Normal POV.
A car drove up to the CF Foundation building, and Aila and Izu got out.
Aila: Good morning!
Izu: [bows] President Aila. Allow me to introduce myself once again; I'm Izu and I'll be your secretary.
Aila: [nodded] I'll be counting on you.
It has been a few days since she started the business. She even convinced her brother be Izu secretary.
Izu nodded as Aila looked at the building.
Aila: Wow, I can't believe I'll be the president of this company from now on.
As they entered, they looked around the view of the main hall.
Aila: I can't believe a normal life like mine would turn into being the president of my own family company.
Izu: You are the granddaughter and heiress to the legacy of the previous president, after all.
TV: Vanguard will bring the world smiles.
Aila did her best impression of her grandfather's pose, but it wasn't quite the same.
Aila: It's not the same actually. Besides, I'll bring Vanguard to help people live happier and bring them smiles.
Izu: He must have felt that you were fit to be part of this company's philosophy.
Aila: Well, it's true. I'm one of those people who are counting on me to do it. [walked] After all my grandpa was the one who let my brother send that me letter.
As they continued walking, they saw Shiyura standing behind the escalator.
Shiyura: Aila I'm glad you made it.
Aila: Wouldn't miss it.
Shiyura: Alright, let's go.
~At the Sanctuary or The Clan of Shadows Castle~
Valera: Zankoku. [she read a corrupt Akashic Book]
She summoned Zankoku as he approached her.
Zankoku: Yes, Lady Valera.
Valera: I want you to collect this specimen human's negative energy.
Zankoku: Me? Why? Can Mazoku go there to collect it?
Valera: Caused he failed to get the crystal. And besides [flip the page] By the Void's will, there are several targets you must collect.
Zankoku: Okay. At least I can get some fun [walked off]
"Back at the CF Foundation"
They entered a large office.
Shiyura: Here is your office, Aila.
Aila: Wow, it's huge.
Aila was amazed by her office, which had been her grandfather's.
A brown desk with a computer and a name-plate stand with her grandfather's name on it.
Aila: Wow...it hasn't changed at all.
Shiyura: There is still one more thing, I need to show you.
Shiyura pulled one of the books from the shelf as the wall started to move. The room was filled with cards, paper, books, coloring materials, a sketch table, and more.
Aila: Wow, what is this place?
Shiyura: This is our grandfather's workshop; he designed the units, triggers, and more here.
Aila: Wow, I never saw this before. It's amazing!
Shiyura: Allow me to show you your schedule for the day. [he closes the design studio] We have received a message from the Hibino Group. Come in.
A woman with long pink hair named Esuka Hibino entered the room.
Aila: Hello, Who are you?
Esuka: I'm Esuka Hibino, the head of the Hibino Group and owner of Card Shop Esuka. You don't even know about me?
Aila: To be honest, I've only just had my first day at work as president.
Esuka: Well... I'm here to speak to you.
"Elsewhere"
Zankoku was walking around in his human form wearing a purple hoodie when he spotted a large insect.
Zankoku: Let's play a game, shall we [chuckle]
Zankoku grabbed a bug and wrapped the card around it; as it grew and transformed into a monster.
BUG
Everyone started screaming and running away.
Zankoku: That's perfect.
Bug Monster: I am at your command.
Zankoku: Go havoc destruction through the town including that. [he pointed at the CF Foundation building]
Bug Monster: Yes, Sir Zankoku.
He jumped high as he went to do his work.
Valera watched the whole scene unfold from the corrupted book as it managed to collect negative energy around the humans and smiled.
The four were in Aila's office, the design studio hidden away once more.
Shiyura: You know the reason; why are you here?
Esuka: Yes.
Aila: What?
Esuka: Do you still remember the incident during the opening national?
Aila: [shocked] Yeah, yeah I watched the news yesterday.
Esuka: Aila, you were aware of what happened a few days ago. About how some monsters went on a rampage.
Aila: Uhh, yeah (they know about the Clan of Shadows because of the incident during the Opening Ceremonies).
Esuka: There's an incident involving a group of monsters called the Clan of Shadows that attacked the tournament. However, they managed to escape. Fifty people were injured, including the Asian Circuit Champion Aichi Sendou, who happens to be one of your classmates. I assumed the CF Foundation may have tried to cover it up...
Shiyura: Now hold on Esuka, you did come here to manipulate her didn't you?
Esuka: No, I'm not. I came here for an investigation.
Aila: (To think that this company was responsible in no way) Mrs. Hibino. This company had nothing to do with anything like that, and besides, those monsters only recently began appearing.
Esuka: I know.
Then they heard an explosion. Izu's eyes turned blue and detected something negative energy.
Izu: We have an intruder.
Aila: An intruder?
~At Inside~
Everyone started to scream, run, and panic around the main hall.
The Bug Monster suddenly appeared, rushed in, and began attacking the employees.
Bug Monster: Let's spread chaos!
He summoned his wasp through his right arm to attack them all.
Zankoku, on the other hand, who disguises himself as a human, watches the chaos.
Aila, Izu, Shiyura, and Esuka ran around the corner, looking at the balcony.
Esuka: Not again! This happened last time.
Shiyura: We had evacuate everyone!
Esuka: I'll help you!
Shiyuri and Escalante rushed to evacuate everyone. But Aila and Izu remained standing and watched down below.
But then Izu grabbed Aila and dragged her out of view.
Aila: What are you…
Izu: Aila, please take action before the damage spreads any further.
Aila: What!?
Izu: However, If you transform now, you will cause a further damage to expose your identity and endanger the people while they're inside. Please do it here.
Aila heard a cry for help; she cannot reveal her identity to the public.
Aila: [sigh] Okay. Heroes gotta do when heroes gotta do.
She grabbed her blaster as she inserted her card and aimed.
Aila: Vanguard Change!!
As her body started to glow and transform into Amira, she crashed into the ground.
Amira inserts her card into her blaster as she summons DekaRangers.
DEKARANGER
Amira: Take care everyone, I'll deal with him.
They nodded as they evacuated everyone.
Amira charged at the bug monster as she dragged it out of the building. She summoned her sword and began to slash. She rotated her body to the side, dodging a slash to the chest. Next, she jumped, fired her blaster around the monster, and then slashed its face.
Bug Monster: My face! you'll pay for that!
He summoned his wasp to attack Amira. She tried to get rid of it, but it kept flying around her and hitting her. With each strike, sparks flew from its body and landed on the ground.
Amira: Ouch! That hurts.
After she got up, the bug monster had disappeared.
Amira: Huh, where did it go?
Dekarangers appeared.
Deka Red: Amira, we evacuate everyone.
Amira: Thank you, Dekaranger. Take a good rest now.
Dekaranger returned to their units and de-transformed before heading back inside. Zankoku watched from behind the wall and smirked.
~Inside~
Shiyura: Don't worry; we'll have everything under control.
Esuka: Today's event was only a crime prevention drill. Please do not worry.
As employees started to leave, Aila walked back inside and approached Izu.
Shiyura: There you are. I was worried about you; are you okay?
Aila: Yeah, I'm fine.
Esuka: I'm sure this is what happens when someone destroys a business.
Aila: (Is she trying to help me or is it a job offer?)
Esuka: I'm headed back to the Card Shop Esuka. If anything goes wrong, you know where I'll be.
Esuka walked away.
The crowd, reporters went wild outside and they began asking questions.
~Back at Aila's office~
Taro: This crowd is getting wild. People are beginning to question the monster incident. The media are going nuts. How do you plan on dealing with this... President?
Aila: I'm still thinking about it.
Taro: You better do it. If you don't think fast, the company will be run into the ground.
Aila: What? Does that mean today is the last day?
Shiyura: I'm afraid so.
Taro: Everyone has been scared of that bug monster. They've stopped playing and the whole world has become frightening since the national incident.
Aila felt concerned about the company.
Shiyura: We will take our time to decide.
Aila: [nodded] Thank you.
Shiyura and Taro walked away, leaving Aila and Izu behind.
Izu: Are you okay?
Aila: I'm alright. It's just those monsters that always seem to come out of nowhere. This will be my last day in business. [sigh] I just wish I knew who did this. That would have been trouble.
Izu: You're in luck because I managed to gather some recordings, President.
Aila: Really?
Izu: I accessed the security footage around the building and gathered all possible data the second the battle started, coordinating all of it. I have footage of everything that happened, including the moment it all happened.
Aila: That's great, thank you, Izu. Good thinking. We need to bring these to Karizaki and Sechaan. I think they might know something about this.
~In Headquarters~
Karizaki: Ah, welcome back.
Sechaan: So how did it go?
Aila: Well, it was fine until I got attacked by a bug monster.
Sechaan and Karizaki: Bug monster?
Aila: Yeah, Izu showed them.
Izu brought up the footage and transferred it to the big screen, showing them what had happened during the bug monster incident.
In the footage, Amira battled the bug monster, but without success. Then, Aila noticed the guy with the purple hoodie standing at the wall during her battle.
Aila: Who are they? Can we get their faces?
Sechaan: Sure.
Sechaan types with his beak and scans the victim. It was Zankoku in human form.
Izu: That's Zankoku.
Aila: What? He turned into a human too. They can do that.
Karizaki: Of course they have their own human forms and seem to possess the ability to convert negative energy into physical form. This will make your task all the more difficult.
Aila: I can see that, but how did he know about the CF Foundation building?
Sechaan: Valera sent him here to attack the inside. It must be part of their plan.
Aila: Well, that's not going to happen the second time.
~Next Day~
~At the Miyaji Academy~
Shingo: Hey, Mayumi, Ken did you guys hear about this ?
Mayumi: Oh hey Shingo, what's up?
Shingo: Have you seen Aila? I heard that she's now the head of her own family company. She missed a whole class in just one day.
Naoki: Really? She never missed a single class?
Misaki: Now that you mention it, I didn't see her yesterday.
Shingo: That's not all. Amira was there too.
Mayumi and Ken: What?!
Shingo: Yes, there was an incident involving The CF Foundation, a bug monster attacked the inside, but Amira showed up and stopped it.
Mayumi: (Huh? What? Did Aila have trouble with? I hope she's alright)
Misaki: Hey Mayumi, do you know anything about Aila?
Mayumi: Um, no, I don't think so. We're leaving.
Mayumi walked away, while Ken followed her.
Shingo: Hold on a moment.
They ignored it as they continued walking.
Ken: Are you sure Aila's okay?
Mayumi: She's going to be fine. After all she is the one who will save the world.
Ken looked at his sister but didn't say anything; instead, he gave her a smile.
~At CF Foundation~
Aila: (Okay, we just need to find Zankoku and that bug monster before anyone gets hurt.)
Shiyura: Aila.
Aila: Oh, Shiyura.
Aila saw a man with his assistant walking behind Shiyura.
Aila: Shiyura who is he?
Shiyura: I would like to introduce the head of the Tatsunagi Foundation, Nome Tatsunagi.
Nome: Nice to meet you, Aila.
Aila: The pleasure is all. (Did Esuka send him here?)
She noticed Suiko standing beside Nome.
Aila: (That's Suiko, one of the members of Ultra Rare. Why is she here? I better be careful) Care to explain why are you here?
Nome: Yes, I heard the CF Foundation was going out of business. I figured they had been through enough.
Aila: You are?
Nome: Of course, the Tatsunagi family has been working for the Izumi family for generations. I hope we can have a huge era of friendship in the future.
Aila: Yeah (I can see through generations seem kind of hard on them).
Ushimaru: Let's discuss the whole situation, shall we?
But then there was an explosion. The bug monster returned with even more chaos and a few additional goons to assist him.
Esuka: Not again.
The bug monster summoned its wasps to attack. Everyone fell onto the floor. The goons attacked some civilians.
Izu saw someone and it was Zankoku walking away. She walked toward Aila.
Izu: [whispered] Aila, I've spotted him.
Aila: What?
Aila's eyes widened as she heard that, turning around and seeing the figure in the shadows.
The man wearing a jacket was enough to grab their attention; Aila chased after him.
Aila: Hey! Stop!
Shiyura: Aila, where are you going?
Izu: I'll go after her.
Aila and Izu ran after him.
But before they could chase after him, the bug monster crashed in and tackled Aila, making her fall to the ground.
Bug Monster: Time for payback!
Izu: Are you okay?
Aila: Yes, I'm fine.
Zankoku: I see you met my friend Amira.
Aila: Zankoku.
Zankoku: Surprised.
Aila: What do you want this time?
Zankoku: Ohh, nothing much just payback.
Aila: [grunted]
Zankoku: The Clan of Shadows will swallow the light. The new era of our master awaits. Let's get this party started.
The bug monster charged at Aila, but she dodged it.
Aila: I won't allow you to destroy Vanguard's future!
Zankoku: Vanguard... it's just a stupid little card game.
Aila: Vanguard... Are not meant for destruction or stupidity. That is why….
She grabbed her blaster.
Aila: I will run this place and I will make everyone smile, no matter what!
She inserted her card into the blaster as she aimed at them.
Aila: Vanguard Change!
She fired and transformed.
Then she summons her sword, changes her stance, and charges the bug monster. Amira aims her blaster at him.
She kicked as she slashed at him.The bug was going to kick her, so she dodged it and grabbed his leg. She swung him around and let go, causing him to fall to the ground among the rubble.
She rushed into Zankoku and attacked, but he dodged all of her attacks.
Next, she inserts her card into the Blaster and fires, summoning Flashman.
FLASHMAN!
Amira: Take care of him!
Flashman nodded and charged at Zankoku, transforming into his monster form.
While they fought, Amira remained focused on battling the bug monster. Valera watched the entire action from the book.
Valera: Looks like that's not part of the plan again, but he still managed to get a negative energy.
She flipped the pages and summoned a giant monster.
Valera: Monster of Darkness, Fall into Despair, I summon thee from the dead and attack the city.
A dark whirlwind appeared, and within it, a gigantic monster emerged to attack the city.
Amira: Oh no.
Sechaan (call): Amira, Use the Gaoranger mecha. They'll take care of this.
She dragged the monster out and grabbed a few cards from her belt. First, she summoned Gaoranger, then she inserted the mecha card into the blaster and aimed it at the giant monster.
The card started to get huge as the Gaoranger jump towards it and they gain their mech and combined.
Gaoranger: It's formed. Gaoking!
"With Flashman"
Flashman was still busy fighting Zankoku.
Zankoku: I had enough of this.
Zankoku used his left arm to blast the Flashman with lightning, sending it crashing into the ground below. Now he had a chance to escape.
"With GaoKing"
Gao Blue: Shark Shot!
Gao White: Tiger Attack!
Both of them punched at the monster.
Gao Red: Fin Blade!
The GaoKing formed a sword and readied himself for battle. The mech ran towards the monster and slashed twice before stabbing it directly.
GaoRed: Let's finish it!
Gaoranger: Animal Heart!
An energy wave fired from the mouths of the components hits the monster, causing a spark and then an explosion.
"With Amira"
The bug monster fell down as if it were going to be defeated; Amira stood there ready to deliver the final blow.
Sechaan (call): Amira use the ToQger power to finish him.
Amira: Okay.
She used the ToQger card as she scanned around her sword, then raised it up. Rainbow energy surrounded the weapon. She charged up and ran with speed.
Amira: Super Sentai, ToQger Slash!
She slashed with a rainbow-colored sword, making sparks fly and then exploding the bug monster.
The monster was separated. The monster exploded, and the insect escaped. Amira turned around and noticed that it wasn't a human this time.
Amira: Huh, (That's weird, It's much different than before?)
After finishing her job, she rushed to Flashman.
Zankoku watched her from above and looked furious.
Zankoku: Ah, don't like this.
He walked through the dark portal.
~Next Day~
Reporter: Is it true that Vanguard has been going berserk over the past few days?
Taro: I cannot comment on the matter at this time.
Everyone started chatting, shouting, and asking questions. The vice president, Shiyura, Nome, Suiko, and Esuka were all concerned by this situation.
Shiyura: This isn't good.
Esuka: We don't have any proof.
Guy: At least give us the proof?!
Aila: I have evidence.
Aila emerged from the door and began walking.
Flashing lights caught Aila as she walked by, as dozens of reporters took her picture and held back questions.
She approached a podium that had been set up for her, much like this introduction to The CF Foundation, where she would make a public announcement.
Izu provided the footage of the attack on the big screen.
First the bug monster appeared on screen, then Zankoku revealed himself in his true monster form. Everyone was shocked by the overwhelming evidence.
Aila: The real culprits behind these cards are the nightmarish horrors known as The Clan of Shadows. They use some of the cards, like the Vanguards, to infiltrate and control people. That's how this nightmare started. You already know about the Opening National incident; they don't want to ruin Vanguard, they want to conquer the Earth.
She looked at his brother and nodded. Esuka was confused about how she had managed to gather all the evidence while Nome and Suiko got interested.
Aila: Vanguard isn't to blame. Don't let them get to your heads or else you will never be free of their schemes. Because Vanguard will always be a part of our lives... They are dreams that made everything a reality... And I'll prove it to all of you!
Reporter: Excuse me [raises his hand]... who are you?
Aila: CF Foundation President and Director Designer of Vanguard... Aila Izumi.
Shiyura smiled at Aila.
Girl Reporter: A student from the Miyaji Academy like you becomes a president.
Aila: Yep, I made a promise to my grandfather that I will run this company, I'll bring Imaginary Generation come to life. That is all for today.
Aila left the stage, but everyone wanted to hear more from her. Instead, she ignored them.
Shiyura: That was amazing Aila.
Taro: How did you get all the evidence.
Aila: Like I said I can bring people smile.
Shiyura: [surprised and smiled] I'm glad you finally saved your company. But there are more challenges ahead; do you think you can handle them?
Aila: [smiled] Yeah yes I am.
To be continued...
