Power Rangers Super Samurai vs Ronin Warriors

by Destonus

Keep in mind that the "vs" in the title doesn't necessarily mean they'll fight each other. It's meant more in the vein of sentai teamups where the team before the versus is the "home" team and the one after it is the "visiting" team. Five years after the defeat of Xandred, a mysterious letter shows up on Jayden's doorstep, the Samurai are thrust into someone else's conflict!

9. Tough in Yellow, Determined in Gold

Power Rangers Samurai vs. Ronin Warriors

Chapter 9: Tough in Yellow, Determined in Gold.

Cyterror supplied by Dash Master 48.

At long last, the Samurai had returned to Panorama, after the rebuilt Cog had sent them to his timeline a second time, but they were able to get out of it thanks to the efforts of Doctor K and the Power Rangers RPM.

But all was far from back to normal. Enter and Escape, identified as members of Vaglass by Masato Jin, had shown up twice, but there was no indication who they were ultimately working for. Cog may have been destroyed, but someone kept dispatching Grinders to back up the Moogers. Finally, although the Ronin Task force was up to three, there was still no confirmation that their old enemy, Tenma Furukiayu, was behind any of the Nighlok's actions.

"Okay, while we were gone, Cog was defeated, an old monster we fought before was defeated too, Grinders are accompanying Moogers from time to time, and the three of you think that someone you know is involved in all this, but you have no solid proof other than Moogers have broken him and someone who works for him out of prison. Other than that, we think he's being asked to revive Xandred somehow." Jayden explained.

"So what happened while you were in Corinth?" Ji asked.

"Well, we ended up in the middle of nowhere; the RPM team picked us up and took us back to Corinth. Dr. K was able to manipulate the bio-field they use in order to have their train bring us back here. In the meantime we faced off against lots of strange machines that neither we nor they had seen before. We brought back film Dr. K took to see if you recognized any of it. " Lauren explained.

Working it through the Gap Sensor equipment, Ji started the playback.

"Houji. Those are definitely his vehicles. Cog must have set him up in one of Venjix's factories so he could build things to attack Corinth." Sakura concluded

"What are we supposed to do about that? We have no way of getting in touch with Scott or his team." Mike commented.

"Or Dr. K, for that matter." Mia added.

"Why do we have to be so negative? I'm just glad we're home after all this time." Emily said.

"Well, I'm off!" Suiren exclaimed.

"And where do you think you're going?" Sakura asked.

"On a date." Suiren explained. "With that Kouta guy we met."

"I think that girl who dragged him off by the ear might have an issue with that." Sakura commented.

"She's not his girlfriend. Anyway, see ya! Call me if you need me!" Suiren said, before heading out the door.

"Are your other siblings as lax as she is?" Ji asked.

"Don't get me wrong, she can hold her own in combat. She's just a tad…boy crazy." Sakura explained.

At a sidewalk café, Suiren waved as she spotted Kouta, who had arrived ahead of her. She could swear that there were some very suspicious people trying to blend in a few tables away though…

"Mai-san…I don't think Kouta-san will be very happy if he finds out you're spying on him…" Micchi cautioned.

"Who is this girl? Does Kouta prefer blondes or something? Maybe I should dye my hair blonde…" Mai thought out loud and under her breath. Micchi swore he could see and hear steam coming from her ears.

"So, you're an Armored Rider?" Surien asked.

"Yeah, this Sengoku Driver allows me to transform into one."

"Like the period?" Suiren asked.

"No, it's one character off. It's named after its inventor, Ryouma Sengoku." Kouta corrected.

"Are there others like you?" Suiren asked.

"Yeah, there are others with Sengoku Drivers, but I'm the only one who's really interested in helping people out." Kouta explained.

"So what brings you to Panorama?"

"The dance team I'm with got invited to a competition here, so here I am. Are monster attacks very common around here? I thought things were strange back home in Zawame."

"I suppose if I lived here long enough I'd get used to them, but yeah, they're kind of a nuisance but considering I can do something to help with it, I don't mind." Suiren explained.

"Well, I suppose as long as I'm in town, I can help out." Kouta offered.

"Well, that's nice of you, but I think the Samurai Rangers have things under control now that they're back." Suiren explained.

"Yeah, we've got the semi-finals to get ready for too, so if you need me, just call! I should probably get going, we've got team practice soon and Mai will kill me if I'm late."

Kouta headed off, and then the two suspicious people followed after him a few minutes later. Suiren's phone went off and she answered it.

"Kouta? Oh, hey sis. Okay okay, calm down, give me the coordinates and I'll be right over. I was just with Kouta too; I should have asked him to come with!"

Suiren arrived at the scene to witness what looked like a monster made of crystal fighting the Samurai, Navcase, and Sakura.

"Suiren! It's about time you got here! You have a nice date with Mr. Fruit Samurai?" Sakura scolded.

"I thought there were no more Nighlok?" Emily exclaimed.

"Well, this looks suspiciously like one! Let's hope we figure out how to kick his butt before he runs for the river!" Mike declared.

"Agreed. Fire Smasher Cannon Mode!" Jayden declared, inserting the Beetle Disc and switching his special weapon into a disc launcher.

Before the discs were loaded, the monster fired a beam meant for Emily, but it hit Sakura instead!

"Thanks Sakura!"

"Watch out!" She shouted, but it was too late as a second beam hit Emily.

"What was that?" Mia wondered.

"Let's take this guy out before we find out." Jayden said as the discs were loaded, as Lauren readied for a Blazing Strike, Suiren began gathering power for her sure-kill, and Navcase began charging as well.

"Uh oh! Time to get back in the river! See how you feel in the morning!" The monster declared before vanishing through a gap.

"What was up with that guy? I know he was dried up, but what did he mean by 'see how you feel in the morning?'" Kevin wondered.

"Well he hit you and Antonio before Suiren showed up, and then Sakura and Emily just now, so we'll just have to keep an eye on them and hope nothing bad happens." Mia replied.

"Takeru, I do not recognize the Ayakashi that just attacked." Kuroko Kaoru said.

"Agreed Mother. I don't remember that one either." Kuroko Takeru answered.

"It's probably an only for this fanfiction edition Ayakashi my lord! You know, like the ones from the movie and the special and the other special…"

"DAMARE!" Kaoru shouted, whacking Ryunosuke upside the head.

"Mako-san, I thought stagehands were supposed to be quiet?" Kotoha asked.

"They are, but Ryu-san makes a better kabuki than kuroko." Mako explained.

"Hey, now that we're not fighting anymore and we're back to this routine, does that mean we have to rename ourselves the Kuroko Sentai…OW OW OW!"

"URUSAI!" Kaoru screamed as she hit him with her fan.

'Princess, I know he deserves it, but maybe we could cut back a little on the fan whipping?" Mako asked.

"Sorry. It's a reflex." Kaoru explained.

"Reflex? You love hitting me more than that damned retainer of yours!" Chiaki exclaimed.

Kaoru, having gone a little overboard on the hitting people with her fan, looked to Mako for approval, who nodded, so she whacked him again.

"Let's go back to Mr. Brown's…" Takeru said. Genta had already taken off back to his sushi stand.

Back in the Netherworld…

"OCTOROO!" The man in orange screamed. "EXPLAIN TO ME, HOW YOU SAID WE HAVE NO MORE NIGHLOK, AND YET THERE IS ONE IN THE RIVER RIGHT NOW?!"

"Ooh-ah-ooh! I thought so too!"

Moogers hurried to pour him more sake, as rocks outside the ship were formed into even more Moogers.

Meanwhile, the monster pulled itself back aboard the ship.

"And what do we call you?"

"I'm Cyterror!"

"And what did you do to the Samurai and that She-Ronin girl?" He asked.

"You'll see tomorrow!"

Still seething with anger at these delays, he just drank more sake…

The next morning dawned bright and clear. Mia headed out for her morning jog, but did not notice Kevin, who was usually an early riser, so she chalked it up to malfunctioning alarm clocks.

Jogging past the pier, music in her ears, she noticed Antonio already there and setting up shop. The sushi man had not arrived yet, so she pulled out her earbuds and went over to say hi to Antonio.

"Hey Antonio, you're up early."

"I need to be if I'm going to beat that sushi seller at his own game." Antonio said with determination.

"Hey, didn't I tell you not to worry?"

"If I worry, he wins. I've got some new ideas to try that should get business back." Antonio explained.

"Okay…just don't overdo it…" she replied, putting her earbuds back in place and jogging off.

"Kevin's not up yet…and Antonio usually sleeps in….No, it couldn't be…" she thought to herself as she jogged on.

Back at the Shiba House, the other Rangers, Suiren, and Navcase were eating breakfast when Drill Instructor Emily emerged from her room.

"Good morning Emily. Have you seen Sakura?" Ji asked.

"Tch. She's still sleeping like there's not a care in the world. We need to beat that monster, and it'll take all of us to do that, even if that means her!"

"Em, are you feeling alright?" Mike asked in his best boyfriend voice.

"It's EMILY." She corrected sternly.

"Good morning everyone!" A voice from another room declared. Everyone turned to find Sakura, wearing happier colors than usual and had her hair up in pigtails. Everyone took another look just to make sure they were seeing what they were seeing.

"Oh, there you are. Finally decided to join the rest of us?" Emily said.

"Yeah, I was having such a good dream about me and my boyfriend." Sakura replied.

"And the fact that there's a monster on the loose means what? Nothing?"

"I just got up Emily…we'll have time later to fight it." Sakura replied carefully.

Emily just huffed, grabbed a Shinai and headed outside. Sakura started to cry and Lauren went over to try and comfort her.

"Good morning." Kevin said as he emerged from his room.

"Kevin, I thought we were going to spar this morning, where were you?" Jayden asked.

"Oh, I overslept. Sorry about that."

"Something's really fishy around here." Lauren said.

"I agree. For a minute there, I thought Emily was the old Sakura." Suiren said.

"That's it!" Mike exclaimed, having an epiphany.

"What's it?" Mia asked, returning from her jog. "Is Sakura…crying?"

"Emily was mean to me!" Sakura wailed.

"Emily?"

"Yeah, it's like someone shoved something up her…" Suiren whacked Mike upside the head in the interests of keeping the Teen rating on the fanfiction.

"No, Antonio's acting weird too. I've never seen him more focused and determined." Mia explained.

"Now that you mention it, Kevin slept in and seems to be really laid back." Jayden added.

"It's got to be that monster. Didn't he say something about tomorrow morning? Well it's tomorrow morning and we've got four people not acting like themselves." Lauren said.

"Emily's acting like Sakura before she mellowed out…" Suiren said.

"Antonio's acting like Kevin, and Kevin's acting like Antonio." Jayden added.

"And Sakura's acting like Emily." Mia finished, as Sakura finally calmed down.

"Did I do something wrong?" Sakura asked.

"No sweetheart, Emily's just going through a tough girl phase." Suiren explained. "Maybe we should take Sakura out somewhere in case Psycho Emily comes back for round two."

"Okay. We'll call you if that monster comes back." Jayden answered.

Suiren, Mia, and Lauren decided that the safest place short of the mall where Psycho Em would never dare tread was Mr. Brown's.

"So you're the ones who helped us while we were gone? Thanks again." Lauren said to Mako.

"Thank Takeru. He was the one who decided we should help Sakura and Navcase." Mako explained.

"Hello, I'm Hanaori Kotoha." She said.

"Hi Kotoha, I'm Mia and this is Lauren. Thanks for helping us out."

"Who's Sleeping Beauty over there?" Lauren asked, pointing to a completely wiped out Kaoru.

"Hime-sama? That's Tono-sama's mom." Kotoha explained.

"Her name is Kaoru; Kotoha here just likes to call her that. And if she looks a little young to be someone's mother, she adopted Takeru."

"Are those girls next to her friends of yours too?" Lauren asked.

"Yeah, that's Miu and Saki from the Go-Ongers. Never thought I'd see that. Saki's trying to teach Sakura her motto for life." Mako explained.

"Now Sakura, whenever you feel sad, remember…"

"Smile Smile!" Sakura replied.

"Exactly!" Saki said happily. "Miu-san how's the plan to get Ginjiro back to Japan going?" She asked the slightly older girl next to her.

"Ani's still working on it. It was expensive enough to get it over here." Miu explained.

"Saki-san, when did you get those?" Kotoha blurted out.

"Huh?" Saki asked, confused.

"Um, Saki, I think she means…" Mako replied.

Saki took a slight glance down and then realized what Kotoha was talking about.

"Oh! I'm just a late bloomer." Saki explained.

"Saki, we need to get going, remember we're helping Kouta out?" Miu reminded her.

"Oh right! Mako, it's time to go!" Saki called.

"I told you before, I'm not doing it!" Mako protested.

"Come on! You're the only one who'll fit into the costume!" Miu insisted.

Mako was dragged off, leaving Kotoha with Lauren, Mia, Sakura and Suiren.

"What was that all about?" Lauren asked Kotoha.

"Oh, Saki-san and Miu-san agreed to help Kouta-san out somehow." Kotoha explained.

Meanwhile, at the Dance Competition…

"KOUTA! WHERE IS THIS 'SURPRISE' YOU SAID THAT WAS GOING TO HELP US WIN?" Mai demanded.

"They'll be here Mai, don't worry."

Mai had been a little testy lately, particularly after he mentioned he had a date with Suiren earlier, and after he had gone off during the monster delay.

"Um, Kouta-san, there are some girls here to see you." Mitsuzane aka "Micchi" said.

"See, they're here. I thought there were three of you." Kouta wondered.

"She's getting ready."

An announcement was made for Team Gaim to take the stage, Mai taking a deep breath to deal with the fact that Kouta seemed to have young ladies following him around lately.

"In charge of the Go-Onger's smiles, I'm Saki!" Saki declared.

"In charge of the Go-On Wings' beauty, I'm Miu!"

This would have been Mako's cue to come out, but she had to be dragged out by the other two in protest.

"Please?" The two pleaded.

"FINE. In charge of Gaiark's sexiness, I'm Kegalesia." Mako said, dressed as the Water Pollution Minister.

Of course, since G2 + 1= 3 Princess had suddenly gotten back together, Sousuke and the others were on hand to watch as always.

"As always the song is, 'G3 Princess Rap'!" Saki, Miu, and an unenthusiastic Mako declared.

[A/N: Lyrics can be found at the Power Rangers/Super Sentai wiki; for the actual tune, check the Go-Onger section for episodes in which it appears.]

As the "G3 Princesses" sang, Team Gaim danced along, and at the conclusion, there was a large round of applause. The judges' scores went up, it was clear; Gaim would be going to the Finals in a few days!

"We did it Kouta!" Mai exclaimed, nearly hugging him, but stepped back cautiously.

"But what are we going to do about the Finals?" Micchi wondered.

"We'll figure something out Micchi." Kouta said confidently.

Back at the Shiba House, those who had remained behind came in rubbing all parts of their bodies as they entered in various states of pain, followed by Emily.

"You guys are pathetic. You think we're going to beat that Nighlok with fighting like that?"

"Em…ily, usually we don't go all out in practice." Mike explained.

"Train as you fight, fight as you train. What's wrong with that?" She asked.

"That might work well for the military, Drill Instructor, but I think it's a little extreme for our purposes." Jayden answered.

Fortunately the debate was put on hold as the Gap alarm went off. Ji showed them where the disturbance was and the gang was out the door, with Ji to call Mia and let her know.

Upon arrival, Emily wasted no time charging in like a bat out of hell and attempting to bring down the monster single handedly. The others decided it was wise to give her a bit of a wide berth.

"Wow! Emily's really going all out!" Sakura exclaimed Emily-style.

"Believe it or not, but that's normally you." Suiren said.

"No, I'll never be that good." Sakura replied.

"HEY! IS ANYONE ELSE GOING TO TAKE ON THIS NIGHLOK, OR DO I HAVE TO DO IT MYSELF?" Emily shouted.

Jayden and Lauren sighed, considering they were the only ones who could probably get close to Emily without incurring her wrath, so they attached their elemental disks and went for a pair of Blazing Strikes, only for the monster to suck both of them in!

"Oh no!" Sakura exclaimed.

A few moments later, the two were regurgitated by the monster, turning into creatures similar to him! Jayden used the Black Box and Lauren went to Shogun Mode, but Jayden's coat was black instead of white! They then proceeded to attack their comrades, who tried in vain to hold them off. Luckily, Navcase showed up, with Genta in tow.

"Navcase? Where have you been?" Suiren asked.

"I was with the sushi seller, believing that it was a safer place to be than with the kabuki man with a thousand Sengoku questions. I decided to bring him along in hopes that he could help."

Genta transformed into Shinken Gold, and guided by the three Japanese speakers, he went into action against Jayden, but iai was no match for evil this day.

"Wow! He's just as tough as Take-chan!" Genta commented.

"What are we going to do?" Sakura complained.

"I'm not sure." Antonio replied. "They have our team cannons."

"What about the Bullzooka?" Mike asked.

As if in answer, Evil Jayden produced said weapon and opened fire on the Samurai!

"Should we retreat?" Kevin asked who would normally be making this decision in the event of Jayden's incapacitation or in this case, turning evil.

"Suiren? Do you think that orange samurai guy can come help us?" Sakura asked.

"Kouta? Yeah sure." Suiren answered.

Patching her cell through her armor, Kouta's phone rang at the competition.

"Hi Suiren, what's up?" Kouta asked, trying to keep his voice down so Mai wouldn't hear.

"We're in a bit of a pinch right now; two of our teammates are acting a little off."

"I'll be right there."

"Mia, the usual deal with these guys is if we destroy them, everything goes back to normal, right?" Suiren asked.

"Usually that's the case. You have a plan?" Mia asked.

"Cover me for a second while I charge up. My cannon's no Bullzooka or Fire Smasher Cannon, but it should put a dent in that guy."

Mia and Sakura (who apologized to every Mooger she hit), kept a firing lane clear, as Suiren's armor began to glow as she charged her cannon up. A large plasma fireball struck the monster head on, but it only seemed to make it madder.

"Maybe I should swap a few more personalities, just for kicks!" The monster taunted.

The sound of a horogai sounded, and the monster was hit by an orange energy blast!

[A/N Number 2: A horogai or jinkai is a conch horn used by yamabushi or in this case, by samurai generals to signal their troops, much like a bugle is used by horse cavalry]

"You better take a rain check on that, because this is my stage now!"

With his Musou Saber in one hand, and his DJ Gun in the other, Kouta charged the monster, shotgun blasting Moogers, combining the two weapons and inserting the Kachidoki Lockseed into the DJ Gun, it erupted with flames as Kouta slashed down, taking down the monster.

"Huh? What happened to my hair? Suiren, did you do this?" Sakura demanded.

"Sorry to say, you're responsible for that. Good to have you back to normal." Suiren replied.

"Em, are you feeling okay now?"

"Never better! Why, did something happen?" She asked.

"You could say that…" Mia replied.

"You back Em?" Mike asked.

"Back? Did I go somewhere?" Emily wondered.

"We'll fill everyone in later. Right now we've round two." Jayden pointed out.

"How do you want to handle this Jay?" Kevin asked.

"Start with the Megazord and work our way up. Sis, can you handle the Bullzord?"

"I'll give it my best shot." Lauren replied.

"Antonio, we're going to need the ClawZord and the LightZord."

"Got it Jay!" Antonio replied.

The Zords were called out, boarded, and merged. But that still left Sakura, Suiren, Kouta, Navcase, and Genta with nothing to do. At least, for the moment.

"Ça va Ça va, Monsieurs and Mademoiselles? Non non non! I believe this is our stage now." Enter declared.

"Sis, back me up?" Sakura said, readying her swords. "This chick's tough."

"No problem. Add-On Hasshin!" Suiren called out, summoning her Halo-themed armor upgrade.

"Mademoiselle, will you kindly deal with these two? I will deal with Monsieur Orange and the Samurai." Enter explained.

"Is the blonde pretty good?" Escape asked.

"If she's anything like her sister, I suppose the answer is; oui?"

"This is Gog." Escape explained, kissing one of her guns. "And this is Magog." She said, kissing the other one. "And I am Escape. I'm pretty good."

"Let's dance." Sakura declared, already in the stance for Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren.

"Wait! We need music!" Kouta exclaimed, grabbing the Sushi Changer from a confused Genta.

"You can text kanji with this thing and it creates what you text? Cool! Let's see…"

A band wearing various samurai armor parts appeared, and they began playing Gaim's theme song.

"Not bad." Sakura commented.

Enter and Escape went into their battle forms and began fighting with the people on the ground. Genta stood there somewhat dumbfounded as to what he should do.

Escape blocked Sakura and Suiren's sword swings with the bayonets on her pistols while Enter parried with his rapier strikes from both Kouta and Navcase.

"Man, this guy's tough! Let's see how he likes this!" Kouta exclaimed, inserting the open Kachidoki Lockseed in the DJ Gun in Gun Mode. It declared "Kachidoki Charge!" And a large orange ball of energy formed in front of it, which then slammed into Enter. As the avatar reeled from the blow, he was hit by a Kuzu Ryu Sen from Navcase, knocking him out of his battle mode!

"Not bad, Monsieurs. Mademoiselle, let us be going." Enter said.

"Fine." Escape replied, not too happy about interrupting her fight.

The two vanished from sight as everyone powered down.

"Hey Kouta? You hungry? Taking on Nighlok and Vaglass makes me hungry." Suiren asked.

As if in answer, Kouta's phone rang.

"Hello? Oh, hi Micchi. I'll be right there."

"Sorry, could we do this another time? I've got to get back to the hotel before Mai kills me."

Summoning his cherry blossom bike, he sped off, careful to keep his speed down so that the warp drive would not engage.

Back at the Megazord fight, the Samurai Megazord's katana, the twin katana of the Claw Armor Megazord had not worked yet, so they brought in the auxiliary Zords in their cannon form and let loose with that, which seemed to work.

"Going by elemental opposites, he's earth, so that means Mia should go Shogun and see if that works."

Jayden handed over the Black Box to Mia, who went Super, then Super Mega, and finally Shogun, which somehow caused Lauren to go back to simply Mega.

"I guess only one of us can be in Shogun at a time." Lauren observed.

They let loose with a Wind Shogun enhanced shot, and the monster went down in flames.

"Samurai Rangers," Jayden began.

"Victory is ours!" Lauren finished.

"Don't worry Suiren; you'll see your new beau again." Sakura quipped.

Genta responded with the quietest clap of victory ever, due to no one else around to help him do it and then headed back to Gold Sushi as the Samurai Rangers, Suiren, Sakura, and Navcase headed home.

"I was mean to you? I'm so sorry Sakura! Can I make it up to you somehow?" Emily apologized profusely after learning about her little mean streak.

"Relax; the monster was responsible for it." Sakura explained.

"Still, I shouldn't have made you cry…" Emily replied.

"I can't believe I slept in! I thought I was more disciplined." Kevin complained.

"Relax Kev. You didn't get turned into his slave like Lauren and I did. I'm more worried about what it did to Antonio."

"It was weird, but golden at the same time! I came up with some great ideas to boost business!"

"And in Evil Emily's defense, that workout earlier was probably the best we've had in a while."

"Agreed. Looks like the Sanzu's not as dried up as we thought it was. We'll have to practice a little harder tomorrow."

Back at Mr. Brown's, Princess Sleeping Beauty had finally woken up and Mako had returned from filling in for the deceased member of G3 Princess. Kotoha was playing her flute.

"Mako-san! Mako-san! There's a song that will summon dragons! I want to try it!"

"Um, Kotoha, I don't think that's the best…"

Too late. Kotoha played the Dragon Flute song on her flute.

"Nothing happened…" Kotoha said disappointedly.

Suddenly, a voice announced, "TELEPORT, PLEASE!" and a young man with short reddish hair, a pink and white speckled shirt, pink pants and a leather jacket appeared as Kotoha's jaw dropped.

"Are you a dragon?" She asked as she regained her composure.

"Not quite. I'm a wizard. But I do have a dragon inside me." He explained.

Suddenly the young man's stomach growled.

"Teleporting takes a lot of mana. Do you have any donuts?"

Kotoha pulled out her phone and kanjied up a box in an instant.

"Sorry, I'm not very good at this. All I could create were plain sugar."

The young man smiled.

"Those will be fine."

This brings this chapter to a close…