(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Interlude:
Neo: Welcome, to yet another magnificent chapter in the story of my king.
Sebastian: You're still on with that whole king thing?
Neo: Did you not see what my king did at the end of last chapter? He's amazing.
Sebastian: A hundred bucks says they didn't do anything.
Eduardo: I can join that bet.
Luis: Runor has it they did it though.
Mikey: Please don't talk about rumors.
Saul: What are you all talking about?!
Everyone: Nothing!
Saul: Uh huh.
Neo: Anyways, let's get back to the story. Master Procrastinator, if you would please.
Sebastian: Who are you talking to?
???: Me!
Everyone: (room/screen darkens) *screams*
???: *dark laughter*
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Chapter 33: The Savage Battlefield
The tennis ball was shot at rapid speed. The sweat dripping off Saul's forehead signified that he had been working hard. He kept his eyes closed as he took in a slow breath. He then spun around and sliced the tennis ball in half, letting the two halves fly beside him before hitting the wall and landing on the ground.
Saul groaned as he stood up straight. He closed his eyes and couldn't stop thinking about what had happened two days ago. He shook his head before feeling a weird sensation. A tennis ball was shot at him and he caught it with ease. He dropped the ball and let it bounce as he fell to his knees before landing on his ass and running his hand through his hair.
~2 Days Ago~
Saul pulled Jisoo onto him before spinning her around and holding her down on the bed. He studied her face. She looked into his eyes and when he finally connected his, he knew what he was doing. He leaned down and caught her lips as she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him deeper into the kiss.
Saul opened his eyes and pulled away quickly. He moved to the other side of the bed after realizing what was happening. Jisoo looked over at him.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she moved over to him.
"Stop. What are you doing Jisoo?" Saul asked as he stood up from the bed.
"I'm just-" she was cut off when Saul turned around and grabbed her shoulders.
"What's wrong? You're not the type to do this kind of stuff." Saul looked into Jisoo's eyes.
"What do you mean, I'm a girl. I'm capable of so many things." Jisoo smiled.
"Cut the bullshit. You can't fool me. What's wrong?" Saul asked her again. Jisoo looked once again into his eyes and could tell he was being serious.
"I... I can't tell you." Jisoo claimed as she turned away.
"What do you mean?" Saul asked.
"I just can't tell you. Just let me do this!" Jisoo jumped onto Saul but the boy refused to be taken down, instead he pinned her back down on the bed.
"No! As much as I want to. As much as I want you to be mine. Mine and only mine," Saul stopped as he closed his eyes and calmed himself, "this isn't you, Jisoo. I'm not gonna force you to tell me but... I'm here for you. If you need anything." Saul sighed as he let go of the girl. Jisoo began to tear up. She hid her face as she spun around in bed, crashing her face into Saul's pillows.
Saul looked at the sobbing girl. He couldn't help but think about her and only her at the moment. Even if he didn't want to, those stupid YouTube videos about shipping and what not and videos where many famous idols work with each other affected him. He knew it was stupid and he cursed himself. He was a dumbass. If anyone ever knew that that kind of stuff put worries into his head, they'd laugh.
He didn't need that. To everyone, he may be opening little by little but he's still cold. A sort of loner in a sense. Even his cousins have come to terms that Saul is not the same to the Saul of their childhood. Yet, it couldn't be blamed on some alternate personality. It was all Saul.
Saul listened to Jisoo's sobs. He crawled onto the bed and lay next to her. He turned her around and wiped the tears from her face as she stopped crying. He brought her close and held her close. Jisoo buried her face into his chest as she wrapped her arms around him. Saul stared at the ceiling and after a while, the pair fell asleep, listening to each others breaths.
~End Flashback~
Saul opened his eyes and sighed heavily. A ball was then shot and bounced on the walls before smacking his head. He groaned as he fell to the floor and stared at the white ceiling.
"You know, it's not ok to sulk while training." Saul rolled his eyes as he looked up to see Saki. She smiled as poked Saul with her training sword.
"Shouldn't you be practicing your idol dances or whatever." Saul sat up but felt Saki hit him with the wooden sword.
"Don't sound so rude." Saki scolded. Saul just sighed. "What's wrong big bro?" Saki asked as she pulled the controller out of her pocket, having taken it from Saul's hoodie which hung at the entrance. She turned off the machine and sat down next to him.
"Just thinking about stuff." Saul claimed as he pulled out his phone.
"What kind of stuff?" Saki poked at him. Saul honestly had other things in mind then some stupid crush on a K-Pop idol.
"The team. There's nineteen of us. Yet, only five or six of us are deployed. I get it makes the risk of losing batteries and Animal Spirits drop but still. Shouldn't we all fight?" Saul asked as he stared at the white wall.
"You're right. There's a ton of us. It would be so much easier to take a monster down." Saki said as she stared at the wall. "But maybe it's a good thing." Saki said.
"What do you mean?" Saul asked.
"Well, maybe no one else can relate, yet, but it's good to not have everyone rush out there. I, for example, have my new career as a K-Pop idol to look forward to. Maybe one of the other guys has a career they want to pursue. We all have dreams after all. Dreams we fight for. Don't you have a dream?" Saki asked.
"Dreams? No I don't. I just fight for the sake of fighting and defeating Axis." Saul said as he stood up.
"Aish, my big bro is so boring. No wonder he doesn't have any girls who like him." Saki teased and Saul rolled his eyes. "Anyways, I have a thing to go do. YG artists are gathering in the park today to film something. I'll see you later." Saki threw the sword at Saul who caught it and groaned.
"Stay safe." Saul whispered as he saw Saki leave.
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Inside the zoo, a cart drove over to the elephant exhibit, where Anthony was currently working.
"You taking care of him right?!" Marco yelled down as he, Eduardo and Darell got off the cart.
"This is too much work for a high schooler." Anthony flipped them off.
"We'll hurry up high schooler, you have to lead a group on a tour with Luis." Eduardo informed.
"Why me?" Anthony asked as he finished putting a ball on a rope. He punched it to make sure it worked. It then broke off the rope and he looked down at it. The elephant then blurt out a noise that sounded like laughter, "did he just laugh at me?"
"Forget about that. It has to be you. Let's just say, you shouldn't leave your search history on display when you leave your phone open and on the table." The three guys laughed.
"You pieces of shit! I'll be back to deal with you elephant!" Anthony pointed at the animal who seemed to taunt him.
"Let's go!" Eduardo yelled.
Anthony got out of the exhibit, locking the door to it before making his way over to the others. He hopped onto the back of the cart with Darell as Marco and Eduardo hopped into the front.
They drove through the zoo, trying their best to get through the crowds. They honked as they got to the Zoo's main office, near the entrance. The four boys walked inside and up to a door marked with a "VIP" golden colored plate.
"It's a VIP? Damn, who is it?!" Anthony said as he thought about it.
"You'll probably be shocked." Luis said as he arrived as well.
The five boys entered the room which was big in size with a huge window view of the zoo itself. Inside, sat nine girls along a camera crew and a couple of men with tablets, on which they typed away on.
"What's going on here?" Anthony whispered over to the others.
"They are going to film their day at the zoo. And they needed guides. That's why you and me are going to lead them in groups. You get the group of five, and I get the group of four." Luis stated.
"What, why aren't they helping?" Anthony looked at the three boys.
"They have to go work on some cars later today. Remember, Mick said he owns the zoo and the auto shop. At least, from what I remember." Luis said as he thought about it.
"Oh, and you're going to need this." Marco handed Anthony a black wristband with some kind of computer chip connected on it.
"What is it?" The teen asked.
"It's call an International Language Translator, or ILT for short. The computer chip on it goes on the bottom and it connected to your nerves, connecting to your nervous system thus connecting to your brain. When you hear a language you don't understand, your brain picks it up allowing the chip to pick it up. The chip then activates and allows you to understand what that person is saying even if you don't speak the language. And vice versa." Darell explained.
"But don't our morphers already have that ability?" Anthony said, pointing at the other black wristband he wore.
"They do but the wristbands have different designs. It would be weird if you understood someone without wearing one of these, wouldn't it?" Eduardo said as he pointed at his own white ILT.
"Look, they all also have one." Darell pointed out. Anthony looked and saw that each girl did have a wristband.
"Good luck." Marco saluted as the guys left. Anthony sighed and Luis chuckled.
"Guess I don't have a choice." Anthony muttered.
Luis chuckled and the two waited to be acknowledged. After the cameras were set, the girls were ready to go. They all looked to their tour guides and they were surprised.
"Ah! It's the boy who saved us!" Anthony immediately recognized them after that. It was the girl group Twice and the girl speaking was Nayeon.
"It is!" Tzuyu said.
"Is she wearing your hoodie? Is that why you wouldn't give it to Cynthia when she asked for it to update the look?" Luis was surprised.
"Shut up." Anthony scoffed. Tzuyu then took off the hoodie and handed it to Anthony.
"Thank you very much for saving me. For saving us!" Tzuyu bowed and Anthony blushed, not knowing what to do. The other girls also bowed.
"Well, before this gets any more awkward, let us begin our tour. I am Luis and this is Anthony, it's nice to meet you all." Luis said as he caught view of the cameras that started rolling. The idols then began to introduce themselves.
"One in a million, annyeonghaseyo, Twice imnida!" The girls bowed after introducing themselves individually.
"Fancy." Luis whispered, "Let's begin the tour then. I'll be taking Dahyun, Momo, Chaeyoung, and Jeongyeon, sorry for my pronunciation. You four will be apart of my group. The rest of you, Nayeon, Tzuyu, Sana, Mina and Jihyo will be going with Anthony." Luis said as he wanted to mentally face palm himself.
"You did well on the pronunciation." Momo cheered him up with a thumbs up. Luis smiled a bit.
"Thanks. Very well, let's get started." Luis said as he clicked on the clipboard he has.
"Very well? Geez, don't sound like a geezer." Anthony mumbled. Luis then stabbed his side. The two laughed in order to not look bad.
"Stop that. You know Juan was placed in charge and he'll kill us if we mess this up." Luis whispered over to Anthony.
"Sorry. I just don't want to be here." Anthony mumbled again. The two smiled widely as they made their way out of the room.
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"Wretched rangers!" Zaku threw a an empty bottle of whiskey at the wall.
"Would you calm down." Byxis shook his head.
"No! I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines while the rangers go on and on with their victories. It's about time we have some fun." Zaku chuckled.
"That doesn't sound like a good idea." Byxis shook his head.
"Well I'm all for it. After the last battle, I'm really looking forward to crushing them all." Raiyu smashed his fist on the bar.
"Very well. We should head out as soon as possible." Zaku chuckled again as he looked upon the empty throne that sat in the middle of the room.
"You realize we sound like generic villains. We are special. We are generals. We need a true plan that could bring the rangers to their knees." Byxis expressed.
"You're right. How about we go to Caste." Raiyu suggested.
"Ha! Caste won't be needed. We can take care of them ourselves. Let's go!" Zaku commanded. The two other monsters looked at each other and nodded as they followed.
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"Boss! Is the black ranger really just a teenager?" Santi asked as he yawned.
"All my information is correct. The only one I have yet to figure out is the newly appeared Eagle Ranger. But only time is in my way. Soon, I will have access to the information. I will destroy the red ranger and find my way into the spirit world." Caste claimed.
"Spirit World? Why would you want to go there?" Yui asked.
"I have my reasons. You will all learn about it when you mature." Caste shook his finger around.
"So once we mature, you'll tell us your true intentions with the Red Ranger and the Spirit World?" Yume asked, earning a scoff from Yui who looked at her nails.
"Precisely. You are all doing your job well. You remind me of my past... minions. Although they all seemed to have an obsession with the Red Ranger." Caste clicked his tongue.
"Well I don't care about them. The Black Ranger is the one I want to defeat. He looks like a formidable foe." Santi smirked.
"Yes, find your formidable foes. They all deserve to fall to the lowest tier. They deserve to be sweeping floors with the poorest of the poor." Caste clenched his fist and walked out of the building they were in.
"What's up with him?" Yui rolled her eyes.
"Brother, perhaps you know something about Caste." Yume thought to herself.
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Mikey sat on a park bench, playing around with his hands. He didn't know why, but he hasn't been thinking straight lately. He sighed until he felt the presence of another. He turned to his right to see Somi smiling at him with a water bottle in hand.
"Good Morning." Somi said to the boy who smiled.
"It's morning still?" Mikey asked as he sat up.
"Has been since this morning." Somi joked.
"That was terrible." Mikey chuckled.
"But it still got you to laugh." Somi pointed out.
"Touché." Mikey chuckled again.
"You know, I'm good at conversations." Somi claimed.
"I'm sure you are." Mikey smiled.
"Mikey! Mikey!" Both of them turned to see Matthew arrive with a panic. Behind him was Roberto, Daniel and David.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Mikey asked.
"T-that!" Danny pointed towards the playground nearby where Ravagers were appearing and rampaging.
"What the fuck!" Mikey and Somi stood up.
"Just great." Mikey grumbled.
"Might want to get your girlfriend out of here." David smirked.
"She's not my girlfriend." Mikey said with a serious tone. "Somi, get out of here." Mikey commanded.
"What are you talking about, you aren't going to fight those monsters, are you?" Somi asked with concern.
"Don't worry about us, just go!" Mikey commanded in a stronger tone. Somi get a shiver. She nodded and ran off.
"Let's go!" Roberto yelled. The four ran towards the playground and began to fight off the monsters.
Danny jumped over a swing and kicked a Ravager back. He deflected various punches and managed to kick a Ravager into the tire swing nearby. He kicked the swing itself and the tire began to spin around, hitting other Ravagers.
David jumped onto the playground itself. On a bridge, he kicked a Ravager back and then turned to kick another one that fell down the slide. David jumped onto the bridges handles and kicked two more Ravagers to the side before jumping under a roof.
Roberto jumped onto the playground itself, standing on a rooftop as he kicked Ravagers off. He front flipped onto the ground and punched a Ravager in the gut and into the sand.
Mikey did a spin kick against a Ravager. He jumped onto a picnic table and spun around like a break dancer, managing to fend of a bunch of Ravagers.
"Ok, enough. Let's morph." Mikey claimed. The other three nodded and the four came together in a line. They pulled out their batteries and activated their morphers.
"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" The four yelled and transformed instantly.
"Rangers!" An explosion appeared behind them and they all jumped up before falling onto the ground.
"What the hell was that?" Lion groaned.
"It's Zaku." Mikey pointed out. The four picked themselves up and saw the monster of the hour himself.
"Hello rangers!" Zaku laughed loudly.
"I just had to come to the park today." Mikey pulled out his Strike Saber.
"Get them all!" Zaku roared. The monsters ran towards their enemies and it became a huge brawl. Zaku just chuckled.
"Told you I saw them!" Zaku turned his head to the left as he saw two more rangers jump into the air. They shot at Zaku who pulled out his huge sword and blocked the bullets. Orange and Raptor landed on the ground and ran towards Zaku, continuously shooting at him.
"Pathetic!" Zaku said as he tilted his sword, yellow energy beginning to grow on it until he unleashed it, sending it flying forward and crashing into the two while also destroying various trees behind them. Orange and Raptor rolled around before landing on their backs.
"Fuck, that actually hurt!" Orange hit his fist on the ground.
"No kidding." Raptor stood up. He then summoned his personal weapon, the Raptor Sai blades. He dashed forward with Orange following along with his T-Rex Staff.
Blue summoned his Shark Sabers and ran towards Zaku as well. Lion attacked Ravagers with his Lance, Bat with his Fan and Snake with his spear. Panther then brought out his hammer and slammed the ground with the hammer creating a shockwave. The Ravagers were all launched up and were then sliced in half.
"Hey! That's the-" Panther was interrupted when he was hit with the Eagle Slicer. Eagle landed on the ground and caught the weapon.
"Tch, rangers. You just had to come here." Eagle said as she ran towards Panther. Lion then blocked her as she lifted her weapon up. He slashed at her and she slid back.
"You know, a lance is a pretty easy weapon to use. If you're trained right." Lion said as he spun the weapon around and dashed towards Eagle.
"You ok man?" Bat and Snake helped Panther up.
"Yea I'm good. But don't you guys think that her accent sounds familiar?" Panther asked.
"I mean, I haven't really paid attention." Snake shrugged.
"Maybe it's in your head." Bat pat his shoulder.
"Whatever. Let's go!" Panther ran forward. Snake and Bat shrugged and followed.
Blue struck Zaku back before Orange jumped over and stuck the head of his staff on Zaku's torso. He quickly spun around and used all his strength to lift Zaku up.
"Such amazing strength. It'll be amazing if I could analyze it." Orange was shot back and fell onto the ground as Zaku fell.
"Argh! Why did you shot him while he had me up in the air?" Zaku complained to Byxis who appeared with a blaster of his own.
"Hmph, be appreciative. I saved you from a horrible scar." Byxis chuckled.
"I'll give you a horrible scar if you ever do that again." Zaku growled.
"Fighting amongst yourselves? Sucks to be you." Blue launched himself forward and slashed at the two before feeling a sharp pain of a blade on his back. He fell to the ground and began to groan in pain.
"You should be more careful of your surroundings." Raiyu chuckled.
"Save the chuckles!" Raiyu turned only to be slashed by Crimson and Navy.
"Ah! My two favorite ninjas." Raiyu laughed.
"Don't forget about me! I'm the best around!" White jumped into action with his scythe as he brought it down and struck Raiyu.
"Don't make me laugh!" Raiyu growled as he pulled out his own blade which now glowed a green color. He slashed at White and sent a huge energy surge towards him which caused White to crash into the tree behind him.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Blue asked as he slashed at Zaku.
"We thought it was time we defeated you!" Zaku yelled as he slashed at Blue himself before hitting Orange and Raptor back.
"Call Juan. Get everyone else down here! Now!" Blue commanded.
"Already did that!" Yellow and Pink jumped over the boys and kicked Zaku back into a few Guards and Ravagers.
"They'll show up. Or so help me, I'll blame you all for messing with my study time!" Pink said as she summoned her Phoenix Bow. She shot three arrows at the Ravagers.
"Isn't it almost time for you to graduate? Why are you still studying?" Yellow asked.
"I'm not smart. I'm a chola!" Pink exclaimed.
"Don't ever say that again." Yellow shook her head.
"Let's go guys!" Blue yelled as they all ran forward.
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~2 years ago~
Saul kept his eyes closed until he felt someone shake him awake.
"I'm not sleeping." Saul groaned as he opened his eyes. Yuki glared at him before sitting down. Saul sighed once again as he caught view of everyone in the room.
The girls, Teddy, Yuki, and Sakura all sat, staring at him as he sat up. A knock was heard on the door as it opened. In came Mr. X along with his assistant. He took a seat at the head of the table and put down a tablet, to which was turned onto an article.
"Well, I'm glad you could all come in today. I've been getting nonstop complaints from the workers who worked under Yang and it's pissing me off." Mr. X spoke with a harsh tone. "In the end, I'm still the CEO and what I say goes. Unfortunately, the news outlets have not let up. So as of now, I need something from all of you."
"What is it sir?" Sakura spoke up.
"I need you all to take a vacation in Japan. It's mandatory. Teddy, unfortunately you won't be joining this. I need you to double your work. I want Jennie's solo and BLACKPINK's MMA performance to be flawless." Mr. X claimed.
"Vacation in Japan. Why do you want us to do that?" Saul asked with crossed arms.
"It's simple. You are taking a vacation. That is all for now. I have other meetings to attend to." Mr. X stood up and left with his assistant in tow.
"Great, more work for me." Teddy groaned as he leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes.
"Well, I haven't been to Japan in a while. How would you say it is?" Yuki asked his sister who shook her head as she looked away. The room then remained quiet.
"So are we gonna address the elephant in the room or..." Lisa crossed her arms as everyone looked at each other.
"I'm gonna get some fresh air." Saul said as he stood up and walked out of the room. The girls then turned their attention to Jisoo who played a game on her phone, ignoring them.
Saul walked around outside, towards the elevator. He pushed the button to go down and waited for it. As he whistled, a girl appeared next to him. Saul looked over at her. She had her black hair down with a pair of glasses that were slightly ajar as she read something in a book.
Saul didn't mind her one bit. As the elevator opened, the two stepped inside. They both aimed to push for the first floor button. Saul pulled away and smiled as the woman pushed the button. The elevator began moving and the woman closed her book.
"Still shy with women? Or are you a playboy now?" The woman said. Saul looked over at her as she looked back at him.
"Tch. Mizusaki." Saul shook his head.
"I'm happy to see that you remember me. Because it seems like you forgot about Yurina." Mizusaki chuckled.
"It took me a while but after that, I figured who she was. She was being too clingy like always." Saul rolled his eyes.
"It makes me glad to hear that. I mean, high school is now a distant memory. We had good times. Even though you didn't come to graduation." Mizusaki said bitterly.
"Didn't strip you from coming to find me. You two only wanted one thing. Se-" Saul was shut up as Mizusaki turned to him.
"Love. We wanted love. And now it seems you are giving all that love to four girls from a girl group. Spoiled bitches huh?" Mizusaki bit her lip as she shook her head.
"Don't call them bitches. They've worked hard for what they love." Saul said coldly.
"Doesn't seem like it. Everyone in this industry is spoiled. It wouldn't surprise me if they were too. Maybe they even had to, you know, please the previous-" Mizusaki felt herself get slammed into the wall. She gasped as she looked into Saul's eyes which burned red.
"Don't ever talk about them like that again!" Raul roared at her as he let Saul take the back seat.
"Y-you... you aren't S-Saul." Mizusaki claimed. Raul clicked his tongue as the elevator opened. He adjusted his hoodie as he left. He then let Saul take over again and left.
Mizusaki took in a deep breath before hearing her phone ring. She answered it and held it up to her ear.
"Don't push your luck. I just found out he's heading to Japan. You and Yurina will follow him." Caste's voice spoke.
"And what about Sakura. She just suddenly left. She didn't do shit." Mizusaki spoke with a cold voice.
"Don't worry about her. Do your job!" Caste yelled before hanging up. Mizusaki once again rolled her eyes and began to leave the building, her heels clicking against the floor.
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Saul sat in his room, alone. He listened to the conversation he and Saki had over and over again in his head. He sighed as he looked down at the box in his desks cabinet. When moving bases, he had contemplated whether or not to just throw the box away or not. In the end, he brought it with him.
"You know, had someone told me that you liked all four girls from that girl group, I would've called them crazy. I heard that you like one, maybe another one but that was all." Mick said as he walked into the room after knocking on the wall.
"You don't have to call them crazy. Just call ke crazy." Saul shook his head.
"So, what's the story behind this. I'm generally interested." Mick smiled.
"Well, they are celebrities. Naturally, it's just a celebrity crush thing. They are big time. Superstars. Naturally, I thought they were all stuck up pieces of shit. Every single one of them. After a while, I came along with celebrities. Then she showed up one day. Right in my school. And by that I mean their song. Playing with Fire was such a good song that I had to find it online since I didn't know what it was yet. K-Pop was something I hated. It made no sense. Then their music changed everything. As did she when my views of the famous changed. Rosé was so beautiful. Who wouldn't love her. I always looked for Rosé in their music videos and then I would get recommendations for compilation videos and fan cams.
Eventually, I found myself looking more at Lisa. Then Jennie. Then Jisoo. Everything went who knows where but they were the best coping mechanism when everything in my life went to shit. I lost everything when I was a teen. I lost my family. My happiness. My imagination. Everything I valued died the day my family did. I became this cold piece of shit who never cared to help anyone. I had no happiness. Yet those four could bring it to me somehow." Saul looked away at the virtual window that was currently set on a sight of the park. "Sorry, I strayed from the original conversation."
"It's alright Saul. It's ok to let it out sometimes. Plus, I did ask what the story was so," Mick clapped his hands together, letting out a huge huff of air.
"So, was there anything else you needed?" Saul asked.
"Yes actually. It's the grid." Mick said and Saul looked up.
"Is the room set up?" Saul said as he looked down at his hands.
"Yes. It was hard having to reprogram the grid connection, but luckily I was able to figure it out using an old tool of mine." Mick pulled out a red colored Shuriken with a ranger face on it. "But there is something that is confusing me. You may want to look at it." Mick claimed as he got up. Saul followed.
The two walked into the main base and walked towards the only door that wasn't open to anyone else. The door with a lot of locks. Saul used the security measure, scanning his hand and eyes and entering a passcode and speaking into a speaker. The door then took nearly a minute to unlock all of its locks, allowing Saul to pull the heavy steel door open. The two walked in before locking the door behind them.
They came face to face with a stream of green energy that went trough a tube entrance, both on top and on the bottom of the room. They walked over to a podium which had a lot of different buttons and controls along with a regular computer keyboard. A virtual screen appeared over the podium as Mick typed in a password.
"So what's concerning about the grid?" Saul asked.
"Well, since I've been studying the grid for a while now, I've come to learn some things from it. One of those things happens to be learning the names of those connected to the grid." Mick explained.
"And? Is there some name that concerns you?" Saul asked, actually curious and nervous.
"Yes, there is. You might want to brace yourself." Mick advised as he pulled up a set of files and went to one titled, "Animal Strike". After clicking it, he scrolled down to another file with a different name.
Saul's eyes widened as his jaw dropped completely, "no way! It can't be!" Saul was almost shaking. He nearly fell before having Mick catch him. Saul looked up again and shook his head.
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Sebastian stood atop a building, looking down as he flipped through a book at a quick pace. As he did, words kept disappearing and reappearing.
"Stupid book." Sebastian said as he slammed it shut.
"Looking for something?" Sebastian looked out into the city.
"What are you doing here?" He clicked his tongue as Neo stood next to him.
"'Project Animal Strike'? The name of the ranger operation and a name for a book. Written by a man closely connected to my king and one of his queens. Very interesting." Neo smirked as he held his own book.
"That eclipse thing again. How many books do you have exactly?" Sebastian asked.
"Well one depicts the events of the multiverse and the other is a calendar, depicting the events of my kings rise. These two are very special to me." Neo said with his eyes squinted and a smirk.
"What did I tell you?" Both boys froze as they heard the voice of a female.
"Who are these two?" Both boys turned to see Caste walking up alongside Yume, Yui and Santi.
"My worthless brother and his worthless partner." Yume answered.
"Sister. I see you've made some amusing, er how do I say, acquaintances." Neo said as he practically glared at Yume.
"You have a brother. Very interesting Yume." Yui smirked as she studied Neo and Sebastian.
"Why did you bring us to them?" Santi asked.
"Because I know that Caste wants to show everyone where they rightfully belong. That is his goal in life, a goal that may confuse others but makes perfect sense." Yume smiled as Anel scowled.
"And what of it?" Caste asked.
"My brother is the one who is behind Saul's uprising. He wants to make Saul's life a rags to riches stories. He wants to make Saul a king. Something higher than he was ever born to be, don't you think?" Yume looked back at Caste who growled softly.
"So you are one who defies your class. One who believes that you can ascend to the top of everyone just because you believe you can. You are nothing but scum. And I'll happily kill you." Caste said as he pulled out a huge sword with a curved blade along with his dagger.
"You've changed your sword, how original." Neo rolled his eyes.
"Face me." Caste growled.
"Honestly, I don't think he can do that. But I'll happily oblige." Sebastian claimed as he morphed quickly.
"A ranger. That makes this all the sweeter." Caste said as he snapped his fingers. "Zenku! Rise!" Wolf beasts emerged from the ground itself, rising up and growling.
"Why summon the henchmen?" Sebastian asked.
"Because as it stands, the Red Ranger is my target. And if that man is connected to him, then he will be my opponent." Caste said coldly as the Zenku rushed into attack.
"Crap." Sebastian ran into battle, crashing into the Zenku and pushing them back.
"No chance we can actually talk about this, can we?" Neo asked with a bitter tone. Caste walked up to him slowly.
"I hope you don't become a nuisance." Caste pulled up his sword.
"Sorry, but I'm not going to be killed by an oversized dog." Neo said as he grabbed his scarf and lunged it forward. It extends as it turned into a fist and pinched Caste back.
"Oh he did it now!" Santi exclaimed as he ran in, using his laser bladed sword.
"Oh please. Do show me what you got!" Neo put his book away and cracked his neck. Yume and Yui watched as Santi got the wind knocked out of him and was sent crashing into a few Zenku.
"Let's go. Now!" Yui commanded and rushed forward.
"Brother. I know you know more about Caste. I need that information now." Yume whispered before following suit.
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"And I guess that concludes the tour." Anthony rubbed his nape nervously as he turned to face the group of girls he was in charge of.
"This zoo is so cool. There's so many animals. More than there is in a normal zoo." Nayeon said cheerfully.
"And there's also dinosaur exhibits. Those are amazing." Mina noted.
"Thanks for being a good tour guide." Tzuyu thanked Anthony.
"It's nothing. It's my job, so like, heh." Anthony scratched his head.
"There they are." Anthony turned to see Luis' group arrive.
"Took you long enough." Anthony stretched his arms out. Luis then kicked a rock at Anthony's head. Anthony caught it and threw it to the side.
"You're reflexes have improved." Luis pointed out as the girl group reunited.
"So what's next?" Anthony asked. Just as Luis was about to answer, Marco arrived in a cart in a panic along with Steel.
"Shouldn't you be at the mechanic shop. Btw, Grease Monkey Mechanic Shop would be a good name for it." Luis and Anthony laughed.
"No time for jokes guys. Zaku is fighting the others in the park. Byxis and Raiyu are with him." Marco whispered to them, causing their eyes to widen.
"Sorry girls, but we have to leave. We now leave you in the care of our zoo's robot mascot, Steel who specializes in bugs. Again, sorry about that!" Luis said and followed Marco to the cart.
"Be careful with them." Anthony said to Steel before running off. Unbeknownst to him, his wallet fell out of his pocket. Tzuyu saw this and tried to call him back but the boys had already left on the cart. She picked it up and looked at it before looking at the retreating cart.
"Sorry about the inconvenience, but consider yourselves upgraded. I'm the amazing Steel. Did I mention that I'm amazing. Let's go to the petting zoo." Steel began to lead the group. Tzuyu kept looking in the direction where the cart disappeared.
"Someone has a crush." Sana teased her.
"Yea right. You know that I like the Red Ranger. Just like you." Tzuyu played with her and they followed the group.
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~2 years ago~
The moon was shining down upon the city of Seoul which lit up with lights in every corner. It was a Friday and everyone was out partying. Many getting off of work while others getting busy with their weekend plans.
A single black limo drove through the streets of Seoul, driving amongst the sea of cars looking for a way home or a way to the party. This limo pulled out on a dark alley, and continued until the lights of the city were dimmed, leaving nothing but the moonlight to shine upon it.
The limo parked and it's lights were shut off. The driver awaited instruction from the man in the back. Once he saw a figure fly past the car, the VIP in the back motioned with his hand. The driver turned on his high beams. Coming into view, was the big bad wolf himself, Caste.
He growled upon looking at the limo. The driver quickly exited his vehicle and walked to the back of it. He wore an expensive suit himself but not as expensive as the one that the VIP wore. Mr. X smiled wickedly as the driver closed the door. He stepped to the side and allowed his boss to move forward.
"It's nice to meet you again, Mr. Rogen." Mr. X adjusted his blazer before buttoning up the middle two buttons.
"X," Caste snarled as the smartly dressed man put his hands behind his back. "Why did you call me out here."
X dusted his jacket with his right hand before once again placing them behind his back, "I see you haven't changed a bit, Mr. Rogen. Well, emotionally and mentally I mean. Physically, hm... you seem worse than before."
"What do you want trash!" Caste growled loudly.
"I'm not trash. As you can see, I've done well for myself since we last met. If I remember, you came from a very poor family." X smirked as he saw Caste getting worked up. "I'll get right to the point. Why do you have such an interest in Saul Alvizo? What has he ever done to you?" X asked with pure curiosity.
"It's simple. He's appeared on my radar. What are your thoughts about a single man getting a dead man's belongings and money without a single will written. He's ascended to the top, where he doesn't belong. He belongs to the bottom." Caste stated.
"You're to obsessed with India's Caste system. I'll warn you once. You and your little posse better stay away from them. If I find out that you or any of them got close to Saul and the girls, you're dead." X warned with a finger pointed at him.
"I have a feeling we'll be seeing each other more often, Min-San." Caste said in a taunting tone as the man entered his limo. The driver quickly hopped into the drivers seat and they left.
"Are you sure you want to let them scape?" Yurina asked.
"Don't worry about me. Stay on your mission. Follow those people no matter where they go." Caste ordered before leaving Yurina and Mizusaki alone.
"Are you ok, Mizusaki-San?" Yurina asked the girl who looked shaken.
"Yea, I'm good. Let's do our job." Mizusaki claimed. She began to walk until she felt Yurina's hand grab hers. Yurina pulled Mizusaki around and smashed her lips onto hers. Mizusaki wrapped her arms around Yurina and their kiss became passionate.
After breaking off, the played everything off naturally and left, following Caste's direction.
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"We're in position, waiting on your command." Hunter took in a deep breath as he listened to his ken ready their weapons.
"Are you sure you want to take them here? I'm sure something will go wrong. The Silver Guardians could show up. These monsters may rip our soldiers apart. You have to think this through." Yurina spoke to Hunter from a truck, sitting together with other people watching everything go on with drones.
"It's doesn't matter what's out there. I'm taking them down. On my mark soldiers." Hunter said as he cocked his sniper rifle.
Inside the truck, Yurina's phone began to ring. She quickly picked it up. Upon answering, she heard the sound of crying.
"Hello? Mizusaki-san?" Yurina waited for an answer.
"Yurina-Chan. Please tell me he isn't there." Mizusaki spoke in a spooked tone as the child kept crying.
"Not yet, but the others are arriving. The only a one left to arrive are black, green and purple. And here they come." Yurina claimed.
Gold dropped Silver in front of Zaku. Zaku just laughed as he stepped onto Blue and slashed at Silver. Gold flew into Byxis, crashing him into a tree where Panther quickly jumped down and struck him with his claws.
Meanwhile, Crimson and Navy were trying their best to fight against Raiyu's lightning abilities, nearly able to stand before having White jump over them and striking Raiyu with his blaster.
"You know, I keep having dreams with you in them. Were you perhaps a Wind Ninja Academy student once?" Eduardo asked.
"Stop having a casual conversation with him." Purple shot at Raiyu who scoffed.
"Well I'm sorry for my curiosity!" Eduardo put his hands together and summoned his scythe, pulling his hands apart and letting the weapon appear from thin air. Having gripped the handle, he spun it around before striking the beast.
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"What is up with these guys today!" Green roared as he slammed a Ravager into a tree.
"Hell if I know!" Black rushed into the beasts, holding them up and continuing his charge into the trees of the park.
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"Argh!" Lion crashed into Snake as Bat jumped over them.
"Be like Batman. Be like Batman!" Bat yelled as he jumped and used both us feet to kick Eagle back. She scoffed as she stood straight before spinning around and launching her Eagle Slicer forward.
"Got it!" Orange jumped over and shot at the weapon, making it go off course and trap itself into a tree trunk.
"Argh, you're all just annoying!" Eagle yelled as she pulled up her Strike Blaster and shot at the rangers. Eagle continued firing as the rangers hid behind trees before being shot back.
"Saki!" The boys watched as Dolphin appeared. She shot at Eagle who hid herself.
"These assholes had to ruin our shoot. And worst of all, I don't know where Jisoo-Unnie is!" Saki shot at the tree until holes broke through. Eagle then jumped out of the way and shot at Dolphin in the gut.
"Oh she did it now." Snake said as he helped Dolphin stand. Dolphin along with Lion, Bat, Snake, Oranger and Raptor all ran towards Eagle who took her weapon from the tree.
She let out a low chuckle as she ran towards the rangers. From a far away tree, Rosé, Lisa and Jennie watched the battle, trying to stay away from it.
"I'm worried. The guys are in a tough battle and we can't find Jisoo-unnie." Lisa said as she out her hands to her heart.
"And worst of all, Hunter and the task force are here." Jennie pointed out as the girls saw a few soldiers move in.
"This isn't good." Rosé looked down to the ground.
"Don't worry girls, we got the rangers back." The three turned to see Wes and Eric arrive as the Silver Guardians ran into different positions.
"Alright, get your eyes on those bastards." Eric called out.
"We've already got that covered." Everyone froze. Eric cursed as the group turned to see men in exo-suits pointing their weapons at the guardians.
Back in the battle, Blue and Silver traded blows with Zaku. Both of them not backing down. Blue continuously used his Shark Sabers to push Zaku back, waiting for the dog-like beast to back down. Not so much to his surprise, Zaku continued standing. Silver used his own shield as a weapon, prompting himself to he like a version of Captain America.
The two were running out of breath quickly. They couldn't handle it anymore. Silver then began to enrage himself as his own eyes glowed the familiar red color that Saul's eyes would glow, allowing his alternate persona to arrive.
"J-Jose?" Silver questioned.
"Shut up! I don't like that name." The persona snarled as he took out the Strike Saber, taking full control of Juan's body.
"Interesting." Zaku admitted as he watched.
"I still regret opening that tome." Juan said within his own body.
"Tough luck, but now you sit back and watch." Silver pulled his arms back, going into a fighting stance similar to that of a knight. He then charged into battle and pushed Blue to the side. Blue stumbled around before finding a tree to balance himself on, watching as Silver roared.
"This is bad... I better... find a better... angle." Blue let out breathlessly as he began to limp around the battle happening in the open. He continued and found a spot that was perfect for him. He gripped his sabers tightly and was about to move until he was hit in the back and sent falling forward. Blue held onto his body as he looked up. "You!"
"We got ourselves a ranger boys." Hunter let out with a victorious smirk.
"Hunter." Blue said as he stood up. He watched as the soldiers aimed their weapons at them. He also noticed that each of their uniforms had different flags. For example, there were two American flags on two different soldiers while two others had a Mexican flag instead and two others had French flags on theirs.
"You better just stand down. It's for your own good." Hunter smiled like a maniac as he aimed his weapon.
"Why are you doing this?" Blue asked, "We're the good guys!"
"No you ain't, and you proved that in London." Hunter claimed.
"You're still on that. London was months ago." Blue tried to step closer but realized it was a bad idea as the soldiers cocked their weapons.
"I've got special permission from the UN to take you all down." Hunter stated, "and it looks like we'll be starting with the shark."
The weapons were powered up and were ready to used. These soldiers didn't just use any kind of weapon. These weapons were modified and glowed different colors. Blue would think of Call of Duty when looking at those weapons.
As the soldiers prepared to fire, they found themselves ambushed as shots were fired in front of them and sparks flew up into the air. Blue looked around to see new figures emerge.
"Ha! Beating a wounded foe while he's down. Despicable." Omega Alpha stated as he arrived. Mikey then watched as two other red rangers appeared beside him.
"Who- wait!" Mikey exclaimed.
"It's us." Wes gave him a thumbs up now morphed into the Time Force Red Ranger. Eric, now as the Quantum Ranger, pointed his Quantum Defender at the soldiers.
"You thought your could get the jump on us, huh." Eric spat out.
"You can't stop this amazing team, even if you wanted to." Blue watched as Steel, now as the Beast Morphers Silver Ranger, appeared alongside Neo.
"Look, we had to push a wolf man back into his hole, so I'd appreciate it if you back off." Omega stated.
Up on the rooftop from before, Caste watched everything going on.
"Why'd you let them go boss." Santi spat angrily.
"Because, I'm interested." Caste said as he crossed his arms. They all watched as the battles continued below.
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"Eagle! We're on the same side!" Dolphin yelled as the guys were struck back. Eagle laughed and continued trying to attack Dolphin who eventually hit her back against a tree. The monsters all came together as did the rangers in a center.
Rosé, Lisa and Jennie watched from a new position behind the Silver Guardian trucks. Everything in this scene was visible. The only ones in earshot were the rangers, the girls and the monsters.
"There is no sides. I don't need anyone!" Eagle yelled as she pulled up her weapon, the blades shining in the sun. She then brought it down.
"Jisoo!!" Eagle froze and her weapon landed just atop Dolphin who was shaking. Eagle turned to her side and was shot back. Red jumped forward and tackled her to the ground.
"Red Ranger!" Eagle tried to push him back.
"Jisoo. Stop! Stop!!" Red yelled as he pinned her down. Eagle then stopped and let her hands fall to her side.
"H-how did you-" Red hugged her and held on tightly.
"Don't scare me!" Red yelled.
"Did you say J-Jisoo?" Saki asked.
"No, it can't be." Jennie stated as the girls watched.
"Why Jisoo! Why!" Red yelled again. The girls were all stunned. Dolphin was as well along with the other rangers around them.
"Jisoo is the Eagle Ranger?" Orange questioned.
"No way." Lion said.
"But for how long?" Raptor asked.
"Stand down!" Everyone turned to see Blue and the others rush backwards as they fired back at Hunter. Silver and the others were also thrown into the mix as Zaku, Raiyu and Byxis pushed them into a circle.
"This is the end." Zaku called.
"This is bad!" White claimed.
Before anything else could happen, Eve Eh thing suddenly froze. Time itself froze. Everyone remained still. Farther back, three figures emerged.
"Ha! They are all pathetic." A female voice said. The first figure came into the light. Her figure was curvy with a body of black and gold color. Her body was bladed and sharp. Her hands had claws on them and her ears were sharp and pointed out. Her face resembled that of a cat, having green eyes as well with what looked like a crown surrounding her head.
"They may be pathetic but they are still formidable." The second figure emerged. He had a more buff look with the head of a dragon, yellow eyes as well, along with the long neck that extend backwards. He was also black and gold in color and had various ancient markings, each depicting a dragon in different cultures. As well as flame carvings, he also had claws along with holes in his hands. His sharp teeth shined gold.
"Sorry to break it to you, but that makes no sense." The third figure appeared. Another feline like monster appeared, having an appearance mostly related to that of a lion, tiger and cheetah. He had what looked like dreadlocks coming off the back of his head with golden closed teeth and red eyes. His body looked armored and made it look as if he were wearing a jacket. His paws were a bit bigger and had claws as well.
"So what do we do now?" The female asked.
"Semilus, Vixarus, Lozari. How are you liking your new bodies?" The three turned to see Axis appear, holding his staff with the Infinity Star glowing brightly.
"There are amazing. Thank you for blessing us." Semilus said as the three got down on one knee.
"Yes, we are very grateful to you master." Lozari continued.
"We won't let you down, master." Vixarus claimed.
"Perfect, my Black Label. I just wanted to show you three what it looks like when animals fight. There are the open ones, the ones who disobey their owner, and the wild ones. This is a disaster in itself. Know that if you get involved in a fight like this, you will be punished." Axis claimed.
"We promise we won't. I'll be a good girl master~." Semilus said as she looked up at the grand man. Axis walked over to her and put a finger under her chin.
"That's wonderful to hear, my sweet feline." Axis said sweetly which made Semilus blush.
"But is it true master?" Lozari asked, breaking up what was happening.
"Is that really Jisoo? Our Jisoo?" Vixarus asked.
"I believe so. Your first order of business is to defeat her." Axis chuckled as he began to walk away.
"But master, wouldn't it be better-" Axis slammed his staff on the ground and scarred the three.
"I have my reasons for doing things. Don't defy me or you'll wish Yang was still in charge." Axis said bitterly before leaving.
"Don't worry boys, I got this. I'll do it as soon as possible. Jisoo won't know what hit her." Semilus laughed as she left. The other two scoffed and followed them.
The sound of a clock ticking was heard. Then from out of nowhere, a flash dispersed, covering the entire city with darkness before a white light appeared.
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