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 without further ado...Let's Make It Showy!

Universe Blue: Nora Riley.

Universe Green: Drew Matthews.

Universe Gray: Charles Brown.

Universe Silver/Bronze: Cody Barnes.

=UNIVERSE=

It had been a few days since the kidnapping, and Nora along with Minerva were discharged from the hospital. Nora had gotten home, and refused to see the other's for the next few days to which they gave Nora her space.

Nora's father was gone to work which left Nora by herself, and she was currently outside practicing with these new found powers she had.

"And up!" Nora says as she lifted a statue in the backyard up high and twirled it, spun it, and otherwise used her psychic abilities to move it about.

She eventually set it down "I think I'm starting to get the hang of that power..." She muttered as she had discovered she had more than just psychic like abilities. She had been practicing them now, but still struggled a bit with these newfound powers.

Nora instead looked to the pool and focused on it to which she was essentially able to 'call' the water to her like it was something she could naturally do. She could also change it's shape even able to make it like a sword tip with similar sharpness.

Nora then changed it's shape again gathering more water and able to make a sphere that could possibly be used to hold something in it.

"I wonder how the rest are doing. It's been about a week now, and in three more days they should be back." Nora thought as she made the sphere of water burst. She then recollected it and returned it to the pool.

Nora left her yard and decided to just walk about the town. It was...nerve wracking to say the least being left in the house by herself at time, but it was only really bad during the day. At night she could handle it a bit, but the nightmare's were the worst part. That had been why while she didn't see the others the past few days she had been out in the town.

Though what she hated was that most people had recognized her, and while most comforted her she saw the looks of pity they gave her. She had decided already long ago that she despised people pitying her.

"I don't need to be looked at like that. I...I'm not fragile! I didn't ask for this to happen to me." Nora thought angered as she tried to relax after she had grabbed some lunch and one of the employee's was treating her 'gently', and she could see the looks some people were giving her at the cafe she went to.

"I'm just glad to be out of their." Nora muttered to herself, but she heard a hearty laugh coming from an alleyway causing Nora to stop.

"What such fortunate timing to find you. I had been wondering when we'd meet." A male voice said and footsteps echoed heading further into the alleyway. Nora decided to follow after as she wondered who it was, and why they'd been wanting to meet her.

Nora went as far as she could in the alleyway to which she stopped spotting a note to which she picked up.

"Blue Ranger

The time has come for our first, and our last clash. Come and meet me without the rest of your crew.

-Cocytus."

Nora's eye's narrowed at the note as she decided it would be best to consult with Macha or Ahsha on whoever this Cocytus was.

"He's probably a general, and if that's true then this Cocytus had to exist on Cray first." She thought.

Nora headed right for the Moonrunner and asked the two about Cocytus as the two were doing repairs to the system, and Macha was running some updates to the ranger database.

"Cocytus...never thought I'd hear his name again." Ahsha said after Nora had asked and Macha agreed.

"Cocytus was a part of the Gran Blue pirate's and while they were a group Cocytus lead his own faction of the undead pirates." Macha explained.

"Undead? Wait if the pirates are undead then how did the Link Joker Armada get rid of them?" Nora asked.

Macha cringes "That is something not even we know. I suspect what they used to purge our home it didn't matter if they were 'alive' as long as they had energy 'living' in them." Macha said.

"So um...what exactly is Cocytus?" Nora then asked.

The two mentors looked at one another then to her slightly nervous "He's a skeleton Nora. So it wouldn't exactly be that easy to defeat him. He can go on for hours while you will eventually wear out." Ahsha told her.

"So it's impossible to beat him?" Nora asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I wouldn't say that. Yet his swordplay and necromancy is hard to match." Macha told her.

Ahsha sighed "What Macha means is that it is rather difficult, it can be done. Something is needed to match him is what you need, and the only thing I can think to match him would be Morgana and her battlizer at the moment." She said.

Nora nodded, but she hid a small smirk as she had her own powers which she believed would be more than enough to match the battlizer Morgana had.

"Now don't go doing anything Nora. Even with everyone ready I don't think we could fight him head on." Macha told her.

Ahsha nodded "We'll figure out some way to. For now you should just...relax." Ahsha said, and Nora tensed up as Ahsha was giving her a soft look.

"Is she...pitying me? I don't need pity! I don't! I can handle myself just fine." Nora thought as she just smiled and nods to her trying to appear as calm as she possibly could be.

Nora turned and left frowning "I am not fragile, I am not a weakling, I am not an object of pity. I can handle Cocytus, and I will prove it!" Nora thought to herself a hand gripped into a fist and took out the note heading for the location written on the back.

=UNIVERSE=

Nora arrived at the graveyard in town and looked around waiting for Cocytus to show up, and then shivered before ducking low as something went over her head trying to strike her down.

Nora rolled out of the way and got up to see who her attacker was and had a good feeling that who was before her was Cocytus.

It was a tall figure in a black, blue, and purple pirate coat, boots, and gloves, while a red scarf covered his mouth. Ethereal green eyes stared back at her, and he had a black tri cornered hat with a gold pattern on it. In hand he held a yellowed bone sword, and behind his black was the red and black energy ring of Link Joker.

"Ahh me see's you decided to come fair maiden. I be Cocytus. A general of the Armada." He says to her and Nora just glared.

"Nice introduction, but I could have done without the attempt to chop off my head." Nora told him as she taps her morphor calling her trident to her.

Nora charged right in and the two swung at each other as Nora would attempt to try and disarm Cocytus, but the pirate was giving her much more trouble than she thought he would.

Nora blocked another strike and aims a few kicks at where she thinks his spine is trying to knock him away, but it was proving hard as the clothes made it difficult.

"Impressive attempt little lady, but it will do ye no good!" He says and actually strikes her on the shoulder drawing blood.

Nora hissed in pain before glaring and focused her power flinging Cocytus back hard into a tombstone.

Cocytus while startled got back up "I see. Ye has some supernatural qualities about thyself as well." He said.

Nora smirked "Yes, and I plan to use them for this quite well." Nora told him.

Nora threw herself forward with her power and struck hard Cocytus barely able to block the strike, and swiftly retaliates aiming a blow to the stomach to which Nora simply threw herself in the air.

She then came down hard trying to impale Cocytus who simply moved and aimed a lethal blow trying to take off Nora's head. Nora ducked and used her power to remove the trident from the ground calling it back to her.

Nora caught it before aiming it at Cocytus and used her power to reinforce the strength behind her throw and it flew hard, and hit Cocytus dead on in the chest throwing him back. He was then impaled into a concrete pillar nearby.

"You...Ah yes. You have an interesting power about yourself child." Cocytus spoke before grabbing the trident and manages to pull it out.

He then tossed it to the ground to which Nora simply recalled it "Oh I've got more. I just don't see the need to waste it on something like you." Nora says simply and looks at her nails as if disinterested in the fight.

Cocytus chuckles before he began glowing green, and he chanted to which skeleton's began rising up out of the ground.

Nora saw this "Hmm...Interesting. So they weren't joking about the necromancy." Nora thought and huffed.

"Well I guess I could entertain you for a bit longer." Nora said in a bored voice spinning her trident in one hand.

The skeleton's charged forward and Nora met them head on as she controlled her trident's strike's with her power while she also called her multi weapon in sword mode and began striking down any other skeleton's.

Cocytus watched this and continued chanting as the skeleton's just reassembled themselves.

Nora began to grow frustrated with this and decided it was time to stop playing nice "Burn." She muttered and from several points in the ground pillars of deep purple fire erupted and went in an arc striking the skeleton's.

Cocytus joined back into the battle to which Nora smirked "Copy." She muttered and a clone of her appeared, and took the trident starting to fight the skeleton's while Nora herself engaged Cocytus again.

Nora was done going easy as she put her psychic powers into every blow with her blade to strike harder than normal.

Each strike Nora was forcing Cocytus back which only made her grin "Not so big now are you skeleton face?" Nora taunted.

She then laughs "You didn't even make me morph! You have got to be the most pathetic general ever!" Nora taunted further.

Cocytus growls continuing the fight "Watch the tongue little lady. I can still go, but what about you?" He retorts as Nora was tiring out a bit.

Nora growl's eyes darkening "Oh I'll be able to handle you." she said as she dismissed her fire and was ready to continue.

"Downpour." She called out as clouds gathered overhead and it started raining hard.

Nora grinned as she now felt more at home the water seeming to heal her. Nora drew several raindrops together creating a water like rope wrapping around Cocytus.

Cocytus struggled, but couldn't break the water like rope as Nora approached "You know normally I'd be good to just try and return you to yourself, but you were trouble before you became this according to my mentors." Nora said as she thought about the stories.

She then grabbed the hat and tossed it off as well as opened the jacket. On the forehead and on the spine was two bright red jewels to which Nora grinned.

"Those are what's keeping you anchored. Those jewels keep you bound like this. Well..." She started as she put the blade close to the jewel located at the spin.

"Let's take care of that shall we?" She then said, and for once ever since he started serving the Link Joker Armada Cocytus was scared.

This girl, this ranger had not only exhibited powers on par with his own, but had also defeated him in combat, and had found what kept his spirit bound to the world. He could feel the pressure of the blade on the jewel and feared the worse as he started to hear cracking.

"Nora stop!" Charles called out as he and the other guys got their and saw what was going on.

Nora glanced at them "Don't get involved in this. He wanted me here, and he got me." Nora said to them.

Drew frowns "That may be, but this isn't how we do things Nora. You know he's just a victim like the other two." He said.

"I said stay out of this!" Nora shouted at them.

Charles frowns hating to have to do something to Nora, but she was getting out of control "Sorry Nora." He muttered, and called his blaster to which he shot Nora the pain enough to knock her out.

Cocytus was released from the water rope, but before he could escape Chris called his bow and shot an energy arrow that would serve to hold him.

Charles grabbed Nora as they then teleported back to the Moonrunner.

=UNIVERSE=

Nora groaned as she started to wake up and noticed that she was seated on a couch in the Moonrunner's command room.

"W-What in the world happened? Wasn't I battling Cocytus?" Nora thought and then recalled what had happened and was now fuming a look of pure rage on her face.

"Nora. Nice of you to finally wake." Charles said and Nora looked to her side seeing him.

Nora growled "You...you..." She muttered.

She then let's out an almost primal like scream and got up "You attacked me! Why did you attack me Charles?!" Nora said as she got right up in Charles face.

Charles backed away "I was only stopping you. You didn't give me a choice." He told her.

"Didn't give you a choice! Cocytus is nothing but a problem even if he's returned to himself! I was doing them a favor by getting rid of one of Cray's biggest nuisances!" She told him.

Charles stepped back up "That's not for you to decide Nora! You know I think this doesn't have anything to do with Cocytus." He said.

Nora frowned "Oh then what does this have to do with then if your so smart?" She sassed.

"I'd tell you, but you wouldn't like the answer." Charles told her and Nora glared.

"Fine. I think this has to do with you Nora." He told her.

"What! How does this have to do with me?!" Nora shouted at him.

Charles folds his arms "Let's see you went off on your on when both our mentors told you explicitly not to. You fought someone you shouldn't, and your lucky that your still alive." He said.

Nora growled "I am not lucky! I was handling him just fine on my own." Nora said.

"That's not the problem. You are pushing yourself, and you still need to take it easy." He said.

Nora was fuming now "Take it easy! Take. It. Easy! Ever since the kidnapping you all have been treating me with kid gloves!" Nora shouts.

Charles was starting to get angry "Well that's not our fault. We just want you to be safe, and take time out to recover." He retorts.

"I don't need to take time off! I can handle this, and with Morgana gone I'm the one who's got to lead this team!"

"Oh and what makes you a good choice in your condition!" Charles said.

Nora stomps her foot on the ground "My condition doesn't matter! I was one of the original three rangers! You came in later, and if you were in charge we'd probably be dead!" She she pushing him back.

Charles hand's gripped into fists "Well maybe you don't deserve the privilege of being a ranger at all! You've been nothing but a hindrance or little help since I've met you!" He shouted.

"You are the biggest mistake to ever become a ranger!" He then shouted right in her face and Nora's eyes widen.

Charles was huffing and trying to calm down, but then realized what he said "N-Nora. I-I'm sorry I didn't..." He started as he approached her, but was suddenly thrown back into the wall.

He slid down as Nora looked at him her eyes a dark blue "If I'm a mistake then I guess I'll just rid myself of being in yours and the other's presence." She hissed and started walking away.

"As of now their is no blue ranger. Not anymore." Nora told him her voice cold as ice, and she vanished in a flash of blue light.

Charles got up and cursed himself knowing that he had gone to far, and that Morgana would be having words with him when she returned.

He also was a bit scared as when he saw Nora's eyes he saw a darker more malevolent part of Nora he had never seen before.

Whatever was going on with Nora he had just pushed her over the edge, and now she was gone to which none of them would know where.

Episode 40 is done, and well it was certainly interesting as we have yet another General defeated as well as ready to be purified. On the other end of the spectrum Nora has finally been pushed over the edge from a combination of things, and left the team. We also got a look at Nora's natural affinity to using and controlling water along with magical abilities. Where she is going though nobody currently knows, but that doesn't mean she will be completely cut out of the story for now. So until next time this has been your friend fanfiction writer decode9!