Chapter 8
Fallen Assault
In the Occult Research Club Rias and her whole household were present and accounted for and sitting on the opposite couch, arms crossed and foot tapping on the ground was Leon and was still wearing is RPM suit.
Currently everyone was tense at the sight of the Power Ranger, all of them staring at Leon with looks of surprise and curiosity. Currently everyone was waiting for the other members of the Power Rangers to show up, since now Rias and her group knows that Leon is RPM Red he decided to call the others so that they can introduce themselves to the rest of the devils.
"You know you don't have to wear your suit, we all know it's you Leon" Rias said, making Leon smirk under his helmet
"And ruin the grand reveal, I think not" Leon replied making Akeno giggle
"Well don't leave us in too much suspense~~" Akeno said
Just then a knock could be heard at the door, making Leon smile with anticipation.
"That must be them"
Leon then stood up and moved to open the door for his fellow Rangers. Opening the door, the other three Red Rangers walked into the room and stood in front of the Gremory household, all lined up and ready for the big reveal. Among the members of Rias group only one was able to put the dots together about the Rangers identity and that was Issei.
"Wait, if you're Leon…then that means…" Issei said, but he didn't need to finish that thought
The four Rangers then crossed their arms and shouted out.
"Power Down!"
Once they did and a brief flash of red light went off, now standing before them was none other but the four friends Leon, Michael, Arron and Casey, all of them looking uncomfortable due to the smirk that Rias was giving them.
"Well I have to admit I am impressed you four were able to hide your identities for so long but one question still remains…why?" Rias asked causing Leon to step forward
"Well for two reasons actually, first off is because we wanted to make sure you would trust us and make sure we can trust you" Leon replied which got a confused look from Rias and the others
"How does dressing up as spandex wearing superheroes help us trust you?" She asked in turn
"Well we know how you are Rias about people you know nothing about, you like to have all the pieces on the board in a sense" Leon said striding to a chess board on the table, picking up a white pawn piece as he did, "So we wanted to see if you would be willing to trust something unexpected and be willing to let it help you" Leon finished putting the white Pawn piece next to a black pawn piece.
"So that begs the question…do you trust us Rias even before you knew who we were?" Arron asked making Rias close her eyes, mauling over what they said
While it was true that Rias wanted to know everything about the people that she works with as to assure that there will be no secrets that are hidden and she has ways of getting back at them if they hurt her household…but these four…even knowing what she is and what she does…still helped her and her household especially Issei. So thinking it over in her head she then opened her eyes and gave them firm nod of her head.
"Yes, after all the good you four had done for Issei and my household, how can I not trust you" she said causing all the Rangers to let a sigh of relief they didn't know that they were holding
Of course after Rias declared this, Akeno then giggled which caught everyone's attention, especially Rias.
"Are you saying that Rias because of how nice they are or because your…"ninja-sama" asked you?" Akeno asked causing Rias to go red in the cheeks
"That is not true at all Akeno!" Rias shouted at her best friend
The four rangers then looked at Arron who was looking at the floor, a little pink on his cheeks which confused them.
"Ninja-Sama?" they asked causing Arron to grumble in embarrassment
"I don't want to talk about it" Arron replied causing the Rangers to shrug, not wanting to push the question
"Wait what about the other reason?" Issei asked catching everyone's attention
"That's right you said there was another reason for your secrecy" Kiba said as everyone turned to the others again
"Oh yeah, that was because of something that Casey told us" Leon replied gesturing to said boy
"Well during the fight with the exorcist, I overheard that Akeno was talking about turning us into devil servants" Casey said
"And that would have been bad for us because do to how our powers work, if any alterations were made to our DNA well…" Michael said cutting off, not comfortable telling them the rest, until Leon cut in
"We basically would turn into globs of flesh and bone on the ground" he said, catching everyone by surprise and a chuckle from Rias
"Don't worry about that, I don't have enough pieces for all of you anyway" she replied which lead to another wave of relief through them all
"I do have one question" Koneko said, taking a bite out of a chocolate bar in her hand, "How did you guys get your powers?" she asked
The four Rangers were silent for some time after that, everyone waiting for what they had to say until Leon spoke for all of them.
"Well to be honest we don't how this all happened, we were just enjoying our summer vacation in America until some little girl dressed in some goth attire just teleported us to Japan for no reason at all" Leon said
Leon decided now was not a good time to tell them that it was Ophis who sent the four of them to their world, because if the devils found out that the Infinity Dragon was out and about well…there was defiantly going to be chaos across the underworld and that was the last thing they wanted to happen. Luckily Rias seemed to buy the half-truth as she nodded in understanding.
Finally done with the whole meet and great from Rangers to Devils, Issei started talking about wanting to save Asia from the Fallen Angels, but Rias was not having any of it and saying to forget her…but they knew better. After all knowing Issei was going to save her no matter what, he was even given the green light by Rias rather subtlety by discussing the promotion system of the pawn piece, a handy skill in deed.
"…that being said, just remember that no one devil cannot take on a whole army" Rias said and she and Akeno teleported out of the room via Magic circle.
Leon then gestured with a shift of his head to Michael and Arron, silently telling them to follow the two curvy devils after all a little extra help could never hurt. So after a quick smoke bomb from Arron, both he and Michael disappeared, surprising the rest of the remaining devils.
"Where are they going?" Koneko asked
"Just going to back up the king and queen, on that note I'm guessing you three are going after the fallen angels?" Leon asked
"Yeah and save Asia too" Issei replied making Leon and Casey smile
"Well count us in too" Leon said
"You sure about this, we'll be going deep into Fallen Angel territory?" Kiba asked but the two rangers just nodded
"Ride or die my friend and besides I'm hoping to score some payback on a certain priest" Casey said balling his fist tightly
(*****)
In a dark forest in the dead of night stood a lone and decrepit church, one that has seen better days and home base to the fallen angels. Overlooking the church on a tree in the distance was a young petite girl with blond hair and wearing a gothic maid outfit who looked bored out of her mind.
"Man guard duty sucks, there's nothing to do" the girl complained
Suddenly a bright red flash appeared on the ground below the girl, which sparked some excitement within the maid dressed girl. Then out of the glow came Rias and Akeno, both of them wearing an aura of confidents around them.
"Ask and you shall freaking receive!" The girl shouted as she jumped down from the tree, "Hello there my name is Mittelt and I'm best-est fallen angel there ever was!" the now named Mittelt said, ending with a curtsy.
"My this little cutie is sure full of herself~~" Akeno said, with a slight giggle
"I guess since you're here that means you are expecting an attack, I'm I right?" Rias asked, still wearing a smug smile on her face
"An attack? Naw were just in the middle of a super important ritual and we don't want you devils getting in the way!" Mittelt replied with a smug look of her own
"Good to know" a voice said catching the three by surprise
Suddenly bursting over the cliff and over the small fallen angel, causing her to scream in fright, was the two Rangers Michael and Arron and were both riding their signature cycles, the Dino Charge Cycle and the Ninja Steel Cycle. Both Rias and Akeno were surprised to see the two rangers as they dismounted and de-summoned there cycles.
"But unfortunately some of our friends are already infiltrating your base right under your little noses" Michael said, shocking the little angel
"There what?!" she shouted in rage
"Yep and they are not being discreet about it" Rias added, further angering Mittelt further
"Ugh! I hate devils so much, I just want to smash there stupid devil faces!" She shouted, stomping her foot like a toddler
Once Mittelt has ended her little temper tantrum she then turned to the two devils and humans with an evil glint.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway there's more us then there are of them, so if you dorks were planning a rescue mission your sadly mistaken" She said but Rias just chuckled
"Actually there on their own, we won't be helping them at all" Rias said shocking Mittelt but caused the two humans to look down at the church in worry
'Good luck you guys' Arron thought
(******)
In front of the church building were Issei, Kiba, Koneko, Leon and Casey, all of them hiding in the bushes and ready to strike.
"So you think they know were here?" Issei asked
"Most likely, so I see no need to be stealthy like this" Kiba replied, sword held by his side
"And thanks to Rias and the others, we'll meet little resistance" Leon added
"Good because I have been itching to punch Freed's face in" Casey said, smashing his fist into his palm
"You really hate this guy don't you?" Koneko asked which Casey nodded
"As a man who grew up in the church, you can imagine a man like that calling himself a priest really grinds my gears" Casey replied, surprising Kiba
"Alright guys focus up, time to storm the church!" Leon shouted, everyone readying up
Of course starting off their assault Koneko started by kicking down the door off its hinges, revealing a dank and old interior full of turned over pews and crumbling walls, walking in everyone looked around the place for any enemies but they didn't need to wait long because a certain someone then walked out to greet them.
"Well, well if it isn't the little devils and their human servants how nice for you all to come" Freed said
Seeing the deranged priest, Casey was about to charge at the priest and throttle him but Leon held him back to make sure he didn't do anything rash.
"Where is Asia?!" Issei shouted at the priest making said person laugh
"Down in the basement where the ritual is happening but you have to get by me first!" Freed shouted with twisted glee as he pulled out his Revolver and Light sword, "I try to make it a policy that I don't meet the same devil twice, so seeing you again is really ticking me off!" he shouted, twisted smile on his face and tongue hanging out in sick pleasure.
"Well your about to be ticked off more when we beat the crud out of you!" Casey shouted
"Sorry have we met?" Freed asked confused how some random human knew him
"Well maybe this will refresh your memory" Leon said pulling out his morpher and flipping it open, "Ready?" he asked Casey, who nodded in return
"Well then…IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" then both shouted
Leon then grabbed his engine cell from his pendent and slotted into his morpher.
"RPM! Get in Gear!"
Leon then appeared on the same techno themed road, skating along it and passing through multiply screens. Leon then passed through the last screen decked out in his RPM suit from the neck down thus thrusting his arms out to the side causing safety belts to snap in place on his belt with the finishing touch of his helmet then went over his head.
Casey then tapped his wristwatch causing to glow red until it formed his Grid Battleforce morpher and his Cheetah key in his other hand which then unsheathed a green tip from the cheetah's mouth.
"Activate Beast Power!"
Casey then stuck the key into his morpher, causing a pair of spy shades to unfurl on his morpher. Then a twister of red wind spun around him and in the twister was the head of cheetah that roared out. Once the twister was gone Casey was in his Ranger suit until his helmet was metalized on his head, ending off with a pair red sunshades then flew on his helmet's faceplate.
"Unleash the beast!"
At first Freed was surprised to see the two strangers transform but he soon then started laughing like a maniac, causing the two Rangers to stiffen up in their stance as well as their devil allies.
"Oh this is perfect, not only do I get to kill some devil skanks but I also get to kill a pair of Power brats too!" Freed shouted with glee aiming his gun at Casey
"Were not "Power Brats"" Leon said as he grabbed his blaster on his belt
"Were Power Rangers!" Casey said, slapping his emblem and summoning his blaster
Both Rangers then pointed their blasters at the crazed priests and fired a barrage of lasers at him, seeing this Freed then jumped out of the way of the blasts and fired at the Rangers causing them to back flip out the way. Koneko then joined the fight by throwing a pew but Freed cut the thing in half with ease. Kiba was next to attack by using his speed to deliver barrage of attacks and not wanting to be left out Casey then summoned his blade and used his cheetah speed to enter the fray. Due to their combined speed Casey and Kiba landed quite a few hits on the priest but Freed was still willing to fight as he unleashed a hail of bullets at Leon and Koneko but the RPM Ranger then spun up his tires and got him and Koneko out of the way until hitting the priest several times in the chest with some blaster fire sending him crashing into a row of pews.
"Had enough psycho?" Leon mocked causing the priest to growl in frustration
"Far from it you cherry colored super freak, I'm just getting started!" Freed shouted rushing at them again
(****)
Back with Rias and Akeno as well as Michael and Arron, they were still confronted with the loli fallen angel but would soon find them self with some company.
"It was big mistake coming here devil skank because since you're their leader if we take you out your little group goes bye-bye" Mittelt said making Rias smirk but the fallen angel didn't notice, "sorry but I'm bring some guests to this little tea party!" She shouted the glee
Suddenly a portal opened behind the four of them, causing them turn around to face their new opponents. Out of the portal were the two remaining fallen angels, Kalawarner and Dohnaseek, both of them to ready to fight.
"You should have stayed out of our way Lady Gremory, you and your little friends" he said
"Now you all will pay with your lives" Kalawarner said as all the fallen flew into the air
But of course Rias planned this, to let the other Fallen Angels come to them and lessen the obstacles coming at Issei and their Rangers allies.
"Akeno" Rias simply said, said girl getting the message
"Already on it" she said as she raised her hand to the sky
Then a thunderbolt then struck Akeno engulfing her, with in turned caused her clothes to disappear from her body leaving her naked but in their place was the clothes of a shrine maiden. The two Rangers then looked away with blushes on their faces, already embarrassed by the very lewd transformation scene they saw.
"I am so glad that we don't have a transformation sequence like that" Michael said
"Agreed" Arron replied
Akeno then did a few hand signs until raising her hands to the sky and out it came multiply magic circles baring the sigil of the house of Gremory.
"A barrier!?" Dohnaseek shouted in surprise, making the other Fallen Angels nervous knowing that were now trapped
"Exactly, now you're trapped in here with us" Arron said, Rias nodded in agreement
"Well the devils I get but what are the two of you supposed to do, your just plain old boring humans" Mittelt said with smug smile but this caused the two humans to smirk
"You'd think that wouldn't you" Arron said confusing the fallen
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kalawarner asked confused
"Let's just say that Akeno isn't the only one with a costume change" Michael said has he and Arron pulled something out their pockets which caught Rias eye, making her slightly squeal on the inside
'I get to see Ninja-kun again!" Rias thought
Both Arron then looked at each other and with a simply nod, signifying they were ready, they then shouted.
"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
"Dino Charger, Ready"
Michael then held out his T-Rex charger and pressed a button on it making it flash with light for a brief moment.
Michael then spun around in a circle until stopping opening the hatch on his Dino Morpher they pulled out during the spin. He then slotted the Dino Charge into the muzzle of the gun and slammed the jaws shut causing the gun to roar.
"T-Rex Charger, Engage"
"Energize!"
Michael then spun the chamber on the gun making glow red with power as it built up energy.
"Unleash the Power!"
Michael then fired the morpher into the sky and out of it came the head of a T-Rex that flew around him. It then came up behind him and opened its maw and chomped down on Michael until disappearing but instead of being hurt Michael was now in the bottom half of his Ranger suit until the head chomped on his head and formed his helmet.
"Power Star, Lock in!"
Arron then held out a red ninja star in his hand that had his helmet on it and in his other had was a large four pointed star device with a hole in the middle. Arron then locked the star into the hole and held the device forward.
"Ready, Ninja Spin!"
Arron then spun the star on his morpher, making it spin at high speeds and once it reached the right velocity he then launched the star out of the morpher causing it to spin around him and formed his suit from the bottom up. His helmet then went over his head and his visor then came down over his face.
"Ninja Rangers, Fear no danger!"
"Dinosaur might, ready to fight!"
All of the fallen angels were shocked by this, seeing the very beings that have been causing them so much trouble and when Dohnaseek saw Michael he couldn't help but growl in fury.
"You!" he shouted as Michael smirked behind his helmet.
"Yeah me, and I'm ready for round 2" Michael said pulling out his Morpher Blaster and Arron unsheathed his sword.
(****)
Back in the church, Freed was still holding off the five rescuers of Asia, with Casey and Kiba still striking hard and fast with their blades. Casey and Kiba then skidded across the floor of the church after having there last strike blocked from the deranged priest.
"We don't have time for this, we need to go save Asia" Casey said as Kiba nodded in agreement
"I think I may have something that may help us" Kiba said
"Good because I may have something to help us too" Casey added taking out his blaster
With their plan now established, Kiba's sword then turned completely black as Casey then bent his blade slightly and attached it to the front of his blaster. Kiba then charged at Freed causing their swords to clash but to the priest's surprise, Kiba's sword then started to "eat" Freed's light sword, causing it to flicker like a dying flashlight.
"So how do like my Holy Eraser?" Kiba said causing Freed to sneer
"You don't scare me!" He shouted but Kiba just smirked, which confused the exorcist
"No but this will" Casey said catching Freed's attention
Looking at the Beast Ranger, Freed's jaw dropped when he saw the Ranger had combined his two weapons to form a larger blaster.
"Beast-X Cannon…!"
"…oh…crap baskets!"
"BLAST!"
Casey then pulled the trigger and fired a huge laser blast at the priest, causing Kiba to move out of the attack and having Freed take the full brunt of the attack sending him flying and sprawled out of the ground. Freed then got back to his feet, all be it sluggishly and glared at the two speedsters.
"Is that all…you got" Freed said with ragged breaths
"Don't forget us crazy!" Leon shouted
Leon and Issei charged at the priest, causing him to fire at them but quickly Issei then promoted himself to Rook to give himself a defense and offensive boost causing him to deflect the bullets making Freed blanch in fear as he realized.
"Well, I'm screwed" Freed said as Issei punched him across the face with his new enhanced strength, sending him careening into the alter in the back of the room
And for the icing on the cake, Leon then switched his blaster to sword mode and raced ahead at extreme speeds and hit Freed with strong sword strike, sending him flying further and out of the church, right through the wall.
"Well that takes care of that" Leon said shifting his sword back to blaster mode and clipping it to his belt
"We need to keep moving, the ritual is this way" Koneko said punching the alter into splinters revealing a hidden passageway to the bottom
Running down the stairs, the rescue team had made it to the bottom to reveal a large ritual chamber with tons of exorcist and at the top of the room was Raynare with a chained up Asia to a green glowing cross.
"Ah Issei you've arrived and you brought your ranger friends too…good" Raynare said, smiling wickedly has she did
"Asia, let her go!" Issei shouted at his ex but Raynare just laughed
"Sorry but your too late" Raynare said
Then just like that Asia then let out painful scream as the cross lite with power, causing Leon to look back at Casey frantically.
"Go Now!" Leon shouted
The Beast Ranger tried to race to the nun in need but was blown back by a light explosion by Raynare causing him to go skidding across the ground by a good 2 feet. Leon then got ready to race ahead and stop the ritual but before he could get he's tires to rev up…he was too late. Out of Asia's chest came a small green light emitting from two small silver rings…Asia's sacred gear…which meant that Asia…was dead.