Erza was out in the woods and alone and early. With the monsters growing stronger, the team needed to get stronger too. She held out her sword and slashed a few trees. She ran down through the forest and sliced down a few trees. She saw one coming up and gave it her full force and sliced the tree in two. She was quite satisfied with her skills. She heard her morpher go off and answered.

"Go ahead." Erza said.

'Erza, we just detected some trouble in the city.' Mirajane said. 'The others have already gone ahead.'

"I'm on my way." Erza said as she hanged up and went to face this challenge.

…

Downtown

All of the rangers were morphed and headed into the city to find the trouble that was detected.

"This was where Mavis and Mira detected an etherious." Natsu said as they all looked around.

"I don't see anything." Lucy said. All of them were careful. Suddenly, out of nowhere, blasts like green lightning shot down and knocked them all down.

"What was that?" Erza said.

"So you are the mighty Power Rangers? I'm not impressed." All of them looked at the top of building and they were met with Kyoka. "I thought you would have withstood that."

"Wait. I remember her. She was there when those creeps took down my Dad." Natsu said.

"Let's test your abilities. Tataro soldiers, attack!" Kyoka said as soldiers appeared and went on the attack. The rangers got back on their feet and went to fight. Gajeel knocked one down a set of stairs. He grabbed a hold of another one and tossed them down.

"These tin cans are nothing." Lucy said. She kicked one down and dodged a strike as she smacked another one out of the way.

"Why is she just standing there?" Gray questioned Kyoka's motives as he fought a few off. He knocked one down and spun on his hands to knock down a few more.

"Don't worry." Natsu said as he pounded one. "I'll get her to fight." He ran straight towards Kyoka and jumped up to her.

"Think again." Kyoka said as she shot some energy from her claws and blasted him down and back to the ground. Kyoka jumped down from the building to his level. "I'm not impressed." She lifted Natsu up and gave him a powerful slash that knocked him out of his ranger form.

"Whoa! She's got some serious power." Natsu said.

"I remember you." Kyoka said. "You're that child that got away years ago. I knew we should have finished you. I'll correct that mistake." She raised her claw and was about to strike him down, but Erza stepped in and used her sword to block her attack.

"No." Erza said as she pushed her off. She tried swinging her sword, but Kyoka countered each of her attacks. Kyoka swung her claw, but Erza jumped over her. Erza was able to graze her as she swung her sword, but Kyoka fired an energy blast at her. Erza tried to block it, but she did suffer some damage.

"Not bad." Kyoka said.

"Who are you?" Erza asked.

"I am Kyoka. I'm second in command to Master Mard Geer's forces." Kyoka said. "You'll be seeing me again." She had energy formed around herself and disappeared. All the rangers demorphed and helped Natsu stand up.

"You okay?" Erza asked.

"I think so." Natsu said.

"She's powerful. I don't think we've seen the last of her." Gray said. Lucy looked at the time and she was starting to freak out.

"Oh shoot. We're gonna be late. We're suppose to be at the museum for school today." Lucy said. All of them got moving so they wouldn't be late.

….

The Museum

All five of them were able to make it to the national history museum and were lucky to avoid any trouble with their teacher. Their class went to the museum as part of class project. After taking a tour, they had the privilege of moving around.

"Alright, you all are allowed to pick any piece in the museum and use it as part of your research papers." Their teacher said. "Be back outside in half an hour." All of the students split up and try to find something to write about.

"So what are you guys going for?" Gray asked.

"I'm going to head to the samurai exhibit." Erza said. "I always found warriors of ancient times an interesting topic." Erza went on her own to try to find her way back to the samurai exhibit. On her way, Jellal was catching up to her.

"Erza, wait up!" Jellal called out and Erza stopped in her tracks.

"Oh! Hi, Jellal." Erza said. "So what are you going to write your paper about?"

"I was thinking of knights." Jellal said.

"Really? I was always interested by the knights." Erza said.

"Not surprised. I figured you would like to take the role of a knight instead of the damsel in distress." Jellal said. "You're strong, determined, and you hold a strong sense of honor. Then again, that's probably just some of the things I like about you."

"Really?!" Erza said as she got a little excited about Jellal saying he likes her. She would have loved to talk more, but she spotted a couple tartaro soldiers head into the exhibit. "Sorry, but I need to get to work." She hurried away from Jellal and didn't wait for him. Erza was carefully sneaking to the exhibit and he saw the soldiers with Kyoka and Keyes facing samurai armor.

"What we looking at?" Kyoka asked.

"There were once fierce warriors known as samurai walked among this world." Keyes said. "This is an armor of said warrior. I plan on using it for our purposes."

"I see." Kyoka said. "While we're at it, deal with the spy!" Erza knew she was caught and the enemy attacked one swung a club at her, but Erza ducked out of the way and kicked it back. She ran in to stop them. One was about to swing a club, but Erza caused a bench to rise up and the club smashed through it. Erza took the other half and kicked it into the soldier. One tried thrusting its spear, but Erza dodge it. She grabbed the spear and pulled the soldier in and chopped the back of its neck.

"Stop!" Erza said as she tried to stop the two of them, but Kyoka intercepted her. Erza tried a spin kick, but Kyoka avoided it. Kyoka was able to grab Erza. She drove her knee into her and tossed her to the wall.

"Bring our new monster." Kyoka said. Keyes used his power and the cloud formed around the armor and gave it a demonic body. The monster jumped down and was alive.

"Thank you for bringing me to existence." The monster said.

"Welcome….Samurong." Keyes said.

"What are your orders?" Samurong asked.

"Destroy her!" Kyoka said as she pointed to Erza as she stood up.

"Bring it." Erza said as she pulled out her morpher. "Magical Energy, Unleash!" She morphed and pulled out her sword. Samurong pulled out his katana to take this challenge.

"Very well." Samurong said. The two of them clashed their swords against each other with equal skill. While they were fighting Kyoka and Keyes decided to leave.

"Hold it right there!" The other rangers cut them off to keep them from escaping.

"Sorry, but we can't stay to play." Kyoka said and the two of them vanished from their powers.

"Erza!" Natsu called as they all went to help her. Erza tried attacking, but Samurong deflected it and slashed her down. "Back off!" Natsu kicked Samurong back as the others helped her up.

"You need the help of others when this fight was just one-on-one?" Samurong said. "Shame on you, Yellow Ranger. You have no honor."

"What? What does a monster like you know about honor?" Erza said.

"I know dishonor when I see it." Samurong said. "You want to prove me wrong? Meet me in the woods in three hours and face me alone. Until then." Samurong left without even getting a reply. Saying Erza has no honor was a great insult to her that she can't ignore.

…

Rangers' Base

All of them retreated back to the base and informed Mavis and Mirajane about Samurong.

"A samurai monster? We're sure in for a fierce fight." Mavis said.

"How do we beat him?" Natsu said.

"Samurai warriors are skillful sword masters." Mirajane said. "Defeating one that has etherious power will not be an easy task."

"Doesn't' matter. I'll take care of him." Erza said as she was about to leave to face his challenge.

"Erza, wait. Don't tell me you're really going to take his challenge. It's an obvious trap." Lucy said.

"She's right. We're going with you." Gray said.

"No!" Erza said as she gave all of them a stare that had them petrified. "I have to go alone. This is something I have to do." Erza didn't wait for any protests as she was on her way out.

"What was that about?" Mavis asked.

"The monster questioned Erza's sense of honor." Gajeel said.

"She's being ridiculous. Why would she willingly go in alone?" Natsu said.

"Rangers, the reason Erza was chose to be one was because she holds qualities similar to a knight's." Mavis said. "When their honor is questioned, it's a great insult of their pride and person for knights live by a code of honor."

"That doesn't mean she has to go in alone." Lucy said.

"When someone questions the honor of warriors like knights, they must prove them wrong." Mavis said. "This is a great deal to Erza and being claimed as a warrior with no honor is worse than their demise. We must let Erza do this."

….

Erza

Erza went out into the woods to meet Samurong. She was going to prove that she did have honor to this samurai.

"I'm here, Samurong. Where are you?" Erza asked. She treaded carefully because it didn't escape her mind that she was walking into a trap. She looked up and saw Samurong jumped from a tree to face her.

"You showed, Yellow Ranger." Samurong said as he pulled out his sword. "Let's see if you have the honor of a true warrior."

"I'll show you. Magical Energy, Unleash!" Erza morphed and held out her sword to fight. The two of them charged at each other and had their blades crash against each other. The two of them pressed their swords against each other and ran down the side until they separated. Erza jumped and kicked off from a tree, but Samurong was able to slash against her and knocked her down.

"Silent Quick!" Samurong sliced through thin air and Erza got slashed by some invisible force that flew her back. She landed in a small opening just below a mountain. Samurong went after her and they continued to fight. Kyoka was up on the cliff and was watching.

"This should be interesting." Kyoka said. The two of them clashed their blades against each other, but Erza kicked him back.

"Not bad, but this duel of ours must end." Samurong said. "Tartaro soldiers, attack!"

"What?" Erza said and the soldiers appeared and had her surrounded. "I knew this would happen. I thought you wanted a battle of honor."

"I questioned YOUR honor." Samurong said. "We etherious have no honor." Some of the soldiers jumped up and was about to strike her down, but blasts of fire knocked them down.

"Erza!" She looked and saw the other rangers arrived.

"What are you all doing here? I told you not to." Erza said.

"We're here to make sure no one interferes." Natsu said.

"You take care of that samurai reject. We'll take care of the rest." Lucy said.

"Thanks guys." Erza said. The four of them pulled out their weapons and held off the soldiers. That left Erza to focus on Samurong.

"It doesn't matter. I'll still defeat you." Samurong said as the two charged at each other again. He swung his katana, but Erza slid under it. She striking him, but he was able to block it. The two of the parried against each other. "You're mine!" He swung down, but Erza stepped to the side and slashed against him.

"Sorry, but this is where it ends." Erza said as she jumped off from Samurong and off the mountain. She gathered wind around her sword. "Final Attack!" Samurong braced himself as he held up his sword, but Erza's sword broke through the sword and slashed down against him.

"Most impressive." Samurong said as he began to fall back and ended up exploding with the other rangers finishing off the rest of the soldiers. When the fight was over, Keyes showed up and stood next to Kyoka.

"Like all brave warriors, he met with a fatal end." Keyes said.

"Just shut up and make him bigger." Kyoka said and Keyes did just that.

"Breath of demon and spirits of sake, make this minion reawake!" Keyes unleashed the dark cloud and it revived Samurong with him becoming bigger.

"Guys, I might need your help this time." Erza said.

"We've got your back." Natsu said.

"Magic Zords!" All of them called upon their zords. They came out of their hiding places and came together. "Magic Megazord!"

"Erza, you fought this guy. Any tips?" Gajeel said.

"Just wait for the right moment. We're going to need the Magic Sword" Erza said. They pulled out the sword and went to attack. Samurong was faster as he slashed against them. They both swung their swords and they clashed against each other. Samurong was faster as he slashed against them a few times with the inside shaking up.

"We can't take much more of that." Natsu said.

"Aim for a counter attack. Once he strikes is when he's most vulnerable." Erza said.

"You're mine!" Samurong claimed as he attacked again.

"Now!" Erza said. The Megazord swung the sword and knocked Samurong's katana right out his hand.

"Not good!" Samurong said.

"Magic Slash!" The sword gathered magic power into the sword and slashed down. Samurong met his defeat as he collapsed and was destroyed. Keyes and Kyoka watched the whole battle and Kyoka seemed interested.

"Not bad. The one they call Erza seems to interest me. I can't wait to face her again." Kyoka said as the two of them took their leave.

…

Magnolia High

After defeating Samurong, the rangers had to get to work on their reports. Erza did a presentation and was finishing it up.

"In conclusions, samurai were warriors that lived by honor and any warrior that doesn't live like that are no true warriors." Erza said. Everyone applaud for the report and they all enjoyed it.

"Very nicely done, Erza." The teacher said. The bell went off and signal class ended. "See you all tomorrow." All of them left the class and Jellal caught up to Erza.

"That was an impressive report. It's like you understood how the warrior thinks." Jellal said.

"Thanks." Erza said. "I guess you can say I know a thing or two about the warrior race." Jellal was about to say more, but he seemed a little dizzy. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I've got to go." Jellal said as he left and left Erza confused. Jellal rested against a wall and was breathing hard and was all sweaty like he was sick. "I can't let anyone see. I've got to keep away from people." Jellal took off to hide his secret, but what secret is he hiding?