Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's Note: Really sorry for the extreme delay here! The writer block was... REALLY big. But I hope I can catch up further! Anyway, keep reading!
ACT 18: Magnificent Seven Gathers
Upon returning to the Starre Tribe settlement, Takeru and the rest were warmly welcomed back. Looking at the wounds the Super Sentai received, they were also worried. "Good sirs, are you okay! ?"
"Nah, we're fine." Dai said, trying to reassure them, "I've had worse." He was telling the truth. All these were nothing compared to the training regime he got in the Green Star, or when he suffered through the Anti-Flash Phenomenon.
On the other hand, Remi was suddenly surrounded by many Starre Tribesmen, "My, that's a horrible wound! We must treat it quickly!"
"H… hey… no biggie here, guys…" Remi tried to move away, trying to not accept like a pampered girl, "It's all right. It's like Dai said. I've had worse too."
"Just accept it…" Takeru was quick enough to stop Remi from refusing further, "They probably want to make up for accusing you as an imposter." Remi blinked her eyes a bit until she knew what these all meant. "As for us we…"
"Well that won't be fair, sir!" The tribesmen protested as well, "You are a friend of Dai, so we have to take care of you as well! You fought against those Gozma and Mess, thus you are our ally!"
Takeru sighed at hearing that. It looked like they made up their mind and nothing's gonna change it. "Okay… thank you."
As they entered the medical bay, the team received treatment from the tribesmen. And once some like Miki was healed up, she was quick to join in treating the rest, to make things quicker, even though the day was getting dark.
"Ouch…!" Gai winced at being bandaged over his body. After all, the Piranha bites were really severe on him that nearly every of his body part was in need of bandaging. Thankfully, the Piranhas did not bite his vital parts.
"Keep it down, Gai." Miki, who was treating him, said, "This is gonna hurt, but you have to hold on…"
"Yeah, yeah…" Gai sighed as he let Miki bandage most of his body parts. After minutes of bandaging him, he truly did feel better. "All right… much better!"
"Gee, thanks." Miki chuckled a bit, seeing Gai so lively once more, "Just don't overexert too much."
"Well, whatever." Gai said cockily as he started cracking his knuckles, ready to fight anytime, "This time I'll really kick that bastard Beast Warrior's ass—OWW!" Unfortunately for him even that act left his wounds open again as he held his armor.
"I said don't overexert yourself!" Miki reminded again as she put Gai back to the bed. "It looks like we're gonna need rest for the night so don't do too much." As Miki finished saying that, she got up and slowly walked out, also having trouble that she was also still recuperating from her wounds after being electrocuted underwater. Gai could only look at her and for the moment, his eyes showed concern over her, but he didn't say a thing.
Miki later ended up treating Youhei on his wounds. His mind wasn't really in peace, remembering that time he was being dragged by a great white shark. "Whew… if we weren't even Sentai warriors, that experience would've killed us."
"It's all right, Youhei." Miki tried to cheer him up, "We'll manage next time. At least we now know what he can do. Tomorrow, I'm sure we can come up with a plan."
"Yeah…" Youhei nodded, but then Miki touched something on his arm that made him yelp in pain, "OWCH!"
"Hold still, Youhei!" Miki tried to calm him down and eventually Youhei did. As she continued to bandage him, however, Miki felt slightly off. She worked her own body off that her body was getting a bit dizzy from overworking.
"Erm… sure you're OK?" Youhei noticed and asked.
"I-I'm fine!" Miki tried to assure him as she continued bandaging him. When it was done, however, her vision started to blur and she slowly collapsed, "Ah…!"
"Miki!" Before she could fall down, however, Youhei managed to grab her on the arms, preventing her fall. Of course, he used the arm that just got bandaged, injecting him with immense pain, as he tried to hide the pain, causing his face to get a little off. "Errgh…"
"Youhei?" Miki weakly asked, trying to sound as normal as possible, "Why… you're opening your wounds again…"
"That's enough, Miki." Youhei said as he got her up, "You've done enough tending. You need to rest as well. Don't let those guys' treatment be in vain." It's a good thing that she didn't need any bandaging so all Miki needed was just a rest.
"I guess you're right." Miki said as she held her forehead, and realized that she wasn't feeling that well, "Well, then excuse me…" She got up as she headed out to her own quarter, where there was a bed she used to lay down and be treated.
As it was getting night, Gai was laying on his bed. He was reminded with his time with Sayaka, about what she did thus far for the team. This strengthened his resolve. He wanted to save her, and the rest should want as much as he wanted as well. 'I don't care if she's not a Jetman or anything. I'm saving her.'
"Hey… Gai?" Remi's voice was heard as Gai looked at her entering his room, also being bandaged in several places.
"Oh? What do you want, Remi?" Gai asked, "Shouldn't you be on the bed now?"
"Something just made me curious…" Remi said as she sat on the chair near Gai's bed, "Can you tell me… what kind of person Sayaka is?"
"Sayaka, huh." Gai said as he tried his best to remember his good old times with Sayaka, "There's a lot that could describe her. I'll just make it short… She's studious, kind and feminine. Overall, a great woman. And I guess my words don't do her justice."
"I can't wait to meet her. Although…" Remi was silent a little before she continued, "I wonder, she used to be on your team, right? If she gets back…"
"Look here. You're going to stay." Gai made it sure, "You go out there alone, and then you're easy picking for the likes of Radiguet. Do you remember what I said before? You're you, not some disposable replacement. Remember it well."
"All right then." Remi nodded as she got up, "Well you better rest now so you can fight tomorrow." As she walked towards the door, she turned back once more and said to him, trying to keep the mood up, "Don't worry too much about it. I'm sure we'll be okay tomorrow."
It was night and Dai was looking at the stars from the outside of the medical bay. It was only a week, but he started to wonder if his fellow Flashmen were okay. 'I bet you all wouldn't believe my tale if I tell you, Jin. But it is happening… there are people like us Flashmen, transforming and fighting, and I'm fighting alongside them…'
"Not sleeping, huh." Takeru's voice caught his attention as Dai turned back to see him, still covered in some bandages, especially on the forehead.
"Takeru, shouldn't you be resting now?" He asked.
"And you're saying you don't need sleep?" Takeru countered, "After wrestling with that crocodile…"
"Don't worry about that. The training in Green Star toughened me up so I'm feeling a little better." Dai tried to reassure him, putting his hand on Takeru's shoulder which wasn't bandaged.
"If I want to rest, I'd do it." Takeru then had his eyes and look stern enough, "But I've got matters to discuss with you."
"Huh?"
"First off…" Takeru then started talking, explaining about his tale, being separated from his fellow Shinkengers and eventually meeting up with Youhei, Miki, Gai, Sayaka and later Remi. He told him everything… the battles, the enemies… even his meeting with Yuusuke. However, he ended with one thing.
"The hint I find from the database of Kizuna was… 'Seven Colors To Defeat The Enemy… Seven Colors To Lead The Way'." Takeru concluded.
"Seven Colors… hm…" Dai then started processing what that meant, "Well, you're Red, Youhei's Blue, Miki's Pink, Gai's Black, Sayaka's White, Remi's Yellow… so you're saying I'm next?"
"Yes. I won't force you to do this, but… your presence may be necessary if we all want to get back to our own world, reuniting with our friends." Takeru said, "Of course, if you felt like this is your new home…"
"The Starre Tribe has been kind to me." Dai pondered, until he eventually said once more, "But I met up with the chief back then and he did say that they won't force me up in his tribe. Should I find a way home… I can go."
"That means…"
"Yep. Besides, Sayaka told me a lot about you and that hint too." Dai said, shocking Takeru about the reveal about what Sayaka found out, "Once this is all over, I'll accompany you to find a way home to our world."
'Impressive, Sayaka. So you got there before me and Gai…' Takeru thought as he nodded and eventually looked at Dai, "Thanks. And now, for the next topic… The Marmoss. Any way to beat him?"
"Now come to think of it… I suppose that's why they've been hunting that Tear of Mermaid." Dai stated.
"Tear of… Mermaid?" Takeru wondered.
"It's an artifact that allowed control over the creatures of the sea." Dai said, "We retrieved it when we destroyed The Chloros. Sayaka has researched it and devised a way to destroy it, but we couldn't do it with our current repertoire. So she kept it for the moment."
"In other words, they captured Sayaka because they wanted that Tear… which was used to create The Marmoss." Takeru concluded, remembering how Ahames sealed them inbetween the Hard Wall creating the place to fill in with water and creatures of the sea, "And with Ahames on the tow, they make a great combination…"
"We have to prevent that combination once more, if we want to win." Dai said.
"Hm…" Takeru then was thinking of something, until it finally dawned to him, "OK… I've got it. I have the plan that will let us defeat Marmoss and rescue Sayaka in the same time…"
"And why did you not kill them already! ?" On arriving back home, what Ahames met was the wrath of Lee Keflen as Ahames along with The Marmoss were showered with energy blasts from his wand.
"T… they lived…! ?" Ahames was in shock hearing it. "They shouldn't have! I had them sealed in the Hard Wall. Unless of course, this Beast Warrior isn't as powerful as you think it is."
"You dare belittle my creation! ?" Lee Keflen blasted Ahames further, enraged at the insult, "Curse your own overconfidence! You think the Mess Empire had no information about the Amazo Star! ?"
"… What! ?" Ahames was shocked. It seemed that she underestimated Lee Keflen's knowledge.
"You left the battlefield, confident that the creatures summoned by the Marmoss would decimate the Sentai." Lee Keflen then swung his staff, showing footages of the previous battle, "But the Hard Wall weakened when you were away from it. This chance was used by that Green Flash to break it. He is the most powerful physically amongst the Flashmen. You underestimated his strength, that's why they escaped!"
"Tch…" Ahames bit her lips. She had to admit that Lee Keflen was telling the truth. She just couldn't believe that his information bank was bigger than she thought.
"Regardless, this should do fine anyway." Lee Keflen said confidently, "Even if they lived, they'll never make it alive. Marmoss' strength isn't just that… he's invincible with the Tear in him."
"Space Beast Libross…!" From the central confinement of the Devil Library, a creature emerged. In its body was a lot of square spots, resembling books, but its mouth was bore with a lot of sharp fangs. "I awaken… and I hunger!"
"H… hunger…! ?" Sayaka gasped a little hearing it, and accidentally, she attracted the attention of Libross. 'This is… the thing sealed in the Devil Library…! ?' When she realized that she was tied up, her face started to show a little panic. She'd be helpless if this beast was about to attack her, but she wouldn't give up now.
And the beast made its move, looking at Sayaka. It's as if it has decided that she would be his meal.
But to her relief, the Space Beast walked so slow. Slow like a snail. Even if her legs were tied to her, she could outrun it. 'Chance…! I can do this…' As Sayaka thought, she hopped near the book containing information about the Anti-Flash Phenomenon. Even with her hands bound, she held onto the book tightly. 'Now how do I get out of here…?'
And as Sayaka thought, things didn't go as smoothly as she thought. As Libross suddenly spread his hand, one of his the square spots suddenly opened, like a book opening. In the center of the spot was a red crystal. It suddenly emitted a beam which nearly hit Sayaka, if she didn't jump away and fall down, dodging. She looked at the book shelf hit by the beam, it instantly melted.
"Oh no…" Sayaka muttered, knowing that this wouldn't be an easy ride. But her bound hands tightened the grip on the book she was holding. She wouldn't let go of that book.
As she rolled around, dodging lasers after lasers, she looked at the entrance door of the library. Perhaps she could attract the monster to fire at the door, thus letting her get out. However… who would untie her if she got out right now? There might be guards outside and they would bring her in again, or even worse, hold her off so Libross could get a clean shot.
And suddenly, Libross shot down the laser once more, and Sayaka just dodged again. 'Only dodging… I wonder if I can keep this up forever…' She wondered, catching her breath while lying down to the ground, looking at how Libross approached her with his snail paced move. 'That laser must contain a very powerful acid… Acid?'
Just then Sayaka remembered how she heard about the information about the Tear of Mermaid that she researched. It was susceptible with acid. She looked at the crystal at the spots of Libross, and realized. 'I hope it can be plugged out. But with me tied up like this, how am I going to plug it out?'
"You squirm a lot, human. Stay where you are." Libross suddenly said as all the square spots in his body opened. They suddenly revealed a lot of similar crystals… and as they shone, they unleashed many lasers. Sayaka was caught off guard and while she rolled against most of them, her leg was hit with one of the last lasers.
"Kyaah!" Sayaka shrieked in pain as her leg was injected with immense pain, and the ropes binding them made it hurt even more. She couldn't even roll over this way. Libross gave a triumphant nod as it moved to her, slow as snail like usual. 'Kuh, at this rate I cannot dodge anymore… I have to think something, quick…!'
It's gotten morning at that point. At that time, Ahames arrived to Lee Keflen's chamber, carrying a piece of paper. "Accursed Super Sentai, they dare give out this challenge letter! ?"
Lee Keflen was baffled at it and took the paper as Ahames handed the paper to him. "Hmm… Well isn't it interesting. That Green Flash issued a challenge in THAT place."
"That place… Oh!" Ahames suddenly remembered something, "It's that place where I arrived…"
"So, while we follow that challenge, we can reactivate that device with this orb…" Lee Keflen said as he held out an orb, "It's thanks to that Tear of Mermaid I am able to complete this."
"Wait, I thought the Tear of Mermaid…?" Ahames raised a question, confused.
"It's true it plays part in the creation of The Marmoss. However I only needed half of it for him." Lee Keflen explained, "The other half contained enormous power for this Dimension Orb…"
"So you've taken interest to the likes of Radiguet. Your memory served you well." Ahames grinned as The Marmoss entered the chamber as well.
"It is time." Lee Keflen added, before addressing one last thing, "How does our prisoner fare by the way?" Ahames only pointed her staff and it showed the vision of Libross approaching Sayaka, once again in the pace of a snail.
"Heh… the legs are wounded." Ahames noted the wound on Sayaka's legs, "She won't be able to move on. It's only a matter of time until Libross gets to her and devours her."
"Very well, there's no need to wait anymore. It is time I try taking on the battlefield for once." Lee Keflen said as he moved to get out of his chamber. This would be his first time to step outside his hideout, something he never did before during the battle with Flashman, "Let us go… Ahames. Marmoss."
As the two villains moved to the designated place for the challenge, they were greeted with the new formation of Super Sentai… which surprisingly contained only four people… Takeru, Youhei, Remi and Dai. There were two things lying on the ground, covered with white cloth.
"So you've come at last…" Lee Keflen beckoned, "Super Sentai… that's what you call yourself now?"
"You… bastards…!" Youhei clenched his fist as he yelled, "Because of you, Miki…!"
"Huh? Have we riled you up so much?" Ahames taunted as she looked at the team, and Remi was even crying.
"Gai… he's rough… but he's a good person…! Now he's gone…!" Remi yelled at her as well and Ahames was impressed. She looked at The Marmoss and Lee Keflen in confusion as they also shared her shock. Dai then stepped forward and opened the white clothes, revealing the bodies of Miki and Gai, both apparently very dead.
"They succumbed to their wounds… Wounds created by you!" Dai pointed at the three as he looked at them with anger in his face, "I'll never forgive you for this, Lee Keflen! You too, Ahames!"
"For their sake we'll fight…!" Takeru was holding his Shodo Phone as hard as he could, as if trying to contain his anger.
"Heh heh heh…!" Ahames chuckled hearing it, "Did you hear that, Nagisa Sayaka! ? Two of your friends… died in a futile attempt to save you! And soon your other friends will follow!"
"Was that really necessary?" Lee Keflen asked, confused with Ahames' act.
"Oh, I put a voice-recorder around me that would be played in the Devil Library." Ahames explained, "It will do good to crush her psyche so Libross can devour her in ease."
"Hoo, interesting." Lee Keflen nodded, before he looked at the rest of the Super Sentai, "Rest assured, you will be joining them soon…! Zolors! Hidrer Soldiers!" And thus, along with The Marmoss, the two types of soldiers arrived to battle the four.
"Let's go…!" Takeru said as he prepared to transform, along with the rest.
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Prism Flash! Shut Goggle!"
Thus the four Super Sentai warriors rushed to battle, fighting for their fallen friends… or was it…?
"Ah…!" When Sayaka heard the recording of Ahames' voice, her world felt like crumbling. Miki and Gai… dead. And for Gai, that'd be his second death. "No… no, this isn't happening…! Miki…! Gai…!" Sayaka felt limp and her eyes began to water. They only met for a short time, but they became friends in a quick moment. Memories of them together, particularly when Gai reminded her about dating Radiguet in disguise, as well as comforting Miki after her mother's death, all of them flew onto Sayaka's mind and she was unable to do anything but slightly sobbing as Libross approached her, now getting closer than ever.
'They died because of me… What am I fighting for, then…? I couldn't protect them…' Sayaka didn't even move. She felt like she's dead from the inside 'I'm so useless… I failed as a Changeman…' Afterwards, she was reminded of her fellow Changeman… 'Mai… Yuuma… Hayate… Tsurugi-san… I… I'm sorry… I failed you all…'
Once that was done, she was about to think about her new friends that she failed, Takeru, Youhei, Remi, Dai and Yuusuke. However…
"Goggle Saber!"
"Bird Blaster!"
The two yells after the sound of the door being kicked open shocked Sayaka as suddenly, Libross was stabbed with a sword and blasted away. And in front of her were two people she thought gone… Goggle Pink and Black Condor.
"Sayaka, are you OK! ?" Goggle Pink asked, looking at her, who was in shock.
"Miki… Gai… You… you're here…" Sayaka was so glad to see them. However she had no time to be glad just yet as she saw Libross opening his square spots once more. "Watch out, he's going to fire his lasers!"
"Eh…! ?" When the two looked, the lasers were already shot. "Watch out!" Goggle Pink then covered Sayaka as she was slightly hit on the back, but she protected Sayaka with her own body.
As the dust eventually cleared, Sayaka realized one thing, "We have to get just one of those crystals on the square spots, if we can do it, we can neutralize The Marmoss…!"
"How… no I don't think I should doubt you, Sayaka." Goggle Pink responded, "You hear that, Gai? Gai?" But when she looked around, Black Condor was nowhere to be seen.
"Heh! I guess that fool got himself vaporized with my acid… You're next!" Libross said proudly as Goggle Pink took a defensive position. However…
"That's what you think!" As a yell was heard, Black Condor was diving with his wings activated, damaging Libross in process. It ended as one wing glide took him upwards and he prepared his Bringer Sword for one finisher… "Condor Finish!" He swung his sword downwards and it tore Libross' arm.
"Ugh… you cut my arm… but you haven't beaten me yet!" Libross boasted.
"Then consider yourself beaten now." Black Condor said as he drew his Beak Smasher and pointed right on his head. Libross was weakened thus he couldn't even dodge. "Bye-bye. Smash Bomber!" He then pulled the trigger and force-fed Libross with the Smash Bomber, forcing it to the corner of the Library as it was destroyed…
"It's over…" Black Condor said as he picked up the remaining arm of The Libross and tore one of its square spots, picking up one red crystal from it, "This is what you want, right?"
"Gai… Miki… is that really you…?" Sayaka asked as Goggle Pink untied her. "I thought you…"
"It's really us, Sayaka…" Goggle Pink said as the two de-morphed, to prove that it's really Miki and Gai behind the outfits. Once the deed was done, Miki wasted no time and tightly hugged Sayaka, "I miss you, Sayaka…!"
"Miki…! I… I thought you…!" Tearfully, Sayaka returned the hug, "I thought you perished because of me…! I'm so glad you're all right…!"
"I guess I did too much…" Gai commented as he approached the two, "After all, it was my idea that we spread rumor about our deaths so we could sneak in here…"
"It… it was your idea all along, Gai! ?" Sayaka suddenly was shocked hearing it as she stood up. However, the wounds on her leg hadn't healed and she stumbled a little, only to be held by Gai.
"Hey, you OK? Your legs don't seem so well." Gai nonchalantly asked, before he returned with a smile, "It's good to have you back… Sayaka."
"Why did you come up with such method! ? You got me worried to death!" Sayaka protested as she hugged Gai as well, crying that she was angry at him, "If you were dead because of me, then I… I could never forgive myself…! You… you jerk!"
"Hey, I've been dead once, you know." Gai stated, "And I don't think I've greeted good ol' Grim Reaper the second time so I'm fine. What matters is that you're OK."
"That's my line! I…" Sayaka slowed down as she also buried her face on his chest, "I'm just glad that you're okay too…"
"You won't believe how much 'We're glad you're OK' you're gonna get when you meet the rest, you know." Gai reassured her, "New friends included."
"New… friends?" Sayaka asked, but at that point her leg gave in and she fell to the ground, "Ouch…!"
"Ah! Let me fix that!" Miki said as she picked up a handkerchief from her pocket and tried mending Sayaka's wound with it, "It's not going to do much, but please bear with it."
"Thanks, Miki…" Sayaka said, catching her breath as she looked at Gai, "So how did you figure out a way here?"
"That? Oh. Well, Dai told me how to get here." Gai said, "Said he's been imprisoned here before meeting you or something so he knew the interior and this thing called Devil Library where you're located."
"I see…" Sayaka said as Miki finished patching her up. "Please give me that crystal. One should be enough."
"What are you gonna do with it?" Gai asked as he handed down the crystal. Sayaka then let it pour a green liquid into her Change Brace, "This could help in defeating The Marmoss. I should be fine. Let's go…"
Miki and Gai attempted to move on with Sayaka, until she suddenly stopped awhile and picked up something, "Oops, can't forget this."
"What's that?" Miki asked, curious.
"It's a souvenir, one which will prove useful one day." Sayaka answered lightly, as she has regained her composure. Together they went off, exiting the building as it was empty, as most of the troops were taken by Ahames and Lee Keflen to combat.
"Hahaha! Good! Show your strength, The Marmoss!" Lee Keflen said triumphantly as it took on Shinken Red, Blue Turbo, Five Yellow and Green Flash. No matter how many times they shot it, slash it or punch it, the creature reflected their attacks with ease, as if it was invisible.
"How is this happening! ?" Green Flash said, shocked, "M… my strength…!"
'This might need a change of plan if it's this invincible.' Shinken Red thought as he was once again knocked away by the creature, 'But in such a short time, can I come up with it! ?'
As the monster knocked away Blue Turbo, Five Yellow and Green Flash away, Lee Keflen triumphantly shouted, "Finish them off! The Marmoss!"
The Marmoss roared and as it spread its hand, it unleashed illusionary images of the Great White Shark, as if swimming towards the team with its jaws ready to chomp, attacking the team. The impact was so hard the four of them de-transformed right off bat.
"This… this is nothing…!" Youhei said as the four got up slowly, "Compared to what Gai felt…"
"If we fall here, we'll just be soiling Miki's memories…! I'll not give up…!" Remi added, even if the four was struggling to get up.
"For their memories! ? They're probably laughing at how weak you are!" Ahames taunted, "I grow tired of this… The Marmoss… kill them."
The Marmoss approached them as it prepared to summon the next creature of the deep in order to attack and destroy them. And it seemed that the team was weakened that they couldn't dodge. However, they still kept their confident face.
"What's with that look?" Lee Keflen said, "Your death will come soon. Show me your fearful face!"
"No." Takeru gave a short answer.
"In fact, shouldn't you be worrying about yourself?" Dai suddenly taunted, which would rile up Ahames. However, at that moment, a beam was shot down piercing through The Marmoss and actually wounding it.
"The Marmoss! ? How could this…!" Lee Keflen was shocked, looking at his monster, "But you're invincible!"
"Then either he's not that invincible as you said, or someone hit his weak point which wasn't supposed to… wait a minute." Ahames suddenly realized what might transpire as she looked behind her, "Who's there! ?"
"I am." A voice answered and as Ahames looked above, she saw Sayaka standing perfectly fine… along with Miki and Gai. Apparently she just used her Brace Laser to fire at The Marmoss, "Ahames… it's time I pay you back."
"Nagisa Sayaka…!" Ahames clenched her fist in anger, and as she saw both Miki and Gai, she was also equally shocked, "Y… you! ? But you two are…"
"Dead? Ha!" Gai said cockily, "How about you go to Hell and ask the Grim Reaper if he saw me twice to prove it?"
"Your fault that you fell for it!" Miki added, further infuriating the two villains.
"What's the meaning behind this…!" Lee Keflen asked.
"That's easy." Takeru smirked triumphantly, "We just pretended that your previous attack killed Gai and Miki. In truth, we just sent them to sneak to your base based on Dai's information so they can rescue Sayaka while you're all occupied with us."
"But those bodies…!" Ahames said in shock, but Takeru just took a swing with his Shodo Phone and the 'dead' bodies of Gai and Miki turned into flame that burnt their white clothes along with their bodies.
"You underestimate the power of Mojikara." Takeru replied back.
"And all the time we were just acting to fool you!" Remi added, "I hope you feel great after we suckered you with such thing!"
"My acting sucks when compared to Haruna's." Youhei added, remembering how his friend's acting skill saved his life and the day during the encounter with the Poison Bouma, "But I can't believe you fell for it! You must be that guillible!"
"It was all thanks to planning and teamwork." Dai added, "Even if we may be from different teams, our heart of justice unite us to reach our goal… your defeat!"
"Spare us those cheesy lines…!" Lee Keflen said as he looked at The Marmoss, "You may have lost your invincibility due to that acid, but you're not done yet! Destroy them!"
"Judging from how you get that acid, that means you must've defeated Libross…" Ahames said as she saw Miki, Gai and Sayaka reunite with Takeru and the rest, "He's strong, but not very tough. This time, it's different!"
"I'll be the judge to that, Ahames." Sayaka said as she eventually looked at Takeru, "Let's go, Takeru. Just like old times."
"Yes." Takeru nodded as the now seven Super Sentai members prepared to transform…
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Cross Changer!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Prism Flash! Shut Goggle!"
The team, transformed, now stood in line. The roster now up to seven, fulfilling the prophesized 'Seven Colors'. They began to call out their names…
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Black Condor!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Green Flash!"
"The seven colors gathers, united to destroy evil." Shinken Red gave a new opening declaration as eventually the seven also finishes together.
"We are… Super Sentai!"
"Go forth!" Signalling the attack, Shinken Red moved alongside his seniors to face the horde of Hidrer and Zolors soldiers. Shinken Red began by slashing a Hidrer soldier on the shoulder. But in the same time, a Zolors tried to attack him from behind. He reacted by jabbing the handle of Shinken Maru to the Zolors' stomach and followed with a backhand from the same hand. As more hordes of soldiers ran towards him, Shinken Red ran towards them, one by one, slashing them on the stomach. When he looked behind, there were more soldiers coming to him. He spun the disk on his Shinken Maru as it transformed… "Rekka Daizantou: Hyakka Ryouran!" With one slash with the now-formed Rekka Daizantou, Shinken Red then slashed downwards, emitting a jet of flame and burning the enemies to crisp.
In the meantime, as Blue Turbo leapt sideways, he held his J-Gun tight and started shooting the soldiers before he landed. Many fell that way. As more soldiers approached him, Blue Turbo shot through many directions, from his front, sides and behind, taking down many soldiers. However, there were some that got close to him and he had to switch into the sword mode of the Turbo Laser. Eventually, after awhile fending them off, some of them managed to surround and grab him. Blue Turbo instead gathered all his strength and broke away from the grab. As he saw further soldiers coming to him, he beckoned, "Okay, your turn now… J-Machine Gun! Blast'em away!" Setting the J-Machine Gun, he took aim and gave a barrage of bullets to the Zolors and Hidrers, taking them down one by one until nobody approached him further.
Meanwhile, several soldiers tried ganging up against Goggle Pink. However, her Pink Ribbon was gracefully swung, shoving away any that dared get near her. As a Zolors soldier tried attacking her from behind, she detected it well and grabbed its punching fist before gracefully tossing it away, and when another Hidrer soldier tried leaping to her, she simply spun and kicked it away. This act attracted many soldiers to come at her. "Oh well, let's try this for size… Pink Dia Baton!" Goggle Pink summoned her baton, and suddenly she spread her hands. She then performed several back flips, similar to her gymnastic flips, heading to the back hill before eventually jumping backwards. Using her feet, she vaulted herself and jumped, spinning her body and with her baton forward, charging and tearing through the enemy on the stomach, taking them down in one leap.
In another place, as many soldiers approached him, Black Condor leapt, his feet never stopped moving in kicking the many of them before he even landed, especially on the shoulder. "Come get some, punks!" He made a 'bring it' gesture towards the enemy. A Hidrer soldier and a Zolors soldier was infuriated and ran towards him to punch at him. Instead, Black Condor accurately grabbed both arms… and then put the Zolors' hand into the Hidrer's crotch and vice versa, and he didn't just have the hands squeeze the crotch, he had them pushed by force, making it as if they hit each others' crotch. While the two was writhing in pain, he drew the Bringer Sword and smacked them both on the head with the handle. He then saw the rest of the soldiers approaching him. "Oh for the love of…" With Bringer Sword in one hand, Bird Blaster on the other, Black Condor then charged right through the enemy horde and started slashing any that got close to him right on the chest, and for those further, he shot them down on the chest.
At the same time, a pair of Hidrer soldier and Zolors struck Change Mermaid in the same time, but blocked with her shield. Instead of pushing them with force, she instead let them push too hard and they ended up being tripped on her leg. Before they could get up, she smacked the two on the head with her Change Sword. And as she gracefully leapt backwards from a wave of soldiers, she switched the Change Sword into gun mode and shot them up. "Whew, felt good to at least fight these again…" She commented as she continued to fight.
While all those were going on, Five Yellow already engaged her enemies with her Melody Tact. However, the ganging up soldiers didn't let up and she decided to up the ante. "Okay, if you wanna a more close range-combat, I've got some for you all! Five Tector!" She immediately summoned her armor and the attacking soldiers were having a hard time to attack her. As one Zolors attempted to strike her, she fearlessly closed in her fist to the Zolors' stomach while dodging its attack. "HIIIYAAAH!" Summoning all her inner strength with a yell and empowered with her Five Tector, even in such close distance, she was able to unleash a mighty punch that knocked the enemy away, smashing through the other Zolors trying to get to her. And while a Hidrer soldier leapt to attack her from behind, she let out yet another high pitched yell to increase her spirit, "WHOOOOO!" and let out a powerful backhand strike that along with the Five Tector's strength to knock the Hidrer soldier away and smacked the other soldiers tailing behind them. She coughed a little as that much yelling took quite of her throat, 'Borrowed that one from TV… but I guess it worked!'
In the same time, Green Flash was also on the offensive, attacking many Hidrer soldiers and Zolors who dared approached him. With just his Prism Sword, he slashed through the hands of the soldiers that tried punching him. However, at one point, a Hidrer soldier punched through his shield, hard enough for him to drop the shield. "Wha…!" Green Flash gasped in shock at the revelation that he underestimated his enemy. However, turned out it was part of his plan. "Just kidding. My fist is enough to beat the crap out of you!" With that, and with just his free hand, he launched many punches to the Hidrer soldier in reminiscent of boxing jabs that he used to train before. As he looked sideways, he saw a Zolors soldier approaching and attempting to leap. But for them, he's ready for another surprise. "Prism Kaiser!" Activating his prism gauntlets, Green Flash then punched on both sides, hitting both Hidrer and Zolors, knocking both of them away as Green Flash ran to another direction, engaging the rest of the enemies.
Lee Keflen saw the Super Sentai fighting fiercely. However, there was only a smirk on his face. "Heh… they seem satisfied fighting here. They can stay here if they want."
"Indeed… They work well as a distraction for us." Ahames said, referring to the soldiers that fought for them.
"You stall them too… Marmoss." Lee Keflen stated to The Marmoss as he looked around, "Hm, it should be somewhere around here."
"Backup guards… I'm counting on you for our defense." Ahames ordered any free Hidrer soldiers to guard them while they search for what they're looking for… one that he could use the Dimension Orb for.
In the meantime, The Marmoss was still a tough opponent, despite the last time the Sentai's attacks were impervious. They continued to hit him for so long and many times, but despite blunt beatings, sword slashes, mighty punches, bullet holes rained onto the creature, it still stood strong.
"Damn, tougher than I thought." Blue Turbo said as he saw The Marmoss continuing to walk like there's no end to him. It suddenly spread its hands and suddenly, without even water, it unleashed something… a gigantic great white shark. "That again! ?" Blue Turbo was shocked when the creature was practically swimming in the sky. In reflex, he spread his hand and tried to hold it off… only to find that he's not alone.
"If he's on the air, we have the advantage! Come on!" It was Green Flash, who also held the shark's jaws on his hand, as they both pushed the shark behind. It was only afterwards that the rest of the Super Sentai also held the giant shark together.
At that moment, Shinken Red felt something flowing over him. 'This power…! Is this what happens when I gathered the Super Sentai warriors…?' The power began to flow amongst his friends as well, as they found new confidence that they could take everything. At that moment, they managed to lift the shark to the above.
"We're returning this!" Shinken Red commanded as eventually the team tossed the shark upwards so the jaws were facing The Marmoss and they tossed the creature right to the Beast Warrior, crushing it and it crashed to a nearby rock as eventually the shark illusion vanished.
"That's it…! It's weakening!" Change Mermaid noted, "Come on, we should finish it!"
"Good. We'll combine our attacks." Shinken Red as he pulled the Inroumaru and activated it.
"Super Disc"
Turning into Super Shinken Red, he prepared his Shinkenmaru and the team prepared for the final concentrated attack against The Marmoss. Five Yellow and Goggle Pink would go first.
"Melody Tact!"
"Pink Ribbon Spark!"
Both ladies tied the Beast Warrior with their ribbons, and for Goggle Pink, she administered the shock to the beast as both Blue Turbo and Green Flash circled around the beast.
"J-Machine Gun!"
"Prism Kaiser. Super Piston!"
And while Goggle Pink and Five Yellow held the monster at bay, Blue Turbo barraged it with energy bullets from one side, and from another side, Green Flash launched rapid punches to the Beast Warrior, before eventually the ribbons were pulled away from the monster and Green Flash punched the monster so hard it was launched to the sky, only to meet both Black Condor and Change Mermaid ready to strike.
"Condor Finish!"
"Mermaid Attack!"
Both dove down and struck The Marmoss with the attack, further damaging it as suddenly Super Shinken Red already took a leap to close in with it.
"Super Shinkenmaru. Shin Kaen no Mai!"
With several slashes of fire, Super Shinken Red finished the monster off as it exploded in a burst of flame as the Super Sentai, for the first time as a 7-men team, finished the monster.
But their victory was interrupted at the moment they suddenly feel the ground quaking… "What gives…! ?" Black Condor said as he and the rest were trying to retain their balance in standing.
In front of Ahames and Lee Keflen, a hole started to open on the ground. "Finally… here it is! I can finally return!" Ahames shouted.
"You're not going anywhere, Ahames!" Change Mermaid attempted to chase after her, along with her friends. However, the back guards of Ahames were blocking them, ultimately delaying them. "What…! ?"
"They will buy us enough time. Let us go…" Lee Keflen said as he looked at the hole to the ground, "I look forward seeing this Radiguet."
"Lee Keflen! Wait!" Green Flash shouted as he just tossed away a Zolors and punched a Hidrer soldier. But it was too late. Both Ahames and Lee Keflen jumped into the hole, never to appear again.
"Radiguet…! ?" Shinken Red caught on what Lee Keflen mentioned, "That hole must've lead to the world before this one, the world where we Super Sentai fought together. We have to get there!"
"If Ahames and Lee Keflen have gone, this world is at least safe. But I can't just leave Lee Keflen like that." Green Flash nodded and realized, "I'm with you!"
"Right! Out of our way, all of you!" Blue Turbo nodded as he held his J-Machine Gun and ran forward, shooting a salvo of bullets to those that get in his way.
"Yuusuke is waiting there too. We can't lose here!" Reminded that their ally Amamiya Yuusuke held the line so they could enter here, Goggle Pink became more than determined to also get back to the default world. However, she noticed something… the hole… "Eh…! ? It wasn't that small before…"
"It just means we got no time! Gotta hurry!" Five Yellow added as she kicked a Hidrer that barred her path.
"I'll clear a path, everyone get ready. Rekka Daizantou!" Shinken Red said as he unleashed his giant sword, covering it with fire. Looking at the path to the hole, he concentrated his Mojikara and swung the sword down, "Hyakka Ryouran!" The jet of flame unleashed, burning any soldiers that get in the way and enabling the rest to run to the hole.
"Oi! Takeru! Hurry it up!" As the rest of the Sentai jumped, Black Condor called out. However, even the Hidrer and Zolors soldiers were getting in his way. "Oh, for the love of…" Black Condor then unleashed his wings and leapt. Just as Shinken Red cut down one soldier, he was grabbed from behind by Black Condor.
"Gai! ?"
"The others have gone ahead. Come on, unless you wanna get stuck over here." Those were Black Condor's reply as he flew with Shinken Red, heading to the hole and entering it just in time as the hole completely closed. As they got in the hole, they saw a similar environment… the same one they met up while leaping to this one world.
In the combined world that they left behind, Red Falcon have been fighting both Radiguet and Juzou for awhile and he hadn't shown any signs of giving in.
"You are but one human! Why don't you fall down already! ?" Radiguet shouted as he attempted to slash Red Falcon.
"That is your downfall… underestimating humans!" Red Falcon said as he deflected Radiguet's attack and kicked him on the stomach. Juzou attempted to strike him, but he blocked as well.
"Very good, Red Falcon! Uramasa haven't had such good fight…" Juzou stated as he pressed further. However, Radiguet started to get up and raised his hand, gathering energy.
'Yes, yes. Get yourself distracted and then I will kill you from behind…'
"Not on our watch!" Suddenly a voice was yelled and several gun blasts were shot towards Radiguet. It turned out that both Blue Turbo and Five Yellow had arrived, alongside Goggle Pink, Change Mermaid and Green Flash.
"You…!" Radiguet growled, realizing that his enemies gathered.
"Change Sword!" It was Change Mermaid's turn to shoot and she then shot down Juzou, allowing Red Falcon to gather to the Super Sentai. "Yuusuke! You okay?"
"Sayaka! Dai!" Red Falcon gathered, "I'm fine. And I'm glad you guys are fine."
"Who are you two…!" Green Flash said, taking a defensive stance as he saw Radiguet and Juzou.
"So… Change Mermaid has returned." Juzou said, and then he looked at Green Flash, "And there's this new warrior. Who is he…"
"I can explain that." A voice was heard and as the Sentai looked at Radiguet, two figures entered from behind him, Lee Keflen, the one who answered to that, and Ahames, "It is another Sentai warrior who protected this wretched planet. Green Flash of the Choushinsei Flashman."
"And who might you be?" Radiguet asked, "A relative of Ahames?"
"No. I am Lee Keflen of the Mess Empire." Lee Keflen answered, "The return of that Flashman seemed to have called me from beyond the grave. If he was to help this 'Super Sentai', then you have my help."
"There's no need to worry, Lee Keflen." Ahames said as her hand summoned a bubble, "Your dear synthesizer is here. Once you arrive at our base, you can resume your experiment."
"I do not see Shinken Red nor Black Condor here." Juzou stated, "Perhaps they were…" Just as he said that, both appeared behind the heroes, "Oh, speak of the devil."
"Think us dead, huh! ?" Black Condor beckoned.
"Yuusuke… so you're all right." Shinken Red said.
"Yeah. I knew you won't die that easy either, Takeru." Red Falcon replied, "I guess your effort was a success… And it was by luck that all of you would be here in this moment. You could be thrown to about 10 years to the future or past."
"Oh, right. If even those two got in a much latter time…" Blue Turbo noticed. If Ahames and Lee Keflen were thrown to the future, then they might not be there when the two arrive. "Lucky us, I guess."
"Hmph… very well, I tire of this." Radiguet said as he stepped back. "Super Sentai! You were lucky this time, but you will be destroyed next time!" With that, the four villains vanished, as if teleporting back to their dimension…
As they got out of the cave where they fought, the team was looking at the waves, glad to be back. "Earth… I'm glad that I'm back. But somehow, I wish Jin and the others are here, breathing the fresh air of Earth again." Dai wondered.
"Jin? Ah, you must mean your fellow Flashmen." Miki added. "I'm just glad that we're back together, and Sayaka was safe." She looked at how Youhei was speaking with Sayaka.
"You got me worried a lot, Sayaka." Youhei started, "If something happened to you…"
"Yeah, sorry I worried you." Sayaka replied, "But it all worked out for the best, right?" Just then, she noticed about someone she did not really recognize… Remi. "Ah! She… she's new? I haven't gotten to know her, despite fighting together."
"Oh! Right! She's taking your place when you're gone. Now we're pretty solid allies." Youhei said as he was about to introduce Remi, "She's…"
"Hey, I can introduce myself just fine." Remi said as she approached Sayaka, "So… you're Nagisa Sayaka?"
"Yes." Sayaka nodded, "Also known as Change Mermaid from the Dengeki Sentai Changeman. And you are?"
"I'm Hoshikawa Remi, otherwise known as Five Yellow from the Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman." Remi said.
"That's nice." Sayaka said as she eventually reached out her hand for handshake, "Thank you for standing up for me while I'm gone, Remi. But the fight isn't over. Will you continue to fight as our friend?"
"Friend?" Remi noticed Sayaka's sweet disposition. Gai was right, one look at her, she knew that Sayaka was a wonderful woman. And she never even considered her a replacement that has served her purpose. It brought Remi's mood even higher as she cheerily returned her handshake, "I'd love to! Nice to meet you, Sayaka!"
In the meantime, both Takeru and Gai were speaking with Yuusuke, who was carrying something. "Far from over… I know that for a fact." Takeru said.
"With Lee Keflen joining the ranks of the enemy, your battle will become harder. But I know you can do it." Yuusuke said as he then showed the one thing he carried. A ball. "Take this with you."
"A ball?" Gai asked, looking at it, "What are we supposed to do with it, kick it to the enemy?"
"This is no ordinary ball. AkaRed gave it to me and said that should the Chosen Seven appeared, I am to give it to them." Yuusuke said, "This is the Super Sentai Ball."
"AkaRed… you met him?" Takeru, after taking the ball, asked.
"Yeah. We became acquaintances or sorts. But regardless… my task here is done." Yuusuke said, "I've helped the team to gather. The rest is up to you, Takeru."
"Where are you going now?" Takeru asked as he saw Yuusuke stepping back, nearly leaving.
"Well, who knows. With luck, maybe we'll meet again." Yuusuke answers and he left, leaving Takeru to wonder about the thing he just received.
"Super Sentai Ball…" Takeru muttered, trying to remember from the history book. According to it, AkaRed did use it, in the similar vein of the ultimate weapon of the very first Sentai team, Himitsu Sentai Goranger. That means, he had to train the team to use it.
"Hey! Takeru!" Youhei called out, bringing the whole team together. "Where did Yuusuke go?"
"He said he had other business." Takeru replied.
"Ah! That's…" Sayaka noticed the Super Sentai Ball, "That's the gift you got from Yuusuke?"
"Sort of…" Takeru nodded.
"Sayaka, there's one thing that buggered me." Gai said, approaching her, "I found a letter back then in your room… you said about things about 'picking up the last color'. The hell does that mean?"
"Ah, that…" Sayaka noticed, "Well… Akihiro did tell me some things before I tried gathering you all. The 'Seven Colors' thing was one of them. And… well, he contacted me about the presence of Dai so I had to get there to pick him up."
"That's bold!" Miki added, "You could at least tell us!"
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. But I didn't have much choice back then when Ahames… you know." Sayaka answered. But then she realized something and her face looked slightly cross, "Gai, did you just enter a lady's room without her permission! ?"
"I didn't know you were alive back then!" Gai retorted, and the two ended up arguing about tacts.
"Seems like a lively bunch." Dai commented while he stood with Remi, "It felt like my friends."
"Yeah. At first I thought I didn't belong, but I knew I belong quickly enough." Remi said, "You'll feel the same way eventually, trust me, Dai."
"Yeah, I'm sure." Dai nodded as the team continued to walk while Gai and Sayaka were still arguing.
With new team member, the team has gotten more powerful. However, Lee Keflen has joined Radiguet's ranks, continuing the even situation between good and evil! How will the battle turn out from this point on? Regardless of how it will turn out, fight for what you believe in, Super Sentai! Don't give up, Super Sentai!
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 19
Author's note: And whew! The whole rescue Sayaka arc is over and the core team is complete! I'm sorry for this really long update, but please excuse on how busy I am in real life. Anyway, you can probably await for the next chapter soon!