Chapter 4: Ninja in the Streets
Onboard Cosmo's ship, Cosmo was standing in front of a cheering crowd of monsters and aliens. Cosmo began laughing as he waved to the crowd in joy. The crowd slowly began quieting down as Cosmo brought a microphone up to his mouth.
"Are you all ready for our next contestant?" Cosmo asked the crowd.
The crowd began cheering loudly.
"Let's say hello to our next contestant, Spinferno!" Cosmo shouted as a monster rolled out onto the stage using the wheels on the bottom of its feet.
The monster spun around in a circle and raised his arms screaming as the crowd continued cheering. The crowd calmed down as Cosmo handed the microphone to Spinferno.
"I will not fail like Ripperat!" Spinferno shouted at the crowd. "I'm going to burn those Rangers to a crisp with my blazing speed!"
Cosmo snatched the microphone back from Spinferno as the crowd cheered once more for Spinferno.
"In a few Earth hours, Spinferno will be sent into the city and begin causing havoc!" Cosmo shouted to the crowd.
Spinferno left the stage as the crowd continued cheering for him.
Inside of the Ranger's Base, Mason was watching the others training with each other using practice swords. Logan swung his wooden sword at Jirou and missed as Jirou stepped aside. Jirou used his wooden sword and quickly swept Logan off his feet. Logan crashed to the ground and dropped his sword causing the others to stop what they were doing.
"Stay on your guard," Jirou said as he held his hand out to Logan.
Logan took Jirou's hand and was helped up off the ground.
"It's going to take a long time to get as good as you," Logan said to Jirou.
"You don't have to be as good as me," Jirou said as he chuckled. "You just need to be good enough to help take out Norio with the rest of us,"
"I guess you're right," Logan said as he sighed.
Jirou looked over at Mason and saw him standing by himself.
"Come on Mason, you haven't done anything today," Jirou said to Mason.
"Fine, let's see how long you'll last," Mason said as he took the wooden sword from Logan.
Jirou and Mason walked over to the center of the room as Jun and Beth continued training together nearby.
"Go easy on him Jirou," Logan said to Jirou as he sat down.
"He'll want me to go easy on him," Mason said as he prepared for Jirou to attack.
Jirou quickly approached Mason and swung his sword at Mason. Mason narrowly avoided the sword as his eyes widened in disbelief.
"It seems you're not fast enough," Mason said as he smirked.
Mason retaliated and swung his sword at Jirou. Jirou blocked Mason's sword with his sword and instantly knocked it out of Mason's hands.
"Stop acting like you're better than everyone else," Jirou said to Mason. "You need just as much training as Beth and Logan,"
Mason groaned in frustration and turned away from Jirou.
"You could be as good as me or even better one day if you actually tried," Jirou told Mason.
Jirou tossed his wooden sword to Logan.
"Jun, watch over those two and make sure they actually train this time," Jirou said as he headed towards the lab.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure they sweat bullets," Jun said as she blocked Beth's attack with her wooden sword.
Jirou walked into Hitoshi's lab and saw Hitoshi examining a Ninja Power Star. Hitoshi noticed Jirou walking towards him and sat the Power Star on the table.
"Hey, come check this out," Hitoshi said to Jirou.
"Is that a new Power Star or something?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"Yep, but so far only one has been made," Hitoshi told Jirou.
Jirou picked up the Power Star and looked closely at it.
"What does it do?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"It's the Element Power Star," Hitoshi told Jirou. "It has five different modes,"
"Fire, Water, Earth, Forest and Metal," Jirou said as he read the symbols while turning the Star.
"That's correct," Hitoshi said as he chuckled. "It will let any of you use powerful attacks depending on the element chosen,"
"Amazing!" Jirou said in amazement as he sat the Power Star back down.
"How are the others doing out there?" Hitoshi asked Jirou as he began working at his computer.
"They're learning, slowly," Jirou said as he sat down.
"At least they're learning," Hitoshi said as he sighed.
"I just hope they learn fast enough," Jirou said to Hitoshi.
"You want them to go slow," Hitoshi said to Jirou. "Go too fast, and they won't be used to new things,"
"I guess you're right," Jirou said as he leaned back in his seat.
In the training area, the other Rangers were cleaning up around the room after finishing their training for the day. Logan sat down next to Mason with a towel slung over his shoulder and patted on his back.
"You did pretty well today," Logan said to his friend.
"You're weren't too shabby yourself," Mason said as he chuckled.
"Hey guys, we better hurry and get home," Beth said to Logan and Mason as she picked up her bag.
"Yeah, it is a school night after all," Logan said as he rose to his feet.
"Be careful on your way home," Jun said to the others as they walked up the stairs one after another.
Jirou and Hitoshi walked out of the lab and saw Jun by herself in the dojo.
"Did they leave already?" Jirou asked Jun.
"It is a school night and almost ten o'clock," Hitoshi told Jirou.
"Oh, I forgot about that since I don't go to school with them," Jirou said as he chuckled.
"They're at least starting to get better," Jun told Jirou and her father.
"Hopefully they keep getting better then," Jirou said to Jun.
"You two go get ready for bed," Hitoshi said to Jirou and Jun. "I finish cleaning up the place,"
"Alright, see you tomorrow dad," Jun said as she headed upstairs.
"I'm looking forward to practicing with that Element Power Star," Jirou said to Hitoshi as he ran up the stairs.
"We'll see if you can handle it tomorrow," Hitoshi said as he picked up a wooden sword off the ground.
Hitoshi walked over to a rack on the wall and sat the sword on the rack with the rest of them.
"I still need to get more Element Power Star's made for each of them," Hitoshi said as he sighed.
Hitoshi walked back to his lab and closed the door behind him.
The next morning, Jirou walked downstairs and saw Jun leaving for school. Hitoshi came into the room and saw Jirou looking out the window. Hitoshi stepped behind the counter as Jirou noticed him.
"Is something bothering you?" Hitoshi asked Jirou.
"Why can't I go to school with them?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"Because you're from nearly five hundred years ago," Hitoshi said as he chuckled.
"I'm being serious," Jirou told Hitoshi. "I'm still the same age as the others in most people's eyes,"
"Well you would need to learn a lot more than what you've already learned since you showed up," Hitoshi informed Jirou.
Hitoshi stepped out from behind the counter with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Here," Hitoshi said as he handed the piece of paper to Jirou.
"What's this?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"It's a shopping list," Hitoshi said to Jirou. "We're running low on groceries,"
"You want me to go out there alone?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"If you can go get those groceries without causing a scene, I might try and find a way to get you in school," Hitoshi said to Jirou.
"For real?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"Absolutely," Hitoshi said as he nodded.
Hitoshi handed Jirou some money and watched as Jirou quickly ran out the door.
"Now to find a way to get him in," Hitoshi said as he sighed. "If I can,"
Out in the city, Jirou was walking down the street a few blocks away from the antique shop. Jirou looked down at the list of groceries Hitoshi gave him and slowly began reading it to himself.
"Peanut Butter, a loaf of bread and eggs," Jirou said as he stopped at a crosswalk as cars drove by.
Jirou sighed as he looked across the street.
"There's so much stuff on this list," Jirou said to himself as he began walking across the road.
As Jirou began to walk into the grocery store, a group of cop cars sped by blasting their sirens. Jirou turned around and saw the cars driving off down the road.
"I wonder what's going on," Jirou said as he took off running after the cop cars.
Jirou ran around a corner and saw a crowd of people blocked off by the cop cars and police officers.
"My wife is in there!" A man shouted at a police officer who was restraining him.
"Sir, all you can do is wait and hope she makes it out ok," The police officer said to the man.
Gun shots suddenly went off causing people in the crowd to begin screaming.
"We're not letting anyone go until you let us get out of here with the cash!" A masked man shouted from the entrance of a bank.
A news helicopter flew by overhead recording the area.
"They have hostages," Jirou said to himself as he put the grocery list in his pocket. "Someone has to save them,"
Jirou ran into a nearby alley and quickly began climbing up a fire escape ladder.
"I hope this doesn't get me in trouble," Jirou said as he reached the rooftop.
Jirou's morpher materialized in his hand along with his Power Star in the other. He placed his Power Star in his morpher and prepared to morph.
"Ninja Spin!" Jirou shouted as he spun the Power Star in his morpher.
The Power Star began glowing as it spun causing Jirou to begin glowing along with it. As Jirou took off running towards the next rooftop he transformed into the Red Ranger.
"I need to hurry!" Jirou said as he leapt to the next roof.
Jirou landed on the next roof and quickly continued towards the next one. The helicopter flew by above Jirou once again as Jirou leapt over to the bank's rooftop.
"Stay in the shadows for this one," Jirou said to himself as he looked down through the skylight on the roof.
Jirou struck the glass on the skylight causing it to completely shatter. People inside the bank on the ground floor began screaming in horror as glass rained down from above. The burglars looked up at the skylight and saw the sun shining down on them.
"What the hell was that?" One of the burglars said in confusion.
"Go check it out Quincy," A burglar guarding the hostages said back to his friend.
A small red ball hit the floor catching one of the burglar's attention.
"What's this?" The burglar wondered as he knelt down to pick the ball up.
As the burglar picked up the ball, red smoke began shooting out of the ball.
"Ugh, my eyes!" The burglar shouted as he dropped the ball and covered his eyes.
"Where's this smoke coming from?" Quincy asked the others as he looked down from the staircase.
Jirou dropped down through the skylight and landed on the ground floor.
"Don't let the hostages escape!" One of the burglars shouted as he walked blindly through the smoke.
Jirou jumped on the burglar from behind and slowly incapacitated the burglar as he wrapped his arms around the burglar's neck. Guns began firing wildly as a burglar backed up against a wall. The hostages began screaming once again as the burglar guarding them turned towards where the shots were coming from.
"Careful you're going to shoot one of the hostages or one of us!" The burglar shouted to his friend.
The burglar was suddenly pulled to the ground as something wrapped around his ankle and was pulled deeper into the smoke screaming in horror. Quincy ran back down the stairs as the smoke began clearing.
"You guys alright?" Quincy asked his allies as he aimed his pistol at the source of the smoke.
The smoke faded away and revealed the Red Ninja Steel Ranger standing in front of Quincy.
"Whoa!" Quincy shouted as he began to fire his gun.
Jirou grabbed Quincy's wrist causing Quincy to shoot straight up into the air.
"What are you?" Quincy asked Jirou.
"Someone who doesn't appreciate the things people like you do," Jirou said as he slung Quincy by the arm across the room.
Quincy looked over and saw all his allies lying on the ground unconscious.
"I'm not letting some freak in spandex ruin my day!" Quincy shouted as he pulled a knife out.
Quincy ran towards Jirou as Jirou's Ninja Star Blade appeared in his hand. As Quincy went to strike Jirou with his knife, Jirou struck the blade of the knife with his sword. The blade of the knife went flying across the room as the Ninja Star blade sliced it in half with ease.
"How is that possible?" Quincy said in confusion as he dropped the remains of the knife.
Quincy slowly dropped to his knees and put his hands behind his head. Jirou looked over at the hostages and saw a mother hugging her frightened son.
"You're all safe now," Jirou said to the people as he began walking away.
The police busted in through the front door and were shocked when they saw Quincy and his men restrained.
"Who did this?" An officer asked another beside him.
"A red Power Ranger," A woman said to the police officer.
"I guess those rumors were true then," An officer said as he adjusted his hat. "They are back,"
Up on the rooftop of the bank, Jirou watched as the police escorted the hostages to safety. Jirou then noticed Quincy and his men being placed in the back of a police van. Jirou demorphed and revealed a smirk on his face.
"Too easy," Jirou said as he walked away from the edge of the building.
As Jirou began making his way back to the building with the fire escape, he caught something out of the corner of his eye. Jirou turned his head and saw something leaping across the rooftops nearby.
"That's one of Norio's monsters," Jirou said to himself as he watched the flaming monster jump to the next roof.
Jirou took off running after the monster and leapt to the next rooftop in pursuit.
"You're not getting away," Jirou said to himself as he continued chasing after it.
Spinferno glanced over and saw Jirou leap across the gap between two buildings. Spinferno hit the brakes causing sparks to fly out from around his feet.
"Ah, what do we have here?" Spinferno asked Jirou as Jirou landed on the same rooftop.
"Someone that's about to send you back to where you came from," Jirou said as he pulled out his morpher.
"Haha, I had a feeling you were one of those brats Galvanax wants me to go after," Spinferno said to Jirou.
"Who's Galvanax?" Jirou said in confusion.
"I'm done talking," Spinferno told Jirou. "It's time for me to burn you alive!"
"We'll see whose flames are hotter," Jirou said as he placed his Power Star on his morpher.
Jirou instantly morphed and pulled out his Ninja Star Blade. As Jirou began running towards Spinferno, Spinferno released a powerful stream of flames from his gauntlets on his wrists.
"Whoa!" Jirou shouted as he narrowly leaned out of the way of the flames.
Spinferno quickly moved aside using the roller blades on his feet to dodge Jirou's sword.
"He's fast!" Jirou said in amazement.
"Looks like I'm not only too hot to handle for you, but also too quick," Spinferno said to Jirou as he snickered.
"I need to think before I attack," Jirou said as he looked around the rooftop. "Where will he move to next?"
Jirou pulled out his Element Star and quickly changed it to Metal Mode.
"Looks like I'm on the move again!" Spinferno shouted as he began moving away from Jirou again.
Jirou placed the Element Star in his Ninja Star Blade and spun it.
"Element Star!" Jirou shouted as his Ninja Star Blade began glowing. "Ninja Metal Attack!"
Jirou pointed the tip of his sword towards Spinferno as metal chains flew out of the tip of the blade.
"What kind of power is this?" Spinferno said in confusion as the chains wrapped around him from shoulder to toe.
"Now you aren't going anywhere!" Jirou shouted at Spinferno.
Spinferno began snickering as the chains wraed around him began glowing red.
"Impossible!" Jirou said in disbelief.
The chains restraining Spinferno shattered setting Spinferno free. Spinferno jumped back to his feet and began laughing evilly.
"Not even your silly technique could stop me!" Spinferno shouted at Jirou.
Spinferno's body began glowing once again as he started spinning in place.
"What're you doing?" Jirou said in confusion.
"I'm about to blow you away!" Spinferno shouted as a flaming cyclone surrounded him.
Jirou screamed in horror as the cyclone pulled him towards Spinferno.
"This ought to fry your brain!" Spinferno shouted as Jirou was caught in the cyclone.
Jirou was suddenly flung out of the cyclone and was sent over the edge of the building. Spinferno stopped spinning causing the cyclone to vanish.
"Yeah, he won't be coming back after that," Spinferno said as he laughed.
Down on the ground Jirou was lying in a dumpster struggling to crawl out. Jirou crawled out of the dumpster and demorphed as he hit the ground.
"I couldn't stop him!" Jirou said in pain as he slowly leaned up.
Over at the high school, Logan was sitting at a table in the lunchroom as Mason came up and sat down across the table from him. Mason looked over at Logan and saw him staring at his phone.
"Are you not going to eat?" Mason asked Logan.
"I'm better off not eating this stuff," Logan told Mason as he continued looking at his phone.
Logan sat his phone down on the table and pushed it towards Mason.
"What's this?" Mason asked Logan as he saw a video playing on the screen.
"A video from a person's phone," Logan told Mason. "It's from a bank robbery attempt earlier,"
Mason's eyes widened when he saw Jirou standing in the middle of the smoke taking out a burglar.
"Wait, he's out there doing this on his own?" Mason asked Logan.
"Apparently," Logan said as he took his phone back.
"And he said this was a team thing," Mason said in frustration.
"I know right?" Logan said to Mason as he put his phone away.
"Man, someone needs to give him a beating after this," Mason said as he slammed his fist down on the table.
A few hours later, a banged up Jirou walked inside of the antique shop carrying two paper bags full of groceries. Jirou slowly walked up to the counter and set the bags down. Jirou walked over to a chair and sat down as Hitoshi silently walked through a doorway.
"Where have you been?" Hitoshi asked Jirou.
"Grabbing groceries is harder than you think," Jirou said to Hitoshi.
"Oh I guess it is after you stop a bank robbery," Hitoshi said as he crossed his arms.
Jirou's eyes widened in horror as Hitoshi walked towards him.
"What on Earth is that smell?" Hitoshi said in disgust as he covered his nose.
Jirou sniffed his shirt and gagged as he caught the scent on him.
"I should go clean up," Jirou said as he slowly rose to his feet.
"No, not until we're done," Hitoshi said as he kept his nose covered.
"How did you know about the robbery?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
Hitoshi pulled out his phone and showed a video to Jirou.
"Whoa, that's me!" Jirou said in amazement.
Hitoshi slapped Jirou on the back of the head.
"What was that for?" Jirou said in pain as he rubbed the back of his head.
"You might be a Power Ranger, but leave the robberies to the police," Hitoshi said to Jirou.
"But the police couldn't do anything," Jirou told Hitoshi.
Hitoshi noticed the bruises on Jirou's arms as Jirou continued talking.
"Did the robbers do that to you?" Hitoshi asked Jirou.
"No, it was one of Norio's goons," Jirou told Hitoshi. "I shouldn't have went after him on my own,"
"Odd, I never received a signal about one," Hitoshi said as he began thinking to himself.
"He was a fast one and strong too," Jirou told Hitoshi. "Not even the new Element Star you made could stop him,"
"Yeah, but maybe more than one could," Hitoshi said to Jirou.
"Am I in trouble?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"Just go get cleaned up and we'll finish talking about this later," Hitoshi said to Jirou as he pointed at the stairs.
As Jirou walked up the stairs, Hitoshi looked inside of the grocery bags.
"Why are there five different kinds of peanut butter in here?" Hitoshi asked himself as he pulled out the jars.
Out in the city, Spinferno was sitting on the edge of a rooftop looking down at the civilians below. A Buzzcam flew by and began pestering Spinferno causing him to begin swatting at it.
"Get out of here before I burn you to a crisp!" Spinferno shouted at the Buzzcam.
"Why're you just lying around?" Someone shouted from the Buzzcam.
Spinferno jumped to his feet in astonishment as he heard Galvanax's voice.
"Sir, I'm sorry for threatening you," Spinferno said to the Buzzcam.
"Why didn't you obtain the Red Ranger's Power Star when you defeated him earlier?" Galvanax asked Spinferno.
"I tried, but the brat was gone by the time I went down to get it," Spinferno told Galvanax.
"Then you better be quick next time or else," Galvanax said to Spinferno.
"Yes sir," Spinferno said as he watched the Buzzcam fly away.
Spinferno clinched his fist and caused his hand to become surrounded with flames.
"That punk won't escape next time I see him," Spinferno said as he snickered.
Back at the antique shop, Jirou was walking down the stairs when Jun walked in through the entrance with Mason, Logan and Beth behind her. Mason stormed towards Jirou and grabbed him by the shirt collar.
"Whoa, what's your problem?" Jirou asked Mason.
"You said we were in this as a team!" Mason shouted at Jirou. "And yet you go off on your own!"
"Hey, I wasn't going to ignore the situation!" Jirou said as he shoved Mason off of him.
"Mason settle down!" Jun said to Mason as she stepped in between him and Jirou.
"Tell me this Mason," Jirou said to Mason as he looked over Jun's head. "Would you have left those people in danger?"
"Of course not!" Mason shouted as Jun blocked him.
"That's all I wanted to hear," Jirou said as he walked over to a chair and sat down.
"Man, can you two just get along already?" Logan said to Jirou and Mason.
"I'm sure they'll change within time," Beth told Logan.
"We have bigger things to worry about right now anyway," Jirou said to the others.
"What're you talking about?" Jun asked Jirou.
"After I left the bank, I bumped into one of Norio's new friends," Jirou said to his friends.
"So you took that thing on without us too?" Mason asked Jirou.
"Yeah and I regret doing that," Jirou said to Mason. "I couldn't handle it on my own,"
"Whoa, a monster that's even too strong for you!" Logan said in amazement. "That's crazy!"
"How do we stop this guy?" Beth asked Jirou.
"We work together," Jirou said as he rose to his feet.
"Then let's go find this freak and get it over with," Mason said as he walked out the door.
"Let's get going and make sure Mason doesn't get himself in trouble again," Beth said to the others.
Jirou and the others ran out the door after Mason and to go after Spinferno together.
Out in the city, Spinferno was speeding down the road leaving flaming trails behind him. Cars were blowing their horns at Spinferno as he quickly rolled past them. As Spinferno came up to a corner, he quickly turned and saw Jirou up ahead already morphed.
"Well, look whose back for round two!" Spinferno shouted at Jirou.
"I'm not losing this time," Jirou said as he pulled out his Ninja Star Blade.
"Let's see whose flaming spirit will last then!" Spinferno shouted as he began speeding towards Jirou.
Spinferno rammed into Jirou causing a cloud of smoke to erupt instantly. Spinferno crashed into a car on the side of the street and fell to the ground.
"What was that?" Spinferno said in confusion as he rose back up.
Spinferno looked over as the smoke began fading away and saw the five Rangers turned away from him.
"Great you brought back up this time," Spinferno said as he groaned in annoyance.
"Speed of the ninja!" Jun shouted as she turned around. "Ninja Steel Pink!
"Stealth of the ninja!" Mason shouted as he slowly turned towards Spinferno. "Ninja Steel Blue!"
"Spirit of the ninja!" Beth shouted as she spun around. "Ninja Steel White!"
"Strength of the ninja!" Logan shouted as he quickly jumped and faced Spinferno. "Ninja Steel Yellow!"
"Power of the ninja!" Jirou shouted as he turned around with his Ninja Star Blade in hand. "Ninja Steel Red!"
"Power Rangers Ninja Steel!" The Rangers shouted as they each readied for battle.
The Rangers began running towards Spinferno and jumped into the air instantly vanishing.
"Where did they go?" Spinferno said in confusion.
"Out of the shadows!" Jirou shouted as he and the other Rangers began striking Spinferno at blinding speed with their swords.
Spinferno rolled away from the Rangers as they regrouped and quickly jumped back to his feet.
"I need some assistance here!" Spinferno shouted as Kudabots began appearing around him.
"Use your new Element Stars to get rid of those Kudabots," Jirou told the others as he pulled out his Element Star.
"Element Star!" Mason shouted as he switched his Element Star to water mode and placed it on his Ninja Star Blade. "Ninja Water Attack!"
Mason pointed the tip of his sword at the Kudabots and released a blast of water quickly knocking a chunk of the Kudabots away.
"Element Star!" Logan shouted as he switched his Element Star to earth mode and placed it on his sword. "Ninja Earth Attack!"
Logan stabbed his sword into the ground causing the road to begin cracking towards the Kudabots. Chunks of the road began shooting up and striking the Kudabots easily destroying them.
"Ninja Metal Attack!" Jun shouted as chains came from the tip of her sword and wrapped around one of the Kudabots.
"Ninja Wood Attack!" Beth shouted as vines from the tip of her sword wrapped around another Kudabot.
Beth and Jun slung the two Kudabots and crashed them into the last of the Kudabots easily destroying them.
"No!" Spinferno shouted as the remains of the Kudabots disappeared around him.
Jirou placed his Element Star on his sword and took off running towards Spinferno.
"Catch me if you can!" Spinferno shouted as he took off rolling away from Jirou.
"We'll make sure he doesn't escape!" Logan shouted as he and the others dashed by Jirou quickly.
Spinferno continued rolling down the street trying to escape from the Rangers.
"They'll never catch me," Spinferno said as he snickered.
Suddenly, vines and chains wrapped around Spinferno's ankles causing him to trip.
"No!" Spinferno shouted as he fell to the ground.
Spinferno looked behind him and saw the vines and chains coming from Jun and Beth's swords.
"I've broken out of these things before!" Spinferno shouted as he began glowing.
Water began hitting Spinferno causing the glow to fade.
"You're not melting out of these chains," Mason said to Spinferno as he blasted Spinferno with the water from his sword.
"Do it now!" Jun shouted to Beth as she pulled her sword up.
"Right!" Beth shouted as she pulled hers upward causing Spinferno to fly into the air.
"Ninja Fire Attack!" Jirou shouted as he leapt towards Spinferno.
Jirou's sword became engulfed in flames as he readied to attack.
"Looks like I'm burnt out!" Spinferno shouted as Jirou struck him.
As Jirou landed next to the others, Spinferno exploded in midair.
On stage aboard his ship, Cosmo was being booed at by the monsters in the crowd watching Spinferno be defeated. Cosmo nervously gulped as he turned towards his console.
"Looks like no one wants to see Spinferno get another shot," Cosmo said as he pressed a button on the console. "So we'll just send down a Skullgator!"
The crowd quickly began cheering as a Skullgator landed in the middle of the city and began causing destruction.
Down in the city the Rangers saw the Skullgator attacking buildings in the distance with its pickaxe-like weapon. Jirou pulled out his Zord Star and looked down at it.
"I hope our zords can handle that thing," Jirou said to the others.
"Yeah," Beth said as she nodded in agreement.
Jirou placed his Zord Star on his Ninja Star Blade as the others did the same behind him.
"Out of the shadows!" The Rangers shouted as they spun the Power Stars.
The Skullgator turned around and saw each of the five Rangers zords approaching it. The Skullgator let out a loud roar causing Jirou to cover his ears as he sat on his zord's shoulder.
"We need to shut that thing up!" Jirou shouted as the Robo Red Zord took off running towards the Skullgator.
The Skullgator swung its pickaxe at the Robo Red Zord and barely missed as the Robo Red Zord rolled passed the monster.
"Have a taste of this!" Mason shouted as the Dragon Zord flew by spewing flames on the Skullgator.
The Skullgator swatted at the Dragon Zord causing the zord to flee.
"That was too close," Mason said as he sat on the head of the Dragon Zord.
The Nitro Zord began speeding towards the Skullgator as the Robo Red Zord began distracting it.
"Coming right at you!" Logan shouted as he was launched off the back of the Nitro Zord.
The Skullgator turned towards Logan and was stabbed in the snout by Logan with his Ninja Star Blade. The Skullgator roared in pain as it swatted at Logan causing Logan to jump off.
"Nice going Logan!" Jirou shouted at Logan as he noticed the cracks on the Skullgator's snout.
As the Robo Red Zord jumped away from the Skullgator, Jirou noticed his Zord Star glowing.
"What's going on here?" Jirou said in confusion.
"Mine's doing it too!" Logan said as he saw his Zord Star glowing.
"All of them are!" Beth said to Jirou and Logan.
"Then let's see what this is all about!" Mason shouted as he spun his Zord Star on his sword.
The other Rangers spun the stars on their swords causing the zords to begin glowing. The Nitro Zord drove over towards the Zoom Zord and quickly combined with it and the Kodiak Zord. As the three zords rose up another part of the Nitro Zord attached on the right side of the Nitro Zord forming an arm as the Dragon Zord attached on the left side. The Robo Red Zord leapt into the air and sat down in the open compartment of the Nitro Zord followed by a large version of Jirou's Zord Star attached on top of the zords forming a head.
"Whoa!" Jirou shouted as he and the others randomly appeared in a room with silver walls with red accents in the background.
"What is this place?" Mason said in confusion.
"It looks like some kind of cockpit," Logan said as he walked up to a console near him.
Logan stepped up on the platform the console was connected to causing the Megazord to begin moving towards the Skullgator.
"What did you do?" Jun asked Logan as she fell to the ground.
"I just stepped on this platform!" Logan said as the room shook.
Jirou turned around and saw the Skullgator outside through a window.
"You're making us go right towards that thing!" Mason shouted at Logan.
Jirou stepped on his platform with his Ninja Star Blade in hand.
"Everyone get on your platform!" Jirou shouted to the others.
The other Rangers quickly got on their platforms causing the Megazord to come to a halt.
"I think our zords combined!" Beth said to the others.
"Then it needs all of us to control it," Jirou said as the Skullgator began running towards the Megazord.
The Skullgator went to strike the Megazord but its weapon was blocked by the Dragon Shield.
"Nice going Mason!" Logan said to Mason.
"Let's see what this sword can do," Jirou said as the Megazord struck the Skullgator with its sword.
The Skullgator backed off roaring in pain.
"We need to hit the thing where it hurts," Jun said to Jirou.
"Then we'll strike it where Logan already hurt it earlier," Jirou said as the Megazord's sword began glowing.
"Master Slash!" The Rangers shouted as they swung their Ninja Star Blades.
The Megazord struck the Skullgator with the Megazord's sword in the snout causing major damage to the monster. The monster then fell to the ground and exploded as the sun was setting in the background.
"This is going to take some getting used to," Jirou said as he leaned on the console next to him.
"Now we have a Ninja Steel Megazord!" Logan shouted in excitement.
"Where did you come up with that?" Mason asked Logan.
"Well, our five zords combined into one big one," Logan told Mason.
"I've heard enough," Mason said as he ignored Logan.
The Rangers returned to their base beneath the antique shop screaming in celebration. Hitoshi turned towards the Rangers in his computer chair and saw them all smiling. Hitoshi sighed and rose to his feet.
"Nice work out there," Hitoshi said to the Rangers.
"I'm just glad I had help out there this time," Jirou said to Hitoshi. "I'll make sure not to make that mistake ever again,"
"There will be times where you'll be on your own though," Hitoshi told Jirou.
"That's not going to happen," Jirou told Hitoshi. "We're a team,"
"Jirou's right, we'll go out there together no matter what," Jun said to her father.
"I won't let him go out by himself ever again," Mason said as he crossed his arms.
Hitoshi began smirking as he walked up to Jirou.
"Then I guess it's a good time to tell you all that you'll be spending even more time with each other," Hitoshi said to the Rangers.
"Why's that?" Beth asked Hitoshi.
"Because Jirou has been enrolled to Dorado Bay High School," Hitoshi said to the Rangers as he patted on Jirou's head.
"Are you serious?" Logan said in disbelief.
"Do you even know enough to be in high school?" Jun asked Jirou.
"Only one way to find out," Jirou said as he smiled.
"I'm sure he'll do fine, especially with us beside him," Beth said to the others.
"Well, he will need someone to keep the jerks away," Mason said to everyone.
"Mason, was that you telling Jirou you'll help him in school?" Beth asked Mason.
"Of course not," Mason said as he looked away.
"Maybe you can show me around the school too!" Jirou said to Mason as he chuckled.
"Not happening," Mason said as he began walking away.
"Oh come on!" Jirou shouted at Mason as he followed him out of the room while the others laughed.