Ep. 6: A Lesson in Pai Zhuq
Episode(s) Adapted: Niki-Niki! Kenpō Lesson (ニキニキ！拳法修行)
Everyone was on the ship. Marvelous was throwing darts at a board, Joe was practicing his sword strikes on a dummy, & Robin was fiddling around on the computer console while Vivi was setting the table for lunch.
"Food's ready!" Doc said as he came out with a frying pan, starting to put the food on the table. "Move aside, hot food coming through."
"Really hot!" Navi said.
"Hey, Doc, the screen's frozen again. Fix it," Robin said as she came over & pulled him by the back of his shirt to the console.
"I just got done cooking these…" he said in protest.
"Fix it!" she demanded as they got to the console.
"Marvelous, quit playing around & help me," he said, holding out the pan. Marvelous looked at it & stuck one of his darts in one of the hot dogs, then took a bite of it. He then walked over to the table.
"Hey!" Doc yelled.
"Doc!" Robin said, pulling him back to the console. He accidentally put his left hand on the pan.
"Hot!" he said as he pulled his hand away & ran towards the kitchen, turning the sink on to cool his hand.
"Marvelous, you mustn't be so ill-mannered," Vivi said.
"Yes, yes, bad manners!" Navi said.
"Don't worry about it. Once we've eaten, we'll get back to looking for the treasure. Bird, give us a fortune," he said, walking behind the key chest next to his chair.
"Sheesh, I keep telling you I'm not a bird! Let's predict the future," he said, then flew around & knocked into Doc's forehead as he came back out of the kitchen doorway. "You lot should seek out the spirit of the tiger…" he said, ominously. "Something like that!"
"'Spirit of the tiger'?" they all asked.
On the Gigant Horse…
"Prince Vekar," Biorg said as he approached him. "The next action commander has arrived."
"Pacha Chamak, at your service," he said, holding one hand's fist in his other hand.
"Pa...acha—?" Vekar said, then stood up. "What a ridiculous name to remember."
"Pacha Chamak as part of the lineage of intergalactic Kung-Fu masters who are renowned throughout the cosmos?" Damaras asked Biorg.
"Correct. He is considerably skilled," he answered.
"Oh, very interesting…" Vekar said. "I'm looking forward to great things from you, Crakamac!"
"It's Pacha Chamak, sir."
It went to a tiger at a zoo.
"H-hey! What do you think you're doing down there!?" a Zoo Guide said as he saw Marvelous down with it.
"Hey! Show me your spirit," Marvelous said to it.
"This place isn't haunted!" the guide yelled to him.
"Pardon the personal nature of the question, but can you show us your spirit?" Vivi said to a guy in a tiger costume.
"Yay, it's a Tiger!" a kid said, running up to the person.
"Oh, do you know a lot about tigers?" Doc asked, then the kid's mom came & carried her away.
"'A tiger's spirit,' huh?" Robin asked as they looked at Tiger-related merch in the Zoo gift shop. She held up a female T-Shirt, then put it back on its rack. "You find anything?" she asked Joe as he closed a kid's zoo trivia book.
"Nothing, except that apparently they can swim up to 6 miles," he responded & put the book back where it was.
"What an annoyingly useless fact."
"I know, right? Who in their right mind would think that kind of trivial nonsense would even be worth putting in something for children?" they walked out of the shop.
"I guess we couldn't find a tiger's spirit…" Doc said as they all regrouped at the Zoo's eating area.
"Would one even be in a place like this?" Robin asked.
"Man...why are Navi's predictions always so vague?" Marvelous asked as he sipped from his straw, Joe ate from a bag of chips, & the other three sat there thinking.
"Hey, look at that janitor!" someone said, pointing down into a habitat & a lot of people stopped to see. The rangers got up & walked over to the commotion.
"Who is he?" someone else asked as the rangers got to the edge & saw a short-haired man raking up leaves in the tiger pen.
"I don't know, but he's surely got a way with the animals if he can get that close & the tiger doesn't mind."
"'Tiger's spirit…' Could it be him?" Ahim asked.
"He is clearly trained in some way to be able to be in there," Joe said.
Suddenly, a nearby building in the city exploded. The crowd heard & ran away. They noticed, looked back to see nothing, & ran towards the building.
"Next, I will destroy that building with one finger," Chamak said after he finished & started walking with some X-Borgs.
"Hey!" Marvelous yelled.
"Oh, if it isn't the space pirates. If you get in my way, I'll pulverize you."
"Right back at you," Marvelous responded & they got their keys out.
They flipped them up, then got their morphers out.
"It's Morphin Time!"
"Pirate Crew!"
"Pirate Crew Red."
"Pirate Crew Blue."
"Pirate Crew Yellow."
"Pirate Crew Green."
"Pirate Crew Pink."
"Power Rangers…Pirate Crew!"
"Let's make it showy!" Marvelous said, blasting some of the X-Borgs, then they charged in, slashing the rest.
Marvelous fought some off, then blasted others. Joe used his sword skills to slash his own group. Robin came in, slashing some of her own, then blasted another, all while on top of a car. Doc came in by jumping on top of the car once she hopped off, while Vivi shot a few. The two then ran up to Chamak, slashing at him. He dodged & deflected their slashes. They then shot at him & he jumped up, landing on an upper platform.
"Not bad...however, Cosmic Kung-Fu…" he started, doing hand signs. They all lined up & shot at him.
"Magnetic-Fist!" he said, deflecting the shots, then he yanked their weapons out of their hands with a powerful pull.
"Before me, your weapons are useless."
"No way!" Doc said.
"Now, become fodder for my Cosmic Kung-Fu!" Chamak said, stretching two arms that came from his shoulders, punching at them, but the others moved out of the way leaving only Doc & Vivi. They rolled on the ground in recoil.
"Magnetic-Fist huh? Nice gimmick you've got there," Marvelous said, pulling out a key. "But still…"
"Power Switch!" he, Joe, & Robin said, putting their keys in the morphers.
"Wild Force!"
They transformed & ran at him. Robin jumped in the air, using the yellow ranger's flying ability, & flew above him, causing him to stretch his arms up. Joe then jumped up to him & did a rolling slash attack on him. Robin came down & slashed him herself.
"What the…" Chamak said in a daze.
Marvelous climbed up the pillar & started using the Red Ranger's claws to fight him. Chamak tried to hit him, but Marvelous outmaneuvered him.
"There's plenty of ways to fight without weapons," Marvelous said, then it showed the other two watching them, then Marvelous threw Chamak off the platform. "Anyone who says different is an idiot!"
Chamak landed, then Joe came at him, with Marvelous & Robin as well. Marvelous & Joe struck him with their claws while Robin kicked him.
"Very well...we'll finish this another time," Chamak said, then used his stretch arms to get out of their over the platform.
They transformed back to their previous suits.
"All right, with that nuisance out of the way, let's get back to looking for tiger spirits," Marvelous said.
"Yeah," Joe responded.
"No prob," Robin said & they walked off.
It showed Doc & Vivi as Vivi looked downtrodden.
"I suppose we still have a ways to go…" Vivi said to Doc as they walked through a park.
"We were just outmatched this time. I mean, we've been able to fight fine before," he said.
They stopped, seeing a group of people in robes with claw marks on their backs downhill as the one in the red belt began with a demonstration of moves.
"Awesome!" Doc exclaimed as they saw from uphill.
The guy turned towards them for a second as he did his moves & they recognized him.
"What the...?" Doc asked & Vivi started walking downhill. He followed. "Hey-!"
"There you go!" a guy said as he finished. The rest of the class clapped.
"Awesome!"
"Well done, Master!"
"That was great! So cool!"
"Yeah, I know. You'll be able to do those after a certain amount of-"
"Excuse me…" Vivi said.
"Aren't you...?" he started.
"My name is Vivi of the planet Famille Noir."
"One of the space pirates. I've seen you guys on the news," he said.
"Would you be so gracious as to allow me to join your training?"
"What?" Doc asked.
"If I were to train extensively, like Joe, I could become much more formidable," she explained.
"Well, Joe's really strong, but…" he saw the guy walking up to her.
"You wanna get stronger?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Well, you work at the Zoo, right?"
"Part time."
"Well, we saw how at peace you were with that tiger & I just figured you could help me get that level of serenity and strength."
"Really? Okay, come try it out."
"Thank you so much," she responded, then ran towards the group.
"Hang on, Vivi—!" Doc said.
"What about you?" the guy asked.
"I'm…I mean, I'd be no good at it anyway..."
"Really, no good? That's incredible, I've never met anyone that wasn't any good before. You sure?"
"Well,...never mind! Anyway, I have to get dinner ready, so…See ya!" he said, then ran back uphill. He tripped once, but got right back up & kept running. "Bye!"
The guy turned around back to the group.
"Okay, here we go!" the guy said, beginning the lesson.
"Right!" they all said.
"All together now…" he started doing the movements, with Vivi trying to get them down. "Good, guys."
Back on the ship…at night…
Marvelous had the tiger with him while Joe was reading through the trivia book & Robin sat on the futon in a tiger T-shirt, which was under her yellow jacket.
"So, you're telling me the tiger spirit doesn't constitute a real tiger…." Marvelous said to Navi.
"Did I say it was a real tiger? No, I said, 'Spirit of a Tiger.' You never listen! How stupid are you?"
It cut to the tiger gnawing on Navi's left wing.
"Quit gnawing me there!"
"Fine then, I guess we'll take this one back," Marvelous said, transforming.
"Pirate Crew!"
"Power Switch!"
"Mystic Force!"
"Ha!" he said, casting a teleportation spell & they flashed out of there.
"Aww...guess we wasted an entire day…" Doc said, sitting in a chair as he saw Vivi at the table, barely trying to stay awake. Her head fell forward on to the table.
"Whoa!" Robin said, running to her. "Are you okay, Vivi?"
"I'm terribly sorry. How embarrassing. I'm just exhausted, & keep finding myself dozing off…" she said, holding her head in her hand.
"Be a little more careful, okay? You should go to bed early, come on," Robin said as she helped her walk.
"That's weird. The prim & proper Vivi, dozing off…" Joe started.
"She's just not suited to it…" Doc interjected. "Just training in kung-fu won't let Vivi become as strong as you all are. You two are wholly different. I mean, Marvelous & Robin are both really strong & they never do anything…"
"They never do anything, huh?" Joe asked. Doc looked at him, then he walked away.
"Pajamajak!" Vekar screamed. "What kind of universally known kung-fu master is beaten so easily!?" he berated him.
"Prince Vekar," Levira interjected.
"What!?"
"His Magnetic-Fist technique was rather intriguing. What do you say? Would you allow me to...handle him, perhaps?" she put her hand to his shoulder & looked him in the eye.
Doc was in the crow's nest, forlorn.
"Huh?" Robin asked off-screen as she saw him. "What're you doing?" she asked, coming into frame.
"Nothing," Doc said.
"Okay then," she said as he walked a few steps away. "All right, found one already!" she said, looking up at the night sky. "The shooting stars on this planet aren't too bad."
"You're looking for shooting stars?"
"Yep. I always look for at least 10 before I go to bed."
"10!? Not too generous, are you? Isn't that a little greedy?"
"I guess…Oh, there's the second one!" Doc turned around as she had & saw.
"I'm surprised you're able to actually find that many."
"Well, I've been doing this since I was little. It's sort of like…when you try to spread your focus to the whole sky. Kind of. It's actually pretty hard, but my eyes are really sharp because of it. I mean, guys have a certain strength advantage in a fight, right? So, whether it's for treasure hunting or for smacking around a bunch of jerks, being able to keep up with my eyes is what helps me hang in there," she saw another. "And that's three," she said & Doc looked at the sky too.
He walked down the stairs on to the lower deck to their main living space.
"I never knew she did anything like that…" he said, then saw a brace that Marvelous was wearing earlier that day on top of the chest. He then remembered seeing him wearing it when he threw darts. He tried to pick it up. "Heavy!" he said, then accidentally dropped it on to his foot, then let out pained groans & held his foot. He then picked it up again & lifted it up as best he could. He then put it on his right wrist, picked up a dart, then tried to throw it, only for the throw to be weak.
'Marvelous wears this thing whenever he's on board & I never realized…' he thought.
The Next Day…
"All right, looking good!" the guy said as Vivi followed with the rest of the group, this time in a pink tracksuit. Vivi looked at the top of the hill & saw a man walking towards them.
"Doc—?" she asked as he came into view.
"Please, teach me kung-fu!" he said to the guy.
"I thought you were no good," he responded.
"If I don't do something, everyone will leave me behind!" Doc said. "But if I start now, I still have time to change!"
"Ok," the guy said & they joined the group & Doc started doing the moves with them.
"We'd better find that tiger spirit this time…" Marvelous said as he, Joe, & Robin walked.
"It's convenient that we meet again like this, pirate scum! I shall get my revenge for the suffering I endured yesterday!" Chamak said as they stopped.
"Are you gonna get in our way again?" Robin asked.
"Let's make quick work of him…" Marvelous said as they got out their keys & morphers & turned them in said morphers, changing. They had their weapons ready.
"Pirate Crew!"
"Cosmic Kung-Fu, Magnetic-Fist!" Chamak said as he used his technique, but the rangers came with their weapons. He was surprised. "Wh...what the!?"
"The same trick's not gonna work twice," he said, then they all kicked him off.
Robin got a key & flipped it.
"Power Switch!"
"Lost Galaxy!"
They charged at him.
Doc & Vivi were still training in the lesson. They finished a technique as Vivi's Mobirate rang. She opened it.
"That Commander's at it again!" Navi said through it. "Marvelous and the others are fighting him right now!"
"You gotta go, right?" the guy asked.
"Yeah," they answered.
"We can't allow things to proceed like this," Vivi said.
"I know we just started training, but we have to fight him," Doc added. "So that I can change."
"I see."
"We're terribly sorry. When we return, we'll rejoin you," Vivi said.
"No need. I've got nothing left to teach you guys. I mean, you can train no matter where you are. As long as you aim for greater heights, keep learning, & still feel like you want to improve yourself…That's really all you need."
"Master, if I may ask one last thing…Could you perhaps tell us your name?"
"I'm Casey, Casey Rhodes, the spirit of the tiger."
"A tiger's spirit!?" they asked each other.
"Didn't you know?" one of the group members started. "Master Casey found his animal spirit through the Order of the Claw, & was one of the Jungle Fury rangers; Jungle Fury Red," his suit flashed over him.
"Get going, guys. Your friends are waiting for you," Casey said.
They looked at each other, then bowed to him & started running.
"You think they're gonna be okay?" the group member asked.
"I don't doubt it. They're Rangers too, after all," Casey reassured him.
It returned to the battle.
"Lights of Orion, activate!" they said & their suits were partially added on to & they continued fighting.
"Scientific Cosmic Kung-Fu, Rail Power Blast!" he said & shot a red ray at them, causing them to recoil. "How's that? The power of my fists have been upgraded by Mistress Levira!" he said, putting the hands together, creating a red spark.
"Yeah, I see. Looks like you've got two gimmicks now," Marvelous said as they sat up.
Doc & Vivi ran up, morphed. They posed & grunted.
"You two will also feel the wrath of my rail power!" Chamak said.
They ran at him, he tried to blast them, & they sidestepped it. They tried to punch him, but he caught their fists with his. He then started punching them with his fists.
"Did you two think you could stand up to my Cosmic Kung-Fu without your weapons!?" he asked, then punched them again after a second of not doing so & they were pushed back on to the ground.
"We can, & we shall defeat you!" Vivi yelled.
"Defeating you is going to be my first step!" Doc yelled as well.
"What's with them?" Marvelous asked.
"They're really fired up…" Robin said.
Joe acknowledged with a head not, then Doc got out the Wolf Ranger Jungle Fury key.
"Blow for blow, we're gonna counter your kung-fu with Jungle Fury!"
They flipped their keys & were joined by the others.
"Power Switch!"
"Jungle Fury!"
They charged in. Doc & Marvelous started off with punches on him. Then Robin, then Vivi & Joe joined in as he tried to avoid their blows. Vivi & Doc then punched him together.
"You insolent worms!" Chamak said. "Scientific Cosmic Kung-Fu! Chesto!" he started a flurry of punches.
Marvelous, Robin, & Joe held off the stretch arms while Doc & Vivi ran up to him & started their own flurry on him. They then punched him away, having him backpedal a few steps. He then tried to punch them with his regular arms, but they countered by catching his arms & put their fists on his chest. The others came up behind them & put their hands on each other's shoulders, sending a shockwave to him, blowing him back. Vivi & Doc then ran, jumped in the air, & damaged him.
"M-my arms!" he yelled.
"You'll be unable to use your Magnetic Fist or Rail Power now," Vivi said.
"Nice work, you guys!" Robin said & Doc did a claw-like hand gesture.
"Time to wrap this up," Marvelous said & they all got out their blasters, then put their keys in the cylinders. They forced the cylinders down.
"FINAL WAVE!"
"Pirate Crew Blast," Marvelous said & they shot & defeated him.
"Levira!" Vekar yelled.
"Such a shame…" she said, "And after I went to the trouble of making those improvements…Guess they were wasted on him," she said, using the maximizer to make him grow.
"I swear, on the name of the great Chamak clan, that I will slaughter you all!" he said.
"Some people never give up!" Marvelous said.
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"Red Galleon."
"Zords combine!"
"Megazord, ready!"
He charged at them & they tried to use their cannon, but he deflected the cannon balls.
"He's not half-bad," Joe said.
Marvelous agreed & the cannon was recalled. The Megazord started fighting him mano-a-mano, hitting him away.
"Hey, let's use these!" Doc said, holding his Jungle Fury key.
"Huh? When did the Jungle Fury keys start glowing?" Robin asked, seeing it.
"We were able to meet the spirit of the tiger!" Vivi said, holding her key.
"You were?" Robin asked.
"Yeah."
"All right. Let's make good use of them!" Marvelous said & they flipped the keys. They then turned them in their pirate wheels.
"Ranger Key, set! Let's Go! Pirate Supreme Jungle Fury Beasts!"
The animal CGI charged at him after coming out, striking him, & he fell defeated.
Casey was watching from a distance.
"Are you sure about this, Casey?" RJ asked him as he stood next to him. "Isn't there more you could've taught them?"
"Maybe, but they'll be able to do it on their own. They've done a good job of inheriting our powers."
"I don't think they're the only ones who've inherited something. It seems my teaching methods have rubbed off on you a bit."
"Maybe. Well, I should get back to my dojo. Better train if I wanna keep up. Besides, don't you have a pizza joint still being repaired!?" Casey said as he walked.
"Oh right!" RJ said, running.
Back on the ship…
Everyone was doing as they were at the beginning, only in slightly different clothes.
"Food's ready!" Doc said, bringing out the pan again. "Everybody out of the way, this is hot."
"Hey Doc, the screen's messed up again," Robin said, grabbing his shirt. He then grabbed her arm & made her let go, then pushed her to the console.
"Try & fix it yourself!"
"Fix it myself? But I'm bad with tech stuff!"
"That kind of thinking isn't going to help! Here, this PADD has the manual. Your sharp eyes could do with some light reading. Study up," he said, handing it to her.
"Man…" she said, checking the table of contents.
"You should try and aim for new heights too, Robin. Hey Marvelous, take this to the table, okay?" he said, holding out the pan to him. Marvelous tried to steal another dog, but Doc caught his wrist & maneuvered his arm so he was holding the pan now & pushed him towards the table. "Here. Just work hard at it!"
"Why do I have to do this!?" Marvelous asked, incredulously.
"Think of it as training," Robin suggested. He quickly acknowledged & went to hold the pan not by its handle, touching it.
"That's hot!" he said & made a B-line towards the kitchen.
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