Olympus 8- Burning at Both Ends- The Daimonji family is in awe of this new discovery, especially Gou. "Wow Shun, you look really cool!" "Well, it's not much really. Turns out my dad is Poseidon." Mrs. Daimonji then happily exclaims "Well isn't it wonderful how we have a hero living under our roof?" whilst Miyuki looks at him in calm excitement and Gou starts gushing. "YOU'RE SO COOL SHUN!" "You really think I am?" Ms. Daimonji exclaims "Well I think thats the thoughts of all of us, huh dear?" Mr. Daimonji just looks at him in disgust and leaves, Shun kind of shocked. "Don't let him get to you Shun, my Dad's kind of a sourpuss." "I'll go talk to him. Could you please do the dishes Shun?" "Sure thing."
On Mt. Olympus, Asteria and Tetsu plan out their next attack. Asteria says "I was thinking of a classic divide and conquer technique to ensure that we wear their forces thin. It is only five of them after all." "That's not all of them though." "Hmm?" "When I saw them previously they had a sixth member. She wasn't fighting or anything, but something tells me she is far more important than we originally would have thought." "What do you mean?" "I mean, she was handicapped, unable to use her legs but in a wheelchair. I can't think of any other purpose for her being with the Joutengers other than she is a demi god as well, in addition to being a key member of the team, perhaps behind the scenes?" "Don't you think that you're over thinking this? After all, she can't do anything to us." "Either way, she is clearly a friend of the team. She said she was the daughter of Athena." "Daughter of Athena? Well thank the heavens that she can't fight, or she might be even stronger than you." "Regardless, she's still a Demi God and needs to be dealt with." "I think I may have just the creature we need to deal with her. She's been waiting for a long time to get this opportunity." "Excellent." Typhon walks in rather impatient. "So do we have a plan ready?" "I think just about. Tetsu?" "Ok, so here's how we do this."
Back at the base, Shun takes Gou there after dinner. "So you guys hang out here and stuff?" "Why yes." Hera walks in and introduces herself. "Greetings child, I am Hera, goddess of maternity and womanhood. Nice to make your acquaintance." Gou is in awe. Hera then turns to Shun. "So, may I ask WHY you brought a small child to this place?" "Hey, I'm not that small." "Look, I thought Amy would be here. He need's help with his homework and I'm absolutely helpless." "She went out to quick dinner with Dave, Demi and Miki. Lord knows where Kai is. I'll ask her back though." "You sure you know how to use this thing?" "I spend my entire day watching Amy do this. I think I know how this works at least a little bit. Ah yes. Mhm. Amy?" Amy responds to her phone while eating dinner with Miki, Dave and Demi. Dave asks "Who is it Amy?" "I think it's Hera." Demi is eating the salad as Miki says "Must be important. Better answer." Amy answer's "Hey Hera. Uh huh, ok. Welp. I've gotta help Shun with something." Miki replies "With what?" "Apparently homework." "That's weird, Shun doesn't go to school." "Better go anyway." Dave and Demi agree and the four head back to base, Kai following them out of nowhere. Demi says "You don't have to follow us, you know." "I'll go wherever I feel like." Dave thinks in his head "He sure doesn't know what subtlety is, that Kai."
They arrive at Olympi as Shun introduces them to Gou. "Hello guys, this is my landlords son Gou and I wanted to know if you guys could help him with his homework." Amy says "Umm, sure. Hey there Gou." "Who are you?" "Oh, I'm Amy. I designed everything inside here except the walls." "YOU BUILT ALL OF THIS!?" "Mhm. You've obviously met Hera I assume." Shun then says "This is Miki, she's yellow." "Hey." "This is Kai, he dons black." "It makes me look cool." "This is Demi." "It's very nice to meet you Gou." "And this is our newest member, Dave." "It's an honor to meet you Gou. Are you into soccer?" "No, I've never played it actually." "Huh, that's a shame. Maybe one day you and I can go play some soccer down at the park." "You play soccer?" "Yes, in fact I'm a professional soccer player. Not that great to be honest but I do have some talent." Miki then asks "What's the trouble you're having in your homework?" "I'm trying to solve these fractions in math and their pretty difficult. I also don't really understand this poem our teacher's been trying to get us to read." Amy says "Well if it's math or science I can help you," Dave interrupts "And if it's poetry I can certainly lend a hand. I also like to write poetry in my spare time." "Wow, you guys are so cool. Super heroes and tutors." Shun says "I know, right?" As Dave and Amy start helping Gou with his work Miki goes to Shun to talk. "I don't understand why you did this, and I do want an explanation. Not everyone needs to know we are Demi Gods." "I know, it's just, I had to make an excuse today to get out of a jam and that's not how I live my life. I don't think I'd be able to continually lie to them, that and it's kind of cool to have children look up to you." Kai interjects rather sarcastically "Does this mean I can reveal my identity to get money on the streets because of Spiderman over here?" Miki says "No. We can't just become superheroes slapped to a cereal box. Our duty is to defeat the Titan's and that's final. Fame will ruin us and make it difficult to achieve that goal." Kai rather rudely says "You're just saying that because you know you'd be seen as the uptight bitch you are" as he tries to knuckle pound Shun. "Shut up. Just be careful Shun. Make sure he doesn't reveal who we are or we'll be in big trouble." "I trust Gou wholeheartedly. He should be able to keep the secret." "Well, ok."
As they finish helping Gou with his homework, he says "You guys are so cool. I want to be a Joutenger just like you guys." Demi kneels to his level and tells him "You're a great kid Gou, but what we do is incredibly dangerous. We need to be very careful or else innocent people will die. We don't want you to die." "But my teachers say I can do any-" Kai interjects "So what if your teachers say something! You can't take everything someone says to you to heart. People can't be everything they want, so just cut it. You aren't a Demi God, so stay out of it, are we clear?" "Umm, ye-" Miki interrupts Kai "What are you doing?" "Giving him an important lesson, what's it to you?" "You don't have to act like a jackass, he's just a kid-" "And We're leaving, say goodbye to everyone Gou, we may come back sometime very later on." "Ok, goodbye everyone." Kai goes to leave but Miki stops him. "What was that?" "I don't want anything else to do with you now. Let me go." "Not before you apologize to Gou." "Geez, all I wanted to do was tell him a warning that works, and you have to treat me like a criminal." "That's because you are a criminal asshole-" Demi interrupts yelling "WOULD YOU TWO PLEASE JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!" and is visibly angry. Dave responds "Wow, I've never seen that-" "All you two do is argue and bicker. Miki, you need to learn to stay out of other people's business, and Kai, would you please just lose the cold attitude. It's a burden on us all." "I do not butt into other people's business." "Then how come you keep pushing yourself into matters that don't concern you?" "I'm trying to be a good role model for the team, I am the leader." "Says who?" Kai happily replies "Finally, someone who gets what I'm asking." "I'm the leader because I'm the most balanced of you all." "Again, who says this?" Dave interjects "Girls please. You're both acting like children." Miki says "Oh look, typical spoiled rich kid, doesn't have a care in the world. Must feel good to not have to worry about anything in your perfect little bubble you freaking wuss!" All of the room is shocked as Dave leaves quietly, Demi and Kai similarly following suit, Dave not even looking at anyone else as Demi looks concerned and Kai brushes Miki off.
Miki, realizing she just went off on the most quiet and sensitive member of the team, starts feeling regret. "Oh snap. I can't believe I just, urgh. I try to be level headed and reasonable, and all it does is make me put my foot in my mouth. I don't get why I go off like that, I just do. I didn't mean to lash out at Dave. I love Dave, he's the last person I want to verbally attack. I just, urgh." Hera tries to comfort her. "While what you said was certainly out of line, I think the stress of the mission is getting to you. You're putting way too much responsibility on yourself and it's destroying your psyche. Nobody has ever had this much pressure put on them at such a young age child. Maybe you need time off." "No, it's nothing really. Besides, it's not like the Titan's take a break, especially that asshole Titan Red. It's like he's the most inhuman one of them all. I can't wait for the day I beat him in battle." "You need to calm down. I know I said you were the prime choice to be leader, but you're clearly about to burst."
Outside, Dave is trying to walk home in silence as Demi tries comforting him. "Are you ok Dave? That was a pretty harsh blow." Dave, fighting back tears says "She may have hurt my feelings, but," Kai rather cynically says "Oh brother." Demi says rather angrily "You know what Kai, you could learn to actually care about people instead of being an apathetic jerk." "Hey, I get enough of it out of the queen bee back there, I ain't taking it here." "Well some of what she says is true, you need to take that armor off and let us get to know you." "There's a lot of stuff about me that you don't need to know sweetheart." Dave says "I'm fine really, I just need some time alone. I can read her emotions. She bottles them up really tight. You and Miki aren't so different Kai." Kai moves to grab Dave by his shirt. "Don't you dare compare me to that pompous windbag." Demi uses her super strength to throw Kai off Dave. "Get off him ok? Are you alright?" "You didn't need to do that, I'm quite fine. Like I just said, I need some time alone. Good night Demi, Kai." "Night." Kai is still feeling from the blow as Demi helps him up. "You know Demi, you're really attached to him." "So, he's a very nice guy." "So I take it you're into him?" "We're simply good friends." "You always take his side." "I could tell he isn't as emotionally strong as the rest of us, definitely not as strong at fighting. It's just a natural feeling. I need to be there for him. He's bottling things we don't know about as well." "Whatever, I'm out." "Good night." Kai doesn't answer. Amy and Miki return home later on that night. "Thank's for dinner Miki. Good night." "You too Amy. Good night Hera." "Good night children."
The next day, the Titan's arrive in town through Asteria's teleportation spell. Tetsu says "That's quite an impressive ability Asteria, now we can go anywhere in the world we wish. We can attack anywhere if we please." "Our mission is to kill the Demi Gods Tetsu. That's your prime directive." "Yeah, we can't waste our time taking on weaker cities when our biggest threat is still around." "Whatever. So Typhon, you understand the plan?" "Yeah it's pretty straightforward. You and I attack the east end of town while Asteria's monster Arachne attacks the Joutengers support and force them to split up. This reduces their power while we can overwhelm them." "I'm glad your thick skull was able to grasp this plan. Now let's take our positions." Typhon grunts angrily as he thinks "For Lord chronos, for Lord Chronos, for Lord Chronos." "Now it's time. I summon thee from thine prison, she who has been forsaken by Athena, ARACHNE ARISE!" A humanoid spider demon arises her prison in anger. "I require your services. Your payment will be the death of Athena." "You're a Titan. Why should I trust you?" "Because the other reward for this is the death of Athena's daughter and a chance to defeat her once again." "Sound's rewarding. My eternal suffering of ruling over mere spiders will finally have meaning as I finally get my revenge on that prideful witch. Her kin shall pay dearly for her mother's sins. Minions!" She summons a huge hoard of spiders from underground. "We're going hunting my children. God hunting. Ahahahahahahahahahahaha." "I'll leave the rest to you Arachne." Asteria disappears as Arachne starts building an underground prison. Asteria tells the boys "Don't start your attack until Arachne is ready. Prepare for now." "Ok. You ready Typhon? 1-2-5, TITAN RED!" Tetsu transforms into Titan Red and the two wait patiently for the signal.
That morning, at Amy's middle class home, she prepares to leave for school as her father asks "Say honey, where have you been the past evenings, you're normally home after school almost every day." "I'm fine dad. I just found friends to hangout with." "You never talk about friends you've made." "I'll be home later dad." "Ok. Just don't get hurt. I'm gonna be busy as well all day." "See you dad." "I love you baby." Her dad goes to do his blueprints as he thinks to himself "I shouldn't be so worried. My baby Amy is such an independant girl, a farcry from when she was first disabled. I can't shake the feeling. No, she's an adult, she can take care of herself. But still, urgh. I can't work with this anxiety." As Miki goes to college alongside Amy, the two talk. "When I see Dave later I'm going to apologize. I'm sorry for taking out my frustration on him." "Dave seems like a pretty upfront guy. I think he'll be fine." "I know but still." "Did you study for today's test." "Yes I did, with no distractions-" and Miki all of a sudden starts getting sad. "I'm sorry, I just kind of started thinking of her." "It's totally fine, she's your mother after all. You can never forget a mother."
The two enter the college as Dave walks in the park, minding his own business taking his soccer ball. He thinks about his morning yelling at by his father to get over his boyfriend's death. "Only a real pansy boy would let something like death get you as low as you are right now. You need to learn to stop being so sensitive, learn to have no emotions. It makes you very successful at business after all." "You can't substitute for heart dad." "Who needs heart when you have a corporation as powerful as mine. I'm invincible son. No economic downturn can touch me. If you had stayed in school like I said, you could be invincible too. You will have my company one day whether you like it or not. Your soccer career or love life be damned." "Whatever dad. At least my heart isn't black as coal like yours." He see's a girl walking through the park, a girl of modest beauty, but gorgeous eyes. He instantly loses his focus as she takes a seat in a bench, watching him with a friendly look in her eyes. As she writes poetry Dave goes to say hi. "Hello, my name is David. I come here often to play soccer." "You play soccer? I love soccer." "Oh, well I..." "I know you. Your Hans from Germany." "Yeah well after what happened a couple of weeks ago, I'm just kind of staying here. Anyone ever tell you how gorgeous you look?" "Oh, no, not really. Thank you." "Is that some poetry?" "Yeah it is. It's my favorite past time." "Normally when I'm not playing soccer I like to dabble in some poetry myself." "That is very interesting. Someone who plays sports and is a lover of the arts." "I wouldn't call myself an expert in either subject really. You probably have better poetry than I do." "Oh no, I'm an amateur writer." "That's nonsense. As long as you write with your heart, there is no such thing as amateur poetry." "I normally work as a barista at a coffee shop. I see a lot of other aspiring writers that way." "Would this be the one a block away from this park?" "Why yes. Would you like to go there sometime?" "How's about tomorrow at 2?" "Sounds wonderful. I'll see you there. Go play some soccer." "Alright." Dave shows off some of his skills.
Meanwhile Demi is teaching dance classes in her studio as Kai waits outside. All of a sudden he sees two perverts taking a ladder to see the girls upstairs change in the bathroom. He immediately goes to throw the ladder back down as the two men fall down hard, getting the attention of the classes inside. "Look here buddy, there's some respectable women in there learning to dance. I don't think they appreciate a bunch of trash stains like you treating them like they were objects. You make me sick, get out of here now before I put you through the pavement. The girls are both appalled and cheering of his actions, hating his attitude but loving his gentlemanly words. "He's so chivalrous." "Urgh, he kind of looks like a creep himself." "I'm surprised he didn't hurt them more." "Yeah he really should have done as he said." Demi looks puzzled and angry as she tries to reconvene the class. "C'mon ladies, only five more minutes." The girls continue the class as Kai assumes his original position, stoic and quiet on the side of the building as everyone walking around the studio looks on and cheers.
Dave proceeds to Olympi as Miki and Amy's college courses end for the day and Demi exits the studio alongside Kai. "You know, you didn't need to make theatrics about that." "I didn't. I just didn't like seeing a bunch of degenerates treat innocent women as objects." "So you do have a heart, hmm." "Shut up." "I'm telling Miki and Shun about this. They're going to love this." "Please don't, I'm not a good guy-" "Yeah and I'm an olympic gold medalist. Listen, it's not bad to be nice Kai. Show this side more and you may be able to get along with others." "Yeah right." Shun walks home with Gou as Amy's dad sneaks around watching Amy go to Olympi. As Miki and Amy walk to Olympi, Hera alerts the team of trouble. "You need to go to the business district. Titan's are attacking the civilians there. Two Titans this time." "Wow, don't worry Hera, we're on our way. See you Amy." "You just get to the site and kick their asses." "Can do." Miki gives thumbs up as Amy's dad finally reveals himself. "Hello Amy." "Dad, what are you doing here?" "I couldn't help myself, I just needed to know where you were for myself. So who is this Hera and why did your friend just run away?" "It's a long story. Dad, it's not safe out here, you need to go back home, besides don't you have a job?" "I work on my own schedule. Besides, I really want to know where this Hera is." "Well," As Amy is about to answer fully, Arachne arises between the two, pushing Amy's dad back a bit as Amy is put in a state of shock. "You're coming with me, little girl!" Amy's dad all of a sudden gets up and yells "Lay your hands off my daughter you fiend!" As her dad tries to attack Arachne, she simply knocks him out with one punch and a choke. "No, Amy, urgh." "Now that he's down, your coming with me." Arachne takes Amy down to her prison as her dad slowly comes to his senses.
The five Joutengers converge on the Titan's as Miki leads the call to morph. "Joutengers, let's transform now!" They transform all at once and role call. "Daughter of Zeus, Jouten Yellow!" "Son of Poseidon, Jouten Blue!" "Son of Hades, Jouten Black!" "Daughter of Demeter, Jouten Green!" "Son of Aphrodite, Jouten Pink!" "Demi Gods, united we win. Olympus Sentai Joutengers!" As this finishes, Hera calls "Joutengers, Amy has gone missing!" Shun immediately responds "WHAT!?" "Yes, it appears she has vanished entirely from the surface." "Well then, I guess I'll have to go find her, you guys handle this guy without me." Shun runs as Miki follows him. "Shun, wait!" Typhon and Tetsu stare down Kai, Demi and Dave. Typhon says "Looks like we got the weak links." Kai replies "We'll see if you'll call us weak link after I'm done with you." "Yes Typhon, no need for name calling. It's clear we are superior. No need to state the obvious to the simple minded." Demi gets mad as Dave tries to center his mind, constantly thinking about the girl from the park. Back at Mt. Olympus, Chronos is amused. "I know they will fail somehow, but with a plan like this the Joutengers will squirm doing so. It should be most amusing to say the least."