I don't own Power Rangers or Cardfight! Vanguard as it belongs to Toei and Bushiroad respectively. OC's belong to LovingGinger30, ThePurpleArcher24, Stormasius, TriassicDragonRanger, Mike singh, RedRanger2.3, and me. Now instead of talking...Let's Make It Showy!

Universe Red: Morgana Ravens.

Universe Blue: Nora Riley.

Universe Yellow/Void Ranger: Vibranium/Kathy Ravens.

Universe Green: Drew Matthews.

Universe Gray: Charles Brown.

Universe Purple: Francesca "Frankie" Donaldson.

Universe Silver/Bronze: Cody Barnes.

=UNIVERSE=

Cody woke up as it has now been about a week and a half since he joined the team, and the same amount of time since Kathy had last been seen physically. It was a few days ago when the group got battle footage from the Mystic Warriors team, and just the other day they had a visit from a ranger from another dimension.

"Cody we're heading out now!" Cody's mother called out. While not many people cared Cody's parents were both well know writers, and sometimes they had to go out of town for things. Since he could look out for himself his parents let him stay behind for the past few years and take care of himself.

"Okay mom! You and dad take care." Cody called out to his mom, and with another goodbye his parents left.

Cody got changed and grabs his bag heading towards the school "Hey. Theirs our new guy." Drew says with a smile as he along with the rest of the rangers waited outside Sol Academy's gates.

Cody waves as he walks up "M-Morning everyone." He said trying to smile, but was still nervous about them.

Charles was neutral, but seemed calm "Relax dude. We're not going to bully you or anything if that's what you think." He said.

"I might get into fights, but I'm no bully." Charles thought as in his mind the image of a ambulance and him helping someone came to mind.

"That's one thing I'll never be." Charles thought and Drew nudges him snapping him out of his thoughts.

"That actually sounds like a really good idea. I think that the student council will like it." Nora said complimenting on something.

Frankie nodded in agreement "Yeah. Much better than what the four angels suggested for the fundraiser." She said.

Cody rubbed his head "T-Thanks, but I'm not so sure if it will work." He said.

Charles tilted his head to the side confused "Cody suggested a book sale. The school library has an excess of book from older book fairs, and it's starting to show. So we sell off the extra books, the school gets money, and the library gets room for more books." Drew explained to him.

"You know that's not such a bad idea." Charles said.

It was then that laughter was heard "Oh your right it's not a bad idea. It's downright terrible!" Athena says and the group groans as the four angels had showed up.

"She is so right. I mean who want's to read some dusty old books. Lame!" Anna said and Charles shoots a glare and steps up.

"Hey back off him. His idea is already sounding better than whatever yours could be." He said.

Athena giggles "Aww Charlie how could you say that? I mean a fashion show would attract a much better crowd, and show off many of us..." Angie starts and looks at Frankie and Nora.

"lovely ladies. I men what could be better?" She finished.

Morgana stepped up "Oh, and do you really think they'd approve it? Yeah I don't think so." She said.

Alice steps up "Now now Morgana. You are going to be included to. Your actually quite the looker unlike the ugly duckling you hang around with, and the other one who no one cares if she is found." She said.

The group gasped as they knew Alice was in for it now as she could handle insults to herself, her appearance, and other things now. Yet insulting her friends, and her family was a big no no. Especially family, and especially Kathy.

Morgana glare hardens as she steps up and grabs Alice by the collar of her shirt "Okay listen and listen good. Frankie is not only smarter than you, but she's a far better person than all four of you combined." She started and takes in a breath before letting it out and looks Alice right in the eyes.

"As for my sister your wrong. She is loved, appreciated, and missed. So don't you dare go off saying that no one cares if she is found. Because if I even hear of you talking bad about her...well the four of you won't like what happens." Morgana seethed as Alice looked scared and Morgana dropped her.

Cody stepped up "You know it's funny. You call Frankie, and Kathy ugly ducklings. Yet by the end of the story the ugly duckling becomes a beautiful and graceful swan." He says as Alice gets up, and the four take off.

Morgana sighed and looks to Cody "Come on. Let's get to the principal. I think your idea will get approved in no time." She spoke leading him towards the office to give the suggestion to the principal who'd pass off the suggestion to the student council.

Cody nods as he walked with Morgana, and the others walk together deciding to go get breakfast.

=UNIVERSE=

Later on in the day Cody sat in Mrs. Umbra's class as said teacher was reading some passages out of a book, and students were taking notes.

She eventually closed the book and looked at them "Now then your assignment is simple. You are to write a page about something of your choosing, and will have to read it to the class tomorrow." She spoke and Cody paled already starting to feel himself sweat.

The bell then rang and Cody jogs out as quick as possible without running. He was also slightly panicking as he didn't like the idea of possibly having to read in front of the class especially with his major case of stage fright.

"I already messed up once. If I do it again..." He muttered to himself and shivers already imagining people laughing at him.

He then feels a tap on his shoulders and jumps turning to see Frankie "Whoa there Cody. You okay? I didn't think I surprised you that much." She says.

Cody sighs "I'm fine." He said as Frankie raised an eyebrow at this, and while she could easily tells he was lying she didn't want to pry.

"Okay if you say so, but if you want to talk we're here." Frankie said to him.

He just nods and walks off headed towards his next class as his mind was preoccupied with thoughts about the assignment. He was extremely nervous about it, and wasn't sure how to deal with it as all he heard in his head was laughter.

"You have stage fright. Don't you?" A guy's voice asked, and Cody jumped and turned seeing Shawn as he just let's out a sigh as it was one of the rare jocks he knew that was nice to him.

"Y-Yeah Shawn. How did you know what I was nervous about?" He asked.

Shawn blinks before sighing "Dude. I know I don't sit up front, but we got Mrs. Umbra's class together." he mentioned before giving a playful slap to the guys back.

"Plus what else would you be nervous about? I mean I was their when that happened to you." He then added on as Cody looked down.

"I feel like I'm just going to mess up again." Cody replied rubbing his shoulder nervous.

Shawn rolled his eyes "Cody I got one thing to say; don't think about it." He says.

Cody looked at Shawn as he continued "If you think about it you will worry, but even if you don't think about it you will mess up. Fears are a part of who we are, and while we can overcome them they might still be there." He said.

"How do you know? You don't seem to be afraid of anything." Cody said putting his hands into his pockets.

Shawn chuckles "Trust me their are things I'm scared of. I've just overcome them, and while they don't bother me as much their still something I fear." He said.

"So...I shouldn't try to fight it?" Cody asked and Shawn nodded.

"Yep. The more you fight the more scared you will become." He said and leaves.

Cody considers this and nods thinking to himself.

=UNIVERSE=

Kathy was calm and collected as she meditated on her own as her friend had taken off for some time. She figured to best forgive herself she first needed to clear her mind and figure out what it was she needed to forgive herself for.

In her mind Kathy walked about her mind space which was distorted and hard to tell what it once originally was.

"Huh. Didn't actually think you'd be bold enough to dive into your own self." An image of a dark clothed and skinned Kathy appeared. She was also fully human unlike herself.

Kathy turned to her darker self as she takes in a breath "So...your...whatever it is I need to forgive myself for?" She asked.

The darker one smirks as her yellow eyes shine "Yep. Good luck figuring out just what I am though." She taunts before vanishing.

Kathy sighs and decided to wander her mind space hoping to find some kind of hint. She saw lots of shattered glass and stops to consider it.

"Broken glass...something inside me...is broken?" She asked herself in a whisper.

She knew it could possibly be referring to her sisterly bond with Morgana, but she didn't believe to to be that. She knew it had to be related to her herself as she turns and nearly jumps seeing a fragmented memory of her and the others.

It was like a broken TV screen as she saw on one side her teammates and sister while the small fragment was herself.

She saw this and thought back to what the group had told her during her final fight with them as Vibranium.

She winced as it actually gave her a good idea what it might be as her darker self appeared again "Looks like you might be on to something. Think you know who I am now?" she asked arms crossed.

Kathy looked at her "Your...my trust. The trust that I use to have in myself. The trust I haven't had in myself for years." She said.

The copy claps "Congratulations. You got that right." She said with a sneer.

Kathy recoils at this as her copy continued looking her "We haven't trusted our self for years because of the bullying, and we separated ourselves because we couldn't trust ourselves around others. That's why we only think of them as teammates even if we see them as friends." Her dark copy added on and looked like she was starting to cry.

Kathy was shocked at this "T-That's..." She starts before stopping and considered this before sighing.

"You're...no. We're right. The bullying, jeering, and other things we just couldn't take. We couldn't trust ourselves. Not around our sister, and not around the people we call friends. We don't even know much about them." Kathy said to her darker self.

"Our lack of trust in ourselves led to our own ultimate betrayal. Who's to say we won't just turn again?" Her darker self asked.

Kathy considered this and glanced around before seeing something in the mind space catching her attention. It was a familiar small glass angel which she managed to beckon to her.

"Here's a reason." Kathy said.

The darker Kathy's eyes widen "Right. We might still have a chance. Morgana and all of them...they...they'll be their for us. To help make sure we don't stray." she said.

"We can forgive ourselves. We've made mistakes, and we haven't trusted our self. That's going to change." Kathy said as she then saw her darker self looking like she was being purified hair becoming a light pink, and clothes became white and gold.

She then vanished as Kathy then felt a strange connection as if a missing piece of herself was surfacing she hadn't seen in years. She also felt the seed crack even more yet it would take one more blow in some way to destroy it.

Kathy glanced around her mind space having a feeling her mind space wouldn't return to normal yet as she still needed forgiveness from the others.

That's the end of Episode 23, and I hope you all enjoyed this look into Cody who had a pretty good talk with Shawn. As for Kathy she has forgiven herself and sounds like she might just be starting to trust herself more if not still a bit nervous about seeing the others. I know it was only filler, but I will say the next chapter will feature more action, and we may have the introduction of a few generals. So until next time this has been decode9!