10: A Golden Sunset

The Red Ranger leapt at a Tyving, landed his foot on its shoulder, and jumped off of the creature's shoulder. He shouted and slashed his sword down at a stone and construction-based monster. The sword hit and nothing happened. The park around them was empty except for the fighting of Rangers and Tyvings, both normal and elite.

"Is that all?" the monster growled, letting the sword remain on his chest, "Stolem's stone body is tougher than that!" He rammed his fists into Wyatt's stomach, throwing him back.

"Wyatt!" Ridge shouted as he slashed an elite Tyving back. He ran forward and lifted his claw. He slashed it into the monster's chest, but the weapon just stopped.

"Too weak," Stolem growled in his low voice. He backhanded Ridge away, sending him into a tree.

Oliver, Rachel and Alice came together, lifting their bows. They shouted and fired three arrows forward, but the blasts just bounced off of Stolem's torso. The monster laughed.

"This thing is too tough!" Alice shouted.

"If we combine our powers we can take him," Oliver said, lifting his Elemental Star, "Rachel?"

She nodded and lifted her own, "If we weather him, he should be weakened. So let's go water."

Oliver nodded and both affixed the stars to their swords. Stolem ran forward as they span their stars.

"Water Star!" both shouted, drawing their weapons back. Before they could fire, Stolem's arms shot forward, elongating. Both were struck in the chest by the attacks and were thrown back against the ground.

"You're the only one left," Stolem growled to Alice.

She lifted her sword in front of herself and leapt forward. She slashed Stolem across the chest a few times, but Stolem just laughed and backhanded her away.

"What now?" Ridge muttered, rubbing his stomach, "Ow…"

"I don't know…," Wyatt said.

Cyclonic winds slammed into the monster. He shouted as he lifted his arms in an attempt to shield himself, but was knocked back. He fell onto his back and struggled to sit up.

"Yamashiro-sensei!" Alice called.

Yamashiro walked forward, hands in a hand seal, "Ninja Technique: Cyclone," he said, lowering his hands.

Stolem rose and looked around, then shook his head, "Nice trick, but only you can use it? Bye!" He started to run, and the Tyvings followed him.

The Rangers rose and started to run after him, but Yamashiro shouted, "Stop!" They looked back to him, "He wounded all of you. Rest, regroup, and find a new plan. Come, we should go."

The Rangers ran after their mentor.

As the Rangers sat around the table, Yamashiro spoke to them, "We're coming to the point where the five of you may not be enough."

"What are you saying?" Wyatt asked, "That you want to get another Ranger? Recruit Vincent and his group to help us? What?"

"There are numerous students out there," Yamashiro said, "Some have gone to Vincent, while others refuse to take part in this. I cannot blame them. But there is one student of mine whom has not returned my messages. He was one of my earliest, and he will always remain my best."

"Your best student?" Ridge asked, grinning a bit, "I thought that would have been Oliver or Rachel."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Oliver told him.

Rachel shook her head, "Wait, I'm not the best? Why am I here then?" she grinned a little and let out a small laugh.

"Who is he?" Alice asked.

"His name is Nolan Pierce. He loved being a ninja, and loved everything about this setup. He only left to help his sick father on his ranch, or I'm sure he'd never have left."

"So he's like Wyatt," Ridge said.

"Only with a future if he wanted one," Alice said.

"I want a future," Wyatt said, "It's just that I don't know what it will be…"

"Where can we find Nolan?" Oliver asked, "The ranch?"

Yamashiro nodded, "I'll get you the location. It's time for a field trip."

The five Rangers walked down a dusty dirt road towards a house and a large barn. "Well, this is the place," Wyatt said.

"Should we go knock?" Alice asked, "That seems like the best idea."

"Wait, do you hear something?" Ridge asked. "Coming from the field over there," he pointed to their left. The group hurried that way and saw a man in his mid-twenties riding a horse towards the barn. He was wearing dirty working clothes, well worn.

"Let's go to the barn," Wyatt said, leading them that way. They walked inside as the rider entered in from the other side. He swung himself off of his horse and led the horse into a stall.

"Wait there," the man said, "Good girl," he pet the horse's snout and locked the gate. He turned to look at the five people before him, "And who would you be?"

"Are you Nolan Pierce?" Oliver asked.

"I'm curious what an Englishman would want with Nolan," the man said, "As far as I know he doesn't know anyone like that."

"So you're not Nolan?" Ridge asked.

The man shook his head.

"Well, where can we find him?" Wyatt asked.

"First, what do you five want? Where are you from?" he asked.

"We were sent by a man named Roy Yamashiro," Rachel said, "It's…well, from that point on it's kind of a private matter."

"Yamashiro-sensei?" the man asked, "So, you five would be the Ninja Strike Power Rangers, wouldn't you?"

"So you are Nolan," Alice said.

The man nodded, "I am. So, what does Yamashiro-sensei need with me that he sent the five Power Rangers in?"

"General Vadra has been released from his seal," Rachel said, "We're currently dealing with his forces."

"And you need my skill and expertise?" Nolan asked, "Am I going to get a cool spandex suit as well?"

"I would have to assume so," Ridge said.

Nolan laughed a bit, "That's very tempting, but you five have been fine so far. And I'm used to doing this."

"Is your father still sick?" Alice asked.

"No," Nolan said, shaking his head, "He's fine now, but I'm still here to help him. Look, I get that this is fate of the world stuff you're dealing with, but you've all done fine so far."

"We lost in our fight this morning," Wyatt said, "That was one fight, we know how to attack him next time, but Yamashiro-sensei seems determined on bringing you into this."

"I'm sorry," Nolan said, "That part of my life is behind me." He held out his arms, "This is my life now. My whole world."

"And should we fail, would you come?" Oliver asked.

"In that case, yes," Nolan said, "But until that day, I'm staying here. Look, I'm sorry, and I hope for the best for you guys, but I have to stay here. It's for the best."

"Can I talk to you privately?" Ridge asked.

"Privately? Yeah, sure," Nolan said.

"Ridge?" Wyatt asked.

"Private," Ridge said.

Wyatt nodded awkwardly and left the barn with the others. "Wonder what he's going to do in there," Wyatt said as they walked into the field and sat down on the grass.

"So, you going to try to convince me on your own?" Nolan asked.

"Something like that," Ridge said, "Look, the last monster we faced before this morning was a monster who used magic or something. He was picking us off one by one. He took down a number of skilled ninja from our academy, and another one who just surfaced. He even got Yamashiro-sensei. As he was hunting us, he did a spell on me and I admitted that I was afraid.

"I'm a ninja. I'm a Power Ranger. I'm protecting Crest Falls and the world. I'm not supposed to be afraid. He hit me again after that and I was gone, vanished. I thought it was all over, I didn't think Oliver and Wyatt could take him on their own, but they freed all of us and we beat him as a team.

"And then, just this morning, we all tried. Nothing we did could even scratch the monster we fought. I was starting to get scared again. I wasn't afraid for myself this time, nor was I afraid for myself the first time. I was afraid for everyone else. The people of this city count on the Rangers to help them and to save them. What happens when the Rangers fail? The people are in danger.

"Please consider this. We don't know if our plan to take down the monster will work. We don't know if your help would be enough either. But we're all afraid on some level, I'm sure. And if we fail, well…it might be too late for you to step up and try to help us."

Nolan stood there and nodded a little, "I can see where you're coming from. It's a bit heavy for me, but I can see it. I felt the same way earlier, just on a smaller scale." He reached over and touched his horse's snout, then petted it, "When my father became sick years ago, I felt for the people who count on him. He milks his cows and gives the milk to people nearby. He sheers his sheep and gives the wool to people to make into blankets, who then donate them to those who need them.

"Of course, there's also the animals. You wouldn't believe how much these animals love my dad, and how much he loves them. I wasn't used to any of this stuff when I came to help him. It was hard, and it took a while to learn, but I learned, and I bonded with the animals, I bonded with the people who get helped by this farm.

"People count on me, just like they count on you. Sure, the people who count on you are a whole city, and the world, and I only touch a small fraction of this city and the area around it. But you can't leave the people you help, and I can't leave the ones I help. Because if I became a Ranger, if I fought, I'd be helping them by protecting them. I would no longer be helping them in a way that personally touches their lives."

"You can do both," Ridge said.

"I know you mean well," Nolan said, "But I can't."

"Please, just consider it," Ridge said.

"I will," Nolan told him, "I'll consider it."

Ridge nodded and walked out of the barn. He approached the others and sat next to them on the grass.

"So?" Wyatt asked.

Ridge shook his head, "I tried."

Wyatt jumped to his feet, "Ok, my turn," he said

Ridge rose quickly and ran in front of Wyatt, "Not a good idea," Ridge said, "Please don't ruin my progress."

"I won't," Wyatt said, moving around Ridge. He hurried into the barn, with Ridge close behind. "Nolan!"

Nolan looked Wyatt up and down, "Are you here to try to convince me some other way?" he asked, "Because that's what it looks like you're here for."

Wyatt shook his head and approached. He held his hand out.

"It was nice to meet you," he said, "I'm Wyatt Ciers. Please, consider helping us."

Nolan looked dumbfounded at Wyatt. He looked down at his hand and grasped it in his, giving a stern nod.

Wyatt smiled, then shook out his hand as soon as it was released, "That's a strong grip…," he muttered.

"Thank you," Nolan said.

Wyatt and Ridge walked out of the barn and looked at the others, "Let's go," Wyatt said.

"Without him?" Alice asked, "What did you even try?'

"I shook his hand," Wyatt said, walking towards the dirt road.

"That's what he did," Ridge said, walking after Wyatt.

Nolan was using a pitchfork in some hay and pulling some free, setting it down on the ground and covering the sparse areas around him. He leaned on the fork when he saw an older man approaching.

"Hey dad," Nolan said, "I'm almost done. Do you need something?"

"Who were those people earlier?" the older man asked.

"Them? Well, do you remember that ninja stuff I was into years ago?" Nolan asked, "They were from there."

"And what did they want with you?" the father asked.

"To get involved again," Nolan said.

"And did you choose to?" he asked.

Nolan shook his head, "No. This is my life."

The man nodded a little, "I'm glad you think that, but…"

"But what?" Nolan asked.

"I've seen the things you can do," he told Nolan, "And I know you want to do things the normal way, instead of the special way. But I've seen it. There were five of them, coming here for you. They wanted you to become a Ranger, didn't they?"

Nolan just nodded a bit, "Yeah, they did."

"Why didn't you?" he asked.

"Because this is my place. I told them that if things go bad that I'd be there, but until then…"

"No," he said, walking forward. He grasped the fork and looked at his son, "You helped me when I needed you the most, and I'll always be thankful for that. But now other people need you and those special abilities of yours. This won't take forever son. Go to them, and then come back to me when you're done being a hero, and the world is safe."

"Dad…," Nolan said.

"Go," he told Nolan, "For me."

Nolan just smiled a little and nodded once. He kept his head down and let out a breath, "Ok dad. I'll be a hero." He looked up at his father, "I'll do it for you."

"Do it for yourself as well, and for everyone," he told Nolan.

"I will."

"How did it go?" Yamashiro asked as the five Rangers walked back into the meeting room.

"We failed," Oliver told him.

"We tried our best, especially Ridge," Alice said.

"Basically what we ended up with is that he'll come and help if we're failing," Rachel said.

"He has a life there," Ridge said, "He can't walk away from it."

They all turned to a sound on the monitors. "Stolem is back," Yamashiro said, "He's at the construction yard."

"Let's go," Wyatt said. The group ran out.

[Ninninger 10. 9:48-10:12]

The Tyvings chased people away. Stolem walked out and extended his arm, breaking down part of a building.

He laughed as he walked after the escaping workers, "Fear me, fear us all!" he shouted as the monster and Tyvings backed the people into a corner.

[End Sentai footage]

The Rangers sped in and slashed at Tyvings around them.

"We need to get to the people!" Wyatt shouted.

"There are too many Tyvings in the way!" Alice called as she took a hit and fell back. She threw some stars into one in front of her and it fell.

Oliver leapt over one and rolled. He kicked one back and then slashed the one he had leapt over. "At least one of us needs to get through!"

Yamashiro hurried and stopped behind the combat. He looked ahead at the monster, then back at the Tyvings. "I guess it's my turn to fight too."

"Yamashiro-sensei!" Nolan shouted as he ran towards the older man, still clad in his working clothes. Nolan slowed to a stop at Yamashiro's side, "Turns out I lied. I'm here to help."

"You're here?" Yamashiro asked, "That's great!"

"There are a lot of people there who need me," Nolan said, swinging his arms out to stretch them, "Guess I'll get going."

"Wait," Yamashiro said, "I was hoping I'd run into you soon. Or else I was going to use them myself." He held out a gold star with no pattern on it, and a gold wrist Morpher.

[Note: the Morpher is a repaint of the Jungle Fury Wolf Morpher, painted gold. The eyes are also colored over so they just look like designs. The gong piece is replaced with a peg for the stars]

"A Morpher?" Nolan asked, picking it up with the star. He looked at both, then slid the Morpher onto his left wrist, "Alright. Then it's official," he said with a smile.

He lifted the star in his right hand, holding it by one of the points. "Gold Star, Ranger Flash!" he shouted. He threw his star up and then thrust his left arm up. As the spinning star fell it landed on the peg. His right arm remained up from the throw, and as soon as the star was latched, his right arm came down and struck the star, causing it to spin.

[Morph Sequence: he throws both arms down and the star spins on his wrist. Gold energy flies out and up over his body. It comes down, forming his suit, minus his helmet. The Morpher vanishes as his gloves form. The star flies back up and goes over his face, forming his helmet from front to back.]

The Gold Ranger stood there, utilizing a cowboy theme mixed with the ninja theme.

"What is that?" Yamashiro questioned, "You're supposed to be a gold ninja!"

"A gold ninja? Too flashy," Nolan dismissed, shaking his head, "Besides, this is so much cooler!"

"It's…I don't know about that," Yamashiro said.

"Hey, you do ninjas, I do farming and ranching," Nolan said, "Besides, you wanted me for my power, look at this power! I overwrote your suit!" He lifted a guitar-like sword, "Ok, anyway…" He ran forward and leapt over the other Rangers and Tyvings. He became a golden flash sailing over them.

"Was that Nolan?" Rachel questioned.

"He's gold?" Alice asked, "How is that practical for a ninja? It's too flashy!"

"He's here," Ridge said, "Good."

[Ninninger 10. 11:27-11:31]

Nolan ran towards the Tyvings and Stolem, shouting as he slashed through them. "Another Ranger won't matter!" the monster shouted.

As Nolan reached him and pressed to him, he answered, "It will matter."

[End Sentai footage]

Ridge slashed through another Tyving, "I can hold them back!" he shouted.

Rachel threw some stars, taking a number down, "Wyatt, Alice, Oliver, you're free! Go!"

The three ran while Rachel and Ridge fought the Tyvings back.

[Ninninger 10. 11:40-12:23]

The three fought through Tyvings towards a group of people. The three Rangers continued to fight, "Everyone run!" Oliver shouted to them. They got up and started to flee as the Rangers fought the Tyvings.

Nolan was pushed back, "Bit out of practice," he said.

"You're about to be out of chances!" Stolem shouted as he ran for Nolan.

Nolan lifted a star in his hand, "Elemental Star. Wind Star," he said as he affixed it to his weapon. He rose, "Take this!" he hit his guitar chords and drew his weapon up. He slashed a cyclone attack forward, sucking up the Tyvings in battle, and then he threw them at the monster.

"His Elemental Star is different from ours," Alice said.

"Why can't we do that?" Wyatt questioned, touching his head.

"It's because my power is stronger!" Nolan called back as he ran forward, slashing through Tyvings until he reached Stolem.

[End Sentai footage]

He slashed at Stolem and avoided swings of the monster's arms. "I can't hit you!" Stolem roared.

"You know, that's the point," Nolan said. He kicked off of the monster and flipped around in the air before throwing some gold stars into the monster's torso, knocking him back. Stolem picked himself up and grumbled, then started to run.

"Trying to get away?" Nolan called, running after him.

[Ninninger 10. 13:39-13:42]

"Not so fast!" Wyatt called as he dropped in front of Stolem, but grunted as he was knocked back. Wyatt shouted as he struck again with kicks.

[Ninninger 10. 14:27-14:32]

Stolem grabbed Wyatt by the torso, "I'll destroy you!" Stolem shouted, throwing Wyatt back.

[End Sentai footage]

Nolan landed on a higher platform than the fight, "So, you really can't fight him," he said, "Ok, point taken. This is my fight now!"

[Ninninger 10. 14:56-15:04]

Tyvings gathered around Stolem as Nolan looked down, holding his guitar sword, "Just who are you?" the monster called.

Nolan performed his piece of the rollcall, "The western ninja! Gold Ninja Ranger!"

[Ninninger 10. 15:10-16:38 (note: edit in lasers)]

The other Rangers gathered around Wyatt, "Good! Our turn now!" Wyatt said.

"Five hidden ninja! Power Rangers Ninja Strike!"

"Let's help Nolan!" Wyatt called.

Nolan fought his way through elite Tyvings towards Stolem.

"Let's go!" Wyatt called, pointing, but the Rangers raised their weapons to avoid attacks nearby.

The six Rangers fought Tyvings in different areas, using different techniques and combat styles.

"Alright!" Nolan called as he fought through his Tyvings, "I'm getting back into the groove of things!" He engaged Stolem briefly before knocking the monster back. He grabbed his sword from the air and held it like a blaster rifle, opening fire on Stolem.

He span his sword back up and avoided a Tyving's blaster attack, firing back, "That was close," Nolan said, firing on another before engaging them.

He sat down on a crate and started to fire on everything around him.

When Stolem ran forward and attacked, Nolan vanished, and copies of himself appeared around the monster.

"Ninja Technique: Clones!" Nolan shouted.

One lifted his Elemental Star, "Wind Star," he said, affixing it to his weapon.

All of them did the slash, sending the monster into the air, past Wyatt, "Cool," Wyatt said.

[Ninninger 10. 16:41-16:45]

Nolan looked up, "I know, right?" he called to Wyatt.

[Ninninger 10. 16:49-18:33]

"There he is!" Nolan called as he strummed his guitar. He looked to his side where Stolem had landed, "Alright, want to keep going with me? Because I've got a lot more coming!" he called as he span and flipped a latch on his star. "Thunder Star!"

He fired a blast from his guitar blaster and created a storm cloud over Stolem's head. Thunder struck him, shocking him. He cried out, "Why does this work on a rock monster?"

Ridge fought, but stopped to watch, "That was pretty awesome! Rachel!" he called, then fought again.

Rachel looked down, "That's a high level power he has!" She resumed combat.

"My turn!" Wyatt called as he leapt down. He split into two when he was stopped, "I love this star!" he called as the two attacked on both sides of Stolem.

"Huh," Nolan said.

"Not going to work!" Stolem shouted, swinging at one of them, but he vanished, "What?" He attacked the other Wyatt and then successfully kicked him back.

"Got ya," Nolan said, catching Wyatt. "All right, leave this one to me," he told Wyatt.

"You can't just steal the spotlight!" Wyatt told him, pushing their helmets together, "I don't care if you are new!"

Nolan gently moved Wyatt aside, "I'm not stealing any spotlight. I'm just helping," Nolan said, drawing his sword back, point back. He shouted and thrust it forward, slamming the hilt into the monster's face from afar.

Nolan ran forward, caught the sword, and pushed the monster back. He slashed repeatedly and knocked the monster down a mound.

"Too strong…," Stolem groaned.

"Yeah!" Nolan shouted, "Time to end this fight!" He 'lifted' his hat and changed to his Wind Star, "Gold Ninja Wind Flash!"

He send a giant wind attack forward, then used his gold slashes to attack repeatedly.

[Ninninger 10. 18:39-18:41]

The wind passed off of the monster.

[End Sentai footage]

Nolan span around and lowered his sword, "Got ya," he said as the monster fell and exploded.

[Ninninger 10. 18:53-19:13]

The other Rangers were on the mound as the dust cleared, "That was amazing," Ridge said.

"He's really good," Wyatt said.

Amrion was on a nearby platform, "This isn't good. Rise again Stolem!" She struck her Mallet down.

Stolem rose to giant size, growling.

[End Sentai footage]

Nolan planted his sword in the ground and drew a star, "Ok, so I think this was a guy on a horse…not anymore!" he said as it glowed gold. He snapped it into his sword as he drew his sword up. He pointed the tip up and span the Zord Star as he thrust his sword upwards, "Let's go!"

[Ninninger 10. 19:19-19:26]

A wheel came forward, then split into a four-wheeler driven by a warrior type Zord.

Nolan shouted and flipped forward.

[End Sentai footage]

Nolan landed in a small cockpit, similar to the other Rangers, but with gold lighting. He planted his sword into a terminal in front of himself and looked at the controls, "Ok, this is just requiring my ninja power to function. Got it!" He grabbed his sword with one hand, "Let's go, Rodeo Zord!"

[Ninninger 10. 19:31-19:38]

The Zord drove forward and took hits from rocks that Stolem threw forward.

[End Sentai footage]

"Ok, guess my piloting will take work," Nolan said, "Round two!"

[Ninninger 10. 19:39-19:40]

It drove through an explosion.

[Ninninger 10. 19:42-19:44]

It continued to drive forward.

[Ninninger 10. 19:45-19:50]

It drove forward. Stolem shouted and threw more rocks forward.

[Ninninger 10. 19:52-19:55]

The Zord drove around trees and explosions appeared in front of it.

[Ninninger 10. 19:56-20:04]

It kicked dust up into Stolem's face and drove off.

"Stop screwing around!" Stolem shouted, running after it.

[Ninninger 10. 20:05-20:08]

The Zord drove towards Stolem. Horns were locked with a claw.

[Ninninger 10. 20:09-20:10]

The wheels kept moving forward, going nowhere.

[End Sentai footage]

"You're pretty tough. Let's just keep going!" Nolan shouted.

[Ninninger 10. 20:13-20:15]

The front of the Zord kicked up, throwing Stolem overhead. He shouted and flew towards the Elephant Strike Megazord.

[End Sentai footage]

The lighting was green inside of the Megazord.

"We're going to help you on this one!" Wyatt called.

[Ninninger 10. 20:17-20:18]

They slashed the monster out of the air.

[Ninninger 10. 20:19-20:24]

They hit him again.

The Rodeo Zord slowed nearby.

[End Sentai footage]

"Ok, I'm going to try something new," Nolan said, "Let's see how this works!"

[Ninninger 10. 20:28-20:46]

The rider got off and the four wheeler came apart. They formed into a new Megazord.

"Rodeo Strike Megazord!"

The monster rose.

The two Megazords stood side by side.

[End Sentai footage]

"That's pretty cool," Ridge said, "I like this whole cowboy thing."

"It doesn't make sense," Oliver said.

"Just leave it," Rachel said.

"I'm going on ahead!" Nolan called, pushing his hand forward on his sword.

[Ninninger 10. 20:48-20:51]

The Megazord punched and slashed the monster.

[Ninninger 10. 20:52-20:55]

It struck again with the bladed blaster weapon it was using.

[Ninninger 10. 20:57-21:00 (note: edit in lasers)]

The Megazord fired lasers, destroying rocks that had been thrown at it.

[Ninninger 10. 21:02-21:04]

The Elephant Strike Megazord came next to the Rodeo Strike.

[End Sentai footage]

"That was pretty awesome shooting," Ridge told Nolan.

"Thanks Ridge!" he said.

"You two are going to be really good friends, aren't you?" Alice asked.

"With luck," Ridge said.

"Time to end him," Nolan said, gripping his weapon.

[Ninninger 10. 21:07-21:13]

The Rodeo Strike cocked its blaster and lifted it.

[End Sentai footage]

"Do you guys leave the sword in?" Nolan called, "Oh well," he drew his out and lifted it as a blaster. He span the Zord Star, "Star Shot Flurry!"

[Ninninger 10. 21:15-21:18]

The Megazord fired repeatedly, not stopping.

[End Sentai footage]

"Elephant Double Boomerang!" the others shouted as they span their stars, swords still planted in their consoles.

[Ninninger 10. 21:21-21:31]

The axes flew forward. They struck as he was struck by the flurry of blasts.

Stolem fell, exploding. The two Megazords turned, victorious.

[End Sentai footage]

The Rangers returned to the meeting room with Nolan in tow. Yamashiro sat at the table, smiling.

"You did amazingly, Nolan," he said.

"I was always quick to learn," Nolan said, "Thank you, Yamashiro-sensei. Your words always mean a lot to me."

"I just wish you hadn't changed my gear to a cowboy," Yamashiro said, "It's not easy work making a Morpher or a Zord!"

"Sorry, but you wanted me, you get me in my own way," he said. He looked at the other five, "I'm here to stay. You're going to have a cowboy Ranger around for a while." He looked at Ridge, "Because my dad told me the same that you did, more or less. He told me to fight for the world, and help everyone, rather than just helping a few."

Ridge smiled and gave him a nod, "Glad to hear it."

"Well," Nolan said, "I'm going to go home, I'm going to get some clean clothes, and I'm going to come back." He pointed to Yamashiro, "I'm moving in. It'll keep me from wanting to keep working at the ranch."

"Moving in?" Yamashiro questioned in confusion and haste, "Wait, Nolan? Nolan!" he shouted as Nolan ran out, "Where is he going to even sleep…," he muttered.

The other Rangers started to laugh.

Vadra sat at his throne and looked as Amrion approached.

"He was very powerful," Amrion said.

Vadra nodded, "I don't like this," he said, "Everything was accounted for. I was slowly obtaining Yamashiro's students to turn against him, I was building an army, and I had a monster the Rangers couldn't defeat! And then Yamashiro's best student turns up and joins them…he's ruining my plans, slowly."

"I can deal with him," Vyste growled from the corner of the room, "I can deal with all of them!"

"Soon," Vadra promised, "Soon."

The Rangers sat in a circle outside around a fire. Nolan walked over and sat down in clean clothes, jeans, boots and a dark shirt.

"I clean up well, if any of you are surprised," he told them. He smiled and looked at the fire, "This is nice. You guys do this often?"

"No," Alice said, "But I'd love to make this a regular thing."

"You were amazing today," Oliver told Nolan, "I look forward to training with you."

Nolan nodded, "Thanks Oliver. I look forward to training and getting to know all of you as well." He looked up at the darkening sky, "But for now, let's just sit here, relax, and watch that golden sunset."

"A golden sunset to commemorate our new Gold Ranger," Rachel said with a smile.

Nolan laughed, "Yeah," he said, standing up, "That's my sunset today." He looked at the other Rangers, "No. It may be gold, but let's consider it all of our sunsets. We've earned the right to call it a day. So now let's just sit, relax, and have fun." He smiled, "Right guys?"

"Right," they said.

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