Power Rangers Samurai vs. Ronin Warriors
Chapter 8: The Red, Silver, and Blue Dinosaur Train.
While Sakura and the Sentai teams celebrated in Panorama, the Samurai and RPM teams continued to battle furiously outside Corinth. Inside her lab, Dr. K. also worked furiously to recalibrate part of the Bio-Field so that the Samurai could use Paleomax to return to their world.
But neither task would be easy. The RPM team, used to all the things Venjix threw at them, was suddenly faced with vehicles and other mechanical monstrosities that they were not familiar with. When Scott asked Jayden about them, he suggested that Dr. K. record footage of the battle and save it so they could show it to Sakura and see if she recognized any of it.
Finally, after much expended ordinance, the first phase of the attack seemed to be repelled. That was before every monster the RPM team faced prior and some new ones to boot showed up. Megazords were reformed and it was back to work…
Back in Panorama, Suiren was introduced to Ji.
"Any new developments?" Ji asked.
"No, but we did take out a hell of a lot of minions and that Cog guy. I thought that would solve the missing Ranger problem but no dice. If that other team you talked about is helping them out, it's up to them. Now if you'll excuse us, the Shinkenger girls invited us over to their place, so call us if the Gap Alarm goes off." Sakura explained.
Kanesada revved up, and Ji hung his head at the apparent lack of interest in their cause.
Back in the Netherworld, Moogers poured another glass of the special sake for their guest as Octoroo came up from his studies excitedly.
"Ooo-ah-ooo! I have something to tell you!"
"This better be good. The Sanzu is only rising in small increments every time we send in a horde of Moogers to terrorize the city." The man in orange replied as he took another drink.
"With your increasing powers, you should be able to resurrect defeated Nighlok to send after the Rangers! We're still a while off from being able to bring back Xandred himself, but sending Nighlok to the city is a bit more effective than sending foot soldiers!"
"Then who do you recommend we send to do that?" He asked.
"Ooh-ah-oo! Let's start with an easy one for you!" He showed his guest an illustration of a red and blue samurai monster.
Focusing on the illustration and directing his power at the Sanzu, the man in orange began a bizarre incantation as a rune seal appeared on the water's surface, and after some concentration, the surface of the water began to bubble, and the monster leapt from the water's surface onto the boat.
"Ooh-ah-ooh! I knew you had it in you!"
"Go to the human world, take a large group of Moogers, and wreak havoc!" The man in orange ordered.
At Mr. Brown's, Sakura sparred with Takeru and Ryunosuke, while the others relaxed by the pool.
"That was an interesting battle we had last time." Kaoru commented.
"I agree. I never thought we would need both the Go-Busters and the Gokaigers to take on foot soldiers, but it was good to see them again." Mako said.
"I wish the Angels could have come too." Kotoha added.
"Well, you have to remember, they're probably busy doing Angel stuff." Mako explained, with no better way to explain why the Goseigers couldn't make it.
"I wonder if we'll see Hanto and his friends again. Could we call them to help us?" Kotoha mused.
"Kotoha, let's try to get one win without having to call the in the cavalry." Chiaki explained.
"I'm sorry Chiaki; it was just a thought." Kotoha said.
Sakura's cell rang, and the sparring was put on hold to answer it.
"WHAT!? A MONSTER?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE DESTROYED ALL OF THEM!"
"Well, looks like it's time for a little chan-bara-bara and for us to report to the emperor with brush strokes." Chiaki quipped. Mako responded by whacking him upside the head. Kaoru followed suit.
"NEE-SAN! PRINCESS! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"Mocking our theme song, which did very well on the charts for a sentai song?" Mako explained.
"Furthermore, for mocking our henshin call, which has been passed down for eighteen generations." Kaoru added.
"Don't forget your toys this time. Never know when a monster's gonna get gigantic." Sakura reminded them.
"Ryunosuke, get our Origami." Takeru commanded.
"Yes my lord!" He raced into the house and handed everyone their Origami as they headed out the door. Instead of kanjing up horses, they kanjied up motorcycles, and Chiaki got another whack in the head for commenting that they would have to rename themselves Bosozoku Sentai Shinkenger.
Upon arrival on the battlefield, the Shinkengers gasped at the sight.
"Don't whack me over the head or anything, but didn't we beat this guy already?" Chiaki asked.
"Yes, we did. Everyone be cautious. We have no idea if this is a mere copy or if it has been improved." Takeru explained.
"Ippitsu Shoujou!" The Shinkengers shouted, drawing their kanji and summoning their suits.
"But Genta's not here!" Kotoha observed.
"Who was supposed to call him?" Takeru asked.
"Don't look at me!" Chiaki pleaded, having gotten in enough trouble for one day.
"Relax, I'll call him." Sakura said.
At Gold Sushi, Genta was minding his sushi shop, with Navcase dressed as un-Juzo-like as possible, when his Sushi Changer rang.
"Hello! This is Gold Sushi, how can I help you?" Genta started, thinking it was a customer.
"Genta! GET YOUR SUSHI-MAKING BUTT DOWN HERE, THERE'S A MONSTER ATTACKING!" Sakura shouted.
"That friend of yours is scary when she's angry." Genta said as he put up a "Sorry, we're closed!" Sign, grabbed Daigoyou and he and Navcase were about to rush off when a large motor home pulled up next to them.
"Need a lift?"
Back at the monster fight, all time had stopped because it was time for roll call!
"Shinken Red, Shiba Takeru."
"Princess Shinken Red, Shiba Kaoru."
"The same! Blue! Ikenami Ryunosuke!"
"The same! Pink! Shiraishi Mako!"
"The Same! Green! Tani Chiaki!"
"The Same! Yellow! Hanaori Kotoha!"
"The Samurai Sentai authorized by Providence!" Takeru declared.
"Shinkenger!" The vassals shouted.
"Going Forth!" Takeru and Kaoru declared.
"Chan-chan-bara, chanbara, chan-bara-bara, chanbara!" Kotoha started to sing.
"Um, let's let them do it Kotoha." Mako replied, using her Shoudouphone to summon Psychic Lover and letting them sing the theme song.
"Shinkenmaru!" The Shinkengers declared, drawing their swords and all swinging at the monster at the same time, only to have him stop the attack with his own swords and push them back!
"I'm going with; he's stronger than last time Takeru." Chiaki replied.
Takeru nodded and was about to use the Inomaru but it was swiped by a Mooger and presented to the monster!
"Can an Ayakashi even use the Inromaru?" Ryunosuke wondered.
As he was contemplating, another one swiped the Super Disc from his belt buckle and brought it over as well!
The white coat appeared on the monster and made its attacks stronger, leaving the Shinkengers in a serious pinch.
"We need to get the Inromaru back from him." Takeru ordered. "Ryu, distract him with your Water Arrow while we all try and get in close to take it back from him."
Ryunosuke did as he was told, but there were too many Moogers blocking the path for the plan to work.
"Damn! What are we going to do?"
Suddenly, laser blasts came from behind them, dropping Moogers!
"We don't have guns…" Mako observed.
Something called out "Mission Six" and a gold blur flew by, grabbing the box, cancelling out the coat.
"What the!?" The monster demanded to know.
"I believe this belongs to you." The Gold man said to Takeru, handing the Inromaru back to him.
"We made it Take-chan!" Genta declared, running up with Navcase.
"But how did you get here so fast?" He asked.
"We got them here at Mach Speed!" A voice called out.
Engine revving sounds were heard as blurs struck Moogers and monster alike, before stopping next to the Shinkengers.
"More? Who are you guys!?" The monster demanded to know.
"Mach Full Force! Go-On Red!" The first man declared.
"Just Correct! Go-On Blue!" A second man declared.
"Smile Blooming! Go-On Yellow!" The first girl called out.
"Dash Dynamic! Go-On Black!" Another man called.
"Doki Doki Delight! Go-On Green!" A fourth man called out.
"Break the Limit. Go-On Gold!" The fifth man called out.
"Sparkling World! Go-On Silver!" The second woman called out.
"Pressing down the road of justice! Engine Sentai Go-Onger!" The first five called out.
"Go-On Wings! Take Off!" The Gold and Silver ones declared.
"And last but not least! Shinken Gold! Umemori Genta!"
"The Sword of Heaven! Navcase!"
"Armor of Wildfire, Sakura Kamino."
"Armor of Halo, Suiren Kamino."
"Let's do this. You guys handle the monster, we'll handle these guys!" Go-On Red declared.
Watching this back in the Netherworld, the man in orange got in contact with his associate in the RPM world.
"Do you have any of those brown robots lying around the factory they put you up in?"
"Thousands!" He responded.
"SEND SOME TO PANORAMA NOW!"
As the Go-Onger's theme began to play and Moogers were struck by Mantan Rods, Grinders joined the party as well.
"Ugatz too? This is going to get tricky." Go-On Red replied.
The five Go-Ongers tapped their belt buckles and brought out their Go-On Gear.
"Road Saber! Saber Straight!" Go-On Red announced, tearing through a group of foot soldiers and instantly destroying them.
"Garage Launcher!" Go-On Blue announced bringing out a blue weapon shaped like a garage. "Launcher Starter!"
He opened fire and destroyed a bunch more.
"Racing Bullet!" Go-On Yellow called out, firing it off her wrist which ricocheted off several minions but only seemed to annoy them, as Go-On Green flew past with his Bridge Axe, finishing them off.
"Cowl Laser! Laser Highbeam!" Go-On Black announced, causing even more foot soldiers to bite the dust.
"Let's show them how it's done, Miu." Go-On Gold declared.
"Right Ani." Go-On Silver answered.
"Wing Booster! Attention!" The Wings called out.
"Toripter Soul, Set." Go-On Gold said, placing his partner's Engine Soul into the slot on his Wing Trigger.
"Jetras Soul, Set." Go-On Silver said, doing the same.
The two fired, sending the souls of their Engine Partners screaming into a group of foot soldiers and destroying them.
Up on a rooftop, Enter and Escape were watching the action.
"Shall we join the fun, Mademoiselle?" Enter asked.
"That girl with the twin katana is pretty good. I'd enjoy fighting her again." Escape replied.
"I think I'll fight with her friend." Enter replied, as the two teleported off the roof and reappeared on the ground amongst the fighting.
"Ca va, Shinkengers, Go-Ongers, and friends." Enter replied.
"Those two again? What do they have to gain from fighting us?" Sakura wondered. "Navcase, you take Frenchie, I owe Ms. 'I'm Pretty Good' another go." Sakura replied.
Determined to finish this quickly, Navcase charged with Kuzu Ryu Sen, only to be somehow blocked by Enter! He had switched to his battle mode and the duel began. Likewise, Sakura donned her armor and Escape switched to her battle mode and they picked up where they left off.
The Shinkengers, meanwhile, had broken out their special weapons and were fighting the Nighlok, but to no avail.
"Any ideas, Takeru?" Chiaki asked. "This guy's kicking our ass!"
"Let's try our elemental attacks." Kaoru suggested.
"Right Mother." Takeru replied. He and the others attached their elemental disks to their Shinkenmaru and struck with the Goshiki no Mai, in hopes that this would take out their opponent. It managed to send the monster reeling back, but to no avail.
"Mother!" Takeru called. Kaoru responded by switching her Rekka Daizantou into its Ozutsu Mode. Discs were loaded, and they let loose with Kabuto Gorindan, but the monster used its gun swords to knock it right back at them!
"Damn! What's it going to take to beat this guy?!" Chiaki shouted.
Meanwhile, a local dance competition had been temporarily suspended due to the ongoing monster attack. A member of one of the teams was headed out the door when he was stopped by two of his teammates.
"Where are you going?" the female asked.
"They might need help out there." He replied.
"Kouta-san, I think this city has its own protectors." The male teammate explained.
"I know Micchi, but everyone can use a little help now and then." Kouta replied as he went to leave.
"Kouta?" the young lady began to say as he turned back to face her, "…Be Careful."
"I will, Mai."
Enter, despite facing an experienced swordsman with divine skill to boot, had forced Navcase to draw his second sword and dual wield. Being the Sword of Heaven gave him natural skill with a sword, but Sakura was still the undisputed master of dual wielding between the two of them.
Escape laughed her Escape laugh as Sakura sheathed her swords, charged her cannons, and opened fire with a series of multicolor blasts that Escape shrugged off.
"My mother's a goddess! I should be able to wipe the floor with this chick!" Sakura thought to herself.
"Papa made me strong.´ Escape explained. "Give up?"
Sakura took her katana and joined them at the hilts. "NOT BY A LONG SHOT! CHOU…AN…DO!" , she incanted, as her blades erupted in flame and she charged at Escape, swinging her joined swords like a fan in front of her to shrug off Escape's pointless attempts to take her out, and once in range, shot skyward.
"FLARE UP! NOW!"
Struck by Sakura's full strength sure-kill, Escape was knocked out of her battle mode, and Sakura was plain knocked out as she fell to the ground unconscious, caught by Go-On Green, who ended up with an unconscious Sakura on top of him. Gold and Black managed to lift the unconscious girl off of him before he enjoyed it too much.
"Au revoir, monsieurs and mademoiselles, but we're on a tight schedule." Enter said before he and Escape vanished.
"That gives me an idea!" Go-On Red exclaimed, as he brought out the Kankan Bar, combined it with his Mantan Gun and inserted the Ancient Engine Souls into it and opened fire, vaporizing the last of the Grinders.
"Hey, Takeru?! Wanna try hitting this guy all together?" Go-On Red asked.
"Let's try it." He went Super and brought out the Super Mogyou Bazooka, as Kaoru and the vassals reloaded the Rekka Daizantou with their disks.
The Go-Ongers meanwhile readied the Highway Buster and Junction Rifle, loading Bus-On and Carrigator's Souls into their weapons. Toripter and Jetras were readied for another go.
Genta and Navcase, in the meantime, to buy time for the weapons to be set up, let loose with their own attacks to try and soften up the monster.
"Ute!" Navcase called out, as all the cannons fired, and this was finally enough to make the Nighlok bite the dust.
"We won!" Kotoha blurted out.
"That means it's time for a victory…" Genta began to say before Mako cut him off.
"Hold that clap Genta…" Mako cautioned, as sure enough, it became gigantic.
"Genta, take Mother and the others and go in Daikai Shinken Oh. I will go in the Ushii Origami." Takeru explained.
"Got it Take-chan!" Genta replied.
With Kaoru handling the Shishi Origami in Takeru's place, Daikai Shinken Oh was formed and was joined by Ushii in its robot mode.
"Hey! Boss! I wanna help too!" Daigoyou shouted.
"Okay, you can get out there too!" Genta replied as he performed a Dai Henge on his lantern and Daigoyou assumed his giant robot mode.
"Take this! Goyou De Goyou De Goyou De!" Daigoyou exclaimed, firing discs from his chest at the enlarged monster, which only seemed to make it angrier.
Back on the ground, Navcase, tired after his struggle with Enter, still had more Moogers to contend with.
"That last attack really weakened our Engines, but we'll do what we can to deal with these guys!" Go-On Red declared.
That statement was short lived as a squad of rifle carrying Moogers showed up and opened fire, knocking the Go-Ongers out of their transformation!
"This doesn't look good…" Renn replied.
Suddenly, the young man from the dance completion walked on the scene and asked if he could help!
"Are you a Sentai person as well?" Navcase asked.
"Nope! I'm a Rider!" He proclaimed.
As Navcase and Suiren stood there wondering what a Rider was, the young man placed a belt buckle at his waist, which secured itself, then produced what looked like a padlock from it and called out, "Henshin!" And "unlocked" the lock, which called out "Orange!" A portal unzipped above his head and a large metallic orange hovered over him. He then went through some dramatic motions and attached it to his belt buckle, and "locked" it in place as the belt buckle proclaimed, "Lock On!" A samurai battle horn sounded from his belt buckle, and he depressed a small sword on the buckle, which opened the orange and called out "Soiya! Orange Arms! Hanamichi, On Stage!" As the orange descended and unfolded over his shoulders, forming orange samurai armor!
"Alright! This is my stage now!" He declared as he charged forward with a pair of swords, one of which looked like an orange slice. Not knowing what else to do, Navcase and Suiren joined in as the mecha battle raged above them.
Kouta depressed the sword on his belt again, which proclaimed, "Squash!" He then swung his sword in a circle, forming an orange, which wiped out a bunch of Moogers. But Grinders from one of Venjix's facilities warped in as well.
"Okay, let's try this now!" Kouta called out, switching the Orange for a Pineapple, which called out "Soiya! Pine Arms! Pulverize! Destroy!"
Kouta began swinging a pineapple on a chain at the foot soldiers, knocking them down, but the foot soldiers with guns shot at him, causing him to take a few steps back. He switched the pineapple for a strawberry.
"Soiya! Ichigo Arms! Shunshutto Spark!" The belt proclaimed.
Removing the open Lockseed from his belt and attaching it into his Saber, he swung a giant strawberry with kunai seeds that struck down several Moogers and Grinders. Unsatisfied, he produced a transparent blue Lockseed with a lemon on it, removed the Rider Indicator on his belt and replaced it with a different attachment, and opened the Lemon Lockseed which proclaimed, "Lemon Energy!" He attached both the Orange Lockseed and Lemon Energy Lockseed to his belt buckle, locked them in, and opened them, causing the orange to rise off of him, combine with the Lemon, and reattach to him, giving him a jinbaori as the belt called out, "Mix! Jimber Lemon Ha ha Ha!"
[A/N: A jinbaori is a coat meant to be worn over samurai armor, which is why the forms Kouta accesses with his Genesis Driver attachment are called Jimber Arms]
He attached the opened Lemon Energy Lockseed to his bow, and depressed the blade on his belt twice, as he drew back to his maximum draw weight as alternating rows of lemons and oranges appeared on the flight path, which would skewer a whole bunch of foot soldiers when he let go, which he did, taking out a whole bunch in one shot.
"Hmm, there are still a lot of you, looks like it's time to bring this out!" Kouta declared, bringing out his trump card. Removing all his other Lockseeds, he inserted it and activated it, causing his belt buckle to proclaim, "Kachidoki Arms! Into Battle! Ei Ei Oh!" As he appeared looking like a shogun going into battle, with flags attached to his back.
Wielding a weapon called the DJ Gun, it began sounding like a war horn as he adjusted the control to make it sound faster, and then depressed the trigger, firing the weapon like a machine gun, mowing down Mooger and Grinder alike, before slowing it down and firing it like a cannon.
He detached his flags and began going hand to hand with the foot soldiers, which were overwhelmed by the raw power he had.
"How about we finish these guys off?" Suiren asked as she took her stance.
"Okay!" Kouta exclaimed as he attached the Kachidoki Lockseed to the DJ Gun and began charging up for the Kachidoki Charge. Navcase began pooling his energies as well, taking his stance.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu! HITEN MUGEN ZAN!" Navcase screamed, taking off at speeds approaching shunpo, slamming into the foot soldiers like a bowling ball into pins and knocking some skyward. Once clear, Suiren let loose with a normal Thunder Bolt Cut and Kouta fired, taking out the stragglers.
"Yosha! That was fun." Kouta exclaimed as he closed up his Lockseed and changed back to normal. Suiren shed her armor as well and headed over.
"So…Kouta was it? You in town for a while?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm here for a dance tournament, but I just didn't want anyone to get killed when I had the means to do something."
"Spoken like a true samurai." Navcase complimented.
"KOUTA!" A voice shouted.
"Uh oh…"
The girl from before came running out and grabbed Kouta by the ear and began to drag him off.
"WE'RE UP NEXT, AND YOU'RE OFF PLAYING SAMURAI?! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH YOU?" She shouted as the other boy from before walked with him.
"Sorry Kouta-san, I couldn't stall her any longer…"
"That's all right Mitchi…OW MAI! THAT HURTS!"
Meanwhile, the Shinkengers took out the monster with their twin swords, they all did a victory clap, and Takeru declared the chapter closed.
Later, Sakura, Suiren and Navcase were waiting at a train station.
"Remind me why we're here?" Suiren asked, as she listened to music through a pair of green earphones.
"Well, Ji said Ranger Red arrived by train last time, so he thinks they'll come back by train." Sakura explained.
Several hours later, the train station was empty except for the three of them, Navcase was sitting guard cleaning his swords while Sakura and Suiren used his shoulders as headrests, Sakura strangely silent when the station's signal of a train approaching began to sound, waking up the two girls. A train pulled by a red steam engine pulled into the station, and a man in red with train tracks across his face jumped out.
"Nope, this station's not taken over. On to the next one!"
The train left the station and headed on its way as the two girls started to fall back to sleep again, when the station sounded again.
"Now what…" Sakura mumbled sleepily as a three engine train pulled by a mammoth pulled into the station, and the seven Samurai Rangers came off!
"Thanks again Scott!" Emily called.
"No Problem! Call us if you need us!" He called back.
"Is there any place open this late? I'm hungry!" Mike called out.
"I think so." Mia replied.
"So, sis, what do you think?" Sakura said in an aside to Suiren.
"I'll figure it out over dinner." She replied.
This brings this Chapter to a close…