2: Way of the Ninja, Part 2
The five youths were scattered by the explosion. They picked themselves up and hurried over, shouting his name.
"Wait, look at this," Oliver said, crouching down. He picked up a bundle of straw. Other parts were scattered around, "He used a substitution technique with a straw dummy…"
"That's correct."
They all turned and looked up in a tree to see Yamashiro sitting on a branch, panting, covered in soot, "It was almost too late. I got lucky." He landed on the ground, but gripped his arm. He let out a breath and looked at the youths around him, "She still got me with some of that explosion though…I'm not going to be able to fight right now."
Wyatt held up the Morpher on his arm, "I can fight," he told Yamashiro.
Yamashiro nodded, "And you'll have to," he said, "All of you, we need to return to the academy. We need to get ready for what's next."
"And what is next?" Rachel asked.
"You become proper ninjas," Yamashiro told them.
[Establishing shot of academy building]
They were in the classroom, which was still modified to be a meeting room as it was before. Yamashiro was using a cane, but he entered the room with a package in his good arm. He set it down on the table and looked at his students who were sitting in a circle at the table.
"These are yours now," he said. He reached over and opened the package, revealing four more Morphers, as well as four more Ninja Stars. One was blue, yellow, white, and pink.
"You want all of us to become Rangers?" Oliver questioned.
Yamashiro nodded, "I do. In order to seal Vadra, we need ninja, and you five are the only ones here."
"Surely you can contact other students," Alice said, "You know how to reach all of us!"
"Time is of the essence," Yamashiro said, "I know that this isn't what you want to do with your life, but this is bigger than any one of you. This is bigger than all of us. We have a duty to stop General Vadra and his spirits, and you five are the only ones who can help right now."
Ridge looked over at the Morphers and then looked to Yamashiro, "I'm…I'm in. I mean, I did always plan on coming back, and after seeing what Wyatt could do, I'm definitely in! I mean, it's going to be dangerous, but you're right. We're here, and we have a duty."
Rachel looked at the Morphers and then looked to Yamashiro, "Ridge is right. We have to do something, or people are going to be hurt. It's our duty to protect them. You always told us that that's what we were training for as ninja."
"I'm training to be a doctor," Oliver said, "I can't, in good conscience, let people be injured by General Vadra's forces and just ignore the call to duty."
Alice sighed, "Ok, they all make really good points. I'm in too."
"And you know I'm in," Wyatt said with a smile.
Yamashiro nodded, "Now, these are the Strike Star Morphers. I designed them years ago with old, sacred ninja techniques of focusing energy. Of course, I also added that over a technological base." He picked up the blue Ninja Star, "And these are your Ranger Ninja Stars. They allow you to Morph into the Ninja Strike Power Rangers."
"Seems more practical than the alternatives," Oliver said.
"I could have just used the swords as the Morpher," Yamashiro said, "I figured this was the better way to proceed. It's a lot less conspicuous than carrying a sword in public." Yamashiro held the yellow Star to Ridge, the white to Alice, and the pink to Rachel. "These are yours now."
"Why did you create them?" Alice asked.
"Yes," Rachel said, "After all, the old ninja were able to defeat and seal Vadra without anything like this. What changed?"
"I believed that one day Vadra, or some of his forces, may escape. I didn't think the traditional ways would work, so we needed something new. I designed these to give whoever may need them an edge. It focuses your ninja techniques farther than you could do on your own, and also grants you greater power than you ever had before."
"So, it's partially to augment us since we've had less training," Oliver said, "That makes sense."
"It's not a signal that you're weaker than the ninja of old," Yamashiro said, "It's that we haven't had the preparation time, and we have to figure that the ninja of old had preparation time, in planning their attack on him. They created the sealing technique, after all. They were many. We are six."
"Do you think we have a chance?" Alice asked him.
"I believe that you five have the best chance," Yamashiro said, "All of you are different. You found different paths in your lives, and you have many different experiences. You just need to work together, and victory will surely be yours."
"What do we do next?" Wyatt asked.
"We wait for Vadra to make a move," Yamashiro said, "Without the mirror; I don't know how to figure that out, though. I can try to create a new one."
"In the meantime, we have this," Rachel said, holding her phone out, "It's a news update. Strange blue monsters have appeared in town."
"Go," Yamashiro told them, "Run and stop this attack!"
The five nodded and ran out with their Stars in hand and the Morphers on their wrists.
[Ninninger 1. 8:59-9:05]
Tyvings rose from the ground in town, carrying spears. People fled at the sight of them.
[Ninninger 1. 9:17-9:22]
Amrion held her gourd in hand. People were being attacked by the blue warriors.
"Yes. Give me fear," she said.
[End Sentai footage]
The youths arrived in town. Wyatt kicked a Tyving back and pointed ahead, "There's the fox!"
Amrion turned and looked at them, "You survived," she said. She held up her gourd, "As the people fear, I gain that energy. That fear will revive General Vadra to his full power. If you intend on getting in the way, you should hurry. There is oh so much fear going around." She started to laugh.
"We'll start with you!" Wyatt shouted, running for her with his Star in hand. He hit the central node on his Morpher and a flash put the sword in his hand. He ran for her and slung his sword up to his shoulder. He slashed wildly at her, but she leapt back, landing well out of his reach.
"I'm out of your league," she said.
The others moved to Wyatt's side, lifting their Stars. They all placed them onto their Morphers and lifted their arms.
"Maybe all five of us together can enter your league," Alice said.
Amrion shook her head, "Fine," she said, thrusting a hand up, "I'll leave you five to one of General Vadra's soldiers."
"What?" Ridge questioned, "What do you mean by that?"
"Watch," Amrion said.
[Ninninger 1. 9:33-9:34]
A star flew down to a chainsaw sitting on the ground and stuck into it.
[Ninninger 1. 9:36-9:37]
A darkness overcame the chainsaw.
[End Sentai footage]
There was a dark flash. The five covered their eyes with their arms.
[Ninninger 1. 9:45-9:52]
A monster stood there. It appeared to be like a weasel, but with chainsaws in its body.
"It's good to be free again!" the monster shouted, lopping off the tops of trees nearby with an energy slash. It slashed at a truck, blowing it up, and then sent another slash out, laughing.
[End Sentai footage]
"Destroy them," Amrion said.
The monster nodded, "Gladly!" he shouted, running forward.
Wyatt stepped forward, "Ok guys, let's do this!" He held up his Red Ranger Ninja Star, "Together!"
"What makes you leader?" Oliver questioned.
"Um…just go with it!" Wyatt said.
They all affixed their Ranger Stars to their Morphers and reached their free hand up.
"Ranger Star, Ninja Strike!" they all shouted together. They span the star and thrust their arms straight up. In five colored flashes they all stood in their Ranger forms.
"This is pretty awesome," Ridge said, looking at his arms, then he bent over to look at his legs. He looked at all of the others, "I think we need to get a picture later! I want to see us as a group! Wait…where did the Morpher go?" he looked at his wrist, but there was nothing.
"Now's not the time," Rachel said, moving forward with her sword pointed out, "And it probably vanished for safety reasons, so it can't be damaged in a fight."
"She's right," Oliver said, "Let's focus on the task at hand."
"I think Ridge does have a point though," Alice said, "But yeah, sorry, task at hand, task at hand."
Tyvings ran towards the Rangers. Wyatt lifted his sword, "Let's take care of them!"
The team lifted their swords and ran forward to engage the enemy, slashing through Tyvings without much difficulty. The monster kept back for the moment.
[Ninninger 4. 0:18-1:18 (Note: edit in lasers)]
As Oliver blocked a few spears, more Tyvings got into position and fired at him, blasting him back.
Ridge was fighting on a car and was taken down.
Alice was running on a catwalk and being fired on, but Rachel came in and slashed the attacking Tyvings. Both girls were overpowered.
Wyatt was fighting but was grabbed by the monster, "Hello there!" it shouted before striking Wyatt back, sending him rolling. Wyatt scrambled behind cover where the others had gone.
"This isn't good," Wyatt said.
The Tyvings and monster were outside, en masse, "Come on out, Rangers!" the monster shouted.
"This wasn't as bad in the woods," Alice said.
"There are so many more here!" Ridge said.
They waited outside the warehouse.
"Everyone be calm. We just need to think," Oliver said.
Wyatt sat away from them while Oliver spoke, "We'll fight as a group, Rachel?"
"Yes?" she asked.
"You and Wyatt lead the attack," Oliver said as he looked to Wyatt. Oliver looked back over, "Ridge, Alice, in the center." He rested his sword on his shoulder, "I'll hit from above and distract them."
He turned his head, but Wyatt was gone.
"Where'd he go?" Ridge shouted.
They heard him yelling, so they peered over what they hid behind.
Wyatt came off the roof, glowing red, and shouting.
There were sparks and the Tyvings were destroyed. The monster was gone too.
"I did it!" Wyatt shouted.
The others came outside, "That was so foolish!" Alice yelled at him.
"It worked, didn't it?" Wyatt asked as he looked up.
[End Sentai footage]
A barrage of lasers struck the team and sent them flying. As they struggled to get up, energy slashes from the monster came at them, blasting them all back. They hit a wall and slid down, de-Morphing.
The monster laughed, "Did you think that would work on me? I'm stronger than the Tyvings!"
The team got up slowly, battered from the attack.
"If we'd gone with my plan we could have gotten him," Oliver muttered.
"Sorry," Wyatt said.
"You need to learn to play well with others it sounds like!" the monster laughed.
"Retreat for now," Rachel said, "We can't win like this!"
The Rangers backed away. Wyatt looked at the monster, "We can't run…," he muttered.
"We're ninja," Rachel told him, putting a hand on his shoulder, "What to ninja do?"
"Strike from the shadows," Wyatt said softly.
The five turned and fled from the monster and the Tyvings, causing the monster to laugh.
"Wyatt, you cannot just run in like that," Yamashiro said as he sat at the table and looked at the five ninja before him, "You destroyed the Tyvings, yes, but that monster could have destroyed you!"
Wyatt nodded, "I know…I thought…I thought I could beat them like that…"
"The enemies you face will be powerful," Yamashiro said, "It will take more than that to defeat them. And they're still out there, right now, and the city is defenseless. Go back out there and stop them. Save the people and save Crest Falls."
"Can we though?" Ridge asked, "They just keep coming! We can't defeat all of them!"
"We may not have anticipated that this day would ever come, but we trained for it. I'm not going to go down without a fight. Let's show them what our training was for!" Rachel told him, "Or are you going to let all of the training go to waste?"
"We all found different paths in life," Oliver said, "But right now the path that matters is the path that leads us to victory. Let's claim our victory and defeat these creatures!"
Wyatt looked at everyone and nodded, "He's right. We all have our own paths in life. We started from the same place, and then we split off to find our own ways. Some of us may still be unsure of what the future brings, but we'll find our way. We'll find it together! Now let's go and show them what we can do!"
Alice smiled and clapped Wyatt on the shoulder, "I always figured you'd come around and figure out what to do."
He nodded, "I still don't, but at least I made a speech that sounds pretty good."
"Go," Yamashiro said, "Show them your true power."
The five ran out the door.
Amrion laughed, "Keep destroying!" she shouted as the Tyvings continued to march through the streets and people fled. She held the gourd up, "Keep gathering fear!"
In a flash the Tyvings were gone, "What?" she shouted.
The five ninja suddenly appeared in a cloud of smoke in the middle of the street, each one carrying their swords.
"You again?" she hissed. The monster appeared at her back, "Destroy them, Cutter!"
Cutter nodded and ran forward. The Rangers each threw a small pellet down, causing smoke to appear. Cutter and Amrion turned around.
The Rangers were on a rooftop, attaching their Ranger Stars to their Morphers, their swords in front of them in the ground. Each gripped the star and span it, "Ranger Star, Ninja Strike!" they shouted as one and thrust their arms up.
[Morph Sequence: they lower their arms and a large ninja star of their Ranger Star design and color flies under them, then spins upwards around them, forming their suit as it goes. The Morpher flashes and vanishes into the gauntlet.]
[Ninninger 1. 12:26-14:25 (Note: edit in lasers)]
The Rangers stood Morphed on the rooftop as Cutter and the Tyvings gathered below.
"Come back for more, huh?" Cutter shouted.
Wyatt drew his arm out, "This time we've come back to defeat you! We'll show you our real power!"
"Hidden in the blazing sun! Red Ninja Ranger!"
"Hidden in the clouds! Blue Ninja Ranger!"
"Hidden in the hills! Yellow Ninja Ranger!"
"Hidden in the wind! White Ninja Ranger!"
"Hidden in the mist! Pink Ninja Ranger!"
"Five hidden ninja! Power Rangers Ninja Strike!"
"Ninja Strike?" Cutter questioned.
"You're about to find out the hard way not to mess with ninja!" Wyatt shouted before leaping off of the building with the others behind him.
He team engaged the Tyvings and Cutter.
Oliver bound numerous spears with a wire, confusing the Tyvings. "Over here," he said, lifting a new weapon, "Frog Blaster!" He blasted them down.
Ridge used two stars to propel himself up on wires, while Wyatt fought and sent numerous stars flying against Tyvings which tried to fire on him. The stars exploded.
Rachel was cutting Tyvings down and leaping away.
As they ran they fell into a pit, "How's that Ninja Technique?" she questioned.
Alice was fighting on a ledge, avoiding blasts and slashing them out of the air. She jumped down and fought back against more Tyvings.
[Ninninger 1. 14:42-16:19]
Ridge and Oliver approached Wyatt, "That's most of them," Oliver said.
The team came together as Cutter approached, "I won't let this stand! I'm going to destroy you!"
"Not going to happen," Wyatt said, resting his sword on his shoulders.
Cutter shouted and sent energy slashes flying. Wyatt slashed them back at Cutter.
"Come on!" Wyatt shouted, running forward and engaging him.
Rachel and Alice lifted another weapon up, "Let's try this," Rachel said as the weapons became bows.
"Huh?" Wyatt asked, then leapt up as the energy arrows slammed into Cutter.
"My turn!" Ridge shouted, dropping a cloth that had blended into the wall to hide him. He slashed Cutter with a claw mode of the same weapon.
Oliver shouted as he came down from above with the same claw, "Blue Claw Attack!" he shouted, slashing his foe back.
"Time to try this again!" Wyatt called as he hit a button on his sword and glowed red, "Red Ninja Flash!" He span his star and sped forward, cutting Cutter numerous times before coming down for one more slash.
"You…you defeated me!" Cutter cried out as he exploded.
Wyatt span around and the team gathered around, "That's one down, General Vadra!" Wyatt shouted.
"How could you defeat Cutter?" Amrion questioned as she stood elsewhere. "Very well then," she turned a star and placed it onto the Mallet of Summoning.
"That was so cool!" Ridge was telling Wyatt as the team walked away. Behind them, Cutter exploded into purple fire and the team turned around to see him grow.
"I'm giant now! Ha, time for round two!" he shouted.
[Ninninger 1. 16:24-19:33]
The team rolled away, "How do we fight that?" Wyatt called.
Suddenly five stars landed beside him and the others.
"What are they?" Wyatt asked as he picked the red one up.
"They must be from Yamashiro-sensei," Rachel said.
Wyatt nodded, "Then let's do it." He loaded it into his sword and rose, hitting a button, then he span his star.
A red ninja-like Zord appeared from a building. A giant kite became a blue dragon. A section of road came up to become a bulldozer. A train revealed itself as a Zord, and the back opened for a wolf-like Zord.
"Those are ours?" Wyatt shouted.
The five Zords came forward.
"This is amazing!" Wyatt shouted, leaping onto his Zord's shoulder. He put his sword into the Zord, "Let's do this."
Oliver landed on the dragon and planted his sword, "Let's go."
Rachel planted hers in the train, "So fast."
"Why a dump truck?" Oliver asked as he planted his sword.
"A wolf! Cool!" Alice called.
The red Zord ran up a building and came at Cutter. It avoided Cutter's attack and ran forward, avoiding Cutter's swipes and jumping him. It fought back and continued to evade.
"Here!" Cutter shouted, throwing blades. The Zord slammed its palm into the ground to raise the ground as a shield. "How?" Cutter shouted.
As it fell, the dump truck was there.
"What's that going to do?"
It threw weapons forward, which Cutter walked onto and caused him to shout.
"Here we come!" Alice called.
"I'm coming too!" Rachel shouted, throwing stars forward, but the wolf Zord intercepted and bit them.
"Huh?" Cutter asked.
"Bad Zord!" Alice shouted.
The Zord fell onto the train and kept going as Wyatt's Zord emerged from a building and hit Cutter from behind.
The Zord tripped and got slashed and pinned to a building.
"How's this?" Oliver shouted as his dragon burned the monster from behind, "Watch yourself!" Oliver shouted.
Wyatt's star began to glow, "Ok, let's see if this does something else!" He span it and the Zords came together.
[Ninninger 1. 19:34-19:45]
The red Zord gripped controls as the helmet formed for the Megazord. It took grip of a sword and shield.
"Ninja Strike Megazord!" the team called.
[End Sentai footage]
The team was in the cockpit, which had five control panels rising from the ground with a slit for their swords. Each put the sword inside. The metallic walls had throwing star designs and the team emblem. Each podium had their individual helmet emblem imprinted on it.
"It's like a lever now," Ridge said, "Does this help control it?"
"We control it with our Ninja Techniques," Rachel said, "We just put our power into it." She made a hand sign and then gripped her sword, "I feel it. It's like it's an extension of me."
Oliver did the same, "I feel it as well. This is how we control it."
Wyatt, Ridge and Alice took grips of their swords and nodded.
"Alright, let's take him down!" Wyatt called.
[Ninninger 1. 19:56-20:00]
The Megazord stood ready.
[Ninninger 1. 20:01-20:08]
The Megazord moved forward and slashed at Cutter.
[Ninninger 1. 20:09-20:14]
The clashing continued.
[End Sentai footage]
Wyatt drew his sword from the stand, "I have an idea," he said, spinning his star.
[Ninninger 1. 20:15-20:20]
The red Zord shot out and ran circles around Cutter, "What?" the monster shouted as it span to follow. The Zord returned to its seat.
[End Sentai footage]
Wyatt drove his sword back in, "Let's go."
[Ninninger 1. 20:25-20:27]
The sword was lifted.
[End Sentai footage]
Each Ranger span the star while the sword was in the podium.
[Ninninger 1. 20:30-20:33]
The sword began to glow, as did a fake sword the red Zord held.
[Ninninger 1. 20:35-20:46]
The Megazord slashed through the monster. Cutter cried out as he was destroyed.
[Ninninger 1. 20:48-20:55]
The dark colored star that had created Cutter flew up and returned to normal, then it landed in the ground.
The Megazord lifted its sword triumphantly.
[End Sentai footage]
Yamashiro looked at the star, "There is great power within this," he told the team, "With time it will be able to aid you, I'm sure." He set it on the table, "Your Zords are made from similar powers."
"So you're saying this could give us a new Zord?" Ridge asked.
"It could," Yamashiro said, "We'll see what happens with it, but it will give you some sort of power advantage."
"So, the more foes we destroy, the greater our power will be," Wyatt said, "Good to know."
"It's a good tactical advantage," Oliver agreed.
"You were really prepared for this," Alice told Yamashiro, "Weapons, powers, Zords…"
"I wasn't the only one," Yamashiro responded, "My father, and his father before him, had started the work. I merely finished it. Each Zord comes from a hobby. Dragon and ninja from my grandfather, wolf from my father, and train and dump truck from me, from the fully modern day."
"We owe your family a great deal," Rachel said.
"We are merely trying to protect humanity," Yamashiro said, "You owe us no thanks. We're all in this fight together, after all."
[Note: as per Sentai footage of the villain base, use a similar dark background with the same markings to denote that any original villain base footage and Sentai footage will blend and appear to be part of the same structure]
Against the backdrop of a dark screen, Amrion held out her gourd. She swished it around, and it could be heard that liquid was filling it almost entirely, "Full," she said. She opened it and poured the liquid fear onto the floor before drawing the Mallet of Summoning up. She formed a hand seal with one hand, and then lowered the Mallet.
A dark light shone underneath, and a young Asian man appeared on the ground, dressed in a dark robe. He opened his eyes, which flashed dark purple for a moment. His hair was long and black, tied back to keep it from becoming a mess.
"General Vadra," she said softly, bowing, "I have managed to restore you into an imperfect, human form."
General Vadra rose and looked at Amrion. He lifted his hands and looked at them, then slowly lowered them and looked at her, "You have done well, my servant. Rise. We have a great deal of planning to do. And five Rangers who need to be destroyed."
"Yes, General," she said as she rose. He walked away, laughing, and she looked after him.
"It is great to be back," he said.
1.
8:00
8:59-9:05, 9:17-9:22, 9:33-9:34, 9:36-9:37, 9:45-9:52, 12:26-14:25, 14:42-16:19, 16:24-19:33, 19:34-19:45, 19:56-20:00, 20:01-20:08, 20:09-20:14, 20:15-20:20, 20:25-20:27, 20:30-20:33, 20:35-20:46, 20:48-20:55
4.
1:00
0:18-1:18
Total: 9:00