Chapter 3
A New Home
In the midst of the night, in the glow of the moon, two unlikely partners were floating in the air, both hand in hand, enjoying the each other's company. This of course was none other than Musubi; the young Sekeiri that feel into a young man's life and the other was Mike, the young women's destined Ashikabi and the amazingly powerful Zeo Gold Ranger.
"Hey Musubi, you okay?" Mike asked, causing her to nervously smile
"Yeah, kind of" Musubi replied, slightly confusing Mike
"Why kind of?" he asked
"Well…when we jumped so high, I didn't know how we were going to get down…sorry" Musubi replied with a nervous chuckle
Then, before they could react, they then started to plummet to the ground. Both of them screamed as they fell, as the wind whipped around them as the earth came closer and closer.
'Oh man! This is not how I what to die, me or Musubi, goanna morph maybe that will…' Mike thought
Suddenly, what looked like a little girl appeared in his vision making him gasp in surprise. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to think about it because he and Musubi were now crashing through a tree until falling to the ground in a heap.
"…Ouch" Mike groaned in pain
Mike then opened his eyes and was meet with Musubi's rear end again, making him blush and look away.
'Wow, déjà vu' Mike thought but quickly shook it off
"You okay, Musubi?" Mike asked
"Yeah, I'm alright, sorry about that Mike" Musubi replied as she crawled off of him
"Um, excuse me" a voice said causing them to look
What they saw was a young woman, with long light purple hair and purple eyes, wearing a white kimono.
"Hello there, who might you be?" the women asked
"Oh, um, hi I'm...tsh!" Mike said, hissing in pain
Looking down, he saw that his pants were ripped and he banged up his knee.
"Oh my, you're hurt!" the woman said
"Mike! Are you okay?" Musubi said concerned
Turning to her, Mike instantly looked away with a hard blush, seeing that Musubi's cloths were now ripped again causing a lot of skin to be shown.
"Um, Musubi…your clothes" Mike said, causing said girl to look down at her attire
"Oh, they must have ripped when we fell" Musubi replied nonchalantly
"Hey, what's all this noise out here?" a voice said
Turning to it, Mike and Musubi saw a tall silver haired man, wearing a white button up shirt and black pants. When he saw us, he couldn't help but be surprised by Mike's and Musubi's appearance.
"Oh, hello" he said, sounding quite awkward
(*****)
Mike was now sitting on the floor in there helpers home, all while the silver haired man bandaged him up.
"There that should do it" he said as he finished bandaging Mike's knee
"Thank you, and uh sorry for bothering you about this" Mike said
"Don't worry about, besides I was just doing what Miya asked me to do" he said as he placed the first aid kit away
'Hm, Miya huh, so that's who that women was' Mike thought, now at least knowing who helped them
"By the way" the man said, snapping Mike from his thoughts, "If you don't mind me asking, where did you two come from anyway?" he asked making Mike stiffen up
While it is true that he and his friends could take whatever mister white throws at them, he didn't really what these people thinking he was some type of crazy person. After all, who would believe someone when they saw that they fell from the sky?
"Um, we kind of just … flew by you can say" Mike replied, hoping that the person would expect that answer
"Flew by huh?" the guy said, holding a small smirk
"Yep, that's right" Mike added, now really hoping that he bought it
The guy then looked up at the moon, until looking back at Mike and just gave a small chuckle, which if he was going to be honest sounded a bit…feminine.
"Well, I see no reason we can't just leave it at that" he said, making Mike relax at this.
"Mike" Musubi's voice called out
Turning to the door on the other side of the room, he was greeted with Musubi dressed up in a flowery kimono that looked stunning on her, beside her was the same purple haired girl that meet them.
"They let me borrow this kimono, what do you think" she asked, smiling brightly as she did
'So cute!' Mike shouted in his head at the sight of the Sekieri
"Wow, what kind I say it's like a living flower garden" the guy said equally stunned by Musubi's appearance
Of course, after hearing that Mike couldn't but feel a little guilt about all this, he's used to being on the giving side of things, not the receiving side.
"I'm sorry, were wearing all your clothes" Mike said, which in turn made the purple haired girl giggle slightly
"Oh don't worry about it, I always like to help out whenever I can" she said, "My husband was the exact same why, in fact you're wearing his sweats" she said with a chuckle
Mike then turned to look at the silver haired man, thinking that he was the women's husband; after all he was the only other guy in this household that they have seen so far.
"Um, sorry about that" Mike said to him making him smirk
"No, she's not talking about me, I'd never wear something like that" he said, as the silver haired man gained a distant look in his eyes, "I'm not her husband, he passed away" he said, now making Mike feel bad about bringing it up.
"I'm sorry mam, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories" Mike said quickly apologizing
"Thank you for your consideration, but my husband died years ago, I'm at peace with it now" she said, "Oh that's right I never introduced myself, I'm Miya Asama" the now named Miya said
"Nice to meet you, I'm Mike Spectrum" Mike said
"I'm Musubi" Musubi said as she bowed to Miya
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Kagari" the silver haired man said from the back, "By the way, with a name like Mike you must be American right?" he asked making Mike nod in agreement
"Yep, born and raised" Mike said with pride, causing Miya and Kagari to chuckle
Musubi then sniffed the air and couldn't help but smile at the smell.
"Oh wow, what is that smell?" Musubi asked
"Oh that's right, I'm making dinner why don't you two join us?" Miya suggested
"We couldn't you've done so much for us already" Mike said, trying to nicely decline
Unfortunately his words died in mouth when out of nowhere, Musubi's stomach then growled loudly causing her to blush and Mike to sweat drop.
"Well, I guess we can stay for a little while" Mike said with a nervous smile
Not long after, both Musubi and Mike were sitting around the dining room table with a nice array of food for them to enjoy.
"Thank you so much!" Mike and Musubi said as they begun to dig in
"Wow! This is so good!" Musubi exclaimed
"I'll say, this is delicious" Mike said as he took another bite of his fish
'This even puts Caleb's cooking to shame' Mike thought
"Ugh, so hungry" a female voice said, catching Mike's attention
Then no sooner, the doors to the dining room slid open and what was on the other side…caused Mike to spit out his food in surprise. Standing in the doorway was another female that was standing in a very revealing night gown and her panties, she also had long brown hair and blue eyes, not to mention some very obvious large breasts like that of Musubi's.
"Oh, I didn't know we had guests" the girl said with a smile, clearly not caring that she was in her underwear.
"Uzume, didn't I tell you not to come out dressed like that" Kagari said
"Well at least I'm wearing panties this time" the girl now name Uzume replied as she sat down as well
Seeing all the strange people, Mike then scooted over Miya so that he can talk to her.
"Miya, what kind of place is this, you clearly don't look related, if you don't mind me asking" Mike asked
"Oh that's simply, this is a boarding house" she replied shocking Mike
"A boarding house?! I never expected that?" Mike said making Miya giggle at this
"Yes and I'm the landlady, you've already meet some of our tenets" Miya said gesturing to others
"Were always looking for more normal people, but this place is so old and rustic that only looneys live here" Uzume said, trying to joke
"Oh? Is that right?" Miya asked the women, in seemingly innocent tone causing Uzume to stiffen up in fear
"wwell, only because it will help give this some more character that's all" Uzume quickly said, hoping to deter the ladies wrath
As for Mike, he couldn't help but gain a look of hope when he heard that they were looking for new tenets.
'I just hope that they let us' Mike thought as he cleared throat
"Miss Miya?" Mike said, getting the landlady's attention, "Well…my friends and I got kicked from our apartment today and we need a place to stay…and I know it's sudden and we promise to pay any rent you need us too, so please…" Mike pleaded, only stopping when Miya raised her hand to stop him
"There's no need to beg Mike" Miya said with a sweet smile, "You are your friends are welcome here" she added
Mike then looked at her flabbergasted, it was hard believe. He expected he would have to start begging to the lady for a place but her she is just inviting them into her home, without meeting them first too!
"Really? Just like that?" Mike asked as Miya nodded
"My husband always believed in never turning anyone away" Miya said, causing everyone to smile at this, "So I welcome you, to Izumo Inn."
Mike couldn't believe it. He didn't think it possibly but somehow, someway, Mike had found a new home for him and his friends and with good people as well.
'I guess there is a sunny day after a stormy night' Mike thought
Suddenly he felt Musubi hug him from behind causing him to blush as felt he rather large bosom pressed against him.
"Way to go Mike, you found us a home!" Musubi shouted with excitement and Mike couldn't help but smile as well.
(*****)
The next morning Mike, Arthur, Caleb and Ben all were in their old apartment, getting the place cleaned up and things packed up for their move to their new home.
"I still can't believe you found a new place just overnight" Caleb said, still stunned by the news
It was true, after Mike and Musubi called the others and told them the good news; they were all shocked by this, even more so that he didn't even need to beg for it like they thought he would. So once they meant up and discussed things over they all made their way back to the apartment. After getting permission from their old landlord and telling them they were moving he then agreed to let them sleep here for the night but he wanted them gone tomorrow. So here they were getting ready to move into their new home and get a fresh start at things.
"So what's this place called again?" Arthur asked as finished packing away the last of their clothes.
"It's called Izumo Inn, it used to belong to Miss Miya's husband until he passed away and she took over" Mike replied
"Hey I'm just glad we have a roof over our heads now…until someone brings another girl again" Ben said giving Mike a sideways glance
Mike then frowned at his friends and let out a sigh, now annoyed by his friend's jabs at him about Musubi.
"Are you just mad because of Musubi?" Mike asked crossing him arms
"Not mad per say just…livid" Ben said with a smirk making Mike roll his eyes
"Come on everyone, let's not get into anything messy here our old landlord is expecting us gone soon" Caleb said as he picked a few boxes and brought them to the front door.
"Speaking of which, where's Musubi?" Arthur asked looking around for the Sekeiri
"Oh she's in the shower, wanted to freshen up before we move in" Mike replied as he sealed up another box of theirs
"Hey Mike" Musubi's voice called out behind him causing him to turn to her
"Yeah Musu…" Mike said until stopping dead in his sentence once he saw
There standing in the doorway to the bathroom was Musubi… fully in the nude and didn't seemed to care at all or just didn't know it. Seeing this immediately caused Mike to start bleeding from his nose, which he quickly plugged as to stop it, while everyone also had a reaction, Arthur looked away with red face while a small trickle of blood came from his nose, Caleb instantly covered his eyes as to bloat out Musubi's naked body as for Ben he was slowly raising his phone in order to take a picture only for Arthur to place his hand on the top of the device and forced it back down.
"Were out of shampoo and I was wondering…" Musubi said only to slip due to her slippery feet
She then fell over and landed on Mike, causing her huge boobs to be pressed up in his face causing his nose to bleed again, almost becoming a full blown waterfall.
"I'm sorry Mike, I didn't mean to fall on you" Musubi said as she crawled off of Mike
"No it's okay, accidents happen it's just … please cover up please" Mike awkwardly said
Hearing this, Musubi then quickly covered her chest with her hands while Mike quickly ushered her out the room to get her dressed. As for the others they couldn't help but stare at where the two had left with looks of shock and surprise.
"That girl is going to be the death of us" Ben said as Arthur and Caleb nodded at this
Once everything was packed and cleaned in their apartment, they stood outside their old apartment with all their belongings in hand.
"Well, let's head out everyone" Mike said as everyone nodded
"K'" Musubi replied
Then to everyone's surprise, the young girl then picked up her own bag which was ten times bigger than her with ease.
"Wow, your strong!" the boys said making her giggle
"That's because I'm a fist type Sekeiri so I'm used to this" Musubi said
With that said everyone then started to make their way to their new home, but along the way a question popped into Mike's head.
"Hey Musubi" Mike said getting her attention, "I was wondering, what were those words you said last night anyway before we jumped into the air?" he asked
"That was in incantation, every Sekeiri has one unique to them and allows them unleash there inner power" Musubi replied as Mike nodded to this answer, "By the way Mike I wanted to ask something too?" she asked
"Oh, and what would that be?" Mike asked
"Back when I emerged, you told me you were a Power Ranger, what is that?" she asked causing Mike to smile with pride.
"Well Musubi, the Power Rangers are a legacy of superheroes with the duty to protect the innocent and to thwart evil where ever it is" Mike explained
Musubi then gained stars in her eyes as she looked at Mike with amazement, making her almost seem to sparkle.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Musubi said making Mike blush until Musubi then grabbed a hold of his hand, "I'm so glad I have such an amazing Ashikabi like you" she said in soft tone which made Mike's heart go pitter patter.
'Wow, so cute!' Mike thought in his head
"Hey love birds! I think we're here!" Ben shouted to the two as they snapped from their daze
Sure enough, Izumo Inn stood before them marking the beginning of a new start in this world the four of them were placed in. In sooner had they arrived that the front door opened and revealed Miya herself with smile.
"Ah Mike, Musubi, welcome home" she said as Mike and Musubi bowed to the lady
Miya then turned to others and bowed to them to greet them as they did the same.
"You must be Mike's friends he told me about; I'm Miya the landlady here at Izumo Inn" she said
"A pleasure mam, I'm Arthur Caliber" Arthur said bowing to Miya
"Thank you for letting us into your home, my name is Caleb Temple" Caleb said
"Sup, I'm Ben Fossil and hope we all get along" Ben said with a two-finger wave
Once Introduction were done everyone was directed to their rooms, Mike and Musubi were placed in room 202, Arthur was in room 204, Caleb in 205 and Ben in 206.
Everyone then went to their rooms to get settled in but for Mike and Musubi.
"Mike…I'm stuck" Musubi wined as the huge bag she was carrying was stuck in the doorway, causing Mike to sweat drop at this.
Once Mike got Musubi unstuck from the doorframe they then placed their stuff down in the room.
"My aren't you a strong girl" Miya said as Musubi puffed out her chest in pride
"Yep, that's because I'm a fist type Sekeiri" Musubi said, causing Mike to stiffen up in fear
Luckily it didn't seem that Miya noticed as she just giggled at Musubi's comment.
"You're such a silly girl" Miya said as she walked out of the room
Once she was gone, Mike then let out a sigh of relief and quickly walked over to Musubi.
"Um, Musubi, you know that the Sekieri Plan is supposed to be a secret so try to tone down on it okay" Mike said causing her to gasp
"Oh that's right I'm sorry" Musubi replied feeling ashamed of herself
"It's okay, just be careful what you say okay?" Mike said as Musubi nodded at this, "I just hope we don't get caught" Mike then added, worried for the young girl before him
"It's okay Mike" she said as she grabbed hold of his hand, "Like you said, as long as we are together, nothing can harm us not even the professor" Musubi said with a serene smile
Mike then blushed greatly at this as he held Musubi's hand in his, astounded by how soft it was.
'Whoa, that's just whoa' Mike thought
He then realized how long he was holding her hand and quickly pulled away as he's face turned red.
"Wwwell, we better get this place ready!" Mike stammered out which confused Musubi
Once the two of them had the room cleaned and they had unpacked there stuff, they decided to take a look around there new resident. Once the pair made it down stairs they saw Kagari in a suit with a white shirt, black tie and black dress shoes.
"Hey Kagari, heading out?" Mike asked
"Yep, my job calls" Kagari replied
"Already and I just made you dinner" Miya said causing Kagari to smile at the landlady's kindness
"I'm sorry, I promise to eat it when I get back" he said as he bowed down and planted a kiss on Miya's hand before walking out the door.
"In case you're wondering, Kagari works as a host at a night club" Miya said as Mike nodded
"I see and he's good at it?" Mike asked as Miya nodded
"Yes, apparently he's one of the most popular hosts over there" Miya replied all while Musubi looked confused
"He's a host?" Musubi asked, while Mike just chuckled at her air headedness
"It's basically someone that helps customers out, I bet you would like if a nice looking guy would help you out" Mike said as a joke
"Sure, especially if it's you I would let you do anything to me" she replied with an innocent smile
Unfortunately Musubi's words caused Mike teenage mind to go a buzz with a bunch of images in his head, mostly with a nude Musubi in some very lewd poses. Seeing this caused Mike to start pounding his head with fists to rid the foul images from his mind.
'Head out of the gutter! Head out of the gutter! Head out of the gutter!' Mike shouted in his mind
Luckily for him, neither Miya nor Musubi seemed to notice Mike's antics as they talked.
"So I'm going to make dinner, why don't you go take bath to get freshened up" Miya suggested
"Sure, I love baths!" Musubi exclaimed
So after Miya lead the two to the bathroom, they were quite surprised to see how spacious the place was.
"Wow the tub is so big, how about we both take a bath so I can scrub your back?" Musubi suggested causing Mike to go red in the face
He then quickly backed away from the oblivious girl; already feeling his blood…go places it shouldn't go.
"Uh, no thanks, I'll take a bath later so see ya!" Mike quickly said and dashed away leaving a disappointed Musubi behind him
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Mike then sat outside in the backyard trying to calm his mind from the moment he had with Musubi.
"Geez that girl is going to be the death of me" Mike said as looked into the sky
"Yeah, death by snuu-snuu to be specific" Ben said behind him with a chuckle
Mike then turned and gave his friend a deadpan look while he snickered.
"Very funny" Mike said, sarcastically
He then saw his other friends as they all sat by him on the porch.
"So you all got settled in?" Mike asked as they all nodded
"Yep, were all squared away and ready to live in this old timey house" Ben said making everyone smile
Mike then looked across the field and couldn't help but notice the same tree that cushioned there fall last night. Mike then got up walked over to the lone tree as friends looked in confusion.
"Hey Mike, what's up?" Caleb asked as he's friends followed him
"This tree…it was able to cushion me and Musubi's fall last night" Mike said causing the others to go wide eyed
"Wow, your luck you survived that" Caleb said while Mike just frowned
"Maybe, but…" Mike said
Mike then reached out to the tree and placed his hand on its trunk. Once his hand made contact suddenly a green glow erupted from the tree causing his vison to be filled with green light. Once he's eyes adjusted he then could see a floating girl in front of him, looking no more than ten, wearing an oversized dress and had long golden hair.
"Please…help me" the girl said in a tearful voice
Mike then pulled away from the tree in shock, causing his friends to look at him with concern causing the little girl to disappear.
"You okay dude, you look like you've seen a ghost?" Ben asked as Mike just stared at the space the girl was
"I…don't know, I thought I saw someone" Mike replied
His friends were about to ask more questions when suddenly the smashing of wood could be heard inside the house causing the four to look at the house in surprise.
"What the heck was that, did a bomb go off or something!" Ben exclaimed
Then one the windows then crashed open as a person jumped out and landed on the wooden fence surrounding the house. Seeing who it was, Mike and the other say it was Uzume, dressed in nothing but a white bath towel. Unfortunately when she landed the towel came undone causing it to fall off and reveal her boobs for a quick second, only to put back in place by Uzume. Unfortunately it was long enough to get a reaction out of the four, with all them going red and blood to start pouring out there noises.
"Seriously man, what kind of place is this!" Caleb shouted as Mike just shrugged
Uzume then looked down and saw the four boys including Mike which made her smile.
"Oh hey, you're that new girls ashikabi aren't you?" she asked causing Mike to look at her in surprise
But before he could ask how she knew, Uzume then jumped down and grabbed his arm, causing him to blush from the contact between his arm and Uzume's boobs.
"Can you tell her to stop, I don't want to fight anyone" she asked in pouty mode
"Hey" a voice said
Looking up, Mike saw it was Musubi in the broken window, also in a bathing towel.
"Let go of Mike right now!" she shouted with much fury making Mike sweat in nervousness
Musubi then jumped down and looked at Uzume with intense jealousy and fury all the while Mike looked on with fear.
"I'm telling you right now to let him go!" Musubi shouted
"Musubi calm down okay, you need to relax" Mike said trying to calm his Sekeiri
"He's right, you should listen to him" Uzume added which only seemed to angry Musubi more
"Get away from him now!" she shouted and charged with her fist raised
"AH! Incoming!" Ben shouted in fear as everyone braced for the girl's wrath
BONG!
Suddenly Miya then appeared in front of Musubi and blocked the attack with a cooking lid, until following that up by bonking Musubi on the head with a spoon, causing the rage that she had to disappear.
"Young girl's should not run around half naked understand?" Miya said in a scolding manner as Musubi nursed her head.
"Okay, I'm sorry" Musubi replied
"Uh oh, someone is in trouble" Uzume said in a teasing tone only for Miya to turn on her next
"That go's for you too Uzume" she said making Uzume sweat drop
Miya then looked up at the building and saw the broken window, which gained a frown on her face.
"Now I won't ask what happened, but I what to tell you that there is no fighting in the house" Miya said in a stern voice
Suddenly Miya then turned to everyone and gave them, what looked like an evil smile causing what looked like an Oni mask to appear behind her.
"Now, do I make myself clear?" Miya asked in a sweet sounding voice causing everyone to stiffen up in fear
"Yeah, we got!" Mike shouted causing the mask to leave
"Good, dinner should be ready shortly" Miya said as walked away with chuckle
Ben then leaned in a little and cupped his hand over his mouth so that Miya can't hear him.
"And I thought Lord Zed was scary" he said causing the four of them to nod slowly in agreement
(****)
Later that night everyone had gone to sleep, already tuckered out from the crazy day they just had. But for one certain ranger that was not the case.
Mike opened his eyes and found himself in a dense forest, all of it filled with green light.
"What…is this place?" Mike said looking around him
Then he heard something…a child crying, and it seemed to be coming from above him. Looking up Mike saw the same girl from before who was crying in a tree.
"Hey are you okay, are you scared?" Mike asked the little girl
She then looked at Mike with tears in her eyes and slowly nodded to him.
"It's okay, here I'll catch you just jump down" Mike said holding out his arms to catch her
The girl was a little scared a first but against her better judgment she then leaped down to Mike's open arms. Once she was close enough Mike then grabbed her in his arms and held her close to him while slowly rocking her.
"There you go, told I would catch you" Mike said as the little girl looked at him with a shy look, "You got a name?" he asked causing the girl to look away
At first she didn't say anything until she then turned to Mike and saw the kind smile on his face.
"K… Kusano" she finally said making Mike smile
"Kusano huh? That's such a nice name" Mike said making the little girl smile
But her smile was then replaced with a sadden look as she looked at the ground.
"It's all my fault" she said, confusing Mike, "I wanted to go outside and now someone is after me" she said with tears in her eyes.
Before Mike could ask her what she meant, suddenly an invisible force then seemed to grab Kusano and started to drag her away.
"Kusano!" Mike shouted trying to reach out to the scared child
"Help me! Help me please big brother!" she shouted as light enveloped Mike's vison.
In the waking world, Mike abruptly woke up with a start, causing him to see Musubi with a worried expression.
"Mike are you okay? You looked like you were having a bad dream" Musubi asked as Mike sat up
"Yeah, I'm fine Musubi" Mike said in order to calm the Sekiri
But deep inside, Mike couldn't help but feel … sadden as Kusano's words echoed in his head.
"Help Me!"