Taiga and Shiori walked through the AEON shopping center killing time after school. Taiga enjoyed the time they spent together. Only in his mind, this was a date. He was fully aware in reality it wasn't but he still dreamed. Those kinds of thoughts occupied his mind most of the day.

"What do you want to do after this?" Taiga asked.

Shiori shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe just go home and take a nap. Did you want to do something else?"

"Nothing really but if you want to relax we could go hang out at the park."

"What would we do there?"

"Just lie around and relax."

"Sounds kinda boring."

"You're the one that wanted to go home and sleep."

"Yeah, but I can get out of my uniform and sleep naked in my bed." Shiori realized she revealed too much and that Taiga would envision her naked in bed. However, before she could protest some loud voices grabbed their attention.

The two rushed over finding a few police officers and a crowd of people near the ATM section of the mall. One of the officers was holding down an elderly man with his knee. The old man struggled against the much younger officer's strength.

"What happened?" Shiori asked.

"Some woman with a baby yelled this man was trying to steal her wallet," one man said.

Shiori spotted a small woman trying to hide herself in the corner. She couldn't see her face. Shiori assumed she was trying to hide her face to avoid embarrassment. She instantly felt sorry for her.

"Is that the wallet?" Taiga asked pointing to a wallet on the ground. He picked it up before anyone answered his question. Inside was about 30,000 yen and an ID that belonged to the old man on the ground. He nudged Shiori and showed her the wallet.

"HEY! Get off him."

"Mind your own business before we arrest you."

"For what? Telling you not to kill an old man?"

"He needs to be subdued."

"For what?" Taiga asked. "He threw the wallet at the officers. "That's his wallet, you dumbasses."

The kneeling officer stood up glaring at Taiga. The officers walked toward Shiori and Taiga.

"Did you even think to look inside the wallet to see who it really belongs to? How about questioning the woman?"

Shiori pointed to where she last saw the woman but was gone. She and Taiga darted outside wondering where she had gone.

A man in his early 30s walked through the swirling wall of purple and red and approached the black sakura tree. He touched the tree and almost immediately transformed into an entirely different person. This person was shorter and in his 70s.

The white circles in the wall focused on the man. Despite the lack of any facial features, the man could tell the white circles were glaring at him with anger.

"Kuniaki Koiso. This will be your chance to get back in the good graces of the Teikurosuna. Your actions as prime minister were dishonorable."

"I was trying to save Japan," Koiso said. "Trying for peace was the only way. We were losing not only the war but our future by sending our young boys to fly their planes into American ships."

"You left your post before the war even ended. This isn't a discussion. Our goal is to make Japan whole again. To eliminate any anti-Japanese sentiment. Touch the tree again."

Koiso did as he was told and a different transformation took place. This one wasn't as fast nor was it painless. Sand swirled around him, enveloping and invading his body. Koiso dropped to his knees as his whole body changed. He grew larger as sections of his skin changed to black and orange fur. His head took that of the shape of a tiger. Once the sand vortex and the pain subsided, he stood up and faced the white circles as he gave his new body a look over.

"Now maybe you'll be useful. Go. Create a battalion of Jipna while you're out there."

Koiso dashed away at inhuman speeds.

Despite the ongoing protests against the Sentai teams, many tried to go about their daily lives. The protests were a daily occurrence outside the Japanese Diet, demanding government involvement. Some on their commute to work ran into the protesters and had to divert their regular courses to avoid them as they were often blocking the streets.

Antiran had sparked riots in various areas of the country but their focus appeared to be on Tokyo. They still caused riots regularly that destroyed various parts of the city. They often overwhelmed the police who had orders to not interfere with the rioters.

Suddenly, a tiger-looking monster appeared. People screamed and ran. Some approached the monster thinking they could talk it down and have a discussion. They were met with slashes across the face. Antiran attacked the monster but the rioters suffered similar fates.

Renka sat at her desk in class when she heard the sound of wind chimes. While the sound was soft and soothing, the suddenness of it startled her. She thought she was imagining it but it was real, only to her. No one else in the room was reacting to it. She felt a pulse just below her breast. She looked inside her jacket to see the red glow from her rekinchanger.

"Damn it," she muttered.

The PA system kicked on with its three-tone chime. It was the vice-principal.

"Students, a situation is occurring at the Diet building. We want you to remain calm but we are canceling the rest of the classes for today.

Students talked among themselves as they left the building. Some were saying a monster had appeared somewhere. While nothing had been confirmed for the civilians, Renka knew they were right.

Shiori and Taiga were at the front gate by the time Renka arrived.

"Do we wait for sensei?" Renka asked.

"You're the boss," Shiori said. "It's your call."

Renka looked back at the school. Teachers had different responsibilities and he probably wouldn't be able to get out as easily as the student. She sighed.

"Okay, let's go find someplace to do this."

It took longer than they would've liked to find a suitable spot. They found a building that clearly used to be a convenience store. It looked like it had been abandoned for years.

"This will have to do," Renka said as they went into the small alley next to it to get behind the building. "Ready?"

"REIKINCHANGE!" They said in unison. They held out their rekinchangers and pressed the button on the side of the handle. The center swirled open revealing the coin that glowed in their respective colors.

A disembodied voice came from the rekinchanger. "REKINGER!"

"RED RANGER!"

"YELLOW RANGER!"

"BLACK RANGER!"