Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's note: Hey, it's been awhile for the chapter. Ran into some writer's blocks, but I'm glad I'm able to churn this chapter out! Keep reading!
ACT 25: Climbing From Despair
It was a fine day at Kizuna, and it doesn't seem that the enemy was attacking or causing chaos. Well, at least in any place aside of the kitchen.
"No, not like that!" In the kitchen, Sayaka was once again tutoring Mako on how to cook. In particular, she was having trouble in cutting down a cabbage.
"I know, Sayaka! I tried…" Mako said as she once again attempted to cut down the cabbage, but with normal kitchen knife, she seemed to have trouble in it.
"You're not doing it right, Mako. You see…" Sayaka said although she never forcefully took the kitchen knife, "You're not supposed to just use every of your force when you cut down an ingredient. Please don't think they're like those Gedoushuu you fought."
"I… I never thought the foods as Gedoushuu…" Mako slightly protested, although she did feel embarrassed.
"I mean that you need to be precise. Cut in the right part, and don't overdo it." Sayaka stated as she pointed to a part in the cabbage, "For cabbages… try doing it here. Relax and go for it."
"All right…" As Mako said, she tried calming her mind. No sense of rush, just trying to take it naturally. She moved her knife with such precision and not overly forceful way of cutting down. And to her surprise… the cabbage was cut perfectly, "Wow! So this is how to do it!"
"Good job, Mako! But you still got ways to go." Sayaka clapped her hands in satisfaction that she improved, "Remember, each food's parts are different, you can't use the same location for meat. Of course, there are also some foods that doesn't require such calmness and can be cut down quickly… Like carrots for example."
"It seems that I only thought how to cook stuffs… while forgetting on how each raw food has different treatment." Mako said, admitting the one thing she seemed to forget when she cooked, she was too forceful, "I guess I'll have to expand on how I treat the ingredients."
"That's right." Sayaka nodded as she eventually walked away, "That'd be it for today, Mako. You're probably tired."
"Well, I guess…" Mako nodded.
"In that case, Mako… I'll show you something." As Sayaka said that she made a gesture, inviting Mako to come over to her…
And indeed, the Kizuna also came with a rather big bathroom in which quite a big bath was there. It wasn't outdoor, but the men's and women's were separated with just a wall. And in there, both Miki and Remi were already resting after a period of training together.
"Aah! A good bath after a hard training session is the best!" Remi stated as she laid her back on the corner, "Don't you agree, Miki?"
"Indeed!" Miki nodded, "At least the height of the water is just fine. Plus, this is warm enough. I wonder if Akihiro really prepared this…"
"Height…?" Remi was confused with that one word Miki said, but then… there were footsteps heard from the outside.
"Girls, may we come in?" It was Sayaka's voice.
"Sure!" Remi answered, but then when she looked at the door, she saw two shadows. 'Huh? She's taking someone else?' The door opened and revealed that not only Sayaka, but Mako also entered with her towel ready too. 'Oh, right… Mako hasn't been here.'
"Wow. This is… extravagant." Mako commented, looking at the bath. At first she was a bit shy to use a lot of Kizuna's facilities, preferring to use the ones in Shiba Household. But, here she was, being dragged to use the facilities together.
"No need to be shy, Mako. Besides, your back has gotten a whole lot better, right? Let's get on the bath!" Sayaka stated as she and Mako entered the bath and conversed together, "So you two were also relaxing here?"
"Yeah, we just… trained together." Miki said, "Remi is a tough one."
"Ah hah… you're also tough, Miki!" Remi complimented, "Just that… whatever you meant with 'height of water' before?"
"Oh, that…" Miki said as she hung her head low, "I'm… not so good at swimming."
"Not very good at swimming?" Sayaka asked, confused, "What do you mean?"
"Well… it's just the one thing I've been unable to do. I can't swim." Miki recalled several times during the battle against Deathdark, on how she was rendered helpless as the Spotmen dragged her underwater, and later at a swimming pool, when the rest of the Goggle Five were swimming, she stayed on the sidelines. And of course, just lately, she nearly drowned if it wasn't Youhei being there and saving her. "And how many times has it been that the enemy took advantage of it. But… I know we just don't have time for such trivial thing, so I guess I'll have to manage."
"Please, don't say that, Miki…" Mako got close to her, cheering her up, "If it's okay, I'll teach you swimming next time."
"Mako?" Miki was a bit confused with Mako's statement, "But… can you…"
"Don't worry. I am a kindergarten teacher after all." Mako stated, until she put her hand on her mouth in shock, "I-I mean, I'm not treating you like a kindergartener! It's just that as a kindergarten teacher, I used to save children from drowning whenever there's a class trip and one of the children fell to a body of water. Lake, river… or anything, really."
"Ooh… so I see that you also have that side." Sayaka nodded, "I never thought you had it. I mean, Remi's a teacher too, right?"
"Yeah, I'm a teacher… but usually we Siblings Teachers stick together and when incidents like what Mako described happened…" Remi stated, remembering her family, "It's my brother Ken who's up for the swimming job. He's the PE teacher after all, and I'm a music teacher."
"I know I'm no water-based warrior unlike Sayaka or my other friend…" Mako said, realizing that she's Samurai of Wind rather than Samurai of Water, such position was held by Ikenami Ryuunosuke, but he's not present and she's not sure of his swimming capabilities after his whole life dedicated for Samurai and Kabuki, "But I'll do my best to teach you. Don't worry, Miki."
"But why did you go so far to offer this to me?" Miki asked, "I appreciate your offer, but…"
"Let's just say it's my way to make good use of my teacher experience." Mako said, "Besides, Sayaka was teaching me how to cook. I want to also contribute to the team outside of fighting."
"Thank you, Mako." Miki said as she held Mako's hand in gratitude. Both of them were smiling, until she looked a little down and was surprised, "Whoa…!"
"Um… is something wrong, Miki?" Mako asked.
"No no. I don't mean to be rude, Mako… but…" Miki said, "Mako… you've got pretty big ones on the chest, don't you?"
"E-eh? !" Mako was flustered as she slightly covered her breasts, until she realized that she's in an all-girl room, thus no reason to be flustered. "They… they're not that big, are they?"
"Miki got a point, though." Sayaka said, "You're pretty developed in that area. I think you beat mine."
"So! I guess there's a secret in body development during your training as a samurai, huh?" Remi also teased.
"No, you got it wrong. Samurai training has nothing to do with this…" Mako said, as she looked rather confused. "Besides, Miki…"
"Yes?"
"You're also growing on your own too." Mako said back, in which Miki started to look at hers, "Give it a few years and I think you'd be on this level too."
"Well it's not like it's a big deal…" Miki said, slightly apologetic that she brought the discussion into this, "Sorry I commented…"
"It's okay, Miki. Besides…" Mako also cheered her up, "Your skin is pretty soft. I could ask the same on how you take care of your skin…"
"Eh…?" Miki felt her face red as eventually the ladies started discussing about their body…
Unknown to the girls, on the other side, there was a nefarious plan on the works. In the men's bath, there were Youhei and Gai bathing together. On hearing the ladies' chatting, Gai immediately caught on, "All four are in, right?" He asked, in a whisper.
"Huh? You mean…" Youhei didn't fully get what Gai meant.
"Yeah." Gai nodded, "You heard'em, right? Miki, Sayaka, Remi and Mako… they're all on the other side, right? This is a perfect chance!"
"Perfect chance? Gai, you mean…" Youhei asked and tried to guess, "You wanna peek on them? You sure about this?"
"Come on, Youhei! For a girl-chaser, I'm really disappointed with you holding back!" Gai persuaded, "This is a chance in a lifetime! A man's dream is about to come true! Are you a man to miss this chance out?"
At that moment, Youhei realized that basically, he's out of high school. There shouldn't be any restrictions. Driven with his lust as a man, he found himself agreeing with Gai. "Yeah, I guess you're right…! It's just this once, right?" A smile formed in his face as Gai nodded.
"Yeah, just once will be fine!"
Both men proceeded to go up and stand on the bath's corner, near the wall. They put on the nearby small chairs to get a better view. Only their heads were visible, but the girls did not notice, completely too absorbed to their chats.
"W… whoa… feels like I'm in a paradise…" Youhei commented, looking at the ladies, "The Super Sentai don't come with just power to fight evil, but the ladies chosen tend to be beautiful! Though of course their hearts are what matters the most, but this is a great boon!"
"So! Who do you think is the hottest, huh?" Gai asked naughtily, "I'm not gonna say mine till you said yours!"
"Well, I gotta re-evaluate again. Man! They're all hot!" Youhei said, looking at the ladies again, inspecting, "And I swear, Takeru is one hell of a lucky guy if his girlfriend is like Mako. She's just that blazing!"
There was an awkward silence in a while, but unknown to Youhei, Gai slipped away from his seat, as Youhei was too absorbed in looking while avoiding to be seen. Until finally, "Hey, Gai! I think I'm ready for my evaluation…" Youhei exclaimed as he looked to the side, and Gai was not there, "Gai?"
"Why don't you just ENJOY IN A CLOSER VIEW!" As Gai shouted, he was already on the ground, below Youhei as he picked up his ankles and raised it up, ultimately throwing Youhei to the girls' side.
"Wait wha-WHOOOAAAA!" Too late for Youhei, he crashed to the girls' bath tube, although he didn't stomp on any girl.
"KYAAA!" All girls shrieked and turned their back on Youhei when he resurfaced.
"Youhei! I never thought you… you would…" Miki uttered, rather disgusted at the fact.
"So this is the kind of person you are, huh, Youhei." Mako said in a cold tone, "You're the worst."
"Wa-wait! I can explain!" Youhei tried to defend himself, "Ga-Ga…" But before he could explain at all, a foot was planted on his head with quite the force, and the kicking continued "OW! OW! OW! OW!"
"You're just a pervert that needed a punishment! That's it!" Remi, the one who kicked him, declared as she continued to kick Youhei until he desperately got off the bath and ran off. All ladies then sighed.
"Well, there goes our peace in bath…" Sayaka commented.
Several minutes later, the ladies were in the dining room, drinking their teas together. It was then the door there suddenly opened, and Dai entered. "Sayaka! So about that project…" He was about to talk about an idea Sayaka talked about, combining the strength of their big guns, the Mermaid-zooka and Green Vul, respectively. However, what he received was a strangely eerie glare from all ladies, "Erm…" A sweat slightly dropped from Dai's forehead.
"Ah! Sorry about that, Dai." Sayaka said, finally realizing they became a little too tense over that incident, "What about that?"
"I think that can wait… But…" Dai finally braced himself to ask, "What just happened to you?"
"Well, a pervert just ruined our peaceful bath. That's that." Mako gave a short answer, she was clearly still annoyed.
"Uh, which pervert? We got, like, two, you know…" Dai asked again.
"Youhei." Remi answered, "And I gave him a good kicking for that." And just as they spoke, the door opened again and Youhei entered, now his head was slightly bandaged. "Oh, speak of the devil…"
"Uh… hi, ladies?" Youhei greeted, "Sorry, I didn't mean…"
"Liar." Miki gave a short retort that stabbed him right onto his heart.
"I… I think I'm just gonna take that bottle of water and buzz off, okay?" Youhei said in embarrassment and as he took a bottle of water and poured it onto a glass and drank it, he got out, in which Dai followed.
"Hold up, Youhei. The heck just happened?" Dai asked, "Peeping directly on the ladies' bath? Man, you're really forward."
"I told you, I didn't mean it!" Youhei stated, "You see, Gai…" But just as he said that, there was an alarm ringing. He chose not to continue as they ran off, catching up with Takeru and Gai in the main control room. "So what now?"
"Looks like a challenge message." Takeru said, "Seemed like it came from Ahames…"
"Sounds awfully confident of her." Dai said, "So do we just answer like that?"
"Yeah, of course!" Gai enthusiastically answered, bringing his fist together, "The quicker she's dead with her own foolishness, the better!"
"I don't think it'll be that easy, Gai." A voice was heard from behind after the sound of door opening, as Sayaka and the rest of the ladies already got there as well, "Ahames is a cunning woman. Knowing her, I think a trap is lying within that challenge."
"Of course I know that." Gai answered, but still insistent with his opinion, "But if we just stay, imagine what she'll do with other innocents."
"I reckon that she'll kill innocents just to lure us out. We really have no choice but to answer to that." Takeru predicted, but then he saw Youhei looking uneasy, "What's the matter with you, Youhei?"
"N-nothing, really!" Youhei stated. All this time, he looked at the ladies with an uneasy look.
"What's with that look to them?" Takeru couldn't miss how he looked at the ladies. He then looked at them, "Well?"
"I know you're worried, Takeru." Miki tried to avert the discussion, "But I think the innocents endangered with Ahames' wrath if we don't answer to the challenge are more of concern than how Youhei looked at us."
"Right. You're going to have an explanation once this is done." Takeru agreed at them as he looked at the rest, "Let's go."
The challenge was issued to a mountainous area, rather than in the middle of the city. It was very surprising of Ahames to adapt this tactic as the group confronted her. "Ahames…" Sayaka called out, "We're here."
"So, you've come." Ahames stated as she looked at the rest, "Long since you've fought against us when we send out monsters. But not this time. You will know terror… and why we lead those monsters."
At that moment, something struck Mako. A sudden chill… sending numbness to her bone. "Mako?" Miki noticed as she called her out, "Are you feeling all right?"
"N-nothing." Mako shook her head, "We need to be careful, though. Somehow I think she's hiding something. A trump card or sorts."
"I agree. When high-ranking enemies attack us directly like this…" Gai said, starting to remember all the battles he had thus far with the elite of Vyram along with the Jetman, "They have something up to their sleeve."
"Got it. Everyone keep your guards up." Takeru stated as he prepared his Shodo Phone and the rest also prepared to transform.
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Cross Changer!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Prism Flash! Shut Goggle!"
And thus, the eight transformed. Ahames just looked at them confidently, not even faltering that eight on one would still be a heavy handicap for her.
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"The same, Pink! Shiraishi Mako."
"The Samurai Sentai authorized by the Providence…" "Shinkenger! Go forth!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Black Condor!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Green Flash!"
"We are… Super Sentai!"
"Okay, are you done?" Ahames taunted, "Go ahead and spew all those. I have all the time I need to beat the living out of you."
"Don't worry, we're done." Shinken Red said as he unleashed his Rekka Daizantou while the rest also prepared their other weapons, "No need to show mercy!"
However, as they ran towards her, Ahames just pointed her hand forward. A blast of energy was unleashed for each of her fingers and after she took down five, with one energy blast, she pointed her wand forward and blasted another two, and used the baton to block the last attacker, Shinken Red. Even when armed only with a wand, Ahames was more than a match than Shinken Red, while clashing their weapons, she delivered a knee strike to him before smacking him away with her wand.
'Such power, coming from a small wand…!' Shinken Red said, but even Ahames had no time to rest either. Leaping behind her were both Black Condor and Change Mermaid, using the Bringer Sword and Change Sword in an attempt to slash her. However, in a quick moment, Ahames generated a whip from her wand and in one swipe, she sent the two of them crashing to a nearby cliff.
"Gah! Damn, that hurt…!" Black Condor said as he got up.
"This is more than that…!" Change Mermaid then realized something. Long before her death, she was bathed with the Rigeru Aura, enhancing her strength. Now there's something more in her. "Everyone, be careful!"
Next up was Green Flash. With Prism Kaiser at hands, he launched a flurry of straights, but to his surprise, Ahames was able to dodge all of the punches thrown by him, and with her wand, she struck at his side when he's open. And even the heroes didn't let up, as quickly as that happened, Five Yellow continued with a flurry of martial arts strikes. However, rather than dodging, Ahames continued to parry most of her strikes.
And even Green Flash wasn't done for after being struck like that. He joined Five Yellow in striking Ahames, but she also parried him well, and eventually she attacked both of them with her wand-turned-whip in one swipe, knocking them off.
"No way, she really is that strong…!" Five Yellow lamented, "All my attacks, parried like that…!"
"She can even dodge my strikes…!" Green Flash said as well.
"Not the time to give up yet!" Goggle Pink stated as she prepared her Pink Ribbon. With that she leapt. "Sky High!" She yelled as she started twirling her ribbon, "Ribbon Shower!"
The attack seemed to faze Ahames a bit as the flurry of ribbons started to confuse her. However, then she noticed something at the side… Shinken Pink was about to attack with her Shinkenmaru.
"Shinkenmaru… Tenkuu no Mai!" She then unleashed a gust slash with her Shinkenmaru. However Ahames reacted quickly as she suddenly grabbed the ribbon, and she quickly reacted by pulling it down, bringing Goggle Pink into the line of the gust slash, causing her to receive the attack. "Oh no! Miki!"
"I'm fine, Mako!" Goggle Pink tried to assure her as Shinken Pink was helping her to get up. However, that chance was used for Ahames to point her finger to them, and unleashed an unusually blue energy blast which engulfed both pink warriors. "What… what was that?" Strangely for them, it didn't cause them any pains.
"Heh… you will soon start seeing it…" Ahames grinned as she looked at the two pink warriors. Her attention was distracted with the sound of gun as she looked and was quick enough to form a smaller Hard Wall, which deflected the bullets shot by Blue Turbo with his J-Machine Gun. "What's the matter, boy? Too scared to attack from close range? Coward…"
"What? !" Blue Turbo was infuriated, falling for Ahames' mocking, "I'll show you I'm no slouch at close either! Turbo Laser, Sword Mode!" He immediately ran and tried slashing Ahames, in which she, without troubles, blocked it with her wand and used the other hand to eventually hold him in a choke hold.
"What a joke…" Ahames taunted, "Regardless, there's someone special waiting for you… personally. Meet her." As Ahames said that, she threw Blue Turbo aside. Raising her hand, she eventually exclaimed, "Hard Wall!" With that, she created not only one dome of Hard Wall, she created two instead, one covering her with the Super Sentai except Blue Turbo, while he was stuck in one smaller dome.
"What gives? ! Hey!" Blue Turbo protested, but then he felt that he was whipped from behind. The whip was strong enough that he smashed onto the wall. As he collapsed, he noticed who's the culprit, "Jarmin…!"
"Blue Turbo. Welcome to your Hell." Jarmin said as she took a slow walk with her whip ready. She swung her whip, and although it wasn't as fast as Ahames' lash, it was of longer reach and a much more powerful one.
"Gah!" Blue Turbo grunted as he tried to get up. However at that point, Jarmin started to run her mouth once more.
"Pathetic. I wonder what that Bell Chime Bouma see in a man like you." Jarmin started touching some really forbidden area, "Easy to brainwash, and a weakling at that…"
"You damn woman!" Blue Turbo started to lose his patience as he drew both his Turbo Laser Gun Mode and J-Gun, and started frantically shooting at her, "Don't you dare mention that name anymore, you have no right for it!"
As the attack was not very concentrated enough, it was easily deflected with Jarmin's whips. She continued the barrages of whipping, getting close enough to him that he had trouble on fighting, as he had more firepower on long range. "What's the matter, Blue Turbo? Close range not fitting enough for you?" Jarmin continued to taunt.
"Shut up!" He yelled as he tried throwing a punch to her face, but she was able to dodge it and strike him with a kick, knocking him away.
Contrary to what the other thought, the rest of the Super Sentai was able to hear what happened during the one-on-one between the Turboranger and the Bouma Princess. However, they also had trouble as they were also being overwhelmed by Ahames in their side. "Damn it, Youhei! Get ahold of yourself!" Black Condor suddenly yelled, "That attack should be nothing! You could dodge attacks like that, usually!"
"Worry about yourself!" Ahames' cut out Black Condor's yell as she blasted him off with her finger blast. She continued with leaping, dodging Five Yellow's attempt to bind her with the Melody Tact, and instead launched a flying kick to her, knocking her.
"This speed is unnatural…!" Change Mermaid commented, shooting out her Change Sword, although Ahames was dodging it too, "She wasn't like this when we fought…"
"Hahaha… as I said, I don't even need a monster to defeat you all." Ahames declared confidently, "This dome… this mountain… it will be your grave!" As she said that, she raised her finger and unleashed many energy blasts, which struck all the Super Sentai.
"Kuh…" Shinken Red tried to get up, but at that moment, his eyes went to Blue Turbo struggling against Jarmin, 'No way… Youhei's movements are hampered… he's clearly not thinking straight here…!'
"Even with half of our new strength, you are no match for me." Jarmin suddenly boasted, which was heard by the rest of the Super Sentai.
"Half? !" Green Flash said in shock, "That means…"
"Heh, I guess explaining won't hurt at all." Ahames said, "Indeed, our strength has been increased… all thanks to the spirit of my beloved Jangeran, brought forth by Radiguet. I inherited the ice half of Jan… while Jarmin inherited the fire half of Geran."
"But it wasn't their elemental power that we got, but aspects of it." Jarmin continued, just finished knocking Blue Turbo away with her whip, "With the split, I got extreme power, while Ahames got extreme speed and accuracy. And that… will be enough to defeat you!"
"But… if you gain power, then you're not slowing down…" Shinken Pink noticed, "Or… in Ahames' case, getting a little weaker."
"Insolence!" Ahames replied by blasting Shinken Pink with her finger blast, "Against the likes of you, I have no need to go all out!"
"All out…? Are you mocking us? !" Blue Turbo started yelling once more.
"Yes." Jarmin suddenly nodded as she smiled, "And you know one of the aspects we needed to do in order to receive this power? A sacrifice of a thousand of humans."
"Indeed. While Mazurka, Doldora and Lee Keflen kept you busy with their latest monster…" Ahames stated, remembering on how they unleashed the flea-sized monster against the Super Sentai, it turned out it was a distraction, "We proceeded with our operation to capture many people, put them in a cell and destroy the very ounce of their souls."
"No… no, it can't be…!" Goggle Pink was shocked hearing it, which means, if they got this power, they would've taken the lives of thousands of men, "We're too late… This… this can't be forgiven…!"
"And you know?" Jarmin suddenly continued as the smile became a twisted one, "Amongst the victims I claimed, it turned out that there's one who kept calling your name, Blue Turbo."
"What…? ! Who? !" Blue Turbo was shocked. What was Jarmin up to, which friend did she claim? Regardless of who it was, he was very sure he couldn't even forgive her.
"Worry not, it's none of those Turborangers, although I wish it was." Jarmin continued, "It was a normal girl, I think younger than yours. I asked her name, she called herself 'Risa'."
"Risa…? !" Blue Turbo started to remember. It was that girl he befriended when he was a child, 13 years before he became a Turboranger. She had to leave her house due to her home being 'cursed' while in truth, it was built upon a seal of a Bouma creature. "You…!" He started to fear. What has Jarmin done to her?
"I specifically separated her from the rest…" Jarmin gleefully spoke as seconds by seconds, she started infuriating Blue Turbo further, "And personally tortured her, slowly and painfully until she died a miserable death! She kept calling your name, you know…"
"Stop it… STOP IT!" To her surprise, it wasn't Blue Turbo who said that, but instead Goggle Pink, already troubled with how she listened to all those. She would try to reach for them and attack Jarmin, but the Hard Wall surrounding her made her unable to move further.
"Jarmin… JAAARRRMIIINNN!" There was nothing more Blue Turbo could do except getting carried over by his anger as he ran forward, trying to strike at her, his rage was completely unbridled that Jarmin dared to personally hunt down nearly everyone close to him and kill them off just to spite at him.
"Youhei, no!" Goggle Pink called out, but he wasn't even listening.
"Calm yourself, Youhei!" Even Shinken Red had to call out too, but he wasn't even listening to him as well.
That was exactly how Jarmin predicted. With his emotions awry, his focus decreased, and it enables Jarmin to swipe her face, revealing her snake-head and breathed a big fire that knocked Blue Turbo away, damaging him greatly that he de-transformed.
"You'll never beat me, after all." Jarmin said as she calmly approached the fallen, but still struggling to get up Youhei, "You fail as a protector."
"You… bastard…!" Youhei growled, but the damage in his body was too much that he was unable to move.
"You Turboranger swore to protect nature at all cost, but there's one thing that makes you a hypocrite…" Jarmin said further, "Cars. Vehicles such as those are one of the sources of pollution that continue to ruin nature! And you were all like you would protect nature… while ruining it at the same time with your theme? ! That's the biggest joke I've ever heard!"
"Wha…!" At that point, Youhei was frozen. He was too busy with his duty as a Turboranger that he forgot that cars were commonly cited as one of the biggest pollution source, especially on the air. 'If that was the case, then was everything about protecting nature from pollution a lie…? ! No… no…!'
"Let me deprive you from this life of hypocrisy. You should be grateful!" As Jarmin said that, she raised her leg… and thrust it down to Youhei's wrist, stomping on his Turbo Brace and creating a crack over it.
"AAAAGGHH!" With a yell, Youhei felt an immense pain as many of the Turboranger power left him. As he collapsed, he knew for sure he couldn't transform anymore. What accompanied his fall to unconsciousness was Jarmin's triumphant laughter.
Meanwhile, the other Super Sentai also witnessed the brutality displayed by Jarmin. By majority, everyone was angered, "That Jarmin…!" Shinken Pink stated angrily, "This is unforgivable… She will pay for this."
"Damn it!" Black Condor punched on the Hard Wall with his Wing Gauntlet, as if trying to break her, "You witch, just state that you're a coward, hiding behind that wall! Come here if you dare!"
"Heh… have you all forgotten?" Ahames stated, witnessing how Black Condor tried to break her Hard Wall, "As long as I am around… these Hard Wall will be stronger."
"Tch…!" Green Flash lamented, but someone tapped on his shoulder trying to calm him down.
"We've got no choice. We must bet on that." Change Mermaid said, with her Mermaidzooka at hand.
"We haven't tested it, right?" Green Flash asked, "What if it…"
"I know, but if we want to get to Youhei fast and help him with Ahames around, we have no choice!" Change Mermaid stated, hoping that at least Green Flash would understand.
"Got it." Green Flash said as he activated the prismatic gem on his forehead, summoning something, "Green Vul!" It was a huge vulcan gun. If he and the rest of the Flashman were here, they would unleash their vulcans and unleash the Rolling Vulcan, but at this moment, this would have to do. Thanks to some modification made by Sayaka recently, they were able to combine both Green Vul and Mermaidzooka.
"Super Disc"
"That… might not be enough." All of the sudden, Shinken Red turned to Super Shinken Red and stood by their side, "I'll help." On his hand was Mougyuu Bazooka.
"Thanks, Takeru!" Change Mermaid nodded as she held Green Flash on the back as they took aim. "Target marked…!"
"Green Vul, fire!" As Green Flash yelled, he fired on the Green Vul, which unleashed a beam accompanied with the bullets shot from the Mermaidzooka.
"Super Mougyuu Bazooka… Gedou Fukumetsu!" Super Shinken Red followed by shooting out the Mougyuu Bazooka to the same spot, which eventually yielded result and as they continued firing, it not only broke through the Hard Wall on their side, but also went through the Hard Wall which contained Jarmin, in which she had to dodge the bullet. "Tch, missed." Thankfully, however, such act destroyed the Hard Wall set.
"Youhei!" Goggle Pink, Black Condor and Five Yellow hurried to Youhei's side as they attempted to tend to him, worried on his health, "Are you all right?"
"Heh heh heh…" Ahames' laugh suddenly caught their attention, "It's time I show you the huge difference between your power and our power. Jarmin, let's go."
As Jarmin nodded, both put their hands together and raised them above. All of the sudden, many lightning gathered to their hand… and there was a force of wind preventing the Super Sentai to approach the two dark ladies. "HAA!" As they pointed their hands forward, the lightning took form in two headed huge serpentine dragons as they clashed to the Super Sentai.
"WHAAA!" The Super Sentai took heavy damage as they were knocked away, being de-morphed as a result. "No way… that's… too strong…!"
"Hah, you are nothing at all!" Jarmin boasted, "Enjoy your last week unable to get even at us. After that… you can go ahead and witness how we destroy this Earth, and you cannot do a thing to prevent that to happen!"
As the two ladies vanished, everyone was struggling to get up. However, Takeru wasn't one to lose hope that easily. "In that case… a week is enough for us to come up with a countermeasure…!"
Back at Kizuna, everyone attended to the meeting room, despite being bruised and all. They were discussing on what possible options they could have against Jarmin.
"So basically…" Remi noted, "If they unite, things could go south for us. That dragon-thing attack is disastrous. We gotta prevent that."
"But then, you do realize that even alone, Ahames and Jarmin are that powerful?" Gai made a point which shocked the team, "You sure you can endure all their solo fighting?"
"We can endure that, no problem." Dai encouraged, "We were far from done back then. It was just that when Jarmin suddenly had her way we were disoriented. If we focus on them…"
"Dai got it right." Takeru concluded, "If we endure, their weakness will eventually show. After that, we strike. I've also got a hunch…"
"Hunch? What hunch?" Miki asked, knowing the gleam in Takeru's eyes, she realized he might have a conclusion or plan.
"If we cut off one of their powers… the other will be disrupted. In other words, we disable one, and we'll have an easier time." Takeru explained, "In that case… I do have a risky plan. We will go over the previous fighting arrangement, the rest of us against Ahames, while Youhei takes on Jarmin. If he can take advantage of her lust to screw him off and catch her off guard…"
"That's an easy thing for you to say, Takeru." Suddenly Mako brought up a very vital point, "However, do you realize what kind of condition Youhei is right now?" As such, everyone looked at Youhei, who's not really in a good mood. His head was down, too consumed with many anguish that not only he couldn't transform with his Turbo Brace ruined, he was unable to prevent the death of one of his childhood friend, and he also realized the hypocrisy about saving nature with one of the things that usually polluted them.
"Youhei." Takeru approached him, he knew he felt pity on him, but he had no time to show it, "We have no choice, and there's only a week. You have to do it."
"That's… Of course I'm going to do it!" Youhei suddenly yelled in anger, "Jarmin… I'm going to make her pay for everything! Even if I'm dead for trying!"
With the look on Youhei's eyes, even every lady who lambasted on him for peeping on their bath was unable to feel annoyed. They started to feel on Youhei's anguish.
"Youhei, calm yourself." Miki tried to ensure him, "It's just like how Radiguet did to me. Jarmin sought to rile you up to the point of anger, if you act like this, you're just playing into her game…"
"Even so, I can't just ignore this or forgive her!" Youhei, still in anguish and not realizing what he was doing, suddenly yelled angrily at Miki, "That woman gave me hell! If I do not make her pay, I… I…!"
"Cool your head down a little!" Takeru also added, with an equally high yell, "Anger clouds your overall concentration. If you can't get over it, the plan's doomed, and so is Earth. You should be the one using Jarmin's unnecessary desire, rather than her using you!"
"Yeah, right. Then tell me how!" Youhei yelled back, "After her success of killing thousands of men, my childhood friend included, and telling me some harsh truth on my power, tell me how I can calm the hell down!"
"This isn't going to work…" Takeru sighed, "Very well. The rest you, train like usual. Youhei, you train with me… along with Mako."
"Eh?" Mako was surprised hearing it, "Me, train Youhei?"
"Perhaps some essence of samurai may be the one thing he needed right now… on how to clear one's mind to focus on the goal." Takeru explained. And thus, he turned towards Sayaka, "Sayaka, I'll entrust Youhei's Turbo Brace with you."
"What am I going to do with it?" Sayaka said, looking at the ruined Turbo Brace.
"I know I'm asking too much, but… with your intelligence, you may be able to find a way to get this fixed." Takeru stated, and as they looked at Youhei's pitiful state, Sayaka understood that this had to be done, "If you can do it, our success is guaranteed."
"I'm not sure I'm well versed in how the fairy power works… but I'll do my best." Sayaka confirmed with a nod, "Perhaps some of the Earth Power can be of help…"
"Very good… Guess that's the plan." Takeru finally concluded, "Remember, in one week, we need to be ready."
Two days passed, and the training regiment has begun. While Miki and the rest were at least doing fine, Youhei hadn't made any progress at all. Takeru had him spar with either him or Mako, using shinai and if he was able to land a hit to both of them, he'd consider the whole training over. However, up until that moment, Youhei wasn't able to land a hit.
"Gah!" Once again, Mako was able to knock Youhei down without her being hit at all. "Damn… How is this fair…!"
"Unfair? It's pretty basic." Takeru, who was watching the whole fight and just called off the fight, said coldly, "If you can't even get past this… you'll just end up as a burden. You'll end up useless."
"Takeru!" Mako suddenly protested. She knew Youhei's mind was troubled and it was quite harsh for him to just belittle him lke that, "You don't need to act like that…"
"Don't pamper him too much, Mako." Takeru sternly stated, "In this kind of situation, he must develop a calm mind."
"Calm… CALM? !" Youhei felt like screaming all his anger off as he yelled, "Takeru! Have you ever felt on how you lost those you dear of? ! And all because of some crazy witch just feels like being a dick to you? !"
"I'd… agree with the first part. It was painful, yes." Takeru nodded calmly, recalling that very moment he had to reveal his status as Shiba Kaoru's body double. He lost everything and when he saw his own reflection, he felt like he's nothing, "But if I can get over that pain… you can as well. Stop whining and continue the training."
"I know you're in anguish, Youhei, but please…" Mako said as she took another stance, "Takeru is right. You've got to calm down."
"That's easy for you to say!" Youhei took his shinai and ran forward, trying to strike at Mako. At that point, she dodged easily and knocked him in the back of his neck that eventually dropped him unconscious.
"That was bold…" Takeru commented.
"I had to do it. Sorry, Takeru, but can we call it a day?" Mako said, "At this rate… Youhei will not be able to learn anything. His heart wavers so hard."
"Perhaps." Takeru nodded, acknowledging that he probably was too harsh, "I guess I was forcing my way in. But… what choice do we have? Only five more days before Ahames' promised day."
"It's all right, Takeru. Just leave it to me." Mako smiled at Takeru as she approached him. Looking at her smile, Takeru read that she did have a plan, "I'll make sure Youhei will be back in full shape and clearer mind to advance. He can do it. After all… he's our senior, right?"
"Right." Takeru nodded in acknowledgement.
The night approached. Everyone was retiring to their quarters. On her way to her quarter, Mako ended up meeting with someone. "Ah… Miki."
"Mako…" Miki stated, "How is Youhei doing?"
"I'm afraid he's not advancing at all." Mako sighed in regret, "The weigh of realizing that he might be fighting for a lie all the time, add to the fact that he just lost someone he cherished… even if it's just childhood friend… Perhaps it's too much for him."
"No… this… this isn't happening…" Miki was filled with grief as she heard what Mako said. "Youhei… he dwindled into this state in a quick succession. I… I can't bear to see him like this!" She lowered her head, as her voice started to tremble, "He usually kept a bright face every time, even in the face of misfortune. I feel so sorry for him this time… for real. But I can't do anything…"
"Miki… don't cry. You're about to." Mako realized what happened as she patted Miki on her head. "Right now he's just a confused boy seeking comfort. I hope I can at least ease his mind… But you don't need to worry. I'll take care of him."
"You know a way?" Miki asked, confused with what Mako meant.
"Well it's kind of hard to express it with words. But I only ask for your trust." Mako insisted, "Will you trust me?"
"I… I trust you, Mako." Miki nodded, finally able to give a smile that signified her approval. Mako nodded as they eventually parted ways.
Before she got into her quarter, Mako passed through the training hall once more. "GAAAH!" Hearing a scream, she quickly opened it, and saw Youhei getting bashed with a small ball launched by the machine there. He was apparently training by himself.
"Training in spare time is good." Mako stated as she approached Youhei, "But you don't need to overexert yourself, you know?"
"What? Came to lecture me?" Youhei stated as he looked Mako in disappointment. Shortly after, he started laughing at his patheticness, "Hahahaha… I guess… I am just a liar after all."
"No, you're just making it up." Mako insisted, "You got too consumed with Jarmin's words."
"But it's true, isn't it?" Youhei lamented further as his voice also started to tremble, "I couldn't protect my childhood friend… my lover… I fought for nature while using the things that polluted them… Despite all my boast to restore nature and protect people… I only end up as a hypocrite."
"Youhei, stop." Mako was also trembling, "Try to think of something positive. Please… don't make me do this."
"And even moreso, I couldn't even lay a scratch on you in training, and then Jarmin will get the last laugh…" Youhei started rambling further, "I guess in the end, I'm not even a strong warrior… I've disappointed everyone. You probably see me as just a useless pervert now… Go ahead… you can start…"
"Enough!" All of the sudden, Mako stopped Youhei with her voice. To his surprise, she circled her arm around his head and gave him a tight hug. It shocked him to the point of speechlessness as Mako hand softly rubbed him on his back, like trying to calm a crying baby, "There, there… It's all right, Youhei… it's all right…"
"B… but…"
"Youhei, you're not useless. You are part of the team. Your friends can't bear to see you like this. You shouldn't disappoint them. We don't think of you as a hypocrite." Mako assured him, still hugging him, "I mean, I know I was shocked that one time you got into the ladies' bathroom, but when I think about it, accidents do happen. We're not mad at you."
"…"
"Jarmin… she's probably goading your anger all the time." Mako continued, "If you act like this, Jarmin will continue to laugh at you from afar. You can't let her beat you down like this."
"But I failed to…"
"Your friend probably is not blaming you. Even if you lose a portion of your power, if your mind's calm enough, you can overcome everything. That's why, Youhei… calm down, okay?"
Being hugged by Mako and comforted with encouraging words like what she just said, for once Youhei felt at peace, the anger within him starting to seep away from his mind. He's taking a deep breath and was able to process what Mako said to him and realized she's right. "I guess I am a fool for moping about something trivial like this. You're right, I was just playing into Jarmin's plans. I can't let her win like this."
"That's good, Youhei." Mako said as she now realized that Youhei has gotten a little better as she released her hug, "So, tomorrow you'll resume the training, okay?"
"You bet I will." With his confidence returned, Youhei replied with a smile and Mako returned with another smile, glad that at least her counseling worked.
And by the next day, Youhei has been showing good progress in battle. He's able to keep up with Mako's attacks and she's not even holding back. 'Certainly something has changed in Youhei…' Takeru noticed.
But eventually the chance did arrive, and Mako used that to hit on Youhei, making him lose points. "Ah, rats…" Youhei lamented, but not in a gloomy way anymore.
"You're doing even better, Youhei." Takeru suddenly complimented, "Previously, you wouldn't be able to last this long against Mako."
"I'm not done yet!" Youhei said, spirit swelling within his mind and body, "Come on, another round, Mako!"
"Well, sure…" Mako was about to comply, but then suddenly Takeru got up.
"No. You watch this time, Mako." Takeru offered as he picked up his shinai, "Youhei… spar with me for now."
"Ooh, okay!" Youhei nodded without complaining. Thus the training continued. Youhei might not be able to land a concise blow to Takeru, but he was able to clear his mind to last very long in the sparring.
'Risa, Rin… do not worry anymore. I'll stop Jarmin… not just for your sake, but also for everyone in this Earth! I don't care if I look like a hypocrite about nature's pollution. But I cannot just sit down and worry about being hypocritical or not when Earth needs help!'
But while Youhei was getting close to his own closure, things weren't going that well for Sayaka. Days of research and fixing, all seemed fruitless. After all, she wasn't one to be an expert in the mystical nature of the Turbo Brace.
She hesitated on using the Earth Force. She feared for an imbalance of power that would wreak the power even further, and if the Earth Force was incompatible with the fairy's power. And it was nearing that promised day.
'I'm useless…' Sayaka thought as she buried her head to her hand, which was resting on her research table, 'If I can't do this… what would be of Youhei…? Even he's fighting hard to overcome his ordeals…'
"Then take that risk." There was a voice that she suddenly heard, making her jump from her head-burying.
"What? ! Who's there? !" Sayaka called out, but she saw nothing.
"Imbue Earth Power into the Turbo Brace." The voice continued to speak, "It is the only way. The Earth Power and the fairy's force may be compatible."
"What if it's not?" Sayaka protested, knowing the risk she ran into.
"Have faith." The voice continued to speak, "Your friend is depending on you. Find your courage to take the risk, and it will succeed."
Sayaka took a deep breath. The voice was quite right after all, she was overcome with fear that her traits as Changeman wouldn't fit within the Turboranger's repertoire. "All right, let me try again." With renewed vigor, she sat down and continued her research to imbue some of the Earth Power into the Turbo Brace.
And somewhere on the sky, the same voice echoed once more… revealing to be a female's voice.
"I hope my small visit will produce something good. This'll do… right, Rakiya?"
However, even the voice suddenly became worried.
"What? ! They're planning that…? ! Please hurry, Super Sentai… I fear that your darkest hour is approaching at this rate…"
The promised day finally came. However, rather than seeking out the Super Sentai, Ahames and Jarmin was already headed to a sealed cavern. Using their newfound power, they defeated an independent creature guarding a chest, striking it with immense lightning blast combining their strength together. The chest was theirs for the taking.
"Hmm… This is certainly that chest." Jarmin noted, as she picked up the chest.
"Very good. Then even if they make a comeback, they won't be able to stop us." Ahames stated further, "And the rest is up to Radiguet." Despite how she seemed to trust on Radiguet for this particular operation, deep down Ahames didn't fully trust him. 'I suppose you can enjoy the times we work as an ally… until your guard's down… and I will claim what you built up for myself. I'll just hold on until the Super Sentai are wiped out.'
When they exited the cave, however, they were stopped the Super Sentai themselves. "Oh, came back for more beating, aren't you all?" Ahames greeted, grinning confidently.
"No." Takeru stated, "We came for a payback."
"Payback? Hahaha… that's rich." Jarmin laughed as she eyed at Youhei, "Even if one of you proved to be a hypocrite, and can't even transform after I destroyed his means of transforming?"
"Jarmin… Shut up." Youhei said, while his fury was still intact, his mind was much more focused and tranquil, "Would you like to see how you are proven wrong?"
"Ha! Go ahead, and fail…" Jarmin stated, but she was suddenly interrupted as Youhei just stepped forward and pushed both hands forward.
"Blue Turbo!"
At that point, he pressed the button and suddenly… he transformed just fine. "No… no way!" Jarmin was shocked, "But that time…"
"What you destroyed was just the device." Sayaka stated, "So as long as the device is fixed and filled with similar energy, the rest is up to Youhei's spirit, and he got it aplenty."
Blue Turbo nodded. Sayaka's research and repairing were successful just in time. He had tested transforming and was surprised that the Earth Force worked similarly with the fairy's power he had before. With his spirit augmenting it, the Earth Force stored in his Turbo Brace became converted into Rakiya's power that he used before, and he's back to normal. "You can call me a hypocrite if you want. But even if I am a hypocrite…" Blue Turbo said sternly as he drew his Turbo Laser sword, "I don't care, as long as I am protecting the Earth!"
"Grr…" Jarmin stated as she prepared her whip, "Regardless, I alone will be enough for this. Ahames, let's do this like usual."
"Of course…" Ahames said as she also prepared her whip. As both Blue Turbo and Jarmin moved away, Ahames then raised her staff, "Hard Wall!" Once again creating he dome, she sealed Blue Turbo and Jarmin together while she once again was surrounded with the other seven Super Sentai. "Very well… Come."
"You don't need to ask us to do that." Takeru stated as he unleashed his Shodo Phone, "Everyone get ready."
"OK!"
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Cross Changer!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Five Yellow!"
"Prism Flash! Shut Goggle!"
Thus the five once again transformed and started battling against Ahames, although once again her immense strength was giving her an edge.
"Keep enduring." Even if he was being knocked back so many times, Shinken Red encouraged further, "The weak point will pop up, I'm sure!"
"Are you joking me?" Ahames taunted, "I have no weakness."
"Ooh, sure you say." Five Yellow said, unfazed, "We'll just have to wait and see, right?"
"Of course. We trained very hard for this. Now we'll show you the result!" Green Flash stated as he managed to actually hit Ahames with a straight punch with Prism Kaiser on, but it only resulted her being knocked away several metres while still standing.
"You will never succeed!" Ahames assured as she once again began her assault…
On the other hand, Jarmin was lashing out her whip. However, at every turn, Blue Turbo could predict where the attacks come from, and if he wasn't dodging, he shoved it away with his Turbo Laser sword.
"You certainly improved. But you'll never beat me." Jarmin started running her mouth again as Blue Turbo just moved forward to her, "That is why… you'll never be able to avenge all those I killed. Your childhood friend, that lover of yours who is a traitor to the Bouma clan…"
There was silence as Blue Turbo eventually closed in and raised his sword, and suddenly slashed Jarmin in places she didn't expect. She backed down a little, but was quick to get up. "What's the matter? Aren't you going to…" She wasn't able to finish the sentence, but she found herself slashed again. "What…? !"
"You can go ahead and incite my anger. I'll just say what Ahames said… to you." Blue Turbo stated, while he was very angry, the training he had before helped him focus and not let his emotions cloud his fighting style, "You will never succeed."
As the fight continued, even when Blue Turbo closed his range, he always was one step ahead of Jarmin, trouncing her slowly. 'No way… My strategy of inciting his anger… failed…? ! Tch, if only I had Ahames' power to counter him further…'
Meanwhile, as Ahames fought the six, even if she had the advantage of strength and speed, the persistence of the Super Sentai was getting to her and it annoyed her. "Tch, why aren't you going down already? !" As annoyance started to build up on Ahames, something started to happen in her. There was a blue light on her chest.
"Over there…!" Black Condor noticed as he, Change Mermaid, Five Yellow and Green Flash prepared their side guns… the Bird Blaster, Change Sword, Five Blaster and Prism Shooter.
"Oh, I'm not falling for that…" Ahames tried to take a defensive position to defend herself from shoots like that. However, at that moment, she noticed that both Goggle Pink and Shinken Pink leapt with both Pink Dia Baton and Heaven Fan on their hands and struck Ahames, fighting against her at close range.
At that moment, the two ladies suddenly stepped aside as Ahames was caught off guard and the four fired their guns to the blue point, causing great damage to Ahames. "AGH! No…!" Ahames screamed as she fell to her knees, feeling rather depowered.
"Well, we warned you." Shinken Pink stated as she and Goggle Pink prepared for another strike.
"We're very persistent." As Goggle Pink said that, both ladies bashed Ahames away with their weapons, knocking her off.
"Super Disc"
However, at the same time, she didn't notice that Shinken Red turned into Super Shinken Red. Super Shinken Red immediately drew his Mougyuu Bazooka and then looked at where Jarmin fought against Blue Turbo. He shot the Bazooka, and to Ahames' surprise, the Hard Wall seemingly vanished all of the sudden. "N… no way! Because I used most of its power to maintain the Hard Wall…! Tch…"
There was a red light appearing at Jarmin's chest and Super Shinken Red aimed exactly at that, greatly depowering her. "GAAH! Ugh…" Jarmin was about to fall to her knees, but Blue Turbo stopped her, by shoving the J-Machine Gun at that very spot, at point blank range.
"Go straight to Hell, Jarmin." Blue Turbo said coldly, before he returned to his much more fiery self and fired a salvo of bullets right onto her body, pushing her away, "ALONG WITH YOUR EVILS!"
"AAH!" Jarmin fell, side by side with Ahames. "Grr… at this rate…"
"We got what we wanted. There's no point being here." Ahames stated as they struggled to get up, but then they realized the Super Sentai was preparing for their Super Sentai Ball. "Oh."
"We have no choice, we'll have to sacrifice it!" Jarmin insisted. Ahames could do nothing but nod. They held their hand together to summon their lightning.
"This will reduce Radiguet's ranks in two." Super Shinken Red said as the Super Sentai Ball flew to him and he was preparing his Mougyuu Bazooka, "Super Mougyuu Bazooka… Gedou Fukumetsu!" He shot the Bazooka, hitting the two balls to the dark ladies, but at that point they unleashed their two-headed dragon thunder strike.
The two forces clash and dissolved in a huge explosion. However, they could still sense the lives of the two dark ladies intact, not yet destroyed. "So they escaped, huh…" Black Condor said, "Oh well, that sure will teach the two that our persistence is not one to be underestimated!"
At that moment, however, suddenly both Goggle Pink and Shinken Pink felt weak and were on the verge of collapsing, until both Blue Turbo and Shinken Red halted their fall.
"Miki!"
"Mako, are you okay?" Super Shinken Red said.
"I'm fine. I just feel a bit dizzy…" Shinken Pink stated as she quickly regained composure, "But… the dizziness has passed."
"Me too." Goggle Pink said, "Still, Youhei… I'm glad for you."
"Thanks for the concern, Miki… but I'm fine now." Blue Turbo said, "I think I've learned some vital patience and self-control today. All thanks to Takeru and Mako. Oh and Sayaka too for her hard effort to bring my power back."
"No, it's not just me." Change Mermaid corrected, "You played part in your return to power."
"Heh…" Super Shinken Red said as he looked at the sky, in his heart, he vowed that he'd protect the whole world with the Super Sentai even better. No matter what dreaded things Radiguet planned, he'll be ready.
"This brings the chapter to a close."
In Kizuna, after the ordeal, everything was doing fine. Youhei was on the way to the training room once more, humming a song, once again back to his confident self. "Oh, hey! Mako!" As he came across Mako, he greeted her.
"Hello, Youhei. Feeling better?" Mako asked.
"Yeah, very much so!" Youhei answered cheerily, "Thanks a lot! I really mean it! You're…"
"Well it's good that you're feeling better. Now you'll have to excuse me." Mako then casually walked away from Youhei, "I have a planned meeting with Sayaka."
As Youhei looked at how Mako gave such casual thing, he found himself muttering, "So cool…!"
"Who?" A voice surprised him. As he looked behind, he saw Takeru near him.
"Hey, Takeru! Man, your girlfriend really has this cool aura going!" Youhei stated enthusiastically, "You're lucky you've got a girlfriend like…" However, such statement was interrupted when Takeru elbowed him.
"How many times do I have to tell you she is not my girlfriend?" Takeru said, "And even if you want to be her boyfriend based on that one comforting, dream on. She just showed extra care to you because you were in such a bad shape emotionally. Now that you're fixed, she'll be back treating you like a normal friend." It all just reminded him with his fellow blue Shinkenger, when the latter attempted to woo on Mako after being comforted, only to be rejected because at that time his default personality was 'hyperactive and annoying'
"R… right…" Youhei said as he held his stomach that got elbowed by Takeru. Until he remembered something, "Oh yeah! I just remembered! Something I remembered I wanna talk. It's about Gai…"
"Huh? What of Gai?" Takeru asked curiously.
"Can you believe it? He got me thrown off to the ladies' bathroom while we're both peeking…" Youhei was about to tell his story to Takeru. However, that suddenly caught an ear of someone unexpected.
"What?" It was Remi as she approached Youhei, "What about Gai? Did you say 'peeking'? Him?"
"Well, yeah, that's why I ended up in that bathroom!" Youhei said, "I was suckered by him!"
"So I guess that's why he was slightly laughing when he approached me before this whole incident with Jarmin and Ahames occurred." Takeru recalled, "He must've thought that looked funny."
"Ah, damn it!" Remi grunted as she clenched her fist, "He's gonna pay for this!" She then ran off, not even bothering with punishing Youhei further. She deemed him already punished with her kicks.
And later that night, when Gai was about to enter his room, he found out that Miki, Sayaka, Remi and Mako were all waiting for him. "Ah! Hello, ladies! Perhaps you're thinking about having a fivesome with me?"
"Gai, we heard something disturbing." Miki started as they slowly approached Gai.
"Uh… huh?"
"Well, you see… that time when Youhei got into our bath…" Remi said sinisterly, "You orchestrated that, after you've peeked on us too…"
"Uh… sure this ain't a misunderstanding?"
"I don't think the karmic hammer is going to let you off like that. Right, ladies?" Mako added.
"Er…"
"Gai…" As Sayaka stated, the four ladies already surrounded him, "You PERVERT!" As she yelled, they started stomping and beating on Gai.
"Ow! Stop! Not there! The hell are you doing? ! Stop! AAAAHH!"
And so it seemed like Gai would require a lot of rest after that beating. A day passed for the Super Sentai, a crisis quelled, and they managed to climb away from despair. However, the dark hour still loomed on the horizon. What kind of dark hour is it? Face it with bravery, Super Sentai! Fight, our Super Sentai!
"We got what you wanted." Back in the villains' dimension, Ahames handed the chest that she got to Radiguet, "Just make sure with this your plan works."
"No need to worry, it will work. The Super Sentai will fall." Radiguet said as he took the chest, "Finally, the element of my masterpiece is complete… Soon, soon there will be nothing more standing between me and my goal!"
'Hmph… it's all about him, he thinks.' Jarmin thought, hearing it, 'But just you wait. The last laugh won't be yours…'
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 26
Author's note: I dunno but it felt a little rushed, but I still hope you like this chapter. And yeah, that spirit conversing with Sayaka was actually Chiron from Turboranger. Hey, she tried an intervention to help the Sentai, it can happen occasionally, or maybe just once. We also saw Mako showing off her 'sister' attitude and even hugging Youhei for calmness. Thankfully, he avoided being Ryuunosuke. He also got some closure on his problem with Jarmin and overcame it. However, Radiguet's having a plan and it's rumored that the Super Sentai will reach its darkest hour. Wonder what that meant - GACK!
Radiguet's note: You heard us right, readers. Soon the dark hour of Super Sentai will happen and I will make sure that none of them will get out of that hour, they will be trapped there forever as I fulfill my goal! So stay tuned... and see me crush the Super Sentai! HAHAHAHAHA!