A/N: This chapter will basically be a chance get some plot themes in, there won't be any action ok.
Disclaimer: I don't own Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger or TMM.
UjaUja, A Common Enemy, Nya
With the Rinrinshi defeated and the Mew Mews and Gekirangers on good terms, the two teams headed to the Mew Mews HQ. Jyan was carrying the injured Masaya on his back on Ichigos request. When they finally arrived the Gekirangers were surprised by the building that stood in front of them
"This is your HQ?" Gou said as he looked at the same frilly building Jyan lead them to not too long ago.
"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" Mint said a little annoyed at the remark.
"Tokyo Mew Mew, Café Mew Mew. How did we miss that?" Retsu said slightly ashamed at himself for not noticing the obvious connection.
"Come to think of it no one has ever noticed it before na no da." Pudding said contemplating the subject.
"This is quite the coincidence." Ran was the only one to say what the rest of her comrades where thinking. Jyan of course was too excited (and hungry) to care.
"Who cares? We're back at the michimichi houguhougu place. It smells just as good as before, let's go!" Jyan said as he dashed towards the door of the café.
"Hey, slow down!" Ichigo said running after him.
"You can't just barge in like that." Lettuce said following Ichigo.
"Man, what are we going to do with him?" Gou said as the others proceeded to follow Jyan into Café Mew Mew. Jyan burst through the door and marveled at all the bright pink and red colors that decorated the walls. Jyan then spotted a display for all the various cakes they sold there. He carefully put the boy he was carrying down on a vacant chair and rushed to where the cakes were. Jyan admired all the treats for their appearance and sent, imagining how they would taste and wishing he could just take one. The rest of the gang then ran in to see Jyan at the display, practically licking the glass. But before they could say anything a man with long, brown hair put in a ponytail came to the counter.
"May I help you sir?" The man said to the hungry tiger boy.
"Yeah, how much is the michimichi houguhougu? How much?" Jyan said getting all up in the man's face.
"Jyan, don't be so rude." Retsu said grabbing Jyan by his caller.
"Sir, please excuse his behavior." Ran said bowing respectively.
"It's no problem at all." The man said. "You must all be the Gekirangers, I've heard so much about you. My name is Akasaka Keiichiro, pleased to meet your acquaintance." Keiichiro said to the youths. The Gekirangers where surprised that he had heard of them, considering the Mew Mews hadn't before today.
"Akasaka-san, Aoyama-kun needs help." Ichigo interrupted referring to her injured boyfriend.
"Right, I'll get right to him, meanwhile Ryou is waiting for you all in the basement, please go." Keiichiro urged the two teams, but Jyan was still wondering about the cakes.
"Eh, but what about my snack." Jyan wined which earned a sweat drop from everyone.
"Don't worry, after we take care of business you all can have anything you want form the store, free of charge, as a thank you for your assistance." Keiichiro said. Jyan then brightened up.
"Really, HURRAY! In that case let's get going!" He said running off to find the basement.
"What a Neanderthal." Mint said annoyed with the boy's antics.
"He is pretty strange to say the least." Zakuro said agreeing with her fangirl, which made her very happy. At that moment Jyan came back up with a confused look on his face.
"Umm, where's the basement?" Jyan asked. The others fainted anime style at his dim witted act.
"I'll show where it is, just follow me." Ichigo said as she began to lead Jyan to the basement.
"Thanks Koneko-chan." Jyan said happily to the cat girl.
"Will you stop calling me that!" Ichigo yelled getting a little tiered of the nickname. Regardless she led the others to the basement which was much different than the main building. She opened the door to reveal a large room, mostly empty, with a large screen embedded into the wall. On that screen was a lot of data that really didn't make sense to any of the youths. Sitting at a desk with on the computer was Ryou Shirogane; next to him was a familiar face for the Gekirangers.
"Ah, everyone's here, now we can get started." said the black haired women.
"Miki?" the Gekirangers said in surprise.
Meanwhile in a mountain far away from the city, a newly rebuilt Rinjyuden hall stood with a man in a black hooded coat standing at the entrance to the throne room (A/N: I forget what it's called).
"Ringi, Rinzai." The hooded figure said as he was producing a large amount of Rinki. Suddenly a bunch of odd looking beings called Rinshis sprung up from the ground and faced their new master.
"Master," a Rinrinshi said kneeling respectively. He had a statue on his head that resembled a badger. "I just received word that Ramogu was defeated. Not very surprising if you ask me." He said in a tone that showed just how much he really believed his fellow Rinrinshi could accomplish the task he was given.
"Namuji," the hooded man said slightly annoyed. "Who exactly defeated him?" he asked wanting to know which team it was.
"It was the Gekirangers sir," Namuji replied. "I told you they were a nuisance. We really should focus all our attention on eliminating them rather than those Tokyo Mew Mew weaklings you told me abo…"
"Silence!" the man said punching the wall clearly enraged. "Those 'weaklings' must be eliminated. Don't ever question me ever again." He said a little more calmly.
"I am merely saying we should focus on those that would hinder our plans." Namuji said wondering why his master saw the Mew Mews as such a threat.
"This isn't about our plans Namuji," He said as he removed his hood to reveal pale skin, long black hair, and red menacing eyes. "It's about getting them back for what they did to me." He said with anger burning in his eyes so much that his mere gaze burned right threw the Rinrinshi. Namuji then stood quiet and kneeled in respect to his master.
"Forgive me, I will never go against your will again, Deep Blue-sama." He said barely above a whisper.
"So you and this woman know each other?" Ichigo said wondering the same thing everyone else was.
"Yeah, we met at the Dino House curry restaurant (the curry restaurant from Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger) about a month or two before Mew Project began." Shirogane explained to all the youths in his presence. "We stayed in contact after that."
"Shirogane-oniichan, why don't we don't have giant robots na no da!" Pudding whined to the slightly annoyed man.
"Our Gekibeasts aren't really robots per say," Ran said to the little monkey girl. "They're actually physical manifestations of our Geki."
"Geki, what's that?" Pudding asked.
"Geki is the source of Jyukens power," Retsu interrupted. "The passionate energy that spreads when you sense your beast heart, that's called Geki. Our Gekichangers can make our Geki take physical form as Gekibeasts and we use the Geki Waza, Jyuken Gattai to form our 'fighting robots'." He said putting air quotes around the last part.
"Jyuken, hey that mole guy said something about that two. So the enemy uses Jyuken too?" Mint asked remembering what the Rinrinshi called himself.
"That's right." Jyan said popping up randomly behind Mint. "There are two kinds of Jyuken. First there is the wakiwaki Gekijyuken, the kind that we practice. Then there is the zowazowa Rinjyuken, an evil form of Jyuken that uses the suffering of others to create Rinki, the polar opposite of Geki, to make themselves stronger." Jyan said in a tone that was more serious than the others expected from him. All the Mews listened attentively to the explanation except for Ichigo who was worrying over two things. One was whether Masaya would be ok, and the other was the possibility that Deep Blue might have returned somehow.
"Ichigo," Ryou said startling her out of her thoughts. "You've been unusually quiet over there, is there something on your mind?" he asked her knowing that she had something important to say. Ichigo looked at the other Mews for a second, all of them knowing what troubled her.
"Well," she began. "about that Rinjyuden guys…" this got the Gekirangers attention.
"Do you know something?" Gou said to the cat girl
"If it's something important then you need to share it with us." Ran said in a serious tone.
"What do you? Come on, tell us Koneko-chan!" Jyan yelled holding Ichigos shoulders.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT THE CALL ME THAT!" Ichigo snapped, for she had had it with the nickname she just couldn't seem to escape. Jyan was taken aback by this, wondering what he did wrong.
"I wouldn't count on that if I were you." Said a voice from beyond the door way. Then in came an orange and white cat that wore red clothing and had a triangle with him. The Mew Mews and even Ryou stared in astonishment at the odd creature that stood before them. "He even calls me, his master and legendary kensei, by the animal that I resemble." The cat said to Ichigo.
"Master Shafu!" Four of the Gekirangers said to their master respectively.
"Cat, so you're here too!" Jyan said to the feline, proving Shafus point.
"Um, not to be rude or anything but who are you exactly." Lettuce asked Shafu.
"He is our sensei," Retsu answered. "He is one of the seven legendary kensei, who created Gekijyuken 4000 years ago."
"4000 YEARS AGO!" all the girls said in unison.
"It's a cat monster na no da!" Pudding said excitedly as she jumped onto Shafu and began petting him like a house cat. Lettuce and Zakuro then pulled her off of the kensei.
"I'm so sorry about that, please forgive her." Lettuce said bowing to the apparently ancient cat. Shafu just nodded in understanding.
"So there are seven of you 'kensei'?" Ichigo asked to no one in particular, but Jyan was the one who answered.
"Yeah, there's Cat, Elephant, Bat, Shark, Gorilla, Penguin, and Gazelle." Jyan said to Ichigo. Ichigo thought for a while and then spoke
"So wait a minute, does that mean… YOU'LL NEVER STOP CALLING KONEKO-CHAN!" she yelled at Jyans face.
"Uh, what's your point?" Jyan said cocking his head to one side. At that remark Ichigo just decided to give up on the subject and slumped back into her chair. "Oh, by the way what were you going it say before, about Rinjyuden?" Jyan asked as they were interrupted before. Ichigos face then changed to a worried look. She wondered how the others would take the news. She took a deep breath and began to speak.
"I…I think that maybe… Deep Blue might have something to do with Rinjyuden." She said just barely loud enough for the others to hear. Ryous eyes widened at this statement, fear and shock clouding them. The Gekirangers on the other hand had no Idea what they were talking about at all.
"Deep Blue, what's that?" Ken asked wanting to know what's got everyone so nervous. Ryou got up from his seat and walked over to the nearby wall where he leaned on it worriedly.
"He was the leader of the Cyniclons," he said in a tone that had a hint of fright in it. "an alien race that originated here on earth but had to leave due to the earth's unstable condition at the time, but the planet they moved to was far worse. They returned to earth with the intentions of destroying all life on it and reclaiming it as their own." He explained.
"Oh, so the Cyniclons where your zowazowa, right." Jyan said thinking he understood the past situation.
"No," Ichigo said confusing the tiger boy. "I mean, not exactly. It's true the Cyniclons caused a lot of destruction, but they really did have good intentions." Ichigo said which just confused the Gekirangers even more.
"That's right." Lettuce added her head looking down. "The Cyniclons were just trying to protect their friends and family, just like we were. We were the same." Lettuce said in a tone that showed just how much empathy she had for the Cyniclons. "Deep blue was the only one that was really an enemy." She said.
"You got that right." Ryou said reentering the conversation. "It turned out Deep Blue never cared about saving his people; he just wanted to claim the earth for himself. This fact lead his three subordinates to betray him and they decided to help us instead." Ryou said to try and clarify the situation.
"I see, so the Cyniclons and the Mew Mews teamed up to fight Deep Blue and you defeated him." Retsu said certain he had the scenario right.
"That's not exactly how it went." Zakuro said. Retsu looked up at the girl in surprise.
"Yeah," Ichigo continued. "The Cyniclons risked their lives to protect us when we were down, but Deep Blue…defeated them without breaking a sweat. The only reason we won that final battle was because he…" she paused for a moment to find the right word to describe it. "Let's just say he had a handicap, and if it weren't for that we probably wouldn't have defeated him. And now, that handicap is gone." She said in a soft, fearful tone.
"What are you trying to say?" Gou asked the girl in front of him.
"What she's saying is…that it would probably take a miracle to defeat him now." Ryou said the answer striking doubt into the minds of the Gekirangers as well as the Mew Mews.
"Is-Is he really that powerful?" Ken asked, the silence he received was answer enough for him.
"Then if he's working with Rinjyuden, then maybe he's learning Jyuken as well." Ran said the thought actually making Ichigo jump in her seat. She thought just how strong the Rinjyuken user was from before. The thought of how strong Deep Blue would be if he was learning Rinjyuken made her freeze in terror.
"Ahhhh, ujauja!" Jyan said worriedly.
"What?" Ichigo said for the fraise he said brought her out of her thoughts.
"Ujauja!" Jyan repeated. "The fact that a new, powerful enemy has appeared makes me ujauja!" Ichigo could put together that ujauja meant that he was anxious and she couldn't blame him.
"Master, what should we do?" Retsu asked Shafu, the Kensei thought for a moment and got up from his seat.
"If this Deep Blue fellow is really training in the art of Rinjyuken, then I suggest we train as well." Shafu answered
"That's it. Just train more." Ken questioned. Shafu nodded.
"As long as we keep our spirits up and train daily to improve ourselves then we should be able to match Rinjyudens power like we did in the past." Shafu said to all his students.
"Right!" Jyan said excitedly. "All we have to do is train harder so we can catch up with that Deep Blue guy. Through training we'll become even more wakiwaki!" he said already starting to do some push ups on the floor. The Gekirangers all seemed to comply with Jyan and Shafu, The Mew Mews on the other hand were still anxious about the whole thing. But then as she heard their conversation Ichigo got an Idea .
"That's it! We need to become more 'wakiwaki'!" She announced out of nowhere. This got the attention of everyone in the room.
"Ichigo, what are you talking about now?" Mint said a little irritated by the way she mimicked Jyans little fraise.
"Master Shafu was it, if you would I'd like you to teach me Jyuken." She said determination in her eyes. The others were astonished by this, none of them expecting Ichigo of all people to say such a thing. Shafu was silent for a moment.
"Ichigo, are you serious?" Ryou said, but she didn't acknowledge him and just tried to persuade Shafu.
"Back when we fought the Gekirangers they were much stronger than us combat wise. I realize that trained to become that strong, unlike us who where just handed our powers. Also when we were attacked by Ramogu all I could do was cradle Aoyama-kun in my arms and watch the Gekirangers fight, I felt so helpless. This is our fight too and I don't want to be a burden to anyone. So please teach me Jyuken!" She begged as she bowed to Shafu. Her speech must have inspired the others as lettuce then got up and joined her.
"Please teach me as well." She said bowing the same way Ichigo was.
"Pudding wants to learn too na no da!" Pudding said excitedly.
"I also think it would be beneficial to learn Jyuken." Zakuro said more maturely then the others.
"W-well if Zakuro-oneesama is on board then so am I." Mint said a little reluctantly. Shafu thought for a moment and turned to the Gekirangers.
"Everyone, what do you think about this?" Shafu asked his students. The Gekirangers thought for a moment and then smiled and nodded at their master.
"That settles it then," Shafu said turning back to the Mews. "Starting tomorrow you girls will officially be students at the Gekijyuken Beast Arts School." He said to them. The Mew Mews smiled and cheered inwardly at his answer.
A/N: Yay the Mews are now learning Jyuken. Stay tuned for the next chapter to see what will happen. R&R please.