Zoorangers

by Bionichute

When a group of mysterious creatures start wreaking havoc across Zootopia, Nick and Judy find themselves thrust into a legacy of heroes they never knew about, and must use new powers in order to save not only the city, but their whole universe. Features numbers of characters from across Super Sentai history. (Updates whenever I finish an episode)

8. Episode 7 - Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Episode 8 – Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

"Watch it, Smellwether."

Contrary to the rhino's words, he kicked the small sheep forward in the line, nearly knocking her glasses off. She let out a small growl, inaudible to the larger creatures surrounding her. She had been locked up in prison for three years at this point, and nobody there had given her a single bit of respect.

Maybe their dislike was based around her being possibly the smallest prisoner there, or it came from her being a former political power. Maybe it was both.

Either way, she hated it. She hated the only food she'd been eating for the last 600 plus days, she hated the inmates, and she hated the ones who had brought her here.

The rabbit and the fox.

Every day she grew more bitter and angry at those two. She wanted revenge for ruining her life. Her mind shifted from being frustrated with her surroundings to anger at the bunny cop and her fox partner.

The fox had even become a cop within the last while, what a wonderful way to make fun of her.

She felt another kick, this one a lot stronger. "Move it up, baa-brain." The rhino behind her said. She had gotten wrapped up in her thoughts, and hadn't noticed the line moving.

She sighed and moved, she was next to be served. She went up on her toes, trying to get her tray up onto the counter. She heard a wet slop hit the tray, some of it landing on her dirty white wool. She grabbed the tray, and searched for a table in the cafeteria where no one was sitting.

She found one off in the corner. The sheep enjoyed sitting alone, it helped her think about revenge plans. Once that would probably never come to fruition, but they helped calm her.

She poked at her "food". It had been three years, and she'd eaten the stuff for nearly the entire time, but she had no idea what it actually was. It was a brownish orange, and covered in lumps. It looked like liquefied meat, but tasted of nothing.

As she ate it, she thought about plans when she got free. Maybe she would put up a facade of forgiveness, and destroy the two from afar. Maybe she would risk going to jail again, and just kill them herself. No matter what, she was going to get back at them.

After the disgusting food, everyone returned to their cells. Bellwether hadn't managed to get a cell mate yet, to her relief, but the solitude by itself was one of the worst parts at this point. Every day she wondered whether no one or someone would be worse, and she could never decide.

She continued thinking to herself, laying down on her uncomfortable bed and staring out at the night sky through her barred windows. Some days she thought of escaping, but her being on the third floor on an island prison put the kibosh on those every time she tried to logic it out.

After what felt like a short time, the lights of the prison shut off, signalling that it was time for shut-eye.

The bed was probably the worst part of this entire experience, a thin mattress over a hard piece of metal. Luckily, she had her wool, which made for a decent replacement on nights when it felt really bad.

She closed her eyes, rolled over to face the wall, and drifted off to the usual awful sleep.

---

Her eyes jolted open.

She wasn't sure how much time had passed, but it most likely had, and it was still dark outside. Waking up in the middle of the night wasn't exactly a rare occurrence, but something felt wrong.

She heard something. Something breathing.

It was behind her. It was a calm breathing, only audible due to the silence of the building. It wasn't like anything she had heard. Her heart raced, wondering what it was. An angry inmate that broke in to her cell to kill her? Had she gone insane? What if it was some kind of monster?

The thoughts continued until she heard footsteps. Her heart started to beat even faster. Then, a paw of some kind placed itself against her head. It was leathery, and had a shape she had never seen or felt before. She should've screamed, but the terror was causing her to freeze up. Maybe if she pretended to sleep, it would go away?

She shut her eyes as hard as she could, attempting to go back to her dreams.

"I know you're awake, Bellwether."

"W-who are you?" She asked, shuddering.

The thing removed its bizarre paw. "I am not here to harm you." It said, in a calm, smooth voice.

"Then what are you here to do!?" She blurted out, finally sitting up and facing the creature.

In the dark, all she could make out was a vague outline, and the thing's glowing, yellow eyes. The illumination revealed a vaguely fox shaped head, but from what she could make out, it was nothing like a fox.

"What… who are you?" She asked, standing up and backing towards the wall.

The creature laughed, "I am Izayoi Kyuemon." It explained. "I simply want to help you." It stated. "I want to help you escape from this dreadful prison, I want to help you get your…" It paused, and looked her right in the eyes. "Your revenge. Your revenge on the two who have wronged you."

"Judy and the fox?" She asked, calming down a bit. "You can help me… get rid of them?"

"Indeed." It said, holding out a small, metal object, which gleamed in the light. "All you need to do is… poke yourself, with this."

Bellwether grabbed the object. She wasn't entirely sure what it was. "How will this help?" She asked sceptically.

"This shuriken will give you untold power." Kyuemon explained. "With it, not only could you destroy Judy and her fox friend, you could take control of the entire city again."

She looked down at the bladed object. "You're not bullshitting me, right?"

"Now why would I ever do that?" Kyuemon laughed. "We're all friends here, I only want what's best for you."

The two stared at each other. Kyuemon's eyes stared at the sheep, the glow seeming to grow even more intense. Anxiety hit the sheep, but she took a deep breath to calm down.

She finally gave in. "Alright, I'll do… whatever you want me to do with this."

"Just stab it into your arm, unlock your true power!"

She held the blade up in her right hand, sticking out her left wrist. She gulped, staring down at her own arm.

"Do it, Bellwether." Kyuemon whispered.

In a single motion, Bellwether jabbed the shuriken into her arm, an intense pain washing over her. She tried not to yell in pain, seeing blood rise up from the wound. A purple glow began to surround the shuriken.

Kyuemon began to laugh, as the purple glow began enveloping Bellwether's body. The blade absorbed itself into her skin, as she felt her bod begin to change. An awful pain cracked through her bones. She looked at her wrist, the wound suddenly gone.

Her wool was beginning to change, from soft white wool to coarse, brown fur. Her sight turned blood red, now being able to fully make out the monster standing in front of her, which she soon towered above from on top of the bed.

A loud howl resounded through the prison, one no one had heard before. Not even the timber wolves joined in.

The howl was followed by a loud crashing sound, and then the wailing of sirens.

---

It had been a week since Enter's attempt at destroying the city, and his words still echoed in Judy's mind. The doubt in her abilities had been noticeably bothering her, which Nick had of course noticed.

As they sat for roll call, Nick thought about this. He had been thinking about it the entire week, but he hadn't been able to say anything about it. Mostly because he himself wasn't sure if Enter was wrong. The only reason he wasn't acting weird was mostly because this was a thing he'd dealt with for most of his life.

The two sat in thought throughout the entirety of the meeting, unaware of their surroundings.

"OFFICER HOPSS, OFFICER WILDE!" Bogo yelled at them, causing them both to snap out of their thoughts, and turn in attention to the buffalo.

"Took you long enough." Bogo scolded. "What is with you two, you've been acting odd for the last week!"

"We, uh," Nick began, "We've been having a rough week, lots of… things going on in our lives."

Bogo nodded, "I understand. To be honest, I'm surprised it took you two this long."

Both of the officer's eyes widened, their fur turning red. "NO!" They both yelled in sync.

"Sir, it's nothing like… that, we're not…" Judy fumbled to explain.

Bogo began to laugh. "Kidding, kidding!" The two sighed in relief, and slumped back into their chairs.

The buffalo suddenly turned serious again. "Now, I have a rather personal assignment for you two."

He placed his arm on the podium, and began to explain. "It seems an old acquaintance of yours has escaped prison."

"Wait, you don't mean…" Judy began.

"Smellwether finally did it, huh?" Nick finished, sounding a bit impressed.

"Indeed, she seems to have escaped last night." Bogo continued, ignoring Nick's mocking nickname. "Considering you have a bit of a history with her, I wanted you both to go investigate. Perhaps you can make some sense of it."

"Another weird case, huh Chief?" Nick joked, hopping down from the chair. "You sure have been putting us on a lot of those recently."

"What can I say," Bogo said, "You two tend to be able to solve them, why should I stop?"

"Point taken." Nick said, back, the two officers heading out.

"Nick, do you think we come off like that?" Judy asked as they headed for the cruiser.

"Like what?" He asked as they headed out the door of the station.

"Like, you know…" She said, blushing a bit.

"Ohhhhhhhh." Nick realized what she meant as they got to the car. "Probably, yeah." He said, shutting the door. "Entirely a weird coincidence though, we're just friends." He paused, and looked at. "Right?"

"Yes yes we are." She quickly said. Probably shouldn't have brought it up, she thought to herself.

"Anyway," She said, attempting to change the conversation, "You ready to go to Elkatraz?"

"You mean go back, right?" He joked, watching as his partner's faced grew a look of terror. "Joke, carrots. I've never actually been sent to Elkatraz."

"GOOD!" She yelled, relieved. Though, she couldn't tell if he was lying or not.

---

The guard was resting in his booth. He has been there all night, since the guy on the night shift had an "accident" a few hours before. He had managed to make it the night, but began dozing off during the day.

Suddenly there was a knock on the booth's wall, causing the elk to jolt awake. He looked down, there was a fox, dressed as a police officer, wearing a pair of ridiculous aviator sunglasses.

"Two for the cruise to Elkatraz." The fox said, removing his aviator glasses. "Don't worry, we got cash." The fox continued, causing the guard to roll his eyes.

Judy elbowed him in the gut, causing the fox to grunt in pain. "I'm sorry about him." She apologized. "We're here to investigate a prison escape." She held up her badge, the elk leaning down to eye it.

He sighed, and grabbed a pair of keys from the wall inside of his booth. "Hope you two know how to drive a boat." He tossed the keys to them, Nick fumbling to catch them. He motioned towards the boat.

The two looked past the booth, onto a very dirty pier, with a rather small speedboat parked next to it. They walked towards it, and then looked at each other.

Judy looked back at the booth. "Shouldn't we have a captain, or something?" She yelled back. The only response was very loud snoring.

"Relax, fluff." Nick said, twirling the keys on his claw. "I know how to drive a boat."

"Really now?" She said. "When did you get a boating license?"

"Never said I had a license."

Judy facepawed. This was certainly dubious, but it was also their only way to get to the island right now.

"Don't tell anyone I let you do this." She groaned, Nick hopping into the boat.

She got in as well, just as he started the engine, making her nearly fall into the water.

"Whoops, sorry!" He apologized to his rather disgruntled partner.

She sat down in disappointed silence, the boat speeding off.

After a rather quiet boat ride, (Nick had tried to spark up conversations, but it didn't go well) they arrived at Elkatraz Island.

They parked the boat, and got out. Three figures walked up to them as they got out. Two of them were a rhino and a hippo, dressed in guard's uniforms. The third was another elk, this one much older looking, and dressed in a black suit.

"Are you two Officers Hopps and Wilde?" The elk asked.

"Indeed we are." Nick said.

The elk grabbed both of their paws and shook them hard. "I am Elkton Johansson, current warden of Elkatraz Prison, nice to meet you both." He stopped shaking their paws, which they waved in pain. "Say, where's the boat driver?"

"Busy sleeping on the job." Judy said.

"What?" Elkton let out, turning to one of the guards. "Remind me to have a talk with Mr. Terrence." He said to the rhino, who nodded.

"So, anyway," Judy began, "You had a breakout here last night, correct?"

The elk nodded, and then motioned for the officers to follow him.

"Chief Bogo probably told you, but the former-assistant-mayor-former-mayor Dawn Bellwether managed to escape last night. I hear you two have a history with her?"

"Oh, you know," Nick began trailing behind the elk. "She just tried to kill us, not a big deal."

"But did Bogo tell you about the current circumstances of her escape?" Elkton asked.

"What was it?" Judy asked. "Did she dig a hole through to the sewers? Was there anyone else who escaped with her?"

They continued walking through the courtyard, and headed to the back of the prison. Nick admired it for a second, four stories high, dull grey, the perfect soul breaking prison. He was glad he managed to never get sent here.

They rounded the corner of the building, Elkton answering Judy's question. "No, nothing as simple as a group breakout, or even a tunnel escape, which wouldn't actually work on the middle of an island, or on the third floor, but that's not here or there." He stopped in front of a pile of rubble, and looked up. "Here it is."

The two officers faced the building, and looked up. Directly above the rubble was an absolutely massive hole.

"What the…" Judy muttered to herself.

"Did you guys start allowing explosives into the place?" Nick jokingly asked.

"Why would we ever let explosives in!?" Elkton said, missing the joke.

Nick eyed him, confused, before Judy interrupted. "Is there any security footage?" She asked. "Maybe we could work something out from that."

"That's the other thing," Elkton began, gesturing for them to follow him again. "The footage we got of last night was... odd. I'll show you."

They walked around to the front again, Elkton entering the building.

Judy began to walk in as well, before looking back and seeing Nick, standing still.

"Are you coming in?" She asked, looking at him.

"Let's see," He began, "I'm a former criminal who's ruined a lot of worse criminal's lives, why would I want to go into a high security prison?"

"Well, because it's high security." She answered. "If you do see anyone you know, it's not like they can hurt you."

"You've never seen Silence of the Lambs, have you?"

She shook her head. "Besides, we have the warden and escorts, if anything happens, they'll be there."

He sighed, "Alright." He followed her into the jail.

The place was very... sterile, as you might expect a jail to be, but it felt off. Hundreds of inmates, tons of different species. Most of them seemed to eye the cops, which caused Nick some anxiety.

They quickly caught up to the warden and the guards, who seemed to not notice they were missing for a few seconds. They walked in silence, Nick looking around nervously. Sure enough, there were some inmates he recognized, none of them seemed to notice him though.

He continued to follow, up to the second floor, in the relief that nobody said anything. Until a sudden bang sounded as he passed a cell.

"Nick Wilde, izzat you?" A sly voice whispered.

Nick knew that voice.

He sighed, and turned around. Through the cell bars looked a rather skinny lion, with a mangy mane and a rather crazed stare.

"Well, if it isn't Dave 'Scratchmark' Clawbick." He said, staring at the lion in a mix of remembrance and disdain. "How'd you end up in Elkatraz?"

"Oh, just a small homicide case." The lion joked. Nick remembered why he hated this guy. "What happened to you, man? You started pretending to be a cop or something?"

"No, Clawbick, I'm an actual cop." He held out his badge.

The lion burst into laughter, nearly falling over. "SERIOUSLY!?" He yelled between guffaws, "You used to be cool, Nick! Now you're a blueback!"

"I changed." The fox said sternly.

"No one can really 'change', Wilde." Clawbick said back.

Nick tried not to let out a growl, but it accidentally slipped, causing the lion to laugh again.

"So, what happened to the rest of the gang?" Nick asked. "They finally break up, or are you still playing your children's games?"

"Oh, they're all here." Clawbick answered. "They thought putting us in different cells would mean we couldn't plan an escape. Idiots."

"NICK?" Judy's voiced resounded down the hall, catching both their attention. "NICK WHERE DID YOU GO?"

"S'that your partner? The bunny cop!?" He began to laugh again.

"I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!" He cried back, ignoring the lion. "I hope I never see you again, Clawbick."

"Well, I hope we meet again." The lion said, as Nick walked away. "IN HELL!"

Nick ran off to find his partner, who had been waiting for him around a corner, alongside Elkton and the guards.

"Where were you?" Judy asked, a bit worried.

"Just, uh, reacquainting with an old colleague." He explained.

"Well, if you want to see the security tapes," Elkton said, "Just go in here. They won't help you, but it's better than nothing."

The two looked at each other, that certainly didn't bode well.

They went through the door, and into the security room. Several screens greeted them, each showing a different part of the prison. Elkton walked over to a keyboard, and began to open up files on a computer. The two officers watched, only at his shoulder height.

"Here's the recording." He said, a black and white, angled shot of Bellwether's cell showing up.

They could clearly see her, sleeping in the cell. Elkton hit fast forward, it was like that for hours. Suddenly, there was a few minutes of static, which ended nearly as soon as it began. Bellwether was now gone, and light poured through a huge hole in the wall.

"What the hell?" Nick said.

Elkton nodded, "It's absolutely befuddling!" He yelled, placing his hooves against his head. "No one can figure it out!"

"I dunno," Judy said, stepping forward. "I think, maybe, we can work something out." She nudged Nick in the side.

"What?"

She whispered into his ear, "I think I have an idea of what's going on."

"Uh, alright." He whispered back.

"Thank you for showing us all this, Mr. Johansson." She said aloud. "This will really, really help in tracking down Bellwether." She paused. "That wasn't sarcasm."

The two said their goodbyes, and headed out of the building.

"So, what do you think is going on, Carrots?" Nick asked as they stepped into the courtyard.

"What was it the last two times we dealt with mysterious, impossible to solve crimes?" She asked back.

"It's a monster attack?"

She nodded in response. "There's really no other option after seeing that, honestly. Well, I mean there is, but it seems a lot less likely."

"Well, we have a probable cause of escape, now we just need a lead." Nick said.

The two continued to walk towards the pier, until a loud noise sounded from Judy's pocket.

"Oh god, not your phone again." Nick sighed.

"Maybe it actually is my parents this time." She said, trying to reassure him. This fell when she pulled out her phone, and the display showed a number she didn't recognize.

"Well, at least it's probably not that Enter guy again." She said, answering the phone. "Sorry, but I think you called the wrong number."

"What?" The voice on the other side said. "Is this Judy Hopps?" The voice had an obvious, exaggerated southern drawl to it, which kind of weirded out the rabbit.

"Oh, I guess you didn't call the wrong number." She nervously laughed. "My partner and I are kind of in the middle of something, so if-"

She was cut off by the voice yelling. "YEEEEHAW! I was worried I'd called the wrong person! I know y'all are in the middle of a case, but I reckon I might be able to help."

"What?" She questioned. "Who are you?"

"Telin' you right now would ruin the surprise!" The voice continued. "Come to the ol' abandoned fake meat restaurant in the, uh..." He paused, and there was the sound of pages flipping. "In Savanna Square. See y'all later!"

He hung up. Judy looked at her partner in confusion.

"What happened?" Nick asked.

"Some... really weird sounding guy wants us to meet him in Savanna Square, at an 'abandoned fake meat restaurant'." She shrugged. "You have any idea what that is?"

He placed his paw to his chin. "Fake meat place, huh?" He said in thought. "Probably means the Buffalo Rodeo Diner."

"Wait, something like that exists?" Judy asked, dumbfounded.

"Sometimes a pred just wants to tear into a facsimile of a sliced cow's hide."

Judy tried not to retch at that, the fox getting enjoyment from her disgusted face.

"So you want me to drive the boat again?" Nick asked.

She rolled her eyes.

---

"So, why was this place abandoned?" Judy asked as they drove through the streets of Savanna Square.

"Let's just say that, one day, the fake meat wasn't exactly fake." Nick answered.

"Are you kidding me!?" She yelled, surprised and terrified by his answer.

He nodded, pulling down his shades. "Some psychopath broke in and replaced all the food with accurately prepared dead bodies."

She felt like throwing up just thinking about it. "I really do not want to know anymore."

"They say the place still smells like the dead. Which is why it's abandoned."

Judy sighed, and tried to ignore the fox.

After a few minutes, they arrived at the Buffalo Rodeo Diner. The place looked as tacky as it had sounded, designed to look like an old hut. A large buffalo skull hung over the door, obviously fake due to its size, and because it hadn't seen any rot after all these years.

"People came to eat here?" Judy questioned, receiving only a nod in reply.

She walked up to the door, about to open it.

"Wait!" Nick yelled at her, pulling her back from the door.

"Oh are you also thinking this is a trap?" Judy asked, hopefully.

"No." Nick stated. "I used to use this place as a hideout, we should plug our noses before we head in."

"It's been like 7 years since it closed, the smell's probably lifted by now."

"Trust me, it hasn't." He assured.

She sighed, but the fox seemed genuinely concerned about it, so she complied. The two took deep breaths, and covered their noses, kicking the door open.

"What the?" Nick blurted out, muffled from his covered nose.

The place looked remarkably well kept for an abandoned restaurant. The hardwood floors were spotless, and a many tables sat in front of a large stage, complementing the booths that lined both sides of the building. The lights were also on, making the empty place even creepier.

Nick uncovered his nose, and took a whiff. It smelled fine, the place was nearly exactly the same as it was when it wasn't abandoned.

"You can unplug your nose, Fluff."

She let go, and let out a heavy breath. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"Somebody cleaned the place up." He said, leaning down to touch the floor. "Recently, too."

Suddenly, a speaker located somewhere above them chimed. "The next act will be starting soon, please take a seat pardners!" A canned announcer said.

"Looks like they're still here, too." Judy said.

The two rather awkwardly took a seat at a table in the middle of the room, and waited. Nick grabbed a menu placed on the table, and looked through it, Judy simply tapping her foot repeatedly.

"What do you think I should get, the prime steak, or the ribs?" He jokingly asked. "You know, the bones were just hard plastic, good chew things."

"When's this guy gonna show up?" Judy asked, ignoring her partner.

Just as she said that, the lights turned off, the only remaining being two pairs of spotlights that shined on the stage.

"It's time for our next act, please welcome-" With the last word, the announcer cut off. Apparently whoever was showing didn't have a sound clip to play.

The spotlights turned to the stage, and began flashing varieties of reds, whites and blues, before turning into a single, large gold light.

A burst of smoke appeared on the stage, a figure appearing from it. The smoke obscured it, but from the outline the two could make out what looked like a ten gallon hat, and a… poncho?

It pulled out a microphone, and began to sing as the smoke cleared.

"Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
over the gallants we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
over the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

Just as the two were about to applaud, it pulled out what looked like a guitar, and strummed it as hard as it apparently could. An incredibly loud guitar riff struck through the empty building, clearing the smoke away.

It looked similar to GokaiSilver, in that it was obviously some kind of Sentai ranger. Only this guy looked a lot like a cowboy, his visor shaped like a large star, and what had looked like a cowboy hat turned out to be part of the helmet.

"Shining brighter, burning hotter than the sun possibly could!" He disappeared into a puff of smoke, reappearing on the table at one of the booths to their side. "Once a man of two worlds, now a man of three!" He disappeared in a puff of smoke again, this time showing up on their own table. "The valued, shining sixth member of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger…" He disappeared once more, the smoke causing the officers to cough. "The Last Western Ninja, STARNINGER!" He finished, strumming his guitar again.

The two stared at the cowboy as he postured. "Y'all can applaud now." He said, which they did.

He hopped from the stage, and walked to their table, doing his best to tip his helmet-hat to them. "Name's Kinji Takagawa, but you folks can call me StarNinger."

"So, you're another Sentai guy sent to help us?" Judy asked, a bit excited.

"Sure am, little… rabbit." He answered, a bit awkwardly. "This guy callin' himself AkaRed sent me a message to meet up with you two. Said it was personal, on multiple levels."

"Definitely personal for us. An old…" Nick paused. "Can we call her an enemy?"

"I'd say enemy is a fitting word right now." Judy answered back.

"An old enemy of ours escaped from jail." He explained. "Seems like she might be getting help from these monsters that have been attacking."

"Well, if that isn't a right pickle." Kinji exclaimed. "Don't worry, if there's a monster running around, I can track it with this." He held up a small hamburger-looking object.

"Is that a hamburger?" Nick asked.

"Almost, it's the Ninja StarBurger." He flipped it open, revealing a screen. "It's also a cell phone."

"Of course it is."

"Basically, when it rings, it means there's a monster nearby." He explained.

Of course, there was no noise at that moment.

"Our Zoolizers are supposed to make a noise when a monster shows up, but…" Judy began to explain, holding up her wrist to show the cowboy.

"They're pieces of crap, honestly." Nick finished for her, Judy begrudgingly nodding in agreement.

"That's danged weird." StarNinger said. "I am a mechanic, maybe I could look at them when we're done."

"That'd be wonderful." Judy said.

"So, Kinji, think you could tell us a bit about yourself?" Nick asked.

"Sure can!" He said excitedly. "I was born in the wonderful land of America…"

"Where?" Judy asked.

"Y'know, America! How have you not heard of America?" He asked, befuddled.

"Maybe it's because we're part of a different timeline." Nick joked.

"Oh." StarNinger let out, sounding upset. "If none of the places I know exist here, can't very well tell my story, can I?"

"I feel like we can get a grasp of it." Judy excused, not wanting him to feel bad.

"Alrighty then!" He stood up, and began to posture dramatically.

"I was born in America, where I lived with my parents on a farm. One day, a horrible monster killed them all, leaving me… alone." He clenched his fist in what seemed like regret. "I spent the rest of my life training to be a ninja, in order to meet with the famous Last Ninja, and become his student.

"Wait, so you're a cowboy, and a ninja?" Nick asked, confused.

"Yessirree!" He said, giving the fox a thumbs up. "I then joined Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, as the Western Ninja, StarNinger! There's more stuff, but it might be too much to explain here."

"So, ninja, cowboy, Ninninger, got it." Nick said, grabbing the hamburger on the table. "Oh man, there's a camera on this thing!"

"Please don't look through my pictures." StarNinger begged.

"I'm gonna!" Nick said, his claw hovering above the app's icon.

"NO!" Kinji yelled.

He then threw the hamburger at the cowboy ninja, surprising him. "Gotcha." Nick let out. "I may be a former conman, but I respect other's privacy."

He felt a sharp nudge in his side. "Stop being an ass to our guest, Nick." Judy said.

Suddenly, a loud beeping sounded from the hamburger, nearly causing StarNinger to drop it.

"Oh man, does that mean…?" Nick said.

"Sure does, my foxy friend!" Kinji said back

"Don't call me that."

"Sorry." He apologized. "You two ready to go?"

"Give us a second." Judy said, grabbing Nick by the arm, and over to the entrance.

She raised her hand, the fox suddenly realizing what she was doing, following suit. They both slammed them down onto the Zoolizers, glows covering them as they went into their Ranger forms.

"ZooRed!" Nick yelled, striking a pose. "Champion of the Sun!"

"ZooBlue!" Judy followed. "Defender of the Moon!"

"Okay, now we're ready."

The three dashed through the door to find the new monster.

---

She stared out over the city. This new body was strange, even if it was powerful. In fact, she felt like a hypocrite doing this. In her attempt to start a civil war against predators, who thought this would happen.

Who thought she would become one.

"So, I just need to destroy some stuff, and Hopps and Wilde will show up?" She asked, turning her body awkwardly to face the fox creature.

"Correct." Kyuemon said.

She wasn't sure she could do that. She may have tried to take over, but it isn't like she hated the city. In fact, she loved it. That is why she wanted to take over, right?

Her mind felt muddled. After years of prison, of nothing but thoughts of revenge, was she starting to turn around? But, this would be her first real chance to get rid of those two wretched officers. She wouldn't be resorting to this if they didn't show up. It was all their fault.

She growled, "Alright, I'll do it!" She swiped her claws towards a nearby building, creating blue energy beams that flew towards it. As they hit, the building was torn to shreds, collapsing under its own weight.

"That was amazing!" Bellwether said, surprised at her own strength in this body.

"Keep at it, and your revenge will be complete." Kyuemon stated, vanishing into a burst of purple smoke.

Bellwether turned back to the city. She leaped down from the roof, creating a large crack in the pavement. She growled at passersby, who reacted in terror, and began to run away.

After a bit of terrorizing and destroying stuff, Bellwether laughed to herself. "Maybe predators aren't as bad as I thought." She said. "Being one certainly is fun!"

"Stop right there, Yokai!" A voice yelled, causing her to turn around. Three creatures dressed in multicolored outfits stood there. She could make out two of them as a rabbit and a fox.

But were they THE rabbit and fox?

The one in the middle, dressed in gold, stepped forward.

"No, it can't be!" StarNinger said, shaking his head in disbelief.

"What's wrong?" Blue asked, a bit worried.

"This is the monster that killed my family!" He yelled. "The most powerful Western Yokai, the Wolfman!" He drew out something that looked like a guitar, but obviously wasn't. "This must be why AkaRed said it was personal. The Wolfman was revived, and it is written in the stars that we shall fight!"

He stepped forward, and pointed his guitar at the wolf monster, grabbing it by a handle like a sword. "Are you ready for our final round, Wolfman!?" He challenged. 'We're finishing this today!"

The Wolfman looked around for a few seconds, and then stared at the golden ninja.

"Who are you?"

StarNinger stumbled over, nearly falling on his face, and only managing not to thanks to the guitar helping him balance up.

"What do you mean 'who are you'!?" He yelled.

"Do you think I, like, actually killed your family, or is this a blame thing?" The wolf asked, in a surprisingly light voice. "Sure, there's some people I wished I killed, but I don't think I've ever directly killed anyone. Well, not until today."

The wolf stepped forward, pointing at the two other rangers, both of which were just watching in awe previously.

"Other question, are you two who I think and hope you are?" It asked.

"W-who could we possibly be?" Blue started, nervously.

"Yeah, we're just… anonymous superheroes." Nick awkwardly continued, trying to put on a fake deep voice.

"You two were way better actors the last time we met." The wolf said, shaking its head.

The two looked at each other in confusion, and then at StarNinger, who shrugged.

"Did you two just forget about me!?" It growled. "That just makes me want to kill you even more!"

The armored wolf monster leaped forward, attempting to strike the three with its claws. The ducked out of the way as it crashed into the ground, leaving five deep marks in the concrete.

"I was locked in prison for three years, doing nothing but thinking about my revenge!" It yelled slashing at Red, who attempted to block with his sword, but was knocked back. "And you just FORGOT?"

"Wait…" Red said, getting up. "Is that you, Smellwether?"

She roared, and slashed at the fox again, who jumped out of the way. "I'll take that as a yes."

"Are you kidding me!?" Blue yelled, as the wolf attempted to attack her next. "How'd this happen to you?"

"There's not much point in telling the dead my secrets!" She swiped her claws at the rabbit multiple times, causing energy blasts to fire from them. The force of the blasts knocked her back into a wall.

"Alright, you've gone far enough!" StarNinger yelled, pulling his guitar sword out. "Star Sword-Gun, Gun Mode!" He threw the sword up and grabbed it by one of the protrusions on the side, kind of turning it into a gun. He then fired at the monster, the blasts only seeming to annoy it.

"What...?" She said, turning to the cowboy ninja in confusion. "Was that... supposed to hurt?"

"Aw, consarn it!" He exclaimed, backing away. "I completely forgot about that little gimmick. Guys! There's something important I need to tell you!" He yelled, as Blue got up and dashed at the monster, Red heading towards the beast on the other side.

They both struck the wolf monster at the same time, smacking it backwards with their blades, causing it to be knocked back in an explosion of sparks.

"What is it, Kinji?" Blue yelled back.

"Oh, uh..." He replied. "Y'all just keep doing your thing!"

Red turned to him, giving StarNinger a confused look, and shrugging. He leaped at the monster, swinging his sword at it. Bellwether-Wolf blocked it between her claws, and knocked him away.

Blue followed up by taking her Rabblasters out, and firing them at the wolf, who deflected all of the rabbit's shots with her claws. Bellwether responded by slashing her claws at the rabbit, causing another round of energy blasts to shower her.

"Can you stop doing that!?" Blue yelled as she covered herself from the explosions.

"Oh, sure!" Bellwether laughed in response. "How about this instead!?" She turned to Red, who was just getting up, still dazed. She unhinged her wolf jaw, and let out a loud howl, which visibly rippled through the air towards the fox.

Red was knocked off his feet, and flung into the wall of a nearby building, leaving a large dent in the side of it. He fell limply to the pavement.

"NICK!" Blue yelled, running over to him. She knelt down, and grabbed his hand. Thankfully, he still had a pulse. "How DARE you!" She yelled at the monster, who was busy cackling in delight.

"Man, ruining you two is SO much fun!" She laughed as the rabbit clenched her paw in anger.

Blue rushed forward, preparing to strike the monstrous wolf with her blades. She Leaped up to strike the monster, only to be greeted with a flurry of claw swipes directly to her body. With her momentum completely stopped, she fell limply to the ground as well.

Blue attempted to get up, only for a large foot to bring her back to the ground. She glanced upwards, seeing Bellwether bring up her claw. "Time to finish you off!" She laughed, ready to strike.

She felt a blunt object hit her stomach, not hurting, but knocking her off of the rabbit. She looked up from this blow, seeing the golden person from before scooping the rabbit up into his arms, and holding his ridiculous sword.

He then leaped over to the unconscious fox, putting the sword away, and picked him up in his other arm.

He shuffled them both under his left arm, and pulled out some small white balls. "See ya!" He yelled, throwing the balls to the ground, which exploded into plumes of think, white smoke.

She slashed through the fog, trying to find her opponents. As the smoke cleared, she realized they were completely gone. She let out a roar in frustration.

"COME BACK HERE!" She yelled, her voice seeming to get deeper. "COWARDS, LET ME KILL YOU! GRAAAAAAHHHHH!"

In her anger, she slashed around wildly. Buildings fell as she continued to roar.

---

Judy opened her eyes, her vision blurred. She looked around to see a familiar setting, it was her bedroom. The last thing she remembered was watching as the monstrous new Bellwether prepared to strike her. How did she...?

The door creaked open, and StarNinger leaned into the room, trying not to hit his head on the roof.

"Good, you're awake!" He said. "I need to talk to you and Nick about somethin', come to the kitchen."

She got up, feeling a small jolt of pain as her foot placed against the floor. She grunted as she limped towards the kitchen. Exiting the door, she found Kinji sitting at the table, awkwardly, alongside Nick.

She sat at the table, rubbing her sore leg. "What did you want to talk about, Kinji?"

"Well, you see..." There was a bang on the table.

"Okay, redneck, I got a question for you before you say anything else." Nick's harsh words took them both aback. "Why didn't you do anything!? You almost let us get killed by that monster!"

Kinji tried not to make eye contact with the angry fox. "I... I couldn't..."

"Didn't you say that the Wolfman killed your family?" Judy asked. "Did you have a PTSD attack? I'm so sorry you had to go through that again."

Nick's anger quickly subsided. "Oh, now I feel like an asshole." He said.

"No! No, nothing like that!" He tried correct. "The Wolfman Yokai has the power to resist attacks from humans. I literally couldn't do anything during that fight!"

"So, because you're a human, you can't hurt her?" Judy asked.

He nodded, "And because you two are... animals, you CAN hurt her."

"Did you defeat this thing before?" Nick asked. "Cuz that sounds like an impossibility if your entire team was humans."

He got up, hitting his head against the ceiling and letting out a grunt. He stumbled over away from the table and got on one knee, pulling out his guitar sword and placing it on his knee.

"I must reveal to y'all," He strummed the guitar. "My shameful secret." He began playing on the guitar as he explained. "When the Wolfman first showed up, I was so enraged that I took desperate measures to get revenge on him. I sided with an evil monster, who made me part Yokai m'self, which let me finally defeat him."

He stopped playing and stood up, hitting his head again. "Ow. I regretted making that decision, especially when I turned into a Wolfman myself."

"Wait, you turned into that monster!?" Judy questioned.

"Don't worry, I got over it."

They both glared at him.

"Anyway, the point is, you guys ain't strong enough to beat the Wolfman by yourselves." He explained. "You need me, but I can't do bumpkis. You can see the problem."

"Before we move on to the test, professor, how about you let us in on some things?" Nick asked.

"What?"

"Just what exactly are these Yokai you keep talking about?" He continued.

"Well, Yokai are legendary ghosts that live in Japan-" Before he could continue on any more, he was cut off by Nick.

"Okay, now what's this 'Japan' thing?" He asked.

"It's another place on my Earth, this really isn't a big deal right now."

"He's right, what's up with you Nick?" Judy asked, giving the fox a look.

"Hey, when a guy nearly leaves you for dead and also has relations with a monster, a guy gets sceptical." He explained. "Especially when he says he's useless."

"I'm really sorry for that, but if we can work something out together, we can beat the Wolfman!" StarNinger said, looking at Nick.

"Okay, so these Yokai are basically ghosts, right?" Judy said, trying to change the topic and come up with a plan.

Kinji nodded, "They're made up of negative emotional energies, and usually possess a household object."

"Like a chainsaw?" Nick asked.

"Exactly." StarNinger replied. "Me and my team fought a lot of them over the year we were together."

"So, you guys were Ghost Busters?" Nick joked.

"I guess you could say that." Said Kinji, not getting the joke.

Nick gave him an odd look.

"The Western Yokai are different, they're a lot more powerful." He continued, still not getting the joke. "If the Wolfman bites you, he can transfer his Yokai energy into you, turning you into a Wolfman!"

"Sounds like our Wolf-in-Sheep's-Clothing myth." Nick said.

StarNinger tilted his head in confusion.

"It's an old superstitious legend." Judy explained. "It's when a sheep gets cursed to turn into a wolf monster during the full moon."

"It's a really specist legend, honestly." Nick continued.

"The first account was made all the way back in the fifteen hundreds, of course it's specist." Judy said, a bit exasperated at the thought. "The legend says that if a Wolf-In-Sheep's-Clothing bites another sheep, they become one as well."

Nick sighed, "If only rodeo boy was a sheep, maybe he could do something about this."

Judy's ears perked up at what Nick had just said. "If you get bitten by the Wolfman, you'd be part Yokai, right?" Judy asked Kinji.

"Yeah, but what are you..." It quickly hit him. "Oh no, I'm not doing that again."

"It's our only choice, Kinji!"

"What?" Nick said, having missed the exchange.

"She wants me to get bitten by the Wolfman!" He yelled.

"Might do you some good!" Nick joked.

"Hey!"

"Okay, enough of that you two." Judy said, attempting to push Kinji back. "If we can't beat Bellwether through force, we'll have to play a bit dirty." She explained to the two.

"Just like old times, huh?" Nick leaned back in remembrance.

"Okay, gotta ask, what's with y'all and this Bellwether person anyway?" Kinji asked, crossing his arms.

"Oh, we just managed to foil a massive conspiracy she started." Nick said proudly.

"She'd probably describe this as an arch-enemy thing?" Judy said. "It's not really like that, since we only foiled her once."

"Anyway," Nick said, hopping down from his chair. "I say this calls for a good old fashion, oh what do you call it?" He turned a knowing eye to Judy.

"Time for a hustle."

---

"You said I could defeat them!"

"You can," Kyuemon responded, growing frustrated at the complaining monster. "You just need to use your powers."

"How can I use them if you won't tell me!?"

Kyuemon turned and let out a small laugh, causing the wolf to grow angrier. "How would I know what your body is capable of? You seem to have developed new abilities anyway."

"Fine!" She let out. "I'll destroy them myself, no thanks to you!"

She turned around to see the city skyline form the building they were standing on. Suddenly, a strange smell went through her new snout, a sensation she reacted negatively to.

"Peh, what's that smell?" She wasn't used to her sniffer yet, and the awful smells of the city had been wafting through her the entire day, but these smelled different. Familiar.

"A fox, a rabbit, and a…" She paused. "Got them. Time to go finish those three off once and for all!"

Kyuemon turned to face the wolf's back. "Three? Was there a silver one there with them?" He asked.

"What? No, this one was gold." She replied back, a bit confused at the question. "Whatever, I'll kill them all anyway."

Kyuemon jolted forward, only for the wolf to leap off into the city. He grunted. "A gold one? It couldn't be…" He said to himself. "This could be an issue." A pluming darkness suddenly appeared behind him, which the fox Yokai backed into, vanishing.

Bellwether continued to follow the stench, the horrible smell that made her angrier and angrier with each second. She landed on a roof, and spotted the three, standing around on an apartment roof themselves, unaware of the wolf stalking them.

She let out a howl, startling the three as they turned to look up at the wolf, who jumped down from the higher building she was previously on, and crashed onto their level.

"There you are, Smellwether." Red joked. "Though, I guess we might have to start calling you 'Smelled-it-Wether'."

"That's a really bad nickname." Blue replied.

"Yeah, doesn't have the same punch." StarNinger finished.

"Everyone's a critic."

"SHUT IT!" The wolf yelled, firing several energy blasts at the joking heroes, who dodged out of the way. Blue dodged forward, running up to wolf and landing a straight kick to her gut, knocking the wolf-sheep backwards. Red followed up by performing a leaping slice to the monster, causing a shower of sparks.

Finally, Star pulled out his Star Sword-Gun, and fired it in gun mode. The shots harmlessly bounced off the wolf's skin, causing her to give a sharp glare to the cowboy.

"That's the second time you've done that." She said, a bit confused and concerned. "Are you sure you didn't switch that gun sword thing to blank mode?"

She then knocked the nearby heroes back with her claws, causing them to nearly fall of the building. Star rushed towards the monster, attempting to strike her with his sword guitar. Each hit caused the sword to bounce off her like a piece of plastic hitting a wall.

"You really are pathetic." She said, disappointed, and then knocked the ninja cowboy away, causing him to fall off the roof.

Blue turned around as he fell. "KINJI!" She yelled, reaching out for her friend in an over dramatic way. He slammed into the ground in the alleyway, falling limp.

"You're gonna pay for that!" Red growled, pulling out the Vickscannon. He fired a few rounds at the monster, who flinched with each hit.

Blue continued the fire with her Rabblasters, firing a volley of shots at the wolf as well, most of them hitting.

The wolf dashed at the rabbit, who jumped out of the way as she dug her claws deep into the rooftop. She effortlessly pulled them out, as a chunk of roof caved inwards. She then slashed the ground, causing a large energy wave to fire from her claws, destroying the roof as it traveled towards the rangers.

The sudden blast launched them off of the roof, and into the alleyway at the other side of the building. The wolf followed after them, landing on a dumpster and crushing it in the process. She snarled at the two as they got up.

She slashed her claws, causing a flurry of energy blades to fly at them. They managed to dodge out of the way, the wall behind them getting chewed up in the process. Red fired at her with the Vickscannon, only for the wolf to leap out of the way and avoid the blast.

"She seems to be getting better at this, huh?" Blue said, panting between each word.

"Probably getting more used to the new body." Red said. "And can I just say, it looks lovely on you, Bellwether."

"Oh you think so?' Bellwether said, looking at her new form for a second. "Could use some grooming, maybe a nail trim… Hey wait a sec-"

She was cut off by the two rangers hitting her in the face with their weapons, causing her to stumble back.

"In all honesty, I know some guys that would find that attractive." Red whispered to the rabbit next to him. She slowly turned to look at him in response.

The wolf growled, charging at them, delivering a flurry of swipes and slashes, knocking them both to the ground in a shower of sparks.

Just as Bellwether was about to finish them off, footsteps sounded through the alley, all three turning to see StarNinger. He strolled towards them casually, holding his Star Sword-Gun up in gun mode.

"Kinji, you're alive!" Blue yelled as the two rangers got up.

"Good job not dying, Star, now come on and-"

Just before Red could finish, StarNinger opened fire on them, knocking them both to the ground. He continued to walk forward, ignoring the two.

"Kinji… why…?" Blue moaned, only to receive a swift kick.

"What's going on!?" Bellwether yelled, confused at the events.

"I've thought 'bout it, and you're right, I am weak." He said, approaching the wolf. He then kneeled before her, and continued. "But if I team up with you, I could become stronger."

"Oh, that's, uh…" The wolf said, looking around, both nervous and somewhat flattered.

"Let's finish these two off, once 'n fer all!" He said. "We can start with the fox, he's an ass."

"What!?" Red groaned in surprise.

"Sure, sounds like a plan, partner!" Bellwether said. "And I agree, that fox is a real ass."

"Oh COME ON!" Red moaned.

"First, there's something I need you to do." StarNinger said, lifting his arm up. "In order for me to become stronger, you must bite my wrist."

"What?" Bellwether let out, still very confused at the current circumstances.

"If you bite someone, you can turn them into a loyal wolf monster." He explained. "Didn't ya know that?"

"Obviously not!" She said. "If I had I would've been doing that a lot more. But if you want me too, I guess I can."

Her jaw unhinged, and she lunged at the cowboy's arm, digging her teeth in. A purple glow surrounded them both as StarNinger yelled in pain

After a few seconds of awful pain, StarNinger decided it was time.

"That's enough of that!"

He quickly pulled out his gun, and fired it directly into the wolf's stomach. Her iron jaw grip lightened immediately, and she fell backwards in shear surprise.

"WHAT?!" She yelled up as StarNinger backed away.

The two previously weak and limp bodies of the ranger slowly climbed to their feet, shaking the dirt from their armor.

"That was a really good job, Kinji!" Blue complimented, hopping up to perform a fist bump with the cowboy.

"Was the kick too hard?" He asked. "I feel I mighta overdone that one."

She rubbed her rib cage. "Maybe a little, yeah."

"So what was with the whole 'me being an ass' thing?" Red questioned. "That wasn't in the script."

"Well, you were being really rude to him earlier." Blue said, Star nodding in response. The fox crossed his arms and stared at them.

"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Bellwether yelled, near hysterical.

"They call that one," StarNinger said, tipping his head up. "A hustle, sweetheart."

"Wait, all that for a single blow!?" She yelled, still confused. "That's really pity!"

"Wrong, little lady." Kinji continued. "Something YOU didn't know about your new body was that it resists attacks from humans! How could you, seeing as you don't know what a human is!"

"So," Blue continued to explain. "When you bit him, you transferred some of your own power to him. This technically made him not fully human."

"But, he said that it would turn him into a slave!"

"Wrong," Red said. "The bite only turns whoever it bites into another wolf monster, not a loyal one."

"But…"

"How did we know you'd fall for it?" StarNinger interrupted. "Well first, there was you not saying anything when my attacks hit you."

Red nodded. "Its prime monster material for them to explain their powers to you."

"So, when you said nothing 'bout that, it made it obvious you didn't know." StarNinger explained. "The other bit was when you actually fell for the wolf slave lie, if you were actually aware of that power, you wouldn't be humiliated right now!"

She let out a yell of pain and anger, which turned into a savage howl.

Suddenly, in bursts of purple smoke, several of the blue, stone creatures appeared, each brandishing a large blade.

"What? Who are you guys!?" Bellwether questioned.

"Jukkarage!?" Star yelled. "I shoulda known something was up."

"You can explain later, we need to stop these guys." Blue said before Star could go into another explanation.

"Alrighty then." He strummed his guitar, letting out a burst of sound that could be heard for a couple blocks. "Time for my star to REALLY shine!"

He slashed through a few Jukkarage, almost instantly causing them to vanish into purple mist. He pulled out a small object, shaped like a yellow star, and placed it onto a slot on the guitar. He strummed it again, and pointed at the group of monsters, including the two rangers fighting them.

"Sorry guys, but I need a lot more room to show off in!"

"What?" All three of the speech capable creatures in the crowd said.

"HURRICANE GALE!" Yelled a voice from the guitar.

He pulled the trigger, and suddenly a burst of air fired from it, turning into a near wind storm. The sheer power of it lifted up the rangers, Bellwether, and the dozen or so remaining Jukkarage.

StarNinger then swung the guitar like a sword, causing another burst of air, the strength of which pushed the airborne creatures away. The cowboy quickly ran to follow them.

---

After a bit of running, Star found himself in the middle of a rather flat park. A number of bodies laid on the grass, including his partners, who he ran to help up.

"What was that!?" Red yelled at the gold ninja.

"Ninja magic." He replied without irony.

"Of course."

They looked on as Bellwether and her stone assistants stood up as well, and charged at them. "I may be a ninja, but hiding won't stop PARTY NIGHT!" StarNinger announced, charging towards the monsters with his new partners.

Turning his guitar to gun mode, he blasted a few of the Jukkarage, destroying them. The star clad ninja then switched it quickly to sword mode, slashing it behind him as a few more creeped up behind him.

"YEEHAW!" He cried, destroying a few more of the stone army with his sword. "It feels great to be in action again, this is as fun as rodeo show gone wrong!"

"He seems to be enjoying himself." Blue said, busy locking blades with a Jukkarage.

"Can't let him steal the show entirely, can we?" Red said from behind her, also fending off some Jukkarage.

The two knocked back the Jukakrage, and pulled out their ZooTags. They backed into each other, surrounded by the stone army, and placed them into their guns. With the usual cry from them, they began circling and continuously firing, wiping out the crowd in a few moments.

"Wow!" Star said, running up to them. "That was mighty impressive!"

"No time for compliments," Red said, turning to face the currently panicking wolf monster. "We have a sheep to shear."

"Or a wolf to declaw." Blue continued.

Red shrugged. "Eh, you can take your pick, but the metaphor still stands."

Suddenly, a burst of dark energy appeared next to Bellwether, shocking the wolf. Out stepped Kyuemon, who was visibly holding something in his hand.

"KYUEMON!" Bellwether and Star both yelled.

"Thank goodness you're here, I could really use some help!" Bellwether said, nearly pleading with the Yokai.

"You demon, how did you come back to life!?" Star yelled, seeming genuinely angry.

Kyuemon ignored the ninja, and turned to the wolf. "I have no idea why Enter suggested you for the Wolfman candidate, you are truly pathetic."

"What?" Bellwether whimpered.

In a swift motion, Bellwether was knocked to the ground as Kyuemon pulled out a sword and struck her. He placed a foot on her back, and revealed the object in his hand. It was another one of the red badges.

"But I can make you stronger. I wonder what kind of effect Petrified Chaos will have on a conscious mind in a beast's body?" He quickly jabbed it down into Bellwether's back.

She began to glow red as Kyuemon stepped off. She yelped in pain, her voice going from recognizable, to completely animalistic in a few seconds. This fit with her changing shape, as she began to grow, her bones cracking into a four legged stance. The new form resembled a giant, armored wolf, with knife sharp claws.

"Have fun with this savage, Zoorangers." Kyuemon said, disappearing back into darkness.

It turned towards the three rangers, and let out a massive roar, causing spit and phlegm flying into their visors.

"Bellwether…?" Judy said meekly, trying to see if the sheep was still in there.

It simply glared at her.

"Smellwether?" She followed up with. Still no response.

"I think Bellwether's gone bye-bye, Blue." Red said.

"It's more like she's gone…" Blue tried to say, before the wolf turned towards the city and leaped off.

"Super savage." She finished.

The beast crashed into a road, bumping against cars as it ran away from the park.

"We need to catch her… it."

"Yeah, before she gets a ticket for road rage." Red joked.

Blue shook her head, and pulled out the motorcycle ZooTag, which red followed up with. With the call, the bikes suddenly appeared in front of the two, Star reacting in amazement to them,

"Whoa, motorbikes!?" He said. "I wish I had something like that."

"Ride with Red, then." Blue said, getting on her bike.

"WHAT!?" The two cried in surprise.

"You want me to ride shotgun with Goldilocks?" Red said.

"Why would you think this is a good idea!?" Star continued.

"Because you," She said, pointing to Red. "Have been a horrible jerk to a guest AND a teammate, so you two better hussy up and GET ALONG!"

The two looked at each other, and sighed. Nick got on the bike, followed by StarNinger. The bike was far too small for the large human, it was like seeing a grown person riding a tricycle.

"This is really awkward." He said.

"Yeah, same."

"Enough bickering!" Blue shouted, revving the engine, and speeding off to follow the monster.

The two grunted in annoyance at each other, and then zoomed off as well.

---

The two quickly caught up to the monster, swerving in and out of the way of a distressing number of car wrecks.

Blue reached the beast first, trailing along its side as it continued to run without noticing her. She drew her blasters, and fired them at the beast. They bounced off of the beast's thick furred hide harmlessly, leaving her in shock for a second.

She swerved in closer to the monster, and attempted to stab it with one of her blades, only to find it bend inwards when she struck. It seemed that got the monster's attention, however, as it thrust part of its body into the bike, causing it to spin-out for a second.

Once the bike stopped spinning, and Blue got her bearings, she started up and began to chase after the monster once again.

"So," She said into the communicator. "I can't seem to actually hurt this thing."

"Well, that's not good." Red responded back from a dozen feet back.

"What's not good?" Star said from the back.

"Looks like your wolf buddy's become fully invincible." Red explained snidely.

Star shook his head, "If there's one thing I know, it's that there is nothing invincible in this world. It has to have some weak spot on it."

"I'll get closer to see if there's anything odd on it." Red said, speeding up to catch up to the beast.

Soon, they had passed Blue, and closed in on the monster themselves. "I need to leap onto its back!" Star yelled to Red.

"Yeah, pretty sure that's not possible for you!" Red said, glancing down at the small bike.

Nevertheless, Star tried to stand up on the tiny, tiny bike. He managed to get somewhat of a balance by placing his foot on the fox's head, which caused the bike to lean from side to side. He bent forward, causing the bike to slide towards the monster. He leaped off the bike, and grasped onto the monster's bike via its long thick fur.

"That was really rude!" Red yelled.

"Jude said we have to work together, right?" He yelled back, struggling to stay on the monster's back. "That was technically working together!"

"Just make sure you don't fall off, alright!?" The fox yelled. "She'd definitely kill me for that!"

"Don't worry, I've been riding bulls since I was a kid!"

He attempted to get balanced on the monster's back, grabbing two particularly thick lumps of hair to use as a balance. That's when he noticed something weird, a large red marking covering most of the monster's back.

"There we go!" He said to himself, trying to pull out his sword.

The wolf suddenly turned, nearly knocking the cowboy off it. Just as he was about to fall off, he grabbed onto the wolf's side, and climbed back up. He pulled the Star Sword-Gun, and jabbed it into the monster's back. It howled in pain, and nearly threw Star off, who was only hanging on by the sword impaled into its skin.

The monster slowed down due to the pain, allowing red to catch up to it again. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" He yelled.

"I found the weak spot!" Star replied back, cheerfully. "There's this big red mark on it!"

"Big red mark…?" Red said to himself. "Can you help me up there?"

Star nodded, gripping back onto the monster's fur and pulling out the sword. He strummed it against his side, and pointed to towards the fox.

"HURRICANE GALE!"

He swiped the sword, causing the fox and his bike to be thrust into the air, hovering directly above the monster's back. As the fox panicked, accidentally letting go of the bike and letting it fall into the pavement, he saw the red mark.

"GRABMEGRABMEGRABME!" He yelled, reaching out for StarNinger.

He pointed the sword upwards, the fox grabbing onto its very thick "blade". He then felt his body hit the monster's backside, and let go of the sword, quickly gripping onto its fur. He crawled up to the large red patch of fur.

"This seems really familiar." He said, out of breath.

"You've rode on the back of a giant wolf monster before?"

Red rolled his eyes. "No, no the marking is familiar. I've seen it before."

"That doesn't really matter right now!" Star yelled. "My hit barely did anything on its own, so I need your help!"

"You want to hit it together?"

The ninja nodded, which Red returned.

He grabbed the fox's paw, helping him upwards. They then both grabbed the fur with a free hand, and pulled their blades out. They struck at the same time, both blades jabbing into the monster's hide.

It roared in pain, trying to shake the two off, but they held strong and dug it deeper, a purple mist releasing from the wounds. After another howl, the creature tumbled over, skidding across the road and into a building, back first. The wall collapsed onto the monster, covering it in rubble.

Blue, having seen the whole ordeal, skidded next to the rubble. "Nick? Kinji?" She yelled, trying desperately to get a response.

The rubble began to move, the rabbit backing away with her guns drawn. A few rocks fell, revealing the upper torsos of her companions. They climbed out, and slide down the rubble, giving each other a fist bump.

"How do you like that teamwork?" Red asked smugly, giving a nod to Star.

"It was definitely… something." Blue said, reluctantly.

"Well, it got the job done at-" Before Star could finish, a large noise came from behind. The two turned around to see the rubble begin to move, and eventually explode as the monster leaped from it and behind them.

It growled, and approached the heroes. They backed away as it got closer.

However, Star stepped forward, and strummed his guitar.

"THUNDER GALE!"

He pointed the Star Sword-Gun, in gun mode, at the beast, and shot a volley of lightning and thunder at it, causing it to back away from them.

"You ready for a spaying?" He said to the beast. He then turned to Red, and held the Star Sword-Gun. "Take this and finish it off, Red!"

He threw the sword towards the fox, only for it to stop in midair, surrounded by a glowing light.

"What in tarnation?" He said, before looking at the fox, whose own sword glowed the same light.

"I think I know what to do here." Red said, looking up at the floating sword.

He threw the blade towards the guitar sword, which exploded into a burst of light, nearly blinding everyone there. Red ran beneath where the sword was, hoping to catchc them, and suddenly found himself pinned to the ground by something.

"What the…?" Blue said, looking at the object created from the swords.

It was basically a much, much bigger sword, about the combined length of both, and thicker than either of them. It had the star shaped base of the Star Sword-Gun, but the blade shape of Red's Foxfire Blade.

Red pushed it off, and attempted to lift it, only to find that it was way too heavy. "I might need some help over here!" He grunted, eyeing both of his teammates.

They quickly ran over, and grabbed the hilt of the sword, which had enough room for all of their hands. Star had to crouch down a bit in order to actually hold it properly, however.

"Last time we had another Sentai ranger, his weapon just combined with our bazooka gun thing." Blue stated as they struggled to hold the sword upright. "This thing's entirely new, so should we give it a name?"

"How about the Star Fox Blade?" Red suggested.

"Already taken." Star said. "I suggest the Solar Flare Saber!"

"That sounds a lot cooler." Red complimented.

"Alright, let's finish this then!" Blue said, pumping her fist, and nearly causing the sword to fall over.

Awkwardly, they all jumped into the air towards the monster. They swung it, causing it to crash into the ground, and a golden wave of energy flew towards the still dazed monster.

"Starry Night Slash, Party Night Edition!" Star yelled.

As the golden wave cut through the middle of the monster's body, spotlights shone down on it and the sounds of a guitar sounded through the air. The beast howled for its last time, and then exploded into a burst of stars.

"Now that's what I call a show stopper!" Star quipped.

Once the blast subsided, all that remained was a small ninja star, and a small, unconscious sheep laying on the ground.

They let go of the sword, which dropped to the ground, and separated back into the Star Sword-Gun and the Foxfire Blade. As well as a small, golden ZooTag.

Red picked it up. Engraved on it was the Solar Flare Blade. "Huh, that's odd." He said to himself.

All three of them looked at the charred street as a sudden heavy breathing broke the air. Bellwether was conscious now, and she sta up.

"Oh god, I'm alive!" She yelled, suddenly feeling a sharp pain in her arm. She grasped at the wound, and noticed the three rangers staring at her.

"Time to go back to jail, Bellwether!" Blue yelled, walking towards her.

The sheep scooted across the ground as the rabbit approached, and felt something jab into her backside.

She pulled out a small red object. "What's this?" She wondered looking at it.

"PUT THAT DOWN!" Blue yelled, rushing towards her.

"What? W-"

The object floated into the air, and let out a burst of energy, knocking both the ranger and the sheep backwards. Bellwether looked up, covering her eyes from the thing's bright red light. Now would probably be a good time to leave.

She got up, still gripping her wound, and ran off. The rabbit attempted to chase after her, only to be pushed back by the object's energy pulse.

"I don't think we have time to chase after her, Blue!" Red said, helping her friend up.

"What exactly is happening?" Star asked, walking over to them.

"Did you ever have to fight giant monsters?" She asked.

"Well yeah, all the time."

"You ready to do that again?" Red asked as they backed away from the pulsing energy.

Suddenly, StarNinger began to react in pain. He grasped his arm as purple energy began to drift from it. "It's the Yokai energy!" He said. "It's… It's coming out of me!"

The energy drifted and swirled towards the red object, which quickly absorbed all of it. With that, it flew off into the distance. In a flash, the four legged wolf monster appeared on the horizon, letting out a massive howl.

Star finished reacting to the energy escaping him, and looked up at the beast. "Boy howdy, this is a problem!"

"Not with these!" Blue said, the two then pulled out their mecha ZooTags, and summoned their robots.

Star looked up and admired the two robots. "Wowee, didn't realize y'all had Otomonin too!"

"Oto-what-now?" Red responded.

"I think we'll just keep calling them 'big robots'." Blue said.

"Oh, well you two go take care of that guy for now." Star motioned towards the giant wolf, who was closing in on the city. "I'll be there to help y'all in a bit."

"Uh, alright." Red said skeptically.

The two jumped up to the robots, and rushed towards the monster. The fox and rabbit mech soon unfolded and formed ZooRobo, who landed in front of the wolf monster with its sword drawn.

"Let's teach this dog a new trick." Blue quipped.

As the robot approached, Star looked up and admired the robot. "Wow that sure is something." He pulled out a small object. He looked at the robot face engraved in the center of its star shaped frame. "Hope you're ready for this old friend."

ZooRobo attempted to strike the wolf, only for it to sidestep out of the way. It then swiped at the robot, knocking it backwards. Another attempt at a sword strike missed, this time the wolf jumping up and kicking the robot down.

"We're too slow, we need to switch to Usagi Mode." Blue suggested.

"You really like saying that, don't you?" Red said.

She shrugged. The rabbit's cockpit then shifted to the front, the robot responding by standing up putting away its sword. It dashed towards the monster, and performed an uppercut on the beast, knocking it into the air. The robot followed with a flurry of kicks to its stomach, causing the beast to fly off.

It landed on all fours, leaving massive marks in the ground. The robot rushed towards the wolf monster, only for it to let out a massive howl, which knocked the robot down.

The robot got up again, and attempted to rush towards it once more, this time the beast swiped its claws, shooting a flurry of energy blasts at the robot.

"I think this four-legged freak's got us figured out, Blue."

"We can't get close to the thing, what are we supposed to do?"

StarNinger watched on from below. "Alright, it's time for me to shine!"

He plugged the star-shaped object onto the Star Sword-Gun, and spun it around, causing a noise to play.

"Who are you, wo-wow! Rodeomaru!"

A noise shook the giant's battleground, as they turned to look over the horizon. Over some hills, a large vehicle burst over them in a shower of explosions. It resembled a bison, but with wheels instead of feet, and a small, giant sized still, but small compared to them, blue figure rode on its back.

"Yeehaw!" Cried a voice from inside.

"Kinji? Is that you?" Blue asked, the robot looking down as the vehicle skidded over to its side.

"Sure is!" Star stated. "It's time to give this wolf something to really cry about!"

He pulled out the Star Sword-Gun again, and spun the star object on it once more. This time, nothing happened, much to Star's confusion.

"What the?"

"So, are you gonna help us, or…?" Red asked, leaning down on his controls.

"Just… gimme a sec…" He spun it again, still no response. "I'm sorry, this doesn't usually happen."

He spun it one more time, this time as hard as he could. He did actually get a response, but not what he expect.

Suddenly, Rodeomaru began to glow, and turned into a ball of light, which floated up into ZooRobo.

"What in tarnation!?"

The two pilots watched on in awe and horror. They were jolted from it by their seats shifting over a bit, and a sudden third cockpit appearing from below. This one was shaped like a bison head to compliment the other two's fox and rabbit heads.

"I say again, what in tarnation!?" Star yelled as he looked around the inside of the robot. "Where am I?"

"Welcome aboard, cowboy!" Red said, just as surprised at the events.

Star pulled out a small golden object. "Hey, I got one of those things y'all have been using!"

"Oh, put it in the slot!" Blue said. "It probably does something good!"

He plugged it in, and a noise sounded through the robot.

"BANG BANG
BOOM BOOM!
IT'S RODEO TIME!
ZOOBISON!"

In a flash, a large figure appeared on the horizon, rushing towards the wolf monster. It didn't notice until it crashed into the wolf's side, knocking it backwards.

The figure was a large bison robot, very much in the same style as ZooKitsune and ZooSagi. It let out a loud moo, before rushing over to ZooRobo.

Suddenly, the upper half of ZooRobo split off from the legs. The bison robot leaped and began to unfold itself into an torso, the legs splitting off and forming into two large double barreled guns, which the newly formed brownish arms grabbed in their hands.

The bison's head folded into a chest piece as the fox part came crashing down on the top, its own leftover arms clipping onto the bison section's back, and the leftover bits forming into a cape.

"ZOOROBO, BISON MODE!"

"Holy cow!" Blue said as the robot checked itself out.

"Let's see what this guy can do!" Red yelled, jolting the controls forward.

ZooRobo spun its guns around, and aimed them at the dazed wolf. It fired a blast at it, knocking the beast back down once again. It continued to fire the blasts at the monster, barely giving it a chance to get up.

"This is great!" Red said.

"Yeah this thing's really powerful, thanks Kinji!" Blue thanked.

"Uh, you're welcome, but I have no idea how I did this!" he admitted. "Usually when I do that, I get my own robot."

"That's weird, but definitely not unwelcome." Red said back.

The wolf monster let out a howl, and then let out a barrage of energy blasts from its claws. With expert precision, ZooRobo shot each of them out of the air as they closed followed with another shot to the wolf, knocking it backwards.

"Dog breath over there can't even touch us." Red smugly said.

"Let's finish it off then!" Blue yelled, pumping her fist.

The robot placed its guns together, energy beginning to build in its tips. The yellow energy swirled and covered the gun barrels as it aimed them directly at the wolf, who was recovering from the previous shot.

"BISON RAMMING SHOT!" All three rangers yelled.

It pulled both triggers at the same time, shooting off the energy. The energy formed into a massive bulls head, which charged directly into the wolf, where it exploded and knocked the wolf into the air. With one last howl, it exploded in midair.

The robot twirled both of its guns and turned away from the explosion."YEEHAW!" Star yelled.

In a flash, the robot was gone, and the three rangers stood on the ground in the middle of the city.

"That was wild!" Star said cheerfully. "Glad I got to hang out with you guys. Y'all still want me to check on those wristmajigs?"

"If you mean the Zoolizers, then yes, we would love for you to make them work." Nick answered, untransforming.

"They don't actually come off, though." Judy said, also untransforming. "So I don't know how you can.

The ninja then quickly lifted up the rabbit by her arm, and began to examine the device. "Well, s'got a wrist strap, so maybe if I..."

Using his free hand, he touched the wrist strap, causing it to suddenly unzip and the rabbit to fall back down to the ground as the ninja reacted with shock to try and catch it.

"Wait, we CAN remove them!?" Nick shouted, tapping the bottom of the wrist strap as well. He got no response, however.

Star walked over to him, and took the Zoolizer off on his own. He looked back and fourth at both of them, and then down to the stunned fox and rabbit.

"Tell ya what, meet me in the center square in a few hours." He suggested. "I'll have 'em figured out by then. Trust me."

"Uh, alright." Judy said, rubbing the chafed section of her arm. "But how will we know when to meet you?"

"Oh, trust me, you'll know."

---

A few hours later, the two were back at the apartment. The sun had gone down, and the moon was raised over a starless night sky.

"Do you think we can just let Kinji keep the Zoolizers?" Nick asked, as he relaxed on the couch and watched TV.

"Please tell me that's a joke." Judy said as she flipped through the book of Sentai history.

"Seriously, think we can get them replaced with like... a belt? Maybe a cell phone?"

"What's wrong with them?" She asked.

"They chafe," Nick said, rubbing his arm, also noticing Judy start to at the same time. "They don't work properly, can't take them off, the list goes on."

"They're also the only things that let us beat those monsters," She retorted. "And we already decided to keep doing that, remember?"

"A choice I somewhat regret every day."

She sighed and rolled her eyes, looking back down at the book. There was nothing about Ninninger in the book, only a temporary "coming soon" page. It looks like Gai really hadn't been able to finish up the book. Too busy having space adventures, it seemed.

Suddenly, a loud explosion filled the air. The two jumped out of their seats in panic, Judy especially thanks to her sensitive ears.

"Are we under attack!?" Nick yelled.

Judy rushed over to the window, and opened it. She looked around, until something odd caught her eye. Over to the horizon, around town square, a lot of lights were flashing. Reds, blues, yellows, it looked like a concert had been set up.

"Nick, did you know about a concert in the square?"

"Carrots, I know about every concert, I would be there right now if I knew." He said, walking over to the window to look at it with her.

Suddenly, three small flares launched into the air, flying high into the starless night sky.

"Fireworks, that's probably what caused that noise." Judy said.

"Excellent deduction, Holmes." Nick joked, the rabbit giving him a sharp look.

The two covered their ears as the fireworks hit their apex, where they burst into three multicolor pictures. The middle one was the largest, and shaped like a large yellow star. The other two were red and blue, and formed very familiar pictures, resembling their Zoolizers.

"Oh great." Nick let out, uncovering his ears.

"Guess this is what he meant by us knowing, huh?" Judy said, shrugging.

The two rushed out the door as fast as they could.

---

The two stepped off the bus, and into the square. Their jaws dropped at what they saw.

There was the vehicle Star had summoned during the fight, parked in the middle of the lot. It had a rather fanciful concert stage set up on its back as well, where, strangely enough, three different StarNingers stood, two playing the bass and drums, and a third one playing the guitar, which was, of course, the Star Sword-Gun.

Of course, what caught their attention more was the two large posters next to the stage, each of which displayed one of them, as ZooRed and ZooBlue, in an action pose. Clearly, they were expected.

They were playing in front of an absolutely massive group of animals, who seemed to at least be enjoying themselves.

"Carrots, what the hell is going on?" Nick asked, looking around.

"I don't know, but we need to find Kinji."

The two dashed through the crowd, heading towards the large bull robot. After a lot of shoving, apologies, and yelling, they made it, and looked up at the band member playing. None of them seemed to notice them, even when they yelled up.

"I don't think he can hear us." Judy said to her partner.

"WHAT!?" Nick yelled, unable to hear her over the sound.

A warm touch suddenly gripped their shoulders. "Hey, I've been waiting for you two!" A familiar voice said.

The two reacted in shock, turning around to see Kinji standing behind them. "Whoops, didn't mean to startle ya."

"Wait, if you're down here, then who are..." Judy asked, pointing up to the band playing.

"Ninja copies!" Star excitedly explained. "Pretty cool, huh?"

He began to push them to the side of the robotic bull. "Anyway, I need you two backstage."

"What, why?" Nick asked as they passed behind one of the giant posters.

"I'll tell you in a second, we have something more important to talk about right now." Star half-heartedly explained, as they rounded to the back of the bull. Or rather, the front, as they spotted its head.

"I wanted to give you two back your Zoolizers." He said, pulling them out.

They took them, and put them back on their wrists, where they instantly tightened back around.

"You manage to work out some kinks?" Nick asked, hopeful.

Star nodded. "Sure did, it looks like the monster detection wasn't working properly due to a loose wire." He explained. "Also managed to make it so you can take them off, them not being able to come off was a weird security system."

"Wow, that's amazing!" Judy said.

"They sure are strange things, though." Star continued. "They have some incredble energy going through them, but the construction seems a bit rushed."

"I mean, that AkaRed guy said he made them." Nick said. "I feel that guy might have some loose wires of his own."

"Oh yeah, also wanted to give you this." He pulled out a golden ZooTag, and handed it to them. It had an engraving of a bison on it, meaning it probably summoned ZooBison.

Nick pulled out the Solar Flare Saber's ZooTag, and looked at it and the ZooBison ZooTag. "Looks like you helped us out a bit in the weapons department, huh?"

He nodded. "Speaking of help," Star started. "I may need your help with something... stage related."

"Oh great." Nick let out, putting both of the tags in his pockets.

"See, I may or may not have promised these kind folks that you two would be up there at some point during the concert." he explained, rather sheepishly.

The two sighed.

"Okay, first of all, why did you even set up a concert?" Nick asked, holding up a digit.

"It was the only way I could think of how to get your attention."

"You could've just... knocked." Judy said.

"Not my style." Star said, shaking his head.

"Second," Nick held up another digit. "Why did you promise these people we'd show up?"

"How else was I gonna get a big crowd for the show?"

Nick sighed, and facepawed.

"We also don't know how to play any instruments." Judy stated.

"Hey now, I might know how to play the bass." Nick stated, getting a bit of an odd look from Judy. "What, I experimented during my teens. But what I feel is more important here is that our identities are at risk, Fluff."

"Oh gosh, I wasn't even thinking about that." Judy said, embarrassed.

"Listen, I just need you two to do this, it's the big showstopper!" Star pleaded. "I can use some of my Ninpo to help you with the instruments."

They sighed. "Alright." Judy said. "We'll play a song for you."

The two then hit the buttons on the Zoolizers, turning into their armored forms.

"Alright!" He cried. The ninja then performed a series of hand movements, before letting out a yell. "STAR NINPO: LET'S ROCK OUT!"

A puff of smoke blinded the two, and when they opened their eyes, they looked out over a sea of animals. The crowd let out a massive cheer, and the rabbit felt her heart begin to beat at one hundred miles an hour.

She looked around, she was standing on a podium, where the drumming StarNinger once stood. It was black and yellow, very neon. She looked to her side to see Nick standing on a similar podium, and StarNinger, now holding a microphone.

Another burst of smoke appeared around her, and she found herself suddenly standing on the a stool in front of a large drumset. She looked over again, and Nick was holding a bass guitar.

'Guess it's too late to say never mind.' She thought to herself.

StarNinger held the microphone up to his helmet. "ONE TWO THREE FOUR AND HERE WE GO!"

Suddenly, the two found themselves instinctively playing their instruments, with StarNinger taking up vocals and main guitar with the Star Sword-Gun.

Shortly after, he began to sing.

"Launch off a big old firework into the air!
It's our one-time shot at our dream!
You rush and surprise everyone, but just remember
You have lots of friends who are always there for you!
Take your claw, and scrtch scrtch scrtch schtch!
With out of this world abilities
Just dance a bit to a rar rararar
Tomorrow is gonna be splendid!
With clear skies all over the world!
Who's that? It's a ranger!
Oh yeah! Oh yeah yeah!
We don't intend on staying timid
Who's that? It's a ranger!
Oh yeah! Oh yeah yeah!
It's a festival, let's celebrate! Here we go!
Zyumen Sentai Zooranger!"

As they played through the song, Judy felt a sense of joy build up in her. It was amazing, really, all these people had shown up for them, she felt like a celebrity. As she played on the drums, in an automatic trance, she slowly began to realize that it was just kind of fun on its own.

With the last riff of the song letting out, StarNinger let out a massive yell.

"PARTY NIGHT! YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAWWWW!"

The two finally stopped playing, absolutely exhausted from around even a minute and a half of playing.

The crowd began to cheer, StarNinger egging them on as they did. "Thank you, thank you, don't forget to tip your waiter, who is also me!"

---

Miles away from all of this commotion, in the middle of Tundra Town, a small figure collapsed in an alleyway.

Bellwether had not stopped running since that weird red thing showed up. Even with her little hooves, she was fast. But obviously not in peak performance, as she stared at the massive wound on her arm, now covered by a cloth she had picked out of the garbage in the savanna. She gripped it in pain.

"Stupid lying fox thing." She muttered. "Stupid star man, stupid fox and rabbit."

She was amazingly angry at everything around her. Not only was she most likely going to die in the cold, even if she did find some shelter, it would most likely lead back to the police, where she'd get sentenced a much, much larger jail time.

Overall, a bad day.

She regained a bit of her strength, and got up, continuing to walk down the alleyway. She stopped when she heard footsteps.

She wanted to yell something, like "What is it, officer?" or maybe a ruder "Get the hell away from me!" but something about the being behind her froze her with fear. She gulped, and gathered enough strength to at least turn around and see it.

It was horrible.

Some kind of strange, furless creature, wearing a long coat. It reached out with its hairless, gnarled digits, and grabbed her by the fur, lifting her up.

"I see Kyuemon managed to come through for me, even if he doesn't know he did." It said. "So, you're Dawn Bellwether, hmm?"

"Who... what... are you?" She stuttered.

It laughed. "That's a question you'll be asking a lot soon enough."

The thing began to glow a horrible red, until Bellwether noticed she was glowing as well. She shut her eyes tightly, and went to her happy place.

She opened them again, only to find herself in a new place, an unrecognizable place.

Around the darkened room, only lit by an occasional pulsing red and a handful of dim lights, there stood five other creatures, including the fox creature she had met before.

There was some kind of horrible, golden mechanical creature, a clown thing, a walking suit of armor, and a half bug half biker looking monster.

"Enter, why did you bring that failure here?" Kyuemon asked harshly.

"Simple, we need intel." Enter stated, holding the terrified sheep up to the fox's face. "She was mayor of this city for a few months, she knows a lot about it."

"But what if she doesn't?"

"Then we kill her, simple as that." He explained. "Now, do you have some kind of dark ninja magic for imprisoning something?" Enter asked, the fox squinting at him.

"Give me the sheep." Kyuemon demanded. He grabbed the sheep from Enter's hand, and walked over to an empty section of the room.

He began to make a series of gestures with his empty hand. "Imprisonment Ninjitsu."

He threw the sheep into the air, as puff of purple smoke shrouding her as she hovered above. In less than a second, Bellwether was now surrounded bya small birdcage, dangling far above the ground.

"What!?" She yelled, grasping onto the bars and causing the cage to sway. "Let me out!"

"No." Kyuemon said flatly, walking away from the struggling sheep.

"So, my compagnons," Enter announced, grabbing all of his teammate's attention, side from Long. "Whenever you require something for a plan, just ask her." He pointed towards the sheep, who felt a sudden surge of fear as they looked at her.

"Cool, so it's like some kind of magic sheep-ball?" Yabaiba said. "I wanna shake it first!"

"You can do that later, numbnuts." Sambash said, socking Yabaiba in the side of his face. "We gotta wait for the bossman to finish."

Enter turned to look at the Omnipotence's cylinder. Every couple of seconds, it flashed red, but he seemed completely silent.

"Hmm, what's up with our wonderful leader?" He asked, less confused and more intrigued.

"He's doing system maintenance." Yogostein explained, clanking his spear against the ground. "Says there was some kind of error, and is looking for a way to fix it."

"Who knows how long it could take." Yabaiba said, rubbing his cheek. "It could take hours, days for him to finish, maybe even years!"

"MAINTENANCE COMPLETE"

"Or he could finish right now." Yabaiba shrugged.

"ERROR DETECTED: RECREATED MONSTERS GROWING STEADILY WEAKER. SOLUTION: BREAKS TO RECHARGE ENERGY" It announced.

"Whaddya mean by breaks!?" Sambash yelled.

"IN ORDER FOR MONSTERS TO USE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, THERE WILL NOW BE A WEEK LONG BREAK BETWEEN ATTACKS"

Sambash fell to his knees and screamed.

"I don't see how this is a bad thing, Sambash." Kyuemon stated. "Having our monsters in top shape will help with the invasion."

"It will also help you idiots actually come up with halfway decent plans." Long said, still standing in a corner by himself.

Sambash got up and groaned. "Well, if it's what the bossman wants, I guess we have no choice." he shrugged. "Man, I really wanted to go cause some trouble again."

The villains began to go their separate ways, Kyuemon and Enter vanishing, Long walking out of the main base, and Sambash and Yabaiba heading into separate rooms.

Only Yogostein remained in the main hall, eyeing the caged sheep, who was sobbing.

"This could work well for me." He laughed as he headed towards the sheep.

---

Happy Halloween! This technically counts as a Halloween special because there's a wolfman in it.

Apparently putting song in fanfics is not a thing most people like, but honestly, how else would you introduce/exit the guy who's main weapon is a guitar? Also, it doesn't break Fanfiction dot net's rules since the Star Spangled Banner is public domain, and the second song technically doesn't exist! Eat that!

Anyway, plot stuff is actually starting to happen, if you can't tell. We're actually at the tail-end of the first arc.

Next time, we finish off the first arc with the sounds of silence.