Chapter 29

The day happened to be a quiet and peaceful one, a young boy happened to be strolling along down a path. Little did he knew, the boy was being watched by Serrator and a nighlok by the name of Crustor.

"That pathetic human is just a young boy! How can he be possibly one of the feared guardians?" questioned Crustor

"People have guarded the awesome power of the Bull zord for 300 years…Don't be deceived by his looks, he has unique powers. So you shall see to it that the Bull zord will be mine." Told Serrator

"But the Bull zord is hidden somewhere, it's sealed away!"

"Well then find it and unseal it! That boy is the key to capturing the Bull zord."

"I will be his shadow until the deed is done!"

And with that the nighlok took his leave with Serrator watching him "See to it Crustor, failure is not an option!" once his minion was gone from sight, Serrator muttered to himself, "This is an important piece of the puzzle…My grand plan is falling into place and soon all will kneel to my supreme power."

At the Shiba household Jayden and the others had returned from their trip to city. Upon entering the front yard, they spotted Ji picking some of the vegetables in the garden. The samurai mentor looked up from the plants and at the rangers, "How did it go?"

"It was fine." Told Jayden, he then looked to the household to find the front door wide open. The red ranger asked in wonder, "Ji…Did you leave the door open?"

"No…"

"Where's Nariko?"

"She's been in the household ever since the six of you left for the city, hasn't really stepped outside at all or I would have noticed."

Feeling a bit alarmed at this, Jayden ran into the household yelling his fiancé's name, "Nariko!"

He soon stopped at the living room and to his surprise found a young boy sitting there. The other rangers came running in just as the boy quickly stood up and grabbed his bag off the table. He then smiled and held out his hand, going over to Jayden, "You must be the red ranger."

The two shook hands and once letting go, the boy reached into his bag and pulled out a white power disk showing it to Jayden, "I brought you this…I need you to free the Bull zord."

Nariko showed up at this time, looking at her red ranger in wonder, "Jayden I heard you call my name…Is something wrong?"

The boy looked at the Yamada heir in happiness and exclaimed, "Nariko!"

She looked at the boy and was completely surprise, "Cody!" Nariko went over to him and gently grabbed his shoulders, "Does your Father know you're here?"

"No…I jumped the fence…"

Soon Ji came in to see what was all the commotion and was also surprise to see the boy, "Cody!"

"Before you ask Ji, no Cody's father doesn't know he's here…Cody jumped the fence." Told Nariko

The samurai mentor sighed a bit at this and looked at the rangers, "Cody's family are guardians of the first zord that ever appeared in this world. A Bull zord with immense primal power, Cody's family has been guardians for 300 years…"

Soon everyone had taken a seat in the living room as Ji and Nariko began to explain more to the rangers about Cody and his family.

"The Bull zord came into our world through symbol power but it went out of control and ravaged the country side. So the Grand Shogun sealed it away in a secret location, only Cody's family knows the secret." Told Nariko

Cody looked to the rangers, "The Bull zord isn't bad! He just wants to be free once I break the seal-"

"Whoa there…You want to unleash a zord that went on a rampage?" questioned Kevin

"He won't do that now, you can control it with this disk! Tell them Nariko!"

The Yamada heir looked at the boy a little unsure, "Cody…"

"We need to check this out first…We'll take you home Cody." Said Jayden

The young boy just looked down in sadness, Nariko saw this and turn to her fiance, "Jayden…Let me go with you."

"Nariko…"

"Please Jay…"

The red ranger stared at his fiance for a bit before nodding, "All right…You can come along."

30 minutes later the rangers, Nariko and Cody arrived at a Japanese household in the country side. As the group passed through the gates, Cody began to hide himself behind Nariko, they soon approached a man who happened to be chopping up some logs.

The group stopped a few feet away from the man and Jayden called out to him "Excuse me…Could we talk to you? We're-"

"I know who you are." Said the man, not once ceasing his chopping, "My son went to see you…Why are hiding in the back of Nariko, Cody?"

Reluctantly the young boy stepped out from behind the Yamada heir with his gaze casted to the ground. The man then stopped his work and turned to the group, looking straight at Cody "You left without telling me."

"Because I was worried about the Bull zord, Dad! It doesn't want to be sealed up like that Dad I can feel it! And the red ranger here can help us set him free!"

"No one can control that zord Cody, not even the red ranger!"

"But…What about Nariko?"

"Nor Nariko…She may come from a strong samurai clan but…Even she doesn't have the kind of power to tame that beast. You've endangered yourself, the rangers and Nariko, you put everyone around us at risk! Now…You've got chores to do."

With that being said, Cody bowed his head in defeat and walked off to do his chores. As the rangers and Nariko watched him go, Jayden leaned down and whispered into the princess' ear "You never did tell me, how you know Cody and his father."

"It was way before the team was gathered when Master Xandred awakened…One day while you were so busy training, Ji sent me here to meet the current Bull zord guardian and chat with them. From there on the days you were busy with training, Ji would let me come here and play with Cody so he wouldn't get lonely."

"I see…"

Cody's father soon cleared his throat, "Sorry about that…And sorry that you had to come all this way…Please come inside and I'll make some tea."

As they began making their way inside, Nariko stayed in her spot and Jayden happened to notice this "Nariko…Aren't you coming in?"

"Yeah I'll be there in a bit…I just want to check on Cody first."

"Well…All right…I'll see you in a bit."

"Ok."

The red ranger then kissed his fiance on the forehead and made his way into the household to join his team and Cody's father. Once seeing that they were inside Nariko walked off to find the young boy. She soon found Cody in the garden sitting by a bucket filled with vegetables; the princess made her over and sat by the young boy.

"Cody…Are you ok?"

"Why won't anyone believe me Nariko? Dad doesn't listen…Even the red ranger doesn't understand…The Bull zord won't hurt anyone!"

"Cody…"

"I'll prove it to them! I'll show them that the Bull zord is harmless now!"

"Cody I don't think that's a good idea."

"Then come with me Nariko so you can see for yourself."

"Cody…"

"Please Nariko…"

The Yamada heir stared at the young for a bit before sighing, "All right I'll go with you…But if something horrible goes wrong once you release the Bull zord I'm sealing it right back up, deal?"

"Deal!"

Meanwhile in the household, currently Jayden was gazing at the wooden statue of the grand shogun, "So this is the Grand Shogun…" the red ranger looked to Cody's father "Cody really cares about that zord doesn't he?"

"Cody started talking to the Bull zord when he was three years old…He thinks it understands him." Said Cody's father

"Does it?"

"Maybe…But it can't be trusted…"

Cody's father then walked over to a drawer and pulled out a long rolled up scroll. He walked over to the table, untying the string that bind the scroll and unrolled the parchment upon the table, once doing so the rangers gathered around to look at its contents.

"300 years ago the Grand Shogun entrusted us with this task…To guard the Bull zord with our very lives…He ordered that it remained sealed today, tomorrow and for all eternity…" told Cody's father

Suddenly the door opened to reveal a very out of breath Mia, "Cody and Nariko are gone!"

Deep in the forest Nariko and Cody were walking down a long path, the young boy soon stopped in his tracks causing Nariko to stop also and look back at him, "What's wrong Cody?"

"It's nothing…" the young guardian then pulled out a white power disk and stared at it, "It's just that…Adults think that kids don't know anything…"

"I don't think that Cody."

"I know…But Nariko I know this disk can tame the Bull zord…I just hope it can release him from inside the mountain."

"Remember what I said Cody, if anything and I mean anything goes wrong with the Bull zord I'm sealing it right back up."

"I know, I know…"

"Come on we need to keep moving, how far is the location?"

"Not that far, we should be getting close."

As the two continued their trek, little did they knew Crustor had appeared from a gap after following the two for quite some time, "That's it little guardian, lead me where I want to go!"

10 minutes passed when Nariko and Cody walked down an enclosed path leading into a cave as they entered the area, Crustor stood at the entrance of the enclosed path, evilly chuckling "So…The Bull zord's cockpit is in there!"

Inside the center of the cavern Nariko looked around the area in amazement, "Incredible…I would never expect this to be the place where the Bull zord got sealed…"

Cody then approached a stone stand bearing the Grand Shogun's crest, "I know you want to be free like everyone else…When I break the seal you have to promise you won't do anything bad."

The crest began glowing light red and Cody stopped in front of it, "You have to listen to me too…Promise?" the crest glowed again and the young guardian pulled out a brush "Ok…It's time to finally break the seal…"

Cody then wrote the kanji in the air, "Symbol power…Release!"

Nariko held her breath as she watched the symbol go over to the stand breaking the Grand Shogun's crest to reveal a place to put the power disk in. Cody turned and smiled at the Yamada heir, "Wow look Nariko it worked!"

He then began looking around calling out to the Bull zord, "Come on, you're free now!"

Suddenly the place began to shake, the force of it made Nariko and Cody fall onto their backs. With Jayden and the others, they quickly ran out of the household to see the mountains before them begin to break apart.

"Oh no…This is what I was afraid of! Cody has figured out how to break the seal, the Bull zord is escaping from the mountain!" exclaimed Cody's father

"Look!" exclaimed Mia; she pointed to one spot in the mountains where the Bull zord came out

Inside the zord Nariko groaned a bit and looked to the young guardian, "Cody…Are you ok?"

"Yes I'm all right."

Cody quickly got back up on his feet and approached the stand with the power disk in hand, "Here this disk will give you all of your powers back."

Feeling a sense of dread in her stomach Nariko exclaimed, "No wait Cody!"

But it was too late; the young guardian placed the power disk in the stand which glowed red.

Cody brought out his brush again, "There…Now I just need to draw the power symbol…"

Out of nowhere the Bull zord began to move, making Cody fall back again only to have Nariko catch him, "Cody!"

"I'm all right Nariko…This symbol power will help calm the Bull zord down."

The young boy got out of the princess' arms and stood in front of the stand, drawing out the symbol which he then sent towards the power disk. To his surprise nothing happened and the stand sent out a powerful force towards the young boy, sending him upon his back.

Nariko quickly went to his side, "Cody!"

He looked at the Yamada heir with panic in his eyes, "Nariko…Why didn't that work? Why won't the Bull zord stop?"

"Cody…"

"Bull zord stop! Why aren't you listening to me? Bull zord!"

"I'm sorry Cody but it's gotten out of hand, I'm sealing the Bull zord this instant."

"But Nariko!"

"Cody I'm sorry to say this but the Bull zord tricked you, if I don't stop it now it'll destroy everything in its path."

The Yamada heir then stood and faced the stand with the glowing power disk, she pulled out her brush and was about to write the symbol when the place began to shake. Rocks started to fall from the vibrations; one of them actually hit Nariko in the head immediately knocking her out.

She collapsed to the ground and Cody quickly went over to her, "Nariko!"

He began shaking the Yamada heir, "Nariko wake up! Wake up Nariko! Oh no…What have I done?"

With Jayden and the others, they looked on in shock as they watched the Bull zord started to rampage while Cody's father looked on with fear in his eyes, "I knew this would happen…No one can tame it and now no one can stop it!"

"No way we're going to let it rampage!" declared Jayden, he along with the other rangers pulled out their morphers and went into their ranger forms soon going after the zord.

Crustor who was watching the Bull zord rampage from a far, called out into the open, "Giant moogers! Capture the Bull zord and the boy inside it! I need them both unharmed, do it we need their power!"

The giant moogers appeared at the call and began charging at the Bull zord, but they were no match for the powerful zord which easily took the creatures down with its weapons.

Crustor growled at this and yelled once more, "Stop fooling around, pursue it!"

Though as the moogers tried to capture the Bull zord, it still proved to be very powerful to stop.

The rangers happened to be running through the woods when they happen to see this event unfold.

"It looks like the nighlok are trying to get the Bull zord too." Said Kevin

"Cody and Nariko are still inside, we need to save them!" exclaimed Emily

With that said the rangers pulled out their folding zords and formed their samurai megazord while Antonio summoned the Claw zord. As the rangers tried to go towards the Bull zord, the giant moogers got in the way and managed to restrain the two zords while the other moogers went after the Bull zord.

The evil creatures managed to get some chains wrapped around the Bull zord's horns but it easily broke free from its restrains.

From inside Cody once again tried to talk the Bull zord, "Bull zord stop! Why aren't you listening to me?"

While Antonio kept the giant moogers busy, Jayden and the others went after the Bull zord.

Determined not to be captured and sealed away again, the Bull zord began charging at the Samurai Megazord.

"Bull zord please don't hurt my friends! Stop, no don't!" pleaded Cody, his pleas went unheard as the Bull zord hit the rangers' megazord head on.

Jayden and the rangers tried so hard to stop the Bull zord but just like with the moogers, the zord was just too strong for them.

As the samurai megazord fell to the ground, the Bull zord took this chance to make its escape.

As it did Cody looked to the stone stand staring at the power disk, "I thought I knew you…I thought I could control you…But you're too wild and now you won't stop, not only that Nariko got hurt trying to seal you up…Oh what have I done?"

Later after the difficult attempt to stop the Bull zord to rescue Cody and Nariko, the rangers made their way back to household where Cody's father was waiting.

"We tried to get to Nariko and Cody…But the zord escaped…" told Jayden

Mia gently gripped the father's shoulder, "We'll find them somehow…"

He gripped the tea cup in worry, "Cody should have listened to me…Not only that he shouldn't have brought Nariko along…Forgive me for putting your fiance in danger, Jayden…"

"There's no need for you to say sorry, it's not your fault." Said the red ranger

Cody's father worriedly sighed, "I'm so worried about Cody and Nariko now…"

Jayden nodded in agreement, "So am I…Cody's bond with the Bull zord…Even our zords is so strong…Lets send the zords out to find Nariko's and Cody's location and we'll try again tomorrow."

The next day in the morning the rangers patiently waited outside when Jayden spotted their folding zords, "Hey look the zords are back! They must've found Nariko's and Cody's location!"

As they picked up their companions, the red ranger looked to his team, "Let's go!" before they could leave, a voice stopped them in their tracks

"Wait!"

Jayden turned around to find Cody's father stop in front of him and held out a white power disk,

"Take this…It's the original power disk my ancestors used to create the Bull zord 300 years ago…It's the only possible way to tame it…" this brought a smile to Jayden's face thus taking the power disk "Thank you and don't worry we'll be back with Cody."

Minutes passed and the rangers were currently running down a path, to their surprise they spotted Crustor and some moogers run right in front of them down another path. The rangers quickly stopped in their tracks.

"They must have tracked it down too!" said Kevin

Mike then yelled to Master Xandred's minions, "Hey thuglies!"

Crustor and the moogers immediately stopped in their tracks and turned around to see the rangers standing there.

"Huh? Oh it's you! Don't let them get near the Bull zord!" barked Crustor

"Nothing is going to keep us from saving Cody and Nariko!" exclaimed Mia

The moogers charged at the rangers who quickly morphed and drew their spin swords, while they fought Crustor looked to some moogers that were standing beside him, "Keep them busy while I get the Bull zord and that kid!"

And with that the nighlok quickly made his escape from the battle.

Jayden who happened to hear the nighlok's plan said, "I've got to go help Nariko and Cody!"

"Go Jayden! We've got it covered here! Stop him!" told Mia

Thus Jayden quickly left the battle in hopes of catching up to Crustor before the nighlok could reach the Bull zord.

Meanwhile inside the Bull zord, Nariko still remained unconscious with Cody staying by her side and tried to talk to the Bull zord again, "Listen to me please! You wanted to be free but if you don't stop now they'll seal you up again…Only this time forever…"

"Your time is up guardian!"

Cody quickly turned around to find Crustor standing there, "Oh no…"

He started shaking the Yamada heir again "Nariko wake up! Please you've got to wake up!"

To his relief, Cody heard a small groan from the princess. Slowly Nariko opened her eyes and looked around "W-What…What happened?"

"Nariko you've got to get up, a nighlok is here and he's planning to take the Bull zord!" told Cody

The Yamada heir looked to see that Cody was right once seeing Crustor standing there.

She slowly got up on her feet and pulled out her sais, "Cody…Get behind me…"

The young boy did what he was told, Crustor scoffed at this, "You think you can stop me? Get out of my way! I'm taking the Bull zord and I'll use it to destroy your world!"

Just as the nighlok took a step forward, Nariko quickly sent lightning towards the monster hitting him head on. As the nighlok cried out in pain, Nariko fell down on one knee heavily panting from the ordeal. She soon felt something running down the side of her face, the princess touched her right temple and looked at her hand to find blood on her fingertips.

"Oh no…No wonder I feel so weak…That rock did some damage when it knocked me out…I don't have the strength to deal with this nighlok on my own…" thought Nariko

Angered by the recent attack on him, Crustor began to approach the wounded Nariko, "Why you little! You'll pay for that with your life!"

Before the nighlok could do anything to her, Jayden came running in and attacked Crustor.

"Oh no you don't! You're not laying your disgusting nighlok hand on her! And how dare you threaten my fiance!"

While the two fought with each other, the Bull zord began rampaging again and soon making its way toward the cliff.

Able to see through the Bull zord's eyes Cody exclaimed, "The Bull zord is heading for the cliffs!"

As Jayden knocked Crustor back with his spin sword, the red ranger pulled out the power disk and handed it to the young boy.

"Your father gave me this…He believes in you Cody and now you need to believe in yourself."

Cody slowly grabbed the disk from Jayden who quickly went back to fighting Crustor.

Nariko who was still panting, tiredly looked at the young guardian, "Cody…Use your symbol power…And tame this beast…"

Cody nodded and quickly replaced the power disk he put in with the one Jayden gave to him. The young boy then picked up his brush and wrote the symbol, but as he sent the symbol toward the power disk nothing happened.

"It's not working…" muttered Cody, he looked at the Yamada princess, "Nariko it's not working!"

"Don't give up Cody, you can do it."

The young guardian wrote the symbol again and sent it towards the power disk only to have nothing happen, "It's not working!"

"Concentrate!" told Jayden

The red ranger then went into his super samurai mode to finish off Crustor. Jayden soon sent the nighlok flying out of the cockpit, at the same time Cody wrote the symbol, sending it to the power disk.

This time the symbol worked the power disk turned from white to red in the blink of an eye.

Jayden was greatly relieved by this, "Yes, the Bull zord is flying us to safety!"

Cody then went over and removed the red power disk from the stand, Nariko tiredly smiled at the boy, "You did it, you tamed him Cody."

"No…We did it…"

Cody soon handed the disk to Jayden, "Here…"

"All right…Let's see what this disk can do."

The red ranger inserted the disk into the black box, once doing so the hologram of the Grand Shogun appeared before them.

"The Grand Shogun!" exclaimed Jayden

"You have summoned the power of your ancestors! Now and forever, our power is your power!" told the Grand Shogun, immediately disappearing from sight.

The red ranger then quickly went over to his loved one's side, "Nariko!"

She slowly stood back up on her feet, "I'm fine Jayden…"

Unfortunately the princess' legs gave out on her and she fell, only to have Jayden quickly catch her in his arms, "Nariko!"

He immediately took notice of the blood running down her right temple, "Nariko you're hurt."

"I know…I feel so weak Jayden…"

"Don't worry I've got you sweetheart, As much as I hate leaving you like this but it's time for you and Cody to go."

The red ranger gently put Nariko down on the ground, having Cody immediately kneel by her side, "Don't worry Nariko once we get back home, my Dad will take care of you!"

The young guardian then looked to Jayden, "Thank you for believing in me and the Bull zord."

"You did great, but let's the two of you back to your Dad, Cody."

The red ranger pulled out his samuraizer and wrote out a symbol, with its powers both Cody and Nariko were teleported back to Cody's father.

The battle was long and quite difficult between Jayden and Crustor, but thanks to the Bull zord and its powers, along with the powers of the ancestor the red ranger was able to triumph over the nighlok.

Currently outside of the household, Nariko was lying in a lawn chair with a bandage over her right temple, she happened to be watching Cody and his father talk with each other.

"I'm proud of you son, our ancestor will be proud of you too." Told Cody's father

The young guardian smiled at this "Thanks Dad."

"I hope we're not interrupting."

Nariko, Cody and his father looked to find the rangers standing there with smiles on their faces.

"Hey guys!" greeted Cody

"We wanted to say good bye, before we took off." Told Mike

"Thanks to you, we have a new weapon to fight the nighlok with." Said Kevin

"And now you can go back to your normal life." Added Mia

"As if! I want to help you guys out a lot more! I've got some epic new ideas!" told Cody

"Whoa easy there Cody! You've had enough action for a while. You need to rest up." Said Nariko

Jayden nodded at this, "Nariko is right…But maybe we'll call on you again soon, we can always use help from a friend."

The red ranger then walked over to his fiance and kneeled by her side "How are you feeling?"

"Better than a little while ago…But still a bit lightheaded…"

"The injury that Nariko received in the head is not really serious, though she won't able to stand straight or walk for a while due to her feeling lightheaded. So she will need lots of rest when you return to the Shiba household." Told Cody's father

Jayden nodded again, "Good to know….In that case…"

The red ranger stood up at the same time picking the Yamada heir up in his arms. Surprise by his sudden action, Nariko immediately wrapped her arms around the red ranger's neck, "Jayden! What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm carrying you."

"But all the way back to the Shiba house?"

"You heard what Cody's father said, you're not able to stand straight or walk due to that injury you received."

"But…"

"Hey no worries, I don't mind carrying you at all. Besides at least it's my beautiful girl that I'm carrying and not someone else."

Nariko blushed at his words, "Y-You flatterer…"

Jayden chuckled at this and gave a quick peck to the princess' lips, he turned to his ranger team, "Come on guys, it's time to go home."

"And when we do, I can get away from you two lovebirds so you can be all lovey dovey without me being there to see it." Joked Mike

Just as Jayden passed the green ranger with his fiance in his arms, Nariko took this chance to punch Mike in the shoulder "Very funny Mike!"

"Ouch! Hey I was only joking!"

"I know."

Kevin, Mia, Emily and Antonio laughed at the pout Mike was making before following after the couple. The green ranger rubbed his shoulder a bit while following after his friends "Oh you're going to get it when we get back home, Nariko!"

"I don't think so! My darling red ranger will protect me!"

"That's not fair!"

"Whoever said about being fair, Mike?"

Jayden looked back at his fellow ranger, "She's got a point there Mike."

Nariko looked over her red ranger's shoulder and playfully stuck out her tongue at Mike, Kevin and the others lightly laughed at this. Mike who still had a pout on his face couldn't help but smile and join in on the laughter as they began their trek back home.