Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's note: Welp! Sorry for the long update for this one team. This might count as a filler, but it has something I add specifically for this team. This has quite a focus on Flashman and a guest appearance of someone we love to hate. Okay, enjoy reading!
ACT 19: Father!
Eventually relocating in Kizuna, the team started to do their usual activity with Dai. He adapted quick enough as he was a very dependable man. He was particularly a little close to Remi whom he saw as something of a little sister, and as much as it annoyed her, she also welcomed his friendship with her. However, Remi still couldn't recall something about Dai, especially his similarity on the face with a certain someone of her past. Regardless, life seemed pretty normal for the team.
And thanks to the handing of Super Sentai Ball, Takeru saw it fit that they all train on how to use it. It was a rigorous training, and not everyone could do it in one try, not even Takeru. However, the team was determined to master the ball no matter what. The ball was made of an indestructible element, so much that even a slash from a sword felt like a hit from a baseball bat. This trait was eventually recognized and some like Takeru preferred to use the Shinkenmaru or Rekka Daizantou to beat the sword whenever it was passed to him. Not only that, when he hit it that way, the ball caught on fire, enhanced with the Mojikara of fire, making it even more powerful.
And finally, the time for finalizing the move has come. Every single member of the team gathered in the training room, morphed. This time, Blue Turbo was holding the ball first. "OK, everyone ready?" He said, calling the rest and asking if they're ready. All of them nodded, and Blue Turbo prepared himself, "Right! Here goes!" He held the ball with his two hands and bent his body, like an Olympic ball thrower preparing to throw his ball. As he spun to throw, he yelled to the one he's passing through, "Sayaka!"
"Gotcha!" Change Mermaid confirmed as she followed with a kick, tossing it to the next target… "Remi!"
"Got it!" Five Yellow retaliated by spinning and hitting it with a backhand, going to the next target, "Dai!"
"Leave it to me! Prism Kaiser!" Green Flash then summoned his knuckles and used both hands to knock the ball to the next target, "Gai!"
"OK!" Black Condor was next as he was ready with his Wing Gauntlet. Instead of punching forward, instead he punched it upwards, launching the ball to the sky, "Miki!"
"Understood!" Goggle Pink was next as she leapt upwards and yelled, "Pink Dia Baton!" Unleashing her baton, she raised her hand as she traveled upwards faster than the ball… and unleashed all her strength to hit the ball downwards, and calling the final target… "Takeru!"
"Right." Shinken Red said as he spun his disk to his Shinkenmaru, "Rekka Daizantou!" His sword now turning into a huge zanbato, he swung it with precision, hitting the ball and launched it to the practice dummy, which then exploded as it was smashed by the ball, while the ball itself rolled to the ground.
"Incredible…" As the team de-morphed, they looked at the remnant of the dummy. Remi looked at a closer range and inspected the remains, "This one was the toughest dummy formerly, but the ball…"
"There is a great power stored within." Sayaka also noted, "Aka Red has trusted us with such power…"
"This is good news!" Youhei exclaimed with excitement, "With more power with us, if the enemy unleashes a more powerful foe, they won't stand a chance!"
"Don't get cocky like that, Youhei." Takeru, however, gave him a warning, "Do you realize that this drains a lot of our strength?"
"Eh?" As Youhei realized, he did feel weaker than usual as he sighed, "Ugh… you're right. I'm feeling a bit tired."
"Then I suppose we have to conserve our strength, only using it as a last resort attack." Miki noted as well, "I hope they don't catch on this."
"At any rate, we're done for the day, right?" As Gai said that, he was heading off to exit the room. He picked up his motorcycle helmet and looked back, "Then I'm off!"
"Wait, Gai. Would you rather rest than doing activities?" Sayaka tried reminding him, but Gai didn't heed those warning and ran off to the teleporter room, annoying her, "Ugh. He never listen, does he… He never changes even after all that time I was away."
"What is he planning to do anyway?" Dai asked, curious on Gai's nature, "He may be just taking a ride with motorcycle…"
"Oh, you don't know, Dai." Sayaka sighed, "Riding on motorcycle, hitting the ladies…"
"So you're saying he's… a… what was it called again… playing with…" Dai tried to remember. He wasn't really familiar with various slangs in Earth.
"A playboy." Remi corrected, "It didn't take quite long to recognize that trait of his…"
Eventually Youhei yawned and was also heading off, "It's a bit tiring now. I think I'm gonna catch some sleep…" He said, "After all, there are still some college things I have to do tomorrow…"
"Me too." Miki added as she also walked off, "Not that I'm tired or something, but I have to prepare for a quiz…"
"Well I should get back to work. This doesn't tire me." Sayaka said as she also walked away. She planned to continue her reading and research about the Anti-Flash Phenomenon that she found during the previous fight.
"Don't overwork yourself." Takeru noted as he also left, probably also resting to conserve his strength for the upcoming battle, and concentrating and recalling how to use the Super Sentai Ball even better than before.
"Say, Dai… what are you going to do?" The remaining one, Remi, asked Dai.
"I don't know. Probably go down to Earth and take a walk" Dai answered, "It's been awhile since I visited Earth. I'd like to know what's going on…"
"Hey, I got an idea. Wanna come with me?" Remi suddenly invited. As Dai looked at her puzzled, she just smiled. She seemed honest in trying to get to know Dai better. If anything suspicious about him do existed as she feared, she's better off knowing early.
"Welcome… Great Professor Lee Keflen." In the enemy base, Radiguet shook hand with Lee Keflen. On their side, the Synthesizer was standing, solely for him to use, "I shall look forward to your work… and the destruction of Super Sentai." There was, however, one thing he deliberately miss out… about the rulership of the world once the Super Sentai have been eliminated… that rulership would always belong to his alone in his mind.
"Hmm…" Lee Keflen nodded as he shook hands and saw the entourage of bad guys gathering… aside of Ahames, there were Juzou, Mazurka, Jarmin and Doldora. "Quite the team you gathered here."
"We were fighting different Sentai team than yours, but a force seemed to unite us here." Mazurka explained, "But that doesn't matter. You need to understand that rather than subjugating humans like usual, our top priority is to destroy the Super Sentai first."
"You don't need to tell me that, Ahames have explained the details." Lee Keflen replied as Ahames nodded to him. He then turned towards Doldora, "Regardless, Galactic Scientist Doldora… It was unexpected, but I really did not expect meeting you amongst here."
"Same here. Mess Empire's Great Professor Lee Keflen… your name was considered a legend amongst us the Silver Imperial Army Zone." Doldora said in awe. Hearing all these, Juzou quickly lost interest and walked away.
"Juzou, where are you going? !" Jarmin called him as she turned to him.
"This… 'intellectual' nonsense bores me. Deal with it yourself…" Juzou said, completely bored, "Just call me when a fight is about to commence." As he said that, he looked at his sword, "You can't stand big talks like this too, huh, Uramasa?"
"Wait a minute!" When Juzou was out of the sight, Jarmin ran off to chase him.
"Discipline him well." Radiguet commented as she was walking away, "Regardless, I suppose I shall bite, for the moment."
"Whatever that means?" Doldora asked in curiosity. Radiguet then picked up a Dimensional Bug and walked to the combining machine. "Oh… so you finally caved in and decided to use my technology after all."
"Silence!" Radiguet shouted, "Be grateful that right now I am about to test your repertoire. This will also be a test for you, Lee Keflen! Prepare your monster!"
"Oh, very well." Lee Keflen calmly said as he sat down on his synthesizer. It didn't take quick for him to grow some dislike to Radiguet, but he hid his feelings well. However, even so, in his mind he already planned something else to eliminate the Super Sentai…
"So this is your idea?" Dai asked, sitting down on a table of a small restaurant along with Remi, "Man, you should've said 'I'm treating you for lunch!' or something!"
"We can also buy some foods for everyone. The food here's great." Remi commented as she looked at him, trying to strike up a dialogue, "I once came here with my brothers and sister and my students. They got the food great."
"Hee… so, you got siblings? That must've felt great…" Dai wondered. He couldn't help but be reminded with his friend who found her parents and siblings and as much as she had to separate after the battle with Mess, she could visit them again after a year. And as for him, he hadn't got a clue about his own parents or any siblings. Thinking about it spaced him so much that Remi had to remind him.
"Hello? Earth to Dai?" Waving her hand in front of Dai succeeded in getting him back from spacing out, "What were you thinking like that?"
"Oh, nothing. I just thought, having a happy family must be great." Dai answered to her.
"Family? What of your family, though?" Remi, in curiosity, asked.
"Well, to make it short… I do not know about my real family." Dai's answer caused Remi to be silent in shock, "I was captured by agents of Mess Empire, the Alien Hunters, while I was only an infant. I was saved by the Flash Star residents and trained in the Green Star… that's how I became the Flashman. We came to Earth to protect them from Mess and find our parents, but we only found one of my friend's. Somewhere… I hope my family is well."
"I… see." Remi said as Dai finished his tale, "I hope you'll find your family too…" Just as she spoke, the waitress came in to carry the food they ordered, some soup and boiled chicken, "Ah thank you! Okay, Dai, let's eat."
"Ooh, these looks tasty!" Dai said in awe. Of course, after years of eating 'pellets', the food of earthling became something of an extreme delicacy to him, "All right, let's dig in!" He held his fork and tried picking up one of the chicken legs… and was then interrupted when there were several screams heard from the outside. "Ugh, I hate when there's an interruption like this. Sounds like trouble. Let's check'em out."
Remi also sighed, not liking the notion that her meal was interrupted, "Yeah. At least I can endure fighting with a less-than-full stomach. Let's go." Both of them ran out of the restaurant.
Outside, they find both Grinam soldiers and Zolors attacking the people once more. They seem to be heading to an army base in form of a building. This time, the human soldiers did not just run. They were attacking the enemy soldiers. But it didn't take long for them to be surrounded.
"We're outnumbered! Commence retreat!" The captain of the police squad commanded as the team prepared to retreat… until there was a call from his phone.
"Hold your position! No retreats!"
"What? ! But commander…!" The captain protested. However, he was met with yet another harsh comment.
"I will not hear any excuses! You realize that you are expendable!" And thus the line was cut. And suddenly, one Zolors arrived and managed to spit out one of its acids, which hit one of the polices as he was eventually reduced to ashes.
"What? ! No!" The captain rushed to the policeman-turned-ashes, and knelt in anguish for his fallen comrade, "And he said this was to be his last mission… what will I tell to his wife…"
At that moment, a Grinam soldier easily knocked him away. As he was on the floor, he received a savage beating by the Grinam soldiers as another Zolors soldier approached him, ready to spit on him and make him vanish. However, in a sudden, a flying kick from both Remi and Dai saved him.
"Are you okay? !" Dai asked, helping him to get up, "Retreat, this is too dangerous!"
"Huh… you…" The captain was shocked looking at Dai. It's as if he has a recollection. "Uh… no, forget it."
"Hurry! Your team needs treatment! Take them to the hospital!" Remi said as she kicked another Grinam soldier. However, both she and Dai wasn't enough to stop all of them from barging into the military base. "Damn it…! Takeru, a little help here? ! In the Izaki building where the army resided!" As such she called for help. It seemed to be confirmed.
At that point, Dai heard the communicator of the captain voicing, "There will be no retreats! Fight until your deaths!" Angered, Dai snatched the communicator from the captain, and yelled.
"SHUT UP! THEY'RE RETREATING AND THAT'S THAT!" With that, in a fit of anger he threw the communicator to the ground, ruining it.
"M… my God…" The captain said in shock, "You… are you…"
"Sorry, sir, but whoever this man behind the communicator is, I don't think I can forgive him. I'll make it up later. For now, take your men to the hospital!" Dai said once more as the captain finally knew what's at stake. Telling his men to move away, they run off, helping each other to stand. "Remi, we're covering this man's escape for now!"
"Right! After that, we meet up with Takeru inside!" Remi said as she tossed away another Zolors soldier, and then raised her hand. "Let's transform!"
"OK!" Dai said, also holding his hand up as the two prepared their transformation.
"Five Yellow!"
"Prism Flash!"
Morphing, they were immediately swarmed by both Grinam and Zolors soldiers. However, at that moment, they realized something.
"You know, Dai. I was expecting a monster to show up or something…" Five Yellow commented. But Green Flash did not listen, "Dai? Hey!"
"… Oh! You're talking to me?" After Green Flash punched a Zolors in the face using his Prism Kaiser, he finally turned towards Five Yellow, "Sorry, got too used in calling friends with their code names when transformed! So do I call you Remi here?"
"Yeah, okay, but did you listen to me? !" Five Yellow asked.
"Yeah, and it's kinda strange when I think about it." Green Flash answered, also noticing that there were no unique monsters to speak of. However, Five Yellow immediately cut it.
"The building! We better get in there!" As Five Yellow said that, both warriors found themselves running to the building, plowing through any soldiers they come across. However, Green Flash's mind was occupied with some things.
'That captain… why do I feel familiar with him? And that nasty voice behind the communicator…'
"All units hold your position! Do not let any get into the main command room!" Inside the top of the building, a man with sunglasses and army uniform was speaking through the microphone, commanding the men inside. However, at that moment, he heard a window breaking as several Grinam and Zolors soldiers barged into the room through the window. "What? ! Not… not you again!" The man, presumably the commander, was cowering and backed into a corner. "No! I won't let you take over this again!" He tried to speak as the door was forcefully opened and even more soldiers swarmed the room, ruining everything.
Fortunately, at that moment, from the door, more Grinam and Zolors soldiers were being tossed aside, and from there, Shinken Red, Blue Turbo, Goggle Pink and Change Mermaid entered. "You! From… where? !" The man said in disbelief.
"From the top floor." Shinken Red said as he slashed another Zolors soldier and kicked a Grinam soldier, "Stay where you are… More help is on the way."
As the fight continued, a figure was spotted heading through the window as well. It was Black Condor, using his wing to barge in. "Great, you guys still left some for me." As he commented, he unleashed his Wing Gauntlet and joined in the attack of the soldiers.
However… at one point, he looked at the man and froze. Both of them looked at each other, cross at each other. "You… how did you even end up…!" The chat was cut when a Grinam soldier leapt to attack him. Black Condor then continued to fight instead.
At that point, he wasn't even bothering with the man. While Shinken Red and the rest were busy holding off the soldiers so they did not attack the man, Black Condor didn't even bother defending the man, he just minded his own fight.
"Gai! What are you doing? !" Goggle Pink noticed what Black Condor was doing and reprimanded him just once she's got her hands free, "You don't care if this man became a victim? !"
"I don't care. That man deserved this kind of mess!" Black Condor replied, "Don't bother with him, Miki! He's not worth it!"
"Gai, what are you saying…" Goggle Pink tried to convince him, but all of a sudden, there was a sound of a gunshot. "AHH!" An immense pain stung to her leg as she collapsed.
"Miki!" Blue Turbo was the first to get to her, and tried to help her get up, "Is there anyone here using a gun? !"
"Well, they don't seem to be using guns…" Black Condor commented, until he saw the man, holding a gun, "You bastard…! It's you, isn't it? !"
"Gai, stop it! Maybe he just wanted to help!" Change Mermaid was next to stop him to do anything rash.
"OK, everyone duck!" Shinken Red said as he put his disc into his Shinkenmaru, "Rekka Daizantou!" Turning his sword to a huge one, he took a swing, engulfing his sword in flames and eliminating any remaining Grinam and Zolors soldiers.
At that time, both Five Yellow and Green Flash arrived on the top floor. "Any of you find a monster here?" Five Yellow asked.
"No, I don't think so." Blue Turbo said, "What of the people inside?"
"Evacuated too. We helped in whatever we can." Green Flash said, "Though there are those who are wounded. I've told them to get to the hospital."
"Oh, thank goodness…" Five Yellow said, until she saw Goggle Pink struggling to stand on her two feet, "My God! Miki! What happened to you? !"
"I'm fine, Remi! Just… shot a little…" Goggle Pink tried to reassure her. And at that moment, Black Condor angrily approached the man, kicked his arm holding the gun and held the man on his collar.
"I don't know what the hell they were thinking to reinstate you here, but…" At that point, Black Condor de-transformed, and the man was shocked, "Remember me, huh? ! 'Supreme' Commander Ichijou? !"
"You… damned… Jetman…!" The man, referred as Ichijou, could only curse as the rest transformed and approached Gai.
"Gai… you know him?"
"Look at what you've done!" Ichijou scolded as the seven gathered, while some like Remi and Youhei were tending to Miki's leg wounds, "My base in shambles…"
"At least the people's safe!" Dai tried to reassure him, but he was met with harsh words as well.
"Those cowards! They should've stayed and give their life to defend the base! Who gives orders here? !" Ichijou said, "And I had to beg to get this position again, now you're gonna take it away! Damn you! Damn you all!"
"So, this is how you reply to those who saved your life?" Takeru noticed, trying to hide his annoyance.
"You never change, do you, Ichijou." Sayaka said as she approached Ichijou, "Yes. That tone, that tendency to wear sunglasses. There's no mistake. It's you."
"Huh? So he's…" Gai was shocked. He was surprised someone knew about Ichijou.
"I've heard of him from Tsurugi-san." Sayaka said, remembering some of the letters her friends delivered before all the mess happened, "He said that Ichijou… was a poor and obnoxious soldier. His performance was poor, he only thinks of himself and think he's the greatest thing there is. There's a lot more Tsurugi-san described about him, but that's what I can remember thus far. Even if he was as harsh as Commander Ibuki when training, Tsurugi-san only did what was necessary. But from what he told me… this Ichijou seemed to be the only one who incited his wrath and got him expelled."
"How much do you plan to humiliate me like this… Miss Intelligence Department… Nagisa Sayaka? !" Ichijou, also recognizing Sayaka, called out.
"Humiliate? No. It was fact. But what I don't get is…" Sayaka said, her tone becoming angrier until she approached him, "Why did you shoot Miki? !"
"So what? ! You Jetman and your wannabes are nothing but trouble!" Ichijou protested, "Because of you, I… I lost everything!"
"And is that why you attempted to take another life…? ! You asshole…!" Hearing such filmsy excuse, Youhei nearly forgot to continue to care for Miki. He was about to get up, only to be stopped by Miki herself, who only shook her head as if telling him that it's not really worth it.
"Don't blame things on other people when you're the one at fault, damn it!" Gai yelled at him, when Sayaka wasn't even lifting him up, he once again lifted him up on the collar, "You know, last time I was on a regulation with the other Skyforce rules. But listen up! I'm not linked with any sorts of army again, so I hope you're ready for this beating up that I waited for so long!"
Gai was about to swing his fist to attack on Ichijou, but someone grabbed his fist. It was Takeru. "Stop it, Gai. Let him finish." As Gai released him, Takeru stepped forward, "So? You hate the Super Sentai because they make you lose your position?"
"Super Sentai? Is Jetman part of them?" Ichijou asked. Takeru just nodded. At that point, he nodded, "Now that I think about it… indeed. If you Super Sentai are just here to humiliate me and make me lose faces, then you're nothing but a nuisance!"
"What? ! But we've been protecting you all this time!" Dai protested again, "Not just the Super Sentai. But these people…"
"So what? ! They're expendable! My plan would've done without a hitch if you didn't interrupt!" Ichijou protested again. And this time, it was Dai who lifted him up with his fist.
"Expendable? ! Is that what you think of other human beings? !" Dai said angrily, "You think this world revolve around you only? ! Don't play God, you're no better than the Mess Empire this way!"
"When they sign up here, they know they are expendable, and expected to give their life for their commander!" Ichijou protested, "That is how it's done!"
"With a commander like you, I'd say it's not worth it!" Remi protested as well, "Who the hell do you think you are, you creep! Besides, that's not how commander works!"
"Shut up, you! Shut up! This is my base, I can do whatever I want with it!" Ichijou was still adamant.
"No, you shut up, you bastard!" Youhei couldn't take it anymore and approached him, who's been put down by Dai, "There are people, PEOPLE, who work here and fighting for their life! And you think they're just… bugs that you can order around? ! Don't you have values with life? !"
"Lives of bugs are not worth considering!" Ichijou said, "Now get out of here! How dare you civilians talk like that to me! I'll have you arrested soon!"
"If it wasn't for us, you'd be dead!" Youhei said angrily, "We've been risking our asses to protect the world, and I bet you were just there sitting peacefully while people die! And despite all our efforts, you shot Miki instead? ! You're an ungrateful bastard!"
"I don't want to be saved by you troublemakers! Now get out of here! GET OUT!" Ichijou yelled further, not even considering his position. His hatred has clouded him so much.
"Youhei, stop it." Miki said, now already standing up, "It's not worth directing anger to someone like him. I'm more worried about those people who were evacuated… They're doing fine, right?"
"Yeah. Most of them went to the hospital nearby." Dai said.
"Let's pay them a visit, Takeru." Miki said, "They must've been suffering, losing their building like this and even had to put up with someone like him."
"Those gutless bastards! When they come back here…" Ichijou angrily said as he got up, "I'll make sure they're punished for not obeying orders!"
Hearing that, Gai was at his limits and was about to punch him, but someone got there first… It was Takeru, who swiftly punched Ichijou right on the face, knocking him to the ground.
"If you do not rethink of your way, this won't end well for you. Do you even know what it means to be a leader?" Takeru said, trying to stay as calm as possible despite his anger welling up, not even calling him with his position "To risk your life and protect your subordinates in order to reach a goal… all I'm seeing is a bigoted man who only views for self fame and glory." Ichijou was gritting his teeth, he's losing words to protest again. "If you can't even take responsibility for what you've done and only keep looking for promotions, you are not fit to be protecting humanity. You have been warned, you'd be best to heed it."
With that said, Takeru turned his back and moved away, "Let's go." With that the team left the commander on the ground, thoroughly humiliated. He couldn't even pick his gun up to shoot at any of them for humiliating him. He could only mutter in disgust.
"Damn you… Super Sentai…!"
"Wow, so you've dealt with him before?" While walking, Remi asked Gai about his encounter with Ichijou.
"Yeah. He tried to disband us, replace it with his own Jetman team and even if it was less effective, he had no care about them and constantly sent them to suicide missions, treating them like pawns." Gai said, cracking his knuckles, "God damn it, I always wanted to punch that smug bastard on the teeth."
"Miki's right, Gai." Takeru tried to calm him down, "It's not worth dealing with people like him. I hate to say things like this, but I'm appalled that there are humans like that… worse than the Gedoushuu."
"I feel weird, though." Miki also sighed, "That there are humans so greedy like that… thus far, the humans I met were all decent. I can't believe it that humans can do such thing."
"Don't worry too much about it, Miki. I'm pretty sure his face doesn't represent the face of all humans." Youhei tried to reassure her, "I'm surprised too, but I suppose it's just the minority. Humans are still worth fighting for. Right, Takeru?" At such question, Takeru could only nod. Eventually as they spoke, they reached the building's exit.
"I guess it's not much of a wonder he's like that. From the Kizuna database and Tsurugi-san's letter, I heard Ichijou was from a rich family and used to do a lot of briberies. I guess that's why he's reinstated." Sayaka mentioned, still recalling about him.
"Ah damn it." Gai sighed, "So even Commander Aya's words about him being unable to get another position proved to be untrue. Ah well, next time he messes things up again, I'm gonna show him his place… the streets, as a trash collector!"
"That would've been actually a better job for him. Will do good to humble him, and it's not throwing people's lifes unnecessarily too." Sayaka nodded, until she stopped at the sign reading the word 'Izaki', "Wait… database… Izaki… Hey, Dai!"
"Huh?" Puzzled, Dai looked at Sayaka.
"Sorry, Dai, but after hearing your tale and getting back to Takeru and the rest, I've been… searching for information from the Kizuna about that event in which children was captured by Alien Hunters." Sayaka stated, which immediately got Dai's attention as he got close to her.
"Really, Sayaka? ! So you know my parents? !" Dai said, excited.
"Only your father, though. His name is Kobushi Kenjiro." As Sayaka stated. "He's said to be a cop."
"Aah…!" Dai could feel the joy running through his body and mind. Finally, after his friend Sara found her family, it's his turn to find his. It's not including mother and siblings, but his father alone would be good enough, "Thank you, Sayaka! I'm forever in your debt!"
"Well isn't that great, Dai?" Remi added, remembering how he shared with her, "You finally got what you wanted! Well… Sayaka?" She then turned towards Sayaka, "Where could he be working? We should visit soon."
"Well that's the thing." Sayaka said, "It's said that… he's working in this very building."
"What? !" Dai was shocked. If his father worked here, it means that he's putting up with Ichijou's antics for god knows how long, and the command he heard from the previous phone, which came from Ichijou, meant that the commander tried to have his father dead. "Oh no… dad!" It may not be sure, but if it was really true, then he must not miss this.
"We have no time to waste, then." Takeru noted, "Let's head to the hospital, we may meet this 'Kobushi Kenjiro'! It's the nearest one, right?"
"Yeah, there should be one nearby." Remi said, noting where she told the police to retreat take the injured ones. Takeru nodded and told to the rest as he prepared to go.
"Let's go."
Unbeknownst to the Super Sentai, once they left the Izaki building, something came out from an air duct… a Dimensional Bug. It crept to the air duct once more and moved… towards the top floor where Ichijou just sat down, annoyed.
"Damn it, Super Sentai! How dare they…!" Ichijou grunted in annoyance as he put his hands clasped in front of his mouth, "Just watch, once I fix this base, I'll do everything I can so you lose trust. Be it mass media or fake videos… That's what you'll get for getting in my way!"
Unbeknownst to him, the Dimensional Bug continued to creep to the air duct, and once it got out from behind him, it immediately leapt, and latched itself onto Ichijou's head, "Hah? ! What's this? ! AGH! GET OFF! GET OFF ME!" He screamed, trying to get it out of his head, but the bug just wouldn't let go and instead gave him an electrocution that ran through his body, from the outside and the inside. "GYAAAAHH!"
"Do you want power?" Suddenly he heard a voice.
"AAGH! O… Of course I want power!" Ichijou, in the middle of screaming, answered, "But get this thing off me!"
"I will give you power…" the voice was heard once more, "With it even the Super Sentai will fall before your might and humans shall bow down to you."
"W… what? !" Ichijou was shocked hearing it. His dislike over the Super Sentai, starting from his disgrace thanks to the Jetman and now this… it started covering him and at the moment, the electrocution stopped. He didn't even bother removing the bug again as he started laughing, "Hah… hahahaha… Of course, that'll be perfect! I'll crush those Super Sentai, and I will make those who look at me funny regret their actions! I… I can be their God! I can tell them whatever I want, sacrifice their lives like however I want it to be, because I am their ruler! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Then grab onto something…" The voice said. Ichijou obeyed and picked up a miniature tank on his table. "Good… the power is yours."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" As the Dimensional Bug electrocuted Ichijou further, it also latched itself onto the tank. As he continued to laugh, uncaring of the wounds, his body started to transform, into a monster. The monster possessed a tank head and the cannon is formed like a snake head, with Ichijou's face planted in it. Its body is covered with tank plating, the feet, however, resembled a velociraptor's feet, the hands were formed like a bear's paw, and it possessed a tail of a scorpion, still made of tank plating.
"It's born…!" From the enemy base, Lee Keflen watched the transformation, and was about to christen a name in it… until he realized something, "Hm, I would call it 'The Zimerus' if it's a full-blooded Beast Warrior. But with this… Bio Dimesional Beast elements within…"
"Then just call it 'Tank Zimerus'." Radiguet suggested. "Regardless… that's true face of humanity. Greedy and self-thinking! How ugly…"
"He probably will still call himself with his human name." Ahames added, "If he can still speak, that is."
"He probably will." Doldora answered, "It seems that the elements of Bio Dimensional Beast allowed this beast to talk."
"Seeing him wail in delusion is kind of amusing, I'll be honest." Mazurka said, still remembering Ichijou's rant on how he would reign supreme, "But surely, you have something to keep him on the leash?"
"He'll never beat me. If he ever tries to raise his fist against me, I will put him in the place." Radiguet said, confidently, "However, his hatred for the Super Sentai is very high, I doubt that he would be able to even raise his hand against us."
"Splendid… we should continue feeding him with such delusions." As Lee Keflen said that, he looked at the screen where Tank Zimerus were now standing, "Go forth, Tank Zimerus! Show those humans your power… their ruler! With that, you can lure the Super Sentai out and kill them in one go!"
Radiguet however only smirked, 'Heh… of course, once you subjugate those humans and defeat the Super Sentai, the seat of rulership is still mine for the taking…'
"Excuse me!" As they arrived in the hospital, Dai was the first to get to the receptionist, "By any chance, is there a patient named 'Kobushi Kenjiro' here?"
"Kobushi… Kenjiro? You mean one of those cop people getting here?" The receptionist asked as she also read through the attendance list, "Well we do have a lot of cops entering. I wonder why…"
"That's not important." Takeru insisted, "We're looking for this man for him. It's… important."
"What is your relationship to him? His… son?" The receptionist asked.
"M… maybe." Dai shortly answered as the receptionist once again spoke.
"Yes, he's here! Although he's greatly wounded…" The receptionist said, "I do remember that he was struggling to even say his name. He's at room 911"
"What…!" Dai was shocked hearing it. His father was in great wounds. Immediately finding an elevator, he got in there alone.
"We should go…" Takeru noted. But at that moment, there were a lot of screams that was heard, "Not this again…"
"You guys go on ahead first." Miki said as she moved to the stairs, "I'm accompanying Dai. If able, I'd like to protect Mr. Kenjiro as well."
"Miki… are you sure?" Sayaka asked her, looking at the determination at Miki's face.
"Yeah. If something happened to him, I will be repeating the tragedy that befell on me and my mother." Miki said, remembering how her mother was killed in front of him, "I… I don't want to see another child losing his own parent in front of his eyes! I don't know how I can help… but I will try."
"Understood. Let's go, guys." Takeru acknowledged her will and notified the team to head outside.
As Miki was left alone, she started running towards the stairs, only to nearly collapse. Her feet hadn't really recovered fully. However, she still struggled to get up and walked through the elevator, going to the ninth floor, and meeting a nurse who was just standing there. "Excuse me! Did someone wearing a headband and green clothes just entered here?"
"Oh?" The nurse replied, "Yes. He just insisted to enter. Saying that he's his son or something. But Mr. Kenjiro was still sleeping…"
"It's all right. Can I enter?" Miki asked, "I'm his friend."
"Uh… okay, the visiting hour is still in effect." As the nurse said that, she started feeling uneasy on the screaming heard outside, "I wonder what's happening…"
"It's going to be okay, don't worry…" Miki then reassured her as she entered the room where Dai was, holding up the hand of the man in bed, worried as hell.
"Dad…!"
"It's going to be okay, Dai… it's going to be okay." Miki said, tapping on Dai's shoulder gently, "He needs you."
"That's far enough… monster!" As the team of Shinken Red, Blue Turbo, Black Condor, Change Mermaid and Five Yellow fought through the army of Grinam and Zolors soldiers, he came face to face with the Tank Zimerus.
"That's a Dimensional Bug all right…" Black Condor said, noticing the Dimensional Bug on its arm, "So that means it's a Dimensional Beast combined with…"
"We don't need to care about that! What matters is that we're stopping its attempt to terrorize people!" Blue Turbo corrected. At that moment, from the face planted on the cannon, the monster spoke.
"There you are Super Sentai…! You'll pay for my misery!" Opening his mouth, the Tank Zimerus unleashed a bazooka round which was aimed for the Super Sentai. They narrowly escaped being completely caught in the ensuing explosion. But at that moment, they realized something.
"Why does that voice sound so familiar?" Five Yellow asked.
"Was that you… Ichijou? !" Change Mermaid realized in shock, "They turned you into a monster, didn't you? !"
"Monster? No! Of course not!" The Tank Zimerus said, "God has seen it fit that I am to be given this incredible power and to lead humanity! I will make everyone bow to me!"
"God damn it, don't make a disgrace of us humans anymore!" Black Condor tried warning him, "That has got to be Radiguet's doing! The Vyram! Remember, you used to fight against them! Don't you have any pride as a human being? !"
"And that pride… you crushed, Super Sentai!" As he said that, the Tank Zimerus leapt and using its raptor-like feet, he kicked Black Condor. As he continued to speak, he used his bear paws and scorpion tail in order to repel the incoming Super Sentai assault, "I'll not show any mercy to you! You are not needed in this new world I'm governing, Super Sentai! Insects like you should be crushed like you are!"
"Fine, have it your way." Shinken Red said as he put his disc on his Shinkenmaru and summoned the Rekka Daizantou. "I'm going forth… to your death."
"Huh? ! Takeru!" Five Yellow was shocked, "But… he was turned from human to this monstrosity! Maybe…"
"Remi… at this rate, I may want to agree with you, but…" Shinken Red said sternly, "If I let this man be, he'll still bring trouble to humanity. He'll send innocent people to unnecessary deaths just to protect his hide. I hate to say this… but he discarded his humanity for mere fame and fortune for his own. I gave him a warning and he did not heed it and would rather continue this lifestyle, turning him into a monster. He's… no longer human. Before my eyes, it's just another monster."
"Damn… straight!" Black Condor supported as he prepared his Bird Blaster, and immediately combined it into the Bird Bomber, "And the quicker I don't need to see his face anymore, the better! Let's do it, Takeru!"
"OK… Rekka Daizantou… Hyakka Ryouran!" As Shinken Red smashed his blade to the ground, he unleashed a jet of flame. And amidst of it, Black Condor shot the Bird Bomber. By all means, the Tank Zimerus should've been destroyed.
But he didn't.
"HAHAHA! Is that all you got? ! You're all pathetic!" The Tank Zimerus laughed with confidence as he was unscathed.
"What? !"
"Mwahahaha! Impressive, Tank Zimerus…!" Lee Keflen said, watching at how Tank Zimerus once again started attacking the Super Sentai and their attacks had no effect on him, "You certainly used the element in The Zimerus well… the ability to project negative human emotion into strength!"
"Negative human emotion?" Mazurka asked in curiosity.
"Indeed. The man's hatred, selfishness and greed were so overwhelming that it became strength for him." Lee Keflen said as he eventually turned towards Radiguet, "I was actually worried I wouldn't find such human, they're mostly foolish, pathetic, cowardly beings with no such thing as negativity, but Radiguet… you showed that such human exist for him to feed on!"
"I was actually quite surprised. I thought the same, but the encounter with those Neo Jetman made me realize such humans exist. I am right when I say humans are ugly and disgusting!" Radiguet triumphantly exclaimed as he continued to watch the rampage.
"Neo… Jetman?" Ahames then asked such new term, which promptly annoyed Radiguet.
"Just a bunch of weak wannabes. Forget about such worms and just enjoy the end of Super Sentai!" Radiguet tried to not discuss about trivial matters and continued to watch…
As Miki watched through the window, while Dai kept holding his father's hand, she was getting worried. 'I should go and help them…' However, one moment he looked at Dai, she decided against going down and helping the team. She wanted to ensure that her tragedy wouldn't be repeated on him. What if there was a stray shot here? Just in case, she decided to keep her Goggle Brace ready for quick transformation in case danger came in from the window.
"Uh…" The man opened his eyes as Dai eventually reached to him.
"You're awake! D…" Dai was about to call him father, but decided against it. It would be too much of a shock, "Mr. Kenjiro."
"Ow… where am I… which hospital…" Kenjiro asked, until he met face to face with Dai, "Huh? You're…!"
"Don't move too much, you're still wounded." Dai warned him as he prevented him to get up.
"No, I mean… it's not just about that. I feel like I've met you from before…" Kenjiro said, but then it was interrupted when there was a loud voice coming from the Tank Zimerus. The Super Sentai has been knocked down, unable to resist him.
"Attention! Every humans there! You will be a good start! I am giving you ten minutes to get down here and bow down to your new ruler… I, Ichijou! Any who didn't comply will be exterminated with prejudice! If not… this happens to you all!" With that, he once again blasted the Super Sentai with his cannon, scattering them, "That's right. Any who disobeys me shall die like the bugs you are!"
"Damn, so you even sank lower than before…!" Dai said angrily, gritting his teeth and felt like punching him on the face.
"Guys…!" Miki was worried, looking at her friends being shot down like that, "You… how can you do this…!"
"C… commander, is that…!" Kenjiro said in disbelief. Trying to get up, he was prevented once again by Dai.
"No! Don't! He's not the commander you used to know!" Dai assured him, "He sold himself to the Devil due to his own greed… and became a terrorizing monster…!"
"No way…" Kenjiro said weakly, as he started remembering his past with the Commander, "It's no wonder he became such thing. He wasn't a pleasant man, but this… The police force will be busy with the cover up for this incident." As he said that, he looked at Dai and noticed something. "You…"
"What? Something on my face?" Dai asked.
"You look a little familiar…" Kenjiro said, as if remembering something. But that was once again interrupted.
"Good… all of you are down here…" Tank Zimerus said as a group of men approached to his side from the hospital. "Now on your knees…!"
The Super Sentai outside were all telling them not to listen to him, but it just caused the people to panic. Eventually Dai couldn't take it anymore.
"Uh, Sir…" Dai said as he got up, "Please stay here and don't listen to what he said. Trust your heart, sir… I will protect you."
"Ah…" Kenjiro was about to say further, but he only nodded in approval. Dai eventually got up and approached Miki.
"Dai, it seems that if he's shooting then he'll aim at us first." Miki said as she pointed to how Tank Zimerus were aiming his cannon to their window.
"I won't let that! It's now or never. Are you ready, Miki? !" Dai exclaimed as Miki just nodded. Thus Dai opened the window and yelled. "WE'LL NEVER BOW DOWN TO THE LIKES OF YOU!" As a gesture of luring him, he put his hand forward, bent his elbows and in the same time tapped his bicep, as if signifying that he's completely unafraid to the monster and dared the monster to just bring in his best shot.
"What? ! You dare mock me? ! Die!" Tank Zimerus said as he prepared to fire his cannon.
"Now!" Miki signaled as she stepped on the window and leapt outside from the ninth floor, followed by Dai. In the middle of the air, however they were already ready for transformation.
"Goggle Pink!"
"Prism Flash!"
As they transformed while diving, Goggle Pink unleashed her Pink Ribbon. 'This is my only chance!' With extreme precision, she flung the ribbon, which managed to wrap around the bullet, as she already saw how it was fired to the Super Sentai and if the bullet was that big and visible even from the ninth floor, it would be something that could be wrapped with her Pink Ribbon. "Dai, now!"
"OK!" While airborne, Green Flash circled his arm on Goggle Pink's stomach and wouldn't let go. Using all his might, he spun Goggle Pink around, eventually making her release the bullet to the sky, as it exploded there rather than on the building.
"Nice…!" Change Mermaid, who witnessed the whole ordeal, couldn't help but be impressed. However, there was one thing she'd ask, "But how are you going to land like that?"
"I'll lessen the impact!" As Black Condor said that, he spread his wings and flew. He succeeded in grabbing Green Flash on his legs, "Damn it, you're heavy!" He said as he was even struggling to keep flying and holding the two. And even he has its limits as they plunged down to the ground.
And it was at that moment Shinken Red and Blue Turbo leapt to grab on both Black Condor and Green Flash, while Change Mermaid and Five Yellow leapt together to grab Goggle Pink, thus everyone landed safely. "Great job, you guys!" Five Yellow said excitedly.
"Yeah." Green Flash said as he eventually confronted Tank Zimerus, "Did you see that? ! That is the power of Super Sentai! That… and the power to protect people! A man who only cares about himself and uses power only for his own fortunes can never beat us!"
"Insolence! You dare oppose me, your God? !" Tank Zimerus exclaimed, still as delusional as ever.
"Everyone please run away, quick! We will protect you!" Five Yellow told the rest of the people as they knew who's on the right side and ran off.
"Guess you won't understand till you learn it the hard way." Shinken Red said, "You guys can still go on, right?"
"Uh huh… Who the hell do you think we are?" Blue Turbo added, "We may be more old-fashioned than you are, but we still got big spirits!"
"I'm ready anytime." Change Mermaid also added as everyone lined up.
"Very good…" Shinken Red said as they prepared themselves, "Monster, you'll soon know our power."
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Black Condor!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Green Flash!"
"We are…!" Once again making it quick, they declared themselves, "Super Sentai!"
"You idiots! You don't know that your attacks don't work on me!" Tank Zimerus said boastfully as he spread his arms, "Come at me! I'll crush you Super Sentai so you'll never bother me again!"
"Well, that's a bit troubling…" Shinken Red then realized that thus far they haven't dented the monster, "But I'm not giving up."
"Well it's a good thing I brought this one!" Goggle Pink said suddenly as she brought out something from her back… At first it looked like she's not unleashing something, but suddenly something enlarged from her hand…
"The Super Sentai Ball? !" Black Condor said, shocked, "But how did it fit…"
"It's shrinkable!" Goggle Pink explained, "Well Sayaka told me like that before."
"Well… fine, we'll give this one a shot." Shinken Red said as he's out of option, "Commence formation!"
And thus everyone moved in to their places. And the one first up was… Blue Turbo. "Are you ready? !" Once again he attempted to throw the ball, "Here we go! Sayaka!" And thus, he threw the ball to Change Mermaid, who kicked it to Five Yellow who… instead backhanded the ball to Black Condor with his Wing Gauntlet ready, delivering an uppercut to the ball, in which she hit it downwards with Pink Dia Baton, with both Shinken Red and Green Flash standing by.
"Are you ready, Dai?" Shinken Red said.
"Always!" Green Flash nodded as in the right timing, they attacked the ball with their weapons…
"Rekka Daizantou!"
"Prism Kaiser!"
The sword slash and the straight punch launched the ball to Tank Zimerus. He didn't even resist, confident on his armor plating. However, the Super Sentai Ball was far more powerful, it ended up tearing through its body.
"No…! This can't be happening! S… someone… help…!" Once again slipping to his human self, the monster fell down and was destroyed.
"And how did you respond when your subordinates are in danger of death? Serves you right, asshole." Black Condor commented looking at the fallen general. Shinken Red for the moment just shook his head, wondering how such human could exist. However, it was all over, he would no longer trouble other innocents that do not deserve to put up with his dangerous, self-serving, destructive antics.
"This brings this chapter to a close."
A day later…
The team gathered to the receptionist room of the hospital. Kenjiro and many wounded policemen were fully healed and permitted out of the hospital, and the team was about to see him off.
"Thank you for everything." Kenjiro said, bowing down, "My men are most grateful. About Ichijou's demise, we'll work on it, so don't worry about it."
"It's all right, Sir." Miki replied, "We're glad you're OK."
"Anyway, you…" Kenjiro then looked at Dai, who continued to look at him, "What's your name?"
"Huh? It's Dai. Why?" Dai said.
"No… it can't be… is that you?" The man's voice started to shake as he pulled something from his pocket. It was a locket, and from it was a family picture, with someone like Dai along with Kenjiro and his wife.
"Huh? This looks just like me!" Dai said in shock, "Is this your son, sir?"
"Yes. This was our son, named Kai." Kenjiro said, "He's passed away for now. However, I do remember that when my wife gave birth to Kai… he had a twin that we named 'Dai'. But at the year 1966… he vanished due to strange circumstances."
"1966!" Sayaka exclaimed, "Was that the time it was mentioned that the Alien Hunters…"
"Then this man really is…!" Youhei exclaimed, about to draw the conclusion, until Takeru put his hand on his shoulder.
"Let Dai settle this personal feeling."
"Mr. Kenjiro… You may be surprised to hear this, but…" Dai said, trying to put a brave front, "If you're thinking that twin is me… then you're right…"
"What… do you mean? Is that… you?" Kenjiro nearly was unable to hold his tears, "Our… our Dai… where…"
"I was captured by Alien Hunters, but I was rescued by the Flash Star people and spent my childhood there. You may not believe me, but I came to Earth in the year 1986 looking for you and fighting those who captured us, the Mess Empire." Dai continued, also trying his best to hold his tears, "I couldn't find you back then… but now… I'm… I'm finally able to meet you…!" As he said that, there were no more restrains from him. Dai let his tears out and hugged Kenjiro, "Father…!"
"Dai…! Dai…!" Finally reunited with his long lost other half of his twin sons, Kenjiro did the only thing a father would, hug his big son, "I'm sorry… I was unable to save you back then…"
"Your boy sure grew a lot, mister." Gai added, "He's been protecting the Earth during the invasion of Mess Empire. You should be proud, sir!"
"Really…! Dai… I'm… so proud to have a son like you… You're just like your brother! He must be smiling up there!" Kenjiro added, tightening his hug.
"Brother...!" Dai was saddened that his brother that he never knew passed away before he realized it. But he had hoped that he's happy throughout his life. However, at that moment, Dai suddenly let go of the hug and got up. "Father. While I wished this will last forever… I'm sorry, but I have to leave for the moment." Dai said as he got up, wiping his tears, "Earth is still in danger, and I must fulfill my duty to protect it. Don't worry, I'll be fine. After all, just like before, I've got friends helping me. I'm not alone." As Dai said that, he looked at the whole group together, who smiled together.
"I… see." Kenjiro said as he also wiped his tear, "Then I wish you luck, my son."
"When it's over, I'll be back! Take care of yourself, Father!" As the team waved good bye, Dai called once more as they exited the hospital.
While walking on the road home, Remi noticed something on Miki's face. "Miki, what are you doing? Why the tear?"
"Ah, um… nothing." Miki said, wiping that tear, "I'm just glad that Dai didn't have to go through what I got into…"
"This is not over." Takeru added, "So long as the likes of Radiguet still exist, someone else may suffer such fate."
"And that's why we're here to stop him! Right?" Youhei added, smashing his knuckle to his palm, looking at Takeru who eventually nodded.
Perhaps there are humans who were consumed with greed and only care about themselves without noticing the rest. However, there are many more humans who are kind, loving and very helpful to each other, struggling to survive and sometimes needing help and protection. Keep on fighting to reach the happy ending! Good luck! Super Sentai!
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 20
Author's note: Yep that's the end of the chapter. We now found Dai's father! Though they have to separate again. But what he couldn't find in the original series, he found! And yeah, the leader of Neo Jetman did appear... get turned into a monster and died like one. But for an ass like him? I just wondered why Radiguet didn't turn him into a monster already in the series, but well I took care of it. Hope I didn't do too much.
Stay tuned for the next chapter. It may be another filler, but I hope you still wait for it!