Chapter 13: Ripcon's Resurgence
At the antique shop, Jirou walked down into the base and saw Jun and Ben training together. Jun swept Ben off his feet with a leg sweep and caught Jirou's attention. Ben hit the ground with a thud and dropped his training sword.
"Man, I didn't see that coming," Ben said as he leaned up.
"Concentration is important when in a battle," Jirou said to Ben as he sat down on a bench.
"Do you want to show him what you mean?" Jun asked Jirou.
"If it's alright with you," Jirou said as he smirked.
"Alright, you two go ahead and show me what you can do," Ben said as he rose to his feet.
Jirou rose back to his feet and was handed the wooden sword from Ben.
"Give me all you've got," Jirou said to Jun as he readied himself.
"Will do," Jun said as she began glowing.
Ben watched in awe as clones of Jun surrounded Jirou in the blink of an eye.
"This will be interesting," Jirou said as one of Jun's clones began approaching Jirou.
Jirou quickly turned around and swung the sword at Jun's clone. The clone blocked Jirou's sword leaving him wide open for the others.
"It's not going to be that easy!" Jirou shouted as he flipped over another clone.
Jirou kicked the clone in the back causing it to bump into the other one.
"I've got you now!" Jun shouted as she went to sweep Jirou's legs out from under him.
Jirou jumped as Jun went for the sweep causing her to miss.
"Silence is another key," Jirou said as he pointed his sword at Jun.
"Jun is pretty bad at keeping her mouth shut," Ben said as he chuckled.
"Shut up!" Jun said in frustration as her clones vanished.
"None of us are perfect," Jirou told Ben and Jun. "We all still have things to learn,"
"Agreed," Ben said as he nodded.
"Where's everyone else?" Jirou asked Jun and Ben as he sat the wooden sword against the wall.
"Logan is helping dad with a new Ninja Power Star," Jun told Jirou. "Mason was here earlier training, but he had to go help his dad with something,"
"I haven't seen Beth today," Ben said as he wiped his face off with his towel.
"Dad let her off for the day so she could spend more time with her mom before we head back to school Monday," Jun said to Ben.
"Well, you two keep up the training," Jirou said as he walked towards the lab door. "I'll go check in on Logan and Hitoshi,"
Jirou grabbed the door handle and tried to open the door.
"Why's it locked?" Jirou asked Jun.
"I guess they don't want us to see this new Power Star," Jun said as she shrugged her shoulders.
"You could keep training with us," Ben said to Jirou.
"Alright, I guess I will," Jirou said as he walked back to the center of the room.
"You two go ahead and keep training," Jun said as she picked up her towel. "I'm going to go check on things upstairs,"
"See you later," Ben said as he and Jirou began warming up.
On board the Galaxy Warriors ship, Ripcon was fighting a group of Kudabots in a training room by himself. On the wall was a Buzzcam recording Ripcon tearing through the Kudabots with his swords. Galvanax snickered as he watched Ripcon on his monitor defeat the Kudabots with ease.
"Is that enough training now?" Ripcon asked Galvanax as he stared up at the Buzzcam.
Ripcon tore a Kudabot's head off his sword and tossed it aside.
"I am ready to go after the Red Ranger!" Ripcon shouted at the Buzzcam.
"Should I send him down?" Cosmo asked Galvanax.
"Yes, go ahead," Galvanax said as he leaned back in his throne.
"Here's hoping he doesn't disappoint this time," Cosmo said as he walked out of the room.
"He's going to get himself killed," Madame Odius told Galvanax as she walked over to Galvanax.
"Not if he takes on the Red Ranger one on one," Galvanax said as he rose from his throne.
"And how is that supposed to happen?" Madame Odius asked Galvanax.
"We'll send down every Kudabot and Basher Bot we have and they will distract the other Rangers," Galvanax said as he clenched his fist.
"You really think those rust buckets can hold off the other Rangers long enough?" Madame Odius asked Galvanax.
"Not at all, but Cosmo has upgraded the Buzzcams with signal jammers," Galvanax told Madame Odius. "The Rangers will not be able to locate or communicate with the Red Ranger once he and Ripcon begin battling,"
"Not bad," Madame Odius said as she nodded.
"Now we just need to wait and watch Ripcon tear that brat apart," Galvanax said as he sat back down.
At the antique shop, Jirou walked back upstairs and saw Mason enter the shop. Mason walked up to the counter and sat down as he sighed.
"You're lucky you don't have a family member who is a magician," Mason said to Jirou.
"Why's that?" Jirou asked Mason as he sat down at a table.
"I had to help my dad catch his rabbits," Mason said as he covered his face in embarrassment.
"That doesn't sound hard at all," Jirou said as he leaned back in his seat.
"Did you hunt rabbits or something back in the day?" Mason asked Jirou.
"Not just rabbits," Jirou told Mason. "Deer, pigs, wolves, even big cats,"
"Sounds like fun," Mason said sarcastically as he looked away.
"Oh it was," Jirou said as he chuckled. "You wouldn't last a minute against a pack of wolves,"
"I bet I wouldn't!" Mason said as he nodded.
Mason and Jirou's Ninja Comms suddenly began going off. Jirou rose from his seat and quickly answered his Ninja Comm.
"We've picked up Buzzcam signals coming from the park," Hitoshi said to Jirou and Mason through the Ninja Comms.
"Alright, Mason and I will head out there and check it out," Jirou said to Hitoshi.
"Yeah, we'll contact you guys if we need backup," Mason said into his Ninja Comm.
"Let's get going before something bad happens," Jirou said to Mason as they ran out the door.
Mason and Jirou arrived in the park and looked around the area from the hill. Mason groaned as he didn't see any signs of danger.
"Hitoshi, there's nothing here," Jirou said to into his Ninja Comm.
"Stay on your guard," Hitoshi said to Jirou. "It could be a trap,"
"See anything?" Jirou asked Mason as he lowered his Ninja Comm.
"No, not a thing," Mason said as he looked out in the distance. "Just people enjoying their time here,"
"Maybe you ninja just aren't looking in the right place," Someone said to Jirou and Mason.
Jirou and Mason looked up above them in the tree and saw Ripcon drop down at them. Jirou rolled out of the way as Ripcon dropped down and grabbed Mason with his sword held to Mason's neck.
"Let him go Seiji!" Jirou shouted at Ripcon.
"Do not call me by that name!" Ripcon shouted at Jirou as his eyes began glowing.
"What do you want?" Jirou asked Ripcon.
"Get him off of me Jirou!" Mason said as to Jirou as he began sweating.
"What I want is a battle," Ripcon said to Jirou. "Just between you and I,"
"Don't listen to him!" Mason said to Jirou.
"Fine, when will the battle occur?" Jirou asked Ripcon.
"Tomorrow evening," Ripcon informed Jirou. "In the forest,"
"Whatever, just let Mason go," Jirou said to Ripcon.
Ripcon shoved Mason towards Jirou and lowered his sword.
"If you are late or try to bring backup, many people will die," Ripcon said as he turned away from Jirou.
Ripcon teleported away and left Mason and Jirou near the tree.
"Are you actually going to go through with this?" Mason asked Jirou.
"I don't have a choice," Jirou said as he sighed.
Back at the antique shop, Beth walked down into the base downstairs and saw everyone but Logan and Hitoshi sitting around the training room. Beth noticed Jirou had a worried look on his face and began walking towards him.
"What happened?" Beth asked Jirou.
"Ripcon jumped us earlier," Mason told Beth as he leaned against the wall.
"That's not all he did," Jirou said as he rose to his feet. "He wants me and him to battle tomorrow,"
"Are you going to do it?" Beth asked Jirou.
"I have to," Jirou said as he sighed. "Seiji said he would kill people if I didn't show up or more than just me showed up,"
"So you have to go by yourself?" Beth asked Jirou.
"Yeah, that's right," Jirou said as he crossed his arms.
"There has to be a way that we can help you," Ben said to Jirou.
"Please don't get involved," Jirou said to Ben. "I don't want any innocent people to get killed,"
"Can you even handle Ripcon on your own?" Jun asked Jirou.
"I'm not sure, but I believe I can," Jirou told Jun.
"Well, I know you can," Beth said to Jirou.
"We will be ready if things go south," Mason said to Jirou.
The lab doors slid open allowing Logan and Hitoshi to step out of the lab.
"We might have something for Jirou to use against Ripcon," Hitoshi said to the others.
"What's that?" Jirou asked Hitoshi.
"It's a new Ninja Star that uses the power of all six of your Ninja Power Stars," Hitoshi told Jirou.
"It's called the Ninja Fusion Star," Logan said as he revealed the gold Power Star in his hand.
"Logan already put his powers into the Fusion Star," Hitoshi said as Logan handed him the Fusion Star. "I just need the rest of you to leave your Ninja Power Stars in the lab tonight,"
"Sounds good to me," Mason said as he pulled out his Ninja Power Star.
"If it will help Jirou defeat Ripcon," Jun said as she handed her father her Power Star.
"I'll make sure I have this done before you guys get out of school tomorrow," Hitoshi said as he held the Ninja Power Stars in his arms.
"I just hope this thing has enough power to stop Seiji," Jirou said as he handed Hitoshi his Power Star.
"I'm certain it will," Hitoshi said as he nodded.
"I'm going to head on home," Mason said as he began walking towards the exit. "There's no telling what else will happen tomorrow,"
"Yeah, I'm about to go on to bed," Jun said as she stretched her arms.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow," Jirou said as Beth, Ben and Logan walked out behind Mason.
"Are you going to head to bed?" Jun asked Jirou.
"No, I'll stay down here and train for about an hour," Jirou said to Jun as he picked up a wooden sword.
"Alright, don't stay up too late," Jun said as she walked out of the training room.
Hitoshi stepped back into the lab and left Jirou by himself training in the training room.
"Seiji, I'll try and save you tomorrow," Jirou said to himself as he swung the wooden sword. "I promise,"
In the middle of the night, Ripcon was standing on a tower of the Dorado Bay Bridge staring out at the city's lights in the distance. Ripcon crossed his arms as a Buzzcam flew towards him and watched it land on the bridge's suspenders.
"Cosmo needs to hurry up and send down more of those Buzzcams," Ripcon said to himself. "He's taking his time setting them up with explosives,"
Ripcon looked over and saw another Buzzcam land on the tower beside him.
"In just a few hours, I will be victorious against my brother," Ripcon said as his eyes glowed in the dark.
The next day, Hitoshi was watching the Ninja Nexus Prism glow as both the Gold Ninja Power Star and the Ninja Fusion Power Star were inside of it spinning. Both of the Power Stars flew out of the Ninja Nexus Prism and were caught with ease by Hitoshi.
"I don't have long before the kids are out of school," Hitoshi said as he sat the Gold Ninja Power Star aside.
Hitoshi threw the Ninja Fusion Star back into the Ninja Nexus Prism causing it to begin glowing again.
"Now it's just red left," Hitoshi said as he picked up the Red Ninja Power Star.
Hitoshi threw the Red Ninja Power Star into the Ninja Nexus Prism causing the Prism to glow even brighter. The two Ninja Power Stars shot out of the Ninja Nexus Prism and were caught by Hitoshi. Hitoshi looked down at the Ninja Fusion Star and saw it glimmering in the light on its golden blades.
"It's done," Hitoshi said as he smirked.
Hitoshi sat the Red Ninja Power Star beside the other Ninja Power Stars.
"This Power Star will give Jirou just what he needs to take down Ripcon," Hitoshi said to himself as he gazed at the Ninja Fusion Star.
Over at the high school, the bell began ringing as students rushed out the door celebrating. Jirou slowly stepped outside and looked around at the other students enjoying their day as Beth and the others walked out behind him.
"Are you sure you want to fight your brother?" Beth asked Jirou.
"I don't have a choice Beth," Jirou said as he turned towards his friends. "I will battle him,"
"You better go grab your Ninja Power Star from the shop then," Jun said to Jirou.
"Do you any have a plan?" Logan asked Jirou as he and the others followed Jirou down the street.
"I just need to stay calm and use Ripcon's anger against him," Jirou said to Logan.
"Well, we'll be watching you from the base hopefully," Mason said to Jirou as he walked by him.
"Yeah, who knows what Ripcon has up his sleeve," Ben said as he walked up behind Jirou.
The Rangers continued on down the street heading towards the antique shop across the city.
Standing on the tower of the bridge, Ripcon was gazing at the vehicles driving by down below. Ripcon began snickering with his arms crossed and looked over towards the sun.
"I knew he would be running late," Ripcon said in frustration.
Ripcon leapt off of the tower and began falling down towards the bridge below. Ripcon landed on the bridge kneeling down on one knee causing a car to slam on the brakes. Another car crashed into the back of the car in front of Ripcon causing a traffic jam.
"No one will be leaving this bridge!" Ripcon shouted at people as they began exiting their vehicles screaming while running away.
Jirou pulled up to the end of the bridge on his Mega Morph Cycle in his ninja gear and saw a force field beginning to surround the bridge.
"What have you done Seiji?" Jirou said in horror as he heard people screaming for their lives on the bridge.
Jirou pulled up his facemask and took off running onto the bridge as the force field came down. Jirou watched the force field completely surround the bridge as people ran by him trying to escape.
"We can't get off the bridge!" A man shouted as he banged on the force field with his fist.
"I just want my daughter off this bridge!" A woman shouted as she hugged her daughter.
Jirou continued further down the bridge and ran by more people running towards where he entered.
"All these people are involved when it should just be Seiji and me," Jirou said as he continued running.
Jirou climbed on top of a trailer connected to a diesel truck and looked up ahead. Further down the bridge was Ripcon watching people run away in horror.
"I need to get to him without being spotted," Jirou said as he looked over.
Jirou climbed off of the trailer and ran over to a cable on the side of the bridge and began climbing up it. Jirou came up to the suspender and slowly rose to his feet.
"Stay balanced," Jirou said calmly to himself as he slowly began walking across the suspender.
Jirou came to a halt as he reached the first tower and looked down at Ripcon below.
"This bridge has Buzzcams all over it," Jirou said as he noticed a Buzzcam hidden on the tower near him.
Jirou looked back down at Ripcon and saw him approaching a car.
"Do you humans not want to play?" Ripcon said as he slammed his hands on the hood of the car causing the people inside to scream.
"Please leave us alone!" The man behind the wheel shouted in horror. "We have a child in here with us,"
"Mom!" The little boy in the backseat said in fear as his mother looked back at him.
"Everything will be okay sweetie," The mother said to her son.
Ripcon walked over to the backdoor on the passenger side and tore the door off the car with ease.
"Scotty!" The mother shouted in horror as Ripcon grabbed her son by the arm and drug him out of the car.
"Let go of my son!" The father shouted as he quickly got out of the car.
"Oh you don't want to come at me," Ripcon said to the boy's father as he held onto Scotty tightly.
"Dad, do something!" Scotty pleaded to his father as he cried.
Up on the tower, Jirou saw Ripcon torturing the boy and his family.
"It's time," Jirou said as he sighed.
Jirou pulled out a rope with a hook tied on the end of it. Jirou secured the hook on the tower and prepared to jump.
"I hope I don't screw this up!" Jirou said as he jumped while holding the rope in his hand.
Scotty's father slowly took a step towards Ripcon causing Ripcon to pull out one of his swords.
"Go ahead and take another step," Ripcon said to Scotty's father. "This bridge is rigged with explosives,"
"Oh my god!" Scotty's mother said in horror.
"One more step and you'll all die," Ripcon said as he snickered.
As Ripcon began laughing Jirou came swinging down and rammed into Ripcon causing him to let go of Scotty. Ripcon crashed into the side of a diesel trailer and fell to the ground.
"You okay kid?" Jirou asked Scotty as Scotty's father was hugging him.
"Yes, thanks to you," Scotty said to Jirou as he looked up at him.
"Are you some kind of ninja?" Scotty's father asked Jirou.
"I guess you could say that," Jirou said as he nodded.
Ripcon rose back to his feet enraged and saw Jirou standing in front of the people.
"So you finally decided to show up," Ripcon said as he picked his sword up off the ground as he approached Jirou.
"Get to safety!" Jirou shouted at Scotty and his parents as he saw Ripcon coming at him.
As the civilians ran away, Jirou jumped back and narrowly avoided Ripcon's sword as it was swung at him.
"Seiji, please don't make me do this!" Jirou said to Ripcon as Ripcon approached him again.
"Do not call me that!" Ripcon shouted angrily as he swung at Jirou again.
Jirou rolled out of the way causing Ripcon to miss again.
"I won't fight you!" Jirou shouted at Ripcon.
"Then I'll just blow this bridge to pieces!" Ripcon shouted as he pulled a device out.
Jirou quickly threw ninja stars at Ripcon and stuck him in his arm. Ripcon screamed in pain as he dropped the device.
"You're not going to kill these people!" Jirou said to Ripcon.
"Try and stop me!" Ripcon shouted as he pulled the ninja stars out of his arm.
Back at the base, Hitoshi and the other Rangers were watching the news where a helicopter was at the Dorado Bay Bridge. The helicopter flew over the bridge as the camera zoomed in at Jirou and Ripcon fighting.
"The commotion on the bridge looks to be caused by one of the monsters that have been appearing around Dorado Bay as of late," The newswoman said as the camera continued aiming down at Jirou and Ripcon. "There appears to be someone battling the monster however,"
"It looks like a ninja," The cameraman said to the newswoman.
"You've got to be joking," The newswoman said in disbelief.
"Why isn't Jirou morphing?" Mason said in confusion.
"He might be trying to wear out Ripcon before using up too much power," Logan guessed as he kept his eyes on the screen.
"I know Jirou will win," Jun said as Beth stepped away from the monitor.
"You alright?" Ben asked Beth as he noticed her sitting by herself in the back of the room.
"I'm just a little worried," Beth told Ben as Ben walked over to her.
"Everything will be alright," Ben said to Beth. "You just need to believe in Jirou,"
"Something just doesn't feel right about this though," Beth said to Ben.
"I've got to agree with Beth," Hitoshi said as he focused on the monitor. "Ripcon seems to be up to something,"
Back at the bridge, Jirou dove aside as Ripcon fired a blast at him from his hand. Jirou rolled behind a car to catch his breath as the helicopter flew by overhead. Ripcon looked up at the helicopter and chuckled.
"Look at that brother," Ripcon said to Jirou as he approached the car. "We're on TV,"
Ripcon walked around the car and gasped when he saw that Jirou was gone.
"Hopefully they catch this on camera then!" Jirou shouted as he grabbed Ripcon by his horns.
Jirou flipped over Ripcon and slammed his face onto the hood of the car as her landed on the roof. Jirou jumped off the car as Ripcon quickly rose back up enraged.
"Your mind games won't stop me!" Ripcon shouted as he pulled out his second sword.
"Let the people go and I'll give you the fight you want," Jirou demanded to Ripcon.
"Not a chance in hell," Ripcon said as his swords began glowing.
"Then I guess it's time to end this," Jirou said as he prepared for the attack.
"You won't survive this!" Ripcon shouted at Jirou. "Double Sword Doom Strike!"
Lightning began surrounding Ripcon's swords as he prepared to attack Jirou. Ripcon swung his swords horizontally and then vertically and sent four energy slashes flying towards Jirou. Jirou began running towards the attack causing Ripcon to gasp.
"What is he doing?" Ripcon said in confusion.
Jirou dove through the middle of the energy slashes and rolled back to his feet with ease. Jirou continued running towards Ripcon as the energy slashes hit a car behind him causing an explosion.
"You're wide open!" Jirou shouted as he hurled a small black ball at Ripcon.
The ball exploded in Ripcon's face surrounding him in smoke instantly.
"I'm getting sick of these tricks!" Ripcon shouted as he began swatting the smoke away with his swords.
Ripcon felt something wrap around his arms and upper body causing him to drop his swords.
"What's this?" Ripcon said as the smoke cleared.
Ripcon noticed a chain wrapped around him.
"Damn you!" Ripcon shouted as he looked up ahead and saw Jirou holding the chain in his hand.
"Tell me something," Jirou said to Ripcon. "Why did you leave our village?"
"I left that hellhole because our father ran it into the ground!" Ripcon shouted at Jirou as he struggled to break free.
"You're lying," Jirou said as he stomped in anger.
"Like you would know," Ripcon said as he snickered.
"Oh, I know alright," Jirou said as he pulled Ripcon towards him.
Jirou kicked Ripcon upside the head with a swift roundhouse kick causing Ripcon to fall to the ground.
"You left because you were weak compared to the others," Jirou said to Ripcon. "You didn't want to train and brought shame to our family name,"
"Shut up!" Ripcon shouted as he rose back to his feet.
"Admit it!" Jirou shouted at Ripcon. "You released this demon's spirit thinking it would make you stronger!"
"That's right, and it did make me stronger," Ripcon said as a red aura surrounded his body.
Ripcon screamed angrily as he tried to break out of the chains again. The chains shattered with ease causing Jirou to gasp in astonishment.
"You shouldn't have ticked me off," Ripcon said as he looked over at Jirou with his glowing eyes.
"There's what I've been waiting for," Jirou said as he tossed the remains of the chain aside.
Jirou pulled out his morpher and placed his Ninja Power Star on it.
"Ninja Spin!" Jirou shouted as he spun the Ninja Power Star activating his morpher.
Jirou instantly morphed and pulled out his Ninja Star Blade.
"I'm going to enjoying killing you this time," Ripcon said as he held his hand out.
One of Ripcon's swords flew towards his hand and was caught by Ripcon with ease.
"No one's dying while I'm around," Jirou said to Ripcon as he prepared for battle.
"We'll see about that!" Ripcon shouted as he dashed towards Jirou.
Jirou sidestepped causing Ripcon to run right past him. Ripcon retaliated by quickly turning around and heading towards Jirou again.
"Here we go," Jirou said as he pulled out his morpher and transformed it into its Blade Mode.
"Time for my swords to soak in your blood!" Ripcon shouted as he swung both his swords at Jirou.
Jirou blocked both of Ripcon's swords with his own. The two fighters began slashing at each other continuously but repeatedly clashed swords.
"It appears you have gotten better!" Ripcon said to Jirou as he continued swinging at Jirou.
"Yeah, or you've just gotten rusty," Jirou said as he knocked Ripcon's sword away with his Battle Morpher.
Jirou struck Ripcon across the chest with the blade of his Battler Morpher causing Ripcon to instantly jump back away from him.
"That was a lucky shot," Ripcon said as he looked down at the cut on his chest.
"That wasn't luck," Jirou said as his Battle Morpher transformed into Bow Mode. "It was skill,"
Jirou fired an arrow at Ripcon and watched as Ripcon caught the arrow with ease in his hand.
"You're not fast enough," Ripcon said as the arrow dematerialized in his hand.
"I'm just getting warmed up," Jirou said as he placed a Ninja Power Star on his sword. "Ninja Clone Star!"
As Jirou spun the Ninja Power Star, a cloud of smoke surrounded Jirou.
"What is he up to?" Ripcon wondered as he watched carefully.
Five Red Ninja Steel Rangers leapt out of the smoke and surrounded Ripcon.
"Oh, one of the dumbest ninja tricks in the books," Ripcon said as he chuckled.
"Ninja Blaster!" The five Red Rangers shouted as they fired at Ripcon.
The five laser whips from the Ninja Blasters wrapped around Ripcon immobilizing him.
"This won't hold me for long," Ripcon said as he struggled to break free.
A red blur shot out of the smoke and was speeding towards Ripcon.
"What's that?" Ripcon said in confusion.
"Red Ranger Ninja Strike!" Jirou shouted as he went towards Ripcon at a blinding speed.
"Not happening!" Ripcon shouted as his eyes began glowing brightly causing a shockwave to fire out in front of him.
Jirou was hit by the shockwave and sent him crashing onto the hood of a car. Jirou rolled off the car in pain and saw his clones fade away.
"I was positive that was going to work," Jirou said as he used his sword as leverage to get up.
Jirou noticed Ripcon walking towards him and rose back to his feet.
"You're not the only one that can move in the blink of an eye," Ripcon said as he continued walking towards Jirou.
Jirou gasped in astonishment as he saw Ripcon vanish and instantly appear in front of him.
"I've got you now!" Ripcon shouted as he grabbed Jirou by the head and slammed his head down on the hood of the car.
Ripcon continued to slam Jirou's head on the car causing smoke to begin emitting from the hood.
"I will make you suffer!" Ripcon shouted as he continued bashing Jirou's head on the car.
Ripcon slung Jirou across the bridge causing his limp body to bounce and skid across the ground. Ripcon began laughing manically as his body began glowing again.
"Go ahead and get up!" Ripcon shouted at Jirou as his swords were surrounded with lightning. "Because it will be the last time you stand before me!"
Jirou struggled to get up and dropped back to the ground.
"I can't beat him," Jirou said to himself as he lied motionless on the ground. "Not by myself,"
As Jirou lied on the ground, he began hearing someone crying in a car behind him. Jirou slowly rose up and saw a woman begin screaming in her car.
"Get out of here!" Jirou shouted as he struggled to his feet.
"I can't!" The woman shouted at Jirou. "My seatbelt is stuck!"
"Burn in hell brother!" Ripcon shouted as he swung his swords. "Double Sword Doom Strike!"
Ripcon sent the energy slashes spiraling towards Jirou as the woman in the car saw the attack flying towards her as well. The woman screamed in horror as she shielded her face with her arms. Jirou spread his arms and took the attack head on causing it to explode on contact. Ripcon laughed evilly as smoke erupted into the air from the explosion.
"It's over!" Ripcon shouted as he lowered his swords.
Back at the Ranger's base, Hitoshi and the other Rangers watched the footage from the news helicopter in horror after watching Jirou get hit by Ripcon's attack. Mason looked over at Beth and saw a look of horror on her face.
"No, Jirou," Logan said in astonishment.
"He had to have survived that!" Ben said to the others.
Mason groaned in frustration and began making his way to the exit.
"Where are you going?" Hitoshi asked Mason as he turned around in his chair.
"I'm going to go kill that freak!" Mason shouted at Hitoshi.
"And how do you plan to get through that force field?" Hitoshi asked Mason.
"I'll figure out a way," Mason said as the door opened behind him.
Mason stormed out of the lab as the others stood by watching.
"If Jirou is alive, he needs help," Jun said to her father.
"Yeah, and so do those people who will die if Ripcon catches any of you there," Hitoshi told his daughter.
"No one's going to die," Beth said as she looked down. "Not while we're still here,"
"That's right," Ben said as he nodded. "We're going to take down that force field and send Ripcon running away with his tail between his legs,"
"I might have a way to get through the force field," Logan said as he walked over to a cabinet.
Logan opened the cabinet and pulled out a device.
"What is that?" Jun asked Logan.
"An electromagnetic pulse emitter," Logan said as he held the device out in his hand.
"That just might work," Hitoshi said to Logan as he placed his hand on his shoulder.
"The only question is how long it'll last," Jun said to Logan.
"Not long, it's still a prototype," Logan said as he put the device in his pocket.
"As long as it can get us through that force field, I don't care," Beth said as she began walking towards the exit.
"Then let's go save Jirou and take down Ripcon once and for all," Jun said as she smirked.
The Rangers hurried out of the lab and headed back upstairs and left Hitoshi alone by himself in the lab.
"Good luck Rangers," Hitoshi said as he smirked. "Hopefully that new Ninja Power Star will do the trick,"
Back out on the Dorado Bay Bridge, people began approaching where the explosion occurred. A man helped the woman who was trapped in her car out as the smoke began clearing. The woman gasped when she saw the Red Ranger lying on the ground motionless.
"Is he dead?" The man asked the woman.
"Ah, I'm amazed you people all came to see what I did," Ripcon said to the humans.
"He killed the Red Ranger," A man said in disbelief.
"Where are the other Rangers?" Another man said as he looked around in confusion.
"Move away so I can make sure he's dead!" Ripcon shouted at the people as he began walking towards them and Jirou.
"You're not going to do anything to him," A police officer said as he stepped out in front of the crowd aiming his gun at Ripcon.
"Yeah, you'll have to get through us first!" A woman shouted as she stepped up beside the police officer.
A water bottle suddenly hit Ripcon in the head. Ripcon looked over and saw the little boy from earlier squeeze through the crowd.
"Scotty!" Scotty's mother shouted in horror as she saw her son up ahead.
"You people make me sick," Ripcon said as he began glowing.
Ripcon knelt down and picked up the device that was lying by his foot.
"I guess it's time for you all to die!" Ripcon shouted as more people began stepping forward.
"We're not afraid of you!" Scotty shouted at Ripcon.
"What is with these people?" Ripcon said in confusion.
Over at the end of the bridge where the force field stops, the other Rangers pulled up on their Mega Morph Cycles. Logan pulled out the EMP device and looked down at it in his hand.
"We only have one shot to get in there," Logan said to the others.
Mason walked up to Logan and snatched the device from him.
"Hey!" Logan shouted as he went to grab the device back from Mason.
"If anyone is going in there, it's going to be me," Mason said as he pushed Logan away.
"You don't even know how to use that!" Logan said to Mason in frustration.
"Then you better hurry and tell me," Mason said as he walked up to the force field.
"Mason, are you sure about this?" Ben asked Mason.
"You don't have to do this Mason," Beth said to Mason.
"Yeah I do," Mason said as he chuckled. "If I didn't, then you would,"
Logan walked up beside Mason.
"All you need to do is hold the device towards the Buzzcams nearby that are creating the force fields," Logan explained to Mason. "Then press that red button until the light turns green,"
"Got it," Mason said as he nodded.
"You won't have long to get through," Logan told Mason. "The device will likely short circuit within a few seconds,"
As Mason looked down at the device, a horde of Basher Bots suddenly appeared behind the Rangers. Ben turned around and saw the Basher Bots approaching him and the others.
"Guys, that's a lot of tin men!" Ben said in disbelief.
"Holy crap!" Logan said as he looked over.
"Get going Mason!" Jun said to Mason as she pulled out her sword.
"Don't go down like Jirou," Mason said to the others.
"Please, this will be a piece of cake," Beth said as Mason aimed the device at a Buzzcam that was sitting on a nearby cable.
Mason pressed the button on the EMP device which caused the Buzzcam to power down. A small hole in the force field appeared as the EMP device began shooting out sparks.
"Hurry!" Logan shouted at Mason as Logan dodged a Bash Bots staff.
Mason dove through the hole as it began to close. Mason quickly turned around and saw the others fighting off the Basher Bots.
"We'll come back for you guys!" Mason said to the others.
Mason took off running on up ahead as the others continued fighting off the Basher Bots.
On up the bridge, the people trapped on the bridge were blocking Ripcon from getting to Jirou. Ripcon groaned in frustration and went to press the button on the device in his hand. Jirou slowly began regaining his consciousness and could hear people yelling around him.
"What's going on?" Jirou said in confusion as he rose up.
Jirou looked up ahead and saw a wall of people standing between him and Ripcon. Jirou noticed something was wrong with his helmet and placed his hand on the busted out part of his visor.
"How am I still alive?" Jirou asked himself.
"You people will soon all go up in flames!" Ripcon shouted as he threatened to press the button.
Jirou saw Ripcon about to press the button on the remote control.
"No!" Jirou shouted as he began running towards Ripcon.
Jirou ran through the crowd as his right hand began glowing. Ripcon looked up ahead and gasped when he saw Jirou running towards him.
"How are you still standing!" Ripcon shouted in disbelief.
"Seiji!" Jirou shouted angrily as he reared his fist back.
Jirou's right fist continued glowing as Jirou lunged forward towards Ripcon.
"This is for betraying our family!" Jirou shouted as he socked Ripcon in the face with his fist.
As Jirou's fist made contact with Ripcon's face, Ripcon was sent careening across the bridge slamming into multiple vehicles. Jirou lowered his fist as he breathed heavily with the people cheering in the background.
"That's what I'm talking about!" A man shouted as he cheered with the others around him.
Jirou looked over his shoulder and saw all the people cheering for him.
"What was that?" Jirou said in confusion as he looked down at his hand.
Mason ran up and saw the crowd cheering as Jirou stood before them.
"Wait, did he beat Ripcon?" Mason wondered as he slowly walked towards the crowd.
Mason squeezed through the crowd and walked up to Jirou.
"Hey, how did you get in here?" Jirou asked Mason.
"I'm surprised that you're still standing after eating that attack," Mason said to Jirou.
"That doesn't explain how you got through the force field," Jirou said as he sighed.
"Easy, Logan made an EMP device to shut down a Buzzcam long enough for one of us to get in," Mason told Jirou.
"Where are the others then?" Jirou asked Mason.
"They're at the end of the bridge fighting off a bunch of Basher Bots," Mason told Jirou.
"Then we better hurry and take down this force field," Jirou said as he began walking towards the side of the bridge.
The bridge suddenly began rumbling causing Jirou to stumble down to one knee.
"Oh no!" Jirou said in horror.
"What is it?" Mason asked Jirou.
"He's coming back!" Jirou said to Mason as he rose back to his feet.
"Then let's kick his ass together," Mason said as he pulled out his Ninja Star Blade.
"No, he can't see you," Jirou told Mason. "This is between me and him,"
"Fine," Mason said as he crossed his arms.
Mason held his Ninja Star Blade out to Jirou.
"What?" Jirou asked Mason as he looked down at the Ninja Star Blade.
"You're going to need two swords," Mason said as he nodded.
Jirou took Mason's Ninja Star Blade and began readying himself for Ripcon.
"Give that new Power Star a try," Mason said to Jirou as he knelt behind a truck.
"Oh yeah," Jirou said as he reached down to the side of his belt and pulled off the new Power Star.
A car exploded up ahead causing the people behind Jirou to begin running away in horror.
"I'm not finished with you!" Ripcon shouted at Jirou angrily.
"Seiji, I'm sorry," Jirou said as he placed the Ninja Fusion Star on his Ninja Star Blade.
"You will now die!" Ripcon shouted as he jumped towards Jirou.
Jirou blocked Ripcon's sword with Mason's Ninja Star Blade and kicked Ripcon away from him. Jirou quickly spun the Ninja Star causing his Ninja Star Blade to glow red and Mason's in his other hand to glow blue.
"Ninja Fusion Fury!" Jirou shouted as he readied to attack. "Final Attack!"
"Oh no you don't!" Ripcon shouted as he pulled out his other sword. "Double Sword Doom Strike!"
Ripcon sent the energy slashes from his swords flying towards Jirou as Jirou crossed his two swords causing three other swords to appear before him glowing pink, white and yellow. The three swords touched tips and formed a shield in front of Jirou blocking Ripcon's attack. Ripcon's attack faded away as the three swords surrounded Ripcon by stabbing into the ground around him. Electrical waves began shooting from the swords and trapped Ripcon between them.
"I can't move!" Ripcon shouted as he struggled to break free.
"Goodbye brother!" Jirou shouted as he ran up to Ripcon and struck him with both of his swords once.
Jirou struck Ripcon once again with both swords at once as Ripcon tried to retaliate. Jirou leapt back away from Ripcon as the five Ninja Star Blades merged together causing the blade on Jirou's to grow larger.
"Jirou please don't!" Ripcon shouted in horror.
"Seiji, I would've saved you if I had a chance!" Jirou shouted as he prepared to attack.
Jirou struck Ripcon with the large bladed sword and sliced through him with ease.
"Galvanax will destroy you damn ninjas!" Ripcon shouted as he fell to the ground and exploded.
Mason's Ninja Star Blade returned to him as he stepped out from behind the truck. As the smoke began clearing around Jirou, the Buzzcams on the bridge began short circuiting causing the force field to disappear.
"He actually did it," Mason said in amazement. "And all by himself,"
Mason began walking towards Jirou as Jirou dropped down to his knees.
"He's gone," Jirou said as he began sobbing.
"Hey, we need to get back to the others before the authorities get here," Mason said to Jirou as he pulled him up by the arm.
"Yeah, you're right," Jirou said as he sniffled.
Mason and Jirou took off running down the bridge as sirens were heard in the distance.
Back at the end of the bridge Jun pulled her Ninja Star Blade out of a Basher Bot's chest as Mason and Jirou ran up reuniting with the others. Logan and Beth looked over and saw that Jirou's helmet was damaged and ran over to check on him.
"Is Ripcon gone?" Logan asked Jirou.
"Yeah," Jirou said as he looked down in sorrow.
"We're just glad you're okay," Beth told Jirou as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, we can't sit here much longer," Ben said to the others as sirens were heard approaching.
"Let's get out of here so the authorities can do their job," Jun said as she began walking away.
A large blast shot down from the sky and hit the Dorado Bay Bridge. The Rangers turned around in horror as a hole was blasted through the bridge.
"No, are they really doing this?" Jirou wondered.
"I think we know what's happening," Mason said in horror.
Inside of the beam, Ripcon's body reformed and fell into the ocean through the hole. Ripcon suddenly regained consciousness as his body began growing. An enormous Ripcon rose out of the water snarling evilly.
"Ripcon!" Ben said in disbelief.
"Of course they'd do this," Jun said as she pulled out her Zord Star as Ripcon began making his way to the city.
"We can't let him get to the city," Beth said to the others.
"Yeah, but something is different about him," Jirou said to everyone else.
"What do you mean?" Logan asked Jirou.
Ripcon's swords began glowing as lightning surrounded them.
"Summon the Zords now!" Jirou shouted as he placed his Zord Star on his sword.
The Rangers quickly activated their Zord Stars as Ripcon continued preparing to attack the city. The news helicopter from earlier flew by Ripcon and began recording the scene.
"The monster that was on the bridge is gigantic now!" The newswoman said in horror.
Blasts suddenly began hitting Ripcon causing him to stumble and drop his swords. The newswoman looked out the other side of the helicopter and saw the Ninja Steel Megazord and Bull Rider Megazord making their way towards Ripcon.
"The Rangers are here with their Megazords!" The newswoman said in relief.
"Seiji!" Jirou shouted at Ripcon from inside the Megazord. "You need to stop!"
Ripcon reached down into the water and grabbed his swords as he groaned angrily.
"Is something wrong with him?" Beth asked Jirou.
"Yeah, he's not talking," Logan said to Jirou.
"The demon spirit must have taken full control when he grew," Jirou said as the Megazord continued walking towards Ripcon.
Ripcon quickly struck the Megazord as he ran by it.
"Settle down partner!" Ben shouted as his Megazord fired at Ripcon once again.
Ripcon knocked the blasts away and quickly began making his way towards the Bull Rider Megazord. Ripcon struck the Bull Rider Megazord twice causing sparks to shoot out of Ben's console in the cockpit.
"He's stronger than any other giant monster we've faced!" Ben said to the others as the Ninja Steel Megazord walked up to help.
Ripcon turned towards the other Megazord and fired a lightning blast towards it. The blast struck the Megazord causing it to easily fall over into the water.
"Not even two Megazords can beat him!" Mason said in frustration.
"I think we might need the Rumble Tusk or Astro Zords to help us out," Beth said to Jirou.
"No, that won't be enough," Jirou said as he pulled out the Ninja Fusion Star.
"What's that going to do?" Jun asked Jirou.
"It's going to show the bad guys why they will never stop us," Jirou said as he placed the Ninja Fusion Star on his sword.
Jirou spun the Ninja Fusion Star as the Ninja Steel Megazord rose out of the water. As Ripcon was striking the Bull Rider Megazord repeatedly with his swords, the two Megazords began glowing.
"What the heck?" Ben said in confusion.
"Activate Ninja Fusion Zord transformation sequence!" Jirou shouted as a blinding light emitted from the Ninja Fusion Star.
The two Megazords leapt into the air leaving Ripcon down below in the water. The Bull Rider Megazord disassembled causing Ben to appear in the cockpit with the others. The legs of the Bull Rider Megazord attached to the bottom of the Ninja Steel Megazords feet. The Ninja Steel Megazord's head detached allowing a large piece of the Bull Rider Megazord to attach on top of the Megazord. The arms of the Ninja Steel Megazord detached from the body and reattached to the large part of the Bull Rider Megazord that just attached to the Megazord. The arms of the Bull Rider Megazord attached onto the end of the Nitro and Dragon Zord creating larger fists for the Megazord. The Robo Rider jumped onto the top of the Megazord as the Ninja Steel Megazord and Bullzord's heads formed a large headpiece on top of him. The eyes of the new Megazord lit up as the Bull Rifle and Drago Sword and Drago Shield combined and formed a larger sword.
"Ninja Fusion Zord, ready!" The Rangers shouted as the larger Megazord landed in the water where Ripcon was waiting.
Ripcon snarled angrily at the Ninja Fusion Zord as it towered above him.
"Man, this thing is huge!" Ben said in amazement.
"Now we've got what it takes to finish him off for good," Beth said as Ripcon began running towards the Megazord.
Ripcon roared loudly as two Skullgators rose out of the water next to him.
"That's still not enough to stop us," Jirou said as prepared for the final attack.
The two Skullgators merged together and transformed into a sword as Ripcon began making his way towards the Megazord. Ripcon ran up to the Megazord and went to attack it with his new sword but was blocked easily by the Ninja Fusion Zord's sword. The Ninja Fusion Zord struck the sword in Ripcon's hand causing it to split back into two Skullgators.
"Now for the finish!" Jirou shouted as the others readied to attack.
"Ninja Fusion Zord Master Slash!" The Rangers shouted as the Megazord's eyes began glowing.
The Megazord swung it's sword downward followed by a side slash and sent two energy slashes flying towards the monsters. The two slashes hit the three monsters easily wiping out the Skullgators. As the smoke cleared, Ripcon slowly fell into the ocean and exploded as the Megazord turned away from him.
"And that's the end of Ripcon!" Mason shouted as he twirled his sword around.
Beth looked over at Jirou and saw him not celebrating with the others.
"Hey, something just appeared on the beach!" Ben said to the others.
Jirou looked down and saw someone appear on the beach below.
"No, it can't be!" Jirou said in disbelief.
Jirou quickly leapt out of the Megazord and landed on the beach with the others right behind him. Jirou pulled off his helmet and tossed it aside as he ran over to the unconscious person.
"Seiji!" Jirou shouted as he dropped to the ground to check on his brother.
"Is it really him?" Jun asked Jirou as Jirou held Seiji in his arms.
Seiji slowly opened his eyes and saw Jirou above him staring down at him.
"Thank you brother," Seiji said to Jirou as he slowly began smiling.
Seiji suddenly fainted as his body began glowing.
"No, stay with me!" Jirou shouted as his eyes began watering.
Seiji's body slowly faded away in Jirou's arms as Jirou screamed in sorrow. The other Rangers watched as Jirou continued crying. Jirou began punching the ground in frustration as Beth knelt down beside him and took off her helmet.
"It's alright," Beth said as she hugged Jirou. "He might be gone, but at least you freed him from Ripcon,"
"He's all that I had left," Jirou said as he cried in Beth's arms.
"No he wasn't," Jun said as she walked up. "You still have us and dad,"
"Besides, Seiji will still be with you," Ben said to Jirou. "In your heart,"
"Thank you guys," Jirou said as Mason and Logan walked over.
Beth help Jirou to his feet as Jirou wiped the tears from his eyes. Jirou looked up towards the sky and clenched his fist.
"Norio, I'm going to make you pay!" Jirou shouted angrily towards the sky. "No, Galvanax,"
Inside of the control room on the Galaxy Warriors ship, Galvanax was sitting in his throne where Cosmo and Madame Odius were sitting in front of him. Galvanax rose from his throne and sighed as he looked out the window beside him.
"Ripcon is no more," Galvanax said to the others.
"It's a shame," Cosmo said as he sniffled.
"Why didn't you tell us he was related to you?" Madame Odius asked Galvanax. "Is there anything else you're hiding from us?"
"I could ask you the same question," Galvanax said as he looked out of the corner of his eye at Madame Odius.
Madame Odius sneered as she looked away from Galvanax.
"Now we take things to the next level," Galvanax said as he sat back down.
"And I have the perfect idea for that," Madame Odius said as she pressed a button on the console next to her causing a video to play on the screen.
On the screen were men digging. The Buzzcam slowly panned over and showed Kiyomi and her father watching the men dig.
"What is this about?" Galvanax asked Madame Odius.
"Do you know what they're searching for?" Madame Odius asked Galvanax.
Galvanax began chuckling as he saw a statue sticking out of the ground on the monitor.
"They're searching for that legendary Ninja Power Star and the ancient Zord that goes with it," Galvanax said as he leaned forward.
"That's correct," Madame Odius said as she nodded.
"Should we go after it?" Cosmo asked Galvanax.
"No, not yet," Galvanax said as he rose back to his feet. "We'll let them continue searching for now, but we will attack once they find it,"
"Sounds good to me," Madame Odius said as she turned off the video.
"With that Zord and Power Star, we will be unstoppable!" Galvanax said as he clenched his fist.