I do not own Super Sentai or High school DxD
It's been a couple of hours since the Gokaigers saved the hostages and made big enemies out of Neo Zangyack. Right now, Dax is currently on the ships computer.
"Those Neo Zangyack bastards."he sighed while looking at the screen. "They made a new base on the moon."
"Damn...the moon, huh?" Marvelous said looking up at the direction where the moon would be.
"What do you think we should do? I mean, we can't just go up there with the Galleon they'd be able to see us coming once he reach out of Earth's radius." Keith stated as he had his arms crossed while leaning his back against the wall.
Marvelous tapped the edge of his chair while trying to figure out what to do. It was obvious that Neo Zangyack are going to be a toto pain, since they are wanted and will try to stop them from obtaining what they're after. "Well..."
"Don't you dare suggest that we all get something to eat, got it?" Jade growled giving her captain the evil eye making him close his mouth.
"Oh! I know! How about you attend to this planet's learning facilities!" Navi suggested making the group look at the mechanical bird.
"This planet's...learning facilities?" Zoe questioned, cutely tilting her head to side in confusion.
"Um...? You mean school, right?" Dax asked.
"That's right!" Navi confirmed moving her wings around.
"Why do we need attend to this planet's school?" asked Jade, annoyed. She didn't like the fact that she has to go back to school again.
"Well think about it." Marvelous began. "We know nothing of this planet save for the stories our mentors has told us, and whatever we do know is very limited."
"You do bring up a good point." Keith said, nodding his head in agreement. "But still we are pirates, so we can't spend all of our time here in one place. We will need to explore this city in search of the Super Sentai's Grand Power."
"I know." Marvelous said. "But this way it'll make this more fun along the way. Also, I was told that there are some kids who earn this title of "Delinquent" because they always get into fights and skip classes to do something called "Playing Hooky" whatever that means. So I guess we could be these...delinquent students."
"That would our mission a lot easier." Keith nodded.
"Hey if being a delinquent means we get to skip school and get into fights, then by all means let's do it!" Jade cheered, pumped to become a student already. Perhaps Earth has more to offer than it already appears.
"Dax." Marvelous called to his friend.
"I'm on it." said Dax already on the computer searching for any schools that they would attend to.
(The next day)
Marvelous and his crew stood in front of the school called Kuoh Academy. After searching for a school that they should attend, Dax found many schools in the area that were different in title. It was strange because the schooling system went from preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school, and then finally college.
The crew questioned at all of these school titles but once they found out that preschool and elementary school are only for little kids, it was obvious that they wouldn't be able to fit in because most of them are in their teens. They were about to suggest middle school, however, once they found out that it was teens still in their early ages that option went down the drain because they were still too old for a middle school. Finally, they came upon the conclusion of going to high school because they're old enough to attend, and seemed like the perfect place for them to learn about Earth's history.
Dax looked up Kuoh Academy and read that it used to be an all girl school but went co-ed five years ago. It was so that the school could be a place for both boys and girls attend altogether, but the majority however was still girls regardless of the new co-ed rule. The crew questioned if they should attend a place that used to be all girls because it would be easier for the Neo Zangyack to find if they should ever think that they were all planning to attend school. In the end it was decided that they would go to that school.
Zoe had suggested that they would meet with the school's principal so they could inform them that they will be apart of their school. Of course, Marvelous saw no point informing the principal, since they won't be staying on earth until they find a lll of the Sentai's Grand Powers but Dax said that would be the only way for them to attend. So ultimately, they met up with the principal who was quite shocked that they came in with a flying ship and simply told her that they would be attending this planet's school, but be the delinquents simply because they will have to fight Neo Zangyack and search for the Grand Powers of the Super Sentai.
And so, all of them are dressed in their new school uniforms with some of their regular attire worn over it.
"All right, lets go." Marvelous said as his crew nodded then they walked towards the building.
"Man who knew a schools uniform can be itchy." Marvelous commented while tugging the caller. The Gokaigers were on their way to their first class, but they had to see what class in school is like before playing hooky.
"I pretty much agree with you." Keith agreed while tying the coat of his uniform around his waist.
"I don't what's up with you two, but Zoe and I fit into our school uniforms just fine!" Jade proudly stated as she and Zoe fit well into their uniforms.
"Yeah, I agree. I fit into my uniform quite well." Dax said as both Marvelous and Keith saw that he had no problem with his uniform.
"Well that's..." Jade began.
"Because..." Marvelous continued.
"You're..." Keith picked up.
"A nerd...!" Zoe smiled.
Dax dropped his jaw as his strand slightly withered and dropped on all fours then a comical dark aura surrounded him. "Y-Y-You guys are so mean!" Comical tears streamed down his cheeks as the rest of his friends just waved him off.
After that the pirates were soon at the entrance of the class they were supposed to be in.
"So this is our class huh?" Marvelous grinned
"That's what the piece of paper says." Keith told him while he was holding the paper.
"You can come in now."a voice said which the pirates think it's the teachers voice.
"Let's go!" Zoe said cheerfully as Marvelous slides the door open.
The crew walked inside the classroom looking at all of their classmates who stared at them oddly. However the boys were staring at Zoe as they all had dreamy looks on their faces. Of course there were some whispers going around and the crew carefully listened.
"Five transfer students?"
"Unbelievable."
"Ah~! That girls cute."
"I think i'm in love."
"That guy with the brown hair looks cool."
"So does the guy with the black hair."
"The blonde haired guy looks cute."
The crew couldn't believe that they are complimenting them and it's their first day.
"All right."the teacher began. "Now some of you might have already heard but we have, surprisingly, five transfer students. Why don't you tell them your names?"
"I'm Captain Marvelous, Captain of the Gokaigers..." Marvelous introduced.
"And I am Keith, the swordsman." Keith introduced.
"I'm Jade and if there's anything I love it's money and valuable items, so if you touch any of them; I'll kill you, got it?" Jade introduced and made a few of the students even the teacher shudder at her threat.
"And my name is Dax. I'm-" Dax was cut off by Jade.
"Our own personal doctor and coward."
Dax once again got into a fetal position with the comical dark aura enveloping his body. "You're so cruel, Jade."
"My name is Zoe, a pleasure to meet you all. Let's get along shall we?" Zoe smiled which made all the guys cheer.
"Okay nice introductions…"the teacher said thinking that their pirates is a joke, but decided to go along with it. "But quick question Marvelous."he said getting the captains attention. "Why are you called Marvelous?"
"Because I forgot my actual name."the pirate said plainly.
"Alright then, let's begin class now."the teacher said before picking the seats for the crew. For Marvelous, he was sitting behind Dax while he's in front of Keith next to the windows, for Jade next to Keith and for Zoe next to Marvelous.
"My god, that was boring as hell!" Jade cried out as they walked around the school grounds. It was now lunchtime and everyone was trying to find the cafeteria, where they can pick up their food. Marvelous couldn't wait to find it.
"I don't know, I found the class really interesting. There was a lot to learn!" Zoe smiled.
"Besides, we are learning more about this planet are we?" Dax said.
"I suppose..." Jade replied. "But does it have to be so boring?"
"Well look on the bright side, the only class we don't have to attend to is math because we can travel through space and easily calculate everything already. Especially you since money is your only math quality." Keith said.
"What's THAT suppose to mean?" she yelled at him.
"Hmm? I wonder their cafeteria is at?" Marvelous wondered.
"Honestly, shouldn't we go back to the Galleon? That way we can spend this time finding the Grand Powers instead of playing students for the rest of the day?"
"Yeah, yeah but first we gotta eat. That's the rule right, so we gotta follow their rules." Marvelous grinned.
"Only when it comes to food is when you follow rules..." the crew thought before letting sighs knowing they'd have to follow their captain regardless.
"Hey you!" Marvelous called out to a student with blonde hair, grey eyes and a mole under his left eye. "You know where the cafeteria is? We're new here."
"Yeah, it's just down this hallway two lefts and a right."the blonde male said with a smile. "Oh and my names Yuuto Kiba, since your new here."
"Thanks Yuuji." Marvelous said mispronouncing his name before the crew goes to those directions.
"Uh...?" Yuuto sweat dropped. "It's...Yuuto."
"That Yuuji guy seemed pretty nice." Keith said also getting his name wrong.
"Yeah...at least we know where we're going now." Jade smirked.
"Indeed." Zoe nodded.
"Hmm? Did we...mispronounce his name?" Dax questioned making the crew look back at him.
"No way."they all waved while looking at him.
"Oh, okay then."
As the Gokai crew continued to make their way towards the cafeteria, a girl with long black hair and purple eyes noticed them coming towards her direction and then passed by her. However what they didn't know was that she glanced back at them.
"What was that?" she asked to one in particular, looking at the crew as they were out of her sights.
They are now in the cafeteria were a bunch of students were eating and ordering their lunch. Marvelous went up to the counter all excited to eat.
"40 bowls of katsudon and 75 sticks of dango." Marvelous ordered, yesterday he has learned the food of this planets country. That order caught the attention of a bunch of students, very surprised to know he can eat that much.
"Uh are you sure you can eat that much?"the guy at the counter questioned with a sweat drop.
"Oh no 4 bowls of the katsudon and the 30 sticks of dango are for my crew."he said making the cashier sighed in relief. "36 of the bowls of katsudon and the 35 sticks of dango are for me."
"NO WAY!"everyone with the exception of the crew yelled in surprise.
Once Marvelous had gotten his food, he was chowing down like crazy while everyone save for the crew were starting at him in complete shock.
"What's up with that guy?" one student asked.
"Is he even human?" another said.
"How can someone even eat that much?"
The crew sighed once they heard those comments from the other students, as they stared at their captain.
"Man...Marvelous, mind slowing the pace? Everyone is looking our way." Keith said.
"Yeah, I mean look at Dax's single antenna hair, it's moving around crazy." Jade said, pointing a finger at Dax's strand hair that just moved around. Usually it only moves when there's danger nearby, but it seems that embarrassment also gets it going too.
"I don't see the problem, I bet everyone is amazed our captain is able to do none of things that they can't." Zoe said not caring that everyone is looking at them.
"She has a point, we, ourselves are eating bowls of this food too." Keith said.
Dax sighed.
The day had gone by a little fast as the school day was already over. Of course, like they said the Gokai crew actually did skip their math class and was busy searching for the Sentai Grand Power while exploring more of this town's grounds. Once they came back to finish the rest of the school day they didn't even bother to pick up their homework because it was no use to them since they're not going to be staying on this planet.
Keith suggested they should get familiar with the school grounds that way when Neo Zangyack empire shows up, they'll have the advantage battle wise. And also, so they won't get lost around here too.
And now with that all of them split up and began to wonder around the school.
Marvelous simply walked around just looking at the school and the yard. The outside didn't seem all that interesting, so that would be covered in an instant. "Might as well look inside now." Marvelous was about to go back inside the school until he heard giggling that caught his attention. "Hmm?" He turned his head to see where the giggling was coming from.
The captain of the Gokai crew saw a building that was next to the school and noticed two boys on the side of the wall. One had black hair and wore a pair of glasses, the other had just had a buzz cut but he also kinda looked like a money too in someway. Marvelous blinked at them in confusion, curious to see what they were doing.
Meanwhile, Keith was also exploring outside the school and came to the same conclusion as his captain seeing that everything here was just the same save for the tennis court and school pool. He heard the voices of girls giggling and turned to see a group of them gathered around a familiar face.
"Yuuto-sama, please go out with me." one girl said.
"No, no let's out on a dinner date!" another cried.
"We can go karaoke together!" a third girl exclaimed.
Keith raised a brow in curiosity and confusion and then waved it off, not really caring what was going on over there. "Yo!"he decided to call out to Yuuji (Yuuto) not wanting to be rude by just walking by him without saying hi. Yuuji (Yuuto) and the girls looked over at his direction. "Thanks for the directions earlier, Yuuji!" Keith walked away after that.
"Eh?"the girls blinked as they watched Keith walk off before looking at Yuuto who sweat dropped.
"It's...Yuuto." he said while laughing awkwardly.
Meanwhile with Jade, she sees 4 girls whacking a ball with round sticks with some plastic nets attached to them.
"What are they doing?" Jade thought before waving it off then walking away.
Meanwhile with Zoe, she is currently on the rooftop and is really enjoying the view right now. She even sees Keith walking away from Yuuji (Yuuto), Marvelous looking at two people doing whatever they were doing and Jade walking away from the tennis court.
Meanwhile with Dax, he is currently walking around the halls to see if anything caught his interest.
"Don't forget to sign up for clubs!"a random student said while holding a board.
'Clubs?' Dax thought curiously before deciding to join the others.
Moments later the crew met up under a tree that close to some old building that used to be the school before they built this bigger one.
"So...?" Zoe began. "Did everyone have fun, anything interesting?"
"I saw four girls out in that tennis court thing playing with some odd sticks, while hitting a green ball back and forth." Jade said.
"I saw Yuuji being surrounded by the girls here for some reason. Really couldn't tell what for, so I assumed all of them were lost and he was giving directions."
"Oh why yes, that Yuuji does seem like a nice guy." Zoe said.
Somewhere else, Yuuto sneezed all of a sudden.
"I saw two guys outside of the kendo building place or whatever, and saw they were peeking inside. I assumed they're trying to learn whatever the other students are learning in there." Marvelous said.
"Kendo is sword style that famous in this country, and I heard that place is only for girls to join. It could be possible those boys wanted to learn some swordsmanship. Who can blame them?" Keith added while throwing in his knowledge.
"I got this piece of paper from one of the students here, and he said something about joining a club." Dax said showing them the paper. All of them looked at it and they had various activities.
"Uh..Dax, I think we don't have time for clubs." Keith said.
"Why not?"
"Because they're all held after school and some of them don't get till really late. Also, we don't have time to join these clubs and you know why." Jade spoke. She didn't want to stay in these grounds longer than she had to.
"Yeah..." Dax said. It was true they had no time for clubs when they're in search for the Super Sentai Grand Powers and find some of them, too.
"Come on, let's explore more of this town." Marvelous suggested as they nodded, but they were unaware that a female with red hair, same eye color as Dax, wearing the females school uniform and with big… well assets was watching them from a window.
Inside the old school building, Rias Gremory had just watched the Gokai crew outside of her window and watched them leave school grounds.
"Akeno, they were the ones you told me about right?" she said turning to face her Queen.
"Yes Bucho, when they walked by me; I sensed a strange power coming off them. It wasn't anything powerful thought just odd." Akeno said.
"Hmm? Who are they anyway?" she asked, curious about them.
"I don't know who they are exactly but their names are Marvelous, Keith, Jade, Zoe, and Dax." Akeno listed their names.
"Which one is which." Rias asked needing their description since names weren't going to help. Plus there were five of them too.
"Marvelous is the one with the brown hair, Keith is the one with black hair, Zoe is the one with purplish pink hair, Jade is the tomboy one with the brown hair, and Dax is the one with the blonde hair along with that single strand of his which oddly moves around; and shares the same colored eyes as you." Akeno said.
"I see."
"I must admit after hearing the reactions and gossip from the other students, they think they're a bunch of weirdos from how they acted." Akeno giggled.
"I agree." said a girl with silver hair and yellow eyes. She walked inside the room and closed the door behind her.
"Oh Koneko..." Rias said looking at the petite girl.
"I saw them around and they did act a little weird. Not in weird as in suspicion there's a an enemy kind of weird. Just...weird like they haven't seen or even been to a school before, almost as if they were curious weird." Koneko said and then continued. "I heard one of them calling Yuuto-sempai, Yuuji."
At this both Rias and Akeno couldn't help but laugh. Once their laughter was settled, Rias regained herself and then looked at Koneko who simply just stared at them. "Koneko, I want you to follow them and see what they're up to. Don't ask why, but I'm curious to see what they can do."
(With the Gokai crew)
The Gokai crew were just traveling around they saw an arcade, a big building for shopping that's called a mall and a restaurant called a 'Fast Food joint'. Right now they are at a park while they were admiring the area surrounded by nature while they were unaware that Koneko was watching them.
"Nice place." Dax said admiring the surroundings.
"It's very lovely." Zoe commented.
"Yeah. Great place." Marvelous said. As the crew was looking around the park, Keith noticed it was sunset.
"We should head back to the Galleon." Keith suggested while they nodded. They were about to call the Galleon before Dax's antennae started shaking.
"Guys we got company!" Dax warned while they all noticed his hair shaking.
The Gokai crew immediately pulled out their weapons as they were on guard for whoever was with them. Dax, however, just hid behind Jade who whacked him on the head and told him not to be such a coward. Then all of them moved out the war when they felt the presence of an attack coming their way.
"What was that?" asked Keith observing the object that was dung in the ground. "Is that...a spear?"
"It seems to be made out of light." observed Jade.
"How pretty~!" cooed Zoe as she smiled.
"Your damn right it is!" a voice said as the crew noticed that someone is up in the sky. They all looked to see some strange girl with long black hair, purple eyes, and had black wings on her back. "Once I pierce my spear through all of yours hearts, my mission will be a success."
Marvelous and the crew just looked at her in confusion as they noticed her attire seemed to be...revealing.
"Uh...?" they all simultaneously spoke while raising one hand. "Aren't you cold in that?"
"You're not even fazed, blushed or even having a nosebleed?"she asked referring to the guys while the girls didn't get the full message so they all just shook their heads.
"Anyway; who are you?" Marvelous asked while pointing a gun at her while she chuckled.
"I'm the Fallen Angel Raynare!"the strange girl dubbed Raynare introduced herself with pride.
"Who sent you?" Jade demanded figuring Neo Zangyack must have sent her.
"I'm not telling~!" Raynare said in a playful sadistic tone before making another light spear.
"Then we'll have to do this the hard way." Marvelous said while the crew got their Mobirates out with their Ranger Key's. "And doing things the hard way is a pirates thing."
"GOKAI CHANGE!"they all yelled before inserting the keys into the phones.
"GO~KAIGER!"
Raynare watched as all of them were enveloped in a light before it died out. She then saw new figures standing in their places as they had become Gokaigers.
"GokaiRed!" announced Red.
"GokaiBlue!" announced Blue.
"GokaiYellow!" announced Yellow.
"GokaiGreen!" announced Green.
"GokaiPink!" announced Pink.
"Kaizou Sentai Gokiager!"
"Alright let's make this showy!" Red said as they all prepared for a fight.
"Wh-What is this!?" Raynare asked, shocked to see them change into funny looking suits.
Raynare didn't have enough time to react as Green and Pink took aim and fired at her. The Fallen Angle was able to move out of the bullets way and created a spear of light in her hands and threw one at them. They dodged and decided to go in different directions as they all pointed their gun and fired at her. Being a Fallen Angel guns such as those wouldn't be enough to take her out, so by conjuring up another light spear Raynare twisted it around blocking the bullets.
"Is that all you can do? Just make lights with those hands of yours?" Yellow said with an unimpressed tone.
"Quiet bitch! I've got a lot more then just making these spears!" Raynare shot back.
"Yeah right, now why don't you come down and fight like the chicken you are!" Yellow said taking out her sword.
"What did you say!?" the Fallen Angel growled at her.
"Above you!" the familiar voice of GokaiRed called out as jumped behind Raynare and then planted both his feet on her back making her fall towards the ground. "Keith!"
"Yeah!" Keith said as he charged at Raynare who was used her wings to slow her momentum and reacted just in time to avoid a swing from Blue's sword. She quickly conjured another spear and used to defend herself against his attacks.
"What's up with these guys? Are they all Scared Gear users?" thought Raynare as she continued to defend. Pink let out a battle cry as she charged after Raynare who noticed this and managed to push Blue back and use her wings to fly up in the air.
"Let's use the skies to our advantage as well then." GokaiRed announced while getting nods from his teammates meaning they get the message. They brought out some Ranger Keys and their Mobirates.
"Gokai Change!"they announced before inserting the keys.
"JE~TMAN!"
Raynare watched as all of them transformed into another pair of suits that seemed different from their usual ones. All of their suits seemed to mimic that of birds instead of that pirate getup they wore earlier. That Fallen could see that Red was still red, Blue was still blue, and Yellow was still yellow. However when looking at both Pink and Green their suits were different. Pink now wore a white suit albeit with some pink, and Green wore a black suit, this scene just seemed both wrong and confusing.
"They changed again!?" Raynare exclaimed. "But why's Green now Black and Pink White?"
"We don't know it just works that way." Red Falcon told her. "Let's go!"he announced as the team started to fly, much to her surprise, and charged at her. She dodged a strike from Blue Swallow but then got striked in the back by Yellow Owl. Raynare made a Light Spear and charged at Red in attempt to stab him in the head, but she's been hit in the arm by White Swan making her drop the spear. Black Condor then kicked her in the back making her drop to the ground.
"Damn it!" Raynare growled as she looked back at the Jetman flying up in the air, circling her as if to let her know that she isn't safe on the ground up in the sky. Damn. "You think you chumps can still beat me? So what if you go up in the sky now, I'll still win!"
"We'll see about that!" Red Falcon declared as he and Blue Swan dropped down to the ground and pulled out their Bringer Swords. Raynare quickly conjured light spear and blocked the blades from both Red Hawk and Blue Swallow. They soon began to exchange blows, Blue Swallow was able to catch her off guard a couple of times due to his skills in swordsmanship. Red Hawk was able to keep up and tried to strike Raynare with any openings he could find.
"Don't forget about us!" White Swan called out as she and Black Condor pulled out their Bird Guns and fired at Raynare, who managed to push Red Hawk and Blue Swallow back as she dropped to the ground to avoid the blast. She then raised up her spear and spun it around to deflect the oncoming blast.
"And last but not least!" Raynare looked up to see Yellow Owl coming down on her with her arms raised up. Sensing danger, the Fallen Angel had moved out of the way just in time to avoid an electric shockwave that came out of Yellow Owl's fist.
"What the...? How did she-!?" Raynare noticed the white gauntlets she wore and wondered how she was able to equip them. However she waved it off, not wanting to pry while in the middle of a battle.
"You're open!" Blue Swallow announced as he and Red Hawk both charged at Raynare from behind. Raynare reacted spinning herself around, blocking the swords with her spear. She quickly had to push them back as White Swan and Black Condor continued to fire at her from above. And also, she had to avoid the strikes from Yellow Owl, Blue Swallow, and their leader, Red Hawk.
"How are they strong?" Raynare thought out loud as they turned back into the Gokaiger's.
"It's because you're arrogant." GokaiRed answered plainly. Raynare then made more Light Spears and made an attempt to pierce GokaiRed and GokaiBlue, but they simply dodged their upper bodies without moving from the spots their standing on. "Now who sent you? Was it Neo Zangyack?"
"Neo Zangyack?" Raynare questioned. "What's that!?"
"So they didn't sent you?" GokaiPink questioned.
"Apparently not." GokaiBlue summarized. "Maybe it was some group of bounty hunters."
"Bounty hunters?" questioned GokaiRed slowly nodding his head. "That could be a possibility. We are wanted pirates after all, so that could be it."
"Wait, how much is everyone again individually and altogether?" GokaGreen asked in curiosity.
"Well..." GokaiYellow took a moment to think.
Raynare couldn't believe how these are just simply ignoring her and had just dropped her guard. She was thinking about attacking them but then stopped herself, knowing they would just deflect or dodger one of her spears. So with only one option left, Raynare immediately took flight and began to leave the area.
"Oh, look." GokaiPink pointed a finger at Raynare who flew up in the air.
"She's escaping..." GokaiGreen stated.
"Ah well, just let her go." GokaiYellow waved off. "She wasn't a very tough opponent in the first place, all she did was make those spear thingies. Not very interesting after a while."
"I hear that." nodded Red.
"Well, let's go back to the Galleon." suggested Green as they all undid their transformations and soon went back to the Galleon.
Unbeknownst to them, Koneko had just witnessed the whole entire fight and was surprised to find out that these new students had just bested a Fallen all on their own. Rias and the others are in store for a good story.
(Next Day)
The Gokai Crew just entered the school grounds last night they looked up about what species did Raynare come from but no luck which made them think that they come from earth but is unaware by the humans on the planet. As they were walking towards the building, Yuuji (Yuuto) walked up to them.
"Ah! Yuuji!" Dax noticed him coming their way while mispronouncing his name again, which made him trip a bit.
"It's Yuuto." Yuuji (Yuuto) told them.
The Gokai crew seemed to ignore this much to Yuuto's discomfort as he took a breath and stood up.
"Well if you would, mind coming along with me to the old school building please? There is something that must be discussed." he said.
The crew looked at one another and shrugged before silently agreeing to go with Yuuto, they were curious to what he wanted to talk to them about since they're still new to this whole school thing.
After school, the crew and Yuuto were walking in the old school building which to the crew, looks pretty clean for something that's old. They are now in front of a door which looks pretty old school, even though the Gokai Crew doesn't know it.
"We're coming in." Yuuto said before opening the door making the crew very curious to see what's in there.
Good Night! and special thanks to Moonlight Abyss!