Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's Note: Ladies and gentlemen. First and foremost, let me apologize for these… years of hiatus. Things happen. Raw materials for the older series getting suddenly scarce. Interests shifted. But still I'm very proud of this work of mine and have always wanted to finish this, but couldn't seem to find the drive. Not to mention, there's this one big rule that I set upon myself for fic quality that I must finish a certain series first before I even write a chapter involving them. Then there's Gokaiger and its massive crossover elements that could ruin my plannings out of my respect on canon, so I had to back down and wait a bit.
But then, with certain liveblogs of a certain fic… It actually rebuilds my passion to write this fic and passion for Toku (not to mention, Ninninger looks like it could be great for me to come back). And it has been years since Gokaiger's tale has passed.
Well seeing that there's only one series that's left, I decided that I will forego that one rule just this one time, and just watch the important bits without finishing the series, only so I can move on.
That being said, this Author's note is over. I AM BACK, FOLKS! Let's not waste any more time and get back to the story.
ACT 28: Shed Your Doubt and Fight The Hunter!
"Fuwa Juzou…" In the base of the enemy, Radiguet faced the two people that inadvertently disrupted his plan. It was going really well too, with the male Super Sentai warriors turned to statue that ate up their bodies from the inside by worms and then the female Super Sentai warriors helplessly imprisoned and tied up within their base. But then, these two disrupted everything… "Jarmin…"
Rather than begging for mercy, the stray Gedou and Bouma princess instead readied their fighting stances and their weapons. They knew what they were doing, Radiguet was pretty angry and would more likely strike at them. A small, eerie silence enshrouded the scene as they waited until Radiguet made his move.
"Filthy traitors!" As Radiguet shouted, he raised his sword… but it turned out to be a fake out. His mouth unleashed a stream of energy blast, aimed at Jarmin. Fortunately, the dark princess managed to roll away to dodge it. Radiguet then moved forward and swung his sword towards Juzou, who blocked it with Uramasa. The two warriors clashed their blades first before they locked their blades together, "We were one step closer towards our grand victory, and you just had to ruin everything! Do you have any idea of what you were doing!?"
"I suppose you never truly understood me, Radiguet." Juzou said, still in a calm tone, but it was quite clear that he's getting rather annoyed with Radiguet, "I only wanted a good fight, especially one that ends with me killing a worthy opponent like Shinken Red. Your plan is putting that on halt with how you would turn him into a pathetic revenant… Great opponents like that don't come very often."
"Juzou's right…!" Jarmin added further, "I want my vengeance against the Turboranger, but I prefer it done with my own hands!" At this point, she knew that Radiguet wouldn't even show mercy. She had to strike first. Brandishing her whip, she took a step forward… "Ugh…!?" … Only to be stopped when an invisible fist struck her right on her stomach, followed by said fist suddenly choking her neck and lifting her up.
"Keep your foolish sentiments elsewhere!" Radiguet retorted, having put his hand to the direction of Jarmin and looked like he was the one choking her, "If you so ever want to fail again because of that, I'll happily put you out of your misery! I have no need for useless company."
Radiguet, however, forgot that he was dividing his strength between sword-locking with Juzou and choking Jarmin. As a result, only one hand was used to hold the sword against the stray Gedou. This chance wasn't even missed by him, as Juzou used his might to deflect Radiguet's blade and slashed him on the chest twice, knocking him away. Jarmin's grip weakened, but before she fell to the ground, she managed to empower her whip to lash on Radiguet before he eventually rolled to the ground.
"You shouldn't put your guard down as well." Juzou said as he walked towards Radiguet, "And for all you said about failures… How many times have you actually succeeded here in this dimension? Most of them ended in failures as well…" Radiguet gritted his teeth. In any rate, he also had his shares of failures to kill the Super Sentai, most of the time. Regardless, Juzou re-brandished his sword and walked towards Radiguet, "I don't think you are even fit to lead us…"
What Juzou was too late to notice was how Radiguet transformed his gritting teeth into a grin. Around the same time, as Jarmin was getting back to her feet, she heard something unusual… sounds of mechanical footsteps. And around that same time, beams were shot, striking Juzou from the back as he eventually collapsed and he felt powerless.
"Gedoushuu traces detected." Jarmin witnessed in shock as she looked at the figure that just entered, a fully armored white robot, carrying a gun. He's aiming at Juzou, and his phrase was cold and emotionless, "Destroy! Destroy!" And right as he said that, he pulled the trigger twice.
"Juzou!" Jarmin was quick to rush and protect Juzou. Just with reflexes, she powered up her whip and lashed away, thankfully deflecting to the two beams.
"This being is not programmed within my kill-list." The robot grunted at Jarmin's protection, "A shame."
"Not to worry, I will handle this." Radiguet responded by opening his mouth and unleashed a blast that struck Jarmin from behind, leaving her collapsed to the ground. Radiguet, now back on his feet, approached his two downed traitors, "You're all going to hell…!"
"Wait!" Surprisingly, this act was stopped when an unison of yell was heard, and soon, all the four of Ahames, Mazurka, Doldora and Lee Keflen moved in and circled around the downed bodies of Juzou and Jarmin.
"What, do you all really wish to go to hell with these two?" Radiguet threatened.
"This has better stop now, Radiguet!" Mazurka exclaimed, not moving from her position, "What good would killing these two do!?"
"They sabotaged our victory before! What more reasons do I need!?" Radiguet continued to retort.
"Acting out of emotional impulses like that will not be good in the long run, Radiguet!" Doldora reminded him, "What if we lose information source about the Shinkengers and Turborangers because we lost these two!?"
"Hm…?" At this point, Radiguet stopped. He seemed to understand what Doldora was trying to convey.
"We won't be able to think of specific ways to kill the two warriors, and they may surprise us." Ahames also understood what this meant, and urged to Radiguet further, "I know that I hate traitors to the cause a lot, just like you, Radiguet. But I would swallow that thought if only for the greater goal!"
"Just this once, Radiguet. Show mercy." Lee Keflen added, "The next time, insubordinations will not be let off that easily. Please, don't jeopardize our mission."
"Ugh… very well. That is a sound advice." Radiguet then put down his sword, and looked at Juzou and Jarmin, "Consider yourselves lucky, fools. But next time…"
Ahames then knelt down to both Juzou and Jarmin, "For the record, I'm not pleased with your previous acts as well… So don't do that again. Understand?" The two were not in condition to properly answer, only to look at Ahames weakly due to their wounds. She sighed and then looked at Mazurka, "Take them away and tend to their wounds. They have to be fit for any plans."
"Of course." Mazurka confirmed and put her hands forward, letting Juzou and Jarmin grab it and they walked away.
In the same time, Lee Keflen looked at Radiguet's new companion. "Hm? I've heard the tales, but I never thought you brought him here, Radiguet. The legendary dreaded assassin, Bio Hunter Silva…"
"Bio Hunter Silva?" From a fellow invader from the galaxy, such name did not escape Doldora's mind. The anti-Bio Alliance trump card that ended up destroying the Bio planet, and eventually stumbled upon the battle between Gear Empire and one of the Super Sentai team, Choudenshi Bioman, acting like a wild card. But one thing struck her strange, "But weren't you killed by the Bioman, last I heard?" At that point, her eyes shifted to Radiguet, "Radiguet, is this yet another of your Bio-Dimensional Bug thing like you did with that enforcer from Volt?"
"It'll take more than just bugs to modify Silva." Radiguet explained, "That is where one of the pieces of the Orb of Corruption comes in. I've actually kept him hidden after I discovered him after Ahames retrieved the orb."
"A necessary corruption." Silva added, "It actually adds flexibility. Once I was known as the Bio Hunter. Did you hear what I just claimed?"
"Hm… You said 'Gedoushuu traces'. Wait, you mean…!" Lee Keflen's eye widened at hearing the thought, while Radiguet was grinning.
"That's right. In any case of more insubordinations, I could use the Orb of Corruption to change the type of person he will kill." Radiguet boasted "And with that Orb's effect, the possibilities of him rebelling, like he did with the Gear Empire, becomes non-existant!"
"Huh, surely he can achieve more than just 'punishment machine', don't you think?" Doldora suggested, and this somehow piqued Radiguet's interest, "Think of it. Our enemy has no idea in his fighting style. If we can take advantage of this…"
"Come to think of it… indeed!" Radiguet smiled wickedly as he put his hand onto Silva's shoulder. Shortly, energies surrounded the two, the owner of the Orb that lorded over Silva was about to issue a change in orders, "Carve this into your data banks, Silva. Your new targets are those Super Sentai… Behold!"
Pointing towards the big orb the villains used to scout, Radiguet showed footages of the battles against Shinken Red, Blue Turbo, Goggle Pink, Black Condor, Change Mermaid, Five Yellow and Green Flash. Silva witnessed all of them, as Radiguet continued, "Do not stop until they are dead. Even without your dear Balzion, my powers are with you as well as the Orb of Corruption. Use them well to lay waste on the Super Sentai. Henceforth, you shall now be known as Sentai Hunter Silva!"
"Sentai particles confirmed." Even with just seeing visions, Silva was able to scan what he needed for his hunt, "Commencing mission."
The last battle was an extremely rough one. Even if the Super Sentai survived, destruction was everywhere around the world. For that, the team quickly descended from Kizuna and helped out in the restoration of the city, helping many people.
"Aand there we go." Helped with Youhei and Sayaka, Remi helped out in carrying a big bag full of bricks, in order to help with the construction workers rebuilding the wrecked buildings. "Let's keep moving, guys!" She cheered on.
"Whoah, thanks a lot!" A construction worker said as he also joined putting out the bricks for other workers to use. He also helped out in chatting, "Thanks for the help! These days, we get a lot of these really rough attacks."
"Don't worry about it, sir." Sayaka assured him, while wiping out sweats from all the hard work, "The Super Sentai is always on their duty." Of course, she couldn't just blow their covers yet.
"Lately, either I must be lucky or I've seen a lot more destruction caused. I seem to manage to avoid all of them, but it must be rough…" The construction worker continued. His intention was pure, to cheer things up, but little did he know that it would have a bit of an effect, "I wonder if there will be peace. Just like those years."
"Hey, no need to worry, sir." Youhei assured him as well, "So long as the Super Sentai are around, this world's peace will be protected. Like all those years, right?"
"Yeah, indeed! That is reassuring!" The worker said as he got all the bricks out. "Okay, back to work, back to work. Once again, thanks!"
As the worker was out of their sight, Sayaka noticed something. "Remi, what's wrong? Your face…"
"Oh? No, nothing! Say… can I take a small break?" Remi asked. "It won't take long, promise!"
"Huh. Sure, I guess." Youhei confirmed. With that, Remi waved good bye and walked away.
However, something was entrenched in her mind, as she walked. When they couldn't see her face anymore, her face shifted from a cheery one to one that was shrouded with doubts, as if there was something that left a heavy mark on her.
In the meantime, Takeru, Miki and Dai were helping in the other place. "Doing OK, Takeru?" Dai asked, looking at Takeru carrying a bag himself.
"I'm fine." Takeru said, looking at Dai with a slight annoyance, "What, you're going to ask if a sheltered, pampered lord can't do labor work like this?"
"Nah, why would I believe in that?" Dai answered with a smile, "I mean, a sheltered, pampered lord wouldn't even risk himself to fight against evil in the frontlines. You know what I mean, right?"
"Huh… yeah, I guess compared to the battle against Gedoushuu, this is nothing." Takeru replied with a smile, before he looked at Miki, "So… Mako and Gai are doing fine over there?"
"Yeah." Miki nodded, "Though I'm surprised that for once Gai wasn't even flirting. I guess even he understands the situation we're in right now."
"Miki…" Takeru suddenly remembered something, "Mako did not handle the meals there, right?"
"What? Do you want her to cook there?" Miki then teased, "I mean, by all means, she's improved a lot since Sayaka taught her. I offered her to do that as well." When those words came out of Miki's mouth, Takeru's eyes for the moment widened. Could it be that Miki really told Mako to just go ahead and cook for those people in need, even if it's not that good yet? Thankfully, what came out next put a relief on his mind, "But she refused. She said she still has much to learn if she wanted to cook for a lot of people."
"Oh, I don't think that would have been a problem at all." Dai noted innocently, "I mean, if I can withstand her food…"
"Dai, not everyone is trained in the Flash Stars like you and developing immunity to that kind of cooking like you!" Miki had to remind him, but at that point she coughed, "Whew… I think I'm gonna need a drink…"
"Well, let me buy that…" Dai was about to respond, but he noticed that someone tapped Miki's shoulder from behind.
"Did you say you need a drink?" It was a woman, clad in yellow shirt, black pants, and her forehead was wrapped with a thin headband. On her hand was a bottle of water, "Here, I've got extra for all you who worked to fight for this peace."
"Oh thank you!" Miki answered as she picked up the water and drank it. "Ah, I feel refreshed now!"
"Hm?" Takeru looked at the woman's face. Something about her seemed peculiar to him.
"What? What are you looking at my face for? Something funny there?" The woman asked, "Is it just a dust on my face or something?"
"Oh! So you must also been helping with this rebuilding effort, huh!" Dai jumped into conclusion, while the woman sheepishly nodded. When Takeru looked further, indeed, the woman has been quite sweating, just like the rest. But there was this uneasy feeling that he felt about this woman…
Suddenly, however, the woman looked behind in surprise, as if she sensed something, "Huh…? Here?" She mumbled, causing even Miki and Dai to be confused at her. She had to come up with an excuse, thus she said, "Oh, um… I got work over there. I'll see you!"
As the woman ran off, Takeru then looked at his two friends. "Something's odd about this woman. Don't you think?"
"Like… what?" Dai asked, curious in what Takeru was thinking.
"Hm, now that I think of it, her face seemed familiar…" Miki added. And yet, Takeru's next answer was something that brought the two in a minor shock...
"And she knew we're fighting for this peace. No one should've known our identities…"
"Huh!? Now that I think of it…" Miki muttered, before she tried to lighten the situation, "But if true, I think she's not hostile. I can feel it."
"I hope so, but I think we better follow her a little." Takeru suggested as he walked away, "We'll be back here later."
"Better be careful." Dai said as he followed Takeru, followed by Miki, "The way she seemed to leave, it's like she sensed something bad…"
Remi went alone into a clearing, somewhere near a river. The air was quite fresh, as she took a seat on the ground. But even the fresh air did little to clear off her doubts. 'This battle will just get worse and worse… I know I'll fight on, but…' Remi thought to herself, 'Until when will this battle end? And even if we win…'
Remi couldn't erase the very sight of Radiguet's scheme that he showed firsthand to her before, the scheme where people were turned into worms from inside out. And that he nearly succeeded in his scheme. And that the Super Sentai only lived because of interference from the inside. 'If we win, can we make it with a complete victory and a good note? Not a sad one… I don't want it to end that way…!' Her body began to shake, she was starting to doubt if she could make it at all. It was after all her first time to see hands on just how bad Radiguet was, and it actually shook her to the core.
However, her time of peace was disturbed when she heard the sound of metallic steps directly going to her. "Who's there!?" Remi was quick to be on her feet, and when she looked around, she found out the source of the metallic steps.
"Target confirmed. Sentai particles detected." It was Silva, standing atop of a waterfall nearby, at first resting his gun, the Bi-Blaster, on his shoulder, before he aimed at Remi.
"Sentai particles…!? Hey, who are you anyway!?" Remi shouted, pointing at her, "Who sent you!?"
But Silva didn't even grace that with an answer. He just proclaimed further… "Destroy!"
"Are you listening to me!?"
"Destroy!"
"HEY!"
"DESTROY!"
The gun was fired, but thankfully, Remi managed to roll away avoiding it. "Tch, if you seriously want to do it the hard way…" She just reached out her compacts and then… "Five Yellow!"
The transformation into Five Yellow has quite an effect into Silva. Beforehand, as Remi was just at normal human form, the Sentai particles weren't that many, but as Five Yellow, the particles generated were doubled. And it served to rile Silva further. "The amount of Sentai particles increased twofold! I must… I must destroy it!"
Silva stood still and began firing even more beams from his gun. However, his fires became a bit more erratic, as Five Yellow had to dodge a lot of them. "This guy is really trigger happy…! In that case…!" She then pulled one of her weapons from her sides, "Five Blaster!" Aiming for the ground Silva stood, Five Yellow fired her weapons.
"Guaagh!" Silva screamed as he fell from the height. However, he did not miss one chance to take one aim, and shot Five Yellow with his gun three times.
The shot was unexpected, causing Five Yellow to be unable to dodge. "Aaagh!" Five Yellow fell rolling to the ground as Silva also collapsed as well.
When she tried getting up, however… she felt her body completely weakened that she couldn't even get up. "What…!? What is happening…!? I… I feel weak…!" She looked at the front, and to her shock, she saw Silva unharmed and just getting up, walking unflinched towards her. "Wha…? This is a tough one…!"
"Like I said, those who possess the Sentai particles will be destroyed!" Silva repeated as he continued to walk. However, what he did not expect was several shadows leaping from behind him.
"Batzler…!" Five Yellow noted, but her strength has been greatly sapped that she couldn't even get up or fight it.
"That's a good job, Silva. I will take care of the rest." A voice was heard behind Silva, as Doldora walked in front of him, approaching her nemesis, "Five Yellow… this is where it ends!"
Leaping to the powerless warrior, Doldora coordinated a severe beatdown along with the Batzler soldiers, that Five Yellow was unable to retaliate due to her sapped strength. Eventually, the beatdown became too much that she was de-morphed. "Damn… what is happening here…?" Remi muttered as she even had troubles to get back on her feet. Several Batzler soldiers then grabbed her arms, and lifted her up while spreading it.
"Unlike last time, Hoshikawa Remi… you won't be so lucky." Doldora taunted as she put her rod onto Remi's chin, as if threatening her, "I won't spare you like Juzou and Jarmin did. Prepare to…" But before Doldora could even finish that sentence, there were sounds of shots fired. The Batzlers holding Remi were shot down and fell to their demise, dropping Remi, while Doldora had to dodge away from the shot. "What…!? What's the meaning of this, Silva!?"
"This job is mine to finish." Silva retorted. Because of Remi already de-transformed, he seemed more lucid, but it didn't change the fact that his killing intent was still on high level, "Anyone that gets in my way will be destroyed!"
"Grr…!" Doldora bit her tongue hearing that. From what she has heard, Silva was a very persistent assassin, holding no loyalty to anyone and would trample upon those that got between him and his target, that not even Radiguet's modifications would erase that trait. She only looked as Silva approached Remi slower and slower.
"I don't miss this time." Silva beckoned as the Bi-Blaster drew closer and closer to Remi's head, and she still had her strength sapped, making it hard for her to even move.
'Is this it…? Am I going to die…?' Remi wondered as her weak body couldn't even do anything, 'Even if my friends win, my death would sadden them… the happy end cannot be… Ugh…'
"Tooh!"
Thankfully for Remi, this was all interrupted when suddenly, an arrow was shot and hit Silva's hand that held the Bi-Blaster. As Remi looked above, in front of her stood the woman in yellow that met Takeru and the others. "Are you all right?" The woman asked Remi, who could only nodded as she looked at her, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."
"Silva! I don't know how you came back after how we destroyed you… but I won't let you harm her!" The woman exclaimed.
"Wha? Who are you!?" Silva's statement shocked the woman as he didn't seem to recognize her, "You… you are not in my database…"
"You… don't remember? Maybe this will make you remember!" As the woman said that, she raised both hands, putting them together with one hand open and one hand clenched, before putting them in front of her chest, and she exclaimed, "Yellow Four!"
In that moment, the woman transformed into one of the Super Sentai warriors, the yellow warrior of those who brought the fall of the Gear Empire, Choudenshi Bioman… Yellow Four.
"Yellow Four… Bio… man…" Silva scrambled his memory banks. He did recognize the name, but aside of that, there was nothing he could find out.
"You!" Doldora exclaimed, "One of those guys who brought the fall of Gear Empire and the great Doctor Man… Bioman!" She then looked at the remaining soldiers she had, "This isn't like those you fought before, but regardless, we cannot let her live! Attack!"
The Batzler swarm jumped forward to attack Yellow Four, who just brandished her sword and swiftly slashed all of them one by one as they fall to their doom, all while protecting Remi.
'Wow… this woman…!' Remi thought as she looked in awe at how Yellow Four fought with full confidence, 'This is embarrassing… if only my body wasn't this weakened, I could have…!'
"Yellow Four Bio Arrow!" And finally, as the last three Batzler soldiers approached Yellow Four, she just leapt to the sky and shot down three arrows with her bow, destroying the Batzler soldiers. "That took care of that. Now then…"
Sounds of gunshots were heard. Yellow Four reflexively dodged away, and as she looked, Silva was already aiming at her. "Silva…"
"You still possess a Sentai particle." Silva began to raise his voice again, "Therefore, I, Sentai Hunter Silva, must destroy you!"
"Sentai Hunter? I thought you were Bio Hunter…" Yellow Four also didn't get to finish the sentence as two more shots were fired from Silva's gun and she had to dodge.
"Destroy! Destroy!"
'I've known how he fought. He had to take us out from afar… from afar? I get it.' Using what she learned so far in fighting Silva, Yellow Four put away her Bio Arrow, and instead drew her sword. "Haaaa!" With that, she ran forward, heading towards Silva with sword at hand. 'I can do it. I've faced something worse before…!'
"Destroy!" As Silva exclaimed, he pulled the trigger of his Bi-Blaster… but to his surprise, Yellow Four actually sidestepped away and dodged the shot!
She eventually closed the gap and eventually exclaimed, "Thunder Sword!" With that, thunder surrounded her blade as she slashed Silva. Due to him being more of a ranged fighter, even Silva had troubles to properly fight in close range, and as such, received quite a beating from Yellow Four. 'Whoa, way to go, me! This never happened during all those time we fought Silva!'
'Really… huh… Why didn't I think of that?' Remi lamented in her mind as she looked at Yellow Four fought Silva, 'I should've just get up close and beat the crap out of him…'
However, as Yellow Four was locked in close-range combat, she failed to notice one thing… that Doldora was still standing. "The fool, you cannot be everywhere at once. In that case…!" Doldora then looked at the exposed Remi, with her hand gathering energy, "I will finish this job once and for…"
"Not gonna happen!" All of the sudden, Doldora received two jumping slashes at once from two newcomers to the battle, Black Condor and Shinken Pink, forcing her to move away.
"Remi, are you all right!?" Shinken Pink moved over to Remi's weakened body, while Black Condor stood to protect both.
"Mako… I'm sorry. But don't worry, I'm fine." Remi said. At least she could still speak properly.
"Why you…!" Doldora grunted as she got back to her feet, "Don't think that this is all I could muster! Batzlers!" She called forth… but not even one soldier stepped forward.
"If you're asking where they are…" A voice was heard and when Doldora looked forward, the team of Shinken Red, Blue Turbo, Goggle Pink, Change Mermaid and Green Flash were already walking towards her with their weapons ready, "We took care of it." Blue Turbo finished up.
'Whoa, so they're here…' Yellow Four noted as the team gathered. However, one moment later, she was shocked, 'Huh? Two of them? Could it be…' Unfortunately for her, at this moment, Silva managed to knock her away because she let her guard down, tossing her onto the team.
"Whoa, another Yellow one!" Black Condor commented, "Could it be that you…"
"I knew you are not someone ordinary when we first met." Shinken Red finally recalled about their first meeting, "You are one of the Choudenshi Bioman, Yellow Four… Yabuki Jun…!"
"Indeed." Yellow Four said as she got back to her feet. "I've heard about your tales here. You're all doing a really good job…"
"Could it be that you've met these people before?" Goggle Pink asked, "Amamiya Yuusuke, Hoshikawa Ryuu…"
"Uh… that…" Yellow Four was about to answer that, but she was forced to cut that out when they sensed something really wrong within the air.
"What is that guy… doing!?" Shinken Pink looked at Silva, who was trembling greatly like being overloaded with something.
"Is it some sort of… trigger?" Change Mermaid speculated, judging from how Silva was moving, and her suggestion would soon be proven.
"Sentai particles… detection overload!" Silva shouted and soon, the shout became a roar as he pointed his gun forward, "Destroy…! DESTROOOYY!"
With that, he ended up developing a trigger happy style, and he started pushing the trigger of his Bi-Blaster rapidly. As the rest of the Sentai did not know a certain trait of Silva's gun, they only dodged casually, which caused them to get shot, with only Yellow Four completely dodging them.
"Aaargh!" As Green Flash fell down, he was shocked at how his strength left him, "D-damn! How come…! My strength… leaving me…!"
"Damn it, I should've told you earlier that getting hit by that gun is dangerous!" Yellow Four lamented, but she still set her sights towards Silva, "Regardless, I must keep pushing forward…!"
"Destrooooy!" Silva was about to shoot further. But to his surprise, a figure leapt, grabbed him by the head and put him to ground. "Urgh… agh…!"
"Radiguet…!" Shinken Red muttered as he looked at the one who put down Silva.
"Silva, I see that there is a miscalculation. I did not expect your old adversary to make an appearance for our Orb to notify." Radiguet said to Silva as he raised him while still holding him in the face, "And she knew a bit of your style. For that, we will have to retreat for the moment." He then looked at Doldora, and nodded, telling her to get near him. She leapt and landed near him.
The next thing he did was to look at the weakened Super Sentai, "That was pathetic, Super Sentai. Only this much of Silva's power and you are already down for count? Well, next time, you are truly doomed, so enjoy your last moments." With that, Radiguet grinned as he vanished along with Doldora and Silva.
"Just what happened to us…!? That shot…" Blue Turbo stated as he was still trying to get up. "I couldn't even…"
"I think this will eventually fade off and you'll regain your strength naturally." Yellow Four assured, "But yeah, it'll be dangerous if this happens in the middle of a fight."
"Really? Thank goodness…" Remi noted as slowly, she was able to at least get up, even if she was still struggling to stand straight, "So, um… I think we're going to need rest in a bit to restore our strength if what she said is true…"
"Yes. And there's a lot I'd like to speak about with her." Shinken Red noted, looking at Yellow Four.
"All right, you guys look like you're already in good shape now." Back in Kizuna, the group has already recovered their strength. It was at that time everyone gathered in the meeting room, with Jun starting the conversation, "So… yeah. The name's Yabuki Jun and I'm one of the members of the Bioman."
"Bioman. That would be the second team right after mine, and directly before Sayaka's." Miki noted, "Well it's nice to meet you. I'm…"
"Oh, I know you guys already." Jun cut that down, trying to save time, "I read the book, you know, while you were recovering. Enough that I know who's who."
"Wait a second, Miki…" Sayaka said as she looked at Jun, "I haven't gotten the time to said this but… Jun… I think we've met… somehow?"
"Oh now I remember!" Dai put his hand together, "I think Ryuu used to say that he used to fight alongside the two of us, Yuusuke and the others. Maybe Jun's…"
"Wow! So you guys remembered! How much?" Jun asked, pretty excited.
"Uhh…" Dai unfortunately was tongue-tied on this, "I only remembered about having met you guys. About what… I can't seem to remember…"
"Oh. That's unfortunate." Jun commented, "Our separation must've come with a memory loss or sorts. It all started when that Ahames woman…"
"So, I take it that you've met Yuusuke and Ryuu." Takeru started, "I'm starting to wonder what that transpires…"
"Wait, you. The red one." Jun noticed Takeru and looked at him, "Your name was 'Takeru', right?"
"Fully, Shiba Takeru. Anyway, what's with my name?" Takeru asked.
"Ooh, I knew it… It was no wonder we failed, we learned it too late." Jun stated.
"Failed? What are you talking about?" Mako asked further, and the moment Jun looked at her, she started to look concerned, "Um, something wrong with me?"
"N-no, nothing…" Jun tried to move away from that subject and instead explained one thing, "We used to fight against Rufecil before meeting Sayaka and Dai in that world. But our battle ended in failure when we learned a part of the prophecy too late. That's why I asked if your name is Takeru."
"Again, what's with my name?"
"I can't remember fully, but I remember that Akihiro said that it has something to do with your name." Jun answered, though she loathed speaking in riddles, that was all the best she could come up with. "I mean, really. I think that is just a load of nonsense, basing prophecies based on names…"
"Ugh, this whole riddle things are just irritating me." Gai cut off the conversation and struck a new one, "Can we talk about that Silva guy? Like, who is that guy really, why did his gun depower us that greatly, and moreover…" While he spoke about this, he suddenly made himself closer and closer with Jun, "How did you fight so well with him? What's your secret, hm? You know, I really really appreciate strong women like you…"
"I'll talk about that Silva all right, but first…" As Jun said that, she pushed Gai away, "I need some space, okay!? You're creeping me out."
"Huh, yeah." Youhei noted, "I was wondering how Jun fought really well, but not us… Speaking of which…" As he looked around, he noticed that not everyone was there, "Where's Remi?"
"Here." As a voice was heard, they all looked at Remi already standing at the door of the meeting room. "Sorry about taking my time. I kinda needed it." However, from that look, Jun could notice something wrong with Remi. "So we're talking about that Silva guy?"
"Uh… yeah. Let me get the rundown quick." With that Jun began to tell the story about who Silva was, how he scuffled with the Biomen during their battle against the Gear Empire, and most importantly… how he fought.
"I see…!" Once Jun finished her explanation, Miki was quick to take conclusion about this. "That's why you stuck close with Silva all that time."
"Yeah. As long as you don't give him a lot of spaces, he'll have trouble." Jun attested, "But even then it's still a risky strategy. If he could get a point blank shot, it could be more fatal."
"I'm sure if we concentrate and focus, we can be extra careful and avoid it." Mako assured as well. "Still, I can't but wonder what Radiguet meant with those last words he said to us… From the look alone, I don't think he's foolish enough just to repeat the same mistakes."
"We're gonna have to adapt. Or else we're doomed." Gai said, "As despicable as he is, Radiguet is pretty cunning. How many times has he used the Jetmen to manipulate events to go his way…" Indeed, for as much as Radiguet would often fall off the dominance of power in the Vyram, he would use everything including trickery and deceit to reassert his dominance. "That is something he'd do."
Just as they spoke, once again the alarm rang off. As they looked at the monitor, it seemed that Doldora has once again wreaked havoc, this time wrecking the site of construction the team helped. "What!? And we worked so hard to reconstruct that!" Youhei cursed.
"Silva isn't there. But we have to be on our guard." Takeru said as he looked at the rest, "Let's go, everyone."
"Wait a minute, Takeru." Jun suddenly made a rather controversial suggestion, as she looked at Remi as well, "I suggest that I come with you… but this Remi stays."
"Eeh? What's the big idea here?" Remi was shocked when Jun said that, singling her out than the rest. "Is it because I…"
At that moment, Jun's expression became less cheerful and more serious. She closed in on Remi. "That face… that expression. That's not the face of a warrior that protects peace. At this rate, if you would join in fighting Silva or the others, you'll end up as a burden. Besides…"
"You're not making sense, Jun!" Remi protested further, "I'm as capable as the rest! Okay, that time, I was caught off guard, but after that briefing, I'm sure I can…"
"No. At this rate, you can't." Jun was still insistent on her words. She then turned back, heading to the teleporter, "If you want to learn more, meet me in that place we met. I'll be waiting."
"J-Jun!" Remi's call fell on deaf ears as Jun activated the teleporter, leaving her dumbfounded, "I really don't get what she meant… But I guess we can't waste any time. Let's get moving."
"Somehow I think there's something else that Jun meant." Sayaka noted, looking at Remi, "Remi, why don't you just follow her?"
"E-eh!? What about you guys!?" Remi asked in shock, "What if that Silva…"
"We'll think of a way." Takeru assured her, "Just follow that Jun. I think she's really serious about this."
"You guys…" Remi was unsure about this, but when she looked at the rest, they were all nodding to assure her that everything will be fine. "Okay. I'm going." Nodding as well, Remi headed to the teleporter that Jun used and teleported away as well. However, something also lingered in her head.
'What is it that Jun wanted about me…? Has to be something more than us sharing the same color…'
The construction site was in chaos as a Galactic Beast, based on a cockroach, was rampaging around it. Spearheading the attack was Doldora, and she was using the time in the chaos to approach one certain construction worker. He was truly scared as he was on the mercy of Doldora, but for some reason, his face felt a bit assured.
"What's with that look?" Doldora said in annoyance, "You do realize that whatever you try to build, we will destroy!"
"I… I…" The construction worker was trembling a bit, but he eventually found one thing that he could say, "I know that… that you'll destroy what we worked on… But we can always rebuild… there's always another chance… and that's… that's because we have…"
"Have what?" Doldora was about to pique further until several blasts were fired to her, causing her to divert her attention to the source of the blast…
"The Super Sentai, obviously." It was Takeru and the rest, already preparing for the coming battle, "That is far enough, Doldora."
"Please run." Sayaka said to the construction worker, "We'll take it from here." The construction worker, very glad that his persistence paid off, nodded and rushed away from there. Though the Super Sentai seemed to not notice, it seemed that he had good intuitions to know what's to come.
"As I thought, Silva hasn't made his appearance." Miki noted, looking that the ones causing chaos were just Batzler soldiers. But then she noticed the Galactic Beast leading the chaos, "Wait… uh… that was seriously… a cockroach?"
"Ugh… of all animals, it has to be that…!?" Sayaka also shared the disgust.
"We can't let that distract us, though." Mako tried to warn the other ladies, as she put up a stern face… although it quickly melted away, "But I can't deny that I'm disgusted too…"
"Huh, what's a cockroach gonna do?" Gai boasted, "I've fought something based on a cockroach before!"
"Did you just insult me!?" Apparently the cockroach-based Galactic Warrior could hear that. And in instant, he leapt to the side of Doldora and prepared a battle stance, "I'll turn those insults into screams of fear, after you witness the might of Gokuburigin!" But unfortunately, even Doldora was keeping her distance, "Professor Doldora, what's with that stare? And why are you keeping your distance with me? We're allies, right?"
"I-I know! But ughh… you're still kind of disgusting, knowing your origins!" Doldora protested, with the look of sheer disgust in her, "Look, just finish them up quickly, okay!?"
"Oh look at that. Looks like someone can't stand cockroaches." Youhei taunted, "I mean, of course we know cockroaches are disgusting. But in times like this… we can put that disgust aside!"
"Of course." As Takeru said that, he prepared his Shodo Phone. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!" With that, the rest prepared to transform.
"Ippitsu Soujou!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Cross Changer!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Prism Flash! Shut Goggle!"
All seven completed their transformation and readied their weapons. "Go forth!" On Shinken Red's command, they rushed forward to fight the Zone warriors trying to disrupt the peace, ignoring whatever dismay they had at the current creature the monster was based on… there's only one thing that crossed their mind: Fight for peace!
Meanwhile, Remi made it herself to the riverside on her own. "Okay, I'm here. Jun?" Remi called out, but she didn't even see Jun around. "Uh… Jun?"
It was only a flash of a moment, but an arrow flies right next to Remi's cheek and ended up stuck to a nearby tree. Of course, knowing it by reflex, Remi moved her head aside to dodge. "What the…!?"
"Oh. So you at least still value your life." A cold voice was heard. When Remi looked behind, she saw Jun, but her face was kind of cold.
"There you are, Jun! What are you… wait…" Remi wanted to greet normally, but she noticed that there was a bow on Jun's hand. It dawned to her finally about what just transpired, "Jun? Don't tell me you're…"
"Do you really think you could even help your team with such conviction?" Jun said as she pulled another arrow, "The battle against that Radiguet would be harsh… but the battle you're destined to do to restore balance by defeating Rufecil will be even harsher."
"Jun… h… hey…" Remi was getting nervous at this rate, "What's gotten into you? Or don't tell me you and the rest of the Bioman…"
"I'm normal… but at times, this is necessary. I've learned that much." Jun then pulled the bow strings with her arrows ready, "The premise of our meeting is simple. I'm going to shoot you in the head… I want you to grab the arrow before it hits you."
"Uh, isn't it simpler to just… dodge?" As Remi finished the question, Jun wasted no time to shoot the arrow. Out of reflex, Remi just rolled away, dodging it. "There, simple, isn't it?" Jun was just silent at that, allowing Remi to continue, "What is it do you want to talk about, Jun? We can just…" And in that time, Remi was forced to dodge again as an arrow was shot to her.
"Dodging is out of question." Jun said sternly as she pulled another arrow, "Grab. The. Arrow."
"Oh, come on, Jun!" Remi insisted, "Why must we do this…" And then another arrow was shot, Remi dodged again. "Jun!" She yelled, out of frustration that Jun would not listen to what she said, "Do you know what you're doing!? What if I die!?"
Jun for that part was silent. She simply pulled another arrow and once again prepared to shoot.
And for minutes, Jun continued the routine, shooting Remi. "Jun, stop this!" Remi pleaded as she dodged two more arrows, "I've got a battle I must win with my friends! The price may be big… but I must do it, or other people will suffer! I want to at least achieve a happy ending out of this!"
"Hmm…" Jun finally said something after a long period of silence and only shooting her arrows, "Your face looks like someone doubting that it would happen."
"Of course, I don—Eh?" It was at that time, dodging another arrow, Remi came to a realization. How did Jun read her expression? How did she notice that Remi ended up having doubts if they can win the battle with even Radiguet?
"In this kind of battle, there is no room for doubt." Jun said, preparing another arrow, "One moment you doubt, and then there will be a big price to pay. How do you expect to achieve a happy ending if you doubt?"
Of course, Jun knew what she was talking about. It was at that time, the earlier days of her being a Bioman. She was accepted as a representative of Japan for the Olympic Archery, causing her to doubt if she could juggle between both her new warrior role and the event. As a result, a friend of hers was heavily wounded and she blamed herself. But from that event, it inspired her to make a choice without doubting her capabilities. Sacrificing the opportunity for the event, Jun committed herself as a Bioman, and it bore fruit, a year later, she succeeded in crushing the Gear Empire with her friends.
"Doubts do not leave forever. There will be new doubts as you walk in life. But as a warrior, it is a necessity to wipe away those doubts in order to achieve your goal!"
As Remi continued to dodge, all of Jun's words were ringing through her head. Perhaps Jun was right… If she continued to doubt on her and her friends, how would they even succeed? If she doubted, she would certainly become a burden. It was like that time when she first encountered Doldora in this new world. Though it was forced, when she was shrouded with paranoia and doubt, she truly became a burden. And she did not like it. 'I understand now… No matter how harsh the enemy may be… I must not doubt that I can overcome all those and achieve our happy ending!'
Eventually, Remi just stopped moving. She closed her eyes. Jun noticed this. "Huh…? Bluffing or…?" She thought something must have happened in her mind, but she's not quite sure. "Well… only one way to find out…" She pulled her bowstring, readying to shoot…
And she released her hand.
The arrow flew… It seemed to head onto Remi's head. But Remi stayed silent.
And suddenly, as Remi opened her eyes, she just raised both hands and clapped them together as hard as she could. The arrow stopped just barely near her forehead. "I did it…"
"Yes. Yes you did." Jun's stern voice gradually changed as she once again resumed her warm voice. "Congratulations, Remi. You finally understood what I'm trying to say."
"Wow… nothing escapes your eyes." Remi said as she tossed aside the arrow, "Yeah, you were right. I doubted a bit back then. Doubting if we could all win this on a good note. You made me realize that if I can cast away those doubts, then I can achieve that goal. I can do anything. In the end, doubting will just hinder us from doing our best… That reminds me back then when I met Takeru and was fearing of being just a replacement of Sayaka."
"Replacement? Wow, I think we share more than just our color." Jun said in surprise, but a tone that exudes respect, though towards someone else, "You do realize that I'm not the only Yellow Four, right?"
"Huh? Oh that reminds me. That encyclopedia mentioned it too." Remi reminded herself with the Super Sentai Encyclopedia that they possessed. After all, she read it too and there was a peculiar part in the Bioman entry that Jun just mentioned.
"Koizumi Mika. The first Yellow Four. I learned about her from Gou, my leader." Jun began to reminiscence, "She fought with all her might to preserve peace, and even sacrificing her life so her friends could live on. She always has my respect. Once I learned about her from Gou, I promised to myself that I will not doubt myself if I am inadequate. I would do my best as Yellow Four. Surely I know, that would be what Mika wanted for the one who took her place. That is one thing I want to share with you, to shed away doubts about anything."
"Ah…" Remi was impressed with how much Jun paid her respects to her predecessor, and was inspired to continue forward. But there's one thing that bugged her mind, "That being said, Jun, I gotta say your stint was pretty dangerous. You do realize that you could end up robbing away my life in case I…"
At that point, Jun put her finger onto Remi's mouth, as if telling her to be quiet and let her talk. "If I doubt you couldn't even do it, I wouldn't do this. I did all these because I trust you, to be able to shed away your doubts."
"Trust…" Remi smiled, "Thanks a lot for putting them on me, Jun."
"Right. Isn't there trouble in the town?" Jun then reminded her, "Let's get going then. With this, we can take on anything."
"Yep, sure thing!" Remi nodded, her face brightening and filled with confidence as the two ran forward to the location of battle.
Surprisingly for the Sentai, Gokuburigin proves to be tougher than the phrase 'having the tenacity of a cockroach'. Not only it threw powerful punches and wing flaps, its body were filled with a special goo, which would infect those who contracted it with a feeling of disgust, making them repulsed to even get near it again.
And as the Super Sentai has fought it, they were noticeably infected and were unable to shake away the feeling of repulsion at its sight. "Urgh…" Green Flash muttered, "How do we win against such disgusting creature…? Get near it and my nose…"
"Ha ha ha! Wanna try shooting me again?" Gokuburigin taunted, "My undefeated streak as a Galactic Beast Warrior is no slouch at all!"
"Guh… maybe if I use the Mougyuu Bazooka right now…!" Shinken Red retorted, trying to shake off the feeling of disgust, tried to reach out his Inroumaru. However, Shinken Pink put her hand on his, as if telling him not to.
"Not now, Takeru…!" She warned, "What if it's needed in case he comes out…"
Realizing that her words held a lot of truth, especially how it required a lot of power to do so… Shinken Red went against his original idea.
"The repulsive scent of Gokuburigin is indeed fearsome. Not even the Super Sentai can handle that…" Doldora taunted the team, "It looks like Silva's presence is not even needed. Because, I, Doldora, will be the one to…"
"FAIL!" She was instead interrupted when two ladies, both Remi and Jun, suddenly leapt and bravely kicked Gokuburigin right in the face, knocking him away a few centimeters.
"Remi! Jun!" Change Mermaid exclaimed, calling them out, "What were you…"
"A little bit of a pep talk. She kinda needs it…" Jun answered, preparing her stance.
"You better be careful, though." Goggle Pink stated, "That disgusting creature... contacting it will… oh no!" It finally dawned to her that Remi and Jun just made direct contact on the creature. They would soon be filled with.
"Y… yeah. That's a disgusting thing all right. And my nose… the stink goes there even if it's at my feet." Remi answered, "But Jun taught me that I must not doubt that regardless of that… we'll win!"
"Yeah, I have no doubt that we will win. We've been through worse…" Jun added, but eventually, her nose felt something, "Uh, Remi… did you just say it stunk?"
"Yeah, so?"
"I don't smell anything stinky…" Jun said, "Or is it because…"
"Curses! With only one time contact…!" Gokuburigin lamented as he got up, "The effect is smaller! No matter, regardless of that, I am still the master of dodging anything shot to me. The only way you can damage me is to fight me close range, and get infected further and further…!"
"Not necessarily." Shinken Red said confidently. At this point, he could even use the Shodo Phone to create a kanji to cleanse them from the stink. "I think I figured it out, thanks to what Remi just said."
"I think I get it too." Blue Turbo added, "We doubted that we could win this because of this repulsive feeling coming from you. But… we've seen worse and there's something else to focus greatly… Like Jun did!"
"Yeah… and that is…!" As Black Condor said that, everyone was concentrating at something. Slowly, they did not feel as repulsed anymore. "To kick your sorry ass, cockroach!"
"How did they…!" Doldora was surprised at the progression of events, to see the Sentai warriors regain their confidence.
"S-such concentration!" Gokuburigin stated in shock, "I couldn't even feel their repulsion anymore…!"
"Remi, Jun." Shinken Red called them, "Let's go."
"OK!" The two ladies nodded and they prepared to transform.
"Five Yellow!"
"Yellow Four!"
With the two yellow warriors transformed, even fear crept into Gokuburigin's psyche. "To shove away my trait like that… what are you!?"
"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!"
"Yellow Four!"
"We are… Super Sentai!"
"This is not the time to back away! Gokuburigin! Go f—" Doldora wished she could finish the sentence. However, in the middle of that, a shot was fired from her back, blasting her, "AAAH!" As Doldora collapsed, she heard further gunshots, and her Batzler soldiers dropping down dead.
"Professor Doldora!" Gokuburigin was worried at his master's condition. However, he saw further Batzler soldiers being tossed aside and ripped into pieces. To his shock, something pounced on her with a demonic roar.
"GRRROOOAARRR!"
"Wh-wha…!?" Doldora was in shock, seeing who just did that… "Silva, what are you doing!? That's your…!"
Indeed, it was none other than Silva. But something's rather different in him, he was instead a lot more feral in nature. With his bare hand, he started both beating up and tearing apart Gokuburigin.
And before Doldora could even say anything else, someone grabbed her hand and pulled her away, "M-Mazurka, wait a minute! That's MY beast in there…!"
"Let it go if you don't want to die!" Mazurka said as she helped Doldora run away, "That Radiguet… He utilized the orb's power to turn Silva into a complete berserker. Right now he has no distinction between allies or enemies, if you're in front of his eyes, you just get into his kill-list!"
"Wait, what!? Is that true, Mazurka!?" Goggle Pink could hear what she said. And for once Mazurka wasn't even lying.
"Yes. But as of you Super Sentai… you can go ahead and get into his kill list! At least that is what Radiguet expected!"
With that, Mazurka vanished taking Doldora along. Around this time, Silva has nearly finished ripping away Gokuburigin. He raised his fist as his elbow blade elongated. "DESTROOOY!" He roared first before impaling Gokuburigin with it.
"Aaaarrgh!" And as such, the beast exploded, perishing just like that. All these acts, in front of the one who used to battle against Silva.
"Oh God… Silva…" Yellow Four said in shock, "He… he just came back and he's dead again. What we're facing right now was naught but a crazed beast with his image…!"
"That's just wrong…" Black Condor commented, shaking his head, "Radiguet, you sicko…!"
"Wait, hold on!" Green Flash reminded them as he pointed forward, "He's not done!" To their shock, they saw Silva running off from the fires left by the explosion, and he's heading towards them. With his guns ready to fire, he started to indiscriminately shoot around.
"Don't get hit with the blasts!" Shinken Red commanded as everyone readied their weapons, "Close in!"
With that, the Super Sentai ran forward, concentrating to dodge the blasts of Silva.
Eventually everyone managed to get near him and at first slashed him with their swords. "Just in case you get any ideas…! J-Gun!" Blue Turbo was quick enough to unleash his main gun and he shot down the hand that held the Bi-Blaster, knocking it away. "Gotcha! H—wait, what!?" But his safe feeling was shot down further when suddenly Silva used his elbow blade to slash his body up-close.
"Youhei!" Goggle Pink called out for him, worried if the close range attack was equally hurtful.
"Don't worry too much, the only really harmful thing is the materials in his gun!" Yellow Four assured, knowing just where most of the dangers of Silva comes, "But I gotta say, that attack probably hurts very much…" As she said that, she witnessed that Black Condor, Change Mermaid and Green Flash also has been slashed away, falling to the ground.
"Regardless, we have to minimize the danger first! Pink Ribbon!" Goggle Pink instead unleashed her ribbon and wrapped the gun with it, before tossing it away. She then looked at Shinken Pink, "Mako, please!"
"Got it! Heaven Fan!" Shinken Pink replied by preparing her weapon, "Hakuryoku Manten!" She unleashed a strong wind gust that tossed away the Bi-Blaster that it would be completely out of reach by Silva. "Well, any range is free now…"
"Aaah!" But even then, Silva's berserked state was too much to be handled in close range, that now both Shinken Red and Five Yellow fell. And Silva didn't give time for rest as he struck down Goggle Pink, Shinken Pink and Yellow Four next, and this time just with his fist.
"RRRRRAAARRGGHH!"
"Damn, this guy does not mess around…!" Black Condor groaned as he tried to get up, "We might not even have time to prepare for Super Sentai Ball knowing this!"
"Don't give up just yet…!" Change Mermaid added, "We need to find a way to buy time…!"
"Buy time…!" As Five Yellow noticed, she finally thought of something. "Hey, I've got an idea! Everyone, follow me!" Dragging away her wounded body, Five Yellow ran off to the direction of the forest.
"Where are you going…!?" Yellow Four called out, until she remembered something, "The forest…! That's it! Everyone, follow her!"
"Forest? What's in there?" Shinken Pink asked.
"You'll understand when you see there! I know what she might be thinking!" But as Yellow Four said that, she saw Silva once again running towards them…
"SENTAI PARTICLE DETECTEEED! DESTROOOY! DESTROOOYY!"
"Oh dear, if he can still detect us…!" Yellow Four muttered. But at that time, both Blue Turbo and Green Flash leapt to the front of Silva and grabbed him by the arms.
"We'll buy you some time! Go!" Green Flash yelled, doing his best to restrain Silva with Blue Turbo.
"We'll definitely catch up!"
"I'll leave this to you… Youhei, Dai." Shinken Red stated before he looked at the rest, "Let's go."
As the rest of the team ran off, Silva began to struggle further, and it was clear that both Blue Turbo and Green Flash were struggling to keep him in place. "This might be our limit! Should we be going, Dai?" Blue Turbo asked.
"Before that…!" At that point, suddenly Green Flash let go of his hold and instead faced Silva in front. "All right, here goes! Prism Kaiser! Super Piston!" Equipping himself with the green gloves, Green Flash started punching Silva as Blue Turbo let go of his grip as well. One of the punches hit on Silva's visor a bit that it received a crack on it. Regardless, the hunter was knocked away.
"Okay, run for it, Youhei!" On Green Flash's signal, the two ran off. Of course, Silva was in hot pursuit, regardless of how wounded he was, he would never let go.
Silva eventually caught up with the two at the forest where he first made his appearance. "He caught up. Damn, where are the others…!?" Blue Turbo wondered, looking that there's just the two of them.
"Dai! Push your fist upwards!" A familiar voice was heard. Out of reflex, Green Flash did so, but then he realized that his fist hit something…
"Huh!?" Green Flash finally noticed it, he was actually hitting the Super Sentai Ball! "Okay, next one is yours Youhei!"
"R-right!" Blue Turbo quickly unleashed his J-Machine Gun, shooting the ball upwards… But even that was short-lived as Silva pounced on him. "Gah! D-damn it!"
"Do something, Youhei, if they struck him with it, you get hit with the ball as well!" Green Flash warned him. Knowing what's at stake, Blue Turbo concentrated all his might on his feet, shoving away Silva leaving him open until…
"Yellow Four Bio Arrow!" A yell was heard and from the sky, Yellow Four already leapt on the sky and shot two arrows that hit Silva on both his feet, immobilizing him and from the sky, there was something else that blocked the sun. It seemed spinning, until they heard something.
"And eat this, right from my Melody Tact!" It was Five Yellow, who already wrapped the Super Sentai Ball with her Melody Tact, spinning around and launching it to Silva.
"GYAAAHHH! DESTROOOYYY!"
As Silva was struck with the ball, he was greatly damaged to the point that he was completely destroyed. And as Five Yellow dropped down from the sky, a figure swept in to grab her and put her down to safety… Black Condor.
"Remi! You OK!?" Green Flash, along with Blue Turbo and Yellow Four approached both Black Condor and Five Yellow.
"That is a seriously crazy stunt. First time I've ever seen." Black Condor said as he de-morphed, "Awesome."
On the other hand, as Five Yellow de-morphed, she was spinning her head, "Oooh… my world's spinning…!"
As they all de-transformed, they also reunite with Takeru, Miki and Mako. "Looks like we did it." Takeru commented.
"It was a risky gamble, but I knew it would work out." Jun noted, "After all, it's like we all… share a strong bond."
"Yes, indeed." Mako noted. But at that time, once again Jun was looking at her, "Um, you've been staring at me like that today, Jun. What is wrong with me?"
"My God…! The mark…!" Jun's exclamation brought shock to the team. She followed by looking at Miki on her neck, and she had the same expression, "There too…!"
"What mark, Jun?" Miki asked.
They returned to Kizuna, in order to have Jun explain what she meant. And the results… weren't pretty at all.
"What do you mean about this, Jun?" Takeru asked, just as confused as the rest, "That this is because of the Super Sentai Ball…"
"I don't know, but it's probably because of the prophecy planted in it." Jun answered, her face also filled with regret, "You know the prophecy, right?"
"Yeah. 'Seven Colors To Defeat The Enemy, Seven Colors To Lead The Way'." Sayaka recalled, "What's that got to do with…"
"I'm not sure, I think I used to investigate that with Yuusuke and Ryuu, but…" Jun also recalled, as her face showed further distress, "I didn't expect that they could have such side-effect because of what I think it is… Color overload."
"Color overload? You mean because Miki and Mako are both pinks, and then they use the Ball together!?" Gai guessed, in which Jun nodded, "But wait, I think I used that along with Ryuu before! But… I'm fine, right?"
"Either you used it only once, or because Ryuu was not a part of any of your previous teams, while Mako was formerly on Takeru's, and the same color will take side-effects…" Jun guessed further, before looking at Mako, "But regardless… Mako… I don't want to sound rude or anything… But I suggest that you do not participate in Super Sentai Ball attacks from now on."
"Huh? But… the attack becomes more powerful that way, right?" Mako asked, still not believing what would happen.
"No... It couldn't be..." On hearing all these, Sayaka's face was filled with shock and horror, recalling their recent encounters, and the very first moment she learned that Mako would be joining the group, "Takeru, I hate to be proven wrong... but Jun may be right. That prophecy, if not carried on properly, will end up as a double-edged sword."
"Yes..." Takeru sadly nodded as she looked at the rest, "We've seen the effects during the battle against Ahames and Jarmin."
"Wasn't that the battle where I- Oh, now I remember too!" Youhei was finally reminded with what happened rather than what he went through back then, that both Miki and Mako felt a momentary dizziness.
"So that was the reason... And it was our second time to use the Super Sentai Ball together..." Miki recounted, as her face showed worry. But she quickly brushed away, "But even then...! I can't just back away like that when people suffer!"
"Perhaps, but if something would happen to you because of that, you should think about the feelings of those you left behind." As Jun answered, Mako realized what's on the stake during this whole fight. If she was ever incapacitated or put in danger because of the prophecy, she would leave her friends in sadness. She looked at the rest of the team and sighed.
"So… it's because I got dragged here by accident, not being a part of that prophecy or something…" Mako muttered sadly, before Takeru put his hand on the shoulder.
"She didn't mean that you should back down fighting." Takeru assured her, "Just leave the finisher to us. I have no doubt they should be enough for most of the things we will face."
"That's right! I'm sure that is what Jun meant." Remi joined in assuring Mako, as she eventually looked at Jun, "Right, Jun?" Jun only smiled and nodded in return.
"Don't worry about us, Mako." Miki stated to Mako as well, "We'll do fine, and you can still be with us."
"Guys…" As Mako looked at the rest as they also acknowledged that. She was at least happy with it, "Yes. I suppose I can agree with Miki. I'll risk my life for the sake of many people."
"That's the spirit! Just try to be careful." Jun said, "Well… I suppose I can leave the rest to you, then. I still have other business to attend."
"Like what? Looking for Yuusuke and Ryuu?" Youhei guessed.
"Well, yeah… quite." Jun assured them as she approached the door, "We may meet again, though… So, please take care of yourself and…" As she opened the door, she continued with an inspiring sentence, "Never doubt that you can make it and end this battle on a good note. You can do it."
"I'll remember that, Jun." Remi replied confidently and smiled, "Be seeing you later!"
With a smile and everyone else waving her good bye warmly, Jun finally opened the door and activated the teleporter, sending her back to Earth.
Even if they were victorious for this time, a seemingly dark cloud seems to gather around the Super Sentai. The curse of the Super Sentai Ball that looms over Miki and Mako, can they overcome it, especially with how the assaults of Radiguet will get fiercer each passing day? But have no doubt, that with their dedication, they will continue to fight and reach the best possible ending and protect the peace! Never doubt nor give up! Fight, Super Sentai!
As Jun walked down the lone street, she suddenly felt a premonition. Drawing her bow, she suddenly aimed backwards, and gave a fierce glare. "Who's there!?"
"W-whoa!" The one tailing behind her turned out to be a man with red suit, and a man with black ninja garb. They were surprised to see her as well, "Jun! Wow! It's been awhile!"
"Where have you been?"
"Yuusuke… Ryuu… wh—hey, that was supposed to be my line!"
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 29
Author's note: Wheew! It's good to be back, I hope my writing skill hasn't rusted. As this chapter concluded, yes we now get our final cameo for this team: Yabuki Jun AKA Yellow Four (the second) from Bioman! I hope I nailed her character good, but probably not because I had to break the rule so I did not finish watching Bioman. Though I watched a few Jun episodes to compensate. Regardless, it seems that Jun has been in one team with Yuusuke and Ryuu previously. But that is for another story to tell.
And indeed... this chapter's opponent was actually Silva. But then Radiguet had to meddle with things and turned Silva into... that. I don't hate Silva, but I have to work around it with my limited knowledge.
Though violating the prophecy seems to have side effects and if they are not careful, the two Pinks may pay the price... Not that they'll ever give up. Stay tuned for the next chapter, hope you enjoy the chapter AND my return!
And yes, finally I no longer have to separate the question mark and exclamation mark anymore. Yeah!