Erika: Don't let high school get you down. It is said that high school years are going to be the best years of your life...so stop bitching about it and enjoy the ride!

Thunder: I've been trying to keep in mind what you've been saying about scene changes. I'm glad to know I've been succeeding

Wait-for-Sleep: The main things that Tommy and Silver have in common are that they are very soft-spoken(or at least Tommy was when he was the Green Ranger and Black Dino Ranger), and they are in love with one of the female, who love them back. In terms of coming from the side of evil and kicking more ass than the others...well, that's for later!

Enjoy!

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If you love someone, set them free. If they come back to you, they are yours: if they do not, they never were…

-Unknown author

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Xiaoyu and Asuka stared in awe at the mysterious winged fighter standing in front of them who had appeared before them not forty seconds before. A few minutes prior, they and the other Shinkengers were attacked by a colorful fiend (the fifth of his kind, they reminded themselves) who went by the name of Kamikaze the Forbidden Ninja. The main problem with facing the ninja sprung from the fact that he didn't fight fair at all: he was armed to the teeth with numerous weapons, and could use different techniques to evade the Shinkengers should they manage to get close to him. Steve was the first to fall, and Hwoarang soon followed. Even Jin, perhaps the mightiest of the team, fell under the bladed arsenal of Kamikaze.

Then he arrived…a fighter clad in silver who stopped a shuriken attack that was meant for the two female Shinkengers and quickly challenged the ninja.

"Who do you think he is?" Xiaoyu whispered as they watched Kamikaze and the mysterious fighter stare at each other quietly.

"I don't know," Asuka smiled as she replied in the same quiet tone of voice, "but he looks kinda hot…I wonder what his voice sounds like…"

As if to put Asuka's questions to rest, the winged fighter straightened himself and bowed in respect to Kamikaze, "My apologies, humble ninja," the stranger said in a calm and youthful voice as he lifted his head and pulled out a red, flame-shaped katana from a sheath that was latched onto his back. "It seems that your opponents are at a serious disadvantage due to their lack of armaments. Please, as a fellow martial artist, allow me to even the odds with my blade…and my fists."

That voice, Asuka thought to herself in surprise, I know that voice!

"Insolent boy," Kamikaze hissed, "Just who do you think you are?"

"My name is for my friends," the interloper quickly assumed a fighting stance as the ninja ran towards him with murderous intent, "but you may call me…ShinkenSilver!"

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Once Kamikaze was within five meters of ShinkenSilver, he pulled his katana Red Crow from its hilt and readied it to slice off the young man's head. However, instead of blocking the slash with the sword, his free hand shot out and his foot stomped on the ground as he sent Kamikaze flying backwards with a powerful straight punch. Kamikaze landed on his feet, and maintained his grip on Red Crow. Sinking into his shadow, the ninja reappeared behind ShinkenSilver and once again attempted a killing slash. The young man quickly turned around and blocked the cut with his sword.

"What a sloppy parry," Kamikaze commented as he kicked Shinkensilver away. "Now I know why you decided to punch rather than slash: you are still a novice."

"…I will not make excuses: this is actually my first true sword battle, for you see, I am fist-fighter first," ShinkenSilver replied solemnly while attacking Kamikaze with a forward stab that was swatted away, giving him barely enough time to guard a vertical counterattack. "However, I have practiced long and hard: do not underestimate me."

Ducking under a horizontal slash, ShinkenSilver pulled off the first successful slash with a lethal upwards cut that drew a shower of sparks in its wake. Kamikaze roared in agony as he gripped where he had been slashed, barely mustering up the strength to keep hold of his katana and sink back into the shadows away from another cut. This time he reappeared a good fifteen meters away from his opponent so that he could catch his breath. He examined the wound as his healing factor kicked in and began sealing it: it was quite a deep cut. "Hmph…so you want me to take you seriously, eh?" the ninja said with a tone of amusement as he jumped high into the air. "Very well, boy: I shall hold nothing back!"

Watching the ninja take to the sky, ShinkenSilver put away his sword and crouched down as if he was preparing to leap after him. With his wings glowing a bright blue color, ShinkenSilver propelled himself off the ground and soared into the air in hot pursuit of the ninja. Pulling out red throwing stars from his pocket, Kamikaze flung them at his young adversary with rapid speed. Putting his arms in front of him in a blocking formation, ShinkenSilver winced in pain beneath in helmet as he endured the barrage of sharp objects raining down upon him, eventually going above the ninja and putting his foot into his chest. Letting gravity do the work for him, he left the foot planted his chest while they went plummeting down and landing with a loud thud in a devastating aerial diving kick.

Quickly jumping away and landing gracefully, ShinkenSilver assumed an unarmed fighting stance and waited for Kamikaze to get back up…but for some reason, he remained where he was: lying perfectly still with his face staring blankly upwards. He began to warily move closer when he heard the sound of footsteps. Quickly darting around, he saw Asuka and Xiaoyu running towards him.

"Not bad at all, old buddy," Asuka gave the winged fighter a quick pat on the back as she approached him. "I had my doubts at first, but you owned that dirty rat's soul! I see training with Yoshimitsu-san has paid off!"

"Oh, so this is Kenichi," Xiaoyu tilted her head in curiosity as she examined his toned body. "I saw you fight in the quarterfinals. You've gotten a lot better!"

"Stay sharp, you two," Kenichi said with a serious tone that seemed almost uncommon for his age. "Asuka, do you honestly think I could take that guy down with only a simple cut and my mother's Falling Angel kick? Take a look at where he landed."

Following the direction of Kenichi's gaze, Asuka and Xiaoyu looked to the shallow crater that Kamikaze's body had created...but what they saw was not the ninja, but a long with kanji written upon it. Kamikaze was still at large, and biding his time. "Hey Asuka," Kenichi whispered quietly to his longtime friend, "I need you and your friend to make sure that he doesn't go attacking the others while they're down. I'll try to keep him busy until they come to."

"What? No way, Kenichi," Asuka protested as she stood by his side. "There's no way I'm going to let you take on this psycho all by yourself! Your mother would never forgive me if you died here; heck, I wouldn't be able to forgive me if-"

"I said get back," Kenichi raised his voice (which was something that Asuka had only seen him do on incredibly rare occasions) as he shoved her behind him. "I am not trying to make you some kind of damsel for me to save, but it is just as you said: this guy is bad news. He's already said that he wants to kill all of you: do you think I could bear the thought of losing-"

Suddenly, Asuka grabbed Kenichi's shoulder and punched him in the face. Even though his helmet blunted the attack, Kenichi felt it even through his armor. "Kenichi, I know that you've always been the kind of guy to go at these things solo, but this our fight, too!" Suddenly turning to Xiaoyu, Asuka barked out her own command. "Xiao, keep an eye on the others! Kenichi and I are going spend some quality time together mashing this ninja guy's face!"

Xiaoyu quickly nodded as she ran over to where their comrades lay unconscious while Asuka once again stood next to Kenichi. Beneath his silver helmet, the young man smiled. "It's good to know that you haven't changed too much since I left." Kenichi nodded as the two of them spotted Kamikaze oozing out of a nearby shadow with his sword Red Crow drawn and ready. "You win, Asuka…we'll do it as we always do: together."

"…trouble in paradise, silver warrior?" Kamikaze said mockingly as he readied his sword and charged. "Do not worry: your relationship with the maiden in white shall end with your demise as I serve your blood as a wine to my lord!"

"Excuse me, buddy," Asuka quickly ducked down and grabbed the ninja's leg before tossing him over her shoulder and high into the air with a vacuum throw. "I may still be new to this whole girlfriend schtick, but what's with all this 'maiden in white' stuff?"

"A maiden is another term for a virgin, Asuka," Kenichi said casually as he propelled Kamikaze higher into the air with a vertical straight punch. "So unless you have been fooling around with other men these past two-"

"Stop babbling and die," Kamikaze righted himself in mid-air and landed feet-first on Asuka's head with a stomp that had her fall flat on her face. Propelling himself off her head, Kamikaze hit Kenichi with a snapping jump kick on his way down, but sent the young man skywards from the force of such a blow. Jumping up after him, Kamikaze's katana flashed as it slashed at Kenichi while sparks flew from the youth's suit. After the fourth slash, Kamikaze grabbed onto Kenichi and the two went spiraling downwards in a lethal Izuna Drop. However, Kenichi's wings began to glow and he propelled himself out of Kamikaze's grip, leaving the ninja to fall flat on his face while he landed next to Asuka.

Not willing to give Kamikaze a chance to get back on the offensive, Kenichi and Asuka ran at the ninja simultaneously, and then took a forward leap to send the ninja spiraling backwards just as he got up with a pair of simultaneously executed clockwise right roundhouse kicks. Kamikaze landed on his feet and rubbed where he had been hit. Pulling out his shuriken Rusty Wing, he ignited the weapon and tossed it at the two Osaka-raised martial artists, taking a sick pleasure at watching them writhe while it ricocheted off their bodies numerous times in a shower of sparks before returning to its owner.

However, Asuka and Kenichi did not fall down. Even though they clutched where they had been hit with Rusty Wing, they continued to come at Kamikaze with a full run. What is this? Why do they not fall under my blades? The ninja's eyes widened as a pair of fists came crashing into his face. It appears this sixth Shinkenger has tipped the odds: I must resort to drastic measures! Sinking into the shadows as he landed, Kamikaze faded from view and once again left Kenichi and Asuka looking around warily as they waited for him to reappear again.

"Asuka, he's over here!"

Asuka and Kenichi quickly darted around and saw Xiaoyu and Kamikaze, with the latter's katana touching the neck of the former. "Are you using me as a hostage?" Xiaoyu asked rhetorically as she struggled to break free. "You have absolutely no honor!"

"Ninjas and honor have never been on good terms, lovely one," Kamikaze replied in his sinister wispy voice before turning to his two adversaries. "I suppose you know what is going to happen now: this is the part where you surrender…unless you want this fine yellow-clad maiden's death on your conscience."

Asuka and Kenichi looked at each for a few moments, and then nodded in agreement as they put their arms up in surrender and slowly began towards Kamikaze. "That's what I want to see," Kamikaze said, sounding pleased with himself. "But you forget…my mission was to kill you: do you honestly think I would let any of you get out alive?" However, before Kamikaze could slit Xiaoyu's throat, he felt a tapping on his shoulder. Turning his head, his eyes widened in surprise as three gloved fists approached his face before they made contact, causing the ninja to drop his sword and fly far into the air, soaring past Kenichi and Asuka.

Xiaoyu turned around and let out a sigh of relief as she got a glimpse of her saviors: Steve, Hwoarang, and Jin. While Asuka and Kenichi kept Kamikaze busy, the three male Shinkengers regained consciousness one by one as they witnessed the battle that played out before them. When Kamikaze had finally stopped moving and gotten close enough to them, they silently put their heads together and got the drop on the ninja. With Xiaoyu shortly trailing behind, the other Shinkengers ran over to where Kenichi and Asuka were standing.

"Well…whoever you are, I guess we owe our thanks," Jin nodded to Kenichi before turning to face Kamikaze. "Before we introduce ourselves properly though…how about we finish this guy off?" Kenichi returned the nod with one of his own and followed Jin's gaze to see Kamikaze struggling back up. "Excellent…OK, everyone: let's do this!"

"What? No way," Hwoarang stepped up and shook his head. "If I'm going to have to humiliate myself with our little gig, then the rookie here has to do it, too!" Turning to Kenichi, Hwoarang pointed at the young man. "OK, rookie, if you want to be in our little gang, then you have to humiliate yourself just like I had to when I first did it!"

"…what are you talking about?" Kenichi said with a hint of confusion.

"You'll understand when you see it. After Jin finishes, you can have your turn," Asuka gave Kenichi a pat on the back as she turned to Hwoarang. "Shall we get started?"

"ONE," Sticking his left index finger high into the air, Hwoarang fired off a roundhouse kick into the air before entering his Flamingo Stance. "Striking down foes with fatal footwork…Tae Kwan Do-estilo: ShinkenBlack!"

"TWO," Her left index and middle fingers pointing skyward, Asuka went into her defensive stance. "Overcoming foes with daunting defense...Aikido-estilo: ShinkenWhite!"

"THREE," Steve stuck up three fingers in the air and then brought then down to get into his trademark Flicker stance. "Beating down foes with peerless punches…Boxing-estilo: ShinkenBlue!"

"FOUR," With all her fingers on her left hand up in the air save for her thumb, Xiaoyu brought the hand back down and went into her Phoenix Stance. "Overwhelming foes with blinding speed…Kung Fu-estilo! ShinkenYellow!"

"FIVE," His open palm shooting into the sky, Jin went into his Power Stance. "Smashing foes with the fists of fury…Karate-estilo! ShinkenRed!"

"ZERO," Kenichi shot out his closed fist in the air and then stomped his foot on the ground as he got into a horse stance. "Cutting down foes with my undying soul…Dazzling Warrior of the Void: ShinkenSilver!"

Once the rest of his team got out of their respective stances, Jin spoke once again while pointing a finger at their adversary, who was watching on in confusion and awe. "Under the power of our divine fists, chaos shall never thrive!"

With the setting sun shining upon them almost symbolically, the once-dreary graveyards seemed to once again have life settle upon it as the team struck a dynamic pose and their ki crackled across their bodies while the jewels on their chest flashed violently before they shouted out their mighty name. "TEKKENSHU SENTAI…SHINKENGER!"

"Six against one…and I am the one who does not fight fair?" Kamikaze's voice gave way to a hint of rage as he pulled out Rusty Wing from his back. "Very well…I shall slay you all at once!" Igniting his shuriken with a dark blue flame, Kamikaze hurled the weapon at the sextet. "Fly, my Rusty Wing!"

However, utilizing his near-flawless reflexes, Jin stepped up and caught the shuriken without sustaining any damage. This time, however, he ignited the shuriken with his own ki and caused Rusty Wing to glow bright red. Then, after spinning his body around to gain momentum, Jin used all of his mighty strength to toss Rusty Wing right back to his owner. Kamikaze, completely taken off guard by the fact that his own weapon was being used against him, was helpless as it crashed into him with a huge shower of sparks. Clutching his chest in a vain attempt to try and ease the blinding pain, Kamikaze looked up to see the six Shinkengers come at him at a full run, with ShinkenBlue in the lead.

Pulling out a black kunai, Kamikaze attempted to slit Steve's throat as he came at him. However, Kamikaze's reflexes had been slowly significantly by the brutal attack he had just taken: Steve ducked under Kamikaze and began to pummel him with a blinding fury of punches. The fists pounded his abdomen at such a speed that Kamikaze couldn't even move away from them: all he could do was endure the pain until Steve finally slowed down. Seeing his chance at last, Kamikaze once again raised his kunai, but was sent flying backwards with Steve's powerful uppercut that sent him flying towards Hwoarang.

Hwoarang caught Kamikaze with his foot and started to juggle the ninja in the air like a child with juggle a soccer ball by bouncing him off his knees. After he became bored, Hwoarang used his knee to launch Kamikaze straight up into the air and jumped up after him to kick the ninja in Xiaoyu's direction.

Already prepared for the monster, the Chinese woman shot out both her palms simultaneously and sent Kamikaze flying towards Asuka, who then sent it towards Jin with a jumping roundhouse kick…

…right into Jin, who had been crackling with his red ki while rearing back for his ultimate technique, the Eighth Gate of Hell. Letting loose a devastating punch, Jin hit his mark right into Kamikaze's chest and finally sending him flying twenty meters in the air and screeching across the ground.

"Hmm," Asuka stroked her chin as she watch Kamikaze land, "this is normally his cue to explode in a big ball of fire…then again, he seems tougher than the others…I guess it just takes some extra oomph." Turning to Kenichi, Asuka pointed at him and then pointed to Kamikaze. "Hey dreamboat, he's all yours!" Kenichi nodded in acknowledgement and pulled out his katana as he began walking.

"D-damn you all," Kamikaze slowly got back up and saw that Kenichi was slowing walking towards him. "You…if not for you, victory would have been mine!" Readying his two kunai once again, Kamikaze began running towards Kenichi as the boy stopped walking and got into a ready position. "I shall rip out your heart, and relish the moment as I listen to the maiden in white's cries of mourning!"

Kenichi lifted his sword high into the air and slowly began moving it clockwise as he began the blade's incantation. After completing the revolution, the orange-red blade started to glow a bright green while Kenichi got into a fighting stance. Using his wings to propel himself forwards, Kenichi rapidly approached Kamikaze until the two of them were bound to crash into each other. Running his blade through the ninja with a lethal horizontal slash as he passed by, Kenichi's feet screeched to a halt as he put away his sword and turned around to the dying Kamikaze, who was standing perfectly still like he was frozen in place. Placing his left index figure and middle finger together, Kenichi put them in front of his face and said a quick prayer before watching his enemy perish. "Arukyo…tai san!"

Author's Note: this translates to "Evil Spirit…Begone!"

Small explosions of sparks riddled the ninja's body as he roared in pain and agony. "...my lord," the ninja said with almost a hint of sorrow as he fell to his knees while his wounds spewed forth sparks. "Forgive me for not completing my mission…" Falling flat upon his face after releasing one final deathcry, Kamikaze exploded in a plume of blue and red fire.

Kenichi straightened his body and bowed slightly to the burning spot that was once his adversary before turning around and walking towards the other Shinkengers. Undoing the clips of his helmet, Kenichi removed it and revealed his face. He was a Japanese young man with ruffled brown hair and Prussian blue eyes (as well as a youthful face that earned him a good deal of fangirls when he competed in the previous King of Iron Fist Tournament). "Now that the battle is over," Kenichi outstretched his hand towards Jin, "my name is Kenichi Masamune: I'm an old friend of Asuka's. My current sensei Yoshimitsu has been training me for the past two weeks, until he said that he had to do something alone…at which point he gave me my device that we all seem to share and told me to meet up with you."

Hmm…so Yoshimitsu had one of them too, Jin thought to himself through a smile as he removed his helmet and returned the handshake, I wonder how he connects to my mother and Baek and Lei having them. "My name is Jin Kazama, and this is Hwoarang…" Jin motioned to Hwoarang, who simply nodded once, "…and this is Steve…," and then motioned to Steve, who gave a quick two-fingered salute. "…and I see you already know Xiaoyu and Asuka." Jin and Kenichi tightened their grip on each other as Jin concluded the introduction and said, "Welcome to the team, ShinkenSilver!"