A/N: Almost to chapter twenty. Been thinking a lot and I really want to get to my next stories but I also really want to finish this one. So of course I'm finishing this one. After this one and the Sentai counterpart story, I have another story I plan on doing before I get to my big ones. I hope it doesn't take forever. Then again, you never know what happens. Anyways, enjoy the following chapter.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 19: The Reason to Fight
The rangers engaged in their daily training and managed to destroy a few of the jungles trees. No matter how many times Mick had told them, they would always use their swords with full force. Blue and Green were currently engaged in a fight with Yellow and Pink. White was stuck with Black and they both used their strength to push eachother back. Red had stopped to take a rest as he sat down and leaned against a tree.
He looked down at the ground and began recalling the events of the day before. When he had seen Sakura for the first time in who knows how long.
*flashback begins*
"Saul. It's really you." Sakura cried into the boys chest.
"Sakura?" Saul whispered her name as he held her.
"You two know eachother?" Eduardo questioned.
"Of course I know him. I didn't want to believe it, but when I saw rangers, all I could think about was you. I saw you the day the monsters attacked the high school, but I didn't know if you were still the red ranger." Sakura explained.
"Sakura, I'm sorry." Saul said to her.
"For what?" Sakura questioned.
"I don't know. I feel like maybe I wronged you when you disappeared. I thought I did something wrong. To be honest, the last two years have been foggy." Saul walked over to the main table and leaned against it.
"You can't remember most of the last two years either?" Sakura ran up on his side and looked at him.
"Either? You mean you have a foggy memory of the last two years also?" Saul asked her as he looked at her.
"Exactly. I only remember being with you and with-" Sakura stopped suddenly as her head began to hurt.
"Sakura!" Saul got down as she fell and held her in his arms.
"She needs rest. She's been carrying heavy boxes all day." Steel told the others.
"I don't think that's it, but she does need rest. Let's get her to her room. Which one is it Mick?" Saul asked as he picked up Sakura.
"It's three doors down from yours." Mick said.
"Got it." Saul said as he walked off into the living quarters.
"How do those two know eachother?" Eduardo asked the others.
"Like we would know." Marco said in a sarcastic tone.
Saul went to Sakura's room, but when the doors opened, he saw that the room was a mess and there was still a whole tone of boxes everywhere. He sighed as he decided to take her to his room. He set her on his bed gently and then he went and sat on his chair. He leaned back as he observed the woman. He moved the chair to the side and he ended up dropping a box. He looked down at the small black and red box.
He picked it up and looked around it. The only thing on the outside were the words, "JP/K/BP Memories". He didn't know what it meant but he stuffed it away in his desk. He then looked up at the ceiling and sighed as he thought about his life.
*flashback ends*
Red sighed as he looked up to see that training was just about finished. He remained in his spot as he observed the others. Blue and Green were being helped up by the girls. Clearly the girls have been getting better at fighting and Saul was, if anything, a little impressed. On the other side, Black was messing around while White tried to finish him off.
"Stop messing around!" White yelled as Black threw a branch at him.
"I'm not though." Black answered.
"I can't handle you anymore!" White yelled out of frustration.
"Can't handle that I'm better." Black has stopped running and joined the others. He crossed his arms and clearly had on a smug impression.
"No you aren't. You are useless." White said, catching the immediate attention of everyone. Black had somehow frozen in place.
"Huh?" Black made the sound with his mouth.
"You heard me. You are useless. Why are you even a ranger? You have nothing that proves you are helpful. You are just an annoying pest. Everyone else has had something big to do and all you do is pick fights and make fun of others. That isn't helpful at all." White snapped.
"Eduardo!" Alicia yelled at him as she undid her transformation along with the others.
"What! Enough is enough. I'm tired of just seeing him pick fights. Prove your worth." Eduardo said to Anthony. Anthony clenched his fist and shook a little. Cynthia, for the first time ever, was feeling bad for him.
"Shut up!" Marco yelled.
"Why should I?" Eduardo asked. At that moment, Anthony began running away. He ran into the trees. Cynthia was about to run after him but Mikey caught her. She looked at him with worried eyes and Mikey just shook his head.
"That was mean!" Alicia scolded.
"It's the truth. If he can't take it, then that's on him. He isn't helpful to the team. Am I right, Chul?" Eduardo walked over and leaned against the tree where Saul was sitting by.
"And you are?" Saul remarked.
"What?" Eduardo almost fell over.
"You haven't proven why you belong here." Saul said to him.
"I think it's clear. I'm a ninja, in case you haven't noticed." Eduardo said to the group.
"And? It doesn't matter what you are. That's not what determines why you are here." Saul said as he began walking away.
"What's with that guy?" Eduardo asked but received no answer. He looked over to see blank looks. Cynthia and Alicia walked away while Mikey followed, shaking his head. Marco stayed a little while longer and put his hand up on Eduardo's shoulder. He shook his head and followed the others.
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"It seems that there's a little unrest with the team." Delta said.
"Yes. It seems so." Niji shared.
"This is all because of you." Kai pointed a finger at Horn, who seemed to have no cares in the world.
"Why is this my fault?" Horn asked as he rolled his eyes.
"You brought in someone who isn't ready to be a ranger." Kai stated.
"Oh and your guy is. If anything, Eduardo is more capable than Saul is." Horn spoke loudly.
"Saul has proven that he is capable of being a leader." Kai said.
"Yea. Is that why you erased his-" both men were interrupted by Speed who turned their attention to another chair.
"The wolf is coming." Trench said to the group.
"Great. Then the Triple Strike will be complete." Trunks smirked.
"Finally. We can take this guy down from his throne." Horn smiled as he walked back to his own seat.
"I don't like this one bit." Kai said.
"Why?" Delta asked.
"Because of Caste. He's afraid that if Caste learns about the wolf's animal spirit power, he could use it for himself.
"We won't let that happen." Trunks had his eyes closed.
"Yea. I can already feel the wolf master." Horn looked at the entrance of the throne room.
The throne next to Horn's glowed purple. The masters all remained silent as they remained staring at the empty throne. Soon, a new master would join them.
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"What's the plan?" Byxis spoke to Zaku, who seemed to have his mind somewhere else right now.
"I was thinking of using of one of the assassins, like we always do." Zaku said.
"That sounds like a great idea." Byxis called for an assassin.
"How may I be of service." The assassin spoke.
"You have been chosen to evolve. Please step into my test chamber." Byxis said. The minion did as he was told and stepped in.
"How did you know which one to choose?" Zaku asked.
"This assassin has taken a likeness to using defensive tactics instead of powerful tactics, so I decided that I can transform him into a monster with great defense." Byxis explained as he pulled down a lever. The chamber began glowing. Smoke began filling the tube. When it was all over, the chamber opened. A new monster stepped out.
This monster was very big and bulky. It had what looked like shields on its shoulders and arms. It was heavily armored. It's head had the look of a castle top. It was gray in color and had red eyes with a jagged mouth design.
"Welcome, Fortress." Byxis welcomed the new monster.
"At your service." The monster said.
"Great. Go destroy the city." Zaku immediately demanded.
"No need to be so hasty. You! Do as he said." Byxis said.
"Understood." Fortress left the room and prepared to fight.
"Now What?" Zaku asked. At that very moment, the alarms in the base began to go off. Both monsters looked at eachother and then ran towards the secret door. They entered the room deep underground and when they entered, they noticed four people.
"What are you four doing?" Byxis asked.
"We are done being your science experiments. We are leaving. And talking this with us." Silver stood before them as he revealed the Psycho Beast Battery.
"You bastard. You aren't going anywhere!" Zaku pulled out his sword and sent some sort of electric shock towards the four rangers.
"I don't think so!" Silver deflected it with his own sword.
"Let's go! Now!" Orange yelled. The four all walked off into the darkness.
"Damn them!" Byxis yelled.
"They took the battery. This isn't good." Zaku clentched his fist as he growled.
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~2 years ago~
Saul admired the home. He had woken up quite refreshed and he was taking his time to take everything in. Soon, the home would be occupied by four other people. He admired the view that the house had. When he was done admiring he began doing a bunch of random stuff to keep himself busy. Sakura claimed she had something to do with Mr. X while mentioning that Saki was still sleeping in their apartment.
Saul began messing around with his Morpher and ended up doing something that he didn't know he could do. First of all, he had learned all the languages of the world, including dead languages, within five seconds. He also picked up on a special skill. He made way for the kitchen.
He turned on the stove and looked through every cupboard until he found all the ingredients he needed. He was now focused as he began preparing a meal. He spent an hour preparing a gourmet meal meant for Queens. When he finished, he put everything on the table before dusting his hands off and yawning.
"I didn't know I could do that." Saul took in the view of the table.
When he moved to the living room, he felt his head hurt. His eye color shifted between its normal color and red. He shook his head as he started seeing what could be the future. He finally stopped shaking his head as he crashed into a table. He was totally fine now but felt something at his foot. He looked under the table and saw a cord. It was a power cord for a lamp. He got down on his knees and snuck under the table. He began looking for an outlet but found other things under the table. A book, a picture, and a memory card.
At the moment he was discovering the under world of a table, the front doors opened. Four you g girls entered the house, laughing and talking as they did. They took off their shoes at the entrance and entered the room as they began being led by the amazing smell in the air.
"Rosé, Lisa, Jennie, Jisoo. Welcome to your new home." A robotic like voice announced, something added by Mr. X.
"What the hell is that thing on about." Saul whispered to himself as he could barely hear the announcement.
The girls walked into the dining room and saw all the tasty looking food. Jennie licked her lips as the other girls smiled. Jisoo turned around and saw something weird. She pointed it out to the other three without saying anything out loud. The girls seemed curious as to who's butt was sticking out from under a table.
"Ouch!" Saul ended up zapping himself with the cable. The girls moved slowly as they got closer. They looked at eachother before nodding. Jennie stepped up.
"Hello!" Jennie yelled at the top of her lungs. The boy hit his head hard against the table as he tried to get up. His body fell hard as he held the back of his head. The girls covered their mouths as if to hold back their laughter but to also hide their surprise.
"Fuck!" Saul yelled as he rubbed the back of his head. He lay for a few more seconds before feeling something move behind him.
"Are you alright?" Rosé asked him causing him to hit his head again in surprise.
"Ouch!" Saul yelled again as he did his best to shimmy his way out from under the table. He remained laying with his face flat on the floor as he felt movement. His fight-or-flight response wanted to kick in but it didn't. He got up without turning but as he did, he could see behind him. He turned around as his curiosity spiked and felt love struck. His heart began beating fast as he admired each girl, top to bottom. He couldn't help but smile nervously, recieveing a nervous laugh from the girls.
"Are you the person who Mr. X said was moving in here today?" Lisa asked.
Saul took a while, took a big gulp, before saying, "Yes. I am the new songwriter along with the new... security guard."
"Nice. So you are going to be staying here?" Jennie spoke.
"Apparently I am. I have no clue as to why but I look forward to getting to know you all." Saul would be lying if he said he wasn't holding back a little excitement and joy.
"Well it's nice to meet you." Lisa walked up and held out her hand. Saul gulped again but shook her hand. He felt chills go down his spine for some unknown reason. After shaking all of the girls' hands, he took mental notes on all of them. Lisa seemed to be a free spirit. Jennie looked to be a fashionista. Jisoo seemed to be goofy but somehow quiet, maybe because she doesn't speak a lot of English. Rosé was, to him, a quiet, shy leader.
He followed the girls into the kitchen and realized something. Now that he was thinking about it, the other rooms, except for his at the moment, we're empty. He viewed as the girls were talking amongest themselves and he brought out his phone. He walked back out into the living room and called the number that Mr. X had given him.
"Hello?" Saul heard the voice.
"Mr. X? This is Saul. I had a few questions about the house." Saul said.
"Ahh yes, the house. I forgot to mention to you. Well the house is completely new. The girls just arrived from the airport and were asked to report to the home so you could assign their rooms. All their stuff will arrive in, maybe an hour. Any other information you need is in an envelope on the brown desk in the living room." Mr. X said and hung up.
"Ok." Saul said as he walked over to the desk. He opened a drawer and pulled out a file. He took out a piece of paper and read it to himself. When he finished, he was questioning a lot of things. He was basically a care taker. He guessed that this is why he was chosen to be security. One last thing he read was that the kitchen was already stocked along with the bathrooms and furniture. The rooms did have beds that just needed blankets. He sighed as he put the file away and walked back to the kitchen to see the girls eating happily.
"This is delicious!" Lisa squealed as she continued eating.
"Ok girls, it seems you are choosing your rooms. So whenever you are ready, let's rock and roll." Saul said before walking out again. The girls began finishing up as he did. Saul walked into his room and looked at all his stuff. He must have been real tired when he arrived the night before.
"You like this?" Saul jumped up as Kai had appeared in the room.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Saul asked.
"I came to check up on you. I need you to do some business for me." Kai spoke to him his a lower voice.
"What kind of business?" Saul observed the man as he fidgeted with his fingers.
"It's all in your Morpher. Just put on this new set of clothes I've picked for stealthy missions and you'll be good to go." Kai snapped his fingers and a set of dark black clothing with red outlines appeared on his bed. Saul turned to see Kai again but saw that he disappeared.
"Um hello?" Saul walked out of his room and saw the four girls standing patiently as if they were waiting on orders.
"Oh yea." Saul walked to the door farthest on the left and turned to them, "Who wants this room?" The doorbell rang at the moment and the girls ran to the door.
Saul followed and saw a whole bunch of movers coming into the house with a bunch of boxes. The girls were too busy with their pets to notice. Saul slapped his head and let it fall down his face.
"This is going to be one long, confusing ride." Saul said as he walked back to the rooms.
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Anthony kicked the soccer ball with force. It traveled like a meteor and ripped the goal's net. He sighed as he kicked the ground out of frustration. He walked back to where his bag was. He sat down on the ground and took out his bottle of water. He took a long sip of water before spitting some out to the side.
"You look down." Anthony turned to see his friend, Luis, arrive.
"What are you doing here so early?" Anthony asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." Luis smiled as he sat down alongside with him.
"I just came here to think." Anthony said.
"That's new. You never think." Luis spoke honestly.
"Now that's just messed up." Anthony turned to Luis who just laughed.
"Dude. You don't have any confidence in yourself. You got to have that. As long as you have confidence, you can do anything." Luis claimed as he got up and started playing around with his soccer ball.
"Easy for you to say. You have all the confidence in the world." Anthony said. The boy just laughed.
As they stopped their conversation, the rest of the team began showing up. The coach was the last to show up and was surprised to see Anthony at practice early.
"Nice to see you talking initiative, Alvizo." The coach spoke to Anthony who shrugged.
"Coach. I say we work on defense today." Luis came up to the man in charge.
"Well, if you say so. Let's work on defense." The coach yelled out to the other players.
"Defense sounds like a good place to start!" Everyone turned towards the goal and saw the goalie get knocked out by a huge monster.
"Monster!" The coach shrieked as he and the rest of the players ran off.
"Shit." Anthony said. He ran over to Luis and started pushing him.
"Stop pushing. Let's go!" Luis yelled.
"I'll distract the monster, you run." Anthony said as he pushed again and ran back.
"Anthony!" Luis tried to grab the boys arm but failed. He sighed as he ran after him.
"Looks like one of you isn't so scared." Fortress pointed at Anthony who had returned.
"I can do anything, as long as I have confidence." Anthony whispered to himself. He pulled out his battery and inserted it into his Morpher. He transformed and began his charge.
"You can't break my defense." The monster put together his arms as Black charged. Black crashed into the monsters "wall" and fell back.
"That hurt!" Anthony rubbed his head.
"Heh, you aren't as powerful as you look. What a pathetic excuse for a ranger." Fortress claimed as he put his arms together again and a beam was shot out. It hit Anthony and sent him flying in the air. He crashed into the concrete seats that were made for spectators.
"He's right. I'll I know is how to pick fights. I only defeated those last monsters because the others helped me." Anthony claimed as he started thing back. He was blasted again.
"Anthony!" Pink came rushing in and blasted the monster back with her blaster. The monster stumbled and was slashed from behind by Red.
"Looks like we got ourselves a strong one." Red said as he began his assault of slashed alongside Blue. Green and White summoned their weapons and attacked the monster as Yellow used her speed to hit the monster right in the middle.
"Anthony? Are you alright?" Pink helped Black up.
"No. I'm not." Anthony said as he breathed heavily.
"Anthony... is a ranger?" Luis whispered to himself as he stood farther away, witnessing the battle.
"Get him from behind!" Yellow yelled.
"Here we go!" White ran up with his scythe and slashed the monster. Green then threw his mace's ball at the monster who blocked with his shield.
"What?" Green said before getting hit back.
"Pay attention guys! He has heavy armor on his arms and shoulders." Red said as he blasted the monster only for the laser bullets to be deflected back.
"You should take your own advice." Fortress laughed as he hit the others.
"This guy is a tough one." Green slammed his fist on the ground as he got up and charged.
"Not gonna help you!" The monster used his arm and slapped Green away with force.
"Marco!" Yellow yelled before being hit herself.
"Now!" Blue yelled as he and Red jumped up and slashed the monster. When they looked up, their swords were up against the monsters shields.
"Crap!" Red yelled as he and Blue were hit back.
"I'll finish him. Rhino Scythe!" White yelled as his blade glowed and he brought up his sword. He brought it down but it was deflected and the recoil of power hit him.
"You rangers are no fun. I'm out of here." The monster disappeared into thin air. The rangers all struggled to get to their feet.
"Let's go Anthony." Pink picked Black up and supported him as they walked away.
"Anthony." Luis said as he viewed all the rangers leave.
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"Where are we going?" Orange asked as he followed Silver along with Gold and Raptor.
"We are going to find a place to operate out of." Gold claimed as she kept her arms crossed.
"I hope it's a cool place." Raptor said as he moved a tree branch from his face.
"It better be cool." Orange said as he jumped around rocks.
"Shut up you two. It shouldn't matter where we go. As long as we destroy Axis. And the Power Rangers." Silver clenched his fist.
"Found you!" The four Rangers turned to see a man with heavy armor appear. A bunch of other men appeared and kneeled down in front of him, holding out their machine guns.
"And you are?" Silver asked.
"I should've known there would be more than six of you freaks. The Power Rangers have no place here." The man, Hunter, spit to the side as he held out his own pistol.
"You think we're Power Rangers? Well I hate to break it to you, but you are dead wrong." Silver snapped his fingers as the others chuckled evilly. They all dashed forward.
"Fire!" Hunter yelled. The rangers had managed to get the upper hand quickly as the men all fell, dead.
"Sorry, seems your army is dead." Silver appeared in front of Hunter. He held out his hand as he walked up slowly to the man.
"Don't!" Silver's hand was shot back. He turned in anger and saw Sebastian standing with a blaster. Neo stood next to him, but looked to be uninterested.
"Don't get in my way!" Silver yelled as he ran towards Sebastian.
"Shit!" Hunter retreated as he left the rangers behind.
"Who the hell are you!" Silver asked as he was kicked to the side by Sebastian.
"If I told you, I could ruin the future." Sebastian said, sounding cool as he did.
"As of it wasn't ruined already." Neo said sarcastically.
"Shut up you." Sebastian said.
"I've got you." Gold came flying in. Neo saw here from the corner of his eye and he lifted his arm up, sending a powerful invisible force towards Gold. Gold was hit directly and fell to the ground hard.
"Gold!" Silver ran over to the girl.
"Boss." Gold held her arm.
"Orange! Raptor! Cover our escape!" Silver yelled.
"I wanted to have some fun." Raptor claimed.
"Same here!" Orange yelled as he pulled out his blaster and shot the ground a dozen times. The smoke and dirt raised and covered them.
"Damn!" Sebastian kicked a rock.
"This is going according to plan. My plan anyways." Neo said as he walked off.
"Come back here." Sebastian ran after the man.
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"What the hell was that!" Eduardo yelled at Anthony.
"That was monster attack." Anthony answered as he gave a deadly stare to Eduardo.
"Calm down Eduardo." Marco grabbed Eduardo and threw him to the side. Sakura was watching it all and shook her head.
"Come with me." Sakura grabbed Anthony's arm and dragged him behind her as they left the room.
"Saul, this came in for you." Alicia gave a letter to Saul. Saul took it and opened it.
"What's it say?" Mikey asked.
"Hello friend, this is Rosé. Thank you for the plush toy. I just wanted to write to let you know that I'm glad me and the girls got to meet you guys. We support you all as friends. I hope you guys continue winning your fights. Thank you for letting us in on your secret Saul. You are a good friend. From Rosie O O O." Saul crumpled up the note and threw it to the side, Mikey catching it.
"Oof. You've just been friendzoned my friend." Steel said only to recieve a head smack from Saul.
"Ouch." Marco made the face of pain as he felt it.
"Seems his fantasy ended once again." Steel said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mikey asked.
"Well you see, Saul saw all of Rosé actions and he saw when she blushed so he started fantasying that maybe she like him. I guess he was wrong." Steel explained.
"Oof. That's tough." Marco shook his head.
"Poor guy." Alicia said. Eduardo sighed and Cynthia looked down at her hands. She then looked over at the door into the living quarters. She began to think about what was wrong with Anthony.
"What is wrong with you!" Sakura asked Anthony who looked away.
"I don't need to talk to my teacher about my personal problems." Anthony seemed to be irritated.
"You don't have to, but it's recommended. It's my job as a teacher to help you." Sakura moved her hair off her shoulder.
"Aren't you too young to be a teacher?" Anthony knew the answer but he was just trying to find ways of getting out of the conversation.
"You are trying to get me to leave you alone but it won't work." Sakura looked down at her hands before back up at the boy.
"Why do you care? It's none of your business." Anthony was about to form off when he felt her hand grab his arm.
"It's my job to care. I already know what this is about. Eduardo is an idiot for saying that to you. Everyone has an important role in whatever they may be apart of. That includes you. You were chosen to be the Black Ranger for a reason." Sakura felt sadness and anger. Sad for her student who felt like he was worthless and anger for the person who didn't want to hear.
"She's right." Both of them turned to see Delta. He played with his same set of cards as he walked up to them.
"Why? Why did you choose me?" Anthony asked.
"You have a fighters spirit in you. You fight to protect people just like I did. You are the very image of me in this new day and age. I used to goof off all the time to. I used to just play card games with the others and try to pick fights or instigate them. The thing is, while I may have been an annoying guy, at the end of the day I always managed to help the team. All you have to do is be yourself and fight your own way. You have the power of the Bull. You can charge at anything and break through any obstacles in your way." Delta looked at Anthony.
"I'm no fighter. I'm no Bull. Eddie was right." Anthony finally found his chance and ran off.
"Aren't you going to go after him?" Sakura asked the master.
"He knows what he has to do. He knows that it's in him." Delta said as he played with his cards.
"How are you so sure?" Sakura asked as Delta finished shuffling his deck.
"Like I said, I used to be like him. I found my reason to fight. He can find his. Whether it's fighting to protect a loved one or fighting to protect the world in general, people always find their reason to fight. He will to. It's that simple." Delta explained.
"Thanks for helping him, I guess." Sakura thanked the master who gave her a nod before disappearing in a flash.
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~2 years ago~
Saul woke up, feeling a little achy but he managed to somehow get himself off his bed. He took a shower and changed into some fresh clothes along with his signature hoodie. He yawned as he walked out into the living room. He looked around and assumed he girls were either asleep or they just didn't want to leave their rooms. He walked into the kitchen and opened the cupboards. Everything was beginning to feel so convenient for him that he felt as if he was on some sort of secret prank show or something.
He took out a pack of some sort of Korean cookies. He didn't know what they were but thanks to him messing with his Morpher, he knew how to read the language. He shrugged and opened the cookie bag and ate one only to start feeling it come back up his throat. He put his hand to his mouth and forced himself to swallow it. He put the cookies in the trash and started washing his mouth out in the sink. His phone then buzzed.
He pulled out his phone and saw that he recieved a text message. It was from Mr. X.
"Good Morning. I'm sorry to be telling you this now, it seems like I'm annoying you. I am promoting you once again. You see, the manager in charge of the girls just quit and it seems I'm in need of a new one. I decided on you. I know you can do it. Once again, very sorry. Glad to have you on board. Also, I wanted to let you know about the BLACKPINK web series we have going on. Say hello to the cameras in the corners of various rooms. Don't be alarmed if you ever see yourself on YouTube or something. Anyways, hope everything is well.~ X"
Saul seemed to be irritated. Something bigger was going on. Everything just felt like it was being given to him. He wanted to start asking questions but he decided against it. He would take it but if he found out it was a part of a bigger scheme, he would lose it. He then reacted to the fact that there were cameras. He looked at the corner of the kitchen and saw one, a red light blinking. He let his head fall in defeat as he began to think how he was going to get any stuff done for Kai, especially with a camera watching his every move.
He was ready to go back to his room when he heard someone talking in the living room. He walked to the kitchens doorway which wasn't really a doorway as there wasn't a door and there wasn't really a wall. It was more like a kitchen combined with the dining room. He studied the surroundings and saw one of the girls. Rosé.
"We arrived all fine... yes mom... I'll tell them... ok... bye sis... tell dad I say hi... bye." Rosé spoke into a phone. Saul then stepped into the living room and caught her attention.
"Good morning." Saul said to the girl.
"Good morning." Rosé returned it.
"So I got some news. I don't know if it's good or bad. Apparently I'm a manager now." Saul said.
"Really. That's great." Rosé sat down in the couch and looked at him, waiting for him to come sit with her. He took the hint and sat on the other couch. He didn't want to let his boyish mind to take over. He assumed that mind was a reason he was in Sakura's house one morning wearing almost nothing.
"I don't know how being a manager works, so I may mess up a lot. I apologize in advance." Saul spoke in a different way than he usually did. He didn't want to sound rude or idiotic to the girls.
"I'm sure you can find a way to do it." Rosé smiled. Saul felt his heart flutter.
"So, Uh, who were you talking to? I mean," Saul slappped himself mentally. 'Who asks that to a girl!' He thought to himself.
"It's ok," Rosé took notice of his panic, "I was just talking to my mom." That last word made Saul change completely.
"Your mom?" Saul questioned.
"Yea. She just wanted to make sure me and the others made a safe trip back here. She always calls when she gets the chance. She always wants to remind me that my family is supporting me and that if I ever need to, I could always go back home." Rosé looked down at her hands as she smiled.
"Family? Home?" Saul whispered but she caught the words.
"Yea. They remind me that they are always there in case I want to come back or something. Somewhere to return to, as I've heard people say." Rosé looked up and saw the boy looking saddened.
"Sounds great." Saul said as he felt the presence of the others. They seemed to stay still but he could feel them.
"Saul? That's you name right?" Rosé asked.
"Yup." Saul said as he looked at the ground.
"Do you have a home to return to? Somewhere you want to go when you aren't working." Rosé felt brave.
"I... I... don't have a home." Saul said. Rosé gasped a little as she looked up to see the other girls witnessing everything.
"What do you mean?" Rosé asked.
"I don't have a family. I don't have a home. I don't have a place to return to. I have no where to go." Saul felt his eyes begin to get watery but he wiped them.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to overstep my boundaries." Rosé apologized quickly.
"It's ok. Seriously it's ok." Saul looked down again and back at the girl, "I'm going for a walk." Saul got up and walked quickly to the door. He left the girl feeling saddened.
Saul walked down the block before turning a corner and letting himself lean against a wall and fall down. He wiped his eyes and mentally scolded himself for letting himself get emotional. He sighed as he pulled his phone out and began writing a text to what was Kai's private phone. He had told him about the cameras and asked what he could do.
Kai responded a few minutes later, telling him that he had to learn how to hack. Saul shook his head and began messing with his Morpher again, assuming there was some sort of hacking mechanism on it. On the corner opposite of his, there was a limo parked. Inside, X took a sip of champagne.
"Nothing like champagne in the morning." Mr. X smiled.
"What is your plan?" Caste's voice came through a speaker.
"I thought I made it clear. I'll explain if I have to. I'm going to let him do everything for them. There's one thing that we can recieve from this. Once he gets close to the girls, he'll fall in love with each one of them indefinitely. He will try to control his boyish mind only for it to take over. I ce he marks his territory, we will swoop in and use the girls as leverage. He uses his tiger power to help us conquer the world and then the universe. Kai won't be able to stop me now." Mr. X explained.
"So your plan is to get him to make love to them. Then use them as a means to getting the tiger power. You want to mess with his emotions because that will just heighten his animal instincts." Caste said to the man.
"Of course. It's a win-win situation. He already likes them. He likes their attitudes and, if I had to say, their bodies. He gets to have free love making sessions and I get a loyal ranger as a soldier." Mr. X laughed as he tapped his finger on his leg.
"I guess your plan makes sense. What am I to do?" Caste asked.
"You remain patient. I will I form you of your duties later." Mr. X said as he motioned for the driver to drive.
Saul sneezed as he looked around. He started shaking a little but kept it together. He didn't know what was happening but it felt weird. He looked back down at his Morpher as he continued messing with it.
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Anthony kicked a rock on the ground as he walked through the park. He was lost in his thought as he wandered around. He finally settled on sitting at a bench. He rubbed his hands together and looked at the children playing the park. He shifted his attention to a group of students, both boys and girls, sitting at a park table, working on some sort of project.
It seemed to be a science project that took a lot of effort. He admired it a little and he didn't know why. Maybe because those kids knew what they were going to do already. They already had their plans. Their confidence in said plans. Anthony didn't realize it but he got up and walked over to a bench that was closer to the students. They were definitely high school students. He could recognize some of them by just sight. Some of the girls were cute.
He was hearing them speak as they spoke of their plans which led to their presentation preparation and so on. Anthony could then only think about the words that everyone had said to him. He started thinking about his confidence.
"Found the perfect targets." Anthony jumped up immediately as he recognized the voice. It was the monster.
"What is he doing here?" Anthony asked himself.
"These children and their playgrounds. These students and their projects. Looks like I need to teach them something about defense." The monster laughed.
"That makes no sense." Anthony said as he jumped over the bench.
"It totally does." The monster said.
"No it doesn't, idiot." Anthony said and he had clearly offended the monster.
"I am no idiot!" The monster yelled as he ran. Anthony jumped out of the way as the monster hit a tree. He was ready to fight until he saw a child stuck on the park. The tree had fallen over and was blocking her way out. He also noticed that the students were arguing about going back for their project.
"What do I do?" Anthony asked. He would usually just fight the monster without worrying about protecting anyone but himself. That's when he thought about it. He was fighting for himself and the team but not for anyone outside of that. He realized that he never really tried to save people. It would only happen on occasion or accidentally like back when the school was attacked. He didn't really save them but he guided them out.
He finally realized that he needed to change. He needed to lower his goofing around attitude and start rising to the occasion. He couldn't just fight and not worry about the people around him. He was a Power Ranger. He looked at the monster who was recovering from crashing into the tree. He pulled out his battery and spun it around in his hand before putting it into his Morpher. He ran and jumped behind a tree as he transformed and rolled on the ground.
"Need to save the girl first." Black said as he ran forward. The monster looked at him and prepared for an attack. Fortress put up his shields and Anthony jumped forward. He used the shields to boost himself up into the air. He did a flip in midair before landing on the playground. He ran over to the child.
"Are you here to help me?" The child asked as she rubbed her eyes full of tears.
"You bet. Let's get out of here so you can find your mommy and daddy." Black picked the girl up. She put her arms around his neck and held on tightly.
Black ran forward and jumped onto the edges of various park equipment. He jumped off the playground and found himself in front of a park table. The project that the students were working on was right in front of him. He looked over to see the students looking. He picked up the project and heard the monster scream.
"Here we go!" Fortress yelled as he ran forward. Black ran towards him and jumped up again. He used Fortress' shields to boost himself backwards. He landed in front of the students.
"Here's your project. And do me a favor, help this little girl look for her parents." Anthony out down the child.
"Thank you Black Ranger. We will. We promise." One of the girls said. Everyone else nodding.
"Great. Then get out of here." Black made the movement to tell them to leave. The students left and Black turned his attention to the monster.
"You are really pissing me off." The monster said as he ran towards Black again.
"Same here!" Black summoned his Axe and ran forward. He clashed with the monster. He swung his axe and hit the monsters shields. The monster laughed before hitting him back.
"Black!" Red and Blue jumped in and blasted the monster back. The others came rushing in.
"Saw what you did back there. I'm impressed." White slapped Black's back.
"I can do anything." Black said. Red and Blue were then blasted back and they fell in front of the others.
"Do me a favor then. Break that monsters freaking shield." Red said as he held his head.
"I got it." Black loaded a battery into his axe and then he began kicking the ground backwards, preparing to charge.
"He's going to charge at him like an actual bull." Pink said.
"I am a Bull after all." Black said as he dashed forward. He ran towards Fortress. Fortress lit up his shield and laughed a little.
Black then charged into Fortress. For a second, morning happened. Then the shield cracked. The shield fell apart in seconds.
"No way!" The monster yelled.
"Bull Charge!" Black brought his axe around, the black glow following it. He used all his strength and hit the monster right in the middle. His axe cut right through the monster. Black jumped and turned around.
"This... is... bullshit!" The monster yelled as he fell back and blew up.
"He did it." Blue admired Black.
"I guess he is worthy." White said.
"You think." Pink said.
"Cynthia? Why have you been acting like that all day?" Yellow asked.
"No reason." Pink turned away, blushing a little on the I side.
"No time for rest. The monsters back." Red said as the monster aged grew to ginormous size.
"This time, I'll use my defense to destroy the whole city." The monster yelled.
"Here we go!" Black summoned his Zord. The other rangers followed. They immediately formed the Megazord.
"Let's add two more Zords into the mix." Red said as he used two different batteries.
The Elephant Zord combined like before but this time, they were adding the Rhino Zord. The Rhinos head and body disassembled. The head attached itself onto the Megazords left arm, looking almsot like a shield. It's body then formed armor over the Megazords body. White was now in the cockpit and sat in between Red and Green, right in the middle of the cockpit.
"Animal Max Strike Megazord!" The rangers yelled as the giant robot stood above the city.
"Here we go!" Black pushed the Megazord forward. The giant robot ran and hit the monster with the rhino head.
"Come on guys. It shouldn't take us more than five minutes to beat this guy." White claimed. The giant robot was then shot back by the monsters shield blast.
"You were saying." Red said as he made the Megazord stand back up.
"Let me do it!" Black said as he made the Megazord take the same position he took. It kicked its leg back and dashed forward like a bull. It came crashing into the monster and cracked its new shield.
"My new shield!" The monster yelled.
"Now!" Red put in a battery into his console.
"Final Max Strike!" The rangers yelled in unison as the Megazord brought its sword down, sending all the Animal Spirits towards the monster. The Rhino spirit hit first and it all ended with the tiger spirit. The monster fell back and blew up as the giant robot turned around and stood victoriously.
"That's another one down." Black dusted his hands.
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"Sorry for what I said. I guess I don't know when to keep my mouth shut." Eduardo apologized to Anthony. Everyone was now at the sports park. Anthony had a game that night and Sakura wanted everyone to go. Mick and Steel had even managed to make it.
"It's cool. Thanks to you, I found my reason to fight." Anthony smiled.
"Anthony! Come on!" Luis called out to his friend.
"Got to go. Enjoy the game." Anthony said as he left.
"I really underestimated him." Eduardo said.
"Yea you did. He did it and he impressed all of us." Cynthia said.
"You've been thinking highly of him." Mikey said.
"Cynthia? Do you like Anthony?" Alicia teased.
"Wha- No! I don't like him. He's like a grade below me and he acts like an idiot." Cynthia turned away, red in the face.
"Really? Then what's with these hearts I keep finding around the base." Mick pulled out a paper heart with Cynthia's name on it along with an "A".
"Yea. I can sense it. Maybe because it's of my amazing abilities, but I can sense you like him." Steel spoke, still managing to praise himself.
"I do not!" Cynthia yelled.
"She totally does." Marco laughed.
"I hate you guys!" Cynthia turned away and pouted. Everyone laughed.
"He's your cousin right?" Sakura asked Saul.
"Yea. So?" Saul sat back, his hands holding him up.
"I'm just asking." Sakura said.
"You look pretty today." Saul said quietly as he smiled. He admired the girl.
"Did you say something?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing." Saul said as he was taken back to the note he was sent. He erased it from his mind and admired Sakura's smile. She giggled as she turned away, blushing.
Down at the field, Anthony was practicing one last time with Luis. The game started in fifteen minutes. They kicked the ball around and Anthony had managed to kick it too hard. It fell back, behind the "away" side of the field, into a dark area.
"I got it." Luis went after it as Anthony stayed back.
Luis ran into the dark, very little light reaching in. He looked for the ball until he heard some bushes being crushed. He looked around and saw no body. He eventually found the ball and picked it up. When he turned, there was something in front of him.
A wolf stood before him. It's yellow eyes turning purple. Luis stepped back a little as his eyes began to glow also. He then noticed another wolf and another. It was a pack. He began feeling a little panicked. The wolves then howled as they glowed purple and pounced onto Luis. Luis fell down and felt fear. He had his eyes closed. When he opened them, there was nothing. He looked around and the wolves were gone.
"Luis. Hurry up." Anthony showed up.
"Sorry. I'm coming." Luis got up and dusted himself off before following. Before entering the field again, he turned around and saw nothing. He shook his head as he ran after Anthony.
In the spirit world, the masters all stared at the entrance as a man walked in. His robe was similar to all of theirs. The only difference was that he had purple as his color along with the symbol of a wolf.
"Welcome," Kai spoke as the new master took off his hood. The man stood with his eyes glowing purple as he admired the thrones, "Wolf."
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A/N: I got to say that this one had me a little more excited than I expected. Character development done the Scorch way as I say. I've had some problems with this chapter and maybe they'll be visible but other than that, I'm glad how it ended up. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, look forward to the next one.