A/N: Here we go again. So to start off this note, what did you guys think of the last chapter? I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you are enjoying the story. Also, do you have any predictions? I would live to hear them. Well to finish this off, I would just like to say that some very exciting things are still to come and I can say that I'm proud of this story and how far I have gotten. If it wasn't for my job, then I would be focusing more on my story but that's just the way life is. Anyways, let's get into this chapter.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 16: The Clone War
"How do I know I can trust you?" Anthony looked through a magnifying glass as he studied Saul's face.
"Stop that!" Saul pushed away the boy and got up from his space on the couch. Mikey stood in the kitchen as he heard them bickering.
"I need to know." Anthony jumped back up and looked through the glass again.
"Why do you need to know?" Mikey asked as he looked through the pantry.
"I mean think about it. He hasn't really been the best leader." Anthony said as he jumped around.
"That was at the beginning. You don't think I can be a great leader?" Saul asked as he glared at him.
"Nope. And there's also the fact that you didn't erase the minds of those girls. Why's that?" Anthony said before being kicked by Saul right in his stomach.
"He's right? Why didn't you do that?" Mikey asked as he settled on a snack.
"There's a good reason for that that I have already mentioned." Saul said as he took the snack from Mikey's hand.
"That is?" Mikey returned to the pantry and rolled his eyes as he began looking for a different snack.
"I think they may be connected to my lost memories." Saul said to them. Both boys looked at Saul as he finished.
"Your lost memories?" Mikey closed the pantry door as he recalled what Kai had said to the group the other day.
"Recently, I've been having dreams and visions of four girls who sound very similar to these idols girls. When I actually see them however, they are blurry so I'm not sure. I've also heard voices that sound very similar to them. They always talk to me and when I think about it they all sound very similar. Ugh!" Saul threw his trash in the trash can and walked with frustration.
"I see. So you think that they may have a key to unlocking these locked memories or find these lost memeories?" Mikey was very interested in what was being said.
"Yea but until I think otherwise, they will remain close." Saul said to them.
"Hello everyone!" Lisa ran through the doors, getting the attention of the boys. Alicia and Cynthia followed quickly as well.
"Looks like you've been caught." Anthony turned to Saul only to see Red sitting on a chair. Anthony clenched his fist as he held back his anger.
"What's up with you?" Mikey asked before hearing someone grunt. At the entrance, Marco almost fell over due to all the heavy shopping bags he carried.
"Why... am I... doing this!" Marco let go of the bags and let himself run to the couch. He took deep breaths.
"Shopping huh?" Mikey said as he pulled out a muffin from the pantry and took a bite from it.
"Got him!" Anthony yelled as he jumped Red.
"What the hell are you doing!" Red said.
"Guys!" Mikey yelled at them as they fought.
"Stop!" Alicia yelled.
"Idiot!" Cynthia jumped up and kicked Anthony off of Red. Red tripped and fell in front of the entrance to the command center. He face planted as his battery was ejected by accident. It rolled up to his face as his transformation was undone.
"To think that would've been a repetitive thing." Mikey looked for another snack.
"Jump." Jennie jumped over Saul as she entered the room.
"Sorry!" Jisoo yelled as she stepped on Saul.
"Are you ok?" Rosé got down to help Saul.
"Finally!" Anthony yelled again but with a weird look in his eyes that made him look like a killer. His tone also changed a little as it sounded more evil.
"No don't look!" Saul jumped up and ran through the ranger girls until he crashed into Marco who had just stood up.
"Why?" Marco said as he fell onto the couch again.
"You can't see me!" Saul was completely overreacting now as he covered his face and ran around in a circle until he slipped on his battery and he fell.
"Saul?" Rosé got down again and turned him over.
"Pretty girl." Saul said in a weak and wacky tone until he went out cold.
"Saul!" Everyone yelled.
"Idiot!" Cynthia slapped Anthony.
"Why?!" Anthony yelled as he held his head.
"We should get him to his room." Mikey said as he finished his snack.
"I'll stay with him until he gets better." Rosé said.
"You girls are totally different than I thought." Mikey said as he and Marco picked up Saul.
"He's heavy!" Marco complained.
"Stop complaining and put your back into it!" Cynthia clapped her hands to try and motivate the boy.
"It's not helping." Marco said.
"Anthony, help us?!" Mikey said.
"I got it." Steel appeared and picked up Saul with ease.
"Nice. I'm out... cold." Marco fell right back into the couch only to also be picked up by Steel.
"Let's put you guys to bed. It'll help you." Steel said to them as he walked towards their rooms.
"Rosie, we need to go." Lisa grabbed the girls hand as they began walking away with the other two.
"But I want to stay and help him." Rosé protested.
"Where are you guys going?" Mikey asked.
"We have a meeting with our big boss." Jennie said to them.
"Say no more." Alicia said to them, giving them a big smile.
"We'll see you guys later." Lisa said as she grabbed Rosé's hand and they all left.
"Well, let's see if anything is going on in the city." Mikey said to the others.
"I guess. But I kind of want to train. Anthony! You are my training dummy." Cynthia grabbed the boy by the collar of his shirt and pulled him.
"Wait... no!" Anthony yelled.
"I think there's some sort of connection there." Mikey said.
"You think?" Alicia looked at Mikey as she spoke sarcastically. Mikey shrugged and they walked off into the command center.
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~2 years ago~
Saul and Saki walked through the market. The young girl ran around looking for various ingredients for food. She was starting to learn how to cook all kinds of food and she even managed to impress Saul and Sakura. Sakura suddenly appeared and scared Saul, causing him to hit the floor.
"Really?!" Saul said as he felt the pain go throughout his lower body.
"Sorry!" Sakura said as she hurried to pick up the bags that fell to the floor.
"So what is it today?" Saul asked as he got up and took the bags from his assistant.
"Well I have some news from the top. Mr. X wants to talk to you about assigning you to a group." Sakura informed as she pulled out her phone.
"I finally get a group huh?" Saul began walking with Sakura trailing behind him.
"Isn't it exciting." Sakura had finally become closer to him that she dropped the seduction act on the spot. Well after what happened between them.
"I guess. I'd probably get stuck with some newbies or something. I mean I get to Japan and just like that I'm in the music business. If I didn't know any better, I feel like someone is trying to keep an eye on me." Sakura's eyes widened as she looked away. Saul stopped as they approached Saki who was deciding between two different ingredients.
"What should I get?" Saki spoke in English. Saul was teaching her and she had been getting better.
"You are indecisive... again. What's up?" Saul has gotten to know Saki too well. He knew that when she started getting indecisive for a long time, it meant something was wrong.
"Nothing. I think I'll just go with this. Let's buy it and go home." Saki said. She was pushing something away and Saul knew it the second she said, "home".
Saul didn't want to bother the teen so he payed for the final ingredients with the money he had inherited from Kai and they all left. After a few hours, Saul found an excuse to leave Saki home alone. Sakura stayed with her as she did because she was also scared for her. The note that arrived the other day scared her. Saul, however, was angered. He didn't know what to do and in recent nights, he had been training harder and harder to let out his frustrations.
He made it to his usual spot in the forest. He dug around and found the old box he had left there. He opened the lock. He pulled out a sword and thrust it into the tree as he prepared his wristband. He then looked around for something else and found it. An old black box. He opened it and blew the dust. He sighed as he put it back. It was broken and it would be of no use, especially since he was just starting out. He stood up and pulled out his sword. He dug the tip of the sword into the ground as he pulled out a battery-like object and he pushed the middle of his wristband.
His Morpher appeared on his wrist and he admired it. He still was surprised to see it. He couldn't believe that he really would be a Power Ranger. If he had to be honest, it was his secret dream. He pushed the battery into the Morpher and the Morpher lit up. He still felt as if something was missing. Something like a voice to announce tha battery that was being used and for what reason or something like that. He pushed the "GO!" button and he shot out a spirit. Fire surrounded his body as he transformed into his red ranger suit.
"I'm already getting used to it." Red said to himself as he admired his suit. He turned around and was stunned. Saki and Sakura stood with a backpack, looking at him with awe and shock on their faces. Saul thought to himself, "Oh Shit!"
"Saul? Is that really you?" Sakura asked.
"Isn't this just a bit to easy to someone finding out my identity. I mean think about the readers. Look at them. They are reading and judging. I can see them. Shit! Can't break the fourth wall can I." Red started trailing off as he looked around nervously.
"Saul!" Sakura clapped her hands to get the Rangers attention.
"Yes? Shit!" Red said as he looked away.
"Saul-San? Is it really you?" Saki asked as she got closer. Saul sighed.
Nightfall was beautiful. Tons and tons of stars had appeared that night. Saul found some old wood and, with the abilities he was learning to use, he started a fire after almost starting a wildfire. The girl's sat around the fire as Saul put things away in the box.
"How long were you guys standing there?" Saul asked as he locked the box and hid it.
"Saki wanted to bring you your hoodie because she thought you would be cold. So we saw you near the high school and we followed you. We lost you at the entrance of the forest until we found you a minute before you did... that thing." Sakura said.
"I morphed." Saul sat down opposite the girl and looked at the fire.
"So what's the deal with that?" Sakura asked.
"Let's just say that the world needs saving and I was chosen to save it. My training comes first so I might need to drop the whole music thing." Saul said as he threw more wood.
"Where would you go after your training?" Sakura asked as her face saddened a little. She could only think of one thing. The Power Rangers were heroes like any other so any loved ones would be in danger. Saki remained quiet as she heard the conversation.
"Well, for me, I would leave everything behind in order to fight off the evil. There's no use for friends or loved ones when I go into battle. It's sad but it's the truth." Saul said to her.
"You would just leave everything you found behind?" Sakura was talking in a more irritated tone.
"Yea. There's no need for it. It's not like it's worked out anyway. I doubt my friends back home even remember me. It's been months already." Saul was annoyed now.
"That doesn't mean you aren't in the back of their minds." Sakura felt a tear go down her cheek.
"That's exactly what it means. I don't need anyone and it's not like anyone ever wanted me in the first place." Saul grabbed a price of wood and chucked it away from them. It had ants all over it.
"Saul! You need to think this through." Sakura said to him in a angered tone.
"I don't have anything to think through. It's a simple thing. I know what I have to do!" Saul's eyes glowed red a little as he spoke. At that moment, Saki got up and started running off.
"Saki?" Sakura looked at the girl.
"Saki!" Saul got up, put out the fire, and ran after her. Sakura followed him.
"Saki!" Saul and Sakura yelled at the same time.
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"What's today's horrible plan?" Axis sighed as he turned a page in his book. He adjusted his glasses as he ran his finger down the page.
"I don't have one today master but trust me, I will have one by later today." Zaku spoke to his master who couldn't be bothered to look at his henchmen.
"Great. Is it going to fail as usual?" Axis asked, acting as if his minion already had a plan.
"I promise you that when I find it, it won't fail." Zaku assured but felt nervous as he spoke.
"That's not what I think." Axis looked up as he heard the unknown voice. Zaku stood up straight as he looked around.
"Who's there?" Zaku called out.
At that moment, the doors to the base opened and a monster walked in. The monster was a little big and it was silver in color with tubes of various colors on its shoulders. It had two faces on its head that looked like eachother but with different expressions. The monster had what looked like a printer on its back. It's right hand was a scanner while it's left hand remained a regular hand.
"Who the hell are you?" Zaku asked as he did what he knew best and raised his sword.
"The names Clonesoul. I will clone anything you wish me to." Clonesoul bowed as he spoke.
"Byxis!" Zaku called out for the scientist.
"What?" Byxis entered with haste.
"Is this one of our new monsters?" Zaku asked.
"Let me see," Byxis turned to see the monster who waved at him, "I've never seen this monster in my life." Byxis confirmed that he didn't know the monster.
"Who sent you!" Zaku got into a defensive position and a group of Ravagers appeared, ready to attack once ordered. Axis continued reading his book as he heard the commotion.
"My my. No need to get so defensive. I've been sent by an assassin who has an interest in the rangers. I believe you know him Zaku." The monster snapped his fingers and a group wolfs known as Zenku appeared.
"Caste." Zaku cursed.
"So you are with that wretched animal who calls himself an assassin." Axis closed his book loudly. He coughed before getting up and taking off his reading glasses. He put them away in his suit pocket and he adjust his suit jacket.
"He sends his regards. He told me to help you out and I would get a reward." Clonesoul walked over to the bar and leaned against it.
"That wolf. He's been a pain ever since I first made a contract with him. Very well. Please do you best to cooperate with my minion here and I'm sure you will be rewarded kindly." Axis put his book away in his bag as he picked it up. He bid them all farewell and left to go do his ordinary things.
"Listen here you silvered freak. You listen to me, got it!" Zaku threatened the monster as he walked out.
"Well, let's begin the plan." Clonesoul laughed as he walked off, following the monster. At that moment, Byxis recieved a call.
"What is it?" He answered.
"Mission is complete. The new thunder academy is destroyed as well." A voice came through the communicator that Byxis was using.
"Good. Now come back and 'recharge'." Byxis said to the other man.
"Understood." The man said before cutting the call.
"Those guys. Can't wait til the rangers meet them." Byxis began evilly laughing as he walked back to his lab.
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"I can't believe she saw me!" Saul kicked a rock across the path he was walking on.
He sighed as he put his hands up behind his head. He stopped in his tracks as he felt a presence. He moved his eyes over to the side as he looked around. He jumped out of the way as a laser bullet fired past him.
"Caste?" Saul asked as he turned.
"You are bright huh?" The wolf stepped out into the light of the sun.
"What do you want?" Saul asked.
"I came to talk only." Caste spoke as he looked up at the sun itself.
"About?" Saul said as he pulled out his battery secretly and gripped it.
"These Anti-Ranger Force guys." Caste informed.
"What about them?" Saul looked at the wolf carefully.
"I have information on them." Caste took out a file from
The bag he carried. He tossed it over to Saul who caught it. He looked at the wolf with caution before opening the file. The first page had the symbol of the UN on it.
"The Unite Nations?" Saul was confused.
"Turns out these guys are working for the UN in secret. Looks like you and your team are a danger." Caste said.
"Why give me this?" Saul asked.
"Just a gift. I felt generous. Time for you to pay it back." Caste said as he snapped.
Saul felt another presence behind him. He turned to see a green beam scam him before being knocked out from behind. His body was dragged over to the side of the path, hidden from view. Caste left the file and disappeared.
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Mikey his behind his book as his girlfriend ran past him. She called out his name as she tried to find him. He sighed of relief as she left.
"How long do you plan to do that?" Alicia asked as she wrote down equations in her notebook.
"Forever if I can. I was forced into a relationship with her. If it weren't for my friends, I would be a bachelor right now." Mikey said as he put the book down.
"Sounds tough?" Alicia said.
"Dude, you make it sound so bad. I mean your girl isn't that bad looking." Anthony said as he ate his burger.
"You don't understand anything about women." Cynthia made a disgusted look.
"Look babe, you don't understand anything about me." Anthony said as he sat back.
"You little!" Cynthia lifted her hand only for it to be caught.
"He's not worth it." Marco said as he studied the blueprints to his Zord.
"If it were up to me, I would be dating a girl that I actually find attractive. Someone who's nice and who cares about more than just herself." Mikey smiled at the thought of the perfect girl. Just then he felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see the face of a beautiful girl who looked at him in confusion. She smiled once he turned.
"Jisoo?" Alicia asked as the girl turned to her. She smiled again as she nodded.
"What are you doing here?" Mikey asked. She didn't answer. She instead grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her. She ran as they exited the mall. They made their way to the park and stopped at the fountian.
"Finally. I've been waiting!" Clonesoul appeared from behind a tree.
"Jisoo, get back!" Mikey moved the girl so that she stood behind him. Mikey stood with his hands up in a defensive position.
"Let's go!" The monster ran towards Mikey.
"Jisoo, run!" Mikey yelled as he charged at the monster. The girl understood and ran off. Mikey jumped up and kicked the monster. Mikey felt pain but it didn't bother him.
"Just transform already!" The monster yelled as it shot a colored laser at Mikey.
"You asked for it." Mikey pulled out his battery and activated it. He activated his Morpher and inserted his battery.
"Shark!" The Morphers voice said.
"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" Mikey shot out his spirit which attacked the monster before returning and transforming Mikey into his ranger form. He clashed with the monster who hit Blue back.
"Let's try something." Clonesoul pulled up his scanning arm and a green beam scanned Blue from top to bottom.
"What are you doing!" Blue said as he went in for a punch. He threw his hand forward only for it to be caught by someone else.
"What!" Blue looked up as saw... himself. The other Blue threw Blue's hand off to the side and kicked him.
"Good job. Now take care of him!" Clonesoul commanded. The other Blue nodded and ran forward as it began to fight against Blue.
"There's the monster!" Black pointed out. The others appeared alongside him and prepared to battle.
"Wait! What's going on over there?" Yellow pointed her finger over to the fight going on at the other side. The others looked and were shocked at what they were seeing. Blue vs Blue.
"I don't understand!" Blue said as he continued fighting his clone.
"You don't need to understand." The other blue spoke as he kicked Blue down a hill.
"Who's the real Blue?" Black scratched the top of his helmet.
"You won't have time to worry about that." The monster said as he finished scanning. He activated his printer and four pieces of paper came out. The papers lay on the ground as blobs of colors came out. The blobs rose as they created figures.
"What the!" Green said as he looked at the four clone rangers that stood before them.
"Let's take them down." The other Green said as he pulled out his own Strike Saber.
"This should be easy." The other yellow said as she pulled out her own sword.
"Kill a bull? I can do that." The other Black ran his fingers on his blade.
"I'll prove that she isn't immortal." The other Pink referenced Pink's call during the roll call.
"Great. Now we have evil clowns to deal with." Yellow was annoyed.
"Get then!" The other Green yelled and the other rangers ran at the original rangers.
They all clashed. Green and the other Green fought exactly the same. Black and the other Black pushed back against eachother like real life bulls. Yellow and the other Yellow clashed their swords with precision but each time, hitting the others sword, creating a stalemate. Pink and the other Pink fought in the air as they flew.
Blue and the other Blue were still fighting eachother and they managed to end up in front of the newly added YG Entertainment building. They crashed through the windows of the building and they continued to fight as people ran off in fear. Blue fell back and did a quick check when he confirmed that no one was around, he pulled out a battery and prepared an attack.
"Shark Surge!" Blue yelled as his fists were engulfed in water. He began punching the other Blue sending him into a water fountain that was put in for decoration in the building. The other Blue got up but walked weakly until stopping and melting down into a puddle of colors.
"You melted from water. Guess you copied the wrong ranger." Blue tried to make a joke but he realized that he had failed. He shook his head as he walked towards the entrance.
"Blue Ranger!" Blue turned to see Jisoo run up to him.
"Jisoo... I mean random citizen... what happened?" Blue asked as he cleared his throat.
"I just got out of my meeting with the big boss." Jisoo answered as she adjusted her hair.
"Wait, but weren't you in the park just now? I left you right there." Blue said to her. She had a confused expression on her face.
"I never went to the park." Jisoo told him.
"Weird." Blue said to himself.
"Is there something wrong?" Jisoo asked.
"No. Well, be safe citizen." Blue said as he noticed people beginning to inhabit the building again. He ran off as Jisoo was left in confusion.
"Good, we have Blue right where we want him." Over at another end of the big lobby, Lisa stood looking at what was happening. She turned to see a smiling Rosé and Jennie.
"Good job. Let's get to work fast." Rosé said as she turned to Jisoo, who smiled deviously. This was not Jisoo.
Back at the park, Green tackled the other Green and slashed him with his saber. The other green was cut in half before melting into a puddle of colors.
"Got you, you bastard." Green said as he stretched his arms.
Black and the other Black spun around as they held eachothers arms. They let go of eachother and punched eachother. Black got tired of this and he pulled out his axe. The other Black stood, not knowing what to do next.
"I see you can't do this," Black laughed a little as he lifted his axe, "Goodbye." Black swing the axe and cut the other Black in half.
Yellow and the other Yellow threw punches but neither of them could land any as they were both evenly matched. Yellow finally had it. She activated her animal instinct and she started speeding up. She noticed that her copy couldn't do the same. She took advantage of the situation.
"Speed wins!" Yellow yelled as she slashed the copy with her sword, causing the copy to drop down in a puddle of colors.
Pink and the other Pink were fighting in the clouds. Pink wondered how a mere copy could fly like her. Then she realized it. It was fairly windy. She began riding the jet stream that lay above the city. The copy followed but was taken aback by the force of the stream. Pink smiled under her helmet as she let her body straighten. Her wings were spread as she let the air push her back.
"I'm one bad-" Pink slashed the copy and the puddle fell to the ground. Her words couldn't be heard as the air blew by, fast.
Once Pink landed, the Rangers regrouped. They turned to the monster who laughed diabollically. They all lifted their hands before feeling the presence of someone else. They all turned to see Jisoo, standing like a confused girl as she tilted her head. She smiled as she hugged Blue.
"I'm out of here. Good luck dealing with my clones!" The monster yelled as he ran off.
"Dammit!" Black kicked the ground.
"We have to go back to base and figure this out." Green said to the others.
"Mikey?" Everyone turned to face Jisoo.
"Yea?" Mikey said as he undid his transformation. The others followed.
"Let's go on a date!" Jisoo grabbed his hand and ran again, pulling him behind her. Mikey braced himself as he was caught by surprise.
"Date!" The others yelled as all their faces were painted with shock.
"Guys. I don't know what's happening. This is weird right!" Mikey yelled as he was practically dragged through the park.
"Ok, I don't know what's happening but, Anthony," Alicia turned to the young man, "you and Cynthia follow Mikey and Jisoo and find out what's going on. I have a bad feeling about what's going on. Marco, you come with me and help me with this." Alicia pulled out a small container.
"What's that?" Marco asked.
"It's a sample I gathered from my copy. It should help us track the monster or at least keep track of where he attacks."Alicia said as she began walking.
"See you guys later." Marco said as he ran after the girl.
"Ok, Cynthia, let's go." Anthony said as he started running.
"Ugh. I can't believe I'm stuck with him." Cynthia rolled her eyes as she followed him.
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"Caste is annoying!" Zaku slammed his fist against the wall.
"How so?" Byxis asked as he tweaked out some things on his computer. He had data on the evil rangers that he was working on.
"Maybe, you are just jealous." Clonesoul walked in.
"What did you say!" Zaku pulled out his sword like he always does.
"You are merely jealous that he has better ideas" Clonesoul sat on a high chair.
"I suggest you watch what you say!" Zaku threatened as he slashed through a computer console present in the room.
"Don't destroy my stuff you idiot." Byxis said as he ran over to the broken console.
"Why did you come back." Zaku said.
"I have a full proof plan. Those rangers won't know what hit them." The monster chuckled.
"You better be right or I will kill you myself." Zaku once again threatened.
"Trust me, it'll work." The monster laughed as he spun around in the chair.
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Jisoo looked through the window of the shop. She took Mikey to the mall and she looked all around as she dragged him behind her. Many people surrounded them causing commotion as they spoke loudly and took photos. Mikey looked around and felt his phone vibrate. He took it out of his pocket and he viewed his notifications. His eyes widened as he saw various texts from his friends. His girlfriend was among those who texted him.
"Everyone, move!" Anthony's voice cut through all the loud commotion as he and Cynthia walked through the crowd.
"Nothing to see here." Cynthia told the huge crowd that was gathered.
"What do you mean? That's Jisoo's new boyfriend!" A girl in the crowd yelled at them.
"I'm not-" Mikey was cut off as Jisoo hugged him.
"Look, there it is!" A boy from the crowd yelled.
"Get them out of here." Cynthia told Anthony.
"Got it. Follow me guys!" Anthony called to Mikey and Jisoo. Mike grabbed Jisoo's hand and ran behind Anthony. Anthony used his strength and, like a bull, he pushed through the entire crowd.
They exited the mall and ran towards the convention center. Mikey stopped when Anthony stopped. He pulled Jisoo closer to him as they all hid from view. After a wile of waiting, Cynthia showed up and gave them the all clear.
"Jisoo, what is up with you today? Aren't you worried about your boss finding out about this? This is false information that could hurt your career." Mikey looked at the girls eyes. He gulped a little as she pouted.
"I don't care if anyone finds out. I just want to be with you." Jisoo said as she hugged him.
"What?" Mikey blinked a few times.
"Please. Let me be with you." Jisoo lifted herself up a little to reach Mikey's face. She held onto him as she leaned closer. Anthony and Cynthia were about to start intervening.
"Mikey!" Everyone turned to see... Jisoo! The other girls of BLACKPINK stood beside her.
"Jisoo!" Mikey was confused as she saw the girl. The other Jisoo who was against him let go of him and ran towards the other Jisoo. She tackled the girl and pushed down against her.
"What is going on?" Anthony asked.
"That's what we were going to ask you." Lisa said to him.
"Well now that the secrets out, how about we finish you off." Everyone looked around as they heard a voice. From behind a pillar that held the building up, the other Lisa appeared along with the other Rosé and the other Jennie.
"Woah. This is freaky." Cynthia noted.
"Jisoo!" Lisa yelled as she and the other girls tried to help her. The copy's then attacked their counterparts and it was a cat fight.
"Never knew idols could fight." Anthony laughed as he viewed the show.
"Idiot! We have to help them!" Cynthia kicked him as she passed by him. Mikey also ran without hesitation. Anthony rolled his eyes and he also ran.
After stopping the fight, the girls were in groups standing opposite eachother. Mikey looked at all of them, studying each one of them. Anthony was scrolling through his phone looking for something while Cynthia taller her foot.
"I knew he had it." Anthony said as he was handed something by Steel, who had run all the way from the base.
"It was hard but I got it. How did you know he had that?" Steel asked as he stood up straight.
"After I saw this at the store the other day, I assumed he would have this stored in his room." Anthony said, caring as if he were smarter than everyone else.
"What is you plan?" Cynthia asked.
"My plan is to have you ask them questions based on this book." Anthony handed the book that Steel gave him over to Cynthia.
"Why didn't we just look up stuff on the internet?" Cynthia turned to Anthony.
"Because... I didn't think about that." Anthony answered honestly.
"You never think." Cynthia rolled her eyes.
"You never think." Anthony mimicked the girl, using a higher tone of voice to try and sound like her.
"Ok, let's get this started." Cynthia said. For the next fifteen minutes each memeber on both sides answered correctly.
"This is useless." Mikey slapped his palm on his face.
"I think this next one can stump them. Anthony, prepare your blaster." Steel stepped forward.
"What are you doing?" Cynthia asked the silver robot.
"Final question: Saul is?" Steel finished leaving the rangers in confusion.
"He is a boy." One of the Rosés answered.
"Good answer." Steel acknowledged the answer. The Rosé jumped up in joy.
"The real Saul is someone who is shy and doesn't want me or any of the girls to see his face. We needed up seeing his face today even though he didn't want to. I wanted to be there to take care of him after he knocked himself out." The Rosé who didn't answered had answered. Everyone looked at her.
"We have our fakes." Steel answered.
"Are you sure. What if they are all mixed up?" Cynthia asked, a worried expression taking over her.
"Don't care!" Anthony jumped forward and he shot the Rosé who answered first along with the girl's she stood with. Smoke began flying everywhere. Mikey and Cynthia gasped as the witnessed this.
"Correct!" Steel said as he pointed forward. The smoke cleared and all four girls who stood together melted into puddles, except for one.
"Jisoo is missing!" Mikey noticed. They all turned and both Jisoo's were standing together. They looked at eachother and jumped back.
"This one is easy." Anthony pointed his blaster at the Jisoo's.
"Wait!" Cynthia hit him from the side sending him falling.
"Mikey, you've got this." Steel pushed Mikey forward.
"Let's see which one has a passion for you." Cynthia whispered to the boy.
"Who wants him." Steel pushed him again. One of the Jisoo's jumped forward. Mikey caught her.
"Guess I'm not the fake." She said as she snuggled closer to him. Mikey moved his arm back.
"Mikey?" Cynthia wanted Mikey's opinion.
"We have a fake." Mikey said. He pulled out a Shark Saber and stabbed the Jisoo who stood in front of him. The Jisoo opened her eyes and gasped as she stepped back. The blade pierced perfectly into her stomach. She looked up and screamed as she melted into a puddle. The girl's gasped as the copy melted.
"Well that's a sight to give you nightmares." Anthony laughed only to feel a kick on his butt.
"We should get you guys somewhere safe. There's no telling if more clones of you guys exist." Mikey informed them. The vibration of a phone was then heard. Jennie pulled out her phone from her back pocket and she viewed the message she had recieved.
"What! You guys are dating!" Jennie looked up at Mikey who looked away while whistling.
"Huh?" Almost everyone else gasped.
"Get on, I can get you out of here quickly." Steel whispered over to Mikey.
"Great idea. We'll explain it when everything's all calm." Mikey jumped onto Steel's back and the robot began to run.
"Hey, get back here!" Rosé yelled as the girl's ran after him. Anthony and Cynthia gave eachother a look and then ran behind the girls.
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~2 years ago~
"Saki!" Saul yelled as he reached his apartment building. Sakura almost crashed into him.
"Did you find her?" Sakura asked him.
"No but I have the feeling that she'll be here." Saul said as he ran into the building. Sakura following him.
They ran up the stairs to get to Saul's floor. They ran to the end of the hallway and Saul opened his door. Everything was still. He stayed silent as he heard commotion next door. He signaled Sakura to get into his apartment. She argued silently but Saul grabbed her and gave her a look. She could tell he was worried. Sakura followed his order and she ran into the apartment. Saul closed the door and walked to the next door. He put his ear against the door to hear what was going on.
"Dad! I promise I won't run away again! Please stop!" The screams of the girl ripped through the silence in Saul's head. He stepped back and kicked the door. The door smashed open as wood flew around Saul. He ran in and saw the big man standing as he turned to see the boy who stood at the door. Saul studied the situation. Saki was on the floor, tears in her eyes. Her shirt half ripped and her pants almsot falling. Her face was really red, as if someone had slapped her multiple times. She looked up at Saul. One last thing had caught his attention and it infuriated him.
"You bastard." Saul's eyes glowed Red as a faded red aura appeared around him.
"Get out! This is my house! You will pay for that door. Get out!" The mans voice clearly indicated that he was drunk. He pulled up the object that had the gotten Saul mad. The barrel of a pistol stared at Saul. His rage could only grow more.
Saul began to growl. He sounded like the tiger he represented. He walked slowly into the home. The man walked forward drunkly with the gun pointed at the boy. They met in the middle and Saul grabbed the pistol. He ripped it from the mans hand and he threw it to the side. He smirked as he punched the man, sending him crashing into a dinner table.
He grabbed the man only to feel a stab in his stomach. Saul let go of the man as he held onto his side as he stumbled back. The man laughed as he stood up straight, holding up the switchblade he had. He walked over to the girl and smiled with an evil look.
"Now! Take them off!" The man yelled.
"Father." Saki said through her tears.
"Now!" The man yelled. He then felt someone grab him from behind.
Saul has managed and he locked the man in a headlock. He struggled as the man tried to break free. The man backed Saul into a glass case that held white plates. The glass fell all over Saul. He tried his best to fight back only for the man to be able to hold him back. The man walked towards Saki again as he reached out for her. Saul once again jumped on the mans back. He held him back but so far he was unsuccessful. Everything seemed to give more rage to Saul as he held his hand back and fire engulfed his fist. He was about to bring it down until...
BANG
The fire disappeared and Saul's eyes went back to normal. He fell back and stumbled a little. He looked at the man, who tipped over and fell on the ground. Blood spilling from his chest. Saul looked over to see Saki with her eyes closed. The pistol in her hand, smoke coming from the barrel. The girl was shaking as she opened her eyes and looked over. She gasped in fear as she let the gun fall to her side.
"Father?" Saki looked at the dead body and then up at Saul, "Did I..." Saki couldn't finish what she was trying to say as she held herself.
"Saki!" Saul jumped over the dead body and he ran to the girl. He brought her closer to him and held her tightly.
"Did I?" Saki was violently shaking.
"You didn't do anything. It's alright. You didn't do anything. Saki! I'm right here. Saki! Saki!" Saul yelled the girl's name.
Sirens filled the air. Saul looked at the dead body. He shook his head as he grabbed the gun and he crushed it. He picked up Saki and he ran out of the apartment. Luckily, no one was around but he heard footsteps. He ran to his apartment and he opened the door. He closed the door with his foot and he ran to his room. Sakura followed him. He put the girl on the bed, taking notice that she knocked out.
"What happened?" Sakura asked.
"Get some water." Saul told Sakura.
"What happened?!" Sakura asked. Saul sighed as he held the girls hand in his own. He felt emotions overtaking him as a tear came out. He put his head on the bed. Sakura got down next to Saul and she hugged him, keeping her head on top of his body.
The sirens only got louder.
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At the base, everyone was gathered as Mick gave them all information on the monster. He had finished his presentation and he began analyzing some data from one of the puddles. Steel had managed to snatch it up for him. He had closed off the lab and left the others to talk amongst themselves.
"Ok, so you guys don't remember being scanned by the monster." Mikey asked the girls.
"No." Lisa gave a simple answer.
"Well, the clones are dead so, alls well it ends well." Anthony smiled as he pulled out his phone.
"You would think that, wouldn't you." Cynthia said to him as she was writing something down in a notebook.
"Do you guys know how Saul's doing?" Rosé asked the group. She caught them by surprise.
"Honestly, I forgot about him." Marco said as he messed around with some blueprints.
"I'm sure he's doing fine. Maybe the thought of you is whats helping him feel better." Anthony said as he choked on his laughter.
"That's not funny." Cynthia said to him as she slapped him.
At that moment, the doors of the base opened. Saul walked in with a smirk as he checked out the girls. He licked his lips as he walked up to them.
"Saul?" Rosé stood up and looked at him.
"Sup." Saul said as he looked at her.
"How are you?" She asked him.
"I'm great. Especially since you're here." Saul got closer to her.
"Oh, that sounds great." Rosé said nervously.
"Yea. It does." Saul said to her.
"Saul, is something wrong?" Mikey asked him.
"Everything's perfect. I think I've realized what I want and I'm sure it'll make me feel better." Saul got closer to Rosé, making her back up into a wall.
"Saul!" Mikey yelled as he got up.
"Come on baby, let me taste something." Saul said as he got closer. Rosé backed her head as far as she could. She didn't know what to do. He grabbed her arms and tried to pin her down. Everyone was on their feet.
"Stop!" Everyone froze before turning their heads to the entrance.
At the entrance, someone stood. It was... Saul! Everyone was at a loss for words. He dropped something that he carried. The other Saul backed away from Rosé and he walked over to Saul. They both looked at eachother. They had the same clothes on and the same face, obviously.
"How did you find this place?" Saul asked.
"This is the ranger base. Of course I know where it is. I'm a ranger." Saul answered.
"Why are you touching her like that?" Saul asked.
"Because I want her." Saul answered.
"This is getting confusing." Marco said.
"Who's the real Saul?!" Mikey asked.
"I am!" They both answered.
"Should've seen that coming?" Mikey rolled his eyes.
"Wait. It's obvious who the fake is. I mean one of them just entered so if we just-a" Anthony was interrupted as both Saul's began to fight eachother.
"There goes your idea." Alicia remarked. The Sauls stopped fighting and faced eachother.
"Wait! We can solve this." Mikey walked over to the two Sauls.
"How!" They both answered.
"How do you guys feel about Rosé?" Mikey crosses his arms as he asked.
"That's easy. Rosé is the most beautiful girl on the planet. She is a goddess among mere humans like us. She is the most kindest person ever. There is so much that I can not put in words. She is a GODDESS!" One of the Saul's answered with passion. He held his left hand up against his chest as he held right arm out. Everyone looked at him, the girls with their mouths open.
"You are..." Mikey paused.
"The real deal." The Saul said. Suddenly, he was shot two times.
"The fake." Mikey said as he held his blaster up.
"How... did you... know!" The Saul yelled.
"The real Saul wouldn't admit his true feelings for Rosé. He would always stay quiet or run away. It was easy to find the fake one." Mikey answered.
"I don't know whether to be offended or glad that you know me well." Saul said as he summoned his sword and he slashed his clone. The clone started choking up colors before disintegrating into a puddle of colors.
"That's definitely him." Alicia claimed.
"Yea. Of course I wouldn't say my feelings about Rosie." Saul said but stopped in his footsteps as he heard what he said.
"Rosie?" Anthony asked.
"I didn't say that." Saul said.
"I heard that." Marco held his laughter back.
"I didn't." Saul said as he picked up a thing he had dropped when he entered.
"What's that?" Cynthia ran up behind him and snatched the object from his hands.
"Is that a red ranger teddy bear." Anthony laughed as he spoke. Marco let out his laughter while Mikey turned to let out his.
"No! Give it back!" Saul ran after Cynthia and caught the bear by its legs.
"I see. Is it for Rosie?" Lisa asked.
"I don't know what you guys are on about." Saul ignored them. Sirens cut through the whole conversation. Mikey ran over to the computer. He typed on the keyboard and camera footage came up.
"Monsters back." Mikey informed.
"Guys, I got it." Mick ran out into the main room.
"What is it?" Mikey asked.
"I know how the monster works. He creates copies by scanning people and using the printer on his back. Once the page prints, it begins forming whatever it scanned. As a bonus, he can give his creations souls. That's why when you guys fought your copies, they were able to talk." Mick explained his findings.
"That should come in handy. Let's go!" Mikey said as everyone exited. Saul ran over to the table and left the bear there. He glanced at the girls who stared at him. He felt weird but he shrugged it off and he ran off.
The rangers arrived at the scene already morphed. Red held his sword as he charged at the monster who turned to see him.
"Got you!" Red yelled as he slashed the monster.
"I've been waiting." Clonesoul said as he scanned Red.
"Again!" Red said as he looked down his body. The green beam ran down his body and the monster printed something. In front of the rangers, another red ranger walked up to Red.
"Look what we have here. Don't worry, after we finish this, I'll go and have some fun with Rosie." The copy said as he held up a copy version of the sword.
"You leave Rosie alone!" Red yelled as he clashed with the monster. They started running sideways until they ended up in front of a fountain.
"Great now that's he's busy, let's take this guy down!" Blue said before facing his own clone.
"And he scanned us while we were distracted. Just great!" Black hit his head.
The rangers clashed with their clones. Blue and the other blue fought eachother with their sabers. Black and the other black punched eachother. Yellow and the other yellow slashed at eachother. Pink and the other Pink shot arrows at eachother. Green and the other green clashed with their Tusk Sabers.
They had managed to back them up and killed them easily. They dusted themselves off and ran towards the monster.
"Should've known that would happen. Come at me!" Clonesoul yelled as he ran towards them. He tried his best to hit them with his scanner. He managed to hit two of them but the other three kicked him back.
"You monsters are just too easy." Blue said as he slashed with his sabers. The monster stumbled back a little. Blue walked forward and dodged the monsters attack. He slashed him again.
"I'm not easy." The monster said before being shot with five arrows.
"Now!" Pink yelled. Yellow used her speed and slashed the monster fifteen times. Black then hit the monster with his axe before letting Green jump off of him and hit the monster with the mace.
"I won't let you!" The monster yelled as he shot out colors at the rangers. They all fell back as sparks fell off of them.
Over with the reds, they slashed eachother sending themselves flying back. Red got up and ran at the other red only to be hit head on and kicked back. The other red put his foot up on against Reds throat.
"Looks like I'm the new Red. Rosie is going to have the time of her life with me." The clone said as he pushed his foot down.
"No!" Red struggled to say the word.
"Saul!" Red heard a voice through his coms.
"Goodbye Red!" The clone said as he began reaching the point of killing.
"I believe in you Saul." Rosé said, meaning every word she said.
Red knew what he had to do. He lifted the lower half of his body and kicked the clone from behind, sending him falling forward. Red jumped up and grabbed his sword. He spun around and thrust the sword right through his clone.
"You'll never tell her how you feel. And you'll never be with her!" The clone said before exploding into a puddle of colors. Red was breathing hard. He looked up at the sky. He smiled under his helmet.
"Thanks. Rosie." Red said. In the command center Rosé smiled. She gave Mick a high fives before giving everyone else a high five. Red shook his head and ran towards the monster.
Red jumped up and kicked the monster back. He gave a nod to Blue and Blue gave a nod back. The monster struggled to get up. Blue threw a battery at Red who put it in his sword.
Tiger!
Shark!
The Killer Fury! Tiger Shark!
"That's new." Red noticed as held his sword up. Fire and Water began to combine on the silver blade and Red dashed forward.
"No!" Clonesoul yelled as he fired colors at Red. Red dodged.
"Final Strike!" Red said as he slashed the monster with so much power. The monster stumbled around as sparks fell off of him.
"I should've made a copy of myself!" The monster yelled as he exploded. Red spun around and the explosion grew.
"That's how it's done." Red swiped his thumb across the bottom of his helmet.
"That was nice. Was that something new you added Mick." Blue asked through the Morpher.
"Yea. Since the weapons can use different batteries, I amplified the abilities. I also added the announcements, because Saul likes them." Mick said.
"I'll admit, I do like it." Red said to the group.
The bullet came from out of the sky and the monster grew. The rangers all groaned before calling up their zords. The Zords clashed with the monster. The tiger roared as it hit the monster directly. Fire emerged from it's mouth as it bit the monster.
"Do a better job. I should have known you couldn't do it." Caste said as he held a container with colors. He shook it before walking away.
"Activate them Megazord!" Red yelled. The others nodded their heads and within minutes, the giant robot stood above the city, facing the monster.
"Copy time!" The monster said as it scanned the giant robot. It printed out a giant paper that transformed into the clone of the Megazord.
"Saw that coming!" Red said as he spun the steering wheel. The giant robot ran towards its clone. They clashed with their swords. They spent the next few minutes fightingc the monster occasionally stepping in.
"We need to finish this." Blue said.
"One shot?" Black asked.
"One shot." Green nodded.
"What does that mean?" Blue said.
"Don't care." Red inserted the battery into the console and the giant robots sword was engulfed with fire.
"Final Max Strike!" The giant robot dashed forward and slashed the clone, letting it explode. The robots then sent the animal spirits to kill the monster. The monster fell back as sparks fell off of it.
"Copy-error." The monster said before exploding.
"One shot!" Black and Green yelled in victory.
"That makes no sense." Blue said as he sat back. The robot stood with victory, holding its sword to the side.
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Saul looked around and held the bear tightly. He walked through the command center as quickly as possible. He entered the living quarters and when he thought everything was clear, he ran into the others.
"You going to give that to someone?" Anthony asked.
"No." Saul said.
"Come on you!" Mikey grabbed Anthony.
"Wait, seriously." Anthony fought back but he lost the battle of strength to Mikey. Alicia and Cynthia walked out behind them. Marco gave a thumbs up to Saul as he passed by into the command center. Jisoo and Jennie did the same.
"Good luck." Lisa said to him as she passed.
"With what?" Saul asked. He turned and found his answer.
"Hi." Rosé said in a quiet, shy voice.
"Hi." Saul said. He saw the bear and smiled a little as he walked over to her.
"It looks adorable." Rosé said to him.
"Well I got it for you. I mean you really loved it when I was a plushie, so I went and got one custom made." Saul said as he held the bear up.
"Thank you." Rosé took the bear from the boys hands and she smiled.
"Thank you Rosie." Saul said remembering that she gave him strength to survive the fight against his clone. They both smiled and looked away nervously.
"Ahhh!" They both tunred to see everyone looking in.
"That's it!" Red said as he summoned his tiger spirit. Everyone else ran and screamed. Saul smirked as he heard the tiger roar loudly. Rosé laughed as she hugged the bear.
-0-0-0-0-
The moonlight shinned down on the city. On a rooftop of a tall building, someone stood looking down at the city. He flipped the pages of the book he had.
"I always end up coming to the past." He said to himself as he stopped on a page. It was Seth who had returned to the past once more.
"Rejoice! For my king comes a step closer to greatness." A voice was heard behind him. Seth looked back and saw another man standing behind him. The man wore a buttoned up dark green trench coat with a black t-shirt underneath. He wore a dark blue scarf around his neck. He wore black jeans with black boots. His hair was a little wild but it went down to the back of his neck.
"Neo!" Seth said as he saw the man.
"You keep coming back but you will find nothing. You have already warned him of the war but he still has more to learn." The man, Neo, spoke to the other man.
"You aren't supposed to be here either. This is my time and not yours." Seth explained.
"Sebastian!" Neo yelled.
"How the hell!" Seth, or Sebastian, looked at the man with shock and confusion.
"My king will reign supreme. No one can stop it." Neo smirked a little as his scarf moved with the wind.
"Not if I stop it." Sebastian said to him.
"You can't stop it. You are already destined for something." Neo held his hands out as he looked up at the moon.
"What are you doing here with me anyways?" Sebastian asked.
"I'm here to rejoice. Someone knew is about to join my kings team. He stands over at the rooftop across from us. The wind ninja who is out for revenge." Neo began to laugh.
"A new ranger huh?" Sebastian looked over at the other roof.
"Rejoice! My King has gained a new retainer!" Neo yelled into the night sky.
On the rooftop across from them, a figure stood alone, looking down at the city. He sighed as he lifted his arm up so that he could see his watch. He moved across the roof and the moonlight shined down on him. The figure wore a suit. A ranger suit.
The suit was white in color. The helmet seemed to look like the head of a rhinoceros. There were black eyes on the top on each side of the helmet. There was a white horn that went off the helmet a little and went up. The visor has the look of a rhinos mouth when open. The visor was black in color. The ranger wore white boots with black heels. The boots collars were silver in color. There was a circle on the suits chest. Inside the circle was a rhino styled number 7 with a rhino head motif surrounding it. The suit had a silver belt with a belt buckle that had the Animal Strike symbol and the number 7. The right holster held the rangers Strike Blaster and the left holster held the rangers Strike Saber. The rangers Morpher lay in rest mode on his wrist.
"I will get revenge. For Yuki. Trust me, Sakura." The ranger said as he held a rhino necklace in his hand. He closed his hand and held the necklace tightly. He looked up at the moon. Somewhere else, Sakura looked up at the moon, holding her hands together.
"Come back Yuki. I miss you." Sakura said to herself. She began to pray.
The white ranger pulled out his sword and looked back before jumping off the building and surrounding himself with air. The air then burst and the ranger was gone. He was no where to be seen.
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A/N: Took me a while but I finally finished it. I was backed up a little but I managed and here it is. Later than I expected but hey, better late than never am I right. Anyways, I'm loving the stories and I'm hoping you guys are liking them too. Let me know what you think. See ya in the next one.