bag and was ready to leave until she caught something that aroused her curiosity. She walked over to it and tilted her head as she looked at the plushie. She admired it as it sat there like the lifeless toy it was supposed to be. She was about to pick it up when the doors opened again. Marco walked in with a rag as he dried his hands. He had some dirt stained on his left cheek.
"Oh hey." Marco said as he caught view of the Kpop idol.
"Hi. Um, do you know what this is?" Rosé asked. For some reason, she really liked it. The red ranger plushie seemed so cute to her.
"That is," Marco looked at the plushie and was confused at first. He looked back and forth between Rosé and the plushie. She clearly liked it and looked like she wanted it. That's when he thought about something that made him smile.
He put the rag down and looked around. No one was around. He thought to himself, "Its a toy of Saul. If I give it to her and... Saul you are going to thank me for this." Marco walked closer to the table and crossed his arms.
"That's a red ranger plushie for you. Yea, Saul had it made for you. He's one of your biggest fans and even supports the movement to have you get your solo. Like your solo song. He claims to be your number one supporter. The red ranger as your number one supporter, now that's something." Marco smiled brightly but thought to himself that he may have gone overboard. He didn't care however because he was helping his friend.
"Really?" Rosé looked at the plushie and carefully picked it up. She had the brightest smile ever.
"What's going on?" Red said in a voice that no one could hear.
"Feel free to take it. He would want that." Marco touched his chest as if he knew what Saul would want when he had no idea what that toy was or why it was there.
"I will. This will be great for my room. But first, I have to go to a fan meet. Make sure that Alicia and Cynthia get that bag. See ya." Rosé held the plushie tight to her chest as she ran out of the base.
"Still can't believe they have access to the base. More importantly, what was that toy?" Marco asked himself as he sat down and he started using the rag to clean his face.
"Ok, so I've got some idea of how it works. The monster has some sort of chemical that connects to his eyes so when his eyes flash, whoever his target is becomes a toy. Like these three." Mick explained to Mikey and Alicia as they walked out of the lab.
"Ok so we just need to get him to flash them again and they'll return to normal." Mikey said as he understood.
"Exactly. And there's also the option of finishing off the monster. The easy way." Mick laughed as he said that last part.
"Hey Marco." Alicia said to the boy.
"Yo. Hey nice black ranger action figure and pink ranger doll." Marco said as he continued cleaning his face.
"They aren't just regular toys. They are the real deal. The monster we fought last night has the ability to turn people into toys and there's reports of a lot of missing people who we could assume were turned into toys." Mikey put his feet up on the table as he sat down.
"Speaking of which, have you seen Saul. He was turned into a plushie toy." Alicia said as she looked around for the plushie.
"Do you mean the plushie that looks like the red ranger?" Marco asked nervously as he put the rag down.
"Yea that's the one. Have you seen it?" Alicia asked.
"No haven't seen it." Marco turned around nervously.
"Marco? Do you know something?" Mikey asked.
"Hey did you guys see that plushie that Saul got for Rosé. It looks exactly like the red ranger." Steel walker into the room holding his steel ball.
"What?!" Mikey and Alicia stood up as fast as lighting. Mick's eyes widened at the sound of this.
"Marco, did you give her that plushie?" Alicia walked over to him and stared him down.
"Maybe." Marco said.
"Dude, why did you give away something that isn't yours?" Mikey slapped his face.
"She asked what it was and I thought I would be helping Saul by telling her that he got it for her and by telling her that he was his number one fan." Marco stood up and defended himself.
"That would help him a lot." Steel said as he messed with his ball.
"Now we need to go retrieve it. Do you know where Rosé went?" Alicia asked the nervous boy.
"She said that she was going to some fan meet her in the city. I would say it would be at the spectrum." Marco said to them.
"Why there?" Mikey asked.
"I just have a hunch." Marco said as he ripped a flyer off of Steel's back.
"When did that get there. It must have been those loud kids who were blasting their music on their phones and holding signs about meeting idols. Maybe they were a protest group?" Steel started drifting off as the others ignored him.
"So some Kpop fans must be spreading the word as they were on there way to the spectrum." Mikey spoke his thoughts.
"Flyers are so old school." Marco said.
"This is in Korean. I'm pretty sure these fans came from South Korea." Alicia said.
"So what do we do?" Mikey asked.
"We go to the spectrum and get the plushie. Then we find the monster." Alicia explained as she zipped up her hoodie.
"Let's go." Marco said as walked out first.
"Let's go fix your mistake. I hope you know that Saul is going to kill you." Alicia said.
"He can't see anything right? He's a toy." Marco walked backwards as he spoke to them.
"Our theory is that they still have their consciousness in their toy forms. So they can pretty mush see and hear everything." Mikey explained.
"Aww man." Marco said as he tripped backwards. Mikey laughed while Alicia held back her laughter.
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"A congratulations is in order." Axis said as he pulled a confetti popper and an explosion of colors came out. Zaku also pulled with a confetti popper along with Byxis.
"Zoom zoom. Thank you." The monster said as he jumped around happily.
"Why the big smile?" Byxis asked.
"This monster is the first monster to make the rangers retreat. I'm actually delighted. Zaku, you did a good job." Axis sat down and took a sip of his wine.
"Thank you Master." Zaku bowed. Although he hated the confetti idea, he loved that Axis was complimenting him and his actions.
"Now, where are the toys?" Axis asked.
"Well you see, the rangers took the toys away as they retreated." Zaku explained.
"It was good while it lasted." Axis sighed as he drank more wine.
"Don't worry Master, I just got word of where one of the toys is." Zaku explained.
"Good, now go get them. I have a fan meet to attend for a few minutes in order to make sure that no one goes crazy like last year. A letter written in a fan's blood, how disgusting." Axis made a face of disgust as he spit.
"Of course." Zaku and Playtime got down on one knee. Byxis did the same thing.
"Good." Axis left the base.
"Make sure you continue on our 'project'." Zaku said to Byxis as he and the monster left.
"Of course." Byxis said as he left.
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~2 years ago~
Saul and Sakura walked towards Saul's apartment. Saul was wondering why he did what he did. He looked at Sakura who was beautiful but he normally wouldn't do that kind of stuff. Sakura stayed close to him as they walked.
"So, where are you from?" Saul asked nervously.
"I was born in a small town in California before moving out here to Tokyo after my little brother was born." Sakura explained. Saul took note on how her body tensed.
"I was also born in California. I was raised in a small town also." Saul said. Sakura smiled.
"Yea. We moved out here after," Sakura stopped as she sniffled. She stopped and looked away.
"I can already tell. You don't need to say it." Saul said to her. She started tearing up. Saul then hugged her. She began crying into his chest. Saul was saddened by having figured out such a tragic detail about Sakura's life.
"I just want to see my brother." Sakura said.
"Does he not live with you?" Saul asked.
"No. He's in America. He's being he-" Sakura stopped herself from talking.
"What?" Saul asked.
"Nothing," Sakura wiped her eyes as she broke from the hug, "lets go!" Sakura then grabbed Saul's hand and started running.
"Wait!" Saul said as she pulled him carelessly.
After they ran for a few minutes, they arrived at Saul's apartment building. They entered the building and ran up the stairs. They got to Saul's home and they entered. Saki was sitting on the couch, reading a book with her earbuds in. She seemed nervous.
"I'm home." Saul said. Saki looked at him. She jumped up and ran over to him. She hugged him tightly.
"Are you ok?" Sakura saw this and asked the young teenage girl. She just shook her head.
"What's wrong?" Saul asked. Saki didn't answer but instead handed him an envelope. Saul opened it, pulled out a letter and was shocked by what it said. More importantly, he was shocked to learn who had written the letter. It was from the girls father.
"What is it?" Sakura asked. Saul handed her the note.
"Saki, I'm going to be talking you to and from school everyday now. You could be in danger." Saul started speaking g perfect Japanese and he didn't recieve help from his Morphers translator.
"We need to report this." Sakura said.
"But thats my dad." Saki said to them.
"Saki, just trust me. Please." Saul looked at the girl in the eyes. They stared at eachother for a minute before Saki nodded. Saul then hugged her again.
"What are you going to do?" Sakura asked.
"I'm going to protect her. That's all I can do." Saul said as he felt Saki cry into his shoulder.
"Then I'll help you." Sakura hugged them as well.
"Arigatou." Saul said as he hugged both of them.
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The spectrum was packed. There were fans everywhere. They were all talking to eachother. Some held signs. Others held up black hammers with light up pink hearts on both sides. They all jumped up and down all over the place.
In a dressing room built into the spectrum for when celebrities would visit, Rosé was looking for which clothes she wanted to put on. She had taken off her shirt and her pants and was left in her bathing suit. She moved a lot of clothes around until she found a perfect outfit.
The red ranger plushie sat on the couch. It witnessed everything that was happening. If he wasn't a toy, he was sure that he would be drooling. Rosé wore a nice black top that exposed her left shoulder. The top had the name of the group. She wore a nice white skirt with knee high black socks along with a pair of white Adidas originals. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She then turned to the plushie.
"Did you see something you weren't supposed to?" Rosé said, although she knew that a toy couldn't see anything. Or so she thought. She sat down on the couch and held the plushie in her arms. She layed on the couch and played around with it. She then heard a knock on her door and she got up.
The girls of BLACKPINK were escorted to the stage where they would sit and meet with fans. Three of them talked with eachother and smiled as they did. Rosé smiled as well as she held her plushie tightly. She spoke to it.
"Saul. That's your name, huh? I mean it's only been repeated so many times. My name is Rosé." She talked to the plushie, her Australian accent sounded natural.
"Ugh, my heart. I think I'm in... no, it's wrong. Isn't it?" Red spike but of course he couldn't be heard.
They all entered from the back and they waved at their fans. They sat down in their spots and awaited for the fans to be let onto stage. For the next twenty minutes, fans came and talked with them and got signatures. Some fans gave gifts and others gave letters. One fan saw that Rosé was hugging her plushie tightly.
"That is a cool plushie." The fan said to her.
"Thank you. I guess you can say my number one fan gave it to me." Rosé smiled as she looked at the plushie again.
"Rosé!" The idol turned at the sound of her voice. The other idols also turned. Marco pushed through the security guards with Miley's help. Alicia quickly maneuvered her way through the crowd and got up onto the stage.
"Oh, Alicia, how are you?" Rosé said.
"Everything's, fine. I'm going to have to ask for your plushie." Alicia went straight to the point.
"What? But, Saul have this to me." Rosé looked at it.
"I know, but that's not really a plushie, that's-" screams whipped through the sound of the room.
"Zoom zoom! I'm here for my toys!" Alicia turned to see the monster running towards the stage.
"Everyone, run!" Mikey yelled. The crowd dispersed and were all sent running. Even security guards ran off. The idols stayed where they were as Alicia made them duck under the table.
Marco and Mikey looked around to make sure no one was around. When they were sure. They pulled out their battery's and morphed. They ran forward and jumped over thrown trash cans and a ton of signs. They clashed with the monster by punching him on his face. Blue and Green dodged many attacks but were hit when they didn't expect it.
"This guy is surprisingly strong." Green said as he got up.
"New toys!" Playtime said as he began lighting up his eyes.
"Now!" Blue pulled out the action figure and doll. He threw them forward and the toys were hit with the beam. Black and Pink were grown back to regular size and they fell down.
"Those tests hurt!" Black yelled as he held his side.
"Shut up." Pink kicked him even as they lay on the floor.
"Less talking, more fighting!" Blue and Green charged with their weapons.
Green tied up the monsters arm with his mace's chain. Blue then slashed the monster with his sabers. Spark flew out of him. Black then showed up and slashed with his axe. Pink shot with her bow and three arrows pierced the monster.
"We need to finish him off." Blue said.
Green continued fighting the monster with his mace. He hit the monster with the ball five times before kicking him. Pink jumped on Greens shoulders and shot more arrows into the monster.
"Zoom zoom! Stop!" The monster yelled as he blasted them all back.
Yellow immediately hit the monster using her speed.
The monster got up and they started fighting eachother. Black then head butted the monster. The monster was sent falling. The monster then got up and started lighting up his eyes.
"Die!" The monsters tone changed as it shot out a blast. The rangers jumped out of the way and the beam went straight for the idols. Rosé felt paralyzed as she saw the beam come straight for her.
"No!" The rangers all yelled.
Then, the red ranger plushie, which had fallen to its side on the floor, began to shake. It shook more viciously as the beam came closer. Rosé put her hands in front of her. The other idols looked at their friend with fear in their eyes. The plushie then came out of nowhere and protected Rosé.
"Don't hurt her!" Red yelled. Everyone heard him. The beam hit him directly and he grew back to his normal size. He stood in front of the girls, posing.
"Red!" Everyone yelled.
"Time to finish you off." Red pulled out a battery and he put it into his sword. He formed the rangers final and they all got into formation.
"Animal Strike Blaster! Final Strike!" They all yelled as a huge bullet was shot out. The animal spirits formed and hit the monster directly. The monster started spinning around slowly.
"Zoom zoom. My toys!" The monster said as he fell and exploded. The explosion grew bigger as the rangers turned around.
"That's for turning me into a toy." Red said.
"Red." Rosé jumped down from the stage and hugged him. Everyone looked at them, surprised.
"Umm." Red said as he looked down at the girl.
"Sorry!" Rosé broke the hug and she apologized as much as she could.
"I bet he got a show." Anthony whispered over to Marco as he nudged him on his side. Pink then kicked him. He held his leg as he felt pain.
"Zoom zoom! Time to make some big toys!" The monster was now towering over the city.
"Great. Let's go!" Red said as he jumped up into the sky. The others followed and the Zords appeared. They immediately formed the Max Megazord. The giant robot ran towards the giant monster.
"Zoom zoom! Ravager toys!" The monsters eyes lit up and giant sized Ravagers showed up. They ran towards the robot and attacked it. The Megazord was punched and kicked until it fell down.
"Cmon!" Ref yelled as he lifted the giant robot up. The robot then ran forward with its shark and elephant fists pointed out. It hit the Ravagers. The Phoenix Zord then opened its mouth and fire came out. It burned the Ravagers to a crisp.
The robot then clashed with the giant monster. They threw punches at eachother and eventually, they ended up in a bear hug. They struggled as they looked like they were wrestling. Red then realized something. He then out in his battery into the panel. The tiger head lit up. It then spit fire and the monster backed up.
"Zoom zoom! Fire is bad." The monsters started jumping up and down. It's body started to burn with parts of its body blackening.
"Final Max Strike!" They all yelled as the robot grabbed its sword and lifted it up. It then brought it down and sent the animal spirits towards the monster. The spirits hit the monster with the Tiger Spirit hitting the monster several times before a final strike.
"Zoom zoom. Playtime is over. Zoom zoom." The monster said sadly as it fell backwards and blew up. The giant robot spun around and the explosion only got bigger.
"I'm tired!" Red said as he fell back.
"You always are." Blue said to him.
"Hey, tell us what you saw. I'm sure you were in her dressing room." Black started bothering Red.
"Idiot!" Pink jumped over to where Black was and she started hitting him.
"Stop!" Black yelled.
The robot stood still as it overlooked the city. Somewhere down on the ground, Hunter Ruiz looked at the giant robot.
"Trust me rangers, once those idols aren't around, I will kill you all." He said as he bit into a apple. He then entered into his giant sized armored truck and drove off.
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"So you could see and hear everything?" Rosé asked. Red stayed quiet as he looked away.
"Aww, look who's nervous." Marco pushed him forward. Red fought back.
"Now I'm embarrassed." Rosé turned around as she blushed bright red.
"Rosie!" The girls pushed her forward and she crashed into Red who caught her.
"Now kiss!" Marco and Anthony yelled.
"Why you little!" Red let go of Rosé and started chasing his friends around. He pulled out his blaster and he started shooting them. The others just laughed.
In a far off place, Caste stood, studying the rangers and the idols. He growled a little. He then pulled up a tablet and started swiping through it. He was unpleased as he wrote something down.
"My prey is getting more and more interesting by the day. Just wait until they find out about the others." Caste said to himself as he studied footage of the attack on the Wind Ninja academy.
The wolf growled again as he walked away. Everyone felt uneasy and they all turned towards a certain direction. When they saw nothing, they continued talking and laughing as Red continued chasing.
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Eduardo stumbled into the apartment building. He still felt pain as he walked through the hallways. Eduardo continued until he got to the third floor and he walked to the end of the hallway. He looked at the door and confirmed it to be right with the information that Horn gave him.
He pulled out the rhino necklace that he was given and he looked at the door. He forced himself to knock the door. He waited for an answer but he didn't get one. He tried again.
"Coming!" He heard the voice of Sakura as she ran around. She was currently in the kitchen washing dishes. She dried her hands and se ran to the door.
She opened it and she was surprised by what she saw. Eduardo still had some blood of a wound that didn't want to close. He looked at the beautiful girl who looked very concerned.
"Hey, you are my brothers friend. Are you ok?" Sakura asked.
"Your brother... your brother..." Eduardo tried to just say what he was there to say. He wanted to rip the bandage off fast. He couldn't however as he felt his weak body collapse. He fell to the floor and he was kicked out.
"Hey. What's wrong!" Sakura started shaking the boy.
"Quickly, pull him in." Horn appeared behind Sakura and helped her pull him in.
Eduardo was lost in his dreams. Horn knew this would happen and he smiled secretly. Sakura looked very much concerned and scared. She looked out the door and checked the hallway. No one was around. She nodded her head and she closed the door quickly. She ran to the kitchen to get water and she brought over to him. Eduardo was in deep sleep.
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A/N: Finished. We are getting close to the introduction of a new character that isn't new. What could that mean? I don't know, you'll just have to read to find out. How are you guys liking it? Well I hope you are enjoying. Look forward to the next one. I know I always am.