Pikatwig: It sure has been a little while since the last one.
KKD: No joke. It's not easy working on some stories when you've got so many other projects lined up.
Pikatwig: True. Anyway, I'm glad we're getting back onto this one.
KKD: I'm kinda curious as to what will happen next with our next gen Shinkengers myself.
Pikatwig: Go on and do the disclaimers.
KKD: Lemme see. *searches pile of papers before unfolding a piece of black paper, revealing it to be the disclaimers*
DISCLAIMERS: We don't own anything in this story except for any OC characters we come up with along with any other ideas we'd have in store for it. The rest of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Super Sentai in general belong to Toei, Bandai, and their respective owners.
"Celebrate minna!" Ai smiled, as she, Yoko, Takeshi, Sakurai and Souji all raised plastic cups filled with soda, and then there was a banner with the kanji saying "Congrats on the first victory".
"Yattaze!" Yoko smiled.
"Hey… ichi… ni… san… yan… gou…" Takeshi counted. "We're one member short…"
"Yea. Where's that sister of yours, Tono-sama?" Souji inquired.
"...uh… what time is it?" she asked, as she glanced over to a clock, which read 7:45. "She's in the bathtub right now."
"Oh… okay," the boys nodded.
"And… you all might wanna try and wait a while before you bathe… she tends to take a bit of the hot water," Ai shrugged.
"So you actually care about us Tono-sama?" Souji inquired.
"Tch… well, you guys are just my vassals. I just don't want you to worry about freezing yourselves over," Ai answered, as she sipped her soda.
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Eri was simply relaxing and playing around with some toys, squeaking a rubber ducky. As she played, Eri sang to herself.
"Let's all go… let's all go… we're the Samurai Sentai, Shinkengers," Eri sung, smiling, playing with her ducky.
"How long is she normally in there?" Sakurai asked.
"I dunno…" Ai shrugged, "I don't keep track of her time in there; it's usually Okaa-san who does."
"Your mom was the last ShinkenYellow, is that not correct?" Souji inquired. "Did she not have a sister?"
This made Ai freeze up for a moment, before looking away with a sad face, "Well… she doesn't have any kids. So Eri had to be ShinkenYellow, end of discussion,"
"But-" Souji started.
"I said, end of discussion!"
"Uh…" Sakurai began.
"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?!" she shouted.
"I was just gonna ask for a refill…"
"Oh…"
Pikatwig Entertainment Presents
In association with KKD Studios
Chan-Chan-Bara Chanbara! (Chan-Chan-Bara Chanbara!) *The scene then transitions to a scroll with six symbols, being the kanji for fire, water, earth, heaven, wood and light.*
Chan-Bara-Bara Chanbara! (Chan-Bara-Bara Chanbara!) *The shot then changes to a black background, and focuses on ShinkenRed, who is female and she unsheathed her sword.*
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger *The shot then has the Shinkenger logo appear*
Appare! (Splendid!) *Some new kanji is added to it, becoming the title for the story*
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Next Gen
Nagare, nagare (Time keeps on flowing) *A shot from when the original Shinkengers defeated Dokuko Chimtsuri is shown, and then the scene shifts to a calendar*
Mukashi wa ima (The past becomes now) *The date the final battle occurred on is shown, and then many pages of the calander are torn out, showing time has passed, and it shows the current year, being 2025*
Nihon no SPIRITS mezamete yuku (The spirits of Japan start awakening) *The shot then changes to show the new ShinkenRed, Shiba Ai, first daughter of Takeru and Kotoha.*
Miseru shinken (chanbara, chanbara!) (Exhibiting seriousness (chanbara, chanbara!)) *The other Shinkengers of Ai's generation are soon seen with their parents handing them the katanas they each used, the first two being the new ShinkenBlue and ShinkenPink, Ikenami Sakurai, and a male, Shiraishi Takeshi*
Nametara kiken (chanbara, chanbara!) (It is dangerous if you downplay it (chanbara, chanbara!)) *The next three, the new ShinkenGreen Tani Souji, the next Shinken Yellow, Shiba Eri, and the second ShinkenGold, Umemori Yoko are handed their blades*
Suki wo misetara asu wa nai ze (If you show an opening, there will be no tomorrow) *The new Shinkengers are all shown eating sushi at a sushi place owned by the original ShinkenGold*
Ippitsu Soujou, tenkagomen! (One Stroke, Imperial Report, authorized by Divine Providence!) *The shot then changes to show a crevice leading to the Sanzu River, where the boat is still floating.*
Hakushu no arashi, shin'uchi toujou! (In a storm of applause, the main stars appear!) *The scene shifts back to the surface where the new Shinkengers draw their kanji in the air before transforming into the new Shinkengers, Red, Yellow, and Gold being female, and Blue, Green, and Pink being male.*
Hanafubuki KIRARI (Cherry blossoms fall in a flash) *Takeshi was planting some flowers on the lawn of his home.*
Iza, yuke, SAMURAI (Now it's time to go, Samurai) *Souji slashed at a training dummy with his blade, and dusted it off.*
Sono inochi wo mamoru tame (In order to protect those lives) *Sakurai was laying around playing a video game before standing up*
KIRIKIRI MAIMAI (Cut, cut, dance, dance) *After a quick moment with Ai, Eri, and Yoko (ate some sushi, the six Shinkengers summoned their Origami, which turned into animal mode.*
Saigo ni BANZAI (In the end, say "banzai!") *The Origami then combined into their Mecha forms, Shinken-Oh and DaiKaiOh in North Mode.*
Kotoba no POWER bakuhatsu suru (The power of the words will explode) *The two mecha attacked, causing an explosion to occur behind them.*
Let's bushidou (let's bushidou) (Let's bushido (let's bushido)) *Takeru and the other original Shinkengers all look up at the mech, all smiling at the good work their kids had done.*
Shoubu shiyou (shoubu shiyou) (Let's take this challenge (let's take this challenge)) *The new Shinkengers then walked ahead, ready to take on the day.*
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger! *Ai and Eri then turn to each-other and high five, before the other four Shinkengers joined in the highfive.*
Appare! (Splendid!) *The scene ends with the suited Shinkengers posing with their blades, and Shinken-Oh and DaiKaiOh posing right behind them.*
Act 2: Gattai, Shinken-Oh
"Appare… appare…" Eri sung happily.
She was almost done with her bath, and Kotoha was waiting by the door.
"Okaa-san… I'm ready to come out…" Eri informed.
"Okay. Coming," Kotoha replied, walking in and helping her youngest daughter out.
"Tono-sama?" Souji asked.
"...if it's about my aunt, I don't wanna hear it!" she growled.
"It isn't… will your sister be joining in the fun?" Souji inquired.
"Well… I'm not sure," she shrugged, as she sipped her soda.
"Who ordered all of the pizzas?" Takeru asked, walking in.
"Oh, Okaa-san let us order them," Ai informed.
"Really?" Takeru gawked before counting up the boxes, which totaled to three, along with a small box and a bag of breadsticks.
"Don't worry Otou-san, I made sure Eri would get something to eat," Ai assured.
"I hope so," Takeru nodded, as Eri walked in wearing some yellow pajamas.
The young girl let out a yawn and looked at the party ongoing and rubbed her tummy. "I'm hungry… Okaa-san, can I have some pizza?"
"Sure, Eri-chan," Kotoha nodded, opening a box to reveal a cheese pizza.
"Go on and have a soda, Yellow-chan," Sakurai smiled, handing her a cup of soda.
"Y-Yellow-chan?" Eri gawked, but took the cup anyway, "Arigatou… demo… why call me Yellow-chan?"
"Just a nickname," he shrugged.
"Don't give my sister a nickname without asking her first!" Ai told him.
"Can't I be friendly?"
Ai rolled her eyes and took a slice of her pepperoni pizza and continued to eat.
That night, Eri was practically bouncing off the walls due to the sugar rush from the soda earlier. And Kotoha and Takeru were having a tough time simple catching her.
"Note to self: never let Eri have soda… ever again.." Takeru groaned.
"Yea… not the best thing for her…" Kotoha panted, having been running after her youngest daughter more than her husband did.
After another two minutes, they saw Eri looking woozy and kinda sick.
"Okaa-san… Otou-san… what happened?" she asked.
"You shouldn't have drank that soda, dear," Kotoha sighed, "You went a little hyper…"
"...bed now?" she asked, clumsily raising her hands for Kotoha to pick her up.
"Yes dear," Kotoha answered, picking her up, "Time for bed."
The following morning, Takeru and Jii had placed a paper on a wall, with a list of numbers, and the kanji for "New Rules" on the very top.
"New Shinkengers, I need your attention," Takeru informed.
"Hai?" most of the younger Shinkengers responded, except for Sakurai, who was still struggling to open his eyes.
"Given… last night's 'event', I'm placing new rules in the house for you all, effective immediately!" Takeru informed.
"What? Ah mou," Sakurai whined, as Ai gave a glare to her team, when she noticed someone was missing.
"Uh… where's Eri?"
"Bathroom," Jii informed.
"Okaa-san… I feel a little bit dizzy… still…" Eri informed.
"How much soda did you drink last night?" Kotoha asked.
"One," she informed, as Kotoha was washing her younger daughter's hair.
"That's it? Are you sure?"
"I only ate my small pizza and had the one soda thingy…" Eri informed.
"'Rule 1. No more soda' Otou-san!" Ai groaned annoyed.
"It has a really bad effect on your sister, Ai. First, she wouldn't go to bed right away last night, and then she started feeling dizzy and sick. Not to mention we had to wash her sheets after she woke up," Takeru informed his eldest daughter, causing Sakurai and Takeshi to stifle their laughter, with even Souji chuckling a tiny bit, that is, until Takeru gave the three a very menacing glare, making them shut up.
"'Rule 2. All Shinkengers must report to bed at 8:15'?! That's ridiculous!" Sakurai groaned.
"This is in order to make sure you all understand responsibility. You may and will be required to wake up early in case of a Gedoshu attack early in the morning. That, and it's to avoid situations like with Eri-sama last night, ...as well as with you, SLEEPYHEAD! WAKE UP!" Jii responded, seeing Sakurai doze off before smacking him awake with a paper fan.
"It's like Chiaki and Ryuunosuke switched places…" Takeru muttered.
"Let's see what your next dumb rule is, Otou-san," Ai grumbled. "'Rule 3. Training shall occur everyday from 8:30am to 5pm'?!"
"As Jii said, you must always be prepared for a Gedoshu attack. That is something me and my team always did," Takeru informed.
"Otou-san… how many rules are left?"
"Three," he answered, making the young Shinkengers groan.
"'Rule 4. When the Gedoshu attack, at least one other Shinkenger must accompany ShinkenRed at all times'. That hardly seems like a rule Mr. Shiba-san," Souji responded.
"This is more directed towards Ai, due to her… ahem… 'loner' nature. She's too overconfident to go into battle alone, and I don't want to lose my family," Takeru explained.
"Makes sense to me," Takeshi shrugged as Ai groaned, crossing her arms.
"'Rule 5. When training is occurring, any changes, or suggestions, must be reported to Takeru, Kotoha or Jii'. I can deal with that one," Ai informed, the others nodding in agreement.
"And the final rule. 'Rule 6. The only breaks in training allowed will be for meals set at 9:10, 11:30 and 4:00. Unless there is a Gedoshu attack or an injury; no vacations from training with those exceptions will be permitted'."
This caused complaints from everyone, with Takeru simply ignoring the protests, as Kotoha and Eri walked in.
"I'm fine guys…" Eri informed.
"Are you sure, Eri-sama?" Souji asked.
"My dizziness went away. But I am hungry…" Eri informed.
"The Kuroko are preparing breakfast as we speak, Eri-sama," Jii told her.
Thus, the six Shinkengers got to training, with Eri working with Ai, Souji working with Sakurai, and Takeshi working with Yoko.
"Onee-chan… are you okay?" Eri asked.
"...Not now, Eri. I don't wanna talk about it," Ai told her. 'Keep telling yourself. You don't need help. You don't need help. You don't need help!'
"Oi! Sakurai, focus!" Souji shouted at Sakurai, as the two were currently practicing swordplay combat.
"...yea, yea, yea. Let's do this thing water boy!" Sakurai shrugged, attempting to help.
"You're the one with the water powers."
"Take-san… work on your grip work," Yoko told Takeshi, seeing he was holding his sword with a bad grip.
"Sorry. Not used to using a sword before. Heck, where I'm from, fighting wasn't needed at all," Takeshi replied, trying to get a grip on his sword properly. Yoko let out a sigh, and helped him with his grip, making them both blush for a moment.
"Uh… thanks," Takeshi replied as he held the blade properly, ready to try again.
"No prob…" Yoko blushed.
The training seemed to go on for some time until….
"OW!" Eri screamed in pain, a cut on one of her arms.
"Eh?!" everyone gawked, turning to see what happened, and blood was dripping down from a cut.
"What's happening?" Kotoha asked, hurrying in.
"Nothing…" Ai said nervously.
"Onee-chan used her Shinkenmaru when she knows we're not supposed to use them in training," Eri informed. "And she gave me an owie…"
Kotoha rushed over to check the cut, and gasped seeing how deep it was, before giving a glare to her daughter. "We will be talking later young lady."
"Ooh…" Sakurai gawked, as he and Souji backed off, not wanting to get into trouble.
"What happened?" Takeru asked as Kotoha walked in with their two daughters.
"An injury was inflicted on Eri by our oldest during training… again," Kotoha groaned.
"I was getting really annoyed by various things, and I just… got my Shinkenmaru out to hit a dummy, but… Eri was there…" Ai informed.
"You are in a lot of trouble Ai," Takeru told her.
"But Otou-san…"
"No buts! You hurt your sister. Go to your room and wait there," Takeru told her.
"...Mou… fine," Ai groaned, storming off to her room.
"...I don't know why she does this…" Takeru groaned annoyed. "Whether it's on accident or on purpose, Ai always screws up with the Shinkenmaru during training… and it always hits her sister. Seriously, if this keeps up, Eri will have more scars than a Gedoshu would before it's destroyed."
"Eri… can I ask you something?"
"Sure," she nodded, as her wound was being treated.
"Do you know what your sister was angry about?"
"...it's all those rules… she was just angry, and used the training to lash out," Eri figured, "But I guess she got out of control, and swung the blade too hard into the dummy, getting it stuck. And when she got it out… well… owch…"
"Don't worry, you'll be okay," Kotoha assured, as the Kuros arrived to help treat the wound.
"...Arigatou," Eri nodded.
"Ai… you keep hurting your sister in practice. And this month alone you have hurt her at best seven times," Takeru told his daughter.
"...You know I don't mean to do that!" Ai responded, "Half the time I don't know she's in my way!"
"You need to take responsibility for your actions. Not to mention be more aware of your surroundings. Your cocky attitude will get innocents killed. Would you wish to have the blood of hundreds if not thousands of innocents on your hands rather than the Gedoshu's? Because with how you let your anger get to you, you just might let that happen."
Ai just didn't respond to her father, only looking away holding her Shodophone in her hands.
"...you have a lot to think about," Takeru told her, as he left her room.
"You're right, Otou-san," she sighed when he was out, "...I do…"
Down at the Sanzu River, meanwhile, Pheorock gave a look to see a lion kaijin reaching to get onto the boat. After the lion kaijin got onboard, it was revealed to be standing upright with a wide scarf draped around it's neck and drooping down onto the heart, and while in this area the red light made it's color look off, it was clear it's main fur color was white the mane being gold, and what other clothes it wore were red robes that looked rather torn.
"Well well, what have we here?" Shinkoro asked.
"I am Fearrion!" the kaijin introduced himself, "And I shall make the humans see their worst fears!"
"And the fears of such shall make the river rise!" Pheorock noted with a grin, "Well then, Fearrion, go and make the humans suffer through their fear. And if you should encounter the Shinkengers… crush them!"
"Got it!"
A bit later, at an outdoor restaurant, the Nanashi Company began to creep out through the nearby cracks and crevices, with Fearrion soon joining, wrapping it's scarf around the people, with them beginning to scream in fear.
Back at the Shiba Mansion, the alert was announced, bringing to the attention of the Shinkengers, with a Kuro showing the location.
"Corner of Sixth and Main," Takeru noted.
"No! That's the pizza place we got our awesome pizza from!" Sakurai noted.
"Really, Sakurai? Really?" Souji groaned.
"In any case, we should get going. Can't let the Gedoshu continue this rampage," Takeshi added.
"What about Tono-sama?" Souji asked.
And then, almost as if on cue, Ai and Eri showed up, and quickly ran out to get to the attack sight in a hurry.
"Does that answer your question, Souji?" Takeshi asked, as they all hurried to join the Shiba Sisters.
"Man, this is a lot of fear! Fear of bugs, fear of tests, fear of failure. This is a lot of fun!" Fearrion chuckled, when the drum sound began, and the Kuros appeared with the usual flags.
"Stop right there… Gedoshu," Ai shouted when the Shinkengers revealed themselves.
"Well well well, if it isn't the Shinkengers. Let's see what you all are afraid of!" Fearrion chuckled as the Shinkengers took out their henshin devices.
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Ikkan Kenjou!"
Thus, the six drew out their kanji, and turned into Shinkenger mode.
"ShinkenRed! Shiba Ai,"
"Onajiku Blue! Ikenami Sakurai,"
"Onajiku Pink! Shiraishi Takeshi!"
"Onajiku Green! Tani Souji!"
"Onajiku Yellow. Shiba Eri,"
"Onajiku Gold! Umemori Yoko!"
All but ShinkenRed kneeled down, holding their blades in their hands.
"Tenkagomen no Samurai Sentai," Red announced before all six Shinkengers stood up, their blades in the air, and they slashed down, "SHINKENGER!" they all declared before looking up and posing in their own ways with their blades in the air, "Mairu!"
"Nanashi, attack!" Fearrion shouted out, causing all the grunts to take the charge, which the Shinkengers met rather quickly, using their blades to slash right through the Nanashi Company, but while Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink and Gold dealt with the Nanashi, Red simply charged forward and began to slash at Fearrion.
"Hmph! Is that the best you got?" Fearrion scoffed, easily dodging the Shinkenmaru, but Red kept slashing, but gasped when her blade was caught by the kaijin, "Seriously? My master built you up to be such great warriors, but your skills… they're of children. Not worth fighting at all."
"Shut up! I'm the new ShinkenRed, and I will stop all of you Gedoshu!" Red shouted out, turning her Shinkenmaru into the Rekka Daizantou, and thus, Red began to bash the kaijin in more and more, however, she was leaving room for herself to get hit.
Sure enough, when she made one high swing for Fearrion's head, he ducked easily, quickly giving the Shinkenger a powerful uppercut to the chin, which sent her flying, making her land on the ground.
"Man, I can't help but wonder what the new 'great leader' of the Shinkengers is afraid of. Why don't I take a look?" Fearrion chuckled, wrapping Red up in the scarf. Red then began to pant a bit, with tears dripping from out of her helmet.
"Stop… no! Make it stop! Make it go away! STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Red shouted in fear, trying to slash her way free, but she didn't even hit the Gedoshu, making it chuckle.
"Nee-chan!" Yellow gasped before rushing in to help, turning her blade into the Land Slicer to try and attack Fearrion, but he used part of his scarf to stop the attacks.
"Hmph. Tasty fear, but your vassals even more inferior than you," Fearrion scoffed before looking at his right hand, seeing the color was beginning to gray, and he was drying out, "Well, looks like my time's up. See ya later Shinkenbrats!"
Thus, he let Red go, and jumped into a crack, with Red panting as if she woke up from a nightmare.
"Onee-chan! ...Daijoubou?" Yellow responded, rushing over to check on Red.
"Eri… you're okay?" Red asked.
"I'm fine," Yellow assured, as the Shinkengers all dropped their henshin.
"Are you all okay?" Takeru asked as the six returned, Ai being a bit shaken up.
"We're fine, Otou-san," Eri assured, "Although, Onee-chan's been shaking since we battled the bad guy,"
"Otou-san… there's no way for the Gedoshu to attack us here… right?" Ai asked nervously.
"Don't worry. Our mansion is safe from the Gedoshu. There's a special Mojikara that protects us," Takeru informed.
Ai gave a nod, looking a bit less shaken up, "Thank goodness," she sighed with relief.
Late that night, Ai wrote a small letter, being able to write due to a candlelight. She left the letter in the meeting room, before using her Shodophone to summon a horse and head out.
"Kotoha-sama, Takeru-sama, you two need to wake up!" Jii shouted out.
"Ugh… what is it, Jii?" Takeru groaned as he and Kotoha struggled to wake up, when they woke up a bit more, Jii handed them a letter, which the front had the kanji for "To Okaa-san, Otou-san, Nee-chan. From Ai."
The former Red Shinkenger let out a sigh as he opened up the letter.
"'To my Kazoku, I can handle the Gedoshu on my own. I don't need vassals to protect me, or anyone to provide me 'assistance' or anyone to get in my way, so I'm leaving to handle this fight on my own. I don't know when I'll come back or if I will. Take care of Eri, and tell her that I love her. I'll… miss you. Love your oldest daughter, Ai.' Is she a fool?"
"Not helped by a certain fact…" Jii informed, as he showed them a certain item, which looked like a black box with the Shinkenger emblem and a kanji underneath in gold.
"Please tell me nobody's told her what this is supposed to do," Takeru asked.
"It's been secret," Jii informed.
"Thank goodness," Takeru sighed. "We need to find Ai."
"I'll go and find her. You need to stay here in case she comes back," Kotoha told Takeru.
"But Kotoha… alright. Just, be careful, okay?" Takeru told her.
In a forest, a distance away from her home, Ai was training by herself, not with her Shinkenmaru, but rather with a regular katana, and she held out a white disk with a tiger image.
"Otou-san… Okaa-san… Nee-chan… I'm sorry. But this is something I have to do alone!" Ai told herself as she continued to slash at some training dummies she made.
With each slash, the training dummies let off splinters, which were sent flying around her, but Ai made sure that she wouldn't get hurt. As she continued, however, the noise she was making by training was acting as the perfect way for her to be tracked down by Kotoha.
"That's her," Kotoha muttered, following the noise her daughter was making, and sure enough, she found herself nearby where Ai was practicing.
As Ai continued training, more splinters were sent flying, and eventually, some hit Ai right in the knee. "OW! ...man… I thought I made precautions to prevent this..."
"You're not perfect, Ai. It came from a low branch you hit," Kotoha informed, approaching.
"I'm not going home Okaa-san…" Ai informed.
"Why? Worried about something… you can tell me," Kotoha asked.
"...I can't. I'm supposed to represent a leader, and leader's aren't scared of anything!" Ai told her mom.
"Ai. Everyone's scared of something, and I can tell by your tone you're hiding your fear. Out with it, what're you scared of?"
The younger girl paused, not willing to talk about it, as she sat down, and Kotoha began to treat the cut the splinters left. "You're not gonna let me off of this easily, are you?"
"Nope."
Ai let out a sigh, turning away for a moment. "If I tell you… will you promise you won't tell anyone?"
"Well… I don't know,"
"I won't tell you otherwise,"
Kotoha let out a small giggle before looking at her first daughter. "You are a stubborn girl, you know that Shiba Ai?"
"Yea. Yes I am," Ai admitted
"Okay, I promise I won't tell. Now out with it," Kotoha insisted as she finished putting a bandaid on Ai's cut.
"I'm scared… of..." Ai began, "Of… I'm scared… of losing…"
"Losing what?"
"...I'm scared of losing you, Otou-san and Nee-chan!" Ai blurted out, before covering up her mouth.
"...You're scared… of losing us? Your family?"
"...Y-y… yes… I'm scared of losing you to the Gedoshu," she sighed. "Ever since I was little, and you told me about your accomplishments, I was so scared that I would lose you all… and my fear just grew bigger after Eri was born…"
"I see… why didn't you tell us?"
"Because… I was worried you would all think less of me for being scared…"
"Ai-chan… like I just told you… everyone is afraid of something," Kotoha told her.
As Takeru waited for Ai, a Kuroko rushed over as the alarm for a Ayakashi attack occurred, he glanced over to see it was in the forest.
"What do we do?" Yoko asked.
"Even without our Tono-sama, we've gotta fight the Ayakashi," Souji informed.
"I'll try and get in contact with Ai and let her know what's going on," Takeru informed, as the five Shinkengers rushed out, but Eri stopped before she left.
"Onee-chan… she still loves me, right?" Eri asked her father.
"...Of course she does, Eri-chan," Takeru assured, "She just… needs some time to think about things. Go on and help the others. Me and your mom will find her, I promise,"
"Okay," Eri nodded, running out to help her team.
Meanwhile, Fearrion was walking through the forest where Ai was, and noticed the girl holding her Shinkenmaru.
"Well, if it isn't a Shinkenger?" he chuckled, as Ai looked up and saw him.
"Okaa-san, get out of here, I'll hold him off! Ippitsu Soujou!"
With that, Ai charged in at Fearrion, turning into ShinkenRed on the way, and holding him off while Kotoha hid amidst the branches of the forest.
"Lookie here! It's ShinkenRed's Okaa-san! Why don't I make your worst fear come true starting with her?" Fearrion threatened.
"URUSEI!" Red shouted as she rushed in, attacking Fearrion with all her might, not letting up for a single moment. "You! Will! NEVER! Hurt! My! FAMILY!"
With that, Red transformed her Shinkenmaru into the Rekka Daizantou once more, slashing at Fearrion, and this time, leaving little to no room for the lion to counterstrike, and when it looked like he was about to uppercut her again, she gave him a knee to the chin before slashing him away again.
"It's over!" Red shouted, as she charged up her weapon with flames before slashing the air, sending a fire wave at Fearrion before causing him to explode, "Yes… I did it… all by myself…"
"Uh… Ai-chan… It's not over yet."
"What do you mean?"
"Just look." Kotoha informed, seeing Fearrion just got huge!
"Uh… how do I deal with that?" she asked.
"This is another reason why you need your vassals to assist you," Kotoha replied before pointing to Ai's pentagon object, which unfolded some limbs, becoming a lion robot of sorts.
"Wait… isn't there a symbol that makes these things bigger?"
"There is." Kotoha informed, helping her daughter draw the symbol to make her origami grow giant.
As the lion, or Shishi Origami grew, the other Shinkengers noticed this and gasped.
"Bad guy got big! Bad guy got big!" Yellow shouted out.
"So did that thing Tono-sama had," Blue added.
"Minna, time we summon the Origami!" Green shouted.
"Wait… what about me, I don't have Origami like you all," Gold asked.
"I'm sure you got one somewhere, Gold," Pink noted as he and the other four pulled out their Origami.
"Origami Dai-Henge!" they shouted, drawing the symbol needed rather easily, and the Origami grew to giant sizes as well.
"Onee-chan!" Yellow shouted out, having her Origami, the monkey, or Saru Origami run over to help the Shishi Origami.
"Eri? What are you all doing here?" Red demanded to know.
"We came to give you a hand, of course," Pink, in the turtle, or Kame Origami, answered as the Turtle rammed into Fearrion, with Blue laughing for a moment.
"Hand… and your Origami is one of the arms for the mech," Blue laughed.
"At least I provide more help than you. Yours is a foot."
"Stop arguing you fools!" Green shouted using his Origami the Bear, or Kuma Origami to hit both the Kame Origami and the Dragon, or Ryu Origami.
"I don't need your help! I can do this on my own!" Red shouted, charging forward, but Fearrion used part of his scarf to wrap up the Shishi Origami and toss it back.
"You were saying?" Pink asked.
"Tono-sama, it's time we pull together!" Green shouted.
"Oh! I know this part. Leave it to me!" Blue shouted.
"Uh, I don't know if you should," Pink responded, but…
"Samurai Gattai!" Blue shouted, completely ignoring the Mojikara altogether, and the four shapes piled on top of each other Green, Blue, Pink and Yellow, with the Shishi Origami standing nearby, growling in annoyance, "I did it!"
"Um… are you sure this is the right way to gattai?" Pink asked.
"This is fun! Whee," Yellow giggled.
"This is stupid, Blue! I know I'm supposed to help support the weight, but not from all of us!" Green shouted, as the totem pole of Origamis began to wobble a little bit, especially Yellow's as she was at the very top.
"So what? Are you baby Shinkengers playing blocks now?" Fearrion asked annoyed as he used his scarf to knock Yellow down first.
"KYAA~!" Yellow screamed as Red managed to use her origami to help catch her.
"Seriously. You guys hold me back too much. If you wanna help me out with the gattai, let me execute it!" Red groaned, pulling out her Shodophone and drawing the correct kanji for the gattai, "SAMURAI GATTAI!"
Thus all of the Origami began to correct the position, Ryu and Kuma forming the legs, Kame and Saru forming the arms, and Shishi repositioning itself to form the torso and head as all the parts connected before the mecha set it's gold and black helmet into place.
"Shinken-Oh, tenkatōitsu!" the five Shinkengers announced.
"...I liked us better as a totem pole…" Yellow giggled.
"Ironic as it is, so did Okaa-san," Red chuckled. "Anyway, focus minna!"
"Hai!" the Shinkengers nodded, turning their attention to Fearrion.
"Well well, now this is more like it. Show me what you got!" Fearrion growled.
"We will!" ShinkenRed shouted, as Yellow glanced around to see their cockpit, seeing golden barriers of sorts behind them with the Shinkenger symbol in black on a white screen, and each control stand the Shinkengers had was identical, showing the similarities to paper fans and origamis, with the shape of their origami on the front, and each being white, gold, and their respective colors.
"Wow… Okaa-san's stories didn't make this seem as cool as it really is," Yellow giggled.
"Eri. Focus, please," Red told her younger sister.
"Sorry," Yellow responded.
The mecha then pulled out it's katana when the heroes grabbed their Shinkenmarus. The giants then clashed with each other, with Shinken-Oh managing to injury the Ayakashi's arms, before slashing at the scarf, shredding it to pieces.
"AGH! NO! MY SCARF!" Fearrion panicked.
"Looks like we found your fear," Red smirked, as the Shinkengers all readied their blades for their finisher.
"Daishinken! Samurai Giri!" they shouted in unison, spinning the discs on their blades, causing the letters on Shinken-Oh's blade to glow, and sparks to somehow fly around the area.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Fearrion demanded.
But the Shinkengers paid him no mind as Shinken-Oh spun it's blade in a circle, mimicking the movements of the Shinkengers inside, until they all slashed diagonally, with the kanji for 'cut' appearing as they did so. They slashed the Ayakashi, causing the sparks to die down and the kaijin to fall over and explode.
"And this brings… this chapter to a close," ShinkenRed smiled.
"So, you more willing to work with us Tono-sama?" Souji asked.
"...Maybe. And that is where I leave it at," Ai informed as the six returned to the Shiba Mansion.
"Ai!" Takeru said in joy as he ran over and pulled his oldest daughter into a hug.
"ACK! O-OTOU-SAN… Can't… breathe!" Ai choked out, as Takeru put her down.
"I was so worried about you and… you are in a lot of trouble for running away!" Takeru told her.
"Go ahead, ground me, I don't really care." she shrugged.
"...You know what… the very fact you're here and safe will override my anger… for now. But if you ever do anything this stupid again…" Takeru started.
"I'll get grounded anyway? Otou-san… right now, I'm just glad to be home." Ai responded, hugging him despite what happened not too long ago.
Jikai, Next Gen Shinkenger
Eri: Kitty Origami!
Kotoha: Tora Origami… technically…
Ai: Why does she get to be the pilot?
Souji: She can't control it!
Takeshi: Oh boy.
Act 3, Tora Torment
Pikatwig: And at long last, chapter two of this fic is finished.
KKD: And it took a long time for us to get to it, too.
Pikatwig: Mainly because of other things. Anyway, thoughts on the chapter?
KKD: Overall, very nice, good character development, plus, neat reference to when the original Shinkengers first used the origami.
Pikatwig: And another reference back, as mentioned by Red. Anyway, my favorite part was the group having a party for their first victory last chapter.
KKD: My personal favorite scene was when Ai managed to beat Fearrion, not to mention the interactions of the group when they were working to get the gattai correct.
Pikatwig: Yea, that was pretty funny.
KKD: So. Anything else to add before we end this off?
Pikatwig: Well… apart from there being more of this. Not much else. Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne!