To tell the truth, I already finished writing this epilogue. Reason? Read this epilogue first until the end and you will find the answer.

Tomorrow morning...

Everyone return to the mansion after the battle. They all had received and used quite a fair amount of damage and strength respectively from it. Hence, they deserved to have some rest to recover themselves and of course had something good to eat.

Though sadly, Hiro and his friends cannot remain in Takeru's timeline any longer because they may interfere with whatever might happen if they stay. The only reason they remain before was because they had a vindicating situation.

Now that situation had been settled, they must return to their world at the appropriate timeline as soon as possible. After all, they had been there for more than three months. Currently, Hiro and his friends stood outside the mansion with the samurais, Hikoma and a few Kuroko to see them home. Genta held the robotic lantern, DaiGoyo in his left hand.

"Thank you for everything, everyone" Hiro thanked, referring to the residents of Shiba household. "Sadly, we had to go back" he politely regretted. "We know. Do what you must" Chiaki replied. "But...I still want to stay a little bit longer..." Asuka whined.

"No complaints, Asuka" Jessica notified and Asuka just shrugged it off. "A lot of things happen between the two of us at first, Takeru-san. But I totally enjoyed staying and training with you and your allies" Hiro stated. The bluenette reached out his right hand towards Takeru.

"Yeah, me too" Takeru concurred and responded in the same way as Hiro before shaking hands. The moment Hiro shakes hand with Takeru, he saw a vision that will bound to happen. It happened at the common room and the samurais were present with Hikoma and a few Kuroko.

Takeru is sitting at his throne-like place except the cushion were gold silk and much thicker. The Shiba True 18th heir, Princess Shiba Kaoru were present too with her retainer, Tanba Toshizo with the latter sitting down on the floor. There seems to be some argument as Toshizo refused to let Takeru sat on his platform,

"Princess, this person is a shadow" Toshizo muttered. "Hey! A mere shadow…" Then he gets up and tried to pull the cushion away. "He is not a shadow!" Kaoru scolded. Toshizo halted his action and then everyone in the room noticed a Kuroko approaching with a scroll.

The Kuroko opened the scroll, which the contents revealed to be the chart of Shiba clan. Toshizo zoomed in at the part where Kaoru's name was and then saw Takeru's name under her. "I have adopted him" Kaoru announced. "Huh?!" Toshizo responded. "Eh?" "No way" "Eh?!" "Eh?!" As for everyone else, they were surprised and could not believe it too, with Mako already understood what Kaoru said.

Although for Kotoha, she reacted with a smile instead. "You're a mother?" Kotoha asked. Genta nearly fall when he heard such question. Takeru finds it embarrassing that everyone knew he was adopted. "Yes" Kaoru confirmed. "Is this for real?" Chiaki muttered in disbelief. His rival, Takeru, the Shinken Red that he wanted to surpass was adopted by Kaoru as her son. The samurais find this news is totally weird, no matter how they look at it.

"Even if he can't use the sealing character, Takeru has enough Mojikara to fight. Historically, adoption has been an option when there is no heir" Kaoru explained. In other words, Takeru had become a legitimate heir of Shiba Clan. Toshizo finds this unacceptable and of course approaches the princess to argue.

"This is too crazy! What's important is the Shiba BLOODLINE! Anyway, your 'child' is older than you!" Toshizo protested. "For now, hurry down!" Kaoru's retainer tried to pull Takeru down. "Ruffian!" Kaoru berated and Toshizo halted his action. "Even if he is older…even if he is not connected by Shiba blood, Takeru is my son. He is the Shiba Clan's 19th head" Kaoru pointed out. "Your head is high! Lower it!" she ordered to everyone around.

Although the fact that Takeru was adopted was weird, Ryunosuke and the others were elated by it. Hence, they willingly kneel with their heads for Takeru. Even Toshizo, who was initially against Kaoru's decision to adopt Takeru as the new heir, reluctantly lowered his head too for the 19th head of Shiba clan. The vision ended there.

Hiro finds this vision weird too but realising the fact that he is currently shaking hands with Takeru, he just responded with a smile. Takeru responded in the same way too. No words were needed to express their feelings as they let their hands go. "Hey, Hiro. How can we return to our world?" Ban asked.

"Don't worry. We'll open a portal to reach there with their help" Hiro answered. "Let's do it, you guys!" Takeru ordered. "Yeah!" Ryunosuke and the others responded. The samurais then took out their Shodophones and Sushi Changer. Each of them wrote a piece and combined them into the full kanji of '関' (Gate).

The kanji itself transformed into a wide grey portal as everyone witnessed it. "If we go through this portal, we can return to our world and original timeline" Hiro stated. "Better hurry up, it won't last long" Ryunosuke reminded. "All right. Then we'll take our leave now" Hiro concluded.

"Take care" said Hikoma. Takeru and the others then waved their hands towards Hiro and his friends. A lot of farewell sentences were conveyed as Hiro and his friends went towards the portal. The moment the last person entered completely, which is Hiro, the portal vanished.

Silent briefly filled the surrounding right after the portal vanished. "There they go..." Kotoha muttered, breaking the ice. "Well, this is the best way after all" Ryunosuke replied. "Who would had thought that a kid like him is Shinken Red? I never really thought that he would be" Chiaki admitted.

"There is a lot of things that can you learn from him, right, Lord?" Hikoma stated. "What is that supposed to mean?" Takeru questioned in an annoying tone. The samurai lord stared weirdly at his guardian. "Just what Ji-san said, maybe you can start act and do things like Hiro did" Chiaki pointed out. "Like cooking, for example?" Genta suggested.

"I really wondered how Lord-sama's cooking would taste like...?" Kotoha muttered curiously. "I'm curious too..." said DaiGoyo. These comments somehow annoyed their samurai lord. "Enough! I'm not learning or doing anything that brat usually do" Takeru pouted.

Then the samurai lord stormed off back to the mansion, much to everyone's expectation. I guess Takeru is Takeru. A little unfriendly and quite a stuck-up Lord-sama. Mako thought as she smiled.

Meanwhile in Tokio City...

It is already night and at Tokio Sia Park, Hiro and his friends stood there. They seemed to arrive there the moment they went through the grey portal made of Mojikara. Most of them were reminisced, because they had feel like they left their world for too long. As for Hiro, he was gazing at the stars, wondering about Takeru. Good luck, Shiba Clan 19th heir, Shiba Takeru. The bluenette smiled and felt happy for the person he was thinking.

(Play music: Shinkenger OST 'Something Treasured Left Behind')

Hiro then noticed that every seems quite happy as they managed to get back to their world. He felt the same way and thought that he should go home where his family were. He silently walks away until he was not so near them. "Everyone, I'm going back" Hiro pronounced. Immediately, Ban and the others were surprised, seized up in response and stared at the bluenette who turned his back on them and was about to leave.

"Wait, Hiro!" Ban called out. "What's wrong?" The bluenette halted his steps and asked. He did not even turn his head to see their face. "We would like to apologise…for hurting you. Even if we're manipulated, it still doesn't change the fact that we tried to kill you. Plus…" Ban explained. "Enough!" Hiro reprimanded. Everyone was surprised when they heard the bluenette outbursts at them. "Hiro…" Ban muttered.

"Everyone… I understood and knew what everyone want to say for me. But listen to what I'm about to say. For me to save all of you, I had to infuse a lot of Mojikara for each one. But, at the same time, doing so will kill you all. Worse, Ran-san was infused with the maximum amount of Mojikara compared to the rest just to free her from being a Gedo. To make things crystal clear, I purposely gambled with your lives" Hiro pointed out.

This statement totally surprised them. Then everyone else saw him turned around who seems to be glaring at them. Though, they were surprised again when they saw the bluenette had his expression changed to sad and guilty, which is like them. "Sorry…" Hiro apologised mutteringly.

Ban and the rest were speechless. Instead of them apologising for what they did, it was Hiro who apologised for what he did. The bluenette quickly turned to his cold-like expression. "I'm done talking about this" said Hiro as he turned his backs on them. "Don't ever bring this up again. Got it?" the bluenette then takes his leave after conveying his final words.

Ban and the rest remain silent and did not budge a bit as they looked their friend leave. Ran then stared at the blue orchid that Hiro gave to her. Hiro. Everyone and I placed a lot of burdens on you. Yet, you're the only one who suffered from all this. Sorry… Ran apologised for the bluenette from her mind.

[Play song in the background: (Magiranger) TENKUUKAI NO YASURAGI (Peace in the Heaven) by Kikuchi Mika]

Meanwhile, at the new Oozora's resident…

Hiro's mother, Haruka, in her blue sweater and brown pants is sitting at the sofa in the living room, alone. Without her glasses, she was staring at a picture frame containing the photo of a young Hiro. Then she glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. The time was read as 2345 or 11:45 PM. Then she stared again at her son's photo.

"Looks like he won't return today as well…" Haruka muttered sadly. Then she gets up from the sofa and placed the photo frame on a cupboard before going back to her bedroom. Haruka was about to do so, that is until she heard the gate of their house creaked open. Hearing that causes her to rush towards the front door and went out from her house. The moment Haruka gets out, she saw what she was really expecting.

Hiro, although had a change in appearance in his clothing that bears the significant of Shiba clan, returned. Her son is closing back the gate at that time before he noticed her. "I'm back…Mom" said Hiro. His tone was a little dull but she does not mind. "Welcome back, Hiro…" Haruka happily greeted.

Though, before she could say anything further, Hiro rushes in and embraced her. "Hiro?!" Haruka exclaimed. "Mom…I'm…scared…" Hiro mutteringly confessed. "If I mess up…everything is over…for Ran-san and the rest" he whispered. She was surprised by what her son just said but even more when she heard him sobbing.

Haruka did not understand what is the reason and what her son was scared off but she knew Hiro needed comfort as much as possible. Hence, she returns the gesture by embracing him. "Don't be afraid, Mom…is here for you" Haruka assured Hiro. While caressing her son's hair, she had a gentle smile on her face while gazing at the sobbing Hiro.

A lot of hard things must had happened to you, Hiro. Even if you did not say it, I can tell. You're my son. You wanted to come to me and cry but you had to hold it in. You're hurt… so many times yet you grown, much more than what I can hope for. This is what I can least do for you right now but I will continue supporting you in the future during your thick and thin moments. Haruka vowed in her mind.

"Thank you for being my son" she muttered. "What do you say, Mom?" Hiro asked, while still embracing her. "Nothing…" Haruka replied. "Do you want to eat something?" she asked. Hiro only nodded in response while still hugging her. "Then, let's go inside. I'll prepare what you want" said Haruka. Afterwards, both let go of their embraces and went inside the house.

KORE NITE IKKEN RAKUCHAKU (With this, the chapter ended). The sequel for this will be with Goseiger. Sorry for not updating this sooner even though I already finished it. I was preparing the prologue of the sequel. Please Rate and Review.