Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's note: For some reason, this site is being rather glitchy. They replace exclamation mark and question mark together into just exclamation mark! Geez... this is why you'll see that if such marks happen, they'll be separated with space. Other than, I have nothing to say but "Enjoy this chapter!"
ACT 8: The Face of Pink
Momozono Miki. A caring, intelligent, bright and keen girl who always strove to do her best and protect those she loved. She took a liking in gymnastics and by the age of 16, she was already considered a star gymnast. Around that time, she was chosen to become a warrior fighting for justice, Goggle Pink of the Dai Sentai Goggle Five, and had to leave her normal life behind to fight against the Deathdark until its destruction.
At the present, amongst the team of Super Sentai, she was basically the earliest to fight against evil despite herself being the youngest amongst the team. However, she might come off naïve when presented against more brutal enemies that have tried to invade Earth after her time…
"All right, I'll see you tomorrow!" Waving good bye to her friends after the school hour was over; Miki walked away from her school, as her friends also took their leave from different directions. As she walked, several of her juniors, some even female, were watching her walking peacefully.
"Miki-sempai is so cool…" A female junior said.
"Smart, athletic, hard-working, kind… She helped me out a lot during my early years…" A much more nerdy female junior added, "I wish I could be like her…"
"This year would be her last, right?" One male junior added.
"Oh God! I better be quick if I want to ask her out for a date!" Another male junior, this time a tall, fat one, stated, which promptly got him an elbow on his stomach from his fellow, thinner male junior.
"Idiot, you're ten years too early to date her!"
"I heard she likes kids, you know?" The nerdy female junior said.
"Yeah. My friend has a little brother and she tends to visit his kindergarten once in awhile and play with him." The other female junior said.
"I wish I am that little brother…" The thin male junior said, which prompted the rest of the juniors to smack him on the forehead for that blunt statement of impossible dream.
All their chatters were fortunately not heard by Miki. She was really a popular girl in the school. Although during her first year did have some trouble since she had to juggle her life between a normal girl and a Goggle Five. Once the battle was over, she was able to return to her studies full time. She realized, however, that during this tenure, her studies would be interrupted again. Thankfully, she has grown more mature and more capable in scheduling her activities, thus she felt more confident about graduating.
'Ah yes. Maybe I should visit those children…' Miki thought of the kindergarten that she often visited. Even as a teenager and before being a warrior of justice, she was very good with children and their smiles often gave her more strength to deal with both everyday life and fighting evil. She decided to visit that one kindergarten.
When she arrived there, however, things weren't as peaceful as she had hoped. Screaming was heard from the direction. 'It can't be…!' Miki thought in worry as she ran to the gates. What she witnessed were the Nanashi Renjuu, having appeared from the crevices of the kindergarten, was attacking anyone in sight, teachers and parents of the children included. 'What are these…? !" Having never seen any of the Gedoushuu, Miki was very unfamiliar against these enemies. However, there's only one thing she thought needs to be done when she saw a girl falling and a Nanashi raised its sword, really serious to kill her.
"WATCH OUT!"
Miki immediately leapt to the Nanashi and kicked it on the face, knocking it away and letting the girl run off. She then faced the Gedoushuu army alone. After fighting with the new team, she felt like she has gotten used to fighting much more brutal enemies. Still, she knew this was not the limit that she could do.
Just as she threw down a Nanashi, she then tried to contact her friends, "Guys! There's an enemy here attacking innocent people! I need help!" Just as she was done contacting her friends, she continued fighting, but shortly after, she witnessed a horrible act that she'd never thought she'd meet.
While a group of Nanashi was keeping her busy, she saw a father running away with a girl from another set of Nanashi. The child was faster, but her father was slower. Miki wished she would instantly save them, but the Nanashis attacking her were fierce that she couldn't do a thing. The father eventually tripped and fell, and the Nanashi chasing him eventually caught up and slashed him, mortally wounding him.
"PAPA!" The girl screamed in terror, looking at her father dying.
"Run… Don't… worry about… me…!" The father urged her, but she did not listen, trying to get to her father despite a lot of Nanashi ready to kill them.
"No…!" Miki, having witnessed such act, was truly horrified. While the Spotmen did commit horrible plans, they'd never go as far as murdering humans out of daylight. The Gedoushuu were completely merciless. She was unable to fulfill her normal achievements as she did with the Goggle Five: Saving the day with no human casualties. "Unforgivable!" The thought of seeing the child's sad face as she was running to her dead father crushed her tender heart to the point that her attacks became fiercer and she finally succeeded pushing her away from danger.
"It's dangerous here! Run!" Miki told her, but the child was desperate.
"No! Papa is… Papa is…!" She said, trying to run to her father again, but Miki held and restrained her. She was deeply hurt at the scene of carnage, as she witnessed that even more Nanashi group were chasing some other people trying to escape, some even managed to kill off several adults.
'All these killings… and I couldn't save them all…!' She thought sadly, afterwards she decided to persuade her again.
"Please… listen to your father's last words! He wants you to escape and live for the future! Don't…" Her words were cut off as the Nanashi that killed the child's father turned their attention to them and Miki was completely defenseless to even defend herself.
Fortunately, however, in the nick of time, help arrived in form of Takeru, who leapt and slashed the Nanashi trying to attack both of them.
"That's far enough… Gedoushuu."
"Gedoushuu?" Miki asked Takeru, "So these are the ones you fought…"
"Yeah." Takeru nodded. As he looked around, he saw Gai, Youhei and Sayaka already fighting to save the innocents. 'They're doing well over there.'
Just then, Miki noticed that the girl has run to her father, crying over his body. And even more Nanashi tried to attack her. This time, however, Miki ran in and attacked the Nanashi.
"I… I will protect this child!" Exclaiming that, Miki took a valiant fighting stance and fought off the incoming Nanashi. Knowing that she's doing her best, Takeru also fought the other Nanashi that came near him, his anger starting to swell up.
'They were serious this time... I've never seen them actually kill people... More reasons for me to send these monsters back to the abyss...!'
Eventually, the remaining Nanashi made a hasty retreat.
Shortly after, ambulances were called to help the wounded as well as taking those who tragically died during the attack.
"So… those are the Gedoushuu, huh…" Gai commented, looking at the chaos that has been created thanks to the Gedoushuu, "You're telling me those are the foot soldiers of Gedoushuu? Their sadism is comparable to that of Vyrams."
"I see. This is the first time you fought them." Takeru noted, "To be honest, though... this is the first time they suddenly get sadistic and actually claim victims..." Shortly after, he found himself passing the knowledge about Gedoushuu towards his team.
"No way… they appear out of ANY cracks or gaps, from any place? !" Youhei said in disbelief in topic of how the Gedoushuu came to the world, "Man, talk about paranoia…"
"Truly a dangerous foe." Sayaka also noted, nodding her head, "And if what you say is true… they cannot be reasoned at all… I suppose that any encounters with them will never end with peace."
"Yes. They're different from what I learnt about your enemies." Takeru concluded, "They only strive to cause suffering to humans, no more, no less."
"Deathdark was pretty similar too, they were committed to evil and cannot be persuaded… But…" Miki suddenly stopped at that line, reminded with the tragedy she just witnessed, "This Gedoushuu… is far more brutal. When I fought the Deathdark, at least I was able to save everyone without any unnecessary deaths." The more she talked, the sadder she sounded, "If only I were aware of how vicious the Gedoushuu were, I…" She held back one tear that was about to roll from her eye, especially looking at how the girl were crying over her dead father as his body was taken to the ambulance to be later given a proper burial, as her mother tried to comfort her.
"Miki…" Youhei got near her and tapped her shoulder, "You did your best. It's all that matters."
"Maybe you didn't save everyone, but you did minimize the amount of victims." Sayaka added, "We may not be able to always get the best result, but we can strive to it. Don't beat yourself if you can't always achieve the best. Youhei is right. What matters is doing our best."
"Thank you." Miki said, trying to sound less sad, "I will do my best. There may be limitations, but I still want to make my dream of a better future come true."
"You're a naïve girl." Gai added, "Though, it's not so bad at all." Hearing that, Miki nodded. During the battle against Deathdark, she thought she could do anything and save everyone. Now her eyes were open, the image of the war was harsher than she thought. Even so, she still had her ideals and dreams and resolved to keep them, even if she didn't cling on it too much.
"Um… were you the one who protected my child?" Suddenly, the team was approached by the mother of the child.
"Yes, that'd be me." Miki nodded.
"Thank you for protecting my daughter." She bowed down in gratitude, "Even though you couldn't protect my husband in time… I'm grateful that at least you tried your best to protect my only daughter…!"
"Sis! Thank you!" The girl was done crying and instead smiled to Miki, which also brought smile to her face.
"You're welcome…" Miki said, patting her on the head and bowing to the mother.
"See? You did your best, all turned well, even when there was some inevitable victims…" Youhei tried to cheer her up, "You shouldn't be down like that. It's not like you."
"Yes." Miki said, "Can you guys go on ahead first? They'd like to speak with me for awhile."
"Sure." Takeru said and nodded to the rest, leaving Miki to speak with the mother and daughter.
'That kindergarten looked familiar… Where have I seen that before?' Takeru wondered, thinking that he might know about the kindergarten. Until he saw the road sign, which made him realize something, 'Was that the kindergarten where Mako used to teach? I never visited there, come to think of it… Maybe that is the past version of it?'
"Well, I certainly hope that Miki's idealism doesn't get her and us in trouble." Gai commented as they walked, comparing Miki's take on how she should do her battle and just how brutal the enemy could be, "There are more brutal enemies that await us, if she keeps thinking that she can save everyone, she's doomed."
"Can you blame her, though?" Sayaka protested, "She came from a time where those that fought the Sentai team have yet to be complex and sadistic. Our battle was more like a wake-up call for her that some of her old ideals won't work."
"But that doesn't mean she can keep her dreams and ideals, right?" Youhei gave his say, "Don't we also have our own dreams and ideals? Do we discard it after seeing how harsh the enemy is? I don't think so. It's also our own battle to face reality and keep our dreams and ideals in our hearts." Listening to their conversation, Takeru realized that even if Miki was his senior as a Sentai warrior, she was practically younger than him and the most inexperienced in terms of how the villains that threatened the world have evolved.
"At any rate, we'll help her when we can." Takeru said, "She may be a warrior earlier than us, but this means that she's more inexperienced on how the battle has evolved." Everyone nodded on that comment, although deep down, Takeru didn't feel right, 'I may have to be careful as well. They seem to be more serious than last time.'
'Not bad, Takeru. That's quite the insight from someone that young.' Gai thought, complimenting on how Takeru could keep his rationality as a leader.
"There you are!" Their conversation was interrupted with the appearance of an Ayakashi. It's a blue skinned, blue feathered monster with black steel long hairs, adorned with circular shoulder plates and chest armor resembling brains, with an orb located on the center of the chest armor. "Shinkengers! Today, I; Kyokumatori; will avenge my fallen friends!"
"Avenge? Well you've got guts to mistake us all as Shinkengers and even attacking in broad daylight…" Takeru said, preparing the Shodophone immediately, "Let's finish this quickly, then."
"OK." The rest nodded as they prepared to transform as well.
"IPPITSU SOUJOU!"
"CROSS CHANGER!"
"BLUE TURBO!"
"CHANGE MERMAID!"
With it, the team transformed, and leaving the Ayakashi in confusion. "Wait up, you're the Shinkengers? I can only recognize…"
"Think again, buddy!" Black Condor taunted, pointing at his helmet, which had a beak above its visor, "You think the Shinkenger has beak-like head like this? !"
"Agh, doesn't matter! I'll just refresh my memory by beating you!" Kyokumatori said, running to the team and trying to attack.
Although the attack was successful in hitting the team, Shinken Red and the rest were able to turn the tables once they prepared their own weapons and fought him more successfully.
"Ugh, this is such a joke." Blue Turbo said, "He's a lot weaker than how he looks to be!"
'He's not unleashing his true strength.' Shinken Red sensed, thinking that Kyokumatori held back, 'I had to be careful.'
"Underestimate me, will you? !" Kyokumatori said as he tried to leap and attack the team. However, in a sudden, Juzou in his Gedou form arrived and slashed Kyokumatori, dropping him to the ground. "GAH! You… you're…!"
"Take a hike." Juzou said, "You've seen enough, haven't you?"
"Ugh…!" On Juzou's words, eventually Kyokumatori retreated to a nearby crack on a house's wall and returned to the Sanzu River. Juzou then turned to the heroes.
"So… we meet again, Shinken Red." He beckoned.
"Juzou…" Shinken Red replied, clenching his fist.
"Hm, so these are your seniors as a Sentai warrior…" Juzou then looked at Black Condor, Blue Turbo and Change Mermaid and said,"Interesting. I can't wait to test your strength. Uramasa too… it can't wait until it tasted your blood."
"Uramasa?" Blue Turbo was confused hearing this, "What the hell is that?"
"His sword." Shinken Red answered, pointing to Juzou's katana, in which the latter immediately took a fighting position, "Here he comes!"
"Come, Super Sentai. Give me and Uramasa our satisfaction!" Juzou shouted as he ran to the four, engaging all of them.
Meanwhile, Miki just returned from talking with the girl and her mother. Upon catching up with the rest, she saw that they have already fought Juzou. 'That was one of those people alongside Mazurka!' She thought, remembering the last time she saw the villains. Even when he's surrounded with four Sentai warriors from various timelines, the half-Gedoushuu stood strong and kept repelling their attacks.
Eventually, she witnessed Juzou getting on a sword deadlock with Shinken Red.
"How did you come back to life?" Shinken Red asked in desperation, "I pretty much saw you getting destroyed… with my own eyes! How did you come back from that? !"
"That I cannot tell you for now." Juzou said, "Why not savor this very moment of excitement?" This only riled Shinken Red to fight even harder, remembering the last moments he had against him.
The last time Takeru saw Juzou was on the last stages of the battle with Gedoushuu. Juzou challenged him to a deathmatch right after Takeru's identity as the Shiba house leader's body double was exposed, leaving him in a state of one who gave no regard to his own life, all he had was just his one last promised duel. The battle ended with both of them surrounded in fire generated from his Mojikara. Juzou, still not having enough of his battle lust, demanded Takeru to just concentrate on his fight. However, Takeru's allies managed to pull him out of harm's way and made him realize that his friends always supported him despite the setbacks. Juzou, on the other hand, was betrayed by his sword. Taking form of his mother, whom Uramasa was made from, it stabbed Juzou on foot, preventing him to go any further. The wounds and the betrayal of Uramasa took toll on Juzou's body and he eventually disintegrated to ash.
However, Juzou was now back. 'Is it Rufecil? Is it his influence that many defeated enemies of the Sentai are now brought back to life?' Shinken Red thought as he deflected Juzou's sword. "Then… at least… how did Uramasa come back to form? It destroyed you last time. But now…"
"Oh, this? This I can tell you." Juzou said, holding Uramasa in the front, "My resurrection came with a boon from him. That Uramasa will be reformed, able to satiate my blood lust once more. And this time… it will never gain its own will to stab me from the back. In short, it is now completely an obedient tool for me to kill! I can't ask for better support for my amusement…"
"You inhuman monster…" Shinken Red said, clenching his fist in anger.
"Huh? Why do you get angry so much?" Black Condor asked, noting at Shinken Red's unnatural anger, "It's just a sword."
"You don't understand the story behind it…" Shinken Red said, "That sword was made of his parents who were murdered by the Gedoushuu. A twisted Gedoushuu general turned them into the sword and despite their inner pleadings for him to stop fighting… he misinterpreted it as a blood lust."
"No way…" Change Mermaid was shocked hearing the story, "I don't know in details, but if what Takeru said was true and you said that the sword used to stab you in the back… it was definitely your parents' pleading to stop you at all cost! And yet, you like it better when they're your mindless slaves? ! You're cruel."
"You mind your own business!" As Juzou said that, the battle continued. Shortly after, however, a yell was heard.
"GOGGLE SABER!"
Suddenly, a sword was thrown to Juzou, knocking him away. Then, Goggle Pink eventually arrived. "Sorry I'm late."
"Where were you?" Shinken Red asked.
"I… just returned." Goggle Pink answered, but somehow, she sounded like she was hiding something.
"Interference… Hm?" Juzou then got up, and then, he looked at Goggle Pink, "You… one more of Shinken Red's seniors?"
"Yes. I am Goggle Pink. And you are?"
"Fuwa Juzou." Juzou introduced himself, "Half-Gedoushuu… but enough about that. Are you strong?"
"Half?" Goggle Pink asked and suddenly, her naiveness came to light once more. She knew that Gedoushuu were sadistic, but the moment Juzou mentioned his half heritage, somehow she thought that perhaps she could appeal to his humanity, "I heard your story."
"What? !" Black Condor was surprised hearing that, "So you were listening to his story, while hiding? !"
"Now, now, Gai…" Blue Turbo tried to calm him down, "Maybe she just arrived and when she tried to transform, Juzou started talking and she overheard? I'd be curious too."
"About your parents… I do not know, but no human parents would like to see their son becoming a monster who lusted for blood. I think this is why they stopped you." Goggle Pink said, her voice sounded genuinely kind, "You were resurrected, but perhaps it is a chance given to you to redeem yourself."
"And your point is?" Juzou asked.
"Please, listen to what your parents said and stop this fighting." Goggle Pink offered, "Don't let them suffer anymore, especially when you used them as a tool for murder."
Juzou was silent hearing this. However, Shinken Red approached Goggle Pink, "What are you doing, Miki?"
"If I can turn him over, that's one less problem we'll deal with." Goggle Pink tried to justify her actions, "Please, let me try! He's only half-Gedoushuu, we can still appeal for his humanity! I don't want to lose this chance!"
"Forget it!" Shinken Red said, "You're only endangering yourself! Juzou… he embraced…"
"Is that so…" Juzou suddenly said as he moved forward, "I'm impressed that you'd go this far for me…"
"Thank goodness you came to your senses!" Goggle Pink said happily, thinking that perhaps Juzou might feel remorse on his actions.
Unfortunately for her, Juzou quickly drew his sword and slashed Goggle Pink several times on the chest, greatly wounding her and turning her back into human form. "Unfortunately, you are very weak and naïve."
"NO! MIKI!" Change Mermaid gasped as she approached Miki, who was on the ground after the attack.
"You bastard! What have you done? !" Blue Turbo said angrily, covering Miki. Black Condor also followed suit.
"W… why…?" Miki said weakly, "Why did you…"
"Why? That's a good question." Juzou said coldly, "The answer is… it's because I don't care. All I want is to slash and kill people. I'll kill anyone I want. Killing gives me a sense of joy. And I will not let anyone, not even my parents, stop me."
"Where did you throw your humanity…? I thought…" Miki continued, but Juzou's answer continued to dishearten her.
"I've discarded it. I have no need of such boring thing." He said, "So you say that my parents inside my sword is screaming for me to stop? Like I care. To me, this sword is not my parent. This sword is my Uramasa. My tool for killing. My source of joy. And that is all that matters in the world."
"You bastard…!" Black Condor growled, "And I thought Radiguet was the worst! I think he's got himself a competition on depravity level now."
"And you call yourself a senior of Shinken Red?" Juzou continued to taunt Miki as she slowly started to lose consciousness, "Pathetic. You're only an overly naïve girl who does not understand the world. And to the top of that… you're weak. You can't even withstand that slash? You're not even worth slicing by Uramasa."
"Silence!" Shinken Red, in a fit of anger, suddenly leapt and attacked Juzou alone, in which he blocked it, "You tricked her and broke her heart, despite her efforts in places I have given up on… Juzou! Last time, I was just doubting on you, but now I know for sure… I'll never forgive you!"
"So is this your power that comes because you care for your friends, Shinken Red?" Juzou taunted, until he suddenly deflected Shinken Red's Shinkenmaru and also slashed him, though he couldn't slash him fatally, "As expected, it makes you weak. I'm disappointed, you couldn't even recreate the same excitement we had during our last battle."
"Shut up!" Shinken Red growled. Eventually, Juzou then looked back.
"This is getting too boring to my tastes." He said, "I'll be back later. But… next time, make sure that you are ready to face me." With that, Juzou took a leap through several buildings, escaping.
"Wait!" Shinken Red called out, but to no avail. Without any other choice, he then turned to the unconscious Miki. "How is she?"
"We have to hurry, Takeru." Change Mermaid answered, "If not treated, this wound would cripple her forever. Or even worse, it could kill her."
"My god… Miki…!" Blue Turbo said desperately, after learning what could be her eventual fate.
"Damn it! This is why I told you not to be too idealistic…!" Black Condor lamented, punching the ground in frustration, "Now look at what have gotten onto you, girl!"
"No time for talks like this." Shinken Red said as he de-morphed back to Takeru, "We'll have to return to Kizuna and treat her there."
Afterwards, Miki was treated by Sayaka inside the infirmary. Thankfully for her, her medical knowledge that she learnt from the military helped her out and her wounds wasn't really complicated. When she was done with treating her wounds, she finally came out of the infirmary.
"How is she, Sayaka? !" An extremely worried Youhei asked Sayaka, "She's going to be all right, isn't she?"
"Well, her life isn't in any danger anymore." Sayaka answered calmly, "Thankfully it's not really some complicated wound. I just applied some bandages to stop the bleeding and she's fine."
"Whew! Thank goodness…" Youhei said in relief, knowing that Miki at least would live on. Takeru only let out a little smile on the news.
"But this means she needs rest." Sayaka added, "If that Ayakashi attacks again, we'll have to fight without her."
"Of course that goes without question." Gai said confidently, "Who the hell do you think we are? They may say without the five of us together, we're nothing. We'll prove them wrong."
"Well, hopefully you're right." Sayaka only said that, as even she's worried that Miki's absence might affect the team's power.
Later on, when the team was back in their activities, Takeru entered the infirmary, watching over Miki as he felt responsible of not warning her enough.
'This is rather severe…' Takeru thought, looking at how Miki was bandaged on her shoulders and chest. Reminded of Juzou's cold-bloodedness, he only could clench his fist, hoping that this never happened again, 'Juzou…!'
After several hours of waiting, Takeru suddenly remembered that Miki might get a bit too stubborn, as how she acted to him previously. To prevent her from doing that, he prepared his Shodo Phone, about to write the kanji "Sleep" to her. 'I'm sorry, this is for your good.'
However, that action was halted when Miki started to slowly open her eyes, "Ugh… where…" She tried to move, but the pain on the back of her shoulders stung her.
"Don't move too much." Takeru assured her.
"Takeru?" Miki called him, "I'm sorry I had to trouble you like this."
"Well… I guess you now know how depraved Juzou is." He continued as he sat on a chair next to her bed, "He has forsaken all the humanity he had. I once thought like you, thinking that he could be saved. But then I realized that he's gone too far, and he had no intention of redeeming himself."
"I feel sad for his parents." She added, "They want him to repent, but he never cared about them. How could someone stoop that low…"
"That's the kind of guy he is."
"I was naïve to think that he could be redeemed, after witnessing the atrocities of the Gedoushuu beforehand." Miki, in a sudden, started to speak in a sad tone, "I thought I could reach out for what's left on his humanity. But in the end, I only ended up troubling you guys…" She couldn't help but to let another tear slip from her eyes. She usually never cried this much, but the current world and the events surrounding her had been so harsh to her views that she couldn't be so confident all the time like before. Not only she felt bad for her friends, she also felt sad for Juzou's parents, who were completely abandoned by their son and now were forced to take form again to be used as a tool for killing by his son, against their will. And they couldn't protest.
"I'm so sorry…"
"There's nothing to apologize for." Takeru said, this time he was the one wiping the tear on Miki's face, "You're a kind woman, Miki. Not many women I saw could try to reach out the heart of their enemies, even if they have discarded it. Your kind heart is something to be proud of. It's what makes you strong. You should keep it, along with your dreams and ideals."
He couldn't believe he said that. If he was the man he was in the past, Takeru would've considered her a burden, even if she was his senior. And he'd tell the harsh truth immediately. But he had changed. He had learnt to see things from a different perspective.
"Thank you, Takeru." Miki said in gratitude, with a genuine smile on her face, "I will not waver next time. I'll be more careful when I face people like him next time."
"Well, good." Takeru said as he got up from his seat. "Now get some rest." He then left the room.
As Juzou returned to the villains' dimension, he was greeted with Mazurka, who witnessed all his ordeals. "Impressive work, Juzou. That was something I couldn't personally achieve before… to completely crush Goggle Pink's mentality."
"That wasn't my intention at first." Juzou shrugged it off, "All I wanted was just another duel with Shinken Red. Though, other than her, they're not doing bad for my standards."
"Heh… you've taught me an important lesson if I want to succeed." Mazurka put a wicked smile on her face as she continued, "We Deathdark concentrated way too much on only breaking apart humans. Before that, we should've broken the heroes apart first."
"Juzou!" Radiguet suddenly stormed to him and raised his voice, "That was an impressive display of sadism against those Sentai, but why did you send in a weak Ayakashi? ! Is this all the Ayakashi could do? !"
"Oh. Kyokumatori, you mean?" Juzou said nonchalantly, "Well, I didn't ask him to come. He's just in my way."
"What? !" Ahames said in disbelief at Juzou's statement, "Then how is he…"
"Probably a lingering desire to avenge Doukokuu, the Gedoushuu leader." Juzou said, "I'm not really looked up so high amongst the ranks of Gedoushuu, being a stray one. I know what he can do, though."
"And what can he do? As far as we observed, he looked nothing special." Jarmin said, reminded on how easy the Ayakashi was beaten down by only four Sentai warriors.
"He'll show his true power soon." Juzou calmly said, looking at the crystal vision, seeing that once again Kyokumatori had came to the real world once more.
In the Kizuna's monitor, Takeru, Gai, Youhei and Sayaka witnessed as Kyokumatori led several Nanashi to rampage against several innocents. He even went as far as issuing a challenge, "Come out, wherever you are! Super Sentai! This time I'll grind you to dust!"
"Tch… that cocky little…" Gai said in annoyance, clenching his fist before moving on, "Come on, guys. Let's give him a well-deserved ass-whooping."
However, before they could reach the transportation room, suddenly they saw Miki, struggling to move her body to join the rest. "I'm… coming with you."
"Are you out of your mind, Miki? !" Sayaka angrily said, as she was very worried, "I told you to rest!"
"I… I don't want to stay behind while you all fight for your lives…" Miki insisted, "I want to help."
"Really, Miki. Just concentrate on healing your wounds." Youhei added, "At this rate, if you join the battle, you might get even worse…"
"Is that it? Am I just a burden to you? !" In a sudden, Miki got angry. She wanted to prove Juzou's words about her being weak wrong, and Youhei's comment seemed to imply that, "I promise I won't be a burden!"
"How are you going to prove that, huh? You can't even walk properly as of now!" Gai also refused, "Give it up. You just rest here and we'll take care of the rest. Join us when you get better."
"I said I'm fine! I can still fight!" Miki kept her stubbornness, insisting further. Last time, her allies allowed her to fight, even wounded when she showed her willingness. This time, it was different, "Usually when the team is not complete, the enemy would get the upper hand. That's why I'll fight with all my strength, even if I'm wounded… I'll do my best not to be a burden."
"Miki! Do you even understand what we're thinking? !" This time, it was Youhei who said angrily, "We were worried about you! That's why we told you to stay back! What if you get hurt again? !"
"I'm all right. I'm used to it…" Miki said, but she was suddenly interrupted.
"Enough." Takeru said, approaching her, "You said it yourself that the Gedoushuu are more vicious than Deathdark. 'Being used to fight while wounded' is not a reason to go to the battlefield. Having ideals is fine, but now you want to overdo it. It's not good."
"Takeru… I'm not as weak as you think." Miki still insisted.
"I know. But this recklessness has gone far enough." With that, Takeru pulled his Shodo Phone, "I'm sorry, Miki. This is for your own good." He wrote the kanji "Sleep", then applied it to Miki. In instant, she collapsed and fell asleep.
"I'll be right back." Picking her up, Takeru walked to the infirmary and put Miki back to the bed, before leaving.
'Rest here and do not worry about us. We'll be fine.'
The Gedoushuu under Kyokumatori continued their rampage. Fortunately for the fleeing innocents, Takeru and the rest managed to stop the Gedoushuu from harming them further.
"That's far enough, Gedoushuu."
"There you are. I was bored waiting!" Kyokumatori said, beckoning them.
"You want us… you got us." Takeru said, preparing his Shodo Phone. "Everyone, let's go."
"OK!" With that, everyone prepared to transform.
"IPPITSU SOUJOU!"
"CROSS CHANGER!"
"BLUE TURBO!"
"CHANGE MERMAID!"
The four transformed and Shinken Red pointed his sword forward before charging headlong to battle, followed by the rest, "Going forth!"
Thus another battle broke out. As the Nanashi Renjuu were always armed with swords, bare handed battle was more risky than usual, thus Black Condor, Blue Turbo and Change Mermaid had to fight with their swords ready. Eventually, most of the Nanashi were eliminated, but this was only the beginning…
"Not bad at all, Sentai!" Kyokumatori said as the orb on his chest armor suddenly started to glow, "Now, you come at me!"
"Just like how I want it, then!" Black Condor said, leaping to attack, "WING GAUNTLET!" He then attempted to deliver a flying punch towards the Ayakashi.
To his shock, however, Kyokumatori managed to perfectly grab his arm and suddenly flipped him over. "How about that? !"
"Bah! Beginner's luck!" Black Condor didn't give up and started to strike again using Wing Gauntlet. However, Kyokumatori perfectly dodged it. Frustrated, Black Condor tried to attack him several times with Wing Gauntlet, but all of them were perfectly dodged. Eventually, he punched him and knocked him away to the ground.
"Beginner's luck my ass!" Kyokumatori boasted, "Everything's going according to my plan! Your defeat included!"
"Gai! You okay? !" Blue Turbo asked, approaching him.
"Damn, it's like the bastard is reading my moves!" Black Condor said.
"Well, I'll keep that in mind. Now it's my turn!" Blue Turbo said, stepping forward with his Turbo Laser in one hand, J-Gun in the other one. "Eat these!" With that exclamation, he shot down with both guns. However, Kyokumatori was able to dodge them all perfectly. "What the… no way…!"
"Ha ha ha! You're so predictable!" The Ayakashi taunted, riling Blue Turbo up.
"Then how about this! J-Machine Gun!" He then responsed by combining both guns and firing a barrage of bullets to Kyokumatori. However, he retaliated with a yell.
"Kyokumatori… Arm Shield!" As the orb on his chest glowed, suddenly the hairs around his arm flew, revealing nothing but a bone as his arm. These hairs, however, formed a shield on his hand, which not only blocked the J-Machine Gun's bullets, but also deflecting them back to Blue Turbo.
"GAH!" Blue Turbo fell down, his attack completely repelled.
"You see? I've memorized all your moves. I can always come up with a counter for those!" Kyokumatori said, revealing his strength.
"When did you memorize… oh no…!" Change Mermaid then realized something, "That means, our last battle was just a ruse for you to memorize our attacks? !"
"Exactly! Now that I've seen your moves… you're all dead!" Kyokumatori said, boasting.
"Wait a minute, he didn't fight Miki back then, did he?" Change Mermaid said, but Shinken Red merely just put his disk on his Shinkenmaru.
"We can't burden her with such responsibility. Not in that kind of body condition." Shinken Red said, "We'll have to fight without her!"
"All right…" Change Mermaid had no choice but to obey. She then readied herself for an attack together with Shinken Red, "I hope this new attack would defeat him. It'll be dangerous if he memorizes this one too."
"Yeah. We'll give it all." Shinken Red said, spinning his disk on the Shinkenmaru.
"MERMAID TYPHOON!"
"Shinkenmaru: KAEN NO MAI!"
Both then unleashed a jet of fire and ice. This time, however, Kyokumatori was hit directly and fell to the ground.
"All right, that did it!" Change Mermaid said happily, thinking that they won. To her surprise, however, Kyokumatori got back on his feet.
"Hahaha! That's not enough to kill me! I'm sturdier than I look!" Kyokumatori said loudly, "And now, I've memorized that one move! You can't hit me with it again!"
"Damn it…!" Shinken Red lamented as yet another of his attack failed. And if he was telling the truth, only big attacks could defeat him in one blow. However, he didn't have the access to the disc that would enable him to use the Oozutsu Mode, and his retainers weren't around to empower the cannon. His team combination attack wouldn't work since Kyokumatori have memorized the individual attacks that would render the combination useless.
As such, the team was completely helpless as Kyokumatori was able to beat them up freely without counterattacks.
"Well, now you see his true power." Juzou said, showing how Kyokumatori was gaining upper hands against the Super Sentai.
"Impressive!" Ahames praised at the Ayakashi's prowess, "I've changed my mind about that one monster."
"Heh. Not bad." Radiguet also added, "But… this guy hangs around with you Gedoushuu, so he must've memorized your moves. So are you saying he could beat you?"
"If I showed my moves, he would. But I never did it." Juzou answered calmly, "Besides, he's too loyal to Doukokuu to even memorize his moves."
"That's a pity." Jarmin added, "He could've seized a greater glory if it wasn't for that foolish pride."
"Wait." Suddenly, Mazurka stopped all the chatter while looking at the vision, "I don't see Goggle Pink amongst those Sentai. Where is she?"
"She must be still recovering from the wounds I gave to her." Juzou said, "Not like her joining the battle would make any difference. What can a weak, naïve woman like her do?"
Mazurka kept her silence afterwards, but somehow she had a feeling that if Miki joined the fight, the battle might shift in favor of the Super Sentai. 'If what Juzou said is true, this monster's weakness is that he can only focus on one style per person. Someone who can quickly change styles in the middle of battle would be his downfall. And Momozono Miki… she's the only one who could achieve that…!' In the end, she lamented the fact that she couldn't find the location of Miki and destroy her before she could do anything.
Meanwhile, back in Kizuna, Miki managed to wake up from her sleep. Thanks to her sleep, she felt much better. However, when she tried to locate her friends from the computer, she eventually saw them being systematically taken out by Kyokumatori. "Guys…!"
Miki became desperate. She wanted to help, but her wounds haven't completely recovered even though she felt better than before. She feared that she'd be a burden to her friends. However, at one point, she heard one of Kyokumatori's boasts…
"You see? I've memorized all your moves. I can always come up with a counter for those! Now that I've seen your moves… you're all dead!"
'Memorize…? Then to defeat him, someone must change their styles so quick that he cannot memorize them…' Miki thought hard, until she realized something. Her special skill was to change costume in a blink of eye, and adapting to the guise's skills. 'This is something that only I can do. I'm coming, everyone… wait for me…!' Without thinking further about burden, Miki quickly headed to the teleporter room. She didn't care if she's being wounded and reckless. She had to save her friends, and only she could do that at the moment.
Eventually, Kyokumatori had used his body hairs as bullets to barrage down Shinken Red and the others, to the point that they de-morphed.
"Damn it! We can't win!" Youhei lamented as he tried to get up.
'We would need someone to switch costumes at will in times like this…!' Sayaka thought, reminded of how her fellow Changeman, Tsubasa Mai, was able to change costumes in a blink of eye, 'But… but I'm not as good as Mai in that skill…! I wish Mai was here…'
"Shinken Red, you're first." Kyokumatori said as he approached Takeru, his fist ready to crush his head, "You will now feel the pain of Lord Doukokuu, that you killed."
"Hmph… bring it on." Takeru didn't even show any fear and mocked the Ayakashi showing his defiance and lack of fear to death. To the point he raised his fist.
"So be it!"
"TAKERU!" The four yelled out as Kyokumatori gathered strength on his hand and prepared to bury his fist to Takeru's head and crush it to the ground.
Until Gai suddenly heard a sound coming from behind. "This is… motorcycle? ! Who the hell?" As he suggested, a person riding a motorcycle, covering that person's face with a motorcycle helmet, tackled Kyokumatori using the motorcycle, knocking him down.
"That looks familiar…" Youhei said, remembering that last time he had the incident with the Poison Bouma. The one who brought him the antidote from its poison, his friend Haruna, pretended as a traitor and wore an outfit similar to that. "Can't be… Was Akihiro lying…? Is that really you, Haruna? !"
The person did not respond, unleashing a sub-machine gun and started shooting Kyokumatori. As it was the first time he was hit with such weaponry from a new person, he was hit quite a bit.
"Who the hell are you? !" Kyokumatori said as he got up. In response, the person lifted the helmet and revealed the identity of that person… who turned out to be a familiar person.
"Miki? !" Youhei said in surprise, learning the biker's identity, "Since when…? !"
"Tch, I guess I didn't put enough power on that…" Takeru muttered, "That's why she got up so fast…"
"You're just getting stubborn! Quit it and get out of here!" Gai shouted her, apparently worried about her.
"No, I will not." Miki said sternly, "I know how to defeat her."
"Hah! Big talk!" Kyokumatori boasted, "I've seen how you fight with that weapon! It's no match for me anymore!"
"Really?" Miki said confidently, "Then, if I do this… maybe you'll have to rethink on how I fight."
And in the moment, Miki suddenly spun and in instant, she was wearing a pink nurse outfit.
"A nurse? ! Don't make me laugh!" Kyokumatori said. But his confidence was short-lived when Miki immediately jumped at him, scalpels in both hands and stabbed him with it, without him unable to counter since he has never seen a nurse fight. Upon stabbing him with it, she kicked him, using the kick as a mean to jump backwards and from her pocket, grabbed even more scalpels and threw them to the Ayakashi in incredible accuracy, damaging him further.
"Your prescription, sir…" Miki said, playfully taking notes on a paper, "Is that you need rest. FOREVER."
"Don't make me laugh! Now I know you fight with scalpels, I'm not going to fall for that again!" Kyokumatori said in confidence.
"Oh, really?" Miki then spun again, this time getting herself to wear a traditional Japanese battle robe and armed herself with a long bow. She then shot three arrows, one that hit Kyokumatori's neck, the other one hit his chest, the other one hit his groin.
"Man, that's low…" Gai commented at how Miki attacked the Ayakashi's vitals.
"Said the man who'd squeeze someone's groin before he attacks in leisure." Takeru said in a deadpan tone, embarrassing Gai. However, as they spoke, the battle already continued, and before Kyokumatori could get to prepare for Miki's archery attacks, she spun again and this time wore the red cowgirl outfit she once wore during the battle against Deathdark.
"Wait, I used to wear something like that too!" Sayaka said, reminded on the cowgirl outfit she once used when fighting the Gozma. In a quick succession, Miki shot down Kyokumatori several times. As her revolver was different from any of the firearms, Kyokumatori was having trouble on dodging.
Suddenly Miki stopped and made a wink, accompanied with an alluring voice "Hmm…"
"What was that for? !" Kyokumatori said angrily until he realized that his orb was cracked, panicking him, "Oh no! That…!"
"That orb…!" Takeru noticed, reminded that it once glowed before everything started going downhill to the team, "What does it do?"
"You'll see soon." Miki said, as she spun yet AGAIN and wore the same robe, except this time, she wielded a katana, along with a headband, her hairstyle was also stylized so that it was tied on a ponytail, "Prepare for battle!" With that battle cry, she ran towards Kyokumatori and started slashing him in a reminiscence of a lady samurai. It ended with her slashing Kyokumatori's chest from the side.
"That's copying me and the Shinkengers…" Takeru commented this time and thought, 'Do Mako and Kotoha ever do things like that? Changing costumes in instant? Even Ryuunosuke needs preparation to cross-dress properly...'
Then, Miki spun again, this time wearing a rather frilly dress that revealed her shoulders, along with a corset. On her hand was a rapier. As she used to guise herself as a handsome prince fighting with a rapier, she was no slouch with it.
"Oh dear…" Youhei said in awe of the outfit, "Miki looked so stunning in that outfit."
"Was that the outfit or her bare shoulders you're looking at?" Sayaka said in annoyance as she elbowed Youhei's stomach, "Pervert."
'Why did this shoulderless outfit come out? I thought I brought the one that covers my shoulders!' Miki also thought in annoyance, 'Oh well, doesn't matter.' She then ran to Kyokumatori and started thrusting her rapier to him several times, and again, he couldn't memorize all her attacks.
"As if I'm going to stand with that!" In desperation, Kyokumatori tried to smash her, but she managed to jump away, with her back turned against him. As she turned around, her dress flung with the accompanied wind in the ensuing battle and it accidentally revealed her pants.
"OOH!" Kyokumatori was shocked at such display. Takeru merely closed his eyes, while Gai and Youhei were also shocked at seeing such display.
"Perverts! All of you!" Sayaka angrily approached them and smacked both of them in the head.
"Sorry, can't help it. I am a man, after all…" Gai made his excuse, but Sayaka rebuked it.
"And she's just eighteen years old! What are you, a dirty middle-aged man? !"
"Well I am twenty years old…" Youhei tried to excuse himself, but Sayaka was not fooled.
"That's no excuse! Even Takeru knows that such things are off limits!"
Hearing all the ruckus, Miki managed to notice what's going on, 'You guys…' she thought in annoyance, thinking to punish their perversion later. But in the meantime, she had to finish the fight. Using Kyokumatori's shock over her panty shot to spin around and wore her usual skin-tight gymnastic outfit, with ribbon in hand.
"And now, the finishing!" She exclaimed as she lashed her ribbon, tying Kyokumatori, but leaving his orb open for any attacks. Still carrying her ribbon's handle, she ran to Kyokumatori and impaled him on the orb with the handle, destroying it.
"AAAGH! No! I can't remember… I can't remember…" Kyokumatori shouted in desperation.
"That's done with. Now you've lost all your memories on how we fight!" Miki said triumphantly.
"What? !" Kyokumatori asked, but suddenly realized something. He didn't remember anything. At all. "Who are you…? Who am I?"
"I see!" Takeru noticed, "So that orb was his memory storage… If that was destroyed…"
"Yes. That's why I had to use many forms to make sure his stored memories became useless. And now, you can attack him like usual, without him countering them perfectly." Miki answered, "Though I think I went too far…"
"That's really impressive, Miki!" Sayaka said to her, "You thought all these…"
"Who am I…? Who are you?" Kyokumatori said frantically.
"Well, let me tell you." Miki said as she moved forward, "Sometimes, I'm a biker lady…" As she said that, she spun around, wearing her leather-tight biker suit, "Or a nurse…" then she spun again, now wearing her nurse outfit, "Or an archer…" Spinning again, she was then wearing her battle robe with bow in hand, "Or a cowgirl…" Then she spun once more, wearing her cowgirl outfit, "Or a lady samurai…" With another spin, she was then wearing her samurai outfit, "Or a fencer…" And yet another spin, Miki now wore her frilly fencer outfit. Takeru once again instinctively closed her eyes, while Sayaka had to cover Gai and Youhei's eyes from looking at the panty shot from Miki's spin. "Or a gymnast." As Miki spun once more, she was wearing her usual gymnast outfit.
"But deep down, I am always…" As she said that, she spun once again, returning her to her regular outfit, "Momozono Miki. Otherwise known as…" With that, she prepared her transformation. "Goggle Pink!" As she said that, she immediately transformed into Goggle Pink.
"Urrgh… And all of you…!" Kyokumatori said, still lacking his memories.
"Guys, come on!" Goggle Pink said, noting the rest.
"Oh, right." Takeru nodded as he prepared his Shodo Phone and the rest prepared to transform.
"IPPITSU SOUJOU!"
"CROSS CHANGER!"
"BLUE TURBO!"
"LET'S CHANGE! CHANGE MERMAID!"
The team assembled, they prepared to say their names to introduce themselves.
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"Black Condor!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Even though we are from different times and teams…" This time, however, Goggle Pink was the one who spoke along with Shinken Red.
"We are still united as one!" As usual, Shinken Red finished before all of them followed.
"We are… SUPER SENTAI!"
"Super Sentai…" Kyokumatori suddenly started swelling up anger on his voice, "Super Sentaaaaaiii!"
As he roared in anger, a lot of Nanashi soldiers appeared and started attacking. "Going forth!" At Shinken Red's command, the five Sentai warriors ran forward to intercept.
As the battle broke out, a lot of Nanashi targeted Goggle Pink for some reason. Despite that, she fought with all her might to defeat all of them.
"Wow. Miki is on fire today!" Blue Turbo commented as he shot down two Nanashi with both his Turbo Laser in one hand and J-Gun in the other.
"But she's fatigued." Black Condor said as he nonchalantly kicked the groin of a Nanashi that tried to attack him from the back, and then backhanding it down, "I'm betting that she might run out of stamina soon."
As he just said that, Goggle Pink was catching her breath, her fatigue catching up to her. Unfortunately for her, Kyokumatori suddenly leapt to her and attacked in blind rage, knocking her down. Just when he tried to attack again, Black Condor and Blue Turbo immediately shot him with both Bird Blaster and Turbo Laser.
"Miki, you've fought well enough!" Black Condor said, "Now you can leave the rest to us!"
"Thanks…" Goggle Pink nodded, "But we should still combine our strength to defeat him with one last blow."
"Agreed." Shinken Red said as he gathered the rest of the Sentai warriors, "Let's finish this."
"Right on! Hey, Gai!" Blue Turbo suddenly said, "I'd like to try something. Try shooting on that spot!" He then pointed to the sky.
"Heh, I remember this kind of concept, a bit." Black Condor said as he put his Bringer Sword to his Bird Blaster, "I'm trying something new too. Get ready."
"Right on! Turbo Laser!"
"Jet-Hand Cannon!"
Shooting both weapons towards the sky, both shots met and formed a smaller orb. As both aimed to Kyokumatori, the orb smashed it and created an explosion.
"Great! This is just like a smaller scale Turbo Laser Plasma Shoot." Blue Turbo said.
"Heh, it's weaker than the Bird Bomber." Black Condor noted, "Still, it's pretty impressive for one created from two people."
"Next time, let's try it with Sayaka's Change Sword! How about that, Sayaka?" Blue Turbo then looked at Change Mermaid.
"That sounds good… but maybe later." She answered.
"Are you ready?" Shinken Red said, already putting his disk to his Shinkenmaru. Both ladies nodded and prepared their attacks.
"PINK SENPUU!"
"MERMAID TYPHOON!"
"Shinkenmaru: KAEN NO MAI!"
With all the attacks, Kyokumatori roared as the combination of wind, cold and fire destroyed him.
"This brings this chapter to a close." Shinken Red said, as he de-morphed, "Miki… you did well…"
Goggle Pink, however, did not answer. In a sudden, she de-morphed and collapsed to the ground.
"Miki!" The rest of them de-morphed and gathered to Miki, checking her condition. Thankfully for them, she was just exhausted with fatigue and only needed rest…
"Heh… I changed my mind." Juzou said, after witnessing the battle from the dimension, "You're not so weak after all, Goggle Pink. Then, you just proved yourself worthy to be cut down by Uramasa, like the rest."
When Miki woke up, she was in the infirmary again. Sayaka was with her now.
"Feeling better now, Miki?" Sayaka asked.
"Much better." Miki smiled and replied, "I think I can go take a walk now."
"What you did before was very impressive." Sayaka complimeted, reminding herself about the previous battle, "I may be considered smart, but I really couldn't think of that in a quick moment."
"No, I was just realizing about my specialty." Miki said, "Everyone has their own strength. We as a team should cover to each other's weakness."
"Exactly." As Takeru said it, he and the rest of the boys entered the infirmary, "That is also what I learnt during this fight, as well as my previous battle."
"Heh, and I thought you'd just hold us back, girl." Gai said cockily, "But turns out I'm wrong. You're one tough cookie."
"I guess I'm not being a burden after all." Miki said in relief.
"Of course not." Takeru said, "Don't let Juzou's words and actions get to you. You have to stay strong."
"Thank you, Takeru... everyone." Miki said with a smile on her face.
"Maybe this world may be too harsh for you." Youhei added, "But you shouldn't lose that beautiful smile on you. We're here to help."
"We have our own strength and weaknesses. Learning them are essential to our victory" Takeru said, "If we know what to use in the right time, and how to cover our weaknesses each other, we can win."
"Thanks." Miki said, until suddenly her eyes started to contain a certain naughtiness, "Which means… you don't mind if you learn the arts of disguise, like me?"
"What?" The boys asked in unison.
"Isn't that right, Sayaka?" Miki suddenly looked at Sayaka, in which she realized what's going on and nodded.
"Yeah, consider this a punishment for being a pervert back then." Sayaka added.
"Wait, I didn't!" Takeru tried to excuse himself, but Miki glared at him.
"Gai and Youhei's crime was peeking at my panties. As of you, Takeru…" She said, "It's for forcefully putting me to sleep!"
"Oh, we girls are so going to have fun." Sayaka said in excitement, "I've had a lot of collection for you to try out. Be it clown outfit or anything… I even had wigs and lipstick so you can cross-dress!"
"Cross-dress? !" Gai said in shock, "N-no! No way! I don't look good on a wig!"
"Not the lipstick!" Youhei also said in terror, "What would they say if they see me in a wig? !" He was of course speaking about ladies, which he usually chased. They'd avoid him the instant they know about him cross-dressing with a lipstick.
"Oh, yeah. Why don't Takeru do it, then?" Miki asked, "You look handsome enough to pass up as a girl. I cross-dressed once, why don't you try? Or are you scared?"
"Look, you're pushing this too far…" Takeru said groggily before he made his way to the door, looking at the two other boys, "Now!"
With the cue, all the boys ran off. And quickly, Miki got up from her bed and gave chase as Sayaka calmly walked out.
"Come on, get back here! This is all I get from saving the day? !" Miki called out to the boys as both still ran off from her.
Miki's refusal to stay down for now proved her strength and will power to save the team and that she wasn't burdening them in any way for their battles. Even when faced with a lot of harsh realities, she still resolved to move on and keep on her bright face full of smiles. Fight on, Miki! Don't give up! Super Sentai!
Eventually, when the boys ran off, a box slided on their way from a hallway and they tripped. Sayaka then arrived from that hallway, and pulled a wig from the box. As Miki approached the box, she pulled out a dress and a lipstick. As the boys tried to escape, they realized that they've hit the wall to a dead end.
"All right, boys… let's have some fun…"
"NOOOOOO!"
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 9
Author's note: Okay I hope I'm not being that harsh on Miki, showing her lots of brutalities and cruelties on a level she never met in the run of Goggle Five, showing that she's been rather naive despite being the 'senior'. Then again, it's always an interesting take to show those who originated from lighter and softer shows how a darker and edgier world works. I hope this chapter's fine... At any rate, I welcome your comment.