Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's note: Whew, we're back for another chapter, finally! Just to show I haven't forgotten about this team. Anyway, this is probably a two-parter, but just go on and read. This is a payoff for those who awaits on you-know-who. Enjoy!
ACT 16: Legacy of Volt
For a few days, Radiguet holed himself up inside his chamber within the villain's dimension. Based on the report of Mazurka and Jarmin, they seemed to recognize the man who interrupted their previous attempt to destroy the Super Sentai was also part of another of the Super Sentai… a team that once protected the Earth. When Mazurka once got caught in a fight against Red Falcon, she managed to get a sample of his blood, which she attained from wounding him with Jarmin's help, but he managed to escape. Using that, Radiguet researched on what kind of force he fought in the past and perhaps he could use them… and succeed where they failed.
The research led him to the group known as Volt.
"Volt…" Radiguet muttered as he read upon a certain book within the dimension's library, "An army hell bent in creating ideal world of super geniuses… but in truth, these are all just guises over the ambition of one man… Great Professor Bias, who sought an eternal life using a set of brains that possesses high IQ point. Heheh…" He chuckled. Just by reading this description made Radiguet think that he could get along with this man… until the time comes to stab him in the back of course. He continued reading, and read up about the allies of Bias… though there was only one true ally, the rest were just pawns… That true ally was the cold, efficient robot Guardnoid Gash.
"They were last seen in Academia Island…" Radiguet finished his reading as he exited the library and entered the meeting hall.
"So, what did you find about this time, Radiguet?" Jarmin asked the count.
"It's only about a group of losers thinking that they're geniuses." Radiguet dismissed, "But in my hand, what remain of them will be complete winners."
"You spoke of the Volt, yes?" Doldora added, "I've heard about it. It's a pity that Bias died. I'd like to challenge him as a fellow genius."
"That's enough talk. So… how do you plan on turning them into complete winner?" Mazurka asked, in which Radiguet instantly grinned.
"You see, up until now, we and the Super Sentai were denied of the opportunity to get a giant-sized creature to fight at each other. But soon… we would get ourselves a chance." Radiguet stated.
"Oh? And do tell, how do you plan this out?" Mazurka continued, and so did Radiguet.
"Volt has one certain individual that helped out making things grow, called Guardnoid Gash… assistant of Great Professor Bias. His cannon the 'Giga Phantom' was used to enlarge their monsters the Zuno Beasts. If we can get that…"
"Are you joking?" Jarmin asked, unsure about the plan, "This world has seemed to be tailored so there would be no giant monsters and robots fighting. My abilities and Juzou's sealed, Mazurka and Doldora's technology not provided… How do you suppose that you can make this one grow?"
"While you were busy of taking care of those Super Sentai last time, I found out about a disturbance of energy that came from an island called 'Academia Island'." Radiguet explained, as he wasn't really involved during the fight using Gunman-Porcupine Bouzoo, "If it wasn't for that… red warrior, I would've dismissed that. Except… Academia Island was the last place where Volt alongside Gash were last seen! And that red warrior who pestered you… is called Red Falcon, one of the men that defeated Volt!"
"Red… Falcon, huh?" Juzou, who was at his human form, relaxing; suddenly got up and muttered, "This sounds interesting. How good was he?"
"I would say he's an exceptional swordsman." Jarmin said, remembering how she fought against Red Falcon beforehand. Even when surrounded with her and Mazurka, he put up a good fight with his sword.
"Intriguing." Juzou then turned towards Radiguet, "Radiguet… don't tell me you're going to Academia Island now?"
"Well, of course!" Radiguet nodded, "I am going there to find the remnants of Guardnoid Gash. With luck, the Giga Phantom will be there and I will retrieve it for further research, and soon, the Super Sentai will be at a severe disadvantage."
"Whatever. If I go to Academia Island, there will be a chance that I will encounter this… Red Falcon, right?" Juzou added, "That's more than enough reason for me to tag along."
"Hmph, very well, Gedoushuu." Radiguet nodded, "You come and help me. But if we meet that Red Falcon, you can satisfy that bloodlust of yours. Only the two of us will go."
"Heh. Agreed…" As Juzou nodded, he turned back to his Gedou form and walked away, holding his Uramasa with great delight, "Isn't it great, Uramasa? Soon you will taste new blood of a strong person. I hope that Red Falcon doesn't disappoint me."
As Radiguet attempted to leave, however, Doldora suddenly stopped him. "Wait, Radiguet… are you really leaving without a… monster? Galactic Warrior, Mozoo or a Bouma monster or any of those…"
"I don't need such failures." Radiguet condescendingly said as he held up a Bio-Dimensional Bug, "My one bug will be enough!" As Radiguet went out of their sights, both Mazurka and Jarmin gritted their teeth on how high and mighty Radiguet was. However, Doldora smirked instead.
'If I remember it right, that source of energy should be about… That.'
In the meantime, back in Kizuna, the team was surprised with Takeru's discovery about the identity of their helper. "Red Falcon? ! Another red warrior? !" Remi stated in surprise.
"Liveman… the team before mine…" Youhei added.
"Yes, there's no mistaking it." Takeru nodded to confirm all that, "He's been sending me hints and such. Also, his appearance and description fits as in the book."
"I wonder what was he doing over here…" Miki wondered, thinking about the current events… Until she realized something, "Perhaps Akihiro was…!"
"Lying, you'd say?" Gai added up, "So this may mean that there are other teams around here other than us…!"
"Takeru, we'll have to find them!" Miki suggested as the situation started to heat up, "They may be looking for a way to exit this world!"
"I agree with that!" Youhei added, "The more firepower we had against Rufecil, the better!"
"I'm not so sure about that, so we better don't jump into conclusions for now." Takeru put down the tension by stating such words, "Anything could happen. We better assess to this carefully. For good or for bad."
As they spoke, suddenly the alarm at Kizuna was heard, and Remi was first to look at the alarm. "Guys, it looks like there's some weird energy reading coming from this one island… It's listed at 'Academia Island'."
"What kind of name is that?" Gai claimed, as he's never heard such island in his whole life.
"Wait, that's where the Liveman used to study." Takeru suddenly realized, "Perhaps if we go there, we can find Red Falcon and ask him about what happened to him."
"I do not think the cause of this energy reading come from him." Miki suddenly made a suggestion, "It could be that it comes for another source."
"Well, that just means we have two things to investigate." Youhei exclaimed, "One for sure, one not too sure." At that point, everyone was staring at him, as if expecting him to explain, "I mean, that Red Falcon could be anywhere, not in this island, so there's always the chance we won't meet him there! But that energy reading… it's definitely there. It's not meant to be confusing or anything!"
"Well, that's enough of that. We'll just find out when we get there. Let's go." Takeru said as the rest nodded, and headed to the teleportation room. However, something tingled within his mind as he headed to the teleportation room.
'Red Falcon is said to be an excellent swordsman. Somehow, I think I'd enjoy a small spar with him…'
As the team eventually landed in what was described as Academia Island, they were wondering where to go. "There's no specification on exactly where the disturbance is, huh?" Remi noted, as they were just stuck in an open field.
"Tch…" Gai scoffed at that, "If only Sayaka was still around to modify those…"
"We'll find her." Miki tried to encourage the rest, "It may not be now, but we will meet again. I'm sure."
"Speaking of that…" Youhei wondered, "What if… this energy disturbance is about some sort of time portal that will take us to where Sayaka is?"
"Huh?" Miki suddenly brimmed with hope, "I hope you're right, Youhei! It won't hurt to hope for a better outcome!"
"You seem to have high opinions on this Sayaka." Remi added, reminded with that one experience with that Galactic Warrior-Gedoushuu combination, in which she feared that she'd be treated inferior. Even if it was an embarrassing experience, she now realized that Sayaka was an important member of the team, "I'd like to meet her."
"Maybe you will, in the future." Takeru said as he looked around… until he noticed something… "Wait a second. Get behind those rocks!" The team complied and hid behind the rock, looking at the ones in front of them… Radiguet and Juzou.
'They're here too…! Especially Juzou…!' Takeru thought, looking at how Juzou walked while looking at his Uramasa, 'No doubt he must've heard about Red Falcon's swordsmanship…'
"Radiguet…!" Just looking at Radiguet, however, reminded Miki to the very moment when he crushed the life of her mother in front of her. Youhei and Gai managed to read what could happen if let that be and it seemed that Miki was just ready to leap in and attack.
Suddenly, they saw Miki's feet starting to move as if trying to get up and issue her challenge. At this point, both boys knew what to do. Gai just quickly dragged her down while clamping her mouth with one hand while the other hand was circled around her body. She struggled a bit and nearly screamed, but Gai just whispered, "It's for your own good." In a short time, she calmed down.
"Hey, what—" Remi tried to protest, but Youhei just give a 'sshh' hand gesture, telling her to shut up, while he eventually looked further… and suddenly saw Takeru in front of him. Radiguet and Juzou have been long gone.
"What are you doing?" Takeru asked as everyone got up and away from the hiding spot.
"I'm sorry, Takeru." Miki apologized, "I… nearly flew out of rage at the sight of Radiguet."
"Understandable." Takeru nodded, recalling on just how equally pissed he was to Radiguet.
"What's with her and this 'Radiguet' anyway?" Remi suddenly asked, and suddenly noticed something on Miki, "Miki, why are you… tearing up?" Indeed, there's a drop of tear that fell from her eye, but she quickly wiped it away.
"Radiguet just killed her mother." Gai bluntly stated, shocking Remi beyond belief.
"My God…!"
"Yeah, that's what happened. If a person dies here, in the real world, they die too." Youhei added, "That's why this was such a big vendetta."
"Radiguet… he's such a bastard…!" Remi clenched her fist, hearing that was enough to rile her up. She had an experience when the Zone Empire made her believe that her missing mother was still alive, crushing her when it turned out to be fake; these happened before it turned out that her parents were still alive. But after hearing that Miki lost her mother for real due to a vile act, she felt sad… "Miki…"
"Yes?" Just as Miki tried to reply, Remi just approached and gave her a tight hug.
"I'm… sorry about your mother." She stated, "I was separated with my mother when I was born, so I know how precious it is to have a mother that still lived… Yet…"
"No, it's OK. I'm done with crying for her demise." Miki said as she released herself from the hug, smiling, "People learn to move on. It's just that I still need to learn about self control." She then turned towards Gai, "Thanks for restraining me as well, Gai."
"Heh, no problem. Can't bear to see a beauty like you die a needless death." Gai answered, smiling, "Though speaking of beauty… I'm surprised."
"Surprised at what?" Youhei asked.
"I didn't do it on purpose, but I ended up grabbing her… you-know-what…" Gai said as Miki suddenly widened her eyes, realizing what he's about to say, "And I gotta say, it's not as big as I expected."
"What? !" Suddenly Miki shrieked and glared at Gai, flustered, "What do you have to say about my… my…"
"Well I didn't say it's flat!" Gai protested, "It's well-sized, I mean. Couldn't be that bad, right?" Before things could get any worse, however, he was staring down… to her legs.
"What for, Gai?" Youhei asked.
"Oh, I know the trick." Gai said, as he was actually being cautious on his crotch, after several times it's been kicked, "After so many times getting kicked in that, I think I learn my lessons."
Unfortunately for him, Miki did not even kick, but instead came in front of his face and slapped him with her hand. "Jerk." She said as she walked away to Takeru
"You really need to re-evaluate your methods of treating ladies, Gai." Remi added as Gai was rubbing his cheek, which was slapped, "Totally deserved it, though."
"Let's go, Takeru." Miki said to Takeru, "What do we do now?"
"I'd say we split up." Takeru said, "That way we may find that energy reading faster. If any of you find it, contact immediately. Avoid Radiguet and Juzou at this point, don't attack recklessly. I'm especially talking about you two… Miki and Gai."
"Yes, I won't get to that again." Miki said sternly.
"I know. Shouldn't try something reckless." Gai added.
"OK, let's go." Takeru eventually concluded and the team separated.
Amamiya Yuusuke wasn't exactly having a bright day. The sky may be blue, but he just felt weird. He saw someone bowing down at four graves. "Hey, aren't those… their graves?" The graves of his fallen friends, Yano Takuji and Aikawa Mari, who were killed in cold blood by the other two lying next to them, Tsukigata Kenji and Senda Rui. If he recalled, he was here to pay his respects to them, but who was that man? He was even wearing his white cloth.
"There you are…!" He saw a weird creature, confronting yet another man who just came. This man was blonde. The creature was the one saying those words, and even steps on one of the graves, "It even got a grave for you!"
"You…!" In anger, reflexively Yuusuke exclaimed as it was the grave of his friends, but without him realizing it, the man in white said the same, "Remove that leg!" On that realization, Yuusuke suddenly stopped and he started seeing the face of that man in white.
"Wait a second… he looks familiar…" Yuusuke muttered as he looked at the man's face. It certainly looked quite older than him, but he did think it looked familiar for him. "Could it be that it's…" He thought further until the man himself suddenly struck a familiar pose.
"RED FALCON!"
As such, the man transformed into Yuusuke's alter ego, Red Falcon. He was shocked to realize what was happening, "That's… me? ! In the future? !" He witnessed as Red Falcon fought against the creature and the soldiers it brought. It certainly weren't those of Volt, but this still confused him.
All of the sudden, his vision blurred. When his vision cleared off again, he saw Red Falcon once more… except this time, he was facing off against another Sentai warrior… a yellow colored one. "Huh? Am I to fight Jou in the future?" Yuusuke wondered, as it seemed that these people didn't seem to realize he's here. When that yellow warrior drew a sword, he realized something, "Well, that's no Jou. But what does this mean?" Yuusuke's confusion started to compound further as Red Falcon sparred against the Yellow warrior, which ended with Red Falcon congratulating him.
And once again, his vision blurred and when it started to look clear, he looked at how Red Falcon stood bravely, along with that Yellow warrior… And to their sides were other warriors… one Red, two Blues, one Yellow, one Black, one Pink, and two Whites. One of the White warriors, one who had a rainbow-colored helmet suddenly declared… "We are…!" The rest soon after followed.
"SUPER SENTAI!"
Yuusuke's confusion finally reached its peak when he saw Red Falcon charging forward to face the monsters attacking. Was he seeing the future? What would be the result of the battle? What are these new teams? "Okay, will anyone please tell me what's going on? !"
Bolting out from his sleep, Yuusuke returned to his senses, apparently he fell asleep when he was visiting Academia Island. He meant to visit the graves of those four after all, but he just felt kind of tired. Walking down the road, he finally reached the graves of his friends. As he knelt down, he said his prayers.
'It's been quite awhile. I'm glad they're here.' He thought. He too was thrown into this weird world, and while he couldn't find his fellow Livemen, he was at least able to find these graves, it enabled him to pay respect to his fallen friends. 'It's just six months after the fall of Volt after all. Well, I wonder where everyone is going on now…'
As far as he knew, each went on their separate paths, in a way. Ohara Jou settled in Midori Town and helped out with a friend of his, running her pizza restaurant. Despite being the bottom of the class in Academia, he managed to invent things that would help the restaurant's delivery quality and the restaurant has been growing. Misaki Megumi, aside of continuing her studies, pursued a career in singing, perhaps in memory of Butchy, one of Volt's robots that she sympathized. Before he was transported to this weird world, Yuusuke heard that Megumi was planning a charity drive to sing for orphans. Yano Tetsuya also resumed his studies and eventually entered the boxing ring, whereas both his intellect and his love for boxing made him a star in the ring, both powerful and witty. And despite the fame, he still kept his good heart, becoming something of an idol. The only one that hadn't pursued career was Aikawa Junichi, who still had to continue his high school. Even so, his school life has been going well and he's been scouted in many universities to continue his studies, even overseas. All five, Yuusuke included, promised that they would take turn in taking care of the Academia Island where their academy resided... just so the students there wouldn't make the same mistakes as their former friends who turned to Volt, thus all of them have been leading double-lives, one as a scientist, and another one as whatever they thought.
As of Yuusuke himself, he has made plans to start a business somewhere as his chosen 'double-life', probably a scientific-based, with the help of Colon, until this incident halted his plans…
While he was praying, however, a man's voice interrupted him. "Are you Amamiya Yuusuke?" When Yuusuke got up and looked behind, he saw a shoulder-length haired man with unkempt hair, along with ragged white clothing and white katana. This stranger seemed to look at Yuusuke with cold eyes.
"Who are you? How did you know me so much?" Yuusuke asked.
"Hm? That brace…" The man suddenly asked Yuusuke, looking at his Twin Brace, which shocked him, "So you still can transform… Good."
"You know of my exploits…!" Yuusuke already grew suspicious on him, "Are you of Volt? !"
"I am not from Volt." As the man suddenly was covered in fire, another figure was in his place, introducing himself, "I am Fuwa Juzou of the Gedoushuu!"
"Gedoushuu? !" The mention of such name confused Yuusuke, as he's never heard of Gedoushuu. However there's one thing he'll know, "You know my identity, I presume. Then what is it that you want? !"
"World domination? Not really." As Juzou said that, he started drawing Uramasa, "I'm just here for a chance to fight against one of Super Sentai's best swordsmen!"
"What would fighting accomplish? !" Yuusuke shot back, but Juzou instead attempted to slash him, in which he dodged. Juzou was serious. He relentlessly attacked Yuusuke over and over, and at one point, he narrowly missed Yuusuke and he realized that if he continued to fight, the graves would be in danger.
"Well, what's the matter? I hope you do not disappoint Uramasa." Juzou said as he started stroking his sword, "Or perhaps… you'd like some motivator? Those graves seemed important to you. If you do not fight seriously, these graves…"
"Enough." As Yuusuke said that, he clenched his fist, "I won't let you endanger them. I will defend their memories!" As he said that, he thrusted his right hand forward and exclaimed, "RED FALCON!" And as he put the right brace on the left brace, he transformed into the leader of the Liveman… Red Falcon.
"That's more like it…!" Ecstatic, Juzou once again resumed his attacks, however, Red Falcon quickly retaliated with his Falcon Sword and knocked him away from the grave, and kept attacking until they reach the shore.
It was the same shore he saw in the dream when he saw that unknown Yellow warrior, but as of reality, he's facing a bloodthirsty monster now. Soon after, the two clashed their swords several times until they were in a weapon lock. "Very good, Red Falcon, you do not disappoint me!"
"How did you know me? !" Red Falcon asked, "What is the relation between this… Gedoushuu, with Volt? !" At that moment, the two broke away from the weapon lock, and while Red Falcon slashed downwards, Juzou slashed upwards, causing them to be hit at the same time, knocking them down.
"That was an irrelevant question…" Juzou said, getting back to his feet, "Get up, I know you can do better than this!"
"That's far enough, Juzou!" A voice was heard as suddenly, Shinken Red took a leap towards Juzou and slashed him, "I won't let you touch him."
"What?" Red Falcon was silent witnessing what happened. In front of him stood a red warrior, not the one in his dream, but still a Red warrior aside of him.
"Shinken Red… I wanted this to be a fair one on one. But it looks like I'm not going to have it for the moment." Juzou said as he suddenly put his sword back, "I will return." With that he leapt away, leaving the two red warriors alone.
"You're Red Falcon?" Shinken Red asked, as he eventually de-morphed to Takeru, followed by Red Falcon to Yuusuke.
"Yeah, but I could handle it alone and fine." Yuusuke answered, "But thanks for the help anyway."
"You were the one who helped us back then." Takeru noted, remembering the event just before where he lost his powers and this 'RF' was the one helping them recover it, and according to the History of Super Sentai, this RF was Red Falcon. "You have my thanks."
"Help… oh yeah, I almost forgot." Yuusuke said, recalling how Juzou referred to Takeru, "He called you 'Shinken Red'. Perhaps…"
"Yes, I am Shinken Red… Shiba Takeru." Takeru said as they both shook hands, "I know your real name though."
"Figures. She spoke about you much." Yuusuke said, as if recalling onto something.
"She?" The topic did interest Takeru much as he asked, "Who else did you know… wait, are you saying you've met my female vassals? Where are they?" If Yuusuke would have the information of the whereabouts of any of his vassals, such as Mako or Kotoha, Takeru would be very much pleased.
"Vassals? Oh, yeah. She also told you you're some sort of house lord in modern day." Yuusuke recalled the description, "So, of what color are your vassals?"
"Pink and Yellow…" Takeru answered.
"Unfortunate, but the one I knew recently wasn't pink or yellow…" Yuusuke answered, which somehow disappointed Takeru. And he wouldn't dare to say it's Megumi, because not only she's not a vassal of anyone, she's blue colored too. His further answer, however, caught Takeru's attention, "But white."
"White?" Takeru wondered. There were no white warriors amongst the Liveman. What would Yuusuke be talking about? "At least you can tell me her name. Or perhaps it's…" As Takeru said that, he attempted to guess, and in the same time, Yuusuke also answered.
"Nagisa Sayaka."
At that moment, Takeru felt something of an impact of emotion within him. Mostly joy, hearing that Sayaka lived, and met Yuusuke. And perhaps, she was the one who asked Yuusuke to help them, but she might've been busy. "Sayaka…" Takeru muttered as he was nearly moved to tears of joy, but held up pretty well. "How… did you meet up with her again?"
"Well, how should I say it… it's kind of a long story." Yuusuke thought as he tried recalling what just happened recently about him.
"I'm listening." Takeru said as eventually, they decided to sit down on the beach, so Yuusuke could start explaining.
"When all this crazy things happened, I wasn't in this world. I was in another equally weird world where my fellow Livemen weren't here. But I do recall being in another brand new team, the last was with Sayaka, along with three more people."
"Who formed you into one team?" Takeru asked, perhaps he was on the same boat as him, being called forth to quell the threat of Rufecil.
"Actually, it's someone nameless who was a representative of being called AkaRed, at that time, Sayaka wasn't amongst me, and I had five allies… just like how Sayaka described what happened to her. During one battle, we ended up being separated, only leaving me with two allies. That's when later on I met another ally and eventually Sayaka."
"I see…" Takeru nodded, "So, other than Sayaka, did you also come across a new adversary named Ahames?"
"Ahames? Oh yes, I remember… that nasty woman…!" Yuusuke suddenly clenched his fist in anger, hearing it, "It was due to her machinations that I was separated, leaving Sayaka with another one of my ally… And the last thing I remembered after being separated was…"
Youhei, Miki, Gai and Remi searched high and low throughout the islands, through the plains, another part of the shores, the woods, and thus far had nothing to find.
At one point, eventually Gai himself decided to investigate a cavern he found near a certain hill. 'Something seems kinda off in this cave…' He thought as he went deeper into the cave.
At one point, he got into the end point of his cave where he found several rocks formed like a gate. However, there was no energy in it. "Whoever did this, they must've gotten a lot of free time." Gai commented.
"You do as well… Yuuki Gai." Suddenly, a voice was heard and when Gai turned back, the one who appeared in front of him was Radiguet.
"Damn it, Radiguet!" Gai prepared his stance to fight, "So you've been sneaking around here? !"
"I was investigating other things, but this looks like a good chance…" Radiguet beckoned as he drew his sword, killer instinct drawing from him, "For you to die!" He swung his sword, but Gai reacted quicker and leapt above him, jumping away.
"Hey, Radiguet… you forgot one thing." He said, "I am capable of fighting alone. If it's a fight you want… I can make sure that I don't die in process!"
"CROSS CHANGER!"
With that, he transformed into Black Condor and as he drew his Bringer Sword, once again he entered a swordfight with Radiguet.
"What…? ! Here?" Takeru was shocked learning on what Yuusuke just said. He basically said that the next thing he remembered was that he was here, in Academia Island, in this very world. "So you're saying that… there is a gate here, taking you to that world…?"
"Yes. It should be in a cavern somewhere here." Yuusuke pointed out, "However, it wasn't active. I researched about that gate awhile and it turns out that it feeds on… fighting energy."
"I see…" Takeru said as he saw Yuusuke hanging his head low.
"As much as I want to reunite with my new friends and help them, it is against me that I sacrifice a lot of innocent people for my own wish." Yuusuke mentioned, however, when he looked at Takeru, something hit him, "Or… perhaps if you could help it, there is one way to fight without involving innocents."
"You mean to hunt down Juzou?" Takeru asked.
"That new demon swordsman?" Yuusuke noted, "Perhaps, but something told me that he won't be able to accomplish two tasks at once…" As soon as he said that, he got up. "See, I've been told by Sayaka that you are chosen by AkaRed, through his ally Akihiro. As a fellow Red warrior… I'll use this chance to give you a sparring. How about it?"
"Hm…" Takeru thought as he eventually got up and walked away, forming a distance, "An invitation of a fight from a senior warrior? Very well. I accept your challenge."
"Remember, as one who leads the Super Sentai…" As Yuusuke said that, he prepared his Twin Braces, "You must have strength and commitment to your cause. If you cannot even best me, then perhaps you won't be able to face off against this Rufecil. Got it?"
"Of course." Takeru also prepared his Shodo Phone and made the first move… "Ippitsu Soujou."
"Red Falcon."
The two warriors then transformed. Shinken Red eventually ran forward and clashed his Shinkenmaru with Red Falcon's Falcon Sword. The bout lasted for quite awhile, with neither gaining upper hand.
"You're powerful as said, Red Falcon…!"
"You're not doing too bad either, Shinken Red!"
As Black Condor fought against Radiguet, he ended up being thrown at the impact of Radiguet's backhand to the wall. It accidentally hit his Corresponder on his hand, sending out signals to the other teammates…
As Youhei, Miki and Remi arrived at the designated cave according to the signal they received, they headed there together, reuniting to each other. However, coming out from the cave was Juzou. "So, are you trying to disrupt this duel… between Black Condor and Radiguet…? You will not pass here."
"Radiguet…!" Miki gritted her teeth hearing that name, but she tried her best not to get her emotion overcome her.
"Who the heck are you?" Remi, having never met Juzou before, asked out, "That sword looks menacing."
"Me? I am Fuwa Juzou of the Gedoushuu." Juzou replied, "You may be a woman, but I will not hesitate to cut you down."
"Bastard! What you did to Miki was horrific enough, but now you want to inflict it on Remi as well? !" Youhei yelled in anger hearing Juzou's reply, "Out of our way!"
"As I said, you are not getting past here." As Juzou said that, he snapped his finger. In a sudden, the combination of Nanashi Renjuu and Grinam soldiers suddenly arrived to reinforce him. "I think I am interested in fighting that new girl. She held quite the spirit. Maybe my sword Uramasa will be pleased as well… the rest of you can deal with the two."
"Remi, be careful." Miki warned her, "Juzou… calling him bloodthirsty and ruthless would be an understatement."
"No worries, I'll be careful." Remi said as she stepped forward, "Fine, Juzou. I accept your challenge."
"We should fight on as well. Those soldiers seems like they want us dead too." Youhei said as he saw the soldiers preparing themselves, sharpening their weapons, "Let's go!"
"OK!" As the girls confirmed, they prepared transforming.
"BLUE TURBO!"
"GOGGLE PINK!"
"FIVE YELLOW!"
Transforming, the three fought against the waves of Nanashi Renjuu and Grinam Soldiers, while Five Yellow took a leap and launched a flying kick to Juzou, only to be blocked and deflected with his blade.
"That's something I rarely see. A flying kick like that?" Juzou commented, as he rarely saw any of the Shinkengers leap for such thing, they'd usually just leap and slash their swords rather than kicking. "Now… my turn!" With that, Juzou leapt and prepared to slash Five Yellow. She might not be carrying any swords, but once a warrior, still a warrior and they deserved the same treatment. He would not pull back.
And there was a huge CLANG sound, attracting the attention of both Blue Turbo and Goggle Pink. As they looked nearby, fearing the worst for Five Yellow. This didn't seem to be the case, however, as Juzou attested, "To think that you'd block my Uramasa with… a flute? !"
As it turned out, Five Yellow already unleashed her Yellow Flute and used it to block the sword. "Heh heh… blocking a sword with a flute…" She said as she gathered more strength to eventually deflect Juzou back, "Not too bad, I guess!" As she said that, she spun her flute and prepared to play it, "And you know what? This functions like a real flute too." With that, she started blowing the flute, as it unleashed waves that caught Juzou unprepared as he stumbled, and several of the soldiers fell, giving Blue Turbo and Goggle Pink easier times.
"Well, don't think that this means I give up…" Juzou said as he got up, ready for another bout… However, at that point, there was an earthquake occurring in the island.
"Wha…? !"
In the meantime, Black Condor still fought one on one against Radiguet. "I will admit that you've grown stronger since the last time we meet." Radiguet gave a compliment, as he held Black Condor in a sword lock, cornering him, "But it is not enough to defeat me!"
"Typical stuffs said by a megalomania!" Black Condor yelled as he kept pushing at the sword lock… until eventually he knew his chance came. In instant, while he was pushing his sword forward, his leg went somewhere and eventually stomped Radiguet's feet, catching him by surprise. Black Condor pushed his sword forward, overwhelming Radiguet and ended up giving a hard head butt onto his head. "Hah! Don't think those dirty tricks are only used when I fight little creeps like those Grinam soldiers! Just for you, I'll try to unleash every slimy trick I've got in my book!"
"Slimy… certainly they fit humans like you…!" Radiguet shot back as he tried getting up… however he fell again when the ground quaked. "What? !"
"What the heck?" Black Condor looked around, instigating what was wrong. He detected something… a certain energy, coming from that gate he found, "It's still faint, but…"
In a sudden, however, the thought was interrupted when he heard a laughter coming from Radiguet. As he looked to him, he saw Radiguet pulling something from the ground… a severed head of a robot. "Hahaha! I found it, finally…! The remnant of Volt's Guardnoid Gash!"
"Volt? !" Black Condor exclaimed in shock, before eventually Radiguet sent forth several lightning from his mouth, preventing him to move forth as eventually Radiguet pulled a Bio Dimensional Bug. "What are you planning? !"
"Behold, with this Dimensional Bug, a cross creature between Volt and Vyram will be born!" As Radiguet exclaimed, he put the Bio Dimensional Bug to Gash's head, "Awaken… Behemoth Gash!"
Despite the quake, the fight outside continued, until it was interrupted with a yell of Black Condor being thrown outside the cave. "Gai!" Thankfully, there were both Blue Turbo and Goggle Pink to help him get up. "Are you OK? !"
"Bastard, what kind of monster…!" Black Condor said, getting up, until he saw two lights as if some kind of advanced gun was shot, "Watch it!"
"Huh? !" Five Yellow was quite busy against Juzou, thus she didn't realize that the lights were going after her. Unfortunately for her, Juzou suddenly stepped aside, causing her to be hit with those lights, which turned out to be some sort of beam gun, "Kyaa!"
"Remi!" Goggle Pink immediately tended to Five Yellow, however, at that point a figure came out, that being Radiguet, "Radiguet…!"
"That was unexpected." Juzou commented, "You really do not know the term 'warning', do you?"
"If you cannot even read that, then you are a weakling that deserves to be crushed under my heels." Radiguet said as he turned his attention to the Super Sentai, "Greetings, Super Sentai! It looks like I have the upper hand for now."
"Upper hand? ! The hell you're talking about? !" Blue Turbo angrily asked, not believing in what Radiguet claimed.
"Up until now, we were all stuck with land-based battles. But the scales shall shift into our favor now!" Radiguet boasted as he stepped aside, and a rather strange creature arrived. It was of robotic nature, possessing the head of Guardnoid Gash. However, his body was monstrous, with horns sprouting on its shoulders and heads. And the body was consisting a lot of mechanical muscles. "This monster, Behemoth Gash, made out of the late adjutant of Volt, will now be your executioner. Embrace your death."
"So your plan of 'upper hand' consist of just another monster? !" Blue Turbo said as the creature ran towards him, "Fine by me!" As he said that, he ran towards the creature and tried pushing him away with his body. Being one of the toughest Turborangers there were, he used all the strength in his body to push him further…
Until suddenly, Behemoth Gash suddenly grew bigger than normal, but not to the size of a giant robot. "Wha…? !" As such, Blue Turbo started losing momentum and was instead pushed away and beaten back. "Damn it!"
"Impressive… Even for just a sample of power, it was already doing good!" Radiguet praised, "Once I've gotten the Giga Phantom… then you're done for!"
"Giga… Phantom…?" Goggle Pink was confused when she heard such term while helping Blue Turbo to get up, until it dawned to her about something that was written in the history book "The enlargement device for Volt…? !"
"Indeed…" Radiguet said as he saw the Behemoth Gash already set its sight on both Black Condor and Five Yellow, and using his Phantom Gun on its arms, shot them down, "Once I have that… the Behemoth would enlarge to a size so big that even five Jet Icaruses standing together would still be towered!"
"What the… you kidding me? !" Blue Turbo said in disbelief. Forget about five Great Icaruses. The combination of Turbo Robo, Jet Icarus and whatever robots that the Goggles and the Fivemen had, which were the Goggle Robo and Five Robo, standing ontop each other would still be towered. And that's still before counting whatever robot the Shinkengers used, in this case, the Shinken-Oh. In other words, as he said it himself, "This is bad. We'll have to take him out quickly!"
"Go ahead." Radiguet said as he walked inside the cavern once more, "Try to kill him before we return with the Giga Phantom… You will fail. Gedoushuu, come with me." He gestured to Juzou, who just sheathed his sword and followed Radiguet.
"Damn it, wait!" Black Condor attempted to catch up to the Vyram count, spreading his wing and speeding up to reach him, but the monster managed to shoot him on the wings, dropping him down to the ground. "Rats…" Without a choice, the Super Sentai began fighting the monster…
In the same time, while trading sword slashes to each other, both Shinken Red and Red Falcon also felt the quake affecting their fighting ground. It did little to daze them as they continued to strike between their swords. However, at one moment, Shinken Red's Shodophone started ringing. It was the 'distress call' given by Black Condor. "What…? !" Shinken Red was shocked when he heard the report. However, this distraction was not spared by Red Falcon who managed to score a hit with his sword.
"What's the matter?" Red Falcon asked, "You cannot avert your eyes away from the battle itself, or you'll die!"
"… Right." Shinken Red nodded as he continued to fight further, but he grew uneasy with the location given out by the distress signal.
As such, his blows became weaker and weaker, to the point that he was knocked away with Red Falcon. "What is it with you? Did that signal…"
"Yes… it seems that they are in trouble. My allies." Shinken Red noted as he got up, "I've got to help them."
"Well, that's good. But we must finish this fight." Red Falcon insisted, taking yet another fighting stance.
"What? ! Are you telling me to leave them to die like that? !" Shinken Red said in shock hearing it.
"No more words!" Red Falcon shouted as he continued his strikes against Shinken Red, who were left with just blocking.
'Damn it! What is it with him? ! Is he telling me to leave my allies behind? !' Shinken Red thought as he continued blocking. However, he then realized one thing… he was chosen as a leader, and he had a duty to fulfill. He was enjoying fighting with a fellow senior, but once those news reached his head, he realized that this was no time to be fooling around. With newfound willpower, Shinken Red managed to deflect one of Red Falcon's strikes and managed to put his Shinkenmaru pointed to Red Falcon's neck. "Looks like I win."
"Really?" Red Falcon asked, when Shinken Red noticed that the Falcon Sword was also pointed at his stomach… "What…? !"
"Draw. Good job." Red Falcon said as he and Shinken Red put down their swords, "Did that drive come from your desire to protect your friends?"
"Friends? Yeah, I guess…" Shinken Red said, before correcting it, "No. Definitely. I had to finish that quickly. They're in trouble, I have to help."
"Exactly. It is that drive that will push you forward for the sake of humanity." Red Falcon said, putting his hand on Shinken Red's shoulder, "You did good, the future is safe with Sentai warrior like you." Shinken Red nodded and started leaving, until suddenly he was called out, "All right, let's go."
"Coming?" Shinken Red asked.
"Yes. If my hunch is right, it would come from THAT place…"
The presence of Behemoth Gash was overwhelming. Blue Turbo, Goggle Pink, Black Condor and Five Yellow were all thrown away, shot down, beaten up and kicked around by the monster. "Damn, at this rate, we'll not make it!" Black Condor said as he tried to get up, "Still… I'm not gonna go down just like that! AAGH!" He yelled as he tried tackling the monster once more.
"He'll need help!" Blue Turbo said as he ran towards Black Condor and helped pushing the monster with him, followed by both girls. However, even those were not enough to defeat the monster, as they were pushed back with ease.
"Is this where it ends…?" Five Yellow said as she struggled to get up, "No… it can't end like this…!"
"Live Blaster!" In a sudden, however, several shots were launched to the monster, one of them hitting the eye. It was Red Falcon who arrived in time. As if it wasn't enough, Shinken Red already made a leap with his Shinkenmaru ready. Before he swung it down, however, he activated his personal disk into the Shinkenmaru, transforming it…
"Rekka Daizantou!" He swung it downwards, slashing it down, and also throwing it off.
"Takeru!" Goggle Pink called out, glad that he's arrived. But the presence of Red Falcon also stunned her, "And…"
"Red Falcon of Choujuu Sentai Liveman… Amamiya Yuusuke." Red Falcon said as he helped the rest of the team to get up, "You did well."
"Not really." Blue Turbo said, "If we don't finish him fast, Radiguet will be able to make him grow far bigger than us, as if fighting an enlarged monster not on our robots."
"Man, that's bad… wait a minute." Red Falcon looked at the Behemoth Gash and recognized it, "That head… Gash? ! What have they done to you? !"
"Infused with Radiguet's Bio Dimensional Bug." Black Condor explained, "Now he's just a mindless monster."
"Not that I had fond memories with him, but regardless, I feel obliged to put him back to his rest." Red Falcon said as he prepared to fight, "It's the least I can do."
"Right then… let's do it." Shinken Red said as all the Sentai lined up… including Red Falcon.
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Black Condor!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Red Falcon!"
"We are… Super Sentai!"
At that moment, Red Falcon felt a bit weird. It was a similar moment with the one he had in his dream before. But he'd have no time for that, he's got a fight to finish. Along with the rest of the Sentai, he charged towards the multitudes of Nanashi Renjuu and Grinam soldiers, all guarding the Behemoth Gash.
At one point, however, he found himself back to back with Shinken Red, surrounded with many soldiers. "You know I can always count on you to watch my back, right?" Red Falcon noted.
"Indeed." As Shinken Red confirmed, they started working with each other to face against the waves of soldiers attacking them, showing quite the teamwork.
As the soldiers were cleared off, Behemoth Gash started using his Phantom Gun to shoot the team down. And even with them fighting him altogether, it was still a little futile. "We'll have to finish this quickly!" Five Yellow stated, "But at this rate, it's like nothing's stopping him… Like a juggernaut…"
"Ugh… looks like brute force couldn't do much…" Goggle Pink noted, until she realized something. At least there was a picture of the enemy each Super Sentai faced. She had a good photographic memory, which made it easier for her to pull off disguises, "I know! I hope that my gamble works…" As such, she jumped towards the monster and stood in front of it.
"Miki! What are you doing? !" Blue Turbo shouted.
"Trying something out! Don't worry!" Goggle Pink said as she eventually unleashed something, "Pink Heart Hypnosis!"
She eventually shot down an energy-filled heart to the monster, stricking it down. As it was struggling, Goggle Pink spun and suddenly… she convincingly turned into Great Professor Bias, albeit clothing only.
"W… what? !" Red Falcon was shocked, looking at such disguise power, "How… how is she able… he… he…"
"What? None of your teammates are disguise masters?" Shinken Red asked, "I was shocked at first, but there she is."
"This is news to me… I also learn quite a bit…" Red Falcon, after calming down, continued, "But can she do it?"
"She can do it, no problem. I believe in her." Five Yellow added.
"Better do it quick. Radiguet could find that Giga Phantom whatever quick." Black Condor noted.
"Giga Phantom… I see." Red Falcon noted, remembering what was said by Blue Turbo, about how to enlarge the monsters, "Well, we'll leave our luck to her then."
Just as she predicted, Behemoth Gash still possessed some of the loyalty owned by the original Guardnoid Gash. It staggered down further.
"Gash…" Using a deep voice, 'Bias' commanded, "What are you doing here? Who do you serve?"
The monster was unable to act further. It struggled to grasp which was reality or not, confused.
"Gash, I am your master. So please, I'd like to check up on you." 'Bias' continued, "Where is your weak point? I have something that could eliminate that. You will be invincible!"
The monster then stood, spreading the arms and pointing downwards to the hips section, as its metallic skin opened up and showed two bug-like creatures.
"Good… here is your invincibility modification…" 'Bias' said as 'he' suddenly turned towards the Sentai and 'his' voice became normal again, "Now!"
"Good going!" Shinken Red said as everyone ran towards the monster and each slashed the bugs on the monster's hips and it ended with 'Bias' turning back to Goggle Pink, who proceeded to draw her two weapons, the Pink Ribbons and bound the two bugs with it and pulled it out.
Thus, Behemoth Gash's size shrunk to normal size once more and its metallic plates shattered. "Good job, Miki… I'll handle the rest…" Shinken Red said as he drew his Inroumaru.
"Super Disc"
With that, he turned into Super Shinken Red. Without delaying, he inserted the Shishi Disc to Inroumaru. "Super Shinkenmaru. Shin Kaen no Mai!" Super Shinken Red said as he dashed, slashed and started creating more cracks and destroyed the metal armors, burning it in flames. However, it needed one more push to be destroyed to pieces… "Now… Red Falcon!"
"You don't need to tell me!" Red Falcon shouted as he ran towards the monster as Super Shinken Red stepped aside. Memories of him fighting Gash and how he enlarged Volt's Brain Beasts flew through his memories and at that time, he's putting him to eternal rest, to reunite him with Bias in the realm of death, "This ends now! Falcon Break!" As he leapt, he gave one mighty slash downwards and then upwards, damaging the Behemoth Gash so much that it exploded.
"This brings the chapter to a…" Super Shinken Red tried to exclaim, but then he realized something, "Not yet. This chapter continues."
"Here it is." Making it to the cave, exactly at the Gate found by Gai, the Super Sentai did find the gate opened. "It does open…!" Red Falcon said, "As expected, our battle opened the gate. And it is the same world… I know."
"Look!" Blue Turbo noted, Through the gate, they managed to see what was going on, looking on how even the innocents suffer… this time, by new soldiers, "What was that creature? Is that how Volt's soldiers look like?"
"No, not that. If they were of Volt, they'd have mohawks." Red Falcon corrected.
"Then what are those… insectiod-like things?" Five Yellow asked, noticing that these creatures wear red and had a huge insect-like head.
"I think you'll know when you get there." Red Falcon answered.
Just as that image ended, they also saw another image… this time being Hidrer soldiers, and awaiting them is Ahames in an open field. "Ahames! That damn woman…!" Black Condor felt like gritting his teeth looking at the white haired witch.
However, what shocked the team was that soon, the Hidrer soldiers brought forth a prisoner that had been bound with hands behind the back. This prisoner was soon slapped aside by Ahames before being taken away with the soldiers. "Sayaka…!" Goggle Pink gasped, as the prisoner was indeed Sayaka and she was horribly treated there. "We have to go there now! We must save her!"
As soon as she said that, Red Falcon noticed something. The size of the gate started to shrunk. "Once you go through there… there may not be any turning back. It's do or die." Red Falcon explained.
"Really? I don't really care." Shinken Red stated, "Sayaka gave her life to ensure our fight to continue. Now that we have a chance to save her, we'll not waste it. As friends, if we're to die… we die together!" He then looked towards Five Yellow, "Remi… I know you're not that close to Sayaka. If you don't want to…"
"What makes you say that? !" Five Yellow protested, "I'm coming with you! I hate waiting, you know!"
However, at that point footsteps were heard and as the team turned behind, they saw both Radiguet and Juzou arriving, with Radiguet carrying a huge cannon. "This cannon will be your doom, Super Sentai…!" Radiguet exclaimed.
"Hurry!" Red Falcon said as he gestured to the rest, "Give Sayaka my regards!"
"Will do… Yuusuke." Shinken Red said as he nodded and turned to the rest, "Let's go everyone." As such, the five jumped towards the gate as it started to close down.
"You are not getting away!" Juzou started to give chase, but he was being blocked by Red Falcon.
"And you are not passing here!" As Red Falcon parried Juzou away, the gate completely closed. He then looked at Radiguet, "Is that the Giga Phantom I see?" He said, looking at the cannon, "And you plan to enlarge your monster with it? That's too bad, we took care of it."
"What? !" Radiguet said in disbelief.
"Yeah… you're too late." Red Falcon said as he prepared himself, "And if you're gonna kill me for it, let me warn you… I've got a tenacity of a cockroach."
"You impudent FOOL!" Radiguet said as he dropped the Giga Phantom and drew his sword, "You're going to die for this! Gedoushuu, we'll kill this fool together!" Juzou just went silent and joined Radiguet in attacking. It seemed that Uramasa had taken a liking to Red Falcon and he'll be glad to shower it with his blood. In the meantime, Red Falcon defended himself from the assaults of Radiguet and Juzou.
'Good luck, Takeru…'
They finally found their missing ally, can they save her and get back to the normal world? What awaited them in that new world? No matter what awaits, they would continue on their journey, to uncover further on this mystery. Good luck, Super Sentai! Fight on, Super Sentai!
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 17
Author's note: Okay, that's about it. They are on the way to save Sayaka, who still lives. And if you notice that 'insectiod' thing, you know who's also coming next. Hope Miki's transformation bit isn't too off the handle, though. You can look forward for the next chapter!